HomeMy WebLinkAboutTB-03/18/1997SOUTHOLD TOWN BOARD
MARCH 18, 1997
Present: Supervisor Jean W. Cochran, Councilwoman Alice J. Hussie, Councilman
Joseph L. Townsend, Jr., Councilwoman Ruth D. Oliva, Justice Louisa P. Evans,
Councilman William D. Moore, Town Clerk Judith T. Terry, Town Attorney Laury
L. Dowd.
9:10 A.M. Town Historian Antonia Booth made her annual report to the Town Beard.
t996 was a record year for inquiries, coming From the media, people doing family
histories, people who have bought or are considering buying houses in Southold
Town, students doing papers or projects on Southold, and numerous libraries,
historical societies, and churches. Historian Booth's report is on file in the Town
Clerk's office.
9:30 A.M. Solid Waste Coordinator James Bunchuck met with the Town Board to
discuss the D&B report on issues and information requirements for the proposed new
transfer station, and his response to D&B's questions. At the conclusion of the
discussion it was agreed that Mr. Bunchuck and Councilwoman Hussie would travel
to Woodbury to meet with D&B to go over issues in question.
10:07 A.M. - Peter Foster appeared before the Board to request permission to locate
and live in a temporary house trailer on his mother's property on Main Bayview Road
while he repairs his home which was recently damaged by fire. The Board placed
a resoluion (22) on the agenda to grant him a four month permit.
10:10 A.M. - William A. Klein Jr., Albrecht, Viggiano, Zureck & Company, P.C.,
met with the Board to present the recently completed Town Hall Space Study (copy
on file in the To'~:rn Clerk's office).
10:45 A.M. Data Processing Equipment Ope.rater John Sepenoski and Senior
Accountant John Cushman met with the Board to discuss Mr. Sepenoski's proposal
to upgrade the existing computer system. Mr. Seoenoski has been able to refine
a proposal given to the Board in early 1996, which would have cost $537,066 in the
first year to $399,020 in the first year, and reduce the year 2 and year 3 costs by
$35,000 and $32,00 respectively. In light of the space study, and what direction
the Town will be taking with regard to the existing Town Hall or acquisition of a
new or different one, the Board agreed those three components should be discussed
at the same time. Time will be set aside at the April 1st work session for that
purpose.
11:15 A.M. Merlon Wiggin, Bbb Link, and associate, met with the Town Board to
request permission to use 'part of the Klipp Park parking field for a ten day period
in mid-May for the assembly of the flexible frame units for fish cages. (Councilman
Moore recused himself from this discussion.) The Board advised Mr. Wiggin that
the approval of the Town Trustees would be required, and most likely the DEC,
Supervisor Cochran said she would speak to the Trustees and a final decision will
be made at the April 1st work session.
11:25 A.M. The Board took up the following discussion items: Agreed to hold
action on the 1997 Grants Program applicants, with the exception of the Summer
Showcase Concert Series which was granted $2,000 (see resolution 23) .----They
began a discussion on a report from Dvirka and Bartilucci with regard to Landfill
gas monitoring, but agreed to hold this for April 1st and have Solid Waste
Coordinator Bunchuck back to discuss this item.----Requests for use of the Town
Hall meeting hall by Save the Sound, and for a Homebuyer Workshop, sponsored by
the Suffolk County National Bank. The Board agreed to permit Save the Sound,
but had reservations about the Homebuyer Workshop. The majority of the Board
felt it would benefit private enterprise. However, they agreed that those who would
gain the most would be the young first-time home buyers. Supervisor Cochran will
offer the Recreation Center for the workshop,----The Town Board reappointed all
of the members of the Transportation Committee for another two year term
(resolution 24), and three members of the Landmark Preservation Commission
(resOlution 25).----A resolution (26) was placed on the agenda to waive the landfill
tipping fee for Community Pride projects only.
12:05 P.M. - Recess for lunch.
1:t0 P.M. - The work session reconvened and the Board placed a resolution (27)
on the agenda to approve and adopt the Transactional Disclosure Form (Recusal)
as submitted by the Board of Ethics.----A second form, Transactional Disclosure
Form [Applicant) was the subject of several concerns. Town Attorney Dowd will
draw up a list of the concerns, and the Board of Ethics will be invited to meet with
the Board at the April 1st work session.----The Board reviewed a proposal from
Waste Recycling Solutions, Inc. to remove and transport the pre-treatment grit and
rocks that have accumulated in the equalization tanks at the Scavenger Waste
Treatment Plant, -and placed a resolution {28) on the agenda to accept said
proposal.----Town Attorney Dowd submitted a proposal to the Town Board from the
Cutchogue Fire District for the District to contract with the Town to provide fire
protection services to Robins Island. The Town Board agreed to consider the
proposal, but feel they need additional information.----A resolution (29) was placed
on the agenda to modify the 1997 budget to permit the implementation of the Goose
Creek Beach l. mprovements project.----A letter was received from Captain Joseph
C. Gordon, President of the Southold Town Baymen's Association, registering their
opposition to the Mariculture Technologies Inc. project. The Board members had
varying opinions, and inasmuch as the letter was addressed to each of them, they
are free to respond and express their own feelings.----Letter from John Stype,
President of Val Stype & Sons, Inc., offing to set up a Payroll Deduction program
for the Town for the employee's personal insurance. The Board asked Supervisor
Cochran to advise Mr. Stype that the Town would not be willing to engage the
services of his firm alone when there are so many other local insurance companies
that would be qualified to participate.
EXECUTIVE SESSION
2:05 P.M. On ~notion of Justice Evans, seconded by Councilwoman Oliva, it was
Resolved that the Town Board enter into Executive Session to discuss litigation,.
potential litigation, and employment history. Vote of the Board: Ayes: Supervisor
Cochran, Councilwoman Hussie, Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman OIiva, Justice
Evans} Councilman Moore.----The Town Board met with Special Counsel Frank
Yakaboski and Planning Board Chairman Bennett Orlowski, Jr. to discuss the Cross
Sound Ferry litigation.----The Board then went on to discuss potential litigation,
employment history, appointment of a Board of Appeals member (resolution 30
appointing Maureen Ostermann as placed on the agenda}, and appointment of a Town
Attorney (no action was taken, and will be placed on the April 1st work session
agenda).
4:05 P.M. The Town Board continued the discussion items: A resolution [31) was
placed on the regular meeting agenda to support legislation increasing the number
of Commissioners of the Fishers Island Garbage and Refuse District from three to
five.----A proposed change in the Lot Creation Law was referred to the Code
Committee.----A request from the North Fork Animal Welfare League to use the gas
pumps at the police station and reimburse the Town was denied.- .... A proposed
"Local Law in Relation to .Light Industry (LI) and Light industry Office (L10) Zone
Uses" was referred to the Town and County Planning Departments for
recommendations.----The proposal of Councilwoman Oliva of a possible moratorium
on cellular towers was referred to the Code Committee to determine what action the
Town can take with regard to towers.
4:15 P.M. The Town Board reviewed the resolutions to be voted on at the 4:30
P.M. Regular Meeting.
4:20 P.M. - Work Session adjourned.
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REGULAR MEETING
A Regular Meeting] of the Southold Town Board was held on March
18, 1997, at the Southold Town Hall, Main Road, Southold, New York.
Supervisor Cochran opened the meeting at 4:30 P.M. with the Pledge of
Allegiance to the Flag.
Present:
Supervisor Jean W. Cochran
Councilwoman Alice J. Hussie
Councilman Joseph L. Townsend, Jr.
Councilwoman Ruth D. Oliva
Justice Louisa P. Evans
Councilman William D. Moore
Town Clerk Judith T. Terry
Town Attorney Laury L. Dowd
SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: May I have a motion to approve the audit of the
bills for March 18, 19977
Moved by Councilwoman Oliva, seconded by Justice Evans, it was
RESOLVED the the following bills be and hereby are ordered paid:
General Fund Whole Town bills in the amount of $257,333.19; General Fund
Part Town bills in the amount of $9,051.47; Community Development Fund
bills in the amount of $9,370.00; Highway Fund Whole Town bills in the
amount of $1~,~/~7.05; Highway Fund Part Town bills in the amount of
$28,932,24; Ag Land Development Rights bills in the amount of $2,215.99;
Employee Health Benefit Plan bills in the amount of $30,26L~.04; Fishers
Island Ferry District bills in the amount of $51,777.36; Refuse & Garbage
District bills in the amount of $65,072.83; Southold Wastewater District
bills in the amount of $8,855.97; Fishers Island Sewer District bills in the
amount of $700.85; Southold Agency F, Trust bills in the amount of
$3,60~.26; Fishers Island Agency F, Trust bills in the amount of $129.~46.
Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Moore, Justice Evans,
CouncilWoman Oliva, Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussle,
Supervisor Cochran.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: Approval of the minutes of March L~, 1997, Town
Board meeting.
Moved by Justice EvanS, seconded by Councilwoman Hussie, it was
RESOLVED that the minutes of the the March L~, 1997, Town
meeting be and hereby are approved.
Board
COUNCILMAN MOORE: I would make a suggestion that we amend one
correction. I believe there was a reference on the very last page. I just
caught it in skimming. I was given credit for comments that ! think came
from Joe. They were good comments, but give credit where credit is due.
TOWN CLERK TERRY: Okay. We will check that out,
Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Moore, Justice Eva ns,
Councilwoman Oliva, Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie,
Supervisor Cochran,
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: Setting the date at the next Town Board meeting?
Moved by Councilwoman Hussie, seconded by Councilman Townsend, it was
RESOLVED that the next re~jular meetin~l of the Southold To.wn Board,
will be held at 7:30 P.M., Tuesday, April 1, 1997, at the Southold Town
Hall, Southoid, New York.
Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Moore, Justice Evans,
Councilwoman Oliva, Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie,
Supervisor Cochran.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
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I. REPORTS.
SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: As you know we have many reports from the
different departments, and boards within Town government, and they are
listed on your agenda. They are filed with the Town Clerk. If there are
any that you would like to see it is public information. We certainly would
like to share it with you.
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1997.
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1997.
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1997.
9.
Southold Town Clerk's Monthly Report for February, 1997.
Southold Town Planning Board Monthly Report for February, 1997.
Lawrence Healthcare Town Claim Study Analysis for February, 1997.
Lawrence Healthcare PBA Claim Study Analysis for February, 1997.
Southold Town Board of Trustees Monthly Report for February, 1997.
Southold Town Justice Evans' Monthly Court Report for February,
Southold Town Justice Price's Monthly Court Report for February,
Southold Town Recreation Department Monthly Report for February
Southold Town Historian's Annual Report for 1996.
10. Southold Town Police Department Monthly Report for February, 1997.
11. Southold Town Justice Bruer's Monthly Report for February, 1997.
12. Southold Town Investigator's Report for January/February, 1997.
II. PUBLIC NOTICES.
SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: There is only one public notice from the New
York State Department of Environmental Conservation in relation to the
Laundromat in Mattituck.
1. New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Notice of
Complete Application of Mattituck Laundromat to discharge wastewater into
groundwater from one outfall at 12250 Main Road, Mattituck. Written
comments to be received by April 18, 1997.
I!1. COMMUNICATIONS.
SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: We have received several letter from the public.
One is a letter complimenting Chief Conway on his handling of a particular
situation. Also there has been a time table change, which does not effect
our trains, because we only have two a day, from the President of the
railroad just informing us of the timetable change, and also a letter from
Lynne Richards, who as one of her businesses is East End Companion Care,
and she wanted to share some information with us. Those are also available.
1. Lynne Richards, East End Companion Care, Inc. in regard to her
commitment to service the community.
2. Edmund J. Baumann, Peconic, New York to Southold Town Police
Chief Conway expressing appreciation of the rapid response by the
Department.
3, Thomas F. Prendergast, President, Long Island Railroad, with
information on railroad schedule changes.
IV. PUBLIC HEARINGS.
1. 5:00 P.M., on the Acquisition of the Development Rights for
'Agricultural Lands of Gatz/McDowell and Young.
V. RESOLUTIONS.
SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: As you know the Town Board has a policy that we
ask before we start the resolutions, if there is anyone that would llke to
address the Town Board in relation to any of the resolutions, that are on
today's agenda, we would be very happy to entertain those comments at
this time. If not, also, at the end of the meeting we have time where you
may address the Board on Board business, things that are over and above
what is on the agenda. So, is there anyone that would tike to speak to the
Board in relation to any of the a§endas, we would be very happy to
entertain them now? (No response.) Hearing none, we will begin with the
passing of the resolutions.
MARCH 18, 1997
I.-RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby grants
permission to Supervisor Jean W. Cochran, Councilwoman Ruth D. Oliva,
Councilwoman Alice J. Hussle, Town Attorney Laury L. Dowd, Senior
Planner Valarie Scopaz, and Planner Melissa Spiro to attend a conference
sponsored by the U.S. EPA entitled, "Management and Protection of
Estuaries and Costal Waters", on April 29 & 30, 1997, at Port Jefferson,
N.Y., and the necessary expenses for travel and meals shall be a legal
charge to the Town Board, Town Attorney, and Planning Board 1997
budgets.
1 .-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Moore, Justice Evans,
Councilwoman Ollva, Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie,
Supervisor Cochran..
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: I would just like to bring your attention to the
fact, that in allowing people to attend this conference, which has a lot of
good material in it, and I think would be beneficial to the town, that we
will :be moving our Town Board meeting from that Tuesday to that Monday.
So, it would be 'Monday the 28th rather than Tuesday.
2.-Moved'by Councilwoman Oliva, seconded by Councilman Moore, It was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby directs
Lawrence Healthcare Administration Services, Inc. to pay the medical claim
of Ethel S. Grigonis, wt~ich claim was submitted by the provider more
than 90 day~ after service.
2. -Vote of the Town Board: A yes: Councilman Moore, Justice Evans,
Councilwoman Oliva. Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie,
Supervisor Cochran.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
3.-Moved by Councilwoman Hussie, seconded by Councilman Moore, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby modifies
the General Fund Part Town 1997 budget to cover a retiree's separation pay
and anticipated needs for the Building Department for the remainder of the
Year:
B.3620.1.100~200
Building Deparm~ent, P.S.
Full-time Overtime Earnings
$ 4,500.00
B.3620.1.100.300
Building Department, P.S.
Full-time Vacation Earnings
5,800.00
· B.3620.1.100.400
Building Department, P.S.
Full-t~me Sick Earnings
I0.425.00
From:
B.3620.1. I00. i00
Building Department, P.S.
Regular Full Time Earnings
20.725.00
Moore, Justice
Councilwoman
3.- Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Evans,
Councilwoman Ollva, Councilman Townsend, HussJe,
Supervisor Cochran.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
4.-Moved by Councilman Townsend, seconded by Councilwoman Oliva, 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 a combination dump body/spreader, mounted on a Town owned
cab and chassis, for the Higi~way Department.
4.- Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Moore, Justice Evans,
Councilwoman OlJva, Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hu~sJe.
Supervisor Cochran.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
5.rMoved by Councilman Moore, seconded by Councilwoman Oliva, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby appoints
Roxana Cruz as a part-time Clerk Typist at Police Headquarters,
effective immediately, at a salary of $6.82 per hour.
5.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Moore, Justice Evans,
Councilwoman Oliva, Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussle,
Supervisor Cochran.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
6.-Moved by Justice Evans, seconded by Councilwoman Hussie, it was
RESOLVED that the :Town Board of the Town of
Southold hereby
authorizes and directs Supervisor Jean W. Cochran to execute a Contract of
Sale between the Greenport-Southold Chamber of Commerce and the Town of
Southo d.,. whereby the TOwn agrees to purchase the tourist information
booth located on the north side of NYS Route 25, Greenport, N.Y., all in
accordance with the approval of the Town Attorney.
6.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Moore, Justice Evans,
Councilwoman Oliva, Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie,
Supervisor Cochran.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: I would just like to speak to this, and explain
this a ~little bit. We have two Chamber booths in the Town of Southold,
and the one in Mattituck the Town owns the building and the land. The one
in Greenport we own the land, but not the building, and the building was
given to .the Chamber many years ago, and it has caused a little conflict in
memberSh P, and through the North Fork Promotion Committee, who is
respons~ible for what, and who pays for what. We thought if we could get
them both on an even keel, and they should both be treated fairly by the
Town as far as the lease is concerned, or a contract, so this is what this
is attempting to do. We are going to be accepting the booth down in
Greenpor~t. it will become the Town's. Now, in addition to this we just
learned the end of last week, that we have received a $25,000 grant from
Empire State Corp., which the purpose of was to build a new Chamber
booth, so we are accepting the old one. We are going out to bid today for
the new one. The new one will be built right next to the old one, and as
that is completed, we're hoping before summer. If not the old one will stay
until the r~ew one is completed. It sounds a little confusing, but it is
not. We are going to end up with two Chamber booths that are almost
identical. We are using the same plans as we did in Mattituck. It's being
paid for by a grant. It will allow us to be supportive of both Chambers and
the North Fork Promotion Committee in a fair and equitable way. So, just
as a way of explanation.
7.-Moved by Councilwoman Oliva, seconded by Councilman Moore, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby
authorizes and directs Supervisor Jean W. Cochran to execute a Lease
Agreement between the Town of Southold and the North Fork Promotion
Council, Inc., whereby the Town leases to the Council the tourist
information building located on the north side of NYS Route 25,
Greenport, N.Y. for a period of one (1) year, with the term to be
automatically extended for successive one (1) year terms, effective March
18, 1997 through December 31, 1997, at a yearly rent of $1.00; said
agreement all in accordance with the approval of the Town Attorney.
7.- Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Moore, Justice Evans,
C.ouncilwoma n Oliva, Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie,
Supervisor Cochran.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
8.-Moved by Councilwoman Hussie, seconded by Councilwoman Oliva, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby releases
the $20,000.00 performance bond for the major subdivision Angel Shores, all
in accordance with the recommendation of the Southold Town Planning Board
who advises the Town Board that all improvements have been completed in a
satisfactory manner.
8.- Vote 0f the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva,
Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Supervisor Cochran. Abstain:
Councilman Moore.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
9.-Moved by Justice Evans, seconded by Councilwoman Oliva, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby
authorizes and directs the Town Clerk to advertise for bids for 150,000
square yards, more or less as may be needed, of Polymer Modified
Emulsified Asphalt Pavement Course (Type II Micro-Surfacing) for the
Highway Department.
9.- Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Moore, Justice Evans,
Councilwoman Oliva, Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie,
Supervisor Cochran.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
10.-Moved by COUncilman Townsend, seconded by Justice Evans, 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 and application of Bituminous Surface Treatment RC-'250 Liquid
Asphalt (Oll & Recycled Stone) for the Highway Department.
10.- Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Moore, Justice Evans,
Councilwoman Oliva, Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie,
Supervisor Cochran.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
11 .-Moved by Councilwoman Oliva, seconded by Councilwoman Hussie, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby
authorizes an advance fee check in the amount of $40.00 to allow Recreation
Supervisor. Kenneth Reeves to attend the 9th Annual Long Island Leisure
Services Association's spring conference to be held on April 18, 1997 at the
Huntington Hilton Hotel; said charge to be made to A7020r.4.600.200,
Recreation Administration, Meetings E. Seminars, check made payable to
LI LSA.
