Monday, Dec 23rd

Planning Board Approves Funding for Edgemont Road Crosswalk

This note was sent from Frank Kaiman to update Scarsdale10583 on the progress of building a crosswalk across Edgemont Road to Crane’s Pond: (From Frank) Although I was unable the Planning Board meeting last night, I spoke to Garrett Duquesne (the Town’s Assistant Planner) this morning who advises that:

1. The Board unanimously passed a resolution making a positive recommendation to the Town Board to use up to $75,000 of the Recreation Escrow to make the necessary predestination improvements to the Pond

2. The Board unanimously passed a resolution making an immediate finding that the current situation is a hazard and recommending that the Town hire a traffic safety expert to evaluate the project as proposed. Note that this is separate and apart from the first resolution – there is no linkage.

3. The Board defeated a motion (4 against, two in favor) recommending that the Town immediately paint a crosswalk and make such other immediate improvements pending the overall project.

As I understand it, the Planning Board will send the Town Board a memorandum in the next several days advising the Town Board of the foregoing. The Town Board will then schedule this matter for a work session. Garrett advised that the earliest it could be is NOT the next session but the one following that – I do not know when that is. I ofcourse intend to attend that work session.

So, we won at the Planning Board – I think the turnout helped a lot -- and we move on closer to the finish line.

Hats off to the Scarsdale 10583 and the Inquirer for the reporting they did.

Franklin R. Kaiman, Esq.