HomeMy WebLinkAbout1985-05-28 - Board of Trustees Meeting Minutes AGENDA
VILLAGE BOARD MEETING
MAY 28, 1985
1. Approval. of Minutes
2. Public Hearings
a. Betsy Brown Associates
Subdivision of property on Betsy Brown Road. -)
Franel Management Corp.
J Subdivision of property on upper King Street.
C. Amendment to V & T Law
No parking near intersection of Division Street & (, v '/
Westchester Avenue.
d. Amendment to Zoning Law
Changes in permitted uses in one family residential
districts.
el Special Use Permit
Gary & Angela Stromberg, 62 Bowman Avenue Il l rf
Adjourned on April 23, 1985 to May 28, 1985.
3. Communications
a. Letter & Local Law from County Executive re: Drought
Emergency.
b. Letter from Joan Heller, re: Belove Subdivision /
4. Discussion
a. Easement Agreements - Greenwich Woods
5. Resolutions
a. Local 456 Contract Agreement. /`j
b. Appointments
C. Tax Adjustments
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pncacwT : Mayor xaucenez/
Trustees neis��jn, waruj ' cresenzi , zak
Attorney Kromer
r,easurer, Cortes,
czerk Smith
Mayor xahcenelz -
The planning Board has reco"menuea approval , uaseo on
revised Plans dated 2/20/95 and suoj~ct to the Following
condi L!onsg
Approval of Final SH ze and Landscape plans.
Fire and *Uohwav opphs. approval uf Me plans,
cnooeerino ,erL"caNun Mat the main +/oor aoa
naraoe levels will be above JAG year +z000 level .
oaevuate off-street parking to ue pro,iueo hy the
developer.
Ion-/nrlusioo of a swimming Pool ,
We have a *uestion as to wheMer ~e ^eea an cn,irn^me"tal
Impact atatemeot�
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�George Morrow, Special *s!qis+a^t- to Ilo. Mayor - we have
received a verbal report from Fred xelzono, an eno/oeer \
»il,eu by the Board. He xas svme co"c~rn about the uesin^
of the sewer and water svyLems - he sueyest.0 that- these be
»zoceu in an ease*ent` so that the vi Lzaee could then come
in to maintain ifoecessar'.
He also has great. concern about the area m`at will be fill,
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in. r»e 100 year +zovu plain takes in shout four nr five
of toese uni1ts, and if they put fill in that area, there
would Ibe u/yvlucemenit of waMrs that wouz^ norwallr nv
there.
" ere °as also a question as to whether t1le mower plans meet
Westchester County speci+icatio"s, wxici must be adhered u`.
Mayor xabce"*/l - there are several s'ecl;ics Lu dc wiUh
arainane ,uno++ which ueem not to L~ satisfied su++icie^u.
here +or us to uJure7s the rest of the issue.
Fred Kellogg - we would not +i^u Lt- if the r"noF+
affecLs txe neighbors. There shu"zu also be easeme,.ts in
connection with water, ^sewer, t)].acktor areas etc. so t1lait
the vi llane woulo be i^ a Pest Lion to Per form emergency wor1,
and charge it back to t.he »nweowner*
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wa'or xauceneI) - aIz Uhis would I a,e Lo he III It i"to I-tle ]0U�1��&
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reso�u �o ` t oam F101--ere+ore / F101-- ure s
s �� erves an pur*nse �o � � �
uo furL I Ier wi t.,11 this Until we have sMisfea uurseI,e, MoL
Lire e"ui^eerino furmuzae are aoequaLe�
There was a oueytion from a resiueo(1 asx/^, fur cumpalrj.sons
of runu+f co"oi+ions of: ,zustI°r si.nple houses.
Mayor xabce^elz - the f/uures we nave are compared to what
exists un the property now.
There was a question regarding a/sp/aceme"t: o+ animals nn
this property - possibly the Humane nocieLv coulu be
coos,ztea.
On the motion of TrusLee waruL , seconueu by Trustee
oresenzi ,
nsooLvEo that tiis pxLzAc xearino he aujcur"ea u"LAz June
27th 1905, the next renuzar Boar meetiny, it a p.m
Trust e~ wej.sIkio voting *Ys
TrusL.ee Nardi voting xvs
TrusLee creseozi voLLnn AYE
TrusLee Zak vvt/oy mYs
Mayor xaucenelz voting AYE
The pza"ninn aoaru recommended anpro"a/ o" March o. 1905
subject to Fred xezIng 's recommenuat iv^s.
mr. ue.1zOgg - what appears Lo !Ic a uete^Lion po"u` is ^vt.,
and it: J , not streaw-fed. The, va1u* Of I I For +zCod co"t, oz
is zero. The plan Filer] with the plao"i"o ovaru is that if-
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t11~ filled, F.he Site be nruueu, with �.t cry well to contain
drainage a^a roof runoff.
