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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTB-06/17/2003SOUTHOLD TOWN BOARD GENERAL MEETING June 17, 2003 7:30 P.M. A Regular Meeting of the Southold Town Board was held Tuesday, June 17, 2003 at the Southold Town Hall, Southold, New York. Supervisor Horton opened the meeting at 7:30 P.M. with the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag. Present: Supervisor Joshua Y. Horton Justice Louisa P. Evans Councilman William D. Moore Councilman Craig A. Richter Councilman John M. Romanelli Councilman Thomas H. Wickham Town Clerk Elizabeth A. Neville Town Attorney Gregory F. Yakaboski SUPERVISOR HORTON: Welcome to the public Town Board meeting. Please commence the meeting and rise and join with me in the Pledge of Allegiance. Thank you. As for every Town Board meeting that we have two spots on the agenda in which we encourage or allow the public to address the Town Board. The first portion of that meeting will be prior to that reading of the resolutions that are on the printed agenda. We will give the floor to members of the public that would care to address the Town Board on those specific resolutions. At the conclusion of the voting on the resolutions, we will again offer the floor to the public to address the Town Board on specific town issues that you would like to convey to the Board. So moving forward, we do have reports, public notices, and various pieces of communications that we received here in the Town on file for your perusal at the Town Clerk's Office, available to you between the hours of 8:00 and 4:00, Monday through Friday. So, with that being said, we will move forward with the scheduled meeting. Moved by Justice Evans, seconded by Councilman Wickham, it was June 17, 2003 2 Southold Town Board RESOLVED that the following Town bills be and hereby are ordered paid: General Fund Whole Town bills in the amount of $205,847.53; General Fund Part Town bills in the amount of $32,090.21; Highway Fund Whole Town bills in the amount of $16,728.16; Highway Fund Part Town bills in the amount of $51,333.38; Capital Projects Account bills in the amount of $2,053.12; Landfill Cap & Closure bills in the amount of $2,277.76; Community Preservation Fund (2% tax) bills in the amount of $2,000.00; New London Terminal Project bills in the amount of $6,075.95; Employee Health Benefit Plan bills in the amount of $8,829.00; Fishers Island Ferry District bills in the amount of $17,363.00; Refuse & Garbage District bills in the amount of $66,284.61; Southold Wastewater District bills in the amount of $15,930.65; Fishers Island Sewer District bills in the amount of $367.50; Southold Agency and Trust bills in the amount of $4,18215 and Fishers Island Ferry District Agency and Trust bills in the amount of $143.68. Vote of the Town Board: Aye: Councilman Wickham, Councilman Richter, Councilman Romanelli, Councilman Moore, Justice Evans, Supervisor Horton. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. Moved by Justice Evans, seconded by Councilman Romanelli, it was RESOLVED that the minutes of the Town Board meeting of May 20, 2003 be and hereby are ordered approved. Vote of the Town Board: Aye: Councilman Wickham, Councilman Richter, Councilman Romanelli, Councilman Moore, Justice Evans, Supervisor Horton. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. Moved by Justice Evans, seconded by Councilman Romanelli, it was RESOLVED that the minutes of the Town Board meeting of June 5, 2003 be and hereby are ordered approved. Vote of the Town Board: Aye: Councilman Wickham, Councilman Richter, Councilman Romanelli, Councilman Moore, Justice Evans, Supervisor Horton. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. Moved by Justice Evans, seconded by Councilman Richter, it was RESOLVED that the next Regular meeting of the Southold Town Board be held Tuesday, July 8, 2003 at the Southold Town Hall, Southold, New York at 4:30 P.M. Vote of the Town Board: Aye: Councilman Wickham, Councilman Richter, Councilman Romanelli, Councilman Moore, Justice Evans, Supervisor Horton. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. I. REPORTS 1. Recreation Department - May 2003 2. Southold Animal Shelter - April 2003 3. Board of Town Trustees - May 2003 4. Southold Town Justice Court, Price - May 2003 5. Southold Town Justice Court, Bruer - May 2003 6. Southold Town Justice Court, Evans - May 2003 7. Town Clerk Monthly Report - May 2003 8. Southold Town's Program for the Disabled - May 2003 Events June 17, 2003 3 Southold Town Board II. PUBLIC NOTICES 1. US Army Corps of Engineers, NY District, Notice of application of Suffolk County Department of Public Works to maintenance dredge with beach nourishment at Goldsmith's Inlet, Long Island Sound, Peconic, Town of Southold. Written comments by June 27, 2003. 2. NYS Department of Environmental Conservation Notice of Complete Application of Croteau Farm Vineyards LLC to install a vineyard irrigation well 200' east of South Harbor Road, Southold. Written comments by July 7, 2003. III. COMMUNICATIONS None SUPERVISOR HORTON: Moving forward tonight, we do have one public hearing, I believe at 8:00, if I am not mistaken. So we will move forward, offering the floor to the public to address the Town Board on the resolutions that are on the printed agenda. Would anyone care to address the Board? Mrs. Egan. JOAN EGAN: I have quite a few. Good Evening, my name is Joan Egan and I reside in East Marion. How is everyone tonight? Mr. Horton, Mr. Richter, Mr. Moore, Mr. Romanelli, Mrs. Evans and Mrs. Neville and Mr. Yakaboski, don't speak when I am speaking. Okay, where do we want to go. On the first page, with the reports, I am sure that Mr. Richter will get me a copy of the Southold Town Justice reports, what was done in court during the month of May. Of course. You will do that for me, Mr. Richter, please? COUNCILMAN RICHTER: No, ma'am. SUPERVISOR HORTON: Mrs. Egan, those are available at the Town Clerk's office between 8:00 and 4:00. MRS. EGAN: All righty, that is fine. Now, #355, what is this I don't quite understand what you want to do here. An agreement with the North Fork Housing Alliance for the 2003 Community Block Grant-Housing Counseling Program. What is that all about? SUPERVISOR HORTON: Portions of our Community Block Grant that we receive from the Federal Government through the County, we allocate to the North Fork Housing Alliance and they carry out various housing programs, some of it goes toward facilitating affordable housing, creating affordable housing, I believe that this program is specifically educating first time home buyers on what opportunities are there for applying for a mortgage and what interest rates that you should expect to see. MRS. EGAN: Well, isn't that usually done by the people who give a mortgage? I mean, I don't know that we have all this paperwork. All right, now these child day care centers, who are they available, that is #356. Who is entitled to use those and what are the charges and of course, you have plenty of insurance on those, I am sure. June 17, 2003 4 Southold Town Board SUPERVISOR HORTON: That is 356, that would be the Robert Perry Child Day Care Center, which is located in Greenport and that is child daycare facility serving low and middle-income families, for anybody who would need that... MRS. EGAN: And we provide funding for that? SUPERVISOR HORTON: .... any people that would meet that criteria in Southold Town. MRS. EGAN: Who reviews that? Their qualifications? SUPERVISOR HORTON: That would be done through the Community Development Office, in conjunction with the daycare center that runs it. MRS. EGAN: And where is it located? The Robert Perry Day Care Center? SUPERVISOR