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little league opening day is Saturday the 25th at 1030 come see the future stars of the Mets and the Yankees on opening day at Stotsky Park also next Saturday the 25th is the spring cleanup here throughout the town of Riverhead you can come to town hall between the hours of 9 a.m. and 11 and pick up supplies which include pickers trash bags gloves safety vests we do get out t-shirts it's all free always a great well attended event and it's up to all of us in the community to help keep our town beautiful so if you can come out we would greatly appreciate it sounds like Saturday's volunteers day here in the town of Riverhead absolutely right good stuff anybody else ok alright well that is awesome we hope you check out all that great stuff and I believe our rec department is getting their new brochure out today it's just solid upstairs for the first time and we're going to begin our open session and we'll start today with matters surrounding change to Chapter 213-11 electric scooters and bicycles with councilman Rothwell councilman Kern councilor Hurley and Rossini Chief Frost oh and Chief Frost I'm sorry I saw him on there come on down to the table and join us we would love to have you here discuss this great stuff Good morning Chief Good morning Good morning Sergeant We gave Devin the speeding ticket this morning So how many electric scooters are we getting for the police department I don't want to Dangerous So I'll let Danielle start off So a couple months ago we considered revision of this particular code 213-11 it's the current code right now covers electric scooters and we discussed back then talking about bicycles with electric assist as they were rising in popularity the popularity has only grown at that time the resolution was tabled to give it some some further thought I've continued to research this topic I've spoken with the alternative transportation committee and Suffolk County has also recognized the danger of these devices these bicycles and And so Suffolk County has codified their code regarding electric scooters and electric assist bicycles. And in light of that, we've taken to our code and revamped it again with everything that I've learned and that I've read in Suffolk County and that I've discussed with PD, the major concern of these bicycles and the need for them to be regulated further. I have a picture, if Justin can zoom in, just a regular neighborhood picture, a scene that we've all probably seen in our own neighborhoods or on the main street or down by the park. Riverwalk. These in particular are electric dirt bikes, correct? Yes. They do not have pedals. They're considered electric dirt bikes. So these are completely banned. And you would look at the picture and I would say guess that they're under 16, which is the police department's main function of this is public safety. A lot of them, sometimes they don't have helmets on. Sometimes they do. They most likely do not know the rules of the road on stop signs and making left turns, right turns, who has the right of way. So these devices are pretty dangerous for kids that don't have the information. I think the parents are unfortunately just going out buying them because everyone has them now. Obviously, everyone knows they're living in the river area. I see these through King Collin all the time doing wheelies. I actually sent video to Miss Hurley, a young kid riding one of these, doing a wheelie down the front or they're doing in excess of like 40 miles an hour. Someone's going to get injured. There's going to be a car accident or a pedestrian that's not going to hear them because they make no noise might get struck because they're not actually, they don't know what's coming. So can I give a little background just before we go too far into it? So we propose legislation. And Councilman Curran worked very hard on it. I think at least I pulled back initially because it's like a twofold thing. So yes, we want to protect the youth who may be primary, but there's also an abundance of our seniors that are using these bikes as well because when they go up to the up Gout trail, it's a nine-mile trail and some of our seniors said like, hey, look I'm great for doing six miles but then I need that assist to come back a little bit and I don't want to be banned or pushed off the roadways. They still want to be able to use it so the concern is to make sure that they're not being banned or pushed off the roadways. that the seniors still could utilize the bikes, and I'll let you in a little bit, classify, and we know there's different levels of the bikes and so forth, but that was the one. That was addressed, correct? Yes, that concern was addressed. Yeah, and they can. And they can, correct. But I just want to point that out right away, because people are going to say, the seniors spoke very, at least to me, very profoundly about having concerns. A lot of people, seniors that live on Fresh Pond, like to go up there and get right onto the Gromit Trail, and they utilize it, and it's a great method of exercise, we want to keep that option open to them. But also to clarify, the county adopted a set of regulations, and so in terms of us enforcing them, what already is law, so we're not necessarily even creating new laws, but it's about being able to write summonses, and you can correct me on a town or riverhead summons, as opposed to trying to enforce a county law. It'll make it a lot easier for the police department to enforce, it's difficult for us to enforce county laws. So if they're on the books in Riverhead, it's a lot easier, we can just issue a code violation, a town summons to them, and as well as it goes to a local justice court, and Victoria will be most likely prosecuting it, because she deals with justice court. Right, so that's a good point. And it gives us also the ability to impound the bikes, and it's not what we're looking to do, which is more of a voluntary compliance, if the public kind of understands what the reasons for behind the law, most of the time they'll be compliant with it. I don't really think the general public knows that people under 16 are not allowed to ride these devices, and they're not allowed to be on roads with a speed limit more than 30 miles an hour. I don't believe the public probably knows, so we're just trying to get that out as well to the public. And most of those things are per the VTL. It's not even something that the town or riverhead, is saying, you know, the electric dirt bikes are banned, and you can't be on roads over 30 miles per hour posted. Those are New York state laws that we're just trying to enforce, and I think part of this will also should come a public awareness factor, maybe presenting some sort of flyer to put up on our website, reiterating the rules, if these rules are adopted by you guys, just some outreach. Can we put it in our next rec flyer that goes out to the public in the fall? Yeah, of course. I also wanted to touch upon why we're requesting that it be codified in the Riverhead Town Code is also so that if fines are assessed, we would be able to keep them within the town instead of being assessed and sent to Suffolk County. And one of the things you brought up is that if an officer finds something or whatever, then you've got to call the county and wait. And it's like, you know, I mean. The process for an issue. Assuming a county violation is laborious. That's what that's . It's just easier if it's on a town summons that we can issue that's in our code. It's just a lot. It makes it like style. Perfect sense. Definitely a lot faster. So the other thing, I mean, we're talking about putting it on the website. What I would like to do, if you could just do a bullet point thing that we can run on Channel 22 as well to educate the parents and educate people. Because when I was walking. You know. I mean, we actually have a chart. There's a chart that's generated. So we can actually put that up as well. Once it's voted and codified, we can definitely do all those things. Maybe post it also at the Waiting River Trail. The trail that goes all the way to Port Jeff. Post signs about the rails and trails. How, you know, what kind of bike you can ride on here and what speech you can go on. Because they're zipping on that all the time. State trail. So I don't know what the. I don't believe a bunch of bikes are allowed on that. They're not. They're there. That's what a dirt bike operation is all about. I mean, look, we have kids 10 years old and 12 years old racing at the racetrack, which I give them a lot of credit for. But you know. You also see them off the farms on 25 and Calverton. And they're riding next to the road. Someone of them, whatever, they go into the roadway and they get struck by a vehicle. That's what we're trying to get rid of. We've already had two accidents. On 58 with electric scooters getting hit, one individual was seriously injured. The other one actually walked away from it. But again, they're not supposed to ride on 58, because 58 is the 35 mile an hour zone. So that would be easy. Boom. We just issue them a summons. And then it's just a lot easier for us. That's one of the reasons it's good to bring this conversation back up again. Seniors had a lot of concerns. But I can say that I do. I do. Both my sons work for Stony Brook University Hospital. And from the region's standpoint, it is one of the largest influx of trauma injuries that are now coming in. And it's growing. And certainly as the weather warms up, we're going to see more and more. And they are seeing it on a regular basis. We have trauma cases that are arriving at Stony Brook from electric . So if knowing that that's there, we have to do what we need to do to protect the unit. The towns to the west and the east, obviously even on the South Fork, have stepped up enforcement of e-bikes and e-scooters as well. So I know Babylon just had, I guess they're in the parks riding on pedestrian walkways. Like they say, we'd be like Stotsky Park. They're riding these. That's a danger to these young kids there that get away, maybe get away from their parents or distance away. Last thing, if you can, explain the different levels of the bike, because it's not about we're not just banning any assist. So that's what our seniors are like. There are different levels under 10 miles an hour. So if you can just take a moment that it's not, this is not like a van. This is about controlling it. Can I just add to this that it also, to your point, when we talked about this, it's also for people that are handicapped. If somebody only has one leg, you can use one of these electric bikes. I'm saying people, so we have to be clear on that. This is . Yes. Anything that's. ADA compliant is protected by a federal statute. So I can walk through the code a bit and explain. So we added bicycle with electric assist. Class 1 bicycle is your traditional bicycle pedal only, although these ones have a little assist that it provides as you're pedaling. But you need to be moving the pedals to get that assist, and it caps out at 20 miles per hour. And then. Yeah. And then class 2, it has pedals as well. And you can pedal and get the assist, but it also has a throttle on the handlebar. So if you need a break from pedaling, you can throttle. And that goes 20 miles. It reaches 20 miles per hour as well. Is that you have to build up the energy or is it ongoing? Like the class 1. You continuously use it. The class 1 only provides electric assist when you're actively pedaling. Class 2. It provides electric assist regardless if you're pedaling or not. So it has a throttle. They're chargeable, I believe. So you're using the battery. So you can basically go for an entire ride without pedaling. On class 2 bicycles, yes. There's four classes, right? There's three classes. Class 3 is only allowed in city populations of 1 million or more, which is New York City. And that's similar to class 2, but has a top speed of 25 miles an hour. Those aren't addressed in our code, because we're not. We're not a city of . Is there anything in here about the fact that you have to wear helmets when there is? OK, I wasn't able to find it. Yes. So I can't tell you how many I've seen. They have no helmets on, and they're like 10 years old. It's going to be 213-13D.

