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Thank you. [transcription gap] Thank you. Thank you, Kathy. And that prayer was kind of apropos because this is National EMS Week, so I'm going to mention that in a minute here in my notes. I have a couple notes to go over tonight. First and foremost, I want to congratulate the school district on passing the budget. We had been working with the interim superintendent and a couple of board members on various items over the past couple months. And I can say I'm very happy that the budget got passed, and I think the interim superintendent is doing a very good job in righting a ship that had somewhat gone off course over the past couple of years. So I'm very happy that they're working on making things much better up there. A healthy school district makes for a healthy town, so it's good for all of us. All right, next, this week is National EMS Week, and I want to personally thank all the dedicated volunteers of both the Riverhead Volunteer Ambulance Corp. and the Wading River Fire Department, the other EMS provider in the town of Riverhead. We know you sacrificed time away from your families and friends on the weekends, in the middle of the night, during the workday, all the time, to respond when the call comes in that someone needs help. And on behalf of the five of us up here, although there's only four right now, thank you for your service. Truly heartfelt thanks. And also, anyone out there that's listening that might have an interest in getting involved as an EMS provider or knows someone who might, whether that be the recent graduate in your family or even a newly retired spouse or who finds themselves with extra time on their hands, consider joining the ARVAC family. ARVAC is Riverhead Volunteer Ambulance Corp., and they'll be hosting their annual open house event this Saturday, May 25th, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at their headquarters. Thank you. They're located at 1111 Osborne Avenue. It's right across the street from the Talmadges Agway store. And they invite you to come down and explore the different ways you can get involved as an EMS provider and make a difference in your community. They will have demonstrations there. You'll be able to tour the inside of the ambulance. They can explain things to you that they use. And it's really quite interesting. I know I went to one up in Wading River back in the spring. I'm sorry, back in the fall. And it's really amazing how the equipment has evolved over the years. I was an EMT way back in the early 80s. And just CPR alone, they have machines actually now that do the chest compressions for you. It's pretty cool, pretty interesting stuff that they use nowadays. Ken, I know you're very familiar with it. So it would be good to stop up there. Stop up and say hello to our local EMS volunteers. And you might be surprised at what you can learn up there. Absolutely. Tomorrow, Thursday, May 23rd, from 1 to 4 p.m., the Riverhead BID and the Chamber of Commerce are hosting a job fair on the town square downtown. Employers and employees are encouraged to stop by. There will be on-site interviews and opportunities to network with industry leaders. Anyone out there who might be looking for a job, stop by the town square tomorrow. Thank you. On Sunday, May 26th, Main Street will be closed for the 2024 East End Art Mosaic Festival, the longest-running community chalk art festival on Long Island, has been running since 1996 and is always a community-favorite event. All are encouraged to come out and celebrate the arts, stroll Main Street, and watch artists in action as they transform squares of street into vibrant and moving works of art. There will also be family, community-oriented activities, music, and local food trucks. It's always a great day. The incredible artists who go out there, and sometimes that pavement gets pretty hot out there, and they're putting chalk down and doing really great work, so I encourage you to attend. Next, as many of you are now aware, the public hearing regarding the DGEIS for the Comprehensive Plan Update has been adjourned to Wednesday, May 29th, at 6 o'clock. Right here in the town boardroom. Participation can be accomplished by in-person or via Zoom, and of course, the hearing will be live-streamed online and on Channel 22. As a reminder to the residents, Town Hall will be closed Monday, May 27th, in observance of Memorial Day holiday, and will reopen on Tuesday, May 28th, at 8.30 a.m. Speaking of Memorial Day, Councilman Rothwell, I'm going to ask you to come out here, and you want to go over some details about the events? We do. We have a lot of events going on this weekend. If I can start off with first on Sunday, in May 26th, we're going to have the Deshaun Briggs 5K Run. That's going to be over at the Epical Park on the 10,000-foot runway. It's a great event with fun food, and we will have a military flyby, which is always very moving. The event honors Tech Sergeant Deshaun Briggs, who made the ultimate sacrifice while serving in the 106th New York State Air National Guard unit. He was also a special missions aviator. While deployed on March 15, 2018, Deshaun was one of seven men that was killed in a Pave Hawk helicopter that they were riding and crashed in western Iraq near the Syrian border. This is a great tribute to him, created by his wife, Rebecca, and his incredible kids. Registration will be on that Sunday. If you don't register online, you can register in person at 7.30. At 8.30, there's going to be a fun run, and then at 9 o'clock, there'll be the 5K run. And then those that are there to participate might even get a beer at the end of the race as well. So it's a great event. Fire Department participates as well. They do a nice draping of the flag, along with different, the sheriff's unit, police units all from around the area