1 00:00:05,029 --> 00:00:13,290 good evening everybody and welcome to the town board meeting for January 28th 2 00:00:09,990 --> 00:00:18,619 2020 we have a full agenda but we're gonna take just a moment to start with 3 00:00:16,199 --> 00:00:23,100 something special this evening so yesterday of course marked the 75th 4 00:00:21,060 --> 00:00:28,500 anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz which also coincided with the 5 00:00:25,859 --> 00:00:33,329 Holocaust Memorial Day we have all seen disturbing reports of incidents of hate 6 00:00:31,040 --> 00:00:39,120 specifically anti-semitism in neighboring communities tonight the town 7 00:00:36,120 --> 00:00:42,719 board has a for us a resolution to stand with other municipalities in West 8 00:00:40,890 --> 00:00:48,329 Chester County to firmly oppose anti-semitism in all forms as New 9 00:00:46,170 --> 00:00:54,480 Yorkers and as citizens of the world we are called upon to remember the stories 10 00:00:50,730 --> 00:01:00,719 of the Holocaust and to vow never to let what happened over 75 years ago happen 11 00:00:57,360 --> 00:01:05,640 again tonight we have with us Allie Rosenberg the co-chair of the New Castle 12 00:01:03,390 --> 00:01:11,430 Holocaust and Human Rights Committee and a founder of enough which stands for 13 00:01:08,060 --> 00:01:16,350 educate now on understanding genocide and hate at Horace really high school as 14 00:01:13,680 --> 00:01:20,189 well as her son Sam Rosenberg is a member of an often and they're going to 15 00:01:18,479 --> 00:01:25,850 speak to us briefly about this resolution and also give us an update on 16 00:01:22,259 --> 00:01:25,850 what they've been up to longer committee 17 00:01:28,520 --> 00:01:39,540 good evening Tim board thank you so this evening as I be Senate this is 18 00:01:36,330 --> 00:01:46,890 just an incredible resolution we feel so proud to live in a county that has 19 00:01:42,330 --> 00:01:54,960 decided to take a strong stand to oppose not only anti-semitism but intolerance 20 00:01:50,100 --> 00:01:59,220 of all kinds with that said the New Castle Holocaust and Human Rights 21 00:01:56,430 --> 00:02:05,970 Committee had its formal first meeting last month we are now a committee of 10 22 00:02:02,069 --> 00:02:11,549 people along with two student members of enough they are the student liaisons we 23 00:02:09,030 --> 00:02:16,260 are working right now so with the commemoration we are bringing next month 24 00:02:14,220 --> 00:02:22,230 on February 25th world renowned historian and author David Marr well who 25 00:02:20,430 --> 00:02:27,090 just published a newly released book mangling unmasking the Angel of Death 26 00:02:24,750 --> 00:02:32,220 the event will be free to the community but we are asking for RSVPs and the 27 00:02:29,519 --> 00:02:37,200 publication of publicity is starting now we're also working on our young ho Shoah 28 00:02:35,010 --> 00:02:42,570 service which the save the dates went out for that and that will be April 28th 29 00:02:39,239 --> 00:02:46,739 at 6 p.m. at the New Castle Holocaust Memorial and I'm gonna turn it over to 30 00:02:44,850 --> 00:02:54,660 Sam Rosenberg one of the co-presidents of enough hi I'm Sam Rosenberg 31 00:02:52,230 --> 00:03:00,030 co-president of enough at Horace Greeley High School and our latest project right 32 00:02:57,359 --> 00:03:06,769 now is we are trying we're working on bringing and anti-hate workshop to the 33 00:03:03,450 --> 00:03:06,769 students at our discretely high school 34 00:03:07,220 --> 00:03:23,310 we're working this year on hopefully bring some more events some speakers to 35 00:03:14,970 --> 00:03:31,720 the school of the students we have Alan Moscone who is a liberator 36 00:03:28,300 --> 00:03:37,180 of Auschwitz coming to the school and he's coming on Thursday February 27 at 37 00:03:34,750 --> 00:03:41,080 the moment we haven't he's definitely speaking to the 10th graders and we're 38 00:03:38,740 --> 00:03:46,690 seeing if he can speak to more more students he is 93 years old and is like 39 00:03:44,830 --> 00:03:52,960 so booked this spring it's pretty amazing so we are here to say that we 40 00:03:50,520 --> 00:03:58,120 feel very strongly about rise of this resolution we hope it is passed in our 41 00:03:55,420 --> 00:04:06,610 tone and to stand in solidarity with the other communities in Westchester County 42 00:03:59,650 --> 00:04:09,100 thank you thank you thank you so we're gonna skip ahead and we're actually 43 00:04:07,750 --> 00:04:16,030 gonna go ahead and introduce this resolution now so that Allie and Sam can 44 00:04:12,570 --> 00:04:20,410 think so I'm adopted following resolution whereas our nation was 45 00:04:18,459 --> 00:04:24,970 founded on the principles of religious freedom we win all people to life 46 00:04:23,050 --> 00:04:28,900 liberty and pursuit of happiness and whereas contrary to those principles 47 00:04:26,830 --> 00:04:31,990 that they're part of me there has been a significant increase of violent 48 00:04:30,610 --> 00:04:36,100 anti-semitic attacks throughout the United States and particularly New York 49 00:04:33,850 --> 00:04:42,610 State's Hudson Valley region and whereas the FBI notes a nationwide in 2014 50 00:04:39,510 --> 00:04:48,370 609 anti-jewish hate crime incidents were reported by 2018 the number 51 00:04:45,610 --> 00:04:55,030 increased nearly 40 percent and whereas the FBI reports that nationally in 2018 52 00:04:52,120 --> 00:05:03,550 there were seven thousand 36 single biased related incidents that involved 53 00:04:57,930 --> 00:05:10,780 8327 offenses of those 59.5 stem percent stem from a race ethnicity ancestry 54 00:05:06,400 --> 00:05:18,400 biased 18.6% were motivated by religious bias and 16.9% resulted from sexual 55 00:05:15,160 --> 00:05:22,720 orientation bias whereas according to the anti-defamation league ADL which 56 00:05:20,830 --> 00:05:27,250 tracks anti-semitic and other hate crime incidents reported that anti-semitic 57 00:05:25,030 --> 00:05:30,520 incidents were at historic levels in the United States in 2018 occurrences of 58 00:05:29,919 --> 00:05:38,560 assault alone 105 percent from 2017 to 2018 and 59 00:05:35,970 --> 00:05:41,740 whereas the ADL states that preliminary analysis of truth 60 00:05:39,580 --> 00:05:47,889 90 data shows that New York I've recorded the most anti-jewish hate 61 00:05:44,110 --> 00:05:53,199 crimes since 1992 and whereas in December 28th 2019 five people were 62 00:05:51,039 --> 00:05:55,810 tragically stabbed at a Hanukkah celebration 63 00:05:53,979 --> 00:06:00,939 celebration in Muncie New York a neighboring Rockland County and whereas 64 00:05:58,240 --> 00:06:06,159 here in 2019 in Westchester County we were enraged and heartbroken I'm the 65 00:06:04,060 --> 00:06:10,930 eve of Yom Kippur the highest of holy days of the Jewish faith anti-semitic 66 00:06:08,860 --> 00:06:15,520 materials were discovered at our Holocaust Garden of Remembrance and 67 00:06:13,199 --> 00:06:20,319 whereas Westchester County has a long history of standing up speaking out and 68 00:06:17,919 --> 00:06:24,520 protecting human rights in 2000 Westchester County Human Rights 69 00:06:22,270 --> 00:06:28,240 Commission was created to ensure that prejudice intolerance bigotry and 70 00:06:26,770 --> 00:06:32,979 discrimination will not threaten the rights and privileges of its people and 71 00:06:30,879 --> 00:06:38,889 that all are treated with dignity and respect that is necessary to give effect 72 00:06:35,949 --> 00:06:44,710 to the equal rights for all assured by the Constitution and laws of the United 73 00:06:40,990 --> 00:06:49,000 States New York State in this county now therefore be it resolved that the town 74 00:06:47,020 --> 00:06:54,159 of New Castle is appalled by the anti-semitic attacks here at home and 75 00:06:51,430 --> 00:06:58,330 Iraq encounter neighbors we stand in solidarity with the people of Yorktown 76 00:06:55,839 --> 00:07:05,529 and Muncie and rejecting all forms of bigotry hatred or discrimination of any 77 00:07:01,180 --> 00:07:09,219 kind and be it FURTHER RESOLVED and hate will have no home in the town of New 78 00:07:06,879 --> 00:07:14,110 Castle we are committed to promote openness inclusion freedom and mutual 79 00:07:12,190 --> 00:07:19,650 understanding by ensuring all people of New Castle regardless of race religion 80 00:07:16,949 --> 00:07:24,430 sexual orientation gender identity national origin or immigration status 81 00:07:22,150 --> 00:07:29,860 may live free from violence harassment or prejudice our County will make every 82 00:07:28,089 --> 00:07:34,270 effort to ensure that our community is one where all people are welcome 83 00:07:31,349 --> 00:07:37,629 included and respected and being further resolved to work with local communities 84 00:07:35,710 --> 00:07:42,159 the Westchester County Human Rights Commission told public learning sessions 85 00:07:40,000 --> 00:07:46,380 for combating hate to educate young people and the public at large about 86 00:07:44,680 --> 00:07:49,080 unity and acceptance and through the Human Rights Commission 87 00:07:47,970 --> 00:07:53,910 work with the westchester county community as a whole to combat hate and 88 00:07:52,410 --> 00:07:57,180 be it further resolved that the town of newcastle will work with all other 89 00:07:55,620 --> 00:08:01,950 levels of government and community groups to root out hate and promote 90 00:08:00,180 --> 00:08:06,030 understanding we encourage municipalities that join this resolution 91 00:08:03,720 --> 00:08:10,650 to join forces and ensuring that the vile history of anti-semitism and any 92 00:08:07,920 --> 00:08:15,600 other forms of intolerance in Newark and around the world ends now and ends here 93 00:08:13,260 --> 00:08:19,410 and be it further resolved that this that a certified copy of this resolution 94 00:08:17,310 --> 00:08:25,230 shall be forwarded to westchester county and any others deem necessary and proper 95 00:08:22,350 --> 00:08:50,100 so that the intent of our county elected leaders is widely known so we'll move on 96 00:08:49,200 --> 00:08:57,480 I just have a couple of more announcements and then Jill Shapiro will 97 00:08:52,200 --> 00:09:00,960 give her telling this report tonight the Town Board also has before it a 98 00:08:59,010 --> 00:09:05,190 resolution to recognize the moms demand action national gun violence survivors 99 00:09:03,330 --> 00:09:09,810 week which will take place from February 1st through 8th of 2020 to honor and 100 00:09:07,980 --> 00:09:14,100 remember all victims and survivors of gun violence and uplift the resilient 101 00:09:11,940 --> 00:09:18,390 voices of survivors across the nation across the country municipalities are 102 00:09:16,200 --> 00:09:22,260 working to end the senseless violence by advocating for common-sense gun safety 103 00:09:20,010 --> 00:09:25,650 legislation biomemory national gun violence survivors week we join with 104 00:09:24,030 --> 00:09:29,910 these communities and raising awareness about gun violence and honoring the 105 00:09:27,360 --> 00:09:33,660 lives stolen by gun violence in doing so we also renew our commitment to reduce 106 00:09:32,010 --> 00:09:38,400 gun violence and pledge to do all that we can to keep firearms out of the wrong 107 00:09:35,970 --> 00:09:42,440 hands and to encourage responsible gun ownership to help our communities safe 108 00:09:42,590 --> 00:09:50,550 next in December of 2019 the town switched its water source temporarily 109 00:09:48,420 --> 00:09:55,560 from the Catskill aqueduct to the new Croton reservoir and due to a scheduled 110 00:09:53,400 --> 00:09:58,720 shutdown of the Catskill aqueduct by the New York City Department 111 00:09:56,680 --> 00:10:03,520 Environmental Protection to allow DEP to make necessary changes to the aqueduct 112 00:10:00,700 --> 00:10:09,460 on Wednesday January 22nd the Catskill aqueduct shutdown ended but please keep 113 00:10:07,630 --> 00:10:13,330 in mind that it does take a few days for the water to cycle back through the 114 00:10:11,110 --> 00:10:18,760 pipes and tanks when our sword switched back during the shutdown some residents 115 00:10:16,420 --> 00:10:23,459 did notice a difference in the taste and smell of their water due to the change 116 00:10:20,709 --> 00:10:28,270 in the water source throughout this time Newcastle's water was and still is 117 00:10:26,070 --> 00:10:33,010 tested and treated at the mill wood water treatment plant and greatly 118 00:10:30,580 --> 00:10:37,810 exceeded and still does all New York State do H and EPA water quality 119 00:10:35,500 --> 00:10:46,540 standards please note that similar 10-week shutdowns are planned by DEP for 120 00:10:41,800 --> 00:10:51,640 winter 2021 this coming year and 2122 as we learn more about the dates for the 121 00:10:49,779 --> 00:10:56,830 coming year we will let residents know in advance and I would personally just 122 00:10:54,459 --> 00:11:01,300 like to thank the Newcastle Department of Public Works and the mill wood water 123 00:10:59,140 --> 00:11:05,770 treatment plant for their stewardship of our drinking water as well as their 124 00:11:03,550 --> 00:11:12,010 focus on the health and safety of all of our residents community event teen 125 00:11:09,610 --> 00:11:16,390 vaping crisis did you know that one in four teens is addicted to vaping and 126 00:11:13,779 --> 00:11:20,529 that over 40 people have died leaving get the facts and find out what you can 127 00:11:18,700 --> 00:11:24,910 do to help stop this crisis from spreading Northern Westchester hospital 128 00:11:22,450 --> 00:11:29,650 is hosting an event on Thursday January 30th that's a car crossing among the 129 00:11:27,339 --> 00:11:33,490 presenters dr. Richard stew mocker is a renowned expert who has presented in our 130 00:11:31,990 --> 00:11:39,880 community before I've heard him speak he's an accomplished speaker on this 131 00:11:36,070 --> 00:11:45,010 important topic so please join us last week on Wednesday January 22nd I was 132 00:11:43,180 --> 00:11:49,630 pleased to join with other concerned residents across Westchester County for 133 00:11:46,959 --> 00:11:55,510 the FAA airport noise forum at the Newcastle community center we obviously 134 00:11:52,600 --> 00:12:00,130 thought to bring the FAA to our community to begin a dialogue about what 135 00:11:58,029 --> 00:12:05,020 solutions may exist to mitigate mitigate the impacts of increased noise and other 136 00:12:02,200 --> 00:12:08,860 environmental impacts for communities like ours that are close to H p.m. it 137 00:12:06,880 --> 00:12:14,260 was great to see so many thoughtful and concerned residents at this event as a 138 00:12:12,850 --> 00:12:18,790 community with deep concerns about the noise and other environmental impacts 139 00:12:15,670 --> 00:12:24,190 our next step is to review the scope of work for the county's Airport consultant 140 00:12:21,550 --> 00:12:28,329 hmmh Harris Miller to ensures that the questions that will be asked and 141 00:12:26,320 --> 00:12:33,940 answered as a part of this study adequately address the concerns of our 142 00:12:30,730 --> 00:12:39,010 community to this end and fall of 2019 the town of Newcastle engaged in 143 00:12:35,980 --> 00:12:42,579 independent aviation expert and we will be working with the airport steering 144 00:12:40,449 --> 00:12:47,020 committee to advance our experts analysis of the phase 2 scope and 145 00:12:45,130 --> 00:12:55,690 continue an independent our partnership for the county last but certainly not 146 00:12:51,610 --> 00:12:59,529 least the topic of tonight's meeting so tonight we have our public scoping 147 00:12:57,220 --> 00:13:04,810 session for the Chappaqua Hamlet for may's code and you'll hear in just a 148 00:13:02,320 --> 00:13:11,199 moment from our expert consultant from Kim Lee horn as well as our town planner 149 00:13:07,959 --> 00:13:15,160 Sabrina Charney hall beginning just take everybody step back for just a moment 150 00:13:12,550 --> 00:13:19,089 beginning in May of last year the town of Newcastle launched a project to 151 00:13:16,750 --> 00:13:24,100 rezone the Choctaw Hamlet and to create a forum based code traditional zoning 152 00:13:22,240 --> 00:13:29,730 ordinances regulate land use by dictating where certain uses can occur 153 00:13:26,709 --> 00:13:35,560 for example residential versus retail versus industrial a form-based code by 154 00:13:33,550 --> 00:13:40,240 comparison is an innovative approach that considers how zoning relates to 155 00:13:37,839 --> 00:13:44,890 infrastructure and parking and open space and design and architecture among 156 00:13:42,670 --> 00:13:50,980 other topics and focuses more on the form of the building as opposed to 157 00:13:47,500 --> 00:13:53,260 mandating its use this project to create a foreign-based code as you'll hear 158 00:13:52,870 --> 00:13:58,449 tonight reflects the goals of the town as set 159 00:13:55,839 --> 00:14:03,010 forth in the 2017 comprehensive plan and I quote to preserve the town's bucolic 160 00:14:00,610 --> 00:14:06,579 residential character and its historic resources while promoting new mixed-use 161 00:14:04,990 --> 00:14:11,529 development and Hamlet's to meet the community's housing needs and foster 162 00:14:08,920 --> 00:14:16,050 thriving communities thriving commercial and civil civic spaces 163 00:14:13,650 --> 00:14:20,190 and you'll hear more about this tonight I won't go through it all but I will 164 00:14:17,850 --> 00:14:25,140 just say how pleased I am to see how many people have shown up tonight for 165 00:14:22,170 --> 00:14:30,330 the public scoping session this is truly the beginning of our public engagement 166 00:14:27,720 --> 00:14:35,970 around the environmental analysis related to the form based code and I am 167 00:14:33,960 --> 00:14:39,690 truly grateful whenever residents come and provide us with our comments and 168 00:14:38,250 --> 00:14:49,620 feedback so we're really looking forward to hearing back to me thank you so on 169 00:14:47,040 --> 00:14:53,670 just to switch topics for a little bit this Friday January 31st is the last day 170 00:14:52,020 --> 00:14:57,870 to pay the second half school taxes without penalty if you as opposed to 171 00:14:56,040 --> 00:15:02,970 your bank or responsible to pay property taxes the 31st will be the last day to 172 00:15:00,690 --> 00:15:09,210 pay without penalty the tax office will be open on Friday from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. 