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ELIZABETH A. NEVILLE
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TOWN CLERK
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Southold, NY 11971
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OFFICE OF THE TOWN CLERK
TOWN OF SOUTHOLD
SOUTHOLD TOWN BOARD
REGULAR MEETING
MINUTES
April 11, 2006
7:30 PM
A Regular Meeting of the Southold Town Board was held Tuesday, April 11, 2006 at the
Meeting Hall, Southold, NY. Supervisor Russell opened the meeting at 7:30 PM with the Pledge
of Allegiance to the Flag.
Attendee Name Organization Title Status Arrived
Albert Krupski Jr. Town of Southold Councilman Present 7:30 PM
William P. Edwards Town of Southold Councilman Present 7:30 PM
Daniel C. Ross Town of Southold Councilman Present 7:30 PM
Thomas H. Wickham Town of Southold Councilman Present 7:30 PM
Louisa P. Evans Town of Southold Justice Present 7:30 PM
Scott Russell Town of Southold Supervisor Present 7:30 PM
Elizabeth A Neville Town of Southold Town Clerk Present 7:30 PM
Patricia A Finnegan Town of Southold Town Attorney Present 7:30 PM
I. Reports
1. Island Group Claim Lag Report
Plan year 3/1/05-2/28/06
2. Justice - Judge Bruer
March 2006
3. Town Clerk Quarterly Report
1st Quarter
4. Town Clerk Monthly Report
March 2006
II. Public Notices
1. Renewal of Liquor License with NYS Liquor Authority
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The Frisky Oyster, 27 Front St., Greenport
2. Aquaculture Activity
Hog Neck Bay, Nassau Point
3. Notice of Application to NYS DEC
Rita Martin, Mattituck Creek
4. Notice of Application for Liquor License
Raphel Vineyards
III. Communications
IV. Discussion
1. Home Rule Request - 6670
Creation of Peconic Bay Regional Transportation Council
2. Trailer Permit Application
Principi Properties LLC, 64300 Main Rd. Southold (former Mill Creek Restaurant location)
3. Schneider Trailer Renewal
4. 9:00 A.M. - Designed Learned
Animal Shelter
5. 9:30 A.M. Cross Sound Ferry
Freddie Wachsberger
6. 10:00 A.M. Suffolk County Water Authority Map
John Sepenoski
7. North Fork Environmental
Request for Funding
8. Hire Planning Board Consultant
Bill Cremers
9. Purchase of Peconic School
Community Center
10. 11:00 A.M. Community Development Corp
11. Executive Session
PBA Contract
12. Executive Session
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Personnel
V. Resolutions
1. Statement
SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: I would like to call the meeting to order. Can everybody please rise
for the pledge? Okay, I would actually like to ask anybody if they have any public comment, I
would like you to come forward now to discuss any issue on the agenda. Mrs. Egan, please.
JOAN EGAN: Good evening, Joan Egan, East Marion. I can’t stay as long as usual so I will
take the opportunity to wish you all a very happy Easter, the Jewish people-what is it? Passover.
Good. Of course, the first thing is on the first page, I would hope that somebody looked at the
police, Judge Bruer’s reports for crimes in our town. It is getting worse all the time, okay?
Now, this is the 8:00 one. What, on item 2006-320, what is that all about?
SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: That is a lease agreement for a copy machine used at the Human
Resource department.
MS. EGAN: And it is necessary?
SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: It makes more sense to lease rather than own when it comes to those
items.
MS. EGAN: And 321, is that a resignation personal or health or…?
SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: The resignation is from a gentleman, he is getting married soon, so
he feels like his free time is going to be much less to contribute so he decided to resign and we
accepted with regret.
MS. EGAN: I would agree. Now, the 327, I would hope that Mr. who is in charge of the dump
is taking better care of equipment. We seem to be spending a humongous amount of money up
there. And I hope it is worthwhile. I hope you give him a wakeup call to please take better care
of our equipment. Now, item 328, I see Mrs. Neville is going up to Saratoga Springs and I, as I
say at all of these things, I would hope sometimes it could be done by computer or telephone or
something because these cost quite a bit of money. I just hope it is worthwhile. Number 336, an
5 week unpaid leave of absence. Will that person be replaced in the interim? They certainly
need help in the Building Department, with all the new construction. Will he be replaced in that
interim?
SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: This is, you are talking about the reference to the deckhands over on
Fishers Island. 336.
MS. EGAN: No, this is….336.
SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: 336 is for the seasonal deckhands for the Fishers Island Ferry
District.
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MS. EGAN: Well, that is not what I have on this one. This is employment, Town Building
Department.
SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: Wow. Who are we hiring? Oh, okay, 334, I am sorry. Yes, that is
an unpaid leave of absence for a building inspector.
MS. EGAN: Well, I just asked you, is he going to be replaced? Is somebody going to replace
him for that interim?
SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: Not for a five weeks, no.
MS. EGAN: Well, you should because it is a mess up there and they, people were waiting on
line and getting very frustrated. And that is wrong. That is what they pay their taxes for. Now,
this was not on the agenda that I had earlier, this is for the sanitary flow credits for Mattituck and
I have spoken on it before and I have spoken to many other people and as we have said to you
many, many times, we all want affordable housing and we certainly feel strongly for anybody
who needs to, who works here and wants someplace to live that is affordable. I still maintain
that it is too small a piece of property. Are you going to allow the same amount of units to be
put there as was originally proposed?
SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: The current proposal has been scaled back from 24 houses with 12
apartments to 22 houses with no apartments.
MS. EGAN: No apartments? Yeah. And of course, you do realize what you are doing to the
school taxes with that and the roads and the congestion? I can’t stay to hear how it will go but I
certainly hope each and every one of you up there who has a vote will think very carefully of
what will happen if it passes. I also find it very difficult to believe that the people who are on the
waiting list or say they are on the waiting list or who pick a lottery number up, will get it. I think
that that, I would hope that they would do that honestly but I have grave, grave doubts that it will
happen to people who really need it. Oh, well, this is a good one, this I like to hear. 341,
somebody is having a baby. And they are getting a six month extension to the maternity leave of
absence. That is good. God bless anybody who brings a baby into this world.
SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: I would point out that as long as that name does not say Nuria
Russell, I am all for it.
MS. EGAN: Or Joan Egan. Now, we have a new groundskeeper. Oh, I did notice not only are
we watering the lawn out there but we are also watering the sidewalk. Waste of water. That is
something that should be addressed in publications to the community; that you try not to water
the road nor the sidewalk. Terrible waste of water. And again, I know this isn’t here but I will
tell that water that I talked about, Long Island used to sink at so much, we are almost at sea level.
That is how bad it is. No matter all these patches along any of these roads, the water is coming
up. The trucks, they patch it; big trucks go over it and it is a mess. So, that is all. Have a good
evening. Bye bye.
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SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: Thank you. Would anybody else like to address the Board?
JOE FISCHETTI: Good evening, I am Joe Fischetti. I haven’t been able to talk about the
affordable housing because I have been at other, I couldn’t attend. I live in Southold, I have
lived here for 35 years. I have been a builder and a developer and I presently have my
professional engineering office on Hobart Road, which is a slum because it was built in the
1930’s and the properties are ¼ acre and ½ acre. And I had heard in the paper that this
affordable housing project was termed as a slum because it was such small lots. I ask anybody in
this community to come out to Founders Estates and drive down there and see how 10,000
square foot lots look. These were built in the 30’s, they are standard lots and it is a nice
development, that is basically what is being done in the hamlet of Mattituck now. I was in the,
15 years ago, I was part of the North Fork planning conference, we brought professionals from
New York City to come out here. They told us to take the development from the open spaces in
the farmland and move it to the hamlets. I was also part of the US-UK planning study, which was
more than 10 years ago. Same thing, told us to move development from the farmland into the
hamlets. There is a number of you who are not, don’t understand this project. You need to, if
you are going to do transfer of development rights, you have to know what ¼ acre and ½ acre
projects look like. Otherwise we won’t save the farmland. Tom Wickham asked me 10 years
ago to be chairman of the TDR committee. I was chairman, I was appointed by Lee Koppelman
to be chairman of the Pine Barrens TDR program. And Tom asked me to do it here. We did it
10 years ago and you guys are doing it right now. If you want a TDR program to work, you have
to feel comfortable with small lots. And Scott, I am really surprised at you. You are a, you were
a part of, the Assessors office should know what a ¼ lot looks like. Come over to my
community, drive around there, look at what it looks like. It is not a slum.
SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: Joe, I live on a 50 x 125 lot myself.
MR. FISCHETTI: That is great. That is perfect.
SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: The issue isn’t really about TDR’s tonight, the issue is about an
existing community and trying to create affordable housing that is consistent with the
community.
MR. FISCHETTI: I understand you brought it down from 24 to 22. Now…
SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: The town code did that.
MR. FISCHETTI: No, it didn’t.
SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: Yes, it did.
MR. FISCHETTI: 10,000 square foot lots. Now…..
SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: The problem is the town code only allows for 22 houses.
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MR. FISCHETTI: You could have done the 24 if you wanted to.
COUNCILMAN KRUPSKI: Actually, the proposal is to bring it from three to 22.
SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: Thank you.
COUNCILMAN KRUPSKI: Currently it is three.
MR. FISCHETTI: Well, if you wanted, from what I understand the original proposal was 24
with 12 apartments. So you eliminated 12 elderly that can’t go there. Then you brought it down
from 24 to 22. What logic is that? All you did was lose two young families who could afford
that. You didn’t make it less dense. You just did this politically. I find it to be unsettling for me
to understand that you would negotiate two families, two young families who won’t be able to
live in Southold. Do you feel comfortable with that?
SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: Actually, I do. I would like to see the density be tailored back a little
bit.
