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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCommunity Development Block GrantSOUTHOLD TOWN BOARD PUBLIC HEAR~G October 23, 2012 7:35 PM Present: Supervisor Scott Russell Justice Louisa Evans Councilman Albert Krupski, Jr. Councilman William Ruland Councilman Christopher Talbot Councilwoman Jill Doherty Town Clerk Elizabeth Neville Town Attorney Martin Finnegan This heating was opened at 7:51 PM COUNCILMAN TALBOT: In April, 2013 the Town of Southold expects to receive approximately $92,850.00 in Federal Community Development Block Grant Funds. These funds may be used, and have been previously used for a variety of projects to be selected by local officials. Eligible activities include: Acquisition and demolition of blighted property Housing rehabilitation Elimination of physical barriers for the handicapped Public facilities and improvements Street Reconstruction Code Enforcement Public Water projects Economic Development Public Services (total allotment limited to 15%) Town Residents are invited to attend this public hearing on Tuesday~ October 23~ 2012~ 7:35 P. M. at the Southold Town Hall, 53095 Main Road, Southold, New York, to express citizen views on local housing community development needs to be met with these funds. I have a copy that it was posted in the Suffolk Times on October 8, 2012 and it was posted on the Town Clerk's bulletin board on September 28, 2012. And that is it. SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: Okay, would anybody like to address the Town Board at this particular time? Community Development Block Grant Funds 2 Public Heating October 23, 2012 PEGGY MURPHY: I think I fall under the category of public services. I am Peggy Murphy and I presently serve as the president of CAST's board of directors. CAST is Community Action Southold Town but we commonly refer to it as CAST. It was organized in 1964 and has been fulfilling by neighbors helping neighbors, it's mission of providing a safety net for and promoting self-sufficiency in Southold Town residents in need. When CAST was formed, monies were available for outreach programs through a variety of government agencies. That is not and hasn't been tree for a number of years. CAST survives mainly on the generosity of community residents, both past, people who lived here and have moved to other areas and of course our local residents. We rely on fundraisers, grants for specific programs as well as monies granted to the organization by Southold Town through its Federal Community Block Grant. CAST offers food and clothing to its clients as well as assistance in finding jobs and housing on a regular basis. Additionally, staff is available to aid clients in seeking help from other agencies for special needs. Right now as winter approaches, we are securing sources for home heating and that is, of course, a priority. Many special programs are offered in the area of nutrition, we do tutoring, English as a second language, holiday food baskets and with the cooperation of Townsend Manor Scott Gonzalez and the Greenport fire department respectively, we offer our annual pajama party where pajama and an age appropriate book are given out to approximately 50 youngsters in November and in December, our Christmas gift distribution, to which all of our clients are invited. Our files presently include 119 families as clients. That is the adult presence, that number doesn't include the children. The summer feeding program which provides in addition to regular bags of food, fresh produce, lunch foods, breakfast foods and dairy products during the weeks when school is not in session, listed 40 families with 70 youngsters involved and receiving that extra supplement of food. CAST seeks to both provide life necessities as well as to enrich the lives of its clients, our needy neighbors. We hope we can count on your help to fulfill our mission next year as you have helped CAST in the past. And I thank you. SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: Thank you very much. Who else would like to address the Board? JOAN MARIE CORTEZ: I am Joan Marie Cortez and I am the director of Robert Perry Daycare Center in Greenport which I am sure you are all familiar with. Perry Daycare has been operating as a non-profit corporation since 1998. Perry Daycare's original mission was to provide safe and nurturing childcare for the poorest children living in the Village of Greenport. Today, 14 years later our mission remains largely the same, except that now we care for children from many of the surrounding hamlets and villages, including Riverhead itself. Over the past 10 years, the ethnicity of the residents of the Village of Greenport has changed a great deal to include people from the many countries of Central and South America, as well as Mexico. We have tried to keep up with the changes in the population by offering a bi-lingual daycare program when appropriate. We were recently forced to close our infant classroom as a cost savings measure due to a drastic cut in New York State funding in 2010. Currently we provide childcare for toddlers and preschool age children from 18 months to 4 years of age. As of this month we have 16 to 20 children enrolled. Maximum enrollment is 25 children. Four of these Community Development Block Grant Funds 3 Public Heating October 23, 2012 children's childcare fees are paid for by the Suffolk County Department of Social Services, also six of these children are being raised by single parent mothers. Annually on an average, we serve about 20 children and their families. Today our funding comes mainly fi.om parent fees paid out