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P56 11 ^3^I J 0300 ±t CHAPPY00A / TP.-.- V-V 19!=, q rr.r- '-LfchVNhV -lAF'PAOUA Bali Hate Mailiag Pernit No. 4 Carrier Sorted Chappaqua. N.Y. I»5H Chappaqua Journal Serving the Town of New Castle Local control at issue Will Town reject $360,000 parking grant? by Nancy McCann Parking lot problem Over the next two weeks the Town Board will decide if $50,000 is too high a price for keeping local control over a second commuter parking lot. The Department of Transpor tation has estimated that it would cost $400,000 to build a 251 space lot and is willing to provide 90 percent. But, Supervisor Charles Banks says there are \big strings att ached to the DOT funding.\ Federal nondiscriminatory regulations prohibit the Town from charging different rates for resident and non-residents. Town Engineer Irma Baron said the Town can build a lot with 150 spaces for $50,000. Less spa ces are necessary if the lot is only used by New Castle resi dents, said Mr. Banks. The Town's 'no-frill' plan includes an oil and chip surface, no landscaping, no sidewalk, and minimal lighting. Mrs. Baron urged the Town Board to make a decision before the DOT opens up bidding for the project on October 15. If the Town decides to finance Town to sell water to Mount Kisco by Nancy McCann New Castle will begin to sell water to the Village of Mt. Kisco in November. The agreement to sell approximately 250,000 gal lons of water a day at the stand ard out-of-district rate was reached at a joint meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 30. Mt. Kisco hopes the water will help rejuvenate Byram Lake* the primary supplier of water, explained Village Manager John Crary. Byram Lake is presently at 29 percent capacity after an 18 month drought. New Castle's sale of water through the spring will be res tricted to the off-peak months when demand is low, said New Castle Supervisor Charles Banks. New Castle receives water from New York City and can pump up to five million gallons a day. Presently, the Town uses about two million gallons a day. \We have more than enough water,\ said Mr. Banks. The out of district fee charged by New Castle is twice the rate paid by Town residents. The initial charge is $18 per 1,000 cubic feet with the rate declining to $9 per 1000 cubic feet as the volume purchased increases. Doesn't effect emergency The sale of water does not effect the first level water emergency now in effect, stated Mr. Banks. The restrictions, part of a water emergency ordinance passed by the Town Board last month, are aimed at smoothing out the demands on water during peak use periods, explained the Su pervisor. He described a \Peak use period\ as a hot summer weekend. Under the first level emer gency the watering of lawns is permitted only between the hours of 9 pm and midnight and 5 am and 8 am. The watering of golf courses is allowed only between midnight and 8 am. Filling pools over 1,000 gallons without recirculating water sys tems also is prohibited. the parking lot, it may be able to use the $350,000 promised by the DOT to cover the cost of con structing a side platform at the railroad station, Mr. Banks reported. Transportation Commissioner Raleigh D'Adamo \responded favorable\ to Deputy Supervisor LoisMitchell's suggestion that the money be transferred to another Town transportation project, he said. The Town has preferred the side platform design but the MTA said it would finance only a center platform, explained Mr. Banks. The Supervisor says a dual platform would ease traffic con gestion in the station area and be more convenient to passengers. \\«mitri^, Fire Marshal Kenneth R. Fenn helps display the antique 1924 La Fran ce Brockway Torpedo fire engine, at the Millwood Fire Dept. open house. More pictures on page 4. Photo by Adam Glassman. Town Board report PTA plans sports) equipment sale The Chappaqua PTA will sponsor a sports equipment sale a&the Robert E. Bell School on Satur day, Oct. 3, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Skis, ice skates, sleds, tobog gans, bicycles, hockey sticks, and equipment for other sports / will be on sale. Volunteers will receive equip ment. Proposal to drop conflict of interest clause from Ethics Code to be heard Trash compacting station plan is fought by Briarcliff neighbors by Dave Sheingold Mt. Pleasant-Westchester County's proposal to build a garbage compacting transfer station between the Taconic State Parkway and Route 9A in Mt. Pleasant brought vehement opposition from about 50 Briar- cliff Manor residents at the Tuesday, Sept. 22 Town Board meeting. New Castle and North Castle are among the other communities which would use the new facility. \The consensus is that the people here are opposed to any site in Briarcliff,\ said Richard Prezioso, a resident of the neighborhood around Larch Road. \It's an irresponsible and absurd idea. We really don't want this thing and it behooves you (the Town Board) to repres ent us and go forth with our desires and opinions.