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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTB-08/06/1996 SOUTHOLD TOWN BOARD AUGUST 6, 1996 WORK SESSION Present: Supervisor Jean W. Cochran, Councilwoman Alice J. Hussie, Councilman Joseph L. Townsend, Jr. , Councilwoman Ruth D. Oliva, Justice Louisa P. Evans, Councilman William D. Moore, Town Clerk Judith T. Terry, Town Attorney Laury L.Dowd. 9:00 A.M. - Charles Cuddy, Attorney for Flower Hill Building Corporation, met with the Town Board to appeal their decision not to accept Flower Hill's petition for a change of zone. He cited the provision of the Town Code which directs that the petition be referred to the Town and County Planning Departments, and a public hearing held. He also advised the Board that under federal, state and town law the applicant has the right to due process. The Board agreed to accept the petition and placed resolutions (18, 19, 20) on the agenda to commence the process. 9:05 A.M. - Justice Evans presented the Board will a letter from Walsh Park Benevolent asking the Town Board to adopt a resolution professing its interest in having the County convey title to a home which the County has foreclosed on for reason of. non-payment of taxes. (See resolution no. 1, August 14, 1996, at the annual Fishers Island Town Board meeting. )----Supervisor Cochran reported that she contacted the North Fork Environmental Council with regard to a letter from the American Littoral Society concerning the 1996 International Coastal Cleanup. The NFEC is meeting . today, and they will discuss the cleanup and provide her with a report.----Town Attorney Dowd discussed some issues that need to be decided before she can proceed further with a proposed Local Law on Visitor Parking Passes. The Town Board agreed that only those individuals whose property fronts on the 500 ft. area by Town Beaches designated as "No Parking" should be issued annual passes.----The Board reviewed the proposed Local Law with regard to a Retirement Incentive and placed a resolution (21) on the agenda to proceed, and a list will be drawn up of the targeted employees.----A resolution (22) was placed on the agenda appointing Roxana L. Cruz as a Seasonal Clerk Typist for the Police Department.---- Executive Assistant Jim McMahon met with the Board to discuss a letter from the Office of the County Executive asking the Town Board to pass a resolution agreeing to commit 10% of the cost of the dredging projects in Southold Town costing more than $100,000 (resolution 23) .----Mr. McMahon explained the need to authorize a budget modification to provide -Park and Playground funds for the 50/50 match to the grant for the. Mattituck Inlet Park improvements (resolution 24) .----Lastly, Mr. McMahon asked the ' Board iff they would consider a swap of property adjacent to Tasker Park with Mr, and Mrs. Combs. The proposal would be beneficial to both the Combs and the Town, and has the endorsement of Commissioner of Public Works Jacobs. The. proposal will 'be referred to Engineering Inspector Richter to.. provide a plan of the land to be exchanged.----Councilwoman Hussie asked the Town Board to consider placing another display ad" in the newspapers with regard to the Lot Creation and Merger Law. This was done last winter, and again around Memorial Day this year, but she feels it would be beneficial to put it in the paper one more time while the summer people are here (resolution 25) .----The Board reviewed a proposal of Harold's, Fishers Island, for preventative maintenance of Fishers Island i Sewer District equipment. Justice Evans will go over the proposal with the contractor, Harold Cook, submit the conditions to the Town Attorney to draw an agreement, and then it will be brought back to the Town Board. 10:00 A.M. - John Sullivan, Chairman of the Board of Assessment Review, met with the Town Board to report on the activities of his board for 1996. He was joined by Assessor Chairman Scott Russell who explained the implications of real property assessment complaints and certioraries. 10:30 A.M. - Senior Building Inspector Tom Fisher met. with the Board to request the Board to hire another full time Clerk Typist, Building Inspector, and Fire Marshall for his office. He said top priority is the additional clerical help. 22, AUGUST 6, 1996 10:55 A.M. - The Board set 9:00 A.M. , August 16th for interviews of part-time Clerk Typists for the Building Department.----Councilwoman Hussie asked the Town Board to consider contacting four or five engineering firms to prepare a conceptual for use of the landfill. The Board authorized her to have her Solid Waste Committee work on this project. 11 :00 A.M. - Town Trustee President Albert Krupski met with the Town Board to inform them that the Trustees would like to acquire the property offered to the Town at Angel Shores, and undertake management of it. . (Councilman Moore excused himself from the discussion as Mr. 6 Mrs. Laoudis, owners of the Angel Shores property, are former clients. ) The Board ask Mr. Krupski to prepare a proposal of the manner in which they would manage the property, and to cite the provisions of law under which they would, in their capacity as Town Trustees, be able to acquire upland agricultural land. 11 :20 A.M. - Senior Accountant John Cushman met with the Board to discuss staffing the Data Processing Department. It was decided, after pursuing several alternatives, that the Board would not fill the Computer Programming Supervisor position they had created, but would advertise for a Data Processing Equipment Operator (resolutions 32 6 33) , since at the present time there is no civil service list for the position. 11 :35 A.M. - Rudolph Bruer, Jr. , Chairman of the Greenport-Southold Chamber of Commerce, and Neboyah Brashich, Southold Promotion Committee, met with the Board to discuss the future of the Greenport-Southold Chamber Tourist. It was agreed the Chamber would give the building to the Town and the Town would lease the building to the Promotion Committee, and will assume responsibility for the maintenance of the building in 1997.----Neb Brashich advised the Town Board (in his capacity as Chairperson of the Transportation Committee) that the North Fork Bank has agreed to lease their parking lot, opposite the Southold Rail Road Station, to the Town for $1 ,706.00, which is the amount of the annual taxes on" the lot. This will now become a mini., transportation hub, and Bob Brown of Sunrise Coach Lines, has agreed to move their bus stop from NYS Route 25 to this new area, so his riders can park and ride without any inconvenience. 12:05 P.M. Supervisor Cochran reported on a recent meeting with regard to the process to place the Peconic County issue, on the ballot in November. She said she is not opposed to the concept of Peconic County, but wants the process to go through the NYS Legislature. Councilman Moore concurred, saying there would be a problem if one Town were to vote no. Councilpeople Townsend and Oliva urged those Board members to placed a resolution on the agenda (26) to adopt a local law for the referendum, which was done.----Town Board discussed the future direction of the Scavenger Waste Treatment Plant. This will be placed on the agenda for discussion again , on :August 20th.----Board placed a resolution (27) on the agenda reappointing members to the Agricultural Advisory Committee, and one (28) to advertise for one new member .to .replace Martin Sidor who failed to.decla' a en interest in being reappointed. 12:50 P.M. "- Recess for lunch. 2:05 P.M. - .Steve .Riddler and Fred Anders, NYS Department of State, met with the Town Board to review the Goldsmith Inlet Workshop Summary, and discuss what steps the Town should take next. The" Board decided that the creation of a Working Group to further examine the problems would be the most logical direction (resolution 29) , and Mr. Riddler said they should consider starting an EIS as soon as possible. He told , the Board there is a possibility they can get FEMA funding to assist them with .their study. 3:05 P.M. - Solid Waste Coordinator Jim Bunchuck met with the Board to discuss (1) the appointment of Gate Attendants ' (resolution 30) , (2) the purchase of a methane gas monitoring machine for the Disposal Area (resolution 31) , and (3) responded to questions concerning the duties of Mary Mulcahy Jackson, Recycling Coordinator, whose .appointment expires on August 19th. S*upervi§or Cochran will invite Ms. Jackson to the August 20th work session to discuss her duties. 3:30 P.M. - The Town Board reviewed the resolutions to be voted on at the 4:30 P.M. Regular Meeting. r M• -i :. - AUGUST 6, 1996 2.3.`. EXECUTIVE SESSION 3:40 P.M. - On motion of Councilman Moore, seconded by Councilwoman Hussie, it was Resolved that the Town Board enter into Executive Session to discuss personnel and purchase of property. Vote of the Board: Ayes: Supervisor Cochran, Councilwoman Hussie, Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Oliva, Justice Evans, Councilman Moore. Also present: Town Clerk Terry, Town Attorney Dowd. 4: 15 P.M. - Work Session adjourned. REGULAR MEETING A Regular Meeting of the Southold Town Board was held on August 6, 1996, at the Southold Town Hall, Main Road, Southold, New York. Supervisor Cochran opened the meeting at 4:30 P.M. with the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.. Present: Supervisor Jean W. Cochran Councilwoman Alice J. Hussie Councilman Joseph L. Townsend, Jr. Councilwoman Ruth D. Oliva Justice Louisa P. Evans Councilman William D. Moore Town Clerk Judith T. Terry Town Attorney Laury L. Dowd SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: May I have a motion to approve the audit of bills of August 6, 1996? Moved by Justice Evans, seconded by Councilwoman Oliva, it was RESOLVED that the following bills be and hereby ordered paid: General Fund Whole Town bills in the amount of $126,045.09; General Fund Part Town bills in the amount of $4,125.55; Community Development Fund bills in the amount of $13,354.79; Highway Fund Whole Town bills in the amount of$3,621 .96; Highway Fund Part Town bills in the amount of $13,916.15; Capital Projects Account bills in the amount of $16,540.00; Ag Land Development Rights bills in the amount of $23,185.84; Open Space Capital Fund bills in the amount of $32,155.45; Fishers Island Metal Dump Capital bills in the amount of $354.00; Employee Health Benefit Plan bills in the amount of $30,835.53; Fishers Island Ferry District bills in the amount of $11,502.32; Refuse and Garbage District bills in the amount of $40,931 .98; Southold Wastewater District bills in the amount of $17,212.14; Southold Agency E Trust bills in the amount of $15,576.30; Fishers Island Ferry District Agency 8 Trust bills in the amount of $1,272.46. Vote of the 'Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Moore, Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva, Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Supervisor Cochran. This resolution was duly ADOPTED.- SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: Approval of the minutes of July 23, 1996. Moved by Councilwoman Oliva, seconded by Councilwoman Hussie, it was RESOLVED that the minutes of the July 23, 1996, Town Board meeting be and hereby are approved. Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Moore, Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva, Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Supervisor Cochran. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: Setting our next meeting at Fishers Island. 2'41. AUGUST 6, 1996 Moved by Councilman Townsend, seconded by Justice Evans, it was RESOLVED that the next meeting of the Southold Town Board will be held at 1 :30 P.M., Wednesday, August 14, 1996, at Fishers Island, -New York. Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Moore, Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva, Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman_ Hussie, Supervisor Cochran. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: Setting the next Town Board meeting on the mainland. Moved by Councilwoman. Hussie, seconded by Councilwoman Oliva, it was . RESOLVED that the next regular meeting of the Southold Town Board will be held at 4:30 P.M., Tuesday, August 20, 1996, at the Southold Town Hall, Southold, New York. Vote of. the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Moore, Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva, Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Supervisor Cochran. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. I . REPORTS. SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: In the back on the outside on a table you will find an agenda, and as you see by the agenda that we receive reports each month from the different departments,. They are available to you, the public, through the Town Clerk's Office, also Public Notices and Communications. -1 . Southold Town Planning Board Monthly Report for June., 1996. 2. Southold Town Investigator's Monthly Report for June, 1996. 3. Southold Town Scavenger Waste Treatment Facility Monthly Report for July, 1996. 4. Southold Town Recreation Department Monthly Report for July, 1996. 5. Southold Town Building Department Monthly Report for July, 1996. II . PUBLIC NOTICES. 1 . New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, Notice of Complete Application of Daniel Mooney to locate a dwelling and construct a septic system and driveway with the 100 foot regulated adjacent area of freshwater wetland. This project located on Marion Lake, Rabbit Lane, East Marion, New York. Comments to be received by August 23, 1996. 2. U. S. Corp of Army Engineer, New York District, Notice of an extension of. comment period for proposed Nationwide Permits. All written comments to be received. by September 9, 1996. III . COMMUNICATIONS. 1 . James O. Frein, New ' York State Department of Transportation in regard to the request for a traffic light at Route 25, Factory Avenue, Sigsbee Road. 2. Richard Czark, Suffolk Home Delivery Manager from Newsday regarding Newsday Plus deliveries throughout the town. 3. Margaret Regan, Assistant Administrator, Department of Social Services with . notification of closure of their Mastic Social Services Center: 4. Sharon G. Grosser, Manager of Community Support Programs, Northrop Grumman Corporation in regard to their brochure, "Partners in caring for Long Island". 5. Assemblywoman Patricia L. Acampora informing Supervisor Cochran of the increase in the Orient Mosquito District's annual budget. 6. Tony LoCasicio, Assistant General Manager .of Cablevision on the East End in regard to his recent appointment. 7. Allen Hartvik, Principal Personnel Analyst Examinations Division of Suffolk County Civil Service 'in regard to local preparation of civil service exams. IV. PUBLIC HEARINGS. None. f AUGUST 6, 1996 V. RESOLUTIONS. SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: At this time I would like to repeat a policy, that is the Town Board's, that anyone attending a Town Board meeting may speak at this time in reference to the any of the resolutions that are listed on the agenda. If this is something other than is carried by the agenda, then we will give you every opportunity at the end of the meeting to address the Board with. your concerns. At this time we will be going into resolutions. Is there anyone who would like to address the Board on any of the resolutions? Welcome Supervisor Sherman from Shelter Island. SUPERVISOR HUSON SHERMAN: It's a pleasure to come before the Board, and I come here as a representative of the Board of Directors for Peconic County Now, and not as an official from another town. Again, I would thank you for letting us come over and talk to you about the proposed referendum, the non-binding referendum, that Peconic County is now attempting to get on the November 5th General Election. We have been trying for the better part of two years to have a non-binding referendum so that the people of the East End of Suffolk County, would be Peconic County, can have their say on whether they want to break away from the rest of Suffolk County, and establish Peconic County. There has been about 150 or so people working on this project. We started in 1994. A lot of those people are from the Town of Southold, and we have gone through a very extensive feasibility study, which I believe everybody on the Southold Town Board has, or we can get it for them. That feasibility study, without going into a lot of detail has proven to anybody who has read it, including the Suffolk County Legislature, and their Budget Review Office, that is feasible to establish a new county made up of the five east end towns. I'm not here to really talk about that,- because 1 think as we go through an education process of leading up to the November election that, that will all come.out loud and clear. What I would like to do is just ask the Board, the persons on the Board, if they would pass the proposed Town law that allow the non-binding referendum to be put on the ballot in November, so that we can get a feel of whether the people of the East End really support and believe in a Peconic County, or whether it's just a„ few of us, who think it's a good idea. We've had several polls over the years, that have shown that the general populace is anywhere from sixty-five, seventy-five percent in favor of the new proposed Peconic County of the five east end towns. It goes to a variety of reasons, anything from quality of life to maintaining our independence, to having a voice in government. There's a whole gambit of good reasons of why we think Peconic is the way we think we should govern ourselves in the future. What we need to do is first off have this non-binding referendum so that the people can speak and say whether they want this or not. The reason we need this non-binding resolution is, it boils down to two issues. We currently are against the blocks in the State Legislature for having the Legislature establish this non-binding referendum. As everybody pretty much knows Mr. Silver. has tied Peconic County, to Staten Island. He is the speaker of the Assembly, and he- is not going .to let anything come to floor, which would jeopardize his position that Staten Island should not break away from the City of .New York, and we have been caught .in the Catch 22, because he won't let that Peconic County issue come to the floor, because if he does that he believes that, that weakens his stance on the Staten Island resolution. The other way to do it is to have each town pass a local law, that allow that each town would put on the ballot in November this non-binding resolution, that says that the people within the borders of that particular town are either for or against the creation of Peconic County. What we really think will happen is that a large majority of people will, when they learn all the facts, will come and say that, yeah, we think that the future of the East End is Peconic County, and that we should be governed by the people. of the East End, by the elected officials of the East End, and not the elected officials of Hauppauge, or some other place. I say, in order to make that happen we need to ask the Town Board to pass the resolution that establishes the procedure for having a public hearing before the Local Law, and then we put it on the ballot. We believe that if we put it on the ballot, and a nonbinding referendum shows that 520, 'or 550, or some small majority like that would, that the people would only want Peconic County by a small majority, it probably will not go forward, because if a large majority of the people of the East 2 6 AUGUST 6, 1996 End are not in favor of Peconic County, then we really don't have the ground swell or the base to go forward. We think that with the proper education campaign between now, and the 5th of November, that most of the people, or the large majority of the people will feel that this is the way they want to be governed over the next century, or whatever, and that they would vote for this non-binding resolution. Then what would happen after that, you would still have to go through the State process of going to a binding resolution, have the State Legislature vote on it, and all that. What we are trying to do now is very simply to just get a feel from the people, to let them have their say on whether or not we should move forward with keeping Peconic County before the people. We fear that if we don't do it this fall, we're going to lose eighteen months to two years. We are going to lost a lot of momentum. A lot of people have been -working very hard on this, and if we lose that momentum we may never get it back again.. We just think that the time is right, that we can't get from where we are to where we want to be through the normal process of going through the State Legislature, so we have another perfectly legal, and valid way to do it. The only thing that we're asking is that the Town Boards of the East End allow that process to go forward, and allow the people to have their voice. With that I'll answer any questions, or whatever. SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: Thank you. Is there anyone else who would like to address the Board on this resolution?. RONNIE WACKER: I'm Ronnie Wacker from Cutchogue, and my feeling is that we are getting short stripped from Suffolk County, and it's no wonder, because the figures stack up that way. We've got two representatives against sixteen. I think we would have had Fort Corchaug long before this if the figures had been more balanced, because it was all set. You know, the Town said, okay, we'll vote a million dollars for our share, and the' County said, we'll vote two million dollar, and then the County reneged. Those on the west end said, no, we can't afford this because the price is too high. Well, I don't know how it can be too high for what Ralph Solecki says is the most significant Indian site on the whole seacoast, Eastern seacoast. So, I just think there are many decisions that go out of our court simply because we haven't got the numbers, and it would be a lot fairer if we had a Peconic County. So, 1 hope that you will vote for a non-binding referendum. BETTE ROSS: I'm Bette Ross of Cutchogue. Madam Supervisor, and members of the Southold Town Board, I urge you to vote in favor of a public hearing to -schedule a non-binding advisory referendum concerning Peconic County on the November ballot. The purpose of such a referendum is to request the State Legislature, and the Governor, to authorize a binding referendum on the ballot next fall. Twelve thousand dollars of Southold Town • taxpayers was spent to help pay for the . feasibility study. The figures used for the study were based on 1993 data. They showed the taxpayers in Peconic County could expect to have their County property taxes reduced by fifty percent. The Board has had the study for almost a year. Last January a public hearing was held to explain the findings of the .study. There was overwhelming public support displayed at that meeting. The proponents of Peconic County now are ready for the challenge to educate the voters before the November election. The future of the East End towns will be determined, not by paid experts, not by special interest groups, nor by professional politicians. It will be determined by the people _ of the- five Peconic towns. Your duty is clear. Let the people speak. JOHN RUSCH: John Rusch, Southold. I guess it won't come as much of a surprise to any of you here, that I'm for Peconic County.. Almost everything which I've been involved for the last twenty years has been pro-environment, and way of life activist. Peconic County itself is an issue which few of us here have any disagreement. Many of us have run on environmentally driven tickets. Others have ardently supported environmental platforms, initiatives, and candidates. Peconic County is arguable the most significant environmental initiative for the east end. It cuts across all political lines. Today's Town Board resolution is just the first legislative step to permit sentiments of our townspeople to registered via a non-binding referendum this November. The meetings on AUGUST 6, 1996 7 Peconic County and the independent financial feasibility study, that has positively concluded that