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Thank you. [transcription gap] Thank you, Joanne. Thank you.
Okay, Councilman Rothwell, do we have somebody here for the invocation today? We do. We are honored today to have a member of the Salvation Army, Lieutenant Esther Togaroff, who would like to come forward and lead in our invocation, please. Thank you very much.
Hello, Esther. Good afternoon. Greetings to you all. Could you please stand with me that we can just deliver the invocation?
Father, we thank you we come before your throne this afternoon, Lord. We thank you for each and everyone who is here. We thank you, Holy Spirit, for this day that we'll never see again, but we praise your name for the committee, for even the people who prepared this day to be successful. Lord, we thank you for each and everyone, the leadership, Lord, for our community. We praise your name for this community. We thank you for this session that we are in, Lord. Father, we just invite your presence that you are amongst us as we share, as we deliver what you want us to deliver. Father, we thank you for your greatness. We thank you for your goodness, for that unconditional love that you always give to each and every one of us. We praise your name in Jesus' name. I pray for each and every one of us, and everyone says amen. Amen. God bless you. Thank you, Lieutenant. Thank you, Lieutenant.
We have one announcement today, and that is that... Friday is July 4th, as we all know. Town Hall will be closed, and we'll reopen again on Monday, July 7th. All residents, please stay safe. Don't play with fireworks, and enjoy the weekend. All right. Clerk Wooten, do we have any correspondence and reports? We did. We received about five correspondence, actually, one dealing with the music choice for the Vail-Levitt. We had two reference of the proposed motocross track in Calverton. And two concerns referenced the Young's Avenue condition with the fire and the odor and the dumping. And that's it for correspondence. On the reports, we received the tax receiver total tax collection as of June 16th at $183,618,304.06. And that's all we have for correspondence and reports. Okay. We're going to move on to our public hearings. We have four public hearings scheduled for today. The first public hearing is on Chapter 269, and it's regarding shopping carts. And it is scheduled for 2-10. It is 2-04, so we're going to be starting it, I guess, a couple minutes early. Okay. Okay. So this is an amendment to Chapter 269, as the supervisor said, regarding shopping carts. We added these regulations. We added these regulations regarding the shopping carts, I believe, last year. This proposed amendment clarifies what acceptable anti-theft wheel braking mechanisms are. So you have it outlines electromagnetic wheel locking, radio frequency identification systems, and GPS tracking smart cart systems. Under 269-6, as revised, any new application will require... under 29-U, under 29-U, under 29-U, under 29-U, under 29-U, under 29-U, under 29-U, under 29-U, under 29-U, under 29-U, under 29-U, under 29-U, under 29-U, under 29-U, under 29-U, under 29-U, under 29-U, under 29-U, under 29-U, under 29-U, under 29-U, under 29-U, under 29-U, under 29-U, under 29-U, under 29-U, under 29-U, under 29-U, under 29-U, under 29-U, under 29-U, under 29-U, under 29-U, under 29-U, under 29-U, under 29-U, under 29-U, under 29-U, under 29-U, under 29-U, under 29-U, under 29-U, under 29-U, under 29-U, under were shopping carts on their premises, but require them to remove those shopping carts from the parking areas by the close of business.
Okay, do we have anybody who would like to comment on this particular public hearing regarding Chapter 269 and shopping carts? Anybody online to comment on this public hearing? Having seen nobody, we will close this public hearing, keep it open for 10 days to June 11th, sorry, July 11th, for written comment. Next public hearing we have, Chapter 217, demolition permits. This wall. You again? Yeah. Okay. All right, so this supplements our provisions. There are 217-8 relative to demolition permits. It clarifies that we essentially create two different types of demolition permits. You're going to have ordinary demolition permits, and you're going to have demolition permits that are issued in connection with remediation of violations. Those typically come up in town justice court, and what would happen is we would dispose of a case because somebody opened up a demolition permit, which would give them a year's sentence, and then they would just never complete the work, and they would be in violation a certain period of time later when the demolition permit was expired. So this requires that they commence the remediation work within 45 days, and that they complete that remediation work within six months, and it clarifies that ordinary demolition permits are intended to be commenced within 45 days and completed within one year. 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And it provides for the fines and sets forth penalties that are consistent with VTL section 1174 dash a. And so if anybody has any questions about the content of the law or the process. We'd like to hear that now. Where do you have any questions just a question on the fine itself so is that I understand you're following state law but. In this we don't have the ability to set any minimum fines we don't. And it's all it's all set forth by a contract with the stop-arm program company. And I just have one question we would. You whether the five towns get together or us individually we'd have an administrative judge. And when this right yes so what this what chapter one of five is amended will do is the next the next step in our process will be. Probably doing a posting for. For an administrative law judge and considering who you would want to appoint to adjudicate these. In the past they were done in justice court I believe once a month and for about an hour an hour and a half and one of the police officers would essentially. Act as the prosecutor they would have reviewed the footage and you present the footage the if someone pleads not guilty they come in it's on it's up on the TV in the justice court. Everybody sees the video of whether the car actually stopped sometimes questions will come up as to whether the stop arm was fully deployed. So that so so functionally it probably won't operate all that differently from how it did in justice court it's just instead of a town justice adjudicating these will have an administrative judge that either find someone liable or not liable. Thank you. Good. Anybody from the public like to comment on this public hearing. Nobody online not seeing anybody we will close this public hearing and keep it open for written comment until July eleventh. And we will move on to our last public hearing which is entitled chapter two eighty nine parking prohibited it scheduled for two twenty it is now two fourteen. Okay. So this is a pretty straightforward amendment to chapter. Chapter one eighty nine section ten which regulates parking on which which regulates no parking on sides of roads here adding young's avenue on both sides. On the southerly side it will be between the intersection with East Meadow Road to Osborne and on the northern side of the road we're prohibiting semi trailer trucks. Including the idling of any vehicles on each side. From East Meadow Road. To Osborne Avenue. And this addresses. The concern that was brought to the traffic safety committee. As well as multiple complaints from residents in the Calvert in area. Of. Trucks entering or exiting crown. Recycling facility and parking on the side of the road. Creating dangerous conditions for motorists based on. The. Curve of the road. And. Particularly in times where there's a school bus is coming. Down. To pick up kids. In. The. Surrounding communities from old orchard and East Meadow. Or any questions. I'd said one question is there any reason given the. The amount of complaints and the fact that we as a board of really take an action on this quite a you know started this action do we have to wait to July and that eleven to enact these so I'm I'm glad you asked that because I forgot to say it. There is a resolution in the packet today to adopt this. So if there are no. Significant comments or concerns about the proposal. The my recommendation be that supervisor close the town board meeting and not extend the ten day written comment period. In this way the board can vote on the amendment when it comes up later on in the packet. Thank you. I'm sorry I'm sorry close the public hearing. Yeah right. So I just want to thank. Councilor Howard just because this was just brought up in last month's meeting. As he mentioned before. I. I'm in traffic safety and town attorneys office was very quickly on this to write up and to put it together so we can take immediate action so thank you for doing it swiftly. Thank you. You're welcome. Any other questions for. Anybody from the public. I John Collins Northville I live on smugglers path which is on this list I've spoken to the board about this before we get about maybe five ten people a year that might come up in park. There. I'm not sure if it's a good idea to have a parking lot here versus going into the parking lot up here Avenue. They're always clean that quiet you hardly even know what that they're there unless you're leaving and coming back. I get friends I come over and I don't want to see them get parking tickets I see there's a list of about twenty five to thirty different roadways I'm not sure what the final total was Eric on the amount of different roads. But I'm hoping that we can eliminate smugglers path from this. My neighbors are aware of it there. Have their guests. I'm not sure. I'm not sure. I just have no idea what's going on so 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 sounds like today it's going to be well we're going to we're going to this is for Young's Avenue today it's not for smugglers I don't see smugglers path on this yeah it is well there's this on the list it was so I've spoken about it before if if I may smuggler's path was added to this list uh in November November 21st of 2023 uh and it states on both sides of the road from a point at its intersection with Pier Avenue in a westerly direction to its terminus and if my memory serves correctly this was added at the recommendation of the beach committee it was because you would have overflow in the lots and some people would come and park on the side streets and so we came up with a list of proposed uh proposed side streets that were proximate to a beach and we gave that to the beach committee and they knocked out a couple streets and then they gave us back a list and this was on the list right I talked with Bob Skinner about it also who was on the beach committee okay so uh it's a cul-de-sac it's a dead end Street uh smuggler's path like I say it's for five to ten cars a year that doesn't bother me they're always quiet they're always clean I just don't want to walk out and get a ticket on my car I have a short steep driveway smuggler's path is built into a hillside I'm not sure if you're aware of that so many of the driveways are steep there's one you can ski down on when you get too much snow on it I mean it's and I'm short I can't fit more than two and a half cars in my driveway I hope that we can eliminate smuggler's path or else is there a guest pass that I can get 10 guest passes in case somebody comes out and I or I have a party on my block we have where are the people that if I have guests and I can't fit them in my driveway where are they going to park 35 to park down at the beach the Recreation Department does have guest passes that they issue out to different communities there's one up in waiting River that they do the same thing for okay the neighbors wanted I was at the Recreation Department Recreation Department okay and is that a full by the year or permanent no you would you get it you have to turn them back in if you're going to have a party that's what you would have to do let's make it a little easier let's just it'd be a lot easier like I say five to ten cars never a problem with garbage we don't have a problem with that just make sure your neighbors don't have a problem with that I'll reach out to them and reach out to you absolutely thank you also our next Beach Committee meeting is Wednesday um July 23rd from four to five o'clock here at Town Hall you are more than welcome to come and speak with the Beach Committee members and will that be talking about the parking situation but we could put that on the agenda for you okay