MR. FISCHETTI: Good. Okay.
SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: Actually it is the, because I don’t think it is the most efficient use of
the property. I would support 24 units in a clustered arrangement so that you don’t undermine
the very character that we are trying to establish in every other aspect of the town code.
MR. FISCHETTI: (Inaudible) with a 10,000 square foot lot.
SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: That is right.
MR. FISCHETTI: There is nothing wrong with that…
SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: Well, what you need to do is....
MR. FISCHETTI: In fact, some of them are (inaudible)
SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: ….tighten your building envelope and then create some buffers and
open space. That is what the town code is all built around and I have never heard you object to
that before. The set off requirements, we have two acre zoning but it requires that one acre
zoning used for houses and then one acre goes in the open space bank. It is all the same premise.
MR. FISCHETTI: If you want to protect farmland, you need to be comfortable with small
density lots. If you are not going to be comfortable with small density lots, you are not going to
protect farmland and TDR’s aren’t going to work. So, that is my only question.
COUNCILMAN KRUPSKI: Well, this isn’t a TDR.
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SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: This isn’t a TDR discussion.
COUNCILMAN KRUPSKI: This is a zone change, here you go, here is your density. This is
not a TDR.
MR. FISCHETTI: I understand but you limited, why can’t you keep it at 24 and go down to 22.
COUNCILMAN KRUPSKI: It is not a TDR.
SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: The town code limited it to 22 lots. The lot sizes, as originally
proposed.
MR. FISCHETTI: (Inaudible) you are using some of the development rights from your sanitary
credits to make this work.
COUNCILMAN KRUPSKI: That is completely different.
MR. FISCHETTI: Somewhat.
COUNCILMAN KRUPSKI: Because right now, as of right, they have three development rights
there.
SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: And it is my hope, Joe, that we could pepper the affordable housing
throughout the entire community. Not all, you can’t solve all the issues on one piece of property.
You need to look at innovative approaches, such as garden apartments, town houses, co-ops…
…
MR. FISCHETTI: It is only 24 houses, we are not talking 100 houses. It is only 24. that is not a
lot.
SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: No, it is not. And that is why we have a lot of work ahead of us to
locate it in all the different hamlets.
MR. FISCHETTI: I am sorry that we are not getting as much density as we need on that
property.
COUNCILMAN WICKHAM: Joe, we are about to embark on a major TDR initiative with a lot
of new legislation. I hope we can count on your help. As we have.
MR. FISCHETTI: Ask me and I will help. Thank you.
SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: Would anybody else like to address the Town Board?
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TOM SKABRY: Tom Skabry, president CSEA. I just have a couple of resolutions. Start from
the back and work our way forward. 2006-343. Deals with the transfer or the employment of
Pete Gatz, the DPW. DPW has been understaffed and I am glad the Town Board realizes that,
however, I hope the Town Board doesn’t forget the fact that the Highway Department has been
understaffed and is pretty much of the same workforce as it has been since the 60’s. And the
work load of the Highway Department, probably, I am going to assume, has increased at least 40
% of its workload from the 60’s. and I strongly urge that the Town Board consider increasing
the working staff of the Highway Department. The reason why I bring that up is because Peter
Gatz is currently employed by the Highway Department, to be moved over to DPW. Also, for
341, I want to take this opportunity to thank the Town Board for extending the personal leave of
absence for the employee and I have a question about 2006-336. The ferry district. Obviously,
this has to do with somebody working on the Fishers Island ferry system. Why does the Town
Board approve, hire, suspend and fire these employees? Are these employees of the Town?
SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: They are employees of the Fishers Island Ferry District. It is a
separate, elected Board, very much like any municipal public authority who hires and fires. We
are simply, at the end of the day, the clearing house and the budgeting manager.
TOWN ATTORNEY FINNEGAN: Right. The hiring and firing that they do is subject to
approval of the Town Board.
SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: Yeah.
MR. SKABRY: Is this similar with the staffing of people like from the Southold Park Districts,
Mattituck-Cutchogue Park Districts?
SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: Not quite. They are completely autonomous. They don’t have to
run anything by us. But the Ferry District is sort of this complementary arrangement, where you
have their autonomy but things do have to be either approved or disapproved by the Town Board
ultimately. But the, most of it is done at their discretion. They are an autonomous Board,
elected by the people of Fishers Island.
MR. SKABRY: Alright. And the Town 100%, budgets their money?
SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: No. Every dollar that they spend, is levied on the people of Fishers
Island, either through the fees of the ferry itself or through a special tax district. So, none of it
comes from this side of Southold Town.
MR. SKABRY: Very confusing.
SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: It sure is.
MR. SKABRY: And hopefully maybe sometime, either a councilman or the supervisor, we can
sit down and you can try to educate us a little bit and hopefully (inaudible). Thank you.
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SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: Would anybody else like to address the Town Board? Mr. Wills?
FRANK WILLS: Good evening, Frank Wills. I live in Mattituck. Regarding the Cottages at
Factory Avenue. I think it is a great idea. The only regret that I have is that the apartments were
removed. I think it is a great idea because it is too many but my suggestion might be to consider
making some of the houses rentals, so that the people, including young people, can afford to live
there; whereas most of them, I am sure, even at $160,000 a unit can’t come up with the money.
So my thought or suggestion might be to make maybe a quarter or half of the houses as rental, so
they can be open for people to move into.
SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: We have a desperate need for affordable housing and rentals in this
community. I am not sure if that would be permitted under, not only under our law, but how it is
financed through the county. FHA requirements, etc. So I do think they have to be owner
occupied. Anybody else?
EILEEN MCGETRICK: Eileen McGetrick, I live in Mattituck. I just have a few concerns. I
know two weeks ago, prior to receiving any approval, those involved with the Cottages were
back there with heavy duty machinery, taking down trees and disturbing the land. That causes
me to question the integrity of those involved in this project and how quickly they are willing to
act without any formal approval at this point. They have disturbed a decent portion of the woods
back there. That does cause me concern. The other thing is, in the last report that was released,
it was a visual inspection as to whether or not there were endangered plants or life back there and
I question what are the credentials of those who did this visual inspection? I would like to see
more information put out there that that those who have the necessary credentials have deemed
that that this area is fine to disturb and build 22 houses. And prior to, you know, reducing the
size of the woods. The other thing that, you know, just kind of disturbs me a little bit is that this
7.4 acres borders something like 35 or more acres that is preserved for the enjoyment of the
public. I know that it goes, that stretch of woods goes from Factory Avenue all the way to
Aldrich Lane. And that is quite a large stretch. We don’t often see that left anymore, especially
in this area. So, once again, I ask that the Board really concern themselves with the sanitary flow
credits, what the potential effects are on the aquifer, that we have to bring in city water, you
know, for these people to have potable drinking water. That the wells would be 20 feet, the
water table is 20 feet give or take in that area. Not only in that area, but what about the
surrounding properties? Is it going to have a detrimental effect on their wells because how deep
are some of their wells? I know that some of us have had contamination in that are and have had
to put filters on our wells. I believe it is temik, if I am not mistaken. And I really, I am disturbed
that they have disturbed the woods without any authorization and I do hope that those people that
are responsible for that will be, suffer some consequences or be answerable to that. Because that
is just disruptive to all those concerned and it really goes against my grain, where is their
integrity? We are looking at this project, we are saying, okay, let’s create some affordable
housing. We are looking at all the variable option and for them to go back there and do that, I
don’t believe that they had any authorization, I know that they were stopped. So, those are just
some things I thought I would bring to the table. Thank you for your time.
SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: Would anybody else like to address the Town Board?
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BOB MARCHICA: Bob Marchica, Sound Avenue. I got no problem with affordable housing.
Don’t take the woods down to do it. We got more open farm lot than we know what to do with
around here. The grapes are great, I got nothing problem with that. Put the houses up on the
farm lots. Don’t take these woods down. There is not enough left in this Town anymore. And
the other thing is, the commercial traffic. I have called you up a number of times in the last two
weeks. I got nobody down there. The people are flying, there was an accident today. Paulie
Michalecko lives across the street from me, backs out of the driveway; bam. Come on, you
know, we have got to wake up. There is nothing left and there is going to be nothing left. Like
that lady said, there is a beautiful stretch of woods there. Take it down for houses, I got nothing
against the houses, put it on a farm lot that has already been taken down. That is all I got to say.
Thanks, folks.
COUNCILMAN KRUPSKI: I would hate to see, sir? I would hate to see them put this sort of
development on a farm field because you have got the most productive farmland in the country.
MR. MARCHICHA: (inaudible) that farm lot hasn’t been productive in 10, 15, 20 years.
SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: Would anybody else like to address the Town Board? Is Joe still
here? I was hoping to ask him a question. Because I know a few weeks ago the Town Board
talked about rezoning hamlet density from quarter acre to half acre and I didn’t see his outrage
then. But I will address that with him in a phone call tomorrow. Anybody else like to comment
on any issue before the Town Board?
UNIDENTIFIED: I would just like to add in response to what he was saying, it is less than a
quarter of an acre and only .15 if I am not mistaken, is what they are looking at. That is .10 less
than a quarter of an acre and I am sorry that he is not here to hear that.
SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: As a point of clarification, before Albert jumped in, I was going to
mention to him that some of the lots were small, 6,900. However, under the current town code,
under the affordable housing districts they are permitted 22 lots. The lots range in size from
about 8,000 to about 12,000 perhaps a little bit bigger, 13,000 square feet. Under the current
code, that is permitted. That is about 10,000 per lot. The previous submission, with the 24, was
just not supportable under the current code. With that said, would anybody else like to address
the Town Board? (No response)
2006-314
CATEGORY: Audit
DEPARTMENT: Town Clerk
Approve Audit April 11, 2006
RESOLVED approves the audit dated
that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby
April 11, 2006.
