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PUBLIC MEETING 1
MINUTES
December 7, 2020
6:00 p.m.
Present were: James H. Rich III, Vice-Chairman
Pierce Rafferty, Member
Martin Sidor, Member
Mary Eisenstein, Member
Heather Lanza, Planning Director
Mark Terry, Assistant Planning Director
Brian Cummings, Planner
Jessica Michaelis, Office Assistant
Vice-Chairman Rich: Good Evening and welcome'to the scheduled Public Meeting for
Monday, December 7, 2020 for the Southold Town Planning Board. This meeting is public.
The Planning Board may add or remove applications from the Agenda upon its discretion,
without further notice. Applications may not be heard in the order they appear on this agenda.
This public meeting will be held virtually via the Zoom online platform. Pursuant to Executive
Order 202.1 of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo in-person access by the public will not be
permitted.
SETTING ®F THE NEXT_P.LANNIING „BOARD MEETING E
Vice-Chairman Rich: The first order of business is to set Monday, January 11, 2020 at
6:00 p.m. as the time for the next regular Planning Board Meeting.
Martin Sidor: I make a motion.
Mary Eisenstein: Second.
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Vice-Chairman Rich: Motion made by Martin, seconded by Mary. Any discussion?All
in favor?
Ayes.
Opposed?
None.
Motion carries.
Bond Reductions:
Vice-Chairman Rich: The Fields at Mattituck—This approved major subdivision is for
the subdivision of a 60.42 acre parcel into 27 lots. The property is located at 2530
Stanley Road, Mattituck. SCTM#1000-113-2-1.1
Pierce Rafferty:
WHEREAS, this Standard Subdivision divided 60 acres into 27 lots including a new
road proposed to be dedicated to the Town of Southold as a public street; and
WHEREAS, on September 14, 2004, the Southold Town Planning Board resolved to
accept a Stipulation of Settlement to approve this subdivision, including a Bond
Estimate in the amount of$588,343; and
WHEREAS, on June 3, 2005, the Town of Southold received an Irrevocable Standby
Letter of Credit ("ISLC") in the amount of$588,343, dated May 18, 2005 from the North
Fork Bank (aka Capital One) on behalf of the applicant Winhaven Associates LLC; and
WHEREAS, much of the required public improvements were constructed in subsequent
years, however they were never completed and were not maintained, causing the
drainage system to fail; and
WHEREAS, the current landowner, together with a contract vendee who has indicated
interest in constructing homes'requested an updated bond estimate; and
WHEREAS, on December 2, 2020, Michael Collins, Town Engineer, after inspecting the
site and condition of the improvements, recommended an updated bond amount of
$327,320; therefore, be it
RESOLVED, that the Southold Town Planning Board hereby accepts the Revised Bond
Estimate for The Fields at Mattituck dated December 2, 2020, prepared by Michael
Southold Town Planning Board Page 13 December 7, 2020
Collins, Town Engineer in the amount of$327,320, and recommends that the Town
Board also accept the Revised Bond Estimate.
Martin Sidor: Second.
Vice-Chairman Rich: Motion made by Pierce, seconded by Martin. Any discussion? All
in favor?
Ayes.
Opposed?
None.
Motion carries.
Vice-Chairman Rich: The Estates at Royalton - This approved standard subdivision
is for the subdivision of a 36.9 acre parcel into 12 lots where Lots 1-11 equal 0.7 acres
each, and Lot 12 equals 12 acres, located in the A-C Zoning District. This subdivision
includes 15.2 acres of open space and 1.7 acres for a proposed road. The property is
located at 55 Cox Neck Road, approximately 490 feet north of Sound Avenue,
Mattituck. SCTM#1000-113-7-19.23
Martin Sidor:
WHEREAS, this Standard Subdivision divided 36.9 acres into 12 lots where Lots 1-11
equal 0.7 acres, and Lot 12 equals 12 acres, located in the A-C Zoning District. This
subdivision includes 15.2 acres of open space and 1.7 acres for the road; and
WHEREAS, on April 11, 2017 the Southold Town Planning Board accepted the Bond
Estimate for The Estates at Royalton dated September 8, 2016 in the amount of
$314,870.00; and
WHEREAS, on April 27, 2017, the Town of Southold received an Irrevocable Standby
Letter of Credit ("ISLC") in the amount of three hundred fourteen thousand, eight
hundred seventy dollars ($314,870.00) dated April 26, 2017 from Bank of America
Merrill Lynch on behalf of the Applicant, 55 Cox Neck Road Realty, LLC; and
WHEREAS, the ISLC expired on February 28, 2019; and
WHEREAS, the property has transferred and the new landowner requested a reduction
in the amount of the bond to account for the improvements that have been completed
to date; and
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WHEREAS, on November 13, 2020 Michael Collins, Town Engineer, after reviewing the
work completed to date at the subject property, recommended a reduction in the Bond
Estimate from ($314,870.00) to ($106,050.00); therefore, be it
RESOLVED, that the Southold Town Planning Board hereby accepts the Revised Bond
Estimate for the Estates at Royalton Subdivision dated November 13, 2020 and
prepared by Michael Collins, Town Engineer in the amount of one hundred six
thousand and fifty dollars ($106,050.00) and recommends that the Town Board also
accept the Revised Bond Estimate.
Mary Eisenstein: Second.
Vice-Chairman Rich: Motion made by Martin, seconded by Mary. Any discussion? All
in favor?
Ayes.
Opposed?
None.
Motion carries.
SUBDIVISIONS
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Set Final Plat Hearing:
Vice-Chairman Rich : Koehler Family Limited Partnership - This proposal is a
Clustered Standard Subdivision of a 14.94 acre parcel into seven lots where Lot 1
equals 0.80 acres; Lot 2 equals 0.90 acres inclusive of 0.08 acres of unbuildable lands;
Lot 3 equals 1.11 acres inclusive of 0.14 acres of unbuildable lands and .07 acres of
easement area; Lot 4 equals 0.70 acres; Lot 5 equals 0.66 acres; Lot 6 equals 0.70
acres; Lot 7 equals 9.51 acres inclusive of 8.72 acre area of Open Space and a .05
right of way easement; located in the R-80 Zoning District. The property is located at
4180 New Suffolk Avenue, on the corner of Marratooka Road and New Suffolk Avenue,
in Mattituck. SCTM#1000-115-10-1
Mary Eisenstein:
WHEREAS, this proposal is for a Clustered Standard Subdivision of a 14.94 acre
parcel into seven lots where Lot 1 equals 0.80 acres; Lot 2 equals 0.90 acres inclusive
of 0.08 acres of unbuildable lands; Lot 3 equals 1.11 acres inclusive of 0.14 acres of
unbuildable lands and .07 acres of easement area; Lot 4 equals 0.70 acres; Lot 5
equals 0.66 acres; Lot 6 equals 0.70 acres; Lot 7 equals 0.9.51 acres inclusive of 8.72
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acre area of Open Space and a .05 right of way easement; located in the R-80 Zoning
District; and
WHEREAS, on August 15, 2017 the Southold Town Planning Board granted
Conditional Preliminary Plat Approval upon the map entitled "Preliminary Plat Koehler
Family Limited Partnership", dated June 30, 2014 and last revised April 15, 2017,
prepared by Kenneth M. Woychuk Land Surveying, PLLC; and
WHEREAS, on September 14, 2020 the Planning Board found the Final Plat
Application complete; be it therefore
RESOLVED, that the Southold Town Planning Board sets Monday, January 11, 2021 at
6:03 p.m. for a Public Hearing upon the map entitled Clustered Final Plat Prepared for
Koehler Family Limited Partnership", dated June 30, 2014 and last revised July 12,
2019, prepared by Kenneth M. Woychuk Land Surveying, PLLC.
Pierce Rafferty: Second.
Vice-Chairman Rich: Motion made by Mary, seconded by Pierce. Any discussion? All
in favor?
Ayes.
Opposed?
None.
Motion carries.
°a S'1,TEPLAN APPLI"'CATION�S ��� E
STATE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY REVIEW ACT Determinations:
Vice-Chairman Rich : North Fork Self Storage #3 —This site plan is for the proposed
construction of two (2) 2-story self-storage buildings at 53,800 sq. ft. and 37,750 sq. ft.
which includes a 300 sq. ft. office; and 18 parking stalls on 3.7 acres in the Light
Industrial Zoning District. The property is located at 65 Commerce Drive, Cutchogue.
SCTM#1000-96-1-1.3
Pierce Rafferty:
WHEREAS, this revised Site Plan is for the proposed construction of two (2) 2-story
self-storage buildings at 53,800 sq. ft. and 37,750 sq. ft. which includes a 300 sq. ft.
office; and 18 parking stalls on 3.7 acres in the Light Industrial Zoning District; and
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WHEREAS, on August 10, 2020 the Southold Town Planning Board, pursuant to State
Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA) 6 NYCRR, Part 617, determined that the
proposed action is an Unlisted Action as it does not meet any of the thresholds of a
Type I Action, nor does it meet any of the criteria on the Type II list of actions; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Board performed a coordinated review of this Unlisted Action
pursuant to 6 NYCRR Part 617, Section 617.7 of the State Environmental Quality
Review Act; be it therefore
RESOLVED, that the Southold Town Planning Board hereby declares Lead Agency
status for the SEQRA review of this Unlisted Action;
Martin Sidor: Second.
