LEGAL NOTICE
CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF YONKERS
Notice of Public Scoping Meeting
For the
DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT (DEIS)
For the Projects Known as:
Palisades Point
Cacace Center
River Park Center
and
Larkin Plaza
Wednesday, January 24, 2007 at 6:30pm
Yonkers City Council Chambers, City Hall, 4th Floor
The City Council of the City of Yonkers will hold a Public Scoping Meeting in the City Council Chambers, 4th Floor, City Hall at 6:30 p.m. PM on Wednesday, January 24, 2007. The Council wishes to receive public comments on the proposed scope of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) to be prepared pursuant to the State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA) and its implementing regulations for the proposed mixed-use development projects known as River Park Center, Cacace Center, Larkin Plaza, and Palisades Point. The applicant is Struever Fidelco Cappelli, LLC (“SFC”). The City Council of the City of Yonkers will serve as lead agency under SEQRA.
The public scoping meeting is intended to provide agencies, organizations, and members of the public an opportunity to comment on the range of topics to be analyzed in the DEIS, and to provide input as to the types and methodologies of analyses employed therein. Following the receipt of oral and written comments on the Draft Scope, a Final Scope will be prepared by the City Council reflecting substantive comments received.
A Draft Scope document has been prepared to describe the proposed project, present the proposed framework for the EIS analysis, and discuss the procedures to be followed in the preparation of the DEIS. Copies of the Draft Scope are available at the locations listed below, as well as online at www.CityofYonkers.com.
Oral and written comments on the scope of the DEIS will be accepted at the Scoping Meeting. Written comments will be received thereafter, until the public scoping comment period closes on Monday, February 5, 2007.
Background
In accordance with SEQRA, a DEIS is to be prepared to evaluate the potential impacts of the redevelopment of several underutilized parcels in and around Downtown Yonkers and its Hudson River waterfront. As proposed, the project would create new residential, retail, office, recreational, and open space uses in the four development areas. The primary development components of the proposal include the River Park Center, Cacace Center, Larkin Plaza, and Palisades Point. The application/petition of SFC as submitted to the Yonkers City Council on October 24, 2006 provides a detailed description of the location and build program for each project component, as well as a description of the anticipated related actions.
The proposed project would also include a number of improvements associated with the redevelopment such as new parking structures, amenities associated with re-exposing the Saw Mill River, and various public improvements outside the immediate redevelopment sites associated with necessary transportation and infrastructure improvements.
In addition to the development actions, the proposed project would include a number of related actions that would be discussed and analyzed in the DEIS. These actions include zoning amendments, amendments to urban renewal plans that affect redevelopment of the area, discontinuation of streets, alienation of city parkland, and numerous approvals from various City, county, state, and federal agencies. As proposed, the project includes the adoption of a Municipal Redevelopment Plan in accordance with New York Municipal Redevelopment Law to facilitate the issuance of tax increment bonds (“TIF” bonds) by the City of Yonkers intended to finance certain aspects of the proposed project.
PLEASE NOTE: the close of public comment on scoping applies only to the creation of the DEIS Scope. There will be opportunities for additional comment on the DEIS following its preparation and at a later date.
Contact Persons: Chuck Lesnick, President, Yonkers City Council
Dennis Robertson, Chairman, Real Estate Committee, Yonkers City Council
City Hall
40 S. Broadway, Room 403
Yonkers, New York 10701
(914) 377-6650 (T)
(914) 377-6672 (F)
To Obtain a copy of the Draft Scope:
www.CityofYonkers.com (Bulletin Board Section on the Home Page)
City of Yonkers City Clerk’s Office
Yonkers City Hall, Room 107
40 S. Broadway
Yonkers, New York 10701
Office of the City Council President
Yonkers City Hall, Room 403
40 S. Broadway
Yonkers, New York 10701
Yonkers Public Library
Riverfront Library
1 Larkin Center
Yonkers, NY 10701
This Notice has been sent to:
City of Yonkers, Mayor’s Office
City of Yonkers, Office of City Council Members and President
City of Yonkers, Corporation Counsel
City of Yonkers, Traffic Engineer
City of Yonkers, City Engineer
City of Yonkers,Planning Board
City of Yonkers, Community Development Agency
Westchester County Planning Department
County Office Building
148 Martine Avenue
White Plains, NY 10601
Westchester County DPW
County Office Building, Room 400B
148 Martine Avenue
White Plains, NY 10601
Westchester County Department of Environmental Facilities
County Office Building
148 Martine Avenue
White Plains, NY 10601
Westchester County Department of Health 145 Huguenot St., 8th Floor New Rochelle, N.Y 10801
Westchester County Department of Transportation
County Office Building
148 Martine Avenue
White Plains, NY 10601
Metropolitan Transportation Authority
347 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10017
NYS Department of Environmental Conservation – Region 3
21 South Putt Corners Road
New Paltz, NY 12561
NYS Office of Parks, Recreation and Conservation
State Historic Preservation Office
Peebles Island State Park
1 Delaware Avenue
Cohoes, NY 12047
NYS Department of State
Division of Coastal Resources and Waterfront Revitalization
41 State Street
Albany, New York 12231
NYS Department of Transportation
4 Burnett Boulevard
Poughkeepsie, NY 12603
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
26 Federal Plaza – Room 1937
New York, NY 10278
JOAN C. DEIERLEIN
City Clerk
dated: jANUARY 12, 2007
