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Okay. Councilman Rothwell, do we have an invocation today? We do. We are once again gracious to have Reverend Mary Cooper here. She's joined us today from the House of Praise Christian Revival Center. And it's good to see her up and about during this holiday season. So thank you for joining us and leading us today. Good morning. Good morning. Good afternoon. You may join me for prayer. Father, we thank you for blessing our town with sunshine and rain so that we can travel safely. Thank you for this August body meeting to continue to improve our town for the indigenous and other people who have made their homes here, work here, go to school here, and also worship here. Bless our supervisor and our town officials. As well as the citizens who have come to share their petitions. And we thank you for this season of blessing. Merry Christmas to all of you. Amen. Amen. Merry Christmas. Thank you, Reverend. You're welcome. And tell David and your daughter Merry Christmas also. I will. Thank you. Okay. We have a little bit of a different scenario today at our town board meeting. We have an oath of office being installed by our own judge. Sean Walter, who recently got elected again for a second term of Riverhead Justice Court. And he's going to come up here and I believe his father and his wife will join him and his father will swear him in. Should we go down? We should go down, no? Yeah. Yeah. I think so. We're going to come down too. Hold on one second, Sean. Yes, sir. I just will comment that this is Bible given. By Judge Smith, which I'm honored to be sworn in on, to Councilman now Town Clerk. Why don't you hold the Bible? I, Honorable Sean M. Walter, do solemnly swear or affirm. I, Sean M. Walter, do solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States. That I will support the Constitution of the United States. And the Constitution. And the Constitution of the State of New York. And the Constitution of the State of New York. And that I will faithfully discharge the duties of the Office of Town Justice of Riverhead Town Court. And I will faithfully discharge the duties of Town Justice of Riverhead Town Court according to the best of my ability. According to the best of my ability. Further, pursuant to Town Law 331 and Village Law 3-301. I swear under penalty of perjury. I swear under penalty of perjury. To have not been convicted of a felony pursuant to the laws of the State. [transcription gap] other any other court that would constitute a crime or offense that would be a felony under the laws of the state of New York under the laws of the state of New York

thank you for letting me do this council I'm so glad I didn't have to do that oath I think that if a lot elected officials had to take that oath but supervisor councilman thank you very much no I just need Sean to sign yes all right I have to sign something you gotta sign the book well I missed that signature and then right there that signature signed your paycheck for many years I sure did and I cashed every one of them I appreciate you for the board letting me do this and taking the time out of your busy day yeah let's get that in one time do you want me to throw with these to the county no I gotta do it you're gonna have more I'm gonna have okay sir just to let you see you with all right yeah I'm gonna bring them I'm gonna bring it over now to your clerk okay that'd be good I'll have her seal it Mike just go back to your seat really quick okay you can give that to Jim yep is that for our family picture yeah why don't you get in the picture why don't you come in too Devin will take care of it thank you thank you come on in

well why don't you go on the other side it doesn't matter that's fine that's fine it's good Devin we're good okay all right honey come on this side one more thank you thank you all right thank you I appreciate it welcome congratulations your honor [transcription gap] Letters under correspondence, one from a Frank Ziegler, it's legal, reference zoning, and also a letter from the Greater Calvathan Civic, also reference zoning. On the reports, we've got the building department monthly November report at $182,806. The Rivet tax receiver November utility report at $650,289.65. And the Rivet town clerk November collection report of $9,800.25. That really concludes all my correspondence. Okay. We have no public hearing scheduled for today, so we're going to move right on to comments on resolutions. Do we have anybody present who would like to make a comment on any resolution?

Hi, John Cullen over in Northville. I see two different things about. Island Water Park. Are they looking to get that go-kart track running? We'll turn that over to the town attorney to answer. The go-kart track over at Island Water Park. Is that still up in the air? Are you guys still? That's part of their pending application with the planning department. Okay. But is the town still going after them to. Last I heard that they were going to sue this. So that's still in process. Well, we commenced the case. You commenced the case. Yeah. Oh, I. I'll head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head Hi, you can hear me. I don't understand why I'm not showing up, but I'll just go ahead because I don't want to waste your time. We can hear you, Kathy. I can see all of you, and the room looks fabulous. I love what you've done for Christmas. I have three resolutions, really five resolutions I'd like to briefly comment on. The first one is 998, the designation of the official print newspaper. And I have a question about this because there are four additional papers that are named, one of which I've never heard of, the Community Journal. And I guess my question is, if you have these alternatives, I understand why you have the print newspaper. I don't understand why Riverhead Local isn't one of the alternatives because there is no other paper that covers the issues in Riverhead more in depth than the Riverhead Local. So I just would like to know why they're not included as one of the additional official sources. Not in print. They're not a print newspaper. So that's not what's included here. Well, what's given here are some online papers. Dan's papers is online. The New York Times is online. Yeah, but they're also print, Kathy. Print papers. They're all print papers. The Community Journal is a Wading River publication that's a print paper. Okay. I did not understand that all of those were print papers. Yes, ma'am. Okay. My second question is about the Sandy Pond. The two resolutions regarding Sandy Pond, one is designating the town as the lead agency for SECRA on the application, special permit application. And the other is, setting it for a public hearing. My first question is, it's been said, and I watched the work session about this. It's been said all along that right from the get go, it's been planned to have this clubhouse. And the reason they couldn't do it was because they hadn't taken title to the clubhouse. And that these things, were expected to happen. And thus they had to come in secondarily. And, but I have a question about why,

