001e all right good evening East Hampton Town board we're broadcasting live on channel 22 streaming to YouTube you're being recorded phone lines are open you're good to go thank you Matthew good evening everyone and welcome to the East Hampton Town board meeting of Thursday March 20th 2025 Carol if you could please read the roll call present present pres pres present if we could all stand for the Pledge of Allegiance I pledge aliance 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 five public hearings hearings that will be followed by public portion and then resolutions but before we begin we have the infamous Hugh King here hi U you ever hear at the
002Orchid beauty shop yes the Orchid beauty shop I think open up in 1941 on North Main Street it was uh the dream of Lucy West and Ruth Hartwell may have been one of the first businesses owned by African-American women in our town I don't know if I told you about Lucy West before but she got a proclamation from the village when she returned 100 and Lucy West lives up up on Race Lane what's that market up there on Race Lane Chicken House the chicken house right well Lucy West lived in a little house right before that and it was called the birdh house yeah so she's the only person in the history of our town who lives in a birdh house next to a chicken house but also also another sister was named Bertha Hobson
003okay heads up um years ago one of our supervisors was at the senior citizen Center uh on Martin Luther King's birthday extoling the virtues of African-Americans who've made contributions well Bera grabs them and says hold it you want to do something you changed the road outside Calvary Baptist Church from Cross highway to spinner lane two meetings later it was done and who see Ralph spinner he was the first pastor of the Calvary Baptist Church okay you've all heard of Leroy deard arguably the greatest athlete to come out of East sampon High School he was also chairman of the zoning board of appeals and a council member on the East sampon Town board Henry Haney Henry Haney probably had one of the first programs on LTV of as an africanamerican he was also a stalwart in
004the Calvary Baptist Church then there's Andy Malone Andy Malone at one time was the chairman of the East Anon Democratic party Helen Hilman Helen Hilman was hired by Ki lamb as a real estate broker probably the first black woman to serve in that uh capacity in our town Lucille teal Lucille teal was an English teacher and I think she may have been one of the first African American teachers hired at the East St High School Kyrie Gilbert was another teacher uh at John Marshall School Kathleen Tucker was one of the founders of the Eastville historical society and stalwart in the preservation of St a St David's am Zion Church the oldest church building in the town of East champton you know the St Matthew's Chapel is 1852 Dr Georgette G is the executive director of
005the Eastville um Historical Society Audrey Gaines worked in the child services department of the East stampton Town and is on the anti-bias task force Queen Davis Parks was another teacher uh in the John Marshall school but why else am I mentioning her she has a road name after Queen's Lane there's also Jenny's PA they were named by gurly Lee Hayes who he worked for the the town highway department and he was the one who made the signs and U so I don't know how he mangled that out but he got it and then of course the last one is Thomas Jefferson Davis Thomas Jefferson Davis served in the Civil War as a sailor U when the Civil War started they allowed blacks to serve in the Navy because of their uh experience in the whaling
006trade so he served on a ship called the helot Trope and it was um during he served like the last year in 1864 and the idea of the ship was to damage all the Confederate supplies that they could he's also buried in Springs and has a headstone one of the three that I know of people who have a headstone who's an African American what are the others Ned Ned down at Mars Park in off of Three Mile Harbor and Peg is a Negro servant who served Abraham Gardner enslave person not servant and she's in the South End bearing ground okay okay the next time I come it'll be women who have made a difference in our town thank you very much oh wait a minute one more David cadetto is going to give the third
007lecture of the East Anor Society um March 28th at hoe Hall uh it's going to be on houses of worship in the town of East chamson all right what's the time on March 20th s o'clock thank you uh Madam supervisor thank you thank you okay so let's move on to public hearings Carol if you could please read the first meeting notice the public hearings will be held live and in person by the town board and will be available electronically by video and teleconferencing and will be televised on local TV channel 22 and available for live stream 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 351 888 6331 any person or party wishing to be heard with respect to
008the forging may do so in person by agent by attorney or by written comment addressed to the east East Hampton Town Clerk 159 Panago Road East Hampton comments may also be submitted to the town clerk by email to C Brennan eh Hampton n.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 changes and for updated information please take notice that the town board hereby directs that a public hearing shall be held on March 20th at 6: PM or as soon thereafter as this matter may be heard at eastampton Town Hall 159 Panago road eastampton to hear any and all persons either for or against a local law entitled a local law providing for the