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Vote Record - Resolution 2006-314
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Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent
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Albert Krupski Jr. Voter
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Adopted
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William P. Edwards Voter
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Adopted as Amended
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Defeated ????????
Daniel C. Ross Voter
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Tabled
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Thomas H. Wickham Seconder
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Withdrawn
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Louisa P. Evans Initiator
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Scott Russell Voter
2006-315
CATEGORY: Set Meeting
DEPARTMENT: Town Clerk
Next Board Meeting April 25, 2006 At 4:30 Pm
RESOLVED
that the next Regular Town Board Meeting of the Southold Town Board be held,
Tuesday, April 25, 2006 at the Southold Town Hall, Southold, New York at 4:30 P. M..
Vote Record - Resolution 2006-315
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Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent
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Albert Krupski Jr. Voter
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Adopted
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William P. Edwards Voter
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Adopted as Amended
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Defeated Daniel C. Ross Voter
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Tabled
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Thomas H. Wickham Seconder
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Withdrawn
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Louisa P. Evans Initiator
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Scott Russell Voter
2006-316
CATEGORY: Public Service
DEPARTMENT: Town Clerk
Amend Resolution 2006-306, Adopted At the March 28, 2006 Regular Town Board Meeting - Spring
Clean-Up
RESOLVED amends resolution 2006-
that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby
306, adopted at the March 28, 2006 regular Town Board meeting to read as follows:
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby authorizes the acceptance of
six (6)
residential leaves and brush at the Southold Town Compost facility, free of charge, for
weeks in connection with the Spring Cleanup for the year 2006 starting Saturday, April 15,
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through Sunday, May ; and be it
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FURTHER RESOLVED that the Town Board hereby extends the waiver of such fees to
commercial entities carrying leaves and brush from residential properties within the Town only,
during that period; and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Highway Department Spring Cleanup will commence on April
17, 2006, in Laurel.
Vote Record - Resolution 2006-316
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Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent
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Albert Krupski Jr. Initiator
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Adopted
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William P. Edwards Voter
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Adopted as Amended
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Defeated ????????
Daniel C. Ross Seconder
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Tabled
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Thomas H. Wickham Voter
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Withdrawn
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Louisa P. Evans Voter
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Scott Russell Voter
2006-317
CATEGORY: Contracts, Lease & Agreements
DEPARTMENT: Town Attorney
Authorize and Direct Supervisor Scott A. Russell to Execute the Agreement Between the Suffolk County
Office for the Aging and the Town of Southold for the III-C Nutrition Program
RESOLVEDauthorizes and directs
that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby
Supervisor Scott A. Russell to execute the Agreement between the Suffolk County Office
for the Aging and the Town of Southold for the III-C Nutrition Program
, IFMS No. SCS
EXE 06000009288, for the period January 1, 2004 through December 31, 2006, all in accordance
with the approval of the Town Attorney.
Vote Record - Resolution 2006-317
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Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent
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Albert Krupski Jr. Voter
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Adopted
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??William P. Edwards Initiator
Adopted as Amended
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Defeated ????????
Daniel C. Ross Voter
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Tabled
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Thomas H. Wickham Voter
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Withdrawn
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Louisa P. Evans Seconder
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Scott Russell Voter
2006-318
CATEGORY: Contracts, Lease & Agreements
DEPARTMENT: Accounting
Establish the Salary Scale for the Position of Groundskeeper III
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RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby establishes the following
salary scale for the position of Groundskeeper III
As of January 1, 2006
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1 22.2834
2 22.8572
3 23.6322
4 24.2060
5 25.6418
As of January 1, 2007
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1 23.1190
2 23.7143
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4 25.1137
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Scott Russell Voter _ Q ? ? ?
2006-319
CATEGORY.• Contracts, Lease & Agreements
DEPARTMENT: Town Clerk
Authorize and Direct Supervisor Scott A. Russell to Execute an Agreement with General Code Publishers
Corporation
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby authorizes and directs
Supervisor Scott A. Russell to execute an agreement with General Code Publishers
Corporation in connection with Laserfiche 7 Update to Digital Document Management System
in the amount of $6,021., all in accordance with the approval of the Town Attorney.
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Vote Record - Resolution 2006-319
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Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent
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Albert Krupski Jr. Voter
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Adopted
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William P. Edwards Voter
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Adopted as Amended
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Defeated ????????
Daniel C. Ross Voter
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Tabled
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Thomas H. Wickham Seconder
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Withdrawn
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Louisa P. Evans Initiator
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Scott Russell Voter
2006-320
CATEGORY: Contracts, Lease & Agreements
DEPARTMENT: Town Clerk
Authorize and Direct Supervisor Scott A. Russell to Execute an Agreement with Canon Business Solutions
- East Inc
RESOLVEDauthorizes and directs
that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby
Supervisor Scott A. Russell to execute an agreement with Canon Business Solutions – East
Inc.
in connection with the lease of one (1) Canon IR2270 copy machine for use by the Human
Resource Center at a monthly cost of $183.42 for a period of 48 months from date of installation,
all in accordance with the approval of the Town Attorney.
Vote Record - Resolution 2006-320
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Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent
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Albert Krupski Jr. Voter
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Adopted
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William P. Edwards Voter
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Adopted as Amended
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Defeated ????????
Daniel C. Ross Voter
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Tabled
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Thomas H. Wickham Initiator
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Withdrawn
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Louisa P. Evans Seconder
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Scott Russell Voter
2006-321
CATEGORY: Committee Resignation
DEPARTMENT: Town Clerk
Accept the Resignation of Craig M. Arm From the Position As Member of the Land Preservation
Committee
RESOLVEDaccepts, with regret, the
that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby
resignation of Craig M. Arm from the position as member of the Land Preservation
Committee
, effective March 28, 2006.
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Vote Record - Resolution 2006-321
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Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent
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Albert Krupski Jr. Initiator
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Adopted
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William P. Edwards Voter
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Adopted as Amended
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Defeated ????????
Daniel C. Ross Seconder
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Tabled
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Thomas H. Wickham Voter
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Withdrawn
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Louisa P. Evans Voter
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Scott Russell Voter
2006-322
CATEGORY: Budget Modification
DEPARTMENT: Accounting
Modify the 2006 Whole Town Budget - Copy Machine
RESOLVEDmodifies the 2006 Whole
that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby
Town budget as follows:
From:
A.9901.9.000.100 Transfers to Capital Funds
Copy Machine /HRC $2,500.00
To:
A.1670.2.200.500 Central Copying and Mailing
Copy Machines $2,500.00
Vote Record - Resolution 2006-322
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Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent
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Albert Krupski Jr. Voter
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Adopted
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William P. Edwards Initiator
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Adopted as Amended
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Defeated ????????
Daniel C. Ross Seconder
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Tabled
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Thomas H. Wickham Voter
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Withdrawn
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Louisa P. Evans Voter
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Scott Russell Voter
2006-323
CATEGORY: Contracts, Lease & Agreements
DEPARTMENT: Town Attorney
Authorizes and Directs Supervisor Scott A. Russell to Execute an Amendment of Agreement Between the
Suffolk County Office for the Aging and the Town of Southold for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance
Program (SNAP)
RESOLVEDauthorizes and directs
that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby
Supervisor Scott A. Russell to execute an Amendment of Agreement between the Suffolk
County Office for the Aging and the Town of Southold for the Supplemental Nutrition
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Assistance Program (SNAP)
, IFMS No. SCS EXE 06000009442, for the period April 1, 2004
through March 31, 2007, subject to the approval of the Town Attorney.
Vote Record - Resolution 2006-323
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Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent
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Albert Krupski Jr. Initiator
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Adopted
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William P. Edwards Voter
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Adopted as Amended
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Defeated ????????
Daniel C. Ross Voter
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Tabled
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Thomas H. Wickham Voter
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Withdrawn
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Louisa P. Evans Seconder
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Scott Russell Voter
2006-324
CATEGORY: Employment - Town
DEPARTMENT: Town Clerk
Accept the Resignation of Captain Kevin Moroney From His Position with the Fishers Island Ferry
District
RESOLVEDaccepts, with regret, the resignation
that the Town Board of the Town of Southold
of Captain Kevin Moroney from his position with the Fishers Island Ferry District
, effective
April 7, 2006.
Vote Record - Resolution 2006-324
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Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent
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Albert Krupski Jr. Voter
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Adopted
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William P. Edwards Voter
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Adopted as Amended
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Defeated ????????
Daniel C. Ross Voter
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Tabled
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Thomas H. Wickham Seconder
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Withdrawn
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Louisa P. Evans Initiator
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Scott Russell Voter
2006-325
CATEGORY: Seqra
DEPARTMENT: Land Preservation
Declare Purchase of Shalvey Development Rights Easement to be an Unlisted Action and Finds No
Significant Impact on the Environment and Declares a Negative Declaration Pursuant to SEQRA Rules
and Regulations.
WHEREAS
, the Town Board of the Town of Southold wishes to purchase a development rights
easement on a certain parcel of property owned Thomas L. Shalvey, Jr. and Catherine S. Russo,
as Executors of the Estate of Thomas L. Shalvey, Sr., Dorothy Shalvey and Frank Blados, Jr.,
pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 6 and Chapter 25 of the Code of the Town of Southold.
Said property is identified as part of SCTM #1000-84-2-2.1. The address is 5200 Bridge Lane,
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Cutchogue, New York, and is located on the northeast corner of Bridge Lane and County Road
48, extending approximately 1687 feet northerly along Bridge Lane and approximately 124 feet
easterly along County Road 48 in Cutchogue in the A-C zoning district. The proposed
acquisition is for a development rights easement of approximately 16.5 acres (subject to survey)
on the 20.0 acre parcel. The exact area of the development rights easement is subject to a Town-
provided survey acceptable to the Land Preservation Committee. The purchase price for the
easement is $52,000 (fifty-two 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
RESOLVEDfinds no significant impact
that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby
on the environment and declares a negative declaration pursuant to SEQRA Rules and
Regulations for this action.
