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HomeMy WebLinkAboutBlocker, JuliusOFFICE LOCATION: MELISSA A. SPIRO Town Hall Annex LAND PRESERVATION COORDINATOR 54375 State Route 25 (corner of Main Rd & Youngs Ave) melissa.spiro@town.southold.ny.us Southold, New York Telephone (631) 765-5711 Facsimile (631) 765-6640 MAILING ADDRESS: P.O. Box 1179 Southold, NY 11971-0959 DEPARTMENT OF LAND PRESERVATION TOWN OF SOUTHOLD To: Supervisor Russell Tax Assessors Town Board Building Department Town Clerk Data Processing Land Preservation Committee Planning Board Town Attorney Trustees Town Comptroller Director of Public Works The Nature Conservancy Peconic Land Trust, Inc. Suffolk County Division of Real Estate From: Melissa Spiro, Land Preservation Coordinator Date: June 19, 2008 Re: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY, INC. to COUNTY OF SUFFOLK & TOWN OF SOUTHOLD Open Space Acquisition – 45.03 acres (“Blocker” property) Please be advised that the Town has acquired the open space property listed below. If you would like any additional information regarding this purchase, please feel free to contact me. SCTM #: 1000-87.-6-12.1 LOCATION: 1005 Takaposa Road, Southold OPEN SPACE ACREAGE: Total Acreage – 45.03 acres PROPERTY OWNER: The Nature Conservancy, Inc. (f/k/a “Blocker” property) PURCHASE DATE: Closing took place June 11, 2008 PURCHASE PRICE: $ 8,000,000 per contract (County = $4,000,000 / Town = $4,000,000) FUNDING: 50%/50% partnership between County of Suffolk and Town of Southold for acquisition and closing costs. County funding – Legacy Fund; Town funding - CPF 2% Land Bank. MISCELLANEOUS: This parcel is on the Town’s Community Preservation Project Plan list. It is located in an environmentally sensitive area that contains some wetland areas. The property also includes approximately 2480± feet of waterfront along Hog Neck Bay and 3200± along Corey Creek. . . SOUTHOLD TOWN BOARD PUBLIC HEARING December 4, 2007 7:50 PM COUNCILMAN WICKHAM: NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 185 (Open Space Preservation) and Chapter 17 (Community Preservation Fund) of the Town Code, the Town Board of the Town of South old hereby sets Tuesdav. December 4, 2007. at 7:50 p.m.. Southold Town Hall, 53095 Main Road. Southold, New York as the time and place for a public hearinl! for the purchase of property from The Nature Conservancy. contract vendee of the property owned bv Julius Blocker Revocable Trust, and known as the Blocker property. Said property is identified as SCTM #1000-87-6-12.1. The total area of the property is 45clo acres. The address of the property is 1005 Takaposa Road in Southold. The property is located within the A-C zoning district. The property has approximately 596clo of road frontage on Main Bayview Road and 50clo of road frontage on Watersedge Way. The property is currently accessed by Takaposa Road that is located on the southerly side of Main Bayview Road approximately 400 feet west of the intersection of Jacobs Lane and Main Bayview Road in Southold. The property shares an easterly boundary line with a filed subdivision map known as "Bay Haven" and common boundaries with five individual parcels now or formerly owned by Margaret McNamara, Ralph L. & Elaine B. Panella, Theodore Zang, Spiridon & Letta Kouzios and Harford Living Trust. The property also has approximately 3200clo feet of shoreline along Corey Creek and approximately 2480clo feet of shoreline on Hog Neck Bay. The proposed acquisition is for the Town of Southold, in a joint 50%/50% partnership with the County of Suffolk, to acquire fee title to the entire 451 acres known as the Blocker property for open space purposes. The exact area of the purchase is subject to survey. The purchase price for the entire 451 acre parcel is $8,000,000 (eight million dollars) and the purchase will be funded by the Town's Community Preservation Fund and the County of Suffolk in a 50%/50% partnership which will include the purchase price and any related acquisition costs associated with the purchase of this property. The Town has made application to, and the Town may become eligible for grant funding from, the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. The property is listed on the Town's Community Preservation Project Plan as property that should be preserved for open space. The purpose of this acquisition is for open space protection and passive recreational purposes. Proposed uses of the property may include the establishment of a nature preserve, passive recreational area with trails and limited parking for access purposes, all subject to a Management Plan which will be developed for this property. Blocker Property publi.earing December 4, 2007 . 