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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTB-08/23/1983220 SOUTHOLD 'TOWN 'BOARD AUGUST 23, 1983 WORK SESSION 9:00 A.M. - The Board began reviewing agenda and'off agenda items. 11:10 A.M. -'Mr. David Spohn, North Fork Aviation Association met with the Board to discuss the proposed Consultant Agreement between the Town and PRC Speas for an Airport Site Selection/Master Plan Study. (A resolution is on the agenda to appoint PRC Speas.) Mr. Spohn also updated the Board on the Down-State Aviation Study, for which he is the Town's representative. 11:15 A.M. - Mrs. Jean Cochran updated the Board on the Festival Week activities, beginning August 27th with the Youth Projecti'on dedication of their beautification project behind the Town Hal~l~ and the subsequent tour of the Town Hall. August 28th - Art exhibit at the Senior/Youth Center from 12 Noon 4 P.M., August 29th - Bill Golder will speak on the indian history of Southold Town at the Senior/Youth Center at 7:30 P.M., August 30th - Clam chowder supper and concert at the Senior/Youth Center at 6 P.M., August ~ 31st - John Eilerton will speak on folk lore at the Senior/Yout-h Center at 7:30 P.M., September 1st - Children's box supper au the Senior/Youth Center at 6:00 P.M., with entertainment to foltdw~ September 2nd - Cocktail party at the Southold Town Beach honoring past and present elected officials at 6 P.M., September 3rd - Farmer's and Festival Fair at the Southold School Grounds from 10 A.M. to 5 P.M. 11:35 A.M. - Mrs. Giadys Csajko, North Fork Animal Welfare League, Inc. met with the Board to request reducing the security bend being held by the Town under the League's contract for the Dog Pound from $10,000.00 to $5,000.00. The Board agreed to the reduction, but a resolution must be placed on the next agenda to amend the contract before reducing the bond. 11:45 A.M. Recess for lunch. 2:00 P.M. - EXECUTIVE SESSION The Board discussed a request for a real property tax exemption, personnel, litigation. WORK SESSION 3:00 P.M. - Mr. Robert Hyatt, builder, addressed the Board concern- ing the denial of his application for a building permit to place a 4 foot addition on a garage located in the front yard. He stated that more leniency should be given to the Town Board in situations such as his. The Board advised Mr. Hyatt that the Building Department must follow the law to the letter and does no% have the power to deviate from it. (Further discussion with Mr. Hyatt was had follow- ing the regular meeting.) REGULAR MEETING A Regular Meeting of the Southold Town Board was held on Tuesday, August 23, 1983 at the Southold Town Hall, Main Road, SoUthold, New York. Supervisor Pell opened the meeting with ~he Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag at 3:10 P.M. Present: Supervisor William R. Pell, III Councilman John 'J. Nickles Councilman Lawrence Murdock, 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 Supervisor Pell, seconded by Councilman Murphy, it was RESOLVED that th.e audited General ~und Whole Town bills in the amount of $325.66 be and hereby are ordered paid. 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 Townsend, seconded by Justice Edwards, it was RESOLVED That the next Regular Meeting of the Southold Town Board will be held at 7:30 P.M., Tuesday, September 6, 1983 at ~he Southold Town Hall, Main Road, 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. SUPERVISOR PELL: At this time I'd like to break in and welcome the Boy Scouts from the scout camp in Baiting HoIIow. I attended that camp one year myself, way back when, don't want to say how far back. We welcome you to the Southold Town Hall. We under- stand you're working for your communications badge and work toward _your eagle badge. You have a spokesman with you and I wish the spokesman would get up and tell us exactly a few words. Mr. Mitchell, use the mike please. MR. MITCHELL: Ladies and gentlemen, this is a new experiment. This is the first time we have had an Eagle Training Troop in Baiting Hollow. It is made up of young men, young scouts who are life and star, who are endeavoring To accomplish their Eagle requirements to receive the highest coveted award in scouting. Suffolk is exceptional, I'd like to add this, the national average is about one and a half percent of every scout becomes an Eagle. In Suffolk we do a little better. We make it five and a half percent. So we're very.proud of our record. I'm very proud of these young men and we've only had three days of it but they,re already accomplishing quite a nice record. Thank you for having us here and I appreciate the indulgence of the Town Board. Thank you. SUPERVISOR PELL: Thank you, Mr. Mitchell. If I could say one thing to the boys, I sat in this chair for three and a half years and I have four or five more months to go and I'm not going to run for