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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTB-08/07/1979 AUG7 1979 3�.,_ : SOUTHOLD TOWN BOARD August 7, 1979 WORKING SESSION Mr. & Mrs. Gary Lillis and Mrs. Gregory Cahill, Old North Road, Southold, appeared before the Board to discuss the flooding problem on Old North Road which occurs during heavy rains throughout the year. It was determined that the water that flows onto the road probably flows from as far as Youngs..,:Avenue to the west. Highway Superintendent Dean will have Road Inspector John Davis do an engineering study of the area and make recommendations for a solution to the problem. Gail Wickham, Esq, representing the owners of the subdivision known as "Southold Gardens" appeared before the Board to discuss the ease- ment area off .of Hill Road West which has been offered to the Town. The developers wish the drainage work on the easement corlpleted by August 30th., The Board would like the dedication of Hill Road west by Developer George Ahlers before agreeing to the easement; they won't take the road without the easement. Ms. Wickham stated she would discuss this with "Southold Gardens" developer Mr. Babcock. Mr. Frank Bear ?~yet with the Board to discuss solid waste management. He recommends public input prior to final recommendations from the DEC. When a firm is selected to make the study, he suggests that a meeting of concerned individuals be held at the outset of the study. He would also like to make alternative suggestions as to the selection of a firm. The Board asked Mr. Bear to submit specific recommendations and they will be sent to Mr. Middleton of the DEC. ?!'r . 1 .:ichard Tuthill of Long Island Cablevision Corporation met with the Board relative to CATV' s request for an amendment to their franchise allowing Capt. Kidd Estates to be serviced from their Riverhead tower rather than the Greeriport tower. He stated that to serve Capt. Kidd Estates from the Greenport tower would mena adding ' 10 t0. 15 amplifiers to the system and .they are almost at maximum now. Transmission from Riverhead would be much better. The Board asked Mr. Tuthill to prepare an east-west boundary line for service from Greenport and Riverhead towers and submit it to them prior to the .public hearing on the frriachise amendment.--- The expansion program was discussed at some length. A regular meeting of the. S.outho.ld .Town Board was held on Tuesday, August 7, 1979 at the Southold Town Hall, Main Road, Southold, New York. Supervisor Homan opened the meeting at 7.; 30 P.M. with the following present; Supervisor James Homan Justice Francis T. Dpyen Councilman Henry W. Drum Councilman William R. Pell IrI Councilman John J. Nickles Town Clerk Judith T. Terry Deputy Supexvi;sor Martin Suter Highway Superintendent Raymond C. Dean On motion of Justice Doyen, seconded by Councilman Pell; it was RESOLVED that the next regular meeting of the Southold Town Board will be held at. 1; 0.0 P.M. , Wednesday, August .15, 1979 at the Fishers Island 'School, Fishers Island, Newyork. Vote of the Town Board; Ayes: Councilman Nickles, Councilman Pell, Councilman Drum, Justice Doyen, Supervisor Homan. This resolution was declared duly adopted. 3 ' ALY6, 7 197 On motion of Councilman Drum, seconded by Councilman Pell, it was RESOLVED that the following audited bills be and hereby are ordered paid: General Fund Whole Town bills in the amount of $32,585. 78; General Fund Part Town bills in the amount of $7, 994. 67; Highway Department bills in the amount of $20, 931. 24; and Fishers Island Ferry District bills in the amount of $63, 051. 23 Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Nickles, Councilman Pell, : Councilman Drum, Justice Doyen, SupervisokrHoman. This resolution was declared duly adopted. On motion of Justice Doyen, seconded by councilman Nickles, it was RESOLVED that the following July 1979 reports be and hereby are ordered placed on file: Town clerk, Supervisor, Fishers Island Ferry District, Building Department, Assessors, Justice Suter. Vote of the Town Board: Ayes : Councilman Nickles, Councilman Pell, Councilman Drum, Justice Doyen, Supervisor Homan. This resolution was declared duly adopted. COMMITTEE REPORTS: Councilman Henry W. Drum spoke about grants in the form of federal funds that Town have been receiving in the past few ' years for comprehensive and single purpose grants. Present indications are that federal funds for the fiscal year 1980, which commence in October of this year, will only be available under the single purpose grants.. Councilman Drum and Councilman Pell have met with several . firms for advice, this would be competitive bidding. Namely, Raymond, Parish