participate in this great family event. And all the money is used to collect funds for student scholarships that'll be given away, and announcements will be made on that date as well. Moving into Monday, Memorial Day, we're going to have the Memorial Day Parade. Starts at 9 a.m. at the Pulaski Street School Monument. We'll ask participants to line up about 8.15 in the morning, a little head start. The parade will go through its typical five stops, and we will end back at the, after visiting World War II Monument, we'll go over to St. John's, then we'll go over to Riverhead Cemetery, and then eventually back to Pulaski Street School, where we started. Supervisor will lead us in a nice little presentation. As well, and then we invite people afterwards. We always note that when the Memorial Parade concludes, we do go over to St. Isidore Cemetery, and we do have a nice little prayer service over there as well, to honor veterans over at St. Isidore Cemetery. And then people are welcome to go to the VFW afterwards for hot dogs and a nice little luncheon reception. Later on that day at 1 p.m., Cowerton National Cemetery will have their Memorial Day service, so please welcome everyone to participate today. We'll invite everyone to participate to go over to Cowerton National Cemetery. And then I just say, as always, it's not just a barbecue weekend. Take some time, reflect on the men and women that served our country, those that gave our lives for our country, and like I usually typically do, stop by Riverhead Cemetery and just visit Garfield Langhorn, Congressional Medal of Honor recipient's location for his gravesite as well. So honor those, and we're grateful for all that's served. All the Hometown Hero banners will be up by Friday afternoon, so it's done by volunteers, it's a long, tedious method, but everyone will be hanging for the weekend. It's done by, when you say volunteers, you literally mean more than one, because usually it's only two, or maybe three at most. And it's the same two or three people every year. So certainly volunteers are needed to help with that. So we can always use help, but the feedback that we get on it, it's an incredible program. It is a great program. In addition to the Hometown Hero banner project, there are always ways to participate if you are interested. If you are a graduate of Riverhead High School, or attended Riverhead High School, because we know some even left to go to Vietnam when they were just turning 18 in school, there is a Garfield Langhorn Wall of Honor. Please let us know. You can reach out to us or the school, and we can get your name on a wall of honor at the school. So that project is always ongoing. And our new cherry blossom tree, which we expect to pass a resolution today to honor our veterans with a cherry blossom tree along with a granite monument to be at Veterans Memorial Park. So there's lots of ways to thank our veterans. So thank you very much. Thank you for all the work you do with the veterans. We really appreciate that. It's an honor. Thanks. Okay, one last just item to notice. Beach stickers are available here in Riverhead Town Hall Monday through Friday, 830 to 430 in the afternoon. Memorial Day is somewhat the unofficial start of summer, and people will be going to the beaches, and stickers are needed from January 1st to December 31st. So don't think that you can go there now just because it's not July 4th or something without a sticker. You may receive a summon. So make sure you get your stickers. You can also get them online. They're very easy to get. But make sure you get them before you go to the beaches. Okay, with that, we're going to move on to correspondence. Mr. Wooden, do we have any correspondence? We did. And if I could just take a few moments. We had some at the CPU meeting we had on Monday. There was some concern about correspondence coming into Town Hall. And I just want to clarify that anything that comes into the Town Clerk's Office is time stamped as long as it's in before Friday before the Town Board meeting. It will be part of the agenda for the meeting coming up. They're scanned in. They're circulated to all the Board members. And then they're made part of the agenda packet. So it's there. It's there, and this was all part of a plan that Supervisor Hubbard wanted to make sure that everybody was aware that their letters were being read and that everybody, not only the Board, but the world could see them. So if you go to the agenda packet for any meeting, any letter that came in that time, it would be displayed, and you can read it in its entirety if you care to. But this meeting coming up, we had three letters. We received two from John McAuliffe, one in reference to EPCAL and one in reference to Soundview, which is a medical clinic. And then we had one from Deborah Conrad with comments about the Charter School, and that concludes the correspondence. On the reports, we have the tax receiver total collection as of May 8th at $100,550,000, and as of May 15th, $109,150,000. We also received from the tax receiver the utility payment report for the month of April at $269,989.16. But we also received from the tax receiver the utility payment report for the month of April at $109,989.16. The Riverhead Town Police Department gave their monthly report for the month of April, and the Riverhead Town Clerk report for the month of April was $8,740.82. And that concludes our reports. Okay, thank you very much. Okay, at this point in time, I'm going to make a motion to close the town board meeting and open the CDA meeting. Do I have a motion to close the town board meeting? So moved. Second. All in favor? Aye. All opposed? Okay, CDA meeting is open, and I'm going to ask Deputy Supervisor Devin Higgins to call to order the CDA meeting. Good evening to the town board. So we have no resolutions on the agenda tonight, so