President’s Update 10-5-20

At a recent LPWA Board meeting on 9/24 the Board discussed the most recent paving activity on Hampshire Road and Glen Washington Road as well as the recent storm water drainage upgrades on Ledgewood Road. While the City of Yonkers has a very limited repaving budget, the LPWA will continue to communicate with Mike Breen’s office on neighborhood repaving priorities.

Treasurers Report
The Treasurer reported the LPWA is currently in solid financial condition and we have finally obtained 501(C)4 status.

Landscaping and Beautification Committee
The Landscape Committee discussed the Boulder Trail/Highland Circle triangle being damaged from a fallen tree during Tropical Storm Isaias. The current plan is to let plants and dogwood tree that survived fill in and reassess the need to replant next year. The triangle off of Hampshire/Hereford has had damage from lack of curbing and the Committee is looking into options for preventing further damage.

Membership and Communications Committee
The Committee reported on the membership drive which began the end of May with emails to Association members. So far there are 55 paid credit card memberships along with 3 or 4 sent checks to the treasurer. 10 parties registered on the website but have not paid. Last year’s membership drive included snail mail, and resulted in 90 paid memberships vs. ~60 gained this year. The current plan is for the Membership Committee to pull the lapsed list and send post cards / follow-up emails to the 40-50 lapsed members.

Save the Date – The Board approved holding a public Annual Meeting via Zoom on Thursday, November 12th. More information to follow.

Miscellaneous
The LPWA received email from the President of SLC about an incident with a resident refusing to wear a mask on a public street through campus. The Association to post an announcement on the LPWA website encouraging all to follow SLC’s pandemic protocols, which requests mask wearing for everyone on campus, even when walking thru the campus on public streets. The college understands it cannot require mask wearing on public streets but has asked neighbors to respect it’s policies as way to help encourage students to do the same.

LPWA members have sent in reminders to fill out census forms by the recently revised deadline of October 31 as well as support local Bronxville merchants.

The Village of Bronxville, the Bronxville Chamber of Commerce, and a growing network of engaged local residents have created BXV FOR BXV, an ongoing and wide-ranging set of initiatives to invigorate the Bronxville community. More information can be found about the initiative at https://www.bronxvillechamber.org/bxvforbxv