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Good evening, everyone. Today is Tuesday, June 16, 2026. We're here for a town board meeting. But before we go any further, we'd like to stand and together say the Pledge of Allegiance. And we'd like to ask that our Honorable Lori Hoss, if you would lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance. Thank you. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you very much, Your Honor. And Councilman Rothwell, do we have someone here for the invocation? We invited Pastor Ligon here. I don't know if she's still in the lobby or not. I don't see her presence, so I will ask the Honorable Town Clerk James Wooten to step up and help us with the invocation, please. Could you bow your heads, please? She's on Zoom? Oh, she is. Oh. Oh, who's on Zoom? We'll have a Zoom prayer. How cool is that? Well, wonderful. We'll bring her up on Zoom. Hold that thought, Jim. Good.

hello pastor if you can hear us we're ready can you hear me yes i can oh i don't know why you can't see me but i'm here Let us pray To the giver of life And all that is good We give thanks Because he's allowed us to exist And have our being We give thanks Because you have divinely ordered this day And have placed us in it We give thanks And in this vast universe We are but a microcosm of that which is infinitely greater than us. And while we are just a microcosm, we still matter. Our lives matter. We have relevance and purpose within a larger purpose. So I ask you, Lord, to keep this town council mindful that they too matter. Their words matter, their decisions matter, and most of all, the people they represent matter. Guide each of them with divine wisdom, the wisdom you have always provided from one generation to the next. Because of the rippling effects of all that happens in our nation's capital, grant them the ability to make the right choice in this great time of challenge and opportunity. and in their decision-making, I ask thee to bring to bear the best of their character and their being. I ask that they bring to bear their skills, all of their intelligence and assets that you have blessed them with. Bring to bear the lessons they've learned from their own life experiences and cause them to be sensible, thoughtful, and prudent so that their final resolve might demonstrate fairness, justice, and a greater good for all. And then coupled with all these things, divine courage to carry out fully all that is good, that good resolve during this meeting. And for their commitment to serve the town board to the best of their ability, I ask you, Lord, that you might bless them and their families in only ways that you know that matter. This is our prayer, Lord, in your holy name. Amen. Thank you very much, Pastor Ligon. You're welcome. Have a good night. Thank you. Good night. People have any, oh, sorry. Oh, Pastor Ligon, are you still there? Is she still there? I just wanted to see if any of our council people had any announcements today. I am still here. I just wanted to thank you again for the speech that you gave. You were the honoree at the CAP March, and you gave such an inspirational speech. And tonight, we're honoring the seniors that are involved in CAP. And I thought it was wonderful that you were the one to do the invocation tonight. Thank you again. Thank you. That is wonderful. That's good work. Thank you very much for letting me know. You're welcome. All right. Have a good night. Good night. You too. Good night. I would just like to remind everyone that next Thursday, June 25th, at South James Port Beach, there will be live music, courtesy of Clerk Jim Wooten, who has gotten us a 60s band, which is supposed to be phenomenal. So bring your beach chair, your dancing feet. Hopefully the weather will be great, and we can all have a good time listening to some great music of the 60s. It begins at 6 p.m. Thank you. Absolutely. Anyone else? Yes, sir. So June 19th, the Butterfly Effect Project is having an event from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. that's on the main road. I think it's tunnels and main road. and the Suffolk County Sheriff's Office is giving out Operation Safe Child ID cards that day. Anyone else? Where is that? That's Tunnels and Main Road. Butterfly. Also, don't forget, we have a townwide blood drive on June 23rd from 915 to 315. and Saturday, June 20th is our Highway Department's Truck and Equipment Show for kids 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and we have the July 4th, 250th Celebration Birthday of America. So come out and celebrate with our parade and then our fireworks once again down at the South Jamesport Beach. We're excited about all of those wonderful things that are happening throughout our town. And so let us know if you have an event going on. We'd love to celebrate it with you. And so at this time, we'd like to start off by celebrating and honoring our CAP peer leaders and Riverhead Youth Coalition seniors from Riverhead High School. So I'll turn it over to Councilwoman Mary Field, who's our liaison. Thank you. Thank you very much, Supervisor. I just think I'm so honored to be the liaison to the CAP program, the Community Awareness Program. I've been there now two and a half years, and I'm amazed at their efforts. with Ms. Skokoza, I always say Felicia's name incorrectly, and Chelsea Surin. They do a wonderful job, and I understand the program is in the 29th year. Is that correct? 39th. 39th year. Amazing. And I think it's so important that we recognize the youth of our town. These are the leaders, the future leaders of our community. These are volunteers that give their time and energy to help their schoolmates learn the problems with drugs and alcohol and other vices and how to stay away from them. What they do as what these people do with regard to PSA announcements, what they do with regard to collection of the drugs that the take back, the medication take back program and the Pulaski Street prevention programs is just amazing. And I think it's so important that we honor the youth of our town, just like we honor. I'm also very, very fortunate to also be the liaison to the mock trial. And it's amazing all the different people that are here tonight. Pastor Liggins, who was the speaker, the honoree at the CAP, and now we have Justice Hulse here for another event. And I'm very honored to be a part of the youth court, the mock trial. And I think that that is another way that individuals in the town, youth in the town, are recognized and appreciated for all that they do because they are our future leaders. And the volunteerism that the children in CAP, the young adults, I apologize, I said children, the young adults in CAP and the mock trial team do, it's just amazing. So with that, before we have them come up, they have presented a PS, a slight little video for us to see all the amazing things that they do. With that, Justin, if you could let it go, that'd be great.

new things. Do you know what else I see? I see how using drugs and alcohol can ruin the plans I'm making for myself. Substance abuse can impact a person's ability to perform well in school and at work, can negatively affect health and relationships, and can lead to addiction. I want to make my choices and not have my choices make me. During this amazing time of accomplishment and celebration, live your best life. Celebrate sober. Congratulations to the class of 2026 from the students of the Riverhead Community Coalition for Safe and Drug-Free Youth. For more information, visit riverheadcap.org. Great job. Also, Chelsea had put this together and also to let everyone know that the Medication Take-Back Program, since 2014, CAP has collected over 14,000 pounds of unused, unwanted, and expired medication. That is the equivalent of three African elephants. That's how many drugs they've collected. That's amazing. That's amazing, guys. And as far as the PSAs, those were CAP members that made those. They're not professional actors. The voices were tremendous. But those are children in our community that made those public safety announcements. And the Pulaski Street programs, our peer leaders teach the Pulaski Prevention Program once a month over the course of the school year, culminating in the CAP March in June, which we just had, which was a tremendous success in the community. And I recommend to anyone watching on TV, try to be involved in that next year, just to come out and watch and see the youth and see how enthusiastic the children are in support of drug-free lives. It's tremendous. So with that, I'd like us to all come step down and hand these recognition awards out to the youth from the seniors from CAP.

Edward Bedell. Congratulations, Edward. Eric Gabrielson. Congratulations. Caitlin Hintz. Ella Carparsis. I'm so sorry I wrecked this name. Tell me how to say your name. Capras. Ella Capras. Congratulations. Emelyn Ramirez-Sales. Congratulations, Emelyn. Eva Carter.

Congratulations. Naomi Meares.

Delilah Evans.

Congratulations. And Addison Heck. Congratulations. Did I leave anyone else out? Did anybody else arrive that I didn't announce? Okay. All right. You guys want to come down here in the middle where you're more important than we are. Come on. Please come on up. Chelsea and Felicia, please come on up for photos as well. I like you in the photos. We're so proud of you. Felicia has been in charge of this all those years? No. It is my 27th year. Okay. Maybe that's where I get the 29 from. Let me get in the back.

There you go. Can you get us all? Okay.

Thank you guys so much. And all these officers came out just to tell you. Thank you.

