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LORI HULSE MONTEFUSCO
ASSISTANT TOWN ATTORNIW
lori.montefusco(4)town.southold.ny. us
seOTI A. RUSSELL
Supervisor
PATRICIA A. FINNEGAN
TOWN ATTORNEY
patricia. finnegan(g)town.southold.ny. us
KIERAN M. CORCORAN
ASSIs'rANT TOWN ATTORNEY
kieran.corcoran@town.southold.ny.us
Town Hall Annex, 54375 Route 25
P.O. Box 1179
Southold, New York 11971-0959
Telephone (631) 765-1939
Facsimile (631) 765-6639
OFFICE OF THE TOWN ATTORNEY
TOWN OF SOUTHOLD
MEMORANDUM
To:
Members of the Town Board
From:
Patricia A. Finnegan, Esq., Town Attorney
Date:
May 15, 2007
Subject:
Stankevich/Eminent Domain
Please be advised that title to the property located behind Town Hall has
vested in the Town of Southold. The property owned by the Town is the back
half acre of the property housing the thrift shop/parish outreach, formerl,' Qwne-:J
by George Stankevich. Once Mr. Stankevich makes claim with the Court for
payment, the appraisal will be updated and the amount to be paid will be
decided.
PAF/lk
cc: Ms. Elizabeth A. Neville, Town Clerk
Mr. James McMahon, DPW Director
ELIZABETH A. NEVILLE
TOWN CLERK
REGISTRAR OF VITAL STATISTICS
MARRIAGE OFFICER
RECORDS MANAGEMENT OFFICER
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION OFFICER
Town Hall, 53095 Main Road
P.O. Box 1179
Southold, New York 11971
Fax (631) 765-6145
Telephone (631) 765~1800
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OFFICE OF THE TOWN CLERK
TOWN OF SOUTHOLD
THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION NO. 293 OF 2005
WAS ADOPTED AT THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE SOUTHOLD TOWN BOARD
ON MAY 10, 2005:
WHEREAS, upon due notice the Town Board of the Town of Southold held public
hearings pursuant to Article 2 of the New York State Eminent Domain Procedure Law on
January 5, 2005 and April 19, 2005 at the Town Hall with respect to the proposed acquisition of
premises located in the hamlet of Southold and lying east of Horton's Lane and north of the
location of the existing Town Hall facility, comprising the eastern portion (approximately one-
half) of premises reputed to be owned by George and Margaret Stankevich, identified on the
Suffolk County Tax Map as District 1000, Section 61, Block 1, Lot 3, to inform the public and to
review the public use to be served by the acquisition and to review the impact of the acquisition
on the community;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Town Board of the Town of
Southold makes the following Findings and Determination:
FINDINGS AND DETERMINATION
1. The acquisition will benefit the public, in that the space available in the existing
Town Hall is insufficient to serve the general public needs of the community, in that existing
offices are overcrowded, basement areas of the existing Town Hall that were not designed for
this type of occupancy are being used for office space for date processing, maintenance, and
Town Clerk staff, existing records and vault storage is inadequate, expansion of the existing
Town Hall building would not create sufficient space, and the large expense required to
rehabilitate the existing building to provide space that would remain insufficient, would be an
inappropriate use of public funds, and the temporary relocation of certain Town offices to the
"Bank Annex" provided only a short-term and partial solution to the problems created by the
insufficiency of space in the existing Town Hall facility.
2. The acquisition will be for the purpose of providing area for the expansion and
reconstruction of the Town Hall facility in Southold.
L. K. i !ean Associates, P.C.
Januaw 18,2005
Description of property
To be acquired by the Town of Southold
From George C. & Margaret A. Stankevich, reputed owner (Liber 11948, Page 133)
Tax Map Index Number: 1000-061.00-01.00-003.000
All that piece or parcel of land situate in the Town of Southold, County of Suffolk, State of New
York as shown on a survey prepared by L.K. McLean Associates, P.C. dated January 18, 2005,
said parcel being more particularly bounded and described as follows:
Beginning at a point at the southwest corner of the subject parcel, on the division line between
property of George C. & Margaret A. Stankevich on the north, and property of the Town Of
Southold on the south; said point also being the following two (2) courses and distances from
the intersection of the easterly boundary of Hortons Lane with the northerly boundary of Main
Street;
1 ) North 30°17'40" West, a distance of 212.54 feet to a point;
2) North 60°22'20'' East, a distance of 163.26 feet to the point at the aforementioned southwest
corner of the subject parcel, said point being the point of beginning;
Thence from said point of beginning, North 31°44'10'' West, along the proposed division line
through the property of George C. & Margaret A. Stankevich, a distance of 131.08 feet to a point
at the southwest corner of other property of the Town of Southold on the division line between
the subject parcel on the south and said property of the Town of Southold on the north;
Thence North 58013'30'' East along said division line between the subject parcel on the south
and property of the Town of Southold on the north, 155.52 feet to a point on the westerly
boundary line of other property of the Town of Southold;
Thence along said division line between the subject parcel and property of the Town of
Southold, the following two (2) courses and distances:
1) South 29044'50'' East, a distance of 136.82 feet to a point at the southeast corner of the
subject parcel; thence
2) South 60°22'20'' West, a distance of 150.87 feet to a point at the southwest corner of the
subject parcel, said point being the point or place of beginning.
Said parcel of land containing 20,514 square feet or 0.471 acres, more or less.
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§TATE OF NEW YORK [
SUFFOLK COUNTY
Office of the Town Clerk ss:
of the TOWN OF SOUTHOLD
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is to certify that I, Elizabeth A. l~,ille, Town Clerk of the Town of
Southold in the said County of Suffolk, have compared the foregoing copy
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Town Clerk of the Town of Southold, County of Suffolk, N.Y.
