[0:03] Ok, Jen, you
[0:07] have the pledge.
[0:11] Please join COUNCILWOMAN Hebert
[0:11] for the Pledge of Allegiance.
[0:14] I pledge allegiance to the flag
[0:15] of the United
[0:18] States of the republic for
[0:21] one nation under
[0:23] GOD indivisible with liberty and
[0:24] justice
[0:28] for all. Thank you. All right,
[0:28] thank you, everyone, we don't
[0:32] have any presentations today, so
[0:32] we will go right into
[0:37] our public hearings. No, no, you
[0:37] have to do a
[0:42] resolution first. What do we got
[0:42] here? Thank you. Mr
[0:46] Supervisor, I make a motion to
[0:46] offer
[0:49] resolution 2026417 to schedule a
[0:49] public hearing for
[0:52] the execution of an agreement
[0:53] with the village of Northport to
[0:53] furnish
[0:57] fire protection services for the
[0:57] town of Huntington District
[0:58] number one
[1:01] non pro tunc. Second, Seconded
[1:02] by the supervisor. All in favor
[1:07] Any opposed? Resolution adopted
[1:07] 50. Ok.
[1:10] Now we will go into our public
[1:11] hearings. Please call the noes
[1:15] for public hearing number one.
[1:15] Thank you, MR. Supervisor. Good
[1:16] day, everybody.
[1:20] Hope you're all getting the most
[1:20] out of your summer
[1:24] uh, town board public hearings,
[1:24] public hearing number one, the
[1:25] town board
[1:29] scheduled this public hearing to
[1:29] consider executing an agreement
[1:29] with the
[1:33] incorporated village of
[1:34] Northport to furnish fire
[1:34] protection services for
[1:37] the town of Huntington Fire
[1:38] Protection District Number one.
[1:38] This is by order
[1:42] of the town board Andrew Rea
[1:42] town clerk, I have the
[1:43] affidavits of publication
[1:47] and posting in the Long
[1:47] Islander. Thank you. We have
[1:47] several people signed
[1:52] up for public hearing number
[1:52] one, starting with Ryan Brown.
[1:52] Him? For the
[1:58] morning. Uh, just as public
[1:59] hearing number one. Ok, board of
[1:59] trustees, all
[2:03] right. All right, there's
[2:03] anybody here speaking on public
[2:03] hearing number
[2:07] one. All right. Yeah, this is
[2:08] the fire department things. I
[2:08] can't imagine. Ryan
[2:12] you got a board of trustees?
[2:12] Yeah that's updating
[2:18] I'm sorry. Yes.
[2:20] So, so it does.
[2:25] It was the clerk's
[2:28] fault. He sent it down the line
[2:28] here. All right.
[2:31] So we don't have anybody signed
[2:34] up for the public hearing number
[2:34] one for the
[2:38] town board res uh agenda. Is
[2:39] there anybody that would like to
[2:39] speak on
[2:43] fire district number one in
[2:43] Northport. Ok, that concludes
[2:43] public hearing
[2:47] number one on the town board
[2:48] public hearing agenda. Please
[2:48] read the notice
[2:52] for public hearing number 2.
[2:52] Public hearing number 2, the
[2:53] town board scheduled
[2:56] this public hearing to consider
[2:57] declaring the properties located
[2:57] at 13 Plymouth
[3:01] Road in Dix Hills, uh, 11 Jesse
[3:01] Drive in Northport, 28 Derby
[3:02] Avenue in Huntington
[3:05] and 12 Turkey Lane in Cold
[3:06] Spring Harbor as nuisances and
[3:06] directing town personnel
[3:10] to remedy the blight conditions
[3:10] and change the charge the cost
[3:11] thereof against
[3:14] them. I order the town board
[3:15] Andrew Ray, a town clerk. I have
[3:16] the affidavit's publication
[3:19] and posting in the Long
[3:20] Islander. Ok, we have 2 speakers
[3:20] signed up for public
[3:26] hearing number 2, John Ruggiero,
[3:26] followed by Robert Lamont. Yeah.
[3:31] I'm sorry. Yes, you're up first.
[3:31] Great.
[3:37] Followed by Robert Lamont for
[3:37] public hearing number 2.
[3:42] All right, I'm talking about 13
[3:42] Plymouth Road, Dick Chill's is
[3:43] my mom's
[3:46] house. Uh. Yeah, it's been a
[3:46] disarray for
[3:51] a while, I'm going to fix it up.
[3:51] I'm her son.
[3:55] And uh, I have some pictures
[3:55] that we took before
[3:58] and after. I have many of them
[3:59] if you want, MR. Ruggiero, if
[4:02] if, if you'd like, you can have
[4:02] a conversation with the town
[4:03] attorney's
[4:06] office offline. You don't have
[4:07] to do this publicly, and we can
[4:07] come up with
[4:11] a plan to remediate the house
[4:11] and you know part of the, part
[4:11] of this is
[4:15] processes to what we want to do
[4:16] is make sure the house is taken
[4:16] care of
[4:20] for the neighbor, for the
[4:20] property and for the neighbors
[4:21] in the neighborhood
[4:24] and if there's a plan put
[4:25] together to, to do that, we'd be
[4:25] happy to work
[4:28] I would suggest is is contact
[4:29] the town
[4:31] attorney's office and they'll
[4:32] they'll work something out with
[4:32] you. All right,
[4:36] thank you Thank you so much for
[4:36] your time. Thank you.
[4:45] Robert Lamont.
[4:49] He said on the clock, please.
[4:49] Yeah. Uh
[4:52] MR. Lamont, if, if you get
[4:52] started, we'll, we'll take care
[4:53] of
[4:56] the clock for you. Thank
[5:06] you, sir.
[5:10] All right. I
[5:14] thank you for letting me speak.
[5:14] Um, you know.
[5:18] I got kind of caught up in this
[5:21] uh scenario unfortunately at
[5:23] my residence, good news is it's
[5:23] sold as
[5:27] of today, so, uh, and we got a
[5:27] good
[5:30] uh, a good number, my brother
[5:30] and I, so.
[5:34] This is because of the hard
[5:36] work of my mother and my father
[5:39] and, uh. They Purchase
[5:41] a piece of dirt back in 1965.
[5:45] Father, the architect
[5:48] my mom, a teacher, my father was
[5:51] also involved in the aerospace
[5:51] industry
[5:54] I MISS Him. It's been
[5:57] a year. My mom passed away
[5:59] in DECEMBER of 2023.
[6:04] However, my brother and I, um,
[6:06] Inherited gold, um, that, you
[6:06] know
[6:10] now we can
[6:13] live uh uh going forward, me at
[6:13] 63
[6:15] my wife, Carolina and.
[6:20] The nieces and nephews and
[6:23] and such, so I, I
[6:26] was very lucky my two parents
[6:28] some of you here MAY
[6:32] or MAY not have the same, but uh
[6:33] they worked hard.
[6:36] And and part of the scenario is,
[6:36] you know
[6:39] how does a young
[6:41] couple afford a $1
[6:44] million home with a, with a
[6:45] mortgage that MAY
[6:48] be somewhere between 7 or
[6:51] $10,000 a month. So new homes
[6:53] are being thought of or
[6:54] developed the
[6:57] 45 off of Jericho Turnpike
[7:00] the north side where the apple
[7:00] farm is
[7:02] Hopefully the apple trees don't
[7:03] get destroyed. But
[7:06] those homes are easily gonna go
[7:06] for
[7:09] 1 point and it's projected, it's
[7:13] probably gonna take a few years
[7:13] to build those
[7:16] 45 homes, but they're projecting
[7:20] $1.4 million of tax money and
[7:23] that's 31 over $31,000 a
[7:27] year, of course some of that
[7:27] money is gonna go to
[7:31] the state, probably 10 or 15,000
[7:32] of it. The rest, you
[7:36] know, the other 9 light items.
[7:36] On your tax bill.
[7:40] How does, how does somebody
[7:41] afford that? I, so.
[7:44] I do think there's a new concept
[7:45] now and, and
[7:48] I'm starting to agree with it,
[7:48] you know, rent a place for, you
[7:48] know, a
[7:52] two bedroom, 3500, take that
[7:52] other.
[7:56] 3500 a month and invest
[7:58] it in the sp 500 or
[8:01] whateverer you feel you want to
[8:01] invest in.
[8:05] Because $25,000 in 1965
[8:08] became $11.7 million today.
[8:12] Assuming The rule of 72
[8:17] ok, thank you, MR. Lamont. Those
[8:17] are
[8:21] all the public speakers we have
[8:21] signed up for public
[8:25] hearing number 2. Is there
[8:26] anybody else who'd like to weigh
[8:26] in a public
[8:30] hearing #2? Ok, that concludes
[8:30] public hearing number 2. Please
[8:30] call the
[8:34] notice for public hearing number
[8:35] 3. Public hearing number 3, the
[8:35] town board
[8:39] scheduled this public hearing to
[8:39] consider authorizing the
[8:39] supervisor to
[8:43] execute a license agreement for
[8:43] the use of a portion of town
[8:44] land and establishing
[8:48] covenants and restrictions for
[8:48] the property located at 602
[8:48] McKinley Terrace
[8:53] in Centerport. This is by order
[8:53] of the town board and ray town
[8:53] clerk. I
[9:04] have the affidavits of
[9:05] publication and posting in the
[9:05] Long Islander. Thank
[9:08] you. There's one speaker, Gerald
[9:09] Blum. Ok There you go. I was not
[9:09] referring
[9:13] to McKinley Terrace right here.
[9:13] It's to authorizes a supervisor
[9:14] to execute a
[9:17] license agreement proportion of
[9:18] town land. That's number 3. It
[9:18] doesn't say anything
[9:22] about McKinley Terrace. Yeah,
[9:22] this is, I believe me this is a
[9:26] uh a retaining wall that is
[9:26] encroaching on town land and in
[9:26] the
[9:30] PRESIDENT's streets, the
[9:31] retaining walls are Plentiful
[9:31] that's what
[9:35] that's about and why wasn't it
[9:35] specified in here? Because I've
[9:36] been
[9:40] you know. Suffolk County tax map
[9:40] is, is specified.
[9:44] Um, ok. Is there something, any
[9:44] particular interest in this?
[9:45] Yes, I was
[9:48] wondering if you're obfuscating
[9:49] by not
[9:51] putting that down, exactly what
[9:52] it was, because I don't know
[9:52] what it is.
[9:55] It says the town covenants
[9:56] restrictions, property. I have
[9:56] no
[10:00] idea what it would be, so that's
[10:00] why I'm asking. I think in
[10:04] in the town attorney can correct
[10:04] me if I'm wrong, but I think in,
[10:05] in
[10:09] in in, in simple terms, I think
[10:09] there's a, a retaining wall that
[10:09] encroaches
[10:13] on town property and rather than
[10:14] have the property owner demolish
[10:14] the retaining
[10:18] wall. We've come up with a uh a,
[10:18] a, a covenant and restriction on
[10:18] the property
[10:22] and the license agreement
[10:23] allowing the property owner to
[10:23] keep their retaining
[10:27] wall that encroaches on the
[10:27] property and compensate the town
[10:27] for whatever
[10:31] the encroachment is. Ok, that's
[10:32] what I was wondering, um, Could
[10:32] have been
[10:35] anything, so I'm just curious.
[10:36] All right, thank you. You're
[10:36] welcome.
[10:40] Ok. Uh, there's nobody else
[10:41] signed up for public hearing
[10:41] number 3. Is there
[10:44] anybody else that would like to
[10:45] speak on public hearing #3? Ok
[10:45] thank
[10:49] you. That, I think, let's see,
[10:50] we have public hearing number 4.
[10:50] Please read
[10:54] the notice for public hearing
[10:54] number 4. Thank you, MR.
[10:54] Supervisor. Just
[10:58] a point of order, Cheryl, um,
[10:59] the public hearing notice had it
[10:59] and if you
[11:03] read the actual resolution, it
[11:03] would tell you all that. The
[11:03] title is just that
[11:07] it's just a snippet of what's in
[11:07] the resolution, ok.
[11:12] Public hearing number 4, the
[11:13] town board scheduled this public
[11:13] hearing to
[11:16] consider adopting local law
[11:17] introductory number 28-2026.
[11:17] Amending the uniform
[11:21] traffic code of the town of
[11:21] Huntington Chapter 2, Article 4,
[11:22] Section 27
[11:25] Schedule g. By adding a stop
[11:25] sign on Mill Lane at
[11:28] the intersection of Prime Avenue
[11:29] in Huntington. This is by order
[11:29] of the
[11:32] town board Andrew Ray, a town
[11:33] clerk. I have the affidavits of
[11:33] publication
[11:36] and posting in the Long
[11:37] Islander. Thank you. There's
[11:37] nobody signed up for
[11:44] public hearing #4. Would anybody
[11:44] like to speak about the stop
[11:44] sign on Mill
[11:48] Lane. Other than the deputy town
[11:48] supervisor, would anybody else
[11:49] like to speak
[11:52] I've already heard enough about
[11:53] the stop sign from
[11:57] you. Anybody like to speak on
[11:57] public hearing number 4. Ok,
[11:57] that concludes
[12:01] public hearing number 4. He's
[12:02] called the public hearing number
[12:02] 5
[12:06] Public hearing number 5. The
[12:06] town board scheduled this public
[12:06] hearing to consider
[12:10] adopting local law introductory
[12:11] number 29-2026, amending
[12:15] the uniform traffic code of the
[12:15] town of Huntington chapter 2,
[12:15] Article 4
[12:19] Section 27, Schedule g. By
[12:19] adding stop signs at
[12:22] the following locations in
[12:23] Comak. Everyone just settle
[12:23] right in for
[12:26] a little while and here we go,
[12:26] Briar
[12:30] Place at the Northwest
[12:31] intersection of West Farms Lane.
[12:35] Brio Place at the southeast
[12:36] intersection of West Farms Lane.
[12:36] Cornfield Lane at
[12:40] the intersection of Hedgerow
[12:40] Lane. Hedgerow Lane at the
[12:44] Northwest intersection of West
[12:44] Farms Lane. Leeward Lane at
[12:48] the intersection of Wheatfield
[12:49] Lane, Locksley Court at the
[12:49] intersection of
[12:53] Wheatfield Lane, Pasteur Court
[12:53] at the intersection of Leeward
[12:57] Lane, Shelburne Lane at the
[12:58] intersection of Locksley
[13:02] Court Windward lane at the
[13:02] intersection of Wheatfield.
[13:03] Lane. This is by
[13:06] order of the town board Andrew
[13:07] Ray, a town clerk. I have the
[13:07] affidavits
[13:11] of, uh, publication and posting
[13:11] in the Long Islander. Ok,
[13:12] there's nobody
[13:16] signed up to speak on public
[13:16] hearing number 5. Is there
[13:16] anybody that would
[13:20] like to speak on public hearing
[13:21] number 5. Ok, that concludes
[13:21] public hearing
[13:25] number 5, and at this time I'll
[13:25] entertain a motion to close our
[13:25] town board
[13:29] public hearings or town board
[13:29] and open as our board of
[13:29] trustees 2 motion
[13:33] by COUNCILWOMAN Murray, seconded
[13:34] by COUNCILWOMAN Hebert. All in
[13:34] favor? Any
[13:38] opposed? Ok, we're now seated as
[13:38] our board of trustees, and there
[13:39] are 2 public
[13:42] hearings scheduled for the board
[13:43] of trustees. And I believe they
[13:43] pertain
[13:47] to the same property, so MR.