So they have to wear helmets that conform to the requirements of the VTO. There it is. OK, perfect. So currently, the VTO only allows or only requires individuals 16 and 17 to wear helmets. We're asking for age regardless. And the- That's for regular bicycles as well? Like, what's our helmet law for just like regular bicycles? Regular standard bicycles, you have to wear a helmet. Yeah. I don't think there's an age. It's 14. It's OK. So on the first page, we've also expanded the definition of an electric scooter to comply with how it's described by vehicle and traffic law. So it has to have handlebars. It has to have a floorboard, a seat, or a bike. or have a seat or can be stood or sat upon and powered by electric motor speed no more than 20 miles per hour so we see a lot of that i saw some just yesterday in town zipping around on these electric scooters um bulletins that we put out can we make sure that we let them know that they should be going with traffic because i see a lot of them going that's right they don't know the rules of the road a lot of the times you know it's just a very important thing yep what about mopeds i mean do they have to be registered or yes mopeds are considered limited use motorcycles which have different requirements this code won't address that because it's addressed separately by the vtl because they're not considered e-bikes or e-scooters um mopeds you either have to have a class a license i mean if it's class a moped you have to have a motorcycle endorsement or it's class b or c you have to have a driver's license regular d license um depending on the class they have to be inspected and registered as well what's the top speed with the moped there's a b and c uh the top speed i believe is uh i just was curious in terms of 30 and 40 miles an hour okay because i'm like what's the difference between 25 and 30 miles an hour i would like to see them all have licenses if you're going to ride a bike 25 miles an hour you know put down long that's been long in the laws for a long time you know vtl it's currently if you have one of these motorized bikes it's going 25 miles an hour you need a license so uh that's what i'd like to see you have a d so if it exceeds greater than 25 miles an hour it's not class one two or three e-bikes since they're limited use motorcycle which you need a license okay okay so are we saying if you have a mo if you have an e-bike that can go 25 miles an hour do you need a license for that it falls outside of the vtl standards of what's considered e-bicycle okay they carved out a different different sections of the difference they carved out a different section for e-bikes over limited use uh mopeds and you know motorcycles and to everybody's point to ken's point and the fact the fact that these are proliferating i'm sure are more and more important than the e-bike i think the more laws are going to come come down the pike either from the state the county etc because it takes usually there's incidents and then it takes time to change but you know this is definitely danielle actually did a very good job on putting it all together so i mean i think it's very it'll be very good for the town and i think it'll help and ensure safety for for you and me and you know pedestrians motorists uh and as well as the people operating them not just the youth you know the adults as well how are you going to get to work now i don't know i i because i i keep my drunk my life i'm gonna have helmet i don't know and now danielle you don't have to work weekends like you've been for the last four months doing this so this is great this actually started when i was liaison to alternative uh transportation i remember discussing this so you've been working on this for a while all of you so thank you why don't you talk because you're mentioning alternative transportation talk about the limitations with the actual bike trail so again that's or so the only you know everybody's there yes what changes with the ep cal trail there are no there are right now the code stays as it is which is no electric scooter shall be operated on the path it doesn't put any requirement on electric bicycles being on the panel this does not affect this legislation does not affect the electric scooter head ! affect the Epcoff trail no because they think they're fine because that's it's that was the big part of I'm the liaison now to them and I can tell you that they are if somebody is handicapped if somebody is a senior right and they needed they're going to use an electric scooter or even a three-wheel thing they can be on the trail they don't get assigned that states the regulation of what is allowed you know yeah we're going through we're going through the entire trail instead of piecemealing it month by month we're going to take a vehicle and go through the entire trail and get everything that they want done done because it's like we need this curve done then next month it's that I think sign and you welcome we have a range of that can go like a quad with a cab that can go down there so if you get would be I have someone there's kiosks that are around I think yeah that would be looking at something of course for the record when I was liaison I peddled to bicycle for my meetings on the trail I don't have that kind of time right now nothing else to do I do it fancy outfit I did Bruce Keegan make sure we will all properly dressed protected yep the only thing I will say about being on the trail on class one or two bicycle is obviously that only 40 miles an hour which that would be an issue right not allowed the VTL requires that each electric bike has a label fix on the bike that tells you the speed and the voltage and what type of bike it is class one class two we're gonna have Sergeant Rosini with a spray door clear on the bike trailer you can't read you can't go over in veterans park you can't go over 15 miles an hour I mean there's some curves there that right even standard bicycles that aren't electric can get up in speed when they're going on there so I ride at least like 25 miles an hour I know I know I I was I heard you raised up and she couldn't believe how fast you were here on the boulevard no charge thank you this is great work by everybody involved all liaisons in the past good job this is awesome keeping people safe thank you for presenting this just to clarify and chief if you can let me know that if you are riding one of these motorized bicycles on a public road and you are high or you have alcohol in you you can get a dewey great yes it's a motorized whatever motorized vehicle traffic law states to be a rust for dewey there has to be a crash involved they remove the e-bikes from the definition of motor vehicle and made its own section so its own section of dewey laws to address it but there must be a crash involved our town code has a section if you operate under an intoxicator impaired condition it's a violation of the town code but it's not considered dewey unless there's a crash involved okay which isn't really fair because any motorized vehicle is what the law normally says you didn't have to have a crash for a deep why with the car or any other more better anything more different sections they took that out because otherwise it would have applied the system under the violation the town code so that's good and also you have the ability now under our town code if the officers find someone driving one of the isn't intoxicated condition they have the ability to impound season impound which which we have it was a problem the past on how we actually take the device And what do we do with the individual? We've run into this several times already. So this code actually makes it easier for the police officers to take enforcement action. Right. I guess, too, because under the VTL, you have a license, and that's normally one of the restrictions that happens when you have a D-Way. They take your license, but since you have no license, there's nothing to take. So we take the bike. Okay. Well, you also don't want, like, so we stop somebody, what do we do with him? He's intoxicated, and then we can't let him drive it again, you know, because we already ran into him. So he goes down the road, we let him go. Five minutes later, he's involved in an accident where there's a lot of liability. Right, there's liability for the town. Comes back on the police department. But now with the code, we'll be able to address it. Thank you. Also, I'll just point out quickly, they also, the PD has the ability to seize and impound if an individual is driving in a reckless fashion. Or if they flee from a police officer or traffic control officer who's advising them to stop. That's to address that. You probably saw it on the news in the past. They would take over a whole street, like, eight or ten of them, and just, like, say take over Main Street and just, like, they're all over there, you know, they're going east, they're in the westbound lane, they're swerving in and out, they're doing wheelies down the road. So that would address that aspect of it. That's great. Thank you. And lastly, other violators who are found guilty of lesser crimes, not crimes, violations of this code, the penalty is 15 days imprisonment and or a fine up to $500. And age limit? Yes. There is something in there we can write to parents, is my correct? Yes. Correct. Okay, good. So there is, within the code, putting parents on the hook for their children who get. You'd have to be over 16. Yeah. 16 or above to actually receive it yourself. And then if they're younger, so say if they're 14, you'd have to prove the parent, obviously had knowledge of them having the bike, which is pretty easy to do. So the parent would get the summons in that aspect. Can you put a presumption in the law? In that? You're presumed as a parent to. Yeah. There is within. And then the child has an e-bike? Well, we can discuss what is drafted. I think we'll be, they'll be covered. It's really just, you know, if the persons are 18. I just meant for the younger kids. Yeah. That are going to, the parent's going to go, I didn't know he had an e-bike, really? You don't know how a child's driving around in it? Expensive bikes. Yeah. Right. How many hundred? How many hundreds, right? Right. Yes. And you have to store it and charge it somewhere.