HORTON: MRS. EGAN: Yeah. SUPERVISOR HORTON: That is in Greenport. MRS. EGAN: I got that the first time. Where is it located? SUPERVISOR HORTON: That is on Third Street near the AME Zion Church. The African Methodist Episcopal Church. MRS. EGAN: Now, on #360 and #372, appoint Christa Grant a part-time intern to the Supervisor's office and then we funds for that, correct? That is addressed on #372. And who is she, and how was she appointed? And what are her qualifications? SUPERVISOR HORTON: Her name is Christa Grant, she is a high school student from a local high school, she worked with us last summer, she did a fantastic job and we are excited to have her back. MRS. EGAN: Uh huh and what will she do? SUPERVISOR HORTON: She will do a multitude of tasks, working in most departments in Town Hall. MRS. EGAN: In Town Hall? SUPERVISOR HORTON: That is correct. MRS. EGAN: And she is now a, ! guess she was a junior last year and she is a senior this year? SUPERVISOR HORTON: ! don't know if she is going into the junior, 11th grade or 12th grad this year. She is a high school student. June 17, 2003 5 Southold Town Board MRS. EGAN: Mmmhmm. Yakaboski has disappeared. COUNCILMAN ROMANELLI: That is an attorney .... MRS. EGAN: ! am speaking to Mr. Horton. Now, here we go again with another attorney on #364 and of course, Mr. SUPERVISOR HORTON: ! didn't hear the question, Mrs. Egan. MRS. EGAN: Well, ! wanted to know about another attorney being appointed here. We seem to have these musical chairs of attorneys .... SUPERVISOR HORTON: We actually... MRS. EGAN: .... and as ! said, Mr. Yakaboski has disappeared. SUPERERVISOR HORTON: Mrs. Egan, to address #364, we actually hired her at the last Town Board meeting and what this is, is a formality that we are required to do as a Special Assistant District Attorney, which enables her to work within our Justice Court. MRS. EGAN: And ! think that we did review some of her qualifications, even though ! didn't think that they were up to snuff but that is your problem. Okay, #366. Who is Joseph Gold and what is Advisory, ! thought that we had Mr. Richter as the liaison officer to the Police Department? SUPERVISOR HORTON: Mr. Gold was a member of the Police Advisory Committee and Councilman Richter is the Town Board liaison to that Committee. MRS. EGAN: So... SUPERVISOR HORTON: And Mr. Gold is resigning. MRS. EGAN: And who will take his place? SUPERVISOR HORTON: If you would read on in this, we will be... MRS. EGAN: No, ! don't think that you have a point yet. ! think that it never will be asking, running an ad. SUPERVISOR HORTON: Mrs. Egan. We will advertise; we will solicit resumes from the community to fill that vacancy on that Committee. MRS. EGAN: Yeah, so more money being spent, right? SUPERVISOR HORTON: No, it is a volunteer committee. MRS. EGAN: Okay, let's see.. June 17, 2003 6 Southold Town Board SUPERVISOR HORTON: Mrs. Egan, let's get that straight. That is a volunteer committee .... MRS. EGAN: Last page, we are almost there, we are almost there, isn't this marvelous, now, ! think this is a little mistake typographical or what reprint, you have Detective Beth Dzenkowski... SUPERVISOR HORTON: What number? MRS. EGAN: Oh, ! am sorry, #375, you have her again, you have her at #375 and #379 and #379 is a done deed. Somebody should have crossed that out and eliminated it. ! would like to publicly commend Detective Beth Dzenkowski, she is one of the finest police ladies, we have a couple of there, but in her capacity with the young people, she does a really great input, she goes out of her way to help the children, the parents, you give her even any indication that there is even the slightest problem, which gets somebody likes myself who checks these children out rather than having to call the Child Protection Agency, she gets it at ground level and ! would like that written into the minutes and ! think Mr. Horton, it would be very nice if you sent her a letter telling her that she was publicly commended for her excellent work with the youth of all of our area. SUPERVISOR HORTON: Mrs. Egan, what ! will do, is to encourage her tomorrow when ! see her, to watch the Town Board meeting on Friday night. ! will certainly do that and ! will let her know that you spoke highly of her; she will be appreciative of that. MRS. EGAN: And ! think it would be an even nicer idea, in the fall, to have her here when you have some Boy Scouts or young people so that she can get her picture and everybody know what a great person she is. SUPERVISOR HORTON: Thank you. She is a tremendous asset to the youth of this Community. MRS. EGAN: Yes, she is. COUNCILMAN MOORE: Should we send her out for additional training when the opportunities arise? MRS. EGAN: Oh, absolutely. This is the second time we have done it. COUNCILMAN MOORE: Okay. MRS. EGAN: You should read these things... COUNCILMAN MOORE: Oh, ! do, Mrs. Egan. ! just thought that we would make sure... MRS. EGAN: I know but your head is falling off again, so maybe that is the problem. COUNCILMAN MOORE: Yes, it is. ! am so glad that ! have a hand to hold it. MRS. EGAN: #383. Now, these waiving of the 30 days for liquor licenses, you know how ! feel about that. Why does he need it and what are your thoughts on it, Mr. Horton? June 17, 2003 7 Southold Town Board SUPERVISOR HORTON: It is an existing restaurant. A restaurant that has operated for generations, so ! don't ... MRS. EGAN: So what is the problem? SUPERVISOR HORTON: It is coming under new ownership and procedurally that owner is required to switch the license into their name. And ! don't see any reason to stand in the way of that business that has been ongoing in that community. MRS. EGAN: Well, not so quick. SUPERVISOR HORTON: Mrs. Egan, please. MRS. EGAN: Have we, who has reviewed the person who is taking it over? Are they qualified, ! mean are they going to assimilate themselves well into our community or are we just taking a blanket thing because the former owner had a liquor license and now somebody else is taking it over? SUPERVISOR HORTON: The State Authority on the liquor license will do their review of the issuance of that. MRS. EGAN: And we just accept that? SUPERVISOR HORTON: Yes. MRS. EGAN: We don't check it out ourselves with all the crime and accidents .... COUNCILMAN MOORE: It is not our jurisdiction. MRS. EGAN: ... speeding. We don't check it out ourselves. Does our local Police Department check it? Mr. Richter will find that out for me. SUPERVISOR HORTON: Mrs. Egan, that is not within our jurisdiction. MRS. EGAN: Then why do you have to, then why are you involved in with the waiver? SUPERVISOR HORTON: Mrs. Egan, are you speaking against this resolution? MRS. EGAN: Yes. SUPERVISOR HORTON: Okay. That is noted. MRS. EGAN: Good, ! will talk to you later. SUPERVISOR HORTON: Thank you. Would anyone else care to address the Town Board on the printed agenda, the resolutions? June 17, 2003 Southold Town Board DARLINE DUFFY: I am Darline Duffy, from Greenport. You are having a public hearing at 8:00 and I wanted to speak on that. Should I wait until you open the hearing? SUPERVISOR HORTON: Yes. MRS. DUFFY: Okay, I didn't know ifI would have an opportunity. SUPERVISOR HORTON: Would anyone else care to address the Board on the printed resolutions? (No response) If there is nothing further, we will continue with the resolutions. #355 Moved by Councilman Richter, seconded by Justice Evans, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby authorizes and directs Supervisor Joshua Y. Horton to execute an Agreement between the Town of Southold and the North Fork Housing Alliance for the 2003 Community Development Block Grant - Housing Counseling Program, subject to the approval of the Town Attorney. Vote of the Town Board: Aye: Councilman Wickham, Councilman Richter, Councilman Romanelli, Councilman Moore, Justice Evans, Supervisor Horton. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. #356 Moved by Councilman Moore, seconded by Justice Evans, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby authorizes and directs Supervisor Joshua Y. Horton to execute an Agreement between the Town of Southold and the Robert Perry Child Day Care Center~ as part of the 2003 Community Development Block Grant Program, for support of a child day care facility serving low/middle income families, subject to the approval of the Town Attorney. Vote of the Town Board: Aye: Councilman Wickham, Councilman Richter, Councilman Romanelli, Councilman Moore, Justice Evans, Supervisor Horton. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. #357 Moved by Councilman Romanelli, seconded by Justice Evans, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby modifies the General Fund Whole Town 2003 budget as follows: TO: APPROPRIATIONS A. 6772.2.500.700 FROM: APPROPRIATIONS: A6772.4.100.700 Other Equipment Kitchen Equipment Programs for the Aging Contractual Expense Food $ 3800.00 $ 3800.00 June 17, 2003 Southold Town Board 9 Vote of the Town Board: Aye: Councilman Wickham, Councilman Richter, Councilman Romanelli, Councilman Moore, Justice Evans, Supervisor Horton. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. #358 Moved by Justice Evans, seconded by Councilman Wickham, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby appoints the following 2003 seasonal summer staff for the period of June 28 - September 1~ 2003 as follows: STILLWATER LIFEGUARDS David Allen (3rd year) .............................................. $11.56/hour Dan Bladykas (3rd year) .......................................... $11.56/hour Gibson Campbell (1 st year) .................................................... $11.06/hour Dennis Claire (5th year) ......................................................... $12.06/hour Robert Conklin (1 st year) ...................................................... $11.06/hour Jordan Doroski (1 st year) ....................................................... $11.06/hour Kerri Erdmann (1 st year) ....................................................... $11.06/hour Ryan Flatley (2nd year) ......................................................... $11.31/hour Robert Harper (4th year) .......................................... $11.81/hour Jennifer MacDonald (6th year) .............................................. $12.31/hour Kathy MacDonald (2nd year) ................................................ $11.31/hour Kelly MacDonald (3rd year) .................................... $11.56/hour Kathryn Magill (6th year) ....................................................... $12.31/hour Kevin Magill (3rd year) ......................................................... $11.56/hour Marybeth Quane (6th year) .................................................... $12.31/hour Lindsay Riemer (1 st year) ...................................................... $11.06/hour Dina Rose (2nd year) ............................................................ $11.31/hour Brenna Shields (3rd year) ....................................... $11.56/hour Andrew Stritzl (3rd year) .......................................... $11.56/hour Caty Tillman (4th year) ............................................ $11.81/hour Jennifer Whyard (4th year) ....................................... $11.81//hour Laura Young (2nd year) ......................................................... $11.31/hour William Zuhoski (2nd year) ................................................... $11.31/hour BEACH ATTENDANTS Teddy Allen (1 st year) ......................................................... $8.56/hour Janelle B iegert (1 st year) ...................................................... $8.56/hour Cynthia Murray (1 st year) .................................................. $8.56/hour Michelle Salmon (1 st year) .................................................... $8.56/hour Carlos Katz (1 st year) ......................................................... $8.56/hour Jaimie MacDonald (2nd year) .................................... $8.71/hour RECREATION SPECIALISTS (WATER SAFETY INSTRUCTORS) Kristina Amato (4th year) ....................................... $15.06/hour Katie Magill (2nd year) ....................................................... $15.06/hour BEACH MANAGERS Arthur Quint aha (15th year) .................................................. $14.31/hour Dennis Claire (2nd year) ........................................................ $12.31/hour June 17, 2003 Southold Town Board 10 RECREATION AIDES (PLAYGROUND INSTRUCTORS) Kerri Erdmann (3 rd year) ....................................................... $10.31/hour Danielle Maisano (4th year) ................................................ $10.31/hour LIFEGUARD TRAINER Deborah Hennenlotter (2nd year) ........................................ $14.31/hour Vote of the Town Board: Aye: Councilman Wickham, Councilman Richter, Councilman Romanelli, Councilman Moore, Justice Evans, Supervisor Horton. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. #359 Moved by Councilman Wickham, seconded by Justice Evans, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby grants permission to Chief Carlisle Cochran to attend the NYS Association of Chiefs of Police 2003 Annual Training Conference commencing on Sunday, August 24 through Thursday, August 28, 2003, at the Hilton Lake Placid Resort, Lake Placid, New York. Registration fee for this conference will be $150.00. Travel will be by Town vehicle. Hotel accommodations will be for five (5) nights for a total of $695.00. Additional costs will be for meals together with tolls and miscellaneous out of pocket expenses. All expenses will be a legal charge to the Police Department Training Budget line - A.3120.4.600.200. Vote of the Town Board: Aye: Councilman Wickham, Councilman Richter, Councilman Romanelli, Councilman Moore, Justice Evans, Supervisor Horton. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. #36O Moved by Councilman Richter, seconded by Justice Evans, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby appoints Christa Grant to the position of part-time Student Intern I in the Southold Town Supervisor's Office at a salary of $9.54 per hour, beginning June 30 working half days during the months of July and August. Vote of the Town Board: Aye: Councilman Wickham, Councilman Richter, Councilman Romanelli, Councilman Moore, Justice Evans, Supervisor Horton. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. #361 Moved by Councilman Moore, seconded by Councilman Richter, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby appoints Brendan McGinley to the position of part-time seasonal Deckhand for the Fishers Island Ferry District effective June 5, 2003, at a rate of $8.66 per hour. Vote of the Town Board: Aye: Councilman Wickham, Councilman Richter, Councilman Romanelli, Councilman Moore, Justice Evans, Supervisor Horton. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. #362 Moved by Councilman Romanelli, seconded by Justice Evans, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby authorizes and directs Supervisor Joshua Y. Horton to execute an Amendment for Services Contract #5968 for the Cutchogue Downtown Revitalization Program, extending the contract until July 1, 2004, subject to June 17, 2003 Southold Town Board 11 the approval of the Town Attorney. Vote of the Town Board: Aye: Councilman Wickham, Councilman Richter, Councilman Romanelli, Councilman Moore, Justice Evans, Supervisor Horton. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. #363 Moved by Justice Evans, seconded by Councilman Wickham, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby re-appoints the following individuals to the Fishers Island Harbor Committee, effective May 15, 2003 for a five-year term expiring December 31, 2008: Allie Reardon Island People's Project Frank Bohlen Fishers Island Yacht Club And be it further RESOLVED that the Town Board hereby appoints the following individuals to the Fishers Island Harbor Committee, effective May 15, 2003 for a five-year term expiring December 31, 2008: Individual Interested Group Replacing Twig Stickney Civic Association Leslie Goss Leslie Goss FI Lobsterman's Assoc. Ken Edwards, Jr. Vote of the Town Board: Aye: Councilman Wickham, Councilman Richter, Councilman Romanelli, Councilman Moore, Justice Evans, Supervisor Horton. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. #364 Moved by Councilman Wickham, seconded by Councilman Moore, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby requests Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota to designate Southold Assistant Town Attorney Lori Hulse Montesfusco~ as Special Assistant District Attorne¥~ for the purpose of prosecuting violators of the Codes of the Town of Southold. Vote of the Town Board: Aye: Councilman Wickham, Councilman Richter, Councilman Romanelli, Councilman Moore, Justice Evans, Supervisor Horton. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. #365 Moved by Councilman Richter, seconded by Justice Evans, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby authorizes and directs Supervisor Joshua Y. Horton to execute the modification of Agreement # C006157 - Southold Erosion Mitigation Proiect. This modification includes a request for a deadline Extension to March 31, 2004 and an amendment to the Program Work Plan outlined in Appendix "D" of the agreement. Vote of the Town Board: Aye: Councilman Wickham, Councilman Richter, Councilman Romanelli, Councilman Moore, Justice Evans, Supervisor Horton. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. June 17, 2003 Southold Town Board 12 #366 Moved by Councilman Moore, seconded by Councilman Romanelli, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby accepts the resignation of Joseph M Gold from his position as a member of the Southold Town Police Advisory Committee effective immediately, be it further RESOLVED that the Town Clerk be authorized and directed to advertise for the vacant position. COUNCILMAN RICHTER: I would just like to say that Joe was a good member on the Police Advisory Committee and his input and his thoughts were much appreciated over the time he spent on there. Vote of the Town Board: Aye: Councilman Wickham, Councilman Richter, Councilman Romanelli, Councilman Moore, Justice Evans, Supervisor Horton. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. #367 Moved by Councilman Romanelli, seconded by Councilman Richter, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby grants permission to Town Clerk Elizabeth Neville to attend the Annual New York Association of Local Government Records Officers (NYALGRO) Conference held at Corning, New York on June 1 -2, 2003. Expenses for registration fee, accommodation, and lunch in the amount of $113.45 shall be a legal charge to the Town Clerk 2003 budget A. 1410.4.600.300. Vote of the Town Board: Aye: Councilman Wickham, Councilman Richter, Councilman Romanelli, Councilman Moore, Justice Evans, Supervisor Horton. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. #368 Moved by Justice Evans, seconded by Councilman Wickham, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby grants permission to the North Fork Country Club to close Moore's Lane~ Cutchogue from the southerly line of the Subdivision of "Country Club Estates" to the northerly line of the land of William Tyree and limited closure to all but neighborhood residents from Main Road to the southerly line of the Subdivision of "Country Club Estates" and from land of Tyree to the intersection of Moores Land and New Suffolk Avenue~ on Friday~ July 18 and Saturday July 1% 2003 providing they file with the Town Clerk a One Million Dollar Certificate of Liability naming the Town of Southold as additional insured and contact Lt. Flatley to coordinate traffic control. Vote of the Town Board: Aye: Councilman Wickham, Councilman Richter, Councilman Romanelli, Councilman Moore, Justice Evans, Supervisor Horton. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. #369 Moved by Councilman Wickham, seconded by Justice Evans, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby authorizes the closure of the following town road for the 24th Annual Douglas Moore Memorial Concert on Saturday~ August 9~ 2003 from 5:00 p. m. to 10:00 p. m.~ Cases Lane from Cedar Road to Main Road~ Cutchogue provided they file with the Town Clerk a One Million Dollar Certificate of Liability Insurance naming June 17, 2003 Southold Town Board 13 the town of Southold as an additional insured and contact Lt. Flatley at least ten (10) days prior to the event to coordinate traffic control Vote of the Town Board: Aye: Councilman Wickham, Councilman Richter, Councilman Romanelli, Councilman Moore, Justice Evans, Supervisor Horton. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. #370 Moved by Councilman Richter, seconded by Justice Evans, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby authorizes the closure of the following town roads for an Independence Day parade to be held by the New Suffolk Civic Association on Frida¥~ July 4~ 2003 at 10:30 a. m.~ Old Harbor~ New Suffolk Road~ Fifth Street~ Main Street and First Street~ New Suffolk, provided they file with the Town Clerk a One Million Dollar Certificate of Liability Insurance naming the town of Southold as an additional insured and contact Lt. Flatley at least ten (t0) days prior to the event to coordinate traffic control. Vote of the Town Board: Aye: Councilman Wickham, Councilman Richter, Councilman Romanelli, Councilman Moore, Justice Evans, Supervisor Horton. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. #371 Moved by Councilman Moore, seconded by Councilman Richter, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby authorizes the closure of the following town roads for a 75th Anniversary parade to be held by the Cutchogue Fire Department on Saturday September 13~ 2003 at 5:00 p. m.~ Harbor Lane~ Cox Lane~ Eugene's Road~ Route 25~ and New Suffolk Lane~ provided they file with the Town Clerk a One Million Dollar Certificate of Liability Insurance naming the town of Southold as an additional insured and contact Lt. Flatley at least ten (t0) days prior to the event to coordinate traffic control. Vote of the Town Board: Aye: Councilman Wickham, Councilman Richter, Councilman Romanelli, Councilman Moore, Justice Evans, Supervisor Horton. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. #372 Moved by Councilman Romanelli, seconded by Justice Evans, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby modifies the General Fund Whole Town 2003 Budget as follows: To: A. 1220. t .200. tOO Part Time Employees, Regular Earnings $1,800.00 From: A. 1990.4. tOO. tOO Contingency $1,800.00 Vote of the Town Board: Aye: Councilman Wickham, Councilman Richter, Councilman Romanelli, Councilman Moore, Justice Evans, Supervisor Horton. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. #373 Moved by Justice Evans, seconded by Councilman Wickham, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby authorizes and directs Supervisor Joshua Y. Horton to execute the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) June 17, 2003 14 Southold Town Board contract with the County of Suffolk IFMS No. SCS EXE 03000006931 for the period April 1, 2003 through March 31, 2004. Vote of the Town Board: Aye: Councilman Wickham, Councilman Richter, Councilman Romanelli, Councilman Moore, Justice Evans, Supervisor Horton. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. #374 Moved by Councilman Wickham, seconded by Justice Evans, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby modifies the General Fund Whole Town 2003 Budget as follows: To: A. 1220.1.200.100 Part Time Employees, Regular Earnings $2,150.00 From: A. 1220.1.100.100 Full Time Employees, Regular Earnings $2,150.00 Vote of the Town Board: Aye: Councilman Wickham, Councilman Richter, Councilman Romanelli, Councilman Moore, Justice Evans, Supervisor Horton. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. #375 Moved by Councilman Richter, seconded by Councilman Moore, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby grants permission to Detective Beth Dzenkowski to attend the annual State of New York Police Juvenile Officers Association Training Conference in her current position as Second Vice President where she will move up to the position of First Vice President, commencing on Sunday, August 24 through Friday, August 29, 2003, in Ithaca, New York. Expenses would be approximately $895.00 for conference fee ($160), lodging ($615), travel expenses and meals ($120). These costs will be a legal charge to the Juvenile Aid Bureau budget line. Vote of the Town Board: Aye: Councilman Wickham, Councilman Richter, Councilman Romanelli, Councilman Moore, Justice Evans, Supervisor Horton. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. #376 Moved by Councilman Moore, seconded by Councilman Romanelli, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby appoints Meghan Mills to the position of Part-Time Food Service Worker at the Human Resource Center, at the rate of $10.25 per hour, effective June 18, 2003. Vote of the Town Board: Aye: Councilman Wickham, Councilman Richter, Councilman Romanelli, Councilman Moore, Justice Evans, Supervisor Horton. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. #377 Moved by Councilman Romanelli, seconded by Justice Evans, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby appoints Joseph T. Giordano to the position of Part-Time Food Service Worker at the Human Resource Center, at the rate of $10.25 per hour, effective June 18, 2003. June 17, 2003 Southold Town Board 15 Vote of the Town Board: Aye: Councilman Wickham, Councilman Richter, Councilman Romanelli, Councilman Moore, Justice Evans, Supervisor Horton. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. #378 Moved by Justice Evans, seconded by Councilman Romanelli, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby appoints Philip Beltz to the position of part-time Senior Citizen Aide II at the Human Resource Center, at a salary of $11.37 per hour, effective June 18, 2003. Vote of the Town Board: Aye: Councilman Wickham, Councilman Richter, Councilman Romanelli, Councilman Moore, Justice Evans, Supervisor Horton. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. #379 Moved by Councilman Wickham, seconded by Justice Evans, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby grants permission to Detective Beth Dzenkowski to attend the quarterly State of New York Police Juvenile Officers Association Board Meeting in her current position as Second Vice President, commencing on Thursday, June 5 through Friday, June 6, in Ithaca, New York. Expenses would be approximately $45.00 for transportation costs (gas and tolls). The Association covers all expenses for meals and accommodations. These costs will be a legal charge to the Juvenile Aid Bureau budget line. Vote of the Town Board: Aye: Councilman Wickham, Councilman Richter, Councilman Romanelli, Councilman Moore, Justice Evans, Supervisor Horton. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. #38O Moved by Councilman Richter, seconded by Justice Evans, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby authorizes and directs Supervisor Joshua Y. Horton to file an application for funds from the New York State Office of Parks~ Recreation and Historic Preservation in accordance with the provisions of Title 9 of the Environmental Protection Act of 1993 or Title 3 of the Clean Water/Clean Air Bond Act of 1996, in an amount not to exceed $100,000 and upon approval of said request to enter into and execute a project agreement with the State for such financial assistance to the Town of Southold for the Laurel Lake Preservation and Trail Vote of the Town Board: Aye: Councilman Wickham, Councilman Richter, Councilman Romanelli, Councilman Moore, Justice Evans, Supervisor Horton. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. #381 Moved by Councilman Moore, seconded by Justice Evans, WHEREAS the Town Board of the Town of Southold is conducting an uncoordinated SEQR Review of an Unlisted Action involving amendments to the Town Code regarding public hearing notice requirements; and WHEREAS the proposed amendments are intended to clarify existing procedural requirements. June 17, 2003 Southold Town Board 16 NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that pursuant to Part 617 of the SEQR Regulations, the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby designates itself as the Lead Agency for the SEQR Review of this Unlisted Action. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that pursuant to Part 617 of the implementing regulations pertaining to Article 8 (State Environmental Quality Review Act) of the Environmental Conservation Law, the Lead Agency has determined that the proposed Unlisted Action will not have a significant adverse effect on the environment for the reasons enumerated in the attached Negative Declaration Form. Vote of the Town Board: Aye: Councilman Wickham, Councilman Richter, Councilman Romanelli, Councilman Moore, Justice Evans, Supervisor Horton. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. #382 Moved by Councilman Romanelli, seconded by Justice Evans, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby modifies the 2003 Community Preservation Fund as follows: To: H3.8660.2.500.100 Legal Council $5000. From: H3.8660.2.600.100 Land Acquisitions $5000 Vote of the Town Board: Aye: Councilman Wickham, Councilman Richter, Councilman Romanelli, Councilman Moore, Justice Evans, Supervisor Horton. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. #383 Moved by Justice Evans, seconded by Councilman Wickham, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby waives the notification for the issuance of a liquor license to Divine Country Cafe~ LLC for establishment at 4805 Depot Lane~ Cutchogue. Vote of the Town Board: Aye: Councilman Wickham, Councilman Richter, Councilman Romanelli, Councilman Moore, Justice Evans, Supervisor Horton. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. SUPERVISOR HORTON: That concludes our resolutions for the time being, we will at this point move into the public hearing that is scheduled for 8:00 P.M. Moved by Justice Evans, seconded by Councilman Romanelli, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board meeting be and hereby is adjourned for the purpose of holding one public hearing on "A LOCAL LAW ENTITLED "AMENDMENT TO TOWN CODE REGARDING AMENDMENTS TO ZONING AND PUBLIC HEAR1NG NOTICE REQUIREMENTS". SUPERVISOR HORTON: I think that we should hold voting on this law until some of these issues are addressed. COUNCILMAN WICKHAM: I personally would be prepared to go ahead with it, with the ones, with the change that the Zoning Board has answered. JUSTICE EVANS: And then address... June 17, 2003 Southold Town Board 17 COUNCILMAN ROMANELLI: I would address only if it is different than here. SUPERVISOR HORTON: And the question that I have about moving ahead on it, this is a question for counsel, if we were to incorporate the Zoning Board of Appeals comments would that change the structure of the law? That would require another public hearing? TOWN ATTORNEY YAKABOSKI: unintelligible SUPERVISOR HORTON: Move on with it as it is and then incorporate the comments. TOWN ATTORNEY YAKABOSKI: Correct. SUPERVISOR HORTON: Is the Board comfortable with it? COUNCILMAN WICKHAM: unintelligible .... sort of incorporate the questions about the railroad and all that. Clearly that .... unintelligible. COUNCILMAN ROMANELLI: Absolutely. COUNCILMAN WICKHAM: Can that be done in this, this same one? Does that require ..... SUPERVISOR HORTON: Counsel recommendation on this, the discussion that we were having up here at the Board, is to move on this Local Law and incorporate the comments that we received from the public once this law is established. Incorporate those comments and concerns into the re- established local law. TOWN ATTORNEY YAKABOSKI: We can do an amendment to this after. SUPERVISOR HORTON: We can amend this Local Law, so the Board is comfortable moving ahead on this? JUSTICE EVANS: We can explain why .... unintelligible. SUPERVISOR HORTON: We will move ahead with the resolution. COUNCILMAN WICKHAM: To adopt it the way that it is and then to change it? SUPERVISOR HORTON: That is correct. JUSTICE EVANS: Because one of the changes is going to be a major change .... unintelligible. COUNCILMAN WICKHAM: Why don't we just hold off and do the whole thing separately? SUPERVISOR HORTON: As we discussed with the Board and counsel, counsel's recommendation is to act on this Local Law and make amendments to it. June 17, 2003 Southold Town Board 18 COUNCILMAN MOORE: That will include Darline's, we will look at that and see how that plays in but we can do this one now and there are reasons to. COUNCILMAN RICHTER: Yes. SUPERVISOR HORTON: Are you more comfortable with that? COUNCILMAN WICKHAM: Yes. SUPERVISOR HORTON: Louisa? JUSTICE EVANS: Yes, as long as we address the three different issues. SUPERVISOR HORTON: Yes, very well. Okay, then we will move forward with this resolution. #384 Moved by Councilman Wickham, seconded by Councilman Moore, it was WHEREAS, there has been presented to the Town Board of the Town of Southold, Suffolk County, New York, on the 3rd day of June 2003 a Local Law entitled "Amendment to Town Code Regarding Amendments to Zoning and Public Hearing Notice Requirements" and WHEREAS the Town Board of the Town of Southold held a public hearing on the aforesaid Local Law at which time all interested persons will be given an opportunity to be heard. RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby ENACTS the following Local Law: LOCAL LAW NO. 12 2003 TOWN OF SOUTHOLD A local law entitled, "Amendment to Town Code Regarding Amendments to Zoning and Public Hearing Notice Requirements." BE IT ENACTED by the Town Board of the Town of Southold as follows: I. Purpose. To clarify procedural requirements in the Zoning and Public Hearing chapters of the Town Code. II. The Code of the Town of Southold is hereby amended to revise the noted sections of Chapter 100 "Zoning" and Chapter 58 "Notice of Public Hearing" to read as follows: Chapter 100 ARTICLE XXIX Amendments [Amended 5-30-1975 by L.L. No. 3-1975; 11-15-1983 by L.L. No. 13-1983; 1-8-1985 by L.L. No. 1- 1985; 1-10-1989 by L.L. No. 1-1989] § 100-290. Procedures. The Town Board, upon its own motion or by petition, may, from time to time, amend, supplement, change, or modify ~ this chapter, including the Zoning Map, by proceeding in the .......... ~ manner provided in this Article. For the purposes of this Article, an amendment also includes, but is not necessarily limited to, a supplement, change, or modification. A. The Town Board, by resolution adopted at a stated meeting, shall fix the time and place of a public hearing on the proposed amendment and cause notice thereof to be given pursuant to the provisions of the Town Law. At least ten (10) days notice of the time and place of such hearing shall be published in the official newspaper. June 17, 2003 Southold Town Board 19 B. The Town Board, before ~ publishing notice for a public hearing, shall in a written request, instruct the Town Planning Board to prepare an official report ........ , .............................. regardin e proposed amendment, including the Planning Board recommendations. C. An amendment initiated, proposed or requested by a petitioner, other than the Town Board or other Town agency, shall also be subject to the additional procedural requirements set forth in subsequent sections of this Article. § 100-291. Fees for Petitions for Proposed Amendments. ]Amended 11-13-1990 by L.L. No. 26- 1990] Every petition for ~ a__n amendment to this chapter or the Zoning Map shall be filed with the Town Clerk and shall be accompanied by a fee,~.~c~,~..,~ .~..,~ ...... ~ o,~..,~ ~..~.~ ~, ~oo ~r~,., ~ ~ ~. J~ for administrative processing as established by a resolution of the Town Board. The fee for a petition for a change of zone to the ~ordable Housing District is set fo~h in ~ 100-55B(5)(g). The petitioner shall also be responsible for reasonable and customa~ professional review fees relating to environmental review of the petition. ~ 100-292. Additional Notice Requirements Relating to Petitions for Proposed ~endments. of A. In the case of a petition requesting an amendment~ ~ ~..~..~ ~ .... in zoning district classification or the Zoning Map, in addition to the notice required by law, a written notice containing the following information shall be sent by the petitioner, or his agent, by either ce~ified or registered mail, to eve~ owner of prope~y immediately adjacent thereto. In the event that any petitioner owns or has any interest in any prope~y immediately adjacent to the prope~y proposed to be changed in zoning district classification, then written notice shall also be given to the owners of the prope~y adjacent to such other prope~y of the petitioner. For the purpose of this section, the words "owner" or "prope~y owner" mean the owner as shown on the current Southold Town assessment roll. The notice required by this section shall be mailed by the petitioner, or his/her agent, within five (5) days preceding the filing of the petition in the Town Clerk's office. Proof of mailing of such notice in the form of a sworn statement sworn to by petitioner or his/her agent shall be filed with the Town Clerk at the time of filing the petition. Such notice shall contain the following information: (1) A statement that the petitioner proposes to file a petition with the Southold Town Clerk requesting a change of zone classification. (2) A description of the street location and the area of the prope~y which is the subject of such petition. (3) The present zone district classification of the prope~y and the proposed zone district classification. (4) A statement that within five (5) days of the notice the petition requesting such change in zone district classification will be filed in the Southold Town Clerk's office, Main Road, Southold, New York, and may then be examined during regular office hours. (5) A statement that a public hearing with respect to such petition must be held by the Southold Town Board before such change of zone can become effective; that the person to whom the notice is addressed, or his representative, has the right to June 17, 2003 Southold Town Board 20 appear and be heard at such hearing; and that a notice of such hearing will be published in the official town newspaper not less than ten (10) days prior to such public hearing. In lieu of complying with the provisions of this section, written verified waivers of notice executed by the persons entitled to receive such notice may be filed with the Town Clerk at the time of filing the petition. Failure to comply with the provisions of this section shall not affect the validity of any action with respect to such petition. In addition to the above notice requirement, prior to holding a public hearing on the ~ petition, notice shall be provided pursuant to Chapter 58. [Added 12- 27-1995 by L.L. No. 25-1995] Chapter 58 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING [HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Southold 12-27-1995 as L.L. No. 25-1995. Amendments noted where applicable.] § 58-1. Providing notice of public hearings. Whenever the Code calls for a public hearing this section shall apply. Upon determining that an application or petition is complete, the board or commission reviewing the same shall fix a time and place for a public hearing thereon. The hoard ar ce, mm;~ss;~an rev;~ew;mg Notice relating to a public hearing on an application or petition shall ..... ;,~ c~ ,~ ~;,,;,~ ~c,~,;~ ~, .............