Government Briefs 11.13.14
East Hampton Town
Charge Your Electric Car
An electric-vehicle charging station, newly installed at East Hampton Town Hall, will be unveiled at 9 a.m. tomorrow at an event organized by the town board and the Natural Resources Department. The public has been invited. The station is in front of the police annex at the town hall campus on Pantigo Road. It will be demonstrated using electric vehicles provided by Buzz Chew Chevrolet and Tesla Motors, whose representatives will be on hand to answer technical questions. The town received a $10,500 grant from the New York State Energy Research Development Authority and a $2,000 grant from the New York Power Authority, covering the full cost of installation, in order to encourage the public and members of the town workforce to embrace electric vehicles. Councilwoman Sylvia Overby, the town board’s liaison to its energy sustainability committee, said the new charging station was part of an overall commitment to environmental sustainability.
C.P.F. Purchases Proposed and Approved
The town board will hold hearings next Thursday on three proposed purchases using the community preservation fund. Development rights to preserve farmland and open space would be acquired for a total of $7 million on 4.4 acres of land at 7 Beach Lane in Wainscott, owned by Jane Weigley. The purchase will be made jointly by the town and the Peconic Land Trust, which has raised $2.5 million for its share and which will continue to raise funds until the closing. The town’s cost will not exceed $4.4 million. Another hearing will focus on a proposed purchase of a .44-acre lot at 817 Accabonac Road in Springs, at its intersection with Old Stone Highway and Neck Path, which is owned by the estate of the late Eileen Roaman. The cost is $220,000. The third proposed purchase, for $2.2 million, is of 2.6 acres of land at 300, 306, and 312 Cranberry Hole Road in Amagansett. It is owned by the Sky and Ray Family Trust, Indian Pot L.L.C., and Helen Rattray, who is the publisher of The Star. The hearings will begin at 6:30 p.m.
Meanwhile, the town board has approved two other C.P.F. land purchases, following a Town Hall hearing last Thursday. A lot at 48 Northwest Landing Road in East Hampton that is just over an acre will be bought from Richard Dittmer for $470,000, and a .21-acre lot at 10 Brisbane Road in Montauk will be purchased for $250,000 from Rosette Miles.