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2012 Summer Camp Registration

The 2012 Summer Camp registration is now open.  For more info please download the registration form below.

icon 2012 Rec - Senior Summer Camp Registration Form - For children entering grades 1-6 in the fall

icon 2012 Rec - Junior Summer Camp Registration Form - For children 4 and 5 years old

If you have any questions regarding summer camp you can contact the Recreation Department at 914-693-0024.

 

Mayor's Newsletter - March 2012

Dear Residents,
 
This is an update on some of the important things going on in Dobbs Ferry, including the budget process, ‘tax caps’, the Waterfront Shoreline Stabilization and Revitalization Project, and the mixed-use development proposal known as Rivertowns Square.

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Budget Message for 2012-2013 Budget from the Village Administrator

Mayor Connett and the Village Board of Trustees:

I am presenting, for your consideration and review, the tentative fiscal year 2012-13 operating budget. I look forward to reviewing and discussing this in more detail with the board over the coming days and weeks. I will shortly also recommend the scheduling of a Public Workshop to review operating requests with the Department Heads; and also a Public Hearing for the benefit of the Taxpayers. The final budget for the 2012-13 fiscal year must be officially adopted by the board by May 1st.

The recommended increase in the tax rate for this year’s budget is 3.22%.

This increase is due to the same key factors we faced last year. The main fiscal challenges facing the Village are not dissimilar to those that are impacting all municipalities throughout the region. These include the reduction of taxable assessments from lower real estate values, increases in mandated contributions to the NY State Retirement System, increase in hydrant rental fees and insurance cost, and the newly imposed NYS Tax Cap (Levy). This is the last year that we benefit from the savings in health insurance costs, which was due to action taken a couple of years ago to change the Village’s health care provider. The full impact and details are presented in this tentative budget. This is another year that each department has presented a hold the line budget. They are working hard to present a budget as low as possible to seek the highest level of service for the residents of Dobbs Ferry at the best possible costs.

The entire Budget Message is continued in the PDF below

icon Budget Message for 2012-2013 Budget (74.13 kB)

icon Final Tentative Budget for 2012-2013 (790.38 kB)

   

Special update on the SEQRA review process

This is an update on the SEQRA review process for the proposal known as Rivertowns Square.

On Monday January 23rd, the Village held the 3rdopen Public Hearing in a series regarding the review of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (‘DEIS’) for the proposal know as Rivertowns Square. This hearing presented another opportunity for residents and interested parties to hear about specific aspects of the proposal - and most importantly to allow the public to present questions, comments and concerns about specific aspects and/or potential impacts of the proposal - which must be answered and addressed by the applicant as the SEQRA review process moves forward.  At this meeting each of the village’s independent professional consultants also made presentations to help outline specifically what aspects of the proposal they will be focusing to provide their expertise in the analysis of all the impact issues (including but not limited to traffic, socio-economic, environment, landscape, storm water system and management, and quality of life).

Following the presentation by the applicant - and after comments from the public and the village’s consultants - the Village Board of Trustees voted on a motion as follows:

  • To close this segment of the Public Hearings for the DEIS review phase.
  • To extend the written public comment period for the DEIS review for a period of 30 days, which will be received up to close of business February 23, 2012.
  • To commit to schedule at least 1(one) Public Hearing for the Final Environmental Impact Statement (‘FEIS’).

The motion passed 5 ayes, 1 no, 1 absent.

Important points going forward:

  • The public and interested parties are encouraged to submit questions and comments regarding relevant aspects of the proposal, including potential impacts and mitigation, which will be accepted up to c.o.b. on February 23, 2012.  Comments can be mailed to: Village Administrator, Marcus Serrano, Dobbs Ferry Village Hall, 112 Main Street, Dobbs Ferry, NY 10522; or emailed to  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , or to the office of the Mayor  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
  • The Dobbs Ferry Planning Board will be meeting on February 2ndat 7PM at Village Hall. At this meeting the Planning Board will be addressing the issues it sees are necessary to answer in the FEIS.  As this is a Public Hearing, the     public is encouraged to attend this meeting.
  • The Dobbs Ferry board of Trustees will of course be meeting at its regularly scheduled dates (the 2ndand 4thTuesdays each month) and time (730pm). While there is a lot of other business to be conducted in the normal course of the regular agendas, the public is welcome to address the board in Persons to be heard; and of course can submit written comments, which are encouraged.

The Village will continue to update the residents and interested parties through-out the SEQRA review process. The Public will be kept informed and involved.

Mayor Connett

 

Rivertowns Square - Proposed Traffic Mitigation with Video

Note from the Village - The following is the Proposed Traffic Mitigation for the Rivertowns Square project, as presented by the Developer's Traffic Consultant.  All Traffic Simulation videos are available on the Village YouTube Channel, with playlists linked at the bottom of this article.

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