173 00:15:06,380 --> 00:15:14,100 if you're paying your tax bill in cash believe it or not quite a few people - 174 00:15:11,600 --> 00:15:20,779 we only accept cash during regular business hours of 8:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. 175 00:15:17,240 --> 00:15:43,020 and payments must be in the exact amount in cash otherwise 59 you can also pay 176 00:15:38,670 --> 00:15:47,610 online at my new castle dot org and just a reminder that the tax office accepts 177 00:15:44,850 --> 00:15:50,970 us postmarked as proof of timely mailing if you're mailing your tax payment 178 00:15:49,589 --> 00:15:54,420 please make sure you actually see the post office on post-market don't just 179 00:15:53,310 --> 00:15:57,060 put it in the box and think she's gonna it'll be fine 180 00:15:55,350 --> 00:16:02,640 it won't be fine make sure that they post before you and we do whole 181 00:15:59,070 --> 00:16:06,839 post-dated checks update on Santa Pro regarding Christmas treat pickup I don't 182 00:16:04,920 --> 00:16:11,070 know I said the pros been so challenged this year but old lime as well as owns 183 00:16:09,150 --> 00:16:16,350 four and five will be completed tomorrow Wednesday January 29th congratulations 184 00:16:14,580 --> 00:16:20,580 to Chief Carol and the Newcastle Police Department on their reaction we're very 185 00:16:18,510 --> 00:16:24,690 proud of them not surprised but very proud anyway congratulations to 186 00:16:22,709 --> 00:16:27,329 controller Rob Deary Newcastle has once again been awarded 187 00:16:25,649 --> 00:16:30,389 certificate of achievement for excellence in financial reporting by the 188 00:16:29,069 --> 00:16:34,740 government financial officers Association and a huge thank you to 189 00:16:32,970 --> 00:16:38,639 Lauren cash cohen and christina peeps for all of the help with last night's 190 00:16:36,509 --> 00:16:43,230 inauguration ceremony it was a fabulous ceremony and you guys I couldn't done it 191 00:16:41,040 --> 00:16:48,470 without you thank you so much it seemed like effortless anything but I'm sure 192 00:16:46,470 --> 00:16:53,759 that Sabrina will on give us more information after the presentation but 193 00:16:51,809 --> 00:16:58,889 there is a sign in for anyone who would like to speak and there's also cards 194 00:16:55,709 --> 00:17:03,209 true for people to write comments on and also with your contact information 195 00:17:00,709 --> 00:17:07,199 Sabrina will go into detail as well Bonnie about this but it's really 196 00:17:04,589 --> 00:17:12,510 important and we're trying very hard to make sure that everybody's comments on 197 00:17:09,329 --> 00:17:17,819 the scope topics are properly captured so if even if you don't want to speak 198 00:17:16,199 --> 00:17:21,899 but you'd like comments to be included please make sure that they're included 199 00:17:19,439 --> 00:17:36,330 on the cards that are here so that we make sure that we can include all the 200 00:17:23,549 --> 00:17:39,270 things that you are interested we're so excited to get started but before we get 201 00:17:38,460 --> 00:17:56,039 started any public comment or new business from 202 00:17:41,700 --> 00:18:00,000 anyone other than I just have a follow-up question about your comments 203 00:17:57,419 --> 00:18:03,419 about the FAA meeting it occurred to me that since everyone was there kind of 204 00:18:01,710 --> 00:18:07,380 individually but representing the FAA and we're all kind of scurrying around 205 00:18:05,039 --> 00:18:11,299 asking questions I'm wondering if the town would contemplate hiring or having 206 00:18:09,929 --> 00:18:17,190 someone who's already an employee facilitate a session with everyone who 207 00:18:14,880 --> 00:18:20,940 attended to capture what each person heard and find the themes because I 208 00:18:19,080 --> 00:18:23,970 think we'd all have kind of a our own individual sense of what we heard and it 209 00:18:23,010 --> 00:18:26,840 might be interesting to kind of synthesize everything 210 00:18:25,159 --> 00:18:47,809 we can kind of add that to the time strategy of how to move forward thank 211 00:18:29,869 --> 00:18:51,019 you good evening um for those of you who do not know my name is Sabrina journey 212 00:18:49,429 --> 00:18:55,070 home the director of planning for the town I'm here tonight with Vanya von 213 00:18:53,090 --> 00:18:59,029 Olsen from our consultant team Kim Lee horn and she will be sharing this 214 00:18:57,169 --> 00:19:02,599 presentation with me and we're gonna talk to you about what a farm basecoat 215 00:19:00,830 --> 00:19:08,330 is we're gonna go through the state environmental quality review act and 216 00:19:04,369 --> 00:19:14,239 really drill down on what scoping is and where you can comment so we'll start a 217 00:19:11,919 --> 00:19:20,149 forum based code and I think the town supervisor in the introduction tonight 218 00:19:16,700 --> 00:19:24,769 really hit on what the difference of why a form-based code but I'm gonna read 219 00:19:21,889 --> 00:19:30,200 great right now within the chapter Hema we have zoning which is based off of 220 00:19:27,200 --> 00:19:34,070 principles which separate uses and she very eloquently said you know 221 00:19:31,729 --> 00:19:38,570 residential is separate from commercial use is separate from industrial use so 222 00:19:36,769 --> 00:19:42,379 that's kind of how you clean in zoning works that's what's there today a 223 00:19:40,460 --> 00:19:47,749 form-based code is a little bit different it not only regulates uses cuz 224 00:19:44,690 --> 00:19:52,009 it does separate uses to some extent but it also looks at the relationship 225 00:19:48,859 --> 00:19:56,210 between the building facades and the public realm the streetscape the form 226 00:19:54,049 --> 00:20:00,499 and mass of buildings and how that mass relates to one it to each other a 227 00:19:58,759 --> 00:20:04,399 building next to a building a building across the treatment of the street from 228 00:20:02,509 --> 00:20:09,080 a building and it also looks at the scale of the development in relation to 229 00:20:06,590 --> 00:20:14,299 these streets and the blocks within a community so it's a little bit more 230 00:20:11,649 --> 00:20:19,070 diverse there's more guidance in a form based code the regulation right today 231 00:20:17,119 --> 00:20:24,950 consists of what's written in our code books it's all words a form based code 232 00:20:22,429 --> 00:20:32,479 is not only the words but it also includes our drawings it includes 233 00:20:30,139 --> 00:20:37,780 diagrams it's called a regulating plan and there are other visual indicator 234 00:20:34,780 --> 00:20:43,900 within the text of the code that help a reader to understand what it's trying to 235 00:20:40,450 --> 00:20:49,150 do so it's a little bit more in depth than the zoning code we have today so 236 00:20:46,830 --> 00:20:52,390 just to get a sense of where we are today 237 00:20:49,720 --> 00:20:57,420 this is a map of the existing zoning so if you look at the table we have retail 238 00:20:54,850 --> 00:21:00,940 business which is the red we have business retail parking which is the 239 00:21:00,070 --> 00:21:05,890 pink color we have a design business district which 240 00:21:03,700 --> 00:21:10,930 is the brown and we have planned industrial which is the pink over here 241 00:21:08,140 --> 00:21:15,820 this is separation of uses you can do certain things in the industrial plans 242 00:21:12,910 --> 00:21:20,620 own that are different from the BR zone there's different uses in the VRP zone 243 00:21:18,520 --> 00:21:24,910 and there's different uses in the BD zone when it comes to form based code 244 00:21:23,470 --> 00:21:31,270 there's not a lot of discussion out there and if that is about height and so 245 00:21:27,610 --> 00:21:36,910 today within the BR zone our code allows up to three stories maximum height the 246 00:21:34,240 --> 00:21:43,960 business retail parking zone allows up to two stories the BD district allows up 247 00:21:40,540 --> 00:21:48,580 to two stories the IP district allows up to two stories so that just gives you a 248 00:21:45,850 --> 00:21:55,300 sense of what our code requirement today looks like when we move to a form based 249 00:21:52,930 --> 00:21:59,980 code we're looking at dimensional and architectural standards we're looking at 250 00:21:57,730 --> 00:22:05,200 changes in the code regarding the number of stories today we have two and three 251 00:22:02,980 --> 00:22:10,420 stories we're looking to go to three and four stories and in some areas even five 252 00:22:07,930 --> 00:22:16,900 stories to give you a sense of the code the purple area this is two to four 253 00:22:12,850 --> 00:22:23,980 stories the area in between along King Street that is two to three stories the 254 00:22:20,770 --> 00:22:31,960 red area and again this is the frontage along the roadway is allowed up to five 255 00:22:27,220 --> 00:22:35,670 stories very quickly the the area going up King Street that currently is 256 00:22:33,430 --> 00:22:41,710 permissible to three stories now mistaken fine I want to say it is the 257 00:22:39,250 --> 00:22:46,520 BRZ outdoors yeah there's three stories thank you 258 00:22:44,150 --> 00:22:50,720 I'm going back to the five stories I think it's important to inform everybody 259 00:22:48,530 --> 00:22:55,610 that the five stories is primarily within areas that are currently held by 260 00:22:53,060 --> 00:23:01,280 the town its town property with the exception of areas that abut the bridge 261 00:22:58,390 --> 00:23:05,300 on both sides of Quaker Street on the bridge yeah both sides of the triangle 262 00:23:03,260 --> 00:23:10,040 and there's a small area where the gas station is today and down Woodburn 263 00:23:07,790 --> 00:23:14,150 that's under private ownership and I think that that's really important to 264 00:23:11,540 --> 00:23:20,240 understand because the town property right now is not subject to the same 265 00:23:16,420 --> 00:23:27,590 requirements for development as private property when we talk about legislative 266 00:23:24,440 --> 00:23:32,170 changes we're talking about adhering to the New York State Environmental Quality 267 00:23:29,540 --> 00:23:38,810 Review Act or otherwise known as secret right now any action that is undertaken 268 00:23:34,850 --> 00:23:43,070 by any agency must look and examine the environmental significance 269 00:23:40,820 --> 00:23:47,570 okay so whether you approve an action a town board as a lead agency would 270 00:23:45,170 --> 00:23:52,550 approve the zoning legislation whether you are funding something or whether 271 00:23:50,240 --> 00:23:57,830 you're directly undertaking it yourself in this instance you are the approving 272 00:23:55,040 --> 00:24:04,340 entity and you're also undertaking the legislative analysis yourself so this is 273 00:24:00,650 --> 00:24:09,800 subject to secret secret requires you to balance environmental impacts with 274 00:24:07,190 --> 00:24:13,070 social and economic factors when you're going to approve an action so I think 275 00:24:11,630 --> 00:24:16,670 that that's really important so we are subject to the New York State 276 00:24:14,360 --> 00:24:21,080 Environmental Quality Review Act and for folks who want to know more about seeker 277 00:24:18,350 --> 00:24:24,560 this is the Dec website where you can click on and there's a whole host of 278 00:24:22,670 --> 00:24:29,390 background information easy to understand information about this about 279 00:24:26,900 --> 00:24:34,400 seeker and about the process that every action must be considered under consider 280 00:24:32,360 --> 00:24:39,920 this an umbrella that we need to look at in regards to its environmental impact 281 00:24:37,450 --> 00:24:44,450 so real quickly I'm going to go through what we have done so far in relation to 282 00:24:42,440 --> 00:24:50,930 the State Environmental Quality Review Act and where we are today so we started 283 00:24:47,840 --> 00:24:53,430 out where we where we looked at the action and we said is this action 284 00:24:52,640 --> 00:24:59,190 subject to seeker legislation is typically not 285 00:24:56,070 --> 00:25:04,290 considered a type 1 action or is not an action that you would run through a long 286 00:25:01,620 --> 00:25:09,090 seeker process because of the extent of this rezoning the Town Board felt that 287 00:25:06,840 --> 00:25:15,060 it was important that we did a full analysis of the environmental impacts of 288 00:25:11,670 --> 00:25:20,550 this action so we elected to say this is a type 1 action and we prepared 289 00:25:18,000 --> 00:25:26,580 environmental assessment forms right here and we said do we think that 290 00:25:24,930 --> 00:25:33,330 there's going to be any environmental significance we said yes so we made what 291 00:25:30,900 --> 00:25:37,530 was called a positive declaration saying that there are areas within this 292 00:25:34,890 --> 00:25:42,720 rezoning we feel could have significant environmental impact which means we then 293 00:25:40,020 --> 00:25:47,760 move forward and we do what's called a draft generic environmental impact 294 00:25:44,820 --> 00:25:52,440 statement to determine whether or not there's an impact within the areas we 295 00:25:50,100 --> 00:25:55,020 are examining in that study and that brings me to scoping this red circle 296 00:25:54,390 --> 00:25:59,310 here this is where we are tonight so I'm 297 00:25:57,690 --> 00:26:03,020 gonna turn it over to Bonnie who's gonna talk about scoping in relation to a 298 00:26:01,500 --> 00:26:08,910 proposed action and dge is but I do want to point out we 299 00:26:06,480 --> 00:26:13,560 have several other steps to walk through okay 300 00:26:10,050 --> 00:26:18,930 this is really the beginning think of it as a table of contents of a much larger 301 00:26:16,260 --> 00:26:24,060 process that we need to walk through to get to the end before you can even 302 00:26:20,880 --> 00:26:27,660 consider changing our legislation changing or something so with that I'm 303 00:26:26,310 --> 00:26:32,130 gonna turn it over Bonnie and we'll go for the Sabrina just before that I just 304 00:26:30,030 --> 00:26:37,560 wanted to make it clear because I've seen and heard discussions that I think 305 00:26:34,650 --> 00:26:41,940 are based on a little misinformation I just wanted to make it clear that 306 00:26:39,050 --> 00:26:46,170 because we're considering zoning and increasing Heights for instance and 307 00:26:44,280 --> 00:26:50,730 buildings it doesn't mean that the town is mandating that buildings be built at 308 00:26:49,230 --> 00:26:55,250 certain heights what we're saying is we would consider what we would allow 309 00:26:52,860 --> 00:26:59,309 buildings to be built up to assert yeah investigating right now what it would 310 00:26:58,530 --> 00:27:05,580 mean if we were to change our existing zoning 311 00:27:01,559 --> 00:27:10,350 code to allow a height increase but I want to make it clear that we're not 312 00:27:07,490 --> 00:27:14,249 mandating a height increase if somebody privately owned a building it doesn't 313 00:27:12,149 --> 00:27:24,929 mean they have to build up summaries or for stories or at all correct hi 314 00:27:23,759 --> 00:27:31,230 everyone bond Olsen from Kim Lee horn and as you 315 00:27:28,860 --> 00:27:36,470 know I don't know how much the community knows but we've been working extensively 316 00:27:32,940 --> 00:27:43,139 with the tam board and the design working group over long period time 317 00:27:41,009 --> 00:27:48,389 since last May really coming up with the proposed action we've had some public 318 00:27:45,539 --> 00:27:52,200 sessions or two over this summer or the architect the other team members 319 00:27:49,950 --> 00:27:57,119 presented their information which has all been going into this proposed 320 00:27:54,749 --> 00:28:03,019 legislation which at this point as everyone has said is is just a proposal 321 00:27:59,309 --> 00:28:07,590 to change the zoning and the purpose sabrina put it very well as tonight is 322 00:28:05,580 --> 00:28:12,539 to develop the environment the environmental impact statements table of 323 00:28:09,269 --> 00:28:17,269 contents decide what's going to be studied what's most important to the 324 00:28:14,460 --> 00:28:24,119 board focusing those issues and thankfully the methodologies of how 325 00:28:19,769 --> 00:28:29,850 those topics would be studied so this actually is the draft of the code as 326 00:28:27,710 --> 00:28:35,519 Sabrina was saying there's a lot of color and pictures and illustrations 327 00:28:32,570 --> 00:28:39,749 architectural photos and examples so that's that's