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SOUTHOLD TOWN BOARD
JULY 2, 1985
WORK- SESSION
Present: ;Supervisor Francis-J. Murphy,. Councilman Joseph L. Townsend, Jr.,
Justice Raymond W. Edwards,. Councilman Paul Stoutenburgh, Councilman James
A. Schondebare, Councilwoman Jean W.. Cochran, Town Clerk Judith T. Terry,
Town Attorney Robert W..Tasker, .Superintendent of Highways Raymond C. Dean.
9:00 A.M. - The Board began auditing outstanding. Vouchers.
9:'20 A.M. - A hearing was held on the Freedom of Information Appeal of Jody Adams.
9:30 A.M. - A hearing was held on the Unsafe Building and Collapsed Structure
Violation of Joseph DeChiara.
10:25 A.M. - Planning Board members WilliaTM Mullen and Richard Ward met with the
Board to urge~ the hiring of a part-time seasonal Clerk for the Planning Board
office (see Resolution No. 27}. .The Planning Board office had contacted several
individuals who presently have' resumes on file with the Town, but was unsuccessful
in finding an individual for this position, They then learned of the availability of
Mrs. Georgia Rudder, a former part-time employee in the office of the Receiver of
Taxes and requested her appointment.--Mr. Mullen reported he would be Submitting
a complete overview of the housing situation within a few days ~vhich would contain
information relative to bringing in a house at .$$0,:000..
12:40 P.M. - Following ~ further discussion on. various off-agenda and Councilman items,
a lunch recess was called.
2:15 P.M. - Work Session reconvened and the Board reviewed proposed Resolutions
for the Regular Meeting.
10:35 A.M.- The Board resumed the audit :and discussed the following items: (1)
If the Town obtains a pre-sort mailing permit from the Post office, who will sort the
mail? Supervisor Murphy stated this"would be done by the custodians. There was
also concern expressed by the Assessor's Office and Receiver's Office concerning
their part in this new procedure. [t was made. clear that this would not disturb
their.office procedures or filing systems; it is a matter of pre-sorting the mail after
it leaves their office.--(2) Decision was made to advertise for resumes for the Licensing
RevieTM Board (see Resolution No. 29).--(3) Letter from Justice Price advising l~he
Board that his clerk, Barbara Andrade, fell and injured herself in their office,
which fall may have been caused by the deteriorated floor covering, and requesting
a remedy of the situation. Repairs to'the floor are being made and new undermat,
and carpeting are in the process of being installed.--(~) Request of Greenbriar
Homes, Inc. for the refund of $5, 680 'inspection fee for that abandoned subdivision
was discussed. Before making a decision the Board would like a chronological list
of events covering this'subdivision from application date to abandonment.--(5) Letter
from Commissioner of Public Works Dean advising the Board that their'request to
install a street light at the intersection of Route 25 'and Main Bayview Road, Southold,
cannot be accomplished due to the lack Of a secondary on the pole. Councilman
Schondebare, Chairman of the Street~Lighting Committee reported that the installation
of the caution signal light at the location has satisfied those residents who had earlier
requested the installation of the street light.--'(6) A letter from the New Suffolk Civic
Association concerning the Town beach and parking problems was discussed. This
letter will be answered point by point by Supervisor Murphy.--(7) Letter from Supe~
intendent of Highways Dean advising that the H,ghway' Department budding facade ,s
in'desperate need of repair'was di.scussed. It was concluded that the Department of~ I
Public Works could handle this repair inhouse without enlisting the services of an ou'~.-~
side contractor.--(8). Proposed Town Bbard resolution in support of Assembly bill
A-6891 and companion Senate bill S-6411, the "Used and Useful" Clarification bill
which would, clarify the existing "Used and Useful" Law, and prevent LILCO from
charging Long Island ratepayers for any of the costs of Shoreman if the plant fails
to enter commercial service was discussed. The Board decided to obtain a complete
copy of the bill before acting on same.
3:00 P.M. - Recess of the Work Session called for the following public hearings:
3:00 P.M. - Proposed Local Law entitled, "A Local Law in'relation to requirements
for highway excavations."
3:05. P.M. Proposed Local Law entitled, "A Local Law to amend the Zoning Code
in relation to dwelling unit 'density."
3:30 P.M. - Work Session reconvened and the Board continued reviewing Regular
Meeting Agenda items.
~:15 P.M. -- - Town Trustee Jay Bredemeyer met with the Board to report on the
results of colifOrm testin9 results for Arshamomaque Pond and Mattituck Creek which
have been closed to shellfishin9 by the DEC. Trustee Bredemeyer reviewed the
results of the data, station by station, which indicated dramatically reduced levels
of the previously high coliform counts, and suggested the Board adopt a resolution
requesting the DEC; to issue a conditional opening permit for those creeks I~asecl
upon recent bacteriological test results submitted to the DEC by the Suffolk County
Department of Health Services (see Resolution No. 36).
4:55 P.M. - Work Session adjourned.
REGULAR MEETING
7:30 P.M.
A Regular Meetin9 of the Southold Town 13oard was held on Tuesday, July 2,
1985. at the Southold Town Hall, Main Road, Sou'.~hold, New York. Supervisor Murphy
opened the meeting at 7:30 P.M. with the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.
Present: Supervisor Francis J. Murphy
Councilman Joseph L.; Townsend, Jr.
Justice Raymond.W. Edwards
Councilman Paul Stoutenburgh
Councilman James A. Schondebare
CouncilWoman Jean W. Cochran
Town Clerk Judith T. Terry
Town Attorney Robert W. Tasker
SUPERVISOR' MURPHY: Thank you for coming 'out tonight. As the first order of
business to just go off 'our agenda a little bit, we have a man who has served on
the Town Conservation Advisory Council for many years and has done a fantastic
job and I would like to have a presentation made to him of a proclamation from the
entire Town Board. Bob, would you like to come up tot the front and I'll read it
for you. (Supervisor Murphy read a Proclamation to Robert Hood, resignin9 member
of the Southold Town Conservation Advisory Council - see Resolution No. l0 for
resolution and vote.) Bob, my congratulations to you and on behalf of the entire
Town Board, thanks for a great job you did over many years, not only on this
Council, but for many, many projects in the-Town.
MR. HOOD: Thank you very much.
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: He's been a most dedicated member of the Council.
Okay, moving on to the first order of business, i'd like a resolution to approve
the audit of the bills of 'July 2nd, 1985..
Moved by. Councilwoman Cochran, seconded by Justice Edwards, it was
RESOLVED that the following audited bills be and hereby are ordered paidk General
-Fund Whole Town bil'l~ in 'the amount of $1'3,228.22; General Fund Part Town bills in
the amount of $1,2,293.78; Highway Department bills in'the amount of $98,629.94;
Fishers Island Ferry District bills in the amount of $14,583.18; Southold Wastewater
Treatment Plant bills in the amount of $2'14,313.84.
Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilwoman. Cochran, Councilman Schondebare,
Councilman Stoutenburgh, Justice Edwards, Councilman Townsend, Supervisor Murphy.
This resolution was declared duly ADOPTED.
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Next I'd like a resolution approving the minutes of the
Regular Meeting of June 18, 1985.
Moved by Justice Edwards, seconded by Councilman Stoutenburgh, it was
RI=SOLVED that the minutes of the Regular Meeting of the Southold Town Board
held on June 18, 198-~.; ~-and her~b~ are approved.
Vote of t-I~e Town Board: Ayes: Councilwoman. Cochran,. Councilman Schondebare,
Councilman Stoutenburgh, Justice Edwards, Councilman Townsend, Supervisor Murphy.
This resolution was declared duly ADOPTED.
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SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Next I'd iike to.entertain a motion to set the next meeting
date of July 16th, 1985, 3:00 P.M., Southold Town Hall.
Moved by Councilwoman Cochran, seconded by Councilman Schondebare, it was
RESOLVED that the next Regular Meeting of the Southold Town BoarCl will be held
at 3:00 P.M., Tuesday, Jul), 16, 1985, at the Southold Town Hall, Main Road,
Southold, New York.
Vote of the Town Board: Ayesi CouncilWoman Cochran, Councilman Schondebare,
Councilman Stoutenburgh, Justice Edwards, Councilman Townsend, Supervisor Murphy.
This resolution was declared 'duly ADOPTED.
I. REPORTS.
like to remind every~dy that these reports are on file in the Town Clerk,~ office for
anyone who would like to I~k at them.
1. Town Justice Report, Justice Price, May, 1985.
2. Town JustiCe Report, Justice Edwards, June, 1985.
3. Audit Report of the Town of Southold for the year ended December 3~, 1984,
prepared by E. F. Kaldor, C.P.A., P.C.
4. Asking the Councilmen, starting on my right o~er here with Jay, for his
report for this last two weeks.
COUNCl~AN SCHONDEBARE: Well, we all showed up for the Master Plan. We're still
working on that and we're going along and we're almost finished with the book and then
I guess we're going to start.on the planning maps thereafter. We had a Commerce and
Industry' meeting last W~nesday and I think I should have something to present to the
Town Board two weeks from today when I .finalize' it 'and get their'thoughts. Basically,
as I've said inthe past, we're looking for some sort of an economic'factor to be added
in to the Board's decisions that affect any given project 'within the Town. That's a~ut
it, Frank.
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Thank you, Jay. Joe?
COUNCILMAN TOWNSEND: Landmark, Committee met"a week.ago and they announced
that they've gotten a grant for a :survey of all the historic structures in Town
this is going to take place over two years and I think it's a good thin9 for
it wili'improve a lot of the historic buildings we have and ! think it will F
economic and aesthetic'incentives for everybody else to restore their houses as well.
I think we'll hear more from Frank 0n the joint filter district meeting that we had. I
attended the ~traduation of Head Start and I hope it's the first of.many for these kids.
They- were, .cute as buttons and I think the parents were very proud. ~ presented the
Town Board, with a report on Cablevisi0n today. After receiving about thirty more
complaints after the last meeting we had, I went through the contract and picked out
areas where I thought the Cablevision Company may be inviolation of the contract.and
then other areas where ! thought the Town had been lax in seeing that the. Cablevision
complied with the provisions of the contract, especially those areas regarding penalties
for lack Of performance by the Cablevision Company. We're 9oing to send this report
to the New Dimension Cable Services and hopefully get some action. We're going tb
ask Mr. Giampietro to come to :our next meeting to discuss this. That's all I have.
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Thank you, Joe. Paul?
COUNCILMAN STOUTENBURGH: Just that the Park Committee sits with their fingers
crossed hoping we'll have our.beaches open. We're having difficulty getting lifeguards.
You know we are at a disadvantage of not having a swimming pool out here. All the
west end schools have them and this is where we reap our people from, most of
them, and it's a shame we don't have. a facility where we can train our young people.
We have to look for a pool someplace or go up to Brookhaven Lab or som'ething like
that to train our young people, but we do hope to have ali the people certified and
ready to go when it. comes time. Nothing more.
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Thank you, Paul. Jean?
COUNCILWOMAN COCHRAN: yes, just a little update on the progress of the Affordable
Housing Committee. On the 20th I did attend the Mattituck Senior citizen 9roup, where
i had attended the other two clubs to distribute the questionnaires and ask for their
support in filling them out. This'completes the last section of distributioh. The
Committee had previously scheduled a meeting on July 4th, but due to the holiday, we
will be meeting on July 11th and at that time 'the Committee will be reviewing the
analyzed data as a result of the questionnaire. Frank, you will be reporting on the
joint meeting, then I'll skip that. Also the day after the joint meeting with Riverhead
on the-water filter program, I attended a' meeting of the Water' Advisory Committee. 'l.n
addition to the Committee attending was a representative from ERM Northeast and our
Town Attorney and Mr. Van. Nostrand who is the lawyer for the -Suffolk 'County' Water
Authority, and Mr. Van. Nostrand shared a great deal of background as far as the
operations of the Suffolk 'County Water Authority. He talked to us in relation to
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condemning land for the use of wells
how many employees. Just diff
formed and I'm sure Mr. Bear, Chairman
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how many wells, they have, as far as
Qp~ior~s' 'of water districts that can be
hold's Water Advisory Committee will
be submitting a report to the Board for their information. Jay reported on the Commerce
and Industry Committee. Also on Thursday I attended a meeting relating to the Airport
Study,. Foster Beach from the New York State Department of'Transportation reported
that they had just received a copy of the report and had not had time to as yet review
it ~in depth-and also in addition two copies have to go to Clarence, Cook who is Director
of the Airport, Bureau in Albany, for review. I.t was also his ~feeling that the Town
Board's Advisory-~-Technical Advisory Committee should review the report and submit
their~findings to the Town Board. Also his thoughts after the State and FAA notify
us that the report-is'complete, the a public'meeting should be held with the community
for their 'input as to the need for an airport and does the community want an airport.
