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Home My WebLink AboutTB-02/25/2014 ELIZABETH A. NEVILLETown Hall, 53095 Main Road TOWN CLERK o�oguFFo��co a� ay PO Box 1179 H Southold,NY 11971 REGISTRAR OF VITAL STATISTICS c Fax(631)765-6145 MARRIAGE OFFICER y�1pl ao� Telephone: (631)765 - 1800 RECORDS MANAGEMENT OFFICER southoldtown.northfork.net FREEDOM OF INFORMATION OFFICER OFFICE OF THE TOWN CLERK SOUTHOLD TOWN BOARD REGULAR MEETING February 25, 2014 4:30 PM A Regular Meeting of the Southold Town Board was held Tuesday, February 25, 2014 at the Meeting Hall, Southold,NY. Call to Order 4:30 PM Meeting called to order on February 25, 2014 at Meeting Hall, 53095 Route 25, Southold, NY. Attendee Name Organization Title Status " Arrived Robert Ghosio Town of Southold Councilman Present James Dinizio Jr Town of Southold Councilman Present William P. Ruland Town of Southold Councilman Present Jill Doherty Town of Southold Councilwoman Present Louisa P. Evans Town of Southold Justice Present Scott A. Russell Town of Southold Supervisor Present I. Reports 1. Planning Board 2. Justice William H. Price,Jr 3. Justice Louisa P. Evans 4. Program's for the Disabled Monthly Report 5. Island Group Employee Health Care Plan 6. Recreation Department II. Public Notices 1. New York State - D E C 2. NYS Liquor Authority - New License Application Southold Town Board Meeting Page 2 February 25, 2014 3. Governor's Office of Storm Recovery - N Y S Action Plant Amendment No 6 to the Action Plan for CDBG Disaster Recovery III. Communications IV. Discussion 1. 9:00 AM - Melissa Spiro - Presentation of the CPF Management and Strewardship Plan 2014 2. 9:15 AM -Jeff Standish and Tim Abrams - Purchase of New Bucket Truck for DPW 3. 9:30 AM -Jim Bunchuck-Emergency Repair of Truck Engine 4. 9:45 AM - Heather Lanza, Mark Terry and Jamie Richter- Factory Avenue Sidewalks 5. 10:00 AM- Phillip Beltz and Leslie Weisman, ZBA Chairman 6. Request from Southold Voice to Hold a Shoreline Clean-Up 7. Building Department Vacancy 8. Southold Sustainability Committee 9. LL/Vets Exemption from School Taxes (Public Hearing This Afternoon) 10. Motion To: Motion to Enter Executive RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby Enter into Executive Session at 11:09AM for the purpose of discussing the following matters: Labor- Matters involving employment of a particular person(s) Litigation RESULT: ADOPTED [UNANIMOUS] MOVER: Louisa P. Evans, Justice SECONDER:Robert Ghosio, Councilman AYES: Ghosio, Dinizio Jr, Ruland, Doherty, Evans, Russell 11. Executive Session 12. Motion To: Motion to Exit Executive RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby Exit/Recess from this Executive Session at 11:51 AM. Southold Town Board Meeting Page 3 February 25, 2014 RESULT: ADOPTED [UNANIMOUS] MOVER: Louisa P. Evans, Justice SECONDER:Scott A. Russell, Supervisor AYES: Ghosio, Dinizio Jr, Ruland, Doherty, Evans, Russell 13. Motion To: Recess 9:00 AM meeting RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby Recess this 9:00 AM meeting of the Town Board until the Regular 4:30 PM Meeting of the Southold Town Board. RESULT: ADOPTED [UNANIMOUS] MOVER: William P. Ruland, Councilman SECONDER:Jill Doherty, Councilwoman AYES: Ghosio, Dinizio Jr, Ruland, Doherty, Evans, Russell Pledge to the Flag Opening Comments Supervisor Scott A.Russell SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: Please rise and join in the Pledge of Allegiance. Thank you. I would invite anybody that would like to comment on any of the agenda items to please feel free now? (No response) Okay, let's get some work done. V. Resolutions 2014-194 CATEGORY.• Audit DEPARTMENT. Town Clerk Approve Audit RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby approves the audit dated February 25 2014. ✓Vote Record-Resolution RES-2014-194 0 Adopted ❑ Adopted as Amended ❑ Defeated ❑ Tabled Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent ❑ Withdrawn Robert Ghosio Seconder 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Supervisor's Appt James Dinizio Jr Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Tax Receiver's Appt William P.Ruland Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Rescinded Jill Doherty Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ Town Clerk's Appt Louisa P.Evans Mover 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Supt Hgwys Appt Scott A.Russell Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ No Action 0 Lost Southold Town Board Meeting Page 4 February 25, 2014 2014-195 CATEGORY. Set Meeting DEPARTMENT. Town Clerk Set Next Regular Meeting RESOLVED that the next Regular Town Board Meeting of the Southold Town Board be held, Tuesday, March 11, 2014 at the Southold Town Hall, Southold,New York at 7:30 P.M.. ✓Vote Record-Resolution RES-2014-195 0 Adopted ❑ Adopted as Amended ❑ Defeated ❑ Tabled Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent ❑ Withdrawn Robert Ghosio Seconder 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Supervisor's Appt James Dinizio Jr Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Tax Receiver's Appt William P.Ruland Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Rescinded Jill Doherty Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Town Clerk's Appt Louisa P.Evans Mover 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Supt Hgwys Appt Scott A.Russell Voter D ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ No Action ❑ Lost 2014-196 CATEGORY.• Organizational -Accounting DEPARTMENT. Town Clerk Bank Depositories &Amounts of Securities RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby amends resolution 2014-27, adopted at the Organizational meeting as follows: WHEREAS, Section 64 of the Town Law requires the Town Board to designate, by resolution, banks in the State in which the Supervisor or other officers of the Town shall deposit moneys coming into their hands by virtue of their office; and WHEREAS,the Town Board may require any bank, so designated, to deposit with such Board bonds or certificates of the United States, of the State of New York or any county, town, city, village or school district of the State of New York, such security for such funds so deposited, but such bond or certificate shall be subject to the approval of the Town Board and shall be deposited in such place and held under such conditions as the Town Board may determine; now, therefore, be it Southold Town Board Meeting Page 5 February 25, 2014 RESOLVED that the following banks are designate for fiscal year 2014 as depositories, and the following securities are hereby required as collateral for such cash balances in said banks: Bridgehampton National Bank $ 25,000,000.00 Bridgehampton National Bank $ 5,000,000.00 (Tax Receiver's Account) Bank of America $ 5,000,000.00 Capital One Bank $ 25,000,000.00 Capital One Bank $ 25,000,000. 30,000,000.00 (Tax Receiver's Account) Suffolk County National Bank $ X000,000:50 30,000,000.00 Suffolk County National Bank $ 5,000,000.00 (Tax Receiver's Account) JP Morgan Chase Bank $ 10,000,000.00 AND BE FURTHER RESOLVED that the Town Board hereby authorizes Supervisor Scott A. Russell to execute Collateral Agreements between the Town of Southold and the above designated banks and their Third Party Custodial Institutions, all in accordance with the approval of the Town Attorney; and be it FURTHER RESOLVED that authorization for increase and decrease of securities shall be subject to the approval of the Supervisor. ✓Vote Record-Resolution RES-2014-196 0 Adopted ❑ Adopted as Amended ❑ Defeated Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent ❑ Tabled .......... ❑ Withdrawn Robert Ghosio Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Supervisor's Appt James Dinizio Jr Mover 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Tax Receiver's Appt William P.Ruland Seconder 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Rescinded Jill Doherty Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Town Clerk's Appt Louisa P.Evans Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Supt Hgwys Appt Scott A.Russell Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ No Action ❑ Lost 2014-197 CATEGORY. Budget Modification DEPARTAIE,AlT. Accounting Budget Modification for Employee Health Plan Financial Impact: Additional appropriation for Medcare Part D administration-offset by reimbursement higher than budgeted Southold Town Board Meeting Page 6 February 25, 2014 RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby increases the 2013 Employee Health Benefit Plan budget as follows: Revenues: MS.2700.00 Medicare Part D Reimbursement $2,500 Total $2,500 To: MS.8686.4.000.100 Medicare Part D Administration $2,500 Total $2,500 ✓Vote Record-Resolution RES-2014-197 0 Adopted ❑ Adopted as Amended ❑ Defeated Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent ❑ Tabled Robert Ghosio V ❑ Withdrawn oter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ Supervisor's Appt James Dinizio Jr Voter El ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Tax Receiver's Appt William P.Ruland Seconder 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Rescinded Jill Doherty Mover D ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Town Clerk's Appt Louisa P.Evans Voter D ❑ ❑ ❑ Supt Hgwys Appt Scott A.Russell Voter D ❑ ❑ 0 ❑ No Action ❑ Lost 2014-198 CATEGORY.• Public Service DEPARTMENT. Town Clerk Approve Shoreline Clean-Up May 17& 18, 2014 RESOLVED the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby approves the Shoreline Clean-up scheduled for May 17 and 18, 2014 being sponsored by SoutholdVOICE Inc. ✓Vote Record-Resolution RES-2014-198 0 Adopted ❑ Adopted as Amended Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent ❑ Defeated ❑ Tabled Robert Ghosio Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Withdrawn lames Dinizio Jr Voter 0 ❑ ❑ 11 ❑ Supervisor's Appt William P.Ruland Mover El ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Tax Receiver's Appt till Doherty Seconder 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Rescinded Louisa P.Evans Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Town Clerk's Appt Scott A.Russell Voter D ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Supt Hgwys Appt 0 No Action Southold Town Board Meeting Page 7 February 25, 2014 ❑ Lost 2014-199 CATEGORY.• Attend Seminar DEPARTMENT. Police Dept Police Department-Seminar Request RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby grants permission to Sergeant Richard Perkins and Police Officer Timothy McGowan to attend the 2014 Beneath the Sea Dive Show and Certification Course, from March 28 to March 29, in Secaucus New Jersey. All expenses for registration, travel & meals to be a legal charge to the 2014 Police Department budget line A.3020.4.600.400. ✓Vote Record-Resolution RES-2014-199 0 Adopted ❑ Adopted as Amended ❑ Defeated ❑ Tabled Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent ❑ Withdrawn Robert Ghosio Seconder 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Supervisor's Appt James Dinizio Jr Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Tax Receiver's Appt William P.Ruland Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Rescinded Jill Doherty Voter 0 ❑ p ❑ ❑ Town Clerk's Appt Louisa P.Evans Mover 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Supt Hgwys Appt Scott A.Russell Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ No Action ❑ Lost 2014-200 CATEGORY. Employment-Town DEPARTMENT. Accounting Appoint Robert DeJesus Automotive Equipment Operator RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby appoints Robert C. DeJesus to the position of an Automotive Equipment Operator for the Highway Department, effective March 10, 2014, at a rate of$23.133 per hour. ✓Vote Record-Resolution RES-2014-200 0 Adopted Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent ❑ Adopted as Amended Robert Ghosio Mover El ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Defeated .lames Dinizio Jr Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ 0 Tabled William P.Ruland Voter 121 0 0 0 Southold Town Board Meeting Page 8 February 25, 2014 ❑ Withdrawn Jill Doherty Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Supervisor's Appt Louisa P.Evans Seconder 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Tax Receiver's Appt Scott A.Russell Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Rescinded ❑ Town Clerk's Appt ❑ Supt Hgwys Appt ❑ No Action ❑ Lost 2014-201 CATEGORY.• Property Usage DEPARTMENT: Recreation Strawberry Festival 2014 RESOLVED the Town Board of the Town of Southold does hereby grant permission to the Mattituck Lions Club to use Strawberry Fields in Mattituck from Sunday, June 8 through Thursday, June 19, 2014 for the annual strawberry festival and be it further RESOLVED the Town Board of the Town of Southold authorizes the Town Clerk to issue a Special Events Permit to the Mattituck Lions to hold its Annual Strawberry Festival at Strawberry Fields on Thursday, June 12 through Sunday, June 15, 2014 provided 1. They file with the Town Clerk a Two Million Dollar Certificate of Insurance naming the Town of Southold and the County of Suffolk as an additional insured; 2. Coordinate traffic control upon notification of the adoption of this resolution with Captain Kruszeski 3. No permanent markings be placed on town, county or state roads or property for the event; 4. Any road markings or signs for the event be removed within twenty-four(24) hours of the completion of the event. Some of the requirements for issuing a Special Permit may be waived. ✓Vote Record-Resolution RES-2014-201 0 Adopted ❑ Adopted as Amended Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent ❑ Defeated Robert Ghosio Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Tabled James Dinizio Jr Mover 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Withdrawn William P.Roland Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Supervisor's Appt Jill Doherty Seconder 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Tax Receiver's Appt Louisa P.Evans Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Rescinded Scott A.Russell Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Town Clerk's Appt ❑ Supt Hgwys Appt Southold Town Board Meeting Page 9 February 25, 2014 ❑ No Action ❑ Lost 2014-202 CATEGORY.• Authorize to Bid DEPARTMENT. Town Clerk Advertise for Lubricant Bid RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby authorizes and directs the Town Clerk to advertise for bids for supplying Lubricants and Fluids for a period of one 1 ear from the acceptance of the bid. ✓Vote Record-Resolution RES-2014-202 El Adopted ❑ Adopted as Amended ❑ Defeated Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent ❑ Tabled Robert Ghosio Voter D ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Withdrawn ❑ Supervisor's Appt James Dinizio Jr Voter El ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Tax Receiver's Appt William P.Roland Voter El ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Rescinded Jill Doherty Mover El ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Town Clerk's Appt Louisa P.Evans Seconder El ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Supt Hgwys Appt Scott A.Russell Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ No Action ❑ Lost Statement regarding resolution 202 COUNCILMAN RULAND: Question. SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: Yes. COUNCILMAN RULAND: Would the mover be willing to add fluids to lubricants? So that it is lubricants and fluids? COUNCILWOMAN DOHERTY: Sure. So noted. 2014-203 CATEGORY. Contracts, Lease&Agreements DEPARTMENT.• Town Attorney Training Service Agreement W/National EAP, Inc. Southold Town Board Meeting Page 10 February 25, 2014 RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby approves the 2-day Leadership Training provided by National EAP, Inc. on March 18 and 19, 2014,to be conducted at the Town offices at a cost to the Town of$6,125.00, plus possible additional fees set forth in the Training Service Agreement, all fees associated therewith shall be a legal charge to the Accounting and Finance Department's Leadership Training Budget (A.1310.4.500.400); and be it further RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby authorizes John Cushman, as Comptroller, to execute the Training Service Agreement with National EAP, Inc. in connection with said Leadership Training. ✓Vote Record-Resolution RES-2014-203 El Adopted ❑ Adopted as Amended ❑ Defeated Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent ❑ Tabled ❑ Withdrawn Robert Ghosio Voter ia ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Supervisor's Appt James Dinizio Jr Voter D ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Tax Receiver's Appt William P.Roland Mover D ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Rescinded Jill Doherty Voter D ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Town Clerk's Appt Louisa P.Evans Seconder a ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Supt Hgwys Appt Scott A.Russell Voter D ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ No Action - ❑ Lost 2014-226 CATEGORY. Contracts, Lease &Agreements DEPARTMENT. Town Attorney Approve Revised Application for Use of Southold Parks Facilities RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby approves the revised "Application for Use of Southold Town Park Facilities" in connection with usage guidelines and fees for Town Park and Recreation properties, which revisions were previously approved by the Town's Parks, Beaches & Recreation Committee. ✓Vote Record-Resolution RES-2014-226 ❑ Adopted ❑ Adopted as Amended Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent ❑ Defeated Robert Ghosio Voter D ❑ ❑ ❑ El Tabled James Dinizio Jr Voter ' D ❑ ❑ ' ❑ ❑ Withdrawn William P.Ruland Seconder O ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Supervisor's Appt .fill Doherty . Voter D ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Tax Receiver's Appt Louisa P.Evans Mover D ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Rescinded ❑ Town Clerk's Appt Scott A.Russell Voter R ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Supt Hgwys Appt 0 No Action Southold Town Board Meeting Page 11 February 25, 2014 ❑ Lost Next:3/11/14 7:30 PM 2014-205 CATEGORY: Budget Modification DEPARTMENT.