[I. ROLL CALL]
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OF MAY 14TH, 2025.UM, MARY ELLEN, WOULD YOU TAKE ROLL CALL CHAIR PERSON? EVA ALLGOOD HERE.
BOARD MEMBER RICHARD BASS HERE.
BOARD MEMBER ANJALI CHEN HERE.
BOARD MEMBER DAVID GUNTON IS ABSENT.
BOARD MEMBER KATE STARR IS ABSENT.
VILLAGE ATTORNEY LINDA WHITEHEAD.
ALTERNATE BOARD MEMBER RICHARD MARTIN HERE.
THANK YOU FOR, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.
[II. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS APPROVING MINUTES, UM, FROM THE DECEMBER BOARD MEETING AND OUR APRIL BOARD MEETING.BUT, UM, WE JUST FIGURED OUT THAT, UM, WE DON'T HAVE SUFFICIENT PEOPLE TO APPROVE, APPROVE EITHER ONE.
WE NEED
SO WE'RE GONNA SKIP OVER THAT.
AND, UM, AS USUAL, I BELIEVE THE MINUTES GET POSTED TO THE WEBSITE AND PEOPLE CAN DRAFT.
SO THE DECEMBER ONES HAVE BEEN THERE MARKED DRAFT AND UH, APRIL WILL, WILL GO UP.
UM, ALRIGHT, SO, UM, ON OUR AGENDA WE HAVE FIVE OLD PUBLIC HEARINGS, BUT THEY'RE ALL DEFOR DEFERRED TO A FUTURE MEETING.
SO THEY'RE THERE SO PEOPLE KNOW THAT THEY'RE STILL UNDER REVIEW, BUT WE WILL NOT BE, UM, COVERING THEM AT THIS EVENING'S MEETING.
[IV. NEW PUBLIC HEARINGS]
SO WE HAVE FOUR NEW MATTERS FOR TONIGHT AND THE FIRST ONE IS THE EXTENSION OF SITE PLAN APPROVAL FOR THE APPLICATION OF WAR BURTON ONE LLC FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A 22 UNIT RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECT ON FOUR EXISTING LOTS LOCATED AT ONE BURG AVENUE.AND SAID PROPERTY IS IN THE MR DASH 1.5 ZONING DISTRICT AND IS KNOWN AS SBL 4.1 60 DASH 1 66 AND 1 67 DASH 1 3 4 AND SEVEN ON THE TOWN OF GREENBURG TAX MAPS.
AND I JUST WANNA SAY, UM, THE BOARD WILL RECALL THAT WE GRANTED, UM, AN AMENDED SITE PLAN APPROVAL FOR THIS MATTER ABOUT A YEAR AGO, UM, FOR THE REVISION REGARDING THE AFFORDABLE HOUSE HOUSING UNITS AND IN ADDITION OF UNION.
AND, UM, SITE PLAN APPROVAL IS VALID FOR ONE YEAR, WHICH IS WHY UM, THE APPLICANT HAS REQUESTED AN EXTENSION AND WE DID RECEIVE A LETTER FROM THE APPLICANT WITH A REQUEST.
UM, DOES THE APPLICANT WANT TO SPEAK TO THIS MATTER? UH, GOOD EVENING, MADAM CHAIRWOMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, THE VILLAGES PROFESSIONAL STAFF CONSULTANTS.
I AM, UH, MY NAME IS MARK BLANCHARD.
I'M THE ATTORNEY ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT.
WE REALLY HAVE NOTHING TO ADD OTHER THAN I'M GONNA GO PLAY LOTTO 'CAUSE I'VE NEVER HAD FIVE MATTERS ADJOURN, SO I COULD BE FIRST
SO I'M REALLY HAPPY ABOUT THAT, BUT WE'VE REALLY NOTHING TO ADD.
WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GRATEFUL TO HAVE THE EXTENSION.
WE BELIEVE WE'RE GONNA BE IN STARTING SOME DEMOLITION AND CONSTRUCTION WITH MR. OZZIE'S DEPARTMENT, SOME PERMIT REVIEW VERY SOON.
UM, SO WE'RE NOT, THERE'S, WE'RE EVERYTHING'S MOVING FORWARD, BUT WE OBVIOUSLY RAN OUT OF TIME AND WE NEED THE EXTENSION.