The property is on xiny ntree+, abotA xvo feet oort» of Uoco
Lane. Toero *re no buildings on the property now.
Felix piaeziu"s - as one lot 1t ha, the 'eoui/eu mean wiaUl,
b^1t the two lots reouestea "o not meet Lhe requirement, a"u
a ,arJa^ce wnuzu be needed in or del ~o uu�lu on the two
z(As.
mnvor xabc*nezl - the neighbors ,e,e outti+iea Of: the
pza"niny Board proceeoIons and of lo^i.u»L 's hearing?
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nrs� v�oza we15o" said tha+ She wzs nnc notified of the
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ec"na �ann�nn ouara mee��v� - /� nuar31'det
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sll° has asked for, a report whic ) she °ouzu zij�~ to »a,e t|`e
np"orLuni L to re,iew. 000U|W5
Truscee mar-di - if we orant L Ie suuoivi.sion, a"o L ie
' ,ar.1ance i 93 no appr,vra, woul d tila` prec/uue te mvner Ium
uuizu[no can the nroperLr.
Attorney Kromer - we MJuzu he creukting two non-con;urminn
zots' and z would \ikp HIP ooportuni Ly �o ree:amine this
appz�cu��oo
Mayor xa»cenezz - in lioht of this requeslt and t»e reques!
For further situuy` and the faclz /hal z w°s nor, awa,r that
t»ese were non-con+or,mirig Ints e��xer, ' Lb/ill, It
appropriate tIlat we aajuuro tjj/S jjearjnu unti 1 zure 23t»,
oo the motion of Trustee Mei,- ,i^, seconded by rrustee
crese"zi `
nsaoL.vco Lhat the puul�c Hearing on the avpzica,i"n of
rraneI uorp. for s,oui,isiu. of: property v^ ci,/y
Street be. aajournea until Ju.e colto 1.9o3) at o n.m�
Trv��ee weiskio voting «vs
Trustee Nardi voting ovs
Trustee c,eseo�i voting ovs
. rrusltee Zak ,ntion ovs
mayor xaucenezl voting AYE
Mayor xaocpnelz - this has been pre»nsed, studied and vasre^
by the Tra++ii- commiysion^
On the motion of rrusLee weisl�l^, secunued by Trusbee
cresenz� ,
nsaoLvco that Local Law No. as omexumeoL to
veh icIe ?, Traff ic Law cnpy of whi,cx is ou r/ze al- f|.e
viz/age o++ice, be and herelay is auopLet .
Truytec neiskin volzino 4vs
Trus+ee Nardi vnitino o,s
Trustee oresenzi voting ovc
rr"s�ee
Zak ,nt/no AYE
narnr xalbcenez\ voting AYE
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Mayor ualjcenel I - thiy' cxa^no- some uses whic11 were
permilttea to tie now permitted ac: the discretion of the
Board, and relates maiozv to traffic a"a change of
residential areas.
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On Lhe moLion of Trustee neiskin, seconded by Trustee Zak,
neooI-vso that I-ocal I-a* Na. 9/85 k"o°n as omenuwenL to the
' zonino Law of Lhe vizlane of nye orouk (formerly the zooinq
Code of the Town of nye) woth reoaru [in changeis in permHtru
uses L^ One-rawlzy Residential oistrkcts, copy of *jjjc» 1s
on f/ze in the Village Office, be anu is hereby auopceu.
Trustee weis��in ,ntioo 4vs
TrusLee Nardi voting ovs
Trustee oreseozi. ,otinq n/s
TrusILee Zak vntiou ovs
Mayor uabcenezz ,oUng AYE
AVENUE -- ADJOURNED
Th[s was aaj^urnpu +ro~ toe Iust. mem L i.rig - it is a reouesL
to co^ouct a commuoiraLio^s co"svltjno [31-tsiness at 62 oowma"
o,pnue. Txe pla"oInn Board recnmmenaea apnro,az of this
application providing thaL the use u"a occupancy he zim/teu,
as described in +oe cover letter frum the applicants'
attoroey, oruou Giuffra, uaLea eeptemoer 24, 199'5�
Mr. niof+re statea that txe necessary o,ttices hid ueeo senl-
n"t, and gave some background infurwatJon on the appzicanl..^.
