Town Board - Regular Meeting

The first thing I have to pledge before we get to correspondence is we have two checks that are being presented today from the Lions Club. The first one is for the Senior Services part. So I'd like to call up Chris Perry, President of the Lions. I'll let you say what you want to say.

It's a lot of money here. But thank you, Amber. When I first joined Alliance, when I retired to become a full-time resident, I was also driving as a volunteer for Finding Chance, the cancer volunteer outfit out of Sag Harbor. And then I got with a lot of the same clients who were part of the Senior Center, so I got involved with the Senior Center. It became a wonderful experience to drive the members of the community that the Senior Center helps. Many of them are alone at home, and we take them to their appointments, whether it's a medical appointment or a specialist they need to see or just shopping, and then to join them and see their faces, the enjoyment that the Senior Center provides for those cherished members of our community. So the lions this year was able to participate, along with the town and purchasing a new vehicle for trends transportation for those members of our Community the town that's. contributed $5,000 from the budget and senior Center foundation 5000 and the lions we had a good year which i'll explain later but. For the seniors, so. Yeah.

Okay, present this.

Okay. Get a big enough wallet, please. I'm sorry. That's for a second.

Don't worry. Okay.

This type of community generosity that really does help when working on budgets and in tax time. So thank you so much. The second check is for, again, from the Lions, and this one is for the American Legion Mitchell Post, which the town owns the building, but the Mitchell Post has the lease to use the downstairs, and they are working on renovation work. So I'll let you come up and continue with that.

So as I mentioned, the Lions had a very good year. It was our 75th anniversary. So we had a lot of special events and particularly unique events for celebrating that. And the community was very supportive. So all of the Lions volunteers and through the generosity of the members of the community, we've had an excellent year. And the board, our Lions board, talked to our Lions Foundation and we saw that would be the most effective use of dispersing some of those funds. And the Legion was nominated and it got an overwhelming response. The American Legion, of course, it serves the veterans but also, as in many towns, it's a major part of, as an alliance, of the community. Members of the Legion are great supporters of the community and they have the epitome of the essence of small-town America, and the fact that the Legion is a gathering place for so many of the members of the community throughout the year, especially in those cold, cold winters, and that it needed some work, and perhaps beyond what we're able to contribute here, but it's really a privilege and very special. contribution of $50,000 for the initial renovation of the kitchen to keep the Legion facility going for all of your events and for the intensity of the community. So it's a way of the Lions saying thank you to the Legion.

I was going to say if the Legion members could come forward, please.

Sure.

Thank you. Yes.

I just want to say thank you to the lions. Uh, like Mr said, this money is going directly back into the region. My officers and myself, we came up with a 10 year plan. Um, year 1, which takes in the bathrooms year 2 was. between the kitchen. And after that, we're going to be working on the bar area and eventually the bowling alley. So this money is already pretty much spent. So thank you. The Legion, like you said, it's not just for veterans, it's for the community. We rent out the Legion Hall for multiple parties, community events. So the new kitchen is going to help children as well. So thank you, everybody.

I think the minds and the nature members were going to do those. I just wanted to talk to you. Give them a chance to get resettled. Shelby, any correspondence?

We just received 1 letter of resignation for Kim Riley in the building department.

Do we have any public questions or comments on resolutions that were not subject to a public hearing?

sign up can you tell us which resolution you're referring to sure um there are four matters in front of the board the this evening that all of them are uh are going to be public uh uh events uh there's the wage each event and there's going to be the uh ryan anderson's going to have a plan of aid and a family event and then there's the 10k and what's the fourth one uh there's one more on there for today chamber of commerce arts and crafts and so all of those events are regulated under the town's outdoor assembly permit process which is chapter 33 And so I just had a question about those. They're all going to have large crowds. They're all going to have amplified, or two of them are going to have amplified music, and they're looking for an exemption from that. And I was just curious about that code requirement. I have a friend, he's a Mexican-American. He came out and he painted my decks this week, and his mom, It's dying, and he's afraid to travel back to Mexico because of all the shit going on in this country. He's worried about equal treatment. He's completely legalized America. He's literally afraid about getting back into the country, getting locked up. And so it got me to thinking about equal treatment. So we've got these events and all these people are required to go through this process, but he's not. I don't want to. I certainly don't want to minimize his plight and trying to analogize it to what's going on with these events, but everybody is required to go through all sorts of permit applications inside of this town and Sylvester Manor is holding a large illegal event on April 27th. I realize they're not on the agenda. The question is here about equal treatment. They're holding a large event. 500 people, 250 cars, DJ, dance floor, all of these things and they've never gotten for resolutions. No, I understand. I can't discuss something. Are you going to put something?

I'm going to ask Shelby to put in a legal event on the agenda for the next meeting, but what you're discussing would be would come under the general comments section. Like, it's just specifically if you have a question about my questions about process.

Does that law apply to everybody? Should that law apply to everybody in the town equally? Should everybody who's going to have a large event, Finally, if we have to be childish about it, then I will. We'll talk about an anonymous entity. If an anonymous entity wanted to have a 500 person event with amplified music, serve alcohol, park 250 cars on 114, would that anonymous entity have to get a permit?

These are using town property.

For their events, the code applies to both public and private property.

Anybody who's doing something if they're asked if they're using town property. Or something like it will get reviewed. There is a subcommittee that reviews applications as they come in. To see whether or not they fit. So if someone's having a wedding on the property that they're keeping everything self contained, most likely will not require. the outdoor assembly permit.

With a 500 person event with 250 cars that exits out to 114, do you think that might require some public review?

If they require town resources.

Does that not require town resources? Do you think the police department would be notified, like they're notified inside of all of these?

We're only on these resolutions.

I'm asking you, I'm trying to find out about equal treatment.

These four required it, so they were treated equally. So, that's if you wish to discuss service, you can talk at the end of this meeting, or you can come to the work session tomorrow.

It's not going to be on the agenda. I can't talk about something that's not on the agenda. I can bring it up all day long. Are we going to bring up the background allowing an illegal event?

The public comment section allows you to bring up whatever topic you want as long as it's not something that's subject to a public hearing. But this is this is right now we just want to ask questions about the resolutions that we were about to go through and then continue on with the business that the board has to conduct. There is a section for public comment at the end of the day.

