East Hampton Town Board Meeting 6/09/26

001Jesus. Thanks. Check. Check. Can you hear me? Hey, Brit. Check. Check. Check. Hello. Hello. Check check check. Hello. Check check. >> Hello. Yes, sir. No. Nope. >> You having fun with that camera? >> Yeah, the uh the volume is up. >> Check check check. Oh, I got that. Awesome. >> All right. All right. >> All right. That sounds good. You uh I guess you've been through this enough before. You know, you know how touchy those cameras are. >> Okay. >> Check. Check. >> Can you hear me? >> Great. No worries. >> Yes. Thank you. Byebye. >> Check. Check. Can you hear me? >> Okay. >> Yeah. Can you hear me? >> Yes, I can. >> Awesome. I got nervous for a second. >> You hear me? All right. >> Yeah, I hear you perfectly. >>

002I'm not hearing uh I hear myself actually. >> Um can you hear me? Hello? >> Yes. >> All right. So yeah, I can hear you, but it's not coming from that mic. >> Mic work. Can you hear me at all? Hey, our mics are not working. >> Although I can see when I talk into it, the levels are are peaking on the system. [snorts] We've never had problems with the mic and we and they were working this morning before you connected. Okay. Hey. Um, right. We're not getting our local mics. We're not hearing them. Well, >> I guess you're not you're not hearing them there either. >> I'm not sure how you're hearing in the room. Um maybe the cameras have mics too. my my tenants. But I I I power. Hey, Brit. Do you

003want to give Jason a call? Um, I'm not sure um your system over there. So, I would I usually should be able to talk you through it, but I'm not like I'm not familiar with the system in Mont. >> Right. All right. All right. Uh, can you test the mic again? I just heard you really >> Yeah. Hello. Hello. >> Yeah, I can hear that perfectly from the mic. >> Yeah, this it's um it's got to be related to this PC and how it's handling the audio because prior to you connecting and even with this PC being off, we can hear it coming out of our speakers no problem. Uh like and this and just, you know, 20 minutes ago when we put fresh batteries in the mics, we it worked fine. But now I

004got nothing. But >> it's like I'm not hearing I'm not hearing anything come out of our speakers. >> Okay. >> And our amp I power cycled the amp. The amp's fine. >> I might have Jason call you because we're hearing perfectly over here. >> We can hear it. >> I mean I have his number. You want me just to call him? >> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I'm sorry to bother you. All right. So, Zach and Nestle are the solution and um so we're not getting audio locally here out of our mic speakers, but they can hear me talking into the mics there. >> Correct. which sounds like our amp. I power cycle the amp and prior to you connecting it was working. >> Okay. >> All right. So if uh so the way the entire

005thing works is we can cable trace. First off, there's the cable that comes from the closet and it goes around um over to the stage down. It's like on the It's on the ground. >> Yeah. >> Basically around to the stage that's plugged in. >> So, it was working earlier. >> It was working earlier. >> Yeah, it was working 20 minutes ago. >> Oh, it was working 20 minutes ago. >> Yes. >> Can we turn off the PA system? >> You already did that. >> I did that. Okay. Um, okay. Let's see. It was working 20 minutes ago. >> Yeah. Until It was working until you remoted in. >> Okay. It's working until [clears throat] weed in. >> Yeah. And what's weird is they're hearing it. >> Yeah. >> No, that's So, let me just

006go in. >> Yeah. So, that one's for me. You know, we're gonna be down here for like four hours. >> Yeah. Yeah. >> Okay. Uh Jason, sorry. >> Really? I feel like I want to power cycle this PC. >> Power. >> Yeah. >> Power. Do me a favor. Power. And then um >> power and then power cycle uh the system the audio system. >> Oh >> yeah. Okay. >> All right. No, I'll do that. I I've never done power cycle the audio system, so I'll do that, too. >> We've lost power. >> Oh, yeah. It's like it happens regularly now. [laughter] >> All right. I'm gonna hang up with you then. [clears throat] >> All right. Uh, It does. >> Yeah. >> Just a question. >> I think I do. >> It depends, I guess,

007what side you're on. >> All mics. >> Testing. Testing. All mics are out. >> A lot of different makes sense. Yeah, one more time >> should be working. I think everything I mean >> there's a second version because there were some late resolutions. So there's >> our top is a new >> everything's fine on that side. The only thing I could also say is maybe >> we looking for you know we check the uh the plug into the wall. >> No, I I didn't look down actually that's what it was. I did. It's fine. Kathy, where >> Okay. >> Where is the link? >> We're all good here. Okay. >> From Jason last night, I think >> I'm just gonna angle. >> Test test. Oh, we're back. >> We're back. We're back. >> Didn't come

008from Jason. >> Can you hear me? >> Sorry, I need to >> test test. Okay, we're back. >> All right, let's come from >> Thank you. I'm trying to >> dude. We got this. All right. >> Can I tilt this? >> It's always good to start off the morning with a little bit of light. >> Can you see it this way? >> Jason, hang up. CTV. >> Yeah. >> Sure. >> Crazy via Zoom. >> Okay. >> And it came from someone else. >> He's like Escobar. >> E S L Y Eco. figure out what it said. >> Sent it to you. >> No, no, I got it. >> Oh, no. No. It did come from Jason yesterday. >> Yeah, it's right here. >> Secondly, >> I'll send it to Eric >> because I think he

009has it because he just >> check. Can you hear me? >> Hello. >> Hey, uh, guys, I don't know if you can hear me, Eric Shance, remotely. >> Yes, we can. >> Okay. Obviously, um, I have the link. Ailen sent it to me. >> Oh, okay. >> Um, and Ian, I don't know if you were looking for it, but I forwarded you that uh link, too. >> Yes. Thank you. Well, you're like all knowing there. >> Well, I heard you guys. [laughter] >> Check. Check. >> I shall go dark now. >> Hello. Hello. Hello. Hello. Check check check. Hello. >> All the mics are live. Good to know. >> Aren't they always check? Check. You hear me? Good morning everyone and welcome to the East Hampton Town Board work session of Tuesday, June 9th, 2026.

010Michael, if you could please read the roll call. >> Council member Fleet, >> present. >> Council Deputy Supervisor Elise, >> present. >> Council member Rogers, >> present. Council member Calder Pedmont, >> present. >> Supervisor Kathy Bur Gonzalez, >> present. If we could all please stand for the pledge of allegiance. >> I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> So today we start uh our meeting with public portion. Uh I know that there are a number of folks on the line. So we ask you to kindly keep your comments to three minutes. Uh that'll be followed by four work session topics. Paddlecraft safety with Tim Treadwell. Chapter 255 rent restricted employer sponsored

011housing. We're bringing that back with Eric Shance. The acquisition of 549 and 550 Wayne Scott Northwest Road. That's an after hearing discussion. And then sanitation fees um with council member Tom Flight. That'll be followed by liaison reports and then resolutions. So, Michael, is anyone signed up for a public portion? Okay. Is anyone here that Yes. >> Please, Brian. >> Welcome, Brian. >> Thank you. Uh, good morning. Uh, madam supervisor, members of the board. Um, Brian Matthews, Matthews, Curse, [ __ ] and Chron here this morning on behalf of Retreat on WNR LLC. um was the owner of the residential property located at 554 uh Wayne Scott Northwest Road. Um I'm obviously here to speak this morning very quickly on the town's uh intended potential acquisition of 549 and 550 Wayne Scott Northwest Road with community housing funds.

012Um, we're here today to object to that purchase with those community housing funds and to ask the town to reconsider this expenditure of nearly $4 million of those funds and urge the town to reconsider that purchase using preservation funds. Um, I know that there is a proposed resolution that's being added to the agenda authorizing this purchase. However, we we ask the town to take a fresh look and to reconsider. Um, to be clear, this is not a request or a demand that the town abandon this transaction. um is instead a request or demand, if you will, that the town use the right fund for this purchase. Um the matter before this board at this moment is the use of restricted community housing fund money, not in the abstract of whether the town could or should

013acquire this land. The town can certainly acquire these properties, but it must do so through the correct fund and for the lawful purposes that the properties themselves and the characteristic of those properties dictate. As it stands now, we believe that the manner in which the town's proceeding is violative of the state law. Um, and on top of that, there is already a number of properties that the town has title two that are more appropriate uh for community housing needs. [snorts] And uh just quick, you know, I know that there's an action that was previously uh filed by another neighbor that was recently dismissed. However, when you look at that decision and order, the court dismissed that action as finding that it was not right for review. Meaning, the court didn't have jurisdiction over it. I'm

014sure you'll uh have those discussions with your council. But to the extent that there were any other statements made by the court in that decision about what was authorized and what was appropriate, none of those findings are binding or even advisory. They're void as a matter of law. So, as to the legality of the use of community funds, the use of those funds is governed by town law 64K. And here, given that we're not talking about down payment assistance or the upkeep of existing units, the only ostensible use of the uses set forth in 64K 3B throughd, each of which involve the actual construction of community housing units. 64K7 expressly provides that before any community housing funds may be expended, the town is also required to adopt a community housing plan that adheres to certain

015enumerated smart growth principles. So while the town does have a general plan in place, nothing in any of the resolutions or documents or court filings that we've seen has the town made any finding that this purchase and this intended development satisfies any of those statutory obligations. The lack of any of that finding is hardly surprising. I mean by the town's own acknowledgement in the EAF, the property is located within a town designated drinking uh water recharge protection area and a town does the state designated special groundwater protection area. So in order to allow for the level of housing that is necessary to make an actual impact, the properties would have to be reszoned um which itself raises potential spot zoning issues but would then certainly do away with the state and town designated protections that