and I'm sorry could you repeat that date it is Wednesday July 23rd at four o'clock here at Town Hall I'll try and make it you're welcome so just to clarify smuggler's path was passed back in November so we're not forcing a change of that right yeah 23 along with yeah yeah along with a couple with a series of other roads a lot of them in Reeves Park there was a couple by waiting River Beach and then I think there may have been one other one that was proximate to Iron Pier is that hi Taku Turgeon greater college and Civic Association president um question on the language for the public hearing and maybe this is directed to you to an attorney Howard um it says that on the southerly side uh all vehicles um and semi-trailer trucks so on the southern side is all vehicles right yes okay and then on the northerly side it's semi-trailer trucks only so my question is these large dump trucks so so do we adjust that language and not just do the selective semi truck It does say including the idling of any vehicles on each side. But it doesn't address the parking of those trucks. Which kinds of trucks? Large dump trucks. Well, it's hard to say in a code large trucks because that creates a question as to whether something would be considered. How could you adjust that language to reflect the need? Okay. You'd probably have to change axles. We'd have to. Like anything more than two axles. Okay. Those really large dump trucks, do they have more than two axles? Not really. They do. They're six wheelers. Yeah. They have double tires on them, right? Yeah. But they have one behind the other behind the other. And some of them have a set that raise up off the ground when they're not using them. Right. Okay. Okay. Could we address that in a language? So my recommendation, if the town board is inclined to adopt this, would be that we continue to adopt it. I think a change creating another classification or a description of vehicle that is prohibited would require us to republish in post. So if the town board is inclined to do that, I would suggest that we make that as an amendment later. Okay. Today. Today. When it comes up. Well, no, no, no. Not today. Publish in post an amendment. Right. Yeah. I think we passed what we have in placement and we could always. Amend it. Amend it down the road. By the next meeting. Make some more clarifications. But let's beginning doing some type of enforcement up there. Okay. Thank you. And not delay any enforcement. Okay. Have you gotten any communication, either email, phone calls, texts on any opposition to this? No. I haven't. I have not. I have not. Okay. And last question. So the community is very concerned about Crown, but it looks as if this is going to also address another grave concern of Patriot Recycling, which has their property bordering Rungs, and I think it ends on the diagonal of the corner of East Meadow. So it looks as though this language is going to apply to that spot as well. Yes. And that's in touch. From the easterly direction. Yeah. So that's in touch. 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 last question not sure if you have the stats on it how many tickets have been written to trucks semi dump trucks since I went to the main 29th traffic committee meeting do you know offhand no idea I mean I would imagine that because of Crowns explosion that that that that has just you know gone down to zero you know just looking for stats most of those wouldn't have been returnable in justice court yet so we wouldn't have gotten those calendar yeah okay so if I need to ask that question I would ask you if Chief Frost I would I would say Chief Frost I don't know if he has that data handy but deputy town attorney Victoria Pilo may have that in the next month okay I was hoping to get a number today but I can ask we only run we only run a calendar in justice court once a month I'm sorry twice a month the first two the first two weeks of each month so she has a parking calendar today and she'll have a Tuesday parking calendar next week so we could see if there's any of the any of those 289 tickets on there but to get a good sample size it would probably be the first the first calendar in August so it's the first Tuesday you'd be the first Tuesday of August okay thanks very much I appreciate you're getting right on this and I'm sure the neighbors are going to start to feel some relief from it even though what we're experiencing right now is the demise of Crowns traffic because of their explosion but this this law will make it so they feel more secure going forward so I appreciate it very much thank you thank you afternoon Claude at Bianco baiting afternoon Claude at Bianco baiting [transcription gap] hollow as a resident of the manners which is East Meadows our back entrance I would like to thank this board and the attorney's office for quickly solving this problem and putting this resolution forward it will be greatly appreciated by all of the residents in and around Young's Avenue because that was just a part of the problem but it's a big problem thank you for doing that thank you for that we have anybody else who would like to comment on this particular public hearing anybody nobody online either okay at this point in time I would like to make a motion to close the public hearing on chapter 289 prohibited parking and not keep it open for written comment so moved second it vote please Waski yes Merrifield yes Kern yes Rothwell yes Warren yes Yes Meeting is closed Okay Public hearings Great That's it for our public hearings we are now up to comments on resolutions comments on any any resolution on today's calendar we have one online we'll take that
one. Okay Ron can you hear us Good afternoon Ron Hariri of Aqibag I'd like to take a moment to comment on resolution 2522 regarding the scheduling of a hearing as to the quality of the resolution. As to the qualifications and eligibility of Jay Petrucelli etc. As a developer in connection with the town square project. First of all I would note that under the town's procedures the aspects of eligibility and qualifications of a project of this magnitude include and I'm quoting. The Aspects of eligibility and qualifications of a project of this magnitude include and I'm quoting. The Aspects of eligibility and qualifications of a project of this magnitude include and I'm quoting. From a Riverhead. Local article. The experience of the individual with development construction. Management and financing. Demonstrated ability to finance the acquisition. And development of the specific project. Including the review by the CDA of pro form of financial statements. For the proposed projects. Including sources and uses of funds. Certified financial and corporate financial statements. Of the applicant sponsor. Financial commitments of participating lenders. Proposed security for the project. Business plans and economic analysis of the project. And past compliance with municipal laws. Demonstrated integrity and responsibility of the applicant sponsor. Based upon appropriate investigation. By the town attorney and consistent with case law. As reiterated a memo to Phil Cardinale and Don Thomas. From March of 2004 from Wilkie, Farr and Gallagher. And I would respectfully request. That you provide sufficient options. For the application of the application. And the application. To the appropriate appropriate area of the project. In order to provide sufficient opportunity. For the public. To review all of those aspects. Of this purported. Master developer. And I would also direct. Or asked to direct the IDA. To release financial information. Regarding this. namely the Aquarium Hotel and adjoining hotel as well, so we can evaluate that. And you give us a sufficient time in order to do that. And I do not believe that 10 days in the middle of July, when most people may be on vacation, will afford us that opportunity. In this connection, I will also note that Messrs. Rothwell and Kern specifically objected to the lack of transparency in connection with the Jazz Loft deal, which apparently is for $150,000. This project really makes that a minute project. By comparison, it certainly will amount to millions of dollars. And I would request that, A, you provide sufficient opportunity for the public to review this information. I would also ask that the master developer agreement... Ron, I'm going to ask you to wrap it up. You're over four minutes now. Thank you. I just ask that this relevant information be available on the town's website. In order for us to... To review and digest and appropriately comment. Thank you. Thank you. That information will be posted on the town website. The master developer agreement was filed with the town clerk this afternoon. Yes. And after this public hearing is approved to be called, it will be posted. Correct.
Anybody else from the public? Ann Marie? And I'm just going to add, if Mr. Harari sends me an email... I will send him the updated CDA rules and procedures regarding qualified and eligible. It was updated quite a while ago. Well, superseded, I believe, in either 2017 or 2019. Okay. Thank you, Ann Marie. John? John McAuliffe from Roanoke Landing, Rolling Woods. I also want to speak to that resolution. And I must admit to some contradictory feelings about the timing. I think it's long overdue. But on the other hand, whether to have it in an off Tuesday rather than a regular scheduled meeting... John, this is hosting for a public hearing. July. The meeting will be on an evening meeting. Yeah, no, I think that's a good thing. I'm not questioning that at all. I say I have mixed feelings about it. I have questions, largely, that I would simply ask that when we get to that hearing, that we have some answers on them. One is whether the hotel and condo piece of it are inherent in the qualified and eligible, or whether it's a separable question. In other words, could we favor Mr. Petrucelli's role as a master developer, given his history? I mean, there's a lot of history elsewhere in the town, and still be opposed to the condo and hotel. Second question is some history. I mean, I've been trying to dig out this history. In 2021, when the town square was discussed, there was no reference to a hotel. That comes in only in 2021. And it's not clear who is involved in this discussion other than the work session that you had. I mean, maybe I missed it, wasn't here, but I don't recall open discussion of whether people favored putting in a hotel there. The related question is when did it grow from four stories to five stories? When did the condos get added to it? How was that, who was involved in making that decision? How much public input was there on it? In the course of reading this, I came, there was apparently a proposal that was approved that seeked $2 million to support Mr. Petrucelli's development of this project. And I never saw anything afterwards what happened. Was that turned down by the state or is that $2 million somewhere in the picture of what you're dealing with on the town square? And I come back to what was from the very first time I stood to this topic is the question of what it will look like. To have a five-story building. Hovering over the town square. Potentially three-story on the other side, although I think I'm still not clear on the science center. All I can suggest is that people might want to go to this link to take a look at the artist's renderings and also photos and decide what they think ought to be. The link, as I've announced it before, is tinyurl.com. Artists. And I think that's the link to the town square. So basically RH town square under the tiny URL. And just before the meeting, I don't think the meeting is going to get changed from the scheduled date, but before that meeting I hope everybody on the board and the public looks at that and comes in and expresses its opinion. Again with the large question being are the two issues separable. The condominium. The hotel. And Mr. Petrucelli's role. The other thing I wanted to just report on. Quickly, John. You're up over four minutes already. We previously discussed donations. You're correct. You received 500, but the Riverhead Republican Committee in 23 received 2,000 from Mr. Petrucelli. So he's a player, obviously, within the confines of local politics and the funding of campaigns. Thank you very much. MR. Thank you. We have one online. MR. Colleen, can you hear us? MR. I can. MR. I can. MR. Hi, can you hear me? We can hear you. Okay, sorry. Colleen O'Brien, Acklebog. I also have a few questions and concerns about the town square. And I'd like you also to consider, in light of the magnitude of the value of the town assets involved in this