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SOUTHOLD TOWN BOARD
AUGUST 3, 1982
WORK SESS ION
~resent: Supervisor Pell, Councilmen Nicktes, Murdock, ..Murphy,
Townsend. Justice Edwards arrived following lunch break. -
Also present: Highwa~ Superintendent Dean ~nd Town Attorney Tasker.
8:45 A.M. ~- The Board.audited outstanding vouchers for the ~onth
... - To%n Hist6rian Magdaline Goodrich met with the Board
to urge them To begin preparations for the~ Tercentenary. Mrs.
Goodrich was asked to prepare a letter to the Bicentennial Committee
members to determine whether they are interested in participating.
Mrs. Goodrich said most other ~owns are publishing some kind of
literature for the Tercentenary and requested the Board to consider
publication of Town Record Liber D which has been edited and' is
ready for the printer. She assured the Board that at least 500
copies could be sold immediately after printing. It was determined
that printing cost for Liber D would be over'S7,000.00 and must ~.o
to bid. Mrs. Goodrich will work with Town Attorney Tasker in prepar-
ing the bid specifications.
9:45 A.M. The Board began reviewing the agenda.
10:05 A.M. - Members of the Moratorium Commfttee met with the Board.
The East HampTon moratorium litigation was discussed, as well as'
various forms of litigation in other townships throughout the state.
The Committee is looking for the acceptable manner in which a moratorium
would be legal. Town Attorney Tasker answer most of the Committee's~
questions, clarifying the various legal actions cited by them and
impressing upon everyone present that it is possibIe that the declara-
tion of a moratorium could lead vo judgments against individual Board
members.
11:05 A.M. - Merlon Wiggin briefly spoke zo the Board, advising
them the construction costs for municimal solid waste plants has
risen considerably in the last several months, and asking when
the requests for proposal for the proposed Town Dtant will be
ready. Town Attorney Tasker advised they will b~ ready for Board
review in about three weeks.
11:10 A.M. - Board resumed reviesing the agenda.
12:10 P.M. - Recess for lunch.
1:45 P.M. - Work Session reconvened and the Board continued reviewing
the agenda.
3:05 P.M. - Recess for public hearing in the matter of the application
of Enconsultants, Inc. on behalf of Matt-A~Mar Marina for a wetland
permit.
3:30 P.M. ~[ork Session resumed.. Board met with E~ecutive Admin-
istrator Victor .G. Lessard to discuss violations of health, electrical,
parking, fire code, noise ordinances by Le Bar, ?ain Road, Southold.
Mr. Lessard s~ated Le Bar has until 3:30 P.M., Wednesday, August 5
to conform To the regulations after wich he requested the Board To
authorize him to proceed with the required legal action.--A resolution
was placed on the agenda to this effect.--Mr. Lessard advised the
Board he has instructed the Fire InspecTors to proceed with inspections
of public buildings.
EXECUTIVE SESSION
4:40 P.M. , The Board discussed personnel with ~r. Lessard.
4:50 P.M. - The Board discussed the possible purchase of property
adjoining the landfill site.
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REGULAR MEETING
A ReKular Meetin~ of the Southold ToWn Board was held on
Tuesday, August 3, 1982 at the Southotd Town Hall, Main Road,
Southold, New York. Supervisor Pell opened the meeting at 7:30
P.-M~ with the Pledge of Allegiance ~o the Flag.
Present:
Supervisor William R. Pell, III
Councilman John J. Nickles
Councilman Lawrence ~urdock, Jr.
Councilman Francis J. Murphy
Councilman Joseph L. Townsend, Jr.
Justice Raymond W. Edwards
Town Clerk Judith T. Terry
Town Attorney Robert W. Tasker
Moved by Councilman Nickles,-seconded-by Councilman Murdock, it was
RESOLVED that the following audited bills be aoproved for oavment:
General Fund Whole Town bills in the amount of $17,205.18; General
Fund Part Town bills in the amount of $18,248.02; Highway Department
bills in the amount of $18,235.20; Fishers Island Ferry ~istridt
bills in the amount of $38,270.61; Fishers Island Ferry District
Capital Project bills in the amount of $48,303.50; Federal Revenue
Sharing bills in the amount of $2,618.05; Home Aid Program bills in
the amoun5 of $226.03.
Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Edwards, Councilman
Townsend, Councilman Murphy-, Councilman Murdock, Counci!mzn
Nickles, Supervisor Pell.
This resolution was declared duly ADOPTED.
Moved by Councilman Nickles, seconded by Justice-Edwards:, it.[~as
RESOLVED that the minutes Of' the 'July 20~, 1982 Sou~thbld_To~n .~oard
meeting be and hereby are approved.
Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Edwards', Councilman
Townsend, Councilman Murphy, Councilman Murdock, ~3uncitman
Nickles, Supervisor Pell.
This resolution was declared duly ADOPTED.
SUPERVISOR PELL: For. information sake the 'n'ex't...To%vn~ B~o'~r~d~eting
will be held August 18, 19'8'2 'at.'l:O0' P'.M~.-Oh'.Fish'ers'. Isl~nd~ -.After
that the next one will be held '.August 24'.' '1'982 at 3':'00 P.M. in' this
room here.
I. REPORTS
SUPERVISOR PELL: These reports are placed on file in th~ Town Clerk's
Office if anybody wishes to review them they can do s'o at the Town
Clerk's Office in detail.
1. Building Inspector's monthly report - July 1982.
2 Town Trustee's monthly report - July 1982.
3. Town Clerk's monthly repor~ - July 1982.
4. Councilmen!s reports. Councilman Townsend do you have any-
thing to report?
COUNCILMAN TOWNSEND: Nothing except that I've been meeting with a
group of people interested in preserving open spaces in So'uthotd
Town and in conjunction with thar I've spoken to Blaine Allen of the
~ral Land Bank, which is a co-op of farmers providing low interest
loans to farmers and we discussed some ways in which we might encourage
farming or the continuation of farming in this area. t also met with
Alex Hargrave and discussed some ideas in his field. Another thing
that happened was the meeting we had with some of these people, these
same people, and you people on the moratorium issue and I contacted
Lee Koppetman in an effort to get either him or an aide to the meet-
ing, or a synopsis of his opinion on a moratorium, which wasn't forth-
coming. However,he did express his general opposition to such an
action over the phone to me and I'll try to ge~ him out again next
week. That's all I have to say.
SUPERVISOR PELL: Thank you. Councilman Murdock.
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COUNCILMAN MURDOCK: Vacation ~as ~Y~rY nice.
SUPERVISOR PELL: Councilman Nickles.
CODT~CILMAN NICKLES: I have two matters to report on. Several weeks
ago I set up a meeting with the Southt'a'nd Corporat:i'on, which is the
7-Eleven people and met with our citizen's group and the Supervisor
'here in the Town Hall, at which we didn't gain too much ground and
subsequently visited a store of theirs in Stony Brook which has
so-called colonial decor and then we set upa follow-up meeting last
Friday and had all their real estate peopIe.,and other officers from
their local firm out and we did effect some changes although not all
the changes the interested parties would like To have. Mainly we
did get--they're not going to have the mansard roof with the red
plastic shingles, they're going to have wood cedar shi'ngles. They're
going to have bricks- on three sides, the front and two sides. We
were able to induce them to plant street trees' between the sidewalk
and curb; we got them to limit the number of games- to two and we also
they. have agreed to put up a wooden post or colonial or rustic type
sign and then a couple of other items- relative to elimination of~the
sign on the mansard roof and. at the street.- ..... Another matter I've
been working on is Bo:iS-seau ~venue and .I can't say ihat I've been
working on this alone. It starzed twelve years ago with Chief Cataldo,
our former chief, who Started to effect .a change..with the-.Department of
Transportation to put in a l'ight 'at the f'n'terse'cti'on' 'of B0'is~eau Avenue
and Route 25. I took up the cudgel last year and now with the help of
our new Chief Winzers- and Senator LaValle we have at least gotten
traffic counters at Boissea~ Avenue at two places- and at Hobart.
