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SOUTHOLD TOWN BOARD
MARCH 11, 1986,
WORK SESSION
Present: Supervisor Francis J. Murphy, Justice Raymond W. Edwards, Councilman
Paul Stoutenburgh, Councilman James A. Schondebare, Councilwoman Jean W. Cochran,
Councilman George L. Penny IV, Town Clerk Judith T. Terry, Town Attorney Robert
W. Tasker (9:35 A.M.), Superintendent of Highways Raymond L. Jacobs.
9:00 A.M. - The Board met witfi Greenport Village Trustees Gall Horton and Jeanne
Cooper, Villa~le Harbormaster Edward Krusczeski, and members of the Baymens Assoc-
iation to discuss the installation of a floating dock system, bulkheading and possible
dredging in Sterling Creek off Sandy Beach Road, Greenport. This propos,ed project
would create 12 much needed slips for commercial' baymen at a suggested rental of
$350.00 per year. An estimate submitted by Costello Marine Contracting Corporation
indicates a total cost of $11,360 based on the cost of today's material prices. It was
suggested that all concerned meet with the Town Trustees to disCuss the feasibility
of the project and that a complete proposal for the project be submitted to the Town
Board for further discussion at the next work session.
9:25 A.M. - Stanley Parkin, representing the North Fork Country Club, appeared
before the Board to discuss their application for a temporary trailer permit at the
club site on the corner of Moores Lane and Route 25, Cutchogue. The trailer would
serve as a temporary pro shop and storage area while' the new country club is under
construction. The Board agreed to a six month permit (see resolution no. 17).
9;30 A.M. - The Board reviewed the waiver requests of: Peconic Associa1~es, inc.,
on behalf of Port of Egypt (see resolution no. 18), John M. DiVello, Mattituck
Sanitation (see resolution no. 19), Alice Hussie (see resolution no. 20)', Robert G.
Melrose (see resolution no. 21), and Jerry Shulman Produce Shipper (see resolution
no. 22), Herodotus Damianos, M.D., for Pindar Vineyards - waiver not required to
file for a change of zone in an "A" Residential~ and Agricultural Dis[rict.
9:35 A.M. - David E. Kapell, agent for Jem Realty Co. (Emanuel Kontokosa) met
with the Board to request the Board to reconsider their change of zone petition
submitted in April 1982, amended subsequently, and upon which a public hearing
was held in March 1983. The Board has not made a decision with r~__~o~_cf to thi~
petition. Mr. Kapell asked the Board to reconsider the original petition which was
filed and disregard the amendment. It was the decision of the Town Board that
Jem Realty must file a new petition, whereas the entire matter was considered
previously based upon the amendment.
9:45 A.M. - Herodotus Damianos, M.D., for Pindar Vineyards, appeared before
the Board to discuss the waiver requested to file for a change of zone which was
discussed by the Board at 9:30 A.M. Dr. Damianos advised the Board that Pindar
is now producing above the 50,000 and now need a commercial license and under the
zoning regulations is required to be in a business zone. He was instructed to secure
the necessary applications from the Town Clerk's office to file a change of zone
petition. Dr. Damianos apprised the Board of recent national awards to Pindar
Vineyards for the quality of their wine and invited one of the Board members to
appear at a upcoming Vineyard Associa[ion meeting to be held in Riverhead.
9:55 A.M. - For Discussion items: (7) Proposal of Gary E. Loesch, P.E., Holzmacher,
McLendon & Murrell, P.C., to provide engineering services in connection with the
preparation of a Solid Waste Management Study for the Town of Southold (see resolution
no. 23), and (8) Discussed letter from the Association for the Help of Retarded
Children describing a potential community residence site containing 2.9 acres on
Horton Lane, Southold, where they plan to construct a new residence to house from
4 to 14 persons. Supervisor Murphy will respond to the letter'advising that the
Town has cooperated with/and had cooperation from AHRC with respect to these
COmmunity residences and the three presently functioning in the Town have worked
out well. (10) Contractual agreement with Barbara Strang (see resolution no. 25).
10:00 A.M. - Venetia McKeighan, Director of the Southold Town Nutrition Center,
and licensed nurses Alice Albertson and Linda Graham met with the Board to discuss
their proposal for a "Friends of Hospice" program to be implemented in two phases:
Phase I includes support services that are presently available through the Nutrition
Program: home delivered meals, light houskeeping and shopping, guidance in filling
out forms, guidance in obtaining health services and equipment, respite care for the
caregiver, transportation services to chemotherapy, dialysis; doctors, emotional support
services through counseling, volunteers to visit 'the patients if requested, Voice of
Help, home library services, mini-respite. Phase II will'continue Phase I while
implementing more direct services to the family. (Copy of the proposal is on file'
in the Town Clerk's Office.) The tentative one year budget is $5,700.00, which
the Board agreed to transfer into the Nutrition Program from the Contingent Accou~
Following the presentation Mrs. McKeighan spoke briefly to the Board about the pro~i ;~ss
of'the V~ice of Help program. There had b~en a proposal to purchase three Voice ~_~
of Help units at a cost of $1,397. Mrs. McKeighan has learned that the cost of
installation is S75.00, plus a $26.95 monthly service charge. She suggested, and
the Board agreed, that anyone may obtain'a Voice of Help unit, and the $1,397 should
be spent toward helping to defray the'cost for those who cannot afford the installation
and perhaps contribute to three months service.
10:45 A.M. - John Berryman, Treasurer of the Greenport-Southold Chamber of
Comme~ce made a presentation to the Town Board as a representative of the Board
of Directors of the Chamber, with respect to the "Zoning Ordinance Amendments for
Master Plan Update - presented to the Southold Town Board on December 17, 1985".
(Mr. Berryman's prepared presentation is on file in the Town Clerk's office.) In his
presentation Mr. Berryman stated that Chamber Directors "attended each of the so-
called community input sessions." "..They were unhappy with the format of the
meetings. They expected that the meetings would be in the form of a New England
style 'Town Meeting', with give and take between local residents and their elected
town officials." "..The meetings, whether by design or not, denigrated into allowing
those most affected by the proposed legislation to make a statement. Valid questions
were forbidden .... The concensus was that the meetings were a waste of time, attend-
ance of 40 people at the earlier meetings would seem to buttress this impression."
Mr. Berryman outlined concerns wich-should be considered, specifics of the proposed
regulations and maps and recommendations of the Chamber Board of Directors, which
recommendations are as follows: (1) Send the proposed Zoning Ordinance Amendmer~-~
and proposed Zoning Maps back to the drawing board. (2) Open to the public the
Board's discussion meetings at which they revise the current proposals (32 Recor¢.
fot future inspection the votes of each Board member on each specific proposal. (4)'~
Place a legal in the local newspapers alerting affected property owners that they plan
to change the use designation fo their property. (5) Make the changes known to the
general public; (6) Conduct true town meetings before they conduct the mandatory
public hearing. (7) After the changes are made, appoint an ombudsman to represent
the "little guy", which person would monitor the activities of the regulatory boards
and accept complaints from the "little guy".
11:05 A.M. - Robert Webb, Chairman of SEACOM, appeared before the Board to
discuss a timetable for procedures leading to a proposition on the ballot at the
November 1986 election relative to the proposed establishment of a municipal electric
system in the Town of Southold. Town Attorney Tasker advised the Board that
they should proceed immediately to obtain proposals for bond counsel services based
upon the engineering studies by R. W. Beck and Associates, and the legal studies
by Duncan, Weinberg & Miller.
