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LAND PRESERVATION COMMITTEE MEETING
Minutes & Discussion Notes from Meeting held
Tuesday, June 24, 2014 at 7:00 p.m.
Town Hall Annex Executive Board Room
Members Present:
John Sepenoski, Chairman Lillian Ball
Peggy Dickerson Sam McCullough
Members Absent:
Anne Murray
Maureen Cullinane
Eric Keil
Also present:
Melissa Spiro, Land Preservation Coordinator
Melanie Doroski, Land Preservation Secretary
Bob Ghosio, Town Board Liaison (7:08 p.m.)
Tim Caufield, Peconic Land Trust (7:06 p.m.)
Luke McKay, Peconic Land Trust (7:13 p.m.)
Commencement:
The meeting began at 7:03 p.m. with four LPC members present.
Adoption of Meeting Minutes:
Acceptance of LPC meeting minutes from April 15, 2014 and May 27, 2014
HOLD –
no voting quorum
Land Preservation Applications and Inquiries:
SCTM #1000-115.-8-3.6 McCALL (f/k/a Elak)
Review appraisal for PDR \[executive session\]
Walker/McCall, LLC purchased property on May 2, 2014.
EXECUTIVE SESSION.
The members entered into
LPC reviewed and discussed appraisal report.
END OF EXECUTIVE SESSION
MOTION
made by Sam McCullough, seconded by Lillian Ball, to direct Melissa Spiro to make an
appointment to meet with the Town Board before offer is made to landowner. If Town Board approves
the proposed purchase, Melissa is directed to present an offer to Walker/McCall, LLC for the
purchase of a farmland development rights easement on SCTM #1000-115.-8-3.6 in the amount per
buildable acre determined by the LPC and Town Board. This offer will be subject to the Peconic Land
Trust, Incorporated’s existing easement on the subject area and the larger 24.5± acre farm already
subject to the Town’s easement being amended so that the current restriction on the 24.5± acre farm
are extended to the subject area and so that a provision prohibiting the subdivision of the 3.8863 acre
subject area from the 24.5± acre farm is included.
Motion carried: 4/0
SCTM #1000-68.-4-18 (SEPENOSKI, John B. Jr,)
Update re: County/Town joint acquisition and status \[executive session\]
Committee Chairman John Sepenoski absent from any discussion on this proposed project due to
family relationship to landowner, John B. Sepenoski, Jr.
EXECUTIVE SESSION.
The members entered into
County/Town joint acquisition of Sepenoski development rights easement were discussed.
END OF EXECUTIVE SESSION
Applications & Inquiries for Uses or Structures on Preserved Property:
SCTM #1000-109.-5-16.3 (CEDARS GOLF CLUB)
Dike Rehabilitation Project – inquiry from Trustees
Trustees inquiry seeks approval from the LPC for a dike rehabilitation engineering project to be
performed within the Town’s easement area. LPC approved said project and a written approval will be
sent to the Trustees.
Stewardship and Management:
None
General Land Preservation Items:
FINANCIAL REPORT UPDATE
Melissa Spiro, Land Preservation Coordinator, presented financial report update that included several
contracted and proposed projects.
Next Regular Meeting:
Tuesday, July 8, 2014(?).
The next regular meeting will be on
Adjournment:
The meeting was adjourned at 8:25 p.m. by the three remaining LPC members.
Respectfully submitted by Melanie Doroski, Land Preservation Secretary