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He azso :11-ItroCJucea some let1fers from ^~inxuors of the
proper Ly, all calling to the Board's a�Ize^Lio^ thul txet;o
are desirable neioxbnrs, low level ,sers, and a cn"cribu101
to the area�
The wnrt: involved is of a tinhlv nature. wr.
ntrumbero deal wi th h is c/ients outsIue of the oui Iuj.^o.
There will be nn strucLural changes, and the /esiaentLaz
nature and the character of the cummun[tr Will remain the
same.
Trustee meiskio - *ow many people are empjnveur
Mr. otrombern - 3 sta++ plus occ^siuna\ temporary p.nopze.
We deal :In training programs for and the meeUn'/s
are usually held CAL the clie^t 's locat-Ion . *ourt� are
mnnuav to rr/uav 9-5` occasivnallv /ai-enr if we hays a
special pr"je�L.
Mayor xalicenel.] - the issue here is vol. t»e nbro°heros out �
whether or noL that street shm.\u c1-11nne character.
In Lhe zoning carried over, it is ina/c�tsu ac a traositio"
zone from u,ui"ess to resiue^+i.uz area, a^u thaL is
really t.xe question - whether or net "e want to so~ t^aU
area changed sionificanLxv. z 11a,(-' no quesUoo that jt
miyhL he desirable for people who have resjaences txcre
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u^u all oI I t +I"d their »umes more at L I,e iere wnre wr [)1O/lQ^
poss����/�v o+ co",er+�oo I t `u a speciaz use, u^a inaeeu, "~, ^° /
W1 th e^co specIaz oer*I Z Leu use we Iii 1ow, i t becomes mor r,
ui++ic"l L Lu preclude someo^e erse wi Uhout buvjno luwsui L�
T ia1: 1s 1'.11e Issve - noI: a chaIzeope Ie a�romuerus
cxarac�er ur capauili+[es.
We are planning to reevaluate Life nasrer pzan, and we used
that reasunioq when we denied Lle re,uesJ.eu cxanne for .I
1-e5taurant use. on the corner of Bo*man ana Westid lesLer-.
xr. weiuze o+ r,euericl: r� clark is puLLino t"uether sn~e
/o+orma+:[un -
oeorue worrow - the ycel,eo tuaar.
Mayor xahce^elI - oe have the vre,oyati,e of limiUny
cIfannes j.. HIM area unFil we xave ~ore information.
In retipoose to a quesi-1011 as to whether the bosiness use OF
thIs nropertr without permission had heeo uealt w/ l,x, wayor
uahreoezz sLateu that Ihe first lime 11he avaru was aware
+hat. It was Liejnn useu was when the matter came be+ore the
onura zast month. I was Permitted to co"tinue *urioy Lill,
past mo^ffi when the hearing was aajou1 neu. If the use Is
riot a/lvweo then there will be a ,in/a( io" of the zm.ino
code anqj wElz xa,e Lo termi"ate�
. T�us�ee warui - I-jow zu"q will it be before we ca" re,iew u`e
Mister- planr
Mayor xAlceoell - z would guess six monms - wp will xa,e Lo
announce the proceys at the "ext meet/nu�
Trvstee warai - z am c"ncernea auoulL accs\erati^o the
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tansiciun of that aret., by allowing \Ms specja1 use al: 1-his
Lime - z Hoi^k it is going Ln create a oomi"u effect e
�� rr,
It is a use whic� is nut rr
ealzv "vuf,�y�onv� " such as
ancLors, dentists, z don't wa^t in rejecL it- uutriuxl ,
but z wouzo like, to delay it unLjl we have had a chance lo
look M. th~ maslter pza" Lo see ~xaL. toe e++ect would be o^
the pint/re neighborhood. z would a.[sn Ii :e, /+ :11: is
Iegay possIuzIt,, to all.zu° txe nL.rumL)PV-gs Lo co"ti"ue t ie//
operaLion until such time as we do bring this uv ara[^ a/�'�r
tile waslzer plan review.
Truste~ xreyenzi also staLeu hHSI concern aIout (JI[!!, area
Attorney x,ampr suggest-ea perliaps the ntrnmlberos *culu
consider- a oneciuz use permit +or six m"ot hs-
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wayor uabcOil ez) - t If purpnse of L If i.s plao j.s Io reevaI"aI ~
the area from Wes1-r-he,ter x,enue uowo to L.»e Rye cI+r ti^p
along Ridge Street and the perirlpra' roads arid make sump
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uetermJoal:ioo as to wllether the prese^l- pzan is aueqoatc c,
should be chu^oeu.