Vote Record - Resolution 2006-325
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Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent
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Albert Krupski Jr. Voter
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Adopted
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William P. Edwards Voter
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Adopted as Amended
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Defeated Daniel C. Ross Seconder
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Tabled
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Thomas H. Wickham Initiator
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Withdrawn
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Louisa P. Evans Voter
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Scott Russell Voter
2006-326
CATEGORY: Proclamation
DEPARTMENT: Town Clerk
Proclaim April 2006, As Records and Information Management Month In the Town of Southold
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WHEREAS
the management of records and information is critical to every business,
organization and government agency in facing the complexities of competition, customer service
and globalization; and
WHEREAS
technologies for storing information are expanding the amount of information that
can be acquired, with increased longevity; and
WHEREAS
the need to use information to create value and plan strategically is a driving force
in today's world; and
WHEREAS
control of records and information is necessary for reduction of risk and liability as
well as for compliance with global standards; and
WHEREAS
the citizens of the Town of Southold, Southold, New York should recognize the
important service performed by records and information professionals;
RESOLVED
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby
proclaims April 2006, as Records and Information Management Month in the Town of
Southold and encourages all citizens to recognize this event.
Vote Record - Resolution 2006-326
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Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent
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Albert Krupski Jr. Initiator
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Adopted
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William P. Edwards Voter
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Adopted as Amended
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Defeated ????????
Daniel C. Ross Seconder
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Tabled
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Thomas H. Wickham Voter
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Withdrawn
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Louisa P. Evans Voter
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Scott Russell Voter
2006-327
CATEGORY: Equipment
DEPARTMENT: Solid Waste Management District
Authorize and Direct Supervisor Scott A. Russell to Execute an Agreement with Emerald Equipment
Systems, Inc.
WHEREAS
the Solid Waste Management District trommel screen must be removed from
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service earlier than planned for extensive scheduled maintenance; and
WHEREAS
the District must continue to screen compost and mulch products during at least
part of the maintenance period in order to meet the Spring demand of local residents and
contractors, it is hereby
RESOLVED authorizes and directs
that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby
Supervisor Scott A. Russell to execute an agreement with Emerald Equipment Systems,
Inc.
for the rental of a trommel screen for a period not to exceed 2 weeks, at a cost not to exceed
$3,550 per week, all in accordance with the approval of the Town Attorney.
Vote Record - Resolution 2006-327
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Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent
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Albert Krupski Jr. Voter
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Adopted
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William P. Edwards Initiator
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Adopted as Amended
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Defeated ????????
Daniel C. Ross Seconder
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Tabled
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Thomas H. Wickham Voter
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Withdrawn
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Louisa P. Evans Voter
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Scott Russell Voter
2006-328
CATEGORY: Attend Seminar
DEPARTMENT: Town Clerk
Grant Permission to Town Clerk Elizabeth Neville to Attend the 2006 New York State Town Clerks
Association Conference In Saratoga Springs, New York
RESOLVED grants permission to Town
that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby
Clerk Elizabeth Neville to attend the 2006 New York State Town Clerks Association
Conference in Saratoga Springs, New York on April 23-26, 2006.
All expenses for
registration, travel and lodging to be a legal charge to the 2006 Town Clerk Whole Town Budget
(meetings and seminars).
Vote Record - Resolution 2006-328
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Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent
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Albert Krupski Jr. Voter
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Adopted
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??William P. Edwards Voter
Adopted as Amended
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Defeated ????????
Daniel C. Ross Initiator
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Tabled
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Thomas H. Wickham Voter
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Withdrawn
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Louisa P. Evans Seconder
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Scott Russell Voter
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2006-329
CATEGORY: Close/Use Town Roads
DEPARTMENT: Town Clerk
Grant Permission to the Mattituck Chamber of Commerce to Use Town Roads for Its Annual Street Fair
on Saturday July 8, 2006
RESOLVEDgrants permission to the
that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby
Mattituck Chamber of Commerce to use the following roads for its Annual Street Fair on
Saturday July 8, 2006
beginning at 8:00 A.M., rain date of Sunday, July 9, 2006:
Love Lane
Pike Street
provided they file with the Town Clerk a One Million Dollar Certificate of Insurance naming the
Town of Southold as an additional insured and notify Capt. Flatley within ten (10) days of the
approval of this resolution to coordinate traffic control.
Vote Record - Resolution 2006-329
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Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent
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Albert Krupski Jr. Voter
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Adopted
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??William P. Edwards Voter
Adopted as Amended
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Defeated ????????
Daniel C. Ross Voter
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Tabled
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Thomas H. Wickham Seconder
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Withdrawn
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Louisa P. Evans Initiator
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Scott Russell Voter
2006-330
CATEGORY: Budget Modification
DEPARTMENT: Accounting
Order and Direct that the Sum of $21,250.59 be Transferred From the General Fund Whole Town and
Into the Town’s Agency & Trust Fund
WHEREAS
the Town of Southold received donations in 2001 from several sources for the
construction of an Animal Shelter which were deposited into the Town’s Agency and Trust
Fund, and
WHEREAS
Animal Shelter donations were deposited to the Town’s Agency & Trust Fund
Public NOW account and have earned interest at various rates ranging from .25% to 1.01% per
annum for a total of $5,490.98, with said interest credited to the Town’s General Fund, and
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WHEREAS
theTown Board of the Town of Southold appropriated amounts from the Animal
Shelter donations in 2001, 2002 and 2004 for engineering and design services in connection with
the construction of a new Animal Shelter, the total of which aggregated $21,250.59 and which
was transferred from the Town’s Agency and Trust Fund and into the Town’s General Fund, and
WHEREAS
the Town Board of the Town of Southold has recently considered and deliberated
on the use of said donations in 2001, 2002 and 2004 for the design of an Animal Shelter, and has
determined to restore said funds including all earned interest to the Town’s Agency & Trust
Fund to be used for construction only at such time as construction has commenced on said
shelter, now therefore be it
RESOLVED orders and directs that the
that theTown Board of the Town of Southold hereby
sum of $26,741.57 be transferred from the General Fund Whole Town into the Agency &
Trust Fund, and that said transfer should be charged against the General Fund Whole
Town 2006 Revenue budget
as follows: $21,250.59 to Gifts & Donations (A.2705.40) and
$5,490.98 to Interest and Earnings (A.2401.00).
Vote Record - Resolution 2006-330
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Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent
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Albert Krupski Jr. Voter
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Adopted
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William P. Edwards Voter
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Adopted as Amended
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Defeated Daniel C. Ross Seconder
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Tabled
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Thomas H. Wickham Initiator
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Withdrawn
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Louisa P. Evans Voter
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Scott Russell Voter
2006-331
CATEGORY: Budget Modification
DEPARTMENT: Solid Waste Management District
Modify the 2006 Solid Waste District Budget
RESOLVEDmodifies the 2006 Solid
that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby
Waste District budget as follows:
From:
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SR.8160.1.200.100 Part Time Employee $ 2,000
SR.8160.4.400.100 Engineering $ 7,100
SR.8160.4.100.607 Encapsulator Maint. $ 1,000
SR.8160.4.100.580 Maint/Ford Tractor $ 250
To:
SR.8160.1.100.200 Employee Overtime $ 2,000
SR.8160.4.100.581 Kenworth Tractor $ 1,000
SR.8160.4.100.620 Maint/Supply Ford P/U $ 250
SR.8160.4.400.700 Equipment Rental $ 7,100
Vote Record - Resolution 2006-331
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Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent
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Albert Krupski Jr. Initiator
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Adopted
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??William P. Edwards Voter
Adopted as Amended
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Defeated Daniel C. Ross Voter
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Tabled
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Thomas H. Wickham Seconder
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Withdrawn
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Louisa P. Evans Voter
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Scott Russell Voter
2006-332
CATEGORY: Employment - Town
DEPARTMENT: Police Dept
Appoint Jeffrey Edwards to the Position of Constable for Fishers Island
RESOLVEDappoints Jeffrey Edwards
that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby
to the position of Constable for Fishers Island
effective at the commencement of the next
Peace Officer academy on the condition that he attends and satisfactorily completes all necessary
training.
Vote Record - Resolution 2006-332
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Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent
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Albert Krupski Jr. Voter
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Adopted
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William P. Edwards Initiator
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Adopted as Amended
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Defeated ????????
Daniel C. Ross Voter
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Tabled
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Thomas H. Wickham Voter
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Withdrawn
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Louisa P. Evans Seconder
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Scott Russell Voter
2006-333
CATEGORY: Misc. Public Hearing
DEPARTMENT: Land Preservation
Set Tuesday, April 25, 2006, At 5:00 P.M., Southold Town Hall, 53095 Main Road, Southold, New York
As the Time and Place for a Public Hearing for the Purchase of Open Space on Property Owned by Carla
A. Carroll
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RESOLVED
that pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 59 (Open Space Preservation) and
Chapter 6 (2% Community Preservation Fund) of the Town Code, the Town Board of the Town
sets Tuesday, April 25, 2006, at 5:00 p.m., Southold Town Hall, 53095
of Southold hereby
Main Road, Southold, New York as the time and place for a public hearing for the
purchase of open space on property owned by Carla A. Carroll.