[13:47] Town clerk, if you is correct,
[13:47] please read
[13:51] both public hearing notices and
[13:52] any speakers can speak about
[13:52] both of them
[13:56] simultaneously. It would be my
[13:56] privilege board of trustees,
[13:56] public hearings.
[14:00] Public hearing number one. The
[14:01] board of trustees scheduled this
[14:01] public hearing
[14:05] to consider the granting of
[14:05] variances and the issuance of a
[14:06] special use
[14:09] permit pursuant permit pursuant
[14:10] to the permit pursuant marine
[14:10] conservation
[14:14] law with Patrick and Janine
[14:14] Tomlinson for the use of
[14:15] underwater lands as
[14:18] is necessary for the
[14:19] construction and use of a
[14:19] residential fixed pier slash
[14:23] floating dock assembly consists
[14:23] consisting of a 4 ft by 92.5 ft
[14:24] fixed wood
[14:27] pier connected by a 3 ft by 30
[14:28] ft aluminum ramp to 2 6 ft by 30
[14:28] ft wood
[14:32] floating docks. Overall length
[14:32] of the residential fixed pier
[14:33] slash floating dock
[14:37] assembly is to measure 164.5 ft
[14:37] in length. The project
[14:41] site is located at 271 Little
[14:41] Neck Road in Centerport
[14:46] This is by order of the board of
[14:46] trustees, Andrew Ray, a town
[14:46] clerk. I have
[14:50] the affidavits of publication
[14:50] and post. In the Long Islander.
[14:51] I also have
[14:54] the affidavit of mailing to all
[14:55] property owners located within
[14:55] 500 ft of
[14:59] the exterior boundaries of the
[14:59] subject property. Public hearing
[14:59] number 2.
[15:03] The town board scheduled this
[15:04] public hearing to consider the
[15:04] execution of
[15:08] a license agreement pursuant to
[15:09] the Marine Conservation law with
[15:09] Patrick
[15:13] and Janine Tomlinson for the use
[15:13] of underwater lands as is
[15:13] necessary for
[15:17] the construction and use of a
[15:17] residential fixed pier slash
[15:17] floating dock
[15:21] assembly. Consisting of a 4 ft
[15:22] by 92.5 ft fixed wood pier
[15:22] connected by a
[15:26] 3 ft by 30 ft aluminum ramp to 2
[15:26] 6-foot by 30-foot
[15:29] wood floating docks overall
[15:30] length of the residential fixed
[15:30] pier slash floating
[15:33] dock assembly is to measure
[15:34] 164.5 ft in
[15:37] length. The project site is
[15:38] located at 271 Little Neck
[15:42] Road in Centerport. This is by
[15:42] order of the board of trustees,
[15:42] Andrew Ray,
[15:46] a town clerk. I have the
[15:47] affidavits of publication and
[15:47] posting in the Long
[15:51] Islander. Thank you. There we
[15:51] have several speakers signed up
[15:51] for public
[15:55] hearings number 1 and 2 on our
[15:56] board of trustees agenda. The
[15:56] first would
[16:00] be Ryan Brown followed by Jeff
[16:00] Bartels.
[16:03] Good afternoon, I believe it's
[16:03] MR. PRESIDENT on the board of
[16:03] trustees. Everyone
[16:07] else is still, unfortunately,
[16:08] just board members, but I'm Ryan
[16:08] Brown of
[16:11] Breslin and Brown pc 44 Elm
[16:12] Street, Suite 5, Huntington, New
[16:12] York, 11743.
[16:16] Trustees. The trustees. Ok. Uh
[16:18] we're here today seeking to
[16:19] construct a fixed pier
[16:22] with a floating dock, uh, that
[16:22] is the
[16:25] clerk had stated, we require
[16:29] 2 variances as well as a, uh,
[16:29] Special use permit
[16:32] and licensing agreement, the
[16:33] variances will be for the
[16:33] overall length of
[16:36] the pier, well as for the length
[16:37] of the floats attached to the
[16:37] end of the
[16:41] pier. I'd just like to note for
[16:41] the board that variances were
[16:41] granted at 265
[16:45] and 279 Little Neck Road. That's
[16:45] the property directly to the
[16:46] south of
[16:49] this property, as well as the
[16:50] property two houses to the north
[16:54] um, those docks were 165 ft in
[16:54] length and
[16:57] 170 ft in length respectively,
[16:57] whereas this application is
[17:00] 164.5 ft, as the clerk stated.
[17:01] It's part of this project, the
[17:05] seawall and the ramp will also
[17:05] be repaired, but there's no
[17:06] relief that we're
[17:09] requesting from the board at
[17:10] this time for that. Uh, we've
[17:10] already received
[17:14] our present our approvals from
[17:15] the dec and from the Army Corps
[17:15] of Engineer.
[17:18] And I have Dan Hall from Land
[17:19] Use Ecological Services here
[17:19] who's signed
[17:23] up to speak, they can speak to
[17:23] the technical aspects of the
[17:24] application
[17:27] itself, numbers as as far as
[17:28] what the depth at the end of the
[17:28] dock would
[17:32] be, but the real reason that
[17:32] we're here is the Board often
[17:33] sees with these
[17:36] applications is we need to have
[17:37] the dock far enough out so the
[17:37] boat can
[17:41] float at low tide and won't be
[17:41] sitting on the sea floor. I'd be
[17:42] happy to
[17:45] answer any questions that you
[17:46] MAY have, but I think I just
[17:46] covered the basics
[17:50] and any of the specific aspects
[17:50] that you MAY have questions for
[17:51] MR. Hall
[17:55] will be able to answer. Ok, any,
[17:55] any questions from the board?
[17:56] Ok. Thank
[17:59] you, MR. Brown. Jeff Bartels.
[18:00] Wow. Jeff Bartel's 10 Broad Path
[18:00] a fraud
[18:04] Lloyd Harbor, um, listen, uh.
[18:04] Now the clock's running
[18:08] That guy was just speaking that
[18:08] whole time. The clock was still
[18:09] 3 minutes
[18:12] the entire time. Ok, so. I, I,
[18:13] once in a while
[18:16] I watch the tv and, and see
[18:16] your, it seems like you guys are
[18:19] giving out dock permits, every
[18:19] time
[18:22] I tune in to the tv. So.
[18:26] My questions are.
[18:29] Do the, do these people have to
[18:31] ensure the dock and.
[18:35] The peer Because You
[18:38] have these storms. Can come
[18:38] through.
[18:42] And Who's inspecting like
[18:45] uh, the chains and stuff that go
[18:45] around
[18:49] the pilings that are fixed, you
[18:49] know, and, and if
[18:53] you have a dock break loose,
[18:54] especially with a boat. Attached
[18:57] to it, the windage. That
[19:00] that creates So now, I worked at
[19:03] Sawanica Corinthianian Yacht
[19:03] Club for 15 years
[19:06] and dealt with all
[19:09] the moorings and everything else
[19:12] and actually this watch was a
[19:12] gift
[19:15] ft boat broke loose off
[19:18] its mooring and I was able
[19:20] to rescue it, intercept and
[19:23] rescue it before it's smashed
[19:23] into the, the
[19:26] docks at Fiddler at, um,
[19:27] Sawanica Corinthian Yacht Club
[19:32] saving GOD knows how much money,
[19:32] so my question to
[19:36] you is, is that you're setting
[19:36] up all this liability.
[19:40] And who, who is, who's gonna pay
[19:41] if this, you know, does
[19:45] this guy have to get insurance
[19:45] not only on his boat
[19:49] but on the dock and the pier,
[19:50] because if you have like even in
[19:54] winter storms. You, I've seen
[19:54] pilings because of
[19:58] tidal movement get pulled right
[19:59] out of the bottom. And now
[20:03] they're floating around and you,
[20:03] and I remember Fred Uvina, the
[20:07] harbor master for the town of
[20:08] Huntington, he used to have to
[20:08] go and
[20:12] lassue them and tow them in to
[20:12] get them properly disposed of.
[20:12] So
[20:16] you're setting up all this
[20:16] possible. Damage and
[20:21] everything else and yet and yet
[20:21] where's the accountability?
[20:25] Who's who's gonna actually pay
[20:26] for that stuff. So you
[20:30] know Mother Nature is for
[20:30] instance, this, this
[20:34] the sandbar going out to the old
[20:35] original lighthouse of Lloyd
[20:39] Harbor, which I was alluding to
[20:40] last month has eroded away. But
[20:40] if you
[20:43] go onto that land. There is
[20:46] Pilings and dock debris and
[20:48] everything else, so you have
[20:52] these derelict. Well, ok. On
[20:53] Monday
[20:55] I was at Britannia Boatyard.
[20:55] They're
[20:59] chopping up boats. Ok, I'll go
[20:59] continue with
[21:04] the 2nd thing. All right, thank
[21:04] you I need
[21:07] another 3 minutes, right, for
[21:07] the next hearing? No, they're,
[21:08] we called them
[21:11] together. You can speak. You get
[21:12] 3 minutes. Thank you. Point well
[21:12] made.
[21:15] All right, uh, MR. Hall.
[21:18] Dan Hall, good afternoon
[21:20] Speaker #3 Dan Hall land use
[21:21] ecological Services for
[21:24] Dan Hall, good afternoon,
[21:25] Speaker #3 Dan Hall land use
[21:25] ecological Services
[21:29] for the agent for the owner, MR.
[21:29] Tomlinson. Um, I just wanted to
[21:30] bring up
[21:33] that, uh, for the stock, the
[21:33] town is requiring that the owner
[21:34] participate
[21:37] in a, uh, licensing agreement
[21:38] and part of our license
[21:38] agreement as a whole
[21:42] harmless. So, uh, that'll cover
[21:42] the insurance and the, um,
[21:43] aspects of the
[21:46] floats and the floats are only
[21:47] going to be installed during the
[21:47] boating
[21:51] season they'll be removed during
[21:51] the winter and the offseason
[21:52] when a lot
[21:55] of the nor'easters and the bad
[21:56] weather nights it occurs, which
[21:56] is like 90%
[22:00] of the time when floats and
[22:00] piles get dislodged and cause
[22:01] problems. So,
[22:04] uh, majority of stock, that's
[22:05] why the dock is designed the way
[22:05] it is. And
[22:09] the length is required. Uh, one
[22:09] of the requirements, variants
[22:10] will be needed
[22:13] for the length because of the,
[22:14] uh, Conditions encountered with
[22:14] the water
[22:18] depths. And the water depths
[22:18] have to get out, you know, you
[22:19] have to get
[22:22] the dock to a certain water
[22:23] depth, 2 ft at the landward end,
[22:23] and it's almost
[22:27] 4 or 5 ft at the seaward end.
[22:27] And as part of the dec and the
[22:27] Army Corps
[22:32] reviewed this extensively and
[22:32] they've required that the dock
[22:33] be chopped.
[22:36] So that the flute does not hit
[22:37] the bottom during tides that are
[22:37] extremely
[22:40] low and cause damage to, uh, The
[22:41] bottom, the independent
[22:41] community. And,
[22:45] um That's pretty much all I got
[22:45] to say at this point with the
[22:46] dock. I mean,
[22:49] we have all the permits. We did,
[22:50] we did the. Do next door, the
[22:50] Carrillo's
[22:54] at, uh, 265 and we did the
[22:54] design for this stock. It's the
[22:55] exact same design,
[22:58] the exact same length. The end
[22:59] of the dock matches up to the
[22:59] exact same
[23:03] length as Tomlinson's proposed
[23:03] doc. And, um, it's been reviewed
[23:04] extensively
[23:07] by all the federal and state
[23:08] agencies, as well as the town
[23:08] now. And I think
[23:12] we're all set as far as, uh,
[23:13] Meeting all the requirements and
[23:13] the approvals.
[23:16] Ok. Thank you very much. Any
[23:17] questions? Ok, great. Thank you.
[23:17] Ok, that concludes.
[23:21] Our public hearings I'll intend
[23:21] a motion to close our board of
[23:22] trustees
[23:25] and reopen as our town board
[23:25] motion by
[23:28] trustee Hebert, seconded by
[23:28] Truste Marie
[23:32] all in favor? Any opposed?
[23:32] Motion carries. We are
[23:35] now seated as our town board,
[23:36] and at this time, we will go
[23:39] straight into our public
[23:40] portion, and we have several
[23:40] speakers
[23:43] signed up to speak. Starting
[23:44] with Anna Finn
[23:54] followed by Jeff Bartels.
[24:01] Sorry.
[24:04] Uh, good afternoon, thank you.
[24:07] Good afternoon. I'm here to, uh,
[24:07] speak about the
[24:10] uh, property tax
[24:13] cap being raised. I noticed it
[24:13] was taken
[24:18] off the agenda, but I'm here to
[24:18] speak on it. Um,
[24:22] I just wanna express my
[24:22] opposition to it. Uh
[24:26] Long Island already has some of
[24:27] the highest property taxes in
[24:27] the nation and
[24:31] families and seniors are on
[24:31] fixed incomes and cannot
[24:35] easily absorb an above tax cap.
[24:35] Uh, so
[24:38] we are forced to tighten our
[24:41] household belts every single day
[24:44] we expect local government to do
[24:44] the same
[24:47] uh, rather than just taking the
[24:48] easy way out and passing. A tax
[24:51] cap override. The town should
[24:54] be using cash reserves
[24:56] before asking taxpayers for
[24:57] more, uh, piercing the
[25:00] tax cap sets a
[25:02] dangerous precedent raise raises
[25:03] baseline tax
[25:07] uh, rate permanently,
[25:07] compounding financial burden on
[25:11] the homeowners for years to come
[25:11] before
[25:14] the board even considers voting
[25:15] on the override
[25:18] uh, the state limit
[25:21] you should exhaust every single
[25:23] dollar flexible, unassigned
[25:27] surplus, um, you should.
[25:29] Do internal efficiency reviews
[25:32] audits, um. You know
[25:36] such as um discretionary
[25:36] spending
[25:39] Recent retiree benefit
[25:39] structures
[25:43] developer tax breaks rather
[25:45] than balancing the shortfalls on
[25:45] the backs of the
[25:50] resident taxpayers. So I'm just
[25:50] asking that it be
[25:54] a no on the tax cap override.
[25:54] Thank you.
[25:57] Thank you. Jeff Bartels
[26:01] followed by Mayor Mark Dara. All
[26:05] right, Jeff Bartel's 10 Broad
[26:06] Path, Lloyd Freud Harbor
[26:09] New York. All right, I'm back
[26:09] and
[26:12] um better photograph, uh, blown
[26:12] up and guess what
[26:16] Basically, it's um over 100
[26:17] years
[26:19] ago when they built the causeway
[26:22] uh, they left out culverts. So
[26:22] it's amazing, you
[26:26] know, right here at this podium
[26:26] years
[26:28] ago I named, renamed the dec
[26:31] Department of Environmental
[26:31] Corruption or Department
[26:35] of Environmental contamination,
[26:35] the
[26:38] epa is the Environmental
[26:38] Poisoning Agency, blah
[26:41] blah blah. So here it is, you're
[26:44] you're, you, your parking
[26:47] lot, since it's conception,
[26:50] Dumps 2 football fields
[26:53] right into the marsh. So I saw
[26:53] one
[26:57] of your great grand productions
[26:57] about the
[27:00] restoration of Crab Meadow Beach
[27:01] Marsh. Well, let me
[27:04] tell you something, you gotta
[27:06] start working with the villager
[27:07] lawyer at Harbor, and
[27:11] you have to start restoring the
[27:11] West
[27:13] Neck Beach, uh, not only the To
[27:13] the
[27:17] town of Huntington, Lloyd
[27:18] Harbor, your beaches
[27:22] your estuaries, and your
[27:22] marshlands, so
[27:25] you see this is your property,
[27:25] and I explained
[27:29] how this estuary was filled in
[27:31] in 2018. Guess what? This isn't
[27:32] the bath Club. Yeah
[27:35] it's the bath Club, but guess
[27:36] who owns the land of the
[27:40] Bath Club Lloyd Harbor. So you
[27:40] see
[27:42] between Lloyd Harbor, are you,
[27:43] the town of Huntington?
