Scarsdale BOT Approves SOWE Festival and Sidewalk Sale

The Scarsdale Village Board of Trustees held a quick meeting on Tuesday night July 8th. Mayor Steves opened the session by telling everyone about his disappointment that the Village was not able to hold their fireworks show on Thursday July 3rd. The Village managers are considering rescheduling the event for some time around Labor Day and will make an announcement when they have solidified their plans.

The northbound exit from the Bronx River Parkway onto Crane Road will be closed from Wednesday July 9 to Friday July 11 from 9:30 pm to 3:30 am due to the bridge construction.

Last the Board of Assessment Review, a group of volunteer residents is analyzing the hundreds of tax grievances that followed the revaluation and will consider each on objectively and make their determination. The Mayor thanked the Board for their service.

The Board passed two resolutions granting lease agreements to Sprint/Spectrum L.P. to maintain wireless communications facilities at Freightway Garage and on the smokestack at 110 Secor Road.

Two resolutions were passed to permit upcoming events to be held in Scarsdale Village.

The Annual Scarsdale Sidewalk Sale, sponsored by the Scarsdale Chamber of Commerce will take place Thursday July 31, Friday August 1 and Saturday August 2nd. The Chamber also requested the use of Chase Park to host entertainment on Saturday August 2nd.

The second Southern Westchester Food and Wine Festival (SOWE), also sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce will be held on Sunday September 21 in Scarsdale Village. The permit was approved and Scarsdale Police will monitor the outdoor beer and wine tent.

Leaf Mulching: The Village received correspondence from several people advocating alternatives to curbside leaf pick-up. Lena Crandall wrote about the benefits of mulching, Madelaine Eppenstein from the Friends of the Scarsdale Parks encouraged the Village to change their current leaf collection method, Michelle Sterling advocated for the bagging of leaves and Robert Berg, President of the Scarsdale Forum urged the Board of Trustees to issue a resolution to end the leaf vacuuming program.

The Mayor said that the trustees are currently studying the issue of leaf collection and also looking into the possibility of converting all the streetlights in the Village to LED light bulbs.