Great work. Again, this is great. Roger Rossini's here. He's, obviously I've sent him to a lot of training for these e-bikes and e-scooters. He's a grant person for Stop DWI, Buckle Up New York, and our aggressive driving grants that we get from the state and, you know, the county. So. Thank you very much. Thank you, Sergeant. Thank you. But, Chief, while you're here, just so you know, if your ears were ringing last night, I had a BIDMA meeting, and the businesses downtown were just, they are so happy with the department and with you, and were discussing what a change it's been in about the past two years since you have come on as Chief. Thank you. One of my main responsibilities has become the chief, and we address it vigorously within our patrol division and our extra cope units, not our extra unit, but they're detailed down there, obviously, to affect quality of life change. And I was out yesterday or the day before. It was a beautiful day. All the tables were filled with people having lunch, which that was good to see. I haven't seen that in a while down there. Well, they recognize the change, and they are very appreciative. So thank you to you and your department. I'll let them know. Thank you. Thank you, Chief. Thank you. It's great to see you. Great job. It's great to see you. Bringing this all and getting this to this point. Good job. And Danielle. Our next open session is matters surrounding Scott's Point covenant restrictions with Rothwell and Planner Bergman. Councilman Rothwell. I believe Greg, you want to come up? Scott's open. Scott's Point just asked to come forth to discuss that. I have not met with them, but I think you did supervise it, too. So if you want to add with the conversation, I think in terms of what the request would be, as well as guided by Greg. You know, they just asked us to take a look at the covenants that are on their property.

I've been here, from what I understand, quite some time. And Greg's copy, we all have been given a copy of it. So. All right. So, yeah. Good morning. For the record, Greg Bergman, Senior Planner. And we have Ken Myers from Island Water Park. So Island Water Park, a.k.a. Scott's Point, submitted a site plan application amendment. The application is seeking approval to construct a zip line. I highlighted it just because it's kind of difficult to see for the board. So they want to install a zip line along a portion of the lake. They want to propose a temporary floating dock to be used by electric bumper boats. They're going to install a fire drafting well on the south side of the portion by the go-kart track that would draft off the lake. And they're also seeking to amend some of the covenants that were put in place as part of prior approvals on this application. One of them was a CNR that was filed back in 2025 in connection with the last site plan amendment application that the board reviewed. That CNR stated that the use of the go-kart track shall be limited to go-karts as stated by the applicant in its submittals, and that the use of the track for any other type of vehicle shall be limited to go-karts. So, that's a good point. That the use of the go-kart track shall be prohibited. They would like to amend that the use of the go-kart track shall be permitted for go-karts as stated in the applicant's prior submittals, and for special events using drift cars as depicted in the applicant's amended site plan application. And they would also like to amend, rescind in its entirety and replace. There's a current restriction on the use of the lake to non-motorized recreational uses. They would like to use the battery-powered bumper boats, so they'd like to amend that to say the use of the on-site lake shall include the proposed rope-tow cable system and sealed environmentally safe marine-powered motorized watercraft, including but not limited to bumper boats, e-foils, canoes, kayaks, rental sailboats, and similar watercraft. So, I will say, the site is still under the DEC's jurisdiction because they do have the mine land reclamation permit. I did refer a copy of the application materials and the request to the DEC's Mineral Resources Division to see what they have, to see if any of the proposed improvements are within the life of mine and therefore under their jurisdiction. There is available data on the DEC's website. It indicates that the last time the DEC was out there was in July of 2025. They indicated that some of the banks of the slopes of the lake have been growing in, but there were some other sections that needed some additional irrigation and some time to grow in. I think Ken can speak to the status where they're at with the DEC, just in terms of reclamation. One thing I will note is that the application when the Board reviewed this last year, one of those, the CNR regarding the use of the track limited to go-karts, that was actually tied to the condition of negative declaration that the Board issued. You know, thought that the go-karts would have limited impact as opposed to vehicles using the track. Now, the proposal to use them for special events does give the Board some additional control in the event that there's no additional control. So, if there's noise or other undesired activities, they see that things aren't happening in accordance, the Board could not issue a special event permit for those types of events and races on there. But that needs to be addressed. When we look at this application, we would need to address that and justify the removal or the amendment of that covenant. That's pretty much it. Like I said, just waiting to hear from the DEC to see what their status is. Thank you. And see what's still under their jurisdiction. We're here to discuss this with the Board and see how the Board would like to proceed. I can tell you, and I know I got data on, I know the DEC has approved these marine safe boats on reservoirs throughout the state. Which, and I, anytime I've gone to Scotts Point, I always see these boats and I go, how come they're not in the water? So, I think this is great. I think the zip line is great. I think it's also like the way we're approaching Tanger, right? Tanger, you know, to me, anything, any use of your property that you can do that's going to be entertainment and bring a new experience to people, I'm in favor of. And I hope the DEC, you know, is, the only question I have is about, would drifting be considered a special event? I mean, that's what's requested in the application to amend it. They want to say by special event. You know, so, again, anytime they want to have these, you know, exhibitions or these drifting events would be by a special event permit for the town. The reason why I ask that, because drifting is. In retrospect, we really do consider this to be a track. So, if it would be possible, we would like to hold these regularly. But if it had to be by special event, I mean, we would understand. Yeah, I understand that. But I'm bringing that up because right now we have racetrack, not street. And this is a track. And this is drifting. So, and that's not a special event. It's an addition to what they're already doing. So, I wonder why you would say, well, do it by, voluntarily say we'll do it by special event. They still have to, it's still on their special event application. They're still racing. Oh, okay. Okay. So, for a duration. In their drag racing application, it's a secondary use. To answer my question, thank you. They detail dates, hours of operation. There's also provisions in those special events for emergency services. You know, they have ambulances on standby. I mean, they're not exactly the same. You know, I mean, I don't think vehicles are going to get anywhere near the speed that they're getting at the drag strip. You know, on this track, just given the nature of it, the curves. So, I mean, you know, I don't think you're going to get those high speed. Yeah. No, you answered my question and I appreciate it. Thank you. I think the zip line and everything is great. I think the motorized is great. That would help your business. But I think with the track, I think the issue is, you know, the speed. I mean, you know, the speed is a big issue. But I think the track, I think the issue is, you know, the speed. I think the track, I think the issue is, you know, the speed. But I think the track, I think the issue is, you know, the speed. Oh, thank you.