11,-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Moore, Justice Evans,
Councilwoman Oliva, Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie,
Supervisor COchran.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
12.-Moved by Councilwoman Hussie, seconded by Justice Evans, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby
authorizes and directs the Town Clerk to advertise for bids to construct
three (3) tennis courts at the Robert W. Tasker Memorial Park, Peconic
Lane, Peconic, N.Y.
12.- Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Moore, Justice Evans,
Councilwoman Oliva, Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie,
Supervisor Cochran.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
COUNCILMAN TOWNSEND: I think it is a conflict of interest, because
Councilwoman Hussie plays tennis every day.
SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: You still play tennis, also.
COUNCILMAN TOWNSEND: I try.
SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: Then we will make sure neither one of you use
these courts. We leave them for the public.
13.-Moved by Councilwoman Oliva, seconded by Justice Evans, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby
"authorizes and directs the Town Clerk to advertise for bids to construct a
new tourist information building, to replace the existing one, at the S.
Wentworth Borton Memorial Park, NYS Route 25, Greenport, N.Y.
13.- Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Moore, Justice Evans,
Councilwoman Oliva, Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie,
Supervisor Cochran.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
14.-Moved by Councilman Townsend, seconded by Councilwoman Oliva,
WHEREAS, the Town Board has reviewed the New York State designated
coastal area boundary and found that it is 'nappropriate with regard to the
Town's local waterfront conditions and the goals and objects of the Town of
Southold Local Waterfront Revitalization Program; now, therefore, be it
MARC. 18, 1997
SUPER, VISOR
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tea s lng.
RESOLVED that the Town Board hereby seeks approval from the New
York State Department of State to amend the coastal boundary to include
the whole of ire Town of Southold; and be it
FURTHER Ri 5OLVED that the Town Board hereoy directs the Southold
Town Plannin, Board to prepare the contents of the Town of Southold Local
Waterfront Re' 'italization Program to reflect the proposed boundary change.
COUNCILWOMIN OLIVA: Most of the Town is in the coastal section of our
Local Waterfront Revitalization Program, and there was a just a very slim
sliver of farmland that was never included. Our friends of the Department
of State thought it would be a very good idea, and appropriate for the
Town to incl~de all the areas, because of the series of rants that
coming u from th g are
L ., P.. ., e Bond Act, that we would be able to apply to, and
oesl~es ami tl~e water flows either north or south, and it reflect-s the
watershed area~, and ~ncludes the farmland, so t just made sense to include
the whole towr~. I think it is a very worthwhile thing.
COUNCILMAN TOWNSEND: It seems arbitrary to make a definition of the
coa.s, tal zone ~here it was under the original proposal. The upland is
similarly relat.~d to the coast. In fact, most people think of Long Island
being a coast in it's entirety. Insurance companies do.
OCHRAN: So, we are all now a part of the coast. We will
es, because you are now on the waterfront. I am only
14.-Vote of the
Councilwoman
Supervisor
This resolution
----J. 7. - Vote of the
Councilwoman
Supervisor Cocht
This resolution
Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Moore, Justice Evans,
O'
hva, Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie,
~ran.
was duly ADOPTED.
tS.-Moved by Court ilman Moore, seconded by Councilwoman Hussie, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby accepts,
with regret, tl~e resignation of Robert A. Villa, member of the Southold
Town Board of Appeals, effective March 1~, 1997.
t 5. - Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Moore. Justice Evans,
Councilwoman Oliva, Councilman Townsend Councilwoman Hussie,
Supervisor Coc~ ran. '
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
16.-Moved by Justic Evans, seconded by Councilwoman Hussie, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby grants
permission to I sposal Site Employees James Douglass and Michael Caprise
to attend the I ERMA Long Island Regional Loss Control Meeting on Verbal
Judo or Tacti, al Communication, at Hauppauge, New York, from 11:30
A.M. to 1:30 P M., Wednesday, March 12, 1997, and the necessary expense
for travel shall be a legal charge to the Solid Waste Management District
1997 budget.
16. - Vote of the ¥own Board: Ayes: Councilman Moore, Justice Evans,
Councilwoman Oliva, Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie,
Supervisor CochFan.
This resolution. ~as duly ADOPTED.
17--'MoVed by Justlc_~ Evans, seconded by Councilwoman Hussie,
RESOLVED thal~ the Town BoarcJ of the Town of it was
authorizes an increase in the hours of work of the Human Southold hereby
Resources Center
Van Driver, 'homa s Niel sen, and Lauren Cu ndiff, to 17- I/2 hours
per week, at t;6.I~6 per hour, to permit them to pick up Day Care
participants for :he Senior Adult Day Care Program.
-own Board: Ayes: Councilman Moore, Justice Evans,
31ira, Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie
as duly ADOPTED.
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MARCH 18, 1997
18.-Moved by Councilwoman Oliva, seconded by Councilwoman Hussie, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby modifies
the General Fund Whole Town, Programs for the Aging 1997 budget as
follows:
F rom:
A.6772.4.600.40
To:
A.6772.~.200'. 100
Fr°m:
~------~72.4. 400. 650
To;
A.6771.L~.100.50
18. -Vote of the Town Board: Ayes:
CouncilWoman Oliva, Councilman
Supervisor Cochran.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED,
Postage
Telephone
Vehicle Maintenance & Repair
Motor Vehicle Parts & Supplies
Councilman
Townsend,
$ 35.70
$ 35.70
$ 800.00
$ 800.. 00
Moore, Justice
Councilw0ma n
Evans
Hussie.
19.-Moved by Councilwoman Hussie, seconded by Councilman Moore, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby grants
permission to Senior Citizen Aide II Carol Betty to implement the Support
Group Enhancement Aide Program, as well as the evaluation component for
the remainder of 1997, for 5 hours per week, at a salary of $7.50 per
hour, to paid from the Alzheimer's Association $1,500.00 grant received by
the Southold Town Human Services, Adult Day Care Program.
19.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Moore, Justice Evans,
Councilwoman Oliva, Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie,
Supervisor Cochran.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
20.-Moved by Councilman Moore, seconded by Councilwoman Hussie, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby grants
permission to Site Plan Reviewer Robert Kassner to attend a Marina Best
Management Practices Demonstration Workshop on Shelter Island, N.Y., on
Wednesday, April 2, 1997, and the necessary expense for travel and meal
shall be a legal charge to the Planning Board's t997 budget.
20. -Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Moore, Justice Evans,
Councilwoman Oliva, Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie,
Supervisor Cochran. ~
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
2t .-Moved by Councilwoman Oliva, seconded by Councilman Townsend, it was
RESOLVED that pursuant to Article IX of the Constitution, the Town
Board of the Town of Southold requests the enactment of Senate bill No.
S.3062 and Assembly bill No. A.5117, entitled "AN ACT to amend chapter
246 of the laws of 1916 relating to the extermination of mosquitos and the
establishment of districts therefor, in relation to authorization for the
amount of the annual appropriation by the Town of Southold for the Orient
Mosquito District". It is hereby declared that a necessity exists for the
enactment of such legislation, whereas the Town Board does not have the
power to enact such legislation by local law.
COUNCILWOMAN OLIVA: By the way, Orient has the only mosquito district
in the State of New York.
SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: Do you have a~ many mosquitos as you used to?
COUNCILWOMAN OLIVA: Yes, we still do.
SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: I was wondering if the problem ever essens, or
if it stays the same through the years?
COUNCILWOMAN OLIVA: No, you hear the people say they get the marsh
mosquitos.
21. -Vote of the Town Boa rd: Ayes:
Councilwoman Oliva, Councilman
Supervisor Cochran.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
Councilman Moore, Justice Evans,
Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie,
22.-Moved by Justice Evans, seconded by Councilwoman Hussie, it was
RESOLVED that the application of Peter Foster for permission to
temporarily locate a single family house trailer on the property of James
Foster, 3875 Main Bayview Road, Southold, N.Y., while he reconstructs
his home, on an adjoining parcel, which was damaged by fire, be and
hereby is granted for a four month period, effective immediately through
July 18, 1997.
22. -Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Moore, Justice Evans,
Councilwoman Oiiva, Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie,
Supervisor Cochran.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: This is a gentleman who lost his home to fire just
recently, and he is being allowed to have a trailer, while his new home is
being constructed. Just a way of an explanation.
23.-Moved by Councilwoman Hussie, seconded by Councilwoman Olivar is was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby allocates
$2,000.00 in 1997 Grant Program funds to tt~e Summer Showcase Concert
Series of Southold, Inc.
23.-Vote,: of- the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Moore, Justice Evans,
Councilwoman Oliva, Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie,
Supervisor Cochran.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
24.-Moved by Councilman Moore, seconded by Councilman Townsend, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby
reappoints the following individuals to the Southold Town Transportation
Committee, effective April 5, 1997 through April 5, 1999, they to serve
without compensation:
Neboysha Brashich, Chairperson
Margaret Brown
Victor Brown
Barbara Michelson
Robert W. Brown (Christa Brown - alternate)
Dwayne Early
J; Bernard Jacobson
Glynis M. Berry
Frank A. Field
24.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Moore, Justice Evans,
Councilwoman ~rOllva, Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie,
Supervisor Cochran.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
25.-Moved by Councilwoman Oliva, seconded by Justice Evans, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby
reappoints the following individuals to the Southold Town Landmark
Preservation Commission, effective April 5, 1997 through April 5, 1999,
they to serve without compensation: John A. Stack, Deborah Winsor,
Erich Haesche.
25. -Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Moore, Justice Evans,
Councilwoman Oliva, Councilman Townsend. Councilwoman Hussle,
Supervisor Cochran.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
26.-Moved by Councilman Moore, seconded by Councilwoman Oliva, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby waives
the Landfill Tipping fees for Community Pride projects only.
