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HomeMy WebLinkAboutBroadwater's CoveShANIEY & Mc KEGNEY COUNSELORS AT law WOOLWORTH BUILDING January 14, 1966 Hon Soul Deal in 1 a i~ res as 1 alw~ whol whi, of Alvah Goldsmith :hold, New York Re: Southold Dredging Project Mr. Goldsmith: Some time ago I represented certain property owners :he Town of Southold who petitioned the Town Trustees to schedule ~eting to ascertain the wishes of the residents of the Town with ~ct to the proposed dredging operations. You were good enough to call such a meeting as well :o conduct the meeting with dignity and efficiency which is not lys the case with such meeting. In order to present the contentions of the residents I I represented I offered in evidence considerable correspondence :h had been accumulated by the Wetlands Preservation Association ~astern Long Island. i i have been requested to obtain Chis correspondence and~oul? appreciate if you would forward it to me or if you prefer, if you will advise me when and where it will be available I will ar- range to have someone call for it. I assume, of course, that the Town Trustees treat docu-_ men~ary evidence the same as it is treated in judicial proceedings put sua~t to which the court retains the exhibits until a decision is made andithen returns the exhibits to the persons to whom they belong. I would appreciate a reply at your convenience. OA~:im Respectfully yours, Osborne A. HcKegney February 1, 1966 Mr. Osborne A. 233 Broadway New YOrk, N.Y. McKegney, 10007 My apoXogXea fOr t.he delay /n comply- ing with your request, to ret.urn the =Orrel- pondence I~ulm~tt.ted t.o the BOiLed of To~n Trust.ees at. the public he,ring tel&ting to the dredging op~rat.ione tn question. X have been out of Town since January 12, and could not cc~ply sooner. X trust the encloled papers are the ones you require as lt. appears that. &11 et.her correspondence i? ed t.o t.he Town Trustees directly. If there Is anything we have overlooked, would you please edvi se ? Thank you fOr your kind references. X felt. .that your opening remarks et. the heering of the meet.lng ~%d we are grat.sful ~.~r your fine present.at.ion. COrdialXy yours, Alvah B. Goldsmit.h President, Town Trust.eea Town of ~outhold COi-U~ITTEE F~!R TKE II.[PROVE~I[T 0F UA'"EYl fAYS OlT~].~OGUE~ L. ;., N. Y. Jan. 2h, 1966 Board of Trustees l~ South St. Oreenport, L. I., N. Yo Gentlemen; ~ejarding the need for additional spoil areas~ the Co~dttee for ti~ Improvement of )~te~a s is in favor o£ the County Dept. of Public Works acquirin.; new spoil areas to make up the loss in area incurred by unforeseen circumstances. The originally designated area hxd to b~ reduced and we can see no valid reason why other available areas~ at no cost to the Town~ cannot be used to complete the project. Yours truly, The Com~,±ttee for the Improvement of Uatezw~ays Bernard km~abel President William ~eebee Ed~ard George Schneider Represe~in~ over 200 adjacent property DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS P-.. lt. Kammerer, September 14~ 1965 Hr. William M. Beebe New Suffolk Lane Cutchogue, New York Dear Mr. Beebe: Broadwater Cove Dred§ing Projectt Cutchogue, Town of Southoid, Suffolk County? New York Enclosed please find three (3) prints of the Broadwater Cove dredging project and a supply of spoil easement forms. Spoil easements will be necessary from all the owners along the beach of Peconic Bay for 2~000 feet west of the Inlet. Easements will also be necessary from S. Rysko and the other adjacent owners shown on the spoil area. Easement forms have been sent to Rysko and Stepnoskl but have not been returned. The spoil areas are critical and if you can find any other areas please advise Mr. Evans so he can inspect the areas with you. I~=cab cc: Mr. B. J. Annabel Stilwater Avenue Cutchogue, New York Very 'truly yoursm Kammerer Commissioner of Public Works Supervisor Albertson January SUPerVisor Lester ALbergson SouthoLd New York ~ear SuparVisor ALbartson~ : In this ~reat country of ours thera are always bound to ~rise controversies that ~ust be settlad one way or another. We~ as an o~ganization, have just recently bean