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OFFICE OF THE TOWN CLERK
SOUTHOLD TOWN BOARD
SOUTHOLD TOWN BOARD
REGULAR MEETING
November 22, 2016
4:30 PM
A Regular Meeting of the Southold Town Board was held Tuesday,November 22, 2016 at the
Meeting Hall, Southold,NY.
Call to Order
4:30 PM Meeting called to order on November 22, 2016 at Meeting Hall, 53095 Route 25,
Southold,NY.
Attendee Name Organization Title Status Arrived
James Dinizio Jr Town of Southold Councilman Present
William P. Ruland - Town of Southold Councilman Present
Jill Doherty Town of Southold Councilwoman Present
Robert Ghosio Town of Southold Councilman Present
Louisa P. Evans "Town of Southold Justice Present
Scott A. Russell Town of Southold Supervisor Present
Elizabeth A.Neville Town of Southold, Town Clerk Present
William M Duffy Town of Southold Town Attorney Present
1. Reports
1. Monthly Report-Building Department
2. North Fork Animal Welfare Laegue, Inc
3. Monthly Reports - Solid Waste District
4. Board of Trustees Monthly Report
5. Programs for the Disabled Monthly Report
6. Justice Evans Monthly Reports
7. Planning Board Monthly Report
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II. Public Notices
1. Suffolk County Dept of Economic Develop. & Planning
III. Communications
IV. Discussion
1. 9:00 Am -Public Hearing- Coastal Erosion Appeal
2. 9:15 Pm -Denis Noncarrow
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3. 9:30 Am -Jim McMahon
4. 9:45 Pm -Jamie Garretson, HPC Chair
5. Amendments to Chapter 275 & 280
6. EXECUTIVE SESSION -Labor-Matters Involving Employment of Particular Person/S
Public Hearings
PH 11/22/16 9:00 Am Coastal Erosion Appeal
This hearing was opened at 9:00 AM
SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: We are going to open a formal hearing on a Coastal Erosion Appeal
but then we are going to have to adjourn it because the gentleman that is going to come before
the Board is stuck on the ferry. He had been the, given the weather conditions out there. I don't
think I should take testimony from anybody and it doesn't look like anyone is here to testify
anyway, so can I get a motion to adjourn?
COUNCILMAN RULAND: I make a motion we adjourn this hearing.
This hearing was reconvened at 9:24 AM
COUNCILMAN GHOSIO: NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Town Board of the Town
of Southold hereby sets November 22, 2016 at 9:00 AM. at the Southold Town Meeting Hall,
53095 Main Road, Southold,New York as the time and place for a public hearing upon the
Coastal Erosion Hazard Board of Review Appeal of the Harrington Family Limited Partnership,
which seeks relief from Section 111-6 and 111-13(5) of the Town Code to re-construct an
existing dock in-kind within a nearshore area in a Coastal Erosion Hazard Area located on
property on parcel SCTM# 1000-2-1-12.2 off Private Road along the west shore of Clay Point,
West Harbor, Fishers Island Sound, Fishers Island,New York 06390, and directs the Town
Clerk to publish notice in such appeal in the Suffolk Times newspaper not less than ten (10) days
nor more than thirty (30) days prior to such hearing and to notify the applicant by first class mail.
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SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: I would invite anybody that would like an opportunity to address the
Board to please feel free?
KEITH NIELSEN: Keith Nielsen, I would like to address the Board on behalf of the Harrington
family for this appeal. I am a professional engineer in the state and I prepared the application
documents that are before you today. the waiver is requested from the Coastal Erosion
regulations, primarily the section which limits coastal erosion dock structures to 200 square feet.
This is a longstanding dock, it's been in place for 40 years or thereabout and this is a rebuild
project. The rationale for our appeal is that this is a coastal bluff, it is a retreating coastal bluff.
It's a badly eroded and the shallow subtidal zone sediments in front of the bluff are rocky in
nature, not suitable for docking facility, I should say for boating because of the shallow water
depths and the rocky bottom nature. The shoreline is a rocky shoreline, there are boulders
throughout the tidal zone and shallow subtidal zone and there is great potential for the boat to
impact the bottom sediments. To give you an idea of how 50 feet, 200 square feet would be 50
feet by 4 foot wide and where my finger is pointed is 50 feet from the apparent high water line
and as you can see, we are in less than a foot of water there. there would be no doubt that there
would be bottom contact. Because of the nature of the site,just beyond the boulders and we shot
every boulder that was more than 3 1/2 feet in diameter, and those are shown here. The rest of the
rocky shorefront is all throughout this area. So at the south end of this property, there is a band
of eelgrass and there are small patches throughout the area. We felt that, because of the
imperative directive from federal agencies to avoid impact on eelgrass, it was logical to get us
past the eelgrass as well as the boulders to utilize this area for boating access, even to avoid as
much as possible maneuvering through the eelgrass, since in the shallow waters we would no
doubt be hitting it with the propeller. This yielded the configuration that we have got here for
you today. over the past four years, we have obtained all of the permits necessary for this
project. Unfortunately, the town permit was due to expire after two years which was almost two
years ago. We got a one year extension for it. unfortunately, the Harringtons, due to some
family circumstances, were not able to proceed with construction and ultimately have to sell the
property. We already got the one town extension, that extension expired in March of this year
and we were unable to get another extension for it. so we applied for a whole new town permit,
including the tidal wetlands and the coastal erosion zone permit. We have reviewed the
regulations of the town ordinances in detail, as well as the coastal management policies of the
state and the local waterfront revitalization program. We meet all of the standards except the 200
square feet. We have obtained in the last 15 years, or 17 years, more than a dozen other permits
for similar structures either building new structures or rebuilding old structures, some of which
were damaged by hurricanes as far back as hurricane Bob. All of which were done after which
the coastal erosion zones regulations were published. These included Meyers, Regal, Bingham.
hose are all east of, I am sorry, west of Osprey Point. DuPont and Weyman which are in west
harbor,just south of this site. Long, Charpentier, Carrente, which are just around the corner on
Clay Point and going around to the next point and then Campbell and Lucille Balcolm out in
East Harbor and all of these docks are similar in size and nature and half of them were rebuilds
and half of them were new docks. The, we have done everything that we know to make this
dock compliant with all of the programs and I would also point out that the NY DEC which
created the original coastal erosions permitting, we meet all of their requirements and their
permit is still valid. So we respectfully request the waiver to the coastal zone 200 square foot
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requirement to allow us to rebuild the dock in accordance with this configuration. I would be
happy to answer any questions you may have.
COUNCILMAN GHOSIO: Keith, the first question I have is that you mentioned that you had a
town permit already and that you went through the extension period and stuff, I don't recall that
we had to put this through an appeal process the first time.
MR.NIELSEN: No, it was approved as submitted.
COUNCILMAN GHOSIO: What was the rationale for not approving it this time?
MR. NIELSEN: The, this is the first time the 200 square foot criteria has been used on one of
my projects for it not to be processed as a coastal erosion zone permit. And we have done about,
I think it's either 55 or 56 permits on Fishers Island and this is the first time, so I am not sure.
SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: This is a complete replacement in kind? There's no changes to the
historic structure?
MR. NIELSEN: Well, actually we are shortening it 30 feet from what existed out there
originally in the 60's. Let me just point to something, you see on the application drawing, there
are a couple of piles on the existing condition plans that are out 20-30 feet beyond the end of the
pier that we show and those were the pier head as far as we can tell from those piles that are left.
So we have shortened it. we have made it smaller.
SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: And this is the first time that the 200 square foot rule was invoked?
On any project?
MR. NIELSEN: On any project that I can remember on Fishers Island that I have worked on.
COUNCILMAN GHOSIO: Inaudible. When I was on the Trustees, we had to use that criteria
in several cases perhaps maybe not for Fishers Island projects depending upon what they were.
SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: To my understanding, it was a hard and fast rule. Not guidance.
This is the one thing I am going to say, just a general comment, I recognize people's right to
wharf out but where does that right end? In other words, rights aren't unmitigated or unfettered
or absolute and I realize the unique circumstance here but people live along the water, there are
natural features to that water and sometimes they are very, very shallow water that goes out very,
very far and it seems that this new trend, not necessarily here perhaps, is that they should just
simply bring docks out farther and farther and farther into the bay. And there are some places in
Cutchogue where I swear docks go out as far as Noyack it seems. But at the same time, there are
unique features here and I always support the premise that replacement in kind seems perfectly
reasonable.
MR. NIELSEN: If I could respond at least in part to that, you are right, there is no clear
definition of how far out riparian rights of an individual property go. But there are some pretty
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decent guidelines that are offered in New York that are not universal but I think they are
reasonable and that is to get a dock to at least four feet of water so that dredging will not be
required in the future and to minimize bottom sediment impacts such as resuspension of
sediments or propeller gauging in cases where you have muddy sediments and so on and I have
done about 2300 permits over the last 30 years and I think that the standard that New York State
DEC has come up with is a fairly reasonable standard. It doesn't give you unlimited rights of
access in areas where you have predominately or exceptionally shallow waters and so on, they do
waive that and they have a second standard in calm waters of 2 1/2 feet where boats are not likely
to be jostled around by waves and the impact of the bottom as they pitch and roll in sea
conditions. So what we have done here is we have gotten out just beyond that four foot contour
of the stern of the boat, it's imperative at this site that a boat be tied up to the pier be bow in to
the pier and the waves are coming from the north and the northwest. And so a boat with an 18
inch to 2 foot draft with the motor sticking down another 18 inches or so below that, you have to
have four feet and that's where we stopped this. That's why we are able to shorten the pier, we
didn't feel we had to go out any further.
SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: I would submit that I recognize the DEC standard, in other words,
get it out far enough out to four feet so it doesn't have to be dredged or so you don't have a prop
hitting the bottom but there's an alternative to that which would be no dock at all. if you want to
mitigate those impacts, if you keep using those standards that you go out to four feet of depth,
how far out do docks go? There are some locations townwide where you would have to go
forever to reach four feet. And that is not what the public trust doctrine or certainly what the
right to wharf out covers. You know, all rights, no rights are absolute like I said and I think the
town has to start thinking a little bit harder down the line on how we are going to do this, we are
trying to manage the right of a property owner, we are also trying to manage a public asset, a
public resource. Everybody has a right to the water and if you keep putting docks out farther and
farther and farther, you are pushing out more infields, you are doing all the things everybody else
also has an inherent right to and that's the balancing act that's very tough for us.
COUNCILWOMAN DOHERTY: I think, I agree with a lot of what Scott says but the historic
value, there has been a structure there and it is worthy to note that when Scott asked if you had a
structure in place that the flow through decking, so the light does go through for the eelgrass in
the area, that's one thing the Trustees have done for a while is to get the lights through because
the covering, the shadowing of the bottom land and the flow through decking I have seen really
works well and that's a positive in the reconstruction that I see.
COUNCILMAN GHOSIO: Have you given any thought to using mono-poles?
MR. NIELSEN: We have but that would require us to use steel piles for the construction, we are
trying to stay with natural materials. The mono-poles could be used if considered necessary. 1
would also point out that this is a fairly high pier. If you will notice in the profile, we are at
elevation 8 with the deck where normally you would be at a lower elevation of 5 or 6. We only
drop down to an elevation of 5 at the end of the pier where the boarding would actually take
place. Everything else is fairly high to maximize the light transmissivity through that deck.
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COUNCILMAN DINIZIO: Can I ask a question? What, how many boats are you going to keep
on this?
MR. NIELSEN: Well, we designed for one full-time and one possible visitor, so there's two
docks here.
COUNCILMAN DINZIO: And what's the advantage, besides the obvious, of a mooring at four
feet? I mean, you have to be at four feet, what's the advantage of having a dinghy on shore and
pushing it out to the boat?
MR. NIELSEN: The mooring is certainly an option, generally those are options held for larger
vessels. One of the issues that we face in Connecticut which is I think probably a leading answer
to your question and we have a higher dock density along coastal parts of Connecticut and the
area that a mooring takes up is roughly four times the area that a dock takes up and so in
situations where we have mooring ability, moorings are generally held for people who do not
have waterfront access and have to have some place and the docks are held for people who have
dock access. If you have a dinghy and a mooring, you have roughly five times the area of the
dock itself and the other thing is, even with a dinghy if you have a 12 inch draft if it's a whaler or
something like that and another foot below the prop, you still could not use this dock at 50 feet.