11:15 A.M. - Councilman Stoutenburgh brought to the Board's attention the ongoing
problem of the proposed dedication of the roads in Highland Estates at Cutchogue.
The dedication papers are now in order, but as a ~esult of a recent inspection ordered
by Superintendent of Highways Jacobs, there is still work to be done on the roads
before he will recommend acceptance. The major problem is the need for another
application of oil and chips on the first 1200 feet. This should be accomplished
shortly and dedication can then be accepted.---Councilman Schondebare voiced his ~
objections to Supervisor Murphy's trip to California to attend a solid waste manage-
ment conference. He stated that the Supervisor had advised him that such a trip
would be unnecessary since the same conference would be held in Philadelphia in
April. Councilman $chondebare said he would not approve the voucher for Supervisor
Murphy's expenses. Supervisor Murphy stated that according to his recollection of
the conversation, he felt that because of his expertise in the area of solid waste
management he was the logical person to attend and was under the impression this'
was agreeable to Councilman Schondebare and the other Board members.---Council-
woman Cochran reported that the Housing Committee has met on two occasi~)ns with
the Planning Board with respect to the affordable housing plan for the Town. They
cannot come to a meeting of the minds and are referring both of their proposals to
the Town Board for a decision. Councilwoman Cochran asked that this matter be
scheduled for the March 25th work sos'sion for a full discussion by the Town Board.
11:50 A.M. - Jim Morqo, Assistant Deputy County Executive for Housinc~, and Joe
Sanseverino, Suffolk County Community Development A~ency, appeared before the
Board to bring to their attention the proposed Constitutional Amendment with respect
to housing powers of certain municipali~i~es~ A fact,sheet on the proposed amendment
was distributed to the Board and is on file in the Town Clerk's Office, along with
the proposed 1985 legislation.
EXECUTIVE SESSION
12:15 P.M. - The Board discussed settlement of the Ronald J. Diachun action
against the Town presently pending in the Suffolk County Supreme Court.--
Justice Edwards discussed a personnel problem with respect to his part-time
justice court clerk.
12:40 P.M. - Recess for lunch.
2:10 P,M. - Work Session reconvened.--Justice Edwards questioned Superv:.s0r Murphy
with respect to the redecorating project taking place in his offices. The Supervisor
stated that he brought this to the Board's attention at a work session in early February
and they did not express an objection, Justice Edwards informed the Supervisor that
he had not made it clear to the Board members .the scope of the job and the possibility
that when it is completed the project should have been submitted for bids. Supervisor
Murphy said bidding would not be necessary as the overall cost should not be over
$5000.00.
2:20 P.M. - The Board reviewed Regular Meetinc~ resolutions, and established the
following policy with respect to reappointments:
"From this date forward when reappointments are considered for vacancies which
occur on a board or committee of the Town, if the incumbent who is to be reappointed
and the Town Board members all agree to the reappointment, then resumes shall not
be sought. However, if 'any Town Board member expresses a concern with the re-
appoinment of the individual, then resumes shall be sought."
2:40 P.M. - Fairweather-Brown, Architects and Designers, met with the Board to
discuss their inspection report to determine the causes of water damaqe at the Southold
Senior/Youth Center, Peconic. (This report is on file in the Town Clerk's Office.)
The Board concluded that Fairweather-Brown should prepare a new proposal incorp-
orating preparation of ceiling replacement specifi/:ations and plans for bidding, as well
as inspections with respect to this work as it progresses.
3:10 P.M. - Southold Fire Department Chief Donald R. Sayre, Executive Administrator
Lessard, and Building Inspector Horton met with the Board to discuss Chief Sayre's
letter of February 24, 1986, a follow-up of his letter of July 8, 1985 which had not
been responded to, with respect to the Building Department's fire inspections of twelve
public buildings in the hamlet of Southold. Chief Sayre's concern is the need for these
buildings to be inspected and a certificate of occupancy issued based upon these
inspections. He stated that he is fully aware that the Building Department is under-
staffed and the part-time Fire Inspector does not have the time to conduct these
inspections throughout the Town, and he would like to see another inspector hired
for this purpose. Building Inspector Horton stated most of the inspections listed in
Chief Sayre's letter have been conducted and certificates of occupancy issued, but
the inspections and paperwork as a result of them is long and involved, and the
Building Department has been overworked and understaffed for a long time~. Executive
Administrator Lessard agreed that his office would send a copy of the inspection reports
to the town fire chiefs in the future.
3:35 P.M. - The Board resumed reviewing the agenda.
3:50 P.M. - Councilwoman Cochran asked Supervisor Murphy to explain his reason for
using the 1985 campaign logo of the Democratic Independent party on the "Southold
Challenge" letter, printed on the Supervisor's letterhead, which was inserted in the
recent issue of The Suffolk Times. Supervisor Murphy stated that he was not aware
the symbol was identical; the one used (a tree with clc~uds and water) just seemed
appropriate for the community project to replace those trees destroyed by Hurricane
Gloria. Councilwoman Cochran stated she did not object to this worthwhile project,
just the use of the political logo.
4:00 P.M. - The Board audited outstanding vouchers, removing those for the
Supervisor's trip to the solid waste conference in California, and the one submitted
by Joseph Maganin for painting, varnishing, and applying wallpaper in the Super-
visor's Offices.
4:15 P.M. - Work Session adjourned.
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REGULAR MEETING
7:30 P.M.
A Regular Meetin9 of the Southold Town Board was held on Tuesday, March
11, 1986 at the Southold Town Hall, Main'Road, Southold, New York. Supervisor
Murphy opened the meeting at 7:30 P.M, with the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.
Present: Supervisor Francis J. Murphy
Justice Raymond W. Edwards
Councilman Paul' Stoutenburgh
Councilman James A. Schondebare
CouncilWoman Jean W. Cochran
Councilman George L. Penny IV
Town Clerk Judith T. Terry
Town Attorney Robert W. Tasker
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Okay, the first order of business I'd like a resolution to
approve the audit of the bills of March 11th, 1986.
COUNCILMAN STOUTENBURGH: So moved.
COUNCILMAN SCHONDEBARE: As audited. Yes. So moved.
Moved by Councilman Stoutenburgh, seconded by Councilman Schondebare, it was
RESOLVED that the following bills, as audited, be and hereby are approved for
payment: General Fund Whole Town bills in the amount of $51,773.73; General Fund~--~
Part Town bills in the amount of $24,257,44; Highway Department bills in"the amoUnt~
of $11,677.19; Fishers Island Ferry Dis~ricl~ bills in' the amount of $20,639.06; ~:South~[
Wastewater Distric~ bills in'the amount of $1,151.78. ~-~'
Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Penny, Councilwoman Cochran, Council-
man Schondebare, Councilman Stoutenbu~gh, Justice Edwards, Supervisor Murphy.
This 'resolution was declared duly ADOPTED.
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Next I would ilke a resolution approving the minutes of the
February 25th, 1986' regular meeting.
Moved by Councilwoman Cochran, seconded by Councilman Stoutenburgh, it was
RESOLVED that the minutes of the Regular Meeting of the Southold Town Board
held on February 25, 1986, be and hereby are approved.
Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Penny, Councilwoman Cochran, Council-
man Schondebare, Councilman Stoutenburgh, Justice Edwards, Supervisor Murphy.
This resolution was declared duly ADOPTED.
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Next is to set a meeting date for .March 25th, 1986 at
3:00 P.M., Southold Town Hall.
