At its November 8 meeting, the
Huntington Town Board urged the New York State Legislature and Governor Andrew
Cuomo to enact the Long Island Power Authority Ratepayers Protection Act,
waived parking meter fees in Huntington Village starting November 23 for the
holiday season and scheduled various public hearings for the November 20 and
December 4 Town Board Meetings.
The Town Board approved a resolution
urging the New York State Legislature and Governor Andrew Cuomo to enact the
Long Island Power Authority Ratepayers Protection Act, which would make the
LIPA trustees responsible to Long Islanders, not Albany, and provide oversight
and transparency needed to restore confidence by residents of the service area
and ensure that the best interests of Long Island ratepayers are served.
Currently the LIPA Board of Trustees
consist of nine unelected appointees of the governor, temporary president of
the senate and speaker of the assembly. The LIPA Ratepayers Protection Act
would require eight of the nine LIPA Board of Trustees be elected from
districts of equal population established by the State Legislature and one
trustee, serving as chairperson, be appointed by the governor subject to
confirmation by the senate.
The Town waived parking meter fees
in the downtown shopping area known as Huntington Village from November 23,
2018 through January 1, 2019. The Board also authorized the installation of
holiday type lights and decorations during the holiday season by the Huntington
Township Chamber of Commerce, Huntington Village Business Improvement District,
Huntington Station Business Improvement District and the East Northport Chamber
of Commerce in Huntington Village, Huntington Station and East Northport.
Based on input gathered from
residents at the public hearing held October 23, the Town also approved the
enactment and installation of No Parking restrictions during school days from
8:00 AM to 1:00 PM on Lucille Lane in Dix Hills, between Vanderbilt Parkway and
Landview Drive.
The Town Board scheduled public
hearings for the Tuesday, November 20, 2018 Town Board Meeting at 7:00 PM:
·
To
consider authorizing various actions be taken upon certain properties
designated as blighted in accordance with Chapter 156, Article VII, §156-60
(Blighted Property).
·
To
consider amending the Code of the Town of Huntington, Chapter 198 Zoning,
Article XVI Zoning Board of Appeals §198-112 Rules as to Procedure; Hearings;
Notice, specifically, to consider streamlining the notice requirement procedure
for the Zoning Board of Appeals: in the event a ZBA meeting is cancelled,
hearings scheduled for that date will automatically be rescheduled for the next
scheduled ZBA hearing date with no re-advertising required, saving the Town
from duplicative costs of advertising, and so that applicants do not need to
wait an additional six to eight weeks to be heard.
·
To
consider adding No Parking restrictions on the east and west side of West Gate
Drive in Cold Spring Harbor, from 250 feet north of Promenade Drive extending
200 feet north in order to prevent interferences with parked vehicles and
golfers at the recommendation of the Town Department of Transportation and
Traffic Safety.
The Town Board also scheduled public
hearings for the Tuesday, December 4, 2018 Town Board Meeting at 2:00 PM:
·
To
consider designating as an historic landmark the building and property known as
the “The Burr House” or Old Burr Farm, 423 Town Line Road, Commack.
·
To
consider the granting of a variance and the issuance of a special use permit
and to consider the execution of a license agreement pursuant to the Marine
Conservation Law, Town Code Chapter 137 for the construction of a residential
fixed pier and floating dock assembly. Applicant: Douglas J. Whitcomb,
Location: 50 South Harbor Road, Northport, N.Y.
In other action, the Town Board:
·
Authorized
the Supervisor to apply for and receive grant funding under the State and
Municipal Facilities Capital Program: $7.35 million for a parking deck at Cold
Spring Harbor LIRR train station; $4 million for Huntington LIRR train station
parking improvements; $38,608.50 for lighting at Greenlawn Memorial Park.
·
Authorized
the Comptroller to appropriate $16,300 from the Environmental Open Space and
Park Improvements Fund to purchase and install engineered woodchips, which will
be cleaner, easier to maintain, safer and more handicap-accessible, to replace
sand bases in playgrounds at Arboretum Park and John J. Walsh Park.
·
Reappointed
existing members, appointed new members and designated a Chair of the Town of
Huntington Conservation Board: reappointing Joy S. Squires, Paul J. Ponturo,
Scott Driver, Richard Meyer, Andrew Wilson, Julie Sullivan; appointing Kamazima
Lwiza, Mary Feigman, Dr. Matthew J. Zisel; and designating Joy S. Squires as
Chairperson.
·
Reappointed
existing members, appointed new members and designated a Chair of the Town of
Huntington Citizens’ Advisory Committee for Persons with Disabilities:
reappointing Maureen Donohue, Trudy Exelbert, Alfred Huberman, Marianne
Iannacone, Pearl Levy, Martin Mandelker, Thomas Mangan, Tamar Sherman;
appointing Jennifer Forte; and designating Marianne Iannacone as Chairperson.
·
Authorized
the adoption of revised Town of Huntington Policy Against Discrimination and
Harassment and Complaint Procedure.
·
Authorized
the adoption of the Town of Huntington Concussion Management Protocol.
·
As
members of the Huntington Local Development Corporation, appointed Leah
Michelle Jefferson as Executive Director for the Local Development Corporation.
###