East Hampton Town Board Work Session Montauk - 09/09/25

001to East Hampton Town Board. We are live. >> Thank you, LTV. Good morning, everyone, and welcome to the East Hampton Town Board work session of Tuesday, September 9th, 2025. Carol, if you could please read the roll call. >> Council member Flight. Council member Lee >> present. >> Council member Rogers >> present. >> Council member Caledmont >> present. >> Supervisor Burke Gonzalez >> present. If we could all 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, for today's work session, we have a proclamation to Dick Monahan, which I'm going to try to hold it together when I read it because it's we're we just love you,

002Dick. Um, then we have typically public portion, which we ask you to please keep your comments to three minutes. We have four topics, liaison reports, and then resolutions. Uh, our first topic is the Montalk food pantry update with Alice House, the executive director. We're going to start with that because today is their distribution day and I know folks need to get back to work. So, please come up to the podium. Patrick, if you could load the PowerPoint and Alice, the floor is yours. And we see that you've got a lot of supporters here today. >> Supervisor, town board members, community and mont food pantry volunteers. Hi everybody. I'm Alice Housenik and I'm the volunteer director of the Malkque food pantry. I wanted to start off by giving you a little background with how the food

003pantry began. Very humbly 35 years ago. Uh there were two women who worked at the Montalk School. Fran Ecker, I'm sure many of you know Fran and Fox. They realized that several children were coming to school with inadequate food for their lunch. So they just kind of quickly pulled this group together and uh they asked the community church, if you could go to the next slide, they asked the Montto community church if they could use that little shed in the background. So that was their um that was their original headquarters, the shed, and you know how little the shed is. Uh so they would just line up about a dozen bags and fill them with food and then they would deliver each of them. So after a while, next slide please. they um realized they

004had they were getting more and more people who required food. So they talked to the people at the church and the church said, "Well, you can share the convent uh which is over on the St. Jer's property and there they were able to put two freezers into the kitchen." So that helped tremendously. So they were there for uh I'm I don't know exactly how many years but 13 years ago uh we were able to move to the next slide please to our current location. So that's in the lower level of the St. Terra's preschool. And what's really advantageous about this is we have ample space down there plus a kitchen area. So we've got three freezes. We have a big professional reachin. We also have a regular refrigerator and they all come in handy and

005they're a must. And we also have just ample room to spread out. In addition, there's a driveth through that goes right down to the front doors. So, it's very easy for volunteers just to lift the bags, put them in the car, and then off they go. Next car comes down. So, we're fortunate to to be in that location now. Um, next slide, please. So uh our mission is to collect and distribute food to benefit needy families in Monttoque and to encourage interest, awareness and activism of the plight of the needy in the area. Mtok is a highend resort area. The demand demand for service workers is critical in order to keep our economic engine running. So while jobs are plentiful, our workers find it extremely challenging to find reasonable housing in addition to keeping up

006with the overall cost of living. So we aim to provide for these very service workers. Supplementing fresh and non-p perishable food such as fruit, vegetables, bread, cheese, meat, and diapers is our main goal. If we can lessen the food burden on these workers, we can alleviate some of their expenses, thereby reducing their food insecurity. Next slide, please. So, we we make quite an impact in the community. Some of you will be surprised to know um how many people we actually serve. So, as I just said, we do provide for the service workers and their families, for example, caretakers, restaurant, hotel employees, landscapers, etc. to keep our economic engine running. And I have several statistics now. The cost of living in East Hampton is 220% higher than the national average. I was shocked when I read

007that. Um, we serve 2,000 people each month, at least 750 of whom are children. 47 million Americans suffered from the threat of hunger in 2023. 13 million of them were children. The new domestic federal policy will take $1.2 trillion dollars from social programs. So, this is really going to hurt us, hurting all the food pantries. The new domestic um excuse me, soon more than two million people are going to lose their SNAP benefits. So, SNAP, if you're not familiar with that, that stands for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, which is run by the government, but that's going to be scaled way way back. Um, as federal government support shrinks, the demand for food pantry assistance increases. Next slide, please. So, we our annual budget is $400,000. Now, that money all has to be raised. Um, and

008it's it's a constant challenge for us. Each distribution costs $16,000 alone and that enables us to provide for seven meals to each family. Here's a group of our volunteers. Some of our volunteers are looking pretty up there and they're in the room right now. Uh this is a little more than half of the group that we need to run the pantry. It takes more than 30 volunteers to run the Montto food pantry. Um, and zero payroll allows us to use every cent to purchase food. That's one big advantage. Um, so could we go to the next slide? Whoops. I think we skipped one. Was there one ahead of that? No. Okay. >> Okay. So, these are some of our volunteers in action. Um, we have a back room where we pack all of the the

009food in those brown bags. Um, we recycle all the cardboard, bring it to the recycling center. Um, we recycle the our plastic wrappings. We bring them here to the library and the library uses those. Um, gives those to some outfit that can convert it into benches like like park benches. Uh, kind of a trex material I guess that is. Um, so, okay, we can go to the next slide. Oh, this is what I was looking for. Yeah, thanks. So, we're we're really fortunate to have a lot of support from many organizations. Um, and two of them, Amber Waves Farm and Balsam's Farm usables throughout the season, and they're donated, 100% donated. So, we thank we thank all of those people involved in the farms. And if I can thank Ian called up right now. Uh

010thank you Ian because I talk to him every week and he writes back and says we have lettuce, zucchini, tomatoes. So um okay. Yeah. So those are some of our supporters. And next slide. Um additional corn, potatoes. You see that also from both of those farms. We could go to the next slide. Um, Long Island Cares is our food bank. A food bank is the big distribution, like a giant warehouse filled with all the food. A food pantry is a smaller entity like we are. So, our food bank happens to be Long Island Cares. They're based up in Hop Hug and um at least once a month we get a giant pallet of food from them. But these cutbacks with the government from the social programs like TFAP, which is the emergency food assistance program

011that the government runs and SNAP, as I've as I've mentioned, once these stop, Long Island Cares is not going to be able to supply the food pantries the way they are now. So that will be difficult. Um, okay, we could go to the next slide. Um, in addition, Stop and Shop in East Hampton has been so good to us. One of our, um, officers, um, she happens to be the vice president of the pantry, Lorraine Kelly, she drives up there every week and they fill her SUV with all sorts of miscellaneous items and that comes in real handy, too. So, we are indebted to Stop and Shop. And next slide, please. Okay, some of you are here. Some people are in that picture. Okay, this is the MTO Community Church. Um they have a a

012rummage sale every single Saturday and they work so hard to get that the clothing and the other items all cleaned up and presentable. They sell them and then they turn around and give us a lot of the proceeds. So hats off to MTO Community Church. Also, Mtok Community Chalk Chamber of Commerce. I don't have a picture of that, but the farmers market on the green every Thursday, all of those different booths have to pay a certain amount of rental space to the Chamber of Commerce. And then the Chamber of Commerce every December hands us back a nice check anywhere from 10 to $15,000. So, we do um honor the Chamber of Commerce also. And we'll go to the next slide. Also, several the schools, the East Hampton High School, the Malkque School do recurrent food

013drives. The library here upstairs every October they put a big box in the in the foyer collecting food for us as well. We could go to the next slide. The Monttok public school uh the fourth graders each year sell mums to their family members and then with the proceeds from that they call me in. I do a little spiel in front of the classroom and then the kids hand me a check and it's so cute whenever they hand me a check. I look at it, I go, "Oh my god, it's $10,000." And the kids start reaching into their pockets and coming up and trying to give me more money. >> Yeah. So that's really sweet. Next slide. We also get support from the MTO Girl Scouts. Um, sometimes they come uh and just for a

014little tour of the food pantry and then sometimes they'll actually go door todoor asking for diapers. So, we're indebted to the Montourto Girl Scouts as well. Okay, next slide. Um, in addition to all this support from the town, uh, we we do fundraisers, two of them each year. One of them is at the dock, the annual running race, and the proceeds from they do a 50/50 a raffle and and the runners themselves have to pay to enter. So with all of the proceeds there, half of it goes to the MOK Senior Center and the other half goes to the MOK food pantry. Next slide. And Inlet Seafood Restaurant down at the end of East Lake Drive. For the last few years, they've been doing a holiday party. It's a boat parade and um with the

015proceeds from there they give us money actually last year they also um let's see who I'm forgetting who we they split it last year and gave it to another group and us but they intend to do it again this year so we'll benefit from that too and um I think I mentioned that I do write a grant to Long Island Cares each year and that allows us to get those pallets of food. I also write a grant to several hedge fund hedge fund people who um will donate as long as you know we'll just keep them informed about what's going on and the town of East Hampton I write a grant to the town and the town supplies us with additional support. Okay, so the next slide. Okay, this is just another picture from the