Moved by Councilwoman Cochran, seconded by Councilman Stoutenburgh, it was
RESOLVED that the next Reqular Meetin9 of the Southold Town Board will be he!d
at 3:00 P.M., Tuesday, March 25, 1986, at the Southold Town Hall, Main Road,
Southold, New York.
Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Penny, Councilwoman Cochran, Council~
man Schondebare, Councilman Stoutenburgh, Justice Edwards, Supervisor Murphy.
This resolution was declared duly ADOPTED.
I. REPORTS.
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: The first item on the agenda are Reports. These reports
are all on file in the Town Clerk's Office.
1. (a) North Fork Animal Welfare League, Inc. - monthly report - January 1986.
1. (b) North Fork Animal Welfare Leauge, inc. - monthly report - February 1986.
2. Community Development Agency, James McMahon, Administrator - 1985 Housing
Program Annual Report.
3. Town Clerk's monthly report - February 1986.
4. Szepatowski Associates, inc. - monthly report - February 1986.
5. ERM-Northeast - Final Report - Point-of-Use Water Supply Treatment Systems.
6. Town Justice Price - monthly report - February 1986.
7. Town Justice Edwards - monthly report - February 1986.
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8. Budding Inspector - mon~l~ly 'report a'~ruary 1986.
9. Town Justice Tedeschi - monthly report - February 1986'. '
10. Dimension Cable Services - mohthly complaint letters - February 1986.
11. Town Trustees - monthly report - February 1986'.
12. Councilmen's reports. Startind. on my left with J. udge Edwards. Judge?
JUSTICE EDWARDS: Nothing at this tir~e.
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Jean?
COUNCILWOMAN COCHRAN: Yes, on
meeting which Chairman Schondebare wi
6th, two meetings of the Housin~ Advis,
The purpose being to try to reach a co~
affordable housing. A compromise was
and will be presented--I believe they I~
ebruary 26th I attended a Chamber of Commerce
report on. Also on February 27th and March
ry Committee and the Planning Board were I~eld.
~promise on philOSophy and ideas in relation to
~ot reached so the reports have been placed
,th have been presented--to the Town Board
funds that we allot to the many sports
as far as Little League~ soccer teams ar
very nice job on which I would like to
up with figures based on the cost of ec
broken down per player to determine ti
'get will be based on their roster of pla,.
a very equitable method of financial su~
adult teams within the Town. Also, as
and Grounds Committee has begun to r6
facilities and one morning we did an ins
revealed the following: there are many
of the storm Gloria. We have a severe
ballfield is rutted and uneven. Underb
Recommendations of the committee is to
condition. As far as the downed trees
been notified. As far as the ballfield
notified that it should be smoothed and
behind the backstop also has been nicel
they're very happy to help us with. R
Board for their consideration is the ero..
the feeling of the committee that it 'coul,
Scout Troop in relation to conservatio~
investigated. We would also like to see
bluff overlooking the lake. We felt ver'
things in place that would make this'a 1
the community with handicapped access,
already in ~hape it would be very easy
property. Also the committee will be ~
walk or trail and also to be discussed
A final Laurel Lake report will be place~
discussion so that we can make determir
busy for two weeks. Thank you, Fran!
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Thank you, Je~
COUNCILMAN STOUTENI3URGH: Yes,
attending the Southold Chamber'of Corn,
:earns that we support within the township,
d so forth. Our Recreation Director did a
:ompliment her--Susan Fossett. She came
uipment for each sport. This was then
e total amount that each of these teams would
,ers. So we feel .that we have put in place
port for equipment to many o]' our youth and
l.reported at our last mee;dng, t~e Buildinc]
wew and evaluate Town properties and
pection of the Laurel Lake sit~, which
downed trees on the property as a result
erosion on the hill abutting the lake. The
rush behind the backstop is overgrown.
~)ring up the site to a safe and usable
are concerned the Highway Department has
roblems also the Highway Department has been
reseeded and the clearing of the underbrush
~, given to the Highway Department, of which
~commendations that will be presented to the
~ion problem, and it is very severe. It was
~ possibly be a project for a Boy or Girl'
and the cost of materials is now being
the site developed as a picnic area on the
f strongly that there are many physical
ovely picnic spot for all the residents in
because of some of the physical things
to incorporate into this particular piece of
commending the development of a nature
the use of this property by permit only.
! on the next Board work session for
ations in relation to the site. It's been
~n. Paul?
hank you, Frank. I had the pleasure of
~erce dinner on February 24th to hear our
new member of our Water Advisory Committee, Bob Villa, speak.
some idea of his concepts as a new mem
like we have a very active and enthusia
board. On the 26th of February I atte~
the people who are proposing a way of
this is our composting concept in which
a huge tumbler and it's about 100 feet I
and comes out the other end as compost
I wanted to get
oer to this very important board and it looks
Stic'person coming on our Water Advisory
~ded a meeting right here in Town Hall of
taking care of the waste in our landfill, and
all the material from the landfill is put into
ong and this material' rotates very slowly
material' which we can use on our farmlands
and our roads and our--roadsides I should say--and on our landfill, and it might be
one of the ways that we can eliminate the problem that's ahead of us. As you all
know all landfills must be closed by 1990 and this is 'just one of the ways and we're
exploring many others, but it 'was an iqteresting review again' of this important
concept and we have--the Town Board I~as hired H2M, a engineering concern, to
look into the various ways of handling ~his problem of our landfill and we'll have a
and this has been scheduled as a discussion for our Work Session at our 25th meeting.
SO hopefully the Town Board can arriv~ at some conclusions that will begin to help
alleviate the affordable housing problemin'Southold. On Monday, March 3rd I had
the pleasure of attending the opening o~ the Southold display at the Suffolk County
Historical Society Museum in Riverhead, and I would encourage those of you when you
are in Riverhead to stop in and see the display because it is certainly well done and
representative of Southold Town. On March 4th a work meeting in' relation to the
Chamber building being constructed in ~_aurel was held, and I am told that the
foundation was put in place today, so itlooks like this 'building is 'finally on its way.
On March 6th the Recreation Committee met to determine an affordable s~,stem for the
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report on that later. I also attended the Southold Town Preservation Committee
meetin9 and I must say these people are enthusiastic about what they're doing.
These are the people that are going around and checking old houses and documenting
these old homes and getting quite a bit of fun doing it, I might say, and it's nice to
see people getting involved. They also had a speaker there, a Mr. Langhart, who
is the curator of Hallockville, who gave a very interesting talk on old buildings.
February 28th I was here in' the Hall with some of the people and we were very
proud to have the first donor of farmland, John Tuthill here, to receive his check
for the rights--the development rights of his farm, and this is just one of in many
that are being down in $outhold Town. You people have put up the mone.y for it
through a bond. You voted for it,' and it's on the way. John Tuthill and John
Nierodzik and I think we have one more, don't we Frank? Didn't we have one more?
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Albert Krupski.
COUNCILMAN STOUTENBURGH: Albert Krupski? Okay. March 8th I was in the
Recreation Committee, as Jean has already spoken about and i do think we have
a very good person running our' Recreation Department. I was also in Riverhead
at the Historical Society exhibit, and not only go to that wonderful museum to see
our Southold exhibit, I~ut they have a beautifUl exhibit 'throughout the whole build-
ing. It is really magnificent. I've been there before, but it's good to be reassured
that that is really a wonderful, wonderful historic'building and also a very nice
museum too. That's about it,' Frank,
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Thank you,' Paul. George?