I want to let the community know that we do have an opportunity here to stop this illegal event. I posted a sample of a temporary restraining order that the town could file against this organization from having this legal event. It's on my website at shelter island dot com. You can go there and you can download it. We do have options here. You are undermining people's faith in government when you allow events like that to take place. You know it's illegal, Amber. You know they shouldn't be having it. You know it's dangerous. You know people are going to be coming in and out of there. They're going to be drinking for four hours straight, and they're going to come out, and they're going to run around our island after they've been drinking Wolfer Pink alcohol all night. And it's dangerous, and it's unsafe, and it's unequal treatment, and you shouldn't be doing it, Amber. And you know that's the truth. i've confronted you on this before you are effectively lying this entire board is effectively lying to this community by not taking enforcement action against the best mannered educational department you treat them with bias thank you um just looking over the list um some of you were on for

um a question about one of the resolutions and that would be the beach you know presidency yes so um hi everyone it's stella lagutis from michelle valentine's property owners court and um look i recognize that the wetlands permit and the special permit is probably court mandated and that you will have to just go with it so just want to make a couple of quick comments on behalf of the water district where this property is located h2m is the engineering firm that we that represents the heights and they built a hydraulic model in 2024 to look at the demand that would be coming from an 11 bedroom home that's over 11 000 square feet and what they did was they wrote us a letter and they said listen you can do domestic water that's fine you can supply the domestic water but the way that the fire suppression system was designed in the home we're not going to you're not going to be able to provide water for that capacity need So we shared that letter with the applicant. We shared the letter with the planning board at the time. And one of the things that had happened is that the applicant, when they submitted to the Department of Health, they actually submitted based on the fact that they thought that there was a 12 inch main there, which is pretty big main. There isn't a 12 inch main. They never consulted with us. There's a six inch main and that six inch main is on a dead end, which makes it even less able to support the fire suppression needs. So now on top of the fact that there is the house that is before us to be built with this huge demand for water, in parallel, while the legal issues were being addressed, a subdivision was proposed. And that subdivision, there was a sketch plan that was approved by the planning board. And tomorrow is the big day when their planning board was supposed to see what the final plot look like. And we have not heard anything from the applicant with respect to water demand and how we can work on this together. So want to just say for the record that this is a problem for the Heights Water District and that we believe that the town and the planning board and the Heights perhaps we can work together to, and the applicant, which is the main piece here, we should work together in order to get us all aligned because you can issue as many permits as you need to. But at the end of the day, the Heights will not be supplying a water availability letter. We won't be supplying a tap letter. We won't be able to give the water that is requested unless either the project shrinks or There's a change that is made to our water system, which we're happy to go through, but we're not happy to pay for because we believe that this demand is not normal demand with an 11,000 square foot house. So we've had many times at the planning board where the applicant's attorney said that we're talking to the heights or we'll reach out to the heights and we've heard zero. So just wanted to make that known for the record and totally understand that you've got to do what you've got to do. So, thank you. Thank you.

Just a comment. The planning board is a separate for the public. It is a separate board from the town board and we don't have. Other than appointing their members, we don't have sway over them. We don't, we can't tell them what to do. So just it is an unusual situation for local municipalities both here and anywhere. Any other comments on resolutions?

Okay, let's get started. Whereas, pursuant to Shelter Island Town Code Section 109, Stars Cafe at White Oak, Foreman Waring Road, Epic County Tax Act 700-15-3-1.2 has submitted a site plan review application to convert a wine-pacing business to a coffee and prepackaged goods retail shop. Now, therefore, be it resolved that the Town Board hereby calls for a public hearing to be held at 6 p.m. or soon thereafter prevailing time on the 29th day of June 2026 in the Shelter Island Town Hall, Shelter Island, New York for all interested persons to be heard in favor and opposition to the proposed application.

So moved. Seconded. All in favor? Motion carried. Whereas Marco Norland of 57 Diner Rock Road has petitioned the Town of Shelter Island for permission to install a mooring at a location designated as Latitude 41.10308 North and Longitude 72.33856 West. Now therefore be it resolved that pursuant to Section 90-5 of the Town Code of the Town of Shelter Island A public hearing will be held at 6 p.m. or as soon thereafter, prevailing time on the 29th day of June 2026 in the Shelter Island Town Hall, Shelter Island, New York, for all interested persons to be heard in favor of or in opposition to the proposed installation. So moved. Second. All in favor? Aye. Motion carried. Whereas Mark Gibson, one year behind Wayne, has petitioned the Town of Shelter Island for permission to install a mooring at a location designated as latitude 41.08831 degrees north and longitude and the 72.322, 79 degrees west. Now, therefore, be it resolved that pursuant to section 90-5 of the Town Code of the Town of Shelter Island, a public hearing will be held at 6 p.m. or as soon thereafter, prevailing time on the 29th day of June, 2026, in the Shelter Island Town Hall of Shelter Island, New York, for all interested persons to be heard in favor of or in opposition to the proposed installation.

So moved. Second.

All in favor? Aye. Motion carried.

Whereas Robert Waldbauer, 6th Community Drive, has petitioned the Town of Shelter Island for permission to install mooring at a location designated as latitude 41.0656 2 degrees north and longitude minus 72.36 335 degrees west now therefore be it resolved that pursuant to section 90-5 of the town code of the town of shelter island public hearing will be held at 6 p.m or soon thereafter prevailing time on the 29th day of june 2026 in the shelter island town hall shelter island new york for all interested persons to be heard in favor of or in opposition to the proposed installation so moved second

All in favor? Aye. Motion carried.

Whereas pursuant to Chapter 33 of the Shelter Island Town Code, Shelter Island Run Incorporated, Elite Feats Incorporated has requested permission to hold the 47th annual Shelter Island 10K Run and 5K Run Walk on Saturday, June 20, 2026 from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. with events set up scheduled for June 19, 2026 from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. and event cleanup scheduled for June 21, 2026 from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. And whereas the event is supposed to be held on the ground to the community center, the shelter around school, this field and along designated roads roadways within the town of shelter island. And whereas the applicant has submitted all required application and deposit fees. And whereas pursuant to section 33 dash 2. Section B. Number 2. The town board is determined that the proposed event will benefit the town, and therefore no fees will be required for police and highway services associated with said event. And whereas the applicant has requested an exemption from the noise ordinance, for activities associated with the event and whereas the police highway and ems departments have advised the town board that they are prepared to provide assistance and support for the event consistent with prior years now therefore be a result that the town board does hereby approve that outdoor assembly application submitted by shelter island run incorporated elite feeds incorporated so move second all in favor aye aye motion carries

Whereas, pursuant to Chapter 33 of the Shelter Island Town Code, Tom Hushigan, in collaboration with the Town of Shelter Island Recreation Department, has submitted an application for permission to conduct a Wednesday by the Water at Waves on July 8th and 22nd, 2026, August 5th and 19th, with rain dates of July 15th and 29th, and August 12th and 26th, from 4.30 to 7.30, with events set up beginning at noon and all cleanup completed by 8pm on each event date. And whereas these proposed events are free community gatherings featuring live music and food at Waits Beach, and whereas the applicant has requested an exemption from the noise ordinance for the activities associated with the event, and whereas the application has been reviewed by the police department highway department and town board now therefore be it resolved that the town board does hereby approve the outdoor assembly application submitted by tom hashigan for the conduct of wednesday by the water at wade's on the dates and times set forth herein so moved second all in favor motion carried