26.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Moore, Justice Evans,
Councilwoman Oliva, Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie,
Supervisor Cochran.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
COUNCILWOMAN HUSSIE: I was on the brink of this thing, and I am sure
that Jean is going to explain it. We have had requests before for people
who want to do things, and waive the landfill tipping fee, and we have
always said, no, but in this instance with all the guidelines that the
Supervisor has, I think it is going to be okay, so I am voting, yes.
4~ ~ MARCH 18, 1997
SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: As you know we have been promoting the project
of Community Pride, which relates to vandalism, and the graffiti, and the
litter within Southold Town. We have been having hamlet meetings. We have
been to East Marion. We have been to Orient. We have been to Greenport.
We have been to Southold. Our next stop, I believe, is Cutchogue, and
New Suffolk, and then on to Mattituck. Peconic, also, comes in there. Many
of the projects are clean-up along the highways, which are the Town
right-of-ways, so basically they are cleaning up on our property, and if we
can have young people, Greenport is going to be doing a complete
clean-up, the Boy Scouts, and the Youth Activities Group. I know one of
the ideas down in Greenport was that the three Student Councils within the
towns, maybe they can have some friendly competition by seeing which
school can pick up the most Fitter, and so on, and so forth. These people,
and these programs, that are being developed, and not lust for now' but
throughout 1he remainder of the year. They may plan to do
the fall. They may plan to do a program at the holiday time, er they may
plan to do someth!ng now. Everything from business people going out and
sweeping their sidewalks, and hanging the flag, to adopting roads, to
adopting parks,,:'tO 'doi'ng clean-up. People are very anti, used' ab0ut :it.
They are coming forward with projects. Cutchogue Chamber
adopt:i:ng a road, or a park, or something. I don't remember
and all Of this adds to our quality of life, because it is a visual
improvement to each little hamlet and community, so we felt it _was only~ fair
that any of the volunteers that are going to be involved in Clean-up, be it
either a road or a beach, should be able to bring that littler into the
landfill at no charge, so this all a part of our program.
27.- Moved by Justice Evans, seconded by Councilwoman Oliva, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby approves
and adopts the Board of Ethics' Transactional Disclosure Form (Recusal),
pursuant to Chapter 10 of the Code of the Town of Southold.
27 .- Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Moore, Justice Evans,
Councilwoman Oliva, Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie,
Supervisor Cochran.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
COUNCILMAN TOWNSEND: I would like to elaborate at that. You may
have heard us from time to time recuse ourselves when there is a conflict of
interest. This is a form that we will be writing down the re~son for our
recusal. In other words, whether it is a monetary conflict or a relationship
to the individual of some sort, and the Board of Ethics has spent a fair
amount of time developing this.
28.-Moved by Councilwoman Oliva, seconded by Councilman Moore, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby accepts
the proposal of Waste Recycling Solutions, Inc., Riverhead, N.Y., in the
total amount of $3,1~50.00 for the removal and transportation of the
pre-treatment grit and rocks that have accumulated in the equalization
tanks at the Southold Scavenger Waste Treatment Plant, Greenport, N.Y.,
all in accordance with the proposal dated March 11, 1997.
28. - Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Moore, Justice Evans,
Councilwoman Ollva, Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie,
Supervisor Cochran.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
29.-Moved by Councilman Moore, seconded by Councilwoman Hussie, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby
authorizes the following modification to the General Fund Whole Town 1997
Budget to appropriate Park & Recreation funds for the Goose Creek Beach
improvements:
To:
Revenues:
A.2025.00 $ 12,q00.00
Appropriations:
A.7110.2. 500.350 $ 12, ~t00.00
Special Recreation Facilities
Parks, Capital Outlay
Beach Improvements
COUNCILMAN MOORE: This money comes from existing funds, that are
paid into Parks 'Recreation subdivision fees, not through your tax dollars,
but through developers who pay into the funds, So, the improvements down
in Goose Creek are going to be coming from that money.
29. -Vote of the Town Board: Ayes:
Councilwoman Oliva, Councilman
Supervisor Cochran.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
Councilman Moore, Justice Evans,
Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie,
30.-Moved by Councilman Hussie, seconded by Councilman Moore, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby appoints
Maureen C. Ostermann as a member of the Southold Town Board of
Appeals to fill the unexpired term of 'Robert A. Villa to December 31, 2000.
30 .- Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Moore, Justice Evans,
Councilwoman Oliva, Councilwoman Hussie, Supervisor Cochran. No:
Councilman Townsend.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
COUNCILMAN TOWNSEND: I am going to vote, no, and it's not because I
don't appreciate Ms. Ostermann. She has many, many outstanding
qualities, and we are all very impressed with it. However, there was
another applicant, Martin Trent, who has applied for this Board, and other
Boards for some time, who I think has paid his dues, and is imminently well
qualified. It is with no disrespect to Mrs. Ostermann. I vote, no. I am
sure that we will work well together, but I just feel that Marty de§erves
this appointment, and I'm going to vote no.
COUNCILWOMAN HUSSIE: Adding on to that, just for a minute. For those
of you who wonder how we could have accepted the resignation of a Board
member, and then immediately just turning around on a dime, appoint
somebody else, I would like to let everyone know that this choice was made
from a interview session that we did about a month ago, so we felt that
these recent applicants for the job were still viable, and choose therefrom.
31.-Moved by Justice Evans, seconded by Councilwoman Hussie, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold has no objection
to the submission of proposed legislation to the New York State Senate and
New York State Assembly by the Fishers Island Garbage and Refuse District
to amend Chapter 368 of the Laws of 2953 by increasing the number of
Commissioners of the Fishers Island Garbage and Refuse District from three
to five.
31. - Vote of the Town Board: A yes: Councilman Moore, Justice Evans,
Councilwoman Oliva, Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie,
Supervisor Cochran.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
COUNCILMAN TOWNSEND: We are going to hold Number 32 pending the
hearing, but there is an item 33, that didn't make your agenda because this
meeting was so full with discussion items, and a variety of other things,
that we were discussing this ten minutes before this meeting. It is
important to me to get it on the agenda, because it is part of some changes
to the uses in commercial zones that we have been working on for a couple
of years, and this one is ready to go, and ~ didn't want to wait any longer
to have it printed on the agenda.
33.-Moved by Councilman Townsend, seconded by Councilwoman Oliva,
WI-Il:Ri:AS, there was presented to the Town Board of the Town of
Southold, on the 18th day of March, 1997, a Local Law entitled, "A Local
Law in Relation to Ligt~t Industrial (LI) and Light Industrial Office
(LIO) Zone Uses"; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED that the Town Board hereby authorizes and directs the Town
Clerk to transmit this Local law to the Southold Town Planning Board and
the Suffolk County Department of Planning for their recommendations and
reports, all in accordance with the Southold Town Code and the Suffolk
County Charter. Said Local law reads as follows:
MARCH 18, 1997
A Local Law in Relation to Light Industrial (LI} and Light Industrial Office
(LIP) Zone Uses
BE IT ENACTED, by the Town Board of the Town of Southotd as follows:
I. Chapter 100 (Zoning) of the Code of the Town of Southold is hereby
amended as follows:
1. Section 100-13 (E)efinitions) is hereby amended as follows:
'AUTO REPAIR SHOP -A use involvinq the adiustment, oaintinq,
replacement of parts or other repair or restoration of motor vehicles
rot commercial purposes.
FOOD CATERING FACILITY - A Iood oreparation ooeration
that prepares food for consumption at a specific off-site location a nd/or
event distinct from the restaurant trade.
FOOD PROCESSING FACIL "FY - A wholesale operation where
food is processed from a raw or semi-orocessed state to a finished
product suitable for resale at retail outlets or to restaurants. A food
processinq facility shall not include an outlet store, whether
accessory or principal.
GOLF COURSE. STANDARD REGULATION - A qolfing
facility ooen to the .qeneral public for a play qreens fee. which
is at least 125 contiquous acres of property and contains a
re.qulation eiqhteen (18) hole_.qolf course. The followinq accessory
uses may be included providinq sufficient land is available:
practice tees for instruction purposes, pro shop and school, drivingl
range, snack bar or restaurant caterinq and ban_quet facilities, c, lu~
houses, course offices, vehicle maintenance shed, employee,
facilities, locker rooms and showers, swimminq pool and tennis courts.
LIGHT INDUSTRIAL USES - are uses which involve fabrication.
reshapinq, reworkinq, assembly or cornbininq of products from
previously prepared materials and which do riot involve the synthesis
of chemical or chemical products other than for pharmaceutical or
research purposes or the processing of any raw materials except
agricultural raw materials. Such uses rrlay_ include industrial operations
such as electronic, machine parts and small component assembly, as
opposed to heavy industrial operations such as automobile assembly or
millinq activities.
RECREATIONAL FACILITIES - recreational uses characterized by
predominately outdoor activities by patrons, includinq but not limited to
stables and ridinq academies, regulation .qotf courses and golf related
activities, tennis and racquet sport clubs, platform sports, baseball
batting and oitchinq caqes and swimminq pool facilities. It shall not
include such activities as racinq, iai-alai and amusements parks.
2. Section 100-131 (Use Regulations in the LIP Zone) is amended as
follows:
A. Permitted Uses. The following uses are permitted uses and,
except for those uses permitted under Subsection A(I ) hereof.
are subject to site plan approval by [he Planning Board:
MARCH 18, 1997
4i9
t. The aqriculturat operations and accessory uses including
irnqation, the raising of field and garden crops, vineyard and
orchard farming, the maintenance of nurseries and the seasonal
sale of products grown on the premises, the keepinq, breedin.q,
raising and trainmq of horses domestic animals and fowl. barns,
storaqe buildin.qs, qree nhouses and other related structures to the
same extent and subiect to the same conditions allowed in the
AC zone.
