[0:00] Councilman McCarthy. Yeah. Councilman Wareheim. Here. Councilwoman Inzarella. Here.

[0:14] We have a very

[0:14] late-night agenda here, so I'm aware that there are people here who want to present a plan for downtown

[0:20] King's Park, and then we could use the law and leave as you like, and we will go through the

[0:25] agenda. So somebody's going to make the presentation. Right up there you have some

[0:31] platforms.

[0:34] Linda Henninger,

[0:38] Anthony Tanji, and James Longo. Please be guarded by the three-minute rule, please, in the presentation.

[0:49] Good evening, Supervisor Vacchio and Town Board members. My name is Linda Henninger, and I represent the Kings Park Civic Association.

[0:56] The Civic Association, along with the Kings Park Chamber of Commerce and Kings Park Community members, is here tonight to present to the Town Board

[1:03] the Kings Park Community's downtown vision plan.

[1:06] It was a little over a year ago, the Civic Association, the Chamber came together to discuss the need for revitalization of our communities downtown.

[1:14] In an effort to facilitate a community-based plan, we hired Vision Long Island, a regional planning organization.

[1:20] Immediately thereafter, we met with the leaders of almost every community group in Kings Park to discuss the idea of creating a plan that would reflect the needs and wants of the entire community.

[1:30] These groups include Kings Park Central School District, Kings Park Fire Department,

[1:36] Fort Salonga Association, San Remo Civic Association, the VFW,

[1:41] the American Legion, Kings Park Youth, Kings Park Soccer,

[1:44] St. Joseph's COIO, and the Nisquab River State Park Foundation.

[1:48] After this, we held two town-wide workshops and a final meeting

[1:52] which elicited community ideas, hopes, and horrors

[1:55] regarding revitalizing our downtown.

[1:57] turn out participation was tremendous. The Civic Association in the Chamber also held several

[2:03] smaller meetings throughout the year eliciting input. Additionally, a social media site was

[2:08] created which encouraged continued input. We are confident in stating that the document we present

[2:13] tonight represents the participation of thousands of community residents. The process was

[2:19] transparent, engaging and very positive. I'd now like to introduce Tony Tansy, President

[2:25] the Chamber of Commerce to discuss the results of the undertaking. Thank you very much.

[2:35] Thank you, Linda. Good evening, Mr. Supervisor,

[2:38] member of the Town Board, members of the Town Board. I would like to start out by

[2:42] thanking each and every one of you for indulging us this evening and giving us the opportunity

[2:46] to present you with this plan. You've all been given the planets actually

[2:50] on the table for, and I think some of you already see that. As Linda said,

[2:55] this was a grassroots effort that gave everyone in our community

[2:58] the chance to be heard and to have their ideas incorporated.

[3:02] If there's one thing about our vision process, it taught us that the Kings Park community is very willing to share its opinion.

[3:09] Now, while our plan is not official and that it was not produced by any government entity, it does have two key elements.

[3:16] One, it had a lot of public engagement, and two, it was prepared by professional planners.

[3:22] Now, one of the things this process has shown, without a shadow of a doubt, is that King's Park has tremendous potential.

[3:28] However, in order to achieve that potential, King's Park needs sewers. This plan is the first step in helping us get them.

[3:35] We also want to be very clear that we're not asking you to do this for us.

[3:39] We want to be absolutely clear we are willing to help.

[3:43] The entire King's Park community is committed to doing whatever it takes to see that our downtown becomes the downtown that it can be.

[3:51] We the Kings Park community respectfully request that you take some time to review it and please

[3:56] adopt this plan by town board resolution as a conceptual blueprint for the future of Kings

[4:00] Park. I thank you, the Kings Park Chamber of Commerce thanks you, the Kings Park Civic

[4:05] Association thanks you, and the Kings Park community as a whole thanks you. Thank you very

[4:09] much. Thank you. Thank you.

[4:13] The one thing we have Trudy Fitzsimmons who was a representative,

[4:16] She's also a resident of Kings Park, but she's a representative from Vision Long Island who created the plan.

[4:22] She was just going to go into a couple of the elements so that she can kind of paraphrase it.

[4:26] Thank you.

[4:32] Please give me your phone name and address so we don't have to.

[4:34] Oh, we have it here.

[4:35] You got it?

[4:36] Okay, great.

[4:37] Thank you.

[4:38] Thank you very much, and thank you for your attention this evening.

[4:41] My name is Trudy Fitzsimons.

[4:42] I'm co-chair of Vision Long Island, and I'm a very happy resident of Kings Park.

[4:46] Thank you for the opportunity to talk about this plan in October.

[4:51] As Linda said, they had a visiting and the community came together and told us what they wanted to see

[4:57] and what they hoped for and what might be possible in their view.

