GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. [00:00:03] WELCOME TO THE APRIL 21ST MEETING OF THE CITY OF WHITE [Call to Order] PLAINS PLANNING BOARD. AND MY APOLOGIES TO EVERYONE FOR THE DELAY OF THIS EVENING'S MEETING. THE PREVIOUS GUEST MISSED THE CHECKOUT TIME, SO WE HAD TO WAIT. UH, FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS THIS EVENING. I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE EVERYBODY THAT'S GOING TO PARTICIPATE. TO MY IMMEDIATE RIGHT, UH, BOARD MEMBERS, UH, LIZ MARANON, LAUREN MORRIS. AND AROUND THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROOM, TANYA NORRIS, SERENA RUSSELL, MARK ELLIOTT. TO MY LEFT, HERE IS JUSTIN HOLLEMAN FROM THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, OUR BOARD SECRETARY, EILEEN MCLEAN. AND IN THE CENTER, BEATRICE, CAPTAIN FROM THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT AND OUR LEGAL COUNSEL, MIKE KELLY FROM THE LAW DEPARTMENT. MY NAME IS JOHN IRIS. THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS THIS EVENING IS TO ANNOUNCE NEXT MONTH'S MEETING. YES. SORRY. THE NEXT MONTH'S MEETING IS GOING TO BE TUESDAY, MAY 19TH. HOPEFULLY AT 7 P.M. IN THIS CHAMBER. TUESDAY, MAY 19TH. UH, NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS. THE ADOPTION OF THE MINUTES FROM THE MARCH 17TH MEETING. [ADOPTION OF MARCH 17, 2026 MEETING MINUTES ] DO ANY OF THE MEMBERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS TO THE MINUTES AS THEY HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED TO US? WELL DONE. OKAY. BARRING ANY CHANGES, I NEED A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE MINUTES AS THEY HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED. SO MOVED. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. THE NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS. WE'VE BEEN ASKED TO SCHEDULE A PUBLIC HEARING FOR 1148 [(207-26) 1148 Mamaroneck Avenue; R1-12.5 Zoning District- Site Plan Amendment for an In-ground Swimming Pool.] MAMARONECK AVENUE. THIS IS A SITE PLAN AMENDMENT FOR AN IN-GROUND SWIMMING POOL ON AN ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE SITE. TO REFRESH EVERYONE'S MEMORY. WE APPROVED THIS A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, AND FOR SOME REASON THE APPROVAL EXPIRED, SO WE KIND OF HAVE TO START FROM THE BEGINNING. UH, I AM TOLD THAT THERE ARE NO CHANGES TO THAT, BUT WE STILL HAVE TO HOLD THE PUBLIC HEARING. IS THERE ANYONE HERE REPRESENTING 1148 MAMARONECK AVENUE? PLEASE STEP UP TO THE MICROPHONE AND EXPLAIN TO US WHAT HAPPENED. GOOD EVENING, MR. CHAIRMAN, AND MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING BOARD. MY NAME IS CHRISTOPHER MCCARTHY, AND THE PREVIOUS APPLICANT WASN'T ABLE TO GET THE BALL ACROSS THE LINE. ESSENTIALLY, HE HAD AN APPROVED RESOLUTION, BUT THERE WERE CONDITIONS IN THE RESOLUTION, AND THE APPLICANT DID NOT SATISFY THOSE CONDITIONS IN A TIMELY MANNER. THEREFORE, THE RESOLUTION EXPIRED. UH, WE HAVE TAKEN THE THAT RESOLUTION AS. AS IT WAS PASSED AND WE PRESENTED IT TO THE PLANNING BOARD WITHOUT ANY CHANGE WHATSOEVER IN THE INTEREST OF GETTING THE RESOLUTION RE APPROVED WITH THE EXISTING CONDITIONS AND THEN SATISFYING THOSE CONDITIONS IN A TIMELY MANNER. OKAY. CAN YOU TELL US JUST VERY BRIEFLY ABOUT THE PROJECT? WE HAVE A COUPLE OF MEMBERS HERE THAT WERE NOT ON THE BOARD AT THE TIME, AND THEY HAVE NOT SEEN THIS BEFORE. THIS IS THIS IS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF A SMALL 15 BY 30 SWIMMING POOL BEHIND THE HOUSE AT 1148 MAMARONECK AVENUE. IT'S A SIMPLE SITE. UM, NOTHING MORE TO ADD THAN THAT. OKAY. AND YOUR RELATIONSHIP TO THIS PROJECT? I AM REPRESENTING THE APPLICANT. I OWN POOLS OF PERFECTION ON MAIN STREET IN ARMONK, AND I WILL BE BUILDING THE POOL. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ANY MEMBERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS? OR WE CAN JUST CHARGE AHEAD AND SCHEDULE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE MAY MEETING. NO QUESTIONS. NEED A MOTION TO SCHEDULE A PUBLIC HEARING. SO MOVED. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I WOULD ALSO I WOULD ALSO JUST LIKE TO INTRODUCE MYSELF. MY NAME IS CHRIS CARTHY, AND I'M CHAIR OF THE PLANNING BOARD FOR THE TOWN OF NORTH CASTLE. I'M SORRY. SO I'M, I'M VERY HAPPY TO INTRODUCE, UH, TO MEET THE PLANNING BOARD FROM THE CITY OF WHITE PLAINS. OCCASIONALLY WE MAKE REFERENCE TO YOU FOLKS, SO IT'S NICE TO SEE YOU. SO SEE YOU ALL. THANK YOU. GOOD NIGHT. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. AND I'M. I'M ASSUMING YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH ALL THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING. THE NOTIFICATION IS GREAT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. EVERYBODY MUST KNOW HIM. ALL RIGHT. THE NEXT ITEM IS 510 NORTH BROADWAY. THIS IS THE SITE PLAN APPLICATION FOR A 12 UNIT [(203-26) 510 North Broadway – Site Plan Application for a 12-Unit Apartment Building; RM-1.5 (Residential Multi-Family) Zoning District.] APARTMENT BUILDING AND THE R 11.5 DISTRICTS. RESIDENTIAL. MULTIFAMILY. UH, PLEASE. GOOD EVENING. [00:05:01] FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS STEPHEN RAYBOULD. I'M WITH THE LAW FIRM OF MCCULLOUGH, GOLDBERGER AND STOUT. UH, SO THIS IS THE SAME APPLICATION THAT YOU SAW LAST MONTH ON SAINT PATRICK'S DAY TO