really the difference 328 00:28:36,990 --> 00:28:45,499 between this and if you went to the town code today and looked at the zoning 329 00:28:41,809 --> 00:28:45,499 section it's all words 330 00:28:50,960 --> 00:29:01,730 so as has already been identified the proposed action is the amendment of the 331 00:28:58,610 --> 00:29:06,710 town of New Castle zoning law proposed the hamlet chapel hand-like business 332 00:29:04,940 --> 00:29:10,580 districts only none of the other hand what districts no nothing in Mill wood 333 00:29:08,510 --> 00:29:14,990 or anywhere else in town would be changed to a new form based district 334 00:29:12,590 --> 00:29:19,430 which is that document is in draft form right now in order to make the zoning 335 00:29:17,630 --> 00:29:23,900 consistent with the goals that the town has already come up with in the 336 00:29:20,900 --> 00:29:29,480 Comprehensive Plan the second paragraph there just describes the limits of the 337 00:29:26,810 --> 00:29:35,390 site which Sabrina already showed you on a map it's approximately 72 acres along 338 00:29:32,420 --> 00:29:40,190 Greely Avenue and King Street and the currently zoned retail business retail 339 00:29:38,390 --> 00:29:45,410 business parking business design business and planned industrial and the 340 00:29:43,430 --> 00:29:51,080 third bullet there really just outlines the comprehensive plan the new zoning 341 00:29:49,580 --> 00:29:55,460 district is intended to provide flexibility for development with the 342 00:29:53,570 --> 00:29:59,980 intent to revitalize the hamlet and create a sustainable and successful mix 343 00:29:58,130 --> 00:30:05,960 of commercial and residential uses taking into account both current and 344 00:30:02,450 --> 00:30:10,850 future real estate markets and rents and the other members of the team who not 345 00:30:07,310 --> 00:30:15,470 here tonight since I'm primarily the the environmental impact review you know the 346 00:30:12,620 --> 00:30:20,540 environmental state sorry secret portion of the project which is just starting 347 00:30:17,150 --> 00:30:25,880 now but we've had 40 galas and real estate solutions group and Joel Russell 348 00:30:22,490 --> 00:30:33,440 have all participated in these coming up with the draft code that we've come to 349 00:30:27,590 --> 00:30:41,390 to analyze in this yes so the proposed action the code itself is it's basically 350 00:30:38,750 --> 00:30:44,930 the form base owning which as Sabrina I already said it has a regulating plan 351 00:30:43,670 --> 00:30:50,360 and new regulations it has development standards it has 352 00:30:47,120 --> 00:30:55,220 architecture standards it has new definitions so that everything is clear 353 00:30:52,400 --> 00:31:01,630 and it describes a proposed development review an approval process in order to 354 00:30:59,330 --> 00:31:07,590 analyze what the potential in packs of this new zoning would be there 355 00:31:04,870 --> 00:31:14,500 has to be some level of build-out arrived at so we will discuss come up 356 00:31:11,530 --> 00:31:19,000 with a build-out scenario in order to analyze the various topics this will 357 00:31:17,770 --> 00:31:24,010 include the description of the assumptions for the build-out scenario 358 00:31:21,100 --> 00:31:29,370 it will include residential commercial retail restaurant and of course via 359 00:31:27,520 --> 00:31:35,860 killer pedestrian circulation and parking the whole code will also in the 360 00:31:34,030 --> 00:31:40,990 EIS will analyze the open space and natural areas as well as the historic 361 00:31:38,770 --> 00:31:46,000 features and community character in Hamlet and also of course the utilities 362 00:31:44,170 --> 00:31:50,940 the sanitary sewer the water supply stormwater management the more technical 363 00:31:49,300 --> 00:31:56,950 issues but they all have their own limitations and thresholds that have to 364 00:31:54,700 --> 00:32:07,240 be abided by and have to be analyzed in any kind of build-out scenario for any 365 00:31:59,680 --> 00:32:12,100 new development so the other point we just wanted to describe here is the 366 00:32:10,750 --> 00:32:19,810 process here will be a generic environmental impact statement has the G 367 00:32:14,530 --> 00:32:23,680 for GE is that just is different from a site-specific as you might have a 368 00:32:21,820 --> 00:32:29,050 private development that comes into town and a property owner decides to propose 369 00:32:26,770 --> 00:32:35,260 multi-family housing in a parking lot or whatever it is that specific site will 370 00:32:31,600 --> 00:32:40,510 be analyzed and in this case it's a more broad focus because it's the zoning and 371 00:32:38,650 --> 00:32:45,700 as I said the theoretical build-out which we will have to describe all the 372 00:32:43,540 --> 00:32:51,040 assumptions for and that will aid in the lead agency and identifying and broadly 373 00:32:48,040 --> 00:32:58,650 analyzing the cumulative impacts of the proposed rezoning the public scoping as 374 00:32:55,020 --> 00:33:06,210 husband said is too nice purpose and that's a process by which the issues 375 00:33:01,030 --> 00:33:06,210 will be addressed for the draft EIS 376 00:33:08,030 --> 00:33:17,100 the purpose of scoping is to narrow the issues and ensure that the draft EIS 377 00:33:12,900 --> 00:33:23,100 will be concise accurate and complete it has six primary objectives to focus the 378 00:33:20,340 --> 00:33:28,200 draft YES on the potentially significant adverse environmental impacts to 379 00:33:26,340 --> 00:33:33,870 eliminate non significant and non relevant issues so in other words every 380 00:33:31,020 --> 00:33:39,240 everything that everyone brings up does not have to be studied it really to 381 00:33:37,320 --> 00:33:43,470 avoid a volume that's just hundreds of pages and if it's not really relevant to 382 00:33:41,400 --> 00:33:48,750 the decision-making process in the end and the balancing of the impacts the 383 00:33:46,890 --> 00:33:53,340 scope should really identify what's not significant as well as what is 384 00:33:50,250 --> 00:33:58,080 significant it should the scope will identify the extent and the quality of 385 00:33:55,410 --> 00:34:04,350 the information needed it will identify a range of reasonable alternatives to be 386 00:34:01,410 --> 00:34:08,730 discussed and it will provide an initial identification of mitigation measures 387 00:34:06,420 --> 00:34:12,179 that should be proposed and considered and of course it provides the public 388 00:34:10,980 --> 00:34:21,440 that the first opportunity to participate in the identification of 389 00:34:14,970 --> 00:34:27,840 impacts so this scope I know there's copies available on it on the table over 390 00:34:24,300 --> 00:34:35,370 there it's probably 13 or 14 pages long and each of the primary sections the 391 00:34:31,919 --> 00:34:39,990 topics are listed here will have subsections for existing conditions 392 00:34:37,640 --> 00:34:45,179 potential impacts and mitigation measures so I don't think I need to read 393 00:34:43,710 --> 00:34:49,290 them all but as you know some of the most important ones obviously will be 394 00:34:46,710 --> 00:34:55,110 zoning visual resources and community character transportation of parking 395 00:34:52,490 --> 00:35:03,680 cultural resources which is historic and archaeological community facilities 396 00:34:58,620 --> 00:35:07,930 which has fire schools police socioeconomics 397 00:35:05,410 --> 00:35:17,680 and number 15 as we said before there are alternatives will be evaluated as 398 00:35:10,720 --> 00:35:22,599 well so at this point unless the board wants me to go through any of the 399 00:35:19,029 --> 00:35:29,890 specific items that are already in this scope or anything in any more depth we 400 00:35:25,180 --> 00:35:32,740 can open it up to public comment but the only other thing that I wanted to 401 00:35:31,000 --> 00:35:37,210 mention before we open up to public comment is I thought it might be useful 402 00:35:33,849 --> 00:35:48,720 to review the list of agencies to whom this to which this scope was sent so 403 00:35:45,640 --> 00:35:53,470 this is also gone out for comment and scoping questions back from the 404 00:35:51,400 --> 00:35:59,319 following interested agencies we have the the Planning Board the CBA our DPW 405 00:35:57,250 --> 00:36:02,890 the Conservation Board the environmental review board the architectural review 406 00:36:00,730 --> 00:36:09,430 board the Newcastle Historical Society the Newcastle recreation department CCSD 407 00:36:06,480 --> 00:36:13,660 sivak Chappaqua fire department Westchester County Planning Board 408 00:36:11,019 --> 00:36:18,069 Westchester County DPW the New York State Dec Metro North Railroad and the 409 00:36:16,960 --> 00:36:23,140 New York State Department of Transportation so I just wanted to 410 00:36:20,650 --> 00:36:27,759 we added somebody else I reckon work commission so both sorry both to the 411 00:36:25,930 --> 00:36:36,670 wreck Commission as well as to the department so just wanted to reassure 412 00:36:34,269 --> 00:36:40,930 folks that in addition to the public comments that we are eliciting here 413 00:36:38,650 --> 00:36:45,700 tonight we are also getting professional guidance of expertise from all of those 414 00:36:42,700 --> 00:36:53,380 I just mentioned um so we do want to hear from everybody do we have a list of 415 00:36:47,440 --> 00:37:00,940 the folks who find in again the purpose of tonight is to try to get relevant 416 00:36:57,460 --> 00:37:05,829 questions relevant to the scope that has been drafted if you can you know start 417 00:37:04,000 --> 00:37:10,420 by stating your name stating your interest in this coming up with the 418 00:37:08,079 --> 00:37:16,150 particular issue upon which you are commenting if you know of how frequently 419 00:37:13,509 --> 00:37:21,970 this is to occur how likely this is to occur that's valuable information 420 00:37:18,880 --> 00:37:27,309 to take in as well and then if you have in mind things you would like us to 421 00:37:24,190 --> 00:37:32,200 study related to that issue or potential mitigation measures you want Bonnie and 422 00:37:30,160 --> 00:37:37,119 a team to consider that is all really invaluable information okay we only have 423 00:37:35,680 --> 00:37:45,220 three on the list so I know there must be some other books in the audience 424 00:37:38,559 --> 00:37:53,460 the first is Warren got Lee anything and happy new year I think I still have some 425 00:37:47,789 --> 00:37:57,700 substantial limitations everybody I have first of all I appreciate that amount of 426 00:37:55,930 --> 00:38:05,279 work that patent officials have done to this point form base code and I 427 00:38:02,349 --> 00:38:12,430 recognize that this endeavor began probably before at least I know this has 428 00:38:09,910 --> 00:38:17,740 been coming on for a while then the comments and the inputs that I have are 429 00:38:14,460 --> 00:38:21,970 really of two natures one is just sort of the philosophical underpinning of the 430 00:38:19,569 --> 00:38:27,730 backdrop to all this and the second are some specific things that I would like 431 00:38:24,130 --> 00:38:32,440 to see in the EIS you know the philosophical concerns I have or that 432 00:38:30,220 --> 00:38:37,660 you know I heard at the last working session Bob Kirkwood on the Planning 433 00:38:35,589 --> 00:38:42,730 Board observed that you know there is tremendous value to public input in the 434 00:38:39,940 --> 00:38:47,799 approval process and that the form base code compromises and largely removes 435 00:38:45,220 --> 00:38:53,769 that public input and that is something I understand that that's backdrop to all 436 00:38:51,069 --> 00:38:58,329 this but I really think that in parallel to this process the Town Board really 437 00:38:55,539 --> 00:39:02,890 needs to do a few things to make sure that the public fully understands what 438 00:38:59,920 --> 00:39:09,849 that means I know that the public was engaged on the lot of what is in this 439 00:39:06,220 --> 00:39:14,380 code about six years ago I got that and I know that there were a lot of things 440 00:39:11,680 --> 00:39:20,799 in that report but I don't think it's necessarily clear to residents there as 441 00:39:18,700 --> 00:39:23,990 part of this process they may be legislated out of 442 00:39:22,430 --> 00:39:29,480 and things they've come to expect in the being a part of in the approval process 443 00:39:26,000 --> 00:39:34,220 and I think that that needs to really be explained in a much better way and I 444 00:39:31,280 --> 00:39:38,630 have some suggestions as to that in addition to the yes I did not 445 00:39:36,319 --> 00:39:43,190 participate in that process so shame on me I didn't participate in that process 446 00:39:40,940 --> 00:39:47,960 because frankly it's you know I saw my friends and neighbors were participating 447 00:39:44,750 --> 00:39:53,900 and I generally trust them so what their ideas are for downtown but had I 448 00:39:50,000 --> 00:39:58,730 recognized at that time that the end point to this would be that the type of 449 00:39:56,210 --> 00:40:04,450 public engagement that we were seeing in other controversial projects in our town 450 00:40:01,099 --> 00:40:10,240 at that time confer a crossing with potentially in these areas be shut out 451 00:40:06,680 --> 00:40:14,109 and then push to in the agency I would've been a lot more vociferous 452 00:40:18,040 --> 00:40:27,010 because I basically have six suggestions okay the first suggestion I hand and 453 00:40:22,670 --> 00:40:27,010 this goes to the philosophical concerns 454 00:40:27,400 --> 00:40:31,869 we're really trying to take comments to 455 00:40:43,359 --> 00:40:50,240 the first thing is I think it's very important that this town board in plain 456 00:40:47,780 --> 00:40:55,640 English in a concise way in all the ways that you communicate to this town 457 00:40:51,619 --> 00:40:59,480 explain to them what exactly section 60 - 80 40 of the current version of the 458 00:40:57,710 --> 00:41:03,410 forum base code will mean to their public involvement in the approval 459 00:41:00,920 --> 00:41:07,369 process going forward just explain it to people so that they understand and then 460 00:41:05,480 --> 00:41:12,200 engage with them to find out is this what you're expecting philosophically I 461 00:41:10,520 --> 00:41:22,369 think it's very important that residents understand that before well one is 462 00:41:19,790 --> 00:41:26,420 growth inducement okay because basically what you're saying to the public is 463 00:41:24,369 --> 00:41:33,040 they're not gonna have much of an input anymore after this document so the 464 00:41:28,880 --> 00:41:33,040 question you want us to ask 465 00:41:34,869 --> 00:41:42,589 what would that be okay does this create a situation where you're basically 466 00:41:39,440 --> 00:41:47,119 giving it cudgel to developers who as long as they conform to this code have 467 00:41:44,539 --> 00:41:51,289 shut out public engagement and therefore would have a lot more say in what 468 00:41:49,609 --> 00:41:55,459 happens downtown than they currently do and I think a lot of people would care 469 00:41:52,969 --> 00:41:58,969 about that okay they don't they want people understand that downtown has to 470 00:41:57,109 --> 00:42:02,299 change it I'm one of them but I don't think they want to runaway train and I 471 00:42:00,680 --> 00:42:09,170 think what part of the concern here is is that this may open up the door to all 472 00:42:06,950 --> 00:42:12,499 inducing all sorts of development downtown to the extent that if somebody 473 00:42:11,119 --> 00:42:16,759 if you look at this code the way it's written the current draft if the if you 474 00:42:15,559 --> 00:42:20,660 have an issue with the development department yes you can go to the 475 00:42:18,140 --> 00:42:24,799 Planning Board but the Planning Board has to consider the objections based 476 00:42:22,880 --> 00:42:27,799 upon the criteria than that code which means you're really handcuffed in a way 477 00:42:26,299 --> 00:42:33,469 that people don't understand I don't think fully understand and I think that 478 00:42:30,049 --> 00:42:37,670 that could change the dynamics of what and some may be some good ways but maybe 479 00:42:36,289 --> 00:42:41,059 some bad ways that the public really needs to think about what does that mean 480 00:42:39,559 --> 00:42:44,509 public has to understand yeah with respect to the EIS warnings 481 00:42:43,309 --> 00:42:49,069 but I think it's important that the public understands that for example it 482 00:42:47,299 --> 00:42:53,299 would have sit still in theory the town could make an effort to sell off the 483 00:42:51,499 --> 00:42:57,619 parking lot as its own now light industrial and as a matter of right 484 00:42:55,729 --> 00:43:01,849 there would be light industrial there certainly there could be a referendum 485 00:42:59,479 --> 00:43:06,589 permissible so I think that this protects that town as in one example to 486 00:43:04,699 --> 00:43:11,059 not have that area zoned so a future town board can make that 487 00:43:08,119 --> 00:43:14,809 light industrial further I think we learned and sometimes enforces 488 00:43:12,650 --> 00:43:19,160 misinformation which people like to share about housing projects but I 489 00:43:17,390 --> 00:43:23,809 noticed this I'd like to say here involving a statement you know about 490 00:43:22,069 --> 00:43:26,989 building heights up you know watch out building heights three stories 491 00:43:25,489 --> 00:43:30,849 up King Street