AGENDA
CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF YONKERS
STATED MEETING
TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 2008
Committee of the Whole 7:30 P.M.
Stated Meeting 8:00 P.M.
City Council Chambers
TIME:
PRESENT: PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL
CHUCK LESNICK
DISTRICT
2 MAJORITY SANDY ANNABI
4 MINORITY LEADER LIAM J. McLAUGHLIN
COUNCIL MEMBERS:
DISTRICT:
1 PATRICIA D. McDOW
3 JOAN GRONOWSKI
5 JOHN M. MURTAGH
6 DEE BARBATO
Recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag followed by a moment of
silence to invoke God’s guidance and Blessing upon our deliberations.
Minutes of the stated meeting held on April 08, 2008 approved on motion of
Majority Leader Sandy Annabi.
AGENDA
CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF YONKERS
STATED MEETING
TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 2008
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INDEX
ITEM DESCRIPTION PAGE
1. L.L. - GREENWAY COMPACT PLAN 6/8
2. S.O - ACQUISITION (58 PURSER PLACE) 9/10
3. RES -SETTLEMENT - LAMADORE ($802.67) 11
4. RES –GRANT – SPECIAL OLYMPICS (1,252.38) 12
5. RES – PHILIPSE MANOR HISTORIC DIST. 13/14
6. RES – PROPOSAL TO COUNTY (63 N. B’WAY) 15
7. RES – TIF – SFC PROJECT 16/18
8. RES –SOUTH BROADWAY BID 19
9. RES - COMMISSIONERS OF DEEDS 20/21
10. RES – BANNER (UKRAINIAN HERITAGE FEST) 22
AGENDA
CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF YONKERS
STATED MEETING
TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 2008
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COMMUNICATIONS
AGENDA
CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF YONKERS
STATED MEETING
TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 2008
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COMMUNICATIONS FROM CITY OFFICIALS
FROM THE OFFICE OF FINANCE AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES; THE CITY
OF YONKERS, NEW YORK COMPREHENSIVE ANNUAL FINANCIAL
REPORT. (FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2007)
AGENDA
CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF YONKERS
STATED MEETING
TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 2008
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COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
AGENDA
CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF YONKERS
STATED MEETING
TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 2008
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LOCAL LAW
1. BY COUNCIL PRESIDENT LESNICK, MAJORITY LEADER ANNABI,
MINORITY LEADER McLAUGHLIN, COUNCILMEMBERS, McDOW,
GRONOWSKI, MURTAGH AND BARBATO:
A Local Law to adopt Westchester County Greenway Compact Plan.
Be it enacted by the City Council of the City of Yonkers as follows:
Section 1. Adoption of Westchester County Greenway Compact Plan
1. Pursuant to the provisions of Section 44-0119 of the
Environmental Conservation Law of the State of New York, the City
of Yonkers hereby adopts the statement of policies, principles and
guides detailed in The Greenprint for a Sustainable Future…the
Westchester Way, the Westchester County Greenway Compact
Plan, by which the City of Yonkers becomes a participating
community in the Greenway Compact.
2. Proposals to amend the Compact Plan may from time to time be
made by the Hudson River Valley Greenway Communities Council
(hereinafter referred to as "Greenway Council") in response to
requests from participating communities. Within 90 days of receipt
of any such proposal from the Greenway Council, the City Council
of the City of Yonkers shall determine by resolution whether to
accept or to reject such proposed amendment. Any proposed
amendment so accepted shall be considered an amendment of the
Compact Plan as adopted by the City of Yonkers. Any proposed
amendment rejected by the City of Yonkers will not be considered
to be an amendment of the Greenway Plan for the City of Yonkers
and notice of such rejection shall promptly be provided to the
Greenway Council.
3. It is stated policy of the City of Yonkers that, to the extent the City
amends its current, or enacts new, land use laws and regulations,
such new or amended laws and regulations, where appropriate,
should be designed to be consistent with the Compact Plan.
