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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZoumas Contracting .,-. " .,-/-~"" .~'"-..-- SOUTHOLD TOWN BOARD PUBLIC HEARING August 12, 2003 8:05 P.M. HEARING ON THE PURCHASE OF A PORTION OF THE PROPERTY O\VNED BY ZOUl\H.S CONTRACTING CORPORATION. SCTM #1000-79-4-17.17 Present: Supervisor Joshua Y. HOlton Councilman William D. Moore Councilman Craig A. Richter Councilman John M. Romanelli Councilman Thomas H. Wickham * * * * Town Clerk Elizabeth A. Neville Town Attorney Gregory F. Yakaboski * * * * Absent: Justice Louisa P. Evans COUNCILMAN WICKHMI: The remaining seven hearings tonight are hearings for the acquisition of development rights or open space on properties that have been oftèred by various landowners to the Town. And I think on behalf of the Board, it is a pleasure for me and other Board members to compliment those land owners that have come forward and also the Town's office which is responsible for bringing these projects to a conclusion here. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 59 (Open Space Preservation) and Chapter 6 (2% Co=unity Preservation Fund) of the Town Code, the To\Vll Board of the Town of Southold hereby sets Tuesdav. AUl!:ust 12, 2003. at 8:05 p.rn., Southold Town Hall. 53095 Main Road. SouthoId. New York as the time and place for a public hearinl!: for the purchase of a portion of the property owned bv Zonrnas Contractinl!: Corp. Said property is identified as SCTM #1000-79-4-17.17. The property is located on the northerly side of North Bayview Road in Southold. The proposed acquisition is for approximately 32.3 acres (subject to survey) of the approximately 47.4 acre parcel. I have a certification that it has appeared on the Town Clerk's bulletin board. It has also appeared as a public hearing among the newspapers. I have no further official correspondence and I will turn it over to our Land Preservation Coordinator. MELISSA SPIRO, LAND PRESERVATION COORDINATOR: Good evening. I'm Melissa Spiro, Land Preservation Coordinator for the Town. I would just like to mention before I start that there are seven hearings tonight and there is a map outside that shows the location for all seven, if you want to try to figure out where they are within the Town. As noted in the public hearing notice, this is a fee title acquisition. The notice noted that the Town will be acquiring approximately 32 acres. The preservation area is actually slightly larger than that, and I believe will end up being approximately 36 acres. The property is located within the Agricultural-Conservation Zoning District, othenvise known Southold Town Board-Public h'~iring 2 August 12, 2003 as A-C. It is on our Commurdty Preservation Plan as property that should be preserved and the purchase will be thnded by thc Community Preservation Fund. As most of you know, this property was before the Plamfing Board for a full density subdivision of 20 plus lots. The Planning Board was undergoing the environmental review of this project and several others in the vicin/ty, when the Town Board adopted the subdivision moratorium_ Severai months ago, the landowner approached the town with a new proposal for limited development comhined with preservation. The proposal is to sell fee title to approximately 36 acres as shown in green on the sur~,ey in front, mid to go before the Planning Board for approval of a limited development of 5 lots in the approximate area shown in black hatch. The proposal preserves at least 75% of the property, thus the proposal is exempt from the subdivision moratorium. The landoxxmer will be able to go be±brc the Planning Board once the Town Board passes a resolution to proceed with the preservation purchase and the contract is signed by the Supervisor. It is likely that the preservation purchase will not close until final approval for the limited development is obtained from the Planning Board, but the town is prepared to close sooner