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JOINT MEETING ON THE MASTER PLAN
July 13, 1966
A joint meeting om the Town and Village Boards and respective
Planning Board was held at the Supervisor's Office, 16 South
Street, Greenport, at 8:00P.M., Wednesday, July 13, 1966.
There were present: Mayor Arthur Levine; Trustee Samuel
Katz; Harry Monsell, Bernard Van Popering, Jr., Village Planning
Board; Howard Quinn, New York State Department of Commerce;
Richard May and Harry Weinroth, Raymond & May Associates;
Town Attorney RObert Tasker; Lawrence Tuthill, P.E. Consultant~
John Wickham, Henry Moisa, Town Planning Board; Howard Terry,
Building Inspector.
Several members of both the Planning Boards were absent
due to illness.
The meeting was opened at 8:00 P.M., by Mayor Levine, acting
Chairman.
Mr. Weinroth posted and displayed colored land use maps
of the Village of Greenport showing the business, industrial,
and residential uses. This map needs some more minor additions
and corrections. It was used for discussion of the housing
studies done in the Village by Raymond and Mayas well as
the census bureau.
Mr. May stated that Mr. Weinroth is leaving Raymond and
May Associates to take over as the Planning Director for the
City of Lawrence, Mass., in the near future, but will be avail-
able for a while longer.
Mr. Bruce Wilkins of the Cornell Staff will be featured at
the August 10, 1966 meeting with a report on the commercial
fishing study they have done. An invitation is to be sent
to Rev. Arthur Bryant to be present at this session.
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Mr. May expects most of the program to be finished by the
end of this year so that all heaDhgs, etc., can be completed
before June, 1967. Anew planning expert will be assigned to
our project by September when our land use map is completed
and the new revised subdivision regulations will be ready
for distriBution. ~ Mr. May also wants to start wOEk on
the new Zoning Ordinance for the Town in September.
Mr. Weinrtoh distriButed copies of Memo #11 - Housing
Study and Neighborhood Analysis Reprot for the Village of
Greenport. Mr. May discussed this preliminary report and
wanted everyone to read it carefully before taking any action
on it. He explained how they did the survey in areas 1 and
2 shown on a map in this report, and what they found.
Mr. Weinroth explained how they evaluated the buildings,
their occupancy and structural condition. Inarea 1, there
is one particular section of deficient housigg is the Ludlam
Place viCinity. They entered every 4th deficient dwelling
and interviewed the tennants. There were very few refusals
to cooperate. Some figures on income of tennants and rents
paid to landlords were obtained from the Suffolk County Welfare
Department.
Lack of central hea~ing was the largest complaint of
tennants in both area one and~o.
The waterfront study will be done as a separate item.
This has been started but not complete as of now.
The streets are generaly adequate for present population
and use. Area two - approximately 150 house, 55% were fair
conditions or below with 74% non white population, 26% white
population with more home owners than tennants.
The roads are ~ adequate for present population and use
and there are a few more homes in this area.
Mr. May asked for question fxom the floor. Very few
responsed. Mr. Weinroth recommended that the Village look
into all of the auailable programs for financial assistance
to improve these areas. He stressed other programs than
urban renewal. This lead to a general discussion of various
possibilities and methods of rehabiliation and public
improvements.
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Mr. Weinroth displayed the Town land use map in color.
This will be complete for the September meeting.
There was some discussion on the new revised town
subdivision regulations. These are now ready for printing
and will nave some copies for the September meeting.
Mayor Levine offered a resolution thanking Harry
Weinrtoh for his work for both the Village and the Town to
date and wishing hims success in his new position with the
City of Lawrence, Mass. This was passed unamiously.
The minutes of the last meeting were approved.
The next regular meeting on the Master plan will be held
at 7:30 P.M., Wednesday, August 10, 1966, at the Office of
the Supervisor, 16 South Street, Greeport, New York.
The meeting was adjourned at 9:35 P.M.
Respectfully submitted,
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Howa~d M. Terry, Secretary Pto Tern