Appendix C. Community Facilities Correspondence

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1 Appendix C Community Facilities Correspondence

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3 From: Sent: To: Subject: Thursday, February 06, :30 PM Westchester Pavilion EIS: Parks/Open Space Statistics Hello Mr. Hughes, I believe we spoke back in October 2013 about a request I had for parks/open space maps related to task of preparing aa parks/open space map for the Westchester Pavilion Environmental Impact Statement. I was wondering if you had any statistics on the parks and recreation facilities (such as square footage, annual visitors etc) that might be helpful for determining the city s existing capacity for meeting resident s needs for open space. Additionally, are you aware of any plans by the City to develop more open space in the future? Thank you very much for your continued cooperation, Best regards, From: Sent: Wednesday, October 30, :58 AM To: 'dhughes@wpccos.org' Subject: Do you have any recent parks/open space maps? Hello, is a subconsultant to BFJ s whom are under contract to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for Urstadt Biddle Properties for the redevelopment of Westchester Pavilion in Downtown White Plains. As part of our task, we are drafting a map of open space/parks throughout the City of White Plains. We would appreciate any information you have related to GIS maps or block and lot information identifying existing or new parks/open space throughout the City. We currently have data from Westchester County that was last updated in 2006 but are looking for information about new space developed since that then. 1

4 From: Sent: To: Subject: Thursday, February 06, :55 PM Westchester Pavilion EIS: Stations 3 and 6 Capacity Dear Chief Richard Lyman: is working on the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Westchester Pavilion Rezoning at 60 S. Broadway. There are three potential rezoning scenarios, all residential, all commercial or mixed use. As part of the analysis, we re looking at existing emergency services and how they could potentially be affected by any new development. As part of this process I pulled information from several online sources which we like you confirm with you. 1. What are nearest stations to 60 South Broadway? We assume that Station #6 is within ¼ mile and Station #3 is within ½ mile) 2. What fire prevention equipment is housed at Station #6? 3. What fire prevention equipment is housed at Station #3? One potential future development scenario includes a 280 ft mixed use building (28 stories) with up to 1,749 residents in 858 housing units and 468,000 sq ft of retail, restaurant, hotel, and office space 4. Is current equipment (trucks, ambulances, emergency equipment etc) sufficient for a 28 story building? 5. Fire call data was received from the City s emergency services public information/data liaison at the Police Department. Based on an 8 year average of existing data, we estimated the number of fire calls at and total calls at.07 per capita. On this basis, the maximum new residences could yield 122 new calls per year, of which 5 are likely to be fires. However, given the residential buildings will have onsite staff, the number of nuisance calls lock outs, etc. should be reduced. Does this sound about right? Do you have other estimates? Are there other areas of concern? 8 year Average Population 56,590 56,885 57,638 57,932 57,810 56,853 57,109 57,567 Total Calls 4,122 4,328 4,197 3,798 3,886 4,168 4,448 4,243 4,149 Fires Calls per person Do the City s capital plans include planned construction for additional fire safety facilities in the future? Thank you very much for your cooperation and please feel free to call me if you have additional questions. Best regards, 1

5 From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Attachments: Colombo, Donna Thursday, March 06, :44 PM Seiler, Fred WHITE PLAINS CSD ENROLLMENT REPORT WPCSDEnrollmentUpdate pdf Peter, Per your conversation with Fred Seiler, attached is the Enrollment Update Report you requested. Donna Donna Colombo Secretary, Business Office White Plains City School District 5 Homeside Lane White Plains, NY Phone: Fax: donnacolombo@wpcsd.k12.ny.us 1

6 From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Friday, February 07, :37 PM Tina Lund Westchester Pavilion EIS: Parks and Open Space Capacity Dear Mr. Wayne Bass: is working on the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Westchester Pavilion Rezoning at 60 South Broadway. There are three potential rezoning scenarios, all residential, all commercial or mixed use. One potential future development scenario includes a 280 ft mixed use building (28 stories) with up to 1,749 residents in 858 housing units and 468,000 sq ft of retail, restaurant, hotel, and office space. As part of the analysis, we are looking at existing parks and recreational space and how they could potentially be affected by any new development. 1. Do you feel that the City currently has enough space for current residents? How would another potential 1,729 residents in mostly market rate housing on the site impact them? (Housing would likely have onsite amenities including fitness rooms, etc.) 2. Does the City have any statistics relevant to existing parks and recreational facilities (such as annual visitors, square footage of active vs passive parks/open space, etc) that could be useful for determining the adequacy of the City s existing facilities based on current residents vs future residents that could be added from the development at Westchester Pavilion? 3. Do the City s capital plans include planned construction for additional parks or recreational facilities in the future? Thank you very much for your cooperation and please feel free to call me if you have additional questions. Best regards, 1

