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Thank you. Thank you. If we could all please stand for the pledge. And Councilman Hoffa, would you mind leading us? Yes, you may. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you, sir. Okay, we're going to start off with open session today. First item up is matters surrounding the special permit and site plan for National Grid Facility, located at 8 Mill Road, and that will be with Greg Bergman. And we have the good folks from National Grid. Would you like to come on up?

Good morning, Mr. Supervisor, members of the board, for the applicant, Brian Kennedy. I'm a partner with Fort Shelley, Deegan, Toronto. I'm Fred Pollard, project manager at National Grid. I send you a letter every single month. It's really a payment, but you never respond back. You have to do the same thing. They provide service, right? Good morning, everybody. So what we've got before the board today is a special permit. There's also a site plan application pending before the planning board. It's proposing site improvements at the National Grid Facility, located on 8 Mill Road, which is just north of the intersection of Mill Road and West Main Street. The application includes the demolition of two existing on-site buildings, the construction of certain utility structures, the widening of the existing access driveway and apron on Mill Road, the creation of trailer parking spaces for a total of 24 compressed natural gas trucks, and the installation of related CIG distribution and collection equipment. The property is located in the Potonic River Community, or the PRC, zoning use district. Pursuant to town code, utility providers and utility sites are allowed by special permit within any zoning district by special permit. The town board. So that's why they're before the board for this site. The action is an unlisted action pursuant to CEGRA with coordinator review being optional and not recommended. I did prepare a short EAF parts two and three dated April 28th, which the board has in a resolution packet, which you will be considering. Review the project. I do not anticipate there to be any significant negative environmental impacts from the project, so we do recommend a negative declaration. The project is under the

! The property is encumbered by two easements, one that's worthy of noting and will come up a little bit later. There is a 30-foot access easement, which is located on the south side of this property. It's not shown on the survey, but it does exist. The purpose of that right of way is to provide access to the property located directly to the east, as that is a landlocked parcel. Correct. And there's also an easement on the property that reserves approximately 5,500 square feet for, it was the Long Island Lighting Company, now Lowe's. The Lighting Company, now Loco, allows them to operate and maintain an electric transmission distribution facility. So I do recommend that just when we get the final site plan, we do show both of those easement areas on the plan. Now there is a sort of big ask that I understand, and it's in the staff report. The location of that right of way, and again, when that was created back in, I believe it was like the 40s or the 50s, there was probably no future thought of what this area would look like. But the location of that 30 foot right of way sort of dumps out any potential traffic from that site right into the middle of the intersection. It's sort of in the middle, there's no traffic signals, there's no real control measures. So if it's possible, I understand it's a big ask, maybe we can relocate that right of way to sort of meet up outside their fence line, just to provide, you know, reduce any potential future conflicting traffic movements. Just to clarify, this is for the back of the... This is for the right of way or the adjacent parcels right of way? This is on page three, right? Correct, yeah. If you want to show me... So on page three on figure two, that, it's probably located 30 foot from the southern property boundary. That fence line in figure two, just to the right of that in that red area, that's the location of that right of way. But that's somebody else's property. It's their property, their property is encumbered with the right of way to access the property located to the east. Right. So again, whether or not it's feasible at this juncture, I understand it's an ask, but I just, you know, looking into the crystal ball a little bit, if there was any potential development, that site is zoned light industrial, so there could be some type of development back there. That land like, landlocked piece back there has been looked at for best in the past, hasn't it? Correct. That's correct. Haven't heard anything else in, you know, a number of years on it, but I mean, again, light industrial does allow some type of, you know, commercial development. So again, just trying to look forward, you know, get ahead of any potential issues. So what would be your suggestion on the easement? So, I mean, if it's possible, and again, there are fence lines, and I understand the conversation with the applicant, that there are regulatory systems for the natural gas lines within this area. And within the easement area. Right. So that, we have that easement because we, there's a main that runs down that piece. Right now, again, it is undeveloped, so that neighbor that we're in touch with almost never uses the access. Right now, you'll see in the corner. Where the driveway comes down to the south, we do have equipment in that corner of the fence. You can see some things above ground right behind the fence there. Yes. In the coming years, we are looking to upgrade that station. It's a vintage 50s station. So, I'm thinking about three years from now. And so we're in that active design right now, and I've already mentioned that to the engineers, and we're going to see what we can do to remove the equipment from that corner so that in the future we can blend those driveways. But that would likely be a subsequent application. As part of this, I don't know that we can meet the town's request. Right. Okay. And I understand that. Again, what I would possibly envision, I mean, I understand that you will have fencing and security, but if that right-of-way