HomeMy WebLinkAboutGirardsSOUTHOLD TOWN BOARD
PUBLIC HEARING
August 24, 2010
4:40 PM
Present: Supervisor Scott Russell
Justice Louisa Evans
Councilman Albert Krupski, Jr.
Councilman William Ruland
Councilman Vincent Orlando
Councilman Christopher Talbot
Town Clerk Elizabeth Neville
Town Attorney Martin Finnegan
This hearing was opened at 5:01 PM
COUNCILMAN TALBOT: NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to the
provisions of Chapter 17 (Community Preservation Fund) and Chapter 70 (Agricultural
Lands) of the Town Code, the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby sets
Tuesday. Au~,ust 24~ 2010~ at 4:45 p.m.~ Southold Town Hall~ 53095 Main Road~
Southold~ New York as the time and place for a public hearing for the purchase of a
development rights easement on property owned by 6900 Wiekham Avenue~ LLC
{Girards). Said property is identified as part of SCTM #1000-107.-10-10.1. The address
is 6900 Wickham Avenue. The property is located in the A-C zoning district and is on the
southerly side of Wickham Avenue, approximately 963.50 feet from the southwesterly
intersection of County Road 48 and Wickham Avenue in Mattituck, New York. The
proposed acquisition is for a development rights easement on a part of the property
consisting of approximately 8.264- acres (subject to survey) of the 10.14- acre parcel.
The exact area of the acquisition is subject to a Town-provided survey acceptable to the
Land Preservation Committee and the landowner. The purchase price is $63,000 (sixty-
three thousand dollars) per buildable acre for the 8.264- acre easement plus acquisition
costs.
The property is listed on the Town's Community Preservation Project Plan as property
that should be preserved due to its agricultural value.
FURTHER NOTICE is hereby given that a more detailed description of the above
mentioned parcel of land is on file in Land Preservation Department, Southold Town Hall
Annex, 54375 Route 25, Southold, New York, and may be examined by any interested
person during business hours.
We have notice that it was posted on the Town Clerk's bulletin board, notice that it was
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August 24, 2010
printed in the Suffolk Times on the 19th of August, 2010. We have the short
environmental assessment form, unlisted actions and a letter from the LWRP coordinator.
'Purchase of development rights easement on property owned by 6900 Wickham Avenue
LLC, the proposed acquisition is for development rights easement on part of the property
consisting of approximately 8.26 acres of the 10.1 acre piece. The action has been
reviewed to chapter 268, waterfront consistency review of the Town of Southold town
code and the local waterfront revitalization program policy standards. Based upon the
information provided on the LWRP consistency assessment form submitted to this
department, as well as the records available to me, it is my recommendation that the
proposed action is consistent with the policy standards and therefore is consistent with
the LWRP.' Also there is a letter that was submitted from the Long Island Pine Barrens
society, 'Dear Supervisor Russell, We have been complaining since 2007 that the Suffolk
County purchase of development rights program does not restrict development on the
land. The provocation was the removal of top soil and the construction of wall to wall
concrete and glass greenhouses described as industrial agriculture. We are concerned
that the Town of Southold's purchase of development rights program is inching into
similar territory. Case in point is the topic of public heating, the Girard property on
Wickham Avenue granting a purchase of development rights easement on 8.26 acres
through the town's CPF program when some of the acreage is covered with greenhouses
is not what the legislation nor the public contemplated when advancing such a program.
While few farmers are engaged in this industrial activity, the industry has resisted setting
clearance limits on farms for which the development rights have been purchased. The
Long Island Farm Bureau has argued that this is a right to farm state, we have countered
that it is not a right to develop on land from which the public has purchased development
rights state. While the program is intended to encourage agriculture even as it protects
scenic vistas and controls development, it was never an agricultural subsidy act and the
public is unlikely to continue to support these programs if they result in farmers being
paid not to develop their land and then developing it. Moreover, it is a violation of the
state finance law to make a gift of the public wealth without public benefits. Thus
government cannot pay farmers money for nothing they couldn't otherwise do. we
believe that the county has already given the store away by purchasing farmland
development rights from private individuals without restricting the use of the land.