Peconic County is a win, win situation for all five East End towns. Southold meeting was far and away the most enthusiastically and heavily attended. Today's action will determine whether or not our voices will be heard. One man in Albany has turned this issue into a political game using it for his own advantage. Peconic County is an environmental issue. I call upon our Town Board to let the collective voice of fellow townspeople be heard. Don't be the Town Board that blocks it. Thank you'. SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: Thank you, John. Is there anyone else who would like to address the Board? DONALD STANTON: Good afternoon. My name is Donald Stanton, and I'm here this afternoon on behalf of the Kenneys Beach Civic Association, and I'd like to address Resolution 29, which has to do with the Goldsmith Inlet. Those of you on the Board who don't know me, or have never seen me, might be interested in knowing that you are the sixth Southold Town Board to be addressed on this issue over the last twenty years. You should also know that you have the best set of conditions for resolving this issues that have ever existed. You presently have the support of the New York State Department of State in both their administrative and technical support. Our contacts with our Legislative at the State level, the Assembly and the Senate indicate that they are simply awaiting a request from the Town to add their support to your efforts, and finally for the first time in twenty years is a rational plan devised by nationally renowned experts, who were brought in to a workshop in the middle of June, and they have come up with a plan, that is very fair, and one that should definitely go forward. The members of the Kenneys Beach Civic Association are encouraged by these events. We, also, have a long history of attempting to get a solution to this problem over twenty years. At the present time we now have four more homes, 'that are on the verge of serious damage, and when I say that I'm not talking about damage from a hurricane. I'm excluding that type of a .storm, but if any member of the Board would care to go down to Kenneys Beach, walk the equivalent of several blocks to the east, they can observe firsthand, it doesn't take any special knowledge or anything to see what is going on there. In fact, it is likely that these four homes will not survive without damage for even one more season. I want to make the point that the critical issue here, and I was present at, the working session of the Board earlier, I was present at the workshop in June, and I've participated in other discussions regarding this issue. The .critical issue here is not the impact on the area west of Goldsmith's Inlet jetty. It is the impact, the continuing impact, on the homes east of the jetty. Now, for some strange reasons this has received very little attention. I hear words like, we shouldn't move a grain a sand without studying this, when the fact of the matter is that the most casual observer can see the impact of that jetty. It does not take a study. It does not take any special knowledge on the part of the observer. What you may not know is at the expense that the- people east of the jetty have incurred over the last thirty-two. years, because of that jetty. It is not time. to do it now, but I could go into some of the prior initiative to correct this problem; -and there have been =many, and it's in the public record that the problem was noted in the 1960's. I don't think that anybody can accuse me of not working towards a solution to this problem. I participated in a Citizen's Advisory Committee of Local Waterfront Revitalization for over five years. I have been on committees, Kenneys Beach Erosion Control Committees, and as a member of the Kenneys Beach Civic Association have continued to work with Town Board members to try to get a resolution to this problem. But I have to remind you this Town of Southold, for better or worse, owns this problem, and you people are the only ones who can initiate an action, and a series of actions, that will lead towards resolution of the problem. I would also like to urge you to treat this problem as one that has a sense of urgency to it related to the homes that I mentioned earlier, that are currently in jeopardy. It is not the kind of problem that calls for some laid back approach that might take years to devise. There is a problem right now. It has been continuing for a long time. It has a long history, and there's a lot at stake. won't go into any detail, but some of the issues, flood insurance for people east, coastal erosion hazard area boundary line, which can prevent people who have homes, that are, seriously damaged, are rebuilding them, AUGUST 6, 1996 and the issue that has received a lot of publicity in the last six months or so, homeowner's insurance. If you can get it the prices have doubled and tripled. That's the' gist of what I might get across that this issue requires action. We have the opportunity, and .the time to move on it is now. I'd like to provide a couple of answers, that weren't available at the work session of the Board. You were told by the New York State experts that 25,000 cubic yards of sand have been blocked by the Goldsmith jetty, and diverted offshore for the last thirty-two years. The arithmetic there comes out to 800,000 cubic yards. If you spread that 800,000 cubic yards over the beach east of Goldsmith Jetty to Horton Point it would add over a hundred feet of beach. You will find in the record an aerial photograph that, that is about the amount of beach that has been lost to these people. I'd like to ask you, how many of you could stand to lose a hundred feet of frontage on your present homes? Another question . that was raised, that wasn't answered correctly was the effectiveness of 40,000 cubic of sand, that might be available if Goldsmith jetty is shortened. I can tell you it's about equivalent to about five or six feet of addition to the width of the beach, and 1,040 cubic yards truck loads of sand. COUNCILWOMAN HUSSIE: I should have asked you. DONALD STANTON: If you have any questions, I'd be glad to answer. RICHARD GREEN: I am Richard Green. Are the people here on the Board ready for an explosion of information? SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: How long is .this going to take, Rich? RICHARD GREEN: I'll do it fast. This is an explosion of information. A long time ago the Board was approached, that crash right.there, a jet out of fuel, on the western end of the island. Now, you can either be open-minded, open ear, look for yourself, look at what the experts have to say, look at what's going wrong with what the experts have done, and take a totally different approach. You can leave the jetty in place. Very simple, you have the calm the water, so the water doesn't take the material away. If you do that, you will keep your beach in place. SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: Excuse me, Rich. Would you please address the Board, and not the audience. RICHARD GREEN: During a high energy storm, when the waves come in the beach, they dislodge the beach. During that storm the waves came in, and were disturbed, and kept calm, you would have no loss. In fact you may have a gain of material from the depths of the water where the waves picked it up due to the severe churning effect, especially during a low tide situation. Now, this is very' simple, what I've said. This can be done. It can be moved. It can be altered. An expert says, I don't like what's happening here,. I - think you ought to do this. Well, this system can be adjusted: It can be moved. You take care of an area, and you want to move 'it to another, that can be done. I'm just giving you some information. My phone number is 765-9294. 1 have a .tape I would -be glade to give 'to the town again. You've had many of them. If you'd like another one I'll give it to you. Here's another tape. There's a little bit of information for you. It will work. SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: Thank you. I have a lady back here. Do you still 'want to speak? Is it on the same subject as Goldsmiths? Do we have anyone else who would like to address Goldsmiths? Let's kind of stay with that topic, and then we'll go back to Peconic. DAVID EVANS: Thank you very much for allowing me to address you. I would like first, Madame Supervisor, to commend a general statement of principle you made for speaking on the issue of the Cross Sound Ferry. When you pulled in the heart of the matter, and said, this. is not an Orient matter. It is a Town matter, and I think as an attitude and a principle it is really excellent. Here we have something that could be paralleled in that we have a Town matter, and the background report page one, second sentence states that the area of study is from Duck Pond Point to Hortons Point, period. You yourself in the session this afternoon with one of the two reporters made this .comment. Secondly, AUGUST 6, 1996 '217 Mrs. Oliva, I want to thank you for sharing the principle of complete and open data. I certainly enjoyed the pertinent questions that other members of the Board asked this afternoon. I want to focus very precisely on the sixth recommendation of the report, and the five findings, and to relate those five to the sixth. recommendation. Now, the sixth finding states in it's final part of these coastal structures, and note the plural, control the orientation of the shoreline to the east. Now, this map, as Mr. Anders said yesterday evening, is limited. First of all, it's generalized and limited. As to the limited aspect, it does not address the whole area which you, yourself, focused on, Duck Pond Point to Hortons. If you walked that beach, as I have, it is extremely inaccurate. Now, back to the sixth of the finding. It says that all the structures act as a domino effect. Now, you start with Goldsmith, when you go east there is then the Bitner groin. Beyond that there are three other groins, and beyond that is the Lockman groin, which is attached to a very large rectangular concrete seawall on the beach, which . is approximately, I can't pace it all out, because some of it is on private property, but I would assume it between 100 and 150 yards long. It is one yard wide, and there are two jutting abutments, also a yard wide, and about a twelve feet extending at ninety degree angles from it. If you look immediately to the east, which is where Kenney's Beach begins, there is an extremely large indentation. As you know from the last five years we've had four or five severe Northeasters. That concrete abutment does not have that severe indentation immediately to it's west. Why? There are three groins placed at regular intervals. Beyond those three is the Bitner groin or jetty, which has allowed the beach to build up. Therefore, if we are to take seriously those findings are scientifically valid. Then we have to accept all those structures have to be taken into consideration. It is quite clear by looking at that map that is not the case. Only one structure is taken into consideration. Now, of the five recommendations, the first and the second which Mr. Anders stressed, he said by the way to remove half the length of the jetty. Actually he, also, said 150 feet. My simple arithmetic therefore tells me that the jetty is 300 feet long. He said today that the Bitner - jetty is 190 feet long. It alarms me that he can be so precise on two, and he's extremely vague on the third. When you ask him about the Lockman jetty, he can't tell you how high it is, how wide it is, how long it is. Now, that to me is a distressing lack of hard data. Also, I was glad, Councilwoman Hussie, that you asked him precisely, and he wasn't able to be clear about the 40,000 cubic yards. The interesting thing is, in yesterday's meeting, and I keep precise notes, it was somewhat different. It was 150,000 cubic yards. Now, what has happened to the 110,000 cubic yards between the evening of August 5th, and the afternoon of August 6th, in my imagination can't come to grips with, but you focused on that, and he wasn't able to be very clear about it, and you, too, Mr. Townsend asked him, and I heard this talk about trucks, and etcetera, and dumps, but it was vague, utterly vague. Now, he also spoke of another jetty to be built to protect the Peconic Sound shores. He said those must go together. 