009amendment of chapter 240 vehicles and traffic section 68 schedule 18 time limit parking and section 79 schedule 29 permit parking of the town code of the town of East Hampton to add parking restrictions in The Monto business district thank you Carol is there anyone that would like to speak on this matter bill you please come to the podium welcome hello my name is uh bill mavro I am a resident of mon talk and a business owner can I distribute this you can follow this results thank you thank you thank you [Applause] my business is Monto clothing company and I'm located on Main Street in Monto and I am the main parking lot in Monto public lot is behind my business also my part the parking lot behind my business and the one by the police
010station are the two main parking lots in town and approximately 30 businesses B those lots so I'm going to talk about uh one of the things in this resolution about changing many of the spots to 30 minute parking the reason I'm doing this is because I feel I'm very qualified by the following I give you a little background in 1969 I developed a six store apparel change in Queens from 1969 to 1990 and after that I sold it and came out to Monto and started Monto clothing company developed it to what it is today during that time I was for about four years I was also a retail consultant and I met with retailers in the apparel business across the United States I was also a a director in the board in The Monto Chamber
011of Commerce for 15 years and in 2013 I was the one who brought forth an idea to limit the parking in in those lots to two hours and no taxi parking that was backed by the chamber and eventually by the town board I also lived on top of my business so I was facing the parking lot by my apartment for 15 years I moved last year when I recently got back from a buying trip out west I found an article in the Press describing this resolution and right away I knew this would be a problem for most of our Merchants because Monto is a tourist town the people on Main Street are generally on Main Street for an hour and a half to two hours there are five or six restaurants in this small area
012now nobody's going to be able to eat in a half an hour so it's essentially what's going to happen is those spots the 10 spots in the main lot and the five spots in the small lot by the police station will probably be very much underutilized so what I did is I put together a copy of the article two maps one for each parking lot and I went around distributed to the merchants that were open at the time a few of them are not open yet for the season and I have the results uh in the on the last page that I gave you and you can see by the results which I gave everybody the option of saying it's a very good idea a good idea neutral bad idea or very very bad idea
013almost every single person that I contacted said it was a very bad idea except for one who said it was neutral idea to them so I'm hoping that given this latest data which is strictly from the people that are involved in in this in this change they the stakeholders and I have to say that not one person knew about this that I spoke to not a one and I feel that when these kind of Chang are made they I know the chamber was given some notice about this because I used to be on the chamber but I think in the future when it comes to changing things like that which is a major thing for a merchant we should be involved in the conversation because there is possibly a good idea in this resolution about
014reducing the unlimited parking for a permit hold it to 72 hours but given how the rules are about resolutions you either have to vote it in or vote it vote it down so I'm hoping by this data that we could have a unanimous decision to vote this down and maybe work on something else in the future thank you thank you Bill would anyone else like to address the board on this public hearing Matthew is there anyone on the line we have two callers on the line it's not clear what hearing they're here for but I'll put the first caller through I'm unmuting a caller with their phone number number ending in 2777 you I'm here my name is Michael I have amans at Wine and Spirits I'm talking about the parking I can tell you
015from my experience being on Main Street and a retailer uh that borders a parking lot that I was on I am still on akak citizens advisory and on the parking lot committee and fully supported the 30 minute parking because as the earlier gentleman says everyone pickes a parking space and there for 2 hours now I don't understand what he's thinking but I tell you what when somebody wants to come in and grab something for me a book from the library uh coffee uh to go order something from the pizzeria it's great to have a few spots behind our businesses where you can run in and run out so it's harder and harder to do business business on the East End of Long Island these days and I think that in an effort to support the
016business people on Main Street and that the people that come and visit and want to just grab and go I think it's imperative that you allow a number of spots on both parking areas with 30 minute parking spaces so I would totally support it it's working in Aman it uh it's not a lot of spots when you think of the overall spaces are available and I think that you'd be missing it if you didn't put it 30 minute spots into effect thank you Town board for all you do for us have a great night thank thank you Michael Matthew you want to put the other caller through let's see if it's for this hearing sure no problem putting a caller with a phone number ending 3584 on muting I am actually here for the Third
