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HomeMy WebLinkAbout09/21/1966 . . , M1.NUTE~ JOINT MEETING ON THE MASTER PIAN September 21, 1966 A joint meeting on the Master Plan was held at the Office of the Supervisor, 16 South~Street, Greenport, New York, at 7:30 P.M., on Wednesday, September 21, 1966. TIere were present: Herbert Kalin and Samuel Katz, of the Village Board; John Sherwood, Chairman, Harry Monsell, Dr. Leo Goldin of Village Planning Bca rd. Robert Tasker, Town Attorney; Raymond Dean, Sup't. of Highways and public works; Lawrence Tuthill, P.E.; Robert W. Gillispie, Jr., Chairman Town Board of Appeals; John Wickham,Chairman, Henry Moisa, Alf~d Grebe, William Unkelbach of Town Planning Board; Howard Terry, Building Inspector. Mr. Ernest Whitlock and Ralph Haestadt of Malcolm Pirnie Engineers; RiChard May, Jr of Raymond & may Associates; Robert Villa, P.E., of Suffolk County Department of Health. Mr. Howard Quinn, of New York State Department of Commerce called that he was unable to attend this meeting. The meeting was opened at 7:50 P.M., by John Wickham, Acting Chairman. A motion was made, seconded and carried, theminutes of the last meeting on the Master Plan be approved as sent out. The meeting was turned over to Mr. May, who gave copies of the land use maps to both the Town and Village Planning Boards. He is furnishing a complete ' set of both to the State Department of Commerce Office, as required by the contract. Mr. May distributed several bulletins to Both boards; capital improvement programs, school requirements, proposed new zoning Ordinance frame work, and recreation standards. He went over each of the bulletins and explained each and the usual procedure to be followed in each case. -. . . Joint Meeting on the Master Plan -2- September 21, 1966 John Wickham questioned the part a~gned to the Planning Board in the capital improvement program. Mr. May esplained this is the trend now and will soon be required by law; and is now if there is an urban renewal program for the municapality. Mr. May had and went through an evaluation booklet on both the Town and Village present Zoning Ordinances. It was his opinon that it would be better to write a new Ordinance in each case than try to amend the present Ordinances. He urged all to read the evaluation bulletin and the frame work proposed for a new Ordinance so that when his revisions of the Ordinaace are ready we can make the adjustments quickly. Mr. May recommended that the Master Plan itself be complfted and hold hearings etc., before the new Zoning Ordinances are put before the public. He stated that Zoning governs the use of ~ private lands, and most of the law governing zoning has come from court decisions on Zoning Appeal cases, etc/ There was some discussion on special exceptions and special permits. This is to be held over until work on the Ordinance reaches this point. It was decided to hold the next meeting on October 19, 1966, in two separate sessions. The village Planning Board is to meet at 4:30 P.M., and the Town is to meet at 7:30 P.M., of that day to wo=k on Ordinances for each municapality separately. At 9:50 P.M., Mr. Whitlock took over the meeting to give and additional report on his water survey. He stated that we are up against a very serious condition. The amount of our water is very limited. We are using an average of 5,000,000 gallons per day. Thereis no "outside" source of water, it all comes from rainfall. We had an average of 44 inches per year over a long period of time, but it is 33 inches or less far the past three years. OUr water table is now at its lowest point on record. The other lowest points on record were in 1950's and the 1930's. He compared water use for irrigation to a population use. On the present level of use, irrigation water would support five people per acre. He restated our water table is better fueher inland and further west in the Town and so uplDng Island to Nassau County, where they have nearly a balanced use and supply. . . Joint Mee~ing on the Master Plan -3- September 21, 1966 Orient is now down to about one foot above sea level. B If theEe is much residential developement there, the use of irrigation will have to be curtailed or restricted. Mr. Whitlock showed the ~ map with the water table chart and well readings that he is keeping records of. These cover various locations throughout the Town. Mr. Villa discussed the new County Test Well program and the plans of the County Water Authority to supply water from the west central partof the County to the East. There was some ~ discussion on planning development to fit the water supply and on a probable distribution pattern. The meeting was adjourned at 10:20 P.M. Respectfully submitted, ~-0-Lcf {-t:-~ Howard Terry, Secretary Pro tern . 1~/Y,1. It// ,,-;:::> /J1 ' . j( I, I. /7/ /1 ~t!k<'1 % J/""'" ";;u,l ~> .