Or is pursuing chapter 33 of the shelter on town code. Ronald Anderson has submitted an application requesting permission to hold graduation celebration plan. They could wait speech on July 11th, 2026 with events set up beginning after 5 PM on July 10. I'll clean up completed by July 12th, 2026. And where is the applicant has stated that the gathering will be to the West at the bath house. And to the east of the boat storage area, and whereas the applicant has been reviewed by the police department, the highway department, town board now, therefore be resolved. The town board does hereby approve the outdoor assembly application submitted by Ronald Anderson for the graduation celebration. So moved. 2nd, all in favor. Aye. Motion carried. Whereas Chapter 33 of the Shelter Island Town Code, the Shelter Island Chamber of Commerce has submitted an application requesting permission to hold the annual art show and craft fair on the Shelter Island school grounds on August 22nd, 2026 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. with events set up beginning at 6 a.m. and cleanup time ending at 7 30 p.m. Whereas said application has been reviewed by the police department, highway department, and town board. And whereas the public police and highway department has advised the town board that they are prepared to provide assistance and support for the event consistent with prior years and whereas the chamber is also requesting permission to place signage on august 15th in order to promote advertising for the art show and craft fair and to place a banner over route 114 across the street in front of the presbyterian church to advertise the event and whereas the town board police and highway departments have reviewed said request now therefore be it resolved that the town board does hereby approve the outdoor assembly application and signage and banner requests with the conditions that all signage be placed in a manner that does not obstruct the line of sight for motorists to create any roadway safety hazard and that all signage and banner be removed within 24 hours after the event. So moved.

Second.

All in favor? Aye.

Motion carried. Whereas Jonathan Bang from the New York Times, 242 West 41st Street, New York, 1036, has requested a filming permit for June 15th, 2026 for permission to film at the end of Peconic Avenue at Crab Creek during low tide. And whereas the $500 minor filming application fee has been received. And whereas the filming crew consists of seven persons and two standard passenger vehicles. And whereas said application, has been reviewed by the police department highway department and town board now therefore be it resolved that the town clerk is hereby authorized and directed issued the aforementioned filming permit upon receipt of the following fees one day minor filming fee one thousand dollars and refundable cleanup deposit one thousand dollars so moved second all in favor aye motion carried

Whereas Sean Davey on behalf of the Water Advisory Committee has requested permission to place 12 lawn signs around the island to promote their Know Your Water campaign and encourage homeowners who have their wells tested. And whereas the request is to place signage on July 21, 2026, to stay in place for two weeks and whereas the town board discussed the request at the june 2nd 2026 work session and therefore be resolved that the town board hereby approves that request with the conditions that all signs be placed in a manner that does not obstruct line of sight for motorists or create any roadway safety hazards and that all signs be removed by august 5 2026. so move second all in favor

Whereas, Crescent Beach LLC 11 Serpentine Drive, Suffolk County Tax Act 700-14-1-11.1 has petitioned the Town of Shelter Island for a wetlands permit to build a proposed access driveway located 64 feet from the wetlands and clearing of approximately 7,350 square feet within 100 feet of the regulated area and for a special permit for construction of a residential structure over 5,999 square feet specifically a new single family residence 11,975 and a pool house 175 with the total square footage of 12,150. And whereas a letter of denial was issued by the Town of Shelter Highland Building Department on June 3rd, 2020, and whereas pursuant to the New York State Environmental Quality Review Act, project is a type two action and does not require coordination with any other involved agencies and whereas by an order dated august 28 2023 honorable c stephen hackling ordered the town of shelter island to issue a wetlands permit and special permit for this project matter of crescent beach llc versus the shelter island town board index number 615-067-2023 and affirmed by the appellate division second department by decision and order dated December 10th, 2025. now therefore be it resolved that the town board hereby approves the issuance of a wetlands permit for the proposed access driveway and clearing of approximately 7,350 square feet within 100 feet of the regulated area at 11 Serpentine drive and a special permit for the residents. Greater than 5,999 square feet in accordance with the proposed site plan prepared by F. Michael hammer. Lspc dated March 24, 2020. 17 and last revised november 9 2020 11 serpentine drive prepared by robert a.m stern architects last revised january 12 2022 and revegetation plan prepared by hollander landscape architect last revised july 15 2021 on the following conditions one all construction shall be in full compliance with the proposed site plan prepared by F. Michael Hemmer, LSPC, dated March 24, 2017, and last revised November 9, 2022. Any work or disturbance in storage of construction materials shall be confined to the limit of Clearing or ground disturbance shown on the approved plans. Three, construction procedures and erosion controls, including the anchored installation and maintenance of silt fences during all stages of construction shall be required and be designed to prevent any runoff from disturbed ground into wetland areas. Four, soil disturbance should be minimized where possible. Five, an automatic pool cover shall be installed in connection with the subject pool. Six, the construction site must be cleared of all trash and debris on an ongoing basis with a minimum of once per week. Seven, all construction materials and equipment shall be staged outside the 100 foot regulated area. 8 parking of all construction and delivery vehicles shall be on the property to the extent reasonably possible. 9 no public street or private or private right of way may be obstructed or impaired during construction. 10 applicant must repair any damage to any adjacent public road or street caused by construction vehicles to the satisfaction of the town highway superintendent. Project manager shall post a sign on the site with his cell phone number and shall address in a timely fashion neighbor concerns regarding litter control, parking, noise, roads conditions, and other impacts caused by the project. 12, noise controls shall be pursuant to the town code. 13, applicant shall install dark side sky compliant lighting pursuant to Town Code and all outdoor lighting. 14, the location of mitigation measures shall be examined by the building department prior to the start of work and periodically thereafter. 15, if not connected to a public water system, the water well shall include a low flow pump, five gallons per minute with the appropriate holding tank. 16, this permit shall only be valid for construction commencing within two years on the date of approval. 17, the building inspector may halt construction for a violation of any of these restrictions or of the unified code. 18, upon completion of the work approved under this permit, along with the completion of any applicable conditions, the applicant must call for a final inspection and receive a written certificate of compliance from the building inspector. So moved. Second. discussion.

We did hear what the heights had to say. However, this has been ordered by the court and the only we were able to do was impose our normal restrictions. So we reviewed those. That's this list. I guess.

No more restrictions include water supply?

Well, that's what we have in here. If not connected to a public water system, then a low flow problem.

OK. Yeah.

Great. There's no further discussion. All in favor?

Aye.

