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Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, Chief. Okay, we have one quick announcement. Joanne, you want to give everybody a reminder of what Saturday? Okay, this is the last reminder that this Saturday, March 30th, is the James Port Parade hosted by the East End Amble Society with a 1 o'clock kickoff. The road is due to close around noon, so you might want to get there a little bit early. We're expecting a beautiful day. The weather's on our side. Unfortunately, there is the funeral for NYPD officer Jonathan Diller that day. We are down a couple of bagpipe bands and some of our police officers, but the parade is still going to happen, and we're very happy to have Leanne and Linda Simonson as our grand marshals. So thank you, Supervisor. Yes, and in respect to Officer Dillon of NYPD, we would now ask for a moment of silence. Silence.

Okay, what we're going to do today is we started at 9. We had some items we had to take care of early with going into executive session. So I'm going to make a motion that we close the work session and go into executive session, at which time we will be back at 10 o'clock for our work session. Do I have a motion? Motion. Second. All in favor? Aye. Okay. We are now closed with work session, and we will go into executive session.

Thank you.

You're on. Welcome back, everybody. We are back from executive session and now going back into our work session. We have one item to discuss, and that is matters surrounding the update on boards and committees, and I'm going to ask my fellow council people to, if they have any updates, to give us some updates on the committees and where we're at. Joanne? I'll go. Take the lead. Okay. We have the alternative transportation committee, and they had concerns that there was a barricade up at the bike path up at Epcot, and I called over to the chief secretary, and she was going to ask Lieutenant Devereaux to have that removed so the bike path will be open. Anti-litter is given. We have clear clear or find them on Facebook under Put It in the Trash Can, all one word. So we have about 40 areas of concern that we're going to be focusing on to pick up the litter. We need all hands on deck, so anybody that can come out and help, that would be greatly appreciated. And the Beach Committee will be participating with the Anti-Litter Committee, and we're also happy to report that Reeves Beach is open back up. The gazebo looks fantastic. Building and Grounds did such a great job over there. And then Farmland Preservation Committee, the Town Board passed a resolution to authorize the appraisal of property on the main road in Aquebog for possible purchase of development rights. So that's always a good thing. And Landmark Preservation, I'm going to be talking about that. The Perkins Generating Plant, which PSEG owns, has postponed the demolition, which we discussed last month. And we're going to be able to do an on-site visit in the next couple weeks. And there's interested parties looking at the property to maybe put a learning center in there. Long Island Science Center is looking at it. SeaTuck and a couple others. And then Open Space, which is a community preservation fund. So we have eight properties in town that we're going to be installing these beautiful signs, which is open space that has been funded by the Community Preservation Fund. And it's just trying to show the accomplishments of what has been preserved in the town. So I'm looking forward to seeing these around. Was this sign made with the Highway Department or no? Yes. How good. Yes. It's been, it was several years ago when GEO was with the Highway, but we're finally going to get them up. So very happy for this. They're beautiful, I think. But that's all. Okay, awesome. Bob? Sure. Also with the Ag Committee, they've been very active and really good comments with the comp plan. In full support of the agritourism project on North of Sound Avenue. And they're really a good group and very involved group. The Anti-Bias Task Force did an amazing job with the movie. And I know Supervisor, you spoke as well as others. And that was a huge success. They're working on a program now with restaurants. And I'll update you as that moves forward. The Business Advisory is working with the Building Department in terms of, sometimes what happens is people file for a permit, they pay the permitting fee, and they can get jammed up with either H2M or with, you know, with engineering, outside engineering, which will delay their project. So it's really no fault of their own. And then they are asked to pay. And some of these fees are like, all right, we need another $40,000. So they're trying to figure out, working with buildings, to look at that and see if anything can be done. As department head, liaison, I had a great meeting with Laurie from Receiving, and she said, you know, I'm a big fan of your work. I've worked with Receiver. And Terry was instrumental from IT and Dime Bank in order to move online payment with the border bills. And it's looking good. They're going to do a test run and then really looking to move that forward, including a computer that's going to be put in the receiver's office so people can come in and utilize it. They'll be taught how to do it. We're