can sort of be relocated to meet up with this driveway, just to provide one curb cut. Much safer. Yeah. And it makes sense for both borders. Okay. So, the nature of the use is somewhat temporary. The purpose of this is to provide a lot of security. Right. And the purpose of this is to, as my understanding, during really cold days in the winter, you know, we're talking when it gets down to like 10, 20. Right. Due to the carrying capacity of National Grid out here, they need to supplement the system. So on those really cold days, they'll get trucks, they come in from out of state, they'll sort of stage them here, and they use them to supplement the existing National Grid system to provide additional gas capacity to make sure people can heat their homes. It is by no means a temporary solution. It is by no means a permanent storage facility. These trucks would not be there on a permanent basis. Right. That was one concern, so the fire marshal did review it. He had no comments. There is a hydrant located right in the mill road right-of-way that will need to be relocated, but there were no significant fire concerns or fire safety. He did just have some comments regarding emergency access. There is a electric sliding gate here that's security card controlled. He just had comments that in the event of an emergency, they need to have some type of emergency access for the fire department to respond to any potential emergency. There are some minor revisions that need to be done to the lighting plan. Currently, they propose 20-foot mounting height LED fixtures with a color temperature of 5,000 degrees Kelvin. Those need to be revised to 16-foot height and a maximum color temperature of 3,000. Again, that's not a real significant change. They will be demolishing two of the buildings on site. One will remain. One of them has a bathroom, so they will need to locate that sanitary system and abandon that in accordance with health department requirements. Again, did get comments from the water district. So the hydrant is basically right in the middle of where the proposed driveway widening will take place. They can relocate that hydrant. That needs to be done in accordance with the water district. It still needs to remain on that side of the road. We got comments back from the highway department. They actually just paved this section of Mill Road. So he's just looking for a full restoration of the pavement in Mill Road. Curb to curb as a result of the widening of the curb cut. Now the property is located within New York State DEC wild, scenic and recreational rivers area. It's in the community designation. Pursuant to 6 NYC RR Part 666.13 . There is no permit required from the DEC for this because it is a utility permit. it is a utility provider so I do have two resolutions before the board I know there is a special town board meeting scheduled for after this work session to issue a negative declaration and schedule the public hearing the public hearing for this application would be scheduled for May 21st and the reason we pushed it up to do it today with a special meeting is because you have a much larger project that's going to take place and you need to finish this up get this done and completed before you go on to the other project so that's the sense of urgency completely accurate if you guys recall we first met with planning and some members of this board almost two years ago we have gone through this plan several times the larger project in a neighboring township is set to begin in January this site needs to be open and operational for that project to begin and you know [transcription gap] all of the comments that mr. Bergman made in his planning memo the applicant has no issue meeting all of those except for the easement area which we will revisit right when the time comes the one thing I'll note is this site will be only operational from December to February the coldest months of the year mother nature's kind to us it may not have to operate at all that's right correct any other questions any questions anything else from the board pretty cut and dry thank you I have to thank you all and thank mr. Bergman for his hard work on this he's done an incredible job great job thank you very much great job very nice ok next up we have matter surrounding comments received regarding our project and we will be doing a lot of work on this as well thank you very much thank you very much so next up we have head head head head head head head head ! CND for the site plan application of Island Water Park, which sought to legalize improvements made to the existing site, including the construction of a go-kart track, pickleball courts, and conversion of the use of an interior existing space for use as a catering space. The notice of the CND was posted in the New York State DEC's Environmental News Bulletin on March 19, 2025. Once that was posted, pursuant to secret, it commenced a 30-day public comment period. That comment period then ended on, I believe it was April 19. We did receive three comment letters from members of the public during that time period. We received one letter from Barbara Blass dated March 31, one letter from Jen Hartnagle on behalf of the group for the East End dated March 17, 2025, and a second follow-up letter from Barbara Blass dated April 11, 2025. Pursuant to secret, a lien agency is required. The lien agency is required to review all comments received during the public comment period to determine if they raise substantive issues and are relevant to the adequacy of the condition negative declaration. So, attached to the report, I did attach copies of those three letters. I tried to go through them and distill down for the board what I felt were the substantive comments, so I'll go through them. We can have a discussion to see if the board agrees or if there's anything else that they'd like to address. So, comment one from Ms. Blass's letter dated April 11. It spoke about the environmental review and did it adequately identify and evaluate noise from the go-karts and the potential impacts on birds and other species in the grassland and woodlands proximate to the track. The New York State DEC identified April 23 through August 15 as bird breeding and nesting season during which certain activities