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Three Tappan Zee Bridge Proposals Received by Thruway Authority

Posted on July 27, 2012 by John Bailey

WPCNR TAPPAN ZEE BRIDGE NEWS. Special to WPCNR From the New York State Thruway Authority. July 27, 2012:

At 5:30 P.M. Friday afternoon, Brian Conybeare, Special Advisor the Governor on the New Tappan Zee Bridge, issued this statement:

“Today the Thruway Authority received three proposals for building a new bridge to replace the Tappan Zee. The proposals comprise more than 70 boxes and an estimated 750,000 pages. The submitted bids are from the following teams:

Kiewit-Skanska-Weeks Joint Venture

(Kiewit Infrastructure Co., Skanska USA Civil Northeast Inc., and Weeks Marine, Inc.)

Tappan Zee Bridge Partners, a Bechtel/Tutor Perini Joint Venture

(Bechtel Infrastructure Corporation and Tutor Perini Corporation)

Tappan Zee Constructors

(Fluor Enterprises, Inc., American Bridge Company, Granite Construction Northeast, Inc., and Traylor Bros., Inc.)

The first stage involves reviewing the proposals for completeness and compliance before the proposals are deemed accepted for substantive selection review, a process expected to take four weeks given the massive volume of material. Additional information regarding the selection process that will begin in four weeks will be available next week, and the process will be open and transparent as federal procurement law will allow.”

City Schedules Special Meeting of Council to Discuss Chamberlain Lawsuit, FASNY

Posted on July 27, 2012 by John Bailey

WPCNR CITY HALL CIRCUIT. JULY 27, 2012: At 6:24 Friday evening, the City Clerk noticed a Special Meeting of the Common Council Monday evening to discuss the status of the French American School of New York Draft Environmental Impact Statement, and the DEIS of the Recreation District Zoning Ordinance setting tighter zoning restrictions on large tracts of privately owned land in the city.

In Executive Session, they will discuss the lawsuit brought against the city by Kenneth Chamberlain, Jr.

The Agenda:

COMMON COUNCIL

AGENDA

SPECIAL MEETING

July 30, 2012

5:30 P.M.

RESOLUTION:

1. Communication from the City Clerk in relation to a request by Milonga Arepas & Tapas Grill, Inc., 74 Mamaroneck Avenue, for a waiver of the thirty (30) day notification requirement set forth in Section 64(2)(a) of the New York Alcoholic Beverage Control Law.

2. Resolution of the Common Council of the City of White Plains waiving the thirty (30) day notification requirement set forth in the New York State Alcoholic Beverage Control Law in regard to an application submitted by Teresa Espinoza,owner of Milonga Arepas & Tapas Grill, Inc., (“Applicant”), located at 74 Mamaroneck Avenue for the re-submission of an application for a liquor license due to an error in the original submission.

DISCUSSION:

3. Capital Projects: Rolling Stock; Purchase of real property.

4. Open Space Recreation District (OSRD) – Draft Generic Environmental Impact Statement.

5. French American School of New York – FASNY – Draft Environmental Impact

Statement.

6. Entertainment of a motion to enter into executive session for the purpose of discussing:

tax review proceedings in the matters of Sears Roebuck & Co., #1333 v. The City of

White Plains; Norstrom, Inc., v. The City of White Plains; and, pending litigation in the

matters of Kenneth Chamberlain Jr. As the Administrator of the Estate of Kenneth

Chamberlain, Sr. V. City of White Plains, et. al.; City of White Plains v. Albert A. Nolletti

and Gedney Farms Wholesale Nursery, Inc.

Con ED: Almost Everyone Back After Storm Outages. Peak Demand Day of 2012

Posted on July 27, 2012 by John Bailey

WPCNR THE POWER NEWS. From Con Edison. July 27, 2012:

Con Edison crews have restored almost all of the 4,800 customers that were affected by last evening’s severe storms.

As of 4:45 a.m. only 35 customers remained out of service, 19 of them in Yonkers.

Outages peaked between 8 p.m. and 9 p.m. last evening. Over 75 percent of those who lost service from the storm were restored by midnight.

During today’s sweltering heat wave, Con Edison reported a new electric peak for 2012 of 12,836 megawatts (MW) at 1 p.m. Thursday, surpassing Wednesday’s high of 12,455 megawatts at 6 p.m.

The all-time electric peak for Con Edison’s service area was 13,189 MW set on July 22, 2011 at 4 p.m.

City to Acquire 3rd Side-Load Garbage Truck. Recommends Buying Seaberg Bldg.

Posted on July 26, 2012 by John Bailey

WPCNR CITY HALL CIRCUIT. By John F. Bailey. July 26, 2012:

The Capital Projects Board voted to acquire a new sidearm-loading garbage truck Thursday afternoon for $275,000, while eliminating purchase of two rear-loading garbage trucks. John Callahan, city Corporation Counsel, confirmed the truck was the third truck to be acquired by the city, pending approval by the Common Council.

Eileen Earl, the long-time consultant to the financial department explained the new truck is being acquired for the efficiency and labor-saving it has shown in the one year trial of the first truck.

Mr. Callahan in the meeting, also announced the city has reached an agreement to acquire 200 Westchester Avenue, (known as the Seaberg Building) adjacent to the city Department of Purchasing at the eastern “gateway” to the city. The building will be acquired for $465,000 (pending approval by the Common Council), plus $25,000 for renovation, and $5,000 closing costs for a total purchase of $495,000. Michael Genito, the city Commissioner of Finance told WPCNR the cost of the building would be financed over twenty years.

Earl said the city had been trying to acquire the building for about twenty years since the Seaberg food operation previously located there closed.The building is being purchased from Consortium Properties, LLC. She offered the opinion the building had long been an “eye-sore” on Westchester Avenue.

Commissioner of Public Works, Joseph Nicoletti said the building would be used for storage of water department equipment, currently stored out of doors. He said the purchase gives the city access to the DPW lot off South Kensico Avenue, from Westchester Avenue. Nicoletti said the city would renovate the exterior of the building to match the facade of the city-owned Department of Purchasing building.

The purchase is the third such land investment approved by the Capital Projects Board in a month. Previously the city decided to build a parking garage adjacent the Esplanade for $17 Million; purchase the Gerber Building for $2.7 Million and now the Seaberg piece for $495,000.

Asked what the city was eyeballing for acquisition next, Callahan did not indicate whether other properties were being eyed by the city or not.