Trvsltee Zak was con .1-,r^eu albo"l� graril-i^o the six monri-I
per~i+, maybe other peuple wvula want Lo do the same th�"os
mavo/ xaucpoell - there are no mnre aPp/.1cations be+ore t^e
Board JUL we could put a for-mal mol-/on +or a moraLorium u1�
the oext mee+i^o, and wave i+ the fh,s+ issue o+ busi^sss.
We have a +ew choices here -
1. pass zhis as recommenueu by the Planning ooaru.
o. oen' it - wiM a to vacate tile premises.
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Grant at mI*ea time - s/x ~o"ths - wj L h Loe
Fill u=rstaouinn t b a L t I Ie resnLill se waepe.0 on 1.1 ie s+Fid v'
and by the aPnzica.Us.
el,I-, was some ai sc.uys/,n alb out. par1,i^ un auwman o,enue b'
peovIe in cunnectior) iv Lx uo��:[ness ySes.
nayor xabceneI\ - eacx "f t hu,e uusi"esses was oiven
per(Id ssiair anti the que-fl!Ioo is whether we wanL to contjnue
that process. This is a sLreet jives ,s t»e
o»portuni tr and responsibility of deci.uino whether we
ro^Lin,e Lhat. In ill fairness, the s+rec-As ar�- public:
s�reets` azwovA anyone is uzzoweu to park toere, so z ac^' I
`thiot, a uiscussiov of wxo parked wxere, whe" going t
airec� a aoswer Lo our ques,+1.on, wh:ic» is wheL her we shnu\u
a11 ow an add itionaI specia1 11erm:1 tteu use on oowman ^,e"ue.
At Ohe last wee^iog we eraol-ea a Per muc ,n wecA.c»eslie,
o,enue, but indicated we consider wes`coescer Avenue to Lie a
dir+erenL oaLure and +oaa, we nassea a zunirig Law to
inoI caLe westc11ester Avenue anu uinn aLreeI. t:n he uifferen�
ohou/u Hi is app icaLion 13 oranteu, z w//z ask wr. 51:rom1be, n
to s,e that his neopIe parl, in 1:11e �ac�
rrusI:ee Nardi question the +vcl: lt»a1. rhis applicant is +or a
corporal-Aon to use the premiscs and the pi ese^l: zoning /s
for- Professional use.
ot+orne/ ajo++re stated that pen,ze now i"cnrporate becav�r
0e law treats them oif+ereotz,, ana fxere are ce.Lain tux
:,eoe+� Ls.
o^ Lhe motion of Trxstee marui , ssconaeu by rrus+ee
urese,zi. ,
xsnoLvso t1lac a npeciaj ose permj,L he era^`eu to o^qeza an./
oary otrombero as renu(�,ytea for a periuu of six mn^--hs fir mi
toaar, suujecL. then to whatever ae1ermOnut.ions are m^ae in
cunnection With tFIe new wasLer Plan sLuuy. with tlbe
acceptance thal� the applicants Will |mIa � le v/l [aoe
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harmless From any n*nal-Lies or aor I)us1ness i.nco"venjenc as 000488
that should accrue if the special reroAteu use is noL
exte"aeill.
Mayor Kahceoell - this is related t" our intent Uo re-sIuuv
Llbe entjre area so that i Z gives us a Witter o,,o/tu.lty now
to turn an of Uese off until the Quuv has been cum'leLra.
rrusLee Melskin - ones L»iy mea^ that [+ we ueciae not Ito
cnoL.An"e the Spec/a/ use permit skx munt»s +rom toaay' /he
busi"ess wiz1 1-1ave 1-n cease
na'ur x*ocenezz - t11a1: is swe wouzd neea aoreeme^1: fro*
the applicant to these terms,,
On txe au,ice of counsel , +he app] [(-art- accepiteu Lxese Lei ms
and cooaiLio"s.
Trustee meiskin voting "vc
Trustee Mardi voting ovs
Trus+pe cresenz.i voting nyc
TrosU-�e Zak voLion ove
Mayor xauce"ezz ,ntiou ovs
Mayor xaucenezI - the ooara was apparently Loe last to tnow
that a husi^ess (Jill exist in those p,(--miser; in viu. a`io^. o
lot of the neiuIhbors anpareoftzy knew, 1--herefore z would out
. zite Lo encourage anyo^e to go txe s[m'`ar 'aLh/ 1. have no
. questivo that it was aooe ioaaverkenU ,, but shouza there be
other businesses that exist in violation of the zoninn` , Ilev
"Lzl je forced *o vacate as suvn as we are made aware of It.