SOUTHOLD TOWN BOARD
PUBLIC HEARING
January 5, 2005
9:00 A.M.
EM1NENT DOMAIN HEARING, SCTM #1000-61-1-3
Present: Supervisor Joshua Y. Horton
Councilman John M. Romanelli
Councilman Daniel C. Ross
Councilman William P. Edwards
Town Clerk Elizabeth A. Neville
Town Attorney Patricia A. Finnegan
Absent: Justice Louisa P. Evans
Councilman Thomas H. Wickham
SUPERVISOR HORTON: We will open the hearing with the Clerk reading the notice of hearing.
TOWN CLERK ELIZABETH NEVILLE: Notice is hereby given that a public heating will be held
before the Town Board of the Town of Southold on the 5th day of January, 2005 at 9:00 a.m. of that
day at the Town Hall, 53095 Main Road (Route 25), Southold, New York, pursuant to Article 2 of the
New York State Eminent Domain Procedure Law with respect to the proposed acquisition of the
eastern portion (approximately half) of the following parcel located on Hortons Lane in the hamlet of
Southold, directly behind the existing Town Hall building, to provide ample space for expansion and
the reconstruction of the Town Hall building in Southold: Reputed Owners:George and Margaret
Stankevich, SCTM #1000-61-1-3. The acquisition is proposed to provide for the expansion and
construction of a new To~vn Hall facility. Dated: Southold, New York, November 30, 2004 by order of
the Southold Town Board, Elizabeth Neville, Town Clerk. Please publish as follows in two successive
issues of the Suffolk Times commencing on Thursday, December 16th and in five successive issues of
Newsday commencing on December 15, 2004. And I do have the affidavit's proof of publication from
the Suffolk Times for two weeks publication in that newspaper, commencing on the 16th and I have an
affidavit of publication from Newsday, that it was published five consecutive days, beginning on the
15th of December through the 20th of December. I have a, in the file I have a letter dated December 14,
2004 addressed to Mr. Stankevich of East Hampton from the Town Attorney. "Dear Mr. Stankevich, I
an~ enclosing a copy of resolution number 854 of 2004 in connection with the referenced premises
pursuant to Article 2 of the New York State Eminent Domain Procedure Law. As you can see from the
enclosed, a public hearing on the proposed condemnation of the referenced property will be held
January 5, 2005 at 9:00 A.M. at Town Hall." This was sent by certified mail with a return receipt,
both of which I have the originals attached thereto. There's of the copy of the certified resolution
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number 854 of 2004 in the file and also the Town Clerk's office on December 9th had sent a certified
copy ofresointion number 854 to Mr. Stankevich at East Hampton. And that completes the file.
SUPERVISOR HORTON: Good morning everybody, Town Board members and Mr. Stankevich.
Happy New Year to you all. Present at this heating are Town Board members Councilman Dan Ross,
Councilman John Romanelli, Councilman Bill Edwards and myself, Supervisor Joshua Y. Horton and
we are represented by attorney Bill Essex. At this point I ask, opening the hearing, I ask Town
Attorney Pat Finnegan to read a statement of the Town Board for the record.
TOWN ATTORNEY PATRICIA F1NNEGAN: "The Town of Southold is in dire need of expanding
and upgrading its Town Hall facilities in order to properly serve the residents of the Town. The current
Town Hall is split between two locations; the existing Town Hall, owned by the Town and the Town
Hall Annex located in office space that the Town rents from North Fork Bank. In order to provide the
necessary level of service and efficiency for the benefit of the public, the Town requires a one campus
Town Hall complex that is large enough to meet the Town's current needs with room for future
expansion. The property and facility owned by the Town at 53095 Main Road and along Traveler
Street in Southold are insufficient to meet those needs. The current Town Hall facility is undersized
and in drastic need of renovation. The Town owned property along Traveler Street is also insufficient
in size and is separated from the current Town Hall facility by the Stankevich property. The Town
seeks to acquire one-half of the Stankevich property, which is SCTM #1000-61-1-3. The back portion.
A parcel that is one-half of one acre in size. The Town would then proceed with construction of an
integrated Town Hall complex, spanning the Traveler Street property and the one-half acre Stankevich
parcel, which would allow for a facility of sufficient size, adequate parking and room for future
expansion. The main entrance for the public would be located at the complex, which would no longer
require residents to park along and or cross State Route 25 in order to conduct their Town affairs.
Acquiring the portion of property owned by the Stankevich's would allow the Town not only to
achieve its one campus solution but also to provide for a separate court facility on a single campus.
Under this plan, the Town Justice Court would continue to be located at the current Town Hall facility,
which would be physically separated from the planned new complex. The physical separation would
provide for heightened safety for the public visiting the new Town Hall, who would no longer need to
traverse the court related traffic, in order to conduct their affairs. However, the public would still
benefit from the court's location on the single campus." I would like to place into the record on behalf
of the Town a survey description of the property prepared by our Town Engineering office and also an
aerial photograph of the location. On the legal description, the parcel sought to be acquired is the
parcel that is marked as being 20,520 square feet, which is the rear portion of the Stankevich property.
And I would also place in the aerial, which shows the entire parcel, the entire Stankevich parcel and we
would, again, seek to acquire the back of that. I will mark that as Town exhibit 1 and 2.
SUPERVISOR HORTON: Thank you, Mrs. Finnegan. Would anybody care to address the Board on
this public hearing?
