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1 TOWN OF SOUTHOLD
COUNTY OF SUFFOLK : STATE OF NEW YORK
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TOWN BOARD
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7 Southold, New York
8 April 15 , 2025
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14 B E F O R E :
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16 ALBERT KRUPSKI JR, SUPERVISOR
17 LOUISA P . EVANS, JUSTICE
18 JILL DOHERTY, COUNCILWOMAN
19 GREG DOROSKI , COUNCILMAN
20 BRIAN O . MEALY, COUNCILMAN
21 ANNE H . SMITH, COUNCILWOMAN
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APRIL 15, 2025 REGULAR MEETING 2
1 INDEX TO TESTIMONY
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3 Public Comments 3-5
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5 BESS Moratorium 5-20
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1 PUBLIC COMMENTS
2 SUPERVISOR AL KRUPSKI JR . : So now
3 before we start with the agenda, is
4 there anyone to like to speak to any
5 item that ' s on the agenda?
6 IRA HASPEL : This is just a very
7 minor point . My name is Ira Haspel ,
8 KK ' s Farm. Regarding Resolution 294 ,
9 which I looked at this morning online ,
10 was the KK ' s Dandelion Festival . And I
11 see in today ' s printed manual , 294 is a
12 different agenda, a resolution item.
13 The one this morning stated that the
14 festival was on May 4th, Saturday . But
15 May 4th is actually a Sunday, so I
16 didn ' t want that to be an impediment .
17 And just didn ' t know if the resolution
18 was on the agenda for tonight .
19 COUNCILWOMAN JILL DOHERTY : It is
20 somewhere .
21 SUPERVISOR AL KRUPSKI JR . : It ' s
22 302 , and it ' s on Saturday, May 4th, from
23 11 : 00 to 5 : 00 . That ' s the official
24 version .
25 COUNCILWOMAN JILL DOHERTY : All
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1 right, so you ' re saying it should be --
2 SUPERVISOR AL KRUPSKI JR . : Okay,
3 good luck with it, and --
4 COUNCILWOMAN JILL DOHERTY :
5 Saturday, May 3rd .
6 SUPERVISOR AL KRUPSKI JR . : I know
7 you ' ve got remote parking going on
8 there . We ' ve been .
9 IRA HASPEL : Yes , I realize it ' ll
10 have to be scaled down from one previous
11 year .
12 SUPERVISOR AL KRUPSKI JR . : We ' re
13 struggling with the traffic safety and
14 everything, with all these events and
15 everything, and people on the road . So
16 that ' s our big concern .
17 IRA HASPEL : I appreciate that .
18 SUPERVISOR AL KRUPSKI JR . : So it ' s
19 May 4th . It is Saturday, May 4th .
20 IRA HASPEL : Sunday, May 4th .
21 SUPERVISOR AL KRUPSKI JR . : Sunday,
22 May 4th . Well , we ' re going to, it might
23 be Monday, who knows , but -- We will
24 make that adjustment .
25 IRA HASPEL : Is the voting tonight?
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1 COUNCILWOMAN JILL DOHERTY : Yes .
2 We ' re going to do it now .
3 SUPERVISOR AL KRUPSKI JR . : We do
4 have the battery storage moratorium
5 hearing later, but that ' s later on,
6 that ' ll be after the regular meeting .
7 So is there anyone who ' d like to speak
8 to any other agenda item?
9 (No Response) .
10 SUPERVISOR AL KRUPSKI JR . : I ' m
11 looking on the computer, seeing none .
12 Just to make sure everyone knows we ' re
13 joined by Town Justice Evans from
14 Fishers Island . So we can start .
15 (Whereupon, the meeting continued
16 on to the Resolutions at this time . )
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18 BESS MORATORIUM
19 TOWN CLERK DENIS NONCARROW : This
20 public hearing considers an introductory
21 Local Law Number 4 of 2025 to enact a
22 12-month extension of a temporary
23 moratorium on the issuance of approvals
24 and/or permits for battery energy
25 storage system facilities . Legal
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1 notices for this public hearing are
2 published no less than 10 days prior to
3 the public hearing in an eligible legal
4 town newspaper . The Town Clerk ' s Office
5 has received the signed affidavit of
6 service from this newspaper, indicating
7 that the notice was properly published .