2 The Land Preservation Coordinator has review the acquisition in accordance with Chapter 117 (Transfer of Development Rights) of the Code of the Town of Southold, Section 117-5. Sanitary flow credits are not available for transfer from this acquisition as it is a joint purchase with the County of Suffolk and the County regulations do not allow for transfer. FURTHER NOTICE is hereby given that a more detailed description of the above mentioned parcel ofland 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. I have certification that it has appeared as a legal noticing about this public hearing, both in the local newspaper and on the Town Clerk's bulletin board outside and here is a memo from the Town Principal Planner, Mark Terry and also LWRP coordinator. 'Proposal is for a fee title purchase ofthis property. Proposed acquisition is for the Town in a 50/50 partnership with the County of Suffolk to acquire fee title. Based upon the information provided to the LWRP, that is the Local Waterfront Revitalization Program consistency assessment form submitted to this department, the proposed acquisition is consistent with the policy standards and therefore is consistent with the LWRP.' And I have no further notices or communications in the file. SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: Would anybody like to address the Town Board? MELISSA SPIRO, LAND PRESERVATION COORDINATOR: Yes. Melissa Spiro, Land Preservation Coordinator. I will be very short since I think most people are not here to hear me. The Blocker property is a very important property to preserve due to its significant amount of mostly undeveloped frontage on both Corey Creek and the Bay. Preservation of this property will forever preserve a significant amount of creek front and bay front from residential impact. As Councilman Wickham mentioned, there is a partnership with Suffolk County and all costs will be shared equally. I would just like to give some details about the owner of the property, since it is a little confusing. The Town and the County were working towards preservation with Julius Blocker, who unfortunately passed away during the summer. The property is in a trust and the attorney for the estate has decided to continue with the preservation but to work directly with the Nature Conservancy instead of directly with either the Town or the County. While the Nature Conservancy is in a position to help facilitate the preservation of the property, they are not really in a position to purchase and to hold the property into the future. The Nature Conservancy will either purchase the property directly from the estate and then re- sell the property to the Town and the County or else they will assign the contract to the Town and County if the timing works out and the Town and County will close with the estate. The Town is using the Community Preservation Funds for this open space purchase and again, as Councilman Wickham mentioned, the purchase is for passive recreational uses and after acquisition, the Town and County together will develop a management plan for the property. The purchase price is in accordance with the appraisals that were done by the Town and the County and both the Land Preservation Committee and I recommend that the Town Board proceed with this important open Blocker Property publi.earing December 4, 2007 . 3 space purchase. And as our Land Preservation Committee member Ray Huntington is outlining, that is the property right there, for those of you that can't see it. The description was well described I think and I am not going to repeat it. So that is all I have to say. Thank you. SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: Would anybody like to address the Town Board on this preservation acquisition? John? JOHN COSTELLO: My name is John Costello. I would like to ask two questions of the Board anyway. How many acres of that property is buildable as per your own zoning now? SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: My calculations, I actually had asked that of Albert Krupski, who knows that property personally and has walked it several times and told me that most of that land is upland and in fact, it had been farmland for a lot of years, it is fallow now but that it is good, viable, buildable property; with public water on site. MR. COSTELLO: But it is not most. I don't believe it is most. COUNCILMAN KRUPSKI: Do you have an acreage calculation? MS. SPIRO: I don't have an acreage calculation, I don't have the survey but everything that is dark green on that lot is buildable land. I mean, it is very