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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1992_06_04 Conservation Advisory Commission Minutes C C Town of Mamaroneck Conservation Advisory Commission APPROVED 740 West Boston Post Road Mamaroneck, N.Y. 10543 914-381-6133 JUL 16 1992 MINUTES PATRICIA A.Dir10CCt0 "4M RahE? K JUNE 4, 1992 N.Y. A regular meeting of the Conservation Advisory Commission (CAC) was held on Thursday, June 4, 1992 in Conference Room A of the Town Center, 740 West Boston Post Road, Mamaroneck, New York. The meeting commenced at 8:20 p.m. Members Present: Louise Perez, Chairwoman Susan Cavalieri Martha L. Gershun Martha Kaufman Michael A. Scheffler Others Present: Mary Anne Johnson, Emeritus and LIFE Center Angel Martin, CZMC Virginia A. Neumeister, Trustee, Village of Mamaroneck Kathleen Tracy O'Flinn, Liaison, Town Council Ellen Morse, Recorder ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS Minutes - The minutes of May 7, 1992 were approved after a minor change was made on page 4. Next Meeting - July 9, 1992. Susan Cavalieri will chair this meeting. The August meeting date will be decided at the July 9 meeting. OLD BUSINESS Long Island Sound Water Monitoring - Chairwoman Perez reported for Mr. Bernstein. There is a problem in getting the boat which has delayed the start of water monitoring. She said he mentioned again wanting to do an updated survey of Mamaroneck Harbor because of the dredging done last year. Trustee Neumeister said the Village might have a survey and will check on this. It was also again suggested by Mr. Martin that Messrs. Hohberg's and Bernstein's reports be correlated. CAC Minutes June 4, 1992 Page 2 Reusable Dry Cleaning Bags - Martha Kaufman had given the letter she wrote to the dry cleaners to Claudia Ng. Chairwoman Perez distributed copies of a newspaper article entitled "Dry Cleaner to Eliminate Plastic with Reusable Garment Bags" which was instrumental in CAC pursuing plastic recycling of garment bags in our community. It was again suggested giving out rewards for those merchants who recycle. Chairwoman Perez asked the Commission if CAC should form a task force for recycling involving nurseries and other merchants with plastic products. She spoke to Nancy Munno, Head of the Citizens to Promote Recycling, and asked the Commission if CAC should appoint a member of that group as an ad hoc member of CAC. It was agreed that Ms. Munno be asked to be a liaison, or someone from her group, and that she be invited to attend July or September's CAC meeting. Trustee Neumeister said the Village has an excellent recycling committee and asked if anyone would like to attend one of their meetings. Chairwoman Perez read the letter drafted by Mrs. Kaufman to the dry cleaner establishments. She will make some changes and have the letter sent out. Nursery Plastics Recycling - Chairwoman Perez called the nurseries and three of them have not returned her call. It was felt the reason for not responding is that this is a very busy time for the nurseries with little extra space to store the pallets necessary for recycling. CORRESPONDENCES Outgoing: 5/22/92 - Letter to the Planning Board, Town of Mamaroneck, re: DiForio Subdivision DEIS. Incoming: 5/8/92 - Letter from Federated Conservationists of Westchester County re: Protection of Sochurek Property. As this property borders on Cranberry Lake and housing might be developed there, they are asking CAC to write County Legislator George Latimer requesting that property be preserved. Sue Cavalieri volunteered to write the letter to the County Legislator. 4/29/92 - Copy of a memo to Trustee Virginia Neumeister from Paul Noto re: liaison to CAC. 6/2/92 - Copy of a letter to Phyllis Wittner from Cheryl Lewy re: being a liaison and reviewer to the County LWRP. CAC Minutes June 4, 1992 Page 3 CONSULTANT/LIAISON REPOR'T'S Street Trees - Councilwoman O'Flinn reported that the Town recently planted a good number of trees to replace damaged or diseased trees that were removed over the past year. This is part of the Tree Planting Program. One concern is that the home owner be instructed in the care of the newly planted trees. Councilwoman O'Flinn asked if CAC would be interested in distributing that information. Mr. Martin suggested that the County Forester would have some information and Mrs. Johnson added that the Cornell Cooperative Extension in White Plains would also have information. Councilwoman O'Flinn said to check with the County Extension