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LAND PRESERVATION COMMITTEE MEETING
Minutes & Discussion Notes from Meeting held
Tuesday, August 8, 2017 at 7:00 p.m.
Town Hall Annex Executive Board Room
Members Present:
Sam McCullough, Chairman
Anne Murray Doris McGreevy
John Simicich Will Lee
Lillian Ball Eric Keil
Members Absent:
none
Also present:
Melissa Spiro, Land Preservation Coordinator
Melanie Doroski, Land Preservation Secretary
Holly Sanford, Peconic Land Trust Project Manager
Commencement:
The meeting began at 7:05 p.m. with six LPC members present.
Committee Minutes and Adoption:
Acceptance of LPC meeting minutes from July 11, 2017
MOTION
made by Anne Murray, seconded by Will Lee, to adopt the 7/11/2017 LPC meeting minutes.
Motion carried: 6/0 (LPC member Eric Keil not present at time of vote)
Land Preservation Applications and Inquiries:
SCTM #1000-45.-6-9.1, 9.2 & 9.3 (MEADOWS AT GREENPORT and MEADOWOOD
MANAGEMENT CO)
Open Space application: Update regarding application status
Land Preservation Coordinator Melissa Spiro gave update on her meeting with the Town Board on
this LPC application. Town Board did not refer project to LPC to pursue.
SCTM #1000-120.-3-2, 120.-3-11.8 and 120.-3-11-10 (MDH LLC / DiVELLO)
PDR application: Update regarding application status
Land Preservation Coordinator Melissa Spiro presented application and background information from
previous application.
As per Town Board’s request that all inquiries/new applications be presented to the Town Board
during executive session, LPC reserved making a recommendation until such time that Town Board
refers to LPC to pursue.
SCTM #1000-14.-2-29.2, 29.3 & 29.4 and #1000-19.-2-2, 3 & 12.2 (ORIENT EAST LLC, ORIENT
WEST LLC, ORIENTS POINT LLC / aka Pappas/Vasilas)
PDR application: Update regarding application status
Land Preservation Coordinator Melissa Spiro gave background information on previous application
and landowners’ new application.
As per Town Board’s request that all inquiries/new applications be presented to the Town Board
during executive session, LPC reserved making a recommendation until such time that Town Board
refers to LPC to pursue.
PROJECT STATUS UPDATES
Land Preservation Coordinator Melissa Spiro presented confidential project status updates on several
on-going LPC projects.
Inquiries for Uses or Structures on Preserved Property
None
Stewardship and Management:
None
General Land Preservation Items:
STATE FARMLAND PROTECTION IMPLEMENTATION GRANT (FPIG)
Status and timeframes
Land Preservation Coordinator Melissa Spiro noted that NYS Ag & Markets recently announced a
request for submission of sit plans for Conservation Easement Projects intended to be submitted as
proposals for the statewide round of Farmland Protection Implementation Grants which is intended to
be announced in May 2018. Webinar to review all submitted site plans will be in mid-November 2017.
2018 BUDGET: LAND PRESERVATION DEPARTMENT and COMMUNITY PRESERVATION
FUND
Land Preservation Coordinator Melissa Spiro explained the 2018 Land Preservation Department and
Community Preservation Fund budgets that she recently submitted for Town’s preliminary review.
Next Regular Meeting:
Tuesday, September 5, 2017
The next regular meeting will be held on . There will be no meeting
held on August 22, 2017 as regularly scheduled.
Adjournment:
The meeting ended at 8:35 p.m. with seven LPC members in attendance.
Respectfully submitted by Melanie Doroski, Land Preservation Secretary