[5:01] And we took some experts and got together and gave them a plan

[5:06] that from something as simple as putting, lighting the streets and further on.

[5:15] The action plan was put together based on input from hundreds of residents and businesses and property owners, town and civic and Chamber of Commerce folks.

[5:25] In addition to an overall concept, it contains recommendations for improvements in walkability, enhancing character and zoning modifications, and public space improvements.

[5:37] The recommendations include short, medium, and long-term strategies.

[5:41] The design team who have translated all of the community input into a cohesive plan includes Alyssa Kyle of Vision, David Burrb from DLB Consulting,

[5:52] Dean Gowan and Alan Giantesimo and Wendell and Glenn Chirveny from GRCH Architects.

[6:01] Vision would also like to thank Linda Heninger and Sean Layman from the Kings Park Civic Association,

[6:07] Tony Tansy and Adam Wood from Kings Park Chamber of Commerce and all of the different groups

[6:12] who participated. We're very thankful and we like to concentrate on local and have local participation.

[6:21] That's where you get the best results. And everyone who wants to see something can be included as best we can.

[6:29] So thank you very much for your time and attention and we hope this will go forward. Thank you.

[6:35] Thank you.

[6:36] Is this plan presented to our planning department, Mr. Tansy?

[6:40] We, actually that was one of the things I wanted to bring up was, and I forgot.

[6:44] This process also includes the planning department.

[6:47] The planning department was...

[6:49] Okay.

[6:50] And just to keep it a sense of...

[6:52] Sorry about that.

[6:53] Vision had met with the planning department on two separate occasions

[6:56] to make sure that everything that is in this plan does not conflict

[6:59] with the master plan that's currently working on it.

[7:01] Good.

[7:01] Thank you.

[7:03] Mr. Long, would you like to be heard?

[7:12] Thank you. I'll only take a moment.

[7:14] I haven't had an opportunity to read the plan or really discuss it in any detail.

[7:19] I had met on occasion with Tony to review some of the items that he was including.

[7:27] My one concern that I'd just like to make sure is covered is that if you're going to be soaring the central business zone,

[7:35] I wanted to just make sure that that will also include the Pulaski Road from basically

[7:42] Comac Road all the way down to Main Street.

[7:46] There's several businesses there starting with Speedway in 7-Eleven and Dunkin' Docks.

[7:51] We can run through the whole thing.

[7:52] And I just encourage the town, if you're going to adopt it, adopt it and be all-inclusive

[7:57] of the central business zone.

[8:00] Okay.

[8:00] Thank you.

[8:03] That's it on the vision of the island. Thank you so much for coming.

[8:12] We're going to read the agenda now.

[8:15] Yes. I told you all here to praise us for the triple-A bond we're in the time to achieve.

[8:23] Right now, sir.

[8:25] Give

[8:31] you a couple of chocolate kisses.

[8:33] Yes, thank you. Thank you.

[8:36] Work your way. Thank you, Mr. Bucket.

[8:39] Thank you.

[8:46] Jack, you're going to sit and watch those characters, is that what you said?

[8:51] He said that.

[8:55] I'm going to go to a fire department meeting once you get it.

[8:59] Tommy, can you turn that off? Just that one.

[9:03] You getting chilly?

[9:09] That's worse.

[9:11] Shut it off. You got that one on.

[9:14] Thank you.

[9:15] There you go.

[9:17] Patience is a virtue, Vincent.

[9:18] I got it.

[9:19] Most of you folks here because of the school board.

[9:24] I think they're here for this.

[9:28] That's it.

[9:29] Okay.

[9:32] We'll start with the agenda.

[9:35] We have a third reading for the grade one work for Hop-Hop School District, second reading

[9:41] for the Rotary Club of Smith Town Growth of the Green, we have a building department

[9:45] report which is on file in the town clerk's office for anyone's perusal,

[9:55] and an advertisement

[9:56] for public hearing.

[9:57] The town board to authorize a clerk to advertise for public hearing to be held on Tuesday

[10:01] day in Smithtown Town Hall to consider zoning petition 2016A on the town

[10:09] ward's own motion to amend conditions of a change of zone petition 9202 to

[10:15] increase the maximum floor area of development from 504,000 square feet

[10:22] to 520,000 square feet and to increase the generation of wastewater from

[10:29] I met some undergallons, so I had some undergallons

[10:32] to be all said by a sterilization of a tax map plot.

[10:36] Who's here on that BF?

[10:38] It's an advertisement.

[10:39] Just for the advertisement.

[10:41] Councilwoman Inserola?

[10:43] Yes.

[10:43] Councilwoman Wellheim?

[10:44] Yes.

[10:45] Councilwoman McCarthy?

