Remarks by Amber Brach-Williams
127 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 5 of 6
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“And our last public hearing for the night.”
Town Board · Sep 21, 2026
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“We have some correspondence received on this. I'll ask if you'd like to present it, or if you would like your letter read into the record.”
Town Board · Sep 21, 2026
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“Right? That's that's what I was thinking.”
Town Board · Sep 21, 2026
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“Thank you. I open this up to the public.”
Town Board · Sep 21, 2026
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“Yeah, that's fine. I do have a question for you. I want you to clarify something because in your example where you're in the near shore overlay and you just put in three trees because you want to block a new shed you said that you need a full-blown system yes but that wasn't our intention so if it's being interpreted that way i want to make sure it's corrected because the thought was that for something like that to be able to use drip irrigation you wouldn't have to have a full-blown system you could have drip irrigation with a clock it doesn't say that because that was the intention of it so…”
Town Board · Sep 21, 2026
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“Right. Well, and so if I go to the drip irrigation section of the code, it's 82-9 for people who are following along. The section C, So it says specifically drip irrigation system shall be used for non-turp irrigation to establish planting. So I would assume that would be like the tree example. And then we go to see, and it says in the near shore peninsula overlay, a drip system shall require an irrigation permit and meet the following additional standards. And that's like the master valve, a time clock, a rain sensor and a check. So that's what you're considering a full system.”
Town Board · Sep 21, 2026
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“Right. Which aspect of this is telling you you have to tap into, like, that you have to...”
Town Board · Sep 21, 2026
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“So you're saying it's the hose bib outside. You're saying now this has to be plumbed because the rain sensor requires...”
Town Board · Sep 21, 2026
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“Right. So you'd be eliminating the rain sensor, the master valve, I'm assuming?”
Town Board · Sep 21, 2026
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“It's the hose bit. Right. That's what I was thinking. OK. And then the check valve is something you can . So it's just the rain sensor because the time clock is whether it's temporary or. So it's really the rain sensor that you want to eliminate. And well, the meter is through the house if there's metering.”
Town Board · Sep 21, 2026
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“So the only thing that wouldn't work in line is the rain sensor.”
Town Board · Sep 21, 2026
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“Yeah. She'll be equipped with a master valve, which I thought was the hose bit, the time clock, which you can attach, the rain sensor, which is the question mark, a check valve, and a water meter.”
Town Board · Sep 21, 2026
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“Right. It's just the rain sensor that's problematic. Right? Correct. I just want to make sure.”
Town Board · Sep 21, 2026
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“Right. So your recommendation is somehow we should make it scalable depending on the size of the project.”
Town Board · Sep 21, 2026
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“You know, if you have like a full overhaul of someone's lawn and they're putting an extensive plan.”
Town Board · Sep 21, 2026
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“I understand what you're saying, but it's either that or maybe put a dollar amount on it. If you're putting in $500,000 worth of plantings, you need X number of, and I'm just making up numbers, but maybe it's something similar to that.”
Town Board · Sep 21, 2026
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“Yeah, or some footage or something. Okay. That's helpful. Thank you. Because I wasn't sure exactly what was problematic. I didn't want it to I wanted the intention to meet the code.”
Town Board · Sep 21, 2026
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“Thank you. Thank you, Charlie. Anyone else in the physical audience that wishes to speak? Anyone on Zoom? Coming up.”
Town Board · Sep 21, 2026
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“Western Water District, they are looking at the rules and regulations and doing the rewrite on those. They did want to see where this landed, but they are most likely going to continue to have stricter regulations and rules than the code. But this code also prohibits the attachment of an irrigation system to a public water supply. So, it prohibits you hooking up your irrigation to the West neck water district, or to the Heights water district, or to turn Carver's water district. So that is in here.”
Town Board · Sep 21, 2026
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“Yeah, that's why we put it in there. It's in there. We didn't specifically list the water districts because if there are new water districts that show up, we want them to fall under that umbrella.”
Town Board · Sep 21, 2026
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“No, but it's the town code that prohibits you from connecting your irrigation to the West neck water district, the heights or Darren harbors water district.”
Town Board · Sep 21, 2026
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“Okay, what does the board wish to do? Should we. What is this? I would be in favor of closing it and taking the comments and work session. Yes. Yes.”
Town Board · Sep 21, 2026
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“Okay, I will make a motion to close this public hearing. All in favor. Hi. We will now go back into the regular meeting and we have one resolution. Where is Daniel Poulter by Bayshore Drive has petitioned the town of Shelter Island for permission to install a riparian mooring at a location designated as latitude 41. Let me just think about this for a second. I didn't get a chance to look at this, Shelby.”
Town Board · Sep 21, 2026
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“Yes, but do we generally reference the original application coordinates and then we. Award the new coordinates, but that's how we kind of did it.”
Town Board · Sep 21, 2026
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“I mean, I didn't get a chance to talk to you, but I'm just. Every so often this comes up. Just think for a second. I want to just reword this a little.”
Town Board · Sep 21, 2026