2. BuitdinglS. structures and uses owned or ouerated by the Town
of Southold. school districts, park districts and fire districts.
3. Wholesale businesses, warehouses and buildinq material
storac]e and sale. but excludiDq storaFle of coal. COke, fuel oil
or iunk..
4. Buildin¢l, electrical .and_plurnbinq contractors' businesses or
yards,
5. Cold storaqe olants, baki~nq and other food processinq and
packa~qin.q plants that are not offensive, obnoxious or detrimental
to nei.qhborin.q use_s by reason of dust. smoke, vibration, noise,
odor or effluent.
6. Office buildings for businesses, governmental and professional
uses, including administrative training, data processing,
publication, financial and sales offices.
7. Telephone exchanges.
8. Wineries as regulated by §100-101A(11).
9. Tourist camp.
10. Recreational facilities Which meet the followinq conditions:
la) Minimum parcel size shall be three (3) acres.
lb) There shall be three_~3_), acres for each use.
1 t. Standard regulation .qolf course.
12. Food catering_f_a_cilit_y=
13. Machine and e_quil~_ment workshoP._
14. Boat buildinq, boat servicinq and boat storaq_e facilities.
excludinq retail sales of boats and accessories.
t5; Light industrial uses, sg_biect to the following conditions:
la) No such process or ooeration shall involve the
handlinq, storacLe or discharge of explosives or
permit upon the premises any virus or other type
of infectious or.qanisms identified with diseases
of animals or humans.
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(b) No offensive noises, qases, fumes, smoke, odors,
dust. effluent or vibrations shall emanate from such
use and no waste products shall be dischar.qed
therefrOm of a character to create a nuisance or to be
injurious to health or to ne.q_atively impact ¢]rgundwater.
(c) Such processes shall involve [he use of only oil.
¢!as or electricity for fuel.
t6. PrintinFl and publishinq ofants.
B. Uses permitted by special exception of the Board of Appeals.
The following uses are permiti:ed as a special exception by the
Board of Appeals as hereinafter provided, subject to site plan
approval by the Planning Board
1. Research. desig. D_or development laboratories, provided
that any manufacturinc~ shall be limited to prototype and
products for testinq.
2. Laundry or dry-cleaning_Elan_ts, subject to the followinq
conditions:
(a) All processes and storage shall be carried on
within an enclosed buildinq.
(b) all fluids used in processinq shall be recycled,
and the overall facility shall be designed, located
and operated to [}rotect sudace waters and the
,qroundwater reservoir from pollution.
$~-Drmking-es(ablishment-s.
5. Conference facilities, subject to the following conditions:
(a) Where rooms are provided for conference
attendees, said rooms are permitted as set forth
and regulated by §100-61 Bt4) of the Resort
Residential (RR) District.
6. Public utility structures and uses
7. P~r4~l-ing er-pubtishing,~¢fan~s:
8. Truck or bus terminals (garages, parking facilities, loading
docks, etc.).
9, Food processing and packaging plants, not including fish
processing plants.
10. Wb, elesale-and-retail.~sale$-ar~d Repair of boats and marine
items.
11. Beat-building~-beat-ser~4ging-ar~d--beat-~er-age4aeili-~e~
12, Res~aurant~.
13, Sauefkrau~anufa6~u~i~g-i~ta~s~
14. Basic Utility Slage II airport, subiect to the following conditions:
(a) Minimum parcel size shall.be one hundred (100) acres.
3. Section 100-141 (Use Regulations in ti~e Lt Zone) is amended as
follows: ~
In the LI District, no building or premises shall be used and no building or
part of a building shall be erected or altered which is arranged, intended
or designed to be used. in whole Or in part, for any purpose except the
following:
A, Permitted uses. The following uses are permitted uses and.
except for those uses permitted under Subsection At1 ) and
Subsection At2) hereof, are subject lo site plan approval by the
Planning Board:
1, The aqricultural operations and accessory uses
includin.q irri~qation, the raising of field and qarden crops.
vineyard and orchard farminq, the maintenance of
nurseries and the seasonal sale of products .qrown on
the premises, the keepingh breedin.q, raisin.q and trainin.q
of horses, domestic animals and fowl, barns, stora.cLe_
buildinqs, qreenhouses and other related structures
to the same extent and sUbject to the same conditions
allowed in the AC zone.
2. Buildinqs, structures and uses owned or operated by
the Town of Southold, school districts, park districts and
fire districts.
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3. Wholesale businesses, warehouses and buildinq
material storaqe an~t sale, but exdudinq storaqe of
coal; coke, fuel oil or iunk.
4. Eluildinq, electrical and plumbinq contractor's
businesses or yards,.
5. Cold storaoe plants, bakJnFI and other food processinq
and packa.qing plants that are not offensive, obnoxious
or detrimenlal fo neiphboring uses by reason of dust.
smoke, vibration, noise, odor or effluent.
6. Office buildinqs for businesses..qovernmental and
professional uses. including administrative traininq,
data processinq, publication, financial and sales offices.
7. Telephone exchanqes.
8_.. Wineries as regulated by §100-101 A911 ).
9. Auto.repair sho~
10. Re[~air shop (not includinq auto and marine/.
11. Custom workshop=
12. Machine and equ_Loment workshop_.
13. Liqhtindustrialuses.
I4. PublishincL~n_q plants.
15. Boat buitdinq, servicin_q_and s[oraq_e_, excludinq wholesale and
retail sales of boats and accessories.
B. Uses permitted by special exception of the Board of Appeals. The
following uses are permitted as a special exception by the Board of
Appeals as hereinafter provided and subject to site plan approval by
the Planning Board:
1. Research, desi.qn or development laboratories,
provided that any manufacturinq shall be limited to
prototypes and products for testincL
2. Laundry or dry-cleaninq plants, subject to the_
followinq conditions:
(a) All proqesses and storag.e._ shall be
carried on within an enclosed buildinq.
(b) All fluids used in processinq shall be
recycled, and the overall facility shall be
desi.qned, located and _o_.perated (o protect
surface waters and the ~ roundwater
from pollution.
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3. Dr kqking-es~blishme~qt-s:.
4. Liqht industrial uses, subject to the followinq conditions:
(a) No such process or operation shall involve
the handlinfb stora_.qe or discharqe of explosives
or permit upon the premises any virus or other
type of infectious organisms identified with
diseases of animals or humans.
(b) No offensive noises, qases, fumes, smoke,
odors, dust, effluent or vibrations shall emanate
from such use and no waste products shall be
discharqed therefrom of a character to create
a nuisance or to be iniunous to health or to
ne.qativelv impact .qroundwater.
Such processes shall involve the use of only oil.
.qas or electricity for fuel.
Conference facilities, su_~iect to the followin~ conditions:
Where rooms are provided for conference
attendees, said rooms are permitted as set
forth and requlated by §100-61B(4) of the
Resort. Residential~RR} District.
6. Public utility structures and uses.
7'. P¢i~qt-i~g-~r-F~U blishing-F4 an~
8. Truck or bus terminals (¢laraqes, parkin.q facilities,
[oadin.q docks, etc.)
9. Food processin.q and p_ackaflinFI plants, not includinq
fish orocessinq plants.
10.. W~eleeale-and-r-etail-sales-and Reoair of boats and
marine items.
1 1. BeaFbuil~tin~-beat-secvi6ing-ar-~l.-beat-st~er~age
~~61uding-Felaiksales-ef-beats on,La cceco~,e~ie,~.
12. Rest-auran~:
13. Sauerkrau~Lma~ufa6~uring-plan(s:
* Underline represents additions
Strikethrough represents deletion
33. -Vote of the Town Board: Ayes:
Councilwoman Oliva. Councilman
Supervisor Cochran.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
Cotmcilman Moore, Justice
Townsend, Councilwoman
Evans~
Hussie,
SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: May we have a motion to recess for the hearing?
Moved by Councilman Townsend, seconded by Councilwoman Oliva, it was
RESOLVED that a recess be called at this time, 5:00 P.M., for the
purpose of holding a public hearing.
Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Moore, Justice Evans,
Councilwoman Oliva, Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie,
Supervisor Cochran.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
Meeting reconvened at 5:03 P.M.
32.-Moved by Councilwoman Oliva, seconded by Councilwoman Hussie,
WHEREAS, the Town Board of the Town of Southold wishes to purchase
the development rights in the agricultural lands of (1) Walter Gatz
George McDowelt, and (2) Cecil & Marion Young; and
WHEREAS, the Town Board held a public hearing with respect to said
acquisitions on the 18th day of March, 1997, pursuant to the provisions
of the SOuthold Town Code; and
WHEREAS, the Town Board deems it in the public interest that the Town
of Southold acquire the development rights in the agricultural lands set
forth in the proposed acquisition between the Town and (1) Walter Gatz
George McDowell, and (2) Cecil F, Marion Young; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED that the Town Board hereby elects to purchase the
development rights in the aforesaid agricultural lands owned by Walter
Gatz & George McDowell, comprising approximately 30 acres, at a sale
price of $180,000; said property located at 86~I0 Oregon Road, Cutchogue,
N.Y., Suffolk County Tax Map No. 1000-95-~-14-1; and the aforesaid
agricultural lands of Cecil & Marion Young, comprising approximately 12.9
acres, at a sale price of $1011,000; said property located at Route 25,
Laurel, N.Y., Suffolk County Tax Map No. 1000-125-1-6.1; and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED that the Town Clerk be and she hereby is
authorized and directed to give notice of such acceptance to (1) Walter
Gatz & George McDowell, and (2) Cecil ~. Marion Young; and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED that the Supervisor be and hereby is authorized
and dlrected to execute any and all required documents for the acquisition
of said development rights.
