HomeMy WebLinkAboutTR-06/20/2012 James F. King, President
Bob Ghosio, Jr., Vice-President
Dave Bergen
John Bredemeyer
Michael J. Domino
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BOARD OF TOWN TRUSTEES
TOWN OF SOUTHOLD
Minutes
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
6:00 PM
Present Were:
Jim King, President
Bob Ghosio, Vice-President
Dave Bergen, Trustee
John Bredemeyer, Trustee
Michael Domino, Trustee
Lauren Standish, Secretarial Assistant
Lori Hulse, Assistant Town Attorney
CALL MEETING TO ORDER
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
NEXT FIELD INSPECTION: July 11, 2012, at 8:00 AM
NEXT TRUSTEE MEETING: July 18, 2012, at 6:00 PM
WORKSESSION: 5:30 PM
APPROVE MINUTES: Approve Minutes of March 21, 2012
TRUSTEE KING: Good evening welcome to our June meeting. Just a
few housekeeping things. We have Wayne Galante here, he takes
the Minutes of the meetings. If you have any comments during the
public hearings, please come up to the microphone and identify
yourself so he can get it on the record. We have Audrey Horton
sitting over there from the Conservation Advisory Council. They
go out and look at many of the applications we have and give us
their input.
We have some cancellations tonight I would like to go over
before we forget them. Page five, number four, J.M.O.
Environmental Consulting on behalf of FISHERS ISLAND YACHT CLUB
requests a Wetland Permit and Coastal Erosion Permit to install
a sub-surface sewage disposal system; existing leaching pool to
be pumped out and filled with sand; new 1,500 gallon septic tank
and a 500 gallon pump station tank to be installed; and new tank
and leaching field. Located: Central Ave., Fishers Island, has
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been postponed.
Page six, number seven, En-Consultants on behalf of WILLIAM
MURPHY & KIMBERLY REECE requests a Wetland Permit to remove and
replace (within footprint and approx. 1' higher) existing
one-story portion and two-story dwelling in place); install a
drainage system of roof drywells, leaders and gutters; construct
a 14'X 24' screened porch in place of and within footprint of
existing deck and a 15'X 26' on-grade masonry terrace in place
of existing 10'X 22' brick terrace; construct various on-grade
stone/masonry walkways in place of and/or in addition to
existing walkways; replace existing timber steps to dock path
and construct new timber steps; construct new stoop in place of
existing stoop; remove existing driveway and install new
pervious gravel driveway; construct 18'X 38' swimming
pool, 7'X 7' spa and 480 square foot on-grade masonry pool
patio; install pool fencing, pool equipment, pool drywell, and
plantings to screen pool; maintain approx. 9,448 square foot
area of natural vegetation adjacent to wetlands as
non-disturbance buffer; and establish approx. 3,440 square foot
area adjacent to non-disturbance buffer as variable width
non-turf buffer. Located: 1652 Bridge Lane, Cutchogue, has been
postponed.
Number ten, Patricia C. Moore, Esq., on behalf of SIMEON &
ELLEN WOOTEN requests a Wetland Permit to construct a covered
walkway (wood or stone) and provide a handicap access to the new
front door. Located: Old Mallory Rd., Fishers Island, is postponed.
Page seven, number sixteen, Costello Marine Contracting
Corp., on behalf of NORA FLOTTERON requests a Wetland Permit to
remove 100' of existing bulkhead and 360 square feet of existing
wood decking; construct 100' of new bulkhead and 360 square feet
of decking in-place; remove approx. 20 cubic yards of sediment
from immediately in front of bulkhead and place as backfill
landward of bulkhead; and repair frame shed (boathouse)
foundation as needed. Located: 1480 Bayberry Rd., Cutchogue, has
been postponed.
And number seventeen, Docko, Inc., on behalf of HIRAM
MOODY, JR., requests a Wetland Permit to construct a 4' wide pile
and timber pier and install an 8'X 20' floating dock with hinged
ramp and associated float restraint piles, boat berthing tie-off
piles, utilities and ladder. The overall length of the pier from
the shore waterward of the high tide line and tidal wetlands
vegetation is 120'. Located: 33 Reservoir Rd., Fishers Island,
has been postponed.
So we won't be addressing those tonight. We'll set the date
for next field inspection, Wednesday July 11, at eight o'clock
in the morning.
TRUSTEE BREDEMEYER: So moved.
TRUSTEE BERGEN: Second.
TRUSTEE KING: All in favor?
(ALL AYES).
TRUSTEE KING: Our next meeting is Wednesday, July 18, at 6:00
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PM, with a work session at 5:30.
TRUSTEE BERGEN: So moved.
TRUSTEE BREDEMEYER: Second.
TRUSTEE KING: All in favor?
(ALL AYES).
TRUSTEE KING: Do I have a motion to approve the Minutes of March
21, 20127
TRUSTEE BERGEN: I'll make the motion to approve the Minutes of
March 21, 2012.
TRUSTEE BREDEMEYER: Second.
TRUSTEE KING: All in favor?
(ALL AYES).
I. MONTHLY REPORT:
The Trustees monthly report for May 2012. A check for $9,726.22 was forwarded to the
Supervisor's Office for the General Fund.
II. PUBLIC NOTICES:
Public Notices are posted on the Town Clerk's Bulletin Board for review.
III. STATE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY REVIEWS:
RESOLVED that the Board of Trustees of the Town of Southold hereby finds that the
following applications more fully described in Section VII Public Hearings Section of the
Trustee agenda dated Wed., June 20, 2012, are classified as Type II Actions pursuant
to SEQRA Rules and Regulations, and are not subject to further review under SEQRA:
They are liSted as follo~vs:
Alexander D. Norden - SCTM#44-1-20
Michelle & Tim McManus - SCTM#118-4-5
Michael Hirschhorn & Jimena Martinez - SCTM#67-1-7
Doug & Kathleen Folts- SCTM#136-1-54
Susan Farrell & Edward D. Fusco - SCTM#49-1-22
Brewer Sterling Harbor - SCTM#36-1-1
Helen & Robert Keith - SCTM#123-10-2
Nicholas Yuelys - SCTM#44-1-19
Pebble Beach Farms Lot Owners Assoc. - SCTM#21-5-10
William Murphy & Kimberly Reece - SCTM#118-1-4.1
Elyse James - SCTM#81-3-1.4
Simeon & Ellen Wooten - SCTM#7-6-11
Elizabeth Gardner- SCTM#47-2-30
John S. White - SCTM#113-9-10.2
Kendall Todd - SCTM#37-5-3
Nora Flotteron - SCTM#118-2-13
TRUSTEE BREDEMEYER: So moved.
TRUSTEE BERGEN: Second.
TRUSTEE KING: All in favor?
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(ALL AYES).
IV. RESOLUTIONS-ADMINISTRATIVE PERMITS:
TRUSTEE KING: Under Resolutions and Administrative Permits, to try and move things
along, we group them together if they are simple and there are no problems, and I would
like to group together number one, two, three, four and five, and approve those in one
shot. They are listed as follows:
Number one, THEODORE PETIKAS requests an Administrative Permit to install
74 linear feet of PVC fence along the existing 50' bulkhead and two (2) 12' bulkhead
returns. Located: 52755 Rt. 48, Southold.
Number two, CATHERINE HEARST requests an Administrative Permit for the
as-built 3.5' fence and 5' fence along both sides of the property lines to the bulkhead.
Located: 1195 Shore Dr., Greenport.
Number three, THOMAS CASSIDY requests an Administrative Permit to
construct a 140 sf. Extension to the existing patio and resurface with on-grade concrete
pavers; add a roof with solar panels and open sides; install a 16' roll-up awning to be
mounted on northern roof line over the patio; replace two concrete pads that abut the
wood ramp and eastern fence line; and for the existing fence and sheds.
Located: 280 Beebe Dr., Cutchogue. -
Number four, BARBARA FITZGERALD requests an Administrative/Ten-Year
Maintenance Permit to hand-cut Common Reed (Phragmites australis) to 12" in height
by hand, as needed. Located: 8915 Soundview Ave., Southold.
Number five, En-Consultants on behalf of ERIC KLODNICKI requests an
Administrative Permit to remove the existing sanitary system located less than 100' from
wetlands (in favor of an upgraded system to be located more than 100' from wetlands);
construct a pervious gravel driveway extension; replace portion of existing asphalt
driveway/parking area with pervious gravel; and install fencing to enclose proposed
swimming pool located more than 100' from wetlands. Located: 165 Sailor's Needle Rd.,
Mattituck.
Do I have a second?
TRUSTEE GHQSIQ: Second.
TRUSTEE KING: All in favor?
(ALL AYES).
TRUSTEE KING: And I would also like to put together number eight
and number nine and approve those, too.
Number eight is ANITA LANG KNOWLTON requests an
Administrative Permit to install a 3' high and 90' long split
rail fence along the property line. Located: 505 Wood Lane, Peconic.
Number nine, Barbara A. Reiter on behalf of KATHLEEN MILNE
requests an Administrative Permit to replace the existing fence
with new 4' high fence located 15' from the wetlands landward.
Located: 3875 Wickham Ave., Mattituck.
TRUSTEE GHOSIO: Second.
TRUSTEE KING: All in favor?
(ALL AYES).
TRUSTEE KING: And number six, JOHN BOYLE requests an
Administrative Permit to provide access to a right-of-way by
removing trees and planting grass. Located: 24435 Route 25, Orient.
This is found inconsistent. The action was conducted
without the benefit of a permit. I guess that's the primary
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reason. CAC didn't get down there. We all went down and looked
at it. It's a long right-of-way down to The Sound, the beach and
The Sound. The only stipulation we would like to put on this,
we'll approve it, but the last 50 feet of it, they had like a
little turnaround right down near the wetlands. We would like to
see the last 50 feet of this right-of-way left in an undisturbed
condition. Let it naturalize. Other than that I don't think
anybody had an issue. So I would make that motion.
TRUSTEE DOMINO: Second.
TRUSTEE KING: All in favor?
(ALL AYES).
TRUSTEE GHOSIO: Number seven, CHRISTINE RIVERA requests an
Administrative Permit to place 12"X 12" signs on the existing
split-rail fence. Located: 250 Sound Beach Dr., Mattituck.
TRUSTEE BERGEN: Only one sign is to be posted per hundred linear feet.
TRUSTEE KING: Okay. And it can't be more than 12x12, right?
TRUSTEE BERGEN: Yup. 12x12, only on split-rail fence.
TRUSTEE GHOSIO: So just to be clear, the code says we can have
it on the fence and it has to be more than 100 feet between the signs.
TRUSTEE KING: So I believe she has a sign down at the end. She
could have another sign 100 feet landward of the existing sign.
