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Trustees will revitalize Lake Agawam waterfront

Publication: The Southampton Press
By Michael Wright   Mar 3, 2010 12:05 PM
The Southampton Town Trustees will hike the cost of permits for the parking lot at the south end of Lake Agawam in Southampton Village this summer to help pay for extensive environmental and aesthetic renovations to the lakefront that will begin this fall.

The cost of the permits, which are sold by the private Southampton Bathing Corporation beach club to its members, will be increased from $75 to $100 to help pay for the estimated $300,000 project. The Trustees, who collect all of the revenue, said the beach club sells about 700 of the parking permits each summer. There are 125 parking spaces in the Trustees-owned lot.

All of the money from the sale of the permits will go into a dedicated account that will be used to pay for rebuilding the... more

Can this all be true ? My trustees filled in part of a lake to widen a road and make a parking lot. The trustees are going to borrow against anticipated income - that's always a good idea with southampton's track record - just look at what we pay in interest on the bonds that are already floated. Sounds like the trustees are for bulkheads to help prevent storm water runoff, so that the native plant species can absorb oils and other pollutants. Don't oils and pollutants tend to kill plants? How ...more
By fix-it-now (216), sag harbor on Mar 12, 10 10:44 AM
If anyone wants "to get behind" an issue -- how about bringing those "green-green lawns under some sort of control.
By fix-it-now (216), sag harbor on Mar 12, 10 10:52 AM
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