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Home My WebLink AboutTB-10/19/2004SOUTHOLD TOWN BOARD REGULAR MEETING October 19, 2004 4:30 P.M. A Regular Meeting of the Southold Town Board was held Tuesday, October 19, 2004 at the Southold Town Hall, Southold, New York. Supervisor Horton opened the meeting at 4:30 P.M. with the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag. Present: Supervisor Joshua Y. Horton Justice Louisa P. Evans Councilman Thomas H. Wickham Councilman Daniel C. Ross Councilman William P. Edwards Town Clerk Elizabeth A. Neville Town Attorney Patricia A. Finnegan Absent: Councilman John M. Romanelli SUPERVISOR HORTON: Good afternoon and welcome to the October 19 public meeting of the Southold Town Board. Please rise and join with me in the Pledge of Allegiance. We have reports, public notices, communications and other town related documents, all available for review by the public at the Town Clerk's Office, which is located in this building, open Monday through Friday, 8:00 A.M. through 4:00 P.M. We encourage public participation at the meeting and there will be a number of points over the course of the meeting when the public will be afforded the opportunity to address the Board. First being prior to the voting of any of the resolutions that we have on our agenda this evening, we will afford the public the opportunity to address a specific resolution. We also have two public hearings this evening, at which point when we recess into public hearings, we will ask the public to address the Board on items specific to that public hearing. And at the conclusion of the meeting, we offer the public the opportunity to address the Board on other town related items that they feel are important. Before we get moving too much further into the meeting, ! have a couple of October 19, 2004 Southold Town Board Meeting 2 exciting announcements to make. First, I would like Mr. Tom McCaffrey to come forward and stand with me in front of the dais. One thing that is very important to Southold Town government as we relate to the County and State, Federal government is communication and interaction with those entire levels of government. (Inaudible) being out here on the east end, where we are more or less removed from the center, if you will, of the County government, State government and obviously the Federal government. We have afforded to us through the processes that Suffolk County has put in place a number of years ago, representation in regard to how Suffolk County manages public parks and recreation programs. And part of that management policy, the County asks each Supervisor of each Town to recommend a person from their specific township for appointment to the County Board of Trustees of the Parks. And County Executive Levy asked for my recommendation, I am very proud and pleased to announce that my recommendation was Tom McCaffery, who is a resident of Mattituck, a member of the Mattituck Park District as well as a Recreation and Parks supervisor for the Town of Smithtown. What Tom brings to the position is not only an in-depth knowledge of management of recreation facilities and the parks facilities and how to efficiently run them, he also has an in-depth knowledge of how the County should and could relate to some of their open space and parkland that they have in Southold Town. It is really important, it is tremendously important that we have firm representation at the County level from Southold Town. So I was honored to ask the County Executive and the County legislature to approve Mr. McCaffery's appointment and just recently they did and I just want to have him here and say, welcome aboard. And you should know that this is a tremendous time commitment and it is also a lot for the great wage of nothing. It is one of those wonderful volunteer positions. So, Tom, you volunteer your time in the community on many levels so we thank you for that once again. Congratulations. I would also ask Officer Brewer and Officer Hudoc to come forward. I have some sort of sad news and some good news, I should say the whole product of this announcement is bittersweet. Detective Beth Dzenkowski has been with the Southold Town Police Department for some time and she has paved the way for an effective DARE program, she has paved the way for an effective Juvenile Aid Bureau at the Southold Town Police Department and Detective Dzenkowski has made notice to the Town that she plans to retire in the early part of 2005. That leaves the Department and the Town, if you will, with an enormous gap to fill and that gap is again, the work environment and the expectations that Detective Dzenkowski has created in regard to how Southold Town police interact, educate and deal with the youth of our community. So we set out to fill that position and over the course of the interviews and discussions with the Chief, with Detective Dzenkowski, with the head of our school districts; I thought long and hard and I realized that Southold Town could be doing a lot more. We could be doing a lot more and we should be doing a lot more because of as these two gentlemen actually articulated in their interviews, probably the single, largest challenge and possibly one of the most important arms, if you will, or responsibilities of the Police Department today is providing that support structure and education and the type of interaction the youth of the community should expect, the parents of the community should expect from our Police Department in raising awareness for the challenges kids today face or raising awareness of temptations that they will probably confront as they move out of adolescence towards adulthood and I think that there is no better way to promote prevention and promote awareness than through a healthy, positive working relationship grounded in education from our Police Department with the schools in our community. Now, with that being said, the approach we are taking is a multi-pronged approach. The part of the two officers that are, to run the Juvenile Aid Bureau, which encompasses the DARE program. With that being said, as we said before, this is much more than just about implementing and effecting the DARE program, this is about having the resources in the Police Department to actually interact with the youth in the community on a daily basis outside of the school and outside of the October 19, 2004 Southold Town Board Meeting Police Department, for the Juvenile Aid Officers to work with families of youth that may need some guidance. We can be there for the early stages of possibly developing problems. We can head them off at the pass. And I think that is the direction we have to be moving in regard to the role of the Police Department and our responsibility to the community. I am very pleased and very proud to announce two officers that will be dedicated to that office, starting in '05. We will phase it in when, we will phase in the two officer routine when we have officers coming on line out of the academy and taking over the patrol positions that also are a very important need to be filled. So, gentlemen, I wanted to congratulate you on your endeavors. We have (inaudible) that you are going to do the job that we expect you to do. Congratulations. One question that was asked when this decision was made and it is an important question and I think one that has to be addressed head on and that is, well, how does that effect the staffing of the patrol unit? And the answer is, it enhances the ability of the patrol unit because one commitment that we made is a better utilization of our detective squad to implement with patrol and the detectives and now with the JAB, what we refer to as a COPE unit. Which is a community oriented patrol program. And the JAB will more or less be the anchor of that. So, when the question is asked how does this effect the staffing levels or the street patrol, it enhances it and I think that we have, we should set the bar high, we should have high expectations and I have every reason to believe that the two of you will carry out that important mission. So congratulations and thanks for coming here today. Do not feel obligated to stay for the rest of the evening but you are more than welcome to. Moved by Justice Evans, seconded by Councilman Wickham, it was RESOLVED that the following Town bills be and hereby are ordered paid: General Fund Whole Town bills in the amount of $517,328.98; General Fund Part Town bills in the amount of $23,947.82; Risk Retention Fund bills in the amount of $781.54; Highway Fund Part Town bills in the amount of $112,977.74; Capital Projects Account $247,981.53; Community Preservation Fund (2% Tax) 2,800.00; New London Terminal Project bills in the amount of $505,639.62; Employee Health Benefit Plan bills in the amount of $9,127.92; Fishers Island Ferry District bills in the amount of $17,156.00; Refuse & Garbage District bills in the amount of $105,442.29; Southold Wastewater District bills in the amount of $15, 647.73; Fishers Island Sewer District bills in the amount of $692. 64; Southold Agency & Trust bills in the amount of $4,054.13 and Fishers Island Ferry District Agency & Trust bills in the amount of $530.66. Vote of the Town Board: Aye: Councilman Edwards, Councilman Ross, Councilman Wickham, Justice Evans, Supervisor Horton. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. Moved by Justice Evans, seconded by Councilman Wickham, it was RESOLVED that the minutes of the Regular Southold Town Board meeting of October 5, 2004 be and hereby are ordered approved. Vote of the Town Board: Aye: Councilman Edwards, Councilman Ross, Councilman Wickham, Justice Evans, Supervisor Horton. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. Moved by Justice Evans, seconded by Councilman Wickham, it was RESOLVED that the Southold Town Board set a Town Board Work Session on October 26, 2:00 P.M. 2004 October 19, 2004 Southold Town Board Meeting 4 Vote of the Town Board: Aye: Councilman Edwards, Justice Evans, Supervisor Horton. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. Councilman Ross, Councilman Wickham, Moved by Justice Evans, seconded by Councilman Wickham, it was RESOLVED that the next Regular Meeting of the Southold Town Board be held Thursday, November 4, 2004 at the Southold Town Hall, Southold, New York at 7:00 P.M. Vote of the Town Board: Aye: Councilman Edwards, Councilman Ross, Councilman Wickham, Justice Evans, Supervisor Horton. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. Moved by Justice Evans, seconded by Councilman Wickham, it was RESOLVED that the Southold Town Board will hold Budget Hearings on Thursday, November 4, 2004 at 4:00 P.M. and 7:30 P.M. Vote of the Town Board: Aye: Councilman Edwards, Councilman Ross, Councilman Wickham, Justice Evans, Supervisor Horton. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. I. REPORTS 1. Recreation Department - September 2004 2. Program for the Disabled - September 2004 3. Southold Town Justice Court, Price - September 2004 4. Southold Town Justice Court, Evans - September 2004 5. Southold Town Justice Court, Bruer - September 2004 II. PUBLIC NOTICES 1. Southold Town Board of Trustees notice of opening dates of scallop season: October 18, 2004 from sunrise to sunset through November 1, 2004, all gear permitted. All scalloping harvesting to close as of sunset November 1, 2004. 2. Southold Town Highway Department, Public Notice of 2004 Fall Leaf and Brush Cleanup. III. COMMUNICATIONS None SUPERVISOR HORTON: At this point we offer the floor to anybody from the floor to anybody from the public that would care to address the Board on specific resolutions. Yes, Mr. Carlin. FRANK CARL1N: Good evening. COUNCILMAN WICKHAM: Good evening. SUPERVISOR HORTON: Good evening, Mr. Carlin. MR. CARL1N: I see Mrs. Egan isn't here, so I had a couple anyway. #760. Is that for a bond? SUPERVISOR HORTON: Yes, that is correct. October 19, 2004 5 Southold Town Board Meeting MR. CARL1N: How much? SUPERVISOR HORTON: The bond? MR. CARL1N: Yeah. SUPERVISOR HORTON: ! believe reimbursable by the State of New York. MR. CARLIN: 3.5? SUPERVISOR HORTON: 3.1, 3.125. 3.25, excuse me. MR. CARL1N: How much by New York? Reimbursable? SUPERVISOR HORTON: 50 percent. what we are publishing is $3.125 million. 50 percent MR. CARL1N: In other words, you get back 50 percent of that, right? SUPERVISOR HORTON: That is correct. MR. CARL1N: #772. Is this going to increase fees? Is that what you are talking about here? SUPERVISOR HORTON: That is correct. Commencing for '05 permits. It is actually equalizing fees. What it is doing is eliminating the commercial fee and implementing one standard fee. MR. CARL1N: But, ! mean, fees to the landfill, you are going to increase fees to the landfill? SUPERVISOR HORTON: That is correct. MR. CARL1N: You are going to increase fees to the landfill? SUPERVISOR HORTON: There is an increase with that but it is also an equalization, which is an elimination of the commercial fee. MR. CARL1N: How much are you going to increase the landfill permit? SUPERVISOR HORTON: ! believe it goes from $10 to $15 for an annual permit. MR. CARL1N: Hard times and all this money is going up and we have such hard times to live in this day and age. SUPERVISOR HORTON: And the cost of getting rid of garbage is going up exponentially. MR. CARL1N: ! know but ..... October 19, 2004 Southold Town Board Meeting SUPERVISOR HORTON: So if we all do our part and generate less garbage. MR. CARL1N: We always seem to have a way out. I will be talking about that a little later on in a greater amount of time tonight. ! am not using my black book tonight, ! am going to speak from my mind later on. You know, ! believe years back, when we had the landfill, when you go to pay your taxes, you would get a, ! know you would get a beach permit for nothing and you probably got your landfill permit for nothing. That was years ago but ! guess things change. SUPERVISOR HORTON: That was when you were allowed to just randomly dump trash into a pit in Southold Town, which New York State has outlawed. MR. CARL1N: Well, that is one of the things I am going to be addressing you on again this year, on the budget meeting about the landfill. SUPERVISOR HORTON: Okay. You have seen the tax rate reduction in the budget this year .... MR. CARL1N: We would have been eliminating all this here extra money, if that would have been closed down back in 1990 and ! am still going to stress that a year after. ! haven't changed my mind on it. SUPERVISOR HORTON: Right. MR. CARL1N: It is just sucking up a lot of our taxpayers money down there. And I don't think we are showing any profit on it. Thank you. SUPERVISOR HORTON: Thank you. Keep it in mind, if we show profit, that is at the expense of the taxpayer. So what we try to do is ensure that the operation is being run to not show a profit because showing profit in a municipal business is actually getting more from the taxpayer. So we believe that the operation should be run so it is essentially a wash. MR. CARL1N: What good is it then? SUPERVISOR HORTON: You have to get rid of your trash in some way, shape or form. MR. CARL1N: I am trying to run a business, like John Romanelli was trying to run his business without showing a profit, how long would he stay in the business? Not very long SUPERVISOR HORTON: Just understand that generating a profit as a government is done through taxes, generally. Offees. MR. CARL1N: You are throwing $3.25 million like it is going out of style. SUPERVISOR HORTON: Well, we will see. October 19, 2004 Southold Town Board Meeting MR. CARL1N: With the cost of living nowadays and inflation. later on. Well, ! am going to talk about that SUPERVISOR HORTON: Okay, Mr. Carlin, thanks. Would anybody else care to address the Board on specific resolutions? (No response) We will move ahead with the resolutions then. #746 Moved by Councilman Edwards, seconded by Councilman Ross, WHEREAS, the Town Board of the Town of Southold has proposed to improve the Solid Waste facility located in Cutchogue by construction of a 19,220 SF Town commercial and residential recycling and collection facility, including redirection of traffic flow utilizing a new entrance and exit; and WHEREAS, the Town Board has proposed to undertake the action itself and is therefore assuming lead agency status; and WHEREAS the proposed project is a Type ! action pursuant to SEQRA; and WHEREAS a Full Environmental Assessment Form (Parts 1, 2 and 3) dated June 2003 has been prepared and reviewed; and it is hereby RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold determines that the proposed action will not result in a significant effect on the environment as evidenced in the contents of the Long EAF prepared for the Town Board by Nelson, Pope & Voorhis dated June 2003; and it is further RESOLVED that the Town Board adopts a Negative Declaration pursuant to SEQRA~ as more fully set forth in the Negative Declaration form dated October 4~ 2004 attached hereto. Vote of the Town Board: Aye: Councilman Edwards, Councilman Ross, Councilman Wickham, Justice Evans, Supervisor Horton. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. #747 Moved by Councilman Ross, seconded by Councilman Wickham, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby modifies the General Fund Whole Town 2004 budget as follows: TO: A. 8090.4.200.100 A. 8090.4.400.600 A. 8090.4.500.600 FROM: A. 8090.2.500.100 A. 8090.2.500.100 A. 8090.1.100.200 Cellular Phone Service Equipment/Maintenance/Repairs Court Reporters Transcribing Equipment Transcribing Equipment Overtime Earnings Vote of the Town Board: Aye: Councilman Edwards, Justice Evans, Supervisor Horton. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. $350.00 $20.00 $2,800.00 $350.00 $20.00 $2,800.00 Councilman Ross, Councilman Wickham, #748 Moved by Justice Evans, seconded by Councilman Edwards, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby authorizes the Town Clerk to advertise for bids for the following items for 2005: October 19, 2004 Southold Town Board Meeting Milk for the Human Resource Center Purchase of Police Department Uniform Clothing Cleaning of Police Department Uniform Clothing Gasoline for Town Vehicles Heating Fuel Oil for Town Buildings Diesel Fuel Oil for Highway Department and Transfer Station Bulk Ice Control Rock Salt for the Highway Department Bulk Ice Control Sand for the Highway Department Removal and Transfer of Scavenger Waste Removal of Household Hazardous Waste from the Transfer Station Removal of Scrap Tires from the Transfer Station Town Brown Leaf Bags Town Yellow Garbage Bags Vote of the Town Board: Aye: Councilman Edwards, Councilman Ross, Councilman Wickham, Justice Evans, Supervisor Horton. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. #749 Moved by Councilman Wickham, seconded by Justice Evans, WHEREAS, the Town Board of the Town of Southold wishes to purchase a development rights easement on a certain parcel of property owned by Edward C. Booth, et al., pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 6 and Chapter 25 of the Code of the Town of Southold. Said property is identified as SCTM #1000-51-2-7 and #1000-51-2-8. The street addresses are 17580 and 17240 Sound View Avenue, respectively, and the property is located on the south side of Sound View Avenue, the west side of Mt. Beulah Avenue and the north side of Old North Road, in Southold in an A-C zoning district. The development rights easement comprises approximately 21.8647 acres of the 28.3647 acre parcels. The exact area of the development rights easement is subject to survey. The purchase price for the easement is $37,000 (thirty-seven thousand dollars) per buildable acre; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED by the Town Board of the Town of Southold that this action be classified as an Unlisted Action pursuant to the SEQRA Rules and Regulations, 6NYCRR 617.1 et. Seq.; be it further RESOLVED by the Town Board of the Town of Southold that the Town of Southold is the only involved agency pursuant to SEQRA Rules and Regulations; be it further RESOLVED by the Town Board of the Town of Southold that the Short Environmental Form prepared for this project is accepted and attached hereto; and, be it further RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby finds no significant impact on the environment and declares a negative declaration pursuant to SEQRA Rules and Regulations for this action. Vote of the Town Board: Aye: Councilman Edwards, Councilman Ross, Councilman Wickham, Justice Evans, Supervisor Horton. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. #75O Moved by Councilman Edwards, seconded by Councilman Wickham, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby grants permission for the Southold PTA to use the following roads on Sunday~ October 31~ 2004 at approximately 2:00 P.M. for the Halloween Parade: Main Road, and Oaklawn Avenue provided they file with the Town October 19, 2004 Southold Town Board Meeting Clerk a One Million Dollar Certificate of Insurance naming the Town Southold as an additional insured and notify Capt. Flatley ten (t0) days prior to the event to coordinate traffic. Vote of the Town Board: Aye: Councilman Edwards, Councilman Ross, Councilman Wickham, Justice Evans, Supervisor Horton. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. #751 Moved by Councilman Ross, seconded by Councilman Edwards, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby modifies the General Fund Whole Town 2004 budget as follows: To: A. 1620.4.500.400 From: A. 1620.4.400.100 Buildings & Grounds Architects Vote of the Town Board: $1,200.00 Buildings & Grounds Building Maintenance/Repairs $1,200.00 Aye: Councilman Edwards, Councilman Ross, Councilman Wickham, Justice Evans, Supervisor Horton. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. #752 Moved by Justice Evans, seconded by Councilman Wickham, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby authorizes and directs the Town Clerk to advertise for bids for the delivery~ installatiom training and technical support for a new server~ along with existing H T E data migration to new server at the Southold Town Police Department Headquarters. Vote of the Town Board: Aye: Councilman Edwards, Councilman Ross, Councilman Wickham, Justice Evans, Supervisor Horton. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. #753 Moved by Councilman Wickham, seconded by Justice Evans, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby grants permission for the Cutcho~ue Fire Department to use the following roads on Sunday~ October 31~ 2004 at approximately 6:00 P.M. for the Halloween Parade: Depot Lane, Main Road, and New Suffolk Avenue provided they file with the Town Clerk a One Million Dollar Certificate of Insurance naming the Town Southold as an additional insured and notify Capt. Flatley ten (t0) days prior to the event to coordinate traffic. Vote of the Town Board: Aye: Councilman Edwards, Councilman Ross, Councilman Wickham, Justice Evans, Supervisor Horton. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. #754 Moved by Councilman Edwards, seconded by Justice Evans, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby grants permission to Assessor Darline J. Duffy to attend a seminar on Hotel Valuation on November t 5, 2004 at the Holiday Inn, October 19, 2004 Southold Town Board Meeting 10 Fishkill, New York. Travel, meals, registration and lodging expenses to be a legal charge to the Assessors 2004 budget. Vote of the Town Board: Aye: Councilman Edwards, Councilman Ross, Councilman Wickham, Justice Evans, Supervisor Horton. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. #755 Moved by Councilman Ross, seconded by Justice Evans, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby modifies the General Fund Whole Town 2004 budget as follows: From: Appropriations: A.6772.4.600.200 From: Appropriations: A.6772.4.600.700 From: Appropriations: A.6772.4.600.500 To Appropriations: A.6772.4.100.110 Programs for the Aging Miscellaneous Senior Trips and Excursions Programs for the Aging Miscellaneous License and Permits Programs for the Aging Miscellaneous Seminars and Training Programs for the Aging Contractual Expense Program Supplies & Materials Vote of the Town Board: Aye: Councilman Edwards, Justice Evans, Supervisor Horton. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. $ 300.00 $ 325.00 $ 330.00 $ 955.00 Councilman Ross, Councilman Wickham, #756 Moved by Justice Evans, seconded by Councilman Wickham, A regular meeting of the Town Board of the Town of Southold, in the County of Suffolk, New York, held at the Town Hall, 53095 Main Road, Southold, in said Town, on the 19th of October, 2004. PRESENT: Hon. Joshua Y. Horton, Supervisor Louisa P. Evans, Justice John M Romanelli, Councilperson Thomas H. Wickham, Councilperson October 19, 2004 Southold Town Board Meeting William P. Edwards, Councilperson Daniel C. Ross, Councilperson In the Matter of the Increase and Improvement of Facilities of the Southold Solid Waste Management District, in the Town of Southold, in the County of Suffolk, New York pursuant to Section 202-b of the Town Law. 11 ORDER CALLING PUBLIC HEAR1NG TO BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 15, 2004 RECITALS WHEREAS, the Town Board of the Town of Southold (herein called "Town Board" and "Town", respectively), in the County of Suffolk, New York, on behalf of the Southold Solid Waste Management District, heretofore established and now existing in the Town (herein called "District"), has heretofore determined that it is in the best interests of the Town and the District to expand the existing Transfer Station (hereinafter sometimes called the "Station") within the District by constructing, inter alia, an information booth, an addition to the Station and the Re-Use Center, as well as reconstruction of the existing Scale House and completion of construction of the Truck Loading Pit, including the acquisition and installation of the requisite original furnishings, equipment, machinery and apparatus and site work, including, but not limited to, storm water drainage, a new 1,000 gallon above ground waste oil tank, paving of roads, fencing, landscaping and grading and improving the site (hereinafter sometimes called the "Project"). The estimated maximum cost of the Project is $3,250,000, including preliminary costs incidental thereto and to the financing thereof in the amount of $50,000; and WHEREAS, grant funds may be received from the United States of America, the State of New York and any other available sources to pay a part of some of such costs, and any such grant funds received or to be received shall be applied towards the cost of said object or purpose or redemption of the bonds issued therefor, or shall be budgeted as an offset to the taxes for the payment of the principal and interest on said bonds; and WHEREAS, the Town Board and the Town have complied in every respect with all applicable Federal, State and local laws and regulations regarding environmental matters, have given due consideration to the impact that the Project may have upon the environment and, on the basis of such consideration, the Town Board, acting as Lead Agency, pursuant to the New York State Environmental Quality Review Act (hereinafter sometimes called "SEQRA") has heretofore found and determined that the Project is a Type ! Action and that no significant adverse environmental impact will be caused thereby and in connection therewith, the duly processed Negative Declaration and/or other applicable documentation has been issued and filed in the office of the Town Clerk; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDERED, that a meeting of the Town Board of the Town be held at the Town Hall, 53095 Main Road, Southold, New York, in the Town, on the 15th day of November, 2004, at 7:00 October 19, 2004 Southold Town Board Meeting 12 o'clock P.M. (Prevailing Time), to consider the Project at the estimated maximum cost of $3,250,000 and to hear all persons interested in the subject thereof concerning the same and for such other action on the part of the Town Board with relation thereto as may be required by law; and be it FURTHER ORDERED, that the Town Clerk (i) publish at least once in the "SUFFOLK TIMES," a newspaper published in Mattituck, in the Town of Southold and hereby designated as the official newspaper of the Town for such publication, (ii) post on the Town Clerk Bulletin board of the Town maintained pursuant to subdivision 6 of Section 30 of the Town Law and (iii) mail by first class mail to each owner of taxable real property in the District, a notice of such public hearing in substantially the form attached hereto designated Exhibit "A" and hereby made a part hereof, the first publication thereof, said posting and said mailing to be not less than ten (10) nor more than twenty (20) days before the date of such public hearing. EXHIBIT A LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING November 15, 2004 WHEREAS, it has been determined by the Town Board (the "Board") of the Town of Southold ("Town"), Suffolk County, New York, on the 19th day of October, 2004, to consider the increase and improvement of the facilities of the Southold Solid Waste Management District ("District"), by the expansion of the existing Transfer Station within the District including the construction of an information booth, an addition to the Transfer Station and the Re-Use Center, reconstruction of the existing Scale House, completion of construction of the Truck Loading Pit, including the acquisition and installation of the requisite original furnishings equipment, machinery and apparatus and site work, including, but not limited to, storm water drainage, a new 1,000 gallon above ground waste oil tank, paving of roads and construction of curbs and walkways, fencing, landscaping and grading and improving the site (the "Project"); the estimated maximum cost of Project is $3,250,00, including preliminary costs and incidental and financing costs in the amount of $50,000; provided that grant funds may be received from the United States of America, the State of New York or any other available sources to pay a part of some of such said costs. Pursuant to the New York State Environmental Quality Review Act ("SEQRA") the Board, as Lead Agency, has determined that the Project is a Type I Action having no significant adverse environmental impact; a Negative Declaration has been issued and filed. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Town Board will meet at the Town Hall, 53095 Main Road, Southold, New York, at 7:00 o'clock P.M. (Prevailing Time), on November 15, 2004, for the purpose of conducting a public hearing to consider the Project, as described above. At the public hearing, the Town Board will hear all persons interested in the proposed Project. Vote of the Town Board: Aye: Councilman Edwards, Councilman Ross, Councilman Wickham, Justice Evans, Supervisor Horton. October 19, 2004 Southold Town Board Meeting This resolution was duly ADOPTED. 13 #757 Moved by Councilman Wickham, seconded by Justice Evans, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby appoints Jeffery S. Biggs to the position of part-time Public Safety Dispatcher a rate of $11.97, effective July 29, 2004. Vote of the Town Board: Aye: Councilman Edwards, Councilman Ross, Councilman Wickham, Justice Evans, Supervisor Horton. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. #758 Moved by Councilman Edwards, seconded by Justice Evans, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby declares all of the items located at the Southold Town Police Department that were not bid on October 14~ 2004, to be declared unusable and destroyed. Vote of the Town Board: Aye: Councilman Edwards, Councilman Ross, Councilman Wickham, Justice Evans, Supervisor Horton. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. #759 Moved by Councilman Ross, seconded by Councilman Edwards, it was WHEREAS, the Town Board wishes to appoint a Hearing Officer to consider disciplinary charges against an employee and suspending that employee without pay pursuant to the Civil Service Law~ NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Town Board hereby agrees to hire Mary C. Wilson, Esq. as hearing officer in the disciplinary charges brought against a Town employee; and FURTHER, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Town Board hereby suspends the employee without pay for not more than thirty days pending the determination of the charges effective the day after the charges are served upon the employee; and RESOLVED that the Town Clerk be directed to forward a copy of this resolution to Richard Zuckerman, Esq. Vote of the Town Board: Aye: Councilman Edwards, Councilman Ross, Councilman Wickham, Justice Evans, Supervisor Horton. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. #76O Moved by Justice Evans, seconded by Councilman Wickham, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby authorizes and directs the Town Attorney's office to retain the services of The Pimlico Group for the printing and mass mailing of the public hearing notice in relation to a proposed bond for the Solid Waste District Vote of the Town Board: Aye: Councilman Edwards, Councilman Ross, Councilman Wickham, Justice Evans, Supervisor Horton. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. #761 Moved by Councilman Wickham, seconded by Councilman Ross, it was October 19, 2004 Southold Town Board Meeting 14 RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby authorizes and directs Supervisor Joshua Y. Horton to retain the services of L.K. McLean Associates~ Inc. to provide engineering services relating to the Scavenger Waste Plant, per their proposal dated September 1, 2004. Vote of the Town Board: Aye: Councilman Edwards, Councilman Ross, Councilman Wickham, Justice Evans, Supervisor Horton. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. #762 Moved by Councilman Edwards, seconded by Councilman Wickham, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby modifies the 2004 Highway Fund Part Town budget as follows: To~ DB.5110.4.100.200 General Repairs, Fuel/Lubricants $7,000.00 DB.5110.4.100.350 General Repairs, Traffic Paint 3,754.31 DB.5110.4.100.905 General Repairs, Patch 5,000.00 DB.5110.4.100.960 General Repairs, Drain Pipes/Rings/Covers 10,000.00 DB.5110.4.100.975 General Repairs, Steel 2,322.25 DB.5130.4.100.500 Machinery, Parts & Supplies 1,500.00 DB.5130.4.100.550 Machinery, Tires 1,500.00 DB.5130.4.400.650 Machinery, Maintenance & Repairs 2,000.00 DB.5140.4.200.100 Miscellaneous, Telephone/Cellular Phone 2,500.00 DB.5110.4.100.900 DB.5110.4.100.915 DB.5130.2.500.300 DB.5130.2.500.400 DB.5140.4.600.300 General Repairs, Resurfacing Projects General Repairs, Cement Machinery, Contractor Equipment Machinery, Radio Equipment Miscellaneous, Travel Vote of the Town Board: Aye: Councilman Edwards, Justice Evans, Supervisor Horton. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. $29,254.31 1,500.00 2,500.00 1,000.00 1,322.25 Councilman Ross, Councilman Wickham, #763 Moved by Councilman Ross, seconded by Councilman Edwards, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby awards the following bid items to the following persons: A-6 Pink Huffy Kids Barbara Domaleski $ 5.00 A- 65 Dynol Comp BMX Palmer Schade $ 5.00 A-66 Ross Teal Bike Barbara Domaleski $ 5.00 BA-2 90 12' Sunfish Donald Grim $10.00 BA-4 14' Symph boat Donald Grim $ 5.00 BA-5 12' Delhi Donald Grim $ 5.00 BA-9 12' dingy w/eng. Donald Grim $ 2.00 BA-11 8' inflatable boat Michael Furst $ 75.00 BA-12 12' Alcort Sun. Michael Furst $ 30.00 MA-3 Sony Playstation Joseph Reiter $ 30.00 October 19, 2004 Southold Town Board Meeting 15 MA- 11 Blue cooler Barbara Domaleski $1.00 MA-23 Blue golf bag Barbara Domaleski $1.00 MA-24 Green/yellow golf Barbara Domaleski $1.00 MA-28 Raytheon Radar Joseph Reiter $ 30.00 MA-38 Canon 35mm Barbara Domaleski $1.00 MA-58 Router/Hammer Donald Grim $10.00 MA-60 Fishing Poles Donald Grim $ 2.00 Vote of the Town Board: Aye: Councilman Edwards, Councilman Ross, Councilman Wickham, Justice Evans, Supervisor Horton. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. #764 Moved by Justice Evans, seconded by Councilman Wickham, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby grants permission to Detective Beth Dzenkowski~ to attend the New York State Juvenile Officers Association Quarterly Board meeting, in her current position as President, to be held in Binghamton, New York, commencing on Thursday, December 2 through Saturday, December 4, 2004. The New York State Juvenile Officers Association will cover all meals and accommodation expenses. Additional expenses would be approximately $50.00 for transportation costs (gas & tolls), which would be a legal charge to the JAB budget line - A.3157.4.600.300. Vote of the Town Board: Aye: Councilman Edwards, Councilman Ross, Councilman Wickham, Justice Evans, Supervisor Horton. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. #765 Moved by Councilman Wickham, seconded by Councilman Ross, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby grants permission to Eric Weiskott to use the following Town Roads to hold a Dr. Claire Memorial 5K running race on November 6~ 2004 at 9:00 a.m.: Front Street, Moore's Lane, North Road, Main Street, Washington Avenue, Middleton Road, Bennett Road, and Cedarfield's Drive, providing that a certificate of provided they file with the Town Clerk a One Million Dollar Certificate of Insurance naming the Town Southold as an additional insured and notify Capt. Flatley ten (10) days prior to the event to coordinate traffic. Vote of the Town Board: Aye: Councilman Edwards, Councilman Ross, Councilman Wickham, Justice Evans, Supervisor Horton. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. #766 Moved by Councilman Edwards, seconded by Councilman Wickham, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby authorizes and directs the Town Clerk to advertise for resumes to fill the vacancies on Town Committees and Boards. Vote of the Town Board: Aye: Councilman Edwards, Justice Evans, Supervisor Horton. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. Councilman Ross, Councilman Wickham, October 19, 2004 Southold Town Board Meeting 16 #767 Moved by Councilman Ross, seconded by Justice Evans, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby appoints Tathiana Lema to the position of Home Health Aide on Fishers Island, chargeable to the Programs for the Aging department, effective October 20, 2004 at rate of $10.25 per hour. Vote of the Town Board: Aye: Councilman Edwards, Councilman Ross, Councilman Wickham, Justice Evans, Supervisor Horton. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. #768 Moved by Justice Evans, seconded by Councilman Wickham, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby accepts the resignation of Madeline F. Brisotti from her position as a Student Member of Southold Town Conservation Advisory Council, effective immediately. SUPERVISOR HORTON: The advertising to fill this position will take place in the advertisement for other Town Boards and Committees. Vote of the Town Board: Aye: Councilman Edwards, Councilman Ross, Councilman Wickham, Justice Evans, Supervisor Horton. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. #769 Moved by Councilman Wickham, seconded by Justice Evans, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby authorizes and directs Supervisor Joshua Y. Horton to execute an agreement with the Fishers Island Telephone Company for the 2004-2005 monitoring of Alarm Data. Vote of the Town Board: Aye: Councilman Edwards, Councilman Ross, Councilman Wickham, Justice Evans, Supervisor Horton. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. #77O Moved by Councilman Edwards, seconded by Justice Evans, WHEREAS, the Peconic Estuary, situated between the North and South Fork's of eastern Long Island, New York, consists of more than 100 distinct bays, harbors, embayments and tributaries within the Towns of Brookhaven, Southampton, Riverhead, Southold, East Hampton and Shelter Island; and WHEREAS, the Peconic Estuary was accepted into the United States National Estuary Program in September of 1992; and WHEREAS, the Peconic Estuary Program (PEP) a partnership comprised of many stakeholders, including Federal, State, and local governments, not-for-profit organizations, and citizens advisory committees, completed a Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan (CCMP) for the Peconic Estuary, which was adopted by the Committee, signed by New York Governor Pataki, and approved by the United States Environmental Protection Agency on November 15, 2001; and WHEREAS, one of the goals of the CCMP was the development of a Critical Lands Protection Strategy (CLPS) to identify and facilitate the protection of significant properties within the estuary watershed; and WHEREAS, the Critical Lands Protection Strategy (CLPS) process has been completed and the effort to protect high priority parcels is underway; and October 19, 2004 Southold Town Board Meeting 17 WHEREAS, The Nature Conservancy considers the Peconic Estuary to be one of its priority conservation sites on Long Island; and WHEREAS, The Nature Conservancy (TNC) has been an active participant in the Peconic Estuary Program and in the development and implementation of the Critical Lands Protection Strategy, including making investments of its own funds and staff time in protection projects and working, pursuant conservation services contracts, on behalf the Towns of East Hampton, Southampton, Southold and the County of Suffolk; and WHEREAS, as part of the Peconic Estuary Program's Critical Lands Protection Strategy, The Nature Conservancy and the Town of Southold are working together to protect some 400 acres of wetlands, uplands, beaches, ponds and creeks, and submerged lands at Pipe's Cove, including the Arshamomaque Wetlands system north of State Route 25; and WHEREAS, The Nature Conservancy and the Town of Southold have applied for and been awarded a $1 million Coastal Wetlands Grant by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service ("FWS"), to come through