• Fishers Island Ferry District 2013 FIFD Budget Modification Financial Impact: to cover over-expended budget lines RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby ratifies and approves the resolution of the Fishers Island Ferry District Board of Commissioners dated February 14, 2014, which amended the 2013 Fishers Island Ferry District budget. ✓Vote Record-Resolution RES-2014-205 0 Adopted ❑ Adopted as Amended ❑ Defeated Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent ❑ Tabled ❑ Withdrawn Robert Ghosio Mover 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Supervisor's Appt James Dinizio Jr Voter R1 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Tax Receiver's Appt William P.Ruland Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Rescinded Jill Doherty Voter D ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Town Clerk's Appt Louisa P.Evans Seconder a ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Supt Hgwys Appt Scott A.Russell Voter D ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ No Action ❑ Lost 2014-206 CATEGORY.• Employment-FIFD DEPARTMENT. Accounting Accept Resignation of Peter Gilmore RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby ratifies and approves the resolution of the Fisher Island Ferry District adopted February 14, 2014 that accepts the resignation effective February 26, 2014 of Peter Gilmore, Deckhand, for the Fishers Island Ferry District. ✓Vote Record-Resolution RES-2014-206 R1 Adopted Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent 0 Adopted as Amended Robert Ghosio Voter 0 0 0 0 Southold Town Board Meeting Page 12 February 25, 2014 ❑ Defeated James Dinizio Jr Mover 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Tabled William P.Ruland Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Withdrawn Jill Doherty Seconder 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Supervisor's Appt Louisa P.Evans Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Tax Receiver's Appt Scott A.Russell Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Rescinded - ❑ Town Clerk's Appt ❑ Supt Hgwys Appt ❑ No Action ❑ Lost 2014-207 CATEGORY. Employment-FIFD DEPARTMENT.• Accounting Appoint Amy Ruffin Part Time Deckhand RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby ratifies and approves the resolution of the Fisher Island Ferry District adopted February 14, 2014 that appoints Amy Ruffin as a Part Time Deckhand. ✓Vote Record-Resolution RES-2014-207 0 Adopted ❑ Adopted as Amended ❑ Defeated Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent ❑ Tabled Robert Ghosio Voter D ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Withdrawn ❑ Supervisor's Appt James Dinizio Jr Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Tax Receiver's Appt William P.Ruland Seconder 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Rescinded Jill Doherty Mover 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Town Clerk's Appt Louisa P.Evans Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Supt Hgwys Appt Scott A.Russell Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ No Action ❑ Lost 2014-208 CATEGORY. Employment-FIFD DEPARTUF-ATT. Accounting Appoint Justin Carlson Part Time Deckhand RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby ratifies and approves the Southold Town Board Meeting Page 13 February 25, 2014 resolution of the Fisher Island Ferry District adopted February 14, 2014 that appoints Justin Carlson as a Part Time Deckhand. ✓Vote Record-Resolution RES-2014-208 0 Adopted ❑ Adopted as Amended ❑ Defeated Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent ❑ Tabled Robert Ghosio Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Withdrawn ❑ Supervisor's Appt James Dinizio Jr Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Tax Receiver's Appt William P.Ruland Mover 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Rescinded Jill Doherty Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Town Clerk's Appt Louisa P.Evans Seconder 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Supt Hgwys Appt Scott A.Russell Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ No Action ❑ Lost 2014-209 CATEGORY.• Employment-FIFD DEPARTMENT. Accounting Increase Salary of Daniel Eagan and Scott Fenton RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby ratifies and approves the resolution of the Fisher Island Ferry District adopted February 14, 2014 that increases the salary of Daniel Eagan and Scott Fenton to $15.00 per hour. ✓Vote Record-Resolution RES-2014-209 0 Adopted ❑ Adopted as Amended ❑ Defeated Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent ❑ Tabled ❑ Withdrawn Robert Ghosio Seconder 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Supervisor's Appt James Dinizio Jr Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Tax Receiver's Appt William P.Ruland Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Rescinded Jill Doherty Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Town Clerk's Appt Louisa P.Evans Mover 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Supt Hgwys Appt Scott A.Russell Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ No Action ❑ Lost 2014-210 CATEGOR Y.• Employment-Town Southold Town Board Meeting Page 14 February 25, 2014 DEPARTMENT. Accounting Appoint Robert Kettenbeil Automotive Equipment Operator RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby appoints Robert Kettenbeil to the position of an Automotive Equipment Operator for the Highway Department, effective March 12, 2014, at a rate of$23.133 per hour. ✓Vote Record-Resolution RES-2014-210 EI Adopted ❑ Adopted as Amended ❑ Defeated Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent ❑ Tabled ❑ Withdrawn Robert Ghosio Mover 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Supervisor's Appt James Dinizio Jr Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Tax Receiver's Appt William P.Roland Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Rescinded Jill Doherty Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Town Clerk's Appt Louisa P.Evans Seconder 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Supt Hgwys Appt Scott A.Russell Voter D ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ No Action ❑ Lost 2014-211 CATEGORY.• Attend Seminar DEPARTMENT. Land Preservation Attend NYS Land Conservation Summit 4/10-11, 2014 RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby grants permission to Melissa Spiro, Land Preservation Coordinator, to attend the New York State Land Conservation Summit on April 10 & 11,2014 in West Point,New York. All expenses for registration, travel, lodging and meals,to be a legal charge to the 2014 Land Preservation Department budget A.8710.4.600.200 (meetings & seminars). ✓Vote Record-Resolution RES-2014-211 0 Adopted ❑ Adopted as Amended ❑ Defeated Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent ❑ Tabled Robert Ghosio Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Withdrawn James Dinizio Jr Mover ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Supervisor's Appt William P.Roland Seconder 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Tax Receiver's Appt Jill Doherty Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Rescinded Louisa P.Evans Voter D ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Town Clerk's Appt Scott A.Russell Voter D ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Supt Hgwys Appt ❑ No Action 0 Lost Southold Town Board Meeting Page 15 February 25, 2014 2014-212 CATEGORY. Employment-Town DEPARTMENT. Accounting Appoint Frank B. Sponza Automotive Equipment Operator RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby appoints Frank B. Sponza to the position of an Automotive Equipment Operator for the Highway Department, effective March 10, 2014, at a rate of$23.133 per hour. ✓Vote Record-Resolution RES-2014-212 0 Adopted ❑ Adopted as Amended ❑ Defeated Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent ❑ Tabled ❑ Withdrawn Robert Ghosio Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Supervisor's Appt James Dinizio Jr Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Tax Receiver's Appt William P.Ruland Seconder 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Rescinded Jill Doherty Mover 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Town Clerk's Appt Louisa P.Evans Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Supt Hgwys Appt Scott A.Russell Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ No Action ❑ Lost 2014-213 CATEGORY• Attend Seminar DEPARTMENT. Town Attorney ZBA Members to Attend Seminar on March 25, 2014 RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby grants permission to the following Zoning Board of Appeals members, Leslie Weisman, Ken Schneider, Gerard Goehringer and Eric Dantes, to attend the seminar entitled"Municipal Officials Conference, Managing Cesspools and Septic Systems to Protect Long Island's Waters" at the Old Bethpage Village Restoration Visitor Center in Old Bethpage,New York, on March 25, 2014. All expenses for registration and travel are to be a charge to the 2014 ZBA budget. ✓Vote Record-Resolution RES-2014-213 0 Adopted Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent ❑ Adopted as Amended ❑ Defeated Robert Ghosio Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Tabled .lames Dinizio Jr Voter 0 0 0 0 Southold Town Board Meeting Page 16 February 25, 2014 ❑ Withdrawn William P.Roland Mover 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Supervisor's Appt Jill Doherty Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Tax Receiver's Appt Louisa P.Evans Seconder 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Rescinded Scott A.Russell Voter ❑ 2 ❑ ❑ ❑ Town Clerk's Appt ❑ Supt Hgwys Appt ❑ No Action ❑ Lost Comments regarding resolution 213 SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: I am going to cast a no vote,just with the clarification, with all due respect to the members of the ZBA, I think they do a wonderful job. This seems to be well out of the scope of what we would expect from ZBA members. 2014-214 CATEGORY. Contracts,Lease&Agreements DEPARTMENT. Town Attorney Agreement W/SC Office for Aging/HRC 8 Addl. Computer Tablets RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby authorizes and directs Supervisor Scott A. Russell to execute the Memorandum of Understanding between the Suffolk County Office for the Aging and the Town of Southold for eight (8)personal computer tablets to be made available to Senior Citizens at the Human Resource Center, at no cost to the Town, subject to the approval of the Town Attorney. ✓Vote Record-Resolution RES-2014-214 0 Adopted ❑ Adopted as Amended ❑ Defeated Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent ❑ Tabled 11 Withdrawn Robert Ghosio Seconder 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Supervisor's Appt James Dinizio Jr Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Tax Receiver's Appt William P.Ruland Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Rescinded Jill Doherty Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Town Clerk's Appt Louisa P.Evans Mover 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Supt Hgwys Appt Scott A.Russell Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ No Action ❑ Lost 2014-215 CATEGORY. Contracts, Lease &Agreements Southold Town Board Meeting Page 17 February 25, 2014 DEPARTMENT. Town Attorney Agreement W/Wayne I. Galante- Court Reporter for Trustees RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby authorizes and directs Supervisor Scott A. Russell to execute the Agreement between the Town of Southold and Wayne I. Galante, Certified Court Reporter, or his agent, in connection with Court Reporting Services for the Board of Trustees, for the period from January 1, 2014 through December 31, 2014, subject to the approval of the Town Attorney. ✓Vote Record-Resolution RES-2014-215 0 Adopted ❑ Adopted as Amended ❑ Defeated ❑ Tabled Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent ❑ Withdrawn Robert Ghosio Mover 0 ❑ ❑ p ❑ Supervisor's Appt James Dinizio Jr Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Tax Receiver's Appt William P.Ruland Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Rescinded Jill Doherty Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Town Clerk's Appt Louisa P.Evans Seconder 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Supt Hgwys Appt Scott A.Russell Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ No Action ❑ Lost 2014-216 CATEGORY: Local Law Public Hearing DEPARTMENT.- Land Preservation P.H.for LL Amend CPF Managmenet&Stewardship Plan 2014 WHEREAS,there has been presented to the Town Board of the Town of Southold, Suffolk County,New York, on the 25th day of February, 2014, a Local Law entitled "A Local Law in relation to the Town of Southold Community Preservation Fund Management and Stewardship Plan 2014"; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold will hold a public hearing on the aforesaid Local Law at the Southold Town Hall, 53095 Main Road, Southold,New York, on the 25th day of March, 2014 at 4:32 p.m. at which time all interested persons will be given an opportunity to be heard. The proposed Local Law entitled, "A Local Law in relation to the Town of Southold Community Preservation Fund Management and Stewardship Plan 2014" reads as follows: LOCAL LAW NO. 2014 Southold Town Board Meeting Page 18 February 25, 2014 A Local Law entitled, "A Local Law in relation to the Town of Southold Community Preservation Fund Management and Stewardship Plan 2014". BE IT ENACTED by the Town Board of the Town of Southold as follows: 1. PURPOSE In compliance with the Peconic Bay Community Preservation Fund,the Land Preservation Department has prepared a Community Preservation Fund Management and Stewardship Plan for real property interests acquired through the fund. This Plan must be adopted by local law and all expenditures from the fund for management and stewardship functions must be in compliance with the terms of the Plan. II. Chapter 17 of the Code of the Town of Southold is hereby amended as follows: §17-13.1. Community Preservation Fund Management and Stewardship Plan adopted. The Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby approves and adopts the Town of Southold Community Preservation Management and Stewardship Plan 2009-2014 for real property interests acquired by use of moneys from the Town of Southold Community Preservation Fund,prepared by the Land Preservation Coordinator, Pir-eeter-of the DepaAm Elf Publie Works, and the Stewardship Goer-din presented to the Town Board during the Work Session of February 24,z� 2009, 25, 2014 and intended to be the management and stewardship plan required by § 64-e (6) of the New York State Town Law. III. SEVERABILITY If any clause, sentence,paragraph, section, or part of this Local Law shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the judgment shall not affect the validity of this law as a whole or any part thereof other than the part so decided to be unconstitutional or invalid. IV. EFFECTIVE DATE This Local Law shall take effect immediately upon filing with the Secretary of State as provided by law. ✓Vote Record-Resolution RES-2014-216 0 Adopted Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent ❑ Adopted as Amended Robert Ghosio Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Defeated James Dinizio Jr ' Mover 0 ❑ ❑ ' ❑ ❑ Tabled William P.Roland Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Withdrawn ❑ Supervisor's Appt Jill Doherty Seconder 2 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Tax Receiver's Appt Louisa P.Evans Voter D ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Rescinded Scott A.Russell Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Town Clerk's Appt Southold Town Board Meeting Page 19 February 25, 2014 ❑ Supt Hgwys Appt ❑ No Action ❑ Lost 2014-217 CATEGORY. Bid