Upcoming Community Events

Village Board of Trustees

Meeting tonight at Village Hall, in the former fire department meeting rooms, at 7pm.

Halloween Window Painting

Here is the link for this year’s 3rd Annual Halloween & Harvest Window Painting event in New Paltz: https://bit.ly/3faxnAA

Here are the event details:
3rd Annual Halloween/Harvest Window Painting
Date: Saturday, October 22nd
Rain Date: Sunday, October 23rd

Time: 11AM – 2PM

Registration Deadline: 5PM on Friday, September 30th

Description: The Town of New Paltz’s Office for Community Wellness along with our community partners are sponsoring our 3rd Annual Halloween Window Painting Project for youth in grades 5-12, as well as adults and families. Anyone interested in participating is invited to register by going to: http://bit.ly/3eekym4

All window designs will be created in advance and in alignment with this year’s themes – Halloween or Harvest.

Please be sure to register by next Friday, September 30th, if you would like to participate.

Please contact Phoenix at (845) 256-5014 or via email pkawamoto@townofnewpaltz.org if you have any questions.

Elting Memorial Library 65th Annual Library Fair

Saturday & Sunday, October 1-2 • Elting Memorial Library, 93 Main Street, New Paltz, NY 12561

Library Fair Hours
Saturday, October 1st 9 AM – 3 PM
Sunday, October 2nd 10 AM – 2 PM

  • Free Admission
  • Kid Activities
  • Community Organizations
  • Food Sales
  • Toys/Jewelry Sales
  • Raffle & Auction
  • Special Guests
  • Live Music

All proceeds benefit the Elting Memorial Library.

Climate Smart Community Outreach

Tuesday, October 11th ● 7:00pm – 9:00pm Community Center, 3 Veterans Drive

New Paltz wants your input!

We want to know your vision for the community to help us design a plan for a better tomorrow.

In the next few months, the Town and Village of New Paltz are working on developing a Community Climate Action Plan. A climate action plan is a detailed and strategic framework for measuring, planning, and reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and related climatic impacts. Communities design and utilize climate action plans as roadmaps for making informed decisions and understanding where and how to achieve the largest and most cost-effective emissions reductions that are in alignment with other municipal goals.

Why Participate?
This is a great way to voice your opinion regarding the things you care about. We need to know what you and our municipalities can do to combat the climate crisis.

COME OUT TO VOICE YOUR OPINION AND THOUGHTS REGARDING:
• Energy
• Resiliency and Adaptation
• Waste Reduction/Recycling
• Transportation and Mobility
• Smart Growth/Land Use

Send questions or comments to:  climatesmart@villageofnewpaltz.org

Pace New Paltz CAP Workshop Flyer

9/28 Village Board Draft Agenda

Please click here to view the draft agenda of the regularly scheduled meeting of the Village Board of Trustees. The meeting will be held Wednesday, September 28, at 7pm, in the first floor fire department meeting rooms at Village Hall. Click here to join the meeting via Zoom or watch on the Village YouTube channel.

Information to join via phone:

Dial by your location
+1 646 558 8656 US (New York)
+1 646 931 3860 US

Meeting ID: 951 6892 0338
Passcode: 442357
One tap mobile
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Comments may always be sent to comments@villageofnewpaltz.org

 

 

 

9/20 Draft Planning Board Agenda

Please click here to view the 9/20 draft Planning Board Agenda.

The regularly scheduled meeting of the Village of New Paltz Planning Board will be held Tuesday, September 20, at 7pm, at Village Hall, 25 Plattekill Avenue, in the first floor, fire department meeting rooms.

In-person attendance is requested. You may also join the meeting via Zoom or watch the livestream on the Village YouTube channel.

Comments about any application may be sent to comments@villageofnewpaltz.org

 

9/19 DRB & HPC Agenda

Agenda for 9/19 Design Review Board & Historic Preservation Commission

Please click here: September 2022 HPC agenda  to view the agenda, for the regular meeting of the Design Review Board & Historic Preservation Commission meeting on Monday, September 19, 2022, at 7pm,

The meeting will be held  at Village Hall, Fire Department Meeting Room, and via Zoom, streaming and archived the Village YouTube page. Members will attend in-person. Applicants may join via Zoom, with the Board’s approval. Please email hpc@villageofnewpaltz.org if you have questions.

