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TO: Elizabeth Neville, Town Clerk(for Distribution to Supervisor Russell and
Town Board Members)
FROM: Leslie Kanes Weisman,ZBA Chairperson/Department Head
RE: COMBINED MONTHLY DEPARTMENT HEAD AND NEW
APP'LICATIONS/FEES REPORT for: October 2019
DATE: November 4,2019
L Requires Immediate Attention: Nothing at this time
II. Board. and Office Policies, Practices, and.Activities:
ZBA 12equired Annual Training for 2020
Pursuant to Town Board Resolution 2000-738, on October 7, 2019 ZBA Members
Weisman, Acampora, Dantes and. Planamento completed their four hours of required
annual training for 2020 by attending a band Use Training Program for Municipal
Planning and Zoning Officials at Hofstra University.
III. Financial/Budget/PersonnelIss7ues:
ZBA Annual Budget for 2020
On October 15, 20191 met with the Town Beard to discuss the ZBA 2020 budget. I
also explained that the number of applications to the ZBA has been steadily
increasing and are frequently more and more complex in nature. T reviewed the
initiatives we have already taken to"catch up"and several ideas that are under
discussion by the members of the Board of Appeals and the ZBA office staff to
handle the increased load so that applicants are not excessively delayed by the
required appeals process. The ZBA will follow up on this discussion with the Town
Board in the near future.
1V. Activities of the Board/Accomplishments:
Regular Meeting: Date: 10/10/2019 Call to Order: 8:40a.m. Adjourned: :50 p.m.
Public Hearin s: Total: 12
Number of new applications heard 10
Number of carryovers from previous hearings: 2
Number closed reserving decision to later date:
Number closed subject to receipt of additional information: 0
Number adjourned to another date: 5
Number of Resolutions passed: 28
Number of decisions made: 3
Number of decisions tabled: 0
Next,ReizAlar Meeting. 11/7/2019
5ZLcial lVleet�'n�: Date: 10/24/2019 Call to Order: 5:10 p.m. Adjourned: 6:45 p.m,
Number of assigned draft findings discussed: 10
Number of decisions made: 10
Number hearings closed: 3
Number of adjourn to another date: 0
Number of decisions tabled: 0
Number of hearings re-opened: 0
Number of Resolutions passed: 19
V. Staff Activities
Number of people assisted at the counter: 67
fours ent,assisting: 9 hours, 45 minutes
(Assistance includes filling out new applications,mailings and postings,providing
copies of decisions, FOIL requests and other materials, and general inquiries)
Number of F.O.I.L. requests, P n—cessed.by staff: 4
VI. Meetings
10/15/19—ZBA budget hearing with the Town Board
10/15/19—TA Duffy re: specific application before the Board
10/16/1.9—Meeting with all ZBA staff and Department Head
10/17/19—Chief Building Inspector Verity re: de minimus request
10/30/19—Chief Building Inspector Verity and TA Duffy re: de minimus request
10/31/19—Michael Collins, Town Engineer, and ZBA staff re: procedures for
requesting comments from Engineering on certain ZBA applications
10/31/19—Carrie O-Farrell, ZBA consultant, and Board Assistant Fuentes,re.
upcoming ZBA SEQRA hearing on the DEIS and Special Exception
Permit for the proposed Enclaves Hotel and Restaurant in Southold
VII. MONTHLY REPORT ON NEW APPLICATIONS AND FEES COLLECTED
New ApRficat ns ia�Oct+�ber: 15 Fees Collected in_October: $9,500
Respec fully Submitted
Leslie Kanes Weisman, Chairperson/Department Head