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[Four Corners Steering Committee on November 10, 2025.]
ALL RIGHT.THANKS FOR COMING OUT ON THIS SUDDENLY, UH, CHILLY EVENING.
I'M THE PLANNING COMMISSIONER FOR THE TOWN OF GREENBURG, AND JOINED HERE BY SEVERAL TOWN BOARD MEMBERS, AND WE APPRECIATE THEIR SUPPORT.
AND SPECIFICALLY COUNCILMAN SHEEN, WHO IS ACTUALLY LIAISON TO THE FOUR CORNER STEERING COMMITTEE.
WE ALSO HAVE, UH, SEVERAL FOUR CORNERS MEMBERS HERE, AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND SOME FOUR CORNERS, UH, COMMITTEE MEMBERS ON ZOOM WATCHING.
UM, BUT WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS JOIN WITH US MONTHLY TO BRAINSTORM IDEAS ON HOW WE CAN IMPROVE FOUR CORNERS WITH THE SUPPORT OF OUR CONSULTANT TEAM FROM BFJ.
SO, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE PRESENTATION WE'RE GONNA BRING TONIGHT.
UH, IF YOU WEREN'T HERE BACK WHEN WE HAD OUR FIRST PRESENTATION IN JULY, UM, I DO WANNA NOTE WE'VE MADE SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS SINCE THEN, AND WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO INCORPORATE A LOT OF THE IDEAS THAT WE HEARD FROM THE PUBLIC SINCE THEN.
UH, BUT IF YOU WERE NOT HERE, THERE'S GONNA BE A FAIR AMOUNT OF RECAP.
SO I DON'T THINK, UM, YOU'RE GONNA FIND YOURSELVES BEHIND, UM, THE CURVE AT ALL AFTER TONIGHT.
AND THAT'S OUR GOAL, IS TO REALLY INFORM YOU.
UH, WE APPRECIATE YOUR OPENNESS, OPENNESS TO THE TOWN'S, UH, ENDEAVOR TO REALLY PUT FORTH A PROCESS THAT CAN LEAD TO IMPROVEMENTS AT FOUR CORNERS.
UM, RIGHT NOW, IF WE SIT BACK AND DO NOTHING, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT'S AN EASY STEP TO TAKE.
STATUS QUO IS EASY, UM, BUT WE'RE REALLY CHALLENGING OURSELVES, AND WE WANT TO PUT THE PROSPECT FOR AN IMPROVED FOUR CORNERS, UH, FOR RESIDENTS OF THE TOWN, BUSINESSES, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS, IMPROVEMENTS, AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.
AND WE'RE GONNA TOUCH ON A LOT OF THAT TONIGHT.
AND I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO BFJ GARY.
AND, UM, WE HOPE TONIGHT THAT, UM, LET'S SEE IF I CAN MOVE THIS FORWARD.
THERE WE ARE, UH, ON THE AGENDA.
WHAT WE HOPE TO DO IS DO THIS IN ABOUT 40 MINUTES AND END ABOUT 7 45, 10 OF EIGHT OR SO, AND THEN, UH, TAKE A BREAK.
UM, AND, UM, THAT BREAK IS GONNA BE, I THINK GARRETT WILL EXPLAIN THIS LATER, LUNCHROOM YES.
IN THE LUNCHROOM OR THE CAFETERIA.
UM, AND THEN WE'RE GONNA, THERE'LL BE COFFEE IN THERE AND WATER AND SO ON.
AND WE'RE, WE'VE GOT, UH, STATIONS OR BOARDS SET UP IN THERE FOR A DISCUSSION WITH YOU.
SO AFTER THE PRESENTATION, IT'LL BE IN THE CAFETERIA.
SO, UM, AND WE'VE GOT, AS I MENTIONED, THE OPEN HOUSE WITH THESE, UH, SIX STATIONS.
AND IT, AND I'LL GET INTO THAT AT THE END OF THIS PRESENTATION, HOW WE'VE DIVIDED THAT UP.
UM, I JUST WANT TO START WITH, AGAIN, WE'RE NOT, UH, WE'RE NOT STARTING WITH A TAB RAZA, SO TO SPEAK.
UH, WE'RE STARTING ON THE BASIS OF YOUR, UH, PLAN, YOUR FOUR CORNERS DEVELOPMENT PLAN ADOPTED IN 2019.
SO WE'VE TAKEN A LOT OF, UH, UH, GUIDANCE FROM THAT PLAN.
YOU DID A LOT OF OUTREACH ON THE PLAN.
AND IN ADDITION, AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE ALSO DONE SOME OUTREACH FOR THE ZONING ITSELF.
SO WE'VE DEVELOPED THE VISION OF THE FOUR CORNERS BASED UPON, UH, THAT PLAN.
AND THEN THAT PLAN ALSO IDENTIFIED THE EXISTING ZONING, UH, IN THE CA DISTRICT, THE EXISTING CA DISTRICT, AS A MAJOR BARRIER TO THINGS HAPPENING IN FOUR CORNERS.
SO THAT, HENCE THE ZONING STUDY THAT WE'RE DOING.
UM, THE PLAN ALSO INCLUDED, UM, OR THERE HAVE BEEN ALSO FOLLOW-UP STUDIES TO IT, UH, ON STORM WATER.
AND ONE OF THOSE LARGE STUDIES, UH, FOR THE TOWN BY ARCADE IS NOW CONTINUING ON STORM WATER.
AND THEN, UM, ANOTHER CONSULTANT, A KRF, HAS DONE SOME TRAFFIC AND PARKING STUDIES, WHICH WE'LL, WE'LL COVER THIS THING.
YEAH, SO I CAN'T HAVE TO KEEP NOT TOUCHING THIS.
I THINK I, AT ANY RATE, THE UPDATE ALSO WAS JUST TO, UH, GIVE YOU A LITTLE BACKGROUND.
THIS TOWN GOT A GRANT FOR THIS, UH, FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE, A SMART GROWTH GRANT.
UM, AND, UH, MEMBERS OF THE ZONING ADVISORY COMMITTEE ARE HERE, UH, TONIGHT ALSO.
SO WE'RE WORKING WITH A ZONING ADVISORY COMMITTEE, I THINK, AS MOST OF YOU KNOW, AND WE'VE BEEN MEETING WITH THEM, UM, ON A EVERY MONTH, MONTH AND A HALF, UH, SORT OF BASIS.
UM, WE STARTED BACK IN, UH, LATE FEBRUARY WITH A CONTRACT, AND THEN GOT INTO THIS IN, IN MARCH, EARLY LAST THIS YEAR, ACTUALLY, FIRST PUBLIC MEETING, UH, SORT OF A WORKSHOP WITH YOU ALL WE HAD ON, UH, JUNE 9TH.
SO SOME OF THIS MATERIAL, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO WERE HERE, UH, JUNE 9TH, YOU'LL SEE THAT SOME OF THIS MATERIAL, LIKE THE TIMELINE THAT I'M GONNA
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DESCRIBE IT REMAINS THE SAME.SO SOME OF THIS WILL BE A LITTLE BIT, VERY LITTLE BIT REPETITIVE, BUT YOU'LL SEE THAT MOST OF THIS, UH, IS NEW IN TERMS OF THE ZONING.
WE HAVE PRELIMINARY ZONING RECOMMENDATIONS TO GO OVER WITH YOU.
SO THAT PART WILL BE NEW, AND WE'D LIKE YOUR FEEDBACK ON THAT.