017hearing okay thank you okay we have no other callers at this time okay I'm gonna ask one more time is there anyone here that wants to talk about the the parking public hearing okay do I have a motion to close motion to close second all in favor sorry sorry may I just move for discussion on this I I um obviously I'm a business owner adjacent to this so I will not I will be abstaining for all votes pertaining to this recusal is better sorry recusal I apologize thank you okay thank you Tom okay so motion to close second all in favor I I okay Carol if you could read the next public hearing notice please notice is hereby given that the town Board of the town of eastampton will hold a public hearing at Town
018Hall 159 Panago Road eastampton on Thursday March 20th at 6: p.m. or as soon thereafter as this matter may be heard to consider the comments of all persons regarding the amendments to the East Hampton Town code chapter 62 civil enforcement and administrative audiction of the town code of the town of East Hampton and Abstract of which follows a local law providing for the amendment of chapter 62 thank you Carol is there anyone that would like to address the board on this hearing Matthew is there anyone on the line we have no additional caller just the caller waiting for the third uh hearing do I have a motion to close motion to close second all in favor I okay Carol if you could please read the third meeting notice take notice at the Town Board of
019the town of East Hampton will hold a public hearing pursuant to chapter 232 urban renewal of the town code of the town of eastampton section 23270 modification of uran renewal plans and the town hall meeting room 159 Panago Road East Hampton on March 20th at 6:00 p.m. or as soon thereafter as this matter may be heard to consider the following modification of urban renewal map SP 1-1 urban renewal map number 32 and SP 1-1 red reduce urp 32s requirement to have a 50ft wide Scenic easan along Springs fireplace road to a 25 ft wide Scenic Ean along Springs fireplace road with said Scenic easement allowing for access to the property and the installation of a wastewater treatment system within the scen eement area require urp number 32 to have a 25t wide Scenic easement at
020the rear of the pel adjacent to existing Wetlands move driveway access location to the southwest corner of the lot along Springs fireplace Road as except as amended above the requirements of your map SP 1-1 shall remain in full force and effect thank you Carol is there anyone here that would like to address the board on this public hearing Matthew if you want to put that caller through please okay sure thing I'm muting now good evening Town board this is Tiffany scado from um 36 westw Street in Sag Harbor and I'm representing the owners of 840 Springs fireplace Road um this application is to amend your urban renewal map this is the last lot in this map in that location so the scena eesan in the front yard is sort of hanging out there on its
021own and we've asked to reduce that from 50 feet to 25 feet to enable a larger Scenic easement in the rear of the property to accommodate um protection of the wetlands and a contiguous easement in the rear of the property with the adjacent properties if anyone has any questions I'd be happy to answer them thank thank you for calling in Tiffany we don't ask the callers for to answer questions but thank you uh is there anyone else on the line Matthew uh we have no more callers on the line okay motion to close second all in favor I I okay Carol if you could please read the fourth meeting notice please take notice that purs into section 247 the general Municipal law of the state of New York and the provisions of the eastampton town
022code the town Board of the town of East Hampton will hold a public re meeting Hearing in the town hall meeting room9 Panago R East Hampton on Thursday March 20th at 6: p.m. or as soon thereafter as this matter may be heard concerning the following Grant of Scenic and conservation easement to the town of eastampton the gr tour is Ellen fine it's a Scenic and conservation easan dated January 6 at 3 Miller Avenue in Monto suffa County tax map 3 32734 with the reviewing agency the CBA thank you Carol would anyone like to address the board on this matter Matthew is there anyone on the line we have no more callers on the line motion to close second all in favor I Carol if you could read the fifth and last meeting notice please please
023take notice that pursuant to section 247 of the general Municipal law law the state of New York and the provisions of the East Hampton Town code the town Board of the town of East Hampton will hold a public Hearing in the town hall meeting room 159 Panago Road East Hampton on Thursday March 20th at 6: PM or as soon thereafter as this matter may be heard concerning the following Grant of Scenic and conservation easement to the town of East Hampton the gr tour is April Taylor it's the scenic and conservation easement dated February 10th at 419 East Lake Drive in Monto suff County tax map 36219 with the zba thank you Carol would anyone like to address the board on this matter Matthew has anyone else called in uh still no callers okay motion close
