This page lists meetings where a speaker used any of these words: park, playground, street tree, tree, promenade hill, recreation, green space. Search this topic to filter by body or year, or search the exact word only.
Meetings
653
Passages
4,750
Last 30 days
10
Bodies
22
Over time
Each bar is the share of that year's meetings on file that mention the topic; the numbers above it are the count and the share. The archive holds more recordings for some years than others, so the bars use the share.
Where it comes up
- Common Council147
- CEDC (Columbia Economic Development Corp.)84
- Planning Board77
- Historic Preservation68
- Other / Committee66
- Conservation Advisory44
- Housing Authority25
- IDA24
- HCDPA22
- Council Finance Committee20
- HCSD Board of Education20
- Council Legal Committee17
- Public Works Board14
- County Government Committee7
- Housing Trust Fund Board6
- County Health and Human Services Committee3
- County Economic Development Committee3
- County Board of Supervisors2
- County Public Safety Committee1
- County Committee1
- County Finance Committee1
- Tourism Board1
Recent mentions
- 5:41… the high utilizers who come to the city for services that are here social services the hospital and then sometimes they will end up in the park um you know or other places in the city and so the city has has a real interest in in implementing this clinical underset model mapping requirements or recommendations. So the Greenberger Center, just one more. Yeah, the Greenberger …
- 25:18and his new city parks team in terms of not just the project cost for that Oakdale Park, but what they're going to need in terms of cash flow uh, short-term and long term. So short-term, I think we figured out a way with maybe, you know, roughly a quarter of a million dollars in her fund loan, which we couldn't have swung 6 months ago, but we are in better shape now cashwise, …
- 2026-09-29Common CouncilRegular Meeting of the Common Council 9/29/26 Pt. 210 passages longer discussion10:37… property was stagnant and not being used right so I it's if someone was to ask me yes my opinion is this is what it was used for we had playgrounds down there we had yes it was totally recreation it it should be recreation and I think we're limited in this city of Hudson to have recreational um and now with a new connection with it's only going to get better with a new …
- 1:25:26… care. The other take my picture. I don't care. I got nothing to hide. Anyway, but the real question your voice of reason and savior of the tree of peace and that's the reason I'm speaking at this moment because I'm curious about the tree of peace. It's been some two months since I've heard words. Well, actually, I think I heard a month ago from the stewardist of the tree, …
- 59:34… to school shopping. No, no, not in Auburn. No, in Auburn. No, she was saying that they want to go down to the city to see the Christmas tree, all the lights and everything. I mean, the Bronx is going to say the Bronx Zoo. Good luck.
- 2026-09-16County Government CommitteeCounty Govt || Public Works || September 16, 202610 passages longer discussion17:31well I'm in a mobile home park they can't raise the rent there is a cap of 3% they can't raise the the uh the uh grant more than 3% unless they can prove they're going to do infrastructure and improvements to the park that will warrant them to get uh an increase over 3% and then they can't go over 6%. So but the uh you know the the leasing the land there can challenge a park …
- 13:26Nothing on our end. I know there's concerns I think more so about the one at park, not park at Columbia 7th.
- 20:57Um it's the cover system itself consists of in green spaces a two clean soil cover or uh in non-green spaces you're talking about hardcapes which consist of your foundation, your sidewalks, your asphalt. So basically what that's trying to do is to eliminate the direct exposure pathway to any remaining soil contaminants on site. And then your subslab depressurization system for …
- 42:11not not not anything but like what we're talking about here is essentially like quite small trail one. It's it feels almost immaterial to me. But yeah, I mean I I understand why it came to us because it purely for the park gaming off the that section of the codes as like I don't even know why this like
- 49:18And um actually, now that I'm thinking a bit, so next next summer will look different. Um, I know you guys heard the news about the park, the park. Yeah. Um, at Oakdale Park. So, that will be under renovation during camp. So, that is uh again going to force us to be a little bit creative about placement um of our campers. Typically, our littles are at the playground. Next …
Longest discussions
Meetings with the most passages that use the topic's words.