TRUSTEE GHOSIO: Would you like to make that motion?
TRUSTEE KING: Yes, I'll make that motion to approve number
seven, Administrative Permit to place 12"x12" signs on the
existing split-rail fence. This is our famous fence on the west
side of the Mattituck Inlet. There has been a lot of controversy
about it because it goes down on to the beach. By code we can
allow a fence to within ten feet of the ordinary high water
mark. This fence meets those specifications. And we can also
allow a sign, or more than one sign if they are 100 feet apart.
And I believe there is a sign at the seaward end of this fence,
so this means she can put another sign 100 feet landward of
that. And I believe the reason was she wants to post it because
there are cameras and it's under surveillance now. So I would
make that motion to approve as long as it's at least 100 feet
landward of the existing sign.
TRUSTEE DOMINO: Second.
TRUSTEE KING: All in favor?
(ALL AYES).
TRUSTEE KING: Number ten, Patricia C. Moore, Esq., on behalf of
PETER COSOLA requests an Administrative Permit to trim the
vegetation landward of the bulkhead; plant evergreens along the
property lines; as-built patio and walkways; and 4'X 5' outdoor
shower enclosure. Located: 430 West Shore Dr., Southold.
We just have some questions on this. It was found
inconsistent because the as-built does not conform to 275-6.
It's a patio that doesn't need an engineer certificate, so.
MS. MOORE: Are we talking about the stone patio?
MS. HULSE: Pat, this is not a public hearing.
MS. MOORE: No, no, I'm just trying to get an understanding --
MS. HULSE: I know, but there is no opportunity for comment.
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MS. MOORE: If he has a question, don't you want me to answer it?
MS. HULSE: Not until they recognize you and ask you.
MS. MOORE: All right.
MS. HULSE: If they need to ask you, I suppose they would.
MS. MOORE: I thought he was.
TRUSTEE BERGEN: Okay, I see it.
MS. MOORE: Did you answer your question?
TRUSTEE BERGEN: As I interpret it, the inconsistency is with the
part of the application to trim vegetation landward of the
bulkhead. In other words, on the bluff. That he's finding that
action as inconsistent. And I know we've had questions before
when people had said we'll trim the vegetation and then --
TRUSTEE KING: What does trim mean.
TRUSTEE BERGEN: Yes. And then come back and sometimes people
just do a couple of weeds or plants and some people clearcut the
bluff saying that they trimmed it. So I think we have to
clarify that and we need to bring it into consistency. Or
eliminate that part of the application and bring it into consistency.
MS. MOORE: Would you prefer I just have him give you a letter
explaining what he plans to do? Because I think he's
landscaping in there, trimming, to make it denser --
MS. HULSE: Pat, if this turns into a public hearing, for your
own client's protection, it will have to be noticed. So if you
turn this into a public hearing, it will have to be adjourned
and re-noticed.
MS. MOORE: No, I'm trying to answer a question.
MS. HULSE: They are not asking you a question. Let them ask you
a question otherwise you'll go into the danger zone with this.
TRUSTEE GHOSIO: I'm just pointing out on the picture here, he's
trimming vegetation on the bluff. He's going to be removing the
dead tree stump from the tree which he already removed, from the
tree which was a few feet from the edge of the bluff. That's on
this diagram. A lot of this work is already done.
TRUSTEE BERGEN: Since the code allows for normal horticultural
activity, I would myself feel more comfodable if we just take
that pad out, trim vegetation landward of the bulkhead, and the
rest of it proceed forward under Administrative Permit. That
would bring it into consistency under the LWRP, and if they want
to do more extensive clearing or something else later on, come
on back.
TRUSTEE BREDEMEYER: There were no wetland indicators within that
area behind the bulkhead, it was all domestic vegetation?
TRUSTEE KING: Typical bluff.
TRUSTEE GHOSIO: And they are not showing a ten-foot or any
non-turf buffer at all.
TRUSTEE KING: That's what we recommend in our field notes is to
establish a ten-foot, non-turf buffer, which would help address
the inconsistency.
MS. MOORE: Can you clarify where you want the non-turf buffer?
TRUSTEE KING: Yes, from the top of the bluff landward, ten feet.
MS. MOORE: On the sides of the deck?
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TRUSTEE KING: Yes.
MS. MOORE: I'm just trying to visualize what's there, so. You
have a picture of it in the back. Yes, I mean, if that doesn't
make --
TRUSTEE GHOSIO: It doesn't go very far landward at all. In fact
he puts it here. It's two-and-a-half feet from the edge of the bluff.
TRUSTEE KING: So we want a ten-foot buffer along the top of the
bluff. It would be in front of this about six-and-a-half, seven
feet. Because the deck extends partially up on to the lawn.
MS. MOORE: So you want them to landscape on this side of the
deck, the landward side?
TRUSTEE BERGEN: Put a buffer in, yes. Non-turf buffer.
MS. MOORE: Okay, fine. So it will be up to him. Okay, fine.
TRUSTEE KING: So what I would like to do is move this along.
I'll make a motion to approve number ten, Patricia Moore on
behalf of Peter Cosola. We'll remove the statement "to trim
vegetation." That will be taken out of this. There is to be no
trimming of the vegetation on the bluff unless he comes in to us
at a later date with some sort of plan showing us what he wants
to do. The as-built patio and walkway we'll approve, and outdoor
shower is fine. And we'll stipulate this to be a ten-foot,
non-turf buffer established along the top of the bluff, for this
to be approved. And we would like to see that shown on the
drawing. And that should take care of it.
TRUSTEE BERGEN: That would bring it into consistency with the
LWRP.
TRUSTEE KING: And that would bring it into consistency. We
removed that and we added a non-turf buffer. That's my motion.
TRUSTEE DOMINO: I'll second it.
TRUSTEE KING: All in favor?
(ALL AYES).
V. APPLICATIONS FOR EXTENSIONS/TRANSFERS/ADMINISTRATIVE
AMENDMENTS:
TRUSTEE KING: Under applications for extensions, transfers and
administrative amendments, once again, if they are simple and
not controversial, we can group them together. I would like to
group together one, two, three, four, five and six and make a
motion to approve those. They are listed as follows:
Number one, ARTHUR R. TORELL requests the last One-Year
Extension to Wetland Permit ¢7143 as issued on July 22, 2009 and
Amended on May 21, 2010. Located: 365 Westwood Lane, Greenport.
Number two, Costello Marine Contracting Corp., on behalf of
SHEILA PATEL requests a One-Year Extension to Wetland Permit
¢7351 and Coastal Erosion Permit ¢7351C, as issued on
July 21, 2010. Located: 19965 Soundview Ave., Southold.
Number three, Garrett A. Strang on behalf of MARTIN &
ELIZABETH O'REILLY requests a One-Year Extension to Wetland
Permit ¢7383, as issued on August 18, 2010. Located: 1420
Truman's Path, East Marion.
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Number four, Garrett A. Strang on behalf of MARTIN &
ELIZABETH O'REILLY requests a One-Year Extension to Wetland
Permit #7382, as issued on August 18, 2010, and an Amendment
to Wetland Permit #7382 to relocate the proposed garage to the
north side of the dwelling, reducin9 the area required for
driveway and parking; add steps to grade from the deck on the
west side of the dwelling, which will project 3' beyond the
original footprint; add steps to grade and a bilco entry door to
the basement on the east side of the dwelling, which will
project beyond the original footprint; and to construct a 14'X
20' 9arden shed off the southeast corner of the dwelling.
Located: 1420 Truman's Path, East Marion.
Number five, LARS TORKELSEN requests an Administrative
Amendment to Wetland Permit #2093 to include the existing 9'X
15' platform attached to the existing permitted dock. Located:
1130 Glenn Rd., Southold.
And number six, SCOTT AMBROSIO requests an Amendment to
Administrative Permit #7705A to include the installation of a
gravel driveway/storage area. Located: 1940 Mason Dr., Cutchogue.
TRUSTEE BREDEMEYER: Second.
TRUSTEE KING: All in favor?
(ALL AYES).
TRUSTEE GHOSIO: Number seven, OLD ORCHARD HOMEOWNERS ASSOC.
Requests an Administrative Amendment to Wetland Permit #7464 and
Coastal Erosion Permit #7464C to include the beach seatin9
on the deck, install barrier and terrace to stop erosion, and
provide for small boat storage. Located: 550 South Lane, East Marion.
I think we postponed this just to 9et some more information
last month, right?
TRUSTEE BREDEMEYER: Yup.
TRUSTEE GHOSIO: The Board has been out there and we have taken a
look at it. I think by virtue of the fact that there is room and
placement in front of the bulkhead that's there, to put kayak
racks, was the Board's feeling we don't really want to allow
kayaks up on that planted area there, or any other kind of
storage. Aside from that, the only other notes I have here is
the Board really didn't have a problem with the beach seating on
the deck but we did note there was quite a bit of erosion on the
side by the stairs and we would like to see that get addressed
at some point. Aside from that I think we are ready to move on
this, right?
TRUSTEE KING: Yes.
TRUSTEE GHOSIO: So I would like to make a motion to approve the
application.
TRUSTEE KING: And the boat storage is to be on the bulkhead or
the seaward side of the bulkhead.
TRUSTEE GHOSIO: That's right. And the boat storage is to be on
the bulkhead or on the seaward side of the bulkhead. So we'll
remove that from this. And not allow for the boat storage on
top. Do I have a second?
TRUSTEE BREDEMEYER: Second.
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TRUSTEE KING: All in favor?
(ALL AYES).
MR. FLANAGAN: I'm Ed Flanagan, the president of the association.
The erosion that was described was the aftermath of the
bulkhead, putting in the staircase and the loose soil. At the
last meeting it was described as don't do anything until you get
out and looked at it. It's a dangerous situation in that the
erosion at the head of the stairs, and people have to sort of,
if they want to go on the beach, go around that area. We would
like to refilt the area, which is part of the original
construction. Do we have to permission to do that?
TRUSTEE KING: We don't have an issue with that. I think what you
really need is a drywell somewhere in the right-of-way to
contain that runoff.
MR. FLANAGAN: We are prepared to do that, but when we were told
don't do anything, we just sat on our hands.
TRUSTEE BERGEN: Sure. Because we really noticed that runoff
starts on the road and coming all the way down the road. So as
Jim said, we would really encourage you to come in with a plan
to put drywells in or something to help catch that water,
prevent it from getting down there and causing all the damage.
MR. FLANAGAN: We have a contractor providing all the information
for us to go ahead and do that. But again, we held up on everything.
TRUSTEE KING: The easiest thing for you might be, we can go
ahead and tell you go ahead and fill in that danger spot around
the stairs but if you want to put a drywell in say a hundred
feet landward, then it would be out of our jurisdiction and you
don't need any permits for that.
