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The regular meeting of the Village Board of Trustees was held on Wednesday, Aug. 12, 1981 at 7:30 P.M. in the American Legion Ha~l. Present: Mayor Synnett, Tr. Moruzzi, Tr. Greco, Tr. Costa, Tr. Mazochi, Tr. DiGregorio, Tr. Viglotti, Atty. Supple and Engineers Paggi & Martin. Mayor Synnett requested a moment of silent prayer be observed in memory of former Mayor Joseph McCluskey who recently passed away. Minutes: Minutes of the last regular meeting held 7-8-81 and a special meeting held 7-20-81 had been duplicated and previously presented to Board members. Motion by Tr. Moruzzi, seconded by Tr. Costa tha~ the above minutes be accepted as written. Carried. Agenda: Schedule Public Hearings on p~oposed Local Laws: Atty. Supple reported two proposed Local Laws have been drafted. I. A local law which would designate Propsect Staeet a One way street in a westerly direction at all times. He stated street was one way on Sundays only and this had to be repealed. ~ayor Synnett stated no report has been received from the Safety Comm. and residents were concerned with the proposed change. Motion by Tr. Costa, seconded by Tr. Mazochi that action on the above local law be tabled for further study. Carried. Atty. Supple reported second proposed local law was the installatlon of a w way Stop Sign for the intersection of Fulton, L(~ver Henry and Garden Streets. Action table for further study. Report 0n E~ Street drainage pro~ect: Atty. Supple submitted the following report for the Village Atty.: With regard to the bond issue for the Route 9D improvements, the bonding attorneys have requested evidence that the Village is complying with the State Environmental Quality Review Law. For the replacement of the water and sewer lines in Rotate 9D itself, the Department of Transportation is obviously the lead agency and I have obtained a copy of their dete~minatlon that these phases of the project have no significantenvironmentaliimpact. With regard to the Elm street drainage project, however, because most of this work is taking place outside of the State right of way, it seems that the Village may well'be the lead agency. In any event~ I think we should take the position that we are the lead agency and send.a notice to this effect to the Department of Transportation. As the project will prevent the pondlng of surface water in the Rlm Street area~ 'its only effect on the enviornment will be and we should also make ~his determination and incorporate in our notice to the State. Under the applicable regulations, if we receive no written