reelection. If I could pick out one single thing that I enjoyed during this three and a half years the most, it would be represent- ing this Town Board when we award an Eagle Scout who makes the grade. To me and my wife that has been the most satisfying event, to see a young man that made it. I know the national average is one and a half. I never knew what Suffolk was, but in.Southold Town we. have excellent excellent scout leaders, men like yourself who are here, the adults, who are willing to give of their time and of their energy and of their personal lives to help and train cadets, young scouts like yourselves. In Southold Town we have a fine group of men and women who five up their time ~o train new boys and it has paid Off. In Southold Town we have usually anywheres from five to eight Eagle Scouts a year and as I said, if I had to pick one event that I enjoyed the most, Mrs. Pell and I enjoyed attending the Eagle Awards nights. I. REPORTS SUPERVISOR PELL: These reports are placed on file with the Town Clerk if anybody cares to review them can do so at the Town Clerk's Office. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Town Justice report - Justice Tedeschi July 1983. Police Department's monthly report - July 1983. Long Island Cablevision's monthly report - July 1983. Town Justice report - Justice Price - July 1983. Councilmen's reports. Councilman Townsend, anything you would care to report? COI~NCILMAN TO~NSEND: Just one thing. Jim McMahon and Gladys Csajko h~ve been working with various builders and local architect, Garret Strang to 'exact, and they're making progress in coming up with ~igures and dimensions for an addition to the Dog Pound. I expect £o have·tentative cost estimates to present to the Board next month- on this As you know, we're trying to get this thing erected by November 1st to coincide with Greenport's new dog ordinances. SUPERVISOR PELL: Councilman Murdock. COUNCILMAN MURDOCK: Councilman Murphy and myself attended ameeting down at the Greenport Power Plant relative to maybe establishing a power district. I feel the movement has some merit. It wilt take a lot more information before we could say it's something we should get as far as expending moneys towards. Hopefully we could save the Town's ratepayers some money on providing e~ectric service. Our Landfill Committee met on Friday to examine plans for the building that we'd like To erect at the Landfill. I would say, ~r the benefit of those newspapers who are here and certainly for the benefit of the Town's people that are here, we received a letter from the DEC chiding the Town for not acting sooner on cleaning up the Landfill and doing some of the work that there is there, that they require. We are going out to bid. There will be resolutions put forth late~r in the day about going to bids on the building and going to bid o~ more landfill equipment. The Town is on the threshold of accomplish- ing, I think, six of the seven problems that the DEC cites. The seventh one is one that we're still going to contact them about. We have asked the County Public Health Department to assist us in the water study that they want and they say it will be sixto eight weeks before they can accomplish that task and we have to find out from the DEC whether they would be patient for that time ior whether we would have to hire an engineering firm that can do it sooner. I f~el that the. Town's people should understand t~at this Town Board has been moving forward and we will solve the problems that are in existence up at the landfill. SUPERVISOR PELL: Councilman Nickles. COUNCILMAN NICKLES: I'd like to report that Supervisor Pell and I met with the Chief of Police and three gentlemen from the DePart- ment of Transportation Of the State Of New York a week ago on ~he 15th of August and Assemblyman Sawicki was there representing both himself and Senator Lavalle. The purpose of the meeting was the traffic light that the Town had requested at the intersection of Boisseau Avenue and Route 25. Through the course of the summe~ the Department of Transportation has reviewed this request and did, I think, quite comprehensive traffic studies of cars entering Route 25 from Boisseau Avenue and other Town roads in that vicinity and they made a very strong case, at least to us listening to it, that traffic light, in their judgment, is not necessary there. They had the interval of time that required a vehicle to enter Route 25 from Boisseau Avenue and at other intersections, and they just don't have enough traffic count, they don't find enough delay in time.. They~ feel that the traffic light will solve some problems, but it. will cause more problems, but it will cause more problems that it will solve in this point of time. So we asked them to kee~ their eye on this problem. We're asking them for a letter from the Commissioner of the New York State Department' of