[27:46] You got to reopen that estuary
[27:47] because
[27:49] it's choking off. Now, the other
[27:50] thing is that with the blessing
[27:53] of dec, Gene Thatcher has been
[27:56] filling in using the sand that
[27:56] they're supposed to
[28:00] put on roads. Well, she, she has
[28:01] a truck to the beach and
[28:05] you can actually see this bulge
[28:05] here is where.
[28:09] The sand is. Plugging off or
[28:09] blocking it off.
[28:14] That same estuary. So, if you
[28:14] really want to do
[28:17] something here, folks. You need
[28:17] to put a stop
[28:20] work order on the culverts for
[28:23] the road going to the West Neck
[28:23] Beach
[28:27] and you gotta make sure that
[28:28] they're gonna be big enough
[28:32] to handle when Lloyd Harbor.
[28:32] Puts in the
[28:35] culverts underneath Lloyd Harbor
[28:35] Road to act as a
[28:38] pressure relief valve so that
[28:41] the causeway does not flood
[28:44] which prevents the fire
[28:44] department, the ambulance
[28:47] and everyone get into my house
[28:50] but also my
[28:52] property values. So you guys,
[28:53] you know
[28:56] I saw your big production about
[28:57] the marsh
[29:01] well, when do I get a chance to
[29:02] do. My production
[29:08] ok, my presentation with more
[29:08] time.
[29:11] Mayor Mark Dara, followed by
[29:11] Eddie o'Brien Carroll.
[29:16] Folks. Oh, ok.
[29:30] Sorry. It's Uh
[29:35] Hey Mark. It's a
[29:38] tough act to follow, MR. Mayor
[29:38] the best
[29:41] I can. Uh, good afternoon,
[29:42] Supervisor Smith and the
[29:45] town board. I am Mayor Mark Mark
[29:45] Daw of Huntington Bay. Prior to
[29:45] reading
[29:49] my statement today, I would like
[29:49] to request the board's attention
[29:50] to the
[29:53] informational and graphic packet
[29:53] that I have supplied to all
[29:54] board members.
[29:57] This packet is intended to
[29:58] visually represent much of what
[29:58] are the key points
[30:02] in my statement. My hope that
[30:02] the package contents will form a
[30:02] basis for
[30:06] a more lengthy graphic
[30:06] presentation at a future town
[30:07] board meeting. Um,
[30:11] and this is all about the impact
[30:11] of docks within the village of
[30:12] Huntington
[30:15] Bay. Uh, the recreational
[30:16] aesthetics, the recent
[30:16] installation of private
[30:20] dock structures along the
[30:20] Huntington Bay waterfront has
[30:20] significantly impacted
[30:24] recreational opportunities,
[30:25] aesthetic, and scenic resources.
[30:25] That are vitally
[30:29] important to Huntington Bay and
[30:29] the village's character. One of
[30:29] the most
[30:33] popular historic, uh, forms of
[30:34] recreation for both village and
[30:34] town residents
[30:38] is and has been to walk along
[30:38] the Huntington Bay shoreline to
[30:39] place on a
[30:42] private docks creates physical
[30:43] impediments and degrades the
[30:43] aesthetics of
[30:47] the bayfront. Private dock
[30:47] development has a potential
[30:48] negatively impact
[30:51] the village's waterfront in the
[30:52] form of degraded views and
[30:52] diminished view
[30:56] and the enjoyment of waterfront
[30:56] by residents and members and the
[30:56] town's
[31:00] public. The Bay is also used
[31:01] extensively by village residents
[31:01] as well as
[31:05] town residents for recreational
[31:05] water sports such as kayaks,
[31:06] paddle boards,
[31:09] kiteboards, as well as swimmers.
[31:10] These stock structures pose a
[31:10] safety issue,
[31:14] and they can represent obstacles
[31:14] both on the beach and the
[31:14] waterfront and
[31:18] the bay itself. In addition, An
[31:19] extremely important they all
[31:19] have the likely
[31:23] potential to present obstacles
[31:23] to emergency watercraft.
[31:24] Environmental but
[31:27] environmentally, the village of
[31:28] Huntington Bay coastal area
[31:28] includes the
[31:32] southwest portion of Huntington
[31:32] Bay, significant coastal
[31:33] habitat. I'm watching
[31:36] the clock and this area
[31:37] important is waterfowl and
[31:37] wintering area. It's
[31:41] a feeding area for nearby
[31:42] nesting colonies of shore birds
[31:42] and sand City,
[31:45] Eaton's neck, and is highly
[31:46] productive area for marine
[31:46] finfish and shellfish.
[31:50] It's important in the village to
[31:50] prevent the adverse impacts of
[31:51] the biological
[31:55] productivity of this area and
[31:55] main a high high water quality
[31:55] to protect
[31:59] the shell fishery, including
[31:59] efforts Controlled discharges of
[32:00] vessel wastes,
[32:03] sewage effluents, and upland
[32:04] runoff. This includes minimizing
[32:04] or preventing
[32:08] the construction of shoreline
[32:08] structures such as box piers,
[32:09] bulkheads, and
[32:12] resentments along the village
[32:13] shoreline of Huntington Bay.
[32:13] Such construction
[32:17] actions MAY likely result in the
[32:18] loss of productive areas. The
[32:18] initial placement
[32:22] of piles in the bottom impacts
[32:22] beneath the habitat and as a
[32:22] resultil disturbance
[32:26] can create a long-term impact.
[32:26] Long-term permanent multiple do
[32:27] placements
[32:30] will likely result in impacts to
[32:31] the longshore deposition of
[32:31] erosion and
[32:35] sediment. It's important to
[32:35] consider the impacts of multiple
[32:36] docks and cumulative
[32:40] impact rather than approval of a
[32:40] single dock while accepting the
[32:40] idea of
[32:44] a homeowner's 100 ft plus long
[32:45] pier into the bay is not a
[32:45] significant structure.
[32:49] As illustrated by the package
[32:49] supplied to the board, are
[32:49] resulting in significant
[32:53] long-term negative. Impact.
[32:54] Private docks along the Bayfront
[32:54] generally need
[32:58] to be relatively long to reach
[32:58] areas where low tide water
[32:58] depths will be
[33:02] less than 4 ft. The docks
[33:02] installed over the last 5 years
[33:03] have extended
[33:07] over 125 ft. With the fixed pier
[33:07] sections reaching approximately
[33:07] 60 ft.
[33:11] The town of Huntington has
[33:11] repeatedly approved longer
[33:12] period, even though
[33:15] they exceeded, even though they
[33:16] exceed the towns maximum code of
[33:16] 100 ft.
[33:20] These recent docks have avoided,
[33:20] uh, Bay Village jurisdiction,
[33:21] the installation
[33:24] of temporary ramps resting in
[33:25] the shoreline, the claim being
[33:25] the ramp is
[33:29] resting, not a structure. The
[33:29] central point of these private
[33:30] docks. Or longer
[33:34] than the town'szone code and
[33:34] allows the method of access from
[33:34] the shoreline
[33:38] in questionable terms of
[33:38] stability. As I there's a,
[33:39] there's a potential,
[33:43] you'll see it in one of my maps
[33:43] to construct over 50 private
[33:43] docks along
[33:47] the Huntington Bay shoreline,
[33:47] multiple single-family home
[33:48] peers were totally
[33:51] and permanently change the
[33:52] shoreline of the village as
[33:52] viewed from both
[33:56] the land and the water would
[33:56] clearly impact residents'
[33:57] ability to walk the
[34:01] intertidal area. Residents will
[34:01] be walking under a pile
[34:02] supported over floating
[34:05] docks and anchor docks.
[34:06] Huntington Bay is village.
[34:06] Village is currently
[34:09] working on an lwrt of Huntington
[34:10] is working on its own lwrp in
[34:10] the spirit
[34:14] of full cooperation, I'm on the
[34:15] town's Advisory board. Um, to
[34:15] add my input.
[34:18] That I MAY have since the
[34:19] village is 2/3 into the lwrp
[34:19] process, and it's
[34:23] important to note that
[34:24] Huntington Bay Village has an
[34:24] executed contract and
[34:28] at a stage somewhat ahead of the
[34:28] town lwrp. Accordingly, as
[34:29] mayor, I'm asking
[34:32] that while these documents are
[34:33] being drafted and approved, the
[34:33] town grant
[34:36] a temporary, and I repeat,
[34:37] temporary easement to the
[34:37] village encompassing
[34:41] a 100 ft area from the mean high
[34:42] water north out into the bay.
[34:42] The easement
[34:46] would be subject to renew
[34:46] renewal by the town on a
[34:46] two-year basis with full
[34:50] termination. Renewal being based
[34:51] upon the completion of the
[34:51] village's lwrp
[34:55] which is estimated to be about 2
[34:55] years. Jointly, the two LWRPs
[34:55] will establish
[34:59] conditions. Um Which would
[34:59] control the construction of new
[35:00] docks and the
[35:03] village Bay Shore. The village
[35:04] does not oppose all current
[35:04] historically
[35:08] present bayfront docks. Docks
[35:08] are not constructed, are
[35:09] constructed and maintained
[35:12] by Huntington Bay Beach
[35:13] Association to access moorings
[35:13] and function swimming
[35:17] docks, in our opinion, are
[35:18] reasonable. The town maintained
[35:18] regulates. The
[35:22] moorings and the number of
[35:22] associated association peers out
[35:22] into the bay
[35:26] at PRESIDENT Limited. We think
[35:26] that's a reasonable compromise
[35:27] with respect
[35:31] to dock construction along the
[35:31] bayfront. The village is
[35:31] generally supported
[35:35] daca applications in the harbor
[35:36] side. The ongoing lwrp process
[35:36] should necessitate
[35:39] the village and town to work
[35:40] together. We cannot and should
[35:40] not establish
[35:44] new policies and separate
[35:44] efforts as mayor, I want to work
[35:45] with the town.
[35:48] I believe we can jointly
[35:49] establish lwrp policies which
[35:49] are address waterfront
[35:53] resident needs. While at the
[35:54] same time respecting the
[35:54] environment and recreational
[35:58] residents of the Bay Area. The
[35:58] village needs time for the lwrp
[35:59] process to
[36:02] come to completion. And the
[36:02] creation of an of an easement
[36:03] overlays ensures
[36:07] that the time I provided. At the
[36:07] time is provided. I understand
[36:07] this is
[36:11] a public comment portion, but
[36:12] I'm asking the board consider my
[36:12] request,
[36:15] and I assume that it would have
[36:16] to be presented at a public
[36:16] hearing in the
[36:20] nenext board meeting in a village
[36:21] of 57575 homes. There are only
[36:21] 44 homes
[36:24] requesting doc applications with
[36:25] 99 residents against it, um,
[36:25] submitted,
[36:31] The lwrp boundaries you see. And
[36:32] the one thing I'll just finish
[36:32] up, one
[36:36] thing I'm very proud of since
[36:36] becoming mayor is the improved
[36:36] relationship
[36:40] we've developed with the town of
[36:41] Huntington. I made it a priority
[36:41] to open
[36:45] the lines of communication and
[36:45] build a strong working
[36:46] relationship with
[36:49] town officials. We've been able
[36:50] to communicate more directly,
[36:50] work together,
[36:54] and address issues in a
[36:54] productive way. I think that
[36:55] relationship has been
[36:58] a real benefit to the village
[36:59] and our residents. I thank you
[36:59] for the. Um,
[37:03] there's a lot to unpack there,
[37:03] so why don't we make an
[37:04] appointment? We'll
[37:07] sit down. We'll, we'll go
[37:08] through it at length. Sounds
[37:08] good. Thank you very
[37:12] much. Eddie o'Brien Carroll,
[37:12] followed by Cheryl Blum. Eddie
[37:13] o'Brien Carroll,
[37:16] Huntington, I'd add a new
[37:17] committeeman for the
[37:17] Conservative Party here in
[37:21] town. I am here again about the
[37:21] African American museum. This
[37:21] museum is
[37:26] a patronage project. Veronique
[37:26] Bailey was hired as a contractor
[37:26] while she
[37:30] was PRESIDENT Of the Huntington
[37:30] naacp, the town board and the
[37:31] anti-bias
[37:34] task force put her in charge of
[37:35] the social justice ambassador
[37:35] program at
[37:39] in schools. Now she has been
[37:39] appointed to this museum
[37:40] project. Bruce Segal,
[37:43] appointed by the town board as
[37:44] a. On to the anti-bias task
[37:44] force is also
[37:48] on the museum board. Kevin
[37:48] Thorburn, the six-figure
[37:49] salaried human services
[37:52] director who oversees the
[37:53] anti-bias task force and
[37:53] minority Affairs division
[37:57] has been made museum director
[37:57] and serves as its treasurer.
[37:58] Black Americans
[38:01] are 4% of Huntington's
[38:02] population. I do not buy that
[38:02] the average black American
[38:06] was demanding this museum
[38:06] nonprofits, bureaucrats, and the
[38:07] anti-bias task
[38:10] force were. Now I mentioned that
[38:11] the naacp has supported.
[38:11] Reparations for
[38:15] slavery since 1991, longer than
[38:15] I've been alive. How
[38:16] fascinating. Here's
[38:19] another beauty, the group also
[38:20] took political money from
[38:20] Coca-Cola to brand
[38:24] a soda tax racist, a campaign
[38:24] which worked. So in addition to
[38:25] its politics,
[38:28] the organization has also had a
[38:29] record of political blackmail,
[38:29] as you are
[38:33] ready to hand their pet
[38:33] patronage project. After my last
[38:34] speech, luckily
[38:37] still circulating locally on
[38:38] TikTok. I was banned from the
[38:38] Huntington Community
[38:42] Matters Facebook page. They
[38:42] insist they are not the
[38:43] government so they can.
[38:46] Sensor. Is that healthy for free
[38:47] speech in Huntington, however,
[38:47] especially
[38:51] when I'm trying to speak to
[38:51] residents who I know exist, who
[38:52] do not want
[38:55] the character or politics of
[38:56] this museum here. The Huntington
[38:56] establishment
[39:00] is on par with that attitude.
[39:00] However, the Republican
[39:01] supervisor slandered
[39:05] my speech on JULY 14th as
[39:05] abhorrent and repugnant. Tracy
[39:06] Edwards, a national
[39:09] naacp member and Hochel's la
[39:10] chair came here last month and
[39:10] has been insisting
[39:16] we must accept the museum
[39:16] because of. Huntington's
[39:17] colonial sins and racist
[39:25] Facebook posters, she believes
[39:25] the one she's being silenced.
