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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1984-03-27 - Board of Trustees Meeting Minutes MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE VILLAGE BOARD HELD ON MARCH 27th 1984, at 8 P.M.AT THE VILLAGE OFFICE. PRESENT: Mayor Kabcenell Trustee Meiskin Trustee Nardi Trustee Harris Trustee Zak Attorney Kramer Treasurer Cortese _ Clerk Smith Minutes of the meetings held on January 24th, February 2nd, 21st and 28th, and March 13th were adopted as presented. Mayor Kabcenell opened the meeting by announcing that 4 Public Hearings were scheduled for this evening, two of them merge in some areas, and that they would be dealt with in reverse order of appearance on the Agenda. PUBLIC HEARING : FIRE PROTECTION CONTRACT WITH THE VILLAGE OF PORT CHESTER. The Mayor read the significant factors which are in any way changed from the previous contract. This contract is for a period of 26 months, all the other contracts were for one year, and it calls for a payment in the first year, and the first year is really thirteen months, of $355,983.00 and in the second year, also a 13 month year, since the contract covers 26 months, $377,342.00. This represents a 6% increase each year over the present amount of $310,000 per annum. All of the other stipulations remain related to the previous fire contract, the response level is the same andallof the other existing particulars are the same. The Mayor asked if anyone would like to address this contract. Goldie Solomon, a resident of Port Chester asked if within this two year period the Village would be putting up a fire house on King Street, as was proposed by the State. Mayor Kabcenell corrected her by stating the State had nothing to do with it, the recommendation came from the Fire Study Committee. He said we do not have anything definite on that - and it is not relative to the contract. The Fire Study Committee is continuing its studies, both by itself and with the Village of Port Chester to help make a recommendation to us relating to this. Trustee Harris reviewed the figures, and the Mayor explained that the initial period of thirteen months is based on a 6% increase over the prior year, with one month added, and the second year is also calculated on the same base figure. On the motion of Trustee Meiskin, seconded by Trustee Nardi, RESOLVED that Mayor Kabcenell be authorised to sign the Fire Protection Contract, on behalf of the Village of Rye Brook, for a period of 26' months. Trustee Meiskin voting AYE Trustee Nardi voting AYE Trustee Harris voting AYE Trustee Zak voting AYE Mayor Kabcenell voting AYE CONTINUATION OF PUBLIC HEARING : NO PARKING OR STANDING BOWMAN AVENUE This matter had been dealt with thoroughly at the Last meeting, but it _ was not passed because the language was not specific enough. On the motion of Trustee Zak, seconded by Trustee Nardi, BE IT ENACTED that 61:15 be amended to add the following language: 61:15:1 The following regulations, prohibiting standing and parking in the following areas, are hereby established. 10. Bowman Avenue a) on South side . between South Ridge Street and Barber Place 0251 b) on North side between South Ridge Street and Division Street c) on either side from South Ridge Street west to Town of Harrison line d) on North side from Village of Rye Brook border with Port Chester, to a point seventy (70) feet west of Osborne Place. Trustee Meiskin voting AYE Trustee Nardi voting AYE Trustee Harris voting AYE iP Trustee Zak voting AYE Mayor KabceneLl voting AYE The next item on the agenda was the Public Hearings scheduled for the Environmental Impact Statements for Royal Executive Park and Rye Brook Office Park, but at the request of Attorney Joel Sachs, a delay was granted pending the arrival of a public stenographer, who was an route. ASSESSMENT ROLL. On the motion of Trustee Harris, seconded by Trustee Zak, RESOLVED that the Village Board adopt the January 31, 1984 Assessment Roll as submitted by Kenneth White, subject to changes necessitated by pending greivances. Trustee Meiskin voting AYE Trustee Nardi voting AYE - Trustee Harris voting AYE Trustee Zak voting AYE - Mayor Kabcenell voting AYE The totaL roil is $63,810,000 subject to whatever changes are involved in the greivance procedures. BUDGET HEARING. On the motion of Trustee Nardi, seconded by Trustee Harris, RESOLVED that the Board of Trustees acknowledges the presentation of the tentative budget by the Village Clerk, and schedules the following date for a Public Hearing: Tuesday, April 10, 1984 at 8 P.M. at the Village Office, 111 South Ridge Street, Rye Brook, New York. The Mayor responded to a question that only one hearing was scheduled at this time. Trustee Meiskin voting AYE Trustee Nardi voting AYE Trustee Harris voting AYE Trustee Zak voting AYE Mayor Kabcenell voting AYE WESTCHESTER SHORE HUMANE SOCIETY. A resolution authorising the Mayor to sign the contract with this organization was introduced at the meeting of Febuary 28th as follows: On the motion of Trustee Zak, seconded by Trustee Nardi,' RESOLVED that the Mayor be authorised to sign a contract with the Westchester Shore Humane Society for 1984 for a sum of $14,500. 