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City of New Rochelle Local Waterfront Revitalization Plan

February 3, 2016 6:45 – 9:00 pm

New Rochelle City Council Chambers

AGENDA Public Workshop 1. Sign‐In (6:45 – 7:00)

2. Welcome (7:00 – 7:05)

3. Facilitated Discussion (7:05 – 9:00)

. Presentation 1 – Overview, Policies and Planning Area 1 (see attached map) (7:00 – 7:35) . Discussion (Q&A)

. Presentation 2 – Planning Area 2 (see attached Map) (7:35 – 8:00) . Discussion (Q&A)

. Presentation 3 – Planning Area 3 (see attached Map) (8:00 – 8:30) . Discussion (Q&A)

. Presentation 4 – Entire LWRP Area (see attached Map) (8:30 – 9:00) . Discussion (Q&A)

1 Ave 5th

Town of Mamaroneck New Rochelle Moran Pl Dogwood Ln r Ave Premium Point e Chester Pl m Hwy Cherry Ave al Pal Emerson Ave mori Me Divis

ion St Central Dr River East Dr St Le Fevres Ln

Boston Post Rd

Premium Mill Pond

95 § PlanningSnuff Mill Area 3 ¨¦¦ Creek Echo Av New Rochelle Webs y 1 Transit Center North A Us Hw e Five Islands Park ter

Ave ve Sutton Manor Rd

Echo Bay Ferris Creek Hudson Park Rd Echo Island Church St

Centre Ave Hudson Park Rd

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Huguenot Echo Bay Dr

Chelsea Rd Potters Ln Drake Ave AielloCoventry Ln ham Rd Park Pel Windsor Oval

Church St Elm St

Titus Mill Pond Hampton Oval Weyman Pine Island Gail Dr Kensington Oval

Ave

New Davenport Park Rochelle Malysana Ln Sound Creek

Drake Ave

Davenport Ave Rd Wright Island Basin Neptune Glen Island Approach Pond Planning Area 2

Harbor Ln

New Rochelle Pelham Manor New Rochelle Travers Island Lower Harbor

Glen Island Planning Area 1

Westchester County Town of Mamaroneck Bronx County New Rochelle

Columbia Island Pea Island

LWRP Boundary

New Rochelle 0 1/4 1/2 1 Westchester County Bronx County Nassau County Mi.

Source: Westchester County, BFJ Planning LWRP Planning Areas

New Rochelle, NY Local Waterfront Revitalization Program 2 Titus Mill Weyman Pine Island Pond Gail Dr

Ave

New Davenport Park Rochelle Malysana Ln Creek

Drake Ave

Davenport Ave Fort Slocum Rd Wright Island Basin Neptune Glen Island Approach Pond

Harbor Ln 6

New Rochelle New Rochelle Pelham Manor 7 Travers Island Lower Harbor Huckleberry Island

Glen Island 1 2 3

Westchester County 4 5 Bronx County Davids Island

LWRP Boundary Columbia Island Pea Island 0 1/4 1/2 Mi.

Source: Westchester County, BFJ Planning

Provide access to David’s Island via ferry (e.g. from Glen 1 Maintain existing zoning on Davids Island. 5 Island or Neptune Park) and oppose construction of a vehicular bridge connection to Davids Island

Provide meaningful publicly accessible open space on Davids Provide opportunities for non-motorized boat loading (kayak 2 Island 6 launches) at Neptune Park

Waste pump-out facilities for boats should be properly 3 Provide access to Davids Island for kayaks and other boats 7 identified at marinas and accessible to all boats containing toilets

Refer to recommendations in Davids Island study for 4 guidance on future redevelopment opportunities

Planning Area 1: Preliminary Project Ideas

New Rochelle, NY Local Waterfront Revitalization Program 3 Sutton Manor Rd

North A Echo ve Bay Ferris Creek Hudson Park Echo Island Wildcliff Rd LWRP Boundary Church St 0 1/4 1/2 Centre Ave Hudson Park Rd Mi.

Echo Bay Dr

Chelsea Rd Potters Ln AielloCoventry Ln ham Rd Park Pel Windsor Oval

Church St Elm St

Titus Mill Pond Hampton Oval Pine Island Gail Dr Kensington Oval 2 New Davenport Park Rochelle4 3 Malysana Ln Creek

Drake Ave

Davenport Ave Glen Island Approach Fort Slocum Rd Wright Island Basin 1

Neptune Harbor Ln Pond

Town of Mamaroneck

New Rochelle New Rochelle Lower Harbor Huckleberry Island

Davids Glen Island Island Source: Westchester County, BFJ Planning Encourage clustering of future residential development that replaces existing clubs on to provide a 1 greater area of open space along the waterfront and address sea level rise and flooding Explore a greenway connection between public open space 2 along Davenport Avenue and other waterfront parks and destinations within the LWRP Area

