Right now, the Zena Development project is in limbo because neither the Town of Woodstock nor the Town of Ulster’s planning board will review the application until the Woodstock ZBA appeal is resolved. And that hasn’t happened yet.
Residents of Eastwoods Drive and opponents to a proposed 30-home subdivision were angered and puzzled by a “Private Property” sign that appeared at the beginning of the road just days after a Woodstock ZBA hearing on the projects.
The sign appeared Monday bearing the words in all capital letters Private Property and No Trespassing.
“If you live in the neighborhood and have enjoyed strolling down Eastwoods in the years or decades — that you have lived here —, too bad, I guess,” reads a post by Zoe Keller on the Facebook group Stop Zena Development LLC.
“The sign speaks volumes to what kind of neighbors these people intend to be. Next could be a gate,” wrote Howard Cohen.
Eastwoods Drive neighbor Tara O’Sullivan said language about easements has been removed from deeds for her property and others.
“It’s come to our attention that, on several occasions there’s been trespassing on various areas of our land,” wrote Zena Development LLC co-principal Evan Kleinberg in an email in response to a question about the sign.
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“Considering the accusations against us and the variety of conspiracy theories that have been publicized over the course of our ownership of this land,” he explained, “we thought it prudent to remind folks in the community that this is indeed private property and we will take action against those that trespass. The homeowners along Eastwoods Drive all have easements to access their property and that will never change (despite the false accusation in the ZBA meeting last week), but otherwise this land is private.”
Zena Development LLC co-principal Eddie Greenberg said there had been “preliminary conversations with the fire department about the challenges our project could potentially create.”
Zena Development LLC co-principal Eddie Greenberg said a homeowners’ association payment is one mechanism to remove financial burdens on the Woodstock taxpayer. Such efforts were being blocked. “We are a bit frustrated because we are seemingly expected by the public and the ZBA to have formal solutions to potential challenges while simultaneously being blocked (via the ZBA appeal) from working with the planning board, which would be the correct forum to formalize these exact solutions,” Kleinberg complained via email. “The outstanding ZBA appeal “has effectively barred us from working with the relevant stakeholders and agencies on enacting and formalizing them.”
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