AND THEN THE TEAM, UM, I JUST WANNA MENTION, UH, YOU'LL HEAR, UH, FROM THE GROUP OF US AT BFJ, AND, UH, WE'LL, I'LL JUST INTRODUCE PEOPLE RIGHT NOW, SO YOU KNOW US.
UM, AND I'M FRANK FISH, PRINCIPAL OF BFJ.
UM, JONATHAN IS GONNA PRESENT ON DESIGN GUIDELINES.
SYLVIA DEL FVE IS THE PROJECT MANAGER PRESENT ON, UM, THE ZONING.
AND, UH, EVAN IS GOING TO ALSO GO THROUGH THE DETAILS OF THAT, OF THAT ZONING.
SO, UM, WE ALSO HAVE, UH, ARCH STREET COMMUNICATIONS.
THEY'RE, UH, IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM, AND THEY'RE, UH, UH, THEIR, UM, ACTUALLY MAIN FOCUS IS, AS YOU CAN SEE, PUBLIC OUTREACH ON THIS.
UH, WE ALSO HAVE SOME ENGINEERS WORKING WITH US, PARTICULARLY ON THE FLOODING, UH, ISSUE.
BUT THE MAIN THING FOR US IS WE'VE BEEN MEETING WITH, YOU CAN SEE ALL THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS, UH, LISTED, UH, UP THERE ON THE SCREEN.
AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE COMMITTEE, UM, EVERY AS AGAIN, UH, PRETTY, PRETTY FREQUENTLY.
I KNOW AT A DISTANCE, ALTHOUGH THE MAINSTREAM STRAIN, YOU CAN SEE THIS PRETTY WELL.
UM, WE'RE, WE STARTED IN MARCH, SO WE'RE A LITTLE BIT, WE'RE 60% OR SO, MAYBE TWO THIRDS THROUGH THIS EFFORT.
UH, WE'VE GOT A WAYS TO GO IN TERMS OF THE SPRING, WHERE WE HOPE TO HAVE IN THE SPRING SOME ACTUAL PROPOSED ZONING FOR CONSIDERATION BY THE TOWN BOARD, UH, ON THE STUDY.
UM, BUT TO GET THERE, UH, WE'VE BEEN, ALL THOSE RED DOTS ARE OUR MEETINGS WITH THE COMMITTEE.
UH, THE GREEN SQUARES THERE, UP THERE, YOU CAN SEE, UH, THE SECOND ONE IS TODAY, TONIGHT.
UM, AND THAT'S, UH, THEN THAT WILL BE FOLLOWED EVENTUALLY WITH, UM, SOME MEETINGS WITH THE TOWN BOARD, WE HOPE STARTING PERHAPS IN JANUARY, I THINK, UH, IS WHAT YOU HAVE GARRETT AIMED FOR.
AND THAT, UH, WORK WITH THE TOWN BOARD WILL NOT ONLY BE ON ZONING, BUT THE TOWN BOARD HAS TO COMPLY WITH THE STATE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY REVIEW ACT.
UM, SO THEY ARE THE LEAD AGENCY.
ZONING CAN ONLY BE ADOPTED IN NEW YORK STATE BY YOUR ELECTED OFFICIALS, SO THAT WOULD BE THE TOWN BOARD HERE.
SO THEY WILL ALSO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY ENVIRONMENTAL, UH, QUESTIONS ON THIS, UM, PUBLIC AND STAKEHOLDER INPUT.
UM, WE'VE HOSTED THE PUBLIC INFORMATION MEETING I MENTIONED ALSO, EVERYTHING IS ONLINE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO.
SO YOU CAN SEE UP THERE, THE PROJECT WEBPAGE, UM, AS YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, OR YOU JUST WANT TO KEEP UP.
WE'LL, UM, I THINK GARRETT'S BEEN REALLY GOOD AT PUTTING EVERYTHING UP, UH, THAT WE DISCUSS, UH, OVER WITH THE COMMITTEE, THE COMMITTEE MEETINGS.
SO, UM, IF YOU'VE GOT, UM, QUESTIONS, FURTHER QUESTIONS, AND SO ON, WE HOPE WE'LL HEAR THEM FROM YOU TONIGHT.
UM, BUT ALSO WE'LL COVER A LITTLE BIT.
WE HAVE HEARD ISSUES ON TRAFFIC AND PARKING, UM, A FEW ON BOUNDARIES, A FEW ON FLOODING.
SO, UM, WE'RE LISTENING TO THOSE, TO THOSE, UH, TO THOSE ISSUES.
AND WE'VE ALSO DONE WHAT WE CALL STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS, BUT THEY INCLUDE MEETINGS WITH, UH, TOWN STAFF, LIKE PUBLIC WORKS, PARKING AUTHORITY, UM, BUT ALSO, UM, COMMUNITY GROUPS, PROPERTY OWNERS, LOCAL RESIDENTS.
SOME OF THE MA MAIN TAKEAWAYS IS, UM, PROPERTY OWNERS THAT WE MET WITH WERE FAIRLY POSITIVE ON THIS, ON THIS EFFORT.
UM, THERE'S VARYING LEVELS OF INTEREST, BUT, UH, GENERAL POSITIVE FEELING.
AND, UH, THE CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS IN, UH, STRESSED SEVERAL THINGS TO US.
ONE OF THEM WAS, UH, THE FLOODING ISSUE, THE OTHER AS WE EXPECTED OUR TRANSPORTATION, UH, ISSUES.
AND, UH, ALSO, UH, EVERYBODY SAID ONE CONTINUED, UH, PUBLIC PARTICIPATION ON THIS, ON THIS EFFORT.
SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO TURN THIS OVER TO SYLVIA DEL FAVA FROM OUR OFFICE TO GO AHEAD INTO SOME OF THE EXISTING ZONING ISSUES.
UM, IF YOU WERE AT THE, UM, PUBLIC WORKSHOP IN JUNE, YOU MAY HAVE SEEN THIS ALREADY, OR IF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE PRESENTATIONS THAT WE, UH, MADE WITH THE COMMITTEE AS WELL, WE PRESENTED THIS, UH, QUITE A FEW TIMES.
BUT THAT'S JUST TO REINFORCE THAT THE ZONING THAT IS NOW IN PLACE IN THE FOUR CORNERS
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AREA IS NOT WORKING VERY WELL FOR, UH, TO SPUR INVESTMENT AND NEW REDEVELOPMENT, UH, FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS.UM, BUT ONE IS THE, UM, THE, THE MULTIFAMILY COMPONENT, WHICH IS THE ONE THAT HAS THE STRONGEST MARKET AT THE MOMENT.
YOU KNOW, MIXED USE, UH, OR WITH RESIDENTIAL, UM, BEING ANOTHER ONE, UM, AS VERY, UM, AS REQUIREMENTS THAT DON'T WORK VERY WELL WITH THE, UH, CONDITIONS ON THE GROUND.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, THE TWO ACRE MINIMUM LOT SIZE IS REALLY PREVENTING A LOT OF THE DEVELOPMENT, UH, THE, UM, VERY WIDE, UM, FRONT YARD SETBACKS.
THEY MAY WORK WELL IN OTHER AREAS ALONG CENTRAL PARK AVENUE, BUT NOT, NOT AS WELL IN THE, IN THE FOUR CORNERS.
UM, ALSO THE DENSITY IS PRETTY LOW.
AND THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT WAS, UM, UM, STILL IS FOUR STORIES.
UM, AND THIS IS, UH, YOU KNOW, THROUGHOUT THE, THIS CA DISTRICT, WHICH YOU CAN SEE IN THE, IN THE YELLOW-ISH COLOR, IN THE, IN THE MAP.
