The main topics of conversation throughout the Village during the autumn primarily concerned the rapid resubmission of the Tuckahoe Mall project and the continued discussion (and delay) of enacting any additional residential zoning restrictions. The North Sea Road plan to increase commercial uses along that corridor was delayed, perhaps with the hope that the winter months will bring fewer residents to attend the meetings and less
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Village Meeting Minutes – October thru December 2016
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Update on Tuckahoe Shopping Center Meeting at Suffolk County Planning Commission
Dear Southampton Association member,
The Suffolk County Planning Commission (after 5 hours of testimony and discussion) deemed the Tuckahoe application incomplete!
The result of the decision is that the Town will be required to refer the application to the Commission again prior to making a decision. We are not sure what additional information will be required but our guess is it will be at least, in part, related to traffic.
This is a positive development, which provides time for other options to
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Village Meeting Minutes – May through September, 2016
The main topics of conversation throughout the Village during the summer months concerned the North Sea Road plan to increase commercial uses along that corridor, disputes over beach access and parking at the end of Meadow Lane, the purchase of the Town’s Land Preservation Fund of the Pyrrhus Concer site on Pond Lane, and progress on a study of residential zoning in the Village.
Additionally, redevelopment of the Village Latch into condominiums has begun, the 11 acres of farm land along Moses
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Letter to Southampton Press re: rezoning of North Sea Road
TO: Joseph Shaw, Editor, The Southampton Press
FROM: Rainer Greeven, Chairman, Executive Committee -Southampton Association
Dear Mr. Shaw,
The Southampton Association was pleased to re-engage the nationally recognized retail consultant Bob Gibbs to review his 2013 Study as it relates to the recent proposal to introduce retail as an additional use along North Sea Road. Mr. Gibbs makes 4 main points in his argument against the retail overlay in his executive summary:
TRAFFIC: traffic alone should
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Study on Rezoning of North Sea Road by Gibbs Planning Group
North Sea Road Commercial Study by Gibbs Planning Group, made at the request of the Southampton Association, August 2016.
Background
Gibbs Planning Group has been asked by the Southampton Association to review the proposed rezoning of the North Sea Road to permit retail and restaurant land uses, as recommended in the Nelson, Pope and Voohis, LLC (NPV) March 3, 2016 report. This memorandum is intended to provide an independent third part professional planning opinion of NPV’s findings and
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Southampton Association Awards Two Scholarships to local students
Southampton Association Scholarship
Two 2016 Southampton High School graduates were given the Southampton Association Scholarship in Memory of Arthur B. Schoen, Jr. Both will receive a grant of $4,000 for each year of college. It is one of the largest single local scholarships and has been helping graduates of Southampton High School for over twenty years.
Shown are Ariel Tello who will attend the University of Rochester, Bruce R. Bockmann, a member of the Southampton Association Board, and Maria
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Village Meeting Minutes – November and December 2015
The main topic of conversation during November and December was the proposed Sewer District. In addition, after interviews with the Planning Commission, a North Fork Architect/Planner was selected by the Trustees to review various formulas, including gross floor area and lot coverage, which the Association identified in its “6 point plan” as needing change.
Earlier this year, an initial report was prepared by H2M Architects and Engineers of Huntington outlining the creation of a
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Presentation on Village Sewer Treatment-Drainage Plan
The Southampton Village Planning Commission held another presentation on the the proposed sewer district on January 7th. The Commission was originally going to prepare its recommendations for the Village Board regarding the sewer district proposal at this week’s meeting, but the discussion will remain ongoing for now.
http://southamptonvillage.org/vidDisplay.asp?vidtype=board
Note: A presentation by the engineering firm, H2M, was given at the Southampton Village Planning Commission meeting
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2016 Schedule of Southampton Village Board Meetings
Here is the schedule of the 2016 Southampton Village Meetings for Trustee, Planning Board, Architectural Review and Historic Preservation (ARB), Planning Commission and Zoning Boards.
VILLAGE OF SOUTHAMPTON
YEAR 2016
JANUARY 4 PLANNING BOARD 5:30 P.M. (MONDAY)
JANUARY 7 PLANNING COMMISSION 5:00 P.M. (THURSDAY)
JANUARY 11 ARB/HISTORIC BOARD
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Tuckahoe Shopping Center Zone Change Voted Down by Suffolk County Planning Commission
The Suffolk County Planning Commission has voted against a proposed Tuckahoe Shopping Center zone change application by a vote of 8-5. The vote which took place on December 2nd does not stop the shopping center proposal but it does mean that the Southampton Town Board will need four out of five board members to approve the zone change application. The plan had included a 40,000 sq. ft. supermarket on Magee Street and a 15,000 sq. food shopping center.
Major applications, including the Tuckahoe
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