Please don't let Southold follow the same path. Newsday keeps writing that the PDR
program is supposed to support agriculture not just the views but it is inescapable that
controlling development is what the public was promised and it is not being restricted
adequately. According to Southold's community preservation fund project plan, the town
has over 12,000 prime acres that are eligible for acquisition. Please use your good office
to exemise prudence when prioritizing parcels for purchase of development rights
easements. Southold's land preservation department expressed uncertainty with the
respect to lot coverage of greenhouses on the 8.26 acre Girard parcel and until that
information is available to both the Town Board and the public, tiffs purchase should be
de-prioritized from the CPF plan for the above reason.' And that is signed by Richard
Amper from the Long Island Pine Barrens Society. And that is it.
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August 24, 2010
SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: Would anybody like to come up and address the Town
Board on this particular notice of acquisition?
COUNCILMAN RULAND: Yes, but I would like to go to the map, Mr. Supervisor, if
you don't mind. I think that the location, if people could see the writing on it, but the
location of that parcel, that parcel is not large but it is just about surrounded on three
sides by land that has already been protected and on one side by property that hopefully
in the future will enter into discussion. But currently it would be imprudent for I believe
the Town Board to let this go to development when it is between two highways. Yes it
does contain a greenhouse operation but surprisingly and not Mr. Ampers point, they
produce food and they do that year round. They are tomato growers and I suspect that as
this country goes on, more and more food will be grown that way and less and less on
acreage. And for that reason, I think that it is (inaudible) that we support it.
SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: Thank you. Also just for clarification, town code requires
no more than 20% lot coverage. The lot coverage on this parcel, the 8.26 acres is still
below the 20 % threshold. It would be about 16,000 square feet of coverage that is
allowed on that parcel. The greenhouses might look enormous but on the totality, they
still don't cover 20 % of that parcel. And Mr. Ruland referenced the food, you know, we
hear a lot of words like sustainability being thrown around these days, sustainability in
agriculture etc., well, those words need to mean something. And he is a food producer,
he probably, I would venture he produces more tomatoes from that small farm than
probably all the other tomatoes grown on the north fork these days. So you know, when
we talk about words like sustainability, we need to mean it. I am sorry. Would anyone
else like to comment on this particular purchase?
BOB FEGER: Bob Feger, Greenport. Also North Fork Environmental Council. I would
ask that if you approve this purchase, will you also be allowed to put more greenhouses
on the property or is it limited what it has now?
· SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: Under the current code, he is allowed 20 % lot coverage and
he can't exceed that.
MR. FEGER: And he can't exceed that?
SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: He can't exceed that, under current code. Would anybody
else like to comment?
COUNCILMAN KRUPSKI: As the Town Board liaison to the Land Preservation
Committee, I also encourage passage of this because I think it's, as Mr. Ruland said, and
he is more familiar with the neighborhood there than I am, it is a key parcel in a pretty
large block of land where the development rights have been protected, there are other
parcels there were there is activity and it is encouraging to see a large block of land
protected that makes it easier to farm. Today, what people don't realize is today there are
greenhouses there but in 50 years you don't know what is going to be there and if the
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August 24, 2010
land is protected it will stay in agriculture and if it is not, it will eventually be in houses.
And that is the main point there, especially where you have, and normally the town
wouldn't be interested in a small parcel like this but because of its location it is a very
important one and what Mr. Ruland said about food production is very important. You
know, people are going to get tired eventually of buying foods from China and Brazil and
whatnot and we are going to have to really look within our own resources in this country
to keep producing our own food. It is very important.
SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: Anybody else?
BENJA SCHWARTZ: Benja Schwartz, Cutchogue. Curious why you were looking at a
little dark picture. The Trustees meetings, they have a projector that they can make the
exhibits visible for us. Does the Town Board have any intentions of implementing the
technology we already paid for? You know?
SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: Personally I don't.
MR. SCHWARTZ: The Supervisor says no. He doesn't and he ....
SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: One of six, you can ask the other five.
MR. SCHWARTZ: Alright, well, he has given me ....
COUNCILMAN ORLANDO: It is something we can ask Melissa. Maybe she can do
that in the future.
MR. SCHWARTZ: Talk to Melissa, fine. I support the efforts and the preservation of
this and all other properties in Southold Town for agriculture and rural uses.