024second all in favor I all right well that concludes our five public hearings so now we're going to move on to public portion and Carol Buddha you signed up welcome Carol good evening I want to start by personally thanking councilman flight for being responsive and conscientious could you just state your name for the for the clerk what's that just state your name name for the clerk Carol Buddha thank you Springs Park and uh for meeting me at the park before work began with his help we were able to prevent a row of mature non-invasive Holly about 10 feet tall from being destroyed I'm here to discuss what some of us now call the mismanagement plan for the Springs Park this plan was poorly executed for from its establishment in 2009 invasive plants were allowed to
025choke out native growth and specimen plants left by the former Nursery this plan calls for grasslands in about 80% of the park please note that no grasslands exist um everywhere that has been cleared is now covered with invasive mugart and mugw work is not a grass I Googled it I looked it up and here's a fun fact for everyone mug work can be toxic for dogs it can cause gastro intestinal issues and in some cases more severe symptoms like Tremors and seizures so the Springs dog park is now filled with toxic mugw work the 2009 management plan has not been effective and no longer meets the community's needs and should be updated and improved as soon as possible the public has come out in large numbers to say that they need shade and wind breaks
026on the trails as well as the separation in the trails delineated by the vegetation provide Scott Wilson misrepresented the test area clearing to the board when he said that only invasives would be cleared and some shade would be preserved on the trails there is none left every tree bordering the Center PATH was destroyed only one small tree was left standing bordering the South Trail the test area was basically clearcut with the ground clearly chewed up councilwoman Rogers had assured me in the past that A disruption of the habitat would a massive disruption of the habitat would not occur under this board in this park so what happened here bir nests have been destroyed with everything else and an unusual amount of bird noise bordering the area signals their distress indiscriminate annual mowing not only prevents
027Autumn Olive from growing it also prevents native plants that are struggling to revegetate this area an updated management PL program should provide for suppression techniques for the mug work and some plan to revegetate the area or at the very least a plan to protect emerging native Native species the majority of Park users have spoken clearly that having huge Open Fields and sight lines makes the park more dangerous and more difficult for people to control their dogs neither Scott or Andy are certified dog behaviorists and their opinion on this topic frankly should be irrelevant mowing down the park may be quick and easy for them but the community's needs should take precedence this latest clear cutting at the park with no plan for veget revegetation has been a slap in the face to every Community member
028who attended meetings and spoke up over the last year people know they've been ignored and lied to my advice to this board would be to update the parks management plan and start to remedy this unmitigated disaster as soon as possible thank you thank you Carol is there anyone else here that would like to address the board Matthew has anyone called in we no we have no callers okay so I'll say it one more time does anyone else want to speak during public portion okay so we're going to move on to resolutions thank you madam supervisor start with resolution 2025 428 this is for Warrant approval uh on warrant number 3B uh in the amount of 1, 7762 and 84217 58 supervisor is hereby directed to pay the same second all in favor I uh 429
029is to amend resolution 2025 358 the fee schedule for the town of East Hampton land for there was a typo that listed commercial brush is $45 per trip it should in fact be $45 per yard second all in favor I 4:30 is to list appointment from provisional to account clerk for Eileen hair be it resolved that e hair be appointed to position of account Clerk and the human services department at no change in alley rate or budget account effective retroactive to March 10th 2025 second all in favor I 431 is to um renew the annual maintenance contract for precisely map info be it resolve the town supervisor is hereby authorized to execute the agreement with precisely for software licensing support and maintenance of the town's geographical information map info Legacy software for the period May
03031st 2025 through May 30th 2026 at a cost not to exceed $1,390 second all in favor I 432 is to authorize an agreement with ezri The Arc GIS desktop system uh this an ongoing maintenance uh the resolve the supervisor is hereby authorized to execute the ezri quotation for the payment to e in the amount of $2,446 64 the above Services uh May 23rd 2026 uh payment you made uh in the amount of $1,957 31 and in the amount of $489.33 second all in favor I 433 is a notice to biders for bid eh25 013 uh this pertains to the lean to uh structure at the sanitation department um a pre-bid meeting will be held 1 p.m. on Wednesday 9th of April 2025 at the sanitation department 260 Springs fireplace Road eastampton specifications for this are
