Letter to the Editor.
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To All:
The Public Hearing on the DEIS for the Elmwood Country Club Development was closed on Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021 but the Public Record will remain open to accept comments/concerns/questions until Monday, Feb. 22, 2021.
I strongly encourage everyone in our community to send an email ASAP to the Town Board expressing your opinion concerning the construction of 175 Town House Condos on this property which would require 2 zoning changes and be assessed at 60% of what Single Family Homes would be assessed at, thereby losing tax revenues for the Town, County, 2 School Districts (Elmsford & Greenburgh Central) and the Fairview Fire District.
This Condo plan also calls for a donation to the Town of 14.2 acres for use as ballfields. This would remove the property from the tax rolls and require the Town to be responsible for the future maintenance of the property. In addition, the developer would be donating the property "in lieu of" the required fee of $4,320 per unit to the Greenburgh Parkland Escrow Fund, which would be a loss of $756,000 to the Fund.
The Alternative Plan B in the DEIS for 119 Single Family Homes would not require any zone changes and would preserve the character of our neighborhood.
With this plan, the developer would be required to pay $8,640 per home, over $1 million dollars, into the Parkland Escrow Fund.
The Condo plan would result in a density increase per acre which is not in accordance with the 2016 Greenburgh Comprehensive Plan.
Feel free to share this email with your Greenburgh friends and neighbors as this development will set a precedent for all future developments in Unincorporated Greenburgh.
State the following in your email:
Please include my statement in the Public Record re: TB 18-02 - Elmwood Preserve.
Cc: tlewis@greenburghny.com (
gduquesne@greenburghny.com (
clobrutto@chazencompanies.
Subject: Public Hearing Comments: Elmwood Preserve - TB 18-02
Note: Request a confirmation that your email has been received and placed in the Public Record for TB 18-02 - Elmwood Preserve
Dorrine Livson
Worthington-Woodlands Civic Association (WWCA)
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