going to have a step-by-step, step one, step two, step three on how to pay your bills online for people that may have problems with that. And the only other one I'm going to report on right now is East End Arts. All I can say is they have, that's a diamond in the rough. It's been a huge sea change over there, and I would urge people just to go there because the art has changed dramatically. And they really have people that are showing in museums. They're showing in Riverhead. And it's, again, a sea change. Can we put them in touch with our IT section so if they have a show coming up, we can also put it up on our Channel 22? That's a great idea. Yeah, I mean, yeah, absolutely. To advertise for what they've got going on. Absolutely. I know they have different shows coming different times of the year. Yeah, because they're part of the town. Yeah, absolutely. That would be phenomenal because there are a lot of things going on. And with that, I'll just say that we've been, Dave Zebrowski from B&G, myself, and Wendy Weiss from East End Arts have been working, and as soon as Dave slows up a little bit, of putting art in the hallways and stuff like that in Town Hall. Like we used to have. Like we used to have, yeah. So that's also going on. Very good. Other than that, I'll just leave it there. That's it for now. Okay. Super. Great job. Before I forget, Joanne, you touched on the litter day, the cleanup Riverhead day. Yes. Councilor Howard, just a reminder, when the litter committee came in and showed their video, I meant to set up something with code to have code go out and check, in particular, the property line between the TJ Mack Shopping Center and Target. That fence is loaded. I didn't have clear clear Okay. Denise, last but not least. Thank you, Supervisor. First, I'd like to say with regard to the personnel committee that we are busy having interviews all this month long for ground keeping, code positions, recycling positions. All's going very well. A lot of qualified applicants out there. And also now in the parking committee, that's meeting again tomorrow night. We're continuing to discuss the parking lot right by the Peconic River. There's some issues there with filling potholes and repaving over there. That's ongoing. That's again tomorrow. The Inclusion Task Force does not meet again until May, but a lovely group I have met with, and we're talking about all kinds of different types of rides that can be in the inclusive playground. I've been working with... Attorney Dawn Thomas with her agency with regard to that, and that's going well. I'm very excited with the senior committee. In fact, we have legislation today approving the senior citizens, at least on the agenda here, approving the senior citizens advisory committee documents and authorizing printing and distribution of the senior guideline and also the map with regard to that My Own Aging plan. Those two we're looking to go to print on, and we're also looking to have... Three new people joined the committee there. I've asked them, please provide me the information so I can present that to the board. Excellent. So that's moving along very well. Also with regard to CAP, I'm very excited. That particular program, I went out last week with members of the police department where we did a vape scan. We went to different shops all throughout the town. I went to at least two of them, and we did find THC in one of the shops, and the police are notified to go back and check on those shops. So I thought that was a good thing. That was fantastic to be a part of that. And also they are in April. They're going to have their meet and greet on the 11th from 3 to 5 p.m. I'm asking them to come before the board before then to present, so I'm looking forward to that. Also with the ARB, I'm meeting again them tomorrow. I'm sorry, later today. There's three items on the agenda, signs at the Tanger Outlet, three signs there, three shops on Main Street, issues of signs, and PBMC. Okay. So that's all later today. Also, I'm very excited about the Economic Advisory Committee. I met with you and also members of Southampton Town. We were discussing the Community Distributed Generation, CDG. And just so the people at home know, this is homeowners, renters, and small businesses have access to the benefits of solar for free, including guaranteed electric bill savings without installing solar panels. That's a process that the town is working on. It may be for a particular group of people, not everybody across the board, but we're very excited about that. We also discussed the other program, which is Community Choice Aggregation. That may be in conjunction with other towns on the east end, whether it's South Hold or other towns. That was something else we had discussed. And we're meeting again. Our committee is meeting again this evening at 6 p.m. Also, I attended the Youth Court Awards beginning of this month in March. There were eight seats. Eight of the seniors that graduated, and they were all terrific kids. They had a presentation of a mock trial, and that was a wonderful experience, being an attorney myself, to watch them do a trial. Eight of the seniors that graduated, several of them had said that they intended to go into law. I highly recommend that to individuals. I think it's a wonderful