031available from the F purchasing department can email purchasing at ampton n.gov between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 400 p.m. each proposal must be submitted in a clearly marked envelope stating sanitation bulk storage pre-engineered lean to with B number e253 bid should be received uh on said date uh of April 24th 2025 by 3 p.m. town of eastampton reserves the right to wave any informalities and bids received and or reject any or all bids second all in favor I it's my pleasure to offer resolution 2025 434 this is for uh acquisition of 15 Garfield Avenue is the schedule of public hearing and no of public hearing for the cpf acquisition for a real property and amend the 2024 management and stewardship plan the prored owner is uh County of suffk location is 15 Garfield AV
032in mtalk Su County tax map number 300-1 19. z-7 uh sorry 7. z-77 point21 is 46 acres of land the proposed purchase price is $ 5,922 180 the schedule of public hearing is going to be April 3rd 2025 at 6 pm second all in favor I 4:35 is a schedule of public hearing for the 2025 management uh cpf management and stewardship plan this so this was discussed on February 19th uh sorry this plan is dated February 19th and discussed at the March 11 2025 work session and the public hearing for this will be held on April 3rd 2025 at 6m second all in favor I 2025 436 is to appoint to grounds keeper one Javon Thomas uh and that been an hourly rated $243 effective March 24th 2025 second all in favor I I 437
033is a point parttime recreational Aid Louis per Perez uh Luis Perez I apologize hourly rate is $17.85 effective March 20th 2025 second all in favor I or 38 is amend resolution 2025 406 resolve the Michael Fresh's made fza uh mm menance mechanic the in the buildings and grounds Department appointed will be effective March 31st 2025 and no additional changes to hourly rate schedule or budget account second all in favor 439 is an approval of a CD CDL licensed training the authorize employee attendance uh this is pursuant to resolution 2025 254 for the town of Hampton established a program for employees of the town's highway department for commercial driers license training and this approves the here approves the training provided by Victor CDL Services Incorporated from ranell Quintero and Zachary Dam at a cost not to
034exceed $3,000 each for a total of $6,000 second all in favor 440s a notice of biders for eh25 d010 this is the highway department roof replacement bid it's available March 20th 2025 and the bid is due back April 10th 2025 uh there's a pre-bid meeting to be held at 11:00 a.m. on March uh 31st 25 at 258 Springs fireplace Road in East Hampton attendance is strongly suggested but not mandatory any questions please contact the purchasing department at 631 4143 second all in favor I 441 is the notice of bids for Eh 25-11 this is for pumpout take tank monitoring systems the bid is available March 20th 2025 and the bid is due back for April 10th 2025 any questions please contact our purchas department at 63132 4 4183 second all in favor I 442 is
035also a notice of bids this is for eh25 d016 this is for portable toilets uh it's the rental and servicing of the 2025 bid is available March 27th 2025 and the bid is due back April 10th 2025 again please contact the town's purchasing department with any further questions second move for discussion sorry sorry they've just done this one last year I just want to confirm with yourself and Steve that um we will have all the portable bathrooms be ADA Compliant um I know I discussed this with him last year um and he was going to move towards that but as we do that is want to confirm that I can't confirm that with you right now but typically all the uh the bid actually has Portables that are ADA Compliant as you'll see at the
036uh at dish Plains you'll also see it at um uh M skate park and other locations so if those aren't ADA Compliant we can always I think it's if there's one it's it's ada8 compliant if there are multiple at least one is 88 compant I think is the the policy has been so that's this is for a bid not for the policy right so your discussion is on the policy not the bid um just as we go out to bid that stipulation is there for the the adequate requirement of ADA bathrooms so uh that's more of the policy this is just for the bid and yes we will confirm that with with his office I've seconded all in favor 443 is a notice of bids for eh25 d012 this is for Town Hall Plaza waterproofing
037the bid is available March 27th 2025 the bid is due back April 24th 2025 again anyone had uh there's a pre-bid meeting will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday April 9th 2025 at9 panaco Road East Hampton attendance is strongly suggested any anyone has any questions please contact Genie Crow and our purchasing department at 631 324 4183 second all in favor lastly I have resolution 2025 444 this is RFP for 2025 -101 this is a license to utilize agricultural land at the am in amanza The Proposal is available on March 27th 2025 and the proposal is due back on April 17th 2025 again if you have any questions please contact uh uh our purchasing department is 631 324 4183 second all in favor I I have resolution 445 this is the squet determination to classify
038assume Ro uh classify action assume role of lead agency and adopt a neg negative declaration P pursuant to Seca for proposed amendments to chapter 255 zoning and this is whereas the town Board of eastampton considered a proposed local law amending 255 zoning of the East Hampton Town code section 11103 residential districts table of dimensional regulations part one and part two gross floor area single family residence maximum square feet the attent of this amendment is to ensure that chapter 255 of East Hampton Town code aderes to the finding goals and recommendations of the comprehensive plan as it currently exists and with this resolution pertains to the New York State Environmental Quality act um the planning department of town of East Hampton has prepared a short form environmental assessment eaf part one considering the poed zoning Court
