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Thank you. Good afternoon, everybody. Today is Tuesday, March 5th, 2024. We are here for an exciting and riveting town board meeting as always. And as we start all our meetings, we'll start with the Pledge of Allegiance. Cousin Al Hubbard, would you mind leading us in the Pledge of Allegiance? 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, Al. You're welcome.

Okay, as with all of our town board meetings, we start out with an invocation. And Councilman Rothwell, do you have somebody to introduce today? We are very fortunate today to have the Reverend Andrew Montoro from the Community Baptist Church here at Rivahead. So thank you very much for joining us today, Reverend. Thank you for the opportunity to be here. Let's pray. Dear Heavenly Father, we come before you this afternoon, and Lord, we just thank you that you are the God of wisdom. You're the God of grace. We pray, Lord, just for our town council, that you would protect them, protect their families. We pray just for your protection on our police and fire department and emergency personnel. And, Lord, there's many decisions that are made that sometimes don't seem that important or sometimes can be the difference between life and death. And so we just pray for wisdom. We pray that you would help each person to seek what is best for all, what is best for our town, and that we would have your blessings on this town. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. Amen. Thank you, Reverend. Thank you for letting me be here. Reverend, just a little plug for you. You're up on Sound Avenue and Tuttle's? Sound Avenue, where Tuttle's runs into Church Lane right up the north corner there of Church Lane and Sound Avenue. And we actually just started Sunday night services in January. So we're just a simple, old-fashioned Bible-preaching church. And everyone is welcome. Excellent. Thank you so much, Reverend. Have a good day. Thank you. You too. Okay, next up we're up to our awards that we're going to do, and we're going to do them in reverse order today. The first one is really very special to me, as they're all special when they deal with residents of the town of Riverhead. But today's a little extra special because, as you'll see, we're honoring the Hubbard Family Electrical Company for over 100 years of service in the town of Riverhead. And this is something I wanted to do when I became supervisor, is start honoring people, families, businesses in the town that have been here through generations. And we have quite a few of them. And it was, there was nothing more fitting for me than to speak to my cousin, Alan, set this up, and have the young Hubbard men come in and come on up here. And we're going to read off a proclamation to you and celebrate your over 100 years in service. So if you guys would all come on up. We'll stop down here to the front of the podium. Kind of like fill up this area and face out to the camera. This is my first time doing this. I don't know if you can see me. No, no, you're fine. I'll follow. Yep, absolutely. We slide over to the left. Yes, you want to slide down? Come on down, guys, so we don't have that partition in the way. All right.

All right, we're honoring the Hubbard family electrical company for over 100, it's 101 years, actually, I think, Al, this year. Whereas it is both fitting and proper that the supervisor and the entire town board join with every citizen of the town of Riverhead in celebrating a local business who recently celebrated 100 years in business in the town of Riverhead. And whereas in 1907, recently celebrated 100 years in business in the town of Riverhead, deciding on the corner of Hubbard Avenue and East Main Street, that's where the Hubbard household was, right where TJ's transmission is now, John Stanley Hubbard was born. Now, I call him Uncle Stan. He was actually my great-uncle. And I didn't know until last week when I was talking to Al that his actual first name was John. I never in my whole life heard him referred to that. It was always Stan, Uncle Stan. So even I learned something with this. He was born. And at the age of 16, John, using a small backyard shed, began an electrical business and eventually opened an appliance store on Main Street in Riverhead. And whereas in 1971, following his father's footsteps, John's son, Al, started his own electrical business. Al's two sons, Alan and Michael, proudly worked with their dad and are now proud owners of their own electrical businesses. And whereas Alan's son, Ryan, and Michael's son, Matthew, are now fourth generation to work in the family electrical business, a business which has cherished memories, which generations of the Hubbard family. Customers who frequently called upon this family-owned business quickly became very familiar and comfortable with the Hubbard family, handed down from father to son and from son to grandson and to great-grandsons. And now, let it be known, the Hubbard family has remarkably demonstrated the qualities of integrity, hard work, dedication, and service to others throughout their lives and have enhanced the lives of those who live in our community. Now, therefore, I, Timothy, C. Hubbard, supervisor of the town of Riverhead, together with the entire town board, hereby thank the Hubbard family electrical company for their dedication and for remaining in the town of Riverhead for over a century and for providing our community with a historical, nostalgic place of business. I urge all citizens to sustain public awareness of this vital establishment. So congratulations to the Hubbard family electrical business. Thank you very much. It's part of what makes our community great. The generations, people staying here, working here, being proud and vital members of our community. So congratulations on your over 100 years in service. And I present this proclamation to the patriarch down here. Absolutely. Al. Thank you so much. Congratulations. Thank you. Okay. Very much. Let's get to the .

You want everybody to come in a little bit? Yeah. Okay. So when you step up, any kind of filtering behind us? No. Is that better? Is the town board members want to come in or? Town board members want to shoot down here too? Okay. I'm going to go behind the window. I think so. Okay. Good. Joanne, I can't see you. Oh. She's been on the chat. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. I'm just gonna stand on the chair.

Devin, did you get some pictures? Yes, we did. Right there.

Congratulations again. Congratulations. Thank you. Good job.

You guys look great for 100 years old. That's all I'm saying. And I'm the oldest. Thank you guys. Congratulations. Congratulations. Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you, Will. Thank you very much. Thank you. That was great. The Hubbards were our electrician growing up. And Alan still is our electrician. Our home now. So many people have used them through the decades and decades that they've been in business. And the two of us are like, are you really going to use them? I can tell you one story. We had a catastrophe at our church where we had the roof down. And Alan, of course, is a member of our church. He donated all of his time and his staff's time to rerun wires and hang wires. Thank you, gentlemen. Very, very, very giving people. Stuff like this that makes us love our community even more. And look forward in the future to a lot more of this coming down the pike because we have a lot of families just like this to recognize. All right, next up. We have a very important award, which is a very important award to hear us at Town Hall. And it's the Employee of the Quarter. And this Employee of the Quarter is such a magnificent worker that he is working right now and can't be here to receive the award. And honestly, he would have that no other way. The Employee of the Quarter this year, first quarter of this year, is Dave Zabrowski. He's head of our Buildings and Grounds Department. And he's the head of our Community Development and Development. And I would like to ask Drew Dillingham to step on up to the microphone and say a few words regarding Dave's worth ethic. Yep.