SO ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE REDEVELOPMENT PLAN WAS TO, UH, WORK ON THE ZONING.
SO, UM, WITH NEW ZONING REGULATIONS THAT ALIGN, UM, AS FRANK MENTIONED WITH THE ADOPTED PLAN, UM, AND ALSO WITH SMART GROWTH PRINCIPLES.
UH, SMART GROWTH PRINCIPLES WILL BE THINGS LIKE WALKABILITY, UH, COMPACT DESIGN AND SUSTAINABLE DESIGN.
UM, YOU KNOW, DEVELOPMENTS THAT EMPHASIZE, UH, MORE OF THE PEDESTRIAN ENVIRONMENT, UH, YOU KNOW, MAKE A, A, UM, A PLACE MORE PLEASANT WORK AND, UH, UH, AND TO, AND TO SEE AS WELL, LIKE AESTHETICALLY PLEASING.
UM, THE NEW, UM, UH, WE WILL GET INTO THE DETAILS OF ZONING, BUT, UM, AS OF A OVERARCHING CONCEPT, UH, WE WANNA ALLOW FOR FLEXIBILITY AND OPTIONS FOR PROPERTY OWNERS, UH, WITH AN OPT-IN, UH, ZONING CONCEPT, ESSENTIALLY.
UM, PROPERTY OWNERS WILL NOT BE FORCED INTO THE NEW ZONING.
IT WILL BE A FLOATING ZONE THAT, UM, IF THEY WERE INTERESTED IN REDEVELOPMENT, THEY COULD APPLY, UH, INTO THIS, UH, INTO THIS ZONE.
AND, UH, WE REALLY WANT TO ALLOW MIXED USE, UH, SO, YOU KNOW, A COMMERCIAL COMPONENT WITH, UH, MULTIFAMILY, UM, UPPER STORIES AS A PRINCIPLE USE BECAUSE IT'S, UM, IT'S SOMETHING THAT IT MAKES A, A PLACE MORE, UH, UM, UH, MORE VIBRANT AND, UH, MORE MEANINGFUL.
SO THE DRAFT ZONING REGULATIONS ARE, UM, AGAIN, THIS IS VERY GE GENERIC, BUT WE'LL GET INTO DETAILS.
BUT IN GENERAL, WE WANTED TO REDUCE CORP CUTS, UM, HAVE A MORE COHESIVE, UH, ENVIRONMENT, UM, AND ALSO IMPROVE THE AESTHETICS OF, OF THE FOUR CORNERS.
UH, SO WE ARE LOOKING AT THIS STUDY AREA, UM, WHICH I, I THINK IT'S GOOD TO SEE IN, UH, IN THE TWO, UH, YOU KNOW, AREA, UH, VIEW.
AND ALSO LIKE A PARCEL BY PARCEL VIEW BECAUSE IT'S A, IT'S A COMPLICATED AREA, HAS A VERY SMALL, UH, LOTS NEXT TO SOME LARGER LOTS, EXCUSE ME.
UM, THERE IS, UM, THERE'S A COUPLE OF PUBLIC USES.
THERE'S A MUNICIPAL PARKING LOT, THE FIREHOUSE, UM, AND THERE'S TWO PROPERTY OWNERS THAT OWN MORE THAN ONE PARCEL.
UM, THERE'S A, A STATE GARDENS, WHICH WE DON'T THINK IT WILL GO ANYWHERE, BUT, UH, IT'S, IT'S IN THIS AREA.
SO THERE'S A, THE CONTEXT IS A VARIETY.
UH, AND SO WE, WE, WE ARE LOOKING AT, UM, YOU KNOW, HOW CAN, CAN WE DEVELOP THESE ZONING REGULATIONS WITH THIS, UM, UM, COMPLEX ENVIRONMENT AS PART OF THE REDEVELOPMENT PLAN.
UM, THERE WERE TWO DIFFERENT SEPARATE STUDIES.
ONE WAS ABOUT STORM WATER, UM, MANAGEMENT.
WE KNOW THAT, UM, THIS AREA FLOODS PRETTY REGULARLY.
UM, IT IS NOT IN THE HUNDRED YEAR FLOODPLAIN, BUT, UM, THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT ON PAPER, YOU KNOW, SHOULDN'T FLOOD.
INSTEAD, WE KNOW VERY WELL THAT IT, THIS IS AN ISSUE AND WE ARE TRYING TO ADDRESS IN SEVERAL WAYS.
UH, YOU WILL HEAR MORE, AND THERE WILL BE, UM, UH, ALSO A BOARD ABOUT FLOODING.
UH, WE KNOW THAT, OF COURSE, BECAUSE OF THE TOPOGRAPHY AND, UH, THE SOUTH AREA OF THE FOUR CORNERS BEING LOW ELEVATION, IT KIND OF CAPTURES SOME OF THE STORM WATER, UH, RUNNING OFF FROM THE UP UPPER, UH, PARTS OF GREENBURG.
SO IT'S AN ISSUE, AND WE KNOW THAT IT'S GONNA, WE NEED TO ADDRESS.
AND, UM, THE TOWN IS ALSO, UH, STUDYING, UH, ON A MORE REGIONAL LEVEL, UH, WHAT, WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE.
THE SECOND STUDY, UM, WAS THE TRAFFIC AND CURB MANAGEMENT.
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UM, SO AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE IMAGE, UM, THERE IS, UM, THERE ARE A LOTS OF CURB CUTS CURRENTLY IN THIS AREA.THEY CREATE A MORE, YOU KNOW, A MORE OF A D DANGEROUS, UM, CONDITION ON THE STREET FOR PEDESTRIANS AND NOT JUST FOR PEDESTRIANS.
SO THE IDEAL CONDITION WILL BE TO CONSOLIDATE A LOT OF THESE CURB CUTS.
UH, SO TO LIMIT REALLY, UM, YOU KNOW, THOSE CONFLICT POINTS.
AND THE, ON THE RIGHT END SIDE OF THE SLIDE, YOU CAN SEE THIS STUDY ALSO RECOMMENDED, UH, ADDING SOME RIGHT TURN LANES, SO DEDICATED LANES THAT WILL, UM, IMPROVE TRAFFIC FLOW THROUGH THIS INTERSECTION.
UM, AND WITH THAT, WE'LL GO INTO THE ZONING DETAILS WITH EVAN.
UM, SO ON THIS SLIDE, YOU CAN SEE THE STRUCTURE OF THE PROPOSED, UH, DRAFT OVERLAY ZONING.
UM, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, IT'S, UH, WE'RE PROPOSING A THREE TIER SYSTEM, UM, WHICH WOULD PERMIT DIFFERENT DENSITY OF DEVELOPMENT DEPENDING ON THE SIZE OF THE SPECIFIC LOT.
UM, AS SYLVIA MENTIONED, THE INTENT IS TO ALLOW FOR FLEXIBILITY, UH, WHILE ALSO ENCOURAGING PROPERTY OWNERS TO WORK TOGETHER.
UM, AND THIS IS BASED ON THE GOALS AND THE PRINCIPLES OF THE 2019 REDEVELOPMENT PLAN.
UM, SO AT TIER ONE, UH, PROPERTY OWNERS WITH A MINIMUM OF 16,000 SQUARE FEET WILL BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE, UH, OPTIONAL OVERLAY ZONE.
UM, YOU MIGHT SEE ON THE RIGHT THAT THERE ARE SOME PROPERTIES THAT ARE HIGHLIGHTED, UH, THAT ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR TIER ONE.