but in fact right now we're zone as a matter of right to three 492 00:43:31,059 --> 00:43:39,170 excuse what I want to respond to the things you said so what are the pictures 493 00:43:37,369 --> 00:43:41,509 that were shown work in one of the districts that was up at the top of King 494 00:43:41,089 --> 00:43:45,619 Street all the way up did didn't have they were 495 00:43:43,909 --> 00:43:53,839 in purple and those couldn't go up to five stories I mean I frankly had no no 496 00:43:48,049 --> 00:44:03,739 only the red area you do make a good point and this is what we talked about 497 00:43:55,489 --> 00:44:07,819 at the planning and the purpose of the form based code is to make it easier so 498 00:44:06,319 --> 00:44:12,559 that you don't have a ten year development coming in and we can sort of 499 00:44:09,859 --> 00:44:16,909 set forth based on our comprehensive plan and input from many of our 500 00:44:15,289 --> 00:44:21,380 residents sort of what we want to see going forward but you are Ryan and I 501 00:44:19,819 --> 00:44:25,099 think the board is looking at it that there does need to be some sort of input 502 00:44:23,269 --> 00:44:28,549 and we talked about that last week so okay can't be confined to whatever this 503 00:44:27,139 --> 00:44:33,559 document says I mean that's what I think that's a big concern I would like one 504 00:44:31,759 --> 00:44:41,289 other thing in the name three things that I wonder is the working group 505 00:44:35,989 --> 00:44:41,289 composition I was a bit surprised to see 506 00:44:46,449 --> 00:44:53,119 if you would allow me to finish I would like to finish the working group 507 00:44:50,749 --> 00:44:57,380 composition needs to include Realtors from this town residential Realtors and 508 00:44:54,949 --> 00:45:01,519 residents who are not town officials not developers and not architects that 509 00:44:59,449 --> 00:45:05,089 happen to live in the town you have to include these people at the table going 510 00:45:03,019 --> 00:45:11,299 which one of the 15 points in the outline with regards the environmental 511 00:45:07,699 --> 00:45:15,019 impact the impact on single-family homes that are in the immediate and 512 00:45:12,709 --> 00:45:21,289 surrounding areas I would like to know what the impact is going to be flooding 513 00:45:18,709 --> 00:45:25,549 or increasing in a significant way the residential units downtown will be a 514 00:45:23,599 --> 00:45:29,630 single-family residence in this town residences in this town in the immediate 515 00:45:27,349 --> 00:45:33,529 surrounding areas because I have a concern and those are substance that 516 00:45:31,699 --> 00:45:37,699 could be considered as substitute good and they drew could be adversely 517 00:45:35,499 --> 00:45:41,269 impacting single-family residential owners if you increase the amount of 518 00:45:39,889 --> 00:45:45,499 apartment space that you had downtown and I think that needs to be looked at 519 00:45:43,189 --> 00:45:50,770 very carefully I mean the town is still not recover from 2008 real estate crash 520 00:45:48,109 --> 00:45:55,000 and to go and then you listen I would like to see livable space 521 00:45:52,090 --> 00:45:58,300 down to downtown as well but I'm concerned that if we go too far in there 522 00:45:57,010 --> 00:46:02,470 that you're gonna hurt a lot of people who have single-family homes there are 523 00:46:01,270 --> 00:46:07,930 many I mean if you look at the developments in the development in 524 00:46:05,440 --> 00:46:10,450 Pleasantville where they put units I'm their main street they're very 525 00:46:08,830 --> 00:46:14,200 attractive and I can very easily see somebody wanting to be in Pleasantville 526 00:46:11,920 --> 00:46:17,680 schools in a nice luxury apartment for 4,000 plus a month and saying I don't 527 00:46:16,210 --> 00:46:21,970 have to have everything that a single family home has requires and that's fine 528 00:46:20,440 --> 00:46:25,180 for some of it but if you introduce a large number man to that stock I worry 529 00:46:24,040 --> 00:46:29,890 that you're gonna hurt the residential market and that really has to be looked 530 00:46:26,740 --> 00:46:32,740 at and if you just I'm sorry I'm go off a little bit here but my my 531 00:46:31,270 --> 00:46:38,350 understanding and I think I'm correct that chapelcross is gonna have two and 532 00:46:35,170 --> 00:46:42,430 three-bedroom Apartments coming and I believe a prior town boards of the 533 00:46:39,910 --> 00:46:45,460 townhomes perfect I looked at this issue about whether or not they would compete 534 00:46:43,900 --> 00:46:50,170 with single-family homes and and certainly I have not come to the point 535 00:46:48,100 --> 00:46:54,520 where we have a development downtown to have it in terms of terminus size of an 536 00:46:52,660 --> 00:46:57,700 apartment but I think it's a reasonable question to say well a two-bedroom 537 00:46:56,200 --> 00:47:01,780 apartment compete with a 4-bedroom home probably different person you're seeking 538 00:46:59,410 --> 00:47:10,570 in terms of buying that put a reasonable question but we want to create something 539 00:47:03,130 --> 00:47:16,080 that doesn't exist because one of the issues that I brought up repeatedly in 540 00:47:11,860 --> 00:47:21,550 fact with the Planning Board and Crossing is just that issue about how 541 00:47:19,170 --> 00:47:34,150 bedroom townhouse is in effect a single-family home so yeah I do think 542 00:47:30,340 --> 00:47:37,510 that a four five family but pardon me a four or five person families I'll only 543 00:47:35,500 --> 00:47:42,160 need a two-bedroom apartment but go ahead um just before you go along those 544 00:47:40,060 --> 00:47:46,210 same points when we are looking at that I don't know if it's part of the scope 545 00:47:44,050 --> 00:47:51,490 but could we also look at potential taxation methods so for instance a 546 00:47:49,090 --> 00:47:55,150 chapel crossing we just we made the decision the town board to tax 547 00:47:52,840 --> 00:48:00,970 everything fees simple so that it would be taxed the same as a regular home um 548 00:47:58,840 --> 00:48:03,250 so maybe that's something we can look at it 549 00:48:01,240 --> 00:48:06,970 same time to potentially minimize any impacts as well and also what we're 550 00:48:05,440 --> 00:48:11,440 talking about tax impact that I would like to know we get an answer from the 551 00:48:09,850 --> 00:48:15,190 town board at some point what do we expect the guy I assume that some of 552 00:48:13,570 --> 00:48:18,460 this is being done for a tax benefit for residents because residents are 553 00:48:16,450 --> 00:48:23,590 complaining about the tax burden I would like to understand you know what type of 554 00:48:21,280 --> 00:48:27,070 you know tax burden reliever in the quantifiable way are we expecting for 555 00:48:25,600 --> 00:48:32,130 residents in the best case scenario medium case scenario worst-case scenario 556 00:48:29,080 --> 00:48:37,000 and finally if you could just give us some comparables of where a forum based 557 00:48:34,720 --> 00:48:40,960 code like this has actually weren't in a simple similarly situated town so we 558 00:48:39,369 --> 00:48:45,490 could have some sense as to whether or not this type of concept even works I 559 00:48:43,720 --> 00:48:50,500 know you are not happy that everything did not need to fit into the yeah yes 560 00:48:48,730 --> 00:49:01,240 here but you know and I think these are all legitimate concerns of the community 561 00:48:52,450 --> 00:49:03,360 I just I think you do know I will submit to 562 00:49:10,410 --> 00:49:23,650 Maariv and Lee my basic concern is I live at the top of the hill and the 563 00:49:21,160 --> 00:49:29,320 traffic is horrendous we have a blind curve all of us sit and wait for an 564 00:49:26,770 --> 00:49:36,580 eternity I have to go around my block to go home I won't stop to make a left onto 565 00:49:32,650 --> 00:49:42,160 my street just tell everything really complain which is right after castle so 566 00:49:40,330 --> 00:49:47,680 the traffic is definitely concerned I hope there's a very comprehensive study 567 00:49:45,100 --> 00:49:55,030 being done on that I hope that Falls it's one of us thinks that's not only 568 00:49:50,470 --> 00:50:01,810 amount of cars speed is important too and the other thing is 569 00:49:58,500 --> 00:50:06,580 Natural Resources up the hill we have a lot of trees and the rainfall goes like 570 00:50:04,600 --> 00:50:15,460 right down the hill what's going to happen well if those get removed for 571 00:50:09,940 --> 00:50:27,550 like a large-scale development and what else you're not at your point of 572 00:50:23,260 --> 00:50:33,670 mitigation for because you're involving neighborhoods adjacent to it like the 573 00:50:31,300 --> 00:50:39,970 dentist how cute is that building like can we think of it property by property 574 00:50:36,630 --> 00:50:48,490 and not you know it's not stories but like density like it could each property 575 00:50:43,930 --> 00:50:54,090 be remodeled or not like when we see the picture of this giant development of the 576 00:50:50,770 --> 00:50:59,650 hill everyone gets really scared so I guess that's all I have to say right now 577 00:50:56,530 --> 00:51:04,810 oh I also I can't understand the type of building from yet but will that come 578 00:51:02,920 --> 00:51:10,630 later like are they condos or the apartments I'm not really sure of that 579 00:51:09,010 --> 00:51:17,290 later on the process that that could be explained is it so I don't know what 580 00:51:14,800 --> 00:51:23,410 here I really can't figure it out so if you look at the draft code just yet to 581 00:51:19,540 --> 00:51:30,220 put your mind at ease yeah the intent is not to have one giant like mega building 582 00:51:27,480 --> 00:51:33,940 there are different setbacks there are different architectural standards 583 00:51:31,990 --> 00:51:37,240 there's a lot in there so that it would look we we wouldn't want everything to 584 00:51:36,580 --> 00:51:41,950 look the same we the charm is to have things look 585 00:51:39,460 --> 00:51:46,270 different and again it's not the Town Board that would mandate how something 586 00:51:44,020 --> 00:51:50,500 we built it's giving kind of guidelines and then an individual developer of 587 00:51:48,580 --> 00:52:02,710 their own property could come in and then at least have guidelines to use 588 00:51:52,540 --> 00:52:07,080 okay okay Dan prison escapes prison in ski 589 00:52:03,930 --> 00:52:20,760 let's pronounce your name rhymes with Disney print is new dance Richard 590 00:52:17,400 --> 00:52:27,330 Charles I had a question about how this would be affecting the firehouse the 591 00:52:24,060 --> 00:52:33,360 existing firehouse and the planning to build an additional firehouse based on a 592 00:52:30,480 --> 00:52:40,470 bonding bond issue that would be coming up because I noticed that the property 593 00:52:36,240 --> 00:52:45,270 is involved have you you know have you thought about it what how does that 594 00:52:42,870 --> 00:52:52,410 affect a bond issue how does that affect the building another quick comment if I 595 00:52:50,340 --> 00:52:56,880 were a landlord or if I owned the property and I had the option of going 596 00:52:55,350 --> 00:53:02,820 to or for floors there's no question that I would go for 597 00:52:59,730 --> 00:53:09,480 floors if I'm interested in making a profit etc so as I understand it's not 598 00:53:06,300 --> 00:53:17,130 mandated but I do think people will go go as high as they can if you will and 599 00:53:13,830 --> 00:53:25,200 it just I don't understand on a different subject how going as high as 600 00:53:20,250 --> 00:53:30,030 five storeys I was opposite Starbucks today and I looked at the real estate 601 00:53:27,270 --> 00:53:35,250 building and it's two stories and I just doubled it and I could see how big that 602 00:53:32,790 --> 00:53:42,840 was going to be then I 2 and a half times went up and I know that's not a 603 00:53:39,360 --> 00:53:47,400 own place but wow that's that's a tall building and I just don't understand how 604 00:53:45,030 --> 00:53:53,130 that preserves the the bucolic residential character of of chapter 4 605 00:53:50,910 --> 00:54:00,840 and I do hope we'll have a chance to comment on a scope outside of this go 606 00:53:55,860 --> 00:54:07,020 thanks very much thank you I just wanted to mention to you Dan I just in regard 607 00:54:04,260 --> 00:54:14,180 to your question about fire protection and 608 00:54:07,680 --> 00:54:14,180 and the impacts of the code is actually 609 00:54:21,500 --> 00:54:27,980 but it is the section that has to deal with community facilities and services 610 00:54:28,510 --> 00:54:45,180 [Music] okay Victoria um so thank you so much 611 00:54:39,420 --> 00:54:49,350 for honest I do really want to echo Warren's comment about community 612 00:54:47,700 --> 00:54:56,130 awareness about this my sense is as important as this is a 613 00:54:52,830 --> 00:55:00,780 lot of people semantically in other words it's not capturing the attention 614 00:54:57,840 --> 00:55:05,580 of the community and I know it's hard to do that in general on any topic I don't 615 00:55:03,600 --> 00:55:09,660 know what verbiage we can use you can kind of contemplate to get it out there 616 00:55:07,560 --> 00:55:14,070 in a way that people realize just how important it is or maybe even you know I 617 00:55:12,210 --> 00:55:18,000 know when we did a comprehensive plan it was like kind of marketed in a way that 618 00:55:15,870 --> 00:55:22,350 people you know paid attention and came downtown and it wasn't necessarily 619 00:55:19,890 --> 00:55:26,310 connected to a town board meeting so I'm hoping I know you're on a deadline in 620 00:55:24,750 --> 00:55:31,530 terms of the February date for the scoping piece but I do wonder if and I'd 621 00:55:29,310 --> 00:55:37,170 hate to rewind and I'm gonna go to this very specifically soon but I do wonder 622 00:55:34,110 --> 00:55:41,340 if there's an opportunity to market it a little bit differently earlier than 623 00:55:39,390 --> 00:55:46,140 sooner than later just to get people even understanding the step before this 624 00:55:43,410 --> 00:55:50,820 of how this came to be and what it means and the implications and them to kind of 625 00:55:48,420 --> 00:55:54,660 figure out a way to get as much input as you can starting now on this piece of 626 00:55:52,740 --> 00:55:58,530 moving forward I don't have any magical words around that but I do you know even 627 00:55:57,990 --> 00:56:02,100 for me I will say that you know I've seen this 628 00:55:59,970 --> 00:56:06,390 up you know I finally sat down and I finally got what it actually means and 629 00:56:04,440 --> 00:56:11,040 you know and I've talked to a lot of people and I just think it's it's not 630 00:56:08,850 --> 00:56:15,820 getting on people's radar so whatever you can do to kind of think about how to 631 00:56:13,920 --> 00:56:22,870 make that communication happen people engage would be wonderful I am a 632 00:56:20,830 --> 00:56:27,730 little bit just in general concern about this as a number of us are I think in 633 00:56:26,140 --> 00:56:31,750 terms of wanting to retain that Hamlet and you know make this a unique 634 00:56:30,520 --> 00:56:35,860 community you know you know all of you are trying to do the best work on this 635 00:56:34,030 --> 00:56:40,810 possible that the piece around the scoping and some of this is a question 636 00:56:38,770 --> 00:56:44,650 some of it is a comment I'm wondering you know I'm looking at I printed out 637 00:56:42,250 --> 00:56:49,090 the documents associated with tonight's meeting and the full environmental 638 00:56:47,170 --> 00:56:56,190 assessment form that connects to the scoping draft is that an editable piece 639 00:56:52,630 --> 00:57:03,850 in other words is this in the official form or do we have any ability at this 640 00:56:59,230 --> 00:57:07,810 point the fullest the environmental assessment form and you guys can jump in 641 00:57:05,980 --> 00:57:13,270 because you're the expert but since the Town Board sort of took the actions like 642 00:57:10,510 --> 00:57:17,290 we took two weeks ago I'll try my hand on it and you guys can correct me um the 643 00:57:15,700 --> 00:57:21,670 environmental assessment form is essentially a threshold it is 644 00:57:19,240 --> 00:57:25,870 questionnaire that helps the Town Board to determine whether to issue a positive 645 00:57:24,040 --> 00:57:31,320 or negative declaration with regard to whether there are potentially adverse 646 00:57:27,130 --> 00:57:31,320 environmental impacts resulting from 647 00:57:33,510 --> 00:57:43,390 past year and so having completed that questionnaire having found it to be a 648 00:57:40,360 --> 00:57:49,110 positive declaration we're now moving on to the environmental impact assessment 649 00:57:46,450 --> 00:57:58,840 which will be a broader and much more intensive look at those issues that were 650 00:57:52,270 --> 00:58:05,230 identified in the yeah every now and then you get one right so thank you for 651 00:58:01,840 --> 00:58:10,720 and does that mean that this form at the 13 page form is final as it is written 652 00:58:08,350 --> 00:58:15,460 now okay um so I guess what I'm going to say in the context of where we are today 653 00:58:13,540 --> 00:58:19,180 I'm going to mention a few things that stood out for me on that form even 654 00:58:18,010 --> 00:58:23,410 though it's not editable but that connect to these variables to put 655 00:58:21,820 --> 00:58:25,969 certain