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HomeMy WebLinkAbout11/22/2004Town of Southold Hamlet Study MEETING MINUTES ORIENT HAMLET STAKEHOLDERS MEETING NOVEMBER 22, 2004 Present: Stakeholders: Linda Sabatino, Roger Tabor, Margaret Minichini and Linton Duell. Non-stakeholders: Patrick Cleary and Phillip Beltz The meeting commenced at 6:20 p.m. Review o£Hamlet Center & Historic Corridor: After reviewing proposed changes from the last meeting to recognize and dedicate an historic corridor, the group decided to expand this concept to include properties to the water and Skipper's Land to create a peninsula, including the park owned by Oysterponds Society. In addition, properties to the east to Fletcher Street will be designated as part of the historic corridor. This designation will not impose any regulations upon these property owners. Hamlet Center Image Elements': An Orient Hamlet Image Map was provided along with descriptions of the five hamlet forms: paths, edges, districts, nodes and landmarks. The group adopted the following suggestion: The country store should be included as a node and landmark. In addition, they did not find the concept of edges to be helpful. HALO Zone: Hamlet Locus (HALO) floating zones are those areas that support residential development outside of hamlet centers. Handouts were provided that described: HALO zone background and purpose, standards and requirements. The concept of the halo zone promotes the ability to save open space in rural/agricultural areas while compensating with increased housing in the halo zone. The creation of halo zoning provides incentives that will yield increased density with a variety of housing types (attached housing, townhouses, garden apartments, accessory apartments, etc.) Consensus was reached that the HALO zone will be limited to the area east of Navy Street to Tabor Street and that properties developed in this area must be single-family homes. Any development would need to reinforce what already exists requiring that roads would need to conform to the existing character of the hamlet center. Within the 1/2 acre the homes could be small and clustered (similar to the village) allowing open space. To reinforce the identity of Orient, development would not be permissible near the gateway to the hamlet center, nor near wetlands. Review o£Ferr~ ParMng Option: Following up from the last meeting, it was agreed that additional parking is necessary to accommodate ferry passengers. This may be accomplished through the construction of parking facilities in Orient Point or outside of the area whereby ferry passengers could be shuttled by bus. Sustainabilit~ Principles: A handout was provided however this was not discussed. It was suggested that group members discuss this amongst themselves at their next meeting. Hamlet Center Issues: Patrick provided the group with a list of "issues" (i.e. strengths and weaknesses) that were recorded from previous meetings. Hamlet Center Goals: This exercise will determine those hamlet center issues listed above that it wishes to: t~reserve, add, remove ort~rohibit. The group will complete the Orient hamlet center goal matrix at its next meeting. Next Meeting Items: The group will reconvene a meeting on Tuesday, December 7th at 7:30 pm at the Orient Firehouse and complete exercises as noted in the minutes. The meeting adjourned at 7:50 pm.