DEMOLISH THE EXISTING VACANT OFFICE BUILDING AT 510 NORTH BROADWAY AND CONSTRUCT A NEW THREE STORY, 12 UNIT, UH, CONDOMINIUM, UH, MULTIFAMILY BUILDING. SO, UH, WE DID RECEIVE EXCUSE ME, WE DID RECEIVE A NUMBER OF STAFF AND DEPARTMENTAL MEMOS, NONE OF WHICH OBJECTED TO APPROVAL. UH, WE CONFIRMED THAT THE COLUMN WIDTHS WITHIN THE INTERIOR PARKING, UH, DID NOT RESULT IN ANY SUBSTANDARD SPACES. I HAVE GREG DEANGELIS FROM ENVIRO SPACE. UH, OUR ARCHITECT, IF YOU'D LIKE HIM TO WALK YOU THROUGH THE THE SPACE STRIPING AND WIDTHS. BUT ALL OUR STANDARD SPACES ARE LARGER. UM, OTHER THAN THAT, THERE'S THERE'S REALLY BEEN NO UPDATES TO THE PLANS. WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. I HAVE ONE QUESTION. COULD YOU MOVE THE MOUSE TO REDIRECT WHAT'S ON THE SCREEN? JUST MOVE THE MOUSE OVER THERE. I'VE REALIZED THAT. WELL, THERE WE GO. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANKS. OKAY. ANY MEMBERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? UH, YOU'VE ALL BEEN PROVIDED WITH A DRAFT RESOLUTION, WHICH IS 11 PAGES LONG AND INCLUDES MANY CONDITIONS. UH, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE HAD TIME TO REVIEW THEM. UH, STEVE, DO YOU HAVE. DO YOU OR YOUR CLIENT HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON THE CONDITIONS THAT YOU WANT TO ADDRESS? I REVIEWED WITH MY CLIENTS. THEY'RE COMFORTABLE WITH ALL OF THE CONDITIONS PROPOSED. WE HAVE NOT HAD THE OPPORTUNITY AS A BOARD TO REVIEW THEM AS OF YET, NOR HAS LEGAL. SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE PROBABLY SHOULD NOT VOTE ON THIS EVENING, ALTHOUGH I THINK WE'RE BASICALLY IN FAVOR OF THIS PROJECT. SO, UH, BEG THE INDULGENCE TILL MAY 19TH TO GIVE US A CHANCE TO REVIEW THEM AND HAVE ANY INTELLIGENT QUESTIONS, IF ANY. AT THAT POINT, UH, ANY MEMBERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS NOW, UH, FOR CLARIFICATION ON ANYTHING? NO. GO AHEAD PLEASE. A QUICK QUESTION, AS I READ THROUGH WITH DPW, RECOMMENDED CHANGING THE ADDRESS, POSSIBLY FROM NORTH BROADWAY TO BROOKDALE BROOK, BECAUSE OF WHERE THE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING WOULD BE. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU WILL BE LOOKING INTO OR JUST. WE'LL BE LOOKING INTO THAT? YEAH, CERTAINLY. IF THAT'S THE REQUIREMENT OF THE CITY BASED ON ORIENTATION OF THE BUILDING WILL ACCOMMODATE IT. I DON'T I DON'T FORESEE THAT BEING AN ISSUE. OKAY. AND I DID NOTICE THAT, UM, IN THE COUNTY'S, UM, EXTENSIVE COMMENTS THERE, THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT POTENTIALLY A CROSSWALK ACROSS ROUTE 22. I WAS WORRIED ABOUT THE REAL SAFETY OF THAT MEASURE. I WAS KIND OF SURPRISED THAT THEY. HAD THAT. WE WERE TO I TOOK A QUICK LOOK AT THE NEIGHBORHOOD, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANTED TO CROSS BROOKDALE, THERE'S A CROSSWALK IMMEDIATELY SOUTH AT THE END OF THE BLOCK. AND THEN AS YOU GO FORWARD, GO NORTH WHERE THERE'S THREE MORE CROSSWALKS AS YOU GET CLOSER TO THE MTA STATION. SO WE DON'T BELIEVE IT'S NECESSARY. AND WE AGREE THAT THERE MAY BE SAFETY ISSUES THERE. OKAY. ALSO, THAT CONDITION WAS NOT INCLUDED AS A CONDITION IN THE APPROVAL RESOLUTION, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT CAN BE ADDRESSED WITH THE CITY OF WHITE PLAINS TRAFFIC COMMISSION. THE ADVISABILITY OF DOING THAT BASED ON LOCAL KNOWLEDGE. OKAY. AND THEY'VE DECIDED. THEY HAVEN'T SEEN IT. BUT IF THEY'RE IF THERE IS AN INTEREST IN DOING THAT, WE I WOULD WANT THE TRAFFIC COMMISSION TO WEIGH IN ON IT. WOULD NEED PERMISSION, OF COURSE, FROM WESTCHESTER COUNTY. BUT WHETHER IT'S APPROPRIATE FOR THAT LOCATION IS YEAH. IT'S SUCH A BUSY SPOT. RIGHT, RIGHT, RIGHT. AND THEN MY OTHER QUESTION IS ABOUT THE DESIGN REVIEW BOARD. DID YOU VISIT WITH THEM? GET SOME COMMENTS. WE DID. WE HAD A MEETING WITH DRB PRIOR TO AND YOU MAY RECALL WE RECEIVED A MINOR HEIGHT VARIANCE FROM THE ZONING BOARD. SO WE MET WITH DRB PRIOR TO ZEBA. THEIR COMMENTS AT THAT TIME WERE GENERALLY POSITIVE. THEY STILL NEED TO SEE THE FINAL DESIGN DETAILS AND MATERIALS, WHICH I BELIEVE WAS THE SAME COMMENT THEY GAVE AHEAD OF THIS MEETING, BUT THEY HAD NO OBJECTION TO THE PLAN. GENERALLY SPEAKING. THEY HAVE NO OBJECTION TO APPROVAL, BUT THEY WANT TO PRIOR TO ISSUANCE OF A BUILDING PERMIT, THEY WANT TO SEE THE MATERIALS GO BACK TO THE DRB AND SHOW THEM THE CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS. OKAY. THANKS. SO WE'RE GOING TO FORWARD THIS TO MAY 19TH. AND IN WHICH POINT WE WILL BE VOTING ON. THE ENTIRE PROJECT. OKAY OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. HAVE A NICE NIGHT. ON IT. ALL RIGHT. THE NEXT ITEM THIS EVENING, 98 BROAD PARKWAY. [(206-26) 98 Broad Parkway; RM-0.35 (Residential Multi-Family) Zoning District – Site Plan Application for a Six Story, 27-Unit Residence with 44 Parking Spaces. ] IT'S A RESIDENTIAL MULTI-FAMILY ZONING DISTRICT. THIS IS A SITE PLAN APPLICATION FOR A SIX STORY, 27 UNIT [00:10:03] RESIDENCE WITH 44 PARKING SPACES. PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF. GOOD EVENING. FOR THE RECORD, COREY. SALAMONE FROM ZARA. AND IT'S TIME. IT'S HERE TONIGHT ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT. I'VE GOT A MEMBER OF THE APPLICANT WITH ME, AS WELL AS PAUL SISAK FROM JMC AND MAX PERINGUEY FROM BARANGAY ARCHITECTS. WE'RE LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO PLUG