GEORGE STANKEVICH: I will address the Board. My name is George Stankevich, with law offices
at 74 Montauk Highway. I am one of the owners of the property that is subject of this heating. Being
here today is like d6jh vu again. I can remember when I first came to town, a little over 30 years ago.
Bill Essex was working with Bob (inaudible) in Greenport,. who had just opened up his offices in
Riverhead. I met Howard Terry, the building inspector, in a little house down on the comer of this
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property. A1 Martocchia still had his office in Greenport. And the issue then was consolidation and
expansion of Town facilities. And that is how we are sitting in the building here, because A1 and the
Board at that time picked out this property. Interestingly enough, got involved with modular building
with an out of town builder. Ran across all the problems that were generally involved with
constructing a facility. No sooner had it been put up than the issue of future facilities came to mind
and have been talked about for 30 years since. I think that when you look at something like this, this
comment is appropriate. 'Leadership is vision and arrogance is blind.' I think this is an arrogant
condemnation in the way it has been conducted. What do I mean by that? I think it is arrogant to
ignore 350 years of history in this Town, where never has a property been condemned over the
objection of a property owner. It certainly never been condemned with adequate, without adequate
public discussion and private discussion with the owners involved. I don't think that has occurred
here. I think that it was arrogant to proceed on a fast-track, which I believe we are on here, due to the
insistence of our Supervisor, without an adequate master plan in review of this, without an adequate
zoning review of this, without an adequate traffic review of this, without an adequate study as to what
we are tying to accomplish in this Town now and for the next 30 years. Now, people do say that the
Town is exempt from all of these things, the Town is not exempt from good thinking and using the
resources at hand to get the best results. Because the function is really what is the public purpose? The
flip side of the issue of what public purpose is, is what does the public need? What are we trying to
accomplish? As I understand it, the public need here really is that the Justice Court is over-flowing
and that is why we are in this conference room today, rather than at the scheduled location in the public
hearing in the main meeting room because it is being used as court today. And it is overflowing
because Greenport closed their courts and two or three days a week we have Town Hall over run with
criminals and they are running around the streets of the village and the hamlet of Southold and it is
creating a problem. So it is a problem of not only space but of mixing different types of activities on
the same site. I think that the proper dispassionate review of this might come up with a proper solution
of what the public purpose we are talking about here today. Now, in my view, we are here because the
Supervisor screwed up the negotiations with the Peconic Schools and ruined the Whitaker property
situation. So now we are in phase three trying to find office space, I think it is arrogant to tell me and
the public that the public school in Peconic is not available. That is what I have been told and I can tell
you that as late as this Monday, this week or the recent Monday this week, that school district is
anxious to make a deal, to dispose of that building, this four-acre site. And that's the site that suits the
public purpose. Because it would allow us inunediately to put the court system down where it belongs,
next to the police station, at a very affordable price. And you know, if the price wasn't affordable with
the Peconic school, it really doesn't make any difference because you are moving money from one
pocket of Southold to the other. If the school district gave us the property for nothing, it is still in
public hands and public use. And if we overpaid for the school, we are still putting money in Southold
Town's pocket. It is us. And it would solve the solution to the problem, which is get the court system
separated from the hamlet of Southold and diffuse the property and to provide us four acres for future
growth because I am sure we won't be here in 30 years but somebody will and they are going to be
talking about the same issue. And we would be solving many problems, not only for ourselves. And I
think it is therefore arrogant to not consider getting a new negotiator for the Town to look at this issue
with Peconic School and with the Southold School district. I think that further evidence of arrogance
here is that you presented or you were presented with an appraisal and the appraisal ignores the two
most obvious comparables in determining the value of the property we are talking about. It ignores the
Whitaker property on the coruer that you recently sold, which was a tear down, a lot smaller than what
you are talking here for over $375,000, twice than what your appraisal for the subject property is
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worth. It ignores the Academy Printing property that the Town Board over 25 years ago, identical to
the property in question, my property, for $138,000 twenty five years ago. I ask anybody in this room,
would you sell me your house for what you paid for it 25 years ago? It is preposterous. And in your
presentation both your appraiser and Mr. Horton totally ignores the severance damages that I am going
to sustain by you cutting off the vacant one-half of my property, which is really the only developable
and building portion of that property. If you eliminate the severance damages from the calculation, the
appraisal is unsustainable. You just can't do that. It's professionally in error and no court would
accept such an appraisal. So what you are getting yourself into here is a proposed purchase on an
estimated price that once you get in front of a judge, you could end up paying $1,000,000. You lose
control of fixing the price. And I don't think that is fair to myself as a taxpayer, to the other taxpayers
and voters in this Town. I don't think it is fair to really all the Board members here. Now, there is a
way to solve that, have some decent discussions. I don't think we have done that. I have been told that
you have a great plan, you have a modular building, they have done this before, apparently down in
Greenport at one of the motels, and you are going to get a great price on all of this but you know, there
is something called the Wicks Law that tells us there is many a slip between the cup and the mouth,
you just can't go build a public facility by selecting some guy that has some success in Greenport. It
just doesn't work that way. So I think that before we take this next step, we ought to evaluate our
costs, not only of the property, evaluate its utility, evaluate its future use and give this some pause. To
my knowledge, you have done no test holes on the subject property, you don't know what you are
going to hit. You don't have a clue what is under that property next door. But I remember when A1
Martocchia built this building, they had water problems. This area was a swamp and it was filled. I
furnish that just as an indication of the fact that we are getting this ass backwards. The last thing we
should be doing is condemning the property because you can always do that. You don't have to rash
that through today. But the first thing you should be doing is taking this idea and fleshing it out.