things on the radar am I in remember the conservation board 656 00:58:24,829 --> 00:58:29,599 I haven't yet heard about this through the conservation board but I know we're 657 00:58:28,160 --> 00:58:32,569 meeting next week so hopefully we could pull something together and share with 658 00:58:30,950 --> 00:58:37,700 you so I'm really here tonight as an individual but I do have a lot of 659 00:58:34,700 --> 00:58:42,559 environmental pieces on my radar so there are certain pieces in this form 660 00:58:39,619 --> 00:58:46,489 that is already finalized but that don't necessarily go as deep and wide as I 661 00:58:44,450 --> 00:58:56,630 would hope they would and I think some of those connect to the draft document 662 00:58:49,369 --> 00:59:01,579 scoping document page 7 3c kind of vegetation and Wildlife assisting 663 00:58:58,369 --> 00:59:09,950 conditions wetlands and watercourses so I'm gonna frame my suggestions comments 664 00:59:04,940 --> 00:59:15,650 around those so on the actual form this is a very traditional format I've seen 665 00:59:11,630 --> 00:59:19,130 similar versions that talked about is there you know when you think about any 666 00:59:17,390 --> 00:59:23,869 wildlife you know I know we're talking about downtown but we you know our 667 00:59:21,559 --> 00:59:27,920 downtown is in woods you know as Mara was saying I mean there are trees around 668 00:59:25,940 --> 00:59:32,359 and there is habitat I think a lot of folks you know we did replant a lot of 669 00:59:29,839 --> 00:59:38,119 native trees but there is even habitat downtown that we lost a lot of women 670 00:59:34,160 --> 00:59:44,839 took down a lot of the trees so my sense is in on page 5 of the original form or 671 00:59:42,079 --> 00:59:49,130 it talks about you know anything that affects wetlands you know I would like 672 00:59:46,579 --> 00:59:56,029 us to do as much as possible when we're talking about natural resources in terms 673 00:59:52,819 --> 01:00:01,009 of is this a habitat there's a piece as well on this form that talks about are 674 00:59:57,859 --> 01:00:06,259 any endangered species impacted I know on conservation board I'll just fix that 675 01:00:03,709 --> 01:00:08,779 for a moment we have been talking in Dennis Crowley has actually brought this 676 01:00:07,670 --> 01:00:13,579 up a lot who's the environmental coordinator that when we look at 677 01:00:10,699 --> 01:00:17,479 environmental considerations we don't only want to look at you know what's an 678 01:00:15,199 --> 01:00:22,339 existing nesting habitat but what's a potential nesting habitat so do we have 679 01:00:19,910 --> 01:00:26,569 you know as wildlife and birds etc are searching more and more for habitat 680 01:00:24,289 --> 01:00:29,150 because so much is being taken away do we want to be sensitive to not just 681 01:00:28,099 --> 01:00:33,109 what's an existing the tab for endangered species but 682 01:00:31,190 --> 01:00:37,130 what's potential habitat that would be lost if we took down that's where I 683 01:00:35,270 --> 01:00:39,859 wanted to also point out the four mentions wetlands and I know there are 684 01:00:38,480 --> 01:00:43,190 state regulations around wetlands and that's great one thing and I put weaken 685 01:00:42,140 --> 01:00:48,020 correct me if I'm wrong on this they believe that verbal pools are not 686 01:00:46,039 --> 01:00:53,750 protected under state while those are kind of those bodies of water that are 687 01:00:51,079 --> 01:00:58,760 basically like divots in the ground that when the springtime comes and they fill 688 01:00:56,329 --> 01:01:03,410 with water the snow melts you suddenly have a pool and in that pool of water 689 01:01:01,099 --> 01:01:07,910 you have a lot of life happening you have a lot of frogs laying eggs you have 690 01:01:05,089 --> 01:01:11,539 a lot of reproduction happening and then after the reproduction happens it's 691 01:01:09,740 --> 01:01:14,900 fascinating actually the water dries up and so it's a moment in time that you 692 01:01:13,579 --> 01:01:19,160 have this body of water it's called a vernal pool because it's spring and 693 01:01:16,539 --> 01:01:22,660 those are critically important for certain species that can't lay eggs 694 01:01:20,660 --> 01:01:25,700 unless they have that habitat unfortunately I don't believe that's 695 01:01:24,289 --> 01:01:30,500 protected by the state so I would ask you to and work if we have the capacity 696 01:01:27,289 --> 01:01:34,730 legally to go beyond that to kind of add in vernal pools I don't know if there 697 01:01:32,630 --> 01:01:37,460 are any near downtown but they pop up in places you'd never know 698 01:01:35,839 --> 01:01:42,049 and right now developers don't have to focus on those so if there's any way to 699 01:01:39,770 --> 01:01:45,650 specifically enumerate that we might be protecting some creatures that are very 700 01:01:43,910 --> 01:01:49,099 vulnerable sorry you know what also super helpful 701 01:01:46,849 --> 01:01:53,270 um because I know we sent this to the conservation board is one of our 702 01:01:50,599 --> 01:01:58,849 interested agencies so if you with the whole board oh yeah they're Monday not 703 01:01:55,579 --> 01:02:02,690 many send us you know a list of all the other things you want to look absolutely 704 01:02:00,529 --> 01:02:07,910 yeah and I'm hoping we'll do that soon with you thank you and the other pieces 705 01:02:05,299 --> 01:02:12,020 wetlands always does get addressed here another thing that's to put on the radar 706 01:02:10,010 --> 01:02:16,670 is woodlands you know woodlands interestingly aren't really regulated 707 01:02:14,059 --> 01:02:21,589 and as we think about climate change and the importance that that our trees 708 01:02:19,760 --> 01:02:25,819 playing erosion control etc like Mary was saying you know the trees up there 709 01:02:23,119 --> 01:02:28,220 we want them to kind of hold hold the water instead of it all tripping 710 01:02:27,079 --> 01:02:32,539 downtown I mean there are some interesting considerations around wet 711 01:02:30,829 --> 01:02:35,770 woodlands protection in addition to wetlands protection and along those 712 01:02:35,000 --> 01:02:40,000 lines be interesting to see the words climate 713 01:02:38,200 --> 01:02:43,420 change specifically enumerated somewhere like you know we do have air pollution 714 01:02:41,560 --> 01:02:47,020 and you know it does kind of mention pieces that we traditionally as 715 01:02:45,130 --> 01:02:51,760 environmentally conscious people think about but now that we're in this state 716 01:02:49,000 --> 01:02:55,000 of really this you know increased concern around climate change I wonder 717 01:02:53,650 --> 01:02:58,000 if there's any language you know I almost thought to myself 718 01:02:56,050 --> 01:03:02,530 should it be specifically enumerated on this piece or where you know well 719 01:03:00,040 --> 01:03:06,580 everyone applying need to kind of respond to you know what are the climate 720 01:03:04,960 --> 01:03:08,350 change implications and again I haven't thought this through enough to know 721 01:03:07,420 --> 01:03:12,910 exactly what those would be and to what kind of amendments already 722 01:03:10,660 --> 01:03:18,540 being considered but it seems like a timely something to think about so thank 723 01:03:15,490 --> 01:03:18,540 you thank you 724 01:03:21,690 --> 01:03:25,080 Chuck Napoli 725 01:03:31,260 --> 01:03:38,770 congratulations I've put up there less why sorry I missed some new ears on the 726 01:03:35,829 --> 01:03:43,569 board I hope they listen really good um Chuck Napoli is my name I've been here a 727 01:03:41,770 --> 01:03:49,150 long time been at this mic a lot of times and boy I would love to have to 728 01:03:46,050 --> 01:03:53,050 Victoria my design team well I mean surely we've come up with some real good 729 01:03:51,160 --> 01:03:58,150 stuff even if there were developers involved and even there were lawyers 730 01:03:55,420 --> 01:04:02,319 involved and even if there were planners involved I'm sure adding some of that 731 01:04:00,010 --> 01:04:07,300 stuff to any design and but I'm gonna focus on three and three only because 732 01:04:05,920 --> 01:04:16,450 I'm looking at the character of the coded area that we're working on and um 733 01:04:12,250 --> 01:04:23,050 I'd like to ask Donnie a question and it is as part of the consultant for this 734 01:04:19,780 --> 01:04:30,940 town and for this coding I want to read the specific these interviews I have you 735 01:04:28,900 --> 01:04:34,119 know there's gotta be stakeholders involved and I think a lot of people 736 01:04:32,980 --> 01:04:41,049 have been talking about meeting stakeholder input and at this point I 737 01:04:37,930 --> 01:04:45,000 want to know if if you've included groups and individuals included elected 738 01:04:43,540 --> 01:04:51,010 officials which I know you have nonprofit organizations I'm not sure you 739 01:04:47,440 --> 01:04:55,569 have and leaders of those organizations property owners I don't know if you've 740 01:04:53,770 --> 01:05:02,500 included them neighborhood representatives I wasn't asked local 741 01:04:59,680 --> 01:05:07,030 design professionals developers business organizations and municipal staff I know 742 01:05:04,540 --> 01:05:12,730 staff has been involved but what I'm really getting at here is that have you 743 01:05:09,780 --> 01:05:18,099 taken on an initial review and analysis with all of the stakeholders and all of 744 01:05:14,859 --> 01:05:30,520 those people to begin the direction that leads us to this list and so I don't 745 01:05:21,549 --> 01:05:35,200 know have you have you spoken to your scope is that part of school in the in 746 01:05:32,920 --> 01:05:38,930 the beginning of this process we worked with the 747 01:05:36,640 --> 01:05:43,460 Design Review Committee and also with the Tampa Ward and there were various 748 01:05:41,060 --> 01:05:48,950 members that committee that Sabrina helped put together was not just elected 749 01:05:46,190 --> 01:05:51,560 officials it was also there are a couple of you know there's representatives from 750 01:05:50,600 --> 01:05:54,950 the Planning Board there's representatives from the development 751 01:05:52,940 --> 01:05:59,270 community but to answer your other question when we first started this 752 01:05:57,650 --> 01:06:06,410 process we did have a series of interviews with DPW with a Historical 753 01:06:02,990 --> 01:06:14,330 Society with various groups there were a couple of days of interviews just to 754 01:06:10,220 --> 01:06:19,490 start out to get initial input but at this point we're at the most of the 755 01:06:16,820 --> 01:06:22,730 other members or folks that you mentioned would be really considered 756 01:06:21,170 --> 01:06:28,810 members of the public and I think they would you know we have a very broad list 757 01:06:24,920 --> 01:06:36,200 that the supervisor listed already of interested agencies plus the public is 758 01:06:31,760 --> 01:06:39,200 one so all of these topics you know when we talk about keeping new facilities 759 01:06:37,820 --> 01:06:42,410 we're gonna have to write to the fire department and go meet with them and I 760 01:06:40,880 --> 01:06:47,540 know Stern about their issues and with the schools and so forth so 761 01:06:45,100 --> 01:06:51,980 that's how we gather our information is by meeting with folks oh okay good so in 762 01:06:50,540 --> 01:06:57,020 in my business that would be sort of program the beginning of a program but 763 01:06:54,320 --> 01:07:03,230 but also that's the first step in and in the next the next step would be the 764 01:06:59,090 --> 01:07:09,050 public design process which I I don't I think the public design process is 765 01:07:05,740 --> 01:07:14,390 number three the visual resources and community character that has to come I 766 01:07:11,720 --> 01:07:21,380 think from from the public and all stakeholders involved which I'm not sure 767 01:07:17,000 --> 01:07:28,400 that component has been set up yet and and the reason I say that is that oh I'm 768 01:07:26,150 --> 01:07:33,860 reading I'm reading the qualifications for consultants to build the form based 769 01:07:30,290 --> 01:07:39,950 codes and part of their job is to describe a public to describe a public 770 01:07:37,970 --> 01:07:46,370 process for generating the detailed physical plan that underlines a 771 01:07:42,380 --> 01:07:49,760 form-based code I've seen a plan but I don't know where that came from because 772 01:07:48,440 --> 01:07:54,680 I don't think it came all of the people you wrote letters to 773 01:07:52,330 --> 01:07:58,490 you wrote letters to all the people to tell them where we are 774 01:07:56,240 --> 01:08:03,980 but you haven't requested their participation so in some circumstances 775 01:08:02,270 --> 01:08:08,690 this step will already have been completed and like and I think that's 776 01:08:05,750 --> 01:08:14,240 where we are that the step for designing has been completed and the code word can 777 01:08:11,510 --> 01:08:21,080 begin without a full step of a new planning Charette however in most cases 778 01:08:17,690 --> 01:08:27,830 this critical step of planning must be taken undertaken first and I think we're 779 01:08:24,320 --> 01:08:33,080 at the stage now of hopefully second or third number three planning or visual 780 01:08:30,770 --> 01:08:38,600 resources in our community character I think we put the horse before the cart 781 01:08:35,500 --> 01:08:46,730 the cart before the horse that's what is the cart before the horse so I'm looking 782 01:08:41,420 --> 01:08:53,330 for a a I'm look for this board to to make some requests of this community to 783 01:08:50,690 --> 01:08:57,470 all get together and start looking at how we want it to be downtown what were 784 01:08:56,150 --> 01:09:01,990 uncomfortable with or what we're comfortable with and then based on that 785 01:09:02,590 --> 01:09:13,630 batch of information those that program we then write a code around that or 786 01:09:09,830 --> 01:09:19,670 continue the process I believe Sabrina we had certainly two public outreach 787 01:09:17,000 --> 01:09:23,720 sessions if not more we had that I'm still have talked my head every session 788 01:09:21,320 --> 01:09:29,000 is public we had a meeting if that's a red term and here in the and here where 789 01:09:26,060 --> 01:09:45,410 we laid out physically as much as we could yeah right so many many and I 790 01:09:43,670 --> 01:09:49,370 think actually I mean I'd like Sabrina I'd like you to describe the process 791 01:09:47,330 --> 01:09:57,950 that took place before we started working that we were able to provide to 792 01:09:54,080 --> 01:10:00,920 our consultants based on may I interrupt for just a minute because I know what 793 01:09:59,660 --> 01:10:05,000 you're gonna say we had the comprehensive plan we 794 01:10:02,420 --> 01:10:10,510 all those public engagement meetings and we came up with and this was the pace 795 01:10:07,460 --> 01:10:16,640 university assisting us in creating a comprehensive plan which is that did get 796 01:10:13,280 --> 01:10:24,790 adopted after a while and most importantly at that comprehensive plan 797 01:10:19,570 --> 01:10:31,340 presentation review we had four separate options that the people talked about and 798 01:10:28,010 --> 01:10:36,620 had we're looking at various options of the amount of development that people 799 01:10:33,920 --> 01:10:41,360 agreed on that they wanted a sound they were looking at options and we had four 800 01:10:38,690 --> 01:10:47,090 options and we even have an option from Norwood and that's based on all of the 801 01:10:44,000 --> 01:10:51,489 public input no problem but not once did we all sit down together and come up 802 01:10:48,710 --> 01:10:55,699 with option number five six or seven somebody has come up with option number 803 01:10:53,510 --> 01:10:59,360 six right now and it's called the forum based code and this is the basis of the 804 01:10:57,410 --> 01:11:04,550 formation code I'm just saying I don't know if we had enough public input nor 805 01:11:01,580 --> 01:11:10,010 do we have enough option thinking with people of the community where we can 806 01:11:06,739 --> 01:11:14,390 include the wetlands people we can include residents we can include a lot 807 01:11:12,800 --> 01:11:22,610 more people designing is found ourselves not relying on somebody else right I'm 808 01:11:17,590 --> 01:11:26,270 finished and I listen so what do you want me to tell me were you gonna say so 809 01:11:24,410 --> 01:11:33,170 I I just I think it's important for folks to understand I mean Chuck you 810 01:11:28,130 --> 01:11:40,610 100% right during from 2014 between 2014 and 2017 the town working with pace land 811 01:11:37,699 --> 01:11:44,630 use Law Center did extensive outreach to the community and all sorts of forms 812 01:11:42,590 --> 01:11:50,150 whether it was public meetings afternoon meetings evening meetings emailed work 813 01:11:47,030 --> 01:11:55,340 groups you know Saturday morning sessions high school lunch you name it 814 01:11:53,510 --> 01:11:58,880 we did it we went to groups meetings we went to the business community we you 815 01:11:57,080 --> 01:12:04,790 know we we tried to get people's opinions till the cows came home if you 816 01:12:02,030 --> 01:12:07,730 will and that is how we formed the comprehensive plan which includes 817 01:12:06,620 --> 01:12:14,739 recommendation and in which the Community Supported 818 01:12:11,570 --> 01:12:20,750 which said we are single-family neighborhoods alone put development 819 01:12:17,989 --> 01:12:26,510 where development can go in relation to infrastructure maintain the bucolic 820 01:12:23,300 --> 01:12:31,670 character of our community enhance our train station revitalize our Hamlet's 821 01:12:29,480 --> 01:12:35,960 these were all of the policies and they run the gamut all the way to 822 01:12:32,960 --> 01:12:41,330 environmental protection so the the action items in relation to those 823 01:12:38,239 --> 01:12:46,220 policies said look at rezoning the Chappaqua hamlet to meet the needs of 824 01:12:43,520 --> 01:12:51,020 the Comprehensive Plan this is that look at rezoning the traffic or Hamlet to 825 01:12:49,250 --> 01:12:56,900 meet the needs of the Comprehensive Plan got it my only comment is is that not 826 01:12:53,900 --> 01:13:01,820 enough people are looking at it that's all and not enough stakeholders and 827 01:12:59,270 --> 01:13:06,110 other important groups are not talking together they're getting letters but 828 01:13:04,670 --> 01:13:08,930 they're not sitting in the room talking together 829 01:13:06,680 --> 01:13:16,640 give me a weekend with 10 tables and a bunch of people and see what we come up 830 01:13:10,550 --> 01:13:20,989 with thanks I would request to you which is that you know if you can please 831 01:13:18,350 --> 01:13:25,940 review the draft scope it's about the draft code that's out there and think 832 01:13:24,350 --> 01:13:34,100 about the questions that we need to include in our scope in order to be more 833 01:13:31,340 --> 01:13:38,540 professional view as well as your view as a resident community member would be 834 01:13:36,020 --> 01:13:43,610 incredibly valuable to us well thank you very much but again the the end the end 835 01:13:41,810 --> 01:13:46,970 result would be hey if I saw a bunch of people sitting around on a Saturday 836 01:13:44,930 --> 01:13:53,680 afternoon working out how we want our town to be I'd be really happy and 837 01:13:49,750 --> 01:13:53,680 facilitated by an expert 838 01:14:00,510 --> 01:14:15,190 let me get through the two folks who did sign up on the list of men so we have 839 01:14:05,380 --> 01:14:19,060 Laurie Morton hi so I have a few questions that I think are relevant to 840 01:14:17,050 --> 01:14:23,410 this document but I don't fully understand the scope of everything that 841 01:14:20,980 --> 01:14:28,170 needs to go into this so I apologize in advance if I'm referring to elements of 842 01:14:25,660 --> 01:14:33,400 policy change that doesn't exactly apply so certainly one of the things that I 843 01:14:31,180 --> 01:14:39,310 think could be quite important is assessment of quality of life disruption 844 01:14:36,550 --> 01:14:47,500 during the construction of new projects and in particular adjacent residents 845 01:14:44,110 --> 01:14:54,160 I'm a small business viability during periods of construction and and also 846 01:14:51,520 --> 01:14:59,680 public use right can you know functional commuting to the train station and 847 01:14:55,930 --> 01:15:05,610 throughtout that not sure if that is conceived in this planner if this is 848 01:15:02,080 --> 01:15:13,030 about the end product or getting there then then some other I think concerns of 849 01:15:10,210 --> 01:15:20,590 interest for this particular area is the total area of impervious surface not 850 01:15:16,780 --> 01:15:26,050 just from the perspective of stormwater runoff but having lived adjacent to 851 01:15:23,560 --> 01:15:31,120 downtown and had my house flooded on multiple occasions it's flooding 852 01:15:29,230 --> 01:15:38,440 sensitive area for sure but also just limiting waterway contamination that is 853 01:15:33,850 --> 01:15:43,840 a product of runoff impervious service and I think also we setting the goals 854 01:15:41,320 --> 01:15:50,710 high enough in the sense that we now have acres of pavement downtown and can 855 01:15:48,880 --> 01:15:55,480 we do better than that right so not only like how does this prevent potentially 856 01:15:53,320 --> 01:15:59,770 limit the increase of impervious surface but could we actually decrease from 857 01:15:57,490 --> 01:16:03,930 where we are right now and related to that I think also thinking about raising 858 01:16:02,080 --> 01:16:08,700 the bar for increasing green space downtown can these things be 859 01:16:05,550 --> 01:16:17,850 achieved seems feasible I said as I said given that we have acres of pavement 860 01:16:12,470 --> 01:16:22,860 does this include energy efficiency guidelines into the building guidelines 861 01:16:19,740 --> 01:16:30,750 so as an addition to shape and form and style do we have criteria for for energy 862 01:16:27,270 --> 01:16:36,770 efficiency and then and then also how does the impact of hormuz code support 863 01:16:34,110 --> 01:16:42,090 the viability of small business downtown both existing small businesses that may 864 01:16:40,110 --> 01:16:48,120 not privileged to the new construction space and of course attracting new 865 01:16:45,000 --> 01:16:51,450 viable small business some of the things are in there and for example the 866 01:16:49,290 --> 01:16:56,280 environmental issues you raised are built in to the poor mix code we can 867 01:16:54,930 --> 01:17:02,310 serve a look at those and obviously expand and we can but yes those are big 868 01:16:58,170 --> 01:17:06,390 issues that that are not ignored thanks to what you said is we should be looking 869 01:17:04,800 --> 01:17:11,760 at our building codes in general to go and create greener building codes which 870 01:17:08,970 --> 01:17:18,980 which absolutely will tie into what we what we wind up approving at some point 871 01:17:13,710 --> 01:17:18,980 in time but it will all come together 872 01:17:19,520 --> 01:17:31,770 Sabrina - to Laurie's point can we put something in the code that would 873 01:17:27,210 --> 01:17:37,140 restrict the amount of acreage that can be developed at any given time so for 874 01:17:34,920 --> 01:17:42,300 instance if everybody in town decided they were gonna redo their building at 875 01:17:38,940 --> 01:17:46,890 the same time obviously that would be a disaster so is there something we can 876 01:17:45,330 --> 01:18:01,739 put in it with limit the amount of construction that 877 01:17:48,150 --> 01:18:11,090 at any given time I tried it it's a lawyer it's on page 22 also page 13 of 878 01:18:07,140 --> 01:18:15,179 the actual page 22 of our send out but effects in use of the conservation of 879 01:18:13,290 --> 01:18:18,480 energy resources one of the things that identify and describe the general types 880 01:18:16,800 --> 01:18:21,870 amounts of sources of energy for the project and any measures to be 881 01:18:20,489 --> 01:18:26,310 incorporated you to reduce energy demands and then I read D which is 882 01:18:24,360 --> 01:18:29,820 irreversible and irretrievable commitment of resources and identify any 883 01:18:28,260 --> 01:18:34,350 natural resources that would be consumed converted or made unavailable for future 884 01:18:31,469 --> 01:18:37,230 use by the proposed action so just off the top of my head these are some of the 885 01:18:35,489 --> 01:18:40,070 things that you address that are built in to protect 886 01:18:44,690 --> 01:18:52,880 good evening guys Mike Weinberg I live on the west side of town just south of 887 01:18:49,790 --> 01:18:58,010 the high school I am on the board of the Chappaqua Millwood Board of Chamber of 888 01:18:56,239 --> 01:19:03,020 Commerce but I am speaking just for myself as wealth by other that's just my 889 01:19:01,190 --> 01:19:09,409 professional career I do small business consulting so my interest from both the 890 01:19:06,710 --> 01:19:13,820 chapel had chamber as well as my professional career is more about 891 01:19:11,000 --> 01:19:20,860 businesses and how we develop the downtown to be sustainable and I've been 892 01:19:17,659 --> 01:19:26,750 thinking about that on the social Sochi economics section I'm a little confused 893 01:19:24,620 --> 01:19:31,760 at how we do that since we don't quite know what or are we looking at what 894 01:19:30,199 --> 01:19:38,330 percentage will be affordable housing what percentage would be okay and and 895 01:19:35,810 --> 01:19:42,290 also density so if someone wants to build like in other Northern Westchester 896 01:19:40,250 --> 01:19:47,659 areas are thinking about building micro hotels or micro apartments which would 897 01:19:45,170 --> 01:19:54,190 have way more people then you would have you built 1,500 square foot a purpose I 898 01:19:50,510 --> 01:19:54,190 just don't know how that fits into this 899 01:19:59,260 --> 01:20:05,600 if you can build for example four storeys but you want to have a loft and 900 01:20:03,500 --> 01:20:09,409 a giant space and also four storeys looks like nine stories and making this 901 01:20:07,130 --> 01:20:13,370 up and the code would be built to protect from something like that 902 01:20:10,639 --> 01:20:15,830 happening so in terms of micro housing so they're not familiar off the top of 903 01:20:14,780 --> 01:20:19,400 my head but that's something we should certainly look at to make sure you can 904 01:20:17,270 --> 01:20:23,449 other they're a bit were tráfico that that's that's that's part of our 905 01:20:20,900 --> 01:20:26,750 analysis here is is to look at traffic look at pedestrian flow and circulation 906 01:20:24,860 --> 01:20:30,530 these are all you know things to consider which directly relates to if 907 01:20:28,580 --> 01:20:34,909 you squeeze in seven as opposed to what should be - that's what I'm asking is 908 01:20:32,360 --> 01:20:39,489 how you how you calculate the traffic because if someone built a micro 909 01:20:36,650 --> 01:20:45,710 apartment then there's 15 people versus three that's gonna dramatically change 910 01:20:42,620 --> 01:20:48,710 the parking I mean I've seen those kind of developments in Northern Westchester 911 01:20:46,850 --> 01:20:58,059 just something to think about I'm not pro we're currently just so idea it so I 912 01:20:54,560 --> 01:21:03,629 assume the EIS then assume a maximum build-out to figure out these 913 01:21:00,369 --> 01:21:09,039 things as opposed to a minimum so okay assume that but I wasn't sure and then 914 01:21:06,459 --> 01:21:17,559 back to that question I kind of asked the other day about this mix how we keep 915 01:21:11,769 --> 01:21:22,839 a sustainable downtown to prevent owners Builders decide destined best and 916 01:21:20,949 --> 01:21:28,569 maximum use for their money is to build up our offices and we end up with a 917 01:21:25,719 --> 01:21:34,899 whole downtown of just offices and we don't have a usable downtown for to 918 01:21:31,749 --> 01:21:43,629 build restaurants retail stores nail salons grease we don't have any of those 919 01:21:39,659 --> 01:21:51,760 so just again I'm not quite sure I wouldn't want to code that would somehow 920 01:21:47,649 --> 01:21:56,649 allow the owners to only have offices or only have apartments or only have 921 01:21:53,109 --> 01:22:04,359 something um you know so that's what I was thinking about that response rate 922 01:22:02,919 --> 01:22:06,939 the market with offices it's simply not gonna work but it's interesting to know 923 01:22:06,339 --> 01:22:10,659 it as well I know there's a one building owner 924 01:22:08,409 --> 01:22:13,539 downtown at least to whether or not he is the opportunity to potentially call 925 01:22:11,979 --> 01:22:18,159 right now it is not interested in that so you might be surprised that everyone 926 01:22:16,179 --> 01:22:22,269 is looking and may not be feasible or viable in a particular lot so it's gonna 927 01:22:20,199 --> 01:22:27,010 need you know a combination of people together get together so you know what 928 01:22:25,959 --> 01:22:31,419 does the market bear what does the person of the means to do there's a lot 929 01:22:29,079 --> 01:22:34,689 of factors going in right but it adjusts the price of that building because that 930 01:22:33,010 --> 01:22:40,030 building if you I want to buy a little lot to build a two-story office building 931 01:22:37,149 --> 01:22:44,109 but it's zone for a 12-story office I'm not going to afford it because the the 932 01:22:41,800 --> 01:22:50,409 owner is gonna praise it to thee for a developer within the code it's very 933 01:22:48,159 --> 01:22:55,089 limited but there are certain areas where retail is required on the ground 934 01:22:52,629 --> 01:22:58,959 floor and that is to try to maintain at least some retail presence such that it 935 01:22:57,219 --> 01:23:01,750 doesn't become all office or all residential and so I guess the question 936 01:23:00,729 --> 01:23:06,160 then just be for us to ensure that that's the 937 01:23:03,550 --> 01:23:12,550 right balance that we've we've got it right in terms of market demand and the 938 01:23:09,490 --> 01:23:19,150 real estate right and it's been changed it is restaurants considered service or 939 01:23:15,100 --> 01:23:23,830 restaurant considered retail okay I would assume that I'd never assume 940 01:23:21,490 --> 01:23:29,380 things like that one last piece of that you know there's there is parking 941 01:23:27,940 --> 01:23:34,840 requirements that are going to limit what people can do sure and then we can 942 01:23:32,890 --> 01:23:39,430 consider a minimum the maximum size units I mean these are things I can be 943 01:23:37,240 --> 01:23:43,480 examined one would assume right here's something to think about my travels I 944 01:23:41,470 --> 01:23:48,000 see different developers different thing people doing different things so I think 945 01:23:49,500 --> 01:24:12,850 my scribble notes I'm sure we'll be doing this again thank you my name's 946 01:24:08,860 --> 01:24:16,960 Kelly on the president of King Street homeowners association and number one 947 01:24:15,610 --> 01:24:21,550 we've lived through the rebuilding of the downtown I think it's a great job 948 01:24:19,210 --> 01:24:26,320 but I do understand that we have to do more but I have a real concern for our 949 01:24:23,560 --> 01:24:32,700 complex I don't know if anybody's really come down and talked to a lot of people 950 01:24:28,180 --> 01:24:32,700 who live close to downtown we live 951 01:24:33,060 --> 01:24:36,219 [Music] 952 01:24:40,600 --> 01:24:47,740 so I live as close to downtown I think it's anybody mr. moon does and I have 953 01:24:45,280 --> 01:24:54,760 some real concerns it's gonna be the impact to our nineteen units if in fact 954 01:24:52,440 --> 01:24:59,350 four-story or five-story units are built up the street what's gonna happen is it 955 01:24:57,010 --> 01:25:04,360 gonna be how is that going to affect our complex is it going to erode further the 956 01:25:02,920 --> 01:25:09,040 property that we have what's gonna happen or property value as a major 957 01:25:07,060 --> 01:25:16,540 concern I have for our 19 units in addition where we live 958 01:25:12,280 --> 01:25:23,380 I can literally look over and see Rite Aid okay so if you build a four-story 959 01:25:21,310 --> 01:25:29,520 unit there I'll be looking into somebody's bedroom as well my neighbors 960 01:25:26,140 --> 01:25:34,120 and that's a huge concern for us so I would hope you would even consider 961 01:25:31,350 --> 01:25:39,460 reconsider that area and consider it through three stories instead of four 962 01:25:36,790 --> 01:25:43,210 stories I know they I know it says three or four stories but I would hope that 963 01:25:41,410 --> 01:25:49,570 you'd reconsider that and use a maximum of three stories but again I think that 964 01:25:47,080 --> 01:25:53,830 it'd be a great idea if you really do told you some of the people who lived a 965 01:25:51,130 --> 01:26:00,220 little closer to downtown I've already been through the rebuilding of what's 966 01:25:55,360 --> 01:26:03,810 going on so far and I would hope you consider that thank you 967 01:26:09,710 --> 01:26:29,660 that's everybody who signed up so I'm just curious to follow up is there and 968 01:26:27,770 --> 01:26:33,980 is there any Ridgeline consideration building on what this person just said 969 01:26:30,980 --> 01:26:37,280 about the visual from their own property are there any considerations of 970 01:26:35,870 --> 01:26:41,180 Ridgeline I know there have been a number of situations around town in 971 01:26:38,960 --> 01:26:50,720 general where suddenly someone will take down a lot of trees and then yourself is 972 01:26:47,300 --> 01:26:56,570 exactly that what is the view and so now that we've taken your address down 149 973 01:26:53,810 --> 01:27:02,600 Kings Street we can look at what would the sightlines be from those properties 974 01:26:59,810 --> 01:27:07,280 specifically to give you a sense of what you'd be looking into more or less is 975 01:27:05,360 --> 01:27:11,570 that does that answer your question yes I just think it's really important and 976 01:27:09,260 --> 01:27:16,130 to the point a couple of points that were made earlier are you thinking of 977 01:27:13,460 --> 01:27:20,450 coming up with a proportionality not test but looking at really what the 978 01:27:18,560 --> 01:27:29,390 ideal proportionality between residential you know I'm housing retail 979 01:27:26,330 --> 01:27:33,440 etc in other words can we envision I'm just trying to get a sense of how much 980 01:27:31,220 --> 01:27:37,430 will be preordained versus how much will be in the moment I know this is more of 981 01:27:34,880 --> 01:27:41,750 a holistic look at the whole town so to the points earlier about how much retail 982 01:27:39,350 --> 01:27:47,480 there will be are you hoping to come up with an