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COUNTY OF SUFFOLK : STATE OF NEW YORK
TOWN OF SOUTHOLD
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TOWN OF SOUTHOLD
TOWN BOARD MEETING
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Southold, New York
February 14 , 2023
7 : 00 P . M .
B E F 0 R E :
SCOTT A . RUSSELL, SUPERVISOR
LOUISA P . EVANS , JUSTICE
BRIAN 0 . MEALY, COUNCILMAN
GREG DOROSKI , COUNCILMAN
SARAH E . NAPPA, COUNCILWOMAN
JILL DOHERTY, COUNCILWOMAN
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WW FARMS , LLC - CE PUBLIC HEARING
RESOLVED that pursuant to the
provisions of Chapter 185 ( Open Space
Preservation) and Chapter 17 ( Community
Preservation Fund) of the Town Code, the
Town Board of the Town of Southold
hereby sets Tuesday, February 14 , 2023 ,
at 7 : 00 p .m. , Southold Town Hall , 53095
Main Road, Southold, New York as the
time and place for a public hearing for
the purchase of property from WW Farms ,
LLC . Said property is identified as
SCTM #1000-101 . -1- 8 . 2 and
1000-101 . -1- 8 . 3 . The total area of the
property is 32± acres . The address of
the property is 15325 Middle Road (CR
48 ) in Cutchogue . The property is
located on the northerly side of Middle
Road ( CR 48 ) approximately 1 , 260 feet
southwest of Alvah ' s Lane . The property
is located within the
Agricultural-Conservation (A-C ) Zoning
District . SCTM# 1000-101 . - 1-8 . 2 is
approximately 24 acres of unencumbered
land; SCTM# 1000-101 . -1- 8 . 3 is
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approximately 8 acres encumbered with a
conservation easement granted to the
Peconic Land Trust , Incorporated on
May 15 , 2006 .
The proposed acquisition is for the
Town of Southold, in a joint 500/ 500
partnership with the County of Suffolk,
to acquire fee title to the entire 32±
acre property for open space
preservation . The exact area of the
purchase is subject to survey . The
purchase price for the entire 32± acre
parcel is $2 , 848 , 000 ( two million eight
hundred forty-eight thousand dollars )
and is the sum of the purchase price of
$2 , 640 , 000 for SCTM# Lot 8 . 2 and
$208 , 000 for SCTM# Lot 8 . 3 . The
purchase will be funded by the Town ' s
Community Preservation Fund and the
County of Suffolk in a 500/ 500
partnership which will include the
purchase price and any related
acquisition costs associated with the
purchase of this property .
The property is listed on the
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Town ' s Community Preservation Project
Plan as property that should be
preserved for preservation of open space
and aquifer recharge areas . The purpose
of this acquisition is for open space,
passive recreational purposes and
aquifer recharge preservation . Proposed
uses of the property may include the
establishment of a nature preserve,
passive recreational area with trails
and limited parking for access purposes ,
all subject to a management plan that
will be developed for the property . The
Land Preservation Coordinator has
reviewed the acquisition in accordance
with Chapter 117 ( Transfer of
Development Rights ) of the Code of the
Town of Southold . Sanitary Flow Credits
may be available for transfer from the
property upon the purchase of the
property . The County of Suffolk will
determine if Sanitary Flow Credits
( a/ k/a County Workforce Housing
Development Rights ) are available , and
if so, the number of Sanitary Flow
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Credits available from the property .
Any available Sanitary Flow Credits will
be divided between the County and the
Town in accordance with the 500/500
joint partnership percentage . The
Seller has requested, and the Town Board
has agreed, that the transfer of the
Sanitary Flow Credits allotted to the
Town for this project will be restricted
to use of affordable housing pursuant to
Chapter 117-3B . And will not be
finalized, and shall not occur, until
the County/Town closes on the property,
and the Town Board passes a resolution
allowing the transfer into the Town
Sanitary Flow Credit Bank for affordable
housing .
