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1 TOWN OF SOUTHOLD
COUNTY OF SUFFOLK : STATE OF NEW YORK
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TOWN BOARD
4 REGULAR BOARD MEETING
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Southold, New York
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December 5 , 2023
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15 B E F 0 R E :
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17 SCOTT A . RUSSELL, SUPERVISOR
18 LOUISA P . EVANS , JUSTICE
19 BRIAN 0 . MEALY, COUNCILMAN
20 GREG DOROSKI , COUNCILMAN
21 SARAH E . NAPPA, COUNCILWOMAN
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DECEMBER 5, 2023 REGULAR MEETING 2
1 PUBLIC COMMENTS
2 SUPERVISOR SCOTT RUSSELL : That
3 concludes the business of the agenda . I
4 don ' t want to overstep my bounds , but I
5 would like to invite anybody that would
6 like to comment on any items , please
7 feel free?
8 MARGARET MINICHII : Hi , good
9 evening . My name is Margaret Minichini .
10 I live in Orient , New York on Village
11 Lane . And I wanted to make the Board
12 aware of a concern that I have about
13 Village Lane and the traffic that
14 happens on Village Lane, when there is
15 new construction or major renovations
16 going on elsewhere in Orient Village .
17 Probably because their GPS tells them
18 so . Trucks , large trucks , equipment,
19 lots of very heavy duty machinery will
20 come down Village Lane , although their
21 business is not on Village Lane , but
22 elsewhere in the Village . And I was
23 wondering if it was possible to have
24 some sort of restrictions on Village
25 Lane , which is a narrow roadway, I ' m
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1 sure all of you are familiar, if cars
2 are parked there . I ' m sure the truck
3 drivers themselves would prefer another
4 route to get to where they ' re going
5 rather than maneuvering around parked
6 cars . Knocking into branches , stands ,
7 they ' re going down the street . And it ' s
8 wear and tear on the street itself .
9 It ' s also a safety issue . Maybe not so
10 much this time of year, but certainly
11 when the yacht club is in session and
12 there ' s lots of kids around, and a lot
13 of people around in the area . And I
14 just wondered if there was some
15 restrictions , if it could be a weight
16 restriction? If there could be
17 something that would limit the size of
18 vehicles that are using Village Lane to
19 get to other places within the Village?
20 COUNCILWOMAN SARAH NAPPA: So we
21 actually did discuss this , I think based
22 on your letter, the last Transportation
23 Commission meeting, which I ' m the
24 liaison to , we did have a lengthy
25 discussion about it and did talk about
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1 some alternate routes . I think
2 ultimately we decided to reach out and
3 -- to the Orient Association and get
4 kind of their opinion and feedback on it
5 as well . Just to -- we just wanted to
6 kind of understand just a little bit
7 more about the issue and how many other
8 people it affects and if they had some
9 ideas . The one issue I will tell you
10 about a weight limit is that it can ' t
11 put a weight limit on that road because
12 of the Post Office, I believe, was what
13 came up in our discussions . But there
14 was some discussion about alternate
15 routes . It ' s going to be -- we have
16 another meeting on Monday, and I think
17 we ' re hoping to have some response from
18 the Civic Group in Orient . And then
19 from that, then I was going to bring it
20 to the Town Board for a discussion .
21 MARGARET MINICHII : So my
22 discussion with the Civic Group, Barbara
23 Friedman, had said that she -- they
24 didn ' t really have a position . They had
25 -- would have to call a meeting in order
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1 to determine whether they were going to
2 -- this was something that they -- would
3 be in support of or not . I will
4 certainly speak with them and bring it
5 up and talk with them about it . There
6 are only about six people probably who
7 live full-time in the Village Lane right
8 now . So there ' s not a whole lot of
9 people out there . And it ' s not a
10 concern and it ' s not certainly an
11 everyday concern . It happens when new
12 construction is starting and they ' re
13 bringing in everything or when they ' re
14 finishing the job . And so it ' s a
15 periodic thing . It ' s not that every
16 single day it ' s happening . And so if
17 there was a way that they would have to
18 -- perhaps when they filed for whatever
19 work they ' re doing to have some sort of
20 transportation route or something like
21 that , that would be approved, along with
22 the permission . Something that in that
23 effect might be helpful .
24 COUNCILWOMAN SARAH NAPPA: That was
25 one thing that we discussed was
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1 potentially having it attached to the --
2 some kind of a built -- you know, a
3 building application when they fill out
4 that . So I mean, there was just --
5 there ' s kind of the issue where , how do
6 we -- how do we make something? Put
7 something into law or make it important
8 or how do we get the message out there?
9 It ' s difficult . I mean we run into this
10 problem on Love Lane . You know, trucks
11 aren ' t supposed to drive down that .
12 They still do because it ' s on Google or
13 it ' s on their direction --
14 MARGARET MINICHII : GPS --
15 COUNCILWOMAN SARAH NAPPA: We kind
16 of just didn ' t want to get into a
17 situation there we ' re trying to think a
18 little bit more outside the box . And I
19 think that ' s why we reached out to the
20 Orient Association . Not that we weren ' t
21 going to continue the conversation, but
22 just to get a little bit more
23 information from the rest of the
24 community . But I know it will be on our
25 agenda on Monday .
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1 MARGARET MINICHII : Okay . What
2 would my follow-up be then in terms of
3 seeing what happens at your meeting or
4 -- I mean, certainly, I will speak with
5 the association people , but --
6 COUNCILWOMAN SARAH NAPPA: So based
7 on what we discuss on Monday if the
8 Commission comes up with a solution or
9 an idea to bring to the Town Board, then
10 I ' ll bring it to the Town Board, and
11 then we would discuss it as a whole . If
12 we decide not to go that route, I can
13 certainly reach out to you . It ' s
14 usually myself that reaches out when we
15 have inquiries . Once we figure out
16 which direction the Commission decides
17 for it to go .
18 MARGARET MINICHII : All right .
19 Thank you . Appreciate it .
20 SUPERVISOR SCOTT RUSSELL : Thank
21 you . Anybody got hands up? Bill ?
22 Again, no?
23 MS . MISSY : Anyone in Zoom wish to
24 speak on anything, please raise your
25 hand?
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1 SUPERVISOR SCOTT RUSSELL : Anybody
2 else wish to address the Town Board?
3 (No Response ) .
4 COUNCILMAN GREG DOROSKI : Motion to
5 adjourn the meeting .
6 COUNCILWOMAN SARAH NAPPA: Second .
7 SUPERVISOR SCOTT RUSSELL : All in
8 favor?
9 COUNCILMAN GREG DOROSKI : Aye .
10 COUNCILMAN BRIAN MEALY : Aye .
11 COUNCILWOMAN SARAH NAPPA: Aye .
12 JUSTICE LOUISA EVANS : Aye .
13 SUPERVISOR SCOTT RUSSELL : Aye .
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15 (Whereupon, the meeting concluded
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DECEMBER 5, 2023 REGULAR MEETING 9
1 C E R T I F I C A T I O N
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3 I , Jessica DiLallo, a Notary Public
4 for and within the State of New York, do
5 hereby certify :
6 THAT , the within transcript is a
7 true record of said Board Meeting .
8 I further certify that I am not
9 related either by blood or marriage to
10 any of the parties to this action; and
11 that I am in no way interested in the
12 outcome of this matter .
13 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto
14 set my hand this day, December 8 , 2023 .
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