039amendments and identified um uh the town uh the eaf identified the proposed coning zoning code amendments as an unlisted action pursuing to squa and whereas the town board has identified no other agency shall act as lead agency and proceed in an uncoordinated review whereas the town board as lead agency has caed to prepare a proposed eaf part two and three be it resolved that the town Board of the town of eastampton finds as follows the town board does hereby classify the action as an unlisted action the Town board here does hereby assume the role of lead agency and proceeds in an un uncoordinated review the town board does hereby adopt the contents and conclusions set forth in the attached eaf part two and part three the supervisor of the town of East Hampton is authorized
040to complete and sign the determination of significance of the eaf part 3 declaring as set forth therein that the action will result in no significant adverse impacts on the environment and the town board does hereby issue this negative declaration second so I need to call a roll call not second not not for the secret part of it I will call for the the adoption I need to call roll call no okay all in favor I resolution 446 is list appointment to director of Code Enforcement from Martin culleton whereas SE County department Human Resources Personnel and civil service has given an examination for director of Code Enforcement certification number listed and Martin culliton is reachable on said list be it resolved that Martin is uh culleton is hereby appointed to the full-time position of director uh
041of of Code Enforcement with the Ordinance Department at the annual salary of 100 and $122,000 for a 40-hour work week effective April 7th 2025 second all in favor I resolution 447 is to establish a leave Bank share time for ordinance of enforcement department employee resolved that the town will establish a leave Bank share time accommodation for Russell young ordinance enforcement officer in the uh ordinance enforcement department beginning payroll period number eight and the leave bank will be monitored and accounted for by the town budget office in coordination with the finance department second all in favor I resolution 448 is payout upon resignation to Kevin Cooper whereas Kevin Cooper has resigned his full-time position as director of Code Enforcement effective February 9th 2025 and audited time records indicate that he has incude vacation time balance and
042acrude Si and personal time balance therefore be resolved that the finance office is authorized to cut a check through payroll from the appropriate budget account uh for uh um vacation time personal sick time pro-rated longevity healthc care optout incentive and dental vision contributions for a gross total of 9,443 22 second all in favor I resolution 449 is community support for Earth hour whereas Earth hour is a moment of unity that brings the world together shines a spotlight on nature loss and the climate crisis and inspires Millions to uh more to act and advocate for Urgent change each year uh we work together to turn a single hour Earth hour into thousands and millions of hours of action for our one shared home that's their mission statement and whereas by resolution 20 uh 2021 329 dated
043March 4th uh 2021 the town Board of the town of East Hampton adopted a climate emergency declaration in a recognition of the urgent need to combat climate change reduce greenhouse gas emissions and initiate climate mobilization to Reser reverse global warming and the ecological crisis therefore be it resolved and I just have one um amendment to this that the town board uh going to insert the word board after town Town Board of East Hampton supports Earth hour and ask for Community Support to shut off all non-essential lights on Saturday March 22nd 2025 from 8:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. second all in favor I resolution uh 440 is adopt local law amending chapter 255 zoning section 25-11-10 three residential districts table of Resident uh dimensional regulations part one and part two gross floor area single family residence
044maximum square foot feet whereas the town board held a public hearing on March 6th to consider a local law entitled the same whereas after considering the proposed local law and the comments received at the time of the hearing the town board believes the adoption of the proposed local law is in the best interest of the Town whereas pursuant to the New York State Environmental Quality review act secra and chapter 128 of Environmental Quality review of the Town board the town board classified the action of as an unlisted action and issued a negative Declaration on March 20th 2025 now therefore be it resolved that the proposed local law is hereby adopted to read as follows and I'm going to skip down to uh findings and objective uh the town Board of the the town of East
