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Thank you. [transcription gap] Pretty good? Thank you. And we're going to move on to Calverton Industrial Subdivision, aka OSTAT, with Greg Bergman. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. For the record, Greg Bergman, senior planner with the planning department. This is a quick discussion on the update of a status of a major industrial subdivision application known as the Calverton Industrial Subdivision. As the board is probably aware, this is the application seeking to subdivide approximately 131 acres of industrially zoned land located directly to the west of Splish Splash out in Calverton. The board did classify this as a Type 1 action back in November of 2021. The board assumed lead agency and issued a positive declaration requiring the preparation of a draft environmental impact statement. We went through a public scoping process that was held on May 5th, 2022. The board adopted a final scope in June of 2022 that would be used for the preparation of the DEIS. Back in June of this year, the project sponsor did submit a draft EIS to the planning department. Planning department reviewed that in-house as well as referred it out to our outside consultant, which is Sam Schwartz. We did provide the applicant in August of 2023 with a written list identifying the deficiencies in that document. The applicant submitted a draft EIS to the planning department. The applicant submitted a revised draft EIS to this department. We have reviewed internally and they did sufficiently address those deficiencies that we had initially identified. So, in terms of the next steps for this application, the next step in the secret process is for the lead agency to accept the DEIS. We will, that will authorize circulation of the DEIS to involved agencies. We will post the DEIS on the town's website and make it available for public review. We will also be submitting a draft EIS to the planning department. [transcription gap] Now, I will get out ahead of it and sort of address the moratorium that the town board recently adopted yesterday. We're sort of in an interesting position where while the town board did adopt a resolution to issue a six-month moratorium on industrial development in the Hamlet of Calverton. This application is not exempt from that moratorium. However, until that resolution is filed with the Secretary of State, that moratorium is not technically in effect. So what this resolution does is it will accept the DEIS. We will post it, as I said, post it on the website, make it available for public review, distribute it to involved agencies. It does not essentially move the needle on the application. You know, we're not to the point where we're making any kind of finding statement, making any approvals. What's going to happen is that when the moratorium is filed with the Secretary of State and that moratorium goes into effect, we will cease review of this application. I do see it as sort of a positive in that getting this DEIS into the hands of involved agencies, to be frank, the New York State Department of Transportation, they don't care about our local moratorium. They're not going to be reviewing this and commenting on it tomorrow. So the longer it's in the hands of involved agencies, we'll actually give them more time to review it, provide comments back to it at such time that the moratorium would be lifted. Thank you. We could then begin review and obviously after that, the next steps would be scheduling public hearings on the DEIS subdivision and moving forward. But just so for the board's knowledge, this resolution will just accept the DEIS and authorized distribution. We will have the planning department and Sam Schwartz will provide a list of substantive comments on the document once the moratorium is lifted and we get to public hearings and we'll go from there. So this is just a procedural step. Because we are on timelines under SECRA for the review of the revised DEIS. Right. I understand the timeline. I just want to make it clear to everybody out there that once the state does file the moratorium, there will be no in-house activity on it. Outside agencies may still conduct business, but not in the town. Is that clear? That's correct. Thank you, sir. Any other questions from any board members? No. Thank you. [transcription gap] Any other comments? There is a resolution on tonight. Yes, sir. And that resolution just accepts the DEIS, authorizes circulation to involved agencies, and makes the document available for public review. Great. Everybody good? Yep. Yep. All right. At this time, we'd like to ask for public comments on any resolution. Don't all come up at once. All right. I'm looking for a motion. I'm looking for a motion. All right. Any other comments? No. Any other comments? No. All right. I'll move resolution 2024-001 for Delalio Sod Farm, classifying the action pursuant to SECRA, taking lead agency, and issuing a negative deck. So moved. Second. Members Zelnicki? Yes. Member Hogan? Yes. Member De Niro? Aye. Member Baer? Yes. And I vote yes. The resolution is adopted. All right. Thank you. Second. Any other concerns? Second. Any other concerns? Second. Any other concerns? Second. [transcription gap] Second. Second. Second. Second. Second. resolution abges abges abges abges 4-003 Theodora Cohen minor subdivision resolution classifying an action to pursuit secret from minor application seeking approval to subdivide to contingents improved parcels of land so moved second moved in second it may we have a vote please members will Nikki yes member Hogan yes memin and arrow I remember bear yes and I vote aye the resolution is adopted resolution number 2024 zero zero four Theodore Cohen minor subdivision resolution scheduled a public hearing for a minor subdivision application seeking approval to subdivide to continues improved parcels of land second moved in second it may we have a vote please members will Nikki yes member Hogan yes memin and arrow I remember bear yes and I vote aye the resolution is adopted resolution 2024 zero zero five for the Calvert and industrial subdivision to accept and authorize circulation to involved agencies on the draft environmental statement so moved second who seconded it good Zelnicki moved and seconded may we have a vote please members will Nikki yes member Hogan yes memin and arrow aye member bear I vote no because I did not get the resolution seconded and I will vote yes so it's four to one at this time we'd like to ask for public comments on all matters

any business gentlemen any comments all good no minutes no minutes yet all right so you guys can make a motion second moved and seconded all in favor aye good job Stan you

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