32. -Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Moore, J ustlce Evans,
Councilwoman Oliva, Councilman Townsend, Councilwom.an Hussie,
Supervisor Cochran.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: Mr. Gold, if you are planning on leaving, I
would like to express the appreciation of the Board for the work that your
committee does, and were delighted on Friday when we got word that we
were receiving a grant in the amount of $165,000 from the Department of
Agriculture and Markets for purchase of additional farmland development
rights. So, we are absolutely delighted, and please pass on to the
committee, we thank them for the work that they are doing.
JOSEPH GOLD: One of the reasons the Town was given that grant in
addition to the many hours of work we put in putting that proposal
together was, that this town does have an active preservation program, and
some of our neighboring towns lost out on grants, because they don't have
a current farm issue. They don't bare programs that qualify the way we
do, so it helps us greatly.
SUPERVISOR COCHRAN.: It's $500,000 this year. and they split it between
Southold, East Hampton, and Southampton, but in the same phone
conversation the gentleman told me that there will be Sit,000,000 available
next year, so you know what you have to do. Be on your toes. Thank
you. Is there anyone who would like to address the Town Board at this
time?
HOWARD MEINKE: My name is Howard Meinke. I am speaking for the
North Fork Environmental Council. We have been concerned about the lack
of a formal planning document for the activities of the approach that the
town takes on all it's business for quite some time, and we've been in the
newspapers with Pat Murray also. Now, we see that the School Board in
Mattituck, Cutchogue, and Southold have voted to pass sizable bond issues
for new construction, which certainly are at least partially tied to
antlclpated enrollment increases, and we see the Riverhead Town Board and
P.lann|ng Board full of applications for large scale commercial roads, and
whereas we don't all hold these developers ~n the highest regard to do
things, they get advice from the right people, and they are not planning
all this commerclal development, if they weren't planning on growth in the
area where they want to do this, and ! think when they put in their stuff
it accelerates the growth. Now, I know when we talk to you, Jean and the
Board, and spoke of our interest in getting tine Southold Town Stewardship
Task Force Report adopted as this planning document. I think it speaks to,
philosophically, many of the things that we want. We, also, know that you
acted, whether up front or not, we have no way of knowing, but you
certainly, we think, did the right thing, and handed copies to the Town
Board to study, which I assume is a preliminary to taking it up with some
kind of action. We are just interested, is there a schedule on when this
action would start? We are anxious.
SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: No, not yet. We had an awful lot of work coming
before the Town Board, and this certainly is no excuse, but there were at
least three items that we had to set aside today and hold for two weeks
from now, because the amount of work that is coming across our desk right
now. We are doing many ~things in relation to the Grantsmanshlp Committee.
We are trying to get some things in place. The Town Board did it's session
two weeks ago. We are looking at priorities, that would fit into applying
for the grants, but, also, what it does, it will force different departments
to begin to look at the priorities of the Town Board, and then go in that
direction. As soon as it's humanly possible to put it on the agenda we
certainly will.
HOWARD MEINKE: Thank you very much.
SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: Anyone else like to address the Town Board?
RON ECK: Supervisor Cochran, members of the Town Board, my name is
Ron Eck. I live on Peconic Lane in Peconic, and I have a few things that I
would like to say tonight. First of ali, Supervisor Cochran, you don't
remember me when we first met.
SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: Yes, I do. I invited you at the last meeting to
come in and see me. You still haven't come to see
RON ECK: No, ! didn't. I didn't mean that. When you first took office
you called me up. You dialed [t109, instead of 6109. You ordered a pizza
pie. If you would have come to me thirty years ago I could have made the
p~zza pie for you, and last weekend I was helping a man out. If you would
have called that number I would have delivered a pizza pie.
SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: I do remember.
RON ECK: Now, the reason why I come tonight, I did have a little trouble
after our last meeting with the Umbrella Corporation again. I believe it's
stralgl~tened out now. But, I come here tonight for one thing. I am
looking for the good, the bad, the ugly. What I am looking for is junk
cars, vans, or trucks, that should be removed from property, and what we
will give them, we will give them a receipt for the full value of that car.
Let's say a junkie wants to take it away for nothing, we will give you a
receipt for full value of that car, van or truck, that you can use on your
income tax next year. My number is 765-5109, and I do have a tape
machine, so if you hear somebody's strange voice, that just happens to be
the AT&T man.
SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: Ron, this is like a commercial. We really can't
do these things at a Town Board meeting. There are certain rules and
regulations with Cablevision and all that stuff.
RON ECK: I'm done with that, but I'm not here tonight to, how you would
say, try to vote for somebody, but let me put it this way, voting season is
coming up soon, and one vote does carry. One vote decided that Americans
could speak English rather German 'n 1776. One vote made Texas part of
the United States in 18115. One vote saved President Andrew Johnson from
being removed from office in 1868. So, one vote does count. That is all I
am asking for. Also, here is something to the public. Genetic strips are no
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longer available for one touch basin monitor for diabetics. They are not
making them anymore, and you have to use a new monitor pretty soon when
you can't get those strips. That came to me in the mail, and that's all 1
really have to say tonight.
SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: Thank you for the information, and please feel
free to call me, and come on in.
RON ECK: I aid hear from brother Georger and he is having his
supervisor of that division look into the matter.
SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: Okay. Thank you, Ron. Is there anyone else
who would like to address the Board? Mr. Carlin?
FRANK CARLIN: Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Sorry I couldn't
make your last Board meeting. I happened to be in Florida for a couple of
weeks. I wasn't working on the McDonald issue. I don't need much time to
prepare for that. But, my discussion tonight is on McDonalds. So be it. A
molehill 'becomes a mountain on the McDonald's issue once again, but this
time the drum beat is on the dri've-througt~ window. Let's give you some
facts here, once again using my three step method of logic, common sense,
and reasoning. To start with that area where McDonalds is Iocat, ed was
zoned for business to start with. Many a d. rive through in Southold, I
mentioned it at the last meeting. We have two right in the Mattituck
shopping center. I don't want to repeat myself all the time here. You have
two in Mattituck. We have all the way through Southold town. In fact, the
one over here in North Fork enters right out on Main Street. At least
McDonalds is out of the village. As far as McDonalds being a traffic
disaster my record report show that since McDonalds opened up in 1995 you
had one single car accident there. That was on the north side of the road
almost in front of the'Suffolk Times area there. So, that is no b~g deal
about saying it's a traffic hazard there, or anything else. As far as drive
through go actually we can consider that gas stations are drive-throughs.
But we all drive into a gas station, drive up to the pump, open the
window, fill'er up, pay the man the money, close the window, and drive
out. What is that if that isn't a drive-through'? I don't understand why
this has got to go this far again for this man to be able to put a
drive-through window up in a simple area like that. It doesn't mean beans
to anybody. In between Riverhead and Orient Point a distan~:e of thirty
mires we have only one pass through restaurant. Big deal, We are just
asking for a drive-through window for the convenience of some of our
senior citizens. (tape change) Ended up taking Southold Town to court
something before he could continue operating his business, because you
wanted to stop him from selling cars there. Let's suppose that the owner
of McDonalds decided to do the same thing. Now, here comes the extra
money being spent by the taxpayers for legal fees. That don't make no
sense to me. That's logical right there to me for a little simple
drive-through window. It doesn't mean nothing to anybody, or any harm to
anybody. I always wondered why their sign i's so small. The McDonalds
sign is so small, yet you look around town, and through the whole village,
and Southold Township you have signs that are twice as high ih height,
and in size, and yet this sign is so small. I don't understand that. Big
sign right in Mattituck village, the Hess station sign right on the corner.
Something is wrong here. Seems to me some people might want to open a
business here in Southold, if you are not on the right frequency, well, you
run into problems. I'll let you sort that one out. I know also in the
beginning McDonalds was denied a flagpole. I had to come before this
Board, and give reasons why they should have a flagpole. At the grand
opening that morning our former Supervisor Tom Wlckham went down and
handed Tony Reidecker a note authorizing him to install a flagpole.
'Unbelievable. Seems to me we have a double standard in this town. I want
to read you something right from the copy of this Suffolk Times dated
February 17, 199L~. Councilman Joe Townsend, can we just eliminate formula
restaurants? I don't think we can, but we can eliminate them by putting
them in an area where they can't go. Allowing them in a shopping center,
then you are providing an area for them to go. That reminds me of taking
a piece of cake~with one hand, and taking it back with another. Can you
imagine if somebody came in here, and wanted to put a fast food restaurant
in the A&P shopping center with two drive-through banks there already,
with the movies there, with AF, P, what the increase of traffic would have in
that area, and possible more increase in accidents? It don't make sense to
MARCH 18, 1997
me. I suppose they would be denied if they wanted to put a
drive-through, even though we have two of them [n there now. That
wouldn't surprise me whatsoever. House to house campaign you mentioned
the other day in the paper doesn't seem right. McDonald went to the house
to house campaign, well, don't we all campaign when we are running for
office? What is wrong with that? In fact, you, Joe Townsend, I remember
you back in 1986 when you held up a pair of shoes, that you wore out
walking around town campaigning. Remember that? When you lost to F~-ank
Murphy by 191 votes. Remember that?
COUNCILWOMAN OLIVA: It was '59, I think.
FRANK CARLIN: Anyway, there is nothing wrong with going from house to
house. We all do that when we are running for office. What's the big deal.
But, I'll tell you the vote was over 3,000 in favor, and only 508 are
against, it would seem that the shoe is on the other foot. Now, that's not
bad, 86.5%, 13.5 opposed. That sounds pretty good to me, but it's a shame
that this has to go this far. I mean it should have been allowed to stop.