So after that the Board would have two options: select the site and continue the study
nr determine there is not a need and the community does not feel an airport is essential
and then they would discontinue the study. Inbetween that i did attend two meetings
of the Master Plan Review. This'morning we had a meetin9 with our Recreation Director
and we were, discussing budget, policy, a tentative fall program with ideas, inventory--
these are some of the things that we Would be putting into place, and as a result of
having a scheduled hearing this morning I think we left Susan Fossett, our Director,
in the middle of a sentence, so we will.' be scheduling another meeting so that we can
complete that business. Thank you, Frank.
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Thank you, Jean. Judge Edwards?
JUSTICE EDWARDS: Our new ferry has arrived on Fishers Island a week ago last
Thursday.. The christening of the boat was on Fishers Island last Saturday--a week
ago Saturday and I'm glad to say that the majority of the Town Board was there. I
think everyone had a nice time at the christening and one of the Commissioners came
up to me only, ! believe it 'was Saturday I~ met Commissioner Evans and he said, "Would
you believe we put '46 cars on that boat." He was all smiles and I said, "Well wouldn't
it be nice if the people forget to come?" So the boat is 'doing well. There's a few
little bugs in it, but it's a great addition to the Island. There's something else, but
I'll pick it up later., Than~ you, Frank.'
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Thank you, Judge. As you could see the entire Town Board
has been very buSY. We are progressing very well, I think, on the Master Plan and
we're making good progress. I did enjoy, and I think every member, of the Town Board
enjoyed going over for the. christening and as usual they certainly furnished us with a
lovely day to fly over and to see Fishers Island and I think it was very rewarding for
all the people who went over to see really how great Fishers Island is. The airport, as
Jean commented, we are making progress. Hopefully in two to three weeks we will have
a critique on the proposal, on the first two phases of the study and to see if we then
are in a position where we can make a decision or--not the Town Board, the committee
first and then the Town Board. Also on Friday ! attended the Police Department
Graduation. We had three young members of the Town who went into the start of the
class and did finish. We're very proud of them. They did'a fantastic iob. There was
also a young man from Mattituck, the son of Victor Lessard, our Building Administrator,
who also graduated as a Sheriff'S Deputy through .the same course and a young man from
Greenport~ former member of the Greenport. Police Department.who also graduated and is
now a~ member of the Suffolk County Police Department, and as a point of information, 1
was very surprised when the first person came up, a young lady and they. called to ask
her husband, who is a member of the Suffolk County Police Department, to assist in
giving the diploma. At the end of the day there were about 1'00 people and there were
four such couples where the husband, who three of them were members.of the Suffolk
County Police Department and one was a member of the New York City Police Depart-
ment, their'wives now finished this course and are now patrolmen in Suffolk 'County,
and it was really a very enlightening and. very nice affair~ The most important, probabl~
was the joint meeting we had with Riverhead and our Consultant on the Water Advisory,
and ! as. very happy to hear the comments, mainly that there is a possibility that we
don't h~ve to depend upon a big watermain~going through Southold Town, that point
of sour;e treatment is indeed an acceptable way of treating water. It's not the entire
answer, but it certainly, I think, gives us in Southold Town a strong ray of hope that
we're not going to be forced into big sewer districts like the Southwest Sewer District,
or big ~ater districts like we find to the west. We really, can't afford it here and
there was very good news to hear that this point of source treatment is an acceptable
way an.! Friday we're going to have a ribbon cuttin9. Dr. Harris, Commissioner of
Health n Suffolk County is going to be here on the building and the program that
we're c,~o. perat!n~ with the County in our Landfill on testing~ various equipment. We're
in-the I~rocess of having ten to fourteen manufacturers install their conditioners free of
charge in. various homes in Sout'hold Town to monitor, with the Health Department, and
with th~ Town, to monitor their 'effectiveness so that we could, come up with suggested
filters hat are acceptable and do work and are practical in Southold Town. One of
the men~bers of the Water Advisory Committee traveled to Corneli this month and attended
a conference and she reports back really the great progress that's being made in Southol
Town. We're probably one of 'the first in the country in' the progress on this 'filter
districl~ and on alternate methods of treating water rather than trying to drill~a hole
deeper in the ground. We're-out on the East End. All we're going to get is salt water.
So l.m very pleased with the results and hopefully by the end of the summer we'll have
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some of the results. We're also applying for a la~'ge-grant with the EPA that looks very
good now. Part of the money was funded in this 'year's budget in the federal government
and we stand a very good chance of'getting this grant so when we come to the point
where we're deciding what type of filters are going to be used here effectively, cost-
wise and efficiency-wise that we will'have some 'aid, maybe, in helping the homeowners
so that we don't have this great financial impact of a watermain or a sewer district.
Il. PUBLIC-NOTICES. (none)
!!1. COMMUNICATIONS.
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Number 1 iS a. letter from R. W. Beck and Associates telling~-~
us of their progress on the study for. Southold Town and then Judge Edwards also
very good for the residents ot~ .Fishers Island that there is a good possibil!ty that this
hydropower and them taking over their own district over there is very practical and
hopefully it's going to work in'.the mainland of Southoid Town. Again this will be
another first and one that we're, very proud of. Fishers Island has the unique
distinction, ! believe, of.now having the highest rate--electric'rate in New York State,
so this is 'why they need some help and we need some help over here. I guess we're
second or third.
2~ A letter from Mary Fallon (Deputy Supervisor, Suffolk County Department of
Consumer Affairs) complimenting the Town on their'Senioi~ Day Care Program. Vee
McKeighan and myself took her down and showed her our Senior Day Care Program
in'Greenport. She was. very much 'impressed with it and also she came with a program
that we would like to consider'implementing in'the Town in the fall on Safety for
Older, Consumers Program. it looks very good and hopefully we could do something
with it.'
IV. PUBLIC HEARINGS.
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: There is:a .public'hearing at 8:-00 P.M. We had five today--
or four today, one was cancelled, and there is'a sixth at 8:00 o'clock and we've got
about five or six minutes, so I think we'll move on to Resolutions. ,
V. RESOLUTIONS.
SUPERVISOR MU~RPHY: Resolution Number I is an amendment to the Community
Developmen't Budget ......
Moved by Councilman Schondebare, seconded by Justice Edwards, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the TOwn of Southold, after giving due notice
of these proposed amendments in. the official" newspapers of the Town on June 13,
'1985/ hereby authorizes the foil,owing Budget amendments to the Community Develop-
ment Year IX Program:
. Project
Head Start. Facility
North Fork Animal
League Building
Handicap Ramp
American Legion
Lower Road Sump
Current New
Budget Increase Decrease Budget
$20,000. O0 -0- ' $20,000. O0 -0-
$ '8, 000.,00 $ · 685'.'00 -0- $ 8,685.00
$, '8,:00.0.~00 $ 7; 315.00 -0- $1'5, 315.00
$.1'6,675.'00. $1'2,000.00 -0- $28,675.00
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Any questions? (No response.)
-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes,: Councilwoman Cochran, Councilman Schondebare,
Councilman Stoutenburgh, Justice Edwards, Councilman Townsend, Supervisor Murphy.
This resolution was declared duly ADOPTED.
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Number 2 is the proposed Local Law to amend the Town
in relation to parking of vehicles, mainly down on Duck Pond Road in Cutchogue.
is 'to limit--there's a motel down at the end of the road and it's to limit parking at
certain hours and also to help provide safer access to the beach for emergency
vehicles. Any other questions?
COUNCILMAN STOUTENBURGH: i'd just like to say it is not for access to the beach
or fire, Frank, that was discounted. That was the original concept and that is no
longer true.
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Any other comments on it?
COUNCILMAN SCHONDEBARE: Just for the record, I indicated previously that if we
had a large number of people who showed up at the public hearing in opposition to
this that I would not support it.' I believe we had no one who spoke at the public
hearing in opposition and I believe we had two letters in the fiie from two people
opposed to it.
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COUNCILMAN STOUTENBURGH:
people who said no.
So we had one person who asked for it and two
2.
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Okay, any other questions? Comments? (No response.)
Moved by Supervisor Murphy, seconded by. Councilman Townsend,
WHEREAS ~ proposed Local Law No. 9 - 1985 was introduced at a' meeting of this
Board held on the 4th day of June, 1985, and
WHEREAS, a public'hearing was held thereon by the Town Board on the 18th day
of June, 1985, at which time all interested persons were given an opportunity to be
heard thereon, now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED that Local Law. No. 9 - 1985 be enacted as follows:
LOCAL LAW NO. 9- 1985
^ Local Law to amend the Southold Town Code
in relation to parking of vehicles.
BE IT ENACTED by the Town Board of the Town of Southold as follows:
(additions indicated by underline; deletions by [brackets]).
Chapter 92 (Vehicle and Traffic) of the Code of the Town of Southold'is amended
to read as follows:
Section 92-42 thereof (Parking during certain hours) is 'hereby amended as
follows:
Between
Name of Street Side the Hours of Location
Duck Pond Road
[both] West
Duck. Pond Road Ea'st
10:00 P.M. and
7:00 A.M.
10: 00. P.M. and
10:00 A.M.
In Cutchogue from the guardrall
at the northerly terminus southerl~
for a distance of 400 feet.
In Cutchogue from the guardrail
at .the northerly terminus southerl~
for a distance of 400 feet
II.
Section 92-43 thereof (Parking for limited time only) is hereby amended as follows:
Between Time .....
Name of Street Side the Hour's of Limit ' Location
Duck Pond Road
[both] West 7:00 A.M. and 2 hrs.'
10:00 P.M.
In Cutchogue' from the guard
rail at the northerly terminus
soU~therly for a distance
of 400 feet.
Duck Pond Road East
t0:00 A.M.and 2 hrs.
10:00 P.M.
In Cutchogue from the guard
rail at the northerly terminu~
southerly for a distance
of 400 feet.
__-_![!_: _.T_h!_s L.o_c~.l___L?_~_~s_ha_l_l take effect g_po_n_ !t~ fi!.i_n_g__w_ it.h~ t~? $._e.cr_e. tar. y~ o~ .St.ate,.
2.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Schondebare, Justice Edwards,
Councilman Townsend, Supervisor Murphy. No: Councilwoman Cochran, Council-
man Stoutenburgh. ~
This resolution was declared duly ADOPTED.
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Number 3 is'a change of zone.
Moved by. Councilman Schondebare, seconded'by Justice. Edwards, ..
WHEREAS, .Elizabeth J.. Homan, by_petition dated October .~19, 1984. applied to the
T, own Board of ~the _Town .of' SOuthold"for a change of zone on certain property situated
at Cutchogue, New York., from "A" Residential and. Agricultural District to ".(2" Light
Industrial District, and
WHEREAS, the said petition was referred to the Southold Town Planning Board and
the Suffolk County Departmen tof Planning for official recommendation and report, and
WHEREAS, the Town Board, pursuant to due notice, held a public hearing thereon on
the 4th day of June, 1985, at 8:00 P.M., at which time all persons were given an
oppoPtunity to be-heard, now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED-that Elizabeth J. H.oman be and hereby is granted the relief demanded in
said petition for ach. ange of zone.
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Any questions oni,it? (No response.)
3.~-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilwoman Cochran, Councilman Schondebare,
Justice:Edwards, Councilman Townsend. No: . Councilman Stoutenburgh, Supervisor
Murphy.
This resolution was declared duly ADOPTED.
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Number 4 is to increase the workday hours of the Assistant
Cook at the Nutrition Program.
4. Moved by Justice Edwards, seconded by CouncilWoman, Cochran, it was
RESOLVED .that the .Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby increases the workday
hours of. Dorothy My,slib0rski, Assistant Cook for the Southold Town Nutrition Program,
from. G hours per. day to. 7 hours per day.