[10:46] Yes.

[10:46] Supervisor Vakia?

[10:47] Yes.

[10:48] Town Board Worker-Wiser Clerk who advertised for public hearing

[10:51] to be held at Town City, Town, Town Hall.

[10:56] On the 13th day of December 2016

[10:58] at 2 p.m. to consider proposed amendments to Chapter 322 of the Code of the Town, entitled

[11:05] zoning.

[11:06] Councilwoman Inzuella?

[11:07] Yes.

[11:08] Councilwoman Warehouse?

[11:09] Yes.

[11:10] Councilwoman McCarthy?

[11:10] Yes.

[11:11] Supervisor Betier?

[11:12] Yes.

[11:12] Town Board to Authorizer Cloak?

[11:14] Town Board of Advocations following bits will be returned to Town Hall on the date

[11:19] indicated, bit number 16, one away, articulating 10 of them were used on December 8, 2016

[11:28] has put a capital budget.

[11:30] Councilor Minnis?

[11:31] Councilor Minnis Zarela?

[11:32] Yes.

[11:32] Councilor Wareheim?

[11:33] Yes.

[11:34] Councilor McCarty?

[11:35] Yes.

[11:35] Supervisor Vecchio?

[11:36] Yes.

[11:37] Time Board to work the following bids and to authorize purchase of Associated Grouping

[11:41] Services, a bid for ten-wheel trucks with dump bodies and plows to gather rally truck

[11:46] sales has put a bid opening on October 27th.

[11:50] Councilor Minnis Zarela?

[11:51] Yes.

[11:51] Councilor Wareheim?

[11:52] Yes.

[11:53] Councilor McCarty?

[11:53] Yes.

[11:54] Supervisor Vecchio?

[11:55] Yes.

[11:55] Town Board is to do studying deliberation and subject-directed

[11:59] to issue a negative declaration of determination of non-significant in the following matters.

[12:04] The application for densely flow rides on Corko's Hill Preserve dated November 7, 2016.

[12:11] Councilwoman Linsavala?

[12:13] Yes.

[12:13] Councilwoman Wareharn?

[12:14] Yes.

[12:14] Councilwoman McCarthy?

[12:15] Yes.

[12:15] Supervisor Vecchio?

[12:17] Yes.

[12:17] town board to approve the minutes of the regular night meeting September 22nd 2016 7 p.m.

[12:25] annual animal shelter surplus in kind donations, amended lists of local non-profit organizations

[12:31] to receive surplus in kind animal shelter donations, town clerk to issue a parade run

[12:37] walk, permit to the High Park School District for 5K Family One, the designation of Empire

[12:43] National Bank as an official depository of the town of Smithtown for the tax receiver.

[12:50] The sole assessor in the town attorney's office to enter into the stipulations of settlement

[12:55] and consent to the entry of orders will regard to various small claims assessment review

[12:59] proceedings for the tax year 2016-17, not to exceed 25%, and for the recommendation

[13:06] of the sole assessor and town attorney.

[13:10] County Attorney or appropriate official to enter into the stabilization of servants or

[13:14] agreement and consent to the entry of the order with regard to various tax social aid matters,

[13:20] but the attached list for various tax years, but a recommendation to solo assessor in the

[13:26] County Attorney.

[13:27] The sale of one-density floor rights and sending parcel 800-129-161 to receiving

[13:33] 18-possible 800-135-4-10, item G of the agenda, H, Donald P. Musnug, Kathy Cora, Paul Rebano,

[13:42] to attend Long Island GFOA seminar, I, Education Specialist,

[13:49] and Supervisor Sue Hinton's two-handed

[13:50] three-hour seminar, J, the approval of TDFR number PR-16, focus will preserve and transfer

[13:57] to density flow rights, K, the Highway Department to purchase four six-wheel dump trucks

[14:02] with bodies and three plows from Long Island Freightliner L Highway Department to Purchase

[14:08] Utility Tractor in Flare Mowers or Long Island Equipment M Highway Department to Purchase

[14:13] Zero Turn Radius Mower from Long Island Equipment and Highway Department to Purchase Brine Generator

[14:18] System from Long Island Sanitation Equipment O Highway Department to Purchase 4 Ton Hot

[14:23] Ton Asphalt Patcher from Trius Inc. The adoption of Year 43 Community Development

[14:29] as proposed by Memo Reina from the Planning Director.

[14:32] Q, amend 2016 capital budget for purchase of various equipment

[14:36] or the purchase of the Electronic Imaging Service

[14:38] from New York State Industries for the Disabled

[14:41] and S, cancellation of agreement with Community Energy Inc.

[14:45] Councilwoman Insarala?

[14:46] Yes.

[14:46] Councilwoman Wareheim?