Motion carried. Whereas pursuant to resolution 2026 to 43, the town board appointed the human right lot to serve as the attention attended for the year 2026 and rate 21 dollars per hour. Now, therefore, be resolved at an hourly rate correction to 22 dollars per hour by approved. 2nd, all in favor. Aye. Motion carried. whereas pursuant to resolution 2026-28 the town board appointed john mahoney to serve as part-time marine patrol officer for the year of 2026 at the rate of 36 dollars per hour now therefore be it resolved that an hourly rate correction to 37 dollars per hour is hereby approved so moved second all in favor

Resolved that Hayden is hereby pointed to serve as traffic control officer for the year 2026 to be paid at a rate of 22 hours per hour. Retroactive to May 15th, 2026. so moved.

Second.

All in favor? Aye. Motion carried.

Resolved that Nathan Cronin is hereby appointed to serve as traffic control officer for the year 2026 to be paid at the rate of $20 per hour, retroactive to May 21, 2026. So moved.

Second. All in favor? Aye. Motion carried. It's all that Patrick Redaire is hereby appointed to serve as a lifeguard for the year 2026 to be paid at a rate of $26 per hour. So moved. Second. All in favor? Aye. Motion carried.

Resolved that Elsie Mae Brigham is hereby appointed to serve as a lifeguard for the year 2026 to be paid at a rate of $26 per hour. So moved. Second. All in favor? Aye. Motion carried. Resolved that Lila Pitzer is hereby appointed to serve as a lifeguard for the year 2026 to be paid at a rate of 25 dollars and 50 cents per hour. So moved. 2nd, all in favor. Aye. Motion carried.

Resolved that Samantha McDonald is hereby appointed to serve as a lifeguard. For the year 2026 to be paid at a rate of 25 dollars per hour. So moved.

2nd, all in favor. Aye.

Resolved that Noah Schlesinger is hereby appointed to serve as a lifeguard for the year 2026 to be paid at the rate of.

25 to deeper out so move second all in favor motion carried resolve that judson mccann is hereby appointed to serve as a lifeguard for the year 2026 to be paid at the rate of 25.50 per hour so moved second all in favor aye Mission carried.

Resolved that Mia Fleming Bakari is hereby appointed to serve as a lifeguard for the year 2026 to be paid at a rate of $25 per hour. So moved. Second. All in favor? Aye. Motion carried. Resolved that Lily Brigham is hereby appointed to serve as a lifeguard for the year 2026 to be paid at a rate of $24.50 per hour. So moved.

Second.

All in favor? Aye.

Resolved that Maeve Egan is hereby appointed to serve as a lifeguard for the year 2026 to be paid at a rate of $25 per hour. So moved.

Second.

All in favor? Aye.

Motion carries. Resolved that Kaitlyn Surzynski is hereby appointed to serve as a lifeguard for the year 2026 to be paid at a rate of $25 per hour. So moved.

2nd, all in favor is all that for me, the soul is hereby appointed to serve as a lifeguard for the year 2026 to be paid at the rate of 25 dollars per hour. So move 2nd, I'll paper. I have. There's all that.

No, Lowell is here by appointed service from instructor for the year 2026 to be paid at a rate of 30 dollars per hour. So move. 2nd, all in favor. Aye. Aye. Motion carried. Resolved that Judith McMansky is hereby appointed to serve as provisional part time senior office assistant to the police department for 24 hours per week at a rate of $34 per hour retroactive to May 28, 2026 and as temporary part time assessor for 6 hours per week at a rate of $48.15 per hour. So moved. Second. All in favor? Aye. Motion carried.

Whereas the town of Shelter Island is committed to promoting physical activity, a new socialization through the provision of accessible playgrounds that are open to the public and whereas the town of Shelter Island community uh currently has two public playgrounds available for use by the general public including a parade playground on the grounds of the shelter island school district for children ages six and up and the top bot at school street and whereas a condition whereas conditions assessment prepared by the town of shelter island engineer and department of public works finds that the top lot on school street is 28 years old and in the tier in deteriorated condition contains playground equipment designed for two to eight year olds black accessibility and universal design elements to accommodate children with neurodivergent needs Physical disabilities, and whereas the town shelter island has entered into at least agreement with the town. of Shelter Island School District governing the town's role in maintaining and improving the top lot with the term essentially extending to April 30th, 2041. And whereas the town of Shelter Island has engaged in ongoing discussions with the Shelter Island community regarding the need for a playground that offers universal design elements for children ages 2 through 8. And whereas the town of Shelter Island has prepared A conceptual design and cost estimate for redevelopment and expansion of the hot pot on school street that will provide a playground for children ages 2 through 8 design. So that children with neuro divergent needs, physical disabilities and typical developing children can play alongside 1 another. And whereas. The total cost of a major playground redevelopment and expansion project to include playground equipment and safety servicing is estimated at 455,215 dollars and 50 cents. And whereas the town of Shelter Island hereby requests financial assistance from the Places of Learning, Activity and Youth Socialization Initiative overseen by the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. and administered by the dormitory authority of the state of new york and whereas the town of shelter island certifies that it has identified ninety one thousand forty three dollars and ten cents of matching funds from town capital funds representing twenty percent of estimated project costs now therefore be it resolved that the town of shelter island hereby authorizes town supervisor amber brock williams or her designee to act on its behalf in submittal of an application to the New York Plays Initiative for $364,172.40, representing 80% of the estimated project costs for the top lot major redevelopment and expansion project. So moved. Second.

All in favor? Aye. Motion carried.

Resolved that the supervisor is hereby authorized to sign the letter of permission granting Cornell Cooperative Extension Marine Program staff permission to assess underwater land. So moved.

Seconds?

All in favor? Aye. Motion carried.

Resolved that the supervisor is hereby authorized and directed to execute an agreement between the Town of Shelter Island and Phil Siegel for services as the attorney to the Board of Ethic to be paid on a per diem basis pursuant to the terms of such agreement. So moved. Second. All in favor?

Aye.

Motion carried.

Resolved that the supervisor is hereby authorized and directed to execute the contract between the Town of Shelter Island and Yes. Solitude perhaps for the harvesting of undesirable and harmful aquatic vegetation of fresh pond and be it further resolved that said project is not to exceed $15,000 and that said cost shall be reimbursed to the Town of Shelter Island from the Fresh Pond Neighbors Association as stated in our letter of commitment. So moved. Second. All in favor? Aye. It's also the top board of the town shop around this year by approve the service agreement award program list of 2025 volunteer ambulance workers of the shelter island volunteer and be a further result that the town clerk is hereby authorized and directed to execute a certified copy of this resolution and forward it to the director with the certified list for the required posting.

So moved.

2nd, all in favor aye motion carries.