FURTHER NOTICE is hereby given that
a more detailed description of the
above-mentioned parcel of land is on
file in Land Preservation Department ,
Southold Town Hall Annex, 54375 Route
25, Southold, New York, and may be
examined by any interested person during
business hours .
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SUPERVISOR SCOTT RUSSELL : I would
like to invite anybody who would like to
comment on this particular Public
Hearing?
MS . MELISSA SPIRO : Melissa Spiro,
Land Preservation Consultant . So I
guess I will get started . So as stated
in the hearing notice , this purchase is
a 50/50 joint acquisition with the
County . Once acquired, the Town and
County will own property jointly and the
Town will manage it for open space
purchases . The current property is
shown as two tax parcels . I think you
can see on the map there , there is one
on the south side . Kind of mustard
green . And the other piece that we ' re
talking about is outlined in red . In
2006, the land owner donated a
conservation easement to Peconic Land
Trust to the southern most 8 acres . And
that is what resulted in the two
separate tax parcels . The Town and
County acquisition will include both the
8 acre tax parcels and the 24 acres
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behind it . A combined total of 32
acres . The appraisal and the resulting
purchase price accounted for the 8 acres
being incumbered by the easement and the
Peconic Land Trust . This property
unlike many in Southold, except for a
small 5 acre area in the middle, which
has been farmed . I spoke to the land
owner, it has been farmed way back .
Those 5 acres . The rest is wooded and
has not been farmed, which is unusual
for a property in Southold . The
property is also significant in that in
lines up with the Town ' s water
protection area . So the acquisition
contributes greatly to the protection of
the Town ' s aquifer . I was looking at
old files and saw as far back as 2000 ,
probably further back, the property was
nominated for the New York State DEC
Open Space Plan, as being important
property to preserve . Since it ' s an
undeveloped wooden parcel and it ' s
within the CPA aquifer area . So it ' s
both New York State Open Space and of
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course our Town ' s Community Preservation
Plan . As I drive by the property lately
and I see two signs , thankful that the
land owners gave the Town and the County
the opportunity to acquire this
significant property . The land owner
and I have been talking about
preservation in this parcel , for as long
as I have been working for the Town,
over 35 years . While I was working for
the Town . And I am glad that the Town ' s
open space and farm land programs are
here to be there when the land owner was
ready to sell the property . And now the
land owner is ready to sell it to the
Town . As stated in the notice , the Town
intends to split the acquisition cost
with the County, 50/50 . The Town is
using community preservation funds for
its share . Both the Land Preservation
Committee and I support this purchase,
and we recommend that the Town Board
proceed . I am here to answer any
questions you have . Thank you .
SUPERVISOR SCOTT RUSSELL : Would
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anybody like to address the Town Board
on this particular Public Hearing?
I just want to take a quick second
to thank the principles -- I am not sure
if I am allowed to mention them or not,
but I would like to thank them for
selling the property . It ' s ( inaudible )
right across the street . I want to
thank her very much . She has been great
in terms of this and other preservation
projects . I also want to thank Albert
Krupski who secured the money from
Suffolk County to extend our
preservation dollars even further . So
thank you to everybody for making this
happen .
COUNCILMAN GREG DOROSKI : I will
second that .
JUSTICE LOUISA EVANS : I second
that too, and I make a motion we close
the hearing .
COUNCILWOMAN JILL DOHERTY : Second .
SUPERVISOR SCOTT RUSSELL : All in
favor?
COUNCILWOMAN JILL DOHERTY : Aye .
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COUNCILMAN GREG DOROSKI : Aye .
COUNCILMAN BRIAN MEALY : Aye .
COUNCILWOMAN SARAH NAPPA: Aye .
JUSTICE LOUISA EVANS : Aye .
SUPERVISOR SCOTT RUSSELL : Aye .