why we are having the public hearing on the 7th of January, which isn't even 30 days after the designation of the town as the lead agency for SECRA. And I'm wondering, why there wasn't a lead agency for SECRA? And it just seems like that's premature to do the public hearing. Kathy, do you have any more questions? Yes, I have a couple. I have at least one other one. I would say that Mr. Bergman there, great. That's terrific. My next question is about, there's a question about, about the fact that these trade shop buildings they weren't talked about as i recall early on and as i understand it those buildings are like in total disrepair they're going to be re-established they're going to be rebuilt but the problem is the special permit here this is a non-conforming use and the non-conforming use here is a golf course and i can see that the mini golf course is a reasonable expansion of the former non non uh conforming use but the trade buildings have not been used for years and once a non-conforming use and i view the trade buildings as something completely different from the non-conforming use and i think that's a good thing because from the golf once they are not used the uh the um code says that you a non-conforming use may not be re-established where such use has been discontinued for over a year so i get it for the for the golf but i don't understand how how these trade um buildings with 67 additional parking spaces, which is really a lot more traffic there. I just don't get how that can be a non-conforming use that's allowable now. Those are my questions about Sandy Pond. Thanks. Male Speaker 1 Okay. Thank you, Kathy. Greg? Greg Schleusner All right. Thank you. So, just to the question of the resolution right now is a secret coordination resolution. We are not assuming lead agency. Again, the application originates with the town board. It's a typical procedure that the board with which the application originates, they typically send out that lead agency request. There is no issue with holding a public hearing during that coordination period. Again, public input is a critical component of the secret review. So, I don't see any issue why we could not schedule a public hearing. Again, we're not assuming lead agency. We're not issuing a determination of significance. That does have to wait 30 days from when we, do the coordination. And then regarding the pre-existing non-conforming status of those trade buildings, as I did note at the work session, I had had conversations with the town attorney. Those trade shops, those existing commercial buildings, which used to be Riverhead Cement Block, had been used up until their demolition. I informed the applicant. They had demolished those buildings, which frankly were blighted, could have probably, they were, you know, very much in disrepair. I informed the applicant that as a zoning officer, I would take in good faith them submitting the application to reestablish those uses prior to that one year where they, you know, from when they demolished those buildings. Again, we always understood that they were going to be coming in. We weren't going to, I didn't want to penalize someone for really demolishing blighted buildings and trying to reestablish a use. Again, the board will consider the full impacts of the proposed expansion, traffic, water, et cetera, during the secret review. So really that's those two points to touch on. Just a couple of things, Greg. They weren't really being used. They were blighted buildings. And that non-conforming use had not been occurring for more than a year before. The demolition, I think, took place in 2022 maybe. I'm not sure of the date. But they were being used. And as for the seeker, I think it's important to have public input. And I do understand that this, well, first of all, on Sandy Pond, this is a type one. It is not unlisted. You are setting forth interested agencies to comment. Am I right about that? Island Water Park is unlisted. This is a type one. I mean, we are still coordinating with all involved agencies, whether it's a type one or an unlisted. Type one requires mandatory coordination among involved agencies. We are coordinating with all involved agencies. So the end result is the same. Yeah, but how can the public meaningfully weigh in on a public hearing when the significance issue hasn't even yet been decided? Because this public hearing is on the 7th of January. I find it's hard to believe that between now and then with Christmas and New Years, that you're going to get responses from the interest, from the involved agencies and be able to make a seeker determination because, well, there isn't even enough time to do that. And I don't think it's fair to have a public hearing on something that the people can't clear up. the people can't comment on the environmental impact of the plan. So we have a special permit. We have copies of the site plan, which will be available. They were posted in connection with the work session. I mean, nothing about this is happening in secret. The full scope of the plan, Kathy, is on the town's website, back from when we discussed this at work session. It will be posted and made available again during the public hearing, at which point people can comment on the special permit application, which will include trade shops, clubhouse, and a manager's residence. People will have full transparency and be able to comment on the full scope and breadth of that application. I don't think they'll be able to comment on the interested agency's response on the information. I think they'll be able to comment on the environmental impact. The public's comment is not, the public is not commenting on responses from involved agencies. The public is commenting on the scope of the special permit application. The proposed improvements, the public can comment on any potential impacts that they feel may need to be addressed or mitigated. But the public's, the purpose of this is not for the public to comment on responses from involved agencies. Well, when does the public get to comment? Well, when the public gets to comment on the SECRA determination in this case, if the public hearing's already been held before the finding on SECRA has occurred. We have not made a determination. The public would be able to comment on a resolution determining the significance at such time that the resolution determining that significance is up for the board to review. I really think that this is another example of the town of Riverhead not, really caring about SECRA and rushing these things through simultaneously and holding public hearings prematurely. And I still, when was the last time those, those buildings. Kathy, we're almost pushing 10 minutes with you on here now. Well, I don't think there's anybody else commenting. So I would ask you to please wrap it up. I don't think there's anybody else commenting and I'm really interested. That's not the point, Kathy. We have got a lot of time. We have so much time. [transcription gap] I thought they were demolished because they were in a state of total disrepair. How could they have been used? I have spoken with the applicant. Those buildings were used for, there was landscaper contractors in there that were used for storage. They were used up until the point of demolition. I mean, I don't want to beat a dead horse, but, I mean, again, for the secret coordination resolution, we have, that's standard procedure, you know, that's like putting on your pants. We are coordinating with involved agencies. In terms of the public hearing, the public hearing, I believe, is scheduled for January 7th. Again, Kathy, if you have any questions specific to the application rather than procedure, I mean, I don't want to, you know, belabor the point, but, you know, you've said several times, you're not the secret expert, you don't really grasp this. We do this all the time. We coordinate applications. We are administering the secret process as it is supposed to happen. If you have any questions or if any members of the public would like to view the documents, they are free to call me anytime. Phone number is 631-727-3200, extension 264. My name, my email address, phone number is on the town's website. I am more than happy to discuss any aspects of this proposed special permit application with any member of the public who is willing to call me and ask questions. If there's any impacts that you feel would need to be addressed or mitigated, I would advise you to comment on such time at the public hearing. Thank you, Greg. Thank you. May I also make a comment about the Island Water Park resolution? Kathy, Kathy, we're way beyond right now, so I'm going to have to deny that. Oh, I think this is so unfair, Supervisor. I don't think there's anybody else there to comment. That's not the point, Kathy. The point is we have rules set up. The point is I'm a member of the public and I've taken the time to prepare comments. And I can't believe you will not give me the opportunity to make them. Thank you, Kathy. Happy holidays to you and your family. Okay, do we have anybody else who would like to comment on any resolution?