016this property has been has been afforded. So this fact alone should render this action arbitrary and capriccious. Either the town has looked at this and has decided we are going to reszone this property which is not reflected in any document or they haven't looked at it at all. Either way it undercuts the use of these community housing funds. So [snorts] we asked the town to reconsider and specifically note that just last week the town took properties at 91 and 93 Industrial Road off the airport plant. Those properties have infrastructure in place, remediation in place. all of the smart growth principles already in place and are more appropriate and useful and viable for community housing funds and we ask the town to reconsider. >> Thank you, Brian. >> Thank you, >> Kirby. >> Yes, sir. >>

017Welcome, Kirby. >> Thank you, sir. Thank you, ma'am. [clears throat] Um, I'm Kirby Mark Antonio and I have appeared before the town board often on the subject of affordable housing and I want to thank the town number one for bringing the rent uh regulated code to table again today. I hope that uh we can now uh finalize what we have and hopefully be able to move on to developing the only parcel of land in the entire town of East Hampton that is zoned for affordable housing. Um, I just want to make a a reference to what the gentleman just had to say. Um, not in my backyard, of course, is the easiest thing to say about anything. However, in the entire 250 square miles of the town of East Hampton, there are a handful of

018properties that are suitable for housing. Um, in Montalk, there isn't a single one. Again, you have to have three acres of land. You have to be on an accessible road. You have to have public water and you have to have some kind of a neighborhood coherence. There isn't a single thing in Montalk. There isn't a single thing in Amigans except for six acres that the Amigans fire department owns which is zoned for affordable housing, but they choose not to use it for their own purposes. There is one parcel in East Hampton uh which is basically owned by the Spring School District which requires a tremendous amount of legislation to bring it to market. Then you move into the the honeypot, the area of the entire town of East Hampton where there are any parcels over

0193 acres with public water with uh transportation and also that have um a neighborhood that could could hold it. The three biggest ones are, of course, the airport. That's not going to happen. The uh gun club, which we still hope to see something there, but I think it's safe to say for today's meeting that's off the table. And then we have the sand pit, which is 94 acres, which again is in a variety of development phases. After that, you have Wayne Scott Northwest Road. That's it. That's the next biggest property in the entire town of East Hampton that could possibly be used for housing. The idea that in a town where literally nobody can buy a house who lives here, that we should look at a 13 acre piece of property, which could be 5

020units, 10 units, 20 units. It's not going to be 60 units. My sister lives across the street from it and has since 1982. and even she would have a problem with um too large development there. But the point of the matter is that if you look beyond just the ordinary people who all wish to stay here, we did a recent survey of what you might call essential workers. We were able to get data on the school systems, the town of East Hampton, the village of East Hampton, and even Southampton Hospital. Basically speaking, there are 2,361 people on those payrolls. Of those 2,361, 1% can buy a house here. In Montalk, you have a Montalk school district with 86 people in it. Two people can buy a house. Everybody else is waiting or commuting or they're

021lucky enough to have something. The town of East Hampton has 340 workers. Two can buy a house. Now, I've lived here almost my whole life. I don't like to say things change unless they have to. But the point of the matter is that buying Wayne Scott and knowing that there are years of planning and years of study and years of development before anything happens is a valuable opportunity that can't be missed. >> Thank you, Kirby. Would anyone else like to address the board? Okay, we're going to go to the phones now. Zach, if you could please put the first caller through. >> Okay, >> caller 1054, you are on live. >> Good morning. My name is Claudia Chamberlain Sahorski. I'm calling in regards to the estate of Eileen B. Chamberlain. I am the beneficiarian part

022owner of the property located at 550 Waynecott Road. I would like to read a letter from my attorney Michael J. Anto Giovani. He is a partner at Rivken and Radler. Dear Miss Loftton, the sperm represents Claudia Chamberlain Sahorski and the above residence matter. We understand that you represent the estate of Eileen B. Chamberlain and that the estate is presently in contract with the town of East Hampton to fill the property located at 550 Waynecott Road, East Hampton, New York. We further understand that the estates at a time of the essence closing for June 2526. Do be advised, please be advised that Miss Mrs. Mr. Horseski objects to the proposed sale of the property and demands that the TOE closing be canceled forth with according to the deed dated March 27, 2012, a copy of which

023is annexed here. Here here too, the estate does not have the authority to convey full title to the property as it purports. Indeed, the deed reflects that on or about March 27, 2012, Eileen B. Chamberlain conveyed a 29.41% 41% tenants and common interest in the property to her then living children Eileen Chamberlain Dono Claudia Chamberlain Zahorski and Matthew Chamberlain thus in order to convey full title to the property the estate needs Mrs. Zohorski's consent cons consent which it does not have as well as the consent of the other G grantees. In addition to objecting to the sale as a part owner of the property, Missorski also objects to the proposed sale as a beneficiary of the estate. We understand that Mrs. O'ori has previously made her objections known to the executive of the estate as

024well as to you. Mrs. Zohorerski was not consulted regarding the terms of the sale nor provided with pertinent information regarding the sale to which she is rightfully entitled. Mrs. Zohorski understands the town of East Hampton seeks to acquire the property to use as affordable housing and that the purchase price is depressed and not fair value which the attorney for the town of East Hansen has admitted in an affirmation filed in the matter of Alisa McKenna against the town of East Hansen at all. Suffach County index number 613737. The town's plausible damages would include not just a loss of the property at an extraordinary price, but also one the permanent loss of 13.5 acres in a market where comparable land does not exist at this price. As such, Mrs. Zuhorski hereby demands by no later than

025close of business Monday, June 8th, 2026, the estate confirm in writing that it has canceled the TOE closing and provide evidence of such cancellation. Two, confirm in writing that it is terminating the proposed sale of the property to the town of East Hampton. Three, provide all documentation concerning the proposed sale of the property and the marketing of same including but not limited to appraisals, listing sheets, listing agreements, marketing materials, offers, contracts, and communications with the town of East Hampton and any other prospective purchaser regarding the sale of property. Failing such response by the above deadline, Mrs. so to go forth with proceed to enforce all of her rights and remedies both individually and as beneficiary of the estate, including but not limited to commencing a litigation concerning the title to the property and this proposed

026sale and will seek to recover all damages to which he is entitled. Please take further notice that the state must preserve all evidence and documentation regarding this matter including hard copy records and electronic communications including but not limited to emails, text messages, chat messages and the like. Please be guided accordingly. All of Mrs. Zhorski's rights and remedies remain reserved. Very truly yours, Michael J. and Tom Giovani. Thank you. Please take this into consideration. Thank you, Zach. If you could please put the next caller through. >> Okay. Caller 0017, you are live. >> Hi, my name is Chris Kak uh and I live on Wayne Scott Northwest Road. Uh a few comments in advance of the acquisition vote today. Uh I'm a direct neighbor to 550 Wayne Scott Northwest. First, we love our beautiful wooded neighborhood

027and live next door in an 18,800 foot home and use less than half of our zone clearing limit set by the town. Second, I don't appreciate the name calling used by others and think we can all be adults on this topic. I acknowledge this is a large plot of land, but second, I note it's one of the largest plots of undeveloped and wooded open space in Northern Wayne Scott and all of East Hampton. East Hampton leads the nation in open space preservation, but I'm saddened that this town board is getting to bulldoze one of Wayne's cut's largest untouched and pristine wood lots. This land is not a parking lot or repurposed cleared site. It's an environmentally sensitive area that will be severely impacted by any development. This land is in lowdensity zoning, a sensitive water

028recharge area, and lacks public infrastructure, making it distinct from other housing developments across town. Town also has a track record of preserving identical plots a few steps away. These facts are evidence of important rules put in place to protect our town, our open spaces, and the beauty that make it so special and loved by all of us. For the rest of East Hampton, note the precedent that would be set by the town board. They plan to ignore the stringent rules that they make you follow. You can wait a year for your permit, and the town wants to grade their own test. You could spend tens of thousands of dollars reveating, and the town plans to clear land next door. Over the last two months, it's become abundantly clear the neighbors and your constituents in WScot

029don't want highdensity construction here. The seller evidently also doesn't want this and has represented that the town has deceived them by saying they would preserve the land. While non- voting members of the town, I have to mention the deer, fox, bats, mink, turkeys, raptors, bird species, and small mammals. I see happily scurrying around that want their habitat not leveled and also pushed towards 114. I'd asked the board to consider if they see a drawn out multi-year fight with your own existing neighbors on taxpayer dollars as the fix we need on housing and I'd asked the town to do the hard work for Wayne Scott more broadly. Stop the rifle shot approach on housing and come up with a plan and discuss with us unless it's intended to just be performative. Resolve our concerns and make

030thoughtful plans for the 50acre industrial lot only 2 miles south. Thoughtfully use the existing spaces land and clear lots on airport grounds. resolve our concerns and come up with a fair resolution for the gun club. Resolve our concerns and do something about the airport noise. Save our open spaces and the limited space left for our wildlife. I know there are many stakeholders here that want to win. The town board wants to win on housing. The developers ultimately certainly want to win on those contracts and the people who actually live on Wayne Scott Northwest want to win to preserve the rural community that we love. It's clear to me that when I called in the original April 6th meeting that the board had made up its mind before talking to any of us. But with that

031said, I hope you do consider our comments today and thank you for the time. >> Thank you, Chris. Zach, if you could put the next caller through, please. Caller 2777, you are on. Caller 2777, you are on. Thanks for helping us. >> Um, you want to go on to the next caller, Zach? >> And you can come back to them. >> Um, >> yes. One second. >> Caller 5002, you are on. >> Yes. Hello. Good morning, board members. Alan Rosenthal here. I'm sure you you're used to hearing from me by now. I won't ask you any questions. Uh instead, you could just listen to me. As you know, I live adjacent to 550 Wayne Scott Northwest Road. I'm calling regarding today's discussion and the vote on acquisition using CPH funds to reiterate prior valid concerns

