I think it’s fantastic news that the Town of Southampton is stepping in to hold two public hearings to listen to North Haven residents’ ideas and concerns on Lovelady Park’s development [“North Haven Park Plans To Be Vetted By Southampton Councilman, CPF Officials,” 27east.com, August 8].
Remember, it was the Southampton Town Board, led by North Haven resident Tommy John Schiavoni, that saved the Lovelady property from development. The Southampton Town Community Preservation Fund owns the property, which is part of a large contiguous wilderness with wetlands area made up of a number of other large CPF parcels and Peconic Land Trust easements. The Southampton CPF’s mission is to protect undeveloped land, and they have done a spectacular job over the years.
The public hearings are on August 16 and 24. Their focus is to get input from North Haven’s residents. Then the Southampton Town Board will draft “boundaries and conditions” that North Haven’s Mayor Chris Fiore will have to adhere to. And no further clearing or development will be allowed until the CPF approves a “sufficiently detailed” master plan. Tommy John Schiavoni, Jackie Fenlon (CPF executive director), and Daniel McCormack (CPF lawyer) are holding the hearings.
Clearing of sensitive wetlands and wilderness without State Department of Environmental Protection permission or a wetlands management plan takes something away from the community that is hard to ever get back. We should all align to follow best practices; there should be no disagreement there.
Jim Vos
North Haven
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