AGENDA
CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF YONKERS
STATED MEETING
TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 2008
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LOCAL LAW (CONTINUED)
Section 2. Amendment of Zoning Code
To implement the Compact Plan in the City of Yonkers the Zoning chapter
of the Code of the City of Yonkers is hereby amended by the addition of
the following provision:
§ Westchester County Greenway Compact Plan. By Local Law No. of
the Year 2008 the City of Yonkers has adopted the Compact Plan, as
amended from time to time, as a statement of policies, principles, and
guides to supplement
Other established land use policies in the City. In its discretionary actions
under this zoning code, the reviewing agency should take into
consideration said statement of policies, principles and guides, as
appropriate.
Section 3. Amendment of Subdivision Code
To implement the Compact Plan in the City of Yonkers, the Subdivision of
Land chapter of the Code of the City of Yonkers is hereby amended by the
addition of the following provision:
§ Westchester County Greenway Compact Plan. By Local Law No. of
the Year 2008 the City of Yonkers has adopted the Compact Plan, as
amended from time to time, as a statement of policies, principles, and
guides to supplement other established land use policies in the City. In its
discretionary actions under this subdivision code, the reviewing agency
should take into consideration said statement of policies, principles and
guides, as appropriate.
Section 4. Home Rule of Authority
Nothing in this Local Law adopting the Compact Plan, or in becoming a
participating community in the Compact Plan is intended, or shall be
construed (a) to limit the home rule authority of the City under State Law
to make local land use and zoning decisions, (b) to authorize any other
entity to supersede the City's land use laws and regulations or to impose
any requirements on the City, or (c) to prevent the City in its sole
discretion from adopting a local law at a later date for the purpose of
withdrawing from the Greenway Compact or Westchester County
Greenway Compact Plan.
AGENDA
CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF YONKERS
STATED MEETING
TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 2008
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LOCAL LAW (CONTINUED)
Section 5. Separability
If any part or provision of this Local Law or the application thereof to any
person or circumstance be adjudged invalid by any court of competent
jurisdiction, such judgment shall be confined in its operation to the part of
provision or application directly involved in the controversy in which
judgment shall have been rendered and shall not affect or impair the
validity of the remainder of this Local Law or the application thereof to
other persons or circumstances, and the City of Yonkers hereby declares
that it would have passed this Local Law or the remainder thereof had
such invalid application or invalid provision been apparent.
Section 6. Effective Date
This Local Law shall take effect immediately upon filing in the office of the
Secretary of State in accordance with Section 27 of the Municipal Home
Rule Law.
AGENDA
CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF YONKERS
STATED MEETING
TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 2008
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SPECIAL ORDINANCE
2. BY COUNCIL PRESIDENT LESNICK, MAJORITY LEADER ANNABI,
MINORITY LEADER McLAUGHLIN, COUNCILMEMBERS, McDOW,
GRONOWSKI, MURTAGH AND BARBATO:
A SPECIAL ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE
ACQUISITION OF THE FOLLOWING PROPERTY REQUIRED IN
CONNECTION WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF A PUBLIC ATHLETIC
FIELD AND PLAYGROUND:
SECTION 1, BLOCK 154, LOTS 55.67
(58 PURSER PLACE).
The City of Yonkers, in City Council convened, hereby ordains and
enacts:
Section 1. It is hereby ordered and directed that certain parcel of
property, referenced above and as identified on the Official Tax Map of the
City of Yonkers, be acquired for public or municipal purposes, more
specifically, the establishment of a public athletic field and playground.
Section 2. For the purposes of acquiring said property, the Mayor
or the Commissioner of Public Works is hereby authorized to acquire for
the City of Yonkers the aforesaid lands by gift or purchase, at a price to be
approved by the City Council, or by the procedure set forth in Article XX of
the Charter of the City of Yonkers, as amended, or by proceedings as set
forth in the Eminent Domain Procedure Law (“EDPL”).
Section 3. The property shall not be transferred to the City by
Eminent Domain, or through any other means, without additional City
Council approval.
Section 4. The whole cost and expense of acquiring the aforesaid
property shall be borne by the City-at-large.
AGENDA
CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF YONKERS
STATED MEETING
TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 2008
10
SPECIAL ORDINANCE (CONTINUED)
Section 5. This Ordinance shall take effect immediately.