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ELIZABETH LIND REVOCABLE TRUST LAND
PURCHASE
RESOLVED that pursuant to the
provisions of Chapter 185 ( Open Space
Preservation) and Chapter 17 ( Community
Preservation Fund) of the Town Code, the
Town Board of the Town of Southold
hereby sets Tuesday, February 14th , 2023 ,
at 7 : 00 p .m. , Southold Town Hall , 53095
Main Road, Southold, New York as the
time and place for a public hearing for
the purchase of property owned by
Elizabeth Lind Revocable Trust . Said
property is identified as SCTM
#1000-50 . -5- 1 . The address of the
property is 2000 Lighthouse Road,
Southold . The property is located
within the Agricultural-Conservation
(A-C) zoning district . The proposed
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acquisition is for the Town of Southold
to acquire fee title to the entire
property, totaling approximately 8 . 06
acres , for open space preservation . The
exact area of the purchase is subject to
survey .
The purchase price for the 8 . 06±
acre parcel is $ 1 , 300 , 000 ( one million
three hundred thousand dollars ) plus
acquisition costs associated with the
purchase of this property . The purchase
will be funded by the Town ' s Community
Preservation Fund . There is a barn
located on the property, the barn will
be removed after acquisition . Removal
of the barn is an eligible CPF
expenditure . The property is listed on
the Town ' s Community Preservation
Project Plan as property that should be
preserved for open space preservation .
The purpose of this acquisition is for
open space and passive recreational
purposes . The property is across from
Town owned open space land known as
Hummels Pond . Proposed uses of the
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property may include the establishment
of a nature preserve and passive
recreational area with trails and
limited parking for access purposes , all
subject to a Management Plan which will
be developed for this property . The
Land Preservation Coordinator has
reviewed the acquisition in accordance
with Chapter 117 ( Transfer of Sanitary
Flow Credits ) of the Code of the Town of
Southold . Seventeen point five ( 17 . 5 )
Sanitary Flow Credits may be available
for transfer from the property upon the
Town ' s purchase of the property . The
transfer of the Sanitary Flow Credits
will not be finalized, and shall not
occur, until the Town closes on the
property, and the Town Board passes a
resolution allowing the transfer of such
credit into the Town sanitary flow
credit ( SFC) bank .
FURTHER NOTICE is hereby given that
a more detailed description of the
above-mentioned parcel of land is on
file in Land Preservation Department ,
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Southold Town Hall Annex, 54375 Route
25, Southold, New York, and may be
examined by any interested person during
business hours .
SUPERVISOR SCOTT RUSSELL : Would
anybody like to address the Town Board
on this particular Public Hearing?
MS . MELISSA SPIRO : Sure . Melissa
Spiro . Land Preservation Consultant
here again . So the land property is
outlined on the map, which the map shows
much better . It ' s in red . And the other
property there that are shown in green
are Town and County development rights .
And then there is one property to the
west, the left of the red, that has a
white label on it . That is Hummel ' s
Pond . That is owned by the Town of
Southold in our open space program. So
that is Hummel ' s Pond . It ' s known as
Hummel ' s Pond across the street .
Hummel ' s Pond -- probably was when it
was colder, a very popular skating area .
And there is a walking trail around
Hummel ' s Pond . Hummel ' s Pond is also in
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the deer program. The property across
the street will be a great expansion of
that . And expansion in addition to
that . It will allow future expansion of
a walking trail and likely expansion of
harbor view management area . The
property was farmed, I believe , in the
past . There is a nursery . The nursery
was left . The Committee members and I
have both walked the property . And
supports the Town proceeding with the
acquisition of this important property
that will expand our open space .
Although it is a smaller property, you
can see on the map, you can see its
expansion and preserved property . The
Town is acquiring this property with
Community Preservation Funds . I thank
the land owners for giving us an
opportunity to preserve this significant
piece of property . And I am here to
answer any questions .
SUPERVISOR SCOTT RUSSELL : Would
anybody like to address the Town Board
on this particular purchase?
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(No Response ) .
JUSTICE LOUISA EVANS : I move that
we close the hearing .
COUNCILWOMAN JILL DOHERTY : Second .
SUPERVISOR SCOTT RUSSELL : All in
favor?
COUNCILWOMAN JILL DOHERTY : Aye .