career. And it was just wonderful to be there and be a part of that and give the closing remarks at that ceremony. And Dress for Success, I'm still reaching out in the outreach committee. I'm still waiting for a response from them to reach out to them to see about their participation in Dress for Success down in the basement. I'm still waiting for a response from them on that. And that's my tally for this month on the committee. Awesome. Very good. Thank you. The Youth Court program is an excellent program. It's been there a number of years. And so many kids have graduated from it and have gone on to become attorneys or go to law school, law enforcement. It's provided a whole host of people coming out of it. It's done very well. Thank you. Thank you. [transcription gap] Thank you. so sitting outside right now yes there you go there you go perfect okay nice about my goodness I forgot one thing I get that so with the bid they have a new interim president as Steve Schroeder has stepped down and that is Sean Kenna and he's in term they will vote again in June so I thought that was important to know he's filling out Steve's time and then the normal vote is in June every year okay yeah sure it's a great businessman downtown does a lot of work works hard for the bid so that was a great choice I'm glad to see him step up and put his name in for that awesome okay all right we will be moving on to resolutions now I will mention that resolutions number 10 through 30 are basically all clean up projects and closure projects to close out the year of 2023 so we'll go through them fairly quickly because that's all it is it's really just closing out all the accounts from 2023 the accounting department has been hard at work getting that all done so they can clean up and figure out what how much money we have left and how much we don't right though pretty much so all right Devin if you would mind reading off the resolutions sure resolution number one appoints a call in recreation specialist recreation department resolution number two appoints a call in recreation leader to the recreation department number three appoints an office assistant this was a position that's been filled provisionally now it's going to go to permanent oh yes and congratulations to Marissa Danowski on that she we hired her provisionally there was no guarantee she would be able to keep the job she had to take the civil service test and score high enough to get picked up she did and we got her and we've got a good employee in her and we're lucky to have her yes absolutely congratulations to Marissa resolution number four ratifies ratifies the appointment of a groundskeeper to resolution number five I mentioned this to the board previously this is this was my error this resolution was supposed to be pulled we have to look into it a little bit further we're in discussions with the employee on that so we're gonna pull this ratifies a salary increase for a senior citizen program supervisor we're gonna pull that one and instead we're gonna swap it out with another call in points a call in senior recreation leader to the recreation department that's the resolution that should be in its place okay you all have a copy of that now and we'll make sure the correct one is posted online of course resolution number six ratifies and accepts the resignation of a traffic control specialist number seven ratifies a provisional appointment of a senior water treatment plant operator 1b another perfect example with civil service there was no active test to take we're moving somebody up provisionally they take the test and they score well enough they get to keep that position I can't say enough to people out there about taking civil service tests it's a great thing there's great careers for civil service workers good benefits and don't be afraid to go online to Suffolk County civil service and see what tests and exams are coming up and get out and take as many as you can practice is good so you're looking for a job I highly recommend you do that maybe a little discrepancy with the packets if you guys want to share that one thank you okay resolution number eight ratifies the leave of absence non pro tonc number nine terminates an LOA and ratifies the ! reappointment of part-time police officers to active duty status these are three officers that just graduated from the part-time police academy so congratulations to the Larray C Franco and Jonathan Lupin's and Jordan Stromsky all three went on their own time without pay and went through the the police academy it's like a six-month program and they graduated successfully and they'll be working for us as part-timers and hopefully there may be on the full-time list and if we do some hiring coming up it's a good way to showcase your your ability to be a police officer so good luck and congratulations to them and as the supervisor mentioned earlier resolutions 10 through 30 all deal with project closures so we'll just run through the titles pretty quickly yes and if any any of the council have any questions or objections of course feel free to interrupt resolution number 10 sewer capital project number two zero zero one six mill pond sewer extension closure number 11 capital project eight two two zero nine north point development closure number 12 sewer