[Call to order]
[ADOPTION OF DECEMBER 16, 2025 MEETING MINUTES ]
[(240-25) 101 Hillair Circle; R1-20 Zoning District – Site Plan Amendment for a Driveway, Patio, and Walls. Environmentally Sensitive Site.]
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AND GENTLEMEN . WELCOME TO THE JANUARY TWENTY-SEVENTH MEETING OF THE SUP PLYING BOA RD OF THE CITY OF WHITE PLAIN S . UH A COUPLE OF HOUSEKEEPING ITEMS , WELL , LET ME INT RODUCE WHO 'S HERE TONIGHT . BOARD MEMBERS TO MY RIGHT . WE HAVE SERENA RUSSELL , WE HAVE LAUREN M ORRIS TO MY LEFT, WE HAVE MARK ELLIOTT . MY NAME IS JOHN AYORIS AND THEN TO MY FURTHER LEFT, W E HAVE FROM THE PLANN ING DEPARTMENT , JUSTIN HOLMAN FROM THE B UILDING DEPARTMENT IN THE CENTER , BEATRICE CAPTAIN , AND OUR LEGAL COUNSEL MIKE KELLY , UH SO THE NEXT MEETING OF THI S BOAR D WILL BE FEBRUARY 24T H , TU ESDAY , FEBRUARY 24TH AT 7 P.M.IN THIS CHA MBER . OK UH , TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24TH , 07: 00 P.M.
AND THE NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS THAT ANY OF THE MEMBERS PRESENT HAVE ANY OBJEC TIONS , ADDITIONS , OR DELETIONS TO THE M INUTES THAT WERE DISTRIBUTED TO US OF THE DECEMBER 16TH MEE TING .
OK , SO I NEED A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE MINUTES AS THEY HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED . SOM E MOVED. SECO ND , ALL IN FAVOR ? AYE AYE .
ALL RIGHT , UM, THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS , WE 'VE , UH , BEEN ASKED TO SCHEDULE A PUBLIC HEARING FOR 101 HILLAIRE CIRCLE . THI S IS AN R120 ZONING DISTRICT DISTRICT . THIS IS A SLI GHT SITE PLAN AMENDMENT F OR A DRIVEWAY , PATIO , AND WAL LS , ON AN ENVIRO NMENTALLY SENSITIVE SITE REPRES ENTATIVES FOR 101 HILLER BECAUSE I H AVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS HI, MY NAME IS KEVIN MUNNELE REPRESENTING S HAHEEN BADALI ON THIS A PPLICATION . UM .
SO THE , THE LAST MEETING WERE REQUESTED T
[(243-25) 4 Hewitt Avenue; R1-5 (Residential One Family) Zoning District – Site Plan Amendment for a House Addition. Environmentally Sensitive Site. Steep slopes. ]
O PROVIDE AN UPDATED TOPOGRAPHI CAL SURVEY FOR THE PROPERTY WHICH WE DID, UH, ISSUE TO I, I SENT IT TO E ILEEN . I BELIEVE IT WAS SUBMITTED AS PA RT OF THIS BOARD MEETING FOR FOR THI S UH FOR THIS DATE FOR YOU GUYS TO REVIEW AND UM THE RE HAS NOT BEEN ANY U H CHANGES SINCE THERE W AS A , YOU KNOW, I, I REQUE ST TO STOP ANY W ORK FROM THE PLANNING BOARD.SO , UM , BASED ON T HE EMAIL THA T WAS SENT TO U S M AYBE LIKE 2 MONTHS AGO B EFORE T HE PRE VIOUS ME ETING REGARDING THE AREA OF DISTURBANCE ON THE SITE WE DID DO SOME ANALYSIS TO DETERMINE HOW MUCH AREA WAS DISTURBED , UH, THOSE PLANS WILL BE SUB MITTED , UH, PRIOR TO THE PUBLIC H EARING FOR YOUR REVIEW . UM, IT I S LESS THAN 1 ACRE, S O WE WOU LD NOT NEED TO , U H, GO THR OUGH DPW UNLESS THEY HAVE ANY FURTHER COMM ENTS ON , UH, A NY CL ARIFICATIONS THEY M IGHT NEED FROM US AND UH WE 'RE HER E TO JUST GET ANY OTHER QUESTIO NS THAT YOU GUYS MIGHT HAVE . I HAVE SEVERAL AND IF, I F ALL OF THE MEMBERS CAN TURN TO THE , UH, FOU R COLOR PHOTOGRAPHS OF THIS THERE ARE A TREMENDOUS NUMBER OF P ROPOSALS HERE THAT WERE NOT IN OUR ORI GINAL APPROVAL AND SECONDLY , IT APPEARS AS THOUGH WORK HAS BEEN DONE TO THIS SITE .
THAT HAS COMPLETELY ERADICA TED ENVIRONMENTAL FEATURES . UH, A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF M ATURE TREES HAVE BEEN CUT DOWN .
WHAT 'S GOING ON HERE ? BECAUSE THIS IS NOT WHAT WE APPROVED .
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, UM , THE CLIENT WAS , UH, DEFINITELY UNAWARE THA T HE CANNOT REMOVE THE TREES, BUT HE IS .POSING A WHOLE LADDER OF THE TREES ALONG THE SIDES TO COMPENSATE FOR ALL THE TREES THAT ARE REMOVED . WE HAVE A NEW , UH, PLANTIN G SCHEDUL E AND PLA NS THAT WE 'RE GONNA GONNA PRO POSE ON THE SITE MORE THAN 30+ UH TREES AND SHRUBS THEY 'RE GOING TO BE PLANTED TO JUST COMPENSATE FOR THAT.
AND THERE SEEMS TO BE A TREMENDOUS AMO UNT OF IMPERVIOUS SURFACE THAT 'S BEEN INTRODUCED INTO THIS PROJECT .
UH INCLUDING A PARKING SPOT FOR SOME REASON GOT ALL FOR R EASON UP BY THE SWIMMING POOL . I, I DON 'T UNDERSTAND THAT .
SO THE SWIMM ING POOL? THIS IT 'S, IT 'S MORE, IT 'S A , IT ' S A MA CADAM GRAVEL TYPE OF UH AREA HE JUST WANTE D THAT TO BE L IKE A DROP OFF AREA . WE 'RE MORE THAN LIKE TO ACCESS THE, THE , THE SWIMMING POOL AREA CAUSE IT DOESN 'T HAVE MUCH ACCESS FROM THE OPPOSITE SIDE . SO , YOU KNOW, IN CASE HE HAS A GATHERING , A FAMILY GATHE RING IN THE IN THE POOL AREA . WHY WOULDN 'T THE SWIMMING POO L BE ACCESSED FROM THE HOUSE ? NO, LIKE IF HE HAS, Y OU KNOW, A TRUCK DEL IVERING FOOD OR , YOU KNOW , ANYTHING MAY BE SOLD UH CELEBRATION , A GATHERING BECAUSE I, I HAVE TO SAY I HAVE A LOT OF PROBLEMS WITH ALL OF THESE MATURE TRE ES IN THE BACK BEING GONE JUST B ECAUSE THEY FELT L IKE TAKING THEM DOWN . OK . THERE 'S ENVIRONMENTAL, T HIS ENVIRONMEN TAL SITE , THIS THESE ROCK OUTCROPPI NGS APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN C OMPLETELY REMOVED .