[39:25] She thinks
[39:29] she's being silenced. It's fake
[39:30] news day fawns over her.
[39:30] Meanwhile, the
[39:34] school district is prepared to
[39:34] bus children to the naacp
[39:35] project. This project
[39:38] is top-down cultural imperialism
[39:39] against the character of
[39:39] Huntington, pushed
[39:43] by nonprofits, bureaucrats,
[39:43] Republicans, Democrats, the
[39:43] school district,
[39:47] the anti-bias task force fake
[39:48] news Day, and the CHAIRWOMAN Of
[39:48] la. Thank
[39:52] you. Cheryl Blom, followed by
[39:52] David Weins. Weinstem. Westman.
[39:52] I'm here to
[39:56] speak in favor of the African
[39:57] American museum. I can't wait to
[39:57] see it up.
[40:01] Ok. I have several points I just
[40:01] want to bring up. I don't think
[40:01] we're gonna
[40:05] have time for a discussion, but
[40:06] in, uh, 2026-436, we're
[40:06] authorizing the
[40:10] execution of an interim
[40:10] settlement agreement with the
[40:11] Long Island Power
[40:14] Authority, um, some of us don't
[40:15] know what this settlement
[40:15] agreement is and
[40:19] we're a little bit curious, so
[40:19] that's something I wanted to
[40:19] bring up. I
[40:23] also wanted to ask about what's
[40:24] going on with Manor Field. Manor
[40:24] Farm, um,
[40:28] because Starflower was kicked
[40:28] out and we are awarding a
[40:29] license agreement
[40:32] for community or educational
[40:33] proposals for the utilization of
[40:33] the house
[40:37] buildings, and Manor Farm Park
[40:37] and we don't really know what's
[40:37] going on
[40:41] there, what kind of development
[40:42] is going on. I mean, we have a
[40:42] problem with
[40:46] Fairmeadow Park and. We don't
[40:46] know what's going on with Manor
[40:46] Farm Park,
[40:50] which was a um Which is a
[40:51] delightful little piece of of
[40:51] property, so we
[40:55] want to know the other thing is
[40:55] on 202-6447, um, we are.
[40:55] Considering a special
[40:59] use permit cornerstone Melville.
[41:00] To allow the development of a
[41:00] mixed-use
[41:04] property located on the north
[41:04] side of Bayliss Road. East of
[41:04] Maxis Road.
[41:08] In Melville and I'm just curious
[41:09] if the cornerstone is going to
[41:09] blend in
[41:13] with the other one that we
[41:13] agreed to last year, um, is
[41:13] there going to be
[41:17] It's supposed to look like a
[41:18] community, it's supposed to look
[41:18] like a little
[41:22] town where you got the
[41:22] cornerstone here and you have
[41:22] the other one over
[41:26] there still proper steal equity
[41:27] properties there, cornerstone
[41:27] here, just
[41:31] wondering how they're gonna look
[41:31] aesthetically. And also there is
[41:31] a.
[41:35] Amendment to the Town Code
[41:36] regarding financial impact
[41:36] agreements with
[41:40] the school districts for certain
[41:40] mixed-use developments
[41:44] which probably relates to the
[41:44] Melville Town Center
[41:47] overlay district, but we don't
[41:48] really know what those
[41:51] financial impact agreements with
[41:52] the school districts are
[41:55] and I know this has come up
[41:56] before and it was going to be
[41:56] looked into, I think
[42:00] Doctor Bernardo was gonna look
[42:01] into it and Jen Hebert said
[42:01] she'd look into
[42:05] it. But you're gonna just adopt
[42:05] it and we don't even know what
[42:06] it's about.
[42:09] So those are the ones that I
[42:09] wanted people to be aware of and
[42:10] ask
[42:14] questions and, um, good luck.
[42:14] Thank you, David
[42:21] Westman, followed by Jim Darcy.
[42:23] David Wessman, a longtime
[42:24] resident. I want to talk about
[42:27] tax pack, uh, you're hurting
[42:30] uh, seniors and you're hurting
[42:30] young people by doing this
[42:34] test pack thing. Um, now I hear
[42:34] you wanna, you
[42:38] wanna put turf down in, in a
[42:39] breezy park. I mean, what are
[42:39] you getting
[42:43] the money from. But that's steep
[42:43] money. Ok, ok
[42:46] fine. Anyway, you're hurting it,
[42:46] hurting the
[42:50] uh, excuse me, thank you, Steve
[42:50] Stern, if you're
[42:54] watching, and, and Carl Hastie
[42:55] or the Speaker of the Assembly
[42:59] 111 each. Ok, I want to know
[42:59] where it came from. Ok, thank
[42:59] you. Anyway,
[43:03] you're hurting the tag, you're
[43:04] hurting the, you know, seniors.
[43:04] I can't,
[43:08] you know, you're living on a
[43:08] pension. These guys are on a
[43:08] pension. We are,
[43:12] you know, and we don't have that
[43:12] kind of money to jack up. I'm
[43:13] sure there's
[43:17] something else you can do, you
[43:17] know, maybe you can find
[43:17] something else,
[43:21] find money somewhere else. I
[43:22] don't know where, but you know,
[43:22] maybe taking
[43:25] that uh salary cut and some of
[43:26] the, or some of your
[43:26] administrators we didn't
[43:30] like we did in the school
[43:31] district, remember that? Ok, so
[43:31] I mean you know
[43:35] anything would help. I mean, you
[43:35] know, these people, I lived here
[43:35] 71 years.
[43:39] My family's been here over 100
[43:39] years. My family, I have the
[43:40] biggest family
[43:48] in Henton. I mean, you know, I
[43:49] don't wanna move out of here, so
[43:49] you know,
[43:58] please do something, ok? Thank
[43:59] you. Thank you. Jim Darcy,
[43:59] followed by Denise
[44:03] Schwartz. It Good afternoon. My
[44:03] name's James Darcy. Um, I
[44:08] wanted to bring up about the
[44:08] taxes, uh.
[44:11] I'm like blown away that you're
[44:12] planning on raising the cap.
[44:15] I don't hear any talk about
[44:18] what we can do to shrink it.
[44:20] I pay about 23% of
[44:23] my fixed income. On
[44:26] town taxes and school, which I
[44:29] think is Outrageous in its own.
[44:31] But, uh, Are
[44:34] we working on, you know,
[44:34] reducing the taxes
[44:37] I, I have to
[44:40] uh, me and my wife were just
[44:40] discussing about
[44:44] moving of course we are on a
[44:45] fixed income. And I have my
[44:45] daughter and
[44:49] my grandkids here. And I don't
[44:50] want to move south. You know
[44:53] so I could afford to live. I
[44:54] grew up here, lived here all my
[44:54] life.
[44:58] So my thing is, you know. I
[44:58] don't know if
[45:01] you need like a, a Dodge, you
[45:01] know
[45:05] committee where not going after
[45:05] not talking
[45:09] about fraud, talking about how
[45:10] to shrink it. Because to me I
[45:15] think what you'll see over the
[45:15] next, uh, several weeks is, is
[45:15] you'll see
[45:19] a budget that's going to be
[45:19] under the tax cap. All right,
[45:19] just, and I'll
[45:23] tell you bluntly, I, I. It it
[45:23] sounds like a great idea. I
[45:24] don't think the
[45:27] public's going to like it. But
[45:28] we'll see. I mean, I, you know,
[45:28] I have
[45:32] the town tools. There's only 2
[45:32] tools in my toolboxes. I, I, I
[45:32] can either
[45:36] cut services or, or raise taxes.
[45:37] There's nothing, there's no
[45:37] other to me
[45:41] there's a lot of. I'm not gonna
[45:41] call it waste but unnecessary
[45:41] things like
[45:45] I was just snooping around. We
[45:46] have 8 libraries in the town of
[45:46] Huntington.
[45:50] That's not, that's not the town.
[45:50] That's not the town? All right,
[45:50] but I just
[45:54] like, you know, everybody uses
[45:54] the internet. I don't know
[45:55] anybody who goes
[45:59] to the library, you know, I'm
[45:59] just going for instance, like
[45:59] there's got
[46:03] to be ways to be able to shrink
[46:04] it and Oh, no, there's, there's
[46:04] no question
[46:08] there are ways to do it. I mean,
[46:08] you know, it's but it, I think
[46:08] we, we have
[46:12] a, a very good track record of
[46:13] being stewards of the public's
[46:13] money. I think
[46:17] that we have a great work
[46:17] product to show out in the town
[46:18] from what we've
[46:21] done with the taxpayers' money
[46:22] over the last several years, but
[46:22] sooner or
[46:26] later, you know, we, we have to
[46:26] make some hard decisions and it
[46:27] might be,
[46:30] you know, if, if it comes down
[46:31] to staying under the tax cap
[46:31] then it will
[46:35] have to be dramatic cut in
[46:35] services and you know the
[46:35] biggest one it's worth
[46:39] saying I'll let you, I'll let
[46:40] you finish your thoughts, but
[46:40] You know, things
[46:44] like that are uh that garbage
[46:44] collection, for example, the
[46:44] Covanta contract
[46:48] that we have, which is renewing
[46:49] it's, I think it's going to be
[46:49] close to
[46:53] $4 million. To renew that
[46:53] contract annually. That's,
[46:53] that's the entirety
[46:57] of the tax cap right there.
[46:58] That's 2% right there. So you
[46:58] know, the, the
[47:02] math doesn't math. I mean, it's,
[47:02] it's a, you know, we're talking
[47:02] services
[47:06] like You know, a dramatic
[47:07] reduction in services that the
[47:07] public will notice
[47:11] every single day. You know, I'm
[47:11] not jumping on your skate, you
[47:11] know, but
[47:15] you know, I'd like to see you
[47:16] work on trying to reduce it
[47:16] because uh. I
[47:20] don't wanna move, you know,
[47:20] down. I'm looking at South
[47:20] Carolina $400,000
[47:24] house pay $2200 in taxes. And I,
[47:25] you know, like what the hell,
[47:25] you know,
[47:29] that's all I just, you know, and
[47:29] I don't wanna move, but I'm
[47:29] gonna have
[47:33] to just as an observation and
[47:34] and brought up. It's important
[47:34] to note how
[47:37] much of your tax bill goes
[47:38] actually to the town. It's about
[47:38] 7%, so there's
[47:42] a, you know, there's a, uh,
[47:43] something that should be looked
[47:43] at by all the
[47:47] residents to look actually at
[47:47] the tax bill and you'll see that
[47:48] the library
[47:51] tax, the library has their own
[47:52] board of trustees, just bring,
[47:52] you know,
[47:56] just thinking it, but you know.
[47:56] So if, if your tax bill is
[47:56] $10,000 we're
[48:00] getting 7% of that, you know,
[48:01] i'm on a fixed income, so when
[48:01] everything
[48:05] goes up around me, you know, in
[48:05] the world. I have to make do. I
[48:05] can't work
[48:09] overtime anymore, you know, I
[48:10] have a fixed income. And I have
[48:10] to make do
[48:14] and I have to do less with this
[48:14] and that and that's pretty much
[48:15] all I'm
[48:18] and, and the town has done the
[48:19] same over the last several years
[48:19] and, you
[48:23] know, we've been very proud of
[48:23] the fact that our fleet of
[48:23] vehicles has been
[48:27] refurbished, for example, rather
[48:28] than buying new ones, you know,
[48:28] the new,
[48:32] new truck is about $300,000.
[48:32] There's 10 wheelers, and I think
[48:32] Andre Sorrentino
[48:36] at the highway department has
[48:37] done a great job doing a heavy
[48:37] refurbishment
[48:41] of them, you know, that's just
[48:41] one example we're doing, we're
[48:41] refurbishing
[48:45] for $30,000 to $50,000 as
[48:46] opposed to buying new trucks,
[48:46] you know the highest
[48:50] property taxes. No question,
[48:50] it's very expensive and the town
[48:50] is not immune
[48:54] from inflationary pressures also
[48:55] our costs are going up to
[48:55] operate the town,
[48:59] so you know we pay for gas too
[48:59] you're welcome. Denise Schwartz,
[48:59] followed
[49:03] by Margaret Roebuck. Denise
[49:04] Schwartz East Northport. I was
[49:04] glad to see that
[49:08] the vote to potentially override
[49:08] the tax levy limit was removed
[49:08] from the
[49:12] agenda. I think that was a very
[49:13] wise decision on the part of the
[49:13] town board.
[49:17] Um, we, we don't only need to
[49:17] talk about older people
[49:18] struggling and younger
[49:21] families trying to establish
[49:22] themselves, you know, we need to
[49:22] talk about
[49:26] all of us and if each one of us
[49:26] had an extra million dollars, it
[49:26] doesn't
[49:30] mean it should get paid to the
[49:31] town in taxes. So I appreciate
[49:31] people feeling.
[49:35] Concern and compassion for, for
[49:35] those who struggle more than
[49:36] others but
[49:39] it's really about every single
[49:40] one of us. I also see on this
[49:40] agenda as MS.
[49:44] Bloom brought up, there is an
[49:45] interim settlement agreement
[49:45] with lippa. We
[49:48] cannot forget lia we cannot
[49:49] forget that horrible settlement
[49:49] which should
[49:53] never have happened, and you
[49:53] disagree. Well, and I strongly
[49:53] disagree, as
[49:57] does most of the community.
[49:58] Thank you. Ok, that should never
[49:58] have happened
[50:02] and it's digging us into a.
[50:02] Bigger and bigger hole, and they
[50:02] are looking
[50:06] to remove the transmission and
[50:07] distribution lines in the
[50:07] substations. They're
[50:11] gonna try to take that plant
[50:11] totally off the tax rolls, then
[50:12] where are we
[50:15] and where is the Northport East
[50:16] Northport School District, ok?
[50:16] So the wise
[50:20] thing to do, as other people
[50:20] have mentioned, when we feel
[50:20] hard times, you
[50:24] know, we have to cut back we MAY
[50:25] not want to take cut back you
[50:25] have to tell
[50:29] your kids I'm sorry you can't
[50:29] have that. I'm sorry we can't
[50:30] take that trip
[50:33] this year we can't buy the new.
[50:34] Car, every one of us has to make
[50:34] those decisions
[50:38] in our lives and anyone who
[50:38] doesn't ever have to make those
[50:39] choices, you
[50:42] know, is very blessed and
[50:43] fortunate and hopefully they've
[50:43] worked hard for
[50:47] that, so to talk about the
[50:47] budget we have to be looking for
[50:48] ways to reduce
[50:51] the budget. There is plenty of
[50:52] room. There are things you can
[50:52] find in this
[50:56] town budget and in the town
[50:56] expenses. Of course, we can talk
[50:57] about a $4
[51:00] million contract, you know, gas
[51:01] going up, we can discuss all
[51:01] that, but there
[51:05] is plenty of money you can. Find
[51:05] to save money for the town and
[51:05] the residents
[51:09] it almost sounds like the school
[51:10] district if you vote no for the
[51:10] budget,
[51:14] we're taking from the kids. We
[51:15] don't really wanna hear that we
[51:15] need creativity
[51:19] we need hard work on the part of
[51:19] the town board and anyone who
[51:19] manages our
[51:23] finances here at the town
[51:23] because we are going to be in
[51:24] big, big trouble
[51:27] you know, to agree to do that, I
[51:28] don't think anything's funny. Is
[51:28] somebody
[51:32] laughing here? Well, I'm, I'm,
[51:32] I'm amused by the, the thought
[51:33] that you don't
[51:36] think we've even looked at a
[51:37] budget. We've been working on
[51:37] the budget now
[51:41] for two months. Ok, I just we
[51:41] don't do it here in this room,
[51:42] we do it at
[51:45] a conference. Stable and we're
[51:46] going through the budget line
[51:46] There's, there's
[51:50] money to find, trust me, there's
[51:50] money to find you. You're right,
[51:50] you're
[51:54] right, and you know, I'm, I'm
[51:55] going to produce a budget that's
[51:55] below the
[51:59] Carter and and not play
[52:02] games. Thank you. Ok. Ok.
