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Home My WebLink AboutPB-08/22/1960-JOINT A meeting of all Highway superintendents, supervisors, town planning boards~ Mr. H. L. Bishop, Commissimner~_ D.P~W.~ and all members of County. planning board was held August 22, 1960~ 2~00 P..M.~ in the Board Room of the County S~pervisors at the ~ounty Center, Riverhead, New Yo~k. There were present from Southotd.- ~, Archibald Young~ Vice-~hairman~ Planning Boar~ William ~nkelbach~' Planning Boar~. Ott~ W. Van Tuyl. Consultant~ Harold Price. Superintendent of Highways~ and Howard M. Terry~ Building Inspector. was called to order at 2:15 P.F~ by Suffolk county Lee Dennison who announ~e~ that the meeting was cal~ 'tO. c~nsider highway matters~ I~r, Denmi~on gave. a res~me of facts and proposals more or ~ess as per day. They new homes at They ex~ to Th~ to be ~e pzoblem we have fa~ing us at ~e 'mom~ ~ ~ pl~ for a highway system. We ~uld ~ve a of all it~ ~d ~ prep~q ~or ~e '~ess- way ~ ~ ~ Sou~pton in 1967. Hig~ay w~i ~ ye~- ~e ~pressway~-w~l ~ea~ Islip A~ue ~h~ year. ~ T~ must gee ~1 1~t ~ r~ds pt~n~ S~ ~1 roa~ w~l ~OO ~ He said ~ere are 14 items Whi~ ~e ~ey ~e as 1. Coordinated town highway plans. 2. Standard highway specifications for all t~wns. 3. Centralized p~rchasin~ agency where all t~ns can purchase materials at certain price~ procedure and qual ity. Establish an equipment pool where towns can swap machinery as 'needed to get more work out of the math ine ry, Central laboratory for testing materials f~r ~ the uounty ~nd towns. ~o~d m~iZe ~e loc~ highly ]~w as to ~lished gra~s ~d legal 7. ~ould ~ve ~re ~p~te highway rec~ and ~re c~plete mon~ten~g of high~. C~rifl~t~n of ~ter~e~tion 9. Ac~-~ition of right~f-~a~ f~ to~ or ~ty for ~ut~e ~ds. 10. A r~urvey of c~nty ~hway ~ra~ge- 11. A rashly of town r~s for ~ai~ge. ~e were ~o or ~ee ~ra~d He sta~ed that in the last 30 years the- towns haVe spent $115~O00~00O on maintenance of town roads and in the last ten years they have Spent $70~000~000 on the maintenance of town roa~s. Last' year alone they spent $!1~000~000 on highway mainter~nce.. Of this~ snow remov~ was the largest part of the.expense. Fir. Dennison ~stimated 2~ of the town and county roads should be reg~aded and realigned at a minimum ~st of per mile~ He estimated that there are 400 ml~es ~f new t~wn roads needed im~ediately~ at an estimated cost of $58~ 000~ per mile for a goo~ type of road.. They have plans m~w ~or 150 miles of new county ruads. He estimated that we will ~eed at least 20'0 miles ~f margina~ roads for the Expressway and Sunrise High-- way. ~e iS aSking f~r an increase in road funds from the State and addit/~n~] State aid. They estimate to spend- on a 10 year program for roads and improvements. Dr. Leonar~ p ,!a~ning-Consult~nt for the ~unt~ P/lanning %b~ requirements ~f ~on 239K ~f the ~ were ~6 s~ivis~nS filea~ ~is y~m. B~rd ~d ~~ent of P~lic Wo~s ~or sufficient ~i~ e~ ~d it is ~e C~nty At~eY~s op~i~ ~at ~1 s~ivisio~ s~ld ~ submitted to ~e County Pi~ B~rd for approval ~fore loc~. Pinning Bo~ give f~al appr~ to S~* s~perintenden% of Highways fr~m Bro~khaven ~own spoke on ~.oord/~ation and consolidation and standardizing highway specifications for development streets~ etc. He also sta~ed --3- that it is his experience that an .equipment pool would not be feasible every highway department would be doing the same of work at ~_he same time of the year. However to in.tercha~ge equipme~t~ ,aa much as practi.~at at the present t/me. He also stated-that central testJItg of material has not prove~ t~ be practical- as most t~wns do not yet have standardized and technical ~pecifications for materials to be used. He also stated the pre~ent highway law hampers developments. It is npt clear Ln many instances. ~ere was a disnussion by the supervise, rs of the tewn road costs. Most towns have built some roads as well as development roads. They ~i1 agreed that they should have better specifications for town highways, tslip~Town has the most rigid specifications and estimates the cost of 1000 per building lot to put An the town r~quirement improvements including reads. ~rainage~ ere.. Mr. Dennisen stated that the ~ounty Planning Board should be close to ~ Town Planning Board and attend all its meetings as a lack of Coopera-tion and coordination on ~rainage has caused big problems ~n the western t~wns. He sagg~sted parks as buffer zones between residential an~ industrial ~istricts. The ~asic need for the 'Countyoverai1 is a goo~ water s~pply and a~equate sewage ~isposal. In , it was agreed that highway superin- a four year term rather 'than 'the- present two year term in order that-they might more efficiently carry out programs ~initia~ed during their a~ministration~ Mr= Gar~er~ one of the ~wners of ~a~ne~s ISland spoke his ~3ao~9~hts On~ the developm~t 'of '~fo~ Co~ty~ a~ Ae ~ought it w~d~ ~s~;~ ~opt tough ~es a~ re~tio.~ for ~lnn~g ~d c~ry ~em out strict]~y to ~e le~r ra~er ~an have~Aigh' ~iU~ce b~ls o~ high~ys ~ ~ainage projects after~ ~y had'~ ~lle~ for Mr~ H~rot~ Priee~ Superintendent of Highways Eot the ~own of S~uthol~ spo~e' on excessive costS to. the'd~Velopers of i~s~l- ing all of these rigid requirements a~d it is his thought that s~ch rigid requirements would tend to hinder the ~eveloper rather than help the development of SuffoLk County. There was a~ain a ~eneral dis~ussionof the maps displayed on the~mlls of the room where everyone had a Chance to see proposals of the County Planning Commission for each of the ten towns. Representatives of the ten towns were requested to take their sectional map home and discuss it and advis~ the County Planning Commission if they approved or disapproved the proposal for highways. ~ir. Dennison r,equested to meetwith each of the individual Plannin9 Boards at the earliest possible date to dt~uss with them and coordinate an .overall plan. The meeting adjourned at 4-.15 P.M. l%espectfully s~tkmitted~ Howard M.-Terry ~ Building Inspector \.