Transportation outlining those reasons why they don't feel. a light is justified there, but also recognizing the fact that there is a problem and what remedial action they intend to take there. I think it's important that they respond, in writing to us, because I think in the past when we brought problems to their attenmion they're not likely to jump through hoops for us until there is a tragedy. At this point in time we're not going to get the light, we're August 23, 1983 223 going to get a letter from them telling us why we don't have the light and so they'll be on th~ re~or~. It's disappointing. We started, I think, under Chie~ Cat~ back in 1973 to-try to get a light there and we picked up the cudgels after he le~t and there was a petition and so on and so forth. That's where it stands right now, unless the Town Board wishes to pursue it and I don't know what manner or framework you could use to justify it, other than the fact that you've been there, you have personal experience you know it's taking your life in your hands when you pull out of Boisseau Avenue. I think what they're going to try and do is increase the site plain along there and they're also looking at making a right-hand turn-only so that they won't be tying up people going left. That's about it. SUPERVISOR PELL: Thank you. Councilman Murphy. COUNCILMAN MURPHY: I'd just like to make some comments agai'n on what Councilman Murdock was taking about. I'm very happy that we are finally coming to a point where we are going out to bid next week for some of the equipment and the building in the Landfill and hopefully we'll have this problem solved by the end of the year. Also, for the Boy Scouts, while you're here, the Clam Program in Southold Town is doing tremendous. They're growing very rapidly. What we do here. is grow tiny little seed clams. Yoh could probably put four or five on your small finger nail when we get them in April, and by the time we take them out of the water in November they're almost a saleable clam and then we transplant them back into the creek. If they're grown in these floating rafts and if the scouts have time during their program and would like to come down and see it, we'd be very happy to show the program. It would be one that I think would be of interest to most of the boys. Thank you. SUPERVISOR PELL: Judge Edwards, anything you want to report? JUSTICE EDWARDS: Just hope ali you gentlemen had a good time on Fishers Island. You picked a nice day. The Island itself is still floating and Winding down from a busy sammer. We had the State Police over there for the first time ever bringing radar to pick up the speeders and they wrote over 25 tickets during the month o£ mid-July to mid-August. It was a very busy summer out there, we've got more people on the Island than ever. I don't believe there's one piece of property that's for sale on the Island other than the little government GSA property that is going to be purchased by the Ferry District. Busy summer and we're looking forward to -Labor Day. Thank you. SUPERVISOR PELL: You boys heard me refer to him as Judge Edwards. In New York State there used to be Justice of the Peace and Councilmen who served a dual role. The State Law changed that and said Judges could only sit as Judges, except in the Township of Southold. In the Township of Southold we have Fishers Island, which is east of Orient Point by ten miles, approximately . There was a special law enacted by the State Legislature to permit the Town of Southold to have a Judge and Councilman combination to serve the people of Fishers Island. That's why we have a six member Board up here. I refer to him as Judge, Judge Edwards. The rest of the men up here are Councilmen who already made their reports. II. PUBLIC NOTICES COUNCILMAN MURPHY: The first one is the application of Richard Hiltz, Anthony Forosich and George Koch to the D.E.C. for a Tidat Wetlands, Protection of Waters, Water Quality in the Town of Southold to construct 177 feet of~new bulkheading to connect to existing bulkheads. Comments are to be made to the New York State DEC Within two weeks. This notice is posted on the Town Clerk's Bulletin Board. 2. From the Corps of Engineers, Department ~f the Army, con- ce~ning the clam rafts that I was talking about a £ew minutes ago, and we put them in different creeks and you ~eed a Corps of Engineers permit. It's not a major amount of work or anything so they can give us approval by just a letter. This again is on the Town Clerk's Bulletin Board. 3. Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers for authorization for the following activity to reconstruct an existing deteriorated pier, ramp and ~loating pier system in East Creek by Fred Carcich, Briarwood Road, Cutchogue. We're allowed twenty days £or comments from the date of this letter which is August 17th. 4. Public Notice. Army Coros of Engineerm. +~ ~n~]4a~*~- ~f Suffolk County Department oX PUbllC Works for maintenance dredging with beach nourishment in Little Peconic Bay. It's maintenance dredging that we do each year and it's just to change the spoil'~ area where they pump the sand. This again is posted on the Town Clerk's Bulletin Board. 