You'd still be so close that the bottom of the dinghy would be very close to the bottom and you
would be driving through the eelgrass to get to it.
COUNCILMAN DINIZIO: I was thinking rowing.
SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: Seventeen foot Boston Whaler is called my dreamboat.
COUNICLMAN DINIZIO: I really have no expertise in this but it seems to me that we want to
eliminate the docks but apparently the eelgrass is growing despite the fact that the decking
wasn't see through which is kind of a good thing but just taking four stakes and putting it out in
the four foot level and rowing a boat to it, is there not any value to that instead of disturbing the
bottom with all these poles and decks and whatnot? What's the inconvenience in that?
MR. NIELSEN: Well,
COUNCILMAN DINIZIO: Well, I am assuming you say the area is because the boat will swing
around the pole?
MR.NIELSEN: Right.
COUNCILMAN DINIZIO: So that it needs that area but say you put four posts out there and you
drove the boat in between and tied it up to the four posts so they wouldn't rub against and you
had spring lines. I understand that you have it there now, it's just trying to educate myself on the
fact that you are saying you have to get out to four feet so if everybody has to get out to four feet,
I know in some places here in Southold Town, four feet could be 300 feet out. I was just
wondering if maybe we shouldn't start to think more of using moorings and if you have some
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heavy stuff you have to bring on, you drive around to a public dock and put it on. Is that at all
feasible?
MR.NIELSEN: One of the advantages to a mooring is that the boat will tend to align itself with
the prevailing tidal currents if it's deep draft and prevailing wind direction is it's shallow draft
and but the mooring, the boat at the mooring will swing all the way around the anchor point
during you know, daily or monthly conditions. One of the disadvantages of that scenario is that
as the chain grows on the bottom, whatever was growing there is scrapped away. In some of my
aerial overflights of Stonington Harbor and the mouth of the Mystic River, you can actually see a
pattern of bullseyes in a mooring field and it's notable. With regard to stick moorings or pile
moorings and so on, those can certainly save space but they also have to be designed for the
adverse conditions that will be broadside to the boat. And so they have to be fairly stout, similar
to the tie-off conditions that we would see on a dock like this and it's not to say that it can't be
done, we've designed a series of tie-off piles within Venetian Harbor lower lagoon at Groton
Long Point for just that type of arrangement, so it looks more like a parking lot and the boats are
skewed to the travel ways around Venetian Lagoon so they can get in, depart in,just like they
would from an angled parking lot but those are absolutely still waters and the wind influence are
largely diminished because of the protective nature of the houses all around the lagoon. In open
water, when you are coming into a slot for tie-off piles, it may or may not work depending on the
weather conditions and it's not to stay they couldn't be designed so boats could face any one of
three or four different directions but once the boat is in, those piles have to hold it for whatever
weather conditions it's going to be exposed to. and that's really why, I believe, the open
moorings with chains are generally preferable for mooring fields.
COUNCILMAN DINIZIO: Thank you.
SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: Bill, I have got a legal question and I don't know if you know the
answer and it probably doesn't seem specific to this but is catastrophic loss of structures like this
recoverable through federal insurance programs?
TOWN ATTORNEY DUFFY: I don't know, I would have to research this.
SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: Because at some point, we have to think about mitigating costs of
homeowners who are subsidizing those programs who don't have the benefit of a dock. But like
I said, it's preexisting and it's replacement in kind, so I don't have a problem.
COUNCILMAN GHOSIO: I don't know the exact answer to your question but I know that the
creation of the coastal erosion hazard line and area was specifically for that reason because don't
build it in a place that we are going to have to pay to rebuild it.
SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: That's right and it's you know, those flood insurance programs
don't just subject the waterfront owner to costs, it subjects all the people who pay homeowners
insurance to those costs and sooner or later we need to think about shifting the burden away from
those people who don't have the benefit of a dock that stretches out to somewhere as far as 200
feet or 145 feet.
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COUNCILWOMAN DOHERTY: I think in my conversations I had when I was in the Trustee's
with people is that most docks are not insurable.
MR. NIELSEN: The only project that I know I have recoverable insurance on is in the
Connecticut River and the dock was hit by a fuel barge going up the river. I know that even
when we did the firestone boat house over in Chocomount Cove after hurricane Bob, there was
no insurance coverage for that. The rebuild was all covered by the owner.
SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: Yes, I would imagine those real high end risk structures like docks
probably aren't part of the program but the larger issue is that many of the real property
structures are. That has impacts on everybody, not just waterfront owners.
COUNCILMAN GHOSIO: Let's talk about the eelgrass for a moment. Is that a receding
eelgrass bed or is it a growing'eelgrass bed?
MR.NIELSEN: Our experience on this eelgrass bed has been sporadic. The first time we saw it
was about 8 years ago and it went more linearly across the face of the property but it was still
sporadic patches, small outcrops of eelgrass. At the time I wasn't, I didn't have any scuba
equipment so I couldn't tell what the bottom conditions were in that area but later on, in our
subsequent visits, that bottom is sandy. I can't tell of any difference between the bottom
throughout the dock area going north that would preclude eelgrass from growing. However, on
three visits in the last three years, the patch has been almost identical to what we have
documented on the drawings. It was actually located by a surveyor, it was not put in by a
wildlife biologist transcript or anything. So this eelgrass bed is nowhere near as dense as it is
along the Fishers Island Sound exposures on the north side of Clay Point or on the north side of
Osprey Point for that matter. And so other than that, I don't know of any differences over the
last couple of years.
SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: Any other questions? Anything else you want to address the Board
with?
MR.NIELSEN: No, thank you for the opportunity to address the Board and I am sorry for being
late.
SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: We have a Board member from Fishers Island, so the ferries are
always going to interrupt everybody's schedules. That's the way it is.
MR.NIELSEN: It was an exciting ride this morning.
SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: Thank you very much. We appreciate you coming before us.
COUNCILWOMAN DOHERTY: Do we want to hear from Damon?
SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: Oh, Damon, I am sorry.
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ASSISTANT TOWN ATTORNEY HAGAN: Damon Hagan, Assistant Town Attorney. To the
board members, I have spoken with the Trustee's with regard to this matter., They are familiar
with the project, they are familiar with the building materials associated therewith. Although it
is outside of their jurisdiction,they have no objection to this project.
SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: Thank you. Anybody else?
This hearing was closed at 9:52 AM
RESULT: CLOSED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Louisa P. Evans, Justice
SECONDER:William P. Ruland, Councilman
AYES: Dinizio Jr, Ruland, Doherty, Ghosio, Evans, Russell
Opening Comments
Supervisor Russell
SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: Please rise and join in the Pledge of Allegiance. Thank you. I am
going to invite anybody that would like to comment on any of the agenda items to please feel
free? I know we have a couple of hearings scheduled for the historic designation so we will have
a separate hearing, so that will be the time to speak but other agenda items, please feel free? (No
response)
V. Resolutions
2016-1013
CATEGORY: Audit
DEPARTMENT. Town Clerk
Approve Audit
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby approves the audit dated
November 22,_2016.
✓Vote Record-Resolution RES-2016-1013
0 Adopted
❑ Adopted as Amended
❑ Defeated
Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent
❑ Tabled
❑ Withdrawn James Dmizio Jr Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Supervisor's Appt William P Ruland Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Tax Receiver's Appt Jill Doherty Voter 2 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Rescinded Robert Ghosio Seconder [a ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Town Clerk's Appt Louisa P Evans Mover 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Supt Hgwys Appt Scott A Russell Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ No Action
0 Lost
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2016-1014
CATEGORY. Set Meeting
DEPARTMENT. Town Clerk
Next Town Board Meeting
RESOLVED that the next Regular Town Board Meeting of the Southold Town Board be held,
Tuesday, December 6 2016 at the Southold Town Hall Southold New York at 7:30 P.M.
✓Vote Record-Resolution RES-2016-1014
0 Adopted
❑ Adopted as Amended
❑ Defeated
Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent
❑ Tabled
James Dmizio Jr Voter
❑ Withdrawn D ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Supervisor's Appt William P Ruland Voter D ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Tax Receiver's Appt Jill Doherty Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Rescinded Robert Ghosio Seconder 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Town Clerk's Appt Louisa P Evans Mover 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Supt Hgwys Appt Scott A Russell Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ No Action
❑ Lost
2016-1015
CATEGORY.• Bid Acceptance
DEPARTMENT.• Highway Department
Accept Sand Bids
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby rescinds resolution#2016-
991 adopted at the November 1, 2016 regular Town Board meeting in its entirety, which read as
follows:
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby accepts the sand bid as
follows, all in accordance with the Town Attorney:
Stephanie A. Silveri $16.42/cu yd
✓Vote Record-Resolution RES-2016-1015
0 Adopted Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent
❑ Adopted as Amended James Dmizio Jr Mover 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Defeated William P Ruland Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Tabled Jill Doherty Seconder 21 ❑ 11 0
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❑ Withdrawn Robert Ghosio Voter 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
2016-1016
CATEGORY.• Authorize to Bid
DEPARTMENT. Highway Department
Re-Bid Sand for 2017
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby authorizes and directs the
Town Clerk's office to re-advertise for bids for supplying sand for the 2017 calendar year.
✓Vote Record-Resolution RES-2016-1016
0 Adopted
❑ Adopted as Amended
❑ Defeated
❑ Tabled Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent
❑ Withdrawn James Dimzio Jr Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Supervisor's Appt William P Ruland Seconder 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Tax Receiver's Appt Jill Doherty Mover 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Rescinded Robert Ghosio Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Town Clerk's Appt Louisa P Evans Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Supt Hgwys Appt Scott A Russell Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ No Action
❑ Lost
2016-1017
CATEGORY.• Employment-FIFD
DEPARTMENT. Accounting
Increase Salary ofJeffrey Nossek
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby ratifies and approves the
resolution of the Fishers Island Ferry District_adopted July 18, 2016 that increases the salary of
Jeffrey Nossek to $19.00 per hour effective October 21, 2016.
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✓Vote Record-Resolution RES-2016-1017
0 Adopted
❑ Adopted as Amended
❑ Defeated ' Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent
❑ Tabled
❑ Withdrawn James Dinizio Jr Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Supervisor's Appt William P Ruland Mover 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Tax Receiver's Appt Jill Doherty Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Rescinded Robert Ghosio Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Town Clerk's Appt Louisa P.Evans Seconder 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Supt Hgwys Appt Scott A Russell Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ No Action
❑ Lost
2016-1018
CATEGORY.• Employment-FIFD
DEPARTMENT. Accounting
Increase Salary of George Marshall
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby ratifies and approves the
resolution of the Fishers Island Ferry District adopted July 18, 2016 that increases the salary of
George Marshall to $11.99 per hour effective November 24, 2016.
✓Vote Record-Resolution RES-2016-1018
0 Adopted
❑ Adopted as Amended
❑ Defeated - -- — — -- - -
Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent
❑ Tabled
❑ Withdrawn James Dtmzio Jr Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Supervisor's Appt William P Ruland Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Tax Receiver's Appt Jill Doherty Seconder 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Rescinded Robert Ghosio Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Town Clerk's Appt Louisa P Evans Mover 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Supt Hgwys Appt Scott A Russell Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ No Action
❑ Lost
2016-1019
CATEGORY Y. Planning
DEPARTMENT: Public Works
Southold Deer Management Plan
November 22, 2016
Southold Town Board Board Meeting page 13
The Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby approves the Southold Town White-Tailed
Deer Management Plan, dated June 2016, as part of the requirements of the NYS Department of
Environmental Conservation Deer Management Assistance Program.
✓Vote Record-Resolution RES-2016-1019
0 Adopted
❑ Adopted as Amended
❑ Defeated -
Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent
❑ Tabled
❑ Withdrawn .lames Dmizio Jr Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Supervisor's Appt William P.Ruland Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Tax Receiver's Appt Jill Doherty Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Rescinded Robert Ghosio Mover 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Town Clerk's Appt Louisa P.Evans Seconder 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Supt Hgwys Appt Scott A Russell Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ No Action
❑ Lost
2016-1020
CATEGORY: Public Service
DEPARTMENT.• Town Clerk
Appoint a Temporary Marriage Officer
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby appoints Robert I. Scott as a
Temporary Marriage Officer for the Town of Southold, on Wednesday November 30, 2016 only,
to serve at no compensation.