8 The application requires notice to the
9 Suffolk County Planning Commission . The
10 Town Clerk file includes the response of
11 that Planning Commission dated April 8 ,
12 2025 , conditionally approving the
13 proposed local law, but requiring the
14 Town to return every three months to
15 report on the status of the updates to
16 code provisions and to request an
17 additional three month extension of that
18 moratorium . The proposed action was
19 referred to the Planning Department for
20 a secret determination . And the action
21 was considered a Type II Action under
22 SEQRA, not requiring a further review
23 and exempt from LWRP Review pursuant two
24 Chapter 268 . The Town Clerk file also
25 includes an Affidavit of Posting of the
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1 public notice on the Town Clerk ' s
2 bulletin board at Town Hall . Finally,
3 letters in support of the proposed Local
4 Law have been received from the group
5 for the East End, dated March 26, 2025 ,
6 and from the Southold Town Planning
7 Board dated April 11 , 2025 . Both of
8 which have been made part of the record .
9 TOWN ATTORNEY PAUL DECHANCE : And
10 Mr . Supervisor, the notice documents are
11 in order .
12 SUPERVISOR AL KRUPSKI JR . : Thank
13 you . All right, everything ' s in order .
14 We can begin the hearing . Would anyone
15 like to comment on this public hearing?
16 LUCIA YU : Good evening, Supervisor
17 Krupski and members of the board . My
18 name is Lucia Yu and I ' m a project
19 developer at Key Capture Energy . KCE is
20 a New York based developer, owner and
21 operator of utility scale battery
22 storage systems with the first
23 operational project in New York as well
24 as the largest . Respectfully, we
25 believe that the proposed moratorium
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1 extension significantly hinders the
2 Town ' s goals of promoting sustainability
3 and transitioning towards clean energy .
4 KCE urges the Town to limit the
5 moratorium extension to three months ,
6 which is similar to the recommendation
7 provided by the Suffolk County Planning
8 Commission . Battery energy storage is
9 critical to ensuring that Long Island
10 residents and businesses have a reliable
11 and stable electric grid . BESS will not
12 only ensure that locally generated
13 renewable energy is consumed locally,
14 but will also benefit ratepayers by
15 keeping energy costs low . There are a
16 number of technical reports showing the
17 value of energy storage . The Long
18 Island fossil peaker replacement study
19 completed in 2020 examined Long Island ' s
20 aging power plants and found that it is
21 feasible and cost effective to replace
22 more than 2 , 300 of the 4 , 300 megawatts
23 of peaker plants with energy storage by
24 2030 . Based on historic emissions data
25 from 2016 to 2018 , Long Island ' s peaker
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1 supply produces 2 . 65 megatons of carbon
2 dioxide . 2 , 000 tons of nitrogen oxides ,
3 and 600 tons of sulfur dioxide annually .
4 The Southold peaker plant, located just
5 five minutes down the road, was found to
6 produce almost 2 , 000 tons of carbon
7 dioxide every year . This is equivalent
8 to emissions from 4 . 8 million miles
9 driven by an average gasoline powered
10 car . Replacing these peaker facilities
11 with green energy will have tangible
12 health benefits for this community .
13 Over the next decade, fossil fuel peaker
14 replacements could also save LIPA
15 customers as much as $ 393 million .
16 Regarding the fire code updates with the
17 State, the State ' s Interagency Fire
18 Safety Working Group issued draft fire
19 code recommendations in July of 2024 .