016party at the Inlet Seafood holiday boat parade. And lastly, um, we'd just like to express our gratitude to the East Hampton Town Board, to our community members and businesses, to all our donors everywhere, and of course to our volunteers. So, if anybody has any questions, um, you can go ahead. Otherwise, my my portion is finished. There might do board members have any questions or comments for >> comments if you don't mind. First, if anyone wants to participate, donate or contact the Montalk food pantry, how would they do that? >> Oh, thanks. That's a good question. Um, we have a website um and it's montalkfoodpantry.org. So, they simply go there, they can donate through PayPal on that site, and there's our address also if they just want to write a check and and mail it. Personally,

017I also want to thank you for your participation in the community at the town's community uh housing advisory board. Uh a lot of people might not know that in this room right now, but your participation over the last couple of years is critical to making sure we try to provide as much affordable housing as we can as we use the the referendum that the town passed a couple years ago. I know you sit on that board uh with with Ian also, but the time that all the free time that she has is spent even other ways knowing that we're trying to take care of the community. >> Well, get a lot of food dropped off in that shed. I keep everything that's not expired. Should I keep some of the expired stuff or No, I

018usually throw that all away. >> Oh, yeah. No, I wouldn't keep anything that's >> expired. Spaghetti yesterday. >> Oh, okay. >> And it expired at 21. So, >> yeah. >> Oh, that would we prefer we prefer not to take anything. >> Uhhuh. Yeah. All right. Thank Thanks for that question, but we we'll stick with the the fresher food. >> Alice, just a quick question. I know we saw a big increase in demand on the food pantry during the pandemic. um since that time can you just kind of give some insight into have the numbers changed? Is it stayed at that level? Are you seeing it increasing, decreasing? What what's the picture like there? >> Okay, so during the pandemic we were serving close to 400 families each distribution. Um and that put a dent in

019our finances for sure. But after the the pandemic ended then we started to you know build up our funds a little bit. Um, now currently we have a few different seasons. Like unlike East Hampton's food pantry and Spring's food pantry, they remain pretty constant every single time they distribute because we're in a seasonal uh area. Our busiest time is the spring. A whole influx of service workers. All of a sudden, you know, you look out the door and you see these lines of people just coming down because they've either just arrived and they and they they're starting their job, but they don't have enough money to buy groceries. Um, so the spring and summer are the busiest. In the fall right now, it'll slow down slightly, but then after around Thanksgiving time, it goes to

020the lowest the lowest point. So we right now our busiest we were ser serving 320 families. Um by November and December it will probably go down to about 150 families. So it it's not constant like the other pantries. >> Thank you. >> Okay. You're welcome. >> I just uh want to take a moment out to acknowledge the uh you know when we when you showed a picture of everybody's volunteering you said zero payroll. And I just like to always pause on that so that we can really understand the amount of volunteerism that is in this community and and just say thank you and express gratitude for everyone that just volunteers all of this time. Um and 150 families isn't isn't a small number either. >> Okay. >> Thank you. >> And I would just reiterate

021what previous board members said. I I know, Alice, how much effort it's, you know, it's one thing to receive donations from all these different places, but somebody has to organize it and make it all happen. And so, um, I know how hard you work on that. And obviously, it takes a a large team. I see a lot of people I know who are on that team. And as Kate said, it's one of the lovely things about this community. You know, we have a lot of people in need and we have a lot of people willing to give their time or or however they can. And so, it's it's greatly appreciated. And as Dave mentioned, I also serve with you on the um community housing advisory board. And so just another way that I I see

022you give back and and uh just greatly appreciate it. Thank you. >> Thank you so much. >> Thank you, Alison. >> It's grateful to see M talk take care of their own. >> Thank you. Thank you. And some of us will be leaving now. >> Yes. >> Absolutely. >> The artist. >> Okay. So, I did say we were going to go a little bit out of order. What I'd like to do now is ask Dick to meet me at the podium. Will you meet me at the podium, Dick? >> How's that? >> I'm right behind you. >> Okay, >> I'm going to take a deep breath. >> You, too. Whereas Richard Dick Monahan has devoted his life to service, earning admiration and respect through decades of commitment to public safety, health, and community well-being. And

023whereas he has served with distinction as an ocean lifeguard, first earning certification at the remarkable age of 63 and continuing to inspire as the oldest certified ocean lifeguard in Suffach County, a role in which he has embodied endurance, skill, and dedication to the protection of others. And whereas a founding member of the East Hampton Volunteer Ocean Rescue, Dick helped shape the organization from its earliest days and has long been a respected mentor and role model to generations of rescue swimmers and lifeguards, instilling in others the values of courage, teamwork, and selfless service. And whereas throughout the years of service in Montalk and East Hampton, he has given generously of his time and talents serving as a commissioner of the Montalk Fire Department, as an emergency medical technician, an ambulance driver, and as a reliable first

024responder whenever his community was in need. And whereas his leadership and dedication also extended beyond emergency services through his involvement as a board member of the East Hampton YMCA Recreation Center and as a longtime participant in the Master Swim Program, reflecting a lifelong commitment to fitness, health, and the enrichment of community life. And whereas during the summer months, he could be found on duty at town beaches, including ditch plains, where his presence as a lifeguard provided reassurance to countless residents and visitors. and where his willingness to cover additional shifts and step in during difficult surf conditions reflected his generosity of spirit and steadfast reliability. And where his whereas his record of service across so many vital areas of community life combined with his good humor, humility, and quiet leadership have learned him the deep have

025earned him the deep respect and affection of the Montalk and East Hampton communities, making him not only a protector, but also a cherished neighbor and friend. Now therefore, be it proclaimed that the town of East Hampton does hereby honor and commend Richard Dick Monahan for his extraordinary record of service, his leadership across many roles, and his enduring dedication, I'm sorry, to the safety, >> the last line, and his dedicuring dedication to the safety, health, and vitality of our community. Thank you. >> Like to say a few words. Yeah. >> I just got to make sure this is me there talking about you. Um, you know, I I just want to point out my involvement to the extent that it became involvement all started when we moved out here and it still brings tears to my

026eyes. Gordon Ryan's daughter when I saw the community just pull together when she was passing. I was just I was just amazed at the community. Amazed at the community. I had never been in a community that pulled together like that. And I said to myself, I said to Simone, my wife, there's there's got to be a way I can give back. And it started with me becoming an EMT. and then an EMTA. And then we with John Ryan, we we started the uh hurricane swim team, which I had experience with in Huntington. I was the head coach of the Huntington bluefish before I came out here and uh he got me involved in ocean rescue and that's how my association with the lifeguarding he the day I passed the test which certified me to be

027a lifeguard on on the on the stands here on the ocean. He said to me, "Dick, we're going to have to shut down some some stands out in Montalk. We don't have enough people. we need you to get up there and volunteer. And I jumped right up on the stand. And about uh three weeks later, I get a check. What the heck is this? You're going to ruin my tax. But that's how that started. And uh I've loved this community. In fact, uh we have a place down in Florida down Stewart. Um, I'm going to sell it this uh this fall, my two brothers and I. And uh I love M talk too much. Every time I land in West Palm Beach, I'm saying when's my flight back? So, I love the community and that's

028why I'm involved in the to the extent that I am. and uh and my wife has been so supportive of the time that I've uh had to be away from the family and and and support the organizations that I pursu pursued. One of them was the Playhouse. I was on the board there for about 17 years and uh I was one of the uh uh motivators in the second pool so that people can do their laps without having people in the way. And uh it's coming to fruition if uh we can jump over the uh uh well I guess the uh obstacles that the department of health has found. >> But uh we've experienced that even in the East Hampton uh pool, but they're flexible. Hopefully they're going to be flexible enough for us to

029open soon. But I want to thank you very much. I thank the town board for this recognition. I really had no idea what it was about. Uh mom had called me on the phone said, "Are you going to be here?" And I said, "Well, I got a doctor's appointment south," which I still kept, but I was able to get out here. And uh I uh I sent an email out the other night to a bunch of people saying, "You guys responsible? Anybody here instigate this thing?" I uh I was just shocked. So, uh, I want to thank you very much for letting me be part of this community and, uh, I'm glad that, uh, I was able so far to, uh, participate and instill some, uh, leadership in lifeguarding and other areas. And, uh, thank

