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The Manor Park Civic Association has been serving the community since 1983. The Association was formed over concerns that the Town of Brookhaven intended to expand the operations at Brookhaven Muncipal Airport and was already in the process of seeking to condemn homes in Manor Park for expansion of the airport. Ultimately, the Town was successful in taking only three homes to provide a buffer zone for the Airport. These buffer zones have been a source of concern for the residents of the area who must be constantly aware of activity at the Airport in order to ensure that the peaceful and small nature of the Airport is not destroyed by inappropriate development.
Oddly enough, this has been a recurring battle for the residents of Manor Park for the almost 25 years, as the Town seeks to ever increase its revenues from activity at the Airport at the expense of the quality of life of nearby residents.
Additionally, the Manor Park Civic Association is a strong and steadfast proponent of preserving the entire Mastic Woods. The 254 acre Mastic Woods surrounds Manor Park and has been the target of relentless development pressure and abandonment by elected officials for many years.
The Mastic Woods is home to the headwaters of the embattled Forge River and the residents of Manor Park were among the first to call for its preservation and restoration. President MaryAnn Johnston even filed a successful Article 78 to stop the Town from permitting a massive PRC to be built with a Sewage Treatment Plant at the headwaters of the Forge River, or as the Town proposed cesspool systems for the project located at none other than the Town owned Calabro Airport.
The Mastic Woods is second on the critical preservation list of the Long Island's Last Stand group and is now the subject of a Planning Steps Resolution by Suffolk County Legislator Kate Browning. The efforts of the Manor Park Civic Association were critical to convincing the developer to sell the Mastic Woods for open space preservation.
Manor Park continues to be an advocate for our residents and aims to preserve and enhance their quality of life now and for the future.
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Monday, March 08, 2010 |
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MPCA NEW DAY & LOCATION Wednesday March 10, 2010 7:30 PM Dowling College Room B-201 Guest Speaker Legislator Kate Browning |
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Legacy Village Scope Public hearing |
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Monday, March 08, 2010 |
| Legacy Village public Scope 3/16 |
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OPERATION MEDICINE CABINET |
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Monday, March 08, 2010 |
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OPERATION MEDICINE CABINET
The Suffolk County Police Department will be conducting a drug disposal event on Saturday, March 13th from 10 am to 2 pm. Operation Medicine Cabinet will provide an opportunity for people to safely and anonymously dispose of expired or unused prescription drugs in pill form. Please Note: Syringes and liquid medications will not be accepted. For more information call (631) 852-6530.
Drop-off containers will be available at every precinct. |
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Wednesday, February 10, 2010 |
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MASTIC WOODS PARKLANDLast night the Town of Brookhaven finally introduced and approved a resolution to make the 6 year battle to Save the Mastic Woods and the headwaters of the Forge River a reality. The Town Board voted unainmously to acquire the 100 acres as open space parkland. The purchase price was Twenty Millon Dollars...to be divided three ways. Two Million from New York State, and Eight Million each from Suffolk County and Brookhaven Town. Hopefully the closing will take place soon and our Mastic Woods will at long last become offical open space parkland. Finally, we can rest knowing it has been saved for future generations to enjoy. I will surely keep everyone posted...but this is a big victory for Manor Park Civic, the Forge River and everyone who worked so hard to make a difference. Profound Thanks go out to all who joined with us to make this a reality...but especially to the members of the OPEN SPACE COUNCIL (Karen Blumer, Marilyn England, Doug Dittko) for helping to fund the Pro Se Article 78 back in 2005, and the Peconic Baykeeper, Kevin McAllister, without his successful Impaired Waters Petition... effucent from the 466 unit PRC would already be being dumped daily into the Forge River from a Sewage Treatment Plant at its headwaters or cesspools at the nearby Airport. I cannot thank all who efforts so immeasurably helped to make this dream come true, but I would be truly remiss if I did not thank Legislator Browning, former 6th District Council representatives Bissonette and the late Keith Romaine, all present members of the Town Council, Supervisor Mark Lesko, NYS DEC Director Peter Scully, Assemblyman Marc Alessi and Fred Thiele, Senator Ken Lavalle, The Suffolk County Legislature, Dick Amper of the LI Pine Barrens Society, Kevin McDonald of the Nature Conservancy, John Turner of the TOB Environmental Protection and all the reporters who refused to let this story die. Finally ...thanks to the developer ....the Beechwood Organization... who finally saw the Woods the way we did and agreed to sell for preservation. I always believed that together we could fight to stop the destruction of our Mastic Woods CONGRADULATIONS TO ALL WHO HELPED MAKE THIS DAY POSSIBLE!!! |
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, February 10, 2010 )
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Huge Project Proposed for By-pass Corridor |
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Written by Webmaster
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Sunday, February 21, 2010 |
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This info on the projects that will affect our area is listed on the website for the East Moriches Porperty Owers site. A new project is now proposed near the headwaters of the Terrrel River and could threaten the Shore to Core Greenbelt area Yellow outlines the approximate location of the Cedar PineS site. Gray shows the Moriches Industrial Park. (not built when aerial was taken). Walpen Pond has the big pond in the center. Click image to enlarge, and then click again. SCTM: 200-793-1-21 & 13
Acres: 16.9
School District: East Moriches
Application: Change of zone
Current zoning: L-1 & A-1
Proposed zoning: PRCHC
Nearby wetlands: 150'
Current use: mostly wooded
Proposed use: 200 bed nursing home & 80 age-restricted apartments in 10 buildings
Brookhaven log #: 09COZ38
Hearing date: not scheduled Click on links below to view documents. Click here to download them  The Application. In December 2009, an application was filed to change the zoning of this site from mainly L-1-Industrial to PRCHC, which is a Planned Retirement Congregate Housing Community. In a PRCHC district, the only permitted use is "adult care facilities as defined and licensed by New York State Department of Health". The applicant is reportedly affiliated with the Cedar Lodge Nursing Home across Frowein Road from this site.
