Planning Board Meeting- October 18th, 2017

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Last Updated: 11 October 2017 11 October 2017

A meeting of the Planning Board of the Town of Ossining will be held on:

Wednesday, October 18, 2017

7:30 P.M. at the

Ossining Operations Center

101 Route 9A

Ossining, NY 10562

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 Preliminary Agenda

Butler Subdivision, 2 Hillcrest Dr., Briarcliff, 2 Lot Subdivision – PUBLIC HEARING CONTINUED

 Martinelli Lots, 1 Roosa Lane & 64 Hawkes Avenue, Architectural Review

Supervisor's Update- October 6th, 2017

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Last Updated: 10 October 2017 10 October 2017

Happy Friday, Ossining! This last week absolutely flew by, it's hard to believe we are already done with our first week in October! It has been beautiful out and sometimes you just have to take a beat to stop and enjoy it-- check out this great sunset pic taken at 16 Croton this past Tuesday.

That picture was taken while we were on our way to the Town Hall Meeting at the Ossining Public Library. After a short Special Meeting (during which we adopted our Zoning Law, at long last,) we hard from the folks responsible for Scarsdale's Food Scrap Recycling Program. Michele Sterling and Ron Schulhof are volunteers who wanted to get a large-scale composting program going in their community. They walked us through the extensive research they have done to get it just right and gave us some advice on how it can be duplicated or possibly even improved upon right here in Ossining. The meeting video is available on Youtube (Michelle and Ron's presentation begins at the 30 minute mark) or you can check it out pdf here (1.41 MB) .

After hearing from Michelle and Ron, we had planned to move right into a short presentation on the Request for Proposal (RFP) that the Town will be putting out shortly for refuse and recycling services for the Unincorporated Town. However, we had many members of the audience who had expressed that they wished to hear an update from the Town Board on the Homestead Issue after the mailing that had been circulated by private residents a few weeks ago urging the Board to enact Homestead for 2018. Although Homestead was not a scheduled topic on the agenda, I shared the following statement:

"This board continues to question the supposed benefits of enacting homestead.   We are not convinced that it would be fairer or better for our community to adopt this legislation because of the negative impact it has had on other communities throughout NY State that have adopted it.  If it has a negative impact on the commercial tax rate, as it certainly has had elsewhere, and is irreversible, it could in fact be worse for taxpayers rather than better.  Expanding our business community is the fastest most enduring way to hold down residential taxes, where as a shrinking commercial base costs everyone more.  We have lined up some experts who have studied the impact of Homestead in other communities in New York State to discuss their findings with the greater Ossining Community. We have them tentatively scheduled to come to us on Monday, November 20th (stay tuned for final date and location) and look forward to seeing all of you again then.  The location will be announced shortly."  

Read more: Supervisor's Update- October 6th, 2017

Town Board Regular Meeting & Work Session- Tuesday, October 10th, 2017 at 16 Croton Avenue

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Last Updated: 10 October 2017 10 October 2017

Town Board Regular Meeting & Work Session

Tuesday, October 10th, 2017- 7:30PM

1st Floor Boardroom, 16 Croton Avenue

Ossining, NY 10562

pdf 10-10-2017 Agenda (29 KB)  (Updated 10/10)

pdf Town Voucher Detail 10-10-2017 (105 KB)

Work Session Agenda:

1) Ossining Boat and Canoe Club Siding: Tom Earle 

2) MOGO Bike Lane Update

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