whether it's going down into the aquifer and everything, which is the whole reason why you want all electric on the water. So that, to me, is a big distinction. Well, with the track, obviously, we have spill programs in place. We'll be able to handle that. It's not going to be a constant. It is mostly a go-kart track, and that's what we're looking for. For a small vehicle, we would like to look at pit bikes as well. We don't want to be limited to go-karts. Pit bikes travel at the same sort of speeds and are the same idea. Those are just small little bikes. But, again, like Greg was saying, we have very few straightaways. There's a lot of hairpin turns on there. So as far as safety, I think it's very obvious. And then spill, the way it's laid out now, there are mostly barriers as far as for runoff. And we have spill containment. Nothing's going to be staying on the track. It's not going to be constant use. It would just be events, like we said. I think if you do a special event permit, then at least it gives the opportunity to monitor it. If there's any issues, any noise, anything like that, grant them the ability to do an event, and it gives us the ability to monitor it and address anything accordingly. Well, that's why we filed that way. Yeah, I think doing this is the right way of coming in. And looking at this and going through planning and the electric boats, I believe the covenant we spoke about, it was 2013. Yeah, I mean, that goes back, you know, like you said, this site's got a 25-plus year history. That covenant was put in place. That's the best of my research ability. Back in 2013, when a prior site plan was approved, there was a note on the plans that said, you know, non-motorized recreational use of the lake. So I think, you know, that was just sort of carried through. That's what my research says. It's come a long way since then. Yeah, I mean, look, you can go on Lake Round Concomitant. You can use a small electric trolling motor. Yeah, I have. You can't operate a power boat on any lake on the island, obviously, in the Sound. Great South Bay is a different story. But you can't utilize power boats on lakes on the island. So, again, you know, a sealed, you know, bumper boat, you know, these things aren't. I've been on them. They're not going. Yeah, no, those are great ideas. They're utilized on the reservoirs of State of Supply New York, all throughout Long Island, Sag Harbor, all the canals. So it's a proven technology. Yeah, I mean, they're being used in saltwater. I mean, and we're headed that way, you know. I mean, anyway. Right. It's not like this is, you know, this may be new to some folks, but if they just look, you can find these things all over the place. Can you break it out where just maybe go with just the all electric stuff on the boat for the time being and maybe later on with regard to the track? Well, so what I would recommend, obviously, we need to hear back from the DEC because, like I said, they still have jurisdiction over the lake and the slopes. I want to see what they say in terms of the, you know, the use. We have the right to the track and the man in that covenant. The board needs to really consider again. Emergency response in the event that there is some type of accident potential runoff into the lake. I mean, there are forget the term but mafia blocks around the south portion of the tracks. There is some sort of containment that would prevent limited skills. However, if a vehicle catches fire and they need to draft off the lake that does have the potential to run off some of that material. material potentially into the lake. And do we need, does the DEC need to be involved for the zip line as well? Well, so, I mean, that's really, you know, if this is within the life of mine, is the area that's under the DEC's jurisdiction, they would need to amend that approval. Or in the alternative, I mean, you know, the, again, I want to see what the DEC says, what their next inspection schedules are. You know, once the DEC, and I've had conversations with the DEC on other sites that are under active mine land reclamation, essentially the DEC's position is that once they've issued final reclamation, they're sort of out of the loop. All right. So if in the event that this site, you know, the DEC comes in and they find that the slopes have been adequately planted and adequately they've grown in to a satisfaction, if they issue a reclamation, you know, they could install this zip line and construct it with no, you know, involvement from the DEC. But because they are still under current MLRs, our permit, we have to refer to them and they still have jurisdiction. That's outside of life of mine, though. That's outside of the 19 acres. Their life of mine is 19.5, which is top of slope. That's designed to be outside of life of mine. Okay. So that's it. And if it is, it's a mistake on the engineer's part. But our life of mine is 19.5, whereas because the entire water base is about 12.5, varying on depth, you know, how water is, you know, drought. You know, water, how much rain we got. But that's outside of life of mine. But we can... Yeah, I mean, obviously, if... For the record, I'm sorry to interrupt you. We're not putting that in this year. This was towards... We were told to put when, what, to get where planning is ahead of things, as far as we were told. So we want to let you guys know where we're heading. Okay. We will not be putting that in this year, even if you approved it today and handed us a building permit. We would not build that this year. Okay. You got to do zip planning. Is that true? But we do want to. But I do stress that it would really help us. We do want to... The season is vastly... We're almost here. It moves so quickly. You know, Memorial Day, for us to get the batteries on the boat, and we would love to start... You know, it takes weeks to schedule events, as far as we'd love to do something with the go-karts. No, not go-karts, with the drifting or pit bikes. Do you think that we could do pit bikes as it's written? No. I think the board would have to amend, you know, the... Right now, the CNR is placed on the property that restricts it to go-karts. So, ultimately, whatever the board, you know, desires to do, we'd have to come up with a new covenant that would, you know... Do we need anything from the DEC before we proceed? I understand this may well be outside of the life of mine. I would just... Because the DEC, initially, when we went through this last year, you know, they initially took issue with the aqua park in the lake. So, like I said, I've referred it to them. I would just like confirmation from the DEC that we're not overstepping our bounds or doing anything within their jurisdiction. If they come back and they say that the, you know, proposed zip line is outside of the life of mine and they have no issue with the battery-powered bumper boats... Or if the mine is closed, right? If they close it, so... Reclamation, and it becomes you guys lead with that. The DEC, again, they can handle themselves. We... They beat us up last year in that, but we did make a deal with them, and we're set as far as the aqua park goes. So, I hope we can get in touch with them quickly, because I really... We really could use this. I'm telling you, I completely support it. I mean, I'd love to... I'd love to play... I'd love to play, so I love what you guys are doing. And I want to get on there with the bumper boats, selfishly. I think they're cool. Can I give you guys, as I produce a couple of things that discuss... That shows some of the areas where the batteries are being used. Today, information about the drifting, and as Greg thankfully said, the track is really designed to keep very low speeds, accidents and things like that. And the drafting well really was put in more... When we put something out, it will be fire extinguishers. That's really what's there for the drafting well, was because we were doing a structure, because we did add, which you didn't mention, we were putting the storage... Yes, I mean, so this just... I mean, I think maybe the engineer needs to clarify, but this just says existing non-permanent demountable tubing frame? Yeah. We just want to make it where that's okay on there. But is that going to be permanent? Yes. All right. So, I mean, then the engineer needs to clarify that, because it's non-permanent. Well, it's currently non-permanent. We have a temporary. We want to make it where we don't have to take it down every six months. Currently, we get a six-month permit, and then you've got to take it down. And we just gave... We had a storage facility off-site, we'd rather not... That's a massive cost, and it's a tremendous cost. So you want to make that permanent? Yeah. All right. So, yeah, that just needs to be clarified. Yeah, that's our goal, is to just keep them on site. Yeah, and like every other business in town, you're here, we want you to be successful. You have a CO, we want to make sure we're going through every step, and how we can assist them. But I think we need to clarify some things we see, and get that moving whenever we can. So, thank you for presenting. Do you have any questions? Any questions? All right.

