Oct 10, 2012 11:52 AM
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A major beach rebuilding project targeting six miles of oceanfront in Water Mill, Bridgehampton and Sagaponack, which proponents had hoped could be completed as early as this coming winter, will be put off until at least November 2013.
The delay will allow state legislation to exempt certain property owners from the special taxes that will pay for the $24 million project. Southampton Town Supervisor Anna Throne-Holst said this week that legislation is being pushed through the State Legislature by Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele Jr. that would exempt two properties, both of which have conservation easements on them, from the beach rebuilding project’s special taxing schedules. That legislation will not come up for a vote in the legislature until at least January, however.
Because of restrictions on dredging the ocean floor between March... more
The delay will allow state legislation to exempt certain property owners from the special taxes that will pay for the $24 million project. Southampton Town Supervisor Anna Throne-Holst said this week that legislation is being pushed through the State Legislature by Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele Jr. that would exempt two properties, both of which have conservation easements on them, from the beach rebuilding project’s special taxing schedules. That legislation will not come up for a vote in the legislature until at least January, however.
Because of restrictions on dredging the ocean floor between March... more
I can think of several other uses to ...more which that $$3M could be put.
In this case, every resident but the oceanfront property owners are getting nothing - - - for $$3M. Why shouldn't the residents with houses on the ocean pay the entire cost without a Town subsidy?
That $$3M could be used to defray the cost of our $$150K/yr. cops.
If you're going to try and rip the Town/Cops at least try and say something which makes sense.
Here's the concept, Nature, if the taxpayers don't have to pay $$3M to the oceanfront homeowners, then their taxes will be lower despite the cost of the $$150K cops.
You were just trying to come up with a segue into bashing police pay and it failed. Sorry to have wasted your 2nd comment of the day...
No one on the TB sees a problem with ...more this? Bueller? Bueller?
If they refuse to pay their assessments then their properties can ...more be seized for failure to pay taxes.
I'm not naive - I know how things work in this world. But I do know that the homeowners are in a special taxation district and can't simply refuse to pay the assessment. The large majority of them are paying for sand on their own - so might as well have everyone in the neighborhood do it. While they are rich, they're not stupid. They're fully aware that the sand can be washed away in one storm - but the proposed project is designed to ...more reduce the potential for one storm to ruin it all. That's why this is a 10 year program.