should the landoxvner wish to do so. It is expected that the preservation contract will be signed tomorrow, and the Planning Board plans to hold a special meeting next week in order to expedite the subdivision component of this preservation project. As noted, the town will be acquiring the fee title to the land. ~lttere are existing trails on the property, and the intent is to maintain and establish a passive recreational trail system, and to eventually link the trails to other preserved properties. The Land Preservation Committee is working with the owner of the property to the west, known as Forestbrook, and I expect to be before you in a few weeks for a siunlar public hear/ng on that property_ The purchase price of $38,000 per acre, is supported by an appraisal, and the Land Preservation Committee is in support of this project. Both the Conmaittee and I recommend that the Town Board proceed with this acquisition_ Thank you. SUPERVISOR HORTON: Thm~ you, Ms. Spiro. Would anyone care to address the Board on this public hearing? Yes, sir_ CHRISTOPHER CONLAN: My name is Chi-istopher Conlan and I live on Clipper Drive. The only question that I have about this and I notice in the legal, it had said that there would be parking areas set. All the blocks in the Harbor Lights development are all owned by the Homeowners Association and I wotfld like to 'know where they plan on putting the parking area and how many cars xvould it enable? MS. SPIRO: I can answer that. We haven't really done a full-blown management plan for this property. We are waiting to see which properties come in. There may be a trail-system as I said, so there may be a separate trail-system_ It doesn't necessarily mean that there will be parking on this particular piece. If there is parking, it will be a very limited parking area and obviously cannot be off the private roads so it would have to be offone of the public roads. If you go to any of the other nature preserves that the Town has acquh-ed, they are unpa,,ed three or four car lot paved lots lhnctioning as a trail head. I can't answer that question exactly where it would be and it depends on .... MR_ CONLAN: When would we be able to find out about it? Would this most likely corne off of North Bayview? MS_ SPIRO: Well, right now that is the only place that it could come offof. There aren't any other, unless Clipper Drive tunis into a public road; there can't be public access from a private road. Southold Town Board-Public kiehring 3 '~ August 12, 2003 SUPERVISOR HORTON: What we aim for, sir, is with the trail-systems, take for example the most recent acquisition or the most recent opening of a trail system that is similar to this t~q?e of acquisition_ Dam Pond in East Marion, on the eastern edge of the causeway_ The trail system and the property has a ve~' small self-contained parking, gravel lot. I don't know the exact number of cars but it is small, self-conta~ned, essentially passive recreational venue. MR. CONLAN: And this would be for the residents of Southold, alone_ SUPERVISOR HORTON: Absolutely. It xvould be a public park. MR. CONL~kN: Okay', also on the trail system because there are a large number of trails in the development, motor vehicles_ .amy driven motor vehicles because..._totally out? SUPERVISOR HORTON: Those are not allowed on any of our current trails_ MR. CONLAN: Okay, thank you. SUPERVISOR HORTON: Thank you, sLr. Are there other comments from the pubhc on this public hearing? ED SCHWINDT: Ed Schwindt, Southold. I am just curious-how many lots would there be and how big would they be, in the area o f development? MS_ SPIRO: The proposal before the Pimming Board which meets the 75% moratorium is for five lots within the general area of where that black is. MR. SCHWINN: And they would all be together? MS. SPIRO: They are all together_ You can go to the Planning Board office, they haYe a proposal plan there. I hnd of ch-ew over mine so but they' have that. It has not been approved