distinct wetland versus upland. I would say that the majority of the property is upland with the exception of the peninsula that sticks out and the creek front. MR. COSTELLO: What is the elevation of the property? MS. SPIRO: Again, I don't have the survey in front of me but it IS a significant elevation. All of the property to the, I guess, the east is developed. MR. COSTELLO: And I would like to know exactly, you know, how much money you are paying for the development portion of that property per acre. I just think it is an astronomical number. COUNCILMAN WICKHAM: It is $160,000 for the total package. MR. COSTELLO: I know it is. But there is only a certain portion of it that is buildable or possibly developable. SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: That is a fair question. Sure. HUGH POLLA: My name is Hugh Polla, I live on Corey Creek Lane. Something really strikes me here that, in fact, I can feel my skin crawling. Which we are talking about millions and millions of dollars for property, when are we going to get that Corey Creek dredged? That little piece of property that contributes to the recreational facilities and to Blocker Property PublAearing December 4, 2007 . 4 the life and betterment of some people at least. I mean, there is a big piece of waterfront, there is Corey Creek and all of that and yet that little inlet there is just about passable, for a relatively small boat. If you have kind of a bigger boat, it is kind of a dredge to get through there. So, I would like to just put into perspective and something, we are talking about spending all this money for property; how about access to the backwaters which are supposed to part of the environmental thing for everyone to enjoy. COUNCILMAN KRUPSKI: Unfortunately, that is (inaudible) MR. POLLA: I know it is a separate issue but let's get the mentality straight, I don't want to hear that. COUNCILMAN KRUPSKI: Well, it's... MR. POLLA: I just want you to accept the fact that we are spending millions and millions of dollars to preserve forever, supposedly, okay, open land. How about the people who have boats and who have access to that beautiful water there? Give them access to the Peconic Bay. COUNCILMAN KRUPSKI: It is an involved question. Most of the Dredge Committee is here and maybe they would be happy to speak to you after the meeting. SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: Just as a point of clarification, this is money that has been spent, the taxpayers have voted to spend this money. And they voted to spend this money through the CPF approval of that fund and through every bond initiative that we have put forward. UNIDENTIFIED: Inaudible (Comments made from audience) SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: I can appreciate the input. We will discuss dredging as soon as we close the public hearing on the preservation issue. You raised a valid point and we will address it as soon as we are out of public hearing. HOWARD MEINEKE: My name is Howard Meineke. I have been out here for a long time, in Cutchogue and more recently Mattituck and I am a member ofNFEC but I would just say that with all the money we have spent and we are preserving agricultural land and the farming industry and I have gone public a few times that keeping this place rural is not strictly farms and agriculture it is open space and un-built waterfront and other things and I applaud you. I think this is a marvelous step to preserve something else because the overall attraction and the magic of Southold is not just farms, I once participated in a ceremony preserving farms up west and we went to the end of the road and between raised ranches and Hillary Clinton and Governor Pataki spoke and we were surrounded by raised ranches and we preserved a piece of farm. Now that was not rural. This business of doing what you are doing here is what will act to keep us rural and I applaud you again. I think it is the right thing to do. Blocker Property PUblAearing December 4, 2007 . 