The board closed the public hearing on Blythedale Children's Hospital's three-phase expansion after five hours of testimony dominated by nearby residents pushing back on traffic, safety, and loss of tree buffers. The hospital's legal team requested a negative environmental declaration; neighbors and the Conservation Advisory Council urged a positive declaration and full environmental impact study. The board deferred its CEQRA decision to a future meeting pending a 10-day written comment period.
Meeting outcomes
- **2 Walker Road (Valhalla)** — Approval resolution directed for preparation (5-0 vote) for rooftop solar on Department of Water Supply facility: 601 kW array on UV Treatment Building, 177 kW array on Four Bay Building; board unanimously supportive, no public opposition; resolution to be voted at next meeting.
- **50 Deerfield Lane South (Pleasantville)** — after board motion for denial without vote; applicant requested adjournment. Main dispute: perimeter fence relocated 10–15 feet from flagged wetland line, changed to aluminum picket (6-foot height, 2-inch ground clearance, 4-inch openings); board divided—chair and town engineer strongly opposed fence in buffer, others more sympathetic to constrained homeowner; applicant considering moving fence to pool perimeter only.
- **835 & 855 Sleepy Hollow Road (Briarcliff Manor)** — Lead agency declaration for SEQRA Type 1 action approved unanimously (5-0); applicant proposing 18-hole championship golf course, private country club, and 75 residential units (mostly single-family, ~18 townhouses) on 200+ acre Rockefeller property (Fieldwood Farm); text amendment pending before Town Board; 30-day circulation period for Environmental Assessment Form and to agencies.
- **Washburn Avenue (Briarcliff Manor)** — Lead agency for CEQR environmental review approved unanimously (5-0); modification of previously approved 2006–2012 Grandview Farms subdivision eliminating one roadway connection to Charleston (result of prior litigation); single access point now proposed instead of two; board to conduct full environmental review comparing prior 2012 environmental impact statement to current plan.