032and flag some new ones. Um you're about to commit $4 million of community housing fund money to buy land that under your own zoning can hold two houses. two with limited clearing. It sits on our soul source aquifer in the water recharge overlay is home to federally endangered bats that mitigate our population of dangerous insects. Every plan this town has adopted calls for its preservation and the law that governs this fund requires actual production of housing which this land cannot produce. I am highly concerned that something is very wrong here. How can the board seriously think that buying land with no plan that allows for only one or two houses that's environmentally protected by the town's own laws, the state department of conservation, Suffach County Groundwater Protection Act, and the United States EPA is suitable

033for housing? Or will we produce actual housing like the law requires? And you're going to circumvent environmental review that protects residents and our drinking water while doing so. What kind of board does this to its residents? Concerningly, the hard look you claimed you made to declare secret unnecessary doesn't even mention the residential neighbors in the EAF form questionnaire. It's like you don't even care and think the laws don't apply to you. Um, one of two things is true here. Either there is no plan and you're wasting millions of dollars on land you can't build anything substantial on, admitting you have no idea what will or can be built, while ignoring more suitable, legally compliant sites the town already owns and other available viable housing sites. they sent you or you do intend to develop it

034with highdensity housing. There is a plan for 60 units which is what the affordable housing overlay you would have to put requires and you're purposely violating SRA and the rights and protections of residents and illegally segmenting it. The only basis the town has offered for this purchase is that it's too good of a deal to be passed up. Well, let me tell you this is not a deal. It is a fiscally irresponsible waste of public funds that doesn't meet this fund's statutory legal requirements and the town's own adopted smart growth requirements which they are required to follow by law. Smart growth requires infrastructure, school capacity, citing near jobs and transportation and minimizing public investment while conserving environmentally critical land. I've already demonstrated to you over and over at the hearing that none of those principles

035apply here. It also doesn't meet equitable distribution either. You already have commuting uh community housing money committed about an hourly an hour away, a mile away, excuse me. Uh I've said it before and I'll say it again. This purchase does not comply with the law and the town is circumventing resident secret protections to buy it. Notably, I've heard the town board's claims, which will likely falsely be repeated here today, that a judge in my neighbor's case cleared the way and that it's legal. That is not the case. The court dismissed the neighbor's case as premature because this vote had not yet occurred and it expressly declined to decide whether the segmenting is lawful, stating that the court cleared this is inaccurate. Residents deserve a town that embraces the law and follows it, not one that

036wastes taxpayer funds on pricey outside council to find ways to circumvent it and then waste more money and years trying to defend it. Residents deserve a town that protects critical environmental lands like they say they do in public. and residents deserve a town that does not waste public funds and that uses public land holdings properly and efficiently. You already own more suitable land to use for housing development. The Gun Club down the street on Wayne Scott Northwest Road has 100 acres, 20 already cleared in need of remediation due to lead bullets reaching into our water supply. residents want and support housing there that can pay for and supplement an indoor gun club that satisfies everyone and that prevents bullets that have been uh hitting people's homes. Instead, you're offering them a $100 a year lease

037when the lease allows you to not renew if a better use like housing is needed for the land. 91 and 93. >> Please, Alan, we have >> No problem. I'll wrap it up. Please vote no on the community housing fund expenditure. And I've set you guys a demand for preservation. You should adopt the community preservation fund today to acquire this just like you did for the Pathfinder camp. Kathy, I anticipate this will be well publicized. So, this is your chance to prove what you really care about and stand for. Are you going to do what you say you do in your re-election campaign on Instagram and protect the environment and protect critical forested land on our aquifer or are you going to waste more public housing funds on another land deal that cannot it should

038not be developed while you set a president that throws decades of environmental protection out the window? Thank you. >> Zach, please put the next caller through. Caller 2777, you are on. >> Caller 8764, you are on. >> Good morning. This is David Buddha calling from the Springs. I'm calling with regard to a resolution number 2026991. I'm sorry, wrong one. Um 2026990 to release security posted by the owners and builders and developers of 33 Harborview Drive. They were given an assignment by the town's consulting engineer. And I uh my wife actually had uh alerted the town consulting engineer to deficiencies in the quality of the final road surface in part and no response was received from him. This does not surprise me because not too long [clears throat] ago there was a similar situation on Gardener's

039Lane where a road assignment pursuant to the old filed map um road work requirement was signed and there was an equally deficient and obvious deficiency in the quality of the road surface. I complained about that. I received no response. Now, aside from the fact that the road surface has defects that should have not that should have been repaired and should not require not allow the town to accept the um the work and therefore release be able to release the security. I'm also gravely concerned that the part of Harbor View Drive near 3M Harbor Hog Creek Road that was the assignment for this particular developer to uh improve to the width of 24 ft within a 50-foot right of way has not been met. If I would I am asking you please before this is given

040uh this uh security is released to take a moment speak directly with your consulting engineer who apparently doesn't speak to the public send out an independent appra u surveyor to take a measurement or I will provide you with measurements the this is an extremely dangerous location and intersection of Harborview Drive a heavily driled road where it intersects and slopes down to to meet um Three-Mile Harbor Hot Creek Road. The two neighbors on the north and the south of the road have encroachments within the 50-ft right of way and therefore the roadway width has not been paved to 24 ft which was the requirement of the developer who received this road assignment. The town consulting engineer cannot should not accept less than what was required a 25 excuse me a 24 with top coat pavement of

041the asphalt in this area. Now I don't know why no assignment was given to clear the um road uh the sides of the road which is usually done when a road is improved in the old file map area [clears throat] but it wasn't done all that was assigned was a 24 foot width of asphalt top coat paving that wasn't done as far as I can tell I'm not a surveyor I'm not an engineer but I'm asking you please before you make an irrevocable decision to release a security send someone out there to doublech checkck the width of the roadway in the area immediately close to 3M Harbor Road and between the two adjacent properties that are encroaching on the roadway. It's a dangerous area where contractors park, where neighbors and guests park, and the the

042roadway is insufficient in width, and there is insufficient clearance on the side of the roadway within what's called the road road verge, the area between the edge of the pavement and the edge of the um town's rightway. This is an area where the town owns uh or there is an existing dedication of a 50-ft right of way and it should have been easy to put a 24 ft pavement in that area. It was not done to my observation. I'm asking you to please ask some professional of your choosing town surveyor double have the engineer come back and report to you. Was it done? I don't think so. It's important that it be done for safety consideration reasons. And that's the end of my time. So, have a great day. Thank you. >> Thank you, David.

043Zach, is there anyone else on the line? >> Yes. Caller 4937. >> Hi, this is Barry Rabbeck. I'm want to talk about the uh situation in Wayne Scott in terms of affordable housing. Uh there are several problems that are some are new, some are ongoing. Certainly the choice of the parcel at 550 549 is highly problematic for all the reasons other callers have already discussed and there's such dispute over this. I think that we have to recognize that there's lots of affordable housing in the town that's been developed without such acrimony and and conflict because people agreed that it was a good place for it and it made sense to do that. And [snorts] I think there's still widespread consensus that the town needs more affordable housing. So the issue is not what, it's where

044and how much obviously. And when you look at Wayne Scott in particular with the project coming online at 114 that's going to be quite a lot of units. Uh and but the other issue of course is the already available land which is a far better site for obvious reasons than the one on uh Wayne's got Northwest Road at 550 and that's the airport apron and the gun club. Um there's widespread opposition to the gun pl club renewal of the lease that's been stated publicly many times by the way Scott Citizens Advisory Committee uh as well as citizens groups such as the one I represent citizens for the proper use of public land uh 100 acres for a gun club. An outdoor shooting range that's dangerous uh is and toxic and loud and uh invasive is

045certainly in a residential community just doesn't make any sense. It might have made sense 40 years ago when it was located there. It doesn't make any sense now. Clearly that's not a good place for an outdoor shooting range. an indoor range is is certainly an alternative and then you could use the land for all kinds of better uses including affordable housing, solar farms, uh recreational facilities, etc., etc. So, I don't, you know, what happens too often, [clears throat] it seems to me, is that the board is engaging in mysterious and secretive processes. It's hard to find out what's going on until after the fact and then something is is attempted to be rammed through against local opposition. Uh so I think that clearly there's a win-win here and that is not to is to preserve

046this relatively small parcel on uh Wayne's got Northwest Road in the woods in a pristine state on an aquifer and then use land that's already been cleared already been basically developed has road access etc such as at the gun club and that solves a huge problem and [clears throat] also uh in in both the sense that the gun club is a disaster for the community. Uh the outdoor shooting range has not been properly modified. Even I'm aware that the range that was supposedly going to be closed is not closed and the burm in front of it has been actually improved. Uh the court stipulated that had to disappear. It hasn't. Uh but the other three are still outdoors and aiming in essentially the same direction endangering people such as myself and 97 other homes. So

047including where you'd like to stick the this affordable housing and Wayne's got that also will be downrange of the of the gun club if it exists. So, I'm saying once again, uh, I think it's completely reasonable to at this point close an outdoor shooting range in a residential area that's dangerous, toxic, unnecessary, and do something far far better and just more sensible with public land. Thank you very much. >> Thank you for your comments, Barry. >> Anyone else on the line? >> I'm sorry. There are no more callers. >> Great. All right. So, we're going to move one more time in the in the room. Does anybody want to address the board? We'll move on to topics. First up is paddlecraft safety with our chief rubber master Tim Treadwell. Welcome, Tim. >> Good morning, board.