7 From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Wednesday, February 12, :28 AM Tina Lund RE: Westchester Pavilion EIS: Parks and Open Space Capacity Hi Wayne, Are you able to provide any information that could answer my questions in the previous request? Thank you very much for your cooperation. From: Sent: Friday, February 07, :37 PM To: Cc: Tina Lund Subject: Westchester Pavilion EIS: Parks and Open Space Capacity Dear Mr. Wayne Bass: is working on the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Westchester Pavilion Rezoning at 60 South Broadway. There are three potential rezoning scenarios, all residential, all commercial or mixed use. One potential future development scenario includes a 280 ft mixed use building (28 stories) with up to 1,749 residents in 858 housing units and 468,000 sq ft of retail, restaurant, hotel, and office space. As part of the analysis, we are looking at existing parks and recreational space and how they could potentially be affected by any new development. 1. Do you feel that the City currently has enough space for current residents? How would another potential 1,729 residents in mostly market rate housing on the site impact them? (Housing would likely have onsite amenities including fitness rooms, etc.) 2. Does the City have any statistics relevant to existing parks and recreational facilities (such as annual visitors, square footage of active vs passive parks/open space, etc) that could be useful for determining the adequacy of the City s existing facilities based on current residents vs future residents that could be added from the development at Westchester Pavilion? 3. Do the City s capital plans include planned construction for additional parks or recreational facilities in the future? Thank you very much for your cooperation and please feel free to call me if you have additional questions. 1

8 From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Friday, February 21, :48 AM Richard Lyman Elizabeth Cheteny RE: Westchester Pavilion EIS: Stations 3 and 6 Capacity Thank you very much for your help! It is very much appreciated. From: Richard Lyman [mailto:rlyman@whiteplainsny.gov] Sent: Friday, February 21, :43 AM To: Cc: Elizabeth Cheteny Subject: Re: Westchester Pavilion EIS: Stations 3 and 6 Capacity Hi Peter, See below. If you have questions please contact my office. Chief Lyman 1. What are nearest stations to 60 South Broadway? We assume that Station #6 is within ¼ mile and Station #3 is within ½ mile)- Yes 2. What fire prevention equipment is housed at Station #6? - One Engine Company, One Truck Company, One Rescue Company and the Deputy Chief in Charge of the Tour. Note: Instead of using Fire Prevention Equipment it is more appropriate to use the term Fire Emergency Response Equipment. 3. What fire prevention equipment is housed at Station #3? One Engine Company One potential future development scenario includes a 280 ft mixed use building (28 stories) with up to 1,749 residents in 858 housing units and 468,000 sq ft of retail, restaurant, hotel, and office space 4. Is current equipment (trucks, ambulances, emergency equipment etc) sufficient for a 28-story building? 1

9 Yes we currently respond to buildings that are greater in height. 5. Fire call data was received from the City s emergency services public information/data liaison at the Police Department. Based on an 8 year average of existing data, we estimated the number of fire calls at and total calls at.07 per capita. On this basis, the maximum new residences could yield 122 new calls per year, of which 5 are likely to be fires. However, given the residential buildings will have onsite staff, the number of nuisance calls lock-outs, etc. should be reduced. Does this sound about right? Do you have other estimates? Are there other areas of concern? We will need to see the site and building plans to comment on other concerns. Your estimates are based on the total number of fires in the City which includes Structure Fires, Mobile Fires and Outside Fires (Trash, Natural Vegetation, and Equipment). Generally a building with well trained and knowledgeable staff that maintains the building as required by they code should keep the nuisance calls down year Average Population 56,590 56,885 57,638 57,932 57,810 56,853 57,109 57,567 Total Calls 4,122 4,328 4,197 3,798 3,886 4,168 4,448 4,243 4,149 Fires Calls per person Do the City s capital plans include planned construction for additional fire safety facilities in the future? None are planned. On Thu, Feb 6, 2014 at 3:54 PM, <P.Furst@urbanomics.org> wrote: Dear Chief Richard Lyman: is working on the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Westchester Pavilion Rezoning at 60 S. Broadway. There are three potential rezoning scenarios, all residential, all commercial or mixed use. As part of the analysis, we re looking at existing emergency services and how they could potentially be affected by any new development. As part of this process I pulled information from several online sources which we like you confirm with you. 1. What are nearest stations to 60 South Broadway? We assume that Station #6 is within ¼ mile and Station #3 is within ½ mile) 2

