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04-26-2011, 05:42 PM
An email I received today from the Brookhaven Civic Assoc.:
County Declares Yaphank Land Suplus
Brookhaven Legislators Lindsay, Kennedy, Viloria-Fisher, & Murtore vote AGAINST SAVING vital Carmans River land
Legislature ‘kills Legacy Village,’Carmans River Watershed land becomes surplus anyway
The Suffolk County Legislature approved a bill Tuesday to sell or lease most of the land in Yaphank that was slated for a development project called Legacy Village.Presiding Officer William Lindsay, who sponsored the bill to declare 247 acres of county owned land as surplus, said the sale is needed to balance the budget. Not included in the deal is the area nearest to the Carmans River, where a stadium was proposed in the Legacy Village plan.“Without this, I don’t know how we’re going to get through the year.” Browning bill saves only 30 ACRES?
Mr. Lindsay said, adding that the land will now go through a bidding process while the environmental impact study is being finalized. The study was recently completed to determine how the proposed development would impact the area.“This would essentially kill Legacy Village,” Mr. Lindsay said prior to the vote.
The bill passed, 14-4, after Legislator Kate Browning’s attempt to table it failed. Ms. Browning, along with Legislators Sarah Anker, Jack Eddington and Ed Romaine, opposed the legislation to declare the land as surplus.“The community is concerned that the sale is a back-door way of developing another Legacy Village,” Ms. Browning said.Mr. Lindsay said local residents will have to take their concerns to the Brookhaven Town Board.“Brookhaven Town will have the final say [with] any plans,” he said.
The town’s recently completed Carmans River Watershed Protection Plan recommends the town acquire the land if the county declares it as surplus. Supervisor Mark Lesko was not immediately available for comment. The Legacy Village plan, long championed by County Executive Steve Levy, had called for over 1,000 housing units, a 90-room hotel, a 5,500-seat arena, retail stores, four restaurants, 70 rental apartments and 50,000 square feet of office space on county-owned land in Yaphank located just south of Exit 67 off the Long Island Expressway
Mike
County Declares Yaphank Land Suplus
Brookhaven Legislators Lindsay, Kennedy, Viloria-Fisher, & Murtore vote AGAINST SAVING vital Carmans River land
Legislature ‘kills Legacy Village,’Carmans River Watershed land becomes surplus anyway
The Suffolk County Legislature approved a bill Tuesday to sell or lease most of the land in Yaphank that was slated for a development project called Legacy Village.Presiding Officer William Lindsay, who sponsored the bill to declare 247 acres of county owned land as surplus, said the sale is needed to balance the budget. Not included in the deal is the area nearest to the Carmans River, where a stadium was proposed in the Legacy Village plan.“Without this, I don’t know how we’re going to get through the year.” Browning bill saves only 30 ACRES?
Mr. Lindsay said, adding that the land will now go through a bidding process while the environmental impact study is being finalized. The study was recently completed to determine how the proposed development would impact the area.“This would essentially kill Legacy Village,” Mr. Lindsay said prior to the vote.
The bill passed, 14-4, after Legislator Kate Browning’s attempt to table it failed. Ms. Browning, along with Legislators Sarah Anker, Jack Eddington and Ed Romaine, opposed the legislation to declare the land as surplus.“The community is concerned that the sale is a back-door way of developing another Legacy Village,” Ms. Browning said.Mr. Lindsay said local residents will have to take their concerns to the Brookhaven Town Board.“Brookhaven Town will have the final say [with] any plans,” he said.
The town’s recently completed Carmans River Watershed Protection Plan recommends the town acquire the land if the county declares it as surplus. Supervisor Mark Lesko was not immediately available for comment. The Legacy Village plan, long championed by County Executive Steve Levy, had called for over 1,000 housing units, a 90-room hotel, a 5,500-seat arena, retail stores, four restaurants, 70 rental apartments and 50,000 square feet of office space on county-owned land in Yaphank located just south of Exit 67 off the Long Island Expressway
Mike