are restricted. Should the CND conditions be modified to restrict the operation of gas-powered go-karts during this period? Should the CND be modified to include a noise barrier or require electric go-karts in the alternative? So, there is a New York State DEC manual. It's available online. It's called the Strategy for Grassland Bird Habitat Management and Conservation for the years 2022 through 2027. That manual, although it did not identify any targeted grassland bird conservation centers in the vicinity of the project site, I do acknowledge that there are grassland habitats that were identified in the June 13, 2014 Habitat Protection Plan for EPCAL. Those are generally located in the vicinity. They do have clear clear clear clear the nearest part of those grassland habitats is approximately 1150 feet. Given the separation distance, the fact that there is significant wooded buffers between those areas, not necessarily anticipating significant results to those habitats. Further, we did coordinate with the DEC during the secret coordination period and they had no comments to that effect on, you know, effects of the grassland bird habitats. The comment, too, from Jen Hartnagle's letter from the group from the East End, dated March 17th, spoke about the inclusion of the requirements for the Suffolk County Department of Health Services Office of Wastewater Management, stating that the lead agency cannot require as a condition an approval from another agency because it is not a mitigative measure. States that the CND cannot be used to create an approval authority for an agency that has no established jurisdiction over the proposed action. Do acknowledge this comment, although it does not speak to any specific minimum. The CND is not a mitigation measure within that CND. The town board as a lead agency cannot rely on that to attach conditions that are within the lead agency's underlying jurisdiction or conditions that an applicant is otherwise legally obligated to meet in order to obtain a permit or approval, such as emission or discharge standards as required by law. So I do recommend that the CND be modified to remove those two conditions. There's one about the health department and there's one about the DEC, as those are reflectively conditions that the applicant is legally required to meet anyway. So again, it doesn't necessarily speak to any specific mitigation measure within the CND. Nonetheless, the minor revision to remove those two conditions does not require additional posting in the ENB. It does not require an additional 30-day review period or anything. The only time we'd have to do additional review is if you were to add conditions that were not previously identified. And again, the comment three from Barbara Blass identified same kind of conditions about attaching those conditions about DEC and the health department. There were other comments and both letters spoke to them, both Jen Hartnagle's letter and Barbara Blass's March 31st letter. They both made general reference to the secret process, specifically the unlisted classification of the proposed action citing Riverhead Town Code section 225-11B-5. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I didn't get that clear. [transcription gap] It was never intended to capture any action on a facility with 50 or more parking spaces. It was intended to capture the construction of new facilities of 50 or more parking stalls. By that logic, any action, if a major shopping center on 58 were to come in for facade improvements, that would be a type 1 action by a strict reading of that. That was never intended to be the action. So I stick by the unlisted classification of the action. I mean, we're talking about the construction of a go-kart track, pickleball courts, and arguably the conversion of the interior space for use as catering is conversion. It's a permitted use within the zoning district. That action in and of itself, it sort of got lumped in when the fire marshal issued tickets and code enforcement was out there. That in and of itself wouldn't necessarily have even required the site plan approval. But nonetheless, I'm sticking by the unlisted classification. I do not feel or do not recommend to the board that that needs to be amended. So the next steps per the secret handbook, if comments are received that suggest improvements to an already adequate mitigation measure or a better way to mitigate the impact, the lead agency has the discretion to make minor adjustments to the CND. The type of minor revisions to address comments that will strengthen an already adequate mitigation measure would not require the lead agency to go through the CND process again or require the preparation of a draft EIS. Lead agency may as indicated in the first option in the... secret handbook choose to respond to the comments by stating that the revision was made to the CND. So I do recommend the town board have not prepared a resolution yet, but I would recommend prepare a resolution to accept the staff report and the comments contained herein as constituting the board's responses to the comments on the CND and acknowledge that the removal of the Department of Health and the DEC requirements be removed from that DEC. Again, although those two comments are not specific to any type of mitigation, and do not necessarily strengthen that mitigation measure, they should be removed as the applicant is already legally required to obtain those approvals. Greg, going back to Town Code 225.11b sub 5 with the 50 spaces, should we look at that Town Code and maybe word it? I think we're going to. I spoke about that with Matt just to remove any confusion. Right. We're talking about... It seems a little ambiguous and... I specifically remember there was a... I think it was the Target Shopping Center or the... the Dollar Tree Shopping Center next to Target when that was being renovated. Karen Gluth, I remember, raised that question. I remember the conversation with Dick Ehlers and he said, you know, that's not what it was intended for. Okay. So, going through the other comments of the board, have any other comments on the letters and the responses? Anything else you'd like to look at? No, you covered it quite well. I think you did a great job addressing everything.