Anybody online, Justin? Okay. I'm afraid. Before we go into the resolutions, I do want to thank George Gabrielson and Gabrielson Green. And I want to thank the town of Riverhead and the town of Riverhead Greenhouses for donating all these beautiful poinsettias you see here in the room. He came by the other day and brought in a couple loads of poinsettias and decorated up our town hall. And we really appreciate that, George. Thank you very much. Thank you. And we have a resolution that will be coming up regarding the ratification of poinsettias that were donated to the employees of the town of Riverhead. And that was by Mr. Verteber who's head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head donated uh poinsettias the entire uh to all the employees of the town of riverhead so we want to recognize them for that too that was very nice and very special and they're beautiful plants so the town hall looks beautiful with all it does it really does that was that was jack vanderwittering right yes yes um all right moving on to resolutions uh clerk would you mind reading the resolutions sure so for resolution number one in your packet which is 986 water district capital project 82301 budget amendment so moved second vote please waski yes merrifield yes kern yes rothwell yes hubbard yes resolution is adopted resolution 987. hold on number two

what a district budget transfer for so moved second vote please waski yes mary field yes kern yes rothwell yes hubbard yes resolution is adopted resolution number 988 water district capital project 81855 plant 2a budget amendment so moved second vote please waski yes mary field yes kern yes rothwell yes hubbard yes resolution is adopted resolution 989 accepts don't head head head head

so moved second vote please wasky yes Merrifield yes Kern yes Rothwell yes Hubbard yes resolution is adopted resolution 991 increase of yard waste fees so moved seconded vote please wasky yes Merrifield yes Kern yes Rothwell yes Hubbard yes resolution is adopted resolution 992 establishes sewer rent for out-of-town facilities for the calendar years of 2023 and 2024 so moved second vote please wasky yes Merrifield yes Kern yes Rothwell yes Hubbard yes resolution is adopted resolution 993 authorization for one police department employee to attend an orientation so moved seconded vote please wasky yes Merrifield yes Kern yes Rothwell yes Hubbard yes resolution is adopted resolution 994 authorizes fire marshal to attend fire alarm and fire sprinkler training so moved second vote please wasky yes Merrifield yes Kern yes Rothwell yes Hubbard yes resolution is adopted resolution 995 sandy pong clubhouse trade buildings managers residents special permit secret coordination 1495 Roanoke Avenue, Westfield,

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américas ! adopted resolution 996 I believe there's a I make a motion to table this second I should state it I'm sorry I'm the one who stated on the record classifies the site plan amendment application for the Island Water Park site plan as an unlisted action pursuant to secret initiates coordinated review among involved agencies 5835 Middle Country Road Calvert in New York Suffolk County tax map number 600 s 136 dash 1 dash 7.34 make a motion to table discussion is this the public hearing is this just the secret coordination well that's what I'd like to clarify with the planning please because my understanding was it was simply coordinating secret yeah mr. Bergman does this at all schedule the public hearing or refer to the public hearing no no this resolution is strictly secret classification limited initiation for coordination okay all right so when we get there my recommendation will be to table the resolution related to scheduling the public hearing okay but it's number 24 to the extent that this resolution doesn't affect the other resolution and it's limited to coordinating coordinating for secret purposes then I believe this one can go forward yeah all right then I withdraw I don't wish to make I don't wish to move this so you move it move it but not to table no I'm if somebody else if it's not going to be tabled I'll have somebody else read it okay okay but but you made a motion you second it so do we have to vote on what we have to the motion has to be properly called up first right so it needs to be moved in seconded and then if there's any motions to be made after that that's when the motions would be entertained so I'll move this classifies the site plan amendment application for Island Water Park site plan as an