Donahue Committee Meeting

Agenda

Village of Cornwall-on-Hudson

Donahue Committee

Meeting: Wednesday Apr 23^rd 2025, 6:00 PM, Donahue Farm

• Call to Order

• Minutes from last meeting, 3/19/25

• Liaison Remarks: Trustee Braine

• Yacht Club agreement
• Village indemnification for activities
• Events schedule

• Barn & Shed Update
  • Electrical service
    • External Plugs, Automatic Lighting & buried Pump Power
    • Smoke Alarms
  • Shed:
    • Paint Disposal – DPW
  • Discuss Wood Milling
    • Scheduled 428 – 4/30
    • Stacking and stickering the cut lumber
    • Discuss cutting down leaning black locust tree/s on southern edge of old kennel plot

• Kennel Demolition
  • Concrete pad removal & Clean Up
  • Re-meadowing kennel area CYGC

• Mary’s Residence Roof
  • Add to next year’s Village budget
  • Add security lighting

• Riverfront Update
  • Kayak Rack plans

• Vehicles on grassed areas plans
  • Discuss areas where driving is and isn’t allowed and how to block off non-driving areas
  • Wood chip drop off paused

• Community Garden Update
  • Opening Day Sat 4/26 !!
  • Garden Sub Committee
  • Applications and Indemnification Doc
  • Fence Repairs
  • Raised Beds
    • Design & Wood
  • • Community Pumpkin Patch for Pumpkin Chunking Event
    • Community Heirloom Apple & Pear Orchard

• NY Forward Grant proposals for the Riverfront and Farm
  • Connector Trail: Complete trail planning
    • Traffic calming
  • Barn renovation
    • Barn/Horse Stall Redo as demo for renovation work

• Events: Ms Murphy

• Events:
  • Poetry Reading for local authors in Mid Aug 12-6:00
  • Petting Zoo 2 by 2 with Animals, Sept 6th
  • Pumpkin Chunking, Oct 25th
    • Pumpkin Patch for Event
  • Class and Demonstration Ideas: Mr Hazirjian

Master Gardener Class: Cornell Cooperative

Pottery Class: invitee

Blacksmithing: invitee

Chair caning: Sheldon Stowe

Spoon/spatula carving: Chuck Trella

Live edge, bench and tabletop building: Deke

Electric guitar bodies: Manny

Cutting boards/charcuterie boards: Deke

• CFOS Account:
  • Balance 3/17/25: $5,613
  • Recent Activity:
    • Donations for 70 Total Plots, 2025 garden season,$1,750 rec’d
  • Planned Activity:
    • Approx. $600 for 2 by 2 Zoo Event

• Historic Subcommittee comments

• Advisory member comments

•  Public comment (3-5 mins per person)

• Date and Location for Next Meeting
• Adjourn Meeting