[52:06] Margaret Roebuck, followed
[52:13] by Leslie Tullo. Hi
[52:16] I'm Margaret Roebuck, uh, that's
[52:19] a hard act to follow. She did
[52:21] a great job. She almost said
[52:22] everything that I wanted to say
[52:26] but I also wanna my family's
[52:26] been living here
[52:29] for over 66 years in Huntington
[52:29] and we've, I've seen a
[52:32] lot of changes, ok, and one of
[52:33] the biggest things
[52:37] again, my question is why I'm
[52:38] really here was why are you
[52:38] going to.
[52:42] Override the tax cap. What
[52:42] reasons and
[52:45] what's going to go for. Now I
[52:45] heard some of the things that
[52:45] you
[52:49] said that it have gone up in
[52:49] cost, but I
[52:53] mean a person like me on a fixed
[52:54] income is getting harder and
[52:57] harder. And now, uh, when they
[52:58] talk about oh let's build more
[52:58] affordable housing
[53:02] I don't see affordable housing
[53:02] going up. All I see is more and
[53:06] more stress on the
[53:07] infrastructure. All I see is my
[53:07] gas, my
[53:11] electric, my car insurance,
[53:11] everything. Things going on
[53:12] because of more
[53:15] people. I try to you try to get
[53:16] a drive any place. It's
[53:16] impossible
[53:20] the amount of people on the
[53:20] road, and it's like again,
[53:21] everything's going
[53:24] up and up and up. What about
[53:25] these young people? How are they
[53:25] going to afford these
[53:29] million-dollar homes. When I see
[53:30] across the street, ok, people
[53:33] moving in and they got their
[53:34] extended family, you know, 5 and
[53:34] 6
[53:38] families in a single-family home
[53:38] because they're the only ones
[53:39] that can
[53:43] afford and these are basically
[53:43] foreigners, ok? And they're the
[53:43] only ones
[53:47] that are able to afford these
[53:48] million-dollar homes that in my
[53:48] opinion, it's
[53:51] like my my house is nowhere near
[53:52] a million dollars, ok
[53:56] but this is what's going up for
[53:57] sale. And people are buying them
[53:57] but not
[54:01] our young people. Not our young
[54:01] people at all, and it's sad.
[54:01] It's sad and
[54:05] it's like. It's unbelievable and
[54:06] it's like. How are we gonna live
[54:06] here
[54:09] I'm almost getting to the point
[54:10] that I've lived here all my
[54:10] life, just about
[54:14] and I have to leave because I
[54:14] can't afford to live here
[54:15] anymore. And young people
[54:19] can't even come in. On here.
[54:19] It's
[54:21] I mean, we've elected you
[54:22] people. You should be
[54:25] brainstorming for us. Please,
[54:25] you You
[54:28] know, do something and that
[54:28] instead of letting us
[54:32] struggle here. Well as I say,
[54:33] well, this is going up. Well
[54:33] why?
[54:36] Ok. And the answer is, oh, we'll
[54:37] do this and do that
[54:41] and I'm going, look at the
[54:41] consequences on everything
[54:41] that's
[54:46] happening. All right, thank you.
[54:46] Leslie Tollop followed
[54:56] by Samuel Ashkenazi.
[55:02] Good afternoon Leslie Tollop
[55:06] um, I first would like to read
[55:06] into the record
[55:10] uh, communication from the
[55:11] school district. Uh, from MR.
[55:11] O'Farrell
[55:15] uh, said, good morning, thank
[55:15] you for reaching out and sharing
[55:15] your
[55:19] concerns. I've been in touch
[55:20] with COUNCILMAN Bernardo
[55:24] with regards to the matter of
[55:24] the mtcod and
[55:28] he's indicated that he would
[55:29] share these concerns with the
[55:29] supervisor and
[55:33] the council, um, as you know,
[55:33] I've been both publicly and
[55:33] privately
[55:37] seeking clarification on the
[55:38] pause. Now we all are seeking
[55:38] clarification on
[55:42] the pause. I've also stated
[55:42] publicly that I believe most
[55:42] people assume that
[55:46] a pause would imply waiting
[55:47] until after the 1st 400 units
[55:51] occupied to evaluate the actual
[55:51] real world impact.
[55:55] Having said that, I understand
[55:56] that my interpretation is not
[55:56] how
[56:00] developers and seemingly the
[56:00] town interpret this codified
[56:00] language
[56:04] I can't speak to the exact
[56:05] interpretation other than to say
[56:09] that it seems very different
[56:09] from my own. The resolution and
[56:09] vote tomorrow is
[56:13] to schedule a public hearing.
[56:14] They are not voting to approve
[56:14] or deny
[56:18] the application at this point,
[56:18] uh, and if they vote to approve
[56:19] the resolution, i
[56:22] would hope that there is mention
[56:23] or consideration of the pause
[56:23] when they
[56:27] are scheduling the actual public
[56:27] hearing, without clarification
[56:28] or specifics,
[56:31] this will be the most revealing
[56:32] insight into how the town is
[56:32] interpreting
[56:36] this language in Sierra Lee,
[56:36] John. And so this body approved
[56:36] the
[56:40] steel equities, uh,
[56:41] construction, 400 units
[56:45] and our understanding was that
[56:45] those 400 units were to be
[56:49] the test run to see how this
[56:49] development of this
[56:52] area would work. And that we
[56:53] understood that the hospital
[56:56] would be coming in and the
[56:56] associated office
[56:59] space and how that would impact
[56:59] the trans
[57:03] uh the um traffic, the
[57:06] environment, the school district
[57:09] and now, uh, I think the
[57:12] um, we all are owed some sort of
[57:12] an understanding
[57:16] and explanation as to why 400
[57:16] units
[57:19] uh, is not a hard cap. I, I'll
[57:23] be happy to address that. So the
[57:23] 400 units was, was
[57:27] was decided on because that was
[57:28] the sewer capacity
[57:31] that the county had said to us
[57:31] that there's a capacity
[57:34] for 400 residential units. So
[57:35] that's how that
[57:39] number as far as what the, what
[57:39] the, the pause was about
[57:43] The pause, I was very clear with
[57:44] every civic group I ever met
[57:44] with that they
[57:48] that this pause was not going to
[57:48] be a stop and That
[57:52] the buildings would have to get
[57:53] built before we would move on to
[57:53] the next
[57:57] building. That that is never
[57:57] been discussed. In fact, it was
[57:58] very clear with
[58:01] anybody that asked that that is
[58:02] not what the pause was. The
[58:02] pause was the
[58:06] pause acted as a brake on
[58:06] overdevelopment is really what
[58:07] it came down to.
[58:10] It was not a secondary
[58:11] environmental impact study. It
[58:11] was not a second seeker
[58:15] review. All of those things are
[58:15] things that the developers are
[58:16] required
[58:20] to do as part of the development
[58:20] process. The the pause was our
[58:20] break on
[58:24] the. Process to make sure that
[58:24] we didn't have a flood of new
[58:24] applications
[58:28] coming through the door where we
[58:29] can stop that process and we
[58:29] baked it into
[58:33] the resolution to make sure that
[58:33] we maintain control of the pace
[58:34] of development.
[58:37] Quite frankly, watching the pace
[58:38] of development in Melville right
[58:38] now, uh,
[58:42] you know, we, we, we passed this
[58:42] about a year and a half ago. We
[58:43] got one
[58:47] application in so far that has
[58:47] gone through the approval. It
[58:47] was approved
[58:51] 8 months ago. They're not even
[58:52] close to breaking ground on it,
[58:52] so you know,
[58:55] the, the, the, the concerns that
[58:56] were raised. And one of the
[58:56] concerns that
[59:00] that brought about this pause.
[59:00] Was that we would enact the
[59:01] Melville Town
[59:04] Center overlay district and
[59:05] there'd be a flood of
[59:05] applications through the
[59:09] door. The opposite has been
[59:09] true. We, we, you know, the, the
[59:10] applicant,
[59:14] this is we're, we're scheduling
[59:14] a public hearing for the 2nd
[59:14] application,
[59:18] a year and a half after we
[59:18] enacted it. So, you know, the,
[59:19] the, the, the
[59:22] scaremongering that took place a
[59:23] year and a half ago about
[59:23] overdevelopment
[59:27] of Melville has never
[59:27] materialized. Yeah, so that, I
[59:28] mean, that's the, the,
[59:31] the pause was not a second
[59:32] secret or a second environmental
[59:32] review or a
[59:36] second traffic study. It was, it
[59:36] was our control over the pace of
[59:37] development
[59:40] in Melville. And frankly, I
[59:41] think it's too slow. Uh, I
[59:41] think, you know,
[59:45] and I know my time is up, but,
[59:45] um, if you don't see the impact
[59:46] that the
[59:49] 400 units, once they are
[59:50] developed, occupied and in use,
[59:50] and plus the other
[59:54] development from Northwell, um,
[59:55] then you really have no way of
[59:55] gauging whether
[59:58] or not you could. Um, Extend
[59:59] another 168 units or even more
[59:59] if those applications
[1:00:03] came in. Our understanding, and
[1:00:04] maybe it was a misunderstanding
[1:00:04] apparently
[1:00:07] by the school district as well,
[1:00:08] that there really was going to
[1:00:08] be, uh, that
[1:00:12] you were going to use this more
[1:00:12] as a test case, so that we could
[1:00:13] we could
[1:00:17] develop that property and what
[1:00:17] that would mean in terms of
[1:00:17] reopening schools
[1:00:21] and traffic up and down Route
[1:00:21] 110. So, um, you know, I guess
[1:00:22] there are a
[1:00:26] lot of people. Who did not quite
[1:00:27] understand your interpretation
[1:00:27] of that
[1:00:30] 400. Cap and uh what our
[1:00:31] interpretation.
[1:00:34] Was so maybe I, you know, a
[1:00:35] little work before
[1:00:40] that hearing, or you're gonna
[1:00:40] get a lot more questions like
[1:00:41] mine. Thank
[1:00:44] you. Samuel Eskenazi, followed
[1:00:44] by
[1:00:48] Anthony Cacciato. Hello
[1:00:51] everyone. Uh, my name is Samuel
[1:00:51] Ashkenazi
[1:00:55] I am a local small business
[1:00:55] owner, political activist, and
[1:00:59] performer, and the arts and
[1:01:00] entertainment contributor for
[1:01:00] the Long Islander
[1:01:04] newspaper, but of course, Ed,
[1:01:04] you know me from insulting me to
[1:01:04] my face and
[1:01:08] for just asking a basic question
[1:01:09] about congressional leadership
[1:01:09] and calling
[1:01:13] me a crazy blue-haired liberal.
[1:01:13] Anyway, today, I'm here to talk
[1:01:13] about the
[1:01:17] flat cameras. Uh, the town of
[1:01:18] Huntington has been installing
[1:01:18] flock cameras.
[1:01:22] These cameras, otherwise known
[1:01:22] as automatic license plate
[1:01:23] readers, ALPRs,
[1:01:26] or ShotSpotters are used to.
[1:01:27] Photographs, every license plate
[1:01:27] that drives
[1:01:31] past it, the purpose is to be
[1:01:31] able to track our movements on a
[1:01:31] minute to
[1:01:35] minute basis. This is a clear
[1:01:36] government overreach, clearly
[1:01:36] infringing on
[1:01:40] our rights to privacy. And to
[1:01:40] add insult to injury, anyone who
[1:01:40] criticizes
[1:01:44] this technology, the ceo of
[1:01:45] Flock has called a terrorist.
[1:01:45] Beyond that though,
[1:01:49] it is a vastly flawed technology
[1:01:49] across the country we have seen
[1:01:50] misidentification
[1:01:53] rates of 70 to 80%, which has
[1:01:54] led to devastating consequences.
[1:01:54] Police wrongly
[1:01:58] pulling over families and cars,
[1:01:58] traumatizing children in in
[1:01:59] accidentally
[1:02:02] injuring the drivers, many, many
[1:02:03] instances where, frankly, it's
[1:02:03] wrongly
[1:02:07] thinning out our police
[1:02:07] resources. One examination found
[1:02:07] that out of 8500
[1:02:11] calls for police to respond to
[1:02:12] Flat cameras or shots. Otters
[1:02:12] only 20% were
[1:02:16] legitimately worthy of their
[1:02:16] calls. These citizens that are
[1:02:16] at the mercy
[1:02:20] of these misidentifications,
[1:02:21] also have to hire lawyers. We
[1:02:21] are already at
[1:02:25] the mercy of a Republican
[1:02:25] administration bringing us into
[1:02:25] an unnecessary
[1:02:29] war, raising our gas prices and
[1:02:30] energy prices, and we can't find
[1:02:30] housing
[1:02:34] or healthcare. I'm here during
[1:02:34] my job to speak right now. I
[1:02:35] should not have
[1:02:38] to leave work to protect our
[1:02:39] freedoms and privacy because you
[1:02:39] guys want
[1:02:43] to find us into infinitum. Our
[1:02:43] police are also already stressed
[1:02:44] as is. I
[1:02:47] know people in this office so
[1:02:48] avidly defend the police, and
[1:02:48] yet by giving
[1:02:52] them flawed technology, you are
[1:02:52] making their jobs harder,
[1:02:52] allowing real
[1:02:56] criminals to escape in moments
[1:02:57] when they're responding to flock
[1:02:57] camera calls
[1:03:01] that are illegitimate. This is
[1:03:01] wrong for the public. It is a
[1:03:02] dangerous invasion
[1:03:05] of our privacy, and it has
[1:03:06] bipartisan support. Republicans
[1:03:06] and Democrats
[1:03:10] do not want to be surveilled in
[1:03:10] our town that we already have so
[1:03:11] much pride
[1:03:14] in keeping safe. Our tax dollars
[1:03:15] also should not be going to
[1:03:15] this. I don't
[1:03:19] I didn't see any ruling. I
[1:03:19] didn't see any.
[1:03:22] At any vote as to making my tax
[1:03:22] dollars pay
[1:03:25] for these cameras. Considering
[1:03:26] all of
[1:03:28] the flaws with them, considering
[1:03:29] the ceo has said
[1:03:32] such vastly damaging things. Is
[1:03:33] this really the
[1:03:37] tytytype of technology we want to be
[1:03:37] installing in, in, in
[1:03:38] Huntington. That's, that's
[1:03:41] what I had to say for it today.
[1:03:42] Thank you. You're welcome.
[1:03:50] Anthony Cacchiato, followed by
[1:03:50] Robert Lamont.