048Thank you for having me. Um, I appreciate the opportunity um to present this in light of um some recent tragedies on the water uh particularly in Southampton Town and one in Pennsylvania. I thought that this is uh very relevant. Our our our water is unseasonably cold this time of year and it makes it even more important that everybody has the correct safety equipment um to go out and paddle with. Um, I want to thank my friends at the Southampton Marine Patrol. Um, they basically uh are the ones who helped me put this together. Uh, use some of their stuff and some of my stuff. Um, but basically the most important thing you can do to be safe on the water is wear a life jacket. over, you know, every year the Coast Guard and the

049state release statistics and almost always uh, you know, over over or or or 90% of the fatalities on the water could be avoided if people were wearing life jacket life jackets. It's a very regular thing. So, so these um these steps that they have on here are just really really relevant and really appropriate. So, um, so the most important things about a life jacket, it has to fit you. It has to be Coast Guard approved. Um, and, um, and you have to either be wearing it or have it on your paddle craft at all times. Any children under 12 should be wearing it. Um, you know, we see a lot of people paddling around with their life jackets, say on a standup paddle board with their life jackets attached to the board, but if they

050end up in the water and they're not leashed to the board and the board floats away, their life jacket isn't doing them any good. And they make a lot of very good life jackets now. Um they actually have an inflatable fanny pack which is very popular with the standup paddle board crowd which is an excellent and effective safety device. Um a lot of problems that we have is people don't check the weather. Um, a lot of times, uh, you know, people will go out, particularly on a standup paddle board, say off of, um, Gerard Drive into Gardener's Bay, and the wind's coming out of the southwest, and so they're paddling with the wind at their back, and they're moving along pretty good, and then they decide to turn around and come back, and they can't.

051And then, um, hopefully they have some means of communication. The next part there, bring your safety gear. At the very least, you should have a whistle. The New York State navigation law requires you to have a sound sitting device. A whistle is an easy thing to bring. Um, a cell phone, absolutely. Particularly if you can put it in a waterproof case. Um, but I wouldn't always rely on a cell phone because you never know when you make that cell phone call um, where that call is going to get picked up. It could be in Connecticut or Block Island. Um, also just like swimming, always paddle with a buddy. That way if somebody gets in trouble, there's somebody else to help you. Um, you also want to know where you're going and when you're going to

052come back. And ideally, you tell someone that, what we would call at least a verbal float plan. Um, you don't have to necessarily have a written float plan, but if you tell someone, hey, I'm going to head out into the bay paddling from Gerard Drive and I'm going to paddle along the shore in a certain direction, then that way if you don't return, at least we have a place to start if we have to come looking for you. And then of course, always respect nature. Don't leave any of your garbage in the water or anything like that. And if anybody has any questions about anything, uh there's a website here, which is the state's uh website, um which is at the bottom of the page there on the right. You can't really see it on

053the screen there. Um but that has all the information you would possibly want as far as safety gear on the water. Um, the Marine Patrol did over 200 recreational boarding um, compliance inspections last year. A lot of those were paddle craft. And we're really not out there to write people tickets. We're out there to educate and inform and try to get people to understand the importance of respecting the water and that's why I'm here. >> Thank you. Does anyone have questions for Tim? Just uh Tim, when I was paddle boarding and learning to paddle board, um instead of a cell phone, which you had to carry in a dry pack, and if it fell in the water, it's over. Yeah. >> Um my teachers taught me to carry a portable marine radio. >> Absolutely. Uh

054the VHF, you can't go wrong. Unlike a cell phone, it's it's not a requirement, but it's a great recommendation. And and so is the leash for your paddle board, by the way. Um it's not required, but it's recommended. But but those radios now are very affordable. You can get a waterproof uh standard horizon for less than a hundred bucks that'll float and if you run into distress on the water, you can call the Coast Guard on that and they can triangulate your signal very easily. Plus, any vessels that are in the area are required to monitor channel 16 so they can also come to your assistance. So, that is by all means, Kate, the absolute best means of, you know, one of the most important pieces of safety equipment and I highly recommend it. >>

055It just hooked on to my belt. Harry won when I'm paddling. >> Yeah. >> Thank you, Tim. >> Yeah. >> Great. Thanks, Tim. >> Thank you. >> Okay, Zach, if you could please bring Eric Shance into the meeting. Next up is chapter 255, rentrestricted employer sponsored housing. I don't know if there's anybody else uh signed in. >> Sure. One second. Welcome, Eric. >> Hi, everyone. Good morning. >> Zach, is there anyone is Let me just see if there's anyone I don't know if anybody else signed in from town staff. >> Zack, is there anyone else in the waiting room? >> Uh, yes. Just one second, please. >> Okay. >> Uh, that's it. Thank you. >> Okay. All right. You're on, Eric. >> Sure. Um, so this is in regard to rent restricted employer sponsored housing,

056a proposed new use within the town code. Um the town board held a public hearing on Thursday, May 7th uh and subsequently discussed those comments as well as the content of the proposed code uh provisions. On May 19th, uh the board formed a consensus to request that staff make a number of changes to the draft code based on public comments and board discussions. And I will summarize those changes. There were four specific ones, [clears throat] excuse me. So the first change was to the section regarding affordability and tenant protections. The previous draft of the legislation did not include a provision for a minimum lease period. This section has been added to identify that leases cannot be for less than one year. Uh this wording will allow for a minimum lease term of one year as

057opposed to a lease term of exactly one year. So in other words, um people could offer a lease of a longer term than one year. Um and basically um that is a a new section um that's being added. Um so that would read the initial lease term shall be for a minimum period of one year and may be renewed for additional periods of a minimum of one year. Uh the second change that came out of the board's discussion and public comments was regarding management. Um this section has been changed to identify that multiple entities may be required in order to fulfill the third-party management uh condition. Um [snorts] if you remember that's a requirement of this um proposed new code section is that um the developer and owner hire a third party management company. Um

058so the previous version though um basically just said all of these developments shall be operated and administered by a third-party management company. We just want to change the language to clarify that the development shall be operated and administered by one or more thirdparty management company. Um the reasoning for this being that it may be necessary to hire more than one company to fulfill all of the management requirements that are needed for the development. Um the third section uh change that came out of the comments was to the section on um management as well. Um this section has been changed to identify that the third party management consultant may utilize sub consultants. Um again there there may be um specialty um specialties that are needed to fulfill the management requirements. Um and um to um excuse

059me section um oh I'm sorry and the other clarification in this is that um to mention specifically that the third party management company is responsible for um verifying tenant income. Um so the previous version started off saying any thirdparty management company um managing an employer sponsored uh a rentrestricted employer sponsored housing development. We're changing that to say any third party management company or its subconultant managing um such facility. And then also adding later in that section um where it talks about it says at a minimum the report um because it talks about a report being prepared by the third party management company. Uh at a minimum the report shall include information on unit sales, occupancy and tenant turnover, property conditions, information on any complaints filed that was in the previous draft. We're adding in that

060list tenant income verification to make it um expressly clear that that is a responsibility of the third party management company. Um the next change uh the fourth change of um of five, excuse me, um is to the legal requirement section. Uh we added a section in order to require that prior to the sale of any unit or issuance of a certificate of occupancy, the developer shall submit an offering plan for the condominium units consistent with what was approved um to New York State and that proof of this submission as well as any subsequent changes would be submitted to the town. Um, so I won't read the the entire language of it, but um I'm sure the board remembers from discussion that was a conversation of um an applicant providing the condominium offering plan to the

061town and notifying it of any changes. So um that has been incorporated into the draft code. And then the fifth and last um change is adding a new section um which is uh added in order to enable the town board to charge fees as may be amended from time to time for the administrative costs born to the town um as a result of oversight of the facility. Um so basically a section has been added that identifies that the town board can charge a fee for um the the money and time and staff expenditure that's made in in reviewing these facilities. though. Um, in conclusion, the board should discuss these amendments to the draft code. Um, and once the board has formed a consensus on the content of the revised, uh, code provisions, the matter should

062be scheduled for another public hearing um, and referred to the planning board for comment. Um, subsequent to a hearing, we would fulfill um, all of our requirements. Um, the board would likely have another work session discussion about um, substantive public comments that were received. And then provided there were no further changes, no um additional public hearing needed, the planning department would prepare an environmental assessment and we would send out the referral to the planning commission. But step one is to review these changes um decide if the board is okay with them and then uh a renotice or a notice of a new public hearing. >> Great. Thank you, Eric. Ian, you want to >> Yeah. Thank you, Eric. Um you know, I'm I'm in support of this legislation. I I think that we had one

063public hearing. We had a lot of we had public comments. I think we had a thoughtful board discussion and we changed the legislation based on that. Um this is a process. This certainly prolongs it because we'll be required to have another public hearing should the board choose to move forward. But I think this legislation is better than it was the the first time around and that's the point of the public process. Um I won't go into all of the details. I think Eric summed it up very very well. Uh I'll just reiterate his point about the language is a little confusing about multiple management companies and and really what we were getting at there is making sure that the income verification part um was going to be um very tightly managed and and there's a

064chance that somebody who manages condos in general to make sure that they function don't have the same capabilities of somebody who's particularly um adept at income verifying because obviously even though this is different than affordable housing. We want to make sure that um we're targeting the same type of people both in that their income qualifies and the rent that they're paying. And so we thought it important to to to make sure we were open-minded about having a separate company income verify. Other than that, I I don't have much to add, but I'm I'm supportive of this legislation. I hope we can go to another public hearing and move forward. >> Great. Thank you. Um I uh also u uh support um the rationale that uh my fellow board member that Ian has just enumerated. As

065you know, I was cautious I I am cautious about this type of development. However, um considering the crisis that we're in, I think it's appropriate to um to allow this uh new type, shall I say, of affordable housing uh uh be uh permitted uh under this uh uh code. And so I think the changes that we've made, I agree with Ian that we've been that I think the the code has been improved even from the last time we went to public hearing. and I can support uh going to public hearing with this draft. Thank you, Kate. >> I don't have many more comments than you already haven't already heard. The five changes are substantive enough to go to another public hearing. I look forward to that. Also, I also like the option in here to