MR. FLANAGAN: I think we maybe need it in two places. I think
where it comes off the road and then in the vicinity of the
stairways, because the downhill --
TRUSTEE KING: So it's within our jurisdiction and we would give
you an Administrative Permit to do that.
MR. FLANAGAN: Thank you, very much.
TRUSTEE KING: You're welcome
MR. JONES: Excuse me, I'm Jack Jones --
TRUSTEE BERGEN: We have already closed this. We finished that.
We already voted on it.
MR. JONES: I couldn't jump up any faster than I did.
MS. HULSE: The Board has already made a decision on this and
this is not the subject of a public hearing. So these comments
are not part of this application or accepted as part of the hearing.
MR. JONES: Is there any appeal process we can pursue?
MS. HULSE: Sorry?
MR. JONES: Is there an appeal process?
MS. HULSE: Yes, you can appeal to the Town Board or you can
retain an attorney and file an Article 78 against the Board of
Trustees of the Town.
MR. FLANAGAN: You mentioned an Administrative Permit --
MS. NULSE: Sir, the hearing is closed. I'm sorry, I'm not trying
to be rude, but none of this is getting on the Minutes or getting
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into the application.
MR. FLANAGAN: You mentioned an Administrative Permit, I don't
know what process --
MS. HULSE: There is no public hearing so really this testimony
is after, it's already been closed, so it's not made part of
this record.
MS. MOORE: They just want to add the drywell --
MS. HULSE: Pat, seriously? I'm trying to assist because this is
not helpful to their cause. This is not made part of the record, sir.
MR. FLANAGAN: Okay, thank you.
TRUSTEE BERGEN: Number eight, DEBORAH PENNEY requests an
Administrative Amendment to Wetland Permit #7643 to install a
generator and three (3) air conditioner units along in the sides
of the dwelling; solar panels onto the roof of the dwelling;
patio with walkways; driveway; and a 5' non-turf buffer instead
of the required 20' non-turf buffer. Located: 160 Sailor's
Needle Rd., Mattituck.
The Board did go out and looked at this. We had no problem
with the request for installing a generator and three
air-conditioning units alongside the building, and the solar
panels on the roof. We have no problems with the patio, walkway
and driveway. We did not agree with a five-foot, non-turf buffer
instead of 20-foot, non-turf buffer because this is, the lot
coverage on this lot from this structure between the house and
patio and everything else is very, very large and so we feel
it's even more reason to maintain a 20-foot, non-turf buffer.
So with this particular application I would make a motion to --
TRUSTEE KING: I hate to interrupt you but the 20-foot non-turf
buffer was 9 requirement from ZBA for approval of this lot for
the changes from the size of the house and everything. So we
can't go and change that. That was imposed by ZBA as part of the
process for getting approval through the ZBA. So that's a done
deal. We can't change that anyway. We would not, even if we
wanted to, but we can't.
TRUSTEE BERGEN: Okay. So with that I'll make a motion to approve
Deborah Penney's request for an Administrative Amendment to
Wetland Permit #7643 to install generator and three outside
air-conditioning units along the sides of the dwelling, solar
panels on the roof of the dwelling, patio with walkways and
driveway. And deny the requested increase in the size of the
non-turf buffer.
TRUSTEE DOMINO: I'll second that.
TRUSTEE KING: All in favor?
(ALL AYES).
VI. MOORINGS:
TRUSTEE KING: Okay, we have a number of requests for moorings. Most of them are
stakes. I don't think there is an issue with any ever them. There are seven listed here.
They are listed as follows:
Number one, JAMES MICHTA requests a Mooring Permit in Narrow River for a
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20' boat, replacing Mooring #HB-10. Access: Public.
Number two, JOHN McLINSKEY requests a Stake Permit in Narrow River for a 14'
boat, replacing Stake #9. Access: Public.
Number three, WALTER J. STROHMEYER, JR., requests a Stake Permit in Narrow
River for a 9' boat, replacing Stake #31. Access: Public.
Number four, DENA ZEMSKY requests a Stake Permit in Narrow River for a 12' boat,
replacing Stake #26. Access: Public.
Number five, WILLIAM VVYSOCKI requests a Stake Permit in Narrow River for a 16'
boat, replacing Stake #24. Access: Public.
Number six, JEFFREY WlLKE requests a Mooring Permit in Jockey Creek for a 26'
boat, replacing Mooring #JC-20. Access: Private.
And number seven, MARK SZYNAKA requests a Mooring Permit in Town Creek for a
19' boat, replacing Mooring #970. Access: Public.
I'll make a motion to approve one through seven under Moorings.
TRUSTEE BREDEMEYER: Second.
TRUSTEE KING: All in favor?
(ALL AYES).
TRUSTEE KING: Ill make a motion to go off our regular meeting
and on to our public hearings section.
TRUSTEE GHOSIO: Second.
TRUSTEE KING: All in favor?
(ALL AYES).
MR. CASSIDY: Can I ask a question? I was approved -- Thomas Cassidy. I'm
wondering what the time limit is on getting the permit.
TRUSTEE BERGEN: Just contact the office tomorrow and they can
give you an idea approximately when they might have it ready for you.
MR. CASSIDY: Thank you.
TRUSTEE BERGEN: You're welcome.
VII. PUBLIC HEARINGS:
AMENDMENTS:
TRUSTEE GHOSIO: Under public hearings, amendments, number one,
Costello Marine Contracting Corp., on behalf of SUSAN FARRELL & EDWARD D.
FUSCO requests a Transfer of Wetland Permit #289 from Diana Tendler to Susan
Farrell & Edward d. Fusco, as issued on April 24, 1986, and to Amend Wetland Permit
#289 to include the as-built +/- 50 square foot kayak shed along landward side of
bulkhead; remove two (2) fallen trees and backfill uprooted area against landward
side of bulkhead with clean sand +/- 1 cubic feet; remove +/- four (4) hollowed
out trees; and remove brush, poison ivy and dead branches along east side of
property. Located: 1750 9th St., Greenport.
This has been found inconsistent by LWRP because the dimensions of the kayak
shed are unclear; the plan lacks a vegetative buffer. And that's pretty much it. The
Conservation Advisory Council has resolved to support the application with the condition
of a ten-foot, non-turf buffer. We have gone out into the field and we saw some of the
issues here, as you can see in the picture. We have issues with trees that are falling
down, presumably since the hurricane, being supported as best they can. There have
been trees there that are dead. They are doing some removal of some trees, hollowed
out trees. In general, we didn't really have an issue with anything that was on here.
Aside from that, stipulating a ten-foot, non-turf buffer certainly would not be out of the
realm of what we should do there, although there is some buffering there already. As
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you can see there is some natural vegetation right there. Once this is repaired you could
put a buffer here to continue what is already here. That would be a good idea.
TRUSTEE KING: I didn't have an issue with a kayak shed there.
That's very small. Nothing to be concerned about in my mind.
TRUSTEE GHOSIO: Is there anybody here who would like to address
this application?
(No response).
Any comments or further questions from the Board?
TRUSTEE KING: I think the buffer is a good idea.
TRUSTEE GHOSIO: I'll make a motion to close the hearing.
TRUSTEE BERGEN: Second.
TRUSTEE KING: All in favor?
(ALL AYES).
TRUSTEE GHOSIO: I'll make a motion to approve the application as
submitted with the addition and stipulation of a ten-foot,
non-turf buffer along the bulkhead, and in doing so it would
bring this into consistency with LWRP.
TRUSTEE BERGEN: Second.
TRUSTEE KING: All in favor?
(ALL AYES).
WETLAND & COASTAL EROSION PERMITS:
TRUSTEE BREDEMEYER: The next hearing, under Wetland and Coastal Erosion,
number one, Jeff A. Zahn, Architect on behalf of ALEXANDER D. NORDEN requests a
Wetland Permit and Coastal Erosion Permit to construct an armor stone wall around an
existing dwelling consisting of (2) rows of 1-3 ton stone and the installation of ten (10)
concrete piers below the dwelling in place of failing Locust posts. Located: 56055 Rt. 48,
Southold.
The LWRP indicates that this project as proposed is inconsistent with LWRP
standards and therefore is inconsistent with the LWRP. The principal structure is a
residential and not water dependent. It's recommended the Board require relocation of
the principal structure landward of the coastal erosion hazard area. The residential
structure does not require a coastal location, the residential use of the property is not
water dependent as discussed and it is recommended the Board require the structure be
located landward of the coastal erosion hazard area. The proposed design of the stone
wall would deflect and funnel away energy from the unarmored property to the west and
potentially decrease flooding and erosion on that property. It is recommended the design
of the stone wall be re-evaluated to reduce adverse impacts to the adjacent properties.
Is there anyone here wishes to speak on behalf of this application or against this
application?
MR. ZAHN: Good evening. Jeff Zahn, I'm the architect.
TRUSTEE KING: What was the Conservation Advisory Council comments on that?
TRUSTEE BREDEMEYER: The Conservation Advisory Council moved not
to support the application, does not support the application because the proposed
activities are not in the Iongterm interest of the community and abutting property owners
and requires an engineered plan.
MR. ZAHN: Sorry, what was that?
TRUSTEE BREDEMEYER: The Conservation Advisory Council did not
support the application because the proposed activities are not
in the Iongterm interest of the community and abutting property
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owners, and requires an engineered plan.
MR. ZAHN: In what way does that adversely affect the property owners adjacent?
TRUSTEE BERGEN: The suggestion was, in his review, that the
construction of the rock wall as proposed might harm the
adjacent property owners. That's what he's suggesting in his review.
MR. ZAHN: In continuing the armor stone from the property to the
east, and we are continuing that armor stone wall around the subject property.
TRUSTEE BERGEN: Audrey, can you help us out a little bit with
where the Conservation Advisory Council was going with their
recommendations?
MS. HORTON: Doug is very concerned about this. It's costing all
these individual homeowners, they are making a little spot, um,
a lot of money. Where if everyone got together and got one plan
that helped the whole thing. But it's like putting your hand
in, your finger in one hole of the dike and it's going to leak
in another spot. And it's his opinion that as things are
getting worse and worse there on The Sound, that if we keep
doing these little spot things we are just kind of throwing
money away, Because it's not enough to hold the whole thing.
So he keeps pushing for a plan that will help everybody.
MR. ZAHN: I understand that to a degree, but as you can see in
this photo, I mean this house is severely in jeopardy of another
storm coming in and possibly washing this away.
TRUSTEE KING: That would be great to get one plan for everybody
and have everybody chip in and pay for it. That doesn't happen
in reality. The reality is this person wants to protect their property and
if they are willing to invest the money in it, I myself can't see holding this up.