and Pine and Pan-Tac advised them about how to go about applying 'for--:the funds. They discussed various approaches and within....the next ten days they will submit their proposals. hey discussed certain aspects, such as getting funds for street lighting, health, and safety, economic conditions and/or housing. These are the general areas that would come under the single purpose grants. Councilman Pell spoke about the 100% committee. Mr. Pell and his co-member Councilman Drum met last week with Supervisor Smith of Riverhead to see what pitfalls Riverhead has become involved with, to see if Southold town could prevent some before they become involved. They then met with the firm of Finnegan Associates who is doing the 100 % reappraisal for Riverhead Town and also did the, work for Islip Town. They went over Finnegan" s methods of work and tried to get the facts behind the project. It seemed to be more 'confusing than before they went into the meeting. Councilman Pell ' s recommendation and Councilman Drum.l�s recommendation is that Finnegan Associates meet wi.th. the entire Board next week to discuss their proposal for Southold Town' s reappraisal. Deputy Supervisor Suter met with representatives of Chemical Bank to discuss their proposals for the work that is now being done in the Town by Belmil and ADP. They met with George Mellas and Councilman Nickles on Wednesday mroning at 8 : 30 P.M. and spent the entier day until 4.: 30 meeting with all department heads in the Town of Southold for input. Chemical Bank will get back to him with- an analysis and report and hopefully specifications for bids for at least two departments, the Assessor' s and Tax Receiver' s Office which are the two critical ones where there is a deadline. Councilman Nickles reported that Councilman Pell, Officer Howard, Highway Superintendent Dean and he toured all of the town beaches, inspected the premises, the washrooms and spoke to various beach. attendants. They found that at Town Beach, specifically, there was a problem with refuse on the beaches which they believe has been corrected. It was really the responsibility of the tenant in the concession. They also came up with the recommendation,. as the police department is going into a new telephone system and the ' ca11- boxes will be removed, that in some way the callboxes should remain there as they are necessary in the event of emergency. This is being looked into. In spite of the tenant at the Town Beach ,on the Sound Highway Superintendent Dean has put down refuse containers which seems to have alleviated the problem in regard to the refuse on the beach. It was also suggested by one of the beach attendants that our stickers are not holding up too well and it is very difficult to identify whether it is this years or last years sticker. Council- man Pell is looking into a more vivid type sticker to be applied. There have been some problems, .as far as: bathrooms being abused by the public and they have come up with ':.a way of keeping them clean on the weekends. 'AUG 71979 313 Supervisor Homan resported that Thursday, July 26th he attended a meeting at Westhampton with the Lieutenant Governor of the State at which time he aired several problems concerning Southold Town, number one being the gas crisis. In the afternoon there was an East End Supervisor ' s meeting at which time they formulated the agreement with the DEC to go into a five town recyKing study. The following day, because of a conflicting date with 'the Attorney,_- General, the Deputy Supervisor signed the formal agreement on behalf of the Town. ---With reference to the meeting with .the Attorney General last Friday, it was a very informative meeting, but Supervisor Homan cannot go into it much more than that. They will he having a follow-up meeting and hopefully there will be some affirmative action from the meeting. --The other day he went over with_.the .accountants_ s,,: the entire Town Budget and tried to pinpoint the problems they may be running into for the balance of the year. They also briefly touched on how they should begin to think about the 1980 budget.--Yesterday morning Supervisor Homan and Deputy Supervisor Suter had a meeting with the senior citizen-youth people as a progress report for the Senior Citizen/Youth Center on Peconic Lane. --Yesterday afternoon Supervisor Homan attended the grant meeting with Raymond, Parish, Pine, and Pan-Tec. PUBLIC NOTICES: 1. Receipt of a notice of complete application for non-minor projects upon application of Robert A. Clements for permission to construct a one family dwelling on lot no. 10, Map of Bayview. Set- back of the home is to be 50 ft. Variance is requested for the cess- pool. Project site is located on Little Peconic Bay, Southold. Comments may be submitted until August 22, 1979. 