030you for letting me participate in Montour. Thank you. Thank you. >> Thank you. Thank you. Thank you for you. >> Okay. Just say quickly >> up here, please. [Laughter] Yay. Okay. So, for those folks that want to leave, uh, now is the perfect time and we're gonna but we're going to now go back to the the agenda and we'll go to public portion. Carol, was there anyone signed up for public portion? Okay. Is there anyone here? David, you wanted to say Thank you. >> Good morning. >> Britney got stuck. So Jake's >> Jake's gonna do it. If you're good without it, otherwise we can postpone it. >> Yeah. >> Okay, David. >> Uh, this is not for me. >> Oh, did Dick leave without it? right there. >> That'll be it for another day. >>

031Yeah. Few more years. >> Thanks, Tom. >> Good morning. I'm David Buddha from the Springs. I had an opportunity to prepare some written remarks and with some exhibits. So I'm going to just mention with that um in addition this way you can follow along with what I have to say today. The exhibits are some relevant photographs. I'm going to talk about one of the topics for the uh for today's uh work session and that is the proposed UR map modification that would be benefit and is the uh based on an application by the owners of 213 Harbor Road in East Hampton. Uh, also attached to my written remarks are three photographs of the subject property and in most particular the area of the proposed abandonment which is currently fully treed between u property at 213

032and 217 um east 3 harbor road. And then attached to that are two uh forms of the actual current county tax map produced by Suffach County Real Property Tax Service Agency, the actual tap uh tax map uh lot lines and their aerial uh satellite view overview of the tax map. So what do I have to say? Uh I am here to express my thoughts and concerns about today's work session topic concerning UR proposed UR map modification proposal for 213 M Harbor Road in East Hampton. In my opinion, even though the pending application has already received the positive recommendations of the planning board and consulting town engineer, I do not believe that the full implications of all aspects of the application have been given due and proper consideration. I urge you to do the following. Number

033one, before any resolution is adopted to schedule a public hearing, if any of you have not already done so, I suggest that you visit the subject area to better appreciate the difficult existing conditions and the possible impacts of granting the requested old filed map study uh mod map modification. Even though number two, even though not currently required by the provisions of town code chapter 232, article 1, which is the urban renewal treatment of old filed maps, I suggest that if and when a public hearing is scheduled that you require the applicants to provide adequate, say, 14-day notice, act 14 days of actual notice to the other four nearby property owners that share the heular access along the common driveway that was originally dedicated as Washington Street and filed map 119 which is Montto lawn section

0341. In particular, the owners of the property commonly known as 217 3M Harbor Road, which are M andB Lester, may be seriously adversely affected if the application is granted, which would likely allow the applicant to clearcut an existing 20 foot wide, fully treed natural buffer between that property's parking area and the property of the applicants. Three, I urge you to require the applicants to inform you how they intend to use the paper street land area that is under consideration to be authorized to be abandoned. It should be noted that the applicants already own a fully conforming lot of 1/2 acre, 0.50 acres, with ample available building envelope area to the rear of their existing residence. And also unfortunately their front yard is currently being used to store several commercial trailers in apparent violation of town

035codes. See the attached photographs. If the requested road abandonment is to be granted, perhaps it would be appropriate as a quit proquo to require the imposition of a scenic easement over the public wooded 20-foot strip of land that currently provides visual screening for the benefit of both the applicants and the owners of the nearby properties, particularly the property commonly known as 217 Three-Mile Harbor Road. Last point I want to make, although not directly related to the matter at hand, I would also urge you to revisit resolution 2025794, which accepts the road improvement contribution from URP 47 in Whalewood, Whale Bone Woods, which was adopted just this past June, and and consider supplementing that resolution to authorize and direct the expenditure of the $18,000 that was paid by Unifam LLC as the developer of the new

036residence located at 2213 Harbor Road to be used to make such improvements as may be determined by the town consulting engineer to be reasonable and necessary to improve the existing pavement and drainage conditions on the common drive that is used by the five involved property owners. I find that the area is not an example of good planning. It originally was supposed to be three properties to share a common drive. There are actually five. It is insufficiently paved, no adequate drainage, much in need of an improvement. And instead, recently when you had the opportunity to require the payment of money for by a developer for road improvements, instead of directing it to be benefited to this area, it went into the common fund because this is a whale bone woods area. I'm not even aware of

037how many of these five properties are part of the affordable housing single family residence program known as wellbone well bone woods but uh what regardless of that the new house certainly is not and that roadway needs improvement. Thank you very much. >> Thank you David. Would anyone else like to address the board please? >> Good afternoon. I'm not signed up. My name is Trish Scott. Thank you. Um, so I just want to bring up a quick matter of my little prop, taxis. This is all we need these days to drive a taxi on the east end. Um, taxi companies come from all over New Jersey, Connecticut, from the city, and all they have is one of these stuck to the top of their car. They have large lettering on the side of the car saying

038VIP Hampton's Taxi. They have East End Taxi. They have no livery plates, no taxi plates. Hence, they're not insured. So, I called the police. Several of us did actually at the start of the season. It's been going on for a number of years. I'd say the last five or six years. And the person I spoke to up there said, "Well, we can't really get around the matter because they say they're driving for Uber. That's not what they can drive for Uber and they can run a taxi." But the very fact that you're running a taxi, you still have to adhere by your code. I think it's code 285 or something. You have to be licensed with the town. You have to have taxi insurance with the town. And nobody is monitoring this. So when the

039um police department said to me, well, they get around it by saying that they're over at the train station driving Uber. That's fine. They can drive Uber, but they can't advertise taxi and they can't pick up as a taxi. So the complaints this year, I do three jobs. One of them I do Ubering. We used to own a taxi company out here for a number of years. The reason no one goes and gets taxi insurance anymore, it's prohibitively expensive. Even with Uber coming into town, you think it might have dropped off a bit, but it actually had the adverse effect. So to get a taxi, a car on the road with one car only is around about $8,000. Then we all got letters in the mail recently because we we owned a taxi company for

040a number of years. We all got letters in the mail from the town board saying we now have to come back on board and register our companies and go through all the licensing. I'm not sure why it ever stopped the exclusive co or whatever, but these people are not licensed. So if something happens in one of these VIP East Hampton advertised taxis with all is that god on the taxi is this. If something happens on the road, they are not covered. They are not licensed, insured, the people riding with them. So, it's just a a nightmare waiting to happen. So, that's that issue. The other issue I think the town should address is the Uber drivers that do come out here. There must be something that as a town board or the East End can

041do for Uber riders to be out here, such as you could maybe put a law on the books. You can drive Uber out here, but we want to know who you are. And they should be licensed and registered just like taxi drivers with the town. I don't know how you're going to get around that with Uber that there's some real unsavory people out here, especially this season. It was really, really bad. So, one of the jobs I have is at a sushi restaurant. We had complaints where these Uber drivers, like to see them come in, like they've literally come off the beach, like absolute swabs, that they come in and they pull over on the side of the road as they're doing your food delivery. So, forget Uber Eats, everybody. And they had a little

042snack on the way. One lady's um juice was half full and he just said it tipped up in the car. Of course, they call back to us, the restaurant, saying, "What's going on here?" Like, there's some real horror stories out there. So, I think there should be some sort of legislation on the books for the East End at acknowledging these Uber people, you know, and they're sleeping in their cars, but it's hard to get around that cuz they say they're Ubering at 4 in the morning or whatever. But it's not a good look for the town. But I can't address much with the Uber at the moment, but certainly you can with the taxi. So it's as simple as having either an additional code person on. It's more in season as everything out here is

043an additional code person or somebody monitoring it. So when you It's right in front of your face. It's not hidden. VIP East Hampton taxi. They have no delivery insurance. They have no taxi insurance. Just got this. And they're loading up 15 to 20 people from the nightclubs. and they're also taking work away from all the rest of us who live and contribute to the community out here. So, I really think it needs to be monitored. It's an easy monitoring system. The police or the code official, whoever has the jurisdiction, simply walks up to VIP or East End Taxi. Now, Ted's Taxi in East Hampton's doing it, too. He was playing by the rules and then I guess he just thought, "Hell, no one else is getting taxi insurance. Why should I part with $8,000? Well,

044a friend of mine, Thermut, he recently opened his new taxi company, did it the right way, went out, got his insurance, and that's what it cost, $78,000 per car. So, if you want to have a taxi business out here, I think you should know who the person is. I myself, it was about 8 years back now. I just finished my job over at um Heather Hills and I got pulled over for some fine. I had the wrong size lettering on my taxi and I thought they got to be kidding. You know, I said, "Oh, sorry about that. Let me address it." Nope. I got handcuffed, taken up Dwayne Scott, went in front of Judge Rainer. I mean, we just thought the whole thing was I thought it was a bit of a joke initially and

