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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTB-03/23/2021 ELIZABETH A.NEVILLE �OgUFFO(�C Town Hall, 53095 Main Road TOWN CLERK PO o�y PO Box 1179 co y Southold,NY 11971 REGISTRAR OF VITAL STATISTICS oy yr Fax(631)765-6145 MARRIAGE OFFICER dol yaa Telephone:(631)765 - 1800 RECORDS MANAGEMENT OFFICER southoldtown.northfork.net FREEDOM OF INFORMATION OFFICER OFFICE OF THE TOWN CLERK SOUTHOLD TOWN BOARD REGULAR MEETING March 23, 2021 7:00 PM A Regular Meeting of the Southold Town Board was held Tuesday, March 23, 2021 at the Meeting Hall, Southold,NY. Call to Order 7:00 PM Meeting called to order on March 23, 2021 at Meeting Hall, 53095 Route 25, Southold, NY. Attendee r'aitzaton, rrivTitle Sarah E.Nappa Town of Southold Councilwoman Remote James Dinizio Jr Town of Southold Councilman Remote Jill Doherty Town of Southold Councilwoman Present Robert Ghosio Town of Southold Councilman Remote Louisa P. Evans Town of Southold Justice Remote Scott A. Russell Town of Southold Supervisor Present I. Reports 1. Justice Court Reports II. Public Notices 1. NYS Liquor License Class Change III. Communications IV. Discussion 1. 9:00 Am - Kevin Webster 2. 9:15 Am - Councilman Ghosio, Denis Noncarrow, Jack Malley 3. 9:30 Am - Councilman Ghosio, Michael Collins Southold Town Board Regular Meeting March 23, 2021 page 2 4. 9:45 Am -Michael Collins 5. 10:00 Am - Councilman Dinizio, Chief Flatley 6. Opening of Town Buildings 7. Town Attorney 8. Proposed Code Amendment to Chapter 280 "Zoning" Corner Lots—Set Public Hearing 9. Proposed Amendments to Ch. 70 from the Agricultural Advisory Committee- to be Referred to Code Committee 10. Community "Big House" Forum Request by Civic Associations 11. Justice Review/Reform Task Force Next Steps 12. Set Public Meeting for Love Lane Traffic Study 13. Request for Emergency Trailer Permit 14. EXECUTIVE SESSION -Proposed Acquisition(S), Sale or Lease of Real Property Where Publicity Would Substantially Affect the Value Thereof 15. EXECUTIVE SESSION -Labor-Matters Involving the Employment of a Particular Corporation 16. EXECUTIVE SESSION -Litigation/Potential Litigation Opening Comments Supervisor Russell SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: Please rise for the Pledge. Thank you. We actually have, before we get to the regular business of the agenda, we actually have a couple of presentations that we would like to make. One is actually a presentation that is going to be on behalf of the Historic Preservation Commission and I see members Ted Webb, Mariella Ostroski, Fabiola Santana and Joe McCarthy, the presentation is going to be from them to William Goggins who restored the, as we all know, the Glenwood Hotel in Mattituck. I was in there recently, the restoration was absolutely painstaking. It looks like the original, the building, I am sure, as it did when it was first built. We also want to point out before I, Ted, I am going to have you and Mariella, Ted is the outgoing chairperson and Mariella the incoming, so I don't know who wants to present, all four of you can present. But as we are presenting this, I also want to point out something we should all be aware of and that Bill is actually, this isn't the first house he has restored or the first property he has restored, coming into the corridor of Mattituck, from Laurel into Mattituck, he actually restored an old farmhouse up towards Laurel and also in his current headquarters, he took a building that had been under invested in for years and actually invested in it and made it a Southold Town Board Regular Meeting March 23, 2021 page 3 very attractive structure. So that is equally important to the landscape and to the character of the community of Mattituck. So, Ted, Mariella, why don't you come up. TED WEBB: This is an opportunity for the Historic Preservation Commission to say thank you to a member of our Southold community who does exactly what we wish everybody else would do and that is restore and maintain historic properties in this beautiful town we call Southold. So you have done that,we want to take a moment to say thank you, so we have prepared this proclamation and I would like to read it to you 'Whereas the Town Board of the Town of Southold wishes to join with the Southold Town Historic Preservation Commission in recognizing those in our community who have worked to preserve our historic landmarks and whereas the old Glenwood Hotel in Mattituck is recognized as one of the earliest large residences on the North Fork(going back to 18601 believe) and whereas the dwelling was built and lived in by Samuel Warren Sneden and his family until the 1870's and whereas the building was purchased by Jacob A. Brown and converted into a hotel and cafe in 1892 and whereas Louis Dohm, a local plumber, purchased the hotel in 1919, renaming it the Glenwood Lodge and whereas in 2000, after falling into disrepair for many years,the building was purchase by attorney Bill Goggins, who meticulously restored the dwelling for its present use as a professional building and whereas this is a prime example of how historic buildings can be preserved and utilized in new ways, now therefore be it resolved that Mr. Goggins is being honored for his diligence and respect for our history, in his successful effort to restore and maintain this important structural example of our town's history.' On behalf of the Historic Preservation Commission, thank you and congratulations sir. MARIELLA OSTROSKI: Thank you sir. BILL GOGGINS: Thank you. I appreciate it. I think the recognition should also go to this Town Board and the prior Town Board's that supported historic restoration and if it wasn't for them, the North Fork wouldn't be what the North Fork is, so I think recognition should go to this Town Board. SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: Thank you Bill. MR. GOGGINS: Thank you, and I appreciate this. Thank you Mr. Supervisor. SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: Okay, now we are going to have outgoing chairperson Ted Webb come up, we are going to present a plaque to Ted. Why don't the other members come up. Properties that are designated as historic structures in Southold Town are eligible for a plaque with the town seal that signifies and recognizes the historic importance of the property and the fact that it's a protected structure. Traditionally we give these plaques out to people who have these properties that are not just part of the district but who absolutely are maintaining it to it's original standard. The Rackett/Webb house in Orient, Village Lane built around 1845, which is the home that Ted owns and maintains lovingly, I should say, we are going to present this to you for all you do for that structure and on a personal note, I want to thank you for everything you have done for the Landmarks Preservation Commission of this town, I hope people can appreciate just how hard you all work. Southold Town Board Regular Meeting March 23, 2021 page 4 TED WEBB: Thank you, Supervisor. I just want to add a couple of words if I may, I want to thank you for being so supportive of the commission and of me personally during the two years of my chairmanship. It comes to a halt on March 31, that's the last day of my service on the commission. You have been there for us,you have given us guidance, you have given us support and you have given us encouragement. We appreciate it. We thank you. SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: We recognize your hard work, this last budget I had actually budgeted I think a 10 % increase in your pay, we don't pay you anything, we don't pay you anything, so the 10 %, I should have thought of that before I budgeted it. Anyway, congratulations. MR. WEBB: Thank you sir. I forgot one thing, Mr. Supervisor, I know all the member of the Town Board aren't here tonight but would you share this little brochure we put together that tells people how to get their houses listed? SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: Absolutely. MR. WEBB: Thank you. SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: I am going to ask anybody that would like to address the Town Board on any of the agenda items? Karen Wallace KAREN WALLACE: I am Karen Wallace, I live in Mattituck. I want to just raise some concerns and I think it's on the agenda, regarding the accessory recreational use provision which has been a topic of discussion in recent work sessions, am I on the right track here? SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: Yes, you are. We actually are going to notice that tonight for a public hearing in 30 days but yes, since it is on the agenda you can discuss it. MS. WALLACE: Okay, great. I am just concerned that, I listen to your work sessions and I listen very closely to Jim Dinizio's comments being he has 30 years on the ZBA. So his expression of concern that this recreational use would create a blanket use in all of the zones and as I read the code text that was not provided this morning but was provided in the backup to your March 9th meeting, I would see a pathway to allowing what is happening in our neighborhood as what I consider to be an impermissible use and I am not here to discuss the details of that but an impermissible use on farmland would become a permitted use if it were structured correctly. The way your statute is written, the way your code section is written. A use is accessory to a community center or other not-for-profit use. That's a very vague statement to me. I don't know what's going to be coming up as the town, you know, in your public notice but having spent many years working with exempt organizations at Price-Waterhouse, not for profit use really isn't an appropriate expression. The NFL is not for profit. The US Tennis Association is not for profit. Chambers of commerce are not for profit. I think it is a very inappropriate use, the not Southold Town Board Regular Meeting March 23, 2021 page 5 for profit use. And similarly, parcel with rec use must be owned by community center or similar not for profit corporation. You're setting up a structure here such that this activity which is going on in our vicinity could become permissible to the extent that a person creates a organization which has exempt organization characteristics and creates some type of so-called lease, 10 year lease, which is very vague in my understanding of what that means. So, I am very concerned about this and I think others should be too because I don't think it's consistent with the comprehensive plan that was worked on so hard by all of you folks and is a wonderful representation of what the town's future should be but the comprehensive plan identifies the recreational priorities as being stuff like an indoor swimming pool or hiking courts or bowling alley and the stuff that you are identifying here is tennis courts, pickleball, playgrounds and the like. I mean, it's way too broad and I gather that it's all in connection with some project on Fishers Island that wants a picklball court, that sounds terrific. That sounds wonderful and it's entirely appropriate but this statute as it is written is an invitation to allowing what is happening next door to happen throughout various spots in this town and I think that is very inappropriate and I don't understand the need for this and I am deeply concerned about it. SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: Would anybody else like to address the Town Board on any of the agenda items? Meryl Kramer MERYL KRAMER: Hi, this is Meryl Kramer, I just want some clarification. I am not sure whether the item I thought was on the agenda tonight is, so I don't want to speak out of turn. I thought that you were going to be addressing some town code changes with regard to the Historic Preservation Commission and board members and how they can be, I guess, addressing other boards in the town with regard to the ethics, ethics code of town, so I am not sure if that is on your agenda tonight or not and I certainly don't want to waste your time talking about it i£..? SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: It's on, it's going to be scheduled, we are setting for a public hearing, it's resolution 2021-237, I think. COUNCILWOMAN DOHERTY: It is a public hearing. JUSTICE EVANS: It is a public hearing tonight. SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: Okay, yes, Meryl, that's an excellent question, but if you look at the changes, it actually changes the code from the exclusion from the code of ethics, in other words, it specifically going to permit members of the Historic Preservation Commission that hold professional licenses appearing on the behalf and or representing others before other town boards, commissions, committees, departments provided that the subject matter of the appearance or representation is not within the jurisdiction of the Historic Preservation Commission. So it's basically allowing people that hold professional licenses to represent people, clients and others before the other boards but it does still preclude a member from representing a client before their own board which isn't permitted by state law. MS. KRAMER: Right, so I understand that was changed and that is a positive step forward but I think, I don't, it still precludes an acting licensed professional in the Town of Southold such as Southold Town Board Regular Meeting March 23, 2021 page 6 myself who is interested in sitting on the board and has been approached by board members asking to be involved in the commission that does work obviously that's valued by the town, I cannot sit on the board because part of my practice is working on projects that are within the Historic Preservation Commissions purview and I am wondering,just one thing and then I am going to stop... SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: I was just going to suggest that when we have the public hearing, give us a few minutes to get the agenda out of the way, we will go to public hearing and then we want to hear your comments so it's part of that record. MS. KRAMER: Oh, okay, I am so sorry. SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: I am sorry, I should have thought of that. I thought we were noticing the hearing tonight, I didn't realize we were having the hearing tonight. MS. KRAMER: Okay. Supervisor Russell SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: Would anyone else like to address the Town Board on any agenda items? (No response) Special Presentation Historic Preservation Commission Awards V. Resolutions 2021-210 CATEGORY. Audit DEPARTMENT. Town Clerk Approve Audit RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby approves the audit dated March 23 2021. ',,'Vote Record=R6solutionrRES-2021-210 0 Adopted ❑ Adopted as Amended _ _ ---- -------- ----- - - --- ;-- ❑ Defeated Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain j Absent ❑ Tabled Sarah E Nappa j Voter 0 El ❑ ❑ Withdrawn James Dimzio Ir Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Supervisor's Appt Jill Doherty Seconder 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Tax Receiver's Appt Robert Ghosio Voter 0 ❑ ❑ j ❑ ❑ Rescinded Louisa P Evans ( Mover 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Town Clerk's Appt Scott A Russell j Voter D ❑ ❑ j ❑ ❑ Supt Hewys Appt --- -- - _-__ -- --El No No Action Southold Town Board Regular Meeting March 23, 2021 page 7 ❑ Lost 2021-211 CATEGORY. Set Meeting DEPARTMENT. Town Clerk Set Next Town Board Meeting RESOLVED that the next Regular Town Board Meeting of the Southold Town Board be held, Tuesday,Aril 6 2021 at the Southold Town Hall Southold New York at 4:30 P. M.. �a=�� ,� ,.