20 The code is in the process of being
21 finalized and will be implemented
22 statewide . All proposed BESS projects
23 on Long Island are being designed to
24 incorporate these new codes and KCE is
25 ready and willing to meet any final
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1 standards that are required . We
2 appreciate the town for recognizing the
3 benefits that a standalone battery
4 storage law will provide residents and
5 developers . We urge that the moratorium
6 be limited to three months and that the
7 Town Board stay engaged with pursuing
8 the law during this time . I ' d like to
9 note that the Town of Riverhead was in a
10 similar position where they planned to
11 postpone the BESS Law due to ongoing
12 zoning code updates and updates to their
13 comprehensive plan . Amidst public
14 pushback, they finalized their BESS code
15 prior to the zoning code changes , and
16 there ' s no reason that the same cannot
17 be done here . Thank you for your time
18 and consideration .
19 SUPERVISOR AL KRUPSKI JR . : Thank
20 you . Would anyone else like to speak?
21 Alix O ' Mara? Welcome .
22 ALIX O ' MARA: Good evening . My
23 name is Alix O ' Mara and I ' m a member of
24 Friends of Oregon Road . We strongly
25 support extending the moratorium. As
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1 you ' ll recall , approximately 1 , 300
2 people joined to oppose the BESS on
3 Oregon Road prior to the enactment of
4 the moratorium. And Since then, we ' ve
5 only learned more about the dangers of
6 these developments . It would make no
7 sense to end the moratorium prior to the
8 Town finalizing a new zoning code that
9 protects Oregon Road . But just as
10 significant is the fact that the draft
11 code prepared by the Town ' s Task Force
12 is woefully deficient, and therefore
13 does a disservice to the Town Board and
14 to the residents of Southold . The Task
15 Force did not adequately researched the
16 dangers of these projects .
17 Specifically, of the 12 purported
18 experts that the Task Force interviewed,
19 8 were paid by the best industry . The
20 ninth, a former fire chief who
21 supposedly was unbiased, states on his
22 LinkedIn profile that he ' s paid by
23 Suffolk County to promote pilot
24 projects . And the remaining three
25 people had no expertise in the sector .
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1 It didn ' t even occur to the Task Force
2 to meet with East Hampton officials just
3 down the road following the fire there
4 two Summers ago . Our community deserves
5 better . The January BESS fire at Moss
6 Landing in California, which then
7 reignited a month later, serves as just
8 the latest warning to our community of
9 the extreme environmental dangers these
10 supposedly green projects pose .
11 Specifically, 1 , 200 residents were
12 evacuated, and thousands of residents
13 were sickened following the fire .
14 Researchers at UC Santa Cruz announced
15 in March, three months after the fire ,
16 the dangerous levels of nickel , cobalt,
17 and manganese were detected in dust
18 samples from the surrounding area .
19 According to the National Institute of
20 Health, manganese and cobalt are
21 neurotoxins . And nickel is a
22 carcinogen . Residents near the BESS are
23 advised to wear masks as they dust their
24 homes and to not disturb the soil in
25 their yards . The cleanup is likely to
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1 take years . The proposed BESS is
2 adjacent to prime agricultural land . A
3 fire such as the one at Moss Landing
4 would render that land unsafe for
5 farming . These chilling facts are
6 enough to prove that our community
7 should be protected from these
8 developments that don ' t have enough
9 potential benefit to justify exposing us
10 to the environmental hazards . Since the
11 moratorium was first enacted, towns
12 across the country, including in New
13 York State , have voted to ban these
14 developments entirely because they pose
15 a threat to public health, safety, and
16 welfare of the residents and their
17 property . Let us learn from the
18 environmental catastrophes caused by
19 BESS ' , and let us learn from what other
20 towns are doing . These projects if they
21 belong anywhere, should be sighted far
22 away from homes schools hospitals and
23 environmentally sensitive areas . We
24 urge the Town to continue the
25 moratorium . Thank you .
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1 SUPERVISOR AL KRUPSKI JR . : Thank
2 you . And I ' m going to keep my comments
3 coming from the Zoom population, Anne
4 Murray?
5 ANNE MURRAY : Sorry, can you hear
6 me now?
