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1 2 STATE OF NEW YORK CITY OF YONKERS 3 ------X Minutes of 4 The City of Yonkers Planning Board February 13, 2020 - 6:00 p.m. 5 at 40 South Broadway, 4th Floor 6 Yonkers, New York 10701 ------X 7 8 B E F O R E: 9 ROMAN KOZICKY, Chairman ADELIA LANDI, Member 10 DR. MICHAEL GILLAN, Member DAWN BAKER, Member 11 GENE JOHNSON, Member JOHN LARKIN, Member 12 MACKENZIE FORSBERG, Member 13 14 P R E S E N T: 15 LEE ELLMAN, Planning Director CHRISTINE CARNEY, Planning Department 16 J. HELEN AGGREY, ESQ., Assistant Corporation Counsel 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25

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1 Proceedings 2 MR. KOZICKY: This is a regular 3 meeting of the Yonkers Planning Board 4 being held on Thursday, February 13, 5 2020. It is now 6:00 p.m., and we 6 are in the City Council Chambers, 7 fourth floor in City Hall of Yonkers. 8 Please note that any matter requiring 9 a public hearing will be heard after 10 7:00 p.m., and that items may be 11 taken out of order in order to 12 accommodate public comment or as the 13 Board may deem necessary. 14 If anybody has a cell phone or 15 similar device, I would ask that you 16 disable or turn it off at this point 17 so as not to interrupt the 18 proceedings. Also, if you need to 19 have a conversation, I would ask that 20 you take the conversation into the 21 hallway also so as not to interrupt 22 the proceedings going on. 23 There are several matters that 24 are being held over this evening, I 25 will go over those in a second, but

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1 Proceedings 2 let's go through the minutes. Item 3 No. 1 are the minutes of the regular 4 Planning Board meeting that were held 5 on December 11, 2019. These were 6 part of your previous package, you 7 should have all had the opportunity 8 to review them. 9 Any comments? Questions? 10 Changes? If not, I will entertain a 11 motion to accept the minutes as 12 presented. So moved by Ms. Landi. 13 Second by Ms. Baker. All in favor, 14 please indicate by saying aye. 15 (Chorus of ayes.) 16 MR. KOZICKY: Opposed, nay. 17 That passes unanimously. The second 18 item is the minutes of the Planning 19 Board meeting that was held on 20 January 13th of 2020. That was in 21 your packets for this month's 22 meeting, you had the opportunity to 23 review them. Any changes? Comments? 24 Questions? 25 If not, I will entertain a

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1 Proceedings 2 motion to accept those minutes as 3 presented. So moved by Ms. Landi. 4 Seconded by Ms. Baker. All in favor, 5 please indicate by saying aye. 6 (Chorus of ayes.) 7 MR. KOZICKY: Opposed, nay. 8 That passes unanimously. And also 9 sort of a two-way on the agenda, we 10 do have the minutes of not our 11 regular Planning Board meeting, but 12 our Planning Board workshop that was 13 held on February 6th of 2020. Those, 14 I believe, we got via e-mail. Any 15 questions or comments regarding 16 those? 17 If not, then I will entertain a 18 motion to accept those minutes. So 19 moved by Dr. Gillan. Second by Ms. 20 Baker. All in favor, please indicate 21 by saying aye. 22 (Chorus of ayes.) 23 MR. KOZICKY: Opposed, nay. 24 That passes unanimously. 25 I'm going to jump down and move

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1 Proceedings 2 first to Item No. 8. No. 8 is a 3 review of a contractor's office at 4 Block: 2420, Lot: 52 on a property 5 known as 607 Nepperhan Avenue 6 pursuant to Article IX of the Yonkers 7 Zoning Ordinance. Andrew Romano is 8 representative for the proposal. 9 Mr. Romano, my understanding is 10 you were just waiting for some 11 topographical. 12 MR. ROMANO: My understanding, 13 Mr. Chairman -- good evening, 14 Mr. Chairman, members of the Board. 15 My understanding is they have been 16 submitted to the Planning Director. 17 MR. KOZICKY: I believe that 18 was the last item and it's all 19 submitted. 20 Members of the Board, questions 21 on this matter? Staff? 22 MR. ELLMAN: No, we are set. 23 MR. KOZICKY: In that case, I 24 will entertain a motion for a 25 negative declaration as to SEQRA.

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1 Proceedings 2 So moved by Dr. Gillan. Seconded by 3 Ms. Forsberg. 4 All in favor, please indicate 5 by saying aye. 6 (Chorus of ayes.) 7 MR. KOZICKY: Opposed, nay. 8 That passes unanimously. And a 9 resolution on the item itself. 10 Ms. Landi. 11 MS. LANDI: Mr. Chairman, we 12 have a resolution to approve a site 13 plan application for a contractor's 14 office and parking lot at Block: 15 2420, Lot: 52 on the property known 16 as 607 Nepperhan Avenue pursuant to 17 Article IX of the Yonkers Zoning 18 Ordinance. 19 Findings: 20 1. The site plan application 21 was on the Planning Board agenda in 22 2018, and at that time, based on the 23 extreme slope of the site, the Board 24 requested a topographic map of the 25 area. In January 2020, the applicant

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1 Proceedings 2 provided the map. 3 2. This is a minor site plan 4 change that will reinvigorate and 5 improve the site. 6 The site plan presented to the 7 Planning Board at its meeting of 8 February 13, 2020, is approved with 9 the following conditions: 10 1. The parking lot as proposed 11 is to provide parking for the office 12 space and visitors of the office. 13 Under no circumstances should 14 construction equipment be parked or 15 stored there at any time. 16 The Planning Board renders its 17 decision based upon facts and 18 findings available to it, 19 specifically: 20 1. Report by the City 21 Engineer. 22 2. Report by the Traffic 23 Engineer. 24 3. Report by the Yonkers Fire 25 Department.

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1 Proceedings 2 4. Report by the Planning 3 Bureau. 4 5. General knowledge of the 5 area. 6 Mr. Chairman. 7 MR. KOZICKY: Thank you, Ms. 8 Landi. Do I have a second on that? 9 Seconded by Ms. Baker. 10 Mr. Romano you heard, on behalf 11 of your client, the one condition. I 12 understand it's understood and agreed 13 and accepted? 14 MR. ROMANO: Yes, sir. 15 MR. KOZICKY: That being the 16 case, I will move to a vote. All in 17 favor of the resolution, please 18 indicate by saying aye. 19 (Chorus of ayes.) 20 MR. KOZICKY: Opposed, nay. 21 That passes unanimously. 22 MR. ROMANO: Thank you. Have a 23 good night, all. 24 MR. KOZICKY: Moving back to 25 Item No. 3, which is a request for a

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1 Proceedings 2 reconsideration of the adopted 3 resolution for a hotel and catering 4 hall at Block: 3515, Lot: 80 on the 5 property known as 1097 North 6 Broadway, Alder Manor, pursuant to 7 Article IX of the Yonkers Zoning 8 Ordinance. 9 Steve is representative for the 10 proposal. 11 MR. ACCINELLI: Good evening, 12 Mr. Chairman, members of the Board, 13 Stephen Accinelli from Veneruso, 14 Curto, Schwartz & Curto on behalf of 15 the applicant. 16 MR. KOZICKY: I'm sorry, 17 Mr. Accinelli, just to go over the 18 recent brief history of this, we did 19 have a special meeting, that's what 20 you heard before, a work session, 21 where the resolution was reviewed -- 22 the previously adopted resolution was 23 reviewed. It was, at our last 24 meeting, put up for reconsideration, 25 and at the time of the review, I

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1 Proceedings 2 believe we came to an understanding 3 as to all but one of the items, one 4 of which we left to just putting 5 together the language between the 6 applicant and the bureau, and I 7 believe you've been able to 8 accomplish that so that tonight we 9 have a revised or a -- okay, so we 10 have a new resolution, actually, on 11 this item, not to be considered an 12 amended resolution, but a new 13 resolution. 14 So is that your understanding? 15 If that's the case, I will move 16 forward with this this evening. 17 MR. ACCINELLI: Yes, 18 Mr. Chairman. 19 MR. KOZICKY: Members of the 20 Board, you've had an opportunity to 21 see the new resolution. Any further 22 questions? Staff? Okay, do I have a 23 motion -- do I have a resolution on 24 this item? Dr. Gillan, please. 25 DR. GILLAN: Mr. Chairman, this

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1 Proceedings 2 is a resolution approving site plan 3 for a hotel and banquet and catering 4 facility at Block: 3515, Lot: 80 on 5 the property known as 1097 North 6 Broadway, Alder Manor, pursuant to 7 Article IX of the Yonkers Zoning 8 Ordinance. 9 Findings: 10 1. Alder Manor, the former 11 Elizabeth Seton College, is a 12 National Register of Historic Places 13 property and a Yonkers local 14 landmark. It was formerly the home 15 of William Boyce Thompson, who made 16 his fortune in copper mining and who 17 was the founder of Boyce Thomson 18 Institute for Plant Research. 19 2. The applicant has proposed 20 the conversion of the site and 21 building into a hotel and banquet and 22 catering facility. The hotel portion 23 of the operation would have 25 rooms, 24 while the banquet and catering 25 facility will contain 8,855 square

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1 Proceedings 2 feet devoted to banquet and catering. 3 3. The applicant has told the 4 Planning Board that the operator of 5 the facility will be Abigail Kirsch 6 Catering of Tarrytown, New York, who 7 will be solely responsible for the 8 operation of the hotel and banquet 9 and catering facility. 10 4. The applicant has proposed 11 a site plan showing parking for 145 12 parking spaces, which will allow for 13 banquet and catering events not to 14 exceed 435 persons in attendance at 15 any one time. 16 5. The Planning Board has 17 reviewed this application under the 18 CA Zone District established for this 19 site. There are a number of 20 permitted uses in that zone, of which 21 hotel and banquet and catering 22 facility are two permitted uses; 23 however, the application before the 24 Board is only for these two uses. 25 Any other uses that have any

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1 Proceedings 2 impact upon parking or physical 3 layout of the buildings on the site 4 will require additional site plan 5 review. 6 6. The Planning Board is 7 reviewing this application under the 8 terms of the Yonkers Zoning Ordinance 9 that defines a hotel as: 10 A facility offering transient 11 lodging accommodations to the general 12 public wherein all rooms are 13 connected to interior hallways, and 14 thereby to interior elevators, 15 lobbies, or stairways through which 16 access to the exterior is gained. 17 Hotels may include but not be limited 18 to related services such as 19 restaurants, meeting rooms, or 20 recreation facilities. 21 7. Further, the Planning Board 22 is reviewing this application under 23 the terms of the Yonkers Zoning 24 Ordinance that defines a banquet and 25 catering facility as:

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1 Proceedings 2 An establishment which serves 3 food and drink and provides 4 entertainment to paying customers and 5 their invited guests on weddings, bar 6 mitzvahs, birthdays, and other 7 similar occasions. 8 8. Parking regulations for the 9 zoning ordinance apply in the 10 following manner to the two uses 11 sought for this application at Alder 12 Manor: 13 A. Hotels that provide a 14 minimum number of spaces based upon 15 ratio of 0.75 per room plus parking 16 calculated separately for other 17 accessory uses; and 18 B. Banquet or catering 19 facilities shall provide a minimum 20 number of spaces based upon a ratio 21 of one per three seats or one per 22 75 square feet of gross floor area, 23 whichever is greater. 24 9. The applicant proposes to 25 operate a hotel and banquet and

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1 Proceedings 2 catering facility, and the Planning 3 Board will grant its approval only if 4 the uses are operated in the manner 5 defined in the Yonkers Zoning 6 Ordinance. It is critical to the 7 Planning Board's approval that there 8 be no misunderstanding about the uses 9 permitted at this site and under this 10 approval. The hotel rooms shall be 11 used only for transient lodging and 12 for no other use. 13 Banquet and catering spaces 14 shall be used as defined in the 15 zoning ordinance with the Planning 16 Board's understanding that the term 17 "other similar occasions", quote, 18 unquote, may be extended to catering 19 business meetings and conference 20 center uses. 21 10. The basement floor plan at 22 Alder Manor was reviewed by the 23 Planning Board and by the City of 24 Yonkers Planning and Building 25 Department staff relative to the

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1 Proceedings 2 parking impact of the spaces shown 3 there. Uses that support the hotel 4 use, such as laundry and storage and 5 mechanical spaces which serve the 6 building, both hotel and banquet and 7 catering uses, do not have any 8 parking impact and do not increase 9 the parking demand beyond the 145 10 spaces provided on the site; however, 11 there are significant spaces in the 12 basement that are not assigned to 13 either of the permitted uses in the 14 building. 15 Should these spaces be used for 16 any banquet or catering facility use, 17 either for the clients, staff, or as 18 storage area, they will add to the 19 parking demand required for that use. 20 11. The applicant has proposed 21 parking lot paving and lighting that 22 is different then that which is 23 normally approved. Several paving 24 methods are proposed, including 25 "grasscrete" or stabilized lawn areas

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1 Proceedings 2 and marble gravel paving. The City 3 Engineer finds these methods 4 acceptable, providing that they are 5 managed correctly. A maintenance 6 plan will be drafted and submitted to 7 the City Engineer in order for the 8 site to obtain its Storm Water 9 Pollution Prevention Plan, SWPPP. 10 The maintenance plan will have to be 11 implemented in order for the site to 12 obtain its annual approval of the 13 SWPPP. 14 Site lighting is provided by up 15 lights placed in trees and otherwise 16 mounted around the parking area. The 17 applicant is unable to model this 18 lighting plan to show the Board the 19 foot-candle values and that the 20 lighting meets the zoning ordinance 21 requirements. The applicant has 22 agreed in meetings with the Planning 23 Director to install electrical 24 conduit in order to light the parking 25 lot with more standard lighting

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1 Proceedings 2 fixtures should the lighting of these 3 areas prove to be sufficient. 4 The applicant has also proposed 5 to the Planning Director to have the 6 lighting reviewed by lighting 7 engineers and consultants and to 8 provide a post installation isolux 9 plan showing foot-candle values 10 across the site plan. 11 12. Approximately 30 of the 12 proposed parking spaces are overhang 13 spaces where the parking space is 14 shorter than the requirement of 15 18 feet. However, these spaces 16 provide for the front of a car to 17 overhang a landscaped area in front 18 of the space and in front of the 19 wheel stop. These types of spaces 20 are commonly provided in parking lots 21 and are permitted with the Board's 22 approval by the Zoning Ordinance. 23 13. Pursuant to section 24 43-36(B), banquet and catering 25 facilities of the zoning ordinance,

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1 Proceedings 2 the proposed banquet and catering 3 facility generally meets the 4 supplemental requirements provided 5 for in zoning for such uses. 6 The site is not in a 7 residential zone, and while adjacent 8 to the S-100 zone to the north of the 9 site, that property is not used 10 residentially, but by Westchester 11 County Parkland. Because of this, it 12 is reasonable to not require 13 buffering between this site and the 14 adjacent residential zoning. 15 The Planning Board, as the 16 approving agency, pursuant to section 17 43-32(B), is permitted to waive 18 supplemental requirements when 19 reasonable and not require for the 20 protection of health, welfare, or 21 general wellbeing. 22 Further, outdoor music and 23 public address systems, music 24 amplifiers, may be permitted subject 25 to City of Yonkers noise regulations.

