AGENDA---BD, OF TRUSTEES WORK SESSION 3/13, SOLAR, STEEP SLOPE, ETPA, AND MORE

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BOARD OF TRUSTEES
BOARD OF TRUSTEES WORK SESSION AGENDA
MONDAY, MARCH 13, 2023 AT 7:00 PM

Continued discussion on revisions to Chapter 86, Building Construction, of the Village Code.

7:00 PM - 7:20 PM
Chapter 86 - Building Construction
PLL - Building Code Updates _00146280x7AA32_.pdf
Model Local Law from NYS

Review of proposed revisions to solar law to prohibit construction on steep slopes.

7:20 PM - 7:40 PM
Chapter 195 - Steep Slope Protection
Proposed Amendment to prohibit Tier 3 solar energy systems on steep slopes _00149054x7AA32_.pdf

Update on Telecommunications towers in Croton-on-Hudson.

7:40 PM - 8:00 PM
Review of proposal from Homeland Towers, LLC, to erect a telecommunications tower on Village property at 230 Hessian Hills Road
230 Hessian Hills Road Site Plans.pdf
Map of Facilities 230 Hessian Hills.pdf
Homeland Towers Proposal.pdf
Homeland Towers Option and Ground Lease Agreement NY307.pdf.pdf
Croton Viewshed 1 Mile.pdf
Croton Viewshed 2 Miles.pdf
Public Comment from the August 1, 2022 Board Meeting

Discussion on expansion of Emergency Tenant Protection Act (ETPA) protections.

8:00 PM - 8:20 PM
Board memo 3.1.23.pdf
Draft Resolution 2023 _ETPA_.pdf

Discussion on Van Cortlandt Manor Land Parcels.

8:20 PM - 8:40 PM
Memo - VCM Easement-Land Swap.pdf
Restoration of Van Cortlandt Manor Entrance

IN THE NEWS----WHILE SILICON VALLEY BANK COLLAPSED, TOP EXEC PUSHED WOKE PROGRAMS

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Silicon Valley Bank pushed 'woke' programs ahead of collapse (nypost.com)

1949 HARMON HIGHWAY & STATION PLAN

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1949 HARMON HIGHWAY & STATION PLAN--Click on the photo, This 1949 plan, predating the Route 9 plan by more than a decade, was designed to create better highway access and parking for what was then called the Harmon Station and also a new highway to Croton Point Park. In addition to the complete plan, we’ve cropped out details to show:

NEW HARMON STATION

The new station and parking area would have been north of Croton Point Avenue and required destroying much of the area long South Riverside Avenue that was later removed for Route 9. Note that the bridge across the railroad property that we use today would have been “abandoned as a public highway” and a new access road would have been created to the south.

In 1949 air travel was more limited than it is today. A newspaper editorial lauding the plan to increase parking and highway access noted that “a great many Westchester residents have found it convenient and time-saving to use the Harmon Station for upstate and Western trips.”

NEW HIGHWAY TO CROTON POINT PARK==The 1949 plan would have retained the old Route 9 bridge near Van Cortlandt Manor, but would have added a second bridge and highway that would have diverted traffic heading for the station. Exits from both Route 9 and the new highway would connect to a new road out to Croton Point Park. On the left side of the detail you can see the Starlight Drive-In property, indicated by “auto theater. MORE AT Facebook