the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC), for the Town's acquisition of lands at Pipe's Cove; and WHEREAS, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service requires that its $1 million grant be matched by at least a $1.8 million local investment by the Town of Southold; and WHEREAS, The Nature Conservancy and the Town of Southold have negotiated the acquisition of a 47.31 acre property at Pipe's Cove known as the "Reese Parcel", for $2.25 million (SCTM 1000-45-5- 5) and TNC and the Town would like to use the $1 million FWS Coastal Wetland Grant as part of this acquisition; and WHEREAS, TNC is willing to donate $500,000 to the Town of Southold, to be used to acquire the "Reese Parcel" (and to satisfy partially the Town's local match requirement for the FWS Coastal Wetland Grant) as part of a larger sustained partnership with the Town, which includes ongoing planning, land acquisition, and land management; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold, in accepting a $500~000 donation from the Nature Conservancy to be used toward the acquisition of the Reese Parcel or other Peconic Estuary land~ mutually agreed to by TNC and the Towm hereby commits to and authorizes the Town's Land Preservation Department~ in partnership with TNC~ to prepare a Pipe's Cove/Arshamomaque Park Plan as a blueprint for a unique and exemplary natural park area, and be it FURTHER RESOLVED that said plan will include, but not be limited to, the following: 1) identification of parcels for acquisition; 2) a public/private funding strategy; 3) an acquisition implementation plan; 4) park improvement and management recommendations; all of which, the Town and The Nature Conservancy will work together to complete, and be it FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution shall be mailed by the Town Clerk to the following: 1) 2) 3) 4) Melissa Spiro, Land Preservation Coordination, Town of Southold Paul Rabinovitch, Director, Long Island Chapter, The Nature Conservancy Randall Parsons, Conservation Finance and Policy Advisor, The Nature Conservancy Jonathan Kaledin, Esq., New York Counsel, The Nature Conservancy SUPERVISOR HORTON: What this is, is a strengthening of a partnership that already exists and furthering a commitment with the Town and the Nature Conservancy to focus our resources together on the Pipes Cove area. The reason being is that we actually have some preservation underway in Pipes Cove. The Pipes Cove, which is basically on the western entrance to Greenport on Route 25, across from Chapel Lane, right before you get to the Lutheran Church, the Pipes Cove area serves as a October 19, 2004 Southold Town Board Meeting 18 natural drain and filtration system. It is naturally linked to the Arshamomaque drainage system, it is also naturally linked to the Moore's drain in Greenport. That area right there has been a tremendous amount of preservation and the remainder of which is in the Pipe's Cove area is crucial to ensuring the vitality of that ecological system as a whole. And that being said, ensuring the vitality of that system as a whole is important to the community because, as ! said, it does serve as a natural filtration system and those cannot be reconstructed or emulated by man. So, it is important that we do focus on this and this is a strengthening of that partnership. We have already worked with the Nature Conservancy to receive a $1 million grant through Fish and Wildlife and we look forward to strengthening this partnership and assuring that we are in the running and more eligible for other types of funding that would be specific to this cause. Vote of the Town Board: Aye: Councilman Edwards, Councilman Ross, Councilman Wickham, Justice Evans, Supervisor Horton. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. #771 Moved by Councilman Wickham, seconded by Justice Evans, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby authorizes and directs the Town Clerk to advertise for the Housing Summit to be held at the Southold High School on November 3, 2004, in both the Suffolk Times and Traveler Watchman papers for two consecutive weeks. SUPERVISOR HORTON: With the Board's patience, ! am going to just briefly describe this. There has been a lot of discussion and several major initiatives taken by the Southold Town Board since January in regard to effecting in a positive way the issue that confronts the community as it pertains to affordable housing, that spans all age groups. Actually, Councilman Wickham, you have been instrumental in ensuring that seniors are represented as well. With that being said, we feel that it is extremely important that we know exactly who it is we have to address. And who it is we have to address the issue for. Who is working in our community, trying to live in our community that is in need of some type of housing and what type of housing that is. We believe that without factual data, you can't effectively address the problem. This is one way that we plan on obtaining that data so we can move forward with organizations like the Community Land Trust of Southold Town or the North Fork Housing Alliance toward addressing the issue. It is November 3, next month, November 3, 6:30 to 9:00 P.M. at Southold High School auditorium. We encourage the participation of anybody who is in search of some form of housing in the town; so we can assess what the need is. Also at this summit, we will be bridging the gap that ! believe often exists between people who are looking for housing and people who are in the business of helping you get there. We will have lenders; we will have organizations there in a very personal setting and comfortable setting, so we can promote a dialogue between people who are in the housing market or rental market and those who can be of assistance. So we encourage participation, November 3, 6:30 to 9:00 P.M. Vote of the Town Board: Aye: Councilman Edwards, Councilman Ross, Councilman Wickham, Justice Evans, Supervisor Horton. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. #772 Moved by Justice Evans, seconded by Councilman Edwards, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby sets fees for the Solid Waste District effective with the issuance of the 2005 permits as follows: October 19, 2004 Southold Town Board Meeting 19 Permit Fees (with charging privileges) $60.00 first permit, $15.00 each additional Permit Fees (without charging privileges) $15.00 first permit, $7.50 each additional Resident Single Entry Fee $5.00 Guest/Lessee Permits $15.00 Tip fees on Trash and Rubbish $130/ton (non-town-bag) SUPERVISOR HORTON: I just want to say briefly to a very valid point Mr. Carlin made earlier in the evening, I think this year we did realize a modest surplus in the Solid Waste District, which was applied back to this years tax bill, which is lowering the tax burden, the tax rate of the Solid Waste District. And any time that we do generate a surplus, which isn't a bad thing, if we do generate a surplus, we make a point of giving that back to the taxpayers. That is a longstanding policy of the Town Board. That being said, the cost of shipping garbage is going up exponentially. We were talking about it early at the Town Board, I have been to several symposiums and conferences in regard to waste management and handling it and moving it off the Island and it is definitely going to be one of the biggest issues Long Island faces in the very near future. Landfills around the country are closing and technology isn't keeping up with the demand and I think we have to be cognizant of that. Vote of the Town Board: Aye: Councilman Edwards, Councilman Ross, Councilman Wickham, Justice Evans, Supervisor Horton. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. #773 Moved by Councilman Wickham, seconded by Councilman Edwards, WHEREAS the Town Board of the Town of Southold has supported local efforts to re-seed shellfish stock and improve shellfish habitat; and WHEREAS the Town Board is concerned about the viability of shellfish resources, and the long-term effect that dredging may have on this habitat and the future of strong shell-fish crops and the possibility of revitalizing the commercial shellfish industry and; WHEREAS on October 15th the Southold Town Trustees authorized scalloping that includes the use of dredges which are possibly damaging to shellfish habitat restoration, now therefore be it RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby requests that the Town of Southold Board of Trustees reconsider the "Resolution in relation to scallop season" dated October 15~ 2004~ at their public meeting on October 20~ 2004. SUPERVISOR HORTON: I want to make one thing very clear, that this is not at all in opposition to the, to commercial enterprise as it pertains to shellfish. What this is, is a bigger picture view to the long-term possibility of regaining and revitalizing a dwindling industry. Several million dollars of public funds over the past couple of years and at one point, several million dollars in the past month, has been invested in the shellfish industry and the lions share of that has been from the County on the east end. And ! think that we have to be very careful if we are serious about revitalizing the shellfish industry, particularly the scallop industry, that we have seen fall upon hard times; that we don't get ahead of ourselves. And ! think we want to talk about seeing that happen in the long-term or even the October 19, 2004 Southold Town Board Meeting 20 remote possibility of a viable commercial industry, we can't get ahead of ourselves and start dredging up recently re-seeded areas; recently re-habilitated habitats in which bugs can take hold and flourish. And that, ! think, is the concern of the Board and is the thrust of this resolution, is that we think long- term so we do have the possibility of ensuring and revitalizing a commercial industry. Vote of the Town Board: Aye: Councilman Edwards, Councilman Ross, Councilman Wickham, Justice Evans, Supervisor Horton. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. #774 Moved by Councilman Edwards, seconded by Councilman Ross, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby finds that the proposed Local Law entitled "A Local Law in relation to Cluster Development in the Southold Town Code" is classified as a Type II Action pursuant to SEQRA Rules and Regulations~ 6 NYCRR Section 617.5~ and is not subiect to review under SEQRA. Vote of the Town Board: Aye: Councilman Edwards, Councilman Ross, Councilman Wickham, Justice Evans, Supervisor Horton. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. SUPERVISOR HORTON: The last two items on the agenda, 75 and 76, we have to hold until we have completed the public hearings. Moved by Justice Evans, seconded by Councilman Ross, it was RESOLVED that this Town Board meeting is hereby recessed for the purpose of holding two (2) public hearings (1.) HEARING ON "A LOCAL LAW IN RELATION TO CLUSTER DEVELOPMENT IN THE SOUTHOLD TOWN CODE." AND (2). HEARING ON THE PURCHASE OF A DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS EASEMENT ON PROPERTY OF BOOTH~ ET AL~ SCTM #1000-51-2-7 AND 1000-51-2-8. Vote of the Town Board: Aye: Councilman Edwards, Councilman Ross, Councilman Wickham, Justice Evans, Supervisor Horton. Meeting resumed at #775 Moved by Justice Evans, seconded by Councilman Wickham, WHEREAS, there has been presented to the Town Board of the Town of Southold, Suffolk County, New York, on the 21st day of September 2004 a Local Law entitled "A Local Law in relation to Cluster Development in the Southold Town Code" and WHEREAS the Town Board of the Town of Southold held a public hearing on the aforesaid Local Law which time all interested persons were given an opportunity to be heard. RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby enacts the following Local Law: A Local Law entitled "A Local Law in relation to Cluster Development in the Southold Town Code" reads as follows: LOCAL LAW NO. 2004 A Local Law entitled "A Local Law in relation to Cluster Development in the Southold Town Code" BE IT ENACTED by the Town Board of the Town of Southold, as follows: October 19, 2004 Southold Town Board Meeting 21 I. Purpose. Local Law number 18 of 2004 relating to a new Chapter Al06 - Subdivision of Land in the Southold Town Code provides new procedures and regulations for Cluster Development. Sections 100-180 and 181 are being deleted in their entirety, and Cluster Development is now addressed at Sections A106-47 through 49. II. Chapter 100 of the Code of the Town of Southold is hereby amended as follows: October 19, 2004 Southold Town Board Meeting 22 October 19, 2004 23 Southold Town Board Meeting October 19, 2004 Southold Town Board Meeting 24 IlL Severability. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section, or pa~ of this Local Law shall be adjudged by any cou~ of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the judgment shall not effect the validity of this law as a whole or any pa~ thereof other than the pa~ so decided to be unconstitutional or invalid. 1% Effective date This Local Law shall take effect immediately upon filing with the Secretary of State as provided by law. Vote of the Town Board: Aye: Councilman Edwards, Councilman Ross, Councilman Wickham, Justice Evans, Supemisor Ho~on. This resolution was duly ~OPTED. #776 Moved by Justice Evans, seconded by Councilman Wickham, WHEREAS, the Town Board of the Town of Southold held a public hearing of the question of the purchase of a development rights easement on a certain parcel of property owned by Edward C. Booth, et al., on the 19th day of October, 2004, pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 25 (Agricultural Lands Preservation) and Chapter 6 (Community Preservation Fund) of the Town Code, at which time all interested parties were given the opportunity to be heard; and WHEREAS, said property is identified as SCTM #1000-51-2-7 and #1000-51-2-8. The addresses are 17580 Sound View Avenue and 17240 Sound View Avenue, respectively, and the property is located October 19, 2004 Southold Town Board Meeting 25 on the south side of Sound View Avenue, the west side of Mt. Beulah Avenue and the north side of Old North Road, in Southold in an A-C zoning district; and WHEREAS, the development rights easement comprises approximately 21.8647 acres of the 28.3647 acre parcels. The exact area of the development rights easement is subject to survey; and WHEREAS, the property is listed on the Town's Community Preservation Project Plan as property that should be preserved due to its agricultural, open space and scenic values; and WHEREAS, the property is in the vicinity of other lands on which either the Town or the County have preserved; and WHEREAS, the purchase of the development rights on this property is in conformance with the provisions of Chapter 6 (2% Community Preservation Fund) and Chapter 25 (Agricultural Lands Preservation) of the Town Code, and WHEREAS, the purchase price is $37,000 (thirty-seven thousand dollars) per buildable acre; and WHEREAS, the Town Board deems it in the best public interest that the Town of Southold purchase the development rights on this agricultural land; now therefore, be it RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby elects to purchase a development rights easement on the property owned by Edward C. Booth~ et al., pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 6 and Chapter 25 of the Code of the Town of Southold. Said property is identified as SCTM #1000-51-2-7 and #1000-51-2-8 and 17580 and 17240 Sound View Avenue, respectively, and is located on the south side of Sound View Avenue, the west side of Mt. Beulah Avenue and the north side of Old North Road, in Southold in an A-C zoning district. The development rights easement comprises approximately 21.8647 acres of the 28.3647 acre parcels. The exact area of the development rights easement is subject to survey. The purchase price for the easement is $37,000 (thirty-seven thousand dollars) per buildable acre. COUNCILMAN EDWARDS: ! would like to just comment that this particular project took up a, lasted almost as long as my tenure on the Land Preservation Committee and ! am delighted and ! hope that everybody in this Town is delighted and ! certainly hope that the Booth family, who have been very generous in pursuing this project are as happy with the preservation of this marvelous piece of property in an area where it might very well have ended up being nothing but houses. ! am absolutely delighted, ! think and ! am grateful to Dr. Booth and his family that this transaction has come together, that everybody feels as good about it as ! do. SUPERVISOR HORTON: Thank you, Councilman Edwards. Vote of the Town Board: Aye: Councilman Edwards, Councilman Ross, Councilman Wickham, Justice Evans, Supervisor Horton. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. SUPERVISOR HORTON: That concludes the resolutions we have on this evening's agenda. And Mr. Carlin, you care to address the Board? MR. CARL1N: Waiting a long time, Josh. SUPERVISOR HORTON: ! know how you feel. MR. CARL1N: ! don't need the black book tonight, ! am going to speak out of my mind. ! want you to realize something, Josh, before ! start. ! speak very loud sometimes. It is not because ! am angry or ! am bent out of shape, it is just my sound carries and ! operate better when ! am a little bit louder. October 19, 2004 Southold Town Board Meeting 26 Before I start on my main, oh, I have so many issues backlogged, I don't know how to catch up with these, Josh. You ever find that out, too? SUPERVISOR HORTON: You can ..... MR. CARL1N: ! am telling you, I'll never catch up with these. SUPERVISOR HORTON: ...... you know what you can do, you can come by, you know ! am open Wednesday nights? MR. CARLIN: I know. SUPERVISOR HORTON: And people just stop by without appointments. MR. CARL1N: No, I don't want to, I got something, I won't comment on that. Anyway .... SUPERVISOR HORTON: Service with a smile. MR. CARL1N: It's uh .... well, anyway, what I want to speak on tonight is, you mentioned earlier in the evening, no, excuse me, back, ! got two quick questions ! want to ask you before ! go into this issue. The last Board meeting, Mrs. Egan brought up about the scanner at the uh ..... SUPERVISOR HORTON: For the Justice Court? MR. CARL1N: At the court. SUPERVISOR HORTON: Yes. MR. CARL1N: Well, I think people are getting confused when I say scanner. What I meant was the metal detector that scans you. SUPERVISOR HORTON: Right, right. MR. CARL1N: And I didn't mean entering the door, I meant, when they come in to scan you. That is when you mentioned to her, you avoided the question by saying about some door. ! am not interested in a door. ! am interested in are you going to have or do you have a metal detector? SUPERVISOR HORTON: We don't have .... MR. CARL1N: And I think you should have one, in the court. SUPERVISOR HORTON: Okay, well, we currently don't have a metal detector and there are some legal questions surrounding that in regard to a Town level Justice Court, as to how that would be implemented. And we need to find that out. MR. CARL1N: What could be so legal about it? When you are using the airport and everything else. October 19, 2004 27 Southold Town Board Meeting SUPERVISOR HORTON: You would be surprised. MR. CARL1N: Well, we have to change something there. SUPERVISOR HORTON: Either surprised or disappointed, you may not be surprised. MR. CARL1N: The other one was, ! asked you a question about a month ago, about Riverhead willing to offer Suffolk County to hook up to water. And you had said it was to do with Suffolk County in Riverhead. SUPERVISOR HORTON: The Water Authority. MR. CARL1N: Yeah, Water Authority. SUPERVISOR HORTON: Which is separate from the County. MR. CARL1N: That's right. You are right there. SUPERVISOR HORTON: Right. MR. CARL1N: But to do that, the Water Authority and Riverhead has to have a blessing from the Town of Southold. SUPERVISOR HORTON: No, they do not. MR. CARL1N: They do not? SUPERVISOR HORTON: No. MR. CARL1N: Then why was it in the paper, you mentioned in the paper about a month ago that you wasn't anxious about having that done because you would be afraid of increasing the population of Southold Town. What did you make that statement for? SUPERVISOR HORTON: First, Mr. Carlin, that is not a statement that ! made. MR. CARL1N: Well, it was in the paper. SUPERVISOR HORTON: That is not something that ! said. That being said .... MR. CARL1N: Well, it was in the paper, ! am sorry. ! am going to prove it to you when ! go home and get the paper. SUPERVISOR HORTON: Okay. So your question specifically being why what? October 19, 2004 Southold Town Board Meeting 28 MR. CARLIN: I didn't say why but you made a statement saying that you wasn't, more or less, you wasn't anxious having that done because you would be afraid it would increase the population of the Town. I don't, did you, I don't think you meant that. SUPERVISOR HORTON: Well, A. I don't think I said that but my position is very clear and that is in regard to planning