Unfortunately, I have to object to the procedure by which this property is being
purchased. It is a standard operating procedure of Southold Town to discuss all such
purchases in executive session and the agenda of today's meeting indicates that this
matter is going to be set for public hearing, not that there will be a public hearing. So the
information on this would have been available to someone who has the time and the
energy and the desire to go and live in the Town Hall annex and file freedom of
information requests or to go and dig the information out but I don't even know if they
could get it if it was done in executive session. If that information is for some reason
being held confidential. Anyway, I support the purchase of this and I would like to talk
more about the open government policies and procedures in Southold Town at the end of
this meeting.
SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: Thank you.
MR. SCHWARTZ: Thank you.
SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: Would anyone else like to comment on this acquisition? (No
response)
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Please incluc~e the following correspondence in the record for tonight's public hearing concerning the
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Thank You,
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The Honorable
Scott Russell
Supervisor
Town of Southold
PO Box 1179
Southold, NY 11971
Re; Gira.rds Purchase of DevelOpment R ghts
Dear Supervisor Russell,
We have been complaining since 2007 that the Suffolk County Purchase of
Development Rights program does not =restrict development on the land, The
provocation was the remora of top soil and the Construction of wall-to-wall concrete and,
glass greenhouses, described as "industrial agriculture." We are concerned that the
Town of $outhold's Purchase of Development Rights program is Inching into similar
territory, Case in point is the topic of tonight's public hearing, the Girard property on
Wickham Avenue, Granting a purchase of development rights easement on ~26 acres
through the town's CPF program when' some of that acreage is covered with
greenhouses is not what the legislatign, nor the public, contemplated when advancing
such a program, '
While few farmers are engaged in this industrial activity, the industry has res sted
setting clearance limits on farms from which the development rights have been
purchased. The Long Island Farm Bureau has argued that this IS a "tight to farm" state;
we have countered that it Is not a "right to develop on land frOm which the public has
purchased development rights" state.
While the program is !ntonded to encourage agriculture even aa i{ protect~ scep _c v mas
and controls development if. was never an Agriculture Subsidy A~:t and the public Is
unlikely to continue to supporl;:these programs if they result in farmem being pa d not to
develop the!r land and then developing it, Moreover, it Is a Violatlgn qt' stat· finance law
to make a glffof the public wealth without Public benefit. Th, us g0vernm~en't cannot pay
farmers money for doing nothing they couldn't otherwise do,
We believe that the county has already given the store away by purphaslng fermiS, nd
development Hghts from pdvate indlvldL~als without restricting the use of the land.
Please don't let Southold follow the same path. Newsday keeps writing thatthe PDR
program Is supposed to support agriculture - not just views, but it is Inescapable that
controlling development is what the p~lblic was promised and Ir'is not being restrlctec~
adequately.
According to Southold's Community Preservation Fund Project plan, the town has over
12,oo0 prime acres that are el!gible for acquisition. Please use your good office
e~ercise prudence when prioritizing parcels for purchase of development rights
easements, Soqthold's Land Preservation department expressed uncertainty with
respect to the lot coverage of greenhouses on the 8.26-acre Girard parcel, a!~d until that
information is available to both the Town Board and the public, this purchase aho~l!d be
de-prioritized from the CPF plan for the above reasons,
,Sincerely,
Richard Amper
Executive Director
cc: $outhoId Town Board
Melissa Spiro
OFFICE LOCATION:
Town Hall Annex
54375 State Route 25
(cot. Main Rd. & Youngs Ave.)
Southold, NY 11971
MAILING ADDRESS:
P.O, Box 1179
Southold, NY 11971
Telephone: 631 765-1938
Fax: 631 765-3136
LOCAL WATERFRONT REVITALIZATION PROGRAM
TOWN OF SOUTHOLD
RECEIVED
MEMORANDUM
AUG 2 3 2010
To: Town of Southold Town Board
From: Mark Terry, Principal Planner
LWRP Coordinator
Date: August 23, 2010
Re:
Purchase of a development ri.qhts easement on property owned by 6900
Wickham Avenue, LLC (Girards).
Location: 6900 Wickham Avenue - on the southerly side of Wickham Avenue,
approximately 963.50 feet from the southwesterly intersection of County Road 48
and Wickham Avenue in Mattituck, New York
SCTM# SCTM #1000-107.-10-10.1.
The proposed acquisition is for a development rights easement on a part of the property
consisting of approximately 8.26+ acres (subject to survey) of the 10.1+ acre parcel in
the A-C zoning district.