Absolutely great stuff. And so in that same idea of celebrating and being excited about things, we're actually going to be swearing in two of our police sergeants tonight, Cole Montefusco and Travis Wooten. And so we're going to be taking number 37 from our our resolution packet tonight Which is 2026-602 promotion of two officers to the rank of sergeants last my fellow board members if you would please pull that resolution and Councilman Rothwell and current if you could read that accordingly, I think you just have to we have to have common interest just in case so we need to have so we're ready and then we'll have Mr. Wooten, if you'd ask anybody for comment. So just if we could have it. Specifically on Resolution 6. Yeah, just. Promotes two police officers to the rank of sergeant. Yep. Technically, we have to open up to public comment. Yeah, that's what he's going to do. Okay. Mr. Wooten, are you ready? I'm ready. All right. So if you're here and you'd like to comment on this resolution, you're welcome to do so at this time. We do ask that you only comment on this resolution alone, and you would have the time limit of three minutes and accordingly for that. So do we have anyone online? No one online? Is there anyone in our room that would like to make a comment about these two fine young men that will be joining the ranks? Wait one more second just to give everybody an opportunity. Okay. From there we will move forward with it. Okay. Promotes two police officers to the rank of sergeant. So moved. Second. Vote please. Waske. Absolutely. Congratulations. You're going to do a great job. Yes. Merrifield. Yes. Congratulations. Byrne. Yes. Two of Riverhead's finest. Congratulations to both of you. Yes. And helping. Welcome to the next rank and continued growth. Yes. Resolution is adopted.

So if our fellow board could join. Chief Frost is going to swear them in. If you guys would like to come down and join in that process.

Raise your right hand. Do you solemnly swear that you uphold the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of New York and that you faithfully perform the duties of the rank of sergeant for the town of Riverhead Police Department to the best of your ability, so help you God? Yes, I do. Congratulations. Thank you. So whoever... So whoever's finished, I'm kidding.

So yeah, you guys got it, got it, yeah. Yeah. Thank you.

Two family events. I swear. Thank you.

Absolutely. Thank you. I told you. No, no, no. Hey, buddy. You're my buddy. All right. Congratulations.

Great job. Let the chief do it.

Oh, that is absolutely outstanding. We love it. It's such a great opportunity for our town to be blessed by them. And so with that, moving on to our very next thing, we thank each and every one of you for being here to participate in that. And so, our town clerk, Mr. Wooten, if you could, when you're ready and once people kind of make their way out. Okay. If you could go with correspondence and reports. We'll give everybody just a second. If you're watching at home, this is why you should be here, because it is worth moments like this. It is, and it's so nice to see the morale of the officers. There was a time that there weren't many coming to the promotions, or there weren't even promotions happening. And it's nice to see them all coming out in support of each other. Yeah, absolutely. Anybody else want to say anything? I just thought it was amazing how it all came full circle with the judge and her son here today, and she's with the Moot Court, with all of the youth court, and Pastor Liggins doing the invocation and being the guest speaker. It was really nice that it all came together tonight. Yeah, all meant to be. Yes. Absolutely. Very proud. Two Riverheads, finest officers, and well-deserving. They'll do a great job in leadership roles. It's good stuff. All right, getting back on the correspondents, we received several letters. Is there a role on the agenda from reference to John McAuliffe with the Petrocelli Hotel, the iconic hotel, several letters on 111 East Main Street, as it referred to the building, as well as the Long Island Science Center. We've received a couple letters from Lauren McKnight, reference to bus shelters and how we could better service them in the community. Several letters from Brian Carroll on a number of issues, procurement policy, 111 East Main Street, and also the early retirement incentive. A couple letters from Colin Tooker, one with ICE and one for clarification. And then a couple more on Scotts Point and EPCOW Trail from Jim Dreeben from the Alternative Transportation Committee. So all those letters can be seen on the website. Now, in reference to that, before we get to reports, I just have to do something. I told the supervisor I'd like to say a few words. I'd like to address something that's been weighing heavy on my heart the last couple weeks. I was totally and personally attacked last meeting by Ron Harari and accused me of dereliction of duty because he surmised that he intentionally withheld and failed to incorporate an email he sent in regards to a town issue. I normally have thick skin and let chatter just roll off me. My life is about service, especially to my community, my church, and my family. What really bothered me is I've known Ron for over 25 years. He's always been a supporter, and I know a different side of him than he always displays on camera. That, coupled with the fact that no email was received in my office, either in my personal email, clerk email, spam email, or junk email, Ron was an error. I am so blessed to have the staff that I have in my office, and I'm so proud of their attention to detail. We try our best to include all communication and to serve those who come into the office. I'm not perfect, but I'm not sinister. wanted to clear the air. I understand the passion and the motivation that bring people to address the board, but it's got to be done respectfully. After all, we all live here. Thank you. Thank you very much for that. You're welcome. That was well said. On the reports, receiver taxes month, the utility report for May of 2026 was $225,021.21. The Town Clerk's Monthly Report for May was $14,518.25. The Receiver of Taxes Total Tax Collection as of June 10th was $196,020,030.40. And the Building Department Monthly Report for May was $131,281. and that includes our correspondence and our reports. Thank you, sir. We'll move right into our first public hearing, which is scheduled for 6 p.m. It is 629, and that is to amend Chapter 105-9, filing fees. Matt Charters is here to start us off. For the record, Matt Charters, Senior Planner for the Town of Riverhead Planning Department. Just reading from the notice of public hearing, this is a public hearing to consider a local law to amend Chapter 105, Boards, Commissions, and Councils, Article 2, Appeals, Board of, section 105-9 filing fees the intent of the proposed legislation is to remove fees or remove fees related to board of appeals applications from the town code which will allow the town board to establish a planning division fee schedule by resolution of the town board so this is common housekeeping practice that we've been going through within the department as you know over the past year we've amended our building department fees and we have moved through several departments and divisions within the town to remove our fees from the code so every time the town board wishes to amend those fees we have to have adopt a local law following a public hearing so this will allow you to do it by resolution it's a very plain in language so it just strikes out the fees and says to be established by resolution the town board okay so we'll open that up for public comment here in the room or online give it a little bit of time. Want to rush anything? Doesn't seem to be anybody moving to the microphone in our room. Doesn't seem to be anybody online. Give it another couple seconds just in case someone's trying to log on. I believe with that being the case, and still no, I think we will go ahead and close this part of our public hearing. We'll leave it open for written comment for 10 days. And so we will be able to move forward with that. And so with that case, with that hearing being brought to a close, our next public hearing was scheduled for 6 p.m. It is again 631. It is amend Chapter 219-26 Fees, Permit, and Appeals. And again, Matt Charters. Similar story to the last one. This has to do with Town Code Chapter 219. So that deals with coastal erosion hazard permits. This is another Planning Department fees that are within the code that we're looking to remove so again striking that language from the code and we'll go into a planning division fee schedule you met once again we want to open it up to the floor here is this public hearing and again as in all public hearings take this moment is seeing if you might want to log on line that we're here to listen and to understand unnecessarily for a back and forth.

Okay. A couple more seconds and just making sure. Doesn't seem to be anybody online, so again, we'll hold that open for 10 days for written comment. That will be June 26th for this one, and so we'll be moving to our next public hearing, which again was scheduled for 6 p.m., 6.32, and to a minute, Chapter 295, Wetlands, with, again, Matt Charters. local law to amend chapter 295 wetlands so this is in two areas 295 6 application for permit and 295 dash 10 enforcement penalties for offensive for offensive so this does two things this removes the fee from the code but also ups our penalty for violations of that chapter okay once again just want to ask if anyone in the room has a comment or if anyone online has

couple seconds okay once again we'll keep written comment open till June 26 for 10 days we'll close this part of the hearing and we'll move on to our next hearing is which is scheduled once again for 6 p.m. it is 633 public hearing to amend chapter 301 zoning and land development and hitting for the cycle is Matt charters out of our planning department all right this one is a little bit more of an explanation because there's a little bit more going on here firstly I'll cover the fees so these are the remainder of our land use application so this will be for site plan all aspects of site plan review minor subdivisions main or sub major subdivisions and industrial subdivision so that is to remove all those fees from the code so we can establish a fee schedule the other thing we're looking to do is a little housekeeping in terms of our site plan review so if the board's if the board recalls and the public's aware we currently have a three-step site plan review process which is a typical I would say for the state and definitely for the county so So as it stands now, we have what's an optional pre-submission conference followed by preliminary site plan and then final site plan. When we review a site plan application that comes in for preliminary site plan, it's one application, one fee, one public hearing, one secret process, one referral process pursuant to the code. But then at the conclusion of that, you get a preliminary hearing, sorry, a preliminary site plan approval with conditions. conditions are met and then you typically come back for final site plan approval usually without additional discussion and then it's put before the board for final approval so what we're doing is really streamlining to what's more typical for the area that makes a little bit more sense i've done some pretty thorough research the only other town that has preliminary uh site plan approval that i could find is the town of east hampton and it's an optional phase that's pretty much it we'll also be cleaning up de minimis approval so we have real criteria what a de minimis is so that's really small improvements that can be handled in-house and then we have what's now referred to as administrative approval which are smaller site plans that don't require a public hearing but that's just going to be renamed to expedited approval because it's not really administrative because it still goes before a board that's really it okay I believe we do have one person online and also if there's anyone in the room that would like to speak on this hearing be available so if you want to go ahead and bring that person up online that would be super

