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Regular meeting of the Village Bd. of Trustees was held on Wgd.~ Feb. 11} 1970~ at 7:~0 P.M. in the Mesier Homestead. Those present: Mayor Furnari, Tr. DiDomizio~ Tr. Valentino, Tr. Bain~ Tr. Hoolihan~ and Atty. Lyons. Those absent: Tr. Fries and Tr~ C~eetham. Motion by Tr. Bain~ seconded by Tr. Hodlihan that meetlgg go out ef regular order of business following reading of the following letter. Letter was read from residents and taxpayers of Goring Pl. and Veatch Sts. complaining about conditions of streets, lack of drains, sidewalks and curbs in that area. Mayor Furnari repdrted many areas in the Village are in need of curbing~ but no new curbs have been installed in the Villager outside of replacing broken He stated request will be turned over to Highway Comm. for study. Mrs. Durkin, resident of Goring PI.~ reported drain sewers was an important item and snow removal operations were poor. She stated s~me homes were lower than road and when street f~oods, water goes in basements. Mr. DiRocco reported road is narrow and there is no place to push snow, thus creating a hazard as cars can't get in d~iveways. Mr. Farrell reported it is hard for plow to find edge of street as same is only 14 ft. wide. Tr. Hoolihan recommended this area hooking into Maple Street drain.- Tr. DiDomi~o suggested drainage and curbing for this area be initiated. Mayor Furnari reported this request would be turned over to Highway Comm. and Third Ward Trustee for study and recommendations. Atty. Lyons discussed Reapportionment and repo~ted under Municipal New Home Rule Law census could be taken from list of ~eglstered voters. He stated it was dangerous to use registration figures and mechanics for reapportionment was costly and time ~onsuming. Atty. Lyons reported he wrote Bureau of Census inquiring as t~ a head count by smaller units. He stated a letter was received from'Arthur F. Young~ Chief of Housing Division~ Bureau of the Census. reporting the S~&te of New York~ through the office of the Secretary of State, has contracte~ with the Bureau of the Census for the provision of block data for all cities, towns, places and townships in the State which contained a population of 2500 or more in 1960, including Towns of P~ughkeepsie and WapDingers. The Bureau will provide 1OO copies of the printed report to the New York Joint Legislative Comm. on Reapportionment. Atty. Lyons reported that with this information available, he doesn't see going ahead with registration figures. He requested action be deferred on until the 1970 Census is taken. Discussion followed on percentage differential. Mr. Victor Si~vestri and Mr. D. O. Napoleon of Reapportionment Comm. present at meeting.