0292 Ash. The vote on this motion was deferred when Trustee Harris requested information as to how they arrived at the rates. The Mayor explained that the billing policy and procedure for the Humane Society has remained thesame for many, many years, Rye Brook has not received an increase since 1982. Increases are sometimes necessary to cover increased cost of living and operating expenses, but they are usually minor (5 or 6 per cent), and they are not done every year. The formula used to decide the billing cost years ago was based upon: 1. Population 2. Number of licensed dogs. 3. Two days of patrol a week in the community, 8 hours each day. Other Community Rates: Village of Mamaroneck 20,539.75 Town of Mamaroneck 11,628.10 Harrison 23,800.00 Rye City 21,930.28 Port Chester 25,168.00 Rye Brook 14,500.00 The Mayor thanked Mr. Morrow for obtaining this information. Trustee Meiskin voting AYE Trustee Nardi voting AYE Trustee Harris voting AYE Trustee Zak voting AYE ! Mayor Kabcenell voting AYE ' PUBLIC HEARING: RYE BROOK OFI'ICE PARK AND ROYAL EXECUTIVE PARK. Mayor Kabcene Ll opened the hearing with a brief introduction. The purpose of these Public Hearings on the Environmental Impact Statements is to help the Board to get as much information as it - can for its deliberations in making a decision. This is not an adversary confrontation. It is not our intention to challenge anybody or to require anyone to come up with information at this point. There is a builltin allowance of ten days to answer any questions that the Board has and we can continue that for longer. During the hearing, questions that anyone may have will be directed to the chair and we will distribute them - there will be no direct questioning of any of the participants. That way, we will be able to get a great deal more Light and perhaps less heat into these issues. I should acquaint you further with some developments which hopefully will be productive. I have met with Supervisor Angarano of Harrison and First Selectman Pearson of Greenwich, with the intention that the three communities work in concert to hopefully deal positively ! with the environmental impact, particularly as it relates to traffic in this impacted area. It is my hope and I believe it is their hope also that we can come to some concert of opinion so that we can all work in the same direction, because traffic is not solely generated by any one community and Rye Brook probably has the least corporate development and probably develops the least amount of traffic in the impact area. It is my hope then, that with this formation of a committee or commission whatever the title will be, that we can all go in the same direction. What we are dealing with are two pieces of property on Upper King Street - Royal Executive Park and High Point Hospital, and we have made some steps forward to alleviate some of the situation, but some of the problems that add now to it are potential developments in the area. In Greenwich particularly, across from the airport, and further development in Harrison, all that feeding on streets that were not intended to have this kind of traffic - mainly two-lane roads. Some of them are already significantly overloaded. We �J2g3 as3 have been in contact with Greenwich with the hope that one of the very critical problems, that is the problem of doing something with the intersection of Anderson Hill Road and King Street, which has not been dealt with realistically. We seem now to be moving in the direction of developing this, — one of the things we were not sure of was the provision of land to widen the turning lane there and we now have assurance that La Richmonde will dedicate the necessary piece of land on their property to allow a better interchange at Anderson Hill Road and King Street. Incidentally, this is all in Greenwich, and although we have people developing Rye Brook who are willing to contribute to it, the decision must be with Greenwich to make the necessary changes at the intersection. Greenwich and Connecticut are as seriously impacted by the traffic problem as we are. We will address the traffic situation as the second stage in the hearing. In the first part, we will address the other environmental impact circumstances, moving traffic to the second stage of this