2. Notice from the Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers .upon application of K.. 'M. Kontokosta for permission to construct stone groins and sand fill on Long Island Sound at Greenport. This does not fall within the jurisdiction of the Town Trustees or Conserva- tion Adivsory Council, therefore the Town is leaving it entirely up to the Corps of Engineers and DEC. 3. On August 23rd from 2 : 00 P.M. to 4 : 00 P.M. there will be a meeting at the Southold Town Hall with John ' Behan relative to the establishment of Peconic County. COMMUNICATIONS : 1. Letter from Mattituck Presbyterian Church pointing up some possible deficiencies in the Zoning Ordinance. It seems that if a church falls within a business zone and it decides to have a yard sale, etc. they do not need a yard sale permit. If they are not in a business district they do need a permit. The Church feels this is wrong, all non-profit organizations should not be required to pay for a lermit. This is something the Board will consider when they. get their review of that section of the Code. 2. , Letter from the Southold Town Conserviation Advisory Council questioning whether the Town' s wetland permit process is working correctly. They. comment that of the last three permits the work was either begun or completed prior to inspection.--Supervisor Homan stated that if there is knowledge that work is being done without a permit it is in clear violation of the Town Code. If such information is given to the proper authorities in the Town an.-information will be filed and prosecution is obtainable under that : system. . 3. Letter from the Southold Town Conserva.ti.on Advisory Council relative to underground fuel storage tanks and recommendations in that area. ---Supervisor Homan stated that the recommeridati.ons are well founded and there has been one problem he;:;ia aware of in the Town in relation to underground tanks and he is. sure as tanks get older and as time goes on there will be more problems: but in researching this matter he feels the DEC will be the. lead agency in. these problems and will have a predominent say in it, so at this point in time the letter is being filed for future reference. 4. Receipt of additional correspondence from the. Gull Pond area. There have been a few problems down there, but between Supervisor Homan, Councilman Pell and Councilman Nickles the problems have been alleviated hopefully to everyones satisfaction. 5. Letter from Congressman William Carney relative to the ongoing battle the Town has with the Flood Insurance Administration about where the flood line should be .located in Southold own. 6. Receipt from the Suffolk County Traffic Safety Board the High Accident Locations for 1978. Southold Town is not on the list. There are no high accident locations in Southold Town. Although there are several areas in Southold where there have been accidents and they are listed in no -one single case has a Town road been listed 324 UGg1� A as an accident predominent area. The accident areas, and there are nine of them, are on State or County roads. 7. Receipt of a petition from seven property owners in the Indian Neck Lane area at Peconic. They are suggesting that the speed limit in that particular section of the road immediately south of Route 25 be lowered to 35 mph. A copy of the petition has been sent to the Police Department for their recommendations. The Town of Southold cannot set the speed limits on Town roads without State approval. 8. Letter from Assemblyman John L. Behan relative to the : gas crisi.s..-$upervisor Homan stated he can only speak most highly of John Behan, Kenneth LaValle, William Carney and John Klein. He calls from the Town of Southold to complain about what the Town think are deficiencies in gas allocation system and thinks everyonels' getting tired of talking to him, When he 'feels he 'is not getting the proper response he goes to these other. elected officials and they begin where he left off and somehow he-feels weare 'getting somewhere. 9. Letter from Rothfeld, Ostrow & Lawrence,' Lynbrook stating they have had occasion to secure the services of the Town of Southold Building Department twice within the past year and it was extremely refreshing to be able to obtain all the necessary information needed to secure .the several certificates of occupancy for their clients. They comment about the Building Department''s. .courteous and expeditious, handling of the several matter. 10,:. Letter from John Baglivi who concurs with. Mr. Suter's contention on naming the new Senior Citizen/Youth `Center after the later Supervisor Albert Martocchia.