Good afternoon, everyone.
Welcome to our July 14 board meeting.
Please join us in the Pledge.
I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America,
to the Republic for which it stands.
One nation under God, indivisible,
with liberty and justice for all.
Roll call.
Supervisor Wilhelm here.
Councilman McCarthy here.
Councilwoman Noah here.
Councilwoman zarella here, Councilman Lowman.
Yeah all right.
We will begin this afternoon.
We have two site plans Mr. Trotter, you're up.
Good afternoon, supervisor, members of the town board.
I'm Liam Trotter with the planning department,
and I have two site plans to present to the board
this afternoon, acting as the board of site plan review.
The first application is called Vincent's woodfired pizza.
The subject site is located on the Southeast
corner of Lake Avenue and Woodlawn Avenue in ST James.
The proposal is for a change of use from.
First floor office to food retail.
Facade alterations.
Demolition of existing detached garage and a parking lot.
Expansion a new curb cut on Lake Avenue and associated site work.
So this is the proposed site plan.
A lot of the parking along the East side of the building
currently exists.
The parking lot expansion will occur on the South side
of the building, and there'll be a new curb cut
exit driveway onto Lake Avenue.
There currently is a drop curb that was installed with the Lake
Avenue restoration project.
So they'll be utilizing that existing drop curve.
So there won't be any new disturbance
of the sidewalk on Lake Avenue.
This is a Street view from Woodlawn.
This is the Garage that will be demolished.
And there will be new head in parking along the East side
of the property.
Because there is a neighbor directly to the Middle East.
The applicant will be proposing a new PVC fence and plantings
along that property line to mitigate any noise
and visibility impacts.
And this is the Street view from Lake Avenue.
As you can see right here, this is that existing drop
curve that will be accessible with this new parking lot
addition.
And the applicant has agreed to five conditions
of site plan approval.
The first condition is that the applicant obtain
the necessary permits from the town building department,
and that any proposed ground sign
shall be a monument style with a 2 to three foot masonry base.
Not to exceed a total height of 8 feet.
The second condition is that the applicant shall install
a tree preservation fence around all trees
to be preserved on site.
The third condition is that the applicant
shall obtain a road opening permit from the town
highway department.
The fourth condition is that prior to the issuance of a CEO,
the town of Smithtown drainage on the corner of Lake Avenue
and Woodward Avenue shall be located, identified and shown
on the final as built survey and easement shall be submitted
and approved by the engineering department
and then filed with the town for future maintenance
of these structures.
So there's an existing drain on the corner,
and there might be some structures that might
be on the subject property.
So all the engineering department is asking for that.
Those structures be identified and any easements
put in place if necessary.
And the last condition is that the landscaping and site work
shall be modified in accordance with the master
plan prepared by the planning department dated July 7, 2026.
Which is this plan.
What we were asking for is the species of plants
that the applicant had specked out along the North side
of the parking lot.
They were proposing red Cedars and arborvitae, which
are taller of a species and may not
be appropriate for this area, what we were asking for is
a boxwood or similar mid-sized shrub
that's mainly to screen any cars that might be parked there.
And we're also asking for a walkway
connection from the South parking area
to the entrance of the building.
And lastly, this is the proposed facade alterations.
The building will be resided with a white board
and batten and a new faux chimney, which is.
This will be facing the Woodward Avenue elevation.
Does the board have any questions on this proposal.
I do have a question.
I'm having a really tough time envisioning
that piece of property becoming a pizza place.
When the time comes.
I remember when 7-eleven was coming in and they came and they
gave us the photo of what they were doing,
which was really a help because we got to have some input and it
turned out to be beautiful.
When it's ready, might they bring that into us
so we could look at the facade.
And if there was something we weren't happy with,
maybe talk about it, would that be something we could do.
That's a possibility.
Yeah I can ask architect to provide us better renderings
so you can better visualize the.
Yeah, because we did that with 7:11
and we had little ideas and that they might want to talk to them.
Yeah that would be my concern.
Would you like that to be a condition of approval.
I would like to see it.
Yes OK.
If the board is OK with that.
Well, what are if that's the case, we can't vote on it today.
We can either.
All right.
