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Residents urge halt to Mamaroneck Avenue School solar carport, citing flood risks and missing permits
Summary
At a school board meeting residents urged the board to stop the Mamaroneck Avenue School solar carport project, saying footings have been placed over an aquifer near Ralph Avenue Creek without stormwater controls and alleging the project lacks a required flood‑plain development permit; the board took no formal action.
Residents at a Mamaroneck Union Free School District board meeting called on the board to halt construction of a solar carport at Mamaroneck Avenue School (MAS), citing flood‑risk, environmental and permitting concerns.
Karen, a neighborhood resident, told the board that 15 footings for the MAS carport have already been installed “in areas that were previously grass,” and that some of the footings sit on top of an aquifer roughly “50 feet from Ralph Avenue Creek,” which she described as a known flood zone. She said no stormwater management measures have been implemented and urged the board to “permanently halt this project and begin the process of remediating the damage that’s already been done.”
The concerns were echoed by Daniella Camarda, who identified herself as a parent and a flood‑impacted resident. Camarda said her family has been displaced multiple times by floods and described the board’s decision to move forward with the MAS carport project “without the legal required flood plain development permit” as both an administrative and an “ethical” failure. “Safety must come first,” she said, urging the board to honor its equity commitments and prioritize community input.
Neither speaker reported a response from the board or staff that night addressing the permitting or stormwater‑control claims. Earlier in the meeting, district staff detailed a range of facilities and energy performance projects and announced a separate $500,000 grant to upgrade electrical capacity at the high school; those updates did not include a staff statement on the MAS carport permitting or stormwater controls.
The board closed public comment and did not record a vote or motion to stop the MAS carport project at the session. The board announced a Sept. 16 meeting with a comprehensive presentation on district planning and a series of meetings for the school year; no additional procedural action on the carport was recorded at the meeting.
