We are inviting all members of the Dobbs Ferry community to vote on the issues that are of the most importance to them so that our Village representatives can prioritize their agenda for the next year.
A list of 30 issues is display below. If an issue has been missed please add it to your email or comment.
Based on the results, received so far the most important issues are:
A. Zoning and Vision Park
B. Gateway or Washington/Rochanbeam Park
C. 145 Palisade Street / access / Waterfront Park improvements / Shoreline stabilization, "Dog free" zone
D. Budget / Planning / Property taxes
E. Sidewalks for kids
This survey should only take you about five or ten minutes. Please pick five issues and send them back in rank order via email to sterne_at_attglobal.net or leave a comment on groundreport. A first rank issue will be weighed a 5, second a 4, three a 3, fourth a 2 and fifth a 1. The overall results will be posted at the end of each week, but each individual’s input will be kept secret.
1. Vision Plan & Zoning Code
2. Parking: Garage behind Village Hall, behind Cedar Street, behind Sushi Mikes
3. Gateway & Washington / Rochambeau Park
4. Increases in parking meter fees
5. Waters Edge Subdivision
6. Future of Old DPW site
7. New DPW issues
8. 145 Palisade Street / access / Waterfront Park improvements / Shoreline stabilization, "Dog free" zone
9. Tennis Courts
10. Akzo/Nobel Development / Chauncey Park
11. Leaf Blower Noise Control
12. Alternate Street Parking on Lower Main Street
13. DIC suggestions for improvements
14. User fee on Cedar and Main businesses to fund extra street cleaning and trash collection
15. New lighting in the downtown
16. New sidewalks on Main
17. Garbage / getting non-profits to pay their share / Trash bag program
18. 27 Main Street (demolition, redevelopment, parking)
19. Library heating/cooling issues
20. Hire a grants writer
21. Hire a web master
22. System for Registering Complaints
23. Ethics reform
24. Budget / Planning / Property taxes
25. Reducing village legal expenses
26. Library – Embassy connection
27. Sidewalks for school kids
28. Renaming parks and streets after people
29. Ardsley bridge reconstruction in 2009
30. Shared Services, police in particular
31. Mobile phone coverage
32. Burying telephone and power lines in Village center