� � � �!Vofe Recoi d=resolution REQ-2021 211 _nM' •�, 0 Adopted ❑ Adopted as Amended ❑ Defeated ❑ Tabled Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent ___ ❑ Withdrawn Sarah E Nappa Voter 0 ❑ ❑T _ ❑ 11Supervisor's Appt James Dmizio Jr Voter 0 ❑ El ❑ ❑ Tax Receiver's Appt Jill Doherty Seconder 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Rescinded Robert Ghosio Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ( ❑ ❑ Town Clerk's Appt Louisa P Evans Mover 0 ❑ ❑ } ❑ ❑ Supt Hgwys Appt Scott A Russell Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ No Action ❑ Lost 2021-212 CATEGORY.• Contracts,Lease &Agreements DEPARTMENT. Town Attorney SCBOE Agreement Financial Impact:Early Voting polling place RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby authorizes and directs Supervisor Scott A. Russell to execute the Agreement between the Town of Southold and Suffolk County Board of Elections in connection with leasing Southold Town Human Resource Center within the Living Room, Activity Room and Sumoom to be used as Early Voting polling place for Special, Primary and General Election days covering June 10, 2021 to November 9, 2021 subject to the approval of the Town Attorney. -/,V6teRe6rd-,Rei6lutioiiRES-2021=212 0 Adopted ! Wes/Aye No/Nay _ Abstain ( Absent ❑ Adopted as Amended ❑ Defeated Sarah E Nappa j over D ❑ ❑ I ❑ ❑ Tabled .lames Dinizio Jr ' Voter 0 ❑ ❑ El 0 Withdrawn .lilt Doherty t Voter 2 ❑ 0 ❑ Southold Town Board Regular Meeting March 23, 2021 page 8 ❑ Supervisor's Appt Robert Ghosto ( Voter Q ❑ ❑ 1 ❑ ❑ Tax Receiver's Appt Louisa P Evans Seconder Q ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Rescinded Scott A Russell r Voter Q ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Town Clerk's Appt � ❑ Supt Hgwys Appt ❑ No Action ❑ Lost 2021-213 CATEGORY.• Attend Seminar DEPARTMENT: Accounting Attend Seminar-Accounting RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby grants permission to Kristie Hansen-Hightower, Michelle Nickonovitz and Laura Arena to attend a webinar on government finance on April 8, 2021, and Michelle Nickonovitz to attend a webinar on government finance on April 22, 2021. All expenses for registration and travel to be a legal charge to the 2021 budget A.1310.4.600.200 Meetings and Seminars)-. �Vote Reeord' kesolutibnRM202Y-213' Q Adopted ❑ Adopted as Amended ❑ Defeated ❑ Tabled Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent �.-.�__� El Withdrawn Sarah E Nappa Voter Q ❑ 0 i ❑ ❑ Supervisor's Appt James Dmizio Jr Mover Q ❑ ❑ j ❑ ❑ Tax Receiver's Appt Jill Doherty Seconder Q ❑ ❑ j ❑ ❑ Rescinded Robert Ghosio Voter Q ❑ ❑ a ❑ ❑ Town Clerk's Appt Louisa P Evans Voter Q ❑ ❑ 1 ❑ ❑ Supt Hgwys Appt Scott A Russell Voter Q ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ No Action ❑ Lost 2021-214 CATEGORY.• Advertise DEPARTMENT. Recreation Advertise for Seasonal Summer Positions RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby authorizes and directs the Town Clerk's Office to advertise for two (2) consecutive weeks for a part-time assistant beach manager, lifeguards, and beach attendants for the 2021 beach season. Southold Town Board Regular Meeting March 23, 2O2l page 02 Rl Adopted 11 Adopted as Amended 0 Defeated • Tabled Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent Jill Doherty Mover 13 0 E] El Tax Receiver's Appt 0 0 Rescinded Robert Ghosio I voter [21 Ej 11 7_0 El Town Clerk's Appt Louisa P Evans Voter lZ 0 0 El El Supt Hgwys Appt Scott A Russell Voter 2 0 0 [1 11 No Action 0 Lost 2021-215 CATEGORY.- Emp\oymeut-BBQ DEPARTMENT. /\ou000dog Approve Resolution NumherJ83J-043 RESOLVED that the Town Board ofthe Town nf Southold hereby ratifies and approves Resolution Number 202l-U28of the Fishers Island Ferry District adopted March l5, 2U2lwhich reads aofollows: WHEREAS the District ratified the August 17, 2017 Stipulation of Agreement with CSEA, Inc. Local 1000, AF3CME,AFL-CIO regarding Advancement Ladders and; WHEREAS said Advancement Ladders define qualifications and minimum wages for certain positions and; Whereas Mr. Daniel Eagan has completed his training and management recommends that he be promoted tofull captain. Therefore, it is resolved with effect February 25, 2021 to increase Mr. Eagan's Captain (F|FD) salary to $2800 per hour and simultaneously Mr. Eagan is releasedfnohis part-time Deckhand (FIFD) position. Southold Town Board Regular Meeting March 23, 2021 page 10 ❑ No Action ❑ Lost 2021-216 CATEGORY: Committee Resignation DEPARTMENT. Town Clerk Accept Resignations RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby accepts the resignation of Tracy Burgess Levy from the Aircraft Noise Committee, Susan G. Dingle from the Anti-Bias Task Force and Joseph Conwayfrom the Police Advisory Committee effective April 1, 2021 . V Vote;ReCOPd-Resolution`RESI-2021=216.x'z 0 Adopted ❑ Adopted as Amended ❑ Defeated Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent ❑ Tabled -----—- ---- — --------- ❑ Withdrawn Sarah E Nappa Voter ❑ ❑ ❑ James Dmizio Jr Voter 0 ❑ ❑ j ❑ ❑ Supervisor's Appt _- ❑ Tax Receiver's Appt Jill Doherty�� Voter 0 ❑ El ( 11 ❑ Rescinded Robert Ghosio Mover 0 ❑ ❑ ( ❑ ❑ Town Clerk's Appt Louisa P Evans Seconder 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Supt Hgwys Appt Scott A Russell Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ( ❑ ❑ No Action ❑ Lost 2021-217 CATEGORY. Budget Modification DEPARTMENT.• Accounting 2021 Budget Modification- Capital(Richmond Creek Drainage) Financial Impact: Establish budget for Suffolk County Soil& Water Conservation District agreement WHEREAS the Town Board of the Town of Southold has approved an agreement with the Suffolk County Soil and Water Conservation District which provides capital funding for drainage, and WHEREAS the Town's Capital Budget process requires a resolution to amend Capital Budget items in the Capital Fund, now therefore be it RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby authorizes the amendment of the Capital Budget as follows: Southold Town Board Regular Meeting March 23, 2021 page 11 Increase Revenues: H.2389.70 Misc Revenue, Other Governments S/C Soil & Water Conservation $50,750 Total $50,750 Increase Appropriations: H.8540.2.100.350 Stormwater Mitigation, Richmond Creek Drainage $50,750 Total $50,750 ✓,,Y toR e-rd 4 e o 0 Adopted ❑ Adopted as Amended ❑ Defeated ------ ----------------_—�___—_ — — -- ——– — --– Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent ❑ Tabled 11 Withdrawn Sarah E Nappa Mover 0 ❑ ❑ 11 ❑ Supervisor's Appt James Dmtzto Jr Seconder 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Tax Receiver's Appt Jill Doherty Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Rescinded Robert Ghosio Voter 0 ❑ ❑ { ❑ ❑ Town Clerk's Appt Louisa P Evans Voter LI ❑ ❑ ( ❑ ❑ Supt Hgwys Appt Scott A Russell Voter RI ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ No Action ❑ Lost 2021-218 CATEGORY.• Attend Seminar DEPARTMENT. Assessors Attend Seminar-Assessors RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby grants permission to Claire Glew to attend two Webinars entitled, "Reading & Understanding Deeds", on March 31, 2021 from 9 am - 4 pm and, "Partial Exemption Administration", on June 9, 2021 from 9 am - 4 pm, all registration costs to be a legal charge to the 2021 Assessors budget. 'Vote�Reeoed-Resoldtion'RES-2021-238= =�� �` Q�'�> r";��` ;,,: `� �;,: = � 0 Adopted ❑ Adopted as Amended ❑ Defeated Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent ❑ Tabled ❑ Withdrawn Sarah E Nappa Voter 0 ❑ ❑ El ❑ Supervisor's Appt James Dimzio Ir Mover 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ El Tax Receiver's Appt Jill Doherty Seconder 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Rescinded Robert Ghosio Voter — 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Town Clerk's Appt Louisa P Evans Voter 0 �— ❑ El ❑ El Supt Hgwys Appt Scott A Russell j Voter D ❑ ❑ D El No Action ❑ Lost Southold Town Board Regular Meeting March 23, 2021 page 12 2021-219 CATEGORY.• Legal DEPARTMENT. Town Attorney Property Damage Payment RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby authorizes and directs the payment of the sum of Two Thousand and Fifty Nine dollars and zero cents ($2,059.00) to Jewel Escobar for property damage stemming from an incident on February 14, 2021, subject to the approval of the Town Attorney. ✓Yote,Record�Tjllesolution RES-2021-219 m 0 Adopted ❑ Adopted as Amended Defeated _ Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent ❑ Tabled ❑ Withdrawn Sarah E Nappa Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Supervisor's Appt James Dmizio Jr Seconder; 0 ❑ I ❑ ❑ ❑ Tax Receiver's Appt .till Doherty Mover 0 ❑ i ❑ ❑ ❑ Rescinded Robert Ghosio rVoter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Town Clerk's Appt Louisa P Evans Voter _ 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Supt Hgwys Appt Scott A Russell Voter 0 _❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ No Action ❑ Lost 2021-220 CATEGORY: Public Service DEPARTMENT: Highway Department 2021 Spring Clean-Up RESOLVED by the Town Board of the Town of Southold that the Highway Department Spring Cleanup will start on Monday, April 19, 2021 in Orient Point. Our Highway crews will remove only BRUSH and LEAVES and work in an Westerly direction until they reach Laurel. All Leaves Must Be In Biodegradable Paper Bags,NO EXCEPTIONS. We can only pass through an area once; be it fiirther RESOLVED that the Town Board hereby authorizes the acceptance of residential brush free of charge for four weeks, at the Southold Town Compost Facility in Cutchogue (leaves are always accepted free). This four-week grace period is for those homeowners who wish to take their brush directly to the Town's compost site themselves. The grace period will start Thursday, April 1, 2021, and end Friday, April 30. 2021; be it further Southold Town Board Regular Meeting March 23, 2021 page 13 RESOLVED that commercial landscaping and tree removal companies will no longer be permitted to deposit any loads of branches or yard debris for removal in the Town's right-of- way. It will be the homeowner's responsibility to make certain that their contractor(s) haul their yard debris to the Cutchogue Compost Facility as anyone observed dumping in the Town right- of-way will be fined for illegal dumping; and, be it further RESOLVED that the Fishers Island Spring Clean-Up will also commence on Monday, April 19 2021. RESOLVED that the normal tip fees for brush disposal at the Cutchogue Compost Facility shall be waived for residential vehicles for the period April 1, 2021 through April 30, 2021; and that tip fees for brush shall be reduced for commercial vehicles to $30/ton for the period from April 1, 2021through April 30, 2021; and be it further RESOLVED that for the purposes of this resolution,residential vehicles shall be defined as any vehicle with a resident disposal permit issued by the Town Clerk of the Town of Southold carrying less than one ton of debris (including trailers), or for vehicles without a permit, any vehicle with a less than one ton carrying capacity (including trailers); and that commercial vehicles shall be defined as any vehicle with a commercial disposal permit issued by the Town Clerk of the Town of Southold, or for vehicles without a permit, any vehicle with a carrying capacity of one ton or greater; and be it further RESOLVED that the tip fee waiver/reduction described herein shall not apply to stumps of any type; and that it applies to the charge for the weight of the debris ONLY, and not to single entry fees for vehicles without permits, which will still be charged as appropriate. ✓Note•Record:=Re�olu'tion`R1uS-202]=220' s�` � ���' _ �� �" " 0 Adopted ❑ Adopted as Amended ❑ Defeated "- - "" " " - "" -' — - Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent ❑ Tabled ❑ Withdrawn Sarah E.Nappa Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Supervisor's Appt James Dnnzio Jr Voter 0 ❑ Eli ❑ ❑ Tax Receiver's Appt Jill Doherty Voter 0 ❑ El El ❑ Rescinded Robert Ghosio Seconder 0 ❑ ❑ El ❑ Town Clerk's Appt Louisa P Evans Mover 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Supt Hgwys Appt Scott A Russell I Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ No Action ❑ Lost 2021-221 CATEGORY. Close/Use Town Roads DEPARTMENT: Town Clerk Grant Permission for the "CAST- Mighty North Fork Triathlon" Financial Impact. Total police Department Cost for Event = , 669.14 Southold Town Board Regular Meeting March 23, 2021 page 14 RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby grants permission for CAST to hold the "The 21st Annual Mighty North Fork Triathlon", at Cedar Beach Park, Southold,New York, on Sunday,May 30, 2021 using the following roads: Cedar Beach Road, Paradise Point Road,Bayview Road North,Anchor Lane, Pine Neck Road, Jacobs Lane and Main Bayview Road. and provided they file with the Town Clerk a Two Million Dollar Certificate of Insurance naming the Town of Southold as an additional insured; a$250.00 filing fee; $1500.00 deposit for clean-up (deposit to be returned after event upon recommendation of Chief Flatley, (Southold Town Police Department) provided they comply with the Town of Southold's Policy for Special events on Town Properties and Roads and subject to the applicant's compliance with all executive orders of the State of New York. Failure to comply with all provisions and conditions will result in the revocation of the permit. Vote`Record-Resolution RES 2021-221' x� 2 Adopted ❑ Adopted as Amended ❑ Defeated --- ------——- -- -- - -----— - - -- --- Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent ❑ Tabled - -- --- - El Withdrawn - Sarah E Nappa Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Supervisor's Appt James Dmizio Jr Voter R1 ❑ ❑ j ❑ ❑ Tax Receiver's Appt Jill Dolierty Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Rescinded Robert Ghosio Mover 1 ❑ ❑ ` ❑ ❑ Town Clerk's Appt Louisa P Evans Seconder 2 ❑ ❑ ( ❑ ❑ Supt Hgwys Appt Scott A Russell Voter D ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ No Action ❑ Lost 2021-222 CATEGORY. Close/Use Town Roads DEPARTMENT: Town Clerk North Fork Century Bike Ride 5122121 RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby Grants permission to the Bicycle Shows USA to hold four different lenlzth rides, all in accordance with the application on file in the Town Clerk's Office to the North Fork Century Bike Ride on May 22, 2021 beginning at 5:00 AM. Provided the applicant agrees to comply with all the conditions of the Southold Town Policy for Special Events on Town Properties and Roads; failure to comply with conditions No. 5 and No. 6 will result in the forfeiture of the deposit, subject to the approval of the Town Attorney and subject to the applicant's compliance with all executive orders of the State of New York. Failure to comply with all provisions and conditions will result in the revocation of the permit. Southold Town Board Regular Meeting March 23, 2021 page 15 J'- 2 Adopted 0 Adopted as Amended 0 Defeated • Tabled Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent • Withdrawn Sarah E Nappa Mover 0 0 — 2 • Supervisor's Appt James Dinizio Jr Seconder 0 11 0 • Tax Receiver's Appt Jill Doherty Voter 2 0 0 0 • Rescinded Robert Ghosio Voter 2 0 0 0 • Town Clerk's Appt Louisa P Evans Voter 0 0 [1 El • Supt Hgwys Appt Scott A Russell Voter 0 0 0 ❑ 11 No Action El Lost 2021-223 CATEGORY.• Legal DEPARTMENT. Town Attorney Settlement-Epidy RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby authorizes and directs the payment of the sum of Fifty Thousand dollars and zero cents ($50,000.00) to Travelers Insurance claim number E9W6835 for claimant George Epidy from an incident that occurred on May 10, 2017, subject to the approval of the Town Attorney and drawn from account CS.1910.3 00.800. V6tc`,Reiotd,"-'Tteiolutiofi,RES!2021=223 0 Adopted 0 Adopted as Amended 0 Defeated Absent 0 Tabled Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Sarah E Nappa V—Oter - 0 Withdrawn El Supervisor's Appt James Dinizio Jr Mover ID 0 0 1 0 0 Tax Receiver's Appt Jill Doherty i Seconder 0 El 0 0 El Rescinded Robert Ghosio Voter Z El 11 El • Town Clerk's Appt Louisa P Evans Voter 13 El Ej El • Supt H-.wys Appt Scott A Russell Voter 2 0 0 0 El No Action 0 Lost 2021-224 CATEGORY.• Contracts,Lease &Agreements DEPARTMENT.- Town Attorney SC Office for the Aging Financial Impact: delivered meals Southold Town Board Regular Meeting March 23, 2021 page 16 RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby authorizes and directs Supervisor Scott A. Russell to execute the Fourth Amendment of Contract No. 22-AG-020 between the Suffolk County Office for the Aging and the Town of Southold, for the period January 1, 2021 through December 31, 2021, with a one (1)year option to renew at the County's discretion, for congregate dining and home delivered meals for the elderly, at no cost to the Town, subject to the approval of the Town Attorney. `�"Votc Record-Resolution RES-2021-224- - - 0 Adopted ❑ Adopted as Amended ❑ Defeated ---- - ---- ----—— ----- -- ------ —--—-- Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain ( Absent ❑ Tabled El Withdrawn Sarah Nappa Voter 0 ❑ If--I ❑ Supervisor's Appt James Dimzio Jr Seconder 0 El❑ ❑ + El Tax Receiver's Appt Jill Doherty Mover 0 ❑ ❑ j El ❑ Rescinded Robert Ghosio Voter RI ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Town Clerk's Appt Louisa P Evans Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Supt Hgwys Appt Scott A Russell Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ No Action ❑ Lost 2021-225 CATEGORY.• Special Events DEPARTMENT. Town Attorney Strawberry Festival 2021 RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold does hereby grant permission to the Mattituck Lions Club to use Strawberry Fields in Mattituck,NY from June 12 through July 3, 2021 for the Annual Strawberry Festival and be it further RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold authorizes the Town Clerk to issue a Special Events Permit to the Mattituck Lions to hold its Annual Strawberry Festival at Strawberry Fields Mattituck,NY from June 12 through July 3, 2021 provided 1. They file with the Town Clerk a Two Million Dollar Certificate of Insurance naming the Town of Southold and the County of Suffolk as an additional insured; 2. Coordinate traffic control upon notification of the adoption of this resolution 3. No permanent markings be placed on town, county or state roads or property for the event; 4. Any road markings or signs for the event be removed within twenty-four (24) hours of the completion of the event. Some of the requirements for issuing a Special Permit may be waived. Southold Town Board Regular Meeting March 23, 2021 page 17 Provided they adhere to all conditions on the application and permit and to the Town of Southold Policy for Special Events and subject to the applicant's compliance with all executive orders of the State of New York. This permit is subject to revocation if the applicant fails to comply with any of the conditions of the approval or is unable to properly control traffic flow into and out of the event. ✓Vote Record,-�Resofution RES-2021-225'` '" RI Adopted ❑ Adopted as Amended ---_—____-- ___ ____-____ DefYes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent ❑ Tabled _ ❑ Withdrawn Sarah E.Nappa ( Voter EI ❑ ❑ _❑ ❑ Supervisor's Appt .lames Dmizio Jr � Voter D ❑ ❑ ❑ Jill Doherty Seconder D - ❑ If Tax Receiver's Appt ❑ ❑ Rescinded Robert Ghosio r Voter RI ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Town Clerk's Appt Louisa P Evans Mover ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Supt Hgwys Appt Scott A Russell Voter li ❑ i ❑ ❑ ❑ No Action ❑ Lost 2021-226 CATEGORY.• Special Events DEPARTMENT. Town Attorney Special Events Permit Laurel Lake Vineyard 2021-2 RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby grants permission to Christopher Richards, East End Events Catering to hold Special Event 2021-2 at the Laurel Lake Vineyard, 3165 Main Road, Laurel,New York as applied for in Application LLV 1 a-f for six (6) wine and food pairing events: May 28, May 29, May 30, June 4, June 5, and June 6, 2021 from 12:00 PM to 6:00 PM. Provided they adhere to all conditions on the application and permit and to the Town of Southold Policy for Special Events and subject to the applicant's compliance with all executive orders of the State of New York. This permit is subject to revocation if the applicant fails to comply with any of the conditions of the approval or is unable to properly control traffic flow into and out of the event ✓Vote Record-Resolution RES-2021-226- 0 Adopted ❑ Adopted as Amended ❑ Defeated Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent ❑ Tabled Sarah L= Nappa i Voter D ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Withdrawn .lames Dmizio Jr Voter D ❑ ❑ 1 ❑ ❑ Supervisor's Appt Jill Doherty ( Seconder 0 ❑ ❑ j ❑ ❑ Tax Receiver's Appt Robert Ghosio Mover ❑ ❑ ( ❑ ❑ Rescinded Louisa P Evans i Voter 21 ❑ ❑ j ❑ ❑ Town Clerk's Appt Scott A Russell Voter D ❑ ❑ i ❑ ❑ Supt Hgwys Appt - ❑ No Action Southold Town Board Regular Meeting March 23, 2021 page 18 ❑ Lost 2021-227 CATEGORY. Letter of Credit DEPARTMENT. Planning Board Accept Letter of Credit-Estates at Royalton RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby accepts the Irrevocable Standby Letter of Credit (ISLC) issued by TD Bank in the amount of$106,050.00 for the approved Clustered Standard Subdivision entitled "The Estates at Royalton", SCTM #1000-113- 7-19.23, located at 55 Cox Neck Road, Mattituck, as recommended by the Southold Town Planning Board, subject to the approval of the Town Attorney. ✓Vote Record-Resolution RES-2021-227 R1 Adopted ❑ Adopted as Amended ❑ Defeated — ---- ----�- --- -- - ----- -- Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent ❑ Tabled -- -- - — ❑ Withdrawn Sarah E Nappa Mover El El ! ❑ 0^ ❑ Supervisor's Appt James Dinizio Jr Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ( ❑ ❑ Tax Receiver's Appt Jill Doherty Seconder � 1 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Rescinded Robert Ghosio Voter i ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Town Clerk's Appt Louisa P Evans Voter Rl ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Supt Hg�rys Appt Scott A Russell Voter Rl ❑ ❑ 11 ❑ No Action ❑ Lost 2021-228 CATEGORY.• Special Events DEPARTMENT. Town Attorney Special Events Permit Laurel Lake Vineyard 2021-3 RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby grants permission to Christopher Richards, East End Events Catering to hold Special Event 2021-3 at the Laurel Lake Vineyard, 3165 Main Road, Laurel,New York as applied for in Application LLV2a-f for six (6) wine and food pairing events: May 14, May 15, May 16, May 21, May 22, and May 23, 2021 from 12:00 PM to 6:00 PM. Provided they adhere to all conditions on the application and permit and to the Town of Southold Policy for Special Events and subject to the applicant's compliance with all executive orders of the State of New York. This permit is subject to revocation if the applicant fails to comply with any of the conditions of the approval or is unable to properly control traffic flow into and out of the event. Southold Town Board Regular Meeting March 23, 2021 page 19 Vote'Re6rd-Resblution'RES-2027 228 0 Adopted ❑ Adopted as Amended ❑ Defeated - -- - -- -- - -- -- --- - - ❑ Tabled - -- Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent _ ❑ Withdrawn Sarah E.Nappa Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Supervisor's Appt James Dinizio Jr Mover 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Tax Receiver's Appt Jill Doherty Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Rescinded �Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Town Clerk's Appt Louisa P Evans �� Seconder 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Supt Hgwys Appt Scott A Russell Voter i 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ No Action ❑ Lost 2021-229 CATEGORY.• Ratify Fishers Island Reso. DEPARTMENT. Fishers Island Ferry District FIFD 3/1 & 3/15/21 Meeting Resolution Ratifications RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby ratifies and approves the resolutions of the Fishers Island Ferry District Board of Commissioners dated March 1 st and March 15th, 2021 meetings, as follows: FIFD Resolution# Regarding March 1 st 2021 - 032 RP Yard - Change Order 2021 - 033 Legal/Award 2021 - 034 Legal/Seawall 2021 - 035 Legal/Settlement March 15th 2021 - 038 Budget Mod 2020 2021 - 040 Legal/Public Health Plan 2021 - 041 Legal/Dental Insurance Renewal ✓.,Vo'te-Record-Resolution RES-2021-229.,E 0 Adopted Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain I Absent ❑ Adopted as Amended ❑ Defeated Sarah E Nappa1Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Tabled James Dmizio Jr r Voter 0 El ❑ ❑ Withdrawn Jill Doherty Mover 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Supervisor's Appt Robert Ghosio Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Tax Receiver's Appt Louisa P Evans ! Seconder 0 ❑ ❑ j ❑ 11 Rescinded Scott A Russell ; Voter 2 0 0 0 Southold Town Board Regular Meeting March 23, 2021 page 20 ❑ Town Clerk's Appt ❑ Supt Hgwys Appt ❑ No Action ❑ Lost 2021-230 CATEGORY.• Trailer Permit DEPARTMENT. Town Clerk Special Trailer Permit Robert&Darice Clark RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby grants approval of a temporary special trailer permit application of Robert and Darice Clark for a period of six (6) months from date of issuance to locate a trailer for temporary residence on the property located at 8145 Alvah's Lane, Cutchogue,New York 11935, Suffolk County Tax Map # 1000- 95-3-10, while the existing house that was destroyed by fire is being rebuilt. ✓Vote Record=Resolution RES-2021-230' 0 Adopted ❑ Adopted as Amended ❑ Defeated ------ - —--- ----- --------- T Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Abscnt ❑ Tabled ---Sarah E Nappa Voter 0-- - ----,-------- --- - - -- - ❑ Withdrawn ❑ ❑ j ❑ ❑ ❑ Supervisor's Appt James Dimzio Jr Voter 0 El ❑ Tax Receiver's Appt Jill Doherty �� Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Rescinded Robert Ghosio Seconder 2 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Town Clerk's Appt Louisa P Evans Mover 0 ❑ ❑ ( ❑ ❑ Supt Hgwys Appt Scott A Russell Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ No Action ❑ Lost Comment regarding resolution 230 COUNCILMAN GHOSIO: Just wanted to ask a question, we are setting that for a period of six months, having had experience, the six months might not be enough. Will they be able to come in and renew it for another six months? SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: Yes. The current town law allows for up to six months but they can always apply to renew. COUNCILMAN GHOSIO: Good. 2021-231 CATEGORY.