Town Board - Regular Meeting

Please remain standing for a moment of silence. I'd ask that you keep in your thoughts and prayers the brave service men serving our country both here and abroad.

Thank you. Please be seated. Would the clerk call the role? Councilman Monetta here. Councilman Martinez here. Councilman Mcweeny here. Councilman Gregory here. Supervisor Schaer.

And I am here. So all five are present. We have a quorum. Welcome. This is the Wednesday, December 3rd, 2025 meeting of the Bablin Town Board at 3 p.m. If you're here in person or if you're watching us on our YouTube channel live on the 3 at 3 p.m. Meeting is divided up into three sections. First is dedicated to the public hearings. There are three public hearings scheduled for today. Uh the second is dedicated to the agenda. There are agendas on the table up front and the third is the open portion when residents can come forward and address the board in any manner concerning town government or town services that are not on today's agenda. If you're watching us on our YouTube channel at a future date and time, that link that you see there is still live. You can access the agenda, the public hearing schedule, and you can send us a message with a question, comment, or concern. One of us will get back to you. With that, we'll go into the public hearings. And the first public hearing, public hearing to consider amending the code of the town of Babylon, chapter 213, zoning. Article one, definitions. Article 7 A, residence, article 7 A double A residence, article 8 B, residence, and article 9 C residence. I don't have any cards. I'll take a motion from Councilman Metta, second by Councilman Martinez. Close and reserve. All those in favor?

Opposed? Hearing is closed. Decision reserve. Second public hearing is public hearing on the application of RJP Solutions Corp. Planning board job 25-18 AE for the premises identified as Suffach County Tax number 100-209-3-8 located on the north side of Route 109 830 ft west of Glenda Drive West Babylon for the applicant.

Good evening, Mr. Supervisor, members of the board. For the record, Nicole Bland. I'm an attorney at Bazelle Bllanda Viscanti with offices at 535 Broadwell Road in Melville. Uh this is an application to change the zone from uh res A to senior citizen apartments. We're seeking to have nine onebedrooms. We meet the density, we meet the parking. Um there's several other multi-res projects in this area including Manor Park, um Southshore Villas, a mixture of senior citizen and u non-agger restricted multiple residences. Um, this board might remember we were here about a year ago to reszone it to industrial, but when the owner looked into um, renting it out, there was really not much interest in industrial on that corridor. So, we do feel this would be a better use of the property and overall a positive upgrade. Um, if the board has any questions, I'm happy to answer.

Any questions? Thank you. Any cards? No cards. Okay. Anyone wishing to address the board on this hearing? Seeing none, I'll take a motion to close and reserve by Councilman Martinez. Second by Councilman McWeeny. All those in favor opposed. Hearing is closed. Reserve. Third public hearing is public hearing on the question of lifting covenants and restrictions for planning board job 25-54 DEA. Uh I'm sorry DIA Street Properties, Inc. Mr. Glass.

Good to see you, Mr. Supervisor. Members of the board, um in two minutes or less, I I know you're familiar with the subject matter here. Um there's a letter that also fully explains it. This is uh these are two duplexes side by side on Teddy Place in West Babylon right off the Sunrise Highway Service Road. Um we're here asking relief from the owner occupancy um requirement of in connection with the covenant restrictions that are applied to the property. The zone residency two family uses permitted as of right in the zone. I have no idea why at some point historically they impose these CNRs, but I do know that they've never been occupied that way. Um there are two duplexes for years they were sober houses. Um and when they were sober houses run by a company called Destiny Village, a not for-profit um they were wreaking u havoc in the community resulting in multiple litigations. Um yeah, mildly havoc. Um the owners came to me saying they wanted someone that could come in and sort of get control of the situation and restore them to to family use. I looked at the properties saw that they um had this covenant. Um and when we had discussions with the town about you know sort of mitigating this problem um they had to include relief in the covenant. Um so uh we basically took over the management.

So can I just say and save you saved the day. He has stuck with this. He has jumped through hoops in order to accomplish this and we're we're very grateful. That will conclude my presentation today. There you go. [laughter] Very grateful. Thank you. Good to see you all. You too. Thank you. Um you don't have any cards, right? Anybody wishing to address the board?

No. Okay. So, I take a motion from Councilman McWeeny, second by Councilman Gregory to close and reserve. All those in favor? Opposed? Hearing closed the city reserve. That's it for the public hearings. We'll go to the resolutions. Uh don't have any cards. So I'll uh take a motion on the consensus resolution agenda. Are there any items that need to be removed? Seeing none, take a motion. I offer the consensus resolution agenda. Second. All those in favor? Opposed? Consensus resolution agenda is adopted as listed. Today's resolutions, resolution 807. For resolution 807. All in favor? opposed. Resolutions approve. Resolution 808. Resolution 808. Second. Would the clerk call the role? Councilman Monetta. Yes. Councilman Martinez. Yes. Councilman Mcweeny.

Yes. Councilman Gregory. Yes. Supervisor Sha. Yes. Resolution's approved. Five votes in favor. Zero opposed. Resolution 809. Resolution 809. I make a motion to table this resolution to January 5th, 2026 board meeting. Second that. All those in favor of the tableing. Opposed. Resolutions tabled to January 5th at 3 pm. Resolution 810. I offer to table resolution 810 to the regular meeting on January 5th at 3 p.m. Second. All in favor? Opposed? Resolutions tabled to January 5th at 3 p.m. Resolution 811. Hello for resolution 811. Second. All in favor? Resolution's approved. Resolution 812. Resolution 812. Second.

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Opposed? Resolution is approved. That is it for the resolutions. During the open portion, I'm going to add and hand up to the clerk two submissions from Anthony Minion of 886 County Line Road, Amnyville, um dated December 3rd, 2025. Correspondence that is attached and we'll include that as part of the open portion. Is anyone wishing to address the board during the open portion? Oh, you're here. Excellent. So during the open portion um why don't we all come down here?

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So, on that note, um I don't have any other cards. Anyone wishes to speak? Seeing none, I'll take a motion to adjurnn from Councilman Menz, second by Councilman Martinez. All those in favor? I