~ ..... ~ .........be provided as follows: A. Town responsibility for publication of notice. The reviewing board or commission shall r~ ..... ;,~ · _,2 ,~,,u .... ~ cause a notice giving the time, date, place and nature of the hearing to be published in the official newspaper within the period prescribed by law. B. Applicant or Petitioner responsibility for posting and mailing notice. An application or petition, initiated, proposed or requested by an applicant or petitioner, other than a Town board or commission, shall also be subject to additional notice requirements set forth below. (J3 gy~erui~ng4The applicant or petitioner is required to erect the sign provided by the town, which shall be prominently displayed on the premises facing each public or private street which the property involved in the application or petition abuts, giving notice of the application or petition, the nature of the approval sought thereby and the time and place of the public hearing thereon. The sign shall be set back not more than ten (10) feet from the property line. The sign shall be displayed for a period of not less than seven (7) days immediately preceding the date of the public hearing. The applicant, petitioner or his/her agent shall file an affidavit that s/he has complied with this provision prior to commencement of the public hearing. C~. (2D gy~erui~ng4The applicant or petitioner is required to send notice to the owners of record of every property which abuts and every property which is across from any public or private street from the property included in the application or petition. Such notice shall be made by certified mail, return receipt requested, posted at least seven (7) days prior to the date of the initial public hearing on the application or petition and addressed to the owners at the addresses listed for them on the local assessment roll. The notice shall include description of the street location and area of the subject property, nature of relief or approval June 17, 2003 Southold Town Board 21 involved, and date, time and place of hearing. The applicant, petitioner or agent shall file an affidavit that s/he has complied with this provision prior to commencement of the public hearing. III. Severability. If any part or provision of this Local Law or the application thereof to any person or circumstance be adjudged invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, such judgment shall be confined in its operation to the part or provision or application directly involved in the controversy in which such judgment shall have been rendered and shall not affect or impair the validity of the remainder of this Local Law or the application thereof to other persons or circumstances, and the Town of Southold hereby declares that it would have passed this Local Law or the remainder thereof had such invalid application or invalid provision been apparent. IV. Effective date. This law shall take effect immediately upon filing in the Office of the Secretary of State of New York. Vote of the Town Board: Aye: Councilman Wickham, Councilman Richter, Councilman Romanelli, Councilman Moore, Justice Evans, Supervisor Horton. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. SUPERVISOR HORTON: That does conclude the resolutions that we were voting on this evening, at this point ! would offer the floor to members of the public that would like to address the Town Board on town related business. Mrs. Egan MRS. EGAN: Yes, the President of the United States of America had a press conference this morning and before the conference; it was noted that even though election time is coming up, he still is doing business, he is not politicking. And ! think that people sitting on the Board up there know what ! mean. Too much politicking going on and no results. Mr. Romanelli, how are you doing with the Department of Transportation in regard violations of dirt and filth on the road, causing accidents? Have you had any success whatsoever? Have you been able to contact Mr. Harris and see that he gets his secretary to help him? COUNCILMAN ROMANELLI: Mr. Harris is under control, he is running his office as his expertise, that is what he was elected to do. ! think that the Highway Department is doing a fine job. MRS. EGAN: But nothing is happening. I didn't say that he wasn't, did I? I said the roads, where the runoff of dirt, when it is dry; it is dry and it is skidding and when it is wet it is even worse. Mr. Harris informed me that he did not have enough time, with the clean up of the spring thing, which was messed up because it wasn't done properly, which was not his fault, it emulated from up here. So, has Mr. Harris received any assistance from Town Hall to see that the roads are being better taken care of and Mr. Yakaboski .... COUNCILMAN ROMANELLI: Mr. Harris has asked for no additional help to handle his work load. MRS. EGAN: Then ! don't think that Mr. Harris would have exaggerated to me but ! will address that issue with him. What have you yourself done about it, Mr. Romanelli? COUNCILMAN RICHTER: Mrs. Egan. Mrs. Egan. June 17, 2003 22 Southold Town Board MRS. EGAN: What about noise control? COUNCILMAN RICHTER: Hello. Mrs. Egan. MRS. EGAN: ! am not speaking to you; ! am speaking to Mr. Romanelli. Mr. Romanelli, you said that you would address the noise control. Have you had even a tiny, little, little, tiny meeting in that regard? And the answer... COUNCILMAN ROMANELLI: No. MRS. EGAN: No. Great. So you are all up there campaigning, you will be in office what? Almost two years and there has been no integrity, nothing accomplished and you are all sitting there thinking that this is amusing. You are all doing something, your own agendas, it is an absolute disgrace. SUPERVISOR HORTON: Mrs. Egan. MRS. EGAN: I am not finished. SUPERVISOR HORTON: Do you have town business you would like to address? MRS. EGAN: Of course, this is all town business. SUPERVISOR HORTON: Please continue. MRS. EGAN: I don't do anything other than town business. Now, I am sure that at least once a month, you have the opportunity to read in our local newspapers, the police reports. And they are getting longer and they are getting more serious and more serious. ! was very pleased to note that, ! am sure that it was from you Mr. Horton, that we have more of the summer brown police, you know the Auxiliary Police, if you will. You need more, you need more. By the grace of god, because we had such terrible weather during the carnivals there weren't as many indecent exposures, horrible things done to young girls and young boys. Had the