COUNCILMAN GREG DOROSKI : Aye .
COUNCILMAN BRIAN MEALY : Aye .
COUNCILWOMAN SARAH NAPPA: Aye .
JUSTICE LOUISA EVANS : Aye .
SUPERVISOR SCOTT RUSSELL : Aye .
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FIFD TERMINAL RAMP
WHEREAS , the Board of Commissioners
of the Fishers Island Ferry District
( the "District" ) , in the Town of
Southold, Suffolk County, New York,
pursuant to a resolution duly adopted
and a petition in due form, has
requested that the Town Board of the
Town of Southold (herein called the
"Town" ) , in the County of Suffolk, New
York, call a public hearing on behalf of
the District to hear all persons
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interested in the proposed increase and
improvement of facilities of the
District, consisting of the replacement
of dolphins (piling clusters ) and
bulkhead repairs at the District ' s New
London Terminal and replacement of the
south vehicle offloading ramp at the
District' s Fishers Island Terminal , at
the aggregate estimated maximum cost of
$2 , 500 , 000 ; and the Town Board has
determined that it is in the best
interests of the Town and the District
to increase and improve the facilities
of the District pursuant to Section
202-b of the Town Law and to hold said
public hearing, as requested; and
WHEREAS , the District, as lead
agency, has given due consideration to
the impact that the replacement of the
offloading ramp at the District ' s
Fishers Island Terminal may have on the
environment pursuant to the State
Environmental Quality Review Act
( SEQRA) , constituting Article 8 of the
Environmental Conservation Law, and 6
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N . Y . C . R . R . , Regulations Part 617 . 5 and
has determined that the project will not
result in any large and important
impacts ; and will not have a significant
impact on the environment ; and all
necessary procedures requisite to
reviewing the impact that the dolphin
replacement and bulkhead repairs at the
District ' s New London Terminal may have
on the environment have been complied
with and all necessary Federal , State
and/or local governmental permits have
been obtained;
NOW, THEREFORE, the Town Board
hereby determines to commence
proceedings under Section 202-b of the
Town Law, and it is hereby
ORDERED, that a meeting of the Town
Board of the Town be held at the Town
Hall , 53095 Main Road, Southold, New
York, on February 14 , 2023 at 7 : 00
o ' clock P .M . ( Prevailing Time ) to
consider said increase and improvement
of facilities of the District and to
hear all persons interested in the
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subject thereof concerning the same and
for such other action on the part of the
Town Board with relation thereto as may
be required by law; and it is
FURTHER ORDERED, that the Town
Clerk publish at least once in "The
Suffolk Times , " hereby designated as the
official newspaper of the Town for such
publication, and post on the sign board
of the Town maintained pursuant to
subdivision 6 of Section 30 of the Town
Law, a Notice of such public hearing in
substantially the form appearing in
Exhibit A, certified by said Town Clerk,
the first publication thereof and said
posting to be not less than ten ( 10 ) nor
more than twenty ( 20 ) days before the
date of such public hearing .
SUPERVISOR SCOTT RUSSELL : I am
going to invite anybody that would like
to address the Town Board on this
particular Local Law?
(No Response ) .
COUNCILWOMAN JILL DOHERTY : I will
make a motion to close the Public
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Hearing .
COUNCILMAN GREG DOROSKI : Second .
SUPERVISOR SCOTT RUSSELL : All in
favor?
COUNCILWOMAN JILL DOHERTY : Aye .
COUNCILMAN GREG DOROSKI : Aye .
COUNCILMAN BRIAN MEALY : Aye .
COUNCILWOMAN SARAH NAPPA: Aye .
JUSTICE LOUISA EVANS : Aye .
SUPERVISOR SCOTT RUSSELL : Aye .