✓Vote Record-Resolution RES-2016-1020
0 Adopted
❑ Adopted as Amended
❑ Defeated Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain T Absent
❑ Tabled
❑ Withdrawn James Dmizio Jr Mover 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Supervisor's Appt William P Ruland Seconder 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Tax Receiver's Appt Jill Doherty Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Rescinded Robert Ghosio Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Town Clerk's Appt Louisa P Evans Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Supt Hgwys Appt Scott A Russell Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ No Action
❑ Lost
November 22, 2016
Southold Town Board Board Meeting page 14
2016-1021
CATEGORY.• Advertise
DEPARTMENT. Town Clerk
Advertise for Wildlife Manager
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby authorizes and directs the
Town Clerk's office to re-advertise for an Environmental Analyst/Wildlife manager.
✓Vote Record-Resolution RES-2016-1021
0 Adopted
❑ Adopted as Amended
❑ Defeated Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent
❑ Tabled
❑ Withdrawn James Dmizio Jr Voter 0 El ❑
❑ Supervisor's Appt William P Ruland Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Tax Receiver's Appt Jill Doherty Mover i 0 ❑ i ❑ ❑
❑ Rescinded Robert Ghosio Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Town Clerk's Appt Louisa P Evans Seconder 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Supt Hgwys Appt Scott A Russell Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ No Action
❑ Lost
2016-1022
CATEGORY: Refund
DEPARTMENT: Town Clerk
Refund Commercial Contractor Disposal Permit Fees
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby authorizes a refund totaling
$120.00 to Twin Fork Landscape PO Box 460 Cutchogue,NY for a two (2) year additional
Commercial Disposal Permit($60) that was purchased in error and for paying for a First
Disposal permit fee twice in 2016 in error.
✓Vote Record-Resolution RES-2016-1022
0 Adopted
❑ Adopted as Amended _
❑ Defeated Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent
❑ Tabled .lames Dmizio Ir Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Withdrawn William P Ruland Mover 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Supervisor's Appt Jill Doherty Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Tax Receiver's Appt Robert Ghosio Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Rescinded Louisa P Evans Seconder 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Town Clerk's Appt Scott A Russell Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Supt Hgwys Appt
❑ No Action
0 Lost
November 22, 2016
Southold Town Board Board Meeting page 15
2016-1023
CATEGORY.• Refund
(DEPARTMENT. Town Clerk
Clean Up Deposit Returns
WHEREAS the following groups have supplied the Town of Southold with a Clean-up Deposit
for their events and
WHEREAS the Southold Town Police Chief, Martin Flatley, has informed the Town Clerk's
office that this fee may be refunded, now therefor be it
RESOLVED that Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby authorizes a refund be issued in
to the following:
Name Date Received Amount
Universal Television LLC 10/14/16 $250.00
Kauftnan Astoria Studios
34-1236 Ih Street, Ste 301
Astoria,NY 11106
Southold Athletic Association 10/3/16 $250.00
Southold Elementary School
420 Oaklawn Avenue
Southold,NY 11971
✓Vote Record-Resolution RES-2016-1023
RI Adopted
❑ Adopted as Amended
❑ Defeated
Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent
❑ Tabled
❑ Withdrawn .lames Dm11 Elizio Jr Voter 0 ❑
❑ Supervisor's Appt William P Ruland Voter RI ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Tax Receiver's Appt Jill Doherty Voter CI ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Rescinded Robert Ghosio Seconder IZI ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Town Clerk's Appt Louisa P Evans Mover IZI ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Supt Hgwys Appt Scott A Russell Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ No Action
❑ Lost
November 22, 2016
Southold Town Board Board Meeting page 16
2016-1024
CATEGORY: Budget Modification
DEPARTMENT: Assessors
2017 Budget Modification -Assessors
Financial Impact:
to cover Attorney's fees for Certiorari cases
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby modifies the 2016 General
Fund budget as follows:
To:
A1355.4.500.100 Board of Assessors
Fee for Service
Legal Counsel $1,606.00
From:
A1355.2.200.500 Board of Assessors
Office Equipment
Other Equipment $ 728.00
A1355.4.600.300 Board of Assessors
Miscellaneous
Travel Reimbursement $ 878.00
✓Vote Record-Resolution RES-2016-1024
0 Adopted
❑ Adopted as Amended
❑ Defeated --" "" """" -""
Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent
❑ Tabled
Tames Dinizio Jr Voter CZI ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Withdrawn
❑ Supervisor's Appt William P Ruland Voter El ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Tax Receiver's Appt Jill Doherty Voter 1 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Rescinded Robert Ghosio Mover IZI ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Town Clerk's Appt Louisa P Evans Seconder 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Supt Hgwys Appt Scott A Russell Voter CEJ ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ No Action
❑ Lost
2016-1025
CATE,GOR Y.• Budget Modification
DEPARTMENT: Fishers Island Ferry District
FIFD 2016 Budget Modification
Financial Impact:
MV Race Point
November 22, 2016
Southold Town Board Board Meeting page 17
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 November 17,
2016, which amended the 2016 Fishers Island Ferry District budget in the amount of
$ 185,000.00.
✓Vote Record-Resolution RES-2016-1025
Z Adopted
❑ Adopted as Amended
❑ Defeated _____ _____._.-__._ _..__ ._. . _._.__,______-._--.--.-_ --_
Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent
❑ Tabled
❑ Withdrawn James Dimzio Jr Mover Rl D D ❑
❑ Supervisor's Appt William P.Ruland Voter El ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Tax Receiver's Appt Jill Doherty i Seconder 10 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Rescinded Robert Ghosio Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Town Clerk's Appt Louisa P.Evans Voter lZ ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Supt Hgwys Appt Scott A Russell Voter CSI ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ No Action
❑ Lost
2016-1026
CATEGORY. Budget Modification
DEPARTMENT: Fishers Island Ferry District
FIFD 2016 Budget Modification
Financial Impact:
Docks & Terminals
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 November 17,
2016, which amended the 2016 Fishers Island Ferry District budget in the amount of$9,000.00.
✓Vote Record-Resolution-RES-2016-1026
Rl Adopted
❑ Adopted as Amended
❑ Defeated Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent
❑ Tabled
James Dmizio Jr Voter 0 11 ❑ ❑
❑ Withdrawn
❑ Supervisor's Appt William P Ruland Seconder Rl ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Tax Receiver's Appt .till Doherty Mover 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Rescinded Robert Ghosio Voter Rl ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Town Clerk's Appt Louisa P Evans Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Supt Hgwys Appt Scott A Russell Voter 2 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ No Action
0 Lost
November 22, 2016
Southold Town Board Board Meeting page 18
2016-1027
CATEGORY.- Budget Modification
DEPARTMENT.- Accounting
Budget Modification for General Fund Part Town
Financial Impact:
Provde additional appropriations for NYS Retirement billing
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby modifies the 2016 General
Fund Part Town budget as follows:
From:
B.9060.8.000.000 Medical Insurance $9,670
To:
B.9010.8.000.000 NYS Retirement, ERS $9,670
✓Vote Record-Resolution RES-2016-1027
0 Adopted
❑ Adopted as Amended
❑ Defeated — - -- -- — --- -- --- ---- -
Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent
❑ Tabled
❑ Withdrawn James Dmizio Jr Voter D ❑ ❑ _❑
❑ Supervisor's Appt William P Ruland Mover 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Tax Receiver's Appt Jill Doherty Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Rescinded Robert Ghosio Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Town Clerk's Appt Louisa P Evans Seconder 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Supt Hgwys Appt Scott A Russell Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ No Action
❑ Lost
2016-1028
CATEGORY: Budget Modification
DEPAREIIENT: Accounting
Budget Modification for General Fund Whole Town
Financial Impact:
Provide appropriation for salary for Recreation Supervisor-funds previously moved out to pay
accumulated accruals for predecessor
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby modifies the 2016 General
Fund Whole Town budget as follows:
November 22, 2016
Southold Town Board Board Meeting page 19
From:
A.1990.4.100.100 Unallocated Contingencies $2,630
A.7180.1.300.100 Beaches, P.S., Seasonal Regular Earnings 3,870
Total $6,500
To:
A.7020.1.100.100 Recreation, P.S., Full-time Regular Earnings $6,500
✓Vote Record-Resolution RES-2016-1028
0 Adopted
❑ Adopted as Amended
❑ Defeated
Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent
❑ Tabled _
❑ Withdrawn James Dmizio Jr Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Supervisor's Appt William P Ruland Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
El Tax Receiver's Appt Jill Doherty Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
Robert Ghosio ; Seconder 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Rescinded
❑ Town Clerk's Appt Louisa P Evans Mover 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Supt Hgwys Appt Scott A.Russell Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ No Action
❑ Lost
2016-1029
CATEGORY.• Support/Non-Support Resolution
DEPARTMENT: Town Clerk
Letter in Support/Hashamonzuck Cove
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby authorizes and directs
Supervisor Scott A. Russell to execute a letter in support of the feasibility report and
environmental assessment from July 2016 of Hashamomuck Cove conducted by the Army Corps
of Engineers, at no cost to the Town of Southold, subject to the approval of the Town Attorney.
✓Vote Record-Resolution RES-2016-1029
0 Adopted
❑ Adopted as Amended
❑ Defeated - --- — - -
Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent
❑ Tabled
James Dimzio Jr Voter 0 El El ElEl Withdrawn
❑ Supervisor's Appt William P Ruland Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Tax Receiver's Appt Jill Doherty Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
Robert Ghosio Mover 0 El 11
❑ Rescinded
❑ Town Clerk's Appt Louisa P Evans Seconder 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Supt Hgwys Appt Scott A Russell Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ No Action
0 Lost
November 22, 2016
Southold Town Board Board Meeting page 20
2016-1030
CATEGORY: Grants
DEPARTMENT: Human Resource Center
NYS Zero-Emission Vehicle Rebate Application
RESOLVED,the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby authorizes and directs
Supervisor Scott A. Russell to submit a grant application for the New York State Office of
Climate Change- Clean Vehicle Rebate program. The program allows for up to a$5,000 rebate
on costs incurred on or after April 1, 2016 for the purchase or lease of eligible zero-emission
vehicles. Currently,two HRC fleet vehicles qualify as eligible vehicles; a Ford C-Max Energi
Plug-In and a Nissan LEAF.
✓Vote Record-Resolution RES-2016-1030
0 Adopted
❑ Adopted as Amended
❑ Defeated Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent
❑ Tabled _
❑ Withdrawn James Dinizio Jr Mover 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Supervisor's Appt William P Ruland Seconder 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Tax Receiver's Appt Jill Doherty Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Rescinded Robert Ghosio Voter 0 i ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Town Clerk's Appt Louisa P Evans Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Supt Hgwys Appt Scott A Russell Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ No Action
❑ Lost
2016-1031
CATEGORY: Bid Acceptance
DEPARTMENT: Fishers Island Ferry District
FIFD Race Point Yard
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 November 8, 2016
in regard to the acceptance of the bid from Fairhaven Shipyard.
✓Vote Record-Resolution RES-2016-1031
0 Adopted Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent
❑ Adopted as Amended James Dinizio Jr Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Defeated William P Ruland Seconder 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Tabled .ill Doherty Mover 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Withdrawn Robert Ghosio Voter ' 0 0 0 0
November 22, 2016
Southold Town Board Board Meeting page 21
❑ Supervisor's Appt Louisa P.Evans Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Tax Receiver's Appt Scott A.Russell Voter [Z ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Rescinded
❑ Town Clerk's Appt
❑ Supt Hgwys Appt
❑ No Action
❑ Lost
2016-1032
CATEGORY.• Contracts,Lease&Agreements
DEPARTMENT, Fishers Island Ferry District
FIFD NYS Liquor Trucking License
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 November 8, 2016
in regard to the Liquor Trucking License.
✓Vote Record-Resolution RES-2016-1032
0 Adopted
❑ Adopted as Amended
❑ Defeated Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent
❑ Tabled
❑ Withdrawn James Dimzio Jr Voter El 1 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Supervisor's Appt William P Ruland Mover El ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Tax Receiver's Appt Jill Doherty Voter El ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Rescinded Robert Ghosio Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Town Clerk's Appt Louisa P.Evans Seconder; 17 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Supt Hgwys Appt Scott A Russell Voter 0 1 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ No Action
❑ Lost
2016-1033
CATEGORY. Property Usage
DEPARTMENT, Fishers Island Ferry District
FIFD-Jim Ski Construction
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 November 8, 2016
in regard to Jim Ski Construction.