4.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: C~)~oman. Cochran, Councilman Schondebare,
Councilman Stoutenburgh, Justice Edwards', Councilman Townsend, Supervisor Murphy.
This resolution was declared duly ADOPTED.
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Number 5 is to allocate funds for the purchase of soccer ba~
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby allocates $575.00
from A7320~ 4 Joint Youth Account for the p~rchase ~of 50 soccer balls for the
Southold Soccer Club's 1985: season.
5.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilwoman Cochran, Councilman Schondebare~
Councilman Stoutenburgh, Justice Edwards, Councilman Townsend, Supervisor M~rphy.
This resolution was declared duly ADOPTED.
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Number G is'going to be held, it's concerning a lease on a
parking field (north side of Main-Road, east of Mei Lin Restaurant, Southold), that
the Town Attorney is drawing up. -Nu.mber 7-is-going to-be held (Agreement between
the Town and Cross Sound. Ferry, In'c. for. ,$'1'00~,000 'loan), to do a little' more review
~'n~l get an opinion from HUD 6n the job program from HUD.' Number.. 8 is 'an Environ-
mental Assessment on the job for the. sealing of the:;ru.nways of EliZabeth Airport.on
Fishers -Island.
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Moved by. Justice. Edwardsl, seconded by Councilwoman Cochran, it. was
RESOLVED.that pursuant, to Article'8 6f the Environmental. Conservation Law State
Environmental Quality Review and' .6NYCRR Part' 617, Section 617.'10, and Chapter 44
of the Code of the Town of Southold, notice is hereby given that the Southold Town
Board,' as lead agency for 'the :action described below, has determined that the project,
which is unlisted, will not have a significant effect on the environment.
Description of Action: Rehabilitation' ~f Runways 7/25 and 12/30,' Elizabeth Airfield,~
~i~hers( l.sland, Town of Southold,. New York.
~have a significant effect on the.
because an environmental assessment .has been submitted which indicated that no
adverse effect to the environmenf are likely to occur should the project be imP. l!~e~te~
as Planned and because there has been no response in' the allotted time from l~h~:'i~lew
York State Department of Environmental Conservation it 'is assumed that there are no
objections nor comments from that agency.
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Any other questions on it? .[No response.)
8.~Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilwoman Cochran, Councilman Schondebare,
Councilman Stoutenburgh, Justice Edwards, Councilman Townsend, Supervisor Murphy.
This resolution was declared :duly ADOPTED.
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Number' 9 we're going to hold (purchase of three tax sale
parcels from the County of Suffolk - South Harbor Road, Southold, 2 - Flint Street,
10.
Greenport) and find out exactly the status of these parcels as far as the Suffolk
County tax sale is concerned. Number 10 'is the memorializing resolution thanking
Bob Hood for his many years of service. ! offer that resolution very happily.
Moved by Supervisor Murphy, seconded by the Entire Town Board, it 'was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby a,ccepts, with regret,
the resignation of Robert Hood as a member of the Southold Town Conservation Advisory
Council, and extends to Mr. Hood their sincere thanks and appreciation for the time and
effort he has devoted as a member of the. Council since June 12, 1979, and be it furt~
RESOLVED that the followin9 resolution be presented to Mr. Hood:
WHEREAS, ROBERT HOOD, a most esteemec~ member of the Southold Town Conservati
Advisory Council, has resigned effective~June 20, 1985, and
WHEREAS, ROBERT Hood has given generously of his time and talents in his faithful
service to the Town of Southold as a member of the. Conservation Advisory Council
since June 12, 1979, and
WHEREAS, his record of fine service, diligence to duty and dedication to the Town
of Southold and its people deserves the sincere gratitude of those with whom and
for whom he worked, and
WHEREAS, the Town of Southold will'be deprived of his wise counsel and judgment;~:
now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby expresses their most
sincere appreciation to ROBERT HOOD for his 'unselfish and wh~)l~bearted cooperation
and untiring efforts on behalf of the Town, and extend their best wishes for the years
ahead, and be it further
JULY 2, 1985
RESOLVED that a. copy of this resolbtiof~"~be presented to MR. HOOD and entered in
the permanent record of this Town Board meeting.
10.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilwoman Cochran, Councilman Schondebare,
~ouncilman Stoutenburgh, Justice Edwards, .Councilman Townsend, 'Supervisor Murphy.
This 'resolution was declared duly ADOPTED
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Number ,11 is to appoint a member to replace Mr. Hood, which
will be very hard to do, on the Southold Town Conservation Advisory Council.
11. Moved by Councilman Stoutenburgh, seconded by Justice Edwards, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby appoints Jeanne
Marriner a member of the Southold Town Conservation Advisory Council, to fill the
unexpired term of Robert Hood, which term became effective June 18; 1985, and
expires on June 18, 1987.
. .. ,v~ of L..~ Town Board: Ayes: Councilwoman ~;oc~ran, Councilman $chondebare,
Councilman Stoutenburgh,'Justice Edwards, Councilman Townsend, Supervisor Murphy.
This resolution was declared duly ADOPTED.
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: NUmber .12 is an environmental assessment on a proposed
Local Law to provide for the regulation of horses.
12. Moved by Councilman Townsend, seconded by COuncilman Schondebare, it was
RESOLVED that pursuant to Article 8 of the Environmental Conservation Law State
Environmental Quality Review and .6NYCRR Part 617, Section 617.10 and Chapter 44
of the Code of the Town of Southold, notice is 'hereby given that the Southold Town
Board, as lead agency for the 'action described below, has determined that the project,
which is unlisted, will not have a significant effect on the environment.
DescriptiOnregulation of°fHorses..,~cti°n: Proposed Local Law entitled;' "A Local Law to provide for the
The project has been determined not to have a significant effect on the environ-
ment because .an environmental assessment has been submitted which indicated that no
significant adverse effect to the environmental are likely to occur should the project
be implemented as planned and because there has been no response in the allotted time
from the. New York. State Department of Environmental Conservation it is assumed that
there are no objections nor comments from that agency.
12.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: CouncilWoman Cochran, Councilman Schondebare,
· Councilman Stoutenburgh, Justice Edwards, Councilman Townsend, Supervisor Murphy.
This 'resolution was declared duly ADOPTED.
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: . Number .13 is to set a public hearing on the proposed Local
Law.
Moved by Justice Edwards, seconded by Councilwoman Cochran, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby sets 3:35 P.M.,
Tuesday, .July 16, . 1985, _Southold To.wn Hall, Main Road, Southold, New York, as
time and place for a public hearing on a proposed Local Law entitled, "A Local L--~w
to provide for the regulation of I~lo~ses,,, which reads as follows, to wit:
BE IT ENACTED by the Town Board of the Town of Southold! as follows:
Chapter 100 of the Code of the Town of Southold (Zoning) is hereby amended as
follows: (additions indicated by underline; deletions by [brackets]).
I. Section I00-30A thereof is'amended by adding a new subsection thereto, to be
Section .100-30A (4), to read as follows:
(4) The keepin9 of horses for the personal recreational use of the owner of
Such horse or horses, subject to the followin9 requirements:
.(,a) The land area devoted exclusively, to such use shall be not less than
one (1) acre.
(b) A minimum of twenty thousand (20,000) square feet of land area shall
be provided for each horse.
II. Section .100-30C (5) thereof is hereby repealed and a new subsection (5) is added
in place thereof, to read as follows:
(5), The keeping of horses for the personal recreational use of the lot owner and
family, on lots used and occupied for private residential uses, subject to the
followin9 r .equirements.
(a) The minimum area of such lot shall be not less than one (1) acre.
.'~b) The land area devoted exclusively to-such use shall be not less than
twenty thousand (.20~'.000) square feet for each horse.
(c) Such use shall be confined to the rear yard area of the lot.
II1: This:-L-0-~al Law shall take effect upon its filing with ihe Secretary of State.
13.~-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilwoman Cochran, Councilman Schondebare,
Councilman Stoutenburgh, Justice Edwards, Councilman Townsend, Supervisor Murphy.
This resolution was declared duly ADOPTED.
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Okay, at this time I'd like a resolution to recess the regular
Town. B~ rd meeting to have our public hearing.
Moved by Councilman Stoutenburgh, seconded by. CouncilWoman Cochran, it was
RESOLVED that this:Town Board meeting be and hereby is recessed at 8:00 P.M.
for the purpose of holding the following public hearing: Rehearing on the petition
of Louis Hodor and Max Staller for relief from the two-acre zoning requirements,
-pursuant to the provisions of, Local Law, No. 11.
Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: .. Councilwoman Cochran, Councilman Schondebare,
Councilman Stoutenburgh, ,Justice EdWards,: Councilman Townsend, Supervisor Murphy.
This resolution was declared duly ADOPTED.
RegUlar M~eting reconvened at~ 9:25 P.M.
MR. FRANK TARULLI, Southold: ~May I ask is it proper for us to ask a question
on these resolutions?
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: At the, end of the meeting, sir~
MR., TARULLi: All riqht, thank you.
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: The next'resolution is. Number ,14 concerning the purchase
of the roadbed to Matthews Lane, Cutch0gue.
14. Moved by Justice Edwards, seconded by Councilman Schondebare, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of S0uthold hereby authorizes and
directs Supervisor Francis J. Murphy to apply to the Suffolk County Department
of Real Estate for the purchase of the roadbed to Matthews Lane, Cutcho~ue, which
the, County h~as' acquired by tax default and which is ~being offered for tax sale;
using Community Development Funds for the purchase of same.
14.-Vote of the Town .Board: Ayes: Councilwoman Cochran, Councilman Schondebare,
Councilman Stoutenburgh, ,Justice Edwards, Councilman Townsend, Supervisor Murphy.
This resolution was declared 'duly ADOPTED.
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Number 15 is to extend a Wetland Permit.'
1~. Moved by Councilman Stoutenburgh, seconded.by Councilwoman Cochran, it 'was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby grants James and
Peter Kreh an extension of their'Wetland Permit No. 160, which expired on May 8,
:1985, to December 29, 1985.. This 'extension coincides with the extension granted by
the Board of Southold Town Trustees for permit:issued by them.
15.~Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilwoman. Cochran,. Councilman Schondebare,
Councilman Stoutenburgh, Justice, Edwards,. Councilman Townsend,-Supervisor Murphr'-~
· This resolution was declared duly ADOPTED.
SUPERVISOR MURPHY': · Number ;16 is 'to provide transportation to the Trustees to
Fishers. Island for an inspection.
Moved by Supervisor Murphy, seconded by Justice Edwards, it 'was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of'the Town of Southold hereby authorizes the, necessar~
expenditure for the Board of Southold Town Trustees to charter an airplane to transport
them to Fishers Island for a Wetland Application inspection.
16.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilwoman Cochran, Councilman SchOndebare,
Councilman Stoutenburgh, Justice Edwards, Councilman Townsend, Supervisor Murphy.
This resolution was declared 'duly ADOPTED.
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Number 17(a) is an environmental assessment on a piece of
equipment for the Landfill'.
17. Moved by· Cbuncilman Townsend, seconded by Councilman Stoutenburgh, it was
(a). RESOLVED that pursuant, to Article 8 0f the Envir0nmental Conservation Law State
Environmental Quality Review and 6NYCRR Part 617, Section 617.10, and Chapter 44
of the Code of the Town of Southold, notice is hereby given that the Southold Town
Board, as lead agency for the 'action described below, has determined that the project,
which is, unlisted, will not have a significant effect on the environment.
Description of Action: Proposed purchase of one (1) Wood Waste Tub Grind for the
Southold Town Landfill Site.
The project has been determined not to have a significant effect on the environS'
ment because an environmental assessment has been submitted which indicated that n~
significant adverse effect to the environment are likely to occur should the project b6
implemented as planned and because there .has been no response in the allotted time
from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation it is assumed that
there are no objections nor, comments from that agency.
17.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: · Councilwoman Cochran, Councilman- Schondebare,
(a} ~-0uncilman Stoutenburgh, Justice Edwards, Councilman Townsend, Supervisor Murphy.
. This resOlution was declared duly ADOPTED.
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Number ~'17(b} is to accept a bid.