So it doesn't have to be a condition.
Maybe we could see it.
And it doesn't have to be written in stone.
We cannot vote on this either way.
This is the proposed.
We can put a condition on that says the architecture should be
subject to a site plan addendum, and then you
still can't vote on it today.
We can vote on it.
We just won't have the building permit
be issued until the I would recommend
I would make a recommendation.
Councilwoman, if you want to table this or table it
because I don't see how we vote on this site plan as it exists.
If there's questions about it, we
should just table it and leave it alone and let's vote on it.
Excuse me.
It's OK.
Leave it alone.
Let's vote on it.
It's all right.
I mean, I trust the proposed architecture.
Yeah we did.
We had discussions with the architect during the site plan
review and.
OK, from what the building looks like now
it's just blue horizontal siding with black window.
Familiar the first floor windows have white trim,
the second floor of Black trim.
Everything with this proposal will be consistent.
I mean, it's more of a white building,
but it's the siding is consistent.
The window trim is consistent.
What color will the siding be.
It's white.
Yeah white board.
Oh, good.
One question is Vincent going to be living upstairs
or is he renting that out.
I know the second floor will be maintained
as an accessory apartment.
I don't know if the owner will be living there,
or if he has someone else renting it.
Do we know who's Vincent and Liam on the corner.
That looking for the drainage structure.
We identify all drainage structure
when we reconstructed Lake Avenue,
so that should be pretty easy to find.
We just look at those plans.
Everything was marked out.
We can consult with the engineering department on that.
All right.
Any other questions.
No OK.
Thank you.
The next application is Scotsman auto body.
The subject site is located on the Northeast
corner of Middle Country road and Whyte Avenue in ST James.
The proposal is the construction of a new 2,400 square foot,
one story repair garage building with associated site work.
As you can see right here where I have highlighted,
this is the location of the proposed building.
There are three other existing structures
on site for the repair in business,
there was actually a single family dwelling
within this location that was recently demolished
within the last year.
I'll pull up a Street view from Whyte Avenue.
Yeah, this is the dwelling that was previously there again.
It was taken down several months ago.
And this is the proposed rendering for the new structure.
It will have a masonry water table, white windows, door.
One of those prefab metal buildings.
The applicant has agreed to four conditions
of site plan approval.
The first is that the applicant obtain
the necessary permits from the town building department.
The second condition is that the applicant shall obtain a road
opening permit from the town highway
department for improvements along Whyte Avenue.
The third condition is that the applicant shall submit
physical building material and color samples to the planning
department, and the last condition
is that the property shall not be utilized for the sale
or rental of Motor Vehicles.
Mobile homes, boats or similar articles.
And that condition is the same condition that the BCA
enacted with their approval.
Any questions on this proposal.
Questions by the board.
No the landscaping will be sprinkled.
What is sprinkled so it doesn't all die and stuff.
We can verify that.
Yes because there was a BCA condition
that the row of evergreens along the North property line
be maintained.
There was a few dead ones that needed to be replaced with this.
With the site plan application, which they're proposing to do.
Thank you.
Any other questions.
OK thank you, Mr. Trotter.
We will be voting on those site plans
at the conclusion of the agenda.
Thank you.
You're welcome.
The sitting is board of water commissioners.
Deputy clerk.
Minutes approval June 9, 2026.
Release escrow.
Oakwood building group, Plymouth estates and further authorize
a budget modification.
Release escrow, 881 West Jericho Turnpike, Smithtown,
and further authorize a budget modification
and one transfer item.
Supervisor yes.
Council McCarthy.
Yes councilman.
Yes Councilwoman.
Yes councilman.
Yes OK.
We will reconvene as town board and move to the agenda
for correspondence.
15th breast cancer charity musical festival August 1,
2020 6:10 AM to 10:00 PM.
Hauppauge school district homecoming parade October 16,
2026 5:45 PM to 6:15 PM.
America's VetDogs 5K run, walk, dog run walk September 26,
2020 6:07 AM to o'clock o'clock PM walk
for James Memorial charity run August 22,
2020, 6:11 AM to 12:30 PM.
Smithtown sunrise.
Rotary and ST James brewery.