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1 Proceedings 2 Additionally, hours of operation of 3 banquet and catering events may 4 exceed the 11:00 p.m. limit provided 5 for in the supplemental requirements. 6 If maintained at normal 7 catering event noise levels of the 8 location of the site, as it is not 9 immediately adjacent to residential 10 uses, should not present special 11 concern. 12 14. Pursuant to section 13 43-36(B), banquet and the catering 14 facilities of the Zoning Ordinance, 15 the proposed hotel facility generally 16 meets the supplemental requirement 17 provided for in zoning for such uses. 18 Now therefore, the Planning 19 Board approves the proposed site plan 20 as submitted with the following 21 conditions: 22 1. This site plan approval is 23 for the proposed hotel and banquet 24 and the catering facility only. No 25 other permitted uses listed in the CA

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1 Proceedings 2 Zone have been reviewed or are 3 approved for use at this site. Any 4 other uses will require amended site 5 plan approval. 6 2. Use of this site for 7 temporary on-location filming, video, 8 movies, or photography, shall comply 9 with the temporary on-location 10 filming policy of the Yonkers 11 Department of Housing and Buildings. 12 Use of the site for more than 13 five days per month or more than 14 60 days in any 12-month period shall 15 constitute a change in use and shall 16 require an amendment to the site plan 17 approval. 18 All parking for such temporary 19 use shall be on the Alder Manor site 20 and no parking shall be allowed on 21 North Broadway in conjunction with 22 any such film, video, or photo use. 23 3. All approvals and 24 conditions imposed by the Yonkers 25 Landmarks Preservation Board as part

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1 Proceedings 2 of this review of the site and 3 building as a local Yonkers landmark 4 shall remain in full force and 5 effect. 6 Any changes to the site plan or 7 building plans shall be reviewed by 8 the Landmarks Preservation Board as 9 necessary prior to subsequent site 10 plan review by the Planning Board as 11 a site plan amendment. 12 4. Any signage proposed for 13 the site shall be reviewed by the 14 Landmarks Board if erected anywhere 15 on the site and by the Planning Board 16 if anywhere on the site except for 17 the face of the building. 18 5. Parking shall be 19 permitted -- shall be limited to the 20 approved 145 spaces and only in those 21 areas of the site shown on the 22 approved site plan. Parking for 23 events on the site shall not be 24 provided on any other site in the 25 vicinity. Private or valet parking

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1 Proceedings 2 use of the adjacent school site, 3 parking at Boyce Thompson Institute, 4 the parking lots associated with 5 SWEP, or with the Westchester County 6 Park is a violation of this approval 7 and may cause the Planning Board to 8 rescind its approval. 9 Shuttle service to parking at 10 off-site facilities, such as public 11 parking garages or parking lots, at 12 the event sponsor's facility and the 13 like shall be permitted, provided 14 that shuttle buses are only parked on 15 the Alder Manor property. 16 6. Parking, loading, staging 17 of cars or trucks associated with any 18 use at the site shall only be on the 19 private property of the Alder Manor 20 site. The public street or other 21 public property shall not be used, 22 and such use shall cause to rescind 23 the Planning Board's approval. 24 7. A copy of this approval 25 shall be transmitted to the Police

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1 Proceedings 2 Commissioner and Commander of the 4th 3 Precinct. Any violation, police 4 calls, nuisance complaints and the 5 like shall be forwarded to the 6 Planning Board for its consideration. 7 8. The applicant shall furnish 8 the Planning Board with the name and 9 contact information of any new vendor 10 or operator of the Alder Manor 11 facility, should there be a change in 12 the vendor or operator. 13 9. The applicant shall keep 14 the joint school driveway and the 15 city street free of gravel from the 16 parking lot at all times. Cleaning 17 shall be conducted on an as-needed 18 basis to maintain the driveway in a 19 clean and gravel-free state. 20 10. The applicant shall not 21 violate the City of Yonkers Noise 22 Ordinance and shall take all 23 precautions to keep all noise and 24 music confined within the site. It 25 is the applicant's responsibility to

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1 Proceedings 2 not constitute a nuisance upon the 3 community. 4 11. Rooms and spaces in the 5 basement of Alder Manor shall be used 6 for hotel use and building mechanical 7 use only pursuant to floor plans 8 submitted by the applicant. The use 9 of any space in the basement for 10 banquet or catering use is not 11 permitted and banquet or catering use 12 shall require additional parking and 13 amended site plan approval. 14 12. Rooms and spaces in the 15 basement of the former Bosch Hall 16 building shall be sealed, blocked, or 17 otherwise rendered unusable by other 18 site uses. Any changes to the use of 19 Bosch Hall shall require an amendment 20 to the Planning Board's site plan 21 approval. 22 13. The City Engineer shall 23 provide to the Planning Board any 24 reports associated with the SWPPP 25 requiring amendments or changes to

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1 Proceedings 2 the maintenance of the parking lot 3 paving. The Planning Board may 4 determine that changes to the 5 proposed paving may require revised 6 site plan approval. 7 14. An as-built survey of the 8 site and an as-built floor plan of 9 the building shall be provided to the 10 Planning Director for review and 11 approval, pursuant to 12 Section 403-113, prior to issuance of 13 any certificate of occupancy, 14 temporary or permanent. 15 Mr. Chairman. 16 MR. KOZICKY: Thank you, Dr. 17 Gillan. Do I have a second on the 18 resolution? Seconded by Ms. Landi. 19 Mr. Accinelli, on behalf of the 20 applicant, you heard the resolution 21 and the conditions, I assume they are 22 understood and agreed upon? 23 MR. ACCINELLI: Yes, 24 Mr. Chairman. 25 MR. KOZICKY: That being the

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1 Proceedings 2 case, I will move to a vote. All in 3 favor of the new resolution, please 4 indicate by saying aye. 5 (Chorus of ayes.) 6 MR. KOZICKY: Opposed, nay? 7 MR. LARKIN: No. 8 MR. KOZICKY: We have one nay. 9 The resolution passes. 10 MR. ACCINELLI: Thank you. 11 DR. GILLAN: Mr. Chairman, we 12 all fear getting caught with a hot 13 mic these days, so if you would. 14 MR. KOZICKY: Since I promised 15 you, items that are being held over 16 this evening, Item No. 4 is being 17 held over, that is 53 Knowles Street. 18 Also being held over is Item No. 5, 19 which is 60 McLean Avenue. Also 20 being held over is Item No. 6, which 21 is 70 Salisbury Road. Also being 22 held over is Item No. 7, which is the 23 property at 41 Groshon Avenue. So 24 there will be no action, no 25 presentation on any of those items

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1 Proceedings 2 tonight. 3 Members of the audience, you're 4 welcome to stay, but if you're here 5 for Items No. 4, 5, 6, or 7, they are 6 being held over at the applicant's 7 request, so there will be no action 8 on those this evening. 9 We are going to jump to Item 10 No. 17 now, which is a preliminary 11 site plan review for a proposed 12 7-story apartment building at Block: 13 509, Lots: 1, 3, 8, 66, and 72 on the 14 property known as 56 Prospect Street 15 pursuant to Article IX of the Yonkers 16 Zoning Ordinance. 17 Steve Accinelli is here as 18 representative for the proposal. 19 Mr. Accinelli. 20 MR. ACCINELLI: Good evening, 21 Mr. Chairman, members of the Board. 22 Steven Accinelli from Veneruso, 23 Curto, Schwartz & Curto. 24 This item was on for a 25 briefing, it's currently before the

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1 Proceedings 2 Zoning Board. The Board will 3 probably recall, back in 2017, this 4 project was before the Board in a 5 different format. Since that time, 6 the project has changed, resulting in 7 a decrease in the scale of the 8 project, certain components of it, 9 and we are before the Zoning Board as 10 we speak, and we would just like to 11 take this opportunity to introduce 12 the revised project to the Board. 13 Here with me is Lucio DiLeo, 14 who's the architect of the project. 15 As revised, the project now 16 represents a 7-story residential 17 structure with underground parking, 18 and it's located at the end cap of 19 Buena Vista Avenue, Prospect Street, 20 and Hawthorne Avenues. 21 The proposed project is going 22 to have 125 apartments, 130 23 underground parking spots, and it 24 will have two entrances; one on 25 Prospect and the other on Buena

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1 Proceedings 2 Vista. 3 So with the Board's permission, 4 I would like Mr. Lucio to walk the 5 Board through the design elements. 6 MR. KOZICKY: Please. 7 MR. ACCINELLI: Thank you. 8 MR. DILEO: Good evening. So 9 as Mr. Accinelli said, the building 10 is a multistory apartment building; 11 six stories of residential floors and 12 a story and a half of a parking 13 garage. The mixture of units are 14 studios, two bedrooms and one 15 bedrooms. They all will have their 16 own heating/air-conditioning and 17 washer/dryers, and complete ADA 18 compliance ability, and the building 19 will have a courtyard in the center 20 of the building that they're able to 21 have access to, it's a landscaped 22 courtyard. 130 parking spaces, 125 23 units. The building is a masonry 24 building on the first two floors and 25 stucco the rest of the six floors.

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1 Proceedings 2 That's basically it. 3 This is the site plan. As you 4 can see, it takes the whole entire 5 section of the block of Hawthorne, 6 Prospect, and Buena Vista. The 7 courtyard is in the center, this is 8 what the building looks like, 9 basically. Masonry on the first two 10 floors, stucco above. The main 11 entrance is on Prospect, there's a 12 second entrance from the other 13 street. Access to the underground 14 parking garage is from Buena Vista. 15 That's it. 16 MR. KOZICKY: Lee. 17 MR. ELLMAN: Just for the 18 Board's information, this is the 19 currently vacant property diagonally 20 across Prospect from the ShopRite 21 structure to the southwest of that 22 site. It was a community -- part of 23 it was a community development agency 24 property for quite a while and was 25 part of a land swap for another

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1 Proceedings 2 property that the city was interested 3 in. 4 Mr. Accinelli, just to bring 5 everything in full circle, could you 6 just go back for the Board on the 7 first building, the second building, 8 where we are now, and then just a 9 brief sense of the variances that 10 you're seeking with the ZBA? 11 MR. ACCINELLI: So as the Board 12 may recall, back in 2017, to the best 13 of my recollection, I think we had 14 proposed and gotten approval for I 15 think it was a 15-story building, and 16 the idea behind that was we were, as 17 part of that project, working with 18 the City of Yonkers to build a 19 combination private parking garage 20 and a public parking garage. So 21 there were going to be about 185, I 22 believe, spaces that were going to be 23 provided to the public and about 24 130-some-odd spaces that were going 25 to be for residents of the building.

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1 Proceedings 2 Unfortunately, that plan was 3 not realized, and the applicant has 4 been working with the City of Yonkers 5 since that time, and unfortunately, 6 that project, as originally 7 envisioned, is not proceeding, which 8 is the result of the project that you 9 have before you. 10 We are before the Zoning Board 11 for a height variance. The original 12 setback variances that were granted 13 back in 2017 have not changed, and 14 those variances are still in effect. 15 We have extended those variance 16 requests. 17 The footprint of the building 18 has not changed. The only thing that 19 changed, quite literally, is the 20 height. So the only new variance, if 21 you will, is the height variance; 22 it's coming down from the variance 23 that was originally granted, but 24 obviously, the public benefit portion 25 of it, vis-a-vis the parking garage,

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1 Proceedings 2 is not going to be offered in 3 contemplation with this project, so 4 that's the reason for the change. 5 The public hearing for the 6 Zoning Board was closed, it's on for 7 a decision at next week's Zoning 8 Board meeting. I don't know if we 9 are going to get a decision, that may 10 be put over, but the public hearing 11 on the Zoning Board application has 12 been closed. 13 If the Board has any further 14 questions... 15 MR. KOZICKY: As far as the 16 amenities that you mentioned, there's 17 a rooftop terrace? 18 MR. ACCINELLI: I'm sorry, 19 Mr. Chairman, I failed to mention. 20 The rooftop terrace that was going to 21 be on a portion of the sixth floor is 22 no longer part of the application. 23 MR. KOZICKY: So the rooftop 24 will be just -- 25 MR. ACCINELLI: Has been

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1 Proceedings 2 eliminated. 3 MR. KOZICKY: Just mechanical 4 equipment? 5 MR. ACCINELLI: Correct. 6 MR. KOZICKY: So the amenities 7 you talk about for residents will be 8 the courtyard, and is that still part 9 of the project? 10 MR. ACCINELLI: Correct. The 11 courtyard is, correct. 12 MR. KOZICKY: And then it 13 mentions a green roof, is that still 14 part of the project? 15 MR. DILEO: Yes. 16 MR. KOZICKY: And it says other 17 sustainable features, can you go over 18 what those are going to be? 19 MR. DILEO: Basically 20 mechanical equipment, insulation, 21 very good windows, and the roof is a 22 green roof. 23 MR. KOZICKY: Is that all? 24 Because the term was that the 25 building is going to be a

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1 Proceedings 2 state-of-the-art structure. 3 MR. DILEO: It's still the 4 same. 5 MR. KOZICKY: That's what 6 you're talking about in that regard, 7 okay. 8 Yes, MacKenzie. 9 MS. FORSBERG: Is the green 10 roof green in the sense of greenery 11 for insulation? 12 MR. DILEO: Insulation and a 13 white roof, the reflective. 14 MS. FORSBERG: And it's a 15 market rate property? 16 MR. DILEO: Yes. 17 MR. KOZICKY: Board members -- 18 yes, Adelia? 19 MS. LANDI: Yes, I have a 20 question. From one of your papers I 21 was reading that the hours of 22 operation are Monday through Friday, 23 8:00 to 6:00 and Saturday 10:00 to 24 5:00, is that common for your 25 construction?

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1 Proceedings 2 MR. ACCINELLI: Oh, is that for 3 SEQRA, Director Ellman? Those were 4 the permissible construction hours, 5 Monday through Friday and on 6 Saturday, correct. 7 MS. LANDI: And Saturday as 8 well? 9 MR. ACCINELLI: Correct. 10 MR. ELLMAN: Saturday they 11 would need to get a waiver, a 12 variance from the Building Department 13 to be able to work on Saturdays. 14 MS. LANDI: That was my 15 question. Thank you. 16 MR. KOZICKY: Board members, 17 any other questions? Bearing in 18 mind, this is preliminary -- yes, 19 MacKenzie. 20 MS. FORSBERG: What kind of 21 heating system is planned for it? 22 MR. DILEO: It's going to be a 23 heat pump system, electric heating 24 and air-conditioning. 25 MS. FORSBERG: Okay.

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1 Proceedings 2 MR. KOZICKY: Members of the 3 Board, any questions? Staff? 4 MR. ELLMAN: No. 5 MR. KOZICKY: Dr. Gillan. 6 DR. GILLAN: Affordable 7 housing? 8 MR. ACCINELLI: Yes, and 9 obviously it will be a number of 10 affordable units per the statute, 11 yes. 12 MR. KOZICKY: Anyone else? No 13 questions today. You will be back. 14 Good luck with Mr. Cianciulli, and we 15 will see you in the near future. 16 MR. ACCINELLI: Thank you, and 17 look forward to being back. Thank 18 you. 19 MR. KOZICKY: Heading back to 20 Item No. 4. As mentioned, Item 21 No. 4, which is 53 Knowles Street is 22 being held over at the applicant's 23 request; Item No. 5, also being held 24 over at the applicant's request, that 25 is 60 McLean Avenue, no action on

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1 Proceedings 2 those items; Item No. 6 is being held 3 over, that is the property at 70 4 Salisbury Road, no action, no 5 presentation on that this evening; 6 Item No. 7, also being held over at 7 the applicant's request, that is 41 8 Groshon Avenue. 9 That moves us to Item No. 9. 10 Item No. 9 is a site plan review for 11 a proposed outdoor sale and storage 12 area at Block: 3244, Lot: 2 on the 13 property known as 601 Sprain Road, 14 which is the Home Depot, pursuant to 15 Article IX of the Yonkers Zoning 16 Ordinance. 17 Omar Mansour is here as 18 representative for the proposal. 19 MR. PROCANIK: Good evening. 20 Mr. Mansour is not able to attend 21 tonight, he offers his sincere 22 apologies. My name is Richard 23 Procanik, I'm the engineer of record. 24 I was here last month with regard to 25 this application.

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1 Proceedings 2 MR. KOZICKY: We are going to 3 try to speed this along because I 4 know there were some issues that 5 needed to be resolved. 6 Lee, can you go over those? 7 MR. ELLMAN: Right, so there 8 were some issues to be resolved, 9 nothing particularly major. It was a 10 question of getting the parking 11 calculation done in a way that made 12 sense as per the zoning. There is, 13 as I recall, 150 extra parking spaces 14 beyond the requirements for the site, 15 even taking into account the outdoor 16 storage that has been put in. 17 There were concerns from the 18 fire department about how material 19 would be stored nearby exit doors and 20 how that access would be maintained. 21 We believe that we have a solution to 22 that, which the applicant proposed 23 striping the area where the exit path 24 would go. Since we're pretty 25 familiar with how material tends to

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1 Proceedings 2 creep into spaces that it's not 3 supposed to be in, the staff 4 recommended bollards to kind of armor 5 that exit path, and that's in the 6 resolution. 7 There was concern from the fire 8 department about making sure that 9 anything stored underneath the 10 parking deck between the rock-cut 11 wall and the west side of the 12 building, that that would be 13 maintained within an area that has 14 the current dry sprinkler system, and 15 we put that in as a condition as 16 well. 17 So we have a number of, I 18 think, easy-to-reach conditions for 19 the applicant that will give the city 20 the comfort and protection that we 21 were looking for. And other than 22 that, it will be the normal Home 23 Depot as we kind of understand it. 24 MR. KOZICKY: Do you agree with 25 that synopsis?