At the ^e:t meeting z would asic ott^rnev Kromer Lu give us
so*eUlno dealing with a moratorkum on uneciuz use permits
on aowma" Avenue, ooutJi Ridge Street a.d streets Uhat
intersect oout.h Ridge.
Mavnr xaucenezz read /ePQrs uaLeu May aU» and zaro from
County sxecutive o'nourke, tnyeLher with Legislation pass,u
by the County ooaru, /n connection w� ffi L»e drought
situaUonn He added that aztxuuqh "» uv not draw all of nu/
water from Westchester Joint waLerwo'ks, we are still
suIAec+ to this ordinance, which restricts lawn waterlog to
four hours every "Wer uav' 'Tat re^Uicts wasIhinn of cars
by hoses, etc. is applicable to us. U wi /z he en+orceubz'!
by local police aepartmeots with ;ine,F� n+ up to For- u`e
Nrs+ offense and up to *1000 for suosenue.c ��oza��nns
Mr. O'Rourke is serious about it.
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Ill Ls is a petitiun in c"noectiu^ viti our approval of a 000UiA!�
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suluivcio^ on Lincoln Avenue, and the petition re/ates �o °~" ^"-
our requireme"L of the use of a com*on driveway, ^nu we ui./
it an the basis that Mr. oiu++re, athorney for Mrs- oelovp
Provided us wj +h i^+urm^tion Lhalt this easement does exist.
with the property. rh/y is a cummuo/caL joo oo wa ica z
^oil '1: know i+ +I iere is any aclA^n nn the pjjrL of txe Boar
unless there is a legal. challenge to 11ha` easemeo�, which /
imao["e is a civil maLLer and red: o"e thal co*es be+ore tx'?
ooara. our approva1 Of ihe suuuIvision was aepe"aen` upoo
+xe ose OF the easement for access, rut obviously does not
give the rinhl: - that is snmet»i^o heLween L.1-je two pari,jes
to resolve.
This; was previousIv upproveu.
Mayor x*uce"el\ - Teamsters Local =6 represents the
oe»ar+me^t of puuzir Works. ]In ljrie+ , the previous crotra.��
is ue/nn renewed for two years, L»e onz7 changes are
effective January J., Ip05, which is woen the last cnNtraci
1:erill inateIll� Al ewpIorees sxaIz receive an annual wane
increase Of tl'300, and ef+ecUlve January 1, uxl
e*^loyees shall receive an ao"uaz wupe increase of $/-350.
. T^e is tke same increase for all employees - i t Ls uetween 5
and o.uoz. we were at an impasse mod this was uone throv,/,
the use OF the psna representative.
On the motion Of: Tr"stee meisl4i^, seconded by Trustee Zak,
wxsocoa the Village and Local �'.56 have enoaueg in
neenU.ad:iuos in yoou faith, and
Wxsxsos the parties have arrived at- a ,enLat-ive uureewe"t ,
and
u*rncoo + )e me(IIl)ers1lip of Local ,oa has ral:/+qea the
aereement'
NOW Tosnsronc BE IT *syoLvso that t»e vilzuye onaru of
Trustees rati+ies the aoreement providing +ur:
� 1.) o two year cnn+ract commenciou oa^uary .1 , 19a15 aou
terminating December nz , 1906�
/z> Effective January 1, ipo�--j, a/z employees shall
receive an annual wage increuSe .+ :1:/,300 a"a e+fecA-ivc
January 1, 11706 all em�)u'ees s»az/ recei,e an annual
wage increase of :151,350�
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AND, os zT Funrxcn xsonILvsu that the Mayor be ^uthorizea u, A80d��A
enter Lnito a contract w�Hh Locaz +56, incorporati^o the auo`e
cnil+rac+ Changes.
rrusltee weisl6.^ voting ovs
Trus�ee wu'ui votinu AYE
Truylee creseozj. voting oYs
rr,stee Zak voting ovr
Mayor xaucenell ,oting oYs
Or, Elle moLio^ of TruSLee w�rai , secu^aeu by Trustee za1,,
BE zT nsnnLvso that Juez Hecker-, uo countr' niaoe Dir i,e, n.e
orovlk, be appointed to », Zomzme ouoxo OF Appsm'e, i.c) +i I I
txe unexpired term of naz cresenzi , ex,irl"u at the eoa /f
the official year in 19e7/ and
RE zT Fonrxsn nsooLvso that. sunene aLrum, Wo Belts,, air ow.