Acceptance DEPARTMENT. Town Clerk SWMD Surplus Equipment Bid Acceptance and Re-Bid RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby amends resolution 2013-818, adopted at the November 19, 2013 regular Town Board meeting: RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby accepts the bids received on November 7, 2013 for surplus items from the Solid Waste District as declared in Town Board Resolution 2013-725 as follows: Item Bidder Price • 1979 Mack Tractor Devino Used Trucks and Parts $3,850.00 3585.00 • 40 cu-yd roll off container Robert Pfluger $ 513.13 • Mi-Tim pressure washer Robert Pfluger $ 113.13 • 1000-gallon diesel tank Village of Greenport $ 150.00 all in accordance with the Town Attorney; and be it further RESOLVED that the Town Board authorizes and directs the Town Clerk to re-advertise for the sale of other items listed in Town Board Resolution# 2013-725 for which minimum bids were not received, and further authorizes the Solid Waste Coordinator to research appropriate on line outlets for the advertisement of several of those items and to purchase an advertisement(s) for same if necessary. ✓Vote Record-Resolution RES-2014-217 0 Adopted ❑ Adopted as Amended ❑ Defeated Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent ❑ Tabled ❑ Withdrawn Robert Ghosio Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Supervisor's Appt James Dinizio Jr Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Tax Receiver's Appt William P.Roland Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Rescinded Jill Doherty Mover 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Town Clerk's Appt Louisa P.Evans Seconder 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Supt Hgwys Appt Scott A.Russell Voter D 11 ❑ ❑ ❑ No Action 0 Lost Southold Town Board Meeting Page 20 February 25, 2014 2014-218 CATEGORY. Employment-Town DEPARTMENT. Town Clerk Appointment - Trustees RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby appoints Dave Bergen to the position of Town Trustee, filling the unexpired term of Bob Ghosio, Jr., effective February 26, 2014 until such time as the 2014 election results are available. ✓Vote Record-Resolution RES-2014-218 0 Adopted ❑ Adopted as Amended ❑ Defeated Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent ❑ Tabled ❑ Withdrawn Robert Ghosio Voter El ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Supervisor's Appt James Dinizio Jr Voter ❑ 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ Tax Receiver's Appt William P.Ruland Mover 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ Jill Doherty Voter ❑ El ❑ ❑ Rescinded ❑ ❑ Town Clerk's Appt Louisa P.Evans Seconder El ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Supt Hgwys Appt Scott A.Russell Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ No Action ❑ Lost Comments regarding resolution 218 COUNCILMAN GHOSIO: Point of information real quick, I may be wrong but shouldn't that say 12/31/14 because it would have been my term of office? SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: The special election, your term is up in 2015 and this would take us to the special election that would be held in theoretically, the new party who would get elected would take office as the certification of the vote. COUNCILMAN GHOSIO: Thank you. 2014-219 CATEGORY. Organizational DEPAREVENT. Town Clerk Amend Resolution 2014-46 RESOLVED the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby, at the request of Supervisor Russell, amends Resolution No. 2014-64 as follows: Southold Town Board Meeting Page 21 February 25, 2014 SUPERVISOR'S APPOINTMENT LIAISONS TO COMMITTEES 2014 Land Preservation: Super-N,iser-Russell Bob Ghosio Jr. ✓Vote Record-Resolution RES-2014-219 ❑ Adopted ❑ Adopted as Amended ❑ Defeated Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent ❑ Tabled Robert Ghosio ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Withdrawn James Dinizio Jr p ❑ ❑ ❑ El Supervisor's Appt ❑ Tax Receiver's Appt William P.Ruland ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ _ ❑ Rescinded Jill Doherty ❑ ❑_ ❑ p ❑ Town Clerk's Appt Louisa P.Evans ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Supt Hgwys Appt Scott A.Russell ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ No Action ❑ Lost 2014-222 CATEGORY.• Budget Modification DEPARTMENT: Solid Waste Management District SWMD Tractor Repair Budget Mod Financial Impact: To provide estimated maximum funding for possible contracted repair of Ford tractor engine. RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby modifies the 2014 Solid Waste Management District budget as follows: From: SR 8160.4.400.817 (C&D Trucking) $10,000 To: SR 8160.4.400.682 (Ford Tractor Repairs) $10,000 ✓Vote Record-Resolution RES-2014-222 23 Adopted Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent ❑ Adopted as Amended Robert Ghosio Mover p ❑ ❑ ❑ Defeated ❑ ❑ Tabled .lames Dinizio Jr Voter p ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Withdrawn William P.Ruland Seconder 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ 0 Supervisor's Appt Jill Doherty Voter 0 0 0 ❑ Southold Town Board Meeting Page 22 February 25, 2014 ❑ Tax Receiver's Appt Louisa P.Evans Voter D ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Rescinded Scott A.Russell Voter El ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Town Clerk's Appt ❑ Supt Hgwys Appt ❑ No Action ❑ Lost 2014-223 CATEGORY. Budget Modification DEPARTMENT: Police Dept Police Department-Budget Modification Financial Impact: Reallocation of funds to alleviate over expended budget lines in the 2013 Police Department budget. RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby modifies the 2013 General Fund Whole Town budget as follows: From: A.3020.1.100.100 Public Safety Comm. , P.S. /Full Time Employees Regular Earnings $7,000 A.3020.4.200.100 Public Safety Comm. /Utilities Telephone $14,000 A.3120.1.100.100 Police, P.S. /Full Time Employees Regular Earnings $30,000 A.3120.1.100.500 Police, P.S. /Full Time Earnings Holiday Earnings $23,174 TOTAL $74,174 To: A.3020.1.100.200 Public Safety Comm., P.S. /Full Time Employees Overtime Earnings $8,225 A.3120.1.100.200 Police, P.S. /Full Time Employees Overtime Earnings $46,229 Southold Town Board Meeting Page 23 February 25, 2014 A.3120.1.100.300 Police, P.S. /Full Time Employees Vacation Earnings $4,546 A.3120.1.100.400 Police, P.S. /Full Time Employees Sick Earnings $7,554 A.3120.1.200.100 Police, P.S. /Part Time Employees Regular Earnings $2,035 A.3120.1.300.100 Police, P.S. / Seasonal/Temp Employees Regular Earnings $4,538 A.3130.4.500.400 Bay Constable/Fee for Service,Non-Employ FI Harbor Patrol $1,047 TOTAL $74,174 ✓Vote Record-Resolution RES-2014-223 0 Adopted ❑ Adopted as Amended ❑ Defeated ❑ Tabled Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent - ❑ Withdrawn Robert Ghosio Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Supervisor's Appt James Dinizio Jr Mover 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Tax Receiver's Appt William P.Ruland Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Rescinded Jill Doherty Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Town Clerk's Appt Louisa P.Evans Seconder 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Supt Hgwys Appt Scott A.Russell Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ No Action ❑ Lost 2014-220 CATEGORY.• Enact Local Law DEPARTMENT. Town Clerk Enact LL WHEREAS, there has been presented to the Town Board of the Town of Southold, Suffolk County,New York, on the 28th day of January, 2014, a Local Law entitled "A Local Law in relation to Amendments to Chapter 245, Taxation, in Connection with Authorizing Exemptions from School District Taxes for Veterans" and WHEREAS the Town Board of the Town of Southold held a public hearing on the aforesaid Local Law at which time all interested persons were given an opportunity to be heard, NOW THEREFOR BE IT. Southold Town Board Meeting Page 24 February 25, 2014 RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby ENACTS the proposed Local Law entitled, "A Local Law in relation to Amendments to Chapter 245, Taxation, in Connection with Authorizing Exemptions from School District Taxes for Veterans" reads as follows: LOCAL LAW NO. 2 of 2014 A Local Law entitled, "A Local Law in relation to Amendments to Chapter 245, Taxation, in Connection with Authorizing Exemptions from School District Taxes for Veterans" BE IT ENACTED by the Town Board of the Town of Southold as follows: 1. Purpose. The New York State Legislature has amended the New York State Real Property Tax Law to authorize School Districts to permit a tax exemption for Veterans upon approval of the School District. It is the intent of this local law to incorporate this Amendment into the Southold Town Code so that it is consistent with the New York State Real Property Tax Law. II. Chapter 245 of the Code of the Town of Southold is hereby amended as follows: 4245-16. Exemption granted to Veterans and Gold Star parents. F. The exemption allowable under this Article may be extended to taxation of School Districts if the governing body of the School District in which the property is located adopts a resolution providing such exemption as provided in Section 458-9(2)(d)(i). Any such resolution shall be provided to the Town of Southold Assessor's Office on or before March 1 for the assessment roll issued within that year. III. SEVERABILITY If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section, or part of this Local Law shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the judgment shall not affect the validity of this law as a whole or any part thereof other than the part so decided to be unconstitutional or invalid. IV. APPLICABILITY AND EFFECTIVE DATE This Local Law shall apply to assessment rolls prepared on the basis of taxable status dates occurring on or after January 1, 2014. This Local Law shall take effect immediately upon filing with the Secretary of State as provided by law. ✓Vote Record-Resolution RES-2014-220 D Adopted Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent ❑ Adopted as Amended ❑ Defeated Robert Ghosio Seconder p ❑ ❑ p ❑ Tabled .lames Dinizio Jr Voter p ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Withdrawn William P.Ruland Voter El ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Supervisor's Appt Jill Doherty Voter E ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Tax Receiver's Appt Louisa P.Evans Mover p ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Rescinded Scott A.Russell Voter D 0 0 0 Southold Town Board Meeting Page 25 February 25, 2014 ❑ Town Clerk's Appt ❑ Supt Hgwys Appt ❑ No Action ❑ Lost 2014-221 CATEGORY.• Property Acquisition Purchase DEPARTMENT: Land Preservation Gift of Open Space from TNC- Whitcom Marsh Preserve WHEREAS, the Town Board of the Town of Southold held a public hearing on the question of acquisition by gift of fee title to vacant land totaling 16.343± acres from The Nature Conservancy, the owner of record, on this 25'" day of February, 2014, for open space preservation purposes in accordance with Chapter 185 (Open Space Preservation) of the Town Code of the Town of Southold; and WHEREAS, the parcel, identified as SCTM #1000-14.-2-1.4 and known as the Whitcom Marsh Preserve, is located at 650 Mulford Court, running along the westerly side of Mulford Court in Orient, New York, in the R-80 zoning district. The parcel, known as the fifth lot of the subdivision, was considered unbuildable fresh water marsh and the Planning Board's approval required restrictive covenants pertaining to this parcel that resulted in the property being transferred to The Nature Conservancy. The parcel is shown in the Town's Community Preservation Project Plan as property that is currently preserved due to the restrictions required as part of the subdivision approval. The restrictions require that the property shall forever be held as a nature preserve for educational and charitable purposes, and shall be kept entirely in its natural state, excepting only the maintenance of such fences and foot trails as may be appropriate to effectuate the foregoing purposes without impairing the essential natural character of the premises; and WHEREAS, this property has been offered to the Town of Southold as a donation from The Nature Conservancy. The Town will be responsible for any acquisition costs associated with the transfer of fee title; and WHEREAS, the acquisition of these properties is in conformance with the provisions of Chapter 185 (Open Space Preservation); and WHEREAS, the proposed action has been reviewed pursuant to Chapter 268 (Waterfront Consistency Review) of the Town Code and Local Waterfront Revitalization Program (LWRP) and the LWRP Coordinator has recommended to the Town Board that this action is consistent with the LWRP; and WHEREAS, as per Chapter 117 (Transfer of Development Rights) of the Code of the Town of Southold Town Board Meeting Page 26 February 25, 2014 Southold, Section 117-5, the Land Preservation Coordinator and the Town Board have reviewed the acquisition and have determined that sanitary flow credits will not be transferred from this property; and WHEREAS, the Land Preservation Committee has reviewed the application for this donation and recommends that the Town Board accept the donation of this property; and WHEREAS, the Town Board deems it in the best public interest that the Town of Southold accepts the donation of the subject property; and, WHEREAS, the Town Board of the Town of Southold classifies this action as an Unlisted Action pursuant to the SEQRA Rules and Regulations, 6NYCRR 617.1 et. Seq.; and, WHEREAS, the Town of Southold is the only involved agency pursuant to SEQRA Rules and Regulations; and, WHEREAS, the Town Board of the Town of Southold accepted the Short Environmental Form for this project that is attached hereto; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby finds no significant impact on the environment and declares a negative declaration pursuant to SEQRA Rules and Regulations for this action; and, be it further RESOLVED that pursuant to the provision of Chapter 17 (Community Preservation Fund) and Chapter 185 (Open Space Preservation) of the Town Code, the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby accepts the donation of fee title to property identified as SCTM #1000-14.- 2-1.4 and known as the Whitcom Marsh Preserve from The Nature Conservancy, the owner of record, for the purpose of open space preservation. The Town will be responsible for any acquisition costs associated with the transfer of fee title. The acquisition of this property is in conformance with the provisions of Chapter 185 (Open Space Preservation). The proposed action has been reviewed pursuant to Chapter 268 (Waterfront Consistency Review) of the Town Code and Local Waterfront Revitalization Program (LWRP) and the LWRP Coordinator has recommended to the Town Board, and the Town Board has hereby determined, that this action is consistent with the LWRP. ✓Vote Record-Resolution RES-2014-221 0 Adopted ❑ Adopted as Amended ❑ Defeated Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent ❑ Tabled Robert Ghosio Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Withdrawn James Dinizio Jr Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Supervisor's Appt William P.Ruland Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Tax Receiver's Appt Jill Doherty Seconder 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Rescinded Louisa P.Evans Mover 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Town Clerk's Appt Scott A.Russell Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Supt Hgwys Appt ❑ No Action 0 Lost Southold Town Board Meeting Page 27 February 25, 2014 Comment regarding resolution 220 COUNCILMAN RULAND: Aye, with thanks to all veterans. VI. Public Hearings Motion To: Motion to recess to Public Hearing RESOLVED that this meeting of the Southold Town Board be and hereby is declared Recessed at 4:46 PM in order to hold a public hearing. RESULT: ADOPTED [UNANIMOUS] MOVER: Louisa P. Evans, Justice SECONDER:Jill Doherty, Councilwoman AYES: Ghosio, Dinizio Jr, Ruland, Doherty, Evans, Russell PH 2/25/14 @ 4:32 PM LL/Veterans Exemption from School District Taxes RESULT: CLOSED [UNANIMOUS] MOVER: Louisa P. Evans, Justice SECONDER:Jill Doherty, Councilwoman AYES: Ghosio, Dinizio Jr, Ruland, Doherty, Evans, Russell Councilman Bob Ghosio COUNCILMAN GHOSIO: NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, there has been presented to the Town Board of the Town of Southold, Suffolk County,New York, on the 28th day of January, 2014, a Local Law entitled "A Local Law in relation to Amendments to Chapter 245, Taxation, in Connection with Authorizing Exemptions from School District Taxes for Veterans" and NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that the Town Board of the Town of Southold will hold a public hearing on the aforesaid Local Law at the Southold Town Hall, 53095 Main Road, Southold,New York, on the 25th day of February,2014 at 4:32 p.m. at which time all interested persons will be