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1 Proceedings 2 MR. PROCANIK: Yes, I do, thank 3 you. 4 MR. KOZICKY: That being the 5 case, I will move to our Board 6 members. 7 Members of the Board, 8 questions? If not, then I will 9 entertain, first, a motion for 10 negative declaration as for SEQRA. 11 So moved by Ms. Landi. Seconded by 12 Ms. Forsberg. All in favor, please 13 indicate by saying aye. 14 (Chorus of ayes.) 15 MR. KOZICKY: Opposed, nay. 16 That passes unanimously. And a 17 resolution on the item itself. 18 Ms. Forsberg. 19 MS. FORSBERG: Mr. Chairman, we 20 have a resolution approving a site 21 plan submitted for Home Depot at 22 Block: 3244, Lot: 2, on the property 23 known as 601 Sprain Road pursuant to 24 Article IX of the Yonkers Zoning 25 Ordinance.

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1 Proceedings 2 Findings: 3 1. The site plan as submitted 4 represents changes to the way the 5 site is proposed to be used and 6 solutions to issues that have grown 7 up over the years that the Home Depot 8 has been open. 9 2. Outdoor storage uses in the 10 rear of the site had been a concern 11 for the Fire Department and had never 12 been approved as they were used. 13 Storage against the stone wall on the 14 west side of the building had been 15 informally used and caused concerns 16 for various city departments. 17 3. With the proposed changes 18 to the site plan, the above noted 19 concerns have been addressed. Other 20 changes such as placement of seasonal 21 sales requiring a reduction of 22 parking spaces does not impact the 23 provision of parking that meets both 24 the Zoning Ordinance requirements and 25 the reasonable need of a busy

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1 Proceedings 2 shopping environment. 3 The proposed site plan is 4 approved with the following 5 conditions: 6 1. Outdoor storage, display, 7 and sales may only be placed as shown 8 on the approved site plan. More 9 specifically, the area between the 10 Fire Department connections, 11 front/south of the facade, the 12 existing egress door shall not be 13 used for storage of any materials. 14 2. At the several exits where 15 stored or displayed materials are on 16 one or both sides of the exit 17 pathway, the plans show painted 18 stripes on the ground to denote that 19 the existing pathway shall not be 20 encumbered. In order to better 21 ensure that materials do not encroach 22 into those pathways, the Planning 23 Board opinion is requiring placement 24 of bollards to denote the exit 25 pathway in addition to painted areas

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1 Proceedings 2 on the floor. 3 3. The areas under the parking 4 deck to be used for storage must be 5 protected by the same dry type 6 sprinklers as the rest of the parking 7 area. 8 Mr. Chairman. 9 MR. KOZICKY: Thank you, Ms. 10 Forsberg. Do I have a second on the 11 resolution? Seconded by Mr. Johnson. 12 To the applicant, you heard the 13 proposed resolution and the 14 conditions, I assume they're 15 understood and agreed upon? 16 MR. PROCANIK: Yes. 17 MR. KOZICKY: That being the 18 case, I will move for a vote. All in 19 favor of the resolution, please 20 indicate by saying aye. 21 (Chorus of ayes.) 22 MR. KOZICKY: Opposed, nay. 23 That passes unanimously. Thank you 24 very much. Good luck. 25 MR. PROCANIK: Thank you.

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1 Proceedings 2 MR. KOZICKY: Item No. 10 has a 3 public hearing feature in it, so we 4 will need to wait until 7 o'clock on 5 that item, so we will come back to 6 Item No. 10. 7 We will move to Item No. 11, 8 which is a site plan review for the 9 repaving and restriping of the 10 parking lot at the storage building 11 at Block: 2183, Lot: 20 on the 12 property known as 155 Saw Mill River 13 Road, the U-Haul, pursuant to Article 14 IX of the Yonkers Zoning Ordinance. 15 Tom Haynes, representative for 16 the proposal. 17 Mr. Haynes. 18 MR. HAYNES: Good evening. 19 We're back before you with this 20 application with some additional 21 information as requested. What we 22 provided, additional to our last 23 presentation, is a lighting plan and 24 we've also included a layout and 25 detail for pipe bollards along the

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1 Proceedings 2 street. 3 MR. KOZICKY: My notes indicate 4 that there still is a traffic 5 engineering that's still waiting 6 for -- 7 MR. ELLMAN: And fire. 8 MR. KOZICKY: Traffic and fire. 9 Do we have a specific report, or is 10 the applicant aware of the -- what 11 fire and traffic is still waiting 12 for? 13 MR. ELLMAN: Access for -- 14 access to the building for fire 15 trucks and parking that is not on the 16 right of way, and parking that has 17 aisles and -- I mean, I think the 18 best thing to do, Mr. Haynes is to 19 pull together a meeting, and I can 20 certainly get Mr. Mika and definitely 21 Chief DeSantis in the room, and we 22 can nail everything down. We have 23 been doing everything by e-mail, 24 maybe it would be better doing it in 25 person.

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1 Proceedings 2 MR. KOZICKY: There were a 3 couple comments by John McCollin, but 4 he had a couple of comments, too, 5 which you should take into account 6 and work on that so that we can 7 possibly have something at next 8 month's meeting. 9 MR. HAYNES: Okay. 10 MR. KOZICKY: While I have you, 11 though, why don't we move, if you're 12 prepared for Item No. 16 -- 13 MR. HAYNES: I'm not, but... 14 MR. KOZICKY: We are. 15 MR. HAYNES: The owner was 16 going to present on that. I didn't 17 work on that, my office, so I'm a 18 little bit familiar with it, so if 19 you want to go over that, I guess we 20 can. 21 MR. KOZICKY: It would be yours 22 to lose, because we have a 23 resolution. 24 MR. HAYNES: Okay. 25 MR. KOZICKY: Item No. 16 is a

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1 Proceedings 2 site plan review for a proposed 3 change of use at Block: 4640, Lot: 4 25.26 on the property known as 2128 5 Central Park Avenue pursuant to 6 Article IX of the Yonkers Zoning 7 Ordinance. 8 Tom Haynes, representative for 9 the proposal. 10 Lee, I think, basically, it was 11 just some parking issues that we were 12 able to -- 13 MR. ELLMAN: Right, all of 14 those single-family homes that were 15 converted into businesses along 16 Central Avenue in that section have 17 always had real problems, because I 18 think the business zoning was in 19 place before the DOT came, widened 20 Central Avenue, reducing the 21 usability of these lots, everything 22 is nonconforming, it's difficult to 23 have any kind of parking in front, 24 it's almost impossible to have any 25 kind of real parking in the rear, yet

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1 Proceedings 2 there is -- the Zoning Board approved 3 two parking spaces with variances in 4 the rear. 5 There clearly will not be 6 spaces that a retail customer will go 7 into, it will probably be spaces that 8 are going to be used by the employees 9 and owner. They are before the Board 10 today for a handicapped parking space 11 in the front yard and a sign also at 12 the front of the property. 13 The sign is 14 feet tall, which 14 is a nice precedent to start, someone 15 maybe not trying to overtop their 16 neighbors, and it's not perfect, but 17 it's also just really not defective. 18 MR. KOZICKY: Well, it's not a 19 perfect location. 20 MR. ELLMAN: It's not a perfect 21 location, but it's also they are not 22 proposing a particularly busy high 23 volume business. It is a cabinet 24 installer showroom, so it's hard to 25 expect that we are going to get a big

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1 Proceedings 2 turnover of customers. 3 So from a staff perspective, 4 we've prepared a resolution 5 anticipating the Board's willingness 6 to approve this. 7 MR. KOZICKY: Members of the 8 Board, any questions on that? 9 Comments? No. Then I will first 10 entertain a motion for a negative 11 declaration as to SEQRA. So moved by 12 Ms. Baker. Seconded by Dr. Gillan. 13 All in favor, please indicate by 14 saying aye. 15 (Chorus if ayes.) 16 MR. KOZICKY: Opposed, nay. 17 And a resolution on the item itself. 18 Mr. Johnson. 19 MR. JOHNSON: Mr. Chairman, we 20 have a resolution to approve a site 21 plan amendment to the previously 22 approved application and a pole sign 23 at Block: 4640, Lot: 25.26 on the 24 property known as 2128 Central Park 25 Avenue pursuant to Article IX of the

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1 Proceedings 2 Yonkers Zoning Ordinance. 3 Findings: 4 1. The applicant received a 5 variance approval for the conversion 6 of the space on August 15, 2017, and 7 the Planning Board approval on 8 October 11, 2017. 9 2. This is a minor site plan 10 change that will have little to no 11 impact on the neighboring properties 12 or the larger Central Park Avenue 13 shopping strip as a whole. 14 The site plan presented to the 15 Planning Board at its meeting on 16 February 13, 2020 is approved with 17 the following conditions: 18 1. All conditions imposed by 19 the Zoning Board of Appeals shall 20 remain in full force and effect for 21 as long as the site is occupied. 22 2. The illuminated sign must 23 be turned off at close of business. 24 3. No more than 25 percent of 25 the window area of any pane or glass,

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1 Proceedings 2 including the front door, shall be 3 covered with any signs. This 4 includes, but is not limited to 5 interior paper signs applied to the 6 exterior glass, neon or other lighted 7 signs. 8 4. No temporary signs are 9 permitted on the sidewalk. No 10 banners, pennants, streamers, signs, 11 or the like shall be flown from the 12 sign or from the building. 13 The Planning Board renders its 14 decision based upon facts and 15 findings available to it, 16 specifically: 17 1. Zoning Board of Appeals 18 approval. 19 2. Report by the City 20 Engineer. 21 3. Report by the City Traffic 22 Engineer. 23 4. Report by the Yonkers Fire 24 Department. 25 5. Report by the Planing

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1 Proceedings 2 Bureau. 3 6. General knowledge of the 4 area. 5 Mr. Chairman. 6 MR. KOZICKY: Thank you, 7 Mr. Johnson. Mr. Haynes, these are 8 standard conditions, I assume they 9 are all acceptable on behalf of the 10 applicant? 11 MR. HAYNES: Yes, they are. 12 MR. KOZICKY: That being the 13 case, do I have a second on the 14 resolution? Seconded by Ms. 15 Forsberg. All in favor, please 16 indicate by saying aye. 17 (Chorus of ayes.) 18 MR. KOZICKY: Opposed, nay. It 19 passes unanimously. 20 MR. HAYNES: Thank you. 21 MR. KOZICKY: We are going to 22 move to Item No. 12. Item No. 12 is 23 a new business, site plan review for 24 a proposed Con Edison maintenance 25 facility at Block: 2410, Lot: 72, on

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1 Proceedings 2 a property known as 267 Saw Mill 3 River Road pursuant to Article IX of 4 the Yonkers Zoning Ordinance. 5 Leslie Snyder, representative 6 for the proposal. 7 MS. SNYDER: Good evening, 8 Honorable Chairman, members of the 9 Planning Board. My name is Leslie 10 Snyder, I am a partner in the law 11 firm of Snyder & Snyder. I'm here 12 tonight on behalf of Consolidated 13 Edison Company of New York. 14 Con Ed is seeking site plan 15 approval to install an industrial 16 maintenance facility at Yonkers 17 Service Center at 267 Saw Mill River 18 Road. The property is located in the 19 Industrial I District. 20 This maintenance facility will 21 be used to assure the maintenance of 22 gas service to the area along with 23 improvements placed in a small area 24 of the approximate eight-acre 25 property.

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1 Proceedings 2 This facility is really needed 3 because of New York State's 4 restriction on the expansion of the 5 that natural gas pipeline, and Con Ed 6 needs to meet peak demands to ensure 7 its Yonkers customers will have gas 8 on its coldest days. We've received 9 some comments from the Planning 10 Department, and we've submitted a 11 response, which I have some 12 additional copies tonight with me. 13 I have with me our engineer, 14 Craig Thompson, if the Planning Board 15 had some comments regarding the plan. 16 So if you would, I would just like 17 to -- this way you would have the 18 plan in front of you just so 19 clarifications can be made in 20 response to the comments. 21 So there were some details that 22 was requested by the Planning 23 Department to show the dimensions of 24 the unloading area for the gas to 25 come in, some of the details on the

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1 Proceedings 2 containers where some of the 3 equipment is, and some clarification. 4 I know the Planning Department did 5 want to make sure that we had 6 bollards around so none of the trucks 7 could hit anything, as they're 8 backing out of the -- 9 MR. KOZICKY: I'm sorry? 10 MS. SNYDER: Bollards around 11 the steel containers so that nothing 12 could be backed into it or hit. 13 MR. KOZICKY: Lee. 14 MR. ELLMAN: Thank you, 15 Mr. Chairman. One of the concerns 16 that the staff has, and we have 17 that -- we have this -- we have had 18 this at other times with other 19 industrial uses, is that there is 20 maybe an understandable pendency for 21 the applicant to assume into 22 knowledge what they know, but don't 23 tell or show the city what we think 24 we need to know. 25 So, we were -- staff was

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1 Proceedings 2 presented, the Planning Board was 3 presented with a plan that is not 4 significantly different than the plan 5 that is in front of you, except that 6 we all now know what is being 7 unloaded at these locations. 8 So in area A through S, we now 9 understand that there is a truck 10 container connection port. What I 11 don't think we understand is, if 12 those will be tanker trucks, tractor 13 trailers, something else? We don't 14 know and have not been shown what the 15 aboveground meter will be at the 16 metering area. We're told that they 17 will meter consistent with 18 aboveground piping structures that 19 the vehicles will have to navigate 20 around in addition to the steel 21 containers, there will be bollards 22 protect the metering area and 23 operating valves of steel containers. 24 Some of the Board members may 25 remember a number of Con Ed

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1 Proceedings 2 applications that we've had in the 3 past where the Board came to learn 4 that you need to ask Con Ed to show 5 you the vertical and show you the 6 horizontal. So we don't know, 7 because it hasn't been shown on the 8 plans, nor has been spoken about in 9 the narrative, if these metering 10 aboveground piping are something that 11 is the size of a gas station pump, or 12 if it is something that rises up and 13 is high enough to be seen from the 14 adjacent neighborhood. We also don't 15 know the volume of material that is 16 being brought to the site, nor do we 17 know how the material will be 18 maneuvered within the site. 19 If this were -- think about 20 this, I would ask the Board to think 21 about this as the Board thinks about 22 a loading dock at a retail operation. 23 When those plans are presented to the 24 Board, they most often come with a 25 turning template and some

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1 Proceedings 2 understanding about how trucks will 3 get in and out, and if they don't, 4 that's one of the questions the Board 5 often asks. The Board asks questions 6 about what will be the interaction 7 between automobiles at a retail 8 location and deliveries? How often 9 will they come? What's the noise 10 impact? And I'm not too -- not to 11 get into -- not to get to a nervous 12 point, but just how much natural gas 13 will there be at this site at any one 14 time? Is this the equivalent of 15 putting up a actual gas tank? I 16 think you need to -- 17 MS. SNYDER: We can get that 18 detail. 19 MR. ELLMAN: -- to show a 20 better understanding. 21 MS. SNYDER: We can get that 22 detail and show the turning radius. 23 I don't know if you want to address. 24 MR. THOMPSON: Yes, we can 25 revise the plans to show --

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1 Proceedings 2 MR. ELLMAN: Your name. 3 MR. THOMPSON: My name is Craig 4 Thompson, engineer of record for this 5 site plan, and we can revise the 6 drawings, Mr. Chairman, to show how a 7 tractor trailer would be able to 8 navigate this area and make all of 9 the necessary turns to come in and 10 out of this area, as well. 11 MR. ELLMAN: So, there will 12 be -- will all of the loading area 13 slots -- is the intention that each 14 of those slots will be filled all of 15 the time? Will there be a tractor 16 trailer there except when there is 17 movement in and out? 18 MR. THOMPSON: No, that is not 19 the intention. This facility will 20 most likely be used only on the 21 coldest day when there is extra gas 22 demand needed. So most of the time, 23 this facility will not be used, will 24 be empty. 25 MR. KOZICKY: So the storage

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1 Proceedings 2 itself is in the vehicles? 3 MR. THOMPSON: Correct. 4 MR. KOZICKY: So there's no 5 outside storage. The vehicle, it 6 stores the gas and then pumps it into 7 the system, and the structures that 8 we see there are just transfer 9 stations for -- and metering stations 10 to put it into the system? 11 MR. THOMPSON: Correct, 12 Mr. Chairman. 13 MR. KOZICKY: So the truck is 14 there for as long as the gas is in 15 the vehicle, it runs out, then the 16 truck leaves, and as necessary, 17 another truck would come in? 18 MR. THOMPSON: Correct, 19 Mr. Chairman. 20 MR. KOZICKY: But it is 21 anticipated, not that it's a 22 worst-case scenario, but the busiest 23 case scenario that 16 trucks would be 24 parked there providing storage for 25 the necessary gas?

