HomeMy WebLinkAboutLP-12/15/1992LAND PRESERVATION COMMITTEE MEETING
MINUTES OF DECEMBER 15, 1992
Present were:
Art Ross, Chairman
Dick Ryan, Member
Gerry Dennehy, Member
Bud Cybulski, Member
Doug McGahan, Member
Ruth Oliva, Member
The Minutes of the November 17, 1992 meeting stand as read.
Art began the meeting by reading an article that Bud Cybulski submitted
from the "Common GoUnd." Does Farmland Protection Pay?--a new report
by the American Farmland Trust--summarizes two years of research in
three Massachusetts communities on the comparative economics of preser-
vation and residential development. The report finds that farm and open
lands absorb only 33¢ in government services for every dollar in taxes
they generate. Residential development, on the other hand, reverses
the flow of funds, requiring $1.12 inservices for every tax dollar gen-
erated.
Old Business:
The balance in the Farmland fund according to Mr. Cushman is $763,853.91.
Fort Corchaug - The Town Board reports that representatives of the Town
Board, the Planning Board, the Land Preservation Committee and the Town
Attorney's office will meet to discuss Fort Corchaug. Art read the letter
Mr. Baxter sent to him on December 8th amending his offer to the Town by
offering 30 acres, rather than 21.7 acres, at no increase in the proposed
price of $1,000,000. The committee studied the new map sent to Art from
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Mr. Baxter. Art will write to Mr. Baxter re: his letter of December 8th.
The committee, after thorough discussion, recommends to the Town Board
the purchase of the following properties:
Hope T. Gillispie and Diana Alford
Tax Map No. 1000-20-1-2
Main Road, Orient
28 acres - $13,500 per acre
Total - $270,000.00
Catherine Simicich
Tax Map No. 1000-113-7-19.22
Bergen Avenue, Mattituck
30 acres - $10,000 per acre
Total - $300,000.00
Spectacle Ridge, Inc.
Tax Map No. 1000-84-1-p/o 2
Oregon Road, Cutchogue
18.7918 acres - $9,976.00 per acre
Total - $187,467.00
Committee member John Simicich took no part in the committee's decisions
concerning these recommendations.
With no further business to discuss, the meeting was adjourned at 9:15 p.m.
lly submitted~ ~
Wilkins, Secretary
Southold Town Land Preservation Committee