- Support/Non-Support Resolution DEPARTMENT: Town Attorney Southold Town Board Regular Meeting March 23, 2021 page 21 Oppose Section 575-B Real Property Tax Law WHEREAS, the New York Real Property Tax Law- Section 487 -provides a 15-year real property tax exemption for properties on which wind or solar energy projects are built, and WHEREAS, the real property tax exemption is not mandatory under current law since Section 487 allows local governments to opt out of the exemption and tax wind or solar energy projects based on their full assessed value, and WHEREAS, if a town does not opt out of the current Section 487, it can require the wind or solar project to enter into a Payment In Lieu of Taxes (PILOT) agreement, and WHEREAS, under the current Section 487 provision,towns have the ability to negotiate a PILOT with a developer or require that the project pay full taxation based on the assessed value, and WHEREAS, through the budget process,the State seeks to add Section 575-b to the Real Property Tax Law, which will drastically change the way real property is assessed for wind and solar energy systems (equal to or greater than 1 megawatt) by establishing a state wide standardized approach for real property tax assessment for wind and solar energy projects, and WHEREAS,through the budget process, the State also seeks to mandate that the assessed value for solar or wind energy projects will be determined by an income capitalization or discounted cash flow approach that considers an appraisal model created by the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, and in consultation with the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, and WHEREAS, through the budget process, the State-determined assessment will also include a solar or wind energy discount rate that is set annually by the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, and RESOLVED, the Town of Southold holds strongly to the right to home rule established in Article 9 of the NY State Constitution, especially with regard to land use and real property taxation, and be it further RESOLVED,Governor Cuomo has introduced Section 575-b in this year's budget bill in order to abolish the Town of Southold's ability to assess real property used for renewable energy projects and effectively eliminate any local control currently provided by Section 487,and be it further RESOLVED, the Town of Southold is adamantly opposed to the addition of Section 575-b, to the Real Property Tax Law in the 2022 budget, and be it further RESOLVED, the Town of Southold calls upon Suffolk County and New York State Southold Town Board Regular Meeting March 23, 2021 page 22 officials to oppose Section 575-b of the Real Property Tax Law before it is enacted in the budget process. ✓Vote Record' Resolution RES-2021-231 0 Adopted ❑ Adopted as Amended ❑ Defeated Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent ❑ Tabled --- ❑ Withdrawn Sarah E Nappa Voter 2 ❑ ❑ _❑ ❑ Supervisor's Appt James Dmizio Jr Voter 0 ❑ El Jill Doherty Voter ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Tax Receiver's Appt ❑ Rescinded Robert Ghosto Mover D ❑ ❑ ❑ - ------ -- - -------- - - ----- ❑ Town Clerk's Appt Louisa P Evans Seconder -- E3 13 -❑ ❑ Supt Hgwys Appt Scott A Russell Voter — _❑ ❑- ❑ ❑ No Action ❑ Lost 2021-232 CATEGORY.• Attend Seminar DEPARTMENT. Solid Waste Management District Organics Management Webinar RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby grants permission to Solid Waste Coordinator Bunchuck to attend a seminar on New York State Organics Waste Management Regulations held from April 13 - 15, 2021, at a cost of$75, all expenses to be a legal charge to the 2021 budget (meetings and seminars). ✓Vote Record-Resolution RES-2021-232 RI Adopted ❑ Adopted as Amended ❑ Defeated — Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent ❑ Tabled - - ---- - ❑ Withdrawn Sarah E Nappa Mover ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ James Dmizio Jr I Voter ❑ El El � ❑ ❑ Supervisor's Appt _ ❑ Tax Receiver's Appt Jill Doherty Seconder D ❑ ❑ j ❑ ❑ Rescinded Robert Ghosio { Voter ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Town Clerk's Appt Louisa P Evans It Voter D O ❑ , E] ❑ Supt Hgwys Appt Scott A Russell j Voter ❑ ❑ ❑ f ❑ ❑ No Action ❑ Lost 2021-233 CATEGORY.- Employment- Town DEPARTMENT. Accounting Southold Town Board Regular Meeting March 23, 2021 page 23 Amend Resolution 2021-173 RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby amends Resolution Number 2021-173 to read as follows: RESOLVED effective February 24, 2021,the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby appoints Patrick Anderson, Fiona Faherty, Ryan Flatley and Kyle Krause to the position of probationary Police Officer at a salary of$51,607.00 and are immediately placed on an unpaid leave of absence until the commencement of the next scheduled recruit police officer training session, March 29,2021 at the Suffolk County Police Academy or an equivalent training academy. Effective March 29, 2021, the above-named individuals will become active probationary Police Officers for the Town of Southold Police Department as long as they meet the requirements for employment. ✓V$te`Rec6rdl R6961uti6 RES-2021=233 0 Adopted ❑ Adopted as Amended ❑ Defeated - ------- ------------ ----J------.--Ycs/Ayc---------•---IVo/Nay-- -------- Absent Abstain- - - --- ❑ Tabled i � ❑ Withdrawn Sarah E Nappa Mover 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Supervisor's Appt James Dmizio Jr Voter ! 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Tax Receiver's Appt Jill Doherty Seconder 0 ❑ ❑ ( ❑ ❑ Rescinded Robert Ghosio Voter ; 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Town Clerk's Appt Louisa P Evans Voter 0 ! ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Supt Hgwys Appt Scott A Russell Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ No Action ❑ Lost Comments regarding resolution 233 COUNCILWOMAN DOHERTY: Before I go on to the next, do the seasonal police officers start Monday also? Because we don't have that resolution. I don't know if the seasonals start the same but we can do retroactive in two weeks. JUSTICE EVANS: Is there a seasonal academy? COUNCILWOMAN DOHERTY: That's what I am asking, the Chief indicated that it might be starting at the same time, so I was just wondering... SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: We'll follow up. 2021-234 CATEGORY.• Local Law Public Hearing DEPARTMENT. Town Attorney PH 4120 7.01 Pm - Chapter 280- Corner Lots Southold Town Board Regular Meeting March 23, 2021 page 24 WHEREAS,there has been presented to the Town Board of the Town of Southold, Suffolk County,New York, on the 231h day of March, 2021, a need for amendments to the zoning code; and WHEREAS, it has been presented a Local Law entitled "A Local Law in relation to an Amendment to Chapter 280, Zoning" now, therefore, be it RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold will hold a public hearing on the aforesaid Local Law at Southold Town Hall, 53095 Main Road, Southold,New York, on the 20th day of April, 2021 at 7:01 p.m. at which time all interested persons will be given an opportunity to be heard. The proposed Local Law entitled, "A Local Law in relation to an Amendment to Chapter 280, ZoninjZ" reads as follows: LOCAL LAW NO. 2021 A Local Law entitled, "A Local Law in relation to an Amendment to Chapter 280, Zoning". BE IT ENACTED by the Town Board of the Town of Southold as follows: I. Purpose. The purpose of this local law is to address issues concerning corner lots. II. Chapter 280 of the Code of the Town of Southold is hereby amended to include the underlined words and remove the struck through words as follows: § 280-4 Definitions. LOT, CORNER A lot situated at the junction of and abutting fronting on two or more ipAefseetifig streets where the into-iaf angle of interseetion .does not o ee 13 5'. A lot abutting a curved street shall be deemed a "corner lot" if the tangents to the curve at the points of intersection of the side lot lines with the street lines intersect at an interior angle of less than 135°. YARD, FRONT An unoccupied ground area open to the sky between the street line, or etwe€n the street rightline established by the Official Map of the Town or-an approved subdivision plat, and a line drawn parallel thereto. Except, if the awnei! of the lot does not h&k,e the fight to use of tFavel evet: a berdering street, i!ight of way ei: street line, the side of the lot bor-def:ing that paAiettlar-street, yard,or-street line shall not be eensidefed to be a ftent any aeoessery structure placed in sueli yard shall eemply with the appheable side yard setbaeks f,.the „bg dist-iet within ,„hieh it is leeated.on the same lot with a building or structure, extending the full width of the lot and situated between the street line and the front line of the building or structure projected to the side lines of the lot. The depth of the front yard shall be measured between the front line of the building or structure and the street Southold Town Board Regular Meeting March 23, 2021 page 25 line. YARD, PRIMARY FRONT For principal structures located on corner lots, that portion of said corner lot which has frontage upon one of the streets on which the lot is located and is identified as the primga front yard on plans or by physical lam YARD,REAR An unoccupied ground area fully open to the sky between the rear-lot line and ^ lifie dr- parallel Pralel then- on the same lot with a building or structure, extending the full width of the lot and situated between the rear line of the lot and the rear line of the main building or structure projected to the side lines of the lot. The depth of the rear yard shall be measured between the rear line of the lot and the rear line of the main building or structure. In the case of corner and through lots, as defined in this chapter, the rear lot line shall be opposite the primary front lot line. YARD, SECONDARY FRONT For principal structures located on corner lots, that portion of a corner lot which has frontage upon one the streets on which the lot is located and which not identified as the primag front yard, shall be deemed the secondary front yard. YARD, SIDE An unoccupied ground area fully open to the sky between any pefPf line other than street or rear-lot line and C1i11a, parallel thereto between the fT-e t and rear- , on the same lot with a building or structure, extending from the rear line of the front yard to the front line of the rear yard and situated between the side line of the main building or structure and the adjacent side line of the lot. In the case of corner lots, as defined in this chapter, lot lines opposite a secondary front lot line shall be deemed a side yard and shall have a minimum width equal to the minimum sidearmed requirements of the zoning district in which located. § 280-105 Height of fences,walls and berms. Fences, walls or berms may be erected and maintained, subject to the following height limitations: A. When located in the front yard of residential zones, the same shall not exceed four feet in height. When located in the front yard of nonresidential zones, the same shall not exceed six feet in height. B. When located in or along side and rear yards, the same shall not exceed 6 1/2 feet in height. C. When located in or along a secondary front yard the same shall not exceed 6 1/2 feet in height and shall be set back from the secondary front yard line no less than 10 feet. DE. In residential and nonresidential zones, except properties/parcels engaged in bona fide agricultural production, the installation of a deer exclusion fence may be permitted by obtaining a building permit issued by the Building Inspector, subject to the following criteria: (1) When located in or along side and rear yards, the height of the deer exclusion fence shall not exceed eight feet. (2) When located in or along a secondary front yard the height of the deer fence shall not exceed eight feet in height and shall be set back from the secondary front Southold Town Board Regular Meeting March 23, 2021 page 26 line no less than 10 feet. (2(3) Specifications for construction of deer exclusion fences: (a) Fencing fabric: high-tensile, woven wire fence fabric with graduated opening. (b) Spacing between posts: 20 feet. (4) Deer fencing is prohibited in or along the front yard or primar front ront yard of any property. § 280-106 Corner lots. A. On a eemer-lat, 4ont yar-ds afe required on both sty-eet frontages, and one yard other-thall !he fent. r 1 shall be deemed to be a fear rd and the other- of others side yards. A-B. On all corner lots, berms, walls, fences and hedges or any other potential obstruction to vision shall not exceed a height of 2 1/2 feet above the average street level within an isosceles triangle having thirty-foot sides along each street to preserve sight lines for traffic. § 280-124 Nonconforming lots. A. This section is intended to provide minimum standards for granting of a building permit for the principal buildings of lots which are recognized by the Town under § 280-9, are nonconforming and have not merged pursuant to § 280-10. B. Such lot shall be required to meet the following: Area (square feet) Lot Coverage Front (feet) Side (feet) Yard Both Rear (feet) Sides (feet) 200,000 to 399,999 5% 60 30 60 100 120,000 to 199,999 10% 60 30 60 85 80,000 to 119,999 20% 60 20 45 75 60,000 to 79,999 20% 55 20 45 75 40,000 to 59,999 20% 50 20 40 60 20,000 to 39,999 20% 40 15 35 50 Less than 20,000 20% 35 10 25 35 C. Nonconforming lots with primary and secondary front yards shall be required to meet the following: Area (sq feet) Primary Front yard Secondary Front yard Side yard Less than 20,000 35 25 (15) 10 20,000 to 39,999 40 30 (20) 15 Southold Town Board Regular Meeting March 23, 2021 page 27 ZONING 280 Attachment 3 Town of Southold Bulk Schedule for Residential Districts Column No i ii ui Iv v vi vii ix x xi xu District A-C R-40 R-80 R-120 R-200 R-400 HD RR RO Residential 2-Family Unit where Detached community Dwellings water and in R-80 sewer District available Maximum requirements for 1-family detached Dwellings Lot size(square feet) 80,000 40,000 80,000 120,000 200,000 400,000 20,000 20,000 40,000 10,000 160,000 Lot width(feet) 175 150 175 200 270 270 75 75 150 60 270 Lot Depth(feet) 250 175 250 300 400 400 120 120 175 80 400 Front yard(feet) 60 50 60 60 60 60 35 35 50 30 60 Primary Front yard(feet) 60 50 60 60 60 60 35 35 50 30 60 Secondary front yard(feet) 40 35 40 40 40 40 25 25 35 20 Side yard(feet0 20 15 20 30 30 30 15 15 15 15 30 Both side yards(feet) 45 35 45 60 60 60 30 30 35 30 60 Rear Yards(feet) 75 50 75 85 100 100 35 35 50 30 85 Livable floor area(square feet per 850 850 850 850 850 850 850 850 850 850 850 dwelling) Maximum permitted dimensions. Lot coverage(percent) 20 20 20 10 5 5 25 25 20 25 10 Building height(feet) 35 35 35 35 35 35 35 35 35 35 35 Number of stories 2% 2% 2'/3 2% 2% 2%2 2'/2 2% 2% 2% 2 III. SEVERABILITY If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section, or part of this Local Law shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the judgment shall not affect the validity of this law as a whole or any part thereof other than the part so decided to be unconstitutional or invalid. IV. EFFECTIVE DATE This Local Law shall take effect after filing with the Secretary of State as provided by law. ✓, Vote°Record,Resolution RES-2021-234'. 