'Now, the most, expensive part of the five recommendations, number three, which is,,. yesterday it was to dredge in the Sound to put 150,000. cubic yards of sand on to Kenneys Beach. This afternoon it was 40,000. Okay, but what ever it's a very large amount. Now; that is the most expensive part of the five recommendations;'. I believe. However, when asked he has refused to consider the three groins, the Bitner groin, the Lockman groin, and the very large military style concrete seawall, which is immediately to the west of Kenneys, on the end of Kenneys, because I've been there so many times. I have been, by the way, a taxpayer. I have been for twenty-three years, and I see what has . happened. Every Northeaster cuts deeper and deeper into that corner. You go immediately to the west of the concrete wall, and watching is a perfectly wide, valid beach. Now, finding six, if it is to be accepted as rational, and concrete, needs to take into consideration every one of these structures. If you take one, and ignore the other five, this is not silence, it is politics, or whatever you care to call it. He has also said, for instance, his presentation this afternoon should have offered, I think, as you, Supervisor Cochran stressed, to look at the whole area, Duck Pond Point, Horton. He didn't. His came at the tail end. Another element that causes me to doubt that scientific veracity of this study, that limited training tells me that you collect data, assess and evaluate it first, and then seek to draw conclusions. What have we here? We have heard a conclusion. Is it called Duck Pond Point to Horton's Point? No. ,3 0 AUGUST 6, 1996 It is called the Goldsmith Inlet project. It doesn't even stress all of the structures to the east. He said yesterday that they had taken a walk in the rain. Well, we've had films made in Greenport recently. Perhaps Mr. Anders is going to make his own film, not sitting in the rain, but talking in the rain, because obviously all those structures on the beach were obscured. He stated, that, quote, unquote, this afternoon that there is a lot of data not available. As someone who is interested in property, 'and as a taxpayer, I'm very concerned that my taxes are spent carefully, and I was so interested this afternoon to hear all these inducements to proceed. We will touch this organization, this, that and the the other. Now, that strikes me as pie in the sky. Unless you have a commitment from A,B, and C equally X dollars, and unless there has been a deeply objective scientific assessment of data, which is collected, and then evaluated, so conclusions can be drawn, to my training it strikes me as fundamentally unsound to present conclusions, and they to say, oh yes, we still need a lot of data. Are you going to choose the data only to support a limited conclusion, and exclude the rest? Thank you. ELIZABETH ALLEN: My name is Elizabeth Allen, and heaven knows why, but I'm still trying to buy a house in Peconic. One matter that was addressed by Mr. Stanton very briefly, I might have misconstrued, he spoke of the difficulty of taking homeowners' insurance. Indeed, I have property elsewhere on the North Shore, and this is a general problem that is not at all specific to Kenneys Beach. Indeed, the difficulty of getting homeowners' insurance in a coastal area is true of the entire coastline of Long Island Sound, and is not going to be effected by what you do, or don't do on Kenneys Beach in anyway, shape, or form. More generally Mr. Anders has said several times last night, and again today, that the workshop recommendations were based on the best available information. He stressed that again, and again. However, neither Mr. Anders, or anyone else from the workshop choose to educate themselves about the chronic flooding along parts of Mill Lane, nor did Mr. Anders even bother to assess the impact ' of the Bittner or the Lockman jetties. Astonishingly Mr. Anders said, he had no idea- of the length or the condition of these jetties. Despite his admitted failure to assess these and other essential factors Mr. Anders did not hesitate to formulate ;a plan, and to conclude that, and I'm quoting him now, quote, this plan is neutral with respect to flooding, end quote. How could he possibly draw that conclusion when he didn't know about the flooding until we told him? I hope the Town of Southold will be more levelheaded about spending public trust than Mr. Anders is. It appears that neither the plan, nor Mr. Anders, is neutral, and I urge the Board that the workshop funding are thought, and they should not be used for the basis for spending the public money. Thank you. DONALD STANTON: For the past twenty years or so, as 1 indicated earlier, we have been to hearings. The same type of objections go out to resolving this problem. This is a major coastal zone management problem. It is not going to go away no matter what anyone west of the jetty says. Now, I can answer every single question, and objection, that they raised. The length of the Lockman jetty is seventy feet. . If anyone cares to research it they can go get a copy of the permit, and look at it. The Bittner jetty is not 150 feet long. It's about 100 feet long, and as Mr. Anders indicated it is in a state -of disrepair right -now. With respect to flooding I'll just answer that one. That is matter of elevation. It has nothing to do with the presence or absence of a jetty, but it has to do with the elevation above sea level, and nothing whatever to do with Goldsmith jetty, or whether it was there or not. Finally what I really wanted to say was, please, listen to your experts. These people that you brought in are truly experts in these areas. We paid the experts. Listen to them. They know what they're talking about. Thank you. SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: Thank you, Don. I don't want this to be a confrontation back and forth. Just state your remarks, and direct it to the Board. AUGUST 6, 1996 JOSEPH MARCACCI : My name is Joseph Marcacci. I live on 155 Sound Avenue, Peconic. I think you have a little bit . of a focus of this situation. As Mr. Evans eluded, the fact is there is a study, an erosion study, from Duck Point to Hortons Point. I feel for Mr. Stanton, and the people at Kenneys Beach, and Town Beach. It is a study of Duck Pond, and Hortons Point. It's the total erosion. It's not a focus on Goldsmiths Inlet. With the projection proposed by all the experts on the Goldsmiths Jetty study, calling it the Goldsmiths Inlet project, that's not the focus. That is not the focus. The -total focus is the erosion problem between Duck Point, and Horton Point. As the coastal expert said last night, he wasn't aware of the flooding that has incurred. But because the environmental action that occurred after the jetty had been put in. what ,has happened to that inlet, it has the environmental people tell you how much sand to take out of the inlet, tell you where to dig, and tell you where to take it out. Over a accumulation of a number of years silt has built up in that inlet, from the draining of one lake into the inlet with the silt that has been built up in there, and causing of the higher water table. That's where you're having the flooding, and it's progressed over the years. So, it isn't a problem of just elevation. Elevation plays a portion then when the water seeks it's own level. Then you are having the flooding, which has progressive gotten worse. I understand Mr. Stanton's point (tape change) Do yourself proud as members of the community. Okay? Make the right decision. There is a right way of doing this, and a wrong way. I just. hope the Town Board doesn't vote the wrong way, as the proposal you gave with the installation of the jetty, that was done on a whim. Thank you. JANE TAYLOR STARWOOD: This is very brief. I'm Jane Taylor Starwood from Mattituck, and I just wanted to say as I've been listening here.- It strikes me that you people on the Board have a great opportunity here to make a round around politics as usual, just going on, with one powerful man standing in the way of hearing the voice of people. .I hope that you rise to that occasion, and let us be heard on the Peconic' County issue. JOHN FIFE: John Fife, Cutchogue. I'd like, to add my voice in support of Peconic County. As a matter of fact it sort of reminds me of motherhood, virtue, the flag, and all of the things that are good. Today ' the difference ' is in the problems in western Suffolk, in eastern Suffolk are significant. But they are not as significant as they will probably be in the decades to come, because you're all aware that there have been several attempts in the past to create a Peconic County. Usually they fail the political issues that existed at that time. Someone thought he had a better chance of becoming Governor. But that's neither here or there. I think it would be absolutely tragic to the Board not to permit us, the citizens, to at least vote either our significant interest, or lack thereof in this proposal for Peconic County. Thank you. LARRY CANTWELL: Thank you, members of the Board. My name is Larry Cantwell. , ,I'm the -Village Administrator in the Village of East Hampton, . and I'm also the Chairman of the Directors of Peconic County. Now. In - my role as Village Administrator, I was asked by Mayor Paul Rickenbach, who could not be here today, to advise you that when the Mayors met to discuss this issue a few weeks ago, the Mayors from the Village of East Hampton, Village of Sag Harbor, Village of North Haven, Village of Quogue, the Village of Westhampton, and the Village of Southampton, unanimously agreed with this approach, and I believe all the Village Boards were passing resolutions that will be sent to various Town Boards urging them to move forward with this Local Law. As a Chairman of the Peconic County Now, I don't have to tell you this, you know, trying to push Peconic County is kind of like trying to push a rock up a mountain. I just want to focus on this issue for a minute. I know you've had a long day today. The reason why it's important we do it now, you know a $100,000 study has been done. There's been a two year effort that's gone into this. Hundreds of citizens from all over the North and South Fork have been involved in this issue. Unless we can keep that momentum going by having a public vote on this in November, and giving 32 AUGUST 6, 1996 Peconic County Now, and everyone who supports it, an opportunity to educate the public, and give the public an opportunity to voice their expression on this. We will lose momentum, and I fear if we lose that momentum that rock is going to fall back to the bottom of the hill. I'm here today to ask you to lean on that rock with us. Thank you. MARGARET BROWN: My name is Margaret Brown, and I would like to just urge you on for Peconic County. I realize this is just the first step, and it's a long process but it's something we can do in allowing the people of Southold to get up speak for or against the idea of Peconic County would be very welcome. So, I hardily urge ..you to adopt this resolutions. Thank you. JOESEPH MARCACCI: My name is Joe Marcacci, and I'm a part time resident, a full time taxpayer, though. I live in an incorporated village in Nassau County, and we have the number one school district in the state. We have the number one school district, and we live in an incorporated village. We . have our own private police. We don't have Nassau County Police. I think it affords you an opportunity to control your destiny regarding schools. I think the main issue to put in place AP courses into all your high schools right now to compete- with the other counties, Nassau and Suffolk Counties. I think it allows you to do so much to help the people on the east end. You are talking about going to the year 2000, you want your children or citizens to be totally equipped to meet the world. If you haven't go AP courses in your school system, if you haven't