I miss McGraw can you hear us up there you are Hi, good evening. Kathy McGraw from Northville. I am speaking in full support of the written comments from the group for the East End that were submitted into the record. As written, the proposed site plan application process provides precious little opportunity for the public to know about pending development projects. This is due to the elimination of the preliminary site plan review and public hearing at that first step of the current process, although Matt just described it as the second step. Pre-submission conferences are possible. But I'm talking about the elimination of the preliminary site plan review and the public hearing that goes along with it. Now the proposal, the proposed code change provides for pre-submission conferences, but those are optional and a developer can skip a pre-submission conference. And even if he opts to have the conference, while it is open to the public, typically these conferences have been routinely held at 10 a.m. when very few members of the public can attend. and they're not recorded. As suggested by the group for the East End, since there will be no preliminary site plan review, in order to enable the public to have early notice and information about proposed projects, the pre-submission conference should be mandatory. story. Moreover, it should be recorded and posted on the Town's website for all the public to see. And those who attend in person optimally should be allowed to comment. As noted, with elimination of the preliminary site plan under the proposed code, the public hearing on a site plan will not be held until just before the reviewing board rules on the plan. And that seems entirely too late in the process. As proposed, if a developer chooses to skip the pre-submission conference, the public might not even know about the project until just before final action on the plan when the public hearing is finally noticed. And even if the developer opts for the pre-submission conference, the public can attend, but they can't comment. So they may know about the project, but they can't provide any input until the 11th hour hearing. Developers are pushing hard for increased development on this town government and every town government on the North Fork. I think you owe it to the people who elected you, the people who live here, to provide them with meaningful opportunity to understand and comment on their visions and their desires for future development. Accordingly, if you choose to adopt this code and eliminate the preliminary site plan step. And I repeat, I would urge you to make the pre-submission conference mandatory, open to the public, comments allowed, record it, and post it on the town website. And just one final point. In preparing my comments, I carefully read the proposed code revision and I compared it to the current code. Please correct me if I'm wrong, but I have concluded that you are in fact applying this proposed code revision for site plans to the pending site plan for the Petroselli Square Hotel. As this proposed code change has not yet been enacted, I would like to know how you can justify doing that. I thank you for your time and your consideration of my comments. Just a point of clarity. As it stands now, we only have one public hearing. It happens at the preliminary stage and there's not an additional public hearing at the final stage. So I think it's not entirely true. We're not eliminating a public hearing. happening at a different phase what I will say is the town board or the Planning Board has a statutory time frame of 62 days to adopt a determined to an approval or a disapproval on a site plan application so to say it's going to happen immediately after the close of a public hearing may or it may not be true some things happen faster some things happen slower for whatever the case may be lastly the idea that we're doing this for a particular applicant is a little disingenuous to me personally as a civil servant I've been doing this since 2017 I don't do this for anybody I do this for what makes sense and what's fair that's what we're doing I didn't mean I didn't mean to suggest we're doing it for any particular I'm just pointing out Petro selling a hearing was allowed for Petro Sally but it wasn't on a preliminary site speaking about the specific things yep thank you we have anyone else online just want to speak about that specific yes oh sorry I I didn't see Ms. Blass. Come on up. Yeah, absolutely.

Good evening, Mr. Supervisor, members of the board. My name is Barbara Blass, and I live in Jamesport. I fully support any effort to improve efficiency and eliminate waste of resources. Adoption of the proposed amendment as written, however, may actually have the opposite result. The letter circulated by Jen Hartnagel on behalf of the group at the East End hit all the pivotal details, but I'd like to emphasize the following. One, eliminating preliminary review from the site plan process is the antithesis of meaningful community engagement. Two, the public's input is vital early in the planning process. Hearing the public's perspective and concerns before the ink has dried on the plans can actually minimize conflict, avoid costly time delays and save money in consulting fees and expensive rewrites, and can result in more widely supported development projects. Three, early public participation is the core of the seeker process. The degree of public controversy is one of the mandatory criteria which needs to be evaluated by a lead agency in determining significance. at Part 6177C1IV if you're interested. As proposed, condensing the current process into a single submission, the one and only submission for public evaluation, can be perceived as disrespectful and condescending and runs the risk of falling on deaf ears. Meaningful community engagement actually fosters trust in government and the decision-making process. Finally, pre-submission conferences must be considered in the context of this hearing. They play an important role in the planning process in neighboring municipalities where they are mandatory, publicly noticed, permit public commentary, and are televised or otherwise documented for public review. It is an important opportunity for early feedback on a project which benefits staff, the applicant, the decision makers. In this scenario, the Board could for a public hearing once the application is deemed complete, planning can synthesize the comments from the conference and the public hearing into a comprehensive staff report available to the public for timely review. Only under these collective amendments would I support the proposed change in the site plan review process. Thank you very much for your time and attention. Thank you, Mrs. Bloss. Good afternoon. Tauke Church and Greater Calverton Civic Association. I too would like to echo some of the remarks that have just been made. I looked in the agenda and I didn't see the group for East End's letter in the correspondence because it might have been submitted later this afternoon. Eric Green, Board Member, Town Code, and didn't get into today's agenda. So for that, it is quite short. It should take me just like two, three minutes to read. So for your benefit, it reads, on behalf of Group for the East End, please accept the following comments regarding proposed changes to Town Code Chapter 301 through 304 site plan review and approval required. Although we are not opposed to streamlining the site plan review process, we strongly recommend that provisions be drafted to provide for additional public comment earlier in the review. I'm just going to take a pause there. Earlier in the review is the echo that I'm giving right now because I heard the previous two speakers mention it. And to quote, well, hopefully quote Mark Hobner, you get the public's input early and we come together faster and easier and have less resistance inside of public hearings. So I didn't quote him, I just paraphrased him. So they strongly recommend the provisions be drafted to provide for additional public comment earlier in the review process to provide for inclusive and meaningful participatory process. Eliminating preliminary review pushes public input to the end of the process. One of the most effective means of establishing an inclusive planning process starts with a well-noticed public hearing that invites public testimony during the earliest phases of the application review for major actions such as site plans and subdivisions. the application review for major sorry shedding the um i guess it's the public concern should be a key component of any responsible planning process as it significantly clarifies the key issues that will be of great importance to the community while providing substantive input to the town's planning staff without such input the public applicants and those appointed to represent its interests are all poorly served. By streamlining the code and eliminating the preliminary review process, the proposed code provides only one opportunity, Section 301 through 305B6 for public comment, which occurs at the very end of the planning process. At this point, most major design decisions have already been formulated, a state environmental quality review determination has likely been made, and the public's comments are more likely to be viewed as a pro forma rather than as a constructive part of the process. So therefore we strongly recommend amendments that read as follows. Presubmission Conference, we suggest the following. One Presubmission Conference shall be required not optional. Two Presubmission Conference shall be open to public and shall be open to public comment and three Presubmission Conference should be televised as work sessions and public hearings are to provide residents who could not attend in person the opportunity to review the proceedings. Other East End towns, including Southampton and South Hold, provide these and other similar provisions which allow constructive feedback earlier in a transparent process so that the best possible site plan can be developed. The conclusion, as Riverhead faces increasing development pressures with limited space, concerns, infrastructure and public service needs, and increased consideration of community character and environmental impact. The incorporation of substantive public comment early in the review process will create a more valuable and inclusive planning process. Please consider the above-mentioned recommendations. Thank you for taking the time to review our comments. And then please contact Jen Hartnagel, Director of Conservation Advocacy for the Group for the East End. I'd like to echo the concept of public trust. We in Riverhead have been working towards, and I say we from public and from the civil servants and your elected officials in Riverhead to have a better process, whatever we approach. And we work on both sides of this to achieve that. If we leave these words off the way that the code is written, now it will degrade what progress we've made with public trust. Please take that into consideration. Thank you. Just so you know, you all received that letter from Jen today. Yes. You received it today and you got it the same time I got it. It just wasn't made available to the public because everything was published already. It came in five days too late. But it will be in the next package. Thank you, Mr. Wooten. It was great of you to get that to us. Do we have anyone online? No one online? I believe we have anybody else in the room. So with that said, we will again, once again, hold this open for written comment until June 26th. And we will close this public hearing on our end for this part. And with that said, we will move into our section where we take comments on our resolution. So if you are in our room or if you're online, if you'd like to, again, this will enact our three minutes. And we will be listening to understand. And so we ask that you, again, as Mr. Wooten said so kindly, when you make these comments, we ask that you keep the comments about the resolutions. And whatever angst you have or whatever else it is that you're feeling, if you'd like to call and speak to each and every one of us up here, I believe we would be happy to speak to you. But, you know, making it personal to anybody in the room or turning and doing that is just not how we want to represent each other. And as Mr. Wooten said, we all play in the same sandbox here in Riverhead together. So we would ask that you just kind of adhere to that for that reminder. So, yes, sir.