Vice-Chairman Rich: Motion made by Pierce, seconded by Martin. Any discussion? All
in favor?
Ayes.
Opposed?
None.
Motion carries.
Pierce Rafferty: And be it further
RESOLVED, that the Southold Town Planning Board, as Lead Agency pursuant to
SEQRA, hereby makes a determination of non-significance for the proposed action and
grants a Negative Declaration.
Martin Sidor: Second.
Vice-Chairman Rich: Motion made by Pierce, seconded by Martin. Any discussion? All
in favor?
Ayes.
Opposed?
None.
Motion carries.
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Vice-Chairman Rich: Fishers Island Airport Hangar—This Site Plan is for the
proposed construction of a 4,200 sq. ft. aircraft hangar and ±13,830 sq. ft. of paved
access and tarmac area at an existing airport on 192 acres in the R-400 Zoning District.
The property is located on Whistler Avenue, Fishers Island. SCTM#1000-12-1-18
Martin Sidor:
WHEREAS, this Site Plan is for the proposed construction of a 4,200 sq. ft. aircraft
hangar and ±13,830 sq. ft. of paved access and tarmac area at an existing airport on
192 acres in the R-400 Zoning District;
WHEREAS, on December 2, 2019 the Southold Town Planning Board, pursuant to
State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA) 6 NYCRR, Part 617, determined that
the proposed action is an Unlisted Action as it does not meet any of the thresholds of a
Type I Action, nor does it meet any of the criteria on the Type II list of actions; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Board performed a coordinated review of this Unlisted Action
pursuant to 6 NYCRR Part 617, Section 617.7 of the State Environmental Quality
Review Act; be it therefore
RESOLVED, that the Southold Town Planning Board hereby declares Lead Agency
status for the SEQRA review of this Unlisted Action;
Mary Eisenstein: Second.
Vice-Chairman Rich: Motion made by Martin, seconded by Mary. Any discussion? All
in favor?
Ayes.
Opposed?
None.
Motion carries.
Martin Sidor: And be it further
RESOLVED, that the Southold Town Planning Board, as Lead Agency pursuant to
SEQRA, hereby makes a determination of non-significance for the proposed action and
grants a Negative Declaration.
Mary Eisenstein: Second.
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Vice-Chairman Rich: Motion made by Martin, seconded by Mary. Any discussion? All
in favor?
Ayes.
Opposed?
None.
Motion carries.
Public Hearings Continued by Court Reporter Jessica DiLallo
u z _ PUBLIC HEARINGS
Vice-Chairman Rich: Due to timing, we are actually going to take the hearing that was
scheduled for 6:02 first.
Vice-Chairman Rich: 6:02 p.m. - 1750 Sterling Agricultural Barn —This agricultural
site plan is proposed to demolish an existing 1,378 sq. ft. barn and construct a 4,826
sq. ft. barn for agricultural storage located within a 2.0 acre reserve area (SCTM#1000-
96.-3-2:1) where there exists a 2-story single family dwelling with garage and four (4)
accessory storage buildings totaling ±3,754 sq. ft., the parcel is attached to ±16.8 acres
of farmland (SCTM#1000-96.-3-2.2) with Development Rights held by Southold Town in
the AC Zoning District. The property is located at 830 Sterling Lane, Cutchogue.
SCTM#1000-96-3-2.1
6:01 p.m. -The Orchards Standard Subdivision Draft Environmental Impact
Statement- This proposal is for a Clustered Standard Subdivision to subdivide a 13.3
acre parcel into five lots where Lot 1 = 9.33 acres including a 1.35 acre building
envelope and 7.98 acres of preserved Open Space, Lot 2 = 0.99 acres, Lot 3 = 1.14
acres, Lot 4 = 0.92 and Lot 5 = 0.92 acres in the R-80 Zoning District. The property.is
located at 2595 Orchard Street, on the northeast side of Orchard Street, approximately
17' northwest of Platt Road, in Orient. SCTM#1000-27-1-3
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Strong's Storage Buildings Draft Scope —This Site Plan is for the proposed
construction of two (2) buildings for boat storage, one at 52,50.0 sq. ft. and the other at
49,000 sq. ft., located on 32.6 acres in the MII and R-80 Zoning Districts where there
are 69,245 sq. ft. of existing boatyard buildings. The property is located at 3430 Mill
Road, Mattituck. SCTM#1000-106-6-13.4
Southold Town Planning Board Page 19 December 7, 2020
Vice-Chairman Rich: Okay, with no other business, can I get a motion for
adjournment?
Pierce Rafferty: I'd like to make a motion for adjournment.
Mary Eisenstein: Second.
Vice-Chairman Rich: Motion made by Pierce, seconded by Mary. Any discussion? All
in favor?
Ayes.
Opposed?
None.
Motion.carries
There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was adjourned.
Respectfully submitted,
P' Jessica Michaelis
Transcribing Secretary
Donald J. Wilcenski, Chairman
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COUNTY OF SUFFOLK : STATE OF NEW YORK
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JAMES H . RICH, III , Vice-Chairman
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MARTIN SIDOR, Board Member
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PIERCE RAFFERTY, Board Member
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MARY EISENSTEIN, Board Member
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17 HEATHER LANZA, Planning Director
18 MARK TERRY, Assistant Planning Director
19 BRIAN CUMMINGS, Planner
20 JESSICA MICHAELIS, Assistant
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5 1750 Sterling Agricultural Barn 3-15
6 The Orchards Standard Subdivision Draft
Environmental Impact Statement 15-36
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8 Strong ' s Storage Buildings Draft Scope 36-60
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1 1750 STERLING AGRICULTURAL BARN
2 VICE CHAIRMAN RICH : We are going to
3 start with is 1750 Sterling Agricultural
4 Barn . This agricultural site is proposed
5 to demolish an existing 1 , 378 square foot
6 barn and construct a 4 , 826 square foot barn
7 for agricultural storage located within a
8 2 . 0 acre reserve area (SCTM#1000-96 . -3-2 . 1 )
9 where there exists a 2-story single family
10 dwelling with garage and four (4 ) accessory
11 storage buildings totaling 3 , 754 square
12 feet . The parcel is attached to 16 . 8 acres
13 of farmland (SCTM#1000-96 . -3-2 . 2 ) with
14 Development Rights held by Southold Town in
15 the AC Zoning District . The property is
16 located at 830 Sterling Avenue, Cutchogue .
17 SCTM#1000-96-3-2 . 1 . Anyone wishing to
18 address the Southold Town Planning Board on
19 this issue, please raise your electric hand
20 and be sure to state your name and address .
21 Before we get started, I would ask -- Mike
22 Kimack, I believe is the representative, or
23 whoever is representing, will just want to
24 give a brief overview of the project as the
25 first speaker, if possible .
December 7, 2020 Public Hearings 4
1 MR. KIMACK : Good evening everyone .
2 You did present the overview . It is what
3 you had laid out originally .. There is an
4 existing barn, which is in poor condition .
5 And there is a proposed barn, considerably
6 bigger, but essentially sized in order to
7 take into consideration the amount of
8 equipment that has to be stored in there .
9 He has about several pieces of property
10 around there that is going to require to
11 put that into storage . If you look at the
12 particular proposed barn that is on the
13 site plan or the site plan itself, if you
14 take a peak at the backside there, on the
15 north side of there, there is a big door
16 there . So the entrance is -- at that
17 particular location to load the equipment
18 from there . And also you will see that 12
19 foot line, that section that abuts out on
20 that one westerly side . There is a loading
21 platform on that side . So the trucks will
22 be able to pull in and back up to that 12
23 foot line and back up right into there . It
24 has been set where it is . Primarily
25 because we have to stay 10 feet from the
December 7, 2020 Public Hearings 5
1 existing septic system. This particular
2 proposed barn does not have any there but
3 it does serve the other building, which is
4 a hanger for helicopters . Used for
5 agricultural purposes . They do spraying of
6 potato farms with those particular
7 helicopters there . There is an electric
8 line underground from the power pole . That
9 is essentially all that is going into the
10 building .
11 VICE CHAIRMAN RICH : Thank you, Mike .
12 Anyone from the public that would like to
13 address the Planning Board on the 1750
14 Sterling Agricultural Barn . Please raise
15 your electric hand and state your name and
16 address .
17 MS . MICHAELIS : I just let George
18 Starkey in . So you can speak . State your
19 name, please .