\ please turn to page 5 by Nancy McCann A-ToWn Code of Ethics clause intended to prfcve'nt-a conflict of interest can be omitted, because it is not required by the State law, Town Attorney Lawrence Dittleman told the Town Board on Sept. 22. The provision prohibts Town employed consultants from re presenting private clients before Town's boards. This is unduly restrictive, because it reduces the already limited number of local consultants available to the Town, said New Castle Supervi sor Charles Banks. A public hearing will be held on the proposal on October 13. In July, the Town Board eliminated a requirement limiting the membership of the Architectu ral Board of Review to archi tects because of the difficulty in finding a candidate who met the Code requirement. Westchester County presents its proposed changes for Master Plan \You've fotthe part!\ Director W. Thomas Littleton told Sam Lunetta of Chappaqua. after he auditioned for the role of Philostratus. Master of the Revels, in Shakespeare's \Midsummer Night's Dream, produced by the Chappaqua Drama Group this November. F Photo by Diane Cashion by Nancy McCann A proposed change of the County Master Plan was presented to the New Castle Town Planning Board by County Planning Board representatives on Sept. 30. The changes would make the six year old County plans more precise, Westchester County Planning Commissioner Peter Eschweiler told the New Castle planners. Five land categories, ranging from \open space\ to \concentrated urban\ were divided into nine subcategories explained principal County Plan ner, Lynn Oliva. Previously, a medium density level covering most of the land in the County listed one range of one to sixteen dwelling units per acre. The medium density would be refined to show three levels of use. Mr. Eschweiler compared the plan to the view of the County from an airplane at night. Areas with few visible lights would be classified as low density; areas with a high concentration of lights would be central business districts. The County plan is consistent with the Town's plan, said New please turn to page 8 Sidewalk proposal tabled A proposed sidewalk ordinance was tabled after Couneilwoman Patrice Mahon objected to a construction provision, empow ering the Town Board to require the construction of sidewalks. A future Town Board could order homeowners to build sidewalks, Mrs. Mahon warned. \The language of the proposal is far too broad,\ she said. The intent of the provision is to give the Town the power to build sidewalks with outside funding, explained Deputy Supervisor Lois Mitchell, the sponsor of the proposal. Mrs. Mitchell said she would be willing to remove the con struction requirement provision from the proposal, adding \I just want to get something on the books.\ Aimed at improving the condi tion of sidewalks in the business district the proposal allows the town to repair sidewalks and charge adjoining business or residential property owners if they fail to act in a specified amount of time. The Town Board will discuss the proposal at its next work session. Bus rental Is $100 a month a fair price for the Chappaqua Bus Company to pay to park 15 school buses on Town owned surplus space? Councilman Tom McCann will try to find out. The Town would please turn to page 6 Candidates Coffee attracts 100 About 100 residents attended a \Candidates Coffee' sponsored by the New Castle Town Club qn October 4 at the Community Center. Candidates included County legislator Sandy Galef and Republican opponent Neil Graner, Town Democrats Daniel Doran for Supervisor, Slade Cargill and Faye Woocher for Town Board, and Lynn Feldberg for Receiver of Taxes, Republi can Nominee for Supervisor, Councilman Lois Mitchell, Nor man \Tad\ Marten, and John Lind running for seats,on the Town Board and incumbent Receiver of Taxes Frances Millett. The two hour gathering was informal, said Dick Irwin, presi dent of the Town Club. Mr. Irwin described the meeting as cordial please turn to page 7
