September 3, 2010
Editor’s Note: As NCNOW first reported on Tuesday, August 31, Summit Greenfield’s draft final environmental impact statement, or FEIS, for Chappaqua Crossing, finally appeared on the town’s website the day before—on Monday, August 30. There had been some confusion as to whether the town possessed an electronic version. The developer’s spokesperson claimed several had been provided along with the hard copy at the end of July, while the town clerk’s office believed no disc version had been included. To reach the multiple documents now online click HERE.
The third pdf down, numbered (out of order)“1. CHAPPAQUA CROSSING - Modified Project Petition dated July 22, 2010,” contains details of the most recent proposal, for 199 condominium units (60 townhouses, 139 apartments). See *** below, in bold font.
This statement from the town introduces the document list:
“This document is under consideration by the New Castle Town Board and has not been accepted by it. The Town Board is posting this draft FEIS on the New Castle Town web site to facilitate public review of it prior to the open discussion scheduled for the Town Board meeting on
Tuesday, September 28, 2010. A hard copy of the entire draft FEIS continues to be available to the public for review in the Town Clerk’s office during regular business hours.”
A two-CD set containing the Draft FEIS ( Volumes 1-3), the Draft FEIS Supplement, the modified project petition dated July 22, 2010 and 13 Exhibits, is now available at the Town Clerk’s office for a fee of $5.00.
The documents on the town’s website are listed in the following order:
4. CHAPPAQUA CROSSING - Draft FEIS dated July 2010 - Volume 3
This is a comment log of around 60 pages listing thousands of comments, the person who made the comment and the location of the answer to the comment, but not the comments themselves. Also included are a few pages of transcript of comments.
5. CHAPPAQUA CROSSING - Draft FEIS Supplement - Section III.L
This 58-page section contains a nine-page reprinted section of the Modified Plan that discusses the donation of 6.5 acres to the town for recreational purposes. The remaining 49 pages contain the developer’s traffic consultants’ traffic report.
*** 1. CHAPPAQUA CROSSING - Modified Project Petition dated July 22, 2010
The most useful for an overall view of the latest proposal by the developer, this section has a very useful first few pages of index, then 70-some pages of narrative and description of the project by the developer.
2. CHAPPAQUA CROSSING - Draft FEIS dated July 2010 - Volume 1
Be patient—THIS TAKES A
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This is a big volume, 1235 pages in total, with 16 pages of index up front, then a five-page Executive Summary (very comprehensible, not highly technical), many maps and a fiscal analysis by the developer’s consultants at around p. 506 of the 1235 pages; traffic analysis at around p. 548.
3. CHAPPAQUA CROSSING - Draft FEIS dated July 2010 - Volume 2
Be patient—THIS TAKES A
TIME TO LOAD
At 3241 pages, the biggest volume mounted, this item contains around 300 pages of residents’ comments during hearing sessions followed at around p. 326 with a report on “Alternative Reuse” of the site.
The town board has scheduled an information session on Chappaqua Crossing for Tuesday, September 28, 2010 at town hall.
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For NCNOW‘s complete coverage of Chappaqua Crossing, dating from 2007, click HERE.
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