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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1985_02_19 Coastal Zone Management Commission Minutes VILLAGE OF LARCF ONT TOWN OF MAMARONECK COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE ;r --.:Jim,01) %7NIEFFS,s FE� 22 1 =. f• n • Y,+fr ooToo Ci`• FQI[NGES x5' -A.SL r - Zarchmont, NY 10538 nr' N �cr Mamaroneck, NY 10543 MINUTES bf the Regular PQeeting of the Committee , Village Center, Larchmont, February 19, i-9d5 Members presents Bruce Allen June Allen Wallace Irwin Jr. , Co-Chairman Mary Anne Johnson James Killilea C. Alan Mason Howard McMichael, Jr. Elaine Price Leo Wilson • Others present: Paul H. Kean, Laison Trustee , Larchmont Lawrence Lerman, Liaison Councilman, Town of Mam'k Daniel Shuster, Consultant 1. The meeting was called to order at 8: 15 p.m. The minutes of the meeting of January 8 were approved without change. 2. The Committee ' s attention was called to the fact that the long- awaited hydrological study of the Sheldrake watershed has been received from the County Soil and Nater Conservation D?.strict, and copies have been made available by the Friends of the Reservoir to the two Co-Chairmen, Dr. Mason, and Mr. Shuster. This study is referred to in parts of the draft LWRP concerned with flood control, especially Policy 14. Also in regard to flood control, Mr. Shuster had given Mr. Irwin a report on the position of the Builders Institute of Westchester, opposing County Legislator Keane' s proposal for a "downstream notification" law; opposing any requirement that builders construct project-by-project water retention systems; and urging instead the creation of a "stormwater superfund" for County-constructed regional retention systems. 3. LWRP revision procedure. Mr. Irwin explained the 101-page LWRP revision dated February 16, copies of which had been distributed to those commenting on the previous draft plus key officials of the Village and Town and Mr. Shuster. Each municipal office has a copy and additional copies can be made available to those who need them. The Committee discussed the procedure and timetable for comment on this draft and for further revision. It was agreed that Committee members' comments will be given to Mr. Irwin by March 1 as a basis for further revision. Resulting changes will be circulated in memo form for discussion by the Committee at its next (March 12) meeting. On this • - 2 - On this basis, and after consultation with the Town and Village Attorneys and other municipal officials concerned, it should be possible by about the beginning of April to forward to the two municipal governments an agreed Committee revision with the recom- mendation that they forward it to Albany for the prescribed second round of review. Dr. Lerman and Mr. Kean urged that, as a part of the revision process at this stage, the Town and Village Attorneys must be asked to read the present draft with special attention to the legislative material in Section V. This was agreed. They will also be shown drafts of some of the proposed legislation which Mr. Shuster has provided. • L. 7T j F' 'oc?1ur e, Mr. Shuster cal 1 ed a tte_"_- tion�to the requirement that the Village Board and the Town Council must hold public hearings on the draft LWRP and the accompanying draft Environmental Impact Statement (Section IX of the LWRP) during the 60-day period when Albany will conduct its final review. In preparation for this hearing, the two municipal governments must formally declare themselves to be Lead Agencies for this purpose. Attention of the two municipal Attorneys will be called to this requirement so that the necessary forms can be prepared and the declaration, when made, can be notified to all concerned. 5. Next meeting. The March meeting of the Committee was scheduled for Tuesday evening, March 12 in the Larchmont Village Center. 6. Adjournment. There being no further business, the Committee adjourned at 9: 30 p.m. • Wallace Irwin Jr.