7 SUPERVISOR AL KRUPSKI JR . : Yes .
8 ANNE MURRAY : Okay . Hi . My name
9 is Anne Murray . I ' m representing the
10 North Fork Environmental Council , and
11 we ' d like to say that we support
12 extending this moratorium and we think
13 it ' s wise and prudent of the Town Board
14 to wait on this whole BESS issue until
15 the zoning code is updated . Thank you .
16 SUPERVISOR AL KRUPSKI JR . : Thank
17 you . Is there anyone here in the live
18 audience who would like to address the
19 Board on this ? We do have a member .
20 We ' re fortunate from the BESS -- two
21 members . Thank you . The BESS Task
22 Force here . I don ' t know if you ' d like
23 to --
24 COUNCILMAN GREG DOROSKI : John was
25 the chair .
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1 JOHN KONGOLETOS : Hi all , John
2 Kongoletos , Chair of the BESS Task Force
3 Group . Just a note to the public that
4 we have not yet received any feedback on
5 that proposed process or on the draft
6 recommendations that we submitted . If
7 you can submit any feedback to the Town,
8 that would be helpful for us to have it
9 on file and then be able to proceed with
10 filling in any gaps we may have missed .
11 Thank you .
12 SUPERVISOR AL KRUPSKI JR . : And
13 thank you for your work on that . That
14 was , I think, a well-run Task Force, and
15 the Town was very appreciative of your
16 efforts . And take the draft
17 recommendations very seriously . So if
18 there ' s no one else -- oh, Chris , sorry .
19 COUNCILMAN GREG DOROSKI : There ' s
20 someone else online too .
21 SUPERVISOR AL KRUPSKI JR . : Go
22 ahead, Chris .
23 CHRIS SHOSHKIN : Chris Shoshkin
24 from Mattituck . I just wanted to follow
25 on to Alix ' s comments . She actually
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1 took all the wind out of my sail .
2 Because I was going to mention Morse
3 Creek Landing . So but in addition to
4 what she said, I understand that there ' s
5 water contamination that the plumes of
6 toxic smoke have dispersed toxic
7 particles throughout the surrounding
8 area, which in addition to poisoning the
9 land is also affecting the water quality
10 in the area . And I also believe that
11 one of our neighboring Towns up in
12 Nassau, the town of Oyster Bay, I
13 believe they also have a BESS moratorium
14 in play right now . Because they ' re --
15 like we are studying the situation . And
16 I know that in Glenwood Landing next to
17 Sea Cliff, they want to put a BESS
18 facility right in the heart and the
19 smack of a very dense suburban
20 neighborhood, abutting Hempstead Harbor .
21 So we ' re not the only ones dealing with
22 studying all of the facts . And like
23 Anne Murray said, I think we should wait
24 until the new zoning code is
25 implemented . So I support the
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1 moratorium . This is personal ,
2 obviously .
3 SUPERVISOR AL KRUPSKI JR . : Thank
4 you . Thank you very much . I ' ll go back
5 to the Zoom platform.
6 MARTIN SODA: Yes . I just wanted
7 to make a comment that I generally
8 support everything in Alix O ' Mara has
9 stated, and I think the other point is
10 that there is a lot of changes that are
11 going on in technology in the area . So
12 that ' s another reason I think that we
13 should extend the moratorium so we find
14 out what the latest effect that might be
15 in any decisions going forward .
16 TOWN CLERK DENIS NONCARROW : Can we
17 have your last name , Martin?
18 MARTIN SODA: Soja, S-O-J-A. I
19 live on Oregon Road .
20 TOWN CLERK DENIS NONCARROW : Thank
21 you .
22 SUPERVISOR AL KRUPSKI JR . : All
23 right . Is there anyone on Zoom or
24 anyone else here would like to address
25 the Board on this hearing? Go ahead,
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1 Tom.