November 22, 2016
Southold Town Board Board Meeting page 22
✓Vote Record-Resolution RES-2016-1033
0 Adopted
❑ Adopted as Amended
❑ Defeated '
Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent
❑ Tabled
ElWithdrawn James Dmizio Jr Voter 0 11 -0 ❑
❑ Supervisor's Appt
William P Ruland Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Tax Receiver's Appt Jill Doherty Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Rescinded Robert Ghosio Seconder 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Town Clerk's Appt Louisa P Evans Mover 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Supt Hgwys Appt Scott A Russell Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ No Action
❑ Lost
2016-1034
CATEGORY.• Audit
DEPARTIVIENT. Fishers Island Ferry District
FIFD Corrective Action Plan
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 November 8, 2016
regarding a Corrective Action Plan for the Audit.
✓Vote Record-Resolution RES-2016-1034
0 Adopted
❑ Adopted as Amended
❑ Defeated Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent
❑ Tabled _
❑ Withdrawn James Dmizio Jr Voter 0 El ❑ 11
❑ Supervisor's Appt William P Ruland Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Tax Receiver's Appt Jill Doherty Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Rescinded Robert Ghosio Mover 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Town Clerk's Appt Louisa P Evans Seconder 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Supt Hgwys Appt Scott A Russell Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ No Action
❑ Lost
2016-1035
CATEGORY. Budget Modification
DEPARTMENT. Human Resource Center
Budget Modification-Programs for the Aging Personal Services
November 22, 2016
Southold Town Board Board Meeting page 23
Financial Impact:
Transferring funds to replenish OT earnings
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby modifies the 2016 General
Fund Whole Town budget as follows:
From:
A.6772.1.200.100 Programs for the Aging, P.S
Part Time Regular Earnings $3,000
To:
A.6772.1.100.200 Programs for the Aging, P.S
Full Time Overtime Earnings $3,000
✓Vote Record-Resolution RES-2016-1035
21 Adopted
❑ Adopted as Amended
❑ Defeated Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent
❑ Tabled
❑ Withdrawn James Dmizio Jr Mover 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Supervisor's Appt William P Ruland Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Tax Receiver's Appt Jill Doherty Seconder 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Rescinded Robert Ghosio Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Town Clerk's Appt Louisa P Evans Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Supt Hgwys Appt Scott A Russell Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ No Action
❑ Lost
2016-1036
CATEGORY: Contracts,Lease&Agreements
DEPARTMENT: Fishers Island Ferry District
FIFD-Helm Connect
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 November 8, 2016
in regard an agreement with Helm Operation.
✓Vote Record-Resolution RES-2016-1036
❑ Adopted Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent
0 Adopted as Amended ---- - .--- --- I - ^— ----
James Dmizio Jr Voter 0 ❑ 11 ❑
❑ Defeated
William P Ruland Seconder 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Tabled
❑ Withdrawn Jill Doherty Mover 0 ❑ El
❑ Supervisor's Appt Robert Ghosio Voter 0 ❑ El
❑ Tax Receiver's Appt Louisa P Evans Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Rescinded Scott A Russell Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Town Clerk's Appt
November 22, 2016
Southold Town Board Board Meeting page 24
❑ Supt Hgwys Appt
❑ No Action
❑ Lost
2016-1037
CATEGORY.• Bid Acceptance
DEPARTMENT: Fishers Island Ferry District
FIFD-New London Terminal Cables
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 October 24, 2016 in
regard to the Proposal of Mattern Construction, Inc.
✓Vote Record-Resolution RES-2016-1037
0 Adopted
❑ Adopted as Amended
❑ Defeated Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent
❑ Tabled _ _.
James Dmizio Jr Voter 0 ❑ [10
❑ Withdrawn
❑ Supervisor's Appt William P.Ruland Mover 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Tax Receiver's Appt Jill Doherty Voter ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Rescinded Robert Ghosio Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Town Clerk's Appt Louisa P.Evans Seconder 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Supt Hgwys Appt Scott A.Russell Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ No Action
❑ Lost
2016-1038
CATEGORY. Budget Modification
DEPARTAIENT.• Information Technology
Vacation Earnings
Financial Impact:
Funds are within the Information Technologies Budget. Fund the Vacation Earnings account to pay an
employee vacation days requested.
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby modifies the 2016 budget as
follows:
From:
A.1680.4.400.200 Training $800.00
November 22, 2016
Southold Town Board Board Meeting page 25
Total $800.00
To:
A.1680.1.100.300 Vacation Earnings $800.00
Total $800.00
✓Vote Record-Resolution RES-2016-1038
El Adopted
❑ Adopted as Amended
❑ Defeated Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent
El Tabled _ _
❑ Withdrawn James Dmizio Jr Voter lZ ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Supervisor's Appt William P.Ruland Voter Rl ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Tax Receiver's Appt Jill Doherty Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Rescinded Robert Ghosio Seconder El ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Town Clerk's Appt Louisa P Evans Mover 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Supt Hgwys Appt Scott A Russell Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ No Action
❑ Lost
2016-1039
CATEGORY. Budget Modification
DEPARTMENT.- Solid Waste Management District
SWMD Budget Mods
Financial Impact:
Shift excess MSW removal authorization to provide funds for needed grinder hardware.
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby modifies the 2016 Solid
Waste Management District budget as follows:
From:
SR 8160.4.400.805 MSW Removal $4,000
Total $4,000
To:
SR 8160.4.100.596 Maint/Supply CBI Grinder $4,000
Total $4,000
✓Vote Record-Resolution RES-2016-1039
0 Adopted -
Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent
❑ Adopted as Amended
❑ Defeated James Dmizio Jr Voter ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Tabled William P Ruland Voter Rl ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Withdrawn Jill Doherty Voter ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Supervisor's Appt Robert Ghosio Mover Q ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Tax Receiver's Appt Louisa P Evans Seconder 121 0 0 0
November 22, 2016
Southold Town Board Board Meeting page 26
❑ Rescinded Scott A.Russell Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Town Clerk's Appt
❑ Supt Hgwys Appt
❑ No Action
❑ Lost
2016-1040
CATEGORY.• Budget Modification
DEPARTIIVIENT.• Accounting
Budget Modificatin for Police Dept Communication Equipment
Financial Impact:
Reduce appropriation in General Fund Whole Town for Communication Equipment,funds to be used in
the Capital Fund for PSD tower project
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby modifies the 2016 General
Fund Whole Town budget as follows:
Decrease Revenues:
A.2210.35 PSAP Grant $122,289.08
Increase Appropriations
A.9901.9.000.100 Transfer to Capital Fund 77,710.92
Total $200,000.00
Decrease Appropriations:
A.3020.2.200.700 Public Safety, Communication Equipment $200,000.00
Total $200,000.00
✓Vote Record-Resolution RES-2016-1040
0 Adopted
❑ Adopted as Amended
❑ Defeated Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent
❑ Tabled _ _ __ .---
❑ Withdrawn James Dinizio Jr Mover 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Supervisor's Appt William P Ruland Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Tax Receiver's Appt Jill Doherty Seconder 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Rescinded Robert Ghosio Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Town Clerk's Appt Louisa P Evans Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Supt Hgwys Appt Scott A.Russell Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ No Action
0 Lost
November 22, 2016
Southold Town Board Board Meeting page 27
2016-1041
CATEGOR Y.• Bid Acceptance
DEPARTMENT. Town Attorney
Accept Town Hall Ramp/Sidewalk Bid
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby accepts the bid of Concrete
Plus, Inc. in the amount of$16,600.00 (deduct$200.00 for NuRail) for the installation of a new
sidewalk/ramp at the Southold Town Hall, subject to the Town of Southold receiving a grant
from Suffolk County.
✓Vote Record-Resolution RES-2016-1041
0 Adopted
❑ Adopted as Amended
❑ Defeated
Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent
❑ Tabled _
❑ Withdrawn James Dmizio Jr Voter ❑ D [7
❑ Supervisor's Appt William P Ruland Seconder 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Tax Receiver's Appt Jill Doherty Mover 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Rescinded Robert Ghosio Voter D ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Town Clerk's Appt Louisa P Evans Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Supt Hgwys Appt Scott A Russell Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ No Action
❑ Lost
2016-1042
CATEGORY. Grants
DEPAREVENT. Town Clerk
2017 CDBG Program
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby authorizes and directs
Supervisor Scott A. Russell to sign the Project Description Forms for the 2017 Community
Development Block Grant Program as follows:
Community Action of Southold Town $ 5,000
Maureen's Haven $ 5,000
Improvements to Recreation and Community Centers $20,000
(upgrade doors to ADA standards)
✓Vote Record-Resolution RES-2016-1042
0 Adopted Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent
❑ Adopted as Amended James Dmizio Jr Voter - 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Defeated William P Ruland Mover 11 0 0 0
November 22, 2016
Southold Town Board Board Meeting page 28
❑ Tabled Jill Doherty Voter ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Withdrawn Robert Ghosio 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
r7= 1
2016-1043
CATEGORY.• Policies
DEPARTMENT. Fishers Island Ferry District
FIFD Contract 'Best Value"
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 November 8, 2016
in regard to accepting contracts based upon 'Best Value".
✓Vote Record-Resolution RES-2016-1043
0 Adopted
❑ Adopted as Amended
❑ Defeated
Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent
❑ Tabled
❑ Withdrawn James Dmizio Jr Voter 0 ❑ _❑ ❑
❑ Supervisor's Appt William P Ruland Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Tax Receiver's Appt Jill Doherty Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Rescinded Robert Ghosio Seconder 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Town Clerk's Appt Louisa P Evans Mover 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Supt Hgwys Appt Scott A.Russell Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ No Action
❑ Lost
2016-1044
CATEGORY. Policies
DEPARTMENT. Fishers Island Ferry District
FIFD Procurement Policy
November 22, 2016
Southold Town Board Board Meeting page 29
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 November 8, 2016
in regard to amending the District?s Procurement Policy.
✓Vote Record-Resolution RES-2016-1044
Q Adopted
❑ Adopted as Amended
❑ Defeated Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent
❑ Tabled
❑ Withdrawn James Dinizio Jr Voter Rl ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Supervisor's Appt William P Ruland Voter El ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Tax Receiver's Appt Jill Doherty Voter El ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Rescinded Robert Ghosio Mover El ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Town Clerk's Appt Louisa P Evans Seconder 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Supt Hgwys Appt Scott A Russell Voter El ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ No Action
❑ Lost
2016-1045
CATEGORY. Contracts,Lease&Agreements
DEPARTMENT. Town Attorney
Application of Harrington-Coastal Erosion Hazard Area Appeal
WHEREAS,the Board of Trustees denied the application of The Harrington Family Limited
Partnership (the"Applicant") for a permit to construct a fixed timber dock on the premises
located on Private Road, Fishers Island, New York, and identified on the Suffolk County Tax
Map as Parcel No 1000-02-01-12,under the Coastal Erosion Hazard Areas Law(the "Law") of
the Town of Southold pursuant to Section 111-11(c); and
WHEREAS, on October 17, 2016, the Applicant submitted an application to the Town Board of
the Town of Southold seeking to appeal the determination of the Board of Trustees, or in the
alternative, seeking a variance from the requirements of the Law; and
WHEREAS, on November 22, 2016, the Town Board conducted a duly noticed public hearing
on the instant appeal with an opportunity for all interested parties to be heard and testimony was
taken of the Applicant's consultant; and
WHEREAS, the application has been reviewed pursuant to Chapter 268, Waterfront
Consistency Review of the Town Code and the Local Waterfront Revitalization Program; now,
therefore, be it
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold does hereby adopt the Findinjzs
and Determination dated November 22, 2016, grantinlZ the Application of The Harrington
November 22, 2016
Southold Town Board Board Meeting page 30
Family Limited Partnership for a variance pursuant to §111-20 of the Coastal Erosion
Hazard Area Code; and be it further
.RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby finds that the proposed
action is classified as a Type II Action and is not subject to review pursuant to SEQRA Rules
and Regulations for this action; and be it further
RESOLVED that the Town Board had determined that this action is consistent with Chapter
268, Local Waterfront Revitalization Program; and be it further
RESOLVED that this Determination shall not affect or deprive any other agency of its properly
asserted jurisdiction, separate and apart from the proceedings under the Coastal Erosion Hazard
Areas Law considered herein.