Hopefully with. the new' store opening up we can pursuade the Department
of Transportation to give us' a light at least for the s'ummer season
when we have heavy traffic there and maybe have it put on a blinker
for the off-season. In the last five years we've had 28 accidents
there and one fatality and if anybody is down at that intersection
they know how difficult it is to get access out on to Route 25 from
Boisseau Avenue or to pull out from any of the stores in that vicinity.
So, hopefully, we'll be successful, but I see a lot of peopl'e here and
if you want t.o drive up and down Boisseau Avenue a lot in the next
couple of weeks it might help.
SUPERVISOR PELL: Councilman Murphy.
COUNCILMAN MURPHY: I'd like to report Tommy Czelatka and our
seed clam specialist have report that we are getting fantastic
growth and fantastic results on the growing of the See'd clams.
For those of you who don't know what it is about, we're taking
tiny little seeds and we're getting such good growth that in
about one year we'll probably be close to a marketable clam and
which we then will seed out in the various creeks. We started
with about 80,000 seed clams this year which have an estimated
survival rate of about 85% which is absolutely great and the g, rowth
rate is even better than that. This fellow has a program going on
in East Hampton Town and our program has about 25% faster growth
because of the salinity of the water and the water temperature.
So, we're very pleased with it and our bay constable is really
doing a fantastic job helping to monitor this.- .... Also, on the
Landfill Committee with Joe Townsend and Larry Murdock, myself,
we are setting up this week and next week we should be starting
demonstrating projects on the composting of the raw sewage in
Southold Town. We're going to try to eliminate all the leaves
and brush' that are going into the landfill with takes a tremendous
amount of volume, and we' re going to try to compost the raw sewage
that's coming mn. We have a machine from an outfit in Iowa that's
been delivered last week down to the Highway Department that we can
use on an experimental basis and we should be starting next week.
It looks very promising and hopefully we'll have more good news
to report on it. Thank you.
SUPERVISOR PELL: Judge Edwards; anything on Fishers Island?
TOWN JUSTICE EDWARDS: Just that the population is looking forward
to the 18th with many many arrows waiting for you and Mr. Dean.
SUPERVISOR PELL: Once a year, for the people who don't understand
this, the Town Board goes to fishers Island, which is part of your
Town, part of Southold Town, and we have a meeting there in the
school and residents come out, civic associations come out, and we
try to answer many of their complaints, some we can and some we
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cannot. As the Judge just said, there are arrows thrown at members
of the Board who do not meet the needs that they would like to see
done. Evidentially yod're referring to Mr. Dean, from what your
remarks were.
JUSTICE EDWAPJ)S: Among others, yes.
SUPERVISOR PELL: Under Councilmen's reports, the Supervisor reports
progress on all fronts. The Town is moving ahead slow but sure.
We also have other reports:
6. Supervisor's monthly report - July 1982. All accounts are
pretty much in budget, in line.
7. Highway Department monthly report July 1982.
8. Fishers Island Ferry District monthly report - July 1982.
9, North Fork Animal Welfare League, Inc. monthly report -
July 1982.
As I said, all these reports are placed on file with the Town
Clerk.
II. P~LIC NOTICES
COU~CI~MAN ~RPHY: 1. Notice of Complete Application of Flore~
Lon¢o, Christake, Evangelista by Enconsultants, Inc.. Tidal Wetland
permit ~o create a 42 lot subdivision with seven lots in the juris-
diction of DEC, all seven lots not meeting the 40,000 square foot
minimum lot size requirement as defined in the Tidal Wetlands Land
Use Regulations. Individual homes and sanitary systems are to be
consCructed on these tots all of which will meet the minimum setback
requirements. The project is located on Richmond Cree, west of Wells
Road and sou~h of Main Road in Peco~ic. Public commen~ to New York
D.E.C. at Stony Brook no later than August llth. This is posted on
the To~m Clerk's Bulletin Board for anybody.who would like additional
information.
III. COMMUNICATIONS
regarding Lighthouse Road, Point . j
SUPERVISOR
PELL:
1.
Letter
in regards to no parking Up there. The applicant (Sa~f6~i~anauer) .... --
would like the parking to be limited from ~1 AM to' 6 pM~i~]R%ghtla now
it is from ? AM to 10 PM at night and i will so inform~t~~'.-'~riter
thatthe Board feels that this is adequate.
2. Letter from ~on Arcnri 'for S. Hananer, M.~ Green the fence that
was just put up at Horton Point because the stairs are in gisrepair
and people going dow~ those stairs could get hurt and the To~n could
become liable. At this time the Board put a fence up there-and will
also put up--Mr. Dean will put up signs to go along with the fence,
and remove the remains of the stairs that are there.
3. Letter from the New SUffolk Civic 'AssoCiati'on, Inc. in regard
to the bridge that will be put up on New Suffolk Avenue, the first'~one,
the ~ssociation would like to have no fishing ramp along this bridge;
a fishing catwalk it's called. The Town Board reviewed this a year
and ~ half ago and with the help of the Department of Public Works
instructed or asked them to include a fishing lamp along side this
bridge. The Civic Association is opposed to it but it will be put
in according to the County of Suffolk who is going t~ put the bridge
in.
4. Letter from Pebble' beach' Farms regarding the rains up there.
In tha~ last rain storm in June they also had problems with drainage
and some of it helped to make problems elsewhere.
5. A letter from 'Co~inne~ Donopria on Horton Point asking the
Town ~oard to restore the stairs and put the~ back in working
condition. There are two sides to every coin. The Town Board has
to make the decision which, way ~o go, and as you heard before the
decision was made by the Town Board.
6. We met with a group of people today, maybe !5 or so -came
in, and discussed the proposed request for the Town to put a moratorium
in effect on subdivisions. The Town Board has taken no action a~
this time on this. They did give us a seven page letter last night
which the Town Board did review today quickly and will give it more
thought and more consideration at a later date. At this time no
action is being taken by your Town Board.
IV. ~EARINGS
SUPERVISOR PELL: We had one today at 3:05 and we will probably make
a determination on it later in the agenda. (Public Hearing in the
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matter of the application of Enconsuttants, Inc. on behalf of
Matt~A-Mar Marina for a wetland permit.)
V.~ RESOLUTIONS
COUNCILMAN MURPHY: I would like to make the first one, Bill. This
one is one that a I got involved in about 15 months ago when I was
on a trip out to California where my daughter was working and got
involved and met a group of people who were probably the originators
of this whole world peace movement. A tremendous group, names -
Tom Hayden, Jane Fonda, Dennis Banks, 'head of the American Indian
Movement, Caesar Chevez, the United Farm Workers and a ~remendous
amount of other people. Really I was very impressed with their
dedication and sincerity and interest and I was very happy to make
this resolution and I'll read it as follows:
Moved by Councilman Murphy, seconded by Councilman Townsend, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold, New York goes
on record as follows:
1. Supporting the New York legislative proposal for a Nuclear
Freeze Referendum on the upcoming November state ballot (Senate
Bill #10239-A) and the corresponding state assembly bill co-sponsored
by Assemblyman John L. Behan.
2. Tha~ a copy of this resolution be sent to the President of
the United States, the presiding officers of both houses of the
United States Congress, and the presiding officers of both houses
of the New York State Legislature, and our local representatives
in the U. S. Congress and the State legislature.
Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: -Justice Edwards, Councilman
Townsend, Councilman Murphy, Councilman Murd~ck, Councilman
Nickles, Supervisor Pell.
This resolution was declared duly ADOPTED.
SUPERVISOR PELL: Resolution No. 2, A Local Law to establish a
Landmark Preserver'ion'.CommiSsion and to prescribe its duties" will
be tabled at this time. The Board did discuss it today in great
length. The outcome of it was that Councilman Murphy and Councilman
Townsend will meet with some people in Town who have been for this
and some who are opposed ~o it and inform the rest of the Board and
perhaps can work out something along these lines that we all Will
think will be beneficial to the Town. It is not a dead item because
it is not being acted on at this time. Frank and Joe will head it
up and get it updated perhaps.