5 COUNCILMAN WICKHAM: I would like to just add that this piece is also adjacent to other parts that we have already preserved to make a larger whole. SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: Would anybody else like to address the Town Board? (No response) We will move on to the second hearing. * * * * * ~ a. n~ll;'" Elizabeth A. Neville Southold Town Clerk Southold Town Board - Letter ~J(( Board Meeting of December 4, 2007 RESOLUTION 2007-934 ADOPTED Item # DOC ID: 3364 THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION NO. 2007-934 WAS ADOPTED AT THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE SOUTHOLD TOWN BOARD ON DECEMBER 4, 2007: . WHEREAS, the Town Board of the Town of Southold held a public hearing on the question of the purchase of fee title to a certain property from The Nature Conservancy, contract vendee of the property owned by Julius Blocker Revocable Trust, and known as the Blocker Property, on the 4th day of December, 2007, pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 185 (Open Space Preservation) and Chapter 17 (Community Preservation Fund) of the Code of the Town of Southold, at which time all interested parties were given the opportunity to be heard; and . WHEREAS, said property is identified as SCTM #1000-87-6-12.1. The total area of the property is 45010 acres. The address of the property is 1005 Takaposa Road in Southold. The property is located within the A-C zoning district. The property has approximately 596010 feet of road frontage on Main Bayview Road and 50010 feet of road frontage on Watersedge Way. The property is currently accessed by Takaposa Road that is located on the southerly side of Main Bayview Road approximately 400 feet west of the intersection of Jacobs Lane and Main Bayview Road in Southold. The property shares an easterly boundary line with a filed subdivision map known as "Bay Haven" and common boundaries with five individual parcels now or formerly owned by Margaret McNamara, Ralph L. & Elaine B. Panella, Theodore Zang, Spiridon & Letta Kouzios and Harford Living Trust. The property also has approximately 3200010 feet of shoreline along Corey Creek and approximately 2480010 feet of shoreline on Hog Neck Bay; and WHEREAS, the proposed acquisition is for the Town, in ajoint 50%/50% partnership with the County of Suffolk, to acquire fee title to the entire 45010 acres known as the Blocker Property for open space purposes. The exact area of the purchase is subject to survey. The purchase price for the entire 45010 acre property is $8,000,000 (eight million dollars) and the purchase will be funded by the Town's Community Preservation Fund and the County of Suffolk in a 50%/50% partnership which will include the purchase price and any related acquisition costs associated with the purchase of this property. The Town has made application to, and the Town may become eligible for grant funding from, the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation; and WHEREAS, the property is listed on the Town's Community Preservation Project Plan as property that should be preserved for open space. The purpose of this acquisition is for open Generated December 18, 2007 Page 59 . Southold Town Board - Letter Board Meeting of December 4,2007 space protection and passive recreational purposes. Proposed uses of the property may include the establishment of a nature preserve, passive recreational area with trails and limited parking for access purposes, all subject to a Management Plan which will be developed for this property; WHEREAS, the Land Preservation Coordinator has reviewed the acquisition in accordance with Chapter 117 (Transfer of Development Rights) of the Code of the Town of Southold, Section 117-5. Sanitary Flow Credits are not available for transfer from this acquisition as it is a joint purchase with the County of Suffolk and the County regulations do not allow for transfer; and WHEREAS, the purchase of fee title to this property for open space purposes is in conformance with the provision of Chapter 185 (Open Space Preservation) and Chapter 17 (Community Preservation Fund) of the Town Code of the Town of Southold; and WHEREAS, the proposed action has been reviewed pursuant to Chapter 268 (Waterfront Consistency Review) of the Town Code and Local Waterfront Revitalization Program (L WRP) . and the L WRP Coordinator has recommended, and the Town Board has determined, that this action is consistent with the L WRP; and WHEREAS, the Land Preservation Committee has reviewed the application for the acquisition, and recommends that the Town Board acquire fee title to this open space acquisition; and WHEREAS, the Town Board deems it in the best public interest that the Town of Southold purchase fee title to this property; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby elects to purchase fee title to a certain property from The Nature Conservancv. contract vendee of the property owned bv Julius Blocker Revocable Trust. and known as the Blocker Property. pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 185 (Open Space Preservation) and Chapter 17 (Community . Preservation Fund) of the Code of the Town of Southold. Said property is identified as SCTM #1000-87-6-12.1. The total area of the property is 45010 acres. The address of the