given an opportunity to be heard. The proposed Local Law entitled, "A Local Law in relation to Amendments to Chapter 245, Taxation, in Connection with Authorizing Exemptions from School District Taxes for Veterans" reads as follows: LOCAL LAW NO. 2014 A Local Law entitled, "A Local Law in relation to Amendments to Chapter 245, Taxation, in Connection with Authorizing Exemptions from School District Taxes for Veterans". BE IT ENACTED by the Town Board of the Town of Southold as follows: 1. Purpose. The New York State Legislature has amended the New York State Real Property Tax Law to authorize School Districts to permit a tax exemption for Veterans upon approval of the School Southold Town Board Meeting Page 28 February 25, 2014 District. It is the intent of this local law to incorporate this Amendment into the Southold Town Code so that it is consistent with the New York State Real Property Tax Law. II. Chapter 245 of the Code of the Town of Southold is hereby amended as follows: 4245-16. Exemption granted to Veterans and Gold Star parents. F. The exemption allowable under this Article may be extended to taxation of School Districts if the governing body of the School District in which the property is located adopts a resolution providing such exemption as provided in Section 458-9(2)((d)(i). Any such resolution shall be provided to the Town of Southold Assessor's Office on or before March 1 for the assessment roll issued within that year. III. SEVERABILITY If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section, or part of this Local Law shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the judgment shall not affect the validity of this law as a whole or any part thereof other than the part so decided to be unconstitutional or invalid. IV. APPLICABILITY AND EFFECTIVE DATE This Local Law shall apply to assessment rolls prepared on the basis of taxable status dates occurring on or after January 1, 2014. This Local Law shall take effect immediately upon filing with the Secretary of State as provided by law. I do have before me signed by Linda Cooper an affidavit of posting on the Town Clerk's bulletin board and I also have an affidavit of publication in the Suffolk Times newspaper. Supervisor Russell SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: Would anyone like to address the Town Board on this particular local law? Art Tillman, Mattituck ART TILLMAN: Yes, regarding this issue. Many of us were, I guess they are calling us cold war warriors, in that we did not serve in a combat area but when you were in the military in those days, it was a real crapshoot and you don't know whether you are going or you are not going. I didn't go, fortunately, but I did put my three years in and most people in those days put in two or three years, some four. When we got out, many of us, in my particular instance, I became a teacher. For the rest of my career, I was years behind in the salary schedule as you know, the steps, so every year you teach. You get more money and more money. Those of us that were veterans, most of us started late. And so I was two or three years behind everybody else on the pay scale because I choose to go into the service as a volunteer. Many others were drafted. Also, I noticed when I got into teaching, very few of us were veterans. Because in those days, to get out of the military if you became a teacher or if you got married like some guys did or you stayed in school perpetually, you got out. That's why I say, it was a real crapshoot. But for the rest of our lives, those that went in never kept pace. The pay scale, particularly in public service. Southold Town Board Meeting Page 29 February 25, 2014 So speaking on behalf of myself and others in my situation, I think this is a good idea. Thank you. SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: Anyone else? Leroy Hilliger,Mattituck LEROY HEYLIGER: My name is Leroy Heyliger and I live in Mattituck. In regards to this, there was an article in the Suffolk Times a couple of weeks ago where the school board district supervisor stated that the exemption for her district, how much it would cost to the taxpayers and she said that, she made a statement that it isn't clear whether Vietnam veterans would be included in this exemption and I took exception to that and I am wondering if her district is going to include Vietnam veterans in her appeal for this tax exemption. SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: There is no distinction in New York State real property tax law that would distinguish from veterans of any war. There are basically two types of veteran's exemptions. One is called eligible funds, one is called alternatives vet's exemptions. That just has more to do with the date you applied than the war that you served in. Also, I don't think she has the discretion of excluding nor does she, by that comment, have the intention of excluding Vietnam vets. I think she was speaking more to the legislation that passed as to whether the alternative fund exemption which more Vietnam vets tend to get would be or included as part of that legislation. I think question can be answered by Kevin Webster, who is sitting right behind you. Kevin, do they include eligible funds and alternative vet's in the new legislation? KEVIN WEBSTER, SOUTHOLD TOWN ASSESSOR: Yes. SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: Okay. So if a school opts in, ultimately it is the authority of the school to decide whether they want to extend the exemption to a veteran or not, under this new law. When they, if they decide to include themselves in the exemption, it would be all veteran's receive an exemption. Did I mis-speak, Kevin, or is that alright? MR. WEBSTER: No, that is correct. Supervisor Russell SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: Guess I should have asked you before I talked. Would anybody else like to address this particular local law? (No response) PH 2/25/14 @ 4:32 PM Whitcom Marsh Preserve Acquisition RESULT: CLOSED [UNANIMOUS] MOVER: Louisa P. Evans, Justice SECONDER:Jill Doherty, Councilwoman AYES: Ghosio, Dinizio Jr, Ruland, Doherty, Evans, Russell Councilman Bob Ghosio COUNCILMAN GHOSIO: NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby sets Tuesday, February 25, 2014 at 4:34 p.m., Southold Town Hall, 53095 Route 25, Southold,New York, as the time and place for a public hearing on the question of Southold Town Board Meeting Page 30 February 25, 2014 acquisition by gift of fee title to vacant land totaling 16.343± acres from The Nature Conservancy, the owner of record, for open space preservation purposes in accordance with Chapter 185 (Open Space Preservation) of the Town Code of the Town of Southold. The parcel, identified as SCTM#1000-14.-2-1.4 and known as the Whitcom Marsh Preserve, is located at 650 Mulford Court, running along the westerly side of Mulford Court in Orient,New York, in the R-80 zoning district. The parcel was created in a subdivision known as Whitcom Investment Company approved by the Planning Board in 1980. The parcel, known as the fifth lot of the subdivision, was considered unbuildable fresh water marsh and the Planning Board's approval required restrictive covenants pertaining to this parcel that resulted in the property being transferred to The Nature Conservancy. The parcel is shown in the Town's Community Preservation Project Plan as property that is currently preserved due to the restrictions required as part of the subdivision approval. The restrictions require that the property shall forever be held as a nature preserve for educational and charitable purposes, and shall be kept entirely in its natural state, excepting only the maintenance of such fences and foot trails as may be appropriate to effectuate the foregoing purposes without impairing the essential natural character of the premises. This property has been offered to the Town of Southold as a donation from The Nature Conservancy. The Town will be responsible for any acquisition costs associated with the transfer of fee title. FURTHER NOTICE is hereby given that a more detailed description of the above mentioned parcel of land is on file in the Land Preservation Department, Southold Town Hall Annex, 54375 Main Road (Route 25), Southold,New York, and may be examined by any interested person during business hours. I have before me a sworn affidavit of posting on the Town Clerk's bulletin board and an affidavit of publication in the Suffolk Times newspaper noticing this. Supervisor Russell SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: Who would like to address the Town Board on this particular local law? Melissa Spiro MELISSA SPIRO, LAND PRESERVATION COORDINATOR: Melissa Spiro, Land Preservation Coordinator. As Councilman Ghosio said, the property it already preserved and this hearing involves a transfer of property from the Nature Conservancy to the Town of Southold. The property contains a significant amount of wetlands. I hope you can see on the aerial map, this wetland is part of a much larger system that continues across the street and is protected already protected within a large block of state owned open space. The town intends to continue to steward the property in the same manner, which is to remain in its natural state. Since the property is already preserved, it is technically not on our Community Preservation Plan, so the Southold Town Board Meeting Page 31 February 25, 2014 town is accepting this donation in accordance with our general open space program. The committee supports accepting this and recommend that the Town Board proceed with it. SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: Who else would like to address the Town Board on this public hearing? (No response) Closing Statements Supervisor Russell SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: That concludes the agenda of the Town Board meeting. I would ask anybody that would like to address the Town Board on any issue to please feel free. Sir, I will go to you and then, Art, I will take you right after. Sir, please. Robert Maddalena, Southold ROBERT MADDALENA: My name is Robert Maddalena, I live at 510 Youngs Avenue in Southold and I want to read a letter I prepared. To Scott Russell and Members of the Town Board, We the residents of Youngs Avenue and Main Road need help and guidance from the Town Board concerning a problem that pales in significance when compared to dog poop, deer herds and cell towers. Nevertheless, it has taken a toll on our quality of life. I speak of the never ending beep, beep, beep emitted from the traffic signal on the corners adjacent to the IGA and Silversmith's corner. Imagine hearing what resembles a supermarket scanner every time you go out to your yard regardless of the time of day or night. What would it be like once the warm weather comes and the windows are open? I am in favor of any aid that might benefit a visually impaired person crossing the street but I think this is definitely a case of overkill. How did our hamlet of Southold rate such an honor? There are no other audible signals on the north fork including downtown Riverhead. Can we not have an aid that is less torturing to the senses? Can the volume be lowered? The guys at Southold Automotive say they can still hear it in their heads when they go home at night and they live in Greenport. I realize this is a state road. Who from our town can communicate with the powers that be to alleviate this annoyance, while at the same time helping any blind person who might come along? And by the way, I travel that road frequently throughout the day both on foot and on a bicycle and I haven't seen any blind person in months. Next I want to read a petition signed by people in the neighborhood `We the undersigned petition the Southold Town council to assist citizens in the investigation of mitigation options for the audible crossing signals located at the intersection of Youngs Avenue and Main Road in Southold. At its current volume, the signal is audible beyond a reasonable distance at all hours of the day and night and a disruption of the soundscape of the neighborhood. We support the blind community and with the assistance of the Town Council, we would like to work with them to find a safe solution that reduces the negative aspect on the public soundscape.' And last but not least, I have an article `Audible Street Signals are Barriers to the Blind, The issue of audible street signals has been plaguing blind persons for more years than one cares to remember. Since the advent of public awareness regarding physical accessibility for the mobility impaired, there have been countless individuals, both in and out of the field of work with the blind, who have attempted to make physical accessibility an issue which is relevant to the blind. Of course, those individuals who understand blindness and who believe in the capacity of blind persons to be independent, know that physical accessibility is not an issue which pertains to the blind. With the proper training in the use of the long white cane or dog Southold Town Board Meeting Page 32 February 25, 2014 guide, a blind person can travel safely and independently in the world as it exists.' And just to summarize at the end, the national federation of the blind resolution 82-19, Be it resolved by the National Federation of the Blind, that this organization condemns and deplores the use of buzzers and bird calls as a travel aid for the blind. Be it further resolved that this organization instruct its national and state officers to contact municipalities so as to make them aware of the disservice done to the blind through the use of buzzers and bird calls on traffic control signals.' Once again, I want to emphasis that we are not against these signals but if you come out in front of my house at midnight and it is quiet and you are looking at the stars, you hear this incessant beeping and I think my friend can emphasis that. Ron Rothman, Southold RON ROTHMAN: I am Ron Rothman and this is probably the biggest detriment to the quality of life and I want to thank the Supervisor and Town Board for taking this into consideration and maybe dealing with the Department of Transportation and New York State in trying to resolve it. I used to live on Mechanic Street, I used to live in the house behind the store. I would sit in the backyard and you would never know you were on a state road. The traffic would be distant, you would hear loud traffic, you could sit in the backyard and believe me, the hamlet of Southold, the traffic does die down. Many times, especially this time of year, I now stand in front of the store and when you stand in front of the store and the traffic dies down or sit in the backyard, what do I hear (audio plays) 24/7. You are talking about an audible sign that not only carries and when summer comes and the doors and windows are open, you will hear it more. It is not against the signal, as I have been looking at case studies and looking at the results, the thing that was most interesting, I don't think it is maintained by the state because one thing I saw it was supposed to not any further than six to 12 feet in circumference or the line of the building. It is now going over the block away. I have talked to people up Youngs Avenue in both directions. Bob who is south and people who are north of it. I can hear it almost to the corner of Mechanic Street. This really isn't acceptable. It's something that really needs to be addressed. What Bob was talking about the chirping as being unacceptable, the old devices did have a chirping sound, a cuckoo sound and that was confusing because it just didn't really let you see what was going on. A lot of the devices should have some sort of volume control that adjust to the volume level of the traffic. It doesn't seem like this one does. It seems like it's on loud all the time. There must be some other option for the sound rather than a scanner or I look at it as a 1970's pong game. SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: That's exactly what I was just, you just stole my line. I was going to say that in a minute. MR. ROTHMAN: That's what I, believe me I have a sense of the noise level on that street. As you all know, I mean I have stood on that street for the last 30 years in and out. The first thing I noticed, probably the first day they put it on, was the sound. It is not appropriate. It is not appropriate for the hamlet, it is not appropriate to the sound level. With my decibel meter, I believe it was, which isn't real accurate, over 80 decibels at the source. And you can see how that carries. I mean, our sound ordinance, you can't have loud music but you can have an 80 decibel beep going 24/7 in a quiet hamlet. I implore the Town Board to do what they have to do to get in touch with the state, the Department of Transportation, whoever it is to monitor it. there must be some way of putting some other sound there. There must be some other, that isn't offensive to the hearing and I thank you for hearing us out. Southold Town Board Meeting Page 33 February 25, 2014 COUNCILMAN DINIZIO: Can