[1:03:53] Good afternoon, MR. Supervisor
[1:03:54] and the rest of the board. Uh,
[1:03:54] my name's
[1:03:57] Anthony Cachado. I'm a proud
[1:03:58] Huntington Village resident and
[1:03:58] a law student
[1:04:02] over at Tre Law Center. Uh, I'm
[1:04:02] rising today just to commend the
[1:04:03] board on
[1:04:06] taking the next step on, uh, the
[1:04:07] Melville Town Overlay District
[1:04:07] by scheduling a
[1:04:11] public hearing, uh, for the next
[1:04:11] mixed use project over there,
[1:04:11] um, you know
[1:04:15] I've come before the board many
[1:04:15] times on this issue of housing
[1:04:20] in Huntington. It's an issue
[1:04:20] that affects everybody, but
[1:04:20] also, you know,
[1:04:24] especially impacts young Long
[1:04:24] Islanders who are. Concerned
[1:04:25] about whether
[1:04:29] or not we can afford to stay on
[1:04:29] Long Island. So I mean the
[1:04:29] median home price
[1:04:33] right now last JUNE was around
[1:04:34] $750,000. Um, but you know, in a
[1:04:34] lot of ways
[1:04:37] what is happening in Melviville
[1:04:38] right now is, is a bold and
[1:04:38] necessary step
[1:04:42] that Huntington is pioneering on
[1:04:43] right now, and I think that
[1:04:43] that's going
[1:04:46] to be something that, as it
[1:04:47] develops and, you know, I, I
[1:04:47] agree is not developing,
[1:04:51] uh, you know, at the speed that
[1:04:52] we thought it would, but, um,
[1:04:52] you know,
[1:04:56] when it does, we'll not only
[1:04:56] provide us the opportunity to uh
[1:04:56] give options
[1:05:00] to. You know, young, uh young
[1:05:01] individuals in this town to
[1:05:01] afford to live
[1:05:04] here, but, uh, provide
[1:05:05] opportunities for new
[1:05:05] businesses, uh, to help, you
[1:05:09] know, increase our tax levy,
[1:05:10] tried to use that to, you know,
[1:05:10] help improve
[1:05:14] our infrastructure and address
[1:05:14] those concerns. It's something
[1:05:14] that I'm very
[1:05:18] heartened to see, and you know,
[1:05:18] I look forward to seeing how
[1:05:19] this project
[1:05:23] really kind of pans out going
[1:05:23] forward because I, I think that
[1:05:23] young people
[1:05:27] really are struggling with
[1:05:28] housing right now, and it's,
[1:05:28] it's heartening
[1:05:31] to see that there's, you know,
[1:05:32] this sort of bold and actions
[1:05:32] being taken
[1:05:42] by the town board. So thank you
[1:05:42] for, for really taking that
[1:05:43] necessary step,
[1:05:46] and I look forward to seeing how
[1:05:47] it develops going forward. Thank
[1:05:47] you. Thank
[1:05:52] you. Robert Lamont, followed by
[1:05:52] Gail Jasper. Right, so, uh, the
[1:05:53] question
[1:05:56] is affordability unfortunately,
[1:05:57] and you know we talked about
[1:05:57] this before
[1:06:01] and the beauty now we're gonna
[1:06:01] have a hospital in Melville
[1:06:02] thanks to Kenneth
[1:06:05] and you know he's gonna. He, he
[1:06:06] bought the land for
[1:06:06] approximately $10035.5
[1:06:10] million and it's a 45 acre
[1:06:10] parcel and he's gonna put a
[1:06:14] billion dollars hospital on it,
[1:06:15] but you know these things are
[1:06:15] gonna
[1:06:19] take years, probably 10 at
[1:06:19] least. Same with the
[1:06:23] the little 45 houses at the
[1:06:26] at the Apple stand there on the
[1:06:26] north side of
[1:06:30] Jericho Turnpike and also you
[1:06:30] know
[1:06:33] this uh steel equities project.
[1:06:33] So go to
[1:06:37] a News, um, 3 and 4, I believe
[1:06:40] have been purchased.
[1:06:42] Oh he is. I believe
[1:06:46] um, and I forget the name of the
[1:06:46] company. I didn't
[1:06:50] do that research. I had some
[1:06:51] other things working on this
[1:06:55] afternoon, so. Salsa
[1:06:57] Sal Fero's, uh, um, you know
[1:07:00] prediction has, has been, you
[1:07:00] know
[1:07:04] do nothing, and the property
[1:07:04] taxes are gonna
[1:07:07] go up anyway, right? So, so how
[1:07:08] are we gonna better spend
[1:07:11] the money. You're Republicans
[1:07:11] minus.
[1:07:14] One, sorry, but you know, still,
[1:07:14] you got, you know
[1:07:18] fiscal responsibility. It's, you
[1:07:18] know, it's easy
[1:07:22] when it's opm. Other people's
[1:07:22] money. But you
[1:07:26] have to. And true, you know
[1:07:29] maybe it's 10% because when
[1:07:31] you look at the tax bill, right,
[1:07:32] the number one thing is
[1:07:35] the money that we are paying to
[1:07:35] the state of
[1:07:40] New York for. You know, is it a
[1:07:40] quality education compared
[1:07:45] to other, other areas. I don't
[1:07:45] know. I, I.
[1:07:49] I guess uh you know, there were
[1:07:49] some great schools in the New
[1:07:53] York City system, but, uh, you
[1:07:54] know, there's some rough ones
[1:07:54] and tough
[1:07:58] ones also. I was lucky again. My
[1:07:58] parents
[1:08:01] school district 5, you know, a
[1:08:05] 1.37 acre plot, Dick Hills.
[1:08:07] Good people in the neighborhood
[1:08:07] that I knew were
[1:08:11] uh, engaged with, you know, I'm
[1:08:12] thinking of Joseph Ford
[1:08:16] the 3rd and Mike. Uh, I can't
[1:08:16] remember his last name
[1:08:19] um, but, uh, these are two
[1:08:20] beautiful African
[1:08:22] American people that that
[1:08:25] uh and and and others, I mean,
[1:08:25] hey
[1:08:28] uh, you know, the, the
[1:08:28] predominance in Half Hollow
[1:08:28] Hills
[1:08:32] it's, uh, it's. You know, 80%
[1:08:35] if not 90% uh uh uh Caucasian,
[1:08:35] so.
[1:08:39] Oh, all right
[1:08:41] uh, I think we need to think
[1:08:41] about
[1:08:45] some type of traffic light near
[1:08:46] that pizza place
[1:08:50] on Rutland Road and Max's Road,
[1:08:50] uh, making a left around 4:30
[1:08:55] 5 o'clock is quite difficult.
[1:08:55] Um, it's only gonna get worse.
[1:08:59] Thank you, Gaily Jasper,
[1:08:59] followed by Daniel Carpen. At
[1:08:59] the
[1:09:10] Trinity.
[1:09:13] Gail Jasper residence in Dix
[1:09:13] Hills
[1:09:16] um, on your you number
[1:09:22] 198.3-34-1 mtcod Melville Town
[1:09:24] Center Olay District was adopted
[1:09:28] on DECEMBER 10, 2024
[1:09:30] The town and I quoted, the
[1:09:33] The town board will pause the
[1:09:33] acceptance
[1:09:37] of new applications after the
[1:09:37] submission of
[1:09:41] the first application totaling
[1:09:42] 400 residential units in the.
[1:09:42] Melville
[1:09:46] Town Center and thereafter each
[1:09:46] successive submission of
[1:09:51] applications totaling 400 units
[1:09:51] in Melville town center to
[1:09:55] assess the cumulative impact of
[1:09:55] the development on traffic
[1:09:56] conditions
[1:09:59] fire emergency, and educational
[1:10:00] services. The total number
[1:10:04] of residential units in the
[1:10:04] Melville town center shall
[1:10:09] not exceed 1500 units. I bespoke
[1:10:09] before you many
[1:10:13] many times, and one of my prime.
[1:10:13] Question was how long is
[1:10:17] this pause going to be for? Is
[1:10:18] it gonna be for a minute while
[1:10:18] the next guy
[1:10:22] in line comes up to the podium,
[1:10:23] or is it going to be a
[1:10:23] meaningful.
[1:10:27] Cause so that we could see what
[1:10:27] happened. Doctor Bernardo
[1:10:31] you said that you had a
[1:10:32] community awareness meeting in
[1:10:32] Dix Hills.
[1:10:35] That you would protect the
[1:10:36] school district regardless
[1:10:40] and that's how you would vote
[1:10:40] and Jen, we.
[1:10:44] Supported your run for this
[1:10:45] office based on what you said
[1:10:49] you had said about protecting
[1:10:49] the residents. I'm sorry
[1:10:54] I heard what I heard, we heard
[1:10:54] what I heard, and
[1:11:00] uh the superintendents heard
[1:11:01] what I heard. Thank you very
[1:11:01] much. We are sorely
[1:11:05] disappointed. Daniel Carpin
[1:11:05] followed by Lisa Bloomstein. A
[1:11:09] great job protecting us. Welcome
[1:11:09] to
[1:11:12] the Daniel Carppe show direct
[1:11:12] from Town Hall
[1:11:16] your best value for your tax
[1:11:19] dollar paid for and produced by
[1:11:19] a town
[1:11:21] of Heineken. My name is Daniel
[1:11:22] Carpin. I reside at
[1:11:25] Three Harbor Hill Drive,
[1:11:25] Huntington, New York.
[1:11:29] I am speaking today about the
[1:11:30] African American
[1:11:34] Museum that is supposed to be
[1:11:34] planned at Fairmeadow Park at
[1:11:38] the northwest corner of Pulaski
[1:11:39] Road and Park Avenue.
[1:11:43] This is not the proper place for
[1:11:43] this museum. It
[1:11:47] is alienation of parkland, and
[1:11:48] when you in MAY
[1:11:52] uh, had a special town board
[1:11:53] meeting to ask the town, the
[1:11:57] state legislature to alienate
[1:11:57] the park land the town board
[1:11:58] meeting was a
[1:12:01] special one. Hardly anybody knew
[1:12:02] about it. It was done in what
[1:12:06] I call semi-secrecy at the last
[1:12:06] minute and
[1:12:10] the people in the neighborhood
[1:12:11] to the west found out. About
[1:12:11] this after
[1:12:15] the fact, and they are angry.
[1:12:15] What you have done
[1:12:19] supervisor, you've clearly
[1:12:19] earned your proclamation of
[1:12:23] the mba award make voters angry.
[1:12:23] They are angry
[1:12:26] They do not want their park used
[1:12:29] for the African American Museum.
[1:12:29] There
[1:12:32] are other locations you could
[1:12:33] take the old
[1:12:35] bank building on the east side
[1:12:36] of Park Avenue north
[1:12:39] of Pulaski north of Pulaski
[1:12:40] Road, the buildings are already
[1:12:40] there. Oh yeah.
[1:12:44] News by the property and make it
[1:12:44] into a museum. Uh, the building
[1:12:44] it's
[1:12:48] a museum. The other option is to
[1:12:49] take the armory
[1:12:53] on East 5th Street an existing
[1:12:53] building and put the museum
[1:12:53] there
[1:12:57] It would cost virtually nothing
[1:12:58] for the tax for the for the
[1:13:02] for the town to do that, you
[1:13:02] wouldn't have to build a new
[1:13:03] building. You
[1:13:06] wouldn't have to acquire land.
[1:13:07] You wouldn't have to go through
[1:13:07] expensive
[1:13:11] architects. You could easily
[1:13:12] convert that and put the African
[1:13:12] museum there.
[1:13:15] Within a month or two of just an
[1:13:16] architect or a space planner to
[1:13:20] It could be done at very, very
[1:13:20] low cost without breaking
[1:13:24] the tax cap and the other thing
[1:13:25] I'm going to ask you, and I
[1:13:25] don't know
[1:13:29] you don't seem to answer
[1:13:29] questions very much is the
[1:13:29] exhibit at
[1:13:33] the Huntington Railroad Station,
[1:13:34] a very well done exhibit of the
[1:13:34] role
[1:13:38] of African Americans in the town
[1:13:39] of Huntington, is that exhibit
[1:13:39] going to
[1:13:43] be taken down and moved? In the
[1:13:43] museum.
[1:13:47] No answer. I don't, I don't
[1:13:47] know. I think it's
[1:13:50] a great don't know. Well, you
[1:13:51] should know. You, you should be,
[1:13:51] you should
[1:13:58] be ashamed of yourself for not
[1:13:58] knowing. Thank you.
[1:14:03] Ok. Lisa Bloomstein
[1:14:05] followed by Andrew King
[1:14:08] It's also a difficult role to
[1:14:08] follow to follow today
[1:14:11] Seriously, uh, good, good
[1:14:12] afternoon
[1:14:14] supervisor and town board. Um,
[1:14:15] I'm here
[1:14:18] today because I believe the town
[1:14:19] is at a critical point where it
[1:14:23] needs to decide whether the
[1:14:23] promised promises made to this
[1:14:24] community
[1:14:27] actually means something. We
[1:14:28] were told there would be a pause
[1:14:28] after the
[1:14:32] 1st 400 residential units in the
[1:14:32] Melville Town Center overlay
[1:14:33] district so
[1:14:37] the town could evaluate. The
[1:14:37] real world impacts of this
[1:14:37] development. That
[1:14:41] is not something residents
[1:14:41] imagines. It's in your own town
[1:14:42] code that was
[1:14:45] just read to you, 198341. The
[1:14:46] code says the town board will
[1:14:46] pause acceptance
[1:14:50] of new applications after the
[1:14:51] first applications totaling 400
[1:14:51] residential
[1:14:54] units in order to assess
[1:14:55] cumulative impacts, traffic,
[1:14:55] fire, emergency
[1:14:59] services, and education. And
[1:14:59] here is what makes this meeting
[1:15:00] so troubling
[1:15:03] The town's own website currently
[1:15:04] states that. Applications are on
[1:15:08] hold pursuant to that exact
[1:15:08] provision. So I have a very
[1:15:09] straightforward
[1:15:12] question. What changed? If the
[1:15:13] pause has been lifted, when was
[1:15:13] it lifted
[1:15:17] Who authorized it? What
[1:15:17] resolution or action lifted it,
[1:15:17] and where
[1:15:22] was that decision communicated
[1:15:22] to the public because if the
[1:15:22] pause has not
[1:15:26] been lifted, then why are we
[1:15:26] discussing another 167
[1:15:29] 8 apartment project. We were
[1:15:30] told repeatedly that the purpose
[1:15:30] of the pause was
[1:15:34] to determine what the 1st 400
[1:15:34] units would do to the
[1:15:37] community. Nothing has been
[1:15:38] built yet. We don't know
[1:15:42] the actual number of children
[1:15:42] those units will send to the
[1:15:43] Half Hollow Hill
[1:15:46] School District. We don't know
[1:15:47] the traffic impact. We don't
[1:15:47] know the impact
[1:15:51] on emergency services. We don't
[1:15:51] know the cumulative impact on
[1:15:51] our sewage
[1:15:55] and drainage infrastructure. And
[1:15:56] last night we got another very
[1:15:56] real reminder
[1:16:00] of why infrastructure matters
[1:16:00] after heavy rain, both the
[1:16:01] northbound and
[1:16:04] southbound lanes of 110 at the
[1:16:05] Huntington Quadrangle completely
[1:16:05] flooded,
[1:16:09] overwhelming cars on both sides
[1:16:09] trying to get through. That is
[1:16:10] not a theoretical
[1:16:13] future impact that is
[1:16:14] infrastructure. Which is
[1:16:14] struggling today. So why
[1:16:18] would we add hundreds more
[1:16:18] residential units before we have
[1:16:19] determined whether the
[1:16:22] existing infrastructure can
[1:16:23] handle what we already have
[1:16:23] here. The town's
[1:16:27] own environmental review
[1:16:27] recognized that future
[1:16:28] development would be dependent
[1:16:31] upon access to public sewers and
[1:16:32] that the 400 unit pause
[1:16:36] was intended to allow the town
[1:16:36] to evaluate commute commu
[1:16:36] cumulative
[1:16:40] impacts, and we still need a
[1:16:41] comprehensive current assessment
[1:16:41] of sewer capacity.