3. Moved by Councilman Nickles, seconded by Councilman Murdock,
BOND RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN OF SOUTHOLD, NEW YORK
ADOPTED AUGUST 3, I982,' A'UTHORIZI'NG THE PREPARATION
OF A' COK~PREHENSIVE A4ASTER'PLA'N STUDY' FOR 'THE
DEVELOPMENT OF THE ENTIRE AREA OF SAID TOWN, STATING
THE ESTIMATED ~%AXI~iUM COST THEREOF IS $80, 000, APPRO-
PRIATING SAID A~OUNT TtIEREFOR, INCLUDING $10, 000
CURRENT FUNDS, AND AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF $70, 000
SERIAL BONDS OF THE TOWN TO FINANCE THE BALANCE OF
SAID APPROPRIATION.
RESOLVED BY THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF SOUTHOLD, IN
THE COUNTY OF SUFFOLK, NEW YORK (by favorable vote of not less than two-
thirds of the entire membership of said Board), AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The Town of Southold, in the County of Suffolk, New York
(the "Town"), is hereby authorizedtohave a comprehensive master plan study pre-
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pared for the development of the entire area of the Town, pursuant to applicable
provisions of the Town Law. The estimated maximum cost of said specific object
or purpose, including preliminary costs and costs 'incidental thereto and the
~inancing thereof is $80, 000 and the said amount is hereby appropriated therefor,
including $10, 000 current funds now available in. the current budget of the Town.
The plan of financing includes the use of said $10, 000 current funds, the issuance
of $70,000 serial bonds of the Town to finance the balance of said appropriation and
the levy and collection of tax upon all the taxable real property in the Town outside of the
incorporated Village of Greenport, to pay the principal of said bonds and interest
thereon as the same shall become due and payable.
Section 2. Serial bonds of the Town in the principal amount of $~70,000
are hereby authorized to be issued pursuant to the provisions of the Local Finance
Law, constituting Chapter 33-a of the Consolidated Laws of the State of New York (the
"Law), to finance the balance of said appropriation not provided by said~current funds.
Section 3. The following additional matters are hereby determi~ed and
declared:
(a) The period of probable usefulness of said specific object Orl~oge
hereinabove described, for which said $70, 000 serial bonds herein authorized are to
be issued, within the limitations of Section I1.00a. 64 of the Law, is five (5) years.
(b) Current funds are not required to be provid=d prior to the issuance of
the serial bonds authorized pursuant to this resolution or any bond anticipalion notes
issued in anticipation of the sale of said bonds, however, current funds in the amount
of $!0~ 000 are now available in the budget of the Town for the I982 fiscal year under
the heading ont~ngent Account - Code }~19~c0.4" and the Supervisor is hereby
directed to set aside such funds and to apply the same solely to the said specific
object or purpose authorized pursuant to this resolution.
(c) The maturity of any bonds aulhorized by this resolution shall not exceed
five (5) years.
Section 4. Each of the bonds authorized pursuant to this resolution and any
bond anticipation notes issued in anticipation of said bonds, shall Contain the recital of
validity prescribed by Section 52.00 of the Law and said bonds and any notes issued in
anticipation of said bonds, shall be general obligations of the Town, payable as to
both princip~land interest by a general tax upon all the taxable real property Within
the ~Town without limitation of rate or amount. The faith and credit of the Town are
ihereby i~revocably pledged to the punctual payment of the principal of and interest on
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said bonds and provisions shall be made annually in the budget of the Town by
appropriation for (a) the amortization and redemption of the bonds to mature in each
year and (b) the payrnent of interest to be due and payable in each year.
Section 5. Subjec~ to the provisions of this resolution and the Law, pursuant
to the provisions of Section 30 relative to the authorization of the issuance of bond
anticipation notes, or~ the renewals of said notes and of Sec~ion 50.00 and Section 56.00
to 60.00 of the Law, the powers and duties of the Town ]Board relative to authorizing
bond anticipation notes and prescribing the terr~s, forth and contents and as ~o the
sale and issuance of the bonds herein authorized and of any bond anticipation notes
issued in anticipation of said bonds, and the renewals~of said no,es, are hereby
delegated to the Supervisor, the chief fiscal officer of ~he Town.
Section 6g The validity of the bonds authorized by this resolution arld of any
bond anticipation notes issued in anticipation of said bonds, may be con~es~ed only if:
(a)such obligations are authorized for an object, or purpose for
which the Town is not authorized to s~end money, or
(b) the provisions of law which Should be complied with at the date
of the publication of such resolution, are n~t substantially
complied with,
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~-~ and an action, suit or proceeding contesting such validity is commenced wilhin twenty
!days after the date of such publication, or
(c) such obligations are authorized in violation of the provisions of
~he constitution.
Section 7. This resolution shalltake effect immediatelyo
Vote of the To~ Board: Ayes: Justice Edwards., Councilman
Townsend, Councilman Murphy, Councilman ~rdock, Councilman
Nickles, Supervisor Pell.
This resolution was declared duly ADOPTED.
3. Moved by Councilman Nickles, seconded by Councilman Murdock, it was
(b) RESOLVED by the Town Board of the Town of Southotd, in the County
of Suffolk, New York as follows:
Section 1. The Town Clerk lS hereby 'a~th~rized' 'and directed
to publish, in''f'ull, the 'foregoing bon'd resolution in "The Suffolk
Times" and "The Long Island Traveler l~attituck Watchman", newspapers
published in Southold, New York, and having a general circulation
therein, and hereby designated as the official newspapers of said
To~, ~.ogether with a notice attached in substantially the form as
prescribed by Section 81.00 of the Local Finance Law of the State
~ of New York.
Section 2. This resolution shall take effec~ immediately.
.... Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Edwards, Councilman
To~msend, Councilman Murphy, Councilman Murdock, Councilman
Nickles, Supervisor Pell.
This resolution was declared duly ADOPTED.
SUPERVISOR PELL: ~Fhat this is all about is that the Town Board
has authorized the Planning Board to engage a planning firm to
update the Master Plan of your Town to bring in zoning for the
entire future growth and how we would like to see your town grow.
This is wha~ we're doing now, we're hiring a firm.
3. Moved by Councilman Townsend, seconded by Councilman ~¢urdock, it was
(c) RESOLVED that Supervisor William R. Petl, III ~e and he hereby is
authorized and directed to enter into an agreemen't' ~etween the Town
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(a)
(b)
of Southold and Raymon'd, pa'riS'h~ Pine ~ We'iner,' !nc. for the under-
taking and updating of Southotd' Town's 1967 Master Plan for the
entire unincorporated area of the Town of Southold, 'aZ a total cost
of $69,000.00, payable in three phases: Phase I--$27,500.00 payable in
1982, Phas~ II--$23,500.00 payable in 1983, Phase III--S18,000.00
payable in 1983, plus other adjustments in fee-should the Town Board
require additional services of Raymond, Parish,-.Pine &Weiner, InC.
Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Edwards, Councilman
Townsend, Councilman Murphy, Councilman ~Iurdock, Councilman
Nickles, Supervisor
This resolution was declared duly ADOPTED.
Moved by Councilman Nickles, seconded by Councilman Murphy, it was
RESOLVED that pursuant to Article 8 of the Environmental Conservation
Law State Environmental Quality Review and 6NYCRR Part 617, Section
617.10 and Chapter 44 of the Code of the Town of Southold, notice is
hereby given that the Southold Town Board, as lead agency for the
action described below, has.determined that the..project, which is
unlisted, will not h'av'e' a si'g'nifi'cant' ~ffeCt bn'..th~ environment.
Description of Action: Appl'icat'ion of Mary Jane Gross for aWetland
Permit to construct a dock and catwalk at her property on Wesz Creek
extension of Goose Creek, at 275 Sun Lane, Southold, New York.
The project has been determined not to have a significant effect
on the environment for the following reasons:
An environmental assessment has been submitted which indicated
that no significant adverse effect to the environment are likely to
occur should the project be implemented as planned.
Because there has no response in the allotted time from the
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, it is assumed
that there is no objection nor comments by that agency.
Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Edwards~, Councilman
Townsend, Councilman Murphy, Councilman Murdock, Councilmam
Nickles, Supervisor Pell.
