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Also attached to this agenda item: LWRP NYS Project 2023-0878 Memo from WAC to VB re%3A NYS Project 2023-0878 Westchester County Parks Department Croton Point Park...

On motion of TRUSTEE -, seconded by TRUSTEE -, the following resolution was adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Croton-on-Hudson, New York; with a vote of -. Resolution #3-2024 WHEREAS, the Village of Croton-on-Hudson has received a request from the New York Department of State Coastal Consistency Unit to conduct a Local Waterfront Revitalization Program (LWRP) Consistency review for the Westchester County Parks Department Croton Point Park Bulkhead Wall Coping Replacement Project (NYS Project 2023-0878); and WHEREAS, the Village Board has referred the assessment form and permit application to the Waterfront Advisory Committee for review; and WHEREAS, the Village Board has received a recommendation of consistency from the Waterfront Advisory Committee with the Village’s Local Waterfront Revitalization Program; and NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED as follows: The Village Board of Trustees makes the following findings regarding the applicability of the LWRP policies and the consistency of the Proposed Action with those policies and conditions of the LWRP which it found applicable: POLICY 7: Significant coastal fish and wildlife habitats will be protected, preserved, and, where practical, restored so as to maintain their viability as habitats. POLICY 19: Protect, maintain, and increase the level and types of access to public water­related recreation resources and facilities so that these resources and facilities may be fully utilized in accordance with reasonably anticipated public recreation needs and the protection of historic and natural resources. In providing such access, priority will be given to public beaches, boating facilities, fishing areas and waterfront parks. POLICY 20: Access to the publicly-owned foreshore and to lands immediately adjacent to the foreshore or the water's edge that are publicly- owned shall be provided and it should be provided in a manner compatible with adjoining uses. Such lands shall be retained in public ownership. POLICY 23: Protect, enhance and restore structures, districts, areas of sites that are of significance in the history, architecture, archaeology or culture of the state, its communities or the nation. The remaining policies and conditions of the LWRP not specifically discussed above, were reviewed and found not to be applicable, NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED: that based upon the above, the Village Board of Trustees confirms its determination that the Proposed Action, the Westchester County Parks Department Croton Point Park Bulkhead Wall Coping Replacement Project (NYS Project 2023-0878), complies with the policy standards and conditions set forth in the Village’s LWRP. Dated: January 10, 2024