Continuum to Submit FEIS to Planning Board Wednesday

Continuum Company LLC. will present the Irvington Planning Board with a final draft environmental impact statement (FEIS) and bring them up to speed on the changes to their proposal to transform the 4.63 acre property at 30 South Broadway into an assisted living and dementia care community at Wednesday’s board meeting.

“The goal was to respond to the concerns and issues that were brought up following our submission of the DEIS [draft environmental impact statement] and to revise our plan to mitigate those impacts,” said Continuum Company LLC’s Executive Vice President Scott Aaron. “We touched on a few more technical issues and now that FEIS is complete we want to give the planning board a summary of the main issues and how we mitigated them.” 

The proposed $35 million development—which includes 121 units (81 assisted living units, 40 memory care units with a total of 168 beds)—has caused concern among some local residents, including exacerbating traffic on Broadway, burdens to the local ambulance corp., the size of the project in relation to the size of the property, as well as the effects of zoning changes that the project would require.

Continuum Company LLC—who is in negotiations to purchase the property, also known as the FEE site—is requesting that the multi-family zoning district be amended to allow assisting living facilities with a special permit, provided that the site is close to Main Street. 

“We’ve made a proposal to IVAC [Irvington Volunteer Ambulance Corp.] to address their personnel and economic concerns,” said Aaron. “So, we are currently in discussion with them about that.”

Aaron said that he doesn’t expect the site to generate many 911 calls, as there will be trained staff on site and a private ambulance to deal with non-life threatening emergencies and that residents will all wear medical alert devices. 

Continuum presented its updated proposal, which shrinks the size of the buildings and make it easier for emergency vehicles to enter and exit the property, to the Irvington Village Board in July.

The changes in the plan, which were in response to requests made by the Irvington Planning Board, include: 

• moving the main parking lot under ground
• establishing wider setbacks from Broadway and the Old Croton Aqueduct
• making the buildings shorter and less visible from the main road

There are two different variations of the proposal, which include keeping existing building on site or demolishing them and/or building new ones. Click on Continuum’s fact sheet for more information on the project.

“It’s a great quiet use for the property and is in keeping with the character of Irvington,” said Aaron.  “I think it would be a great addition to the village. This property is being sold. Something is going to be built there. An assisted living facility is beneficial to the community, it has very little traffic, and it doesn’t burden the schools. It’s certainly the best fit as a use for this property when you weigh all of the options.”

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