0 Adopted ❑ Adopted as Amended ❑ Defeated -- — --- -----— ( --- --- —----- - ^Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent ❑ Tabled -- —-- --- - - ❑ Withdrawn Sarah E Nappa j Voter 0 El Voter ❑ ❑ Supervisor's Appt James Dm¢io Jr Voter 0 ❑ ❑ El ❑ Tax Receiver's Appt Jill Doherty Mover 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Rescinded Robert Ghosio i Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Town Clerk's Appt Louisa P Evans i Seconder 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Supt Hgwys Appt Scott A Russell Voter D ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ No Action ❑ Lost Southold Town Board Regular Meeting March 23, 2021 page 28 2021-235 CATEGORY: Local Law Public Hearing DEPARTMENT: Town Attorney PH 5/18 7:01 Pm Chapter 280-Accessory Recreational Uses WHEREAS,there has been presented to the Town Board of the Town of Southold, Suffolk County,New York, on the 23`x' day of March, 2021, a need for amendments to the zoning code; and WHEREAS, it has been presented a Local Law entitled "A Local Law in relation to an Amendment to Chapter 280, Zoning" now, therefore, be it RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold will hold a public hearing on the aforesaid Local Law at Southold Town Hall, 53095 Main Road, Southold,New York, on the 18th day of May, 2021 at 7:01 p.m. at which time all interested persons will be given an opportunity to be heard. The proposed Local Law entitled, "A Local Law in relation to an Amendment to Chapter 280, ZoninjZ" reads as follows: LOCAL LAW NO. 2021 A Local Law entitled, "A Local Law in relation to an Amendment to Chapter 280, Zoning". BE IT ENACTED by the Town Board of the Town of Southold as follows: 1. Purpose. The purpose of this local law is to address issues concerning accessory recreational uses. H. Chapter 280 of the Code of the Town of Southold is hereby amended to include the underlined words as follows: § 280-13 Use regulations. In A-C, R-80, R-120, R-200 and R-400 Districts, no building or premises shall be used and no building or part of a building shall be erected or altered which is arranged, intended or designed to be used, in whole or in part, for any uses except the following: C. Accessory uses, limited to the following uses and subject to the conditions listed in § 280- 15 herein: (15) Recreational uses. A. Permitted recreational uses include, but are not limited to, uses such as tennis courts; pickleball courts; volleyball courts; paddleball courts; basketball courts; shuffleboard courts; playgrounds; jogging; hiking; outdoor ice skating rinks; outdoor skateboard/roller skate facilities; football, baseball, soccer playing fields, and the like. provided the following criteria are met: Southold Town Board Regular Meeting March 23, 2021 page 29 (1) the use is accessory to a community center or other not-for-profit use; (2) the recreational use is located on, or within 200 feet of,the parcel with the principle use; (3) the use shall be for the use of theeg neral public; (4) the subject property on which the recreational use is to be located must be owned by a community center or similar not-for-profit corporation, or subject to a lease by the community center or not-for-profit corporation for a period of not less than 10years; (5) the recreational use shall be subject to special exception approval by the Zoning Board of Appeals; (6) the following activities are prohibited: a. private events, leagues, private clubs, organization activities or other uses which exclude participation by the general public b. the charging of a fee for use of the facility c. Retail sales, including the sale of food d. Outdoor lighting (7) the following shall be permitted as part of the recreational use: a. benches b. viewing stands; c. Kiosks III. SEVERABILITY If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section, or part of this Local Law shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the judgment shall not affect the validity of this law as a whole or any part thereof other than the part so decided to be unconstitutional or invalid. IV. EFFECTIVE DATE This Local Law shall take effect after filing with the Secretary of State as provided by law. z"Vote Record-,Resolutigp RES,2021-235' 0 Adopted ❑ Adopted as Amended ❑ Defeated ----- ------- Yes/Aye No/NayAbstain Absent ❑ Tabled --- -- - ---- ❑ Withdrawn Sarah E Nappa ( Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Supervisor's Appt James Dinizio Jr Voter 2 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Tax Receiver's Appt till Doherty Voter ❑ ❑ ❑ El ❑ Rescinded Robert Ghosio ( Seconder 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Town Clerk's Appt Louisa P Evans ; Mover ❑ ❑ ❑ , ❑ ❑ Supt Hgwys Appt Scott A Russell ( Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ No Action ❑ Lost 2021-236 Southold Town Board Regular Meeting March 23, 2021 page 30 CATEGORY. Committee Appointment DEPARTMENT. Town Clerk Appointment to Transportation Commission RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby appoints Charles Gueli as a member of the Transportation Commission effective immediately. ✓Vote Record-Resolution RES-2021-236 " 10 Adopted ❑ Adopted as Amended ❑ Defeated —- ---- ------------- - - ---- ------ -- - - - �—--—----- Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain I Absent ❑ Tabled ❑ Withdrawn Sarah E Nappa Voter D ❑ ❑ ! ❑ James Dmizio Jr Voter CEJ ❑ ❑ ; ❑ ❑ Supervisor's Appt _ El Tax Receiver's Appt Jill Doherty Voter 10 ❑ El ; El ❑ Rescinded Robert Ghosjo Mover _ Q � ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Town Clerk's Appt Louisa P Evans Seconder 2 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Supt Hgwys Appt Scott A Russell Voter 2 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ No Action ❑ Lost 2021-237 CATEGORY.• Enact Local Law DEPARTMENT. Town Clerk Enact LL Chapter 26, Ethics, Historic Preservation Commission WHEREAS, there has been presented to the Town Board of the Town of Southold, Suffolk County,New York, on the 23tb day of February, 2021, a need for amendments to the ethics code; and WHEREAS, it has been presented a Local Law entitled "A Local Law in relation to an Amendment to Chapter 26, Ethics" and WHEREAS the Town Board of the Town of Southold held a public hearing on the aforesaid Local Law at which time all interested persons were given an opportunity to be heard, Now therefore be it RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby ENACTS the proposed Local Law entitled, "A Local Law in relation to an Amendment to Chapter 26, Ethics" reads as follows: LOCAL LAW NO. 2021 A Local Law entitled, "A Local Law in relation to an Amendment to Chapter 26, Ethics". Southold Town Board Regular Meeting March 23, 2021 page 31 BE IT ENACTED by the Town Board of the Town of Southold as follows: I. Purpose. The purpose of this local law is to increase the levels of participation on the Historic Preservation Commission. II. Chapter 26 of the Code of the Town of Southold is hereby amended to include the underlined words and remove the struck through words as follows: § 26-16 Exclusion from Code of Ethics. The provisions of Article II shall not prohibit or require recusal as a result of the following: A. An action specifically authorized by statute,rule or regulation of the Town of Southold, the State of New York or of the United States. B. A ministerial act. C. Gifts: (1) Received by the Town officer or employee from his or her parent, spouse or child. (2) Having an aggregate value of$500 or less during any twelve-month period. (3) Accepted on behalf of the Town and transferred to the Town. D. Gifts or benefits having a value of$100 or less that are received by a Town officer or employee listed in § 11 of the Domestic Relations Law for the solemnization of a marriage by that officer or employee at a place other than his or her normal place of business or at a time other than his or her normal hours of business. E. Awards from charitable organizations. F. Receipt of Town services or benefits or use of Town facilities that are generally available on the same terms and conditions to residents or a class of residents in the Town. G. Representation of constituents by elected officials without compensation in matters of public advocacy. H. Members of the Historic Preservation Commission, that hold professional licenses, appearing on behalf of and/or representing others before Town boards, commissions, committees, or departments, provided that the subject matter of the appearance or representation is not also within the jurisdiction of the Historic Preservation Commission. III. SEVERABILITY If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section, or part of this Local Law shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the judgment shall not affect the validity of this law as a whole or any part thereof other than the part so decided to be unconstitutional or invalid. IV. EFFECTIVE DATE This Local Law shall take effect after filing with the Secretary of State as provided by law. ✓,Vote Record-Resolution RES-2021-237 2 Adopted - - - — -- - - -i- ------ - - - - - - -- ------1 - -- - -- -- - Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent ❑ Adopted as Amended ❑ Defeated Sarah E Nappa ( Voter D ❑ ❑ ( ❑ ❑ Tabled James Dmizio Ir i Voter ❑ ❑ ❑ Southold Town Board Regular Meeting March 23, 2021 page 32 ❑ withdrawn Jill Doherty ( Mover D ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Supervisor's Appt Robert Ghosio Voter ❑ ❑ ❑ # ❑ ❑ Tax Receiver's Appt Louisa P Evans Seconder 10 ❑ ❑ ` ❑ ❑ Rescinded Scott A Russell Voter D ❑ ❑ C ❑ ❑ Town Clerk's Appt ❑ Supt Hgwys Appt ❑ No Action ❑ Lost 2021-238 CATEGORY- Enact Local Law DEPARTMENT. Town Clerk Enact LL Chapter 26, Ethics, Political Activities on Town Properties WHEREAS,there has been presented to the Town Board of the Town of Southold, Suffolk County,New York, on the 23 1h day of February, 2021, a need for amendments to the ethics code; and WHEREAS, it has been presented a Local Law entitled "A Local Law in relation to an Amendment to Chapter 26, Ethics" and WHEREAS the Town Board of the Town of Southold held a public hearing on the aforesaid Local Law at which time all interested persons were given an opportunity to be heard,Now therefor be it RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby ENACTS the proposed Local Law entitled, "A Local Law in relation to an Amendment to Chapter 26, Ethics" reads as follows: LOCAL LAW NO. 2021 A Local Law entitled, "A Local Law in relation to an Amendment to Chapter 26, Ethics". BE IT ENACTED by the Town Board of the Town of Southold as follows: I. Purpose. The purpose of this local law is to prevent political activities on Town properties. II. Chapter 26 of the Code of the Town of Southold is hereby amended to include the underlined words and remove the struck through words as follows: § 26-2 Definitions. Unless otherwise stated or unless the context otherwise requires, when used in this chapter the terms herein shall have the meanings indicated: Southold Town Board Regular Meeting March 23, 2021 page 33 CONTRACT - As defined in Article 18 of General Municipal Law, any claim account or demand against or agreement with the Town, express or implied. CONSULTANT -Any individual, association, partnership or corporation or any employee or agent thereof who has been retained to assist any board or agency in the discharge of its duties. "Consultant" shall also include any business partner, employer or members of the consultant's firm or compan . POLITICAL ACTIVITIES -Any activities related toap rtisan politics, including but not limited to; recruiting, solicitation for fundraising, purchasing fundraiser tickets circulating and signing designating petitions, and distributing campaign literature and products invoking political reprisals, and any action that uses political influence to affect the duties and responsibilities of any officer or employee of the Town. POLITICAL PARTY COMMITTEE - An T} corporation or committee which operates to aid or promote the success or defeat of a political party and/or the election or defeat of any candidate within the Town of Southold. RELATIVE -A spouse, former spouse, domestic partner, child, stepchild, son or daughter-mn law, brother, sister,parent, brother or sister-in-law, parent-in-law, niece or nephew, or parent of the Town officer or employee or a person claimed as a dependent on the Town officer's or employee's latest individual state income tax return. SUPERVISOR OF A TOWN OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE -Any other Town officer or employee who has direction