equation around that in other 983 01:27:44,270 --> 01:27:54,230 words we're aiming for you know 30 percent residential forty percent retail 984 01:27:50,600 --> 01:27:57,980 any kind of holistic equation around that I made clear about that question I 985 01:27:56,390 --> 01:28:01,760 don't think we don't have a specific number do we but it's more there's 986 01:28:00,140 --> 01:28:07,670 certain requirements to make sure that there are retail so that it's not all 987 01:28:04,630 --> 01:28:13,550 residential but I throw into that equation because nothing really exists 988 01:28:10,100 --> 01:28:18,500 on an island that there are traffic flow pedestrian flow parking issues that all 989 01:28:15,650 --> 01:28:21,789 come at the play that would certainly my we used term Pro 990 01:28:19,239 --> 01:28:25,869 or eight things more difficult it's not in fact prohibit maybe everything in the 991 01:28:24,639 --> 01:28:31,179 same particular mold moreover the market can only bear so 992 01:28:29,590 --> 01:28:35,590 much in the bark you know someone mentioned it was all offices for example 993 01:28:33,190 --> 01:28:39,280 I really said that but you know if it doesn't matter said it but the point 994 01:28:36,849 --> 01:28:41,710 being it you know is that the market of bear that there was someone gonna sell 995 01:28:40,389 --> 01:28:48,099 their property develop it into just offices but in terms of the ratio I 996 01:28:45,699 --> 01:28:53,710 don't put there just specifically asking for center 26% yeah just I just wanted 997 01:28:52,630 --> 01:28:56,980 to put that out there because you know if we wind up with a really strong 998 01:28:54,909 --> 01:29:00,489 imbalance is there any turning back or you know how will we along the way if 999 01:28:59,110 --> 01:29:04,150 suddenly all the applications we're getting from developers or let's use the 1000 01:29:02,829 --> 01:29:07,780 office space for example and we suddenly really headed towards a eighty percent 1001 01:29:06,010 --> 01:29:11,289 all you know how we put the brakes on that and redirect and summers I think 1002 01:29:09,999 --> 01:29:15,309 I'm a flippin lock yourself into something that's not feasible then it 1003 01:29:13,030 --> 01:29:36,099 just can remain just downtown that doesn't thrive and we started this 1004 01:29:29,769 --> 01:29:40,900 process and and encourage people to come into our town and open retail shops and 1005 01:29:38,260 --> 01:29:45,960 open restaurants I mean that I think everybody in this room agrees that 1006 01:29:43,480 --> 01:29:50,739 that's what we're looking for thank you and you know I'm thinking 1007 01:29:47,949 --> 01:29:55,480 about suddenly the vision I'm you know on the extreme side that I'm seeing in 1008 01:29:52,989 --> 01:29:59,769 my own mind is all of this development and businesses buildings and I'm trying 1009 01:29:58,360 --> 01:30:04,119 to connect it with a very specific so cultural resources is there a way you 1010 01:30:02,469 --> 01:30:08,349 know there's been talking the peasant having community speak other community 1011 01:30:06,670 --> 01:30:12,099 centered presence downtown teen centers places for young people to go in other 1012 01:30:11,079 --> 01:30:18,670 words I wonder if there's a way to incentivize developers to come in with 1013 01:30:15,519 --> 01:30:22,900 some connected connective piece for the community you know whether it's on their 1014 01:30:20,499 --> 01:30:26,909 property that would be trees and benches and somewhere you know to kind of have 1015 01:30:25,079 --> 01:30:31,589 people convene or part of their storefront I'm just trying to think 1016 01:30:28,439 --> 01:30:36,300 creatively about not just becoming a town that feels just jam-packed with 1017 01:30:34,169 --> 01:30:39,989 business even though of course we want to incentivize them and have you know 1018 01:30:37,679 --> 01:30:44,039 business downtown but some way to have the community feeling there and I'm not 1019 01:30:42,570 --> 01:30:47,489 quite sure what that looks like but I just wanted to put that out there and I 1020 01:30:46,109 --> 01:30:50,639 think it certainly doesn't look like the way it is now 1021 01:30:48,300 --> 01:30:54,959 meaning not physically in terms of its beauty of the town we needed to thrive 1022 01:30:52,919 --> 01:30:58,079 it's not thriving nearly as much as it could and then you write it as a balance 1023 01:30:56,789 --> 01:31:04,589 how you gonna make it work with environment with lifestyle with with 1024 01:31:01,260 --> 01:31:10,139 keeping the bucolic nature but keeping the status quo at least in my opinion is 1025 01:31:06,659 --> 01:31:12,839 something not gonna work it's just it's it's not gonna work 1026 01:31:11,369 --> 01:31:17,760 so things have to move and have to change and the whole purpose this is to 1027 01:31:15,269 --> 01:31:25,469 engage people and help us come to that bright place so what fair think I mean 1028 01:31:23,729 --> 01:31:29,699 I'm just thinking if we want it almost like how we wanted to how are we going 1029 01:31:27,749 --> 01:31:35,399 to market our town to be different and bring developers here who have a mindset 1030 01:31:32,550 --> 01:31:39,179 that wants it to still be this community small-town feeling and with an eye to 1031 01:31:37,589 --> 01:31:43,829 that I guess you know I'm thinking of you know the different tracks of 1032 01:31:41,849 --> 01:31:48,359 developers who will come if we can articulate something that we're looking 1033 01:31:45,719 --> 01:31:52,019 for in terms of community facilities culturally like I don't 1034 01:31:50,550 --> 01:31:55,289 again know exactly what that is I've never been part of a process like this 1035 01:31:53,189 --> 01:32:00,269 before but it kind of begs the question of how can we siphon in you know 1036 01:31:58,109 --> 01:32:03,269 developers who have an eye to the things that make this community what we want it 1037 01:32:01,919 --> 01:32:17,429 to look like can also be a thriving place this is this is for the has 1038 01:32:15,780 --> 01:32:22,769 anybody gone back to the people who participated in this process in 2014 and 1039 01:32:21,209 --> 01:32:26,609 before and asked them if this is reflective of what every point was I 1040 01:32:24,629 --> 01:32:31,439 mean I suspect we know what those people are maybe there should be some attempt 1041 01:32:29,639 --> 01:32:34,249 to reach out to them to make sure this is reflected 1042 01:32:42,980 --> 01:32:52,150 Janet purse Cantelli and I guess my concern airing Janet where do you live I 1043 01:32:48,619 --> 01:33:04,610 live same place is my husband 149 I [Laughter] 1044 01:32:55,119 --> 01:33:11,090 guess my concern you're listening to the plan is that if every space is maximized 1045 01:33:08,059 --> 01:33:17,389 if every building that can be two or five storeys becomes five and every two 1046 01:33:14,269 --> 01:33:23,440 to four building the level becomes four that it seems like a massive amount of 1047 01:33:20,599 --> 01:33:30,739 construction if we maximize every space so I just hope you would consider 1048 01:33:27,429 --> 01:33:35,619 putting some parameters on some of the maximization of the building size 1049 01:33:32,889 --> 01:33:42,110 because it's hard for me to visualize every maximum you know every building as 1050 01:33:39,380 --> 01:33:46,519 tall as it could possibly be so I just hope that you will take that into 1051 01:33:43,610 --> 01:33:51,440 consideration when you offer space to to developers to please keep that in mind 1052 01:33:48,469 --> 01:33:55,639 thank you and certainly when we're doing this study 1053 01:33:52,400 --> 01:33:59,809 we're actually analyzing it exactly he just said as if everything was developed 1054 01:33:57,650 --> 01:34:05,780 to its maximum capacity how would that impact because it can only be less and 1055 01:34:03,980 --> 01:34:08,420 that raises another issue that I wanted to make clear and some people may have 1056 01:34:07,159 --> 01:34:15,349 actually got an email with false information sent out by somebody 1057 01:34:11,679 --> 01:34:20,239 basically we don't have know any torn book probably any Town Board have the 1058 01:34:17,329 --> 01:34:25,130 authority to say this has to go to a public referendum first you can't kick 1059 01:34:22,699 --> 01:34:28,639 our responsibility it's a permissible referendum so future town board in 1060 01:34:27,050 --> 01:34:32,929 theory could do something this town bird could do something but you have a public 1061 01:34:29,960 --> 01:34:37,280 referendum it's a right so if for example tell me if I'm wrong Nick if we 1062 01:34:35,059 --> 01:34:39,710 wanted to sell the train station which I don't believe it 1063 01:34:38,030 --> 01:34:46,130 something to do but if we wanted to just sell the train station and build out 1064 01:34:42,349 --> 01:34:52,159 maximum five-story buildings as a matter of right in a matter of law the we can't 1065 01:34:50,270 --> 01:34:57,650 just kick that over to town but the town residents whatever right to have a 1066 01:34:54,500 --> 01:35:19,789 referendum which 25 20 30 percent of the voters in the prior election would then 1067 01:34:59,750 --> 01:35:24,739 have to say whether or not so it's important to understand that this can't 1068 01:35:21,500 --> 01:35:29,630 happen just because the town wants it to there has to be public input it doesn't 1069 01:35:27,889 --> 01:35:36,800 go to the public first but the town always has a right to challenge that 1070 01:35:31,599 --> 01:35:40,489 you're just talking about because that's the sort of I think the big ugly that 1071 01:35:38,329 --> 01:35:44,659 people see of where the most of the five-story building potential is would 1072 01:35:42,860 --> 01:35:49,190 be in the trains train station parking lot most of that will be there so that 1073 01:35:46,639 --> 01:35:58,000 that's not necessarily happening and assuming the red is that is in the south 1074 01:35:52,190 --> 01:36:06,440 parking lot the train station and then you'll see the north parking lot and 1075 01:36:03,489 --> 01:36:10,070 behind that just so you know that's actually what conifer is going to be and 1076 01:36:08,420 --> 01:36:14,389 I'm not saying this because you want to block that but just in terms of size 1077 01:36:11,770 --> 01:36:17,150 there's a bridge there and that building will actually be exceed the height of 1078 01:36:15,829 --> 01:36:32,840 that bridge or around the height of that bridge so I think perspective is 1079 01:36:18,800 --> 01:36:38,030 important it's cuz we need people at home can't hear you I'm sorry I'm just a 1080 01:36:35,300 --> 01:36:44,030 question if a referendum is presented to the public then it would be very 1081 01:36:40,309 --> 01:36:47,750 specific as to which buildings and what height would be so healthy I'm sorry to 1082 01:36:46,190 --> 01:36:52,300 be cleared and if you want to take it sure the referendum 1083 01:36:50,350 --> 01:36:58,420 only apply me then that the town decided to sell its property that it owns the 1084 01:36:55,000 --> 01:37:01,570 only question then would be the town board adopts a resolution that has been 1085 01:37:00,010 --> 01:37:06,580 subject to a permissive referendum the question would be should that town sell 1086 01:37:03,160 --> 01:37:12,340 X property for X dollars that's the issue before the public should be a 1087 01:37:08,080 --> 01:37:15,760 public referendum okay thank you yeah so I think I think that's very important to 1088 01:37:13,900 --> 01:37:20,890 understand that and what you may have seen in terms of the maximum build-out 1089 01:37:17,710 --> 01:37:25,030 bylaw tell me if I'm wrong Nick my law we're supposed to and required to share 1090 01:37:23,530 --> 01:37:28,540 with the community what the maximum build-out for locally that doesn't mean 1091 01:37:27,160 --> 01:37:33,910 it would happen that's assuming again for example the town said yeah we want 1092 01:37:31,300 --> 01:37:40,360 you to sell this property and build it out to look like this so I think you 1093 01:37:38,020 --> 01:37:45,190 would as well we sold the parking lot and the town agreed to sell that parking 1094 01:37:42,160 --> 01:37:51,370 lot behind your development and then put up buildings that would just be smack 1095 01:37:47,080 --> 01:37:55,480 into your back window it simply wouldn't be feasible so that's why we're building 1096 01:37:53,590 --> 01:37:58,480 it out because we have to show what could happen and whether it would work 1097 01:37:56,980 --> 01:38:03,220 or wouldn't work so please don't construe that what you see is in fact 1098 01:38:00,460 --> 01:38:06,670 what is going to happen that's important to understand and people should always 1099 01:38:05,080 --> 01:38:10,480 be involved and we want people to be involved and I brought this up before 1100 01:38:08,080 --> 01:38:15,070 where there was some sort of talk about projects up that up on King Street 1101 01:38:12,510 --> 01:38:19,840 three-story building you're entitled now to have three story buildings so even 1102 01:38:17,890 --> 01:38:24,130 with this kind of scary tack to come out come out respectfully to the public 1103 01:38:22,690 --> 01:38:27,640 there's not a lot of people here tonight I mean there's a lot but not tons of 1104 01:38:25,720 --> 01:38:30,520 people so we want people to come and this is what it means to get people here 1105 01:38:29,200 --> 01:38:34,720 to ask the right questions we're happy to do it but it's important to make sure 1106 01:38:31,990 --> 01:38:37,270 to understand what is happening what is not happening 1107 01:38:35,500 --> 01:38:41,440 I just want to rewind for just one second and then I want to hear your 1108 01:38:38,860 --> 01:38:45,190 question just with regard to this this question about what would or would not 1109 01:38:43,240 --> 01:38:49,420 be subject to a public referendum you you made a comment earlier that I just 1110 01:38:47,170 --> 01:38:55,180 wanted to make sure that I I spoke to which is that you said when the town 1111 01:38:51,940 --> 01:38:59,470 offers up these parcels for development right and I think it's important to be 1112 01:38:57,610 --> 01:39:05,099 clear that when we're talking about the properties that are in Jason 1113 01:39:01,019 --> 01:39:08,999 to your home to where you live those are not publicly owned land with the 1114 01:39:07,289 --> 01:39:12,989 exception of the parking lot that's down on North Greely which is publicly owned 1115 01:39:11,130 --> 01:39:17,159 right with the exception of that those are all privately held properties and so 1116 01:39:15,360 --> 01:39:21,510 you know if the private property owner wanted to seek redevelopment of those 1117 01:39:19,499 --> 01:39:25,800 properties right that doesn't come up for a public referendum and so part of 1118 01:39:23,610 --> 01:39:32,460 what we're trying to do tonight is to make sure that in our environmental 1119 01:39:28,380 --> 01:39:38,039 analysis we look at an answer all of the questions that you have that would make 1120 01:39:35,309 --> 01:39:42,179 you feel comfortable than with the result in code so your husband mentioned 1121 01:39:40,409 --> 01:39:46,619 he wants us to take a look at what would the views look like what would the 1122 01:39:43,710 --> 01:39:51,030 sightlines be from your property to the neighboring properties down on North 1123 01:39:48,630 --> 01:39:56,070 Greely if we they were able to build to a four-story height that's a perfect 1124 01:39:53,579 --> 01:39:59,849 example of the kind of question that we want to be able to elicit from the 1125 01:39:57,780 --> 01:40:04,499 public and so you know as you guys are taking this back this evening and you're 1126 01:40:02,219 --> 01:40:08,699 thinking more about it if you have those kinds of specific questions that help 1127 01:40:06,840 --> 01:40:13,499 you to give you the peace of mind and the comfort that what we're talking 1128 01:40:10,739 --> 01:40:18,630 about in terms of rezoning is not going to adversely impact your quality of life 1129 01:40:16,139 --> 01:40:22,590 in the homes that you live in in that neighborhood Maura asked a great 1130 01:40:20,579 --> 01:40:26,579 question about what's gonna happen if the trees are removed and their storm 1131 01:40:24,599 --> 01:40:30,989 water that's flowing towards her property as a result of development that 1132 01:40:28,860 --> 01:40:34,980 happens adjacent to where she lives another great example of the kinds of 1133 01:40:33,329 --> 01:40:39,420 questions that were trying to get from people so again as you go back tonight 1134 01:40:37,499 --> 01:40:45,090 you think more about this and you have the opportunity to look at the code when 1135 01:40:42,360 --> 01:40:48,960 you look at it please help us come up with that specific list of questions and 1136 01:40:46,860 --> 01:40:52,320 you know to be fair we think we've done a pretty good job we've put together an 1137 01:40:50,429 --> 01:40:54,840 outline bonnie is an is an expert and has been working with the downtown 1138 01:40:53,369 --> 01:40:59,039 working group to come up with that outline so we hope and we believe that a 1139 01:40:57,090 --> 01:41:02,880 lot of those questions are going to be addressed in that outline but again we 1140 01:41:01,469 --> 01:41:07,679 want to make sure that we're hearing from all of you because your opinions as 1141 01:41:05,460 --> 01:41:11,340 property owners and as residents and our hamlet are the ones that we absolutely 1142 01:41:09,030 --> 01:41:14,570 need to be able to answer to before we can make any kind of decision 1143 01:41:34,080 --> 01:41:41,380 