Really allowing the Planning Department to do some traffic studies, allowing yourself the liberty of
getting some hard financial data, allowing yourself the liberty to further evaluate the appraisal and I
have a critique for you here today on your appraisal. Because really I don't want my family to end up
as your road kill. I don't want my family to end up as your road kill. I don't want to end up like the
Whitaker property, where something is started, the property is acquired and then you hit a bump in the
road, you can't fulfill the project and you end up putting the property up for sale to some stranger. !
end up with somebody owning the back half of my property because things didn't work out. So I think
the very least I can hope for today in speaking with you is that you give a pause, that you get some
more community input to this, you get better financials on this, you appoint a committee from your
Board to go down to Southold School district because they do want to sell that property. And ! am
sure that something can be worked out and that should be put back on the table. And just call, like,
time out today. Because as I understand it, you are all set to slam through a resolution today, to start
this condemnation process or finish it. I think that is unfortunate. It's not really what we expect of
how government is conducted in Southold. It is like coming home to me, being in Southold. It is a
great place. I'm one of the few people here in the room, I come here every six months, maybe once a
year and I notice the differences that you don't notice because they creep up on you, day to day. And I
can tell you this, in general, you have done a fantastic job in this town. I ride in from Mattituck and I
say, 'wow' this place not only still looks great, it looks better than it was 30 years ago because a lot of
the dilapidated farm houses and what not have been fixed up and we don't have an awful lot of sprawl,
we have got some vineyards, it's really a tremendous town. It's something that there is only a memory
on the south fork whenever I come. I hope that this appearance of arrogance disappears. You know,
somebody said that your Supervisor kind of uses Mayor Kapell as a role model. I could tell you, I
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know Mayor Kapell and I know your Supervisor and your Supervisor is not Mayor Kapell. Southold is
not Greenport. So I think that your spirit, spirit of moving ahead, let's call time out. I would like to
talk with you some more, I'd like you to talk to our appraisers, I am sure that Bill would like to peruse
some of these appraiser's findings. I think you would like to talk to various community groups and
whatnot, the Planning Board. Use the resources in Town to make sure we are making the right decision
today. Thank you very much. And I would like to submit for the record exhibit A, my comments. In
fact, I have one for each of the Board members.
SUPERVISOR HORTON: If you would give those to the Town Clerk, she will make sure that it is
distributed to each of us. Thank you, Mr. Stankevich. We will close this heating. Excuse me, let me
retract that, prior to closing the hearing, I would like the record to reflect that the Board has not
convened here today with the intention of passing a resolution. This is a public heating and we have
no resolutions to vote on today. Board members? (No response) We will close this heating.
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In the Matter of the Condemnation of Part
Of 260 Horton's Lane, Southold, New York
January 5, 2005
9:05 a.m.
53095 Main Road
Southold, New York
B E F O R E:
Joshua Y. Horton, Supervisor
Dan Ross, Councilman
Bill Edwards, Councilman
John Romanelli, Councilman
Patricia Finnegan, Town Attorney
Elizabeth Neville, Town Clerk
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SUPERVISOR HORTON: We will open
the hearing with the clerk reading the
notification on this hearing.
CLERK NEVILLE: Notice is hereby
given that a public hearing will be held
before the Town board of the Town of
Southold on the 5th day of January 2005
at 9:00 a.m. of that day at the Town
Hall, 53095 Main Road, Southold, New
York pursuant to Article 2 of the New
York State Eminent Domain Procedure Law
with respect to the proposed acquisition
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expansion and the reconstruction of the
Town Hall building in Southold.
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Margaret Stankevich, Suffolk County tax
map number 1000-61-1-3. The acquisition
is proposed to provide for the expansion
and construction of a new Town Hall
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facility, Southold, New York dated
November 30, 2004 by order of the
Southold Town board, Elizabeth Neville,
Town Clerk. Please publish as followed
in two successful issues of the Suffolk
Times commencing on Thursday, December
16th and in five successful issues of
Newsday commencing on December 15, 2004.
I do have the affidavit's proof of
publication from the Suffolk Times for
two weeks publication in that newspaper
commencing on the 16th. And I have an
affidavit of publication from Newsday
that was published five consecutive days
beginning on the 15th of December
through the 20th of December. In the
file I have a letter dated December 14,
2004 addressed to Mr. Stankevich at East
Hampton from the town attorney.
"Dear Mr. Stankevich, I'm
enclosing a copy of resolution number
854 of 2004 in connection with the
referenced premises pursuant to Article
2 of the New York State Eminent Domain
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Procedure Law. As you can see from the
enclosed, a public hearing on the
proposed condemnation of the referenced
property .will be held on January 5, 2005
at 9:00 a.m. at Town Hall."
This was sent ~by certified mail
with a return receipt, both of which I
have the originals attached thereto.
There's a copy of the certified
resolution number 854 of 2004 in the
file and also the Town Clerk's office on
December 9th had sent a certified copy
of resolution number 854 to Mr.
Stankevich at East Hampton. That
completes the file.
SUPERVISOR HORTON:
Town board members. Happy
those present at this hearing.
on the board we have Councilman
Ross, Councilman John Romanelli,
Good morning,
New Year to
Present
Dan
Councilman Bill Edwards, myself,
Supervisor Joshua Horton. We are
represented by attorney Bill Essex. In
opening the hearing I ask town attorney,
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Patricia Finnegan, to
of the Town board for
MS. FINNEGAN: The
Southold is in dire need
the Town Hall facilities
read a statement
the record.
