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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 Girards Development Rights purchase 2 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. Girards Development Rights purchase 3 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 Girards Development Rights purchase 4 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) AU~-24-2~10 12:14 From:L.I. PINE BARRENS 631 569 5589 To:6~l 965 6145 P.1/5 RECEIVED 1. ONC; ISL^ND AU$ 24 2010 PIN g BARRi£N$ ~outhold Town ClerE S 0 C I E T Y FAX TRANSMISSION To: Town Clerk From: RichaFd,Am,~?mr, Date: 8/24110 Re: Tonight's Public Hearing Pagem 3(I ncl ,udi?,g _co .var ) TO Whom it May Concern in the Town Clerk's office: Fax #:785-6145 Please incluc~e the following correspondence in the record for tonight's public hearing concerning the purchase of development rights easemen! proposed for the Girarcls property on Wif=kham Avenue, Thank You, AU[~-24-2010 12:14 From:L.I. PINE BARRENS G31 369 3389 To:B31 ?G5 6145 P,2/3 PINE BAR R. ENS SOCIETY RECEIVED ~outhol,~ Term Cleft ~-"t 7 [:A,~I MAIN ~,J IdLTI RI~/EI{IJt, AI) Np'q/ 'iq:'I-RK IlL, Of August24,2010 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 ----- 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