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Hyde Park Town Board Happenings

Beck Park Basketball Court
  1. The Hyde Park Town Board was awarded a $200K NYS Resilience Grant will address the flooding issues in the Roosevelt Road/Haviland Road areas. The Grant will allow the Town of Hyde Park to allow conduct land surveillance out in the field, identify low lying areas and develop maps with elevation documents.

    Once this is completed the Town take those findings and put the project out to bid, apply for the next grant to fix the flooding problems from Haviland to Roosevelt Road.
  2. — Update — A 5 Ton Weight Limit has been applied to Creek Road to prevent heavy trucks and dump tailers from going through the neighborhood district and prevent any future accidents.
  3. — Update — The Town of Hyde Park Town Board has met with the NYS DOT (Department of Transportation) to allow for a crosswalk to be installed at the Hyde Park Assisted Living facility on Violet Avenue. The Town is now in the process of getting a highway permit from the DOT and, Bob Baxter, Principal Owner, Hyde Park Assisted Living, will install handicap ramps and the necessary sidewalk extensions, without any cost to the taxpayer. Thank you Bob Baxter.
  4. Significant improvements have been made to Hyde Park’s Hackett Hill, Dinsmore and Beck Parks to include, a new Basketball Court and Swing Sets at Beck Park (at Cream Street & E. Dorsey Lane), 100% funded with a Dutchess County Grant. Fencing has also been installed at Beck Park to STOP vandalism. Hackett Hill Park has seen new fencing and grading around the playground to provide security and protect the children. In addition, the handicapped parking lot has been paved so residents have access to Hackett Hill Park and the Paul Tegtmeier Memorial. The Parks Department is also in receipt of an upgraded pick-up truck, a new trailer and upgraded mowing equipment.
  5. The Hyde Park Town Board has also negotiated with the Roosevelt Fire House to purchase an unused tract of land for one dollar, yes, you read that right, $1, that will be furnished with pickleball courts and a pavilion.
  6. The Town Board has applied for a $1 million grant to upgrade the Town Pool at Hackett Hill Park. This grant is an 80/20 match grant and the Parks Department has committed $200,000 of their budget (1/2 of their total budget) for the 20% match. If awarded, this grant will give the pool new surfacing, tile coping, a new filtration system and upgrades to the bathrooms, which is long overdue.
  7. The Hyde Park Police Department has utilized $100K of their budget to incorporate upgrades, renovations and the hiring of a Mental Health Officer. In addition, a K-9 Dog has been added to the force to help with drug raids and the protection of officers responding the domestic violence issues. Thank you, Kathy and Ron Lane, for your donation to the Town to acquire our very own K-9 named, “Urso.” Chief Benson has secured a Federal Homeland Security Grant to install cameras in and around the Hyde Park Police Station at 3 Cardinal Road.
  8. The Town Board has received a $73K Records Management Grant to ease the cumbersome issue at Town Hall for archiving files. The Board is also researching grants to switch Hyde Park from a “paper” town to a “digital” town status. These monies would allow for the beginning of scanning all records, and moving Hyde Park into the Digital Age.
  9. — Update — The Town Board has managed to keep the renovations to Town Hall project within budget. The renovations are creating space to allow Town Hall to be more efficient and moving Staff out of the old basement. The outside renovations will be completed by the end of August 2024 and the inside is on schedule to be completed by the end of September 2024. Furniture for Staff is currently being acquired from Dutchess County surplus & equipment at no cost to taxpayers. Monies from a Homeland Security Grant will allow for security cameras at Town Hall as well as the Hyde Park Police Department.
  10. The Town’s Climate Smart Committee is in negotiations with i.on.renewables, LLC, to put solar panels at the old Town Landfill on Forest Drive. The Conservation Advisory Council has purchased an electric lawn mower other necessary lawn equipment for the Dutchess County SPCA on Violet Avenue. This donation is at no cost to the taxpayer and an opportunity for the Town to continue work toward an environmentally friendly footprint. The CAC is still actively looking for a site along the Route 9 corridor for set up of an Electric Vehicle Charging (EVC) Station.
  11. — Update — Final negotiations are in process between the Town Board and the stakeholders at the Bellefield property, for a Sewer District along Route 9 (from St. Andrews Road to the Pine Woods Road intersection). Utilizing a Directional Drill Process has brought the costs down significantly, over 30%, compared to the costs discussed during the prior administration. The Bellefield property has the capacity to handle the town’s effluent flow of 60,000 gallons per day.

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