East Hampton Town Trustees - East Hampton Town Trustees

Meeting: November 28, 2022

I. Roll Call II. Public Comment III. New Business IV. Old Business Annual Resolutions V. Committee Reports 1. Georgica Request from Inter-Science on behalf of 25 Cove Hollow Farm Robot, LLC & 25 Cove Hollow Farm Unicorn, LLC of 25 cove Hollow Farm Rd, SCTM # 301-12-10-5, to closeRead More

Cove Marina Switches to Oysters

The owner of a small marina on a narrow creek that meanders off the northern end of Three Mile Harbor will convert half of his dock slips into a commercial oyster farm. The proposal won approval from the East Hampton Town Trustees this week after years of wending itsRead More

Lift boat Lily off the shore of Wainscott beach

Drilling Begins for South Fork Wind

The Life Boat “Jill” Photos Michael Wright of The East Hampton Press The Life Boat vessel, “Jill” arrived off the shores of Wainscott this week. The platform can raise it’s platform high above the ocean’s waves. It will serve as a work station during the offshore segment of theRead More

Resolution: Extended Dock Moratorium

Adopted resolution regarding a one year moratorium extension on all new residential docks, catwalks, floating docks, floating structures, and platforms in Trustee waters from November 14, 2022 through November 22, 2022. . To access the entire resolution, link below: Dock Moratorium Extension DownloadRead More

The Star’s fishing columnist enjoyed a better-than-expected catch on opening day for scallop harvesting in state waters on Monday morning. Robert Cugini

On the Water: Searching for Scallops

“The bay scallop season in waters under the East Hampton Town Trustees’ jurisdiction will open on Sunday at sunrise. Residents holding a town shellfish permit can continue to harvest them until sunset on March 31.” The Star’s fishing columnist enjoyed a better-than-expected catch on opening day for scallop harvestingRead More

Shellfish Harvesters in the Town of East Hampton

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, Shellfisheries Section (Department) has determined that water quality in portions of Montauk Lake, Three Mile Harbor, Hog Creek, Napeague Bay, and Accabonac Harbor adjacent to the Town of East Hampton has changed, requiring reclassification to protect public health. The Department has also determined that it was necessary to make technical changes to improve enforcement and readability of the regulations in portions of Montauk Harbor, Three Mile Harbor, Hog Creek, Fresh Pond, Napeague Bay, Northwest Harbor, Northwest Creek, Accabonac Harbor and Georgica Pond.

On June 27, 2022, DEC filed a Notice of Emergency Adoption and Proposed Rulemaking to amend Title 6 of the New York Code of Rules and Regulations, Part 41.3, “Sanitary Condition of Shellfish Land,” in Suffolk County. The new regulations are EFFECTIVE immediately (as of June 27, 2022).

Special Notice to all Shellfish Harvesters

Trustee Resolution 2022 – 28: To Appoint Counsel and Authorize Legal Proceedings

During the regular meeting of the Board on February 14, 2022, the Board of Trustees unanimously passed and approved a resolution to appoint Daniel A. Spitzer, Esq. and the law firm of Hodgson Russ LLP to represent the Trustees and the residents of the Town who wish to use the Trustees’ Fishing Reservation for commercial or recreational fishing, as the Trustees are currently a named defendant in the civil proceeding The Seaview at Amagansett, Ltd. et al/ v. Trustees of the Freeholders and Commonalty of the Town of East Hampton et al. (Index No. 034714/20009). This resolution authorizes the intervention in the Town lawsuit and any necessary new proceeding, including action on behalf of individual residents or any class of residents and to authorize the entry into any joint defense or similar agreements.

Trustee Resolution 2022-28

Trustees Support Beach Access

The Trustees of the Freeholders and Commonalty of the Town of East Hampton stand in full support of a condemnation of the 4,000 ft. stretch of beach known as “Seaview”” that was recently awarded ownership to adjacent homeowner’s associations in February of 2021 by a ruling of the New York State Supreme Court. The more recent decision of September 14th by the New York State Court of Appeals, denied a hearing of both the Town and the Trustees motions to appeal.