This resolution was declared duly ADOPTED. '-
~ved by Councmlman Murdock, seconded by Councmlman Nmckles~
RESOLVED that pursuant to Article 8 of the EnVi~6nme~t~:C~r~ation
Law State Environmental Quality Review: and 6NYCRR Part
617.10 and Chapter 44 of the Code of the Town of S0uthOld~.?~.~5'ce is
hereby given that the Southold Town Board, as~legd agency: f~r the
action described below has determined that the project, which is
unlisted, will not have a significant effect on the environment.
Description of Action: The establishment of the South'Old Wastewater
Disposal District in the Town of Southold, Suffolk'County, New York,
pursuanz to Article 12A of the Town Law.
The projecz has Been determined not to have a signific~nt effect
on the environment for the following reason:
The May, 1982 plan and repor~ prepared by Holzmacher, McLendon
and Murrell, and filed with the Town Clerk, contains an environmental
impact assessment for the construction of the recommended scavenger
waste facility and concluded that the same will have a beneficial
impact on the environment.
Vote of tne Town Board: Ayes: Justice Edwards, Councilman
Townsend, Councilman Murphy, Councilman Murdock, Councilman
Nickles, Supervisor Pell.
This resolution was declared duly ADOPTED..
Moved by Councilman Murdock, seconded by Councilman Townsend,
ORDER PROVIDING FO~ ~ PUBLIC HEARING RELATIVE T~.THE
ESTABLISHMENT OF T~E SOUTHOLD WASTE~ATER DISPOSALDISTRICT.
In the ~atter of the Establishment of the Southoid Wastewater Dis-
posal District in the Town of Southold, Suffolk County, New York,
pursuant to Article i2A of the Town Law.
WHEREAS. there has been filedwiththe Southold Town Clerk a map
entitled "Town of Southo!d Scavenger Waste Improvement District" showing
the boundaries of the proposed Southold Wastewa~er Disposal District together
with a plan and report showing the improvements proposed to be made in said
District, all prepared by Holzmacher, McLendon and Murretl. P.C.,
competent engineers duly licensed by the Stage of New York. and
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WHEREAS, the ~bundar~es ~'!'~id proposS~ Wastewater Disposal
lstr~ct ar~ as follows:
All of the land located on the mainland of the Totem of Southold,
Suffolk County, New York, outside of the boundaries of the Incorporated
Village of Greenport, EXCLUDING, HOWEVER, the following parcels
of land shown and designated on the Suffolk County Tax _Map as follows,
to wit:
DISTRICT SECTION BLOCK LOT
1000 034 I 33
1000 034 1 34
1000 034 1 35
1000 034 1 36
1000 034 1 4O
1000 034 1 42
1000 034 1 43
1000 040 3 5
1000 040 3 8
I000 040 3 9.1
1000 040 3 9.2
1000 041 3 45
1000 041 3 46
~000 041 3 47
1000 041 3 49
1000 041 3 51
1000 041 3 54
1000 041 3; 55
1000 041 3 56
1000 041 5 3
1000 042 I 2
1000 042 I 6
1~00 042 I 15
1000 042 i 17
1000 042 I 22
1000 042 I 23
1000 042 1 24
1000 042 I 26
1000 042 '1 27
1000 042 I 30
1000 0~5 2 2
1000 045 7 2.1
1000 045 7 3
1000 045 7 5.1
1000 046 I 31.1
1000 046 1 1
1000 048 1 2
1000 048 1 14
1000 048 3 t
1000 048 3 t2
1000 048 3 13
I000 049 1 9
1000 049 1 13
1000 049 1 25.1
PRESENT OR FORMER OWNERS
Garner, Irc~e
Garner, Irene
Copin Jr., Edward
Finno, James & wife
Grigonis, Frank
Preston, Frederick
Nolan, Robert
ELI Kamp Grounds, Inc.
Malinauskas, Anion
Dunn, Agnes
Malinauskas, Charles
Wilson, Vernon
Orr, William
Raynor, Samuel R.
Cuipryk, Joseph J.
Lewis, Harry
Mihelakis, George
Breglia, Patricia
Kruk, Edward
Wright, Everett
Shelby, Jonathan
King, Gerald
Fiore, Anthony
Rowland, Marguerite P.
Davis, Frederick
Richter, Joan
Leden, John
Mazzaferro, Eugene N.
Mazzaferro, John A.
Corwin E. E. &M. G.
San Simeon by the Sound
Herzog Jr, Albert
Jernick Moving & Storage, Inc.
Greenport School Dist. No. 10
I-IX Construction Corp.
Espach, D. & Vischno, L.
McCamy, K~.ith
Calabrese, Domenico
Brown, William
Fields, Frank
Giovane lli, Etore
Tyler, Jacob
Pirillo, James
Shilowitz
The land located within the boundaries of the Incorporated Village of
Greenport, Town of Southold, Suffolk County, New York shat1 be excluded
from said proposed District, EXCEPT that the following parcels of land
located wiihin the boundaries of said Village of Greenport shall be
'INCLUDED in said proposed District, said included parcels being shown
and designated on the Suffolk County Tax Map as follows, to wit:
DISTRICT SECTION BLOCK LOT
1001 003 3 l&2
1001 003 3 3
1001 003 3 4
PRESENT OR FORMER OWNERS
Vi]taRe of Greenport
Painter, Roberta S. & Another
Bayne, Milton H. & Ors.
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1001 003 3 5
i001 003 3 6
100t 003 3 7.1&7.2
1001 003 3 8
!001 003 3 9
1001 003 3 10
1001 003 3 1I
1001 003 3 12
1001 003 3 13
1001 003 3 '14
100I 003 3 15
1001 003 3 16
100t 003 3 17
I001 003 3 18
I001 003 3 19
1001 003 3 20
1001 003 3 21
I001 003 3 22
1001 003 3 23
1001 003 3 24
100t 003 3 25
1001 0O3 3 26
t001 003 3 27
1001 003 3 28
1001 003 3 29
1001 003 3 30
1001 003 3 31
I001 003 3 32
1001 003 3 33.1
I001 003 3 33.2
1001 003 3 33.3
Stooihoff, Atesta C.
Allen Jr., Donald
Fall, Edward A. ~Jr.
Shengotd, Melvin & wi'.
Holmes, William & wt.
Leiblich, Jr., Paul
Tasker, Henry & wt.
Droshim, Elsie K.
Schenck, Eliz. M.
Muller, William A. & wt.
]3urns, Margery D.
Sweeney, Raymond J. & wt.
Adams, Janet ]3.
Staples, Halsey A.
Staples, Dorothy F.
Smith, Isabelle L.
]3radshaw, Jr., Perry D.
Abruzzo, Jean D.
Clerke, Lester Y.
Corwin, James A.
Wachenfeld, Barbara
Noble, Christopher iL. & Ano.
Craig, Robert
Leonard, Jean C.
]3uckley, Eugene T.'
Goldie, Richard B.
Edwards, Jane I~.
Pope, Helen ]3.
Richardson, Mary S.
Arnott, Janet
Arnott, Janet B. Adams
WHEREAS, the improvements proposed consists of the corisli~iion
of a scavenger waste pretreatment plant at the site of the sewer !~e~aiment
plant of the Village of Greenport locat ed west of Moores Lane, a~G~reenport,
New York, and
WHEREAS, the n]aximum amount proposed to be expended for the
improvements is $t, 877, 000., consisting of the following:
a. Construction Costs
b. 10% Contingencies
c. Engineering, Legal & Adlninistration
d. Interest Costs during Construction
Total
$1,312,000.
132,000.
276,000.
157,000.
$1,877,000.
WHEREAS, the proposed method of financing to be employed is by
the Town Board on behalf of such District authorizing the issuance of Serial
Bonds in the amount of $1, 877, 000. for the construction o£ such improvements.
It is estimated that the sum of $1, 591,000. (92.5%of items a, b and c above)
will be received from State and Federal Grants, and
WHEREAS, said map, plan and report are on file in the office of the
Town Clerk for public inspection, and
WHEREAS, the Board of Trustees of the Village of Greenport, on July 26,
1982, adopted a resolution, subject ~o a permissive referendum, consenting !o
AUGUST 3, 1982
the inclusion of the lands hereinbefore described and located within the incorpora-
ted Village in said proposed District, and
WHEREAS, the I~Iay, 1982 plan and report prepared by Ho]zmacher,
McLendon' and Murrell, and filed with the Town Clerk, contains an environmental
impact assessment of the construction of the recommended scavenger waste
facility and concluded that the same will have a beneficial impact on the environ-
ment.