All right. Thanks, Greg. Very good, sir. Thank you. Okay. Thank you, Greg. Next up, we have Matt is surrounding an update on committees from the board. And who would like to begin? I'll go. Okay, Jen. Okay. So, I have anti-litter and I am very happy to report that our spring cleanup was this past Saturday and it was a great success. Thank you to all of the dedicated volunteers that came out and donated their time and energy. Definitely. And I want to help keep our community clean and beautiful. And we are already beginning to talk about our fall cleanup. So, more to come on that. Beach committee. Your stickers for the beaches are available here at Town Hall. This Saturday, there will be the last drive-through where you can come here to Town Hall. You don't have to get out of your car. There'll be someone outside. And the time for that is between 11 and 12. Okay. And the time for that is between 11 and 2 o'clock. And just remember, you must have a beach sticker in order to park at the beaches. This is all year long, not just the summer season. Business Improvement District. The BIDMA Executive Board announced a few weeks ago that they have released their Executive Director, Christy Verity. We wish her well on all of her future endeavors. And the BID will be focusing on various projects throughout downtown. We have a lot of great ideas. And I think that you're going to see some great things happening downtown. And I'm happy to reiterate that Alive on 25 is still going to go on. We have some awesome things planned for it. And the dates are July 18th. And we'll have fireworks that night. And the second one is August 1st. And the Halloween Fest will also be going on in October. So, I'm really looking forward to that. Board of Assessment Review. Tax Grievance Day is Tuesday, May 20th, here at Town Hall. The Review Board will meet between the hours of 10 a.m. and noon. And then 6 p.m. until 8. And our regularly scheduled Board meeting will be held on Wednesday instead of Tuesday. So that the Assessment Board is able to use this room. Code Revision. I don't really have too much to talk about. With Code Revision, I just became liaison in January. And I really appreciate the amount of work that goes into looking at the codes. Make sure that, you know, that everything remains clear, consistent. You know, that there's no gray lines in our code. And they're doing a great job. And I'm really happy about that. I'm really happy to be a part of that. Farmland Preservation. I'm happy to report that we just passed last week two resolutions to bring on two new members. We have Eve Kaplan and Matt Wells. So, along with the addition of Kenny Zelnicki a few months ago, our Farmland Committee is strong and moving forward. And I really appreciate Richard Wines and Matt Schmidt being able to bring in new members. So, I'm looking forward to moving forward with that. And Personnel Committee. Well, that's not a committee. No. No. Never mind. I was just going to say that everybody should go. If you're looking for a career opportunity, go and take the Civil Service test. We are hiring here in Riverhead. And it's an excellent opportunity. It's a great place to work. And, you know, you're missing out. Go take that test. That's all that I have. There's so many tests for so many different job opportunities and different positions and titles. It's really interesting if you go on their website and see all of the different exams they give. But I agree, Jo. It's a great opportunity for somebody to get a good job with benefits. And, you know, if you're out there looking, get the Civil Service and sign up and take a test. Yes. That's it. Good. Bob, you want to go next? Sure. So the Open Space Committee is going to be presenting next Thursday's work session. So I'm not going to report on that. Recreation Advisory. And I'm going to ask Denise, because I tried to do this, to get the state to pass a law that we can use funds to maintain parks. We're looking at working with Deputy Town Attorney Ann Marie Prudente on Town Law 273. We're going to head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head We're looking for 20% of that to be changed over to repairs of existing parks and playgrounds because it's great to say, oh, we're going to set aside an area for a playground for a new capital investment, but with all these new capital investments come all these projects, these playgrounds, and you don't leave the town any ability to keep maintaining and paying for these parks that are in desperate need. We have about 80 projects right now. I was speaking with Ray Coyne. There's at least 24 projects that need to be done on parks. I've given all that to Senator Palumbo. He's speaking to Monica Martinez, another Democratic senator. We're looking for support for other town supervisors. It's an easy fix. It's an existing law, and we're just looking to put 20% for the parks and the playgrounds for the repairs. So I'm in the process of working on that. That's good because we have 42 parks. I saw photographs last night, and it's a travesty that we're allowed to build parks. We're not allowed to use money to maintain them. It's a travesty. It's counterintuitive. It seems like it was just not thought through well enough. It's an easy fix. Yeah. Agreed. So they talked about bonding. I mean, if we were to fix all 42 parks that need fixing, it would be a lot easier. Yeah. Yeah. It would be over a million dollars. Easy. And so we're discussing other things like things that the recreation department is doing to get revenue and possibly looking at all those fees and adjusting those fees appropriately and try to utilize those fees to help restore. I mean, some of the stuff I saw was like, you know, it's a lot of money. Yeah. And so it was like, yikes. Anyway, so good group. TDR committee that's transferring development rights, we will be meeting soon. The wildlife management, they're keeping me in order. That's good. Taking care of the wild... No, they haven't met. The Ag advisory, trying to think of what the last thing that came up over there. Well, we took a tour. Thanks to the farmers. Yeah. Yeah. We visited the Farm Bureau and we visited some of the people that are on the Ag advisory, which was a really, really great tour. And I know that's coming up in a Riverhead in action, so I won't spoil that. Alternative transportation, East End Transportation Council. I think we've met three times this month. They are adamant about fixing the pavement that was destroyed when they put the bathrooms in over in Vets Park. Yeah. And also repairing the trail, and I said this the last time I reported, that's coming outside of Vets Park Memorial where the jets are. That trail, right? Contest has come to the meeting and what's lacking is funds. And I told them we're looking for funds. When funds become available, we'll be able to do that. So they're adamant about getting that fixed. Who else do I have? Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Architecture Review. Signage. I'm going to skip that. East End Arts. I really don't. I mean, they're doing the Mosaic Festival to be announced. When that happens, I think they're going to be doing that in concert with the bid to make it a much larger event than it's been in the past. Emerging technologies. Just to bring people up to speed on that. What we're looking at. Craig Bergman is doing a GIS map. Identifying the industrial. I. I'll just head over to you. I'll head over to you. [transcription gap] and more updates. When that happens, I know there is a demand for data storage. I'm not going to mention who I spoke to about that. But we'll see what happens with that. What else do I have? Oh, did I say? Oh, no, I don't have that one anymore. Environmental Advisory Committee. Trying to figure what we're doing there. I've been meeting with George Bartnik. So something that we're exploring is the old Perkins generator power station on West Main Street across from Snowflake. So I've been trying to get 501c3s in there. I've met with several of them. Nobody seems to have the big, they want it, but they don't know what to do with it. So I spoke to PSC&G about, well, what if the rec department could get that building? I spoke to Ray Coyne about it. That could bring in a lot of revenue. They could rent canoes out of there. And they can go either north or south. East or west. Oh, you call that east and west? Yeah. No, definitely east and west. OK, east and west. All right, east and west. It's a short trip if you're going north and south. Technically, you can go north and south. OK, east and west. I always look at it, that's north and that's south. Anyway. So that's looking. We're in talks. Rick is doing a two-page presentation. I think it's a really, really great idea. And I sat with George Bartnik yesterday. What are you laughing at, Kevin? So I sat with George Bartnik yesterday. I'm laughing. She's crying. She's laughing so hard. OK. You're taking the north-south route, by the way. OK? So anyway, DEC has given a permit to do a handicap ramp. So we're looking to move that handicap ramp. And it would be to the either east or west, however you look at it. There's a little dam when you come out. So right now, it's on the right side of the dam. We want to put it on the left side of the dam, so you can go right to Grand Tribble that way, or you can take the Peconic River the other way. You call it north. I don't know. Bob, I just want to mention, I met with PSEG yesterday. I met with them yesterday. [transcription gap] And they originally agreed to a six-month no demo on the building to get something in. So we put it out to Richard Wines and members of the community. And it's now been almost a year and a half. And they said, although they don't have plans to demo it right now, it may come in the future where that has to happen. So we need to either get more or we're going to lose that building. Absolutely correct. And actually, I was helped not to get it demoed. So they're waiting for the two-page report. And I spoke to them maybe three days ago. So we're in talks. Good. I think that, let's see, do I have any others? Good. Thank you. I'm good. All right. Ken? A couple things. We had working with RVAC great news is that we are now coming down the final stretch towards finalizing the plans for the new ambulance facility up there. RVAC also taught a local course here for EMTs. And I believe we have approximately about 28 new EMTs that just got certification in New York State. They also will have an event. Do we know one of those? We do. Yeah, okay. Congratulations. Thank you very much. I did take the course. I figured, you know, I'm a volunteer with the River Fire Department. I drive the ambulance. And I just, I figured it'd be better to have more knowledge. You know, I'm a volunteer. I'm a volunteer. I'm a volunteer. Congratulations. It's not an easy course. And it's lengthy. And there's a lot of time commitment to it. So, good for you. And they did really, I have to comment on Pat and just everybody up there and the instructors were just, they were absolutely awesome. So really dedicated people. And they, you know, overgrown this facility many, many years ago. So getting the final plans done, it'll be out for an RFP shortly. So that's kind of exciting news on that front. I just also want to mention that, you know, EMT week is coming up. We'll be having a open house coming up shortly. And then also they're going to be having a ceremony here in Town Hall. You know, a lot of EMTs, paramedics, and police officers that over the past year have participated and have what we call CPR saves where they have been accredited for saving somebody's life. So we're going to do a nice little program here coming up in Town Hall. That's going to be on the 19th at 6.30 PM here in Town Hall. So you're welcome to come and support our EMTs, paramedics, police officers. Veterans Advisory Committee, a lot of work going on. Some will see the construction right outside the front door here. So we are currently actively moving the Garfield Langhorne Monument from Old Town Hall to New Town Hall. And that's been done at the request of the