UM, DOES ANY, DO ANY BOARD MEMBERS HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE MATTER? NO.
AND WE'RE OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE, WE'RE EAGER TO SEE THE PROJECT MOVE FORWARD, SO, UM, SINCE WE DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, UM, AND THIS IS NOT SOMETHING WE NEED THE PUBLIC TO KNOW.
NO, IT'S NOT A PUBLIC HEARING.
UM, SO DO I HAVE A MOTION TO GRANT A ONE YEAR EXTENSION OF THE SITE PLAN APPROVAL FOR THIS MATTER? SO MOVED.
SO UNANIMOUS BY TWO LOT OF TICKETS.
SO, UM, NEXT WE HAVE ANOTHER EXTENSION REQUEST, UM, AND THE EXTENSION OF CONDITIONAL, IT'S FOR THE EXTENSION OF CONDITIONAL FINAL SUBDIVISION APPROVAL FOR THE APPLICATION OF GRAMLIN ELECTRIC OWL HOLDINGS.
LLC CONTRACT THE D FOR THE CREATION OF A MULTIMEDIA PRODUCTION STUDIO LOCATED AT ONE SOUTH BROADWAY.
SAID PROPERTY IS IN THE MPS O OVERLAY ZONING DISTRICT.
IT IS KNOWN AS SBL 4.1 30 DASH 1 39 DASH 1.1 LY ON THE TOWN OF GREENBURG TAX MAPS.
UM, LINDA, DID YOU WANT TO EXPLAIN ANYTHING ABOUT THIS BEFORE WE SURE.
SO JUST, UM, THE CONDITIONAL FINAL SUBDIVISION APPROVAL IS, IS GENERALLY
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GOOD FOR 180 DAYS.UM, AND YOU GRANT 90 DAY EXTENSIONS, YOU GRANTED TWO 90 DAY EXTENSIONS TOGETHER, UM, IN THE FALL.
YOU MAY RECALL THAT, UM, PREVIOUSLY YOUR CODE ONLY ALLOWED FOR TWO OF THOSE 90 DAY EXTENSIONS, BUT YOU MAY ALSO REMEMBER THAT A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO WE DISCUSSED A PROPOSED ZONING TEXT AMENDMENT, UM, THAT REVISED THAT TO TAKE AWAY THE LIMITATION ON THE 90 DAY EXTENSIONS TO BE CONSISTENT WITH WHAT NEW YORK STATE AMENDED IN THE NEW YORK STATE VILLAGE LAW.
SO ORIGINALLY THEY HAD REQUESTED A MINOR AMENDMENT TO THEIR SUBDIVISION APPROVAL, UM, BUT NOW THEY, THEY'VE SORT OF AMENDED IT NOW THAT WE CAN GRANT ADDITIONAL EXTENSIONS, UM, THE IDEAS INSTEAD AT THIS POINT TO, UM, GRANT AN ADDITIONAL EXTENSION.
AND IF THEY STILL NEED AN AMENDMENT, UH, THEY WILL COME BACK, UM, WITH THAT.
BUT AT THIS TIME THEY'RE ASKING US JUST TO, UM, GRANT AN ADDITIONAL 90 DAY EXTENSION.
THANK YOU FOR THAT EXPLANATION.
UM, DOES ALAN WANNA SAY ANYTHING?
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD STAFF MAX MILIAN ALAK WITH THE LAW FIRM OF CUTTING AND FITTER.
UM, EXCITED TO SEE THAT THE VILLAGE AMENDED ITS REGULATIONS TO PERMIT ADDITIONAL SUBDIVISION APPROVAL EXTENSIONS.
UH, CURRENTLY WE ARE BEFORE THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, UH, WE'RE GETTING ALL THE, UM, INFORMATION NEEDED FOR THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO SIGN OFF, UH, SO WE CAN GET THE PLAT SIGNED AND THEN FILED.
AS WE KNOW, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT TAKES A WHILE.
UM, TYPICALLY WHEN WE HAVE EXTENSIONS LIKE THIS, UH, WE REQUEST TWO 90 DAY EXTENSIONS CONSECUTIVELY AS WE DID WITH OUR FIRST EXTENSION REQUEST FILED WITH THIS BOARD.