confronted w~th the problem of dredsir~ ~h~ch ~e fo~h~ ~norab~y bu~ ~os~. ~h~ ~s nc~ and ~ost of us ~ve accepted the s~es~ed plan for ~ AC a public hear~ the people ~re ~old ~t ~h~s plan ~uld dispose ot ~he f~11 ~n tw areas; one east of iu/ene~s Xoad and the o~her a~o~ the cause~y ~ead~ ~o ~assau Point. The Gouty maps a~d public no~ces s~w ~hese areas d~st~nc~y and as a r~su~t ne~ problem ~s In ~he last few days t~ co~y l~s ~en ~t upon ~tself to s~ep our of bo~ds or p~ans C~ ~he Trustees and you aEd ~e now proceed~n~ ~o d~e up ~he m~sh~ands adjo~n~ Chose m~shLands ~uld not be Couched and it was ~=h =his ~der- st~ndi~ Cha~ o~ ovganizat~on f~na~ly conceded ~o the p~an. Goldsm~=h~ ~an of =he T=us~ees~ ~s conCin~l~y told us as you have. t~t ~his ~ed~n~ opecacion ~u~d not ~nterfere Should you ~i~ ~hese areas =o be used~ ~C s=e~y w~l mean ~ the public c~ no lo.er =~e ~he ~=d of its duly' ekected of~icials. ;e con=~n~lly suggested ~ha~ this type of =~in~ ~uld happen and out su~es~ons are now beaTin~ sh th bo We would hope chat you would reappraise this s£tuation and 3uld you find the fault bein~ in the enEineertns, we sub,est ~ engineer be re-evaluated and the project held within its mds. The to~m has co~mitted itself to a said spoil area and is the feelir~ Of this oreanl~tion and ~ am sure the public well chat ft should "stick to it". We would appreciate hearing what action you plan to take. Very truly yours~ b £.L.l. Watlands Pres. Assoc. Paul 5toutenburah, President RALPH W. STERLING SEEDS, PLANTS, NURSERY STOCK LANDSCAPING, GARDEN SUPPLIES CUT FLOWERS January 2~, 1966 Southold Town Board Town Clerk's Office Southold~ N.Y. of Trustees Gentlemen~ This letter is in reference to the dredging of Eugene's Creek~ Baldwin's Creek~ and Broadwaters Cove Creek. I have spent a good many hours on these Creeks for the past forty years and have lived on the Shores of Eugene's Creek for twenty years. My home is on the west bank of Eugene's Creek not far from its heaa. Naturally~ I am interested in this dredging program and its effect on the Creek and its environs. I am very much in favor of the dredging pro- vided it is done properly. The main reason that I wanted the dredging done was to clear the Creeks -- especially Eugene's -- of the silt which nas colleeted in it over the year~. This silt flows into the head of the Creek from the farms which surround its headwaters. After a rainstorm the water at the he~d of the Creek becomes brown with the silt. In addition~ for the greater part of every Summer the cabbage -- or sea lettuce -- chokes the Creek from shore to shore. These conditions have worsened with the years. Also~ one of the spoil areas is located at the head of Eugene's Creek and while I realize that almost all of this spoil will oe contained within the diked area I be- lieve there will Oe some silting occur downstream. This will be in this very same area which has collected the silt from the f~rms all these years. I would respectfully like to bring to your attention the fact that the map of the project shows that the dredging operation will stop three or four hundred yards short of the head of the Creek right where the conditions described above are the worst. As far as I'm concerned the main benefit of the whole operation would be missed. EASTERN LONG iSLAND WETLANDS PRESERVATION ASSOCiATiON CUTCHOGUE, N.Y. January 15, 1966 Supervisor Albertson Southold New York Dear Supervisor Albertson: Referring to our January 13th letter, we the above organization, want to thank you and your office for the prompt and Just stand against the destruction of our valuable resources. The over-all plan for the dredging of Broad- waters, Mud and East Creeks was clearly defined in Public Notice No. 5375. This map designated two specific spoil areas. When new areas Began to appear not pre- viously assigned for fill we were glad to see your office take immediate action to correct the situation. Both present and future generations will benefit by your actions. Very truly yours, E.L.I. WETLANDSP~ES. ASSOC. Paul Stoutenburgh President ~ROOK}LtVEN TO:VN NATURAL itE,5OUROES CO, l:,, IT Fit,:, ~1~10u~kee Lane ~ist ~atchor~.te, g, Y. J~nuary 1), lC66 ?own Trustees !own of .3':athold ;outhol~, ~ew "'ork ~entlemen: The ai)..