of pocket or through the Suffolk County Department of Social Services. Funds provided by the New York State child and adult care food program and funds generated by various fund raising events held throughout the year. We provide childcare that is safe, educational and nurturing for children ages 18 months to 4 years and our childcare hours are 8:15 to 5:30 PM. We are extremely flexible in our enrollment arrangements as we try to accommodate the working schedules of our parents. Included in each child's day are two fleshly prepared hot meals, prepared on the premises. All of which meet the nutritional standards of the child and adult care food program. As our building and playground area are ageing, we are in serious need of some renovations including new carpeting in the classrooms and rubber mulch that needs to be resurfaced on the playground. We are also greatly in need of new storage fumiture, educational supplies and equipment for the toddler and preschool classrooms. Finally, our biggest challenge is to remain financially healthy as to be able to continue to be a resource for the local working parents, for daily safe and stimulating childcare. This is critical for our community as we are the only daycare center on the eastern end of the north fork that provides childcare for children under 3 years of age that accommodates working parents. With New York State government funds gone, it is a straggle for us to be able to continue, to be able to offer quality childcare that is affordable. We are more dependent than ever on the block grant that we receive through the generosity of the Town of Southold, whatever the amount. Thank you. COUNCILMAN TALBOT: I have got a question, ma'am. You said you have 18 kids in there now? MS. CORTEZ: Yes. COUNCILMAN TALBOT: And you had to drop the infant program but if you didn't drop that, have you seen a decrease in the number of kids that are coming there? MS. CORTEZ: Yes, because we had to raise our fees because we are not able to meet our monthly expenses every month and if you raise it too much, parents can't afford it. COUNCILMAN TALBOT: Yes, because you are starting to see that whether it be parents that aren't working and they no longer need the childcare, we have seen a big drop off at the SCOPE program at the school. Where with the school program there was upwards of 30 kids and it is down to 6 or 7 now. MS. CORTEZ: Yes and also we are affected by the seasonal working schedules of parents, too. Once the season is over, a lot of people's hours are decreased, so that affects us as well. COUNCILMAN TALBOT: Alright. Thanks. Community Development Block Grant Funds 4 Public Hearing October 23, 2012 MS. CORTEZ: Thank you. SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: Please. DWAYNE WAGNER: Good evening. My name is Dwayne Wagner, I am the immediate past chair of Maureen's Haven and currently board member of Maureen's Haven. I just passed up to you some statistics of last years service that Maureen's Haven has provided. I think many of you may be familiar with it. the mission of Maureen's Haven is to compassionately empower the east end's homeless. And I think that the hallmark of the Maureen's Haven program which is comprised of 32 churches, currently it is 15 host churches and 17 churches that actually provide assistance, where they provide volunteers to the actual hosting churches. The churches open their doors to shelter the homeless, so that is the hallmark of the program. Fifteen hundred volunteers are raised among the 32 churches and those volunteers organize within their church to prepare a warm meal, bedding, breakfast and lunch and Maureen's Haven, the not for profit corporation has an executive director in Riverhead, we have a facility in Riverhead where job training is provided, different counseling services are provided and screening is provided to maintain a safe environment in the churches. So we actually retain professional screeners to screen the participants, the clients, before they are transported to the churches. To give you an idea of the scope, last year on an average 50-60 homeless individuals were sheltered per night, 5 nights a week. And how it works is one church is open on Mondays, another church volunteers for Tuesday and the not for profit simply screens and transports the clients to the churches. So we had 5,637 beds that were made and 267 individuals participated last year. As you know, funding is hard in these economic times so we do appreciate anything you can do and you have been generous in the past, so we thank you for that. we also engage in private fundraising, we have an annual lobster bash now which is the prime primary private fundraiser and we are engaging other private fundraising activities to try to supplement the government assistance that we get. If there are any questions that you have, I would be happy to answer them. COUNCILMAN TALBOT: Yes, I just had one. Have you seen an increase in the number of people using your organization, the past few years? MR. WAGNER: Definitely last year, just given the economy generally. I also, I got introduced to Maureen's Haven and I am still an overnight host in a church in Westhampton, my church. And what I can tell you is, when you look at the population, we actually last year had people that were working that were homeless. Not a significant percentage but they actually were working and could not afford rent. So I would just say, it is truly a cross section and if you walk down a Main Street, everybody is represented. And on a statistical basis, last year was 79 % male and 21% female but I would say historically it is more balanced than that. last year