AGENDA
CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF YONKERS
STATED MEETING
TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 2008
11
RESOLUTION
3. BY COUNCIL PRESIDENT LESNICK, MAJORITY LEADER ANNABI,
MINORITY LEADER McLAUGHLIN, COUNCILMEMBERS, McDOW,
GRONOWSKI, MURTAGH AND BARBATO:
RESOLVED, by the City Council of The City of Yonkers, in meeting
assembled:
That the settlement by the Corporation Counsel in the amount of
EIGHT HUNDRED TWO AND 67/100 DOLLARS ($802.67), of the action
entitled “LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY a/s/o RICHARD
LAMADORE, Plaintiff, (residing at 227 Helena Avenue, Yonkers, New
York 10710), against the CITY OF YONKERS, Defendant”, for property
damage arising out of an incident on March 17, 2007 when a truck owned
by the City of Yonkers and operated by Vincent Galli, a City employee
assigned to the Department of Public Works, struck claimant’s vehicle
which was parked and unoccupied on Helena Avenue, in front of 227
Helena Avenue, in the City of Yonkers, be and the same hereby is
approved and the Comptroller of the City of Yonkers is directed to draw
his warrant in the amount of EIGHT HUNDRED TWO AND 67/100
DOLLARS ($802.67) in favor of said plaintiff.
AGENDA
CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF YONKERS
STATED MEETING
TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 2008
12
RESOLUTION
4. BY COUNCIL PRESIDENT LESNICK, MAJORITY LEADER ANNABI,
MINORITY LEADER McLAUGHLIN, COUNCILMEMBERS, McDOW,
GRONOWSKI, MURTAGH AND BARBATO:
WHEREAS, an anonymous donor has agreed to give the sum of
$1,252.38 to Project Friendship, the City’s Program for the
Developmentally Disabled run by the Department of Parks, Recreation
and Conservation;
WHEREAS, because of this generous donation, the Department of
Parks, Recreation and Conservation will be able to purchase new hockey
equipment for the Special Olympics Floor Hockey Team;
RESOLVED, the City Council of the City of Yonkers upon receipt of
this donation hereby acknowledges this generous gift from the anonymous
donor and be it further;
RESOLVED, that this resolution will take effect immediately.
AGENDA
CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF YONKERS
STATED MEETING
TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 2008
13
RESOLUTION
5. BY COUNCIL PRESIDENT LESNICK, MAJORITY LEADER ANNABI,
MINORITY LEADER McLAUGHLIN, COUNCILMEMBERS, McDOW,
GRONOWSKI, MURTAGH AND BARBATO:
A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE
LANDMARKS PRESERVATION BOARD AND DESIGNATING THE
PHILIPSE MANOR HISTORIC DISTRICT AT 6-8 WELLS AVENUE; 52-54
WARBURTON AVENUE; 50 WARBURTON AVENUE; 48 WARBURTON
AVENUE; 46 WARBURTON AVENUE; 44 WARBURTON AVENUE; 42
WARBURTON AVENUE; 40 WARBURTON AVENUE; 38 WARBURTON
AVENUE; 36 WARBURTON AVENUE; 11 MANOR HOUSE SQUARE; 9
MANOR HOUSE SQUARE; AND 5 MANOR HOUSE SQUARE AS A
LANDMARK PURSUANT TO SECTION 45–5 F OF THE CODE OF THE
CITY OF YONKERS.