COUNCILMAN PENNY: Okay, on February 26th the Do9 Pound Committee met. We
met with Gary Strang and it was a preliminary meeting. Present was the members
of the Animal Welfare League and Bill Zitek, and it 'was stricily to get input to give
Gary some direction. On Wednesday, March 19th Gary will'come up with some
preliminary floor plans for us to get' us started. On the 26th also I met with the
Commerce and Industry Committee, which has been reported. On the 27th the
Housin9 Advisory Committee, which has also been reported. On the 28th the CSEA
held another meeting. On one I don't have the date on I met with Jean Cochran,
and just if anybody thinks the Laurel Lake is a picnic in the wintertime, it was
about 15 degrees out there and she gave a very enthusiastic report considering
the factors. That's all.
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Thank you, George. Jay?
COUNCILMAN SCHONDEBARE: Thank you, Frank. Likewise I attended the
Recreation Committee meeting, and I attended the two Housin9 Committee meetings.
They were somewhat disappointing. I was really hoping that the Planning Board,
who has their 'own concepts of affordable housing,and the Housing Advisory Committee,
who has their own ideas, could sit down together and work out their problems, but
they are so far apart that it 'became useless and I don't think they'll be doing that
anymore. They won't be meeting. So evidentially they're going to drop both the
proposals into the lap of the Town Board and we're going to have to try to come up
with some sort of solution, because they cannot agree. We had a Code Committee
meetin9. The wineries are a big issue now. We knew that it was going to happen
sooner or later. Some would like to serve £oods, others are expanding. There was
some talk of a zone change for some of wineries. It's a big concept. You're talking
perhaps like the Napa Valley that we've heard so much about. They're ready to
move and it's something that the Town Board has to take into consideration and how
we want the Town of Southold to look like in the future. It's a difficult concept
and we're going to have to wrestle with it. We had a Commerce and lndustr¥ Committee
meetinq and basically we got tied up into the leases concerning the Greenport Tourist
Information Booth, as well as the Laurel Lake Information Booth, and we hope to have
that straightened out and I'll have to speak to the Town Attorney and see if we can
get the nuts and bolts done. That's it. Thank you.
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Thank you, Jay.
II. PUBLIC NOTICES.
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Okay, moving on to the second item on the agenda, Public
Notices. There's two of them.
1. Corps of Engineers, application by Village Marine to bulkhead and backfill
at James Creek in Mattituck. Written comments by April 2nd.
2. New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, application by
.S. Heaqan Bayles to rip-rap along existing timber bulkhead at Smith Road, Cutchogue.
'~ritten comments by March 28th.
III. COMMUNICATIONS. - None.
IV. PUBLIC HEARINGS. - 8:00 P.M., Meadow Farms Associates, DEIS.
MARCH 11, 1986
V. RESOLUTIONS.
SUPERVISOR MURPHY:
going to hold.
TOWN CLERK TERRY:
We'll move on to our Resolutions. The first one we're
Weren't you going to reject?
COUNCILMAN PENNY: Yes, we agreed to reject.
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: You want to reiect? Okay. Number 1 is to reject a
bid for the Senior/Youth Center.
Moved by Councilman Penny, seconded by Councilman Schondebare, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby rejects all bids
for the ceilin9 replacement at the Senior/Youth Center building located on the east
side of Peconic Lane, Peconic, New York.
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SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Any queStions or comments?
COUNCILMAN PENNY: i'd like to make a comment. I'd just like to assure the
people that there is:-the reason that we're doing this: and that is we're going
to do some more research on the building and that if 'we go ahead and authorize
the ceiling bid we have a certain number of days to proceed with it and rather
than go ahead at this time until we hav, e all the factors in front of us. We haY,
reports from another architect and we're eventually going to go back to this bid,
but it's going to be handled by an architect also. So it's unfortunate. It's just
a temporary delay.
1.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Penny, Councilwoman Cochran, Council-
man Schondebare, Councilman Stoutenburgh, Justice Edwards, Supervisor Murphy.
This resolution was declared duly ADOPTED.
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Number 2 is to authorize me to sign an agreement.
2. Moved by Councilman Schondebare, seconded by Councilman Stoutenburgh, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby authorizes and
directs Supervisor Francis J. Murphy to execute an agreement between the Town
and Diane M. Schultze to provide secretarial services for the Southold Town Farm-
land Preservation Committee, effective January 1, 1986 through December 31, 1986,
at a total fee not to exceed $3,500.00 for the term of this agreement.
2.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Penny, Councilwoman Cochran, Council-
man Schondebare, Councilman Stoutenburgh, Justice Edwards, Supervisor Murphy.
This resolution was declared duly ADOPTED.
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Number 3 is on our Airport Site Selection/Master Plan.
Moved by Supervisor Murphy, seconded by Councilman Schondebare,
WHEREAS, the Consolidated Report, Phases I and II, Airport Site Selection/Master
Plan Study has been completed, reviewed by the Federal Aviation Administration,
New York State Department of Transportation, Southold Town's Technical Advisory
Committee, the Southold Town Board, and the general public since June 1985, and
WHEREAS, on February 25, 1986, at 7:30 P.M. a public informational meeting was
held at the Southold Town Hall. with respect to the Consolidated Report, at which
time all persons were given an opportunity to be heard,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold
hereby declares an end to the Airport Site Selection/Master Plan Study effective as
of this date, March 11, 1986.
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Any questions?
COUNCILWOMAN COCHRAN: I would like to make comment. Part of government's
role is to assess the needs of the people. During the past several months it has
become crystal clear an airport is not the number one priority of the maiority of
Southold residents. My constituents have expressed, at a ratio of fifteen to one,
through letters, phone calls, verbal discussion in the post office, in the grocery
stores and on the street, they do not feel there is a need for a publicly owned
airport. And may I add this expression of objection is not the !'in my backyard
syndrome". It covers from Orient to Laurel. If the study were to be continued
the next step is site selection, which calls for a minimum of 100 acres. Southold
Town is a limited land mass area. Is an airport the best use for 100 acres of
limited available land? Were the study completed there is no guarantee funds would
be available to do the project. This is another whole application process. We have
a small privately owned airport in Mattituck and a larger County-owned airport one
half hour drivin.q time in Westhampton. The majority of residents expressing them-
selves feel these arguments are valid and a need does not exist. I believe the
community sees their priority needs as health care services, affordable housing,
comprehensive planning for growth and development, and job development compatable
to the area. I have not made my decision lightly. I am a people person, and this
may sound corny to some of you, but I am a people person at heart and I believe
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a community belongs to the people that reside in it.' A majority of those heard from
have requested the study to be halted. MY decision is governed by the priority needs
as members of the community has expressed them. I make a statement during my
campaign to the effect the airport study should continue to its conclusion. I have
not forgotten that statement. However, since that time a vast majority have clearly
expressed their desire for termination of the study because it 'is not a desired need
of the people of Southold. On this issue I will abide by their wishes and not on
my personal feeling. Thank you.
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Anyone else have any comments or things to say? George?
COUNCILMAN PENNY: Yes, I just want to say that I respect Jean's decision, and
although we both said at the same time that we campaigned that we were going to
wait for the completion of the study, ! will stick by my decision as of that time,
although I appear to be in the minority tonight, but I have no qualms with that.
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Anyone else?
JUSTICE EDWARDS: I will stand behind George. I feel as though it is nos right
to not complete the study. I think we should go along. We're sitting here with
another study, the master plan; and if we let the public decide on the master plan
we'd throw that out the window today, because we probably have had 75 people
with something wrong with the way the plan was presented, and as I said today
at the meeting, we have not received one letter from people who are for the master
plan. Not one. So I think if we throw the airport out the window, we throw the
master plan out the window too. Thank you, Frank.
