Hoping That Yorktown Gets Underhill Farms Review Right
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I want to thank Aaron Bock for his efforts on Yorktown’s Planning Board. While the rest of the Planning Board have openly stated that the major issues regarding Underhill Farm development have been settled, Bock has the integrity to still ask the developer’s experts, his fellow board members and town attorney the unanswered questions.
Are the Planning Board’s decisions and overlay redistricting modification supported by law? Can the developer define what is ‘senior friendly’ or a “wetland?” Is the developer getting their taxes deferred (delayed) or abated (forgiven)? What about the still unresolved historic aspects and density considerations? What does restoring Underhill Mansion really mean?
Even though Bock says he is in favor of this development, his actions show his commitment of doing it the right way according to the law, within the proper proportions and not ignoring community concerns. Hopefully, Bock can get the rest of the Planning Board to his way of thinking. After two-plus years, so many details of the proposed development are ultimately left to the whims of Unicorn Contracting and remain uncodified and ambiguous.
Is that the Planning Board’s attempt at being flexible or is Yorktown literally handing over a blank check to Unicorn Contracting to do whatever they want?
Stephen Brown
Yorktown
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