Write letters NOW....

[Fordboy]

I just got off the phone with a Riverhead council person and he said NOW IS THE TIME TO WRITE RESPECTFUL LETTERS TO THE RIVERHEAD COUNCIL in support of the Rexcorp proposal. Do not write anything threatening, just respectful letters of support. I'm not the one telling you to do it, the council person said it. Letter writing is VERY important. Emails do not count as they are not recorded at the Town Hall. Letters are! Please. Write letters now. I know we've been through this before, but this is a different ballgame. Try this letter to "Riverhead Board Members," and address to:

To the members of the Riverhead Town Board,
I urge you to accept the recent EPCAL Rexcorp. proposal for the 755 acre former Grumman site as presented on March 9th at the Town Hall. Being a local area resident, I believe this project would benefit the vast majority of community members in numerous ways and would add many needed dollars to the tax base as well as provide a variety of wholesome, constructive forms of hobby and entertainment outlets. Please do not allow this once in a lifetime opportunity to fail. It would elevate the quality of life for all the current residents of Riverhead and countless generations to come.

Sincerely,



Susan Herd
Riverhead Town Hall
200 Lowell Ave.
Riverhead, NY 11901

Susan will give a copy of your letter to each council person and it will become part of the official record. Ladies and Gentlemen, this is SHOW TIME! Please write.

[Chevychick]

Allen is it ok if we use this letter as a form letter for the other web boards to use?

[Fordboy]

Absolutely. Use whatever you like. I'm going to Wading River tonite to sign up as many as possible. Also, I will not allow them to mail these letters themselves as many of them will take it home and then trash it. I will mail a whole bunch together to save on stamps. As of now, the score is 2 councilpersons YES, 1 councilperson NO, and 2 councilpersons undecided. Get those letters in!!

[Chevychick]

Thats what i did with the levy letters it was worth spending the money on stamps to know they actually got mailed. Thanks and hopefully we will see you soon

[Fordboy]

I'm going to Bald Hill Tues. nite to continue signing people up. Tonite I got about 45 at Wading River. Thanks for the help Chevychick and Andy. Hey! Maybe you won't have to move. LOL

[Tmac]

Does anybody know when the next board meeting is.How much time do we have?

[Fordboy]

From what I can gather, we have a little more than 3 weeks.

[thenative1]

Can We Attend This Board Meeting?

[Tmac]

Is the yapank option dead in the water incase EPCAL doesn't go our way?

[Tmac]

I've also sent a letter to Levy's office respectfully asking him to state publicaly his support for the RexCorp plan.Kind of a redemption thing.

[Tmac]

Mike is it okay to put your site address at the bottom of these letters?

[Fordboy]

TO ALL THOSE that want to send letters or messages of encougement to the Riverhead Town Board. Please, Please, under no circumstances mention anything about a drag strip. So, to answer you directly Tmac, an emphatic NO. I have talked to people that have a little inside knowledge of how the board members feel and I can tell you that we need to stay just as we are. No mention of Drag Strip----PLEASE! Things are progressing the way they should right now. Civic organizations in and around the Riverhead area have NOT expressed the outrage at this proposal that was anticipated. The operative thought here is "Let sleeping dogs lie." There is nothing wrong with sending in the form letter that I posted here on another thread. But once again, please don't put any references to this site or urge them to build a drag strip.
Look for a full page ad in the Suffolk Life newspaper next week. The ad will only be in the Riverhead edition of the paper. If anyone needs any further explaination, send me a PM and I'll get back to you, OK?

[Tmac]

I have left mailings at two sites.The headings of these letters say supporters of motorsports and race tracks on L.I..Should I retrive these mailings.There is no other mentions of racing in the letter.I left them late and could reterive them early.Let me know!Pep boys Waverly Ave Patchogue and Roadside 112 Patchogue.

[Fordboy]

Thanks for getting back, Tmac. Yes I would get them if they have ANY reference to drag strip, motorsports or racing. We jsut don't want to F--K anything up now and playing it ultra safe is the best way. The town board in Riverhead is close to grappling with the Rexson proposal and we want to stay away from ANYTHING that would cause controversy or cause anyone to rethink their position, you know?
I added a little bit to the form at the top of this thread. You could use that. Thanks, bud.