evening, because traffic probably relates to Royal Executive Park and Rye Brook Office Park in the same way — they are contiguous properties and at this point they impact King Street in essentially .the same manner. William Cuddy, Attorney for Rye Brook Office Park was still trying to locate the stenographer, and Mayor Kabcenell, addressing Joel Sachs, Attorney for Royal Executive Park, said that we should proceed, there is no practical way that we can hold everyone up. Mr. Sachs suggested that since part of the Hines Organisation presentation was with slides, this be done now, and expressed the hope that it would not be too long. Mr. Cuddy returned to the meeting with the report that the stenographer was lost, and had been given directions now, and was expected momentarily. He asked to preface the slide presentation with a few comments. As -- everyone must know, he said, a DEIS hearing is an informational hearing and not an adversorial hearing, and we have on file a DEIS with the - -- Village of Rye Brook, we are really going to direct your attention to the highlights graphically, and as I am sure my colleague, Mr. Sachs, - will do this evening, we solicit — we encourage your comments and criticisms. We may or may not .respond tonight, but every relevant comment that is made is entitled to a response, a written response, and during the period of this hearing, which may or may not be extended, we will be receiving written comments from people who may or may not be here tonight, and every relevant comment will be responded to in due course. What I would respectfully ask, Mr. Mayor, is that each of the applicants be entitled to make a brief direct presentation and that all comments be deferred until the presentation by the respective applicants have been completed, and in the interest of facilitating this presentation this evening, each of us will make a presentation with respect to non—traffic items first. We will adjourn, with your consent, the hearing until all the non—traffic items have been covered by our respective experts, after which we would ask that you convene a concurrent hearing on both applications, during which Mr. Weiner, a partner in Raymond, Parrish, Pine and Weiner, who is the traffic consultant for both applicants, will make a presentation. It will avoid a lot of duplicative effort and time, and since the traffic presentation is substantially identical because of the proximity of the properties to each other, I think it "— will be a more effective way to do it. If you will ask the audience to defer their comments and criticisms, which they are entitled to, until both direct presentations are complete, I think it will expedite the hearing and we can do it more efficiently and expeditiously. - I would like to reassure the Board and the members of the audience present tonight that both Royal Executive Park and Rye Brook Office Park will be responding to, and are required by Law to respond to, any comments which may be made by the Board or by those audience members present this evening. In the absence of the stenographer, who is on her way, I am going to ask Mr. Thomas Adams of S.W.A. Associates, which is literally an international planning group which represents our client — Gerald D. Hines Interests of Houston, Texas, to start the slide presentation he has prepared. Gerald D. (lines is probably the most prestigious developer in the country, and we have already proffered to you some material with respect to some of the projects they have undertaken throughout the U.S., all of which are evienced by superior architectural distinction, and in this case, will be the Johnson—Burgee Organisation, and they have prime tenants, and the reason for this is the quality of their product which attracts a certain quality of tenant, whether it be in Houston, San Francisco, Hartford or wherever, and the SWA Group is the most outstanding planning group in the country. We have been working with them for about a year, and Tom Adams will make a brief graphic presentation with slides, and I would like to make certain that proof of publication and proof of service is part of this record, and if you would like to defer that until the stenographer is here, that's fine, both with respect to our presentation and to our neighbor, Royal Executive Park. Mr. Adams started his slide presentation at this time. A public stenographer was present for the balance of the public hearing, and a copy of the transcript is filed in the Village Office as "ROYAL EXECUTIVE PARK — March 27th 1984 Hearing" and "HIGH POINT ESTATES March 27, 1984 Hearing". The meeting was adjourned and the hearing closed at 11.10 p.m. f II �I21�4 (KofZ - !oy 86 i j `)i Cre h flan, S2- - I e s V c SSS (qss' j V.Tk v (< M 9 I Iq I1