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Home My WebLink AboutLP-02/03/2026 LAND PRESERVATION COMMITTEE MEETING Minutes & Discussion Notes from Meeting held Tuesday, February 3, 2026 at 7:00 p.m. This Regular Meeting was held in the Annex Executive Board Room, located on the 2nd floor at Southold Town Hall Annex, 54375 Route 25 (Main Road), Southold, New York. The public had access to view and listen to the meeting as it was happening via Zoom. If an attendee did not have access to a computer or smartphone, there was an option to listen in via telephone. Comments from the public may not be solicited nor received without an appointment. It is expected that the Committee will enter into Executive Session*at some point after opening the Regular Meeting for the purpose of discussing applications regarding proposed acquisitions of real property where publicity would substantially affect the value thereof. The public is not allowed to attend, view, or listen to Executive Session. 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Or Online at the website zoom.us, click"Join a Meeting" and enter the Webinar ID: 856 9282 3543 Passcode: 218273 • Or One tap mobile : +16469313860„85692823543#,,,,*218273# US +16465588656„85692823543#,,,,*218273# US (New York) • Or Telephone: Dial(for higher quality, dial a number based on your current location): +1 646 931 3860 US +1 646 558 8656 US (New York) +1 305 224 1968 US +1 309 205 3325 US +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago) +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC) +1 360 209 5623 US +1 386 347 5053 US +1 507 473 4847 US +1 564 217 2000 US +1 669 444 9171 US +1 689 278 1000 US +1 719 359 4580 US +1 720 707 2699 US (Denver) +1 253 205 0468 US +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma) +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston) Webinar ID: 856 9282 3543 Passcode: 218273 International numbers available: https:Hus06web.zoom.us/u/kcJxIBUDAV Members Present: Sam McCullough Anne Murray Eric Keil Doris McGreevy(on ZOOM) Will Lee Kim Krupski (on ZOOM) Carol Festa Members Absent: None Also Present: Lillian McCullough, Land Preservation Executive Assistant Cathy Kreshon, Land Preservation Committee Secretary Present as Attendee: Patricia Moore, Esq., Narrow River Properties LLC Jeremy Armstrong, Narrow River Properties LLC Christopher Powers (on ZOOM), Narrow River Properties LLC Commencement • All "Attendees" will be dismissed from this meeting upon the Committee's Motion to enter into Executive Session. • The meeting began at 7:03 p.m. with 7 LPC members present. Committee Minutes and Administration • Acceptance of LPC meeting minutes from November 25, 2025 MOTION made by Sam McCullough, seconded by Anne Murray, to accept the November 25, 2025 LPC meeting minutes. Motion carried: 5/0/2 (Eric Keil &Will Lee abstained) • Acceptance of LPC meeting minutes from January 6, 2026 MOTION made by Sam McCullough, seconded by Eric Keil, to accept the January 6, 2026 LPC meeting minutes. Motion carried: 5/0/2 (Doris McGreevy&Carol Festa abstained) • Acceptance of LPC meeting minutes from January 20, 2026 MOTION made by Anne Murray, seconded by Eric Keil, to accept the January 20, 2026 LPC meeting minutes. Motion carried: 4/0/3 (Sam McCullough, Will Lee & Carol Festa abstained) • Reminder re: Committee Terms/Appointments Lilly reminded the committee members whose terms are expiring that they will be receiving a reminder letter from the Town Clerk and requesting that they respond regarding their intent to renew. • Next LPC Meeting Date: February 17, 2026 General Preservation • Narrow River Properties LLC/Armstrong (f.k.a. Cullinane) SCTM# 1000-19.-1-1.5—Request to Construct Storage Barn & Livestock Barn Lilly reviewed the application for a 3,440-square-foot livestock barn and an 1,800-square-foot agricultural storage barn proposed on the easement area, which also includes a driveway from the Main Road to the 5-acre reserve area and plans to screen the property from the northern and western neighbors. Jeremy Armstrong (applicant) Patricia Moore, Esq. (applicant's attorney), and Christopher Powers (applicant's architect) were in attendance to discuss the application. Mr.Armstrong purchased the property in 2023 and plans to build a family homestead. The Lathams were farming the property when he purchased the property, and he intends to maintain a year-to-year lease with them. He scaled down the proposed barns from the previous landowner's site plan application in response to comments on that proposal. The applicant presented his plans for the proposed storage barn, stating it would be used for storage of hay, equipment, produce, and any spillover from the livestock barn. Committee members inquired about the applicant's production plans generally, as well as his plans for processing and retail in the barn. The applicant stated that the property contains an apple orchard, and that he still has to figure out what he can grow in the greenhouse. He stated that he had no vision for large-scale processing, but may want to make processed products from the apple orchard located on the property. Committee members asked about whether the barn would be open to the public, and the applicant stated that it would not be now but might be someday. He said he had no immediate plans for retail but might in the future. The applicant stated that the proposed driveway follows the existing dirt farm road and would be used for accessing the farm from the house. The applicant added that he may improve the proposed driveway with gravel but would not