UM, THESE ARE PROPERTIES WITHIN 250 FEET OF THE INTERSECTION ON CENTRAL PARK AVE.
UH, AND THE, THE PURPOSE FOR THIS IS TO KIND OF, UH, ENSURE THAT WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE TRANSEPT IDEA OF DESIGN, UM, AT THE FOUR CORNERS, UH, WHERE YOU HAVE, UM, LARGER BUILDINGS AT THE FOUR CORNERS, UH, AND LOWER DENSITY AS YOU MOVE OUT.
UM, THIS, UH, FIRST TIER WOULD ALLOW FOUR STORIES, UM, WITH THE FOURTH STORY RECESSED.
UM, AS SYLVIA MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY, THE EXISTING CA ZONE CAPS OUT AT FOUR STORIES CURRENTLY.
UM, TIER TWO, UH, IS FOR PROPERTIES THAT HAVE A MINIMUM OF 30,000 SQUARE FEET, AND THIS ALLOWS, UH, CONSTRUCTION UP TO FIVE STORIES.
AND THEN TIER THREE, WHICH IS 50,000 SQUARE FEET, UH, ALLOWS UP TO SEVEN STORIES WITH BOTH THE SIXTH AND SEVENTH STORY RECESSED.
UM, AND I'M, I WILL GO IN A LITTLE BIT MORE TO DESCRIBE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AT THE FOUR CORNERS.
UM, BUT IF WE GO INTO THE DIFFERENT TIERS IN A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL, UH, HERE WE CAN SEE THE FIRST DRAFT OVERLAY ZONING, UM, FOR THE FOUR CORNERS.
UH, THIS SHOWS THE MINIMUM LOT SIZE AS I JUST DESCRIBED, AS WELL AS REQUIRED SETBACKS ALONG THE, THE CENTRAL PARK AVENUE AND HARTSDALE AVENUE.
UM, JONATHAN WILL GET INTO THAT SECTION A LITTLE BIT MORE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT URBAN DESIGN LATER IN THIS PRESENTATION.
UM, WE HAVE ALSO OUTLINED REAR SETBACKS AND SIDE SETBACKS.
UH, THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT WAS ALSO DESCRIBED ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE.
UM, BUT SOMETHING TO, TO LOOK AT ON THIS SLIDE IS THE MAXIMUM LOT COVERAGE AND PERMEABLE SURFACE AND OPEN SPACE REQUIREMENT.
UM, SO AS YOU CAN SEE, THE PERMISSIBLE MAXIMUM LOT COV COVERAGE GOES DOWN AS, UH, PROPERTY HAS MORE, UM, SQUARE FOOTAGE AND THE OPEN SPACE REQUIREMENT GOES UP, UH, IN CONJUNCTION WITH, UH, WE CAN MOVE THAT.
CAN YOU ELABORATE ON WHAT SLIDE?
UH, THERE WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THIS, UM, IN MORE DETAIL DURING THE OPEN HOUSE AS WELL.
UM, BUT, UH, MORE SPECIFICALLY, UM, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE MAXIMUM LOT COVERAGE, UH, BEGINS AT 50% AT TIER ONE AND GOES DOWN TO 40% AT TIER THREE.
UM, THE MAXIMUM IMP PERMEABLE, UH, SURFACE IS 80% AT TIER ONE, UH, GOING DOWN TO 75% AT TIER THREE, AGAIN, AS THE PROPERTY SIZE INCREASES, UM, AND THE OPEN SPACE REQUIREMENT INCREASES FROM 10% AT TIER ONE TO 15% AT TIER THREE.
UM, UM, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
JUST WE ARE GONNA, UM, THE SECOND PORTION OF THIS IS GONNA LEND ITSELF GREAT TO BACK AND FORTH, UM, BUT I WILL SAY THAT THE IMPERVIOUS COVERAGE FOR MUCH OF FOUR CORNERS IS DOMINATED BY PAVEMENT AND IMPERVIOUS.
UM, SO WE BELIEVE STRONGLY THAT THIS WILL BE, UH, SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT IN THAT RESPECT.
UM, BUT WE WILL HAVE, UM, A WHOLE PORTION AFTER THIS TO HAVE A BACK AND FORTH TO DISCUSS ALL THESE NUMBERS, RIGHT? UM, AND AS, AS GARRETT MENTIONED, UH, BY, BY INCREASING THE AMOUNT OF OPEN SPACE REQUIRED, UM, WE HOPE THAT THAT WILL HELP MITIGATE STORM WATER IMPACT IN THIS AREA.
UM, HERE WE CAN SEE THE, UH, DRAFT ZONING PARKING REQUIREMENTS.
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UM, THE MAIN PURPOSE HERE, UH, IS TO ENSURE THAT ALL OF THE, UH, NEW DEVELOPMENT AT THE FOUR CORNERS IS ABLE TO PARK ITSELF, UM, WHILE ALSO, UH, UPDATING THE CA ZONE, UM, TO, UH, MODERN, UM, UH, UP TO DATE, UH, INDUSTRY BEST PRACTICES, UM, AS SET BY THE INSTITUTE OF TRAFFIC ENGINEERS.UM, WHAT YOU CAN SEE HERE, UM, IN THE SEA UNDER THE CURRENT CA ZONING, UM, IS THAT, UH, COMMERCIAL REQUIRES, UM, ONE SPACE PER 200 SQUARE FEET OF GROSS FLOOR AREA, PLUS AN ADDITIONAL FIVE FOR BUILDINGS OF 5,000 SQUARE FEET OR LESS.
UH, WE ARE RECOMMENDING FOR RETAIL AND PERSONAL SERVICE ONE SPACE PER 300 SQUARE FEET OF GROSS FLOOR AREA.
UM, SO THAT IS SLIGHTLY LESS PARKING REQUIRED, UM, BUT IT, UH, CONTINUES TO BE, UM, PER BEST PRACTICE, BEST INDUSTRY PRACTICES.
UM, WE'RE ALSO LOOKING TO ENCOURAGE, UH, SHARED PARKING IN THE AREA.
UM, AND WE ALSO WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE, UH, DEVELOPERS TO USE, UH, UH, SHARED VEHICLES LIKE, LIKE ZIPCAR AND ENVOY.
AND SIMILAR TO THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, UM, WE CAN DISCUSS THIS IN FURTHER DETAIL, UH, DURING THE OPEN HOUSE IF YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.
UM, SO HERE, UH, WE DID SOME ANALYSIS ON THE PROJECT AREA THAT SYLVIA DESCRIBED PREVIOUSLY, UM, TO KIND OF LOOK AT WHAT EACH TIER, UM, MIGHT LOOK AT LOOK LIKE WITH FULL BUILD OUT AT, UM, THE FOUR CORNERS.
UM, YOU MIGHT NOTICE THAT THE HARTSDALE GARDENS PROPERTY IS A WHITE HASH, AND, UH, THIS WAS NOT INCLUDED IN OUR ANALYSIS BECAUSE, UH, THE EXISTING CONDITION, UM, IS BUILT OUT ABOVE THE, UH, ZONING THAT WE'RE, UM, CURRENTLY RECOMMENDING.
UM, SO WE DON'T BELIEVE THAT THERE'S A, A SITUATION IN WHICH, UH, REDEVELOPMENT WOULD OCCUR AT HARTSDALE GARDENS.