[14:47] Yes.

[14:48] Councilwoman McQuarty?

[14:49] Yes.

[14:49] Supervisor Becker?

[14:51] Number five, LWRP, town board issue,

[14:54] a written consistency determination of chapter 151

[14:56] of the Town Code that application 2016-12 of the Town Code.

[15:00] Council Member Smith Town. One Beach Road paving village of Nesquagga is consistent with LWRP

[15:04] for reasons stated in the memorandum November 15, 2016.

[15:08] Memorandum for the town planning director. Council Member Nunzovallo. Yes.

[15:11] Council Member Wareharn. Yes. Council Member Calati. Yes.

[15:14] Supervisor. Yes. Aye, number six, the town board, authorize the acceptance of six A and B.

[15:20] Donations in letter of credit. Council Member Nunzovallo. Yes.

[15:23] Council Member Wareharn. Yes. Council Member Calati. Yes.

[15:26] Yes.

[15:27] At number seven, the town board that authorizes the release of the following is for 7A Valley

[15:31] National Bank.

[15:33] Yes, she has checked.

[15:34] Yes.

[15:36] Yes.

[15:37] Yes.

[15:40] Yes.

[15:41] Yes.

[15:43] Yes.

[15:44] Yes.

[15:50] Yes.

[15:51] Yes.

[15:54] Yes.

[15:56] At number nine, the town board has approved settlement and following matters for recommendation

[15:59] of the town attorney at number nine A for the amount of $1,521.18.

[16:05] Yes.

[16:05] Councilwoman Zavala.

[16:06] Councilwoman Wareheim.

[16:07] Yes.

[16:08] Councilwoman McCarthy.

[16:09] Yes.

[16:09] Supervisor.

[16:10] Yes.

[16:10] At number 10, the town board authorizes the supervisor to execute the following

[16:13] on form approved by the town attorney as to pretend A, B, and C in agreement and

[16:18] agreement and specialized service agreement.

[16:20] Councilwoman Zavala.

[16:21] Yes.

[16:22] Councilwoman Wareheim.

[16:22] Yes.

[16:23] Councilor McCarthy.

[16:24] Yes.

[16:24] Supervisor Veccher.

[16:26] Under personnel item number 11,

[16:27] the town board to approve the following personnel matters,

[16:30] that's for 11 A, B, C, D, E, and F,

[16:34] and they are a change of title,

[16:36] a part time appointment, part time appointment,

[16:38] part time appointment, full time appointment,

[16:39] and a full time appointment.

[16:40] Other printer agenda items.

[16:42] Councilor Winans-Roller.

[16:43] Yes.

[16:43] Councilor Browner.

[16:44] Yes.

[16:45] Councilor McCarthy.

[16:46] Yes.

[16:46] Supervisor Veccher.

[16:48] Almost closed a regular meeting

[16:50] and the City's Board of Water Commissioners.

[16:52] Supervisor Becquieu.

[16:54] Councilor McCarty.

[16:55] Yes.

[16:55] Councilor Warehaan.

[16:56] Yes.

[16:56] Councilor Momenon-Zarella.

[16:57] Yes.

[16:58] Pursuant to section 3312-12, subsection B of Article 4 of Chapter 312, 312 of the code of the town,

[17:07] and in accordance with the increase by the Suffolk County Water Authority of the race,

[17:12] which it charges to the Smith County Water District and to the St. James Water District

[17:16] that effective January 1, 2017, the water rates in the Smithtown Water District and the same change

[17:23] water district will be increased to 208 per 1,000 gallons from the existing rate of 1.976.

[17:32] Councilor McMillan-Zovella? Yes.

[17:34] Councilor Weiharm? Yes.

[17:35] Councilor McCarty? Yes.

[17:36] Supervisor Vecchia? Almost to close the water board meeting.

[17:40] Supervisor Vecchia? Yes.

[17:41] Councilor McCarty? Yes.

[17:43] Councilor McMillan-Zovella? Yes.

[17:58] I was hoping I would be first, but I just wanted to say thank you for allowing me to

[18:02] speak.

[18:03] I'm just here to find out about the Selden New York Avenue School and ask this of it.

[18:10] Okay, very good question.

[18:13] The school district is very non-transparent.

[18:16] Oh, and I want to thank you for your lovely quote.

[18:19] Oh, thank you.

[18:21] So as of now, no application has been filed.

[18:25] No plans have been filed with the planning department.

[18:28] And if and when they are, the town will hold a public hearing.

[18:32] Most likely it's a senior center to accommodate the crowd.

[18:36] And then people will be heard there for or against.

[18:39] And it's very important that you do come to that meeting to express your support or non-support.

[18:46] and should the application require an environmental impact statement,

[18:53] all those statements will be processed through that plan.

