Draft Generic Environmental Impact Statement  Mount Vernon Senior Citizen Floating Overlay Zone  Zoning Code and Map Amendments  Appendix A  Resolution Establishing Intent for Lead Agency (Adopted June 26, 2013)  City of Mount Vernon, New York    Draft – September 2013 Draft Generic Environmental Impact Statement  Mount Vernon Senior Citizen Floating Overlay Zone  Zoning Code and Map Amendments  Appendix B  Notice of Intent for Lead Agency (Published June 27, 2013)  City of Mount Vernon, New York    Draft – September 2013 CITY COUNCIL CITY OF MOUNT VERNON ONE ROOSEVELT SQUARE MOUNT VERNON, NY 10550 CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS (914) 665-2352 · FAX (914) 668-6044 George W. Brown J. Yuhanna Edwards, President www.cmvny.com CITY CLERK Roberta L. Apuzzo Deborah Reynolds Lauren S. Carter Richard Thomas DEPUTY CITY CLERK Karen Watts Yehudah June 27, 2013 NEW YORK STATE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY REVIEW ACT (“SEQRA”) NOTICE TO POTENTIALLY INVOLVED AND INTERESTED AGENCIES THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MOUNT VERNON HEREBY DECLARES ITS INTENT TO BE LEAD AGENCY FOR THE COORDINATED ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW OF THE PROPOSED ZONING AMENDMENT TO CREATE A MULTI-FAMILY SENIOR CITIZEN HOUSING FLOATING OVERLAY ZONE Description of Action: The City Council is proposing to amend the Zoning Code of the City of Mount Vernon to create the RMF-SC Multi-Family Senior Citizen Housing Floating Overlay Zone along locations shown on the enclosed map. The Proposed Action requires: City Council creation of the zoning designation which is RMF-SC Multi-Family Senior Citizen Housing Floating Overlay Zone based on the recommendations of the Planning Board and Architectural Review Board. The Proposed Action is classified under SEQRA as a “Type I Action”. PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that pursuant to SEQRA, within thirty (30) days of the date of this Notice and the enclosed documents are mailed to you, a lead agency for the Proposed Action must be designated. The City Council has determined that it is the appropriate agency to serve as lead agency for the coordinated review of the Proposed Action. At a meeting of the City Council held on June 26, 2013, the City Council classified the Proposed Action as a “Type I Action”, declared its intent to act as lead agency for the coordinated review of the Notice of Intent Senior Citizen Housing Floating Overlay Zone June 27, 2013 Proposed Action, and authorized circulation of this notice and enclosed documents to involved and interested agencies. It is requested that as a potentially involved agency, you consent to the City Council serving as lead agency. If the City Council does not receive a response within the next thirty (30) days, it will assume that you have no objection to the City Council serving as lead agency. If, however, an involved agency does not agree that the City Council should be designated as lead agency, it may follow the procedures set forth in 6 NYCRR Part 617.6(b) (5). If you have any questions or comments, you may contact: Jennifer Ratan, Esq. Law Department City Hall-One Roosevelt Square Mount Vernon, New York 1055 (914) 699-2366, (914) 665-9142-fax George W. Brown City Clerk City Hall-One Roosevelt Square Mount Vernon, New York 1055 (914) 699-2351- Phone (914) 668-6044 - Fax Notice of Intent Senior Citizen Housing Floating Overlay Zone June 27, 2013 STATE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY REVIEW LEAD AGENCY RESPONSE FORM RESPONSE DEADLINE: JULY 29, 2013 TO: CITY OF MOUNT VERNON CITY COUNCIL ATTN: GEORGE W. BROWN, CITY CLERK PROJECT: The creation of the RMF-SC Multi-Family Senior Citizen Housing Floating Overlay Zone ______________________________________________________________________ The , as an involved agency: (name of agency) concurs with the designation of the City of Mount Vernon City Council as lead agency for the above referenced project. objects to the designation of the City Council as lead agency for the above referenced project. Comments, if any: Signature: Date: Print Name and Title: INTERESTED AND INVOLVED AGENCIES FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTIONS 1. New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner 50 Wolf Road Albany, NY 12233 2. New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Region # 3 21 South Putt Corners Road New Plaza, NY 12561-1696 3. New York State Division of Housing and Community Renewal Commissioner Hampton Plaza 38-40 State Street Albany, NY 12207 4. New York State Housing Trust Fund Corporation Environmental Analysis Unit Hampton Plaza 38-40 State Street Albany, NY 12207 5. New York State Housing Finance Agency Attn: Len Sebney 641 Lexington Avenue New York, NY 10022 6. New York State Department of Transportation SEQR Unit Traffic Engineering & Safety Division 4 Burnett Boulevard Poughkeepsie, NY 12603 7. Westchester County Department of Health 145 Huguenot Street, 8th Floor New Rochelle, NY 10801 8. Westchester County Board of Legislators 148 Martine Avenue, Room 800 White Plains, New York 10601 9. Chairman, Westchester County Planning Board 148 Martine Avenue, Room 432 White Plains, New York 10601 10. Westchester County Planning Department Attn: Lukas Herbert 148 Martine Avenue, Room 432 White Plains, NY 10601 11. City of Mount Vernon Zoning Board of Appeals City Hall- 1 Roosevelt Square Mount Vernon, NY 10550 12. City of Mount Vernon Urban Renewal Agency City Hall- 1 Roosevelt Square Mount Vernon, NY 10550 13. City of Mount Vernon Planning Board City Hall- 1 Roosevelt Square Mount Vernon, NY 10550 14. City of Mount Vernon Architectural Review Board City Hall- 1 Roosevelt Square Mount Vernon, NY 10550 The Following City of Mount Vernon Departments: Board of Water Supply Building Department Department of Public Works Fire Department Law Department Police Department The Following Neighboring Municipalities: 1. Village of Pelham Village Clerk 195 Sparks Avenue Pelham, NY 10803 2. Village of Pelham Manor Village Clerk 4 Penfield Place Pelham Manor, NY 10803 3. Village of Bronxville Village Clerk 200 Pondfield Road Bronxville, NY 10708 4. Town of Pelham Manor Town Clerk 34 Fifth Avenue Pelham, NY 10803 5. Town of Eastchester Town Clerk 40 Mill Road Eastchester, NY 10709 6. City of New Rochelle City Clerk 515 North Avenue New Rochelle, NY 10801 7. City of Yonkers City Clerk 40 South Broadway Yonkers, NY 10701 Draft Generic Environmental Impact Statement  Mount Vernon Senior Citizen Floating Overlay Zone  Zoning Code and Map Amendments  Appendix C  Resolution of Lead Agency (Adopted July 31, 2013)  City of Mount Vernon, New York    Draft – September 2013