20 MR . STARKIE : Thank you very much .
21 George Starkey here . Thank you . I just
22 wanted to point out also (inaudible) that
23 this would cut in half . You can ' t really
24 make it out . And then the other building,
25 you can ' t -- south of the barn, that is
December 7, 2020 Public Hearings 6
1 gone already . The survey needs to be
2 updated . This little one . I am using my
3 cursor . I can see it . The only barn that
4 is going to remain -- that ' s it . That is
5 coming down . On the survey you show an
6 existing structure that has come down
7 recently . So just that one in the middle .
8 Right there . That one is staying . The
9 helicopter company owner uses that for
10 storage . So we ' re keeping that one . And
11 then there is two existing ones that will
12 come down . Actually, the new barn will
13 take over not just the old barn, but the
14 one in front of it . So that is all about I
15 need to it . In the interim too, I closed
16 on the farm, Sacred Heart Parish . We
17 rented there cemetery piece due west . They
18 sold their development rights to the farm .
19 So we farm that now and will continue . And
20 we ' re in contract now to close the original
21 Durosky Farm, we are in contract there . So
22 between that and everything else, the barn
23 is -- we are servicing 86 acres now . So
24 there is a lot more involved that just that
25 one farm . We want to keep it on that --
December 7, 2020 Public Hearings 7
1 the piece that has the rights on it . That
2 was always my intention when I sold the
3 development rights back to -- to try and
4 keep any structures on that 2 acre piece .
5 VICE CHAIRMAN RICH : Thank you,
6 Mr . Starkie, very much for that . Anybody
7 from the public wish to comment on this
8 agricultural building?
9 MS . MICHAELIS : I have someone else
10 raising their hand . Jim, would you just
11 state your name for the record?
12 MR. GLOVER: Hi . Jim Glover . Owner
13 of Glover Perennials . We are Mr . Starkie ' s
14 immediate neighbor to the west of the
15 proposed barn . Anyway, I want to be clear
16 that we are very much in favor of
17 Mr . Starkie ' s barn and success of his
18 operations . We are a little concerned
19 about the closeness of the barn to the
20 right-of-way . It hasn ' t be stated so far
21 in this Public Hearing, but the barn
22 proposed -- sorry . In any event, looking
23 at this sketch, you can see where the
24 original barn to be removed is . And again,
25 got no issue with far greater expanded size
December 7, 2020 Public Hearings 8
1 barn . I get it . He ' s got a lot of
2 property to maintain . So he should have as
3 big as barn as he ' s allowed to have .
4 However, if you look closely, it is 10 . 5
5 feet from the right-of-way hedge . The
6 extension of this new proposed barn to the
7 west, yeah . You can see that 12 foot
8 extension . That L-Shape piece . That
9 effectively moves the barn 12 feet closer
10 to the right-of-way than the existing barn
11 to be removed is . So I have a question for
12 the Planning Board . I am not aware of -- I
13 do not know the answers . So I am hoping to
14 be enlightened . With regard to setbacks
15 and you know, it can be argued apparently
16 both ways whether this is a side yard or a
17 front yard . But with regard to
18 right-of-way ' s , does the right-of-way
19 impact the setbacks footage? Can anyone
20 answer that for me? In other words, if a
21 front yard setback is 60 feet and there is
22 a right-of-way -- deeded right-of-way say
23 11 feet in this case, does that subtract
24 from the 60 foot or is the 60 foot to the
25 right-of-way?
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1 MR. CUMMINGS : I can just clarify
2 this . Brian Cummings . This is before the
3 Zoning Board of Appeals for a front yard
4 setback area variance . And they ' re noting
5 that the proposed front yard setback is
6 21 . 6 feet . So as far as the Zoning Board
7 is concerned, that is measurement to the
8 property line and not to the edge of the
9 right-of-way.
10 MR. GLOVER: Thank you . That answers
11 my question . The right-of-way has no
12 bearing on the setback. So be that as it
13 is , it is my belief that the proximity that
14 what would be 10 1/2 feet from the
15 right-of-way may pose some issues for our
16 use of the right-of-way . It was just
17 measured a minute ago that the trucks are
18 going to be able to back up to the loading
19 dock or loading area . I am not clear as --
20 okay . West elevation . Yes . The west
21 elevation indicates that there is a barn
22 door garage or whatever that is . If a
23 truck were to be backed up to that barn
24 door, there is only 10 feet separating that
25 door from the edge of the right-of-way .
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1 The right-of-way extends another -- is 20
2 feet wide . A concern I have is, congestion
3 with vehicular truck congestion . If a
4 deliveries is being received or orders
5 being loaded from that western barn door,
6 it ' s certainly any truck of any size is
7 bigger than a pickup . It ' s going to be
8 jutting out into the right-of-way . There
9 is also a concern I have about snow drift .
10 We get very bad snow drifts in this area .
11 We ' re in the open farm belt at this point .
12 It ' s my belief that the bigger the
13 structure and the closer to the
14 right-of-way that it ' s going to be more
15 likely that the drifts will extend into the
16 right-of-way . Impacting our access during
17 snowstorms . Those were my two concerns .
18 Again, I am all in favor of his successful
19 use of his property, including putting up
20 this barn . There are -- there are other
21 locations for this barn . The variance that
22 is being requested is self created . The
23 barn can go on Dearest Lane or it can be
24 reconfigured as close to the right-of-way
25 as proposed . And with that, I have no more
December 7, 2020 Public Hearings 11
1 comments .
2 VICE CHAIRMAN RICH : Thank you,
3 Mr . Glover . Anyone else wishing to address
4 the Southold Town Planning Board on this
5 agricultural barn building?
6 MS . MICHAELIS : Here is Mr . Starkie .
7 MR. STARKIE : Yes . Hi, again . Just
8 to address a couple of the comments, the
9 reason why we put that truck loading ramp
10 and the picture you showed was a great
11 graphic of the -- what is it when you show
12 the side of the building . Not the plot
13 land --
14 VICE CHAIRMAN RICH : The elevation?
15 MR . STARKIE : Thank you so much .
16 VICE CHAIRMAN RICH : I think the
17 north elevation shows the loading dock
18 would be sort of parallel to that west
19 side .
20 MR . STARKIE : That was purposely done
21 so that there wouldn ' t have to be any
22 loading or unloading from the right-of-way .
23 It would just be an access door on the west
24 elevation . That is just an access and a
25 drive-thru on the side . So the -- we did
December 7, 2020 Public Hearings 12
1 have our hearing with ZBA and they did ask
2 about flip-flopping that piece if we went
3 to the other side . The issue there is , it
4 would close off my access to any kind of
5 vehicles that 14/5 off the corner that I
6 was going to keep up for the helicopter
7 company . That was the whole idea of having
8 the loading docks . So that there would
9 never be any reason for the right-of-way to
10 be encroached on for any period of time .
11 Other that just going in and out . I also
12 want to point out that all of the --
13 hindsight is always 20/20 . He wasn ' t
14 always my neighbor when I sold the
15 development rights and boy, I wish I could
16 reconfigure everything and life would be
17 great . Unfortunately, it doesn ' t work that
18 way . All the development right land around
19 these is all sold . There is not another 2
20 acre parcel back there . I have explained
21 to Mr . Glover that none of his neighbors
22 have gotten stuck back there, where I have
23 pay loaders and heavy equipment . I intend
24 on spending more time out there then I have
25 in the past, and that we would still get
December 7, 2020 Public Hearings 13
1 along as neighbors and make it work . I can
2 see if there was a development down at the
3 end of the lane --
4 VICE CHAIRMAN RICH : Mr . Starkie,
5 remember that you ' re addressing the
6 Planning Board and not any of your
7 neighbors at this point .
8 MR . STARKIE : Okay. Roger that . So
9 that was the reason for having the door put
10 on that west side . So no truck traffic
11 would impede the access . And we still have
12 11 feet from the property -- from the
13 right-of-way and 20 feet from the middle of
14 the road. So there is more than enough
15 room to get two vehicles . No problem. We
16 do it now .
17 VICE CHAIRMAN RICH : Thank you .
18 MS . MICHAELIS : I have Gail Wickham
19 with a question .
20 MS . WICKHAM : Okay . I don ' t have any
21 particular comments on the application . I
22 was just listening to the meeting in
23 general and I was curious about the comment
24 about the helicopters are used for potato
25 spraying and I didn ' t know how much that
December 7, 2020 Public Hearings 14
1 was still active . Just a curiosity .
2 MS . MICHAELIS : Thank you, Gail . I
3 have Mr . Starkie .
4 MR . STARKIE : Yeah . It used to be a
5 lot of potato ' s . Right now its majority of
6 North Fork Helicopter business, Suffolk
7 County Vector Control for mosquitos . They
8 still do some Christmas tree spraying and
9 what not . Potato ' s are (inaudible) not
10 many farmers farm potato any more .
11 Mosquitos is what is keeping them going
12 now .
13 VICE CHAIRMAN RICH : Anyone else
14 wishing to address this application on 1750
15 Sterling Barn?
16 MEMBER SIDOR : I make a motion to
17 close the hearing .