in Southold Town, actually, when I say plan, I mean beyond zoning and legalistic terms of planning. But in regard to the growth of $outhold Town, I think it is very important that the Water Authority and the Town work closely in regard to how infrastructure is implemented in that what I think is important is residents that are already in populated areas, that are already in existence and on wells, should be afforded the opportunity to hook up to public water before water mains are run out into farm fields on roads to nowhere. That has long been my position and I think that infrastructure in regard to the future growth of the Town, has to be an active part of our dialogue in regard to planning. MR. CARL1N: So, but I really think though, that you wouldn't sacrifice clear water for over- population? SUPERVISOR HORTON: No and I don't ..... MR. CARL1N: You wouldn't sacrifice ..... SUPERVISOR HORTON: No, Frank. And not only would I not, as a moral person, I also don't have the authority to. MR. CARL1N: Okay. Alright. Now, the main subject tonight. SUPERVISOR HORTON: I thought that was the main subject? MR. CARLIN: No, no, no, no, no. You mentioned to me before that the cost has gone up on the landfill there. I am not going to speak on the landfill tonight, that is another issue. But you did mention that the cost of the overhead has gone up on the landfill there. That is okay. Well, it has gone up a lot of things. It has gone up for gasoline, it has gone up for everybody in the Town, senior citizens ..... SUPERVISOR HORTON: Well, not only senior citizens. Sixteen year olds who drive. MR. CARL1N: Everybody. Everybody. SUPERVISOR HORTON: And what is the mainstay of the operation up there? Fuel oil. MR. CARLIN: Right. SUPERVISOR HORTON: Heating oil. October 19, 2004 Southold Town Board Meeting 29 MR. CARL1N: I am getting to that. (Inaudible) And fuel oil has gone up. And they predict if we have a cold winter, like we had last year, it can go up almost 23 percent more in prices. It was as high as $54 per barrel in oil the other day, now it is down to $53. SUPERVISOR HORTON: And last year at this time, it was at $32 a barrel. So you are right. MR. CARL1N: Yeah. So you can imagine what fuel oil can be if we have a cold winter. And we are getting in the cycle of cold winters. If you noticed last year it was cold, and this year, I predict it is going to be cold again. Because I noticed the squirrels are collecting their chestnuts early this year, like they did last year. And the cycle of the country, of the world is changing. Back to the way it was seasonal years ago. And to prove that, if you notice this fall, the nights became shorter, quicker. It is usually a minute a day, a half hour a month. It was down to 21 minutes a month because, you know why? And I am going to get off that right now, you know why? Because the sun is getting closer to the earth, that is why it got darker a little earlier this year and it is getting dark early. But anyway, now you are saying that the cost of everything has gone up. Okay, now, let's go to how the people are going to compensate for that. The seniors or the .... SUPERVISOR HORTON: Everybody, Mr. Carlin. MR. CARL1N: ..... everybody. The middle, the middle working class and everybody. SUPERVISOR HORTON: We as a community; that is correct. MR. CARL1N: That is the community. Now, let's take senior citizens at the beginning. They all know they are getting a 17% increase in their B portion of their Medicare, which is $11 more taken out of their paycheck; they know that. And we got this year a 2.1 percent raise, next year will only be a 2.5 percent raise, so they weren't going to end up with very much, they have nothing to look forward to there. The B portion of your deductible from $100 is going to be $110. That is another increase for the seniors. Go to plan A, hospital deduction, that is going up. So anyway, that goes up there. Mentioned the increase in the fuel oil we are going to be paying for. Now, let's talk about tax increases. Say a school comes along and says .... SUPERVISOR HORTON: Mr. Carlin, in regard to specific town items, you were talking about the Scavenger Waste, I mean the Solid Waste District. Okay, I am just trying to make sure that we are on the same .... MR. CARL1N: I am not on the Solid Waste District right now. I told you I am going to cut that short tonight. I am going to bring that into another night. I am on this one tonight, I want to speak on tonight, if you don't mind. SUPERVISOR HORTON: I am just making sure I am following you, Mr. Carlin. MR. CARL1N: Okay. Okay. And I am making sure I am trying to follow you. SUPERVISOR HORTON: I am fast. October 19, 2004 Southold Town Board Meeting 30 MR. CARL1N: Huh? SUPERVISOR HORTON: I am fast. MR. CARL1N: Okay. Now, you take, on this here, you take, ! mentioned about certain school and they are going to modify and they come to you and they say, well, that is only going to be another $350 a year on your tax, on the average assessment, so let's put that on the side. That is another $350 more, if that modification goes through. Let's put that on the side there, okay? And the library comes along and says, that will be another $12, that don't sound much to anybody, does it? So let's put that on the side and add that to it. The Town comes along and says, $37 more your taxes are going up for the average $6,000 assessed amount, that don't sound so bad. Let's put that on the side. So we add that all up and now we are over $400. Four hundred dollars for some people nowadays, senior citizens, who are working on fixed incomes, middle and working class income people who are trying to pay a mortgage off, trying to put food on the table, trying to send children to school and pay their taxes; that means a lot. It means a lot in the budget and how money is being spent. That is why ! am very critical how Town, or anybody spends money in this Town. SUPERVISOR HORTON: We have, and ! can certainly appreciate and identify with that and you started off with the Solid Waste District, of which we have reduced the head count of personnel there and we have taken steps to find cost savings wherever we can. At the same time, it is a balance and ! agree with you 100 percent, which is why Town government, if you look at the budget this year, we have made a real effort that if there are increases, we have tried to limit the best that we can, without sacrificing the type of services we provide senior citizens; the service we provide up in Mattituck on a daily basis, providing lunches or if people can't get to Mattituck, taking lunches to their homes; without sacrificing these types of services, which ! think we as a community believe are important, we try as best as we can to limit increases in spending to non-discretionary increases. MR. CARLIN: I am not trying to put, bring you into this picture, I am trying to bring everything in general. The schools, everything that has an effect on the taxpayers in this Town. Now, it's been a survey done that 56 percent of the people that are making $75,000 a year are satisfied with their way of life. Living. Only 24 percent that are making less or $25,000 or less are not. So I am trying to prove to you that it is rough on middle working class people and the senior citizens. That is what ! am trying to drive across. We don't all make $100,000 a year or $75,000. So that doesn't affect us too much. It is these people that are living from day to day, the senior citizens who are trying to pay for prescription drugs and trying to make ends meet. This is why ! don't understand. And this is why ! monitor how money is being spent all over the Town. And ! never forgotten a year ago, when ! was in Eckerdt's in Mattituck when ! was going to buy a prescription, pay for a prescription that ! had ordered. And this young woman, a senior citizen came in there and was picking up prescription drugs and the pharmacist said to her it was $120, this is a true story, said to her, it was $120. She probably pulled out a card and handed it to the pharmacist. The pharmacist looked at the card and said this is no good. It evidently wasn't for brand-name drugs. SUPERVISOR HORTON: You are definitely tapping into some very important social issues. MR. CARLIN: So she said, I don't know how I am going to pay for this. Well, another person waited on me, ! don't know what happened, ! walked out. But that is a good example of what the seniors are October 19, 2004 Southold Town Board Meeting 31 up against. And this Medicare program you got coming out in 2006, forget it. That is not going to be the answer for it. ! want to say one more thing, too. ! sit in front of this microphone in 1996 and ! mentioned to the Town Board, when we got the STAR program come out in 1996, ! mentioned to the Town Board and ! also mentioned to Scott Russell, the Tax Assessor, ! said, 'Scott, it looks good.' Seven, eight hundred dollars. It is going to help in our taxes. But ! tell you one thing. Give us about three or four years and that is going to be wiped out. And we are going to be back to square one and that is where we are now. My basic point here is, the bottom line is, what ! am trying to say here is when we have to vote on a budget that requires us to vote on, people in this town, think about it more carefully before you vote on it because how it affects your pocketbook. That is the bottom line. That is important, how we are going to survive. SUPERVISOR HORTON: Right. And how we are going to provide an Animal Shelter and how are we going to do these things that are so important to the community, Mr. Carlin, you are right. Things cost money, and prioritizing and economizing is extremely important. MR. CARL1N: But sometimes... SUPERVISOR HORTON: ! mean, we can't have our cake and eat it, too. If we want a two million dollar Animal Shelter or even a one million dollar Animal Shelter, but we don't want to see that reflected in the tax bill, ! wish ! had an answer for that but ! simply do not. MR. CARLIN: Well .... SUPERVISOR HORTON: ! understand your point and ! agree with most of what you said. MR. CARLIN: I could stand here and argue with that but I won't but I will tell you something, though. ! had somebody, ! was in a restaurant the other night and this gentlemen come up to me, a senior citizen and said he said to me, 'why do we need to spend $8 million for a Town Hall for, why can't we re-modify this one?' ! don't know how to tell him this. SUPERVISOR HORTON: Well, we won't be ..... well, you can say Mr. Carlin, you know as well as ! do, we will not be