or control, either directly or indirectly, over the activities of that Town officer or employ Article II Rules of Conduct § 26-5 General prohibition. A. A Town officer or employee shall not use his or her official position or office, or take or fail to take any action, in a manner which he or she knows or has reason to know may result in compensation for any of the following persons: fDA. The Town officer or employee. Q& His or her outside employer or business or that of a member of his or her household. ME. A member of his or her household. f4)D. A customer or client. fQE. A relative. B. Consultants. (1) Except as provided in Subsection B(2), (3) and (4) below, to avoid potential conflicts of interest, a Town consultant shall not appear on behalf of any other client before the Town or any gency thereof during the period of service to the Town by the consultant. The Town shall specify the restriction in any written contracts entered into between the Town and consultants. However, failure of the contract to state the restriction shall not affect the enforcement of this section of the Town's Ethics Code. (2) The restrictions contained in this chapter shall not apply to consultants which: (a) Operate a business located within the Town and have been retained by the Town to perform a contract valued at $25,000 or less; or Southold Town Board Regular Meeting March 23, 2021 page 34 (b) Have a written contract with the Town in which the Town Board has expressly authorized an exemption for the consultant from the provisions of the Town's Ethics Code; or (c) Have received a special waiver from the Town's Ethics Board pursuant to Subsection 13(4) of this section. (3) Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to prohibit a consultant from: (a) Appearing on his own behalf, or on behalf of the Town, before a Town agency. (b) Seeking or obtaining a ministerial act from an administrative officer; or (c) Receiving a Town service or benefit, or using a Town facility, on the same terms on which such service, benefit or facility is available to the public. (4) Special waiver. A consultant may make appearances before Town agencies otherwise prohibited by this section, upon written approval of the Ethics Board and the consent of the involved Town agencies. The Ethics Board shall consider such approval on a case-by-case basis taking into account for such findings the following criteria: (a) The general expertise of the consultant. (b) The expertise of the consultant vis a vis the particular matter. (c) The extent of the consultant's involvement both for the Town and for the private client(s). (d) The extent of the fees, past or future, to be paid to the consultant by the Town. (e) The impact such appearances may have on the public trust. (f) The statement of necessity from the involved Town agency. (g) Such findings shall be detailed in writing by the Ethics Board and filed with the office of the Town Clerk. § 26-12 Political SolEieitation Activities Prohibited. A Town offieer-er- empleyee shall not laiewingly request, or-knewingly authefize anyone else request, any subofdinate of the offleer-or- empleyee to paftieipate in any eleetion A. No person shall engage in any political activities on any Town premises at any time. Such prohibited activities include but are not limited to the following_ (1) Sales or purchases of tickets to political events. (2) Discussion of tickets to political events. (3) Solicitation to join a political party or activity-- (4) ctivity(4) Discussion of promotions or transfers or changes of assignments or compensation on the basis of any political considerations. (5) Solicitation of fiends or goods or services for political purposes. (6) Use of Town taxpayer-funded equipment, computers, Internet, email, telephones and supplies for political activity_ B. No person having supervisory control or who is superior in title to any official or employee of the Town shall engage in any of the following actions with subordinates at any time on or off Town premises: (1) Discussion of or solicitation of ticket purchases or sales. Southold Town Board Regular Meeting March 23, 2021 page 35 (2) Solicitation to join a political party or political activity. (3) Use of political considerations in discussing duties positions compensation changes in titles or work assignments. (4) Use of political considerations as the reason for promotions assignment changes demotions or termination. § 26-13 Restriction on elected official or member of board. No elected official or member of the Town Board, Planning Board, Zoning Board of Appeals, Board of Ethics, Board of Assessment Review or the Town Attorney shall be a committeeman or committeewoman, alternate committeeperson, or the officer of a political party committee. III. SEVERABILITY If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section, or part of this Local Law shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the judgment shall not affect the validity of this law as a whole or any part thereof other than the part so decided to be unconstitutional or invalid. IV. EFFECTIVE DATE This Local Law shall take effect after filing with the Secretary of State as provided by law. ,V VoteRei:or'tt,ResolutionRES-21021-238:. ;e's ', � = .'u• . p „ 0 Adopted ❑ Adopted as Amended ❑ Defeated ----------- — --- ----- - -- - - - Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent ❑ Tabled ❑ Withdrawn Sarah Nappa ( Voter — 0 _ ❑ —❑ ❑ ❑ Supervisor's Appt James Dmizio Jr Voter 0 O li - - -❑ - ❑ Tax Receiver's Appt Jill Doherty Mover 0 El --- _ 1i i El ❑ Rescinded Robert Ghosio Voter 0 1i ❑ ; ❑ El Town Clerk's Appt Louisa P Evans Seconder 0� ❑ ❑ j ❑ ❑ Supt Hgwys Appt Scott A Russell Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ No Action ❑ Lost VI. Public Hearings 1. PH 3/23/217:01 PM Chapter 26, Ethics, Historic Preservation Commission COUNCILWOMAN DOHERTY: NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,that there has been presented to the Town Board of the Town of Southold, Suffolk County,New York, on the 23°i day of February, 2021, a need for amendments to the ethics code; and NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, it has been presented a Local Law entitled "A Local Law in relation to an Amendment to Chapter 26,Ethics" and NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that the Town Board of the Town of Southold will hold a public hearing on the aforesaid Local Law at Southold Town Hall, 53095 Main Road, Southold,New Southold Town Board Regular Meeting March 23, 2021 page 36 York, on the 23r`' day of March,2021 at 7:01 p.m. at which time all interested persons will be given an opportunity to be heard. The proposed Local Law entitled, "A Local Law in relation to an Amendment to Chanter 26,Ethics" reads as follows: LOCAL LAW NO. 2021 A Local Law entitled, "A Local Law in relation to an Amendment to Chapter 26,Ethics". BE IT ENACTED by the Town Board of the Town of Southold as follows: I. Purpose. The purpose of this local law is to increase the levels of participation on the Historic Preservation Commission. II. Chapter 26 of the Code of the Town of Southold is hereby amended to include the underlined words and remove the struck through words as follows: § 26-16 Exclusion from Code of Ethics. The provisions of Article II shall not prohibit or require recusal as a result of the following: A. An action specifically authorized by statute,rule or regulation of the Town of Southold,the State of New York or of the United States. B. A ministerial act. C. Gifts: (1) Received by the Town officer or employee from his or her parent, spouse or child. (2) Having an aggregate value of$500 or less during any twelve-month period. (3) Accepted on behalf of the Town and transferred to the Town. D. Gifts or benefits having a value of$100 or less that are received by a Town officer or employee listed in § 11 of the Domestic Relations Law for the solemnization of a marriage by that officer or employee at a place other than his or her normal place of business or at a time other than his or her normal hours of business. E. Awards from charitable organizations. F. Receipt of Town services or benefits or use of Town facilities that are generally available on the same terms and conditions to residents or a class of residents in the Town. G. Representation of constituents by elected officials without compensation in matters of public advocacy. H. Members of the Historic Preservation Commission, that hold professional licenses, appearing on behalf of and/or representing others before Town boards, commissions, committees or departments provided that the subject matter of the appearance or representation is not also within the jurisdiction Southold Town Board Regular Meeting March 23, 2021 page 37 of the Historic Preservation Commission. III. SEVERABILITY If any clause, sentence,paragraph, section, or part of this Local Law shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid,the judgment shall not affect the validity of this law as a whole or any part thereof other than the part so decided to be unconstitutional or invalid. IV. EFFECTIVE DATE This Local Law shall take effect after filing with the Secretary of State as provided by law. I have notification that this was advertised in the Suffolk Times and was posted on the town website and the Town Clerk's bulletin board and that is it. SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: Would anyone like to address the Town Board on this local law? MERYL KRAMER: I just want to make sure I am speaking at the right time now, which I think I am. Now that we are in the public hearing, I should state my concerns again. SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: Yes, it,both will be part of the public record but for the purpose of the public hearing, you should reiterate what you had said earlier. MS. KRAMER: Okay, so I will try to be brief. My, I think that the recommendations for the revisions in the code are very helpful and definitely a great step forward, my concern is that it doesn't necessarily go far enough, I understand that you cannot vote on an application before a board that one sits on but I am wondering if there is another way to do something to allow a practicing member of architecture or a professional that would present to the board to also sit on that board, with regard to Historic Preservation Commission, architects are very helpful, I think, to a board like that and not being able to have anybody who is a working, active professional who is actually working and living in the community is a problem and I am wondering if you could have something like a recusal rather than not being able to have any, I am not sure how I am trying to say this, I sat on a board in Greenport for 11 years on the Historic Preservation Commission with another architect and we were able to receive and give criticism in a professional way without being biased because one another were on the commission. We were able to maintain ethics because we have an ethics code that we have to obey as a licensed architect in the State of New York. And so, and other, I think by having this, having the code written the way it is proposed and not allowing someone to participate and be an asset to the commission is problematic. COUNCILWOMAN DOHERTY: So Meryl, I am not sure, let me just clarify, the way we have the code written, the intent is someone like you would be able to be on the board but you wouldn't be able to be a consultant in front of the board for somebody with a historic house. But you would be able to be a consultant for any other project in the town, going before any other board. MS. KRAMER: Right. So I did speak with the Town Attorney just to clarify that and that I think is wonderful however, I also have projects are historic properties, mostly in Orient village Southold Town Board Regular Meeting March 23, 2021 page 38 for example. I was told that if I sat on the board I would either have to resign or remove those clients from my possible repertoire. And you know, I enjoy working on those projects, I find them very gratifying. I like to be able to participate in the process of preserving old structures and having them used for, you know, for people in todays world and without that aspect of my business, I think it would be,you know, I would be unfortunate not to be able to be involved in projects like that, so therefore that means I can't be on the commission. Inaudible. SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: I understand your concerns and it is very difficult to get people, frankly with the qualifications you have, to serve on the Historic Preservation Commission,the problem is the town took the ethics code as far as it could but we are specifically prohibited from the town law of the State of New York, from allowing board members to represent clients before their own boards, recusal not withstanding. They are specifically prohibited by town law under the State of New York and under our ethics code, can't contravene New York State law. MS. KRAMER: And also can't obviously hire a consultant to present because that would be, you know, if you have a financial interest in a project you can't be on.... SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: You are specifically prohibited from representing. MS. KRAMER: So I just wanted to kind of officially say because I did have a dialogue with the current commissioners about this because we have gone through this now twice and I do think that you know, this goes a huge direction forward because before this revision I wouldn't have been able to present to Zoning Board or Trustees or Planning, so now at least that option is certainly there and perhaps will open up the commission to other professionals who maybe don't have historic projects but I do have intimate knowledge of historic projects and the challenges that they present. This is very particular to me, personally, but I am sure there are other practicing architects that this could effect. I can't imagine how it wouldn't. So you are basically seeking out, if you want an architect on your commission