5. Public Notice that a final environmental impact statement from the Village of Greenport on the zone change within 500 feet of the Town line, of our Town line, for condominium complex-- Greenport Oyster Factory Associates. This again is posted on the Town Clerk's Bulletin Board. III. COMMUNICATIONS SUPERVISOR PELL: Moving on to Communications. There are eight of them today that are on file in my office or the Town Clerk's. 1. Pertains to the retirement of a Town employee (Melville A. Kelsey, Jr.) who died while serving the Town as an elected Assessor. The Town is being asked to contribute money which they should have done if the gentleman was into the New York State Retirement System at the proper time, so his widow can collect the retirement benefits. The Town Board has instructed me to write a letter saying, yes, the Town will put up the money once we get the proper amount. ~ 2.. From Captain Kidd Water Company, Inc. telling the Board what they think the water district is worth and a few thoughts on that subject. 3. Letter by a property owner (Agneta H. Ewer) objecting to the dredging of the creek known as Little Creek or Messenger's Creek, as it has been done in the past. 4. Letter from the Federal Emergency Management Agency telling the Town--the Town did make certain requests of them to change their federal law as it pertains to Southold Town and they came back and said we have to hold a public hearing to amend our Town Code within 90 days and we have already been in touch with them and sent them a copy of the way we propose to amend it for their okay before we go ahead to do the amendment to it. 5. Letter from Southampton Town Supervisor Lang, my counterpart over there, informing us that the State Police Barracks in Hampton Bays may be closed this coming year and asks us to support the continuation and the addition of additional State Police out here to supplement the Town forces. 6. Letter from the D.E.C. in reference to the project we have going on with the Village of Greenport to handle our scavenge waste -within the Township and the fees respective thereto for the engineer- ing services. 7. Letter from the D.E.C in reference to our Town Landfill, telling us the violations we have up there and telling us we shouid move ahead to correct them and I will respond to this letter at the direction of the Town Board, bringing them up to date on the proposed bond issue we passed last week of $600,000.00, the building :that will be going out to bid today to meet many of their controls. The Town has to spend money, it is in the process of doing it. I will bring them up to date on all the steps we have taken over the last couple of years. 8. Letter from a taxpayer of Southold Town (Harry Tuthilli). with a petition of approximately a dozen names on it, requestisg a street light in Mattituck on Youngs Avenue and Shirley Road. People request street lights and they will be taken care of by the Street Light Committee. IV. PUBLIC HEARINGS (none today). SUPERVISOR PELL: I'd like to say right now to the Scouts who are here, we are moving along in a half hour we moved pretty f~st, but we started this morning around 8:30, the Town Board met here, and we've been here since 8:30 discussing these things in detail. Now what we do now is public record and it w~ll be in the public minutes of the Town Board forever. The Town-Clerk, who is on: my immediate right, Mrs. Terry, will have these resolutions and~they will be adopted today. As every word is said today it will be in the Town record books. The fact that you people are here will be in the record book today of Southold Town. We move fast now, it took us a long time to get here. August 2D, 1983 V. RESOLUTIONS. 1. Moved by Councilman Murphy, seconded by Councilman Murdock, it was RESOLVED that the application of Frank McBride, dated August 9, 1983, for the renewal of his single family house trailer located 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 Nickles, Supervisor Pell. This resolution was declared duly ADOPTED. 2. Moved by Councilman Nickles, seconded by Justice Edwards, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby appoints the following individuals to the Licensing Review Board under Chapter 50 of the Code of the Town of Sou~hold - Home Improvement Contractors, for a two year term, effective this date, August 23, 1983 through August 23, 1985: Robert L. Hyatt, ~ugene N. Mazzaferro, John A. Muir, Norman A. Reilly, Sr. Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Edwards, Councilman Townsend, Councilman Murphy, Councilman Murdock, Councilman Nickles, Supervisor Pell. This resolution was declared duly ADOPTED. 