noau' xre aruo[�, he appointed to the zowzwo 000no op
m"psALs, said Uerm to expire at the end of the u+ficia` ,evr
in 1990, and
DE zr runrxsn ncooLvco thutprao� oinicuza, ox va�)ev V/
Terrace, Rye oron:, lie r,appui"Leu 1.0 a three (a) rear 1:e1-11i
on the Traffic oummissino, saiu Lorin to expire aL the ena "f
the official year in 198e` and
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oc zr punTosn nsaoLvso Hlat pcTcx anAwwuuc/, c*o Treetop
CrescenL, Rye nronk, be anpui^teu to a three (aI vear term
on the Traffic cnmmi--sion, saiu +erm t.0 expire at t.1je ena "f
the Official year in J.pee, and
DE IT runT*sn nseoLvso Lhat Marcia n.quzz , 11 Bayberry
nye er"ok, lbe appoinLed to u th,ee C':/ year term nn the
Recreation oommisMo^, saiu Ler° to expire at Lhe s^a o+ u`e
o++icial year in 19e0, a"a
DE IT runTxsx nsnuLvco T*xr Leo" w11-rano, *iux,iew *veoue,
Rye nru"lk, be to a tlhree o> vear terw on the
necreaaon c0mmi551un, said term to expire al: the e^a of o`c
,+ficia\ rear in 19e0.
rr,!rsUee xpisPi" ,uti^n AYE
Trustee Nardi. voting *rc
Trusltee creseozi voting AYE
rerunie~ zak: voting ors
Mayor xabceoell voting ovs
On Lxe *ol:ion o, Trustee meiy1�/11, secunuea by TrusLre
cresen,i ,
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0S0�� �wxsnc»o vilzaye parcers 1-511-6worse �/_� _�p nu I_ax_z5z worse
iocorrec�\v asseuueci on tile oorj/ 1, [ra^ osses'sment no\z ,
and
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w*sxsoa the. 4sses5ur, Tow" of Rye, lia-i +nrma1,/' reques�eu a
"correclion of Errors" nesulul-ion,
NOW Txsnsruns ec IT xsooLvso that txe Laxes outstanajoo on
each parcel be cancelled..
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I-6n-2o1 10,700 *ora�+v
Truutee wrisl�i, voting ovs
Trustee warai voting AYE
Trustee xresenzi voting ays
Trustee marai ,oltinn ovs
Mayor xaIbceneLz voting ovs
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Mayor xabceoell - we had circulated a draft and have had
several discussions, and several cha"nes were reouesteu, a/`a
, we now have a Final draft. T»e p"rpose of 11t, its Lo
esftabzish all *p,ropriaLe ethicaI , moral and zeoaz background
for those who are o+ficAals or employees of the vjljape�
It tell What YOU cao or canoult au, but in essence jt saym
that you cannot Lake aa,a"ta,e ,+ ruur nos��i,n in t�e
village, ezeclzpa, appointed or sa�ar�eo. Lo +urther
yourself Financially rr /n any way. There is a provision
For establishing an sthjcs ooaro for an/ areas that are
n,ar, to aeaz with any r+ +1heSe �ssues
on the motion of Trustee weisvAn, seconaeu by Trustee war^/ ,
nsaoLvsu that Local Law dt Io/on cn^e of Ethics +or u`e
v/zzaoe of nye Brook, conv of which is on file in 1:1he
Vi I Iuee office, be and hereby [s auoptea
Trustee meisk/n voting ovc
Trustee Nardi voting aYs
Trustee nr,senzi ,oltinu ovs
Truc;I ee zal, "uti^n AYE
Mayor xabcenez/ ,olti.nn ovs
glSCJSS I ON `
Mayor :�aocene\z - we |/ave ,eceiveu a copy of a lec+"r�-
auaresseu to the nye Town ouper,isor uateri Illy 10th 1voK!
