Huntington – Supervisor Chad A.
Lupinacci met with members of the Environmental Open Space & Park Fund
Review Advisory Committee (EOSPA) on August 14 at Huntington Town Hall for the
committee’s 20th Anniversary.
“EOPSA funds allow us to preserve
open space and make environmentally-conscious improvements to our local parks,
such as the energy efficient lighting the Town Board recently approved for
Manor Field Park,” said Supervisor Lupinacci. “Thank you to EOPSA members past
and present for the work you do to keep Huntington green.”
The EOSPA Committee, whose members
are selected by the Town Board, meets monthly. The Committee was originally
created to develop criteria for implementation of the Town’s proposed Open
Space Bond Act. Upon approval of the Bond Act by the voters in November 1998,
EOSPA was conferred with the formal power to review, advise and recommend to
the Town Board candidate open space acquisitions and park improvement projects
for which Bond Act funds could be spent (Chapter 21 of Huntington Town
Code). The program was extended to incorporate neighborhood enhancements
and green energy-efficient projects by subsequent referenda in 2003 and 2008.
EOSPA is currently responsible for oversight of funding generated by the 2003
$30 million and 2008 $15 million referenda.
In the photo (seated l-r): Herb
McGrail, original member, represents Scouting (former regional Eagle Scout
Coordinator for the Boy Scouts); Margo Myles, Sr. Environmental Analyst, Open
Space Coordinator since program start, represents Department of Planning &
Environment; Joy Squires, Chairperson, original member, represents Huntington
Conservation Board; Barbara Haerter, original member, represents Huntington
Greenway Trails Committee; (standing l-r) Lauren Credidio, EOSPA Secretary,
Department of Planning & Environment; Lisa Brieff, member; Supervisor Chad
A. Lupinacci; Greg Wagner, Director, Parks and Recreation; Emerson Boozer, Vice
Chairperson; Ken Christensen, member, represents Huntington Chamber of
Commerce; Mike Karp, member. Missing from photo: Todd Krasner, member; Steven
Spucces, member; Ed Gathman, EOSPA Counsel, represents Town Attorney’s office.
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