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HomeMy WebLinkAboutKOKE, ALEXANDER TRUSTEES John M. Bredemeyer, ~I, President Henry P. Smith, Vice President Albert I. Krupski, Jr. John L. Bednoski, Jr. John B. Tuthill Telephone (516) 765-1892 Fax (516) 765-1823 BOARD OF TOWN TRUSTEES TOWN OF SOUTHOLD SUPFRVISOR SCOTT L. HARRIS Town Hall 53095 Main Road P.O. Box t 179 Southold, New York 11971 December 16, 1991 Ray Cowan Dept. of Environmental Cons. SUNY, Bldg. 40, Room 219 Stony Brook, NY 11790 RE: Koke Property Southold SCTM ~1000-70-13-20.002 Dear Mr. Cowan: The Southold Town Trustees are in receipt of your November 27, 1991 letter to Assemblyman Joseph Sawicki, Jr. in reference to the A1 Koke tidal wetland application UPA 10-89-1465. Since you state this project as proposed will impinge on your department's tidal wetland land use regulations and to the extent that additional delays may negatively affect the wetlands of the Town of Southold, we respectfully request that you or the regional permit administrator walk the site and surrounding area with us as soon as possible in an attempt to obviate the need for a tidal wetlands hearing and the additional time delay commensurate with that process. Absent any real possibility of your office(s) directing the appropriate executive approval of this proposal as now before you, we specifically request you expedite the adjudicatory process in this matter so that a decision can be rendered prior to another storm further undermining the existing wetlands and natural protective features of this creek system. Please contact Jill Thorp at the Trustee Office at 765-1892. Sincerely, J~hn M. Bredemeyer, III President, Board of Trustees cc: Robert Green, Regional Permit Adminstrazion N.Y.S, Assemblyman Joseph Sawicki Roy Haje, Eh-COnsultants TRUSTEES John M. Bredemeyer, 11I, President Henry P. Smith, Vice President Albert J. Krupski, Ir. John L. Bednoski, Jr. John B. Tuthill Telephone (516} 765-1892 Fax (516) 765-1823 BOARD OF TOWN TRUSTEES TOWN OF SOUTHOLD SUPERVISOR SCOTt L. HARRIS Town Hall 53095 Main Road P.O. Box 1179 Southold, New York 11971 September 5, 1991 Whereas Hurricane "Bob" has devastated Southold and all of Eastern Long Island; Whereas beach was lost and an inlet started to form breaching a certain barrier beach commonly referred to as the Jockey Creek Spoil Island, Southold; Whereas this area has sustained damage from preceding storms "Gloria" in 1985 and "Nelson" in 1986; Whereas this spoil area provides substantial protection to Town and Jockey Creeks eliminating or minimizing the need for undesirable bulkheading in these creeks; Whereas as this spoil area, when it was an Island, was the site of Colonial Shorebird nesting; Whereas this site in its historical state contained substantial vegetated wetlands on the creek side; Whereas these wetlands and nearly all in Town and Jockey Creeks will be increasingly threatened from storm tides and winds in the future; Whereas publicly owned structures groins along this beach are fully and wave; in the form of bulkheads and exposed to the effects of wind Whereas pending before the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation are applications for wetland permits which could restore this Island at no additional cost to the taxpayers of this Town, County and State; Whereas the proposed projects will improve access to the newly rebuilt Town boat ramp at Pine Neck Road and could re-create a true island for conservation of colonial shorebirds; Therefore be it RESOLVED that the Southol~ Town Trustees pray that the Department of Environmental Conservation reverse its long standing obstruction to granting permits for the Cornacchia and Koke (DEC 10-89-1465) wetland applications; And be it further RESOLVED that the Trustees are encouraged by the State Department of Environmental Conservation granting an emergencyperm±t to the Orient Point State Park for nearly the same reasons as we have herein and previously outlined. (copy of Newsday article of-August 30, 1991 and past communications) And be it further RESOLVED that the substantial public benefit to accrue from protecting Town and Jockey Creek wetlands be taken into account by the State Department of Environmental Conservation, such that an expeditious granting of these permits willaffirm the principle of equal environmental protection under the law; that~permits are not solely for the subdivision of State Parks but for the Towns and their citizens as well; And be it further RESOLVED that the Trustees shall proceed as a party of interest in this matter until justice is served and that the State Department of Environmental Conservation be duly warned that should any failure on its part to promptly remedy this situation cause damage to the property