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OLD BUSINESS • Reschedule the work session to review the Comprehensive Plan o Mayor Wochensky said that he spoke with the Village Planning Commission and agrees that he does not consider it appropriate to look at a certain part of the Comprehensive Plan with this application or any applications on it. He said that the Village should do a full Comprehensive Plan. Trustee Lazickas asked if this work session would be the kickoff for this plan. Mayor Wochensky wants to apply to the county for funding. Village Planning Commission Chair West spoke about a current application that is before the Commission for review, and he wants to know how the Village Board plans to move forward so they can address the application. Mayor Wochensky said that anything that comes up to the planning commission and to the board will be decided based on the current comprehensive plan and the zoning that we have in place. SPEAKERS & COMMUNICATIONS • Mary Ann Colopy- Chairwoman HPC- She said that the Comprehensive Plan does not cover HPC and believes historic preservation should be addressed in the future. She said the application for the Historic District with the National Registry will be back to East Aurora for public comment before it goes off for approval. • Kurt Colopy- 265 South Grove- He congratulated the new Trustees and Mayor. He spoke about the Roycroft litigation and spoke about wanting to save the Globe. • Jesse Griffis- Village Tree Board Chair- He gave his condolences to Clerk-Treasurer Jerackas on her role as interim Village Administrator again. He thanked the Village Board for their support of the trees and reminded everyone that the Village Tree Board meets on the 2nd Monday of the month in the conference room. He thanked General Foreman Stoll for including the Tree Board in all the ongoing tree work that is happening in the Village and for ensuring that large limbs and trunks from trees are being stored down on Pine and hopefully re-used. He said that he believes that we should support ourselves without talking badly about other communities and all work together. • Nancy Smith- 195 Sycamore- She said that she wanted to add that Arbor Day is coming up at the High School on April 23rd at 11:15am. She said that Mayor Wochensky and Town Supervisor Synder will be in attendance. Department Head and Trustee Reports General Foreman- He said that a storm came through, and the Village had major flooding. He reminded everyone to abide by road closure signs during events like that. He said that he is hoping to get hot patching done if the weather warms up and that he is going to schedule paving soon. Mayor Wochensky wants to rebrand the Code Red system to maybe EA notification to create new participation. He suggested setting up a meeting with Heather at Code Red at On-solve. He suggested putting in a policy for social media. He also mentioned having an Instagram for the Village. He said that we are putting up a whiteboard in the Village Offices for thoughts and ideas on what we are working on. Code Enforcement Officer- She said that one residence flooded and is not habitable at this point. She said that they are working through a process to determine the amount of damage to the structure and the next steps. She said that she still does not have access to the Globe. She said that she sent a notice to the bank about an electrical line that runs across the awning, and they came and disconnected it. She said that she submitted her year-end report to the Village Board and that she will be sending that report to the Department of State as well. HPC Chair- She said that she would like the opportunity in May to address the Village Board at a working meeting to talk about what has happened with the HPC in the last two years and where they feel things are moving in the next few years. Tree Board Chair- none Planning Commission- none