IN AN HDMI HERE. THE SIDE FACING ME, THERE'S A. PORT. BLACK SQUARE. UP. THE BOX THERE. UP ON THE WALL. THERE YOU GO. SO, AS YOU SAID, MISTER CHAIR, WE'RE HERE TONIGHT TO DISCUSS 98 BROAD PARKWAY. IT'S APPROXIMATELY 0.27 ACRES IN THE 35 ZONE. IT'S CURRENTLY IMPROVED WITH A 43 SPACE ON GRADE PARKING LOT, AND WE PROPOSE TO DEVELOP IT WITH A 100% ZONING COMPLIANT BUILDING. SIX STORIES, 27 UNITS, FIVE ONE BEDROOMS, 21 TWOS AND ONE THREE BEDROOM AND 44 PARKING SPACES. SO I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO MAX TO KIND OF WALK YOU THROUGH THE BUILDING, AND THEN WE'LL CIRCLE BACK WITH ANY QUESTIONS FOR YOU. UH. GOOD EVENING, PLANNING BOARD MEMBERS. CHAIRMAN. LORIS, GOOD EVENING, MAX PERINGUEY FROM MAX PLANCK ARCHITECTS. UM, I'M GOING TO DESCRIBE BRIEFLY THE BUILDING, UH, THE FOOTPRINT. WE ARE AT THE INTERSECTION OF WINDSOR TERRACE AND BROAD BROAD PARKWAY. UM, THE FOOTPRINT OF THE BUILDING IS 5571FT. WE HAVE TWO BELOW GRADE LEVELS OF PARKING AND SIX LEVELS ABOVE GROUND IS A RESIDENTIAL APARTMENT BUILDING, UM, ON THE GROUND FLOOR. I'LL START WITH THE, UM, SQUARE FOOTAGE IS THE CELLAR LEVELS. UH, THERE IS 10,655FT. THE BASEMENT LEVEL IMMEDIATELY ABOVE IT IS 9545FT. OUR FIRST FLOOR, UH, WHERE WE HAVE, UM, TWO APARTMENTS, ONE THREE BEDROOM AND ONE TWO BEDROOM, UH, PLUS A COMMUNITY ROOM AND SOME MANAGEMENT OFFICES AND SOME UTILITY SPACE AND MECHANICAL ROOMS. THE FLOORS 2 TO 6 ARE OUR TYPICAL FLOORS. ON EACH FLOOR, WE HAVE, UM, TWO BEDROOM APARTMENTS FOR TWO BEDROOM APARTMENTS AND ONE AND TWO ONE BEDROOM APARTMENTS. THE TOTAL. THE TOTAL UNITS ARE FIVE ONE BEDROOM, ONE BEDROOMS, 212 BEDROOMS AND ONE THREE BEDROOMS. WE HAVE PROVIDED A ON SITE PARKING FOR THIS PROJECT. UH, WE WERE REQUIRED, ACCORDING TO THE PARKING COUNTS, TO PROVIDE, UM, A TOTAL OF 40 SPACES. WE HAVE FOUR ADDITIONAL SPACES ON THE PROPERTY. WE ARE PROVIDING A TOTAL OF 44 SPACES. UM, A BRIEFLY, WE HAVE A ROOFTOP, UH, WITH SOME AMENITIES AND, UM, SEATING SPACE FOR THE FOR THE, UH, BUILDING CONDOMINIUM, UH, BARBECUE AND SOME MECHANICAL SPACE. PLUS, OUR GENERATOR IS ON THE ROOFTOP. UM, THE EXTERIOR IS, UH, A LOT OF GLAZING, LIKE, MOST OF THESE, UH, MORE MODERN BUILDINGS ARE NOWADAYS. UH, WE DO HAVE A CEMENT PANELING FROM EQUITUM, AND, UM, WE ARE TRYING TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF GREEN SPACE ON THE ROOFTOP. UH, WE DO HAVE TWO ENTRANCES. ONE FROM, UH, TO THE PARKING SPOTS, ONE FROM THE UPPER LEVEL, UH, AND ONE FROM THE LOWER LEVEL FROM WINDSOR TERRACE, WHICH, AH, MY COLLEAGUE AT GMC WILL EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT BETTER ABOUT THE SITE. THE SITE SITUATION. UM, SOME GREEN SPACE ON THE ROOFTOP AND, UM. UM, OTHER THAN THAT, I THINK, UM, WE PRETTY MUCH, UM, EXPLAIN THE SQUARE FOOTAGE AND THE NUMBER OF UNITS. ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ARCHITECTURE? WE, UH, LET ME ELABORATE QUICKLY. UM, WE TRIED IN THE COLOR SCHEMES TO BE MINDFUL OF THE [00:15:01] NEIGHBORHOOD A LITTLE BIT. MOST OF THE BUILDINGS IN OUR AREA FROM THE 1930S, 1940S. BRICK, RED BRICK, MOSTLY. WE HAVE SOME AERIAL VIEWS THAT WE CAN SHOW YOU JUST TO SITUATE THE BUILDINGS WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. BUT, YOU KNOW, SOME OF OUR CALLERS CAME WAS MINDFUL OF OF OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD ITSELF. SO I'LL TURN OVER TO, IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ARCHITECTURAL CLUB TO ANSWER. OTHER THAN THAT, MY COLLEAGUE PAUL FROM TENNESSEE. I HAVE A QUESTION. WHY ONLY ONE THREE BEDROOM? WHY ONLY ONE THREE BEDROOM? UH, THAT'S WHAT WE ON THE GROUND LEVEL. THAT'S THE ONLY THING WE COULD ACTUALLY FIT IN TERMS OF, UH, THE SIZES AND THE SETBACKS WERE SORT OF LIMITING US, AND WE WE WE PUT ONE THREE BEDROOM, ONE, UH, TWO BEDROOM, AND THEN THE REST, UH, WE HAVE PARKING AT THAT LEVEL. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S VISIBLE. UH, WE CREATED PARKING AT THE UPPER LEVEL. SO WE HAVE A COMMUNITY ROOM. OUR COMMUNITY ROOM IS ACTUALLY QUITE INTERESTING. IT HAS NANO WALLS OPENING TO A LITTLE TERRACE FACING BROAD PARKWAY. AND THE LOBBY IS A TWO LEVEL LOBBY. I DIDN'T WANT TO GET INTO TOO MANY DETAILS WITH THE ARCHITECTURE. UM, THE LOBBY IS VERY INTERESTING. I CAN ELABORATE FURTHER IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN THE ARCHITECTURE. I LET PAUL DESCRIBE THE SITE FOR YOU AND THEN IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL ELABORATE MORE ON THE ARCHITECTURE. GOOD EVENING. CHAIRMAN. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, FOR THE RECORD, PAUL SISAK FROM GMC. JUST GOING TO ORIENT EVERYONE ON THE SCREEN NOW IS THE EXISTING CONDITIONS MAP. UH, THE PROPERTY HERE IS, UH, THIS SQUARE THAT I'M HIGHLIGHTING RIGHT NOW. IT IS ON THE CORNER OF BROAD PARKWAY, WHICH IS A ONE WAY STREET THAT GOES FROM LEFT TO RIGHT DOWN TO THE INTERSECTION OF WINDSOR TERRACE, WHICH IS ALSO A ONE WAY STREET THAT GOES ONE WAY TOP DOWN NORTH SOUTH. AND THE EXISTING PROPERTY IS TWO PAVED, TIERED PARKING LOTS WITH TWO CURB CUTS ON BROAD PARKWAY. AND THE PROPERTY SLOPES FROM THIS TOP LEFT CORNER DOWN TO THE INTERSECTION. GO TO THE SITE PLAN REAL QUICK. HERE'S THE SITE LAYOUT PLAN, WHICH SHOWS THE THE PROPOSED BUILDING. IT'S MOST OF THE PROPERTY. UM, THERE IS, UH, ONE CURB CUT THAT WE ARE ELIMINATING ON BROAD PARKWAY. THE CLOSEST ONE TO THE INTERSECTION, WHICH, UM, HELPS