[18:58] Okay, now who pays for all that?

[19:00] Like for all the environmental services?

[19:02] The town?

[19:02] No, the applicant.

[19:04] Wonderful.

[19:05] The town collects fees for the processing of the application.

[19:09] Okay, but they have to do all the service and all that.

[19:11] So if all of you are interested in that issue,

[19:13] You can observe the signs that will go up posting the date and time of the hearing.

[19:19] Thank you.

[19:19] Okay.

[19:20] Thank you very much.

[19:24] Anthony, I'm not reading the words very well.

[19:27] Anthony Malmo?

[19:28] Yeah, literally.

[19:30] Okay, thank you.

[19:32] Okay.

[19:34] Same thing?

[19:35] No.

[19:36] Okay, wishing to be heard.

[19:39] Matt Hetler.

[20:02] Good evening.

[20:04] Supervisor Becquiao, the Town Council.

[20:06] My name is Matt Heller, Six Stanley Plays,

[20:09] Hopog, New York, H-E-T-T-L-E-R.

[20:11] I'm joined with my wife Debbie,

[20:13] we're residents for 22 years on Stanley Place.

[20:17] I'm here tonight to talk to you about a petition

[20:19] that was filed with the town on behalf of the residents

[20:22] of Stanley Place and the surrounding community

[20:25] about no parking signs that were installed

[20:28] on our block at the end of August.

[20:33] And I have the petitions here.

[20:35] I actually submitted them to the town on October 11th, but I have copies for every one of you.

[20:40] Would you like to have them?

[20:42] Welcome to the clerk, please.

[20:46] What is the issue?

[20:48] Well, the real issue is that I came home the end of August.

[20:53] There were markouts in the street.

[20:54] I lived and I'm joined by a number of my neighbors here.

[21:02] Yeah, we're all here together. So the bottom line is this, thank you. I came home late

[21:11] August and much of my surprise, I found markouts in the street. Two feet from my driveway, I

[21:18] have a picture of it, and I live between the residential park entrance to Pinecone Park

[21:27] So here is a picture of the street. I don't know if you can really see it, but there was a white mark out.

[21:33] Sure, there's a white mark out that is two feet from my driveway, my apron.

[21:37] So I went down to the traffic department and I inquired as to what these white markouts were.

[21:44] And I was told that on August 9th, the board approved no parking signs without our knowledge.

[21:51] Again, two feet from the apron of my driveway, and no one notified me.

[21:57] And no one notified every single person on Stanley Place, which I find offensive.

[22:04] So that's the issue.

[22:07] And so at the end of the day, I was told that we have no position whatsoever

[22:13] because it was already approved by the town so we couldn't stop the process.

[22:17] There was one gentleman in the traffic department that was extremely nice, and he was very sympathetic.

[22:23] And what he said to me was, well, let me see what I can do to at least give you your parking spot at the end of your driveway.

[22:29] Well, what he did, although it was very admirable, is he shifted the signs, if you can see it.

[22:36] One sign is now located at the entrance of the pathway to the park, which I think is dangerous if kids combine down on a bike.

[22:44] And what they did is they shifted the sign across onto my neighbor's property.

[22:50] These are an eyesore to the block. They shouldn't be there.

[22:53] So now the question...

[22:54] Was the reason I remember this letter or the petition that was sent,

[23:00] the reason that the sign was in school was to allow the occupant of the residents to exit her driveway?

[23:09] Yes.

[23:09] Is that the reason?

[23:10] Yeah.

[23:10] Okay.

[23:11] So first and foremost...

[23:13] You're out of time. I took your time. So thank you. Okay. Thank you. And maybe collectively we can add their time

[23:20] So what I like you can't do that. All right

[23:23] Can I show you a 10-second video? Yes, this is just to address that claim that the resident can't get out of their driveway

[23:30] I

[23:36] don't know if you can really see it

[23:38] Not so good from now

[23:40] This is her car which is 35 years old

[23:44] She backs out. She has no issue getting out of her driveway

[23:49] Okay. She doesn't come across the street. Okay. And so on.

[23:54] Further, while that is stated November 1st, I can tell you and every resident here can tell you that this resident across the street leaves her house on average three to four times a month.

[24:07] Her claim to the traffic department was that she was a prisoner in her own home. Okay.

[24:11] So, wait, I just want to say. So that was misleading. So the town basically had a deal

[24:17] with one resident, never notified the residents, and that's why we're here tonight.

[24:22] Okay. Well, let me just explain the process. All these things that we read tonight are submitted by department heads.

[24:30] Each of us review what the application or the resolution is before we're going to vote on it.

[24:37] When we did a resolution to put up a parking sign or a stop sign, we read that and we kind

[24:44] of agree with it because it's recommended by the traffic department.