George Bartnick from Calverton. Jim, I'm really looking forward to that concert. I'm looking forward to seeing what the 60s music sounded like. You know what? They were all retired. Mr. Bartnick, we just, yeah. I know. We're all retired music teachers. Just want to keep you on the resolutions for now. Later we can do that. I'm sorry. Just take that. I want to address some comments addressed to Resolution 620. I know that there was a public hearing on this resolution on June 2nd. And I was aware of the public hearing, but I did not understand the ramifications of that resolution, if it's adopted, or that proposal, if it's adopted, would actually allow the introduction of Class II e-bikes on the recreation trail at EpCal. I was going to write a letter during the public comment period, but I felt that it would be possibly just the comments would be lost and wouldn't be emphasized some of the things that I want to say about that. I have a letter here, just a little history. I want to keep this under three minutes. this trail goes back 20 years, development. So I actually have, believe it or not, I actually have the letter that came from a gentleman in Wayden River who is still a member of the Alternate Transportation Advisory Committee, Don Hawkins. He wrote the letter that actually started this whole process. And I'll just read a very quick paragraph here. I do feel, however, that the EpCal property presents a golden opportunity for the town to construct a network of family-oriented recreational bikeways. In communities where they exist, bikeways are heavily utilized and certainly justify the expense for the construction of them. Then Don goes on to give a kind of a detailed map of how the whole process actually began. He adds to this, the town of Riverhead is in need of a safe biking area, one where families with young children can enjoy recreational biking free from the danger of auto traffic. Subsequent to that, I actually took the letter down to Community Development in January of 2006. I thought when I read that letter, I said, that's a great idea. Why didn't I think of that? And the first grant application for this was in 2007. And I'll just read the project narrative of this. The proposed 4.75 mile long non-motorized fitness trail will augment to four ball fields and four multipurpose fields and provide recreational opportunities for bicyclists, walkers, runners and other non-team oriented sports. from 2012 moving on here whereas on about 20 2006 the town developed a plan for non motorized diverse use recreational trails to run approximately circumference of the epcal property goes on to be more specific about non motorized trail mr. Barton I just want to give you about 20 seconds you need to wrap it up that's extra time okay okay I appreciate that resolution of 2014 Whereas the town of Riverhead has invested millions of dollars in the construction of Enterprise Park at Calverton, recreational facilities, and hundreds of thousands of dollars for a non-motorized passive recreation trail. 2015, application to the New York State Consolidated Fund. The second phase, this is the last phase for the trail. The second phase of this non-motorized, diverse use project will result in a 7.7 mile long paved athletic circular trail to be used for many uses, blah, blah, blah. Mr. Bartnick, unfortunately, I'm going to have to have you either come back up or end your comments. Mr. Bartnick, if I can just address some of your concerns. This particular resolution that we're discussing tonight is primarily written to establish to protect our children that are actually on the streets and other places throughout the town. There's a high volume of injuries, head injuries specifically going to RER and Stony Brook University Hospital. It's a problem that is Long Island wide throughout Nassau and Suffolk counties. When researching this, we have a separate town code and I'll let the town attorney explain, but it doesn't really change what's permissible on the up cow trail because there's a current town code in place that says that no engines and so we discussed what's considered an engine you found it huh yep so thank you you pointed it out and so that right now is really preventing e-bikes from being on the up cow trail our bike trail we can search in the future because the senior citizens have asked for the ability to have e-bikes on those trails we can search in the future to perhaps you know eliminate some of the concerns in which I give you credit for pointing out through some of the sharp 90-degree turns and other places where we can potentially maybe get a grant and do some work on the Epcot Trail that will kind of ease the curvatures and so forth, make it a little bit more safer, and then eventually down the road opening it up to the Epcot Trail. But by passing this resolution tonight, it's not really going to change anything on the Epcot Trail itself because the e-bikes would still be considered engine operating. Okay? And you were very helpful for pointing things out, and thank you for that. I will come back for a little... You got it. Thank you, George. No one online? I would just add that in my assessment, the amendment that's being made to Chapter 213 doesn't conflict in any way with the existing Chapter 211-26, which strictly prohibits engine-operated means of transportation on recreation trails, except for law enforcement officials. Thank you, Councillor Mr. Barton, it doesn't seem that anyone's online. So if you would like to return at this moment, we would grant you that You're welcome, sir. You do have a three minutes, but we are gonna hold tightly to that I really try to keep this under three minutes now, and I couldn't believe how past the past three minutes went I was I was actually biking on the trail yesterday and coincidentally I Actually saw a gentleman who was riding a class three electric assist bike. And I confronted him and I went over and I said, do you know that these bikes are not allowed on the trail? And of course he became defensive immediately. He found out I was from Polish town, told him my name and that we were in the service at the same time, around the same time, the 1960s. So I said, let's have a discussion about this. And I gave him my argument. First of all, he argued that the electric bikes were allowed on the trail. And we know that by town code that exists right now, they are not. There's signs all over the place. Motorized vehicles are prohibited. He said that it was on the website that e-bikes were also allowed. I looked on the website. I couldn't find anything about e-bikes allowed on the trail. So, I mean, he was typical. He's three years younger than I am, actually. And he is typical of the kind of a person that you want to allow access to the trail for. And I can understand that. And that's what his point of view is. He says, I can't bicycle anymore. And I am sympathetic to that. I really am. But the fact of the matter is, if e-bikes, especially class 2 e-bikes, were allowed on that trail, you're not going to have just responsible people like this gentleman that I spoke with yesterday. And he was a gentleman, honestly. I've spoken with a couple of other people that had e-bikes on the trail also. And they understand that if you were to allow them, and you had 16- and 17-year-old kids whose brain is not yet completely developed, you're going to have problems. It's going to lead to problems. And as I told him, honestly, Class II electric-assist bicycles are, by definition, motorcycles. They really are. They have a motor and their cycles. Thank you very much for your time. I appreciate it. Thank you, Mr. Barton. Is there anyone online or anyone else that has another comment on any other resolution that is before us tonight? Seconds? Minutes? Okay, with that said and with that, I think we will move on to our resolutions. Okay. Of our town clerk, Mr. Wooten, if you could. Yes, we'll start with resolution number one, which is 566. Capital Project 12101, Town Square Properties Closure. So moved. Second. Vote, please. Waskey? Yes. Merrifield? Yes. Kern? Yes. Rothwell? Yes. Halpin? Yes, sir. Why is this not going? Hold on a minute. Okay, that resolution is passed. Resolution number 567. Capitol Project number 3-2-2-1-8, ARPA security camera installations closure. So moved. Seconded. Vote, please. Waskey? Yes. Merrifield? Yes. Kern? Yes. Rothwell? Yes. Halpin? Yes. That resolution is adopted. Resolution 568. Capitol Project 44037, downtown revitalization, round 18 closure. So moved. Seconded. Vote, please. Waskey? Yes. Merrifield? Yes. Kern? Yes. Rothwell? Yes. Halpin? Yes. Resolution is adopted. Resolution 569. Capital Project Number 52311, EPCAL Emergency Access Road Project. So moved. Seconded. Vote, please. Waske? Yes. Merrifield? Yes. Kern? Yes. Rothwell? Yes. Halpin? Yes, sir. Resolution is adopted. Resolution 570. Capital Project Number 52312, 2023-24, CHIPS closure. So moved. Second. Vote, please. Yes. Rothwell? Yes. Halpin? Vote yes. Resolution is adopted. Resolution 571. Capital Project Number 52313-2023-24, Pave New York Closures. So moved. Seconded. Vote please. Waskey? Yes. Murrayfield? Yes. Hearn? Yes. Rothwell? Yes. Halpin? Yes. Resolution is adopted. Resolution 572. Capital Project 52314-2023-24. This is the Extreme Weather Recovery, EWR closure. So moved. Seconded. Vote, please. Waske? Yes. Merrifield? Yes. Kern? Yes. Rothwell? Yes. Alpin? Yes. Resolution is adopted. Resolution 573. Capital Project number 52315-2023-24. Pop closure. So moved. Seconded. Vote, please. Waskey? Yes. Murrayfield? Yes. Kern? Yes. Rothwell? Yes. Halpin? Yes, sir. Resolutions adopted. Resolution 574. Capital Project Number 52413, 2024-25, Pave New York Closure. So moved. Second. Vote, please. Waskey? Yes. Murrayfield? Yes. Kern? Yes. Rothwell? Yes. Halpin? Yes. Resolutions adopted. Resolution 575. Capitol Project 52414-2024-25 EWR closure. So moved. Seconded. Vote, please. Waskey? Yes. Merrifield? Yes. Kern? Yes. Rothwell? Yes. Halpin? Yes. Resolutions adopted 576. Capitol Project 52415-2024-25 POP, pave our potholes closure. So moved. Seconded. Vote, please. Waskey? Yes. Merrifield? Yes. Kern? Yes. Rothwell? Yes. Halpin? Yes. Resolution is adopted. Resolution 577. Capital Project Number 72323, Stotsky Park Basketball Court Closure. So moved. Seconded. Vote please. Great. Waski? Yes. Merrifield? Yes. Kern? Yes. Rothwell? Yes. Halpin? Yes. Resolution is adopted. Resolution 578. Capital Project Number 72406, Parking Lot at Veterans Resolutions adopted Resolution 579 Capital Project number 72509 Pickleball Courts at Veterans Memorial Park Closure so Moved Seconded Vote please Waskie Yes Merrifield Yes Kern Yes Rothwell Yes Halpin Yes Resolutions adopted Resolution 580 Project 72519, Improvements at Bayberry Park Closure. So moved. Seconded. Vote, please. Waskey? Yes. Merrifield? Yes. Hearn? Yes. Rothwell? Yes. Halpin? Yes, sir. Resolutions adopted. Resolution 581. Sewer District Capital Project Number 82227, DeFriest Pump Station Closure. So moved. Seconded. Vote, please. Waskey? Yes. Merrifield? Yes. Hearn? Yes. Rothwell? Yes. Halpin? Yes, sir. Resolutions adopted. Resolution 582. Sewer District Capital Project number 82231, order control system closure. So moved. Second. Vote please. Waskey? Yes. Merrifield? Yes. Kern? Yes. Rothwell? Yes. Halpin? Yes. Resolutions adopted. Resolution 583. Water District Capital Project number 82117, Beconic Farms LLC closure. So moved. Seconded. Vote please. Waskey? Yes. Murphy? Yes. Kern? Yes. Rothwell? Yes. Halpin? Yes. Resolution's adopted. Resolution 584. Water District Capital Project 8225. Austead subdivision closure. So moved. Seconded. Vote please. Waskey? Yes. Murphy? Kern? Yes. Rothwell? Yes. Resolution's adopted. Resolution 585. Water District Capital Project Number 82304- Sorry. 