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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTB-01/13/1981 - 26 i j SOUTHOLD TOWN BOARD J' January 13 1981 WORK SESSION 9: 00 A.M. - The Board audited the. bills. . 10: 00 A .M. - Barbara Townsend and Robert Stack from the New York State Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities met with the Board to discuss their policy for placement of individuals in community residence sites, the .capabilities of the individuals who would be in - residence, and the potential community residence sites on Short Road, Cutchogue, and Gillette Drive, East Marion. At the time .the OMRDD spoke to the Board in 1978 there were 11 homes in Suffolk County, today there are 41 homes. There are two different groups of people who are housed in the homes, those with high skills and low skills to uncommunicable. They hope to have 8 to 10 homes in. Southold Town over the next two to three years. The suitability of the Short Road. and Gillette Drive sites was questioned by the Board who are not satisfied with either location. Supervisor' Pell asked Councilman Nickles and Drum .to work with Ms. Townsend on the selection of alternate sites in Southold Town. Mrs . Townsend welcomes- Ahy suggestions the Councilmen might have and will hold in abeyance further progress toward acquiring the Short Road and 'Gillette Drive•sites. . Councilman Nickles objected to working on this project as a Councilman and real estate broker. Supervisor Pell concurred, stating the entire Board would work on this project . 10: 45 .A.M. - Mr. Richard Mohring, owner of • Hi--bland -Estates sub- division spoke with the Board and requested that the ,proposed increased bond amount for his subdivision be reduced from $370, 000. 00 as recommended by Town Engineer Tuthill and the Planning ,Board. Mr. Mohring asked. that he be granted a 67month- extension; during. which time he feels . he can complete almost all of the roads and improvements in the subdivision. Supervisor Pell suggested that the Highway Committee and Highway Superintendent Dean reevaluate the proposed bond amount and a resolution pertaining to this will. be placed on the January 27th agenda. 10: 55 A.M. - Deputy Inspector •Warren Buckward and Lieutenant Nemschick of the 7th Squad met with the Board to discuss the services of the 7th Squad in Southold Town and the charge-back system. Deputy Inspector Buckward said they cannot answer why four other townships chose to put' on their own detective service rather than use the 7th Squad. .. He suggested the Supervisor talk to those towns to find out their reasons. He also could not answer ' questions concerning the charge-back system. He stated that the 7th Squad has a service squad of. two men .on each tour at a satellite . office at Southold Town Police Headquarters, and there are 15 men in the Squad throughout the east end. Supervisor Pell questioned the productivity of the 7th Squad' in Southold Town; he said they spend considerable time in headquarters on paperwork rather than on the road. Deputy Inspector Buckward stated that he was not aware of that and would correct the situation. Lieutenant Nemschick described the training of a 7th Squad detective; stating; their function is investigative, not-'a patrol_ unit. 11 : 30 A.M. - Bob Traugott of .Energy Development Corp. addressed the Board relative to private ownership of a municipal solid waste incinerator in the Town of Southold. He discussed the size of the commitment' on the Town tax base and long term guarantee that all of the Town' s solid waste and possibly sewage would come to one point for disposal.. He said all that would be involved on the part of the Town would be a, tipping fee and the private owner would hire all of the present Town'.employees now working at the landfill site and bring in as few other people as possible. The plant would be capable of processing municipal solid waste and . . over-size portions would also be' burned and unburnables would. be JANUARY 13, 1981 27 t landfilled. The s `"fie"`of the struc if e would''be about 35 ft . "in height and all operations would be within one building. Mr. Traugott does not recommend recycling as it would be too costly. However, the slag that is producedcould be used for road construction. There would be a baghouse to pull out the dust which would be of a neutral substance and would be putlinto the landfill., The gases produced are far below the EPA requirements . The plant itself would only require 1 acre of ground. He -stated that it is highly probable LILCO would put up a substation and purchase the electricty generated by the plant. If industry were in the area the steam would be sold to them. EnergyDevelopment Corp. is a developer. They bring all the people together for the project and put together a partnership which would...become a tax shelter. This proposed operation would provide .the Town of Southold with a site for the. disposal of solid and hopefully liquid waste for '20 years or more . Mr. Traugott requested a letter from the. Town Board stating . . the Town is willing to commit themselves .on the basis of a 20 year , contract and mutually agreed tipping fee. (Energy Development Corp. would apply for all necessary permits •for construction and DEC) . . -He also asked- for a letter to Mr. Weismantle at LILCO stating the Town is working with Mr. Traugott on the project . He prepared suggested letters which were reviewed by Town Attorney Tasker. - Mr. Traugott said, if the Town agrees to the proposal,, the preliminary engineering study, EPA impact. statement; air pollution appraisal and water tests should be complete 'by May 1981. The closing would take place around August of 1981 and the machinery would be ready to operate by May or June of 1983. Mr. Traugott invited the Board to attend the opening of ' an incinerating municipal solid waste center at Mt. Laurel„New Jersey on January 21st . Coun-cilmen Murdock, Nickles .and .Murphy plan :to attend, along with Superintendent of Highways Dean. . ..After they . have viewed the operation, a. .firm decision will be made with relation to the Town of- Southold. ; 12:10 P:M. - Sybil Mizzi and. Paul ,Fink of Pan.•Tech Management and Joseph Sansavrino from the County of Suffolk discussed with the . Board the allocation , of the expected $400, 000 HUD 'f �nds 'over the : next two years. The first allocation of $200, 000.9 if.approved, : will not be received until around August 1981. The Board determined that from this year' s funds, $100,'000 would go toward the acquisition of property at the Mattituck Inlet area, $50, 000 toward rehabilitation of the 7th-9th Street .area in Green,port (which is outside' .of`:the' incorporated village) , and $50, 000 for correcting the heating system at the Senior Citizen/Youth Center on Peconic Lane. The. Board recessed for- lunch at 12:40 P.M. 2: 15 P.M. - The Board began reviewing; the agenda. Off Agenda Items : - Town •Beach.. Concession, steps at Horton' s Point., Glover Sand Pit property. ' Justice Doyen,who was in attendance during the work session-, left to return. to Fishers Island at 4: 00 P.M. A .regular meeting of ' the Southold Town Board. was held on Tuesday, January 13, • 1981 at the Southold Town Hall, - Main Road, Southold, New York. 