18 VICE CHAIRMAN RICH : Motion made by
19 Martin to close the hearing .
20 MEMBER EISENSTEIN : Second .
21 VICE CHAIRMAN RICH : Second by Mary .
22 Any discussion?
23 (No Response . )
24 VICE CHAIRMAN RICH : All in favor?
25 MEMBER SIDOR: Aye .
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1 MEMBER EISENSTEIN : Aye .
2 MEMBER RAFFERTY : Aye .
3 VICE CHAIRMAN RICH : Aye .
4 Anybody opposed?
5 (No Response . )
6 VICE CHAIRMAN RICH : So we closed the
7 hearing . I believe that the time for
8 written comments remains open for two
9 weeks . Is that not correct, Heather?
10 MS . LANZA: Not necessary for this
11 application .
12 VICE CHAIRMAN RICH : Not necessary .
13 A motion is made and passed to close the
14 hearing . Thank you .
15 * *****************************************
16 THE ORCHARDS STANDARD SUBDIVISION
17 DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT
18 Next order of business , the Orchards
19 Standard Subdivision Draft Environmental
20 Impact Statement . This proposal is for a
21 Clustered Standard Subdivision to subdivide
22 a 13 . 3 acre parcel into five lots , where
23 Lot 1 equals 9 . 33 acres including a 1 . 35
24 acre building envelope and 7 . 98 acres of
25 preserved Open Space . Lot 2 equals 0 . 99
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1 acres , Lot 3 equals 1 . 14 acres , Lot 4
2 equals 0 . 92 and Lot 5 equals 0 . 92 acres in
3 the R-80 Zoning District . The property is
4 located at 2595 Orchard Street, on the
5 northeast side of Orchard Street,
6 approximately 17 feet northwest of Platt
7 Road, in Orient, with a SCTM#1000-27-1-3 .
8 Anyone wishing to address the Town
9 Planning Board on this issue, raise their
10 electric hand on Zoom, and state your name
11 and address . You are speaking to the
12 Planning Board . And if there is a
13 representative of the Orchards who would
14 like to give any information on this , we
15 would welcome their input their input
16 first .
17 MS . MICHAELIS : I have let Steve
18 Martocello . And I don ' t know if Steve
19 wants to speak or his attorney, Mr . Lotte .
20 MR. MARTOCELLO : This is Steve
21 Martocello . The description was fine .
22 This was the draft environmental impact
23 statement we are here for tonight . I would
24 like to introduce William Lotte . Bill is
25 our -- a professional engineer, as well as ,
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1 an environmental engineer . He has taken
2 center point in helping us prepare the
3 draft environmental impact . So by all
4 means -- he can probably answer any
5 questions the Board may ask or myself .
6 Thank you .
7 VICE CHAIRMAN RICH : Thank you .
8 Anyone wishing to address the Town Planning
9 Board on this Orchard application?
10 MS . MICHAELIS : I have Nancy Farrist .
11 MS . FARRIST : Hi . My name is Nancy
12 Farrist . I live at 3585 Orchard Street .
13 It ' s the corner property on Orchard and
14 Holly Oak . Directly opposite the
15 Orchard ' s/Holly Oak Avenue frontage . We
16 have been in the community for 25 years . I
17 along with others in the community
18 commented back in 2015 . And many of those
19 concerns are still relevant . The proposed
20 (inaudible) to the Orient community . And I
21 do not feel that these issues have been
22 adequately addressed by the applicants EIS,
23 nor the proposed preliminary plat
24 configuration of the five lots on this
25 subdivision . I have several major
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1 concerns . The site is currently guided by
2 the area ' s R-80 zoning district . The
3 determination by the applicant to squeeze
4 five building lots using the smaller R-40
5 lot size and setback regulations within the
6 required clustered subdivision seems to
7 benefit only the developer, without
8 anything positive or favorable to the Town
9 and the community . Also Orient ' s fragile
10 water supply is totally overlooked . The
11 most critical in the DEIS is the
12 development, particularly it ' s density on
13 both water supply and quality . I don ' t
14 understand how the Suffolk County
15 Department of Health Services makes their
16 determinations . There were test results in
17 2016 in Appendix L, indicating restricting
18 the lot sizes to the R-80 two lot minimum .
19 And then in 2018 , there were test results
20 granting a waiver . That is in Appendix H .
21 We all know that the Orient aquifer is at
22 risk . My fear is that the open space
23 conservation easement will not contain
24 sufficient restrictions and limitations to
25 archive the goals inherit provisions and
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1 the Town ' s Comprehensive Plan . A more
2 equitable and fair plan should be
3 considered with fewer building lots
4 reflective of the R-80 regulations , the
5 neighborhood character, which is very
6 important and guided by a true
7 environmental impact study . We as a
8 community rely on the Planning Board to
9 require the applicant to do better . The
10 developer should provide a better EIS and a
11 better alternative plan with less density,
12 that truly demonstrates the balance between
13 private profit and Town goals and to
14 preserve and protect the special character
15 of the historical Orient community . I
16 would like to introduce Barbara Cohen, who
17 has assisted me with my submission to
18 highlight a few other key points that the
19 Planning Board should consider . Thank you
20 very much .
21 MS . MICHAELIS : Thank you Nancy .
22 VICE CHAIRMAN RICH : I would like to
23 keep these comment somewhat brief and not
24 overly redundant . Thank you .
25 MS . MICHAELIS : Barbara?
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1 MS . COHEN : Yes, I am here . My name
2 is Barbara Cohen . I am a resident of
3 Peconic . What Nancy has laid out in her
4 submission, along with Barbara Freedman ' s
5 submission, I think is very specific and in
6 where the shortcomings of the EIS come into
7 play . And in reviewing a lot of the
8 documentation from the very beginning, the
9 Planning Board ' s comments about the
10 proposed plan are really very clear . And
11 the preliminary proposed -- the proposed
12 preliminary plat that is shown, which is
13 very different than the approved sketch,
14 does really nothing to do respond to so
15 many of the comments that were laid out .
16 And the other issue is , the reliance on the
17 Health Department ' s determination, which of
18 course are just very narrow and don ' t take
19 into broader context the Town ' s concerns .
20 That when you do make your column of
21 developer town, there are a lot more
22 benefits to the developer . The split
23 cluster in itself with that separate
24 building lot, is without it being clustered
25 is -- I think a little excessive . And it
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1 really is kind of trying to shove a bunch
2 of stuff ina 5 pound bag . And there
3 definitely has to be a better balance
4 design wise . The other concern and maybe
5 half a question is , so as the effort to
6 squeeze everything in, led to adjusting
7 these setback requirements to go along with
8 the R-40, not the R-80 , when it ' s actually
9 sort -- when building does actually begin
10 to occur, does each lot follow the
11 R-80underlying zoning or the very specific
12 setbacks that are defined in these plans,
13 are they the sort of approved starting
14 point . I guess what my concern is when you
15 begin to look at those building lots and
16 they begin to narrow down and take, you
17 know, a different shape, then when a
18 homeowner begins to design their building
19 and try to fit it into the developable area
20 and then you begin to do the pool , the
21 tennis court and everything else, my sense
22 was that these -- it would be ending up at
23 the variance board seeking more waivers .
24 So I wasn ' t sure -- I live in a subdivision
25 and I am a nonconforming irregular shaped
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1 lot . And any time I sneeze I have to go to
2 the variance board because it ' s R-80 . So I
3 wondered how that -- how those lots that
4 are being defined by the R-40 , do they
5 really get defined by R-80 later on? And
6 even the response in the letter and the
7 public comments folder, that again, this
8 idea that this preliminary plat was almost
9 approved by the Board and truthfully has
10 not even addressed a lot of the comments .
11 It just seemed a little premature to rely
12 on just the Suffolk County ' s Health
13 Department ' s findings . So one I would like
14 to get a confirmation from the Board that
15 this hearing is about EIS? Whether it ' s
16 good enough or not? Not the hearing to
17 approve the preliminary plat? Is that -- I
18 would like to get a sense of where we are
19 in the process? So we know what are those
20 next steps and how the public continues to
21 follow it through .
22 VICE CHAIRMAN RICH : Do you want me
23 to answer that or Mark?
24 MR . TERRY : So these comments are on
25 the draft environmental impact statement .
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1 What will happen is, each substantiative
2 comment will be addressed in the final
3 environmental impact statement . That is
4 the next step .
5 MS . COHEN : And the preliminary plat,
6 that plan which is different than the
7 conditional approved sketch, which is a
8 totally different layout, how do those two
9 things come together? I couldn ' t quite
10 find how one became the other in the
11 materials?