Good afternoon, everyone. Good afternoon. I'd like to start by saying that when Dave first took the job that he's doing now, which is supervisor of Building and Grounds, he said, I'll take the job under the condition that I don't ever have to go to a meeting with a council person. I have to talk to council people on a limited basis and anyone above me, you have to talk to everybody. When Dave walks into this building, he's mobbed by people. Especially during the move. And for a reason, because he gets things done. He doesn't need to be told twice. He's pretty much, except for important meetings with council people, he's pretty much on his own. And he does a fantastic job with limited resources. We've just hired some other people, so he's happy about that. But in the past, during the move, we were kind of hamstrung and everyone was very patient and the work was done in a timely manner. So, as a result of that, Dave was employee of the quarter and he really deserves it just about every time. Does anyone have any questions? No questions, but I'm sure we have comments. I'll start off. Dave is probably one of the best employees that Town of Rivet has. He sets the standard. He never complains. He just puts his head down and does his work. But the quality of work he does and the whole buildings and grounds is incredible. The work that they did in this building alone, getting us moved in in such a quick time was incredible. There's no other words for it. They did a fantastic job and they're still, day to day basis, we have so many projects going on in the town. We've expanded, obviously. We have more properties, more buildings, so that means more work on their plate. And Dave never complains. Just continues to do it and does an excellent job at it. So, very well deserved. Very appreciative of having somebody like Dave Zabrowski on the town payroll. I'll let him know and thank you very much. I'm just going to make one comment because I had the pleasure to work with Dave during the move. And I think that we would have been, it would have probably been six months more had it not been for Dave and his team getting into this building. He was amazing. And I hope he's okay talking to the council person because I was okay talking to him. He is very okay. He always tells me that he's nervous but you never know. I'll say Councilman Kern gave me a tour of this building for the first time and the amount of work that was ahead of us and when we wanted a three month time frame. I didn't pack anything up because I didn't think it could happen. So the movie showed up at my door and we were like, we're moving you today. But the amount of work that was done by Dave and the entire staff is just phenomenal. So we're grateful for all of them and I'm happy to say that Dave is way ahead of schedule and it's just he leads an awesome crew and leads by example. Absolutely. Go ahead. I recently met Mr. Zabrowski in some interviews that we had. He is a bright, common sense man and I look forward to working with him these next four years. Thank you. Drew, I'm just going to read off the proclamation. It says, I, Timothy C. Hubbard, supervisor of the town of Riverhead, together with the entire town board, have been working on the implementation of employee of the first quarter 2024. The employee of the quarter program was established in order to provide a mechanism for the town of Riverhead to recognize exceptional employees upon the recommendation of the labor management committee. Dave has been an outstanding employee since the day he was hired. He began working in the buildings and grounds department in 2004 as a maintenance mechanic too and quickly rose through the ranks to building and grounds maintenance manager in 2021. Throughout the transaction of the new town hall, Dave exhibited leadership and helpfulness with every aspect of the move. All improvements since the move have been executed with precision and professionalism and we thank him and the entire buildings and grounds department for going above and beyond in his work with the town of Riverhead. I hereby congratulate Dave Zabrowski on being bestowed the award of employee of the first quarter 2024 and urge the town board, all employees, and all staff and citizens of the town of Riverhead to join in sustaining public awareness of this vital member of our staff. Congratulations Dave Zabrowski. We will do this again.