OK ? AND THIS DOWN HERE , EVERYT HING THAT 'S IN PINK WAS , WAS NOT APPROVED SO I , I , I 'M NOT SURE WHAT YOU 'RE ASKING U S TO , TO DO TONIGHT, BUT WE 'VE GOT AN A WFUL LOT OF STUFF HERE THAT WE DIDN 'T AGREE TO . RIGHT , SO WE 'RE ISSUING REVISED PLANS FOR YOUR REVIEW . THEY WERE WITH, YOU KNO W, WE 'RE DOING ALL THE ANALYSIS THAT WE NEED TO D O TO MAKE SURE THEY, YOU KNOW, COMPLY A S MUCH AS THEY COULD . WE DO HAVE OUTCROPPING DOES NOT REMOVED AT THE FRONT. THERE ' S A, THERE 'S A LARGE MAJORITY OF IT THAT 'S N OT REMO VED AT THE FRONT O F THE , UH, PROP ERTY, BUT HAVE THESE BEEN REMOVED FROM THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY ? THESE TWO , T HIS IS PART OF THE REASON THAT PLANNING BOARDS INVOLVED , THESE ARE ROCK OUTCROPPINGS THAT APP EAR IN THIS PHOTOGRAPH TO HAVE BEEN ERADICAT ED .
SO IF YOU LOOK A T THE PROPOSED SITE PLAN , WE STILL HAVE THE OUTCROPP INGS INDICATED ON THE NEW SURVEY IF YOU, IF Y OU HAVE A COPY OF THAT SURVEY , IT 'S STILL THE OUR COPY THAT 'S IN THE BACK HER E.
YOU MIGHT HEAR T HAT WHEN WE LOOK AT THE IMAGE IT THERE 'S A LOT OF S OIL, A LOT OF , YOU KNOW UH, EXCAVATION THAT OCCURRED IN THE REAR Y ARD, BUT THE OU TCROPPING IN T HIS PORTION OF THE PROPERTY IS THAT YOU START MA YBE IT WAS COVERED BY THE DIRT THAT WAS BEING USED AND THE ONLY R EASON THEY WERE , UH, UH, DISARING THIS AREA BECAUSE THERE WAS WHEN BUILDING THIS PORTION OF THE PROJECT , THERE WAS A DISPUTE BETWEEN HIM AND THE NEIGHBOR WHERE HE COULDN 'T ACCESS HERE TO BRING AN EXHIBITOR OR ANY EQUIPMENT . HE HAD TO COME A ROUND T HIS WAY SO YOU CAN GO BACK TO THE BACK HERE. IT DOES OWN THIS PROPERTY AS W ELL IN SEPARATE BLOCKS, SO HE DOES TO CREATE A WAY TO BRING THE MACHINE AND EQUIPMENT
[(200-26) Hindu Temple of the Tri-State – 390 North Street – One Year Extension of the Approval for a Site Plan Amendment to Allow a Second Story Addition. Common Council referral.]
BACK HERE BECAUSE THIS IS TOO CLOSE TO THE PROPERTY LIKE UM WO RK HERE IN THE IN THE NEIGHBOR DID N OT CONDONE ANY OF THAT, SO , UH, THAT 'S THE REASON WHY HE HAD TO GO AROUND T HAT WAY.MR. CHAIRMAN, I HAVE A QUESTION . PLEASE, UH, G OOD EVENING. MY NAME IS MARK E LLIOTT. CAN , CAN YOU BE KIND ENOUGH TO DETAIL FOR US EACH ITEM OF WORK THAT HAS BEEN PERFORMED , WHICH TO YOUR UNDERSTANDING WAS NOT AUTHORIZED BY THE CITY OF WHITE PLAINS AS OF NOW .
SURE, THE DRIVEWA Y , THE, THE ROUND , UH, THE ROUND DRIVEWAY RIGHT HERE WAS NOT PART OF THE , UH, INITIALS , UH, APPROVAL .
IT WAS ONLY THIS DRI VEWAY AND THIS DRIVEWAY GOING RIGHT BACK , BUT THIS ONE I S NEW . THE LAYOUT HERE FOR A SWIMMIN G POOL THE PATIO AREA , STILL STA Y THE SA ME. IT 'S ACTUALLY SLIGH TLY SMALLER THAN IT W AS INITIAL .
THE CONSTRUCTION , CONSTRUCTION ALL . I.
[(223-25) 459 Ridgeway; R1-12.5 Zoning District – Minor Site Plan Amendment to a Site Plan Approval for a Single Family House. Environmentally Sensitive Site. ]
ENTATIVELY COMPLETED THAT 'S, YOU KNOW, IT W AS VERY APPROVE THE TREE R EMO VAL AND UH AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, ONE OF THEM OUT O F WHERE HE MEETS, YOU KNOW .PER HE J UST HAPPEN TO MOVE IT AND NOW THE SITUATI ON. WE HAVE TO THOSE WERE LARGE TREES . YEAH, YEAH . SO THAT 'S PART OF THE , THE OTHER PART OF THAT INITIALLY.
OTHERWISE I THOUGHT D RIVEWAY HERE IS SLIGHTLY ENLARGED. I T WAS ABOUT 9 FT IN WEEDS ABOUT ABOUT 10 . THAT WOULD BE 2 FT WIDER HERE TO THE BACK , BUT IT WAS EXISTING HERE .
UM , WE DID REMOVE ON THE UPDATED PLANS AND WE 'RE GOING TO WE DID R EMOVE THAT DRIVEWAY OR PARKING SPOT THAT YOU MENTIONED EARLIER TO T HE BACK HERE.ME NTIONED TO ME
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THAT IT 'S TOO MUCH P AVING AREA OF ANALYSIS SO.BUT WE 'RE GONNA, UH , UH SHOOT THAT AS WELL BUT OTH ER THAN THAT , EVERYTHING ELSE IS OF THE, THE RETAINING WALLS , THERE 'S SOME RETAINING WAL LS THAT HAVE BEEN BUILT HERE TRYING T O HOLD OFF THE PRIVACY RIGHTTHAT PERIOD .
WHAT ' S T HE PROPOSED PLANTING FOR THE REAR OF THE P ROPERTY ? WHERE ALL THE TALL TREES HAVE BEEN TAKEN OUT .
THIS IS ISSUED A W HOLE LOT OF UM GREEN GIANTS ON THIS E NTIRE AREA OF THE PROPERTY LIFE .
THAT 'S, THAT ' S GONNA SHARE , THAT 'S GOING TO SHIELD THE NEIGHBOR WHO 'S UNHAP PY WITH THIS. WHAT ABOUT IN THE B ACK ? TO THIS PORTION HER E, WE 'RE GOING TO PROPOSE MORE PLANS HERE, BUT WE HAV E TO UH, UH , VERY LARGE UH 40 FT TREES THAT ARE GOING T O, GOING TO THIS LOCATION RIGHT HERE , MIGHT ADD SOME MORE DISLOCATION WE 'RE STILL DECIDING ON THE PL ANTING SCHEDULE, B UT HE ADDED A LOT MORE FROM T HE PROPERTY AND UH WE HAV E THE JAPANESE MAPLE HERE A ND TWO OF THE LARGE TREES HERE ARE ABOUT 40 FT HIGH AS WELL . SO WE 'RE GOING TO ADD MORE PLANS BUT BY A QUICK COUNT , THE BACK PORTION OF THIS PROPERTY IS NORTH OF 30 LARGE TREES THAT ARE GONE .