unlisted action pursuant to secret initiates coordinator review among involved agencies 5835 middle country road in Calvert in New York Suffolk County tax map number 600-135-1-7.34 so moved second in quote please okay wash key so I'm confused this is just a new secret just secrets is to coordinate not a public hearing secret so clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear [transcription gap] the stuff that our town board in July voted to sue this particular entity for violations of town code including building a go-kart ramp I'm sorry a go-kart track pickleball courts and we're suing them for not to be less than a hundred thousand dollars for these violations we're suing for those items to be removed it's my position that if we in fact are moving for secret for something that we are actually suing to oppose happening in fact in our lawsuit we requesting that this item this the go-kart and the pickleball courts be removed so I feel this is in contradiction to the lawsuit that we have pending for the very fact of seeking this to be removed therefore and the fact that they have not paid the seventy thousand dollars which is still owed for the emergency road I do not feel I can go forward with this at all and my vote is no hey Kern yes you both well yes like to pursue with secret Hubbard yes this is the process needed to do to go forward with sequa resolution 997 ratifies appointment of Philip Siegel Esquire of Siegel and Sittler PLLC as special counsel to the Board of Ethics so moved seconded vote please wasky yes Maryfield yes Rothwell yes Hubbard yes resolution is adopted resolution 998 appoints official print newspaper for the town of Riverhead 2025 so moved second vote please wasky yes Merrifield yes Kern yes Rothwell yes Hubbard yes resolution is adopted resolution 999 appoints marriage officer James Wooten so moved seconded vote please wasky yes Merrifield yes Rothwell yes yes Kern yes Rothwell yes I had to think long and hard and I don't really recall getting a resume on this individual I'll take a chance and vote yes okay good yes there's hundreds of people out there that thank you resolution is adopted resolution 1000 appoints a call in food service worker so moved seconded vote please wasky yes Merrifield yes Kern yes Rothwell yes Hubbard yes resolution is adopted resolution 1001 appoints an intern to the police department so moved seconded vote please wasky yes Merrifield yes Kern yes Rothwell yes Hubbard yes resolution is adopted resolution 1002 ratifies the appointment of a cook to the senior citizens department so moved second vote please wasky yes Merrifield yes Kern yes Rothwell I think we should like try the cooks and see how they do and like you know they should do a sample table for the board before we vote on it all right I'm taking my vote yes and Hubbard yes resolution is adopted resolution 1003 reappoints member to Veterans Advisory Committee Carrie so moved seconded vote please wasky yes thank you Carrie for all that you bring and do for the town of Riverhead Merrifield yes Kern absolutely yes Rothwell Carrie is a leader in our team in the Veterans Advisory Committee she does countless things for the veterans for the community all about she's just incredible well-rounded individual so proud to be a part of the community thank you [transcription gap] bravely vote bravely vote [transcription gap] Carol DeVecchio. So moved. Seconded. Vote, please. Waske. Yes. Merrifield. Yes. Kern. Yes. Rothwell. Carol does a great job. Yes. Hubbard. Yes. Resolution is adopted. Resolution 1005. Reappoints Deputy Registrar of Vital Statistics Vanessa Lacan. So moved. Seconded. Vote, please. Waske. Yes. Merrifield. Yes. Kern. Yes. Rothwell. Vanessa, great job. Yes. Hubbard. Yes. Resolution is adopted. They're all great. Resolution adopted. Resolution 1006. Ratifies the extension for a leave of absence. So moved. Second. Vote, please. Waske. Yes. Merrifield. Yes. Kern. Yes. Rothwell. Yes. Hubbard. Yes. Resolution is adopted. Resolution 1007. Accepts the resignation of a traffic control specialist. So moved. Seconded. Vote, please. Waske. Yes. Merrifield. Yes. Kern. Yes. Rothwell. Yes. Hubbard. Yes. Resolution is adopted. Resolution 1008. Schedules public hearing for special permit application of Sandy Pond Clubhouse. Trade Buildings. Managers. 1495 Rowan Oak Avenue. Riverhead, New York. New York Suffolk County Tax Map number 600-82-1-12.1. So moved. I think that we're missing a word in there. Is that correct? Managers. Residents. Residents. Should we, Joe, if we can add that?