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LOCAL LAW CHAPTER 245 - SENIOR CITIZENS
WHEREAS , there has been presented
to the Town Board of the Town of
Southold, Suffolk County, New York, on
the 31st day of January, 2023 , a Local
Law entitled "A Local Law in relation to
Amendments to Chapter 245 , entitled
Partial Exemption for Senior Citizens "
now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the
Town of Southold will hold a public
hearing on the aforesaid Local Law at
Southold Town Hall , 53095 Main Road,
Southold, New York, on the day of
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February 14 , 2023 at 7 : 00 p .m. at which
time all interested persons will be
given an opportunity to be heard .
SUPERVISOR SCOTT RUSSELL : I am
going to invite anybody who would like
to address the Town Board on this
particular Public Hearing, to please
feel free?
(No Response ) .
JUSTICE LOUISA EVANS : Motion to
close the hearing .
COUNCILMAN GREG DOROSKI : Second .
SUPERVISOR SCOTT RUSSELL : All in
favor?
COUNCILWOMAN JILL DOHERTY : Aye .
COUNCILMAN GREG DOROSKI : Aye .
COUNCILMAN BRIAN MEALY : Aye .
COUNCILWOMAN SARAH NAPPA: Aye .
JUSTICE LOUISA EVANS : Aye .
SUPERVISOR SCOTT RUSSELL : Aye .
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LOCAL LAW CHAPTER 51 POLICE DEPARTMENT
WHEREAS , there has been presented
to the Town Board of the Town of
Southold, Suffolk County, New York, on
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the 31st day of January, 2023 , a Local
Law entitled "A Local Law in relation to
an Amendment to Chapter 51 , Police
Department, in connection with Village
of Greenport " and
WHEREAS that the Town Board of the
Town of Southold will hold a public
hearing on the aforesaid Local Law at
Southold Town Hall , 53095 Main Road,
Southold, New York, on the 14th day of
February, 2023 at 7 : 00 p .m. at which
time all interested persons will be
given an opportunity to be heard .
SUPERVISOR SCOTT RUSSELL : I am
going to ask anybody who would like to
address the Town Board on this
particular Local Law?
(No Response ) .
COUNCILWOMAN JILL DOHERTY : I will
make a motion to close the Public
Hearing .
COUNCILMAN GREG DOROSKI : Second .
SUPERVISOR SCOTT RUSSELL : All in
favor?
COUNCILWOMAN JILL DOHERTY : Aye .
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COUNCILMAN GREG DOROSKI : Aye .
COUNCILMAN BRIAN MEALY : Aye .
COUNCILWOMAN SARAH NAPPA: Aye .
JUSTICE LOUISA EVANS : Aye .
SUPERVISOR SCOTT RUSSELL : Aye .
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PUBLIC COMMENTS
SUPERVISOR SCOTT RUSSELL : That
completes the agenda . I am going to
invite anybody that would like to
comment on any issue of mutual interest
to please feel free?
MS . CAROLINE WINDMULLER : Hello .
Thank you first and foremost for being
here on Valentine ' s Day . Not exactly a
hot date, but we ' re here . Appreciate
you all being here and lending an ear .
My name is Caroline Windmuller . And I
live with my family on Queens Street in
Greenport . We purchased our home in
2009 from the lat Agnes Dunn . A family
who has a history as the first residence
of Queens Street beginning from its
origins in 1900 ' s , and continues to
reside . Susan Valezquez is here with us
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as well . Our neighbor here . My husband
and I both grew up in Southold and
returned to North Fork after college to
raise our family . Finding a home was
quite the love story . I am going to
spare you that part . But I do want to
embark on that because I do find it
fitting because we love our home and
that is why I am standing here tonight
before you all . After years of
attempting to resolve our problems
amicably with neighbors and the new
owners of the Eastern Long Island
Campground . We were finally pushed to
file a full complaint on January 18th
with the hopes of putting an end to the
illegal activity . What was once a
family run respectable campground is now
becoming a trailer park amusement park,
and it ' s truly a disgrace to the entire
North Fork community at large . Despite
our formal complaint being addressed to
the Town leadership, which is you, I
don ' t believe I arrived before all of
you . I am not sure . Maybe you can
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clarify? I do know that I put it in
Louisa ' s hands , but I am not sure who
else read it . But I intended to go
before you but I don ' t know if it did .