AND WE 'RE PROPOSING TWO TO REPLACE THEM NO, WE HAVE CURRE NTLY WE HAVE ABOUT 7 NEW TREES OR 4 MORE AT THE F RONT AN D ACTUALLY IT 'S MORE , IT 'S MORE I ' LL GIVE AN EXACT COUNT O N THE NEW PLANTING SCHEDUL E.
I LIKE , I 'D ALSO LIKE A N ACCOUNT OF WHAT CAME DOWN .
BECAUSE T HEY MAY H AVE TO BE REPLACED. O K, SOUNDS GOOD . UH .
GO AHEAD , SERENA, COMMENT, UM, SO WE PROVED THIS IN 2023 .
THEY RECEIVED A BUILDING P ERMIT FOR SOME CONSTRUCT ION . ON WHAT WE APPROVED. P RESUMABLY YES. WHAT I 'M INTERESTED, I WOULD LIKE T O SEE A COPY OF THE RESOLUTION THAT WE ISSUED U PON OU R APPROVAL BECAUSE DOESN 'T THE RESOLUTION DETAIL WHAT CAN BE DONE AND WHAT CAN 'T BE DONE. SO THE COMMENT THAT THE OWN ER DID N OT KNOW , I 'D LIKE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE RESOLUTION AND SEE WHAT THE RESOLUTION SAID .
YEAH , UH, LET ' S, LET 'S GET ALL OF OUR COMMENTS I N AT THIS POINT . SO T HIS GENTLEMAN KNOWS WHAT HE 'S GONNA HAVE TO BRING TO US , LAUREN .
YE AH , I 'M KIND OF WITH JOHN ON THIS , UM, IT LOO KS LIKE A LOT .
A LOT HAS BEEN DONE THAT WE DIDN 'T NECESSARILY APP ROVE AND, UM , THERE 'S A LOT MISSING IN THIS PICTURE .
UM YE AH, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT SHE WOULD COME BACK WITH AS FAR AS THE PLAN GOING FORWARD . I ' M NOT READY TO I 'M NOT COMFORTABLE SCHEDULING A PUBLIC HEARING TONIGHT . I, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IS EXACTLY WH AT HAS HAPPENED , WHAT H AS COME DOW N FROM O UR ORIGINAL APPROVAL T HAT WAS UNAPPROVED AND HOW THE APPLICANT PROPOSES TO MAKE IT RIG HT BE CAUSE THIS WHOLE FOOTB ALL FIELD AREA IN THE BACK THAT 'S NOW CLEARED SHOULD NEVER HAV E BEEN CLEARED , AND SOMETHING IS GOING TO HAVE TO BE DONE BACK THERE BEC AUSE IT 'S CHANGED THE CHARACTE R OF THIS ENTIRE PIECE OF PROPERTY . UH SO ALL OF THAT SAID , IS THAT SOMETHING YOU CAN HAVE FOR A MEETING ON THE 24TH OF FEBRUARY .
HALFWAY DONE . WE JUST HAV E TO ADD MORE , UH, PLANT INGS AND PLEASE BE AS SPECIFIC AS POSSIBLE AND WE 'RE NOT TRYIN G TO GIVE YOU A HAR D TIME . WE 'RE HOLDING A, A BAD HAND RIGHT NOW , AND WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE THE BEST OF A BAD SITUATION. I AM NOT A BIG F AN OF APOLOGIZE FOR CUTTING THEM DOWN AND N OW, YOU KNOW, EVER YTHING STAYS THE WAY IT IS. IT, IT , IT CAN 'T HAPPEN THAT WAY WITH THE N UMBER OF MATURE TREES THAT HAVE COME DOWN H ERE.
I MEAN, AT THE VERY LEAST, A LOT OF THOSE A RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE REPLA CED. AND THA T 'S NOT GOING TO BE CHEAP .
BUT THAT ' S WHAT HAPPENS WHE N YOU JUMP THE GUN AND PROCE ED WITHOUT APPROVALS . UH ALL RIGHT , SO YOU 'RE CONFIDENT YOU CAN HAVE THIS FOR THE MEET ING IN FEBRUARY ? OK. S O I WILL WE 'LL HOLD THIS OVER UNTIL NE XT MONTH 'S MEETING AND I A PPRECIATE THE COOPERATION . TH ANK YOU.
AND AGAIN , THE COMMENT ABOUT THE RESOLUTIO N, I THINK IS REAL LY IMPORTANT.
ALL RIGHT . THE NEXT ITEM ON THIS EVENING 'S AGENDA .
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R15 RESIDENTIAL ONE FAMILY ZONI NG DISTRICT . IT ' S A SITE PLAN AME NDMENT FOR A HOUSE ADDITION ON AN EN VIRONMENTALLY SENSITI VE SITE AS A RESULT OF STEEP SLO PES , WHO IS REPRESENTING THIS ? ROBERT ROSS FROM MALEY GROUP, THE CONTRACTO R .AND WHAT C AN YOU TELL US ABOUT THIS ? SO , UM , I HAVE TO
[(244-25) New Singular Wireless (AT&T) – 101 Old Mamaroneck Road - Eligible Facilities Upgrade]
BE TRANSPARENT AND HONEST, U M, I WAS ASKED TO BE HERE , UH, THE ENGINEER AND THE ARCHITECT WERE NO T ABLE TO BE HERE TONIG HT, SO I OPTED TO COME HER E TO GIVE ANY KIND OF INFORMATION THAT I MIGHT BE ABLE TO TO HELP OUT WITH T HIS DECISION .UM , WE 'RE P ROPOSING A 135 SQUARE FOOT ADDITIO N ON THE BACK OF THI S HOUSE . UH, RIGHT NO W IT 'S A IT 'S A COVERED LIKE PAT IO BELOW THIS AREA.
WE 'RE PROPOSING TO JUST BRING IT OUT A LITTLE BIT PAST WHERE THE EXISTING HOUSE IS NOW . UM .
THROUGH THIS PROCESS GOING BACK AND FORTH WIT H THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT , UH, AFTER MONTHS OF BACK AND FORTH WITH THEM . THEY PRETTY MUCH DEEMED SAI D THAT THEY P IERRE FREUDEN DEEMED IT AS A SENSIBLE , U H, SENSITIVE SITE DUE TO THE SLOPES ON THE HOUSE , UM , SO T HAT 'S WHY WE 'RE HERE . UM I 'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUES TIONS THAT I MIGHT BE ABLE TO. I , I APOLOGI ZE BECAUSE I ' M NOT NORMALLY ONE THAT GOES T O THE. THAT 'S OK . I APPRECIATE THE TRANSPARENCY UH , I HAVE NO REAL PROBLEM WITH THIS EDITION , AND I WANT TO HEAR WHAT THE OTHER MEMBE RS HAVE TO SAY . THE ONE Q UESTION, AND AGAIN , THIS IS I LEAN IN ABSTENSIA SAYING , YOU K NOW, HOW WILL YOU GET THE WORK EQUIPMENT BACK TO T HIS PROPERTY . UH I MEAN, IS IT , IS IT GONNA OBLITERATE THE STEEP SLOPES AS YO U 'RE GOING BACK THERE ? NO, RIGHT NOW THERE ' S A RETAINING WALL ON THE RIGHT , A A POU RED CONCRETE RETAINING WALL ON THE RIGHT SIDE , UH, GOING DOWN TO WARDS THE BACK WHERE WE WOULD BE WORKING.