[24:49] We're none of us are traffic experts.

[24:51] So we'll make inquiry.

[24:52] As a result of the meeting here, we'll talk to the traffic department.

[24:56] With all due respect, that already happened with Councilwoman Insorello.

[25:00] She went and met with them and I don't need to speak on your behalf.

[25:03] But here's the real kicker.

[25:05] We were told that by the traffic director that he is not budging on it

[25:10] because the person says that she can't get out of her driveway.

[25:14] I just proved to you that she can.

[25:16] I'm telling you that she doesn't leave her house for three or four times a month.

[25:20] On top of that, she harasses the people on the block.

[25:22] Let me ask you a question, Mr. Heather.

[25:25] Getting out of your driveway three or four times a month could still cause an accident. Possible?

[25:30] Not just for two years.

[25:31] Not 50 years. Absolutely not.

[25:34] All right. Good enough. Come on. All right. We'll take it up with the traffic.

[25:41] But that that already happened. So we'll take it up again.

[25:45] We're not going to resolve it here tonight.

[25:51] Anthony, April,

[25:57] he can speak this afternoon. He got three minutes.

[26:03] Good evening. Um,

[26:04] I agree with everything that the Mr.

[26:07] Hathaway, Mrs. Attler said. Um, one thing I want to add, um,

[26:10] you did bring up that it could be a safety issue those three or four times

[26:13] that she would pull out of her driveway.

[26:14] I feel in community of that area feels that it's a safety concern because now

[26:18] cars are forced to park park on the north side and there's a bend in Stanley

[26:23] Place. I have a picture here that I'll submit. So there's a bend in that road, so now anybody coming

[26:29] east or west on Stanley Place is a tremendous wine spot. So now coming around that bend

[26:37] you cannot see what's coming from the other side of Stanley Place. So I feel

[26:41] and the community members feel that the opinion of one was taken and the safety of the community,

[26:46] I think.

[26:47] Who's the liaison to the traffic department on a board?

[26:50] You are?

[26:51] Okay.

[26:52] Well, you'll discuss it next day or toward you and the traffic director and me.

[26:58] Okay?

[26:58] Okay.

[26:59] Thank you.

[27:01] Christopher Susner?

[27:05] Speaking of the same point.

[27:06] Same point.

[27:07] Okay.

[27:07] Good.

[27:08] Thank you.

[27:17] You live on the corner of Stanley and Sandra. My name is Christopher Duffner. I live at 18

[27:22] Sandra Drive in Hopon. Right on the corner of Stanley and Sandra. The corner of my property

[27:27] is about 50 or 60 feet from where these signs were placed. My children have been, my children

[27:32] use the sidewalk to enter that park. It's a pedestrian entryway. Parking in front of

[27:40] that pedestrian entryway has nothing whatsoever to do with being able to get in or out of the park.

[27:45] The precedent that's being set here is that anyone who feels they can't back out of their driveway

[27:49] safely can have signs put up across the street from their driveway prohibiting parking.

[27:55] That's the dangerous precedent that's being set here.

[27:59] A couple of months ago, I commented to my wife when we went for a neighborhood that was with much smaller roads than ours, how lucky you were to have such wide roadways.

[28:07] I have a 20-foot boat trailer that I pulled in and out of my driveway for many years without any problem.

[28:14] Saying I had a pop-up trailer that I had 20 feet at the same thing.

[28:17] I never had a problem backing that inner-out of my driveway.

[28:20] But again, the precedent that's being set here has nothing to do with this parking lot.

[28:23] What is the issue with the people who forced the park around the corner because of that sign?

[28:31] Is that the issue?

[28:32] The issue is, why is there no parking sign there all of a sudden after 40 years?

[28:37] Because one person claims they have a problem backing out of their driveway.

[28:44] Well, how does that sign offend you? That's my question.

[28:52] What it's a precedent that's been set, there's a similar entryway to the park on Sheila Drive.

[28:58] There are no parking signs there.

[29:00] This is because one person said they can't back out of the driveway.

[29:03] Okay.

[29:04] I think that's a dangerous precedent.

[29:08] Well, it's not a precedent.

[29:09] That's generally.

[29:11] Okay.

[29:11] We'll look into it.

[29:12] Thank you.

[29:13] Thank you.

[29:23] John Zolo, you can speak, well you didn't sign in, that's why I don't, but no I don't

[29:33] have it.

[29:33] What did you mean?

[29:36] Okay, it's here.

[29:37] It's here.

[29:38] Mr. Sonsari, please come up.

[29:41] Sorry, Mrs. Ola.

[29:52] No, sir, public hearing is a town hall.

[29:55] Anybody can speak.