we're just going to open it up for public comment on any CDA-related matter. Okay. Do we have anybody in the audience who wants to make a comment on the CDA? And do we have anybody online? Having not seen anybody in the audience or nobody online, I would make a motion that we close the CDA meeting and open up again the town board meeting. Reopen the town board meeting, so we'll just take a quick vote, assuming everybody is not objectionable to that. The town board meeting is reopened. Thank you. That was a very well-run, coordinated meeting. Okay. All right. At this point in time, we're going to go on to the public comment. We have one public hearing on for tonight, and it's a petition for water main extension. And I believe we have Mr. John Collins here from H2M to introduce it for us. Mr. Collins, how are you? Good. Good evening, Supervisor, town board. I'm here on behalf of Frank and John, who both couldn't make it, kind of like the third leg or third string. But I'm here to present the CDA meeting. I'm here to present a map and plan for 205 Osborne Avenue development. If you recall, this was presented to the board approximately 18 months ago. We're here back to ask your approval on a revised plan. The development hasn't changed. It's still going to consist of about 4,400 square feet of also space and 39 residential apartments. The water demands aren't going to change. It's still going to be about 800 gallons per day. And it's still going to require a lot of work. It's still going to require about 2,000 gallons per minute for hydrant flow. What we're here to do, what we're here is to present the revised plan, which reflects a revised scope of work required by the developer. So the work required by the developer includes a replacement of about 600 feet of 6-inch cast iron water main with 10-inch, two new hydrants, one out in front of the library, one on Osborne Avenue, all at a capital cost not to exceed of $521,000. That being said, key monies are also being assessed to this project, still stay the same at $76,094. Okay. Board, do you have any questions? No. Okay. Do we have anybody in the audience who would like to comment on this public hearing? Do we have anybody online? We do not. Okay. Well, at this point in time, we will close the public hearing. We will leave it open for discussion. We will leave it open for written comment until Friday, May 31st. So with that, you can write in comments if you need to. If you can't make a comment tonight, Mr. Collins, I thank you very much for coming in. And we will close the public hearing. Thank you very much. Thank you. This is going too smooth tonight, folks. What's going to happen? I know something bad is going to happen. Okay. We're now open for comments on any resolution. Any resolution in tonight's packet? Comments on any resolution in tonight's packet? Do I have anybody in the audience who would like to comment on any resolution? Seeing nobody, do we have anybody online that would like to comment? We do not. Where is everybody tonight? The weather is beautiful. Okay. The weather is gorgeous. Yeah, I know. I get it. What's that? The New York Rangers. The New York Rangers game. We have time for that, though. A little bit. Right, Mr. Rotha? We have a little bit of time. Okay. All right. Moving on to resolutions. We will read the resolutions, and since we have no questions on them, let's go ahead. All right. We'll start with resolution number 443. Authorizes the town clerk to publish and post bid for used tow trucks. So moved. Seconded. Vote, please. Waskie. Yes. Merrifield. Yes. Rothwell. Yes. Hubbard. Yes. Warren. Yes. Warren. Yes. Warren. Yes. Warren. Yes. Warren. Yes. Warren. Yes. Warren. Yes. Warren. Yes. Warren. Yes. Warren. Yes. Warren. Yes. Warren. Yes. Warren. Warren. Yes. Warren. Yes. Warren. Yes. Warren. Warren. Yes. Warren. [transcription gap] five budget transfer veterans memorial park sanitary system so moved second vote please wasky yes murrayfield yes rothwell yes hubbard yes resolution adopted resolution 446 2023 budget transfer so moved second vote please wasky yes murrayfield yes rothwell yes hubbard yes resolution adopted resolution 447 refuse and garbage district budget adjustment so move second vote please wasky yes murrayfield yes rothwell yes hubbard yes resolution adopted resolution 448 water district capital project 8208 budget adoption so moved second vote please wasky yes murrayfield yes rothwell yes hubbard yes resolution adopted resolution 449 wrgst project 82301 budget adjustment and award of construction did so moved second vote please wasky yes murrayfield yes rothwell yes hubbard yes resolution adopted resolution 450 awards bid construction of pre-stressed ground storage tank at east wind drive riverhead water district so moved seconded so moved so moved so moved so moved so moved so moved so moved so moved so moved so moved so moved so moved so moved so moved so moved so moved so moved so moved so moved so moved so moved so moved so moved so moved so moved so moved so moved so moved so moved so moved so moved so moved so moved so moved so moved so moved so moved so moved so moved so moved so moved so moved so moved so moved so moved so moved so moved so moved so moved so moved so moved so moved so moved so moved so moved so moved so moved so moved so moved so moved so moved so moved so moved so moved so moved so moved so moved so moved so moved so moved so moved so moved so moved so moved so moved so moved so moved so moved so moved so moved so moved so moved so moved so moved so moved so moved so moved so moved so moved so moved so moved so moved so moved so moved so moved so moved so moved so moved so moved so moved so moved so moved so moved so moved so moved so moved so moved so moved so moved so moved so moved so yes Rothwell yes Hubbard yes resolution adopted resolution 452 appoint seasonal