Whereas the superintendent of highways has requested permission to purchase a new Hyundai HL955 wheel loader with four in one bucket. And whereas the superintendent wishes to expand the total sum of $238,120. $26.60 from the Highway Capital Reserve Fund for said equipment with a repayment period of four years at $65,766.67 per year. And whereas the Shelter Island Town Board hereby authorizes Supervisor Amber Brock-Williams and our Highway Superintendent Ken Lewis to execute an agreement With long island equipment for the purchase and. Acquisition of the Hyundai will loader pursuant to the terms and conditions of the accepted contract. And whereas the equipment exceeds the period of. Probable usefulness as defined in local finance law section 11. Making the withdrawal from the highway capital reserve fund subject to permissive referendum pursuant to. General municipal law section. 6-C-4. Now, therefore, be it resolved that the Town Board hereby approves the aforementioned withdrawal from the Highway Capital Reserve Fund for said purchase not to exceed the total of $238,126.60 and be it further resolved that within 10 days after the adoption of this resolution by the town board, the town clerk shall, as set forth in town law section 90, post and publish A notice, which shall set forth the adoption of this resolution and contain an abstract of this resolution, stating the purchase. In effect thereof, and such notice shall specify that such resolution was adopted subject. To a permissive referendum upon which approval. And be it further resolved that this resolution is adopted subject to a permissive referendum pursuant to general municipal law section 60 and shall not take effect until 30 days from the date of publication in the official newspaper of the tab.

Some second favor motion carried.

Resolved that the supervisor is hereby authorized and directed to expend the sum of $9,747.60 from the 2026 A3120-491 Police Department Contract Expenditure Code to Axon Enterprise P.O. Box 29661, Department 2018, Phoenix, Arizona, 85038-9661. for 10 TASER certifications and a two-day TASER instructor-led course. So moved.

Second.

All in favor? Aye. Second. Carried.

Resolved that the supervisor is hereby authorized and directed to extend the sum of $1,035.50 from the B3620.491 building department contracts expenditure code and $1,035 and 50 cents from the B8010.491 Zoning Department Contracts Expenditure Code to the ICC Community Development Solutions PO Box 772511 Detroit, Michigan 48277-2511 for the annual support of municity. So moved. Second. All in favor?

Aye. Motion carries. We resolve that the supervisor is hereby authorized and directed to deposit the donation funds received from the Shelter Ambulance Foundation in the amount of $40,000 to the EMS Capital and Reserve Fund for the year of 2026. So moved. Second. All in favor?

Aye. Motion carries.

There's all the supervisors hereby authorized and directed to deposit the sum of 2280 dollars from the shelter on the ambulance foundation. And if the following 2026 budget modification is hereby approved. 2280 dollar increase to the a 2,705, a ambulance donations and a 2280 dollar increase to the a 4540.409 is the MS uniform and equipment allowance. So moved. 2nd, all in favor. I can carry.

Resolved the following 2026 budget transfers hereby approve 500 dollars from a 111. 0.409 justice court travel 215 dollars and 74 cents from a 1110.496 justice court association of towns and 2000 dollars from a 1110. that point 106 part-time justice court clerk to a1110.410 justice court interpreter to cover the anticipated increase in interpretive services services for 2026 so moved second all in favor aye all right motion carries resolved that the following 2025 budget transfers are hereby approved

$132 for me.

There's like 16 pages of 2025. So they're on file online and also in the town clerk's office for anyone who wishes to see them. They can turn to page 38. Second.

So, I was actually going to just understand there's just so much in here. I just didn't have time to. Go through them, and I know you said that we, you can share the. Budget transfers going forward, it's just so much.

So, we've got 4 yeses and then the extension motion carried.

And then I think it's me on page 38. Yes. All right. Resolved with the budget that the following 2025 budget modifications are hereby approved. Are these the same?

These are budget modifications, so we increase. OK. There are only seven of them.

But you can also find them online.

OK. So moved. Second. All in favor? Aye. Motion carried. Results of the 2026 general claims numbered 886 through 1069 in the amount of 163,645 dollars and 92 cents. 2026 highway claims number 85 through 96 in the amount of 27,000 $263.16, 2026 Community Preservation Fund claims numbered 6 through 7 in the amount of $27.19, 2026 Water Quality Improvement Fund claim number 3 in the amount of $19.27, and 2026 West Neck Water Fund claim number 1 in the amount of $60.80 are hereby approved for payment as audited and the supervisor and or any town board member is hereby authorized and directed to sign the aforementioned the approval for payment of the same. So, wait, 2nd, all in favor.

All right.

We will adjourn the regular, the regular meeting and go into public hearings. The 1st, 1 is about application.

Okay. On the 8th, day of June, 2026 at 6 o'clock PM, or as soon thereafter prevailing time on the application of and Jennifer Coughlin. 1 landing lane for permission to remove an existing 3 foot by 16 foot ramp, a 3 foot by 10 foot upland ramp. A 4 foot by 16 foot dock and a 6 foot by 20 foot float. And to construct a 4 foot by 12 foot ramp, a 4 foot by 120 foot fixed pier dock. With a 4 foot by 20 foot L at the end, through a flow decking and to provide water and electric to the dock and to remove invasive bamboo within the property boundary as per plan submitted by coal environmental services. dated March 7, 2024, and revised July 25, 2025. And the applicant, you want me to say what happened? Sure. So the applicant failed to meet the mailing requirement. So for the town code, we just have to adjourn this here. And it's going to be adjourned to July 20. So they can meet the mailing requirement.

Thank you, Shelby. So moving along then. We have another morning application. Yes.

At 6 o'clock PM, or soon thereafter prevailing time on the application of Robert wait for permission to follow state and fully system at a location designated as latitude. 41.052304 degrees north. And longitude 72.317194 degrees West. I didn't print out the.

WMAC report, isn't it?

Yes. OK. Go ahead. The WMAC voted 7-0 to approve the request.

The applicant is here. I don't know, Bert, if you wish to say anything or just give questions if we have any.

So I'll be relinquishing one polling line at David Lloyd Road, getting this one down at South Berry Hills.

That's it.

Does the board have any questions? Any questions on this one? Does anyone in the public have any questions? Anyone on Zoom? All right, we will close that public hearing. That'd be the next morning application.

At 6 o'clock p.m., or soon thereafter, prevailing time on the application of Thomas Hoschagen for permission to install a mooring at a location designated as latitude 41.05163 degrees north and longitude 72.34616 degrees west. The WMAC liaisons? WMAC voted 7-0 to approve this application. Yes.

The applicant is here. Did you want to say anything?

No, thank you. Take the one.

Does anyone on the board have any questions? No. Anyone in the audience? Anyone on Zoom? We will close that public hearing. Our next public hearing, shall we?