WHEREAS, it is now desired to cml a public hearing for the purpose of
considering said map, plan and report and to hear all persons interested in
the subject matter thereof concerning the same in accordance with the provisions
of the Town Law.
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED by the Town Board of the
Town of Southold, Suffolk County, New York, as follows:
Section t. A hearing wilt be held by the Southold Town Board at the
Southold Town Hall, Main Road, Southold, in the To,~wa of Southold, New York, on
the 7th day of September, 1982, at 8:00 o'clock P. tV[.', prevailing time, to con-
sider the aforesaid map, plan and report, and to hear all persons interested in
the subject thereof concerning the same, and to t~oxke such action thereon as is
required or authorized by law.
Section 2. The Town Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to cause a
copy of this order to be published once in the Suffolk Times and The Long ~sland
Traveler-Mattituck Watchman and also to post a copy of this order, ali in
accordance with the provisions of Section 209-d ofthe Town Law.
Section 3. This order shall take.effect immediately.
Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Edwards, Councilman
Townsend, Councilman Murphy, Councilman Murdock, Councilman
Nickles, Supervisor Pelt.
This resolution was declared duly ADOPTED.
SUPERVISOR PELL: Could anyone explain that a little bit in detail?
Joseph, go ahead.
COUNCILMAN TOWSEND: This goes back to the 201 Wastewater Study
which was initiated back in 1975 or 1976 when I was Mayor of
Greenport and the Town and Village talked about the best way to
handle scavenger waste.' As you know, scavenger waste is a problem
in the Town o£ Southold because right now the honey wagons as they
are a£fectionately called all dump in one section o£ the landfill
which is a very potent source of pollution and that happens to be
right over or major source of fresh water. At that point we under-
took this study and determined that this was the Best way To handle
Southold To~m's scavenger waste problem, that being to build a
treatment plant, a scavenger waste treatment plant on property owned
by the Village o£ Greenport, that would be owned by the Town of
Southold and run by the Village o£ Greenport. The £undlng was to
come from federal and state sources pretty much. I think at tha~
point it was expected to be $7½%. As it turned out it came in at
92½%:and we are that much more fortunate. On the negative side,
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the original estimate was considerably less than it is now to build
the thing so I guess the net cost to the Town of Southold and the
bond is about the same. It has been a long haul and we're now
finally very near completion on this thing. This is one of the
first concrete steps. Our attorney has drawn up the scavenger
waste district which includes all of Southold Town excepting those
locations presently serviced by the Greenport Sewer District. As
far as priority, we're quite certain of getting money because we're
informed that we' re in the entire State of New York on projects of
this nature, we are number two.
Moved by Justice Edwards, seconded by Councilman Nickles, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby ~rants
the Eagle Hook '& Ladder Company', Southold Fire Denartment, a'special
license to hold a carnival on ~e Town parking lo% behind the ~outhold~J
Fire Department grounds, Main Road, Southotd, New York from August t0,
1982 through August 15, 1982, in accordance with Article XI, Section
100-114, Subsection C of the Code of the Town of Southold, provided
the Southold Fire Department secures the necessary approval from the
Southold Town Board of Appeals, and the necessary insurance to hold
the Town of Southold harmless.
Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Edwards, Councilman
Townsend, Councilman Murphy, Councilman Murdock, Com~cilman
Nickles, Supervisom Pell.
This resolution was declared duly AIM)PTED.
Moved by Jus.tice Edwards, seconded by Councilman Murdock, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby grants
permission to the Eagle Hook ~ Ladder Company, South'o'ld 'Fire Depart-
ment, to use Main Bayview Read, Jockey Creek Drive and Ackerly Pond
~ane, Southold for Ii'ne Of march' ~ormat~on for thei'~ parade to be
held at 7:00 P.M., August 11, 1982, provided the necessary insurance
secured to hold the Town of Southold harmless.
Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Edwards, Councilman
Townsend, Councilman Murphy, Councilman Murdock, Councilman
Nickles, Supervisor Pell.
This resolution was declared duly ADOPTED.
Moved by Councilman Murphy, seconded by Councilman Nicklea~,_,¥i¢ was
RESOLVED that Supervisor William R] Pell, III be and he h~$by is
authorized and directed tO execute an 'agreement between ~h.e C,~u~ty
of Suffolk and the Town of Southold for the Year VIII CommuaSty
Development Block' Grant which has been approved by the De~ir~ment
of Housing and Urban Development.
Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Edwards, Councilman
Townsend, Councilman Murphy, Councilman Murdock, Councilman
Nickles, Supervisor Peit.
This resolution was declared duly ADOPTED.
COUNCILMAN MURPHY: I might say for those who haven't been. to ~he
public hearings or haven't followed this, the to't~l grant is
$243.200.00 to the Town and the pro]'ects are:S50,000.00 to Cutchogue
Landfill, $10,000.00 for fencing improvement to close off some sumps,
Mattituck Parking facility $50,000.00; rehab of North Fork Community
Theatre $5,000.00, housing rehabilitation $75,000.00, Cutchogue park-
ing for the handicapped $10,000.00 and Fishers Island recreation
improvements $10,000.00, and project administration $33,200.00.
Moved by Councilman Nickles, seconded by Councilman Murdock,
WHEREAS, through diligence and hard work in your daily living
you have set high standards for yourself, and
WHEREAS, the basis for development for your own personal code
of conduct could not provide a better guidance and will contribute
to a more meaningful life, and
WHEREAS, you will continue to be guided in your-daily living by
the Scout Oath and Code, now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED that DOUGLAS HUNTER, JR. be congratulated for achieving
the highest rank in scouting - EAGLE SCOUT.
Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: J~stice Edward~, Councilman
Townsend, Councilman Murphy, Councilman Murdock, Councilman
Nickles, Supervisor Pell.
This resolution was declared duly ADOPTED.
SUPERVISOR PELL: For information sake, last year in the five east
end towns were were four boys who obtained the rank of Eagle Scout
last year. Two of them came from Southold Town. This year Southold
Town, when we get done tonight, will have four boys in itself and
we still have two or three more to go. The year's not up yet. Our
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scout leaders in our~i'i~)wn ...... ~{'~"'" "~ .... ~
~r~?~!$~!?'~Whb ~dedi~te their time and
you can be very very proud of them because we are.
Moved by Councilman Murdock, seconded by Justice Edwards, it was
RESOLVED that the application of Frank J. ~cBride dated Augusz 9,
1982 for permission to maintain a single family house trailer on
the north side of Oregon Road, Cutchogue, New York, be and hereby
is .renewed for a period of six (6) months.
Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Edwards, Councilman
Townsend, Councilman Murphy, Councilman Murdock, Councilman
Nicktes, Supervisor Pell.
This resolution was declared duly ADOPTED.
Moved by Justice Edwards, seconded by Councilman Murphy, it was
RESOLVED that ~he Town Board of the Town of Southold approves the
fo}lowing transfer within the Fishers Island Ferry District 1982
Budgez: From: Lengthening-Olinda $50,000.00, To: Capital Project
$5O,O0O.OO.
Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Edwards, Councilman
Townsend, Councilman Murphy, Councilman Murdock, Councilman
Nickles, Supervisor Pell.
This resolution was declared duly ADOPTED.
Moved by Justice Edwards, seconded by Councilman Murphy, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southotd approves the
following appointments as Inspectors of Electlon for the annual
election for CommiSsioner Of the Fishers 'Is'land Ferry District to
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be held on Augus~ 10, 1982: Edwin H. Homing, Chairman; Dorothy B.
Edwards, Teller; Kathrine W. Homing, Teller.
Ybte of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Edwards, Councilman
Townsend, Councilman Murphy, Councilman Murdock, Councilman
Nickles, Supervisor Pell.
This resolution was declared duly ADOPTED.