12 MR . TERRY : So the applicant
13 submitted -- you saw earlier a sketch plan
14 and when this plan came in, we immediately
15 decided to start the SEQRA process on this
16 plan that you see before you because of the
17 potential significant adverse impacts . So
18 that is where we are . This is the plan
19 under review on the screen . And it will
20 continue under review until the end of the
21 process . And not to sat that things won ' t
22 change in the end because in the end point
23 of the SEQRA process , there is a finding
24 statement . And the finding statement is
25 where the' Planning Board as lead agency
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1 will attempt to mitigate all the large
2 (inaudible) significant impacts or have a
3 no action determination or a modified
4 layout that you will see before you . There
5 is a lot of options . That --
6 MS . COHEN : Yes, that I understand .
7 And there could be another draft from this
8 to the final EIS, more studies, I guess
9 potentially in terms of the water quality
10 and so on that is missing . And just to
11 answer the question when you go to build on
12 these lots , are they subject to the R-80 or
13 are they subject to R-40? How does someone
14 -- there is also certainly submitted in
15 Nancy ' s submission, there is the issue of
16 the Planning Board playing it out . You
17 know, in terms of the reality that you know
18 fills all these building lots . How does
19 the zoning apply here?
20 MS . LANZA : Excuse me . We will have
21 to say our name each time we begin
22 speaking . Thank you .
23 MR . TERRY : Mark Terry . The Zoning
24 applies as a starting point in the R-80
25 Zoning District . Mathematically you have
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1 to cluster the parcels down to achieve 600
2 of buildable open space . Okay . The
3 cluster law also allows the Planning Board
4 to set setbacks on each lot as they move
5 forward . I can ' t answer you what the
6 setbacks will look like in the end, if this
7 is approved because it ' s going to go
8 through the process . And they could
9 change . They could remain as they are .
10 MS . COHEN : This is Barbara Cohen .
11 So just one last thing . So when the final,
12 final subdivision gets done, those setbacks
13 are sort of within that subdivision and
14 creation and definitions . So that when you
15 go to get a building permit, they ' re guided
16 by those specific setbacks and set within
17 the creation of the Zoning District?
18 MR . TERRY : Correct . The setbacks
19 will be (inaudible) . Sometimes building
20 develops are on the lot . Sometimes they
21 are not . It ' s really going to depend on
22 the Planning Board ' s evaluation of
23 whether or not those acts would mitigate
24 impacts .
25 MS . COHEN : Okay .
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1 MS . LANZA : We have to remind
2 ourselves to say our name before we talk
3 because then transcription becomes very
4 difficult. Just reminding everyone .
5 VICE CHAIRMAN RICH : Thank you,
6 Heather . Ms . Cohen, are you done then?
7 MS . MICHAELIS : Sorry . I put her
8 back as an attendee .
9 MS . LANZA: I think she was done . We
10 have another person waiting .
11 MS . MICHAELIS : Erik Oderra .
12 MR. ODERRA: Hi . My name is Erik
13 Oderra and my family resides on 200 Old
14 Farm Road, and we are at the corner of
15 Orchard and Old Farm Road . Right at the
16 corner . And we have been here for 16
17 years . So I just wanted to express some of
18 the concerns that I have regarding this
19 project . So as I just stated, we are at
20 the corner of 200 Old Farm Road and
21 Orchard . And as it is , there is a lot of
22 traffic that prevents us from enjoying our
23 peace and quiet currently . This
24 intersection is busy . And adding more
25 driveways close to our driveway only
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1 presents a safety risk to us . For example,
2 just driving out of my garage is a pain in
3 the neck because we have vehicles
4 approaching from Old Farm Road and both
5 vehicles approaching our driveway that is
6 from the left and right hand side . So
7 building more dwellings and entrances to
8 the proposed buildings will clearly
9 increase the multidirectional traffic flow
10 that we must bear when driving to and out
11 of our property . This congestion will only
12 increase the accidents right outside our
13 home and our neighbors . As it currently
14 stands Old Farm Road, Orchard Street, and
15 the road leading to our neighborhood, are
16 all narrowed . So you must move your
17 vehicle to the edge of the road while
18 driving when there is a car traveling on
19 the opposite side, direction . So what is
20 clear is that these roads are meant for
21 fewer cars , fewer pedestrians , walkers and
22 bikers . Adding four or five more houses
23 means that we ' re going to deal with
24 multiple construction vehicles . Multiple
25 vehicles going to and from the proposed
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1 farm. And we already have a squeezed up
2 road . So to me, this project really does
3 not make sense . And then I was looking at
4 the report and the reports says there is
5 going to be six trips during the peak hour,
6 but when you think about it, the same
7 report mentions that there is going to be a
8 farm. And if you factor vehicles going to
9 and from the farm, deliveries by UPS,
10 FedEx, school bus drop-off ' s and pick-up ' s ,
11 I don ' t think the number comes down to six .
12 I don ' t know how they arrived at this
13 number . And the other thing is, the houses
14 that are described as modestly sized, well,
15 the general character in our neighborhood
16 are not modest . Adding these four to five
17 houses with their modest size houses is a
18 mismatch . It disrupts and it distorts the
19 character of our neighborhood and the value
20 of our real estate . And then the report
21 also talks about their being minimal need
22 for community service . I don ' t know how
23 they arrived at this conclusion but I think
24 it ' s understated . We already have a
25 serious vehicular road width issue . There
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1 is the Orient aquifer issue . And we also
2 have other issues such as the noise and
3 pollution that is going to be caused by
4 vehicles leaving and entering the proposed
5 area . You have noise pollution from farm
6 equipment . And you have fertilizer and
7 other farm inputs sipping into the water .
8 So I think you know, when the report states
9 there is going to be a minimal need for
10 community service, I just don ' t think it ' s
11 a rational conclusion given some of the
12 things that I have mentioned . And I want
13 to thank Nancy and Barbara for their very
14 thorough detailed presentation in regards
15 to this matter . Thank you .
16 VICE CHAIRMAN RICH : Thank you, Erik .
17 Next speaker? Jess , do we have anyone
18 else?
19 MS . MICHAELIS : Not at this time . If
20 you would like -- here we go . Stephan
21 Fairvent?
22 MR . FAIRVENT : Yes . This is Stephan
23 Fairvent . My wife and I own the property
24 that abuts the proposed development on
25 Holly Oak . I think it says on the property
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1 map that it ' s Doris Morgan ' s property . We
2 have been there since 2011 . Sort of
3 followed the evolution of this possible
4 subdivision . And my biggest concerns with
5 this development are No . 1 , the impact on
6 the water supply . The four clustered homes
7 on the corner there are in the lowest
8 elevation on this property . And it just
9 seems logical that if you ' re going to be
10 clustering properties , you should cluster
11 them in either the highest elevation or
12 don ' t do any clustering which is my
13 preferred solution for this development .
14 And I am very concerned on the water supply
15 on our property will have permanent harm
16 and for the neighboring properties as well
17 because these four houses are being
18 clustered . So those are my concerns with
19 the development and the overall impact on
20 the feeling of the neighborhood . This is
21 definitely going to feel more like a suburb
22 than a rural area, and I am concerned about
23 how that will evolve . The question that I
24 have for the Board and I guess , Mr . Terry
25 knows the answer to this , is there a method
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1 to which the clustering requirement can be
2 modified or waived by this body or some
3 other body? Is that even possible or
4 simply impossible?
5 MR . TERRY : Would you like me to
6 answer that?
7 MR. FAIRVENT : Yes, please .
8 MR. TERRY : Mr . Vice-Chairman?
9 VICE CHAIRMAN RICH : Yes . You can
10 answer that briefly . This is really a
11 hearing for input and not for education .
12 Why don ' t we have a real quick answer to
13 it, Mark, if you can?
14 MR . TERRY : So the answer to is , it ' s
15 mandatory clustering 7 acres and above
16 pursuant to Chapter 240 of the Southold
17 Town Code . There is no way around it . And
18 it has been applied consistently since the
19 code was rewritten in, I believe 2005 .
20 VICE CHAIRMAN RICH : Thank you, Mark .
21 Mr . Stephan, do you have any other comments
22 to the Planning Board?
23 MR . FAIRVENT : Thank you very much
24 for allowing me to speak .
25 VICE CHAIRMAN RICH : Thank you .
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1 Jess, do we have anybody else that would
2 like to speak?
3 MS . MICHAELIS : At this time, I don ' t
4 have anybody else raising their hand . If
5 you would like to address the Board on a
6 telephone, you can hit * 9 or if you are in
7 the computer, there is a little toggle on
8 the bottom to "Raise your hand . " Here we
9 go . We have Ellen McNealy .
10 MS . MCNEALY : Hello . My name is
11 Ellen McNealy . I have been a 35 year
12 resident of Orient . When the site between
13 Plat Road and Narrow River Road was built
14 up considerably at one point, pursuant to
15 the possibility of a majore development
16 going into that point, part of the reason
17 that failed was because of the DEIS at that
18 point, relative to the impact on the water
19 and the water flow from Hallock ' s Bay back
20 towards the Town . I wonder if that has
21 been looked at and thought about in this
22 particular instance? And we ' re talking
23 about septic systems from the older type
24 from the looks of it, that may be really
25 problematic and how that will impact the
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1 water . I know people are having
2 difficulties as it exist right now, water
3 infiltration into the basement areas, even
4 if they are allowed to have basements .
5 It ' s a concern that I thought needed to be
6 raised (inaudible) earlier issues that had
7 taken place . Thank you .