Oh, good. I'm glad to hear it. Thank you, Denise. The lake must have looked really tempting yesterday. Yeah, it was beautiful. I couldn't believe it. All right. Thank you. All right, our next matter is matters surrounding change. It's Chapter 293-40, regarding waterfowl blinds. With Counselor Pilate. Really? I know, I know. Peel, peel. Sorry. Good morning. I have, hello everyone, I have copies of the code. Does anyone need the photos or copies of the code? I'm just going to, all right, so I'll leave these out, and then I have copies for everyone else. These were submitted by Greater Jamesport Civic Association. I can't take credit for this. I think it'll be helpful. At the end of everyone's packet. Spin them around. Oh, sorry. Thank you. Okay, these are just. That was a good meeting on this yesterday. Yes. So while I'm handing these out, just to draw the sting a little bit here, this code has been edited and spoken about and met upon for almost a year now. We've met with PV, Harbormaster. Fire Marshalls, Greater Jamesport, and the Wildland. Yes. So everyone has had input in this, and I've had, does anyone else need photos? I got everyone. Okay. So might as well. Okay. So not about limiting hunting. This used to be eight pages long. It is now three pages plus that one page of just definitions that are linked to this, this particular issue. Okay. Yep. So that's the definitions, and then the staple portion is the amended code. You want this? Here. How can you become the owner of one of these that are unowned? Exactly. Why were you? Oh, okay. So this is pretty much about when structures are left in the water beyond the season without identification, without maintenance, and without any accountability. You can have a duck blind in these waters. You just need to have it registered in some way, and this is the least restrictive way, and it goes with best practices, meaning that neighboring towns that have the similar issue, they're actually a little bit more restrictive. I've made this the least restrictive, and our goal is really just so that these abandoned blinds, as you can see here, so that the town would finally have the authority to clean them up. It's just the light. Yes. So it's kind of like anything else in the town. If there's a blighted property, we do an action on it. We remove it. So that's really just to give us the ability to get rid of the ones that are quite honestly dangerous. There are people that are in the navigable waters that are bumping into these. It can get in the way of first responders, and we don't know what these are made out of. We would like to think that these are made out of untreated wood, but anything that these are made out of may be leaching out into the water. Some of them are actually chained to some of the structures in the land. So when they're not maintained and they're not accounted for, pretty terrible things can happen. So it's a real-world condition in Riverhead. It's not a hypothetical issue. It's documented. So these are just a few that have remained in place for years. So that's really, if you go through the code, it is very simply written. Just to regulate these. We did have one final meeting yesterday before this where I made a couple of changes. The only change I really made was to expand the time so that it does not conflict with any DEC, any hunting calendar requirements. So you can put your blind in as late as the DEC allows you to, and you can take it out pretty much as the season ends. Are you recording to take it out? Yes. So this is just a reflection of that. So why are we writing our own code on it? That's probably what the next question is going to be. We're doing that because now we have a clean date so that if these remain, now we finally have a way to remove them. Someone who's an avid hunter that is doing the right thing, they're going to want to take their blind out so that it doesn't get destroyed on off-season. So other towns. Liam from the fire marshal's office, he has a couple of blinds in Southampton. He educated me on this. Very simply, you just get a number, and you can put it on a wooden placard, put the number in. The harbor master, who we met with about two weeks ago to figure out how logistically we could do this without disrupting the hunting season, they would just have a list of who has what permit, what number. As long as it matches up and they see it on there, they leave it alone. And then once it's passed. That May 1st date or whenever the season ends, that's when we notify those that have the number and say, hey, you're on notice. Please take it out. It's past season. And then if we don't get a respond by a certain amount of time, then we would be able to remove them. So that'll just take me to my last point, which is the cost. So obviously, whenever the town cleans up something or removes something, the cost goes to the town. So the only way that we can really recoup that is to either charge a small fee to get a placard. I left that blank now because it is entirely up to the board if you want to charge for that or not. If not, what we would do is if we're ever able to track down someone who does not remove it in time, then they'll get a court summons, same thing as someone who doesn't maintain their property. We would collect the amount of money for that, and then that would kind of fund the removal. So that's everything I have. Anyone have any questions? I want to ask the cost of the placard up front by the owner. Okay. I left it blank. We had it at $15 so that I would just, you know, if the board wants to collectively come to a number or we can meet in the middle on something. We let her go in there to put a deposit in at the beginning of the set. I'm asking if we're allowed to do that and then, you know what I mean, like to hold. Okay. I haven't seen that happen before, but I'll look into it. And if that's a possibility, that, you know. I don't see an issue in that. I'm sorry. I was just going to say, you know, have them pay it up front. Why have us chase them down later on at the expense to our office? Yeah, so we can discuss that further, and then I'll fill in that section. But everything else is really just so that we have something on the books so that we can finally take action on these. Good job. This is, I mean, you've worked really hard on this. Yeah, I know. There were many really valid opinions. Honestly. I learned a lot doing this, but I think everyone's moderately happy with this at this point. So with the placard, so a few things. So if there is one on the water that does not have a placard on it, are we immediately removing it? So we discussed that two weeks ago and yesterday. The best we could do is we could put kind of similar to like an NOV sign on it, and then if, you know, if another hunter sees it, and they know who owns it, they can notify them. That NOV sign would be put on for, I don't know, 30 days. And then if nobody, you know, calls the town, then we'd be able to remove it. And with these, in terms of when you determine an owner, so most of the time there are multiple hunters in one of these at any given time, and they may change it. So I know a lot of friends that have used some in the past in Southampton, does the owner have to be present in whoever the permit is issued? Or as long as there's a permit, it doesn't matter? It doesn't