Planning Board
Village of Tarrytown
Regular Meeting
October 22, 2012; 7:00 p.m.
PRESENT: Chairman Friedlander; Members Tedesco, Aukland, Raiselis, Birgy; Counsel Shumejda; Village Engineer McGarvey; Secretary Bellantoni
ABSENT: Village Administrator Blau
APPROVAL OF THE MINTUES – August 27, 2012
Mr. Tedesco moved, seconded by Ms. Raiselis, and unanimously carried, that the minutes of August 27, 2012, be approved as submitted. Motion carried.
APPROVAL OF THE MINTUES – October 11, 2012 (Special Meeting)
Mr. Tedesco moved, seconded by Mr. Aukland, and unanimously carried, that the minutes of the special meeting of October 11, 2012, be approved as submitted. Motion carried.
CONTINUATION OF PUBLIC HEARING – Toll Brothers - (Lot 13) 217 Wilson Park Drive
Adjourned at the request of the applicant.
CONTINUATION OF PUBLIC HEARING – HAS-UWC – Jardim Estates East – Browning Lane
Mr. Aukland stated that he was continuing his recusal on this item.
Chairman Friedlander stated that at the October 11, 2012 staff meeting Melissa Kaplan-Macey of BFJ went over the changes which were submitted by Gina Martini of VHB Engineering. Chairman Friedlander asked Ms. Martini to comment on the changes.
Ms. Martini said changes were made to two pages of text, 1-8 and 1-9, which have been submitted and they will be put in the final copy of the FEIS.
Ms. Martini explained that there were few changes made to Exhibit 11:
• In addition to showing the proposed north/south trail, they have added the proposed east/west trail as requested.
• They were asked to more clearly show the existing roadway that runs south along the Micelli property. In order to clearly show that roadway, they provided an inset where they pulled off the topography in order to show that the road is there.
Village Engineer McGarvey asked Ms. Martini about the relaying of the sewer as per his comments. Ms. Martini said that it was added to the FEIS; and after the scoping and study is done, if the relaying of the sewer is necessary they will coordinate with Mr. McGarvey. She stated that they should have the monitoring and report by the second week of November.
After a discussion by the Board and Ms. Martini to determine where the Village Trail goes, it was clarified that the north-south trail runs along the existing roadbed in Tarrytown to avoid steep slopes and wetlands and continues down to the end of the property. The east-west trail runs from the adjacent subdivision in the Town of Greenburgh and provides access to Taxter Ridge Park.
Ms. Raiselis felt that the red hatched property should be put on the Legend. Ms. Raiselis also asked about the parking for property #4 which has the 8 family house. She said she thought that property requires 20 parking spaces to conform. Ms. Martini did not know the exact number of parking spaces but said there is quite a bit of parking because there is a garage and two driveways that are maintained. Ms. Martini said she would find out the exact number of spaces.
Mr. Birgy asked about showing the low and high point on the map so they can see where the water will drain to and about the original wetlands designation.
Ms. Martini said the map shows the hilltops and they did show all hilltops and drainage in the DEIS plans; they provided a full stormwater plan. Ms. Martini said they did an original wetlands designation as part of the FEIS and they had their environmental scientist go out examine the wetland and they determined that there were actually less wetlands but it was so insignificant that it was not worthy of flagging and re-delineating; a text and map regarding this is in the FEIS.
Chairman Friedlander said he spoke with Melissa Kaplan-Macey, who could not be present due to illness; and she said all requests that she made were complied with and she is signing off that the FEIS is complete. He asked that Ms. Raiselis' comment regarding the addition to the Legend be inserted into the FEIS or they could include it in the Findings. He said they will start working on the Findings at the next staff meeting.
Mr. Tedesco moved, seconded by Ms. Raiselis, that the Planning Board close the public hearing on the Jardim East FEIS. All in favor; motion carried.
Mr. Tedesco moved, seconded by Ms. Raiselis, that the Planning Board accept the FEIS for Jardim East as complete and ready to be circulated to the public and involved agencies while the Planning Board is preparing its Findings. All in favor; motion carried.
A copy of the FEIS should be placed in the Warner Library and also posted on the Village website.
Chairman Friedlander asked to be brought up to date on the Toll Brothers project. Mr. McGarvey reported that Toll Brothers is installing the underdrain on the soccer field as per the plan. Chairman Friedlander asked if we heard from the engineer regarding the taking some of the water off on the southern end near the sisters' property. Mr. McGarvey said no, that he will have reach out to Robert DiGiorgio tomorrow to see where we are at with the plan and how large the pond needs to be on the south and how small the existing pond could possibly can be. He will also discuss other options that were suggested by Mr. DiGiorgio.
Mr. McGarvey reported that he has not received anything new regarding lot 13.
Mr. Tedesco stated that we were to receive a status report from Toll Brothers on the completion of infrastructure items, specifically:
• what has been done
• what hasn't been done
• a timeline for completion of all items
Chairman Friedlander stated for the public record that representatives of the Lakes Committee must speak directly with Village Officials, they being: Village Engineer Michael McGarvey, Village Administrator Michael Blau and Village Attorney Jeffrey Shumejda; and not to Toll Brothers or their representative directly. It is not in their purview for them to discuss, negotiate, advise, or consent with them; they have to come to the Village. Should they circumvent the Village, we should inform Toll Brothers that all of those requests, comments or advisories should come to the appropriate authorities in the Village. This has been an issue which has caused a lot of concern because there were a series of different negotiations going on which were inappropriate because they did not come through the Village.
It will show that infrastructure work is substantially complete and what hasn't been done is proceeding on a time-line approved by the Planning Board. The status report was to show that the soccer field will be seeded in fall, but later than desirable and will need to be reseeded in the spring and fall again. Mr. McGarvey stated that he has not received that status report yet.
Chairman Friedlander reported on the status of the following projects:
• Nothing new regarding Hudson Harbor.
• The parking on the fire drill center is complete except for the landscaping.
• Significant progress on the tennis courts and basketball court; they are almost complete.
• The old parking lot has been completed, except for the landscaping.
• Mr. McGarvey said the contractor will now be focusing on the Andre Brook section of the park itself as well as working in the field.
Mr. Birgy stated that a Hudson Harbor tenant asked about the bathroom for commercial space. Mr. McGarvey said the public bathroom is being moved to another building.
ADJOURNMENT
Mr. Tedesco moved, seconded by Mr. Aukland that the meeting be adjourned and that the Planning Board go into an executive session to discuss a pending litigation; they will not be returning to the public session. All in favor; motion carried. Adjournment: 7:25 p.m.
Dale Bellantoni
Secretary
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