UPDATED: Council to Vote on FASNY Scoping, Water Rates, Resident Parking Permits

• Correction: Fran Jones is no longer president of the Concerned Citizens for Open Space

The White Plains Common Council has a full agenda for its December meeting to be held Monday, Dec. 5 at 7:30 p.m. at . 

The council will vote on whether or not to adopt the French-American School of New York’s (FASNY) scoping document for its draft environmental impact statement (DEIS) required for its application for a special permit to develop a day care center and nursery school through high school campus at the former . Click for details on the project.

FASNY’s application to build a school campus at the former Ridgway Country Club requires them to conduct studies that assess the impact of their project. The scoping document determines what will be addressed in the studies. 

The council must vote on whether to adopt the scope as having addressed all issues and concerns raised through public comment and by City staff. Click for a full background on the approval process FASNY must undergo for their project.

Click for more information on the scoping document, and click here to read the actual scoping document submitted to the council for approval, dated Nov. 29.

Some residents who are —and say it would overwhelm the neighborhood with traffic and negatively impact the environmental sensitivity of the site—have expressed concerns that the scoping document isn’t complete and, that their comments were left out.

“Lately it seems that input from the citizens who are supposed to be represented is not taken seriously or entirely overlooked,” said Frances Jones, co-president of the White Plains Council of Neighborhood Associations and Concerned Citizens for Open Space member, in a letter to Councilwoman Milagros Lecouna and Councilman-elect Dennis Krolian, that was sent to the entire council and dated Nov. 23.

“If our ideas are not really wanted, or are intended to be cut, then please do not put us through the sham of asking us to participate. A lot of time and energy was spent not only by me, but by others who took the time to study the situation and submit comments for the FASNY scoping.”

Click on the PDF to read Jones' full letter.

What do you think should be included in the scoping document? 

Add you letter to the editor as a PDF to this story by clicking “add your photos,” underneath our photo or tell us in the comments. 

The council will also vote on proposed water rates (click for that story); creating a resident evening and weekend parking permit (click here for more information on that); as well as the approval of bonds for storm drain and sewer line improvements. Click here for the full agenda.

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