'Supervisor Pell opened the meeting at 7: 30 P.M.. with the pledge -of -allegiance .to the flag. Present: Supervisor William R.Pell,' III Councilman Henry W. .Drum Councilman John J. Nickles Councilman Lawrence Murdock, Jr. Councilman Francis J. Murphy * * :* Town Clerk Judith T. Terry Town Attorney Robert W. Tasker Deputy Supervisor Marie Bauer Johnson Absent : Justice, Francis T. Doyen 28 JANUARY 13, 1981 On motion of Councilman Murdock, seconded by Councilman Drum, it; was RESOLVED that the Town Board minutes of December 30, 1980 be and hereby are approved as corrected and the minutes of the Southold Town Board meeting of January 2, 1981 be and hereby are approved as submitted. Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Murphy, Councilman Murdock, Councilman Nickles, Councilman Drum, Supervisor Pell. This resolution was declared duly adopted-. On motion of Councilman Nickles, seconded by Councilman Murphy, - it- was RESOLVED that the following audited bills be and hereby are approved for payment : General Fund Whole Town bills in the amount of $25, 172. 7 "General Fund Part Town bills in the amount of $7, 751 . 97; Highway Department bills in the amount of $5, 652. 52; .Fishers Island Ferry District bills in the amount of $19, 352. 56; and Federal Revenue Sharing bills in the amount of $12,424.52. Vote of the Town Board: Ayes : Councilman Murphy, Councilman Murdock, Councilman Nickles, Councilman Drum, Supervisor Pell. This resolution was declared duly adopted. On motion of Councilman Drum, seconded by . Councilman Murdock, it was RESOLVED that the next regular meeting of the Southold Town Board will be held at 3: 00 P. M. ; Tuesday, January 27, 1981 at the. Southold Town Hall, Main Road, Southold, `New York. Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: - Councilman Murphy, Councilman Murdock, Councilman Nickles , Councilman Drum, Supervisor Pell. This resolution was declared, duly adopted. I. REPORTS - SUPERVISOR PELL: 1... Monthly report of the Building Department (December 1980) . 2. Town Clerk' s monthly report (December 1980) . 3. Town Clerk' s Annual report. (1980) . 4. . Building Department ' s -annual report (1980) . 5.,. Police Department monthly. report (December,�1980) . 6._ Justice Tedeschi ' s- monthly report (December 1980) . 7. Town Trustees monthly report (December 1980) . 8. Town Trustees annual report (1980) . 9. Planning Board annual report(1980) .- , 10. North Fork Animal Welfare;;League' s December (1.980) report . SUPERVISOR PELL: - At this time is' /there any ,Councilman who o wants to make any reports? COUNCILMAN MURDOCK: We had a meeting; this morning, at our work session this morning, with the Energy Development Corp. of Connecticut . They came. over to make a preliminary bronosal to us relative to how they think they can provide a facility for us at the -Disposal Area. The Committee on the Disposal Area has now been expanded. " As well as myself it is now Frank Murphy and John Nickles . The three of us and the Highway Superintendent. Raymond Dean have been invited to Mt . 'Laurel, New Jersey to see a plant in' operatiom that this company feels would be very helpful and beneficial to the Town of Southold. We will be doing that on January 21st . SUPERVISOR PELL: I would like to, at this time, ' appoint Councilman Drum to the Inland Waterways_ Committee and'when he is working in Mattituck he will work. with Councilman -Murphy;-in Cutchogue with Councilman Murdock; in Southold Councilman Nickles ; and -east of that myself. Also, at the same time I 'would like to have Mr. Murphy work with the Planning Board on two=family housing. " They were going to look into that and Mr. Sullivan was. on that but I will replace him with - Mr. Murphy. Also, I would _like 'to announce at this time that two vacancies will exist in February. One on the Board of Assessment Review. We will accept resumes for a five year appointment up unti-1 January 23rd and make the appointment on January 27th. Also . there is one term. up .on the Conservation Advisory Council and again we will .accept resumes up .until January 23rd and make- the appointment on January 27th. JANUARY .1'3-, 1981 29 II . PUBLIC NOTICES'�� COUNCILMAN NICKLES : j. 1 . From. the Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers. It has to do with the application of William Norris, Pine Neck Road on Jockey Creek. The site ison the east side of Jockey Creek Bridge on the south side ofjthe Creek and involves a 3 by 30 ft . ramp, 2. 5 by 10 ft . ramp and a 5-by 16 floating dock - extending approximately 55 ft'. offshore of the mean high water line. Response date if you wish to comment on this is February 9, 1981. 2. Also from the Corps of Engineers, Port of F,gyp_t., Main Road; -Southold has an application to construct a pier, 20 by 20 pile-supported pier to- be used for launching boats, recreational craft and so on. Copies of both of these notices are with the Town Clerk. Response date on the Port of Egypt application is February 9th also. III . COMMUNICATIONS - SUPERVISOR PELL: 1. From the Southold S hool District in Southold requesting the Town Board to inform them when certiorary proceedings have come to an end and affects their budget. 2. The second one I am going to ask you all not to laugh at, but it is one of the-- communications that we .find .amusing at Board level . Sometime ago we . ask the County what to do with the Temik filters that will be getting filled this next month or two ahead. So we are planning ahead on what to do with them. After writing to the DEC and asking if they..can. be -placed in the landfill we had a reply that they are hazardous waste and could not be placed in the landfill, we, wrote to,; the County Public Health several times trying to put the pressure ', perhaps, of what to do with them. We got a reply.` The reply came in this office December 29th and what they say to do with them is for the homeowner to .store- them in their garage or in their .basement until they find a solution fore them, but don' t let them land in- the landfill because- the Town will be fined._ .