deal, I'd like to request that you put this off until after Labor Day. I know we've been waiting a long time for the town square, but I think that everybody needs to be able to have eyes on it. And I don't mean to bring this up, but I don't want us to get into any bad deal like we did with the skating rink, that we're really going to have to wait on the rink for a five-year negotiation period before we can get some return on what they put in, but also what we put in. So there's a lot of things that need to be questioned and looked at. Mr. Petrucelli's financials. The financial valuations of all the town-owned properties involved in the square. The time to ask pertinent questions such as, will we require any bonding for the parking garage? Are we going to require any temporary bonding or borrowing for what we expend from bonds while we wait to get repaid? Because that's an important question for the taxpayers to our debt. We need to know more on the parking garage. The structure of the building. The management deal. Will Mr. Petrucelli be managing the parking garage and what that deal will look like? Is that part of the deal with the town square? Is that going to be a separate deal with a separate entity? And I think that we also need to know what the status is of the condemnation with Crafted. Has anything been negotiated with that? If there has been a negotiation, if anything has to be paid to them out of the town, we have the right to know. What bio would have to be paid to him or for anything relocation, anything that we might need to do. So I think those are some really heavy questions and big questions that everybody deserves to know the answers to. So if you'd really consider it, I know we've waited a long time, but the taxpayers have the right to know where our money is going as well. So thank you. I really appreciate your consideration. Thank you, Colleen. Have a great day. You too. Happy 4th. Supervisor, if I may. Sure. A few comments. So to Mr. McAuliffe, there was a market study done in 2020. And as reflected in that market study, there were particular uses recommended and supported by the market. One included a hotel. The concept of a hotel. It was discussed in public. It was discussed as part of the town square public process and hearings. In addition, just to Ms. O'Brien, Mr. Petrocelli will not be managing the parking garage. That has never been contemplated. Next, with respect to appraised value. Next, Mr. McAuliffe. [transcription gap] Next, Mr. McAuliffe. of 127, and I think that the public, after they read the master developer agreement, will be confident that the town could have, under general municipal law, but did not. In the master developer agreement, the purchase price that it's paying is the same purchase price that the town paid, and it also includes that Mr. Petrocelli would pay all real property transfer tax. In addition, there's a lot of different elements contained in the master developer agreement, and I'm confident that when the public reads all the exhibits annexed thereto, they will agree that it's a very good agreement for the town of Riverside. So, I'm confident that the public will agree that the town of Riverside is a good agreement for the town of Riverside. So, I'm confident that the public will agree that the town of Riverside is a good agreement for the town of Riverside. Last comment. There have been comments in the past and a few today. After the town board designated Mr. Petrocelli master developer agreement, the entire town board turned over the process of negotiation of the contract to the office of the town attorney. I can state to the public. The town board did not. Dictate. Any contract provision, any term in the master developer agreement or in the approximately 10 agreements annexed thereto and made a part thereof. Instead, it was an arm's length transaction with the office of the town attorney with the town board's permission, taking the lead and negotiating with both council representing Mr. Petrocelli. Of course, the office of the town attorney would report in and the town board did make some good recommendations which were incorporated into the agreement. That's it. Thank you. And again, the agreement will be posted shortly thereafter the meeting today online. Actually, Mr. Supervisor, I felt that based upon some comments that people were really anxious. And based upon my confidence that you would approve the resolution, it was already filed with the town club. Good. Thank you, Ann Marie. Ann Marie, just quickly, just to confirm, the hotel project proposed by Mr. Petrocelli in connection with the development of town square, that was all conceptually part of the DRI process back in 2022? Correct. So it was public several times. One, it was public for the determination of the master developer. There was a whole work session. Even prior to that, Mr. Petrocelli participated with the urban design associates surveys and polls. Thereafter, with respect to the DRI, Mr. Petrocelli was one of the many businesses that applied for a grant. But there was one thing that was really important to Mr. McAuliffe. You've never heard anything about it. He received $1 million under the DRI grant. I believe just by way of example, the Suffolk Theatre, they received $2 million under that same grant. The TOD received $2.75. I can't name the number of times. But there was a lot of work there. [transcription gap] name them all. The library got some. Correct. Yeah, there were other entities that picked some up too. We have one online. Can you hear us? Martha, can you hear us? Martha, you need to unmute. Okay. [transcription gap]
We can't hear you. I'm going to take a minute, but I can't read this. I think she can see us. Martha, Martha, can you hear me? Shake your head if you can hear me. Shake your head if you can hear me. Okay. We cannot hear you. We need you to sign off and sign back on, and we'll bring you back up again. Which is good now. Up. We have you now? Yeah, hear you. Can you hear me now? We can now, yes. My apologies. So my name is Martha Reichert. I'm an attorney and a partner at Toomey Latham Shea Kelly Duven, Puerto Rico, Riverhead, New York. I am commenting specifically. Martha, can you hear me? Yes. Shake your head if you can hear me. Shake your head if you can hear me. We're on a time delay. We need you to sign off and sign back on, and we'll bring you back. Don't do that. Disregard that, Martha. Disregard that. That was an old message. Are we good now? We can hear you live now. Okay, great. So I'll try. My apologies. So my name is Martha Reichert. I'm an attorney. I'm an attorney. I'm a partner at Toomey Latham Shea Kelly Duven, Puerto Rico, Riverhead, New York. I am commenting specifically. Okay. Thank you, then. That was exciting. That was really bizarre. The fun of technology. It's different. We do whatever we can around here to entertain you, Bob. That was different. Like the Matrix. Matrix.
I hope she remembers. That was what she wanted to say. I think she was reading up on something. Let us know when she's back on. Yeah. Okay. Anyone else?
I think we have a little yellow thing. Scroll bar. It's going awfully fast. It's got a lot of importance. Well, pretty quick. That master plan is... Here we go. That thick. So I'm not going to make it part of the hearing record. I'm going to make it a separate record. Okay. I'm going to make it a separate record. I'm going to make it a separate record. Okay. I'll head over to you next. Martha Reikert, I'm an attorney at Timmy Latham across the street in Riverhead, New York. I am commenting today on resolution 2025-605, which amends your cannabis regulations. I wanted to bring to the board's attention that on Friday, the New York State Office of Cannabis Management, OCM, promulgated new guidance regarding municipal regulation and stating expressly that any enactment of municipal regulations that are beyond the scope of 9NYCRR119.2 are expressly preempted. And so what I'd like to advise the town board at this time is, um, my co-counsel at Barkley Damon will be delivering a copy of that guidance later today, but I would recommend or advise to the board to table the resolution until your council has had time to review this new guidance to avoid dealing with preempted laws. And that's my sole comment. MR. Okay. Thank you very much. MS. You're welcome. MR. Matt, can I ask you, are you aware of any of this? MR. I am not aware of any new guidance. I mean, I would recommend the board adopt it as written unless the town attorney feels otherwise. I mean, under municipal home rule, I think it's within our right to do so. MR. Well, yeah. I think under municipal home rule, I would take the position that we're not preempted by an un-elected state agency. MR. Correct. MR. I would say that the state legislature provided us with time, place, and manner restrictions and local, that includes local zoning in my estimation. So I believe that the town board can adopt this amendment. MR. Okay. MR. Good. MR. All right. Thank you. MR. Topkway, go ahead. Hi there. Topkway Turchin, Greater Calverton Civic Association President. Because the last speaker spoke on a resolution I have a question on, I'm not sure where it's going. It sounds like everything is still in order with what you've written and you're going to vote on it today. MR. What resolution? MR. 605. MR. 605. MR. That's correct. MR. Okay. So my question is, could you identify where the parcels are in Calverton that this zoning applies? MR. I'm going to have the senior reporter. MR. Thank you. MR. I'm going to have the senior reporter. MR. Thank you. MR. I'm going to have the senior reporter. MR. Thank you. MR. Thank you. MR. Thank you. MR. All right. So these amendments wouldn't change any location requirements within the Hamlet of Calverton. There's already an operating adult use retail operation there. As the code already states, it's one per corridor. That's in corridor two. So there can be no more. This did add business CR. So that allows, would allow uses in corridor one where there's business CR. That's Waiting River. MR. I will note that it's highly restrictive due to other existing uses in the area. So it would be probably some time before a conforming location could be found. MR. Okay. Thank you, Matt. MS. So I think I understood that because we already have one in the Calverton Commons that there isn't an ability for a second one in the corridor. I got that right? MS. Mm-hmm. MS. So if that one goes out of business, what, right? MR. MS. I'm not shaking my head. MS. Okay. So if that one goes out of business, what, and I think I heard that you don't, he doesn't, Matt doesn't know where the other parcels are ID'd. Did I hear that right? Yet? MR. No, I don't think that's what he said. MS. Okay. So, well, my question is that if that one goes out of business, does the landscape provide more opportunities on, in that area and what parcels are available for it? MR. Matt will address it. MS. I'll head over to you, so you can head over to yourself. MS. I'll head over to you, so you can head over to yourself. MS. Okay. MS. I'll head over to you, so you can head over to yourself. MS. Okay. MS. I'll head over to you, so you can head over to yourself. MS. Okay. MS. I'll head over to you, so you can head over to yourself. MS. Okay. MS. I'll head over to you, so you head over to yourself. MS. Okay. MS. [transcription gap] like I said, meet all other requirements of the code. So without reiterating all the tax maps where it could be, there's a lot of work to be done before we could get a new one, if one left.
Yeah, I probably need to ask a different question, but that's enough for now, and there's enough time to find out what those locations might be. Obviously there's a process and I understood that. I just wanna find out how far it goes. Did you say it went to 25, to where 25A branches off? Yeah. Okay, thank you. And there's a saturation rate, so if one goes out of business, Right, you have the opportunity. always measuring 2,000 feet, so it doesn't necessarily mean that every spot within there, it's based on where the other locations may be. Right, right, I mean, there's an intended school on the corner, very close to J&R's, and then the rest of the business is there. Okay, thanks very much. We have anybody else in the room that wants to publicly comment on any resolution? Come on up to the microphone, sir.
I'd like to make some comments and ask some questions regarding resolution 2025-608, which amends resolution number 407, adopted on May 5th, 2009, to reflect the town board of the town of Riverhead, consent to substitute the DEXIS project and the development of the !