matter who is sitting in the duck blind? As far as I know, we want it to be a Riverhead resident, and the placard can be on there. To tie it to an individual person, I don't think that's something that we can, that would have to be tied to a hunting license, I guess, if we want to link the hunting license to the blind. So what kind of yearly fee are you thinking for this? We originally started at 20-something a few weeks ago. We landed at 15. And then I left. We're blank because I don't know what's... $15 for the whole year to have one in? For the season, yeah. It can be lower, it can be higher, whatever everyone thinks is... I think that's an extremely low number, and how will we ever bank any money to physically remove them? I think most of these are going to be shared by multiple people throughout the whole season, so I don't see why it would be under $100 or something for a season for multiple hunters to utilize. Okay. I do know, I believe... Sounds like a price around the 1970s. Yeah. That's why I ask about if there was a nominal fee, and then if there was a deposit held of how much it cost to remove it. Let's say now we have a marine unit that's got to go out and pull this and tow it in and destroy it and break it up. Right. That's a significant cost to doing that, and we're going to have to do it, so otherwise people are going to say they don't enforce the laws, so don't worry about it anyway. So we're going to have to lead by example, and so I don't see us ever banking any money at $15 apiece to be able to handle this, so I think there needs to be more significant. Okay. Funding, and I thought you were way off the mark on the dollar amount. Yeah. I did want to land in the middle because we don't want to scare people away from not, you know, just deciding to not get the permit and having this go on in perpetuity, so that's something I, you know, I would... What you got from Jan, so you got, you know, like all of February, March, you know, you're talking like three months that they're out there utilizing it, multiple hunters. What is that coming out for per person to go and show you're a hunter? What do you normally think? I'm not a big waterfowl hunter, but I know, like you said, there's that fine line. That's why I ask about the deposit holding, like figuring out what our cost is, but I don't mind just charging them for it either if that's, you know, I mean we have to make it equitable for our staff and what's going on, so probably need to figure out what that cost is. But people that want to do this, like Councilman Rothwell said, if they're allowed to bring in friends, they'll definitely do that, and if we, you know, if they have to have a letter of permission that says I'm allowed to be in this blind, because we also don't want to... I was a blind sitting there and somebody just rolling up and using it. Right. So I think there's some things to contemplate there. I think the price tag would probably need to figure out what... Yeah, I believe we started at that $20 or $30 figures because we were looking at what neighboring towns were charging. We need to fire up the boat with marine fuel right now. It's probably... All you boaters, right? I'm not, you know, I'm not a boater, so I don't know those things. Do you have $100, Bob, that you can get me one of these? Of course. Order two. Okay. Permit number one, permit number two. Got it. You go out for a day and the owner's going to pay $50 a day. You don't want a hunter, I am. But you're talking about three months or something of that. You know what I mean? To utilize it. And I do think there needs to be more than just like kind of the supervisor, perhaps alleviate to like not just the who's the owner of it, but a list of contact people that should potentially be in it at any given time. So, you know, it's a shared use by the following. Just so like you're saying, so do you have just people sitting in there going, you know, yeah, yeah, no, he said I could use it. So you want a more robust list, not just the numbers. You want the names associated. Who's going to be utilizing it? Okay. For our. Maybe one individual that may be bringing in different friends. So I don't need to know that a list of 40 people that are using it, but maybe there's always one person in it each time. There's a list of five that are shared. But I think that's one. And we're going to incur costs because these, most of these have no owner. They've been there for so long. Yes, it's very difficult to track them down. So we're going to. We're going to have to, you know, so if someone sees this right now online and it's yours, go get it. Well, this one we do know. Yeah, but I'm saying any of these. Just go get them and take them out. Yes, please. That would be great. The good news is now when it's registered, it's all trackable. So that if somebody does abandon theirs, we know who it is. They've registered with the clerk and we can charge them for removing it. Correct. That's why maybe we do a much higher fee now to pay for the cost of removing these. That we have no. We're going to charge. Oh, I see what you're saying. Excuse me. That's what I was saying. Maybe that cost could be really significant. Well, yeah. My concern is just I don't want to punish the people that are coming in and getting a permit and trying to do the right thing. So I'll try to strike that balance there and come up with a better figure and then I'll run it past everyone. What's the hunting license today per person? Well, if you just do basic. Waterfowl, you have to do a federal stamp and then beyond that. But it's about 85 for what I purchase every year. So that's for like deer. For us, it's going to be shared by. Yes. Any errands. But check the clerk's registration fees. Right. Attorney. Yeah. I think we have to pay. We basically have to pay for insuring against other people's malpractice. So that's what I mean about the point. Yeah. Like I get the very basic license. Just there's much higher to those way up. So that's $450. Yeah. Something like that. Yeah. Okay. So it sounds like we're good with the. The. The guts of it. It's really just that. Um, that fee up front that I will, um, work with. I'll send some options over. I'll try and figure out the. David work with you in my office. Yep. It seems very good. Yes. And Liam, they're both really. Yeah. David. They were both really good. Not very knowledgeable. Yes. Your office is going to provide a list of available locations. Like that. They're not just now. It's not a free for. So we did lining up next to each other. Discuss that because of the 500 foot requirement. Uh, through the DEC, but we did discuss that, um, waterfowl, you know, different from a deer stand. Uh, you know, you kind of want to move your blind around based on the tide and the wind. Yeah. So we didn't, we're, we're trying to work with how to, how to kind of, I don't think there would be set locations because, because people who get their permits are going to want to have the ability to go where they want to go. We weren't able to give them a zone. Like we might be able to say like in a zone here in a zone here. Well, yeah. I'll talk to the harbor master better about that. But, um, I didn't want to tie them to one spot because if something's better another day. And somebody not there makes sense when you said something.