WHEREAS, the Yonkers Landmarks Preservation Board has
considered the application to locally landmark the thirteen properties
known as the Philipse Manor Historic District at 6-8 Wells Avenue; 52-54
Warburton Avenue; 50 Warburton Avenue; 48 Warburton Avenue; 46
Warburton Avenue; 44 Warburton Avenue; 44 Warburton Avenue; 42
Warburton Avenue; 40 Warburton Avenue; 38 Warburton Avenue; 36
Warburton Avenue; 11 Manor House Square; 9 Manor Square; and 5
Manor House Square, pursuant to the Code of the City of Yonkers; and
WHEREAS, the aforementioned properties designed by various
Yonkers architects, represent a variety of styles that form a harmonious
unit in scale with their dramatic surroundings of hills, cliffs and related 19th
Century architecture, not to mention a unit that harmonizes with the
characteristic Yonkers pattern of intersecting, curving streets and with a
public square of moderate width and essentially human scale that is
unique to Yonkers; and
WHEREAS, these properties stand in close proximity to Philipse
Manor Hall, the most important Colonial House in Southern Westchester
County, an 18th Century mansion whose own history is intimately bound to
Yonkers, it was owned by the Philipse family, who farmed the land, and
George Washington paid court to the daughter of the house, it is centered
in James Fenimore Cooper’s Novel “The Spy”, and during the last three
decades of the 19th Century, Philipse Manor Hall served as both Yonkers
Town Hall and Yonkers City Hall; and
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CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF YONKERS
STATED MEETING
TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 2008
14
RESOLUTION (CONTINUED)
WHEREAS, one of the buildings, 50 Warburton Avenue, was also
designed by the firm of Edwin A. Quick & Sons, who were also the
designers of Yonkers City Hall; and
WHEREAS, the Yonkers Landmarks Preservation Board, finding
that the Philipse Manor Historic District met the technical criteria for
qualifying as a landmark, by a unanimous vote, moved to locally landmark
the Philipse Manor Historic District and referred the matter to the City
Council; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Yonkers finds that the
Philipse Manor Historic District still retains a level of historic and
architectural character that warrants local landmarking.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the
City of Yonkers that the City Council of the City of Yonkers hereby accepts
the recommendation of the Yonkers Landmarks Preservation Board and
approves the local landmarking of the Philipse Manor Historic District
located at 6-8 Wells Avenue; 52-54- Warburton Avenue; 50 Warburton
Avenue; 48 Warburton Avenue;46 Warburton Avenue; 44 Warburton
Avenue; 42 Warburton Avenue; 40 Warburton Avenue; 38 Warburton
Avenue; 36 Warburton Avenue; 11 Manor House Square; 9 Manor House
Square and 5 Manor House Square; and, be it further
RESOLVED, that this resolution shall take effect immediately.
AGENDA
CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF YONKERS
STATED MEETING
TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 2008
15
RESOLUTION
6. BY COUNCIL PRESIDENT LESNICK, MAJORITY LEADER ANNABI,
MINORITY LEADER McLAUGHLIN, COUNCILMEMBERS, McDOW,
GRONOWSKI, MURTAGH AND BARBATO:
WHEREAS, the City Council requests that the County of
Westchester (the “County”) investigate the feasibility of purchasing
63 North Broadway, Yonkers, N.Y. 10701, Block 2017, Lot 1 for
the purpose of building affordable housing; and
WHEREAS, the City is of the opinion that the purchase of
this property by the County will assist the City in its goal of
providing proper, efficient and appropriate affordable housing in our
City by allowing the revitalization of the City; and
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council
of the City of Yonkers that the City of Yonkers hereby requests that
the County of Westchester investigate the feasibility of purchasing
the property located at 63 North Broadway, Yonkers N.Y. 10701,
Block 2017, lot 1, for use the purpose of building affordable
housing; and be it further
RESOLVED, that this resolution shall take effect
immediately.
AGENDA
CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF YONKERS
STATED MEETING
TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 2008
16
RESOLUTION
7. BY COUNCIL PRESIDENT LESNICK, MAJORITY LEADER ANNABI,
MINORITY LEADER McLAUGHLIN, COUNCILMEMBERS, McDOW,
GRONOWSKI, MURTAGH AND BARBATO:
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL: (1) APPROVING THE SURVEY
AREA STUDY SUBMITTED BY STRUEVER FIDELCO CAPPELLI LLC;
(2) APPROVING THE BOUNDARIES OF THE PROJECT AREA; AND (3)
AUTHORIZING STRUEVER FIDELCO CAPPELLI LLP TO PREPARE A
PRELIMINARY PLAN FOR THE REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT.