- But individuals can store them in their homes . We are not satisfied with this and we will go back to the County Health along -wit-h Mr. Dean and we will prepare another letter for them and I will ask them how long they 'expect .this to go or if some better solution could not be found whilewe are waiting for the correct solution. We do not- feel' that it is safe:' to: leave them in different people' s basements or ,-garages as they. suggest. Anybody can come in and clean the yard up or clean the -garage up and they could end up in the landfill and be right back- into the water, what we are trying to avoid. So needless to say. we are not pleased with the answer we have received and will so inform' . ' . the County Health Department. 3. Request for a street light (from Mr. and Mrs . Charles Hickey, 30 Oakwood Road, Southold) which will. beturned over to the Street Light Committee. 4. A communication from Shelter Island in reference to the sales tax revenue being shared by the towns. This will be. . -on our agenda next meeting with a resolution from our Town suggesting the same idea. 5. I am going to ask, Councilman Murdock to comment on this . communication, it falls in his. area. COUNCILMAN.-MURDOCK: This is a letter from C: L. Emery & Associates of Colborne, Ontario which is addressed to- the Supervisor. It- says, "Dear Mr: Pell, Your letter went to my former address and must have been held for sometime before being redirected. Sorry for the long delay. Our project is a 50 tons per day pilot plant located in the Industrial Park at Colborne, Ontario. It is owned and operated by a private limited- liability company called Agpro Industries . . The plant design is unique as is the process used. Both are protected by patents pending,which are held by myself and my associates. The purpose of the plant is "to provide -a cost competitive method of ..waste disposal in an environmentally acceptable manner" . The plant is now operating and is handling all of the municipal solid waste . the commercial wastes, and most of the industrial wastes from our ; contracted municipalities . We took over the municipal dump and have closed .it down since it is no longer required. In operation, waste to be processed are delivered to the plant in the - usual garbage packer trucks which pick up the garbage in the usual way but deliver it to the inside tipping floor of the plant instead of to the garbage dump. Commercial containers of garbage are emptied at the plant in 30 JANUARY 13, 1981 - .the same way. We receive industrial wastes and farm wastes in truck- load lots also. All garbage is debagged then sent to a mixer. Plastic sheet material is removed at this stage. Various wastes are fed into the mixer then to a newly designed machine called a "Hydro- separator":. This machine emulsifies. all organics. in a water; based. slurry. it delabels cans and bottles, etc. No shredding or pulverizing is necessary priorto -the Hydroseparator. This process eliminates dust and the possibility of explosion. The garbage odours are eradicated. Papers and cardboard are pulped to a smooth slurry. At the discharge end the solids are separated from. the slurry. Cans are removed magnetically, etc. Cans, other metals , about half -of the paper and cardboard, plastics, etc. -, are -all removed and recycled. -The organic slurry is then mixed with other wastes such as old hay, spoiled dog food, fish remains, holding tank and sewage sludge and the mix is composted. Wi.th. the correct mix the compost should contain about 2•. 5% nitrogen, phosphate and pot asium as well as many trace elements. Farm tests indicate it is an excellent soil conditioner and can replace the usual synthetic . fertilizers. The compost is screened and stockpiled to be sold in bulk or bags. It resembles a dark coloured granular potting soil. It can be tailored to any reasonable customer requirement. The oversize from the screen is returned for further breakdown . and comminution. The compost process requires about 5 to 7 days. Equip- ment for the plant is made to order. locally to my design. The cost of a completed "turn-key" operating plant to handle 50 tons per day of garbage and other equivalent amount of other wastes will be about $350, 000. This varies with location and local labour, etc. , and does not include the land or services. Special building code require- ments can increase the cost although our plant design is -acceptable here. We would require a short, feasibility study to investigate the factors such as location, quantity, quality,- etc. of garbage . Possible locations, labour conditions , municipal regulations, etc. , prior to a recommended design and cost quotation. All enquiries will be handled by my office. I trust this information is of use. Charles L. Emery" So apparently he has a plant that converts municipal solid waste to compost and we will probably be in contact with hire to see what solutions he has available for the Town of Southold because faced with the amount of money that ' the Town is faced with I and all the other members of the Town Board are determined that we are going to investigate every opportunity we' can to handle municipal solid waste in a manner that is not going-to bankrupt .the Town of Southold and we will be contacting 'Mr. Emery. SUPERVISOR PELL: 6 . A letter from Commissioner James Melton from Albany saying that Fishers Island residents are exempt from the pollution testing of vehicles over on Fishers Island because it is a unique location and the amount of vehicles there. This was a request we made on their behalf last August. - It took all this time to get the results but it came through in a positive way. 7. Letter from the State Comptroller reference to commercial banks and holding the time deposits of municipalities. Something I will have to look into and report back to the Board on. IV'. HEARINGS AND DECISIONS - NONE. V. RESOLUTIONS . 1. On motion of Councilman Drum, seconded by Councilman : Murdock, it was RESOLVED t-hat the Town Clerk be and she hereby is authorized �o advertise for bids for the purchase of a new 24 ft. - Privateer` 2400 Trawler Cabin Workboat, or the equivalent, for the Southold Town Bay Constable. Vote of the Town Board: Ayes : Councilman Murphy, Councilman Murdock, ,Councilman Nickles, Councilman .Drum, Supervisor Pell. This resolution was declared duly adopted. SUPERVISOR PELL: What we are doing here is .we are- trading in the present boat we have, keeping the two outboards, transferring them on to this boat. We feel we have more life in the outboards, 'they are 1979's but we feel we want a better boat for our Bay Constable to work out of. Th6—boat is a little bit older than the outboards are. JANUARY 13 , 1981 31 t 2. On motion of Councilman Murphy, seconded by Councilman Murdock, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold award the bid for one (1) new 1980 15 passenger Plymouth Voyager Maxi-Wagon to Mullen Motors , Inc. , Southold,. New York, at a bid price of $11, 000. 