Town of
of upgrading
in order to
properly serve the residents of the
Town. The current Town Hall is split
between two locations; the existing Town
Hall owned by the Town and the Town Hall
annex located in office space by North
Fork Bank. In order to provide the
necessary level of service and
efficiency for th benefit of the
public, the Town requires one campus on
the Town Hall complex large enough to
meet the needs with room
for
Town's current
future expansion.
The property and facility owned by
the Town at 53095 Main Road and along
Travelers Street in Southold are
insufficient to meet those needs. The
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undersized, and
along Travelers
the Town-owned property
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insufficient in size and is separated by
the current Town Hall facility by the
Stankevich's property.
The Town seeks to acquire one half
of the Stankevich's property, tax map
number 1000-61-1-3. The back portion, a
parcel that is one half of one acre in
size, the Town would proceed with
construction with an integrated Town
Hall complex expanded on the Travelers
Street property and the one half
Stankevich parcel which would allow for
a facility of sufficient size, parkin0/
and room for future expansion.
The main entrance for the public
would be located at the complex, which
would no longer require residents to
park along the road and cross the street
in order to conduct their Town affairs.
Acquiring a portion of the property
owned by the Stankevichs would allow the
Town not only to achieve its one campus
solution, but also to provide a separate
court facility on a single campus.
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Under this plan the justice
continued to be located in
court
the
current Town Hall facility which would
be separated from the plan's new
complex. The separation would provide
for safety to the public visiting the
new Town Hall, which would no longer
need to -- in order to conduct their
Town affairs. However, the public can
still'benefit from the court's location.
I would like to place in the
record on behalf of the Town a survey
(Survey
Town Exhibit
description of ~he property prepared by
our Town enGineerinG office and albo an
aerial photograph of the location. On
the legal description, the parcel sought
to be acquired is the~parcel that is
marked 20,520 square feet. And I would
also place in the areal photograph which
shows the entire parcel we would seek to
acquire the back of. I'll mark that as
Town 1 and 2.
was marked as
1 for identification,
as of
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this date.)
(Photograph was marked as
Town Exhibit 2 for identification, as of
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SUPERVISOR HORTON: Is there
anyone wishing to address the board in
this public hearing?
MR. STANKEVICH: I will address
the board. My name is George
Stankevich. I'm with the Law Offices at
74 Montauk. I'm one of the owners of
the property that's subject of this
/ hearing~ Being here today is like deja
vu again. I can remember when I first
came to town 30 years ago. Bill Essex
was working with Bob in Greenport
opening his offices in Riverhead. I met
Howard Terry, the building inspector, in
a little house down on the east end of
this property. A1 Martosha still had
his office in Greenport.
The issue then was
consolidation
and expansion of Town facilities.
That's how we are sitting in the
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building here, because A1 at this time
picked out this property. Interestingly
enough this -- building with -- ran
across all of the problems that are
generally involved in conducting the
facility. And no sooner had it been put
up .the issue of the future facilities
came to mind and had been talked about
for 30 years since.
I think that when you look at
something like this, this comment is
appropriate, leadership is vision and
arrogance is bl~d. I think this is an
arrogant condemnation. It is arrogant
to ignore Southold's 350-year history of
never condemning property over the
objection of its owners. It's certainly
never condemned without adequate public
discussion and private discussion. I
don't think that has occurred here.
I think it is arrogant to proceed
on a fast track, which I believe we are
on here, due to the insistence of our
supervisor without an adequate master
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plan, without thorough zoning and
planning analysis, without a viable
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financial plan and adequate study of
this Town, what we are trying to
establish and for the next 30 years.
People can say the Town. is exempt from
all of these things, but the Town is not
exempt from good thinking and using the
resources to get the best result for the
Town.
Because the function is really
what is the public purpose. The flip
side of the issue is what is the public
issue, what does the public need, what
are we trying to accomplish. As I
understand it, what the public needs
here really is the justice court, which
is overflowing. That's why we're in
this conference room rather than at the
scheduled
room,
today.
closed
location in the main meeting
because it's being used as court
It's overflowing because Greenport
their courts and two or three
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days a week we have Town Hall overrun
with criminals and running around the
streets of the villages and hamlet of
Southold, and it's creating a problem.
It's a problem of not only space but of
mixing different types of activities on
the same site. I think that a proper
dispatched review of this might come up
with a more proper solution of what the
public purpose is we are talking about
here today.
In my view we are here because the
supervisor screwed up the negotiations
with the Pe~onic schools and the
property situation. So now we are in
phase three trying to find office space.
I think it's arrogant to tell me and the
public that the public school in Peconic
is not available. I can tell you as
recent as Monday this week the school
district is anxious to make a deal to
dispose of that building, that four-acre
site. That's the site that suits the
public purpose, because it would allow
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us immediately to put
down where it belongs,
police station at a
price.
with
the court system
next to the
very affordable
If the price wasn't affordable
the school, it really doesn't make
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putting money in Southold Town's pocket.
It's us. It would solve the solution to
the problem which is get the court
systgm separated from the hamlet of
Southold, diffuse the property and to
provide us four acres for future growth,
because I'm sure we won't be here in 30
years. And somebody will. And they
will be talking about the same issue.
We would be solving many problems
not only for ourselves. I think it's
their fault, arrogance, not to consider
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any difference because we are moving
money from one pocket of Southold to the
other. If the school district gave us
the property for nothing, it's still in
public hands and use. And if we
overpaid for the school, we are still
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getting a new negotiator to look at the
Town with this issue with the school and
with the Southold district. I think
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further evidence of arrogance is that
yon were presented with an appraisal.
The appraisal ignores the two most
obvious factors in determining the value
of the property we are talking about.