MS. HORTON: His plan is, if he just keeps pushing to advertise
it, if everyone can get together we can really get something
that works; that it's only temporary what people are doing and
people are selling them stuff that doesn't work.
TRUSTEE BERGEN: Thank you. I'm also, in the LWRP review, was the
suggestion that the house could be moved back landward of the
coastal erosion hazard line. But I don't know how you could do
that, given the proximity that it is to the road.
MR. LARSEN: Craig Larsen, from Larsen Marine Construction. I'm
the contractor looking to propose installing the stone.
TRUSTEE KING: Can you speak up a little bit?
MR. LARSEN: Jim, when I looked at the project here, basically we
put together an armoring stone system similar to the property
eastward, and we were going to follow that along Alex Norden's
property and run the armoring stone in on the west side, on a
slight angle to his property line. But I've seen in the past,
even with bulkheads, sometimes they armor the return to defuse
the waves before it gets to the cliff base and destroy it. This
is just a complete armoring stone system across the front of the
property. His footings in the front section of this home, in the
few spots, are inches from failing. This house will drop and
fall down and needs to be protected.
TRUSTEE KING: I know. We are very well aware of the problem.
MR. LARSEN: At one point, Jim, on the corner of the house, where
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the entrance door is, there is a section where the existing gas
main running in is exposed. I mean it needs to be protected.
And this is the only way we see fit. When I approached the DEC
and talked to them about installing some sort of a solid wall,
they said, no, they would not have it. But if we put stone,
which is more of a natural substance, they would be okay with it.
TRUSTEE KING: I see.
MR. LARSEN: And we were just following the plan to the east,
thinking it was a good idea.
TRUSTEE BREDEMEYER: And I think amongst a range of alternatives
to this, if you were to let's say compel moving behind the
coastal erosion hazard area line, that would not compel the
construction of the construction of the necessary coastal
fortification, which if anything will knock down wave energy,
and it certainly is not as hard as existing sheer bulkhead
faces, and the circular design will eat a lot of the incident
wave energy. I think the design itself incorporates wave energy
dissipation to the extent that it's an unusual design and I
think it has that valuable feature itself really addresses the
inconsistency. It's not a straight bulkhead line and it's not
even a conventional revetment.
MR. LARSEN: No. And we've got it as close to the toe of the
house as construction will allow, you know.
TRUSTEE BREDEMEYER: Any additional questions or concerns?
(No response).
Ill make a motion to close the hearing in this matter.
TRUSTEE GHOSIO: Second.
TRUSTEE KING: All in favor?
(ALL AYES).
TRUSTEE BREDEMEYER: I would make a motion to approve this
application as submitted, noting that the extensive review of
the Department of Environmental Conservation and their
restrictions and the fact the structure itself is a unique
design feature which incorporates wave dissipation along the
front of the project, that in fact the project meets the coastal
consistency requirements because it applies the best available
control technology that we have to date. So I would move the
application as submitted noting that the various inter-agency,
the various agency requirements put this in good stead with
respect to coastal protection. So moved.
TRUSTEE GHOSIO: Second.
TRUSTEE KING: All in favor?
(ALL AYES).
MR. ZAHN: Should I just drop off the notice of mailings?
TRUSTEE KING: Yes.
TRUSTEE DOMINO: Number two, Anthony Vivona on behalf of PEBBLE
BEACH FARMS LOT OWNERS ASSOCIATION, requests a Wetland Permit
and Coastal Erosion Permit to replace the deteriorated wood
tie retaining wall approx. 115' long with a boulder wall and
replace existing wood tie steps from the top of bluff with stone
steps. Located: 5065 The Long Way, East Marion.
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The LWRP coordinator found this to be consistent. The
Conservation Advisory Council voted to support this permit
application with the condition that there would be adequate
treatment of and interception of road water runoff.
The Trustees during the field inspection discussed a
possible clarification of the dead tree removal. Most of the
project was pretty straightforward. We saw one or two dead trees
and we were concerned that that point should be clarified.
Is there anyone here to speak to this application?
MR. VIVONA: My name is Anthony Vivona, presently the President
of the Pebble Beach Lot Owners Association. From the picture
you see the steps have deteriorated and the wall is deteriorated
and we just ask permission to almost replace inkind, except with
stone steps and natural boulder wall. Two tiers.
TRUSTEE DOMINO: We had the plans for this in the field and we
were comfortable with the application as we saw it. We just,
there were several, there was existing trees along the easterly
side of the stone walkway and we were concerned they remain in
place, that only the dead ones be removed.
MR. VlVONA: I believe we wanted to remove the trees but not the
root system; just to take it down to ground level, if possible.
That's what we had done with the other dead pine trees that were
along there.
TRUSTEE DOMINO: That's only the dead ones, right?
MR. VlVONA: Yes, but the few that are alive, they all have bores
in them and it's only a matter of time before they die.
TRUSTEE BREDEMEYER: They have the bores, the Japanese black
pines, all of them?
MR. VIVONA: Yes, they are all infected.
TRUSTEE DOMINO: Is there anyone else here to speak to this
application?
(No response).
Are there any additional comments from the Board?
TRUSTEE KING: I don't have a huge problem taking those trees
down. Chances are they were planted by someone. They were not
there naturally anyway. It's a possibility they planted them.
TRUSTEE DOMINO: If there are no further comments, I'll make a
motion to close this application.
TRUSTEE BREDEMEYER: Second.
TRUSTEE KING: All in favor?
(ALL AYES).
TRUSTEE DOMINO: I make a motion to approve this application.
TRUSTEE BREDEMEYER: Second.
TRUSTEE KING: All in favor?
(ALL AYES).
MR. VIVONA: Thank you.
TRUSTEE GHOSIO: Number three, Suffolk Environmental Consulting,
Inc., on behalf of MICHAEL HIRSCHHORN & JIMENA MARTINEZ requests
a Wetland Permit and Coastal Erosion Permit to construct a
525.25 square foot second-story addition atop the existing
single-family dwelling; reconstruct railing to the attached rear
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deck; remove 2,260 square feet of concrete padding surrounding
the dwelling and replace with native plantings; and install a
320 square foot wood walkway from the parking area along the
southwestern side of the dwelling to the existing wood walk
around the perimeter of the rear attached deck. Located: 280
Soundview Ave., Peconic.
The Board went out and took a look at this and it's not in
our jurisdiction. So I believe that we are going to make a
resolution here to send them a letter of non-jurisdiction. And
what do we want to do as far as refunding the application fee?
TRUSTEE BERGEN: We could refund the fees.
TRUSTEE KING: We could return part of it. I don't think we could
return the whole thing, because we did go through the process of
advertising and everything. Send them back a hundred; is that okay?
TRUSTEE GHOSIO: It was five-hundred, because it was Wetland and
Coastal Erosion, so --
TRUSTEE KING: Send back half. Because we did go through the
process on it. We went out and looked at it.
TRUSTEE GHOSIO: Ill make a motion we issue a letter of
non-jurisdiction on number three for Hirschhorn and Martinez and
issue a refund of half of the application fee for both the
Wetland permit and Coastal Erosion permit.
TRUSTEE DOMINO: Ill second that.
TRUSTEE KING: All in favor?
(ALL AYES).
WETLAND PERMITS
TRUSTEE KING: Under Wetland Permits, number one, JOHN S. WHITE
requests a Wetland Permit to reconstruct the existing 4'X 56'
fixed wood dock; construct a 4'X 6' landward extension; new 4' X
96' fixed dock extension using Thru-Flow decking; and a 3'X 14'
hinged ramp attached to a 6'X 20' floating dock.
Located: 4324 Westphalia Rd., Mattituck.
Under the LWRP this was found to be consistent. The
Conservation Advisory Council supports the application with the
condition the abandoned floating dock is removed and the walkway
is constructed using grated materials. Open-grate.
Is there anyone here to speak for or against this application?
MR. WHITE: Good evening. John White.
TRUSTEE KING: The only thing we noticed, we have a rule of thumb
here, a policy we pretty aggressively try to keep in place, is
that we try and maintain pier line. And your plans show, if you
draw a line between your neighboring docks, you are a little
seaward of it. We would like to pull you back a little bit to
put you in line with those two docks. In looking at the draft,
you still have plenty of water there. It's not like you'll be
restricted water depth wise.
MR. WHITE: It looks like you had it right up the channel line.
TRUSTEE KING: It's actually right across the channel line. We
would like it brought back in. I could scale it off for you.
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It will need to be pulled in about eight feet.
MR. WHITE: Both of my neighbors are a little bit beyond the
channel line.
TRUSTEE KING: They are shown in the channel is a varying line.
Like I say, we try and keep that. And I think it's important,
for navigation purposes.
MR. WHITE: So that would be an 88 or 90 foot catwalk as opposed
to the 96?
TRUSTEE KING: Yes. As a matter of fact it would be so close at
90 feet, so we'll reduce the length of the catwalk to 90. And
the suggestion was made from the Conservation Advisory Council
to use the open-grate decking, which we have used in a lot of
applications.
MR. WHITE: I think that's his intention is to use that, yes.
TRUSTEE GHOSIO: Basically, I just pulled this up as an
illustration for you. The pier line he's talking about is from
this to this. To the two neighboring docks. This is that catwalk
you have there now, which was in the other picture.
MR. WHITE: I think a piece of that in the northern end over the
past 30 years has washed away.
TRUSTEE KING: Okay. Are there any other comments from the
audience? Board comments?
(No response).
I'll make a motion to close the hearing.
TRUSTEE BERGEN: Second.
TRUSTEE KING: All in favor?
(ALL AYES).
I'll make a motion to approve a 90-foot catwalk versus the
96-foot catwalk. So we are shortening the catwalk by six feet.
And it's to be open-grate. Other than that, I think it's fine. I
would make a motion to approve with that stipulation.
TRUSTEE BERGEN: Second.
TRUSTEE KING: All in favor?
(ALL AYES).
MR. WHITE: Thank you, very much.
TRUSTEE BREDEMEYER: Next hearing, Terry Contracting & Materials,
Inc., on behalf of LEE KRUTER requests a Wetland Permit to
replace approx. 248 linear feet of an existing timber bulkhead
with a new epoxy coated cantilevered steel sheet pile bulkhead;
interstitial space between the abandoned existing and new
bulkhead to be filled with approx. 75 cubic yards of clean sand;
and remove and replace existing retractable access stairs.
Located: 9475 Nassau Point Rd., Cutchogue.
TRUSTEE BERGEN: For the record, I'm recusing myself from this
hearing because I'm the adjoining neighbor.