I ask you a question? Obviously you have really gotten into the nuts and bolts of this. What do they hope to accomplish by having that beeper on? MR. ROTHMAN: I tried to navigate that today. I mean, I tried to figure out you know, reading up what it does and what it is. The beeping sound is a locator, so now the visually impaired person will have access to know where the touch tactile arrow and where the sound is coming from is the button and it is only for crossing the state road. It is not for crossing Youngs Avenue. And I was trying to understand whether, okay, now you have a beacon on the other side so you walk straight across the street. I don't think that's the case. If that is the case, when I went to navigate, you push the button, it gives you wait, wait, wait. And then it gives you, which is a very short time, to cross the road. And if you use it as a beacon, I would have walked diagonally across the street because you hear it beeping on the other side of the street, because you hear it beeping on the other side of the street. On the opposite corner. COUNCILMAN DINIZIO: Catty corner? MR. ROTHMAN: Yeah, catty corner. There is no beacon, I don't believe, on the opposite side of the street. COUNCILMAN DINIZIO: So why does it go constantly? MR. ROTHMAN: I don't know. There should be some sort of sensor that.... UNIDENTIFIED: And what about when you have the summer concerts at Silversmiths corner? SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: I will tell you that first I am sorry that you are going through this. The regional supervisor for the New York State Department of Transportation lives right in Southold. I will bring this to his attention first thing tomorrow morning. MR. ROTHMAN: I mean, it's just something, it is an overkill and I feel again, militantly against it but as you read and see the purpose and the reason for it, it is an asset to a visually impaired person but the thing that really is overkill is the 80 decibels traveling more than the 6 to 12 feet from the source. And coming up with some other sound. They say the cuckoo and the chirping don't work but maybe for Southold it is more appropriate or maybe put WLNG on or something. I mean, it is a locator. Some source of sound that isn't.... SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: We are trying to encourage people to use the pedestrian crossings, not run away from them. MR. ROTHMAN: Well, you know, something that isn't, maybe we could come up with a jingle. SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: I will bring it to his attention. It might simply be one that is not operating, not functioning properly. I will bring it to his attention tomorrow. I can't speak to the state's issues but most jurisdictions go out and subcontract the maintenance work for traffic Southold Town Board Meeting Page 34 February 25, 2014 lights, to a company like Johnson Controls or something like that. It might very well be a contractor that just didn't install it properly. I will find out tomorrow. MR. ROTHMAN: Well, there should be an adjustment to, as again, I saw two places that said 6 to 12 feet or the line of the building. And the other thing that I thought was interesting, it cost $35,000 to install. I don't know because the infrastructure might have been there but they spent probably $5,000 to $10,000 to put that in. For the, again deservedly, one or two people who might benefit from it. There are also, I saw, it seems there might be a transmitter device that the visually impaired person can have on their person that will sense when they get to a crosswalk, so,thank you. SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: Thank you. COUNCILMAN DINIZIO: How long ago did they turn it on? MR. ROTHMAN: It was before Christmas, sometime between... UNIDENTIFIED: The beginning of December. MR. ROTHMAN: Believe me, I noticed it the very first day. UNIDENTIFIED: Inaudible. SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: New York State DOT has sole discretion and jurisdiction over that road. Anything we do, if we do say a bus stop, we need the permission and a permit from the State DOT. MR. ROTHMAN: I heard, Scott, I think there was somebody in here, a visually impaired person at that corner. Inaudible. SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: Well, those are facts I can determine discussing this issue with, please? Art Tillman, Mattituck,Democratic Chairman ART TILLMAN: Art Tillman, Mattituck. In the interest of full disclosure, I am the chairman of the Southold Town Democratic Committee. I mentioned that because some of my remarks will be perceived, I am sure, partisan and perhaps they are but you will also notice I don't come to too many of these meetings, so generally many of us are quite satisfied with this Board. So but there are some things that I must say. I am elected by committeemen within my party, I find every now and then that I have to explain this to people. I am sorry if I am too pedantic but I was a high school teacher of local government. There are 19 election districts in this town, each election district has two committeemen. You get to be a committeeman by getting petitions by people in your election district. You can be challenged in a primary but basically I have been elected by the Democratic constituency in this town, so at times I feel an obligation to them to get up here and speak. There are two issues I would like to address the Board with today. I prepared a statement because every time I talk and sit down, I find I forgot to say something. So Southold Town Board Meeting Page 35 February 25, 2014 bear with my reading please. There was reported to me a very contentious issue brought before the last meeting of the Trustees of February 20th. Regarding an application of a dock permit in Orient, I was told Mr. Bredemeyer found it necessary to recuse himself from the voting since he and or his family was involved. I do not know all the details nor is it necessary at this meeting to make those details known. My point in bringing this to the Board and the public's attention; in the last election Democratic candidates campaigned on the issue of greater transparency in the operation of all the meetings in Town Hall. A key idea being Town Board meetings be televised, all Town Board meetings including the work session, Trustee meetings, Planning Board, Zoning Board of Appeals, Grievance Day and any meetings of the courts. Many towns across Long Island have been doing this for a very long time. When I brought this idea to the Board, I believe it was last October, I was told by the Board they were looking for student volunteers and media staff from the local high schools to render this service. I am sure this was done to save money and also to encourage youngsters in this area. To date, this is the only Board meeting televised and available to the general public on channel 22. The availability of Town Hall meetings via channel 221 believe is far more important an issue to leave to student and school staff seemingly on a voluntary basis. Had the recent contentious Trustee meeting been televised all, including the Town Board would have been more knowledgeable regarding the application of this dock permit in Orient. And indeed all important matters at all Town Board meetings at Town Hall. I therefore would like to know of the progress made in this matter since my last request last October, I believe. SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: I will gladly answer that. I met with each of the Superintendents of each of the high schools along with the audio visual personnel from those schools. We are in the process now of trying to establish channel 22 as a student run full-fledged station. We are actually even looking at making it an elective in the schools so students can opt to take this as a class. We are very excited about it and we hope to have it up and running soon. It is not going to be easy. We actually have an allocation in the budget this year, $25,000 1 believe, as a contribution from the town to get it up and running. We have actually already requested resources from Cablevision in negotiation of the new franchise agreement. They agreed to provide resources to get this up and running. Like I said, I already met with the Superintendent's. We are in the process of getting that underway now. MR. TILLMAN: Well, that sounds good but are you convinced that an operation like this can be handled in a voluntary manner? My experience with volunteers is, they often, as well intentioned as they are, they often can be unreliable. Particularly high school kids. SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: Actually this would be run through the schools as an elective. One of the course offerings of the schools. Do I think we will have students attracted to the effort? Absolutely. Don't forget, you are not just learning about broadcasting, you are going to be learning about marketing and editing, computer skills. You are going to learn about, basically, this is a new era and the new era is about broadcast media. Students are going on youtube every day. There is no reason to think that they won't take advantage of the opportunity to broadcast their shows, their sporting events, their productions on a town run station that goes into every household in Southold Town. There is no reason, I have a great deal of faith in the local students Southold Town Board Meeting Page 36 February 25, 2014 and I do believe they are going to take this project and they are really going to make something of it. MR. TILLMAN: Do you know when this would take place? Because we have been waiting a long time. SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: I do not know. MR. TILLMAN: And it is your intention to have all Board meetings, the ones that I have mentioned televised? SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: Yes, work sessions and meetings. MR. TILLMAN: That is great, okay. Now, regarding the appointment of the recently filled vacancy in the Trustees seat, I would like to know who in particular interviewed these candidates and I mention that because I am a little bit suspicious, in the last town board vacancy, we found out that it was the Republican party screening committee that interviewed and made the recommendations to the Town Board, though the Town Board made the final decision. it was right and proper for you to make the decision but the fact that the Republican screening committee was in effect interviewing the candidates did not make people, certainly in my party the Democratic party, very inclined to come and interview because they were playing with a stacked deck and in no way would they ever get a recommendation. So we just appointed a Trustee, I would like to know who interviewed the Trustee or screened the Trustee? SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: I don't know that any member of this town Board did. We actually decided some time ago that we needed someone with experience, someone who has been there already given the relative inexperience of the new Board. I asked this Board to come back with names, we needed to develop a consensus around one name and that is what took place today. MR. TILLMAN: So we can assume that the Republican town screening committee did not interview or screen the candidates that were recommended to you? SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: I don't know if they did or not. I don't go to the committee meetings so I can't speak to what takes place at the committee meetings. MR. TILLMAN: Well, you must know who you received the names from. SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: There were quite a few names. MR. TILLMAN: Who received them initially? SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: Who received the names? I could tell you, people were contacting me for the position. I am sure they know who to contact. MR. TILLMAN: Okay. Did you forward the names to the Republican screening committee? Southold Town Board Meeting Page 37 February 25, 2014 SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: Did I personally? No. MR. TILLMAN: Did anybody? COUNCILMAN RULAND: Sir, could you repeat the question? I didn't hear the question. MR. TILLMAN: The people of my party want to know if the Republican town screening committee screened or interviewed the candidates in this process of recommending them to you? SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: I would suggest, Art, you are naive if you think the Republican party doesn't have a role in at least narrowing the field of candidates. I got no less than 15 inquiries for the Trustee position. At the end of the day, this Town Board needed to make a decision. as you heard the vote, it wasn't a unified decision. this isn't a lockstep loyalty type Town Board. What we need to look at was who can we get four votes for? We needed to fill the position, we have let it languish because of the lack of having one candidate that was a strong front runner and ultimately we were able to get four votes today. MR. TILLMAN: I am involved in politics myself. I can empathize with your situation. It is in our interest of the Democratic party not to have the Republican town screening committee screening candidates and recommending them to you because in effect, you are scaring away some very capable candidates because they think that there is no way ever that the Republican town screening committee is going to recommend them to you. I don't want to belabor the point but I would like to give you some statistics and also this is for the public. there are 16,527 registered voters in Southold Town. Of that number, 6,292 are Republicans. The Republican party, therefore has 38 % of the registered voters. In the Democratic column there are 4,(tape change) percent of the vote, therefore we are a minority party. But then again, you are a minority party. Let us go down, the conservative party has 458 and these are the January statistics provided by the Board of Elections. Of the 458 Conservatives, 2.7 % of the electorate is therefore conservative. There is 42 Working Party's, far less than 1 %. Now there are 868 registered Independents. So they make up 5.2 % of the registered voters. And then there are the blanks. There are 4,234 blanks, that is people who chose not to affiliate with any party. So the bottom line is, you people were elected by a majority of the voters in this town. You were elected by Independents, Conservatives, probably some Democrats and probably certainly most of the Republicans. So you represent the town electorate. Even though your party is in the minority, as is mine. The point being, you people being elected by the majority of voters in this town, to turn over anything formally to the Republican town steering committee, it is not good. And it makes people in my party and certainly other party's unhappy. So 64.2% of the voters in town are not affiliated with the Republican party, therefore we do not believe any vacancies should be filled by sending candidates off to or funneling them to the Republican town committee. and I can sympathize, perhaps empathize with the position you fellas are in but I think it is time, if this continues, that the people on this Board, though they be Republican must stand up to this minority that seems to be exerting too much influence upon town politics. You represent the majority. They do not. Okay, so that is about all I have to say and thank you and I want to compliment you on the recent job you have been doing with the cell towers and the deer. To be honest with you, we are very comfortable with your cell tower position, that is the Southold Town Board Meeting Page 38 February 25, 2014 Democrats are. On the deer issue, we try not to discuss it at any of our meetings. It is just so divisive and contentious, we take no issue. So God help you. SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: Art, I am going to ask you to indulge me for a second. First, regarding the appointment of the Trustee. This Board did not funnel names to Republican committee and let them make the decision. They certainly have a say in narrowing the field like I said, but ultimately this Board needed to come up with 4 votes which we were just able to do. Also, our decision is fleeting. Our decision gets challenged twice. In the polls in November, if we made the right decision, the appointed candidate will be victorious. If we made the wrong decision, the voters are very quick to remind us. We are also held accountable when we are up for election ourselves in 2015 for some of us and 2017 for the rest of us, so it doesn't go, the decisions aren't made without ramifications. Secondly, I would ask you to reach out to your own elected officials because it was former Democratic congressman George Hochbruner who called me and urged me to appoint Dave Bergen. It was current existing Congressman for the 1" Congressional district, Tim Bishop, who urged me to vote for Dave Bergen. It sounds like I am representing and this Board is representing the interests of the Democrats and