who has the professional expertise and experience, you have to have someone who is either retired or doesn't have any historic projects in the Town of Southold I guess. SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: Any project that would be subject to the review of the Historic Preservation Commission. Landmark properties both in the district and individual. But again, we can't waive that, that is New York State town law. Board members are prohibited from representing people before the very board they sit on. It is by state law. We can't change that. COUNCILWOMAN NAPPA: Can I get a clarification because I think I am a little, not sure if we are talking about the same thing. Like this particular person, Ms. Kramer, she has projects that are, you know, past projects not current projects that are in front of the HPC, she could still sit on the HPC as the architect consultant, is that correct? SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: If you have any applications pending before the HPC, then no, she couldn't serve on that commission until those projects are resolved. Southold Town Board Regular Meeting March 23, 2021 page 39 COUNCILWOMAN NAPPA: I guess, maybe she can clarify, so it sounds like maybe past projects are influencing this, but that's not correct? MS. KRAMER: Oh, no. I don't think so. COUNCILWOMAN NAPPA: Okay, so you are just talking about current projects that you have that would require HPC overview? COUNCILWOMAN DOHERTY: She is talking about current and future. MS. KRAMER: Yes,this is a chunk of my business that I don't want to turn away from, I think it gives me both professional satisfaction and a well-rounded business. I also think the other thing, Scott, that you mentioned was projects that are landmarks, or within the landmark district, I have got a couple of projects that are actually designated on the town's list but that aren't subject to Historic Preservation Commission review. Do you have any idea whether those would also qualify? SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: If they are listed in the town code, then they are presumed to be part of the Historic Preservation Commissions authority. Otherwise they wouldn't... MS. KRAMER: I thought so too, I thought so too but apparently that's not the case, Mike Verity verified this for me. SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: They are projects that are not subject to review by the Historic Preservation Commission? MS. KRAMER: Yes, even though they have a little landmark sheet with a photograph and everything. SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: Are you talking about the SPLIA file? MS. KRAMER: Maybe it's the SPLIA file but it said Town of Southold inventory. SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: Yes, that's what is called the SPLIA file, the Long Island, Society for the Preservation of Long Island Antiquities, did a survey back in the 1980's, there is about 1200-1500 properties on there, many of them, if not most are actually not under the jurisdiction of the HPC. MS. KRAMER: Okay. Then those... SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: They are fair game. MS. KRAMER: That helps. Okay, so we'll see how things go but for the present, I personally won't be able to participate and you know, I just told the commission that of course, I regretted that but that I wouldn't be able to participate but I would at least speak to the Board and express Southold Town Board Regular Meeting March 23, 2021 page 40 my sentiments but I completely understand how you are bound by the State of New York laws, you can't change that. Thank you for hearing me. SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: Thank you. Would anyone else like to comment on this public hearing? TOM STEPHENSON: Hello, alright, just a question, did I miss just the general...or is there still.... COUNCILWOMAN DOHERTY: We are in the middle of a public on Board of Ethics.... MR. STEPHENSON: Yeah. SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: We are still in the public hearing for the amendment for the Board of Ethics to allow for someone with a professional license to serve on the Historic Preservation Commission. MR. STEPHENSON: Yeah, I have comments on that and I have comments that aren't related to that. SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: We will take the comments now on the proposed legislation then once we close the hearing and we get into the open mic portion, then we will take your other comments. MR. STEPHENSON: Got it. Thank you. I just want to not mess up your meeting here. Here are my comments, I am in favor of tightening ethics codes, in these ethically challenged times, not loosening them. As was mentioned at last months board meeting, I think changing the code for potentially one person in this town is dangerous territory. Historic Preservation only required one licensed architect, the rest of the people just have to have a deep interest in historic preservation, so possibly you can train people that have that interest and you could avoid that conflict in that way because they are not going to be representing clients in front of the HPC or in any other board in the town. Is it legal in New York to make this exception, another one, I just want to read you 26-3 which is the goal of the ethics code, "town officials and employees must exercise their official duties solely in the public interest and must avoid conflicts of interest or the appearance of conflicts of interest to the greatest extent possible" that's the goal. Obviously as it was mentioned, simply recusal would not accomplish the goal of avoiding the conflict, we already have that but also commission meetings are public and input can be taken from the public without being on the commission. Maybe that's another way to get opinions about a project from people not on the commission. I don't know. There's got to be another solution besides changing the ethics code. Hiring outside consultants that don't do work in this town, I know it would cost some money maybe you could do a trade, you look at our projects with your trained people and we'll look at yours and then we avoid that conflict. That's what I got. Thank you for listening to me. Southold Town Board Regular Meeting March 23, 2021 page 41 SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: Thank you. Would anyone else like to address the Town Board on this public hearing? MARIELLA OSTROSKI: My name is Mariella Ostroski, I am on the Historic Preservation Commission. And in the process of putting a person through the growth of getting their permit, we have to follow a certain protocol. Historics is our vision and our mission, so in order to follow that vision and mission, we need to have professionals who have a passion for the subject of historic preservation. When they have that passion, they can find alternatives to things that will help a client. Inaudible. But the point is, we really are there to serve, we really are there to find the best and most economical way for them to be successful and also fit in with what is the historic district. So how do we respectfully do that if you don't have continuity of service? You can't get any business or any organization the continuity that you offer, that becomes the standard procedure, is the fairest way for a person to get their result. So we have tried to set that, every month we come a little closer to what could that standard could be. We have standard questions now that we make part of the application process, not that they have to answer each and every one but they have to know (inaudible) that is going to lead us to the conclusion that they need, that is within the realm of what is appropriate for their particular house. And the first question is, how old is your house? When was it built and there are many people that come that don't even have that answer. So then what do we do? If they don't have that answer and their architect doesn't have that answer, we have a site visit. And who do we take on that site visit? The architect. Why? Because they are the people with the know how. Now if you wanted to change what was the makeup or the model of your commission, you could do that, and you could hire people but at some point you have to have your commission be the commission and they have to function fairly and appropriately with a common standard and so that's what the architects bring. There's a likelihood that the guy from another state is going to take this as a passion for developing or maintaining, I don't know. But if we can find someone who has the passion, like the person who is presently on and she's been on there forever and she would like to have some associate who has the same kind of passion, so that they are sharing the job. So that is what we are looking for. It isn't a matter of controlling people, it is helping facilitate their success. We call it (inaudible) in the historic district. I hope I am giving people a sense of how we do respect the people in the historic district, how we want them to be successful. And the most exciting thing is when someone comes back and says, you know the end result is I am happier with my plan than I ever was. How you helped me and my architect come to (inaudible). That's exciting and it does happen sometimes. That's all I have. SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: Just a clarification for everybody,the reason this law, we did change the law, it's actually, there was some difficulty on the part of the Town Board to decide whether we were going to amend the ethics code to allow for this but the circumstances are so unique here, we felt like we didn't have any other choice because we needed to make sure that there was at least a professional architect on that commission as a voting member. We can do the let's hire a consultant approach, the problem is that consultant would be in the same boat. They wouldn't be able to represent their clients before any of the other boards because again, they would be paid by the town. You can't be a client of the town and a client of a private representative. So, that probably wouldn't work either. So we felt like we had to make the change to accommodate for that professional insight and experience and at the same time, New York State law, I think I sent Southold Town Board Regular Meeting March 23, 2021 page 42 all of you the statute that spells out that specifically you would be prohibited by New York State. We can't undo that. The Villages or others that are acting in that manner, I can't speak to their governance, all I can say is New York State wouldn't allow it in any circumstance. There's no exceptions to that. Any other comments on this particular local law? MERYL KRAMER: Thank you. I just wanted to clarify one thing, I want to make sure that it is perfectly clear that I don't believe or mean to suggest that this proposed law had any direct correlation to me or my participation in the commission. I believe that this was a Town Board and commission issue because they couldn't get any local architects or any architects who were practicing in the Town of Southold or had projects in the Town of Southold to participate in the commission. I don't, and the person who and I don't recall his name, who had some really interesting ideas and some valid comments suggested that this was a code change for one person and I just wanted to make clear that I hadn't even been in touch with the commission about this until I saw, until we, this suggestion of a town code change was made. So it's not as is I have this lifelong burning desire to be on the Historic Preservation Commission and pushed for town code change, that's not the situation. So, I would like to be but I am satisfied with the New York State law and I never would suggest that the code be changed for my personal benefit or, anyway, I just wanted to clarify that. SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: Absolutely, Meryl knows how to get a hold of me and she had never contacted me to discuss this, this is more of a general need for a group that does need not just the passion for historic preservation but frankly for the insight, and architects and engineers bring that insight. Any other comments? TOM STEPHENSON: I just wanted to clarify, the only reason I said it was for one person is the HPC only requires one architect , I was not referring to Meryl. SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: Okay. MR. STEPHENSON: I wasn't suggesting anything untoward, anything like that. SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: Thanks, Tom. MR. STEPHENSON: I am sorry if that's what that came across as but I was just saying the makeup of the HPC doesn't need to be all architects. It needs to be one trained architect in the field, one person in a historic district and the rest of the other 5, 6, 7 people on the commission would have to have a deep interest in historic preservation, if I am reading the code right. SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: Yes. MR. STEPHENSON: That's my only comment. SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: Thanks, Tom. Any other comments on this particular local law? (No response) Southold Town Board Regular Meeting March 23, 2021 page 43 RESULT: CLOSED [UNANIMOUS] MOVER: Louisa P. Evans, Justice SECONDER:Jill Doherty, Councilwoman AYES: Nappa, Dinizio Jr, Doherty, Ghosio, Evans, Russell 2. PH 3/23/217:01 PM Chapter 26,Ethics, Politics COUNCILWOMAN DOHERTY: NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that there has been presented to the Town Board of the Town of Southold, Suffolk County,New York, on the 23 1h day of February, 2021, a need for amendments to the ethics code; and NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, it has been presented a Local Law entitled "A Local Law in relation to an Amendment to Chapter 26, Ethics" and NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that the Town Board of the Town of Southold will hold a public hearing on the aforesaid Local Law at Southold Town Hall, 53095 Main Road, Southold,New