Here I am .
SUPERVISOR SCOTT RUSSELL : I am
more than aware of the issues . And the
Town ' s action . I am familiar with the
ongoing problems . No doubt .
MS . CAROLINE WINDMULLER : Very
good . It was brought to our attention
just today that there is some
significant additional code violations
that are under discussions currently
involving the campgrounds . So that
maybe taking center stage at the moment ,
as I understand . We greatly appreciate
the investigation . Truly . We trust
that all appropriate action will be
taken . We believe however, that it
hadn ' t come across the Town Board . So
that is why we are here again to come
before you and get on the same page .
SUPERVISOR SCOTT RUSSELL : Of
course .
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MS . CAROLINE WINDMULLER : On behalf
of everybody . They are not all here .
They ' re on a hot date . But anyway,
there are and have been for a very long
time, people living in illegal trailers
year round at this so-called seasonal
transient campground . After our letter
was received by the Town Attorney ' s
Office , Code Enforcement was dispatched
and soon after one of the three visible
trailers -- illegal trailers being
occupied across from our house was
moved . However, it was simply relocated
to the main part of the campground,
which in no way resolved the issue of
people living year-round inside the
campground . The speeding traffic still
remains and there is even a school bus
stop to accommodate those living there .
There are regular fuel deliveries and
there has been electric run to the
campers , who again, not in designated
camp sites , but instead in the storage
lot which is quickly becoming a junk
yard from our home . There has been two
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recent fires . One involved a camper
essentially located inside the
campground . And the other occurred on
the power lines directly in front of our
home . Nearly touching our home . That
raises the question to us , the amperage
of those lines that is connected to the
campground . The fire occurred shortly
after a large entertainment stage was
built nearby to host music performances .
That would require a lot of additional
electricity . Coincidence, maybe . But
maybe not . We ' re not sure how they
handle sewage from those immobile and
permanent stationed campers in the lot,
but correct me if I am wrong, I believe
that would require some sort of permit
or public hearing . There have been
several instances of vulgar domestic
disputes and police response . To
reiterate , we have repeatedly gone to
the owners with our concerns for years
now and we have tried to trust their
promises that it will stop, yet here we
are . They push it off . First it was one
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trailer, then two . Then three . That is
just what we can see from the front
door . There are several others going
inside the campground and living . We ' re
certainly not construction workers .
After all , I don ' t believe construction
work happens throughout the night . It
is our understanding that the campground
owners were attempting to remedy the
issue by applying for night watchman
permit . This appeared to us immediately
as not some sort of bogus loophole to
make one trailer legal , but as a
completely several illegal issue from
several dwellings . And it would not
remedy anything . We plan to attend the
meeting of the details , albeit in
silence . I understand you can attend
but not speak . We ' re willing to go and
do that and understand the terms of that
permit and what it means to us . When I
called to get the generalized agenda,
this past Friday, I was told that the
application had been withdrawn . After
the speaking with the Town Attorney, we
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learned that the meeting was not --
Executive meeting agenda and is not
completely closed to the public . Hence
the reason why we are here in front of
you . We were told that after a
complaint has been made and a warning
has been issued to the defender, they
have 30 days to remedy the issue before
a fine occurs . We are fast approaching
30 days and the issue has not been
resolved . So I am wondering and I want
to ask you, has that been thrown out as
a result of this derailing plan? Off
the tracks with other issues? Has that
taken that away that they don ' t get
fined? And if there was an Executive
meeting?
SUPERVISOR SCOTT RUSSELL : Let me
just clarify that for you .
MS . CAROLINE WINDMULLER : Yes ,
please .
SUPERVISOR SCOTT RUSSELL : The
applicant was notified that he does not
qualify for that particular permit .
They are intended to be temporary and
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for a site that needs to be secured .