TRUSTEE BREDEMEYER: The project has been deemed to be consistent
under the LWRP and the Conservation Advisory Council supports
the application provided that, with the recommendation that the
new bulkhead is constructed inplace and best management or
engineering practices be used. Is there anyone here wishes to
speak on behalf of or against this application?
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MR. TERRY: I'm Bob Terry from Terry Contracting. I'm just here
if you have a question.
TRUSTEE BREDEMEYER: I have a question. The term "cantilever," is
that a term referring to the actual angular sections of it or is
that the actual method of construction?
MR. TERRY: Cantilevered sheet piles means it's deep enough, the
sheets are so long they don't require a tie-back system. So
they are just driven in the ground far enough so you don't have
to go back and disturb -- as you know, there is a building
behind the bulkhead.
TRUSTEE BREDEMEYER: The cantilevering -- okay.
MR. TERRY: "Cantilever" means it's in far enough on its own that
it will stay up on its own without deadmen, tie roads, helicals.
We don't really have room to do that because of everything that
is behind it. So if you just go with long enough sheets, it
works that way. And I have a PE has done the design of the
sheets to make sure it will work.
TRUSTEE BREDEMEYER: What's the expected -- this sort of bulkhead
construction -- what's the expected life of the epoxy-coated
bulkhead material?
TRUSTEE KING: Longer than me.
MR. TERRY: A lot longer than any of us, yes. Uncoated steel is
more than 50 years.
TRUSTEE KING: I have seen uncoated steel like in Mattituck Inlet
probably 50-years old.
MR. TERRY: Right, I mean, we cut a bunch of it off in the DEC
boat ramp and some of it, at least half of it was still there.
And that's more than 50-years old. And that was not coated. So
this should be a final, and certainly -- certainly my time.
TRUSTEE BREDEMEYER: I know there was some concern about trying
to replace and remove the existing structure. But how close do
you propose and how close can you get this to the existing?
MR. TERRY: The sheets, I believe, are about 5/8th inches thick.
The inside portion of the face of it will be lagged right to the
bulkhead. So the only part that will come ought is, you know,
it's a Z-sheet. So we are going to drive it right up against
the bulkhead. There is a few spots where the bulkhead has failed
and it's bowed out and what we'll try to do is dig out behind it
and get it back so we can give him a straight line. To the best
we can, we'll try and pull it back and give him a straight line.
Obviously I can't do that where the house is. But that's pretty
straight right there.
We will, occasionally, have to pull one of those piles and
move it back into the bucket of the line of sheets because we
are not going to go out over where there is pilings, soldier
remember piles on the face of the existing bulkhead, we'll go
around them. So if we have to pull one out to be close to the
sheathing, to the wale, that's what we'll do.
TRUSTEE BREDEMEYER: It actually will fit in then, essentially.
MR. TERRY: Right. So if we can fit the piling back in in the
bucket area, we'll do it. If we can't, we'll leave it out. It's
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not needed, it will just give it more life.
TRUSTEE BREDEMEYER: Because typically a new bulkhead
construction will be on the order of well over two-and-a-half,
three feet when you try to put it along the bulkhead face, but
this is going to be substantially less, in any case.
MR. TERRY: Right, because there will be no wale on the outside
of it or anything like that. It's basically a cantilevered sheet
pile -- there shouldn't be. You have the plans, there is no wale
on it, right?
TRUSTEE BERGEN: There is no wale on it.
MR. TERRY: Okay.
TRUSTEE GHOSIO: Just out of curiosity, how deep do you have to
go for the cantilever effect?
MR. TERRY: It's on the plan. Are they 30-footers? 26-footers?
The general rule is two-thirds in, one-third out. It's kind of a
general rule that you can go by. In this case, because we didn't
know exactly what's behind it, it's a little more than that. In
the ground. But I mean they are not 50-foot sheets. They are,
it's on there. I just don't remember, sorry.
TRUSTEE KING: Did you ever put any in on a slight angle off the
plumb?
MR. TERRY: Not on purpose.
TRUSTEE KING: I mean put a plumb and tip it out, if you start
with it tipped in a little bit, it's a lot stronger.
MR. TERRY: What happens, as you drive it in, occasionally we hit
a big rock down below, instead of driving through the rock or
moving the rock, sometimes it moves the sheet. And that's a
hassle; you have to pull it up and drive it again. Sometimes
we'll have a chisel beam and we'll drive that down in advance to
break up the obstruction and get it in straight.
TRUSTEE BREDEMEYER: We did show 25 feet. Essentially eight feet
at or above the base.
MR. TERRY: So that's the one-third, two-thirds, roughly. That
was designed by RACE Engineering, Roberge Associates Coastal
Engineers out of Connecticut. They eventually will be giving a
stamped drawing to the owner because he's spending a lot of
money on this, so. He doesn't want to do it again.
TRUSTEE BREDEMEYER: Thank you. I'll make a motion to close the
hearing in this matter.
TRUSTEE DOMINO: Second.
TRUSTEE KING: All in favor?
(Trustee King, aye. Trustee Ghosio, Aye, Trustee Bredemeyer,
aye. Trustee Domino, aye). (Trustee Bergen, recused).
TRUSTEE BREDEMEYER: I'll make a motion to approve the
application as submitted.
TRUSTEE DOMINO: Second.
TRUSTEE KING: All in favor?
(ALL AYES).
TRUSTEE BERGEN: Number three, Melrose Marine Service, Inc.,
on behalf of AUDREY ROTFIMAN requests a Wetland Permit for the
inkind/inplace replacement of existing deteriorated fixed pier
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with an extension of the pier seaward 12' to reach greater water
depth and removal of 112' of existing catwalk. Located: 3995
Wells Ave., Southold.
The Board went out and looked at this back in May. We had a
concern about the seaward extension of the dock, so we tabled it
to this month.
MS. ROTHMAN: Sorry, I can't hear you. It concerns me.
TRUSTEE BERGEN: The Board went out and looked at this in May and
had a concern about the dock. So we tabled it and then had the
opportunity go out and looked at this this past month. It was
reviewed under LWRP and found to be consistent. And the
Conservation Advisory Council tabled the application because the
proposed seaward extension of the dock was not staked. And that
was true back in May. But again, it was staked for our review in
June. Did the Conservation Advisory Council get an opportunity
to go out and look at it?
MS. HORTON: It was not on our list so we gave all the input that
we had last month, so that everything can move faster.
TRUSTEE BERGEN: Is there anybody here to speak on behalf of this
application?
MS. ROTHMAN: I'm here if you want have anything you want
answered.
TRUSTEE BERGEN: I think we were in the field and we were
satisfied, once we saw the seaward end staked. Our concern was
if the seaward end was going to extend far enough to impede
navigation into the neighbor's dock and we could see when we
went out there this month, the seaward extension is right around
the ends of those piles that will be pulled out, so we have no
objection to it. Any other comments from anybody in the audience?
(No response).
Any comments from the Board?
(No response).
If not, I'll make a motion to close this public hearing.
MS. ROTHMAN: Thank you.
TRUSTEE DOMINO: Second.
TRUSTEE KING: All in favor?
(ALL AYES).
TRUSTEE BERGEN: I'll make a motion to approve the application of
Melrose Marine on behalf the Audrey Rothman, as described at
3995 Wells Avenue and it is deemed consistent under the LWRP.
TRUSTEE GHOSIO: Second.
TRUSTEE KING: All in favor?
(ALL AYES).
TRUSTEE DOMINO: Number four, En-Consultants on behalf of JOAN F.
WI-IELAN requests a Wetland Permit for the existing dock
consisting of a 3'X 24' fixed timber catwalk, 3' X 11.5' hinged
ramp and a 5'X 20' floating dock. Located: 1645 Bungalow Lane,
Mattituck.
The LWRP found this to be inconsistent with the LWRP policy
standards regarding protection of the tidal wetlands. The
Conservation Advisory Council resolved not to support the
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application based on the following observations: The dock should
be elevated off the wetlands and concerns for possible use of
treated materials, and they noted an erosion condition on the
front of the property. They also suggested a ten to 15-foot
non-turf buffer landward.
The Trustees, during their evaluation, recommended
open-grate decking if the structure were ever rebuilt. No other
notes. Is there anyone here to speak to this application?
MR. HERMAN: Yes, Rob Herman of En~Consultants on behalf of the
applicant. This hearing had been opened last month, at which
time I had argued that the application should be exempt from
waterfront consistency review because it does not fall within a
categorized definition of an action under Chapter 268. It was
the Board's position, however, that we file an LWRP application
so that that determination could be made. We submitted a letter
to the LWRP coordinator on May 21, reiterating our position that
there are no activities here proposed and therefore there is
nothing here that constitutes a reviewable action under Chapter
268. But nonetheless followed the Board's suggestion and
submitted an application with that letter.
This property has been improved with the docks since the
late 1960s. I think from speakin9 to Jim a while ago he's
familiar with the shoreline and he's familiar with the fact the
dock has been here for a long time, and all we are really trying
to accomplish here is in the event there had to be a minor
repair or something made to the dock, that it would be
legalized, and so at a minimum, for safety reasons, it could be
repaired legally.
We do understand, the owner understands, that if an
application was ever made to rebuild the dock, obviously a full
review under Chapter 275 would be required and that the Board
would likely require that the structure be brought up to code to
the extent that at least at a minimum that untreated decking
would be required as just mentioned by Mike.
So I don't have anything to add that I didn't present last
month. Again, even if we were proposing repairs at this point,
ordinary repairs, that also would be exempt under 268. So I
don't know how to reconcile the determination that has been made
by the LWRP coordinator, but that's what has been made.
Otherwise our position has not changed. We are here just to
legalize the structure.
TRUSTEE DOMINO: Are there any other comments? Any other comment
from the Board?
TRUSTEE KING: I didn't have any issues with this. I'm familiar
with the area. It's really a very small dock. The whole
shoreline, almost every piece of property along there has a
dock. To me it's not an issue. He's trying to legitimize it and
I understand that. In the event that it ever is rebuilt, it will
be brought up to code.
TRUSTEE DOMINO: If there are no additional comments, I'll make a
motion to close this application.
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TRUSTEE BREDEMEYER: Second.
TRUSTEE KING: All in favor?
(ALL AYES).
TRUSTEE DOMINO: I'll make a motion to approve this application.
TRUSTEE BERGEN: You need to deem it consistent. You need to
bring it into consistency.
TRUSTEE DOMINO: As noted, that it is inconsistent with the LWRP.
TRUSTEE BERGEN: You need to bring it into consistency.
TRUSTEE KING: In looking at the whole general area, it's
consistent with the LWRP.
TRUSTEE DOMINO: I don't know how to frame the motion, Dave.
TRUSTEE BERGEN: Okay. I would make a motion to approve the
application with the condition that if it ever needs to be
re-built it would have to comply with current code, and with
that condition it would be deemed consistent under the LWRP.