family. And so they've selected the location. I do have to thank our Building and Grounds Committee for putting the foundation in. So you see them actively working on that. But. Very, very special thank you to Peconic War Monuments here and John Warner and Hollis Warner. And they have committed to moving the monument as no charge, no fees, whatever, just to assist and honor Garfield Langhorne's sacrifice. So they'll be moving the monument over to New Town Hall. We want to have that all set up and completed obviously before Memorial Day. Excellent. All the Hometown Hero banners are going up. And so that's going to all happen this upcoming week. So you'll see Main Street once again. And decorated with the Hometown Hero banners to honor all of our veterans. We also have the Memorial Day Parade coming up. So that's getting ready as every year they do a great parade going down Main Street as well and passing multiple different cemeteries and pausing for services. That's great. And also we have another 26 trees being planted up at Veterans Memorial Park. And so they're going to be going in next week as well. The bathrooms have been completed. Now they're going to be going in for the next week. And then the trees will be planted around them. So it adds a nice little scenic background. And we'll spread some trees over too by the pickleball courts as well. So I just can't thank the people who have stepped forward. And so I think as of to date now we have at the conclusion of this round of plantings, we'll have 50 cherry blossom trees over in Veterans Memorial Park. So just the people who have come forward to honor their veterans living and deceased. And it's really awesome. So thank you. And we'll see you next week. Thank you. [transcription gap] been actively working really really great they met with IT so thank you chip for coming down to a meeting last month and the new website is has the ability that you just would one simple click the entire website will turn into Spanish so it makes it easy to follow we're also going to download some of the most common forms that are in use and translate them into Spanish as well so it makes it really of what the new website is going to be incredible that's probably coming out another month or two Frank Mancini's in the back he's come for and he's also asked for their support and they've been putting the word out towards anybody that may have any old existing lead pipes that come into the home that there's a program now to address them to replace them at no cost to people so we want to get that lead out of there for safe drinking have a doctor on the committee he's been phenomenal and they've done a number of programs over the last month where they have been actively putting the word out in in the Hispanic and Latino community we did a lot of pre-cancer screenings do a lot of pre-cancer screenings and we're going to do a lot of pre-cancer screenings and we're going to do a lot of pre-cancer screenings and we're going and so for colon cancer breast cancer we have other events coming up in the future they've been coordinating incredible so I got to thank Northwell Health the Conak Bay Medical Center they've been doing some great stuff and free of charge free of charge yep yep and follow-ups as well so it's really been that's that's been great and so they got you know a number of people that have come in and they're strong crowd so they there was a little unknown factor how many people come but it was great participation and also using some of the churches and their properties to really really kind of bring people in and understand the free services that are out there and so that's been phenomenal and may affect due to that I've received a couple lives to as well pointed out some issues to people traffic safety meets here every month in the mornings and so we've just been kind of dressing your single issues around town stop signs speeding zones things like that the police have worked out really great towards them commend chief frost just excellent works being reciprocal to the questions or concerns that come before the town and you're going to constantly see that speed sign mobile device moving around the town throughout trying to get people slow down on certain roads fire chiefs and commissioners we did have a number of brush fires as you know last year many of our departments also participated in the brush fires over in West Hampton Beach area so we aren't doing a coordinated effort so we have some of the departments writing letters to the state where we just want to also create our own staging areas so you may have been aware over in veterans Memorial Park we'd like to get some fire hydrants up there and that helped create like a staging area as well to battle any brush fires that may come up on the North Shore so it's a good wide open area for trucks to gather so we looked at what happened in West Hampton and just how the issues of where everybody's gathering and coordinating and spacing and then you know West Hampton and 91 fire departments respond out there so it's credible support so we're trying to create a larger scale emergency plan for everything so we've been busy good very good thank you very much thank you supervisor yes first I just want to say Bob your mosaic art festival is going to be a big one and I think it's going to be a big one and I just want to say Bob your mosaic art festival is going to be a big one and I Sunday June 1st and also to what point you had made councilman Rockwell about the RVAC we were myself councilwoman wasky and councilman Kern were at the memorial for Heidi bear and William stone and I got a tour of the RVAC and kind of like crossing the Peconic it was a two-second tour because that is a very old and very small building absolutely needs repair and replace replace replacement I mean that like you said that that tour lasted two seconds because that's about as big as the building is so that those are just two things to point the comment on things that you guys were speaking about also I'm also on the parking committee