Three Mile run.
October 17, 2026 7:30 AM to 10:30
AM and a building department report for June 2026.
There are four advertisements for public hearings,
all to be held on August 11, 2026 at town Hall.
First to consider proposed local law 12 2026
Amendment to chapter 256 entitled
taxation as it relates to tax exemptions
for disabled veterans.
Second, to consider proposed local law 11 2026
Amendment to chapter 177 entitled solid waste management
as it relates to recyclables.
Third, to consider zone change petition 2020
602 Francis popolizio.
And fourth, to consider the application for renewal
by Verizon New York of its cable television
franchise with the town of Smithtown.
Councilman Lowman.
Yes Councilwoman Cirillo.
Yes Councilwoman Nowak.
Yes Councilwoman McCarthy.
Yes supervisor.
Widhalm yes.
For consent agenda minutes.
Approval June 17, 2026.
Controller items 1 through 13 and resolutions 1 to 3
as they appear on the agenda.
Anyone on the town board wish to remove any resolutions
from the consent agenda.
No, no, Mr. clerk.
Councilman Lowman.
Yes councilman.
Mozzarella yes.
Councilwoman yes.
Councilman McCarthy.
Yes supervisor.
Quigley yes.
Town board to issue a secret negative declaration
in the matter of the application for site plan approval
by kismet homes Smithtown in the matter of the application
for site plan approval by Vincent de marzo
for Vincent's woodfired pizza.
ST James in the matter of the application for site
plan approval by Scotsman 6 for Scotsman auto body.
ST James and in the matter of the application for site plan
approval by 43 Lansing Avenue LLC, Smithtown, all for reasons
stated in memorandums from David a Barnes, the Environmental
Protection director.
Councilman Lowman.
Yes Councilwoman.
Mozzarella yes.
Councilwoman yes.
Councilwoman McCarthy.
Yes supervisor.
Wilhelm yes.
Town board to authorize the town clerk
to advertise for bid 26 0 43.
Recycling of electronic waste.
Bid 26 046.
Animal shelter supplies bid 26 0 49.
Installation of splash pad at Paul j.
Fitzpatrick country club bid 2648
electric upgrades and field lighting
at Charles p toner armory park.
Bid 2651.
Construction of pergola at short beach and bid 2652 Smithtown
welcome center.
Interior alterations.
Councilman Lowman.
Yes Councilwoman.
Isabella yes.
Councilwoman Nowak.
Yes Councilwoman McCarthy.
Yes supervisor.
Weinheimer yes.
Town board to award bid 26 0 29.
Improvements to the Long Beach Marina,
South Smithtown to Chesterfield associates.
And further authorized the supervisor to sign an agreement
on a form approved by the town attorney and bid 26 035 tree
planting services to the Roxy group,
and further authorized the supervisor
to sign an agreement on a form approved by the town attorney.
Councilman Lowman.
Yes Councilwoman zarella.
Yes Councilwoman.
Yes Joshua McCarthy.
Yes supervisor.
Yes town board to approve the following
released bond in the amount of $50,000 on behalf of sight tech.
Wireless towers for site at Callahan's Beach.
And further accept a removal bond
in the same amount on behalf of SBA
towers 11 for site at Callahan's Beach.
Pursuant to Section 11 of the lease agreement dated May 14,
2018, release bonds in the amount of $50,000 on behalf
of sight tech wireless towers for site at Smithtown landing,
and further accept a removal bond in the same amount
on behalf of SBA towers 11 for site at Smithtown landing
pursuant to Section 11 of the lease agreement dated
September 15, 2009 by 2026.
Highway road program Amendment to add
encamp drive in Smithtown Shaw Road in Kings Park in Essex.
Place in Commack.
Amend the fee for non-resident guest
passes in connection with resident only events
under town code chapter 101, entitled department of parks,
buildings, and grounds.
Change order number 2 to the award of pin 25 047
for cybersecurity service agreement with a head
incorporated extension of bid 24 for GPS
signal preemption material with traffic systems incorporated.
Renewal of Arctic wolf cybersecurity
licenses with a head incorporated,
a bond for $6 million for the reconstruction of the town
Marina, including bulkheads, floating docks,
electrical improvements, repaving, landscaping,
and other related work.