So, to start, may I request a simple breakdown
on what this resolution means for the DEXIS project and the town's involvement on the project to rebuild the Riverhead skate park? We'll turn that over to the town attorney. Okay. Yeah, so this parcel is titled to Suffolk County, and it is part of the Suffolk County Greenways program. Previously, the town had entered into an arrangement with the county to redevelop the property. In the past, the town has, you know, had a lot of interest, and it's been a lot of interest, but it's not the only one. It's the only one that's been involved in the development of the property. [transcription gap] And the town has adopted resolutions similar to this. In the past, we've had the YMCA and East End Disability looking at the property to develop it for recreational purposes. So, this resolution essentially, neither of those materialized, and the property is still undeveloped. So, the property is still available for recreational development. This resolution essentially says to the county that the town is, under under under under under under under under under under under under under under under under under under under under under under under under under under under under under under under under under under under under under under under under under under under under under under under under under under under under under under under under under under under I have no idea I don't know so the town we know there's offering the partnership with my there's there's certain no it just it essentially says that your we would we would waive our opportunity to partner with the county on development of this property in favor of you working with the county and in developing this property okay now whether that materializes in a in an agreement between the Dexys project and the county that is time limited pursuant to the terms of the resolution at December 31 2026 so if the Dexys project enters into an agreement with the county for development of the project however however that agreement is negotiated the town is this town board is supportive of that occurring and seeing that property developed into a new skate park all right I'd like to add that for the record I requested that this resolution be tabled and amended to align with prior agreements via email last night and multiple phone calls to town officials on the council and supervisor this morning I was sent this resolution with less than 24 hours notice to it being voted on today so I just have a couple quick points I'd like to present about this the town already recognized the value of the property and the development of this skate park project they unanimously they being the town board agreed to support a resolution allowing community development to seek grants where is that resolution and why hasn't that one been passed this was back in January six months ago at a work session meeting so if there is a development plan ultimately agreed to or or proposed with the county and there is a CDA so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so We've discussed the town itself being responsible for rebuilding a town park that is dilapidated. So this doesn't match what we've, it doesn't align with every meeting that I've had with the town. Over a year now with many meetings with Parks and Rec Committee, Community Development, there's no mention of any of these prior agreements which were made publicly in this current resolution. So this doesn't address redevelopment of existing town facilities. This is development of property that's titled to the county and designated for recreational development. Right. So the plan all along was that the town, the county would transfer land ownership to the town so that the town can rebuild a dilapidated park. That they currently own in this new location adjacent to Dotsky Park. That has always been the understanding. And that's not in this resolution. So I come today asking why not. I haven't had any conversations to that effect with anyone from the county. Councilman Kern and Councilman Rothwell have been involved throughout this process. So maybe we can direct the question to those two. This was the, by doing this resolution, we're giving a blessing to Suffolk County to allow that we're saying that we, we do not object and we support this project. It also, this resolution validates your project so that you can seek grant funding and other opportunities to raise money. The town of Riverhead does not have this project in the end. I would say at a minimum is over, well over a million dollars. We don't have a million dollars to do it. But by us passing this resolution and showing support for the project, I think it would, it would enable you to begin the grant writing process as well as trying to raise funds. I know that you're at, a little over 20,000, maybe 30,000 of privately raised funds. I think that's wonderful. But we're still well away from the million dollars that would be needed to develop this project. So we're telling the county that we support this endeavor. We're validating your project. And then between the county and potentially still the, the Community Development Agency here on a town level could, could look into grant opportunities. And to, and to pursue this. So that the project can potentially someday come to fruition. But the, the. The town itself, we have never said that, okay, we're going to step up. We do not have a million dollars or more to proceed with this project. But you mentioned at work sessions that you believe that there were individual entities or businesses that would be willing to donate to this project. And so what we're doing now is validating your ideas and your project so that perhaps those donations or fundraising could come to fruition. If I could add to that. Sorry. Chris, if I could add to that. Yeah. To the councilman's point. I think we were all excited. One, you said you raised money so that you could do a plan, right? You need the plan to raise future funds. You also need property to land those funds on. And that's what we're doing right here is to get you with the county. You get your plan. And I also. Said I help you at that particular point. Identify people that would potentially be donors to this. But you need possession of that. We're giving you that right now in this resolution. Well, the plan all along was that the county would transfer ownership of the land to the town because this is a town park that we are rebuilding. So why isn't that in the resolution is my question. I think you misunderstood that. The county is not going to transfer it over to the town. It's part of the. But we've been working with officials such as legislator Catherine Stark and other folks within the county level. And the plan has always been to transfer the land to the town as this is a town park. And I think there's public record of that. That's always been the plan. And I would think you would have a much better idea. I think you'd have a much better to raise funding through county means than certainly on staying local with just the town. But that wasn't the plan over the past year. One of the. First meetings I had with the town was with community development. And the understanding was that the town would seek funding for this project through grants through the state federal level. Different than what you're saying, though. You're mixing. There's no mention of that in this resolution. That's still true. We seek grant fundings for all projects, all opportunities across the board. Just because it doesn't say the town will will will apply or seek for grant funding. The community development is wonderful. They can apply for many different. Projects should grants become potential available. We can still help assist and apply for it. Right. But the county still needs to know offhand before you begin that process. What what exactly are we developing here? And that's what I think was clearly stated in the resolution. Well, what was not clearly stated was part of the agreement six months ago to pass a resolution to allow community development to seek these funds. That is not in this resolution. And I ask why not? We don't need a resolution for the CDA to go after grants. And why? Why haven't they started? It's been six months since that agreement was made public. Chris, why hasn't there was development? Chris, you made it. I just want to clarify. There has been no agreement. There is there is no agreement. There was a work session presentation of the idea and the town board offered general support and thought and thought that it would be like a great project. So if if your entity is able to enter into an agreement. Suffolk County. I'm sure either yourself or the county will let us know that. And then our CDA, I think, would be willing to identify specific grants that could be supportive of that project. And then those once those grants are identified, then the town board would adopt resolutions specifically authorizing the CDA to apply for those grants. So can we amend the resolution to include that community development? We'll be able to see grants and that the town of Riverhead will obtain ownership from the county if they are willing to transfer the ownership to the town to rebuild the towns. Chris, I'm going to suggest you set up a meeting with the involved parties on this, that this is you're just going around in circles. I'm not sure you're because I'm not getting answers to the questions. And this has been the understanding over the past year that I'm going to recommend you set up a meeting with the involved parties and sit down and take care of this because we're way over the time. Okay. But that's what's been going on for over a year now. So I asked today for a commitment from the town to follow through on what the town has said. And that's what this resolution is for. And you're not understanding that. The resolution is to partner a private organization, a nonprofit that I started called the Texas Project Inc. with the county. And then it's also written in this resolution that the town would have no financial responsibilities for the project. That's not the agreement that we've been discussing and the deal that we've been hammering out. Over the past year. I'm going to disagree with that statement. My office hasn't been working on any contract or agreement on this. There's been no additional budgets put forth proposals. There is no current money that is allocated for any type of development of that project. Well, I understand about the budget and there's no money. But if there's no money, then where is the town getting over $800,000 to build bathrooms in a little used park in Calverton? We could have built the skate park with that money. Well, now you're comparing apples to grapefruit. It's not the same thing. Entirely not the same thing. Parks need facilities. That facility was needed up in that park. It needed restrooms. It needs more restrooms. Okay, so if we are talking about public demand and what's needed, what other projects are on the town's docket that have received tens of thousands of dollars from local residents in support of the project? I think these questions are outside the resolution. Chris, I'm just going to say one thing. We are helping this project get land for zero in order to get your skate park built. I don't understand why the disconnect is. It's not my skate park. It's for everyone. It's for the children. Understood, but we've been supportive of getting you this land. You don't have to go out and purchase it. We're in support of you getting an agreement with Suffolk County. And you're not going to pay anything for the land. I don't know why you're not getting that. My confusion here is how will the town rebuild its own park if it's not responsible financially for it after this resolution is passed? If this resolution were passed. And why was I not made aware that I'd be partnering with the county through my nonprofit, Texas Project Inc., until less than 24 hours ago? And why were my phone calls not returned this morning? And why was my email yesterday not responded to? When I asked for this resolution to be made. When I asked for this resolution to be tabled and amended. This resolution and this arrangement with working with the county is the cleanest path to getting the Texas Project a piece of property that they can do their project. So then why over a year now, well over a year, has the path forward been made very clear to me that the land needs to be transferred to town ownership? The Community Development Department needs to be in a resolution given the green line. to seek funds for this project. There's clear public demand for it more than any other project. So why is none of that in this resolution? Why have I been steered in the wrong direction by the town well over a year now if that's the case? That doesn't align with what I've been told in all these meetings. Chris, I'm stopping this now. You're going to set up a meeting. You're going to sit down with the involved parties, and you're going to figure it out because you keep going in circles here, and you're not understanding what it is exactly has to happen and what it is that the town is trying to do to help you out. So instead of going back and forth here and wasting everybody's time, we're going to set it down. We'll dedicate all the time to you and do that. How is the town going to help me out if this resolution eliminates responsibility from the town? Chris, Chris, set up a meeting, and we'll discuss it then. Okay, can I get a formal commitment from the board to table this resolution and that we can amend it? No, and you have no right to ask that. No. [transcription gap] No. No. No. ! Well, the resolution is offering up my private nonprofit with partnership with the county, which I did not consent to, and I formally declined that partnership. So it doesn't do that. It waives the town's position as a partner with the county and allows you, if you are so inclined. Can I make a statement? I think we will table it. Can I make a statement? I think we will table it. Chris, if you're standing at the podium and you're asking it not to go forward, then I'll be more than happy to table it. The resolution is your request because it is your company. I think we need to sit back down privately and realign on the issues that are at hand here because they're not addressed in this resolution. So at your specific request, because it's your company, I will make a motion to table it. If you don't want this project to go forward, we'll pause it. I want the project to go forward in the way that we described over the past year. You're asking us to table the resolution tonight. Is that correct? I'm asking for this resolution to be tabled and amended to align with our prior agreements. Okay. Thank you. Okay. So we don't have any prior agreements. That's right. I know. I know. If the town board is inclined to table this, my suggestion would be to instead simply vote it down. Okay. I mean, is there any point in leaving it on the table? I would rather table it. I'm not, because I'm not voting it down. It gives the public appearance that we're against the project and I am not against this project. Yes. He wants to table it. I suggest we table it. Right. And to be clear, I want this to be an open, transparent, collaborative effort here. So when I'm given less than 24 hours, I'm going to vote it down. Okay. I'm going to take 24 hours to respond to a resolution that resembles nothing of what we've spoken in the at least dozen years. Okay, Chris, here we go again. We're going around again. Thank you very much, and we'll set up an appointment. Thank you. Thank you. I'd just like to hear Mr. Howard's opinion on this, what you think we should do with this if this individual does not want this to go forward. You mentioned about voting it down. Well, so. Not voting it down. The easiest way. The easiest way for this project to be developed is through an agreement with the county. And then there would be some sort of MOA or understanding with the county as to what the plan is for the property. That would allow the DEXIS project to then fundraise based on that plan and that agreement with the county. To the extent that any building permits or other permits are needed from the town. And then, you know, obviously those would go through the appropriate departments. It's, you know, if our recreation funds can't support this type of renovation or massive, massive development, okay, because the property is going to have to be entirely cleared. It's probably going to have to be graded. And then there's construction that's going to go into this. It's probably going to be every single bit of a million dollars, if not more. More. More. Because so many of those projects have no fund. [transcription gap] this specifically or else I would have told you that.
Chris. We'll take the next caller. Thank you. Ron Hariri again. I'd just like to follow up on some comments by Dr. Prudenti regarding the appraisal. First of all, I think it's incumbent upon the board to obtain a contract. The current appraisal of any property paid for by taxpayers to be conveyed to a private party. Secondly, it's not clear to me that an appraisal based upon or a price based upon a transaction consummated and negotiated years ago is in any way a legitimate appraisal today.