00 ; to be paid for from the Whole Town Contingency Fund. ) Vote of the TownBoard: Ayes : Councilman Murphy;- Councilman Murdock, Councilman Nickles, . Councilman Drum, Supervisor Pell. This resolution was declared duly adopted. - SUPERVISOR PELL: This will be fully reimbursed by the Office of the Aging to the Town. The Town has ' to put the money out first and then we get reimbursed. 3. On motion of Councilman Murdock, seconded by Councilman Drum, it ' was RESOLVED that James Fogarty, Radio Operator,, be� and he hereby is granted his Step I pay -increase in the amount of $500. 00 effective December 1, 1980. Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Murphy, Councilman Murdock, Councilman Nickles, Councilman Drum, Supervisor Pell. This resolution was declared duly adopted. 4. On motion of Councilman Nickles, seconded by Councilman Murdock, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold reappoint Frank Cichanowicz to the Conservation Advisory Council for a two -year term from January 11, 1981 through January 11, 1983. Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Murphy, Councilman. Murdock, Councilman Nickles, Councilman Drum, Supervisor Pell . This resolution was declared duly adopted. 5 . On motion of Councilman Drum, seconded by Councilman Murphy,` it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold reappoint William P. Ruland to the Conservation Advisory' Council' for a two year term from January 11 , 1981 through January ll, -1983. Vote of .the Town Board: Ayes : Councilman Murphy, Councilman Murdock, Councilman Nickles, Councilman Drum,, Supervisor Pell . This resolution was declared duly adopted. 6. On motion of Councilman Murphy;'- seconded by Councilman Nickles , . it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold reappoint John J. Talbot to the Housing Board of Appeals for a .t�ree year - , term from..January 9, 1981 through January 9, 1984. Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Murphy, Councilman Murdock, Councilman Nickles, Councilman Drum, Supervisor Pell. This resolution was declared duly adopted.. SUPERVISOR PELL: Number' 7 we are going to wait on. All the paper work is not in. I thought it would be, that is why it was- put on the agenda, but it did not come through in time. Number 8 (a) the Town Board was in discussion with the gentleman today who owns Highland Estates and we. are going to meet with him again. Myself; perhaps, and somebody else and see if we cannot work out some of the problems he is having with the size of the bond Number 8(a) will be held and put on the agenda on 1/27... 8(b) On motion of Councilman Nickles, seconded by Councilman Murphy, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the .Town of Southold increase the bond amount for roads and improvements in 'the subdivision known . as "Soundview Acres at Orient: from $77, 000. 00 to $150, 000. 00 as recommended by the Southold own Planning Board and Town Engineer Lawrence Tuthill. Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Murphy, Councilman Murdock, Councilman Nickles, Councilman Drum, Supervisor Pell. This resolution was declared duly -adopted. 8(c) . On motion of Councilman Drum, seconded by Councilman Murdock, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of- the Town of Southold increase the bond amount for roads and improvements in the subdivision known .: as "Paradise By The Bay" located- at Southold, New York, from $53, 000. 00 to $106, 000: 00 as recommended by the Southold Town- Planning Board 'and Town Engineer Lawrence 'Tuthill. Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Murphy-, Councilman Murdock, Councilman Nickles, Councilman Drum, Supervisor Pell. This resolution was declared duly adopted. 32 JANUARY 13, 1981 .9. On motion of Councilman Murdock, seconded by Councilman Drum, it was RESOLVED that pursuant to Article 8 of the Environmental Conservation Law State Environmental Quality Review and. 6NYCRR Part 617, Section 617. 10 and Chapter 44 of the Code of the Town of Southold, notice is hereby given that the Southold Town Board as lead. agency for the action described below, has determined that the project will have a significant effect on the environment. Description of Action: Reconstruction of three bridges at Mud, Downs, and West Creeks in the Town of Southold by the County of Suffolk. The project has been determined to have a significant effect on the environment for the following reasons: Damage -to Town owned tidal wetlands from construction -activities. Change in the neighborhood character resulting from changes to traffic patterns. Vote of the Town Board: Ayes : Councilman Murphy, ''Councilman Murdock, Councilman Nickles, Councilman Drum, , Supervisor Pell. This resolution was declared duly adopted. 10. On motion of Supervisor Pell, seconded. by Councilman Drum, it was RESOLVED that the application of Oscar Goldin, dated December 31, 1980 for the renewal of his trailer on the south side of Linnet Street, ,.Greenport , New- York, be e and hereby is granted for a six (6) month period. Vote of the Town Board: Ayes : Councilman Murphy., Councilman Murdock, Councilman Nickles, Councilman Drum, Supervisor Pell. This resolution was declared duly adopted. 11. On motion of Councilman Murphy, seconded'.by Councilman Murdock, it was RESOLVED that Antoinette Be.rkoski, Clerk-Typist at the Southold Town Police Headquarters be and she hereby is granted her Step II salary increase in the amount of $500. 00 effective January .l, 1981. Vote of the Town Board: Ayes : Councilman Murphy, Councilman Murdock, Councilman Nickles, Councilman Drum, -. Supervisor -Pell. This resolution was declared duly adopted., 12. On motion of Councilman Murdock, seconded by Councilman Drum, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold ..approves the action of the Board of Commissioners of the Fishers •Island Ferry District in 'awarding the .bid for the operation of the M/V 'Munnatawket _and M/V Olinda for the period January 15, 1981 through and including January 14, 1984 to Mark B. Easter Gager. Road, . RFD #1; Fitchville, Ct . ' 06344 at the following bid amounts: Munnatawket operation (12 month basis) $10, 700. 00/month Olinda operation (5 month basis) $ 3, 700. 00/month Munnatawket extra trips $ 115. 00/trip Olinda extra trips $ 75. 00/trip • Vote of the Town Board: Ayes : Councilman Murphy, Councilman Murdock,. Councilman Nickles , Councilman Drum, Supervisor Pell. This resolution was declared duly adopted. 13. On motion of Councilman Murphy, seconded by Councilman Nickles , it was RESOLVED that pursuant to Article 8 of the Environmental Conservation Law State Environmental Quality Review and 6NYCRR Part 617, Section 617. 