UM, SO IN THIS FIRST TIER ONE, UH, SCENARIO, YOU CAN SEE, UH, WHICH PROPERTIES IN HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW ARE ABLE TO, UM, DEVELOP AT TIER ONE AT THEIR PRESENT PROPERTY SIZE.
UM, THIS INCLUDES FOUR PROPERTIES AT THE MOMENT, AGAIN, UH, HIGHLIGHTING THE BROWN PROPERTIES HERE.
UM, THESE PROPERTIES ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR TIER ONE, EVEN IF THEY HAVE A 16,000, UH, SQUARE FOOT LOT MINIMUM.
AND AS A REMINDER, AT TIER ONE, THE MAXIMUM LOT COVERAGE IS 50%.
THE MAXIMUM IMPER IMPERVIOUS SURFACE PERMISSIBLE IS 80%, AND THE OPEN SPACE MINIMUM IS 10%.
IN THE NEXT SCENARIO, WE CONSIDERED WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN IF, UH, PROPERTY OWNERS BEGAN TO WORK TOGETHER.
UM, SO, UH, THERE ARE ADDITIONAL YELLOW LOTS ON THE RIGHT, UH, ON THE MAP ON THE RIGHT SIDE.
AND IN THIS CASE, WE HAVE CONSIDERED INSTANCES WHERE TWO PROPERTIES, UM, NEXT TO EACH OTHER HAVE, UH, COMBINED.
AND THEN WE CONSIDERED AGAIN, UM, HOW MANY, UH, HOW MANY PROPERTIES COULD ENTER AT TIER ONE.
UM, IN THIS CASE, THERE ARE EIGHT POSSIBLE SITES.
AGAIN, THE BROWN SITES ARE NOT ELIGIBLE.
EVEN IF THEY WERE TO COMBINE AT TIER TWO, WE, UH, CONDUCTED THE SAME ANALYSIS.
SO THESE ARE THE INDIVIDUAL SITES THAT CAN OPT IN, GIVEN THEIR PREV, UH, THEIR CURRENT SQUARE FOOTAGE, UM, ON THE NORTHEAST AND SOUTHEAST CORNERS.
UH, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THESE ARE SEVERAL LOTS COMBINED, BUT, UM, OUR UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THESE LOTS ARE OWNED BY THE SAME PROPERTY OWNER.
SO WE CONSIDERED THESE TO BE A SINGLE LOT, UH, IN OUR ANALYSIS.
UM, AND AT TIER TWO, WHICH IS AGAIN, FIVE STORIES WITH THE FIFTH FLOOR RECESSED, UM, FOUR SITES CAN OPT IN IF WE LOOK AGAIN AT POTENTIAL COMBINATIONS, UH, THE SOUTHWEST CORNER, UM, AND THIS PROPERTY TO THE SOUTH, WHICH INCLUDES THE STARBUCKS TODAY, UH, COULD POTENTIALLY ENTER THE ZONE AT TIER TWO, UM, FOR A TOTAL OF SIX SITES.
AND THEN FINALLY, AT TIER THREE, UH, 50,000 SQUARE FEET, THIS IS SEVEN STORIES WITH THE SIXTH AND SEVENTH FLOOR RECESS.
UM, THERE'S ONLY ONE PROPERTY AT THE FOUR CORNERS THAT CAN CURRENTLY ENTER AT THIS, AT THIS LEVEL.
UM, THIS IS THE SOUTH OF VIA PROPERTY AT THE SOUTH OF THE, OF THE STUDY AREA.
UM, AGAIN, UH, THE MAXIMUM LOT COVERAGE, UH, PERMISSIBLE HERE IS 50%.
THE MAXIMUM IMPERVIOUS SURFACE IS 80%, AND THE OPEN SPACE MINIMUM IS 10.
UM, IF WE, UH, CONTINUE WITH THE ANALYSIS, UH, THIS IS A COMBINATION OF, UM, TWO PROPERTY OWNERS.
UH, WE CAN SEE THAT ALL FOUR CORNERS CAN BE DEVELOPED UP TO SEVEN STORIES, UH, WITH, FOR AN ADDITIONAL, UM, FOUR SITES, UH, WITH THE, UH, FOR TOTAL OF FIVE SITES.
UM, THE, THE PURPOSE OF THIS IS TO INCENTIVIZE PROPERTY OWNERS, UH, TO GET TOGETHER TO ADHERE TO THE GOALS OF THE 2019 AND REDEVELOPMENT PLAN.
UM, AND WE SEE THE BENEFITS OF THIS SORT OF COMBINATION TO BE FEWER CURB CUTS, UM, THE, UH, UH, GREATER, UH, OPPORTUNITY FOR STORM WATER MANAGEMENT ON SITE, UH, MAXIMIZING THE
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AVAILABLE PARK, UH, PARKING AREA ON THE SITE, UM, AND COHESIVE DEVELOPMENT AT EACH CORNER.UM, AND I'M GOING TO PASS IT BACK TO SYLVIA TO DISCUSS, UH, BUILD OUT ANALYSIS.
UM, SO WE DO A BUILD OUT ANALYSIS, UM, TO ESTIMATE THE AMOUNT AND LOCATION OF POTENTIAL REDEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE NEW ZONING.
UM, THIS DOESN'T MEAN, UM, THAT, YOU KNOW, EACH SINGLE SITE IS GONNA BE REDEVELOPED.
SO THAT'S WHY WE RUN THESE ANALYSIS JUST TO UNDERSTAND POTENTIAL SCENARIOS IN THE FUTURE.
AND FROM THERE, WE ESTIMATE, UH, THE POTENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS, AND WE CAN, UM, GO ON WITH THE STATE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY REVIEW, WHICH IS, UM, TO CHECK, UH, THE ANY POTENTIAL ADVERSE IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT.
UM, SO WHAT WE DEVELOPED IS TWO SCENARIOS, KIND OF LIKE A LOWER RANGE, HIGHER RANGE.
SO THE BASELINE SCENARIO, UM, IT'S THE ONE WITH THE LOWER RANGE WHERE, UH, WE DON'T CONSIDER ANY SITE ASSEMBLAGES.
WE ONLY CONSIDER THE PROPERTY OWNERS THAT HAVE, UH, ENOUGH LAND TO GET, UH, TO OPT IN INTO THE NEW ZONING.
UM, WHEREAS THE SECOND SCENARIO, WE DO CONSIDER SOME SITE ASSEMBLAGES.
AND, UH, WE CONSIDER THIS, UH, YOU KNOW, THE SCENARIO WITH MORE, MORE DEVELOPMENT, UM, AND THE GOAL, UH, AS WE DESCRIBED, UH, SO THE LARGER THE SITE, THEY HIRE THE BUILDING.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE DIFFERENT IMPACTS, UM, UH, DEFINITELY, YOU KNOW, A RANGE OF, UH, YOU KNOW, KNOW NEW UNITS THAT CAN BE, UM, THAT ARE, UH, ANALYZED AS WE, AS WE GO ON INTO THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT, UM, ANALYSIS, UH, WHAT WE CAME OUT WITH.
THERE'S, YOU KNOW, THE WHOLE ANALYSIS AS ASSUMPTIONS, AND THERE IS A METHODOLOGY, BUT, UM, THE, THE 10 YEAR ABSORPTION RATE IS, UM, WHAT THAT'S A, WE CALL IT AS, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S A REAL ESTATE MARKET TERM TO SEE HOW MUCH DEVELOPMENT WE ESTIMATE THAT CAN HAPPEN IN THE NEXT 10 YEARS.