Seconded. Vote, please. Waske. Yes. Merrifield. Yes. Kern. Yes. Rothwell. Yes. Hubbard. Yes. Resolution is adopted as amended. Resolution 1009. Now this would be the resolution we're looking to table, correct? Correct. Okay. I'd like to make a motion to table Resolution 2024-1009. Schedules public hearing for the site plan amendment application of Island Water Park 5835 Middle Country Road, Calverton, New York, Suffolk County Tax Map number 600-135-1-7.34. 600-135-1-7.34. Who said? Vote, please. Okay. Does the council want to say anything? Are we voting to table? We're voting to table. I made a motion to table. All right. So, just so the board and the public is aware, we do have pending litigation with Island Water Park. We have had some settlement discussions on that case, and my recommendation to the board is to table this at this time until we are a little closer to the settlement being finalized. Okay. Okay. Vote, please. All right. Waski? No to table. Merrifield? Yes to table. Kern? Yes to table. Rothwell? Yes to table. Hubbard? Yes to table. Okay. Resolution is adopted to table, 4-1. Resolution 10-10. Okay. Resolution 10-10. Okay. Resolution 10-10. Okay. Resolution 10-10. Okay. Resolution 10-10. Okay. Resolution 10-10. Okay. Resolution 10-10. Adopts local law to amend Chapter 3-01 Zoning & Land Development, part 2 district's Article... Oh boy. XL-2. Transfer of Development Rights 3-01 to 2-02 Transfer Development Rights Map, pursuant to the recommendations of the 2024 Comprehensive Plan Update. So moved. Second. [transcription gap] is adopted resolution 10 11 adopts local auto amend chapter 301 zoning and land development part two districts article two districts and boundaries 301-6 boundaries of districts to amend zoning map to change certain properties to the residence b 40 rb40 zoning use district pursuant to the recommendations of the 2024 comprehensive plan update so moved second vote please wasky yes mary field yes kern yes rothwell yes yes resolution is adopted resolution 1012 adopts a local law to amend chapter 301 zoning and land development part two districts article two districts and boundaries section 301-6 boundaries of districts to amend zoning map to change certain properties to the public space conservation osc zoning use district pursuant to the recommendations of the 2024 comprehensive plan update so moved seconded vote please wasky yes maryfield yes kern yes rothwell yes hubbard yes resolution is adopted resolution 1013 adopts local law to amend chapter 301 zoning and land development part two districts article 2 districts and boundaries 301-6 boundaries of districts to amend zoning map to change certain properties to the light industrial zoning use district pursuant to the recommendations of the 2024 comprehensive plan update so moved second vote please wasky yes maryfield yes kern yes rothwell yes hubbard yes resolution is adopted resolution 1014. adopt local law to amend chapter 293 of the riverhead town code entitled waterways and water related activities so moved second vote please wasky yes maryfield yes kern yes rothwell yes hubbard yes resolution is adopted resolution 1015. adopts local law to amend chapter 301 zoning and land development part two districts article two districts and boundaries 301-6 boundaries and districts to amend zoning map to change certain properties and land development section 301-6. zoning map to change certain properties to the hamlet center zoning use district pursuant to the recommendations of the 2024 comprehensive plan update so moved second vote please wasky yes maryfield yes kern yes rothwell yes hubbard yes resolution is adopted resolution 1016. adopts a local law to amend chapter 301 zoning and land development part two districts article 2 district 3 under district 3 under district 3 under district 3 under district 3 under district 3 under district 3 under district 3 under district 3 under district 3 under district 3 under district 3 under district 3 under district 3 under district 3 under district 3 under district 3 under district 3 under district 3 under district 3 under district 3 under district 3 under district 3 under district 3 under district 3 under district 3 under district 3 under district 3 under district 3 under district 3 under district 3 under district 3 under district 3 under district 3 under district 3 under district 3 under district 3 under district 3 under district 3 under district 3 under district 3 under district 3 under district 3 under district 3 under district 3 under district 3 under district 3 under district 3 under district 3 under district 3 under district 3 under district 3 under district 3 under district 3 under district 3 under district 3 under district 3 under district 3 under district 3 under district 3 under district 3 under district 3 under district 3 under district 3 under district 3 under district 3 under district 3 under district 3 under district 3 under district 3 under district 3 under district 3 under district 3 under district 3 to amend chapter 301 zoning and land development part two districts article X X X 39 planned industrial park PIP zoning dis zoning use district 301 dash 185 a a permitted uses pursuant to the recommendations of the 2024 comprehensive plan update so moved second vote please was key yes very few yes turn yes Rothwell yes Hubbard yes resolution is adopted resolution 1018 adopts local law to amend chapter 301 zoning and land development part two districts article 24 industrial B zoning use district to remove the industrial B zoning use district reserve article 23 pursuant to the recommendations of the 2024 comprehensive plan update so moved second vote please hmm was key yes very few yes turn yes Rothwell yes Hubbard yes resolution is adopted I just never saw 23 written that way wrong I guess 23 and 124 24 at the top three and the second one yeah my foot's asleep it's 24 supposed to be 24 on both it's a problem okay track so we changed the title it doesn't allow you to change the title of a resolution after it's already been submitted but just for the record I read the Roman rules the right way the first one 24 correct just say it okay resolution is adopted resolution 1019 adopts local law to amend chapter 301 zoning and land development part two districts article 23 industrial a zoning use district to remove the industrial a zoning use district a reserve article 23 pursuant to the recommendations of the 2024 comprehensive plan update so moved second vote please was key yes very few yes turn yes Rothwell yes yes resolution is adopted resolution 1020 adopts a local law to amend chapter 301 zoning and land development part two districts article 42 transfer of development rights section 301 just 204 through section 301 dish 208 pursuant to the recommendation of the plan for the ! 