Thank you. All right. So I will work on those couple of things. I'll send it around and then, um, I'll ask for permission to put on for. public hearing once those items are tightened up we have well just so somebody's ears must have been ringing because I just went back to my office email just came through Island Water Park I got a letter from the DEC DEC is issued their final reclamation for the site so yeah maybe yeah so they're free and clear so that that would have changed the discussion a little bit so essentially DEC's regulatory restrictions are now done thanks Greg thank you good timing our next yeah there's the DC's watching hi our next is resolutions with Deputy Supervisor Higgins I don't think they really want

he's ready no give me one second resolution number one awards bid for meeting has Creek Road bulkhead renovation so do we have a timeline for a when they're gonna actually when when they're going to start when we can hope that it's going to be completed I had a conversation I guess about a week or so ago with the engineer can test it and he indicated very soon so as in imminently and I think visually if you were to go down there there's evidence of some movement almost as if there may be prepping the area in anticipation so I think it's a matter of weeks we can confirm it the engineer but that's what I was told you know that's what he indicated couple weeks not a week or so ago when I spoke to him So the idea here is to award the bid and then the next resolution is they're moving the money to make it available for them to start. So that's resolution number two, capital project number 12607, meeting Hess Creek Road bulkhead renovation budget transfer from community benefit funds. Resolution number three, approve sewer district request for change order number two related to the contract key plumbing construction RDSD 2202 project. Number four, approve sewer district request for change order number two related to the contract E electrical construction RDSD 2202 project. Number five, approve sewer district request for change order number three related to the contract G general construction RDSD 2202 project. Okay. Resolution number six, ratifies acceptance of donation of portable toilet and maintenance to sewer district. Number seven, waives fee for town beach parking permits issued to veterans and volunteer fire and ambulance members residing within the town of Riverhead. Number eight, authorizes sewer district employee to attend seminar. Number nine, authorizes town justice to attend New York state office of justice and the city's court support town and village judicial continuing education program. Number 10, appoints an administrative assistant. Number 11, appoints traffic control specialist to the police department. Number 12, approves salary adjustment for detention attendant. Number 13, appoints detention attendant to the police department. Okay. Reappoints to the police department. So just a quick note on this in the now therefore be it resolved on resolution number 13. We just have to change that amount to reflect the prior resolution assuming . Yes. Assuming that gets approved. Number 14, authorizes rate increase for justice court interpreters pursuant to administrative order. Number 15, reappoints a temporary office assistant to the tax receiver. Okay. Number 16, changes the status of part time traffic control specialist and or part time traffic control officers. They'll change to seasonal to help out during the high season. Number 17, changes the status of part time police officers. Same thing. 18, appoints Miles Caracola to the agricultural advisory committee. Okay. Number 19, appoints a temporary office assistant to the tax receiver's office. Okay. Number 20, appoints Michael Reichel to the conservation advisory council. Okay. Number 20, appoints Marjorie Acevedo to the veterans advisory committee. Okay. Number 21, reappoints Lisa Meyer-Fertal to the disability advisory committee. Okay. Number 22, reappoints Tom Levati to the disability advisory committee. Okay. Number 23, appoints Lisa

Number 23, reappoints Joy Arshadise to the disability advisory committee. Number 24, reappoints Megan Bamberger to the disability advisory committee. Number 25, reappoints Sue Gannon to the disability advisory committee. Number 26, appoints Julie Barnett to the disability advisory committee. Okay. Number 27, appoints Liz O'Shaughnessy to the disability advisory committee. Number 28, appoints Matthew Kurloff to the disability advisory committee. Number 29, appoints Michelle Cuomo to the disability advisory committee. Number 30, establishes committee membership terms for the East Creek Advisory Committee. Okay. Number 31, authorizes submission of letter of intent and execution of contract by the supervisor for operation and maintenance grant program to the New York State Environmental Facilities Corporation, EFC. Just that little bit? This is for the pump out boat. We do it every year. Is it the operator of the pump out boat or is it just? I think it covers the cost, but perhaps Dawn can expand on it further if she's available. Yes, she can. We do this every year and I think it's always for the prior year. Yes. It's always a year behind. So this is annual funding for our pump out boat. Joe handles this predominantly and does a very great job at it. We get a certain amount of funding for repairs and for actually sometimes a boat. And so in this case, we're going to be doing a lot of work. And so in this case, we have up to $14,000 for reimbursement for the 2026 season. So that's upcoming in the next . We'll see about this year. I just want to double check with him. I'll double check with him if this is 26 season, but I think that's correct. He says it's between the two. I think it's correct. That's where eligible for $14,000 for reimbursements, fuel, and a lot of other costs associated, repairs associated with the pump-out boats. So as I'm just leading up to, I think some of us have been made aware that also presumably there should be a resolution soon appointing a pump-out operator. And I think that that's the position that is struggling financially to have somebody maintain that. And I'm afraid that we may have a boat without an operator. So we'll look for that resolution, but I think we do have to look over the finances. Right. To increase the salary. It hasn't been increased in many, many years. Very long time. And we don't want to lose the person. I did look into that with Jeanette the other night, and I also spoke to her. I spoke to the chief because that comes out of the chief's budget. And I'll fill you in on that. Yeah, this is a PD budget item. Got it. Okay. Here comes Joe right now. Look at that. There you go. You can hand left. You can both come up. Oh, it doesn't matter. So it's a reimbursement program. So we have to say that we want to apply now. We're going to operate this program anyway. So it's up to $5,000. Oh, that's quite a lot of dollars. Per boat, we have two vessels, and up to $2,000, we have two on-land facilities. One is downtown, so we don't usually get most of that money back. We did get for the two-state center facilities. So last year, we had some parts that we bought, so we did get, I think last year, it was about $13,000. So we almost always get $5,000 for each boat, and then whatever engineering expense for those on-land parts. And I know that the chief, like two years ago, was looking to replace one of those boats, which is not in the best shape. So that's... If we were interested in that, it's up to $60,000. I think the cost of the boat is like $100,000 plus. You could always apply for that separately. No, it's $2,000 for each stationery? It is, okay. But that $4,000, we don't typically... It's, of course, always based on what we spend. So those two-stationer facilities... It's not usually... It costs us that much money. The reason that we get back the full $5,000 for each of the boats is because that also covers the person's salary. It does? I thought that was separate with the PD. Is the salary with us or with the PD? For the pump-out operator. Right, so that's... Is it town expense? Is that not part of... It's a town expense, but we're... But that... Part of that guy's salary, 75% of it, up to $10,000 total, we can get reimbursed for. And we always have for the last 20-something years. Is it true, Joe, that there's only one person? Yes. So we have two boats and only one person, right? Right, so we have a backup boat. I know years ago we used to have more than one person, and I think that we've just had a hard time... A hard time. Attracting personnel, so we've been fortunate to have... I think his name is Richard Quick, and he's been with us... I don't know if that's going to be the case. Forever. Like... But if we had a second person and the town wanted to operate two boats at the same time, you know, I think in years past we would operate one boat Monday to Friday, and then on the weekend... On the weekend. On the weekends, or, you know, the way that we... We could have a second boat out there, but we... But in the most recent years, that hasn't happened. Thanks, Joe. Okay. Joe, in the spirit of good humor, you're talking about marine grants and you got your shark shirt on, so you tend to immerse yourself in your work. Yes. Absolutely. Thank you, guys. Great job, Joe. Thanks. So I just wanted to address the salary. So we did increase the salary for the pump-avoid operator. I don't remember how long ago, but it was fairly... It was 2024. Yeah, it was recent. So it's up to the chief if he would want to propose another raise again. I assume at budget season, but... Yeah, I think we need, because we're in fear of potentially losing that individual, and not having one is going to be a bigger problem. So I think we need to kind of take a look at it. Okay. Yep. And that grant is for 2026. It's to apply for 2026. We received the 25 grant already, so... Yep. Got it. Thank you. Okay.

Resolution 32 authorizes the Community Development Department to apply for New York Places Learning Activity and Youth Socialization New York Plays grant. Devin, is this the Science Center? Place for Learning? No, this is for the playground. Downtown. Okay. When I saw Places for Learning, I know that's their title. Yeah, there is a match component of this, 20%. And... What? Donking. Backup. We did speak about this, and she's going to explain the mechanics of it. This is the New York Plays grant application that we're working on. This is... There's a 20% match, but it's all matched with other grant funding, so there's no town dollars coming out of this for the match. And everything we matched, we're allowed to match with.

The total project cost $3.92 million, and the match is $784,000. Thank you very, very much. How thin?