1001 Scott Avenue Closure. So moved. Seconded. Vote please. Waskey? Yes. Merrifield? Yes. Kern? Yes. Rothwell? Yes. Palpin? Yes. Resolution's adopted. Resolution 586. Water District Capital Project Number 8230. Marriott Subdivision Closure. So moved. Second. Vote please. Waskey? Yes. Merrifield? Yes. Kern? Yes. Rothwell? Yes. Halpin? Yes. Resolution is adopted. Resolution 587. Water District Capital Project number 82328, TOD Railroad Avenue closure. So moved. Seconded. Vote, please. Waskey? Yes. Merrifield? Yes. Kern? Yes. Rothwell? Yes. Halpin? Yes. Resolution is adopted. Resolution 588. Water District Capital Project 82330 Riverhead Self Storage 817 Pulaski Street closure. So moved. Seconded. Vote please. Waskey. Yes. Merrifield. Yes. Kern. Yes. Rothwell. Yes. Halpin. Yes. Resolution is adopted. Resolution 589. Water District Capital Project number 82332 41 Manor Lane Hydrant closure. So moved. Seconded. Vote please. Waskey. Yes. Merrifield. Yes. Kern. Yes. Rothwell? Yes. Halpin? Yes. Resolution is adopted. Resolution 590. Water District Capital Project number 82333, 38 East Main Street closure. So moved. Second. Vote, please. Waskey? Yes. Merrifield? Yes. Kern? Yes. Rothwell? Yes. Halpin? Yes. Resolution is adopted. Resolution 591. Water District Capital Project number 82401-9019, 923 Berman Boulevard closure. So moved. Seconded. Vote, please. Waskey? Yes. Merrifield? Yes. Kern? Yes. Rothwell? Yes. Halpin? Yes. Resolution is adopted. And computer is freezing. Resolution 592. Water District Capital Project 8249-901-903, Scott Avenue closure, so moved. Seconded. Vote, please. Waske? Yes. Murrayfield? Yes. Hearn? Yes. Rothwell? Yes. Halpin? Yes. Resolution is adopted. Resolution number 593. Water District Capital Project number 82410, Route 25A, Wading River, the Nensia Square closure, so moved. Seconded. Vote, please. Waskey. Yes. Merrifield. Yes. Kern. Yes. Rothwell. Yes. Halpin. Yes. Resolution is adopted. Resolution 594. What a district capital project number E2501, Kent Animal Shelter, 2259 River Road, Calverton Closure. So moved. Second. Vote, please. Waskey. Yes. Merrifield. Yes. Kern. Yes. Rothwell. Yes. Halpin. Yes. Resolution is adopted. Resolution 595. Water District Capital Project number 82504, Nogles Barn, Hallockville closure. So moved. Seconded. Vote please. Waske? Yes. Merrifield? Yes. Hearn? Yes. Rothwell? Yes. Halpin? Yes, sir. Resolution is adopted. Resolution 596. Water District Capital Project 825-508-Leica, Cauliflower Square closure. So moved. Seconded. Vote, please. Waskey? Yes. Merrifield? Yes. Kern? Yes. Rothwell? Yes. Halpin? Yes. Resolution is adopted. Resolution 597. Water District Capital Project number 82516, Washville, 1535 Old Country Road closure. So moved. Seconded. Vote, please. Waskey? Yes. Merrifield? Yes. Kern? Yes. Rothwell? Yes. Halpin? Yes, sir. Resolution is adopted. Resolution 598. 2025 budget transfer so moved second vote please waski yes maryfield yes kern yes rothwell yes yes resolutions adopted resolution 599. 591 99 99 police department transfer of vehicles so moved second vote please waski yes Yes. Maryfield? Yes. Kern? Yes. Rothwell? Yes. Halpin? Yes. Resolution is adopted. Resolution number 600. Approves Riverhead Beach Advisory Committee recommendation and request for live music at South Jamesport Beach. So moved. Yay! Seconded. Vote please. Waskie? Yes. I hope to see everybody there. Maryfield? Yes. Absolutely. Kern? Yes. Rothwell? Yes. Sets fire prevention operating permit fees 2026 So moved. Seconded. Vote please. Waske? Yes. Merrifield? Yes. Kern? Yes. Rothwell? Yes. Alpen? Yes. Resolution is adopted. Resolution number 603 Point seasonal personnel to the Recreation Department. So moved. Seconded. Vote, please. Waskey? Yes. Merrifield? Yes. Kern? Yes. Rothwell? Yes. Halpin? Yes. Resolutions adopted. Resolution 604. Appoints an intern for Town Board Councilman Robert Kern. So moved. Seconded. Vote, please. Waskey? Yes. Merrifield? Yes. Kern? Yes. Rothwell? Yes. Halpin? Yes. Resolutions adopted. Resolution 605. Appoint an automotive equipment operator to the highway department. So moved. Seconded. Vote, please. Waskey? Yes. Murphyfield? Yes. Kern? Yes. Rothwell? Yes. Halpin? Yes. Resolution's adopted. Resolution 606. Appoints the maintenance mechanic two to the water district. So moved. Seconded. Vote, please. Waskey? Yes. Murphyfield? Yes. Kern? Yes. Rothwell? Yes. Halpin? Yes, sir. Resolution's adopted. Resolution 607. ratifies amendment of resolution number 2026-486 appointing a student intern to the town attorney's office. So moved. Seconded. Vote, please. Waskey? Yes. Murrayfield? Yes. Kern? Yes. Rothwell? Yes. Halpin? Yes. Resolution is adopted. Resolution 608. Ratifies the appointment of a water treatment plant operator to be Calderon. So moved. Seconded. Vote, please. Usky? Yes. Murrayfield? Yes. Kern? Yes. Rothwell? Yes. Halpin? Yes. Resolution is adopted. Resolution 6-09? Ratifies the appointment of an Automotive Equipment Operator. So moved. Seconded. Vote please. Usky? Yes. Murrayfield? Yes. Kern? Yes. Rothwell? Yes. Halpin? Yes. Resolution is adopted. Resolution 6-10? Men's Terms and Condition of Employment for Senior Citizens Program Director, SUA District Superintendent, and Payroll Supervisor. So moved. Second. Vote, please. Waskey? Yes. Merrifield? Yes. Kern? Yes. Rothwell? Yes. Hoppin? Yes, sir. Resolution is adopted. Resolution 611. Extends bid for corrosion control chemical PO4 for Riverhead Water District. So moved. Seconded. Vote, please. Waskey? Yes. Merrifield? Yes. Kern? Yes. Rothwell? Yes. Halpin. Yes. Resolution is adopted. Resolution 612. Approve special event chapter 255 application for We Are Live, LLC. We Are Live Summerfest. So moved. Seconded. Vote please. Waskey. Yes. Merrifield. Yes. Kern. Yes. Rothwell. Yes. Halpin. Yes. Resolution is adopted. Resolution 613. Approve special event chapter 255 special event application for Friends of Ken Rothwell concert event. So moved. Seconded. Vote please. Waskey? Yes. Merrifield? Yes. Kern? Yes. Rothwell? Abstain. Alpen? Yes, sir. Resolution is adopted. Resolution 614. Approved special event chapter 255, application for Northeast State, Shakespeare in the Park, All's Well Ends Well. So moved. Second. Vote please. Waskey? Yes. Merrifield? Yes. Kern? Yes. Rothwell? Yes. Halpin? Yes, sir. Resolution is adopted. Resolution 615. Ratifies amendment to resolution 549-2026, fireworks application for Riverhead Raceway, rain date change to June 13th, 2026. So moved. Seconded. Vote, please. Waske? Yes. Murrayfield? Yes. Kern? Yes. Rothwell? Yes. Halpin? Yes. Resolution is adopted. Resolution 616. Approves firework application for the Riverhead Raceway, July 3, 2026. So moved. Seconded. Vote, please. Waske. Yes. Merrifield. Yes. Kern. Yes. Rothwell. Yes. Alpen. Yes. Resolution is adopted. Resolution 617. Temporarily waives signed provisions of the Riverhead Town Code for East End Disability Associates, Inc. So moved. Seconded. Vote, please. Waske. Yes. Merrifield? Yes, this is so they can wrap the building patriotically for the 4th of July. It should look great. Kern? Yes. Rothwell? Yes. Halpin? Yes, sir. Resolution is adopted. Resolution 618. Authorizes the Community Development Department to apply for a Cinderella grant through National Grid. So moved. Second. Vote, please. Waskey? Yes. Merrifield? Yes. Kern? Yes. Rothwell? Yes. Halpin? Yes. Resolution is adopted. Resolution 619. Authorizes town clerk to publish and post public notice to consider a local law to amend Chapter 289 of the Riverhead Town Code titled Vehicles, Traffic, and Parking Regulations. Article 4, Parking, Standing, and Stopping. So moved. Seconded. Vote please. Waske? Yes. Merrifield? Yes. Kern? Yes. Rothwell? Yes. Halpin? Yeah, I think our chief worked really, really hard on this and did a great job together. Yes, absolutely. That resolution is adopted. Resolution 620. Adopts a local law to amend Chapter 213 of the Riverhead Town Code titled Bicycles and Electric Scooters, Article 2, Electric Scooters. So moved. Seconded. Vote, please. Okay, Waske? Yes. Murrayfield? Yes. Kern? Yes. Rothwell? Yes. Halpin? Yes. Resolution is adopted. Resolution 621. authorizes the supervisor to execute a license agreement with Stein Seafoods LLC to allow the operation of floating upweller system, Flopsy, in East Creek, Nunk-Protunk. So moved. Seconded. Vote, please. Waskey? Yes. Murrayfield? Yes. Kern? Yes. Rothwell? Yes. Halpin? Yes. Resolution is adopted. Resolution 622. 2. Ratifies the authorization for the town attorney to execute a retainer agreement with Siegel and Sittler, PLLC. So moved. Second. Vote, please. Waskey? Yes. Merrifield? Yes. Kern? Yes. Rothwell? Yes. And Halpin? Yes. That resolution is adopted. I'm sorry, my computer is glitching a little bit. Resolution 623. Authorizes the Supervisor to execute short-term runway use agreement for Racetrack Nut Street 2026 Summer Motorsports Classic. So moved. Seconded. Vote, please. Waskey. Yes. Merrick Hill. Yes. Kern. Yes. Rockwell. Yes. Halpin. Yes, sir. Resolution is adopted. Resolution 624. Authorizes the Supervisor to execute short-term runway use agreement for Racetrack Nut Street 2026 Full Motorsports Classics. So moved. Seconded. Vote, please. Waske. Yes. Merrifield. Yes. Hearn. Yes. Rothwell. Yes. And Halpin. Yes, sir. Resolution is adopted. Resolution 625. Authorizes the supervisor to execute an agreement authorizing the town to accept funds from Suffolk County Office for the Aging to supplement the town's expanded in-home services for the elderly program. So moved. Seconded. Vote, please. Waske. Yes. Merrifield. Yes. Kern? Yes. Rothwell? Yes. Halpin? Yes, sir. Resolutions adopted. Resolution 626. Authorizes a supervisor to execute a license agreement with Antoni Mackey to utilize concession stand at South Janesport Beach. So moved. Second. Vote, please. Waskey? Yes. Merrifield? Yes. Kern? Yes. Rothwell? Yes. Halpin? Yes. Resolutions adopted. Resolution 627. Approves agreement between Town of Riverhead and Winship Media, LLC, utilize parking police personnel and police cars, 2026 Jazz in the Vines. So moved. Seconded. Vote, please. Waskey? Yes. Berryfield? Yes. Kern? Yes. Rothwell? Yes. Halpert? Yes, sir. Resolution is adopted. Resolution 628. ratifies the authorization to commence legal action against 400 David Court LLC. So moved. Seconded. Vote, please. Waske. Yes. Merrifield. Yes. Kern. Yes. Rothwell. Yes. Halpin. Yes, sir. Resolution is adopted. Resolution 629. Authorizes speed limit changes on Northville Turnpike County Road 43, Riverhead, New York. So moved. Seconded. Vote, please. Nice. Waske. Yes. Maryfield yes, Kern yes, Rothwell. Yes, hoping yes Resolution is adopted resolution 630 these bills so moved second vote, please. Waski. Yes, very field. Yes, Kern Yes, Rothwell. Yes, open. Yes, sir. Resolution is adopted resolution 631 issues negative declaration Prohibition pursuant to SECRA grants in part denies in part site plan amendment application for Scotts Point DBA Island Water Park 5835 Middle Country Road, Calverton, New York, Suffolk County tax map number 600-135-1-7.35. So moved. Seconded. Vote please. Wyske. Yes. Merrifield. Yes, as I said before, I have no problem with electric on the water, but I have always had a problem with any type of motors operating on any track by the lake. So that's a yes. Yes, I thought I started with that. I apologize. Yes. Rockwell? Yes. In helping. Yes, sir. That resolution is adopted, and that concludes the resolution for this meeting. Thank you, Mr. Wooten. At this time, we'll move to our time of open comments. If you'd like to have an open comment, you're welcome to come up. We do ask that, again, I'm just going to remind everybody in the climate that we have that you make your comments about our town and whatever else it is. But as far as personal, we ask that you remember we all love one another and have families here. Good to see you, Warren. Same here.