AND WE CONSIDERED, UH, ONE THIRD OF THE ENTIRE AREA, UH, WHICH IS, UM, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES IT'S LIKE MORE LIKE 25%, BUT WE DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN.
WE HOPE, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING'S GONNA HAPPEN, AND, UH, THINGS, UH, START TO HAPPEN WITH THE NEW ZONING.
UH, BUT AS, AS ALWAYS, THIS ANALYSIS, THERE'S NO DEVELOPMENT, UH, PROPOSED AS OF TODAY.
AND SO THIS IS JUST TO PUT IN PLACE THE REGULATIONS TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
UM, SO THE TOTAL NUMBER OF UNITS, UH, RANGE FROM, YOU KNOW, IF YOU TAKE A HUNDRED PERCENT IS FROM 4 73 TO ABOUT 800.
UH, SO IF YOU TAKE THE A HUNDRED, THE 10 YEAR ABSORPTION RATE IS ABOUT 1 58 TO 2 72 NEW, UH, RESIDENTIAL UNITS.
UM, AND FOR COMMERCIAL, OF COURSE, RIGHT NOW IT'S A HUNDRED PERCENT COMMERCIAL.
THERE'S REALLY NO RESIDENTIAL COMPONENT.
SO WE DO NOT ESTIMATE ANY NET INCREASE IN COMMERCIAL, UH, SPACE, UH, WITH THE NEW ZONING REGULATIONS.
AND THERE WILL BE A WHOLE BOARD, UM, IN THE, IN THE OPEN HOUSE.
SO FEEL FREE TO ASK ME ANY QUESTIONS, UH, WHEN WE GET THERE, AND I'LL PASS IT TO JONATHAN FOR THE LAST PART OF THE PRESENTATION.
UM, WE'RE GONNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UH, SOME PRELIMINARY URBAN DESIGN GUIDELINES.
AND, UH, WHILE WE AIM FOR FLEXIBILITY, I THINK WE HAVE TO LAY DOWN SOME SORT OF GROUND RULES THAT WILL HELP INFORM FUTURE ARCHITECTS AND DEVELOPERS AT THIS AREA.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE BEGAN WITH WAS TO, UH, LOOK AT THE DESIGN PRINCIPLES THAT WERE, UH, WORKED ON WITH LOTS OF INPUT FROM THE 2019 PLAN.
HERE WE CAN SEE, UH, SORT OF IDENTIFYING FEATURES OF ATTRACTIVE BUILDINGS, UH, BREAKING UP SURFACES, SO LARGE BUILDINGS LOOK SMALLER, AND IT, IT'S SOMETHING WE LIKE TO LOOK CALL CONTEXTUAL, UM, STEP BACK.
SO YOU GET A VARIED SORT OF ROOF LINE, UH, PUBLIC SPACES AND STREET FURNITURE, TREE LINED, UH, AVENUES.
AND, UH, THIS, UH, UH, RATHER AMBITIOUS IDEA TO BURY UTIL UTILITY, UH, LINES.
UM, WE'RE GONNA BEGIN WITH LOOKING AT THE OVERHEAD, AND THIS REALLY BEGINS TO TALK ABOUT THE SHAPE OF THE FOUR CORNERS.
UM, AND WHAT WE ARE DOING HERE IS PROPOSING, UH, SETBACKS ALONG WEST AND EAST HARTSDALE AVENUE, BUT ALSO ALONG, UH, SOUTH AND NORTH CENTRAL PARK AVENUE AND ALONG CI UH, HARTSDALE AVENUE.
YOU CAN SEE HERE THAT WE'VE INCORPORATED, UH, TWO
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NEW RIGHT TURN LANES, ONE ON EAST HAR HARTSDALE AVENUE, ONE ON WEST HARTSDALE AVENUE.I KNOW THAT, UH, UH, COMING DOWN THE HILL THERE VERY WELL.
I LIVE IN ARDSLEY, SO I KNOW THE BACKUP THERE.
AND THAT SHOULD PROBABLY, UH, HELP IT A LOT.
THAT WAS IN THE A-A-K-R-F TRAFFIC STUDY.
AND FROM THERE, THE SETBACKS ARE CONSISTENT AT ABOUT 15 FEET.
WHEN WE GET DOWN TO CENTRAL PARK AVENUE, UH, WE ARE ALSO MAINTAINING THAT 15 FEET, EXCEPT IT WIDENS A LITTLE BIT AT 20 TO 25 FEET, UH, SETBACK AS YOU GET WITHIN 150 FEET OF THE CORNER.
AND THE IDEA HERE IS TO REALLY CREATE A PLACE RATHER THAN JUST FOUR CORNERS WITH BUILDINGS RIGHT UP TO THE EDGE.
I MEAN, I THINK MANY OF YOU MAY HAVE BEEN DOWN ON THE NORTHEAST CORNER WHERE YOU HAVE, UM, UH, UH, THE FRONTIER MARKET AND, UH, GIRO GIRO THERE, HOW TIGHT THAT IS.
WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO HERE IS CREATE A SENSE OF ARRIVAL THAT WHEN YOU GET TO FOUR CORNERS, YOU'RE IN A SPACE IN A PLACE.
AND SO THAT EXTRA 10 FEET OF STEPBACK, THE SETBACK WILL HELP A LOT IN THAT REGARD.
UH, THERE REALLY ARE THREE AREAS WE'RE COVERING IN THE DESIGN GUIDELINES OF BUILDING AMASSING.
SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SCALE FOR PEDESTRIANS, UH, FRAMING THE STREET, UH, THIS IDEA THAT COMES DIRECTLY OUT OF THE 2019 PLAN, WHICH IS ROOF LINE, VARIETY AND COMPOSITION.
AND THEN THINKING VERY CAREFULLY ABOUT THE PUBLIC REALM, ONE OF THE BIG OBJECTIVES, UH, NOT ONLY OF THE 2019 PLAN, BUT SMART GROWTH IN GENERAL, IS TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO GET TO PLACES IN DIFFERENT WAYS, ESPECIALLY, UM, LOOKING AT THE PEDESTRIAN ENVIRONMENT.
AND SO HERE, WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS GREEN THE FOUR CORNERS, MAKE SOME CIVIC SPACE, UH, UH, MAKE IT A PLACE WHERE, YOU KNOW, IT CAN BE OCCUPIED THROUGH THE SEASONS, DAY AND NIGHT, AND A, UH, UM, AND ALSO ACTIVATE THAT EDGE AND BLEND PUBLIC AND PRIVATE REALMS AS BEST WE CAN.
THE NEXT SLIDE SHOWS A LITTLE BIT, UH, UH, OF THE EXPLANATION OF SOMETHING THAT EVAN INTRODUCED IN THE THREE TIER ZONING.
AND SO, UH, AS HE MENTIONED AT TIER ONE, TIER TWO, TIER THREE, WE HAVE DIFFERENT HEIGHTS OF BUILDINGS ALLOWABLE, AND WE ALL ALSO HAVE STEP BACKS.
A MINUTE AGO, I WAS TALKING ABOUT SETBACKS.
THIS IS STEP BACKS WHERE THE UPPER FLOORS OF BUILDINGS, RECESS, THIS HELPS TALLER BUILDINGS HAVE AND MAINTAIN THAT MORE PEDESTRIAN SCALE.
IT ALSO WILL FIT IN VERY NICELY, I THINK WITH THE OVERALL CONTEXT THAT IS AROUND THAT YOU HAVE A VARIETY OF BUILDING HEIGHTS AROUND, UM, THE STUDY AREA.
AND SO HERE YOU CAN SEE THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF A FIVE STORY BUILDING.