spending $8 million on a Town Hall. MR. CARLIN: But they don't mention these things in the paper. SUPERVISOR HORTON: Well, there is your newspaper editor right there. He is sitting right there. If he printed that, he was flat wrong. Patently false. MR. CARLIN: Well, you know what, to me, I don't want to get involved with the media again. SUPERVISOR HORTON: I am hearing, man. MR. CARLIN: Because I see it on the election now on TV. I don't want no part of it. But anyway, this is what happened. What ! am saying is, too, sometimes though Josh, you can balance something. Take something from over here and move it over here, into this. October 19, 2004 Southold Town Board Meeting 32 SUPERVISOR HORTON: Right, exactly. And what we are trying to do, what we will be doing is, the annual rent we pay to North Fork Bank for the space we are currently operating out of, when we have the new Town Hall, we will no longer have to pay that. The money that goes to that will pay the debt service on any renovations we do here. You probably will not see an increase in spending in regard to that because of what we are paying on a 20 to 30 year lease. MR. CARLIN: But you know .... SUPERVISOR HORTON: So that money applied right there is exactly what you are talking about. The economizing also shifting; shifting gears. Doing things better and right now, ! submit paying $50,000 to $70,000 a year in leases to a private owner, that is not an investment in the Town. So what we are looking to do is stop that practice and make sure any money that is spent on a Town facility is invested for the long term, for the people of Southold Town, so they own it at the end of the day. MR. CARL1N: That is what I was driving at for a couple, for four or five years. Try to get the whole building over there, get it all ..... SUPERVISOR HORTON: Well, fortunately .... that is good, but unfortunately it is not for sale. MR. CARL1N: It was the Town's fault. Not your Board, but Board's before this. SUPERVISOR HORTON: You are right. MR. CARL1N: Why we have to while we are spending $2 million for an Animal Shelter, this should have been done 17 years ago .... SUPERVISOR HORTON: And we are here to do the best we can with the resources that we have. MR. CARL1N: ..... you wouldn't have had the problem. The longer you wait, though, Josh, now ! am coming back to this. So long as you keep putting this thing off, like you been doing, it is going to cost more. SUPERVISOR HORTON: Mr. Carlin, generally you and I agree on most everything but the only thing ! would have to disagree with you .... MR. CARL1N: You are welcome. SUPERVISOR HORTON: .... on is that the Town Board is not putting off the Animal Shelter. MR. CARL1N: Oh, come on, Josh. SUPERVISOR HORTON: And we are not going to get into an argument about it, Mr. Carlin because ! will say it again and ! will say it once this evening. We are committed, committed ...... MR. CARLIN: I am going to go along with you on that. October 19, 2004 Southold Town Board Meeting 33 SUPERVISOR HORTON: .... we are committed to a proper facility, that the public can get behind and the organization that we are working with can get out and raise money so that the burden of funding the construction of the Shelter isn't on the shoulder of the taxpayer. And we have not sold that process, since this Board has taken office in January, we have come light years in progress to ensuring that project gets off the ground. But it has to be done right. MR. CARL1N: ! didn't come here to speak on the Animal Shelter but ! will say this, Josh, this is something that you cannot have a rebuttal on, last year Jamie Richter said in the paper that it was possible that we will break ground on the Animal Shelter the spring of 2004. ! met you .... SUPERVISOR HORTON: Hey, we are not afraid, not ever afraid to say if ! was wrong or if we made a mistake. MR. CARL1N: You are wrong. SUPERVISOR HORTON: Sure. MR. CARL1N: Let me finish. SUPERVISOR HORTON: Certainly we were wrong. MR. CARL1N: I met you when I paid my taxes in January, outside the Town Hall. You shook my hand and you said, 'Frank, we are going to break ground this September.' SUPERVISOR HORTON: And we had hoped to and that didn't come to fruition. But attacking, but on a weekly basis, a bi-weekly basis, reminding the Town Board that they are deficient in their duties isn't getting us any closer to our goal. MR. CARLIN: Well, I didn't want to bring this up because I didn't want to but being that it is brought up, I want to cut this short in a minute. SUPERVISOR HORTON: Alright because we... MR. CARLIN: Tom Wickham, when he took over the Animal Shelter back in January, he looked at that plan and he said 'we have got to start from scratch' and ! am going to be presenting a plan to the Town Board within two weeks. SUPERVISOR HORTON: Mr. Carlin, either you are with us... MR. CARLIN: Okay? You want to see the paper on this? SUPERVISOR HORTON: No, what I want to say Mr. Carlin is .... MR. CARLIN: Okay, let's stop right now because I can follow you all the way. October 19, 2004 34 Southold Town Board Meeting SUPERVISOR HORTON: Yes, Mr. Carlin, let's please stop. That's fine. Either everybody is on board with creating an Animal Shelter or not but let me tell you this... MR. CARL1N: Give me a certain date. SUPERVISOR HORTON: No, ! am not going to. MR. CARL1N: You can't, that is right. SUPERVISOR HORTON: The ship is leaving the dock and you are either going to be on the dock or you are going to be on the ship. MR. CARLIN: Who...what .... SUPERVISOR HORTON: No, I am just saying in general. Anybody, the choice is the public' s. So we are trying our best to move ahead. MR. CARLIN: I am asking, though, can you give me... SUPERVISOR HORTON: And you have been very helpful in the process. MR. CARLIN: .... a reasonable date, now? Come on. SUPERVISOR HORTON: I am not going to do that, Mr. Carlin. MR. CARLIN: You can't do that? SUPERVISOR HORTON: No, I can't. MR. CARLIN: You can't even do it for even six months out, you can't do that? SUPERVISOR HORTON: Mr. Carlin .... MR. CARLIN: This don't give me much encouragement, Josh. SUPERVISOR HORTON: Well, Mr. Carlin, you know what doesn't give me much encouragement? Is constantly being reminded or told that the Town Board is deficient in their duties, when they are working so hard. Councilman Edwards, Councilman Wickham, Councilman Ross, working so hard to create a plan that people can get behind. MR. CARLIN: Please, I want to stop this because you have been through six plans already, Josh. Come on. Does it take six plans to build an Animal Shelter? Come on, you are talking to Frank Carlin now. I know the facts, Josh. Come on. Don't let me keep going here. You would lose in a court of law with this case, with me right now. And I rest my case on that. October 19, 2004 Southold Town Board Meeting 35 SUPERVISOR HORTON: Okay. Then the trial is over. But ! do appreciate your coming tonight, think you have made a lot of good points. MR. CARL1N: I have got a lot of things in the future I want to speak about and I think that would be of help. But ! do monitor how money is being spent and ! feel sorry for a lot of senior citizens who are going to have a rough time and a lot of middle, working class people and anybody in this Town in the future because it isn't going to be easy. Taxes are going up and it is no joke. SUPERVISOR HORTON: You are right, it is no joke. MR. CARL1N: And ! tell you another thing what makes me really feel bad about this, ! don't want to mention the school, ! don't want to mention the Superintendent .... SUPERVISOR HORTON: Then don't. MR. CARL1N: ! won't. Not mentioning a thing. But when ! went to a Board meeting a while back... SUPERVISOR HORTON: Mr. Carlin, this is about Town business, ! would prefer not to get into the school affairs. MR. CARL1N: If you can't pay for your school taxes, mortgage your house. When ! heard that, forget it. SUPERVISOR HORTON: Mr. Carlin, very good to see you. ! appreciate your input. You always have something constructive to say. MR. CARL1N: Can ! add one more thing? SUPERVISOR HORTON: ! don't know if we have a choice. MR. CARL1N: ! want to say one more thing while ! am on a roll here. About a month ago ! came in, sat in the hall there, on the chair. This gentleman came in and he sat down and he says, 'hey, Frank, are you still going to Town Board meetings?' ! says, 'yeah.' He says, '! want to tell you something,' and this is a true fact, this is how many years ! been coming to Board meetings, way before this evening. He says, 'back in 1990, when Scott Harris was the Supervisor, ! had the Town Board meeting on one night and ! was in the living room and my wife was watching the Town Board meeting and ! heard this guy speaking, ! could tell it was you from the sound of your voice, ! could tell it was you.' And you know what he told me? He says, 'it keeps somebody special to get up there and say what you say.' And ! am damn proud of it and ! am going to continue doing it until the day ! am in the ground. SUPERVISOR HORTON: You should be. Good. And ! look forward to every meeting of it, that is for sure. Mr. Carlin, have a very good evening. MR. CARL1N: Would you put flowers on my grave? October 19, 2004 Southold Town Board Meeting 36 SUPERVISOR HORTON: ! don't want, you know Mr. Carlin, there is a special place in my heart for you and ! would prefer not to think in such morbid terms. MR. CARL1N: One more thing. SUPERVISOR HORTON: Yeah. Bring it to us. Give it to me. MR. CARL1N: When I am in the Town Hall I am strictly business, outside the Town Hall, you are all my friends. And ! know, John, ! meet John on the street, ! say 'hi ya, John.' He is not here now. 'Hi ya, John.' SUPERVISOR HORTON: You are seeing John' s better side right now. MR. CARL1N: He is underneath there, someplace. But ! meet you' se all. And any Board before this. ! have always got along with them. When ! walk in that door, ! am strictly business. ! am not a bad guy. SUPERVISOR HORTON: Well said, well said. Thank you, Mr. Carlin and thank you very much for coming out this evening. And please do, keep it up. Would anybody else care to address the Board? (No response) This meeting is adjourned. Thank you again. Thank you, all of you for coming. Moved by Supervisor Horton, seconded by Councilman Wickham, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board meeting be and hereby is declared adjourned at 5:50 P.M. Vote of the Town Board: Aye: Councilman Edwards, Councilman Ross, Councilman Wickham, Justice Evans, Supervisor Horton. Elizabeth A. Neville Southold Town Clerk