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1 Proceedings 2 MR. THOMPSON: Correct. It's 3 not a scenario that's happened yet, 4 but to be prepared for that worst 5 case. 6 MR. KOZICKY: I understand you 7 have to be ready for the most demand 8 that you possibly can have. 9 MR. THOMPSON: Correct, 10 Mr. Chairman. 11 MS. SNYDER: I believe the 12 coldest weather, when it's 13 zero degrees or below, which 14 fortunately we haven't had this 15 winter, so it would be that rare 16 case. 17 MR. KOZICKY: When you say the 18 tractor trailer, the size have we 19 seen these trucks around? Are they 20 basically the size of a regular semi 21 with one container on the back? What 22 are the size of these vehicles? 23 MR. THOMPSON: A 40-foot wheel 24 base, so about a five-axle semi 25 tractor trailer you've seen around,

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1 Proceedings 2 correct. 3 MR. KOZICKY: MacKenzie. 4 MS. FORSBERG: Can you give us 5 an idea of where the tractor 6 trailers, like what other Con Edison 7 gas facilities they are moving to and 8 from to use this site? Where is the 9 gas on these trucks coming from to 10 use this emergency facility? 11 MR. OBERNORM: My name is Peter 12 Obernorm, I'm from Con Edison. Most 13 of these trucks are going to be 14 loading up in Pennsylvania, but we 15 have other contingency locations in 16 case the weather is bad, we can bring 17 them in from Massachusetts and other 18 areas of the northeast. We can bring 19 them from upstate New York, a number 20 of other places that they get filled 21 up. 22 They are going to look like 23 every other tractor trailer box 24 coming down the road, and inside 25 there's a series of tubes inside, and

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1 Proceedings 2 they're all set up with a bunch of 3 control systems within the container 4 itself that like if one had a little 5 leak, that shuts down automatically, 6 so it limits how much gas can leak 7 from it. But they are -- you know, 8 they haven't been around except for 9 the last ten years, but historically, 10 they're safer than oil takers. 11 MS. FORSBERG: What's the 12 maximum quantity in terms of therms 13 of gas that could be on that site in 14 any worst case scenario emergency 15 situation. 16 MR. OBERNORM: Siting on the 17 site at a time is like about eight 18 MDT. 19 MS. FORSBERG: And this would 20 be emergency servicing clients or 21 customers that are on interruptible 22 or firm gas rates? 23 MR. OBERNORM: Con Ed, we 24 announced a moratorium last January 25 that went into effect in March, and

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1 Proceedings 2 in that two-month period of time we 3 had historically, what we used to get 4 in about a year and a half's time, we 5 got in a little more than two months 6 time request because they request, 7 and we feel obligated, unlike our 8 neighbors in that group, we feel 9 obligated we have to supply gas to 10 them. So gas has continued to grow, 11 the need for gas in that system. 12 MS. FORSBERG: Because the gas 13 load requested -- 14 MR. OBERNORM: Right, so we're 15 working with pipeline companies to 16 get more gas for the existing 17 pipelines, but that's going to take 18 years to take, and with no absolute 19 guarantee. They got to get contracts 20 coming all the way from the Gulf and 21 all the way down from Canada to get 22 more gas, but there's no guarantee, 23 but we're going to need this gas, our 24 forecasters say, next winter. 25 But chances we are going to get

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1 Proceedings 2 a winter like this, we're not going 3 to need it. And our design criteria 4 is for what we call, as she said, a 5 zero-degree day, where the average 6 temperature, which we've never had in 7 New York or in Yonkers, where the 8 average temperature of the day was 9 zero degrees or less, but that's our 10 redesign criteria, and we don't want 11 to get caught with our pants down on 12 the coldest day, if we do get this 13 historically cold day. 14 Any other questions? 15 MS. SNYDER: I think there was 16 one other question that I know Lee 17 mentioned, whether the structures 18 will be visible, and as Mr. Thompson 19 may have indicated nothing will be 20 visible, there's no high, there's no 21 busing. I know Lee has mentioned in 22 the past there's been some, I guess, 23 sites with busing, nothing like that, 24 no overhead, nothing of that sort, so 25 it won't be visible to the

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1 Proceedings 2 surrounding properties. 3 MR. KOZICKY: As far as the 4 timing of the deliveries, is that, 5 absence of emergency, do you try to 6 do it on off hours? What's the -- or 7 whenever they can get there? How do 8 you plan on doing the deliveries? 9 MR. THOMPSON: It will have to 10 be planned for the peak hours of the 11 demand, so we see that design day 12 coming, for instance, if we know 13 throughout a 24-hour period we are 14 going to hit that high demand, it 15 would be during that period that we 16 have to add additional gas to the 17 system. 18 MR. KOZICKY: You need to pay 19 sort of the equation that you don't 20 want the trucks to sit there idling 21 for a particular long period of time, 22 you want to get them there when you 23 need them and then get them out when 24 you don't need them; is that correct? 25 MR. OBERNORM: Yes,

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1 Proceedings 2 Mr. Chairman. 3 MR. KOZICKY: Is this a direct 4 result because of the fact that we 5 are not able to draw the amount of 6 gas that we need from New York 7 itself? 8 MR. THOMPSON: Yes, 9 Mr. Chairman. 10 MR. KOZICKY: According to 11 other states where they allow 12 fracking and other things. 13 MR. ELLMAN: It's a pipeline 14 issue. 15 MR. KOZICKY: Well, supply and 16 product, I imagine. So we're 17 basically shipping it in at probably 18 a higher expense than had we handled 19 it internally in New York, but okay. 20 Lee. 21 MR. ELLMAN: When you -- when 22 Con Edison is -- if you find yourself 23 at that designed zero-degree day when 24 you need to inject gas into the 25 system, what is the anticipated

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1 Proceedings 2 throughput on the 16 tanker trucks? 3 Is it going to be one pass of trucks 4 coming in, or if we were to have a 5 couple of cold days, are we 6 anticipating trucks coming in like it 7 was, you know, a delivery system. 8 MR. KOZICKY: Like a pipeline. 9 MR. ELLMAN: Like a pipeline, 10 yeah. What provisions have you made 11 for us to understand what's going to 12 go on? Because this is not -- this 13 was written up as a maintenance 14 facility, it's not a maintenance 15 facility, it's a supply -- it's a 16 supply facility. 17 If there are 16 trucks coming 18 in, in some kind of rotation, then 19 the same thing for the city to ask 20 is, show us the route in, show us the 21 turning movements coming into the 22 notably congested small streets 23 serving this facility, show us how 24 these tractor trailers are going to 25 make the turns within your facility,

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1 Proceedings 2 and show us the aboveground 3 installations that are going to 4 service this. Looking at this from a 5 bird's eye view is not, by any means, 6 a complete site plan. 7 MS. SNYDER: We will add that 8 detail, we will be back to revise the 9 plans. 10 MR. ELLMAN: I think, in all 11 honesty, it's not just that detail, I 12 think honestly, we need all the 13 details. This is a notably 14 un-detailed look at a project that is 15 significantly bigger than we 16 understood it to be when it came in. 17 MS. SNYDER: I think we can 18 provide the necessary detail in the 19 next set of plans. 20 MR. KOZICKY: I think we 21 understand the project much better 22 now. I think if you can work with 23 the bureau to get the site plan up to 24 a level where we're used to seeing on 25 a site plan, dimensions, heights,

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1 Proceedings 2 things that you think really don't 3 matter, we really need to see on a 4 site plan. 5 MS. SNYDER: We will do that 6 and we will show the turning radius 7 and all those things. 8 MR. KOZICKY: And a narrative 9 showing, indicating where the trucks 10 will be coming from, an estimate on 11 how often. Obviously, it's difficult 12 to start. I guess you could use data 13 to tell us how much that you can 14 anticipate, but just to we get an 15 idea of how the operation will work. 16 MS. SNYDER: Okay, no problem. 17 MR. KOZICKY: Question, yes? 18 MS. FORSBERG: Where is the 19 nearest Con Edison facility like this 20 in Yonkers or lower Westchester? 21 MS. SNYDER: Like a similar 22 facility? 23 MS. FORSBERG: Where you're 24 doing this. 25 MS. SNYDER: Right now, Con Ed

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1 Proceedings 2 is now just starting to meet these 3 needs. 4 MS. FORSBERG: This is the 5 first in like -- 6 MS. SNYDER: Well, Con Ed -- 7 obviously, Yonkers is a big area, so 8 that's one of the areas that is of 9 concern, because there would be a lot 10 of customers that won't have gas that 11 will need it, so that is how this has 12 been located. And this one actually 13 leads right into the system because 14 the Yonkers Service Center is there. 15 MS. FORSBERG: Are there any 16 other special environmental permits 17 or testing that would be related to 18 this particular use? Again, as Lee 19 had said, a supply facility, not a 20 maintenance facility, supplying that 21 high level of gas. 22 MS. SNYDER: Well, I know the 23 Public Service Commission, I believe, 24 regulates; is that correct? She's 25 asking what other permits that you

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1 Proceedings 2 need. So I know that there's some 3 oversight of the Service Commission 4 this is part of Con Ed's to show -- 5 MR. OBERNORM: We file with the 6 Public Service Commission. It's 7 going to be -- all the testing is 8 going to be witnessed by the Public 9 Service Commission of the State of 10 New York. 11 MS. FORSBERG: So they oversee, 12 you know, anything -- you know, I'm 13 just thinking, as a resident of 14 Yonkers, I appreciate that this is 15 being done, I wouldn't want to live 16 next door to it, I just want to know 17 who's overseeing the safety of that 18 quantity of gas, the installation. 19 MR. OBERNORM: This falls under 20 the same criteria as we do -- every 21 regulator station that we have below 22 ground in Yonkers, which we got 17 of 23 them, all has to be hydrostatically 24 tested, witnessed by the Public 25 Service Commission, and follow all

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1 Proceedings 2 their rules, and they review all our 3 welding documents and everything and 4 welding testing that gets done after 5 the fact. 6 MS. FORSBERG: It makes sense, 7 I just wanted to bring it to the 8 table, because if I lived next door, 9 I would want to feel comfortable 10 knowing who was overseeing these 11 types of measure. 12 MR. OBERNORM: The regulators, 13 there's double redundancy on 14 everything, and in addition to that, 15 we're going to -- there's ways of 16 shutting everything down remotely, if 17 there is a problem. But there's 18 going to be people on staff every 19 time it's being operated, unlike your 20 regulator station that's underground, 21 because it's a little more visible, 22 we won't have somebody watching 23 there. 24 MS. SNYDER: Those regulator 25 stations are here already and have

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1 Proceedings 2 been here for years, you just don't 3 know, but yeah, those are 4 underground, this is aboveground. 5 MR. KOZICKY: Is it safe to say 6 about three quarters of the year this 7 wouldn't even be in use? 8 MS. SNYDER: Correct. 9 MR. OBERNORM: Five months of 10 the year. Everything will get 11 removed the other seven months. All 12 the equipment is going to get pulled 13 out. 14 MR. KOZICKY: Adelia. 15 MS. LANDI: Does this serve 16 only Yonkers, or is this providing 17 the gas for all of Westchester? 18 MS. SNYDER: No, this is for 19 the Yonkers customers. They're going 20 to need to do it in other areas where 21 there's other demand. Thank you very 22 much. I will be back next month. We 23 appreciate your comments and 24 questions. 25 MR. KOZICKY: Okay, thank you.

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1 Proceedings 2 No other questions, members of the 3 Board? Staff? 4 MR. ELLMAN: No. 5 MR. KOZICKY: All right, we 6 look forward to seeing you at next 7 month's meeting. 8 Okay, let the record indicate 9 it's after 7:15, we are going to go 10 back to Item No. 10, which is a 11 special use permit application for a 12 proposed and expansion of first floor 13 and basement level at Block: 6244, 14 Lot: 29 through 30 on the property 15 known as 98-90 McLean Avenue, the 16 Aisling Irish Community Center, 17 pursuant to Article VII and Article 18 IX of the Yonkers Zoning Ordinance. 19 Nicholas Faustini, 20 representative for the proposal. 21 MR. FAUSTINI: Good evening. 22 My name is Nicholas Faustini, I'm the 23 architect for the Irish Community 24 Center. 25 We attended the Planning Board

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1 Proceedings 2 meeting in January to present a 3 preliminary special use permit 4 application for the interior 5 alterations to this project. Since 6 then, we have notified the neighbors 7 of the project, I did submit the 8 return receipts earlier today. Would 9 you like us to go through the 10 application again, or? 11 MR. KOZICKY: Unless members of 12 the Board require it, we already went 13 through the application, I think the 14 only issue was having the public 15 meeting properly noticed, which it 16 was. We have the green cards, so if 17 you would just -- what I would like 18 to do is, at this point, open the 19 public hearing, and if there's anyone 20 here in the audience with respect to 21 this item who would like to come 22 forward and speak, either to have a 23 question? Comment? Let the record 24 reflect that there were no such 25 people.

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1 Proceedings 2 I will, at this point, 3 entertain a motion to close the 4 public hearing. So moved by Dr. 5 Gillan. Seconded by Ms. Landi. All 6 in favor, please indicate by saying 7 aye. 8 (Chorus of ayes.) 9 MR. KOZICKY: Opposed, nay. 10 The public hearing is closed. I will 11 then entertain a motion for a 12 negative declaration as to SEQRA. So 13 moved by Mr. Larkin. Seconded by 14 Mr. Johnson. All in favor please, 15 indicate by saying aye. 16 (Chorus of ayes.) 17 MR. KOZICKY: Opposed, nay. 18 That passes unanimously. And if we 19 can have a resolution on the item 20 itself. Ms. Baker. 21 MS. BAKER: Mr. Chairman, a 22 resolution to approve the special use 23 permit at site plan for a proposed 24 change expansion of the existing 25 community center at Block: 6244, Lot:

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1 Proceedings 2 29.30 on the property known as 988 3 McLean Avenue, Aisling Irish 4 Community Center, pursuant to Article 5 IX and Article VII, section 43-73(J) 6 of the Yonkers Zoning Ordinance. 7 Findings: 8 1. As per Section 43-73(J) of 9 the City of Yonkers Zoning Ordinance, 10 the community center use requires a 11 special use permit. This community 12 center use is why the Planning Board 13 is reviewing this expansion. Under 14 normal circumstances, the Planning 15 Board would not be reviewing the 16 expansion of one retail space into 17 another. 18 2. The applicant's narrative 19 indicates that this expansion will 20 not increase the number of programs 21 and classes on site, only allow more 22 space for the ones that already 23 occur. 24 3. This expansion project was 25 reviewed by parking variances and was

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1 Proceedings 2 approved by the Zoning Board of 3 Appeals on November 19, 2019. The 4 majority of clients walk to the 5 community center, the current parking 6 impact is minimal and the expansion 7 of the use should, likewise, have 8 little or no impact. 9 After holding a public hearing, 10 as required by the Zoning Ordinance, 11 the site plan and special use permit 12 presented to the Planning Board at 13 its meeting of February 13, 2020, is 14 approved subject to the following 15 condition: 16 1. All conditions imposed by 17 the Zoning Board of Appeals shall 18 remain in full force and effect for 19 the life of the project. 20 Mr. Chairman. 21 MR. KOZICKY: Thank you, Ms. 22 Baker. Do I have a second on the 23 resolution? Seconded by Dr. Gillan. 24 It was just that one condition that 25 the Planning Board of Appeals

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1 Proceedings 2 conditions remain in full force and 3 effect. I assume that's understood. 4 That being the case, I will 5 move to a vote. All in favor of the 6 resolution, please indicate by saying 7 aye. 8 (Chorus of ayes.) 9 MR. KOZICKY: Opposed, nay. 10 That passes unanimously. Thank you 11 very much. Good luck. 12 MR. FAUSTINI: Thank you. 13 MR. KOZICKY: We will move to 14 Item No. 13, which is a site plan 15 review for proposed site improvements 16 at Block: 2065, Lot: 21 on the 17 property known as 308 Ashburton 18 Avenue pursuant to Article IX of the 19 Yonkers Zoning Ordinance. 20 Alphonse Diaz, representative 21 for the proposal. 22 MS. GIRIS: Good evening, 23 Mr. Chairman, Members of the Board. 24 For the record, my name is Janet 25 Giris and I am a partner DelBello,

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1 Proceedings 2 Donnellan, Weingarten, Wise, and 3 Wiederkehr, and I'm here this evening 4 on behalf of the applicant, which is 5 the Municipal Housing Authority of 6 the City of Yonkers. We were 7 recently retained on this, and we 8 didn't anticipated being on the 9 agenda this evening, so thank you for 10 having us, and I apologize for not 11 having boards for you, and I 12 apologize for having to pass out just 13 a portion of the site plan 14 application. 15 We didn't anticipate being here 16 because when we originally filed this 17 application and filed with the 18 Department of Housing and Building, 19 we anticipated that there will be two 20 area variances which would be 21 required for this -- for this 22 project, and the application was 23 filed and we anticipated having to go 24 to the Zoning Board first. 25 Since that time, the