✓Vote Record-Resolution RES-2016-1045
0 Adopted
❑ Adopted as Amended
❑ Defeated - — — --
Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent
❑ Tabled
❑ Withdrawn James Dm11izio Jr Mover 2 ❑ ❑
❑ Supervisor's Appt William P.Ruland Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Tax Receiver's Appt Jill Doherty Seconder El ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Rescinded Robert Ghosio Voter 1 Rl ❑ ❑ 11
❑ Town Clerk's Appt Louisa P.Evans Voter El ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Supt Hgwys Appt Scott A Russell Voter El ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ No Action
❑ Lost
2016-1046
CATEGORY.• Budget Modification
DEPARTMENT: Highway Department
2016 Budget Modification-Highway
Financial Impact:
To cover over expenditures
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby modifies the 2016 Highway
Fund Part Town budget as follows:
From:
DB.5110.1.100.100 General Full Time Regular Earnings 11,115.00
DB.5110.4.100.200 Fuel/Lubricants 9,500.00
DB.5110.4.100.995 Signs & Sign posts 1,307.00
TOTAL: $21,922.00
To:
November 22, 2016
Southold Town Board Board Meeting page 31
DB.5140.1.100.100 Brush & Weed Regular Earnings 11,115.00
DB.5110.4.100.100 Misc. Supplies 200.00
DB.5110.4.100.350 Traffic Paint 187.00
DB.5130.4.100.500 Parts & Supplies 7,500.00
DB.5110.4.100.900 Resurfacing projects 2,000.00
DB.5140.4.100.125 Misc. Supplies 300.00
DB.5140.4.400.600 Office Equip/Repair 620.00
TOTAL: $21,922.00
✓Vote Record-Resolution RES-2016-1046
El Adopted
❑ Adopted as Amended
❑ Defeated Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent
❑ Tabled
James Dmizio Jr Voter D ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Withdrawn
❑ Supervisor's Appt William P.Ruland Seconder 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Tax Receiver's Appt Jill Doherty Mover lZ ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Rescinded Robert Ghosio Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Town Clerk's Appt Louisa P Evans Voter lZ ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Supt Hgwys Appt Scott A Russell Voter lZ ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ No Action
❑ Lost
35. Motion To: Motion to recess to Public Hearing
RESOLVED that this meeting of the Southold Town Board be and hereby is declared
Recessed at 4:45 PM in order to hold public hearings.
RESULT: ADOPTED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Louisa P. Evans, Justice
SECONDER:William P. Ruland, Councilman
AYES: Dinizio Jr, Ruland, Doherty, Ghosio, Evans, Russell
2016-1047
CATEGORY.• Recommendations
DEPARTMENT. Town Clerk
Race Rock Light Station Designation
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby designates the Race Rock
Light Station as historic and is to be added to the town's register of Historic Landmarks; the
property is owned by New London Maritime Society, all in accordance with Chapter 170 of the
Southold Town Code,the recommendation for designation by the,Southold Town Historic
Preservation Commission, and acceptance of designation by property owners.
November 22, 2016
Southold Town Board Board Meeting page 32
✓Vote Record-Resolution RES-2016-1047
0 Adopted
❑ Adopted as Amended
❑ Defeated Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent
❑ Tabled
.lames Dmizio Jr Voter D ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Withdrawn
❑ Supervisor's Appt William P Roland Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Tax Receiver's Appt Jill Doherty Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Rescinded Robert Ghosio Seconder 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Town Clerk's Appt Louisa P Evans Mover 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Supt Hgwys Appt Scott A Russell Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ No Action
❑ Lost
2016-1048
CATEGORY. Recommendations
DEPARTMENT. Town Clerk
Second Parsonage Designation
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby designates the Second
Parsonage house as historic and is to be added to the town's register of Historic Landmarks; the
house is owned by Julia P. Davis and is located at SCTM 1000-64.-3-7, 2500 Hobart Road,
Southold,New York, all in accordance with Chapter 170 of the Southold Town Code,the
recommendation for designation by the Southold Town Historic Preservation Commission, and
acceptance of designation by property owners.
✓Vote Record-Resolution RES-2016-1048
0 Adopted
❑ Adopted as Amended
❑ Defeated Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent
❑ Tabled —
❑ Withdrawn James Dmizio Jr Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Supervisor's Appt William P Ruland Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Tax Receiver's Appt Jill Doherty Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Rescinded Robert Ghosio Seconder 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Town Clerk's Appt Louisa P Evans Mover 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Supt Hgwys Appt Scott A Russell Voter D ❑ ❑
❑ No Action
❑ Lost
2016-1049
November 22, 2016
Southold Town Board Board Meeting page 33
CATEGORY:• Recommendations
DEPARTMENT. Town Clerk
Terry House Designation
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby designates the Terry house as
historic and is to be added to the town's register of Historic Landmarks; the house is owned by
Karen Lund Rooney and is located at SCTM 1000-63-4-2, 57020 Main Road, Southold,New
York, all in accordance with Chapter 170 of the Southold Town Code, the recommendation for
designation by the Southold Town Historic Preservation Commission, and acceptance of
designation by property owners
✓Vote Record-Resolution RES-2016-1049
0 Adopted
❑ Adopted as Amended
❑ Defeated Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent
❑ Tabled
❑ Withdrawn James Dmizio Jr Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Supervisor's Appt William P Roland Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Tax Receiver's Appt Jill Doherty Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Rescinded Robert Ghosio Seconder 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Town Clerk's Appt Louisa P Evans Mover 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Supt Hgwys Appt Scott A Russell Voter 0 ❑ ❑ El
❑ No Action
❑ Lost
2016-1050
CATEGORY.• Enact Local Law
DEPARTIYI'ENT: Town Clerk
Enact Local Law Regarding Energy Benchmarking
WHEREAS,there has been presented to the Town Board of the Town of Southold, Suffolk
County,New York, on the lst day of November, 2016, a Local Law entitled "A Local Law in
relation to Establish Energy Benchmarking Requirements for Certain Municipal
Buildings" 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
Therefore Be It
RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby ENACTS the proposed
Local Law entitled, "A Local Law in relation to Establish Enerjzy Benchmarking
Requirements for Certain Municipal Buildings" reads as follows:
November 22, 2016
Southold Town Board Board Meeting page 34
LOCAL LAW NO. 11 of 2016
A Local Law entitled, "A Local Law in relation to Establish Energy Benchmarking
Requirements for Certain Municipal Buildings"
BE IT ENACTED by the Town Board of the Town of Southold as follows:
I. PURPOSE.
Buildings are the single largest user of energy in the State of New York. The poorest performing
buildings typically use several times the energy of the highest performing buildings-for the exact
same building use. As such,this Local Law will use Building Energy Benchmarking to promote
the public health, safety, and welfare by making available good, actionable information on
municipal building energy use to help identify pportunities to cut costs and reduce pollution in
the Town of Southold.
Collecting, reporting, and sharing Building Energy Benchmarking data on a regular basis allows
municipal officials and the public to understand the energy performance of municipal buildings
relative to similar buildings nationwide. Equipped with this information, the Town of Southold
is able to make smarter, more cost-effective operational and capital investment decisions, reward
efficiency, and drive widespread, continuous improvement.
H. The Code of the Town of Southold is hereby amended by adding a new Chapter 177, entitled
"MUNICIPAL BUILDING ENERGY BENCHMARKING,"to read as follows:
§177-1. DEFINITIONS
BENCHMARKING INFORMATION-information generated by Portfolio Manager, as here in
defined includingdescriptive information about the physical building and its operational
characteristics.
BUILDING ENERGY BENCHMARKING -the process of measuring a building's Energy
use, tracking that use over time, and comparing performance to similar buildings.
COMMISSIONER-the head of the Department.
COVERED MUNICIPAL BUILDING - a building or facility that is owned or occupied by the
Town of Southold that is 1,000 square feet or larger in size.
DEPARTMENT - the Town of Southold Department of Public Works
ENERGY - electricity, natural gas, steam, hot or chilled water, fuel oil, or other product for use
in a building, or renewable on-site electricity generation, for purposes of providing
heating, cooling, lighting, water heating, or for powering or fueling other end-uses in the
building and related facilities, as reflected in Utility bills or other documentation of actual
Energy use.
November 22, 2016
Southold Town Board Board Meeting page 35
ENERGY PERFORMANCE SCORE -the numeric rating generated by Portfolio Manager that
compares the Energy usage of the building to that of similar buildings.
ENERGY USE INTENSITY (EUI) - the kBTUs (1,000 British Thermal Units) used per square
foot of gross floor area.
GROSS FLOOR AREA -the total number of enclosed square feet measured between the
exterior surfaces of the fixed walls within any structure used or intended for supporting or
sheltering any use or occupancy_
PORTFOLIO MANAGER- ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager,the internet-based tool
developed and maintained by the United States Environmental Protection Agency to track and
assess the relative Energy performance of buildings nationwide, or successor.
UTILITY - an entity that distributes and sells Energy to Covered Municipal Buildings.
WEATHER NORMALIZED SITE EUI -the amount of Energy that would have been used by a
property under 30-year average temperatures, accounting for the difference between average
temperatures and yearly fluctuations.
177-2. APPLICABILITY
(1) This Local Law is applicable to all Covered Municipal Buildings as defined in Section 1
of this Local Law.
(2) The Commissioner may exempt a particular Covered Municipal Building from the
benchmarking requirement if the Commissioner determines that it has characteristics that
make benchmarking impractical.
§177-3. BENCHMARKING REQUIRED FOR COVERED MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS
(1) No later than December 31, 2016, and no later than May 1 every year thereafter, the
Commissioner or his or her designee from the Department shall enter into Portfolio
Manager the total Energy consumed by each Covered Municipal Building along with all
other descriptive information required by Portfolio Manager for the previous calendar
year-
ear-
(2) For new Covered Municipal Buildings that have not accumulated 12 months of Energy
use data by the first applicable date following occupancy for inputting Energy use into
Portfolio Manager,the Commissioner or his or her designee from the Department shall
begin inputting data in the following year.
177-4. DISCLOSURE AND PUBLICATION OF BENCHMARKING INFORMATION
(1) The Department shall make available to the public on the internet Benchmarking
Information for the previous calendar year:
(a) no later than December 31, 2016 and by September 1 of each year thereafter for
Covered Municipal Buildings; and
(2) The Department shall make available to the public on the internet and update at least
annually,the following Benchmarking Information:
November 22, 2016
Southold Town Board Board Meeting page 36
(a) Summary statistics on Energy consumption for Covered Municipal Buildings
derived from aggregation of Benchmarking Information; and
(b) For each Covered Municipal Building individually_
(i) The status of compliance with the requirements of this Local Law; and
(ii) The building address, primary use type, and gross floor area; and
(iii) Annual summary statistics, including site EUI, Weather Normalized
Source EUI, annual GHG emissions, and an Energy Performance Score
where available; and
(iv) A comparison of the annual summary statistics (as required by Section
5(2)(b)(iii) of this Local Law) across calendar years for all years since
annual reporting under this Local Law has been required for said building.
177-5. MAINTENANCE OF RECORDS
The Department shall maintain records as necessary for carrying out the purposes of this Local
Law, including but not limited to Energy bills and other documents received from tenants and/or
Utilities. Such records shall be preserved by the Department for a period of three (3) years.
§177-6. ENFORCEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION
(1) The Commissioner or his or her designee from the Department shall be the Chief
Enforcement Officer of this Local Law.
(2) The Chief Enforcement Officer of this Local Law may promulgate regulations necessary
for the administration of the requirements of this Local Law.
