001passing. Thank you. All right. Good evening, East Hampton Town Board. We're broadcasting live on channel 22. We're streaming to YouTube. The meeting is being recorded. The phone lines are open. Hold on a second. We just Matthew, we just lost the town clerk, so we're gonna have to hold. Okay, no problem. You want to turn off the volume? Sure. Thank you. What's the junk? All right. Good evening, town board. Uh, so anyways, we are broadcasting on 22 streaming to YouTube. The meeting is being recorded. The phone lines are open. You may proceed. Thank you, Matthew. Good evening everyone and welcome to the East Hampton Town Board meeting of Thursday, April 3rd, 2025. Carol, if you could please read the roll call. Present. Present. Present. Present. If we could all stand for the pledge of allegiance. I
002pledge algiance 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 tonight we have three public hearings. The first is the 2025 CPF management and stewardship plan and Scott Wilson from our land acquisition and management department will introduce that. Then we have a uh potential CPF acquisition for 15 Garfield Avenue. And lastly, we have the public hearing for the community housing fund. It's the funding award grant for the East Hampton Housing Authority for 109 Hampton Street Sag Harbor. That's going to be followed by public portion and then resolutions. We ask folks folks if you could kindly keep your comments to three minutes. But before we start, we're going to welcome Hugh King, our town historian to
003amuse and entertain us, educate us. What What's going to happen tonight? Uh Hugh, it's about us. Women. Women. So that's educating start the clock. Okay. Uh tonight we're going to be talking about women. some of the women who have made a difference in the town of East Champton. This is not all of them, of course. The first I always like to bring up is Judith Hope, who became first female supervisor on Long Island. Uh, yes, on Long Island. Oh, I thought it was just an East S. I think it's Long Island. I think Long Beach had a female mayor, but I think she was the first female on Long Island. Well, that's even better. But she also did something else. Remember when Councilman Lee was nominated by the Democratic Party to run and you thought
004the sky was going to fall down? Well, you know what Judith Hope did after she defeated my father in the election? She appointed him as deputy supervisor. Wow. Yeah. Republican and Democrat. Barbara Borsac. Barbara Borsac was the first woman to serve on the East Nanton village board and she was the first woman to run for mayor in the village of Eastampton. That's crazy know that. Kathleen Tucker. Kathleen Tucker was instrumental in the saving of AMZ Zion Church in Sak Arbor and she was one of the founders of the Eastville Historical Society, David Soil in Springs. One of her books was called Longitude where she found the man who discovered the idea how you could find your way in the ocean using longitude. Of course, they didn't have latitude, so it wasn't perfect. She also wrote
005a book called The Glass Universe about the women who worked at Harvard University documenting the stars. These women were either not married or widowed and we lost all she the history lost all part of them until she discovered them and she wrote a book about that. And then her latest book about Madame Cury. Vadam Cury doc um probably trained over 65 women to be scientists uh in the in in the uh in France and in other parts of the world before women were even in science. She won I think she won two Nobel Peace Prizes. Cornelia Huntington Cornelius Huntington was probably the smartest person in East and that's why she probably never got married. She actually scared all the men. But she started a diary in 1821 and then it skipped a few years unfortunately
006finished about 1870. And what she did she documented what it was like to live in East Hampton at the time and she wrote a book called Sea Spray which I think the Sea Spray place got its name from. And it was a thinly veiled story of East Hampton. And do you know that in the 1840s and 50s this place was crowded with people even then before the railroad before the artists and we got that through her book. It was also unfortunately a way that women had to persevere during this time. Okay. Uh Darothy Jacowski from Sak Harbor. Her book Sak Cara the story of an American beauty is the bible of history in Sak Harour. She was also instrumental in the Seak Arbor Historical Society. Janette Edwards Ratray her book Eastampton History and Genealogies that's
007the Bible when you want to find out not everybody can use it of course to find out the genealogy of the first families that came here. And then of course Cheryl Foster Cheryl Foster was co-town historian with Stuart. And when I say Steuart, you know who I mean, don't you? Stuart, Laurel, it's like Madonna Sher and Stewart. And then since the senior center is being put together, Edna Stack, Edna Stack, uh, chief served 25 years at the director of human services in the town of East Hampton. So that's it. When I come back next time, we're going to continue with police chiefs. It'll be William Jacobs. Okay. Thank you, Hugh. Thank you. Thanks, Hugh. Carol, if you could please read the first hearing notice. The public hearings will be held live and in person by