property is 1005 Takaposa Road in Southold. The property is located within the A-C zoning district. The property has approximately 596010 feet of road frontage on Main Bayview Road and 50010 feet of road frontage on Watersedge Way. The property is currently accessed by Takaposa Road that is located on the southerly side of Main Bayview Road approximately 400 feet west of the intersection of Jacobs Lane and Main Bayview Road in Southold. The property shares an easterly boundary line with a filed subdivision map known as "Bay Haven" and common boundaries with five individual parcels now or formerly owned by Margaret McNamara, Ralph L. & Elaine B. Panella, Theodore Zang, Spiridon & Letta Kouzios and Harford Living Trust. The property also has approximately 3200010 feet of shoreline along Corey Creek and approximately 2480010 feet of shoreline on Hog Neck Bay. The proposed acquisition is for the Town, in a joint 50%/50% partnership with the County of Suffolk, to acquire fee title to the entire 45010 acres known as the Blocker Property for open space purposes. The exact area of the purchase is subject Generated December 18, 2007 Page 60 Southold Town Board - Letter Board Meeting of December 4,2007 . to survey. The purchase price for the entire 45010 acre property is $8,000,000 (eight million dollars) and the purchase will be funded by the Town's Community Preservation Fund and the County of Suffolk in a 50%/50% partnership which will include the purchase price and any related acquisition costs associated with the purchase of this property. The Town has made application to, and the Town may become eligible for grant funding from, the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. The property is listed on the Town's Community Preservation Project Plan as property that should be preserved for open space. The purpose of this acquisition is for open space protection and passive recreational purposes. Proposed uses of the property may include the establishment of a nature preserve, passive recreational area with trails and limited parking for access purposes, all subject to a Management Plan which will be developed for this property. The Land Preservation Coordinator has reviewed the acquisition in accordance with Chapter 117 (Transfer of Development Rights) of the Code of the Town of Southold, Section 117-5. Sanitary Flow Credits are not available for transfer from this acquisition as it is a joint purchase with the County of Suffolk and the County regulations do not allow for transfer. The purchase of fee title to this property for open space purposes is in conformance with the provision of Chapter 185 (Open Space Preservation) and Chapter 17 (Community Preservation Fund) of the Town Code of the Town of Southold. The proposed action has been reviewed pursuant to Chapter 268 (Waterfront Consistency Review) ofthe Town Code and Local Waterfront Revitalization Program (L WRP) and the L WRP Coordinator has recommended, and the Town Board has determined, that this action is consistent with the LWRP. . f711"~K1a~~'J.I... Elizabeth A. Neville South old Town Clerk RESULT: ADOPTED [UNANIMOUS] MOVER: Thomas H. Wickham, Councilman SECONDER: Louisa P. Evans, Justice AYES: Krupski Jr., Edwards, Ross, Wickham, Evans, Russell Generated December 18, 2007 Page 61 . . Southold Town Board - Letter ~1~G- Board Meeting of December 4,2007 RESOLUTION 2007-930 ADOPTED Item # DOC ID: 3363 THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION NO. 2007-930 WAS ADOPTED AT THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE SOUTHOLD TOWN BOARD ON DECEMBER 4, 2007: WHEREAS, the Town Board of the Town of Southold wishes to purchase fee title to a certain property from The Nature Conservancy, contract vendee ofthe property owned by Julius Blocker Revocable Trust, and known as the Blocker Property, pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 185 (Open Space Preservation) and Chapter 17 (Community Preservation Fund) of the Code of the Town of Southold. Said property is identified as SCTM #1000-87-6-12.1. The total area of the property is 45", acres. The address of the property is 1005 Takaposa Road in Southold. The property is located within the A-C zoning district. The property has approximately 596", feet of road frontage on Main Bayview Road and 500t feet of road frontage on Watersedge Way. The property is currently accessed by Takaposa Road that is located on the southerly side of Main Bayview Road approximately 400 feet west of the intersection of Jacobs Lane and Main Bayview Road in Southold. The property shares an easterly boundary line with a filed subdivision map known as "Bay Haven" and