- 3:54So including mature tree and street tree fund in the definitions would be something that we think could be would be important. Um first because of the benefits that mature trees have and the time and like basically the money that takes for to sustain to maintain this type of trees. Um so I think it's important to make that differentiation. And then street tree fund is I think …
- 2022-05-27Historic PreservationHistoric Preservation Commission - May 27, 202266 passages longer discussion51:45like uh many of the commons in in new england that you find with the with the fountain at the center uh the trees um the park was uh surrounded by uh a square of trees and the trees from the images appear to be american elms you can tell by the vos shaped that you see um on the trees and were likely lost um in the late 40s early 50s to dutch elm disease um i've also noticed …
- 28:55It's basically just a proposal for um volunteer partnership uh working with community to do um street tree care and maintenance. It's very much based on the New York City program um and also working on other like potentially the pocket parks and things like that doing doing maintenance on those spaces. So the little proposal I sent just sort of um talks about um doing um …
- 2024-09-03Conservation AdvisoryConservation Advisory Council 09/03/202447 passages longer discussion19:45parks how's that right there okay good um okay next item tree ordinance Nathan do you want to talk about the tree ordinance anyone want to talk about the tree ordinance oh Tom you're raising your hand yes yeah about the parks um there's a lot going on with the pocket Parks right now a lot of uh public projects so and there's also the possibility of getting a Parks director in …
- 2:27:07or any tree like from buffling off you decide eventually or is it the type of tree that you put in? Yeah, it's part of it's the type of tree that you put in. Uh hopefully they studied the correct grow full growth of the tree, right? Uh we we see everywhere as trees age all the time. Again, I just shut the lock out doors here right there. They're beautiful, but they've grown up …
- 3:46:00dollar shall grant an easement to the city of Hudson over the north side of the commercial do parcel adjoining the Henry Hudson Riverfront Park for maintenance and pedestrian only used to facilitate access maintenance and use of the southern section of Henry Hudson Riverfront Park as demonstrated in climate adaptive design of Henry Hudson Riverside Park. The pedestrian …
- 35:51… can see maybe not in this this slide but this slide you can see these beautiful graceful benches which also are um we're down in promenade park by the river um you can see that there were not cars parked around the the park and that might seem unfair to say because they didn't have cars then but you don't see that there's a whole bunch of carriages parked around the park …
- 44:51result of the trees and then you get the health of trees which is less precisely described here but needs more attention questions. Well, I wonder if the if the tree ordinance would be appropriate in um covering those hundred-y old trees. And I mean, we're we're already sort of on the way to taking care of trees via the tree ordinance. Am I right? Yes. Oh, yeah. What is it? …
- 2025-03-11Planning BoardCity of Hudson Planning Board Meeting March 11th 202540 passages longer discussion16:00but at the same time we also tightened up the the tree clearing limit um on this end over here uh at the end of building two where we were clearing more trees than we needed to um so overall there was just a slightly slight reduction in the tree clearing that's required can ask question we been taking down trees there has anyone been taking no we we've had some tests that may …
- 2:46:24into this exfoliating trees but we also have we also have the tree clearing time period in addition no I'm just asking if you found trees I don't believe you did a or tree assessment on the S okay no it's actually a tree survey where they look at every single tree yeah okay what do you that there's AE assessment surve and when you develop of property um they can do one of two …
Every meeting, newest first
- 1:18:20… to be implemented during and after social distancing. Phase one is titled Tiny Parades. Phase two is titled Henry Hudson Waterfront Park. Rising Phoenix, that's a one-day event. And phase three would be the Bindlestiff Family Tent Show. Can I have an introduction, please? Welcome. Malachi, thank you. Can I have a second, please? I'll second, Jane. Jane. Okay, conversation, …
- 2:23:035 o'clock, right. Yes. Okay. I'd like to also ask, did you take into consideration that the people living on that street need to be able to park in front of their houses or, you know, would like to be able to park in front of their houses? That's understood. I mean, so it's not just, there's spots that are available not just on Union Street, they're available all around on 6th …
- 5:41… the high utilizers who come to the city for services that are here social services the hospital and then sometimes they will end up in the park um you know or other places in the city and so the city has has a real interest in in implementing this clinical underset model mapping requirements or recommendations. So the Greenberger Center, just one more. Yeah, the Greenberger …
- 25:18and his new city parks team in terms of not just the project cost for that Oakdale Park, but what they're going to need in terms of cash flow uh, short-term and long term. So short-term, I think we figured out a way with maybe, you know, roughly a quarter of a million dollars in her fund loan, which we couldn't have swung 6 months ago, but we are in better shape now cashwise, …
- 2026-09-29Common CouncilRegular Meeting of the Common Council 9/29/26 Pt. 210 passages longer discussion10:37… property was stagnant and not being used right so I it's if someone was to ask me yes my opinion is this is what it was used for we had playgrounds down there we had yes it was totally recreation it it should be recreation and I think we're limited in this city of Hudson to have recreational um and now with a new connection with it's only going to get better with a new …
- 1:25:26… care. The other take my picture. I don't care. I got nothing to hide. Anyway, but the real question your voice of reason and savior of the tree of peace and that's the reason I'm speaking at this moment because I'm curious about the tree of peace. It's been some two months since I've heard words. Well, actually, I think I heard a month ago from the stewardist of the tree, …
- 59:34… to school shopping. No, no, not in Auburn. No, in Auburn. No, she was saying that they want to go down to the city to see the Christmas tree, all the lights and everything. I mean, the Bronx is going to say the Bronx Zoo. Good luck.