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1 Proceedings 2 application has been revised and 3 resubmitted to the Department of 4 Housing and Building, and we've 5 eliminated the necessity for the 6 variances, so we appreciate that 7 you're having this application on the 8 agenda this evening. We understand 9 that there will be no action taken on 10 it, but I just wanted to take an 11 opportunity to introduce the 12 application to the Board so that, in 13 the event that there are additional 14 questions, we can properly address 15 them prior to next month's meeting. 16 So once again, this is a 17 property that's located at 308 18 Ashburton Avenue. Its location of 19 the Karl Christianson House, which is 20 a 32-unit 2-story senior affordable 21 building, and there are modifications 22 being proposed at this time. 23 There's an overall 24 refurbishment going on at this 25 building, not only inside, but

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1 Proceedings 2 outside, so the things that are 3 before you have to do with the 4 removal of an exterior garage and a 5 removal of the existing community 6 room, and then the reconstruction of 7 a new community room and an elevator 8 in the building, which would make 9 this property handicapped accessible, 10 which is not currently handicapped 11 accessible. 12 So we there will be a new 13 elevator that will be going in and a 14 new community room. It will be a 15 two-level community room with 16 accessible laundry space up above. 17 These are all significant 18 improvements that the Housing 19 Authority is looking to make to this 20 property, and we hope to be back 21 before you next month. But as I 22 said, I wanted to just introduce this 23 to you this month, in the event you 24 had specific questions, I will be 25 back before you with members of the

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1 Proceedings 2 Housing Authority and the architect 3 next month to answer any questions 4 you may have in greater detail. It's 5 pretty simple and straightforward. 6 MR. KOZICKY: Our understanding 7 is there's no pending ZBA review, 8 you're coming back -- 9 MS. GIRIS: Correct, and so 10 we've recently re-filed the revised 11 drawing with the Department of 12 Housing and Building. We were unable 13 to get a revised building application 14 reviewed prior to this meeting, so 15 obviously you cannot consider this 16 application until you get that 17 building application review that says 18 the variances have been eliminated, 19 but that's the goal, so that the 20 originally there was a trash 21 enclosure that encroached into the 22 front yard, and that's been 23 relocated, and then there's also a 24 retaining wall that exceeded the 25 permitted height that's now been

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1 Proceedings 2 reduced to four feet, which is 3 permitted, so we have a fully 4 conforming plan. 5 MR. KOZICKY: Okay. Yes, Ms. 6 Landi. 7 MS. LANDI: When I was looking 8 at the plans, I noticed there were 9 benches, and things for the seniors 10 to be outside, and they've all been 11 removed and the only thing I now see 12 that they had on the plans were a 13 table and chairs or benches or 14 something, but no other seating will 15 be available for them outside? 16 MS. GIRIS: I have to -- I know 17 that there is going to be new seating 18 in connection with -- there's a tree 19 that needs to be removed, they're 20 going to be replacing some of the 21 trees and they're going to be 22 replacing some of the outdoor seating 23 that's there. I'm not sure of the 24 extent of that, and I apologize as I 25 mentioned to you we were just

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1 Proceedings 2 recently retained, and I don't know 3 all of the details of that, but we 4 will find that out. 5 MR. ELLMAN: Ms. Landi, were 6 you looking at the outdoor seating on 7 Seymour Street across from the 8 Russian orthodox church? 9 MS. LANDI: There was two areas 10 of seating outdoors, and they were 11 all being eliminated with this new 12 renovation, and then I just saw a 13 table or something in another spot. 14 MR. ELLMAN: Because there is 15 remnants of an old streetscape that 16 is on Seymour that is owned by the 17 city, so that's out in front of the 18 building. 19 MS. LANDI: This was in the 20 plans, but I will find it. 21 MR. ELLMAN: What we should 22 just look at is the removal section 23 of the plans to understand that. I 24 just wanted to understand if you 25 thought that the city park area along

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1 Proceedings 2 Seymour was being removed, which, to 3 the best of my knowledge, it's not 4 being -- 5 MS. GIRIS: I see what 6 Mrs. Landi is referring to on the 7 plans, and I will find out the answer 8 to that. 9 MS. LANDI: Okay, great, thank 10 you. 11 MS. GIRIS: It's right on the 12 corner of Seymour and Ashburton. 13 MS. LANDI: Right. There were 14 two areas where they had seating. 15 MS. GIRIS: I see it. 16 MS. LANDI: It's just that the 17 seniors have so little space that if 18 they can get out there and sit and 19 look at cars going by or whatever. 20 MS. GIRIS: I will find out. 21 MR. KOZICKY: Other members of 22 the Board, nothing now? All right, 23 thank you. 24 MS. GIRIS: Thank you, 25 Mr. Chairman, we hope to see you next

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1 Proceedings 2 month. 3 MR. KOZICKY: Item No. 14 is a 4 site plan review for a proposed site 5 improvements at Block: 4038, Lots: 6 101, 201, 301, and 401 on the 7 property known as 555 Tuckahoe Road, 8 UPS, pursuant to Article IX of the 9 Yonkers Zoning Ordinance. 10 Janet Giris, representative for 11 the proposal. 12 MR. WEINGARTEN: Good evening, 13 Mr. Chairman, members of the Board. 14 My name is Mark Weingarten, I'm a 15 partner of the law firm of DelBello, 16 Donnellan, Weingarten, Wise, and 17 Wiederkehr. It's my pleasure to be 18 here representing the Alfred Weissman 19 Real Estate Company and UPS in 20 connection with their request to 21 expand operations at the warehouse 22 distribution center located at 555 23 Tuckahoe Road, Yonkers, New York. 24 I'm joined a rather large team 25 of people, the owner Adam Weissman is

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1 Proceedings 2 in the back with his inside counsel, 3 Joe Genzano. We're also joined by a 4 team of people from UPS who are here 5 now working in Yonkers. You will 6 hear from the project coordinator 7 Doug Holland, another project 8 coordinator Mr. Dixon, who is helping 9 us with our visual tonight. We also 10 have director of operations Neil 11 Cunnings, my partner Janet Giris, who 12 gave me permission to show up and 13 speak to you, and traffic consultant 14 Michael Galante, who you'll hear from 15 in a few minutes. 16 To turn over the site plan to 17 talk a little bit about the property. 18 The property itself, which I think 19 you would know, it's at the 20 intersection of Tuckahoe Road and 21 East Grassy Sprain and Mountaindale. 22 It's well known to you, it's 23 22.6 acres, it's three commercial 24 condominium units. Unit number two, 25 which you're familiar with because we

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1 Proceedings 2 came before you with the hotel 3 recently that opened. It's doing 4 very well over there, and I hope 5 you're satisfied. It really is a 6 beautiful facility. Unit one and 7 three combined are the existing 8 300,000 square foot warehouse 9 distribution center, previously the 10 home of POP Display, and now the home 11 of UPS. 12 The site is zoned CM and the 13 UPS distribution use is principally 14 permitted in the zone. I know you're 15 all familiar with UPS, but if you 16 give me a moment, as you're aware, 17 it's a global distribution company 18 which is growing leaps and bounds, as 19 society continues to buy more and 20 more of their goods on the internet, 21 which require delivery. 22 It is a terrific corporate 23 citizen. It is, in fact, the largest 24 employer of Teamsters in the world, 25 and of all the employees -- all of

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1 Proceedings 2 the employees of the facility are 3 Teamsters, not just the drivers. 4 And as you're also aware, it 5 has been delivering packages here in 6 our city and throughout our community 7 for decades. In fact, before UPS 8 located at the site, these deliveries 9 were being made from their 10 distribution hubs in the Bronx and in 11 Elmsford. This new distribution 12 center not only adds jobs and taxes 13 to our city, but also cuts down the 14 length of the routes necessary for 15 drivers to deliver goods to your 16 homes. 17 In other words, these trucks 18 have been on the road and been on the 19 road for years, and what this is 20 allowing the UPS to do is to shorten 21 the length in routes. 22 The Alfred Weissman company, 23 UPS, and our firm met with the city 24 in June 2019. We discussed UPS's 25 plans to lease the facility, the

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1 Proceedings 2 desire to occupy it in time for the 3 Christmas 2019 rush, and to have 80 4 package vehicles operating from the 5 location at the start. The plan was 6 conforming with the city code and was 7 a re-occupancy of the existing 8 structure. The only improvements 9 were internal to the facility, and 10 therefore, no discretionary approvals 11 were required, simply a building 12 permit. 13 Once the requisite permits were 14 obtained and the work inside 15 completed, UPS opened in time for 16 Christmas. All of the loading and 17 unloading for this facility takes 18 place inside the facility. We're 19 told that things went extremely 20 smoothly during the months that it 21 was open. In fact, Councilman 22 Merante was gracious enough to host a 23 community meeting of more than 50 24 interested residents earlier this 25 month and verified that, while the 80

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1 Proceedings 2 package cars were on the road for the 3 Christmas road, he did not receive a 4 single complaint, nor did the mayor's 5 office. 6 We seek amended site plan 7 approval to make limited on- and 8 off-site improvements to facilitate 9 the expanded operations. 10 Specifically, we are looking 11 permission to build a 129 at-grade 12 parking space lot for employees, what 13 we refer to as a northeast parking 14 lot, which is where the mouse is 15 going next to right now. So it is 16 clear, the northern parking lot was 17 previously improved and is 18 technically outside the scope of this 19 application. 20 A permit has already been 21 legally issued for the construction, 22 and that will commence in April. So 23 again, we're only looking before you 24 for the approval of the additional 25 129 spaces.

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1 Proceedings 2 As will be explained later, the 3 most, when the lots are used at its 4 highest capacity is in the morning. 5 What happens is we have shifts that 6 come in and out, and Doug will 7 explain it, but that's why we need 8 all of these parking spaces. They're 9 not used much throughout the day, 10 only at the highest peak hours that 11 we're talking about. 12 In addition to that parking 13 lot, we are looking to relocate and 14 improve the site design such as 15 certain access and egress points, 16 which Mike Galante will talk about in 17 a little bit. We are looking to 18 create a westbound left-turn lane 19 from Tuckahoe Road to Mountaindale 20 Road, and an additional right-turn 21 lane on Tuckahoe Road westbound from 22 the property to the entry north on 23 the Sprain Brook Parkway. 24 None of these proposed 25 improvements are for the purpose of

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1 Proceedings 2 adding traffic, it is simply designed 3 to improve traffic flow. We have 4 also proposed a fuel station, 5 additional landscaping throughout, 6 and as a result of our community 7 meeting, we have revised our plans 8 even from what you saw originally to 9 put in more landscaping and screening 10 in the perimeter, as well as a 11 fuelling facility, which was 12 requested at our meeting. 13 In sum, there is no change in 14 the size of the building or the 15 building footprint. While we are 16 asking to relocate certain curb cuts, 17 we are only requesting to add one 18 curb cut, and the only purpose of 19 that curb cut is to allow the large 20 trucks to have a straight shot in to 21 access the building so that they 22 don't have to maneuver around the 23 parking lot to get in. Again, it's 24 nothing to do with adding traffic, 25 just to improve.

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1 Proceedings 2 At this time, I would like to 3 turn it over to Doug Holland, who 4 will familiarize you with the 5 operations of the facility and Mike 6 Galante will take you quickly through 7 the traffic. Thank you. 8 MR. HOLLAND: Good evening, my 9 name is Doug Holland, I am the 10 regional project coordinator for UPS, 11 and I want to take you through our 12 proposed alterations to the facility 13 and changes. 14 The rendering that you see here 15 and on the board to my left shows 16 that we're not expanding the building 17 at all, but we are making some 18 modifications to its use, and you can 19 see the south facade facing Tuckahoe 20 Road in the southeast corner, we will 21 have a small customer center for 22 customers to come in and either ship 23 packages or pick them up. 24 We're also adding three 25 overhead doors for the vehicle access

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1 Proceedings 2 in and out of the building. We will 3 be replacing all of the windows on 4 the upper level of the building; and 5 on the lower level of the building, 6 which is the operational levels, 7 we'll be installing panels that match 8 the window frames, but you won't be 9 able to see into the operation on the 10 lower floor. 11 If you can go back to the site 12 plan, starting in the southeast 13 corner, again, there is a small 14 customer center in the southeast 15 corner, it's also where our HR 16 offices will be for employees. 17 Really, virtually, no changes to the 18 east wall of the facility. 19 As Mark mentioned, we are 20 proposing a new 129 employee parking 21 space lot in the northeast corner. 22 Continuing along counterclockwise, we 23 have a 150-car-already-approved 24 employee parking lot, which again, we 25 are anticipating starting

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1 Proceedings 2 construction in April. 3 All of the UPS commercial 4 operation will be in the west yard 5 and in the south yard, and part of 6 that operation includes, as Mark 7 mentioned, an new aboveground fuel 8 island, above ground tank fuel 9 system, which we have advanced those 10 drawings well beyond. There were a 11 number of questions that came up last 12 week in our community meeting and 13 also in the case review, so we can 14 supply additional drawings and cut 15 sheets related to the ASTs at this 16 point. 17 And then continuing on, there 18 will be two overhead doors entering 19 the facility close to the southwest 20 corner of the facility on the west 21 side, and as I mentioned, the three 22 overhead doors on the south wall that 23 enter and exit our delivery vehicles 24 with a driveway immediately across 25 from that on Tuckahoe Road. And

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1 Proceedings 2 again, Mike Galante will get more 3 into the details of our traffic 4 study. 5 We also have a number of 6 renderings here to try and get an 7 idea of what we have proposed. This 8 is the northeast employee parking lot 9 as seen from the east, and this is 10 obviously a day shot, we also have a 11 night shot. We have done significant 12 photometrics and we have designed our 13 poles and our light fixtures to 14 minimize any light leaving beyond the 15 curb line; and we are also continuing 16 the row of evergreens that were 17 approved at the north lot, we are 18 continuing those trees entirely 19 around the perimeter of the new lot 20 so as to create a screen as those 21 trees grow in. 22 We have a second view of this 23 northeast employee lot. This is from 24 the north, and again on the bottom 25 left there you can see the row of the

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1 Proceedings 2 newly-planted trees in the 3 six-to-eight-foot range. We're 4 looking to get Cyprus, which will 5 grow quickly, to create a screening. 6 And again, we have a night view from 7 this direction as well, and again you 8 can see each pole has a screen tree 9 specifically planted for it and the 10 light fixture designed to minimize 11 any lighting coming back toward the 12 residents, and it's all designed to 13 be into the lot and toward the 14 building. 15 Next line, last week at our 16 community meeting there was 17 significant concern about the ASTs, 18 where they're designed on the west 19 yard along the curb line. We are 20 meeting the required setback, but 21 obviously we want to make sure that 22 we're presenting ourselves in a good 23 light to the community, so we do 24 intend to fully screen those tanks. 25 We put a dotted line there in the

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1 Proceedings 2 back to show the silhouette of the 3 tanks, but we're planning on fully 4 screening the ASTs on East Grassy 5 Sprain Road, and we are working on a 6 landscaping plot plan to better 7 detail what we are proposing. 8 Also, at the man gate, which is 9 currently pretty baron, we wanted to 10 put a nicer face on the main gate as 11 well. So this is currently what 12 we're proposing with additional tree 13 plantings, some additional beds. And 14 then perennial flowers and seasonal 15 flowers so that we have some color in 16 the landscaping throughout the year. 17 There were a number of 18 questions concerning the ASTs, one of 19 them in the case review was how do we 20 plan on using the system. This is 21 maximum utilization of it. There are 22 three islands associated with two 23 aboveground storage tanks, they're 24 each 12,000 gallons; one gas, one 25 diesel. We do have a mixed fleet,

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1 Proceedings 2 and they are designed so that we can 3 have gas or diesel dispensed at any 4 of the islands and we can dispense on 5 both sides of the island stall at all 6 times. So this is what it looks like 7 with full utilization with six, 8 maintain a drive aisle on either 9 side, and we have designed the 10 islands far enough apart that we will 11 be able to pull the delivery vehicles 12 around each other so that they are 13 not backed up behind. 14 We were also asked about 15 tractor trailer movements. This is 16 specifically the turning radius 17 analysis on the fuel delivery 18 vehicle, so this will be a tanker 19 truck coming in the main gate on 20 Tuckahoe Road, swinging around. And 21 again, the building line, if can you 22 outline that for us, Paul, that's the 23 building line, so we're well outside 24 any issues with being able to make 25 that turn and get to the islands

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1 Proceedings 2 effectively. 3 And again, we tried to answer 4 questions, there were specific 5 questions concerning the light 6 fixtures and the poles. Again, we 7 have advanced our documents, we can 8 provide that information as 9 requested. 10 And with that, I will turn it 11 over to Mike Galante to discuss the 12 traffic pattern. 13 MR. GALANTE: Good evening, 14 Mike Galante of Frederick Clark 15 Associates, which is now a Hardesty & 16 Hanover company. I would like to 17 give you a brief summary of the 18 traffic report, but before I get into 19 the traffic analysis and the purpose 20 of it and the mitigation plan that 21 goes with that, I just want to touch 22 on some of the access points as they 23 exist today and the purpose of those 24 driveways and what UPS traffic will 25 use those driveways.