Thank you sir. Thank you. I thought we were going to set up a meeting with Dave to give that to him though. Just embarrass him a little more. And thanks to the labor management committee too for putting this program together because it is a very nice program and it recognizes the workers that certainly need to be recognized within the town. Okay, moving on to announcements. This week begins the national celebration acknowledging Women's History Month. We are particularly fortunate here at the town of Riverhead because we have not one but two strong, smart, and very capable women on our town board. Councilman Merrifield and Councilman Waskie are wonderful role models and pillars of our community. On behalf of the entire town board we join the nation in celebrating the accomplishments of women everywhere. Locally, in the town, and beyond. And every guy knows that every guy, behind every guy there's a great woman. So it's very true and congratulations to all the women. Next, as you are by now aware, we hope you are, the Riverhead Parks and Recreation Office has officially moved to the second floor of Town Hall. All park and recreation business should be conducted at Town Hall. Beach passes are now available at Town Hall and also online. Any questions, residents can call 727-3200 extension 737. Lastly, under the announcements, Councilman Waskie, I believe you have an exciting announcement regarding what could very well be the beginning of a wonderful new tradition. So I will turn it over to you. Thank you, Supervisor. Yes, so, as you've mostly been made aware of, we have the Jamesport Parade every year in March, which is done through the East End Emerald Society. This year, with the Town of Riverhead and the East End Emerald Society, we're going to have our first Irish flag raising ceremony, which is going to be held on Wednesday, March 13th at 5.30 at the George Young Community Center in Jamesport, which is on the corner of South Jamesport Avenue, also known as Detective Bryan Simonson Way, and 25. This year, the Grand Marshals are Leanne and Linda Simonson, who is the wife and mother of Detective Bryan Simonson, who was killed in the line of duty for the ! He was a NYPD officer. So, if everybody would like to come down and join us for the flag raising, it's going to be wonderful. It's a kickoff to the parade, which is going to be Saturday, March 30th at 1 o'clock. So, hopefully everybody can come down and see the flag raised, and we'll see you again at the parade. Thank you. Very good. Thank you, Joanne. All right, with no minutes to approve, we'll move on to correspondence and reports from the Town Clerk. Yes, thank you, Mr. Supervisor. We received a number of letters. I wonder, Supervisor Hubbard, all those letters can be seen on our website under the Town Clerk's page, so you can actually read the letters and the content that's there. We had over 23 letters, so I'm just going to surmise it today. We had eight that concerned the cannabis legislation. We had three that talked about the procurement policy. Eleven were about the charter school and land use. And we had one about the position of retail gun stores within the Town of Riverhead. That sums up the correspondence we received in the last two weeks. On the reports, we have the tax receiver total tax collection date as of February 21st was $94,750,000. was $94,750,000. And as of February 28th, $95 million even. The Riverhead Building Department presented their February monthly report at $98,565.75 monthly report at $98,565.75 We also received the Riverhead Town historian annual report for 2023. And that ends our reports. And that ends our reports. Okay. With that, we will move on to our public hearings. We have one scheduled for today. And it's scheduled for 2 05 p.m. and it is now 2 24. The public hearing for proposed water main extension to service proposed subdivision and four other lots located at Roanoke Avenue north of Sound Avenue. With that, I thank you. Thank you. And I would call up water superintendent Frank Mancini. Hi. Good afternoon. This is Frank Mancini from Riverhead Water District. Like you said, this is the Marist Farm subdivision. This is a four lot subdivision where there's no main in that area. So they're required to extend 12-inch main from Linda Lane north and then make a right into a cul-de-sac design where the four lots are. And we work with the Riverhead Fire District here. This project will be installed in two hydrants. One where the main terminates towards the end of the cul-de-sac and one on the loop lane at Linda Lane. It's not very far away but it allows them access so the truck can reach the parcels. The total cost of the actual water main installation is estimated at $248,000 with oversight, contract administration, all the other things. We're looking at $330,000. Well, they're looking at that cost. And the total key money is $28,000 and $480. So that's about it. Anybody have any particular questions? It's always to clarify that money is being borne by the developer. Absolutely. So you're absolutely right. We put that contract out as if it was a water district contract. We do do the oversight but the funds are obtained from the developer, separated in our own capital budget and not intermingled with ours. If there's any additional costs, we have to ask them for more. If there's cost savings, we give the money back. Key money is a cost per home to essentially join the water district that's used to maintain the new infrastructure that we've created. Similar to what our neighboring water supply we call a tap fee. Do we have anybody from the audience who would like to comment? Mr. McAuliffe? John McAuliffe, Rural Water. John McAuliffe, Rural Water. John McAuliffe, Rural Water. John McAuliffe, in fact, my neighborhood, so I have a very specific interest. And part of it has now been answered. But I did want to note that not everybody in that area now has town water. There's still people dependent on pumps. And my understanding is it was the cost that prevented some of the Schmidt family and others from going in. And so I, but obviously they would be facing the same issue that the new facility. I had a broader question. This is coming up on Thursday at the planning board. So I didn't know about the sequence about approving something where the project is not yet approved by the planning board. And maybe that you could just give us a. Frank will answer that. Okay. And the other thing I wanted to say, because I spent all of Friday in New York at a meeting on Irish unity that raising the flag, the hope is that by the end of 2030 it will be a flag of a united Ireland, so thank you. Awesome. Very good. You want me to speak briefly about the coordinations behind the scenes. On a project like this, it would be unlikely that we would not be on the same page between myself, the town attorney's office, and planning. This project did evolve a little bit, and so did the way we configured it. We configured the water main. It wouldn't just include the planning staff, but also our local fire marshals, and in this case, the fire district, which we meet with on a regular basis. So we do our best behind the scenes to capture all the concerns before the project is getting to the planning board. If they made a change we weren't expecting, we would have to address that. But it wouldn't be likely that they would get involved in a fire protection issue or a main configuration issue. Okay. Thank you, Frank. Thank you. Thank you. Seeing nobody online and nobody else in the audience that wants to comment, we will keep this public hearing open for 10 days, and it will be open for written comment until March 15th, 2024.