staff to the Recreation Department so moved seconded vote please Waski yes Merrifield yes Rothwell yes Hubbard yes resolution adopted resolution 453 appoint Shannon rights as a member of the Recreation Advisory Committee so moved second vote please Waski yes Merrifield yes Rothwell yes Hubbard yes resolution adopted resolution 454 appoints a call in recreation aid to the Recreation Department so moved second vote please Waski yes Merrifield yes Rothwell yes Hubbard yes resolution adopted resolution 455 appoints a call in Recreation Aid to the Recreation Department so moved second head vote please waski yes mary field yes rothwell yes hubbard yes resolution adopted resolution 456 appoints new seasonal beach employees to the recreation department so moved seconded vote please waski yes mary field yes rothwell yes hubbard yes resolution adopted resolution 457 appoints a seasonal registered nurse to the recreation department so moved second vote please waski yes mary field yes rothwell yes hubbard yes resolution adopted resolution 458 appoint seasonal senior recreation leaders to the recreation department so moved second vote please waski yes mary field yes rothwell yes hubbard yes resolution adopted resolution 459 appoint seasonal recreation staff to the recreation department so moved second vote please Yes, Merrifield. Yes, Rothwell. Yes, Hubbard. Yes Resolution adopted resolution for 60 appoints a call in chaperones of the Recreation Department so moved seconded vote, please Waski, yes, Merrifield. Yes, Rothwell. Yes, Hubbard. Yes resolution adopted resolution for 61 set salaries for the 2024 seasonal recreation recreation staff so moved seconded vote, please Waski, yes, Merrifield. Yes, Rothwell. Yes, Hubbard. Yes resolution adopted resolution for 62 ratifies a salary increase for a senior citizens program supervisor so moved seconded vote, please Waski, yes, Merrifield. Yes, Rothwell. Yes, Hubbard. Yes resolution adopted resolution for 63 Ratifies the appointment of a temporary office assistant so moved seconded Vote, please waski Yes, yes, yes, yes Yes Yes ! Yes, Merrifield. Yes, Rothwell. Yes, Hubbard. Yes resolution adopted resolution for 64 appoints interpreter for police department and Justice Court so moved seconded vote, please Waski, yes, Merrifield. Yes, Rothwell. Yes, Hubbard. Yes resolution adopted resolution For 65 appoints a provisional wastewater treatment plant operator trainee so moved seconded vote, please Waski, yes, Merrifield. Yes, Rothwell. Yes améric's resolution adopted resolution 466 provisionally appoints a senior wastewater treatment plant operator 3a so moved seconded vote please uh waski yes merrifield yes rothwell yes hubbard yes resolution adopted resolution 467 appoints a part-time court officer to the police department so moved seconded vote please waski yes merrifield yes rothwell yes hubbard yes resolution adopted resolution 468 ratifies the appointment of a custodial worker one so moved

second vote please waski yes merrifield yes rothwell yes hubbard yes resolution adopted resolution 469 authorizes the supervisor to execute stipulation with csea local 1000 afs cme afl cio riverhead unit of the state of the state of the state of the state of the state of the state of suffolk so moved so moved so moved so moved so moved so moved so moved so moved so moved so moved so moved so moved so moved so moved so moved so moved so moved so moved so moved so moved so moved so moved [transcription gap] mary field yes welcome back rothwell yes hubbard absolutely yes motion carried motion 471 appoints lisa mayer as a member of the senior citizen advisory council so moved second vote please waski yes merrifield yes rothwell yes hubbard yes resolution adopted resolution 472 appoints sarah mayo as a member of the senior citizen advisory council so moved second vote please waski yes merrifield yes rothwell yes hubbard she's such a nice lady yes absolutely motion adopted motion carried uh motion 473 appoints brian tully as a member of the senior citizen advisory council so moved second vote please waski yes murray yes rothwell yes hubbard i think you're going to find he's a great addition to that he's a elder law attorney in riverhead opened up his office last year here or earlier this year and um i think he's going to do great absolutely yes resolution adopted resolution 474 appoints new member to veterans advisory committee reits so moved seconded vote please waski yes berryfield yes rothwell yes hubbard yes resolution adopted resolution 475 reappoints judith barth and roy sokolowski as members to the architectural review board so moved seconded vote please waski yes merrifield yes rothwell yes hubbard yes thank you to both of them for uh re-upping again with that with the committee resolution is adopted resolution 476. reappoint sid bale and eileen mcduffie as members to the helicopter team. ! ! yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes [transcription gap] yes yes

so moved [transcription gap] reappoints mm-hmm hide a key I resume to the architectural review board so moved second vote please wasky yes Merrifield yes Rothwell yes Hubbard yes resolution adopted resolution 479 accepts the retirement of a police detective so moved seconded vote please wasky enjoy your retirement Ed yes Merrifield yes Rothwell yeah it's been a great guy personal friend I wish him all the best of luck and I vote regretfully yes and Korea don't you call me yes sorry I'm deaf I vote yes and ditto to what Ken said and Carrie great police officer really a lot of honored to have worked with him and nothing but the best to him in his retirement good luck Ed okay resolution is adopted resolution number 480 accepts the retirement of a chief accountant so moved seconded do we have to vote on this yeah wasky enjoy your retirement yes Merrifield it's been great to know you enjoy your