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retaining wall

Topic 29 mentions · in our records since Dec 9, 2025
Geoffrey Haynes Michael Justin Kacur Michael Mastrogiacomo infrastructure 23 Nordica Drive Brook Street Maple Street Old Post Road North Bryan Healy Planning Board Trustee Simon Christine Christine Fernandez Janet Meyer
Transcript Board Of Trustees Sep 30, 2026 Speaker 3 38:11 →
Alright. So the rapid flashing beacon on Maple Street, we finally received approval from New York State DOT to move forward with the installation. DPW is set to begin work next Monday, October 5. One lane of traffic will be closed during the week whi…
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Transcript Zoning Board of Appeals Sep 15, 2026 Matthew Robinson 2:23 →
What I didn't realize is that I needed to give you what I mean, a permit for it at the time. And Ron knows we've permitted everything else we've done in the house, the kitchen, the plumbing, the bathroom redo, the retaining wall we built. So I just d…
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Transcript Board Of Trustees Sep 2, 2026 Bryan Healy 94:55 →
But just Ben was a big help. His last day was, last Thursday before school started again. And so just really wanted to thank him for all his efforts this summer. And then speaking of the engineering office, they will be closed to the public on Friday…
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Transcript Board of Trustees Work Session Jul 22, 2026 Maria Slippen 66:59 →
So that means if your neighbor's gonna put up a retaining wall in excess of six feet or put in a pool, you wouldn't be notified?
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Transcript Board of Trustees Work Session Jul 22, 2026 Nora Nicholson 67:55 →
No. It it's just time. Yeah. Right? I mean, it's just time. It's sort of like you're you're a resident in Croton. You own a piece of property. You wanna do some Mhmm. Put in a pool or build a retaining wall. I mean Yeah. It it sort of adds probably a…
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Transcript Planning Board Jun 23, 2026 Geoffrey Haynes 14:50 →
tangentially about the the large retaining wall behind the building. What are the maintenance, because it's it's critical to, you know, it's critical piece of infrastructure. What are the maintenance plans for that over the years? How do you make sur…
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Transcript Planning Board Jun 23, 2026 Speaker 10 35:29 →
there's seven spots that we put a a little retaining wall there. I might suggest you put a put signs up there to his property because, once things got get busy in the town, people will be parking in and taking a train.
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Transcript Planning Board Jun 23, 2026 Geoffrey Haynes 38:54 →
The applicants don't plan to to take down any trees. So the next sentence has to do with egress, and I'm suggesting that that sentence read regarding egress options are being discussed. There is a proposed egress window that would open and lead to a …
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Transcript Old Post Road Traffic Study Webinar Jun 11, 2026 Bryan Healy 6:06 →
And, again, this this roadway is very is very wide at its at its end, and so that allows for a wide turning radius and, you know, high rates of speed when turning. So for this area, again, they're proposing a bump out or a curb extension, that would …
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Transcript Old Post Road Traffic Study Webinar Jun 11, 2026 Resident (David) 23:17 →
Okay. So I guess there's no I mean, I think it sounds like you understand the issue that I have, and it sounds like there's no solution. It sounds like there's no solution to that. Well and that maneuver is particularly tricky because of that existin…
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Transcript Old Post Road Traffic Study Webinar Jun 11, 2026 Resident (Alicia Ann Feritero) (sp) 24:31 →
Can you hear me? Yes. We can. Okay. So I'm Alicia Ann Feritero. I am officially the longest living resident of Michaels Lane. I've lived here over fifty years. My parents were the original owners of one Michaels Lane purchased in 1951. So that retain…
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Transcript Planning Board May 26, 2026 Christine Fernandez 17:52 →
when it rains? We have a drain in the back corner of the driveway. I understand. Okay. Yeah. So there's a pipe along the right by that retaining wall, there's a downspout that goes into the ground, and there's piping underneath the driveway. And then…
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Transcript Planning Board May 26, 2026 Geoffrey Haynes 18:32 →
If we could go back to the building envelope just real quick. Yes. I think one of the issues that was pointed out was an egress on the side of the house that would be necessary from the basement to get out in case of emergency, I think it was. And Ye…
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Transcript Planning Board May 26, 2026 Justin Kacur 19:15 →
And then the sill can only be a certain height. It can't it can't go over, I believe, 42 inches, maybe 44. It might be 44 now. Think it's 44. So it'd be lower than that. So that window is obviously, you can open it very easily. You get out onto a lev…
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Transcript Zoning Board of Appeals Mar 17, 2026 James Tuman 32:51 →
we had to have a little bit of a higher retaining wall there. Yeah. I mean, it's a substantial retaining wall. In some points, it could be up to 14 feet.
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Transcript Zoning Board of Appeals Feb 17, 2026 Michael Mastrogiacomo 16:52 →
You wanna show We we started developing a landscaping drawing. So what we what we do is for screening around, we never just put a row of, you know, green dry and arborvitae, which a lot of people just do. We try to create a a mixture of some holly an…
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Transcript Zoning Board of Appeals Feb 17, 2026 Unknown Speaker 24:31 →
modifications, not here. Here, building a retaining wall to to catch this grade. It's not my glasses aren't that good. I'm trying to look at what you're pointing at. So here's the here's the proposed driveway. Right. I'm just to the left of it. This …
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Transcript Zoning Board of Appeals Feb 17, 2026 Deborah Schupack 53:38 →
Development consistent with the existing zoning, such as maintaining the parcel as a single lot without further subdivision for extensive clearing, remains a viable alternative that would avoid placing neighboring properties and public infrastructure…
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Transcript Board of Trustees Work Session Jan 28, 2026 Mike Borst 53:23 →
This is not stop controlled on either side, so you would have the pedestrian warning signage on both sides of the crosswalk as well as 200 feet in both directions. We'd also wanna maintain parking in front of the residential properties on Michaels La…
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Article Planning Board Dec 9, 2025 Read →
• Approved amended minor site plan for 23 Nordica Drive with revised retaining wall configuration • All conditions from original 06/20/2023 site plan resolution remain in effect • As-built drawings required prior to issuance of certificate of occupan…
Article Planning Board Dec 9, 2025 Read →
Mark Franzoso had a simple explanation for why the retaining walls at 23 Nordica Drive didn't match what the Planning Board originally approved: he was just making the place look nice. "When you build a house and you finish off especially the outsid…
Article Planning Board Oct 7, 2025 Read →
• Approved amended site plan for 25 South Riverside Avenue multifamily building • Required neighbor-agreed arborvitae plantings to be documented on final plans • Required wall certification before certificate of occupancy • Added condition requiring …
Article Planning Board Oct 7, 2025 Read →
One board member successfully pushed to add a condition requiring vine or similar plantings to soften the rear retaining wall — a detail not originally in the plan but roundly supported. "We try to augment even if we don't have to," Rossi said.
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