066make sure that there's any town time, town staff time. This expended that it could be reimbursed uh as fees that will be set later. We look forward to hearing from the public. >> Great. >> Yeah. No, no further comments from me. I'm fully supportive of this. >> Great. So I I am as well. I'm ready to take this back to to the public hearing. So as far as a schedule's concerned, Ian, so um do you want to notice it because a zoning code change needs to usually we go a month uh and then on the same track have the planning board or do you want to go back to the planning board first before we notice it? >> Eric, what what do you think about that? The planning board is have they not seen these

067most recent? >> They haven't they haven't seen the changes yet. Um, we were debating bringing that to the planning board meeting next week. Um, but there will probably be at least two in the interim um of when you're scheduling the public hearing. So, I don't think there's um I don't think the timing with the planning board is any impediment to you scheduling a hearing. I think we could get their comments um in advance of that hearing um or you know, you could even incorporate them um after the hearing in your your work session discussion. Yeah, I know. I know that there was some language that considered them when it came to I believe the offering plan that it said it said something about complian with planning board. So anyway, I I will schedule for a

068public hearing at the soonest possible date and in the interim make sure that we hear from the planning board. >> So that would be we could notice it on June 18th and hear it on July 16th. >> Sounds good. >> All right. Beautiful. All right. So let's move on to the next topic and that is the uh acquisition of 549 and 550. Wayne Scott Northwest Road. We are here to have our afterh hearing discussion. Ian, you want to lead us off as the leazison to housing? >> Yeah. So, uh, you know, obviously we already heard public comments about this this topic. Uh, this is a controversial topic. Um, I think it's important that we listen and we hear from people. Uh, we've done that. I I I think that again there's been a lot of

069comments uh both at board meetings and I've had comments uh I've spoken on the phone with people outside of uh these public meetings. So um we may disagree some of us about what the path forward is but I don't think that's indicative that we haven't listened and we haven't heard. Um I think this is an appropriate purchase and we've also had extensive advice from council and I think it's a legal purchase. uh affordable housing is one of the biggest needs that we we have in East End and I think that we basically all agree on that even people who oppose uh this this purchase. Um I also want to address SRA. Uh we are segmenting SRA and I think we're doing that in a permissible way. We aren't claiming that we've done secret review um

070that is enough for a future development. I I think we all acknowledge that um however this is developed and we don't have a current plan. uh there will need to be a thorough secret review and I don't think affordable housing and environmental protection are at odds and we'll make sure that there's a thorough process um that make sure that that's the case. I think given the limited time frame um that it that you have to purchase property stuff does not stay on the market for you know a long period of time that it takes to plan a thoughtful project and I think we do need to plan this thoughtfully. So, it's imperative that we we act now if we want to have any opportunity for um affordable housing to occur here. It's it's just not

071practically possible to have a fully vetted planned development and still have the time to to purchase something. Um that said, again, we will do a thorough secret review and if anything comes up during the environmental review or for any other reason indicates that we can't develop this property responsibly, we won't. And I know that there's been concern about, you know, wasting CH funds and that um this isn't a legal purchase and it would be a waste of money. Uh this is new law. There's no question housing law. Um but I believe and I think common sense dictates that if we aren't able to develop this for affordable housing, we could sell it and replenish the community housing fund. Um of course we could develop it with just a couple of houses right now. Practically speaking,

072that would not be a great investment. But I believe that the intent of the law is clear and common sense dictates that if we can't develop it for affordable housing that we can sell it and replenish that fund. Um we do intend to move forward with a thoughtful plan which will take time. Um you know there there's no intention to spend this money and let it sit there without anything happening. Uh so once we make this purchase I think that the hard work will begin about what type of development will be here and certainly that should involve neighbors uh the public and and the community as a whole. um you know the object objective here as indicated by using community housing funds is to purchase this for housing but again I don't think that needs

073to be um you know in conflict with environmental protections and so there will be thorough secret review and uh a lot of work that goes into the next step but the first step is to purchase the land. Uh, you know, to sum it up, I think that if we want to keep our options open, and I I have an open mind about this. If we don't act, then the decision is final. Nothing nothing happens here, and it won't be affordable housing. If we do act, I believe that we have the time to develop a responsible plan. Um, you know, honor both, you know, thorough secret review and the intent of community community housing funds. So, the point is to keep our options open. Uh, I also just want to speak from the heart a little

074bit. I, you know, I know this may be latigious and there are people who say that you should say less in cases like this, but I feel like it's important for me to tell the public why I'm going to vote the way that I'm going to vote. Um, and it's not that I haven't listened or I haven't heard. It's it's that, you know, I feel that that the right move here is to purchase this for affordable housing. We live in a very special place and I think that when East Hampton voters decided to pass the community housing law um we passed it with a higher percentage of people than any other community. I think that that shows um what a special place we live in and that people acknowledge what an important need this is.

075Now, we can disagree about the details of where affordable housing should be and whether this is an appropriate site and that conversation will continue, but I think we've acknowledged as a community that that this is a need um we should address and I believe that this is an appropriate place for it. Uh I know there's been talk about other sites. We are not going to solve our affordable housing problem with one site. I don't believe that this is the final answer to everything, but I believe it's an opportunity that we need to pursue. in addition to all the other ones that have been suggested and and frankly um you know people who have suggested other opportunities I'm also looking at. I don't think it's an eitheror um type of situation. So the details can be

076debated. Um well there'll be time for that even if we purchase this but if we don't act the opportunity is gone. Um I also want to address the idea of again I said this earlier but purchasing without a plan you know let's use common sense. There is no way that we can have a fully vetted development plan on new real estate that we're purchasing. I think everybody knows that. So, I hope that as we debate whether this is an appropriate site, we all recognize that because if we determine or people argue that you can't purchase property without a specific plan in a full secret review, that basically means you can't purchase new property for affordable housing. That would be a big loss for the town. regardless of what you think about this particular site. >>

077Thank you, Ian. >> So, uh, yes, thank you, Kathy. Um, I agree with everything that my colleague has stated to you, and I'm just going to enumerate some of my reasoning, my personal reasoning as well on our vote to acquire approximately 13 acres of land in Waynecott. While no specific development project has been proposed or approved at this time, this purchase to me represents a thoughtful, forward-looking step in the town's ongoing efforts to address one of the most pressing challenges facing our community. The availability of safe, stable, and affordable housing for working families, seniors, teachers, healthcare workers, and others who make East Hampton the community that it is. I recognize fully and have experience experience with this in my personal life as well that the prospect of affordable housing development can raise questions and many

078concerns about from residents. This is entirely understandable. This me uh what I'm saying today is intended to explain why this land purchase matters and how the town approaches affordable housing plan and what our track record of actual uh developments that have happened in this town demonstrates about our commitment to thoughtful community sensitive development. Affordable housing on the east end is increasingly rare resource property values in East Hampton and surrounding areas as we all know has driven dramatically. The new median house price in the town of East Hampton is $2.4 million. That is the median house price. And I want folks to just take thought about that. Who can afford that and who needs housing affordability? The bucket of folks that need housing affordability grows by the day in this town. Um, opportunities to secure appropriate

079located parcels for community benefit are rare as has been stated. When such an opportunity arises, the responsible course of action for any municipality is to act even before a specific project is defined. Purchasing land now preserves the town's options and ensures that future affordable housing when and if developed can be built in a location that meets community needs rather than being dictated solely by whatever happens to be available at the time of the need. This strategic planning is at its most basic. securing resources today to serve our residents, our community tomorrow. The housing crisis affecting East Hampton is not abstract. We heard about essential workers tallies uh from a speaker uh during public portion. These are the people these are our neighbors, the people who staff our hospitals, teach in our schools, serve in our

080local restaurants, care for our neighbors. And we all know that increasingly these folks cannot afford and live in the community where they work. And think about that for a second. Long commutes, overcrowded living situations, the inability to put down roots, destabilizing families, and weakens the social fabric of our town. Addressing this requires not just political will, but land. I also understand that the words affordable housing cannot can really prompt anxiety. That's been happening since affordable housing has started to become a need not only in East Hampton but all over. And of course, residents may worry about the impacts on school uh enrollment and district resources, the environment, the open space character of our area, neighborhood scale and aesthetics, and property values, which I don't believe actually are impacted by any of our affordable housing developments.

081These are legitimate concerns, and I do not dismiss them. In fact, they are precisely the concerns that have shaped how East Hampton has approached every affordable housing project it undertakes. And our record, I believe, speaks for itself. The town has consistently produced housing that is sensitive to its surroundings, appropriately scaled, and planned carefully planned to fit within the broader fabric of our neighborhoods. Every affordable housing project the town develops is evaluated through multiple lenses before a single shovel breaks ground. These include school district impacts, environmental stewardship, neighborhood compatibility. We have a track record. It's not the first development housing development that we're building and our approach has already been built into our process. Two completed projects that come to mind immediately. One that I have intimate um experience with as a neighbor to the uh

082a um proposed project was the Green Hollow affordable housing which is also in special water recharge areas sensitive areas as are many actually by the way market built houses. The idea that you have a water recharge overlay or you're in a sensitive area does not preclude you from building a house. It means you have to take special considerations to do so. So when people keep saying it's in it's in a water recharge overlay district, by our own standards, the definitions that we created, this means you need to take more care, but it doesn't preclude anything being built. And I'm sure all the neighbors that actually live in that area would agree uh with that as well because they bought their houses there. For me, Green Hollow stands as one of the town's most successful affordable

083housing developments. It was litigated. It was fought. The project was conceived with a commitment to blending seamlessly into the surrounding landscape despite all the objections. Environmental considerations were central to the site design and the resulting development provides quality homes for working community families while cautious about while respecting the character of that neighborhood. It fit in seamlessly. I bet you can drive there and not know where market rate houses start and the affordable development begins. The residents and neighbors who were initially cautious about the project, such as myself, came to see it as a genuine asset to the community. Green Hollow demonstrated that affordable housing done right strengthens a neighborhood. It does not diminish it. Another affordable housing that we put in that has really enhanced uh the neighborhood fit in seamlessly is the Amaganz affordable

084housing project. Located within a community with a distinct and cherished identity, this project demands particular sensitivity to place. The town worked closely with residents, stakeholders of the school district to ensure that scale, design, and sighting all reflected the values of that surrounding neighborhood. School district considerations were factored in from the earliest planning and there were multiple meetings with the school districts as there has been also for the route 114 project. The result of that development is it provides stable quality housing for local families while fitting naturally into the Amaganza community. To be clear, our acquisition proposed acquisition of the 13acre Windscott parcel does not commit the town to any specific project. No plans have been drawn. No units have been proposed. No approvals have been sought by any other agency. What the purchase does is

085give the town, [clears throat] as Ian said, the time and space to plan thoughtfully. It means that the community is ready to move forward. The land will be there. The conversation about what to be built, how to build it, and how to ensure it fits within the Wayne Scott community can happen deliberately with full public participation rather than under the pressure of a clicking a ticking clock. I am committed as always and as the liaison to the Wayne Scott CAC to robust community engagement before any project is proposed for this parcel. The residents of Wayne Scott and the broader East Hampton community will have every opportunity to be here. We are a community of extraordinary character and beautiful. It is also a community where too many working people can no longer afford to live here.