(3) Within thirty_days after each anniversary date of the effective date of this Local Law, the
Chief Enforcement Officer shall submit a report to the Town Board including but not
limited to summary statistics on Energy consumption for Covered Municipal Buildings
derived from aggregation of Benchmarking Information, a list of all Covered Municipal
Buildings identifying each Covered Municipal Building that the Commissioner
determined to be exempt from the benchmarking requirement and the reason for the
exemption, and the status of compliance with the requirements of this Local 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-2016-1050
Rl Adopted -._
❑ Adopted as Amended `
Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent
__
❑ Defeated James Dmizio Jr Voter z ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Tabled William P Roland Voter 2 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Withdrawn Jill Doherty Voter El ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Supervisor's Appt Robert Ghosio Seconder El ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Tax Receiver's Appt Louisa P Evans Mover 2 11 0 0
November 22, 2016
Southold Town Board Board Meeting page 37
❑ Rescinded Scott A.Russell Voter Q ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Town Clerk's Appt
❑ Supt Hgwys Appt
❑ No Action
❑ Lost
2016-1051
CATEGORY.- Grants
DEPARTMENT.- Town Clerk
Amendment to Community Development Block Grant Program
RESOLVED the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby authorizes the following changes
to its Community Development Block Grant Program:
Year 2013 Current Proposed Change Amended Budget
Human Resource
Center 2049.00 -2049.00 0
Year 2013 Current Proposed Change Amended Budget
Town Hall
Handicap Ramp &
Automatic Door 0 +2049.00 2049.00
Year 2014 Current Proposed Change Amended Budget
Katherine Sanger
Apt. Conversion 10,000 -10,000 0
Year 2014 Current Proposed Change Amended Budget
Town Hall
Handicap Ramp &
Automatic Door 0 +$10,000 10,000
Year 2015 Current Proposed Change Amended Budget
F.I. Community
Theater 25,000 -25,000 0
Year 2015 Current Proposed Change Amended Budget
Town Hall
Handicap Ramp &
Automatic Door 0 +25,000 25,000
✓Vote Record-Resolution RES-2016-1051
0 Adopted Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent
November 22, 2016
Southold Town Board Board Meeting page 38
Q Adopted as Amended James Dmizio Jr Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Defeated William P Ruland Seconder Q ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Tabled Jill Doherty Voter 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Withdrawn Robert Ghosio Voter El ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Supervisor's Appt Louisa P.Evans Mover 0 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Tax Receiver's Appt Scott A Russell Voter El ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Rescinded
❑ Town Clerk's Appt
❑ Supt Hgwys Appt
❑ No Action
❑ Lost
VI. Public Hearings
1. PH 11/22/16 4:30 Pm - CDBG Amendments
COUNCILMAN GHOSIO: The Town of Southold is proposing the following changes to its
Community Development Block Grant Program:
Year 2013 Current Proposed Change Amended Budget
Human Resource
Center 2049.00 -2049.00 0
Year 2013 Current Proposed Change Amended Budget
Town Hall
Handicap Ramp &
Automatic Door 0 +2049.00 2049.00
Year 2014 Current Proposed Change Amended Budget
Katherine Sanger
Apt. Conversion 10,000 -10,000 0
Year 2014 Current Proposed Change Amended Budget
Town Hall
Handicap Ramp &
Automatic Door 0 +$10,000 10,000
Year 2015 Current Proposed Change Amended Budget
F.I. Community
Theater 25,000 -25,000 0
Year 2015 Current Proposed Change Amended Budget
Town Hall
Handicap Ramp &
November 22, 2016
Southold Town Board Board Meeting page 39
Automatic Door 0 +25,000 25,000
Interested Citizens may submit comments on or before November 22, 2016
Town of Southold
Community Development Office
53095 Route 25
P.O. Box 1179
Southold,NY 11971-0059
The Town Board will consider a Resolution authorizing the proposed change at the Board
Meeting NOVEMBER 22,2016, at 4:31 p.m., at Southold Town Hall, 53095 Main Rd.,
Southold,New York.
Again, I have affidavits to show that this has been noticed on the Town Clerk's bulletin board
and also in the Suffolk Times. That's all I have.
SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: Would anybody like to address the Town Board on this particular
local law?
DENIS NONCARROW: Denis Noncarrow, Government Liaison Officer. I just thank you for
considering to put that money together. We don't get a lot of HUD money anymore, so to be
able to combine it and redo the ramp out here and make those doors automatic does a lot to help
our handicapped folks coming in the building. So, thank you.
SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: Thank you. Would anyone else like to address the Town Board?
(No response)
RESULT: CLOSED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Louisa P. Evans, Justice
SECONDER:William P. Ruland, Councilman
AYES: Dinizio Jr, Ruland, Doherty, Ghosio, Evans, Russell
2. PH 11/22/16 4:31 Pm - Race Rock Light Station Historical Designation
COUNCILMAN GHOSIO: NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,pursuant to the provisions of
Chapter 170 (Landmark Preservation) of the Town Code, Town Board of the Town of Southold
hereby sets Tuesday, November 22, 2016 at 4:31 PM, Southold Town Hall, 53095 Main
Road_, Southold,New York as the time and place for a public hearinIz to consider the
desilZnation of the Race Rock Light Station on the town's register of Historic Landmarks .
The property owner,New London Maritime Society, has requested and the Historic Preservation
Commission has recommended the property for inclusion on the town's register. The file is
available for review during regular business hours by contacting Damon Rallis at the Southold
Town Building Department. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Damon
Rallis at Damon.Rallis@town.southold.ny.us <mailto:Damon.Rallisoatown.southold.nyus> or
the Southold Town Building Department (631) 765-1802.
November 22, 2016
Southold Town Board Board Meeting page 40
That was dated November 1, 2016. I do have here an affidavit that this public hearing was
noticed on the Town Clerk's bulletin board as well as the Suffolk Times. And I do have a
resolution from the Historic Preservation Commission recommending that the Town Board
designate the Race Rock Light Station as a historic landmark. That is it.
SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: I would invite anybody that would like to address the Town Board
to please feel free?
JAMIE GARRETSON: Jamie Garretson, Chairman of the Historic Preservation Commission.
Hello everybody. I think that this is, the Race Rock Light House, which was built in 1878 is a
very significant historic maritime contribution to our landscape in Southold. I think that
everybody would agree that this is a real feather in our cap, to make it officially a landmark.
And I think you should be congratulated and my commissioners and the owners should be
congratulated. Thank you.
SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: Would anyone else like to address the Town Board on this public
hearing? (No response).
RESULT: CLOSED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Louisa P. Evans, Justice
SECONDER:William P. Ruland, Councilman
AYES: Dinizio Jr, Ruland, Doherty, Ghosio, Evans, Russell
3. PH 11/22/16 4:32 Pm Second Parsonage House Historical
COUNCILMAN GHOSIO: NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,pursuant to the provisions of
Chapter 170 (Landmark Preservation) of the Town Code,the Town Board of the Town of
Southold hereby sets Tuesday, November 22, 2016 at 4:32 P.M., Southold Town Hall,
53095 Main Road, Southold, New York as the time and place for a public hearing to
consider the designation of the Second Parsonage house on the town's register of Historic
Landmarks; the house is located at 2500 Hobart Road, Southold,New York . The property
owner, Julia P. Davis, has requested and the Historic Preservation Commission has
recommended the property for inclusion on the town's register. The file is available for review
during regular business hours by contacting Damon Rallis at the Southold Town Building
Department. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Damon Rallis at the
Southold Town Building Department (631) 765-1802 or Damon.Rallis@town.southold.ny.us.
I do have an affidavit that this was noticed on the Town Clerk's bulletin board and in the Suffolk
Times. I have a resolution from the Historic Preservation Commission recommending that the
property located at 2500 Hobart Road, the Second Parsonage house be added to the register of
the Town's Historic Landmarks.
SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: Would anyone like to address the Town Board on this particular
public hearing? Jamie?
JAMIE GARRETSON: Jamie Garretson, Chairman of the Southold Historic Preservation
Commission. The Second Parsonage house has a lot of history. Even with the additions, it
contributes significantly to the historic viewshed of Southold, so I think it was built in 1674, the
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first part. There have been many additions but all the additions have kept in keeping with the
house. It's a real special thing and I think this is the third feather in our hat, a very exciting day
that we have done three houses or three properties, two houses and one lighthouse. So thank you.
SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: Thank you. Would anyone else like to address the Board on this?
JIM GRATHWOHL: Jim Grathwohl, I am a member of the Landmarks Preservation
Commission, former chairman, former chairman of the Board of the House on the Village Green
and a founder of the Cutchogue-New Suffolk Historical Council, so my roots go deep into local
history. But those of you who know me have heard me say many times, historic preservation is
good business. It draws people here as I mentioned this morning. People come out here, yes I
have to admit know for probably the wineries but they have come for years to see our
magnificent architecture, spanning 300 years or more. So I commend you for supporting us and
I trust we will continue to bring people here, it's good business and as I pointed out also this
morning because I'm sure many people don't realize that that plaque on the wall behind you is
an exact and perfect example of our relationship to our mother town, Southwold, they dropped
the w when they came over here, Suffolk county England. And I have visited there many times
and many of their people have visited here, we've had receptions right here in this room for
Mayors of Southwold, and I hope we will continue that because those people value our
relationship as much as we value the relationship with them. So I thank you as members of our
governing body for supporting the work and this morning, we had a very good discussion. Some
of your idea's we've already talked about implementing fairly soon. So I thank you all and hope
you'll continue supporting landmarks preservation. Thank you.
SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: Thank you, Jim. Would anyone else like to address the Town
Board? Yes?
ANN SURCHIN: My name is Ann Surchin, I am the vice chair of the Historic Preservation
Commission and I want to thank the Board. This was a very good day for Southold, as we
haven't added anything to landmark in a number of years. So I think we are all pretty happy
about it and I think of the words of the late Tom Twomey, who was an attorney who passed
away about a year or so ago in East Hampton and he was a great advocate for historic
preservation and he used to say, when we lose these buildings as a community, we lose our soul.
So today was the complete opposite and I think that's something that we should remember and
think about. As time goes by, and we have the opportunities in front of us to landmark buildings
and also to encourage people to do so and I really can't thank you enough, that's all I wanted to
say. Thank you.
SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: Thank you. Anybody else like to address the Town Board? (No
response)
RESULT: CLOSED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Louisa P. Evans, Justice
SECONDER:William P. Ruland, Councilman
AYES: Dinizio Jr, Ruland, Doherty, Ghosio, Evans, Russell
4. PH 11/22/16 4:33 PM Terry House Historic Designation
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COUNCILMAN GHOSIO: NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,pursuant to the provisions of
Chapter 170 (Landmark Preservation) of the Town Code, the Town Board of the Town of
Southold hereby sets Tuesday, November 22, 2016 at 4:33 P.M., Southold Town Hall, 53095
Main Road, Southold,New York as the time and place for a public hearing to consider the
designation of the Terry house on the town's register of Historic Landmarks; the house is
located at 57020 Main Road, Southold,New York. The property owner, Karen Lund Rooney,
has requested and the Historic Preservation Commission has recommended the property for
inclusion on the town's register. The file is available for review during regular business hours by
contacting Damon Rallis at the Southold Town Building Department. If you have any questions,
please do not hesitate to contact Damon Rallis at the Southold Town Building Department (63 1)
765-1802 or Damon.Rallisct town.southold.ny.us <mailto:Damon.Rallis@town.southold.ny.us> .
I have an affidavit that this was noticed in the Suffolk Times as well as on the Town Clerk's
bulletin board and we do have a resolution from the Historic Preservation Commission that the
Town Board designates 57020 Main Road, the Terry House as an Historic Landmark for
addition to the Town's registry of Historic Landmarks.
SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: Would anyone like to address the Town Board on this public
hearing? The reason for the microphone is so that we can hear it when we transcribe the
minutes, otherwise the person who transcribes the minutes won't hear you.
KAREN LUND ROONEY: My name is Karen Lund Rooney, I am the owner of the Terry
House at 57020 Main Road. I would like to thank the Board and the Commission for advocating
for the designation of our home as a landmark. It was built in 1783 and we just thoroughly enjoy
it and my husband and I feel that we are the caretakers of a lovely home in Southold. So thank
you.
SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: Thank you very much. Would anyone else like to address the Town
Board on this hearing? Jamie?
JAMIE GARRETSON: Jamie Garretson, Chairman of the Historic Preservation Commission.
The Terry house is a very special house, it really is one of Southold's earliest houses and it
provides a sense of place. And anybody that has driven by sees the fabulous job that Karen and
her husband have done with it and I think it is very significant that it becomes a landmark and
another feather in our cap. Thank you.
SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: Thank you. Anybody else? (No response)
RESULT: CLOSED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Jill Doherty, Councilwoman
SECONDER:William P. Ruland, Councilman
AYES: Dinizio Jr, Ruland, Doherty, Ghosio, Evans, Russell
5. PH 11/22/16 4:34 Pm - LL Energy Benchmarking
COUNCILMAN GHOSIO: NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,that there has been presented to
the Town Board of the Town of Southold, Suffolk County,New York, on the 1St day of
November, 2016, a Local Law entitled "A Local Law in relation to Establish Energy
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Benchmarking Requirements for Certain Municipal Buildings" 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 22nd day of November,2016 at 4:34 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 Establish Energy
Benchmarking Requirements for Certain Municipal Buildings" reads as follows:
LOCAL LAW NO. 2016
A Local Law entitled, "A Local Law in relation to Establish Energy Benchmarking
Requirements for Certain Municipal Buildings"
BE IT ENACTED by the Town Board of the Town of Southold as follows:
The Code of the Town of Southold is hereby amended by adding a new Chapter [#], entitled
"MUNICIPAL BUILDING ENERGY BENCHMARKING,"to read as follows:
§1. PURPOSE.