got a way for them to succeed to move, and you are depending on Suffolk County, and you are getting the short end of it, I think your leaning towards Peconic County might be the right thing for you. It might be the right thing for the future of your children, because of the way it is' `right now I think you ' have a limitation. of your school system here, and I think Peconic County, and by being a separate county you might be able to boost your total school package. Thank you. SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: Thank you. DON STANTON: I just like to make you aware, that the Kenney's Beach Civic Association recently passed a resolution in favor of the non-binding referendum for Peconic County this November. TOM WICKHAM: Tom Wickham. I'm, also, a Board member of Peconic County Now'. I was a member of the Steering Committee that helped work on the Feasibility Report that all of you had a chance to read. I'd like to restrict my comments, not to the desirability of Peconic County. I think that's clear. I think that is very clear, that the great majority of people would like to see it. That's not the point. We're not here to vote today on Peconic County. We are here to move along the process. The .process has already been established. It's gotten started, and a process which, if it' can continue step by step will continue to make some progress. The ' feasibility report will several years out of date if we don't continue 'to 'make some, progress. The Town of Southold has already invested some $5,000 in that study. It would be a shame to just .drop it at this stage, ' and to signal "to. the people of the town, that, hey, we really don't care. This is an opportunity for all six members of the Board to show that you really are for what the people of the town want, and you are not basically in the hand of people at the County level, who really don't want this to happen. Thank you. SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: Thank you, Tom. Is there anyone else who would like to address the , Board on any resolution, including this one? (No response.) Thank you. Then we will proceed with resolutions. AUGUST 6, 1996 1 .-Moved by Councilwoman Oliva, seconded by Justice Evans, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby authorizes and directs Supervisor Jean W. Cochran to execute an Extension Agreement between the Suffolk County Office for the Aging and the Town of Southold for extension to the term of the Expanded In-Home Services for the Elderly Housekeeper/Chore Program (EISEP) for the term of March 31, 1996 to March 31, 1997, at a cost not to exceed $23,904.00, all in accordance with the approval of the Town Attorney. 1 .-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Moore, Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva, Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Supervisor Cochran. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. 2.-Moved by Justice Evans, seconded by Councilwoman Hussie, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold accepts the bid of Statewide Installations, Amityville, New York, in the amount of $16,600.00, for supplying* the Southold Town Highway Department with one (1) new Heavy Duty Hydraulic Hoist, all in accordance with the bid specifications. 2.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Moore, Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva, Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Supervisor Cochran. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. 3.-Moved by Councilwoman Hussie, seconded by Justice Evans, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby amends resolution no. 8, adopted on July 23, 1996, granting permission to Computer Programming Supervisor Mary Serafino to attend IBM AS/400 workshops, by deleting permission for the workshop to be held from September 30, 1996 through October 4, 1996 at the IBM Education & Training Center, New York, N.Y. 3.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Moore, Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva, Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Supervisor Cochran. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. 4.-Moved by Justice Evans, seconded by Councilwoman Hussie, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby terminates probationary employee Mary Serafino, Computer Programming Supervisor, effective 12:00 Noon, Friday, July 26, 1996. 4.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Moore, Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva, Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Supervisor Cochran. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. 5.-Moved by Councilwoman Oliva, seconded by Justice Evans, it was RESOLVED that the Town 'Board of the Town of Southold hereby authorizes and directs Supervisor Jean W. Cochran to execute an extension agreement between the . New York State Department of State and the Town of Southold to. extend the Local Waterfront Revitalization Project grant to evaluate options and implement a solution to erosion downdrift of. Goldsmith Inlet; to December 3.1, . 1996. 5•-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Moore, Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva, Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Supervisor Cochran. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. 6.-Moved by Councilman Townsend, seconded by Councilman Townsend, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby authorizes the following modification of the following Capital Project for the pickup truck for the Collection Center, effective immediately: t. AUGUST 6, 1996 Capital Project Name: Fickuu_I�tc4c Financing Method: T_ractsfer fi�i-t S�l �l_Was�en �ri�eitl IXisWct. Budget: Revem ies: 1-1.�031.40 -Transfers from Other Funds 1; 40.00 Appropriations: L1.3160.2.300.200 Refuse & Garbage, Capital Outlay Motor Vehicles Trucks 3 10.00 6.-Vote • of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Moore, Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva, Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Supervisor Cochran. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. 7.-Moved by Justice Evans, seconded by Councilwoman Hussie, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby appoints Chief of Police Joseph A. Conway to the Loss Control Program Executive Committee, effective immediately through February 7, 1997 (replaces former Chief of Police Stanley Droskoski) . 7.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Moore, Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva, Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Supervisor Cochran. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. B.-Moved by Councilwoman Hussie, seconded by Justice Evans, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby authorizes the release of the $58,750.00 performance bond for major subdivision of Henry Appel, Mattituck, - all in accordance with the recommendation of the Southold Town Planning Board and Engineering Inspector Richter. B.- Vote of. the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Moore, Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva, Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Supervisor Cochran. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. 9.- Moved by Justice Evans, seconded by Councilwoman Hussie, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town. of Southold hereby authorizes the closure of Case's Lane, Cutchogue, from 6:00 P.M. to 10:00 P.M. , Saturday, August. 10, 1996, as a safety precaution during the Douglas Moore Memorial Concert, to be held on the Cutchogue-New Suffolk Historical Council's Village Green, provided the Douglas Moore Memorial Committee files with the . Town Clerk a One Million Dollar Certificate of Liability Insurance naming the Town of Southold as an additional insured. 9.- Vote of the Town Board: - Ayes: Councilman Moore, Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva, Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Supervisor Cochran. This resolution, w;�s 'duly ADOPTED. 10.- Moved by Councilwoman Oliva, =seconded by Councilman Moore, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby authorizes Super-visor Jean W. Cochran to file an application for funds from the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, in accordance with the provisions of Title 9 of the Environmental Projection Act of 1993, in an amount not to exceed $200,000 and upon approval of said request to enter into and execute a project agreement with the State for such financial assistance to the Town of Southold for the Fort Corchaug Park grant project. 10.- Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Moore, Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva, Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Supervisor Cochran. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. AUGUST 6, 1996 11 .-Moved by Councilwoman Hussie, seconded by Justice Evans, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby appoints Marvin Knight as a Van Driver- for the Human Resource Center, effective immediately, 17-1/2 hours per week, at a salary of $6.18 per hour, to fill-in during the illness of a regular- Van Driver. 11 .-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Moore, Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva, Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Supervisor Cochran. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. 12.-Moved by Justice Evans, seconded by Councilwoman Flussie, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby authorizes the following modifications to the Solid Waste Management District 1996 budget: Amount Fro To S 1, 000 . 00 Maintenance Truck #2 Maintenance Truck #1 (SR 8160 . 4 . 100 . 590) (SR 8160 . 4 . 100 .580) Reason: To cover $107. 18 overdraft and allow for additional maintenance expenses this year. S 385 . 21 Leaf Shredder Maintenance Trommel Screen Maintenance (SR 8160 . 4 . 100 . 5t5) (SR 8160 . 4 . 100 . 573) Reason: To pay for maintenance on Screener rented earlier in year. 310,000.00 MSW Removal Misc. Equip Maint/Supplies (SR 8150 . 4 _ 400 . 805) (SR 9160 . 4 . 100 . �00) :Reason: To cover overdrawn _ine and allow for additional e:<renses t.lrough and of gear. Overdrawn line is due to 'jnaYre_C�3d major engine work on .Steel -wheeled landfill compacCor- and damage to main larnd..i11 gate. S 300 . 00 ore-Printed Forms Office Supplies/Stationary (SR 9150 . 4 . 1.00 . i.10) (SR 91.60 . 4 . 100 . !.i)0) S .1 79 Pre-Printed Forms Miscellaneous Supplies (SR 9160 . 4 . 100 . 110) ;SR 00 . 00 Odor Control Misc. Supplies 5R 9150 . 1 . 400 . 305) R 3 _o"v . 4 . _J0 . _25� $ 195.00 Computer Hardware Maint. Computer Software Support (SR 8160.4.400.500) (SR 8160.4.1100,250) 12.-Vote of the Tpwh Board: Ayes: Councilman Moore, Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva, Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Supervisor Cochran. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. 13.-Moved by Councilwoman Oliva, seconded by Justice Evans, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby grants permission to Commissioner of Public Works Raymond L. Jacobs to Install a street light at the intersection of Bayberry Lane and Wild Cherry Way in the Shorecres.t subdivision, Southold, N.Y. 13.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Moore, - Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva, Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman HUSsie, Supervisor Cochran. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. AUGUST 6, 1996 14.-Moved by Councilwoman Hussie, seconded by Councilman Oliva, it was .. RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby amends resolution no. 10, adopted on April 16, 1996, granting permission for the closure of certain roads in Mattituck for the annual Mattituck Chamber of Commerce Street Fair, to read as follows: RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby authorizes the closure of Love Lane and Pike Street, east and west of Love Lane, Mattituck, from 8:00 A.M. to 4:30 P.M., Saturday, August 10, 1996, to permit the Mattituck Chamber of Commerce to hold their 19th Annual Street Fair, provided they file with i the Town Clerk a One Million Dollar Certificate of Liability Insurance naming the Town of Southold as an additional insured. 