[1:16:45] Capacity. The same is true for
[1:16:45] our schools. If newer and more
[1:16:49] comprehensive demographic
[1:16:50] information indicates that these
[1:16:50] developments
[1:16:54] could generate more students
[1:16:54] than the town's older studies
[1:16:55] anticipate, then
[1:16:58] we should use the best available
[1:16:59] information, not outdated
[1:16:59] assumptions.
[1:17:03] The responsible thing to do is
[1:17:03] simple stop, measure, and then
[1:17:03] decide. Let the
[1:17:07] 1st 400 units actually be built,
[1:17:08] determine how many children they
[1:17:08] generate
[1:17:12] determine what happens to
[1:17:12] traffic, determine what. Happens
[1:17:13] to our sewer
[1:17:16] system, drainage, roads, police,
[1:17:17] fire, emergency services, then
[1:17:17] and only then
[1:17:21] decide whether the community can
[1:17:21] responsibly absorb another wave
[1:17:25] of apartments. I'm not asking
[1:17:26] this board to deny these
[1:17:26] projects
[1:17:30] I'm asking you to follow your
[1:17:30] own law and keep your words the
[1:17:31] residents
[1:17:34] of Huntington. Do not schedule
[1:17:35] another public hearing simply
[1:17:35] because
[1:17:39] an application is waiting. I'll
[1:17:39] Put in the rest of my comments
[1:17:46] Andrew King. Followed by Dom
[1:17:46] Feeney.
[1:17:50] Andrew King. Ok
[1:17:53] If MR. King returns, let me
[1:17:53] know.
[1:17:55] Dom Feeney, followed by Johanna
[1:17:56] Suchow. Scar.
[1:17:59] I thought I saw him
[1:18:02] briefly, but all right, uh,
[1:18:02] Joanna, if if
[1:18:08] Dom let me know.
[1:18:11] Good afternoon everyone. Yeah.
[1:18:14] I did not come prepared to talk
[1:18:14] about the
[1:18:17] mtcod or even the tax cap.
[1:18:20] Because I noticed it was pulled
[1:18:20] from the agenda, but as far as
[1:18:24] the mtcod I think you know, I
[1:18:24] generally supported it, much to
[1:18:28] the chagrin of many people in my
[1:18:29] community. However, I was always
[1:18:29] emphatic
[1:18:33] about we should do a cumulative
[1:18:34] sequel so that we would have an
[1:18:34] idea even
[1:18:37] at this 0.400 generates this
[1:18:38] much, we could project 168, but
[1:18:38] we didn't do
[1:18:42] that, so we're not there. Um, as
[1:18:42] far as the tax cap, I'd like,
[1:18:43] uh, the transparency.
[1:18:47] It would be great if we can do,
[1:18:47] we would like to review a line
[1:18:47] by line on
[1:18:51] the budget, and that would
[1:18:51] include, I'm sorry, I know it's
[1:18:51] a sore issue
[1:18:56] for you guys, but the 6-year
[1:18:56] lifetime medical benefits. I'd
[1:18:56] like to know
[1:19:00] a projection of what that will
[1:19:00] cost us as, you know, as a town
[1:19:00] into the
[1:19:04] future, because it, it's one of
[1:19:05] the line items. You, you've got
[1:19:05] many. Um,
[1:19:09] but my main reason for stepping
[1:19:10] up today was to ask, I don't
[1:19:10] know if Andrew
[1:19:13] Ray is the person that knows the
[1:19:14] answer to this question. When is
[1:19:14] the public,
[1:19:18] you know, able to get online to
[1:19:18] look at the text of preliminary
[1:19:19] resolutions.
[1:19:23] It, the agenda gets posted, I
[1:19:23] think on a Friday. And this is
[1:19:23] now the 2nd
[1:19:27] or whatever meeting that I am
[1:19:27] looking to see what the text is
[1:19:27] other than
[1:19:31] me getting in my car and driving
[1:19:32] up here and nobody should really
[1:19:32] have to.
[1:19:36] Why can't, when should that be
[1:19:37] posted because it's been being
[1:19:37] posted Monday,
[1:19:41] basically in the afternoon that
[1:19:41] we can go online and look at the
[1:19:41] text of
[1:19:45] resolutions. Is there a problem
[1:19:46] with putting it up sooner. I
[1:19:46] know in the
[1:19:50] past, it's been a policy issue
[1:19:50] with the board as to, you know,
[1:19:50] setting a
[1:19:54] goal for public disclosure. I
[1:19:54] just was wondering, What is the
[1:19:54] policy if
[1:19:58] there is one? Yes, please,
[1:19:59] because 24 hours, but we don't
[1:19:59] post at the town
[1:20:03] attorney asks it to post it. So
[1:20:03] the town clerk isn't really
[1:20:03] necessarily
[1:20:07] involved in the posting is what
[1:20:08] you're saying, ok, and 24 hours
[1:20:08] is the policy
[1:20:12] of this board. You're gonna sit
[1:20:12] there and say that it's ok for
[1:20:13] us to get
[1:20:16] a look at things 24 hours. The
[1:20:17] text of resolutions. I, I just
[1:20:17] think it,
[1:20:21] I think you could do a little
[1:20:21] better in that regard because,
[1:20:22] well, I know
[1:20:25] it MAY be state law, it doesn't
[1:20:26] mean you have to, you can't
[1:20:26] exceed that.
[1:20:30] You can't provide more
[1:20:30] information to the public
[1:20:31] sooner. I just think it's
[1:20:34] hard for us. We see the
[1:20:35] headings, we don't know what's
[1:20:35] in the body of. The
[1:20:39] resolution. And if you have the
[1:20:40] headings, I worked here 11.5
[1:20:40] years. You
[1:20:43] have the resolutions. I don't
[1:20:44] know why you can't post them, so
[1:20:44] I'll chime
[1:20:48] in on that. I, I, several years
[1:20:48] ago I tried to get a 10 day. I
[1:20:49] know and
[1:20:52] I got a lot of pushback from
[1:20:53] everybody, you know, well,
[1:20:53] everybody's up there
[1:20:57] now. I'd love to know if any of
[1:20:57] the people up there now will
[1:20:58] push back because
[1:21:01] I don't we, we could experiment
[1:21:02] with that, the one thing I will
[1:21:02] tell you,
[1:21:06] you'll see the, the, the only,
[1:21:06] the only credible argument I've
[1:21:06] heard against
[1:21:10] it, you're gonna see a lot of
[1:21:11] late starters because anything
[1:21:11] that comes
[1:21:15] in after we, I know I see them
[1:21:16] anyway. It's ministerial. I have
[1:21:16] no, uh,
[1:21:19] you know. I, I have no problem,
[1:21:20] you know, you know, getting them
[1:21:20] out there.
[1:21:24] Ok, I'll look forward to seeing
[1:21:25] them next time we're in on
[1:21:25] Friday would
[1:21:28] You, you MAY see a chaotic, a
[1:21:29] lot of housekeeping
[1:21:32] done after that, and I'm sure
[1:21:32] the public would understand.
[1:21:32] That, but it
[1:21:38] would be preferable to have it.
[1:21:38] That's all. Thank you.
[1:21:42] Did Dom Feeney or Andrew King
[1:21:42] return?
[1:21:45] No, ok. That concludes our
[1:21:45] public portion. At this time
[1:21:49] we will go straight into our
[1:21:49] agenda.
[1:21:53] And let's see, do we have any
[1:21:54] housekeeping to do on that front
[1:21:58] Let's got the resolution force,
[1:21:58] yeah.
[1:22:01] Ok ok, public hearing, public
[1:22:01] works and that
[1:22:04] concludes. All right. You.
[1:22:07] Ok, so, uh, just housekeeping
[1:22:10] uh, resolution 2026418
[1:22:13] was removed from the agenda at
[1:22:14] workshop
[1:22:16] and there's a one late starter,
[1:22:17] and I'll entertain a motion to
[1:22:17] add the following
[1:22:21] late starter resolution to the
[1:22:21] agenda. It's a resolution
[1:22:22] authorizing the supervisor
[1:22:25] to execute an inter-municipal
[1:22:26] agreement with the South
[1:22:26] Huntington Union
[1:22:29] Free School District for the
[1:22:30] purchase and installation of a
[1:22:30] traffic signal
[1:22:34] device and authorizing the
[1:22:34] controller to amend the 2026
[1:22:35] operating budget
[1:22:38] and capital budget for the town
[1:22:39] of Huntington and its special.
[1:22:39] District's
[1:22:42] transportation and traffic
[1:22:43] safety motion by COUNCILMAN
[1:22:43] Bernardo, seconded
[1:22:47] by me. All in favor? Any
[1:22:48] opposed? Ok, that resolution as
[1:22:48] read is
[1:22:52] added as resolution number
[1:22:52] 2026-452
[1:22:55] but, uh, we need to do one
[1:22:55] little extra piece here
[1:22:59] because I noticed this is going
[1:22:59] to be added to the
[1:23:03] consent calendar, so somebody
[1:23:03] should. Take possession
[1:23:07] of it. Ok, uh, would you like to
[1:23:08] sponsor it, COUNCILMAN? I would
[1:23:08] like
[1:23:12] to sponsor you're a wildcat. You
[1:23:12] can have life for the wildcats,
[1:23:13] yes, and
[1:23:17] thank you, Scott Spittle. I know
[1:23:17] you, you moved heaven and earth
[1:23:17] to make
[1:23:21] this happen. So thank you for
[1:23:22] doing the right thing. All
[1:23:22] right, so 452 will
[1:23:26] be offered by Doctor Bernardo as
[1:23:26] part of the consent calendar.
[1:23:27] Ok. Ok.
[1:23:30] Let's see, can't spend a second
[1:23:30] on the agenda. All right
[1:23:35] uh, 419 419 to make a motion to
[1:23:37] offer resolution 419, a
[1:23:38] resolution authorizing the
[1:23:38] supervisor
[1:23:41] to apply for and receive grant
[1:23:42] funding under the New York State
[1:23:48] Division of Criminal Justice
[1:23:48] Services Law Enforcement
[1:23:49] Technology grant for
[1:23:52] public safety equipment. You're
[1:23:53] not, it's here seconded by
[1:23:53] COUNCILWOMAN
[1:23:57] Luinacci. All in favor? Any
[1:23:57] opposed resolution adopted 50.
[1:24:01] All right, supervisor, I wait,
[1:24:02] am I in the
[1:24:05] right place? Yes, 4:20, 4:20. So
[1:24:05] I
[1:24:08] schedule a public hearing on
[1:24:08] SEPTEMBER
[1:24:11] 15, 2026 at 6 P.M. To
[1:24:13] consider adopting a local law
[1:24:14] introductory
[1:24:17] number 0, sorry, everybody, I'm
[1:24:18] a beginner. I
[1:24:22] offer this. Oh, is that it? You
[1:24:22] could do that at the end. Oh, ok
[1:24:26] so basically I'm offering this
[1:24:27] with COUNCILWOMAN Louinacci and
[1:24:27] COUNCILWOMAN
[1:24:31] Maurie, thank you. And to
[1:24:31] consider adopting local law
[1:24:31] introductory
[1:24:35] number 30-2026, amending the
[1:24:36] code of the town of Huntington,
[1:24:36] Chapter 178
[1:24:40] taxation as to add Article 18. I
[1:24:40] don't have my glasses
[1:24:44] on exemption for permanently and
[1:24:45] totally disabled veterans. 2nd
[1:24:49] seconded by the supervisor. All
[1:24:49] in favor? Any opposed resolution
[1:24:49] adopted.
[1:24:53] 50. Thank you
[1:24:56] Tourists. MR. Supervisor
[1:24:58] I offer a resolution
[1:25:02] 2026-421 to designate OCTOBER as
[1:25:05] Italian Month in the town of
[1:25:05] Huntington.
[1:25:09] 2nd, seconded by the supervisor,
[1:25:09] all in favor
[1:25:14] Any opposed resolution adopted
[1:25:14] 50.
[1:25:17] MR. Supervisor. Yeah
[1:25:20] I offer a resolution 2026
[1:25:23] 422 to authorize a supervisor to
[1:25:23] execute an
[1:25:27] agreement with the village of
[1:25:27] Northport to furnish fire
[1:25:28] protection services for
[1:25:32] the town of Huntington Fire
[1:25:32] Protection District one, non pro
[1:25:33] tunc 2nd, seconded
[1:25:36] by the supervisor. All in favor?
[1:25:37] Any opposed? Resolution
[1:25:40] adopted 50. I resolution
[1:25:40] 2026-423
[1:25:43] Resolution authorizing the
[1:25:44] supervisor to execute an
[1:25:44] agreement with
[1:25:47] the New York Islanders Hockey
[1:25:48] Club, lp to conduct a learn to
[1:25:48] play youth
[1:25:52] hockey program at The Clark
[1:25:52] Gillies Arena at Dix Hills Park.
[1:25:52] 2nd, seconded by
[1:25:56] the supervisor. All in favor?
[1:25:57] Any opposed resolution
[1:26:01] adopted 50. Supervisor, I make
[1:26:01] motion, I make a motion to offer
[1:26:05] resolution 2026-424, along with
[1:26:06] a COUNCILWOMAN
[1:26:10] Luinacci resolution authorizing
[1:26:10] the supervisor to execute a
[1:26:11] license agreement
[1:26:14] with the Green Lawn Centerport
[1:26:15] Historical Association for the
[1:26:15] use of a portion
[1:26:19] of Little Plains Road between
[1:26:19] Brand Drive and Park Avenue in
[1:26:19] Huntington.
[1:26:23] In conjunction with its annual
[1:26:24] pickle festival on Saturday,
[1:26:24] SEPTEMBER 19
[1:26:28] 2026. 2nd, seconded by the
[1:26:28] supervisor. All in favor? Any
[1:26:29] opposed.
