Please be advised that a Real Estate Committee Meeting has been scheduled for Tuesday, May 1, 2007 at 7:00 P.M. in the Council Chambers, City Hall, Fourth Floor.
The agenda for this meeting will follow under separate e-mail.
Please make every effort to attend. Thank you.
Dennis M. Robertson Chairman, Real Estate Committee
Chuck Lesnick Co-Chairman, Real Estate Committee
Monday, April 30, 2007
Saturday, April 28, 2007
Real Estate Committee Meeting for Mayday
Some of you may not be receiving notices of these meetings from the City Clerks Office as they have had a problem for over 2 months now notifying the public. If you are on the e-mail list and are not getting meeting notices please contact the City Clerks Office.
The following is the agenda for the Real Estate Committee Meeting scheduled for Tuesday, May 1, 2007:
1. General Ordinance – amending Chapter 43 of the Code of the City of Yonkers , also known as the Zoning Code of the City of Yonkers by adding a section “Planned Neighborhood commercial development.
2. Special Ordinance – Permission for long house sewer connection in 84 Plymounth Avenue (No expense to City).
3. Resolution authorizing issuance of determination of significance pursuant to SEQRA relating to amendment of City Map of City of Yonkers regarding Fremont Street.
4. Special Ordinance discontinuing Fremont Street as a public street.
5. Resolution authorizing issuance of determination of significance pursuant to SEQRA relating to amendment of City Map of City of Yonkers regarding Stone Avenue.
6. Special Ordinance discontinuing a portion of Stone Avenue as a public street.
7. Xavier’s Restaurant Status Report per Memo from Deputy Corporation Joseph Madden.
8. Annabi – Resolution regarding complaints from tenants at Parkledge Apartment, 220-250 Yonkers Avenue per Memo from Deputy Corporation Counsel Joseph Madden.
9. Any additional items that may properly come before this Committee.
The following is the agenda for the Real Estate Committee Meeting scheduled for Tuesday, May 1, 2007:
1. General Ordinance – amending Chapter 43 of the Code of the City of Yonkers , also known as the Zoning Code of the City of Yonkers by adding a section “Planned Neighborhood commercial development.
2. Special Ordinance – Permission for long house sewer connection in 84 Plymounth Avenue (No expense to City).
3. Resolution authorizing issuance of determination of significance pursuant to SEQRA relating to amendment of City Map of City of Yonkers regarding Fremont Street.
4. Special Ordinance discontinuing Fremont Street as a public street.
5. Resolution authorizing issuance of determination of significance pursuant to SEQRA relating to amendment of City Map of City of Yonkers regarding Stone Avenue.
6. Special Ordinance discontinuing a portion of Stone Avenue as a public street.
7. Xavier’s Restaurant Status Report per Memo from Deputy Corporation Joseph Madden.
8. Annabi – Resolution regarding complaints from tenants at Parkledge Apartment, 220-250 Yonkers Avenue per Memo from Deputy Corporation Counsel Joseph Madden.
9. Any additional items that may properly come before this Committee.
Friday, April 27, 2007
Thursday, April 26, 2007
Yonkers Industrial Development Agency Meeting tomorrow 12:00pm
Yonkers Industrial Development Agency Agenda now available.
http://www.yonkersida.com/PDFs/Agendas/Agenda_4_27_07.pdf
Green Building Council representitive at the Riverfront Library Tonight 6:30
Fiona Cousins, Chair of the New York Chapter of the Green Building Council will be making a presentation tonight at the Riverfront Library regarding green development issues as they apply to our downtown and waterfront projects. Join us at 6:30 p.m. for this worthwhile presentation.
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
Thursday at 4:30pm Public Hearing on BTI Property
Thursday, 4/25 at 4:30 Public Hearing on Conveyance of Boyce Thompson Property City Hall
Meetings Today
Wednesday, 4/25 @ 7:00 p.m. – Regular Meeting of Charter Revision Commission at City Hall: No notice displayed in City Hall as of 11:00am 4-25-07
Wednesday, 4/25 @ 10:30 a.m. – BOCS Regular Meeting, City Hall Mayors Conference Room Second Floor
SFC On The DownTown Waterfront Redevelopment Tonight at the Larkin Plaza Library
Tonights Topic TIF
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
Regular City Council Meeting Tonight.