008the town board and will be available electronically by video and teleconferencing and will be televised on local TV channel 22 and available for liveream on the LTV website. The public shall be permitted to appear in person but may also provide comments on the matter being heard by calling 3518886331. Any person or party wishing to be heard with respect to the foregoing may do so in person by agent, by attorney, or by teleconference to a live meeting by written comment addressed to the East Hampton Town Clerk, 159 Panagle Road, East Hampton. Comments may also be submitted to the town clerk by email to c brennan eampny.gov. All comments must be received by the town clerk by the date and time of the public hearing. Please check the meeting agenda posted on the town's website for any
009changes and for updated information. Notice is hereby given that the town board of the town of East Hampton will hold a public hearing at Town Hall, 159 Panagle Road, East Hampton, on Thursday, April 3rd, 6:00 p.m. or soon thereafter as this matter may be heard to consider comments of all persons on the proposed M&S plan for community preservation fund acquired properties within the town. The full text of the draft 2025 M&S plan dated 21925 is available for inspection at the office of the town clerk 159 Panagle Road East Hampton and during regular business hours of 9 to 4 Monday through Friday exclusive of holidays as well on the town web page click on land acquisition and management development. Thank you Carol Scott. Do you want to introduce the plan? Sure. A brief introduction. So, town
010law 64E, the community preservation uh law, requires that we create a management and stewardship plan for all acquired properties. This is the 17th edition of this plan. It's probably the 34th time I've actually given this talk and I haven't memorized it, believe it or not. So while uh required, I find it simply a good opportunity to revisit our plans to account for the eb and flow of land management. Because all properties need some form of stewardship, be it posting up signs, cleaning up a debris, or reconciling encroachments, we have acquired interest in rights from real property for 545 parcels with three more in contract representing 2,437 acres. We accomplished the vast majority of our stewardship work in house. We create a baseline document which documents the parcel as it exists at the time of acquisition.
011We help create management plans for those properties with some proposed human use and we regularly monitor all CPF properties for encroachments, dumping or other issues. Both baseline documents and management plans can be found on the town's website and we conveniently put the links in this document right here on pages six and seven. Beyond in-house management, the proposed management and stewardship plan discusses any known projects along with associated expenses. Significant projects may be for 2025. Uh the historic restoration on the Carl Fischer House on Foxboro Road. We have some engineering in process and the Edwards House which is on the Duck Creek compound on Squa Road and we have engineering and process on that property as well. Please note we have not gone out for requests for proposal for these projects. still waiting on engineering and
012therefore we don't have a a cost estimate at this time. There also may be other projects that we are not yet aware of. So once adopted we may need to revisit this plan over the course of the year to modify via public hearing. The stewardship budget being just over 4.675 million which is the allowable 10% of available stewardship funding based on our last auditable year 2023 of 47 million. With regard to this plan, the responsibilities of our department was to create a document that will guide us in our future efforts towards appropriate management stewardship goals and objectives, assist in prioritizing projects and control related expenditures. This lends transparency to the plan, giving the general public the opportunity to participate in the discussions surrounding proposed expenditures. The draft plan can be found on the town's website
013and in the town's clerk town clerk's office. We discussed this recently at a work session. Um I think I asked the board at that time if you've had any changes. Obviously that question still holds modifications, changes, rude and or snod comments. [Laughter] You're done. Yes. Carol, do we have signup sheets for tonight's public hearings? Okay. Is there anyone here that would like to address the board on the 2025 uh CPF plan? Matthew, is there anyone on the line? We have no callers on the line. Motion to close. Second. All in favor. Carol, if you could please read the second meeting notice. Take notice that the town board of the town of East Hampton hold a public hearing in the town board meeting room 159 Panagle Road East Hampton pursuant to section 247 of the general
014municipal law and section 64E8 of the town law of the state of New York on April 3rd at 6 p.m. as soon thereafter as this matter may be heard to consider the town's acquisition for the preservation of open space with community preservation funds of a property located at 15 Garfield Avenue in Mtok repeatedly owned by the county of Suffach and consisting of approximately 46 acres of vacant land at a cost of the town of Eastampton not to exceed $5,922.80 80 cents plus reasonable survey title prrated tax of recording charges said property being described on the Suffach County tax map as 319744.21. Thank you Carol Scott. So this is the property as you can see on your screens here. It's outlined in blue. It's between Montalk downs and uh and it's owned by the county of