pave it. He stated that residential access and other deliveries would be received from the Narrow River Road access. The applicant next presented his proposal for the livestock barn. He stated that there would ll e only horses in the barn, including an Arabian mare and Lipizzan, mini donkeys, and an Icelandic pony. The barn would have 8 stalls, a wash room, a tack room, and storage space. The number of stalls would provide shelter for existing animals, as well as birthing stalls in the future for horses and potentially sheep and goats. He clarified that neither barn will contain bathrooms and that the floor plans the Committee reviewed, which feature a half-bathroom in each barn, are not the most recent. The applicant has been researching foaling, has consulted with a veterinarian and others about breeding the Arabian mare, and plans to breed the horse are "imminent." Committee members inquired whether the animals identified were "personal" animals (i.e. pets), which the applicant confirmed. The animals are his and his mother-in-law's, and there would be no caretakers. He stated that the horses and related foaling were "lifestyle, maybe part economy." The applicant proposed planting evergreen screening along the western and northern property lines due to complaints related to the previous landowner's site plan application. The screening would not be dense and would act as a sound barrier. He added that any lighting on the property would be "minimal." Committee members advised the applicant that farm operations are not required to screen, and that, here, screening would likely be inconsistent with the easement's terms related to protecting the property's scenic viewshed. The applicant agreed that he would not screen the property. The Committee members also advised the applicant that what the site plan labels as a "Driveway" may only be used for agricultural production and may not be used for residential access or deliveries unrelated to agricultural production, including equipment related to agricultural processing or retail. The Committee members advised the applicant that neither retail nor processing are allowed on the easement area, including as described his letter describing the storage barn's use. Ms. Moore asked whether processing would include making farm products like jams and jellies, which Committee members confirmed. The applicant agreed that any processing and retail would be limited to the reserve area, and he reiterated he had no immediate processing or retail plans. The Committee also advised the applicant that structures for personal animals are generally not consistent with Town easements, and that the Town has an interest in ensuring easement areas purchased to preserve working farms do not become personal estates. The Committee reviewed existing structures on the easement area visible on aerial GIS mapping and the landowner's survey, including a patio and pergola and trailer. The applicant stated the previous landowner installed the patio, and the trailer was his. The Committee advised that these structures are inconsistent with the easement, and the applicant agreed to remove them. Given the volume of information, including the easement, a recent survey, site plans for the reserve easement areas, floor plans for the storage and livestock barns, and letters from the applicant and Lathams, the Committee decided to review the proposal with the applicant this meeting and make determinations on its consistency with easement during the next regular Committee meeting. • TreeO Farms LLC (Owen Brothers LLC)f.k.a. McCall Family Holdings Limited SCTM# 1000-115.-7-13.2— Request to Install a Sign Lilly summarized the landowner's proposal to erect a sign for its landscaping business on the property, as well as the relevant easement terms related to signage. The property is currently in production as a vineyard, and the landowner's representative advised Lilly that they intend to convert the property to a tree and shrub nursery in a year or more. The easement terms permit signs related to the ongoing agricultural production, and the Committee determined that the proposed sign would not be consistent with the easement in its present use because the sign would be advertising for the landowner's landscaping business, which is exclusively offsite at this time. Committee members also stated that proposed masonry around the sign was not consistent with the easement terms. The Committee stated that it would revisit the application when the landowner began converting the property's use to nursery stock. Inquiries/Applications for Uses or Structures on Preserved Property • None Stewardship and Management • None Land Preservation Applications & Potential Applications: • EXECUTIVE SESSION- Proposed Acquisitions of Real Property Where Publicity Would Substantially Affect the Value Thereof MOTION made by Anne Murray, seconded by Eric Keil, to enter into EXECUTIVE SESSION. Motion carried: 7/0 The LPC members entered into EXECUTIVE SESSION at 8:14 p.m. Meeting locked. o Lillian McCullough, Land Preservation Executive Assistant— Inquiries, new applications, appraisals and current applications MOTION made by Sam McCullough, seconded by Eric Keil, to exit Executive Session. Motion carried: 7/0 EXECUTIVE SESSION ENDED at 8:54 p.m. Land Preservation Applications & Potential Applications -OPEN SESSION 0 None Adjournment: MOTION made by Sam McCullough, seconded by Eric Keil, to adjourn this meeting. Motion carried: 7/0 The meeting ended at 8:55 p.m. Respectfully submitted by Cathy Kreshon, Land Preservation Committee Secretary