WHEREAS, on October 24, 2006, Struever Fidelco Cappelli LLC
(“SFC”) duly filed an Application/Petition with the City Clerk for certain
approvals from the City Council for the development of the projects known
and described in the Application/Petition as “Palisades Point,” “River Park
Center” and “Cacace Center” (collectively, the “SFC Project”); and
WHEREAS, the Application/Petition requests that the City Council
establish a “redevelopment project” under New York General Municipal
Law Article 18-C within the area of the City described in Exhibit 8 to the
Application/Petition (such area, the “Survey Area”); and
WHEREAS, the Application/Petition requests that the City issue tax
increment bonds and/or tax increment bond anticipation notes for the
purpose of carrying out and/or administering a redevelopment plan for the
proposed redevelopment project within the Survey Area, the proceeds of
which would be used for the objects and purposes set forth in New York
General Municipal Law Section 970-o(h)(i)-(iv); and
WHEREAS, SFC proposes to develop the SFC Project within the
Survey Area; and
WHEREAS, the City may issue tax increment bonds and/or tax
increment bond anticipation notes only in furtherance of a redevelopment
project duly established under New York General Municipal Law Article
18-C; and
WHEREAS, on February 13, 2007, the City Council adopted
Resolution No. R.17-2007, pursuant to which the City Council: (1) found
that it is appropriate to undertake a survey area study to determine
AGENDA
CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF YONKERS
STATED MEETING
TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 2008
17
RESOLUTION (CONTINUED)
whether a redevelopment project in the Survey Area is feasible; (2)
authorized and directed SFC to undertake, at SFC’s sole cost and
expense, the survey area study on behalf of the City Council; and
WHEREAS, SFC has prepared a combination survey area study
and draft preliminary plan entitled “Tax Increment Financing Feasibility
Study and Preliminary Redevelopment Plan,” dated July, 2007 and
revised January, 2008 (the “Survey Area Study”); and
WHEREAS, the Survey Area Study is attached to the Draft
Environmental Impact Statement for the SFC Project (the “DEIS”) as
Appendix 1.F; and
WHEREAS, on March 18, 2008, the DEIS was accepted by the City
Council as adequate and complete for the purpose of commencing public
review; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has reviewed the Survey Area Study
and the comment memoranda prepared by G. Lamont Blackstone, the
Council’s consultant, dated December 7, 2007, December 17, 2007 and
April 14, 2008; and
WHEREAS, in his April 14, 2008 memorandum and in his oral
presentation to the Real Estate Committee of the City Council on April 15,
2008, G. Lamont Blackstone recommended that the City Council accept
the Survey Area Study, exclusive of the draft preliminary plan., “as
complete subject to [SFC] submitting satisfactory responses or information
on the pending or incomplete items” identified in the memorandum.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the
City of Yonkers that the City Council hereby approves the Survey Area
Study solely for the purposes set forth in New York General Municipal law
Section 970-d, and not as a preliminary plan under New York General
Municipal Law Section 970-e; and be it further
RESOLVED, that the Survey Area Study is approved subject to
SFC submitting, as part of the preliminary plan, satisfactory responses or
information on the pending or incomplete items identified in the April 14,
2008 memorandum prepared by G. Lamont Blackstone; and be it further
AGENDA
CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF YONKERS
STATED MEETING
TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 2008
18
RESOLUTION (CONTINUED)
RESOLVED, that the “project area” (as that term is defined in New
York General Municipal Law Section 970-c(g)) is bounded as shown on
the map attached to this Resolution, and consists of the properties
identified in the list attached to this Resolution; and be it further
RESOLVED, that pursuant to New York General Municipal Law
Section 970-e, the City Council authorizes and directs SFC to prepare a
preliminary plan for the redevelopment project on behalf of the City
Council; and be it further
RESOLVED, that the preliminary plan shall include that matters set
forth in New York General Municipal Law Section 970-e, and shall address
the comments in the April 14, 2008 memorandum prepared by G. Lamont
Blackstone; and be it further
RESOLVED, that SFC shall undertake the preparation of the
preliminary plan at SFC’s sole cost and expense; and be it further
RESOLVED, that the City Council does not by this resolution
commit to establish a redevelopment project within the project area, but
only to authorize the preparation of a preliminary plan for a redevelopment
project, if approved, pursuant to the Municipal Redevelopment Law; and
be it further
RESOLVED, that this resolution shall take effect immediately.