and so the point that was made just for folks who maybe couldn't hear you was 1144 01:41:39,040 --> 01:41:47,470 just to try to canvass others along North Greely Avenue regarding the 1145 01:41:43,270 --> 01:41:51,870 question of the building height anybody else before we close tonight okay 1146 01:41:53,110 --> 01:41:58,480 certainly so this is a public scoping session so it's not a hearing there's no 1147 01:41:56,470 --> 01:42:03,010 need to close the theory you have indicated that never stated that written 1148 01:42:01,480 --> 01:42:06,910 comments would be received by February 8th so the next step would be to wait 1149 01:42:05,230 --> 01:42:11,830 until February age 2 whatever comments come in after that then the consultant 1150 01:42:09,670 --> 01:42:16,150 and staff was review comments from the public from the board and then present a 1151 01:42:14,050 --> 01:42:19,870 revised draft for the town board's consideration that would be after your 1152 01:42:17,739 --> 01:42:25,090 February 8 date for the close of diversity of public comments um I don't 1153 01:42:23,800 --> 01:42:29,130 know how others feel about this I'm concerned that we haven't gotten all of 1154 01:42:26,830 --> 01:42:34,000 the questions that we may need to get based on this this dialogue just now I 1155 01:42:32,320 --> 01:42:37,810 want to make sure that people feel really comfortable that they've had a 1156 01:42:35,260 --> 01:42:43,480 chance to give us detailed specific questions so important to consider you 1157 01:42:41,200 --> 01:42:48,400 know are the vernal pools going to be going to be included even even better to 1158 01:42:45,850 --> 01:42:52,000 say there's a vernal pool that's located here on this piece of property and we 1159 01:42:50,590 --> 01:42:56,200 want to make sure that you're thinking about so the more specific and detailed 1160 01:42:54,100 --> 01:43:01,530 these questions can be I I'm not comfortable 1161 01:42:57,340 --> 01:43:01,530 I'd like to have another public hearing 1162 01:43:01,920 --> 01:43:13,239 great for our next scoping session with comments accepted until noon on the 14th 1163 01:43:10,930 --> 01:43:18,550 that works for me we'll just need a motion from the board to direct town 1164 01:43:16,330 --> 01:43:22,210 staff to notice a trouble scoping session for February 1165 01:43:20,290 --> 01:43:26,700 and that the date or receipt averting the comments is being extended from 1166 01:43:23,860 --> 01:43:36,910 February 8th to February 14th second thank you everybody for coming 1167 01:43:34,510 --> 01:43:41,460 out you're welcome to stay for the rest of the meeting or you're welcome to go 1168 01:43:40,810 --> 01:43:49,750 have dinner you do have written comments you can 1169 01:43:44,380 --> 01:43:54,880 still send them in and actually it's critically important that we receive 1170 01:43:51,340 --> 01:43:58,390 them in a written format or by email not on social media that puts us into the 1171 01:43:57,160 --> 01:44:02,970 public records family it's Town Board at my Newcastle dot org 1172 01:44:03,300 --> 01:44:07,050 very easy to remember 1173 01:44:10,710 --> 01:44:25,750 fortunately I understand you know that was sent out was from Jim Smith was that 1174 01:44:21,180 --> 01:44:31,450 that the first time that warrants on is Republican Jenny and justice advocates 1175 01:44:29,710 --> 01:44:36,490 was not the first time they hit his emailing hours so that was my point 1176 01:44:34,150 --> 01:44:41,610 nothing in fact it is it read pressed end so unfortunately how to leave 1177 01:44:55,860 --> 01:45:07,989 all right I move to set I'm moved to set a public 1178 01:45:06,130 --> 01:45:12,969 hearing on a local law to include awarding competitively in purchase 1179 01:45:10,239 --> 01:45:18,670 contracts on the basis of best value as an alternative to lowest responsible 1180 01:45:15,010 --> 01:45:25,920 bidder to be held on February 28th 2020 at Newcastle Town Hall at 7:00 p.m. I 1181 01:45:26,219 --> 01:45:34,030 moved to adopt the following minutes January 7 2020 organizational meeting 1182 01:45:31,150 --> 01:45:45,010 January 7 2020 work session and January 14 2020 Town Board meeting certain I 1183 01:45:42,310 --> 01:45:48,730 move to authorize the hiring of marshes sea McCraw for the position of 1184 01:45:46,750 --> 01:45:53,020 recreation attendant within the Recreation and Parks Department at the 1185 01:45:50,350 --> 01:46:00,280 hourly rates over $13 per hour effective February 3rd 2020 1186 01:45:54,810 --> 01:46:03,850 all in favor I moved to authorize increase in hourly rate for the 1187 01:46:01,780 --> 01:46:08,350 following employees to 40 miles per hour on their anniversary dates kathy 1188 01:46:05,860 --> 01:46:13,030 Colavito effective January 1st 2020 and Janet green effective Jenni January 1189 01:46:10,390 --> 01:46:16,750 twenty third twenty twenty second all in favor I'm going to approve the 1190 01:46:15,489 --> 01:46:21,010 embarrassment of New York State Bar Association's conference expensive to 1191 01:46:18,340 --> 01:46:25,360 Joseph here in the amount of $25 second all in favor 1192 01:46:21,870 --> 01:46:30,250 thank you I moved to authorize Albert iku zo Christian gray Brittany and 1193 01:46:27,880 --> 01:46:34,330 leader Donna s burrito and Doug Scott which in the 2020 annual New York State 1194 01:46:32,440 --> 01:46:40,090 recreation park society state conference were able 26:20 2020 in Tarrytown New 1195 01:46:38,199 --> 01:46:45,370 York at a cost of twenty twenty-five dollars for three staff members and 300 1196 01:46:41,949 --> 01:46:48,610 for two staff members for total $1,275 plus lodging for two staff members for 1197 01:46:46,900 --> 01:46:53,010 two nights at the amount of six hundred twenty dollars and mild reimbursements 1198 01:46:50,560 --> 01:46:53,010 of personal 1199 01:46:54,840 --> 01:47:01,960 we accept the resignation of chip rook Shaun in the conservation ward effective 1200 01:46:59,320 --> 01:47:09,520 retroactivity to December 31st 2019 and we also strongly Bank important service 1201 01:47:04,720 --> 01:47:13,270 second all in favor I move to accept the resignation retirement of sergeant 1202 01:47:11,560 --> 01:47:19,060 Raymond Burr beau from the New York Newcastle Police Department effective 1203 01:47:15,880 --> 01:47:25,690 February 24th 2020 the town would like to thank him for his years of dedicated 1204 01:47:20,980 --> 01:47:34,080 service second I moved to authorize issuance of a request for proposals for 1205 01:47:27,820 --> 01:47:39,550 community center roof repairs second I moved to adopt the following resolutions 1206 01:47:36,970 --> 01:47:45,790 this Proclamation declares the week of February 1st 2022 figure-eight 2020 to 1207 01:47:43,570 --> 01:47:50,290 be national gun violence survivor week in Newcastle New York to honor and 1208 01:47:48,280 --> 01:47:56,070 remember all victims and survivors of gun violence and to uplift the resilient 1209 01:47:53,020 --> 01:48:01,510 voices of survivors across the nation whereas every year over 36,000 Americans 1210 01:47:59,560 --> 01:48:06,820 are killed in acts of gun violence and 73 thousand more are shot and wounded 1211 01:48:03,990 --> 01:48:09,580 whereas by early February more Americans are killed with guns that are killed in 1212 01:48:08,230 --> 01:48:12,850 our peer countries in the entire calendar year whereas a gun violence 1213 01:48:12,220 --> 01:48:16,720 survivors anyone who's personally experienced gun 1214 01:48:14,770 --> 01:48:20,080 violence whether you've witnessed an act of gun violence been threatened or 1215 01:48:18,160 --> 01:48:24,760 wounded with a gun or it's someone you know and care for wounded or killed 1216 01:48:22,350 --> 01:48:29,500 whereas forms of gun violence can include but are not limited to guns 1217 01:48:26,590 --> 01:48:33,340 suicides homicides domestic violence involving a gun shootings by law 1218 01:48:31,180 --> 01:48:38,260 enforcement and unintentional shootings whereas 58 percent of American adults or 1219 01:48:36,430 --> 01:48:42,100 someone they care for has experienced gun violence in their lifetime 1220 01:48:39,870 --> 01:48:46,900 demonstrating the reach and impact gun violence has in communities across 1221 01:48:43,750 --> 01:48:50,440 America whereas firearms are the second leading cause of death for children and 1222 01:48:48,640 --> 01:48:54,880 teens and the first leading cause of death for black children and teens in 1223 01:48:52,300 --> 01:48:58,690 America whereas Americans and cities across the nation are working to end the 1224 01:48:56,650 --> 01:49:03,550 senseless violence by advocating for common-sense gun safety legislation 1225 01:49:00,989 --> 01:49:08,590 whereas by commemorating national gun violence survivors week on February 1st 1226 01:49:06,099 --> 01:49:12,940 to February 8th cities across America will raise awareness about gun violence 1227 01:49:10,540 --> 01:49:16,989 and honor the live stolen by gun violence and whereas we renew our 1228 01:49:15,099 --> 01:49:21,790 commitment to reduce gun violence and pledge to do all we can to keep firearms 1229 01:49:19,540 --> 01:49:26,679 out of the wrong hands and to encourage responsible gun ownership to help keep 1230 01:49:23,980 --> 01:49:30,969 our communities safe now therefore be it resolved that Newcastle New York 1231 01:49:28,480 --> 01:49:35,679 declares February 1st to February 8th 2020 to be national gun violence 1232 01:49:33,250 --> 01:49:39,880 survivors we we encourage all citizens to support their communities efforts to 1233 01:49:37,869 --> 01:49:52,540 prevent the tragic effects of gun violence and to honor and value human 1234 01:49:41,829 --> 01:49:56,770 lives thank you that the supervisor being hereby is authorized to execute 1235 01:49:54,820 --> 01:50:01,780 the following petition to the county of Westchester to remove the Saw Mill 1236 01:49:58,630 --> 01:50:06,340 Valley sanitary sewer district the real property located at three colony road 1237 01:50:04,090 --> 01:50:13,570 traffic on new york also identified a section 93.9 - - - 22 on the newcastle 1238 01:50:10,929 --> 01:50:18,550 tax maps and to take or cause to be taken by town staff or any other work 1239 01:50:16,809 --> 01:50:24,429 necessary to implement this resolution the petition of my people as town 1240 01:50:21,520 --> 01:50:28,630 supervisor for the town of Newcastle respectfully submits to the to the 1241 01:50:26,920 --> 01:50:33,670 Westchester Board of County Board of legislators at the town of Newcastle is 1242 01:50:31,210 --> 01:50:39,130 a Municipal Corporation Julie organized and an existing under the laws of the 1243 01:50:36,730 --> 01:50:43,570 state of the New York and located in the county of Westchester in the New York 1244 01:50:40,659 --> 01:50:47,530 State that the town submits this petition requesting that three colony 1245 01:50:45,520 --> 01:50:51,030 Road Chappaqua New York also to identify the section thank you 1246 01:50:48,599 --> 01:50:55,199 Oh point nine - two - 22 on the Newcastle tax maps a single-family 1247 01:50:52,980 --> 01:50:59,849 residence residential property of more than 40,000 square feet property class 1248 01:50:57,090 --> 01:51:05,400 210 consisting with one point zero six nine acres to be removed from the Samba 1249 01:51:02,040 --> 01:51:09,810 Valley sanitary sewer district the Town Board concluded that this 1250 01:51:07,650 --> 01:51:13,500 property is not receiving services from the Saw Mill Valley super district nor 1251 01:51:12,360 --> 01:51:17,369 is there any likelihood of the properties receiving any such services 1252 01:51:15,869 --> 01:51:20,849 in the future and the property is located more than 100 feet from the 1253 01:51:18,900 --> 01:51:25,110 nearest sewers said property would benefit from its removal from the 1254 01:51:22,590 --> 01:51:29,010 sawmill salmon Valley sanitary sewer district 1255 01:51:25,800 --> 01:51:32,969 therefore the town of Newcastle hereby petitions the county the Westchester 1256 01:51:30,869 --> 01:51:38,429 County Board of legislators pursuant to a resolution duly adopted by the New 1257 01:51:35,520 --> 01:51:43,679 Castle Town Board to remove three colony Road check also identified a section 1258 01:51:40,619 --> 01:52:06,800 93.9 - - - - on the Newcastle tax maps and to take all steps that may be 1259 01:51:46,230 --> 01:52:17,579 necessary all in favour I moved to authorization of fire New 1260 01:52:13,230 --> 01:52:21,060 York leak detection or twenty $1,950 in accordance with their proposal dated 1261 01:52:19,110 --> 01:52:28,320 January 10 2020 for leak detection services second all in favor aye 1262 01:52:24,630 --> 01:52:33,030 I move to approve submitting a letter of intent to participate in Westchester 1263 01:52:30,360 --> 01:52:37,050 County multi-jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation plan update and agrees to 1264 01:52:35,190 --> 01:52:40,429 meet the minimum requirements of municipal participation second all in 1265 01:52:40,020 --> 01:52:47,880 favor I move to purchase the following list of 1266 01:52:44,520 --> 01:52:52,949 equipment and truck off of the New York State contract for the amounts as listed 1267 01:52:49,949 --> 01:52:57,550 below John Deere compact utility tractor 40 2005 1268 01:52:54,249 --> 01:53:01,539 seven dollars 78 cents John Deere bunker and field 13 thousand three hundred and 1269 01:52:59,619 --> 01:53:05,170 sixty dollars in four cents and frontier pendler spreader five thousand seven 1270 01:53:03,880 --> 01:53:13,780 hundred and twenty three dollars and forty seven okay frontier economy core 1271 01:53:09,760 --> 01:53:20,800 aerator 3038 sends super cab jump body sixty four thousand seven hundred and 1272 01:53:15,999 --> 01:53:24,280 eighteen dollars second all in favor I moved to authorize extending the senior 1273 01:53:22,749 --> 01:53:27,309 nutrition program contract for additional years rebel first twenty 1274 01:53:25,749 --> 01:53:30,190 twenty two martially first twenty twenty two at an increase of no more than the 1275 01:53:29,110 --> 01:53:33,130 Consumer Price Index to continue wellness and nutrition services to the 1276 01:53:31,749 --> 01:53:37,329 town Newcastle residents and current price per meal is five dollars and 1277 01:53:35,139 --> 01:53:41,110 eighty cents second all in favor I moved was issuing a bid for 1278 01:53:39,519 --> 01:53:55,199 replacement of the soldier Johnson one stage vertical turn turbine pump at any 1279 01:53:43,869 --> 01:53:59,739 would pump station second all in favor I moved to authorize the purchase of the 1280 01:53:57,699 --> 01:54:06,550 following vehicles from the buyer Ford is set forth in the resolution second 1281 01:54:02,349 --> 01:54:10,150 all in favor I moved to a point lori morton and catherine o'connor to the 1282 01:54:08,530 --> 01:54:15,719 beautification advisory board for a three-year term effective january twenty 1283 01:54:12,460 --> 01:54:20,949 eighth twenty twenty second all in favor i'm I only want to appoint Catherine 1284 01:54:19,090 --> 01:54:27,309 O'Connor I'm staining with regard to Laura Morton and I want the record to 1285 01:54:22,780 --> 01:54:31,389 show that I applaud her volunteering but I think she has such passion and 1286 01:54:29,559 --> 01:54:37,690 interests and expertise I really feel like they would be better utilized on 1287 01:54:32,800 --> 01:54:45,519 another board another volunteer board so I'm seeing two people serve on multiple 1288 01:54:42,729 --> 01:54:48,900 boards sure so you could both approver for this and also encourage 1289 01:54:52,439 --> 01:54:59,829 and I move to approve additional services from Barton and Logan tcha as 1290 01:54:58,419 --> 01:55:05,699 outlined o juice as outlined them in a letter dated 1291 01:55:02,590 --> 01:55:12,489 December 19th 2019 for the amount of 3,100 $27.50 for additional work 1292 01:55:09,999 --> 01:55:16,269 required for task 8 preparation of construction Medoc mints and past nine 1293 01:55:14,559 --> 01:55:23,169 projects bidding process second I moved to accept the retirement 1294 01:55:21,340 --> 01:55:27,070 of Jacqueline McMahon from the position of assessment clerk at that very 1295 01:55:24,579 --> 01:55:37,179 effective February 28th of 2020 the town would like to thank Jackie for 1296 01:55:29,079 --> 01:55:54,519 24 years of service the following resolution now therefore be it resolved 1297 01:55:52,689 --> 01:55:59,919 in the town board authorizes the town staff to undertake those steps necessary 1298 01:55:56,409 --> 01:56:04,869 it's a process and a one thousand two one thousand twenty eight dollars and 1299 01:56:01,869 --> 01:56:13,570 one cent tax refund in accordance with the terms of the Foreman's consent 1300 01:56:07,749 --> 01:56:17,409 judgment I moved to approve the change order number three for DeRosa sports 1301 01:56:15,489 --> 01:56:21,130 construction Inc and the amount of eighteen thousand nine hundred fifty 1302 01:56:19,269 --> 01:56:25,389 three dollars and forty three cents for low reinforced concrete retaining wall 1303 01:56:23,619 --> 01:56:33,070 that was required due to field conditions second I moved to approve 1304 01:56:29,949 --> 01:56:36,309 voq change order number 38 to the chapel on infrastructure and streetscape 1305 01:56:34,599 --> 01:56:40,059 improvement project in the amount of twenty eight thousand five hundred and 1306 01:56:38,050 --> 01:56:43,979 twenty six dollars and sixty cents for steel handrail and powder coat finish 1307 01:56:49,889 --> 01:56:56,300 I need a babysitter or we don't I move to adjourn