14.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva, Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Supervisor Cochran. Abstain: Councilman Moore. This resolution was duly.ADOPTED. 15.-Moved by Justice Evans, seconded by Councilwoman Oliva, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby authorizes and directs Supervisor Jean W. Cochran to execute agreements between Harold Cook and the Town of Southold for the Maintenance of the Pump Station of the Fishers Island Sewer District for a period of one year, effective June 1, 1996 to May 31, 1997, for the sum of $4,635.00, AND for the Maintenance of the Grounds of the Fishers Island Sewer District, for a period of one year, effective June 1, 1996 through May 31, 1997, for the sum of $2,335.00; said agreements all in accordance with the approval of the Town Attorney. 15.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Moore, Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva, Councilwoman Hussie, Supervisor Cochran. Abstain: Councilman Townsend. This ,resolution was duly ADOPTED. 16.-Moved by Councilwoman Oliva, seconded by Councilman Townsend, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby authorizes and. directs Supervisor Jean W. Cochran to execute an extension agreement between the Suffolk County Office for the Aging and the Town of Southold for the extension of the Community Services for the Elderly Program (CSE N/C) Housekeeper Chore Services Program from March 31, 1996 through March 31, 1997 at a cost not to exceed $19,713.00, all in accordance with the approval of the Town Attorney. . . 16.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Moore, Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva, Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Supervisor Cochran. - This resolution was duly ADOPTED. 17•-Moved by Councilman Townsend, seconded by Councilwoman Oliva, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby authorizes and directs Lawrence Healthcare Administrative Services, Inc. to pay. ;the medical bill , of Greg Tyler, which bill was submitted for payment by the provider more than 90 days after the date of service. . 17.-Vote of • the Town Board: 'Ayes: - Councilman Moore' Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva, Councilman, Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Supervisor Cochran. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. 18.-Moved by Councilman Moore, seconded -by Councilwoman Oliva, it was. RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby commences the Lead Agency Coordination process with regard to the State Environmental Quality Review Act in the matter of the petition of Flower Hill Building Corporation for a change of zone from Agricultural-Conservation (A-C) District to low-Density Residential R-40 District on certain property located on the north side' of Main Road (NYS Route 25) and east side of Ackerly Pond Road, Southold, SCTM#000-69-03-010.001, consisting of 27.15 acres. 18•-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Moore, Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva, Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman , Hussie, Supervisor Cochran. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. AUGUST 6, 1996 37 19.-Moved, by Councilwoman Hussie, seconded by Justice Evans, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby engages the services of Charles J. Voorhis E Associates, Inc., at a cost not to exceed $500.00, to review the Long Environmental Assessment Form with respect to the petition of Flower Hill Building Corporation for a change of zone from Agricultural-Conservation (A-C) District to Low-Density Residential R-40 District; said review to include applicant's Part I, prepare a Part II and Part III, draft a proposed declaration, including a field inspection; the cost of said review to be paid by the applicant prior to the commencement of the review. 19.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Moore, Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva, Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Supervisor Cochran. This -resolution was duly ADOPTED. 20.-Moved by Justice Evans, seconded by Councilwoman Hussie, WHEREAS, a petition has been received from Flower Hill Building Corporation for a change of zone on certain property located on the north side of Main Road (NYS Route 25) and east side of Ackerly Pond Road, Southold, New York, from Agricultural-Conservation (A-C) District to Low-Density Residential R-40 District; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED that the Town Clerk be and she hereby is authorized and directed to transmit this petition to the Southold Town Planning Board and the Suffolk County Department of Planning for their recommendations and reports,- all in accordance with the Southold Town Code and the Suffolk County Charter. 20.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Moore, Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva, Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Supervisor Cochran. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. 21 .-Moved by Justice Evans, seconded by Councilwoman Hussie, WHEREAS, that has been presented to the Town Board of the Town of Southold a Local Law entitled, "A Local law in Relation to Electing a Retirement Incentive Program as Authorized by Chapter 30, Laws of 1996, for the Eligible Employees of the Town of Southold"; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED that the Town Board hereby sets 8:00 P.M., Tuesday, August 20, 1996, Southold Town Hall, 53095 Main Road, Southold, New York, as time and place for a public hearing on this Local Law, which reads as follows: A Local Law in Relation to Electing a Retirement Incentive Program as Authorized by Chapter 30, Laws of 1996, for the Eligible Employees of the Town of Southold. BE IT ENACTED by the Town Board of the Town of Southold as follows: Section 1 . The Town of Southold hereby elects to provide all of its eligible . employees with a retirement incentive program authorized by Chapter 30, Laws of 1996. Section 2. The commencement date of the retirement incentive program shall be October -3, 1996. Section 3. ' The open period during which eligible employees may retire ''and receive the additional retirement benefit, shall be ninety (90) days in length. Section It. The actuarial . present value of the addition retirement benefits payable pursuant to the., provisions of this local law shall be paid as one lump sum or in five (5) annual installments. The amount of the annual payment shall be determined by the Actuary of the New York State and Local Employees' Retirement System, and it shall be paid the Town of Southold for each employee who receives the retirement benefits payable under this local law. Section 5. This act shall take effect August 20, 1996. 21 .- Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Moore, Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva, Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Supervisor Cochran. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. `8 AUGUST 6, 1996 22.-Moved by Justice Evans, seconded by Councilwoman Hussie, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby appoints Roxana L. Cruz as a Seasonal Clerk Typist for the Police Department, effective immediately through August 31, 1996, 36 hours per week, at a salary of $6.82 per hour. 22.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Moore, Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva, Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Supervisor Cochran. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. 23.-Moved by Councilwoman Oliva, seconded by Councilwoman Hussie, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby agrees to commit 100 of the cost of any Suffolk County Dredging project in Southold Town that costs more than $100,000. 23.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Moore, Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva, Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Supervisor Cochran. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. 24.-Moved by Councilwoman Oliva, seconded by Justice Evans, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby authorizes the following budget modification to the General Fund Whole Town 1996 budget to establish the budget for the Mattituck _Inlet Park improvement project: To: Appropriations: A.7110.2.500.700 Parks, Equipment Other Equipment Mattituck Inlet Park Improvements $ 14,912.00 Revenues: A.2025,00 Special Recreation Facilities $ 3,706.00 A.3089.40 NYS 1987 EQBA Revenues 11,206.00 24.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Moore, Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva, Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Supervisor Cochran. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. 25.-Moved by Councilwoman Oliva, seconded by Councilwoman Hussie, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby grants permission to the Town Clerk to place a display ad in The Traver-Watchman and The Suffolk Times publicizing the new "Lot Creation and Merger Law". 25.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman. Moore, Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva, Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Supervisor Cochran. This resolution was duly-ADOPTED. ti 26.-Moved by- Councilman Townsend, seconded by Councilwoman Oliva, WHEREAS, there was presented to the Town Board of the Town of Southold, on the 6th day "of.• August, 1996, a Local Law entitled, "A Local Law Requesting the New York State Legislature to Approve Legislation Permitting a Binding Referendum on the Creation of Peconic County in the Town of East Hampton, Riverhead, Shelter Island, Southampton, and Southold and Requiring a Four Fifths Vote of the Town Board of the Town of Southold in Approving Any Actions Relating . to the Creation of Said County"; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED that the Town Board hereby sets 8:05 P.M., Tuesday, August 20, 1996, Southold Town Hall, 53095 Main Road, Southold, New York, as time and place for a public hearing on this Local Law, which reads as follows: AUGUST 6, 1996 A LOCAL LAW REQUESTING THE NEW YORK STATE . LEGISLATURE_ TO APPROVE LEGISLATION PERMITTING A BINDING REFERENDUM ON THE CREATION OF PECONIC COUNTY IN THE TOWNS OF EAST HAMPTON, RIVERHEAD, SHELTER ISLAND, SOUTHAMPTON, AND SOUTHOLD AND REQUIRING A FOUR FIFTHS VOTE OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF SOUTHOLD IN APPROVING ANY ACTIONS RELATING TO THE CREATION OF SAID COUNTY. BE IT ENACTED, by the Town Board of the Town of Southold, as follows : Section 1 . Legislative Findings . It is hereby found by the Town Board of the Town of Southold that the creation of a new county In the State of New York from the Towns of East Hampton, Riverhead, Shelter Island, Southampton, and Southold is an issued that has been long discussed among the residents of these East End Towns . It has been the ultimate goal to achieve the passage of state legislation which would create the new county, to be known as Peconic County, subject to the final approval of the people of these East End Towns through a binding referendum. To that end, a Financial Feasibility Study was completed in 1995 to investigate' whether the creation of Peconic County was financially feasible and to provide East End residents with the necessary information to make an informed decision on the creation of the new county . Said Study was funded through the joint efforts of the State of New York and the five East End Towns . The Study was completed by an independent and objective municipal Financial management firm under the auspices of the East End Economic and Environmental Task Force . Said Study concluded that not only was the creation of Peconic County feasible, it was fiscally desirable . In summary, the study found that due to the strong second home economy on the East End, the East End generates 14 . 