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1 Proceedings 2 Here is obviously the building, 3 Tuckahoe Road, Sprain Brook Parkway 4 is right here, and East Grassy Sprain 5 Road. The red dots indicate the 6 intersections that we analyzed, about 7 seven intersections including 8 driveways. These were selected based 9 on discussions with the city traffic 10 engineer and his department, which 11 involved traffic counts and analyses. 12 Just for reference, the 13 northerly red dot on East Grassy 14 Sprain Road, an existing driveway is 15 for large truck activity, and it will 16 remain the same. There's an approved 17 driveway to be constructed to East 18 Grassy Sprain about midway between 19 that driveway and Tuckahoe Road. 20 We're suggesting not build that 21 driveway, but actually move it closer 22 to Tuckahoe Road in order to move any 23 truck traffic, which is what we call 24 package cars, the small brown trucks, 25 closer to Tuckahoe Road and not put

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1 Proceedings 2 it too far up on East Grassy Sprain. 3 It will be constructed midway, and 4 that will align with the garage or 5 entrance to the building so the 6 trucks go directly from East Grassy 7 Sprain into the building where all 8 the activity occurs as far as loading 9 and unloading those trucks. 10 Of course, we have the East 11 Grassy Sprain Tuckahoe Road 12 intersection, there's an existing 13 driveway at the site today that's 14 right immediately east of the East 15 Grassy Sprain traffic signal on 16 Tuckahoe Road. The proposal is to 17 close that driveway, it's simply too 18 close to the intersection, and 19 there's a desire to close it for 20 safety purposes, operational 21 characteristics, and so on. So that 22 would be closed. 23 In the front of the building on 24 Tuckahoe Road between East Grassy 25 Sprain and what I call a hotel

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1 Proceedings 2 driveway, there's a proposal to 3 construct a new driveway, which would 4 align with the garage doors going 5 into the building. So the small 6 brown trucks called package cars will 7 go into the building at two points; 8 East Grassy Sprain driveway, which I 9 have mentioned before, and the center 10 driveway from Tuckahoe Road. All of 11 that activity with those trucks will 12 be inside. Both driveways will be 13 two-way driveways. 14 The next driveway is the hotel 15 driveway which was built a few years 16 ago for the hotel and upgraded. As 17 you may recall, the left-turn lane 18 where eastbound Tuckahoe Road was 19 constructed as part of the hotel 20 agreement. 21 Next is the Mountaindale Road 22 intersection. Those intersections 23 were included in the analysis. Do 24 you know here is just for references, 25 we identify peak hours morning, 7:45

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1 Proceedings 2 to 8:45, typical commuter peak, after 3 is 5:00 to 6:00; volume wise, 4 Tuckahoe Road was 1,600 vehicles in 5 the morning, 2,100 vehicles in the 6 afternoon, a two-way one-hour period 7 for reference purposes. 8 We take our traffic for the use 9 of this building and we base it on 10 actual traffic counts of the Elmsford 11 facility, which is not too far from 12 here, so we. So we add that traffic 13 to this site for a 2025 condition. 14 Now, the benefit of the UPS 15 having control of the entire building 16 and the delivery service and the 17 business that they render, their 18 package trucks will not leave the 19 site until after the morning peak 20 hour. So they will come onto the 21 road system. If you look charts of 22 the hourly volumes and traffic 23 report, and I should have blew it up, 24 you have the peak volume, and it 25 drops off as the activities drop off.

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1 Proceedings 2 The package trucks start leaving the 3 site really in the spot where the 4 lines start dropping off. 5 Some trucks will enter the site 6 during peak hours, we have analyzed 7 that as far as the worst case 8 scenario and that's the basis of the 9 improvements. A lot of the 10 improvements are not specifically and 11 only for UPS, but for one, obviously, 12 to address traffic volumes on 13 Tuckahoe Road today, and some of the 14 concerns of the community we have 15 heard with different discussions with 16 the city and residents a few weeks 17 ago. 18 It may be difficult to see from 19 there, but it is signature 16 in the 20 report itself, but -- and I will 21 describe that. This is what the 22 analysis is based on. I want to talk 23 about something that's slight 24 modification for the discussion on 25 tonight. The recommendation is to

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1 Proceedings 2 construct that center driveway, as I 3 mentioned before, which is not there 4 today, close the existing driveway, 5 which is shown right about here, 6 here's East Grassy Sprain traffic 7 signal. Close that driveway, 8 construct that driveway, and create 9 what I call a new lane, or right-turn 10 lane from that new driveway westbound 11 toward Grassy Sprain and connect it 12 to East Grassy Sprain traffic signal. 13 That relieves traffic volume and 14 improves right turn movement for 15 residents to some extent. It 16 improves traffic flow. That would 17 include modifying the traffic signal 18 timing plan. 19 At the Mountaindale 20 intersection there's, beyond the 21 improvements for the hotel, there was 22 a stripe paint as part of the 23 Weissman improvements, there was a 24 suggestion to create an eastbound 25 left-turn lane from Tuckahoe Road

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1 Proceedings 2 onto Mountaindale Road, so we are 3 doing that. 4 So the radius at East Grassy 5 Sprain Road is improved, the center 6 driveway is constructed, and the new 7 driveway is constructed right about 8 here, on East Grassy Sprain, right 9 into the building itself, which we 10 mentioned a few minutes ago. 11 So this basically shows the 12 improvement plan. This additional 13 lane will continue to the Sprain 14 Brook Parkway northbound, there's 15 pavement there, it's striping with a 16 third lane that goes directly to the 17 parkway. 18 These improvements are not -- 19 we could have accommodated the site 20 traffic without these improvements, 21 but everyone felt this was a benefit 22 to all, and that's why UPS is 23 proposing it as part of the plan. 24 But the city traffic engineer has 25 seen this, I think it's in general

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1 Proceedings 2 agreement in terms of the concept, I 3 wouldn't say he signed off on it, but 4 I think he agrees with it as far as 5 what we're doing and how we are going 6 about it. 7 Lastly, from our meeting with 8 the residents a few weeks ago, we 9 heard concerns with trucks on East 10 Grassy Sprain Road, which we 11 certainly understand and are 12 sensitive to it, and the thought is 13 only to take this center new driveway 14 on Tuckahoe Road, which is in the 15 report and in the analysis, a 16 right-in/right-out only. 17 The thought is keep it 18 right-out only, not have a left turn 19 out, certainly, but provide a left 20 turn into that driveway, that would 21 take away about 20 package trucks or 22 brown trucks off East Grassy Sprain 23 Road during that morning and 24 afternoon peak hour. 25 That's, again, to benefit and

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1 Proceedings 2 address the concerns of the residents 3 that voiced at a residents meeting a 4 few weeks ago. These improvements go 5 along with the package. We have to 6 get county approval because it's a 7 county road, it certainly needs city 8 approval from the city traffic 9 engineer, but these recommended 10 improvements of mitigation for the 11 moment is part of the traffic study 12 and analysis, and our recommendation 13 as part of the package. 14 And I can certainly answer the 15 questions. I tried to keep it brief, 16 but hopefully a summary for tonight. 17 Thank you. 18 MR. WEINGARTEN: I would just 19 say, Mr. Chairman, in closing in the 20 presentation part of this that, we 21 believe this is a very strong reuse 22 of the existing facility. We think, 23 if you compare it to what is 24 permitted within the city after the 25 fact that it's an entity and controls

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1 Proceedings 2 the trucks in and out, it's actually 3 the way they do this and the 4 operations of it is fascinating, and 5 I think that, you know, having 6 already had at least a third probably 7 close to half of what the operation 8 is ordering in there, we think this 9 works very well here and we're hoping 10 to work this application with you. 11 Thank you. 12 MR. KOZICKY: Before I get into 13 the members of our Board, question, 14 the aboveground storage tank, what 15 was the thought behind having it as 16 an aboveground tank versus below 17 ground? 18 MR. HOLLAND: UPS, in general, 19 has moved from underground storage 20 tanks to aboveground storage tanks. 21 We found them to have significant 22 less risks associated with them. 23 They're much more easily, obviously, 24 maintained and monitored. We do have 25 a metering system that monitors them

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1 Proceedings 2 24/7 and essentially tells us how 3 much fuel is in them, any issues 4 there might be, anything that it 5 senses, it tells us immediately and 6 actually calls us if anything is out 7 of the ordinary. But in terms of the 8 environmental risk with the systems, 9 we found that the AFT is far less 10 risky. 11 MR. KOZICKY: Is there any 12 thought to go electric with any of 13 the vehicles in the future? 14 MR. HOLLAND: We do have -- I'm 15 going to turn this over to Axel 16 Carion, he has some specifics on our 17 electric fleet, but. 18 MR. CARION: Thank you, 19 Mr. Chairman. Axel Carion, Public 20 Affairs Director. About 10 percent 21 of our overall fleet is some form of 22 alternative fuel. We use multiple 23 types of alternative fuel that we 24 test. Electric is part of our fleet. 25 We also use LNG, CNG, there's a lot

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1 Proceedings 2 of new ones that we use. Right now, 3 the demand is higher than what the 4 manufacturers can actually produce 5 for Class 6, Class 8s, however, UPS 6 does have the largest order in for 7 test tractors, Class 8, and we also 8 have a 10,000 vehicle order for 9 another electric vehicle manufacture 10 for Class 6. So as those vehicles 11 come online, UPS already has the 12 orders in place to do that, it's just 13 a matter of matching the supply and 14 demand. Thank you. 15 MR. KOZICKY: You mentioned 16 other facilities in the area, Mount 17 Vernon, the Bronx, those facilities 18 are going to remain open? 19 MR. WEINGARTEN: Yes. Elmsford 20 and the Bronx. Those will remain 21 working, yes. And the point of that 22 is these are also additional jobs and 23 new jobs. 24 MR. HOLLAND: Initially it will 25 be probably close to 300. Full

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1 Proceedings 2 utilization will be close to 450. 3 MR. WEINGARTEN: New jobs. 4 MR. KOZICKY: Mr. Larkin. 5 MR. LARKIN: Thank you, 6 Mr. Chairman. Could we just go back 7 to the diagram where you have the UPS 8 facility building and kind of point 9 out to me again where this new 10 parking will be placed. I was kind 11 of unsure as to -- I'm looking at a 12 satellite picture, which I think is a 13 lot easier than some of the pictures 14 there. 15 MR. WEINGARTEN: The new 16 parking lot is going to be next to 17 where the hotel parking is. 18 MR. LARKIN: That square? I'm 19 sorry. 20 MR. WEINGARTEN: Right here. 21 MR. LARKIN: Correct me if I'm 22 wrong, but I thought that there was a 23 certain percentage of that area that 24 was supposed to remain green space as 25 a buffer between it and the residents

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1 Proceedings 2 on Bonnie Briar Drive[sic]. 3 MR. WEINGARTEN: This is a -- 4 we continue to respect all of the 5 conditions and requirements as far as 6 I am aware from not only your zoning 7 code, but also prior approval. We 8 can take a look at that, but -- 9 MR. LARKIN: I could be wrong. 10 MR. WEINGARTEN: What you're 11 referring to is the space between the 12 parking lot that was approved -- as a 13 matter of fact, what happened was 14 when you approved that parking lot a 15 couple years back, that parking lot 16 was land bent, and POP Display said 17 we don't need it yet, but for the 18 zoning code that's required, we are 19 going to approve it, and if the city 20 comes down and says you need it, or 21 if the facility ever requires it, you 22 can go ahead, build it, and that was 23 originally approved, and that parking 24 lot was the one that was previously 25 approved, and that's being built, and

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1 Proceedings 2 there's an area between that lot and 3 into the back that has a requirement 4 of staying green. 5 MR. LARKIN: It's kind of hard 6 looking at this picture, because it's 7 -- again, it isn't totally completed 8 in that picture, you still got the 9 dirt. 10 MR. WEINGARTEN: If you take a 11 look at the site plan of the 12 building, you will see, in other 13 words, so can you show him where the 14 northeast is? 15 MR. HOLLAND: Here is the 16 building, this is the Hampton Inn, 17 this is the parking lot of the 18 Hampton Inn. 19 MR. WEINGARTEN: Off 20 Mountaindale, that's the northeast 21 there, and below it where we're 22 building the lot that was previously 23 approved. 24 MR. LARKIN: I guess maybe my 25 confusion was with the approval from

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1 Proceedings 2 the Hampton Inn that most of that was 3 going to remain green space, so I 4 don't know if I misinterpreted what 5 was approved and said. 6 MR. WEINGARTEN: We will go 7 back and take a look, but my 8 recollection -- 9 MR. LARKIN: I know that was 10 one of the concerns, and I know 11 Alfred Weismann was here and he's 12 aware, too, there were a lot of 13 residents along Mountaindale and 14 Bonnie Briar who were very concerned 15 with the light projection, the noise, 16 the parking, and people entering and 17 leaving from the hotel at different 18 hours of the day and night, so that 19 would be one thing that really, I 20 guess, I would like to see a better 21 picture, if I could, than the one 22 that we have here, because the 23 Hampton Inn isn't completed on these 24 pictures. 25 MR. WEINGARTEN: We're happy to

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1 Proceedings 2 do that. There's a lot of space. 3 There's a lot more space between be 4 the edge -- 5 MR. LARKIN: I would like to 6 see it from an areal just to see, 7 because I guess what I'm looking for 8 is to ensure that the people that are 9 living on Bonnie Briar and 10 Mountaindale -- not as much 11 Mountaindale, but Bonnie Briar are 12 not as impacted as we originally 13 thought they would not be, and it's 14 nice to see that you put the 15 landscape in there hopefully to 16 buffer between the site and Bonnie 17 Briar. 18 MR. WEINGARTEN: I think it's 19 also important to note, too, you saw 20 one picture with what they're doing 21 with the light to make sure the light 22 does not escape the parking lots, the 23 second thing I will point out, it's 24 not like it's a shopping center where 25 people are coming in and out every

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1 Proceedings 2 day; they're coming in, they're 3 parking, and they're there for 4 eight hours. They are coming in on a 5 shift, they are going into the 6 building and getting into the trucks 7 and going and coming out, so there's 8 not a lot of in and out of these 9 lots, either. 10 MR. LARKIN: So the trucks that 11 are going into the site, it's nice to 12 know they're going in the building, 13 right, these are the big tractor 14 trailers that are delivering the 15 packages. 16 MR. WEINGARTEN: Only a few of 17 those. The vast majority of the 18 trucks coming into the facility are 19 what they call package cars. 20 MR. LARKIN: Right, but they 21 will have tractor trailers. 22 MR. HOLLAND: At full capacity, 23 we're approaching 40 tractor trailers 24 a day, and that's projected for 2020. 25 MR. LARKIN: What hours of the

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1 Proceedings 2 day do they come into the plant? 3 MR. HOLLAND: Tractor trailers 4 are kind of a 24-hour cycle. 5 MR. LARKIN: Is it, because -- 6 MR. WEINGARTEN: All throughout 7 the day, and just so you understand, 8 the tractor trailers all come in off 9 Grassy Sprain where the areas they go 10 in and out is off Grassy Sprain, so 11 they're not coming in close to the 12 back or the parking lots, they come 13 right off Grassy Sprain and right 14 into the building. 15 MR. LARKIN: And that's the new 16 entrance, or is that the old previous 17 entrance? 18 MR. WEINGARTEN: That's the 19 existing driveway. That's the 20 farthest. 21 MR. LARKIN: Closer to Bonnie 22 Briar. 23 MR. WEINGARTEN: Farther away 24 from Tuckahoe Road, correct. 25 MR. LARKIN: Are these

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1 Proceedings 2 deliveries made at all hours? I know 3 FedEx, when they were put in, were 4 making their trailer truck deliveries 5 in the two-to-three-day timeframe, 6 which is better for them because 7 there's no housing surrounding them. 8 MR. WEINGARTEN: They're 9 different. They have a very good 10 lawyer, those guys, but I'm not 11 allowed to talk about them anymore. 12 UPS does it in two shots. Everyone 13 leaves in the morning, after 14 9 o'clock, all the trucks roll out, 15 and then they do come back at 16 different times during the day 17 they're scattered because there's 18 different length in routes, that's 19 the company. It's in and it's out. 20 You do have the larger tractor 21 trailers bringing packages during the 22 day, but it's once in, once out with 23 regard to packages cars. 24 MR. LARKIN: Now, the larger 25 area behind it on Bonnie Briar used