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Thank you, Ray. Anyone else? (No response.)
3.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilwoman Cochran, Councilman Schondebare,
Councilman Stoutenburgh, Supervisor Murphy. Noes: Councilman Penny, Justice
Edwards.
This resolution was declared duly ADOPTED.
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Resolution number 4 is to appoint three members to the
Town Landmark Preservation, Commission.
COUNCILMAN SCHONDEBARE: We're going to miss some of you at our meetings.
FROM THE AUDIENCE: Oh, we're going to be here anyway.
COUNCILMAN SCHONDEBARE: you're going to come and stand up and say-hello
every now and then to us? Thank you.
Moved by Councilwoman Cochran, seconded by Councilman Stoutenburgh, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby appoints Joy
Bear, Ralph O. Williams, and William Peters as members of the Southold Town
Landmark Preservation Commission, for two year terms, effective April 5, 1986
through April 5, 1988.; they to serve without compensation.
4.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Penny, Councilwoman Cochran, Council-
man Schondebare, Councilman Stoutenburgh, Justice Edwards, Supervisor Murphy.
This resolution was declared duly ADOPTED.
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Number 5 is to appoint a member to the Planning Board.
Moved by Justice Edwards, seconded by Supervisor Murphy, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southoid hereby appoints G. Ritchie
Latham a member of the Southold Town Plannin9 Board, for a five year term, effective
April 30, 1986 through April 30, 1991.
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Any questions? (No response.)
-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Penny, CouncilWoman Cochran, Counci
man Schondebare, Councilman Stoutenburgh, Justice Edwards, Supervisor Murphy.
This resolution was declared duly ADOPTED.
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Number 6 is to appoint two members to the Farmland
Preservation Committee.
6. Moved by Councilman Stoutenburgh, seconded by Councilwoman Cochran, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby appoints Andre
Cybulski Jr. and William H. Grigonis members of the Southold Town Farmland Committee,
for a two year term, effective March 13, 1986 through March 13, 1988; they to
serve without compensation.
6.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Penny, Councilwoman Cochran, Council-
man Schondebare, Councilman Stoutenburgh, Justice Edwards, Supervisor Murphy.
'i~his resolution was declared duly ADOPTED.
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Number 7 is to accept a bid.
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7. Moved by Councilman Stoutenburgh,~:'!s;e:~i~decl by Councilwoman Cochran, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby accepts the bid
of Marineland, Mattituck, for supplying the Town with one (1) 1986 18 ft. Steiqer
Craft Workboat, and one (1) 1986 90H.P. Yamaha outboard motor, at the bid price
of $7,797.00, which includes two trade-ins, all in accordance with the bid'specifications.
7.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Penny, Councilwoman Cochran, Council-
man Schondebare, Councilman Stoutenburgh, Justice Edwards, Supervisor Murphy.
This resolution was declared duly ADOPTED.
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Number 8 is to accept a bid for Highway Department
pickups.
8. Moved by Councilwoman Cochran, seconded by Justice Edwards, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby accepts the bid
of Kinney Motors Inc., Riverhead, for supplying the Southold Town Highway Depart-
ment with three (3) 1986, Chevrolet 4-wheel drive pickup trucks, at the bid price
of $31,541.00, which includes the trade-in of three vehicles, all in accordance with
bid'specifications.
8.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Penny, Councilwoman Cochran, Council-
man Schondebare, Councilman Stoutenburgh, Justice Edwards, Supervisor Murphy.
This resolution was declared duly ADOPTED.
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Number 9 is to renew a trailer permit.
9. Moved by Justice Edwards, seconded by Councilwoman Cochran, it was
RESOLVED that the application of Alfred W. Steiner, Executor of the Estate of
Florence E. Steiner, for renewal of a single family house trailer located on a
right-of-way off of the southeast side of Main Road, Mattituck, New York, which
permit expires on March 21, 1986:, be and hereby is granted for a six (6) month
period.
9.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Penny, Councilwoman Cochran, Council-
man Schondebare, Councilman Stoutenburgh, Justice Edwards, Supervisor Murphy.
This resolution was declared duly ADOPTED.
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Number 10 is to approve a Change Order for our Scavenger
Waste Treatment Facility.
10.
Moved by Councilman Schondebare, seconded by Councilwoman Cochran, it was'
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby approves Change
Order No. 4, Contract No. I - General Construction and Mechanical Work by Ferran
Concrete Co., Inc., with respect to the Southold Scavenger Waste Treatment Facility,
at a total net cost of $6,685.16, and hereby authorizes Supervisor Francis J. Murphy
to execute said Change Order No. 4.
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Any questions? (No response.)
10.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Penny, Councilwoman Cochran, Council-
man Schondebare, Councilman Stoutenburgh, Justice Edwards, Supervisor Murphy.
This resolution was declared duly ADOPTED.
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Number 11 is to allocate funds for the Senior Citizen Clubs.
11.
Moved by Councilman Stoutenburgh, seconded by Supervisor Murphy, it Was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby allocates an amount
not to exeed $100.00 per month for each of the three (3) Senior Citizen Clubs for
the payment of rent for emergency quarters, effective February 1, 1986 until the
Senior/Youth Center reopens.
COUNCILMAN STOUTENBURGH: I might add this is because, as you well know,
these people have to go out and find a place to meet and we're trying to help them
through this bumpy road of repairing our Senior Citizen Club area.
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Any other questions? (No response.)
11.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Penny, Councilwoman Cochran, Council-
man Schondebare, Councilman Stoutenburgh, Justice Edwards, Supervisor Murphy.
This resolution was declared duly ADOPTED.
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Number 12 is to attend a conference.
12.
Moved by Councilman Penny, seconded by Justice Edwards, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby authorizes Crime
Prevention Police Officer Dennis Bannon to attend the 1986 New York State'Governor's
Conference on Crime Prevention at Albany, New York, on April 1, 2, 3, 1986, and
the actual expenses for registration fee in the amount of $110.00, meals and lodging
shall be a legal charge against the Police Department 1986 Budget.
12.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Penny, Councilwoman Cochran, Council-
man Schondebare, Councilman Stoutenburgh, Justice Edwards, Supervisor Murphy.
This resolution was declared duly ADOPTED.
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Number 13 is another trailer permit renewal.
13. Moved by Justice Edwards, seconded by Councilman Penny, it was
RESOLVED that the application of Walter and Frank Sawicki for renewal of their
single family house trailer permit,' for trailer located on the north side of Old North
Road, Southold, which permit expires on March 23, 1986, be and hereby is granted
for a six (6) month period.
13.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Penny, Councilwoman Cochran, Council-
man Schondebare, Councilman Stoutenburgh, Justice Edwards, Supervisor Murphy.
This resolution was declared duly ADOPTED.
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Number 14 is to execute an agreement.
14. Moved by Councilman Stoutenburgh, seconded by Councilwoman Cochran, it was
' RE$OLV~ED that-the Town Board of the Tow of Southold hereby authorizes and
directs Supervisor Francis J, Murphy to execute an extention agreement between
the Suffolk County Department of Parks, Recreation and Conservation for the Town
to provide services in law enforcement of town ordinances on the sixty-three acre
parcel of land known as Cedar Beach in the Town of Southold; said agreement shall
commence on January 1, 1986 through December 31, 1986, and the County of Suffolk
shall pay the Town $7,000.00 to provide the aforesaid services.
