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WPCNR COMMON COUNCIL CHRONICLE-EXAMINER. October 25, 2006: The Memorandum of Understanding that Mayor Joseph Delfino is encouraging the Common Council to approve, which would essentially put the city on record as endorsing city acceptance of a massive subdivision on the Bryant Avenue side of the New York Presbyterian Hospital property  with the city receiving 5.5 acres of hospital land for a park of two ballfields, which would be constructed and maintained at city expense will be discussed Thursday evening at a meeting of the Common Council at 6 P.M. Two routine public hearings are scheduled, as well as an Executive Session on “litigation” and “employment/promotion of an individual.” The Agenda:

1.                  Public Hearing on an application submitted on behalf of Heyman Properties, LLC for a proposed amendment to an “S Zone” Ordinance entitled, “An Ordinance amending the Zoning Ordinance of the City of White Plains in relation to a change of district of Lots 8, 8A, 9 and 10, Block 9, Ward 4 (“White Plains Plaza Zone Ordinance”).

 

2.                              Communications from          Deputy Commissioner of Building (2)

3.                                                                              Design Review Board (2)

4.                                                                              Commissioner of Public Safety

5.                                                                              Commissioner of Traffic

6.                                                                              Traffic Commission

7.                                                                              Commissioner of Parking

8.                                                                              Environmental Officer

 

9.                              Environmental Findings Resolution

 

10.                         Second Reading Ordinance amending an Ordinance entitled, “An Ordinance amending the Zoning Ordinance of the City of White Plains in relation to change of District of Lots 8, 8A, 9 and 10, Block 9, Ward 4. “

 

11.                         Resolution of the Common Council of the City of White Plains approving the application submitted on behalf of Heyman Properties, LLC, (“Applicant”), owner of the property known as One North Broadway and 445 Hamilton Avenue for an amendment to an approved site plan to permit alternations and minor ground level additions to the existing building known as One North Broadway (“White Plains Plaza LLC”) exclusive of signage approval.

 

 

 

12.             Public Hearing in relation to the application submitted on behalf of the Jefferson at White Plains, L.P. for an amendment to the site plan of its existing special permit/site plan for certain changes to the project known as The Jefferson, a 281 Unit Luxury Residential Apartment Development, located at 300 Mamaroneck Avenue (Section 130.28, Block 12, Lot 2.1) originally approved by the Common Council on June 4, 2001, and extended by resolution adopted February 3, 2003 and October 7, 2003, and amended by resolution adopted September 6, 2005, to permit (1) the reallocation of parking on the property as a result of changes in the City’s trash collection procedures; and (2) the authorization of the use of a model unit for residential use.       

 

13.                         Communications from          Deputy Commissioner of Building   

14.                                                                         Design Review Board   

15.                                                                         Commissioner of Public Safety

16.                                                                         Commissioner of Traffic

17.                                                                         Traffic Commission

18.                                                                         Commissioner of Parking

19.                                                                         Environmental Officer

                       

20.                                     Environmental Findings Resolution

 

21.                                     Resolution of the Common Council of the City of White Plains approving the application submitted on behalf of The Jefferson At White Plains, L.P. (“Applicant”), formerly J.P.I. Apartment Development, L.P., for an amendment to the previously approved Special Permit/Site Plan for changes to the project known as The Jefferson, a 281 unit luxury residential apartment development, located at 300 Mamaroneck Avenue (Section 130.28, Block 12, Lot 2.1) originally approved by the Common Council on June 4, 2001, and extended by resolutions adopted February 3, 2003 and October 7, 23003, and amended by resolution adopted September 6, 2005, to (1) decrease the approved number of parking spaces by one (1) parking space to accommodate changes in the City’s trash collection procedures; and (2) to authorize the use of a model unit for residential use.

 

 

 

DISCUSSION:

 

22.             Proposed alterations to 1133 Westchester Avenue.

 

23.             New York Presbyterian Hospital Memorandum of Understanding.

 

24.             Inter-municipal Agreement Solid Waste.

 

25.             Agreement with N.Y.S. Department of Transportation to erect a decorative trowel at Hamilton Avenue and Tarrytown Road.

 

26.             Building Department Electric Inspection Fees.

 

27.             Entertainment of a motion to enter into Executive Session to discuss pending litigation, and matters related to the appointment, employment and/or promotion of a particular person. 

 

WPCNR THE PARKING NEWS. October 25, 2006: The White Plains Department of Parking, acting on the suggestions of residents that long lines to purchase the annual TransCenter Resident Meter Parking Permits at the White Plains Metro North Station, force applicants to stand outside in cold inclement December weather has announced the coveted permits will go on sale November 15 at the TransCenter Office, beginning at 7:15 A.M.

The permits allow White Plains residents to park at metered slots in the TransCenter after 10 A.M., and are meant for residents who do not commute regularly on the Metro North line but find the need to park at the TransCenter to make infrequent trips by train. The permit costs $5.

Mounted P.E.O.’s On Bikes

In another innovation, the Department of Parking has confirmed, (after a Parking Enforcement Officer was reported to WPCNR as riding a bicyle this week on his rounds), that White Plains now has  mounted five Parking Enforcement Officers on Bikes

The new “mounted Parking Enforcement Officers,” charged with awarding $15 tickets to unfortunate motorists who lose track of the time, are patrolling  for parking violations in White Plains from 8 A.M. to 4 P.M. There is also one  P.E.O. who patrosl on bike from 4 P.M. to midnight. The bicylces have been purchased by the Department of Parking, according to a department spokesperson. Asked if this mounted innitiative had resulted in an increase in parking tickets, the Department of Parking spokesperson said it was too soon to tell, but that the bicycling ticket hawks liked the mobility; the bicycles did not block traffic in double-parks, as their white parking patrol vehicles do, and the bikes save their legs.

The P.E.O.s on Bikes are in radio communication with the Department of Public Safety and were trained in the operation of the bikes by the Department of Public Safety.