Southold Town’s Waterfront and Marine Resources Stakeholders
Posted in Coastal_Erosion, Committees, Dredging, Soundfront, TownRegulations on Aug 13th, 2008
At the August 12th Town Board meeting, a resolution was passed creating the Southold Town Beach Erosion Mitigation and Restoration Task Force to consist of eight members and three liaisons. The Task Force was created “to develop a town administered action plan to address the critical issue of beach erosion and to develop and evaluate […]
Posted in Coastal_Erosion, LWRP/Trustees/ZBA, Links, Permitting, Resources on Jul 10th, 2008
Southold Town’s Local Waterfront Revitalization Program (LWRP), impacts almost everyone on the North Fork, especially those involved with any kind of permitting. Each applicant must show consistency with the LWRP, and it’s not an easy process, not least because the document itself is a staggering 984 pages long, and most curiously, it was published without […]
Posted in BrushesCreek, Budds Pond, CedarBeach, Coastal_Erosion, Conkling_Point, CoreyCreek, DeepHoleCreek, Docks, Downs Creek, Dredging, GooseCreek, HallocksBay, HashamomuckCreek, JamesCreek, JockeyCreek, LWRP/Trustees/ZBA, LittleCreek, LongCreek, Moorings, NavigationHazards, New Suffolk, Permitting, PipesCreek, PublicMeetings, RichmondCreek, SchoolHouseCreek, Soundfront, Southold, StormwaterRunoff, TownRegulations, WestCreek, WickhamCreek on Jun 19th, 2008
It was a busy schedule, with a 5:30 start and 11:15 ending. A Trustee’s primary virtue seems to be a tolerance for repetitive, off subject remarks by the public, who if listening, would have heard the answer to their questions about 8 times before they got up … you have to admire them!
There was a […]
Posted in Coastal_Erosion, Soundfront on Apr 25th, 2008
Kevin O’Mara writes:
When I joined your organization, I took at face value the statement that your organization cared about something more than boating on the Bay. Many members have property on the Sound, and little to none of what you seem to talk about affects the Sound. Erosion control is a key issue for Soundfront […]
Posted in Coastal_Erosion, Uncategorized on Feb 23rd, 2008
Groins, rip rap (boulders) and conventional ways to fight beach erosion have been demonstrated to be ineffective, generally just robbing Peter to pay Paul. Now a Danish company is demonstrating a system of buried tubes called Pressure Equalizing Modules (PEM) and is hoping to demonstrate at Hillsboro Beach, Florida, that their system dramatically slows the amount […]
Posted in Coastal_Erosion, LWRP/Trustees/ZBA, Permitting, PublicMeetings on Nov 2nd, 2007
(reposted to now allow member comments)
Report by SoutholdVOICE on October 17th Public Meeting of the Southold Trustees
Agenda included:
Seven resolutions for administrative permits, fifteen applications for amendments/extensions, twenty-eight wetland permit applications of which nine were postponed prior to the meeting and finally four coastal erosion/wetland permits (two were postponed prior to the meeting and two […]
Posted in Chapter 111, Chapter275, Coastal_Erosion, LWRP/Trustees/ZBA, TownRegulations on Oct 2nd, 2007
Mr. John Sep and Mr. Mark Terry presented LWRP Recommendations to the Town Board last Tuesday September 25th, forwarded to the Trustees on Thursday 27th. The document comments on the Trustees Andros Patent Authority, General Recommendations on Procedures and Infrastructure, Chapter 275 Wetlands & Shoreline Code Amendment Recommendations and Chapter 111 Coastal Erosion Areas Code […]
Posted in Coastal_Erosion, Dredging, SchoolHouseCreek, WickhamCreek on Sep 29th, 2007
Submitted by Tom Gleason.
Related to dredging clogged up creeks and waterways, is the issue of erosion mediation using the spoils from the dredging process. The shore line between Schoolhouse Creek and Wickhams Creek is one of many examples of the problem. The standing DEC policies stating spoils can not be deposited upstream of the […]
Posted in Coastal_Erosion, Downs Creek, Flood_Insurance, HallocksBay, HashamomuckCreek, LWRP/Trustees/ZBA, LongCreek, Permitting, WestCreek on Aug 26th, 2007
Report From August 22, 2007 Southold Trustees Meeting
by Patricia C. Moore
The Trustees start their meetings with:
(1) Administrative Permits for such actions as: replacement of shingles, insulation and garage doors to existing dwelling; new fence posts for a fence; replacement of sanitary systems; and landscaping within Trustee jurisdiction. If you are by the […]
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