3. Moved by Justice Edwards, seconded by Councilman Murdock, it' was RESOLVED that Supervisor William R. Pell, III be and he hereby is authorized and directed to enter into a m~intenance agreement with Mayday Communications for the communications equipment at the Southold Town Police Headquarters for the period September 1, 1983 through August 31, 1984 at a cost of $1,286.00. Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Edwards, Councilman Townsend, Councilman Murphy, Councilman Murdock, Councilman Nickles, Supervisor Pell. This resolution'-was declared duly ADOPTED. 4. Moved by Councilman Townsend, seconded by Councilman Nickles, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby appoints John A. Baglivi a Police Officer for the Town of Southold, effective August 27, 1983, for a one year probationary period, at a salary of $7,500.00 per annum. Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Edwards, Councilman Townsend, Councilman Murphy, Councilman Murdock, Councilman Nickles, Supervisor Pell. -This resolution was declared duly ADOPTED. 5. Moved by Councilman Murdock, seconded by Councilman Murphy, it was RESOLVED that the Town Clerk of the Town of Southold be and she hereby is authorized and directed to advertise for bids for the design, detailing, fabrication and erection of a pre-engineered metal building approximately 100 feet long and 100 feet wide at the Southold Town Landfill site at Cutchogue, 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. 6. Moved by Councilman Nickles, seconded by Justice Edwards, it was RESOLVED that Beverly Pruitt be and she hereby is appointed School Crossing Guard for the Greenport School, effective September 6, 1983 a~ a salary of $20.00 per day. Vote oS the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Edwards, Councilman Townsend, Councilman Murphy, Councilman Murdock, Councilman Nickles', Supervisor Pell. This resolution was declared duly ADOPTED. SUPERVISOR PELL: We have approximately four or five more resolutions to offer today that are not on the agenda. These were topics that were discussed this morning or this afternoon, at the Town Board and the Town Board feels that it is appropriate to place them on the agenda for action today. 7. Moved by Councilman Murdock, seconded by Councilman Townsend, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby author- izes and directs Supervisor William R. Pell, III vo execute a Consultants Agreement between the Town of Southold and PRC Specs for the purpose of providing consulting and other services to the Town for an Airport Site Selection/Master Plan Study for the Town of Southold. Vove of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Edwards, Councilman Augus~ 2~, 1983 Townsend, Councilman Murphy, Councilman Murdock; Councilman Nickles, Supervisor Pell. This resolution was declared duly ADOPTED. SUPERVISOR PELL: The Town's share of this is 2½ percent. The Town will have to come up with in-kind services or moneys in the amoun~ of $1,569.48. This is subject to the federal government providing the balance of about $62,000. 8. Moved by Councilman Murphy, seconded by Justice Edwards, it was RESOLVED that the Town Clerk of the Town of Southold be and she hereby is authorized ~o advertise for bids for the installation of a handicapped ramp at the Griswold-Terry-Glover Post #803,~ American Legion, 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. 9. Moved by Councilman Townsend, seconded by Councilman Murdock~ it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby authorizes Accounting Clerk Mary E. Bource~ to attend the Double, Entry Accounting Course offered by the New York State Depar~menv of Audit and Control in Horsehead, New York on September 13, 14, 15, 20, 21, 22, 1983, and all necessary expenses for travel, meals and lodging shall be a legal charge against the Town of Southold in an amount not to exceed $700.00. Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Edwards, Councilman Townsend, Councilman Murphy, Councilman Murdock, Councilman Nickles, Supervisor Pell. This resolution was declared duly ADOPTED. 10. Moved by Supervisor Pell, seconded by Councilman Murphy, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby suspends George H. Fisher, Senior Building Inspector, this date, August 23, 1983, without pay until September 21, 1983, pending a hearing and - determination on the written charges of misconduct and incompet~nc~ as a Senior Building Inspector for the Town of Southold, and sets 9:00 A.M., Tuesday, September 13, 1983, Southold Town Hall, Main Road, Southold, New York as time and place for a hearing on the aforesaid charges. Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Edwards, Councilman Townsend, Councilman Murphy, Councilman Murdock, Councilman 'Nickles, Supervisor Pell. This resolution was declared duly ADOPTED. 