045I was fined $500 for having the wrongsiz lettering. Forget the lettering. Now, they don't even have insurance. But this is it's very clear. You go to the train station this afternoon at the 230 train. You can see this LV stands for livery. TY is taxi. It's so simple. Taxi um you can't delivery insurance you can't be hailed is my understanding whereas taxi you can do both. But um I think it needs to be addressed. And also on that note, the um limited service vehicles that we it was a good idea at the start to give people a ride around town, lessen the carbon footprint and what have you, but now they they're utilizing them as taxis. We have apartment on the side of our house here in Montalk. We rented out some Irish girls. um

046every summer and they used it as a taxi and they were going to and through work as a taxi calling up the driver saying come and pick us up and paying them just like a taxi fair. So I think limited use vehicles should all come up also come under the jurisdiction. We should know who the drivers are. We should have background checks done on them fingerprinting. It's got to go across the board. And then the last one is the hopper. Initially that started out for the same rationale of limiting the carbon footprint, great idea and what have you. But now they're using them for wedding parties and stuff. You go up to a hopper, hey, can I get a ride somewhere? Oh no, we're doing a private event or whatever. So it's like everyone seems

047to have their scam, but I really think they need to crack down on the taxis. It's only a matter of time before something happens. Well, things did happen all this summer. >> We had to speed it up, but we had a threem minute limit. If you could just wrap it up, Trish. >> Yes. So, please can we address that everyone has the insurance otherwise they're off the road or find them and get $500 per fine like we all used to. >> Thank you. Thank you, Trish. Anyone else like to address the board? Jason, is there anyone on the line? >> One moment. >> Hi everyone, this is Jason calling. I just want to let everyone know that the phone lines are up and operational, but we have absolutely no callers except for me listening in.

048>> Thank you, Jason. All right, so we're going to go back to our topics. So, next up is the UR map modification for 213 Mile Harbor Road in East Hampton. Patrick, if you could pull the maps up and Charlie, if you could come up to the podium and take us through the memo. Thank you. Oh, also I missed the uh the food pantry, but I know that my aunt Fran would be very happy to see that it's still going very well. So, good job with all that. So, >> and Alice mentioned your aunt Fran. >> Yeah. Oh, she did. Good. She would she would know. Um, so this is for a request to modify the urban renewal map uh eh-6-2. This is off of 3M Harbor Road. Um, this is the existing map. As you

049can see, it's referenced lot number 16, the Winslow Avenue that runs north south adjacent to the property. Uh, is a paper road that's never been open. Well, there's a section of it that's open north that goes off Mckelania up to uh Barryman, but this section was never open. Uh, part of the half the road was abandoned to lots 13 and 14. And the applicant at 16 has asked if they could have the ability to also abandon the other half of the road to their property. Uh engineer signed off, had no issues with it, and planning board also had no issues with it. So Charlie, you had a comments and concerns about scenic easements and use of the property and what the intended use of the additional um uh relinquished property would be used for those

050common questions. >> No, as far as my understanding of the urban renewal, that's never been a requirement of any modification. Uh possibly not to say maybe a subdivision, but it's not a subdivision. just the changing of the lot. I've never seen that required uh or even asked for. Um I've never asked what it's used for. It's really not that's not what this is about. It's changing the map and then they would they could incorporate it into their lot. Um the other properties were able to take the land. So I think that that was probably the idea that they were allowed to. Why is this one? I don't know why the map was drawn the way it was drawn in the 70s, but that's uh this that's just a request. The board can act on it

051either way. Uh but I've never had it in my experience. I've never seen a scene easement be required. >> The second part was when you go to the public hearing for this then to what's is the is there a notice that's on the street? >> No. No. Uh it's in the paper >> it's posted uh and no notices are mailed. There's no mailings uh to adjacent property owners. >> Okay. >> So my question is just the one that was raised earlier about 217 and the the access kind of potential impact to that property just looking at the maps here. Was that discussed by the planning board or not? >> That that's number 13 on the map. >> Yeah. They take access to the north. Um, as you can see where that dot is, you see

052the black dot to the north of 13? That's where they take access. That's where the driveway is supposed to be. And then they take over that where the arrows go out to three mile harbor. >> So, I don't really see, again, I'm not the applicant, so this one makes or I'm not advocating either way. >> Right. Right. Right. >> But I don't see how that impinges on the where this abandonment would happen. does not interfere. It would just be to if you look at the proposed which is the next slide. >> The red box, >> you still have the dot >> still dots right there. The driveway is right there. There's not really a >> Okay. >> Yeah. And uh yeah, there was a comment about the I guess the funds used for the Whalebone

053Woods. Uh generally when you're in urban renewal and you want to get a building permit, you have to do some road improvements of some level of some kind. Uh well bone's different. the town when they developed well when the town upfront did the money and did all the work and then instead of making the people in those areas do road work because the roads are done they basically pay the town back. So that's what that money is. It's kind of recouping costs that were expended in the past. >> So they're not being spent somewhere else to >> No, not that I'm aware of. No, it's really just it's kind of recapturing money that was outpay at the time. >> Okay. Does anybody else have questions for Charlie? >> No, I have your questions. >> Are

054folks ready to bring this to public hearings? >> Yeah. Yes. >> All right. So, we'll schedule that. >> Yeah. Well, figure out the dates, but yeah. Thank you. >> All right. Thanks, Charlie. >> Okay. So, next up, we have the proposed AD ADU legislation. Unfortunately, Britney couldn't uh be here today, so I believe Jake, you're pinch hitting. Hey, Jake. >> Good morning. >> Still morning. >> Wow. >> So, Britney Talideno, our deputy town attorney, has worked closely with the town board to establish these changes. Um, Councilman Fleck, would you prefer to go through them and I can answer any questions? >> Sure, we can we can do this together. I mean, so I I can give the kind of the overview, which is, you know, following our last town board discussion relating to this, we

055kind of wanted to bring forth three fundamental changes. The first is reducing the lot size um for attached ADUs from the existing code that says 20,000 square ft to 15,000 square ft. Um the second was to change the requirement that for anyone who wishes to build an ADU that it was their principal residence. So now people where it's their non-principal residence, they can also build an ADU with this code change. And finally, it's to change the parking requirements. Uh the code previously said that you had to have four spaces. Uh so you could only have four spaces if you had an ADU. This increases that allowance to allow up to five cars to park on the property um as per the code. So those are the key kind of overall changes. Obviously as with the

056code as it exists things are tied together. So you'll see kind of um larger kind of changes in here that we can walk through. Um so you know starting from this on page one um you can see item number C um we're changing it to principal residence or non-principal residence uh with a code A compliant accessory dwelling unit. That's the first change in there. Um on to page four. Um, so on page four, permits and required and conditional use. Um, so here we had to kind of adjust the language a little bit to say that the primary dwelling and the accessory dwelling unit, the single family residence need not be owner occupied provided one of the following conditions are met. The accessory dwelling unit is rented or occupied by either a person who qualifies as

057a resident or a member of the owner's family. In the event that the owner wishes to reside in the affordable dwelling units, that basically means, you know, you could build an ADU, choose to live in there yourself, and rent out your main residence still within the um the uh uh rent uh qualifications. Um but you you can do that here as well. Um so you can do that either or your family members can do that as well. Um, number two here, for the purpose of the section, resident is just clarified to mean any individual who lives or works in the town of East Hampton, but it can also include a person who is not currently a resident of the town, but has resided within the town in the past 5 years. That's um comparable to

058the other code changes we've had with EHO, etc. Um, and I think that's just kind of our definition we're working with as a resident at this point in time for our housing drive. Number three, uh, just kind of states, "Nothing hearing shall prohibit the owner of a single family residence to participate in the rental registry program." Um, so what this is about really is that look, if you choose to build an ADU, we don't want to prohibit you from wanting to do that by saying, "Hey, I might want to rent out my main residence for a short period of summer." We don't want this to be punitive to you to do that. So, you still have the ability to do that. That's something we got feedback from, and that's part of this being a non-principal

059residence. So, pursuant to in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in chapter 199 of the Eastampton County Code and provided that any accessory dwelling unit located within or detached from a said single family residence is leased or owned by the family to a person who qualifies as a resident or a members of the own family. Number four, rent for the accessory dwelling unit as I noted earlier should be determined by the affordable housing guidelines and terms found herein, including to not limited to but rental limits set forth for the affordable housing unit pursuant to 2151 120. So, you know, that that's something we've been consistent with, you know, throughout ADUs. The only thing I just want to reiterate here is that if you build an ADU and choose to live there yourself and