Said property is identified
as SCTM #1000-53-3-2. The address is 1900 Pipes Neck Road, Greenport, New York, and is
located on the southwesterly side of Pipes Neck Road approximately 881 feet from the
intersection of Pipes Neck Road and State Route 25 in Greenport in an R-80 zoning district. The
proposed acquisition is for open space and is approximately 11.0 acres (subject to survey) that
borders on Pipes Creek.
The proposed acquisition is for fee title to the entire open space parcel. The purchase price is
$637,500.00 (six hundred thirty-seven thousand five hundred dollars).
The property is listed on the Town?s Community Preservation Project Plan as property that
should be preserved and falls under multiple purposes of the Community Preservation Project
Plan, including, but not limited to, preservation and protection of open spaces and scenic values,
protection of wetlands, and undeveloped shorelines, and protection of unique and threatened
ecological areas.
The subject property is within the Pipes Cove area. The Town has identified the Pipes Cove area
as a priority area for preservation as this area is one of the few remaining undeveloped areas of
critical wetlands in the Peconic Bay Estuary.
As per Chapter 87 (Transfer of Development Rights) of the Code of the Town of Southold,
Section 87-5, one (1) Sanitary Flow Credit is available from this purchase.
FURTHER NOTICE is hereby given that a more detailed description of the above mentioned
parcel of land is on file in Land Preservation Department, Southold Town Hall Annex, 54375
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Route 25, Southold, New York, and may be examined by any interested person during business
hours.
Vote Record - Resolution 2006-333
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Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent
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Albert Krupski Jr. Seconder
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Adopted
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William P. Edwards Voter
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Adopted as Amended
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Defeated ????????
Daniel C. Ross Initiator
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Tabled
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Thomas H. Wickham Voter
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Withdrawn
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Louisa P. Evans Voter
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Scott Russell Voter
2006-334
CATEGORY: Employment - Town
DEPARTMENT: Building Department
Leave of Absence for George Gillan, Building Department
RESOLVEDauthorizes a five week
that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby
unpaid leave of absence, pursuant to the FMLA, effective April 19, 2006 for George Gillen,
Building Inspector
in the Southold Town Building Department.
Vote Record - Resolution 2006-334
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Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent
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Albert Krupski Jr. Voter
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Adopted
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William P. Edwards Voter
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Adopted as Amended
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Defeated ????????
Daniel C. Ross Voter
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Tabled
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Thomas H. Wickham Seconder
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Withdrawn
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Louisa P. Evans Initiator
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Scott Russell Voter
2006-335
CATEGORY: Bid Acceptance
DEPARTMENT: Town Clerk
Accept Bid of East Coast Mines, In the Amount of $12.95 Per Cubic Yard, for Supplying Bulk Sand for
Ice Control and Highway Maintenance to the Highway Department for the 2006 Calendar Year
RESOLVEDaccepts the
that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby
bid of East Coast Mines, in the amount of $12.95 per cubic yard, for supplying Bulk Sand
for Ice Control and Highway Maintenance to the Highway Department for the 2006
calendar year,
all in accordance with the Town Attorney.
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Vote Record - Resolution 2006-335
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Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent
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Albert Krupski Jr. Voter
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Adopted
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William P. Edwards Voter
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Adopted as Amended
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Defeated ????????
Daniel C. Ross Voter
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Tabled
????????
Thomas H. Wickham Initiator
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Withdrawn
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Louisa P. Evans Seconder
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Scott Russell Voter
2006-336
CATEGORY: Employment - Town
DEPARTMENT: Town Clerk
Appoint Part-Time, Seasonal Deckhands for the Fishers Island Ferry District, Effective April 13, 2006
RESOLVEDappoints Peter E. Gilmore,
that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby
of Quaker Hill, CT to the position of part-time, seasonal deckhand
for the Fishers Island
Ferry District, effective April 13, 2006 through October 1, 2006, at a rate of $9.50 per hour, and
appoints Derek Marks, of East Lyme, CT, to the position of part-time, seasonal deckhand,
effective April 13, 2006 through October 1, 2006, at a rate of $9.00 per hour.
Vote Record - Resolution 2006-336
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Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent
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Albert Krupski Jr. Initiator
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Adopted
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??William P. Edwards Voter
Adopted as Amended
??????????
Defeated Daniel C. Ross Voter
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Tabled
????????
Thomas H. Wickham Seconder
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Withdrawn
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Louisa P. Evans Voter
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Scott Russell Voter
2006-337
CATEGORY: Contracts, Lease & Agreements
DEPARTMENT: Town Clerk
Amend the Administrative Employee Handbook to Indicate that the Administrative Employees (Including
Managerial and Confidential Employees) Are Entitled to Five (5) Personal Days Per Calendar Year
RESOLVEDamends the Administrative
that the Town Board of the Town of Southold
Employee Handbook to indicate that the Administrative employees (including Managerial
and confidential employees) are entitled to five (5) personal days per calendar year
,
identical to the benefit extended to the CSEA membership.
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Vote Record - Resolution 2006-337
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Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent
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Albert Krupski Jr. Voter
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Adopted
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William P. Edwards Initiator
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Adopted as Amended
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Defeated ????????
Daniel C. Ross Seconder
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Tabled
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Thomas H. Wickham Voter
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Withdrawn
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Louisa P. Evans Voter
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Scott Russell Voter
2006-338
CATEGORY: Seqra
DEPARTMENT: Town Clerk
Determine that the Proposed Type I Action Will Not Have a Significant Adverse Effect on the
Environment.
WHEREAS
, the Town Board of the Town of Southold completed a coordinated SEQR Review
of a Type I Action involving the rezoning of a 7.4 acre site located west of Sound Avenue at the
Factory Avenue intersection in the Hamlet of Mattituck (SCTM # 10000-122-2-23.1) from its
current R-80 single family residential district designation to the AHD, affordable housing
district; and
WHEREAS,
the Action additionally involves the transfer of 10 sanitary flow credits to augment
the site’s existing 12 credits for a total of 22 sanitary flow credits; and
WHEREAS
, the rezoning of the site to AHD and the transfer of sanitary flow credits will
accommodate the development of a new residential development consisting of 22 single family
homes supporting workforce and affordable housing; and
WHEREAS
, on January 17, 2006, the Town Board of the Town of Southold designated its
intention to serve as Lead Agency for the SEQR review of this Action, and thereupon circulated
that notice to all Involved Agencies.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED
, that pursuant to Part 617 of the SEQR Regulations,
the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby confirms its designation as the Lead Agency for
the SEQR Review of this Action.
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED,
that pursuant to Part 617 of the implementing regulations
pertaining to Article 8 (State Environmental Quality Review Act) of the Environmental
Conservation Law, the Lead Agency has determined that the proposed Type I Action will not
have a significant adverse effect on the environment for the reasons enumerated in the attached
Negative Declaration Form.
Vote Record - Resolution 2006-338
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Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent
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Albert Krupski Jr. Voter
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Adopted
????????
William P. Edwards Seconder
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Adopted as Amended
??????????
Defeated Daniel C. Ross Initiator
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Tabled
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Thomas H. Wickham Voter
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Withdrawn
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Louisa P. Evans Voter
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Scott Russell Voter
2006-339
CATEGORY: Enact Local Law
DEPARTMENT: Town Clerk
Enacts the Proposed Local Law Entitled “A Local Law to Amend the Zoning Map of the Town of
Southold by Changing the Zoning Designation of SCTM 1000-122-2-23.1 From R-80 to Affordable
Housing District (AHD)”
WHEREAS
there was presented to the Town Board of the Town of Southold, Suffolk County,
“A Local Law to Amend
New York on the 6th day of December, 2005, a Local Law entitled
the Zoning Map of the Town of Southold by Changing the Zoning Designation of SCTM
1000-122-2-23.1 from R-80 to Affordable Housing District (AHD)”,
and
WHEREAS
the Town Board of the Town of Southold held a public hearing on the aforesaid
Local Law on Tuesday January 31, 2006 at which time all interested persons were given an
opportunity to be heard, and
WHEREAS the Town Board determined at the conclusion of the hearing that additional written
comments would be accepted on the draft SEQRA when it was completed; and
WHEREAS the Town Board received the draft SEQRA report on March 14, 2006 and advised
the public on that date at the public meeting that written comments would be accepted on the
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SEQRA in the Town Clerk’s office until Friday March 24, 2006 at 4:00 pm. at which time the
the hearing would be closed to public comment; and
WHEREAS the public hearing is officially closed; and
WHEREAS the Town Board has received and reviewed the written comments submitted in this
matter; and
WHEREAS the Town Board declared itself Lead Agency on January 17, 2006 and conducted a
coordinated SEQRA review on the proposed zone change, subdivision plan, and sanitary flow
credit transfer; and on April 11, 2006, adopted a negative declaration pursuant to SEQRA; and
now therefor be it
RESOLVEDENACTS
that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby the proposed
“A Local Law to Amend the Zoning Map of the Town of Southold by
Local Law entitled
Changing the Zoning Designation of SCTM 1000-122-2-23.1 from R-80 to Affordable
Housing District (AHD)”
which reads as follows:
Local Law __6__ of 2006
Section 1. Purpose
- The purpose of this Local Law is to amend the Zoning Map to change the
zoning on the parcel known as 1000-122-2-23.1 from R-80 to AHD, to allow for the construction
of twenty-two(22) single family homes that will remain affordable in perpetuity.
Section 2. Code Amendment
. Based on the goals and identified housing needs of the Town, and
upon our consideration of the recommendations of the Town Planning Board, the Suffolk
County Planning Commission, the environmental consultant retained by the Town Board,
and the public comment taken at the public hearing and otherwise, we hereby amend the
official Zoning Map of the Town of Southold as adopted by Section 100-21 of the Town
Code to change parcel #1000-122-2-23.1 from R-80 to AHD. The property is
approximately 7.4 acres and is located off of Factory and Sound Avenues in the Town of
Southold.