- 2026-09-16County Government CommitteeCounty Govt || Public Works || September 16, 202610 passages longer discussion17:31well I'm in a mobile home park they can't raise the rent there is a cap of 3% they can't raise the the uh the uh grant more than 3% unless they can prove they're going to do infrastructure and improvements to the park that will warrant them to get uh an increase over 3% and then they can't go over 6%. So but the uh you know the the leasing the land there can challenge a park …
- 13:26Nothing on our end. I know there's concerns I think more so about the one at park, not park at Columbia 7th.
- 20:57Um it's the cover system itself consists of in green spaces a two clean soil cover or uh in non-green spaces you're talking about hardcapes which consist of your foundation, your sidewalks, your asphalt. So basically what that's trying to do is to eliminate the direct exposure pathway to any remaining soil contaminants on site. And then your subslab depressurization system for …
- 42:11not not not anything but like what we're talking about here is essentially like quite small trail one. It's it feels almost immaterial to me. But yeah, I mean I I understand why it came to us because it purely for the park gaming off the that section of the codes as like I don't even know why this like
- 49:18And um actually, now that I'm thinking a bit, so next next summer will look different. Um, I know you guys heard the news about the park, the park. Yeah. Um, at Oakdale Park. So, that will be under renovation during camp. So, that is uh again going to force us to be a little bit creative about placement um of our campers. Typically, our littles are at the playground. Next …
- 29:58Okay. Thank you. And last up is uh 537. Let me share that. That is the uh Mexican radio project. Um and they had previously been approved a CFA that we had um approved. Um and they came back to us and they wanted to amend the the doors um that were inward swinging doors on the little pocket park side of Mexican radio, formerly known as Mexican radio
- 12:15Well, just an update on the disposition of a attached to uh remove the property that's on our 238. DPW, I got some no trespassing signs and DPW did put them up. Uh at the time, there uh it's uh two two vehicles, a parked car, and a bunch of garbage on it. I did go to see the signs signage were there and I did have a conversation with the uh owner of the property.
- 12:08is this uh for the um park grant $110,000 for the park grant for tonight has that been allocated in which
- 4:11At one time Hudson had playgrounds in every neighborhood but for decades the city hasn't invested in them. And as you'll see, the playground in Oakdale is a disgrace. In the 2018 Oakdale Park visioning process, the public named a new playground as a top priority, and the need for play spaces keeps coming up loud and clear every time there's public engagement around green …
- 2026-08-18County Health and Human Services CommitteeHealth & Human Services || Public Safety || August 18, 20262 passages48:17yeah Don Mel is our county climate smart coordinator works with the trees there and and Christine is on the committee member of the committee, but I'll make sure that
- 2026-08-13Council Legal CommitteeCommon Council Legal Committee 8/13/2615 passages longer discussion13:53The next step is like further questions that I would ask if our you know, how Grand Manor view the questions of and determinations of park land that get I get the South Side has been considered a ball field. Is that so specific that it's not considered state park area or park land? And because most of our ball parks in the area are privately owned, like does it get that Grand …
- 2026-08-11Planning BoardPlanning Board Meeting Pt. 1(Public Hearing) 8/11/264 passages longer discussion28:05So, one of the beautiful things about the plan is the the plentiness of green space and trees. And there's a beautiful camp that's called Kites Nest at the at the lower end of State Street. There can be a beautiful corridor of trees and water remediation because as our climate changes and as environmental threats change and as all those trucks run up and down Columbia Street …
- 58:11Right. [clears throat] Right. So, um on the southern end, these circles represent the evergreen trees that are being planted because there is no material change between this parking lot and the existing larger parking lot. We and also for the visual buffer, we added the evergreens at southern ends.
- 2026-08-10Common CouncilCommon Council Code and Infrastructure Committee 8/10/264 passages longer discussion40:01Yeah. I mean it's just like when they talk about the the the [clears throat] tree policy, right? And they said DPW, you know, like how you how are we going to be the tree police? You know, we're going to come in and take leaf blowers and blow people's faces. Like get away from that tree, right? You know, you can't touch that tree. I mean, we don't have badges. We don't have …
- 18:12… Uh traditionally that was um led by uh by Aaron. Um but uh Aaron uh recently uh gave birth to her her son. And so this year we had Cory Parks who came in as our lead mechanic to oversee that operation where we have uh two junior mechanics on um they are there to support. Um and then uh whether it's the bike riding each day with with our chambers and or build the bike which can …
- 1:05:55and they put their sign on the other side of the Seventh Street Park.