060rent out your main residence, your primary the primary dwelling, it still has to fall within those rent guidelines as well. Um, on to page bottom of page five, start of page six. Um again this is just consistency with language here saying the accessory dwelling unit should be occupied by the person who qualifies as a resident or a member of the owner's family. Um number two here says that the accessory dwelling unit or any proprietary or other interest there and shall not be sold, conveyed or otherwise transferred separate from the principal dwelling. I think that's fairly self-explanatory. You can't sell your ADU um once you've built it. Um, this is an important one for number three, that the accessory dwelling unit is the sole legal residence of the tenant who lives in there. Um, so if

061you're renting an ADU, that is your sole residence. You can't say, "No, my primary residence is elsewhere, as seems to happen sometimes, uh, these days." This is your sole legal residence. Um, moving down to proof of ownership. Um this is on page eight. We haven't really changed anything here. It was just to change the title here which is instead of proof of residency of the owner, it's proof of ownership of the property. Um the qualifications for that have not changed. Um, on page number nine, number 5A, we've added some language here to clarify to say an accessory dwelling unit may permit may be transferred to a subsequent property owner upon approval um of an application submitted to the Office of Housing and Community Development. So, should you build an ADU, sell your property, um the

062new owner can continue with that ADU, they just have to, as makes sense, obtain that permit from the Office of Housing and Community Development to to continue that ADU existence. Um lastly, on page 10, um occupancy requirements. Again, um this just really qualifies who can occupy. So here we're saying um changing the language say an accessory dwelling unit shall be occupied by either the property owner a family member of the property owner which for this section be limited spouse child or parent a resident who other qualifies of occupancy of an accessory dwelling in pursuant to um 2151 1163 for the purpose section a resident shall mean the individual who lives or works in the town but may include a person who is currently not a resident of the town but has resided in the town

063within the past 5 years. So just consistency there. Um and there was just some tiding language. Um let me go back to one Dave. >> Parking. Thank you very much. So this is on page 12. Um paragraph G. Parking. Uh just the change here is just a a code change number 2151 11160E uh for parking. And this is changing from four to five vehicles on the said uh lot. So you can't park more than five vehicles on the said lot. Um page three page three site requirements. >> Oh yeah, sorry. Yeah, thank you very much Dave. Let's get um sorry going back to page three. Um just this was as I mentioned earlier this is changing the language with regards to the lot size. It's paragraph B2. No accessory dwelling unit within an existing single

064family residence shall be constructed or maintained on a lot with a total area of less than 15,000 square feet. No accessory dwelling unit located within um the detached structure um shall be constructed or maintained on a lot with a lot area less than 20,000 square ft. So this is only changing for attached ADUs and that's decreasing from the existing 20,000 ft to 15,000 ft as noted. Um and 123 13 um um on page 13 um 3A uh we've added language here just saying that not with um standing this is for subleasasing notwithstanding the foregoing in no event can an accessory dwelling unit be sublet. Um so once it's built and it's rented out to a residents that cannot be then subled out to someone else because again this is to serve residents of the town.

065Um and that is all the changes I have. Jake, anything else you want to add there? >> I will add that there is some teeth added to this. Uh specifically under 2551 11163D, there is an illegal unit presumption that's created wherein if there's two or more indicators of a separate unit in existence, the town may presume that an illegal apartment exists. Um we have added owner verification requirements under the same section regarding sworn statements of compliance. Failure to do so creates violation. Further upon um if a list if a permit expires, failure to renew it creates a presumption of illegal occupancy. So it shows me that the town board has worked closely to ensure that we have proper compliance. we have some teeth so we can ensure that something's created, it stays as it should.

066>> Correct. >> Any questions for the board members or comments? >> I think my main comment comes to a lot of what our adus is that enforcement is going to be one of the main elements here. uh as you're saying, if they don't have a permit, you have to force that individual that doesn't that didn't get the permit to make sure that the property comes back into compliance by removing any of the additional aspects that make it an ADU kitchen specifically on there. Then too, that would be run through the office of community housing development as it is currently right now. I think these are reasonable requests to try to move forward. Uh the need for accessory dwelling units. Uh and also as Jake just mentioned, proper verification and teeth is very important because play

067put the cynic hat on a little bit then too. Some might try to, but we had to make sure they don't then too and we had the proper enforcement angles on there also. So I thank you Tom for those three and we'll see how this goes. >> Thank you. I'll just quickly answer I mean I I agree with you on the enforcement. Look, the last thing I think anyone of us want to see is any of our housing initiatives to address the housing crisis out here abused. And I think look, enforcement is a discussion that we kind of need to have almost separately to say, look, we're doing these housing drives, but you know, is this are they getting abused? And you know, what are enforcement mechanisms? Are they strong enough both in terms of

068the staffing and also the fines um that we kind of are going after people with? I mean, they are abusing us. So, I I I acknowledge that. I think enforcement is key. >> Um, yes, Tom, thank you so much for bringing this back with the changes that we spoke about. Um, and I like the guardrails. Uh, that's always important for me. Um, when I'm when I'm looking at any future planning, could you just go over the rental registry part again for me? >> Sure. Sure. >> I I miss what you were saying. >> Okay. It was early on. Um, so my oversight was basically, look, if you currently have a dwelling without an ADU, um, you're able to be on the rental registry. Um, we don't want to stop people from building ADUs by saying,

069hey, if you now build an ADU, you can't be on the rental reg registry with your primary dwelling. So, it's just adding the language in clarifying that people can still do that. >> But one of the dwellings would have to be under registered under the affordable housing department, right? and uh uh under the affordable housing guidelines here where a rent would have to be x amount for a family member. >> Yes. >> Right. So >> correct. So is it the pro so I'm that's why we had to kind of put in the language of the primary dwelling here in that sense. So >> if someone is living in the ADU and under all terms and that's being leased out at the affordable limits that's okay. that the primary dwelling that the the non-principal resident lives

070in can be rented out under the rental registry. Conversely, if the primary dwelling is where you know the ADU resident is living under those terms, the ADU, which is where the non-principal um resident is now choosing to be their part of the building, um they can lease that out under the um rental registry. So, it's just kind of still allowing that flexibility that should owners of these properties wish to continue to have that option, they still can, >> right? Uh, okay. Thanks. Thanks for clarifying that >> and Oh, sorry. Go ahead. >> No, I was just I just could I just ask a followup question. So, that's they could rent it out for any length of time. >> U consistent with the rental registry laws. >> Okay. >> The ADU they could um >> No,

071no, not the ADU. Well, >> if they live in the ADU, the other one. >> Yeah, correct. And then along the same lines, and I'm sure this is covered in there because it sounds like you and thanks Tom. I really appreciate you pushing this forward. I think ADUs are going to be a huge part of solving the affordable housing problem here and um I know you've worked hard on this with your committee and um with Britney in the attorney's office as well. Um there would not be an ability for a homeowner, just to be clear, to move into the ADU, claim that as their primary just for the summer and then rent the other one out of market rate. That's not possible. >> That is correct. Great. To be clear, also under the Justice Court

072Act for which our town Justice Court falls, we have within our code specific language that allows us to seek pretty high fines that goes to the amount of rent that might have been obtained illegally. So, we can make a um significant financial impact in our enforcement of this So, while a a fine might be capped at $1,000, $2,000 under the act, we're allowed to go after the actual amount of rent that they received and multiply that. So, we can create a great financial disadvantage to doing illegal renting. No, I think that's great because I think enforcement is hugely important as well and and my reading of the code is is just like you said, it's already strong and you're making it stronger. So, it's just a matter of us making sure that we're staffed and

073that procedurally we implement the tools that we have in place to make sure they're used properly. So, >> so obviously this is chapter 255. So, this has to go to the planning board. >> Correct. >> So, are we looking to send it to the planning board first or are we going to notice it for public hearing and give it a month and >> I think let's send it to the planning board, get their feedback. Yeah. >> Okay. So everybody's good with this now going to the as next step going to the planning board. Yes, >> definitely. >> Okay, beautiful. >> So I want Thank you, Jake, for pinch hitting. Thank you, Tom. I also want to thank our new director of housing, Mark Morgan Perez, who's here also uh as we move this forward then

074to I know your office is going to be uh actively involved in this and I appreciate your dedication and welcome to the town too. >> Yeah, >> Mark, you want to stand up and wave everybody? Dave stole my thunder. I was going to do a big introduction for my liaison report. >> You still can. You still can. >> And safe travels to Britney. I know I feel very bad for her. She's had a tough time out there. So, uh, thank you for being appreciate. Thank you. >> Okay. And now, uh, Kate, you wanted to bring forth a stop sign request. >> Yes. Uh this is a request that came from uh residents of uh the crossways and uh in uh Wayne Scott. Here's my memo. Um so the residents of uh of I got it.