Okay. And that's all the public hearings we had. We will now open the meeting up to comments on, resolutions, comments on all resolutions. Do we have anybody that would like to comment on our resolutions today? One on the screen. We have one online, and we have one in the audience. Mrs. Zanluski, come on up. Sure. That's fine. Chip, can we take the online one first? Yeah. Okay. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Hello, are you able to hear me? We can hear you. Okay, great. Is it okay for me to begin? Maybe I can't hear him. What do you say? Is it okay for me to start? State your name and where you're from, please. Of course. My name is Andrew Shriver. I'm an attorney from Prince Lovell Tye, and I'm representing my client, Tink and E Company, Inc., which is a cannabis dispensary applicant that's seeking to open at 1201 Ostrander Avenue. I'm here on my client's behalf. And specifically, I won't take very much time. I'm here to comment on Resolution No. 29 relating to the adoption. of the proposed cannabis regulations. As I'm sure the town's aware, this morning, we had submitted a formal request for an advisory opinion to the Office of Cannabis Management relative to the proposed cannabis zoning regulations. We had copied the town on that submission. And in that submission, we had included a request to the OCM and to the town that we arrange for the town board to temporarily refrain from taking action relative to the proposed cannabis zoning, specifically to allow for the OCM, to take action. And we're going to take action. to provide guidance before the legislation is passed out of concerns about potential preemption under state law. And that's all outlined in the letter. And really what we're hoping to do is maintain just the status quo in order to create room for these discussions with the OCM's involvement. This is pursuant to a procedure that's allowed in the regulations where if concerns are raised to the OCM, the OCM would then have the ability to come in and work through the issue. The letter, again, spells out our concerns. And I'm sure the OCM has a lot of concerns. And I'm sure the OCM has a lot of concerns. And I'm sure the OCM has a lot of concerns. But just to summarize it very, very briefly for this record, the concerns are that the regulations may be subject to state preemption, specifically relative to setback requirements that are more restrictive than specific requirements that have already been regulated by the state. The examples of that would be the setbacks from schools under the cannabis law, which is the state legislation. Section 72 sets a setback at 500 feet compared to 1,000 feet in the proposed regulations with respect to schools to retail sites. And on-site consumption establishments. Similarly, with churches, the cannabis law specifically requires a 200-foot setback compared to the 500 feet proposed. And then the regulations that are implementing the cannabis law also set forth that there should be 1,000-foot proximity between dispensaries and on-site consumption establishments for 1,000 feet where you have a population that's over 20,000 people. According to census data that we referred to in our letter, there's over 35,000 population in Riverhead. And because the regulations specifically say that the more relaxed setback requirement of 2,000 feet, or I should say the more stringent requirement, excuse me, can apply to a town or municipality that has a population of less than 20,000 people, fewer. And here the proposed setback would be 2,500 feet as between those establishments, which in this case is also influenced. By that aspect of the rule that says that there would only be one establishment in each of the corridors regardless of that setback. Those issues for us do raise issues concerning preemption. And this is exactly, I think, the type of situation where we respect and want to engage with the town in terms of making sure that you have responsible cannabis zoning in the right places and in the right proportions. But we also want to make sure that it's not been regulated in a manner that would render it unreasonably impracticable, which is the standard under the state regulations. In our client's case, I think it's a good example as to where slowing down the zoning discussion a little bit might be helpful. Our client's property is a bank pad. It's about 200 feet away from the Midas shop that is fronting on Corridor 5 on Old Country Road. We explained several reasons why it's actually an ideal type of suitability for a dispensary, including the type of zoning concerns that should be very much on the town's mind, traffic, parking, security, and other things. And the other reason is that the property has a lot of potential. And bank pads, generally speaking, are of the best caliber for that. In this case, that padded the budding, the commercial corridor. And the difference of 200 feet, which is a line here that for us doesn't quite jive with consistent zoning goals, we think it's worth another look as to see whether or not a budding commercial property should also be included in the corridor. Because it lastly addresses the issue that, of the 144 locations that were, that the press has, the property has to be included in the corridor. And so, I think that's a good example. Really, if there were a number of fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist fist for a zoning amendment that would have these types of implications. We just think that the ability to talk through these issues in a manner that honors and respects what the town is looking to accomplish would be, you know, it's something we request. And we respectfully submit that it would be in everyone's mutual interest and there would really be no prejudice to preserving the status quo in that manner. So that would be our request. And we very much appreciate your attention to this issue. Thank you. Thank you. Ken, Ann Marie, somebody want to? I think the town has done their due diligence. They've held several public forums, work sessions, provided an opportunity for everyone to participate and comment. As you stated, you're representing a client who's selecting a location that is not one of the 144 potential sites. I think the town's offering. Really, thank you. Really, thank you. Really, thank you. Really, thank you.

to roll out in a responsible, slow manner for the town of Riverhead to obtain information regarding any potential impacts, whether it's traffic or any other matter. So the state of New York allows us and the Office of Cannabis Management to create legislation for time, place, and manner. This is balanced legislation that doesn't directly impact any single hamlet within the town. It could have been easy to pick one location and say that's where they're all going to go. That's not fair and that's not balanced legislation. Other towns have had that similar approach, and that's why it's important for these distance lines and restrictions to be put in place. But this legislation does allow 144 parcels within this town. We don't legislate for an individual or particular parcel. That's not... That's not our job. Our job is to make sure that the legislation is fair, it's based, and it's set in place for long-term legislation. If there's not enough parcels available this year, there may be more next year as leases expire, as land transfers, ownerships. We legislate for the next 25 years, and this is balanced and it's fair. And we are simply allowing... Staying within the guidelines of what New York State allows, and that's time, place, and manner. I support the legislation. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. And I support the resolution as written. Thank you, Councilman. Do we have any other comments on resolutions? Mr. Sinlewski. Good evening. Martin Sinlewski, 215 Roanoke Avenue, Riverhead. I actually represent the same client that Mr. Treiber represents. He did request I bring a hard copy of what he submitted and pass it up to the town clerk for the record. And I also have copies of one other thing I just want to add that I'll give the town clerk a copy plus additional copies. Moderator, is that all on the same topic, what you have? Moderator, thank you. Moderator, thank you. Moderator, thank you. Moderator, thank you. Moderator, thank you. Moderator, thank you. Moderator, thank you. Moderator, thank you. Moderator, thank you. Moderator, thank you. Moderator, thank you. Moderator, thank you. Moderator, thank you. Moderator, thank you. Moderator, thank you. Moderator, thank you. Moderator, thank you. Moderator, thank you. Moderator, thank you. Moderator, thank you. that just based on looking at reviewing the zoning with the uh with my client and their council i just did notice one thing that may preclude you from acting on the resolution the adoption of this local law today under part 617 2b3 of seeker is an action being undertaken by the board uh the action qualifies as a type 1 action under 617 4 specifically 617 4b2 for actions that affect more than 25 acres i have attached each sentence it says see attachment there are attachments of secret law with highlighted in red the sections that i'm referring to per the town code the town's own secret section uh it says that um if there is a uh a law that's being passed uh and it requires a secret review that's type one action it requires a full environmental assessment review form as well as a more lengthy review looking at the resolution when we were reviewing it i noticed that the resolution lists this action is unlisted and then therefore issues a negative declaration we are of the understanding that this adoption of this section of the code as a local law certainly affects more than 25 acres under its umbrella of area and therefore it should be classified type one and therefore the resolution does not follow the procedural requirements of secret so we just wanted you to take that into account and think that you may want to

hold off on this resolution and research this matter further thank you thank you marty so i will relate to the town board matt charters did the secret review on this matter um he can state the full record and plethora of re review that he did from the date of draft through publish and post referral um so i'm confident in matt's review and the saturation restrictions also limit any type of uh you know limit any environmental impact as well being that the saturation rate is put in place. Okay. We have one more online. Nobody online? Okay. We have somebody else that wants to come up. Good afternoon, everyone. Brian Latchow from Manorville. Hi, Brian. Speaking from my colleagues that I only see one other in attendance aside from myself today, I had been in attendance for the committee meetings for cannabis, and I completely applaud all the actions and thank everyone for how that went. Anne-Marie and Councilman Rothwell, the way I feel, did an amazing job creating a situation that went from not really any possibility to 144, I believe you said. I feel like... I feel like it's been unfair in your direction that during the committee meetings, everyone discussed as planned and was happy. And then in the last meeting, it seemed like there was kind of a new... people wanted more changes. I'm obviously not an attorney, but I have an office now with binders, you know, wall-to-wall from MRTA and state regulation and everything that I've had to deal with. There's no right for the state to leverage or anyone to leverage on the municipality. So, I mean, you guys have every right to do exactly what you're doing. And I also feel it would be in the interest of everyone to adopt the regulations as written for the people that have the opportunity to move forward in business. To delay the changes that were made, it just seems idiotic to hold back everyone months and months to get started. I mean, it would be beneficial to the town as far as tax revenue to start sooner. It would be beneficial for people that are aspiring business owners to get rolling. If there needed to be changes later, I mean, maybe it could be amended to what has been written. I think what was written was amazing. So, I'm not speaking for everyone clearly, but just from my own perspective, I think it was a great...