7:30 pm, Council chambers: City Council Committee of the Whole for public comment on Council agenda items. You must call City Clerk at 377-6020 before 3:00 PM Tuesday to sign up to speak. Council Meeting to follow the Committee of the Whole. The agenda link is below. Leaf Blowers, U.S. Mayors Climate Protection Agreement, and Equal Pay for Women are just some of the items which will be discussed.
http://www.cityofyonkers.com/citycouncil/agendas07/20070419-110547.pdf
http://www.cityofyonkers.com/citycouncil/agendas07/20070419-110547.pdf
Budget Committee Meeting on TIF Financing Room 406 City Hall
Please be advised that we have scheduled a Budget Committee Meeting for Tuesday, April 24th, 2007 at 6:00 P.M. in the City Council Conference Room, 4th Floor, City Hall.
The following item(s) will be discussed:
1. Underwriters presentation for TIF Financing
Please make every effort to attend.
Thank You,
Liam J. McLaughlin Budget Chair
Dennis M. Robertson Budget Co-Chair
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
Reminder forTomorrow: CDA Board Meeting - April 19th - 4:00pm
CDA Board Meeting - April 19th - 4:00pm
The Draft Agenda includes the following Draft Resolution:
1. RESOLUTION OF THE YONKERS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENTAGENCY AUTHORIZING CONTRACT WITH N.Y.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR FUNDING OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS TO INITIATE COMMUTER FERRY SERVICE BETWEEN LOWER MANHATTAN AND YONKERS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DESIGN GUIDELINES CONTAINED IN THE YONKERS DOWNTOWN WATERFRONT MASTER PLAN.
The Draft Agenda includes the following Draft Resolution:
1. RESOLUTION OF THE YONKERS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENTAGENCY AUTHORIZING CONTRACT WITH N.Y.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR FUNDING OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS TO INITIATE COMMUTER FERRY SERVICE BETWEEN LOWER MANHATTAN AND YONKERS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DESIGN GUIDELINES CONTAINED IN THE YONKERS DOWNTOWN WATERFRONT MASTER PLAN.
LARKIN PLAZA CLOSED
LARKIN PLAZA CLOSED DUE TO STREET COLLAPSE
This is a general notice to all residents. There has been a street collapse adjacent to the Metro North train station in Larkin Plaza. Larkin Plaza and Buena Vista Avenue (between Wells Avenue and Main Street) have been closed until further notice. The closing should be in effect for a MINIMUM of 3 days. Residents needing to use the adjacent facilities should make arrangements to accomodate the restricted access in the area.
This is a general notice to all residents. There has been a street collapse adjacent to the Metro North train station in Larkin Plaza. Larkin Plaza and Buena Vista Avenue (between Wells Avenue and Main Street) have been closed until further notice. The closing should be in effect for a MINIMUM of 3 days. Residents needing to use the adjacent facilities should make arrangements to accomodate the restricted access in the area.
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
Legislation and Codes Committee meeting will be held on Tonight, April 17, 2007 at 7:00 p.m.
Please be advised that the next Legislation and Codes Committee meeting will be held on Tuesday, April 17, 2007 at 7:00 p.m. in Council Conference Room 406. The agenda will include the following item:
Leaf Blowers
By copy of this e-mail to the Administration, I am requesting a representative from the Law Department attend.
Also this evening at 6:00pm
There will be a Community Services Committee Meeting on Tuesday, April 17, 2007 at 6pm regarding the living wage legislation and any other items properly submitted to the committee.
Ridge Hill Lease to be sold to Ratner to balance City Budget
http://lohud.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070417/NEWS02/704170366/1018/NEWS02
For more on the Ridge Hill Deal go to Yonkers Tribune
http://yonkerstribune.typepad.com/yonkers_tribune/2007/04/amicone_release.html
and heres the press release
http://yonkerstribune.typepad.com/yonkers_tribune/files/FiscalYr2008ExecBudget.htm
For more on the Ridge Hill Deal go to Yonkers Tribune
http://yonkerstribune.typepad.com/yonkers_tribune/2007/04/amicone_release.html
and heres the press release
http://yonkerstribune.typepad.com/yonkers_tribune/files/FiscalYr2008ExecBudget.htm
Sunday, April 15, 2007
New York Times Gives Gleenwood a Deep Purple tribute.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/15/opinion/nyregionopinions/WEYonkers.html?ref=nyregionopinions
Letters to the Editor: From Today's New York Times
Yonkers’ Waterfront: Let’s Think Again
Published: April 15, 2007
Unfortunately, “A New Proposal to Rescue Yonkers’ Waterfront” (April 8) did not show the actual building design proposed by the London-based architect Will Alsop. The building is described as “color-spattered,” and indeed it would be a lively touch against the bland office towers in London’s Docklands complex.