retirement yes Rothwell can we hold off tool or find out how the Rangers do that's what I was thinking to tie this into if the Rangers were clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear maybe we would approve this how's that i like it i think i think he's still pretty uh confident that that's gonna happen i think you'll be working a long time yeah all right bill it's your wish i vote yes bill i regretfully vote yes um it's been very interesting working with you over the years and i appreciate all the help that you've provided um you've been a great friend to the town board and we we really really appreciate all the time and effort you put in uh i don't know how many times i've spoken to you after hours you call me from your home you call me on the weekends you're always there for us a lot of institutional knowledge is going to be gone and uh it's going to be hard to make up but uh i think you've done some good training with with our with your uh the person's going to take over for you and i think we'll be in good hands and we know that you're just a phone call away so nothing but the best to you and your family in your retirement well i appreciate that and um i have to say for the 17 years i've been here I've met a lot of nice people got to know residents town board and employees truly enjoyed all my time here and I'm blessed to have had that time and I thank you all thank you

the resolution is adopted resolution 481 authorizes the supervisor to sign a consultation consultant professional services agreement with William Rothar so moved second vote please uh wasky yes mary field yes Rothwell yes hubbard told you it's just going to be a phone call away I liked how you reeled him back in that was a really short retirement resolution is adopted resolution 482 ratifies the authorization for the recreation superintendent to attend the 2024 New York state rps conference so moved second vote please wasky yes mary field yes Rothwell yes hubbard yes resolution is adopted resolution 483. I wonder what a recreation conference is like I bet it's a lot of fun a lot of basketball a lot of pickleball being played and 483 sets fees for the 2024 south jamesport boat wreck so moved second vote please so moved so moved so moved yes Merrifield yes Rothwell yes Hubbard yes solution adopted resolution 484 authorizes the supervisor to enter into an agreement with an employee so moved seconded vote please Wosky yes Merrifield yes Rothwell yes Hubbard yes resolution is adopted resolution 485 authorizes supervisor to execute a license agreement with Anton McKay to you Miyake to utilize concession stand at South James Port Beach so moved seconded vote please Wosky yes Merrifield yes Rothwell yeah councilman Wosky's done a great job bringing this gentleman into the picture I think he's gonna do a phenomenal job and know him personally and so it's excited so I will be down there in South James Port hanging out when he opens up so thank you for your help and leading in this I will yes Hubbard it's been a long time down there with we've had the concession stand many years ago it ran very successfully and then over time it kind of dissipated and then we tried to fill it in with the use of food trucks by contract but food trucks would show up once in a while maybe on a hot sunny day maybe not on a cloudier day and it just was no consistency down there so I think Tony is gonna do a great job down there and he'll be there all the time so it will be a nice addition for the residents at you South James Fort Beach so head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head [transcription gap] authorizes the supervisor to execute an agreement with the county of Suffolk office for the aging AAA transportation program 2024 so moved seconded vote please wasky yes Murrayfield yes Rothwell yes Hubbard yes resolution is adopted resolution 488 designates alcohol service vendor to serve alcohol at the Polish town street fair and festival so moved seconded vote please wasky yes Murrayfield yes Rothwell yes Hubbard yes resolution is adopted resolution number 489 appoint special events chapter 255 application for the sergeant Robert Hendricks and memorial creeper WOD so moved seconded vote please Oh wasky yes Murrayfield yes Rothwell yes Hubbard yes resolution is adopted resolution 490 approved special event chapter 255 application for the New York Marine Rescue Center paddle battle so moved seconded vote please wasky yes Murrayfield yes Rothwell yes Hubbard yes resolution is adopted resolution 491 approved special event chapter 255 application foot bid ma alive on 25 so moved seconded vote please wasky yes Murrayfield yes Rothwell yes Hubbard yes resolution is adopted resolution 492 approved special event chapter 255 application for bid ma cardboard boat race so moved seconded vote please wasky yes Murrayfield yes Rothwell are you gonna get in the boat are you gonna get in the boat Joanne? all eyes are on you no no no he was asking you I vote yes [transcription gap] so moved by head [transcription gap]

from the town board would be perfect since the supervisor of Southampton is a female I think the deputy supervisor great shape Denise loves duct tape and and cardboard boxes stay tuned folks I think I'm down to a coin toss but we will figure this out and we have to figure out quickly too because it takes a while to make these votes Devon's like just don't ask me nobody's voted has anybody voted yes okay yes motion is adopted okay resolution 493 approve special event chapter 255 application for bid ma reflections art in the park so moved second vote please okay waski yes Murrayfield yes Rothwell yes Hubbard yeah Brian does a great job down in reflections with his crew down there it's I'm looking forward to seeing you again yes motion is adopted resolution 494 approve special event chapter 255 application for bid ma Oktoberfest reflection so moved seconded vote please waski yes Murrayfield yes it's great it's great we have all these events in the town all these different upcoming events Rothwell yes and Hubbard yes resolution is adopted resolution 495 you approved special event chapter 255 application for bid ma holiday parade and Santa house it's Christmas time here in the town so please seconded waski yes Murrayfield yes Rothwell yes Hubbard yes resolution approved resolution 496 approved special event chapter 255 application for bid ma Halloween fest so moved seconded vote please waski yes américans américans américans américans américans