Please click here to join the Zoom DRB & HPC meeting.
Dial-in: +1 646 558 8656 US (New York) | Meeting ID: 850 8489 3160 | Passcode: 419257

New Fire Department Headquarters Opens Saturday 9/17

Join Your NPFD Volunteers For a Ribbon Cutting & Open House

An invitation from New Paltz Fire Department:
  • “Join your NPFD volunteers from 12-4pm and tour the new headquarters, check out the building, talk with members and learn about what we do and how you can help your community! Refreshments will be available, we hope to see you all there!”
Mayor Tim Rogers, Town Supervisor Neil Bettez, architect Rick Alfandre, and other local officials will be on hand to celebrate the opening. The ribbon cutting will take place at noon, with the open house immediately to follow. Please join us! Faceboook Event Link
To learn more about the department: https://newpaltzfire.org/about-us/

Press Coverage

Learn more about our new, energy-efficient firehouse:

 

Public Meetings & Videoconferencing // 9/13 ZBA Meeting Cancelled

Remote Meetings

Governor Hochul did not renew the state of emergency related to COVID-19, which has now expired as of 12:00 a.m. today. With it expires the permission to have board members attend meetings remotely, except in cases of emergency, and only if pre-authorized by the legislative body.

The first two sections from Local Law 1 of 2022, passed at the June 6, 2022 Village Board meeting, allowing for videoconferencing:

    1. Members of the public body shall be physically present at any meeting of such public body unless such member is unable to be physically present at any such meeting location due to extraordinary circumstances due to
      1. disability;
      2. illness;
      3. caregiving responsibilities;
      4. any other significant or unexpected factor or event which precludes a member’s physical attendance at such meeting;

The above conditions are grounds for remote participation by board members. Board members who wish to meet remotely must give notice in advance of a public meeting. 

    1. A public body may, in its discretion, use videoconferencing to conduct its meetings, provided that a minimum number of members are present to fulfill the public body’s quorum requirement in the same physical location or locations where the public can attend, and all other requirements set forth hereafter have been met;

Videoconferencing may be used, provided that a minimum number of members attend the public meeting in-person. The full text of the local law authorizing videoconferencing may be found here.

Locations for Village public meetings will be posted.  Please contact the Clerk or the Mayor’s office if you have any questions.

NOTICE:  9/13 ZBA Meeting Cancelled

Please take notice that the regularly scheduled meeting of the Zoning Board of Appeals has been cancelled for Tuesday, September 13. No new applications have been received for review.

The next meeting of the ZBA will be held on Tuesday, October 11, at 7pm, at Village Hall, in the first floor meeting room.

Meetings This Week // Ribbon Cutting at Hasbrouck Park // 9/14 VB Draft Agenda

Meetings

Tuesday, September 13

Wednesday, September 14

  • 6pm – Affordable Housing Board (AHB)
    • This is a special meeting. Please contact the Deputy Clerk for more information.
  • 6pm – Shade Tree Commission (STC)
  • 7pm – Village Board of Trustees (VB)

Ribbon Cutting – Green Infrastructure Project

Please join us on Tuesday, September 13, at 10am, at Mohonk & Elting Avenues in New Paltz, across from St. Joseph’s Church.

We are hosting a ribbon cutting at the intersection of Mohonk and Elting Avenues on Tuesday, to thank all those involved in our multifaceted project, which is part of our initiative to source more safe and affordable drinking water in New Paltz. Work is nearly complete on the Hasbrouck Park expansion at this intersection, which offsets the alienation of parkland near Moriello Pool for the creation of two new municipal drinking water wells.

View the press release here: Press Release GI Hasbrouck Park.

Facebook event link.

Support Village Grants | Meet the Mayor

The Village is writing two grant applications, one for the New York Forward program, plus a joint application with the Village of Ellenville for the NYS Downtown Revitalization Initiative (DRI). The mayor will be working on the application in various public spaces, and you are welcome to stop by to discuss the process, to ask questions, or to submit an idea that fits the theme.