Moved by Justice Edwards, seconded by Councilman Murdock, it was
RESOL%~D that the Town Board of the Town of Southold grants
permission to the Commissioners of the Fishers Island Ferry District
to.advertise for bids for the removal of the ramp support system and
ex~sting section of dock at the souvheast limit of the Capital Project,
13.
(b)
rebuilding the same and decking over in accordance with specifications
identical to those for the capital project dock area, at an estimated
cost of $15,000.00 to $18,000.00.
Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Edwards, Councilman
Townsend, Councilman Murphy, Councilman Murdock, Councilman
Nickles, Supervisor Pell.
This resolution was declared duly ADOPTED.
13. Moved by Councilman Townsend, seconded by Councilman Murdock, it was
(a) RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold acce~t the bid
of Brighton' ste'el Company, 'Inc. for supplying the Town with 10,000
lin. ft., more or less, of Snow Fence with pickets 1½ x 3/8 inches,
spaced 2 inches apart, 4 feet high, stained red, with five (5) double
strands of 12½ gauge galvanized wire in 100 lin. foot rolls at the
bid price of $35.00 per roll. '
Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Edwards, Councilman
Townsend, Councilman Murphy, Councilman Murdock, Councilman
Nickles, Supervisor peI1.
This resolution was declared d~ly ADOPTED.
Moved by Councilman Townsend, seconded by Councilman Murdock, it was
RESOLVED.that t~e Town Board of the T~wn of Southold acce~t the bid
of Brighton steel Company, Inc. -for. supplying the Town wi~h 500, more
or less, 6 foot studded steel T Po~ts with flanges or anchor plates
on posts, posts shall not be less than 8.65 lbs. each, at the bid
price of $2.50 per post.
Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Edwards, Councilman
Townsend, Councilman Murphy, Councilman Murdock, Councilman
Nickles, Supervisor Pell.
This resolution was declared duly ADOPTED.
14. Mbved by Councilman Murphy, seconded by Justice Edwards, it was
RESOLVED that the Southold Town Board declare itsel~ lead a~ency
in regard to the S~a~e E~vironmental. Quality Review-Acm in the
matter of th~ applic'ation of P'aul B~rman for a wet'land ~ermit on
certain property located at Sunset Way, on Canoe Inlet off Cedar
Beach Creek, Southold, New York.
Vote of the Town Board: Ayes-: Justice Edwards, Councilman
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Townsend, Councilman Murphy, Councilman Murdock, Councilman
Nickles, Supervisor Pell.
This resolution was declared duly ADOPTED.
Moved by Councilman Nickles, seconded by COuncilman ~urdock, it was
RESOL\~D that the Town Board of the Town of SOuthold allocate the
following moneys from the Re'c're'atlon 'Fund:
North Fork Soccer League--446 participants--@l.50 ea.---$669.00
Southold Soccer Club ...... 179 particiDants--@l.50 ea.--$268%50
Vote of the Town Board: Ayes~: Justice Edwards, Councilman
Townsend. Councilman Murphy, Councilman Murdock, Councilman
Nicktes, Supervisor Pell.
This resolution was declared duly ADOPTED.
Moved by Councilman Townsend, seconded by Councilman Murdock, it was
RESOLVED that the Southold Town Board declare:itself lead agency
in regard to the Staze Environmental Quality Review Act in the !matter
of the application o'f Cos'tetl'o Marine 'Cont'ract'ing 'Corp. on behglf o~
Costello Marine for a wetland permit on certain~ property loca ed at
Sunset Way, on Canoe Inlet off Cedar Beach. Creek, Southold, New York.
Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Edwards, Councilman
Townsend, Councilman Murphy, Councilman Murdock, Councilman
Nickles, Supervisor Pell.
This resolution was declared duly ADOPTED.
Moved by Councilman Murphy, seconded by Councilman Nickles., it was
RESOLVED that $989.48 be and hereby is zrgn'fe'rred from Highway Item
IV, DS9010.8 New York State Retirement, ~o Item IV, DSg~30--~dcial
Se curity.
Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Edwards, Councilman
Townsend, Counci!man Murphy, Councilman Murdock, Councilman
Nickles, Supervisor Pell.
This resolution was dec'lared duly ADOPTED.
Moved by Councilman Murphy, seconded by Justice Edwards,
WItEREAS, through diligence and hard work in your daily iiving
have set high standards for yourself, and
WHEREAS, the basis for development for your own personaI.:i:-C'~.e of
conduct could not provide a better buidance and will co e to
a more meaningful life, and
WHEREAS, you will continue to be guided in your daily living by
the Scout Oath and Code, now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED that THOMAS FLATLEY be congratulated for achievin¢ the
highest rank=:in s~couting - EA'GLE SCOU~: ~ '..
Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: 'Justice Edwards, Councilman
Townsend, Councilman Murphy, Councilman Murdock, Councilman
Nickles, Supervisor Pell.
This resolution was declared duly ADOPTED.
SUPERVISOR PELL: -One of the nicest things about this job, which I
have, I get to go to the Court of Honor when the boys get the
award and I get to present it on behalf of the To~m Board, the
little proclmmation and you should see the boy's face light up.
They're so thrilled. My wife and I get to go and I think we get
almost as big a thrill-as the boys do.
Moved by Justice Edwards, seconded by Councilman Nickles, it was
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southotd hereby
authorizes Executive Administrator Victor G. Less~rd tO proceed
with the require'd 'legal action' against 'the owner of Lc' Bar in
the even~ he fails' to comply with the existing Building Department
Order to Remedy Violations which expires at 3:30 P.M., Wednesday,
August 4, 1982.
Vote df the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Edwards, Councilman
Townsend, Councilman Murphy, Councilman Murdock, Councilman
Nickles, Supervisor Pell.
This resolution was declared duly ADOPTED..
Moved by Councilman Murdock, seconded by Councilman Nickles,
WHEREAS, Enconsuttants, Inc. on behalf of Mat~-A-Mar ~arina applied
to the Southold Town Board for a permit under the provisions of the
Wetland Ordinance of the Town of Southold, application dated April
22, 1982, and
WHEREAS, said application was referred to the Southold Town Trustees
and the Southold Town Conservation Advisory Council for their findings
and recommendations, and
WHEREAS, a public hearing was held by the Town Board with respect to
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said application th~3rd day~%~st, 1982,~.at which time
interested persons ~'~ giv~i~'~unity ~0 be heard, now,
therefore, be it
RESOLVED that it has been determined, based upon an inspection by
the Southold Town Building Department, that the construction requested
in ~Vetland Appli'cati'on No. 97 O'f Enconsultants,' Inc. on behalf o?
Matt-A-Mar Marina does no~ involve wetland~ and therefore is not
within ~he jurisdiction of the Southol~ Town Board.
Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Edwards, Councilman
To~wasend, Councilman Murphy, Councilman Murdock Councilman
Nickles, Supervisor Pell. '
This resolution was declared duly ADOPTED.
SUPERVISOR PELL: Councilmen, have I left anything out tonight,
is there anything you would li~e ~o add? Joe? (No.) Larry?
COUNCILMAN ~RDOCK: I wish Joe a good vacation, he's leaving in
two days to go way out to Puget Sound and make us all jealous.
SL~PERVISOR PELL: John?
COUNCILMAN NICKLES: I did have a note today. We had that report
from Lyle Meredith on the Senio'r Citfzen's/Youth bu'i'l~in~ and I
neglected to bring it up. We ought to, at the next Town Board
meeting, sit down and discuss his recommendations.
SUPERVISOR PELL: We will. Frank?
COUNCILMAN MURPHY: I forgot t~o mention this before, but £or any
resident of the Town who travels Route '48, the County Road back
here, or anyone who lives right in this area, will be pleased to
know that the county went out to bid last Thursday for the new
sump in the field next t~ Van Duzers. The contract will probably
be awarded in two to t'hree months and construction will start.
One of the nicer things about this contract is that through the
efforts of the Supervisor and members of the Town Board here we
contacted the Suffolk County Department of Public Works Commissioner
Bart Cass and we had included in the contract that all the material
from the sump will be trucked down, as part of the contract, to our
landfill which we can use as cover for covering garbage and for
putting cover on top of the landfill. It'll be a tremendous savings
for the Town and I'm very happy with the cooperation between Suffolk
County and the Town and hopefully it is going to relieve a real
major source of a headache for anyone who has to travel that road
during a rain storm. That's it, Bill.