event chapter 255 application for bid meh Shakespeare in the park so moved seconded vote please wasky yes Merrifield yes Rothwell yes Hubbard yes resolution is adopted resolution 499 ratify a special event chapter 255 application for bid meh iconic riverfront preen cleanup so moved nice seconded vote please wasky yes Merrifield yes Rothwell yes Hubbard yes resolution is adopted resolution number 500 amends resolution 367 2024 year for special event chapter 255 application for Riverhead Townscape Country Fest it was a time change so moved seconded vote please wasky yes Merrifield yes Rothwell yeah thanks for what they do awesome job Hubbard yes resolution is adopted resolution 501 resolution to support the cherry blossom tree program and establishing provisions and procedures so moved seconded vote please wasky yes I think this is going to be beautiful thank you for everything that you put into it Ken thanks Merrifield yes and again I again agree thank you so much for everything you did this is gonna be amazing Rothwell please come out and honor your veteran I vote yes Hubbard absolutely another great program thank you so much for your time and I appreciate it thank you so much so much so much so much so much so much so much so much so much so much so much so much so much so much so much so much so much so much so much so much so much so much so much so much so much so much so much so much so much so much so much so much so much so much so much so much so much so much so much so much so much so much so much so much so much so much so much so much so much so much so much so much so much so much so much so much so much so much so much so much so much so much so much so much so much so much so much so much so much so much so much so much so much so much so much so much so much so much so much so much so much so much so much so much so much so much so much so much so much so much so much so much so much so much so much so much so much so much so much so much so much so much so much so much so much so much so much so much so much so much so much so zero three authorizes the town clerk to publish a post notice to bid is for police uniform items so moved seconded folk place waski yes merrifield yes rothwell yes hubbard yes resolution is adopted resolution 504 authorizes the acquisition of the leasehold interest to the easterly ground floor rental unit for general municipal purposes located at 127 east main street riverhead new york suffolk county tax map number 0600-129 point dash 1-14 and authorized commencement of secret coordinated review so moved seconded vote please waski yes merrifield yes rothwell yes hubbard yes resolution is adopted resolution 505 authorization for acquisition of property for general municipal purposes located at 111 east main street riverhead new york suffolk county tax map 600-129.1-11 and authorizes the commencement of secret coordination review so moved second vote please waski yes merrifield yes rothwell yes hubbard yes resolution adopted resolution 506 authorizes settlement of the legal action by nadia mazarad's against the town of riverhead so moved second vote please waski yes yes rothwell yes hubbard yes resolution adopted resolution 507. schedules public hearing for the special permit application of 4592 middle country road to construct a two family dwelling 4592 middle country road calvert in new york suffolk county tax map number 600-97-1-79.1 so moved seconded vote please waski yes merrifield yes rothwell yes hubbard yes resolution adopted resolution 508 authorizes town clerk to publish and post notice to amend chapter 301 zoning and land development part three supplementary regulations article xl5 supplementary use regulations from 301 to 231 f5 alternate paving techniques so moved seconded vote please américana américana please. Waski? Yes. Merrifield? Yes. Rothwell? Yes. Hubbard? Yes. Resolution is adopted. Resolution 509. Authorizes the acceptance of donation of bleachers from the Peconic Bay Medical Center Foundation. So moved. Seconded. Vote, please. Waski? Yes. Merrifield? Yes. Thank you. Rothwell? Yeah, I just want to say it's a great gift on behalf of the Peconic Memorial Hospital, Peconic Bay Medical Center, but there's a little note I just wanted to note. When we studied the bleachers, we looked up on the wall, and you have the Canis emergency room. Mr. Canis has contributed obviously so much to the hospital, but he's also a very supportive person of the ice rink and it being built, and so I just kind of think it's unique that his work at the hospital, and now we're taking the bleachers from the very field right outside the ER and bringing them over, so it'll be on the outdoor of the ice rink, so it's just kind of a neat little, you know, honoring the same individual for all his work in our community and his donations and support, but of course, thank you very much for the hospital for donating these. They'll sit 280 people and we could have a lot of events outside in the ice rink in the winter, that khaki programming in the summer, and it can be used for a multitude of events, so it's a great place for the town to gather. Vote yes. Hubbard? Yes, Ken said the Canis family, when he mentioned them, the work and the support