JUST SO YOU GUYS DON'T HAVE TO KEEP SEEING ME AND WE CAN CLEAR UP YOUR AGENDAS.
UM, SO BECAUSE THE MARCH 18 DATE, IT WOULD BE THE START OF THE CLOCK, WE WOULD RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR A 180 DAY EXTENSION, WHICH WOULD BRING US BACK TO SEPTEMBER IF FOR SOME REASON THE PLAT WASN'T FILED BY THEN.
UM, BECAUSE IF WE DO A 90 DAY CLOCK, THEN I THINK I'M HERE NEXT MONTH, UH, FROM THAT MARCH DATE.
SO I WOULD ASK FOR A 180 DAY EXTENSION IF POSSIBLE.
I MEAN, YOU'VE DONE IT BEFORE.
YOU'RE BASICALLY GRANTING TWO 90 DAY EXTENSIONS AT THE SAME TIME? YEAH.
I DON'T KNOW THE BOARD MEMBERS HAVE.
I ACTUALLY, I'M JUST CURIOUS YOU, THE LAST TIME THIS WAS BEFORE THE BOARD WE TALKED, YOU TALKED ABOUT GETTING DOT APPROVAL FOR THE, FOR THE STREET RE STREET PLAN.
HAS THAT HAPPENED? SO THAT IS ALL BEING UNDERTAKEN AS PART OF CONDITIONS OF SITE PLAN APPROVAL.
SO WE CAN GET YOU A FULL UPDATE, UM, THAT WILL BE PROVIDED AS PART OF GETTING THE BUILDING PERMITS.
UH, IF FOR SOME REASON WE WOULD NEED A SITE PLAN APPROVAL EXTENSION, FOR EXAMPLE, YOUR LAST MATTER, UH, THAT YOU JUST CONSIDERED, THAT IS UP IN OCTOBER.
SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE ALL OUR SIGN OFFS BY THEN, BUT I'M SURE YOU'LL GET A FULL UPDATE FROM OUR TEAM IN OCTOBER IF WE, UM, ARE AT THAT STAGE.
SO WITH THAT, UM, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO GRANT TWO 90 DAY EXTENSIONS OF THE CONDITIONAL FINAL SUBDIVISION APPROVAL FOR THIS MATTER? SO MOVED.
SO THAT WAS UNANIMOUS AS WELL.
MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD STAFF.
SO, UM, THE NEXT ITEM WE HAVE IS A VIEW PRESERVATION ADVISORY APPLICATION.
UM, AND IT'S THE APPLICATION OF ADRIANA GUARDINI AND CRAIG YOUNGREN FOR A SECOND STORY EDITION ON THEIR SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING LOCATED AT 40 WASHINGTON AVENUE.
SAID, PROPERTY IS LOCATED IN THE MR DASH 1.5 ZONING DISTRICT AND IS KNOWN AS SBL FOUR POINT 70 DASH 53 DASH 10 ON THE TOWN OF GREENBURG TAX MAPS.
SO THIS APPLICATION IS BEFORE US FOR VIEW PRESERVATION RECOMMENDATION.
AND WOULD THE APPLICANT LIKE TO PRESENT THEIR, UM, INFORMATION ON VIEW PRESERVATION TO OUR BOARD? YES.
I'M THE ARCHITECT WORKING WITH, AND CRAIG, I'M TRYING TO CONNECT MY SCREEN TO YOURS.
IT'LL COME UP THE 12TH INSTEAD OF THE 19TH.
IT'S, IT'S THE 10TH INSTEAD OF THE NINTH.
12TH INSTEAD OF THE 19TH BECAUSE THE JUNETEENTH AH, OH, BUT THIS IS WRONG.
MAYBE MY, DO DO YOU HAVE ANOTHER I HAVE IT IN MY CALENDAR.
I HAVE TO BE EMOTIONAL ON THE,
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DOESN'T WANNA WORK.ALRIGHT, WELL THANK YOU THE BOARD FOR REVIEWING THIS APPLICATION.
SO, UM, UM, I'M PRESENTING HERE IS PRETTY MUCH WHAT WAS SUBMITTED.