Moreover, I would ask whether the value includes the lease, the long-term lease of crafted and what the subject of those negotiations to purchase or condemn that lease may have, how those aspects may affect the value of the property. And finally, I would just say that until you have that appraisal based upon current conditions, whether it's a contract or a lease, it's not a legitimate property. Second, I would just like to 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 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 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 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 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 clear clear clear clear clear MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS IS PREMATURE ALONG WITH THE VARIOUS OTHER ISSUES, INCLUDING THE VALUE ADDED BY THE TOWN'S STAFF IN WORKING ON THIS ENTIRE TOWN SQUARE PROJECT, WHICH I WOULD SAY WOULD ENHANCE THE VALUE OF THAT PROPERTY. SO LOOKING AT IT BASED ON A VALUE FROM FIVE YEARS AGO IS CLEARLY NOT PROPER. SO I ASK THAT YOU TABLE ANYTHING UNTIL YOU KNOW WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S A TENANT IN THERE AND WHAT PRICE, IF ANY, THE TOWN WILL HAVE TO PAY IN ORDER TO REMOVE THAT TENANT FOR THIS HOTEL PROJECT TO GO FORWARD WILL BE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. JUST BRIEFLY, MEMBERS OF THE TOWN BOARD, I'M CONFIDENT IN THE VALUE ASSIGNED IN THE MASTER DEVELOPMENT PROJECT. I REVIEWED THE APPRAISAL. I ACTUALLY HAVE REGULAR UPDATES FROM STAFF ON THE CONDITION OF THE BUILDING. I'M SURE THE TOWN BOARD IS WELL AWARE OF THE SIGNIFICANT DETERIORATION. IN ADDITION, I'LL POINT OUT TO THE BOARD THAT YOU ARE MOVING UNDER ARTICLE 15, URBAN RENEWAL LAW, AND YOU COULD NOT BE RECEIVING ANY OF THOSE. YOU COULD TRANSFER THIS PROPERTY FOR $10, PROVIDE YOU HAVE A DEVELOPMENT PLAN THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH YOUR REVITALIZATION GOALS. THIS IS AND MEETS THOSE GOALS. OKAY. SO I'M CONFIDENT IN THAT. I CAN SHOW MR. HERRERI ANY OF THOSE FIGURES THAT HE WANTS, ANY OF THOSE REWARDS. OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. HERRERI. ANYBODY ELSE ONLINE? NO? OKAY. NOT SEEING ANYBODY ELSE. HI. DOC. JUST A QUICK QUESTION. ON 600, WHICH IS THE PARCEL ADDRESS THAT'S BEING CONVEYED? I HAVE THE SUFFOLK COUNTY TASK MAP, BUT I JUST SAW IT AND I DON'T RECOGNIZE AN ADDRESS FOR IT. SO YOU'RE SAYING THAT THE PORCEL IS THE PORCEL THAT'S BEING CONVEYED? I THINK THAT'S THE PORCEL. [transcription gap] THERE IS NO, QUOTE, MAILING ADDRESS. IT'S OWNED BY PUBLIC PARKING DISTRICT NUMBER ONE. It's the area of the parking lot just behind 127 East Main Street. It's a tiny strip. Consists of four parking spaces. Thanks very much. Okay. Anybody else? Nobody online? Okay. Read the resolutions, please. Okay. Resolution number one, which is resolution 578. Water District Capital Project number 82508, budget adoption for LICA Cauliflower Square. So moved. Second. Vote, please. Waskie? Yes. Merrifield? Yes. Stern? Yes. Rothwell? Yes. Hubbard? Yes. Resolution is adopted. Resolution 579. Approves for a head beach. So moved. Seconded. Vote, please. Waskie? Yes. Merrifield? Yes. Stern? Yes. Rothwell? Yes. Hubbard? Yes. Resolution is adopted. Resolution 580. Appoints public safety dispatches to the police department. So moved. Seconded. Vote, please. Waskie? Yes. Merrifield? Yes. Stern? Yes. Rothwell? Yes. Rothwell? Yes. Stern? Yes. Rothwell? Yes. Stern? Yes. Rothwell? Yes. Yes. Stern? Yes. Rothwell? Yes. Hubbard? Yes. Resolution is adopted. Resolution 581. Appoints a seasonal park attendant to the recreation department. So moved. Seconded. Vote, please. Waskie? Yes. Merrifield? Yes. Stern? Yes. Rothwell? Yes. Hubbard? Yes. Resolution is adopted. Resolution 583. Ratifies the point of a seasonal recreation aid to the recreation department. So moved. Seconded. Vote, please. Waskie? Yes. Merrifield? Yes. Stern? Yes. Rothwell? Yes. Hubbard? Yes. Resolution is adopted. Resolution 584. Ratifies the point of a call-in chaperone to the recreation department. So moved. Second. Vote, please. Waskie? Yes. Merrifield? Yes. Merrifield? Yes. Kern? Yes. Rothwell? Yes. Hubbard? Yes. Resolution is adopted. Resolution 585. Accepts the retirement of a water treatment plant operator to be so moved. Seconded. Vote please. Waski? Yes. Merrifield? Yes. Kern? Yes. Rothwell? Yes. Hubbard? Yes. Resolution is adopted. Resolution 586. Authorizes the chief of police to execute an agreement with Riverhead Community Awareness Program Incorporated. So moved. Second. Vote please. Waski? Yes. Merrifield? Yes. Kern? Yes. Rothwell? Yes. Hubbard? Yes. Resolution is adopted. Resolution 587. Authorizes the supervisor to execute an agreement authorizing the town to accept funds from Suffolk County Office for the Aging to supplement the town shopping assistant program for the elderly 2025. So moved. Seconded. Vote please. Waski? Yes. Merrifield? Yes. Kern? Yes. Rothwell? Yes. Hubbard? Yes. Resolution is adopted. Resolution 588. Authorizes the supervisor to sign license agreement with manufacturers and traders trust company for an automated teller machine, ATM, in the lobby of the Riverhead Justice Court. So moved. Seconded. Vote please. Waski? Yes. Merrifield? Yes. Kern? Yes. Rothwell? Yes. Hubbard? Yes. Resolution is adopted. Resolution 589. Ratifies authorization for the supervisor to execute an agreement with the town of Suffolk to execute a stipulation with an employee. So moved. Seconded. Vote please. Waski? Yes. Merrifield? Yes. Kern? Yes. Rothwell? Yes. Hubbard? Yes. Resolution is adopted. Resolution 590. Ratifies authorization for the community development department to apply for a grant. So moved. Second. Vote please. Waski? Yes. Merrifield? Yes. Kern? Yes. Rothwell? Yes. Hubbard? Yes. Resolution is adopted. Resolution 591. Acceptance of one point. One million four hundred thousand dollars. New York State ESD CFA grant for Town Square Riverfront Amphitheater. So moved. Seconded. Vote please. Waski? Yes. Merrifield? Yes. Kern? Yes. Rothwell? Yes. Hubbard? Yes. Resolution is adopted. Resolution 592.
Grant special permit preliminary and final site plan approval for the site plan and special permit applications entitled Calverton Satellite Earth Station 317-391 Berman Boulevard, Calverton, New York, Suffolk County Tax Map number 600-135.20-1-16. So moved. Seconded. Vote please. Waski? Yes. Merrifield? Yes. Kern? Yes. Rothwell? Yes. Hubbard? Yes. Resolution is adopted. Resolution 593. Authorizes Town Clerk to publish imposed notice to bidders for Ford, Auto Parts. So moved. Seconded. Vote please. Waski? Yes. Merrifield? Yes. Kern? Yes. Rothwell? Yes. Hubbard? Yes. Resolution is adopted. Resolution 593. Authorizes Town Clerk to publish imposed notice to bidders for Ford, Auto Parts. So moved. Seconded. Vote please. Grant special permit preliminary and final site plan approval for the site plan and special permit applications entitled Calverton Satellite Earth Station 317-391 Berman Boulevard, Calverton, New York, Suffolk County Tax Map number 600-135. 20-1-16. So moved. Seconded. Vote please. Waski? Yes. Merrifield? Yes. Kern? Yes. Rothwell? Yes. Hubbard? Yes. Resolution is adopted. Resolution 594. Authorizes Town Clerk to publish imposed notice to bidders for Auto Parts. So moved. Seconded. Vote please. Waski? Yes. Merrifield? Yes. Kern? Yes. Rothwell? Yes. Hubbard? Yes. Resolution is adopted. Resolution 595. Authorizes Town Clerk to publish imposed notice to bidders for truck parts. Yes. So moved. Seconded. Vote please. Waski? Yes. Merrifield? Yes. Kern? Yes. Rothwell? Yes. Hubbard? Yes. Resolution is adopted. Resolution 596. Authorizes the Town Clerk to publish imposed for request for proposals number 2 for the sale of 214 Griffin Avenue. So moved. Seconded. Vote please. Waski? Yes. Merrifield? Yes. Kern? Yes. Rothwell? Yes. Hubbard? Yes. Resolution is adopted. Resolution 597. Award's bid for corrosion control chemical PO4. So moved. Seconded. Vote please. Waski? Yes. Merrifield? Yes. Kern? Yes. Rothwell? Yes. Hubbard? Yes. Resolution is adopted. Resolution 598. That's a good one. Approves firework application for Jamesport Fire Department 719. Don't forget that date. 2025. So moved. Seconded. Vote please. Waski? Yes. Merrifield? Yes. Kern? Yes. Rothwell? Yes. Hubbard? Yes. Resolution is adopted. Resolution 599. Resolution calling for a public hearing on the Town of Riverhead as legislative body for the Town of Riverhead and governing body of the Community Development Agency designation of J. Petrucelli Riverhead Town as the legislative body for the Town of Riverhead and governing body of J. Petrucelli Riverhead Town Square LLC as a qualified and eligible sponsor for the purchase and development of a portion of a Town-owned property described as Suffolk County Tax Map Number 0600-1291 Lots 13, 14, 15 and Suffolk County Tax Map Number 0600-128686.1 located on the south side of Main Street Riverhead, New York. So moved. Second. [transcription gap] 1-P-0 23 to the town of Riverhead. So moved. Second. Vote please. Waske. Yes. Merrifield. Yes. Kern. Yes. Rothwell. Yes. Hubbard. Yes. Resolutions adopted. Resolution 601. Adopts the local law to amend Chapter 289 of the Riverhead Town Code titled Vehicles, Traffic and Parking Regulations, Section 10 thereof parking prohibited. So moved. Second. Vote please. Waske. Yes. Merrifield. Yes. Kern. Yes. Rothwell. Yes. Hubbard. Yes. Resolution is adopted. Resolution 602. I'll clap. 602. Pays bills. So moved. Seconded. Vote please. Waske. Yes. Merrifield. Yes. Kern. Yes. Rothwell. Yes. Hubbard. Yes. Resolution is adopted. Resolution 603. Proofs, Fireworks, Applications, Publications.