Buildings are the single largest user of energy in the State of New York. The poorest performing
buildings typically use several times the energy of the highest performing buildings-for the exact
same building use. As such, this Local Law will use Building Energy Benchmarking to promote
the public health, safety, and welfare by making available good, actionable information on
municipal building energy use to help identify opportunities to cut costs and reduce pollution in
the Town of Southold.
Collecting, reporting, and sharing Building Energy Benchmarking data on a regular basis allows
municipal officials and the public to understand the energy performance of municipal buildings
relative to similar buildings nationwide. Equipped with this information, the Town of Southold
is able to make smarter, more cost-effective operational and capital investment decisions, reward
efficiency, and drive widespread, continuous improvement.
§2. DEFINITIONS
(A) "Benchmarking Information" shall mean information generated by Portfolio Manager, as
herein defined including descriptive information about the physical building and its operational
characteristics.
(B) "Building Energy Benchmarking" shall mean the process of measuring a building's Energy
use,tracking that use over time, and comparing performance to similar buildings.
(C) "Commissioner" shall mean the head of the Department.
(4) "Covered Municipal Building" shall mean a building or facility that is owned or occupied by
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the Town of Southold that is 1,000 square feet or larger in size.
(5) "Department" shall mean the Town of Southold Department of Public Works
(6) "Energy" shall mean electricity, natural gas, steam, hot or chilled water, fuel oil, or other
product for use in a building, or renewable on-site electricity generation, for purposes of
providing heating, cooling, lighting, water heating, or for powering or fueling other end-uses in
the building and related facilities, as reflected in Utility bills or other documentation of actual
Energy use.
(7) "Energy Performance Score" shall mean the numeric rating generated by Portfolio Manager
that compares the Energy usage of the building to that of similar buildings.
(8) "Energy Use Intensity (EUI)" shall mean the kBTUs (1,000 British Thermal Units) used per
square foot of gross floor area.
(9) "Gross Floor Area" shall mean the total number of enclosed square feet measured between
the exterior surfaces of the fixed walls within any structure used or intended for supporting or
sheltering any use or occupancy.
(11) "Portfolio Manager" shall mean ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager, the internet-based
tool developed and maintained by the United States Environmental Protection Agency to track
and assess the relative Energy performance of buildings nationwide, or successor.
(12) "Utility" shall mean an entity that distributes and sells Energy to Covered Municipal
Buildings.
(13) "Weather Normalized Site EUI" shall mean the amount of Energy that would have been
used by a property under 30-year average temperatures, accounting for the difference between
average temperatures and yearly fluctuations.
§3. APPLICABILITY
(1) This Local Law is applicable to all Covered Municipal Buildings as defined in Section 2 of
this Local Law.
(2) The Commissioner may exempt a particular Covered Municipal Building from the
benchmarking requirement if the Commissioner determines that it has characteristics that make
benchmarking impractical.
§4. BENCHMARKING REQUIRED FOR COVERED MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS
(1) No later than December 31, 2016, and no later than May 1 every year thereafter, the
Commissioner or his or her designee from the Department shall enter into Portfolio Manager the
total Energy consumed by each Covered Municipal Building, along with all other descriptive
information required by Portfolio Manager for the previous calendar year.
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(2) For new Covered Municipal Buildings that have not accumulated 12 months of Energy use
data by the first applicable date following occupancy for inputting Energy use into Portfolio
Manager, the Commissioner or his or her designee from the Department shall begin inputting
data in the following year.
§5. DISCLOSURE AND PUBLICATION OF BENCHMARKING INFORMATION
(1) The Department shall make available to the public on the internet Benchmarking Information
for the previous calendar year:
(a) no later than December 31, 2016 and by September 1 of each year thereafter for
Covered Municipal Buildings; and
(2) The Department shall make available to the public on the internet and update at least
annually, the following Benchmarking Information:
(a) Summary statistics on Energy consumption for Covered Municipal Buildings derived
from aggregation of Benchmarking Information; and
(b) For each Covered Municipal Building individually:
(i) The status of compliance with the requirements of this Local Law; and
(ii) The building address, primary use type, and gross floor area; and
(iii) Annual summary statistics, including site EUI, Weather Normalized Source
EUI, annual GHG emissions, and an Energy Performance Score where available;
and
(iv) A comparison of the annual summary statistics (as required by Section
5(2)(b)(iii) of this Local Law) across calendar years for all years since annual
reporting under this Local Law has been required for said building.
§6. MAINTENANCE OF RECORDS
The Department shall maintain records as necessary for carrying out the purposes of this Local
Law, including but not limited to Energy bills and other documents received from tenants and/or
Utilities. Such records shall be preserved by the Department for a period of three (3) years.
§7. ENFORCEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION
(1) The Commissioner or his or her designee from the Department shall be the Chief
Enforcement Officer of this Local Law.
(2) The Chief Enforcement Officer of this Local Law may promulgate regulations necessary for
the administration of the requirements of this Local Law.
(3) Within thirty days after each anniversary date of the effective date of this Local Law, the
Chief Enforcement Officer shall submit a report to the Town Board including but not limited to
summary statistics on Energy consumption for Covered Municipal Buildings derived from
aggregation of Benchmarking Information, a list of all Covered Municipal Buildings identifying
each Covered Municipal Building that the Commissioner determined to be exempt from the
benchmarking requirement and the reason for the exemption, and the status of compliance with
the requirements of this Local Law.
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§8. 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.
§9. EFFECTIVE DATE
This Local Law shall take effect immediately upon filing with the Secretary of State as provided
by law.
I have an affidavit that this has been noticed in the Suffolk Times and also on the Town Clerk's
bulletin board. And that is it.
SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: Would anybody like to address the Town Board on this particular
local law to please feel free. Anybody? (No response)
RESULT: CLOSED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Louisa P. Evans, Justice
SECONDER:Jill Doherty, Councilwoman
AYES: Dinizio Jr, Ruland, Doherty, Ghosio, Evans, Russell
ClosinIZ Comments
Supervisor Russell
SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: That completes the business of the agenda. Would anyone like to
address the Town Board on any issue? Nancy?
Nancy Sawastynowicz
NANCY SAWASTYNOWICZ: Nancy Sawastynowicz of Cutchogue. Good evening. It was
great to see all of those historic places being protected, I just wish that the development rights of
farmland could be protected as well. The last Planning Board meeting on November 7, 2016,
there were three public hearings for new wineries plus Ackermann's site plan hearing held over.
His proposed construction of a 7,142 square feet agricultural storage barn on Southold town
development rights land of 22.8 acres in the AC zoning district. The property is located at 1350
Alvahs Lane. My mother's father, Paul Kaloski, along with my parents and other relatives,
farmed this site with organic methods including teams of horses. In 1998, my mothers' mother,
Sophie Kaloski sold the property development rights to the Town of Southold. Grandma could
have sold the property to a developer. Instead she chose to sell the development rights to keep
the farm a farm. When the current owner, Ackermann, purchased the property, my mother
welcomed her new neighbor. In return, he lied to her face, he told her he was going to raise
cows on the property. It was a shock to learn that he bought the property and is now applying for
permission to build a garage to use for storing equipment and warehousing supplies for a
commercial agricultural service company. Not long before buying the preserved farm,
Ackermann proceeded to cut down most of the trees on the property. The wooded buffer used to
protect the site and my mother's property from strong winds and also screech owls and great
horned owls used to nest there. Next thing you know, Ackermann sawed off four inches from
my mother's clothesline. Maybe it was over his property, but he could have asked her to move
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it. I guess he wants to use every single piece of his property for business. He is obviously not
the same kind of farmer my ancestors were. The former owner planted the grape vines with
consideration of the neighbors. They even notified my mother before they sprayed fungicide so
she could take her laundry in and close her windows to keep the spray out of her house. When
my sister introduced herself to Ackermann, she asked him not to cut down the trees from the
property line as they would provide some protection from the toxic chemicals they would be
putting on the grapes. His response was, he hates trees and birds. Not long afterwards, he
sprayed weed killer on the property line. Not only did he kill every plant on the edge of his own
property but he killed plants on my mother's property and now he is using every inch of his
property. I have pictures of that in the Planning Board department on how his poison encroached
about, oh, I would say maybe a foot into my mom's property. I suspect the poisons he is
spraying is soaking into the groundwater and ending up in my mother's well water. Ackermann
states on the LWRP consistency review form, `since taking ownership in 3/16, old equipment,
rubble and trash have been removed. Dumping site graded and irrigation installed. Fences have
been repaired and upgraded.' Ackermann does not mention that he has removed every trace of
rural character and natural habitat and installed a brand-new 10 foot tall wire fence around the
property. For almost 100 years, my family cared and cherished the farm and the neighborhood.
In a few months, he has ruined it. To me it looks like a bomb went off and the area was fenced
in. So this summer he applied to the Planning Board to permit him to transform the property into
a base of operations for commercial distribution of industrial agricultural service. I am not a
lawyer, I do have common sense, and all I need to know is, what he is doing is not farming.
Then this is, then he gave a list, the Planning Board asked what he is going to put in this huge
building so, this is the list. He is applying to approve this building, he is planning to store two
GMC 350 heavy duty pickup trucks 25x8.6, two trailers 30x8.6, four utility trailers 17x8x6, one
Kabolta L6-06 trailer with loader and a plow 22x8x6, one Kabolta L4400 tractor with loader
17x8x6, two Kabolta L60460 tractors with rotary mowers 22x8x6, three Kabolta L404 tractors
with LIPCO sprayers 25x8x6, one Kabolta JD5500 tractor with a CIMA sprayer 25x8x6, I am
sorry this is so long but this is what he wants to put in the building, two herbicides and he said he
wasn't going to have chemicals in the building 8x6, two Vicon spreaders 8x6, three Thrall
mowers 8x6, two hedgers 8x6, one leaf remover 8x6, one PTO woodchipper 12x6, one chipper
and vac 18x8x6, two post pounders 8x6, two net masters 8x6, one perpa disc 8x6, two bucket
grabbers 8x6 and two clammers 8x6. He states `this equipment owned by the NFVS is typical
for managing any vineyard, so even if we were only managing our own vineyard on the site
which is 8 acres of grapes on that farm, we would still need this barn and all the equipment.
Now, come on now, he needs all that equipment for 8 little acres of vineyard? So then he goes,
all the equipment is also used to site and manage other vineyards and properties. The equipment
will be stored on Alvahs Lane regardless, as I have purchased the property to be a working farm
not as a public service to provide scenery to the neighbors. Equipment stored in the barn will be
far more attractive than equipment stored outside or in a large plastic trestle temporary shelter.
So, this application will be a precedent for all of the farms that gave up their development rights
to become commercial property. By calling it a working farm, Ackermann bought the land for
$24,000 an acre. Land on the North Fork with development rights are going for $165,000 an
acre. Eight acres of the Ackermann land is all that has the vineyard. He has managing 400 acres
all over town and growing. The property rights are split between him and the taxpayers, the
public easement and he is not respecting that. His operation is a commercial operation and he
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operates his business as such. The very words he used to describe his business falls under the
definition of a contractors yard which requires the light industrial or commercial property. And
it's just that, that farm, my grandparents farmed it over 100 years ago and it was so beautiful.
Everybody was so happy, it was like front page news when they sold the development rights to
the town and I am so thankful the town bought it. But he came in here from California and he's
like this, he said he is going to do it no matter what. so I don't know how we are going to deal
with this guy but it's a real problem and he's still cutting down more trees and he came into my
mother's yard and he cut the trees like at the bottom, and so it's like he depreciated her property
value. And I am just sad, because to me that is as beautiful as an old house, that old farm. I
thank you for your consideration and I know it's really a tough thing to deal with because he is
not going to listen. And I thank you for listening to me. Thank you.
