Jan 30, 2013 1:53 PM
Mastic Beach Village officials had a message Monday night for Hampton Bays Civic Association members considering incorporation as a means of having greater control over their hamlet: it won’t be easy.
Mayor Bill Biondi, along with former Mayor Paul Breschard, Zoning Board Chairman Chris Ricciardi and Mastic Beach resident Stephen Colaianni, outlined the years of dedication it took to complete the process of incorporating their village. The task came at a cost of $40,000, which the group raised with donations and by hosting fundraisers.
“It’s been such a great satisfaction in my life to be a part of that,” Mr. Breschard told the estimated 100 people who packed the town senior center on Ponquogue Avenue.
The Mastic Beach residents first formed the Pattersquash Creek Civic Association, and, later, a village exploratory committee with... more
Mayor Bill Biondi, along with former Mayor Paul Breschard, Zoning Board Chairman Chris Ricciardi and Mastic Beach resident Stephen Colaianni, outlined the years of dedication it took to complete the process of incorporating their village. The task came at a cost of $40,000, which the group raised with donations and by hosting fundraisers.
“It’s been such a great satisfaction in my life to be a part of that,” Mr. Breschard told the estimated 100 people who packed the town senior center on Ponquogue Avenue.
The Mastic Beach residents first formed the Pattersquash Creek Civic Association, and, later, a village exploratory committee with... more
Our own incorporation several decades back, Pine Valley, did not work out -- too many individual residents looking to grab power for themselves -- and we mercifully unincorporated two years later.
However, look at Sagaponack, incorporated in 2005, and West Hampton Dunes, incorporated in 1993. That seems to have worked out very well for both areas.
Just think HB residents and property owners; One day we can be just like Mastic Beach!!
The residents took control of their own code enforcement becuase Brookhaven Town abandoned their responsibilities, and you only have to look a Flanders and Hampton Bays to see the same dereliction by the Southampton Town government.