--Supervisor Homan is :sure * the Board is taking that under due consideration:. . 11. Letter from the North. Fork Environmental Council, Inc. , Franklin Bear, President relative 'to=:the:_-:solid waste. study that the-:: Town of Southold is entering into .with the other four. eastern towns.. Mr. Bear suggests that perhaps there can beaa meeting with the firm theDEC selects to do the study so the Town may have input at that time. Mr. Bear feels, and rightly so, that when a public hearing is held on a fact that is already accompli..sh.ed the inp.tu generally amounts to very little..--The. Board is in agreement and will .work towards that end, that when a firm is selected Supervisor Homan will request a meeting be held with proper Southold Town residents prior to the in depth.. study. Supervisor Homan reported that the Board had a bri..ef meeting with. Long Island Cab.l.evision Corporation. rep;res:enta.t.i.:ve today. ' They wish to schedule a. .publit: hearing to amerid .their franchise. A hearing date will be scheduled in the near future.' Moved by Councilman Drum, seconded by Supervisor Homan, WHEREAS Thomas Fox applied: to the 'Southold .Town Board .for a .permit under the provisions of the Wetland Ordinance 'of the Town of Southold, application dated May l,. 1979, and WHEREAS, said application was referred to th.e: wouthold Town. Trustees and 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. 10th day of-July 1979, at which tiem. all interested persons were given an opportunity to be heard, NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Thomas F6x,. 3.65 Freeman Road, Matti.tuck., New York. be granted permission .under the provisions of the. Wetland Ordinance of the Town of Southold to fill in the back- ya 4'ma.rs.h area under the following cond ti:ons: A suitable retaining to be constructed to commence at the retaining wall located on Lot 44 and to extend in an easterly di.r.ection parallel to the street line and that all fill be placed in the area south. 'of the. retaining wall. Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Nickles, Councilman Pell, . Councilman Dru, Justice Doyen, Supervisor Homan. This resolution was declared duly .adopted. Supervisor Homan stated that Item 2 under resolutions: on the agenda has been deleted:.... He thought he needed a change .in wording to property spend money that is in rev enue 'sharing. He has been adivsed by Town Attorney Tasker and the accountant that it.:.is not necessary to have a resolution. Cons.i.derable''money has been spent on some 'of the grants and the money' to pay for the grants domes out of revenue. sharing Disposal Area... AUG 71979 32 35 :D On motion of Councilman Drum,. ,.s,econded by Councilman Pell, it was RESOLVED that the application`"`of''Edmond B'okina dated July 25 , - 1979 for a trailer renewal on the property of Aldrich Lane Realty, rear of a storage building on a right-of-way. off the north side of Main Road, Laurel, New York be and hereby is granted for a six month period. Vote of the Town Board: Ayes : Councilman Nickles, Councilman Pell, This resolution was declared duly adopted. Moved by Councilman Nickles, seconded by Councilman Drum, WHEREAS, .Sacred Heart R.C. Chubch, Cutchogue, New York has applied to the Town Clerk for a Bingo License, and WHEREAS, the Town Board has examined the application, and after investigation, duly made findings and determinations as required by law, and it is . further. RESOLVED that the ' Town Clerk be and she hereby is directed to issue a Bingo License to Sacred Heart R.C. Church, Cutchogue, New York. Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Nickles, ' Counc.ilman Pell, Councilman Drum, Justice Doyen, Supervisor Homan. This resolution was declared duly adopted:: Moved by Councilman Drum, seconded by Councilman Nickles, WHEREAS, Martin Weglicki has made application to the Town Board of the Town of Southold to dedicate certain roads in Laurel, New York, to be known as _"JLaurelwobd Drive" ; '-_Heather Place' , "Woodside Lane" and' 6 - 25 ft. by 10 ft. parcels at end of adjacent streets as shown on subdivision__map entitled "Laurelwood Estates" , situate at Laurel, Town of Southold, Suffolk County, New York" , filed in the Office of the Clerk of Suffolk County on May 17, 1971 as File #5595, together with the release executed by the owner thereof, and WHEREAS, the Southold Town Highway Superintendent has inspected the said highways and has advised the Town Board that said proposed ' highways comply in all respects with the specifications for the dedication of highways in the Town of Southold, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that in accordance with Section 171 