PRESENT: Chair: M. Kaplowitz. Members: U. LaMotte; V. Pinto;

J. Maisano.

STAFF: Steve Bass; Rob Hoch; Charlotte Ryer, Sec’y.

ALSO PRESENT: Gary Morris, Christine Tiernan (Harris, Inc.); Joe Foglietta, Pete Traub (NYS/DOT); Patty Chenka, Henry J. Stanton (WC/DOT); Irene Sandford (WC/AAB); Ann M. Cohen, Marion Rose (CWCWC); Gudrun LeLash (FCWC); Fedora DeLucia; Irene Stalzburg (Friends/Marshlands); Katharine McLoughlin (NYLCV).

The meeting was called to order at 3:35 p.m.. The minutes were held over until the next Committee meeting. Chair Kaplowitz reviewed correspondence - a letter was received from constituents regarding animal cruelty, which was referred to the Board agenda. Steve provided a letter from Commissioner Joyce Lannert, which she presented at last week’s Public Hearing of the DEIS in regard to the Millennium Pipeline project. Chair emphasized that the letter reflected the position of the Administration and Legislature, copies will be distributed to the Committee members. Chair announced that General Electric will hold a series of meetings on the GE Hudson River project. The nearest meeting will be held in Crotonville (Ossining) on Thursday, June 24^th – Steve will distribute a copy to each member. Chair presented a memo (dated 5/6/99) to the Committee, submitted by Board Chairman Latimer, from County Attorney Scheinkman, which was a response Resolution to the Board’s request to repeal Resolution #297-1997, regarding the GE Hangar. The original request was forwarded to the County Attorney’s office in December (‘98) or January (’99). Chair asked Steve to schedule a meeting for mid-June to discuss this issue in detail.

Next, Chair Kaplowitz introduced the guests from the NYS Department of Transportation, as well as, recognizing the Committee, Staff and other visitors attending today’s meeting. Joe Foglietta gave a brief update on the Route 120 project, using several maps for a visual presentation. He explained that because of the growth, both residential and commercial in the area, the NYS/DOT brought Bergman Associates on board to study the traffic patterns and to develop a transportation development plan for the Route 120 corridor. In 1997 Public Hearings were held in New York and Greenwich, CT – a series of update meetings were recently held in North Castle to discuss the effects on the Kensico Reservoir and transportation. A working copy of the supplemental draft environmental statement has just been released. The draft version will be released in August 1999 and a Public Hearing will be held in September.

Gary Morris was asked to discuss the alternatives of the proposed plan and the current status of the design. He explained that the project area is divided into three (3) components - Exit 3 area; Route 120 mainline; and Exit 2 area. In the area of Exit 3, (north on I-684) the primary concern is northbound in the late afternoon. The proposed plan is to add a double left turn lane and signalize both intersections, it is proposed that an 18-foot median which will allow turning lanes. The median will be landscaped and maintained. In regard to Route 120, there are 3 alternatives under consideration – a two-lane alternative, a hybrid alternative, and a full-lane alternative. Each of the alternatives proposes improvement to the intersections along the Corporate Drives along Route 120. The discussion continued and the proposed alternatives where explained with the use of maps. Mr. Morris also spoke of the alternatives (using two water-quality basins) for the quality of storm water in the area, stating that the existing roadway is primarily untreated, and that there are some closed drainage systems and some of the runoff spills directly into the Kensico. The first water-quality basin will be able to handle the first inch of runoff from a 24-hour storm, the remaining water will

go through an extended detention basin for further treatment of pollutants. The entire storm water management system was carefully reviewed, but due to time constraints, the focus has been on I-684 untreated storm water drainage. Mr. Morris asked Christine Tiernan to discuss the impacts of the salt-water management system.

Ms. Tiernan explained that a series of pollutant analysis was performed to generate existing pollutant lows and projected pollutant lows. The analysis was performed on three general areas; (1) Kensico Reservoir drainage area (at Route 120), (2) Bear Gutter Creek (at Route 120 & 22), and (3) the Byram River Watershed area. These areas were used as the storm water prototype to see how pollutant flows will be affected with the storm water drainage facility throughout the corridor, which is the first step of the project. The second step of the project deals with pollutant removal efficiency rate in the detention basins, which when applied with the pollutant lows generated through the first step, determines the ultimate pollutant removal floating into the Kensico Reservoir. When existing conditions were compared to proposed conditions, the results produced significant pollutant reductions. Chloride is the only pollutant in which no reduction is shown, because chloride is not recognized as a problem to the Kensico water quality. In summary, ultimately, the test will be run at every discharge point along the reservoir, and the results will be reflected in the final report.

Chair Kaplowitz questioned whether this will prove that the water will remain safe for drinking. Ms. Tierman replied that DEP requires that there is no net increase in pollutants, which has been well exceeded by reducing the actual pollutants that will end up in the reservoir.

Chair then thanked the guests for their participation. With no further business to discuss and on the motion of Legislator Maisano, seconded by Legislator Pinto, the meeting adjourned at 4:37 p.m.