If anyone wants to use their own words, be generic and above all, be RESPECTFUL. That goes alot further than nasty and angry. or threatening!

[Tmac]

Thanks for the quick reply Fordboy.At 8:00 I will be at road side and pepboy right after.I wish I knew sooner,I printed 1000 copies.There were two letters same heading but the other was asking for Levy's public support.Leave or reterive?No mention of drag strip,but mention of perils of street racing and safe option need.

[Fordboy]

Tmac. Sorry for your troubles. I too have spent $$$ on printers aonly to have it unuseable. I'd rather lose a few bucks now than start a controversy at the Town Board. It's difficult enough to please those people when things are RIGHT. The generic one at the top of this thread is non offensive and makes no references to Levy, motorsports, street racing, etc. Thanks for your understanding.

[Tmac]

I retrieved my folders from both sites.One minus 1 the other 21.I hope by trying to do rite i did'nt do wrong. Do you guys ever meet anywhere out side rallies to discuss ideas in person (cruise nights ect.)As far as standing outside parts stores handing out flyers,I'm one of those guys that works in Manhattan usually six days a week my free time is very limited.As for the mailings printed it costs me nothing it's your tax dollars at work.If one of you would like to pick up my mailings to distribute I could meet you somewhere in Patchogue today put message before 12:00. If you would like things printed I could get 2000 copies a week free.We just need a way to connect.No printer 51years old first computer!

[mikelbeck]

TO ALL THOSE that want to send letters or messages of encougement to the Riverhead Town Board. Please, Please, under no circumstances mention anything about a drag strip. So, to answer you directly Tmac, an emphatic NO. I have talked to people that have a little inside knowledge of how the board members feel and I can tell you that we need to stay just as we are. No mention of Drag Strip----PLEASE! Things are progressing the way they should right now. Civic organizations in and around the Riverhead area have NOT expressed the outrage at this proposal that was anticipated. The operative thought here is "Let sleeping dogs lie." There is nothing wrong with sending in the form letter that I posted here on another thread. But once again, please don't put any references to this site or urge them to build a drag strip.
Look for a full page ad in the Suffolk Life newspaper next week. The ad will only be in the Riverhead edition of the paper. If anyone needs any further explaination, send me a PM and I'll get back to you, OK?

So what's the plan, to build a drag strip on the sly without letting anybody know about it? What would the board do on opening day when they show up up for the ribbon cutting ceremony and notice that there's a whole load of dragsters waiting to get in the front gate?

[Whitetrashhero]

Why dosent Riverhead raceway build a drag strip? If there is all this money to be made they should do it.
I sent my letter, it was not the nicest to the board but it got my frustration out.

[Whitetrashhero]

Like I said.....................


Town Breaks Ground On Calverton Park
By:Hank Russell
06/06/2007
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With shovels in hand, members of the Riverhead Town Board were joined by department heads and elected officials at the county, state and federal levels last Friday to officially break ground at the future site of Calverton Recreational Park, a 92-acre recreational facility that will include multi-use athletic fields, tennis and volleyball courts, baseball fields, running and bicycle trails and a picnic area.