Section 3. Severability
. If a section or subsection, paragraph, clause, phrase or provision of this
law shall be judge invalid or held unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, any
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judgment made thereby shall not affect the validity of this law as a whole or any part thereof
other than the part or provision so adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional.
Section 4.
This Local Law shall take effect immediately upon filing with the Secretary of State.
Vote Record - Resolution 2006-339
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Adopted as Amended
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Defeated Daniel C. Ross Voter
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Thomas H. Wickham Seconder
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Louisa P. Evans Initiator
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Scott Russell Voter
2006-340
CATEGORY: Sanitary Flow Credits
DEPARTMENT: Town Clerk
Transfer Ten (10) Sanitary Flow Credits From the Town TDR Bank and to the Community Development
Corporation of Long Island for Its Proposed Development of 22 Single Family Affordable Homes for the
“Cottages of Mattituck” Development At SCTM# 1000-122-2-23.1;
WHEREAS
, the Town of Southold has established a Transfer of Development Rights Program
whereby Sanitary Flow Credits can be transferred into a TDR Bank from open space lands
purchased by the Town of Southold; and
WHEREAS
the TDR Bank currently has 21.4 credits on deposit from lands purchased by the
Town of Southold that are located within the Mattituck-Cutchogue School District; and
WHEREAS an application for transfer of Sanitary Flow Credits was filed by the Community
Development Corporation of Long Island (CDCLI) on March 2, 2006 seeking transfer of 12
credits to the property known as SCTM# 1000-122-2-23.1 located on Sound Avenue and Factory
Avenues in Mattituck, in the Mattituck-Cutchogue school district; and
WHEREAS
the applicant seeks to utilize the credits on land designated as Affordable Housing
District (AHD) to create affordable homes that will remain affordable in perpetuity, pursuant to
Town Code Sections 100-50 et al, and Chapter 87; and
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WHEREAS
the applicant seeks to utilize the credits on land within a designated receiving area;
and it is hereby
WHEREAS
the Town Board held a public hearing on the action on March 28, 2006, at which
time all persons were given the opportunity to be heard; and
WHEREAS
the applicant modified its application and now seeks the transfer of 10 credits, to
create a development of 22 affordable homes on the aforementioned property; and
WHEREAS
the Town Board conducted a coordinated SEQRA review of the action, and issued
a Negative Declaration on April 11, 2006; and it is hereby
RESOLVED
that the Town Board has evaluated the effects of the proposed transfer and finds
that the district contains adequate resources, environmental quality and public facilities,
including adequate transportation, water supply, waste disposal and fire protection, and further
finds that that there will be no significant environmentally damaging consequences and that such
development is compatible with the comprehensive planning efforts of the Town, and the Town
Board incorporates the report of the Planning Board dated April 10, 2006 regarding the same;
and it is further
RESOLVEDtransfers ten (10) sanitary
that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby
flow credits from the Town TDR Bank and to the Community Development Corporation of
Long Island for its proposed development of 22 single family affordable homes for the
“Cottages of Mattituck” development at SCTM# 1000-122-2-23.1
; and it is further
RESOLVED
that upon issuance of the Sanitary Flow Credit Certificate, the Town Clerk shall
enter this deduction of ten (10) sanitary flow credits from the Sanitary Flow Credit Log; and be it
further
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RESOLVED
that the applicant shall receive a Sanitary Flow Credit Certificate, which shall not
be signed by the Supervisor and released by the Town Clerk to the applicant until the covenants
and restrictions required by Town Code Section 87-9 have been filed and such filing has been
approved by the Town Attorney; and be it further
RESOLVED
that the Town Clerk shall forward this resolution to the Tax Assessors Office, the
Land Preservation Department, the Special Projects Coordinator and the Planning Department
for inclusion into the Town database and GIS system.
Vote Record - Resolution 2006-340
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Albert Krupski Jr. Voter
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??William P. Edwards Seconder
Adopted as Amended
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Defeated Daniel C. Ross Voter
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Tabled
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Thomas H. Wickham Initiator
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Louisa P. Evans Voter
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Scott Russell Voter
2006-341
CATEGORY: Employment - Town
DEPARTMENT: Town Attorney
Grant a Six (6) Month Extension to the Maternity Leave of Absence Previously Extended to Town
Employee Shannon Yolcin
RESOLVEDgrants a six (6) month
that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby
extension to the maternity leave of absence previously extended to Town employee
Shannon Yolcin
, to expire on October 1, 2006.
Vote Record - Resolution 2006-341
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??William P. Edwards Voter
Adopted as Amended
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Defeated ????????
Daniel C. Ross Voter
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Tabled
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Thomas H. Wickham Seconder
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Withdrawn
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Louisa P. Evans Voter
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Scott Russell Voter
2006-342
CATEGORY: Contracts, Lease & Agreements
DEPARTMENT: Town Clerk
Retain Given Associates, LLC, to Prepare an Appraisal of the Property Located At 1170 Peconic Lane,
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Peconic
RESOLVEDretains Given Associates,
that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby
LLC, to prepare an appraisal of the property located at 1170 Peconic Lane, Peconic
, also
known as the Peconic School.
Vote Record - Resolution 2006-342
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Albert Krupski Jr. Voter
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Adopted
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William P. Edwards Initiator
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Adopted as Amended
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Defeated Daniel C. Ross Seconder
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Tabled
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Thomas H. Wickham Voter
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Withdrawn
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Louisa P. Evans Voter
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Scott Russell Voter
2006-343
CATEGORY: Employment - Town
DEPARTMENT: Accounting
Peter Gatz - DPW Groundskeeper
RESOLVEDappoints Peter Gatz to the
that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby
position of Groundskeeper II, in the Department of Public Works
at a rate of $24.4208 per
hour, effective May 11, 2006
Vote Record - Resolution 2006-343
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Adopted as Amended
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William P. Edwards Voter
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Defeated
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Daniel C. Ross Initiator
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Tabled
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Thomas H. Wickham Seconder
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Withdrawn
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Louisa P. Evans Voter
Next: Apr 25, 2006 4:30 PM
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Scott Russell Voter
2006-344
CATEGORY: Contracts, Lease & Agreements
DEPARTMENT: Land Preservation
Elect to Purchase a Development Rights Easement on Agricultural Land Owned by Thomas L. Shalvey,
Jr. and Catherine S. Russo, As Executors of the Estate of Thomas L. Shalvey, Sr., Dorothy Shalvey and
Frank Blados, Jr., Pursuant to the Provisions of Chapter 6 and Chapter 25 of the Code of the Town of
Southold
WHEREAS
, the Town Board of the Town of Southold held a public hearing on the question of
the purchase of a development rights easement on a certain parcel of property owned by Thomas
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L. Shalvey, Jr. and Catherine S. Russo, as Executors of the Estate of Thomas L. Shalvey, Sr.,
Dorothy Shalvey and Frank Blados, Jr., on the 11th day of April, 2006, 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 part of SCTM #1000-84-2-2.1. The address is 5200
Bridge Lane, Cutchogue, New York, and is located on the northeast corner of Bridge Lane and
County Road 48, extending approximately 1687 feet northerly along Bridge Lane and
approximately 124 feet easterly along County Road 48 in Cutchogue in the A-C zoning district;
and
WHEREAS
, the development rights easement comprises approximately 16.5 acres (subject to
survey) on the 20.0 acre parcel. The exact area of the development rights easement is subject to a
Town-provided survey acceptable to the Land Preservation Committee; and
WHEREAS
, the purchase price for the easement is $52,000 (fifty-two thousand dollars) per
buildable acre; and
WHEREAS
, the property is listed on the Town’s Community Preservation Project Plan as
property that should be preserved due to its agricultural value, scenic vista, and as an aquifier
recharge area; and
WHEREAS
, the property is in the vicinity of other lands preserved by the Town; and
WHEREAS
, the purchase of the development rights on this property is in conformance with the
provisions of Chapter 6 (Community Preservation Fund) and Chapter 25 (Agricultural Lands
Preservation) of the Town Code, and
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WHEREAS
, the proposed action has been reviewed pursuant to Chapter 95 of the Town Code
and Local Waterfront Revitalization Program (LWRP) and the LWRP Coordinator has
determined that this action is consistent with the LWRP; 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
RESOLVEDelects to purchase a
that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby
development rights easement on agricultural land owned by Thomas L. Shalvey, Jr. and
Catherine S. Russo, as Executors of the Estate of Thomas L. Shalvey, Sr., Dorothy Shalvey
and Frank Blados, Jr., pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 6 and Chapter 25 of the Code
of the Town of Southold.
Said property is identified as part of SCTM #1000-84-2-2.1. The
address is 5200 Bridge Lane, Cutchogue, New York, and is located on the northeasterly side of
Bridge Lane extending approximately 1687 feet northerly along Bridge Lane and approximately
124 feet easterly along County Road 48 in Cutchogue in the A-C zoning district. The
development rights easement comprises approximately 16.5 acres (subject to survey) on the 20.0
acre parcel. The exact area of the development rights easement is subject to a Town-provided
survey acceptable to the Land Preservation Committee. The purchase price for the easement is
$52,000 (fifty-two thousand dollars) per buildable acre.
Vote Record - Resolution 2006-344
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William P. Edwards Voter
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Adopted as Amended
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Defeated ????????
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Tabled
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Louisa P. Evans Voter
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Scott Russell Voter
VI. Public Hearings
Motion to recess to Public Hearing
RESOLVEDbe and hereby is declared
that this meeting of the Southold Town Board
Recessed in order to hold a public hearing at 8:00 p.m..