All of these are outside of the code. And this is just yet another example. They missed the application date. I know they're paying a fine, but I ask them in the future, please abide by the Town Codes. No. Kern. Yeah, I'm just going to make a comment. This is not unusual that somebody's late in filing an application for an event. And as it is written in the application, if you get fined for every day that you're late, I have no problem with this. So yes. Rothwell. I don't think it was even that. They could not get their CO. And so once they got their CO at that point, they were able to file the application. So I vote yes. And Hubbard. Yes. Resolution is adopted. 4-1. Resolution 604. Authorizes the supervisor to execute the professional service agreement with Glass and Signs, etc. Inc. So moved. Seconded. Vote please. Waske. Yes. Merrifield. No. Yes. I'm sorry. Yes. Kern. Yes. Finally, we're going to have a vote. Finally, we're going to get some art in one of the alleyways and get it all lit up. So yes. Rothwell. Yes. Hubbard. Yes. And you are yes. Or me. Yes. Yes. Resolution is adopted. Resolution 605. Adopts local law to amend Chapter 301, Zoning and Land Development, Part 3, Supplementary Use Regulations, Article LIIC, Cannabis, 301-283.20, Location and Number of Permitted Retail and On-site, and
Consumption Establishments, and 301-283.25, when effective. So moved. So seconded. I just think it should be Article 52-C, LII-C. Right? Yes. Just a technicality. Did I read it wrong? No. Just on the article it just says LIIC, but I believe it should be LII, which would be 52-C. That's correct. Thank you. So we used to have just Article 52, but then we made Article 52-A-B-C. Yep. That's why. Just fitting it in to where it, yeah. Okay. Thank you. I don't know if we have to amend it or just... No, we don't have to amend it. That's how it comes up. It just comes up 52-C. Got it. Got you second. Blosky. Yes. Merrifield. Yes. Kern. Yes. Rothwell. Yes. Hubbard. Yes. Resolution is adopted. Resolution 606. Ratifies authorization for the supervisor to execute a stipulation with an employee. So moved. Second. Full place. Blosky. Yes. Merrifield. Yes. Kern. Yes. Rothwell. Yes. Hubbard. Yes. Resolution is adopted. Resolution 607. I'm the fireworks guy today. Approves fireworks application for Main Street Agency. July 18, 2025. So moved. Seconded. Vote please. Blosky. Another. Yes. Merrifield. Yes. Okay. Kern. Yes. Rothwell. Yes. Hubbard. Yes. Resolution is adopted. Resolution 31. It's resolution 608. I make a motion to table. Second. Just so we're... No, that's fine. All right. Moving on. We have a motion to approve the ! Seconded. Blosky. Yes. Merrifield. Yes. To table. Kern. Yes. To table. Rothwell. Yes. To table. Hubbard. Yes. Resolution is tabled. Resolution 609. Authorizes the town attorney to execute a retainer agreement with Brewer attorneys and counselors so moved. Seconded. Vote please. Blosky. Yes. Merrifield. Yes. Kern. Yes. Rothwell. Yes. Hubbard. Yes. Resolution is adopted. That concludes the resolutions. Okay. That's it on resolutions today. Now we're going to open up the comments from the public on any matter. Comments on any matter. Hi. Takwee Tershen. Greater Hamilton Civic Association President. Um, couple questions. Easy ones. Um, number one is the arson investigation completion timeline for Crown. Do we have that timeline? Nope. Still active as far as I know. I haven't heard anything different. Okay. And Suffolk County running that, correct? Correct. Yes. Okay. Um, and then the cleanup timeline for the same property. It had a two week, um, timeline. It began June 4th or 5th so it should have ended somewhere around the 18th or 19th. Is that accurate? I believe they were given an extension on that to I think this coming Friday or last Friday? It was last Thursday. Last I heard it was last Thursday. Okay. So what was that date? I believe it was last Thursday and I had a conversation with Liam Keating in the fire marshal's office yesterday and he indicated that he spoke with the DEC and they told him that they had completed their cleanup and were clear to resume operation. What? Okay. So that was a roll of the eyes for me. Um, we need a bit more definition on the cleanup and what is still on site and any of that stormwater. I think what they were requiring them to clean up the debris from the fire. And that's only under the DEC? Whatever is under the DEC jurisdiction, yes. Okay, so we have our own and Suffolk County has theirs, correct? Uh, well we wouldn't be permitting use of any of the structures on the building or on the site that were involved in the fire. No, no, I mean just the garbage that's been burned turned into a completely different substance. All the water that has run off from that property, even though it was you know, the best effort was made so that that didn't happen during the firefighting. Yeah, my understanding is the Suffolk County Department of Health was investigating the water runoff. Okay, so I think it would put people's minds at ease in Calverton if there were specific details on who was doing what, when, whether they've done it, how well they've done it, and what you expect out of them. Today it sounds to me from the responses I'm getting from the Board, and our town attorney, that there's some question as to the definitiveness of your answers. I understand what you've said to me. Um, our We can't give you an answer if we don't know the answer or it hasn't been completed yet. Correct. So the Orson investigation, to my knowledge, is still ongoing, but I'm going to defer to Fire Marshal Liam back behind you. Okay, great. And he might be able to answer some of those questions. Okay, and what I'd like to know, you know, if Suffolk County DOH is taking care of the water runoff, we'd like to know what that time frame is, if it's available, what you projected, and how you're keeping tabs on it so that you can give us the confidence that that cleanup is being taken care of in the right way. Thanks. Okay. Good afternoon, Board. Just coming here to comment on the Crown investigation. The Orson investigation, well, our investigation in coordination with the Orson squad from Suffolk County Police Department has been completed. They determined that the fire was undetermined based on the volume of the incident there. They completed their report, and we just supported their investigation. So that's the fire investigation side. The DEC did go do several site visits the past couple of days between the Water Quality Division as well as the their Materials Division, who permits the project there. They went back last Friday and inspected the site and gave them approvals. Basically, their cleanup order was completed as per their requirements. That's not to say that they are back operating as they were. All the outside materials were required to be removed and brought to proper authorities. The next step is for them to hire another mitigation company to come in and remove all of the burnt materials that were inside the facility. That is going to be a multi-week project by a company that is being hired by their insurance company. So that is their next step from the DEC. The DEC and the Suffolk County Department of Health will be returning to the property maybe sometime next week once they just have to move some stuff around. We will be continuing the investigation from the Suffolk County Department of Health perspective as well as the DEC perspective. So by no means is the investigation kind of completed yet. It's just reached another phase where they're going to keep working forward, and we will keep the Board and the Town advised on their progress. Appreciate that. Thank you, Liam. Thank you. Thank you very much. That was what I was looking for. So, smaller requests. So on the agenda, just how the numbers are on the resolutions, and you've numbered them, you know, one through 31 or 32 today so we can easily find them, and you can easily refer to them. I had asked a while back if the links to the resolutions on the agenda online, if those numbers could be links to the resolution. It's like sometimes you have a 200 page addendum, right? So I'd really like to get a link on this section of the agenda so we can touch it, and it jumps immediately to the text of the resolution we're looking for. I have it online. You don't have it on yours? I don't have links. No, I have it online, so I have to search 200 pages to look for what I'm looking for. When you open that link from the Town website, there should be a sidebar, and you go right to whatever resolution you want. It doesn't show up. Maybe on mobile it doesn't show up. I'll take another look. But we had talked about that, and I was asking for those links. So the links exist now? Yeah, there's a sidebar. If you open it up on Acrobat. And if I just touch on it, it jumps right to the text. I'll look for it. Thanks. Well, we're going to a whole new computer system. I am looking forward to that. I think you have to be on Acrobat. I think you have to be on Adobe Acrobat and open it as a PDF, and then a sidebar comes up, and then you scroll through it. Yeah. I don't have Adobe Acrobat. I use my browsers. My two different browsers. The main ones, Google and Safari. So when I open up something, I don't have links on the left-hand side, and I'm doing it on a mobile device. So I'm hoping that I can continue using my mobile device, and we can just do those links. But if the whole website's changing, and you're going to update that, that's great. Well, we're going to Civic Plus. We're going to do a whole new software program. But if you go into the Agendas in Minutes, and go into the Agenda packet, and you click on that, and you open that browser, there's a whole... It's in the browser, not in Adobe Acrobat, is what you're saying. It's not on the mobile. Oh, you're doing it on your phone? Yes. Big phone. I'm sorry? Your phone's got to be this big. No, not really. Could we also adjust... This is a little bit more important. The batches of e-notifications that go out to us, like if you sign up, and you get e-notifications for agendas and different entities in the meetings, could we adjust the batch sending of the batch sending to the new website? Yes. So, for instance, there's a batch sending time of 5.01 p.m. So, if you hold a 2 o'clock meeting, sometimes that agenda for today won't show up until 5.01. I've been in that situation several many times. I'm just wondering, either now or when you do change to the new website, if those sendings can all happen in the early hours of the morning, like 3, 4, 5, 6 o'clock in the morning, so that when someone opens up their e-mail early morning, they're able to prepare themselves. So, if that's the case, and the application's already available, that's fantastic. Let's get that out there as soon as possible. That's all I've got. Thanks very much. Thanks, Daqui. All right. E-notifications. Claudia Bianco, Bading Hollow. Regarding the Island Water Parks not being able to file an application on time because he didn't get a CO, it's a little disingenuous because that's his own fault that he didn't get a CO. That's fine, but you can't file an application before that was my comment. So, if he's using the area that has been newly issued a CO, then... If he didn't do what he did, he would have gotten a CO a long time ago. And he paid his extra fines for it and the extra fees associated with it. He should pay a lot more than what he has. Regarding the disaster at Patriot Recycling, I know the stop work order was placed, and I thank you for that. Is there any plan on asking him or requiring him to clean up the landfill that he's created with the garbage and the rats the size of a cat? Well, they're out there multiplying in our neighborhoods. That trash needs to be taken out and he needs to reclaim that property the way he found it. Is there a plan to do that? Anybody? Is that the Young's Avenue site? Patriot. Patriot. If there's rats out there, he... There's been rats since he's been trucking in trash. It's a town code violation if you have excessive vermin on site. So if that's something that code enforcement needs to investigate, that can... I'm surprised they didn't see it when they were out there, because they're out there. They didn't report seeing that. It's possible they didn't. They come out at night mostly. But they need to remove the trash that they hold in here and they need to reclaim that property and make it pristine the way he bought it. Because it's not a tree farm. And thank you for what you did for us. Regarding the pickleball courts up at EPCAL, the courts themselves need repair. It was brought to your attention. You got letters. Is there a plan to repair it? Yes. Soon? As soon as we can. Okay. Thank you. Hello. Stephen Opperle again. Nice to see you all. I wanted to thank you all for the stop work order that was issued to the property across the street from us related to Patriot Recycling. I wanted to find out from you guys today... I came with a bunch of questions and I asked them all fast and what not and they never really... I never gave you a chance to even answer them. So I'm going to ask a couple of questions today. You've already answered so I'll just... answered a bunch of them that I had but has the town investigated what is being dumped specifically so code enforcement went out there and they they looked at the piles that are there and they didn't see any significant amounts of garbage or anything the report that I have is that it was compost yard yard waste that sort of thing if I'm that's that's code enforcement code enforcement report is that's that's what was there I'm gonna suggest that you don't show me any evidence that you were trespassing on someone's property this this is an evidence okay all right but it is images taken from outside of the property that is being mentioned that does represent trash being dumped on the premises you can review it or not it will be submitted later for whatever problem you have with that report and then we'll get back to you with the next one yeah if you if you submitted through the town clerk it'll get distributed very good self and all the time then we'll do that now that being said since you guys don't know what's in the material because it doesn't sound like it's actually been properly looked at I would recommend that you also send whatever pictures you have to the DEC I'd be happy to yeah it sounds like they'll be back next week so I'll be I'll be able to meet them near the property and speak with them and then you know since you guys don't know the material I'm not gonna ask you a bunch of these questions yet I understand their permit was issued April 24th 2025 and in order for such a permit to be revoked Patriot recycling would need to exceed the terms of use has the town received reports from code enforcement regarding their use so we we did we sent a letter revoking that permit okay understood through the Planning Department thank you that's good to know and then on the topic of crown recycling I'm glad that the traffic concerns have been heard and are being attended to so thank you for that I'm happy to hear that the water quality is being assessed and I would like to know more about how that is gonna unfold perhaps the gentleman who arrived to inform us of the fire investigation might also speak to that that being said I would be curious to know how this fire started it's my understanding that the fire started in the town of