Moved by Councilwoman Cochran, seconded by. Councilman Stoutenburgh, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby accepts the bid of
Fuel Harvesters Equipment, Inc., Penn Valley,.: California~ in the amount of $112,081.38,
.for ?upplying the Town with one (~) Wood Waste Tub Grinder, all in accordance with
the specifications for bid~
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: 1~ might~adc!.:.tha~.~:tbis'~is~ being paid for partially by a BAN,
Bond Anticipation Note, partially th~ug~i'community ~)evelopment Funds, and partially
thro. ugh a disCOunt for prompt payment, and possibly the purchase of some surplus
equipment we might have for sale this summer. It's used mainly to reduce the. volume
of brush and leaves that are going into the Landfill and make a usable product that
we could' use to make topsoil to cover the Landfill with.
COUNCILMAN TOWNSEND: I'd just like to make one comment. Regarding the surplus
equipment that Frank mentioned. We presently have a Morbark Chipper which we feel
will be made obsolete by the purchase of this "tub grinder, which should enable us to
retire that bond almost in its entirety so that we will'have this without, incurring furthe~
debt, which is my hope and so we're going 'to be looking carefully at the number of
hours on that chipper in the ne×t~ couple of months to see if it's .being used at all after
we get this~tub grinder.
17.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilwoman Cochran, Councilman $chondebare,
(b) Councilman $toutenburgh, Justice Edwards,. Councilman Townsend, Supervisor Murphy.
This :resolution was declared duly ADOPTED.
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Number .18 is 'to accept a bid' for snow fence.
18. Moved by CouncilWoman Cochran, seconded by ~Justice Edwards, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby accepts the bid'of
Agway, Inc. for~supplying the Southold Town Highway Department with 10,000 linear
feet of snow fence at a total cost of $~3~698.00 all in accordance with the bid specifica-
tions.
18.-Vote' of the Town Board: Ayes: CouncilWoman Cochran, Councilman $chondebare,
· Councilm~n Stoutenburgh, ~Justice Edwards, Councilman Townsend, Supervisor Murphy.
This resolution was declared 'duly ADOPTED.
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Number ,19 to_accept a bid'for .500. ~ 6 foot studded T Posts
at a cost of $1',295J00 for the snow fence.
.19. Moved by. Councilman Townsend, seconded by Justice Edwards, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby accepts the bid of
. Chemu.n.g Supply. Corporation for supplying 'the Southoid Town Highway Department
with 500-- 6 ft. studded steel T Posts at a total cost of $1',295.00, all in accordance
with the bid sp~C~i~6ati0ns.
19.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilwoman Cochran, Councilman $chondebare,
. C0unci[man Stoutenburgh, Justice Edwards,. Councilman Townsend, Supervisor Murphy.
. This resolution was declared duly ADOPTED.
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Number 20 is lead agency.
20. Moved by. Councilman Stoutenburgh, seconded by, Councilwoman Cochran, it was
'RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby declares itself lead
agency in regard to the State Environmental Quality Review Act in the matter of the
proposed revised Highway Specifications and Standard Sheets of the Town of Southold.
20.rVote of the T~wn Board: Ayes: Councilwoman Cochran, Councilman Schondebare,
Councilman Stoutenburgh, Justice. Edwards, Councilman Townsend, -Supervisor Murphy.
This resolution was declared 'duly ADOPTED.
21.
SUPERVISOR MURPHY:. Number 21 is a resolution to authorize the Town to make
four creeks more. access to the public to provide better access to the public on this
so that we can get the mouths of the creek dredged by the County.
Moved by-C~uncilman Stoc~tenburgh, seconded by Justice Edwards,
WHEREAS, the Suffolk County Department of Public Works, Division of Waterways,
has for many years dredged th~:creeks in the Town of Southold, and
WHEREAS, this year th~ Suffolk County Planning Department has established certain
rules and regulations for the maintenance dredging of the creeks within the Town of
Southold, and
WHEREAS, the Suffolk County Planning .Department requires that there be public
access to all creeks that are dredged by the County of Suffolk, now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby agrees to' make the
necessary alterations and/or construction to make public access available to the following
Southold Town, creeks: Cor, e¥ Creek, West Creek, Goose Creek and Little Creek, and
be it. further
RESOLVED that said' alterations and/or construction shall be accomplished on or before.
21.-Vote of the Town F~oard: Ayes: CouncilWoman Cochran, Councilman Schondebare,
Councilman Stoutenburgh, Justice.Edwards, Councilman Townsend, Supervisor Murphy.
This resolution was declared duly ADOPTED.
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Number 22 is to appoint.provisional Lifeguards.
22. Moved by Councilman Townsend, seconded by Councilman Schondebare, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby appoints the following
Provisional Lifeguards for the 1985: summer season for Southold Town Beaches, effective
June 22, 1985:
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JULY 2, 1985
Michael Conklin $4'.50 per hour
Margo Mullady $4.50 per hour
Michael Towers .$~.50 per hour
Robert Finora '. $4.:50 per hour
22.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilwoman Cochran, Councilman Schondebare,
Councilman Stoutenburgh, Justice Edwards, Councilman Townsend, Supervisor Murphy.
This resolution was declared 'duly ADOPTED.
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Number 23 is 'an addendum to the specifications for the new
Fishers, Island Ferry Boat.
23. Moved by-Justice Edwards, seconded by CouncilWoman Cochran, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board. of the Town of Southold hereby grants permission t
the Board of Commissioners of the Fishers Island Ferry Disl~rict to execute a. change' '
th~. contract hetw~.~_n the_ Fishers Island Ferry DIstrlct and Eastern Marine, Inc. to
entitled Addendum No. 2 to.,S.~,.e,c~ficat~ons No. 2476..162 ft. Passenger/Auto Fe ¥
provide for final changes'a~d payment thai-eof and for payment fop spare parts, tools
and fuel remaining on delivery; said:change is'to be:effected at a net cost of $8,762.37.
23.~Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilwoman Cochran,. Councilman Schondebare,
Councilman Stoutenburgh, Justice Edwards, Councilman Townsend, Supervisor Murphy.
This resolution was declared duly ADOPTED.
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Number 2B is to advertise for bids for the ferry boat.
24. Moved by Justice Edwards, seconded by CouncilWoman Cochran, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southoid hereby grants permission to
the Board of Commissioners of the Fishers Island Ferry District to advertise for bids
.to convert the control system on rvlv RACE POINT to pneumatic, if found necessary to
do so, to ensure the ability of the operator to safely maneuver the vessel.
24.,Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: CouncilWoman Cochran, Councilman Schondebare,
. Councilman Stoutenburgh, Justice Edwards, Councilman Townsend, Supervisor Murphy.
.. This resolution was declared 'duly. ADOPTED.
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Number 25 is to declare lead agency.
25. Moved by Councilman Stoutenburgh, seconded by Councilman Townsend, it was .
RESOLVED that the Southold Town Board hereby declares itself lead agency in regard
to the State Environmental Quality .Review Act in the matter of the
entitled, "A Local Law in relation to the disposal of Scavenger Waste
Wastewater Disposal District."
25.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilwoman Cochran, Councilman Schondebare,
Councilman Stoutenburgh, Justice Edwards, Councilman Townsend, Supervisor Murphy.
This resolution was declared duly ADOPTED.
.SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Number 26 is to set a .public hearing.
26.
Moved by Councilman Stoutenburgh, seconded by. Councilman Townsend, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of'the Town of Southold hereby sets 3:'40 P.M.,
Tuesday, July 16, 1985, Southold Town Hall, Main'Road, Southold, New York, as
time and place for a public hearing on .a. proposed Local Law entitled, "A Local Law
in' relation to the disposal of Scav,enger Waste in the Southold Wastewater Disposal
District," which reads as follows, to wit:
'BE IT ENACTED BY the Town Board of the Town of Southold, as
follows:
I. The Code of the Town of Southol'd is hereby amended by adding a
new Chapter thereto, to be Chapter 75, to read as follows:
ARTICLE I
General Provisions
Section 754 1.1-Title
This Chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Southold
Scavenger Waste Disposal Law".
Section 75-I. 2-Definitions
Unless the context ' indicates, otherwise, the following terms shall,
for the purpose of this Chapter, have the meaning herein indicated:
1. BOARD - means the Southold Town Board, acting for and on
-behalf of the Southold Wastewater Disposal District.
2. CARTER - shall mean any trucker, hauler or enterprise that is
licensed within the District to provide on-site system pumping
and other maintenance assistance.
JULY
CESSPOOL .- shall mea:n::any~,cesspool which essentially operates
as a combined septic' 'i~fi~'~J~ain field ~rocess. Since the sOlids
remain in one tank, they tend to clog more quickly than septic
tanks which have drain field systems. Although these systems
were previously in widespread use, they are not acceptable for
new construction due to their inefficiencies.
DISTRICT - means the Southold Wastewater Disposal District.
4
DRAIN FIELD - shall mean a tile field consisting of perforated
pipes in below ground trenches, which allow the clarified
O effluent from the septic tank to percolate to the groundwater
(underground water) or a circular below grade tank with
openings constructed in the sidewalls which provide for
drainage of the treated liquid.
EASEMENT - shall mean an interest in land owned by another
that entitled its holder to a specific limited use.
ON-SITE SYSTEM - shall mean any below grade cesspool, septic
tank and drain field as defined herein for the disposal of
sanitary sewage and normal domestic wastes.
8. PERSON means any person, firm, partnership, association,
corporation, company, organization or other legal entity of any
kind, including municipal corporations or governmental agencies
or subdivisions thereof.
9. SCAVENGER WASTE PRETREATMENT FACILITY - shall mean a
treatment plant designed to receive septage (scavenger waste)
and treat it to levels acceptable for discharge to the Greenport
Sewage Treatment .Plant for further treatment.
10.
11.
SEPTAGE (Scavenger Waste)
materials removed from a
'pumping.
shall mean the solid and liquid
cesspool or septic tank during
SEPTIC TANK - shall mean any buried, watertight receptacle
designed and constructed to receive wastewater from a home, to
separate solids from liquid, to provide limited digestion of
organic matter, to store solids and to allow the clarified liquid
to leach into the surrounding soils.
12. SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT shall mean any arrangement of
devices and structures used for treating sewage, exclusive of
cesspools, septic tanks and drain fields as described herein.
Section 75-1.3-Purpose
The Southold Wastewater Disposal District was established by an
order of the Southold Town Board, adopted on February 15, 1983, as
amended by an order of said Board adopted on May 24, 1983, for the
purpose of protecting the ground and surface waters within said District
from the disposition of scavenger waste by providing a wastewater
pretreatment facility .at the site of the sewer treatment plant of the
Village of Greenport for the disposal of scavenger waste in the District,
and providing regulations to protect the health and water quality, and to
prevent the contamination of the water supply within the District.
ARTICLE I!
· - Scaven§ er Waste Transportation
Section 75 - 2.1 - License Required. No person shall engage in the
removal of scavenger waste from any cesspool or septic tank located
within the District who does not possess a currently valid license issued
by the Southold Town Clerk.
Section 75 - 2-.2 - Application for Carters Licensp. An applicant for
a license as required by Section 75-2.1 hereof shall file a sworn statement
with the Town Clerk on the form prescribed stat,no: the name and
address of the applicant; and the type, model and capacity (in gallons) of
all vehicles to be used. Additionally, such form shall state:
I, being duly sworn, state and depose
that I am familiar with the requirements of the Southold Scavenger
Waste Law. That i will report the address and exact location of all
eptic tanks and cesspools pumped by me or by my bus,hess within
the So~:thold Wastewater Disposal District as reouired bv Section
374
JULY 2~ 1955
75-2.4 of said Law, and that failure to do so ~ill result in the
assessment of a civil penalty of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) for
each violation.
Section 75-2.3 - License Fee. Prior to issuance of the license
required by Section 75-2.1 hereof, the Town Clerk shall collect a fee in
an amount prescribed by resolution of the Town Board.
