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Alex Marshall
From:nycal01@aol.com
Sent:Wednesday, August 26, 2020 10:13 AM
To:Alex Marshall
Subject:letter re: 900 King Street
Mayor and Board Members:
My name is Carol Fischer LaBella and I live at 87 Greenway Lane in The
Arbors. I have been attending the meetings for 900 King Street
redevelopment for the past few years. As a former elected Rye Town
Councilwoman and former member of the Port Chester Planning Committee, I
sincerely appreciate your efforts into hearing us the residents of Rye Brook
and our concerns about the request by the owners of the property for rezoning
and construction.
It has been no secret that those of us who live in The Arbors, believe that the
proposed redevelopment and request would pose a detriment to us, 250
homeowners, as their immediate neighbors, as well as to the integrity of the
Village of Rye Brook.
Some of the many concerns are immediate with the commencement of
construction, that us the closest neighbors, will be subject too. Extreme
quality of life disruptions, not for a few days or weeks, but up to a year or two,
is a tragedy to us who live here and the Village of Rye Brook. The added
proposed density of the project, noise associated with the construction, air
quality from demolition and construction, relocation of habitat of animals (to
our property most likely) as well as but not least, the traffic and safety
concerns have plagued us since this project has been initially proposed.
When this property of William Wilson Cook was rezoned in 1973 as a PUD, the
village board in creating it designed the mixed use out of concern to alleviate
traffic to the co-existents of the PUD.
We have heard claims from the developer numerous times
about their studies and changed proposals, but all of us
who live here, know we will be immediately affected with
this development, including the burdens of entering and
exiting to King Street which already can be challenging and
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have not heard any news from the developers thats
reassuring to our concerns.
It seems as if they, the developers, are un-rattled each
time they present and barely change their plans that give
us the residents and homeowners, any reassurance. We
have seen you the board members requests and again
they come back with barely a change. That is not going to
be a caring neighbor. In 2020, as our country has lived
the past 6 months with the affects of Covid 19,
quarantining, illness and deaths, we should all the more be
sensitive to quality of life to all of the residents of the
Village of Rye Brook and The Arbors.
As a resident of a community that is the closest in proximity and that will be
most immediately and in the future, impacted by the proposed change to our
Planned Urban Development, ask that you protect us from this unreasonable
detriment to our residents and neighborhood.
Thank you for your consideration.
Carol Fischer LaBella