that they've given the medical community, and the community as a whole, is incredible, so we're very grateful to the Canis family. Resolution is adopted. Resolution 510. Designates alcohol service vendor to service alcohol at the Run for Briggs 5K Run, Walk, Rock event on Sunday, May 26, 2024, and authorizes the supervisor to execute a license agreement with designated alcohol service vendor, so moved. Seconded. Vote please. Waske? Yes. Merrifield? Yes. Rothwell? You can't run the 5K and you can't walk the 5K. Come on down for a beer. Vote yes. Great event. Hubbard? Yes. Resolution is adopted. Resolution 511. It's a call for public hearing to be held on June 4, 2024. So moved. Seconded. Vote please. Waske? Yes. Merrifield? Yes. Rothwell? Yes. Hubbard? Yes. Resolution is adopted. Resolution 512. Pays bills. So moved. Seconded. Vote please. Waske? Yes. Merrifield? Yes. Rothwell? Yes. Hubbard? Yes. Resolution is adopted. Okay. That's it for the resolutions today. Now I'm going to open the floor up to anybody who would like to make any comment whatsoever. Any comments whatsoever?

Hi. Good evening. Larry Oxman. I'm the president of the Long Island Science Center. First, just a thank you for getting rid of the speed bumps in the parking lot. Yeah. We appreciate that. So very, very good. I wanted to talk about the resolution that you just passed, a resolution 2024-505, which is authorizing the town to, I guess, negotiate on the purchase of the building that we own in downtown. I was very surprised about this resolution coming on. In fact, I was surprised about the fact that we had to go back to the building that we owned downtown. In fact, I wouldn't have known about it had the press not discovered that it was added to the packet after the work session. So I'm kind of curious. Did you guys discuss this at all? There was no discussion right now. There obviously wasn't a discussion at the work session because it wasn't part of the work session. So did you guys discuss this? The discussions that were held on it were done under executive session, under contract and real property. Okay. So I'd be happy to talk about that. Okay. So I've been tracking the executive session agendas. And unless I'm mistaken, I've never seen this on the agenda. I believe that you're supposed to talk about what's on the agenda but not the contents of the agenda. So. It was definitely on the agenda without a doubt. Okay. I'd like to see that. You know, there's a perception that the Science Center has been, you know, it's a very important place. It's a very important place. And it's a very important place. 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thank you thank you larry do we have anybody else for comments on any matters

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levels and i didn't know if there's some kind of process or a way of considering this for the budget for next year and i just wanted to get some feedback from you guys we can look at it um but i'm also i don't i'm not sure if you're aware that the pickleball facility is being built in the old kmart yes in riverhead so that's going to provide an additional i'm not sure how many courts i know it's quite a few right uh so that's an option also and i wouldn't want to rush out and build more town courts if once they open up it kind of levels off so i think we would approach it from that angle i have no problem if there is if there's a true need after the uh public private place opens up if there's still a true need i have no i no problem talking to the board and seeing what we can do because it's a huge sport and the number of residents at play it's incredible there's not a time i drive past stotsky park that they're not set up playing uh south jamesport at beach out there and again up at veterans part like you said this there's always people up there playing and i'm glad to see that but let's let's just take a little bit of a hold on it and see how the indoor place does and if there's still a great need for it then we can address that yeah the indoor um place is going to be you know really help us during the colder weather sure sure i mean the warmer weather everyone seems to be showing up at vets park and it's it if any of you have the opportunity to come down in the evening yeah more people than even in the mornings and i'm just there monday through friday in the morning from like 9 to 12 and we're getting creating a lot of frustration trying to accommodate everybody and rotate everyone through and we're trying to teach the new players the recreation department is doing a great job of accommodating pickleball i just like to just um you know do what i can to advocate for vets park that if we can get some more courts if you can look at the courts that they have in south hold and in brookhaven and icelip there's numerous courts in one location and it's really really working well i will say the three locations we have them are great because not only does it address all three areas of the town but they're also not in a residential area because i know if you read the paper sometimes a lot of towns are struggling with the noise from the the pickleball hitting the paddle um so it creates issues in residential as all three of these areas are perfectly located yeah so i i appreciate that i know we're also doing a sports uh yeah so it is it was brought up during the sports complex study that's going to be up so what we're ultimately looking at and we did we got a matching grant from the state of new york so the state of new york put up 35 000 the town put up 35 000 for 70 000 sports complex study we basically would be taking veterans memorial park from where you're playing now you know there and expanding it up to as far as the 7 000 foot runway it's just a tentative plan but one of the things they do is they see like what's the level of excitement