But placed in the Hudson Valley the design is a monstrosity. The shape is awkward. The polychrome surface treatment is trivial and unrelated to the former powerhouse at its base. The scale is hideously out of proportion with the landscape.
After more than a century of industrial misuse of our shoreline, current planners seem determined to replace one blight with another. Mr. Alsop’s proposal has the virtue of being “green” architecture, but a building need not be outrageous and oversized to be environmentally sound or original.
Michelle Jacobs
Yonkers
To the Editor:
Yonkers is poised as bait for developers with a buck in their pocket but who want to earn three at the city’s expense. Traffic and overall planning theme and coherence are but two of the major hurdles.
We need to step back, take a deep breath and count to ten. “How should Yonkers look as gateway to the Hudson Valley?” should be the primary question on everyone’s minds.
Gary Miller
Yonkers
Parking is questioned in the Journal News.
Where can tower tenants park?
Aside from the fact that the design for the Glenwood Power Station on the Hudson in Yonkers is a monstrosity, I would like to know where they plan to park all the cars for the 390 apartments and condos, museum and restaurant? Do they plan on using Kennedy marina?
Nicholas Maggio
Yonkers
Letters to the Editor: From Today's New York Times
Yonkers’ Waterfront: Let’s Think Again
Published: April 15, 2007
Unfortunately, “A New Proposal to Rescue Yonkers’ Waterfront” (April 8) did not show the actual building design proposed by the London-based architect Will Alsop. The building is described as “color-spattered,” and indeed it would be a lively touch against the bland office towers in London’s Docklands complex.
But placed in the Hudson Valley the design is a monstrosity. The shape is awkward. The polychrome surface treatment is trivial and unrelated to the former powerhouse at its base. The scale is hideously out of proportion with the landscape.
After more than a century of industrial misuse of our shoreline, current planners seem determined to replace one blight with another. Mr. Alsop’s proposal has the virtue of being “green” architecture, but a building need not be outrageous and oversized to be environmentally sound or original.
Michelle Jacobs
Yonkers
To the Editor:
Yonkers is poised as bait for developers with a buck in their pocket but who want to earn three at the city’s expense. Traffic and overall planning theme and coherence are but two of the major hurdles.
We need to step back, take a deep breath and count to ten. “How should Yonkers look as gateway to the Hudson Valley?” should be the primary question on everyone’s minds.
Gary Miller
Yonkers
Parking is questioned in the Journal News.
Where can tower tenants park?
Aside from the fact that the design for the Glenwood Power Station on the Hudson in Yonkers is a monstrosity, I would like to know where they plan to park all the cars for the 390 apartments and condos, museum and restaurant? Do they plan on using Kennedy marina?
Nicholas Maggio
Yonkers
Friday, April 13, 2007
Different perspectives on the Glenwood Powerstation.
From today's Journal News Letters to the editor.
Tower would destroy beauty of river
(Original publication: April 13, 2007)
Tower would destroy beauty of river
I was deeply distressed by the Tuesday editorial praising the proposed development of the old Glenwood power plant. It implies that any development in Yonkers is good, while ignoring the fact that development must be appropriate to its surroundings. The confetti-colored tower proposed by British architect Will Alsop would offer a lively contrast to the bland office towers of London's Docklands complex. However, in the context of the Hudson Valley it is a monstrosity. The shape is awkward. The polychrome exterior is trivial and completely unrelated to the former powerhouse at its base. The scale is as badly disproportional to the landscape as the powerhouse's smokestacks.
Our Hudson River is a natural masterpiece that the editorial says "hardly requires embellishment." Erecting tall buildings will destroy the beauty from any vantage point on the river or Palisades, and block the views of Yonkers residents. After more than a century of industrial misuse of its shoreline, Yonkers seems determined to replace one blight with another. Alsop's architecture has the virtue of being "green," but a building need not be outrageous and oversized to be environmentally sound. Yonkers shouldn't strive to become "Manhattan north." We need no more "eye-catching" skyline than the matchless one nature provided.
Barrymore Laurence Scherer
Yonkers
The writer is speaker on architecture, New York Council for the Humanities.
Tower proposal needs re-thinking
Had your Editorial Board (passing by from parts unknown) detrained at the Glenwood Metro-North station to stroll the neighborhood, you would agree that the design and scope of the proposed Glenwood Power Station redevelopment insults its surroundings.
