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Rye to seek grants for $3.495 million Rytown/Crawford Park stormwater project; council votes to apply
Summary
The Rye Town Council approved submitting a grant application for a roughly $3.495 million stormwater-management project at Rytown/Crawford Park that would capture neighborhood runoff, daylight a duck pond and connect flows to the storm drain; officials said the town is pursuing multiple grants and county funding to cover most costs.
Town officials presented a proposed stormwater-management project for Rytown/Crawford Park estimated at $3,495,000 and asked the council to authorize submitting an application to New York State and county grant programs.
Staff explained the project would capture stormwater runoff from the neighborhood, pipe excess flows away from the duck pond, and redirect water to the municipal storm system to mitigate pond overflow. The project description includes daylighting the duck pond and installing buried conveyance to connect into the existing storm drain near Dearbornne (as described in the meeting record).
Council members discussed funding: staff said there is an application pending to the county stormwater-management fund that would cover about 50% of project costs, and they mentioned a state Environmental Facilities Corporation/GRG grant that staff described as covering a large share (the exact percentage referenced in meeting remarks varied and was not fully specified). Meeting remarks noted that obtaining multiple grants would be necessary because the project estimate exceeds $3 million.
Staff said the project design had been prepared by an engineering firm referenced in the meeting record (named in the transcript as "Dal Roadfeld Engineers"—the transcript spelling could be an error; no contract number was cited during the presentation). The council moved, seconded and approved the resolution to submit the grant application.
No local match appropriation was approved at the meeting; staff said the goal is to secure grant funding to limit the town’s local share. Implementation steps include pursuing the county and state grant rounds and coordinating project design and permitting.
What happens next: staff will submit the grant application and continue pursuing complementary county/state grants; if grants are awarded, the council will consider contract awards and any required local match at a subsequent meeting.