015Suffach. No, it's between Lake Montalk and Montalk Downs. That's what I meant to say. And it's owned by the county of Suffach. And we've been trying to acquire this property for open space since 2015 through the county's 72H program. You can also see all the green below it. And to the south, that's all town property. So, we've made considerable investment in this area. At this time, the county has completed their internal processes with the Ways and Means Committee and the legislature. And therefore, we are proceeding with this public hearing to acquire for preservation. The parcel has extensive freshwater wetlands on and extending across the contiguous town protected lands to the south. As a whole, this parcel is is part of a complex drainage system in which much of the surface and groundwater flows into the
016lake. The parcel has a high water table and poor poor soil drainage and any development would require extensive alterations to the natural drainage patterns which may contribute to chronic flooding. Development of this parcel and subsequent runoff may contribute to the non-point pollution of this watershed and tributary system which is suspected of contributing substantially to poor water quality and high pollution concentrations within the lake. For these reasons, this parcel meets the criteria set forth in town 64E and I would ask the town board to pass a resolution to acquire. Thank you, Scott. Would anyone like to address the board on this public hearing? Matthew, is there anyone on the line? We have no callers on the line. Motion. Second. All in favor. I. Carol, if you could please read the last meeting notice. Take notice that
017the town board of the town of East Hampton will hold a public hearing on April 3rd at 6 PM or soon thereafter as this matter may be heard in the town board meeting room, East Hampton Town Hall, 159 Panagor Road to consider awarding a grant in the amount of 1,500,000 to the East Hampton Housing Authority for the purpose of acquiring a 4-unit building located at 109 Hampton Street, Zack Arbor, Town of East Hampton for community housing purposes. Thank you, Carol. Jay, did you want to address the board? Welcome, Jay. Hi. Good evening. Thank you. Um, so my name is Jay Lipin. I am one of the four residents that live in 109 Hampton Street. I've lived out here for seven years and I live out here around. Um I am in support of the purchase
018of one Hampton Street. So there will be more units for affordable housing in Sag Harbor for many of us who live and work in the community. This purchase will allow myself and the three other residents to continue to support this community. My job working with local farm local producers and farmers like Ian and Amber Waves and other producers um helps support them with recipe development with their products as well as food advoc advocacy in the area which helps them employ more people and support the town. Um and just wanted you know please support this and thank you. Thank you Jay. You're welcome. Would anyone else like to address the board? Katie, welcome Katie. Thank you. I am Katie Casey from the East Hampton Housing Authority. I just want to briefly thank the town for acting
019quickly, giving it consideration, making what I consider to be a very wise decision and um enabling this purchase, which I think is uh an excellent opportunity and good use of the CHF funds. Thank you. Thank you, Katie. Would anyone else like to address the board? Matthew, is there anyone on the line? We have no callers on the line. Motion to close. Second. All in favor? I. Okay. So, we're through our three public hearings. So, now we can move on to public portion. Is there anyone here that would like to address the board on any matter? Matthew? Anyone on the line? No callers on the line. Okay. So, we're going to move to resolutions. Tom, you want to lead us off? Thank you. Start with resolution number 2025489. This is a warrant approval. Uh claims on
020warrant number 4A in the amount of 1,736,564.90 and in the amount of $68,98569. We're ordered by the town board and supervisor is hereby directed to pay the same. Second. All in favor? I I uh 2025490. Uh this is ped upon requirement for Thomas Baker. Um, this is for sick time, compensatory time, and prorated longevity. Uh, total amount is for $23,147.50. Second. And thank you very much for your service to the community, Tom. Yeah, I was going to say move for discussion. Tom, I I've known personally. He was the fire marshal inspecting my business for the last 15 years. He has been an outstanding town employee and very good to work with. Um, and we'll miss him. Dedicated community. Yeah, we wish him good health in his retirement. Thank you. So all in favor I 225491.
021Uh this is for a wellness 60 plus um program at the Montalk Senior Center for meditation. This is for Lydia Burns, a wellness facilitator to provide weekly meditation instruction to seniors at the Mtok Community Center. Um total cost to the town is not to exceed $1,950. Second. All in favor? I. 2025 for 492. This is to approve an umbrella license for the motion picture licensing corporation. Uh whereas the town of Eastampton Department of Human Services is an affiliate member of the National Institute of Senior Centers and as an affiliate member is eligible for discounted umbrella license from the Motion Picture License Corporation. Be it resolved that the town of East Hampton Human Services Department is hereby authorized to obtain the umbrella license from the Motion Picture Licensing Corporation at an annual cost of $371.69. Second.