10 2. What fire prevention equipment is housed at Station #6? 3. What fire prevention equipment is housed at Station #3? One potential future development scenario includes a 280 ft mixed use building (28 stories) with up to 1,749 residents in 858 housing units and 468,000 sq ft of retail, restaurant, hotel, and office space 4. Is current equipment (trucks, ambulances, emergency equipment etc) sufficient for a 28-story building? 5. Fire call data was received from the City s emergency services public information/data liaison at the Police Department. Based on an 8 year average of existing data, we estimated the number of fire calls at and total calls at.07 per capita. On this basis, the maximum new residences could yield 122 new calls per year, of which 5 are likely to be fires. However, given the residential buildings will have onsite staff, the number of nuisance calls lock-outs, etc. should be reduced. Does this sound about right? Do you have other estimates? Are there other areas of concern? Population 56,590 56,885 57,638 57,932 57,810 56,853 57,109 57,567 8-year Average Total Calls 4,122 4,328 4,197 3,798 3,886 4,168 4,448 4,243 4,149 Fires Calls per person Do the City s capital plans include planned construction for additional fire safety facilities in the future? Thank you very much for your cooperation and please feel free to call me if you have additional questions. Best regards, 3

11 From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Richard Lyman Friday, February 21, :43 AM Elizabeth Cheteny Re: Westchester Pavilion EIS: Stations 3 and 6 Capacity Hi Peter, See below. If you have questions please contact my office. Chief Lyman 1. What are nearest stations to 60 South Broadway? We assume that Station #6 is within ¼ mile and Station #3 is within ½ mile)- Yes 2. What fire prevention equipment is housed at Station #6? - One Engine Company, One Truck Company, One Rescue Company and the Deputy Chief in Charge of the Tour. Note: Instead of using Fire Prevention Equipment it is more appropriate to use the term Fire Emergency Response Equipment. 3. What fire prevention equipment is housed at Station #3? One Engine Company One potential future development scenario includes a 280 ft mixed use building (28 stories) with up to 1,749 residents in 858 housing units and 468,000 sq ft of retail, restaurant, hotel, and office space 4. Is current equipment (trucks, ambulances, emergency equipment etc) sufficient for a 28-story building? Yes we currently respond to buildings that are greater in height. 5. Fire call data was received from the City s emergency services public information/data liaison at the Police Department. Based on an 8 year average of existing data, we estimated the number of fire calls at and total calls at.07 per capita. On this basis, the maximum new residences could yield 122 new calls per year, of which 5 are likely to be fires. However, given the residential buildings will have onsite staff, the number of nuisance calls lock-outs, etc. should be reduced. Does this sound about right? Do you have other estimates? Are there other areas of concern? We will need to see the site and building plans to comment on other concerns. Your estimates are based on the total number of fires in the City which includes Structure Fires, Mobile Fires and Outside Fires (Trash, Natural Vegetation, and Equipment). Generally a building with well trained and knowledgeable staff that maintains the building as required by they code should keep the nuisance calls down year Average Population 56,590 56,885 57,638 57,932 57,810 56,853 57,109 57,567 Total Calls 4,122 4,328 4,197 3,798 3,886 4,168 4,448 4,243 4,149 Fires Calls per person