it happened to be tilted a little heavier for males. But I would say generally it is probably like a 60/40. We have seen an increase just based on the economy. Again, what we try to do is Maureen's Haven tries to provide a compassionate environment as opposed to say a county sheltering system. That is what we try to do. Community Development Block Grant Funds 5 Public Hearing October 23, 2012 COUNCILMAN TALBOT: Thanks. SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: Who else would like to address the Town Board? JOE KINSELLA: Good evening, my name is Joe Kinsella and I work with a company called Family Residences and (inaudible) Enterprises. We operate a group home at 9625 Main Bayview Road in Southold. Just to tell you a little bit about us, Family Residences and (inaudible) Enterprises is a not for profit organization founded in 1977. we are headquartered in Old Bethpage. We provide services to over 3,000 individuals with intellectual and emotional disabilities and their families throughout Nassau and Suffolk counties each year. Our mission is to suppor~ individuals of all abilities to realize their full potential and achieve personal happiness. We offer a diverse array of supports and services including family support services, crisis intervention, including 24 hour mobile crisis response, day services including volunteerism employment, a theatre arts program and a working ranch. We support 500 families living in the community. Presently the home at 9625 Main Bayview, we have done everything that we can to keep the house up as well as we can, we recently installed solar panels on the roof so that we can get ahead of our bills, we have done some roofing, some plumbing and an inordinate amount of structural repairs. Presently we are looking for some help in purchasing some new windows and doing some insulation and siding on the house. We are hoping to form a collaboration with you. SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: Thank you very much. Who else would like to address the Town Board? We are just going to keep this to the Community Block grants, we are part of a public hearing right now. As soon as we close this out we will go to the regular part of the meeting. Would anybody else like to address us on Community Block grant funding? (No response) Just let me quickly say that what has been very apparent to me over the past few years, I have been supervisor here going on my 7th year, the amount of community block grant fund that we are receiving continues to shrink and dwindle to a very very small amount of money and at the same time, these not for profits and these groups that are struggling are having a difficult time raising money because of the pinch that everybody feels in this bad economy, so it is a very bad set of circumstances that are all at play at the very same time. We wish we could certainly do more and we wish we were in a better position to help even more than we do. This hearing was closed at 8:08 PM Southold Town Clerk October 18, 2012 Elizabeth Neville, Town Clerk Town of Southold 53095 Main Rd. Southold, Ne~v York 11971 RECEIVED OCT l g 20E Re: 9625 Main Bayview Road Southold, New York 11971 ~outhol~l Town ClecJ Dear Ms. Neville: Family Residences and Essential Enterprises, Inc. (FREE) is a not-for-profit organization, founded in 1977 and headquartered in Old Bethpage, which benefits and proudly supports more than 3,000 individuals with intellectual and emotional disabilities and their families throughout Nassau and Suffolk Counties each year. Our mission is to support individuals of all abilities to realize their full potential and achieve personal happiness. We offer a diverse array of supports and services including Family Support Services, Crisis Services including 24 hour Mobile Crisis Response, Day Services including volunteerism and employment, a Theater Arts Company, Working Ranch, Community Gardens and a Greenhouse. We support 500 men and women living in the coramunity in various forms of housing settings, all of whom are low-income and some of whom were homeless. FREE continues its commitment to partner with corrLmunity agencies, schools, advocacy organizations, government, institutions of higher education and others to create opportunities with the people we are privileged to support. Our mission.., to help individuals of all abilities realize their full potential. Our vision...creating the right solution for any need. Our motto is...reach high...achieve more. FREE has embraced self-directed services and person-centered planning as a process-oriented approach to empower the men and women ~ve support. We hope to develop a collaboration with you regarding the Town of Southold's Community Block Grant monies to improve current housing in your Township. We own a home in the Town of Southold that is over 100 years old. This building has a long history, and we have tried to maintain its character. We have put an extensive amount of work into the home, some of which includes, solar energy, roof., plumbing, and structural repairs. The home is in need of new windo~vs as the current windows are rotting and are not energy efficient, we are in need of siding as some of the sheathing is exposed and is being affected by the weather and we are also in need of some additional structural repairs. We are requesting for Block Grant Money to help assist 191 BethF~a,qe Sweel Hollow Road · Old Belhpage, New York 118041314 Tel: 516 870 1600 · Fax: 516 870 1660 · info ~ familyres.org · www.familyres.org with these necessary repairs on behalf of the men and women who live there. We are currently in need of $100,000 to make these necessary improvements. We