You're going to meet with the MTA, correct? Yes, sir. We will be. Well, just a common knowledge that the West Babylon, the Huntington, Ronkonkoma, the ones going up, Southampton and West Hampton have bathroom facilities. The only one that doesn't have bathroom facilities is from when you go out from Ronkonkoma to Greenport. Now, the MTA receives $2 billion a year from the federal government. Now, aren't all people entitled to the same benefits? Bring that up to them. You know, just point that out as far as that goes. So I hope you put that in here. Also, the town of Brookhaven is expanding their bus shelters. and also did you look I hope you if we are looking to the these days ladies who's asked that you try to keep it I'm sorry we just can't I have a trouble hearing I'm sorry good one thank you okay and then a reference to the Brookhaven town is expanding bus shelters and and the I just wrote you a letter on the advertising how the benefits of that there the other towns to use that as far as that goes and just for instance today i saw a family down by the bus hub the railroad there they had three kids and you know and actually five two and a solar and three uh walking and where are they going to go to bathroom you know we need facilities down there also there should be a changing station and also you know i saw people standing out in the sun You know, I think that, you know, something should be done. Thank you. Thank you, Warren. Those are fair comments, and we'll make sure that we pass those along.

Hi, Talk Research and Greater Calvitan Civic Association President. I have two things. Number one, I'd like to thank Mr. McKnight for his observations when he comes to the microphone. for the probably the better part of the last year he's come here probably five six times and always has something that's on my mind but I haven't mentioned before and it's also there the topics are diverse the one that really hits me is recognizing that the train station property belongs to Long Island Railroad we still have a problem with people who don't have anywhere to sit and I recognize he brought that up I just like to echo that concern and that I'm not sure how the town board could act but perhaps you you could be inventive and in the interim while that area is certainly blighted at the moment that we come up with some of these solutions and interim solutions for worried about people sitting on benches and sleeping on them then get the kind that have the arms on them right and so nobody can lay across them and put it in in such a way that it beautifies a station I was really happy to see the sign in the lobby that said every two weeks the cleanup crews go to the railroad station, and that's fantastic. So perhaps, you know, bathrooms are greatly in need, but certainly if you've already done something like that and you need to sit down because, you know, normally people are carrying packages or children, there should be some place to sit that's reasonable and not just one bench. And number two, I hope I'm not crossing the line here. I am going to get personal and I'm going to say that last week when the Calverton Rab met on Zoom, I want to extend our appreciation, mine personally and also from our civic, for all of the members of the Calverton Rab for the reason that they've pushed the Navy into the position where they need to be. And they need to be cornered and they need to be not let out. I wasn't able to attend the meeting, but the meeting that just happened in Manorville where the information from Suffolk County water testing, well, testing was brought forward by Vinnie Rapanko, was instrumental. And the pressure is on the Navy, and I just want to say thank you to Mr. Kern. He never lets up. Frank Mancini doesn't let them escape, slaps them verbally with, hey, where's the money going? That's a lot of money. And BNL did a job, and thankfully, you know, Frank is bringing it in line and saying, hey, look at what they did, look at what you're doing, and how do these things line up? And it isn't so much aimed at the folks who are presenting at the RAB, right, like Addison Phoenix from the Navy. It is to their higher-ups, but we always notice there's not bigger decision-makers there. She always has to go back and tell them what's been said. I want to thank you very much, Bob Kern. Thank you. Bob Kern, Chief of Staff, Calvertown Civic Can I just say, I would like to add one thing. It would be really good if the Calvertown Civic would write a letter to the Navy, and you can send it, care of me, that Andy Rapenko and the Suffolk County Health Department remain part of the technical meetings because they're kicking him off we're addressing this as the rab board it's really really important got it thank you thank you i'll ask the board thank you for that two two online miss claudette good evening claudette bianco i just want to thank the entire board for the hard work that you did with the scotts point uh site plan issue and i I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR VOTING THE WAY THAT YOU DID. I KNOW THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE VERY PLEASED WITH THAT AND HOLDING THEM TO ACCOUNT FOR THE SITE PLAN AND THE DAMAGE THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE DONE AND NOT ALLOWING THAT TO HAPPEN. ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF THE WAY THEY SPOKE ABOUT THE PUBLIC TAXPAYERS, THAT WE DON'T LIKE TO HAVE FUN AND WE'RE JUST NAYSAYERS AND OLD PEOPLE WHO SHOULD GO HOME AND HAVE A CUP OF TEA. THANK YOU FOR DOING WHAT YOU DID. Thank you for listening to us.