common boundaries with five individual parcels now or formerly owned by Margaret McNamara, Ralph L. & Elaine B. Panella, Theodore Zang, Spiridon & Letta Kouzios and Harford Living Trust. The property also has approximately 32000t feet of shoreline along Corey Creek and approximately 2480"= feet of shoreline on Hog Neck Bay. The proposed acquisition is for the Town, in ajoint 50%/50% partnership with the County of Suffolk, to acquire fee title to the entire 45", acres known as the Blocker Property for open space protection and passive recreational purposes. The exact area ofthe purchase is subject to survey. The purchase price for the entire 45", acre property is $8,000,000 (eight million dollars) and the purchase will be funded by the Town's Community Preservation Fund and the County of Suffolk in a 50%/50% partnership which will include the purchase price and any related acquisition costs associated with the purchase of the property. The Town has made application to, and the Town may become eligible for grant funding from, the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation; now, therefore, be it Generated December 18, 2007 Page 33 Southold Town Board - Letter Board Meeting of December 4, 2007 RESOLVED by the Town Board of the Town of South old that this action be classified as an Unlisted Action pursuant to the SEQRA Rules and Regulations, 6NYCRR 617.1 et. Seq.; and, be it further RESOLVED by the Town Board ofthe Town of Southold that the Town of Southold is the only involved agency pursuant to SEQRA Rules and Regulations; and, be it further RESOLVED by the Town Board of the Town of South old that the Short Environmental Form prepared for this project is accepted and attached hereto; and, be it further RESOLVED that the Town Board ofthe Town of Southold hereby finds no sie:nificant imnact on the environment and declares a nee:ative declaration nursuant to SEORA Rules and Ree:ulations for this action. . ,f7gr~()"Qe?/{b' Elizabeth A. Neville Southold Town Clerk RESULT: ADOPTED [UNANIMOUS] MOVER: Albert Krupski Jr., Councilman SECONDER: William P. Edwards, Councilman AYES: Krupski Jr., Edwards, Ross, Wickham, Evans, Russell . Generated December 18, 2007 Page 34 #8621 STATE OF NEW YORK) )SS: COUNTY OF SUFFOLK) Karen Kine of Mattituck, in said county, being duly sworn, says that she is Principal Clerk of THE SUFFOLK TIMES, a weekly newspaper, published at Mattituck, in the Town of Southold, County of Suffolk and State of New York, and that the Notice of which the annexed is a printed copy, has been regularly published in said Newspaper once a week for -L- week(s), successively, commencing on the ~ day of N",.mb.,.2007. k ~ ~ Principal Clerk Sworn to before me this 2f) day of )(W 2007 LEGAL NonCE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 185 (Ope~l Space ~reservation) and Chapter 17 (Commumty Preservation Fund) of the Town Code, the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby sets Tuesday. Decemher 4. 2007. at 7:S0 p.rn Southold Town Hall. 5J09:Ci Main Road. South. old. New York as the time and nlace for a nublic heano, for the Dllrchase of "raDem from The Nature Conservan<;y. contract vendee of the "raDertv owned bv Julius Blocker Revocahle Trust and known Bfi the Blocker proDerty. Said property is identified as SCfM #100Q- ~7-6-12.1. The totaJ area of the property IS 45:!:: a,eres. The address of the property IS 1005 fakaposa Road in Southold. The property is located within the A-C zon- l' ~~~..~:t~~t:._1]J:~p~zP.;S!);~ ~.a~ ,ftPIlJ;R~j- chase price for the entire 45:J: acre par- cel is $8.000,000 (eight million dollars) and the purchase will be funded by the Town's Community Preservation Fund and the County of Suffolk in a 50%/50% partnership which will include the pur- chase price and any related acquisition costs associated with the purchase of this property. The Town has made ap- plication to, and the Town may become eligible for grant funding from, the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. The property is listed on the Town's "^~~""',,, P''''''''''"'''l!Y'OlW'EIfm THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF SOUTHOLD Elizabeth Neville Town Clerk ~[f)WJ ':":'~"':" \ :':='.~.\'.:'. ',~':" .'\-.v "'.'~L'C-":"'.\"''': C'': '1::\\1 '...:,~~;( 1\',~. 2~ .V~:>:',; ['::;-:;:';:'1 t.>,,:,,,,,,,,:,,::: :'" S~;~',,:,"; C>:'_,....~.. -~(V'~"",.. " ".,., "',"'.:":.<:;!~ ,...,...;....,...'G../ :::'3, 7. ~ ~ 8621-lT 11/29 OFFICE WCATION: Town Hall Annex 54375 State Route 25 (cor. Main Rd. & Youngs Ave.) Southold, NY 1fti'; PH 750 I'm /;1.