THERE'S A LOCATION MAP WHERE THE PROPERTY IS, WHICH, UM, ALONG WASHINGTON AVENUE, CLOSER TO THE, UH, CLOSER TO THE CORNER WITH WHERE BURTON THE HOUSE IS PUSHED BACK.
YOU CAN'T REALLY APPRECIATE FROM THIS LOCATION MAP, BUT HERE YOU CAN SEE WHERE, HOW, HOW PUSHED BACK FROM THE OTHER HOUSE ALONG WASHINGTON.
THIS HOUSE IS, IS, UM, WAS BUILT IN PHASES.
UM, WE BELIEVE THAT THE ORIGINAL VOLUME OF THAT HAS THE HOUSE WAS, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THIS GABLE ROOF.
UH, THE, THE OLD FOUNDATION IS HERE.
AND THEN WITH TIME, YOU KNOW, A PORCH WAS ADDED, AN EXTENSION TO THE BACK WAS ADDED, THEN AN EXTENSION TO THE TOP OF THE, THE, THE, THE BACK WAS ADDED.
THEN ANOTHER EXTENSION, ANOTHER EXTENSION IS, UH, A LITTLE BIT FOR FRANKENSTEIN.
UM, SO WE ARE, WHERE WE'RE PROPOSING THIS APPLICATION IS TO COMPLETE THE SECOND FLOOR, TO MATCH THE FIRST FLOOR.
AND THAT'S WHAT THIS, UM, YELLOW DASH LINE IS, UH, MARKING IS WHAT WE ARE ADDING TO THE HOUSE.
UM, THIS PHOTO STU STUDY MAP IS SHOWING, UM, YOU KNOW, SOME, UM, POINTS OF INTEREST THAT WE PHOTOGRAPH AND DID A, UM, A PHOTOSHOP MOCKUP OF, UM, HOW THIS ADDITION WILL AFFECT, IF, IF WILL AFFECT THE VIEWS TO THE RIVER AND PARASITES.
UM, JUST THE SHOWING THE EXISTING SITE PLAN, UM, WASHINGTON IS TO YOUR RIGHT SIDE WHERE BURTON IS, UH, TO THE TOP OF THE PAGE.
SO YOU CAN SEE HOW FAR THE HOUSE IS FROM THE, FROM THE, UH, CURB.
AND AGAIN, YELLOW IS REALLY MARKING WHAT WE ARE ADDING TO THE FOOTPRINT.
THE BASEMENT IS A, IS A PARTIAL BASEMENT, UM, WITH VERY LOW CEILING HEIGHTS.
THERE'S A CRAWL SPACE TO THE BACK.
ON THE FIRST FLOOR, YOU HAVE THE PORCH, YOU COME INTO THE HOUSE, THERE'S A STA THAT LEADS YOU DOWN TO THE BASEMENT AND ANOTHER, UH, SET OF STAIRS THAT LEADS YOU UP TO THE SECOND FLOOR.
SO SMALL LIVING ROOM TO THE LEFT SIDE AS YOU, AS YOU TRAVEL THROUGH THE HOUSE.
UH, A GALLEY SINK, UH, SORRY, A GALLEY, UM, KITCHEN ON THE BACK, UM, A SMALL DINING ROOM.
AND THEN, UM, A FAMILY ROOM THAT WAS ADDED TO THE BACK WITH A BATHROOM ON THE, UH, SECOND FLOOR YOU LAND.
UM, UH, AND IT'S A LANDING THAT TAKES YOU TO A, A MASTER.
IT'S NOT REALLY A MASTER SUITE, BUT IT'S A, SO IT'S USED AS A MASTER, A BEDROOM RIGHT NOW.
THERE'S A LITTLE OFFICE, UH, TO THE NORTH OF THE STA SORRY, TO THE SOUTH OF THE STAIR ON THE TOP OF THE PAGE.
AND THEN TWO BEDROOMS. UM, IT'S A, IT'S A LITTLE QUIRKY LAYOUT THAT, YOU KNOW, TO ACCESS THE BATHROOM ALL IN THE BACK.
YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO TRAVEL TO THE OTHER BEDROOMS OF THE HOUSE.
