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Minutes following the 3/26/2008 Public Hearings and Village Board Meeting PA: LEDGE OF LLEGIANCE PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL STUDY / GRANT. Mayor Alexander opened the public hearing at 6 PM. The Mayor explained the reason for the public hearing and spent about 20 minutes explaining the purpose of the SRTS “ Safe Routes to School Grant”. An application has been prepared and the funds solicited through the SRTS 2008 Grant Program. The funds will be used to create 6 crosswalks over 9D with proper signage and a traffic signal at Mill and Market and 9D. The Village will engineer, educate, encourage, enforce and evaluate pedestrian safety. As part of this meeting the Board of Trustees will vote to authorize the Mayor to proceed with the grant application. Mayor Alexander asked if there were any questions. Hearing closed at 7:20 PM. PA: LEDGE OF LLEGIANCE PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING PROPOSED VERIZON CABLE FRANCHISE AGREEMENT Mayor Alexander opened the public hearing at 7: PM saying the public hearing tonight is to hear about Verizon’s proposed cable television franchise in the village of Wappingers Falls. The Mayor also said the hearing should be kept to about one hour. The Clerk verified that a notice had been published in the Poughkeepsie Journal. Attorney Horan said that Verizon would need to obtain permission from the Village Board prior to delivering service. Attorney Horan asked if a representative from Verizon would like to speak. Mr. John F. Butler, Director of Verizon External Affairs addressed the Board and public. Mr. Butler said the Town of Wappingers passed the video franchise on March 24th and the Village of Wappingers Falls is now positioned to be the second in Dutchess County to approve. Mr. Butler provided some statistics with respect to the Verizon work force residing in the community. The new video franchise manager is Darian Gill. Mr. Butler thanked Mayor Alexander and Village Clerk Karge for their assistance in getting the agreement to where it is today. Several people spoke in support of the agreement mostly employees of Verizon. Mr. Stormo said the words “ Level Playing Field” will most likely be addressed by Cablevision when they have an opportunity to speak. Next Mr. Stormo turned the meeting over to Mr. Parr also of Verizon who asked Mr. Connor of Cablevision to comment. Mr. Connor did say he would address “ Level Playing Field” and that was exactly why he was there. Mr. Connor did make several comments about the proposed agreement which he said could and most likely would be worked out between Verizon Officials, Attorney Horan and Cablevision. Several more Verizon employees commented in support of the agreement. Mr. Fulton ( Village resident) asked about the service and was told this new product is very reliable and the new service manager Mr. Page 1 of 2