or DEC for information. Chairwoman Perez asked Susan Cavalieri to work on this. Tree/Shrub Planting Grant - Councilwoman O'Flinn reported that Phyllis Wittner said that Pryer Manor is contributing $500 and she is trying to get more funding. Chairwoman Perez noted that the Friends of the Reservoir have donated money to the Town so that two students could be hired to work for the summer. TASK FORCE REPORTS Landscaping/Maintenance Articles - This task force has been asked to work on a part of the Tree Planing Program as mentioned above in the report on "Street Trees". Golf Course Rezoning Study - Councilwoman O'Flinn said the supplemental EIS is mostly complete. She believes the public hearings will be postponed until after the summer as many people will be away. Storm Drain Stenciling - Sue Cavalieri has finished stenciling in the Village of Tarchmont. She wrote thank you letters to the first grade class who helped. She is awaiting the names of the sixth graders to write them also. There was difficulty in getting more stenciling done by the children due to their sports involvement and the rainy weather. They will probably resume again in September. Mrs. Cavalieri will call a representative of the boy scouts who are anxious to help. Chairwoman Perez suggested they have a news photographer available when the scouts are stenciling. Mrs. Cavalieri will write up the article and send it in to the newspaper. Premium Sign - Budget - Chairwoman Perez asked Councilwoman O'Flinn if she needed CAC's approval for using money for the sign. It had not been voted on at the last meeting. Councilwoman O'Flinn replied that they did not have a copy of the budget at the meeting and the Town Board approved it subject to money being available. She was told by Ms. Ng that money is available. Councilwoman O'Flinn had suggested to Ms. Ng that for future meetings Ms. Ng bring the budget should questions arise. CAC Minutes June 4, 1992 Page 4 Martha Kaufman reported that the LIF Center, funded by the Larchmont/Mamaroneck Joint Sanitation Commission with 75% reimbursed from a NY State recycling grant, will purchase reusable canvas lunch bags for $2.40/bag. They are also purchasing from the Rubbermaid Company a three piece, "litter-less" lunch kit for $2.07/kit. They hope to sell the two for $3 along with a contract to the parents and students to use the kit for three months. They will distribute fliers to the schools before the start of summer. It is planned to have a teacher document the amount of garbage before and after using these kits in the lunchrooms. These reusable kits will tie in with the County recycling law going into effect in September. DIFORIO SUBDIVISION (707 WEAVER STREET) - UPDATE Chairwoman Perez and Ms. Ng attended the Planning Board Meeting and submitted CAC's comments which Ms. Gershun wrote up derived from Mr. Hindin's notes. Chairwoman Perez and Ms. Ng added more details with Mrs. Johnson's help. Mrs. Johnson had concerns about the pipes being used for drainage. Mr. Martin replied that the sub-storm drainage is the sanitary sewer. The concept being that sewage will be taken from the house and pumped back out to the sewage system on Weaver St. Since there's a similar sanitary sewer system planned for the back, lower area, serving the water treatment facility, the property should only put in a sewer just for storm drainage. Chairwoman Perez stated that everyone is concerned about the water table and once it is established what it actually is, their plans might have to be changed. ENVIRONMENTAL COORDINATOR REPOR'T'S Trap Shooting - Martha Kaufman gave all her information to Ms. Ng who was not present to give her report. Westchester Land Trust - Chairwoman Perez spoke about this organization which is interested in conserving open land and affordable housing. They have conferences a couple of times a year and meetings in Bedford. It was asked what kind of things they should focus on and Ms. Ng asked Chairwoman Perez to ask the CAC if they had any new items or issues in general for them. Councilwoman O'Flinn wants to make them aware of how little open space is available in southern Westchester. Chairwoman Perez will ask Ms. Ng to find out if they would be interested in dealing with CAC. NEW OR OTHER BUSINESS Martha Kaufman said the LIFE Center is have a ceremony at Manor Park on Saturday, June 6 at 11:30 a.m. to mark the Earth Summit. Community Recycling Awards - CAC would like to promote this in the community. The meeting adjourned at 9:50 p.m.