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1 Proceedings 2 to be a fence, and then there's a lot 3 of woods and unkempt area back there. 4 Is there any plans to do anything 5 with that? 6 MR. WEINGARTEN: We have a 7 significant landscaping and fencing 8 plan, and we met with the public, and 9 we had long conversations about it, 10 we have improved our plan, we have 11 sent it in, it will be reviewed, and 12 if there are suggestions, UPS wants 13 to do the right thing, they told the 14 community they want to do what's 15 right, so if there are suggestions To 16 improve it, we are wide open to 17 listening to them. 18 MR. LARKIN: That's good to 19 here, because I'm sure the homeowners 20 there were concerned about the 21 impact. 22 With regard to the entrance on 23 Tuckahoe Road, you said that you are 24 closing the one that's close to the 25 intersection of East Grassy Sprain,

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1 Proceedings 2 and you would be creating a new one, 3 correct? 4 MR. WEINGARTEN: Yes. 5 MR. LARKIN: Now, for UPS 6 trucks that are coming in, the 7 regular ground UPS trucks, they're 8 coming in off Tuckahoe Road, or are 9 they coming in on East Grassy Sprain, 10 as well? 11 MR. WEINGARTEN: You're talking 12 about the package cars? 13 MR. LARKIN: Yeah. 14 MR. WEINGARTEN: Both. If 15 they're coming down from the east, 16 they're going to make a right turn 17 into -- they don't have to keep going 18 to East -- now, a lot of them will be 19 coming from, for example, where the 20 Thruway is. If they're coming in 21 that direction, then it's going to be 22 a left turn onto East Grassy Sprain, 23 and then into -- 24 MR. LARKIN: Okay, and you're 25 keeping it with the access, that site

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1 Proceedings 2 where you said about creating a new 3 entrance. 4 MR. WEINGARTEN: To keeping 5 which? 6 MR. LARKIN: On East Grassy 7 Sprain. 8 MR. WEINGARTEN: The package 9 cars will be moving -- there's two 10 driveways on East Grassy Sprain; one 11 is for the package cars, closer to 12 Tuckahoe Road. 13 MR. LARKIN: So it's halfway. 14 MR. WEINGARTEN: Correct, it's 15 closer to Tuckahoe. 16 MR. LARKIN: Exactly. 17 MR. WEINGARTEN: Exactly, and 18 that will be straight to the -- they 19 ever going to have access to the 20 doors. And again, all other 21 activity, everything takes place in 22 the facility. 23 MR. LARKIN: All right. All I 24 can say I'm glad that Mr. Weissman 25 has always been great about involving

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1 Proceedings 2 the community and making their 3 concerns addressed, so it should be 4 hopefully a good outcome. Thank you. 5 MR. KOZICKY: Just to be clear, 6 so trucks coming from the west going 7 east on Tuckahoe Road, they will not 8 have the opportunity to make the left 9 across Tuckahoe Road into the main 10 entrance; is that correct? 11 MR. WEINGARTEN: That is 12 correct. This will have to make a 13 left on East Grassy Sprain to be able 14 to access the building. 15 MR. KOZICKY: Any vehicles, 16 cars, box trucks. 17 MR. WEINGARTEN: We are not 18 proposing a left turn, it's going to 19 be a prohibited left turn. 20 MR. KOZICKY: Right in, right 21 out. 22 MR. WEINGARTEN: Right in, 23 right out. We have proposed again, 24 that's what the study shows, that's 25 what our proposal that you have

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1 Proceedings 2 shows. As part of the discussion 3 with the community, there was 4 discussion, potentially, of the left 5 turn in, okay, on Tuckahoe Road, so 6 it would be a possibility of that 7 left turn -- not left turn out of the 8 facility, but because there's trucks 9 coming constantly on the way out all 10 at once, they're coming in at 11 different times. 12 We have not shown that yet to 13 the traffic engineer in the city, we 14 are waiting for comment back as to 15 whether that's acceptable, and of 16 course, we will -- both the city and 17 the county will have a say in whether 18 that will be permitted or not. 19 MR. KOZICKY: As far as when 20 you go fully operational, how much 21 percentage-wise increase do you 22 foresee in the package trucks and 23 tractor trailers? 24 MR. WEINGARTEN: Right now, we 25 started in Christmas season about 80

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1 Proceedings 2 package cars for this last Christmas 3 season. We have been talking about 4 25 additional each year with a 5 maximum of 225. But I'm told, for 6 the foreseeable future, it's probably 7 in the 160 range, so you have seen 8 about half the activity during the 9 last few months of what we expect. 10 MR. KOZICKY: Mr. Larkin. 11 MR. LARKIN: Thank you. Two 12 more questions. One, with allowing 13 the left turn in going east on East 14 Grassy Sprain, have you anticipated 15 having to somehow change the green 16 arrow at that location to allow more 17 trucks to make that left-hand turn 18 in? Right now the green arrow is not 19 that long. 20 MR. GALANTE: Part of the 21 improvement plan is changing the 22 timing of the traffic signal, so the 23 left-turn arrow will be likely a 24 little bit longer. Again, that's the 25 county and the city that have to

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1 Proceedings 2 approve that as part of the analysis. 3 MR. LARKIN: And I had one 4 other, but I can't remember what it 5 is. 6 MR. WEINGARTEN: I'm sure there 7 will be more. 8 MR. KOZICKY: Mr. Johnson. 9 MR. JOHNSON: I just had a 10 question, and also with the adding of 11 the turn for the left-hand lane, 12 that's also pending upon approval of 13 Westchester County? 14 MR. WEINGARTEN: Correct. We 15 think that there's a strong rationale 16 for that, the cueing there to allow 17 so that -- again, Tuckahoe Road, as 18 you know, is a very busy road, so the 19 people that are waiting for a turn 20 that you can take out of the through 21 traffic lane, it's going to certainly 22 improve traffic, so we can't imagine 23 why they would not permit that. 24 MR. JOHNSON: I want to make 25 sure that I'm reading -- will that

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1 Proceedings 2 still be a two lane, if I can 3 understand, is this going to be a 4 drivable lane as well? 5 MR. GALANTE: To answer your 6 question, we will maintain two travel 7 lanes in each direction on Tuckahoe 8 Road. And on Mountaindale, we are 9 adding a center left-turn lane going 10 toward Central Avenue. 11 MR. JOHNSON: Just from the 12 diagram I wasn't sure. 13 MR. WEINGARTEN: We have room 14 because we have -- we own the 15 frontage on that side, so we can make 16 it wide, if necessary. We have 17 space. 18 MR. LARKIN: I remembered my 19 question. 20 MR. WEINGARTEN: I was right. 21 MR. LARKIN: The other thing 22 was, I mean, I remember going back to 23 when I was actually the Councilman of 24 the district, there were a lot of 25 complaints from people along

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1 Proceedings 2 Mountaindale, trucks, tractor trailer 3 trucks made the wrong turn and came 4 down Bonnie Briar and got stuck 5 because Bonnie Briar is a very narrow 6 road. What would UPS be doing to 7 prevent that type of situation? 8 MR. WEINGARTEN: I think here's 9 the duty of this kind of use for this 10 kind of facility. These are the same 11 drivers every day. It's one place. 12 If you have some kind of warehouse 13 distribution with different types of 14 companies coming in, you are going to 15 have people unfamiliar with how it 16 works. This is one company, one set 17 of drivers, they are coming to the 18 same location, they know where 19 they're supposed to turn. Mistakes 20 can occur, I'm not suggesting no, but 21 this is a very good type of use. 22 MR. LARKIN: The drivers are 23 going in and leaving, they're 24 obviously instructed on how to get in 25 and out of the facility. It sounds

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1 Proceedings 2 like a stupid request, but you know, 3 I don't want to see what happened in 4 the past where you're probably right 5 and they had probably different 6 deliverers and different trucks. 7 MR. WEINGARTEN: I will tell 8 you what makes an impression on me, 9 the management of the company that 10 you're meeting with, they all started 11 as drivers. It's a company that you 12 work your way up through and you get 13 up towards management. That has an 14 impact on me for a lot of different 15 reasons. The guys making up the 16 rules, they're the ones that used to 17 do it. 18 MR. LARKIN: So they know. 19 MR. WEINGARTEN: I think so. 20 MR. LARKIN: All right, just 21 wanted to make sure. Thank you. 22 MR. KOZICKY: Other members of 23 the Board? I also had a question, 24 you have a very expansive roof. Is 25 there any thought, in the future, of

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1 Proceedings 2 talking about green energy, solar, 3 putting solar panels? And a 4 corollary question, is there any idea 5 in the future to use a different 6 modality for deliveries, such as 7 drones? Is that something that is 8 planned for? 9 MR. WEINGARTEN: Well, I will 10 answer the question. The drones, I 11 haven't thought about. As to the 12 solar, we are starting that 13 discussion. The county, in planning, 14 in their commenting to us, proposed 15 that the thought was solar carports 16 is in their letter that came in this 17 week that's under discussion, and of 18 course, it's a large roof, as well, 19 so we will have to look at that and 20 get back to you. 21 MR. HOLLAND: UPS actually has 22 over five million square feet of 23 solar panels currently in service on 24 various buildings. It's something to 25 look at. As Mark said, we are just

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1 Proceedings 2 starting that discussion. We are 3 going to replace the roof next year, 4 the thermal capacity of the roof to 5 try and keep it more comfortable 6 inside, so we need to take a look of 7 the structural issues with adding the 8 solar panels. 9 MR. WEINGARTEN: And drones? 10 MR. CARION: So UPS actually 11 started a subsidiary company to 12 handle drones, and our drones are 13 solely on the pharma industry. So we 14 understand there are competitors 15 testing drones for package delivery, 16 day-to-day, but our focus on this 17 subsidiary is strictly on pharma. 18 MR. KOZICKY: Strictly on? 19 MR. CARION: The pharma 20 industry, so for example, blood work 21 or medicines or very time-sensitive 22 items within the pharma industry. 23 I'm sorry, it's my Bronx accent, I 24 apologize, and again, anything to 25 deal with drones or drone technology,

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1 Proceedings 2 we're also the largest Teamster 3 company in the world, so that's 4 something that would have to be 5 completely negotiated with the 6 Teamsters. So for that reason, as 7 well, that's not something that's on 8 our agenda at this time. 9 MR. KOZICKY: You would also 10 probably have to come before us. 11 Members of the Board, any other 12 questions? I know a lot of the 13 questions that we had were answered, 14 and with the new submissions, but if 15 not, staff? 16 MR. ELLMAN: Just two comments. 17 One, I would recommend that the Board 18 look at the landscaping that's on the 19 north side of the existing Hampton 20 Inn parking lot kind of lush, there's 21 a really good green wall and that 22 might be something that would be 23 sensible to also see installed on the 24 new northeast lot by UPS. The other 25 concern that we were anticipating is

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1 Proceedings 2 the -- because of the change of new 3 entrances on the middle of the 4 existing building across Tuckahoe 5 Road, there is the co-op buildings 6 across the street and we were -- we 7 put a comment in the Board's report 8 about the -- looking at the potential 9 of doing something to, in some way, 10 lessen light impact on the apartments 11 across the street. I don't know how 12 quite that will be done, it might be 13 an offsite improvement across the 14 street, but those were the two issues 15 that haven't been mentioned through 16 this discussion. 17 MR. WEINGARTEN: When you're 18 saying across the street, you mean 19 across Tuckahoe? 20 MR. ELLMAN: Across Tuckahoe. 21 MR. KOZICKY: So in other 22 words, not directly in front of their 23 property, but on the property -- 24 MR. ELLMAN: Just because in 25 front of their property is their

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1 Proceedings 2 driveway, so they're seeking to come 3 out, and as we discussed earlier this 4 afternoon, you don't think about 5 problems until you think at 8:30 on a 6 winter's day or 4:30 in the afternoon 7 during the winter, there ought to be 8 some way to deal with that, so just 9 something to think about. 10 MR. WEINGARTEN: We would like 11 to point out, and we will look at 12 that, that we leave -- the trucks 13 leave the facility from that driveway 14 in the daylight, it's not -- they 15 come back in the evening, but they're 16 going into the facility, trucks are 17 not coming out when it's dark. So I 18 think that may alleviate some of the 19 concern. 20 MS. FORSBERG: You discussed 21 that the drivers and many of the 22 employees are Teamsters. For the 23 development of this site, would it be 24 prevailing wage or union labor? 25 MR. WEINGARTEN: I'm not --

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1 Proceedings 2 there's not a heck of a lot of 3 development going on with what we are 4 doing. There's some road work having 5 to do with the curb cuts into the 6 parking lot, so I'm not quite sure -- 7 I'm not even sure -- we could -- we 8 will answer the question. 9 MS. FORSBERG: I'm just asking. 10 MR. WEINGARTEN: There's just 11 not a lot of construction that's 12 going on with regard to this -- these 13 particular improvements that we're 14 talking about, but we will find out. 15 UPS certainly has no issue using 16 union labor. 17 MR. HOLLAND: Our GC bid hasn't 18 gone out yet for the main work, for 19 bulk majority for the GC work needs 20 to be done, but we will be taking 21 bids both ways. 22 MR. KOZICKY: Any other 23 questions from the staff? From the 24 Board? If not, I know Councilman 25 Merante was here before, you have

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1 Proceedings 2 been working with him, because 3 normally I would have him come up and 4 speak if he wanted to, I don't know 5 if the community has another 6 representative or community 7 organization. I take it a lot of 8 people here are here for this item. 9 Okay, and you've been dealing with -- 10 my assumption is that you've been 11 dealing with your Councilman, and I 12 know he's been in contact with us 13 many times on this item and with the 14 applicant. 15 I'm assuming he's hitting all 16 of the issues that effect, if that's 17 not the case, I encourage you to 18 send, through the Planning Bureau, 19 your comments. I know we did receive 20 some, we have them in our packages 21 given to us tonight, so they are 22 acted upon, they are part of our 23 package when we do our analysis, but 24 if you feel you need to bring up 25 issues that haven't been touched,

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1 Proceedings 2 please feel free to, through the 3 Bureau, to present those issues, or 4 through your Councilman, he's been 5 doing a great job on this. Thank 6 you. I'll see you at next month's 7 meeting. 8 MR. WEINGARTEN: Thank you, 9 Mr. Chairman. Thank you. 10 MR. KOZICKY: Does the Board 11 need a two-minute break? All right, 12 two-minute break. 13 (Whereupon, a brief recess was 14 taken.) 15 MR. KOZICKY: Okay, we have 16 Item No. 15, which is a site plan 17 review for a proposed accessory 18 parking at Block: 2024, Lots: 42 and 19 48.52 on the property known as 70 20 Ashburton Avenue pursuant to Article 21 IX of the Yonkers Zoning Ordinance. 22 Janet Giris is here as 23 representative for the proposal. 24 MS. GIRIS: Once again, Janet 25 Giris, partner of the law firm of

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1 Proceedings 2 DelBello, Donnellan, Weingarten, 3 Wise, and Wiederkehr, here this 4 evening on behalf of the applicant. 5 I think that the Board is 6 probably familiar with the property 7 that's located at 70 Ashburton 8 Avenue. It's a property that was 9 sort of half finished for a very long 10 time, previously an office building. 11 Back in 2015, the Board granted 12 an amended site plan approval for the 13 property for the conversion of -- for 14 the conversion of the property to an 15 apartment house. It was, at that 16 time, designed as 75 percent senior 17 and 25 percent veterans housing, and 18 that was largely driven by the number 19 of parking spaces by the property. 20 The applicant acquired the 21 property in 2018 and has finished the 22 project and is in the process right 23 now of putting -- doing punch items 24 and looking to get certificates of 25 occupancy for the project.