THAT SITUATION. IT'S LESS THAN IDEAL TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, A CURB CUT CLOSE TO AN INTERSECTION. SO AS PART OF THE PLAN MAX CAME UP WITH, WE WERE ABLE TO ELIMINATE THAT AND HAVE AN ON GRADE, UM, PARKING TO SOME, UH, GRADE THAT OR SOME PARKING THAT IS ON THE UPPER LEVEL, WE'LL CALL IT OF THAT. AND THAT THAT PARKS UNDER THIS OVERHANG OF THE BUILDING. AND THEN THERE'S A SEPARATE PROPOSED CURB CUT HERE, WHICH ACCESSES THE PARKING LOT, WHICH WILL GO DOWN BELOW GRADE TO ACCESS THE PARKING ON THAT SIDE OF THE BUILDING. UH, WE HAVE SOME IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE'RE HAVING ALONG THE THE RIGHT OF WAY HERE. UH, NEW CURBING, UH, SIDEWALK THAT WILL COME DOWN WINDSOR TERRACE, AS WELL AS A SERIES OF, UM, AREAS FOR LANDSCAPING THAT THAT WILL HAVE TO TO TRY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF SOME OF THE GREEN SPACE ON THE PROPERTY. SO THAT IS THE LAYOUT PLAN IN A NUTSHELL. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. ANY MEMBERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YOU DO HAVE OBVIOUSLY THE SIGNIFICANT GRADE THAT'S GOING ON THERE. SO UM, WILL YOU BE MAINTAINING THAT EXISTING UPPER GRADE OR WILL YOU BE DIGGING DOWN EXCAVATING FOR THE TWO LEVELS DOWN BELOW? HOW WILL THAT WORK? YEAH. SO WE'RE WE'RE WE'RE NOT CHANGING ANY OF THE GRADES OF THE STREETS. SO THE, THE, UM, THE CURB CUT THAT'S ON BROAD PARKWAY WILL COME IN AT GRADE AND WILL GO SLIGHTLY UP INTO THE, UM, THE GRADE FOR THE PARKING THAT'S ABOVE GROUND. AND THEN THE OTHER ONE IS WORKING WITH THE GRADE AT WINDSOR TERRACE AS WELL, AND IT WILL NOT INTERFERE WITH ANY PEDESTRIAN, YOU KNOW, ACTIVITY OR ACCESS IN THAT AREA AND WILL GO DOWN. AND I THINK THERE'S TWO LEVELS OF PARKING. YEAH, THERE'S ONE AT THE GRADE AND THEN IT GOES DOWN. SO WE TRIED TO WORK WITH THE EXISTING GRADE AS BEST AS WE COULD. [00:20:02] AND CAN I ASK ABOUT YOUR STORMWATER JUST BRIEFLY. YEAH. HOW THAT'S YOUR. YEAH, SURE. SO UM, SO WE DO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF AN INCREASE IN IMPERVIOUS AREA. AND GIVEN OUR TIGHT SPACE, WE. YEAH, WE WERE ABLE TO, UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A CLOSED SYSTEM, WHICH IS A PIPE SYSTEM. YOU WILL HAVE, UM, STORMWATER QUALITY THAT'S BEING TREATED BY HYDRODYNAMIC SEPARATOR. SO EVERYTHING THAT'S COMING FROM THE ROOF WILL GO INTO IT AND THE SOLIDS WILL COME OUT BEFORE IT GOES INTO A PIPE. AND THEN IT'LL GO OUT, UM, THROUGH A, AN OUT CONTROL STRUCTURE, WHICH WILL REDUCE THE PEAK RATE OF RUNOFF COMING OUT OF THE DEVELOPMENT? SURE. MR. CHAIRMAN, WHERE ARE WE PROCEDURALLY? WHAT IS THE NEXT STEP FOR THIS PROJECT PROCEDURALLY? THIS PLANS WILL. BE. REFERRED OUT TO STAFF FOR COMMENT. AND WE GET THOSE COMMENTS AND THE APPLICANT WILL GET THOSE COMMENTS. AND I WILL SAY THAT THEY'VE ALREADY FOR SUBMITTING MET WITH STAFF TO GO OVER THINGS LIKE ZONING, COMPLIANCE AND OTHER ASPECTS OF THE PROJECT. SO IT WON'T BE NEW FOR MOST STAFF, BUT THEY'LL PROVIDE WHATEVER COMMENTS THEY HAVE ON THE PROJECT. NOW THAT WE HAVE THE OFFICIAL SUBMITTAL, UH, IF WE HAVE ALL THE COMMENTS IN, UM, YOU GUYS, THERE'S NO PUBLIC HEARING REQUIRED. SO IT WILL BE JUST, UM, UNLESS THERE'S SOMETHING THAT CAUSES THE STAFF TO SAY THAT, OH, THIS NEEDS TO BE CHANGED, IN WHICH CASE THEY WOULD CHANGE THE PLANS AND REALIZE THEY CAN COME BACK NEXT MONTH. AND, UH, THEORETICALLY, YOU COULD VOTE ON IT. UM, BUT IT'S UP TO YOU GUYS. YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE COMFORTABLE WITH THE PROJECT. UNDERSTOOD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I HAVE A QUESTION. THIS IS THE CONDOMINIUM PROJECT. NO, THAT WAS THE LAST ONE. OR. YES. CONDOMINIUMS? IT IS CONDOMINIUM. OH, IT IS CONDOMINIUM. NOT RENTAL. NOT RENTAL. OKAY. SO CURRENTLY, IT'S A PARKING LOT. IS IT? I READ THAT THERE'S NO LEASES, SO, UM. BUT IS IT IN USE OR IS IT EMPTY RIGHT NOW? I MEAN, I DON'T THINK IT'S FULL EVERY DAY. YES. IT IS IN USE. YES IT IS. SO, UH. WHAT? SO WHO IS GOING TO BE DISPLACED, I GUESS IS THE. MY. QUESTION. QUESTION? WHO'S USING IT? YOU KNOW, DO THEY PAY FOR IT LIKE WEEKLY? YOU KNOW, MONTH TO MONTH TENANTS. THEY ARE PAYING FOR IT. OKAY. BECAUSE SURROUNDING PEOPLE FROM THE SURROUNDING BUILDINGS. BUT I MEAN, WE DID A WHOLE ANALYSIS THAT WE SUBMITTED TO THE CITY STAFF THAT DEMONSTRATES THAT IT WAS NEVER IN CONNECTION WITH ANY OF THE BUILDINGS, WAS NOT CONNECTED WITH ANY APPROVALS. SO THEY JUST HAVE TO FIND A PLACE IN THIS PLACE. YEAH. MR. CHAIRMAN. I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY WITH YOUR QUESTION, LIZ. UM, THE SITE IS EXCAVATED, ALTHOUGH THEY ENTER AT GRADE ON FROM BROAD PARKWAY. THERE'S PARKING BELOW THERE. THEY'RE BASICALLY DRIVING UP ONTO A PARKING DECK, SO THERE WILL BE A FAIR AMOUNT OF AREA. WILL LIKELY BE. YEAH, I GOT IT. OKAY, GOOD. AND I HAVE TO I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND. THEY'VE GOT THE PARKING LOT THAT SOMEBODY MUST BE PAYING TO USE, BUT THERE ARE NO LEASES. SO THERE'S NO CURRENT. JUST MONTH TO MONTH. THERE'S NO LONG TERM LEASE AGREEMENTS IN PLACE RIGHT NOW. OKAY. AND THOSE ARE WITH INDIVIDUAL PARKERS. THEY'RE NOT WITH ONE OF THE BUILDINGS. CORRECT. YEAH. YOU WERE MENTIONING ABOUT THE, UM, THE LIKE YOU WERE TRYING TO MAKE THE OLDER BUILDINGS IN THAT AREA. THIS IS VERY MODERN. MHM. UM, I'M JUST CURIOUS ABOUT, LIKE, THE DESIGN OF THAT