It ignores the Whitaker property
on the corner that you recently Sold,
which was a teardown, a lot smaller than
what you're talking about
$375,000. And/it ignores
property that the Town
years ago -- dentical
in question and my property
25 years ago. I ask anyone
room, would you sell me your
what you paid for it 25 years
preposterous. And in your
presentations,
here for
the --
board over 25
to the Droperty
for $128,000
in this
house for
ago? It's
both your appraiser and
Mr. Horton, you totally ignore the
severance damages that I'm going to
sustain by you cutting off the vacant
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one half of my property, which is the
only developable portion of that
property.
If you eliminate the severance
damages from the calculation, the
appraisal is unsustainable. You can't
do that. It's professionally in error,
and no Court would accept such an
appraisal. What you're getting yourself
into here is a proposed purchase on an
estimated price that once you get in
front of a judge you could end up paying
$1 million. You lose control of fi~ing
the price. I don't think that's fair to
myself as a taxpayer, to the other
taxpayers and voters in this town. I
don't think it's fair to all of the
board members here.
There is a way to solve that, have
some decent discussions. I don't think
we've had that. I have been told that
you have a great plan, a modular
building, they have done this before in
Greenport at one of the motels and
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you're going to get a good price on all
of this. There's something called a
Wicks Law that tells us one slips
through the cup and the -- you' just
can't do this, build a public facility
by selecting some guy who had success in
Greenport. It just doesn't work that
way.
I think before we take this next
step we ought to evaluate our cost, not
only of the property but the utility and
years and give this some pause.
Knowledge 2/~u have done no test
on the property. You don't know
future
To my
holes
what you're going to hit. You don't
have a clue what is under that property
next door. But I remember with A1 there
were water problems. This area was a
swamp and it was filled. I bring that
up just as an indication of the fact
that we are getting ass backwards.
The last thing you should be doing
is condemning the property, because you
can always do that. You don't have to
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rush that through today. But the first
thing you should be doing is taking this
idea and flushing it out, allowing the
planning department to do traffic
studies, allowing yourself the liberty
of getting some hard financial data,
allowing yourself to further evaluate
the apDraisals.
Really I don't want my family to
end up as your roadkill. I don't want
to end up like the Whitaker property
where something started, the property is
acquired and then you hit a bump in the
road. You can't fulfill the project and
you end up putting the property up for
sale to some stranger. I end up with
someone owning the back half of my
property, because things didn't work
out. The least I can hope for is that
you give this a pause. You get some
more community input, better financials
on this. YOU appoint a committee review
board to go down to Southold school
district, because they do want to sell
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property.
I'm sure something
out that should be put
table. Just call time
understand it you're
through a resolution
can be worked
back on the
out today. As I
all set to slam
today to start this
And I think
not really
condemnation or finish it.
that's unfortunate. It's
what we expect of how government is
conducted in Southold. It's like coming
home to me~. It's a great place. I'm
raom that
or once a
one of the few people in the
here ev?ry six months
come
year.
I notice the differences
that you
don't notice, because they creep up on
you day-to-day. You have done a great
job in this town. I ride up from
Mattituck and say, this place looks
great and it looks better than it did 30
years ago. We don't have a lot of
sprawl. It's really a great town. It's
something that is only a memory on the
south fork.
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I hope that this
arrogance disappears.
that your supervisor is
Kapell as a role model.
I know Mayor Kapell and I
supervisor, and I know he
Kapell. Southold
I think that
ahead let's call
to talk with you
you to talk to our
Bill would like to
appraiser's findings. I
appearance of
Somebody said
using Mayor
I can tell you
know your
is not Mayor
is not Greenport.
in spirit of moving
a time out. I'd like
some more. I'd like
appraisers. I'm sure
peruse some of these
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think yoB would
like to talk to various community groups
and whatnot, use the resources of the
Town to make sure we are making the
right decision today. Thank you. I'd
like to submit for the record Exhibit A
of my comments.
(Comments were marked as
Exhibit A for identification, as of
this date.)
SUPERVISOK HORTON: Please give
to the Town Clerk. She'll hand
those
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them out. Thank you. Prior to closing
the hearing I would like the record to
reflect that the board has not convened
here today with the intention of passing
a resolution. This is a public hearing.
We have no resolutions to vote on today.
Is there anybody else who wishes to
speak?
(No response)
SUPERVISOR HORTON:
hearing. Thank you.
this
We'll close
(Time Noted: 9:30 a.m.)
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CERTIFICATION
I, KRISTI E. HATT, a Notary Public in
and for the State of New York, do hereby certify:
THAT the foregoing is a true and accurate
transcript of my stenographic notes.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand
this 5th day of January, 2005.
KRISTI E. HATT
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SOUTHOLD TOWN BOARD
PUBLIC HEARING
April 19, 2005
2:00 P.M.
REOPEN EMINENT DOMAIN HEARING, SCTM #1000-61-1-3
Present were: Councilman John M. Romanelli
Councilman Thomas H. Wickham
Councilman William P. Edwards
Councilman Daniel C. Ross
Deputy Town Clerk Linda J. Cooper
Town Attorney, Patricia A. Firmegan
Absent was:
Supervisor Joshua Y. Horton
Justice Louisa P. Evans
Town Clerk Elizabeth A. Neville
Moved by Councilman Ross, seconded by Councilman Edwards, it was
RESOLVED that the Eminent Domain Public Hearing of January 5, 2005 be reopened.