10 and Chapter 44 of the Code of the Town of Southold, notice is hereby given that the . Southold Town Board, as lead agency for the action described below, has determined that the project will not have--a-;,significant effect on the environment. Description of Action: Application of Norman C•. Boos for a wetland. permit. Permission is requested to dredge and bulkhead on west -side of existing marina located at Broadwaters Cove off Bay Avenue/Skunk Lane, Cutchogue, New York. • The project has been determined not to have a .significant effect on the environment for the following reasons: An environmental assessment has been submitted which indicated that no significant adverse effects to the environment are likely to occur should the project be implemented as planned. Because there has been no response in the allotted time from the New York State Department of_ Environmental Conservation, it is assumed that there is no objection nor comments by that agency. Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman -Murphy, .Councilman Murdock, Councilman Nickles, Councilman Drum, Supervisor Pell . This resolution was declared duly adopted. 14.= Moved by Councilman Murduck,__ _ seconded by Councilman Drum, :WHEREAS, Norman C Boer applied--to the Southold Town Board for a permit under the provisions of the Wetland Ordinance of the Town JANUARY 13 , 1981 , 33 of Southold, application dated November 17, 1980, and WHEREAS, said application was referred to the Southold Town Trustees and the Southold Town Conservation Advisory Council 'for their findings and recommendations, and WHEREAS, a public hearing was held by the Town Board with respect to• said application on the 16th day of December, 1980, at which time all interested persons were given an opportunity to be heard, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that Norman C. Boos, Cutchogue, New York be granted permission under the provisions of the Wetland Ordinance of the Town of Southold to dredge and bulkhead the west side of an existing marina, Broadwaters Cove Marina,. at Broadwaters Cove, Skunk Lane, Cutchogue, New York. COUNCILMAN MURDOCK: I ' ll further state that after the public hearing we received a communication from Edward Hindermann, our building inspector, and he felt that the plot plan as submitted by Mr. Boos was not thorough enough and left a great deal of speculation as to where the spoils were being placed and Mr. ' Boos and Mr. Hindermann have gotten together and Mr. Boos put a new plot plan that has been acceptable to the Southold Town building inspector and therefore I offer the resolution to Approve Mr. Boos plan. Vote of the Town Board: Ayes : Councilman Murphy, Councilman Murdock, Councilman Nickles , Councilman Drum, Supervisor Pell.. This resolution was declared duly adopted. 15. On motion of Councilman Nickles, seconded by Councilman Murdock, it was RESOLVED that $100. 00 be and hereby is advanced from Town funds - Whole Town General Contingent Account, to the Nutrition Program to complete the Nutrition Program Title V Grant, Vote of the Town Board: Ayes : Councilman Murphy, Councilman Murdock, Councilman Nickles, Councilman Drum, Supervisor Pella This resolution was declared duly adopted. 16. Moved by Coun_ cilman. Murdock, seconded by Councilman Drum, WHEREAS, the offices of Town Justice Rich and Town Justice Tedeschi have been relocated to the Southold Town Hall effective December 29, 1980, and WHEREAS, Justices Rich and Tedeschi had Savin Co2y Machines in their individual offices prior `to relocation, and WHEREAS, funds are not available in the 1981 budget to maintain these copiers at the Southold Town Hall, and there are copy machines presently available to them at the Town Hall, now, therefore; be .it RESOLVED that the two 755 Savin Copy Machines, Serial Numbers . 800404429 and 800404436 be returned to th.e. Savin .Corporation immediately. Vote of the Town Board: Ayes : Councilman Murphy, Councilman Murdock, Councilman Nickles, Councilman Drum, Supervisor Pell . .This resolution was declared duly adopted. 17. Moved by Councilman Nickles , seconded by Councilman Murphy, WHEREAS, on September 23, 1980 the Southold Town Board passed a resolution creating the Robins Island Citizens Advisory - Committee, and .WHEREAS, the Town Board .desires that a •fully informed choice be made between all the alternatives for the future of Robins. Island, and WHEREAS, the Commissioner of the New York State• Department of. Environmental Conservation in a letter dated April 21 , 1980 indicated •that limited development was a concept worthy of consideration as. an alternative for preservation considering; the fiscal restraints that government and the taxpayers are under, and WHEREAS, the Town Board' s intent on September 23, 1980 was to have the Robins Island Advisory Committee study all the alternatives of preservation, including limited development, and WHEREAS, the Town Board wishes to clarify the Robins Island Advisory Committee Resolution- -of September 23, 1980 . and reaffirm its original intent , now, therefore, be _it RESOLVED that the Town Board hereby directs the Robins Island Advisory Committee to include in their deliberations and final report the study of limited development as proposed by' the present owners as a means of preservation_,. and be it further RESOLVED that when the Robins Island Advisory Committee makes . , its final report to the Town Board the following information 34 JANUARY' 13, 1981 , i shall be included but not limited to:: - 1. Road ownership and maintenance, 2. - Fire Protection, j 3. New Suffolk School District - positive and negative impact of a limited development. : 4. An analysis of tax revenues: that will accrue to the .Town. 5 . An analysis of the cost of, services that. the Town .must provide. 6. A complete description of the present, proposal for limited development. 7. A .study of the legal aspects .of a change of zone for Robins Island for the purpose of :providing. limited development. 8. An analysis of . Fishers Island relative to assessments and taxes accruing to the Town vis-a-vis the. cost of services� to the Town - correlating this information to the limited development .of Robins Island. 9. An analysis of the .financial impact on the private _sector - during the initial stages of development and the long term. And be it further RESOLVED that. the' original resolution adopted on September 23, 1980 be and -the same" hereby is amended as herein before set forth. Vote of the Town Board: Ayes : . . Councilman Murphy, Councilman Murdock,' Councilman Nickles,. Councilman Drum, Supervisor Pell. This resolution was .declared duly .adopted. 