14.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Penny, Councilwoman Cochran, Council-'
man Schondebare, Councilman Stoutenburgh, Justice Edwards, Supervisor Murphy.
This resolution was declared duly ADOPTED.
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Number 15 is to execute another agreement.
15. Moved by Councilwoman Cochran, seconded by Councilman Stoutenburgh, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby authorizes and
directs Supervisor Francis J. Murphy to execute an a~reement between Brookhaven
National Laboratory Associated Universities, Inc. for the use of the Brookhaven pool
for lifeguard training, all in accordance with the proposed agreement as approved by
Town Attorney Tasker, and approval of the United States Department of Energy.
15.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Penny, Councilwoman Cochran, Council-
man Schondebare, Councilman Stoutenburgh, Justice Edwards, Supervisor Murphy.
This resolution was declared duly ADOPTED.
COUNCILMAN STOUTENBURGH: I'd just like to make sure everybody in the audjend I
understands what this is for. Lifesaving. And we want to get the word out tl~'t w,~ ill
are trying to get the young people of our schools involved in this course so that we '-~
will have a good supply of lifeguards and we won't have the problem we had last year.
If some of~y0u remembered some of our beaches had to close early. The problem being
tha~ colleges are opening so early that these young-college people had to go back and
it left nobody on our beaches so we literally had to close them down. Hopefully we'll
start to build up a reserve and again through our Recreation Department this is the
way we're heading. Thank you, Frank.
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Thank you, Paul. At this time I'd like a motion to recess
so we could hold a scheduled public hearing.
Moved by Councilwoman Cochran, seconded by Justice Edwards, it was
RESOLVED that a recess be called at this time, 8:00 P.M., for the purpose Of holding
a public hearing on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement submitted by Meadow
Farms Associates with respect to their petition for a change of zone.
Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Penny, Councilwoman Cochran, Council-
man Schondebare, Councilman Stoutenburgh, Justice Edwards, Supervisor Murphy.
This resolution was declared duly ADOPTED.
Regular Meeting reconvened at 8:45 P.M.
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: I'd like to reopen the regular Town Board meeting and go
back to resolutions. Starting off with number 16 is to execute an agreement.
16.
Moved by Justice Edwards, seconded by Councilwoman Cochran, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby authorizes, and
directs Supervisor Francis J. Murphy to execute an agreement between the New
York State Division of Equalization and Assessment and the Town of Southold for
the followinq computer services for the Assessors Office during the 1986 State
fiscal year, April 1, 1986 through March 31, 1987.: Assessment Roll, and Levy
Module (ARLM), Data Management of Physical Inventories (DTM), all valuation
update processing including impact.
16.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Penny, Councilwoman Cochran, Council-
man Schondebare, Councilman Stoutenburgh, Justice Edwards, Supervisor Murphy.
This resolution was declared duly ADOPTED.
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Number 17 is.an application for a temporary trailer permit.
17, Moved by Councilwoman Cochran, seconded by Justice Edwards, it was
RESOLVED that the application of the North Fork Country Club for a temporary
permit to locaste a trailer at the NO;~I~'~01*I~ EOt~'ntry Club property, Moores Lane,
Cutchogue, for use as a pro shop and s[orage area, be and hereby is granted for
a six (6) month period.
17.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Penny, Councilwoman Cochran, Council-
man Schondebare, Councilman Stoutenburgh, Justice Edwards, Supervisor Murphy.
This resolution was declared duly ADOPTED.
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Number 18 is a waiver of Local Law No. 14.
18. Moved by Councilman Schondebare,-seconded by Councilman Penny,
WHEREAS, Peconic Associates, Inc., on behalf of Port of Egypt Marine, has requested
that this Board waive the provisions of Local Law No. 14- 1985 with respect to their
application presently pending before the Southold Town Planning Board and Southold
Town Building Inspector, and
WHEREAS, this Board finds that the applicant proposes to r'elocate and install exist-
ing fuel tanks in accordance with Suffolk County Health Department requirements, and
WHEREAS, this Board deems such use consistent with the uses in a Marine Business
(MB) District as proposed by Raymond, Parish, Pine, & Weiner, Inc.'s Master Plan
Update Zoning Code revisions,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the applicant be and he hereby is granted
a waiver of the provisions of Local Law No. 14 - 1985 to the extent of permitting
such uses on said premises as set forth in his application presently pending before
the Southold Town Planning Board for site plan approval and the Southold Town
Building Inspector for a building permit, subject, however, to the applicant obtaining
any and all permits and approvals required by all Town and other governmental
agencies having jurisdiction thereof.
18.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Penny, Councilwoman Cochran, Council-
man Schondebare, Councilman Stoutenburgh, Justice Edwards, Supervisor Murphy.
This resolution was declared duly ADOPTED.
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Number 19 is a waiver also of Local Law 14.
19. Moved by Councilman Penny, seconded by Councilman Schondebare,
WHEREAS, John M. Diveilo, Mattituck Sanitation, has requested that this Board
waive the provisions of Local Law No. 14 - 1985 with respect to his application
presently pending before the Southold Town Building Inspector, and
WHEREAS, this Board finds that the applicant proposes to construct an extension
to his existing building located at 800 Wickham Avenue, Mattituck, and
WHEREAS, this Board deems such use consistent with the uses in a Residential
Office (RO) District as proposed by Raymond, Parish, Pine, & Weiner, Inc.'s
Master Plan Update Zoning Code revisions,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the applicant be and he hereby is
granted a waiver of the provisions of Local Law No. 14 - 1985 to the extent of
permitting such uses on said premises as set l~orth in his application presently
pending before the Southold Town Building Inspector for a building permit,
subject, however, to the applicant obtaining any and all permits and approvals
required by all Town and other governmental agencies having jurisdiction thereof.
19.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Penny, Councilwoman Cochran, Council-'
man Schondebare, Councilman Stoutenburgh, Justice Edwards, Supervisor Murphy.
This resolution was declared duly ADOPTED.
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Number 20 is a waiver for Alice Hussie of Local Law No. 14.
20.
20.
Moved by Justice Edwards, seconded by Councilman Schondebare,
WHEREAS, Alice Hussie has requested that this Board waive the provisions of Local
Law No. 14 - 1985 with respect to her application presently pending before the
Southold Town Planning Board, and
WHEREAS, this Board finds that the applicant proposes to construct a tennis and
racquetball facility on her property located on the west side of Horton Lane,
Southold, and
WHEREAS, this Board deems such use consistent with the uses in a Limited Business
[LB) District as proposed by Raymond, Parish, Pine, & Weiner, Inc.'s Master Plan
Update Zoning Code revisions,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the applicant be and she hereby is
granted a waiver of the provisions of Local Law No. 14 - 1985 to the extent of
permitting such uses on said premises as set forth in her application presently
pending before the Southold Town Planning Board for site plan approval, subject,
however, to the applicant obtaining any and all permits and approvals required by
all Town and other governmental agencies having jurisdiction thereof.
-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Penny, Councilwoman Cochran, Council-
man Schondebare, Councilman Stoutenburgh, Justice Edwards, Supervisor Murphy.
This resolution was declared duly ADOPTED.
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Number 21 is the application of Robert Melrose for relief
under Local Law No. 14.
