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MOUNT KISCO, N.Y. After many months of going from meetings to the drawing table and back, the Mount Kisco Planning Board and Northern Westchester Hospital announced Tuesday theyve reached a compromise on the lighting layout for the hospitals proposed parking structure.
Lighting had stood as a stumbling block in the plan's approval, so the board formed a subcommittee to work on the issue.
Doug Hertz, a member of boards subcommittee on lighting, said Tuesday night at a meeting at village hall that he and fellow board member and subcommittee head, Anthony Sturniolo, met with the hospital.
We did look pretty seriously at a number of alternatives, he said. The hospital provided us with all the data requested and while there is no perfect solution, I think the solution that weve all come up with is the best compromise of all the possibilities that we considered.
The two-story parking structure, which will have more than 450 spaces and addresses the hospitals longstanding parking shortage issue, got site approval as part of a hospital development plan the board passed in 2009.
The first part of that plan was the Mary & David Boies Emergency Department, completed last year. The second part was the parking structure, which it was planned would stand in place of a parking lot south of the building. A revised site plan for the structure was approved in December. However, the lighting plan was not approved of by the board.
Some of the boards concerns included the lifespan and strength of the proposed LED lighting, as well as the view the surrounding residents would have of the garages rooftop light poles, which some thought were too tall.
After the board passed the revised resolution, chairperson Joseph Cosentino took the time to thank the subcommittee and the hospital. I know its going to be a good project for the community, he said.
Its not going to look like an airport or a space that a 747 could land on, Cosentino said. I think your engineers did a great job and its the best were going to get. Were really proud of it.
Representing the hospital was attorney Nathaniel Hollis of Shamberg Marwell and Hollis, P.C. He addressed the board in the company of hospital President and CEO Joel Seligman, Vice President of Facilities Michael Caruso, and the hospitals consulting team.
Well do our best and we thank you for the hard work and the diligence in helping us get to this point, Hollis said. We wont let you down.
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