[1:26:32] Resolution adopted 50. I
[1:26:32] resolution
[1:26:35] 425 authorizing the supervisor
[1:26:36] to execute a license agreement
[1:26:36] with the
[1:26:39] Hecker Museum of Art to host
[1:26:40] museum plate cafe to promote
[1:26:43] the cafe at the Hexton Museum of
[1:26:44] Art and to further authorize the
[1:26:44] town of Huntington
[1:26:48] to co-sponsor museum Palate
[1:26:48] Cafe. Uh, seconded
[1:26:52] by COUNCILWOMAN Hebert. All in
[1:26:53] favor? Any opposed? Resolution
[1:26:57] adopted 50. MR. Supervisor, I
[1:26:58] make motion, I, I make a motion
[1:26:58] to offer
[1:27:02] a resolution 2026-426, a
[1:27:02] resolution authorizing the
[1:27:02] supervisor
[1:27:06] to execute a license agreement
[1:27:06] with the Northport Centerport
[1:27:07] Lions Club
[1:27:10] for the use of Hexha Park for
[1:27:11] the annual Robert j Bohati
[1:27:11] Classic
[1:27:15] Car Show on Sunday, AUGUST 30,
[1:27:16] 2026. That's
[1:27:18] seconded by supervisor, but it's
[1:27:19] also. Offered in conjunction
[1:27:19] with
[1:27:22] COUNCILWOMAN Luinacci, uh, all
[1:27:23] in favor. Any opposed
[1:27:26] Resolution adopted 50. I
[1:27:29] resolution 2026-432 authorizing
[1:27:29] the Comptroller
[1:27:33] to amend the 2026 operating
[1:27:34] budget for the town of
[1:27:38] Huntington and its special
[1:27:38] districts Department of General
[1:27:38] Services. 2nd,
[1:27:42] seconded by the supervisor. All
[1:27:43] in favor. Any opposed?
[1:27:43] Resolution
[1:27:47] adopted 50. I resolution, uh,
[1:27:47] 2026-435.
[1:27:50] Along with COUNCILWOMAN Maury to
[1:27:50] authorize appropriate actions
[1:27:53] in accordance with the
[1:27:54] Huntington Town Code
[1:27:58] chapter 156, property
[1:27:58] maintenance nuisances Article 7,
[1:27:59] blighted property
[1:28:02] section 156-67. Action by the
[1:28:03] town board for failure to comply
[1:28:07] or abate violations. 2nd on the
[1:28:08] motion on the motion, I'd also
[1:28:11] uh, make a motion please to edit
[1:28:12] this resolution as
[1:28:16] currently written so on the
[1:28:16] attachment
[1:28:19] the property referenced as. 13
[1:28:19] Plymouth Road in light of the
[1:28:20] gentleman
[1:28:23] that spoke today 2nd. On
[1:28:25] the motion we have a 2nd, all
[1:28:29] in favor. Motion to amend, yes,
[1:28:30] correct, the motion
[1:28:33] to amend. All in favor of the
[1:28:33] motion
[1:28:36] to amend 50, motion is granted.
[1:28:36] Now
[1:28:39] all the resolution so now at
[1:28:39] this time I offer this
[1:28:43] same resolution as amended
[1:28:46] uh, which is to authorize
[1:28:46] appropriate actions in
[1:28:46] accordance
[1:28:49] with Huntington Town Code
[1:28:50] chapter 156 property maintenance
[1:28:54] nuisances, Article 7, blighted
[1:28:54] property
[1:28:57] Section 156-67. Action by the
[1:28:58] town board for failure to comply
[1:28:58] or abate violations
[1:29:03] Motion. I've seconded by, uh,
[1:29:04] COUNCILWOMAN Hebert.
[1:29:08] All in favor. Any opposed
[1:29:10] Resolution adopted 50 as
[1:29:11] amended. Mr
[1:29:15] Supervisor, I make a motion to
[1:29:15] offer
[1:29:18] resolution 2026-438. Resolution
[1:29:18] authorizing the issuance of
[1:29:18] permits to
[1:29:22] extend to extend the operation
[1:29:22] of the
[1:29:25] Luminosity Inc. Dino Safari at
[1:29:26] the Walt Whitman shops
[1:29:30] 160 Walt Whitman Road in
[1:29:31] Huntington Station. Second,
[1:29:31] seconded by the supervisor.
[1:29:35] All in favor? Any opposed?
[1:29:35] Resolution adopted 50. Mr
[1:29:39] Supervisor, I make a motion to
[1:29:40] offer resolution 2026-439
[1:29:44] along with COUNCILWOMAN Hebert,
[1:29:44] resolution accepting a donation
[1:29:45] of 2 vehicles from
[1:29:48] the Huntington Youth Bureau of
[1:29:49] Youth Development Research
[1:29:49] Institute Inc. To
[1:29:52] be used by the Department of
[1:29:53] General Services. 2nd, seconded
[1:29:53] by the
[1:29:57] supervisor. All in favor? Any
[1:29:58] opposed? The resolution adopted
[1:29:58] 50
[1:30:02] I resolution 441 declaring
[1:30:02] certain equipment and vehicles
[1:30:02] as surplus
[1:30:06] and or obsolete and authorize
[1:30:07] the disposal by sale at auction.
[1:30:07] Trade in
[1:30:11] donation or disposal for scrap
[1:30:11] of same. 2nd. Seconded by the
[1:30:15] supervisor and COUNCILWOMAN
[1:30:16] Maury, all in favor? Any opposed
[1:30:20] Resolution adopted 50. I offer
[1:30:20] resolution
[1:30:23] 444 along with COUNCILMAN Murray
[1:30:23] to schedule a public
[1:30:27] hearing considering authorizing
[1:30:27] various actions be taken
[1:30:31] upon certain properties
[1:30:31] designated as blighted in
[1:30:32] accordance with
[1:30:35] chapter 156 of the Huntington
[1:30:36] Town Code. Second, seconded by
[1:30:36] the supervisor.
[1:30:40] All in favor? Any opposed?
[1:30:40] Resolution adopted 50
[1:30:43] MR. Supervisor, I make a motion
[1:30:43] to offer
[1:30:47] resolution 2026-445. Resolution
[1:30:47] scheduling a public hearing
[1:30:51] to consider awarding a license
[1:30:52] agreement for community or
[1:30:56] educational proposals for the
[1:30:56] utilization of the house,
[1:30:56] buildings, and
[1:31:00] Manor Farm Park located at 210
[1:31:00] Manor Road in Huntington
[1:31:04] 2nd, seconded by the supervisor.
[1:31:04] All in favor. Any opposed?
[1:31:07] Resolution adopted 50. I
[1:31:11] offer resolution 2026-446
[1:31:11] scheduling
[1:31:14] a public hearing to consider
[1:31:15] adopting local law introductory
[1:31:18] number 31-2026, amending the
[1:31:19] uniform traffic
[1:31:21] traffic code of the town of
[1:31:22] Huntington, Chapter 5
[1:31:25] section 5-1, Schedule m
[1:31:25] regarding Barker Lane
[1:31:28] and Huntington Station truck
[1:31:32] exclusion 2nd seconded by
[1:31:32] COUNCILWOMAN Luinacci. All in
[1:31:32] favor
[1:31:36] Any opposed resolution adopted
[1:31:37] 50. Supervisor, I
[1:31:40] will make a motion to offer
[1:31:40] resolution. 2026, 447, and I'm
[1:31:40] not sure when it
[1:31:45] is appropriate to say so, but I
[1:31:46] offer this public hearing based
[1:31:46] on the
[1:31:50] understanding that, although I
[1:31:50] think we might end up voting
[1:31:51] differently
[1:31:54] at some point in the next moment
[1:31:55] or two, will be a water
[1:31:55] committee established
[1:31:59] to study a particular area, um,
[1:31:59] by my colleague to the right.
[1:32:00] So, um, a
[1:32:03] public hearing to reconsider
[1:32:04] special use permit application.
[1:32:08] Mtcc 25-2, The Cornerstone
[1:32:08] Melville to allow the
[1:32:09] development of mixed-use
[1:32:12] property located on the north
[1:32:13] side of Bayliss Road east of
[1:32:13] Mass Road, Melville.
[1:32:17] 2nd, seconded by the supervisor.
[1:32:18] All in favor. And he opposed
[1:32:18] opposed, opposed.
[1:32:22] All right, what do we have? Uh,
[1:32:22] 2, ok, uh, resolution is
[1:32:26] adopted, uh, 3 y, 2
[1:32:28] nos by COUNCILWOMAN, uh,
[1:32:28] Luinacci and
[1:32:33] COUNCILWOMAN Hebert. Resolutions
[1:32:33] adopted
[1:32:37] you know what, if it's ok, can I
[1:32:37] just make a
[1:32:40] a comment on the motion. Ok, so
[1:32:41] first of all, I just
[1:32:43] wanna say that um.
[1:32:46] You know this vote of mine, it's
[1:32:47] not because
[1:32:50] I don't think that the project
[1:32:51] potentially is good, just like
[1:32:51] Gail had said, I
[1:32:55] think before, but I, I believe
[1:32:56] as you do that the pause was not
[1:33:00] well defined and I'm not really
[1:33:00] clear on the parameters of it
[1:33:04] and therefore that's reflected
[1:33:05] in my vote today, but what I do
[1:33:05] want to
[1:33:09] say, and I wanna, you know,
[1:33:09] thank my colleague, um, all of
[1:33:09] my colleagues
[1:33:13] but particularly Doctor Bernardo
[1:33:14] is we have formed this water
[1:33:14] advisory committee.
[1:33:18] And uh and it's not just fluff
[1:33:18] we are going to have the
[1:33:22] ability to come up with the
[1:33:23] parameters of what we want
[1:33:23] studied in terms of
[1:33:27] water quality and quantity and
[1:33:27] how it is affecting or
[1:33:31] affected by development in the
[1:33:32] Melville area. It's going to be
[1:33:32] particularly
[1:33:35] important given that when you
[1:33:36] know the project by nyu Langone
[1:33:36] if that comes to
[1:33:40] fruition, we'll also be, you
[1:33:41] know, utilizing quite a bit of
[1:33:41] water and but
[1:33:45] what I will say is that not only
[1:33:45] have we come up I. I think with
[1:33:45] a very
[1:33:49] good advisory committee that's
[1:33:49] going to put together these
[1:33:50] parameters, but
[1:33:54] we've actually found the funding
[1:33:54] for it, so it's not going to be
[1:33:54] costing
[1:33:58] the town anything. We have some
[1:33:59] funding to do it outside of town
[1:33:59] budget
[1:34:03] and therefore we are moving
[1:34:03] forward full speed ahead, and i
[1:34:03] just wanted
[1:34:07] you to know for those who might
[1:34:08] have thought that that was just
[1:34:08] a lot of
[1:34:11] smoke. It's not. We we're
[1:34:12] actually going ahead with this
[1:34:12] advisory committee.
[1:34:16] We just wanted to do it
[1:34:16] thoughtfully and carefully.
[1:34:17] Thank you. Thank you,
[1:34:21] and you have resolution 449 now.
[1:34:21] That is correct. Keep, keep
[1:34:21] reading and
[1:34:25] here I was done talking. Ok, so
[1:34:26] I offer resolution 2026-449,
[1:34:26] authorizing
[1:34:29] the supervisor to execute
[1:34:30] agreements with the uh, and this
[1:34:30] is with COUNCILMAN
[1:34:34] Murray too, again, for the
[1:34:34] provision of uh paper shredding
[1:34:35] services at the
[1:34:39] town of Huntington Senior Center
[1:34:39] parking lot on AUGUST 18, 2026,
[1:34:40] and OCTOBER 27th
[1:34:43] 2026, I offer this with
[1:34:44] Councilorman Murray. 2nd 2nd
[1:34:44] above
[1:34:48] the supervisor. All in favor of
[1:34:48] shredding
[1:34:51] ok, any opposed to shredding,
[1:34:51] uh, resolution
[1:34:54] adopted 50. Uh, Mr
[1:34:57] Supervisor, I make a motion to
[1:34:57] offer
[1:35:02] resolutions 2026-427 through
[1:35:02] 2026-452
[1:35:05] as published on consent,
[1:35:06] excluding those resolutions
[1:35:10] we had already voted on 2nd,
[1:35:11] seconded by the supervisor. All
[1:35:11] in
[1:35:15] favor of the consent calendar.
[1:35:15] Uh, any
[1:35:18] opposed res uh all the mentioned
[1:35:18] resolutions are
[1:35:21] adopted 50. Ok, that concludes
[1:35:22] the business of the town board
[1:35:26] and I'll entertain a motion to
[1:35:26] close the town board and open as
[1:35:27] our
[1:35:31] community development agency
[1:35:31] board. Motion motion by
[1:35:31] COUNCILWOMAN Luinacci
[1:35:35] seconded by COUNCILWOMAN Hebert.
[1:35:35] All in favor? Any opposed? Ok
[1:35:39] motion carriers. We're now
[1:35:40] seated as our Community
[1:35:40] Development Agency board, and
[1:35:44] I believe there is one agenda
[1:35:45] item Yes, so I make
[1:35:48] a motion to offer resolution
[1:35:51] 2026-cd-4. It's a resolution
[1:35:51] authorizing the transfer of
[1:35:52] funds from
[1:35:55] the Huntington Community
[1:35:56] Development Agency to the town
[1:35:56] of Huntington Highway
[1:36:00] Department. 2nd, seconded by the
[1:36:00] CHAIRMAN. All in favor
[1:36:04] Any opposed resolution adopted
[1:36:05] 50. Ok, that concludes the
[1:36:05] business of
[1:36:09] the Community Development Agency
[1:36:09] and uh before we close
[1:36:13] Councilor. Member Luinacci, any
[1:36:14] closing comments? Thank you. I
[1:36:14] would have said
[1:36:17] it earlier in the meeting. I
[1:36:18] just want to give a warm welcome
[1:36:18] to the scoutmaster
[1:36:22] here and all the young scouts
[1:36:23] that I believe are here today,
[1:36:23] um, in an effort
[1:36:27] to earn a merit badge. So
[1:36:27] welcome. Nice to have you here.
[1:36:31] Come on, yep, and I want to
[1:36:32] thank you also for allowing me
[1:36:32] to come speak
[1:36:36] to your scouts last week it was
[1:36:36] really fun and I think I
[1:36:37] recognized one
[1:36:40] of them here as well. So, you
[1:36:41] know, thanks, and I'm glad
[1:36:41] you're all here.
[1:36:45] COUNCILWOMAN Mari, any closing
[1:36:45] comments? And just, just
[1:36:45] briefly, um, just so
[1:36:49] everyone knows, I the town and
[1:36:50] my board members concurred
[1:36:54] in removing the tax cap agenda
[1:36:54] from the item today. I just want
[1:36:55] to assure
[1:36:59] you that none e e e e e e e xeraise tae have to take
[1:36:59] a good look atatat
[1:37:03] what's happening in our
[1:37:03] community and how and, and how
[1:37:03] it affects us and
[1:37:07] if there's programs that we have
[1:37:08] to cut. And so we are committed
[1:37:08] to doing that
[1:37:11] We have all been very committed
[1:37:12] to making sure that we do what
[1:37:16] is right and fiscally sound for
[1:37:17] our town, so please keep that in
[1:37:17] mind
[1:37:21] That's all. Thank you. Thank
[1:37:21] you. Doctor Bernardo.
[1:37:25] COUNCILWOMAN Hebert, anything?
[1:37:26] All done. All right, thank you,
[1:37:26] and I'll
[1:37:30] just close by saying we'll,
[1:37:30] we'll do our best to get this
[1:37:30] out. I, I don't
[1:37:34] know that we can do it the first
[1:37:35] time around getting uh agenda
[1:37:35] out 10 days
[1:37:39] in advance, but I would tell all
[1:37:39] the uh department heads, get
[1:37:39] your, uh,
[1:37:43] resolutions in early because,
[1:37:44] uh, we're going to try to get
[1:37:44] this out, uh,
[1:37:48] well before 24 hours in advance.
[1:37:48] So, uh, with that, I would say,
[1:37:48] uh, enjoy
[1:37:52] the remainder of the summer,
[1:37:53] everyone, and, uh, enjoy the
[1:37:53] rest of today.