8 VICE CHAIRMAN RICH : Thank you .
9 Jess , do you have anyone else?
10 MS . MICHAELIS : I have Barbara . I am
11 not sure of her last name . Barbara?
12 MS . FRIEDMAN : Yes?
13 MS . MICHAELIS : Please state your
14 name?
15 MS . FRIEDMAN : Barbara Friedman . I
16 reviewed the DEIS quite thoroughly and I
17 just don ' t feel that it really brought up
18 any mitigating factors for this proposal .
19 It just stated and restated square footages
20 and various site considerations . They
21 weren ' t -- they didn ' t address the adverse
22 impacts of this fairly against cluster of
23 houses on this corner, which is in my view,
24 a very scenic corner of Orient . And you
25 know, it ' s part of a larger open space .
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1 The conserved property, previously owned by
2 Patrick (inaudible) to the west . And it
3 extends, you know, even further -- almost
4 to the Historic District with the cemetery
5 and a few houses there . But the DEIS
6 states that the Suffolk County Department
7 of Health Services approved at all . And I
8 also wonder about the flag lots . The
9 Zoning Code calls for flag lots of usual
10 size and these are clearly not usual size .
11 I know that you can change from R-80 to
12 R-40 to allow for the clustering, but I
13 didn ' t see anything in the code that said
14 you could change the flag lot status . So
15 that ' s a question . This is also an older
16 site plan . The setbacks are different . It
17 says Platt Road here and it ' s actually
18 Holly Oak . The major point really is the
19 water . People have had salt water
20 intrusion into their wells in Orient . And
21 it ' s really only a matter of time -- if we
22 have a few drought years and people are
23 using water and (inaudible) calls for turf
24 lawns on these building lots , which
25 potentially have irrigation associated with
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1 them. It just raises a lot of alarm bells
2 as far as water availability and the
3 quality of water for all the residents of
4 Orient . And that is all I have to say .
5 VICE CHAIRMAN RICH : Thank you very
6 much for your comments, Ms . Friedman .
7 Jess , anybody else?
8 MS . MICHAELIS : I don ' t see anybody .
9 There is a raise hand toggle at the bottom
10 of your screen or if you ' re on the phone,
11 you could hit * 9 .
12 VICE CHAIRMAN RICH : If there is
13 nobody else --
14 MS . MICHAELIS : I don ' t see anyone .
15 VICE CHAIRMAN RICH : Can we get a
16 motion to close the hearing?
17 MEMBER SIDOR: I will make a motion
18 to close the hearing to January 11th --
19 VICE CHAIRMAN RICH : I think we would
20 like to close the hearing and keep it open
21 for written comments until January 11th .
22 Is that what your motion is?
23 MEMBER SIDOR : That would be my
24 motion . Yes .
25 MEMBER EISENSTEIN : I will second it .
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1 VICE CHAIRMAN RICH : Any discussion?
2 (No Response) .
3 VICE CHAIRMAN RICH : All in favor?
4 MEMBER SIDOR: Aye .
5 MEMBER EISENSTEIN : Aye .
6 MEMBER RAFFERTY : Aye .
7 VICE CHAIRMAN RICH : Aye .
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9 STRONG ' S STORAGE BUILDINGS DRAFT SCOPE
10 VICE CHAIRMAN RICH : Our next Public
11 Hearing was held over . It ' s for Strong ' s
12 Storage Buildings Draft Scope . This Site
13 Plan is for the proposed construction of
14 two buildings for boat storage, one at
15 52 , 500 square feet, and the other at 49, 000
16 square feet, located on 32 . 6 acres in the
17 MII and R-80 Zoning Districts where there
18 are 69, 245 square feet of existing boatyard
19 buildings . The property is located at
20 3430 Mill Road, Mattituck .
21 SCTM#1000-106-6-13 . 4 .
22 Anybody that represents the Strong ' s
23 that would like to give an opening
24 statement, we will hear that first and then
25 reopen this hearing to the public . It ' s
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1 actually a continued hearing . We will
2 start it again . And then anybody from the
3 public that wishes to speak, we would ask
4 that they remain very brief in their
5 comments but also, you know, not make same
6 ideas and concerns somewhat repeatedly . Do
7 that conservatively, we would appreciate
8 it . Thank you .
9 MS . MICHAELIS : I have Charles Cuddy
10 here .
11 MR . CUDDY : I think that we made an
12 opening statement earlier when we had the
13 former hearing or the earlier hearing, and
14 we stay with that . I think we are just
15 interested tonight if there are any
16 additional comments, so we can work on our
17 DEIS and get it completed .
18 VICE CHAIRMAN RICH : Thank you,
19 Charles . Anybody else from the public that
20 has any comments? This meeting is carried
21 over from the November meeting?
22 MS . MICHAELIS : I have let Louise
23 Harrison in .
24 MS . HARRISION : This is Louise
25 Harrison . Good evening Vice-Chair Rich and
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1 members of the Planning Board . When I
2 spoke to last meeting, I was representing
3 myself as a member of Peconic . I am
4 speaking to you tonight as the New York
5 Natural Areas for Save the Sound. Save the
6 Sound works in a Long Island Sound region
7 to fight climate change, save endangered
8 lands , save the sound, rivers and restore
9 ecosystems . And you may have heard of us
10 in relation to our work to preserve Plum
11 Island . Staff members here in Southold and
12 New Haven (inaudible) coalition . We ' re
13 close with stakeholders and led about 116
14 organizations in the fight to save Plum
15 Island . So we have reviewed the online
16 file and the Planning Department ' s staff
17 reports . Thank you for the opportunity to
18 make some additional comments . We did
19 submit our comments to the Planning
20 Department today and hopefully you have
21 those . I am not going to go through them
22 all . But I would like to highlight a few
23 things . We are very concerned about a
24 project that requires level land . Along
25 the water way . Clearly needs to be along
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1 the waterway to be a successful project .
2 But the site in particular is narrow . And
3 has steep terrain . Adjoins a significant
4 coastal wildlife and habitat on its eastern
5 border and a Town of Southold owned
6 preserve to its southwest . The project as
7 proposed is going to introduce a dramatic
8 change in use from a forest that is steeply
9 sloped land to an industrial style big
10 boxed boat storage facility . We do
11 congratulate the Planning Board requiring a
12 draft environmental impact statement . And
13 I will highlight some of our remarks today
14 regarding the scope of the draft
15 environmental impact statement . First, we
16 would like a complete comprehensive
17 analysis of a reasonable alternative for
18 the proposed storage building . And
19 especially with regard to that particular
20 property . We actually would rather if the
21 Planning Board should encourage the
22 applicant to withdraw this proposal and
23 submit a different project altogether for
24 this site . And work with the Town of
25 Southold ' s Land Preservation committee and
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1 the Southold Town Board to preserve the
2 steep slopes and Mattituck inlet . With
3 regard to the scoping of the DEIS, we have
4 highlighted our concerns about the water
5 shed, about water quality in Mattituck
6 Creek, cultural resources , neighborhood
7 character . And I would like to be more
8 specific here to talk about potential for
9 catastrophic slope failure . The applicant
10 proposes to use existing soil information
11 (inaudible) . This is inadequate and could
12 put the site endanger and well as,
13 Mattituck Creek itself endangered. Without
14 specifically targeted and carefully
15 undertaking soil borings that would inform
16 an excavation plan, there is potential for
17 a catastrophic mass soil movement event
18 during or subsequent to the disturbance of
19 the steep soil by heavy equipment . If we
20 don ' t know whether there is layers in this
21 hillside, then we can ' t know whether a slip
22 face exist that could cause sudden mass
23 movement of soil when the trees are removed
24 and there is nothing to hold up the slope .
25 We are also concerned about the final angle
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1 of the proposed for the newly established
2 slope that is supposedly going to be held
3 up by a concrete Evergreen retaining wall .
4 That slope must be less than 45 degrees in
5 its angle . Otherwise the slope will not be
6 stable and with precipitation, there is a
7 greater potential for more soil movement .
8 Now of course soil movement is a matter of
9 concern for anybody with a construction
10 project . But it ' s a great concern to water
11 quality in Mattituck Creek, potential
12 sedimentation and move down stream or up
13 stream with the tide and cause siltation
14 for which Mattituck Creek is known . So we
15 need to make sure that the DEIS pays close
16 attention to the excavated final slopes and
17 the potential for movement into the inlet .