weather been better and more young people had been there, there would have been more. But we are going to have a lot of visitors here, so ! would request that instead of some of this money being spent, what ! consider myself consider, foolishly, that money be spent to get even more of these Auxiliary policemen to protect our people. And Mr. Horton? SUPERVISOR HORTON: Yes, Mrs. Egan. MRS. EGAN: You, yourself. I was very pleased to see that you did send somebody to court, not last Friday but the Friday before, you yourself have to sit on your you-know-what and review it yourself. Thank you very much. SUPERVISOR HORTON: Thank you, Mrs. Egan. Would anyone else care to address the Town Board? Yes, Mr. Wagner. June 17, 2003 23 Southold Town Board DON WAGNER: Good evening, I am Don Wagner, Route 48 in Southold. Sunday, I tried to make a left turn out of my condo onto Route 48 and I guess, the ferry traffic was coming east and there was an awful lot of traffic coming west, too. So it was bumper to bumper, if you will, and it took me five minutes before I could safely make a turn out of the driveway. You have heard me mention before, one particular item, which would help all of us on Route 48 and Route 25 all the way from Orient Point to Mattituck in the west... SUPERVISOR HORTON: Can I just, something that you and I discussed some time ago, I don't know if I am cutting you off at the pass but I did want to bring this to your attention. MR. WAGNER: No. SUPERVISOR HORTON: I have actually, recently, again discussed with our Assemblywoman Acampora, about having the Department of Transportation and I followed this up with a letter again, for the Department of Transportation to install a light just as you would exit the ferry onto Route 48 to put significant or substantial, meaningful breaks in the traffic that is westbound. That is something that we had discussed and I wanted to give you a quick update on it. MR. WAGNER: That would help, true, but I think what would help even more and it wouldn't cost us anything here is Southold or Riverhead, is if we got together with the Town of Riverhead and jointly went to the Town of Brookhaven and got them to agree to allow the ferry going to New London for all the gamblers from west Suffolk and east Nassau, they would no longer have to drive all the way to Orient Point, they could stop at William Floyd Parkway there in the Town of Brookhaven and it would eliminate half of our problem which we are into now in the season here. Not only in the whole Town of Southold but the whole Town of Riverhead, as well. And I think that this should be pursued to the utmost. The SEEDS group, which is studying the entire East End of Long Island, if they are lucky, they might have some proposals ready by the end of the year, if they are lucky. But then it is going to be up to the Towns and or the County where as the chips may fall as to when something is going to be accomplished. Whereas, if we could get the green light to move the ferry, not all the ferries necessarily, but some of them, this would alleviate the condition at no expense to us. So I would like to see the entire Board pursue this and I think that anyone that lives on either Route 48 or Route 25 in the Town of Southold should be in favor of this. SUPERVISOR HORTON: We have reached out to Supervisor Kozakiewicz as well as Supervisor Heaney from Southampton, who I think has a vested interest in relieving the ferry traffic that is bound from the North Fork to the South Fork and a couple of different tacks that we have taken, is we really need the support on this issue from our State Representatives. I know that Assemblywoman Acampora is 100% behind us on this and we also have to work to get Senator Ken La Valle, who is very open- minded to progress, on board with this issue and these have been ongoing discussions and as well, not only for a boat from perhaps the Shoreham site but into the Promised Land, East Hampton. On the same note, I know that Supervisor Kozakiewicz and myself have had discussions about lobbying the State or the County for a piece of property just off of the, just off the end of the eastern portion of the Long Island Expressway to provide a parking facility for those who are bound for the Fast Ray, at least so there could be a shuttle arrangement made at that point, at least in the near future as part of the long term solution, where at the end of the day we do need the support of the State, that is the foundation, June 17, 2003 24 Southold Town Board that is the bottom line for what we need. And I know that members of the Board also support that and the proper officials have been contacted on numerous occasions. MR. WAGNER: But that is not easy to get and I doubt if you will get anything this year. COUNCILMAN MOORE: I am going to add two cents in there and that is, at least four years ago, I sat with the then Town Supervisor of Brookhaven and our Town Supervisor and they were all on board, Long Island Association was on board of putting a ferry at, as you describe it, the Shoreham facility and you are going to have to turn the heads of our two State Representatives, both Pat and Ken vehemently opposed locating one there. So you will have to turn their heads on that one. MR. WAGNER: Oh, boy. Now you got me scratching my head. Okay, well thanks very much. SUPERVISOR HORTON: At the Strawberry Festival this Saturday, that conversation came up again with Assemblywoman Acampora. COUNCILMAN MOORE: Well, maybe she had a change of heart. That would be nice. This correspondence said that she didn't want to do that. SUPERVISOR HORTON: It is constant persistence on our State officials because our hands are tied without there support. Would anyone else care to address the Town Board on town related issues? (No response) Motion to adjourn. COUNCILMAN WICKHAM: I would like to make a very brief comment, if I could. SUPERVISOR HORTON: Certainly, Councilman Wickham. COUNCILMAN WICKHAM: The Supervisor asked me to be the liaison to the Land Preservation Committee some time ago and I sit in on those meetings, they are very lengthy and do a lot of business and today our Land Preservation Coordinator appeared before the Board .... COUNCILMAN MOORE: In Executive session. COUNCILMAN WICKHAM: ...and outlined a number of acquisitions which she thinks are on the books, which will total and I think that it is perfectly appropriate to bring to the public a summary of what happened and what has happened on this Committee. I am not going to divulge any technical... COUNCILMAN MOORE: Tom, you have chosen to talk about matters discussed in Executive Session today, I don't think that is appropriate. I think you wait two weeks or four weeks and we will all talk about it. COUNCILMAN WICKHAM: I am going to inform the public that there is a great deal of activity out there in the Land Preservation field, that there are contracts virtually signed, that there is a great deal of June 17,2003 Southold Town Board 25 activity; over 100 acres of land that is virtually preserved indefinitely with a great deal of interest and acceleration of the program and I think that the public has every right to know about that. SUPERVISOR HORTON: Thank you, Councilman Wickham. With that being said, that does conclude our meeting. Thank you for attending this meeting. We appreciate your input and we appreciate you attending these meetings. Moved by Councilman Moore, seconded by Justice Evans, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board meeting be and hereby is declared adjourned. Vote of the Town Board: Aye: Councilman Wickham, Councilman Richter, Councilman Romanelli, Councilman Moore, Justice Evans, Supervisor Horton. ~Lfua Elizabeth A. Neville Southold Town Clerk