Yonkers Insider: Yonkers City Council: Yonkers City Council Meetings- June 6, 2023 by Yonkers City Councilwoman Corazon Pineda Issac 2nd District.

 

On Tuesday, June 6, 2023, the Yonkers City Council held a Stated City Council Meeting. All items on the agenda appear below, as well as the decisions taken by the City Council in regard to these items.

City Council Rules Committee Meeting Items for Consideration by Administration 1. Settlement Resolution – $ 950,000.00 – LIZA COSME v. ANTHONY SEVERO and CITY OF YONKERS - for personal injuries arising out of an alleged incident on December 3, 2019 where the plaintiff was driving on Nepperhan Avenue and was struck by a City vehicle driven by Anthony Severo. (Fiscal Impact – amount of settlement.) (All Councilmembers.) (Moved to Stated City Council Meeting agenda of June 13, 2023) 2. Special Ordinance – authorizing an encroachment in the Right-Of-Way on South Broadway, subject to certain terms and conditions. (No Fiscal Impact.) (Councilmember Williams.) (Moved to Stated City Council Meeting agenda of June 13, 2023) (Moved to Stated City Council Meeting agenda of June 13, 2023) 3. Special Ordinance – authorizing an encroachment in the Right-Of-Way on Pier Street, subject to certain terms and conditions. (No Fiscal Impact.) (Councilmember Williams.) (Moved to Stated City Council Meeting agenda of June 13, 2023) 4. General Ordinance – establishing a temporary moratorium on the issuance of licenses for businesses selling tobacco and related products in the City of Yonkers pending appropriate review. (No Fiscal Impact.) (All Councilmembers.) (Moved to Stated City Council Meeting agenda of June 13, 2023) 5. Resolution approving an agreement between the City of Yonkers and the Yonkers Uniformed Fire Officers Association (Moved to Stated City Council Meeting agenda of June 13, 2023) Items for Consideration by Council Old Business  1. A Local Law amending Chapter 47 of the Code of the City of Yonkers entitled "Outdoor Signs" (Moved to Stated City Council Meeting agenda of June 13, 2023)   2. Resolution – urging the Yonkers Public Schools to utilize Project Labor Agreements for certain appropriate construction projects. (No fiscal impact.) (All councilmembers.) (Moved to Budget Committee for further discussion)   New Business   3. Resolution of the City Council to accept the recommendation of the Landmarks Preservation Board to designate the area commonly known as the Wheeler Block Historic District as an historic district pursuant to Chapter 45 of the Code of the City of Yonkers (Moved to Stated City Council Meeting agenda of June 13, 2023)   4. Local Law authorizing the conveyance of city owned property (an approximately 3.88 acre portion of the parcels of property totaling approximately 6.272 acres located at 50 St. Joseph Avenue, 56 St. Joseph Avenue, 1 Cavalli Circle, 7 Cavalli Circle, 36 St. Joseph Avenue, 6 Cavalli Circle, 55 Vineyard Avenue, and 10 Cavalli Circle, Yonkers, New York (also designated on the tax assessment map of the city as Block 2081, Lots 1, 2, 3 and 4 and Block 2082, Lots 1, 2, 3, and 4, respectively), and the adjoining undesignated parcel/paper street referred to as Cavalli Circle) to Titan Real Estate Development LLC for the redevelopment of the property with the project described below. (Held in Rules Committee)   5. Special Ordinance discontinuing Cavalli Circle as a public street pursuant to Section 29 of general city law. (Held in Rules Committee) 6. Resolution of the City Council: 1) authorizing and directing the referral of the petition of Titan Real Estate Development LLC to the Planning Board for review and recommendation as required by Section 43-164(a) of the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Yonkers; and 2) scheduling a public hearing on: (a) amendments to the Ashburton Avenue Master Plan of the City of Yonkers; and (b) amendments to the Ashburton Avenue Urban Renewal Plan. (Held in Rules Committee) 7. Resolution of the City Council approving amendments to the City of Yonkers Ashburton Avenue Urban Renewal Plan and Ashburton Avenue Master Plan of the City of Yonkers affecting the real property known as 50 St. Joseph Avenue, 56 St. Joseph Avenue, 1 Cavalli Circle, 7 Cavalli Circle, 36 St. Joseph Avenue, 6 Cavalli Circle, 55 Vineyard Avenue, and 10 Cavalli Circle, Yonkers, which property is also designated on the tax assessment map of the city as Block 2081, Lots 1, 2, 3 and 4 and Block 2082, Lots 1, 2, 3 and 4, respectively (collectively, the “property”) . (Held in Rules Committee) 8. A resolution by the City Council of Yonkers requesting the Governor of the State of New York and the Mayor of the City of New York treat all people in a humane and respectful manner by putting an end to their inhumane and ill-conceived treatment of undocumented migrants by herding them up and driving them from place to place like livestock with the end result of literally, without any advance notice or preparation, unexpectedly dumping these men, women and children in unsuspecting surrounding municipalities, including the city of yonkers, without providing adequate support and necessary resources. (Moved to Community & Mental Health Services Committee for further discussion)   9. Commissioner of Deeds  (Moved to Stated City Council Meeting agenda of June 13, 2023) 9a. (Add-on) Resolution declaring the Yonkers City Council’s desire to serve as Lead Agency and to refer the City and County Planning Boards and all other involved agencies a proposed amendment of Chapter 43 of the Code of the City of Yonkers, known as the Zoning Ordinance and Zoning Map of the City of Yonkers to reclassify and rezone the property located at 900 North Broadway on the tax map as Block 3415, Lot 23, Section 3, from its present PEP district designation to the MG district (Moved to Real Estate Committee for further discussion; Also referred to City and County Planning) You can tune in to City Council meetings 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