local situation. Being a Pro-Housing Community is required for a community to have access to $650M in state funds. As of this writing there are more than 100 certified Pro-Housing Communities, and hundreds more with applications to the program under review. A municipality is eligible to be considered a ProHousing Community in the downstate area (which includes Croton-on-Hudson) if they can show one of the following: • • • Permits increasing their housing stock by 1% over the past year; Permits increasing their housing stock by 3% over the past three years; or A commitment to achieving one of the above goals; At the time the Board adopted the resolution applying to the Pro-Housing Communities program, the Village had met both of these goals. However, an analysis of the units currently authorized, along with the proposed units at Lot A, showed that the Village would dip below the 1% annual growth rate over the next ten years. 2 The Village has applied for, or is applying for, over $7M in New York State funding, including through the Mid-Hudson Momentum Fund, the Consolidated Funding Application and the NY Forward program, where Pro-Housing status is a requirement. The award of these state grants would fund significant improvements to Croton’s infrastructure and amenities without requiring revenue from local taxpayers. 1 Half Moon Bay Drive The Village received a zoning petition in July from the new owners of 1 Half Moon Bay Drive to enable development of a six-story multifamily building with 280 apartments. Their zoning petition requested that the Village Code be amended to raise the allowable building height and alter the Village’s Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) definition. All the information on this proposal is available on the Project Page at www.crotononhudson-ny.gov/1HMBDrive. The Village Board declared themselves as the lead agency required for state environmental review so the project could be assessed before making any decisions. As part of this process, the Village Board sought the views of the Westchester County Planning Board and subsequently received a letter from the County Planning Board which questioned the project’s height and was skeptical of the expansion of the TOD definition. The Board reached a consensus that the current 1 Half Moon Bay proposal was neither viable nor a good fit for the Croton community and, therefore, should not advance. At this time, the Board retains jurisdiction over this matter and can review an amended proposal if one is submitted. The Lot A Proposal Following public review and study in 2021, the Village Board amended the Village Code in 2022 to permit Transit-Oriented Development on Light Industrial parcels on Croton Point Avenue, west of Route 9, with a maximum height of five stories. The entirety of the area where TOD uses would be permitted represents less than 1% of all land in the Village. In 2023, based on post-pandemic commuting changes, a citizen task force prepared a Request for Proposals (RFP) to use the overflow train station parking lot for multi-family housing under the new zoning. In 2024, WBP Development LLC was chosen to develop Lot A and also agreed to purchase the neighboring lot. This four-year public process can be viewed at the Project Page at www.crotononhudson-ny.gov/LotA. The RFP required that a minimum of 20% of units be set aside as affordable units. WBP submitted a proposal for all-affordable condominiums, presently numbering 100 (comprised of 46 1-bedrooms and 54 2-bedrooms). WBP and the Village Board agreed, as part of the adopted term sheet, that funding would be sought from Westchester County and New York State to make this affordable home ownership development possible. If the funding from the state and county does not come to fruition, the project would likely become a rental development with 80% of the units being market-rate and 20% being affordable units. Affordability and maximum income levels would be set consistent with HUD Income, Sale and Rent limits for Westchester County. AKRF, Inc., a planning and engineering firm, was retained by the Village Board, at the applicant’s expense, and has been analyzing potential impacts of the project through multiple lenses (State 3 Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA), Local Waterfront Revitalization Program (LWRP), the Village Code, etc.). AKRF has provided its initial review memorandum, which has been posted to the Project Page. There is a public hearing on September 18th and residents are encouraged to share their views with the Board. The Village Board has received a memorandum from the Village Planning Board regarding the Lot A proposal. A number of the concerns raised by the Planning Board, such as adequate fire protection and traffic, are being reviewed by AKRF and that information will be provided to both the Village Board and the public as soon as it is available. Additional information has been submitted in recent days by WBP, such as a