18. On motion of Councilman Drum, seconded by. Councilman Murdock, it was RESOLVED that pursuant to the provisions of Section 284 of . the Highway Law, the Town Board of the,'Town of Southold 'agrees .that moneys levied and collected for the repair 'and improvements of highways , and received from the state for the repair and. improvemento of highways sh-all be expended, as follows.: , General Repairs. The sum 'of $773, 600. 00 may be expended for general repairs upon '180, 22 miles of town highways, including sluices,'culverts and bridges having a span. of less .than five feet and.:boardwalks or the renewals thereof. Vote of the Town Board Ayes : Councilman Murphy, , Councilman. Murdock, Councilman Nickles, Councilman Drum, Supervisor Pell. This resolution was declared duly adopted. ; SUPERVISOR PELL,: Number 19 is to hire James McMahon. COUNCILMAN DRUM: This is as a,,.-result of your. Town Board many months ago being advised of federal funds'being available for a youth service coordinator.. Basically .the"-youth service coordinator will direct the activities of the town youth service program. The duties are varied, they include the management of the business activities of the program„ reviewing; the progress of .a variety of projects which are designed to. control and prevent juvenile delinquency. State and federal grants are available and we have some 38 applications. There were certain. requirements. It required graduation from an accredited college. or university and including study of behavioral science and sociology and four years of professional experience. As I say, there were.38 applications. Your Town Board interviewed six and we have the name of 'one which I will offer and that is James C. McMahon. 19. On motion of Councilman Drum, seconded by Supervisor Pell, it was RESOLVED that James C. McMahon be ,and he. -hereby is appointed by ' the Town Board of the Town of Southold as• the Dir ector of the Southold Town Del-in uency Diversion and Prevention program for one year effective February 9, 1981 at a salary of 17, ..00 per annum. Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Murphy, Councilman ..:.Murdock, Councilman Nickles, - Councilman Drum, Supervisor Pell. . .This resolution was declared duly :adopted.. , 20. On motion of Councilman Murdock, seconded by Councilman. Drum, it was RESOLVED that the Town .Board of the' Town of Southold grant Custodians John Hutter and Douglas Clark-`their-Step III salary increase in the- amount of $500. 00 effective February 1, 1981. Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Murphy, Councilman Murdock; Councilman Nickles, Councilman Drum, Supervisor Pell. This resolution was declared duly adopted. SUPERVISOR PELL: That' s the prepared agenda we have tonight. I' d like- to ask the Councilmen if:.;they have anything they would like to bring up? Larry? . i JANUARY 13 , 1981 35 COUNCILMAN MURDOCK `-; Yes, I"would, 'Bill. It ' s on the back of our agenda, if you will notice, on what is called the work session agenda. At 11: 30 we had a meeting with Pan Tech Management, the people involved are not important , but ,,Pan Tech Management is the Town' s representative in the SuffolkCounty Consortium for HUD funding. We` did effectively discuss and have an agreement from Pan Tech that they would prepare the applications for us to use HUD funds, this year' s allocation of HUD funds, to set aside $50, 000 to help alleviate the heating problem that we have at the Senior Rec Center--Senior/Youth Pec Center on Peconic' Lane. We set aside $50, 000 as the first year of-:a two year program on rehabilitating housing on Seventh, Eighth and Ninth Streets in Greenport , part of Greenport Village that .is Town of Southold and not the Village of Greenport and very happily I ' d like to say that we also committed $100, 000 this year as part of a two year program to attempt to purchase the tank farm at Mattituck Inlet . She would like to purchase the tank farm, raze the tanks and provide a park and recreation area for the residents of the Town of Southold. We Are hoping that we can 'do this project without going into bonded indebtedness for the Town. We have been looking for an avenue of funding. The HUD funds apply in that. the people who handle the application have inspected, the area and agree that the tanks are in a rundown and dilapidated condition, they' re an eyesore as well as a health menace. They have caused us problems and it' s perfectly within the purview to take them down and establish a recreation area. We will now start to contact the owners of the property and hopefully by the end of the year we can negotiate a sale, and start to take that blight on our township away and I am very happy it has worked out. I appreciate the cooperation of the Board and I am sure the rest of the Mattituck Inlet Committee does also. COUNCILMAN DRUM: And of course this facility would be utilized for all the residents in Southold Town. COUNCILMAN MURDOCK: Yes, it' s not a park district. One of the things we did consider also is that we have very limited access on a town-wide basis .to Sound front or Sound beaches. In Mattituck at the end of Breakwater it' s the -Mattituck Park beach. 11n Peconic it ' s the Peconic Park District. In East Marion Causeway it ' s the East Marion-Orient Park District and most of the facilities we have in Town are not available on a town-_wide basis but only to the residents of that specific area and we feel that this will serve a need as well as stop the. problem that has vexed us very badly. COUNCILMAN DRUM: I might say we also met with some representatives, this morning, from ,the--Deputy Inspector from the 7th Squad and of course on Thursday we are going to meet with the East End Supervisors .and their representatives, which is as a result of a meeting held last Thursday in the County Center in Riverhead at which time. M`r. Cohalan advised, his representative advised us, that the--and it may be rather difficult to understand, I hope I can explain it clearly-- �.' At 'present the 7th Squad is under the general fund. Now, the general , fun,d, everyone in the county pays the cost of the operating of the 7th Squad. It has been proposed by the Bounty executive that this 7th Squad now be funded in what they would call a police district; -it would be taken out of the general fund which now means that those townships utilizing the services of the 7th Squad would be charged for. The 7th Squad primarily furn-ishes --services to the five eastc='n towns. Southold Town is one of the largest users of the 7th Squad. They indicated that in looking into the cost, which estimates that it will cost approximately $800, 000 this year to operate the 7th Squad. The 7th Squad, when I use the 7th Squad, we are talking; about the detective investigative work that it furnishes, particularly to us in the Southold Town. There are some 19 employees in the 7th Squad in Suffolk County. Now, in the amount of funds, this $800, 000, if we were the only township utilizing this service, Southold. Town would pay the full $800, 000 and if all of the five townships paid and the villages, it would be prorated. It would be on the basis if you used it onelday out of the year you would pay your proportionate share, say, four townships .divided into $800, 000--$200, 000. If you used it 365 days a year you would. pay the same amount. I personally feel it is totally unsatisfactory, that it would, I feel the cost would be prohibitive and of course that is the reason for having; this meeting on Thursday to see if it cannot be resolved and come up with some solution, a better solution, to the county executive. They use the figure as much as a house assessed say at $40, 000, the. . 