4% of all Suffolk general fund tax revenues despite having only 8% of the year round population . Further, that because of this strong revenue base and the level of services provided by Suffolk to the East End, each year East End residents pay about $20 million more in taxes than the cost of providing county services to the East End . The result is that the creation of Peconic County would result .in a reduction in the County portion of the real property tax burden of over 50% . In addition, the study provided for a division that would be fair to the remainder of Suffolk County. While the tax savings to the . East End would be substantial, the loss of tax . revenue to Suffolk would represent only about .1 . 25% of all its total revenue . Further, Suffolk would be compensated -for the East End ' s share of existing county liabilities in an amount equal to the East End ' s current tax contribution for such liabilities . Today, Peconic County ' s share of these liabilities would be about $75 million. In addition, Suffolk would co'ritinue to share in the use of such assets as parks , open space, the jail and community college . Said Feasibility Study has been subject to intense public scrutiny over the last year, including numerous public hearings and intergovernmental reviews . The conclusions of the study have withstood such review. The Town of Southold now wishes to proceed with the next step towards the creation of Peconic County. 'Through this local law the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby requests that the New York State Legislature adopt legislation establishing a procedure by which Peconic County may be created, subject to final approval of the voters of the East End Towns . 40' AUGUST 6, 1996 Further, this Town Board believes that the creation of the new county shall require clear_ and convincing support from its constituent towns if it is to be successful. To help insure that such clear_ and convincing support exists , it is also the purpose of this local law to require that any action taken by the Town of Southold to advance the creation of Peconic County must be approved by a four fifths vote of the Town Board . It is understood that subjecting actions of the Town Board advancing the creation of Peconic County to a four fifths vote instead of a simple majority .will curtail the power of the Town Board under Section 23 ( 2 ) ( f) of the Municipal Home Rule Law, thereby subjecting this local law to a mandatory referendum (See Comptro.11er ' s Opinion 78- 735 ) . The Town Board wishes to subject this local to a referendum, not only to permit voters to decide on the issue of requiring a four fifths vote of the Town Board on actions advancing the cre'ati.on of Peconic County, but also to allow voters to express their position on the Town' s request that the State Legislature create Peconic county subject to the approval of voters of the East End in binding referendum. Finally, it is understood that Section 63 of the Town Law requires that actions of the Town to advance the creation of Peconic County be approved by only a simple majority of the Town Board . Pursuant to Section 10 ( L) (d) ( 3) of the Municipal Home Rule Law, the Town Board expressly supersedes the application of the Town Law in such instances . Section 2 . Request for State Legislation . The Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby requests that the New York State Legislature adopt legislation establishing a procedure under which the voters of the 'Towns of East Hampton, Riverhead, Shelter Island, Southampton, and Southold, in a binding referendum, can decide the question of creating a new county, to be known as Peconic County, from the Towns of. East Hampton, Riverhead, Shelter_ Island, Southampton and Southold. Section 3 . Four Fifths Vote Required for Town Board Votes to Advance Peconic County. Actions by the Town Board of the Town . of Southold : which advance the creation of Peconic County shall require a four fifths vote of the Town Board . For the purposes of this section, "action". shall include any resolution which authorizes the appropriation of money, the institution , of legal action, directs a , Town officer or employee to take an action, or any other activity designed to advance the creation of Peconic County. Section 4 . Form or Proposition . Pursuant to Section 23 ( 2 ) ( f) bf , the.' Municipal Home Rule Law, this local law curtails the powers of the Town Board requiring a mandatory referendum. Therefore, the following proposition shall be submitted to the electors of: the Town of Southold at the general election to be held November 5 , 1996 : "Shall LOCAL LAW NO . OF 1996 , ENTITLED ' A LOCAL LAW REQUESTING THE NEW YORK STATE LEGISLATURE TO APPROVE LEGISLATION PERMITTING A BINDING REFERENDUM ON THE CREATION OF PECONIC COUNTY IN THE TOWNS OF EAST HAMPTON, RIVERHEAD, SHELTER ISLAND, SOUTHAMPTON, AND SOUTHOLD, AND REQUIRING A FOUR FIFTHS VOTE OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF SOUTHOLD IN APPROVING ANY ACTIONS RELATING TO THE CREATION OF SAID COUNTY' be approved?" Section 5 . Severability. If any clause, sentence, paragraph , section or part of this local .taw shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair, or invalidate the remainder thereof , but shall be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, section, or part thereof directly involved in the controversy in which such judgment shall have been rendered . AUGUST 6, 1996 4;1 Section 6. Effective Date. This Local Law shall take effect after approval at the general election to be held November 5, 1996 by- the affirmative vote of the qualified electors of the. Town of Southold upon the proposition. COUNCILMAN MOORE: I just want to comment before I cast my vote on this. It was said earlier in the comment section that this is not about the appropriateness or the feasibility of Peconic County. This is all about the process by which you get there. Regimentals have been provided, and I don't think the process is being promoted with five separate votes of five east end towns is in the best interest of the Town of Southold citizens. That's my opinion. Simply put with five separate votes you have provided an opportunity for any one town to say, no. You've granted greater voting weight to that town in this non-binding advisory referendum, that otherwise be the case. The true focus, and the true source of the problem has been identified here this afternoon, and that is an individual in Albany who is holding this process up. My recommendation to continue to put the process to bear. We haven't questioned feasibility. .The issue of a vote is still out there, but I think the process has to be done in a way it's the best interest of the town. I don't think this is the way to go, so I vote, no. COUNCILMAN TOWNSEND: I'd like to address that. The same number of people are going to vote on this whether the legislature has an advisory referendum two years from now, or whether we have it now. The same number of districts, the same number of people are going to have an opportunity on it. If one town happens to vote it down, and the towns vote 95% in favor of it, well, 1 think we still have a case. My feeling is, this is what it's all about, to find out who is in favor of it, and who isn't. If there's not enough interest, if someone said out there, let's -not fool ourselves, and forget about. But, the iron is hot. Let's strike. I vote, yes. COUNCILWOMAN HUSSIE: It's time for everybody to make a remark. I'm going to make a few, too. We had. a discussion this morning about this non-binding referendum. At the time I mentioned my concern about a referendum so soon. I recall, as Mrs. Ross mentioned, in January 25th, 1996, we had a public meeting on Peconic County. As many questions were raised, as were answered, and then again in June 4th, "Hoot" Sherman and I, and a bunch of other people went up to Albany to lobby; to try to have this put on to get it through the Assembly. My worry is that if we have this on the agenda as a referendum in November perhaps those same people who have all of their doubts are still going to have the doubts. I am going to vote, yes, for this, but I certainly hope that the education program that goes on is a good one, or else we are going to all lose. SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: I will make my comments at this time also. -I made them this morning, but ' I will repeat them for those attending -now. This resolution .has just' passed, but I am going to express my position, and my feelings.' One of-my questions 'when Supervisor Sherman called the emergency meeting a .week or so ago in relation to Peconic County was the fact .of five east end towns voting, which would in a sense give,. as. Bill has said; a particular town veto power. We keep talking about strike while the iron is hot. If this is a. good idea now my philosophy I truly believe it's a good idea a year from now. My feeling is that there isn't a person on this Board that objects to the concept of Peconic County. What was discussed today and is being discussed is the process. I still believe that the process should go through the front door. May I say, that I continue to support the resolution that was passed by the Board on May 14th, which declares it's support for a referendum on the creation of Pecon'is County. I still believe that we should work through the State. This is my thinking, and my decision, although this has passed. I hope that I hear something different in the future, that might change my mind as to the process, not, and I want to make this very, very clear, I am not for or against Peconic County, as an individual. I am voting, no. 26.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva, Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie. No: Councilman Moore, Supervisor Cochran. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. a AUGUST 6, 1996 27.-Moved by Councilwoman Oliva, seconded by Councilman Moore, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby reappoints Robert Van Bourgondien, Ralph Pugliese, and Leander Clover Jr. to the Southold Town Agricultural Advisory Committee, effective August 11, 1996 through August 11, 1998, they to serve without compensation. 27.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Moore, Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva, Councilman .Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Supervisor Cochran. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. 28.-Moved by Councilwoman 'Hussie, seconded by Councilman Oliva, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of- the Town of Southold hereby authorizes and directs the Town Clerk to advertise for one new member for the Southold Town Agricultural Advisory Committee to replace Martin Sidor. 28.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Moore, Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva, Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Supervisor Cochran. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. 29.-Moved by Councilwoman Oliva, seconded by Councilman Townsend, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby creates a Working Croup to further examine the shoreline erosion problems and proposed solutions in the vicinity of Goldsmith Inlet and Kenneys Beach, Southold; said group to consist of Councilwoman Oliva, a Town Trustee, representatives of the New York State Department of State, representatives of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, representatives of the Suffolk County Department of Public Works, a representative of Kenneys Beach, and a representative of Peconic Shores; said individuals to serve without compensation for a one year term, effective. August 6, 1997. SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: May I just say before we take the vote on that, that this is the result of the presentation this morning on Goldsmiths Inlet from the people from the Department of State. It is felt by all, that there is much information that still has to be investigated, and looked at. We feel that an ad hoc group is capable of doing the job. We have included a member - of the Kenneys Beach Association, and member of ' the Peconic Shores working on this ad 'hoc committee. There are answers that we still do not have. This committee will also be responsible, because the town certainly does not have two million dollars for this project, but we'll be looking at funding. They will monitoring some of the monitoring along the Sound for additional data, so there is still a great deal of work that can be done by this committee. The public will be kept informed every step of the way. You, as the public, or residents of the community,' this will be a working group, but you certainly, as a open door .law, you certainly have a right to attend any of the meetings, and„ listen. So, we're hoping this will be put us in a direction, and. once and :for all as Mr. Stanton has said it's been many, many years, and it's time that this was put to bed one way or the other. 