- 11:47Uh two different things. Um Oak Dale Park and Charles Williams Park. So, let's go with the latter one first. Um that's more of a a bookkeeping issue, but with some we're just trying to figure out from a legal standpoint and how to make sure it goes smoothly. I get these entities confused, but SPARK
- 5:06Um there will be some landscaping done, not very much. Um but wherever a tree comes down we will be replacing with trees. Um for instance uh because there pathways coming in from the corner where there's a veterans memorial right now. Um there's a tree there. Um actually there might be more than one tree there and um so those will be replaced.
- 3:41Um only a few of them have some trees or shrubs or something that's overhanging that uh we'd like to see the residents cut back so that doesn't cost us in the project. Um, but if it does, then you know, we'll have to add that as a change order in the project. But I'm just going to give them a heads up and try to get them to just it's not a lot, just so just some pieces that …
- 48:18it uh known to or educate the public about what we do and what we don't do. We don't tell you what color to paint your house or what tree to plant or most of that. you know, it's it's a pretty direct and confined [clears throat] uh number of items that we can we oversee. And I think that people have to understand that because like Phil said, there's the public or many …
- 12:47right? Snow fence on it. and I maybe have to talk to HPD to see if they can give them a warning that they're going to be towed or whatever because technically if it's on city property it's illegal to be parked there.
- 25:59The way this pro project is designed, we're killing the cops of trees adjacent to the gazebo. If you observe how the residents use bliss towers, they use their front courtyard quite frequently and they use the gazebo. They watch the streetscape. They enjoy watching their children get on the bus. This design creates a park around with towers around the park. There's no …
- 15:55Um thank you for paying respect to your uh breathed new life and new energy into very grateful for all the work you and knocking it out of the park. board and is a great mentor and
- 17:14Well, we're continuing to fight that. Wouldn't it be wouldn't our money be better spent trying to get out of the fact that we approved to build on, you know, state park land or city park land? I'm not sure how we label that. Uh
- 4:18So they they are purchasing roasters to expand into wholesale and grow that side of their business. So they'll maintain the cafe that we are all familiar with there at the park, but um increase the wholesale
- 2026-07-15County Government CommitteeCounty Govt || Public Works || July 15, 20264 passages longer discussion58:57um but yeah, just tree trimming in general, you know, not like you don't have anything to do. I know that, but
- 2026-07-14County Health and Human Services CommitteeHealth & Human Services || Public Safety || July 14, 20267 passages longer discussion1:36:50You can't if the wire is touching a tree, wire service won't go through there. If the highway will not touch it, you can't. I mean there's a potential if that wire is live that it comes down through the tree and that's the training and that's the standard. So we have to get nice and nice is good. Most of the power the three power companies we deal with are pretty good about …
- 33:56Okay. Now the last item and I'm done. The tree of peace. Do we know the outward the the tree of peace? Is the city have taken possession of the tree of peace? Does the DBW know about anything about the treaty?
- 5:07Yeah. So, and we're going to have to drag him in at least to download information from him for the street tree planting because that really has to we have to push that up to the front burner now. We'll get to that. Um, oh, I'm taking off climate smart sub community. So, we should find out now to why they told us if we get the points for this climate smart stuff.
- 57:14What is he doing in his school not session back in regular patrol? He's on regular patrol right now and he will um probably bounce once the playground open. Once Oakdale opens, he'll uh bounce back between back and forth between that and the school because
- 13:26Um, that's typically one of our, you know, our bigger field trips during the summer. But that that's typically almost always get a full house on the whole day. Open at Urban Air, which is a trampoline park in the capital region. That's a big one.
- 23:06… have the new debt service for the pumper truck, but and we may have some new debt service if we have to borrow for either the Prominade Park uh not prominade park uh Oakill Park or uh the Charles Williams Park projects.
- 2026-06-22CEDC (Columbia Economic Development Corp.)CEDC Loan Committee Meeting 6/22/264 passages longer discussion11:36and the park would make progress even if there was a stalled payment situation, but it looks like both could be stalled. So So we're going to have one more meeting with the uh with them, their consultants. They finally brought on someone who knows the state park grants very well. So that person will be involved and then we'll get DPW there as well.