086My support for the town's purchase of the land in Waynecott is rooted in foresight, a recognition that solving the housing crisis requires not just good intentions, but actual resources. And that securing land today is one of the most meaningful investments we can make in the long-term vitality and diversity of our community. We've done it before. We've done it well. We know how to build affordable housing that honors its surroundings, its school, its environment, and its neighbors. the Wayne Scott parcel will be approached with the same care and the same values. Thank you. >> Thank you, Kate. >> David Kate. >> Um, look, I I I think that Ian and Kate have summarized on this very well. I I also genuinely hear the concerns of the adjacent neighbors here. Look, um, you know, you've bought your

087properties here and, you know, you're envisioning potentially the worst thing that could happen. I don't think our track record shows that we typically do that. Um, and you also have to look at the alternatives. What else could happen here if the town hadn't pursued this project? It could have been, you know, two 10,000 foot houses. Um, does that provide better service to the community than, you know, affordable housing? Um, what's going to end up here? We we haven't discussed that, but we have recognized that there is a long-term need for the town to address affordable housing in this community. this opportunity arose and we've pursued it for that with with long-term goals in mind. The the end outcome, you know, look, it could be could have been a CPF property potentially. Um, and the town's

088done a fantastic job in its efforts to maintain our habitat out here with its purchase through CPF, but I I think as a town, we're also reaching a fine balance where we have an incredible environment out here, but it's become increasingly impossible for people to live and work out here. We we see it with our ability to employ people. We see it with the traffic coming in and out of town every day. Uh it's a challenge and it's something we have to address. Um as we go through this process um and evaluate this, we will do full due diligence. The end outcome will be something that I I think the town will be proud of. Um my only concern here as it stands is what we heard from the chamber and the state. um you

089know if we have misrepresented in any way you know ourselves in transactions then that is of concern to me. Um I also think that like look if there is legal um fact to demonstrate that the sellers have the ability to cancel this transaction then the law dictates what it does. But I do overall think that this project is something the town does need. Um and I think it's something we'll pursue in a way that benefits the town as a whole. Thank you, Tom. David. >> Yeah, thank you. [clears throat] The East Hampton Town Conference Con uh uh comprehensive plan has 11 goals. Many of those goals uh talk about the town and what the town should be able to see for the next 30 years, not plus. Um, goal four of these town comprehensive plan

090is to provide housing opportunities that meet the needs of current year-round residents, their family members, and senior citizens, seasonal employees, public employees, emergency service volunteers, and other local workers. When you go to goal 11, it simply states, commit to implementing the comprehensive plan. Since I've been on the town board in the last nine years now, I don't think there's been an affordable housing initiative here that we've tried to do without that purchasing without community input. Uh and that community input is um sometimes in favor, sometimes it's not. Um, overall I believe what we're doing on this, it's not a project yet, but it is a purchase of a property for affordable housing is within what the town board uh is mandated to do is to look at all options to be able to produce affordable

091housing for the town of East Hampton. We're not just doing that in this purchase, but also and other initiatives with legislative code on there. I also do believe within town code uh you know local town code sorry uh New York state general obligation law um 64k the purchase is val valid legally. Um that's what I have to say on the purchase. I'm burning right now inside absolutely burning about some of the vitrol that I see when it comes to affordable housing. Have your opinions right now, but do it in a way that is pragmatic and has foresight to what this community needs. I've sat in here for hundreds of meetings that every single time, you know, that I look at everything through the lens of my children, my friends, Kirby, your nieces, Rachel and Sarah,

092good luck for them coming back here. I love those two girls. >> Good luck. >> My sister and others, they can't. And every single day I think about my kids right now who are college, high school, third grader and yeah there's percentage they have more kids you have greater percentage of them living here. I don't know if they ever will be able to live here and the chances of them owning a house out here right now is dimminimous and that means almost not going to happen on there. And with every single person that can't do that, we lose the fabric of our community. We lose our economic engines making sure that our businesses are staffed, employed, and it it really bothers me. I've gone to meetings in the county for 72H property and getting heckled.

093I've sat here. I've been called names in the past. I will guarantee you I will do everything moving forward to try to fix this problem as long as I'm here. And this is a potential sliver of a solution here to try to target and acquire property to try to make sure that this community survives well past me not being here anymore. It really burns me that we can't try to have our differences but understand the long time long-term viability of the town of Eastampton right now and with escalating real estate values is to try to find all options that are out there for affordable housing even if they are in your backyard even if they are against some of your values. But overall we're in trouble everyone. Everyone says it. Everyone said this for a

094decade plus if not decades and if we don't take an action here the worst action is inaction. I will not allow that to happen. I look forward to the resolution. >> Thank you David. >> So got emotional for me there. Yeah. [sighs] >> So our our young people, our hardworking families, our seniors deserve housing they can afford. Um, too many families right now are having conversations around their kitchen table trying to decide should we stay or should we go because of the costs. And as as my colleagues pointed out, we have a track record of of affordable housing. Uh, we're going to put forward a thoughtful plan with community input that happened at Campwell Court when we purchased that those 12 acres. We were going to put the houses in the front and the uh

095open space, I'm sorry, we were going to put the houses in the back and the open space in the front. And based on community input, we we switched it around and the houses are off of Montalk Highway and the open spaces behind it. So we, you know, same things happened with all of the other projects. Kate mentioned Green Hollow, which was before my time, but you know, we're going to be doing, you know, full environmental review. It's going to be sensitive to the environment. It's going to be appropriately scaled to the neighborhood because, you know, I feel that it's as as this town supervisor, as a board member, it is on us to preserve our town and our culture. So, I think uh that's a wrap for this after hearing discussion and I look forward

096to uh voting on the resolution today. Uh Tom, you have the last topic and that is uh sanitation fees. >> Yes. um not as fun news as other topics unfortunately um but but a really important one um and I and I want to do some public education here as to what's going on um out with waste um management um so those of you who may know you know we have different streams of waste that come in some are recyclable um our metals cardboard our paper excellent um others are not they go into a generalized waste stream and what happens to that well we track it up to Brook Haven um and from Brook Haven, it goes off the island. Uh there is only one contractor who has that ability to do that by train, which

097is currently how it goes. Um and we are kind of subsequently bound to cost increases they impose on us. I will commend um the um head of Suffach County, Ed Remain. He has taken on a project to look at how we can address this issue going forward. Um some of the concepts he put forward are kind of um they're contentious. Um you know one such idea is the idea of waste incineration and the construction and generation of energy from that waste incineration to receive similar grants for renewable energy as a kind of input elsewhere. Um you know the alternative is is that we're shipping off this waste to economically deprived areas and they're suffering the consequences. I'm very much a person who believes that you need to deal with as much of this on site

098as you can. Um, so with that said, to kind of get to the piece, there's a few changes we're going to be making to the feed structure. These will go into the press in the next week or so. Um, but they're just going to walk you through them. And this largely pertains to um, anything that's going into that generalized waist stream. So disease brush is going from $190 a ton with permit to $210 a ton permit. Large bulk items, including furniture, are seeing the same change to $210 a ton as our construction and demolition debris, contaminated brush, um re um non-recyclable and food waste, construction and demolition debris. Uh and additionally to that, we are seeing changes to the cost of tires, which are changing from $400 a ton to $450 a ton. that's partially

099due to their toxicity and screen compost which is changing from $30 a yard in cost to $35 a yard in cost. Um those are the only changes we're looking to impose. Um I did kind of discuss this with people elsewhere last night. We discussed it in Miami at CAC. You know one of the feedbacks we had from that meeting was you know would there be any way we could introduce um you know lower costs for veterans. I think that's an interesting concept something we'll begin to look into. I've also heard it from our first responders. could the town kind of look to mitigate costs for first responders in the town um as we're seeing increasing costs of living out here. So, those are other areas that we will explore, but those are the changes we're

100proposing uh in here, but I'm open to any comments from fellow board members on this. I don't have many comments. I I believe uh the fees are reasonable specifically to that we're the costs are being driven by what we're being charged by outside agencies that are or sorry, contractors that take the waste on there. uh we don't have places to um to to take this to within the town of East Hampton anymore. So, we're very reliant on outside locations. So, I think these uh changes are reasonable. Thank you, Tom. Um yes, I support the changes. Although I do recognize in this economy it is a burden to increase any fee right now whether it's uh for our our businesses or for our residents but the burden can't be also fully supported by the taxpayers when

101we have to truck it out and have to pay what we have to pay. So I think the users um I can understand a a fee increase for the users. >> Yeah, I I agree. I I um I think these are all it's driven by the cost, you know, of of waste. There's a cost for the town and and I think that Tom um and Steve Lynch and everybody who worked on this have been thoughtful about which rates are going up. I am happy that the self hauler permit is not going up because I do think we want to encourage people to throw their trash away at the dump and not and not litter. So, I think that this strikes a good balance between recouping costs the town has to pay and frankly it's not

102going to recoup all of our costs. Um but also respecting the fact that we want to encourage people to be good actors and and take care of their waste. >> Okay. I I'm supportive as well. So this has to get published first. >> Michael coordinator again. >> All right. Beautiful. Thanks. All right. So we're through all of our topics and we're up to liazison report. So back to you Tom. >> Thank you ma'am. Super pleasure. >> Um amans advisory committee. As I mentioned we met last night. Um, following that meeting, I would like to put on the agenda for July work session to give the board an update on the plans and pricing for the proposed lighting upgrade to Main Street Amagancid. Um, human services, um, they just amazed me with the creativity there. Um,

103the latest thing that they've done is they've introduced and built a herb garden to go back behind the senior center. Um, you know, just putting more fresh food into our residents meals. Um, just great initiative as always. um fire marshall's office. Um there was a hazmat alert yesterday for radiation issue with a town um dumpster. Um I want to thank the fire marshall team. Um look, as with the land management team who took on that role as arborists across town properties to address public risk, so the fire marshall's office has taken on hazmat operations that were previously the responsibility of the different fire districts. um the training resource and coordination um you know and centralizing that skill set at the town level makes total sense but I want to thank our employees for doing that.

