FASNY Vote to Come Before White Plains Council Wednesday, Aug. 5
The White Plains Common Council has scheduled a Special Meeting, Wednesday, Aug. 5 at 7 p.m. in Council Chambers at City Hall, to consider the proposed discontinuance of a portion of Hathaway Lane between Ridgeway and Gedney Esplanade pursuant to Section 152 of the White Plains Charter and Section 29 of the General City Law as well as the application submitted by the French American School of New York (FASNY) for a Special Permit for a “private elementary and secondary school,” at 400 Ridgeway.
The above notice was posted on the White Plains city website Monday morning.
The agenda for the Special Meeting was posted last Thursday with the contents of an ordinance and resolution before the Council. Together as the Final FASNY Project, they consider the closing of a portion of Hathaway Lane, approval of the school’s Site Plan and Special Permit to run a private school in the residential zone in which the site is situated.
The ordinance to change the official City Map regarding Hathaway Lane and the resolution on the FASNY special permit both contain a communication from former White Plains Planning Commissioner Susan Habel, who was called out of retirement to work on the FASNY applications. Habel is working as a Management Associate.
In the Hathaway Lane ordinance the Council will vote on the (1) discontinuance of a portion of Hathaway Lane, a public street, from Ridgeway to a point 50 feet south of the southerly property line of the property known as 57 Hathaway Lane; (2 ) an amendment to the Official Map of the City of White Plains (“Official Map”) pursuant to General City Law Section 29; and (3) the conveyance of such discontinued portion of Hathaway Lane to the French American School of New York for an amount to be established by the Common Council by separate ordinance, and subject to such terms, conditions and easements as are necessary to protect and provide public access or private utility company access to any municipal or other public and private utilities, and further subject to separate provision for a two-way public access through the French-American School property between Ridgeway and the northerly public portion of Hathaway Lane.
The vote on the Special Permit considers (A) Special Permit/Site Plan for a “Private Elementary School” and “Private Secondary School;” (B) Site Plan Approval for an accessory “Nursery School;” (C) Special Permit/Site Plan Approval of accessory tennis courts.
The Zoning Resolution considers the FASNY site as consisting of several parcels and includes approval of a Final Transportation Management Plan, Final Site Landscaping Plan, Final Conservancy Area Master Plan, Final Construction Management Plan for the FASNY School Project, and Final Declaration of Covenants, Restrictions and Easement.
The documentation includes the approved Environmental Findings Statement adopted by the Common Council on December 19, 2013, and the Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP) approved by the Commissioner of Public Works effective May 15, 2015.
The meeting will be broadcast on the City’s Government Access cable channels – Cablevision channel 75 and Verizon Channel 47.
