Town board hopes to wind up DEIS written comment period next Friday, Sept. 18

September 11, 2009
by Christine Yeres

Written comments on the proposed redevelopment of the Reader’s Digest property are due September 18, though the board may extend the comment period. See inside for the town board’s special email address for comments on the DEIS.

Several consultants’ reports were posted this week on the town website.  The town board is still waiting for the board of education’s comments on Summit Greenfield’s draft environmental impact statement (DEIS) and a report by HR&A Associates on the financial feasibility of the proposed development.  The Saccardi & Schiff study on what uses the town may wish to make of portions of the property was released this week as well as some F.P. Clark comments on traffic.  See inside for direct links to these and other documents relating to the DEIS.

1.  Alternative Municipal Uses Study by Saccardi & Schiff  According to the town’s website text, “In March 2009, the Town Board of the Town of New Castle retained Saccardi & Schiff Inc., a White Plains-based planning and development consulting firm, to prepare an alternative reuse study for the Reader’s Digest corporate site. . . . The purpose of the study was to evaluate potential public uses for this property that would be appropriate given planning, design, engineering, and economic considerations, consistent with Town objectives and the property owner’s need to reuse the site in an economically viable manner.” 

2. Department of Environmental Protection Response to Chappaqua Crossing DEIS  This document is “New York City’s Department of Environmental Protection’s response to the Chappaqua Crossing Draft Environmental Impact Statement, dated June 23, 2009.”

3. This pdf, Response Documents from Outside Agencies and Vendors, includes:

  * Westchester County Department of Planning (dated June 16, 2009)
  * New York City Department of Environmental Protection (June 23, 2009)
  * Westchester County Planning Board (June 23, 2009)
  * Frederic P. Clark Associates, Inc. (August 17, 2009)
  * Hahn Engineering (August 21, 2009)
  * Michael Preziosi, Jr. Civil Engineer (rev, September 2, 2009)

The board’s email for this matter is .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).

See the video “on demand” on NCCTV’s website. Once the video loads, you can freely scroll forward and backward to hear the various speakers.


July 23, 2009 hearing
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The town board has mounted the DEIS and related documents on a dedicated website:

http://chappaquacrossingreview.mynewcastle.org/

and has set up an email address to receive comments from the community at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).

For a complete listing of NewCastleNOW.org’s previous articles and letters to the editor on Reader’s Digest, click here.
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