UM, SO THE WHERE WE'RE PROPOSING IS, UH, UH, REBUILD THE FIRST FLOOR, UM, TO THE EXISTING FOOTPRINT.
UM, AS THE, YOU KNOW, THE FRAMING OF THE HOUSE IS NOT IN A REALLY GOOD SHAPE TO BE WORKED WITH IS EASIER TO, UH, ACTUALLY PUT SOMETHING THAT'S, YOU KNOW, TO ADD INSULATION AND, UH, FRAMING THAT'S APPROPRIATED TO THE SIZE OF THE HOUSE.
UH, SO PLACING NEW FOOTINGS, UM, ON, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE BASEMENT LEVEL, BUT NOT AT, NOT EXCAVATING, KEEPING AS A CRAWLY SPACE.
UM, AND THEN, UH, READJUSTING THE LAYOUT ON THE GROUND FLOOR TO HAVE A, A, A KITCHEN THAT IS OPEN TO A DINING SPACE.
HAVE A, A, A BUTLER PANTRY AND A, AND A POWDER ROOM ON THE, ON THE FOURTH FLOOR.
AND THEN ON THE SECOND FLOOR, WE ARE NOT REALLY TOUCHING THE, THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE.
THE FIRST BEDROOM REMAINS AS IS THE SAME AS THE OFFICE, BUT IN THE BACK WE ARE ADDING, UH, TWO BATHROOMS THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, HALLWAY, BATHROOM AND A AND A BATHROOM TO, UM, FORM A, A MASTER SUITE AND TWO BEDROOMS ON THE BACK OF THE HOUSE.
AGAIN, THIS IS ALL WITHIN THE, THE EXISTING FOOTPRINT OF THE HOUSE.
UM, ELEVATIONS, THIS IS, UH, AS IT STANDS AND THEN THE PROPOSED AND, YOU KNOW, CAN SEE THE, THE, THE, AGAIN, THE YELLOW IS WHAT WE ARE ADDING TO THE VOLUME.
AND THEN, UH, WE DID SOME, UM, UH, STUDIES ON, UH, HOW THIS ADDITION WOULD LOOK LIKE.
UM, WHEN, FROM THOSE, UM, POINTS OF INTEREST I, I LOCATED IN THE MAP, UM, I TRIED TO GO UP TO THE AQUEDUCT AND SEE IF FROM THERE WE WOULD START BLOCKING THE VIEW.
BUT I THINK THAT THIS, THIS, UM, DEVELOPMENT, UH, THAT WAS RECENTLY DONE AND
SO WE ARE KIND OF ADDING TO THE FRONT OF THAT, UH, ROOF LINE.
SO NOT REALLY IMPACTING RIVER VIEWS OR, OR PALISADES VIEWS.
UM, THE PHOTOS ARE TAKEN IN THE WINTER WHEN WE DON'T HAVE FOLIAGE, SO YOU CAN, YOU KNOW, UM, YOU COULD REALLY EXPOSE THE RIVER AS AS, AS IT'S VISIBLE IN THE WINTER.
UM, SO I THINK THAT'S WHAT I HAVE.
HOW MANY FEET FROM WHERE THAT IS TO THIS BUILDING.
BUT ARE THERE WINDOWS HERE? OH, TO THIS BUILDING? UH, LEMME GO BACK TO THE SITE PLAN.
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UH, OOPS, SORRY.SO SORRY, LET ME JUST GET RIGHT HERE AND GO IN HERE.
THAT BUILDING IS, IS THIS VOLUME, IS, IS THIS FACE HERE? IT'S A GARAGE BUILDING, RIGHT? YEAH.
YEAH, THAT'S IN MIDDLE, IN THE MIDDLE PHOTO ON TOP.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, YOU SEE THAT THIS BUILDING IS OFFSET FROM, FROM WHERE THE ADDITION IS GOING, RIGHT? THE WHERE, WHERE YOU HAVE WINDOWS THERE, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S NOT ALIGNED.
THE SAME LINE WHERE THE RIVER WILL BE OR THE RIVER IS.