075>> Um the residents, we get a lot of stop sign requests throughout the town, understandably so because we have a lot of folks that uh that that don't really respect uh the rules of the road here. However, I think this one is stands out for several reasons. Uh, one, Westgate Road. West uh, Gate Road is a a very well-known cutthrough or bypass uh, for folks trying to get back to make a left turn at the traffic light on Windscott Northwest Road. you can weave through these uh very narrow streets and small neighborhoods and get back to that uh to that stoplight to be able to successfully make a left on back onto Montalk Highway. So, it's used much more than normal neighborhood streets for traversing those streets. Also, there are limited uh businesses uh limited

076business district businesses, professional offices that are at the end of Westgate Road, which also contributes to folk coming out of there. And if you're going to try to get back to East Hampton, it's impossible. So, you're going to again weave through these narrow streets roads. As you could see, when this is requested where the stop sign is, there was a tree placed uh in the middle of the roadway there. Um, it's not a culde-sac, but it's it's placed there. The left the right hand turn onto the crossways, which is a very narrow street with not a lot of shoulder whatsoever. Um, is it's hard to see going around that turn unless you stop and you take a look. The residents that live on this street are concerned about uh their own safety, their pedestrian safety,

077and the kids riding bikes on that very small half street. That's why I've brought it forward to the town board and seek uh the going to public hearing on this stuff site. >> I will say I'm I'm fully supportive of this. I've you know also as you have you know spoken with PD and Department of Public Works on this. They're supportive. I think it's a good good change. >> I agree. >> Yeah. Same. This is it's not a roundabout. >> It's not a roundabout. If anyone wants to go and be a planning wonk, if you want to look at the original development of this neighborhood here, uh, and how the roads are laid out back in the 40s, 50s, um, it's very interesting, almost as interesting as the area of Queens Lane in that area

078then, too. If you look at the design some, >> uh, I think actually at one point you'll even see that they wanted to put a railroad station in this location too. >> Yeah. The other issue that's happening here also is because of the proliferation of commercial activity um by the pit and other places, commercial trucks are also using this quite frequently and they're very large and have a an even tougher time seeing around that corner. >> Right. And as you mentioned the the professional offices there, there's dentists, there's physicians and I go to both and they have given me a map in over the years to say please don't try to make a left turn on Westgate. Please go the back way. So it's something that the um the offices promote. So I think it

079makes a lot of sense. Okay. So that can go to public hearing. >> Jake, can I get a public hearing on this? >> Thank you >> very much. >> Okay. So we have a lastm minute addition. Um and this is for the uh Montalk Inlet Navigational Improvement Project. Um, I'm bringing forth um a walk-on resolution to allocate $1.1 million from East Hampton's host community agreement with South Fork Wind to ensure the Army Corps of Engineers Lake Monttoque Harbor Navigation Improvement Project moves ahead this fall. The federal government committed 9.5 million and the town had already invested 1.5 million under our 2022 project partnership agreement with the Army Corps of Engineers. But when bids came in higher than expected, the core in informed us that another 1.1 million was required to keep the project alive. Federal

080officials set September 10th as the deadline to secure those funds. Without them, the dredging this fall would have been cancelled. Congressman Meloda told this community the fall dredge would be done and fully funded. That promise fell short. And when word spread this weekend that the project might not move forward, Montalk's fishing community was left worried and anxious, uncertain about what it would mean for their boats, their wallets, and their families. Montalk is a critical port of refuge for commercial and recreational vessels and supports Coast Guard operations that protect our region. This dredge is about more than navigation. It is about public safety, protecting livelihoods, and safeguarding our maritime economy. The host community agreement with South Fork Wind will provide nearly $29 million over 25 years for projects of community benefit. To date, the town has

081received over $1 million under the agreement. This is separate from the Wayne Scott Fund. Today, we're putting those funds to work exactly as intended to protect this community. By adopting this resolution, we make sure Monttok Stretch can move forward fully funded. We ensure this harbor remains open and safe and we show the people who depend on it, our fishermen, our families and mariners across the region that East Hampton stands with them. And I think it would be helpful, David, if we put up a couple of um maps so you could describe the project. >> Sure. Uh very supervisor, madam supervisor, very well said. I think you hit the salient points here uh for the history and to the board as the board is we've discussed that this project is about 14 years in the making.

082Uh we've worked really hard in the last couple years to resecure the easements on here but again the bids came back higher than were anticipated and unfortunately the federal appropriations can't move as uh as fast to appropriate any more money to this project. So, I want to thank the town board for the discussions that we that we've had in the last 96 hours to be able to determine that this is very uh uh this is justified within the town's comprehensive plan goal six in which we are to maintain environmentally sensitive fisheries and also uh agricultural uses. And as M talk is the largest commercial fishing port in in New York State, it just makes sense to me personally. As you'll see here is a snippet of what the scope is for the Montuk dredging project

083is to bring the harbor down the navigational channel to 17 ft with a potential 2 ft of over uh over overburden taking and also to remove uh uh areas of the deposition basin uh which is on the east side of the channel uh to allow for a longer maintained aspect of the deepening of the channel. It goes from just outside the tips of the jetties just past the commercial dock at Star Island. Uh another location in which the town has recently put in nearly $2 million to rehab that dock for the commercial fishing fleet. Uh it is a long it is an appropriate dredging project because of uh the next factors on the next slide I'll show you. Um what you'll start to see here is some of the soundings on there. What you're seeing

084at the the top right is how all the sholing is happening in between the tips of the jetties going in down towards Gossman's inlet right now. This is where early in the spring we did an emergency dredging. They taken it down to 12 ft. The Army Corps sent in their operational dredge, but you can see how much it is shingling in in that area. And honestly, since the emergency dredging with the northwest winds that we had over the course of the wintertime, it is shing in once again. And then too, we're hearing from our fishing fleet. Uh, and it is critical to keep this open as it is a federal port of refuge also. Then too, next slide. What you'll see here is through all um all the stations that they're called. And that's how

085the Army Corps lingo, if you want to say, takes you the stations from station number one, I believe, goes down to about 31. And you could see how much the areas between the tips of the jetties, which is to the left, is uh has shled up. And that's where the majority of the material will be taken. And then also about 150,000 cubic yards will be placed on the area just north uh uh just west of the uh western jetty. Next slide, please. To make it even more challenging and through the methodology of this dredging right now is that there are massive rocks that are still within the channel that are marked on here with X's. They're actually either in the channel and we are either never re removed in the first place, but they have

086to be removed because they're impeded to the dredging to get down to 17 feet. The methodology brings two different types of u uh uses of barge techniques. One being a clam shell to remove uh the rocks, which means just go and they grapple and remove it and go into an offshore barl site off of Matuck. The second will be a suction dredge in which they will come in and take all the sand out of there. Uh it is extremely important to complete this at once to make sure that the navigability of the channel is here as soon as possible within the dredging window. Last slide also is that this is be where the material will be placed just to the west of the jetty going towards Colon Point and to and then also taken to

087a slope that goes out to dissipate wave energy very similar to what they just did on the ocean side also. So that beach will be along elongated and hence it'll be in the latoral drift zone of the of the harbor and eventually knowing the prevailing uh where the prevailing drift is the latoral drift zone many of the properties to the east sorry to the west will benefit from the sand placement over the years. It is imperative that this project moves ahead uh for the protection of the mariners as the supervisor had just mentioned on there. Uh when the red flag came up and the bid came back high right now uh the town board got together with our our finance department. I want to thank uh Rebecca Hansen uh tremendously for working with the town,

088Jake also then to find ways to be creative, use the fundings that we have where I believe there's a true nexus to protecting the fish industry here u to move this ahead. The reason why is because the SEPTA bid to mobilize uh and to hit the uh the window of dredging which has been added one extra month to three months for October, November and December. We have hours to complete this. >> Uh I think this is steadfast showing the town board's commitment uh to finding solutions uh instead of in instead of hurdles and you've done that madam supervisor. I thank you very much for your diligence. >> Yeah. Well, it's funny you said that it's been 14 years that this project has been being discussed. I remember my first year on the board was which