18 And the slopes would need to be protecting
19 during that . We also sent along some very
20 specific requests for what we would like
21 the DEIS to examine with regard to the
22 forest being removed and its relationship
23 to forest in Southold altogether . In the
24 Town of Southold, in all of its
25 agricultural beauties and waterways and
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1 wetlands, there is very few native forests
2 left . They exists as patches in the
3 landscape . Removal of 4 acres of forest
4 may not seem like much, but in the context
5 of the overall native forest covering the
6 Town, it ' s significant . We went into the
7 specific of these concerns more into our
8 written comments . Another thing that I
9 would like to discuss with you tonight for
10 your consideration, our potential adverse
11 impacts on the potential property . The
12 property and the members of the public have
13 purchased and now resides within the
14 ownership of the Town of Southold for
15 Southold residents . And that is the
16 preserve to the southwest . The comments
17 that we have submitted have gone into
18 detail with potential adverse impacts on
19 that preserve . And whereas it may look as
20 those the proposal is not directly
21 affecting the preserve, the removal of the
22 4 acres of forest at the boundary of that
23 preserve, does have an impact on the
24 preserve . It ' s going to open up the edge
25 of the preserve to a gaping hole during
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1 construction . And post-construction, it ' s
2 going to open up a view of rooftops of
3 football field sized buildings , the backs
4 of those buildings , row of Evergreens that
5 are not natural - to the preserve and tarnish
6 the -- make unwelcome the experience of
7 people visiting that preserve who might
8 find their way to the boundary . Also the
9 impacts that are described in our letter,
10 on the forest ecosystem will be experienced
11 by visitors to the preserve because they
12 will have severe impacts on wildlife as
13 well as the forest ecosystem itself . I am
14 not going to go much further because our
15 letter is quite detailed. But I would like
16 to say two more things . First to please
17 have the DEIS do a careful review of the
18 Local Waterfront Revitalization Policies .
19 I would like to point out as you well know
20 but reiterate here, that the LWRP permits
21 the advancement of all of its policies at
22 once . We can ' t pick one policy over the
23 other . It ' s to advance all of thee coastal
24 policies that are relevant to the project .
25 And if any one of them cannot be advanced
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1 by this project, then the project -- has to
2 be found inconsistent with that program.
3 Lastly, I would like to say that I
4 personally love living in Southold for
5 many reasons . One of the things that we
6 are all very admiring of, is the way that
7 Southold went to great lengths , all the
8 hard work in preventing the construction of
9 big box stores and the establishment of
10 national franchise store and such
11 businesses in the Town of Southold. It was
12 a hard won fight . There is great policies
13 in the Town and the code . We don ' t need
14 big box stores in the Town of Southold . We
15 hope that you similarly will consider the
16 appropriateness of allowing sensitive
17 ecological areas , such as Mattituck
18 (inaudible) boat storage facilities . We
19 submit that this is not the right site for
20 the Strong ' s storage . Thank you very much
21 for your time this evening .
22 VICE CHAIRMAN RICH : Thank you,
23 Ms . Harrison . Thank you . Jess , do you
24 have anyone else who wishes to speak?
25 MS . LANZA : Yes . This is Heather
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1 Lanza . I am taking over for Jess . And
2 the next person I have is Denise Geist, who
3 I am allowing to talk.
4 MS . GEIST : Hi . How are you doing?
5 This is Denise Geist . I actually live on
6 Bigsby Road now, but I grew up on Bayview
7 Avenue, which backs up to this property,
8 North Drive and this property . And we did
9 just hear from Louise Harrison, which was
10 much more eloquent that I can be, but this
11 does not fit in this area . It will destroy
12 the rural character of this area, as well
13 as, our roadways . Those roadways are just
14 not going to support this kind of
15 construction or this kind of up and down
16 with the boats or the traffic . And I don ' t
17 even understand . I was over there the
18 other day, the erosion it has to affect all
19 the neighboring properties . And I know
20 that was something that you were looking
21 into, but growing up there, it just amazes
22 me this would even be a consideration . And
23 I understand the zoning, but it ' s just not
24 the proper place for it . Wildlife preserve
25 is back there . I walked there as a kid . I
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1 am 48 now . My entire life -- excuse me .
2 It ' s just not the place for it . Not only
3 to mention the water pollution, which is
4 inevitable . If a storm comes in, you can
5 watch the runoff from just naturally from
6 those cliffs . And you watch it go into the
7 water . And this would only make it worse .
8 And the biggest problem in my opinion is
9 the sand mining . There is no way this
10 couldn ' t be considered sand mining . All I
11 have heard is how much they are going to
12 get for selling the sand . And I think that
13 is one big reason this property is being
14 considered . And I just find that
15 horrifying that we would allow that -- that
16 we would allow this to happen right here in
17 Mattituck . It just drives me very insane
18 for this , but this is just not the place
19 for this . Just because of all the
20 different things that you mentioned . I
21 said to the applicant, which I know we are
22 not discussing the applicant, but I said,
23 if you ' re going to do it, why don ' t you
24 build it up top? At least the land is flat
25 and that way, it wouldn ' t be effected . You
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1 wouldn ' t have to dig out all the sand . Oh,
2 no . It wouldn ' t fit up there . So I really,
3 really, really encourage everybody to look
4 into the fact that I think the sand mining
5 has a lot to do with this particular area
6 is being used . And that just should not be
7 allowed here in Mattituck . I thank you
8 very much for allowing me to speak .
9 VICE CHAIRMAN RICH : Thank you for
10 your comments . They will be very carefully
11 considered, as will the previous speakers .
12 Heather, do you have another speaker?
13 MS . LANZA: Yes . There are three
14 more people with their hands raised . Next
15 we have Steven Boscola . I will allow him
16 to talk . Please state your name .
17 MR . BOSCOLA : Hi . It ' s Steven
18 Boscola, 516 West Mill Road . First just on
19 behalf of our 60 plus members of Save the
20 Mattituck Inlet, I just want to thank Brian
21 for fielding the letters that have been
22 coming into his office . And I actually
23 wanted to bring up the Zoning of this
24 property . I spent a considerable amount of
25 time Looking through the files with the
I
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1 Town . And when was the last shed was put
2 up there by Mattituck Inlet by -- actually
3 built by my grandfather, Bill Boscola, that
4 zoning was still Light Industrial to about
5 30-40 feet or so . The shed of just west of
6 that red dot on the screen . And in looking
7 back under the pending section, there is a
8 proposed zoning change by the previous
9 owner . It got as far as a SEQRA review, 18
10 questions that needed to be answered in
11 2009 . And nothing ever became of it . And
12 then suddenly there are random site plans
13 in the Laserfiche as showing this R-80 and
14 then split to M-2 . And I just don ' t see
15 where there was ever a finalization of
16 that . So I believe that the Zoning of this
17 property is still actually R-80 . And I
18 just wanted to bring that to the Board ' s
19 attention .
20 VICE CHAIRMAN RICH : Thank you . We
21 will make notes of your comments and pass
22 to the Town Attorney, I am sure for
23 checking where it stands . Heather, do you
24 have anyone else?
25 MS . LANZA : Yes . I have next, Russ
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1 Bates . Please state your name before you
2 begin speaking . Thank you .
3 MR. BATES : Good evening everyone .
4 My name is Russ Bates . And I am a
5 full-time resident of Mattituck . And I
6 appreciate the opportunity to be here to
7 express my opposition to this . I live on
8 the inlet . Catty-cornered to the proposed
9 site . And I am very concerned about what
10 is being proposed here . I wholeheartedly
11 endorse what Ms . Harrison ' s comments, to
12 save your evenings , I won ' t repeat
13 everything there, and instead, talk more of
14 a prospective from someone that lives on
15 the inlet . As you know, there is a unique
16 beauty there . And I can ' t think throughout
17 the North Fork, where we have any clusters
18 of 55 foot tall buildings . The concept of
19 what is being place here and the size of
20 the buildings , much less on the waterfront
21 with the ecological possibilities
22 associates with that . Despite my
23 opposition, I do believe that Strong ' s is a
24 very good corporate citizen . They have
25 done good work at their other facilities in
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1 Town . And I hope that they will approach
2 the Planning Board to come up with
3 something that is more acceptable . I would
4 remind you that this is adjacent to the Old
5 Mill . The Old Mill is the gateway for
6 boaters coming into the community . It is
7 the most known landmark throughout the
8 tri-state area . And so, to have -- you
9 know, I drove past Port of Egypt today,
10 where you have all of the blight from two
11 and three story houses that make for a very
12 unattractive area . And to think that we '.re
13 going to take the pristine area of
14 Mattituck inlet, which -- you know, since
15 the 1640 ' s was founded it was a known area .
16 And since the 1840 ' s , the Old Mill has been
17 there . And to turn that into something
18 that is more industrial, to cause the
19 boating traffic to increase when the police
20 have already told us they cannot enforce
21 speeding on the waterway, that they don ' t
22 have enough people to handle that with
23 other demands to the police . To effect the
24 roadways when the City said that they are
25 not capable of dealing with road issues
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1 when we already have with runoff from local
2 farms into the waterway . I think that the
3 entire plan is ill conceived and I am very
4 concerned about it . And at that the views
5 of the area will be destroyed and will have
6 direct impact on my housing value . I would
7 urge you to reject their proposal and that
8 they come back with something that is more
9 environmentally focused or that they go
10 elsewhere . I thank you all for the good
11 work that you do .