There is no harm involved in this drive-through window. I see no big deal
here. it doesn't mean anything, and people drive in there anyway to take
out food. What difference does it make if they are not going to get out of
the car? it is not going to add any more difference whatsoever as far any
probler~,s go.. It's a drum beat here. I used to be a professional drummer,
and this h~s me beat by a mile. I couldn't keep up the beat with this
thing sometimes. Anyway, to size up everything, this does not mean the
end of the .word having a drive-through window at McDonalds. What it
does mean, in my opinion is, that Southold is taking one step forward for a
change entering the: 20th century, and like I said, I hope this doesn't
continue on. I hope a decision is made, and I hope it is in the Fight
direction, and to me it doesn't make no difference. It don't make a big
differe0ce having a drive-through there. There should have been one
autl~ori~zed before. It's one of nicest facilities in whole Southold -[town,
well and everyth.ng. Spent a lot of money doing extras to [~ave
that put up that fence. You didn't have to put up that
whole fence, around there for the neighbors, but he put it up there, He
spent ~oney to put that up there. He wasn't required t~o put that up there..
In fact ~ha;~ one tree there, that you see in front of his building, that red
short. ..tree ,there, is very experts ve, very expensive He is doin, g
everything .-he ca(n to satisfy everybody. I hope he can please~many of, the
people,; and! I hope that this will end in pleasant acceptable way. One morse
thing I wouild like to mention, Madame Supervisor, just finishing on this
issue, ,but YPU mentioned, I think it was resolution ~6, it got me back there
abbu~ ~the in~orma~tion center, and that you are taking over Greenport~s
inform~ition ~booth, and said you got a sum of $25,000, I want you to know
it is ) cost you more that $25,000 to put up a building there,
becaus )ne in Laurel there cost a lot more than $25,000 when it was
built, .iplus we used the Town Highway to put in the cesspools and Stuff,
and th~at was built way back in about the beginning 1980. It cost more
than $25,000. How much is the Town going to add for this?
SUPERV,ISOR. COCHRAN: Frank, I think if you recall, I was on the Town
Board .at the time, and I was Chairman of that committee that built that
Chamb&r booth, Building and' Grounds, and we brought it in around the
$25,00~ mark. Now, granted there are some in kind services that the Town
did' do, but we had to hook up to water, and everything else up there,
which this site already has the water. There are some places we were able
to see a savings, because of the water, and some of the things we are
going to try and get by and kind. We are hoping to keep it to this,
Frank. We are going to working very hard to keep it within these funds.
FRANK CARLIN
water in LaUrel.
You had to drill a well there. You didn't have Town
SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: Right. That was an added expense.
FRANK CARLIN: They had to put in the cesspools, and then they had to
take them out again, because they put them in wrong.
SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: I don't know about that. I don't recall.
428 MARC.
FRANK CARLIN: Then they put them back in again, and I thought it was
around $29,000 to complete that building there, but if you are saying it's
$25,000.
SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: That's our budget, and that's what hopefully we
will be able to do it for, is $25,000, because like I say, we figured iust
roughly that we would be able to save around the $~I,000 mark, because we
already have the water hooked up, and so forth, and lam not an architect,
and I am not a plumber, and I'm not an electrician, but from what I am
being told we hopefUlly will be able to do it.
FRANK CARLIN: I hope so, because things are really expensive. You start
out, .and then all of sudden it develops, the cost of electricity, and
whatever.
SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: We just sent out the bidS. We passed the
resolution, so we will see what they come back. They have the plans, the
same as that building, and hopefully they will come back within our price.
We will know at that time. Thank you, Frank. Is there anyone else who
would like to address the Town Board?
JAY GARGANII: Jay Gargani, Southold. You can tell by the way I
pronounce Southold, that I am a recent transplant from the west, and I
keep trying to correct it. You know, open vistas are great, and I am open
minded about it, but the Land Preservation Program seems to me that it has
grown in proportions, and it is virtually reaching to be a social science
bringing forth it's own vocabulary. We hear words like rurality, steadiness,
precious formula, and one wonders where it will all culminate. I believe at
the last meeting there was some mention made of the fact, that the
committee was being formed to establish a Capital Budget to bring forth
proper., funding .for long term projects. It would certainly seem that
S'om~thing like this would fit into it. All I am asking of course is that the
people who will be in this committee will put heavy emphasis on cooperation,
even on a CountyTwide basis, because even though i do not have familiarity
with the County government, it does appear that millions of dollars for
programs such as, this are involved there also, and I would hope that our
people would reach out aggressively on a County-wide basis for
corpgratlon, even ask for downright donations, if that be. What I am
conC;brned with is th:at in the event in the future when a Capil~al Budget 'is
deve!oped will there be a formal item there for the purchase of open land?
I a~ further concerned and wonder will that factor into the discretionary
spen.ding of the Capital Budget to the extent that it would conceivably have
a be¼ign on other sei-vices, which also are attending to all the needs Of all
our ,townspeople? I am famly certain in my mind that this Board is very
capable of di~Lectlng this matter properly, or I hope that they will, and I'r~
just, concerned at this point with the magnitude of this situation, because
it seems to be somewhat nebulous. At very meetings we hear about various
purchases, and also, we know that the County's involved in this program.
I was just wondering how do all these bits and pieces fit together? ~hat 1
was requesting of you, if it was possible, a guideline map could be
established with shaded areas showing land acquisitions to date, and those
that are under consideration. Perhaps not under consideration, but actually
in process, because if we were to indicate under consideration that migh~
cause speculation in value. To give an example of cooperation in matter~
like this of what can be done, even though it's kind of a remot~
comparison. During the holiday season a young lady stood at this
microphone, and petitioned this Board for financial assistance for the
needy, saying that her cupboard was bare. I don't recall the name, but
her presentation was excellent. She was sincere, and there was another
gentleman in the audience who rose to his feet, and said, I had a bountiful
amount of food that I would like to have given her if only I had known. It
was that key phrase, if only I had known is what I am building this whole
theme up here about Countywide participation and cooperation, so that this
does not become a burdensome situation.
SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: Sir, you have hit on many bits and pieces
yourself, so I am going to try to go back to the beginning in relation to
the Capital Budget. The Town Board does have a Capital Budget for major
projects. That is under the control of the Town Board. They make those
decisions. I think what you built into that, also, was part of what we are
talking about in the Grantmanship Committee, which are all the
department heads in Town Hall, who are working together, and doing some
coordination of grants that come into the town. With the Governor's Clean
Air, Clean Water Bond issue that was passed, there is going to be
thousands, and thousands, and millions of dollars coming down. We would
llke to get our fair share of that. So, what we have done is each
department head is now a part of this committee, where they will be
developing Capital Projects, so that when a grant..we are known to get this
for road runoff, that we have a plan in place that we can immedlatel¥
submit for the funds. What it does is force the different department heads
to begin' to plan, to look at the Capital Projects that are needed, you know
to be~eflt t~he town now, ahd in the future. The Town Board at their last
meeting spent all afternoon discussing our priorities as far as we see them,
be it the economy, be it groundwater, be it road runoff, everything that
relates to us, and the Board is in the process, some of us have done it;
some haven!t, of submitting to my office their priorities, so that we can
begin to look at, and see where we want to not only spend our own f, unds,
but Others. Now, in relation to the farmland, and the land that we are
buying as a town, we buy the farmland developmer~t rights, because that
way by purchasing the rights the land always has to be kept in
agriculture, be it vineyards, be it nurseries, or crop planting, it has to
remain in agriculture. What it also does, the program, is to keep it on the
tax rolls. These properties are kept on the tax rolls. This is done not
through a Capital Budget. This is done through the Town Boare putting a
referendum out' to the public, and ballot at election time, and we leave it
up to the community to make that decision, and they have been very good
to themselves through the years by approving these bond issues to all'ow us
to c0n~,tl.nue to :Purchase. The County, yes, also does have a p~'ogram
purchasing. T'~ey have an Open Space, and they have a Farmlandl. They
have been very good to us in buying a lot of land around Laurel Lake,
wh|ch~'continues.to ,protect our water supply. We would llke to keep Laurel
Lake as pristine as possible. Maps, we have maps in our Planning
Department. We use them from time to time. There are maps, and it is
public information. You can see where farms have purchased, under what
program. You: can meet with Mr. Gold at any time, and he certa!~l¥ will
share with you. You heard him mention that we are very interested in
trying to preserve the land up in Oregon, which is lovely, lovely. It
behind Mattituck and Cutchogue, but it's a lovely, lovely area of tiarming,
that certainly should be preserved, and tried to save as much as possible.
So, I don't know if I have hit everything. The lady that as'ked for food
within the cupboard perhaps the agency could have advertised, on let the
public know in a greater way, that there was need there. We tried to do
what we can in helping some of these agencies, but they have to also help
themselves, and if one said, we didn't know, the gentleman said, we didn't
knOW, hopefully we will all do a better job of letting the communi.l;¥ know
when there are needs of this sort within the community. I do not know,
you were jumping from one to another so quickly, I tried to pick up on as
much as possible.
JAY GARGANI: They are all interrelated, but these bits and pieces
occur, and it's not so easy to put this together when you are sitting, out
here in the audience. ! really do think it would be helpful even if you .had
to reach the level of a child's coloring book just to demonstrate to the
people of the town, really the magnitude of your effort thus far, as we can
actual see what is going on. I just think it would be a helpful thing. Can
I make one other small statement, directed to Alice Hussie; I was hoping
that perhaps that you provide greater and more periodic attention to the
a'ccess road into the Recycling Center, because it can actually be a
shocking experience to try and bring leaves, when you try to drive along
the Burma Road there, because the leaf location is in the extreme rear
location. Perhaps something can be done about that.
SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: Thank you. is there anyone else who would like
to address the Town Board?