At 6 o'clock PM, or sooner after prevailing time on the acquisition of approximately 6.2 acres of vacant land located on Cobbett's Lane for the proposed purchase price. 2.5M plus associated costs, survey title, prorated tax and recording charges to be paid from the community preservation fund.

We have the chair of the CPF committee to be bracing here to. at this proposed acquisition.

Good evening. This is a long sought after acquisition. I'm Jimmy Braxton, chair of the Community Preservation Fund. This is a long sought after acquisition. My first day on CPF when Jim Doherty was still the supervisor, this property was being discussed. Why can't we acquire it? And how do we get Mr. Tenfer to the table? And how do we continue to complete that acquisition in that area?

This board was very successful in correcting the zoning issues that were in the way of this acquisition. So we were able to do it.

With the completion of this, we will have 45 continuous Thank you.

Any questions from the board? Any questions from the public? Anyone on Zoom? And we will close this public hearing. Next up, we have a continuation of the Shelter Island History Museum, the site plan review application. And Caitlin, I see your screen lit up. I think we're awaiting a couple of pieces of information.

Good evening. Do you want me to start? Yes.

Good evening. For the record, Caitlin Kime, PW Grosser, environmental planning consultant to the town board. So our office issued a supplemental memo dated May 21st regarding cultural resources on May 20th. we heard back from tim lloyd of the new york state historic preservation office who advised that while shippa review is not required for this project an opinion from the office of parks recreation and historic preservation is recommended any further review is at the discretion of the town board so our office has no other outstanding comments on this application

We also had received a letter from the town engineer reviewing this site plan. overall the revised site plan presents a balanced and generally appropriate parking solution for proposed museum use although certain subtle dimensions in the yard areas are smaller than typically preferred under conventional parking design standards the limited frequency of peak event utilization the temporary nature of the overflow parking operations and the environmental and aesthetic benefits of maintaining a large pervious and informal parking arrangement support the proposed design approach in the opinion of the town engineer Um, the revised parking and circulation plan is generally acceptable and preferable to development of a substantially larger page and permanently striped parking facility. So, are there any other questions or open items. From this board on the table, any questions from the audience. Anyone on Zoom? OK. Then we will close this public hearing. Next up.

At 6 o'clock PM, or as soon thereafter, prevailing time on the site plan review application for Suffolk County Water Authority on behalf of the West Neck Water District to construct a new wood frame building to house a new granular activated carbon or resin system for PFAS treatment and replacement hydro pneumatic tank with associated drainage.

And presenting on behalf of the town and Suffolk County Water Authority, we have Tim Kilcommons. There you are.

Good evening. Tim Kilcommons, I'm chief engineer of Suffolk County Water. Would you like me to start with just a statement, general statement about the existing conditions of the foundation?

Yes.

Sure. So, as you know, Suffolk County Water Authority has entered into an operating agreement with County Shelter Island Water District, the operation of that water system. The parcel in question originally had three wells on it and now only has one active well on it. It has a chem treatment building that's on there. And there's an existing generator. There are also 2 wells located on the golf course across the street. Those wells are packed back. There was a well, the town had wells 5 and 6 golf course. The water authority replaced them with 5 and 6 a. Utilize the same piping to come back to the wells to the well and closure. Sorry. So testing has shown from the laboratory labs that perfluorinated compounds have been found in two of the three active wells on site. There is perfluorinated compounds in well 6A, and also we're seeing it in well 4, which is on the parcel in question. So in order to treat those, we're going to put in a GAC system that's modified to accept ion exchange resin for the treatment. The second issue that's going on at the site besides the water quality is that the hydropneumatic tanks, there are currently three of them that were there when we took it over. They had a combined volume of about 5,100 gallons. We're replacing those because two of them are leaking. We're replacing them with a single 7,500-gallon hydropneumatic tank. The tank and the filtration system will both be out in a state-built building, approximately 700 square foot.

Thank you. And I know you brought some pictures.

I did, yeah. I can leave these up here. Slides. Yeah, so we have, I don't know if we can get those slides up on the screen as well.

Did I get that right? The two hydropneumatic tanks had a combined capacity of 5,100 gallons?

Three existing hydro tanks, they had a combined capacity of 5,100. There were two 550s and a 4,000 gallon tank.

All three are being replaced by 17500. That's correct.

So we have a layout, which is what's being shown up there. If you could just scroll down to the page. Yeah, that's it. Thank you. And then we have elevations of the building. So the building is generally sided. What we use is a cedar impressions line from certain units of vinyl siding that looks like cedar. And it's an asphalt architectural shingle roof. Very simple. There's two roll-up doors that will allow for equipment and for maintenance of the treatment and of the hydrotank.

Is the hydrotank above or below ground?

It's above ground. Yeah, we can make it a lot easier to maintain. the board have any questions richard what is the the uh the level that you're removing the the hazardous but the pfos sure so right now right now the state maximum contaminant level for p5 and p4 is 10 parts per trillion the levels we're seeing in the wells are between three and four uh the water authority has chosen the epa you may know the epa has in the past said that they were considering going to four as their MCL. The Water Authority is trying to meet that already. EPA has since backed off on that and has proposed a timeframe to go to 2031 instead of 2029 for that implementation. But the Water Authority is moving across our entire service territory to meet that goal now.

Okay. All right. Terrific. You said that you're utilizing ion treatment process? Yes. Is that waste being collected or?

So the ion exchange resin that we use is a single use resin. So when it is expended, it's incinerated and the PFOS or PFOA is destroyed.

And you do that off-island somewhere, I assume.

I'm sorry? You do that off-island somewhere, I assume? Yes, and the vendor that does that has to provide documentation and chain of custody and everything so that we know what's disposably lying.

Well, with the new equipment and the new building being constructed, have you done any Not tested so much, but have you done any studies on noise emitted from this new building for the neighbors?

Sure. So these treatment systems, both the carbon systems and the ion exchange resin systems that we use, they're passive systems. They're auto-moving parts. There's nothing mechanical in it. It's essentially the water is put in under pressure. It runs through a filter. You can think of it as a glorified refrigerator filter with the carbon in it. In this case, the resume. So it just passes through there. There's no noise associated with it.

Okay. Caitlin, I know you issued a memo on this. Did you want to present the highlights on that?

Sure. Yes. So again, for the record, Caitlin Kimes, Head of the Grocer, Environmental Planning Consultant, Town Board. Our office has reviewed the site plan application for the West Neck Water District PFAS treatment system for natural resources, cultural resources, and pavement impacts. Overall, the project is expected to result in minimal environmental impacts. There are no wetlands or flood hazards on site, no increase in groundwater withdrawal, no adverse impacts to cultural resources, and the project will improve potable water quality through the PFAS treatment. We do recommend that as a condition of approval, that basic erosion and sediment control measures be implemented during construction, including silt fencing, stockpile protection, and stabilization of disturbed areas. Thank you. Thank you.