2 TOM YOLINGER : So, thank you . My
3 name is Tom Yolinger . I live at 1337
4 Oregon Road . I ' d like to compliment my
5 colleague and friend and neighbor, Alix
6 O ' Mara, for voicing my opinion and my
7 wife ' s also about this BESS storage .
8 Thank you very much .
9 SUPERVISOR AL KRUPSKI JR . : Thank
10 you .
11 COUNCILMAN BRIAN MEALY : Thank you .
12 SUPERVISOR AL KRUPSKI JR . : And
13 next up -- Stephen Kiely?
14 STEPHEN KIELY : Good evening, Mr .
15 Supervisor and rest of the Board . Can
16 you hear me?
17 SUPERVISOR AL KRUPSKI JR . : Yes ,
18 sir .
19 STEPHEN KIELY : Okay . I join in
20 everything that Alix has said . And I ' m
21 sorry . I just got to the meeting . So I
22 don ' t know if my next couple of points
23 were already addressed . But I think the
24 moratorium should go forward . You are
25 in the process of updating your Zoning
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1 Code . So you have a bona fide reason
2 for continuing it . And the Suffolk
3 County Planning Commission has
4 concurred, staff has concurred . And
5 there was a resolution issued
6 recommending approval of this
7 moratorium . So I just join in Alix ' s
8 request .
9 SUPERVISOR AL KRUPSKI JR . : Thank
10 you . I ' m looking around everyone . If
11 anyone else? Anyone else ?
12 (No Response) .
13 SUPERVISOR AL KRUPSKI JR . :
14 Otherwise, I ' ll entertain a motion to
15 close the hearing?
16 COUNCILWOMAN JILL DOHERTY : Motion
17 to close the hearing .
18 COUNCILMAN GREG DOROSKI : I ' ll
19 second that .
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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4 PUBLIC COMMENTS
5 SUPERVISOR AL KRUPSKI JR . : All
6 right, that ' s it for the regular agenda .
7 Is there anyone who would like to
8 address the Board on any other matter?
9 I don ' t see any hands up . Yes ?
10 CHRIS SHOSHKIN : Sorry . I was
11 following the Zoom this morning and I
12 didn ' t understand the outcome because I
13 got distracted at the office ?
14 SUPERVISOR AL KRUPSKI JR . : Outcome
15 of what?
16 CHRIS SHOSHKIN : The hearing about
17 the two houses on the Suffolk Avenue?
18 SUPERVISOR AL KRUPSKI JR . : Yes ,
19 the second hearing, I believe we ' re
20 recessing that for two weeks to allow
21 the owner time to -- he said he ' s in
22 process of selling the home . So allow
23 him for two weeks before the Board takes
24 action . And the first one, did we
25 resolve to direct DPW to secure the
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1 house and clean the property?
2 TOWN ATTORNEY PAUL DECHANCE : On
3 the first one , I believe the Board moved
4 to close subject to written comment from
5 the Chief of Deputy Building Inspector,
6 and then the Board will have everything
7 before it to consider .
8 SUPERVISOR AL KRUPSKI JR . : All
9 right . So we ' ve taken no action on that
10 one either .
11 COUNCILWOMAN JILL DOHERTY : I ' ll
12 make the motion to adjourn .
13 COUNCILMAN GREG DOROSKI : Anyone
14 else have anything to say?
15 COUNCILWOMAN JILL DOHERTY : Oh,
16 sorry .
17 MIKE DOMINO : Good evening .
18 Supervisor Krupski and Board . Mike
19 Domino . I and along with my wife, Joy,
20 own 73795 , 74195 , 74365 Main Road,
21 Greenport, in what you ' re now calling
22 the CB or Greenport Corridor District .
23 And when I was last here, last month, I
24 believe I asked the members of the
25 community to read the proposed and get
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1 back with feedback . So I ' m here to say
2 that I did my homework, and I have a few
3 comments I ' d like to share with you .
