First Town Meetings of 2016

The East Hampton Town Board will hold its annual organizational meeting at Town Hall on Tuesday at 10 a.m. and move ahead at a meeting next Thursday at 6:30 p.m., also at Town Hall, with hearings on matters including community preservation fund land and development-rights purchases.

The largest parcel under consideration is a 35-acre tract between Long Lane and Route 114 in East Hampton, owned by Whitmore Nurseries. The town proposes purchasing the development rights to the property at a cost of $3.2 million to preserve its open space and agricultural use.

Also using the community preservation fund, the town proposes purchasing two Montauk properties: 7.5 acres at 31 Upland Road from Joseph Frizone, for $1.5 million, and a .18-acre lot at 40 Caswell Road from Steven and Gino Antonini, for $295,000, both to preserve as open space.

Public comment also will be heard on eliminating a law that prohibits parking at all times on School Street near the Springs School, instead allowing one-hour parking in that area Mondays through Fridays from 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. One-hour parking had been allowed under a law that expired in September. The town board is seeking to reinstate that provision, stating in a resolution that it did so with “feedback from the East Hampton Town Police Department and the Springs School.”

Hearings also will be held on the adoption of an annual management and stewardship plan for properties purchased with the community preservation fund, on the installation of a stop sign for northbound traffic at the intersection of Davis and Laurel Drives in Montauk, and on a grant of a scenic and conservation easement at 5 McElnea Drive in East Hampton.