11. Moved by Supervisor Pell, seconded by Councilman Murdock, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby-engages the services o£ Attorney Richard F. Lark to answer the Notice of Motion, and subsequent proceedings, in the matter o£ Katherine Farr against the Southold Town Planning Board. Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Edwards, Councilman Townsend, Councilman Murphy, Councilman Murdock, Councilman Nickles, Supervisor Pell. This resolution was declared duly ADOPTED. 12. Moved by Councilman Murphy, seconded by Councilman Murdock, it~ was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby appoints David Blados and Patrick Hagger~y as Laborers for the Department of Public Works, effective September 1, 1983, au a salary of $6.65 per hour. Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Edwards, Councilman Townsend, Councilman Murphy, Councilman Murdock, Councilman Nickles, Supervisor Pell. This resolution ~as declared duly ADOPTED. SUPERVISOR PELL: That ends the prepared agenda we have today. At this time I'd like to ask the Councilmen if they have anything they would like to bring up? Councilman Murdock. COUNCILMAN MURDOCK: Just for the purpose o£ clarifying this airport study, since I always feel that federal tax money is as much tax- payers dollars as local tax money, this particular fund is paid for out o£ a tax on airplane gasoline. I believe it's five cents a gallon everytime somebody who has an airplane buys a gallon of gasoline five cents goes in this kitty. That money is used for development of airports. It's not a regular tax coming out of somebody's either income tax or property taxes. This is a special use tax that's levied only on people who avail themselves of aircraft services and I feel that that's an important factor in the Town of Southold availing themselves of that type of funding. The second thing, I will say, and I'm not quite as vain as our Supervisor, I attended Camp Baiting Hollow in the years 1941 and 1942. It wasn't quite that long ago ~hat I can't remember it. But it was a while ago. SUPERVISOR PELL: Anybody else wish to comment? Joe, anything to add? (Nothing.) John? (Nothing.) Frank? (Nothing.) Judge? (NOthing.)Mr. ;~tchell, if I could have that list of names, please, of Scouts, would you please read off the names and then I'I1 take the ligt of the Scouts that are here. SOOUT],~ERMITC~.: John Leahy, Seve Amiaga, David Mason, Edward Walters, Perry Bechky, James Eastman, Stuart Kube, Pat Carroll, John Enriques, Dave Kelly, Chris LaRock, Dan Lenz, Robert Quinn, Ben Mandel, Sean Murphy, Jim Stemple, John Carrol, Joe Cutin, Mike Wagnor, Tom Lark, Dave Thide, Carl Reindl. Senior Patrol Leader Alan Watts, Assistant Scout Master Bill Dickinson and acting Scout Master Bert Mitchell. COUNCILMAN MURPHY: Where are these boys all from? SCOUT MASTER MITCHELL: They're all from all over Suffolk County. This is a, as I said before, a mixed troop, special troop, all star and life scouts who are working toward the Eagle. This is the first time, the first troop we've had this way and it's an experiment that is working out very successfully. COUNCILMAN MURPHY: Now, where will you meet all the time? SCOUT MASTER MITCHELL: We meet this week at Baiting Hollow, but they meet in their respective troops. We have several in Southold Town. In fact, I think I met you at Mike Golden's Troop 51. We've met each other. SUPERVISOR PELL: I know. I went to Patchogue the night that. one of our scout leaders was made a step up - Jonathan Richmond - he received an award up there and I was up there that night with Jon. Anybody wish to address the Board? Mr. Dave Spohn. David, can I say one thing first. This airport study was--I find the first paper October 22nd, 1980. Been in the works for three years practically. Go ahead. MR. DAVID SPOHN, President, North Fork Aviation Association: Thank you. On behalf of myself and the North Fork Aviation Association and all airspace users, I'd like to say my appreciation to the Town Board for their selection of PRC Speas to do this site selection airport feasibility study. It's really appreciated and as you mentioned before the Town's share is 2½ percent and our organization has already stated that services in-kind will pay part of that share and we will personally try to raise whatever the balance is required to make it a§least costly to non-users as possible. Thank you very much, gentlemen. SUPERVISOR PELL: Thank you very much, Dave. MRS. ELIZABETH SIMON: I live in Peconic on the North Road between Peconic Lane and Bridge Lane. I came here in 1933, over fifty years ago. I have had lights on my road for over fifty years and about a month ago the lights disappeared. Now, I think this is a great injustice to this little community and I'd like the lights back. SUPERVISOR PELL: Thank you. COUNCILMAN MURPHY: I'll make a comment, Mrs_. Simons. The