301-208 [transcription gap] 2030 [transcription gap] 2030 2030 2030 2030 2030 2030 2030 2030 definitions word usage pursuant to the recommendations of the 2024 comprehensive plan update so moved seconded vote please waski yes very few yes current yes Rothwell yes covered yes resolution is adopted resolution 1022 adopts local law to amend chapter 301 zoning and land development attached for light industrial district table of dimensional regulations pursuant to the recommendations of the 2024 comprehensive plan update so moved second vote please waski yes very few yes current yes Rothwell yes all right yes resolution is adopted resolution 1023 adopts local law to amend chapter 301 zoning and land development attachment 3 commercial districts of dimensional regulations pursuant to the recommendations of the 2024 comprehensive plan update so moved seconded vote please waski yes very few yes current yes Rothwell yes covered yes resolution is adopted resolution 1024 adopts a local law to amend chapter 301 zoning and land development article 2 districts and boundaries section 301 dash 5a classes of districts pursuant to the recommendation of the 2024 comprehensive plan update so moved second vote please waski yes very few yes current yes Rothwell yes covered yes resolution is adopted resolution 1025 adopts local law to amend chapter 301 zoning and land development to include attachment 4b town of Riverhead industrial districts table of the use regulations pursuant to the recommendations of the 2024 company heads of plan update so moved seconded vote please waski yes very few yes current yes américans head of district head of district head of district head of district hubbard yes resolution is adopted resolution 1026 adopts local law to amend chapter 301 zoning and land development part two districts article 26 light industrial zoning use district pursuant to the recommendations of the 2024 comprehensive plan update so moved second vote please waski yes murrayfield yes kern yes rothwell yes hubbard yes resolution is adopted resolution 1027 adopts local law to amend chapter 301 zoning and land development part two districts article 25 industrial c zoning use district pursuant to the recommendations of the 2024 comprehensive land update so moved seconded vote please waski yes merrifield yes kern yes rothwell yes yeah i just want to thank the uh planning department these are the this is the last of the 17 or 18 so um updates for the comprehensive plan that they worked so hard on and got them out in such a timely fashion so i want to thank you guys and heather also and dawn uh for getting this done and we appreciate it thank you i vote yes resolution is adopted resolution 1028 authorizes the town clerk to publish and post a bid for census water meters and accessory equipment or reasonable equivalent and repair to meter reading equipment so moved seconded vote please waski yes murrayfield yes kern yes rothwell yes hubbard yes resolution is adopted resolution 1029 authorizes supervisor to execute agreement to extend agreement with fundamental business service inc so moved seconded vote please waski yes murrayfield yes kern yes rothwell yes and hubbard yes resolution is adopted resolution 1030. yes

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seconded vote please waski yes very fueled yes turn yes well yeah really proud of the cap and everything they do for our town and our kids so vote yes yes resolution is adopted resolution 1032 approves the special event chapter 255 application for the Bob Feller act of valor Bob Feller act of valor 5k run for life so moved second vote please waski yes very fueled yes turn yes Rothwell it's great event come out and support yes yes resolution is adopted resolution 1033 pays bills so moved second vote please waski yes very filled yes current yes Rothwell yes Hubbard yes resolution is adopted resolution 1034 amends terms and conditions of employment for town attorneys so moved second vote please waski yes very fueled yes current yes Rothwell yes Hubbard as this involves the town attorney who is my son-in-law I choose to recuse myself from this okay motion so carried resolution 1034 amends terms and conditions of employment for chief deputy town attorney so moved seconded vote please waski absolutely you do fine job yes Merrifield yes to the deputy town attorney and the town attorney they do a tremendous job thank you Kern yes Rothwell yes a great job yes thank you very much so moved so moved so moved so moved [transcription gap] so moved so moved so moved so moved so moved so moved so moved terms and conditions and the terms and conditions that Miss Prudenti and the financial administrator currently have okay should I read it again I'm just in terms so if I had the copy I have is the correct copy it's a so basically in in the resolution under article for vacations there'll be a paragraph added article 5 sick leave and that's that's it so I mean yes move to amend yes so it'd be moved as amended okay move it as amended who second second we have to vote to amend it first yeah second it okay so now you vote go to amendment vote to amend both please don't have a move and we have a second to amend wasky yes Murrayfield yes yes Rothwell thanks Dawn yes covered absolutely yes resolution carried with amendment you're gonna email that to me just can we accept it as it has been down so they vote on it as amended okay amendment carried all right wasky yes Murrayfield yes Kern yes Rothwell still doing a great job yes yes okay resolution is adopted resolution 1037 52 ratifies acceptance of donation of plants from Gabrielson farms so moved seconded vote please wasky yes thank you so much yeah Maryfield yes thank you again so much Kern yes Thank You George Rothwell yes thanks over it yes thank you George Rothwell yes thanks covered yes thank you George Rothwell yes thank you George yes thank you George Rothwell yes thank you George Rothwell yes thank you George very much resolution is adopted resolution 1038 so that's me ratifies the acceptance of a donation from Van wettering greenhouses of poinsettia plant so moved second vote please wasky yes again thank you so much Murrayfield yes thank you they're beautiful out front thank you Kern yes Rothwell thank you yes Howard yes thank you very much resolution is adopted resolution 1039 authorize the supervisor to accept donation from Riverhead beverage for the PAL soccer program thank you so moved seconded oh please waski yes thank you so much Merrifield yes thank you Kern yes Rothwell yes Hubbard yes thank you Kevin McKillop for that donation a lot of beer resolution is adopted I think that concludes our resume would have made me join PA oh that concludes all of our resolutions at this point in time we will open it up for comments from the public on any matter comments from the public on any matter Claudette oh Merry Christmas everybody I have a question if you can give me an amount that was allocated and or expended for the ice hockey rink the total so far not offhand okay what you read in a recent publication online talked about 1.7 million dollars in the last year and a half and a half years so you have an example so clear so clear so clear so clear so clear so clear so clear electricity and the outdoor bathrooms or whatever they're doing i thought that i don't have those numbers in front of me right at the moment i will certainly get those to you okay great okay thank you but but i will also just express