It was a great job. And I don't really understand what happened from everyone on the last meeting. Like, everyone was ecstatic, and then all of a sudden, everyone was like, we need more. But you guys chose to opt in. You didn't have to opt in. Just like you don't have to allow, you know, whatever locations that people are asking for outside of your zoning. So, I just wanted to say thank you. And if there's anything that I can do to help, I'd be glad to. Thank you. Brian, I thank you. You have been actively engaged. You've engaged in all five cannabis meetings. Brian lives here in Riverhead, so he has a direct concern for the town he lives in. He's shared thoughts. And because of his participation, as well as many others, I think we engaged together and created an extremely fair and direct legislation. So, thank you for your participation. Well said, Brian. John McAuliffe, Rolling Woods. In terms of the language, I think where we are right now, that's the best we can do. But I think the underlying problem, as I wrote in my letter to the board, is the decision that was made not to go to referendum on this. And I don't know if there's any way of rolling that back, but I think the bottom line is that there's probably a majority of people in Riverhead who do not want Riverhead to be the one East End town to have not opted out. They don't want Riverhead to be the place, the place that people from the rest of the East End towns come to to get a supply. I think it should be legal for personal consumption, but I don't think that it needs to be anywhere in Riverhead. And as I say, where we are right now, there may not be possible to roll back the question of having a referendum to opt out. I'm sure it isn't, if I recall the debate properly. But I think that's the underlying fact. Really, there might be a fist fist fist fist next door system, the internet system that people are on, somebody posted a message urging that everyone contact the town board to be opposed to this or that town board members who favored it should somehow be contributing part of their salary to make up for the taxes lost. Well, every single response to that message was against any sale of cannabis in Riverhead. I mean, it's just, you know, this is not an accurate opinion polling, but it's an interesting indication of where people are. And I think if somehow there were a way of rolling the question back to opting out, that you would probably find, as would have happened had the referendum been proposed. I think that's the only way that we could have permitted that most people in Riverhead really don't want it here. Thank you. I strongly disagree with that, Mr. McAuliffe, because this was rolled out in a form of public hearings. It was rolled out in the council that Councilman Rothwell put together. It was all made up of diverse members of the public. It was an online poll as well. Yeah, but there was a three to two vote on the board whether or not to put it to referendum. So what's that mean? So I just think it was, well, I think it was, it was a mistake, though, in terms of... In a democratic society, that's how it works. No, as I say, I don't think it can be rolled. Because if it wasn't the answer you wanted to hear, we're not going to roll things back and keep rolling them back and keep rolling them back until maybe you get an answer you want to hear. Well, no, it's... We listened to the public. We did our due diligence. And that's where we are today. Yeah. Remember, there was a lot of question about the validity of the poll. I'm just saying, I agree with you that probably can't be rolled back. Yes, there was. But I think that that's the underlying problem that leads. I think that that's the underlying problem that leads to the conflict over the licensing. As I say, in terms of where we are right now, I think that Mr. Rothwell and the others came up with the most protective language that they could come up with. And I applaud them for that. Thank you. Good. Okay. We have Marty come on up and then we'll take the one person online. I just wanted to reiterate one thing. I'm really not speaking in any regard. I'm speaking in regard to the actual body of the resolution or the law. I'll leave that to all the other parties involved. I can't do any drawings until I know where it's going, but that's neither here nor there. The bottom line is, as Ann Reap said, with regard to the seeker review, that it was reviewed, et cetera, and prepared. Ultimately, the five of you, the legislators, you're the lead agency. You're the ones that determine seeker. You're the ones that determine the policy. You're the ones that determine the policy. You're the ones that determine the negative declaration based on your hard look. And what I'm saying is that when you adopt this, and to the benefit of everybody, the people that want things to move, the people that want things to hold, when you pass a resolution under seeker, it's got to be defensible. One of the things that the state will do if there's a challenge is they will look at the procedural issues with regard to seeker, and they will overturn it immediately. They don't care what the issue is. If it doesn't follow seeker to the law, they will overturn it. It appears that this is a type I action and is being passed as a non-type I action. That's for you to decide. And if you pass it, fine. As I was saying, it may not be defensible. That's all we just wanted to add. Thank you. Okay. Thank you for your comments, Morty. We take the individual on line.