36 JANUARY 13, 1981 cost would be perhaps $8. 00 per household, . whether you- talk about household or business or what have you. That was 'used as an example, not specific, of course. But it is-hoped that we on Thursday can resolve some of these problems .. Iam only a member of the committee appointed by Mr. Pell, one of the members.. SUPERVISOR PELL: -I hope you realize the affect this, is going _to . have on our township. Last. Augusti we had a meeting--Hank .was with me--the east end towns met with Mr. .Caputo in Southampton and we agreed at that time that we would".like to sit down and have input when they come up with the formula:: they' are going to use and we all agreed and I sent Councilman - Drum to be on this committee and the committee never, met. ' '-Then we met the other day as Hank says and were told this is the way 'it is going to be, so I guess we opened our mouths up a little bit and asked them to` go back to square one, what we agreed .upon 'in August,. or September, whenever it was, therefore we agreed at ., the .east end we would like to do this and have input. This is a stand we want to take. We want to go back to square one where we agreed. So, through the good office of our county exec whose aid, was- there , he agreed, yes, we will have a meeting and we can go back to square one and. we will let you have input , and Joyce, Ros be' is here from the county execs office, who was there at . that meeting. Joyce, . anything you want to say on this? JOYCE ROSCOE: Well, I understand Commissioner Dillworth will have further input' and the meeting will be held Thursday at. 10: 00 A. M. at the Mill Creek Inn. SUPERVISOR PELL: The meeting is' going to be held here ' in;!Southold Town, Thursday at 10: 00 o!.clock and I have invited our Town Board to go -with me to it , the entire Board, because we~, have the most at stake. We use the 7th Squad. more ' than all the. rest of the four. towns combined. We are the only Town 'who relies 100% on the 7th. COUNCILMAN MURDOCK: It just, occurred to me, Bill,,..is .this going to be at the Soundview? Because the Soundview is closed. r SUPERVISOR PELL: No, the Mill Creek Inn, Thursday, 10: 00 A.M. We are going to meet there ,and try� to come up with a solution. COUNCILMAN DRUM: You'renot picking 'up the 'tab' for the public to have free coffee, are you? SUPERVISOR PELL: This . is dutch treat unless somebody wants to be so generous and its not the Town Board. Anything else Hank? John? Frank? COUNCILMAN MURPHY: Just one thing, on street lights. I would like anyone who has any feelings on it, . any' ideas where they would like a light put or a business area that should be improved to get the recommendation into us.' .Henry and I will go around, evaluate, make a list of priorities. We do have quite a. bit. of money to spend this year but also we want to consider not just putting lights around because they `do cost money- on a continuing basis, the electric cost and ,t,he, pole rental cost. We want them :where they will do some good, where there is . a dangerous ' inter- section, traffic-wise or .maybe .,a pedestrian problem. If anyone has any ideas we would-like-your input: We would like a letter directed to the Town Board Street Lighting Committee and we' ll get' it, we will act on it and we will be,- going around evaluating different sections of the Town. Thank you. SUPERVISOR PELL: I see some people here who. have given me some telephone calls this week and I .am. going. to try to answer their . questions perhaps before they' re asked.. We did meet today at , 10: 00 o' clock with Barbara Townsend, Office of Mental Retardation. They have selected--tentatively selected--two- homes in Southold Township. The Town Board did discuss the criteria of selecting homes with them today. and we did ask them to hold these two homes in abeyance, not do any more investigation on them,. that we at the Board level felt perhaps these were not quite the best locations for the proposed homes they 'hope toset up . in our township and that we would be, on the Board level, working with them perhaps finding better locations. So =over the- next couple of weeks I will be assisting, with the help ofthe,"Board, them to perhaps look at. JANUARY 13 ,': _1981 37 other areas in the Town. But we_ asked them and they agreed to hold everything in :ab,eyance yunt >1 we`' have, at° Board level , a chance to go around and look at other areas of the Town with them. So Thope I answered some of your questions before they get asked. On the _Senior Citizens/Youth building, one element of the heating was burned out, they replaced it with a new switch yesterday. We checked the heat yesterday at 12 o' clock, I was up there. The man just got done fixing it, we seit it at 70 degrees, left it there .all night. This morning Mr. Dean "went in there at 8 : 00 o ' clock. .With the doors closed yesterday afternoon and all night and the temperature was down and there was no wind, we went in there this morning at 8,: 00 and the temperature was 58-59 degrees. . The thermostats on both ends were set at 70 degrees. The heating system in that building is not adequate, to do the job. The water pipes are frozen, they' ve been frozen since last week. It is a problem we, have, somewhere along the line something isn' t right. The .Town Board, as you heard tonight, just approved in federal funds $50, 000 to go in there and put in a supplemental heating 'system. Fix the water pipes so they will be fixed and run right , put a divider in there perhaps so we can only heat one end at a time if we have to. But this cannot be done over night. I know I am getting telephone calls from the presidents of the different clubs asking what ' s being done about it, so I see some of you here, -take this information back .to your clubs and tell them the Board has authorized the money to do this it ' s just going to take time now to get everything done. . They cannot thaw the pipes out . We think the problem we ' re having with the pipes, 'I say we think, the well is put out in front of the