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Vote Record - Motion to recess to Public Hearing
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William P. Edwards Voter
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Scott Russell Voter
Public Hearing # 1
T, A11, 2006, A8:00 P.M., STH, 53095 MR,
UESDAYPRIL T OUTHOLD OWN ALLAIN OAD
S, NYATPPHP
OUTHOLDEW ORK S THE IME AND LACE FOR A UBLIC EARING FOR THE URCHASE
DREPPO
OF A EVELOPMENT IGHTS ASEMENT ON A ORTION OF THE ROPERTY WNED BY
TL. S, J. CS. R, AEE
HOMAS HALVEYRAND ATHERINE USSOS XECUTORS OF THE STATE OF
TL. S, S., DSFB, J.
HOMAS HALVEYROROTHY HALVEY AND RANK LADOSR
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
COUNCILMAN WICKHAM: that pursuant to the provisions
of Chapter 25 (Agricultural Lands) and Chapter 6 (2% Community Preservation Fund) of the
sets Tuesday, April 11, 2006, at
Town Code, the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby
8:00 p.m., Southold Town Hall, 53095 Main Road, Southold, New York as the time and
place for a public hearing for the purchase of a development rights easement on a portion
of the property owned by Thomas L. Shalvey, Jr. and Catherine S. Russo, as Executors of
the Estate of Thomas L. Shalvey, Sr., Dorothy Shalvey and Frank Blados, Jr.
Said property
is identified as part of SCTM #1000-84-2-2.1. The address is 5200 Bridge Lane, Cutchogue,
New York. The property is located at the northeast corner of Bridge Lane and County Road 48,
extending approximately 1687 feet northerly along Bridge Lane and approximately 124 feet
easterly along County Road 48 in Cutchogue in the A-C zoning district. The proposed
acquisition is for a development rights easement of approximately 16.5 acres on the 20.0 acre
parcel.
The exact area of the purchase is subject to a Town provided survey acceptable to the Land
Preservation Committee. The purchase price is $52,000 (fifty-two thousand dollars) per
buildable acre.
The property is listed on the Town’s Community Preservation Project Plan as property that
should be preserved due to its agricultural value, scenic vista, and as an aquifier recharge area;
and
FURTHER NOTICE is hereby given that a more detailed description of the above mentioned
parcel of land is on file in Land Preservation Department, Southold Town Hall Annex, 54375
Route 25, Southold, New York, and may be examined by any interested person during business
hours.
This has appeared as a legal in the local newspaper and it has appeared on the Town Clerk’s
bulletin board outside. I don’t have any further communications on this public hearing.
COUNCILMAN KRUPSKI: Tom, I have been asked by Melissa Spiro, the Land Preservation
Coordinator for the Town to explain the project somewhat, as the Town Board liaison to the
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Land Preservation Committee. The Land Preservation Committee is meeting right now, there
was a conflict between meeting times and they are meeting right now, that is why Melissa
couldn’t be here to present this herself. If anyone would like to come up, if anyone is interested,
come up and take a look. The parcel is on the corner here of Bridge Lane. As you can see, there
is a significant amount of county and town development rights purchases in this area and the
parcel contains two homes on the corner that are going to remain, the 3 ½ acres not to be
purchased by the Town. There is an ag structure area behind that and then the rest of it will be
purchased by the Town, the development rights.
SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: Would anybody like to address the Town Board on this public
hearing? (No response) I will close this hearing.
Vote Record - Public Hearing #2
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SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: Now is an opportunity to address the Town Board on any issue of
mutual interest.
JACK BERDINKA: Yes, I just have a question. I am Jack Berdinka, I live on Factory Avenue.
Who authorized that bulldozer to go through there?
SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: I do not know. I had gotten a phone call about it, by the time I heard
about it somebody had already ceased and desisted from doing that.
MR. BERDINKA: I walked the property there. It is right across the street from me.
SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: I know.
MR. BERDINKA: I walked the property and they dug three great big pits and then they covered
them up. And I mean, they tore a lot down. And it is just a shame. I feel that they are going to
take down every tree on that property.
SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: I talked to the Planning Board and I pleaded with them to include
buffers, to move the houses that are proposed closer to the road that is going to go in, to provide
for buffers around the backs to protect the existing community. I even talked to them about
making a one way street from Factory over to Old Sound to reduce the impact on Kim and
others. I, again, this is the problem. It takes a great deal of work and cooperation. I didn’t really
feel like we did what we could have done in providing a better product. This was a plan that was
devised by others and I was left with an option. The density issue, the 22, that was the best that
I could extract without losing the project.
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MR. BERDINKA: I don’t see any reason why they have to take the trees down in people’s
backyards.
SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: I agree. And I asked the Planning Board to impose upon them to
keep them.
MR. BERDINKA: (inaudible) for the concrete trucks, the lumber trucks and the bulldozers but
take all those trees down, because that would leave a buffer zone. I am going to be able to say, I
have two houses on Factory Avenue and I am going to be able to look right out across it and look
right into their backyards. There is going to be nothing to stop.
SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: I asked the Planning Board to do that, to provide for buffers between
the properties. Also, I do want to say I think last weeks article in the paper was a
mischaracterization of what I had heard from everybody on this proposal. I have got
overwhelming amount of response from the community. The one gentleman that spoke and
made a reference to a slum was a gentleman who doesn’t even live anywhere near this proposal.
Every single person….
MR. BERDINKA: You know, the only thing he said about that it could possibly….
SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: That is right. Well, I think…
MR. BERDINKA: People were taking it in different ways.
SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: I think the speaker tonight, again, because he probably wasn’t here
misunderstood the whole conversation. Every single one of you from that community was more
than welcome to have an affordable housing community. You were looking for a realistic,
reasonable number for that particular property and I don’t think you could have been any more
gracious than you were. It is too bad that we couldn’t do better for you.
MR. BERDINKA: Well, from what I could see last week or the week before, that it was a cut
deal already because the bulldozer came in. when that came in off that truck, it wasn’t just a
normal bulldozer, I mean, that was a monster piece of machinery and went through there and cut
that path all the way through from the railroad tracks all the way out to Sound Avenue.
SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: I would also like to point out that the rezoning tonight was essential
to clear the appraisal on the property, that the rezoning or the value that gets from that rezoning
isn’t even to the benefit of CDC but to four private individuals who now get to sell property for
$895,000 that they wouldn’t even get close to were it at its, and I am not even sure that is an
efficient use of taxpayer money. I did talk to Jim Morgo about it, he is troubled by it, too. We
are going to try to work out a better plan than that.
MR. BERDINKA: I just have to say that I am disappointed with the Board, really I am, other
than Mr. Krupski. I am very disappointed and it will show it at election time.
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DOREEN SEYFRIED: My name is Doreen Seyfried, I also live on Factory Avenue and I have
the same issues Jack has but there was a lot of, I commend Mr. Krupski on a lot of issues. First
of all, I feel the environment is being damaged, we are taking down lots of trees which create
oxygen for us and our ozone layer is in trouble as it is. Number two, everybody enjoys Laurel
Lake, now that this development is going in, what is going to happen to that? Number three, the
traffic on Factory Avenue is atrocious right now as it is. We lost the bowling alley and got
another pharmacy in Mattituck, which we now have three. And Eckardt and CVS are both the
same company, so why we needed that, I don’t know. We fought against McDonalds, that went
under. Burger King tried it, that went under. Burger King made more leeway for McDonalds,
McDonalds came in. We are getting another Route 58 here. And you have been trying so hard
to say let’s preserve Southold Town. Well, what are we preserving. We have got land
preservation and how is this affordable? This isn’t affordable, this is rich people. Single person
family, under $47,000? That is a joke. I make under $30,000 and I have four people in my
family and I have $33,000 worth of taxes to pay every year and I have seen nothing but
development in the exact circle of our community in Mattituck. I think there is probably
something out there on 58, I mean 48 that you can find that is more open space instead of keep
congesting Mattituck and Factory Avenue simply because it is in walking distance of everything
we need. I personally could care less if I was in walking distance because that only makes
everybody jump in their cars and go to the shopping plaza anyway. Half of my neighbors and I
also have a neighbor who moved out of Factory Avenue because of the traffic. Because they
have young children. We have no sidewalks, which we like but the traffic is crazy. We have got
trucks coming through there. We have got trucks blocking Factory Avenue. Now we have a
turning lane that is causing even more problems because of CVS and you want to put in a
housing unit? Why don’t you, you have the ability to condemn houses that are falling down
around themselves that have been grandfathered on their own property, where you don’t have to
worry about density. Here in Southold, from Orient to Mattituck, that you can take over and
make affordable housing for people. I only wish that this kind of project was available when I
was buying my house because I bought my house in the 80’s when the market was atrocious.