in the area is it lacrosse fields that we need is it pickleball is it football fields more in a tournament style so in other words it wouldn't say they wouldn't come back with a suggestion of put put one football field one basketball court it would be more like a multitude if pickleball is where it's at right now in long island and that's the future they may say you need to build an eight you know eight court complex ten court complex to have you know large uh type of um you know contests whatever you know like um events you know where you can have you know winner champions you know that type of thing so tournament sorry yeah i couldn't think of tournaments and so um but that's really what they look for um that study is very much nearing completion so we expect to see the results of that study within just perhaps in the next two weeks or so to see the results of that then it'll be you know the results will be brought to the town board um as well as the recreation department community and then we'll think about what we can do what we can allocate to go to the next step and what they would do is then um it would potentially lead to a private partnership you know and and town together so that town doesn't have the funds to just necessarily go out and build 10 pickleball courts but a developer may so an independent developer may say we we can build you the complex that you want and we can put a restaurant as well in bathrooms and other facilities up there and people can purchase memberships in all different types of ways and that's what the second step with that but we'll see with the results the other thing i just wanted to add to you very close by so you have police officers memorial park which is also known as bayberry park um we just had the tennis courts refinished last year so they're completed they look beautiful and i think ray was his intention also to uh stripe them for pickleball as well so they can alternate between that would be great so that's only a mile and a half away from where you're playing now all right great and thank you so much vets park is really becoming it's a great thing for community life everyone's going to need a bike great ball field it's it is a dog park and um yeah it's uh but you'll if you stop by some evening or even during the day it's just overflowing with people playing pickleball so it's it is a great need but and you're getting permanent restrooms up there shortly in the summer time you're getting an expanded parking lot facility with curbs and drainage so the town board the supervisor has been absolutely awesome uh towards uh gaining this funding and putting these aside so construction the survey part is done for the new parking lot um you'll see the drainage working and then you'll see in the next week or two then followed by curbs and pavement so and it's going to also the there is uh you know the trailer up there for restrooms right now we got a new larger size trailer it's got like 10 units now instead that's primarily up there you know um that's year round um when the concrete structure comes that trail is going to be moved over to where the basketball i'm sorry where the baseball fields are so that you'll have uh recreation bathrooms on both sides of the park so things are expanding up there to accommodate you all right great yeah right now we're using a porter potty and uh we don't even have a garbage can if there's some way we could talk yeah we can get that yeah there should be garbage skins up there so yeah i don't know what maybe during maybe they just didn't put them out yet maybe they get them all out by memorial day when you look into that one by the pickleball courts so yeah it would be a big help but i really appreciate all you guys are doing the recreation point is doing a great job accommodating the pickleball and i just figured let you know that of the need i thank you just go a hundred yards further east to the restrooms instead of the party there's so much nicer thanks got it thank you denise

okay i thought you were coming up anybody else would like to come up uh for a public comment on any matter no zoom we have nobody online well you know what i thank everybody for coming out tonight i also want to thank um greg bergman was standing by online tonight in case we had some questions involving the comprehensive plan so thank you greg for being there for us and i wish everybody a very wonderful memorial day weekend don't forget what it's about it's not about barbecues and swimming and all that the the bottom line is the memory and the memorialization of all the men and women that have allowed us to given their lives and allowed us to have the great country that we do read the newspaper watch the news so many countries don't have anything near what the united states of america does and for that we're most thankful for all of our veterans past and present so have a great weekend everybody supervisor i'm sorry i just remembered something if i could just add a member of our audience grace swift who is at every single town board meeting she's always up at the race track. She was honored this weekend by Assemblywoman Jodi Giglio's office for a woman of distinction and to hear everything that she's contributed over the years throughout her life. She well deserves that honor. So congratulations to you, Grace. Thank you. I also want to say Joanna also received Woman of Distinction Award also. Thank you. Congratulations. For all you do. You're an inspiration. You're an inspiration. Thank you for all that you have done. Thank you, Grace. Sorry I didn't mean to interrupt. No problem. Anybody else? We're good. Okay. With that, have a great weekend, everybody. Be safe. And I'd like to have a motion to close the town board meeting. So moved. Second. All in favor? Aye. All opposed? Have a great weekend. Second. [transcription gap]

Thank you.