-'1-07 MAIUNG ADDRESS: P.O. Box 1179 Southold, NY 11971 Telephone: 631 765-1938 Fax: 631 765-3136 1 LOCAL WATERFRONT REVITALIZATION PROGRAM COORDINATOR TOWN OF SOUTHOLD To: Town of Southold Town Board Kieran Corcoran, Assistant Town Attm/ Mark Terry, LWRP Coordinator~ Principal Planner From: . Date: November 30, 2007 Re: Fee title purchase of properties owned by Julius Blocker Revocable Trust aIkIa the Blocker Parcel SCTM #1000-87-6-12.1. This proposal is for the fee title purchase of the 45 :l: property SCTM #1000-87-6-12.1. owned by Julius Blocker Revocable Trust alkla the Blocker property. The proposed acquisition is for the Town of Southold, in a joint 50%/50% partnership with the County of Suffolk, to acquire fee title to the entire 451 acres for open space purposes. . Based upon the information provided on the Local Waterfront Revitalization Program (L WRP) Consistency Assessment Form submitted to this department, the proposed action is CONSISTENT with the policy standards and therefore is CONSISTENT with the LWRP. Please contact me at (631) 765-1938 if you have any questions regarding the above recommendation. Cc: Melissa Spiro, Land Preservation Coordinator LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING . NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 185 (Open Space Preservation) and Chapter 17 (Community Preservation Fund) of the Town Code, the Town Board of the Town of South old hereby sets Tuesdav. December 4. 2007. at 7:50 p.m.. South old Town Hall. 53095 Main Road. Southold. New York as the time and place for a public hearinl!: for the purchase of property from The Nature Conservancv. contract vendee of the property owned bv Julius Blocker Revocable Trust, and known as the Blocker property. Said property is identified as SCTM #1000-87-6-12.1. The total area of the property is 45010 acres. The address of the property is 1005 Takaposa Road in Southold. The property is located within the A-C zoning district. The property has approximately 596010 of road frontage on Main Bayview Road and 50010 of road frontage on Watersedge Way. The property is currently accessed by Takaposa Road that is located on the southerly side of Main Bayview Road approximately 400 feet west ofthe intersection of Jacobs Lane and Main Bayview Road in Southold. The property shares an easterly boundary line with a filed subdivision map known as "Bay Haven" and common boundaries with five individual parcels now or formerly owned by Margaret McNamara, Ralph L. & Elaine B. Panella, Theodore Zang, Spiridon & Letta Kouzios and Harford Living Trust. The property also has approximately 3200010 feet of shoreline along Corey Creek and approximately 2480010 feet of shoreline on Hog Neck Bay. . The proposed acquisition is for the Town of Southold, in a joint 50%/50% partnership with the County of Suffolk, to acquire fee title to the entire 45:t acres known as the Blocker property for open space purposes. The exact area of the purchase is subject to survey. The purchase price for the entire 45:t acre parcel is $8,000,000 (eight million dollars) and the purchase will be funded by the Town's Community Preservation Fund and the County of Suffolk in a 50%/50% partnership which will include the purchase price and any related acquisition costs associated with the purchase of this property. The Town has made application to, and the Town may become eligible for grant funding from, the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. The property is listed on the Town's Community Preservation Project Plan as property that should be preserved for open space. The purpose ofthis acquisition is for open space protection and passive recreational purposes. Proposed uses of the property may include the establishment of a nature preserve, passive recreational area with trails and limited parking for access purposes, all subject to a Management Plan which will be developed for this property. The Land Preservation Coordinator has review the acquisition in accordance with Chapter 117 (Transfer of Development Rights) of the Code of the Town of Southold, Section 117-5. Sanitary flow credits are not available for transfer from this acquisition as it is a joint purchase with the County of Suffolk and the County regulations do not allow for transfer. FURTHER NOTICE is hereby given that a more detailed description ofthe 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. Dated: November 20, 2007 BY ORDER OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF SOUTHOLD Elizabeth Neville Town Clerk . PLEASE PUBLISH ON NOVEMBER 29. 