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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1992_02_25 Coastal Zone Management Commission Minutes ) Town of Mamaroneck — Village of Larchmont COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT COMMISSION TOWN CENTER: 740 West Boston Post Road, Mamaroneck, NY 10543 914-381-7845 00 RF,,Eivro APPROVED APP. T '1992 PATRICIA A.DiCIOCClO MINUTES - h AMAR N CK FEBR[JARY 25, 1992 N.Y. A regular meeting of the Coastal Zone Management Commission (CZMC) was held on Tuesday, February 25, 1992 in Conference Room A of the Town Center, 740 West Boston Post Road, Mamaroneck, New York. Members Present: Phyllis Wittner, Chairperson Mary Feldtmose Elinor Fredston Angel Martin C. Alan Mason Howard McMichael Richard Metzner Shirley W. Tolley Richard A. Young Others Present: Claudia Ng, Environmental Coordinator Ellen Morse, Recorder APPROVAL OF MINNUI'ES Minutes: The minutes of January 28 were approved with minor changes to page 5 and typos on page 2. CHAIRMAN'S REPORTS A. Correspondence - Outgoing: 1. "Larchmont Notes" for the March issue. • 2. 2/3/92 - To Town of Mamaroneck Planning Board, consistency referral response for Winged Foot Golf Club. The detailed Opinion letter written by Shirley Tolley was requested and read by Mrs. Wittner to the Commission. This Freshwater Wetlands and Watercourses application (Type 1 action (CEA) ) was found to neither advance nor be inconsistent with the LLIRP policies. B. Correspondence - Copies: 1. 1/18/92 - Town of Mamaroneck's Notice of Intent to Prepare Supplemental Generic Environmental Impact Statement for the "Adoption of Proposed CR Zone" - Type I action. Printed on Recycled Paper CZMC Minutes February 25, 1992 Page 2 2. Received 2/14/92 - Memo to all department heads RE: purchasing procedures in the Village of Larchmont from Carmine DeLuca, Treasurer. Mrs. Wittner is not sure it applies to CZMC. C. Other Items: 1 2/5/92 - The Town Council authorized a contract with the firm of Blasland & Bouck for installation of a trash/oil screen at East Creek. 2. 2/24/92 - Mrs. Wittner presented the Fifth Annual Report to the Village of Larchmont's Mayor and Trustees. She will present it to the Supervisor and Town Council on February 26, 1992. Copies were distributed to the Commission members. 3. Mrs. Wittner told the CZMC that she had appeared as an informed resident of the Premium area at a CAC meeting on February 6, 1992. She was asking for their support to apply for a federal Small Business Administration grant, administered through the DEC, for a tree/shrub planting project at the entranceway for the Premium Conservation area. She explained that she has selected plants that are indigenous to an upland tidal marsh/forest area and are, therefore, salt tolerant requiring low maintenance and watering. The CAC gave its approval and the Town Board would be considering it on February 26th. MEMBERS' REPORTS Richard Young - Erosion and Sediment Control Legislation. Mr. Young asked for clarification in some areas: (1) page 4 "Surface Water Erosion" regarding expiration and concurrence of permits. Mrs. Wittner suggested that Mr. Young speak with Mr. Jakubowski, Town Building Dept. , on this point and advise that the Commission recommends the permits be validated for a year or concurrent with a building permit; (2) it was decided to remove both paragraphs "C" and "H" as different groups wrote different parts resulting in inconsistencies and confusion. It was concluded that Messrs. Mason, Martin, Metzner and Young will read the report and have it ready to go out to the Commission in the next packet. SEIS Subcommittee legislation related to proposed CR Zone. He had nothing to report at this time. Planning Board - did not have a meeting. CZMC Minutes February 25, 1992 Page 3 Shirley Tolley - SEIS Subcommittee concerning LWRP and Master Plan. She intended to write a statement on what the 1966 Master Plan said regarding the project area; specifically, where it states that the golf courses should remain open spar, she added that the Master Plan update in 1976 reiterated the Golf Course should remain as open spaces, pointed out that there is flooding in the area, added that the Westchester 2000 Study said thr"c two golf courses should be retained as open spaces, and that Southern Westchester is devoid of large tracks of open space. Regarding the LWRP, she has started a rough draft with the applicable portions of the LWRP and is now working on the policies. She will also include the fact that Bonnie Briar appears on the DEC and OPRHP list of open spars. Phyllis Wittner - Terrestrial and Aquatic Resources SEIS Subcommittrc. The bird and plant list was done and was circulated to our local experts in botany and bird identification. She met with Steve Coleman and gave him the lists and DGEIS data. He will look at the various schematic alternatives. The deadlines for the draft Terrestrial section is March 9th and the LWRP/Master Plan is March 16th. C. Alan Mason - The Friends of the Reservoir. They have agreed to hire Steve Coleman as their consultant also. Howard McMichael - Mamaroneck Village. The Harbor Commission will include a proposal in its recommendation to revise the Village's Chapter 210 Law stating that two pump-out facilities should be constructed in the Harbor and that they be hooked up to the sewage treatment plant. Richard Metzner - Board of Architectural Review (BAR) had only two sign applications which do not affect CZMC. Elinor Fredston - Nothing to report. Mary Feldtmose - VOL ZBA. It was reported that Chairman Denise Fletcher appeared before the Village Board to present their Annual Report. Chairman Fletcher recommended that the Zoning Board meet with the Village Board to discuss and resolve some issues. Some of the items proposed for discussion were: (1) The increase in take-out businesses and the need for guidelines. (2) The noise level at swimming pools. (3) People coming to the Board for variances and permissions after the fact for which the ZBA thought a fine would be appropriate. (4) The present regulation of 10 foot depths for decks. If changed to 12 feet, it would eliminate a lot of permit requests. Angel Martin - CAC will be cementing on the EMC Water Policy and they are going to start monitoring water quality in Mamaroneck Harbor this CZMC Minutes February 25, 1992 Page 4 summer with the Orienta Yacht Club. The Club is providing a boat and a volunteer. Both the volunteer and Charles Bernstein of CAC will be going to school for training in use of equipment provided by the Long Island Sound Task Force. Mr. Martin informed the members of an 8 mile hike to take place on March 29, 1992 meeting at the Weinberg Nature Center at 9:15 a.m. being run by John Varvayanis. C. Alan Mason - Friends of the Reservoir. He reported that in working with a professor front Manhattanville College in monitoring water supply at the Reservoir, it was learned that electronic testing equipment alone is not considered evidence in litigation court work. One needs a wet chemistry test for reliable, acceptable baseline data. The Reservoir is using the wet chemistry tests. It was also noted that Manhattanville is interested in using the Reservoir as an annex for a five-year project for the students. Mrs. Wittner mentioned the Hammocks salt marsh as a possible future project site. ENVIRONMENTAL COORDINATOR'S REPORTS Claudia Ng - nothing to report. New or Other: Angel Martin - Distributed a section of the Governor's State of the State Report concerning C'nastal Resource Management. NEXT MEETING - March 24, 1992. Meeting adjourned at 9:30 p.m.