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HomeMy WebLinkAbout10/27/2025 TOWN OF SOUTHOLD TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION Improved Safety, Environmental Improvements, Quality of Life, Efficient Delivery, Coordination, Education Minutes Draft 10/27/2025 Meeting Location: Town Hall, 53095 Main Rd, Southold, NY 11971 Supervisor’s Conference Room Meeting Date/Time: October 27, 2025 4:15 PM Type of Meeting: ☒ Regular Meeting ☐Special Meeting ☐ Emergency Meeting C ALL TO O RDER Motion by: Margaret Newman at 4:16 PM. A PPROVAL OF P REVIOUS M EETING M INUTES Minutes from the September 15, 2025, meeting were: ☒ Approved as submitted ☐ Approved with corrections (listed below) Motion by: Margaret Newman Seconded by: Mary Bess Phillips Vote: 10-0 approved. M EMORANDUM ON NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (NYS DOT) Not discussed at this meeting. Action items still pending. ACTION ITEMS: 1 TOWN OF SOUTHOLD TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION Improved Safety, Environmental Improvements, Quality of Life, Efficient Delivery, Coordination, Education ☐ Get a comprehensive list of concerns/suggestions from the Village of Greenport Board of Trustees to present to the Southold Town/ other stakeholders (Mary Bess Phillips). ☐ Commission to create an overall comprehensive list of concerns/suggestions to be shared with the Town Board/ NYSDOT/ other stakeholders. Include suggested solutions/ what the commission is asking for (funding/studies/maintenance). ☐ Send map with highlighted speed limit concerns/crosswalks to Transportation Commission for inclusion in Draft Letter (Brian Cummings). ☐ Draft letter to Assemblyman Schiavoni and Senator Columbo that includes concrete suggestions, including an attachment from Brian Cummings (Responsible Party?). I NFRASTRUCTURE AND RISING SEA LEVELS MEETING WITH TOWN OFFICIALS 08/25/2025 There was a meeting with town officials, county officials and state, on 8/25/2025 about the raising of roads in Orient and a section of Route 48 in Mattituck. Replies are pending. Anne said she would try to get more information about what’s intended to happen. ACTION ITEMS: ☐ Receive plan of action (from DOT/County?) discussed at meeting with Town Supervisor. Share with the rest of the commission (Mary Bess Phillips). ☐ Follow-up with officials for more information (Anne Smith). WINTERFEST: ROAD CLOSURE OF NYS ROUTE 25 Not discussed at this meeting. Action items still pending. ACTION ITEMS: ☐Receive a map of where the vendors would be laid out (whose responsibility?). st ☐ Monitor any issues encountered this year. The festival is being held February 21, 2026. 2 TOWN OF SOUTHOLD TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION Improved Safety, Environmental Improvements, Quality of Life, Efficient Delivery, Coordination, Education REVIEW OF TURNS TO C HAPEL L ANE Not discussed at this meeting. Action items still pending. ACTION ITEMS: ☐ Monitor possible development. Re-engage discussion, if needed. TRAFFIC ISSUE: CORNER OF J ACKSON S TREET AND 1 ST S TREET BY THE TOWN BEACH, N EW S UFFOLK Discussion by Commission: The Wednesday traffic issues in New Suffolk are still unresolved. Part of the problem is that people don’t obey the rules of the road. We believe that enforcement is the only solution, but that creates time and budget issues for the police department. The Town Board should make a recommendation. ACTION ITEMS: ☐ Locate and review the study performed on the area by the Town of Southold. ☐ Investigate site plan/ permits for Just Kids. ☐ Identify governing bodies for the area. E.g., Town of Southold, Suffolk Park District, NYS, DPW, private property, etc. ☐ Commission to come up with recommendations for the Town Board regarding the issue (Resident was sent to the commission by the Supervisor). R EVIEW OF SPEED LIMITS ACTION ITEMS: ☐ Anne Smith to speak with Naomi about changing the sign and confirm we accepted their other recommendations (some discussion about them having been challenged). 3 TOWN OF SOUTHOLD TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION Improved Safety, Environmental Improvements, Quality of Life, Efficient Delivery, Coordination, Education R EQUEST: NORTH FERRY SIGNAGE, GREENPORT Not discussed at this meeting. Action items still pending. ACTION ITEMS: ☐ Mary Bess Phillips will be updating the Transportation Commission. CRITERIA FOR CO-NAMING A STREET The criteria for co-naming a street was discussed. It was determined that the person should be deceased and be sponsored by a local organization. Other criteria are yet to be determined. ACTION ITEMS: ☐ Discuss and report back to the Town Board. R EVIEW THE GOALS OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. The Commission needs to review the traffic sections of the Comprehensive Plan to determine if we wish to suggest any revisions to the Plan. Mary Bess talked about past traffic studies which could provide suggestions about how to improve traffic issues. ACTION ITEMS: ☐ Brian to continue to update the Commission on progress and bring forward any issues that may need input from the Commission. WORKING GROUP (M ARY B ESS/ J OHN/C HARLIE) ACTION ITEMS: ☐Review and organize existing transportation studies to observe patterns, themes, and past discrepancies so that when a meeting is set with the DOT, we have evidence of past community concerns that have been brought forward. S PEED L IMIT S IGNS – G REENPORT 4 TOWN OF SOUTHOLD TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION Improved Safety, Environmental Improvements, Quality of Life, Efficient Delivery, Coordination, Education Dan Goodwin said that getting the number of flashing speed limit signs needed throughout the town would be expensive and might cost as much as $30,000 a year to maintain. The speed limit going into the new circle in Greenport has to be changed so that people slow down when approaching the circle. Confusion which led to a few minor accidents has been resolved by relocation of cones and curb work. Mary Bess talked about the potential problems which need to be looked at where Moore’s Lane meets the Main Road. There are many sources of cars emptying onto the Main Road from parking lots and one or more stop signs are needed to lessen the risk of accidents. ACTION ITEMS: ☐ Speed limit changes in various areas of the town will be looked at by Anne and Mary Bess and they will give us feedback at our next meeting. NEW BUSINESS Incorrect Signage - Mattituck (Daniel Goodwin) - Dan pointed out that there are areas in Mattituck where intersections have Yield signs rather than Stop signs. ACTION ITEMS: ☐ Study the issue further and put a list together of recommended changes (Daniel Goodwin). M ISCELLANEOUS DISCUSSION/COMMENTS DURING THE MEETING None. ADJOURNMENT – 5:14 PM Motion by: ? Seconded by: ? Vote: 10-0 Approved. M INUTES RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED BY: 5 TOWN OF SOUTHOLD TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION Improved Safety, Environmental Improvements, Quality of Life, Efficient Delivery, Coordination, Education Tabitha A. Manwaring, Committee Secretary Signature:_______________________________ Dated: XX/XX/2025 6