Section 75 2.4 Pump-out Reports by Carters Required~ Each
carter of scavenger waste, licensed pursuant to this chapter, shall file a
report with the Village of Greenport stating the address and exact
location of each cesspool or' septic tank pumped, on a form to be supplied
by the Town Clerk, prior to disposing of a scavenger waste load. Failure
of any carter to file such report shall result in the imposition of a One
Hundred Dollar ($11~.0f~1 rlvil ?en~lt¥ for each c~s~nonl nr septic tank
pumped but not reported as required' herein. The report shall have the
following information:
name and address of owner
address of system if different than owner
date of pump-out
quantity of pump-out
type of waste
signatures of owner and hauler
ARTICLE III
Septic and Cesspool Contractors
Section 75-3.1 Construction and Alteration Permit Required. No
person shall construct, modify, repair or replace any septic tank or
cesspool, or any part thereof, located within the Southold Wastewater
Disposal District, without obtaining a permit from the Town Clerk within
five (5) business days. prior to the date work commences. Such permit shall
state the exact location and address of the work in the manner and form
specified by the Town Clerk.
'Section 75-3.2 - Civil Penalty. Failure of any person to obtain such
permit shall constitute a violation punishable by. a civil penalty of up to One
Hundred Dollars ($100.00).
Section 75-3.3 - Construction and Alteration Permit Fee. The fee
charged for such a construction and alteration permit shall be in such
amount as shal! ~be, from time to time, prescribed by resolution of the
Board.
ARTICLE IV
Septic or Cesspool Operation Permit Required
Section 75-4.1 - Premises Affected. All real property within the
Southold Wastewater Disposal District whereon any on-site disposal system
such as a septic tank or cesspool is constructed or operated, whether same
be within or outside the geographical area of the District, shall be subject
to the permit requirement herein provided.
Section 75-4.2 - Operation Permit Required. Each owner of real
property hereafter operating an on-site sewage disposal system such as a
septic tank or cesspool, except as modified by Section 75-4.3 'hereof, must
prior to such operation, possess in the name of the owner, a current septic
tank or cesspool operation permit issued-by the Town Clerk. Owner is
defined to mean "a natural person, corporation, the State or any authority
or subdivision thereof, the United States or any department or agency
thereof, and any renter, tenant, lessee or occupant of the premises."
Section 75-4.3 - Exception to Section 75-4.2. Within five (5) years
after the effective date of this Chapter, no permit shall be required of any
owner, his successors, representatives or assigns, operating such an
onisite system, at the date this Chapter takes effect provided that such
on-site system is not thereafter pumped or other maintenance measures
required. At such time as such on-site system requires pumping or other
maintenance measures, the owner shall obtain the permit, described in
Section 75-4.2 above. Subsequent to four (4) years after the effective date
of this Chapter, owners of on-site systems within the Southold'Wastewater
Disposal District must obtain an operating permit.
Section 75-4.4. No permit shall be required of any renter, tenantt
lessee or occupant provided the owner of the premises has a currently valid
permit issued in the owner's name, or if the owner is excepted pursuant to
Section 75-4.5 - Transfe~..of:Operat~ion P~mit. Once a permit has been -
issued~t may be transferi-ed'witho[~ti~h~rge~, to subsequent owners by the Town
Clerk upon presentation Of th~ de~d ~0f ~;~:nve
yance; provided, however, thatthere
is no existing violation as to the operation or other maintenance measures
of the system.' -
ARTICLE V
Southold Wastewater Disposal District Permit Fees and Tax Rates
Section 75-5.1 - Fee for Construction and Alteration Permit. Fees for
permits for new construction, alteratiof~ or reconstructior, of an on-site
system shall be applied to the operating costs of the District.
la) The fee tora construction, alteration or reconstruction permit for
dn on-siLe system located on premises used excJusiveJy tor residen[iai
purposes shall be such fee as shall, from time to time be prescribed by
resolution of the Board.
lb) The fee for a construction, alteration or reconstruction permit for
an on-site systen~, located on premises used in whole or in part for
non ~re .......... purposes shall-be such ~-~ ~-"
.,~= as .,,o,,, from time to time, be
prescribed by resolution of the Board.
Section 75-5.2 - Fee for Operation Permit. Fees for operation permits
shall be applied to the operating costs of the District.
(a) The fee for an operation permit for an on-site system, located on
premises used exclusively-for residential purposes shall be such fee as
shall, from time to time, be prescribed by resolution of the Board.
lb) The fee for an operation permit for an on-site system located on
premises used in whole or in part for non-residential purposes shall be
such fee as shall, from 'time to time, be prescribed by resolution of the
Board.
Section 75-5.3 - Tax Rate. The Town Board shall, by resolution,
establish the tax rate to cover the cost of debt service of the Southold
Scavenger Waste Pretreatment Facility, as well as future capital purchases
and administrative costs. Operating and maintenance costs will be collected
by user fees as prescribed by SeCtion 75-8.1.
ARTICLE Vi
Construction Requirements for Southold
Wastewater Disposal District Permit Holders
Section 75-6.1 All new constt:uction of septic tanks, cesspools; or
other on-site systems shall conform to "Standards for Sewage and Waste
Disposal Systems", as then established by the Suffolk County Department of
Health Services.
Section 75-6.2 - Ail new construction shall be located as prescribed by
the Suffolk County Department of Health Services, and at a location where
pumping can occur without trepassing on lands of another owner unless an
express easement for that purpose over another owner's premises exists.
Section 75-6.3 - All septic tanks and 'cesspools shall be covered in a
manner that permits inspection as provided herein without removal of grass,
dirt or other similar landscaping.
ARTICLE VII
Inspection and Maintenance
Section 75-7.1 - Frequency. At the end of three (3) years after
issuance of an operation permit hereunder, or sooner as conditions may
require as determined by the Town, the system shall be inspected by
qualified inspectors employed by the Southold Town Board. The Town has
the right to waive said inspection.
In all cases, it shall be the responsibility of the owner to locate and
· remove the cover of the septic ta~t< or cesspool for inspection by the Town
inspector. Should such owner refuse to locate and remove the cover of said
system, the Town has the right to locate and remove the cover of the
cesspool or septic tank and bill t~e owner for all costs incurred.
Section 75-7.2 - Right of Entry. As a condition to obtaining the
operation permit required h-~reundbr, the owner shall give his consent, at
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the time of applying for and obtaining such permit, to such inspectors
employed by the Town to enter on the owner's premises to make the
necessary inspections. The hours of inspection are to be from 9:00 A.M. to
5:00 P.M. on Monday through Friday. Ten (10) days written notice is to be
given to the owner that an inspection will 'be made. In cases where an
emergency exists, the Town shall reserve the right to waive such notice.
S~ction 75-7.3 Right to Remove Grass, Topsoil, Dirt and Other
Coverinqs of the System. No civil claim shall lie against the Town for any
damages resuiting from any inspection as authorized herein.
Section 75-7.4 - Right to Require Maintenance of On-site System.
Every owner of an operation permit shall 'have his on-site septic system
pumped on a frequency of not less than once every three (3) years. Should
said system and bill the owner therefor.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 75-7.4, the
Town Inspector is authorized to extend the time of pumping an on-site
septic system in cases where it is determined that, due to the size~ type~
location and/or frequency of use of an on-site septic system, such system
is not required to be pumped once every three (3) years.
The Town also has' the right to require every owner of an operation
permit to repair a malfunctioning on-site .system. Should such owner refuse
to perform same, the Town has 'the right .to repair said system and bill the
owner therefor.
ARTICLE VIii
Fee for Disposal of Scavenger Waste
Section 75-8.1 - Board to Set. Fee. The Town Board shall, by
resolution, set the fee for the transporting to and disposing of scavenger
waste at the Southold Scavenger Waste Pretreatment Facility, at such fee
per gallon as shall, from time to-time, be prescribed by resolution of the
Board. The fee to be paid shall be calculated on full tank capacity and
shall be appJied against the operation and maintenance costs of the facility.
ARTICLE IX
Improper Disposal of Scavenger Waste Prohibited
Section 75-9.1 Penalty. No scavenger waste removed from any
cesspool or septic tank within the Southold Wastewater Disposal District
shall be dumped or-disposed at any location within the Town of Southold
except at the Scavenger Waste Pretreatment Facility.
ARTICLE X
Prohibited Waste
Section 75-10.1. Only sanitary sewage and normal domestic wastes shall
be discharged into on-site wastewater disposal systems. The following waste
shall "not be dischar~ged into the system and shall be considered as
· prohibited wastes:
(a) Industrial waste.
(b) Automobile oil and other non-cooking oil's.
(c)_ Drainage from basement floors, footings or roofs.
(d)
(e)
Toxic or hazardous substances and chemicals including, but not
limited to, pesticides, acids, paints, paint thinner, herbicides,
solvents, photographic chemicals and water softening agents.
Cesspool cleaning and drain opening products which are
prohibited by Article 39 of the New York State Conservation Law,
Section 75-10.2. No person shall knowingly discharge prohibited waste
at the Southold Scavenger Waste Pretreatment Facility.
ARTICLE Xi
A~lministration and' Enforcement
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Section 75-11.1' ~ Admi~l~tratilon ,aod Enforcement Officer. The'Town
Board shall appoint a Sanitation Inspector (referred to in this Chapter as
the "Inspector") who shall administer and enforce the provisions of this
Chapter.
Section 75-11.2 - Notice of Violation.
A. Whenever the Inspector has reasonable grounds to believe that
operations regulated hereby are being conducted in violation of the
provisions of this Chapter or .not in compliance with a permit or license
issued pursuant to this Chapter, he may notify the owner of the property,
or the owner's agent or the person performing such operations, or the
carter, to suspend all operations, and any such person shall forthwith
cease opei'a~;oi-,$
B. Such notice shall be in writing, shall specify the violation and shall
state the conditions which must be complied with and the time within which
compliance must be completed before operations may be resumed.
C. Such notice shall be served upon the person to whom it is directed
by delivering it to him personally.or by posting the same in a conspicuous
place on the premises where operations are being conducted and mailing a
copy thereof to such person by certified mail to his last known address.
D. The Inspector may extend the time of compliance specified in the
notice of violation where there is'"evidence of intent to comply-within the
time specified and conditions exist which prevent immediate compliance.
E. In the event that the person upon whom a notice of violation has
been served shall fail to comply with said notice within the time specified
therein or within the time specified in any extension of time issued by the
Inspector, any permi;~ or .license issued to such person pursuant to this
chapter shall be deemed revoked.
Section 75-11.3 - Penalties for offenses.
A. For each offense against any of the provisions of this chapter or -
any regulation made pursuant thereto, or failure to comply with a written
notice or order of the Inspector within the time fixed for compliance
therewith, the carter, owner, occupant, builder, architect, contractor or
their agents or any other person who commits, takes part or assists in 'the
commission of any such offense or who shall fail to comply with a written
order or notice of the Inspector shall, upon a first conviction thereof, be
guilty of a violation punishable by a fine of not exceeding five hundred
dollars ($500.) or imprisonment for a period not to exceed fifteen (15)
days, or both. Each day on which such violation shall occur shall constitute
a separate, additional offense. For a second and subsequent conviction
within eiqhteen (18) months thereafter, such person shall be guilty of a
violation punishable by a fine not exceeding one thousand five hundred
dollars ($1,500.) or imprisonment for a period not to exceed fifteen (15)
days, or both such fine and imprisonment.
B. 'In addition to the above-provided penalties, the Board may also
maintain an action or proceeding in the name of the District in a court of
competent jurisdiction to compel compliance with or to restrain by injunction
the violation of this chapter.
ARTICLE XII
Costs and Expenses
Section 75-12.1 - Cost and Expenses. All costs and expenses incurred
by the District in connection with any proceeding or any work done
pursuant to this Chapter shall be assessed against the land on which such
cost and expenses were incurred and a statement of such expenses shall be
presented to 'the owner of the property, or if the owner cannot be
ascertained or located, then such statement shall be posted in a conspicuous
place on the premises. Such assessment shall be and constitute a lien upon
such land. if the owner shall fail to pay such expenses within ten [10)
days after the statement is presented or posted, a legal action may be
brought to collect such assessment or to foreclose such lien. As an
alternative to the maintenance of any such action, the Inspector may file a
certificate of the actual expenses incurred as aforesaid, together with a
statement identifying the property in connection with which the expenses
were incurred and the owner thereof, with the assessors, who shall, in the
preparation of the next assessment roll, assess such amount upon such
property. Such amount shall be included in the levy against such ,property,
shall constitute a lien and shall be collected and enforced in the same
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manner, by the same proceedings, at the same time and under the same
penalties as is provided by law for the collection and enforcement of real
property taxes in the Town of Southold.