3 Maintain Davenport Park

Properly identify waste pump-out facilities for boats at 4 marinas and accessible to all boats containing toilets

Planning Area 2: Preliminary Project Ideas

New Rochelle, NY Local Waterfront Revitalization Program 4 Town of Mamaroneck New Rochelle Moran Pl Dogwood Ln r Ave Premium Point e Chester Pl m Cherry Ave Pal Emerson Ave

Central Dr River East Dr St Le Fevres Ln

Boston Post Rd

Premium Mill Pond 5 1 10 4 Snuff2 Mill Creek Echo Av y 1 7

North A Us Hw e Five3 Islands Park 6

ve Sutton Manor Rd 8 Echo Bay Long Island Sound Ferris9 Creek Hudson Park Wildcliff Rd Echo Island

Church St Hudson Park Rd

LWRP BoundaryEcho Bay Dr Chelsea Rd 0 Aiello 1/4 Potters Ln 1/2 Coventry Ln Windsor Oval ham Rd Park Mi. Pel

Church St

Source: Westchester County, BFJ Planning

Use good faith efforts to preserve significant architectural Dredge channels in Echo Bay 1 aspects of the New Rochelle ArmoryHampton structure Oval 6

Provide meaningful waterfront public open space and Improve stormwater outfalls in Echo Bay and remove all 2 waterfront esplanade at Echo Bay 7 sediments including contaminated sediments from discharge Support the creation of a mixed-use destination at the Establish a greenway between Five Islands Park and Hudson Municipal Marina that includes recreational programming at 3 Park via Echo Avenue and Municipal Marina 8 Hudson Park, Wildcliff, and Five Islands Park and consistent with waterfront recreational use Provide connections via wayfinding signage, streetscape 4 treatments and bicycle and pedestrian access to connect 9 Enforce boat waste clean-out provisions Downtown and the Echo Bay waterfront Encourage Westchester County to further upgrade the 5 Provide options for relocation of City Yard operations 10 Westchester County Waste Water Treatment Facility to meet all applicable state and federal standards

Planning Area 3: Preliminary Project Ideas

New Rochelle, NY Local Waterfront Revitalization Program 5 Ave 5th All new development along the waterfront Town of Mamaroneck should include some provision for public New Rochelle 1 access or provide payment in lieu into a Moran Pl Dogwood Ln r Ave Premium Point e Chester Pl m public waterfront open space fund Hwy Cherry Ave al Pal Emerson Ave mori Me Develop a strategy to resolve conflicts Divis between boat types (fishing boats, ion St Central Dr River East Dr 2 recreational craft, non-motorized), i.e., St Le Fevres Ln harbor management strategy Boston Post Rd

Premium Mill Pond Establish a blue-trail that links islands, 95 parks, and points of interests for non- § PlanningSnuff Mill Area 3 ¨¦¦ 3 Creek motorized boaters in protected waters Echo Av New Rochelle Webs y 1 Transit Center North A Us Hw e Five Islands Park ter

Ave Provide connections to the waterfront ve Sutton Manor Rd 4 throughout the LWRP area Echo Bay Ferris Creek Hudson Park Wildcliff Rd Echo Island Church St Simplify process for obtaining Omnicard Hudson Park Rd Centre Ave 5 pass, or seek alternative funding St mechanisms for local parks

Huguenot Echo Bay Dr Dredging permits and disposal of dredging Chelsea Rd Potters Ln Drake Ave material in either clean or contaminated AielloCoventry Ln ham Rd Park 6 Pel Windsor Oval condition

Church St Elm St Coordinate with Westchester County to Titus Mill mitigate impacts from overflow retention Pond Hampton Oval 7 Weyman Pine Island facilities (ORFs) Gail Dr Kensington Oval

Ave

New Davenport Park Implement Best Management Practices Rochelle Malysana Ln 8 forLong private Island Sound property owners to manage Creek stormwater on site Drake Ave

Davenport Ave Fort Slocum Rd Wright Island Consider more ecologically balanced Basin alternatives for structured (eg. bulkheads) Neptune 9 Glen Island Approach Pond Planning Area 2 shorelines

Harbor Ln

New Rochelle Pelham Manor New Rochelle Travers Island Lower Harbor Huckleberry Island

Glen Island Planning Area 1

Westchester County Town of Mamaroneck Bronx County Davids Island New Rochelle

Columbia Island Pea Island

LWRP Boundary

New Rochelle 0 1/4 1/2 1 Westchester County Bronx County Nassau County Mi.

Source: Westchester County, BFJ Planning General LWRP Preliminary Project Ideas

New Rochelle, NY Local Waterfront Revitalization Program 6