Renewal of electronic medical records.
Maintenance and support agreement with celerity, LLC.
Extension of an agreement with American Medical
alert corporation for one year.
Determination that the proposed action to authorize
the construction of improvements to the South side of the Long
Beach Marina, and authorized the issuance of bonds to finance
said project, is a secret.
Type 2 action authorized Doreen Perino, the program director
at the Sr. citizens department, to execute a catering agreement
with flower fields for a luncheon event
to be held on May 12, 2027.
The addition of safeguard safety shoe company
to the authorized shoe vendor list,
establishment of the standard workday and reporting
for John savoretti.
Waiver of the attorney client.
Privilege for the limited purpose of complying
with Suffolk County grand jury subpoena
and thereby authorize the production of a report issued
by Elena kacavas, Esquire, dated May 13, 2026,
and its attachments for one case only.
ASPCA grant application for animal
shelter and closure repairs.
Authorize the engineering department and the Department
of environment and waterways to prepare plans
and all requisite permit application materials,
and further authorize the supervisor
to sign all such materials as may be required
in order to obtain a New York State Dec permit
for the construction of the Long Beach West Marina and town board
to ratify the supervisor's execution of the SAG side
Letter of agreement to amend the salary of the position
of purchasing director.
Councilman yes, Councilwoman.
Santiago yes.
Councilwoman yes.
Councilwoman McCarthy.
Wait wait wait.
Yes I know.
Staying on 15.
So yes.
Town board to issue a written consistency.
Determination that coastal consistency review 2020 602
is consistent with the lw, subject to conditions
as stated in the July 8, 2026 memorandum
from the planning director.
Councilor Logan.
Yes Councilwoman Isabella.
Yes Councilwoman.
Yes councilman McCarthy.
Yes supervisor.
Yes town board to authorize the supervisor
to execute the following.
On a form approved by the town attorney.
An agreement with Thomas Volpe, junior architects.
For architectural services at the town
of Smithtown senior center.
Renewal of an agreement for cybersecurity advisory services
with carahsoft technology corp. Inter-municipal agreements
with the village of.
Head of the harbor, village of the branch and village
of Nissequogue for installation of traffic signs
and application of pavement markings on village roads.
Authorized an agreement with key merchant services
to implement an online payment system for the collection
of commercial waste fees to be administered by the Department
of environment and waterways, and further
authorized the supervisor to sign associated documents
on a form approved by the town attorney agreement
with summer camp incorporated to provide aquatic management
and consulting services for the town of Smithtown recreation
department, and authorized the submission of an application
for the New York State Department
of Environmental Conservation for the 2026 urban and community
forestry grants program, round 17,
and further authorized the supervisor
to sign any and all necessary documents to apply
for the program, subject to review and approval
by the town of town.
Town attorney.
Councilman Lowman.
Yes Councilwoman inzerillo.
Yes Councilwoman.
Yes councilman McCarthy.
Yes supervisor.
Weiner yes.
Town board to approve settlement.
Kathleen mango versus town of Smithtown.
Karen Vatrano versus town of Smithtown.
Robert Holzer versus town of Smithtown.
Long Island lighting company doing business
as Lipa versus town of Smithtown and Manufacturers Alliance
insurance company as subject of superior ice
rink versus town of Smithtown.
Councilwoman yes.
Councilwoman mozzarella.
Yes Councilwoman.
Yes Councilwoman McCarthy.
Yes supervisor.
Weiner yes.
Personnel matters.
A through x as they appear on the agenda.
Councilman Lowman.
Yes Councilwoman.
Mozzarella yes.
Councilwoman yes.
Councilman McCarthy.
Yes supervisor.
Wertheim yes.
Concludes the agenda.
We will reconvene as board of site plan review
to vote on the two site plans presented.
Minutes approval March 3, 2026 and conditionally approved.
Site plan for Vincent's wood fired pizza.
ST James and Scotsman's auto body
ST James as presented today by Liam Trotta, Councilman Lowman.
Yes Councilwoman zarella.
Yes Councilwoman.
Yes councilman McCarthy.
Yes supervisor.