Mr. McCullough, can you hear us? Yes, I can hear you. I'm better for worse. There we go. I'm trying to get the video on.

I think we're okay. Thank you very much for the opportunity. I'm sorry I couldn't physically be with you. They point to various one has to do with the ongoing concern about all our legislation and ICE and whether any movement has happened from your side. I'd note two national events that emphasize that this is an issue that is not going to be avoidable over the next months. One is that the Congress just appropriated $70 billion to ensure that there was money for ICE in the second half of this presidential term because they're fearful that they're going to lose at least the House and maybe the Senate. So they wanted money through that $70 billion for detention centers and for ICE raids. The second is that we now know that during the time of the confrontations in Minnesota, Stephen Miller and others raised the question of suspending habeas corpus. Fortunately, they were pushed back from within the White House. But that issue can come back to haunt us and will affect everybody in the country. So I think I hope you do it. Something on this issue. The second area is a couple of loose ends from the hearing on the Petrocelli Hotel. And you may have answers or not. I may just be raising questions that somebody could answer. One is this parking issue, the question of holding 100 slots in back of the Suffolk Theater and how that would affect Suffolk clients and Maximus patrons and others. Online, there's been discussion of the suggestion that Mr. Petrucelli use his own lot on Ostrander Avenue, the lots that are used for the aquarium and are often have space on them. And I'm wondering if that's in play and whether that will be a solution for the parking problem. The second one was a clarity question. The attorney, they have a very articulate attorney. They've hired well on this. He said that there were five preconditions before they could go to the closing. One of them had to do with the movement of the buildings, the East End Arts Council. I mean, that's an obvious thing because they can't build where they want to build unless they move the Arts Council. Now, it wasn't clear to me whether he was saying that they couldn't do the closing until after the building. Mr. McCullough, I'm going to give you another 15 seconds and then we're going to end this. All right, I'm finishing up. Whether he was saying that they couldn't do the closing until after the building could have been moved, or whether he was simply saying that it had to be legally in place for the buildings to be moved. So if anyone has a clarification, either on the parking or on the question of movement, I'd appreciate that. We have someone else online. Thank you so much, Mr. McCullough, for your comments and your love for our town. Don't forget all those great announcements. We have a blood drive coming up on June 23rd.

Mr. Harry, can you hear us?