RON ECK: I am Ron Eck. I live on Peconic Lane in Peconic. I just heard
the man speaking about food and whatnot. There are some organizations
that do help you with food and clothing. One of them is the Parish
Outreach out here in Southold. Another one is FAN, which is located in
Riverhead. That is run by Rockville Center Catholic Charities, and also,
I would like to say one other thing that I picked up out here last Tuesday
night. I transferred out to an organization from Riverhead. I now belong
to an organ.ization here in Southotd, and I joined it in October in
Southold, but I couldn't come to the meeting because of my illness. They
had brought up that my brother, Michael Forbes, who is Congressman
Michael Forbes, who is a brother of mine, fraternal brother, he is currently
getting the Central Suffolk Hospital, they are about to close a wing. He is
trying to get that wing opened for veterans that we don't have to travel to
Nor:thPort. It is very: hard for myself to travel to Northport. He is
trying to get that wing open. So, I urge everybody to write to Michael
Forbes, and write to Central Suffolk Hospital, that they can try to make
this merger possible. We have a man over here on the North Road. I call
him the godfather of Peconic, because he helped me out, and I helped him
out many times, and he tried to go to the Veteran's Hospital with me, but
it was too ;much for .him, and the same doctor that takes care of him, takes
care of me out here, and I~e is a very good doctor. I know you~ hospital
out here is very good. 1 know that. They saved my life twice in tile past
year. Also, I want to bring up one other thing, that we brought Up at this
meeting. I didn't ~ mention the organization, but there are planes that have
been crashing. A lot: of lives have been taken away, and these planes have
bogus parts in them; When they crash it seems the black market goes up
there, and ge hold of these parts first, and sells them to a tot of the
coml~anies, them in planes, aircraft.
SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: Ron, I am going to have to hold up a little bit
here, only because of ToWn Board business. You know, this does not
rela.te to the the business of the day. I appreciate your comments, it
would certainly be a benefit if some of our veterans only had to travel a
of to Northport, so we thank you for that
no one else that would like to address the Town
Boaird t'. will ask .the Board if they have any comments they would tike to
make. Louisa, why don't you go? Does someone have to take you or what?
JUSiTICE EVANS: A ride is waiting for me, so I will disappear.
SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: Do you have anything you would like to report?
JUSTICE EVANS: I see that I have a new microphone up here, so maybe
people can hear me.
SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: Louisa has a plane to catch to get ~home to her
family. Alice, do you have anything to report at this time?
COUNCILWOMAN HUSSIE: Yes, I do. i missed the last Board meeting, but
I was in Albany excepting an achievement of excellence award, which was
given to the Town of Southold by the Governor, and the acting
Commissioner for the DEC John Cahill. It was an award, one of seven
throughout the State, which took into consideration not only communities,
such as ours, government, but businesses, too. So, it was quite a large
pool from which they had to draw. One of the things that Mr. Cahill
mentioned was that in 1988 people in New York State only recycled about 8%
of their waste. Statewlde they are recycling 30% as of 1996. We are
recycling ti1%. We are very close to the 50% goal, that the State had set for
us to achieve by 1997. i know, although I accepted it for you, the Town
put into affect all of these various places where you can put the stuff, and
we got the contracts to get rid of it, but i have to, again, take my hat off
to the people of Southold, because tt~e¥ are the ones who are doing this.
We accept the awards, but they are doing it. That is my happy report.
SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: That is wonderful. Joe?
COUNCILMAN TOWNSEND: I see Mr. Carlin leaving, but I was going to
address some of his remarks, and he relates to some of things we have
been doing.
SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: Why don't you hold your remarks until the next
meeting?
COUNCILMAN TOWNSEND: That is alright. I might just as well say them,
because they relate in general to things that Mr. Gargani mentioned, and
things that Howard Melnke of the North Fork Environmental Council
mentioned. The last item on the agenda was the proposed changes to our
industrial zones, and I received this week from Valerie a collation of alt
the changes that we were talking about in many of the other business
zones. In a way they relate to what is going on with McDonalds right now,
or what you read in the paper, and what the Stewardship Task Force did
in '92, and the commitment we made at that time to try to implement their
main recommendation, which was to focus growth commercial retail growth,
and even residential to a degree in the hamlet areas. That is the way we
can preserve our rural feel, the quality of life we know, and while the
drive-through window doesn't seem I. ike a particular big issue, it does have
significance, because McDonalds had agreed not to have a drive-through
window when they got their variance to exist there, and the focus of our
zoning has been to try to strengthen our downtown areas. To answer Mr.
Carlin~s question that is why we focused the fast foods, or formula foods
in the hamlet area, so that our restaurants, diners, and dells wouldn't have
to compete with a shiny new restaurant on the outslkirts of town, which
with a drive-through it would be much more convenient. It is not fair in a
sense. I mean, that is where most of our businesses are, Now, a
drive-through may. not be a big thing, but that is one factor, and i think
that in the ruLure, when the results of the zoning changes, that we're
proposing come through, you will see how we are trying to focus that
g~owth. Mr Mein~<e is not here, but that is the response that we have
been making .to the Stewardship Task Force. It has been going on for a
Just one comment about the Open space funding. It is a
iris. .We have had it in the bonds, and we track how
that money is'Spent llke the Capital Budget, and we don't use the bonds
:he property, so in a sense it acts like the Capital
BU, things that I hope to accomplish in my recommendations
wi.I to fUrther support:the downtown areas wi~h a.cquisltions of pa.rklng,
publi parking, and green areas so that our downtown, a,reas will be able to
compete f~irly .with some :of the business on the outslkirtls. That is sort of
a I:ong and ,rambling response, but basically what I have been doing, and
what 'happened out here tonight.
COUNCILWOMAN OLIVA: I went with our Town Attorney, and several
members of the Human Resource Center, and some of our policeman, and
some people from our Landfill to a verbal judo luncheon that was put on by
the PERMA. it was very interesting because they had a gentleman there
by the name of Mike Manley, who was a former Lieutenant of the Police
Force in New York, and he has trained a lot of people just how to deal with
people, that usually will be aggressive, and don't want to do what you want
them to dO, and how to talk to these people, and reason with these people,
most of all just to be polite in the first instance, and to explain yourself
why they have to do the certain things that they are supposed to do, and
then if they are not going to deal with the consequences. I think i~ was a
very valuable lesson for' all of us, and I think our Police Department is
going to ask some of these people to come out, and give a lecture to them.
It was most informative. I, also, attended a CAST meeting, which I am on
the Board because the Town Board usually has one representative on the
Task Force, and they are doing such a good job. They hand out food, and
this is not just for the people in Greenport. This is for people all over
Southold Town, and they are going to do a whole training program with
about thirty families, especially families that have children at risk. They
are going to mentor these families, and show them how to cook, how to
clean, how to manage their finances, how their children could look for
something that is more obvious to them. instead of looking for drugs, and
alcohol, how to improvement themselves, give themselves a better
self-esteem, and they are doing all these good things, but they have a
shortage in money, because the Federal government, and the State
government, and the County government have gradually cut the donations
to this, I think, a very worthwhile organization, and while they have a
very good Christmas grant program..I should sa,/ they look for donations,
they need something like almost a Christmas in July donation. So, anybody
out there that would like to donate to CAST in Greenport, I think it's
really worthwhile. They are helping a lot of people in town.
SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: Thank you. Bill?
COUNCILMAN MOORE: I just wanted to make one observation about Joe's
comments. As far as some of the purposes of what we are doing, and
looking at when it comes to the Master Plan, and the Stewardship Task
Force things, the elimination of competition within the business zones is
not one of the driving criteria that is going on there. So, the fairness of
competition is not the basis on which the zoning decisions are being made.
On a lighter note, I would like to report that I attended a Awards Night
hosted by the Southampton Kiwanis, and it was an opportunity where ali
East End Town Police units of alt types, from State, to County, to local,
and village Police Departments, had an opportunity to recognize an officer
from each of those departments, and I am proud to report to you, maybe
you haYe seen it already, that our Detective Martin. we call him., Marry
Flatley was recognized as a Southold Town Police Officer of the year. A
long night, but for me it was a very rewarding experience, and I want to
congratulate Marry for that.
SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: I, also, attended the same dinner, and it was
nice to be a part of presentation to Marry. He brings to the Department
both professionalism and does a good job, and this benefits all of us. !
would like to share with you that Scott Russell, who is one of our
Assessors., has just been elected to serve as Chairman of the Suffolk
County Assessors Association. I was pleased to do the honors of swearing
Scott in. last week, and also, Darline Duffy is Co-Chair. All 'the officers
happen to be f~om the East End, so that was quite exciting, and it was my
pleasure~ Also, we have had a Labor Management meeting, which I will' be
reporting to thee Board at the next meeting, more work we have to do in
relation to a side ,issue that was a part of the contract. Also, I was
pleased 'Saturday night to attend the dinner dance of the Farm Bureau,
Long Island Farm Bureau. We had a gentleman from Mattituck, Bill
Sinnott, who is with the Farm Bureau, who was. I guess, voted, I don't
know what thei:r procedure is, but he is the Citizen of the Year for the
Farm Bureau, so it was nice to sit with him, and his family, and present
him with a plaque from the Town Board, and the Town of Southold, people
of Southold congratulating him. We have been very busy with interviews,
and many things, and as I stated earlier, the Town Board started at 9:00
o~clock this morning with an hour for lunch, and we still were not finished
with all our work come 1~:30, that we had to hold three or four things for
our next meeting, and it seems that at this time you would have been a
little quieter than the middle of summer, but I think it works just the
reverse. This time of year is busier than it is in summer. In summer
everyone is at the beach. I thank you for ~oinin9 us, and may I have a
motion to adjourn?
Moved by Councilwoman Oliva, seconded by Councilwoman Hussie,, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board meeting be and hereby is adjourned at
5:50 P.M.
Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Moore, Justice Evans,
Councilwoman Oliva, Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie,
Supervisor Cochran.
This resolution .was duly ADOPTED.
· Judith T. Terr~
Southold Town Clerk