TRUSTEE BREDEMEYER: Second.
MR. HERMAN: Dave, I assume that language will be incorporated
into your permit.
TRUSTEE BERGEN: Yes.
TRUSTEE DOMINO: I second the motion.
TRUSTEE KING: All in favor?
(ALL AYES).
TRUSTEE GHOSIO: Number five, En-Consultants on behalf of ELYSE
JAMES requests a Wetland Permit to construct a +/-18 linear feet
vinyl return landward of an existing timber bulkhead along the
northeasterly property line. Located: 5000 Paradise Point Rd., Southold.
The LWRP coordinator found this to be consistent with LWRP.
Conservation Advisory Council does not support the application
because of the serious erosion problem to the east, and this
should be addressed and coordinated with other property owners
along the shoreline rather than a piecemeal approach with the
engineered plan along the entire reach of properties.
Our Board went out and took a look at it and thought it was
fairly straightforward. There has been a lot of damage here
done, as you can see. But we found it to be consistent as well
and I don't recall there being any issues.
The Conservation Advisory Council is not supporting the
application because of the serious erosion problem. They would
like to see it addressed and coordinated with all the other
property owners in the area. And they would like to see an
engineered plan for the entire region.
Is there anybody here who would like to address this application?
MR. HERMAN: Rob Herman of En-Consultants on behalf of the
applicant. Of course we are here for the very reason that there
is this very severe erosion problem on the adjacent property,
that has been in the condition that you now see it, since
Tropical Storm Irene. So being it's not being addressed, the
applicant here is concerned that if that continues to be
unaddressed that the erosion of the bank will continue onto
their property and undermine the house.
Even where two properties are adjacent and have functional
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bulkheading, returns are often put in as a precautionary measure
just to make sure that if the adjacent property owner, that they
can't take responsibility for, fails to keep the structure in
good repair, that they are protected. So that's really all that
is being proposed here. We have received the DEC permit for the
project also. I don't really have anything to add. It's a pretty
academic application.
TRUSTEE GHOSIO: Would anybody else like to address the
application?
(No response).
Questions or comments from the Board?
(No response).
I'll make a motion to close the hearing.
TRUSTEE BERGEN: Second.
TRUSTEE KING: All in favor?
(ALL AYES).
TRUSTEE GHOSIO: Ill make a motion to approve the application as
submitted, noting it's consistent with LWRP and notwithstanding
the comments of the Conservation Advisory Council.
TRUSTEE DOMINO: I'll second that.
TRUSTEE KING: All in favor?
(ALI_ AYES).
TRUSTEE KING: Number six, En-Consultants on behalf of HELEN &
ROBERT KEITH requests a Wetland Permit to construct approx. 95
linear feet of Iow-sill bulkhead between existing Iow-sill
bulkheads on subject parcel and adjoining parcel to west; and
place approx. 20 cubic yards of sand fill (to be trucked in from
an upland source) between proposed bulkhead and existing
inter-tidal marsh to be planted with Spartina alterniflora (12"
on center) to create approx. 190 square feet of additional
inter-tidal marsh. Located: 995 Willis Creek Dr., Mattituck.
This is an application to continue a Iow sill bulkhead and
to do some stone work, which was found consistent with LWRP,
which is good news. The Conservation Advisory Council supports
the application with the condition the structure does not extend
into public waters. It is recommended that the Board of Trustees
investigate the impact this application will have on Willis
Creek. Is there anyone here to speak on behalf of or against
this application?
MR. HERMAN: Rob Herman of En-Consultants on behalf of the
applicant. I almost have fun coming back for applications for
this property. We always hold it up sort of as our poster child
as the most successful erosion control project that we have been
involved with where restoration, preservation and maintenance of
marsh is involved. I actually want to give to the Board at some
point, I have a long sort of photo diary of this site from
before it was every improved with the Iow sill to where it is now.
The only reason we are here really is when the project was
originally designed and approved by the Board many years ago, at
the time the erosion down on this side of the property was not
as evident and the DEC at that time, who played a big role in
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designing the project, allowed us to go so far, and then with a
wait-and-see-how-it-works-out sort of approach. It worked out
well. I think this Board shares that opinion. And recently
there was another Iow sill structure approved to the west. So
we are really here to tie the two points together. One thing
that we omitted from the original application, which I submitted
in revised plans, results to about the 25-foot extension of the
stone rip rap along the landward embankment, which had also been
originally approved by the Board, and there was an upland
retaining wall approved for the neighbor to the west. So we are
looking to tie that gap as well, and we submitted that to the
Board with the June 12 planned revision. So that's it. Hopefully
this one is also a fairly academic application at this point.
TRUSTEE KING: I went out and looked at this. I'm familiar with
the area and the project. I was involved with the first project.
It's just a continuation, connect the dots. It really, on this
west side of the dock you'll really gain some wetland because
it's been eroded out a little bit and the wind is going straight
across. That will be filled with Spartina. So it's a net
increase in wetland area, which I think is good. I just think
this was a great project. Really. You go down there, you have a
beautiful wetland behind that bulkhead.
MR. HERMAN: Which would be gone.
TRUSTEE KING: Yes, there would be nothing left.
MR. HERMAN: Inarguably.
TRUSTEE KING: I fully support this project. I think it's good.
Are there any other comments from anybody?
(No response).
I'll make a motion to close the hearing.
TRUSTEE GHOSIO: Second.
TRUSTEE KING: All in favor?
(ALL AYES).
TRUSTEE KING: I'll make a motion to approve the application as
submitted.
TRUSTEE GHOSiO: Second.
TRUSTEE KING: And as far as investigating the impact to Willis
Creek, I really don't think this will have any impact. It's
quite a way from the entrance there. You'll have far more
problem to the west. That's my motion.
TRUSTEE GHOSIO: Still second.
TRUSTEE KING: All in favor?
(ALL AYES).
TRUSTEE BERGEN: Number eight, Patricia C. Moore, Esq., on behalf
of NICHOLAS YUELYS requests a Wetland Permit to replace the
existing sanitary system with new system in the front yard.
Located: 56005 County Rd. 48, Southold.
The Board did go out and looked at this. It was reviewed
under the LWRP and it was found to be consistent. The
Conservation Advisory Council resolved to not support the
application because proposed activities are not in the Iongterm
interest of the community and abutting property owners and
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requires an engineered plan. Is there anybody here to speak on
behalf of this application?
MS. MOORE: Yes. Patricia Moore on behalf of Mr. and Mrs. Yuelys.
They are both in their 80s and they just couldn't make it out
here. So they apologize. That would have liked to have been
here. They have owned the house since the 50s.
The existing sanitary system that was under the house is
exposed add it was based, through the storm damage that
occurred, the whole line of homes in this area, there is history
of the storm damage. Their sanitary system has been approved
but, the design has been approved by the Health Department. The
reason they came to me initially is because of the covenants
that have to be filed with respect to the sanitary because of
the way that the water line has to cross the septic tank. But
other than that, it's moving along smoothly with the Health
Department. The DEC, we are above the ten-foot contour and we
should get a letter of non-jurisdiction from the DEC. And there
is no other place to put a sanitary system, so unless the town
chooses to extend the sewer plant, sewer, all the way down to
benefit everybody here, this really is the only option.
TRUSTEE BERGEN: What is going to be done with the abandonment of
the old system? Are they going to fill it in?
MS. MOORE: I don't know if my Health Depadment paperwork says
it. It might be, we might, I don't know, I mean the Health
Department might say something, but, let's see, usually it's
filled with sand. I don't know if it's easier to remove it. I
think it would be too much disturbance.
TRUSTEE BERGEN: That's what I was thinking, also. If this is
just pumped out and filled with sand, that would satisfy the
abandonment.
MS. MOORE: That's fine. You can certainly direct us to do that
in your permit. That's fine. I'll let you know if another agency
has a different opinion but so far I don't believe we have been
told how to do it.
TRUSTEE BERGEN: Now, Audrey, as can you see, the septic system
that is in real trouble and obviously it is contributing
nutrients right into The Sound, and moving it landward, I just
need help understanding how that's not in the best Iongterm
interest of the community.
MS. HORTON: I just started reading another one. I want to make
sure I'm on the right one. You are talking about which one, so I
could pick up my notes?
TRUSTEE BERGEN: Number eight. Yuelys.
MS. HORTON: Okay. (Perusing). Um, you know what, Do~g is talking
about this whole engineered plan, and what I'm trying to do with
Doug is keep it absolutely consistent for everyone. We can't
like tear apart one and I'm just trying to keep the verbiage the
same on every one of them. He wants a light on it and it should
be recognized, and we don't give approval or disapproval. So
when we are putting this stamp on it we are just trying to be
the one saying there is a problem coming down the road. And I
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may be, after being here tonight, I kind of thought I'm going to
talk to some other engineers and scientists and see if I could
come up with a resolution, because I'm one of these people that
like resolutions. And we are not trying to put a stop on
anything, we are just trying to put a light on it when we are,
in using the same wording.
TRUSTEE BERGEN: I understand. It's just here there is a project
that is really very, very positive.
MS. HORTON: That's called biting off our nose to spite our face.
I get that. And I'm just trying to keep consistency, and I think
I need to explore it further. But I'm not trying to stop what
you are trying to do. We are not.
TRUSTEE BERGEN: Okay, any other comments from the audience?
(No response).
Any other comments from the Board?
(No response).
If not, I'll make a motion to close the public hearing.
TRUSTEE GHOSIO: Second.
TRUSTEE KING: All in favor?
(ALL AYES).
TRUSTEE BERGEN: I'll make a motion to approve the application of
Nicholas Yuelys as described with the condition that the old
septic will be, part of its abandonment, simply filled with
sand. Pumped out and filled with sand.
TRUSTEE BREDEMEYER: Second.
TRUSTEE KING: All in favor?
(ALL AYES).
TRUSTEE BREDEMEYER: Next hearing, number nine, Patricia C.
Moore, Esq., on behalf of ELIZABETH 6ARDNER requests a Wetland
Permit to construct a 13'X 13' screeo porch over existing deck
landward of bulkhead; patio; existing deck; split-rail fence;
and drywell. Located: 1665 Shore Rd., Greenport.
The proposed project has been deemed consistent under the
LWRP. The Trustees have been to the site. The Conservation
Advisory Council supports the application with the condition of
gutters, leaders and drywells are installed to contain roof
runoff, and there be a 15-foot non-turf buffer. The Trustees had
questions concerning whether the patio would be pervious and it
was unclear, although the plan shows relocate the existing
shower, there was concern they were keeping the existing shower
to be noted.