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According to Town Supervisor Phil Cardinale, the park will be built in two phases. Phase One includes the construction of four baseball fields that will be completed between 2008 and the spring of 2009. D.F. Stone Contracting, Ltd. in Medford has been named the park's contractor, and Araiys Design in Southampton will draw up the blueprint for the project.
Phase Two will include the construction of a nine-mile athletic trail and a bicycle trail - adjacent to the 300-acre Pine Barrens preserve - as well as the creation of multi-purpose athletic fields and infrastructure improvements "that will make this [park] a showcase for the town," Cardinale said.
According to Cardinale, the cost for this project is expected to be $5 million. During his speech, Cardinale thanked New York State Senator Ken LaValle (R-Selden) for securing the grants from the NYS Department of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation.
The first grant in the amount of $350,000 - for the first phase of construction - was approved in 2003. The second grant, worth $250,000, to be used for the second phase, was approved last year. "There's nothing better than creating a recreational opportunity for people," LaValle said.
Both Cardinale and Andrea Lohneiss, the town's community director, said the rest of the money will come from the town's residential development fund. According to the supervisor, the fund consists of impact fees the town collects from developers whenever they build on a plot of land. "This [project] is not burdensome to the taxpayers," Lohneiss said.
The property, which was originally owned by the federal government, was leased to the defense firm, Grumman, according to US Congressman Tim Bishop (D-Coram). "When Grumman was sold to Northrop, [the company] began to phase out their operations on eastern Long Island," he explained.
Lohneiss said that, when Northrop acquired Grumman in 1994, Grumman announced it would no longer lease the property. "The town had a re-use plan [for the property]," she said, adding that the town "envisioned" a multi-purpose recreational park for the site.
Bishop added that, in early 1994, Grumman stated that it was leaving eastern Long Island. In October 1994, then-US Congressman George Hochbrueckner introduced legislation that would turn the land over to the town of Riverhead. On February 14, 1996, Grumman vacated the site, according to Bishop's office. On September 7, 1998, the deed was transferred from the US Navy to the town.
Suffolk County Legislator Ed Romaine (R-Riverhead) served as the county clerk when the deed was transferred. Pointing down to the far end of the property, he recalled, "That's where we celebrated [the deed transfer more than] 10 years ago."
It was "a few years thereafter," Lohneiss said, that she applied for state funding through the NYS Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. As Cardinale pointed out, LaValle helped the town secure those grants.
Lohneiss emphasized the need for an additional recreational field because "Stotzky Park [on Pulaski Street] is already built out," she said. Romaine added that the baseball fields would help youth organizations like the Riverhead Little League, "which is in desperate need of athletic fields," he said.
Romaine called the athletic fields "a godsend" to the town and told those in attendance it would be "the jewel of Riverhead. Only now is its potential being realized."
"It's a wonderful program," Bishop said of the park project. "It's part of an ongoing renovation of the town."
In his speech, LaValle said he "hopes more and more people come out" to the town when the park is completed. "We're working to be part of a win-win situation."
Cardinale said the park will be beneficial to those who work in the town. "The thousands of employees would be no longer remote from recreational opportunities before, during and after the work day," he said.

[thenative1]

That's not the parcel of land in the proposal for motorsports/family entertainment site.:rolleyes:

[Supershafts]

Damn WT can you read.....

Hammer the navy property is like 3000 acres....

There is a industrial side of the property

A Entertainment side of the property

Riverhead park side of the property..

A large piece of property there going to do nothing at all with

Knock it off with the misinformation bs and learn to read....for christ sake man you are in god damned college...

Who the hell is saying we have the best schools here on long island, where are they getting this supposed proof from.

[Fordboy]

Shafts, you are FUNNY!!

[Tmac]

Mike I edited my Riverhead letters to be nondiscript.I never got an answer from you about putting site address.It would be on the folder the letters are in.It's your site it's your call.

[thenative1]

Residents Speak Out Against 'Levy World'
By:Michelle Pirraglia
06/13/2007

Stating that they feel "dumped on," a number of Yaphank residents recently spoke out about the proposed mixed-use development on approximately 250 acres of land off Yaphank Avenue, near exit 67 of the Long Island Expressway.