because of the xvay that the moratorium is worded, as we just heard from the hearing before the applicant is not allowed to go before the Planning Board prior to a signing ora contract. So, he hasn't been able to go before them for a fore, al reviexv_ But there will be the xvhole re~lar subdivision process with public hearings and everything on the proposed subdivision part of this. MR. SCHWINDT: But you are planning on five .... MS. SPIRO: That is what they are allowed, that is what they are plmming on .... MR. SCI-BVINDT: 'And how big are the lots? MS. SPIRO: Where the lots that were proposed based on the two acre zoning could be two acre-they won't be any larger than two acres. They may' be closer, down smaller_ I am not sure. Pdght now I think they are proposed at just around 80,000 square feet, I think. MR. SCHWINDT: Thm~s, Melissa. Southold Town Board-Public Bl~ar/ng 4 August 12, 2003 SUPERVISOR HORTON: Thank you, sir. Would anyone else care to address the Board? (No response) Comments 15om the Board? (No response) We xvill dose this heating. Elizabeth A. Neville Southold Town Clerk ' iPU~LIC ~,:,NOI'ICE iS I~ REBY ~:,:~mvig~as of Chaptev 59 (~n COL~TY OF SUFFOLK Space ~ese~'alion) aaa STATE OF NEW Y O~ _s: L~resen'afioa'Ftmd~.6fthe Tow~ Lise Marinace, being d~y swam, s~vs ~:~ode. ~ I~'~oard of t'l.te ~at she is ~e Leg~ Adveaising [1o~ 4i' ;Somhol&~r~by ~ Coordinator, of ~e Traveler ~Zatch~nan, ~',~, p:~, ,S~Id .~To~ a public newspaper printed at Sou~old, :n.aU~. :5~0o~,:'~- ~R~ in Suffolk County; ~d that the notice of }.:So o ~h ~; New..-Ib~k.5 as rthe ~x,fime ~ ~l~:~r.. a '. ~ ~ which ~e ~exed is a printed copy, has ;he~ ~ra~e:~c~se bf-a been published in s~d Traveler :o~ Watchma~ once each week for ...... ~...week~ ~ccessively, :the bom~5¢ng ~e ................. day of s~ey Sw°D.t~bef~ me t~is..~...day of L-nad .... ~*p~ ~; ~'t*d :shot~ be pr~se~e~ f6~ 6p~d~ , of,.- Natty Public Emi v Hamill NOTARY PUBLIC, S~te of New York ~5~ No. 01HA5059984 3 ~ Qualified in Su~lk Coun~ Commission expires May 06, 2006 ~:' Feather: ~mh~, Ne~'' may ~ ~ed TO~N' · . = :. Cler~ . LX 8,7 03 LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pm-suant to the pro;4sions of Chapter 59 (Open Space Preservation) and Chapter 6 (2% Community Preservation Fund) of the Town Code, the To;;n Board of the Town of Sonthold hereby sets Tuesday, August 12, 2003, at 8:05 p.m., Southold Town Hall, S3095 Main Road, Southold, New York as the time and place for a public hearin~ for the purchase of a portion of the property owned by Zoumas Contracting Corp. Said property is identified as SCTM #1000-79-4- 17.17. The propex~r is located on the northerly side of North Bayview Road in Sonthold. The proposed acquisition is for approximately 32.3 acres (subject to survey) of the approximately 47.4 acre parcel. Dated: July 29, 2003 BY ORDER OF TI-~ TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF SOUTHOLD Elizabeth Neville Tox~m Clerk PLEASE PUBLISH ON AUGUST 14. 2003, AND FORWARD ONE (1) AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION TO ELIZABETH NEVIZLE, TOWN CI~ERK. TOWN HALL, PO BOX 1179, SOUTHOLD, NY 11971. Copies to the following: Traveler Watchman Tox~m Board Members Mehssa Spiro Tox~m Attorney Tox~m Clerk's Bulletin Board Zoumas Contracting Corp. STATE OF NEW YORK) SS: COUNTY OF SUFFOLK) ELIZABETH A. NEVILLE, Tox~m Clerk of the Town of Southold, Ne;v York being dtdy sworn, says that on the ._~ day of ~ ,2003, she affixed a notice of which the annexed printed notice is a true copy, in a proper and substantial mauner, in a most public place in the Town of Sonthold, Suffolk County, New York, to wit: Town Clerk's Bulletin Board, 53095 Main Road, Southold, New York. NOT[CE OF PUBLIC HEARING TO BE HELD ON: 8:05 pm August 12, 2003 dS). Southold Tozm Clerk Sworn before me this ._~ day of ~,2003_ Ndtary Public LYNDA M. BOHN NOTARY PUBLIC, State of Near No. 01B06020932 Qualified itl Suffolk Coun[~ Term Expires March 8, 2n,,~[..~,.