The action has been reviewed to Chapter 268, Waterfront Consistency Review of the
Town of Southold Town Code and the Local Waterfront Revitalization Program (LWRP)
Policy Standards. Based upon the information provided on the LWRP Consistency
Assessment Form submitted to this department as well as the records available to me, it
is my recommendation that the proposed action is CONSISTENT with the Policy
Standards and therefore is CONSISTENT with the LWRP.
Please contact me at (631) 765-1938 if you have any questions regarding the above
recommendation.
Cc:
Martin Finnegan, Town Attorney
Melissa Spiro, Land Preservation Coordinator
/
/
617.20
Appendix C
State Environmental Quality Review
SHORT ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT FORM
For UNLISTED ACTIONS Only
PART I - PROJECT INFORMATION (To be completed by A~plicant or ProJect sponsor)
1. APPLICANT/SPONSOR /2. PROJECT NAML~,O.,~t'~u~c.~,
3. PROJECT LOCATION:
Municipality ~ ~ County
4. PRECISE LOCATION (Street address and road nterse~ons, prominent landmarks etc, or provide map)
5. PROPOSED ACTION IS:
~ New [] Expansion [] Modification/alteration
6. DESCRIBE PROJECT BRIEFL~':t"~ /~ ~
7. AMOUNT OF LAND/~FECTED: ~. acres
Initially ~1~.2 ~-- acres Ultimately
WILL PR POSED ACTION COMPLY WITH EXISTING ZONING OR OTHER EX ST NG LAND USE RESTRICTIONS? es U No If No, describe briefly
9. WHAT IS PRESENT LAND USE IN VICINITY OF PROJECT?
Des ib~e: esidential E~ Industrial [~ Commercial ,J~griculture r~ ParldForest/Open Space E~ Other
10. DOES ACTION INVOLVE A PERMIT APPROVAL, OR FUNDING, NOW OR ULTIMATELY FROM ANY OTHER GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY
(FEDERAL, STATE OR [~OCAL)?
[] Yes ~-~o If Yes, list agency(s) name and permit/approvals:
11. DOES ANY ASPECT OF THE ACTION HAVE A CURRENTLY VAL D PERMIT OR APPROVAL? m I Ye~ [] No If Yes, list agency(s) name and permiUapprovals:
12. AS A RESULT OF PROPOSED ACTION WILL EXISTING PERMIT/APPROVAL REQUIRE MODIFICATION? [] Yes E~No
I CERTIFY THAT THE INFORMATION PROVIDED ABOVE IS TRUE TO THE BEST OF MY NOWLEDGE
pphcanl/sponsorname: ,~,~,,~ .~,,~..~)/(~ /~ ~?~,~. ~ Date:
the action is in tho Coastal ~roa, and you ~ro a ~tat~ a~oney, eomplote tho
Coa,tal ~o**mont Form bofore procoodin~ with this
OVER
PART II - IMPACT ASSESSMENT (To be completed by Lead Agency)
A. DOES ACTION EXCEED ANY TYPE I THRESHOLD IN 6 NYCRR. PART 617~47 If yes, coordinate the review process and use the FULL EAr.
B. WILL ACTION RECEIVE COORDINATED REVIEW AS PROVIDED FOR UNLISTED ACTIONS IN 6 NYCRR, PART 617.67 If No, a negative
declaration may be superseded by another involved agency.
COULD ACTION RESULT IN ANY ADVERSE EFFECTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE FOLLOWING: (Answers may be handwritten, if legible)
C1, Existing air quality, surface or groundwater quality or quantity, noise levels, existing traffic pattern, solid waste production or disposal,
potential for ems/on, drainage or flooding problems? Explain briefly:
C2. Aesthetic, agricuflural, archaeological, historic, or other natural or cuflural resources; or community or neighborhood character? Explain briefly:
C3. Vegetation or fauna, fish, shellfish or wildlife species, significant habitats, or lhrealened or endangered species? Explain briefiy:
C4. A community's existin§ plans or goals as officially adopted, or a change in use or intensity of use et ~and or other natural resoumes? E×plain briefly:
C$. Growth, subsequent development, or related activities likely to be induced by the proposed action? Explain briefly:
CO. Long term, shor~ term, cumulative, or other effects not identified in CI-G§? Explain briefly:
C7. Other impacts (including changes in use o! either quanlgy or type of energy)? Explain briefly:
D. WILL THE PROJECT HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL CHARACTERISTICS THAT CAUSED THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A CRITICAL
ENVIRONMENTAL AREA (CEA)?
