Trustee’s Meeting April 22

At the previous nite’s Town Board Hearing about the Dock in the Bays regulations, I objected that the proposal would eliminate the 41 existing docks over time because if they were damaged by a Hurricane or winter ice, they would have to conform to this new standard and, that being impossible, would be prohibited from [...]

UPDATE: Dock Ban Underwater

The house was about 80% full on Tuesday at the Dock Ban Hearing. SoutholdVOICE Chair John Kramer attended, spoke and reports here on events for those who couldn’t attend. Supervisor Russell stated at the outset that their purpose was to listen and use the input to further modify and correct a lot of the problems with the proposal as it stands. They heard in very certain terms from many eloquent and knowledgeable shore dwelling taxpayers that the regulation as proposed is unreasonable, a needless burden to the waterfront owner, unnecessary, as there is no rush of applicants, and insulting to the public with it’s pseudo-scientific approach. Read John’s report in full on the blog, watch on TV Channel 22 or view the video of the meeting by copying and pasting into your browser: http://bit.ly/Y9jgi (1 hour in)

April 21st Public Hearing on Dock Regs

Read this important post and block out the date on your calendar! It’s everything you need to know about the proposed New Dock Regulations, scheduled for Public Hearing on April 21st at 7.35pm. SoutholdVOICE Chair John Kramer demystifies the meaning and intention of the new legislation, providing links to key documentation.

New Dock Standards

The Dock moratorium expired again on Feb. 19 and the Planning Board Office has put out a one page standard for the construction of docks in Peconic Bay and Gardiners Bay. John Kramer FOILED the map overlays and we now have them on this site.

Does anyone else think this is very strange?

FURTHER TO THE DOCK MORATORIUM AND MARK TERRY’S PRESENTATION TO THE TOWN BOARD: On Wed. 12/3 at about 10 am, I go to the Planning Dept. to get a copy of the handout that Mark Terry distributed to the public and those attending his briefing to the Town Board on 12/2/08. I thought that was [...]

No Docks in the Bay!!

Join the forum discussion on this post – (1) PostsMark Terry briefed the Town Board yesterday with a one-hour Power Point presentation showing about 88 reasons why there should never be another dock in the bay. For the last 5 months, He has been gathering, at great expense and effort, habitat maps showing that ducks, [...]

Dock on the Bay meeting July 10th

From Dave Bergen: I wanted to provide everyone with the latest update on meetings concerning docks on the bays. I received notification today that there has been a meeting scheduled for this Thursday July 10 at 9 AM in the Town Hall Annex. Invited to the meeting are all Town Board members, all Trustees plus [...]

NEW VIDEO: Stewards of Our Shoreline

ONLINE PREMIERE OF THE SOUTHOLD TOWN TRUSTEES DOCUMENTARY Developed to give everyone a better understanding of the work of the Southold Town Trustees, this half hour program “Stewards of Our Shoreline” explains the history of the Trustees, the parameters of Trustee jurisdiction and shares some examples of wetlands code regulation. Our Trustees have been entrusted [...]

Dock Hearing: Tues May 20th, 4.45pm

WHEREAS, there has been presented to the Town Board of the Town of Southold, Suffolk County, New York, on the 22nd day of April 2008 a Local Law entitled “A Local Law in Relation to a One Hundred and Eighty (180) day Moratorium on the Processing, Review of, and Making Decisions on Dock Applications (new [...]

Workshop Report: Environmental and Aesthetic Impacts of Small Docks

The stated purpose of the workshop was to make available to the public the latest info, scientific studies, experience and expertise of coastal resource managers of NOAA, because we of Southold Town are working together to address the challenges, needs, desires and rights of all to practice responsible stewardship and develop a long term strategy [...]

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