Vote of the Town Board: Aye: Councilman Edwards, Councilman Ross, Councilman Wickham,
Councilman Romanelli.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
Deputy Town Clerk Linda Cooper read the notice of the hearing in its entirety.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that on April 19, 2005, at 2:00 p.m., at the Town Hall, 53095
Main Road (Route 25), Southold, New York, the Town Board of the Town of Southold will re-
open the public hearing conducted and closed on January 5, 2005 pursuant to Article 2 of the
New York State Eminent Domain Procedure Law with respect to the proposed acquisition of the
following described premises for the purpose of expansion, reconstruction and construction of a
new Town Hall facility in Southold:
ALL that plot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being at Southold in the Town of
Southold, County of Suffolk and State of New York, as shown on a certain map entitled "Map of
Property of George C. and Margaret A. Stankevich, indicating a portion of property to be
acquired by the Town of Southold, situate at Southold, Town of Southold, Suffolk County, New
York", prepared by Louis K. McLean Associates, P. C., dated January 18, 2005, said premises
being more particularly bounded and described as follows:
BEGINNING at a point at the southwest comer of the subject parcel, on the division line
between property of George C. and Margaret A. Stankevich on the north, and property of the
Town of Southold on the south; said point being the following two (2) courses and distances
from the intersection of the easterly boundary of Horton's Lane with the northerly boundary of
Main Street:
1) North 30 degrees 17 minutes 40 seconds West, a distance of 212.54 feet to a point;
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2) North 60 degrees 22 minutes 20 seconds East a distance of 163.26 feet to the point at
the aforementioned southwest comer of the subject premises, said point being the
point of beginning;
Thence from said point of beginning, North 31 degrees 44 minutes 10 seconds West, along the
proposed division line through the property of George C. and Margaret A. Stankevich, a distance
of 131.08 feet to a point at the southwest comer of other property of the Town of Southold on the
division line between the subject parcel on the south and said property of the Town of Southold
on the north;
Thence North 58 degrees, 13 minutes 30 seconds East, along said division line between the
subject property on the south and property of the Town of Southold on the north, 155.52 feet to a
point on the westerly boundary line of other property of the Town of Southold;
Thence along said division line between the subject parcel and property of the Town of
Southold, the following two (2) courses and distances:
1) South 29 degrees 44 minutes fifty seconds East, a distance of 136.82 feet to a point at
the southeast comer of the subject parcel; thence
2) South 60 degrees 22 minutes 20 seconds West, a distance of 150.87 feet to a point at
the southwest comer of the subject parcel, said point being the point or place of
beginning.
Said premises contain 20,514 square feet or 0.471 acres, more or less, and comprise the easterly
one-half (approximately) of the lot identified on the tax map of Suffolk County by the
designation District 1000, Section 61, Block 1, Lot 3, reputed to by owned by George C.
Stankevich and Margaret Stankevich, his wife. Dated: Southold, New York, March 29, 2005
Deputy Town Clerk Cooper read the following letter into the record: "April 5, 2005. VIA
Certified Mail, Return Receipt Requested. Mr. and Mrs. George Stankevich, 74 Montauk
Highway
Suite 22, The Red Horse, East Hampton, New York 11937. In reference to Suffolk County Tax
Map number 1000-6-1-3. Dear Mr. and Mrs. Stankevich: I am enclosing Resolution Nos. 166
and 167 of 2005 in connection with the referenced premises. As you can see from the enclosed,
a public hearing on the proposed condemnation of the referenced property well be held on April
19, 2005 at 2:00 pm at Town Hall. Very truly yours, Patricia A. Finnegan, Town Attorney.'
The Deputy Town Clerk verified that the receipt for the certified mail and returned receipt were
attached into the file. Also in the file were Affidavits of Publication of the Legal Notice. One
affidavit was from Newsday and showed publication dates of Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday, April 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8, 2005. The other affidavit was from the Traveler-
Watchman stating the notice was published for 2 weeks successively, commencing on the 31st
day of March, 2005. There was also an affidavit stating the notice was placed on the Town
Clerk's Bulletin Board at Southold Town Hall on April 6, 2005.
Councilman Thomas Wickham thanked those in attendance for a coming and asked Town
Attorney Patricia Finnegan to proceed.
Town Attorney Patricia Finnegan added into the record Town Exhibits Nos. 3 through 6
(Exhibits 1 and 2 had been submitted at the January 5, 2005 Public Heating). Exhibit No. 3 was a
document from L. K. McLean Associates dated January 18, 2005 giving a legal description of
the property; Exhibit No. 4 was a certified survey of map of the property of George C and
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Margaret A. Stankevich indicating the portion of the property that the town wishes to acquire;
Exhibit No. 5 was a certified copy of the Southold Town minutes of the Eminent Domain Public
Heating held on January 5, 2005; and Exhibit No. 6 was a copy of the transcript of the January 5,
2005 hearing transcribed by Kristi E. Hatt, Court Reporter.
Following Town Attorney, Councilman Wickham asked if anyone else wished to speak. George
Stankevich indicated that he would like to speak.
George Stankevich Esq. expressed his thanks to the Town Board for the opportunity to meet
again. He stated that although he doesn't agree with the procedure he does feel it is good to talk
things out. He told the board that he had reached out to Supervisor Horton to have to discuss the
matter but was turned down and he felt they had to resort to the newspapers to communicate. He
believes they should all sit down to discuss value and use and future prospects for his property.