104Um we're waiting to hear back from >> you just are you done with that? >> Not quite. Sorry. No. Um waiting to hear back from Suffach County regarding the final identification of the source. I I will say where we've seen this in the past. It's often been a result of diapers from patients experienced radiation treatment. Um health care providers if they are providing this for patients are able to provide specific container and collection protocols for that related waste. But if residents have any questions um my office will be happy to direct you to the relevant sources. >> But I was just going to say with that radioactive hit that you talked about that we think it might have been um a diaper. Yes. Uh we were going it was going to come they were going

105to truck it back here and we were going to send our team in, but instead Winter Brothers decided to just put it to the side up the island and they're waiting for it to um and they're handling it themselves. So they're waiting for the radio activity to subside. >> Thank you. >> Um sanitation. Um just a notification, we're holding our household hazardous waste collection event, also referred to as the stop day. Um stop throwing out pollutants on the following days. this Saturday, June 13th, uh, 2026, from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. in Eastampton. We will also be holding one Saturday, September 12th in East Hampton and one November 7th in Monttok. Um, I also want to update the public and my colleagues. Um, we've been looking at a camera project at the sanitation departments. Um,

106this is to address a number of issues. One, as you may all be aware, you know, the the personnel issues we face there, hiring people to work in that department is challenging. And if we can move people out of the box and actually get them onto the ground doing other things, it's a it's a win for the town. Um there's also been, you know, abuse of the existing system. Um people coming in without stickers to different sites. Um or kind of just having a sticker saying, "No, no, this is from a different car." Um it it's something we we we look to and we need to address. And then lastly, but most importantly, is the assault of our sanitation department workers. There was a case about two weeks ago with a threat to a town

107sanitation worker for someone coming in and doing something they're not allowed to do. It's something we simply won't tolerate. So, what we're looking at with the town engineer is the possibility of installing cameras at the entrance and the exit to the sanitation department, reading both front and rear license plates. [snorts] Um, this would work in conjunction with people who have a permit would be on a list and would, you know, be able to use it without any issue. anyone using it without the permit um they would be sent a bill accordingly. We're working through the nuances of how that would potentially work, but I just wanted to put on people's radar that it is something that we're looking to do in the future. Um ADU implementation committee uh yesterday uh myself and members of the

108housing department had a meeting with an organization called help housing help inc um from Long Island. It's a not for-profit organization that helps families seek access to safe, decent, affordable housing and to develop the financial skills necessary to maintain their home. Um, the discussion we had yesterday was actually they're looking to piggyback on the methodology we used to update our ADU code. Um, they're seeing challenges faced across towns in Long Island to ADUs and want to know kind of some of the nuances we addressed in bringing about those changes. um a very interesting organization for those members of the public who you know do have um any issues. Other services they themselves offer are tenant resource programs um for first-time home buyers uh for homeowners preventing and managing foreclosure processes and for tenants and landlords

109to know their rights and responsibilities. For more information you can reach out to housinghelpinc.org. Brooks Park and Nature Center. Um this project is currently on hold. Um, you know, I do want to re recommendation to the board that we uh take on some CPF funding to fence off the decaying properties of buildings on the property. Sorry. Um, right now the project's at somewhat of a standstill. Um, the property management um committee is waiting to see a revised management plan from the Brooks Park Group and the town has been working with that group about a licensing agreement. We're waiting to um they're current we're waiting to understand from them what areas of the property they would be looking to license. Um, you know, one of the challenges to this property in maintaining it is that the

110CPF law limits uh the use of 10% of CPF annual funds um for property maintenance on CPF properties. And right now we we have a pretty set list with K Fisher House, the Osborne property, Dodge. So, Brooks Park is is and remains relatively low on that maintenance list. Um, but I do believe that if we're going to see this decay, then for public safety, we should actually use some CPF money to fence off uh the buildings that are presenting public safety issues. Um, you know, I I would also say that, you know, there's one specific property that I think we should look to address potentially, which is the original fishing cottage that was transported from the Montoque area. Um, you know, I we would like to see that bought back to Montoque if possible. Uh

111we acquired those CPF properties on Navy Road. I think that could be a great potential site. Um the Mon sorry the Eastampton Marine Museum. Um we're finalizing the project with LKMA regarding plans from the Marine Museum following the bus pipe. We will be undertaking a full renovation of that building that I discussed. I'll be meeting later this week with Steve Long of historical society to review what their needs are for that. Um fire road access um the management of fire risk. We are coordinating with um PSCG, Suffach County Water Authority for various issues um with wildfire risk, especially in the Route 114 area. Um specifically, as we mentioned before, what the town's working on is possible access routes in and around the preserve. Um we'll be sending out a letter this week to residents immediately

112adjacent to the Edwards Hold Preserve and following work for with district fire officers, you know, just how we increase access to those town properties with high fire high fire loads. Um, you know, that's something I think as we go forward with land management, as we acquire properties and create management plans, we should have an access uh plan included in the property management plan. Um, as I mentioned recently in prior reports, uh, we recently undertook work to improve access and roof hazard trees along the Palino path. Uh, we're currently examining the access to the lateral aspects of the property. Historically, there were fire roads on the Edwards Hole property, but they've not been maintained for decades and are no longer usable. What we're looking at right now is either reopening those fire roads for access or

113working to get easements from adjacent property owners to use their private access roads as appropriate. So, um just just so we know there's there's movement coming forward on that one. Um the new community center on Abraham's Path Road. Um I'm a great believer that good fences make good neighbors and and you know uh recently did a site visit um with the town engineer um head of buildings and maintenance to review the um perimeter of property following the prior site cleaning. Um you know what we're looking to do here is you know provide some privy to the neighbors there and address any noise windbreak issues to the properties specifically the horse farm that's adjacent to it. Um the approaches we're looking at vary from just simple fencing to a combination of vegetation and a possible burm.

114Um I did uh have discussion with the head of sanitation regarding uh the burm concept. Um one thing we saw following the winter storms this year was a huge amount of brush debris coming in um from the winter storms and we actually have a significant excess of material. as head of public works. He also believes there's potential to use a mix of that double-rade mulch and soil to potentially create an effective burn at a minimal cost to the town. Uh we're currently reviewing that concept with the town engineer LKMA and planning. Um you know with regards to fencing, I just also want to advise people that the cost of fencing is exceptionally high. Um, as per the head of the uh, building and maintenance department, we recently put in about 100 feet of fence at

115the Maidstone Park property at a cost of about 100, sorry, $100,000. Um, the property line we're looking to address at the um, community center is about,000 ft. While it might not be a 10-fold increase directly, it's going to be a relatively big number for fencing. >> So Tom, I just have a quick question. Yeah. >> On that. So adjacent to that property is a longestablished very very highly used recreational facility which there's noise blessing out perpetually from. Did uh is there is that an issue as well? It's adjacent to uh where you're talking about. >> Uh it's not adjacent to the horse farm where the horses are at all. No, it's so if you if you look on a map um of where that site is, there's the long driveway we created that goes into

116the property. The recreational facility is to the left of that. >> But I would imagine that sounds travels. I mean, I can't imagine that that sound of that recreation facility. >> Well, historically, it didn't because it was entirely forested and that mitigated the noise of any travel. Um, so like the woodland itself acted as a sound barrier, but since that removal, what the adjacent neighbors have seen is not only kind of just noise coming in, but also significant winds coming in, addressing their operations as well. So, how we address the wind and the noise, um, is is something I'm I'm working on with that project. Um and then lastly uh for the business committee um thank you very much to Rich Normal in the building department. He has shared with some the uh recent checklist

117that's been discussed um which is great. Um we'll be discussing an upcoming meeting for members. Um and then sorry very lastly that the YMCA meeting for this week has been cancelled. So that's it for me. >> Thanks Tom. David. >> I'll give a more robust lead and report next week but the only thing I would like everyone to know is that the Eastampton Little League Championship games are this Friday. uh at ste at the Fred the recreational facility at 5 and 7 p.m. Welcome all is welcome. They're having a barbecue. [laughter] >> I'm burning. I really am still. >> Oh, you can >> I'll leave it. Sorry. >> No, [clears throat] thank you. >> Um >> Yes, please. Thank you. So, first I want to announce that the infamous Wayne Scott Strawberry Festival is happening