2007. AND FORWARD ONE (1) AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION TO ELIZABETH NEVILLE. TOWN CLERK. TOWN HALL. PO BOX 1179, SOUTHOLD. NY 11971. Copies to the following: The Suffolk Times Land Preservation Town Board Members Town Clerk's Bulletin Board Town Attorney . STATE OF NEW YORK) SS: COUNTY OF SUFFOLK) ELIZABETH A. NEVILLE, Town Clerk of the Town of South old, New York being duly sworn, says that on the ~ day of Jlol1eW.~y ,2007, she affixed a notice of which the annexed printed notice is a true copy, in a proper and substantial manner, in a most public place in the Town of South old, Suffolk County, New York, to wit: Town Clerk's Bulletin Board, 53095 Main Road, Southold, New York. Blocker Public Hearing 12/4/077:50 pm . n~A~ 0 nhu'lt~ lizabeth A. Neville Southold Town Clerk . Sworn before ~\ this I / ~~~ tary Public LYNDA M. BOHN NOTARY PUBLIC, State of New York No. 01 B06020932 Qualified in Suffolk County Term Expires March 8, 20 ~ . . Southold Town Board - Letter Board Meeting of November 20, 2007 RESOLUTION 2007-901 ADOPTED Item # DOC ID: 3337 THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION NO. 2007-901 WAS ADOPTED AT THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE SOUTHOLD TOWN BOARD ON NOVEMBER 20, 2007: RESOLVED that pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 185 (Open Space Preservation) and Chapter 17 (Community Preservation Fund) of the Town Code, the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby sets Tuesdav. December 4. 2007. at 7:50 p.m.. Southold Town Hall. 53095 Main Road. Southold. New York as the time and place for a public hearine for the purchase of property from The Nature Conservancv. contract vendee of the property owned bv Julius Blocker Revocable Trust. and known as the Blocker property. Said property is identified as SCTM #1000-87-6-12.1. The total area of the property is 45* acres. The address of the property is 1005 Takaposa Road in Southold. The property is located within the A-C zoning district. The property has approximately 596* of road frontage on Main Bayview Road and 50* of road frontage on Watersedge Way. The property is currently accessed by Takaposa Road that is located on the southerly side of Main Bayview Road approximately 400 feet west of the intersection of Jacobs Lane and Main Bayview Road in Southold. The property shares an easterly boundary line with a filed subdivision map known as "Bay Haven" and common boundaries with five individual parcels now or formerly owned by Margaret McNamara, Ralph 1. & Elaine B. Panella, Theodore Zang, Spiridon & Letta Kouzios and Harford Living Trust. The property also has approximately 3200X feet of shoreline along Corey Creek and approximately 2480* feet of shoreline on Hog Neck Bay. The proposed acquisition is for the Town of Southold, in a joint 50%/50% partnership with the County of Suffolk, to acquire fee title to the entire 45:t acres known as the Blocker property for open space purposes. The exact area of the purchase is subject to survey. The purchase price for the entire 45:t acre parcel is $8,000,000 (eight million dollars) and the purchase will be funded by the Town's Community Preservation Fund and the County of Suffolk in a 50%/50% Generated November 26, 2007 Page 44 Southold Town Board - Letter Board Meeting of November 20, 2007 partnership which will include the purchase price and any related acquisition costs associated with the purchase of this property. The Town has made application to, and the Town may become eligible for grant funding from, the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. The property is listed on the Town's Community Preservation Project Plan as property that should be preserved for open space. The purpose of this acquisition is for open space protection and passive recreational purposes. Proposed uses of the property may include the establishment of a nature preserve, passive recreational area with trails and limited parking for access purposes, all subject to a Management Plan which will be developed for this property. . The Land Preservation Coordinator has review the acquisition in accordance with Chapter 117 (Transfer of Development Rights) of the Code of the Town of Southold, Section 117-5. Sanitary flow credits are not available for transfer from this acquisition as it is a joint purchase with the County of Suffolk and the County regulations do not allow for transfer. FURTHER NOTICE is hereby given that a more detailed description of the above mentioned parcel ofland 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. P~at~a~~tJ.... Elizabeth A. Neville SouthoId Town Clerk RESULT: ADOPTED [UNANIMOUS] MOVER: William P. Edwards, Councilman SECONDER: Albert Krupski Jr., Councilman AYES: Krupski Jr., Edwards, Ross, Wickham, Evans, Russell Generated November 26,2007 Page 45