ARTICLE XII!
Effective Date
Section 75-I3.1 - Effective Date. The provisions of this Chapter 75
shall become effective on the first day of the month subsequent to the
completion of construction, -and 'the commencement of operations of the
District's Scavenger Waste Pretreatment Facility.
This Local Law shall take effect upon its filing with the Secretary of
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26.-Vote of-the Town Board: Ayes: Councilwor,~an Cochran, Councilman Schondebare,
Councilman Stoutenburgh, 'Justice Edwards, Councilman Townsend, Supervisor Murphy.
This resolution was declared duly ADOPTED;-
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Number 27 is to appoint a part-time Clerk for the Southold
Town Planning Board for the summer.
27. Moved by CouncilWoman COchran, seconded by Justice Edwards, it was
RESOLVED that the'Town Board of the T~own of Southold hereby appoints Georgia
Rudder as a part-time seasonal Clerk for 'the Southold Town Planning Board, effective
immediately, at a salary of $5'.00 per hour.
27.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilwoman Cochran, Councilman $chondebare,
Councilman Stoutenburgh, Justice Edwards, Councilman Townsend, Supervisor Murphy.
This resolution was declared duly ADOPTED.
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Number 28 is to amend our Police Rules and Regulations.
Moved by Councilman Schondebare, seconded by Councilman Townsend, it was
RESOLVED that all matter after the third, sentence of Article IX, 10. c. of "The
Rules and Regulations for the Government, Discipline and Administration of the
28.
Police Department" is hereby Fepealed and Article IX, 10. c. shall read as follows,
to wit:
A member of the Department who is sick is assumed to be either at
home or in-the hospital or a doctor's office receiving treatment. Since
-the municiPality pays the member for such sick-time, it has the right
to determine if:such sick-time is justified. Accordingly, the Department
reserves the right to call or have its representative visit the residence
of the member when such member is on sick call."
28.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman :. Schondebare, Councilman Stoutenburgh,
Justice Edwards, Councilman Townsend, Supervisor Murphy. Abstain: Councilwoman
Cochran.
This resolution was declared 'duly ADOPTED.
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Number 25 is 'to advertise for resumes for five members of
the Southold Town Licensing Review. Board, I offer that resolution.
29. Moved by Supervisor Murphy, seconded by. Councilwoman Cochran, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby authorizes and
directs the Town Clerk to advertise for resumes for five (5) members of the Southold
Town. Licensing, Review Board.
29.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilwoman Cochran, Councilman Schondebare,
Councilman Stoutenburgh, Justice Edwards, Councilman Townsend, Supervisor Murphy.
This resolution was declared duly ADOPTED.
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Number 30 is a transfer of funds.
30. Moved by Councilman Townsend, seconded by Councilwoman Cochran, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby, authorizes the
.f.o!l.owing transfers within the General Fund Whole Town 1985 Budget:
From:. A1990.4 ~. Contingent $ 3,679.95
Into:
A8540.1 - Drainage, Personal Services
Total
A4050.4- Public:Health, Other
Contractual Expenses
A1620.2 - Buildings, Equipment
A8540.4- Drainage, Contractual Exp.
.Total
$1r0,000. 00
$1'3,679.99
$ 3.2.50.00
$ 42 9.95
$1'0,000.00
$1'3,679.99
The above transfers are needed to provide budget.ary, needs for the following expenses:
(1) Contract payments to Isabel Day and Eileen Peppard, contracturs, to apply BTI
Mosquito Control Substance on Fishers Island.' (2) Provision for expenses incurred
providing basins to collect rainwater to prevent leaching in creeks and ponds. (3)
Purchase of a new. vacuum, cleaner for the Town Hall.
COUNCILMAN STOUTENBURGH: I appreciate the latter part on there.
30.~Vote of the Town Board: Ayes:.-~ounciiwoman C°Chran, Councilman Schondebare,
Councilman Stbutenburgh,~3ustiCe Eq~wa~ds~ C'ounciiman Townsend, Supervisor Murphy.
This resolution was declared duly ADOPTED.
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Number 31 is to approve a bond resolution for the purchase
of one 4-1/4 cubic yard articulated payloader for a ma×imum cost of $1'25,000.
3~1. Moved by Justice Edwards, seconded by. Councilman Schondebare,
BOND RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN OF SOUTHOLD, NEW
YORK, ADOPTED JULY 2, 1985, AUTHORIZING T~.
PURCHASE OF A USED PAYLOADER, STATING THE
APPROPRIATING SAID AMOUNT THEREFOR, AND
AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF $125,000 SERIAL
BONDS OF SAID TOWN TO FINANCE SAID
APPROPR I AT I ON.
THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF SOUTHOLD, IN THE COUNTY OF
SUFFOLK, NEW YORK, HEREBY RESOLVES.(by the favorable vote of not
less than two-thirds of all the members of said Town Board) AS
FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The Town of Southold, in the County of
Suffolk, New York (herein called "Town"), is hereby authorized to
purchase a used payloader. ~he estimated maximum cost of said
specific object or purpose, including preliminary costs and costs
incidental thereto and the financing thereof, is $125,000 and
said amount is hereby appropriated therefor. The plan of
financing includes the issuance of $125,000 serial bonds of the
Town to finance said appropriation, and the levy and collection
of taxes on all the taxable real property in the Town to pay the
principal of said bonds and the interest thereon as the same
shall become due and payable.
Section 2. Serial bonds of the Town in the principal
amount of $125,000, are hereby authorized to be issued pursuant
to the provisions of the Local Finance Law, constituting Chapter
33-a of the Consolidated Laws of the State of New York (herein
called "Law") to finance said appropriation.
Section 3. The following additional matters are hereby
determined and declared:
(a) The period of probable usefulness of said specific
object or purpose for which said $125,000 serial bonds authorized
pursuant to this resolution are to be issued, within the
limitations of Section 11.00 a. 28 of the Law, is fifteen (15)
years; however, the proposed maturity of said bonds or notes
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issued in anticipation of said bonds will not exceed five (5)
years from the original date of issuance of said obligations.
(b) Current funds are not required by the Law to be
provided as a down payment prior to the issuance of the bonds
authorized by this resolution or any bond anticipation notes
issued in anticipation thereof in accordance with Section 107.00
d. 5 of the Law.
(c) The proposed maturity of the bonds authorized by
this resolution will not exceed five (5) years.
Section 4. Each of the bonds authorized by this
resolution and any bond anticipation notes issued in anticipation
of the sale of said bonds shall contain the recital of validity
as prescribed by Section 52.00 of the Law and said bonds and any
notes issued in anticipation of said bonds, shall be general
obligations of the Town, payable as to both principal and
interest by general tax upon all the taxable real property within
the Town without limitation of rate or amount. The faith and
credit of the Town are hereby irrevocably pledged to the punctual
payment of the principal of and interest on said bonds and any
notes issued in anticipation of the sale of said bonds and
provision shall be made annually in the budget of the Town by
appropriation for (a) the amortization and redemption of the
bonds and any notes in anticipation thereof to mature in such
year and (b) the payment of interest to be due ~nd payable in
such year.
Section 5. Subject to the provisions of this resolution
and of the Law and pursuant to the provisions of Section 30.00
relative to the authorization of the issuance of bond
anticipation notes and of Section 50.00 and Sections 56.00 to
60.00 of the Law, the powers and duties of the Town Board
relative to authorizing bond anticipation notes and prescribing
the terms, form and contents and as to the sale and issuance of
the bonds herein authorized and of any bond anticipation notes
issued in anticipation of said bonds, and the renewals of said
notes, are hereby delegated to the Supervisor, the chief fiscal
officer of the Town.
Section 6. The validity of the bonds authorized by this
resolution and of any notes issued in anticipation of the sale of
said bonds, may be contested only if:
(a) such obligations are authorized for an object or
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purpose for which ~the Town is no~ authorized to
expend money, or
(b) the provisions of law which should be complied with
at the date of the publication of such resolution
are not substantially complied with,
and an action, suit or proceeding contesting such validity, is
commenced within twenty days after the date of such publication,
or
provisions of the constitution.
Section 7. This bond resolution shall take effect
immediately, and the Town CLerk of the Town, is hereby authorized
and directed to publish the foregoing resolution, in full,
together with a Notice attached in substantially the form
prescribed by §81.00 of the Law in "THE LONG ISLAND
TRAVELER-MATTITUCK WATCHMAN," a newspaper published in Southold,
New York, and in "THE SUFFOLK TIMES," a newspaper published in
Greenport, New York, each having a general circulation in the
Town and hereby designated the official newspapers of said Town
for such publication..
31.-vote of the Town Board-' Ayes: · Councilwoman Cochran,. Councilman Schondebare,
.' 'Councilman Stoutenburgh, Justice. Edwards,. Councilman~Townsend, Supervisor Murphy.
This resolution was declared 'duly ADOPTED.
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: . Number 32 is to declare the Town lead agency.
32. Moved by Councilman Schondebare, seconded by Councilman Townsend, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby declares itself
lead agency in regard to the State Environmental Quality Review Act in the matter
of the proposed purchase of a used 4-1/L~ cubic yard articulated payloader for the
Southold Town Landfill Site.
32..-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilwoman Cochran, Councilman Schondebare,
Councilman Stoutenburgh, Justice Edwards, Councilman Townsend, Supervisor Murphy.
This resolution was declared duly ADOPTED.
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Number 33 is to authorize the Town Clerk to advertise for
bids for the purchase of this payloader~ I offer that resolution.
33. Moved by Supervisor Murphy, seconded by. Councilman Schondebare, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby authorizes and directs
the Town Clerk to advertise .for bids for the purchase of one (1) used 4-1/~, cubic yard
articulated payloader for the Southold Town Landfill Site, all in accordance with the
specifications for same.
33.r-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: CouncilWoman Cochran, Councilman Schondebare,
Councilman Stoutenburgh, Justice Edwards, Councilman Townsend, Supervisor Murphy.
This resolution was declared duly ADOPTED.
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Number 34.is a decision on the Freedom of Information hearing
we held this morning.
34.
Moved by Justice Edwards, seconded by. Councilman Schondebare,
WHEREAS, ~gdy Adams filed an Appeal to this Board of the decision of the Chief of
Police wherein he denied her request ~th respect to the identification of police officers
in the various police patrol sectors of the Town prior to or at the time of the assign-
ment of police officers to such sectors, and
WHEREAS, such appeal was heard by this Board at 9:20 o'clock A.M., on Jul), 2, '1985,
to consider such appeal, after due notica thereof to the appellant who did not appear
at such time and place, and
WHEREAS, the Chief of Police appeared at and testifed at such Appeal, and
WHEREAS, this Board has considered all testimony given at such Appeal and examined
all documents made a part of the record of such Appeal,
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED that such Appeal be and the same hereby
is in all respects denied.
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SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Any questions? [No response.)
34.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Schondebare, Councilman Stoutenburgh,
Justice Edwards, Councilman Townsend, Supervisor Murphy. Abstain: Councilwoman
Cochran.
This resolution was declared duly ADOPTED.
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Number 35 is a decision on an Unsafe Building hearing held
today on the property of Joseph DeChiara.
35. Moved by, Councilman Townsend, seconded by Justice Edwards,
WHEREAS, the Building Inspector of the Town of Southold has made a formal
inspection of the premises owned by Joseph DeChiara, premises described in a ~
deed dated December 13, 1984 from the County of Suffolk to Joseph DeChiara,
9697, page 277, also referred to as: Suffolk County Tax Map Designation: District
1000, Section '031.00,. Block 07.00,'. Lot 007~.00,'. and thereafter preparect a wrl[[en
report thereon and filed-the_same Jn'his~office, and ......................