UM, WE KIND OF DEEMED IT A DIFFICULT PROPERT Y TO WOR K AT, UH, IF W E WERE ALLOWED TO , WE WOULD ESSENTIALLY , UH BRING IN SOME FILM MATERIAL , YO U KNOW , OR CLE AN DIRT , UH, IN ORDER FOR US TO BUI LD IT UP KIND OF LIKE A RAMP FOR US T O GET OUR A SMALL LITTLE EXCAVATOR . I MEAN, WE 'RE ONLY DIGGING YOU K NOW, I, I DON 'T HAVE T O IT 'S NOT A BIG D EAL. YEAH, IT 'S NOT A BIG DIG, BUT , UM, WE ALSO SAID THAT IF WE HAD TO, WE COULD PUT LABOR THERE AND DIG IT BY HAND IF THAT WAS GONNA BE AN ISSUE, UM , BECAUSE IT 'S NOT THAT BIG , WE WOULD BE HAP PY TO DO THAT TO ACCOMMODATE , YOU KNOW , THE C ITY OF WHITE P LAINS. UM , BU T OTHER THAN THAT, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO JUST ESSEN TIALLY BUILD A SMALL DIRT RAMP COMING UP TO THE ELEVATI ON OF THE RETAINING WALL O N THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE PROPERTY AND JUST GO RIGHT DOWN .
LET 'S ASK SOME OF THE MEMBERS.
I 'LL START FRO M THIS SID E, LAUREN .
OH , WELL , ACTUALLY , WHEN WOULD , YOU KNOW, SAY THIS WAS APPRO VED , WHEN WOULD Y OU START AND HOW LONG WOUL D IT TAKE ? UH ROUGHLY 2 MONTHS , GIVE OR TAKE , UM, WE WOULDN 'T START RIGHT NOW WITH THE CONDI TION THAT THE GROU ND IS OBVIOUSLY FORGET YESTERDAY 'S STORM , BUT, UM , WE 'D WAI T, YOU KNOW, T ILL SPRING EARLY SPRING, YOU KNOW , WHEN THE GROUND START S TO THAW .
THERE HAS BEE N SOME AND CIV IL ENGINEERS DOING SOME , UH, SOIL TESTING AND STUFF LIKE THAT . UH , THEY DID C OME BACK TO PROPOSE A CO LD TECH FOR THE STORM WATER RUNOFF FOR THE SMALL SECTION OF ROOF THAT WOULD BE EXTENDING OUT PAST THE BACK OF THE HOUSE .
UM . AGAIN, WE D ON 'T H AVE ANY FORMAL APPROVALS ON THE B UILDING SIDE , BUT WE WOU LDN 'T START TILL EARLY SPRING .
MARK, NO QUESTIONS UH , I SEE NO REA SON NOT TO SCHE DULE A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS. SO I NEED A MOTION TO SCHEDULE A PUB LIC HEARING FOR FEB RUARY 24TH .
ALL IN F AVOR? AND YOU 'LL HAVE THE ARCHITECT AND T HE I WAS GONNA SAY, IF YOU DON 'T MIND, COULD YOU JUST LET ME KNOW? I 'VE NEV ER HAD TO DO ONE OF T HOSE. I 'M NOT GOING TO BE THE ONE TO DO IT. JUST LET ME KNOW WHAT THE NEX T PROCESS IS ? YES, CONTACT JUSTIN AT THE BUILDING DEPAR TMENT OR EILEEN , WHO WILL BE BAC K AND SHE 'LL WALK YOU THROUGH THE PROCESS FOR A PUBLIC HEARING . YOU NEED TO SEND CERTIFIED MAIL NOTIFICATIONS TO SOME NUMBER O F FEET FROM THE PROPERTY TH EY WILL HAVE ALL THAT INFORMATION. I DON ' T KNOW THE EXAC T THE
[(201-26) 274 Hamilton Avenue – Special Permit Amendment to allow conversion of the two existing service bays into an expanded convenience store and the addition of gas pumps under a new canopy. ZBA referral. ]
EXACT NUMBE R OF FOOTAG E. OK. BUT, YOU KNOW, BUILDING DEPARTM ENT IS WONDERFU L AT HELPING Y OU THROUGH THAT . YEAH, NO, THEY 'VE BEEN, I ' M SORRY, THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT IS ONE THAT 'S BEEN GR EAT SO FAR . SO JUSTIN HOLMAN OR EILEEN MCLEAN ? OK . AND WHAT WAS THE DATE OF THE PUBLIC HEARIN G ? 24TH OF FEBRUARY 7 P.M. IN THIS CHAMB ER . OK .THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.
THE NEX T ITEM , UH, IS HINDU TEMPLE OF THE TRI-STATE 390 NORTH STREET . THIS IS A ONE-YEAR EXTENSION OF THE APPROVAL FOR A SITE PLAN AM ENDMENT TO ALLOW A S ECOND STOR Y ADDITION . THIS IS A REFERR AL FROM THE COMMON COUNCIL , UH , BILL KU HAS MAD E, MADE A REQUEST OF THE BOARD
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THAT HE , HE WAS NOT ABLE TO APPEAR TONIGHT AND WOULD WE CONSIDER THIS IN HIS ABSENCE , I SA W NO REASON NOT TO . IT 'S A SIMPLE , UH, EXT ENSION AND UNLESS ANYBODY, NOTHING HAS CHANGE D . HE 'S REPRESENTED THA T AN D UNLES S ANYBODY HAS ANY OBJECTION , UH , I THINK WE SHOULD G RANT IT . ANYONE ? NO OBJECTION . NO O BJECTIONS. OK . SO I NEED A MOTION TO DRAFT A LE TTER TO THE COMMON COUNCIL THAT W E HAVE NO OBJECTI ON TO THIS EXTENSION . I NEED A SECOND , ALL IN F AVOR? A YE. OK , IT 'S THAT ONE ALL RIGHT NOW WE ARE AT 454 RIDGEWAY .THIS IS, UM , BEING POSED AS A MI NOR SITE P LANNED AMENDMENTS TO A SITE PLAN A PPROVAL FOR A SINGLE-FAMILY HOU SE ON AN ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE SIT E . PLEASE . INTRODUCE YOURS ELF. GOOD EVENIN G. I ' M CHRIS JAROSAK REPRESENTING , UM, T HE GLOVER , UH, GLOVER F AMILY TRUST .
WE WE RE HERE ON 1118 , 25 , AND WE RECEIVED A , A, UM AN ADOPT ED, U H, RESOLUTION .
WITH CONDITIONS FROM D PW MOSTLY UM A LITTLE B IT EMBAR RASSED , UH , WE FOLLOWED OUR ENGINEER FOLLOWED THE , UM ELLIOTT SEOR 'S , UH PLAN SHOWING THE CALIPER OF THE TREES .
AND IT R EALLY DIDN ' T DEPICT THE CANOPY OF THE TREES . AND IF THE SITE IS D ECEIVING BECAUSE IT ' S AN OPEN LAWN AND IT 'S GOT I 'M LOOKI NG FOR A CANOPY OF TREES OF HEMLOCKS AND SPRUCES B ETWEEN THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AND THE CHURCH SCH OOL TO THE LEFT . AND UH CASES UM NURSERY SO OUT THERE STARTED LAYING OUT ATOR S TO GET OUR PARENTS HOUSE OF THE EVERGRE EN THAT.
WE DON 'T WANT THA T AS ANYBODY ELSE. THESE A RE US.