The plan applicant submitted is to the right (thumbnail). Applicant's attorney has reported that it is being revised after a meeting with the Town's Planning Department. The application for a change of zone remains pending.
The Long Environmental Assessment Form (LEAF) filed by applicant states that the site is in or continguous to a "Critical Enfirconmental Area". Immediately to the east of the site is a parcel owned by the Town that is mostly wetlands and includes the headwaters of the Terrell River. The Town owns parcels both to the north and south, and they are planned to form a trail, the Core to Shore trail, that extends from the Sound to Moriches Bay.The LEAF provides data on traffic, taxes, and other issues. It states that the project will generate $1.4 million in taxes, but does not state what L-1 use of the parcel would generate or whether it would be more or less. Sewage treatment is to be provided by the Walden Pond treatment plant.
For all documents on this project, including the full Plot Plan, click here. |
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Hampton Club @ Pine Barrens Commssion |
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Written by Webmaster
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Sunday, February 21, 2010 |
To enlarge map, double-click on it, and click again when it opens. SCTM 200-594-1-5, 200-563-4-2 and 200-563-5-1
Acres
79
Current zoning
A-1 Residence
Pine Barrens status
In Compatible Growth Area
School District
Eastport-South Manor
Brookhaven log # 2009-029-CZ Application
For change of zone from A-1 Residence (1 acre) to B-Residence (3/8 acre)
Proposed use
119 clustered single family residences and open space
Hearing date
The Pine Barrens Commission will hear the owner's applicaiton for a hardship exemption on Wednesday, March 17, at 2 pm. The public may speak. The Town Board will hear the owner's applicaiton for a change of zone from A-1 to B Residential at its first meeting in April (scheduled for April 20). To view documents, click on the links in the text below. Prior Application Approved. In 2006, the developers sought approval for a 64 single family home clustered subdivision. They sought and obtained relief from the moratorium for the CR 51 Land Use Plan. Their application was approved by the Planning Board in May 2007. In connection with this plan, the owner gave and recorded covenants and easements to the Town, the County and the Pine Barrens Commission (see DoH covenants, Town covenants, Pine Barrens covenants and Town easements). Now Seek Doubling Density. Now, however, the owner wants to double its yield, and seek a change of zone from A-1 (1 acre per single family house) to B-Residence (15,000 sq. ft. per unit) to permit the doubling of the density. They propose to use the same layout of buildings as in the approved 64-unit plan, but make most of the houses duplexes. According to their current application, filed 7/16/09, they want 119 units--30 first time home buyer units and 86 duplex unit--with lot sizes averaging about 14,700 SF a recreational building, pool and other recreational amenities including a system of trails a surface water feature occupying approximately 6.77 acres 327 parking spaces including 178 garages and 128 driveway spaces 29 acres of open space.
In a 9/23/09 memo, The Town's Division of Traffic Safety has stated that the requested downzoning "could have an adverse traffic impact." It estimated that "the proposed development will generate more than 1.4 times the vehicle trip-ends (1480 vehicle trip-ends in a 24 hour period) than if the site were developed under the existing zoning (832 vehicle trip-ends in a 24 hour period)." In a 10/13/09 letter, the NYS Transportation said that "a revised Traffic Impact Study is warranted" given the additional traffic that would be generated by increased density. On December 8, the Town Board approved a pos dec requiring the applicant to file an Environmental Impact Statement that would be supplemental to the CR 51 Land Use Plan. With record speed, the applicant filed a draft EIS and on December 22 the Town Board decided that it was" deemed to be satisfactory with respect to its scope and content". It scheduled a hearing for the first meeting in April (no specific date yet) on the EIS and on the application to change the zoning of the site from A-1 to B Residence. The DEIS is available for viewing in several parts (due to its size): the main text, a part of the CR51 Land Use Plan, various prior Town approval documents, an updated Fiscal and Economic Impact Analysis, and a Traffic Assessment. Pine Barrens Hardship Exemption. A Pine Barrens hardship exemption would be required for this project to proceed. This was stated in a letter from the Commission staff. It raised other issues, including the need for a sewage treatment plant rather than individual backyard septic systems. An application for the exemption has been filed and may be viewed on the Commission's website. The hearing on the application is OPEN TO PUBLIC COMMENT. It was scheduled for January 20 but has been adjourned to Wednesday, March 17 at 2 pm. To view all the documents uploaded on this project (including those linked above), or to download any of them, click here or for the more recent ones, here. |
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Thursday, October 15, 2009 |
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DEC arrests Carter for Dumping in regulated Wetlands on preserved property. |
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Last Updated ( Friday, October 23, 2009 )
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