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The town has been in talks with Westchester Land Trust to add the organization as a third party to the easement, according to North Castle Supervisor Michael Schiliro. The intention behind adding another party, Schiliro repeatedly noted at a meeting last Wednesday, is to limit a future Town Board's ability to change the easement's status.
Such a change can only be accomplished if all parties involved with the conservation easement, which limits future development rights, consent to do so. An easement with two parties would involve the town and site owner. Having a third party, according to Schiliro, would make a change harder.
Peter Coviello, a resident of the nearby Windmill neighborhood, called for specifying the currently contemplated scenario in the project's findings statement, which was the last document for its environmental review. Schiliro and fellow board members declined to do so; the supervisor cited other options that could still be considered, such as going with another third party or using another legal mechanism to tighten the easement, such as a deed restriction.
The conservation easement, as considered by the town and site owner Brynwood Partners, would leave the golf-course portion of the property restricted to either its current use or as open space. No other types of development would be allowed under the easement.
The Town Board is set to hold a public hearing on June 24 for legislation to map a new zone that it recently approved, which would apply it specifically to the Brynwood site.
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