York, on the 23rd day of March,2021 at 7:01 p.m. at which time all interested persons will be given an opportunity to be heard. The proposed Local Law entitled, "A Local Law in relation to an Amendment to Chapter 26, Ethics" reads as follows: LOCAL LAW NO. 2021 A Local Law entitled, "A Local Law in relation to an Amendment to Chapter 26,Ethics". BE IT ENACTED by the Town Board of the Town of Southold as follows: I. Purpose. The purpose of this local law is to prevent political activities on Town properties. II. Chapter 26 of the Code of the Town of Southold is hereby amended to include the underlined words and remove the struck through words as follows: § 26-2 Definitions. , Unless otherwise stated or unless the context otherwise requires, when used in this chapter the terms herein shall have the meanings indicated: CONTRACT -As defined in Article 18 of General Municipal Law, any claim, account or demand against or agreement with the Town, express or implied. CONSULTANT -Any individual, association, partnership or corporation or any employee or agent thereof who has been retained to assist any board or agency in the discharge of its duties. "Consultant" shall also include any business partner, employer or members of the consultant's firm or company. POLITICAL ACTIVITIES -Any activities related to partisan politics, including but not limited to; recruiting, solicitation for fundraising. purchasing fundraiser tickets, circulating and Southold Town Board Regular Meeting March 23, 2021 page 44 signing designating petitions and distributing campaign literature and products, invoking political reprisals and any action that uses political influence to affect the duties and responsibilities of any officer or employee of the Town. POLITICAL PARTY COMMITTEE - Any corporation or committee which operates to aid or promote the success or defeat of a political party and/or the election or defeat of any candidate, within the Town of Southold. RELATIVE - A spouse, former spouse, domestic partner, child, stepchild, son or daughter-in- law, brother, sister, parent, brother or sister-in-law, parent-in-law, niece or nephew, or parent of the Town officer or employee or a person claimed as a dependent on the Town officer's or employee's latest individual state income tax return. SUPERVISOR OF A TOWN OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE - Any other Town officer or employee who has direction or control, either directly or indirectly, over the activities of that Town officer or employee. Article II Rules of Conduct § 26-5 General prohibition. A. A Town officer or employee shall not use his or her official position or office, or take or fail to take any action, in a manner which he or she knows or has reason to know may result in compensation for any of the following persons: fDA. The Town officer or employee. QB. His or her outside employer or business or that of a member of his or her household. 3 E. A member of his or her household. L4)D. A customer or client. (5)E. A relative. B. Consultants. (1) Except as provided in Subsection B(2), (3) and (4) below, to avoid potential conflicts of interest, a Town consultant shall not appear on behalf of any other client before the Town or any agency thereof during the period of service to the Town by the consultant. The Town shall specify the restriction in any written contracts entered into between the Town and consultants. However, failure of the contract to state the restriction shall not affect the enforcement of this section of the Town's Ethics Code. (2) The restrictions contained in this chapter shall not apply to consultants which: (a) Operate a business located within the Town and have been retained by the Town to perform a contract valued at $25,000 or less; Southold Town Board Regular Meeting March 23, 2021 page 45 or (b) Have a written contract with the Town in which the Town Board has expressly authorized an exemption for the consultant from the provisions of the Town's Ethics Code; or (c) Have received a special waiver from the Town's Ethics Board pursuant to Subsection B(4) of this section. (3) Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to prohibit a consultant from: (a) Appearing on his own behalf, or on behalf of the Town before a Town agency_ (b)Seeking or obtaining a ministerial act from an administrative officer; or (c) Receiving a Town service or benefit, or using a Town facility, on the same terms on which such service, benefit or facility is available to theup blic. (4) Special waiver. A consultant may make appearances before Town agencies otherwise prohibited by this section, upon written approval of the Ethics Board and the consent of the involved Town agencies. The Ethics Board shall consider such approval on a case-by-case basis taking into account for such findings the following criteria: (a) The general expertise of the consultant. (b) The expertise of the consultant vis a vis the particular matter. (c) The extent of the consultant's involvement both for the Town and for the private client(s). (d) The extent of the fees, past or future,to be paid to the consultant by the Town. (e) The impact such appearances may have on the public trust. (f) The statement of necessity from the involved Town agency_ (g) Such findings shall be detailed in writing by the Ethics Board and filed with the office of the Town Clerk. § 26-12 Political Solicitation Activities Prohibited. A Town officer or employee shall not 1mowingly r-equest, or knowingly autherize a"ene else to request, any subordinate of the of-fleer or empleyee to pai4ieipate in any eleetio— -----,g— Of eentr-ibute to a political A. No person shall engage in any political activities on any Town premises at any time. Such prohibited activities include but are not limited to the following_ (1) Sales or purchases of tickets to political events. (2) Discussion of tickets to political events. (3) Solicitation to join a political party or activity. (4) Discussion of promotions or transfers or changes of assignments or compensation on the basis of any political considerations. (5) Solicitation of funds or goods or services for political purposes. (6) Use of Town taxpayer-funded equipment, computers, Internet, email, telephones and Southold Town Board Regular Meeting March 23, 2021 page 46 supplies for political activity. B. No person having supervisory control or who is superior in title to any official or employee of the Town shall engage in any of the following action with subordinates at any time on or off Town remises: (1) Discussion of or solicitation of ticket purchases or sales. (2) Solicitation to join a political pqrty or political activity. (3) Use of political considerations in discussing duties, positions, compensation, changes in titles or work assignments. (4) Use of political considerations as the reason for promotions, assignment changes, demotions or termination. § 26-13 Restriction on elected official or member of board. No elected official or member of the Town Board, Planning Board, Zoning Board of Appeals, Board of Ethics, Board of Assessment Review or the Town Attorney shall be a committeeman or committeewoman, alternate committeeperson, or the officer of a political party committee. III. SEVERABILITY If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section, or part of this Local Law shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the judgment shall not affect the validity of this law as a whole or any part thereof other than the part so decided to be unconstitutional or invalid. IV. EFFECTIVE DATE This Local Law shall take effect after filing with the Secretary of State as provided by law. I have an affidavit of posting in the Suffolk Times and on the Town Clerk's bulletin board and town website. And that's it. SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: Would anybody like to address the Town Board on this particular local law? (No response) RESULT: CLOSED [UNANIMOUS] MOVER: Jill Doherty, Councilwoman SECONDER:Robert Ghosio, Councilman AYES: Nappa, Dinizio Jr, Doherty, Ghosio, Evans, Russell ClosinIZ comments Supervisor Russell SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: That completes the business of the agenda. I would invite anybody that would like to comment on any issue to please feel free? Tom Stephenson TOM STEPHENSON: I guess everyone is out listening to the peepers, they are out now for the last two days. I have one thing from the (inaudible) school districts in the town, five if you don't include Fishers Island but Oysteiponds wasn't mentioned and I just wanted to say don't forget Southold Town Board Regular Meeting March 23, 2021 page 47 that we are here. Let's see, I wanted to thank the Town Board and Scott for scheduling the Ag Advisory code committee meeting, really appreciate you guys doing that. I understand you have the police accreditation and Justice Review Task Force that, I understand there's a lot of important things going on at once. We are not at the front of the line, totally get it. I am not reading a statement from the Ag Advisory Committee, I am just speaking as me but the Ag Advisory Committee feels strongly about these changes to Chapter 70, these proposed changes. We feel by recommending them, we are fulfilling our advisory role to the Town Board, we are happy to explain our reasoning behind proposed changes. In code committee or at any other time, and we are available to speak with where we are coming from. Also as you may recall from, well, not everyone was on the Board but 2018 code committee meetings where Ag Advisory Committee was getting codified or code that created Chapter 71 which is the Ag Advisory Committee, at that point, we were negotiating, for what it's worth, purchases of development rights easement language before the Town Board votes to close on the purchase. That was a bridge too far at the time, so we all agreed that Ag Advisory would work with Land Preservation on a sample, on getting a sample conservation easement. This is what we have done, this is what we are continuing to do, it's a lot of work going through and we are not trained lawyers but we feel like, we feel strongly, you know we are volunteering our time, generally showing up every two weeks you know, besides for the pandemic when we had a few months off but we are every two weeks and you know,two hour meetings and five hour zoom meetings going over language. It's maddening, but this is what we are trying to do to help the town and you know, these hours are in the best interests of agriculture in Southold Town so basically why we are in existence, so thank you on that. I hate to circle back to historic preservation but I am sorry, I have to. So, if anyone is trying to find out how old their house is, they can take their tax map number and go to Amy Folk, who is the Town Historian and she can help you find out how old your house is or you can go to the county center who can also assist with finding out about your house. And you know, I am in favor of historic preservation but you know, I don't know where the silent majority lands on this, I certainly feel like we have, I don't live in an historic house and I am not in the historic district but I don't think most Southolder's want an added level, another board to go through. That's just my opinion. I have heard from the HPC that they would love to see all of Southold in the historic district, every house. I have also heard that we should use 2 %monies to purchase facade easements on houses all across the town. And I have no problem if someone wants to landmark their house, that's their right, you know there's no heavy hand there. They can do that for themselves so, I am in favor of the voluntary side of things but not the heavy hand. There's too many heavy hands as there is. We have zoning, we have building departments, planning boards, zba's. Now I have had a problem getting the map of these districts from the town because they are not on file with the clerk of the town. I was told that they are at the state site and yeah, they are up there at the state, you can go and see if you are in the district but I have also heard that there are issues with the Orient map that have not been resolved, that there is dispute where the lines of the district are. So I think there is a problem there. I would encourage the town to try to fix that problem. You know, it's serious stuff if you are in that district, it's a pretty serious thing. You had better have deep pockets, you know, I guess thankfully everyone who is moving in here is paying millions for houses and they have deep pockets and they can go through it. But if I am just an average person who is just happy to have a roof over my head and I want to make a little more room you know, I am not going to be able to do it if I am in the historic district. I wouldn't be able to do it, I don't think but I am just a Southold Town Board Regular Meeting March 23, 2021 page 48 farmer, right. So that's all I have got, it's been a day, a beautiful day. So, another one tomorrow and then some rain. So that's all I have got. Thank you. Supervisor Russell SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: Thank you Tom. Would anybody else like to address the Town Board on any issue? Jill JILL: Hi, it's Jill, not Glen. I just wanted to say I agree with Tom Stephenson a lot on the historic Preservation Commission. Property that I own is in the historic district and I would not have the money to jump through the hoops and go through another layer of laws and aggravations. I heard a lot of horror stories about what they put you through and they also seem to be very selective. Thank you. Supervisor Russell SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: Would anyone else like to address the Town Board on any issue? (No response) Motion To: Adjourn Town Board Meeting RESOLVED that this meeting of the Southold Town Board be and hereby is declared adjourned at 8:21 P.M. U � Lynda M. Rudder Southold Deputy Town Clerk RESULT: ADOPTED [UNANIMOUS] MOVER: Louisa P. Evans, Justice SECONDER:Jill Doherty, Councilwoman AYES: Nappa, Dinizio Jr, Doherty, Ghosio, Evans, Russell