. .-WHERS-AS~ it.. wa.sl-de-termined .b¥-the-B~ilding-.lnspector that the building or structure
'~' on said p_remises i~dan~erou's or i~nsafe '~ public,'an~ -' '
'WHEREA~, the Building insp~ctor P~'omptly' thei~eafte~ served a notice on the owner
or other persons having an interest in.said property, pursuant to the provisions of
Chapter' 90 of the Southold Town Code, and
WHEREAS, said'notice required that the owner of said'premises demolish and remove ......
the remains of this structurez removal to commence wi[nm ~en (lu). days from the
date of the service of said notice and that the same be completed within thirty [30)
days t,.bereafter, and
WHEREAS, the owners of said~premises has neglected or refused to comply with
the provisions of said notice within' the time specified therein, and
WHEREAS, a public'hearing on said'matter was held by this'Board on the 2nd day
of July~ 1985,
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY DETERMINED AND ORDERED AS FOLLOWS:
1.. That based upon the writ[en report prepared by the Building Inspector
and filed in his 'office and upon the evidence given by said Building Inspector at
the hearing held on July 2, '1985, this~Board does hereby determine that the build-
in.g or structure located on said premises is un,safe or dangerous to,. the public:
2./ That this Board does hereby, order that the buildinc~ or structure, locate~'
on said premises isin such a dilapidated, condition that the ~ame cannot be repaired
and secured and therefore directs and orders that the same be taken down and
removed.
3. That it is further determined and ordered that the owners of the buildinq
or structure on said premises shall erect a six'foot chain ~ink fence, acceptable and
approved by the Building Inspector. within~ 15 days from this 'date, and the owner
of the building or structure on .said'premises shall take down or remove the buildinq
or structure, on said premises on or before the 2nd day of Auqust, 198'5.
4. In the event that the owners shah neglect or refuse to secure and take
down and remove said structure from said premises within the time specified in the
preceeding paragraph, then and in that event the Supervisor be and he hereby is
authorized and directed to procure estimates for the removal of the building or
structure on said premises and submit 'the same to this Board for its consideration
as soo~ thereafter as possible.
5. That thereafter this Board shall, based upon/such estimates, provide for
the letting of a contract for the taking down and removal of the 'building or structure
on said premises.
6. That the cost and expenses of the taking down and removal of the building
or structure on said premises shall be collected by the Town of Southold in the
manner provided for in Section '90~9 of the Code of the Town of Southold.
7. It is further ordered that a certified copy of this resolution be sent by
the Town Clerk to the owner of said premises by registered mail, return receipt
requested, within'three days of the date hereof.
35.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilwoman Cochran, Councilman Schondebare,
COUNCILMAN STOUTENBURGH: l,m not sure if I read this right. We didn't give
them the opportunity to rebuild 'here?
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: If he puts the fence up.
COUNCILMAN STOUTENBURGH: But it says, "is in'such a dilapidated condition
that the same cannot be repaired and secured and therefore directs and orders that
the same be taken down and removed.
TOWN CLERK TERRY: I thought that was the final decision.
COUNCILMAN STOUTENBURGH: I'll have to say no on that, because I wanted to
give the man the opportunity to rebuild.
TOWN CLERK TERRY: ! understood it was fifteen days to put up the fence and
thirty days to take the building down.
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JULY 2, 1985
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: It.~could be-',"or"?,iwitl~in-thir~y' days. to take the building
down.
COUNCILMAN TOWNSEND: ! accept that amendment.
TOWN CLERK TERRY: l'm sorry, I misUnderstood.
COUNCILMAN STOUTENBURGH: I think you could word it,' Judy, "it seems unlikely
to be repaired."
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: No, just "or;'.
(There was. considerable discussion concerning the exact wording concerning the
erection of the fence and/or demolition of the building, and the Board decided to
table this resolution, discuss it further with the Town Attorney and tt~en :adopt the
final resolution.)
RESOLUTION TO TABLE RESOLUTION NO. 35:
Moved by Councilman Schondebare, seconded by Councilman Townsend, it was
RESOLVED that Resolution. No. 35 (decision on the Unsafe BUildinq Hearing of Joseph
.DeChiara) be tabled for further discussion.
Vote of the -[own Board: Ayes: Councilwoman. Cochran, Councilman Schondebare,
Councilman Stoutenburgh, :Justice Edwards, Councilman Townsend, Supervisor Murphy.
This resolution was declared duly ADOPTED.
SUPER¥1SOR MURPHY: .Number 36 is a resolution to support the conditional opening
of Arshamomaque Pond and MattitUck Creek~
Moved by Councilman Stoutenbur§h~ seconded by. CouncilWoman Cochra.n, .it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby goes On record
s.u..p, portin9 the grantin9 of a co,nditi0nal-shellfish permit 'for Arshamomaque Pond
and Mattituck Creek based on recent bacteriological test results submitted to the
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation by the Suffolk County
Department of Health Services, and said resolution be forwarded to James Redman,
New York DEC advising him the Town is'in the process of correcting runoff conditions
int he area in light of the recent findings.
36.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: CouncilWoman Cochran, Councilman Schondebare,
Councilman Stoutenburgh, Justice Edwards, Councilman Townsend, Supervisor Murphy.
This resolution was declared duly ADOPTED.
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Okay, Number 37 is'the decision on a prOposed Local Law
to amend the Code in relation to dwelling unit density.
COUNCILMAN SCHONDEBARE: ! want some time to think about it.
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Would you like to hold this?
COUNCILMAN SCHONDEBARE: I would.
COUNCILWOMAN COCHRAN: Yes.
(Resolution No. 37 - proposed enactment of Local Law to amend the Zoning Code
in relation to dwelling unit Density to be held for a decision at-the July 16th
Regular Meeting.)
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Bob (Town Attorney Tasker), on the decision on the Unsafe
Building, some Board members feel that they would like it taken down all together
within thirty days, others would like to say that they would like to be able to fence
it in in fifteen days to' make it safe, but have a period of time where the man has to
rebuild the structure to make it safe, how can you word that?
TOWN ATTORNEY TASKER: What you want to do is--everybody's agreed that within
fifteen days it should be fenced---
COUNCILMAN SCHONDEBARE: True.
TOWN ATTORNEY TASKER: And everybody's agreed that it should be taken down.
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: No.
COUNCILMAN STOUTENBURGH: No. Some feel that it 'could be rehabilitated as this
telpehone conversation has been.just this day with the man who said he would like to
do it.
COUNCILMAN SCHONDEBARE: And some of us feel that he's not going to do it and it
should be taken down.
COUNCILMAN STOUTENBURGH: But he already has committed himself by phone.
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SUPERVISOR MURPHY: What would we do?
TOWN ATTORNEY TASKER: Well, ·somebody could write the resolution that within
fifteen days he completely fence it 'and that within thirty days from today that he
remove the building.
COUNCILMAN SCHONDEBARE: We'll see if'that flys. If that passes then ! don't have
to worry about the rest of it. If'that fails I'll' make a motion that he's got fifteen days
to fence it and after that he's got thirty days to demolish it.
COUNCILMAN STOUTENBURGH: May I ask Bob .this question: By commitment on
the telephone that he wanted to go ahead and save a part of this. and if we go ahead
and force him to take it~down. or take it down for him, couldn't he come and sue u,s
with the idea that he had already committed himself and we took down something he
said he was goi,-,9 to go ..... ~ ....
TOWN ATTORNEY TASKER: Well, I really think that the statute talks in terms of
rehabilitate or make safe, so that the statute that you're functioning under envisions
that the property owner really has two options. He can make it safe or he can take
it ·down.
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: And he Could make it safe by putting a fence up and securing
the property, sufficient fence.
COUNCILMAN SCHONDEBARE: You're assuming the fence is going to keep the kids out.
TOWN ATTORNEY TASKER: I don't know if that's going to be forever, the way you
people are talking about the whole side is off-and everything.
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: But that would constitUte making it safe, by putting a fence
· around and if he doesn't maintain· it then you'd have to have another hearing.
COUNCILMAN STOUTENBURGH: Then couldn't you demand that he start work on it
within a reasonable time?
TOWN ATTORNEY TASKER: If you fix the time parameters, yes. Or either for
fencing within a certain time and thereafter within so many days from today, that
within fifteen days he fence and that within thirty days he either makes the premise:~
safe or demolish.
COUNCILMAN STOUTENBURGH: .Then if he doesn't,, then I'm all for demolishing it,
but we're giving him the opportunity.
COUNCILMAN TOWNSEND: We give him thirty days after the fence is in to either
make the building safe or to demolish the building, to begin'the demolition.
COUNCILMAN STOUTENBURGH: Right, I'm for that.
COUNCILMAN SCHONDEBARE: Let's say he doesn't do it and thirty days are up
and we're sitting here. Are you going to say that after the thirty days we demolish
it tomorrow morning,, or are you going to give him another period of time?
COUNCILMAN STOUTENBURGH: · Nope, nope, that's it.
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: But if he wants to he can make it safe by putting a fence
around it, and I don't think we have anything to say about how fast he has to make,
as long as he maintains his fence.
COUNCILMAN TOWNSEND: Want me to give a crack at the resolution?
TOWN ATTORNEY TASKER: To repair or remove is what the Code says.
COUNCILMAN SCHONDEBARE:
COUNCILMAN STOUTENBURGH:
COUNCILMAN SCHONDEBARE:
have to do about repair?
Repair or remove the building?
Repair to make safe.
You can't repair that building.
What's the fence
COUNCILMAN TOWNSEND: Well, we had testimony that said it could be done at a cost
greater than it would cost to build a new building.
COUNCILMAN STOUTENBURGH: That's right, and if he likes the design he might---
TOWN ATTORNEY TASKER: As ! mentioned this morning, your Building Inspector
really should--in this notice that he. sends, should specify what has to be done if
he's going to repair it, so that when you make your final order, you make it consistent
with the Building Inspector's recommenations as to what has to be done to make the
building safe.
JULY 2 , 1985
35.
COUNCILMAN TOWNSEND:~ May -I~ make~the -resolution~now?
Moved by Councilman Townsend, seconded by-Justice Edwards, ..........
WHEREAS, the Building Inspector of the Town of Southold has' made a formal
inspection of the prem,ses ownecl by Josep6'" I~'eChiara, premises described in a
d'eed dated December 13, '198~ trom the. County of Suffolk to Joseph 'DeChiara,
recorded in the Suffolk County Clerk's .Office. on December 18,::1984, in'Liber
9697, page 277, also referred to as: Suffolk County Tax Map Designation: District
1000, Section 031.00,. Block 07.00,'. Lot' 007;.00,~ and thereafter prepared a written
report thereon and filed the same in'his office, and
WHEREAS, it was determined by the Buildinq Inspector that the building or structure
on said'premises is dan.qerous or unsafe to ~he public, and
WHEREAS, the Building inspector promptly thereafter served a notice on the owner
or other persons having an interest in' said' property, pursuant to the provisions of
WHEREAS, said'notice required that the owner of said'premises demolish and remove_
the remains of this:structure, removal to commence within ten (10)~ days from the
date of the service of said notice and that the same be completed within' thirty (30)
days thereafter,, and
WHEREAS, the owners, of said premises has neglected or refused to comply with
the provisions of said notice within the time specified therein, and
WHEREAS, a public'hearing on said'matter was held by this'Board on the 2nd day
of July, 1985,
. NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY DETERMINED AND ORDERED AS FOLLOWS:
1.. That based upon the written report prepared by the Building inspector
and filed in his 'office and upon the evidence given by said Building Inspector at
the hearing held on 'July 2,' '1985;' this :Board does hereby determine that the build-
ing or structure located on said'premises is unsafe or danqerous to the public;
2.. That this 'Board does hereby determine and order that the owners of the
buildinq or structure on said premises shall erect a six [6) foot.hiqh chain'iink fence':
around the immediate area of the buildinq~ acceptable and approved by the BuildinU
Inspector, within fifteen (15) days from this date, and the owners of the building o,
structure on said premises shall make safe, to the approval of the BuildinQ inspector,
or remove the buildinq or structure on said' premises on or before the 2nd-day of
August, 1985.
3. In' the event that the owners shall neglect or refuse to fence and secure
or take' down and remove said'structure from said'premises within the time specified
in the preceeding paragraph, then and in that event the Supervisor be and he here-
by is 'authorized and directed to procure estimates for the removal of the building or
structure, on said premises and submit the same to this Board for its consideration
as soon thereafter as possible.
4. That thereafter this'Board Sh~all, based upon such estimate, provide for
the letting of a contract for the taking down and removal of the building or structure
on said premises.
5. That the cost and expenses of the taking down and removal of the building
or structure on said premises shall be collected by the Town of Southoid in the manner
provided for in Section 90;9 of the Code of the Town of Southold.
