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o Z Town Hall, 53095 Main Road
P.O. Box 1179
Telephone 4 • Southold, New York 11971
(516)765-1801
SOUTHOLD TOWN
LANDMARK PRESERVATION COMMISSION
LANDMARK PRESERVATION' COMMISSION
MEETING - FEBRUARY 11 , 1997
MINUTES
Present were: Cliff Benfield, Erich Haesche, -John Stack, John Cronin
and Bob Kassner.
1 . A motion was made by John Stack and seconded by Erich Haesche to
accept the Minutes of the January 13,'•1997 meeting. All were in favor.
2. The next meeting of the Landmark Preservation Commission is sched-
uled for Tuesday, March 11, 1997 at 7:30 p.m.
3. Budget Revision - There was only $150.00 left over from 1996. The -
bill for the Landmark Registery will come from the 1997 budget.
4. Landmark Registery Critique - Most comments regarding the registery
have been favorable. There are a few corrections to be made. As
per the Town Board, the price of the registery will be $8.00 plus tax.
The price to book stores and museums who purchase 10 books or more-
will
ore-will be $6.00 per copy plus tax, if applicable. Letters will be 'sent
out to the historical societies and museums giving them this inform-
ation after the Town Board approves the prices of the registery at
the next Town Board meeting. John Cronin put an article regarding
the Landmark Registery in last week's Suffolk Times. Cliff spoke to
Mr. Bleyer of Newsday and he will give',this a Sunday column in the
near future. John Stack suggested putting a house from the registery
in the Suffolk Times each week. Cliff said perhaps John Cronin could
contact Mike Hegeman at Academy Printing to put Landmark houses in
the Peconic Bay Shopper.
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5. Incentive Plans for Restoration and Maintenance - No report at this
time. Eric will contact Deborah'about this.
6. Cliff attended a seminar put on by Bridgehampton Bank regarding
the advantages of installment land buying. John Cushman, Alice
Hussie, Laury Dowd and Jim McMahon were also in attendance.
Bridgehampton Bank would do the financing. This pertains mostly
to open space. It wasn't extended to historic buildings and land.
7. Historic Site Project - Toni Booth will be given copies of the new
application for sites and structures.
8. a. The Grathwohl letter - John Stack will give Bill Peters the
information on this.
b. The Commission received a thank you note from Barbara Jones
for the copy she received of the Landmark Registery.
9. Signage - The Commission has gotten 3 or 4 letters from people
who would like signs for their landmark houses. John Stack suggested
that the people interested in the signs should submit a copy to the
commission and then we could go over it.
10. Since there was no further business to be discussed, a motion was made
by John Stack and seconded by Erich Haesche to adjourn the meeting
at 8:20 p.m. All were in favor.
Respectfully submitted
Joyce M. Wilkins
Secretary