KIND OF THING. I'M SORRY. IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING TO REALLY STAND OUT IN THAT AREA. THIS BUILDING. THE DESIGN OF THE BUILDING IS VERY, VERY MODERN. YES. YEAH. SO YOU WERE MENTIONING THAT YOU WANTED TO KIND OF, YOU KNOW, YOU WERE THINKING WHEN YOU WERE THINKING ABOUT THE DESIGN YOU WANTED IT TO BE. WE TRIED AS MUCH AS WE COULD WITH THE COLOR SCHEMES. AND WE WILL RUN IT BY THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD. OF COURSE. WE DID, UH, TALK. UM. WITH A PLAN CALLED PLANNING COMMISSIONER. UH, WE GOT POSITIVE FEEDBACK AND WE WILL RUN AND OF COURSE, THE MATERIALS AND EVERYTHING. YOU KNOW, THE COLORS ARE NOT, UH, YOU KNOW, 100%. YOU CAN ADJUST THEM. YOU KNOW, THE NEWER, MORE MODERN BUILDINGS, THEY THEY DO HAVE, UH, UM, NOT EXACTLY CURTAIN WALLS, BUT BUT MORE OF A FENESTRATION, UH, KIND OF THING. SO, UM. [00:25:01] THE THE MATERIAL ITSELF IS LIKE FIBER CEMENT PANELING, WHICH IS A RELATIVELY MODERN MATERIAL. WE WERE, YOU KNOW, MINDFUL OF THE DURABILITY AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THE ROOF IS A SIMPLE EPDM, AND WE ARE NOT HAVING A GREEN ROOF, BUT, UH, WE WILL HAVE A GREEN AREAS INTERSPERSED ON THE ROOF AND, AND MAYBE SOME, UM, YOU KNOW, FIRE PITS. TANYA, THIS WILL GO TO THE DESIGN REVIEW BOARD AS WELL. OKAY. OKAY. YEAH. I JUST HAVE TO SAY, YOU WERE THE ARCHITECT ON THE HOLLAND AVENUE TOWNHOUSES, WHICH RIGHT UP THE STREET FROM WHERE I AM. AND THEY CAME OUT GREAT. THEY WERE. VERY. POPULAR. ABSOLUTELY. THE CONTRACTOR, UM, WAS EXTREMELY DILIGENT. UH, GALAXY CONTRACTING FROM THE BRONX. THEY THEY THEY'RE MAJOR LANDLORDS. THAT'S WHY I DIDN'T EXPECT THIS PROJECT TO BECOME SO SUCCESSFUL. THEY PRE-SOLD ALL THE UNITS, AND I WOULD HAVE LOVED TO PUT THE ELEVATORS IN THEM. I JUST DIDN'T HAVE THE PHYSICAL SPACE. I WAS THINKING ABOUT MYSELF AND MY AGE AND MY FAMILY. BUT WE WERE ENABLED. WE DIDN'T. BUT. BUT NEVERTHELESS. THERE ARE THREE BEDROOM TOWNHOUSES. HAVE YOU BEEN INSIDE? NO, NO. THE INSIDE IS ALSO VERY, VERY. BEAUTIFUL. AND BEAUTIFUL. AND OUTSIDE TOO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I TAKE THAT AS A COMPLIMENT. THANK YOU. I THINK IT'S A GOOD JOB. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SO HOPEFULLY WE WILL SEE YOU ALL NEXT MONTH AND WE WILL GET AS SOON AS WE GET COMMENTS FROM THE CITY. UH, PRESUMABLY THAT WILL BE NEXT MONTH AND WE'LL GET THIS MOVING. I WILL FORWARD THEM TO YOU AS THEY COME IN. PERFECT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. APPRECIATE IT. GREAT EVENING. EVERYONE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS CONGREGATION COLUMN 252 [(100-26) Congregation Kol Ami – 252 Soundview Avenue; R1-30 (Residential Single Family) Zoning District – Preliminary Subdivision and Conservation Development to Create 10 single family lots. ] SOUNDVIEW AVENUE. THIS IS A PRELIMINARY SUBDIVISION AND CONSERVATION DEVELOPMENT TO CREATE TEN SINGLE FAMILY LOTS. GOOD EVENING, MR. CHAIRMAN. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS WILLIAM NOLAN, MY PARTNER AT THE FIRM OF CUDDY AND FADER. AND WITH ME TONIGHT ON BEHALF OF CONGREGATION CALLING ME ARE ANDREW LEVINSON AND STEPHEN RIEGER IN THE FRONT ROW OVER THERE AND FROM JAMES C PLANNING, ANTHONY BOUCHON AND DAVID LOMBARDI. UM, CONGREGATION CALL ON ME SUBMITTED THIS APPLICATION PURSUANT TO SECTION FIVE SEVEN OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE IN CONNECTION WITH SEEKING CONSERVATION DEVELOPMENT APPROVAL FOR AN APPROXIMATELY EIGHT AND A HALF ACRE PORTION OF THEIR SITE. UM, THEY IN TOTAL HAVE 20.8 ACRES ON THE SITE, AND THIS SYNAGOGUE IS REMAINING IN PLACE. THERE'S SOME OVERFLOW PARKING ON THE EIGHT AND A HALF ACRES THAT'S USED BASICALLY DURING THE HIGH HOLIDAYS WHEN, UM, SOME ADDITIONAL PARKING IS NEEDED. AND TO ACCOMMODATE THE REMOVAL OF THAT PARKING FROM THAT AREA, THEY'RE GOING TO, UH, WE'VE INCLUDED ON THE PLANS SHOWING WHERE THERE'S, UH, REPLACEMENT PARKING ON THE REMAINING PORTION OF THAT 20 PLUS ACRE SITE. WE SUBMITTED A FULL ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT FORM DETAILING THE IMPROVEMENTS, AND THAT'S THERE. THAT WAS MOVING. YEAH. YEAH. SO THIS IS LAND THAT THAT IS PARTIALLY WOODED AND IS PRETTY MUCH EXCESS PROPERTY. AND THE SYNAGOGUE IS LOOKING TO GET THE APPROVAL FOR TEN HOMES ON IT. UH, THE LOTS, IF IT WAS DEVELOPED FOR CONVENTIONAL SUBDIVISION, UM, WOULD ACTUALLY BE I THINK MORE HAVE MORE IMPACT ON THE NEIGHBORS THAN IF WE CAN DO A CONSERVATION DEVELOPMENT. UM, IN THE R 130 DISTRICT, THERE'S A LARGER FRONT YARD SETBACK THAT'S REQUIRED THAN UNDER WHAT WE'VE LAID OUT ON THIS DEVELOPMENT. AND ANTHONY WILL WALK YOU THROUGH THE DETAILS. BUT IF WE'RE ABLE TO GET CONSERVATION DEVELOP, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE PLANNING BOARD IS ABLE TO DO IS TO REDUCE SETBACKS. AND IN DOING SO, IT GIVES THE PROPERTY OWNERS OF THE NEW HOMES, LARGER BACKYARDS. AND IT MEANS THAT WE CAN GIVE THAT MUCH MORE DISTANCE THAN FROM THE HOUSES THAT ARE ALREADY EXISTING ON THE OTHER SIDE OF, OF THE PROPERTY. SO, UM, WE ALSO TOOK CARE TO BE SENSITIVE TO SCARSDALE AND [00:30:01] LEAVE THE WOODED BUFFER ON THE SLOPE THAT LEADS DOWN TO CUSHMAN. AND IN THAT AREA, WE AT THE TOP OF THE HILL, WE'VE PROPOSED SOME STORMWATER MANAGEMENT FOR THE CUL DE SAC THAT'S BEEN DESIGNED. AND THAT'S AS FAR AS I'M GOING TO GO IN DESCRIBING THE ENGINEERING, BECAUSE OTHERWISE I'M. GOING TO SAY IT IN A DIFFERENT WAY THAN, THAN ANTHONY WOULD SAY. AND YOU CAN SAY THAT. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS ANTHONY GUCCIONE. I'M A PRINCIPAL AT THE FIRM JMC. WE'RE THE PROJECT ENGINEERS, AND AT THE RISK OF BEING A LITTLE REDUNDANT, I'D LIKE TO TAKE YOU THROUGH THE PLAN TO SUBDIVIDE THE PROPERTY. WHAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE IS AN AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH OF THE OF THE SITE. THE CALL ME PROPERTY IS 20.8 ACRES. IT'S OUTLINED IN RED THERE. UM, THE, UH, THE CONGREGATION BUILDING AND ASSOCIATED PARKING OCCUPIES THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE SITE. YOU CAN SEE DAVE'S HAND IS OVER IT. THERE YOU CAN SEE THE PARKING LOT AND THE BUILDING. SOUNDVIEW AVENUE IS ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE PAGE. ON THE WESTERN PROPERTY LINE IS THE MUNICIPAL BORDER BETWEEN WHITE PLAINS AND SCARSDALE. AND THEN TO THE SOUTH IS THE FENWAY GOLF CLUB. UH, THE SITE LIES IN THE R1 38 ZONING DISTRICT. UH, THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE PROPERTY IS PROPOSED TO BE SUBDIVIDED TO ACCOMMODATE TEN RESIDENTIAL LOTS. AND YOU CAN SEE THE THE NORTHERN PORTION IS KIND OF UNDERUTILIZED. THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF OVERFLOW PARKING AREA, AS BILL HAD MENTIONED. AND THAT'S THE PORTION THAT WOULD BE, UH, SUBDIVIDED. I'D LIKE TO TAKE YOU NOW TO A MAP THAT SHOWS A SCHEMATIC SUBDIVISION. SAME. SAME VIEW. STILL THE 20 POINT ACRE SITE. THE GREEN HATCHED AREA SHOWS 12.3 ACRES TO BE RETAINED BY CONGREGATION COLONY. IT'S THE BOTTOM. AND THAT WOULD BE TO CONTINUE TO OPERATE THE CONGREGATION. THE BLUE HATCHED AREA SHOWS 8.5 ACRES, WHICH WOULD BE SUBDIVIDED INTO TEN RESIDENTIAL LOTS. A PROPOSED RIGHT OF WAY FOR THE ROAD, AND AN AREA OF PRESERVED GREEN SPACE ON THE LEFT. THAT'S 2.6 ACRES OF PRESERVED GREEN SPACE. SO NOW I'D LIKE TO TAKE YOU TO A BLOW UP PLAN THAT'S GOING TO SHOW THAT BLUE AREA AT THE TOP IN A LITTLE LARGER SCALE. THIS IS A CONVENTIONAL SUBDIVISION PLAN. THIS PLAN, THE PURPOSE OF THIS PLAN IS TO SHOW TEN ZONING COMPLIANT LOTS THAT CAN BE ACHIEVED ON THIS PIECE OF LAND. IT SHOWS TEN LOTS WOULD COMPLY WITH THE R1 30 ZONING. DISTRICT PROVIDES A MINIMUM OF 30,000FT PER LOT, AND IT MEETS ALL THE REQUIRED SETBACKS AND OTHER DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS. THIS PLAN HAS A THROUGH ROAD THAT CONNECTS TO A SOUND VIEW ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE SHEET, AND CUSHMAN ROAD ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE SHEET, WHICH HAPPENS TO BE IN THE VILLAGE OF SCARSDALE. SO THAT IS THE CONVENTIONAL THAT JUST BASICALLY PROVES OUT HOW WE CAN DO TEN CONVENTIONAL LOTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ZONING ON THE SITE. NOW, I'D LIKE TO TAKE YOU TO THE PROPOSED CONSERVATION SUBDIVISION PLAN, WHICH IS ACTUALLY WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING AND RESPECTFULLY REQUESTING APPROVAL FROM YOUR BOARD ON THIS IS THE CONSERVATION SUBDIVISION PLAN AND USES. THE PROPERTY USES A CONVENTIONAL SUB CONSERVATION SUBDIVISION HERE TO CREATE SOME ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS TO TEN RESIDENTIAL LOTS. A RIGHT OF WAY FOR THE PROPOSED ROADWAY, A CONSERVATION AREA. AS I SAID ON THE LEFT, YOU CAN SEE THAT THEY'RE 2.6 ACRES. UM, AND THAT WOULD REMAIN TREE COVERED AND PROVIDE A SPOT TO PUT STORMWATER MANAGEMENT, AS BILL HAD PREVIOUSLY SAID THE HOMES WOULD BE TWO STORIES AND APPROXIMATELY 3000 TO 5000FT IN SIZE. THE LOTS WOULD ROUGHLY BE A HALF AN ACRE EACH IN SIZE. AND THE CONSERVATION AREA, AS I MENTIONED, WOULD BE 2.6 ACRES BETWEEN THE SUBDIVISION AND THE VILLAGE OF SCARSDALE PROPERTY. THE LOTS WOULD BE NICELY LANDSCAPED. THERE'D BE BUFFER TREE PLANTINGS WOULD BE PROVIDED ALONG THE NORTHERN PROPERTY LINE ADJACENT TO THE EXISTING RESIDENCES, AS WELL AS TO THE SOUTH ADJACENT TO THE ME, TO PROVIDE BUFFERING ON THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH SIDES. UH, THERE ARE 36 ADDITIONAL SPACES, AS BILL HAD MENTIONED, PROPOSED TO OFFSET THE THE OVERFLOW PARKING THAT WAS IN THAT AREA. YOU COULD SEE THE DARKER GRAY SPACES AT THE PERIMETER OF THE EXISTING PARKING LOT. MUCH OF THAT AS EXISTING PAVEMENT. THEY'D FILL IN SOME SPOTS WHERE THERE'S NOT PAVEMENT, AND A LOT OF IT'S JUST RESTRICTING TO GAIN AN EXTRA 36 SPACES. THERE WILL BE A STORMWATER COLLECTION SYSTEM PROPOSED ON THE SUBDIVISION, ON THE ROAD AND AROUND THE HOUSES, WHICH WILL COLLECT STORMWATER AND BRING IT TO THE POST STORMWATER MANAGEMENT AREA AT THE BACK OF THE SITE. THIS SYSTEM WOULD ENSURE THAT THE RATE OF STORMWATER DISCHARGED FROM THE SITE IS NO GREATER AFTER DEVELOPMENT THAN IT IS UNDER EXISTING CONDITIONS. AFTER INFILTRATION AND DETENTION. OVERFLOW FROM THE POND WILL BE DIRECTED TO THE SOUTH TOWARDS THE GOLF COURSE, AND WE WOULD NOT DIRECTED ANYWHERE NEAR ANY OF THE RESIDENCES IN THE VILLAGE OF SCARSDALE. SUBDIVISION WILL BE SERVED BY MUNICIPAL SEWER, MUNICIPAL WATER, BOTH OF WHICH EXIST IN SOUNDVIEW AVENUE AND WOULD MAKE THE CONNECTIONS THERE. AND THAT REALLY SUMMARIZES THE PROPOSED SUBDIVISION. [00:35:01] WE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. ANY MEMBERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS SO FAR? YOU KNOW ME. I'VE GOT QUESTIONS. UM, I WANT TO JUST MAKE SURE. I'M