HomeMy WebLinkAbout04/24/2025 RECEIVED
MATTITUCK PARK DISTRICT JUN - 2 20
MINUTES
THURSDAY, April 24, 2025—6 pm Southold Town Clerk
Kevin Byrne, Chair Stephen Kiely, Esq., Legal Counsel (Virtually
Present)
Denise Geis, Deputy Chair Chris Shashkin, District Clerk
Alexandra Getches, Commissioner Lyle Girandola, Treasurer
Abigail Field, Recording Secretary (Not present)
Benjamin Heins, Facilities Manager (Not Present)
The Mattituck Park District held a Special Meeting with the Army Corps of Engineers
on "Mattituck Harbor, NY-2025 Maintenance Dredging"Thursday 24 April 2025 at 613M in the
Community Room at Veterans Memorial Park.
Army Corps of Engineer (ACE) who officials participated virtually:
William Bruno— Asset/Project Manager
Gerlyn Perlas—Deputy Chief, Operations Division
Michael Oseback— Chief, Operations Support Branch
Ryan Ferguson — Chief, Operations Technical Support
Section
Hector Mosley— Public Affairs Representative
.Officials present from the
Town of Southold: Dan Goodwin, Highway Superintendent
Glenn Goldsmith, Trustees President
Dan Ross, Southold Town Justice
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Chairman Byrne called the meeting to order, and the Pledge of Allegiance was said. Kevin Byrne
introduced those present. The discussion focused on the proposed "Mattituck Harbor, NY-
2025,Maintenance Dredging" project and granting ACE access to Bailie Beach. The ACE
participated via telephone.
The project is slated for Autumn 2025, after the end of the shorebird season. The project is
supposed to,dredge approximately 10%of the sand dredged when the'ACE last dredged in
2014. (The amount dredged in 2014 was 100,00 cubic yards and was the largest amount)
dredged since the jetties were built.)The sand has been deemed to be clean by the NYS DEC
and will be dredged from the northern side of the NYS DEC boat ramp, located on Naugles.Drive
just after the first bend in the Mattituck Inlet as you proceed south past the two jetties.The
remaining sand will be dredged from the southern side of Bailie Beach, also in the Mattituck
Inlet. All of the dredged sand will be transported via pipe to the northern side of Bailie Beach
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facing the Long Island Sound. Equipment will be brought in from Bailie Beach Road, after the
guard rail is temporarily removed. Bulldozers will flatten and move the sand to where it is
needed most. 1
The ACE is applying for a Southold Town Trustees permit and they already have received a
permit from'the NYS DEC. The Mattituck Park District will need to grant approval for access to
Bailie Beach. They indicated that they have the funding secured and the total cost of the.work
will be 2.5 million dollars. The ACE will complete the dredging project themselves and as such,
the work is insured by the US government. They will not use any government contractors.
In the 1880s,the federal government began to explore the possibility of a federal navigation
channel in the Mattituck Inlet. The US Congress passed the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1896 (29
Stat. 202),which was modified in 1935 (Public aw 74-409) and 1964. Also §111 of the River and
Harbor Act of 1968, Public Law 90-493, approved August 1968. '
The two riprap jetties created a new mouth for the Mattituck Inlet, dividing Bailie Beach into
two. Work began on the two breakwaters in 1901 and were completed in 1906.
The original navigation channel construction was completed in 1914 and is approximately 2
miles long. The west jetty was 680' feet long and the east jetty 775' long;the jetties are 400'
apart. In 1935,there was a breach at Bailie Beach and an additional 280' of jetty was completed
landward in 1946. The west jetty had a seaward extension in 1938. Digital measurements take in
2001 show the lengths of the east and west jetties are approximately 1,020' and 1,320.'. '
respectively.
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Because of the construction of the jetties, littoral transport was disrupted, which is why there is
more sand deposited on Breakwater Beach (updrift) and the beach is much narrower at Bailie
(downdrift).
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The channel was maintenance dredged in FY 2004, when approximately 14,000 cubic yards of
dredged sand was beneficially used along the Baillie Beach Park shoreline. In October 1990,,
approximately 13,200 cubic yards was maintenance dredged.
After the call with the ACE, Chairman Byrne answered questions from the public about what
could be done to pressure the ACE to dredge more sand, perhaps some from Breakwater Beach,
as the accrued sand is dangerously close to the tip of the western jetty.
K Byrne moves to adjourn the meeting, seconded by D Geis, unanimously approved. Meeting
adjourns 7:21 pm