Town of North Castle
Supervisor
Michael J. Schiliro
E-News Update
Hi Neighbors,
 
Hope you are all well and enjoying summer and these “long” days. My Dad would wait all year for June 21st - the “longest day of the year” - and then get a bit upset because on the 22nd the days starting to get a little bit shorter – LOL. We have a Town Board meeting tonight so I just wanted to touch base on a few topics. This won’t be long so thanks in advance for taking the time to read it.   

ZERO!!!:

And then there were none!! Meaning our active COVID cases in Town are at ZERO! Now that doesn’t mean you should throw caution to the wind, but all of your hard work in helping to Stop the Spread coupled now with increasing vaccinations has resulted in Zero active cases in Town. Thank You!!!, on behalf of the entire Town Board and Town Employees!!
EAGLE RIDGE:
 
As I’ve communicated prior, there is currently an application in front of the Town Board for the approximately 32.25 acre, vacant and undeveloped parcel adjacent to IBM in the Hamlet of Armonk, and the hearing reconvenes again tonight.  We have reconvened this hearing at the prior two Town Board meetings.

As background, in 2009 this property was separated from IBM's campus into two lots at the request of IBM and rezoned Office Business Hotel (OB-H). The current application is for a mixed-use development, meaning Hotel and age-restricted residential townhomes. The proposed Hotel would be a 115 room hotel on approximately 10.6 acres towards the front of the property, closer to Rte. 22, and the proposed 72 Age-Restricted Townhomes would sit on approximately 21.8 acres located towards the middle and rear of the site. The Townhome request utilizes the zone R-MF-SCH (Senior Floating Zone), the Hotel is a permitted use (“as-of-right”). Tonight is the continuation of the public hearing, so please participate if you’d like, we’d like to hear from you if you have an opinion or questions regarding this application.   

CANNABIS:

To be honest, when I was elected I did not think that I would be typing the word “Cannabis” as part of any Town wide email, but here we are. NYS passed the Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act (MRTA). The law provides for each municipality to determine its own path in regard to the Retail Sale and Public Consumption of Cannabis. We are holding a hearing tonight to consider a local law on this matter. The intent of this local law to opt out of allowing cannabis retail dispensaries and on-site cannabis consumption sites in the Town of North Castle that would otherwise be allowed under NYS Cannabis Law Article 4. The law allows for a municipality to make this determination up until the end of this year, but is subject to a permissive referendum, thus the only way to provide time for that is if we conduct the hearing and vote this far in advance. 
 
Additionally, if we decide to opt out now, we still reserve the right to opt in at a future date. However, if we do not opt out now, we lose that right in the future. Please participate in the hearing if you are interested! 
TOWN POOL:
This topic is easy….just join. Our Town Pool is open and ready for summer. We still have some mandated COVID protocols in place so all is safe. And it’s getting hot! (Except for today – 48 degrees this morning – even my dogs were confused!) Go to our Town website
(Rec Department) or call our Rec Department regarding your summer pool pass. 


PAVING:

As you’ve probably seen, there is much paving occurring in Town, and not just by us. NYS is paving Rte 22 from Middle Patent Rd down to Rte 120, and also portions of Rte 433 and also Rte 120 near the airport. My ask is to just be patient, as this work may cause some short term inconveniences but the end result is so worth it. As I’ve mentioned before, the Town is continuing its aggressive paving program through this year and next, when we will have finished paving every Town road. Please be patient and courteous with the Town workers, NYS workers, and the private contractors. Any issues that you have, just reach out to us.  
You made it to the end…. Thanks!!!!!!  The Town Board and myself enjoy seeing more of your faces (maskless) these days around Town, but please continue to be careful and wear your mask when needed and appropriate. And as always, Be Decent to each other. Continue to enjoy your summer.

Respectfully,

Mike

Michael J. Schiliro
Supervisor - Town of North Castle
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