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County Exec Signs Sale and Lease of Silver Lake Park to White Plains
Posted on Wednesday, October 16 @ 14:09:30 EDT by jfbailey
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WPCNR County Clarion-Ledger. From Westchester County Department of Communications. (EDITED) October 16, 2002:County Executive Andy Spano today signed legislation that preserves open space and creates White Plains’ first waterfront park and allows for construction of at least 17 units of affordable housing.
COUNTY TURNS OVER SILVER LAKEFRONT TO WHITE PLAINS: A portion of Silver Lake's western shore (seen from the Harrison shore), that will become a waterfront park under county legislation signed Wednesday.
Photo by WPCNR News
Under the two-way Deal, he county will lease to the city for 30 years almost 2 acres of nearby land on Silver Lake, to provide the city with waterfront land and an entryway to the county-owned Silver Lake Preserve. The property, formerly owned by Dellwood Dairy, was purchased by the county more than a decade ago. The lease provides that the property be opened to all county residents.
THE DELLWOOD PROPERTY, to be leased to White Plains that includes about 18 acres underwater (western shore of Silver Lake). The city plans extensive forestry work on the site, including trails, and benches to turn it into a "passive" recreation park where boats can be sailed on the lake. Uses of the site will be determined by meetings between the city, the neighborhood, and the Recreation Advisory Committee in future weeks.
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Affordable Housing on Way.
Under a package approved last week by the Board of Legislators, Westchester will purchase just over 10 acres of undeveloped land on Lake Street in the Silver Lake section of the city for $950,000 from the estate of Emilio Pettinicchi and Antonietta Verano.
FORMER REVOLUTIONARY WAR SAWMILL, PART OF PETTINICCHI PROPERTY, will be preserved, and the affordable housing units built to the right of the mill, alongside Lake Street, slightly south of the headwaters of Silver Lake.
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Approximately 1.65 acres will be sold to a developer for $1, who will construct affordable townhouses. (The county will issue requests for proposals to select a developer.)
SITE OF WHERE TOWN HOUSES WILL BE BUILT: The Pettinnicchi Saw Mill is the white building to the left of the shot. The entrance to White Plains new waterfront park is at the blue sign.
Photo by WPCNR News
Once built, these units will be sold to households whose incomes do not exceed 80 percent of the county’s median income – or $70,000 for a family of four. The rest of the property will be preserved as open space.
Said Spano, “This is another example of what we can accomplish by working together with local governments. With these projects, we provide for the construction of much-needed affordable housing and preservation of scarce open space in our cities and help White Plains create its first-ever waterfront park.”
White Plains Mayor Joseph Delfino praised the action, saying, “Creating a lakefront park for White Plains has been a top priority of mine since I became mayor, and I am thrilled that this dream has become a reality.”
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