Yonkers and Lower Hudson Valley residents deserve practical architecture deferential to the majesty of the Palisades, not an imported museum piece to gawk at which we may or may not "grow to love." A suitable design exists in the existing structure (smokestacks included).
Christopher Keane
Yonkers
Tower would destroy beauty of river
(Original publication: April 13, 2007)
Tower would destroy beauty of river
I was deeply distressed by the Tuesday editorial praising the proposed development of the old Glenwood power plant. It implies that any development in Yonkers is good, while ignoring the fact that development must be appropriate to its surroundings. The confetti-colored tower proposed by British architect Will Alsop would offer a lively contrast to the bland office towers of London's Docklands complex. However, in the context of the Hudson Valley it is a monstrosity. The shape is awkward. The polychrome exterior is trivial and completely unrelated to the former powerhouse at its base. The scale is as badly disproportional to the landscape as the powerhouse's smokestacks.
Our Hudson River is a natural masterpiece that the editorial says "hardly requires embellishment." Erecting tall buildings will destroy the beauty from any vantage point on the river or Palisades, and block the views of Yonkers residents. After more than a century of industrial misuse of its shoreline, Yonkers seems determined to replace one blight with another. Alsop's architecture has the virtue of being "green," but a building need not be outrageous and oversized to be environmentally sound. Yonkers shouldn't strive to become "Manhattan north." We need no more "eye-catching" skyline than the matchless one nature provided.
Barrymore Laurence Scherer
Yonkers
The writer is speaker on architecture, New York Council for the Humanities.
Tower proposal needs re-thinking
Had your Editorial Board (passing by from parts unknown) detrained at the Glenwood Metro-North station to stroll the neighborhood, you would agree that the design and scope of the proposed Glenwood Power Station redevelopment insults its surroundings.
Yonkers and Lower Hudson Valley residents deserve practical architecture deferential to the majesty of the Palisades, not an imported museum piece to gawk at which we may or may not "grow to love." A suitable design exists in the existing structure (smokestacks included).
Christopher Keane
Yonkers
Thursday, April 12, 2007
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
RidgeHill Back on the Planning Board Agenda Tonight 5:30pm
Here's the agenda
http://www.cityofyonkers.com/planning/agendas%2007/p-4-11.htm
SITE PLAN 14. SITE PLAN REVIEW FOR PROPOSED SIGNAGE
REVIEW AT RIDGE HILL AT BLOCK: 4060 LOT: 1 ON THE PROPERTY KNOWN AS 1 RIDGE HILL BOULEVARD PURSUANT TO ARTICLE IX OF THE YONKERS ZONING ORDINANCE
HENRY HOCHERMAN, REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE PROPOSAL
A. SEQRA: UNLISTED ACTION
LEAD AGENCY: PLANNING BOARD
B. PLANNING BOARD REVIEW
http://www.cityofyonkers.com/planning/agendas%2007/p-4-11.htm
SITE PLAN 14. SITE PLAN REVIEW FOR PROPOSED SIGNAGE
REVIEW AT RIDGE HILL AT BLOCK: 4060 LOT: 1 ON THE PROPERTY KNOWN AS 1 RIDGE HILL BOULEVARD PURSUANT TO ARTICLE IX OF THE YONKERS ZONING ORDINANCE
HENRY HOCHERMAN, REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE PROPOSAL
A. SEQRA: UNLISTED ACTION
LEAD AGENCY: PLANNING BOARD
B. PLANNING BOARD REVIEW
Monday, April 9, 2007
CDA Board Meeting - April 19th - 4:00pm
CDA Board Meeting - April 19th - 4:00pm
The Draft Agenda includes the following Draft Resolution:
1. RESOLUTION OF THE YONKERS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENTAGENCY AUTHORIZING CONTRACT WITH N.Y.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR FUNDING OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS TO INITIATE COMMUTER FERRY SERVICE BETWEEN LOWER MANHATTAN AND YONKERS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DESIGN GUIDELINES CONTAINED IN THE YONKERS DOWNTOWN WATERFRONT MASTER PLAN.
The Draft Agenda includes the following Draft Resolution:
1. RESOLUTION OF THE YONKERS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENTAGENCY AUTHORIZING CONTRACT WITH N.Y.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR FUNDING OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS TO INITIATE COMMUTER FERRY SERVICE BETWEEN LOWER MANHATTAN AND YONKERS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DESIGN GUIDELINES CONTAINED IN THE YONKERS DOWNTOWN WATERFRONT MASTER PLAN.
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