Village of Red Hook Village Green Committee Monthly Report February 2025
The Village of Red Hook has been honored in another year of being a Tree City and two of our committee members agreed to go to the luncheon next month as our representatives. I am looking forward to hearing about and reporting on their experiences. Additionally, we are looking for a few more spots to plant trees so if you are interested, please reach out sooner than later! Our resident tree expert has selected a handful of varieties that are native to the area, have a higher success rate of planting, can help diversify our canopy and in both taller and smaller varieties. If you are interested in what options we are providing this year for our village streets let us know! We are incredibly thankful to the small committee for the work they do to ensure our canopy remains strong.
We are actively recruiting members. If you are interested in giving back to your community but don’t have a lot of time to give this may be the perfect committee for you! Please contact myself or Jen Cavanaugh, the Clerk.
Village of Red Hook Sewer Department Monthly Report February 2025
In February, we continually addressed the issues that the WWTP has been having. The old plant needs some major work and so we devised a plan to reroute the flow and when the holding tank, for all intended purposes, is next to empty after being pumped out, we created a priority list of
fixes/repairs/assessments to tackle. This allows the team to have as much as an unobstructed view of the state of the plant and to tackle the most pressing needs first working their way down the list.
In the last month, we announced our request for proposal for potential waste water treatment plant and water plant operators as we are looking to upgrade. We organized a tour of the plant for interested parties so they could see our system and plants and ask any questions they had. We closed out our portal for requests on the last day of the month. There is a review committee who will go through the submitted proposals and make their recommendations to the board.
Additionally, mid-February the team met with our representative again from New York Rural Water Association who has experience with sewer code and
functionality of WWTPs in general. We are looking to codify the code and make sure it is fine tuned to our system prior to the expansion.
The Sewer team meets every other Friday. If you have concerns about the expansion and/or are currently in the Sewer Use Area and have comments, concerns, etc. please do not hesitate to reach out. There is also the expression of interest form up on our website if you are wanting to connect into the sewer (capacity required). It will put you on our list of places to consider and puts you on our radar.
Village of Red Hook Speed Limit Initiative Monthly Report February 2025
The engineer has reached out to DOT to ask for guidance as they are looking to update some of the requirements in the next year. We are still hoping to move forward even if we need to go section by section. We are waiting to hear back on what DOT says.
Village of Red Hook Town of Red Hook Greenway and Trails Committee Monthly Report February 2025
The February meeting was cancelled, and the committee will meet again March 13[th] . Upcoming Ribbon Cutting event for Saw Kill Phase 2, by WLT will be held Saturday, April 26[th] at 1:30 so mark your calendars! It is in conjunction with the Rail to Trail Conservancy’s National Trails Day! This event helps the team provide a target for when to get the safety enhancements in place for Aspinall and Kelly Roads. The committee is also actively working on promoting the trails as off-road and safer options for traveling between schools and neighborhoods and working through educational material to send out regarding the “rules of the roads/trails” such as road safety, looking both ways, walking against traffic, riding with traffic, etc.
Village of Red Hook Climate Smart Communities Monthly Report February 2025
The CSC met last month and has created a standing meeting for the group. We went through the assessment from the end of last year, and pinpointed the routes for the committee. There was a safe routes to school subcommittee that formed that will be meeting separately. This is a specific program that helps look at the walkability and safety of our roads for pedestrians, bikers and cars alike.
The compost program is in the design phase however we have started to order the necessary components for food waste hub but also look into options for the free counter top buckets to give the first set of residents who sign up for the program. We are also working on Village branding and education material to give to residents of the compost program.
Additionally, we were awarded through grant funding the opportunity to partner with CCE again this year for Resiliency Planning. Our representative from CCE will be joining us at our next meeting which is the third Wednesday at 4 p.m. These meetings are open to public and if you are interested in joining the task force or just sitting in feel free to reach out to me or the clerk!