12 6. Do the City s capital plans include planned construction for additional fire safety facilities in the future? None are planned. On Thu, Feb 6, 2014 at 3:54 PM, <P.Furst@urbanomics.org> wrote: Dear Chief Richard Lyman: is working on the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Westchester Pavilion Rezoning at 60 S. Broadway. There are three potential rezoning scenarios, all residential, all commercial or mixed use. As part of the analysis, we re looking at existing emergency services and how they could potentially be affected by any new development. As part of this process I pulled information from several online sources which we like you confirm with you. 1. What are nearest stations to 60 South Broadway? We assume that Station #6 is within ¼ mile and Station #3 is within ½ mile) 2. What fire prevention equipment is housed at Station #6? 3. What fire prevention equipment is housed at Station #3? One potential future development scenario includes a 280 ft mixed use building (28 stories) with up to 1,749 residents in 858 housing units and 468,000 sq ft of retail, restaurant, hotel, and office space 4. Is current equipment (trucks, ambulances, emergency equipment etc) sufficient for a 28-story building? 5. Fire call data was received from the City s emergency services public information/data liaison at the Police Department. Based on an 8 year average of existing data, we estimated the number of fire calls at and total calls at.07 per capita. On this basis, the maximum new residences could yield 122 new calls per year, of which 5 are likely to be fires. However, given the residential buildings will have onsite staff, the number of nuisance calls lock-outs, etc. should be reduced. Does this sound about right? Do you have other estimates? Are there other areas of concern? 2

13 Population 56,590 56,885 57,638 57,932 57,810 56,853 57,109 57,567 8-year Average Total Calls 4,122 4,328 4,197 3,798 3,886 4,168 4,448 4,243 4,149 Fires Calls per person Do the City s capital plans include planned construction for additional fire safety facilities in the future? Thank you very much for your cooperation and please feel free to call me if you have additional questions. Best regards, 3

14 From: Sent: To: Subject: Tuesday, March 11, :39 PM Seiler, Fred RE: WHITE PLAINS CSD ENROLLMENT REPORT Thank you very much Fred. This information will be utilized in the upcoming Final Environmental Impact Statement for Westchester Pavilion. I may contact you with further questions about this in the next few months. Best, From: Seiler, Fred [mailto:fredseiler@wpcsd.k12.ny.us] Sent: Tuesday, March 11, :11 PM To: Subject: RE: WHITE PLAINS CSD ENROLLMENT REPORT Peter, Please see the following schedule for the schools in White Plains: School Building Square Footage Enrollment SED Capacity Realistic Capacity Church Street Elementary School 104, , George Washington Elementary School 96, , Mamaroneck Elementary School 73, Post Road Elementary School 74, Ridgeway Elementary School 86, Eastview Middle School 164, , Highland Middle School 219,571 1,057 1,740 1,392 White Plains High School 401,300 2,021 2,700 2,295 1

15 Rochambeau Community School 92, Let me know if you have any questions. Fred Seiler Ass t. Supt. for Business White Plains City Schools From: Sent: Friday, March 07, :37 AM To: Colombo, Donna Cc: Seiler, Fred Subject: RE: WHITE PLAINS CSD ENROLLMENT REPORT Could you also share with us your latest analysis of student capacity? Thank you, From: Sent: Thursday, March 06, :48 PM To: 'Colombo, Donna' Cc: Seiler, Fred Subject: RE: WHITE PLAINS CSD ENROLLMENT REPORT Thank you very much Donna and Fred. Your cooperation is very much appreciated! From: Colombo, Donna Sent: Thursday, March 06, :44 PM To: Cc: Seiler, Fred Subject: WHITE PLAINS CSD ENROLLMENT REPORT 2

16 Peter, Per your conversation with Fred Seiler, attached is the Enrollment Update Report you requested. Donna Donna Colombo Secretary, Business Office White Plains City School District 5 Homeside Lane White Plains, NY Phone: Fax: donnacolombo@wpcsd.k12.ny.us 3

17 From: Sent: To: Subject: Seiler, Fred Tuesday, March 11, :11 PM RE: WHITE PLAINS CSD ENROLLMENT REPORT Peter, Please see the following schedule for the schools in White Plains: School Building Square Footage Enrollment SED Capacity Realistic Capacity Church Street Elementary School 104, , George Washington Elementary School 96, , Mamaroneck Elementary School 73, Post Road Elementary School 74, Ridgeway Elementary School 86, Eastview Middle School 164, , Highland Middle School 219,571 1,057 1,740 1,392 White Plains High School 401,300 2,021 2,700 2,295 Rochambeau Community School 92, Let me know if you have any questions. Fred Seiler Ass t. Supt. for Business White Plains City Schools From: Sent: Friday, March 07, :37 AM To: Colombo, Donna Cc: Seiler, Fred Subject: RE: WHITE PLAINS CSD ENROLLMENT REPORT Could you also share with us your latest analysis of student capacity? Thank you, 1