or persons of this Town that the Trustees shall hold the Department of Environmental Conservation and its employees responsible. cc: Region 1 Diredt: Raymond Cowan Robert Greene NYS Senator Kenneth LaValle NYS Assembly Joseph Sawicki News Day Supervisor Harris En-Consultants, Inc. Proper-T Services, Inc. TRUSTEES /John M. Bredemeyer. III. President / Henry P. Smith. Vice President Albert J. Kmpski. Jr. John L, Bednoski. Jr. John B. Tuthill Telephone (516~ 765-1892 BOARD OF TOWN TRUSTEES TOWN OF $OUTHOLD SCO'IT L. HARRIS Supervisor Town Hall, 53095 Main Road 'P.O. Box 1179 Southold. New York 11971 Fax (516) 765-1823 Telephone (516) 765-1800 March 29, 1991 Roy L. Haje, President En-Consultants i329 North Sea Road Southampton, NY 11968 RE: A1 Koke Project 10-89-1465 70-13-20.02 Dear Mr. Haje: The Southold Trustees this date asked me to delineate our request for spoils placement in the matter of the A1 Koke project. Returned for your convenience is your August 24, worksheet with our additions. 1989 Please note that we wish you to refill completely the groins at he terminus of what we refer to as the Jockey Creek Spoil island.~ The Trustees wish to thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Very truly yours, John M. Bredemeyer, III President, Board of Trustees JMB:jmt cc: A1 Koke Chuck Hamilton TRUSTEES John M. Bredemeyer, III. President Henry P. Smith. Vice President Albert J, Krupski. Jr. John L. Bednoski. Jr. John B. Tuthill Telephone ~516] 765-1892 BOARD OF TOWN TRUSTEES TOWN OF SOUTHOLD SCOTT L. HARRIS Supervisor Town Hall. 53095 Main Road P.O. Box 1179 Southold_ New York [ 1971 Fax (516) 765-1823 Telephone (516) 765-1800 September 14, 1990 Kenneth Koetzner, Chief Bureau of Marine Habitat Protection N. Y. S. D. E. C. SUNY at Stony Brook Building 40 Room 219 Stony Brook, NY 11790 RE: A1 Koke Dredging Project Dear Mr. Koetzner: With respect to your letter of 7/12/90 concerning the dredging of the Jockey Creek Spur (Al Koke project), it is heartening to hear that public safety may be considered in your agency's decision-making process. Unfortunately, to date the Southold Trustees have not been kept abreast of your determination in this matter as requested in that letter. As a direct consequence of this protracted review by your agency, the Trustees and Town Highway Superintendent have had to restrict boat access to the popular public launching ramp there. A further insult to the public interest in delaying this project is the fact that no taxpayer dollars will have to go into fortifying the barrier "island'" ar the entrance to Town and Jockey Creeks. Fortification of this spit of land will not only protect the vegetated wetlands inside these creeks, but may even result in renewed plover and tern nesting habitat. TRUSTEES John M. Bredemeye?, III. President Henry P. Smith. Vice President Albert J. Kmpski, John L. Bednoski. Jr. John B. Tuthill Telephone (516) 765-1892 ':" '~' , ' "~-.~;,~"-.'~ -/7 BOARD OF TOWN TRUSTEES TOWN OF SOUTHOLD SCOTT L. HARRIS Supervisor Town Hall. 53095 Main Road P.O. Box 1179 Southold. New York 11971 Fax (516/765-1823 Telephone (516) 765-1800 July 12, 1990 John A. Wieland Senior Environmental Analyst N.Y.S.D.E.C. SlINY Bldg. 40 Room 219 Stony Brook, NY 11790 RE: 910-89-0739 SCDPW Dear Mr. Wieland: I recently received a copy of your June 28, 1990 letter to John Guldi and wish to clarify that the Town Trustees' letters of 11/20/89 and 3/22/90 in reference to the A1 Koke and above referenced SCDPW dredge spoil site may have been mis-interpreted to mean that we oppese re-filling of the area between the groins at the entrance to Town and Jockey Creek. This is absolutely not the case! Not only are properties inside Jockey Creek-~ffering from the loss of this barrier beach, but only this last week one of the exposed "bulkhead groins" became the focal point of a boating accident when some ~poor judgement was applied to this area by youthful boaters. Sincerely, John M. Bredemeyer, III President, Board of Trsutees JMB:jb cc: John Guldi TRUSTEES John M. B~edemeyer, III. President Henry P. Smith. Vice President Albe~t J. Kmpski, Jn John L. Bednoski. Jr. John B. Tuthill Telephone (5161 765-1892 BOARD OF TOWN TRUSTEES TOWN OF SOUTHOLD SCOTt L. HARRIS Supervisor Town Hall, 53095 Main Road P.O. Box 1179 Southold, New York 11971 Fax ~516) 765-1823 Telephone (516) 765-1800 July 9:1990 Kenneth Koetzner Chief, Bureau of Marine Habitat N.Y.S~D.E.C. SUNY Bldg 40 Room 219 Stony Brook, NY 11790 Protection RE: A1 Koke Dredging Projec~ Dear Mr. Koetzner: Per my conversation with you last month regarding the A1 Koke dredge application, I thought the enclosed police report might help expedite the permit process in this matter. You may recall we discussed how the project was going to help