with councilwoman wasky and it's just about every week that we have interviews and we have some really great candidates that are stepping up for different you said parking I'm sorry I'm on that yes I did mean personnel but we do I was thinking I didn't show up we're interviewing every week it's exams and so many great candidates stepping up and like councilwoman wasky said apply you know take the test take this civil servant test and apply you know sometimes you think I don't know it you come get the job you never want to leave you have a great career here it's a beautiful building to work in unlike the RVAC building right now and it's a great place lovely people to work with so come on down and apply I'm also on the parking committee And we're meeting next week, myself, Chief Frost, Liz O'Shaughnessy, Kevin Wood, our parking consultant, Dawn Thomas, and I. And we're focusing on enforcement downtown with regard to the parking to help the businesses there. Move people out that are just parking there all day and taking away from their businesses. So that's something I'm moving forward on the plans for the parking garage and working with the parking committee on that. And there will be an upcoming work session. I don't want to get ahead of that. They'll be doing more presentations about that with the support of the parking committee. Also, I am on code revision with Councilwoman Waski. And, yes, I'd like to say that the town attorney's office is doing a fantastic job. They discussed the public nuisance law that Chapter 251 changes. And I think it's terrific. And we have that in our resolution packet coming up. And I think that's a tremendous help. To homeowners in residential neighborhoods with the blight and the condition with housing and just the absolute disturbance to their quality of life in their neighborhoods, I think that will be a terrific tool. And I really thank the town attorney's office for that. Also, I'm on the anti-bias task force. And last month I was at the Holocaust Memorial at the Riverhead Synagogue. And it was supported there by the district attorney's office, our town, as well as the anti-bias. And I think that was a great experience. And I'd also like to say that the anti-bias task force, in conjunction with the Suffolk County Police Department and the Riverhead Police Department, will be having a seminar on hate crimes. It's on June 26th. I don't have any more specific details on that just yet. But that was discussed. And the only problem is that date was picked without talking to me. We have our, on the 26th, we have our work session all day. So I'm hopeful. I'm hoping that maybe they can shift that to the evening. But I know it is something for the public. So that's more important that more people from the public can attend. But so those are upcoming events with the anti-bias task force. Also, I'm on the CAP committee. They're doing a phenomenal job. They've had two vape scams so far. And it seems as though a lot of the shops are in compliance, which is fantastic news. There are not a lot of people illegally selling flavored vapes to children or the THC that they're not allowed to sell. And I also want to mention that the CAP is having their walk June 6th. And that was a phenomenal event. I know all of us tried to attend that with all the children walking. It's a great, it's such a great opportunity to be with the youth and the children and see their exuberance on being drug free. And I'm so thrilled to be a part of that. Also, just to mention that the park and rec asked me to bring forward today that they are having open skate nights, open skate days with the children. And I'm so thrilled to be a part of that. And I also want to mention that the open skate nights are with regard to the hockey rink. And the open skates are, I keep calling hockey. I'm sorry. It's the ice skating rink. He corrects me. I'm surprised you didn't just correct me. Every time. It's the ice skating rink. And those, there are a couple of dates coming up. Saturday, May 17. This is going to be from 6.15 to 7.45. Also, Tuesday, May 27. 11.30 to 1.30. Saturday, June 14. 6.15 to 7.45. And Friday, June 20. 11.30 to 1.30. This is a terrific opportunity. It's free admission. You just have to pay $5 for the skates if you don't have your own skates. But again, this is something fantastic for our youth to do. A place to go, especially as the weather is getting warmer. You're going to really appreciate being in that icebox. As well as, I had attended, you had changed up this year. I was a supervisor where you had each of the different town board members go to the department head meetings. And I thank you very much for that opportunity. It was fantastic. Sitting in with all the department heads. Getting a bi-weekly idea of what's happening in the town. I very much appreciated that. I've also, with regard to the climate smart committee. We're actually working in conjunction with the environmental advisory committee. We have brought about the half shell habitat program that the town passed. Which is a great environmental. Opportunity for the town. It's the recycling of oyster shells. That restaurants in our community are going to collect. The rotary club is going to then take those used oyster shells. Bring them to our Youngstown municipal facility. Waste facility. And cure them for a year. And SeaToc will then remove them. And be placing those used and also now cured. Oyster shells back into the Peconic River. Which will help clean our waters. Create more calcium in the water. For new oysters. New clams and other types of mollusks. To come and reproduce there in the water. Which is great. I've also, I'm on the senior citizens committee. Our next meeting is May 14th. I'm still seeking a veteran. I asked the community. We're looking for a veteran senior. If they'd like to sit on the senior citizens committee. We'd love to have you. Also we're also still looking for a bilingual senior citizen to join the committee. It doesn't have to be any particular language. Just a bilingual member. So we're looking for