Don't forget also, June 20th is our highway truck and equipment show from 11 to 1. There you are, Mr. Hariri. Thank you. So, folks, Ron Hariri of Aquabug, you know what the problem with e-mails and texts are? They just never disappear. So although Mr. Wooten insisted he never received any e-mails from me regarding my submission regarding the Science Center, I'd like to present here a copy of the email sent to Mr. Wooten on the 28th of May with his receipt. In addition to the email, during the meeting, when he claimed he hadn't received a copy of the submission, which incidentally I think raises some serious questions about the integrity of the process, I sent him a text of the filing. Here's that. happy to provide it to the board um but again again and in fact mr when you acknowledged it because you told claudette bianco during the meeting and we have that available too they say a picture's worth a thousand words in this case we actually have a video that demonstrates that uh you had been texting with me so you've received my submission at least three separate times. I sent it to you again today, yet I do not see it as part of any of the letters provided today or part of the record. Again, to reiterate, I think I've raised some questions as to the integrity of the process, which in my view renders it regarding the condemnation proceeding. It's important to be included in the record. Can you confirm, yes or whether the submission you've received at least three separate times is part of the proceedings before the board in connection with the Science Center seizure.

Did you have any more comments, Mr. Herrera? Yes or no. Mr. Herrera, did you have any more comments? I received your text. He said that before earlier. I'm asking you whether or not it's included in the record regarding the condemnation of the Science Center. Well, I didn't take my personal phone and forward it to myself. Mr. Harry, did you have any more comments on anything else? Yes, I'm asking a simple question. Well, I understand you're asking a question. You received it by email as well, at least two additional times. Thank you for those comments. Was it included in the record? Appreciate those comments. Or are you taking the fifth, Mr. Wooten? Well, this isn't a court of law, and this is a comment section. Comments are not questions. I think I'm entitled to know whether my submission is included in the record. I mean, I think that this is something that could probably be resolved by going to the town clerk's office and looking at the public record. Yeah, I agree with our counselor. Rather than having an inquiry at a town board meeting. Yeah, I think that's something, if you could come in, he'd be happy to chance that for you and make sure that they go through it for you. Something you could do. And just to clarify, we just want to thank you so much for your comments. We're so appreciative of those. And we will we will. And we will. OK, I'll have one more computer if you can find it. I certainly cannot find any. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Wooten. Appreciate that. Thank you, Mr. Counselor, for helping us to streamline that. Yes, sir. We're ready.

Ms. Jen Smith, can you hear us? Yes, I can. I just apologize for no video. My computer camera isn't working, so I apologize in advance for that. I just wanted to speak. I know several times over the last few months, residents who have come up to speak have accused of always being negative, so I would like to take this opportunity to just say to the board for resolution I think it was the 30 or 631 on Scott's point that I would like to thank you for your vote on that and holding Scott's point you gave them the negative declaration on the track and put covenants in place and you've maintained those covenants on on Scott's point so I would just like to thank you for upholding that and I appreciate your vote. So thank you very much. Appreciate your comments. Thank you so much. Anybody else? You just make your way over, Mr. McKnight. Okay. Over that way. Don't forget Sunday's Father's Day as Mr. McKnight makes his way over there. I want to remind everybody. It's important that, you know, when I write something, it's so important. I don't put it in the mail. I don't email it. I don't text it. I get down to the town clerk's office and give it personally. And whether they put it or not, I don't care. They received it. It goes there.

That's all I have to say. Thank you, sir. I love your handwritten letters. We get them all the time. Thank you. Thank you, Warren. Is there anyone else online? No, sir. Anyone else in our room before we close our open comment section? So with that said, we will close our open comments section, and I'll ask for a motion to close our meeting and move into our CDA meeting, which will be led by our CDA Director, Don Thomas. If I could have a motion for that now? So moved. Second. All in favor? Aye. All right. Okay. Meeting's open. Good evening, members of the Board. We do actually have a resolution on for you to consider this evening. It is the acceptance of the 2025 CDA audited financial statement, so I think we could take Any public comment on those?

So we will open it up for on the CDA audit financial statements if there's anybody online Give it a couple seconds. There's anybody in the room

Not see I'm getting the don't steal second sign back there and so with that said we will Give it one more second. All right Okay, so we can move a resolution. I don't know what number it is. What is it? We have a resolution number on that one. Do you want me to read it? I have it. I just wondered if there was a number. Okay, Resolution 4 of 2026, which is acceptance of the 2025 CDA audited financial statements. So moved. Seconded. Vote, please. Waskey. Yes. Merrifield. Yes. Kern. Yes, Rothwell. Yes, Alvin. Yes, ma'am The resolution is adopted and the next item on the agenda is open comments from the public on CVA matters Anyone okay. Yes, sir. Mr. McKnight I

Would like If miss Thomas Councilor Thomas could elaborate on what the CTA does so as a citizen citizen, maybe I could be a benefit of input. I would be happy to do that. And if you ever need a refresher after I let you know now, there's a website, a web page that the town's website hosts that you can use to get a lot of the information. But basically the Community Development Agency was founded in 1982 and it is the economic development arm of the town of Riverhead which allows the town board to act in a different capacity to promote economic development within the town. There are several different powers that they have in the capacity of this community development agency. One in particular is to exercise authority over urban renewal areas. We have three urban renewal areas in the town, areas that were blighted or economically distressed. One is our East Main Street urban renewal area that was adopted in 1993 and updated in 2008. The other is our railroad street urban renewal area which you know is an area that needs help. The third one is the urban renewal area. So the town board has some specific powers it can use to help advocate and to advance economic development in those down economic areas. If there's, we write grants, we do a lot of other things. The agency itself is a legal entity that's separate from the department. So the department does the grant writing, the grant administration, and we work with planning and building to make sure the economics in the town are advanced. Male Speaker 2. Do you deal with other towns? Not in a formal way, but in an informal way we do that, yes. So we speak, we go to different, we speak at the American Planning Association meetings where there are a lot of other municipal officials and other planning professionals. We go to different events, Vision Long Island, things like that. The one to bring in is . Warren, you need to, I'm sorry, you're going to have to go to the mic and Donnie's going to have to speak. So yeah. I'm sorry. Warren, as Mr. Thomas said, it might be worth the conversation. But, you know, there are certain things that economic development, our other towns have developed in these particular areas, which I've mentioned. And as our economic development contacted them formally and pursued the improvements that they have that they could put in our town. And also, another fact is, in our town we have the Riverhead Health Clinic, we have the Riverhead Jail, and we also have the Riverhead... Jail's in Southampton. Yeah, but the point is, people go, they land at a jail, and they come over here. So, Mr. Maynard, you have some, as Councilwoman Waskie said, those are both in Southampton? No, but the welfare. I think, and we really, really appreciate your question. All right, okay. No, no, no, no, no. I don't want to come. I'm not cutting you off. I just think maybe coming in and learning more about the CDA and sitting with Don and some of their staff. But your question, to answer your question, they do. She just went to a networking meeting with other people in her industry, and they're always networking. They're always working. Tomorrow, I believe, there's even a chamber meeting where those different economic development agencies from different towns collaborate. So, yes, to answer your question, they are. Okay. I'd just like to apologize because sometimes I'm very sensitive when I see people, you know, in a state of they could be demoralized. Yes, sir. You know, and it bothers me. And we all, we're all the same, but I'd like to see progress. Thank you very much. Thank you. CHAIR BAILET. MR. McKNIGHT, AS THE SUPERVISOR MENTIONED, YOU'RE ALWAYS WELCOME TO STOP BY. WE'RE HAPPY TO GO OVER ANYTHING THAT WE WORK ON IN THE OFFICE. WE DO WORK WITH OUR COMMUNITY SERVICE GROUPS THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM. SO WE WORK WITH THE COUNTY OF SUFFOLK TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THOSE GROUPS, SEVERAL GROUPS A YEAR GET FUNDING. AND WE HAVE A HOME IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM THAT HELPS SENIORS GET REPAIRS TO THEIR HOMES. And so, you know, we do a lot. If you'd like to stop by, we'd be happy to chat about it. Okay. Okay, very good. Thanks. Okay, so that wraps it up, I think. We could close the meeting if you're ready. We need a motion and a second. So moved. Second. Waskey. Yes. Merrifield. Yes. Kern. Yes. Rothwell. Yes. Halpin. Yes, ma'am. The meeting is closed. Have a great evening. Thank you. Thank each and every one of you, and have a great weekend. Thank you.