Southold Town by replacing lost "barrier island" protection at the entrance of Town and Jockey Creeks in addition to providing improved access to our recently reconstructed public boat launching ramp there. You might also recall my offer of help from the Town and our request that the Town and applican= be informed of exactly what remains to be done to approve an amended tidal wetlands permit for the site. I am no longer in a position to offer assistance, but urge your prompt intercession in this matter. As the enclosed police report indicates, a young person was injured at one of the groins (bulkhead) we requested be refilled with dredge spoil (sand). Apparently the Trustees preferred spoil area is awash at high tide and became the focus of some poor boater judgement. Although hind sight is always 20/20 (or better), it seems a shame we now find ourselves with a nearly useless, potentially dangerous boat ramp and a needlessly head injured young person. All this when reasonable permit issuance by your agency would have the project completed several months ago. I hope appropriate executive authority can be exercised by your agency so that this project proceeds post haste. S~Cerely, John M. Bredemeyer, I~i President, Board of Trustees JMB:jb enclosure CC: NYS Senator Ken LaValle NYS Assemblyman Joseph Sawicki NYSDEC Regional Director, Harold Berger Town Supervisor, Scott L. Harris and Town Trustees A1 Koke, Jr. En-Consultants, Inc. Board TRUSTEES John M. Bredemeyer, III. Presidem Henry P. Smith. Vice President Albert J. KrupskL Jr. John L. Bednoski. Jr. John B. Tuthill Telephone (516) 765-1892 BOARD OF TOWN TRUSTEES TOWN OF SOUTHOLD SCOTT L. HARRIS Supervisor Town Hall. 53095 M~tin Road P.O. Box 1179 Southold. New York 11971 Fax 1516) 765-1823 Telephone (516} 765-1800 March 22, 1990 Chuck Hamilton SUNY Bldg 40 Room 219 Stony Brook, NY 11790 RE: A1 Koke Dredging Project / DEC Project 910-89-1465 Dear Chuck Hamilton: Regarding the pending application of A1 Koke, and per my conversation with George Stadnick on March 21, 1990, I have taken the opportunity to re-visit our Town Trustee file and permit issued in 1989 in the above-referenced matter. I believe the Trustees' vague references to the spoils site (copies of permits enclosed), largely stem from fairly universal Trustee familiarity with a much larger, higher, "island" in this location and its historic role in protecting the entrance of Town and Jockey Creeks. As a result, we had no problem with spoils desposition on the bea6h in that area. Although we did not have a concern for the dredging causing a secondary silting-in impact on the entry to Town and Jockey Creeks, I must agree this may have been short sighted. This coupled with the fact we have a pending bulkhead/retaining wall application for Mr. Carl Vail inside Jockey Creek ,(predicated upon the lack of the "island" blocking the fetch from Southold Bay), leads me to think a meeting of all concerned on site as soon as possible would be beneficial. -I could be available at 8:00 AM most Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays. If this is agreeable, please contact the Trustee Office so I may notify the members of the Board and the applicant. and Sincerely, John M. Bredemeyer, III President, Board of Trustees JMB:jb cc: George Stadnick Trustees FRANK A. KUJAWSKI, JR.. President ALBERT J. KRUPSKI, JR.. Vice-President JOHN Id. BREDEMEYER, III JOHN L. BEDNOSK1, JR. HENRY P. SMITH November 20, 1989 BOARD OF TOWN TR[STEES TOWN OF SOUTHOLD Town Hall, 53095 Main Road P.O._Box 728 Southold, New York 1197t TELEPHONE (516) 765-1892 Charles Hamilton NYSDEC SUNY-Bldg. 40, Room 219 Stony Brook, NY 11794 Subject: A1 Koke Dredging Project Permit 9-3-89-70-13-20.002 Dear Mr. Hamilton: The Trustees would~-like your agency to consider, again, the possibility of using the spoil from the maintenance dredging project of A1 Koke, to create a dune. Presently, your agency has recommended that it be deposited on the beach. The Trustees feel that depositing it on the island near the storm breach and planting with beach grass to stabilize the dune, is a better long-term solution. We look forward to your comments and will be available to meet with you at the site, which is located on public ramp at the end of Pine Neck Road, Southold, NY. Very truly yours, Frank A. Kujawski, Jr.~ President, Board of T~ustees FAK:jb CC: CAC Inland Waterways Comm. A1 Koke F N PINE NECK ROAD LOT I ~ LOT 2 LOT 3 ~. ..1 wooD LOT4 ~ · LOT 5 0 / / / SURVEY OF PROPERTY A T SOUTHOLD TO WN OF SOUTHOLD SUFFOLK COUNTY, N Y. 1000 - 70 - 13 - PlO 21 & 20.21 Sca/e: 1" = 50' Mar. 5,1992 SPOIL DISPERSION BOUNDARY MARKER AS PER C. HAMIL TON ( N.Y.S, DEC MAR. $,1992 ' 'PECON~' ,.~VEYOR.~, P.C. P.O, BOX 909 MAJV ROAD 80UTHOLD, N I~ 1197 4~18 92-136