SUPERVISOR PELL: Judge?
JUSTICE ED~ARDS: I just want to wish Joe a nice vacation and I
think the reason he's sneaking off a~ this time is he's going to
miss the Fishers Island trip. He's junior councilman and it's
his turn to do the cooking, so he's trying to get out of that.
Thank you, Bill.
SUPERVISOR PELL: The floor is yours, who wants to address the
Town Board?
MR. JOHN L. SCHMITZ, Pierce Drive, Cutchogue: Pierce Drive is a
street running from Harbor Lane through to the creek, I think it's
Eugenes Creek. It's about 700 feet long, that is Pierce Drive.
Now, we have been without a streev light for over seven months
and the people--the party concern has been duly notified more than
once. I have a particular reason for getting attention on this
matter because I have very limited eyesight. A few nights ago
I went to visit a neighbor and I almost wound up in a bee hive
and you wouldn't want me to go around town with lumps on my head
from bees. Well, I wonder if you can't have the departmen~ who
has charge of tha~ matter give their immediate attention. I am
not the only person who is disadvantaged by the lack of the street
light, all of our neighbors are concerned and many many or-them have
visual trouble the same as I have. Now, I was told when I called
once that they were waiting for a part. They didn't tell me what
part, but it's been seven months and I thought that they might
obtain the part pretty ~oon.
COUNCILMAN NICKLES- Jack, are you saying that the street light
is there but it's ou~?
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MR. SCHMITZ: It's defective. The pole is number 3.
Sb~PERVISOR PELL: We;Il take care of it.
MR. SCHMITZ: That's all I have to say about it, thank you.
COUNCILMAN .MURPHY: Jack, I might add that possible one of thel
reasons are--I will look into it in the next couple days--but
possibly one of the reasons is the light is probably oavned by
LILCO and we just rent the light. Ray Dean is in the process-i-
we've had a terrible time getting a bid out for where we could
buy our own lights. We do have a contract that is out now and
we're waiting delivery and possibly Ray is doing this, that we.
would change from the LILCO light where they own it to where we
own it ourselves and just pay the electric charge. I wouldn't! be
surprised because I could tell you that Ethel in Ray Dean's office
is really quite good at seeing that these things are replaced ~and
the young man who works part time for the light department is very
conscientious also and all I can say is that it probably is tKat
they'r'e waiting for a new fixture.
MR. SCHMITZ: I rather agree with you. I think it is not any
individual in the department who is at fault or negligent. The
matter is between LILCO and yourself.
COUNCILMAN MURPHY: We'll see if we can rush it for you. We
realize it is important for you.
SUPERVISOR PELL: Does anybody else wish to address the Board?
Mr. LeCOmpte.
MR. OLIN HARPER LeCOMPTE, North Fork Peace ~roup: The North Fork
Peace Group was organized only recently, and certainly the Board
is to be commended on passing the resolution you passed tonight
providing for a--requesting a referendum on the issue of a~'n~a¢!e~r
freeze. However, there is a question I had. There was ~n~O~l%er
aspect or another part to Councilman MurPhy's resolution that
apparently was omitted. Originally the resolution had"two ~acets
or two parts. One was urging that the legislature provide for
a referendum on the nuclear freeze issue on the November ballot.
The other portion of it was that the Town Board request of the
Presfdent of the United States or the national leaders, a freeze
on nuclear weapons. That latter portion was omitted from the
resolution that was adopted and I wonder if someone could~expiain
that.
COUNCILMAN NICKLES: Mr. LcCompte, I asked that Councilman Murphy
s~rike number ! on his resolution that reads: "Supporting a
mutually verifiable freeze on the production, testing and deploy-
ment of nuclear weapons and their delivery systems." I believe
that the people of the State of New York are entitled to a refer-
endum where they may speak, however, I don't think th~s Board was
put here by the people of Southold Town thinking that they had
all the knowledge relative to nuclear disarmament or deployment
and I thought in that sense it would be an improper item for the
Town Board to discuss'. I don't think that we are knowledgable
relative to the matter and I asked that it be struck and Frank
agreed ~o go along willingly.
COUNCILMAaN MURPHY: No fight.
COUNCILMAN NICKLES: No fight. It is just that we were discussing
a referendum as opposed to the merits of a nuclear disarmament.
MR. LeCOMPTE: I understand, but what you're saying--as I say we
appreciate what you've adopted but our group is unanimously in
favor of a resolution by this Board which would urge the President
of the United States and the Congress or the President of the United
Stares to propose a mutual freeze on nuclear weapons, and we feel
that that is a mos~ important issue facing all of us today.
COUNCILMkN NICKLES: Well, we've had other items in the past related
to abortion and other things such as that where we did not take
positions on and as Sophia Adler knows she stopped by my office
las~ week or so and we had quite an animated discussion for a good
half hour about my personal feelings on what are Town Board matters
and what are not and she knows very clearly my position is not anti
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nuclear freeze or p~o~nucleam~-~-f~r;~z~:;~ I jus~ have a feeling this
is not a matter for the Town Board, but I could not--her argument
was effective because she did get me to vote for'this on the basis
that I could not deny the people of the State of New York a referendum
to let them express their opinions to their legislators and to their
Congressional legislators and to the President of the United States.
I don't know that it's the position of this Town Board to express
opinions on verifiable freeze on the production and testing and
deployment of nuclear weapons.
MR. LeCOMPTE: May I just say something else. In my opinion and
the opinion of many, in our form of government each one of us has
a finger on, in a sense, on the nuclear button and each of us
shares a concern--each of us shares a responsibility for nuclear
weaponry that could kill millions and could invite retaliation
that would wipe all of us out and we feel that's the most important
issue facing all of us including all members of the Town, all the
residents of the Town. That's why we think it's especially appro-,:
priate that a Town Board which is the unit closest to the people,
should send a message to Washington, not just to Albany, but to
Washington saying, enough, call a halt;;t~,:this continuing to pile
weapon upon weapon when we already have more than enough to kilt
everyone in the Soviet Union. It's madness and I think it would
be most appropriate for this Town Board in addition to passing the
resolution--adopting the resolution that you've adopted tonight,
to also seriously consider this, and I hope within the near future
that can be done.
SUPERVISOR PELL: Anybody else wish to address the Town Board? Yes
sir? '
REVEREA~ DONALD HARRINGTON: I am State Chairman of the Liberal
Party and I live on Arrowhead Lane, Peconic. This is the firsv
time I've attended a Southold T~wn Board meeting and I'm very
happy ~o be here. I just want to support Harper LeCompte's plea.
He has advanced the basic arguments. I would simply add that if
the Town Board believes the average citizen of New York State to
be able to vote intelligently on the question of nuclear freeze,
certainly the members of this Town Board ought to feel themselves
capable to vo~e intelligently on that question. It's one of the
reasons that we elect outstanding people to be on the Town Board,
because we expect them to understand these issues and to be
courageous enough to take a position on our behalf on such issues.
I would like to say that the Liberal Party of New York State Zt
its State Committee meeting a little over four weeks ago voted
to recommend to the President and to the Congress a nuclear freeze
and also to support the notion of a referendum with only one or ~wo
abstentions, almost unanimous roves in both instances, and we
certainly would support Harper LeCompte's plea.
SUPERVISOR PEI,L: Thank you. Anybody else wish ~o address the
Town Board? Yes.
MRS. SOPHIA ADLER, Southold: Members of the Board, friends and
neighbors, we---I came prepared with a little statement and I'll
continue---I'll give it. I do appreciate your passing as much
of the'resolution as you did. As recently as a year ago nuclear
warfare was not something that many people around here talked about.
Most people kept their private nightmares of nuclear war neatly out
of sight hoping that somewhere there were experts who knew wha~ they
were doing and would protect us. However, within the space of this
last year a great many Americans have come to feel it their personal
responsibility ~o help pull our world back from nuclear insanity.