know that this is a large amount of money however, we would be ever so grateful for whatever mount you are able to give us to assist with the needs in our home. Thank you for your time and consideration on this project. Please feel free contact us if you have any questions or of we can be of any assistance. We may be reached at (516) 870-1600 ext. 1839 or by e-mail at lnieto,5~_,familyres.org. Sincerely, Christine A. Wemer, Director Cormmunity Development & Self Directed Services Cc: Scott Russell, Town Supervisor Albert Krupski, Deputy Supervisor/Board Member Louisa Evans, Town Board Member Chris Talbot, Town Board Member William P. Ruland, Town Board Member Jill Doherty, Town Board Memember Phillip Beltz, Special Project Coordinator Anita Dowd-Neufeld, Divisional Director Patrice RadoMtz, Public Relations Director Lyrae Nieto, Coordinator 191 Bethpage Sweet Hollow Road · Old Bethpage, New York 11804 1314 Tel: 516 870 1600 · Fax: 516 870-1660 ° info~fomilyres.org ° www.familyres.org #10881 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), successfully commencing on the 4th day of October, 2012, Sworn to before me this Principal Clerk day of (~ ~/~ 2012. ~ible activities include: A~quisition and demolttieo ~ at the Southold 1'o~ CHRISTINA VOtlNSKI NOTARY PUBLIC-STATE OF NEW YORK No. 01VO6105050 Qualified in Suffolk County LEGAL NOTICE Citizen's Ideas Wanted On Community Development Program Announcement of Public Hearing In April, 2013 the Town of Southold expects to receive approximately $92,850.00 in Federal Community Development Block Grant Funds. These funds may be used, and have been previously used for a variety of projects to be selected by local officials. Eligible activities include: Acquisition and demolition of blighted property Housing rehabilitation Elimination of physical barriers for the handicapped Public facilities and improvements Street Reconstruction Code Enforcement Public Water projects Economic Development Public Services (total allotment limited to 15%) Town Residents are invited to attend this public hearing on Tuesda% October 23~ 2012~ 7:35 P. M. at the Southold Town Hall, 53095 Main Road, Southold, New York, to express citizen views on local housing community development needs to be met with these funds. Dated: September 28, 2012 BY ORDER OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF SOUTHOLD Elizabeth Neville Town Clerk PLEASE PUBLISH ON October 04, 2012, AND FORWARD ONE (1) AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION TO ELIZABETH NEVILLE, TOWN CLERK, TOWN HALL, PO BOX 1179, SOUTHOLD, NY 11971. Copies to the following: The Suffolk Times Phillip Beltz Town Board Members James McMahon Town Attorney Comptroller Town Clerk's Bulletin Board Website  RESOLUTION 2012-748 ADOPTED DOC ID: 8168 THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION NO. 2012-748 WAS ADOPTED AT THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE SOUTHOLD TOWN BOARD ON OCTOBER 9, 2012: RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby sets 7:35 PM, Tuesday, October 23, 2012, Southold Town Hall, 53095 Main Road, Southold, New York 11971, as the time and place for a Public Hearing to hear citizens views on local housing and community development needs to be met with approximately $92,850.00 in Community Development Block Grant funds the Town of Southold expects to receive in April 2013 and authorizes the Town Clerk to publish an "Announcement of Public Hearing Notice". Elizabeth A. Neville Southold Town Clerk RESULT: ADOPTED [UNANIMOUSI MOVER: Albert Krupski Jr., Councilman SECONDER: William Ruland, Councilman AYES: Ruland, Talbot, Kmpski Jr., Evans, Russell ABSENT: Jill Doherty Page 1 of 1 Rudder, Lynda From: Candice Schott [cschott@timesreview.com] Sent: Monday, October 01, 2012 8:36 AM To: Rudder, Lynda Subject: RE: legal notice 10/4 Thanks!J! From: Rudder, Lynda [mailto:lynda.rudder@town.southold.ny.us] ~ent: Monday, October 01, 2012 8:23 AM To: Candice Schott Subject: RE: legal notice 10/4 From: Candice Schott [mailto:cschott@timesreview.com] Sent: Monday, October 01, 2012 8:11 AM To: Rudder, Lynda Subject: re: legal notice 10/4 Hi Lynda, Your emails seem to find their way to my junk maiL.and without an attachment. Please try resending this morning. I will confirm once it comes through. © Candice 10/1/2012 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 28th day of September ,2012, 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. PH 10/23/12 7:35 pm - Community Development Block Grant ~zab~th A. Neville Southold Town Clerk Swom before me this 28th day of Sept~nn,ber ,2012. ~/ ' ~Notary Public Southold Town Board - Letter Board Meeting of October 9, 2012 RESOLUTION 2012-748 ADOPTED Item # 5.8 DOC ID: 8168 THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION NO. 2012-748 WAS ADOPTED AT THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE SOUTHOLD TOWN BOARD ON OCTOBER 9, 2012: RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby sets 7:35 PM, Tuesday, October 23, 2012, Southold Town Hall, 53095 Main Road, Southold, New York 11971, as the time and place for a Public Hearing to hear citizens views on local housing and community development needs to be met with approximately $92,850.00 in Community Development Block Grant funds the Town of Southold expects to receive in April 2013 and authorizes the Town Clerk to publish an "Announcement of Public Hearing Notice". Elizabeth A. Neville Southold Town Clerk RESULT: ADOPTED [UNANIMOUS] MOVER: Albert Krupski Jr., Councilman SECONDER: William Ruland, Councilman AYES: Ruland, Talbot, Krupski Jr., Evans, Russell ABSENT: Jill Doherty Generated October 10, 2012 Page 29