YEAH, I THINK THAT WAS, UM, IN MY OPINION, A VERY CLEAR PRESENTATION.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON IT, ON THIS, UM, REQUEST FOR NEW PRESERVATION APPROVAL? WITH THAT, DO I, UM, HAVE, WHAT IS IT, DO WE, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING, SO DOES ANYBODY, UM, EITHER IN THE AUDIENCE WANNA SPEAK TO THIS, ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC
CAN YOU SAY YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS? OH, SORRY.
MY NAME IS CRAIG YOUNGREN AND THIS IS ADRIANA GINI.
ADRIANA GINI 40 WASHINGTON, 40 WASHINGTON.
AND REALLY WE JUST, YOU KNOW, WE WALK THROUGH CLARK'S BEDROOM IN ORDER TO GET TO THE BATHROOM.
SO WE SORT OF WANT JUST, HE'S 10 NOW, BUT I DON'T WANNA WALK THROUGH IT.
AND AGAIN, WE'RE NOT EXTENDING THE FOOTPRINT, BUT WE ARE JUST GOING UP JUST TO MAKE IT CLEANER.
I THINK WE SHOULD DO IT FOR CLARK
YES, AND I DON'T THINK IT NEEDS MORE, UM, SUPPORT, BUT IT'S ABOUT 180 SQUARE FOOT ADDITIONS, RELATIVELY MINOR THAT SPEAK.
THE IMPORTANT THING IS IT'S A FAIRLY OVERSIZED LOT IN A MULTIFAMILY ZONE, SO THIS BUILDING IS MAIN SUPPORTIVE TO SUPPORT THE FOLKS THAT ARE LIVING IT NOW.
IT COULD BE REDEVELOPED WITH SOMETHING SUBSTANTIALLY LARGER THAN WHAT'S THERE ON THE PROPERTY TODAY.
SO I THINK IT'S A, THE PICTURE SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES.
SO I THINK THIS IS A BENIGN APPLICATION.
I THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
UM, YEAH, AND I, I ALWAYS APPRECIATE, UM, JUST RENOVATIONS OF EXISTING HOMES, OLDER HOMES, UM, SO, YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE YOUR CARE AND
IT, UH, HAS A CRAZY FLOORBOARDS.
YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY WOBBLY, BUT THOSE ARE THE THINGS WE LIKE ABOUT IT.
OKAY, SO WITH THAT, UM, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO, UH, APPROVE, UM, VIEW PRESERVATION, UM, FOR THIS RECOMMENDATION VIEW PRESERVATION RECOMMENDATION FOR THIS A SO MOVED
IT WAS ERNESTO THIS TIME, NOT RETREAT, THIS TIME
DICK SECONDS IT ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
ALRIGHT, UM, SO, UM, LAST WE HAVE A STEEP SLOPES APPROVAL, UM, APPLICATION, WHICH IS THE APPLICATION OF DANIEL AND MELISSA REGA FOR A NEW HOT TUB, RETAINING WALLS AND TERRACES IN THE REAR OF THEIR PROPERTY.
SAID PROPERTY IS LOCATED THE R 10 ZONING DISTRICT AND IS KNOWN AS SBL 4.4 DASH 30 DASH 10 ON THE TOWN OF GREENBURG TAX MAPS.
AND WOULD THE APPLICANT LIKE TO PRESENT THE PROJECT CHAIRMAN ON THE BOARD? I'M ALLISON LANG SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF ALLOY DESIGN STUDIO AND MY CLIENT DAN REGA AND MELISSA REGA.
UM, FIRST WE'D LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND EFFORTS RELATING TO THE PRESERVATION AND CONSERVATION OF THE UNIQUE VILLAGE OF HASTINGS ON HUDSON.
HERE ARE THE MAIN POINTS OF THE PROJECT.
MITIGATE EXISTING STEEP SLOPES THROUGH THE USE OF TERRORIST WALLS.
PREVENT FURTHER EROSION ON SITE BY LOWERING SLOPE PERCENTAGES AND TIERED PLANTING, REDUCED ASPHALT PAVING AGAINST BUILDING, ELIMINATING POTENTIAL SAFETY CONCERNS, REDIRECT STORM WATER TO DRY WELLS AND APPROPRIATE ROUTES, CREATE USABLE LAWN AREAS ON THE PROPERTY, ENHANCE THE PLANTING THROUGHOUT THE REAR YARD FOR SCREENING AND, AND CANOPY, ELIMINATE LARGE AREAS OF BARE SOIL AND DRAINAGE CHANNELS CURRENTLY CAUSING EROSION.
