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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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July 2 , 2024
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15 B E F 0 R E :
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17 ALBERT KRUPSKI JR, SUPERVISOR
18 LOUISA P . EVANS , JUSTICE
19 JILL DOHERTY, COUNCILWOMAN
20 BRIAN 0 . MEALY, COUNCILMAN
21 GREG DOROSKI , COUNCILMAN
22 ANNE H . SMITH, COUNCILWOMAN
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1 PUBLIC COMMENTS
2 SUPERVISOR AL KRUPSKI JR . : All
3 right . So is there anyone who would
4 like to speak to anything that is on the
5 agenda before we start the meeting?
6 Please do, yes .
7 MARGARET MINICHINI : Good evening .
8 My name is Margaret Minichini . I live
9 in 1995 Village Lane in Orient . Thank
10 you for the opportunity to comment on
11 Agenda Item Number 13 regarding a
12 fireworks permit for the Orient Harbor
13 Firework Show . I previously spoke with
14 the Supervisor on this matter, and I ' ve
15 communicated with all of you on the
16 Board by letter regarding my concerns .
17 For the record and publicly, I would
18 like to state those concerns here .
19 The event is contracted with Grucci
20 Fireworks and is listed in their
21 schedule shows , which is unpublished
22 in many publications across Long Island
23 and on social media . This attracts a
24 large number of people , not simply the
25 Orient crowd of friends and neighbors
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1 that you ' ve witnessed at our Memorial
2 Day and Heritage Day celebrations .
3 And by the way, thank you to Anne,
4 Brian, Jill , and Al for attending
5 those, and participating in those
6 celebrations with us . Fireworks
7 brings people from away, as they say
8 in Orient . And also tracks those just
9 passing by from the Cross Sound Ferry .
10 Many of those vehicles stop along the
11 Main Road on the causeway to watch the
12 show there . Creating a second hazard
13 on the roads . But let me return to
14 Orient Village . Cars drive down
15 Village Lane looking for places to park
16 in order to search out the best place to
17 enjoy the show . They ignore the "No
18 Parking" signs along Village Lane and
19 park on both sides of the street . This
20 constricts Village Lane to just one
21 lane of traffic . Making only that one
22 lane available . You might remember
23 years ago at the request of the Fire
24 Department , Village Lane parking was
25 restricted because the Fire Department
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1 felt it presented a hazard to have
2 only one lane available . Regardless
3 of that , it ' s now becomes one lane
4 that evening if more people driving
5 around in the semi-darkness , looking
6 for a viewing spot, and with
7 pedestrians , especially children,
8 walking about and heading for the
9 Yacht Club dock, where they think
10 they ' ll be able to view the show . The
11 Yacht Club, and rightly so, does not
12 allow people to gather on the dock to
13 watch the show . And so the crowd is now
14 restricted to the 30 feet or so roadway
15 leading to the dock and pouring out onto
16 Village Lane . To get better viewing,
17 many make their way down to the beach
18 and onto the properties of the
19 waterfront homeowners . There ' s a bit of
20 a carnival atmosphere and excitement to
21 the whole event, including one year when
22 someone actually showed up with a push
23 cart selling glow sticks and necklaces .
24 All this is before the show even begins .
25 Let me state here that I love fireworks .
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1 The first year of the show occurred, I
2 was excited to see it . I even donated
3 money to the cause . But since that
4 time , its popularity has grown, and it ' s
5 beyond the scope of what should be
6 allowed in a small residential area .
7 Besides the safety issue for
8 pedestrians , there ' s also an
9 environmental safety issue . The
10 prevailing wind in Orient Harbor is
11 southwest, and thereby blows all of the
12 exploded debris and smoke back into the
13 village . Roofs of the historic wooden
14 homes there, are littered with debris
15 and I fear what could happen to these
16 old homes with one small accidental
17 smoldering char . On the beach the next
18 day, it ' s easy to find spent explosive
19 parts that did not sink to the bottom
20 but washed ashore . I ' d also like to
21 cite a precedent regarding a fireworks
22 permit that was denied in 2022 . It was
23 reported in the Suffolk Times and I ' ll
24 quote it, that it was a "unanimous
25 decision by the board to deny the permit
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1 request . The Board cited the area
2 surrounding Santa ' s Christmas Tree Farm
3 as being too residential for the amount
4 of traffic the celebration would
5 generate . There was also concern that a
6 fireworks display would create a
7 significant amount of danger for those
8 in and around the area . " That ' s the end
9 of the quote . I believe these are the
10 exact conditions that exist in the case
11 of the Orient Harbor fireworks . And
12 although denying this fireworks permit
13 will not be a popular decision, and I
14 unfortunately will be forever known as a
15 lady who didn ' t like the fireworks , I
16 believe it is the appropriate decision
17 to make for everyone ' s safety . Thank
18 you for your consideration .