reason the lights were taken down, I believe they were all the 90 watt incandescant, which is a very inefficient light. A survey was made about two years ago of all the street lights in the Town and they're very expensive to operate and to maintain. We set up a priority system of where to put new lights. We're buying, as the money is available, these fifty watt high pressure sodium lights, the yellow lights that you'd see around and quite a few put in already. Any- place where there was a light and it's taken down and is causing August 23, 1983 an inconvenience we will try to get another one back up. The p~iorizy £irst is to put a light on every street corner in the Town of Southold rather than just a random spacing of street lights. You go in some areas they've never had a light. The reason so you could see a stop sign, so you could see the name sign of the road and then people would become used to as they're driving along and see a light that they'll know this is where the corner is. It makes it much easier and safer driving at night. We don't want to hurt anybody and it's done, really, just for economy. The cost of the lights has q~adrupled in the last five to ten years. It's amazing, and the potential is even greater for the increase as with LILCO's problems that we all know. We're trying to save money for the Town by using these more efficient lights rather than using these old incandescenz lights which were put up haphazardly really years ago by the Long Island Lighting Company, and as I say, if you are experiencing a problem there, Mr. Dean will try to get a light up for you. We would tike to try this on that road to see that all the intersections are well lit and that if need be that you feel--fine, we'll try to accomodate you. MRS. SIMON: Thank you, Mr. Murphy, but these lights weren't placed there just hit and miss, they were put there in the beginning as a result of a petition by the people in the area, and at that time these people paid extra taxes for them. COUNCILMAN MURPHY: I don't believe you're paying now. MRS. SIMON: No,..!.know there is prorating on a di£ferent basis. COUNCILMAN MURPHY: And since that road has been changed, one of the reasons it was decided to take those inefficient lights off that road was bacause it has gone from a very crooked, uneven, two-lane road to a real good, safe highway that the County did, and we feel that the reflectors and the marking on the pavement that it is much safer now and the need for those inefficient lights wasn't as much. But as I say, if you really feel we'll talk ~o Mr. Dean and see what we can do to get one back up. MRS. SIMON: Yes, I really feel that we need a couple more lights up there. COUNCILMAN MURPHY: What we're trying to do is catch all the inter- sections first. We feel it's very important to the safety and well- 'being of everybody. COUNCILMAN MURPHY: SUPERVISOR PELL: MR. STUART HARVEY: MRS. SIMON: Thank you very much. We've tried not to hurt anybody with it. Mr. Harvey? Did we every have anything more on the roo£ on the Senior Citizen building? SUPERVISOR PELL: It's being worked on, I asked Lyle Meredith the other day to get the report. MR. HARVEY: We don't have a report yet? SUPERVISOR PELL: Not yet, no. SUPERVISOR PELL: Anybody else wish to address the Board? Mr. Hyatt? MR. ROBERT HYATT, Southold: I'd'like to request that you ask the Building Inspector and Mr. Hindermann to come in to see if we~can't get everything straightened away. We started discussing it before the meeting and you gave me a suggestion that I carried into the office, but this is where it stands, I've go~ten no ~here. I would- request your participation in it, please. SUPERVISOR PELL: After we adjourn the Board members will still be here and we can sit down again. Anybody else wish to address the Board? (No response.) Moved by Councilman Murdock, seconded by Justice Edwards, it was RESOLVED that this Town Board meeting be adjourned at 4:00 P.M. Vote o£ the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Edwards, Councilman Townsend, Councilman Murphy, Councilman Murdock, Councilman Nickles, Snpervisor Pell. August 23, 1983 WORK SESSION 4:05 P.M. The Board resumed their discussion with Mr. Robert Hyatt, Builder, relative to his denial of a building permit. Building Inspector Edward Hindermann was in attendance. Mr. Hyatt reiterated his position that more leniency should be given to the building inspectors to make decisions, rather zhan follow the Zoning Ordinance so stringently and making it necessary for an individual to appeal to the Zoning Board of Appeals. Mr. Hyatt was again advised that the building inspectors do not have such power to deviate from the law and to accomplish the addition to a garage, in the front yard which he has requested, he must apply to the Board o~ Appeals. Work Session adjourned at 4:15 P.M. * * * ~- Sour hold Town~l~frk