118at the Wayne Scott Chapel on June Sunday, June 21st at 65 Wayne Scott Main Street. It is hosted by the Wayne Scott Sewing Society. I don't know if you've been to it before, but if you love strawberries and you love strawberry shortcake, do not miss it. It'll go on from 2 pm to 4 pm. Um, we had the Wayne Scott CAC last Saturday and uh we always have a very it was over Zoom because of the uh everyone trying to get to the pride parade as quickly as possible. So we we met on Zoom which is very infrequent. I will have to say that um we as usual the important issues to Wayne Scott were discussed by the committee members. However, there was some guests that signed on and the vulgarity and uh accusations of

119uh of impropriety towards members of the CAC and the other guests at that meeting uh was disturbing and I just want to take this moment to apologize uh to the volunteers that that serve our community by sitting on a CAC, the residents of of Wayne Scott that attend and uh it I will be looking at ways to ensure that that type of vulgarity and attack on Wayne Scott CAC members does not ever happen again. Uh sorry, I hope that doesn't make you more burning. Um but the rest of uh my report I'll uh I'm going to pause until next week. >> Thank you, Kate. Ian, >> uh yeah, just a very brief uh report. The egg advisory committee will meet this Thursday at 5:00 p.m. in the planning board conference room. Um that committee has

120been meeting in in suite 111A which is no longer available for a conference room. So we'll be moving just next door uh in the planning department conference room. Again that's 5:00 pm on Thursday. Um Springs CAC meeting is next Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. at Ashvall Hall. >> Great. So I'm going to make up for the three of you because I have a long I have a long leaison report. So first I want to address the drinking water supply in East Hampton. As News Day reported today, we have learned that the Suffach County Water Authority filed a federal lawsuit against the operator of the BA battery storage facility at three Cove Hollow Road, the East Hampton Energy Storage Center. Pifos, the so-called Forever Chemicals have been detected in public drinking water supply wells just south of

121that facility. Two of the affected wells exceeded New York State's maximum contaminant level, and we understand that the water authority immediately took those wells out of service. The source may trace back to the fire at that facility in 2023. The situation is moving quickly. So, let me tell you what we know as of today. Pifas have have now also been detected in the groundwater south of the facility and the Suffach County Department of Health Services has begun going doortodoor notifying roughly 30 households that could be affected and offering free drinking water testing in the area of concern. Some of those homes on private wells may fall within the village of East Hampton, which is why I've personally informed the village mayor. I refuse to ask families to wait years for a court to decide who

122is to blame before their water is protected. Accountability matters, but a lawsuit does not test a private well or groundwater. Nor does it ensure that enough water is available. That work has to start now. So the moment I learned of this, I acted. I sent a letter to Governor Kathy Hokll, to County Executive Ed Roma, to the water authority, and to others calling on every level of government to immediately form a coordinated joint task force. That has occurred. Just yesterday, I led a call with the governor's office, the New York State DEC, New York State Department of Health, the county executive's office, Suffach County Department of Health Services, and Suffach County Water Authority. Those calls are now planned to occur weekly, and David and I will be on them. We have asked the joint task

123force for three things. First, share data so we are all working from the same facts. Second, implement expedited sampling and replacement water at no cost to impacted homeowners. And third, define and remediate the full extent of contamination in the ground. East Hampton families did not cause this problem and they should not be left holding the bill or with pollution concerns. So, let me leave you with where things stand. If you rely on public water, the water authority is still serving you and we understand its water currently meets all drinking water standards. [sighs] Due to the shutdown of these wells, Suffach County Water Authority is tracking water usage closely. While we fully expect water to flow through the taps this summer, it is important that we conserve. The easiest thing to do is to ensure that

124you are watering your lawn only on odd even days consistent with your house number. If you are on a private well in the immediate area, you may be contacted by the county as part of their door-to-door testing. And if you have questions or think you may have been affected, please reach out to Suffach County Department of Health Services. We will keep you updated as we learn more. East Hampton residents deserve to know that when they turn on the tap, their water is safe. That the town stands ready to help, and I will keep pressing every level of government until this is resolved. Next, I want to just talk about the East Hampton Sag Harbor CAC met earlier this month and they discussed uh a couple of affordable housing opportunities uh including the potential acquisition of

125549 and 550 Wayne Scott Northwest Road and they al discussed Canwell Court and we explained how we are working um with the New York State uh housing and community renewal to to move that project forward. They also talked about the recent rooster rooster case and were informed that the town is reviewing its options regarding the recent uh justice court decision. Uh the CAC also briefly discussed a possible request to the town board for an expanded season for the ban on leaf blowers and they then pivoted to talk about water quality. We talked about the um the the grant program that's available up to $65,000 between the town, the county, and the state. And they, you know, talked about how we can get more people to participate um you know, voluntarily rather than by necessity. And

126they want to bring this up uh at future meetings. And they've also wanted to extend an invitation to Project Most, which we have done. and project most will be attending the upcoming meeting in July to give a give an overview of their latest plans for um latest plans, you know, for the project. Um also just want to mention that hurricane season runs from June through November. So, it's a good time for residents to review their household emergency plans before a storm is in the forecast. Uh we really stress that residents sign up for town emergency notifications and know where to get official updates and make sure they have more than one way to receive information during severe weather. So, we are going to be doing a social media campaign to remind folks um you know

127how to get on the uh town's notifications and where we have information and also a link to the uh hurricane preparedness forum that we had that the county put on uh last June. Uh last Saturday we had a job fair at the town. Um that was uh I just want to thank all of the staff uh that participated. Uh Emily Fischer and Miriam Ramos was there from from HR. Amanda Bennett, traffic specialist. William Maguire and police officer Daniel Munoz represented the East Hampton Town Police Department. Sue Jones was there from parks and recreation. Niji Valera from finance. Craig Fick from sanitation. Kevin Cobb from highway. Russell Young from code enforcement. and Heather Miller from animal control. Um, so we have seven open uh full-time positions. As we've said in the past, 96% of our full-time

128positions are filled. But we are looking for an automotive equipment operator in sanitation, an automotive mechanic, one in highway, an employee benefits supervisor in HR, an environmental technician in natural resources, mini bus driver in human services, senior account clerk in finance, and a se senior building plans examiner in the building department. We also have two part-time positions open for community service worker in human services and an office assistant in ordinance. And then we're we're looking obviously for seasonal staff for traffic control officers, lifeguards, and recreational aids. Um the I I stopped by the event uh before the pride parade and the event was very well attended. We had about a dozen folks submit applications right there on the spot for for the openings that I just discussed. Um it was really a great opportunity for

129our residents and prospective applicants to meet town staff directly, ask questions and better understand how you apply for civil service positions. I should also mention that there were uh two folks from Suffach County Civil Service that were there as well. Um, and I'd like to thank them and to Jim Bennett for coming in on a Saturday to assist as security guard. And lastly, this was Emily Fischer, our new director of human services project that she initiated and and um pitched to to to us. And so I'm really grateful for her for initiating the job fair and all the efforts that she put in to make it a success. And I should also mention that her mom, Betsy Bono, who works in the town police department, made a hundred cookies and individually wrapped them. So there

130were there were treats galore. So uh it was very a very successful um job fair. Uh the Latino Advisory Committee also met on Saturday morning, but there's been a lot of things going on, so I'm going to postpone that update till next week. And let me just see if I had anything else. I think that's it. So we can now move on to resolutions. >> Thank you madam super. I'll start with the resolution 2026 987. This is to renew agreement with Uni Solutions Questica for 2026 2027 at a cost to the town um not to exceed $23,85626. >> Second. >> All in favor? I. >> My pleasure offer resolution 2026 988. This is amend resolution 202660 to get the correct budget account code. >> Second. All in favor? I. I have resolution 989 which is

131the accept of a grant and scenic conservation easement at 51 West Lake Drive in Mtok. The grtor the public hearing for this acquis um grant of uh scenic and conservation easement was held on June 4th. The grtor is the Jonathan E. Goldman Trust. And again, it's located at 51 East Lake Drive in Malkque. The reviewing agency is the zoning board of appeals. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I. >> Uh, resolution 26990. I'd like to make a motion to withdraw. >> Second. >> All in favor? I. >> Resolution 9991. This is to authorize an appraisal at Suffach County Tax Map number 300-144.1-1-11. Uh this is for an appraisal for a home in the home ownership program at nine bow orsman in an amount not to exceed $600 uh to be conducted by a lease

132predo. >> Second. >> All in favor. >> Resolution 992. This is to authorize air quality testing at 54 tub orsman another home in the home ownership program. Uh silver wolf environmental has submitted a quote and an amount not to exceed $4,450. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I. >> Resolution 993. This is a budget modification for the community housing fund. This is to increase the revenue budget line uh for real estate transfer tax in the amount of $430,000 and increased expenditure budget line in the same amount. >> Second. >> All in favor? I. >> I have resolution 2026994 and this is an appropriation of capital reserve funds for capital equipment acquisition. This authorizes the town board to appropriate funding from the refu and recycling capital reserve fund in the amount of $25,000 to offset

133the cost related to the purchase of a hauling vehicle for the sanitation department. Second. All in favor? I. I have resolution 995. This is to release security at 12 Garvis Lane uh which is a 28A for uh road improvements. Uh the applicant is Garvis Lane Sherpa. It is uh 12 Garbass Lane, East Hampton. And the security is in the amount of $6,000. >> Second. >> All in favor? I >> resolution 996. This is a resolution authorizing closing on the acquisition of real property at 549 and 550 Wayne Scott Northwest Road and authorizing the expenditure of community housing fund proceeds pursuant to town law 64K. Uh the amount is not to exceed $3,975,000 plus reasonable survey, title, tax, recording, and other related and customary charges to be paid from budget account code 8988.52703. >> Second. >>

134All in favor? >> All right, I think that's all we have. >> I'd like to make a motion. Yeah, I'd like to make a motion to go to executive session for litigation, public safety, personnel, and real estate. >> Second. All in favor? Hi, thank you everyone for joining us today and thank you LTV.