PETITION TO SAVE POCANTICO LAKE

Pocantico Lake County Park is under threat from a proposed real estate development that will irrevocably blight its shoreline.

In 1990, Westchester County designated Pocantico Lake and its surrounding shores, cliffs and wildlife as one of Westchester’s most Critical Environmental Areas
(CEA). Despite that designation, a subdivision of nearly three dozen houses on the shoreline of Pocantico Lake County Park is now being proposed by a developer at 715 Sleepy Hollow Road, Mt. Pleasant, NY. This development is likely to increase water pollution into the lake, destroy wildlife habitat, ruin a county park that represents one of the last, remaining county watershed wilderness areas enjoyed by thousands of Westchester residents and damage Rockefeller State Park downstream.

We need to act now! The Mt. Pleasant planning board is currently deciding whether or not this proposed development should be subject to a full environmental review under NYS State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQR), a review that would help minimize negative environmental consequences that this development will undoubtedly bring. The developer, on the other hand, opposes the requirement of a full environmental impact statement (EIS) pursuant to SEQR, and is seeking to avoid public scrutiny.

DEMAND A FULL SEQR ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW OF THE PROPOSED 31- HOME SUBDIVISION DEVELOPMENT AT 715 SLEEPY HOLLOW ROAD, MT. PLEASANT, NY.

MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD!

By signing your name and address below you are asking the Mt. Pleasant Planning Board to make a positive SEQR declaration and that:

(i) the planned development must not move forward until all the potential, negative impacts on Pocantico Lake, our County and Town Parks, Rockefeller State Park, and the surrounding watershed can be publicly examined and fully considered;

(ii) all reasonable alternatives are considered and mitigation measures adopted;

(iii) all evaluation and permitting procedures under state and county laws are followed;

(iv) there is full public participation and transparency; and

(v) there will be no significant, adverse environmental effects on Pocantico Lake, our County and Town Parks, Rockefeller State Park and the surrounding watershed.