Usually with construction and things
like that , or they can demonstrate that
there have been instances of theft or
vandalism, they can come in and say we
need to secure the site with a watchman,
but it ' s only usually good for six
months . I had explained to the owner
directly that when we talk about meeting
and proof with police reports , that
doesn ' t mean they ' re generating . In
other words , those don ' t count because
those reports are -- with all due
respect to him, he ' s generating -- his
activity is generating those reports .
There was no discussion today
whatsoever . And it was actually the
building inspector who called him last
week and told him he does not qualify .
MS . CAROLINE WINDMULLER : So there
is no trailer permit on the table for
him?
SUPERVISOR SCOTT RUSSELL : No . He
does not qualify . And I cannot envision
he would qualify for any . Period .
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MS . CAROLINE WINDMULLER : Bear with
me .
SUPERVISOR SCOTT RUSSELL : Sure .
Take your time, please .
MS . CAROLINE WINDMULLER : It ' s our
hope that this sort of serves as a red
flag showcasing the campgrounds illegal
imposition . A concern not only for the
neighbors but I would hope for the Town
of Southold . We are concerned with the
timeliness of a resolution . March 31st ,
I believe the season for campground
opens up, and at which time , it will be
hard to identify where the year round
residents are . It is still by law a
seasonable campground, I understand and
we want to stop the year round . We of
course understand that these things take
time . We would also kindly ask to be
kept abreast of the conversation
pertaining to these concerns . If there
is no ramification for their actions ,
meaning the campground, there is no
reason to ( inaudible ) . Furthermore, the
issues do not stop there . For good
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measure, I would like to share that the
in-season problems will soon begin with
very loud music . Speeding cars ,
recently flattening our chickens by the
way . Just to give you a sense of how
fast they go . Stadium lights .
Definitely not dark sky compliant . And
the horrible late night back drop of
whatever explosive or violent film
they ' re screening less than 100 yards
from our home, while my children try to
sleep . It seems the days of star gazing
by the camp fire are over for the
tourists . To quote Melissa actually,
"well , you ' re the one who bought a house
near a campground . " And yes , I would
say to that . We absolutely made a very
conscious decision to purchase a home
outside of the Village and the Business
Hamlet and neighboring -- a happily
neighboring campground that previously
valued nature and family . Because after
all , we ourselves are campers . Changes
are one thing but illegal and
disrespectful practices will not be
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tolerated and we will not be bear it .
We deserve better . I plead to you .
SUPERVISOR SCOTT RUSSELL : I agree
with you 190 -- well , 2000 . In every
respect .
MS . CAROLINE WINDMULLER : Thank you
very much . Like I said, I trust that it
will be handled appropriately .
SUPERVISOR SCOTT RUSSELL : There is
a lot of activity that I can ' t discuss ,
but I will tell you, I agree with you
1000 .
MS . CAROLINE WINDMULLER : Thank
you .
SUPERVISOR SCOTT RUSSELL : Who else
would like to address the Town Board on
any issue?
(No Response ) .
SUPERVISOR SCOTT RUSSELL : Nobody .
COUNCILWOMAN JILL DOHERTY : I make
a motion to adjourn .
COUNCILMAN GREG DOROSKI : Second .
SUPERVISOR SCOTT RUSSELL : All in
favor?
COUNCILWOMAN JILL DOHERTY : Aye .
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COUNCILMAN GREG DOROSKI : Aye .
COUNCILMAN BRIAN MEALY : Aye .
COUNCILWOMAN SARAH NAPPA: Aye .
JUSTICE LOUISA EVANS : Aye .
SUPERVISOR SCOTT RUSSELL : Aye .
(Whereupon, the Board Meeting
concluded at this time . )
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C E R T I F I C A T I O N
I , JESSICA DILALLO, a Court Reporter
and Notary Public, for and within the State
of New York, do hereby certify :
THAT the above and foregoing contains a
true and correct transcription of the
Meeting held on February 14 , 2023 , and were
transcribed by me .
I further certify that I am not
related to any of the parties to this
action by blood or by marriage and that I
am in no way interested in the outcome of
this matter .
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have
hereunto set my hand this 26th day of
February, 2023 .
Jessica DiLallo