I just... Just to back into the application, the max application is $2.5 million, so we'll be applying for something probably a little shy of that. We don't usually like to... But we're waiting for some numbers from our consultants. Thank you. Don't go far. We've got another question coming up. Okay. Not yet. Go ahead. What's on next? Okay. What's the senior center program? Is that you? No, 33 is not me. No, okay. I was like, that's not me. 33, ratifies the authorization for the senior citizen program director to execute a memorandum of understanding with the New York State Commodity Supplemental Food Program for 2026. Number 34, authorizes extension... Number 34, authorizes extension of agreement with Urban Design Associates. That's what I was going to ask you about. Okay. Next one. Give us a little update. So this was budgeted... This is a contract that we had for $108,000, which is being paid for by the Jump Start or Jump Smart, whichever the county. I always get them confused. The grant, we have $7,500 left on that funding, but the contract has run out, so we have to extend the contract to be able to get... The work's not done yet, and so we have to extend the contract. Okay. to cover the balance of the work. So we're just, you know, pulling out that contract deed. Protecting the money. Correct. Okay. Thanks.

Number 35, ratifies authorization for the supervisor to execute stipulation with an employee. Number 36, authorizes the supervisor to execute an agreement with the Suffolk County Office for the Aging 2026 Home Maintenance and Repair Program.

Number 37, authorizes the town supervisor to enter into an agreement with Brice or LP for third-party fire and life safety compliance services. This is at no cost to the town. It's a third-party system that fire marshals have indicated is going to help exponentially with the required inspections of the various components of the commercial properties in town. Yeah, they spoke to us about it. They spoke to us about it. They monitor it. They maintain it. It's all of the different. Suppression systems throughout our town. All of the different, you know, systems that they have to cover. And this helps them keep our man powers down, our man hours down. Great. Yep. Yeah, the fire marshals are apparently pleased to be moving forward with this. We did get word this morning from the purchasing office that they may have some questions on it. So assuming that they don't have any wild objections, then this moves forward, I guess, as the fire marshals have requested. Number 38, ratifies authorization for a supervisor to sign a professional service. Does the fire marshal have any questions about the fire marshal's !

No, he doesn't

They want, they're asking us to pay to be on our website. And if we're allowing them to do that, right? But in the second year, they're asking us to continue to pay for them to be on our website. And that's where I just need some clarity in that, if you could find out, okay? I appreciate it. Thank you. Resolution 39 amends Resolution 2023-834, approving special, I'm sorry, approving 2026 Special Event Application Fee Schedule. Number 40 approves Chapter 255 Application for Jamesport Fire Department Sound to Bay 5K and 10K. Number 41 grants Special Permit Approval for the Special Permit Application entitled Hampton-Jitney Battery Energy Storage System 253 Edwards Avenue, Calvington, New York, Suffolk County Tax Map Number 600-117-1-8.6. And we do have Planner Heather Trojanowski in the room if the Board has any specific questions. Thank you. Any other technical questions on this resolution? I have one question about it. When we had them in here and we asked them about whether or not they are putting energy back into the grid, their response was no, that they just intended to utilize it for their buses. But it did take some time to look over, but they are in fact selling it back into the grid, aren't they? So they said that there was residual energy. I don't know if they necessarily sell it back into the grid. But they are not proposing a direct line like some of the larger energy storage systems are, or they go directly into the LIPA grid. So why do it at all? I mean, so the whole purpose is that they have their, the electric bus fleet that's going to be coming in, and then also all of the building costs associated with energy. So it's also less of the impact to the grid is what they said. Okay. Sorry. So, Councilman Rothwald? So, Councilman Rothwald, similar to like having solar on your house, you get a power purchasing agreement with LIPA, so you're under contract. So this facility is essentially covered in solar. So they're taking the solar from their building and putting it into the batteries during the day. There's always going to be a little leftover, just like a solar customer. It goes back to the grid and you get an energy credit to use at a later time, maybe when you're not producing as much. It's not an atypical thing. Did they pull it back though when they needed it? Can they buy it back? Yeah. They pull it back and forth. It's a regular thing. You get a credit on your account, essentially. I know because I have solar in my house. Yeah. Sorry. I forgot to mention, they already have an existing solar array on the building, so it's all supposed to be tied in together. So, I mean, they're not directly selling it back. Again, like the larger scale battery energy storage systems where they take it during the low peak hours and then sell it back during high peak hours. It's primarily for an accessory use for the Hampton Jiddi facility, but there is residual energy because, you know, that's just how energy flows. Okay. Thank you. Okay. Resolution 42, grant special permit preliminary and final site plan approval for the site plan and special permit applications entitled 221 Scott Avenue Energy Storage System, 221 Scott Avenue, Galveston, New York, Suffolk County, tax map number 600-135.2-1-12. And similarly, the site plan. Okay. And similarly, we have planner map charters available if the board has specific questions on that application. I still don't understand how they're doing it so far away from a connection point. There's a connection point right there in the right of way. So there's a transmission line in the ground. They have it. It's right there. It's actually the closest spot to a transmission, one of the closest that we have in the town. And just on this one, we do have a request from the applicant for a modification to one of our conditions. So if the board's not familiar, you do have a request. You do have the ability to waive the landscaping requirement due to visibility. So the applicant has made that request. They actually made it last July. If you remember where the site is, it's 221 Scott Avenue. So it's smack in the middle of EPCAL. The battery and energy storage facility is not visible from any right of way. If you recall, when we did the Calverton Satellite Earth Station, which is on the next property to the south, we waived their landscaping requirement. You can't really see it. They'll still have a security fence around it. I don't really think it's like a big deal. I don't have a lot of heartburn about waiving it. It's not a big deal for me. It's an industrial area. In the context of everything else that's there, you won't even know it's there. Plus, if there ever was a fire, I don't want anything, you know, that could catch fire around it. What about a tradeoff? Make them do something else nice downtown? So on page nine of this resolution, the condition, it's seven. A Roman numeral two, which is revised site plan to demonstrate landscaping requirement as set forth in 301.283.31B7. So that will come out, and then I will put a finding in similar to what we did on the Calverton Satellite Earth Station. Great. Good. Any other questions? I am here. Thank you.

Okay. Resolution number 43, Town Board Determination, Finding Aesthetician's Office Use Similar to Professional Office. Okay. Resolution number 44, Authorizes Town Clerk to Publish and Post Notice Setting a Public Hearing for the Condemnation of a Parcel for General Municipal Purposes Located at 111 East Main Street, Riverhead, New York, South of Canada, Tax Number 600-129-1-11. A public hearing will be held on the basis of the ! Okay. Resolution number 45, Town Board Determination, Finding Aesthetician's Office Use Similar to Professional Office Use, and the ! Oh, thank you.

And he was in favor of this. I don't know if anybody else had a chance to speak with the clerk about that, but proposing to go from no fee to $10 for the permit. Yep. And then also, instead of having the three options for the temporary permits, just one option for 30 days. Yeah, I've discussed that with him. Great. Resolution 48 ratifies award of bid for twin Honda outboard motors or equal plus additional related items and installation for the Riverhead Police Department. Number 49 extends bid for dry hydrated line. Number 50 extends bid for electric motor repair and replacement, including emergencies. Resolution 51 pays the bills. Thank you, Devin. So with that, we're going to take a motion and a second. First and second to enter to executive session to discuss the following. Personnel matters. Matters surrounding possible hiring of an intern with Howard. Matters surrounding possible change in status of employees with help in Indyapala. And contractual matters surrounding possible contractual agreement services related to the coordination and planning of a lab on 25, events in 2026. And litigation matters surrounding. Update on litigation between the town of Irvine and cat 555 with Howard. And so if I can have a motion to adjourn. All in favor. Oh, second. Sorry. All in favor. Have a great.

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