[] Yes [] No If Yes, explain briefly:
E. IS THERE, OR IS THERE LIKELY TO BE. CONTROVERSY RELATED TO POTENTIAL ADVERSE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS?
[] Yes ~ No If Yes,
explain
briefly:
PART III - DETERMINATION OF SIGNIFICANCE (To be completed by Agency)
INSTRUCTIONS: For each adverse effect identified above, determine whether it is substantial, large, important or otherwise significant. Each
effect should be assessed in connection with its (a) setting (i.e. urban or rural); (b) probability of occurring; (c) duration; (d) irreversibility; (e)
geographic scope; and (f) magnitude. If necessary, add attachments or reference supporting materials. Ensure that explanations contain
sufficient detail to show that all relevant adverse impacts have been identified and adequately addressed If question D of Part II was checked
yes, the determination of significance must evaluate the potential impact of the proposed action on the environmental characteristics of the CEA.
] Check this box if have identified one or more or significant adverse which MAY Then to the FUL
you
potentially
large
impacts
occur.
proceed
directly
FAF and/or prepare a positive declaration.
[~ Check this box if you have determined, based on the information and analysis above and any supporting documentation, that the proposed action WILl
NOT result in any significant adverse environmental impacts AND provide, on attachments as necessary, the reasons supporting this determinatior
Name of Lead Agency
Print or Type Name of Responsible Officer in Lead Agency
Signature of Responsible Officer in Lead Agency
Date
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Title of Responsible Officer
Signature of Preparer (If ~lerent from responsible officer)
Page 1 of l
Cooper, Linda
From: Legals [legals@timesreview.com]
Sent: Monday, August 16, 2010 10:46 AM
To: Cooper, Linda
Subject: RE: Girards 8-24-10
Hi Linda,
I have received the notice and we are good to §o for the 8/19 issue.
Thanks and have a great afternoon!
Candice
From: Cooper, Linda [mailto:Linda. Cooper@town,southold.ny.us]
Sent: Monday, August :16, 20:10:10:24 AH
To: Suffolk Times Legals
Subject: Girards 8-24-:10
Good morning,
attached hereto is a Legal Notice for Public Hearing to be published in the 8/19/10 edition of the Suffolk
Times. Please confirm receipt
Thank you
Linda Cooper
8/16/2010
9895
STATE OF NEW YORK)
) SS:
COUNTY OF SUFFOLK)
Karen Kine of Mattituck, in said county, being duly sworn, says that she is
Principal Clerk of THE SUFFOLK TIMES, a weekly newspaper, published at
Mattituck, in the Town of Southold, County of Suffolk and State of New York, and that
the Notice of which the annexed is a printed copy, has been regularly published in
said Newspaper once each week for 1.~ week(s), successively, commencing on the
19th day of Au.qust, 2010.
Principal Clerk
Sworn to before me this
(~dayof _(/~_J.~,~'"/~'./~ 2010.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GlVg~ that
pursuant to the provisions of Chapte~
17 (Community Preservation Fund)
and Chapter 70 (Agricultural Lands) o~
the Town Code, the Towa Board of the
Town of Southold hereby sets Tnesday.
~Gha~dsL Said property is i~entified a~
address is 69~0 Wickham Avenue, The
property is located in the A-C zonin~
V¢~ckham Avenue, approximately 963.50
posed acquisition is ~or ~i development,
ri~ts easement on a part of the prop,.
erty con~tsfing of approximately 8.26'2
ac~es.(subject to survey) of the 10.1~i
acre parcel.
subject to a Town-provided survey ac- .
price is $63,000 (sixty-thxee thotmaad
dollars) per boildable acre for the 8.26:e
of the above mentioned p~_~ o~.la~ t
STATE OF NEW YORK)
SS:
COUNTY OF SUFFOLK)
ELIZABETH A. NEVILLE, Town Clerk of the Town of Southold, New York being
duly sworn, says that on the /6- day of r'rJ~C_,- ,2010, she affixed a notice of
which the annexed printed notice is a tree copy, in a proper and substantial manner, in
a most public place in the Town of Southold, Suffolk County, New York, to wit:
Town Clerk's Bulletin Board, 53095 Main Road, Southold, New York.