Hello, everyone. How you doing? That's Hugo Rivas from the LACC. To our supervisor, hello. To our councilmen and women, to the town clerk, and our famous attorney. State your name. Sir, state your name and where you're from. My name is Hugo Rivas. I am the co-founder and the vice president for the Long Island Cannabis Coalition. Okay. Again, I just want to applaud Riverhead for all their actions, everything they have done in order to get to this point. Thank you. Thank you. It's been a long road, so we definitely applaud you again on all the work that has been done. And we keep mentioning this. You guys are a leading example. Even though we feel some things are unreasonable and impractical for us, we still applaud the situation in Riverhead. So I just wanted to just connect with you guys that you know that we thank you for everything you have done and you will be doing. And hopefully you start, you know, after this comes out, we have something to look for in the future as well. Especially, you know, if we see things are not working out as such. So again, just applaud you. Thank you for your time and all your efforts. And have yourself a wonderful day. You too. Thank you, sir. Any other comments from the audience? None online? Okay. Let's move on to resolutions. Okay. Let's start with resolution number 207. Are you with me? Okay. Thank you. Thank you. ambulance district funds balambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambambamb Waski yes, Merrifield. Yes, Kern. Yes Rothwell. Yes covered. Yes resolution adopted resolution number 209 Water District capital project 8 to 1 to 3 budget adjustment so moved second it vote, please Waski yes Merrifield yes, Kern. Yes Rothwell yes, yes resolution adopted resolution number 210 Awards bid for construction of well to a four Riverhead water district so moved second vote, please Waski yes, Merrifield. Yes, Kern. Yes, Rothwell. Yes covered. Yes resolution adopted resolution number 211 Awards bid for construction of well to a four Riverhead water district so moved second vote, please Waski yes, Merrifield. Yes, Kern. Yes, Rothwell. Yes Yes Yes Yes ! Resolution adopted resolution number 212 Awards bid for directional drilling service for Riverhead water district so moved seconded vote, please Waski yes, Merrifield. Yes, Kern. Yes, Rothwell. Yes covered. Yes resolution adopted resolution number 213

Where is my 213? It's in there Do you need 213? Okay, sorry for a generator maintenance, so moved Seconded vote, please Waski, yes, Merrifield. Yes, Kern. Yes, Rothwell. Yes, cupboard. Yes. Well, I feel like I'm in a ballpark. Yeah nice echo up here resolution adopted resolution 214 rejects all bids and authorizes town clerk to publish and post notice to bidders for rebid for meeting house Creek stormwater wetland and habitat restoration project so moved and from way up in the high seats yes yes yes resolution adopted resolution number 215 authorizes the town clerk to publish and post notice to bid is for electric motor repair and replacement so moved second vote please waski yes Murrayfield yes turn yes Rothwell yes yes resolution adopted resolution number 216 liable the white field looks like authorizes the town clerk to publish and post notice to bidders for residential solid waste collection and disposal service yeah okay okay I'm gonna go ahead and vote okay okay okay okay okay okay okay okay okay okay okay okay okay thank you her, love her. They're going to tremendously miss her. She's going to miss the job. She did a fantastic, had a fantastic career with us down there. And her shoes will be hard to fill, but we wish Debra nothing but the best in her retirement. And Godspeed. So I vote yes. Resolution is adopted. Resolution number 217. Appoints a wastewater treatment plant operator 3A. So moved. Seconded. Vote please. Waski. Yes. Murrayfield. Yes. Kern. Yes. Rothwell. Yes. Hubbard. Yes. Resolution adopted. Resolution number 218. Appoints a wastewater treatment plant operator 3A. So moved. Seconded. Vote please. Waski. Yes. Murrayfield. Yes. Kern. Yes. Rothwell. Yes. Hubbard. Yes. Resolution adopted. Resolution number 219. Appoints a 219. Appoints a call in food service workers. So moved. Second. Vote plays. Waskey. Yes. Murrayfield. Yes. Kern. Yes. Rothwell. Yes. Hubbard. Yes. Resolution is adopted. Resolution number 220. Ratifies the suspension of an employee. So moved. Seconded. Vote plays. Waskey. Yes. Murrayfield. Yes. Kern. Yes. Rothwell. Yes. Hubbard. Yes. Resolution is adopted. Resolution number 221. Make a motion to amend resolution number 221. I believe there was an error in the employee number. That ends in 80. It should end in 81. Right. It should be GFC 000 481. We have it listed as 480. We need to change the last zero to a one. Okay. Ratifies authorization for the supervisor to execute a stipulation with an employee as amended. So moved. Seconded as amended. Vote plays. Waskey. Yes. Murrayfield. Yes. Kern. Yes. As amended. Rothwell. Feel bad for employee 80. They're losing out here. As amended. Yes. Hubbard. Yes. As amended. I also have a brief statement to read. The parties have resolved their dispute and the charges have been withdrawn in exchange for Mr. Murphy's agreement to retire with them one year. Excellent. Okay. Resolution was adopted as amended. Resolution number 222. Authorizes the submission of a grant application to the Department of Energy for the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant EECBG program. So moved. Seconded. Vote please. Waskey. Yes. Murrayfield. Yes. Kern. Yes. Rothwell. Yes. Hubbard. Yes. Resolution is adopted. Resolution number 223. Approved special event chapter 255. Application for Riverhead Rotary Garden Festival. So moved. Second. Vote plays. Waskey. Yes. Murrayfield. Yes. Kern. Yes. Rothwell. Yes. Hubbard. Yes. Resolution is adopted. Resolution number 224. Approved special event chapter 255 application for MDP Events LLC East End Latin Festival. So moved. Seconded. Vote please. Waskey. Yes. Murrayfield. Yes. Kern. Yes. Rothwell. Yes. Hubbard. Yes. Resolution is adopted. Resolution number 225. Reappoints PMA Management Corp. to act as the third party administrator. So moved. Seconded. Vote please. Waskey. Yes. Murrayfield. Yes. Kern. Yes. Rothwell. Yes. Hubbard. Yes. Resolution is adopted. Resolution number 226. Authorizes the supervisor to execute an agreement with the Riverhead Business Improvement District Management Association. The

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thank you authorizes execution of a lease agreement with research foundation of the state university of new york for installation of fish passage camera at granville park so moved seconded vote please waski yes berryfield yes kern yes rothwell yes hubbard yes resolution is passed uh resolution two three zero authorizes purchasing agent to attend new york state association of municipal purchasing officials conference in the space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space space back number 600 dash 129 dish 4-10 point 1 so moved second vote please Waski yes Murrayfield yes Kern yes Rothwell yes Hubbard yes resolutions passed resolution 26 assumes lead agency status and issues negative declaration pursuant to secret with the site plan application of 901 dash 9 2 3 Berman Boulevard commercial warehouse 901 dash 9 2 3 Berman Boulevard Calvert in New York Suffolk County tax map number 600 dash 1 3 5 point 1 dash 1 dash 3 so moved second vote please Waski yeah Murrayfield yes curd yes Rothwell yes Hubbard yes resolution approved resolution 233 ratifies scheduling of a public hearing for the site plan application of 901 dash 9 23 Berman Boulevard commercial warehouse 901 dash 9 23 Berman Boulevard Calvert in New York Suffolk County tax map number 600 dash 1 35 point 1 dash 1 dash 3 so moved seconded by second vote please Waski yes Murrayfield yes curd yes Rothwell yes Hubbard yes resolution approved the resolution 234 adopts a local law amending chapter 301 of the Riverhead Town Code entitled chapter 301 zoning and land development part 3 supplementary regulations article Oh 52 C ! 19 19 19 19 19 19 !

