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2011 Year-end Report & 2012 Goals
A.Planning Board applications
Applications reviewed 69
Work sessions 27
Public meetings 15
Applications received * Total: 29
*Subdivision application includes each phase: (Subdivisions: 17)
Sketch, Preliminary, Final (Site Plans: 10) (Sp. Exceptions: 2)
Applications completed Total: 22
( Site Plans: 13) (Sp. Exceptions: 1)
(Standard Subdivisions: 2)
(Conservation Subdivisions: 0)
(Lot Line Modifications: 6)
Fees collected Total: $191,241
Application Fees: $25,241
Park & Playground Fees: $162,000
Administration Fees: $4,000
B.Coastal Consistency Assessment Reviews (LWRP) completed:
293
C.People served
Planning Counter: 308
Requests for information and FOILs (some overlap with Counter visits):
Requests: 51, FOILS: 75
Please note: the above numbers do not count phone calls and meetings outside of
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work sessions and the counter sign-in sheet.
D.Comprehensive Plan Update
Completed the Economic Chapter
Completed the Community Character Chapter
Completed the Parks & Recreation Chapter
Reviewed draft Housing Chapter
Began Agriculture Chapter
Updated the Town Statistic and Buildout numbers
Revised the Comprehensive Plan website
E.Planning reviews for other boards:
1.Reviewed for Town Board:
Local Laws: 11
2.Reviewed for ZBA
Variances/Special Exceptions/Event Permits: 15
January 27, 2012
Planning 2011 Year-end Report & 2012 Goals
F.Projects with grant funding:
1.Hamlet Study Implementation I Grant Project (LWRP/NYSEPF)
$96,808.74
Submitted vouchers for reimbursement for work completed -
(received check)
2.Hamlet Study Implementation II Grant Project (LWRP/NYSEPF)
Documented work completed on Comprehensive Plan Update to be reimbursed
3.Goldsmith Inlet Watershed Restoration Grant Project
Town Board approved contract with Cornell Cooperative Extension on August
30, 2011, which was sent to Cornell Cooperative Extension to for review and
approval for Tidal Prism Study (Flushing rate analysis) and DNA Source
Sampling (Coliform bacteria loadings and sources)
Town Board approved Inter-municipal Agreement between Suffolk County and
the Town on December 20, 2011 providing $85,668.00 to project.
Stormwater Management Phase II Grant Project
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$14,741.14
Submitted voucher for reimbursement for work completed -
5.Impaired Waterbody & Subwatershed Management Plans Grant Project
Draft plan was submitted for review in December 2010, Office of the Town
Engineer and Planning Board are reviewing..
6.Stormwater Management Town Code Revisions Grant Project
Work plan was amended to include stormwater educational program.
7.Hashamomuck Pond Watershed Management Plan Implementation Grant Project
Meetings with participants were held throughout the year. Town Engineer is in
the process of preparing bid packages for retrofits.
8.Planning and Development of Southold Town Code Revisions (LWRP/NYSEPF)
The time dedicated to current amendments to Chapters 236 Stormwater will be
billed to grant.
Summary of Projects with Grants:
Work, as authorized by the Town Board, continues on the eight projects with grant
funding available. Below are the total amounts remaining in the grant budgets.
$674,000
Planning: remaining (half to be reimbursed to Town)
$1,400,000
Stormwater Management - (a little more than half to be reimbursed)
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Planning 2011 Year-end Report & 2012 Goals
Planning Department/Planning Board Goals & Priorities for 2012
1.Current Planning Board Applications continue to increase efficiency in processing
applications
2.Comprehensive Plan Update complete the following chapters:
a.Housing Chapter
b.Agriculture Chapter
c.Land Preservation Chapter
d.Natural Resources Chapter
e.Infrastructure Chapter
3.Hamlet Study Implementation I Grant Project (LWRP/NYSEPF)
($476,882 remaining in budget)
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Submit 2 voucher for work completed (Economic Chapter of Comprehensive Plan
update)
4.Hamlet Study Implementation II Grant Project (LWRP/NYSEPF)
($137,136 remaining in budget)
Submit 1st voucher for work completed (portions of Comprehensive Plan update)
5.Goldsmith Inlet Watershed Restoration Grant Project
a.Manage & implement Tidal Prism Study
b.Manage & implement source tracking analysis
c.Continue permitting debris & phragmites removal projects.
d.Modify budget of grant
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e.Submit 1 voucher
6.Stormwater Management Phase II Grant Project
a.Identify stormwater retrofit project for RFP design and construction
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b.Submit 2 voucher
7.Impaired Waterbody & Subwatershed Management Plans Grant Project
a.Review, accept & implement plan, hold public meetings.
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b.Submit 1 voucher
8.Stormwater Management Town Code Revisions Grant Project
Launch public education campaign on Chapter 236.
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Planning 2011 Year-end Report & 2012 Goals
9.Hashamomuck Pond Watershed Management Plan Implementation Grant Project
a.Work with Town Engineer to develop RFP for construction of best-management
practices
b.Meet with NYS DEC to request that their funding ($196,000) be moved to Town, Jockey
& Goose Creek watersheds
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c.Submit 1 voucher
10.Planning and Development of Southold Town Code Revisions (LWRP/NYSEPF)
a.Request time extension for code revisions expected following adoption of
Comprehensive Plan Update.
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b.Submit 5 voucher
11.Design and implement in-house Planning Board training sessions
12.New Town Website work with website committee to develop a user-friendly website
13.Initiate an interdepartmental coordination effort between the Planning Board, Building
Department, Zoning Board of Appeals and Board of Trustees
14.Visit to Fishers Island for site visits, and planning-related meetings, including
Comprehensive Plan.
15.Work with Town Board to establish a parking bank (fees in lieu of required parking in hamlet
centers).
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