Yonkers Insider: Yonkers City Council Meeting - January 25, 2022.

 

The Yonkers City Council held several committee meetings yesterday evening, Tuesday, January 25, 2022. We held a City Council Stated Meeting, a Real Estate Committee Meeting, a Budget Committee Meeting, and a Community Services and Mental Health Committee Meeting. All items on both agendas appear below, as well as the decisions taken by the City Council. Real Estate Committee Meeting 1. Amending a Planned Urban Renewal Development Special Use Permit on property known as 86 Main Street also known as Block 513, Lot 2 pursuant to Article 7 of the Yonkers Zoning Code. (Moved to Rules Committee Meeting on February 1, 2022).   2. Accepting the Final Generic Environmental Impact Statement (FGEIS) on the proposed Ludlow Community Plan (TOP) Adoption and Zoning Amendments (“Ludlow Rezoning”) (Moved to Rules Committee Meeting on February 1, 2022). Budget Committee Meeting   1. Special Ordinance- Of the City of Yonkers, New York, determining the terms, form and details of issuance of $28,490,000 General Obligation refunding Serial Bonds-2022a (forward delivery) and $11,840,000 General Obligation refunding Serial Bonds-2022b (forward delivery) of the city, directing their private sale, and providing for the rights of the holders of said bonds and other obligations of the city (Moved to City Council Stated Meeting on January 25, 2022). 2. Special Ordinance - 2022 Bond Ordinance of the City of Yonkers, New York authorizing funding for various Capital Projects included in the city’s 2021-2022 Capital Budget, as amended; stating the total estimated maximum cost thereof is $6,849,000; appropriating said amount therefor; and authorizing the issuance of bonds of said city in the principal amount of not to exceed $6,849,000 to finance said appropriation (Moved to City Council Stated Meeting on January 25, 2022). 3. Special Ordinance- Amending the City of Yonkers Capital Budget for Fiscal Year 2021/2022 by increasing the Capital Budget by $6,849,000 (Moved to City Council Stated Meeting on January 25, 2022). 4. Resolution State Environmental Quality Review Act for various Capital Projects in and for the City of Yonkers (Moved to City Council Stated Meeting on January 25, 2022). Community Services and Mental Health Committee Meeting   1.      Resolution of the City Council of the City of Yonkers calling on the State of New York to open a testing center for COVID-19 in the City of Yonkers. (Moved to Rules Committee Meeting on February 1, 2022). City Council Stated Meeting 1. Special Ordinance - Ordinance of the City of Yonkers, adopted January 25, 2022 determining the terms, forms and details of issuance of General Obligation Refunding Serial Bonds-2022A and Serial Bonds02022B of the City of Yonkers, directing their private sale and providing for the rights of the holders of said bonds (Adopted 7-0) 2. Special Ordinance - Authorizing funding for various capital projects in and for the City of Yonkers (Adopted 7-0) 3. Special Ordinance - Amending the City of Yonkers Capital Budget for Fiscal Year 2021/2022 by increasing the Capital Budget (Adopted 7-0) 4. Resolution - SEQRA for various Capital Projects in and for the City of Yonkers (Adopted 7-0) 5. Resolution - Appointment of John Liszewski as the Commissioner of Finance and Management Services (Adopted 7-0) 6. Resolution - Accepting the donation of training equipment from the Leary Firefighters Foundation (Adopted 7-0) 7. Resolution - To declare the City Council's intention to Seek Lead Agency Under SEQRA for the amendment of Chapter 43 of the Code and the Zoning Map of the City of Yonkers, commonly known as the Zoning Ordinance and Zoning Map of the City of Yonkers regarding the premises known as 273-297 Glenwood Avenue, 146 Lake Avenue, and164 Lake Avenue fronting on both Father Finian Sullivan Drive and Somerville Place, the "Property" from "M" District to the adjacent "A" District. (Adopted 7-0) 8. Resolution - Establishment of the number of Commissioner of Deeds (Adopted 7-0) 9. Resolution - Resolution - Commissioner of Deeds (Adopted 7-0)

I encourage Yonkers city residents to keep up with these items to stay current on what is happening in our city! As a friendly reminder, although the City Council has resumed its in-person Stated meetings, all Committee meetings, including Rules, will be held virtually for the time being. Tune in via the City Council Facebook page, City Hall TV (accessible via the City of Yonkers website), Optimum channel 78, or Verizon Fios channel 39. 

Best regards,   Hon. Corazon Pineda-Isaac E-mail: corazon.pineda.isaac@yonkersny.gov Tel: (914) 377-6312

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