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Airmont resident urges immediate pothole repairs and enforcement of wetland condition over standing pond
Summary
At the April 7 Village of Airmont meeting, resident Kenneth Bresner urged the board to pressure the contractor on overdue pothole repairs on Regina and Christmas Hill and to enforce a subdivision condition requiring conversion of a standing pond to a higher-quality wetland to prevent mosquito-borne disease.
Kenneth Bresner, a long-time Airmont resident, told the Board of Trustees on April 7 that persistent potholes on Regina Road and Christmas Hill are creating a hazard and that a standing pond on Christmas Hill should be corrected under a subdivision condition.
Bresner said he has called the village three times about the potholes and that ‘‘there are some of them that…some of them are axle killers. They'll break your axle.’’ He told trustees the stretch runs ‘‘from Lee Avenue down all the way to Chestnut Ridge’’ and asked the board to direct the contractor to fix the defects.
The mayor responded that the contractor has been contacted and the village ‘‘is working diligently to fix it’’ and added, ‘‘we hope in the next within the next 4 weeks they have it all rectified. Maybe sooner, we hope, if all works out well.’’
Bresner also raised a secondary concern about a standing pond on Christmas Hill that was subject to a condition when a property split was approved. He said the approval required conversion of the pond ‘‘from a federal wetlands to a high quality wetlands’’ and warned the pond ‘‘becomes a problem for West Nile…because there's no it's not running water.’’ He added, ‘‘I know specifically people who've been killed by West Nile virus.’’
Trustees and staff said they would consult the subdivision paperwork and the village engineer to confirm what conditions were imposed and how enforcement would proceed. The mayor and a board member said they would speak with the village engineer about enforcement and whether the deed restriction or approved plans require remediation by the property owner.
Bresner identified himself as a former New York City Department of Environmental Conservation professional engineer and said remediation would require construction work by the property owner to convert the standing pond to the approved condition. Village officials told him they would review the file and follow up.
The board offered no formal deadline beyond the contractor-repair estimate for potholes; trustees asked staff to locate the subdivision documents and to report back.
