Monday's 4-22-24 City Council Workshop Meeting Agenda - What's On Deck

This week’s City Council Workshop Meeting is now available on ALBB. This is the same agenda found on the City’s website, but ours includes future video of the meeting, and is in the all-you-need format at ALBB. This Workshop Meeting is open to the public to attend, but there is no Public Comment. Public does not speak during Workshop Meetings, only listens.

On the Agenda:

Overview of Real Property Tax Assessment Process

1. Proposed Local Law Concerning Minimum Parking Requirements

2. Amendments to the 2024 Budget

3. Proposed Agreement with the Beacon Sloop Club for Floating Docks (backing documents forthcoming)

4. Proposed Dedication of Sewer Infrastructure from Scenic Beacon Developments, LLC

Announcement of Next Meeting: May 6, 2024 at 7:00 p.m

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MLK Jr. Student Essay Winners Announced From Southern Dutchess Coalition and the Beacon Sloop Club For 2022

Excerpts of the winning MLK Jr. essays were published in the Highlands Current.

Six essays submitted by students celebrating the life and mission of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. were announced for 2022. The essay contest was part of the annual programming from the Southern Dutchess Coalition and the Beacon Sloop Club, which includes a march in Beacon followed by a program, during which the essays are recognized. A prize of $50 is awarded to each winner by the essay sponsor, Rhinebeck Bank. The winning essays are selected by a committee of the Sloop Club members.

The march did not happen this year due to the pandemic, but the essays were recognized in published excerpts by the Highlands Current. The students needed to answer: “Are we keeping the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jur.’s dream alive?”

The students whose essays were selected were:

Nicholas Ferris Jr., Grade 2, JV Forrestal Elementary
Landon Soltish, Grade 5, Glenham Elementary
Andrew Caporale, Grade 5, Glenham Elementary
Manasvi Gupta, Grade 5, Glenham Elementary
Zaire West, Grade 5, Glenham Elementary
Weston Hetrick, Grade 5, Glenham Elementary

Read excerpts of their essays here.

How To Enter The Corn Muffin Contest During The Beacon Sloop Club's 2019 Corn Festival

Photo Credit: Beacon Sloop Club

Last year marked the launch of the Cornbread contest at the Beacon Sloop Club’s Corn Festival. This year, the baking returns! In Corn Muffin form. Let’s see what you’ve got!

Rules and Regulations for Corn Muffin Contest

1. Anyone can enter. The only rule is the corn muffin must be made from scratch.

2. Prize for first place is $25.

3. To enter, bring your corn muffin to the Contest Tent before 2 pm. Bring your cornbread on a dish or plate, along with a card with your name, phone number, and recipe. Besides the name of your recipe, please include the ingredients used. Winner will be announced at 3 pm.

Beacon Sloop Club's Corn Festival To Include Live Music, Free Sailing, Tumblebus, and More (Free)

Photo Credit: Beacon Sloop Club

The Beacon Sloop Club’s Annual Corn Festival is this Sunday, August 11, from 12 pm to 5 pm at Pete and Toshi Seeger Riverfront Park. To welcome the beginning of Fall, you can expect to nibble on sweet corn on the cob, cold watermelon, hot chili, cold drinks, and other summer treats. The mission of the Beacon Sloop Club is to protect the Hudson through environmental advocacy. Bringing you closer to the water is one way they do that. Admission to the Corn Festival is free. Info: www.beaconsloopclub.org

New! Kids Entertainment Will Include Tumblebus (Free)

This year’s festival will feature the Tumblebus, a full-size school bus converted into a mobile gym for kids from 18 months to 9 years of age. This special free activity for children will be open at this festival from 12 pm to 4 pm.

Live Music and Storytelling

Two solar music stages will have live performances from: Jonathan Kruk, storyteller, Susan Wright & Friends, Betty & The Baby Boomers, The Cabo’s, Ernie Sites, Roadhouse Roosters, Hank Woji, and Lydia Adams Davis. The festival will start with an original poem by Beacon Poet Peter Ullian, created to commemorate the festival.

More Things To Do, Including Free Public Sails On The Sloop Woody Guthrie

The festival will also feature environmental educational displays, craft and food vendors and many other free activities, fun for all ages! The Sloop Woody Guthrie will give free public sails. Sign-up begins at noon at the BSC tent.

New Corn Muffin Contest!

Rules and Regulations for Corn Muffin Contest!!

1. Anyone can enter. The only rule is the corn muffin must be made from scratch.

2. Prize for first place is $25.

3. To enter, bring your cornbread to the Contest Tent before 2 pm. Bring your cornbread on a dish or plate, along with a card with your name, phone number, and recipe. Besides the name of your recipe, please include the ingredients used. Winner will be announced at 3 pm.

From Route 9D, follow signs to the Beacon Metro‐North Train Station. Look for signs to Riverfront Park.