089was 2014 12 years ago sitting in the Montalk fire department when we used to have our work sessions there discussing this project and with what's happening you know with our federal government you know it feels like this is our one shot if we don't have the funding in place to do this project I don't have the confidence that this project's going to go through >> I think that's the second time we've heard that also just with from Alice hous on there uh we have to take care of our And this is one way we can do it and make sure hopefully this move moves ahead. So this is that this is the biggest uh portion that we need to move on. I think after this the town board town board will be committed to nearly

090$2.5 million to this project right now. >> Yeah. I just say thank thank you for helping coordinate this David. I mean look I know that you know anecdotally there's been resistance from some in the fishing community to what happened with the windmills. They they weren't happy. Um but actually see the money from that project coming back to support them. I think kind of indicates look we hear you. We we get the importance of that industry to this town and we are going to take steps to help protect it where and how we can. So I I applaud that element of it too. I I I'm you know I shouldn't really say but there is a certain irony here of of windmills kind of bailing out the federal government. Um, yeah, it's um, no, I think

091it's it's a great thing. And look, this this is very much what Monttok is about. Without our fishing fleet, um, we're a very different town and ensuring this harbor stays navigable is key. And, um, I I look forward to seeing this process come. Lastly, I'll say, you know, where the sand is going. Um, I I kind of affectionately know that as Mermaid Beach. Um, it's it's a lovely location. I know a lot of young families like to use that because the parking there is easy and it's shallow and low wave impact. Um so it'll be great to see that with the material there as well. >> Yeah, for me uh advocating for the South Park wind farm uh before I was elected to office and uh being a leazison on to the construction project of

092it, seeing it's to its fruition. Um it's uh it's I think the best use of that funding um that we receive because of clean renewable energy to help uh make sure that our fishing fleet has navigable navigable waters that it needs. Um and I I see the nexus between healthy uh fishing industries and offshore wind. So this is an example of it in action. Um, so I I'm happy that uh everyone on the board is able to come to the aid of the fishing community. As David said, us taking care of our own uh with with what we see going on in the federal government and lack of funding, it's uh it's it's it's very fulfilling to know that there's funding there available to use in our community from other sources. Yeah, just to reiterate

093what everybody else has already said, you know, the fishing industry, I think, is is critically important to our history and our future. You know, it's a big part of Montalk. It's a big part of our town and um this is definitely the right thing to do. Um thank you Kathy for bringing this forward. Um or supervisor, sorry. Um I think that although it's been in the works for 14 years, in a matter of days, the whole thing could have been lost. And um I really appreciate you moving it forward, bringing it to us so quickly, and the whole board has been supportive. but without your leadership and pushing it forward, it wouldn't have happened. And I also just want to recognize Dave again. I know Dave worked hard on the emergency dredge um has been,

094you know, very supportive of the working waterfront legislation at the county level. Um something I know he cares deeply about and has advocated for um and you know, I'm right there behind him to to push it forward. So, thank you. >> Thank you, Madam Supervisor. So, uh, I think what we should do is reconvene with the Army Corp of Engineers at this meeting, contact, uh, uh, Senator Schumer's office, uh, uh, Congressman Loto's office, uh, and I'll keep informing, uh, the through the fisheries advisory committee and those stakeholders what our actions are going to be and I'll continue to let the board know what the responses are coming from from the Army Corp of Engineer if that's okay. >> That's great. Thank you, David. >> Thank you all. Okay. So now we can move on to

095liaison reports. >> Thank you m I will kick off with um last night the amigance and citizens advisory committee met. Um there was quite a deal of discussion and feedback um with regards to the event that took place at the talk house the serious FM. Um I'll bring that feedback back to the special events committee. Um but it really kind of the the main concern was the use of the parking lot around there and they that many members didn't feel that that was appropriate or fair to other businesses um in the hamlet. Um there was also discussion about aircraft noise. They kind of felt that it had been louder in the last few days. I reached out to Jim Regggei at the airport to kind of understand what had been going on which is very

096interesting. It the flight paths are really driven by the wind direction. Um and we can have little control over that. So you know what had been happening is that with the westerly wind uh the flight paths had been going further out to the to the east accordingly and that's why the traffic out there had increased as well. Um lastly pen ultimately for amigans um you know just concern being raised as well about beach fires um significant number being left and not properly cleaned up um this summer they felt. So, I will reach out to Marine Patrol on that one and see what we can do to kind of get stronger enforcement there. Um, lastly for them, the next meeting next month is atypical. Typically, it's on the second Monday of the month. Uh, next month

097it'll be on October 20th, same location at the Amigansit School Library. IT department. Um, just to let everybody know, we're doing a GIS update um Wednesday and Thursday this week. um just let you there'll be some intermittent kind of downtime where things might not be working quite as smoothly. If you do have any issues, do let the IT department know, but just um advanced warning that that's happening. Uh human services, just advisory that the 2 p.m. painting class today has been cancelled unfortunately. um fire marshall's office. We have a meeting tonight um with East Hampton Town Fire Chiefs um focusing here really from their perspective um on uh projects of defensible space and access to properties which is going to be a theme we're going to be rolling out um over the next few months.

098Um wildlife management advisory committee just to kind of give people a heads up here. Crossbow hunting as um by Suffach County is now legal um on town lands. We'll be meeting as a wildlife committee to discuss that and uh what we want the town's reaction to that to be and whether we'll allow it. So um I'll be following up with committee members on that soon. And that's everything for my laser report. >> Thanks Tom. David >> uh thank you very much. The MA talk citizens advisory committee uh met last night. We had a wonderful presentation from K Tyler and CCOM. An update about St. M's waters very similar to what we have presented here. I want to thank Kay and the organization and also Rachel from uh the county actuary partnership for coming in for

099that presentation. It was uh elicited a lot of good responses and I hope they meet all their goals with the scientific approach to protecting MTalk's waters. Uh second we also did a presentation uh a little bit of the Montalk food pantry obviously then to a lot of members which we also saw saw here today. Uh and then we went over a lot of just questions about end the season then too and we're going to have a follow-up with uh the PD in upcoming uh upcoming months and two. I want to let everyone know that this is the last weekend of lifeguarded uh beaches. Use that again. Uh and those going to be our oceanfront beaches. Again, I want to thank uh Chief John Ryan Jr. Dick Monahan also and others all the lifeguards uh for

100the constant viligence uh about around our waters to keep all the general public safe then too. So thank you please please make note to swim by lifeguard this weekend uh and be careful the beaches uh host this weekend. Uh I want to let everyone know in aquaculture uh that uh the on uh ongoing if anyone's interested specifically in Montalk to join the community aquaculture program at East Lake uh still has um uh still has slots available. There are community aquaculture grow out there. Also, they're doing their own grow, which means that if you're interested in growing oysters uh or clams off your dock or your bulkhead, uh John Dunn in our aquaculture department and the members of that department will help you learn how to do so then too. And then you get the the

101bountifuls of the sea and some oysters, invite me over, I'll bring the beer and we'll enjoy ourselves then, too. They're also getting ready to close up shop a little bit on the season and start traditional seedings also then too. Um, want to let everyone know unfortunately there was vandalism at the skate Monttok skate park and that happened over the holiday weekend. Uh, was going by the video tape. It was probably somewhere close to 3:00 or 4 in the morning. I personally want to thank John Britain, John Edwards, and another young skateboarder that morning, that Sunday morning for coming down there and scrubbing it all off. It's super important to remove vandalism and paint before it gets into the concrete there. uh those two individuals and that young gentleman then too should be thanked for what

102they did to uh to make sure that NY tagging doesn't happen. I have to firmly believe it wasn't an individual in our local community because the local community is treating like treating that location like it's one of their own own then too. Um, I know we had comments about the Hampton Hopper, but the Hampton Hopper uh actually provides tradition uh uh great uh ways for traditional commerce in the town of East Hampton this summer. Specifically in Montalk. Uh there's no grant money for this. The 2025 contract was about $171,000. Uh we brought that to the Montalk CAC members last night. There was uh nearly 19,500 total boardings in 2025. The largest day saw 447 riders on there. Then two, there were multiple members of the of the CAC that thank the town board for for

103um for producing this. Uh it helps with people traveling. It helps with commerce, less parking, and also there's environmental benefits of uh group rides then too. Wanted to make sure the board knew that as we go into our budgeting. In uh saltwater and boating news, uh the DEEC let us know that they're the New York State is hosting public hearings on Atlantic stripe bass uh draft amendment number three. Uh this is the go uh for the interstate fisheries management plan for Atlantic stripe bass. What considers management uh measures to support rebuilding the stripe bass stock by 2025. They will be holding two public hearings. One is hybrid virtual and in person. Uh that'll be on Wednesday, September 17th, 2025. is at the DEEC Division of Marine Resources in Kings Park. You can contact the DEEC