~ve or.~a~zat] ~a }]~s ~_~r~c~r_-~ed itself ,~ith the >reservation of ~ur marshes an, t fresh water areas. Over the ~ears, ~owever, we have observed the use of ,~red~es to ~oc~.'en ,nd wi.~en streams .~nd cree~s, thereby comb',lately alterinF ;he t'~se of environment that many of the life-long res~d~.nts here ~ave come to aopreciate. It is apparent that all ~re~ging will not oe comwlete'y ~tooped--maybe it should not be--, but where it must be done, ~e ask that a machine aw~ro~riate to the job be used. There ~re two county ,'~redges, as you well know, both of which are .ar~e. In many of the small creeks and streams ~hich make ~outhold an attractive and desirable living ~lace, the large ~ountv ere~es are used. However, a small ~rlvatelv owned ~red~e woul.~ be more effective, with !ess resu]tfn~ damage to he surroun~Mn~ marsh areas. Recently, a local newspaper 7,ublished an advertisement r~tn~ ~eople to coma to Jouthold a~d llve in fine homes n the Waterfront. Many marshes were filled in to ~rovide ~uIl~mn~ Ions ~or these homes However, the same a~?vertisement 21so suggeste, that one could dig clams in his owr~ backy~rd nd enjoy ~he nsr~oiled.wen~rs of nature. Considcrin~ the ate at ~i~hlch buildin~ is progressing, and s~amps are )etn? illed, how, and for how lon~ will it bem]ossible to rovide both items offered in the ad? we, therefore, urge you to weiKh carefully your decisions uith regard to dredgin~ and to make decisions that will not eliminate, Out rather enhance, the very beauty that peoole ~ove to ~outhold to enjoy. A P Sincerely, Arthur Y. Cooley Cha irman .S. We are pleased to learn of your recent decision to halt dredging where it has exceeded prescribed bounds..~>~ /s l,~ w d T RALPH W. STERLING SEEDS, PLANTS, NURSERY STDCK LAN DSI~API N G, GARDEN SUPPLIES P-IJT FL[3WERS Southold ~own Board of Trustees, P.2 I have had verbal assurances from the County Engineers that the work is feasible. In fact, the original plan for dredging these Creeks included this area. However, I feel that this matter should be brought to your attention so that you may act upon it as you see fit. Also, i£ a major part of the spoil area north of Eugene's Road is now unavaila01e or unusable I feel that other areas should be found~ sufficient to do the whole job. I believe that a job half done on these Creeks would be worse than no dredging at all. Thank you for the opp~tunity to express my views to you. Sincerely YOurs, William B. Sterling~ CONSERVATIONISTS UNITED FOR Founded 195,6 SETAUKET, NEW YORK OFFERING LONC ISLAND January, AN AWARD OF I-tONeR TO BUILDERS PRACTICE CONSERVATICIN, IN CO(~ZERATICN WITH TEE LCNG ISLAND BUILDERS INSTITUTE Total Enviromx, ent has Becomc a National Issue STANDARDS FOR THIS COMPETITION: Keep lawns small in settings of natural growth, saving all varieties of trees, saplings, shrubs, wildflowers, lanrel for beauty, wild cherry for birds, and mere. 2. Contours as nature made them. Well-designed roads. 3. Open water, protected and kept olean. Shores, rivers, wetlands and marshes, protected. They are our golden goose that lays our golden eggs. }?oat channels maximum depth six feet at low waterl maximum width 50 feet. Special points for saving kettle-holes. They are nature's catchment basins from glacial times, 10,000 to 20,000 years old. They absorb and filter water better than sumps and are beautiful. There are hundreds on Long Island north of Ronkonkoma. Lake Ronkonkoma is the biggest. Some are hardly bigger than an excavation for a cellar. Provisions for adequate sewage disposal. Let's catch up with modern l~ychology and start communities with houses at different price levels. A wholesome neighborhood needs variety. Hundreds of similar houses at similar prices on similar size plots may affect individuality of the inhabitants. A~k your local Planning Board or Garden Club to review your work and to send us reeom- rn~ndations and photographs. Dr, if necessary, send direct to us C~ntest closes August 20. Awards tu be presented in late September, probably at e, Dinner. Committee on Award of Honor }<rs Lawson and Mrs l%{urphy