ESTABLISH A PRODUCTIVE AND RESILIENT LANDSCAPE.
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THE SITE SURVEY OF THE EXISTING CONDITION AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THE STEEP SLOPE AREA IS HERE AND THIS IS A SLOPED PORTION OF THE LAWN THAT'S NOT QUITE USABLE.AND THEN HERE IS THE PROPERTY, THE EXISTING PROPERTY, THE EXISTING BUILDING.
WE WOULD HAVE FLAT GRASSY AREAS, TWO MAIN SECTIONS OF THEM, UM, AND THAT IT WOULD BE SEPARATED BY A HAHA WALL AND STEPS.
AND THEN THIS IS ACTUALLY THE AREA THAT WE'RE MOST CONCERNED WITH IN THIS MEETING TODAY.
AND THE WAY THAT WE'RE ADDRESSING THESE STEEP SLOPES IS THROUGH THESE, UH, THESE RETAINING WALLS HERE.
HERE'S A COUPLE OF PHOTOS OF THE PROPERTY.
YOU CAN SEE, UH, THE LOOSE SOIL AND GRAVEL THAT'S CAUSING EROSION, THE EROSION FROM THE STEEP SLOPE.
THIS IS JUST LIKE ANOTHER VIEWPOINT OF THAT AREA.
THIS RED BAR HERE INDICATES EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WITH THE STEEP SLOPE.
THIS PARTICULAR AREA, THIS IS THE NEW PLAN AND I'LL MAKE A, I'LL, I'LL SHOW YOU AN ENLARGED VERSION OF THAT WHERE YOU HAVE THE LAWN COMING HERE, UH, WITH, UH, THEN THE FIRST RETAINING WALL BEING HERE, ALL OF COURSE UNDER 30 INCHES.
UM, THEN WE SORT OF EMBED SOME OTHER ITEMS WITHIN THE RETAINING WALLS, SUCH AS A HOT TUB.
HERE'S A SECTION SHOWING YOU THE EXISTING LINE AND THE NEW LINE.
AND YOU CAN SEE THAT WE HAVE PROTECTIVE VEGETATION.
WE HAVE THE TERRACE AND THIS IS THE HOT TUB.
THEN OF COURSE, THIS IS THE DIAGRAM SHOWING WHERE THE STEEP SLOPES CURRENTLY ARE AND HOW WE'RE DISTRIBUTING THEM, REDISTRIBUTING THEM ACROSS THE LAND SO THAT THEY ARE POINTED TO MORE APPROPRIATE, UH, CHANNELS OF DRAINAGE.
AGAIN, THIS IS THE RENDERING OF THE FINAL END PRODUCT THAT WE ARE STRIVING TO ACHIEVE.
UM, DO ANY MEMBERS OF THE, OH, WE ACTUALLY, UM, WE HAVE A MEMO FROM OUR ENGINEER DOUG HAN WITH A FEW COMMENTS.
UM, PATRICK, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SUMMARIZE OR ALSO GIVE US YOUR COMMENTS? RIGHT, SO DOUG'S ASKING FOR A COUPLE OF JUST CLARIFICATIONS ON WHAT'S BEEN SUBMITTED.
THE, THE HEIGHT OF THE WALL, YOU'VE INDICATED NOTHING ABOUT 30, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.
DETAILS ON THE, ON THE, UH, RAIN GARDEN.
UM, A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION ON THE GRADING AND SPOT ELEVATIONS ON THE BLUESTONE STEPS IN GRADING AREAS.
UM, BASICALLY TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON ON THE SITE.
SO MY COMMENT WITH RESPECT TO THIS IS WE'VE ENCOUNTERED STEEP SLOPE APPLICATIONS PERIODICALLY.
OFTENTIMES AN APPLICANT WILL BUILD A VERY BIG WALL AND LEVEL OUT A BACKYARD.
THIS IS AN INSTANCE WHERE THEY'RE DOING THE OPPOSITE OF THAT, WHICH IS STAGGERING THE IMPROVEMENTS.