022All in favor? I I'm thankful that we be offered the resolution 2025493. This is authorized payment to Optimum uh for an invoice from 2024 in the amount of $39.35. Second. All in favor? I 494 is authorized payment of a prior invoice. This is for the highway department for 2024 to Advance Auto Parts in the amount of $29.88. Second. All in favor? I. 495 is authorized payment of an invoice to the highway department for an invoice uh to natural water main cleaning uh dated February 28th, 2025 in the amount of 1525. Second. All in favor? I. 496 is a notice of biders for EH25-017. This is for the annual contract for cesspool and tank pumping services for 2025. The bid is available on 4325 and the bid is due back on 42425. Please contact the town's
023purchasing department at 631-324-44141 for further information. Second. All in favor? I. 497 is a payout upon resignation for Paul Trella who was in uh CSA and he was in the town's buildings and he was an automotive mechanic three in the parks department and he retired sorry he resigned from his position effective February 26, 2025. He has a total gross payout right now of $726.64. Second. All in favor? I 498 is a budget modification for aquaculture uh for uniform purchases and we're bringing from the budget line for other equipment in the amount of $1,000 to the budget line for uniforms in the same amount of $1,000. Second. All in favor? 499 is amend budget account for an employee in the highway department. This is for Terry Nesbet. uh will be also be paid out of budget
024account SR8160.5120 for work performed as a construction equipment operating in the sanitation department retroactive to January 1st 2025. Second all in favor I 2025500 is a resolution to adopt amendment to chapter 240 vehicles and traffic of the East Hampton Town Code section 20 section 68 schedule 17 time limit parking and section 79 schedule 19 permit parking. Second roll call for this one. I will be recusing myself from this one. Okay. Recuse. I I I have resolution 501 which is to imp approve employee reimbursement. Town Board authorized reimbursement to Supervisor Kathy Beronzalez for refreshment items in the amount of $12 for a meeting with council upon properly submitted voucher. Second. All in favor? I. Resolution 502 is a grant of a scenic and conservation easement public hearing notice. And this is uh that the town board
025will hold a public hearing on Thursday uh April 17th at 6:00 p.m. concerning the following grant of a scenic and conservation easement. The grtor is Paul Kenyon. The location is 114 South Etna Avenue and MTalk and the reviewing agency is designing the board of appeals. Second. All in favor? I. Resolution 503 is to amend an urban renewal map in SP1-1, urban renewal parcel 32, amend scenic easement requirement and move access point. Whereas the town held a public hearing on March uh 20th to consider a proposed modification in this urban renewal map uh to reduce the scenic easement along fireplace road for urban renewal parcel 32 from 50 ft wide to 25 ft wide and add a 25 ft wide scenic easement at the rear of urban renewal parcel 32 adjacent to Act Banana Harbor and
026move the access point of parcel 32 south to create a common driveway between 32 and 31. Whereas a town planning department cons town's consulting engineer and planning board both agree with uh and the engineer agrees uh that uh this is uh appropriate and they have no object objections to the proposal. Um whereas a town board finds a proposed modifications to be reasonable appropriate resolve that the town board hereby approves the proposed modification. Second discussion if you don't mind. Uh so I'm in favor of this request here, but I think uh we have to make sure that all requests like this won't be as unique as this. Uh this is in a location just north of the historical district where setbacks sometimes off the street are good for the vistas, particularly on the harbor. But this
027property specifically uh is encumbered by wetlands to the back on there. So this allows for the wetlands to be protected, but also have a building envelope and and a buffer off of the road that still will create that vista as you go up Springs Fireplace Road into Springs. So with the uniqueness that of that there are and specifically that the planning department and the planning board planning board both are approve approve of this look of this I could see it as something that I can agree with. Uh others maybe not but this one specifically on the uniqueness of it. So I have do I have a second? Yes. Yes. Okay. All in favor? I. Resolution 504. This is to adopt local law to amend chapter 255 of East Hampton Town Code to amend article 5