a great deal of support for the legislation that we have here there are a number of people that are very concerned and feel that this was a good balance that has been stricken by the that with regard to this legislation that we have before us I like to also thank deputy town attorney Ann Marie Prudente and miss Dan councilman Kenneth Rothwell for the amazing work that they have done on this legislation I feel it is a balance between the interests of the cannabis individuals that wish to open up shops here and on the other hand it's a balance between the residents here that do not want this or are very concerned about the health safety and welfare of their families their children I'd like to just state a few things on the record that the town has an obligation to protect the health safety and welfare of its residents this legislation strikes that balance the state New York marijuana tax law allows municipalities to achieve that by passing local laws and regulations that govern time place and manner of operation of licensed adult use cannabis retail dispensaries and or on-site consumption sites this legislation is that attempt to strike that balance the town created a cannabis advisory committee to evaluate and recommend what time place and matter restrictions would be appropriate to place on the new cannabis retail space in the town in the town of Central Central Central Central Central Central Central Central Central Central Central Central Central Central Central Central Central Central Central Central Central Central Central Central Central Central Central Central Central Central Central Central Central Central Central Central Central Central Central Central Central Central Central Central Central Central Central Central Central Central Central Central Central Central Central Central Central Central Central Central Central Central Central Central Central Central Central Central Central Central Central Central Central Central Central Central Central Central Central Central Central Central Central Central Central Central Central Central Central Central Central Central Central 29th of 22, one on September 6th of 23, and one on 12-19 of 23. As I said, I commend the Deputy Town Attorney and Mr. Rothville for all their work and effort in this matter. And unlike what counsel had stated on the Zoom call, I feel that filing an application at the 11th hour like this is just a dilatory tactic. I believe that all these measures that I've placed on the record just now show how much effort and time was put into determining what would be the best locations and best restrictions here. I believe that there are a number of things that are concerning about cannabis retail. The fact that we want to protect our children, our young children, from access to this type of product because it is illegal for them underage. We don't want them to have such access to it. I'm also concerned about the parking and traffic that will, in fact, come about from this legislation. And I'm concerned about the crime that I believe will come about by this legislation. And I myself, as a former Assistant District Attorney for 30 years, in my personal background, I have seen cannabis as a gateway drug for individuals to much higher drug use and addiction. However, I am aware that it's not my personal view that applies. It is the town, the residents of this town that is the overriding factor here. And there are a number of people, it is legal in New York State, and there are a number of people that want to use it as a recreational drug. And they also need it as some type of medicinal purposes as well. I understand that. And I think this legislation balances those concerns. And specifically, I want to call to the attention of the public. That I believe that the location of these shops, away from churches, away from schools, away from daycare centers, away from libraries, does attempt to keep it from our youth and our towns. Our towns, our hamlets, are very small. And they are predominantly residential. And I'm very concerned that they don't have access to this. And I think this legislation helps that. I'm also concerned. And I'm also concerned. Because Riverhead is the only East End town right now that has opted in. I'm concerned that there will be an issue with regard to traffic. And I cite for that that New York State, there was a panel hosted by the local and state government law section at the New York State Bar Association annual meeting. And a representative from the town of Babylon, Babylon has opted in to marijuana sales. And a representative, actually special counsel for the town of Babylon. He had acknowledged that there were in fact traffic problems. And they're working on that. And he also acknowledged that there were no major crime problems. Which to me means there were crime problems. So I feel that this legislation will help us strike a balance towards protecting the community from crime, from traffic, and from the youth in the community. Riverhead is a small town with a small police department. And I'm very concerned with the fact that currently Riverhead police department is not in the hands of the city council. And I'm concerned that there's going to be an issue with that. And I'm concerned that there's going to be an issue with that. And I'm concerned that there's going to be an issue with that. not have a designated officer that can detect driving while impaired by the use of drugs, DREs, that we need, and I ask the police department here to immediately rectify that situation and get the training, the certifications for officers to be able to detect driving while impaired by drugs. Furthermore, this council, our town council, recently passed a resolution that was supported by the district attorney of Suffolk County, Ray Tierney, where he's seeking legislation to have field sobriety tests mandatory for individuals suspected of driving while impaired, that they submit to the field sobriety test by submitting a saliva sample, and we supported that, and I do support the fact that we will want to make sure that our citizens are safe from driving while impaired drivers here in Riverhead. Furthermore... Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. cannabis shops. For the record, there are currently 1,500 illegal cannabis shops in New York City and 36,000 illegal cannabis shops in New York State. I feel that this legislation helps to protect the cannabis dealers, the cannabis, when I say dealers, the cannabis shop owners here in Riverhead. This will make certain that this type of legislation will help ensure that they do not have to deal with, or the town does not have to deal with, illegal cannabis shops opening up left and right in our town. And for all of these reasons, I vote yes to support this. Thank you. Thank you, Council. Thank you, Supervisor, for letting me speak. Councilman Kurt. Yes. Councilman Rothwell. I echo all of the sentiments that Councilwoman Merrifield has stated. I'm just going to add on. Thank you, Liz, in addition to our Deputy Town Attorney, Amory Prudente. But Jason Blizzard spent a lot of time on creating these maps and the zoning and put a lot of time into it. But also that we were given a difficult task well over a year ago prior when Governor Cuomo at the time passed and made and legalized cannabis in the state of New York. There was no parameters telling us how to go forward, how to move forward. And we immediately began the Cannabis Committee to try to stay ahead. And I think the committee has done an incredible job. We were always seemed to be one step ahead of them. We realized an error in our initial mapping. I really see this legislation more as a correction of the course. I do not want the state of New York coming in here. And I want to maintain my hometown rule to decide that we get to decide as a local municipality, time, place, and manner. If it remained as is, I would be concerned about the state of New York just simply granting, you know, an entire blanket over the town of Riverhead. And I just won't allow that to happen. So this is really a correction of our past. I made that very clear from the first cannabis meeting that we would continue to address any concerns from day one. There was great participation from civic groups, police department, the school, residents, retailers, consumption retailers. It was such participation. I especially want to thank the CAP program. I believe in the CAP. Thank you. Thank you. by the kids, our youth in our town. My kids went through that program, and they were just phenomenal, and they support what's going forward, and they support our approach to this. It's balanced. It's fair. And I thank everybody for their time and effort. I vote yes. Supervisor Hubbard. I'm going to just echo on what both my fellow council people have said. They were excellent points. I do appreciate all the work that went into this from the public, from the town, from all of our employees that were involved, and I'm proud to vote yes. Resolution adopted. Resolution 235.