UM SO OUR SHIFT , THIS IS A VERY FLAT SITE RA NGE HOUSES ACTUALLY ARE BRA HOUSE THAT BETTER . BUT ORIGINALLY AS P ROPOSED, THE HOUSE WAS IN THE RED S POT. I DR EW IT DEFEND.
THAT LOCATIO N 15 FT TO THE WES T TO.
ROUGHLY SETBACK MOLDED0 THERE THEIR , THEIR SOUTH NOW , THAT MADE IT LESS IM PERVIOUS AREA FOR THE DRIVEWAY MY BARE FEET.
IT YOU KNOW OUR BUFFERWAY O VER HERE BY MOVING THE HOUSE THIS WAY AND THIS WAY WE ACTUALLY KEEP THE FALSE POINT O F THE HOUSE STILL 60 FEET OFF.
THAT 'S WELL ROTATED OR A BANK OR FULLNESS . SO THEY 'D ACTUALLY B E LESS OU R LESS OF THE DISTANCE OR.
THE SO PURPOSE AREAS OF POSITIVE BA CK A LITTLE F URTHER FROM THE TREE IS A POSITIVE OR AWAY FROM MY CONVERSION THE PLAY AROUND THE SCHOOL IS POSITIVE CLOSER TO HIS HORSE HOUSE WHAT IT IS AND WE GET TO SAVE THIS WO NDERFUL H APPY I SHOULD HAVE BROUGHT UP PICTURES OF HAS TO AND OV ER NOW JUST UM WE ARE UH RIGHT, UH , MATCHFIELD, UH IS COMP ARISON SHEET READY TO CHANGE THAT ON EVERY PAGE OF THE TECHN PAGES A ND THEN AND LIKE UH, W E NEED ANY FURTHER STAFF REVIEW OR WHAT HAVE YOU . WE 'LL UM DO WHAT WE H AVE TO DO THANK YOU . THAT SEEMS LIKE A REALLY GOOD SOLUTION DPW . DID I MENTION DPW REVIEWED THIS WITH EILEEN AND HA D NO PROBLEM WITH IT. I D ON 'T KNOW IF THEY WROTE A MEM O OR NOT
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. LET M E JUST HO LD THE BOARD OF MEMBERS HER E. I THINK IT 'S A GREAT SOLUTION, MA RK, IT SEEMS LIK E A VER Y PRUDENT SOLUTION. THANK YOU . IT IS WE.WE , WE HAD IT AND WE, THE RE 'S NO WAY WE WOULD START CUT TING THOSE TREES DOWN . THANK YOU , LA UREN. YEP, NO QUEST IONS. I THINK IT 'S KIND OF THE OPPOSITE OF THE OTHER ONE.
WE CAN , WE CONCUR WITH THE BUILDING DEPARTME NT, U H, THIS IS A MINOR SITE PLAN AMENDME NTS TO US FOR OB JECTION S HOULD WE SO WE DON 'T , WE DON 'T OBJECT, NO ONE OBJECTS , SO THIS IS THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT A PPROVAL FROM NOW ON . SO , UH THE PLANNING BOA RD DOES NOT OBJECT TO MOVING THE HOUSE . IT 'S A GREAT SOLUT ION. OK.
UM, DOES A LETTER HAVE TO GO FROM THAT 'S A GOOD Q UESTION. DO WE NEED TO DRAFT A LETTER HERE? YES .
I, I WOU LDN 'T SAY SO. I WOULD SAY THAT YOU SHOULD A SK FOR A MOTIO N FOR A N OBJECTION , AND IF T HERE ARE NON E THEN THA T WOULD JUST BE ON THE RECORD.
OK. SO, WE ' LL PUT THAT ON THE RECORD . UH UH , I NEED A MOTION THAT STATES WE HAVE NO OBJECTION W HATSOEVER . AND IF THERE IS NO WE DO NOT OBJECT OR WE I DON 'T KNOW HOW TO, I DON 'T KNOW HOW TO WORD THAT MOTION .
IS THERE A MOTION OBJECTING TO THIS ONE . OK, DOES ANYONE HAVE A MOTION OBJEC TING TO THIS MINOR REVISION . I DO NOT . OK ? SO THAT ' S ALL WE NEED. T HAT 'S ON THE RECORD . THANK YOU, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
THANK YOU, SIR. T HANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THAT ' S A NEW , THAT 'S A, THAT ' S A DIFFERENT ONE .
OK , WE GOT IT D ONE UH , NEXT ITEM THIS EVENING , NEW SINGULAR WIRELESS , WHICH I GUESS IS AT&T THIS IS 101 O LD MAMARONECK ROAD , AND THIS IS AN ELIGIBLE FOR FACILITIES UPGRADE .
DIRECT. HI THERE, GOOD EVENING . I ' M STEVE GRASSEL . I 'M FROM AEROSMITH DEVELOPMENT ON BEHALF OF AT&T .
UM , SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TONIGHT . UM , SO PRETTY STRAIGHTFORW ARD , UM, AT&T ' S HERE.
WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF APPLYING FOR UH AN UPGRADE . UM, THI S IS PART OF A NATIONWIDE , UH, INITIATIVE , ESSENTIALLY ALL ACROSS THE NATION, THE Y ARE SWAPPING OUT OLDER COM SCOPE , T ENNIS FOR NEWER ERICSSON MODELS , UM , TYPICALLY THEY 'RE LIKE F OR LIKE, SO WE TAKE DOWN 2 , WE REM OVE THEM AND ADD 2 MORE . UM, THI S ONE IS A LITTLE BIT UNIQUE IN THAT , UM , IN ONE OF THE SECTORS , UM, THE ALPHA SECTOR , I BEL IEVE.
WE ARE REMOVING ALL THREE COMSCOPE AND REPLACING THE M WITH ERICSSON , UM, AND THEN THE OT HER TWO, SO BETA AND G AMMA SECTORS , TO COMSCOPE ARE COMING DOWN AND THEN BEING REPLACED WITH THE ERICSSON , UM THE SIZE OF THE FACILITY IS NOT CHANGING . UM, IT 'S ESSENTIALLY LIKE FOR LIKE , U M, SO WE 'RE NOT ADDING TO THE FOOTPRINT , UM, IN FACT , IF YOU LOOK AT THE ANTEN NA SPECS, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE ERICSSON IT 'S ACTUALLY S MALLER, SO WE 'RE IN A WAY REDUCING THE SIZE . UM, Y OU CAN SEE, YES , SO THERE 36.3 BY 15.
8 BY 9.3 , UH, VERSUS THE THE COMSCOPE , WHICH IS LIKE 59 BY 19 BY 8 .
SO YEAH, SO THAT 'S, T HAT 'S ALL I HAVE UNLESS YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME .
ANY QUESTIONS A BOUT THIS NO QUE STIONS. NO QUESTIONS .
SO , UH , AND MIKE, IF YOU WANT T O DICTATE THE LANGUAGE , BUT THIS NEEDS TO BECOME UH RF COMPLIANT , WHICH , UH , AND IT NEE DS TO BE WINLOW TESTED BY DPW . THERE 'S A VERBIA GE THAT WE USE FOR THESE SO THAT BEFORE THE OR AS THESE UM THESE NEW UNITS COME BACK ONLINE, THEY 'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE R R F TESTED AGAIN AS THE CHAIRMAN SAI D, UH, AND THAT RE PORTS SUBMITTED TO T HE DEPARTME NT OF PUBLIC WORKS , YUP, AS WELL AS IF THERE ARE ANY SCREEN ING REQUIREMENT S , UH, THAT EXIST ED FOR THE EXISTING , UH, U NISOS SCREENING FORMS . COMPLIED WITH AS WELL AND I ASSUME THERE 'S SOME KIND OF AN ESCROW ACC OUNT IN P LACE FOR THIS .