renorlt.i^y on a trip to ou++azo mill Olean with the. vilzaoe
0OO�A9 wana9er »f p»/� n�esLer� «* �as »een 'e«Ie°�n» a co*»u/e' ~ `~ ^°~^
syslem that would now cover alL of llbe +i^^ocia/
*arhi^^l"Jv.s of the Tow" and the 1-wo vlzzaqes wil--x`" Hill
Town. 11. is li is suygestio^ I »uI I»e rown muve forwaru zn
' e,aIuaL/no an(:] securinn txi 15 anu i.hereov the Tuwo wou)u u*
respoosju1e +or prv,/aino toe comF.)ut.EF- ef+ort for the 7uwn
i. Lyel.+ ala for It 1-1e vLz.1aoes, a"a z L I 1in1: the cosit o+ I i st
°i, [z be *poo`oov ,,e/ three veajl TI Ie number aIone qa,e
us ( vncern, I Iu� 1;11ere ure inuicaL/ons io here that hear
nuLiny. one is "we ba,e seen L.F,e receot oreenL)uruo cour t
der ision abo\uIt equazization rates anu It bp atte(Tin+ by
cquazjzaL�on anu *ssessment t.,c) make eqoa/�za,iu" more
"curren�' , LhaL our jojnt fears of a I',ye arop in the row"
of Rye and »utx vilzaoes' equaJ izaLio,i ra[e wLtx/o 11,4u vpa, s
is ooL o^Iy posil uut probao1e due to the aCtual
uif+erence io what homes are Sol zinn For ,ow, versos °haL
they °ere assessed for in 11767. "
Mayor Kaucenelz romme^tea that this °ouzu be trxe fo,
virLuuz/r ever' community. Tnen we oelL a ioreat that Hh,
arnp in eqoaz/zatio^ rate °i \z ua,srse�y affect not. only the
Town but unto Villages to the exitent, Lhat the rate coot,uz,,
I I atate oia to ocl loo/ oisLr[cts
u. State Aid to the Town
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Apportionment of cvvnLy Taxes to Towns rind vil^ao,s
"Faced with this ujea[� fuLure, I chio, you were correcIt
.(a"on' 1: forget. this is a letter to Ulu , and
uuulatioil I miyht aau) w#Ie" yo" suqgesteu to me in /a.uary
ipoo that we had +o Uhe assessmenL roll and
recorus� and chanoe the /p7,* maps Lo the zpoo's
information as it ex/sLs, (wbj.c: we are uolnn mayor
uabcenezz auaeo> as weaz as prepare Lu proAect the +^xpa'e,
fr^m a rapidly fazzioo equalizatioo ralte by adjusting tu all
actual realistic percpnitaoe of ,t:11"e In L»r near fuLure,
ra+^er Ulan what we have now. vuur auminis+ratiun JIas
every effort. to do that over the post six,ee" months and
con+�^,es Ito ou so, Fulfilling its role as a faci.zitat"r uf
services and inIzeoratea programs +or IJIe vj./1anes. "
waror uabcenelz - it seems to mp as I worI' mv way t»ruyeh
this LxaL the Assessor is syooes1Linp a reacsesswent of L11e
propel Ly in Lite Town.
Trus! ep neiski. - ,"o+es from the "wito"ut the
com,leite syste*, we face a fast LICICtill i^ the +ax uase 11,1'
the nett It four years aue to rate'is
coot/ouea drop. " Does this mea" t.xaL aI, i.he vizzaycs avo
Lowns in New York stal e +^�e the same uecl/ne over Lhe nexI
four yearsr ue uoes un to sa' "Lxis i-01:0//v cnm,,Leri/eo
s/steIT) wi/z enuuze my o+fIce i:is poase 1.^ more equi t.aule
assessme"Lis. " Is nr. white anu +he Tvv^ yovernmeot
pronosiIII. a reassessment OF al/ vroperties in the ruw" of
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nrer Ie :I s azsu pruposing u vjsi. L Io Lhe o"e nzace Ln +»e 08049J
countr/ - a tow w1 th vi.zlaues - thaI az) poaseS o+ /I I Is
system, z bol ie,e :1t j.!i crippze ur~el,, cuzal-Ido. There are
some serIous nuestiuns aou to this
and z wou/a zlke to i",i'`e Mr-. white to our ^ext
meeting Lo xezo vun understand proposa/o a^u aaaress
our cnncerns� z a* Mso ueLermininn if Lxe
lnteresLs of nv* erook and the cost tn nve aroo� �axnayers
m1ol-It he beItLer melL and served uv a nve orou[� parq 111 file
assessnr un a contractual basis. *ow wan, par-cels has wr
W»Ite visited in Rye arnokr How wanv nye orook 110171es or
busi"essey have oee^ea the services u+ a lax assesso,r
I U-11111: 'I would like a reporL on that s(--mi ,:[ce w[,Lcx *e are
paying +ur - what are we oetti^nr
T wr� whi fe and the Town government proposing a
reassessment of al prupertieva " t»e Tuw^ of nye - is tx~�
"hat xe is saying in his IeUerr
Mayor- calicenezz - z am ^ little uncomfortable with Mr
white's derision auuuL a ver/ sensitiv~ issue, z an a I itL 1.e
xncom+orl�able auuuj: �poo,000