Is there anyone here wishes to speak on behalf of or
against this application?
MS. MOORE: Yes, Patricia Moore on behalf of Ms. Gardner. Mark
Schwartz was the design professional on this. I'm trying to find
my survey. Here it is. I'm trying to remember where the outdoor
shower was going.
TRUSTEE BREDEMEYER: I think the plan addresses the shower. It
was relocated on the plan. I know David brought it up when I was
taking the field notes and he confirmed what I had thought, it
does in fact show on the plan. And there is a drywell shown on
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the proposal.
MS. MOORE: Correct.
TRUSTEE BREDEMEYER: I don't believe we have any problems with
the application. The request by the Conservation Advisory
Council to consider a 15-foot non-turf buffer would usually only
be entertained if there was active construction that involved
the bulkhead or bulkhead replacement. I don't think we had a
problem with any aspect of this application, or basically the
concerns to have a drywell are addressed by the plan and our
concerns concerning the shower is a non-issue on the plan.
MS. MOORE: Okay, I won't comment. I think it's been answered.
TRUSTEE BREDEMEYER: I'll make a motion to close the hearing in
this matter.
TRUSTEE BERGEN: Second.
TRUSTEE KING: All in favor?
(ALL AYES).
TRUSTEE BREDEMEYER: I'll make a motion to approve the
application as submitted.
TRUSTEE DOMINO: Second.
TRUSTEE KING: All in favor?
(ALL AYES).
TRUSTEE DOMINO: Next application, number 11, Samuels & Steelman
Architects on behalf of MICHELLE & TIM McMANUS requests a
Wetland Permit to demolish an existing one-stow dwelling and
garage; abandon sanitary system; construct new two-stow frame
dwelling with attached garage and stone terrace; and new
sanitary system. Located: 7725 Nassau Point Rd., Cutchogue.
The LWRP found this to be consistent. The Conservation
Advisory Council resolved to support this application with the
suggestion there be a 15-foot non-turf buffer, and questioned
the legality of the beach house.
The Trustees in their field notes noted that there was a
question about the history, permitting history of the cabana and
deck. Other than that, it was straightforward.
Is there anyone here to speak to this application?
MR. SAMUELS: Yes. Good evening. My name is Tom Samuels, on
behalf of Tim and Michele McManus, and also Michele McManus is
here.
I have a series of documents from the Building Department,
including certificates of occupancy for the dwelling and as they
describe it, one-family dwelling with accessory bath house. And
then I have-- which was issued in 1997. And then they have a,
includes an inspection report which refers to work that was done
at that time on the accessory beach house, is the way they refer
to it, in 1997. Then also another CO that was basically should
have at the same time repairs, and deck additions to bath house
as applied for as-built. Signed by Michael Verity. This was long
before the McManus's owned the house. I also have some
affidavits that were filed quite a while ago attesting to the
existence of the bath house, beach house, in the mid 60s. So
1997 is the latest that I have information on this from the
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Building Department. I don't have any copies of the Trustees
permits.
TRUSTEE KING: There is nothing from the Trustees on that,
though.
MR. SAMUELS: I don't know, I know ultimately the Building
Department, I mean --
TRUSTEE KING: I know it was built long before the Trustees had
jurisdiction there, but I think the Trustees took jurisdiction
in May of '92. So at that time it was an unpermitted structure,
and still is. By Trustees record. Even though they have a
building permit and CO for it.
MS. HORTON: Maybe I could clear this up. I looked in the window.
There is a toilet one side and I couldn't understand, without a
significant pump, how that toilet goes into the new system they
are putting in. So I felt that that was the illegal problem, not
the structure or when it was grandfathered and get into all
that. There is a toilet. So it's got no place to go but where
we are swimming. No place.
TRUSTEE BERGEN: And I could attest to the fact that beach house
has been there, I'm sure since the 60s.
MS. HORTON: But someone put a toilet in it and it doesn't flush up.
TRUSTEE BERGEN: And since then it's obviously been upgraded and
changes have been made and a deck has been built within the last
few years -- it appears within the last few years. So it's a
concern of now in the code today. Would the applicant consider
the removal of the toilet and the associated septic that goes
-with that toilet? Let me back up. Removal of the toilet and if
there is a septic immediately in back of or around that
structure that that toilet is going to, the abandonment of that
septic also?
MR. SAMUELS: I'll let my client speak to that directly, but I
can tell you in our discussions that has not seen a lot of favor
on their part. They just bought the house last year and
naturally this was a feature that was considered very desirable.
I don't think they use it a great deal. It doesn't just go
straight into the bay. There must be a cesspool.
TRUSTEE BERGEN: But even if there is a cesspool there, it has to
be right adjacent to the shore front. We are not talking about
removing a structure here. We are just talking about thinking of
what is best for the bay and the environment there, to remove
the toilet and septic.
TRUSTEE KING: We have a situation in The Sound very similar to
where they installed plumbing and everything and a beach house
and we went round and round over that one. I know these folks
didn't do this, the other folks did.
TRUSTEE BREDEMEYER: A double objective would be going back to
the new sanitary is always a possibility, incorporating it in
the plans, then you have a surety of full treatment.
MR. SAMUELS: We do bump outs all the time and it's a technical
possibility. It's only about a 20-foot bluff at this point. I
would definitely rather go in that direction rather than
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eliminate it outright, if we could, to make it comply. We are
already into the Health Department, we are probably a step away
from their approval. I don't know what it would take, probably
an amendment to their permit to make that happen. But we
definitely would like to save that. I mean, it's called a bath
house in the CO and they see it as that. They understand it as
that and we would like to preserve that function in any way we
can. And the technical feasibility of pumping it up to the
sanitary is not out of the question.
TRUSTEE KING: Where does that leave us, Lori. It has a building
permit in the CO but no Trustee permit.
MS. HULSE: It's in your jurisdiction.
TRUSTEE BERGEN: It's in our jurisdiction. Tonight -- we can permit
it in tonight or, correct?
MS. HU/SE: Well, is it part of the application?
TRUSTEE KING: No, it's not part of this application.
MS. HULSE: So how can you permit it in?
TRUSTEE KING: We are only supposed to be addressing demolishing
the house and rebuilding the house.
TRUSTEE BERGEN: But we can condition --
TRUSTEE KING: Can we condition the house permit, the plumbing is
either removed or a system is put in with the waste pumped up
into the new system landward. That would be my recommendation.
Either remove it or show us how it's being done.
TRUSTEE GHOSIO: But they would have to come back for a permit
for that. t mean we would be approving something we have no idea
what the scope of the project is.
TRUSTEE DOMINO: Think we should table it until they come back.
TRUSTEE GHOSIO: I could tell you, he's right, I could certainly
pump that toilet landward. That's not an issue. It's just a
matter of what size pump you need and what kind of storage you
need. But whether or not you have to dig up half the bluff to
get to it and make the piping work, is another issue.
TRUSTEE KING: Do you want to table it so they can produce plans
to show it?
MR. SAMUELS: There is no way you can approve a permit with that
as a condition, that we come back with that?
TRUSTEE DOMINO: Jim, isn't it better to table it until they come
back with more rendering so we can make a determination as to
what we are voting on?
TRUSTEE BREDEMEYER: I think it's best to table it. I think it's
getting too convoluted.
MR. SAMUELS: There is no way you can write it subject to that
condition order on it? We are looking to move ahead with this.
We really already have the Building Department permits and we
would like to expedite.
TRUSTEE BERGEN: That was my question for legal. You know, could
we approve this with a condition as Jim described.
MS. HULSE: The condition being? Sorry.
TRUSTEE BERGEN: Sorry, I thought you heard what Jim said. It's
either removal or re-engineered septic system.
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MS. HULSE: No.
TRUSTEE BERGEN: Okay. So I guess the only thing we can do is
table it until it's addressed.
TRUSTEE BREDEMEYER: What if we approve it with simple removal of
the toilet?
MR. SAMUELS: Can we come back for an amendment in that instance?
TRUSTEE BREDEMEYER: And back with plans submitted and the impact
to the bluff, then we can, environmental impacts associated with
an amendment and we can either track it as a separate permit.
TRUSTEE KING: Remove the plumbing for now.
MR. SAMUELS: Remove the toilet for now, not all the plumbing
necessarily. I think that's also acceptable if it can be seen as
an amendment.
TRUSTEE BERGEN: That's what I was asking but Lori says no.
MS. HULSE: Do we have a verification of what the CO is for? Did
anyone look at the CO?
TRUSTEE KING: Have you got copies of the CO?
MR. SAMUELS: We have the CO. Accessory bath house. Which
suggests bathroom to me.
MS. HULSE: So we don't have that for sure.
MR. SAMUELS: I understand.
TRUSTEE GHOSIO: I would table it.
TRUSTEE KING: We'd better table it, to be on the safe side.
TRUSTEE DOMINO: Any other comments?
TRUSTEE BERGEN: The project itself, the Board had no problem
with as far as the house and garage and everything up there. I
mean, absolutely no issue with that.
TRUSTEE DOMINO: I make a motion we table this application
pending additional information about the cabana/bath house, and
plumbing, the engineering solution to the plumbing problem.
TRUSTEE KING: Second?
TRUSTEE BREDEMEYER: Second.
TRUSTEE KING: All in favor?
(ALL AYES).
MR. SAMUELS: Does that automatically place us on next month's
agenda?
MS. HULSE: No, it does not.
TRUSTEE BERGEN: But I mean, certainly a month is enough time to
do this research we are talking about.
MR. SAMUELS: Right, I just don't know how Lauren is for timing
for next month.
MS. STANDISH: We can.
MR. SAMUELS: We have time to get it in for next month.
TRUSTEE BERGEN: Yes.
MS. STANDISH: So it will come up again if he has all the
requirements that we tabled it for.
TRUSTEE GHOSIO: Number 12, Suffolk Environmental Consulting,
Inc., on behalf of BREWER STERLING HARBOR requests a Wetland
Permit to replace various floating dockage; replace two (2)
sections of existing timber sheathed bulkheading along the
northwestern section of the marina with vinyl/fiberglass
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sheathed bulkheading; and demolish the extant metal boat storage
building and attached plastic building along with the extant
frame building and attached trailer and replace them with a new
one-story 9,000 square foot metal boat storage building and
attached two-story 2,500 square foot office building/storage
building. Located: 1410 Manhasset Ave., Greenport.
The Board was out there, we took a look at it. The LWRP
coordinator deemed this to be consistent with the LWRP, and the
CAC has resolved to support the application with the condition
that a landscape plan to be landward of the new bulkhead.
Supports the application with the condition of landscape plan
for the area landward of the new bulkhead to the concrete curb.
We really found this to be a pretty straightforward application.
