LIVINGSTON MANOR — The Town of Rockland Town Board began their second meeting of September with back-to-back public hearings. The first of which discussed the Livingston Legacy Holdings projects, which plans to utilize existing structures for a Japanese restaurant and sake bar.

Supervisor Rob Eggleton read from a letter that discussed the project’s “lack of adverse effects.” There will be an “adaptive re-use of under-utilized buildings,” and the project’s plan of adding public gardens and a welcome center would “improve the environmental quality of the town.”

Along with the letter, a brief presentation was given to highlight the importance of the project and implore the board to grant the waiver to allow work to continue.

At the conclusion of the public hearing, the board moved to grant Livingston Legacy Holdings the moratorium waiver.

The second public hearing was centered around using money from the building reserve fund. When the Town seeks to use these funds, they are required to discuss during a public comment.

The fund has $168,420, and the Board motioned to allocate up to $100,000 to improve the air conditioning in the Town Hall, make repairs to the salt shed and also include repairs to the golf course’s maintenance shed.

After the public hearing was closed, the board approved the spending.

In the correspondence section of the meeting, the Livingston Manor Fire Department Auxiliary requested a donation for golf for two with a cart at their Pocketbook Bingo event on September 29. The board approved the motion to donate the round of golf as a raffle prize.

The board also discussed that Grizzly Bagels in Roscoe will be celebrating a grand opening with a ribbon cutting on October 20 at 9:30 a.m.

The Willowemoc streambank project has officially started, meaning that the dog park in Riverside Park in Roscoe will be closed for the time being.

The new business section of the meeting announced two new hires and a golf tournament. Dean Dewitt was hired as a part-time crossing guard and Mary Hankins was hired as a deputy town clerk.

The Town of Rockland will be hosting a 4-person scramble golf tournament on October 19 which will feature an open bar and buffet at the Courtyard. The event is $85 per person and teams will likely fill up fast.

The board also discussed another public hearing for the October 3 meeting. The public hearing will update the wording of the moratorium and will be presented as Local Law No. 3 for 2024. The public hearing will take place at the beginning of the next meeting at 7 p.m.