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TOWN CENTER: 740 West Boston Post Road, Mamaroneck, NY 10543
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MINUTES
NOVEMBER 26, 1991
A regular meeting of the C'r,astal Zone Management Commission (CZMC) was held
on Tuesday, November 26, 1991 in the Senior Center of the Town Center, 740
• West Boston Post Road, Mamaroneck, New York.
Members Present: Phyllis Wittner, Chairperson �rnE
Richard Coico
Angel Martin 30 1992
C. Alan Mason PATRIC!A A.D!C!OCC10
Howard M± ichael TOWN CLERK
Richard Metzner P�:a'a�ROtlEC1(
Richard A. Young
Others Present: Claudia Ng, Environmental Coordinator
David F. Panno
Ellen Morse, Recorder
*me Freshwater Wetlands and Watercourses Application of 32 Bonnie Way -
Because CZMC was not planning to meet in December, Ms. Ng brought this
matter before the CZMC at this time to accommodate incoming applicants.
Mrs. Wittner, however, felt that CZMC should not review applications until
officially referred by the Planning Board Mrs. Wittner wrote Sanford Bell,
Chairman of the Planning Board, stating that she would hold a December
meeting if requested. Mi . Wittner then read her memo addressed to the
Planning Board to the Commission members. Ms. Ng commented that this is an
addition to a house. Mrs. Wittner added that this is next to a critical
environmental area and will have to be looked at carefully. She asked that
everyone visit the site before the next mooting.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Minutes: The minutes of October 22 were approved after a correction on
page 3. Mrs. Wittner commented that Ms. Ng advised that 32 Bonnie Way is now
considered a 'Type 2 Action.
CHAIRMAN'S REPORLb
A. Correspondences - Incoming:
1. 11/15/91 - Cora Rust, Chairperson of the Town of Mamaroneck Human
Rights Commission, RE: Invitation fioiu the Town of Mamaroneck and
the Villages of Larchmont and Mamaroneck to attend the Third Annual
Martin Luther King Award on January 15, 1992 at the Emelin Theater.
They're inviting CZMC to nominate individuals or organizations for
the award. 11%
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November 26, 1991
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Correspondences - Outgoing: None
Correspondences - Copies:
The first two matters pertain to the Premium Marsh Restoration.
1. 11/6/91 - NYS DOS to Stephen Altieri, RE: Premium Marsh Restora-
tion - Project received State consistency approval with a stipula-
tion that no dredging will be done from April 1 to September 30 in
order to avoid a negative impact upon fish nurseries in feeding
areas and shellfish spawning. They recommend monitoring the results
of the project to provide data relating to the preservation of the
tidal wetland and the benefits derived from it. The question came
up of who will pay for this monitoring. Mrs. Wittner stated that
since it is not in the Grant's budget, possibly the Premium River
Pinebrook Preservation Association would pay for monitoring.
2. 11/6/91 - Stephen Altieri to the Supervisor and Town Board,
RE: recommendation to reject a $629,110 dredging bid on the Premium
Project. This was the only bid which came back and was frvin Harbor
Clean Corp. of Norwalk, CT. This bid had the stipulation that the
Town provide capping material. Mrs. Wittner explained
that there is a 5:1 capping requirement for the dredge material
(five parts clean material to one part sediment) . If the con-
tractor has to supply the capping material and barge it over to
the site, it will cost an additional $566,000. This bid had to
be rejected because of the high cost. Another problem is that
the Town does not have U.S. Army Corte of Engineer permits for
the application, and each agency involved in the project has put
another constraint on it. One of the latest constraints is
being placed by the National Marine Fisheries because it stated
that winter flounder will pnssibly be laying eggs in the L.I.
Sound in the barge area. Mrs. Wittner thinks the Marine
Fisheries might recommend that dredging be done between
October 1 and January 25.
A revised bid was advertised deleting the construction of a
temporary dam and adding that the contractor must provide the
capping material and hauling. Two bids came in, one for
$750,000 and the other for $550,000 with the capping material.
Mrs. Wittner stated that 28,000 yards of capping material are
needed. Mr. McMichael spoke about the problems of getting
capping material and haw it's expected to get worse in the
future.
In summarizing the problems, Mrs. Wittner noted that an
additional $80,000 might have to be added. Malcolm Pirnie
engineering fees for survey work and various testing could be
approximately $150,000. Also, if there is still no Corte permit
and dredging does not begin by December, the project will have
to be postponed until 1992-1993. Mr. McMichael suggested
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November 26, 1991
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contacting John McMahon of Bruce & Johnson, one of Brewer's
marinas, to see if they would allow us to do their dredging for
free in exchange for the clean sediment.
3. 11/15/91 - Stephen Altieri to Richard Coico, RE: entrance to
the Premium Conservation area - Mr. Coico related the events of
a recent flood leaving many people's homes and, particularly,
Pryer Manor Road under water. Previously, the Conservation
Advisory Commission (CAC) had a pudo-berm built - about a 1'
high area of mulch and wood chips surrounded by telephone
poles. The flood moved the poles which then blocked the road.
Mr. Coico phoned Ms. Ng and also wrote a letter to Mr. Altieri
who informed him that CAC would look into the matter. Members
of CAC went to the site Sat. , November 23, 1991. Originally,
CAC wrote the Highway Dept. and stated they wanted telephone
poles installed vertically with no mention of wood chips. They
will now submit another memo asking the Highway Dept. to remove
everything and install cut telephone poles every 6', put plant-
ings on the side and erect a sign off Dillon Road stating that
it is a conservation area.