045Hampton finds that it has become necessary to assess review and recommend changes to 255 of East Hampton's town code to ensure that it's compliant with the town's comprehensive plan including various plans and studies that were undertaken after the comprehensive plan's adoption in 2005 the intent of this amendment is to ensure that chapter 255 of the East Hampton Town code aderes to the finding goals and recommendations of the comprehensive plan at is at it currently exist and in 255 1110 the changes to the use and dimensional table for all districts and the amendment is as follows gross floor area single family residence maximum square feet will now be 7% of lot area plus500 square feet or 10,000 whichever is less second discussion yeah sure like yeah well first of all I just want to uh say
046that I know everyone's thought a lot about this and worked hard and that everybody's going to vote based on what they truly believe is is best for the town I think that you know the good intentions are important to acknowledge um and I also want to say that I know that I support a GFA reduction and I think most people in town do even those who disagree with this particular legislation uh and I'm I do disagree with this particular legislation based on the fact that it doesn't allow for flexibility within living space uh within a structure that is the same size size as this law does allow so um I made a proposal uh to allow for some flexibility within the same size structure that this allows the same clearing restrictions the exact same pyramid
047laws the exact same setbacks everything's the same except for how you use that space inside the house on uh on smaller Lots um and I just think that by by not allowing that flexibility I'm worried that you know we're not talking about huge houses here um they're they're less than 3,000 or 3,500 square ft um not small but not huge houses and I I I worry that we're going to hurt you know Working Families and working people uh and nobody intends to do that I don't think anybody intends to do it but I think um you know unintentionally that will be the result and so I'm going to be a no vote on this thank you um I just would I to explain my vote for this as well um I do believe that this
048is entirely significant to the town's comprehensive plan um and as I see it the goals you know of that plan are essential you know they Define the essential balance between the use of the land and the term long-term preservation I mean the question I I bring myself to is is this going to bring us close to those goals we've engaged in hours of review and study we've heard a range of perspectives and I want to acknowledge that yes most public comment we have received is in favor of this change um however as someone um whose property would not fit into this G formula I believe it would be hypocritical of me to support it I also wish to acknowledge and contest personally to feedback of the concerns raised with said legislation the potential implications for
049young families abilities to live here the possible knock-on effects in the building real estate related Industries a primary driver of our local economy and the implications of affordability those who could use that space to implement the income renting out extra rooms a main stay of many current local household incomes I also agree with my colleagues comments in the last meeting that allowing a 6,000 foot garage but not comparable living space is somewhat hard to justify one of my primary concerns is that this placees an excessive burden on local families trying to survive out here as opposed to those sorry opposed to targeting the primary driver which I see as the commercialization of our residential zones with all that I absolutely acknowledge that in my time living here the quality of the physical environment has degraded
050and there's more pressure on the land from scientific data I've seen my perspective the vast majority of this is a result of human activity some aspects of this are within our control and I think this resolution s more way for into that category however the primary drive this issue I argue is driven by A system that disproportionately burdens associate environmental costs on future Generations as opposed to those profiting from it today based on our last conversation I believe it's highly likely this resolution will pass my sincere hope is this legislation has the desired impacts of those who brought it forward to reduce commercialization of the neighborhoods and encourage our local builds and Architects to find more sustainable methods of building and slower environmental degradation and that the concerns that I am raising around impacting local
051home Lo and the economy do not I immensely appreciate both the hard work of this committee my colleague council member Rogers and the public feedback we' have had for these reasons I will be abstaining from this vote as us U I stand on my comments on that are on the record from 318 2025 as stated in the last vote the 10,000 square feet u i challenged that in the past but I'm not challenging it here I'll stand on my record from 318 2025 thank you David M Carol if you could please do the roll call abstain I opposed I resolution 2025 451 this is the notice of public hearing for CHF Project funding award grant for eastampton Housing Authority 109 Hampton Street Sag Harbor um a public hearing will be held on March 27th 20
052uh I'm sorry that's the wrong date um a public hearing will be held on April 3rd 2025 at 6m and this is to award $1.5 million to the eastampton Housing Authority for the purposes of acquiring a 4unit building located at 109 Hampton Street Sag Harbor Town of eastampton for community housing purposes second all in favor resolution 452 this is the list appointment from from provisional uh for Community Development program analyst for Joanne Pilgrim there's no change in hourly rate or budget account number this is retroactive to March 14th 2025 and is permanent and postr probationary second all in favor I resolution 453 this is to approve reduction in weekly scheduled hours for Jenny Munoz um her hourly rate is $26.63 and this is effective uh R March 24th 2025 second sorry all in favor I