Ratifies authorization for the supervisor to sign affidavit to withdraw request for exclusion in DuPont 3M settlement. So moved. Second. Vote, please. Waski. Yes. Very fair. Mayfield. Yes. Curd. Yes. Rothwell. I just think I'm against an initial settlement on this. I understand that time is of the essence and concern, but quite frankly, a million dollars prior to the attorneys taking out their fees within the settlement is just a drop in the ocean of where we need to go and what we need to do to repair it and environmentally protect and bring back and to eliminate any of the... I don't know. PFAS and damage that has been done to the environment. I just think this dollar amount is just not significant to me in terms of getting to where we need to be. I vote no. Hubbard. Having been privileged to have a Zoom meeting with the attorney's office that has represented the town in this matter, I'm very comfortable in voting yes for this. I think the attorney representing us made good progress. I think the attorney's office made good points that the million dollars, we all agree, is a drop in the bucket. But the fact that there may be zero dollars available when, if we go the other way, by the time it comes to fruition, these companies may or may not and most probably will not be in business and there won't be anybody to receive money from, I think we take the safe bet now and take the million dollars in the settlement. So I vote yes. Okay. Resolution is adopted. Resolution 236. Hayes Bills. So moved. Seconded. Vote please. Waskey. Yes. Merrifield. Yes. Turn. Yes. Rothwell. Yes. Hubbard. Yes. Resolution is adopted. Ends the resolutions. Okay. That concludes all of our resolutions for today. We're going to go on for open comments from the public on any matter. Open comments from the public on any matter. Devin. Would you like to come up and speak? Okay. We have nobody that wants to make a comment. Do we have up going once going twice. All right.

If the known folks Ron Martz-Manable everything. You got a smooth meeting today too. It's very quiet and everything. We kind of can't be having this. I got to come up and say something. This is just a councilman very well. I'd like to thank you for your. That was a beautiful. Speech. You said about the stuff. Mara and Dan. I got into things. DuPont got one for a million dollars. Now you gentlemen know what happened in Manable to us here. I mean down the road. You mean this could cost you 50 hundred million dollars to rectify this problem. If it never gets out of control. I mean a million dollars is should have really just taken a roll of Dyson million dollars better than zero dollars. And by that's true comes to fruition that million dollars would have been long gone off the table. So this is the wise thing to do. That's that's. Make it possible. But then again you know whatever. Anyway. Can I just say something on that too. Just so you know that there is actually that doesn't end our ability to litigate. We can still go after the Navy which we intend to do. It's a separate type of action. Oh and it's for existing demonstrated damages. And Frank it is it plant to five plant five. That's the existing damages that we have. That we're litigating. It's very specific to that. This was not taken lightly. This was looked into very hard. And it was really the best opportunity or the best option in my mind for us to do this right now. This does not preclude us from going after the big dog in the fight. In addition it only relates and does not include contamination regarding wastewater stormwater soil remediation. And. And. And. And. And. Pluma PFAS appears in Jamesport, which the Navy is not going to be responsible for that. And that could cost you a lot of money. I'm just going from what's going on in Manival right now in Calverton. I mean, you've got $12 million just in that little section. I mean, down the road. Can I mention something also, sir? Sure. These damages, this particular lawsuit, is only what we can prove existing now. That's the problem. You can't go what you anticipate will be a problem down the road or what you anticipate you damages. That's the situation where we're at right now with this particular settlement. Okay. Otherwise, before I get done, thank you, people. We're moving pretty fast on the water in Manival, so thank you for that. And I wish to thank the board, too, for fighting the cat problem you're having right now. I hope you win it. I really do. Thank you, Mr. Marshall. Okay. You have a good day. Mr. Marshall, I'll just add that you may want to Google the litigation that happened between Bethpage and the Navy. They won a significant tens of millions of dollars from the Navy with a similar problem. Right. But they won a big chunk from the Grumman Corporation, too. It wasn't just all Navy. They also got money from the Grumman Corporation. Right. They got a big chunk from that, too. So you're going to go after the Navy. You're going to go after the Grumman. Nobody's actually touched Grumman's either, right? Grumman's were the one that dumped it in the ground. The Navy never did. We all know that. The Navy were just landlords. They owned the property. They were in Virginia. They didn't even know what Grumman's did on the property over here. But as long as you don't get stuck with a tremendous bill somewhere down the road, if you can win that, we need the money of the town anyway. So thank you. One more question, then I won't let volume on. Okay. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

Thank you. Has that ever been done? Not yet. No, it hasn't. Okay. There will be a recent appraisal done before we have any movement on that property. Okay. Thank you, folks. Have a good evening. Thank you. You too. Thanks. Do we have anybody else from the audience? Open comments? Nobody online? Okay, folks, thanks for coming out. I'll make a motion for adjournment. All in favor? So moved. Aye. All opposed? Meeting is closed. Thank you. Thank you.