that. And we're voting on our new chairperson. Again on May 14th. And also I want to bring out the fact that the senior prom is happening at the senior center. For all the seniors. That's coming up on May 9th from 12 to 2 p.m. So we invite all the seniors please. Yes tomorrow. Please come. And we'd love to see you there. I'm working with the East End task force. I'm sorry. The inclusion task force. And myself and councilwoman Boski had sat down with the council. Lisa Fritell. And she was speaking to us about their the East End disabilities are looking for a new location in the town. Looks very exciting. They're also in the midst of reorganizing. We're going to be having a meeting where they're picking a new chair. We are going to be. We don't have them on our website. We're going to be putting them on our website as well. So that's it. That's a process still in the works. And lastly I feel like I babbled on enough. I'm sorry. I also attended the youth court. My trial last month which is a great success. There were several seniors that did a phenomenal job that have stayed with the program for years. And at our next town board meeting on May 21st at 6 p.m. We're going to be recognizing those seniors. Our youth is our greatest asset in our town. And it's wonderful to see so many kids involved in so many programs for our town. And I can't wait to recognize them when you get to see these. There's about 12 young women that are just doing a great job. So that's what I have to report. Thank you. Excellent. Thank you very much. Are you sure you don't have anything else? I know. If I could just add one thing. I just want the residents of the town to discuss Councilwoman Merrifield mentioned about the ice rink. Keep an eye as now as our weather gets warm. There are a lot of great events that are scheduled at the ice rink over the course of the summer. So there's a lot of hockey, ice hockey camps and so forth. Last year we had a lot of the New York Islanders come out and participate. We had a chance for our youth to skate with professional players. We had Mark Messier out on the ice last year. Last week for those that might not be familiar with the story, we had goaltender David Ayers. A lot of people don't know there's a movie being filmed right now that will be coming out soon. And he was there and did like a great, spent the day with the kids on the ice. But David was the Zamboni driver for the Carolina Hurricanes. And the goaltender and the backup goaltender were injured. And so for the first time, we had a chance to be with them knowing that he was in fact a goalie. Pulled him off the Zamboni machine and he played for the Carolina Hurricanes in an NHL game. It's really an amazing story. I'll fast forward to the end. He wins too. So he won the game. Well he surfaced the ice. I don't know. But it really is like so he was there. He did like camp, you know, spent the day with the kids and everything sharing his story. There's just a lot of great things. So please get on the website. Take a look at the ice rink. Look at Reconic Hockey Foundation. And all the different players that are coming out and participate. Because there's really some great stuff going on over there. I just want to know one thing. Can you get any Mets over there? They're not good on skates I hear. No, we can't because they're too busy winning games. And that's a good lead way right into the next thing I'm going to say. For New York sports fans, the New York Knicks last night went up 2-0 on Boston, which is huge. So for all you New York sports fans, myself included, that's really good news. A couple of quick announcements. The new Riverhead Water District online portal. You can now view your account online with the option to register and pay your bill online. So check that out. Go to our website and you can hit the link for that. And you can now pay your water district bill online. A reminder that Sunday, this Sunday, May 11th, is Mother's Day. Again, any woman in your life, mom, grandma, aunt, sister, who's been a mother figure for you, you can go to the website. And you can get your bill online. We'll head over to américatowork.tv. and give them a hug and send them some flowers and cook them some dinner and do all those good things so thank you to all the moms out there Joe is going to ask you to talk about the litter cleanup but you already mentioned it so at this point in time we are going to close the open session we're doing a little different today because we have a special town board meeting so we'll close the open session and we will open up the town board meeting for three resolutions that we have so can I have a motion to close work session open session seconded all in favor aye all opposed okay open session is closed

okay okay so we will be back at 11 o'clock in the morning for the special town board session which is in about four minutes and we'll take care of those three resolutions and after that we will then retire to executive session to complete the work session for today so thank you all and we'll see you at 11 o'clock

my chair was it the wedding? welcome back everybody we are now back from our special town board meeting and we are going to back to our work session agenda we have completed previously our open session and we now are going to go into executive session to discuss the following items under legal it will be potential litigation acquisition of real property with Howard Hurley and charters we have personnel matters surrounding a change in status of an employee with Howard and we have contractual matters matters surrounding contractual for the professional services also with Howard so at this point in time we are going to retire to executive session and I'll have a motion put a motion up to close work session today and retire to executive session so seconded all in favor aye all opposed okay we are now going into executive session thank you everybody for tuning in have a great weekend happy Mother's Day to all the moms out there and looks like a good weather weekend so enjoy we'll see you next week you