The Southampton Town Board and the town’s Planning Department took flak from Tuckahoe residents on Tuesday night when the board, as part of a last-minute addition to its agenda, approved the scoping document for the proposed Tuckahoe Center shopping complex.
Residents blasted board members for proposing that the document—which serves as a checklist for the developers’ planning consultants to craft a future impact study, highlighting concerns that must be addressed—be accepted just hours before the vote was held, leaving little to no time for residents to review the final proposed version and to offer opinions to board members.
Planning and Development Administrator Kyle Collins advised the board that failing to approve the document prepared by the town on Tuesday would automatically make a draft submitted by the developer’s consultants—a version that does... more
Residents blasted board members for proposing that the document—which serves as a checklist for the developers’ planning consultants to craft a future impact study, highlighting concerns that must be addressed—be accepted just hours before the vote was held, leaving little to no time for residents to review the final proposed version and to offer opinions to board members.
Planning and Development Administrator Kyle Collins advised the board that failing to approve the document prepared by the town on Tuesday would automatically make a draft submitted by the developer’s consultants—a version that does... more



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