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LAND PRESERVATION COMMITTEE MEETING
Minutes & Discussion Notes from Meeting held
Tuesday, October 13, 2009 at 7:00 p.m.
Members Present: John Sepenoski, Chairman Maureen Cullinane
Chris Baiz, Ray Huntington
Lillian Ball Eric Keil (7:45 p.m.)
Members Absent: Monica Harbes
Also present: Melissa Spiro, Land Preservation Coordinator
Melanie Doroski, Land Preservation Secretary
Al Krupski, Town Board Liaison
Thomas McCarthy, Real Estate Broker
Dick Gillooly, Landowner
Commencement:
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The meeting began at 7:15 p.m. with five LPC members present.
Adoption of Meeting Minutes:
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ACCEPTANCE OF MEETING MINUTES FROM SEPTEMBER 15, 2009 AND SEPTEMBER 29,
2009
MOTION made by Maureen Cullinane, seconded by Chris Baiz, to adopt the September 15, 2009
meeting minutes, as revised.
Motion carried: 5/0
HOLD adoption of 9/29/09 LPC meeting minutes until next meeting.
Applications and Inquiries:
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GILLOOLY PROPERTY
SCTM #: 1000-25-2-20.20 Offered: open space
Location: 950 Tabor Rd, Orient Zoned: R-80 & B (0.61 ac)
Total Acreage: 10.2 acres (GIS10.06) CPF: Yes
Subdividable: Yes F/MWet: 0 acres
Property for sale. Reviewed inquiry from Thomas McCarthy, Broker
Tom McCarthy, real estate broker, and Dick Gillooly, landowner, discussed the Gillooly property with
LPC members. Landowner has property for sale and is exploring options for development or
preservation.
After carefully considering potential development and preservation options, LPC opted not to pursue
preservation options at this time for the following reasons:
The shape of the property makes it hard to farm
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The parcel is located within the Orient HALO that was adopted by the Town Board. The
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Orient HALO is one of the smaller HALO’s and the Town’s purchase would remove potential
for future TDR site which could have been used to preserve farmland in a more desirable
location
Parcel is not contiguous to other farmlands or preserved lands
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The current subdivision code requires clustering on parcels >7 acres. A standard subdivision
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application on this parcel would require clustering with a requirement for at least 60%
subdivision open space in addition to the potential for a requirement for trail purposes. The
Committee discussed that the subdivision code requirement would provide for a public benefit
without spending the Town’s limited financial resources.
Preservation of the property fails to show significant public benefit over and above
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requirements of the subdivision code.
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TPC LLC PROPERTY (Business Name: Beds and Borders)
SCTM #: 1000-127-2-2.1 PDR offered: ?
Location: 550 Route 25, Laurel Zoned: R-80
Total Acreage: 14.8 acres (GIS 14.77) CPF: Yes
Subdividable: Yes F/MWet: 0 acres
New PDR Application.
Landowner is exploring options. Since this property is located close to the Riverhead/Southold Town
boundary line, Melissa was directed to identify any preserved lands nearby within the Town of
Riverhead.
No further discussion until more information is available.
General Land Preservation Items:
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MELISSA SPIRO PRESENTED OVERVIEW OF PROPOSAL TO REVIEW CODE CHAPTER 70,
POLICIES AND EASEMENTS
Melissa is working on proposed recommendations for revision to Chapter 70, LPC policies and
Development Rights Easement templates. Melissa will present information to LPC for discussion at
each LPC meeting. LPC recommendations will be brought to Town Attorney when applicable and
recommendations will be brought to Town Board during the process.
Individual notebooks containing this information will be available to committee members for use at
LPC meetings.
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AGRICULTURAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMO TO TOWN BOARD RE: $4 MILLION
FARMLAND BOND REVIEW AND PREPARE COMMENTS.
HOLD for October 27, 2009 meeting
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MELISSA SPIRO’S CONFIDENTIAL STATUS REPORT AND FINANCIAL SNAPSHOP UPDATE
[executive session re: status of offers]
The members entered into EXECUTIVE SESSION.
Melissa’s confidential status report was distributed and updates on more recent projects were
discussed.
END OF EXECUTIVE SESSION
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JOHN SEPENOSKI REQUEST TO DISCUSS TRAIL SITES HE VISITED
John Sepenoski recently visited trails in Massachusetts and New Hampshire and reported the
following information and recommendations:
Rules posted at other nature trails are very similar to those the Town came up with for Laurel
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Lake indicating that we are going in the right direction with our rules.
Other organizations’ trails are designed to require minimal regular maintenance, e.g. using
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wood chips to reduce the need for regular mowing and routing trails to avoid areas that
require significant maintenance. The Town should consider moving in this direction with its
current trail systems as well as any future systems that we design.
Squam Lakes Association in New Hampshire makes their regular maintenance of trails the
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priority so that the trails are always in good condition for visitors but also picks one “focus
area” each year to conduct additional work, e.g. rerouting a trail, building a boardwalk,
creating a new trail, etc. They also put a lot of thought into their plans before approving them
in order to avoid additional costs and unnecessary work (e.g. designing a boardwalk to allow
for the posts sinking into the wetland). The Town should move in this direction and focus on
particular preserves and projects with a commitment to implementing these projects instead
of budgeting some funds on each of our preserves for generic projects in case it works out
that we have time during the year to do the work in question.
Informational:
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ESTATE OF DROSKOSKI PROJECT
Town Board Public Hearing scheduled for Tuesday, October 20, 2009 at 4:45 p.m.
Next Regular Meeting:
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The next regular meeting will be held on Tuesday, October 27, 2009, at 7:00 p.m., in the Annex
Executive Board Room.
Adjournment:
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The meeting was adjourned at 9:43 p.m. by the six attending LPC members.
Respectfully submitted by Melanie Doroski, Land Preservation Committee Secretary