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Guerrierre Endorsement from a neighbor and friend

Posted on November 3, 2014 by John Bailey

WPCNR THE LETTER TICKER. November 3, 2014:

Tomorrow is Election Day. I hope that you will join me in voting for my good friend, Terrence Guerriere, for WP Common Council. Terence has decades of civic leadership experience in White Plains and will provide a much needed new voice on the Council.

We have worked together on a number of civic activities over the last thirty years and I was proud to serve as treasurer for “Friends of Terence Guerriere” this Fall.

Please get out Election Day and cast a vote that will make a difference in the future of our hometown.

Many thanks,

-Terry Conroy

Terry Conroy

Quiet Council Agenda Tonight. Too quiet. Set to Approve rezoning of White Plains Pavilion; Delay Tennis Academy a Year; Increase Water Rates 8%; Bond 3/4 Million for Firehouse Improvements

Posted on November 3, 2014 by John Bailey

WPCNR COMMON COUNCIL CHRONICLE-EXAMINER. November 3, 2014:

Twas the night before election day, November 3, and the Common Council was ready to hold a quick, quiet regular Common Council meeting tonight. Absolutely nothing to worry about or pay attention to, right?

However the agenda contains the following significant items:

The Common Council, on the consent agenda is scheduled at this time to approve the zoning request of Urstadt Biddle to allow apartments and a hotel on the White Plains Pavilion Mall. A public hearing was held on this item and the neighborhood association showed no objection to the zoning, however, the site plan is very nebulous at the present time.

Also on the consent agenda is a bond issue for $757,000 to refurbish three fire stations, Stations 2, 4, and 7.

A water rate increase is being put in for WPCNR believes a third straight year. According to the Commissioner of Public Works Nicoletti’s letter of explanation, basic rates would increase 8% and 10% over the last three ranges. Rates for the Excess non-capita schedule would increase 8% over the first six ranges and 10% over the last three ranges. The fee for availability/demand charges would increase by 10%.

Finally, the Tennis Academy reported by WHITE PLAINS WEEK two weeks ago as being on schedule will not open until apparently sometime after January 15., 2015.

Payment of the first year licensing fee will be increased to $125,000 (from $100,000) will be delayed until January, 2016 “to offset the unexpected higher construction expenses resulting from poor soil conditions at Delfino Park and the loss of revenue as a result of the delayed opening caused by the unexpected construction,” according to a letter included in the backup material from the Commissioner of Recreation and Parks, Wayne Bass.

This delay has caused the opening of the facility to be pushed back. The backup material does not give a date when the facility will open specifically in 2015.

Tennis Innovators Academy will pay the city $125,000 for the first year beginning in 2016. They will also enclose two more tennis courts inside the planned bubble for a total of 8. The agreement is extended one year and over the course of the agreement the city will receive an additional $826,647.

The complete agenda is on the city website as well as the backup material from which these nuggets of information were mined.

Residents with a yard full of tree on the ground must clear it themselves.

Posted on November 3, 2014 by John Bailey

WPCNR HOMELAND NEWS. November 3, 2014: If you’re one of the White Plains residents who have trees down in your yard, and wondering if the limbs are from a city tree if the city will come in your yard and remove the limbs, the DPW Department of Forestry advises WPCNR they will not due to insurance issues.

The Forestry Department told WPCNR they will remove fallen limbs and take them away if you get them to the curb, regardless of what tree had limbs taken down by the 50 mile per hour limbs yesterday.

It is unclear due to the extent of tree damage around White Plains, how soon the forestry specialists can get to pruning damaged city trees within owners property but within the distance (believed to be 10 feet), from the curb that makes a tree “city property.”

WPCNR is awaiting a statement from City Hall advising citizens with tree limbs down from city trees (or trees well off the city 10 foot or whatever footage from the curb that defines a city tree on city property).

White Plains Firefighter Arrested, Charged with Driving Drunk, turning Wrong Way onto South Lex, Causing Head-on Crash killing a woman and injuring another man.

Posted on November 3, 2014 by John Bailey

WPCNR MAIN STREET. UPDATED November 3, 2014:

A White Plains off-duty fire fighter, Erik Refvik, has been arrested and arraigned in the hospital and charged with driving drunk the wrong way on South Lexington Avenue this morning causing a two-car head-on accident resulting in the death of a woman and injury to another man, also hospitalized early Monday morning between Main Street and Martine Avenue on South Lexington.