21. Moved by Supervisor Murphy, seconded by Councilman Stoutenburgh,
WHEREAS, Robert G. Melrose has requested that this Board waive the provisions
of Local Law NO. 14 - 1985 with respect to his application about to be submitted
to the Southold Town Building Inspector, and
WHEREAS, this Board finds that the applicant proposes to construct a business
office for a marine contracting business and marine contractors yard on the north
side of Route 25, west of Albertson Lane, Greenport, and
WHEREAS, this Board deems such use consistent with the uses in a Light Industrial
(LI) District as proposed by Raymond, Parish, Pine, ~ Weiner, Inc.'s Master Plan
Update Zoning Code revisions,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the applicant be and he hereby is granted
a waiver of the provisions of Local Law No. 14 - 198.~ to the extent of permitting such
uses on said premises as set forth in his application about to be submitted to the
Southold Town Building Inspector for a building permit,' subject, however, to the
applicant obtaining any and all permits and approvals required bya Il Town and oth,~--!
governmental agencies having jurisdiction thereof.
21.-Vote of the TowJn Board: Ayes: Councilman Penny, CouncilWoman Cochran, Counc~,-.~,~
man Schondebare, Councilman Stoutenburgh, Justice Edwards, Supervisor Murphy.
This resolution was declared duly ADOPTED.
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Number 22 is a relief From Local Law No. 14 for Jerry
Shulman Produce Shipper, Inc.
22. Moved by Councilwoman Cochran, seconded by Councilman Schondebare,
WHEREAS, Jerry Shulman - Produce Shipper, Inc. has requested that this Board
waive the provisions of Local Law No. 14 - 198~ with respect to his application
presently pending before the Southoid Town Building Inspector, and
WHEREAS, this Board finds that the applicant proposes to change the use of his
property at 1150 Sound Avenue, Mattituck, to storage and warehousing, and
WHEREAS, this Board deems such use consistent with the uses in a General Business
(B-l) District as proposed by Raymond, Parish, Pine & Weiner, lnc.'s Update Zoning
Code revisiOns,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the applicant be and he hereby is ,granted
a waiver of the provisions of Local Law No. 14 - 198~ to the extent of permitting such
uses on said premises as set forth in his application presently pending before the
Southold Town Building Inspector for a building permit, subject, however, to the
al~plicant obtaining any and ali permits and approvals required by all Town and other
governmental agencies having jurisdiction thereof.
22.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Penny, Councilwoman Cochran, Council-
man Schondebare, Councilman Stoutenburgh, Justice Edwards, Supervisor Murphy. ~-~-
This resolution was declared duly ADOPTED. ~1
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: For the benefit of people in the audience, these waivers are
for people who comply with the present zoning, looking for a building permit or some-
thing, as long as it coincides and agrees to the proposed zoning in the master plan.
This is what we're trying to have a Control on. Number 23 is to sign an agreement
with H2M for the engineering services for the solid waste management reports. I offer
that resolution.
23. Moved by Supervisor Murphy, seconded by Councilman Schondebare, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby accepts the proposal
of Gary E. Loesch, P.E., Holzmacher, McLendon & Murrell, P.C., to provide enc~ineerin~
services in connection with the preparation of a Solid Waste Management Study for th~
Town of Southold, which study .will develop the baseline information necessary to
evaluate present and future solid waste quantities, feasible alternatives which are
available to the Town for solid' waste disposal; for compostin,g and incineration alter-
natives - evaluate the three most popular management options that are available, and
an implementation strategy that addresses the optimum solid waste management
alternative available. Services for said study to be at hourly rates of compensation,
with an estimated budget of $15,000.00 to a maximum of $20,000.00.
23.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Penny, Councilwoman Cochran, Council-
man Schondebare, Councilman Stoutenburgh, Justice Edwards, Supervisor Murphy.
This resolution was declared duly ADOPTED.
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Number 24 is to execute another agreement.
24. Moved by Councilman Stoutenburgh, seconded by Councilwoman Cochran, it was ~'
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby authorizes and
directs Supervisor Francis J. Murphy to execute an agreement between the County
of Suffolk and the Town for participation in ~.~ New York State STOP-DWI Program
for fiscal year 1986,, and the Town is thereby eligible for $5,400.00 for the pur'~ose
of enhancement of these enforcement services.
24.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Penny, Councilwoman Cochran, Council-
man Schondebare, Councilman Stoutenburgh, Justice Edwards, Supervisor Murphy.
This resolution was declared duly ADOPTED.
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Number 25 is to amend a prior resolution.
25. Moved by Councilwoman Cochran, seconded by Justice Edwards, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby amends their
Resolution No. 13, adopted on Febr,~Jar¥~?25:~: '1986'/ extending the contractual agree-
ment between the Town and Barbar~ s~a~': effective February 25, 1986., to perform
part-time evening stenographic services for the Board of Appeals, at a compensation
of $7.50 per hour, for a maximum of 5150.00 per month.
25.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Penny, Councilwoman Cochran, Council-
man Schondebare, Councilman Stoutenburgh, Justice Edwards, Supervisor Murphy.
This resolution was declared duly ADOPTED.
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Number 26, the Town Board agrees to settle the Ronald J.
Diachun action in the Supreme Court. I offer that resolution.
COUNCILMAN SCHONDEBARE: I ask that it be held. I spoke to Chief Winters and
I'm getting two different stories. Just hold it for about ten minutes until I speak
to Bob Tasker.
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Number 27 is to authorize the attendance at a Building
Officials Association conference. I offer that resolution.
27.
Moved by Supervisor Murphy, seconded by Councilman Penny, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby authorizes Building
Inspector Curtis Horton to attend the Finger Lakes Buildinq Officials Association
Conference to be held on April 28, 29, 30, 1986:, and the necessary expenses for
travel, meals and lodging shall be a legal charge against the Building Department
1986. budget.
27.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Penny, Councilwoman Cochran, Council-'
man Schondebare, Councilman Stoutenburgh, Justice Edwards, Supervisor Murphy.
This resolution was declared duly ADOPTED.
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Okay, we still have one more resolution that might be
offered, so I would like to ask-at this time if any of the Town Board members have
anything further to say. George? (Not at this time. Thank you.) Paul? (Nothing.
Thank you.) Jean? (Thank you, no.) Ray?
JUSTICE EDWARDS: Yes. At the airport hearing--a little dissertation here. There
was a Mr. Carlson out in the back there that poked his finger at me and said, well,
why don't we scrap the airport and the Judge from the Island can go back and forth
like his predecesors did, and I didn't get a chance to get back to Mr. Carlson because
he turned on his heels. But I imagine he's probably a farmer and what my reply was
going to be to him is, I wonder if he's still using a horse to plow the ground like his
grandfather did? The airport study--this present one is down the drain as you all
know, and the red ribbons are happy. I say it's progress down the drain also. Jobs
and economy we've lost. There would have been some jobs from there, and only
the future is going to be the judge on this. We spent over $100,000 on a new master
plan. I think we should put this in "a disaster plan", and in a way I'm looking at
it now with all the reports we're getting, it's a waste of time and money, but now
the Town wants to continue with it, but they want to drop a program here that
wouldn't cost us that much. And one other thing: it's quite upsetting to some of
the members of the Town Board--getting off the airport, I'm all finished with that--
not really, but finished with it--that the Supervisor is spending, without Town
Board approval, over $5,000 out of the Building fund to refurbish his office, which
I didn't think was really that bad, while the Town itself is going to have to go to
bond for probably over $20,000 to repair the Senior Citizen Center and there's quite
a few of the Councilpeople were quite upset about this. And he did this without
Town Board approval. So, other than that, I guess that's it, Frank. Thank you.