Benja Schwartz
BENJA SCHWARTZ: How you doing? Benja Schwartz. Good evening. Anybody awake up
there? I think I want to probably talk about some of the same things Nancy talked about but
hopefully I will make them simpler so that you can understand them. Apparently, there's a lot of
misunderstanding going on in this local government. So if I say anything that you don't
understand,please interrupt me....
SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: Benja, we are here to listen, we are not here to be insulted. Let me
tell you right now, you have no idea how this particular Board feels about that application
because we haven't been given an opportunity to speak on it yet. so I think I find it insulting and
presumptuous....
MR. SCHWARTZ: I am sorry, I didn't mean to insult you.
SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: Yes, you did.
MR. SCHWARTZ: You say you haven't had an opportunity but you've been up there for 10
years, more than that.
SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: And the application hasn't been pending for 10 years, so.
MR. SCHWARTZ: The deeds of development rights have been out there. No, this particular
application has not but this particular individual came from California, I think he lived in the city
for a while, he bought this property sometime at the beginning of this year or late last year. And
started using it as a base of operations for a farming company that he claims is currently farming
400 acres. Now, it's only eight acres. If this is preserved as a farmland to use, we say it's
agriculture but we all know that the intent, when the town paid roughly the same amount of
money that this individual paid for the property, yes he has a deed to the property but he bought
that deed, I don't know, is it 10 years after or more, than the development rights have been sold
on the property. Who owns the development rights?
SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: The town does.
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MR. SCHWARTZ: The town does. And you, as the Town Board, are the embodiment of the
(inaudible) in the sense that the Supervisor signed the deed that made the deal and it's your job to
see that these development rights are respected. Now, this application has brought it to all of our
attention but the fact is, he bought this property intending to use it as a base of operation to
conduct an activity which by his own claims is 50 times more intense than we ever anticipated
the agriculture on that property to be. Plus he says he has got a growing company. So let's say
in the next 5-10 years he gets another 400 acres of contracts. He could be farming 800 acres of
property all from this little 22.8 acre property on which there are only 8 acres of vines. So you
know, farming is one thing, we have a right to farm but there's a lot of different types of farming
and the way he has approached `farming this property' is by putting a fence that I think is
supposed to be 8 feet, it's 8 Meet all around the perimeter of his property, so he doesn't give up
one inch of his property. Now in the old days, agriculture, farmers, they would farm one field
and then there would be a field that would lie fallow and then they would have buffer zones
around their property. So you know, I am fine with farming but not only is this a bastardization
of the concept of farming but he's also obviously a lover of chemicals, pesticides, herbicides, etc.
That's what his business is. I think this town needs to distinguish between farming which is
benign or beneficial to the environment and farming which is harmful to the environment. I
don't think that's happening right now. This particular application to build the thing he calls a
barn which more appropriately would be termed a garage was referred to the land preservation
committee. Now, nothing against the land preservation committee but their consideration of this
application, they basically said that they approve the use but they don't have any control or any
opinion on the building, where the building is put, the size of the building. You know, I mean,
did they, they didn't even say what use they are approving. They said it's an agricultural use.
Well, a lot of things are agricultural. If he had a garage there to fix tractors, that would be an
agricultural service. But it's not an agricultural production in the sense that the deed of
development rights restricts that property to pure, only agriculture. Nothing else and this thing
that is going on there right now without a building, he's got a bunch, I went by there the other
day and I saw he's got three bright orange tractors on the property, you can't miss them. Does
he need three tractors to farm 8 acres of vines? To farm that property? I don't think so. I am
afraid to see what is going to happen to that poor property, the way he's approached it, just
chopping up the things and to call himself a farmer. Well, thank you for listening, I hope that as
the Town Board, you will do something to protect our interests, which we paid not just as much,
we paid a little less in dollars but the dollars paid by the town were paid in 1998 or maybe early
1999. He just paid them in late 2015 or 2016. Approximately the same dollar amount for that
property. Now his attitude is, you have no business telling me anything, I can do whatever I
want because I am a farmer and farmers have a right to farm. Well, let me tell you, there are a
lot of different things that farmers do and some of them I would call farming, some of them, you
don't want to hear what I would call that. On another subject, if I may....
SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: Can I just speak to the first issue?
MR. SCHWARTZ: Absolutely.
SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: I do think Southold has an issue with agricultural structures, I will
not comment on that specific application but in the past, people have stretched the definition of
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an agricultural structure to the point where we have agricultural structures that don't even
support farm operations. And I do think the town, now to the credit of the Agricultural Advisory
Committee, they are in the process of defining what an agricultural structure means. I do think a
mere application that calls something an ag structure that happens to be built in AC zone doesn't
necessarily make it an agricultural structure. Of course, whenever I say that, I get accused of
anti-farming. I can tell you another example and I know you have been a critic of me, we have
an application that's brand new for a winery. Six thousand square feet on 15 acres. The owner
intends on planting five acres of grapes and five acres of privets. We essentially have a winery
that's going to be supported by five acres of bushes. That makes no sense to me, that's a bad
code. That needs to be addressed. There was a time where the winery was the end of an
agricultural process, you grow the vines, you take care of them, you grow the grapes, you turn
them into wine and then you sell them at the retail component. Now it seems like the winery
comes first and the agricultural production is an afterthought and that's a real shame.
MR. SCHWARTZ: You know, the application that's pending is primarily about the building.
SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: Right.
MR. SCHWARTZ: I believe it also involves the use and I am hoping that the Planning Board
which the application is before, will take into consideration the situation and the nature of the use
and will make the decision for that particular property that that is not, that use is not allowed
there and somehow we will stop this individual from trying to run this commercial company on
property that the taxpayers invested in to preserve it as a farm, for farming. Not for farming the
entire town but for farming itself. So I am hoping that the Planning Board will take care of that,
I believe that in this case, there also is another interest that should be heard from. You know, the
preserved rights, the development rights were purchased by the town, they belong to you. Now
the Land Preservation Committee has no authority, other than advisory, to make suggestions. So
they were asked for an opinion on this. The Agricultural Advisory committee was not asked for
an opinion and I don't believe that the Town Board has been consulted yet by the Planning
Board. But I believe it would be entirely appropriate, in a situation where the property is shared
between the farmer and the public, the local municipality, for the Town Board to get involved in
that specific development application because the result of that application, when it comes out,
will significantly affect whether our rights, which you are elected to represent are protected or
are disregarded. This particular individual says he is going to keep doing what he is doing, if we
don't let him build a building, he'll put up some kind of a weird houses or something. I think he
is talking about greenhouses but he uses some....
SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: I will even go even farther and say that, I will not speak to the
specifics of this, I don't know enough about it. But generally speaking, if an agricultural
structure is not going to support directly an agricultural operation, then the issues of PDR's is
almost irrelevant. It wouldn't be permitted in AC zone. PDR's notwithstanding. If it is not
permitted in the zone, then it's almost irrelevant if the PDR's have been sold or not. It's not
permitted either way.
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MR. SCHWARTZ: Well, can we get the code enforcement or the building department or
somebody to look at this? I mean, when this application came into the building, I must admit
that the applicant tried to pony it, piggyback it on top of a prior application by a prior owner of
the property who had applied for and received permission from the Planning Board to build a
small horse barn on the property. He said and this pending application is still on the books as an
amendment of that application, well, that application was approved and finished but when this
application came in to the Planning Board the early papers that were filed with the Planning
Board were filed in with the completed finished application. I mean, so there's some...
SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: The one thing I will say with the building department, they have a
difficult job and some of the issues, the historical issues, again, I will say it again, I am not
commenting on that application but the historic problem goes long before this building
department and one of the problems they do have is when you receive an application, to be able
to verify what the applicant is applying for. That's been difficult in the past, when people call
the structure a certain thing and the ultimate use converts to something other than the use for
agriculture. It's been very difficult for them.
MR. SCHWARTZ: Thank you for taking some time to discuss this tonight and I hope that you
will think about it and think about the possibility of becoming involved in a more direct way
with this specific application. The issues of farming and correcting the development rights all
over town, right now they are on the back burner. This guy is applying right now for a building
and instead of continuing to entertain his application to put up a building, I think we should be
stopping him from doing what he is already doing. Another subject, there was a public hearing
which I believe I missed tonight, I apologize but if I may use this opportunity to speak. There is
a law that was proposed and I was reading a little bit about the subject on the United States
Environmental Protection website and they say that this software that the Town of Southold is
considering using the portfolio manager, the portfolio manager is the tool of choice among cities
such as New York, Seattle and Boston that have recently passed mandatory benchmarking laws.
And now the Town of Southold is considering follow suit. Following New York, Boston and
Seattle. But the Town of Southold is not New York, Boston or Seattle. In the law it says that it
is going to be administered by the Department of Public Works. The Department of Public
Works website says here the Department of Public Works manages 12 buildings. I think it's
great that we are going to look at the energy use of the buildings and we are going to start
benchmarking them and comparing how they vary year by year and building by building and
considering ways to improve that. I don't think a law is the right way to go about it. This law is
not just a benchmarking law but it also requires that the information be posted and made
available to other people. Well, we have got the website right here. It says 12 buildings. I don't
know what 12 buildings they are talking about. Now, I could go around myself and try to count
the 12 buildings in town but wouldn't it be nice if it said right here when it talked about 12
buildings, gave an explanation what they are? Quick aside, I was very impressed by Betty's
website tonight when I was looking at this law and I went into the agenda online and I clicked on
the agenda and there was a thing that said reference document and I clicked on that and it came
up with the proposed law and I was able to print that out. And it's all online right there. it's not
in the agenda's that are handed out at the meeting which is really too late to do anything with
them anyway at that point but it's, it was right there on the line, it took a little playing to get to it
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but I got to it. So the first question is, why a law? And then it says, collecting, reporting and
sharing benchmarking data will all municipal officials and the public to understand the energy
performance of municipal buildings. So on the subject of understanding, I was disappointed that
this law has some kind of loose definitions and fails to mention things like conservation. There's
a lot of talk about energy here but very little talk about means of reducing the energy use.
Weather stripping insulation for example. There's a little mistake in paragraph six, I don't know
if you have the law up there, if you have it with you but in section two, definitions, it defines
energy as electricity dadadaduh, or renewable onsite electricity generation for purposes of
providing heating, cooling, water heating or (inaudible), well, it shouldn't be electric generation.
Renewable onsite generation is available in many forms. Electric is one of them. The efficiency
with which solar panels convert sunlight to electricity is I think it's somewhere around 8 or 12
percent or somewhere around that range, a much higher efficiency can be accessed if we convert
the sunlight into heat by using solar thermal panels that heat the hot water directly with the sun's
rays instead of converting the sun's rays to electricity, storing it or applying it after the fact.
Same with lighting, you know, sure you can put solar panels up there, the put LED lights and it's
pretty efficient but you can also put windows that just let the light in. Windows also let the
warmth of the sun in if the buildings are designed and sited appropriately. So there's a lot of
different things that could be incorporated in this law. Like onsite electricity generation,
renewable should also talk about solar lighting, solar geothermal heating, cooling and water
heating. It was very brief look at this, I hope it will be pursued and I commend the Town Board
and the Public Works manager for this initiative but I hope also that you will reconsider the idea
of making it a law. I don't think we need a mandatory law, I think all you need to do is direct,
maybe have a policy and instruct the Public Works Department if you want to have these kind of
things done. And then, you know, if we can, whatever is done if it can be posted publicly, I am
sure you can get some people to comment and contribute their ideas. Okay, I think I have said
everything I want to say at this point. Any questions?
SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: That's what I ask.
MR. SCHWARTZ: Do you understand, can anybody tell me why this needs to be a law?
SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: The opportunity for grants which are going to be made available but
the necessity of adopting a local law, that was a requirement before we could apply for grant
opportunities, to actually not just benchmark but update some of those (inaudible)....
MR. SCHWARTZ: I am not sure that at least something like a policy wouldn't be suitable. You
know, when you start burdening or adding, bloating the code with all these different laws it
becomes very unwieldy. Thank you.
Supervisor Russell
SUPERVISOR RUSSELL: Thank you. Would anyone else like to address the Town Board?
(No response)
Motion To: Adjourn Town Board Meeting
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RESOLVED that this meeting of the Southold Town Board be and hereby is declared adjourned
at 5:46 P.M.
Elizabeth A.Neville
Southold Town Clerk
RESULT: ADOPTED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Louisa P. Evans, Justice
SECONDER:William P. Ruland, Councilman
AYES: Dinizio Jr, Ruland, Doherty, Ghosio, Evans, Russell