AND, UH, WE HAVE A STEP BACK ON THE FIFTH STORY.
AND ALL OF THE, UH, UH, THE PROPOSAL IS ALL OF THE BUILDINGS WOULD DO THIS.
THE NEXT SLIDE SHOWS A, A BIT OF A ZOOM IN ON THAT 150 FOOT, UH, LARGER SETBACK AREA.
NOW WE'RE SHOWING 15 FEET, UH, SORT OF ON THE TOP THAT RUNS TO THE, TO THE LEFT, THAT'S 15 FOOT.
YOU CAN SEE THE, UM, RIGHT TURN LANE IN THERE AS WELL.
AND THEN TOWARDS THE BOTTOM OF THIS IMAGE, YOU CAN SEE THAT THAT'S ABOUT 15 FEET AS WELL.
BUT YOU CAN SEE 150 FEET FROM THE CORNER.
UH, IT WIDENS JUST BY THAT LITTLE MU, THAT LITTLE BIT, THAT 10 FOOT.
AND THE IDEA HERE IS TO THINK ABOUT THAT IN A VERY PURPOSEFUL MANNER.
SO ON ONE SIDE OF THE RED LINE, UH, YOU CAN SEE, AND THIS IS SHOWN IN THIS SORT OF BLOW UP DETAIL, UH, UH, ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE SLIDE, WE HAVE THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY.
AND SO THERE WE HAVE A PLANTING STRIP, AND THEN WE HAVE A SIDEWALK.
AND THEN YOU GET, UM, SORT OF INTO, UM, THE, UH, SETBACK ITSELF.
AND THERE WE'VE DIVIDED THAT INTO TWO ZONES.
ONE IS SORT OF A LANDSCAPE ZONE.
UM, AND THE OTHER, UH, ONE, WHICH IS SHOWN IN BLUE CLOSER TO THE BUILDING, IS THE BUILDING FRONTAGE ZONE.
AND THE IDEA HERE IS, AS WE SHOW IT, WE SHOW A FEW TREES IN THERE.
BUT THE I IDEA WOULD BE THAT THAT WOULD BE SORT OF A CIVIC AMENITY ZONE, WHERE AT THE CORNER, UH, THE PROPERTY OWNERS WOULD ADDRESS THAT WITH SOME GOOD LANDSCAPING, UH, CREATE A NICE FRONTAGE ALONG THEIR BUILDING.
THAT COULD BE, UH, FOR A VARIETY OF USES.
IT COULD REMAIN COMMERCIAL OR RETAIL.
IT COULD ALSO BE AN AREA WHERE SOME TABLES COULD BE, UH, SET OUT.
AND, UH, ANOTHER DIMENSION OF THE ZONING, UM, IN TERMS OF DESIGN IS STEPPING THE BUILDINGS DOWN AS THEY MOVE BACK TO TOWARDS THE SURROUNDING RESIDENTIAL AREAS.
WE HAVE THREE TIERS OF ZONING.
AND TIER THREE IS SEVEN STORIES.
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IS PROBABLY NOT APPROPRIATE ACROSS THE STREET FROM A RESIDENTIAL AREA.AND SO ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS IN THE ZONING, AND THIS SHOWS IT PRETTY CLEARLY, THIS IS A CROSS SECTION SORT OF RUNNING UP AND DOWN, UH, THE MIDDLE OF, UM, EAST AND WEST HARTSDALE AVENUE.
ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, YOU HAVE, UM, UH, EAST HARTSDALE AVENUE, AND THAT IS POPULATED FURTHER SHOWN IN THOSE GRAY BUILDINGS WITH THE EXISTING TALLER BUILDINGS.
UM, WE, NOLAN WILSON, THERE IS, IT'S ALSO A RESIDENTIAL STREET, BUT RIGHT AT, UH, HARTSDALE AVENUE, YOU'RE RIGHT UP AGAINST TALLER BUILDINGS.
UH, BUT WHEN YOU GO TO WEST HARTSDALE AVENUE, UM, YOU, WE KNOW WE HAVE A RESIDENTIAL, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD ALONG WASHINGTON AVENUE, UH, BOTH NORTH AND SOUTH OF, UH, WEST HARTSDALE AVENUE.
AND IN THOSE INSTANCES, UH, THE ZONING SHOULD REQUIRE THE BUILDINGS TO STEP DOWN TO BE MORE OF SCALE AND PROTECT THOSE RESIDENTIAL AREAS.
UH, FINALLY, WE'VE DONE, UH, AN ILLUSTRATIVE, UH, SITE PLAN.
UH, THIS IS, UH, PURELY ILLUSTRATIVE.
UH, YOU KNOW, YOUR PROPERTY OWNERS WILL HIRE THEIR OWN, UH, ARCHITECTS, AND THE DEVELOPERS WILL HIRE THEIR OWN ARCHITECTS.
BUT WE BEGAN TO LOOK AT THIS, UH, A AS A WHOLE, UH, BASED ON WHAT PEOPLE COULD DO TO MAXIMIZE BASED ON LOT AREA.
SO THIS ASSUMES SOME COOPERATION BETWEEN, UH, SOME OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS.
UM, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT, UH, WE HAVE A SERIES OF BUILDINGS.
WE HAVE THE, UH, THE WIDE, UH, STEP BACK AT THE CORNERS WHERE WE'VE SHOWN SOME EXTRA TREES.
AND IF WE TAKE A LOOK AT THIS IN 3D IT'S PROBABLY THE BEST WAY TO LOOK AT THIS BECAUSE IT SHOWS A FEW OF THE, UM, UH, IDEAS, UH, ANYTHING THAT IS IN YELLOW, THERE IS, UH, THIS SORT OF ILLUSTRATIVE CONCEPTUAL PLAN.
UM, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT AS YOU GET CLOSER TO THE CORNERS, THE, AND THE LAR LOTS GET LARGER, UH, THE BUILDING AND THE DENSITY, UH, INCREASES.
SO YOU GET UP TO THAT TIER THREE, THE SEVEN STORIES ON THE CORNER, WE'VE AGAINST, UH, SHOWING THIS, UH, 15 FOOT, THEN THE 25 FOOT, UH, SETBACK, 150 FEET, UH, FROM THE NORTH AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSECTION AGAIN.
AND, AND IF YOU CAN KIND OF FOLLOW YOUR EYE AROUND THOSE, WHAT YOU'VE ACTUALLY CREATED THERE IS SORT OF A ROOM, UH, A CIVIC ROOM, UH, UH, OF THAT SENSE OF ARRIVAL.
THE OTHER THING TO NOTICE HERE IS THAT AS ANY OF THESE BUILDINGS, AND IF YOU LOOK TOWARDS THE BOTTOM OF THE SLIDE, AS WE MOVING, UM, WEST ALONG WEST HARTSDALE AVENUE TO, UH, UH, WASHINGTON AVENUE, THE BUILDINGS STEP DOWN AND GET DOWN TO ABOUT THE SAME HEIGHT, UM, AS THE SURROUNDING EXISTING BUILDINGS.
SIMILARLY ON WILSON AVENUE, UM, AS YOU'RE RIGHT AT THE CORNER, UM, UH, OF WILSON AND EAST HARTSDALE AVENUE, UH, THAT LOT, UH, IF IT COMBINES, UH, THOSE TWO LOTS WILL ALLOW FIVE STORIES.