the Republicans quite well. MR. TILLMAN: It is not, I personally as I said in the last meeting I was at, I have no issue with Jimmy. He is a good guy, I said that. He is diligent and I won't say anymore. So it is not the individuals that are being appointed. I won't say anymore. SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: Thank you. MR. TILLMAN: so it is not the individuals that are being appointed, it is the process by which they are appointed. And the feeling in our party is that there is too much influence being exerted on you, the elected officials by the majority of this town, by a minority in the Republican party which seems to have taken a move in a certain direction, in a more let's say authoritarian manner. And you know, in the world of, there's political science 101 that we all take in college or government in high school and then there is a world of real politics and in the world of real politics, we all know what is going on because we all have "our informers" or people who will tell us things. People tell you things and people tell me things. And the things I am hearing is the reason why I am here, regarding the authoritarian, pushy nature of the current Republican leadership. Thank you. SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: Okay. Sir. Ron Coons, Laurel RON COONS: Actually that's a pretty good lead in to me. My name is Ron Coons, my wife and I bought a house in Laurel in 1989. We are mostly summer residents but we probably spend 5 or 6 months a year in Southold. I participated in the meeting that you had on the deer management meeting on January 16th and because of the large amount of hunters that were there, I decided really to hold back on some questions that I had because I didn't feel like that was the right format for it. I am not a hunter, I am not an animal activist, I am just a 66 year old retired happy go lucky guy that tries to do the right thing when I think it is the time to do the right thing. The reason I came here today is I was a little disappointed in that meeting from the standpoint of Southold Town Board Meeting Page 39 February 25, 2014 I didn't feel that some of the Southold facts that should be shared with the community really came forth. We heard some things about Suffolk County and $30 million for sterilization I think but it was like the big picture. I guess I expected more from a Southold standpoint. My goal today, believe it or not, is to convince you to reconsider your decision. and I know a lot of people don't like to go backwards after they have gone forwards but I have found in my lifetime that I have made decisions in my life and then I hear something a little different and I say, you know what? Maybe I should err on the side of caution, rather than action. So that's really why I am here today. I also will say Scott Russell, I had a conversation with Scott. He was very accommodating and generous with his time but I still have some questions that I would like to ask in a second. On January 16`h we were told there were 30,000 deer in Suffolk County and we have spent $30 million to sterilize the deer. What I would like to do if possible is I would like to ask a few questions and to William Ruland and the reason I chose you is I looked at your bio on line and I was very interested because you kind of touch all of the ingredients in this decision. you are a third generation farmer, I believe. You graduated in 1966 and I graduated in 1966. You were the director, the former director of the Long Island Farm Bureau and you were also I think a committee member for the USDA. That is kind of what I read, is that correct? COUNCILMAN RULAND: Yes, sir. MR: COONS: Based upon that, I would like to ask a couple of questions specific to Southold concerning the deer in Southold and the decision that you made and I will try to go through this as quickly as I can but again, to kind of net it out, I know about Suffolk County but I really would like to focus in on Southold now and I guess first question Mr. Ruland is, could you tell me what the estimated deer population is in Southold and I am not looking for an exact number, I am looking for an estimated number and I would like to also ask, is there any documented proof in terms of justifying whatever that number is and if the answer is we really don't know for sure, it is very hard to judge, that is acceptable also. So that would be my first question. COUNCILMAN RULAND: I would answer your first question this way. It has been presented in one, in totality that there could be 3,000 to 4,000. It certainly, when you isolate it to areas, there are as many as 85 per square mile which is a rampant number. MR. COONS: Okay, so you are saying 3,000 to 4,000 but again there is probably no documented paper trail that we could go to say we are within 500. Is that really like the guesstimate, would you say? COUNCILMAN RULAND: I would say that that figure was supplied by the DEC biologist. MR. COONS: Okay. Do we know how they came up with that number? COUNCILMAN RULAND: No, I do not. MR. COONS: Okay. Alright. And again, the reason I am asking you is because of your experience and you did vote to approve the deer cull in Southold. My second question is, between say 1990, 1985 and 2013 are you aware of any statistical study that was done in Southold Town Board Meeting Page 40 February 25, 2014 Southold to provide information in terms of what the deer population has been. Say over the last 15 years. COUNCILMAN RULAND: I would say to you probably only what I have read in the newspaper and by personal experience, being a farmer its tenfold. That the deer are everywhere. MR. COONS: Okay. But again, as far as you know, there is no documented process that anybody went through, a paid study of any type? COUNCILMAN RULAND: I don't believe so. MR. COONS: Okay. So as far as we know, we are not really sure what the deer population is in Southold. We were told 30,000 in Suffolk County but we really don't know what it is and we don't know in the past, all we are saying is there is a lot more. My next question is, how many deer has Southold authorized wildlife services because they are in the business of basically killing animals but how many deer has Southold authorized the wildlife service to kill over the next 30 nights, 40 nights whatever the timeframe is. COUNCILMAN RULAND: I believe the agreement is with, between the landowners and the USDA. The Town of Southold isn't directly involved. MR. COONS: Okay, so, alright, so we don't know how many deer are going to get killed? I am not trying to...I am just asking the questions. COUNCILMAN RULAND: I don't know. MR. COONS: Okay. COUNCILMAN RULAND: I don't know. MR. COONS: Okay. COUNCILMAN RULAND: I certainly would hope enough to make a difference. MR. COONS: Okay. Do you know whether or not, I did ask Mr. Russell this and he was very, very helpful, do you know, where you at the meeting on the 16`h9 COUNCILMAN RULAND: Yes, sir. MR. COONS: They talked about how the sharpshooters can pinpoint the bucks and the does and they can kill them and decide them whether they want to do more does and more bucks, it is precision process. Do you remember them saying that? COUNCILMAN RULAND: Yes, sir. Southold Town Board Meeting Page 41 February 25, 2014 MR. COONS: Okay. And they didn't talk about nets surrounding the deer at that meeting. They talked about shooting the deer but they really didn't talk about surrounding the deer with nets. And I guess my question to you is, as tranquil as they said it would be for the deer, you could imagine if they are going to put nets around the deer trying to escape, the deer are not just standing there ready to get shot. So I guess my question is, are you aware that they are going to use nets? COUNCILMAN RULAND: I had heard the term used. I also know that they are allowed to bait... MR. COONS: Right, they said... COUNCILMAN RULAND: And since they are hunting from above... MR. COONS: Okay. COUNCILMAN RULAND: And shooting towards the ground. MR. COONS: Since it is a precise process, are you knowledgeable, will they be shooting pregnant does and fawns? COUNCILMAN RULAND: I think their goal was antlerless deer. I think that's how they described it. Antlerless deer. MR. COONS: Okay. So fawns that were born last summer would be eligible to be shot? COUNCILMAN RULAND: They didn't say there weren't. TOWN ATTORNEY FINNEGAN: Excuse me. MR. COONS: And that is why I am asking these questions. TOWN ATTORNEY FINNEGAN: Sir, I have to interrupt you because I think it needs to be clear here that the action that you are speaking to, that the Town Board took at the last meeting was the authorization of a contribution of money, $25,000 to the Long Island Farm Bureau. This town has no involvement in the deer cull. It is not a Town of Southold action. The Town Board did not authorize, they are not involved in the cull, they don't have any involvement in the details of it or the plan to implement the cull. So it needs to be clear that all that has been done by this Town as the authorization for a contribution upon a request by the Long Island Farm Bureau. So your questions are a little misdirected to this Town Board. They should be properly directed to the United States Department of Agriculture and the Long Island Farm Bureau. MR. COONS: They can't come into Southold and kill animals without... TOWN ATTORNEY FINNEGAN: Yes, they can. And that is what they are doing. Southold Town Board Meeting Page 42 February 25, 2014 SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: In fact... TOWN ATTORNEY FINNEGAN: It is private property, sir. Private property. SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: They don't need Southold Town authorization. MR. COONS: They can do it on public state properties. They can't come into people's neighborhoods. TOWN ATTORNEY FINNEGAN: Yes, they can. This is an initiative between the USDA and private landowners. SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: Let me just bring some clarity. They are not hunting in public rights of way. They are not hunting on land other than private property and they have received the permission of the private property owners. It is a separate action. Southold Town is not conveyed any permission to hunt on town lands or in public roads. These are private properties, these are agricultural parcels. They received permission from these owners. Southold Town is on the side on this issue, this is a direct relationship with the USDA and the landowners. MR. COONS: Okay, if the Town of Southold, this body, did not want them to come into our community, I don't think they would be coming into our community. It is a partnership between the Long Island Farm Bureau and the Town of Southold, the USDA. It is not just, they are not going into the other towns.... SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: I think that is not accurate. MR. COONS: Okay. Alright. Now the sharpshooters that are coming into our community, do we know how many of them are going to be here and for how long? They will be bringing guns into the community. Do we know how many are coming in and how long they are going to be here? TOWN ATTORNEY FINNEGAN: No, we don't. We don't know any of the details of when they are doing it. It is a plan that is being implemented by the United States Department of Agriculture. We are not privy to the details. MR. COONS: Okay. Are these sharpshooters contract workers or federal employees? TOWN ATTORNEY FINNEGAN: I have no idea. MR. COONS: Okay. If they are contract workers, which I believe they are, do we have background checks on them? We are going to have a lot of people with guns in our community, I would think that would be something we would want. Background check on anybody that is coming into our Town. Southold Town Board Meeting Page 43 February 25, 2014 SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: There is a public information office with the USDA, I would be glad to give you the number. We can probably determine the number and get a contact for you tomorrow with all these questions. But these are questions that would be best asked of the USDA. It is their program. MR. COONS: Yeah but you know, that is a dead end. I mean, at least here I have an audience and I am presenting questions I think are important. You may not agree with me... SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: Sure. MR. COONS: But I think they are legitimate questions. You know, I am interested, how many sites are there going to be? Thirty sites a night with 20 sharpshooters in each site? That's a lot of bullets, a lot of killing. I notice if we don't know how many deer we have and they are just going to be killing animals, we may not have any deer when they are done. So who is going to control this? If you don't give them a number, who is to say how many will be left when it is all over? TOWN ATTORNEY FINNEGAN: It is regulated by the DEC. MR. COONS: So I think we should know where the shootings are taking place, how many, how many shooters in our community. If a wounded deer comes into our neighborhood, okay, how is that going to be handled? Do we call animal rescue? Or do we call the sharpshooters? If a wounded animal comes into our community, what do we do? Who is going to take care of it? Also, how much money is Southold getting from the Long Island Farm Bureau? SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: We are not getting any money from the Long Island Farm Bureau for any issue. MR. COONS: How much are they providing? SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: That's between the Long Island Farm Bureau and the USDA. That, they are a separate party, they are a separate agency. MR. COONS: Okay. If they kill 60 deer a night and th ey are here for 40 nights, 30 nights, they could wipe out the entire population and if we don't control that, if we don't have any input into it, I know it is being done at night and the public can't see what is going on but I think the Board can control a lot more than you think you can. I think there should be a limit if in fact this is going to take place, I mean, my recommendation is we take the $25,000 that you have, there is technology available, infra-red cameras, you can do an aerial or you can do it in fields, okay, other towns across the country are trying to get a handle on what their deer population is. Why not join the other towns for this year and try to do some homework in terms of what is the true population? I think we all agree, we really don't know what the population is. These guys that come in, they kill millions of animals a year, okay? They shoot them, they trap them, they poison them, okay? Again, I am not an animal activist but I am a fair minded person. I live in Laurel and I said this to Scott. I don't remember the last time I saw a deer. I live on Peconic Southold Town Board Meeting Page 44 February 25, 2014 Bay Boulevard. I see more rabbits than I see deer. I just don't want to see the whole population wiped out and it will happen if you allow the wildlife services, these guys come in from Pennsylvania with their guns and believe me, they will take over and if no one is watching them, you know, no one is keeping an eye on things, okay, you can change the landscape of Southold forever. I am bringing up some ideas. Okay? I am not saying I am right, okay. What I am saying is these are things that you should be thinking about or I recommend you think about. Okay? I say we join the other towns and this year we put it on hold. What do we lose? Maybe we can do some research so we can provide these answers to the community. But to just sit back and us say, well, they are going to come in, they are handling it, they are paying for it. I don't think that is the way to go. If somebody gets hurt in the town, in a bar, gets shot or something, anything can happen. We don't know who these people are. COUNCILWOMAN DOHERTY: Sir, may I interrupt? You say you were at that meeting, I was too, and what I got from that, I forgot the gentleman's name that was there, he explained that there is a process that they go through. They do this 365 days a year and when I say they, the USDA and they have to also coordinate with the local agencies. The state agency. New York State DEC has a process as well. And he said what they do when they get into contract with an area, a local landowner, they don't just go one night and shoot, they go and they monitor, they count the deer. They are there several nights and several days and they have a whole process. So I don't, I am satisfied that they are not just going to go out and shoot randomly and kill all the deer in the town. I don't think it is possible to kill all the deer in the town with this program. And they can't just randomly go to somebody's door and say yeah go ahead and shoot and they just shoot. There is a process and like Martin said, these questions should be directed to them and they could explain in detail what their process is. MR. COONS: I went on the internet, the people that I think they bring in are contract people. Okay? So we can all look it up, google