028special permit uses section 25550 specific standards and safeguards affordable housing development and multiple residents. Second. All in favor? I. Resolution 505. This is to amend resolution 202545 to reflect the proper budget line. Second. All in favor? I. Resolution 2025506 is to appoint Brett Hurley to detective in East Hampton Town Police Department. Detective Hurley will have an annual salary of $145,756.12 effective April 6, 2025. Second. All in favor? I. Resolution 507 is a list appointment to public safety dispatcher one in the East Hampton Town Police Department. The following individuals are hereby appointed to the full-time position of public safety dispatcher 1 at the annual rate of 58,129.19 effective April 6, 2025. Joseph Chacho, Demetrios, Jimapolos, Timothy English, Eva Greny, and Noeli Martinez. The hiring of the five new public safety dispatchers off the latest local civil
029service eligible list will increase total uh personnel in our dispatch center from 12 to 17. Second. All in favor? I. Resolution 508 is to authorize officer training uh to the New York Training Officers Association. This is for officer Tyler Gil Gilbride and officer Jack Borie. And this financial impact will be $3,000. Second. All in favor? I. 509 is to amend the 2025 hourly rates for traffic control officers effective April 6, 2025. Second. All in favor? I. 510 is to authorize attendance at the state association of municipal perching officials. Their annual conference in Lake George for Jeannie Corrosa from May 6th to May 9th at uh the financial impact is zero cost to the town. Second. All in favor? I. 511 is to extend contract EH2400. It's not usually three zeros. Uh it's not listed anywhere
030else. Um Oh, yes it is. So, Carol, there's a typo in the in the heading. There should only be two zeros. Two zeros 8. Compliance work at the airport fuel farm Gemstar Construction Corp. And this is for a period of one year through May 6, 2026. Second. All in favor? I 512 is to extend contract EH 2022 uh 102 and this is for professional services for the collection of delinquent fines and penalties and that's for fundamental business services inc. All in favor I 513 is to extend contract EH24014 printing of envelopes and business cards for 2024 and that's to Czechomatic Rididgewood press concept print and MOG printing and graphics second. All in favor? I. 514 is to extend contract EH23-022 t-shirts, sweatshirts, and other uniform items for 2023, uh, ABC Custom Sales, Inc. Second. All
031in favor? I. 515 is to extend contract EH24013. This is for the supply and delivery of genuine Ford OEM parts for 2024. And this is with New Behore Ford, Inc. Second. All in favor? 516 is to extend contract EH24010 the annual supply and delivery of international truck parts and that's to Allegiance Trucks New York City LLC. Second. All in favor? I. 517 is the appropriation of capital reserve funds for building capital improvements. The town board wishes to appropriate funding from said capital reserve fund subject to permissive referendum for costs related to capital improvements where supplemental funds are necessary for the Parson's blacksmith shop siding restoration project. And we direct the town budget office to make the uh the budget modification in the amount of 21 $25,917. Second. All in favor? I. 518 is to authorize
032a transfer from the YMCA reserve and a budget modification. This is uh at the recommendation of our town maintenance supervisor, Steve O'Brien, that the YMCA needs an HVAC circulator and we're uh appropriating $5,100. Second. All in favor? I. 519 is to increase the cap for Dan Rzo and Whiteitman Austerman and Hannah LLP as outside environmental council for SRA 2025. And this constitutes a total of $50,000. Second. All in favor? 520 is to pay a NIMAR deductible for Perkins for damages resulting from a motor vehicle accident involving a town-owned vehicle and this is in the amount of $16,24323. Second. All in favor? I. 521 is to pay a NIMAR deductible in the matter of John Paci and this is in the amount of $399. Second. All in favor? I. Resolution 522. This is notice of public
033hearing to amend chapter 25, code of ethics of the town of East Hampton code. A public hearing will be held at Town Hall 159 Panagle Road, East Hampton, New York on Thursday, April 17th, 2025 at 6 p.m. or as soon thereafter as this matter may be heard. Second. All in favor? I. 523 is a notice of public hearing establishing the East Hampton Water Supply and Fire Protection District and this public hearing will take place on Thursday, April 17th at 6 p.m. Second. All in favor? I. 524 is to authorize an employee suspension. Second. All in favor? I. Well, that is our resolutions for tonight. As does anyone have any other matters they want to bring up? No, I'm good. All right. Do I have a motion to go into executive session? Yes. I make a
034motion to go into executive session for personnel, real estate, and advice of council. Second. All in favor? I. Thank you, LTV, and thank you all for joining us here tonight. Praise God.