AGENDA
CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF YONKERS
STATED MEETING
TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 2008
19
RESOLUTION
8. BY COUNCIL PRESIDENT LESNICK, MAJORITY LEADER ANNABI,
COUNCILMEMBER GRONOWSKI, MINORITY LEADER McLAUGHLIN,
COUNCILMEMBERS, McDOW, MURTAGH AND BARBATO:
WHEREAS, in the City of Yonkers we have many
community based organizations interested in community renewal
and economic development; and
WHEREAS, the South Broadway Business Improvement
District (BID) has submitted an application to the New York State
Division of Housing and Community Renewal for a New Main
Street grant in the amount of $165,000; and
WHEREAS, the South Broadway corridor serves as a
gateway into Yonkers from New York City, while simultaneously
hosting merchants and residential community who continue to
strive and maintain and improve the quality of life for all in the
South Broadway area; and
WHEREAS, the façade and building renovations of 242-
248, 373-379 South Broadway and 1 Post Street are important
efforts in the revitalization and development of the South
Broadway corridor, and is included in the scope of this grant
application; and
WHEREAS, the South Broadway corridor is defined as the
section of South Broadway between the city line and Vark Street,
and the grant would be used in the targeted area, defined as the
area between 1 Post Street and 242 South Broadway; and
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Yonkers City
Council supports the South Broadway BID’s application to the
Main Street Program.
AGENDA
CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF YONKERS
STATED MEETING
TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 2008
20
RESOLUTION
9. BY COUNCIL PRESIDENT LESNICK, MAJORITY LEADER ANNABI,
MINORITY LEADER McLAUGHLIN, COUNCILMEMBERS, McDOW,
GRONOWSKI, MURTAGH AND BARBATO:
BE IT RESOLVED, that the following applicant(s) are hereby
appointed and/or reappointed to the office of Commissioner of Deeds for a
period of two years to expire on May 31, 2010.
Spiros Kokkoris
735 Palisade Ave.
Yonkers, New York 10703
Florist RENEWAL
Dennis Commiso
33 Raybrook Rd.
Yonkers, New York 10704
Excavation NEW
Alana M. Ciuffetelli
70 Birchbrook Rd.
Yonkers, New York 10701
Receptionist – Building Department RENEWAL
Steven J. Trujillo
538 Riverdale Ave.
Yonkers, New York 10705
Law Firm NEW
Dennis De La Cruz
501 Riverdale Ave # 3G
Yonkers, New York 10705
Law Firm NEW
AGENDA
CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF YONKERS
STATED MEETING
TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 2008
21
RESOLUTION (CONTINUED)
Carmelo P. Lopez
538 Riverdale Ave.
Yonkers, New York 10705
Law Firm NEW
AGENDA
CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF YONKERS
STATED MEETING
TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 2008
22
RESOLUTION
10. BY COUNCILMEMBER GRONOWSKI, COUNCIL PRESIDENT LESNICK,
MAJORITY LEADER ANNABI, MINORITY LEADER McLAUGHLIN,
COUNCILMEMBERS, McDOW, MURTAGH AND BARBATO:
WHEREAS, St. Michael’s Ukrainian Catholic Church and the
Yonkers branch of the Ukrainian American Youth Association will
celebrate their Twenty-Third Annual Yonkers Ukrainian Heritage Festival
on June 13, 14th and 15th of 2008; and
WHEREAS, this three-day event will take place on the grounds of
St. Michael’s Ukrainian Catholic Church, located at the corner of 510
North Broadway & 21 Shonnard Place; and
WHEREAS, the Ukrainian Heritage Committee has requested
permission from the City Council to place promotional banners in the
surrounding area; and
WHEREAS, the Heritage Committee has asked that they be
permitted to place four (4) banners at the following locations on or before
May 29th, to be removed as soon after June 15th as is possible:
1. North Broadway, in front of St. John’s Hospital – toward
Executive Blvd.
2. Saw Mill River Road between Lockwood Avenue and Palmer
Road
3. Yonkers Avenue in front of Gold’s Gym and Great Bear Mufflers
4. On the Tuckahoe Road Bridge going over Central Park Avenue to be
read by those traveling south on Central Park Avenue and Tuckahoe
Road
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the
City of Yonkers hereby grants permission to the Heritage Committee to
place four banners in the aforementioned locations, subject to any terms
and conditions deemed appropriate by the Administration to protect the
best interests of the City of Yonkers.
AGENDA
CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF YONKERS
STATED MEETING
TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 2008
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COMMITTEE REPORTS