HOWEVER, BEHIND THAT, AS WE'RE MOVING BACK TOWARDS THE, UM, RESIDENTIAL AREAS, UH, THE, THE BUILDINGS, THE, THE PROPOSED BUILDINGS, AT LEAST THE ILLUSTRATIVE PROPOSED BUILDINGS HERE, STEP DOWN.
AND THAT'S ABOUT THE SAME HEIGHT AS THE ADJACENT, UH, RESIDENTIAL BUILDING.
FINALLY, AS MY LAST SLIDE, UH, THIS IS SOME OF THE PRECEDENT OR THE IMAGES THAT WE HAVE SHOWN BEFORE, BUT KIND OF THE IDEA OF WHAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO CAPTURE ON THAT CORNER.
UM, SO ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE, YOU CAN SEE, UH, UH, A SIMILAR KIND OF CONDITION WITH A DOUBLE ALI OF TREES, A WIDER SIDEWALK.
YOU CAN SEE THOSE PEDESTRIANS ARE PROTECTED.
THIS, UH, ROAD THAT THEY'RE NEXT TO RIGHT HERE IS, SOMEBODY WILL HAVE TO DO THAT FOR ME.
UH, OKAY, I, I CAN FINISH WITHOUT IT.
WHAT WE'RE, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO THERE THOUGH, IS WE KNOW THAT CENTRAL PARK AVENUE, OH, SORRY, I'LL TAKE THE MIC.
I APOLOGIZE TO PEOPLE AT HOME FOR THAT.
UM, BUT WHAT WE DO KNOW ABOUT CENTRAL PARK AVENUE IS A VERY HIGH VOLUME, UH, STREET.
UM, WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO BE ABLE TO WALK DOWN AND REACH THE AMENITIES THAT ARE GOING TO BE PLACED AT THAT CORNER.
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A PLACE.AND SO THIS IDEA OF THAT CORNER STEPPING BACK, CREATING THIS SORT OF CIVIC ROOM, IF YOU WILL, IS GOING TO ALLOW FOR THAT.
YOU'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO SIT AND ENJOY THOSE AREAS.
PROPRIETORS ARE GONNA LIKE THAT.
AND WHEN YOU STAY, YOU USUALLY BUY A COFFEE OR SIX OR WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE.
UM, AND SO THIS IS SORT OF THE ESSENCE OF GOOD URBAN DESIGN.
WE'RE TRYING TO CREATE A PLACE FOR PEOPLE.
AND, UH, WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT BACK TO FRANK, WHO CAN JUST WALK US THROUGH THE NEXT STEPS.
THANK YOU, BY THE WAY, THAT HAPPENED AT A PERFECT MOMENT.
WE WERE FINISHED WITH THE SLIDE.
THAT SLIDE YOU SAW ON THE STREETSCAPE WAS OUR LAST SLIDE, BUT I JUST WANTED TO JUST PROVIDE NEXT STEPS FOR YOU.
AND IT'S JUST, WE'RE HOPING TONIGHT, UH, AFTER TONIGHT, UH, WE CAN, UH, DISCUSS OR AFTER, JUST AFTER COFFEE, WE CAN DISCUSS WITH YOU, UH, GET YOUR INPUT ON THIS DRAFT.
ALSO, ALL OF THE, UH, EVERYTHING YOU SAW TONIGHT, WE'LL, OF COURSE BE ONLINE.
I KNOW THE COMMITTEE ALREADY HAS THIS.
UM, SO IT'LL ALL BE PUT ONLINE.
SO IF YOU, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO READ THE DETAILS.
I KNOW FROM A DISTANCE ON SOME OF THESE DETAILED MAPS.
WE ALSO HAVE SOME EXTRA COPIES, UH, AND AT THE STATIONS IN THE CAFETERIA, UH, IF YOU NEED TO LOOK AT THOSE COPIES, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO.
AND THE BOARDS HAVE THE DETAIL ON THE, ON THE ZONING.
UM, WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE SECOND STEP MEETINGS WITH, UH, TOWN STAFF, UH, EVENTUALLY TOWN ATTORNEY, UH, TOWN BOARD.
UM, AND THEN WE'RE GONNA BEGIN, WE HOPE, IN JANUARY, UH, AFTER THE HOLIDAYS, UM, WITH THE TOWN BOARD, THE STATE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY REVIEW ACT, WHICH IS, UH, AN ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS.
AND THEN WE HOPE THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO SUBMIT TO THE TOWN BOARD SORT OF A DRAFT ZONING, UH, CODE.
THAT'LL BE, UH, PRETTY MUCH AFTER, UH, THE HOLIDAYS.
AGAIN, WE WANTED TO HAVE ALL OF YOU HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO EXAMINE EVERYTHING.
AND THEN I JUST WANTED TO MENTION WHAT THESE WORKSTATIONS, JUST TO MENTION ON THESE, AFTER THE COFFEE BREAK, WE'RE GONNA HAVE SIX WORKSTATIONS.
THERE'LL BE ONE OF US, GARRETT'S GONNA BE AT, AT AT ONE OF THEM.
AND, UH, ALL OF US WILL BE AT OTHERS THERE.
ONE ON THE OVERALL ZONING AND DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS.
UM, AND THEN ONE'S GONNA BE ON THE THREE TIERED APPROACH THAT, UM, EVAN DESCRIBED.
AND IN FACT, EVAN WILL BE AT THAT, AT THAT STATION.
AND AS YOU CAN GUESS,
THERE'S A BUILD OUT ANALYSIS, WHICH SYLVIA PRESENTED.
AND THEN THERE HAVE BEEN QUESTIONS ON ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS, SCHOOL, CHILDREN, TRAFFIC, FLOODING.
I THINK, UH, WITH, UH, THE NUMBER, THERE'S A COMFORTABLE NUMBER OF PEOPLE.
AND TO DIVIDE BY SIX, I THINK THERE'D BE THREE OR FOUR, FIVE PEOPLE AT EACH STATION.
WE'LL HAVE A RESOURCE PERSON AT EVERY STATION.
AND IN ADDITION, THERE'S TWO, TWO, UH, PEOPLE, UH, FROM THAT I SHOULD HAVE INTRODUCED ACTUALLY EARLIER,
AND, AND I'M SORRY, UM, ADRIAN, A ADRIAN CANTOR WILL BE AT, WILL BE IN THE ROOM IN THE CAFETERIA.
AND, UM, SO, UH, WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE THERE AND YOU'LL BE ABLE TO TALK TO US IN SOME, SOME DETAIL WITH THAT.
THERE'S ALSO, YOU'LL HAVE STICKY NOTES IN THERE.
WE HAVE, WE HAVE PENS, WE HAVE, SO WE'LL STAY AS LONG AS YOU HAVE, UH, DETAILED QUESTIONS.
AND, UH, WHO ASKED ABOUT THE DETAIL? SOMEONE OF YOU, YOU ASKED IF YOU COULD SEE THE DETAILS, UM, OF THE ZONING.
DID SOMEONE ASK HERE? OKAY, WELL, IF YOU NEED TO SEE ANY DETAILS.
HERE,
SO, UH, WE HAVE EXTRAS OF THESE ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THE, AND FOR, FOR ANYONE ON ZOOM.
WE HAVE A SEVENTH, UH, VIRTUAL STATION WHERE, UH, TOWN STAFF AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS, UH, WILL FACILITATE YOUR QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS.
SO, WE'LL, WE'RE GONNA TAKE A BREAK AND THEN AT EIGHT O'CLOCK THE ZOOM WILL BE ACTIVE AGAIN WITH TOWN STAFF.
SO COFFEE IS IN THE CAFETERIA.