building and when they had to lower the land, the ground to make it so it pitched away, it' s not four feet below ground now, it might only be two and a half. So we are probably going to have to end up in the springtime putting in A well out back somewhere else. We have a problem there, we admit it.;. , .but; we are willing at Board level to . appropriate funds, We already have $11, 000 to use there, the appropriated $15, 000 to get it set up with the speakers and the piano and other stuff there, now we have heating problems there, We are willing to spend the money but it is just going to take us time to. do., it. It is something. we have .to correct and we admit it : COUNCILMAN NICKLES: Bill, what' was the temperature in there when you turned the heat back-on? SUPERVISOR PELL: I don' t know, John, I didn' t look at it. Irwent up there yesterday noontime, I,-know, the gentleman was there to repair it. - He had to order a switch. I---know the switch came in so I know he was up there working. I got there just as he was coming out the door. . I spoke to him outside the door- and he put . it on 70 degrees. I walked inside and. told the people, leave it. on 70 degrees for the rest of- the day and all night. - Don' t turn it 'back at night because I want to see how warm it would be this morning and Mr. Dean , as I said, checked it out at 58-59 degrees after being on. Our heat- ing bill for not this past month, but a month ago, for the month of November up there to heat that place was $1100. We are .going-- what we plan to do .tentatively is on the northeast corner.'of the building, to build a shed _out there and put in supplementary hot air system. A big hot air system that will blow hot air in there and duct it overhead and come down on the far side. Tentatively this is what we talked about with Mr. Dean at Board level today. Now we have the money appropriated, we will go in there and figure out what is ' the best way to dolt. It is something we are asking-- a problem we have to live with and we are asking patience from all concerned but it can be worked out and it will.be worked out . MRS . RACHAEL DUELL: I was just wondering who proposed those two sites originally to the OMR? SUPERVISOR PELL: We have no idea, .they just went in. As they explained to us today, they will go into a town and go to any real estate sales person and say this is what we have, do you have a home that you think fits our weeds and .that' s the way they operate. Just to any real estate in the town. One person I know called them directly a couple of days ago about another house saying they would like to sell their house. She told us today that she had somebody call her directly. MRS . JOHN CAMPBELL: I am curious about what the criteria is. I heard talk about 15 residents. I don' t know about the Short Road site but. the house on Gillette Drive has only three bedrooms . 38 JANUARY 13 , 1981 SUPERVISOR PELL: It could be four .to six people per house and as- she- said today, these are people who wi-11 have house parents with them constantly. They will not be left alone. They were out here two years ago in 1978 and discussed it with the - Town Board at that time. Then they came out today and discussed it with us today. COUNCILMAN DRUM: We don' t feel that the two locations they selected were adequate for entirely different criteria. We do have the ,home.. on Boisseau Avenue which we felt . was most satisfactory. and that was near town, close to the various facilities, that, would be available' to the people and now this has goAeoto the other route more or less isolated. We do not feel that they are satisfactory. If you wanted some specific information, after the meeting, there is some specifics here I ' m sure you are welcome to read the information that. we have.. ; MRS. CAMPBELL: How much authority does the Town Board have with nMR? Will they respect your wishes? - SUPERVISOR PELL: So far they have. Everything we have worked out with them they always have respected the wishes of the Town Board. As they said inthe press, they do have the right to come in and do it without us, but they never have done it that I know of anywhere on the east end. COUNCILMAN DRUM: We have been cooperative and they have. SUPERVISOR PELL: Now it is up to us to find a location that we think is suitable and then suggest, it to them and work with them on a joint venture. MR. MI.CHAEL MATTES : With reference to the Mattituck Inlet situation, my neighbors aren' t here this evening but I can-, advise them that .the Town Board is going to take some action. I would like to take this opportunity to publicly thank the Town Board for. its actions today. This has been a very hot issue down in my ,area and my neighbors are constantly chewing my ear off about what the Town.- is doing. I am sure I speak on behalf of all of the residents down in my area and .I would like again 'to publicly thank you for your actions. ' SUPERVISOR PELL: I want to tell you all that these are HUD funds . There are $230, 000 available to the Town for the next three years . $30,, 000 we left out of it in contingency.' in case there is a 10% cutback administrations cost. These funds, I want to make sure you all understand this and the press' - does too. These are what we are going to apply for. 'It will be sometime in summer before we get the final approval. I understand it will -be mid-August. August we, will get final approval for them and then we have to go the next . step, have design acceptance done. Now in the case of the Senior Citziens building we have funds for design work left over in the Library Grant, $50, 000 Library Grant . . We can use that funding; to have the design and engineering work done for the building on Pecohic Lane. We do not have to wait. that. long and as we will for your money. - We have all our paperwork in line so when August comes and we get approval of the funds we .can--go right to work in the Center. . COUNCILMAN NICKLES, Bill, my understanding is,. even on the center, . even though we can do a ' lot of preliminary work because of the funds we have on hand, my understanding is we won't, be able to have the granting funds which would actually be the construction money.. In other words, looking at like a November completion of the change . of the heating system and addition ' of the utility building. SUPERVISOR PELL: Anybody else wish to address the Board? On motion of Councilman Drum, seconded by Councilman Murdock, it was RESOLVED that there being no further business to come before this Town Board meeting adjournment be -called at 8: 30 P.M. Vote of the Town Board: Ayes : Councilman Murphy, Councilman Murdock, Councilman' Nickles, Councilman Drum, Supervisor Pell. This resolution was declared. duly adopted. r Juudi T. ,Terr Town Clerk .