The prior public hearing was a "defective" proceeding and that Mr. Esseks must have advised the
town that various key items were needed to lay the foundation for an Eminent Domain procedure
but there seemed to be an unseemly urgency and items for the foundation were lacking. For
example, the map and survey were not included. Also, other important items not in the report
are: the SEQRA, he has not received a copy; the title abstract is not in the report; and there is no
appraisal in the report. He questioned how could he and the public comment at a public heating
without having these items. "It cannot be discussed without the documents." Mr. Stankevich
cited various sections of the Eminent Domain statute. He explained the Eminent Domain
required that the purpose detail the need and location of the project. He reminded the board that
it was an "exclusive" procedure to acquire property and that just compensation was to be paid to
the property owner. The procedure was to allow for public participation in the planning of the
project that would require the Eminent Domain process. The whole Eminent Domain process is
to "encourage settlement and reduce litigation". The process calls for the widest public
participation, which he feels is not being done. The proposed plans are not available. He stated
there should be a review of the present locale and that the Planning Board should be part of that
review. Also an effort should be made to find alternative locations. The Town Board had an
opportunity to pumhase the Pecoific Lane school. The site would be advantageous to the town
since it would place the court system nearer the Police Department. He stated that now he is told
that the site is no longer available; he doesn't know what happened, apparently some "bad
blood". The Town Board also needs to deal with the appraisal. The prior appraisal is deficient
and does not meet state requirements. It must address price, severance and consequential
damages. When the town has another appraisal done, it must be made public. The current
appraisal at $150,000 could increase to over a half a million dollars or more and the town must
incorporate the highest appraisal into its offer. Mr. Stankevich expressed concern that he may
end up "road kill" for something done in haste, citing the Whitaker house as an example. He
explained to the board that ifa successful Eminent Domain procedure occurs but the project is
abandoned, the property cannot be disposed of for private use within l 0 years of acquisition
without first offering it back to the previous owner. He said that the Whitaker House ended up in
private ownership. (Councilman Romanelli reminded the board that the town purchased the
Whitaker House and did not obtain it by Eminent Domain). Mr. Stankevich stated he looked
forward to have a meeting with the board to discuss the appraisal and financial compensation.
He submitted copies of past correspondence and copies of sections from the Eminent Domain
procedure law.
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Councilman Thomas H. Wickham thanked Mr. Stankevich for his comments and asked if anyone
else wished to speak.
Kathy Tole of Greenport spoke. She questioned the board why the public hearing was set at 2:00
P.M. on a Tuesday afternoon, which is not the usual practice for the town's public heatings.
Town Attorney Patricia Finnegan responded that the Town Board has been regularly scheduling
work sessions on alternate Tuesdays and scheduled this public heating to coincide with that
schedule. She explained that the Board has done this with public heatings of this nature in the
past and that this public hearing was first held at 9:00 A.M. on January 5.
Kathy Tole expressed concerned because "some members of this Town Board and various
committees in Town consider property rights a "fundamentalist religion", and that rights are
unaffected by anything else. She questioned why the town would even consider taking up an
area in the "halo" district for a municipal building when it could be used to for better purposes
such as multiple dwellings or affordable housing. The town should and could consider
alternatives. She stated that the Town Board should have looked into to having the Whitaker
house moved and then used that property for a town hall expansion. Should the Town Board go
forward, she expressed the hope that they would use local contractors, that the bidding process
allows preferential bidding for the local workfome. Also, she requested that, if the Eminent
Domain process continues, that any additional public hearings be set as part of the regular Town
Board meetings in the evenings.
Councilman Wickham asked if there was anyone else who wished to speak. There were none.
Moved by Councilman Edwards, seconded by Councilman Romanelli, it was
RESOLVED that Eminent Domain Public Hearing was closed at 2:43 PM
Vote of the Town Board: Aye: Councilman Edwards, Councilman Ross, Councilman Wickham,
Councilman Romanelli.
This resolution was duly ADOPTED.
Linda J. Cooper
Deputy Town Clerk
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L. K. Associates, P.C.
JanuaW 18,2005
Description of property
To be acquired by the Town of Southold
From George C. & Margaret A. Stankevich, reputed owner (Libor 11948, Page 133)
Tax Map Index Number: 1000-061.00-01.00-003.000
All that piece or parcel of land situate in the Town of Southoid, County of Suffolk, State of New
York as shown on a survey prepared by L.K. McLean Associates, P.C. dated January 18, 2005,
said parcel being more particularly bounded and described as follows:
Beginning at a point at the southwest corner of the subject parcel, on the division line between
property of George C. & Margaret A. Stankevich on the north, and property of the Town Of
Southold on the south; said point also being the following two (2) courses and distances from
the intersection of the easterly boundary of Hortons Lane with the northerly boundary of Main
Street;
1 ) North 30°17'40" West, a distance of 212.54 feet to a point;
2) North 60°22'20'' East, a distance of 163.26 feet to the point at the aforementioned southwest
corner of the subject parcel, said point being the point of beginning;
Thence from said point of beginning, North 31°44'10'' West, along the proposed division line
through the property of George C. & Margaret A. Stankevich, a distance of 131.08 feet to a point
at the southwest corner of other property of the Town of Southold on the division line between
the subject parcel on the south and said property of the Town of Southold on the north;
Thence Nodh 58°13'30'' East along said division line between the subject parcel on the south
and property of the Town of Southold on the north, 155.52 feet to a point on the westerly
boundary line of other property of the Town of Southold;
Thence along said division Pine between the subject parcel and property of the Town of
Southold, the following two (2) courses and distances:
1) South 29044'50'' East, a distance of 136.82 feet to a point at the southeast corner of the
subject parcel; thence
2) South 60°22'20'' West, a distance of 150.87 feet to a point at the southwest corner of the
subject parcel, said point being the point or place of beginning.
Said parcel of land containing 20,514 square feet or 0.471 acres, more or less.
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