The CAC also had issued a report and they noted the following. One, there is potential to learn from the Suffolk County Water Authority project when it comes to PFAS and PFOS remediation. And two, the CAC members clarified that there'd be no tree cutting. And so they approved the application as submitted five to zero. Do you have the... Oh, okay. It's on the website. Um, their recommendations in summary, the application shows merit in attempting to upgrade the systems, especially the addition of filtration for forever chemicals to protect the help of the users of Western quarter district. They sought to utilize an existing compound site using the pre existing easement and clearly are trying to establish the next generation of equipment. But this little disturbance is possible. The majority of the planning board. We use the town board and later the public would feel more confident in the South county water for its choices and arrangement of equipment. if some minor but crucial additions are requested a details of size capacity and acoustical data on all equipment b 3d depictions in relation to neighboring lots and easement c damage avoidance plan for trees and personal properties closest to easement d disclosure of nighttime lighting realities given the high traffic of nocturnal white of wildlife e A specific screening plan with consideration of height once A and B are provided. F elevations to illustrate massing materials or proposed 750 square foot enclosure. And lastly, G safety measures to secure the new site. For example, tall fencing, camera monitoring, alarm systems, updated lockdown mechanisms to combat modern day domestic terrorism attacks. Once these concerns are addressed sufficiently, the planning board believes the town board would be poised to approve this important project. Were you provided a copy of this? No.

Can I get a copy of this? Yes. Thank you. Do you have my contact information?

If you could give it to Federico on your way out.

Sure.

OK. Other questions from the board?

I'll interpose the boards there if anybody has any. OK. Yeah.

Yes. Don't go just yet. Tim, we haven't closed public hearing yet, but it's an opportunity to ask questions as well. So we may need to circle back to get some feedback now. So I have a couple people in order of, well, I see Anne standing. So since you're already standing in, would you like to speak? Yes. If you could come up to the podium and then just state your name for the record.

see the site plans and everything um and i i can also see where the building is going to be constructed since i live directly across the way from the building i am concerned about a lot of things about the lighting about the noise um and so that is my concern so i just And I know that Mrs. Wallace and her boys are also concerned, for probably the same reasons that I am. I find the building is going to be quite imposing and kind of an eyesore from my perspective, because my husband and I, as I said, live adjacent to the pump house that already exists right now. And the new generator, that was put in, and it was a generator and something, another something. Can't remember what the other thing is. Anyway, the Suffolk County Water Authority assured us that they would put up fencing or something so that we would not have to look at it. And so people approaching our home would not have to look at it. And that has not been done. So I'm appealing to them at this point for them to do something about that.

Okay, a question as far as the town implementing some screening on this project, because this is actually an application from the town. So South Carolina Water Authority as the operator is taking lead on the project, but it is also a town project. So would you prefer fencing, vegetation that would be screening?

Vegetation or fencing would be fine. Yes.

be fine thank you thank you um i had joe wallace on the list um i want to be honest with my 200 subjects for the property adjacent to this um we have we don't have any issues about uh noise and all that because we don't have anything on our property but we have an issue with the right-of-way which was an old dirt road That they put McAdam down and when they were putting McAdam down on this old dirt road, I asked him to be there that day and I told them the right of way was not that old dirt road. The right of way is a straight line, 15 feet wide, that goes in one direction. And they, in the dirt road, to get to the pump house, they used to cut the corn, which was on our property. And they put all the McAdam down and I told the guy, don't put that down. This is not a permanent pipeline. This is not on our property. They said, well, it's just in Canada. If you find that it's on your property and it offends you, we can move it at some point. So when they said that they weren't going to cut down any trees, they're going to have to cut down trees to make the right of way where it should be to get access to their property.

And the other problem that we found was that they were parking their trucks on there.

non-confrontational, you know, dirt berm kind of marking out where the right-of-way is. Well, that berm has now been cut, and now they're bringing trucks through there and actually mowing our property, which is very nice that we don't mow. But I, you know, and I'm concerned that they're kind of taking liberties with our property and that they're not respecting the right-of-way. And that we're also concerned that there's a, I understood as a property owner, you own, the property, but we got pipes going through our property that nobody's asked us permission for. The electrical service that goes to their new generator and all that crosses over the right of way and goes into their facility on our property as well. I can't 100% prove that until I get an electrical guy over there to want it, but we're pretty confident because we were down there when they were doing it. that's on our property. And we have never been given any, you know, heads up on that. And so we're concerned that, you know, they're, and I don't know what's going to happen once they develop this little tiny quarter acre of property, where are they going to be bringing their trucks in and how are they going to get access? Their access is going to be quite difficult if they have to actually adhere to the right of way. And they, you know, right now they're not. But if they're forced to do that, that pretty much puts them right into their own generator. If you look at the line, You know, so I'm concerned. We had the property resurveyed. We have a marker right smack dab, our marker for our property right smack dab in the middle up there. So I'm concerned about that. It's kind of approaching, approaching, approaching without permission. And, you know, we've owned this property for 45 years. We've been in the family for 45 years. You know, we don't know what we're going to do with it, but we certainly don't want And eventually we are considering putting up a fence to demarcate our property. They're not going to put a fence to protect the water source. We're going to put up our own fence. And I don't want that to be a contentious thing where we're putting it up in the middle of the right of way with a number of construction, but we need to get some clarification on that.

Thank you. Jim wants, did you wish to speak or did your brother cover it? Okay, thank you. And I presume Phyllis same. Okay, thank you. That's my active survey. Sure, the survey, I don't know if you look at stuff, the kind of water authorities, not the easement. It's down here along the bottom 15 feet wide. So, we, we do have it on here and you can see that the road says. Yeah, I think what I'd like to do on the site plan review traffic with some town engineer and superintendent highways, parking, planning board, building departments. And the planning board did note it in their report. So, I think what I'd like to do is like, ask Joe and Kevin, maybe the building department. To go down, take a closer look, have a conversation with the owners of the property understand to get a clear understanding and maybe come up with something.

We might have to put it in a resolution as well. Yeah.

Any other public comments.

President customer question mark.

I'd like some clarity on the proposed time frame on this construction for this project because the county water authority over a year now has stated that various West neck water means that this work would have already been completed on three different occasions. So I just want to understand what the proposed construction schedule is and the factors about the in writing would be great. So we can all know what to expect and when. yeah I do know that Suffolk County Water Authority doesn't nor is not accustomed to having to go through a municipal site plan reviews, so this has been a little bit of a hiccup for them, but we wanted to make sure we did go through this process and rightly so.