12 VICE CHAIRMAN RICH : Thank you,
13 Mr . Bates . Heather, next?
14 MS . LANZA : I have Eric Bressler .
15 MR . BRESSLER : Good evening, Members
16 of the Board, Vice-Chairman, members of
17 staff . As you recall, that we represent
18 Mr . Newman who live directly across the
19 creek from this particular application . If
20 you recall that I have spoken at each of
21 the prior sessions . The topic of my
22 comments tonight is the memo of
23 November 16, 2020 , prepared by Mark Terry,
24 with respect to the scoping document .
25 Although, it is rare for me to do so, I
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1 offer Kudos to Mr . Terry for the
2 completeness of his report . And I think
3 that the matters mentioned therein, both
4 raised by staff and the public, most
5 certainly require inclusion in any scoping
6 document . We pulled the information that
7 had been filed with the Board yesterday
8 evening to review everything that had been
9 filed. Unfortunately, we did not get to
10 review apparently a point of detailed
11 submission by the lady who spoke earlier
12 about the inc inclusions that needed to be
13 made to the report . We will take the time
14 to go through that and comment on those
15 items without -- I dare say that they are
16 worthy and necessary to be included in the
17 proposed scoping document . I am also
18 extremely concerned about the memo of
19 November 16th prepared by Brian Cummings,
20 reflecting the results of the application
21 research update, particularly, the
22 discrepancies with respect to Town Code
23 280-9 and the Suffolk County Department of
24 Health Services . It would seem not to be
25 in the best interest of conversation of
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1 time and effort to proceed with a matter
2 that may not meet the threshold issues that
3 were raised by Mr . Cummings . So I would
4 ask the Board to take appropriate action
5 with respect to this track until the
6 conditions precedent that Mr . Cummings
7 raised are satisfactorily addressed . I
8 thank the Board for its attention .
9 VICE CHAIRMAN RICH : Thank you, Eric .
10 Heather, do you have someone else?
11 MS . LANZA : Yes . Next we have
12 Catherine Kana .
13 MS . PANARELLO : Hi . This is actually
14 Lori Panarello . We live at 1065 West Mill
15 Road. So what I would like to address are
16 this evening the danger that we as a
17 community may face being surrounded by
18 8 , 000 gallons of propane and an additional
19 800 to 1 , 000 of fuel by 80 yachts that
20 would be stored in this facility . This is
21 just such a small space to have that much
22 propane and fuel . And I would just like
23 the make the Board aware of the recent
24 explosion in Michigan of a similar site
25 while workers were working inside doing
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1 winter storage . Needless to say this could
2 be devastated to the areas and extremely
3 worrisome along with the multiple of other
4 problems that we see the community facing .
5 More appropriate definitely in an
6 industrial area . Thank you .
7 VICE CHAIRMAN RICH : Thank you for
8 your input . Heather, who do you have next?
9 MS . LANZA : Next we have Maureen
10 Fritch .
11 MS . FRITCH : Good evening, Board . My
12 name is Maureen Fritch . I reside at 975
13 West Hugh Drive in Mattituck . I am on the
14 inlet . My husband and I recently
15 purchased . So we ' re newcomers . We have
16 lived on the North Shore for 40 years . We
17 bought the home on the inlet because we
18 were looking to retire . We fell in love
19 with the charm, the tranquility, the
20 nature . The fact that the area is
21 protected and that it ' s charming and a
22 lovely place and a beautiful community with
23 lovely, lovely people in it . Mr . Strong is
24 my neighbor . I don ' t have anything against
25 anyone trying to advance their business .
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1 We are small business owners ourselves .
2 However, I don ' t think that the inlet is a
3 place for the size of this project . And I
4 know you have heard that from others . And
5 I am sorry if I am repeating myself,
6 however, to me, it ' s a gigantic eyesore .
7 It ' s like building a tiny skyscraper in a
8 small town . Not to mention, the danger of
9 fires that the previous woman has just
10 announced to you . And the concern over
11 this quiet little inlet that has the beauty
12 of small boaters, some large, quietly
13 passing by, as opposed to turning it into
14 what I would say is going to turn into a
15 water highway . The traffic that is going
16 to go up and down . Absolutely is going to
17 have to have an impact on the environment
18 and wildlife, as well as, contaminating the
19 water . The amount of boats that are going
20 to be coming in and out of there is going
21 to extremely affect the inlet . And I am
22 really kind of stunned and shocked that
23 Mr . Strong would even approach this idea .
24 I thought there was a love of the
25 community . To deteriorate the many, many
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1 hundreds of years that the inlet has been
2 there, I hope that the Board steps back and
3 really evaluates the impact that this is
4 going to have, as well as people of the
5 community that have invested their money .
6 I don ' t have to tell you that I paid well
7 over $1 . 5 million for our retirement home .
8 My taxes are well over $17 , 000 a year . And
9 that wasn ' t so I could look at an
10 industrial factory when I look across the
11 water . My husband and I are devastated as
12 well as the people in the community, my
13 neighbors . And I just hope that you take
14 everything into consideration, especially
15 the wildlife and impacting the concern and
16 making sure all stays safe and come up with
17 a new plan . And thank you for hearing me .
18 I appreciate your time .
19 VICE CHAIRMAN RICH : Thank you very
20 much, Ms . Fritch . Do we have anybody else,
21 Heather?
22 MS . LANZA : Yes . I am not sure how
23 to say the name M . Geiten . I have clicked
24 allowed to talk .
25 MS . GEITEN : Hi, Board . I am Mary
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1 Geiten, and I live at 3331 Grand Avenue . A
2 property my family has loved since the
3 1930 ' s . It ' s directly across from the
4 proposed project . And as many people have
5 already stated, I am very concerned about
6 the environmental impact of this project .
7 So I am trying to understand how the Board
8 selects the group that will be conducting
9 the next phase of the environmental review?
10 And how do you ensure that is an impartial
11 body? Thank you very much .
12 VICE CHAIRMAN RICH : Again this is a
13 meeting or input . We ' re not here to
14 specifically ask questions . But I believe
15 our staff is going to produce and work on
16 this moving forward . And I think they ' re
17 pretty impartial on this . I really do .
18 Next?
19 MS . LANZA : I don ' t see anybody
20 else ' s hands raised . If anyone else like
21 to address the Board, if you ' re on the
22 telephone, you could hit * 9 . If you are on
23 the computer, you can look at the bottom of
24 your screen and press "raise hand . "
25 VICE CHAIRMAN RICH : Heather, if we
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1 don ' t have anybody here --
2 MS . LANZA : Here . Somebody -- this
3 is Jeff . I will let him say what his name
4 is?
5 MR. STRONG : Good evening, Board .
6 Jeff Strong here . Thank you for hearing
7 everybody as part of the process . I did
8 want to clarify, it has been stated
9 numerous times that the proposed building
10 heights are 55 feet . That the accurate
11 fact as per our submission that the
12 building requested height is 45 in height .
13 VICE CHAIRMAN RICH : Thank you for
14 that correction, Mr . Strong .
15 MS . LANZA: There are no other hands
16 raised at this time .
17 VICE CHAIRMAN RICH : If Charles is
18 still there, Charles , we would like to
19 close this hearing and request an extension
20 of time to produce a final scope until --
21 and try to have it ready by January 11th
22 our next public meeting with Christmas and
23 New Year ' s in between and all the other
24 related problems that are unique this year .
25 I just think that is the best we can do .
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1 Are you acceptable with that, Charles?
2 MR . CUDDY : I think my client is also
3 available here to chime in, but we
4 certainly hope it could be done a little
5 bit earlier than six weeks from now, which
6 is what I think you are proposing . If it
7 is possible to do it earlier, I would
8 appreciate it?
9 VICE CHAIRMAN RICH : Frankly, I don ' t
10 think it ' s going to be possible to do it
11 earlier . Today is the 7th . I mean, one of
12 the weeks is between Christmas and New
13 Year ' s . We ' re losing a considerable amount
14 of work time . And I think some of the
15 staff also has vacation days . So I am
16 counting 5 weeks . I am not going to debate
17 it with you . It ' s a push to get something
18 like this sophisticated together .
19 MR . CUDDY : We don ' t want to make it
20 more difficult . We will consent to it . We
21 were just hoping to get it done earlier .
22 Thank you .
23 VICE CHAIRMAN RICH : We appreciate
24 that . In conversation with the staff
25 earlier, they were pretty clear that it
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1 would be very, very difficult . And I think
2 we owe it to both the pubic and to Strong
3 Marine to do the best job that we can .
4 MR. CUDDY : We agree .
5 VICE CHAIRMAN RICH : Thank you,
6 Charles . So can I get a motion to close
7 the hearing and try to have this done by
8 Monday, January 12th, as we discussed?
9 MEMBER SIDOR : So moved.
10 VICE CHAIRMAN RICH : Anybody second?
11 MEMBER EISENSTEIN : I ' ll second.
12 VICE CHAIRMAN RICH : Any discussion?
13 (No Response) .
14 VICE CHAIRMAN RICH : All in favor?
15 MEMBER SIDOR : Aye .
16 MEMBER EISENSTEIN : Aye .
17 MEMBER RAFFERTY : Aye .
18 VICE CHAIRMAN RICH : Aye .
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