that the bathrooms regardless of whether or not there was an ice rink during the pandemic veterans memorial park was over abundantly used people looking for those outdoor facilities there was never near enough parking up there and the discussions before the ice rink was that we needed additional parking and we've needed bathrooms up in that facility for years i'm not opposed so i'm just i'm just making a public statement that the article which insinuates that everything was done simply for the ice rink whether it was an ice rink or not bathrooms were needed and i'm proud to get them up there and i'm glad that the board supported them because they've desperately needed for the for the baseball fields for pickleball courts for the dogs a lot of the runners the workers the bikers it's it's it's there for all so i think that it was uh incorrect to state that it was all for one reason i think it was incorrect to state that it was all for one reason i think it was incorrect to state that it was all for one reason one specific use so everyone is using them and we've created the bikeway we've created additional parking and um access directly onto the bike trail you know for use of the bathroom so runners and walkers can stop right there so it's it's hard to just say that oh it's for one particular event it's not just for the ice rink well that's say the original the commitment that the town made was for 150 000 a year was for the electric right because we were given at this point it is now i believe a 3.1 million dollar gift to the town of the ice rink and we're not going to be able to believe a 3.1 million dollar gift to the town of river head for that whole head for that whole facility that has been invested in built in facility that has been invested in built in funds raised by picanha that's nice but funds raised by picanha that's nice but the entire town isn't really taking the entire town isn't really taking advantage of that it will be there it's advantage of that it will be there it's their their developing an excessive their their developing an excessive their their developing an excessive amount of money and we pay what the amount of money and we pay what the town is getting town is getting for it and we pay for our baseball fields to be cut every day. We pay for pickable courts to be built and tennis courts. Basketball courts. We invest throughout all of the parks in our town. But it's an individual business as opposed to town owned parks. No, it's accessible by all residents. Maybe eventually it will be loaned to the town. We didn't have the ability to operate it ourselves. We could have said we want to operate ourselves, but we don't have the infrastructure or the knowledge quite frankly. We didn't want to overwhelm the recreation part. We couldn't operate that without Pekanakaki. You needed experts in there. Claudette, there's going to be a time down the road and we had a sports grant that was done on the study of EpCal and in the findings of that it indicated that a ice hockey rink generally takes at least five years to produce profit. And once they start, per the contract, once they start producing profit, that $150,000 comes down and hopefully someday gets eliminated altogether. I hope more people use it. It's a great feature. It's a great activity. It's an activity for families and for kids. It's unfortunate that at the moment it's not being heavily used. It's being heavily used. It's extremely busy. Go there on the weekends. What you're referring to are the number of permits, if you will, that the recreation department gave out for people to get either reduced rates or free skating. That number is low. That's like 44 now or more. But the number of riveted people that use that to play on a hockey team that are in a figure skating program, tons of those people from Riverhead are up there using it. That's just the 40 that somebody likes to portray or it's barely being used. It's not. That place is packed every single day and night. That's good. It's a great activity. It just seems like it's a huge amount of money allocated for one particular business. I understand that. A similar argument was made back in the day when we took over East Creek Marina. We did the same thing down there. It cost us money in the beginning, but now it covers for itself. The nice part of it is that Riverhead residents get a reduced rate for docking a boat down there. There's always a list every year of people waiting to get on. In the beginning, that's a little bit rough. It takes time to get off the ground. You'll see it's going to be a great amenity. I still would like to see how much money has been expected. I'll get those figures exactly to you. Ma'am, I just wanted to let you know as well as the public, that there are free skate open sessions, free skating and free skate rentals for the children in the school district, the Shore and Wading River and the Riverhead schools that are in our town. That's going to be on Friday the 27th and another day during the weekend, that weekend that the kids are off to school. There's also going to be free skating in February for seniors 55 and older. There's two events that the rec department has planned already. There's actually going to be free admission and free skating rentals as well. They didn't really need to advertise that because it's not well-known and it's not heavily... We agree. I believe the rec department put something under Facebook. I saw it also under... I saw it under... ... améric améric améric améric améric 21st and December 22nd the fire trucks are bringing Santa up to the ice rink oh my house thank you for the candy canes yeah I'll just make a couple extra points to make a couple on the bike just gonna make a couple extra points on it on the yeah just real quick the first pecanik hockey is a not-for-profit the 150,000 that the town is agreeing to contribute towards utilities is recoverable dollar-for-dollar provided they're turning a profit now they'll get us the financials in the first I believe it's within the at the end of the first quarter of 2025 and to the extent that there's a profit the town can recover from that 150 additionally any profit that they do end up making whether it's now or whether it's two three four years down the line the agreement does require that that be invested in you know capital improvements to the facility so it was it was constructed with the idea that this would be a facility that is long-term property at the town of Riverhead and that and that any revenue that's generated from it gets put back into continuing to improve the facility that's good that's that's a great thank you thank you Claudette John Cullen Northville along the bike path leaving just north of the ice rink they're doing a big development over there as far as uh isn't the piping in some stuff there does anybody know what's going on there yes they're they're piping in to pick up the sewer and it's being it's it's the path went across the bike path yes as you have you know and it's going to go over and actually hook up and pick up drainage over at the very corner of it would be the western most