UH, THEY ' RE ALMOST ALWAYS IS .
PAY FOR TESTING . CORRECT. YEAH, SO THAT WOULD , AGAIN. YEAH , YEAH, THI S IS MY , MY COL LEAGUE WILL HANDLE T HAT .
AL L RIGHT . UH , SO BAR NO OBJECTIONS. I NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS PROJE CT . SECOND2 , ALL IN FAVOR ? WITH THE CAVEATS THAT WHATEVER WAS IN THE ORIGINAL APP ROVAL A ND T
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HAT IT WOULD HAVE TO BE RETESTED BY DPWS FOR WIND LOADS AND RF COMPLIANCE . OK, JUST OUT O F CURIOSITY , UH, TIMELINE ON RESOLUTION THAT 'S MORE THE, UH, THAT 'S I 'M NOT TOO S URE THAT WOU LD BE EILEEN ' S PURVIEW WE CAN, WE 'LL ASK EILEEN. I 'M.YEAH, THESE WILL C OME OUT PRETTY QUICKLY USUALLY. YEAH, I, I 'VE HAD SOME EXPERIENCE IN THE P AST . IT 'S USUALLY QUICK TURNAROUNDS , Y OU KNOW, WITHIN A WEEK OR 2 3 WEEKS, SOMETHING L IKE THAT. YEAH , EI LEEN, EILEEN WIL L HAVE THAT AN SWER WHEN SHE 'S BACK. VERY GOOD . THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME . THANK YOU AND WHAT APPEARS TO BE THE LAST ITEMS ON THI S EVENING 'S AGEND A IS 274 HAMILTON AVENUE , WHICH WE ALL K NOW AS THE GULF STATION ON HAMILTON AND COTTAGE THIS IS A SPECI AL PERMANENT AMEN DMENT TO ALLOW CON VERSION OF THE TWO EXISTING SERVICE BAYS INTO AN EXPANDED CONVEN IENCE STORE . AND THE ADDITION OF GAS PUMPS ON THE RENEWED CANOP Y . THIS IS A ZBA REFERRAL .
AND UM SO T HIS IS OUR , UH ONE OF OUR SIDE PLANS FOR TRAFFIC .
WHICH I BELIEVE WAS REVIEWED BY THE T RAFFIC BECAUSE.
PLAY FROM HAMILTON AVENUE SITEAND EXITED UH, BUT IT SAYS THERE ' S A SIGN HERE THAT SAYS DO NOT ENTER .
I JUST WALK OVER TO THE MICROPHONE, PLEASE . U H, SO TELEVISION CAN HEAR Y OU.
SORRY ABOUT THAT . OK , SO IT SAYS DO NOT ENTER FROM COTTA GE PLACE .
SO WE 'RE T RYING TO FIX THA T BECAUSE THAT 'S KIND OF DISTURBING .
YOU WANT TO ALLOW ENTRY FRO M COTTAGE . WE DO NOT.
THAT 'S GOOD BECAUSE I , I KNOW THIS SITE WELL FOR MANY YEARS, MY O FFICE WAS 300 HAMILTON , RIGHT NEXT TO IT . AND IT WAS A TRAFFIC DISASTER UH AND THE , THE STATION H AD SOMETIMES THE BEST GAS PRICES IN WHITE PLAINS . THERE WERE QUEUES OF CARS UP HAMILTON AVENUE , WAITING TO GET GAS , BUT WITH THE TWO ENTRANCES OFF HAMILTON AND THE ONE EXIT ONTO COTTAGE , PEOPLE WERE COM ING IN OFF COTTAGE IT WAS A , IT WAS A TRAFF IC JAM ALMOST ALL THE TIM E SO , WE, WE DO NEED TO SEE IF WE CAN WORK THAT OUT . I 'M GLAD THAT YOU DON 'T WANT TO ENTER , ENTER FROM COTTAGE PLACE. THAT ' S A GOOD THING . ABSOLUTELY NOT .
I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU SORRY , GO AHEAD , PLEASE. I SAY , BUT WHEN Y OU EXIT COTTAGE PLACE RIGHT N OW YOU CAN GO RIGHT OR LEFT . IS THAT CORRECT ? RIGHT NOW, YES , YOU CAN 'T DO THAT .
AND WHAT WOULD , WHAT WOULD YOU PREF, WHAT IS YOUR PLAN IN TERM S OF PEO PLE LEAVING ONTO COTTAGE , CAN THEY L EAVE, AND IF YOU GET WHAT YOU WANT , CAN THEY LEAVE ON C OTTAGE AT ALL ? AND IF SO, C AN THEY GO BOTH RIGHT AND GO LEFT. AGAIN , WE 'RE TALKING ABOUT W HAT, WHAT YOU OR THE OWNER WOULD P REFER . WELL RIGHT NOW WE, WE HAVEN 'T WELL, I DON 'T KNOW . I MEAN , OK , UM , RIGHT NOW WE HAVEN 'T LIMI TED ACCESS .
IF THERE 'S A SUGGESTION THAT WE DO LIMIT ACCESS, THEN WE WILL .
AGAIN, I A M NOT IN ANY WAY , SHAPE, OR FORM , A TRAFFIC EX PERT, BUT I T HINK WE MIGHT DO WITH SOME K IND OF A TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLAN HERE . UH , I THINK IT WOU LD HELP THE BOARD UNDERSTAND EXACTLY HOW THIS IS GOING TO WORK . I MEAN, I DON 'T PERSONAL LY HAVE , I HAVE NO OBJECT ION TO YOU DOING WHAT Y OU WANT TO D O THERE . UH, I JUST WOULD , NOW IS OUR CHANCE TO MAKE THAT TRAFFIC NIGHTMARE BETTER , AND I THINK WE SHOULD TAKE T HAT CHANCE . YEAH , I THINK IT ' S REALLY , IT WOULD BE KIND OF AWKWARD TO EXIT T O THE L EFT ON COTTAGE .