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1 Proceedings 2 One of the things that they 3 have been able to do is to acquire 4 additional properties immediately 5 adjacent to this site, and what we're 6 proposing is amended site plan 7 approval from this Board to add 8 additional parking spaces to remove 9 the limitation that it would only be 10 limited to seniors and vets. So that 11 designation, as I mentioned, was 12 driven by the number of parking 13 spaces which were available on the 14 site at that time. 15 So what we're proposing as part 16 of this plan, and I apologize for not 17 having something that's more in 18 color, but this is the existing 19 building on the property, it is 94 20 units; it's 73 studios and 20 21 one-bedrooms. Immediately adjacent 22 is 69 parking spaces, and with the 23 acquisition of the properties next 24 door, we are able to add additional 25 parking spaces. So there will be 41

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1 Proceedings 2 additional parking spaces, and that 3 would bring the total number to 107 4 parking spaces where 101 would be 5 required to make this just a regular 6 apartment house. So that's what 7 we're proposing at this time. 8 I know that we received the 9 comments from the Planning Bureau and 10 there are a number of modifications 11 that we need to make to add details 12 that were not included in the set. 13 Honestly, the application was filed, 14 and apologies for that, in a rather 15 hasty fashion in part because, when 16 this was originally approved in 2015, 17 there was an existing building on the 18 property, it required a variance from 19 the Zoning Board of Appeals because 20 the side yard -- it didn't meet the 21 side yard setback, the existing 22 building didn't meet the side yard 23 setback. 24 The side yard setback was 25 required to be 10 feet, the existing

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1 Proceedings 2 setback was one foot. They went to 3 the Zoning Board for that area 4 variance, and in connection with that 5 and their presentations to the Zoning 6 Board, they said, okay, we're putting 7 this apartment building in, we have 8 69 parking spaces, we are going to 9 limit it to seniors and veterans 10 because we have those 69 parking 11 spaces; and in granting the variance, 12 the Zoning Board included a condition 13 that it be limited to seniors and 14 veterans, and that, until such time 15 as there was other parking or 16 modifications to be made to that 17 distribution, that we would have to 18 go back to the Zoning Board. 19 So we're at the point now where 20 we are ready to get certificates of 21 occupancy for this, we are on the 22 Zoning Board's calendar on Tuesday 23 evening. We're hoping that they will 24 reconsider that condition, given that 25 we have this application before this

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1 Proceedings 2 Board to be able to provide those 3 additional parking spaces. 4 So I know that we do need to 5 provide this Board with additional 6 detail as was in Mr. Ellman's memo. 7 The Engineering Department memo also 8 mimicked the same comments, some of 9 the same comments. So we will be 10 making modifications and revisions 11 and resubmitting and then address any 12 information that you need. 13 But it's a very straightforward 14 application, we're hoping that the 15 Zoning Board will also remove that 16 condition, because we're now able to 17 provide the parking spaces. 18 MR. KOZICKY: I apologize that 19 I didn't get to this before the 20 break, because probably we could 21 have -- it looks like, basically, it 22 just needed more detail in the 23 application. I don't see a problem 24 with the application, if the Zoning 25 Board releases that condition, it

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1 Proceedings 2 looks like it's a go. There was one 3 question or comment. 4 MR. GIRIS: What we're hoping 5 the Zoning Board will do is that -- I 6 don't know if they're going to be 7 able to remove that condition in one 8 meeting, we're hoping what they'll be 9 able to do is at least authorize 10 certificates of occupancy for up to 11 the number of parking spaces that we 12 have right now because, essentially, 13 we've got people that are living in 14 hotels because we had hoped to be 15 able to provide occupancy as of 16 February 1st, and we are not able to 17 do that because of that condition. 18 So we're very hopeful in 19 getting through the processes in a 20 very expeditious manner. 21 MR. KOZICKY: Aside from the 22 parking, the building is 100 percent 23 complete? 24 MR. GIRIS: I think there are 25 some punch list items that need to be

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1 Proceedings 2 done, but yeah... 3 MR. KOZICKY: There was another 4 note that I see in my notes, deferred 5 parking was mentioned, but never 6 explained. 7 MS. GIRIS: I think when we 8 originally started to talk about it, 9 we talked about deferring it, but 10 there is no intention at this time to 11 request deferred parking. If there 12 is a reference to, it was an 13 oversight and we will make sure that 14 we remove that. 15 MR. KOZICKY: Other than that, 16 you have received copies of Lee's 17 notes as far as details they're 18 looking for. Members of the Board, 19 any comments? If not, we look 20 forward to seeing full plans and 21 hopefully you will do well with 22 Mr. Cianciulli. 23 MS. GIRIS: From your mouth to 24 his ears. 25 MR. KOZICKY: No, it's from his

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1 Proceedings 2 mouth to his ears. He runs a good 3 tight ship. I'm sure you'll do okay. 4 MS. GIRIS: Thank you very 5 much, we appreciate it. 6 MR. KOZICKY: All right, thank 7 you very much. All right, we have 8 some correspondence issues, which we 9 will go over in a second, and we need 10 to talk about the April meeting. 11 It's great that everybody's here, but 12 before we do that, let's take care of 13 the correspondence. 14 Lee, tell us about Hidden 15 Ridge. 16 MR. ELLMAN: Hidden Ridge 17 subdivision on just off of Jackson 18 Avenue behind Morrow, yeah, I always 19 forgot the name of the building. I'm 20 going to rename the building, I 21 always -- Mr. Larkin, I always call 22 it the ugly apartment building. 23 MR. LARKIN: Jeffery 24 apartments. 25 MR. ELLMAN: Jeffrey Arms, yes,

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1 Proceedings 2 so the Hidden Ridge subdivision on 3 Morrow behind that apartment building 4 had a subdivision completion bond 5 that they have worked down over the 6 years. They are seeking elimination 7 of the bond in consultation with the 8 law department with Mr. Natchev. 9 We realize that there was a 10 requirement that the city maintain 10 11 percent of the bond value until -- 12 once engineering has determined that 13 the work that has been put in is done 14 sufficiently, we still hold the 15 10 percent retainage for a year, so 16 we can't violate the zoning without 17 their going to the Zoning Board, so 18 we're -- our resolution calls for 19 that 10 percent, $10,000, to remain 20 with the city for a year, at which 21 point it can be released. 22 MR. KOZICKY: So we make money 23 on the flow. 24 MR. ELLMAN: I have asked that 25 they seek places that have better

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1 Proceedings 2 interest rates, but it was determined 3 that they couldn't do that for some 4 reason. 5 MR. KOZICKY: We need to have a 6 talk with them, but in any event, as 7 is our condition on these 8 correspondence, I will make the 9 resolution and on this item -- I'm 10 sorry, were there any questions from 11 the Board on that? No? Very good. 12 Planning Board approved the 13 subdivision of lands at Morrow and 14 Depew Avenue in 2004 with a 15 completion bond required of the 16 developer in the amount of 17 $1,085,010. Having completed a 18 number of development milestones, the 19 Planning Board subsequently approves 20 two bond reductions in the past; the 21 first on May 25, 2015, from the 22 original $1,085,010 to $250,000, and 23 again on February 16, 2016, $250,000 24 to $100,000. 25 The developer, having completed

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1 Proceedings 2 the subdivision, has requested a 3 release of the balance of the bond. 4 Section 43-109C of the Yonkers City 5 code reads, "the performance guaranty 6 instrument shall provide for the 7 retention by the City of 10 percent 8 of the originally fixed amount for a 9 period of one year after the 10 satisfactory completion of all 11 improvements, in order to insure the 12 soundness and integrity of such 13 improvements." The city engineer has 14 send a letter deeming the work on 15 site to be satisfactorily completed, 16 but the 10 percent retention is a 17 code requirement. The Planning Board 18 hereby approves a bond reduction on 19 the Hidden Ridge subdivision to a 20 principal amount of $10,000 to comply 21 with Section 43-109C. 22 Upon the completion of a 12 23 month period, the applicant developer 24 may request the release of the bond 25 funds. The applicant shall provide a

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1 Proceedings 2 draft copy of the reissued bond for 3 review by the Corporation Counsel for 4 form and sufficiency before it takes 5 effect. Do I have a second on the 6 resolution? Seconded by the Larkin. 7 All in favor, please indicate by 8 saying aye. 9 (Chorus of ayes.) 10 MR. KOZICKY: Opposed, nay, 11 that passes unanimously. 12 Lee, Manor House Square. 13 MR. ELLMAN: Manor House Square 14 was -- if you remember it was a 15 project next to the most recent part 16 or the second part of the day 17 lighting of the saw mill, it was a 18 building that had been vacant for 19 probably 40 years and as is often the 20 case it got approval, and they're 21 seeking an extension. 22 MR. KOZICKY: Questions? No. 23 Resolution to extend a site plan 24 approval from its original expiration 25 date of January 9, 2019, for one year

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1 Proceedings 2 to expire February 13, 2021, or the 3 February 2021 Planning Board meeting, 4 whichever occurs first, for an 5 application at Block: 2003, Lots: 13 6 and 16 on the property known as 2 7 Manor House Square pursuant to 8 Article IX, Section 43-102 and 9 Section 43-112 of the Yonkers Zoning 10 ordinance. 11 Seconded by Mr. Johnson. All 12 in favor please indicating saying 13 aye. 14 (Chorus of ayes.) 15 MR. KOZICKY: Opposed, nay. 16 That passes unanimously. 17 Lee, Main Street. 2 Main 18 Street. 2 and 6 Main Street. 19 MR. ELLMAN: It's a project up 20 on our side of the -- drawing a 21 blank. Christine, I'm sorry 2 and 6 22 Main Street. 23 MS. CARNEY: Aren't those the 24 fire buildings? No. Are you drawing 25 a blank as well?

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1 Proceedings 2 MS. CARNEY: Yes. 3 MR. ELLMAN: Oh, yes, I'm 4 sorry, Sam's Pizzeria. 5 MS. CARNEY: Yes. 6 MR. ELLMAN: The former Sam's 7 Pizzeria building just on the west 8 side of Getty Square on the south 9 side backing up against Saint John's 10 Church, same situation approved, 11 seeking an extension. 12 MR. KOZICKY: With 6, 2? 13 MR. ELLMAN: Same thing, two 14 lots, the same thing. 15 MR. KOZICKY: All right no 16 questions? Resolution to extend a 17 site plan approval from its original 18 expiration date of December 12, 2018 19 for one year, to expire February 13, 20 2021 or the February 2021 meeting 21 day, for an application at Block: 22 500, Lot: 15 on the property known as 23 2 Main Street pursuant to Article IX, 24 Section 43-102 and Section 43-112 of 25 the Yonkers Zoning Ordinance. Second

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1 Proceedings 2 on the resolution? 3 MR. ELLMAN: If you want to do 4 as one, just read in the Block and 5 Lot and address on the other. 6 MR. KOZICKY: I make my 7 resolution to also add the 8 application for Block: 500, Lot: 12 9 on the property known as 6 Main 10 Street pursuant to Article IX Section 11 43-102 and Section 43-112 of the 12 Yonkers Zoning Ordinance. Seconded 13 by Ms. Forsberg. 14 All in favor, please indicate 15 by saying aye. 16 (Chorus of ayes.) 17 MR. KOZICKY: Opposed, nay. 18 That passes unanimously. 19 931 McLean Avenue. 20 MR. ELLMAN: 931 is at the 21 corner of McLean and Kimball, it was 22 the one that had so many people 23 coming out for this was essentially a 24 canopy, not the 24-hour use. 25 MR. KOZICKY: Any questions?

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1 Proceedings 2 No. Resolution to extend the site 3 plan approval from its original 4 expiration date of March 20, 2020, 5 for one year to expire March 10, 2021 6 or the March 2021 meeting date, 7 whichever occurs first, for an 8 application at Block: 6237, Lot: 1 on 9 the property known as 931 McLean 10 Avenue pursuant to Article IX, 11 Section 43-102 and Section 43-112 of 12 the Yonkers Zoning Ordinance. 13 All in favor? 14 (Chorus of ayes.) 15 MR. KOZICKY: Opposed, nay. 16 That passes unanimously. 17 MR. ELLMAN: You have two lead 18 agencies from the Zoning Board. The 19 first one is for 775 Saw Mill River 20 Road, that is Saw Mill River Road 21 just north of the recycling and 22 transfer station almost at the 23 overpass for the South County Trail, 24 so that's 775, and 56 Prospect is 25 actually the site plan that we saw as

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1 Proceedings 2 the preliminary. 3 MR. KOZICKY: Can I combine 4 these two? 5 MR. ELLMAN: Sure. In a way 6 this is -- 7 MR. KOZICKY: We do nothing. 8 MR. ELLMAN: Exactly. 9 MR. KOZICKY: The Yonkers 10 Planning Board received the Yonkers 11 Zoning Board of Appeals lead agency 12 notification regarding the proposed 13 residential building at Block: 509, 14 Lots: 1, 3, 8, 66, and 72 on the 15 property known as 56 Prospect Street, 16 Hawthorne Avenue and Buena Vista 17 Avenue; we also received notification 18 regarding a proposed self-storage 19 building at Block: 3182, Lot: 25 on 20 the property known as 775 Saw Mill 21 River Road. 22 We have had the opportunity to 23 review the submitted information for 24 both and the Planning Board cedes 25 lead agency to the Zoning Board of

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1 Proceedings 2 Appeals for the purposes of the State 3 Environmental Quality Review Act on 4 those proposals. 5 Do I have a second on that 6 resolution? Seconded by Mr. Johnson. 7 All in favor, please indicate by 8 saying aye. 9 (Chorus of ayes.) 10 MR. KOZICKY: Opposed, nay, 11 that passes unanimously. 12 Final item we have our schedule 13 of meetings. 14 MR. ELLMAN: Next month is the 15 normal time. Someone called today 16 and was trying to schedule their -- 17 they weren't able to make next 18 month's meeting, so they began to 19 look at April, and in putting that 20 in, I noticed that we mixed it up 21 just a little bit because we moved 22 the meeting from Wednesday to 23 Thursday to avoid the first night of 24 Passover, but we hit the second night 25 of Passover, and that's a general

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1 Proceedings 2 no-no, as well. It's a two-night 3 to-do. 4 MR. KOZICKY: So we knew the 5 first night, but we didn't figure out 6 that the next night would be the 7 same? 8 MR. ELLMAN: We are usually 9 incredibly good at this, we manage 10 your holidays, the other side, your 11 holidays, my holidays, and we're 12 beginning to work Islamic holidays in 13 as well, so once we made a little 14 goof, and you're going to take me to 15 task. 16 MR. KOZICKY: So the proposal. 17 MR. ELLMAN: I would suggest 18 that we move it to the next 19 Wednesday, the 15th. 20 MR. KOZICKY: April 15th. We 21 will have all our taxes done? 22 MR. ELLMAN: Not me. 23 Traditionally, I go for an extension. 24 MR. KOZICKY: Can you go 25 directly from here to the post

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1 Proceedings 2 office? They will be open until 3 midnight. 4 MR. ELLMAN: Well, we can check 5 what's happening with Patriot Day in 6 Boston, because that usually moves 7 things around for us. 8 MR. KOZICKY: That's true. How 9 does that work for everybody, 10 Wednesday, the 15th? That would be 11 instead of Thursday the 9th -- I 12 think we have to take it off Thursday 13 the 9th, if that's the case. 14 MR. ELLMAN: I think that's 15 really the problem. 16 MR. KOZICKY: So we have to 17 take it off the 9th, the 15th? 18 DR. GILLAN: Not for me, I will 19 be away. 20 MR. KOZICKY: You will be away, 21 okay. Every else is still good? 22 MS. FORSBERG: I'm going to 23 check when I get home, but I should 24 be good. 25 MR. LARKIN: Would you mind if

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1 Proceedings 2 we just went through the rest of the 3 dates? 4 MR. KOZICKY: For the rest of 5 the year. 6 MR. LARKIN: Yeah, or send me 7 them because. 8 MR. KOZICKY: We approved that 9 at the January meeting, I guess you 10 weren't here for that. Actually, we 11 did it in the December meeting 12 because we set it up for the entire 13 year. It doesn't matter, we will 14 send you the revised set. 15 MS. BAKER: So the 15th. 16 MR. KOZICKY: If somebody finds 17 something drastic by tomorrow, let us 18 know, let Lee know. Mike, will you 19 be offender if we had the meeting 20 without you? 21 DR. GILLAN: I will not be 22 offended. 23 MR. KOZICKY: That frees up the 24 second day of Passover for you. You 25 can come to my house for supper.

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1 Proceedings 2 That being the case, we will look for 3 the 15TH of April on that. Any other 4 business? I will entertain a motion 5 to adjourn. 6 So moved by Dr. Gillan. 7 Seconded by Mr. Larkin. All in 8 favor? 9 (Chorus of ayes.) 10 MR. KOZICKY: Opposed, nay. 11 That passes unanimously, and Happy 12 Valentine's Day. 13 (Whereupon, at 8:46 p.m., the 14 above matter concluded.) 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25

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1 Proceedings 2 C E R T I F I C A T E. 3 4 STATE OF NEW YORK ) : SS.: 5 COUNTY OF ROCKLAND ) 6 7 I, ASHLEY MILLAN, a Notary Public for 8 and within the State of New York, do hereby 9 certify: 10 That the witness whose examination is 11 hereinbefore set forth was duly sworn and 12 that such examination is a true record of 13 the testimony given by that witness. 14 I further certify that I am not 15 related to any of the parties to this 16 action by blood or by marriage and that I 17 am in no way interested in the outcome of 18 this matter. 19 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto 20 set my hand this 13th day of February, 21 2019. 22 23 24 ______ASHLEY MILLAN 25

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