Organ Donor Registration & Comp Plan Progress
On Valentine's Day Assemblywoman Sandy Galef invited elected leaders, medical professionals, and activists to remind folks of the importance of being an organ donor. Click here to learn more about signing up to be an organ donor .

Last Wednesday's Village Board work session included a visit from Frank Fish of BFJ Planning, the consulting firm that the Village's Comprehensive Plan Steering Committee has recommended to help guide our comp plan update. We also heard from Town/Village Clerk Sue Donnelly about a new approach to tag parking on the municipal lots which will involve some code changes and an update to the village fee schedule. Daytime and overnight parking in village lots is one small piece of the parking challenges that the Village is making improvements to this year.

We also discussed anticipated updates to Village event permits. Event organizers, local businesses and residents impacted by events are invited to attend a Stakeholder Meeting on Monday, February 24 at 6pm at the Community Center to provide input on recommendations for a new approach to events that will provide predictability and consistency with events going forward. Click here for links to the full agenda and meeting video .

Community Connections  
Open Office Hours with the Mayor  will take place tomorrow in the Board of Trustees office on the first floor of Village Hall from 10:00am until 12:00noon. No appointment is necessary, and all are welcome to discuss any topic, concern or idea of interest to you..

Have a burning question or idea, at any hour of the day or night?... Email me (mayor@villageofossining.org), Village Manager Karen D'Attore (kdattore@villageofossining.org) or the Board of Trustees (bot@villageofossining.org).

Wednesday's Legislative Session
This week's meeting includes moving forward with remediation of 200 Main Street, the historic Bank for Savings at the gateway to our Main Street. The expense of this project is largely offset by a grant awarded at the end of 2019. The work being undertaken will be on the interior of the building, and will prepare it to take on a new life after decades of vacancy. One of the changes in the neighborhood that would add to the viability of this iconic building is a redesign of Route 9. The Village is continuing to pursue efforts with the NYS DOT to make changes that would include additional parking on Highland Avenue. Click here to view the full legislative agenda .

The legislative session will take place at the courthouse on Spring Street and begin at 7:30pm. There are a number of invitations for community members to offer comments. If you would like to spread the word about an upcoming event, please take up to two minutes during Organizational Announcements. Folks who would like to comment on the resolutions included on this week's agenda may do so for up to four minutes at the start of the Village Board Resolutions portion of the meeting. The meeting closes with an invitation for community members to comment for up to three minutes during Visitor Recognition about any topic of relevance to the common good of the Village.

With Regards, 



Victoria Gearity
Mayor
Artist Collaboration
Local trumpet player Ted Daniels and local dancer Tomiko Magario are teaming up on February 22 at 2pm at the Ossining Public Library . All are invited to attend this live concert featuring original choreography with original jazz music. The audience will have the opportunity to participate in a Q&A with the artists immediately following the performance.

Ossining is full of talented artists. Bringing them together is one of the goals of the Ossining Arts Project . Are you an artist? Be sure to mark you calendar to attend the next Artist Collaboration Network on March 1 at El Manabita (107 Main St), from 4-6PM.