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1 COUNTY OF SUFFOLK : STATE OF NEW YORK
2 TOWN OF SOUTHOLD
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4 TOWN OF SOUTHOLD
5 REGULAR TOWN BOARD MEETING
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8 Southold, New York
9 October 5 , 2021
7 : 11 P . M .
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13 B E F 0 R E :
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15 SCOTT A . RUSSELL, SUPERVISOR
16 LOUISA EVANS , BOARD MEMBER
17 JILL DOHERTY, BOARD MEMBER
18 JAMES DINIZIO, JR . , BOARD MEMBER
19 ROBERT GHOSIO, BOARD MEMBER
20 SARAH NAPPA, BOARD MEMBER
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1 BATTERY BARLOW PROPERTY, LLC
2 COUNCILMAN ROBERT GHOSIO : Notice is
3 Hereby Given That, on August 11 , 2015 the
4 Town Board of the Town of Southold enacted a
5 Local Law changing the zoning designation on
6 property located on Fishers Island
7 identified on the Suffolk County Tax Map as
8 SCTM #1000-12-1-1 . 2 , and known as the
9 Battery Barlow Property, from the
10 Residential Low-Density, R- 120 , Zoning
11 District to the Affordable Housing District,
12 AHD; and pursuant to section 280-29
13 ( F) ( 2 ) ( a) of the Town Code upon request of
14 the Town Board, a notice to the applicant,
15 and for good cause shown, the establishment
16 of an AHD District may be revoked 18 months
17 after approval if work on the site has not
18 commenced or the same is not being
19 prosecuted to conclusion within reasonable
20 diligence ;
21 Notice is Hereby Further Given, the
22 Town Board has received a request from the
23 agent for the property owner requesting that
24 the AHD District be revoked and revert back
25 to the R- 120 Zoning District ;
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1 Notice is Hereby Further Given, that
2 pursuant to the requirements of Section 265
3 of the New York State Town Law and the Code
4 of the Town of Southold, Suffolk County, New
5 York, the Town Board of the Town of Southold
6 will hold a public hearing on the aforesaid
7 revocation of zoning designation at Southold
8 Town Hall , 53095 Main Road, Southold, New
9 York, on the 5th day of October, 2021 at
10 7 : 00 p .m. The purpose of this Local Law is
11 to change the Zoning District Designation of
12 SCTM #1000-12-1-1 . 2 from Affordable Housing
13 District, AHD, to Residential Low-Density,
14 R-120 . The proposed local law for the
15 Public Hearing is being held this evening
16 and proposed to revoke the zoning
17 designation of Affordable Housing District
18 and revert it to Low-Density Residential ,
19 R-120 , for the property located on Fishers
20 Island, known as the Battery Barlow Property
21 and identified on the SCTM #1000- 12- 1-1 . 2 .
22 On the request for the agent for the
23 property owner . The full text of the
24 proposed local law is available for review
25 in the Town Clerks Office and on the Town ' s
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1 website . I do have a notarized affidavit
2 that this hearing was advertised by the Town
3 Clerk, the Town Clerk bulletin board and the
4 Town ' s website . I also have the copy of the
5 notice from -- that was published in the New
6 London Day and also the Suffolk Times .
7 Suffolk Times is here, and I think -- we do
8 have a Memorandum from the Planning Office
9 -- Planning Board office . That the Planning
10 Board supports the proposed change of zone,
11 as it ' s consistent with the Town ' s
12 Comprehensive Plan . The amendment will
13 allow a Fishers Island Community Center and
14 provide additional recreation facilities and
15 housing, employee housing . And that ' s all I
16 have .
17 SUPERVISOR SCOTT RUSSELL : I am going
18 to invite anybody that would like to comment
19 on this particular Local Law, whether they
20 have to catch a ferry or not?
21 COUNCILMAN ROBERT GHOSIO : I just
22 have one last thing . I am sorry . We do
23 have a letter here from the County of
24 Suffolk that this is a decision for local
25 determination, which should not be construed
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1 as an approval or disapproval .
2 JOHN BENNETT : Good evening
3 Supervisor Russell and Members of the Town
4 Board . I will be very brief . My name is
5 John Bennett . I am a member of Bennett &
6 Read in Southampton, New York . We represent
7 the Fishers Island Community Center . And as
8 has been explained to me, the community
9 center has an understanding or handshake
10 with the owner of the property, that upon
11 receipt of the appropriate approvals to
12 establish the recreational use on the
13 property, they would be purchasing the
14 property . We are obviously in support of
15 the zoning change to allow us to go on to
16 the Special Exception procedure in the Town
17 Code . It will allow further, for the
18 purposes of the community center, and unless
19 there are any other questions , I have
20 nothing else to add .
21 SUPERVISOR SCOTT RUSSELL : Would
22 anybody else like to address the Town Board
23 on this particular Local Law?
24 (No Response ) .
25 COUNCILWOMAN JILL DOHERTY : Anyone on
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1 Zoom?
2 UNKNOWN FEMALE : No one has their
3 hand raised . No .
4 JUSTICE LOUISA EVANS : Can we call
5 the attendees and if they want to speak,
6 they should raise their hand?
7 UNKNOWN FEMALE : At this time, people
8 joining us by phone can raise their hand by
9 pressing * 9, if you ' re on Zoom.
10 (No Response ) .
11 JUSTICE LOUISA EVANS : I make a
12 motion we close the hearing .
13 COUNCILWOMAN JILL DOHERTY : Second .
14 SUPERVISOR SCOTT RUSSELL : All in
15 favor?
16 COUNCILMAN JAMES DINIZIO JR . : Aye .
17 COUNCILWOMAN JILL DOHERTY : Aye .
18 JUSTICE LOUISA EVANS : Aye .
19 COUNCILMAN ROBERT GHOSIO : Aye .
20 COUNCILWOMAN SARAH NAPPA: Aye .
21 SUPERVISOR SCOTT RUSSELL : Aye .
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23 ( Public Hearing Concluded : 7 : 15 P . M . )
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1 C E R T I F I C A T I O N
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4 I , JESSICA DILALLO, a Court Reporter
5 and Notary Public, for and within the State
6 of New York, do hereby certify:
7 THAT the above and foregoing contains a
8 true and correct transcription of the
9 Public Hearing held on October 5, 2021 ,
10 via videoconference, and were transcribed by
11 me.
12 I further certify that I am not
13 related to any of the. parties to this
14 action by blood or by marriage and that I
15 am in no way interested in the outcome of
16 this matter.
17 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have
18 hereunto set my hand this 26th day of
19 Oc ober, 202 .
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