We locked in at 9.4 for a $75,000 house that needed another $100,000 to make it livable. And
we raised our family there. Now I am a widow for five years, still trying to keep my girls going;
on a less than $30,000 salary. I am losing social security, every time one of my kids graduate
high school because they don’t carry you into college anymore and I just think the whole thing is
a joke. And as Jack said, it sounds like the whole thing has been done already and we don’t have
a thing to say about it and that is wrong because we live there. These are our front yards. These
are our backyards. These are where our children play. We have a very close, tight community
where everybody knows everybody. If I had a problem, I could go knock on Jack’s door at 2:00
in the morning. Now we are going to get a whole community of strangers that we have to get
used to again. We have retirees who are going out and their children own their houses when they
are gone and they are going to continue to raise their children there. It becomes to the point
where, how many people are moving to Florida? I myself lost my brother to Florida and my
sister because Southold Town is too expensive. They can’t afford to stay here. And you are
going to tell me that this is an affordable housing unit complex? A family of four has to make
less than $80,000? I wish I was making $80,000 a year for a family of four. I would be living in
the high lands. I don’t go on vacations, I don’t own a boat, I don’t buy furs. I don’t have fancy
jewelry. I go to thrift stores to buy my clothes. My children both work. They pay me room and
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board, okay? I don’t like the idea of tearing down some more woodlands. I really don’t. We
just keep on doing it and yet at the same time on the other side of the coin, you are saying you
are preserving land. That is an oxymoron. How can you be hypocrites like that? I am sorry, you
can’t do that. You can’t say on this side of the street we are saving land and on this side of the
street we are just going to tear it down. And I don’t understand what the big deal is, either we
have 22 units or we lose the project. So what if we lose the project? What the hell is going to
happen to Southold Town if we lose this project? Are we losing money? Are we losing the
shirts off our backs? Are our children going to die? I don’t think so. And half my neighbors
walked out because they felt the issue was done and they didn’t have a right to speak. I told
them, I walked back in and said, yeah I am going to stick it out and see if we have the right to
speak. Because they are very upset. And as I said, one of my neighbors already moved out of
Southold Town, out of Mattituck because of his children. Because he is on Factory Avenue. He
sold his house and moved to Cutchogue, further inland where he is not on a main drag where his
children can get killed. You don’t understand, we have teenagers who are riding their cars from
lunchtime, speeding down Factory Avenue, nobody is stopping them. We used to have a police
officer sitting on the very path where the road was supposed to go the first time, adjacent to the
railroad tracks, stopping these kids from jumping over the railroad tracks at 100 miles per hour.
My children are grown but I am sorry, not that I am condoning sidewalks because I am not
because that is just citifying the country and I don’t want that and none of my neighbors do
either. But we have insufficient lighting, we have trucks coming through to delivery to
Waldbaums, we have another big conglomerate across the street, CVS, which we did not need
and they are all coming through Factory Avenue. And Sound Avenue, nobody slows down.
They fly through there. We have poor monitoring of traffic on that area. And I have seen
nobody stopped. I myself lost a car eight years ago and it was a huge car. When we first got
that turning lane on Route 25, before the light. Somebody, a middle aged man, was going to the
car wash, heading west; there was a box truck sitting on Route 25 to turn right on Factory
Avenue. He didn’t go on the shoulder because he was too big to hug the shoulder, so he used the
regular lane. A car was nosed up to him. I didn’t see him. The truck was making for me to
make my left east on 25 in order for him to make his turn. He wanted me out of his way, he
waved me on. He didn’t see the car behind him because there was no side view mirror view
because if you can’t see my mirrors, I can’t see you. The same rule. The car went around the
truck, using the turning lane to go straight, smashed into a big 1984 Grand Marquis. I was left at
fault, 80 % because I had children in the car and I am a dumb blonde. When I was at the scene
before the cops arrived, the guy took total fault. He said, I am sorry, I am sorry, I shouldn’t have
done it. And we have had a lot of traffic problems, even with the light. People are jumping the
red light because the light is too short. Okay? Nobody is sitting for a second light. If you can’t
turn when it is a turning light, in time, they jump the red light and there is only a few more
seconds before it turns green. And now you want to put how many more cars in that area? And
where are they supposed to park? this is a serious, serious problem and you are going to see
death on your door. And I, it is in your hands. And that is how me and everyone on Factory
Avenue feels. And I can count on that. And Sound Avenue. Nobody wanted any of this
development with McDonalds or CVS or anything. You let them come in with CVS. I don’t
care if it is private business. We had a bowling alley. Now where do we go bowling? It was
the only recreation the kids had. And you don’t want them hanging out in the shopping plaza.
Then we are going to get 200 more kids in there. To do what? To sit behind the shopping plaza
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and smoke dope? No. I am sorry. This is wrong. I am trying to raise three young daughters. I
have raised a niece and I am raising my own daughters and I have other nieces that stay with me
every summer and they have to deal with this? In a nice, beautiful community that we were all
close knit and everybody looks out for everybody and now, it is just wrong. You are ruining our
living environment. The quality of life we have come to know for over 20 years, some of them
for 50 years. The Zaneski’s who were here earlier, they have been there forever. They bought
their house for $11,000. Cash. They have been there for over 50 years and they have had a
peaceful life there. They didn’t have to worry about young snots coming in and hurting them
because our neighborhood is beautiful. We all look out for each other. And the tearing down of
trees is wrong and the impact on the environment is wrong being it is so close to the lake. What
are you going to have? You are going to have a bunch of kids throwing their trash into the lake
because they live there. That is their backyard. That is their backyard now. Laurel Lake is their
litter pile right now, if you go through with this. We are losing our water quality with Laurel
Lake. And you have tried so many times over the years to preserve Laurel Lake. Now it is
going to be gone. It is going to be a dump site. It is going to be a squandering, dump site. And
then you are going to have to pay to have somebody come in to clean it out, when it is too late. I
have had my say. Everybody have a good night and thank you, Mr. Krupski, I hope you can
convince your co-Board members to look into this even further. Nobody on Factory Avenue
makes a million dollars, nobody on Factory Avenue makes as much money as the people, for the
qualifications for this job, for this planning thing for the size of their families. And you are
calling that affordable? We only wish we had that kind of money for the size of our families to
buy a house. We started with nothing and we struggled through. And we like the trees in our
yards and we like to look across the street and see the trees and the ones on Factory who are
across the street from me, looking out their backyards and seeing the trees. And the kids like to
climb in them and run through the woods. And we have deer problem in the winter as it is. I see
deer footprints all over the place in the snow. The deer live in that woods. Where are they going
to go now? We are going to have more of a deer problem. Everybody wants to kill the deer.
How many people hit a deer a day? Or a month or a year, on Sound Avenue? Or 48? They are
running from everything you are doing. It is their world, too. We can’t keep tearing down the
world. And it starts here, with this decision. Like I have said, you have had the power in the
past and you have always done it, when there is something that is barely standing on its own two
legs, you have condemned the property. So go out there and find these properties and they are
abandoned and they are only standing on stilts, that have been grandfathered. Tear them down
and rebuild them and hand them over to people who can’t afford to build or buy new. That is
affordable housing. Re-use what we have, what is already in existence. Don’t tear down more
trees. Take all those wretched looking, abandoned hell holes that you see in your communities
that you don’t even want to look at, that you don’t even want to live in the neighborhood of and
change it. Tear them down. Re-build them. Don’t tear the trees down. Tear down the existing
buildings that have been abandoned, that are standing on stilts. They are almost falling down on
themselves, that you have condemned yourself because they are falling down. Thank you. Good
night.
SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: Would anybody else like to address the Town Board on any issue?
Mr. Wills, please.
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FRANK WILLS: Frank Wills, Mattituck. I was not aware that apparently trees are being cut
down on that property. If that indeed is a fact, I would like to ask the Board what are they going
to do about it?
SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: I am…
MR. WILLS: Who ordered this, to find out who ordered this, who gave permission for it and if
they didn’t give permission to do something about it.
SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: I am going to ask CDC for a report on exactly what happened, who
was out there and why? When this meeting is over.
COUNCILMAN EDWARDS: Why don’t we do it now, they are right here.
SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: One member is here.
UNIDENTIFIED: I was shocked to hear that. I have absolutely no knowledge of it. We have
not been on the property other than to order Nelson and Pope to do a survey and so, we hired
another firm to do an archaeological survey. I have absolutely no knowledge of this.
COUNCILMAN WICKHAM: Could you find out some and ….?
UNIDENTIFIED: I can certainly look into it. I, yeah, we don’t own the property….
SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: There is a private owner of the property, four developers.
UNIDENTIFIED: We can put the current, the owners of the property on notice that some of the
neighbors have noticed, I don’t know, I guess heavy equipment?
COUNCILMAN WICKHAM: The town code prohibits that type of land clearing prior to
subdivision and homeownership by the people.
UNIDENTIFIED: Right. I mean we definitely have done nothing in that regard and so, I don’t
know what else to say.
SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: Well, I would ask if you could find out. I will call Mr. Barnes
tomorrow. Mr. Wills, I have to be frank, you supported 24 houses and 12 apartments.
Ultimately, what did you think was going to happen to the trees? They were going to come
down sooner or later, weren’t they? So why the outrage now? I don’t know what happened.
People need to be held accountable and follow the rules but why the outrage now? What is
going to happen to them sooner or later? Tom?
MR. SKABRY: I am here as Tom Skabry, not CSEA business. I grew up in this community. I
no longer live in this community because I cannot afford to live in this community. Including
with working with the Town, I still cannot afford to buy a home in this community. I really want
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the Town Board and Town Board’s in the future to start seriously doing their work and making
an affordable project, planning system, where you guarantee residents, current residents can
definitely afford to purchase and live in the Town of Southold. I am sure you know it, I am
going to say it again. You have got a serious problem with demographics in this town. Your
workforce is shrinking. It is being replaced with seasonal people who will not be here during the
winter, who care about this community and who will be able to help, both in the public sector
and the private sector. I urge the Town Board to seriously consider proposing some kind of a
system where you can guarantee that your current residents and their children can be able to live
in the Town; the place where they live and where they care so much about. That is all. And the
other thing is, I too, cannot afford to live in any of these so-called affordable housing. The units
that are going to be built on Factory Avenue. Thank you.
SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: Thank you. Would anybody else like to address the Town Board on
any issue? (No response) This meeting is adjourned.
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Elizabeth A. Neville
Southold Town Clerk
34. Adjourn Town Board Meeting
RESOLVED
that this meeting of the Southold Town Board be and hereby is declared adjourned at 8:55
P.M.
Vote Record - Adjourn Town Board Meeting
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Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent
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Albert Krupski Jr. Voter
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William P. Edwards Voter
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Adopted
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Defeated Daniel C. Ross Voter
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Withdrawn ????????
Thomas H. Wickham Initiator
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Louisa P. Evans Seconder
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Scott Russell Voter
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