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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1977_04_28 Conservation Advisory Commission Minutes • MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING OF THE TOWN OF MAMARONECK CONSERVATION ADVISORY COMMISSION A regular meeting of the Town of Mamaroneck Conservation Advisory Commission was held Thursday, April 28, 1977 at the Weaver Street Firehouse. CALLED TO ORDER The Chairman called the meeting to order at 7:30 p.m. ROLL CALL Members Present: Mr. Amlicke, Chrmn. Mr. Hohberg Mr. Weitzner Mr. Gunsalus Mr. Burke Mrs. Munzer - Emeritus Mrs. Johnson - Emeritus Also Present: Mr. Leddy - Town Conservationist Mr. Emanuelson - Conservation Consultant Mrs. Amlicke - L.I.F.E. Center Mr. Young Mr. Wexler Mr. Widulsky MINUTES A copy of the new mailing list to be sent to all members and to be finalized at the next meeting. 1. Larchmont Nursery Property - Presentation Concerning Proposed Use A model and plan of proposed town houses on nursery property were shown by Arthur Wexler and Bill Widulsky. Forty-two bedroom units are proposed with one entrance with guard and one egress. A 25 foot Cplanted buffer surrounding entire complex is planned. Proposed -1- streets (no curbs) are to be 22' wide - not dedicated. Five acres are to drain to the Post Road and-the remainder to Sherwood Drive. Surface water will go to storage area on the Post Road to be drained out as soon as possible. Berfts will hold back siltation. Proposed plans to eliminate pumping station on Sherwood Drive. Mr. Gunsalus, Mr. Emanuelson, Mr. Hohberg and Mrs. Johnson were asked to write a recommendation to the Village Mayor and Planning Board. 2. Beautification Day Report Mrs. Amlicke thanked Mr. Leddy and the C.A.C. for their cooperation. She presented the following report from Margie Strauss, Beautification Day Chairman: "Despite threatening weather 388 people turned out for the clean-up. `,..11:1 9,150 pounds of debris were collected - 6,400 lbs in the village of Larchmont and the Town and 2,750 lbs in the Village of Mamaroneck. Adults Children Man-hours Larch. Village 14 43 120 Town 39 139 389 Mam"k Village 37 116 214 Totals 90 298 723 Heavy debris that should be cleared away: Leatherstocking Trail -- car parts near Weaver St. North side; tire near Rockland Avenue entrance; large steel rim right off West Dr. Premium Marsh area -- heavy sink at the beginning of boardwalk; Central School, next to tennis courts, cement post, dead tree, rusted metal. Premium River behind Lorenzen Park -- debris visible in deep mud, could not be reached by children there. -2- (:: Dog beach, next to Manor Park beach, telephone pole next to causeway, part of the dock. Barker cemetery, thick poison ivy near wall at back should be sprayed. Suggest that the Town post "No Dumping" signs at the edge of Premium Marsh conservation area behind Larchmont Diner. This place is obviously being used as a dump. Another bad area not cleaned up is beyond the Hommocks School parking lot behind 1415 Boston Post Road near East Creek. Suggest that 9 a:m:_rather than 8 a.m. would be time enough for truck drivers to report to work. 75% of the debris was bottles, cans, and paper. Most of the rest was garden refuse except for some large objects such as tires, chairs, a sink, a safe, etc. " A suggestion was made that high school students ;.7-G ; ' .v, keep school grounds clean. Mr. Leddy was asked to investigate the removal of the safe and 50 gallon drum from the trench off Dillon Road. In the Brook area, Mr. Gunsalus reported most debris consisted of bags of leaves, branches, etc. Several homes on Premium Marsh are encroaching on the Marsh area. Mr. William Paonessa and will call on the owners and Mr. Leddy will report back to the Commission. 3. Annual Report The repot has gone through final review and is at the printers. ' The Master Plan Review Committee's report is also at the printers and will be off the press early next week. A !-5. page precis of Annual Report was sent to Albany at the request of the Dept. of Environmental Conservation for distribution to other C.A.C. 's 4. Conservation Advisory Commission Membership Mr. Jack Burke was introduced as the new member of the Commission. 5. Solid Waste Management and Recycling Mrs. Brauman agreed to help train new employee at the Recycling Center. The postage meter plate with recycling message had not been delivered but is expected in two weeks. Notice with the Town bill is to be corrected to note wax, carbon and plastic coated papers are not re- cyclable and that the Recycling Center hous are weekdays 7:30 - 4:00 and Saturdays 8:00 - 4:00. Wallace Irwin suggested a door handle note but Mrs. Hartford and Mr. Kellogg ran an ad in the newspaper instead using Mr. Irwin's copy. Mr. Gunsalus will coordinate a program with Mr. Leddy for a re- cycling education program to be developed by an interested Boy Scout. Addison Young of the Village Park Commission reported southeast area of Flint Park is encroached upon by compost. Mr. Leddy and Mr. Emanuelson reported that the compost area is carefully supervised and constantly improving. Mr. Gunsalus would like an announcement that this area is to be. a permanent compost area - not a parking lot or a tennis court. It was reported that Dr. Schlick may want to introduce aluminum recycling into all schools. Mrs. Fredston's report follows: On April 20, Mrs Fredston attended 208 Waste Water Quality meeting for the South County. The low flow sampling for dry weather is completed and most of the streams (2. met with their present classification standards. Storm water conditions will be tested at five sites during tidal cycle of a storm according to criteria set for contact recreation and shellfish. Recommend 2 I -4- (:: that we press the DEC to reclassify the Premium as a critical area due to silt destroying the Marsh.. The CEAC discussed the County SEQR legislation which creates the position of an environmental coordinator. This is even more complicated legislation and Mrs. Fredston has charted flow charts for both internal and external actions taken by the County under SEQR. Recommend that C.A.C. continue to press for SEQR at public hearings. There is a bulletin coming out published by the DEC which would grant local C.A.C. 