[29:56] All right, thank you, and congratulations for your triple-A bond radio.

[30:01] My wife and I moved into Smithtown in July of 1967 on to Stanley Place. It was a dirt road. There were no streets. There were no curbs. There was no park. There were just trees.

[30:13] We were naive enough to believe a salesperson from Hillside Terrace that it was a bird sanctuary.

[30:19] And around 1970, when the bulldozers came to knock down the trees and build a park from Mr. Fitzpatrick,

[30:25] who was giving it to the Hop-Hop Little League and where Smithtown students couldn't play

[30:29] because they didn't belong to Hop-Hop, yet this park was surrounded by Smithtown students

[30:34] who couldn't play baseball in the Hop-Hop Little League because they lived in Smithtown.

[30:39] Now you know the whole story.

[30:40] Sure.

[30:41] I mean, when we moved in, you were probably pounding a beat in the city.

[30:44] I don't know what that...

[30:45] Well, maybe you were a teenager.

[30:46] Also, I think too much.

[30:47] All right.

[30:49] So anyway, the curves went in, the park was developed and there were no fences

[30:53] and thanks to Mr. Valentine and under your guidance I think we had the code

[30:56] enforcement and we got rid of a lot of junk that was hanging out in the park

[31:00] and we put fences up and we put you know the park was brought under control and

[31:05] now I have in front of my house and I'll show you a picture because of the

[31:08] neighbor across the street a part no parking sign in front of my house that was

[31:12] greeted to me when I came home from the hospital after having major

[31:15] surgery it's right it's in front of my house okay it's not in the front of

[31:19] Park entrance. This is in front of my house. So I'll submit that picture. Thank you

[31:28] for coming in.

[31:29] We would give a note on this. I have pictures of the malls where the park signs were supposed to be,

[31:37] and you will see that they were not put where the traffic department said they were supposed to be.

[31:45] They were shifting. They were shifting to accommodate somebody who said they couldn't back out of their drive-in.

[31:50] Our streets are very wide. As Chris said, you could back a boat trailer out of there.

[31:54] So here's the marks that were. OK, but also I just want to make a point.

[32:00] All of these resolutions we read tonight, some of them are paying taxes for some and you're not.

[32:07] They are submitted by department heads or expert in their fields.

[32:11] So when the traffic director was a traffic engineer,

[32:14] here, submits a resolution to implement a control, a traffic control. We take it that

[32:20] he is an expert in the field. We don't go out and look at it. So now, if you're here,

[32:26] we'll take it up with him and see what we can do.

[32:29] Well, by the way, here's a picture of the driveway in question of the person who said

[32:32] they can't bag a day's driveway. You could make a U-turn in here with a trailer.

[32:36] Okay. Fair enough.

[32:37] Okay.

[32:37] Thank you so much. Mr. Zola. Thank you.

[32:47] That's a pretty big drop.

[32:51] Oh, it came from somewhere.

[32:54] We need the Miss Suvaz members of the town board.

[32:57] My name is John Zola, 169 Hickory Lane, Smith Town.

[33:01] Just first of all, I guess what happens here with the street sign is it's nice to know that people come here and have their voices heard.

[33:08] That's a good thing. And that's what democracy and government is about.

[33:12] But I wanted to applaud the Kings Park Chamber to come forward with a conceptual plan for the Kings Park community.

[33:19] And I think the town board has an opportunity to run with that and work with the Kings Park community

[33:23] and also bring in the Smith Town downtown and work with their vision to revitalize the downtowns in Kings Park and Smith Town.

[33:33] Recently, the Newsday had an article that talked about the Smithtown School District

[33:39] selling their property for 13 acres, and the flip side of that Newsday article was a story

[33:44] about the North Port getting a $2 million fund to do sewers for the Village of North

[33:50] Port.

[33:50] And I thought it was interesting to jump to the position.

[33:52] Here you have a Smithtown who has a downtown, people have been crying out for sewers in

[33:56] Smithtown and in Kings Park, and for some action and proactivity on the part of

[34:02] of Smithtown, which really hasn't happened, and Northport Village is getting funding just

[34:06] like Patchouli has in Bayshore.

[34:09] I think you need to open up a dialogue with the Kings Park Chamber, the Smithtown Chamber,

[34:14] and while you have the color piece of property across the street, you also have the Smithtown

[34:19] School property.

[34:20] Don't let it be an opportunity lost for the town of Smithtown to come with a plan

[34:24] that would bring all those together and hopefully revitalize and rejuvenate our

[34:28] downtown.