capital project eight one nine oh three twelve oh one Ostrander Avenue sewer extension closure number 13 sewer capital project number two zero zero four two EPCAL sewer upgrade closure number 14 water capital project number eight two three two nine forty eight third street closure number 15 water capital project number eight two three one six fifteen Bay Avenue closure number 16 water capital project eight two three zero five eight oh nine West Main Street closure number 17 water capital project eight two two two nine restaurant depot closure number 18 water capital project eight two two zero eight four twenty East Main Street closure number 19 water capital project eight two two oh six Riverhead Charter School closure number 20 Water Capital project 8 to 201 1998 the conic closure number 21 Water Capital project 821 25 Wading River booster station closure number 22 Water Capital project 821 22406 Osborne Avenue closure number 23 Water Capital project 82126278 route 25 a closure number 24 Water Capital project 82112 the shipyard closure Number 25, Capital Project 82311, I'm sorry, 52311, Island Water Park Emergency Access Road Budget Transfer. Number 26, Capital Project 72326, Grumman Plain Refurbishment Closure. Number 27, Capital Project 81902, Reeves Beach Sanitary System Closure. Number 28, Capital Project number 72002, Railroad Avenue Urban Renewal Closure. Number 29, Capital Project 71802, CFA Parking Lot Implementation Closure. And number 30, Capital Project 71801, EpCal Bike Path Closure. Okay, so resolution number 31, Secret Determination for First Street Parking Garage Pre-Construction Activities. Okay, this is put in so we can move ahead with the thoughts of the construction of a parking garage on First Street. This was something we need to do to get the SECRA set up. Yeah, and this is a necessary step in the grant process for that, the portion of the money that's allocated for that project. Number 32, Approved Special Event Chapter 255 Application for Jamesport Fire Department for the Fireman's Annual Bazaar Carnival and Fundraiser. Wow, summer must be just around the corner. That's right. Jamesport Carnival. Number 33, Approved Special Event Chapter 255 Applicant for East End Arts Community Museums. Oh, summer's definitely coming. This is a great event. Every year, Memorial Day weekend downtown. They bring the pavement to life down there with all the colors and all the drawings they do. So, great event. Good. Number 34, Authorizes the Chief of Police to Execute an Agreement with Riverhead Community Awareness Program. Riverhead CAP. Yep. Number 34, Authorizes the Chief of Police to Execute... I'm sorry, I just read that. Number 35, Ratifies the Authorization of the Supervisor to Execute a License Agreement with Suffolk County Council of Boy Scouts of America to Utilize Runway at EpCal. That's for a 5K run. Andrew's Top Gun, I believe. Yep. Yes. And number 36, Authorizes the Supervisor to Execute an Intermunicipal Agreement with Suffolk County. Number 37, Authorizes the Supervisor to Execute an Agreement with VHB Engineering Surveying Landscape Architecture and Construction. That has to do with our town square. That's our town square. And number 38, Authorizes the Town Supervisor to Execute a Retainer Agreement with Volts & Vigliotta PLLC. This is regarding the CMA Mine and DEC. Number 39, Authorizes the Town Attorney to Execute a Retainer Agreement with Smith Finkelstein, Lundberg, Eisler & Jakubowski LLP. Number 40, Extends bid for the City of Lincoln to the City of Lincoln to publish a new lease of land to the city of Lincoln. That's for a 5K run. [transcription gap] That's for a 5K run. extends bid for annual fire and security alarm contract. Number 41, authorizes town clerk to publish and post notice to bidders for Veterans Memorial Park sanitary system. As for putting in a full-time or a permanent sanitary system up at Veterans Park. Number 42, authorizes town clerk to publish and post notice to amend Chapter 301, zoning and land development. This is a two-prong resolution. Well, it's two different resolutions, but two pieces of the public hearing component related to agritourism. These are the supplemental regulations regarding agritourism. And the next one. 43 as well, same thing, authorizes town clerk to publish and post notice to amend Chapter 301, zoning and land development. Same thing for the same topic for the agritourism. And Matt Charters from planning is here if the board has any questions on that. He's happy to field those questions. Number 44, authorizes the Rainier Group PE and LS PLLC to perform surveying services in the Riverhead downtown area. Again with the Town Square project. Number 45, police budget transfer. Number 46, acceptance of 2023 Justice Court audit. Number 47, approved senior citizen advisory committee documents and authorizes printing and distribution. Number 48, authorization for supervisor to execute a license agreement with Scramble Inc. to utilize runway at EPCAL. And that's it. That's all we have. Anybody have any questions? Any further comments before we close the work session? Okay, not seeing any. I will make a motion to close the work session and everybody enjoy the rest of the week. Second. Second to motions? Second. Okay. All in favor? Aye. Okay. Work session is closed.