SURE STAFF HAS ALREADY VETTED THE CONVENTIONAL SUBDIVISION LAYOUT THAT THAT DOES INDEED MEET THE THE THE THE STANDARDS. YES, YES. OKAY. UM, AND AS FAR AS US BEING ABLE TO VARY THE LOT OF A LOT AREA REQUIRED, AS WELL AS THE SETBACKS. THAT'S IN THE PLANNING BOARD'S PURVIEW. YES. TO DO OKAY. GOOD FOR IN. CONTEXT OF THE CONSERVATION. AND AND THE, UM, ENVIRONMENTAL FEATURE THAT WE'RE PRESERVING ARE THE IS THAT AREA TO THE REAR? YES. ADJACENT TO SCARSDALE. THE GREEN SPACE. CORRECT. THAT GREEN LEAVE THE MAJORITY OF THE WOODED AREA AS IT IS JUST REMOVING SOME AREA TO MAKE OUR STORMWATER BASIN. RIGHT. BUT I WILL SAY THAT THE THE SITE IS NOT CONSIDERED ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE. RIGHT. I NOTICED I DID READ THAT. YEAH. UM, AND I GUESS I WAS WONDERING, I MEAN, FENWAY GOLF COURSE IS QUITE A DISTANCE AWAY FROM, UM, THE CUL DE SAC. SO I'M JUST CURIOUS HOW HOW FAR YOU'VE GOT THE STORMWATER DETENTION BASIN AREA? YEAH. SO WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS A PIPE TO TO GO FROM THE POND DOWN ALONG WITHIN OUR PROPERTY AND THEN DISCHARGING DOWN TO THE SOUTH TOWARDS THE GOLF COURSE. WE DIDN'T WANT TO, ALTHOUGH THERE'S A STREAM IN THE BACK. UM, BY THOSE PROPERTIES, WE DIDN'T WANT TO DISCHARGE IT TOWARDS THOSE HOMES, SO WE BROUGHT IT DOWN. YOU CAN SEE THE SOME OF THE GREENS AND THE GOLF COURSE HERE ON THE BOTTOM LEFT. YES. AND THEN IT CONTINUES DOWN TO THE SOUTH. AND WE BRING THAT DISCHARGE POINT DOWN TOWARDS, TOWARDS A POND THAT'S RIGHT THERE ON THE GOLF COURSE, DISCHARGING IT ON OUR PROPERTY. RIGHT. BUT AS YOU HAD MENTIONED, IT WON'T INCREASE THE RUNOFF. FROM. WHAT IT IS NOW. OBVIOUSLY. ACCORDING TO THE LAW. RIGHT. WELL, IT WILL MEET THE DECK REQUIREMENTS FOR BOTH WATER QUALITY AND ATTENTION. AND WE'LL MAKE SURE THERE'S NO INCREASE IN THE RATE OF RUNOFF FOLLOWING THE CONSTRUCTION. YEAH. OKAY. WITH THE CONVENTIONAL PLAN, WOULD YOU NEED WOULD YOU NEED SOME APPROVALS OR PERMITS OR PERMISSION FROM SCARSDALE IF YOU, UH, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THE ROAD WOULD GO THERE, YOU WOULD. SO WITH THE, UH, CONSERVATION PLAN, YOU DON'T. IT'S CUT. OFF. IT ALL STAYS IN PLACE. CORRECT. THERE IS A ROAD. THAT RUNS THE CUSHION NOW THROUGH THE. SITE. RIGHT. THERE'S KIND OF A CHAIN OR SOMETHING ACROSS IT NOW, BUT THERE IS A ROAD THAT HAD BEEN THERE. A DRIVEWAY. OKAY. AND WE DIDN'T WE DIDN'T SEE THE REASON TO DO THAT, IN FACT. UH, TO US IT'S MUCH IT'S A MUCH NICER LAYOUT TO HAVE A CUL DE. SAC THAN IT IS TO HAVE. A CONFORMING, UH, CONVENTIONAL SUBDIVISION. WE CAN NOW KEEP THAT ROAD OPEN. GOING OUT TO COACHMAN IF YOU NEED THE CONVENTIONAL. NOW, IF WE DID CONVENTIONAL. YES. RIGHT. SO THAT'S ANOTHER REASON. UM. YEAH, THAT THE, UH, CONSERVATION IS MORE APPEALING. OKAY. YEAH. THE CONSERVATION, YOU KNOW, IT ELIMINATES THE NEED FOR THE THROUGH ROAD, WHICH IS LESS IMPERVIOUS SURFACE, MUCH BETTER LAYOUT, RETAINS THE WOODED BUFFER. IT PROVIDES FLEXIBILITY WITH THE PLACEMENT OF THE HOUSES. GIVES US LARGER REAR YARDS. WE LOOKED AT THE OTHER PLAN ADJACENT TO THE OTHER EXISTING HOUSES, BECAUSE THERE'S A MUCH LARGER FRONT BACK SETBACK IN THE AH, 130, AND THIS ALLOWS US TO MOVE THE HOUSES ROAD. I'M SORRY THE HOUSE IS DOWN A LITTLE BIT AND GET A MUCH MORE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE EXISTING RESIDENCES. IT ALSO AVOIDS PLACING TRAFFIC IN SCARSDALE. RIGHT. RAISING THAT ISSUE FOR ALSO STILL. 30,000FT EACH. LOT. THE LOTS ARE LESS. LOTS OR LESS. THE LOTS ARE 21 TO 24,000FT. THAT'S PART OF THE FLEXIBILITY WITH THE CONSERVATION SUBDIVISION. YEAH. I THINK IT'S WORTH NOTING. THE SIZE OF THE LOTS TO THE I GUESS THAT'S TO. THE SOUTH. THAT'S R1 12.5. SO THERE THERE ARE 12,500 MORE GENERALLY. SO THESE WILL BE LARGER THAN THAT. AND WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT THIS SITE AND WHAT TO DO, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS CAME UP WAS SO WHY DON'T WE ASK TO REZONE IT OR 1125 THAT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE PROPERTIES TO THE NORTH. YOU KNOW, THERE'S REALLY NO POINT TO DO THAT IF YOU CAN ACHIEVE A BALANCED SUBDIVISION IN THE R1 30 USING THE CONSERVATION DEVELOPMENT PROVISIONS. IT JUST DOESN'T SEEM TO MAKE SENSE. BUT SMALLER LOTS ADJACENT TO SMALLER LOTS. MAKES MORE SENSE THAN HAVING LARGER LOTS, PARTICULARLY FOR THE REAR YARD SETBACK THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT. AND OTHERWISE. WE TRIED TO KEEP A FAIRLY CONSISTENT FOOTPRINT SIZE FROM THE SURROUNDING HOMES. YOU CAN SEE THE NORTH SUBDIVISION. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? MR. CHAIRMAN, I HAVE A QUESTION I SEEM TO REMEMBER LAST YEAR AN APPLICATION FOR A LOT LINE ADJUSTMENT ON THIS PROPERTY. I COULD BE WRONG, BUT THAT SEEMS TO BE WHAT I REMEMBERED. TO MOVE THAT LINE SO THAT IT WOULDN'T CREATE ANOTHER [00:40:01] SUBDIVIDED LOT. WE MAKE THAT REQUEST. OKAY, I COULD BE THINKING ABOUT SOMETHING ELSE, BUT. SOMETHING FOR YOUNG ISRAEL WHERE THERE IS AN ISSUE BUT NOT INTERESTING. I THOUGHT I REMEMBERED LOOKING AT THIS MAP. THAT'S WHY I WAS. IF SO, I HAVE NOT BEEN INVOLVED WITH IT AND I'M NOT AWARE OF IT. OKAY. SO SO BUT THERE IS SO THAT YOU KNOW, IF YOU CAN GO BACK TO THE, THE CROSSHATCH VERSION. ONE MORE. SMOOTHER ONE. GO AHEAD. ONE MORE. THERE WE GO. SO THE GREEN, UM, PARALLELOGRAM OR WHATEVER THAT IS. TRAPEZOID. IT'S THERE WHERE THE DOT IS. THAT