Board Slows Pace of Revitalization

Video for the most recent meeting of the Patchogue Village Board of Trustees Meeting of 7/8/13. This video published on You Tube by the Citizens Campaign for Open Village Government a resident group of Patchogue Village citizens to provide public information to the voters and residents of the village.

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This video is a vast improvement over the last video. Our new camcorder recorded without some of the audio/sync issues that have flawed some of our earlier videos.

Also new section for this narrative and all to come. Sometimes lost in the mass of information that does come out at a meeting is some important information that would not be known unless the entire video was seen. So to summarize some important dates that came out of this meeting here are three:

7/17/13 Carnegie Library to be set on its permanent foundation at 3:30 p.m.

7/22/13 Public hearing at next village board meeting: parking meter plan including rates to be discussed and then approved by the Board

9/3/13 Projected date for parking meters to “go live” in the Village.

Looking at the video from left to right at the meeting table: Trustees Keyes, Crean, Ferb, Clerk Seal, Mayor Pontieri, Deputy Mayor Krieger, Trustees Devlin and Hilton, Village attorney Egan.

This meeting lasted more than an hour and a time line is provided as follows to allow any viewer to go to any section of the video that they would like instead of viewing all of the video if that is the choice.

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And village residents are also reminded that the village website does permit email communication with all members of the Board. While responses are up to each individual member of the Board including the Mayor a resident can least register an opinion or ask a question of any one or all members of the Board. On menu (left side of page) go to “About”, a drop down box appears then go to “elected and appointed officials” and email options appear. Patchogue Village bills itself as a progressive village and this option is in line with that value.

Timeline (in minutes and seconds)

2:27 Public Hearing begins on a moratorium preventing new building in the D3 business district for as long as 180 days (maximum period but period as per Mayor may be shorter depending on the pace of future planning developments). Mayor Pontieri provides basis for resolution imposing such a ban.

9:02 Comments from Trustee Devlin

10:08 Clerk Seal reads into the record memo to Suffolk County Planning Board relative to the proposed moratorium

12:06 Comments from the public beginning with Dennis Ross…raises issue of employee parking aggravating parking issues in the village…discussion with Mayor and other trustees on this view

22: 38 Jo Miller…suggests that Trustees should use six month ban to consider course of revitalization goals of the current administration in terms of the businesses to be attracted to the village in the future

23:47 John Bogack…support for measure since present parking resources on track to suffocate existing businesses without additional parking…need for master plan welcomed

26:04 Measure approved by Board some planning discussion among Board members and Mayor as to committees now needed to develop planning goals

27:08 Meeting resumes with discussion of proposed Pet Parade

47:46 Individual taxi license issue suspended as taxi driver in question turned in his permit prior to vote

48:41 David Kennedy, Executive Director of the Chamber of Commerce reports on various issues….Alive at 5.…Family Fun night…Sidewalk sale…Parking meter issues…Berry B Good grand opening

54:51 Trustee Krieger reports: Theater issues….parking meter public hearing set for 7/22 meeting of the Board…announced “projected” go live date for meters to be 9/3/13

58:13 Trustee Keyes reports: FEMA meeting on post Hurricane Sandy damage planning for Mascot dock…approval of consultant contract prior to acquisition of three generators for some village buildings in case of natural disaster

Now at hour, minute and seconds

1:01: 22 Trustee Crean reports

1:00:27 Trustee Ferb reports: Carnegie Library set down date (on foundation) confirmed for 7/17/13 at 3:30 p.m. and discussion of concerns raised by residents about potential fire safety issues at New Village site

34:45. Comment in that narrative: Architect assessed fire safety issue by comparing fire suppression potential by contrasting building components to New Village construction project. At: http://www.patchoguevillagecitizens.com/

1:03:37 Trustee Devlin reports

1:04:27 Trustee Hilton reports….comments that pool permits at record levels…shade structures for playground areas and some parts of Shorefront Park under consideration…Mayor Pontieri muses about putting course at the park…plant donation by closed plant business noted

1:09:53 Public Portion begins. One member of the public speaks.

Dennis Ross responds to Trustee Ferb’s comments about potential fire safety issues at New Village building site

Meeting is then adjourned.

Next meeting to be filmed: 7/22/13 meeting of the Board, major issue on the agenda “the” parking meter plan to be proposed for adoption by the village. Public Hearing scheduled allowing any member of the public to comment.

And finally feedback always welcome: contact the citizens campaign via our website and coming soon the citizens campaign will be accelerating its outreach by using Facebook on a regular basis for contact with the public.