Weiner yes.
That concludes our agenda for today.
Do we have moving to the public portion.
Do we have speakers today.
Yes, supervisor.
OK before we start, public participation
is subject to the rules of decorum, which
you have on your speaker card.
Town code section 76.7 public portions
for town related matters only.
Any unsubstantiated, unverified, or material false information
will be interrupted three minute rule will be strictly enforced.
You have three minutes to make your statement.
When you hear the tone have one minute
to conclude your statement.
Thank you.
Bob semprini.
Please state your name and address for the record.
All right.
Bob semprini 11.
Delmar lane komack, President, komack community association.
Good afternoon, everybody.
As the previous two meetings, I did mention the heavy truck
traffic problem we've been having on town
Road for quite some time now.
I had mentioned that superintendent Jordan Cox is
going to write you all a letter, and you
would think it would be as easy to write a letter
and send it out.
But every organization has their protocols and all that.
So it's already been approved by the school board
and it had to go through legal.
Now they want everybody on the school board to sign it.
So you should be receiving that letter
request in removal of that truck traffic sometime in August.
In addition, for that, to get some updated information
in regards to the traffic flow North and South
of townline road.
We are asking for an updated.
I'll just call it metering of traffic.
I'm not sure what the proper terminology
is that through whatever department that might be.
Also asking again for the reconstruction
of an area of townline road, as I mentioned last time,
is townline road at the intersection of Havemeyer,
where the road is literally collapsing there.
If you haven't had the opportunity to drive that road,
I highly suggest that you do.
You get a real view of exactly what we are talking about.
And in addition to that, I had also given you last meeting
a copy of the Oyster Bay codes in regards
to nuisance, particularly the burning of wood
in one's backyard.
Councilwoman Lynn Novick.
Thank you for your time.
You spent this woman right here, Sylvia Strauss.
It is her home.
They are dealing with one minute remaining.
Thank you.
They're dealing with exceeded air qualities that burning
wood coming into their.
Into their yard 8 to 10 hours a day on the weekend,
which is, bad health on their side there.
She will probably talk here in a couple minutes when chosen.
Did anybody have any questions.
Anything that you can say to me either now or after in
regards to Indian head road or anything else
that I just brought to your attention.
Anybody traffic monitoring on town line Mr. Sabrina,
you should contact the traffic safety department.
That's who handles that.
Is that going to be Mitch Crowley.
That's correct.
The repair of town Road.
You should report that to the highway superintendent,
Mr. Robert Murphy.
OK I'm very familiar with him as well.
Anything in regards to the code.
Anybody look.
Look at that information.
I believe the town attorney is looking into that.
The codes that you sent, et cetera.
But I don't know if we have a conclusion at that point yet.
OK thank you.
Yes intersection.
You said the road was half a mile Half a mile
and half a mile.
And town Road itself.
Yes so it's only when you're going northbound.
So once you come northbound over Commack road,
you go past the cemetery and all that.
The first light that you will come to is Havemeyer lane.
And you will see what happens to that road.
You're like this, and then you're like this.
Yeah town line and Havemeyer.
OK thank you.
Julia Julia Strauss.
Julia Strauss.
Hello thank you.
Can I please just excuse me.
Yes, you have to.
Submit that to the clerk.
It's OK.
No problem.
Thank you.
Please state your name and address for the record.
17 Harry Klein.
Commack hello to all.
You all know me by now.
I send email to everybody.
I have nothing to change.
But just today, I got an email from a scientist who read the.
Purple air device that I have in my home
and just will show you how dangerous is it.
As a health matter to me and my family,
we do not sit outside on the weekends and.
It's really upsetting.
We have granddaughters.
We have family.
I really want to believe that my neighbor is a kind man.
I really want to believe because he was.
And all these issues started when we really
asked over and over, could you please not burn or burn
two hours at the moment that we started,
he just decided that we're harassing him.
So please take it to your heart.
Thank you.
No others.
OK thank you very much.
Thank you all for attending and I will move to close second.
Supervisor willhite.
Yes councilman McCarthy.
Yes, Councilwoman.
Newark yes.
Councilwoman mozzarella.
Yes councilman.
Lowman yes.