4 When I first looked at the report, what
5 I do is -- I usually look at the mission
6 statement or the goals , and then I look
7 at the definitions to see where the
8 effort really is . I ' m not going to go
9 through each and every one of these, but
10 I ' ll save them for some other time . But
11 when first the program began, the
12 Comprehensive Plan laid out 13 goals .
13 Goal Number 7 was to facilitate the
14 growth of existing and encourage new
15 business . And Goal 12 , was to prepare
16 the Town for natural disasters as the
17 Town is subject to hurricanes , flooding,
18 and sea level rise . Reading the draft
19 and the terms and the definitions , I
20 don ' t see a great effort to achieve
21 either of those goals . Furthermore, the
22 same update, Project Summary, that was
23 prepared by ZoneCo, states that it
24 respects the past while shaping the
25 future . I can tell you that the
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1 Greenport Corridor business owners ,
2 every one of them I ' ve spoken to, some
3 of them in operation in Greenport for
4 145 years . Don ' t feel very comfortable .
5 On ( inaudible ) of a mild term. And why
6 would that be ? It ' s because on Page 24
7 of this 208 page report, there ' s one
8 line that introduces the purpose of the
9 CB District . That ' s going to replace
10 the Business District . The Business
11 District allows retail . And all of us
12 work very hard to conform to the code .
13 But this one sentence says , it ' s just to
14 provide non-retail commercial
15 development outside the Hamlet Center,
16 generally along the major roadways being
17 Route 25 , Route 48 . I believe I
18 understand the purpose of that, but the
19 unsettling part to us is that on the 280
20 Section 2 , A7 , this proposed draft says
21 that it advocates the general
22 elimination of any non-conforming
23 property . So the point being that
24 you ' re making my property
25 non-conforming, then you ' re telling me
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1 that you ' re going to eliminate
2 non-conforming . That got my attention .
3 I spent 45 years in that location . I
4 put a lot of time and energy and money
5 and forgiving being passionate about it .
6 But a lot of blood, sweat and tears . So
7 you got my attention, along with the
8 other business people . And I want to
9 skip something to something else at this
10 point . May seem at first to not be
11 relevant . I ' m going to introduce this .
12 Can I approach?
13 SUPERVISOR AL KRUPSKI JR . : Yeah,
14 please .
15 MIKE DOMINO : This is a copy of the
16 business from a gentleman -- It ' s JRH
17 Engineering . JR Bob Holtzmacher is a
18 professional engineer . He was hired by
19 the Village of Greenport to do a sewer
20 study on August of 2024 . Bob, as he
21 likes to be called, found a
22 significant -- these are his words ,
23 significant flooding on First and Third
24 Streets during each high tide event that
25 is accompanied by an easterly wind . So
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1 flooding is quite common here . He also
2 found, and these are his numbers , that
3 during the same easterly wind and high
4 tide combination, 600 , 000 gallons of
5 seawater intrudes into the Village sewer
6 system. The exact source is unknown,
7 but it ' s assumed to be through cracks in
8 the system itself . So, now, as I speak,
9 there were pumps working in buildings on
10 Front Street and Main Street . In the
11 basement, pumping seawater out, which
12 you can understand that goes into the
13 sewer system. So the point being that
14 he ' s trying to save the Hamlet Center of
15 Greenport, but Greenport has a serious
16 problem . A serious problem that I don ' t
17 think is being addressed by this draft .
18 Furthermore, if you remove retail from
19 my property or Mr . Ratsy ' s properties or
20 William Mills , the bus company, you ' re
21 doing the Town a disservice because we
22 have -- and I have a copy of the
23 topographic map here, we have some of
24 the highest land in Greenport, land
25 being south of 48 . In fact, the
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1 benchmark is located in the northwest
2 corner of my property, 13 feet above sea
3 level . On their own, it slopes down,
4 obviously, towards the harbor . So the
5 point being, if the First and Third
6 Street -- if sea level arrives
7 continues , and it ' s projected -- again,
8 not my numbers , but NOAA, to rise half a
9 meter in the next 20 years . 20 years
10 sounds like a long time when you ' re a
11 young kid . When you get to my age , it
12 goes pretty quickly . In fact, this
13 draft report ' s been about 16 years in a
14 making . It goes pretty quickly . A half
15 a meter rise in Greenport, you ' re not
16 going to be concerned with pedestrian
17 traffic or actually vehicular traffic,
18 you ' re going to be worried about kayaks .