JUST CONSIDERING HOW CLOSE WE ARE TO THE INTERSECTION . YOU KNO W, I, I, I MEA N UNLESS THER E 'S ABSOLUTEL Y NO TRAFFIC AROUND IT 'S NOT A SAFE THING TO DO ON THE C OTTAGE . I THINK WE SHOULD DO THAT. T HAT SEEMS LOGICAL BECAUSE AT LEAST IT, IT ' S NOT GONNA CAUSE THAT THAT BOTTLENECK ON COTTAGE , WHICH SPILLS INTO HAMILTON AVENUE , BECAUSE A LOT O F PEOPLE GET GAS AT THE E ND OF THE DAY . ON THE UH COMM ENTS FROM BOA RD MEMBERS . QUIC K QUESTION . SO RIGHT NOW THERE 'S A SIGN INDICATING THAT PEOPLE ARE NOT TO ENTER VIA CO TTAGE? IS THAT CORRECT ? I 'M NOT SURE A BOUT THAT AT A LL, BU T YOU SAID THERE W AS A SIGN
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. WHAT WAS THE PLAN ? NO, I, I DON 'T THINK , I DON ' T THINK THA T THAT EXISTS . WHAT IS THE SIGN YOU REFERENCED THE SIGN AND SAID SOM ETHING ABOUT IT BEING DISTURB ING. W HAT, WHAT SIGN WERE YOU REFERRING TO ? NOW, AS I SAY, I WAS SAYING IT 'S DISTURBING THE W AY THAT THE, THE TRAFFIC IS, IS BE HAVING RIGHT NOW COM ING IN FROM GOD. I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU COMING IN FROM COT TAGE PLACE AND AND C OMING IN FROM HAMILTON AVENUE AND , AND , AND CREATING UH A P ROBLEM WITH WITH TRAFFIC AND AND WE 'RE TRY ING TO PROPOSE SOMETHING THA T UH THA T YOU KNOW, E LIMINATES THA T AND , AND , AND HAS A A C LEAR UH PATH OF TRAVEL SO IT SOUNDS LIKE YOUR PREFER ENCE WOULD BE THEY WOULD OF COURSE BE THE TWO ENTRANCES AND EXITS ON HAMILTON . SO P RESUMABLY YOU ' D COME IN , IF YOU 'RE HEADING TOWARDS THE , SAY , THE TRAIN STATION . YOU 'RE HEADING W EST. YOU GO IN THE FIRS T ENTRANCE, DO YOUR THING AND THEN COME OUT ON HAMIL TON , OR PERHAPS COME OUT ON COTTAGE BUT ONLY MAKE A RIGHT .CORRECT JUST SOME UH , SO WE HAV E AN UNDERSTAND ING THAT S ECOND ENTRANCE ONTO HAMILTON OR TOWARDS COTTAGE PLACE, THAT 'S GONNA BE AN EXIT ONLY , RIGH T.
THAT WOULD SEEM TO MAKE SENSE THAT THE OTHER ISSUE WITH THE PROPERTY THAT I 'VE OBSERVED PERSONALLY IS PEOPLE LEFT GAS TA NK, RIGHT GAS TANK. THEY ' RE TRYING TO MAKE U-TUR NS IN THE SPACE . THEY SHOULD HAVE HOS ES LONG ENOUGH WHERE YOU DIDN 'T HAVE TO GO TO ONE SIDE OR THE OTHER , SO E VERY EVERY BAY IS USABLE, WHETHER YOU 'RE A LEFT OR A RIGHT . GAS TANK DRIVER , OR , AND I, I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT THI S. I HAVE SEEN IN OTHER PLACES , HOS ES COME FROM ABOVE AND THEY CAN GO TO AND THEY COME . YEAH, AND THE Y COME TO EITHER S IDE, BUT IF YOU COULD GET THE A CCESS TO THIS FROM THE FIRST EXIT ON HAMIL TON FIRST ENTR ANCE ON HAMILTON AVENUE , FURTHER FROM C OTTAGE A ND THE TRAFFIC ALL G OES THROUGH AND IT CAN GO TO EITHER THE BANKS ON EITHER SIDE , AND T HEN EXITS RIGHT ONTO COTTAGE . I T HINK YOU 'RE GON NA HAVE A MUCH BETTER FLOW OF TRAFFIC, B UT SOMEBODY TH AT HAS MORE EXPERTISE THAN I SHOULD SAY T HAT .
THAT 'S WHAT WE 'RE PROPOSI NG RIGHT HERE.
I MEAN, IF YOU COULD GET A TRAFFIC GUY TO BLES S THAT , THAT W OULD BE REALLY HELPFUL FOR US .
UH, MIKE, THIS IS A , A ZBA REFERRAL . SO DO WE HAVE TIME TO WAIT FOR A TRAFFIC , UH, A TRAFFIC PLAN , UM , I OR CAN WE GET, I MEAN , WE ONLY HAVE 30 DAYS TO , TO REALLY GIVE OUR RECOMMENDAT IONS SO THE NEXT M EETING THAT WE HAVE IS GONNA BE FAR BEY OND THAT DEADLINE .
SO WHAT I WOULD S UGGEST IF WE WANT THAT TO BE STUDIED , THEN THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE PLANNING BOARD I S T HAT BEFORE ANY APPROVAL IS GIVEN BY THE ZBA THAT THAT UM POTENTIAL UM TRAFFIC SITUATION , THE, THE , THE, THE PLAN THAT THEY ' RE GIVING . BE STUDIED BY THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER TO DETERMINE WHETHER THAT IS GOING TO ACTUALL Y ALLEVIAT E I THINK THESE GUYS ARE ON THE RIGHT TRA CK HERE WI TH THIS. I R EALLY DO.
SO WE CAN WRITE THA T WE DON 'T OBJECT TO THIS BUT WE 'RE GONNA RECOMMEND THE ZBA LOOK AT THE TRAFFIC STUDY FOR A BETTER FLOW OF TRAFFIC OUT OF THE S ITE, AND CERTAINLY IF , IF YOU CAN ACCESS THE CARS FROM BOTH SIDES .
THAT W ILL ALLEVIATE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF , OF BO TTLENECK IN THERE.
SERENA , AND WITH THE TWO E XTRA PUMP S, IF YOU HAVE THE SAME VOLUME OF P EOPLE, 2 EXT RA PUMPS FOR THEM TO GO, THEY 'LL GET OUT QUICKER. YEA H, AND, AND IF A FALL OF TRAFFIC I S GOING IN ONE DIRECTION , IT WOULD SEEM THAT IT WOULD WORK . SO WE 'LL WRITE A LETTER , UH , I PROPO SE THAT WE WRITE A LETTER TO ZBA WITH OUR THOUGHTS ABOUT THI S AND WHAT WE SUGGEST THAT THEY DO , BUT WE ARE BASICAL LY IN , WE HAVE NO OBJECTION TO T HIS REUSE OF THE PROPERTY . UH, I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD . AND I ALSO THI NK, AND I KNOW MORE ABOUT THIS THAN I SHOULD , UH , WI TH THE REPAIR BASE BEING REMOVED , YOU ' RE GONNA HAVE A LOT LESS CARS Q UEUED UP FOR REPAIRS ON THAT SITE , WHICH IS GOING TO NATURALLY OPEN I T UP, BECAUSE A LOT OF THE SITE GETS , TH EY STACK UP CARS FOR INSPECTIONS AND WHO 'S G ETTING THE FLAT FIXED , WHO 'S GETTI NG A TRANSMISSION WORK DONE, AND THEY CAN BE 8 OR 10 CARS STACKED ALONG THE SIDE WAITING TO GET INTO THE BAY S. THAT ALL GOES AWAY .
SO I, I THINK THAT 'S ALSO A POSITIVE . ALL RIG HT . SO, YES, PLEASE .
JUST TO MOVE THIS ALONG AND, AND SUCH LIKE THIS IF WE 'RE SHOWING YOU KNOW, C AUSE THERE 'S ONLY SO MUCH WE CAN DO WITH THIS TRAFFIC , YOU KNOW , UM, NO, Y OU DID THE BEST YOU CAN. AND, AND, AND IF WE 'RE, AND IF WE 'RE , YOU 'RE RES
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TRICTING IT TO, YOU KNOW .SKIN AND AND NO UH LEFT-HAND TURN OFF OF CONNOR STREET . AND C AN MAKE THE RIGHT OTHER . I MEAN, WE H AVE TO REALLY GO TO A TRAFFIC PROFESSIONAL TO SAY , THIS IS IT BEC AUSE THERE 'S REAL LY NO OTHER WAY BESIDES WHAT YOU HAVE TODAY.