29.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Moore, Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva, Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Supervisor Cochran. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. 30.-Moved by Councilwoman Hussie, seconded by Justice Evans, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby appoints Kim M. Norman and Mary B. Rakauskas as Cate Attendants at the Disposal Area, effective immediately, 20 hours per week, at a salary of $6.96 per hour. 30.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Moore, Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva, Councilman Townsend, -Councilwoman Hussie, Supervisor Cochran. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. AUGUST 6, 1996 43 31 .- Moved by Justice Evans, seconded by Councilwoman Hussie, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby authorizes the purchase of a monitor for the Southold Town Disposal Area, capable of detecting methane gas and hydrogen sulfide gas, at a cost of $2,513.00. 31 .-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Moore, Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva, Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Supervisor Cochran. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. 32.- Moved by Justice Evans, seconded by Councilwoman Hussie, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby amends resolution no. 30, adopted on May 14, 1996, creating the position of Data Processing Equipment Operation, and setting the salary scale, by increasing the salary scale to read as follows: Entry Level $ 36,472.70 Step 1 $ 37.,432.37 Step 2 $ 37,979.90 Step 3 $ 38,670.84 Step 4 $ 39,043.94 Step 5 $ 39,562.55 32.-Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Moore, Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva, Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Supervisor Cochran. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. 33.- Moved by Councilwoman Hussie, seconded by Justice Evans, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby authorizes and directs the Town Clerk to advertise for resumes for a full-time provisional Data Processing Equipment Operator, at a starting salary of $36,472.70. 33.- Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Moore, Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva, Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Supervisor Cochran. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: That's the end of our prepared resolutions. At this time we will take comments from members of the audience, that would like to address the Board. Is there anyone who would like to address the Board? (No response.) If not, I will call on Board reports starting on my left with Mr. Townsend. COUNCILMAN TOWNSEND: The Town Planning and Zoning Committee met after a hiatus of a couple of months. We've been trying to put together the final recommendations to bring to the Town Board for changes of use in primarily commercial zones. They are extensive changes, and hopefully we have them within the next couple of weeks. The goal is to make the commercial zones correspond with the uses that are occurring there now, and that we -hope will occur there in the future. We want to strengthen -our. hamlets, and try to protect our open spaces, and hopefully these changes of uses will accomplish that. SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: Thank yo,u, Joe. Ruth? COUNCILWOMAN OLIVA: I just want to say that I am glad that the Peconic County resolution passed, because I think it's so important. The momentum is now. We have built up to this point, and I think it's up to us, and the people that are involved, to get the rest of the information out now to the people in September, and October, and then let's hear what the people have to say. I don't feel that just because one town may negate it, it dissolves the whole thing. I think we should go for it. Also, I'm just so pleased with this whole workshop that we've done from Duck Pond Point to Horton's Point focussing in on the problems in that area. I think we have a good working group to continue the study. There's is a lot more data gathering to be done, and I think we will be doing it, and I look forward to working on it. Thank you. AUGUST 6, 1996 COUNCILWOMAN HUSSIE: On the first of August I went to a press conference held by the American. Red Cross in relation to the disaster of the Flight 800. One of the things that they mentioned was that there were 1,700 volunteers from Suffolk County helping with this, not 1,700 from our town, but at one town there were 1,700. 1 wondered if anybody came from 'Southold Town, and I was told, yes. Ve McKeighan from our Human Resource Center got together twelve or fifteen people, who helped in this sad situation. ' That's one of . the things, that I want to talk about. The other one was,;. you heard the Board authorize the publication of an advertisement in the paper about the lot creation and merger Law, and I exhort everyone to look at the situation you are in, especially those of you who live in those subdivisions, like Goose Bay Estates, and Nassau Point, and all those places. You have until January 1st of next year, really considered December 31st of this year, to take care of those lots. They might be merged, but there will be an ad in the paper. That's it. SUPERVISOR COCHRAN: I would just like to say that I don't think one town voting it down is going to negate it happening. I think it's a negative that does not allow for a momentum, and people joining in support, so I would just like to clarify that. In addition to my work as Supervisor of Southold Town I have busy times when I am invited out, and try to attend as many invitations as possible. The last two weeks have been quite busy. I spoke to the Greenport Rotary at which I do at every place I speak, I hand out copies of the summary of Peconic County, so that those people can be more informed, and I've given out many, many copies. I stress to them that it is important to know about Peconic County, so you can make an informed decision. Ribbon cutting, as you know we've been working, and we had a group of `people from the community, that put together a new attendant's booth at the Town Beach up on the North Road. We are using that in two ways. It's the attendant's booth for people coming into the beach to check their stickers, and take monies, and so forth, but we've also made it a little larger since the old one was ready to fall apart, this now also serves as a tourist information spot. If you are at the Town Beach stop and say, hello. There's all sorts of brochures, and things. While we were cutting the ribbon we did have our first customer, and it was a gentleman on a bicycle looking for a map of Southold Town, so that was kind of fun. It will serve, as you know, on the North Road we do 'not have anyplace for information, and this will . serve as an information - spot. Also, on Saturday morning I had the pleasure to join Ve' McKeighan at the Human Resource Center. They had an Elders Forum, which was very interesting. They had two speakers, one of which was an attorney, and shared with them as far as wills, and living wills, . and so on, and so forth, and it was very interesting, and it was well done. I had planned to just go for a short while, and ended up staying because` I was learning what my husband and I should be planning for the future also. Some of 'it we've done, but some we haven't, so it was well worth while, not only supporting Ve, and, her forum, but I learned at the- same time. Also, I attended.: the East End :Supervisor's special meeting which dealt with Peconic County, and we've gone through that, so we'll put that aside. 1, also, attended Cutchogue Fire Department as the East-West Fire District. Members of the Town Board serve ,as Commissioners of the East-West Fire District, so Bill and I went up to Cutchogue, and we had dinner with Cutchogue Firemen, and sat through the meeting. I, also, had the privilege last week of - attending the 75th Anniversary of Shiloh Baptist Church. We had dinner. It. was up at the Polish Hall in Riverhead. We had a lot of fun. It was 'a nice evening, and we once again congratulate them on their 75th Anniversary. Also, we had this past week a meeting in relation to Cross Sound Ferry, and the traffic. As one gentlemen said, and its always been my philosophy that the traffic in Southold Town is a Town wide problem, not just an Orient Point problem. I felt this way for a long, long time, because I've always maintained, that if we are going to keep Southold, and save Southold as much as we can with the rural way of life in the way that we live, we have to begin to communicate townwide, not just hamlet. We've always been hamlet. We have fire districts. We have park districts. We have school districts. We have libraries, and they are all independent of one another, but if a problem comes along, and it effects Orient, the entire township should become involved. If it's a problem in Mattituck, the ` AUGUST 6, 199E A J entire township should become involved, and until we begin to think as a whole we're going to lose bits and pieces of Southold Town. So, I. am pleased that—not pleased of the traffic problem, but pleased that people from the entire .township are beginning to become involved, and looking at this as a problem that is facing all of us. That's a positive. That really is a positive. As a result of that meeting, it was with the Planning Board, the ZBA, and myself, Frank Yakaboski, Special Counsel, Laury Dowd, our Town Attorney. We tried to disseminate, and give as much information as possible, so that people would understand the process, and the Town Board, and what it's role in the entire picture is. I called, and the letters went out today, for a meeting on August 21st for a roundtable discussion. As the public you are welcome to attend, and observe, and listen, but this will be a roundtable discussion of State,.. County, and Federal officers, members of the DEC, the DOT, Suffolk County Department of Public Works. I have also included on this two people from the Safe Roads group, and a representative from the ferry. I think if this had been handled differently right in the beginning the problem wouldn't be as it is today, and it's my feeling that no lawyers will take part in this. I think it is important that we talk, because I see this as too distinct pieces. One is the site plan in Orient, and that's going through the planning process with the ZBA. The other is the traffic itself, which affects all of us. We were sadden to hear of two tragic deaths last weekend in Southold Town along Route 58, and I just think that we have to begin to look at some of these problems, and begin to make some hard fast decisions. That is the end of my report. I'll have a motion to adjourn. Moved by Councilwoman Oliva, seconded by Councilwoman Hussie, it was RESOLVED that this meeting be and hereby is adjourned at this time, 5:50 P.M. Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Moore, Justice Evans, Councilwoman Oliva, Councilman Townsend, Councilwoman Hussie, Supervisor Cochran. This resolution was duly ADOPTED. Judith T. Terry Southold Town Clerk