Re: Girards Dev Rts
~JElizabeth A. Neville
Southold Town Clerk
Sworn before me this
/& ~ day of ~t.~-o~j-, 2010.
lqotary Pu~olic
LINDA d COOPER
NOTARY PUBLIC, State of New York
NO. 01CO4822563, Suffolk Cou~Ly
Term Expires December 31, 20_L~
LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 17
(Community Preservation Fund) and Chapter 70 (Agricultural Lands) of the Town Code,
the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby sets Tuesda¥~ August 24~ 2010~ at
4:45 p.m.~ Southold Town Hall~ 53095 Main Road~ Southold~ New York as the time
and place for a public hearing for the purchase of a development rights easement on
proper .ty owned by 6900 Wickham Avenue, LLC (Girards). Said property is
identified as part of SCTM #1000-107.-10-10.1. The address is 6900 Wickham Avenue.
The property is located in the A-C zoning district and is on the southerly side of
Wickham Avenue, approximately 963.50 feet from the southwesterly intersection of
County Road 48 and Wickham Avenue in Mattituck, New York. The proposed
acquisition is for a development rights easement on a part of the property consisting of
approximately 8.26± acres (subject to survey) of the 10.1± acre parcel.
The exact area of the acquisition is subject to a Town-provided survey acceptable to the
Land Preservation Committee and the landowner. The purchase price is $63,000 (sixty-
three thousand dollars) per buildable acre for the 8.26± acre easement plus acquisition
costs.
The property is listed on the Town's Community Preservation Project Plan as property
that should be preserved due to its agricultural value.
FURTHER NOTICE is hereby given that a more detailed description of the above
mentioned parcel of land is on file in Land Preservation Department, Southold Town Hall
Annex, 54375 Route 25, Southold, New York, and may be examined by any interested
person during business hours.
Dated: August 10, 2010
BY ORDER OF THE TOWN BOARD
OF THE TOWN OF SOUTHOLD
Elizabeth Neville
Town Clerk
PLEASE PUBLISH ON August 19, 2010 AND FORWARD ONE (1) AFFIDAVIT OF
PUBLICATION TO ELIZABETH NEVILLE, TOWN CLERK, TOWN HALL, P.O.
BOX 1179, SOUTHOLD, NY 11971.
Copies to the following:
The Suftblk Times Town Board Members Town Attorney
Land Preservation Comptroller Town Clerk's Bulletin Board
RESOLUTION 2010-612
ADOPTED
DOC ID: 6080
THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION NO. 2010~612 WAS
ADOPTED AT THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE SOUTHOLD TOWN BOARD ON
AUGUST 10, 2010:
RESOLVED that pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 17 (Community Preservation Fund) and
Chapter 70 (Agricultural Lands) of the Town Code, the Town Board of the Town of Southold
hereby sets Tuesda¥~ August 24~ 2010~ at 4:45 p.m.~ Southold Town Hall~ 53095 Main Road~
Southold~ New York as the time and place for a public hearing for the purchase of a
development rights easement on proper~ owned by 6900 Wickham Avenue~ LLC
(Girards). Said property is identified as part of SCTM #1000-107.-10-10.1. The address is 6900
Wickham Avenue. The property is located in the A-C zoning district and is on the southerly side
of Wickham Avenue, approximately 963.50 feet from the southwesterly intersection of County
Road 48 and Wickham Avenue in Mattituck, New York. The proposed acquisition is for a
development rights easement on a part of the property consisting of approximately 8.26± acres
(subject to survey) of the 10.1± acre parcel.
The exact area of the acquisition is subject to a Town-provided survey acceptable to the Land
Preservation Committee and the landowner. The purchase price is $63,000 (sixty-three thousand
dollars) per buildable acre for the 8.26± acre easement plus acquisition costs.
The property is listed on the Town's Community Preservation Project Plan as property that
should be preserved due to its agricultural value.
FURTHER NOTICE is hereby given that a more detailed description of the above mentioned
parcel of land is on file in Land Preservation Department, Southold Town Hall Annex, 54375
Route 25, Southold, New York, and may be examined by any interested person during business
hours.
Elizabeth A. Neville
Southold Town Clerk
RESULT: ADOPTED IUNANIMOUSl
MOVER: Vincent Orlando, Councilman
SECONDER: Albert Kmpski Jr., Councilman
AYES: Ruland, Orlando, Talbot, Kmpski Jr., Evans, Russell