"They presented it as long-stemmed roses, but I think it's just a bunch of horse manure," said Frank Romano, chairman of the Concerns Committee of the Colonial Woods/Whispering Pines community. "With this being in play, and with Brookhaven Walk [a mall slated for construction just north of exit 68 on the LIE] also in play ... Yaphank is going to become the next Hauppauge - very congested. We're not asking for this."
Last month, the county narrowed the field down to two proposals - one from Legacy Village Real Estate Group and the other from Avalon Bay Communities/Damianos Realty - to develop the approximately 250-acre site, which is surrounded by several county facilities. Both projects include upwards of 2,000 workforce housing units, as well as an arena that would seat between 4,000 and 6,000, along with other entertainment facilities and industrial development.
Approximately 60 people came out for a public meeting on June 6 at the Yaphank firehouse to discuss the future of this parcel. "Basically everyone who attended was opposed to this project," Romano said. Major concerns cited by local residents included traffic implications, environmental and zoning issues, and the impact the new residential units - which are slated to be attached, multi-family dwellings - will have on the Longwood School District.
"We're monitoring it very carefully, and are very concerned with the potential impact of the units," stated Longwood Superintendent Allan Gerstenlauer. "They [the county] are very sensitive to our concerns and have kept us informed the entire way. We're always open to further discussion and participation in the process as it moves forward."
Jim Morgo, commissioner of the county's Department of Economic Development, stated that, while the current number of units being proposed by both developers is "too much," the residential units could be a plus for the district. "Most of the attached housing developments in the school district are a tax positive," he explained.
Developers agreed. "We have 2,000 units on Long Island, and we've been a tax benefit to the school districts," said Matthew Whalen, vice president of Avalon Bay, which is planning to build 2,000 residential units on the property, as well as a YMCA, a multi-purpose sports park, industrial facilities and a number of restaurants and boutiques. In response to residents' density concerns, Whalen cited one example in Brookhaven Town, where Avalon Bay constructed 450 units in Coram which yielded "only 40 children."
Sean McLean, project manager for Legacy Village, noted that included in their proposal is an elementary school, the construction of which would be paid for by developers. "We would work with the Longwood School District on that," he said. Legacy Village is planning to construct about 2,330 residential units on the Yaphank property, along with a 90-room hotel, as well as community park and swimming pool, restaurants, and a day care center. They are also planning a number of environmental initiatives, including the construction of a solar-powered generating plant and a geothermal heating and cooling system.
While the project has been touted by Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy as a smart growth development that will be "a hub of our economic engine," some believe the development will "change the face" of Yaphank - but not for the better. "It's not a hub, it's a housing project," said Maryann Johnston, president of the Affiliated Brookhaven Civic Organization. "This is something that needs to be put before the voters. Let them decide."
Johnston raised some environmental concerns, including the fact that that there is a "perc [perchloroethylene] plume" toward the bottom of the property. "Why not do the environmental review first?" she asked. "I think [the county] may be putting the cart before the horse. If this land is not suitable for construction, we're spending a lot of money on something the voters haven't approved."
But Morgo said officials from the county have said the plume is not dangerous, and that a full environmental review will be conducted. "We're at the very beginning of this process," Morgo explained, noting that he hoped a developer would be chosen by the end of 2007, but a timeline is not set in stone.
In terms of traffic, Morgo said there will be a "full review" and "traffic will have to be mitigated." He also noted that the property's proximity to the LIE should help alleviate some of the traffic impact.
Although the idea of the county leasing the property had been tossed around - which could have allowed developers to bypass the town of Brookhaven - Morgo said officials are now leaning toward selling the property.
"Currently, the [town] zoning would not permit this type of development," noted Tom Isles, director of the county's planning department. "It would involve [submitting an application] to the town board to rezone the property."
Isles, who, along with Morgo, attended the June 6 meeting in Yaphank, said he "understands" residents' concerns, and is willing to hear them out. "I think it's totally appropriate to have those questions, and to expect answers as the process proceeds," he said. "All we would ask at this time is that everyone keep an open mind. This process still has a long way to go, and the project will have to be judged on many different levels. All of it must be looked at comprehensively."
"We'd like to speak to Mr. Levy personally," Romano commented, questioning why this development was not proposed for the Enterprise Park at Calverton site in Riverhead. "What I'm wondering is why they [Riverhead Town] couldn't give Levy 200 acres for his 'Levy World?'"
Levy declined to speak to Suffolk Life on the Yaphank development last week, deferring inquiries to Morgo and Isles.
A price tag has not yet been placed on the Yaphank property, with Morgo stating that the two developers had to submit to the county "what they thought was fair market value." He could not, however, release those figures, as negotiations are ongoing.


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[mikelbeck]

Mike I edited my Riverhead letters to be nondiscript.I never got an answer from you about putting site address.It would be on the folder the letters are in.It's your site it's your call.

Sorry, I thought I replied. Yes, you can use this site's name and URL anywhere you want. Any publicity is good publicity!