19 SUPERVISOR AL KRUPSKI JR . : Thank
20 you for coming here . Is there anyone
21 else who ' d like to address the Board on
22 the agenda item?
23 (No Response ) .
24 JUSTICE LOUISA EVANS : I think
25 there is someone on Zoom from the Ferry
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1 District with their hand raised . )
2 THE FERRY DISTRICT : We just wanted
3 to make ourselves available in support
4 of the basically the letter that we
5 wrote, and also just of the of the
6 request for bonding authority for the
7 purchase of the Coast Guard Building
8 here on Fisher ' s Island . See if there
9 are any questions or any other things
10 that need to be addressed that we can be
11 helpful with, the provisional Board is
12 here available, if that ' s useful to you?
13 SUPERVISOR AL KRUPSKI JR . : Thank
14 you . Please stay on . All right .
15 There ' s no one else left to address the
16 Board on an agenda item.
17 (Whereupon, the meeting continued
18 on to the Resolutions at this time . )
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20 PUBLIC COMMENTS
21 SUPERVISOR AL KRUPSKI JR . : Now, is
22 there anyone who would like to address
23 the Board on any matter?
24 MICHAEL TYNER : Michael Tyner with
25 the ( inaudible ) . I was just wondering
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1 if there was any updated information on
2 the Highway Department ' s flood
3 monitoring project?
4 SUPERVISOR AL KRUPSKI JR . : Well ,
5 it ' s still a very much work in progress ,
6 but they ' re working on it with the Town
7 Engineer of GIS .
8 MICHAEL TYNER : Has that project
9 been considered publicly at this point?
10 SUPERVISOR AL KRUPSKI JR . : There ' s
11 no draft map available yet .
12 MICHAEL TYNER : Okay .
13 SUPERVISOR AL KRUPSKI JR . : Is
14 there anyone like to speak?
15 (No Response ) .
16 SUPERVISOR AL KRUPSKI JR . : All
17 right . Do I have a motion to adjourn?
18 COUNCILMAN GREG DOROSKI : Make a
19 motion to adjourn .
20 JUSTICE LOUISA EVANS : Can I just
21 say something, as someone on Zoom?
22 SUPERVISOR AL KRUPSKI JR . :
23 Absolutely .
24 JUSTICE LOUISA EVANS : While I ' m
25 thinking of it, it would be very
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1 difficult to hear, Anne, if it weren ' t
2 out, sometimes Jill . And the gentleman
3 that just stood up at the podium, I
4 couldn ' t hear him really at all . I mean
5 there ' s only one other person on Zoom,
6 but we need to do something about the
7 sound system. Because it ' s not picking
8 up everyone ' s voice in the same way .
9 SUPERVISOR AL KRUPSKI JR . : Thank
10 you for saying that , Louisa . Because it
11 is important . I mean if we ' re --
12 COUNCILWOMAN JILL DOHERTY : We ' ll
13 make sure we speak closer to the
14 microphone , because I think Anne and I
15 are away from it .
16 SUPERVISOR AL KRUPSKI JR . : Okay .
17 Thank you .
18 COUNCILWOMAN JILL DOHERTY : I ' ll
19 second that motion to adjourn .
20 SUPERVISOR AL KRUPSKI JR . : All in
21 favor?
22 COUNCILWOMAN JILL DOHERTY : Aye .
23 COUNCILMAN GREG DOROSKI : Aye .
24 COUNCILMAN BRIAN MEALY : Aye .
25 COUNCILWOMAN ANNE SMITH : Aye .
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1 JUSTICE LOUISA EVANS : Aye .
2 SUPERVISOR AL KRUPSKI JR . : Aye .
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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,
5 do 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, July 2 , 2024 .
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