18 From: Sent: Thursday, March 06, :48 PM To: 'Colombo, Donna' Cc: Seiler, Fred Subject: RE: WHITE PLAINS CSD ENROLLMENT REPORT Thank you very much Donna and Fred. Your cooperation is very much appreciated! From: Colombo, Donna Sent: Thursday, March 06, :44 PM To: Cc: Seiler, Fred Subject: WHITE PLAINS CSD ENROLLMENT REPORT Peter, Per your conversation with Fred Seiler, attached is the Enrollment Update Report you requested. Donna Donna Colombo Secretary, Business Office White Plains City School District 5 Homeside Lane White Plains, NY Phone: Fax: donnacolombo@wpcsd.k12.ny.us 2

19 From: Sent: To: Subject: Tuesday, March 25, :50 AM Sarah Yackel; Tina Lund RE: WP Fire Chief The references should reflect his answer from the phone conversation and correspondence I had with him. My summary of my phone conversation with Chief Lyman on Monday February 10 th is below Regarding my initial inquiry concerning the Fire Department s capacity to respond to emergency calls from the proposed Westchester Paviliion development, Chief Lyman said that he does not respond to inquiries like this until he receives an okay from the City Planning Department. Eileen McClain, senior planner, should be contacted to ensure that the request is answered. He said all of the information available online about the locations of fire stations are accurate with the exceptions that stations 3 and 4 are not currently active (equipped but not staffed). He explained that White Plains has a number of high rises and that one additional building is unlikely to significantly strain the resources of the fire department because modern high rises are equipped with high powered sprinkler systems and pumps, thus eliminating the need for numerous fire response vehicles with ladders and extremely long hoses etc He noted that fires generally occur on the lower floors of tall buildings and annual deaths from high rises total around 60 deaths nationwide. He explained that single family homes strain the department s resources much more significantly because they lack the fire response systems required under the building codes of larger buildings. He followed up with a more detailed answer to my questions from that phone conversation and request with an reply dated February 21 st at 10:43 AM: Hi Peter, See below. If you have questions please contact my office. Chief Lyman 1. What are nearest stations to 60 South Broadway? We assume that Station #6 is within ¼ mile and Station #3 is within ½ mile)- Yes 2. What fire prevention equipment is housed at Station #6? - One Engine Company, One Truck Company, One Rescue Company and the Deputy Chief in Charge of the Tour. Note: Instead of using Fire Prevention Equipment it is more appropriate to use the term Fire Emergency Response Equipment. 3. What fire prevention equipment is housed at Station #3? One Engine Company One potential future development scenario includes a 280 ft mixed use building (28 stories) with up to 1,749 residents in 858 housing units and 468,000 sq ft of retail, restaurant, hotel, and office space 4. Is current equipment (trucks, ambulances, emergency equipment etc) sufficient for a 28-story building? Yes we currently respond to buildings that are greater in height. 1

20 5. Fire call data was received from the City s emergency services public information/data liaison at the Police Department. Based on an 8 year average of existing data, we estimated the number of fire calls at and total calls at.07 per capita. On this basis, the maximum new residences could yield 122 new calls per year, of which 5 are likely to be fires. However, given the residential buildings will have onsite staff, the number of nuisance calls lock-outs, etc. should be reduced. Does this sound about right? Do you have other estimates? Are there other areas of concern? We will need to see the site and building plans to comment on other concerns. Your estimates are based on the total number of fires in the City which includes Structure Fires, Mobile Fires and Outside Fires (Trash, Natural Vegetation, and Equipment). Generally a building with well trained and knowledgeable staff that maintains the building as required by they code should keep the nuisance calls down Population 56,590 56,885 57,638 57,932 57,810 56,853 57,109 57,567 8-year Average Total Calls 4,122 4,328 4,197 3,798 3,886 4,168 4,448 4,243 4,149 Fires Calls per person Do the City s capital plans include planned construction for additional fire safety facilities in the future? None are planned. 2