The Brewer Sterling Harbor has been excellent in maintaining
things they have applied for in the past. They have done a lot
of work down there. We are really impressed with how well that
work is done, how it's completed and how it satisfies the
applications.
I think the only thing we wanted to make sure that we noted
on this is that it meets Chapter 236 as that code should be
applied to any of these items that are being applied for.
So aside from that, is there anybody here like to address
this application?
MR. ANDERSON: Bruce Anderson, Suffolk Environmental Consulting
for applicant Brewer Sterling Harbor. I guess the one thing I
want to point out is we are actually moving this building back
slightly from where it presently is. So you should know that.
Secondly, which is of interest, is the support for the building
is to be through helical piles and be completely independent of
the backing system for the bulkhead. Which is important to note.
And that's shown on the plans as well. I don't see really any
landscaping opportunities there that the CAC is speaking upon
of. I don't even think there is room for a single row of, it's
probably just sand and, it's fine. I don't know how I would even
put landscaping in there.
TRUSTEE GHOSIO: Well, Audrey, is this kind of the area you are
talking about, as you look at this photo?
MR. ANDERSON: That's not the photo of Sterling Harbor.
TRUSTEE GHOSIO: I mean it's landscaped already.
MS. HORTON: I think it was on the plans they were talking about.
MR. ANDERSON: I'm not sure where you are talking about. Are you
talking about the stretch that runs along the, we'll call it the
east side, not adjacent to the building certainly, right?
MS. HORTON: I hate to comment too much because I didn't, you
know, I didn't look at the thing itself. So it's hard.
MR. ANDERSON: It's already landscape and there is no place to
landscape anything between the building and the bulkhead, we'll
call it the northern portion of the bulkhead.
MS. HORTON: Was there something missing on the plan itself? t'm
trying to think.
TRUSTEE GHOSIO: In the area near the building there is no room
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for landscape between the area and the building anyway.
MS. HORTON: Okay, then there is nothing, it doesn't make sense.
TRUSTEE GHOSIO: The other areas they are showing it basically as
a non-turf buffer. We have already discussed that bulkhead will
be brought up, you know, so it's actually raised above grade at
that point. Not like you see here. You can see in the
distance, when we did the last grouping, the bulkhead is
actually raised to help prevent the runoff. So that's not an
issue. I think pretty much, like I said, we looked at the
application, we looked at all the plans, it looked pretty
straightforward to us. So, any other comments from the audience?
(No response).
Any comments, questions, from the Board?
(No response).
I'll make a motion to close the hearing.
TRUSTEE DOMINO: Second.
TRUSTEE KING: All in favor?
(ALL AYES).
TRUSTEE GHOSIO: Ill make a motion to approve the application as
submitted.
TRUSTEE BREDEMEYER: Second.
TRUSTEE KING: All in favor?
(ALL AYES).
MR. ANDERSON: Thank you, very much.
TRUSTEE KING: Number 13, Costello Marine Contracting Corp., on
behalf of KENDALL TODD requests a Wetland Permit to remove the
existing concrete walkway landward of bulkhead; remove existing
wooden ramp and 5'X 18' floating dock; remove 76' of existing
bulkhead; construct 76' of new bulkhead and new 6' east return
in-place, raising top elevation of new bulkhead 2'; install new
30"X 16' seasonal aluminum ramp onto a 6'X 20' seasonal floating
dock secured by two 8" diameter anchor pilings; dredge an area
30'X 25' below dock to -4' below mean Iow water, removing
approx. 40 cubic yards of soil; dredged spoil to be placed as
backfill for voids landward of bulkhead; supplement dredged
spoil with clean trucked-in sand (approx. 35 cubic yards) as
needed; and provide a non-turf buffer of 6" well compacted
gravel on filter cloth landward of bulkhead. Located: 670
Bayview Dr., East Marion.
This was found to be consistent with the LWRP. The CAC
comments, the project was not staked however CAC supports the
application with the condition of 15-foot non-turf buffer,
drywells to contain roof runoff in the disposition plan for the
concrete. The CAC questions the need to increase the size of the
floating dock.
Is there anyone here to represent this applicant or to
speak for or against it?
MR. COPE: Jim Cope, East Marion. I'm a member of the Board of
Gardner Bays Estates Homeowners Association, and in conversation
this evening with Mr. George Peter, who is the president of that
association, he advises me that Kendall Todd agreed within the
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last day to alter this application as to the size of the gangway
and the floating dock. I'm surprised that you have not received
any notification of that.
TRUSTEE KING: I don't believe so.
MR. COPE: He has had some opposition from the homeowners.
Association. I don't know that I'm speaking out of turn but the
Spring Pond on which this proposed reconstruction exists is
privately owned property. The association owns the land under
the water in Spring Pond, and the board, by way of the
president, is opposed to this particular proposal, as proposed,
some changes, scaling back the scope of the project, which I'm
told secondhand from Mr. Peter this evening on the phone, that
he has agreed to. Only that I'm in the audience --
TRUSTEE KING: There is a letter in here stating that. We had
some questions about that. I wish Mr. Costello was here tonight.
You know, we had talked about possibly straightening this
bulkhead out, trimming it back a little bit. You know, it comes out 7_
MR. COPE: Well, I lived there. I saw it this evening before I
came. It's rather extensive. I see some grasslands there. I see
the lower type bulkhea~ing, the knee bulkheading, as well as
something that supports a ramp and a floating dock.
TRUSTEE KING: I would be more comfortable if we table this and
talk it over with Mr. Costello and the applicant. We would like
to see some changes made here.
MR. COPE: Thank you, kindly.
TRUSTEE KING: I'll make a motion to table this application to
take another look at it and consult the contractor.
TRUSTEE DOMINO: Ill second that.
TRUSTEE KING: All in favor?
(ALL AYES).
TRUSTEE BERGEN: Number 14, Mark K. Schwartz, Architect on
behalf of DOUG & KATHLEEN FOLTS requests a Wetland Permit to
re-frame the existing first-floor with attached garage, wrap
around porch and new second-floor; existing septic system to be
removed and new one to be installed further from the water; and
install drywells to control water run-off from dwelling.
Located: 90 Oak St., Cutchogue.
This was reviewed and actually this was applied for back in
January. It was reviewed back in January and found to be
consistent under the LWRP. It was reviewed in January by the CAC
and they resolved to support the application. It was then
tabled at our January meeting, to go to ZBA and it went to ZBA
and they obtained approval from ZBA with the condition of a
Trustee-approved permit. So follow the bouncing ball. So you are
back here before us. Is there anybody here who would like to
speak on behalf of this application?
MR. SCHWARTZ: Mark Schwartz, architect for the project. We are
looking to expand the existing footprint of the house and create
a two-stow dwelling. The owners would like to move there
full-time. The plan is to abandon the existing septic system and
move back beyond 100 feet with the new septic system. Basically
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the setbacks from the wetlands will remain the same as what is
existing. And as you mentioned, we got the approval from the
Zoning Board for this project and we apparently submitted to the
DEC and we are still waiting for their approval as well as the
Department of Health.
TRUSTEE BERGEN: Okay, a couple comments we had from when we were
out there on January 11. And that was we would like to see
installation of hay bale line and silt fence, probably, I would
recommend just landward of the limit of clearing, if that would
work for you.
MR. SCHWARTZ: Sure, that indicates -- the limits of clearing
were shown as the hay bale line also.
TRUSTEE BERGEN: I don't see that on this plan. But we'll just
stipulate that.
There was a question at that time about that existing
patio. When I say "that time," back in January, the patio
appeared to be in pretty bad shape. Is it they just want to
reconstruct that patio or do they want to leave it as is?
MR. SCHWARTZ: At this point, leave it as is. Remove the walkways
to it.
TRUSTEE BERGEN: And at the time we also noticed, again, this is
in January so it's a little tough, but the shoreline, just below
the rip rap line was in need of some attention, it looked like,
just to, a little restoration down there. It's just a suggestion to take
back to the property owners.
MR. SCHWARTZ: Okay.
TRUSTEE BERGEN: And Mike, I see you looked at it in June. But
you were fine with everything?
TRUSTEE DOMINO: Yes.
TRUSTEE BERGEN: Okay. Any other comment from anybody in the
audience?
(No response).
Any other comments from the Board?
(No response).
The project looks good. I'll make a motion to close this public
hearing.
TRUSTEE DOMINO: Second.
TRUSTEE KING: All in favor?
(ALL AYES).
TRUSTEE BERGEN: I'll make a motion to approve the application of
Doug and Kathleen Foltz with the condition of a hay bale and
silt fence line just landward of the limits of clearing line as
depicted on the plans dated received December 15, 2011.
TRUSTEE DOMINO: Second.
TRUSTEE KING: All in favor?
(ALL AYES).
MR. SCHWARTZ: Thank you.
TRUSTEE BREDEMEYER: Next hearing, number 15, Docko, Inc., on
behalf of LUCILLE BALCOM requests a Wetland Permit and Coastal
Erosion Permit to repair 142 linear feet of 6' wide pile and
timber pier and boat lift waterward of the apparent high water
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line. Located: Private Rd., Fishers Island.
Jim and I inspected this back in April. It was quite a
while ago. April 20. This is essentially a request to repair a
surface decking of a pre-existing dock which has a permit
history that goes back to 1991 with the Trustees, and the boat
ramp was put in at that time prior to when we had jurisdiction,
and the current ban. We didn't view this with any problem
whatsoever, and the application is considered consistent under
the LWRP, and it was pretty straightforward.
TRUSTEE KING: I think it was an old Coast Guard station at one
time, with the amount of structure that was there. It was an old
Coast Guard facility.
TRUSTEE BREDEMEYER: So it's making use of a pre-existing
facility. Is there anyone here who wishes to speak on behalf of
this application?
(No response).
Hearing no one to speak on behalf, is there anyone here to speak
against this application?
(No response).
Hearing none, I'll make a motion to close the hearing in this matter.
TRUSTEE DOMINO: Second.
TRUSTEE KING: All in favor?
(ALL AYES).
TRUSTEE BREDEMEYER: I would make a motion to approve this
application as submitted.
TRUSTEE DOMINO: I'll second that also.
TRUSTEE KING: All in favor?
(ALL AYES).
TRUSTEE BREDEMEYER: The Conservation Advisory Council never made
an inspection on The Island. I want to make sure I mentioned the
fact you were unable to make inspection on The Island, but I
didn't want to have that fact not entered into the record. My
apologies.
TRUSTEE KING: I'll make a motion to adjourn.
TRUSTEE GHOSIO: Second.
TRUSTEE KING: All in favor?
(ALL AYES).
Respectfully submitted by,
Jam F. King, President
Board of Trustees
RECEIVED
S~uthold ToWn