UM, AND THE NOTION, AS YOU SAW FROM THOSE PLANS OF THE MULTIPLE SMALLER WALLS IS A MORE SENSITIVE METHOD TO DEAL WITH THIS.
AND OF COURSE, DEALING WITH THIS IS A METHOD TO DEAL WITH THE EROSION ATION THAT OCCURS ON THESE STEEPLY SLOPE PROPERTIES.
SO NET, NET, GOOD IDEA, UM, THE METHOD OF DEALING WITH IT IS THE PROPER METHOD OF DEALING WITH THIS AND WITH A FEW MINOR CLEANUP DETAILS WITH DOUG, I THINK IT'S IN GOOD SHAPE.
UM, DO ANY MEMBERS OF THE BOARD HAVE COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? WHERE'S THE HOT TUB? MM-HMM
THE HOT TUB IS LOCATED RIGHT HERE.
IT IS A THOROUGH, UH, UH, APPLICATION FOR WHAT SHOULD BE A RELATIVELY SIMPLE, UH, UH, APPLICATION, BUT IT'S THOROUGH AND IT'S REALLY HELPFUL FOR US.
DO A, ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WANT TO SPEAK ON THIS APPLICATION?
IF YOU WANNA SPEAK, COULD YOU COME UP TO THE, UH, MICROPHONE AND SAY YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS?
UH, YEAH, I THINK THEY'VE DONE A TREMENDOUS JOB.
WE PROMISED THE KIDS A POOL AND THEN A QUICK GOOGLE SEARCH REALIZED I COULDN'T AFFORD THAT
SO, UH, THIS IS, THIS IS THE NEXT BEST THING.
SO, UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
WHAT'S A HAHA WALL? IT'S, IT'S LIKE USING THE LANDMASS TO CREATE A TOPOGRAPHY DIFFERENCE.
SO, UM, SO IT SOUNDS LIKE HAN'S, UM, COMMENTS CAN BE EASILY ADDRESSED
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AND, UM, MY UNDERSTANDING IS OKAY WITH US, AS YOU SAID, APPROVING THIS APPLICATION WITH A CONDITION THAT THEIR, UM, THE APPLICANT ADDRESSES HIS COMMENTS.AND SO, UM, WITH THAT, UM, IS THE BOARD READY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE, UH, CONDITION THAT THE COMMENTS IN THE HA ENGINEERING MEMO BE ADDRESSED? DO I HAVE A MOTION? OKAY, HOLD ON.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS DEEP SLOPES APPLICATION OF DANIEL AND MELISSA REGA FOR A NEW HOT TUB, RETAINING WALLS AND TERRACES IN THE REAR YARD OF THEIR PROPERTY, LOCATED AT 44 CALUME AVENUE, SUBJECT TO THE APPLICANT ADDRESSING THE COMMENTS IN THE HAN ENGINEERING MEMO.
UH, MOVES WHO SECONDS IT I'LL SECOND.
OKAY, DICK, AND ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
UM, ACTUALLY, DID YOU HAVE THAT DISCUSSION ITEM THAT FROM LAST TIME, DID YOU ABOUT THE TIMING OF YOUR MEETINGS? YES, YES.
RICHARD
UM, THIS'LL BE A RECORD DUTY, BUT YES, PLEASE.
UH, ANY OBJECTION TO US MOVING FROM SEVEN 30 TO SEVEN? NONE.
WE CAN, WE CAN, UH, YEAH, WE'LL MOVE.
SO WE'RE MOVING TO SEVEN, STARTING NEXT ONE.
THE DATE OF THE NEXT MEETING IS JUNE 12TH, RIGHT? YES.
UM, WHERE WE, I I AM ASSUMING YOU KNOW THAT IT WAS WRONG IN THE YEAH, I HAD, IT SAYS JUNE 10TH, IT'S BEEN CORRECTED.
IT'S ON THE AGENDA AS TO THE 12TH.
AND THE REASON WHY IT'S THE 12TH IS BECAUSE, UM, JUNETEENTH IS THE FOLLOWING WEEK.
SO, UM, SO WITH THAT, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MEETING? SO MOVED THIS EVENING.