[34:28] town. Mark Van Cien just happens to be here, who's come up with numerous plans and ideas

[34:33] conceptual to work to develop and bring our town into the 21st century. So I think this

[34:40] board needs to be proactive. Maybe you should consider having more work sessions where you

[34:47] have the plan director, the apartment environment and waterways person, the building director

[34:52] and the town board sit and talk about what the vision is for this town. Don't means

[34:57] law is nice, it gives opportunities to people to see what goes on in government.

[35:03] My just looking grief for there hasn't been a work session in the town of Smithtown,

[35:06] an open work session in about four months.

[35:09] A lot of government is going on now behind closed doors.

[35:12] So bring it out to the people, let them know what's going on, let them be heard.

[35:15] Work for the future of the town of Smithtown.

[35:17] And I think Tony Tansy and the Kings Park Chamber should be applauded for taking that step.

[35:21] Don't let that be a wasted step.

[35:23] Thank you.

[35:23] Is that in order?

[35:24] It's a request, I think it's good for the town.

[35:26] I like it in the form of a request.

[35:30] Thank you.

[35:33] Victoria Fjordstein?

[35:47] This is a request.

[35:50] I represent a group of Smithtown residents who are interested in creating an area for the dogs to run behind the dog shelter.

[36:00] Our group believes this is so important that we're willing to fund the entire thing and raise the money.

[36:06] We started this discussion with Sue Hanson, probably February.

[36:12] And then I spoke to Councilwoman Insorello, and thank you for that.

[36:17] You directed me in the right spot. You directed me to the liaison.

[36:21] Councilwoman Noak. We met with Councilwoman Noak in May.

[36:26] And just recently, Councilman Wilhelm, thank you very much.

[36:30] I discussed this with you on the phone.

[36:33] What we're trying to do is that there's an area behind the shelter.

[36:36] I'm pretty sure you know it, but I do, although I've walked through it many times.

[36:40] It's about 100 by 100, and we want to buy the fencing and whatever other money it costs

[36:46] there is to create this area for the dogs.

[36:50] I know, if I may call you Lisa, I know you visited the shelter,

[36:54] and you're very familiar with it, and you know the size of the pens.

[36:57] And I know the age of the place and that the cement there is really old and when they have to wash it every morning

[37:03] it doesn't dry for a very long time.

[37:05] And these dogs are basically, some of these dogs have been, one of these dogs has been there for four years.

[37:10] Some of these dogs, too, three years.

[37:13] So they may get walked on a leash.

[37:16] You know, they may go out and out to a pen for a little bit.

[37:19] But they really, you know, they're not our dogs at home that have the cozy life and they have their backyard

[37:24] and they get walked whenever it's appropriate or an opportunity for them.

[37:30] This is a humane issue to us.

[37:33] And I know that there's been some discussions about including this in the renovations.

[37:39] But we're here to respectfully request that since we're willing to do this work as Smidtown residents raise this money,

[37:48] that we do this now because when the renovations happen,

[37:54] as I've been in the public arena my entire career,

[37:57] I know that there are things that happen to well-intentioned promises,

[38:01] things that happen because of things that are more important suddenly

[38:04] or the agenda switches.

[38:06] And these thoughts really shouldn't have to wait anyway,

[38:08] even if this promise does happen to include it in the renovations.

[38:13] They need this now.

[38:14] And if we have residents who are willing to go beat the bushes

[38:17] for every dime, we respectfully, you know, ask you.

[38:22] You've met with Mrs. Nolik?

[38:24] Yes, in May.

[38:25] And what was the result of that conversation?

[38:28] At the time, we believed that there was a possibility of getting the scrubby,

[38:33] I call it the scrubby brush area, right behind the thing, fenced in.

[38:37] But I haven't heard anything since then.

[38:38] Well, is there another question that that might interfere with the fire,

[38:43] Is there a fire matter track with the fireman practice?

[38:48] No, sir, it's not.

[38:50] Okay.

[38:51] No, we totally would not want to interfere with that area.

[38:54] We're looking for it, okay?

[38:56] May I ask one question?

[38:57] Sure.

[38:58] Since we've kind of impatient, we feel like we're kind of spinning our wheels.

[39:01] What happens?

[39:02] Do we need to do a petition?

[39:04] No, no, no.

[39:05] We'll make note of it.

[39:06] We'll take it up with Mrs. Nowick and Sue Hanson.

[39:10] And then somebody will get back to us?

[39:11] Well, you could call me in a week or two.

[39:15] I'll call you in a week or two. Thank you very much.

[39:18] Okay, that concludes everybody who wants to speak.

[39:21] So I'll move to close the meeting.

[39:23] Thank you.

[39:24] Supervisor Beck, yes?

[39:25] Councilman McCartney?

[39:26] Yes.

[39:26] Councilman Wareheim?

[39:27] Yes.

[39:28] Councilwoman Zarella?

[39:29] Yes.

[39:30] Thank you all.

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