104Division of Marine Resources for the virtual aspect and the second meeting will be actually held at DEC's region 3 headquarters in Newalts on Monday, September 22nd, 2025. Please contact my office if you have any any questions. In recreation, uh we have a full list of fall recreational programs that can be found at eMampny.gov. This includes girls volleyball, fall tennis clinics, fall soccer leagues, pickle ball, prek exploration and free play, high school and men's basketball pickup, yoga, and up and coming the Thanksgiving turkey trop for fun. Ian, I know you're training already for that uh at the mall and talk green every year. >> Upcoming every year. >> Spectacular. I also want to let everyone know that um as we noticed and I let the M talk community know and I I know Tom we discussed

105this uh we have a bid out for new soccer goals uh at the M talk uh uh Montalk um um Lions Lion soccer field which I passed last night and there was a good group of individuals practicing out there individual being kids then too it's heartening warm to the heart to see that happening and I I thank the volunteer coaches that are doing so >> thank you for getting that move forward David appreciate it >> no worries those going to be big ones and we're going to get some small ones too also then too. >> Um and that's what I have for today. Thank you so very much >> Kate. Yes. Um I'm going to save everybody listening to his voice and do a very short uh leazison report. I'll save everything for next week.

106Um I just want to let everybody know get the word out that September 20th is national cleanup day. Uh the town board passed a resolution declaring uh east it also the third uh Saturday in September as national cleanup day. Um, litter is is something that I don't always think is on top of everybody's mind, but it impacts our environment and our community and our economics by having to have folks go out there and pay folks to go out and pick it up. So, if you have an organization, a neighborhood, some friends, please participate in National Cleanup Day coming September 20th. Um, there'll be more information going out uh on this as well. Thank you. And I'll save everything else uh for next time. >> Thanks, Kate. Dan. >> Uh yeah, just a brief uh liaison

107report. Um as Dave mentioned, Mark Morgan Perez was here today. Our new housing director started yesterday. Uh I spent most of the morning and and some of the afternoon with him. Uh just a very warm welcome to the town of East Hampton. I think he brings a wealth of knowledge and experience that's really going to help um the housing department, which I think is helping us address one of our most important issues that we have, which is the affordable housing uh crisis. I also want to recognize again the the staff in that department who ran that department for the last uh several months and kept everything going and all of our programs working and moving in the right direction. So um very much looking forward to um seeing him work with the current staff and

108all the good things that are going to come from that. The egg advisory committee meeting that was scheduled for Thursday, which I was actually looking forward to after a little bit of a break this summer, unfortunately was cancelled. Thursday is back to school night. Several farmers are also very involved with their schools and there just was going to be low attendance and we are going to put that off until October. The property management committee meeting uh will be held September 17th which is a Wednesday uh next Wednesday at 4:30 p.m. at the main meeting room at town hall. Uh the big topic for discussion I know there's interest from the outside um will be 66 Main Street in Wayne Scott. So all are welcome to attend. Um, feel free to give me any ideas you

109have about that in the meantime. Uh, and that is my leazison report. >> Great. Thanks, Ian. I'm going to keep mine brief, too. Um, we, you know, excited Mark joined us today for the ADU discussion. So, we've added three new uh professionals to our leadership positions. Last Thursday, we also hired Richard Normmo Jr. as our principal building inspector. He is going to head up that department and he's got more than 30 years of experience in municipal code enforcement and construction ex uh enforcement construction experience. And then we've also we have a resolution on today to hire Christy Kenny who uh for the position of deputy tax receiver who brings more than 25 years of experience in financial services and client relations. So um that's good news. Um and then lastly, as we we discussed how

110we're trying to build up the department in the building department, uh we also have uh an appointment today for Joseph Birdie as a building plans examiner. We've added two building plans examiners to um to the department. Joe is the first one we'll be hiring. Uh I will say that, you know, he is a uh springs and East Hampton High School graduate. In fact, he went to school with my daughter and um his mother actually works and does payroll for the town. So, he's familiar with our community. So, we we welcome uh the new additions to to town government. Um so, let's now move on to resolutions. I think David, you've got the first one. >> It's my pleasure to offer resolution 2025 1221. Authorize employee Steve O'Brien for a reimbursement for six uh for costs

111for the Malk Playhouse for $6523 cents. >> Second. All in favor? >> I 1222 is authorized a title search for judicial title for South County task 300-188-1-8.4 in the amount of $525. >> Second. All in favor? I 12 of 23 is amend resolution to approve change order 13 for the Montalk playhouse in which we're putting the appropriate budget line in. >> Second. All in favor? >> I have resolution 1224 and this is to appoint provisional building plans examiner Joseph Birdie. Resolve that Joseph is hereby appointed on a provisional basis to the full-time position of building plans examiner in the building department. um which is uh $58,4967 for a 40-hour work week and this is effective September 15, 2025. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I >> resolution 2025 is uh 1225 is to accept

112a grant of scenic and conservation easement at 17 Jacqueline Drive, Amaganz. Um the grtor is Stuart Latic and uh Anna Nich and this is again at 71 Jaclyn Drive Amaganz and the reviewing agency is the zoning board of appeals. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I. >> Resolution 1226. This is to appoint deputy tax receiver Christy Kenny. Um Christy Kenny will make $80,000 for a 40hour work week effective September 29th, 2025. And I just want to reiterate Kathy's warm welcome. We're very excited to have Christie. She's a very qualified person and excited to have her join the team. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> Resolution 1227 to authorize title search for by by Dime Abstract for Suffach County Tax Map 300-144-2-6.001. That's for three Berryman Street. Um, and the amount is not to

113exceed $350. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I. Resolution 1228 to authorize an appraisal for Suffach County Tax Map 300-144.01-1-1. This is for four Triworks Lane. Uh the appraisal will be done by Elise Prao and an amount not to exceed $600. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I resolution 1229. This is a budget modification for the town attorney. Uh the A fund. Uh, this will decrease the health insurance line by $40,000 and increase the amount the outside professional line in the amount of $40,000. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I have resolution 20251230 and this is a bond amending the funding source for the dispatch center. We had done this resolution back in August. Uh, but there was a uh mistake here. It should have been the uh the fund designation should

114have been uh the B fund. So, um, we just need to, uh, bring this resolution back. >> Second. >> Carol, if we can get a roll call. >> Council member Flight. >> I. >> Council member Lee. >> I. >> Council member Rogers. >> I. >> Council member Caldera Pedmont. >> I. >> Supervisor Burke Gonzalez. >> I. Resolution 2025 1231 is to authorize an application for a safety training grant. The grants division in coordination with the public safety officer and town board is authorized to submit an application to the perma safety training grant for chainsaw cutting, felling and maintenance safety training. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I. >> And then I have the walk-on resolution which is ID 33376. This is to authorize transfer of funds MAK Inlet Navigational Improvement Project. Whereas pursuant to

115resolution 202186, the town of East Hampton authorized the execution of a uni host community agreement HCA with South Fork Wind. And whereas the HCA contains provisions that require South Fork Wind to make direct payments to the town over a term of 25 years for a total of almost $29 million. And the town believes the HCA funding will allow it to pursue various programs, studies, and projects that have value and are of benefit to the community. And whereas the town has received over $1 million under the HCA to date, separate from the Wayne Scott fund payments. And whereas pursuant to resolution 2022 1157, the town authorized a project partnership agreement PPA with the US Army Corps of Engineers for the Montalk Inlet Navigational Improvement Project with the town committing a specific financial consideration. And whereas the

116town has committed to date funding in the amount of $1.5 million towards the Montalk inlet project. And whereas the Army Corps put the project out to bid and one bid was received and it is higher than expected. And whereas the Army Corps has informed the town that additional funding in the amount of 1.1 million is needed to keep the project timeline intact and that the federal government cannot commit any additional funding at this time for the project. Now therefore, be it resolved, the town finds that it is in the best interest of the community to utilize utilize HCA funds for the Montalk inlet navigational improvement project in the amount of $1.1 million to ensure the project is completed in a timely manner. And be it further resolved, the project expenditure budget account code, it's the

117HA fund, is hereby increased by 1.1 million, and the finance department is directed to do the following transfer of funds. We're moving appropriation of reserves community host community agreement transferring that to the capital fund and then making an interfund transfer to the navigation lake montalk. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I. >> So I believe that is everything we have for today. >> Uh therefore I would like to make a motion to go into executive session for CPF personnel public safety litigation. Thank you to board members.