053res resolution 454 this is to approve use of energy sustainability funding um the town board hereby approves the use of $3,784 as supplemental funding for the purpose for the purchase of a hybrid of hybrid vehicle for housing department I think it's 3,784 yes I'm sorry 3,784 I'm sorry if I misread that second all in favor I resolution 455 this is the authorized payment pass due invoices for Mission Communications Camp hero this is for $774 to Mission Communications LLC for the computer software services at Camp hero pump stations in 2024 sorry Tom that's it second all in favor I resolution 456 uh this is the donation of office space uh to RSVP suffk Town board hereby approves the use of office space at 267 Bluff Road amaganset consisting of approximately 156 square ft by RSVP suffk
054on an as needed basis as a donation to RSVP suffk the town estimated the value of the office space donate donated to be $15 15,834 for 2025 say what RCP stands for yes it stands for retired and Senior volunteer program of suff County thank you second all in favor I resolution 2025 457 is to appoint part-time police officer to East Hampton Town Police Department David Delong at the hourly rate of $30.80 effec of March 30th 2025 second all in favor I 458 is a list appointment from provisional for Deputy Town budget officer Nai Valera ni Valera is hereby appointed to the position of Deputy Town budget office officer with the finance department at no change in hourly rate or budget account retroactive to March 14th and this appointment is permanent in post probationary second all
055in favor I 459 is a list appointment from provision for Town intergovernmental relations coordinator Samantha Klein Samantha Klein is hereby appointed to the position of town intergovernmental relations coordinator with the finance department at no change in hourly rate or budget account number effective retroactive to March 14 2025 this appointment is permanent and pro post probationary second all in favor I 460 approves the contract with the amaganset fire department for Fire Protection and emergency ambulance service for the promised land Fire Protection District for calendar year 25 2025 this is for the 12-month period and Sh amans and Fire District shall be paid the sum of $59,750 second all in favor I 461 is a uniform reimbursement for Public Safety dispatcher Aon Tara in the amount of $121 second all in favor I 46 2 is a
056reimbursement to police officer Patrick Royal for specialized items that will enhance officer Royal's ability to perform unmanned aerial systems drone operations during tactical scenarios in the amount not to exceed $1,000 second all in favor I 463 is to authorize requests to congressionally directed spending and Community Project funding for fiscal year 2026 and these are for eligible projects from the 2025 Capital plan that match the priorities and goals of the funding opportunities I brought this up in my leison report on Tuesday second all in favor I I 464 is the 2025 budget modification for the town attorney we're moving $743 from office equipment to travel conferences and dues in the a fund and $300 from Office expense to travel conferences and dues and the same amount in the B fund second all in favor I 465
057is to amend the town of East Hampton's 401a special pay plan and the 401a special pay play pay plan with us Ben core will be amended to permit dual year contributions from members of the PBA and SOA commencing with year 2025 as the first year of the D dual year contribution where the member will will be retiring in 2026 second all in favor I 466 is to approve the waving of fees for the friends of air in 2025 Monto St Patrick's Day parade and this waves waves the cost for police staff overtime at an estimated total of $35,000 and an estimated total of $155,000 for Mutual Aid costs second all in favor I 467 is to authorize payment of a prior year invoice at the airport and this is to Robinson Aviation Inc in the
058amount of 92,93 68 second all in favor 468 is a pass due invoice for Becker Home Center in the amount of $116.99 from May 2023 and $15.99 from September 2024 second all in favor I 469 is to authorized payment to fight tech for 2024 totaling $632 N17 second all in favor I 470 is to authorize retention of flight tech engineering for the decommissioning of special instrument flight procedures for 2025 in an amount not to exceed $77,000 second all in favor 471 is to authorize employee training for Edward Schnell sponsored by the Association of Public Safety Communications officials and Motorola trunked users group in an amount not to exceed $2,800 second all in favor I and lastly I have ID 32600 it's a reimbursement for personal property damage and this is when members of the eastampton
059Town Police Department responded to an emergency situation there was damage to a garage door and Main entry door uh the re the invoice for the repair is in the amount of $7,500 and Maryanne paluso will be reimbursed that amount second all in favor I so those are all the resolutions we have is there anything anyone needs to bring up before we no so do I have a motion to go into exec session yes I'd like to make a motion to go into executive section SE for contracts and Personnel second all in favor I thank you for joining us tonight