19 It ' s a real issue there . And if you ' re
20 going to relocate the businesses , you
21 can ' t relocate them to areas that you ' ve
22 already said can ' t be retail anymore .
23 So we ' re going to cross purposes there .
24 Again, I have a lot more to say on this
25 and I will share it another time . But I
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1 think you started out well intended and
2 incorporated a lot of good feedback from
3 Civic Associations and other members of
4 the community, but not so much from the
5 people in the CB corridor, what you ' re
6 calling a CB corridor . So I urge you to
7 have a focus group . The businessmen are
8 organizing right now, and they would
9 like to talk to you . And I hope that
10 you incorporate their suggestions or
11 some of their suggestions in it .
12 Specifically, remove that prohibition on
13 retail in that zone . Thank you very
14 much for your attention . Sorry I went
15 so long .
16 SUPERVISOR AL KRUPSKI JR . : No, no,
17 thank you . This is what we ' re looking
18 for here . So we had a draft that you
19 reviewed, and thank you for doing your
20 homework . And we ' re going to have
21 different focus groups for different
22 industries . Business is certainly going
23 to be one of them, as well as , general
24 outreach focus groups . We ' re also going
25 to have a physical location in the bank
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1 building, in the lobby, where with maps ,
2 some people can come in with a computer
3 laptop, some people can come in and get
4 answers from the Planning staff during
5 the day, and we ' ll do a few evening
6 sessions . So, this is --
7 MIKE DOMINO : I can assure you that
8 it ' s well appreciated by the dozen or so
9 people in the Greenport HB zone .
10 SUPERVISOR AL KRUPSKI JR . : Oh, no,
11 everywhere . It ' ll be a general business
12 forum for all businesses .
13 MIKE DOMINO : Thank you .
14 SUPERVISOR AL KRUPSKI JR . : And
15 thank you for bringing up the elevation
16 problem .
17 MIKE DOMINO : Yes . Again, I urge
18 you to get a copy of that report . It ' s
19 very concerning .
20 SUPERVISOR AL KRUPSKI JR . : Yeah .
21 MIKE DOMINO : Thank you so much .
22 SUPERVISOR AL KRUPSKI JR . : Thank
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24 COUNCILMAN BRIAN MEALY : Mr .
25 Domino, thank you for your long time
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1 service as a Trustee, and also it was my
2 great honor to be the liaison of the
3 Antibias Task Force , as you were a long
4 time member, and we miss you on the
5 Antibias Task Force . And we thank you
6 for your civic service and for being an
7 educator in our greater community . So
8 thank you for your testimony about this
9 issue, but thank you for what you ' ve
10 done in our community .
11 MIKE DOMINO : Thank you so much . I
12 noticed that we ' re sitting off -- we had
13 a quorum for trustees here . Thank you
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15 SUPERVISOR AL KRUPSKI JR . : All
16 right . Anyone else ?
17 (No Response) .
18 SUPERVISOR AL KRUPSKI JR . : Seeing
19 no other comment, I ' ll take a motion to
20 adjourn?
21 COUNCILWOMAN JILL DOHERTY : I ' ll
22 make a motion to adjourn .
23 COUNCILMAN GREG DOROSKI : I ' ll
24 second it this time .
25 SUPERVISOR AL KRUPSKI JR . : All in
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1 favor?
2 COUNCILWOMAN JILL DOHERTY : Aye .
3 COUNCILMAN GREG DOROSKI : Aye .
4 COUNCILMAN BRIAN MEALY : Aye .
5 COUNCILWOMAN ANNE SMITH : Aye .
6 JUSTICE LOUISA EVANS : Aye .
7 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, 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, April 15 , 2025 .
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