B. Other Items:
1. Naturalist Consultant - Dr. C. Alan Mason, Shirley Tolley, and
Mrs. Wittner met on November 13. Chairperson Perez of CAC who
did not attend was told CAC would be kept posted. The plan of
action is to have an enlarged subcommittee go out for a site
visit with Steve Coleman which will consist of Shirley Tolley,
C. Alan Mason, Claudia Ng, Martha Kaufman - a naturalist and
head of LIFE Center, Mary Ann Johnson, and, possibly, Irma
yolk. They will walk part of Bonnie Briar, possibly the Reser-
voir, and evaluate Mr. Coleman's approach to the overall situa-
tion. As agreed at the last meeting, Mr. Coleman will be paid
for this visit. Becaus the preliminary budget has cut CZMC's
consultant line back to $4,000, Mrs. Wittner feels it is still
passible to work with a consultant but in one area only per
year.
Dr. Mason mentioned that Friends of the Reservoir and the Board
would be interested in the services of a consultant, and if they
were satisfied with Mr. Coleman they would contribute to the
hiring cost. Mrs. Wittner feels a flat-rate basis of payment
would be the easiest method for separating the expenses. CAC
Chairperson Perez reported to Mrs. Wittner that CAC only wants
to spend its consultant budget on Bonnie Briar and does not want
to join CZMC in doing anything more. The site visit has been
set for Monday, December 2 at 9:30 a.m. starting at the
Lardhmont Reservoir Potting Shed.
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2. Waterway Protection Signs - There is a correction in the Sound-
keeper signs which are going to be put up at Pine Brook/Premium
River and East Creek by the Village of Iarchmont. Because the
signs said to contact the Soundkeeper with an 800 telephone
number, the Village felt this would be endorsing a nonprofit
organization. The Village Board has instead agreed to pay for
the signs and delete references to the Soundkeeper. One sign
will say: "This River flows to the Sound" and the other, "This
Creek flows to the Sound". Both will say "Don't Dump" with the
fish stencil. Placement of the sign for the Premium will be on
Post Road by Tony's Nursery, and the sign for Fast Creek will be
on Birch Lane.
3. Erosion and Sediment Control - Mrs. Wittner spoke to Gary
Trachtman who said he is unable to work on the draft of the
legislation right now. Mrs. Wittner called Elaine Price to ^M
want could be done to move this project along, but she has not
heard back from Councilwoman Price. Mr. Young commented that
during the last session held with Mr. Jakubowski (Jake) of the
Building Dept. and Mr. Trachtman, there were not many changes to
be made, and that CZMC had made the suggested revisions.
Mrs. Wittner asked Ms. Ng to get a copy of the draft from the
files to check on the status of the evaluation. Mrs. Wittner
asked the Commission members who are engineers if they could
evaluate the technical points in order to move the project
along, and if they knew of anyone else who could help.
MEMBERS' REPORIb
Mr. Howard McMichael, Jr. - Re: Chapter 210 which deals with
waterfront management in the Village of Mamaroneck. The public hearing
has been put off until January or later. This is a local law dealing
with floats, speed limits, pollution, etc. Since this was never approved
by the State, the Harbor Commission is reviewing and updating it to try
to get it approved by the State. The C'nastal Zone Commission in the
Village of Mamaroneck is going through their updating in conjunction with
the Harbor Commission.
Dr. Richard Coico - Nothing new to report.
Mr. Angel Martin - Since Mr. Martin missed the last CAC meeting, he
asked Ms. Ng to bring CZMC up to date. Ms. Ng stated that CAC would like
to use the services of the naturalist, Mr. Coleman, but did not want to
dedicate the whole funding toward him. CAC's various projects right now
include working on the newsletter articles and storm drain stenciling -
which Mrs. Cavalieri is heading. The Tawn of Mamaroneck approved the
project and has chosen to use blue paint.
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November 26, 1991
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Mr. Richard Young - There was no Planning Board Meeting this month.
Regarding the DiForio property: they will have a full environmental
study done. They also need one variance to have a driveway moved.
Dr. C. Alan Mason - Re: Larchmont Reservoir - The Friends of the
Reservoir are still pursuing the Village of Larchmont to install sewer
lines fruit the Reservoir property out to Weaver Street. At present there
is just a septic system which leaches into the Sheldrake just below the
lower lake. If a sewer line goes in, Dr. Mason feels the engineer for
Mr. DiForio should consider UqP of it.
Mr. Richard Metzner - Of the three projects before the Board of
Architectural Review, there was nothing to report. Mr. Metzner commented
that Lamboiytiini plans to have a showroom only with some landscaping. He
did not attend the last meeting.
REFERRAL FROM SUPERVISOR RE: EMC WATER QUALITY REVIEW
Mrs. Wittner distributed copies of the Westchester County EMC
document and asked for comments. A few minor changes were discussed and
noted. (Supervisor's referral of October 10, 1991.)
LWRP UPDATE
Mrs. Wittner told the Commission that she has reorganized the update
according to Mr. Metzner's suggestion and finds the document much easier
to follow now. She handed out copies of the draft for Part VII of the
LWRP Update. Revisions and changes were discussed and made.
Mrs. Wittner will finalize and distribute copies of the changes in
December to the Commission members.
ENVIRONMENTAL COORDINATOR'S REPORTS
Ms. Ng reported on the proposed His boar. She was told there is
money in this year's and next year's budget for it, and Town
Administrator, Steve Altieri, said to proceed. Ms. Ng is to contact Jack
Taylor, the consultant, to work out the final details. As for the
problem with debris in the East Creek, CAC contacted the Town and asked
that it be cleaned up. The Town said they will not be able to get to it
until next summer. This needs to be coordinated with the Village of
Larchr ont. It was reported that the boom by Vine St. has been removed,
and the boom in Pine Brook is loose.
NEXT MEETING - January 28, 1992
Meeting adjourned at 10:15 p.m.