Dredging Liaison Report

Southold Town’s Dredge committee met at Town Hall on Tues Oct 16. It was run by Chairman Eugene Burger, attending were Chris Showalter, Rob Lehnert, Pete McGreevy, and Town Trustee Dave Bergen. They have begun an inventory of all the town creeks with pictures, littoral drift info, and summary reports as to navigation impediments, etc. [...]

LWRP for DUMMIES

The 5 minute guide by SoutholdVOICE LWRP stands for Local Waterfront Revitalization Program; it’s both a plan and a program. The planning document is prepared by the local community, and includes the program that will be used to implement the plan – it’s the implementation that matters, and all of it is subject to approval [...]

Nov 20th Town Hall Meeting

At the Oct. 9th 2007, Town Hall board meeting, the town of Southold passed the following resolution: “The Town of Southold will holding a public hearing at the Southold Town Hall, 53095 Main Road, Southold, New York, on the 20th of November, 2007 at 4:35 p.m. at which time all interested persons will be given [...]

Important Public Hearing Tues Nov 20th, 4:35 PM

Click here to read the Town’s document for the Public Hearing on LL Chapter 275 Amendments

4 Questions (read first)

For informational purposes, SoutholdVOICE sent 4 questions relating to proposed amendments to Local Law Chapter 275 to each of the ten candidates standing in forthcoming elections. The questions were:

Q1:Discretionary Decision Making

DISCRETIONARY DECISION MAKING: Does your candidacy support proposed changes that will replace existing prescribed measurements to waterfront construction with new language “At the discretion of the Trustees?” Do you believe these proposed changes would be helpful to future applicants for; Maintenance Repairs, Replacement Structures, and Storm related Damage? (Candidate responses appear in the order in [...]

Q2:Grandfathered Structures

GRANDFATHERED STRUCTURES: Do you respect the sanctity of pre-existing and grandfathered structures, or, if elected, will you move to remove or diminish property owner rights? (Candidate responses appear in the order in which they were received) Bill Edwards: Yes, within reasonable limits. Repair and replacement of existing functioning structures should normally be permitted just as [...]

Q3:Processing Permit Applications

PROCESSING PERMIT APPLICATIONS: Jurisdictional conflict and inefficiency in handling permit applications increase the burden on everyone. Do you think a coordinated review by all involved agencies would reduce the current burden of time, cost and effort on the applicant? What new suggestions or solutions will you bring to your office? (Candidate responses appear in the [...]

Q4:Where the blue meets the green

WHERE THE BLUE MEETS THE GREEN: What is your view of the importance of the Southold Town’s waterfront to the economy of our community and how do you propose to protect it? (Candidate responses appear in the order in which they were received) Bill Edwards: I feel that our waterfront is as critical to the [...]

Why Fight Each Other?

The October 4th issue of the Suffolk Times features a Letter to the Editor from SoutholdVOICE’s John Edler, co-chairman of our Trustee Liaison Committee. Your headline “LWRP vs trustees” (front page, Sept. 27) reminded me of a story. In a country that allowed cockfighting there was a man who never won, so he decided to [...]

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