IS PART OF A LOT. THERE'S TWO LOTS, TWO, THREE, THREE LOTS THAT WE HAVE. SO THERE WOULD BE ULTIMATELY IN THIS A REALLOCATION OF LOTS. RIGHT. RIGHT. SO RIGHT. SO THAT'S MY QUESTION. HE'S NOT ASKED FOR THAT BEFORE. JUST BUT I THINK THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE A PART OF THIS BECAUSE WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT THE LOT LINES ARE FOR ME. AND THEN ALSO THAT LANDLOCKED ONE, THE SMALLER GREEN HATCHED AREA TO THE LEFT. THAT WILL MERGE IN WITH THE OTHERS. THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO SEE THAT THAT BECAUSE LIKE IT'S PART OF THIS BECAUSE RIGHT NOW IT'S LANDLOCKED. SO I WANT TO GET. OUR. PLOT LINE. STRAIGHT TO MAKE IT TWO LOTS ESSENTIALLY, ALTHOUGH GOOD. AND THEN TO HAVE THE HOMEOWNER'S ASSOCIATION, UM, BE IN CHARGE OF THE COMMON AREA. OKAY. AND, YOU KNOW, THE ROADWAY, UH, PORTION. AND, UH, BUT OTHERWISE, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO IS TO CREATE TWO SEPARATE LOTS, AND WE CAN SHOW THAT ON A PLAN TO SUBMIT TO YOU. IT'S OKAY. THANK YOU. SO THAT THE COLONY LOTS WOULD ALL BE ONE LOT. CORRECT. THAT'S THE INTENTION? YES. NO. I THINK YOU'RE SHOWING SEPARATE LOTS FOR THE HOUSES. CORRECT. BUT. BUT THE GREEN THE COLONY WOULD BE COMBINING. THE COLONY WOULD ALL BE. ONE, NOT. THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO. RIGHT. AND THEN. AND THEN WE'D HAVE TEN, ACTUALLY. 11 LOTS. RIGHT. RIGHT. ACTUALLY 12 AND A ROAD. YES. NOW, NOW WE'RE GETTING THERE. IT'S 12 LOTS BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT THE TEN FOR THE HOUSES, ONE FOR THE CONSERVATION AREA AND ONE FOR COLUMN. SO IT'S 12 LOTS ALTOGETHER. 13 FOR THE ROAD. 13. OKAY. THE ROAD AND THE O. THE 13 FOR THE ROAD. OKAY. IS WHO ACTUALLY THEN OWNS THE LAND THAT YOU'RE BUILDING THE HOUSES ON. WELL, COLUMBIA OWNS ALL OF IT. AND UNLESS AND UNTIL ITS CONGREGATION VOTES TO SELL IT. OKAY. COLONIALISM. UM, I THINK ULTIMATELY IT'S A CONGREGATION TO DECIDE WHETHER TO SELL IT OR NOT, BUT IT'S AN ASSET OF A CONGREGATION THAT THIS MAKES SENSE TO GET APPROVED SO THAT THEY CAN MONETIZE IT IF THEY CHOOSE TO. AND UM, AND THEN WHO DEVELOPS IT IS JUST THAT'S A SEPARATE QUESTION OF WHETHER ONE DEVELOPER DEVELOPS IT, THE CONGREGATION DEVELOPS IT, OR EVEN LOTS OF SOLD OUT. BUT WHATEVER IT IS, IT'S ALL GOING TO BE DEVELOPED AS WE PROPOSE AND AS YOU IMPOSE CONDITIONS. SO FOR THE BOARD'S INFORMATION, THIS IS BEING REFERRED OUT TO STAFF, UM, FOR PRELIMINARY BECAUSE THIS IS A SUBDIVISION WITH A NEW ROW. THIS IS A PRELIMINARY SUBDIVISION APPLICATION. IT'S BEING REFERRED OUT TO STAFF. AND IF THEY COME BACK WITH ANY COMMENTS THAT NECESSITATE CHANGES TO THE PLAN, THEN THOSE CHANGES WILL BE MADE. AND THEN ONCE WE HAVE THAT, WE'LL GO TO A PUBLIC HEARING. RIGHT NOW IT'S A LITTLE PREMATURE UNTIL WE GET STAFF COMMENTS ON IT. AND STAFF MAY SAY IT'S FINE, BUT I THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GET THOSE THE LOT LINES, YOU KNOW, WORKED OUT. UM, YEAH. SO AFTER WE'VE GOT AN APPROVAL PRELIMINARY SUBDIVISION, WE'LL GO TO A PUBLIC HEARING AND THEN A FINAL SUBDIVISION WITH ANY CONDITIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. THANK YOU. SO JUST A QUESTION FOR THAT BECAUSE THE RE STRIPING AND SOME ADDITIONAL PAVEMENT ARGUABLY COULD BE A SITE PLAN COMPONENT. BUT IT'S IT'S MODEST CHANGES ON THE CONGREGATION OF THE SYNAGOGUES PART BY ITSELF. DO YOU WANT TO SEE AS THE MERGER PLAN AS SEPARATE FOR THE CONGREGATION AND SEPARATE AND THEN PULLED OUT FOR. I THINK THAT'S A SEPARATE SITE PLAN APPLICATION. WHAT THE CHANGES TO THE CONGREGATION PROPERTY. BUT THE SUBDIVISION AND THE. WILL HIGHLIGHT IT FOR YOU. THERE'S IT'S DE MINIMIS I MEAN THERE'S MOSTLY PAVED AREA THAT'S BEING RECYCLED WHICH. IS PLANNING BOARD WOULDN'T BE THE APPROVAL AGENCY FOR THAT THOUGH. SO LET ME CHECK. I HAVE TO FIND OUT. OKAY. ONE MORE. I'M SORRY YOU HAD TALKED ABOUT THE OVERFLOW PARKING. NOW WOULD BE AN ADDITIONAL 36 SPACES. CORRECT. YOU'RE PROBABLY NOT GOING TO YOU'RE PROBABLY GOING TO LOSE SOME. IT LOOKS LOOKS TO ME FROM. NO THE WE WOULDN'T LOSE ANY IN THE PARKING LOT. WE'D ONLY LOSE KIND OF UNSURE BUT JUST KIND OF A FREE FOR ALL. [00:45:02] A LITTLE BIT OF PARKING UP IN THE NORTH BACK THERE. IT'S FAIRLY LARGE. YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. BUT THEN THE PERIMETER DOESN'T LOSE SPACES. IT'S JUST IT'S KIND OF UNUSED OVERSIZED PAVEMENT. AND THEN THERE'S SOME SPOTS WE GOT TO FILL IN WITH A LITTLE PAVEMENT AND STRIPE IT. BUT THE AREA THAT IS OVERFLOW IS NOT USED SIGNIFICANTLY MORE THAN THE 36 THAT WE'RE PROVIDING. GOTCHA. SO IT'S NOT IT'S NOT LIKE, OH, THE WHOLE THING'S COVERED WITH CARS, RIGHT? SO, UM, WE THINK IT CAN BE ACCOMMODATED AND WE THINK IT CAN BE ACCOMMODATED WITH VALET PARKING IF NEED BE OR JUST STACKING IF WE NEED TO, BUT WE DON'T THINK BE NECESSARY. WE DON'T THINK THERE'S A NECESSARY NEED FOR IT. THEY'RE NOT WORRIED ABOUT A CRUNCH THEN FOR HIGH HOLY DAYS. OKAY. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY. MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. HAVE A GREAT NIGHT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE TONIGHT. AND BARRING ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, I NEED A MOTION TO CLOSE THE MEETING. I NEED A SECOND. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? OKAY. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.