So we can request that.

Anyone else from the public? Better be able to drop the share. Anyone on zoom. So I think what we will need to do is adjourn this, and we will, Jim will come up with, we'll get you a copy of the planning board memos, the CAC memos, PW grocers, if you don't have all three of those, and then be in contact with any other items that we would like to have your assistance with.

Okay, thank you.

So everyone's good with adjourning that? Yep. All right. Thank you, everybody. We will now reconvene the regular meetings.

Okay, we have a couple of resolutions.

I'll start off since we did the last one. Yeah, we just asked for the conversations to go out because we still have a little bit more work to do. All right, I'll start with the 1st resolution, whereas Robert wave 9, 4th, North Ferry road just petitioned the town of South Island for permission to install a state more employee system at a location designated as latitude. 41.5 to. 304 degrees north and longitude minus 72.317, 194 degrees west. And whereas the public hearing is duly held on the eighth day of June 2026 for all interested persons to be heard in favor of or in opposition to. Now, therefore, be it resolved that the town clerk is hereby authorized to issue a permit for the aforementioned installation. So moved.

Second.

Discussion. I just. I'm trying to think what the town code has in it. Should we put in something that the existing stake and stake mooring employee has to be relinquished before this permit can be issued? I didn't catch that when I was reviewing this last week. Well, I think there is one other.

If you also made it to the table.

Yes. Yeah. I just think that it needs to be incorporated. So, if she was authorized to issue a permit for the aforementioned installation upon relinquishment.

Let's take a morning.

Yeah, state. Morning police system and family wardrobe. And then you have something else, Albert.

Yeah, it was pointed out during the meeting that Burt currently has six moorings, six mooring locations, and uses the town landing at whatever. yeah he has also has three additional moorings two of these he rents and is a one is a holding morning that do not comply with town code so the wmac felt that these situations should be resolved in conjunction with the approval of this morning

Tom, unfortunately, we can't shut the door because it is a public meeting. So people have to be able to, I know there's noise out there. Maybe we can just ask them to take it outside. Thank you. Sorry. I'm thinking that we want to pull this resolution for the moment and not close.

It's not your place right now.

It's just board discussion. Why does this come up during the hearing?

Yeah, I think, I mean, I can see if we're relinquishing the previous one, but

Yeah, I mean, I feel like I think it is something that needs to be discussed, but I think it's a larger code section.

It's a code. It's a, it's a code section. It's a code issue.

Yeah. Yeah.

I feel like the board to resolve.

Yeah, I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm missing some of this conversation. Yes.

Yes. Yep. That's fine. Yeah, I. I feel like having the relinquishment of the 1 is fine. But. We need to like either the town board needs to take on the task of revising the code or asking the wc.

to start to address that. I feel like WNAC probably is the better.

Yeah, the WNAC needs to address the mooring code. It's been on our list for a while. But I don't think that we can use this resolution to address the mooring code. So I think this resolution with the relinquishment of the mooring at Daniel Lord is sufficient to resolve this issue. And then addressing the mooring code in general is a whole other animal.

you were going to say something about these other no no no we've closed public hearing so we this is just how important is that okay um i agree with what you said but also yeah i guess really the proper way to do this is to get you back to the wmc or have the town board just resolve right yeah

I mean, we can look at code inconsistencies. Tom can be tasked with that, but I think we do have to look at the larger issue. I would be in favor of moving forward with this, but having WNAC liaisons take it back and flip the idea with them.

the board had the WMAC had approved this condition upon the town board addressing the code you know how we how you want to move forward but I'm just worried about they can't do that they're advised so it's yeah okay all right so we'll close discussion and

Sounds like maybe a roll call vote all in favor. Amber brock Williams. Yes. Margaret Larson. Yes. Benjamin diet.

Yes.

Albert Dixon.

Yeah.

Yes, motion carried. Yes.

Whereas Thomas Hash Hagen 70 West Neck Road petitioned the town of Shelter Island for permission to install a mooring at a location designated as latitude 41.05163 degrees north and longitude minus 72.34616 degrees west. And whereas the public hearing was duly held on the 8th day of June, 2026 for all interested persons to be heard in favor of, or in opposition to now, therefore, be it resolved that the town clerk is hereby authorized to issue a permit. For the aforementioned installation, some of.

Check it all in favor. Aye. Aye. Motion carries.

Go forward. As the town of Shelter Island is considering the acquisition of approximately 6.2 acres of vacant land located in Cobbett's Lane, Shelter Island Heights, New York, Suffolk County tax map 700-3-1-7.1. And whereas the proposed purchase price is $2,500,000 plus associated costs, survey title, prorated tax, and recording charges to be paid From the town's community preservation fund, and whereas the purpose of said acquisition is the preservation of open space. And water quality, whereas the acquisition of the property is specified as a type 2 action. Pursuant to the state environmental quality review act. now therefore be it resolved that the town board hereby authorizes the purchase and the town supervisor or her designee is authorized and directed to enter into a contract of sale with the record record owner of the property for the purpose of acquiring said property at a cost of $2,500,000 plus associated costs, survey title, prorated tax, and recording charges, and to sign and or execute any and all documents connected with the purchase of the property. So moved.

Okay. All in favor? Aye. Motion carries. Okay. We now open up for general public comments.

So just Uh, so, you know, when you look at your own form for moorings and there is a checkbox for relocation. Okay, so I don't know if you needed to put that wording in there, but it is on it. So. Relocation is part of it, and I'm happy to participate WMAC talking about how many moorings you have. and how that law has progressed over, say, the last 30 years since I've been, or 40, whatever, been working on the waters around here. And what Albert was talking about was, what he brought up was Beau Payne's mention at the WMAC meeting when he was there. And I didn't fully, I don't know how much I engaged in talking about having six mornings, but the morning law has changed dramatically from its inception, where there used to be actually a hierarchy of how you would even appropriate, you know, give more instant people and you used to do it for commercial resident people with the highest priority. That's been stripped out of the code. There's a lot of other things that are I could talk about, I won't talk about them here, but I work on the water. And when you have multiple vessels, you need a place to park them, so to speak, just like if you had a car. And if you don't have a marina, waterfront, the option is mooring. And so that's how I've acquired the mobile heaters. And so you can have a discussion about that. I don't feel like I'm here. pushing the limits. I just want to say something about Walter Brigham, the late Walter Brigham, had over 16 moorings in Deering Harbor for his business, and he didn't own a marina. So just for historic perspective. Thanks.

Thanks, Bert.

Anyone on Zoom? Well, I got two public members left on Zoom for public comments. Make a motion to close meeting. Second. All in favor?

Aye.

Okay.

That's shorter than expected, friends.