TH AT 'S LARGELY UP TO , TO, TO THE ZBA . WE 'RE GOING TO SAY WHAT WE THINK AND W E THINK YOU 'RE ON THE RIGHT TRA CK . AND WE 'RE GONNA GIVE THIS A PO SITIVE GO .
THE CAVEAT THAT IT 'S ONLY A RIGHT-HAND TURN. YEA H. I TEND TO AGREE WITH YOU . I DON 'T KNOW THAT THERE 'S ANOTHER WA Y TO DO IT . UH , AND YOU MAY , MAY WANT TO LIMIT ACCES S INTO THE SITE FROM THE COTTAGE PLACE ENTRANCE . SO THEY 'RE, THEY 'RE ENTERING FROM ONE PLACE ONLY AND EXITING FROM ONE P LACE ONLY . NOW, YOU MAY WANT, MAYBE , MAYBE THE Y CAN EXIT O NTO HAMILTON .
BUT I DON 'T THINK YOU WANT ANYBODY COMING IN THERE , THEN THEY 'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GO AGAINST THE TRAFFIC TO COME UP. SO , YEAH, I THINK T HIS IS GOOD . I DON 'T , I , I DON 'T KNOW WHA T ZBA IS GOING TO DO , BUT WE 'LL, W E 'LL PUT ALL OF THIS IN WRITI NG FOR THE M. SO WHEN YOU 'RE , UH, YOU K NOW, SAYING, UM YOU GO TO TRAFFIC EXPERTS . YOU 'RE TALKING ABOUT IN-HOUSE . YOU 'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT THEM GO ING OUTSIDE , OR IS I T? RIGHT , WE 'RE TALKING ABOUT OUR TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT.
WE, WE COULD GET SOMEBODY HERE TO REVI EW IT, OK , JUST W ANTED TO CLARIFY THAT . I THINK WE 'RE NOT LOOKING TO SPEND YOUR MONEY FOR NO REASON. WE HAVE, I MEAN , I 'M SURE TOM CAN DO I T. YEAH , AND HE 'S BEEN DOING IT A LONG TIME , SO , UH , OK . SO I NEED A MOTIO N TO DRAFT A LET TER TO THE ZBA .
THAT WE HAVE NO OBJECTI ON TO THIS . TH ESE CHANGES TO THE PROPERTY AND IN THAT L ETTER, WE WILL DESCRIBE THE SUGGESTIO N THAT WE THINK SHOULD BE MADE TO THIS WITH THE WAY OF , UH , ENTRANCE AND EGRESS .
UH, FOR THE THOSE EXTENSION PUMPS , YEAH, THAT 'LL ALL GO ON THE LEFT. OK. SO, I NEE D, WE HAVE A M OTION, WE HAVE A SECOND 2ND , ALL IN FAVOR . WE 'LL GET THIS LETTE R DONE PROMPTLY .
THANKS . I THINK WE MEET WITH THEM ON THE 4TH .
OF FEBRU ARY, THE CBA PEOPLE . I 'M SOR RY. WE 'RE MEETING WITH THE CBA ON FEBRUARY 4TH . FEBRUARY 4TH , SO THAT 'S NEXT WEEK.
EILEEN WILL GET THAT LETTE R TO THEM AND YOU 'VE GOT THE, THE BULLET POINTS IN THIS . T HE LOWER HOSES . YEAH, I GOT THEM ALL . YOU 'RE WELCOME . LOWER HOSES , THE RIGHT TUR N ONLY ON THE COTTAGE .
PERHAPS ONLY ONE ENTRANCE FROM HAMILTON , A N EXIT ON TO HAMILTON AND AN EXIT ONT O COTTAGE . AND I T HINK THAT BASICA LLY TAKES CARE OF IT 'S A TIGHT SIDE . IT 'S THE BEST WE CAN DO .
IS IT ONE THING WHILE THEY 'RE STILL HERE IS FOR THE LETTER .
THAT THE, THE, THE SIGNAGE BE VERY CLEAR IN TERMS OF YOU CAN LEAVE AND ONLY MAK E A RIGHT , AND YOU 'RE NOT SUPPO SED ON COTTAGE AND YOU CAN ONLY COME , YOU CAN 'T C OME IN AT ALL ON COTT AGE . I WALKED T HAT STREET A LOT. EVERY TIME I CROSS THE ST REET FROM , LET 'S S AY RENAISSANCE TO THE OTH ER SIDE OF THE STREET . THERE ' S ALWAYS SOMEBODY C OMING IN FRO M COTTAGE . AND I ' M NOT SAYING THAT 'S YOU R FAULT BECAU SE IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE ' S A SIGN SAYING DON 'T DO THAT. BUT MAYBE THAT CAN BE A LITT LE CLEARER PEOPLE WILL STILL DO WHAT PEOPLE DO . YEAH, THERE ARE PEOPLE IT 'S GOING TO SAY NO ENTRANCE, PEOPLE ARE GOING TO GO IN , BUT I, I , I DON 'T KNOW HOW Y OU FIX THAT. I MEA N I DON 'T KNOW . IT 'S BEYOND MY EXPERTISE , BUT I DO SEE PEOPL E COMING IN FROM , ENTERING FROM COTTAGE ON A REGULAR BASIS . LIKE YOU, I 'M A MERE MORTAL . I SEE T HE I S EE THINGS T HE SAME WAY YOU DO , UM, AND I DEFINITELY AM GONNA MAKE A , A SIGN T HERE THAT SAYS RIGHT TURN ONLY WHEN YOU ENTER ON WHEN YOU EXIT ONTO COTTAGE PLACE , AND WE ALREADY HAVE THE DO NOT ENTER SIGN ON THE ON THE APPLICAT ION ON OUR OUR INSURANCE IS R EADY WA Y TO ENSURE THAT WE 'RE GONNA I ' M NOT SURE THAT YOU 'RE READY TO D O IT . YOU EVER, YOU EVE R SEE THE CAR RENTALS WHE N THEY HAVE THE S PIKES IF YOU GO THE WR ONG WAY ? YES, I 'M N OT GOING TO GO .
BUT I 'M NOT SURE WE 'RE SUGGESTING THAT . I KNEW YOU WERE GONNA OH MY G OSH, THAT WON 'T HAPPEN. IT 'D BE GOOD FOR TH E REPAIR BUSINESS BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO H AVE TO THEN YOU ' RE GOING TO PUT A REPAIR BUSINESS BACK . THAT 'S A JOKE . AND I 'LL MAKE IT CLEAR ER ON THE PL ANS THAT YOU CAN ONLY ENTER FROM HAMILTON AND EXI T HAM ILTON OR COTTAGE TO THE RIGHT . YEP. PERFECT . THANK YOU. AGREED. AND THEN WE 'LL , WE 'LL ALSO DO SOMETHING WITH THE HOS ES TO MAKE THEM LONGER . SO FIN D A BETTER WAY TO GET TO EITHER SIDE ON THE TANK , THE EXTENSION POLE W HEN THE POLYH IS LONGER HOSE AND IT 'S , IT 'S GOING TO ALLEVIATE A LOT , A LOT OF TRAFFIC INSIDE THE SITE . PEOPLE TRYING TO JOCKEY TO GET THEIR TANK NEXT TO
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THE BUMP. YEAH . GENTLEMEN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH . AP PRECIATE YOUR COOPERATION AND I NEED A MOTION TO CLOSE THE MEETIN G. ALL IN F AVOR ? OK .THAT 'S GREAT
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