's 50% of the money budgeted by their municipality for C.A.C. The publication will set forth reimbursable items (travel expenses, consulting, operation, maintenance, etc.) Mr. Emanuelson will contact Per Moberg to inquire if funds can be used for general purposes. 6. Energy Mr. Weitzner reported two concerns interested in solar systems, however, the Town of Mamaroneck cannot use them at this time because of zoning law and building code. John McLaughlin of DelBello's office spoke of $400. allotment for solar heating. A seminar will be Ireld in the near future. Mr. Weitzner suggested liaison with Mr. $ryone's committee, he will follow other groups' activities. Mr. Emanuelson reported school system hopes to save 20-30% of its heating bill, if its recommendations are accepted. Mr. Weitzner would like the Board of Education report to be supported and publicized and to state that this is a good start and should be continued. Mr. Weitzner will write a letter so stating with a copy to newspaper and Nift„ Paul McDevitt and sent to the Chairman. 7. SEQR meeting May 4, at 8 p.m. Joe DeSalvo, Mr. Emanuelson and Mr. Amlicke will attend. The Chairman has forwarded the Dobbs Ferry ordinance, considered a good one, to SEQR. 8. CEAC Mrs. Fredston attended CEAC meeting. The total attendance was six people: the board is in a state of limbo as County Executive DelBello has submitted to the Board of Legislators a resolution providing for the elimination of the double structure of the CECA and CEAC. The new board would represent 43 municipalities - 1 representative from each municipality who shall be a C.A.C. member if possible - ex officio: (by virture of appointment but having a vote) Commissioner of PRC, Planning, Health, DPW, Environmental Facilities, Chairman or his delegate from citizens' advisory boards of PRC, planning, etc. All members of Soil and Water Board, all members of 208 Policy Board while existing; one representative from County Board of Legislators; other members at large as County Executive sees fit. The new simple entity would be the County Environmental Management Council. The EMC would meet quarterly. the-executive committee monthly. The EMC would be the agency to receive and comment on all the draft environmental impact statements prepared or received by the county. 9. Wetlands and Watercourses May 3 is the DEC meeting. Mrs. Johnson will attend it. 10. Water Monitoring Mr. Hohberg will attend Watersheds, Lakes and Water Quality Symposium on May 9 in Millbrook, NY. Mr. Hohberg reported water damage to the laboratory and consequent (2 delaying of its full operations has been reported to Paul Abramson, Board of Education. At the Pin rook River outfall (Post Road and Tony4s) water analysis -6- shows 6.0 parts per million of oil, the lowest yet. Consequently there is a healthy bloom of Spirogyra algae. Muddy conditions at the outfall indicate an increase in siltation. Tony's Nursery's retention wall has collapsed a small tree into the river and should either be straightened or removed. Further down on the opposite shore, logs have been piled along the bank tef' increaseythe channeling of the river. A At the lower Larchmont Reservoir, water analysis shows 12.0 parts per million of oil, highest ever. 0.0 mg/L detergent and 0.09 mg/L free chlorine. Mr. Hohberg attended the Village hearing on the proposed Nursery housing project and as a result the engineer and architect attended this meeting to answer questions. 11. Zoning and Planning Boards Guadagnolo Property - the Court has now upheld the right of the Zoning Board to refuse the variance for a 7-story apartment. Town houses have been discussed with the lccal association and Mr. Guadagnolo. He claims 78 units are needed to be financially feasible. The association agrees to 48. It has been the feeling of the C.A.C. that based on County Soil and Conservation Dept. 's feasibility study the 48 units is the proper figure. • 12. Miscellaneous Rasoucat • The Walkbooks have been distributed to the Village of Larchmont and A to the Town. Mrs. Fredston and Mr. Gunsalus have been recommended for the County Environmental Advisory Council. No action will be taken by the C.A.C. on Beautification Day. Mrs. Munzer will be asked to attend the May 23 meeting, "Analysis of Changing Population Composition". Mr. Leddy will order subscription to "Environment". Next meeting: Thursday, June" 2. The following report was mistakenly omitted from the April 28 minutes: Solid Waste Management and Recycling Town Yard and Recycling - Mrs. Brauman met with Mr. Kellogg and registered the C.A.C. 's dissatisfaction with the performance of the Saturday attendant at the Recycling Center. Mr. Kellogg is prepared to hire a replacement as soon as a qualified one can be found. Classified ads have been placed in the Daily Times. Effort is also being made to tap a retiree or other senior citizen for the job. Glass delivered to the Center has been "dirty" with tops and caps still on and even food still in the jars. It is hoped that having a responsible attendant on duty on Saturday, the busiest day for the Center, will help keep this contamination down and, therefore, make our glass acceptable to the recycler. Mr. Menkes of Menkes Municipal Services, Inc. , West Orange, NJ, visited our Town Yard on March 28, meeting with Mrs. Hartford, Mrs. Brauman, Mr. Santoro, Mr. Leddy and Mr. Kellogg to see our glass setup and to spell out his proposals for possible future negotiations. Mr. Kellogg asked for a letter of particulars to study Mr. Menkes proposals. Solid Waste Management - Local recycling was given an extra boost in the County's Solid Waste Management Plan when the County promised not to prevent communities from engaging in recycling programs. Legislation requiring a community to commit all its waste to a County system was amended to allow unlimited recycling on a local level. It is felt that Mr. Vandernoot's letter protesting the County's orginal position helped in amending the proposed legislation in favor of recycling.