7 1, u151.ee *eiskin - i^ txe ,reviu,s mappi"o jr (:)j 1:her e ^as
Supposed to he a nranL writIfe" to hri.n mnoey hacl< Ln us, /
think +aoo,000 -
` mavur Kauceoe/z - z toln[:: one txi,o, n^wever the otate ^evr
`heard of ic� z don 't L»in[: a zei,Ler was e.en wrl t+e"
re,uestino /t,
Trus+ee maraI - / have a prob] em w 1 » HhLs entire IeUer
It seemo to he sez+-servinn anu a preIuue to the upcomLno
poll Licaz rampajyn. There are puini1s auuresseu :Ip hrre
thaL are tuLaz/r ovt�j.ue of the rea/m Of I he rax osressor�
xe says aL the end of We IeUer "your, e++nrts to resolve
the a\ack Cemetery, Town of Rye, pasli years' aeu1z
co"snzivati^n and Housing proorams are also issues
thaL ueser,e high / u.^' L see where this is
reLe,aot /^ a letter from the o`sessor to LI-le Supervisor
explaining the "ew computelizeu La: mapp! no s'etem,
Mayor xaucenezz - i, is �n�e,er�/no, we nave josL maae an
effort Lo computerize our own boolvecpiny system anu z
it cost ,+ *1,5,000 - now we arp told we can got Lxe same
thing for one half of *voo,voo - �oesn � sou^u zi�p a
^al-gEli n
rr"stee zaI, - zs III-. wnisk in suou,sL i^" LI Ia+ we hi,e our ",^
Assessor- and ^"r owv �axe�r
Trustee weisxi" - z am sunnestj.nq +hsl: we oet a repurj: +r"'^
the Assessor for the pasL yoar so tjjal_ we can see wvat we
are paying for , or is t»ere a uetL~r and cheaper wuv of
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doing I t for Rye orouI: resiae»ts� what has he (Ione, »ow
maor parcels has he 1sses`eu or reassessea, where did this
proposaz cume +rom, is he yunnF,sti Jig reassessemeot - aou
then we can walte svme decisions, do we n,eu a +uz/ Lime,
'Part I-ime, or contractual assessor for Rye aruuxr we lad a
con+rarItual assessor ,o, eenera, ruojs, unu xi^n olf'eelz
Proper Lies.
Mayor Kuucene1i - ,,NJaps we can AnALe xr, M"te Imre to a
sase9uent meeting and maybe he can �ezp clari+' this.
Trustee cresenzi - as a member of Le F1.re eLuay cvmm/Ltee,
z "ou" " ke to :noW thestat"s, stnce the, present cvntracl.
caLzs for "egoltialtions to begin nne 'ear prior to
expir^Lirill.
navor uahcpne1z - t he cummitLee uia recoIII me"d L I IuJ, we see: a
\uno term con[tract or that we seek to c»anqe Lhe whntp
nature of it. / have been in commun"caHon with porL
Chester on this, z melt with thew s�arLioo L[bree morthm aoo,
but z Ja,e nothing to repo/t, z 11ave tieen uoauze Lo move any
further +nrwara on Lhe oeno��a��"nsz+ we cannnt, then
this ooara -jam Lo ma[�e snme aec�s�ons
Trust,ee warui - z yaw Mayor 11AS111.0 yesferuav a^u he
`inuj.caI:ed +xuL lie was weetioo wj H» I is Deal,(d +o aiscuss 1:»e
issue su~e t ime txis week, ana W^u/u he in to"c, wi III vnu,
hyPin« Lo meet With YOU oexL "eex.
Joe pe/lino - in connertiun with wa1zer rest,ictiuns anu t�p
urnun�� situtation, it is the resiae^�,' respo"i-7iuizity �o
detecIt zeaxs�
The waFer Company got a rate increase +o cover leal:
aetec+iun, perlhaps we sWuuzu w& te a 1e&er - f^rce them `^
improve their aeltectinn - bring ,resmure to bear.
Mayor uabcpoeIz - the proposal to seL up a separate water
aisWcf, seems to be a
Pro forma 1-11inu woicx would have
azzowea us to draw auwo more watIer from wesLcoester Jnint
wuter works, has not taken place [^ o,er a year, anu now
they are in process Of denying i L, For no reasoo toalt °e can
come up with, an oor legislators are ~orx:,oq on that.
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Mayor xauccnezl - the cnunitv is no /o^per vermil--tinn the
signs on the /or^er, since they own that nruvertr, I have
asked the Architecture] eoara Of neview to review t1re ,I-10/e
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ntra� �ae to ave aa^nouocement boaru0
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a^o xow to cuvol i�[t,, ` `" ^"~"
We are trying to work. out a program "lhic» wi/z ue wor�a��e
in term� of how and when �v cnlzecL , and a p/ucp tu dn /t—
wee��nn was aajuurneu a I/ 1.s pm
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