of the Highway Law of the State of New York, consent be and the same is given to the Superintendent )of Highways ' to make an order laying out the aforesaid highway, to consist of lands described in said application as shown on certain maps attached to said application, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Town Clerk be and she hereby is authorized and directed to forthwith cause the dedication, release and deed to be recorded in the office of the Clerk of the County of Suffolk, New York. Vote of the Town Board: Ayes" Councilman Nickles, Councilman Pell, Councilman Drum, Justice Doyen, Supervisor Homan. This resolution was declared duly adopted. On motion of Councilman. Pell, seconded by Councilman Nickles, it was RESOLVED that the following transfers be and hereby are authorized: Transfer from General Fund Whole Town Contingent A1990. 4 - $9,724. 92 to: A3310. 4 Traffic Control - $400. 00; A3610. 4 Examining Boards - $573. 33; ',A7620. 4 Adult Recreation - .$6,162 . 44; A8090. 4 Environmental Control - $1,200. 00; A8160. 4 Disposal Area - $1389 . 15. . Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Nickles, Councilman Pell, Councilman Drum, Justice Doyen, Supervisor Homan. This resolution was declared duly adopted. Supervisor Homan explained that the $6, 162. 4.4 to Adult Recreation was to pay for the chairs and tables for the Senior Citizen/Youth Center. On motion of Councilman Nickles, seconded by Councilman Drum, it was RESOLVED that the Supervisor be and he hereby is authorized to pay to Roland' s Electric the sum of $2 , 410. 00 from EDA, funds for work on the Southold Town Hall Addition. Vote of the Town Board: .Ayes: Councilman Nickles, Councilman Pell, Councilman Drum, Justice Doyen, Supervisor Homan. This resolution was declared duly adopted. On motion of Justice Doyen, seconded by Councilman Drum, it was RESOLVED that the Board of Commissioners of the Fishers Island Ferry District be and hereby are authorized to advertise for bids for drydocking for periodic inspection, necessary repairs and re- furbishing of .the M/V Olinda' s underwater body. Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Nickles, Councilman Pell, Councilman Drum, Justice doyen, Supervisor Homan. This resolution was declared duly adopted. 3A246 AlIr �q1� On motion of Justice Doyen, seconded by Coucilman Nickles, it was RESOLVED that the Board of Commissioners of the Fishers Island Ferry District be and hereby are authorized to advertise for bids for the installation of a holding tank for the containment of effluents- on the M/V Olinda. Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Nickles, Councilman Pell, Councilman Drum, Justice Doyen, Supervisor Homan. This resolution was declared duly adopted. On motion of Justice Doyen, seconded by Councilman Pell, it was RESOLVED that the Board of Commissioners of the Fishers Island Ferry District be and hereby are authorized to advertise for bids for a second radar as a backup system on the M/V Olinda. Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Nickles, Councilman Pell, Councilman Drum, Justice Doyen, Supervisor Homan. This resolution was declared duly adopted. On motion of Councilman Pell, seconded by Councilman Drum, it was RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby engages the services of Elaine F. Kaldor, C.P.A. , P.C. , to audit the books and .records of the Town' of Southold for the year ended December 31, 1979 for a fee of $2, 200. 00; said audit to be conducted in conformity with generally accepted auditing standards and rules and regulations as set forth by the State of New York. Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Nickles, Councilman Pell, Councilman Drum, Justice Doyen, Supervisor Homan. This resolution was declared duly adopted. (.Councilman Pell noted that the fee of Elaine F. Kaldor, C.P.A. P.C. is $200. 00 higher than last year. ) On motion of Councilman Drum, seconded by :8upervisor Homan, it was RESOLVED that Frederick J:' Tedeschi be and he hereby is appointed Town Justice effective August 8, 1979 to fill the unexpired term of Martin Suter until December 31, 1979 . Vote of the Town Board: Ayes: Councilman Nickles, Councilman Drum, Justice Doyen, Supervisor Homan. No: Councilman Pell. This resolution was declared duly adopted. On motion of Councilman Nickles, seconded by Councilman Drum, ;it was RESOLVED that Cynthia Kaminsky be and she hereby is appointed Town Trustee effective August 8, 1979 to fill the unexpired term of John J. Nickles until December 31, 1979. Vote of the Town Board: Ayes : Councilman Nickles, Councilman Drum, Justice Doyen, Supervisor Homan. No. : Councilman Pell. This resolution was declared duly::1adopted. (Councilman Pell thanked the Board. These appointments .were discussed with the Board during the working session. He 'voted 'ono" because he does not believe condidates seeking office at this time should be. appointed to the office they are seeking. ) Supervisor Homan stated there is an additional vacancy on the Planning Board. The appointments will be held- until the next meeting the Town Board holds in Southold. Mrs. Gladys Csajko, Greenport asked what item I11 (.10. on the agenda, Resume of William.