Learn more https://sites.google.com/view/new-paltz-revive

  • Mon 9/12 — 4-6pm @ Peace Park (weather permitting)
  • Tues 9/13 — 8:30am – 9:30am @ Elting Memorial Library benches
  • Thur 9/15 — 1 – 2pm @  Zero Place // Public Space at Mulberry & N. Chestnut

To sign your name to a letter of support for these applications, please use this form.

9/14 Village Board Draft Agenda

Click here to view the agenda, and please note that the agenda is subject to change. Thank you

Send comments to comments@villageofnewpaltz.org

NOTICE: Four Information Sessions with Mayor Tim Rogers | September 9 – 15

SUPPORT VILLAGE GRANTS

Mayor Tim Rogers will be in four locations across the Village from Friday, September 9 – Thursday, September 15, writing a proposal for two special New York State grant opportunities.  Your feedback and support is key to making this grant application successful.

Please stop by to learn more about these municipal grants, to show your support, and to share ideas–as soon as you can! The deadline to apply for these grants is September 23.

These sites are outdoors. Some seating is available, but limited by location.

The programs:

On September 7, the Village held a joint information session with the Village of Ellenville for the $10M DRI Grant. View the meeting here: https://youtu.be/w5dOsOIn7sk

DATES, TIMES, LOCATIONS

  • Fri 9/9 — 1pm-2pm @ Water Street Market
  • Mon 9/12 — 4-6pm @ Peace Park
  • Tues 9/13 — 8:30am – 9:30am @ Elting Memorial Library benches
  • Thur 9/14 — 1 – 2pm @  Zero Place // Public Space at Mulberry & N. Chestnut

GRANT PROPOSAL OUTLINE

GOALS:

    • Culture & Community
    • Harm Reduction & Human Services
    • Childcare
    • Employment & Education
    • Development in the NBR Zone

New Paltz is already known for being an amazing place to live, work, and play.  

Throughout New Paltz’s rich history we have been ahead of the curve, as innovative pioneers culturally, educationally, politically, socially, and more recently, technologically. We want to be a cutting-edge model for 21st century New York State living; socially responsible, with a focus on equity, while responding to climate change through green-minded development. We have protected and enhanced open spaces. We seek a desirable quality of life for residents with access to affordable housing and a local job market offering wide-ranging livelihoods that align and benefit from our college town setting. Our goal is for New Paltz to maximize its potential while remaining a cherished, beloved, and attractive destination for residents and visitors alike.

For the DRI application New Paltz’s focus area is bound by the Rail Trail, North Chestnut Street, SUNY & Hasbrouck Park, and the Middle School & Youth Program.

We are tasked with integrating different needs and rhythms of stakeholders who live or visit because New Paltz:

  1. is an animated college town with a walkable Main Street and locally-owned businesses
  2. offers world-class outdoor recreation and trails that attract regional and international visitors
  3. hosts one of New York State’s top public colleges
  4. enjoys a vibrant and engaged local full-time community 

But we need support as a host focused on maintaining quality of life for our cross-section of families, seniors, students, and young professionals. 

Though our community is grateful for the public and private investments we have already benefited from, we are at an inflection point. We need to continue to balance supporting ALL community members while making New Paltz feel welcoming and simultaneously manage change and growth.

Working together, a dedicated group of Village employees, and community residents will pursue grant funding to implement improvement projects in the Village. Grant funds will be used to support projects that align with New Paltz’s culture and future plans.

Please share this information.

READ MORE

https://sites.google.com/view/new-paltz-revive/home

SHOW YOUR SUPPORT

https://sites.google.com/view/new-paltz-revive/get-involved

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Questions to: projectmanager@villageofnewpaltz.org

Comments to: comments@villageofnewpaltz.org

If you are unable to attend, the next Village Board Meeting is Wednesday, September 14 at 7pm, at Village Hall, 25 Plattekill Avenue, fire department meeting rooms. Link to join via Zoom.

Public comments are heard at the beginning of the meeting. You are always welcome.