: 6. It is further ordered that a certified copy of this resolution be sent by-the
Town Clerk to the owner of said' premises by registered mail, return receipt requested,
within' three days of the date hereof.
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Any other 'questions? .(No response.)
35.i-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilwoman Cochran, Councilman Stoutenburgh,
Justice Edwards, Councilman Townsend. No: Councilman Schondebare, Supervisor
M ur phy.
This resolution was declared duly ADOPTED.
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: That's the end of our prepared and added-to agenda. Is
there any member of the Town Board would like to have anything further to say?
Judge Edwards? (No, thank you, Frank.) Jean? .(No, thank you.) Paul? (No.)
Joe? (We've all said:enough.) Jay?
COUNCILMAN SCHONDEBARE: Yes, before we all go, could the members of the _Code
Committee give me some dates as to when they can meet? We have to do SEQR and
something else, for which i Can't even think What it is now. And the Police Committee's
got to meet also, so please give' me some dates on that also.
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Okay, I would like to ask anyone in the audience if they
would like to have any comments to the Town Board.* Jay?
JOHN BREDEMEYER, Southold Town Trustee: I worked with the Town Board today
in developing a resolution to open both Arshamomaque Pond in Southold and Mattituck
Creek for conditional shellfishing by the DEC, and as it has developed, I was instrument.
in getting t~e support of the Trustees and the Town Board for getting additional
bacterial testing done on these creeks by the County Health Department, and I just
wanted to be available if there are any other questions and also there were two points
that I neglected to bring up to the Town Board this afteroon that I felt were important
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and they should be aware of. The DEC did provide additiOnal testin9 for quality
control on their testing and these quality control tests did prove out that everything
that they did say they were looking at was, in fact, there and some of the questions
which arose during 1983 and 84's data, which suggested that although there was some
problems there--because in Arshamomaque Creek these results are so astronomical as
to defy everyone's belief, lookin9 at this relatively what you think is pristine creek
and havin9 very high bacterial rates, so Mr. Redman's group did provide quality testin~c
and I checked it against the standard methods of the Environmental Protection Adminis-
tration and these things are ali fairly standard and proved out, so that does add an
additional consistency to his data [tape defect) . Also, with respect to these source
of studies and .things sometimes I have heard say that, gee, where's your constituency,
we don't hear talk about this. I have within the last two to three weeks to a month
had about four people contact me, separate individuals, not communicating amongst
themselves, but individually and singularly come to me and. voice their concerns ove~
Mattituck Inlet Creek, why we can't shellfish, we're residents, we'd like to know wht ~s
going on, some are residents some are commercial watermen, so I felt it's approprJat~,~-j
that the Board knows that als° and 1'11 provide those n:ames of those people. I have
suggested to those people that you're the one to talk with them, either singularly or
in groups and I have tried to share some of my thoughts with them and other agencies
they can be in touch with.
COUNCILMAN STOUTENBURGH: Jay, right there, I think perhaps maybe it might
be worthy if you could get a little summary of reason why these have been closed
and what we're doing to try to correct it so that that could be here, so when people
come in for "why can't I shellfish here", we Would be able to hand them this and it
would be a capsule kind of thing. Would that be possible?
TRUSTEE BREDEMEYER: Sure.
COUNCILMAN STOUTENBURGH: It might be a worthwhile idea that we could copy
very easily.
TRUSTEE BREDEMEYER: Definitely. And then the other thing is that I!11 prepare a
list of, possible people to thank on the bacteriological work the Health Department lab,
that really went overboard, the Bacteriologist did a lot of worki there.. We used the
media-which hasn't been used before, as i far as I know, in New York State, ar~l it
did help us develop some of the answers as to these creeks; I would very much hop~
that, as I mentioned earlier, if there is ~a hiatus in' bacteriological testin in' the 'cold~-~
winter months that if the Town could secure additional assistance from the Count~/ H~
Department, I'd be willing to work in the same capacit~ and zero in, ossibl
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branches of Mattituck Creek like we have on Arshamomaque Pond, and given the fact
that we now have, more or less, a God-given gift' of Iow overall rainfall that reduce
bacterial counts, I think it's our obligation as men and women to work now to make
these 'improvements on the drainage so that we needn't rely on providence the next
time to reduce the ~unts, hopefully we will'be able to open these creeks.
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Thank'you, Jay. Is there anyone else would like to address
the Town Board at this time? Sir?
MR. FRANK TARULLi: Mr. Chairman, my name's Frank Tarulli, I'm President of
the East End Livestock and Horsemen's Association and ! notice on resolutions that
we have a public hearing set for July 16th at 3:35 P.M. I'm a little disappointed,
I don't think we. can get everybody out at 3:35, but as you all know, we've held
' meetings with the Code Committee on the regulation of horses and I'm sure at the
public hearing we'll be able to substantiate what we feel is within reason as far as
the taxpayers and the Association. I am a little now confused as far as Resolution
12. Mr. Townsend, I'm sorry, I didn't hear your comment as to the environmental
assessment on the proposal of a Local Law to provide for the regulation of Horses.
I was wondering if that is your notes, or is that-~:can I have a copy of that?
TOWN CLERK TERRY: Certainly, Iql give you a copy of that.
COUNCILMAN TOWNSEND: That's a form resolution and it accompanies every action
that affects zoning that's subject to the SEQ'R Law. If you notice, we had one of
those resolutions on buying a chipper and new highway specs and buying a backhoe,
I mean it's something you really have to---
MR. TARULLI: The reason I bring it up is in all the meeting we've had, discussions
we've had, I'.ve never heard of it and now all of a sudden I see it and I'm just concernec
that if 'we're going to 'implement something or do something that pertains to another
issue, but to the same issue, then i feel we should be made aware of it so that we
can comment on it.
JUSTICE EDWARDS: Here is a copy of the resolution.
MR. TARULLI: Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: You're welcome. Is there anyone else would like to address
the Town Board at this time?
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MRS. MARGARET SKABRY, 390 Hen~y,'s hane~ Peconic: I'm here again about the
Airport Study. Mr. BeaCh stated '~h'~'~hi~'part ~f the Airport Study is completed,
the Airport Advisory Committee should report to the Town Board. There should also
be a public meeting he~d in order to gather or hear from the public~ It was also stated
that the public meeting is more than a meeting held in,public or in a public place.
public meeting should be widely advertised, well in'advance, in an effort to allow
interested ~arties to attend. If the Board should even consider continuing the study
~ Wish. to make the following request: (1) Hold a well-advertised public meeting in
the evening, not like 11:00~ 3:35~ 3:40, whatever. The ~econd request is that you
hold it in a large building to allow the majority of the residents or Southold Town
taxpayers to attend the evening meeting. And tHird~ i~please no more 9:00 to 5:00
meetings during the week. That's it. Thank you.
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Is there anyone else in-the audience would like to address the
MRS. KATHLEEN GRASECK: I'd like to request that the proposed local ordinance
addressing horses also be held in the evening as a lot of interested parties would
like to attend the meeting and won't be able to at a 3:30 meeting. Thank you.
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Thank you. Is there anyone else would like to address the
Town Board? Dave?
MR. DAVID SPOHN: Pm.on the Technical Advisory Committee and the Town Contact.
In reference to meetings, I think it should be very easy'to schedule meetings in the
evening any time they desire and if they wish to give.information or get information
I'm always available. But I would like to add that Technical Advisory Committee
meetings do happen in the daytime. Public 'meetings could happen in the evening,
but you can't restrict the Advisory Committee meetings to the evening. That's the
only. comment.
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Thank you, sir.' Is there anyone else would like to make
a comment?
MRS. SKABRY: I was addressing my Town Board about the Town Board beinq present
at these public meetings. ! was not interested in speaking to anybody who might be
part of the AdvisOry Committee. I realize' that they hold their public meetings in public
meetings on rather short notice and I have not bothered to attend. I am addressing my
Town Board. I also request when this'~eeting takes place that each member of my Town
Board please do attend. Thank you.
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Thank you. Is there, anyone else at this'time? (No response.)
Seeing that there is no further business I would like to make ~ust one comment. I'm
very sorry to see that the majority of the Town Board reversed a position we had and
changed the zone on a piece of property in Cutchogue. I think we're doing the exact
thing that happened in Mattituck and I hope it just doesn't just keep going down the
Main Road and ruining and Southold. At this time i'd like to entertain a motion to
adourn.
COUNCILMAN SCHONDEBARE: Just. a minute, Mr. Supervisor. If you wanted to make
those comments, then you should have done it at the time when the motion was brought
~p and seconded and that's the appropriate time to discuss it. To try to sneak it in
at the end of the meeting and then move to adjourn it, I feel is somewhat beneath the
dignitY of your office, sir.
COUNCILWOMAN. COCHRAN: I agree.
COUNCILMAN SCHONDEBARE: I have our reasons for doing so. It was talked about
at the Work Session, we wanted to square off the piece of property as we squared off
the Kaelin's .piece of property on Cox's Lane. We discussed it. We had a difference
of opinion, and frankly, as I say, I think it'~ beneath the office for you, at this late
stage~ to try and sneak it in at the end of these minutes.
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: I don't think it's sneaking anything in. I think it's a
comment that everybody was allowed to make any comments they would like. If
somebody would like to comment further, you are welcome to do that.
COUNCILMAN SCHONDEBARE: At the tim~ when the motion is made and seconded.
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: You are welcome to comment now. Is there anyone on tt~e
Town Board would like to comment any further?
COUNCILWOMAN COCHR^N: I would agree with Jay. Our reasoning was that we did
give this courtesy to Mr. Kaelin on property in Cutchogue and we're gi~ing the same
courtesy to a man that's been in business a long time, that runs a good business, a
service to the community, that we are also giving him this same consideration without
considering his 'affiliations.
JUSTICE EDWARDS: I will second that~comment.
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Anyone else like to comment?
COUNCILMAN TOWNSEND: Sure. I know that there are people who would like to
make political or 'imply there are political considerations in this in that one of the
individuals applying for the change is a prominent Republican, however, that in this
case, while it does' make it a difficult decision becaus~ of that, the applicant deserves
the Chang~ of Zone, in that he's surrounded now--he's surrounded on two sides and
the back and side and across the street by commercial zoning. The property was
significantly different from the other people's property who were denied a Change of
Zone, for' me to grant the request, which I deemed to be reasonable.
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Are there any other comments?
COUNCILMAN STOUTENBURGH: Yes, I felt that I iudged the man on what he said.l~
He came in here wl~n ihe idea iha~ he wanted to eniar9~ i~i~ d[qvuway and .... ' ' ~ .....
the reason that he was trying to get a cr, hange of Zone. We told him how it could
be done without changing the zone. He does not want to do that and therefore this
is why I Voted against it. i think this was a sham in the sense that he said one thing
and is asking for something else and I don't think that's the way this should be run.
SUPERVISOR MURPHY: Are there any other comments?
COUNCILMAN TOWNSEND: Paul, just look at the minutes and ! asked him that question,
if he envis°ned using the property for commercial--for an expansion of his business and
he, at that point, said that he was not precluding that and that's why he wanted the
Change of Zone.
COUNCILMAN STOUTENBURGH: No, he said that--the idea that I got when you asked
the question would he use it for commercial if 'it was changed, yes, anyone would if it's
changed, that's the only thing he could use it for. So I think that's no reason .at all.
COUNCILMAN SCHONDEBARE: The minutes speak for themselves. They"re public
minutes and anyone can read them and get their own interpretation out of them.
COUNCILMAN STOUTENBURGH: Absolutely and my.. interpretation was the way it was.
SUPERVISOR MURPHY:
Board? (No response.)
happy Fourth of July.
Are there any other comments from any members of the Tow~
If'not I entertain a motidn to adjourn and I wish everybod,~
COUNCILWOMAN COCHRAN: And a safe one.
Moved by Supervisor Murphy, seconded by Councilwoman Cochran, it was
RESOLVED that this Town Board meeting be and hereby is adjourned at 9:55 P.M.
Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilwoman Cochran, Councilman Schondebare,
Councilman Stoutenburgh, Justice Edwards, Councilman Townsend, Supervisor Murphy.
This resolution was declared duly ADOPTED.
dith T. Terry
outhold Town Clerk(,/'