Video for Patchogue Village Board of Trustees Meeting of 6/24/13

This blog refers to a video for the 6/24/13 meeting of the Patchogue Board of Trustees. It is the most current video in a series of videos that the Citizens Campaign for Open Government has been filming in order to provide public information to the residents of the village particularly those not able to attend meetings of the Board in person for whatever reasons. At the end of this blog you will find a link to the website of the group where these videos are posted care of You Tube. Please read the rest of this blog though for some important information that will help your viewing experience. If you want to skip that process then proceed to: :

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Before posting each video is reviewed. This posting is different from our earlier postings as it presents the meeting in two videos. In line with our policy of open disclosure the reason for this is a technical issue. The first of the two videos does have a slight delay between image and audio of about one second. As a result there is an apparent lag. While distracting at times it is possible to follow the video and understand what is being said. Part two, the second video, has no such issues. Also the mike for the camera is very sensitive, at times it has picked up extra sound when the tripod has to be re-positioned when the camera has to be panned for a changed view. The background sound is short and occasional only.

As I have related before this effort is a volunteer effort. We have no high priced technical staff on hand to help us resolve complicated issues that do arise from time to time. We have no outside funding of any sort as well. We have to make do with limited resources at times such as now. The posting of this video was considerably delayed to find a solution but in the end a fix could not be found. To resolve this issue for future video posting we are going to be using a new camcorder to see if that camcorder can film without the same issues.

We hope it will provide a solution as it remains our goal to present the best quality video within our means to do so consistently.

Part one of this video focuses mostly on the public hearing regarding zoning approvals sought for a 25 million dollar assisted living facility proposed for east main street in the village. Part two, which begins after the Board adjourned for a break and then started business anew, covers the majority of the scheduled business on the agenda for that date.

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On that same page there is a link to a PDF document that is also available for review and that document is a copy of the “trustee packet”. This packet contains the information that the trustees have in their possession when they are in session. The packet is not distributed to the public and was obtained by a freedom of information request so that it could be posted allowing members of the public to see what the trustees used as references when reaching their decisions.

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The village website also posts copies of the official minutes of all meetings and those minutes can also serve as a tool for any interested citizen who wants to know more about how their village government works.

Below are time references to allow a viewer to find a particular section of interest in either video. These videos are hosted on You Tube, a time bar appears along with the video and by moving it a viewer can go directly to any portion for viewing if desired. The total meeting time for both videos filmed exceeds two hours.

All spellings of last names are approximate, apologies to anyone whose name not spelled correctly.

From left to right at the meeting table: Trustees Keyes, Crean, Ferb, Village Clerk Seal, Mayor Pontieri, Deputy Mayor Krieger, Trustee Devlin, Village Attorney Egan. Trustee Hilton not in attendance.

Video One Part One

At (all notations in minutes and seconds)

3:49 Mayor Pontieri identifies village streets to be paved

4:59 Public hearing begins on requested zoning approval for assisted living facility testimony begins with attorney for project outlining issues

10:12 Village Clerk Seal reads into the record complete text of provisional Planning Board recommendations regarding this project

15:50 Joseph Brusela, Exec. Vice president for Life Care Services (management for project) provides over view of the proposed facility

26:42 H2M representative Sharon Bremer provides more technical information about the site plan

33:06 Patrick Nixor, architect provides more information

34:45 Architect assessed fire safety issue by comparing fire suppression potential by contrasting building components to New Village construction project

47:53 Shawn Mulryan, traffic expert, testifies about expected traffic and parking issues.

58:50 Questions from Board members directed to various witnesses following their presentations

59:10 Public portion begins with village resident Gail Hall a Maple Avenue home owner

At (now hour, minutes and seconds)

1:04:21 Dennis Ross

1:06:20 Mark Blum

1:07:07 Jo Miller

1:10:18 Bill D’Conza

1:14:30 Rev Walter

1:18:28 Pam Barr

1: 21:07 Pete Roe

1:24:33 Closing arguments from site plan attorney

1:26:30 Mayor Pontieri seeks board approval, discussion and vote to approve; meeting then adjourns for a break (see second video part two for the rest of the meeting video).

Part Two Video Timeline

At (minutes and seconds only)

Meeting begins with Mayor Pontieri re-opening the meeting and holding a public hearing for approval for a pet parade (fund raising event for domestic violence victims)

13:30 PH scheduled for another date to revoke a cabbie license

13:58 Procedural changes made to conform to Secretary of State mandates in some matters

15:22 David Kennedy presents Chamber of Commerce report as Executive Director discussing among other subjects preparations for first Alive at Five event this year

21:06 Trustee Krieger reports on Theater issues, refers to need for roof repairs, Mayor Pontieri adds comment about village potentially gaining no cost feasibility study for future parking issues from the LI Index

25:42 Trustee Keyes reports, issue about Band Shell repairs

26:53 Trustee Crean reports: chamber issues

29:50 Trustee Ferb reports regarding progress of re-siting Carnegie Library, Mayor Pontieri offers provisional date for final move of the buiding to permanent foundation

30:14 Trustee Devlin reports: new appointment to the ARB (Architectural Review Board), also raises issue about stores selling their wares on sidewalk outside of “side walk sale dates”. Opinion from Village attorney Egan.

Public Portion begins

33:12 Mary Krassner speaks on cross walk safety issues on North Ocean Avenue as issue for school age children

38:01 John Bogack speaks on enforcement of planning board approvals, legal opinion from Village attorney Egan reinforcing need by applicants to conform to all planning board approvals or face loss of approval originally granted by the Planning Board

Meeting adjourns but executive session convened later (not open to the public and not filmed as a result)

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