the town of the town of the town of the town of [transcription gap] américana américana américana the future fate of that space. And then what is the fate of this facility? Will it be demolished? Does anyone know? Eric Greenleeser. That would be up to Crown. With respect to whether there were fire alarms or not, I don't know with certainty the answer to that question. What I would say is that if they didn't it's because they existed prior to the fire alarms being a requirement for that type of structure. Any reconstruction of the structure will now be required to comply with New York State Fire and Building Codes. Eric Greenleeser. Which will include smoke detectors. Okay. And then should this facility be demolished since it represents some manner of risk for the spreading of airborne particulate? Is there going to be a public statement issued to indicate that that date will, you know, unfold? And or if that is the case, if that should occur would the public be informed about it? Because we want to make sure we're clear of the area so that we don't really have to deal with the airborne stuff that's associated with the demo. If they're not going to reopen are you asking? Eric Greenleeser. Well, no. I don't know if you've seen the facility but it. Because the cleanup is going to be a process that's going on for some time. Eric Greenleeser. I didn't mean to speak over you. Please continue. Eric Greenleeser. The cleanup is going to be a process that's going to go on for some time. It's going to continue business and that has to be cleaned up. Is that what you're referring to? Eric Greenleeser. The standing facility, I understand. They're doing a good job of cleaning it up it looks like in terms of just collecting everything and moving it to some other place. But that being said, the structure itself is not in good shape. I don't know if you've been down there. I don't foresee it staying upright. And if you've seen a metal structure collapse before, there's a bunch of airborne particulate due to that event. So I just want to make sure we're on top of when that happens because it doesn't look like it's going to stay there. That's my supposition obviously. But should that happen, could the public be informed about it so that they can make the choice of whether to be around or not? Eric Greenleeser. So they would have to get a demolition permit and I believe you have to post the demolition permit somewhere on the property, the same as you have to post a building permit. I can speak with the building inspector. And if a demolition permit is not in place, I can speak with the building inspector. Eric Greenleeser. So if the demolition permit for that comes in, I can, we can make that public. Eric Greenleeser. We can make that public. But the demolition permit is active for, well based on the public hearing we had today, it would be active for I think it said 45 days. So they'd have to complete it within that time. As to the specific day they're going to do that, we would need them to advise us. Eric Greenleeser. I see. Okay. Thank you. Eric Greenleeser. I'm sure you get those photos to the clerk's office. Eric Greenleeser. I just remembered something. The dog pound that's nearby there, is there a future for that place? Is that going to also be demolished or reutilized? Is that like reused? Eric Greenleeser. Unknown at this point in time. We've had some people interested in it, but nothing definite. Eric Greenleeser. Okay. Eric Greenleeser. It's most certainly not going to be a dog pound again, but. Eric Greenleeser. That's good. Yeah. One last thing. The traffic concerns that I've been talking about. Eric Greenleeser. Yeah. I've been hearing about the intersection of 25 and Edwards Ave. It's my understanding they're going to be widening that space. That's great because it is a very busy intersection, but to that point, the safety management there has been a bit lacking. My wife in particular reported that she saw vehicles skating right under the buckets from these payloaders and whatnot that are operating there without a whole lot of oversight from the safety groups to keep people away from those particular areas or stop them at the appropriate time. So I don't know exactly what to do in this case. They're there sporadically, but it would help to just make sure that they are attentive to the circumstances because it seems like it's a little hairy. That's all. State EOT. Yeah. Yeah. Enough. Good afternoon. Harvard Nichols, Ridge, New York. Excuse me. I'd like to comment on the, you know, the Young's Avenue LLC. Since they started on May 27th, 71 loads have been delivered for 7,100 yards of material. The stop by corridor was June 24th, and one more load was delivered after that. I'd just like to comment that all the material that comes in there, the leaves and the grass clippings, all have chemical residuals from nitrogen. And the pesticides, all of which wind up in our bays and also wind up in our drinking water. And it seems very strange to me that why would we take this material and put it on our farmland and grow food and vegetables for the public to eat? It makes no sense. And that's my comment. And we'd like to get this cleaned up. It's a mess. There's more material there from last year. I don't know how many yards they dumped last year, but he's up to 7,100 yards now at 100 yards of delivery. Yes, 100 yard delivery. And there was some stipulation as to the amount of yardage he could deliver with this permit, I presume. There was, yes. Is he over it? I don't know what the DEC put the limit at. Oh, DEC put the limit? Okay. All right.
Yeah, DEC. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. [transcription gap] I didn't get what you said. [transcription gap] I didn't get what you said. I didn't get what you said. [transcription gap] two ways with the DEC they do part 361 per registrations and permits registrations are for up to 3,000 yards permits are from anywhere from 3,000 yards to 10,000 yards separate and apart from that the town code regulates importation under chapter 229 under 229 properties in active ag production can bring in up to 3,000 cubic yards provided it's supportive of the on-site agricultural use from three that they have the option to bring in up to 10,000 cubic yards if they make application to us to the town board for a certificate of exemption so the certificate of exemption is not something that this they've made an application to the town board for under chapter 229 and they're part of the reason that they got the stop order is because of the importation of material without it being exempt as an active agricultural use okay so with that being said if the DEC has been there multiple times they would have at this point I assume noticed if they have more than 3,000 yards and 3,000 cubic yards and would be requiring them to get a registration okay I don't know that we've gotten that information from the DEC at this point we don't know if we got that we don't know if they have made that demand of Patriot recycling that they open that registration under part 361 so how do we find out we have local I think there's a local contact okay yeah so it's if the DEC has been there and is seeing the amount of material that's there and hasn't issued something to them and they would make us aware if they issued some kind of some kind of violations to them if they haven't done that then I'm assuming that their assessment is that it's less than 3,000 yards and whether that's true or not I can't say don't estimate the amount of material that's brought I'd you know that you're saying it's 7,100 cubic yards we can certainly ask the DEC about that okay and as for the pitches we took them through the fence okay good okay thank you thank you
Kevin Degnan that's Park pickleball coming after that I feel this is sort of trivial but you did write some letters last month to advise you about the situation I assume you guys had the opportunity to read it I was just wondering if there's anything definite that's going to be done we are searching for funds to have them redone okay now I was here last year and I advise you that we have a team reach group that organizes our group and was at 160 people last year it's up to 267 and I know this is not for now because I know you guys have a lot of financial challenges going on as well as they're totally much greater than our surrounding towns our surrounding towns have been building pickleball courts like crazy so if something's not right we'll have to do it again and we'll see if we can get it done. Thank you. Thank you. So it's something if money becomes available if you would consider more pickleball courts especially at Vets Park because a dedicated pickleball courts does attract people because even though there's 267 people involved in our group many of them have left because when too many people are there they don't want to wait around to play or we don't have enough courts to accommodate people that want to learn how to play the game because people that they play with or more advanced like we had numerous young people playing at the game. And they all left and they moved over to Brookhaven Town courts and there's a lot of people that moved out to the Southhold courts and I also know Southampton has built some dedicated courts. Now I realize these courts are only three years old and the land tech group I I didn't I don't know that if we got a driveway from someone and after three years and they're not going to be able to play. I don't know if that's true. I didn't have a driveway so I didn't have a driveway so I didn't have a driveway so I didn't have a driveway so I didn't have a driveway so I didn't have a driveway so I didn't have a driveway so I didn't have a driveway so I didn't have a driveway so I didn't have a driveway so I didn't have a driveway so I didn't have a driveway so I didn't have a driveway so I didn't have a driveway so I didn't have a driveway so I didn't have a driveway so I didn't have a driveway so I didn't have a driveway so I didn't have a driveway so I didn't have a driveway so I didn't have a driveway so I didn't have a driveway so I didn't have a driveway so I didn't have a driveway so I didn't have a driveway so I didn't have a driveway so I didn't have a driveway so I didn't have a driveway so I didn't have a driveway so I didn't have a driveway so I didn't have a driveway so I didn't have Yeah, because I called the recreation department in the fall and advised them of this, that if we go through another winter, just like your driveway, the cracks get bigger and they're a lot worse now. And we have a really committed group of people that show up every, mostly senior citizens, and then the teachers join us. But more and more people are coming, but they're being turned away because we just don't have the accommodations. But I'm concerned of just keeping what we have in good shape because the more it's left unattended to, it's going to become more and more expensive. Even this week, one of the nets, one of the cranks that hold the net in place was broken, and we sort of did a temporary fix on it. So if there's anything you could do, it's just going to get worse. It's going to get more expensive. And this is a great opportunity. This group is a diverse group. It's creating community. We're doing fundraisers. And it's a lot of good that hopefully we can keep going. And I know. Can I ask you a question? I'm sorry. No, go ahead. Do you have any idea how many non-residents are using those courts? You know, out of the 267 people in my team reach group, a fraction of that is actively playing now because a lot of people stopped coming. And there's no way of telling how many. I mean, I don't know how many of them because it's right on the border of Brookhaven. But there's a lot more Riverhead residents playing in Brookhaven courts than the Brookhaven residents playing at Vets Park. The majority of our group are Riverhead residents. Where are the next closest courts west of EPCAL? The other courts are not dedicated courts. There are some nets that they put up at Stotsky Park. No, no, no. Brookhaven side. Brookhaven. Where's Brookhaven? It's in Maritches. They have new courts in Maritches. They have four courts that they just made in Maritches that are dedicated and have lights on at night. And the same thing in Medford on Portion Road. They have new courts there as well as in Center Reach. They have those courts there for a long time. South Hold has, I think, six dedicated courts that are fairly new. And I believe South Hampton just put in dedicated courts at the Red Creek Park. So these towns do not have the challenges that Riverhead has, I realize. I mean, Brookhaven's got 600,000 people that they can collect taxes from so they can afford to put more courts in. We have 36,000 people. Exactly. So you can't compare it. I just don't want this problem to become even more expensive for the town. And Land Tech, hopefully they'll do the right thing because it's just, it's pretty embarrassing to them to have, they didn't do this job properly. But we agree. We're not happy with that. Maybe the Better Business Bureau or maybe even a letter from the town attorney or even a phone call. It's a pretty big. It's a big company, I believe. And if they want to do business in Riverhead, you know, again, I think they should do the right thing