baseball field there's a right I saw the chair there that's buried under the ground it's connecting to that so it's for sewage yes sewage and drainage thank you very much so what will happen just so you know John is that the concrete structure is going to be arriving any day now and that's it's gonna be and there is a temporary like a trailer structure that is used as those bathrooms that trailer structure can be moved over to the baseball fields during the summer season and so forth so now you will have bathrooms on both sides of the park so that the base people playing baseball don't have to walk all the way to the other side so what you're saying they'll be brand new bathrooms for the hockey rink and then they'll have they'll take the trailer over to the baseball is that what you're saying yeah yep so it's gonna be multiple the idea that the septic system was designed to have the expansion of five potential bathroom sites so as we develop EpCal so if soccer comes in lacrosse other amenities that that begin to be built there will have the septic system in place that's why it took us a long time to Suffolk County to approve that so it has room to grow with the park very good thank you so much also other restrooms being built in the long term plan up there and this is all part of it they can tie into that so yes and correct me if I'm wrong the bathrooms that are up at the well will be up at the hockey rink they're accessible from the outside as well they're double-sided yeah yeah for the park and for the escape yep absolutely yep and then what and they were expensive because a lot of money had to be put into that so that they could be year-round so people use that park year-round so we had to similar we did to Iron Pier we had to make sure that it has like rating heat in the floor the pipes everything is protected insulated and it was also that we spent a lot more money on it to make sure that it would be easy to clean through like power washing and so forth so if there was any damage that was done to it I'm trying to think of that graffiti and things like that it would be easy to maintain and the fixtures are supposed to be super durable fixtures so that but it's a year-round restroom facility which costs more money to have all those pipes heated and so on and so forth so it's not like you know I'm pure sometimes we have to shut down during the winter months so this is going to be going year-round people use that biking path and and runners runners clubs all year round so okay do we have anybody else here who would like to comment seeing nobody we have one person online it looks like let's go online

Cathy can you hear us yes okay head I got my camera fixed Island Water Park this is what I wanted to say earlier but I'll say it now since she wouldn't let me say it then I really don't understand I understand you've tabled the public hearing but you're moving forward with Secra and I don't understand why you're moving forward at all with this amended site plan application. This is a serial offender who has openly, repeatedly flaunted the laws, the rules, the regulations in this town. He built not just some small thing. He built a racetrack that he was using cars on in the middle of a lake, which is a part of the aquifer. He has pickleballs. He converted a 3,500 square foot storage area to a 250 seat catering space. And Mr. Hubbard, I recall in June that when folks came to the public, to the town hall meeting, you were as upset as everybody else. You said that this exhibited brazen disregard for the town's rules and that you would, if you needed to, file a lawsuit. And you did file a lawsuit. I don't understand why we're talking about settling that lawsuit. Clearly you are moving forward to legalize these three illegal additions to this place. Ms. Merrifield, I could not agree with you more. This court case. Why did you spend the money if you're going to just settle it and let them do it? Because it really sends a message that all you have to do in Riverhead is start one thing. And then you can add on and add on and add on. The rules don't matter. And I'd just like to know why. Could the other four town board members please explain to the public. Mr. White. [transcription gap] Are you willing to move forward to legalize these illegally built things at Island Water Park for someone who could care less about the rules and regulations? Mr. Hubbard, why are you willing to do this? Kathy, these are the open comment period. So make your comments and let me know when you're done. Well, okay. I just think the public would like to know why you're moving forward on this. I know Ms. Merrifield is willing to see the court case through, but why spend the money if you're going to then back down on this? I'm willing to see the court case through also, and that's really why I'm not going to comment on it because it is an ongoing court case as we speak. Well, then why did you entertain the application? I watched that work session, and you all were practically bending over backward to accommodate the matter. I didn't have a clear head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head

with this offender. I think the public would really like to have an answer to that. I'm not the only person concerned about this in Riverhead. Thank you for your time. Thank you for your comments. Do we have anybody else online? Anybody else in the audience? Okay. I'm going to close open comments from the public and we're going to move to open and close the town board meeting and open up a CDA meeting. Motion to close the town board meeting and open up a CDA meeting. So moved. Second. Vote please. Waskey. Yes. Mayfield. Yes. Kern. Yes. Rothwell. Yes. Yes. CDA meeting is open. Good afternoon. Another exciting CDA meeting with nothing on the agenda. So we would, the only thing on our agenda that's, uh, able to be handled is the open comments on CDA matters only. Do we have anybody who would like to comment on open CDA matters only? Justin, anybody online for open CDA matters only? Nobody online? Not seeing anybody here. Okay. Then we can go ahead and close the CDA meeting and open the town board meeting. We need a motion and a second. So moved. Second. Waskey. Yes. Yes. Mayfield. Yes. Kern. Yes. Rothwell. Thanks for not taking the new sick day in your contract. Yes. [transcription gap] [transcription gap] [transcription gap] [transcription gap] Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, Happy New Years, Happy New Years, Happy Holidays, Happy New Years, Happy Holidays, Happy New Years, Happy New Years, Happy New Years, Happy New Years, Happy New Years, Happy New Years, Happy New Years, Happy New Years, Happy New Years, Happy New Years, Happy New Years, Happy New Years, Happy New Years, Happy New Years, Happy New Years, Happy New Years, Happy New Years, Happy New Years, Happy New Years, Happy New Years, Happy New forward to 2025 so another year with the rather resolutions maybe another year with a thousand resolutions yes Merry Christmas happy holidays to everyone Merry Christmas everyone thank you and good day

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