-LB. Smith is about?--Supervisor Homan stated that Mr. Smith informed him that he had submitted a resume for the Planning Board to Supervisor Martocchia and inas much. as the Board said they would not accept resumes after the 'last meeting but they would reactivate any that had been submitted prior, ' they did, at Mr. Smith.1s request reactivate his resume and it is on file with the. Board members for their consideration when they do make the. ' selection for the Planning Board. Mts. Csajko asked about Item I.V., (.2) on the agenda, date for public hearing re: wetland application of Thomas & Jacqueline, Occhiogrosso.- Supervisor Homan stated that the date has already been set for a , public hearing on August 21st but was put on the agenda by error. Mrs. Csajko asked if it would be 'possible to. explain transfers before voting . on then?­- -$upervisor Homan explained that traffic. control basically has to do rrith: the blinker lights and perhaps one or two 'AUG ; 11979 3A7 Traffic lights which the Town owns and require maintenance from time to time. The amount in�'tfie, budget was basically for bulbs but occasionally the Town has to call Broadway Maintenance out to repair the controls. Town employees have worked with them so hopefully if.::::there is a problem in the future _Town employees can correct the problsm- -----Examining Board has to do with the necessary funds for the Board of Assessment Review and apparently there was not enough money in the budget for the time spent and additional expenses.---Adult Recreation refers to the chairs and tables for the Senior/Citizen/Youth Center which were bought under the State Contract by Mr. Martocchia.---Environmental Control and Disposal Area all has to do with the actual operation of the Disposal Area. A machine broke down there and it is costing $4, 50040 a month to rent a replacement while the Town machine is being repaired. The budget at the beginning of the year was marginal and we have begun funding these studies and then the various problems and the various mandates the Town has had to comply with for the State,the Disposal Area is a budget the Town is going to be in trouble with the public will see it on there evert month. Mrs. Csajko asked about the use of Broadway Maintenance for repair of lighting equipment. She said Broadway Maintenance has a very bad reputation in the City.---Supervisor Homan said he is not even sure it is Broadway Maintenance that they call. ---Highway Superintendent Dean said the Town calls Comstock, not Broadway Maintenance. Miss Jody Adams, Peconic asked what machine is broken down at the Disposal Area?---Highway Superintendent Dean said it is the payloader. Mr. Smauel Markel, Southold asked how soon the individuals are notified whether their application on Grievance Day is approved on denied?---Mr. William Weinheimer a member of the Board of Assess- ment Review said the notices would go out before the end of August. Miss Jody Adams asked where Justice Tedeschi will have his office?-- Supervisor Homan sakd he does not know whether he will use the recently vacated office of Martin Suter or he will set up in his own office. Miss Adams asked about Justice Suter' s secretarial help. ---- Supervisor Homan said that he assumes when they get finished clearing up former Justice Suter' s papers his secretarial help will either be dismissed of will be used by Justice Tedeschi.--Miss Adams asked when Justice Tedeschi will officially take office?---Supervisor Homan said that as soon as he is sworn in and the affidavit is filed with the County Clerk. He will have to resign ,as' Village Justice before he can be sworn in as. Town Justice. After he is sworn as Town Justice he can them take the position of Acting Village Justice, as Justice Suter was when he was Town Justice for Southold Town. On motion of Councilman Nickles, seconded by Councilman Drum, it was RESOLVED that there being no further business to come before this Town Board meeting adjournment be called at 8 :20P.M. Vote of the Town Board: Ayes : Councilman Nickles, Councilman Pell, Councilman't-.:Drum, Justice Doyen, Supervisor Homan. This resolution was declared duly adopted. .��:./;E Adith T. Terry Town Clerk