because for them to fix this problem, I don't think it's going to be a big lift for them. Just to tag onto what the supervisor is saying, like, I know that there's a lot of residents from Leisure Glen, Leisure Village, Leisure Knolls. That's Riverhead. Right. I mean, that's town of Brookhaven. So I just wish that your organization, when you're organizing any use of the parks and so forth, it really should be focused on Riverhead town residents. Oh, yeah. And there are. Two additional pickable courts that were built. They are in the Wading River, Bayberry Park, Police Officers Memorial Park. So again, but those should be used by Riverhead town residents. And I notice that you have a large group. My concern is that not all of them are, in fact, Riverhead town residents. We appreciate. I'm sorry. No. So like really Brookhaven needs to focus on having some up there in the seniors area of Leisure Glen, Leisure Village, Leisure Knolls. You know, that's town of Brookhaven. That's. So I would hope that the town of Brookhaven. Would step up and build some pickable courts in that region. I'm pretty familiar with everyone that's playing presently. And I don't think there's anyone that comes from those senior citizens communities. But Bayberry Park, we appreciate putting the lines there. If there's any way we can get nets there, because right now we have no nets there. And and and maybe the recreation department, even at Stotsky and Jamesport, they maintain well Stotsky. The nets get a little beat up. But for the most part, the dedicated courts are what. Is used mostly in the outside towns and and if that's Park, contrary to what someone said that, I mean, that's an incredible gift for for Riverhead. A lot of people are using it for all kinds of things. And Pickleball is definitely, I think, you know, one of the highest demand or something that we you know, we can maybe put on the shelf for now, but consider doing more in the future. Right. I appreciate it. Thank you. Thanks. I'll call and I'll make sure those nets are over there for waiting. River for you. I was told it was done. I'll double check. Hi. Bill Denellen from Bading Hollow. Pickleball player. I'm just here to second what Kevin said. And I think Claudette earlier. You guys had the foresight. The town had the foresight to build them. Years ago. And I'm just asking that you. I'm just. [transcription gap] work out yeah I played against 15 year olds and I played against 80 year olds lost the 15 year old but beat the 80 year old may I speak I just super I just want to address him may just mention to you sir mr. Janela just so you're aware we do know that that the pickleball courts need help there are so many existing parks that need repairs it is not just pickleball I have legislation that I've been working on with the deputy town attorney Emory Prudente we presented to senator Palumbo I've also presented it to state senator Monica Martinez we're working on getting an amendment to town law section 277 and 274 a which will allow a certain portion of the monies that are collected from site plans and such for commercial and industrial bills a small portion of that to be allocated to towns for repairs currently it's not allowed currently you can't get a lot of money from the town law but you can get a lot of money from the state and you can build brand-new everywhere but none of the state not none of the actual legislation allows any portion of that money to go to existing repairs so the problem is you have all of these parks and no money to repair them it's silly so we're working on fixing it we do hear you but I just want you to know if there's a long line of parks that have other problems as well we're not ignoring you we're trying to work on a fix in the state for it okay I hear you and I appreciate it and I will tell you that sitting in the back of the room is to chair a motion to approve the park and the park is to be moved by the city council. so 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 would you do it so I'm going to do it quickly so there's a thank you right for what you've done at Patriot and revoking that permit that use permit the same way that you had today fire marshal Liam come in and give us definitive answers and timelines we're going to be looking for answers each board meeting from either the board or from officials like Mr. Howard or whomever that you suggest to bring in but we'd like to hear from the communications that you're having with the DEC and rather than guessing whether or not they thought it was okay with all the materials that were on site at or are on site at Patriot we'd like you'd be in tighter communication with the DEC and know exactly what they're doing and speaking to that actual inspector for each of the properties for crown which is different it's Mr. Perez and for Patriot actually I don't know who does that which inspector does that I don't know who does that I don't know who does that I don't know who does that we're going to be looking for that at each meeting so thank you very much
John McAuliffe rolling woods quickly on the Patriot question I never heard an answer to Claudette's question about whether it's the intention of the town to try to force them to clean up their mess they obviously got in with a certain level of disincentive ingenuity and it's nice to protect their property rights but I think you need to protect the rights of of the town and force them to put the land as it was I didn't want to get into a debate with Anne Marie on the resolution but I do think that I will spend some time with her and try and understand fully the history from my reading of the discussion of of the use of the town's square you guys and women the board in work sessions and in private conversations may have come to a conclusion but I don't think there's any pub record of public affirmation that that's what people want to have in the town square I don't think if you look back at the record of the way people put notes on the board and the comments at different meetings that the by the by the by head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head head in stakeholder meetings where the four and five story hotel and condominium, but I could be wrong. You are wrong. You are wrong. I will sit down, but I can't find a public record. And we've told you this time and time again, but you keep coming up here and saying it's not. I can't find. They were just in the comp plan, and that's when everybody was putting stickers up and town board room was packed. That was during the comp plan, and four and five story buildings were absolutely discussed during the comp plan. For a hotel and condominium, my memory is there was a lot of negative things in that comp plan meeting, but again, that's data that can be examined. Mr. McAuliffe, Councilman Kern and I were on the steering committee for the comp plan, and it was discussed almost every single meeting. It just wasn't one determination by one person to say, oh, we're just going to say there's going to be five. It was all the research. It was the public engagement. This has been going on for years and years. Well, I'd be happy to be proven otherwise. It's just I can't find a record of it in terms of public conversations. You're going to be very happy when your friends come and they have a place to stay because there's no hotel inventory out here. You know? Well, again, that's a data question, and I think some people feel that there is adequacy. But again, the question is, how do you do that? The question is what that space should be used for. The last thing I wanted to say is that in a larger sense of things, and the police chief may be able to give us some insight into it, if you've been following the media, you know that ICE is a bit out of control. There was a story yesterday of a Marine veteran whose wife with a nursing baby, she was pulled out of a hearing and getting, him getting the baby for her to nurse has been a problem. There was the story two days ago of the man with the three Marine veteran, two still in the Marines, one as a veteran who was pulled, he was weed whacking and was pulled with some force into the vehicle. I don't know. There is an effort on the east end. OLA has ordered. They've organized it to try to monitor. So far the only things I'm aware of is there's a report that a group of people were taken out of the Amazon warehouse in West Hampton Beach, and there's a report of people being taken from the gas station in Flanders, and I don't know whether that's in Riverhead or not. But sooner or later, I'm afraid we're going to have some problems here, and I hope that the police chief and the... I'm afraid that town authorities will make every effort to ensure that these masked anonymous people do not behave in the way they're behaving in other parts of the country. So thank you. Yeah. Oh, and people, if they want to look at the actual artists' renderings and the photos, I think they should before we get to... I'm going to get you your own YouTube channel. Yeah. He'd have his own podcast. Get John on a podcast. It'll be online this afternoon anyway, the actual drawings. Good afternoon. Barbara Blass, Jamesport. I have a couple of comments on a couple of different topics, and I'll try to be brief. Crown sanitation, I just want to make sure it's on the record that Crown is a pre-existing non-conforming use on that premises. I don't know the extent of that. I don't know the extent of the devastation or whether it would be totally condemned, but understand that there are circumstances under which... I know the code speaks to catastrophic events such as a fire at a facility that is non-conforming. And to the extent that you want to continue to give it life, by very nature, non-conforming uses are supposed to sunset. So I'm just putting that out there that there is a land use, a potential for land use decision on that site. The second thing is I did foil the DEC for information on any correspondence with Young's Avenue LLC with respect to requests for applications. And I'm not sure if that's the case. I'm not sure. I'm not sure. I didn't get full clear about that. [transcription gap] I know that the public comment period ends next Friday, which is July 11th. I also know that there's a Monroe test that has to be done, probably conducted by you as the host community. The draft scope under which the public comment period ends next week, the draft scope has the town of Riverhead as an interested party. And that's a fact. And an interested party, by definition, has no discretionary decisions to make. That's also a fact. And I believe if you looked at that application, there's a host of discretionary decisions that we should be making. And I believe the Suffolk County Water Authority predetermined the outcome of the Monroe test by delegation. I believe so. I believe so. of Riverhead as an interested agency because they're basically saying you don't have any say in anything that's going on here. I believe that the town should be an involved agency. I think if you look very carefully at the DEC's commissioner letter that came back in response to asking for lead agency status, he makes two references. One that the Riverhead as well as other involved agencies, he makes that reference. Down a couple of paragraphs in that same letter, he talks about Riverhead has authority under its land use decisions and then they went on to finish the paragraph. I believe we should be considered an involved agency. Otherwise the Suffolk County Water Authority. I believe that the Suffolk County Water Authority could respond to any of our comments with thank you very much, have a nice day. We don't find your comments substantive. We have almost all of the impacts. We are getting no benefits. I know you have all of this. We have requested to be an involved agency. Yes. I guess. I've sent a letter to the Suffolk County Water Authority requesting that. Do you know when the public hearing or the hearing, I don't know if it's. We have not been notified yet, no. We have not. We have no 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 clear [transcription gap] 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 clear clear clear clear clear clear clear I believe Don Thomas and planning staff to sort through these issues and explain our position that as the host community we should be conducting the Monroe Test. I know that they have a different view of that, but we are aware of all the discretionary items they're going to have to clear in order to proceed with this project here. It's road opening permits, easements, building permits, applications to the CAC. So we're well aware of that. We're working on it. And if and when the time comes that they don't designate us as an involved agency and we need to take action for that, we're prepared to do that as well. MS. Okay. I appreciate that detail. Again, I'm just concerned that the hearing should be as soon as possible and prior to a final scope, because if we're not in the scope as having a seat at the table, discussing mitigation measures on the impacts that we are receiving as a town, again, yes, you would have to go through litigation and no one really wants to take that route. We have an opportunity to really make our statement, and I'm hoping that you call the hearing on Monroe sooner rather than later. Have a special meeting if you have to. But you should be conducting, because it may end up that they don't have they're not going to have complete immunity. MS. That's a good point. But there is a possibility of there being a complete immunity, which is what they assumed by doing what they did in the draft scope. So if it's a limited immunity, we should know that going into the beginning of the environmental review process. Monroe was never meant to deal with environmental issues. MR. Right. It was never meant to supersede the host community's analysis of all of this. MS. Right. So I really hope that you would consider calling that hearing sooner rather than later. Thank you very much. I appreciate your indulging me with extra time. MR. Okay. Make a motion to close the town board meeting. So moved. Seconded. All in favor? Aye. All opposed? Okay. Town board meeting is closed. Everybody have a great Fourth of July, great holiday weekend. Stay safe. Enjoy the weather. Enjoy the beaches. No more. Thank you. See you.
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