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<br /> <br /> <br />Environmental, Planning, and Engineering Consultants <br /> 34 South Broadway <br /> Suite 401 <br /> White Plains, NY 10601 <br /> tel: 914 949-7336 <br /> fax: 914 949-7559 <br /> www.akrf.com <br /> <br /> New York City ● Hudson Valley Region ● Long Island ● Baltimore / Washington Area ● New Jersey ● Philadelphia <br /> <br />Memorandum <br /> <br />To: Town of Dover Planning Board <br />From: Laure Wassen <br />Date: March 5, 2018 <br />Re: Harlem Halley Homestead Site Visit <br />cc: Ashley Ley, AICP <br /> <br /> <br />The owners of Harlem Valley Homestead LLC (the “Applicant”) propose to renovate the existing farm <br />buildings and incorporate a farm stay program with cabins and tent sites, and farm based workshops (the <br />“proposed project”) at 147 Old Forge Road (Section/ Block/ Lot: 132600-7260-00-062777, 132600-7260- <br />00-089448, 132600-7260-00-123597, 132600-7260-00-981478) (the “project site”). On February 22, <br />2018, Ashley Ley and Laure Wassen from AKRF, Inc., Victoria Polidoro from Rodenhausen Chale, and <br />Planning Board members Chairman David Wylock, Valerie LaRobardier, and Peter Muroski, had a site <br />walk with the Applicant and their Engineer, Rich Rennia. <br />COMMENTS <br />AKRF provided comments on the proposed project in a memorandum dated February 5, 2018. While the <br />Applicant and their representative addressed some of these comments on the site walk, a formal response <br />should be provided to the Planning Board. The following additional comments are based on observations <br />from the site walk. <br />1. The Applicant indicated that the facility would be operated year round, and would host <br />approximately 120 people overnight. As noted in AKRF’s earlier memorandum, additional <br />information regarding the various overnight accommodations is required. <br />2. The Applicant indicated that they have retained a traffic consultant who is preparing a traffic impact <br />analysis. AKRF recommended that in addition to using Institute of Transportation Engineer (ITE) <br />trip generation rates, that case studies from similar sites in the Hudson Valley Region be considered. <br />The Applicant indicated that they anticipate visitors would travel to the site by car, or by Metro- <br />North and a shuttle operated by the Applicant. <br />3. Most of the project site is located within the New York State Agricultural District, with the exception <br />of the northernmost parcel. The Applicant has applied to place this parcel in the Agricultural District. <br />A decision is anticipated in April 2018.