Wurtsboro held an unscheduled meeting on 2009-10-20, postponed from the week before. It took place at the same time as the Mamakating town board meeting, but we managed to cover both simultaneously and get recordings of each.
The regular Wurtsboro Village business was over in a few short minutes. The remainder consisted of a joint session with the village planning board, to discuss the Kaufman Farms development project along Pennsylvania Ave. Most of the details have been presented at previous meetings.
A lion’s share of the exchange between officials & developers on 2009-10-20 had to do with proposed tennis courts, just south of Emma Chase Elementary School, which the village wants constructed in lieu of parkland fees.
Haggling went back and forth for over an hour. The developer is willing to gift the tennis court & parcel over to the municipality, as a public park. Certain details still need to be hammered out — including the nature of performance bonds for the tennis courts; how shall they be financed; and when the bonds will be released.
Listen to the entire meeting here: http://midhudson.info/meetings/R091020_wurtsboro.mp3 [MP3, 88.4 MB — Can’t play it? Get Quicktime]
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