Roxie Stowe Commended; Forest City Echo Bay MOU Extended
By Stephen E. Lipken
Opening the Tuesday, February 15 meeting in Council Chambers, New Rochelle Mayor Noam Bramson presented two Commendations to Roxie Stowe; one for her recent City Council service, the other “a bittersweet Commendation” to her late husband, Councilman James Count Stowe for his “thoughtful and dignified public service to District 3 plus Board Chairman of the New Rochelle Municipal Housing Authority as
a fearless advocate of affordable housing and affordable housing law; President of Rochelle Heights Historic District; Board Member of the Children’s Center for Learning Day Nursery and founder of the first Lego League.”
Council then moved to the City Council Conference Room where Abe Naparstek, Director of Development, Forest City Residential Group (Echo Bay) requested an extended Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to January 15, 2012.
Forest City has agreed to provide New Rochelle with up to $100,000 in escrow that City will use to conduct an independent examination of planning options, public costs and benefits associated with waterfront renewal.
Naparstek outlined five principals: 1) Reduction of infrastructure and roadway; 2) Elimination or reduction of underground parking, which costs up to $35,000 per space, 3) Reduction in density from the original 600 unit apartments; new plan calls for less as well as reduced retail space; 4) Breaking the 26-acre Echo Bay Development Area into smaller phases; 5) Keep the Armory and come up with new uses for it. The Resolution passed 5-2.
Then Sustainability Coordinator Deborah Newborn requested updates to the Draft GreeNR including increased recycling of plastics; Transit Oriented Development water taxis and creating 185 Work Force Housing Units by 2014.
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