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Okay, is there anyone else in the audience would like to
address the Town Board?
RUTH OLIVA: Not the Town Board, just the people, just to remind them that on
NOVA tonight on Channel 13 at five minutes after ten there's a film called the "Return
of the Osprey" that was shot here at Mashammock, and anybody that goes home I
suggest that they watch it. It's supposed to be very good.
COUNCILWOMAN COCHRAN: Wasn't it on already once? Someone told me it was.
RUTH OLIVA: It was just at Poquatuck Hall that it showed it, but it's tonight at
10:05 for about an hour. It's supposed to be excellent. Glad we're getting done
early.
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Okay, anyone else? Over here. John?
JOHN SKABRY: Well, this is a goodbye. Maybe I'll start on housincj next. But
anyway I'd like to address the Board on some of the comments that t~e Councilman
said. I'm sorry, the Town Justice from Fishers Island. Mr. Carlson is not here
to defend himself and I'm not defending him, but I will say that the County of
Suffolk, of which Fishers Island is a part of, has afforded the residents of Fishers
Island a four or three runway airport in Westhampton, and it's only 19 miles from
the heart of Southold.
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MARCH 11, 1986
DIANE BERGMANN: It's been a long time, but thank you Supervisor Murphy, Mr.
Schondebare, Mr. Stoutenburgh, and Mrs. Cochran for listening to the people. I'm
sorry Mr. Penny and Justice Edwards are not listening to the majority of the people
that elected them. Thank you.
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Anyone else like to address the Town Board? Dave?
DAVID SPOHN: Good evening. My name is David Spohn. I represent the aviation
community, myself and the North Fork Aviation Association, and I just wish to say
I'm disappointed by the vote to end the ~kirport Site Selection Study. I would like
to take this opportunity to personally thank Councilman George Penny and Judge
Ray Edwards for their vote to complete the study as originally programmed, and
expecially for Judge Ray Edwards' comments. Thank you. It has not been an easy
task, but I felt it's been well worthwhile. Thank you .......
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Is there anyone else like to address the Town Board?
MARGARGET SKABRY, Henry's Lane, Peconic: I too want to wish the members of
the Town Board who did finally listen to the people, the same people who were never
asked if they wanted to get into an airport study. It was a long time coming to have
you listen and to realize that we weren't just one or two people. We were the maiority
of the people of this Town. Mr. Edwards seems to think this was a very worthwhile
stUdy and for those people who may have had some trouble reading the letter that I
wrote to you--to each individual member of the Town Board--I took the time to read
the study again, in it:s entirety, not just contracts that certain people have put in
front of my face, but I read the entire study again, as I had the original one that
came out that had to be revised because there were so many questions in it that hadn't
been answered and addressed correctly. I sent this letter to each one of the Town
Board members. Hopefully that had something to do with you realizing that when
you've read the study you realized that the airport that was being proposed was only
the beginning of the airport. It did not have the coverage required. It was not to
be contained within the acreage allowed. The acreage that our Town Board was looking
to purchase, but was not willing to condemn land on either side. Unfortunately I guess
Mr. Edwards, he didn't vote not to condemn land and he doesn't really give a damn
if he condemns the land around here. He has Mattituck Airport to use. I don't know
who pays for his flights back, or if they're volunteered by Mr. Spohn or members of
the North Fork Aviation Association---
JUSTICE EDWARDS: The Town pays for them.
MRS. SKABRY: Do they really? Well how nice.
JUSTICE EDWARDS: It's a Town law.
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: All right, Ray, somebody's making comments.
MRS. SKABRY: All right. The point is you went into this study, you got half
way through it-~almost half way and you realized this study proved that building
the airport was unfeasible. To build a safe airport, to settle the problems of wing
coverage and be enclosed during times Of inclement weather, you had enough sense
you realize you couldn't do it and that you have an airport available and if the owner
is treated as a human being should be treated it can be continued to be used. And
we don't have to bully the citizenry of this Town around and close our ears and just
hold on to political stands and owing a few people some favors and continue to just
represent them instead of representing the whole Town, and I'm really sorry there
are two members that couldn't read this, because I had the page numbers from the
study that you wanted to continue to pay for, Mr. Penny, that was so inaccurate,
where it eliminates itself. It's going to be very interesting to see if 'in' the future
the Board is going to be able to work together to continue to represent the people.
What you did tonight is super. A few people have some really hurt feelings out
there, but I think they had a real nerve pushing for this so hard over the will of
the majority of the people. Thank you for finally standing up for us. Thank you. ~
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Thank you. Is there anyone else in the audience would
like to address the Town Board? Sir.
LYLE MURRAY, Cutchogue: I could hardly believe my ears toniqht. To hear people
turn down a proposal which might involve five to ten million dollars which would save
open space and a nice green airport which was an improvement to the whole Town,
and is progress. I don't look that old, but I actually remember in the community
when I was small people arguing against paved roads for automobiles, and we're ric3ht
b~ck to that point. Now, we would have spent maybe a hundred thousand dollars ~over
20 years of which part of that mi~Lht have been covered, and yet we will turn around
and spend ninety tho-usand dollars ~c~r the preservation of about 22 acres of farm-
land. I'm all in favor of saving farmland, but this acreage preservation--what are
we talking about? Seven hundred acres? We need to talk about preserving 2,000
and 3,000, and 4,000 acres, but not at taxpayers expense. I can't believe my ears.
Thank you.
SUPERVISOR MURPHY:
Yes, ma'am.
ANNA MAE RAINIS: Good evening. My name is Anna Mae Rainis and I'm from
Peconic. I'm very happy that the airport issue now has been tabled, but I really
would like to ask the Town Board, please, let's roll up our sleeves, do something
for the young people in this community. Do something for the economic base. I'm
not sure that this affordable housing off the Main Road is the way to go. I see
people come into my office every day, my heart is broken. These people need jobs.
I ask what families are going to go into a one bedroom apartment, or a one bedroom
home? It's certainly not going to be a family with any amount of children. Let's
roll up our sleeves, let's get the iob done. Let's stop wasting money on airport
studies and let's get this Town moving forward. Thank you.
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Thank you. Anyone else like to address the Town Board?
Jay, did you want to do resolution No. 26?
COUNCILMAN SCHONDEI3ARE: I want to hold. I spoke to Bob Tasker. We can
still pass this two weeks from today. I spoke to Chief Winters. He's upset and
would like to have a Police Committee meeting. In the meantime, talk to him and
then we can still act on it. We don't have a time constraint on this.
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Okay.
COUNCILMAN SCHONDEBARE: Let me just say also--I didn't have my closing
remarks. I want to thank Mr. Spohn for the manner in which he presented his
case before the Town Board over these past months., I was very impressed.
Professionalism was very good, and I do want to thank you. I voted against
you, but you did a very nice job and you're a credit to the Association that
you represented. I was very impressed.
COUNCILMAN STOUTENBURGH: I'd like to echo those remarks also.
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Me too, David.
JUSTICE EDWARDS: It was a very quite campaign, Dave. Thank you.
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Okay, any other comments by the Town Board? (No
response.) If not, a resolution to adjourn.
Moved by Councilwoman Cochran, seconded by Councilman Stoutenburgh, it was
RESOLVED that this Town Board meeting be and hereby is adjourned at 9:05 P.M.
Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Penny, Councilwoman Cochran. Council-
man Schondebare, Councilman Stoutenburgh, Justice Edwards, Supervisor Murphy.
This resolution was declared duly ADOPTED.
Judith T. Terry
Southold Town clerk