it. What I am saying is, if you bring in a mass amount of people and you know, no one has told the community how many people are coming in... COUNCILWOMAN DOHERTY: They did at that meeting. They said when they go on one property, they have two trucks. Three men are in one truck and they each have a job. And one person has a gun, one person has the scope and I forgot what the third person does but when they do shoot a deer, the other truck comes in and swoops up the deer and dresses the deer right away. MR. COONS: Jill, but the thing is, if they have 30 sites a night or 20 sites a night going on at the same time and they are baiting fields and bringing deer in, it doesn't take a long time to kill, you know, are they going to kill 500, 1,000, 2,000, I mean if I was on the Board, I would want to know. COUNCILWOMAN DOHERTY: I don't think they are doing 30 sites a night. MR. COONS: Well, that is my whole point. COUNCILWOMAN DOHERTY: Well, that is what you have to ask them. Southold Town Board Meeting Page 45 February 25, 2014 MR. COONS: Well, look, I could ask them until I am blue in the face. I am looking for you to consider, I have listed some questions that I think we need to know. Are 30 guys coming in, 50 guys? How many, if they are going to be here for 40 nights in essence, we could destroy a large part of that population. Now some of you may think that is good, I don't think it is that good. I think it is one of the beautiful parts of our community, okay? And Bill on your website I think it said when you got elected, one of your goals was to preserve the landscape of the community and part of that is farmland and vineyards but it is also the animals. I mean, I have a woodchuck on my property, I have, you know, it is part of our community. If no one is going to protect it, if you are going to hand it over to these people, okay, it is not going to be good. Again, the wildlife services, they kill. This is their slow time, in the winter. They are usually out west shooting coyotes and everything like that. But they are going to land here and if no one is going to say who are they, how many are they, are they private contractors? You know, like I said, th is handout, my last comment, this handout says and it has all the Board members on it, it says `deer herds have grown exponentially, creating an exploding population of deer on the north fork' my perspective is, where I live on Peconic Bay Boulevard, I don't see any deer. Maybe somebody in Cutchogue or Nassau Point, they would have a totally different opinion but why... UNIDENTIFIED: Inaudible. MR. COONS: I am just telling you what my experience is. Why not before you start allowing people to cut through our neighborhoods and our town and bait the fields, why not do a population study with infra-red cameras and try to do something? SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: Another municipality on Long Island tried to do a census on the deer in their town, what they found was it is costly and largely ineffective. It is a very costly proposition that involved the use of helicopters and other things. And you know what, at the end of the day,they couldn't determine that number. MR. COONS: That is a good general statement, Scott but quite honestly, there is new infra-red technology that has been out over the last couple of years and maybe they weren't using it. SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: This was done just in the last 18 months. MR. COONS: So maybe they didn't use infra-red cameras. Maybe they weren't using airplanes maybe they, you know, we can try at least. Why do we have to say we are going to kill all these animals, that's our solution? I mean, if somebody said we are going to kill all the dogs in the ASPCA, somebody would say no, that's not right. That doesn't make any sense. All I am saying is, we are humans, we are responsible for the planet okay, and before we just say well, I don't know who is coming or when they are coming or how many they are going to kill, I don't think that's the way to go. I think we need to have all these answers are up front and I think we should tell them what our expectations are. Not they are in charge. SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: If we are responsible for this planet, then we are responsible for every aspect of this planet. I do not want to see any species that is indigenous disappear from the landscape that is Southold.... Southold Town Board Meeting Page 46 February 25, 2014 MR. COONS: Okay. SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: But I do not want to see any species dominate and overrun the landscape that is Southold. There are other species that we need to consider, there are other environmental consequences that we need to consider. All of that was done as part of the decision making that got us this decision. We have an economic and an environmental and a public health crisis that we need to factor into the equation. We can't ignore it, we have to address it somehow, someway. MR. COONS: Yeah but if you have a committee or a deer committee or whatever and everybody has the same perspective on things, then you get the same results. SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: Please don't diminish the good work they did. We brought in botanists, we brought in biologists, we brought in specialists from Cornell, Stony Brook, you name it. These are not people with a myopic view that have one mindset, reduce the numbers. These are people that were speaking from their area of expertise. And I assure you, everybody reached the same conclusion. We have a crisis that needs to be addressed. MR. COONS: I think before we kill animals we need to have a better handle on how many we have and how many we are going to allow to kill? Because if you don't have that formula, you have no control. That is all I am saying. I am a registered Independent by the way, I am not a Republican, I am not a Democrat, okay? I am just voicing my concern. Cynthia Pastorelli, Greenport CYNTHIA PASSARELLI: Hi, thank you. My name is Cynthia Passarelli, I live in Greenport. I would like to thank you Mr. Finnegan for giving me some enlightenment. I came here uninformed maybe misinformed on the deer issue. That is why I am here. So thanks for putting things in certain perspective and I know I don't have to qualify who I am or what I do but all of my work is outside, I am in the trenches, I am a seashore restoration landscaper with a marine company for 10 years duration. All of my work is outside. I am exposed to ticks, I drive on 114 that goes straight through Sag Harbor and Shelter Island. I am always encountering deer. And in all the 22 years I have lived in deer country, I have never had a collision with a deer and I have never contracted Lyme's disease, so lucky me. But what I wanted to say and to sort of compliment what it is that you are proposing, why is it we couldn't instead of having this intrusion, by the way I am a member of the Long Island Farm Bureau and I will be calling them tomorrow because now I am really getting the whole picture, why is it that we can't take this into our own hands as a community and extend the hunting season and also increase the quota that the hunters can take? SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: Sure. MS. PASSARELLI: Wouldn't that be much more on point? SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: I would agree that easing hunting restrictions would be a critical component to any deer management program. The problem is that we lack the authority to change hunting rules. It is a wildlife species regulated by the New York State Department of Southold Town Board Meeting Page 47 February 25, 2014 Environmental Conservation and the New York State legislature. We don't have the authority to extend the season, to shorten the season, to expand quotas, we don't have the authority to grant baiting; all of those things we have asked for. Now we sat down with State Assemblyman Thiel and State Senator LaValle and asked them to propose legislation that would ease the hunting restrictions and allow towns to adopt their own hunting management plan that would tinker or massage the restrictions to the needs of the town to address it. they proposed the legislation, Senator LaValle did get it passed the Senate, Assemblyman Thiel could not get it out of the committee, what they call the (inaudible) of the Assembly. It can't get voted on and can't get on the Governor's desk until it gets discharged from the Committee. But we need state legislation to have any authority over hunting restrictions and hunting regulations. But we do think that needs to get done at the state level because any current program underway whether it is by the town or not is not going to be a long term solution. There needs to be a management plan in place as we move in the future to keep the numbers down. MS. PASSARELLI: Well, the culling, is that not going to result in another population explosion? Out of the compensatory response to the species being diminished so drastically? It makes logical sense and I don't have any qualifications to take one side or the other but as a person who lives here, I live here fulltime, I am out there, completely exposed and I have 100 % compatibility remarkably with everything you folks have to offer out here and I live very harmoniously with my community and I just also, there was one other thing I wanted to say but I am losing my place. But thank you for the opportunity. SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: Leroy? Leroy Hilliger, Mattituck LEROY HEYLIGER: Leroy Heyliger, Mattituck. I have some information I would like to give the Board. This past week on Factory Avenue, I noticed the MTA, a lot of activity with the MTA and I was wondering if you have any information on what they are doing in regard to the.... SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: Yes, that is the result of the meeting we had on site, I believe you were included, that was with the MTA, Legislator Al Krupski. The MTA, we had asked them for a pedestrian crossing where the tracks are, they agreed, they approved of a plan and right now they are in the process of putting a pedestrian crossing in place. A pedestrian path alongside there. we have also had at Councilman Ruland's suggestion, started working on a capital project now that would put a sidewalk and extend a sidewalk from that pedestrian crossing, I'm sorry, from the MTA property down and then provide a pedestrian crossing across the street to where the sidewalk exists on the easterly side. MR. HEYLIGER: Great. That's great. I am very pleased, so happy to hear that. And I want to thank you so much for your efforts in that regard for us. to make it safe this summer for the pedestrians and the community there as they progress down the street and into the Mattituck mall. You are to be congratulated for that. Thank you very much. SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: Thank you. I am going to have Benja go and then I will have you go again, Art. Southold Town Board Meeting Page 48 February 25, 2014 Benja Schwartz, Cutchogue BENJA SCHWARTZ: I will second that thanks for taking some action down there on Factory Avenue. By the way, I am Benja Schwartz from Cutchogue. Two subjects I would like to touch on tonight. First, the recording and broadcast of Town Board meetings. Will it be possible to download a copy of tonight's Town Board meeting on to my computer? SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: I am not a technological genius by any stretch of the imagination. I can't answer that question. MR. SCHWARTZ: Anybody that could answer that question? Do you remember last year? Remember last year when I made a FOIL request for copies of the meetings and I couldn't get them? Well, yesterday I was excited to find that there were links on the, I think you go to the main page of the town website and then it says something about Town Hall or, it is a little, but once you get to the town meeting website, there is a tab called media and when you click on that tab for media, you can see all of the town board meetings and the other meetings that have been recorded under that, posted on that website including the informational meetings on deer and there are links next to each meeting where you can download a copy for Windows or for MacIntosh and after downloading one of those meetings, I started to play it and I was able to fast forward it, play it back slow, really listen to it, easily adjusted. It is a whole different world than when you are watching it on the computers and it's streaming over the internet and you have to follow it. I encourage everybody to take advantage of that. Those these plans that you are talking about to record more of the meetings and all, you were discussing only playing them back on channel 22? SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: Well, what we would like to do is establish channel 22 as a bona fide station. Have students run it, bring every aspect of broadcast media to play, run it as a.... MR. SCHWARTZ: But that is not my question. SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: You interrupted me, Benja. MR. SCHWARTZ: I agree with everything you are doing is great.... SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: You interrupted me and I haven't interrupted you yet. MR. SCHWARTZ: I am sorry, I didn't finish my... SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: What we would like to do is make it part of the curricula of local high schools. MR. SCHWARTZ: And that is all great but is that only for the cable tv channel 22? SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: That is the only station we have access to. We only broadcast 22. MR. SCHWARTZ: What about the website? Southold Town Board Meeting Page 49 February 25, 2014 SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: That would probably be something the students could bring to the table and you know, look how to expand their broadcast capabilities. I am going to look to them for guidance. MR. SCHWARTZ: Because that is the future and that is inclusive by the way, everybody can go to, if you don't have a computer at home, you can go to the library and the librarians will help you to use the computer, whereas cable channel 22 unless you pay them $100 a month or something, you can't see it. I got some very good information from the Town Attorney's office today on the deer cull. Thank you for that information but also I have been hearing a lot of misleading or there has been a lot of lack of information. At one of those information meetings on the deer program, I asked for a copy of the plan and well, I just got it today in the email. This plan is interesting, it says, let me get to the end of it, well, couple of things but effective dates: shall take effect on January 1, 2014 and expire on May 31, 2014. By the way, are you still going forward with this deer cull? The $25,000 that you resolved to vote on? SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: The town, again, this is a, we are a third party to an arrangement between the Long Island Farm Bureau and the USDA. MR. SCHWARTZ: Okay but.... SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: The town has passed a resolution making a commitment of$25,000. That was at the last session. MR. SCHWARTZ: And that is still in effect? SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: The resolution is still passed. MR. SCHWARTZ: Some people are confused. They think that the town backed out of it. To say that the town is not going to be involved, in the plan it says that the, this is, I believe, I don't know if this is by the USDA or the Farm Bureau, all I got was the attachment; a, the plan, the plan of action and the reasoning but there was no cover sheet, there was no, it didn't tell me who wrote this or what document it was attached to, so it was an incomplete response. I have already requested a complete, to complete that information, to find out where this came from. But it says that each town will need to designate a point of contact to assist the APHISWS. Now WS is wildlife services, APHIS I think is some division of the USDA? COUNCILMAN RULAND: Animal plant health inspection service. MR. SCHWARTZ: Okay. With identifying properties contacting landowners, so this is, the town is expected to designate this person that is going to identify, I mean, are any of you going to go down to Mattituck and put in that railroad crossing? Do you plow the roads? No, but you do, as a town, the town is doing that. By contributing $25,000, you are participants in this action. You know I love you guys and I just want to take a break from the deer for one second and just bring up before I forget it also. The idea that the Republican party is screening candidates for the Southold Town government, I love that idea as long as you open it up and include the Democratic party screening committee and maybe any other screening committee Southold Town Board Meeting Page 50 February 25, 2014 that meets the qualifications. But