The sense that all life is now poised on a hair-trigger, a technical
failure, a faulty computer chip that nervous fingers many at any
moment launch a first strike and that's not a baseball ~erm, to
bring on a response caIled "instant retaliatory ann'ihilation, after
which mankind will be pretty much disposed of in a matter of a few
minu~es. Not only are many religious councils calling for reversal
of the arms race but people in all walks of'life and from all over
the world are making it a common cause in calling for a hault ~o
international proliferation of nuclear weapons and that's what this
original resolution called for, a mutually verifiable freeze on the
production, testing and deployment of nuclear weapons and their
delivery systems, and that's the part that was left out, Now, such
a ~roup has banded together here on the North Fork only a few weeks
ago. So far we call ourselves the "North Fork Peace Group". Our
first act was to present a resolution for a nuclear freeze to the
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Southold Town Board and unknown to us this resolution we. understood
had already been proposed by a member of this Board. We feel now
that our certainly that the resolution would have been taken up and
considered a whole resolution has been---we fee! down in that. A
recent count in New England alone,freeze resolutions have been passed
in 425 town meetings and 178 city councils have passed this resolution
that we are asking you to pass. We hope that you will consider this
resolution f~rther and as a matter of fact allow us discussion! with
you---further discussion. I have more things I would like to say
and I'd like to prepare some thoughts, particularly in response to
Mr. Nickles' expression of his reservations on the issue. I ~o'uld
like to be able To discuss it further at a set time that we can all
hear each other. Thank you. ~
SUPERVISOR PELL: Who else wishes to address the Board? Yes?
DR. ROSENBERG, Peconic: I brought with me a copy of a Kings County
Medical Society Bulletin which I had received some months ago. Many
years ago a--inretrospect--a forward thinking group brought u~ to the
Kings County Society at that time a thought about asking the cessation
of all testing of nuclear bombs. At that Time this society turned
that down, and in fact condemned those positions. Now this same
society, with the years that have passed and marked accumulation of
nuclear weaponry throughout the world, nows sees fit to run article
after article in their bulletin in which they also cal for a nuclear
freeze. Of course, being a medical society, they point out that there
just wouldn't ever be eno~dgh doctors to take care of any survivors
of nuclear holocaust. I like the heading they put, "The day t~e
doctors die," and I don't want to take t~o much time up, but some
figures are worthy of repetition. "Victims of radiation would; come
to a death toll in excess of one hundred million. In addition ~o
this many would die of poison exposure, significant doses of radi-
activity, since this type of over-exposure is known to red, me the
body's resistance zo disease a variety of diseases would spread at
its heels, to bring to light the harsh reality that epide~S of
cholera, malaria, yellow fever, plague, influenza, pneumon~ ~ems
cruel, but is it cruel? Not at alt. It ~is more 'importa~%?~l~ ~oint ~
out the reality of a nuclear attack. Thinking and disc-us~ !this
horrendous possibility must give us the motivation and ~ /on to ~
do all we can to prevent this catastrophe. Ne prav for ~he strength "~
and wisdom to seek preventative measures and the awarenes need
to join together in this necessary fight for life. Wak Life
· s precious. Let us use whatever influence we have to prev~t
the horrors of a nuclear holocaust." This is a little le~mer
from the president of the Kings County Medical Society. T~ere's
another article and another physician who gives some statistics
such as: "A single twenty megaton thermo-nuclear bomb exploded
on a clear day at ground eleven in a,'large east coast city would
crea~e a fire ball nearly six miles in diameter, with temperatures
of twenty to thi~ty~million degrees Fahrenheit. Everything in the
downtown area, the streets and earth below and all living things
would be vaporized, leaving a crater several hundred feet deep.
At six miles from the epicenter all people would be instantly
killed by a huge silent heat blast traveling at the speed'of light.
Winds would reach 225 miles per hour. Within a ten mile radius,
which is the distance from New York to Newark, a blast wave would
produce 100 mile per hour winds and fires would inflict almost total
casualties that would leave fifty percent dead and forty percent
injured. Even at 20 miles from the epicenter fifty percent would
be killed or injured by the direct thermal radiation and blast
pressures. Hospitals would be destroyed and most medical personnel
would be among the dead and injured. R~cent!y 1500 British ohysicans ~-~
and health workers warned that effective medical disaster planning f ii
for nuclear war is totally impossible. It is estimated the compa~ativ~_~.~
restrained nuclear war in Europe alone would kill about one hundred
seventy million people. Approximately one hundred million woUld be
killed outright and sixty-eight ~Lillion ~onld die from radiation. A
further one hundred and fifty million would be seriously hurt. For
more than twenty years people of this country have recognized the
futility of planning for their own survival in an unlimited nuclear
attack. They have steadfastly' refused to build nuclear bomb shelters
to protect themselves from the unprotectable." I won't burden you
with more of these statistics, but this from an organization which
is considered extremely conservative. I would like to add my voice
therefore and urge this Board to reconsider. I do not think, as
Nickles stated, I do not think it would be so self-deprecatory as
to make a statement that we don't have the knowledge necessary to
ask for .a nuclear freeze. I think we do and I hope that you will
act. favorably on that. Thank yon.
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SUPERVISOR PELL: Who is the president of this group, do you have
one here?
MR. LeCO~{PTE: We don't have a president yet. I'm the':nearest thing
to president, I am the chairman of the standing committee.
SUPERVISOR PELL: May I s~ggest to you that you get a small number
of your people and if you wish_ to address the Town Board in a work-
ing session as' a group, we meet on the 24th. You can contact my
office prior to that--four or fi~e days prior--and if you want to
readdress the Town Board we will do it in a working session. Who
else w~shes to address the Town Board? I would like to sort of
leave this topic alone if we could and leave it to your, I'm going
to use the word, executive committee to address the Board in a
working session. Anybody else wish to address the Board?
MR. FRED ADLER, Ceda~ Beach, Southold: In reference to Councilman
Nickles' remark of a lack of knowledge, I just want to advise the
Board that there will be a public meeting at Custer Institute
on the 25th of this month for the purpose of education on the
issue and we expect and hope that those on the Board who feel
they lack the k'nowledge will attend that meeting and participate
in the discussion and I think we will all benefit in understanding
of the issue. That would be August 25th at 8:00 o'clock at Custer
Institute.
SUPERVISOR PELL: Thank you. Anybody else wish to address the
Board on a different topic, maybe?
MR. FRANK BEAR, Southold: I almost didn't bring this up because
after this serious discussion which I have a great deal of sympathy
with, I thought maybe the thing that I'm going to have to say and
do here might not be quite appropriate, but I decided to Ko ahead
with it just the same.
Whereas, the Town Board has listened to and tolerated my comments,
contentions and complaints, and
Whereas, this Town Board with the cooperation and assistance of
the Town Clerk and Town Attorney deserves special attention for its
concern for the expenses and programs as they affect our taxes, and
Whereas, I have done considerable gardening without any concept
of the limits of consumption by my wife and me,
Therefore, I, Franklin Bear, do wish to and at this time shall
present to the members of the Town Board, the Town Clerk and Town
Attorney one zucchini or one.,yellow summer squash.
SUPERVISOR PELL: Frank keeps us supplied at Board meetings with
little ~omatoes.
Anybody else wish to address the Town Board? (No response.)
Frank, on behalf of the Board and the Town Clerk and ~ounsel,
we say thank you.
Anybody else wish to address the Board? (No response.)
For information sake, the Board stated to work today a~ half
past eight this morning, we did break for lunch, we got out of here
tonight at half past five and got back h~re at seven fifteen tonight.
So for your Town Board it h~s been a long day, but this is our Board
day and we go through this usually twice a month. The items we go
over perhaps are fast for some of you but we've been spending ten
hours prior to moving them along at a rapid rate tonight. We went
through a meeting that'affects the Town in about an hour and ten
minutes, but it did take us ten or eleven hours to get preparef for
this one hour of business. We thank you very much.
Moved by Supervisor Pell, seconded by Councilman Murdock, it was
RESOLVED that there being no further business to come before this
Town Board meeting adjournment be called at' 8:5~ P.M.
Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Edwards', Councilman
Townsend, Councilman Murphy, Councilman Murdock, Councilman
Nickles, Supervisor Pell.
This resolution was declared duly ADOPTED.
Judith T. Terry $/
Southold-Town Clerk