Monday's City Council Meeting Topics: 3/3/2025

This week’s Agenda for the City Council meeting was posted, and includes a Community Segment for the Proposed Beacon-Hopewell Rail Trail Project from the Dutchess County Transportation Council Presentation.

Resolutions to be put to vote include:

Appointing a new Building Inspector II Bryan Murphy.

Approving 2024 Length of Service Award Program (LOSAP) Contributions

Referring a Proposed Local Law Amending the Zoning Map Concerning East Main Street to the City of Beacon and the Dutchess County Planning Board. The proposed sale of the commercial condo at 1 East Main that houses Trax triggered a zoning flag, in that Trax was operating a coffeehouse in a zone, LI (Light Industrial) that did not permit that use. It permitted roasting of coffee, but not all of the offered seating. The subject of 7 East Main (Hudson Valley Brewery) was also raised as to the type of distillery they were in order to operate within the current LI zoning.

Therefore, the Council is considering rezoning all of East Main to be CMS (Central Main Street) where a coffee house with the number of seating needed is permitted.