I do not like the idea that the Republican party has an exclusive lock on making any decisions. After you are elected, your service to the Town of Southold is to all the voters and even the people that do not vote. It should not be your role to act with any political party in excluding other political parties. So I just wanted to make that clear. So this action, contributing $25,000 wasn't the only thing that you are doing for this cull. It is also in here that in addition to designating a point of contact, the APHISWS will coordinate with local law enforcement. So the police are involved and the town attorney's office is involved, since we had a lawsuit and when I filed the FOIL request it was transferred by the town clerk's office to the town attorney's office. So is that money that the police might spend on this and all is that part of the $25,000? I don't think so. I think it is in addition to $25,000 and in addition to all of the money that taxpayers are spending which by the way it is not to go out there and shoot the deer that are all over, it is to go out there and shoot the deer that are on the farms. And those, the populations of deer that are on those farms, they might move around but I do not believe that that is going to make any impact, significant or insignificant on the deer that are down on Bayview or the deer that are in the middle of town. There is no plan to do that. The same with the hunting program, I have no problem with the hunting program, I have no problem if the farmers want to shoot their deer that are on their property. But the hunting program, I saw the map where the hunters are hunting. A lot of places the deer are, there's no hunters. So to say that the hunting program is doing something about the deer in residential areas or the deer that are crossing the roads, it is really a stretch. SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: Can I ask who said that, Benja? MR. SCHWARTZ: Sorry? SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: You said that to say that, who said that? Who said that the deer hunts are making a marked difference in the residential areas? Who has said that? MR. SCHWARTZ: The reasoning, the justification and background, by the way.... SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: Background for what? MR. SCHWARTZ: Excuse me? In response to a request for the east end deer management program.... SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: And somebody asserted that... MR. SCHWARTZ: The SEQRA resolution for the Town of Southold to participate in the east end deer management program, I received an appendix to some document that describes an east end deer management program that was planned for the entire Suffolk County. Now that is not what you voted on because you already knew that East Hampton, Southampton, Riverhead pulled out and Brookhaven severely limited any possible participation, so now we have a different animal. A deer management program for the Town of Southold which you are involved in and your duty before you contribute money is to do an environmental review but we have some very poor legal double talk in my mind. I think I probably could have given you a legal Southold Town Board Meeting Page 51 February 25, 2014 way around this little glitch but you recognize that there was a SEQRA requirement maybe because of what happened in East Hampton but instead of doing an environmental review, you have a one page letter from somebody in the town planning department, it is not important who, who finds that this deer cull will be consistent with generally accepted principles of farming. Now god bless farmers, we should support them but I don't think even Councilman Ruland has been doing farming for a number of years, correct me if I am wrong.... COUNCILMAN RULAND: You are wrong. MR. SCHWARTZ: Oh, okay, so you are still involved in farming? COUNCILMAN RULAND: yes, sir. MR. SCHWARTZ: Oh, okay. Because I had heard that your family was but that you were renting the land, I don't know... COUNCILMAN RULAND: Believe half of what you hear, none of what you see, half of what you hear. MR. SCHWARTZ: I apologize. COUNCILMAN RULAND: Okay. MR. SCHWARTZ: So maybe you are a farmer... COUNCILMAN RULAND: I have more than enough deer. MR. SCHWARTZ: But you are the only farmer on the Board, right? COUNCILMAN RULAND: It appears so. MR. SCHWARTZ: But apparently the Town is now getting into farming. I mean, this doesn't seem to me generally accepted farm practices for the town. Maybe the farmers need to control their wildlife but do they usually get assistance from the town? I don't think so. So environmentally, you know, this thing here says that it is the way that we always do farming and therefore it is a type II action and not subject to SEQRA review. Well, type II action, there are certain limited exceptions to type II actions and farmers are entitled to one of them. I don't think towns once they start getting involved in farming should be entitled to this. Not only was not an environmental impact statement prepared which the public could participate in, there was not even an environmental assessment form, not even a short form prepared giving any description of what the action was and indeed from this response, it is very clear that what you have been saying tonight is true. You don't know what the sharpshooters plan to do but my point is this, finally and I urge you to reconsider making that contribution, I am not a, I used to, I still fish and stuff. Killing is part of living. But in this case, I think the aim is very bad. We are not aiming at the animals that are causing conflict. We are aiming at animals that it is not going to make a Southold Town Board Meeting Page 52 February 25, 2014 difference. So the bottom line besides my problems with the closed nature of this process and everything you say about public meetings, you can what you want but this document has been around for a long time and it took me until today to get a hold of it. I have been trying to for months. I have been to the meetings, I have asked for them. I would ask you to reconsider that decision to contribute money and to stand behind this determination that zero environmental review is necessary because there is nothing in here that, this is essentially an environmental intervention and I believe we need an environmental intervention in the Town of Southold because why? Because we have already intervened in the environment to the extent that the balance has been so disrupted, we have got a lot of problems. We need to do some real environmental review and I would hope that would happen but it is not going to happen if we are putting money and wasting time with things like this deer cull. Do you have any questions? SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: No, actually, speaking of intervention, I am going to call on Mr. Betsch now. if that's okay? Mr. Betsch? John Betsch, Southold JOHN BETSCH: John Betsch, Southold. I just simply wanted to thank the Board for passing resolution 198 to do with the shoreline cleanup. Last year this cooperative effort with Southold Voice and the town resulted in 11 ton of debris in the flotsam and jetsam taken off the shore. That may sound, 22,000 pounds of junk may sound inconsequential but when you think some of it started as a coffee cup top or a straw or a piece of a tree or something, it took a heap of junk to get off the beach and I expect this year we will do even better. So thank you for approving that tonight. SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: Thank you for being such a good partner to work with. Art? Mr. Funke, I will go with Art and then you. Art Tillman ART TILLMAN: Art Tillman, Mattituck. This time I speak for myself alone, not on behalf of anybody else. Regarding this deer issue, I felt this lady is very fortunate in what she does and she never got Lyme's disease. When you have a family member who gets Lyme's disease, your perception on this issue. My daughter, 42 years old, living in Cambridge next to Boston, perhaps the medical center of the United States, we strongly believe that there has been a reoccurrence of Lyme disease. What a lot of people don't know, they get the classical bulls eye like she did, she was treated and she got better but somehow it gets in your system, maybe not everybody's system but it stays there and you get these reoccurrences perhaps decades later as in this case and it is very hard to diagnosis. So I don't know if my daughter has Lyme's disease or not and the doctors are unable to determine that. But her condition is such, she is on disability. Secondly, I know a young lady, at the time she was about 20 years old, she went to the church that I went to. Lymes disease manifested itself in her body where it attacked the nerve to the heart and this kid had to get a pacemaker placed. This gentleman that doesn't see here, I mean, there were days 20-30 years ago, oh, look a couple of deer. Now you can't count them. There's 15-20 and more, herds of them, all over the place. And god help you in rutting season. Guy, nice guy killed on a motorcycle. And I would advocate for the town, when you come into Southold, some sign has Southold Town Board Meeting Page 53 February 25, 2014 got to be put up there `beware of the deer' because these people coming from up the island and the city, they have no idea how bad it is. I have a farmer friend, potato farmer, when I came out here in '76 1 think there were 25,000 acres of potatoes. We are down to, I believe, 5 or less. So potato farming is a marginal operation. Those that are still doing it are trying to diversify. To diversify in farming is difficult. You have to get a whole new set of equipment, it is a whole new way of relearning. Well, a farmer friend of mine tried to diversify a little bit putting in cabbage, the market he thought would be good that year. He didn't harvest any crop, the cabbage is gone. So you have got some marginal farming operations and to have them wiped out by deer. This stuff is bad news, I don't know if culling is the right way of doing it or not but the bottom line is, most of the people I know they want a more scientific approach but the bottom line is something has got to be done and that is what I think. Thank you. SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: Thank you, Art. Unidentified UNIDENTIFIED: I didn't even know there was a meeting tonight. I was at the post office and saw all the cars and as I stopped in, found all this stuff going on. First thing with the Trustee. I am not going to accuse anybody of any dirty dealing or whatever but all those names that were submitted, are they going to be made public? SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: Those are individuals that approached me and asked me to consider them. I don't think they would appreciate having a public discussion on their interest. UNIDENTIFIED: Well, it is a public office. SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: But they weren't appointed. They were just individuals that were entitled to their privacy. If and when they were appointed to a public position, then naturally would have come under scrutiny that as private citizens they shouldn't be under right now. UNIDENTIFIED: The video, this thing you are having with high school students. That is all very interesting. Do you have anybody who is going to run it? It is not going to be some high school senior. SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: No, what we.... UNIDENTIFIED: You need an adult with experience in a major production operation. SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: That is an excellent point. We actually identified that as a critical, key issue to address. Who is basically going to be the administrator, who is going to be the liaison between the town and the schools. And who is going to be almost like an executive director, keep it moving forward. That is something that we will have to look at filling over the next several months to get this up and running. We have people with that talent that live right her in Southold, that have had broadcast experience. UNIDENTIFIED: Okay, that's good. The beeping on the corner there, while I was listening to the discussion I googled on my phone and apparently New York City has 500 of these things at Southold Town Board Meeting Page 54 February 25, 2014 crosswalks in there and the Lighthouse, American Association for the Blind and a whole bunch of other people have strict guidelines about this and it is pretty common stuff. They also train blind people how to read the signals. I agree it may be annoying but I don't know what to do, it is a state road, somebody else put it in but it is not a new or unusual thing, it has been around for years. Oh, yes, the deer. Got to say something about the deer. I am probably the only one who has almost direct experience with this, when we did the cull in New Jersey, started over 10 years ago and there was the usual whining and screaming, both sides. Nobody could agree. Finally the state and the feds came in at sunrise one morning, blew away all the deer in the park and everybody shut up because it was done. They have been doing it for over 10 years now. no problems, no damages, no nothing. Just a lot less deer and the county parks are coming back to life. That is all I have to say about that. SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: Thank you. Mr. Rothman? Ron Rothman RON ROTHMAN: Ron Rothman and not to beat a dead deer, my experience over the last few months with this deer thing, the studies that have been done. The biologists, Cornell, the state that came in and presented the problems, you talk about changing the landscape, the most devastating thing I heard about this whole deer overpopulation was the deer are basically devouring all the hard wood new growth that is coming up. You are talking about all the trees that blew done in hurricane Sandy will not be replaced because this growth is not there anymore. The number of deer the DEC actually came out and stated 65 deer was the number they threw out and when you talk 50 miles of Southold Town, that's 3,000 plus deer. Now I got an interesting message via Art from Bill Edwards who said, well, when you do the math and you go from 65 deer down to 10 deer the optimum number so the landscape isn't devoured, basically you are talking about killing off over 2,500 deer. It's not going to happen. I mean I can't see federal sharpshooters coming in and killing 2,000 deer. I mean, that's a lot of venison steaks going out to the poor. The difference is, you are going to appease and make, cull the herd to where it might make a difference, you don't see deer, I see deer every day I drive up Mill Lane home. At night I see two or three that can run out, I have had four vehicles all have had encounters with deer. And I am not talking, I am talking one in front of DeFriest on the Main Road, one on Youngs Avenue, you are not talking driving recklessly on the North Road. And 1, the thing, one, you are bringing sharpshooters in and I did propose this to Councilman DiNizio, why can't they tranquilize the deer and rather than put them on the meat wagon to the poor, put them on a bus to send them, they belong to the state, send them upstate. There are reasons you can't do that and the studies I have read and the studies have to do with spreading the ticks and the disease and the deer that die. These are just options. I mean, to me, if you want to appease the people that don't want to kill the deer, tranquilize them, ship them upstate. That's my thoughts on the deer. Thank you. SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: Thank you. Who else would like to address the Board? Lynne Summers, Southold Southold Town Board Meeting Page 55 February 25, 2014 LYNN SUMMERS: Lynn Summers, Southold now since I live around the corner. So you will see more me over the years. I want to commend your Board of Trustees. As I sat there last Thursday evening, aside of full transparency for the Town and the people and for education. When you put a camera before you, people think a little differently how they are going to address, how they are going to behave, it is a public record for everyone to see. The sooner you can do that, I think you will see better behavior at various meetings. My hat is off to all of you who do this, the new, the old, whatever, were excellent last Thursday night and I commend them. But I have one question, was Peggy Dickerson ever even thought of as an interim, something that she would sub for a couple of months. That's all I am saying. Thank you very much. Supervisor Russell SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: Who else would like to address the Board? (No response) Motion To: Adjourn Town Board Meeting RESOLVED that this meeting of the Southold Town Board be and hereby is declared adjourned at 6:24 P.M. ezabeth A. Neville Southold Town Clerk RESULT: ADOPTED [UNANIMOUS] MOVER: Louisa P. Evans, Justice SECONDER:Jill Doherty, Councilwoman AYES: Ghosio, Dinizio Jr, Ruland, Doherty, Evans, Russell