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Local officials and resident as Suffolk County Water Authority to reopen environmental review of North Fork Water Main Project

Local officials and resident as Suffolk County Water Authority to reopen environmental review of North Fork Water Main Project

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Staff members at the Devon Yacht Club in Amagansett have been forced to leave the country for a two-month period to resolve an issue with visa renewal, halting kitchen service at the club for a handful of days at the tail end of the summer. Jack Motz reports on 27east.com that Devon Yacht Club is a private facility tucked away on Napeague Bay, which has been in the spotlight for the past year or so due to a controversial plan to redevelop the facility and the subsequent expulsion of a handful of members who spoke out against the plan.A copy of a letter, dated August 26, addressed to members of the Devon Yacht Club regarding federal visa issues states that, “The H2B visa approval for our cooks is still not resolved,” the Devon office wrote. “It seems that an oversight either by the agent or attorney responsible for submitting our petition or perhaps by the US Immigration Office itself has resulted in a situation where our H2B kitchen staff must leave the country immediately and return to their home countries for at least 60 days before their visas can be renewed. Needless to say, this is causing consternation not only for our Club management and its Members, but also for our hard working staff.”Kitchen service at the Devon Yacht Club was halted starting Wednesday evening. Main food service on Wednesday was canceled, alongside all service yesterday — aside from a limited bar menu. According to the August 26 letter, the Devon office was doing what it could to rehire the necessary kitchen staff to resume limited service today.“Our team is working hard to find satisfactory replacements and solutions to bring these services back as soon as possible,” the office wrote to the membership. “We apologize for the inconvenience we know this will cause.”Asked if there had been any contact from federal officials on the issue, East Hampton Town Police said there were no notifications, complaints or reports regarding Devon Yacht Club.***Local officials and residents pressed the Suffolk County Water Authority this week to slow or reopen its environmental review of the North Fork Water Main Project, saying the impacts of the authority’s newly preferred Main Road route have not been adequately studied in the Draft Environmental Impact Statement. Denise Civiletti reports on Riverheadlocal.com that the DEIS, developed to study the proposed route along Sound Avenue, does not contain enough information to assess impacts on traffic, wetlands, schools and utilities of the chosen preferred alternative along Main Road, according to several speakers at Wednesday’s hearing on the DEIS in the Riverhead Library.The hearing was the third held this month on the DEIS for the proposed water main, which is intended to move water from SCWA’s wells in Flanders to customers in Southold town. The other hearings were in Southold Town and one at the SCWA’s Westhampton office.SCWA officials opened the hearing by describing the project as necessary to address peak summer demand, low tank levels, saltwater intrusion and emerging contaminants affecting the North Fork water supply.Riverhead Town Supervisor Jerry Halpin asked SCWA to wait for completion of a U.S. Geological Survey study before finalizing the review and said the authority’s proposed off-season construction schedule does not reflect Riverhead’s year-round traffic and business activity.The Article 78 petition is currently returnable Sept. 23.The Riverhead Town Board has scheduled a new Monroe balancing test hearing for Sept. 1. The town’s Aug. 18 resolution says Riverhead objects to SCWA treating the town as an interested agency rather than an involved agency in the environmental review and objects to SCWA relying on a Monroe determination based on the earlier Sound Avenue route for a revised project now proposed along Main Road.Written comments on the DEIS are being accepted until Sept. 25 at 5 p.m. SCWA must respond to substantive comments in a final environmental impact statement before issuing findings under SEQRA.***The North Fork Civics will hold a panel discussion on the housing crisis, “Our Housing Crisis: Local Voices” with a parent, an educator, a firefighter, health care professional and a small business owner this coming Monday, Aug. 31 at 5 p.m. at CAST in Southold.“Interested in avoiding higher taxes and traffic as bad as the South Fork, while helping our local kids and businesses thrive? If yes, come to our forum on Monday to hear directly from locals how to help!” says Katy Stokes of the Housing Working Group of the North Fork Civics, a coalition of civic associations in Southold Town.Beth Young reports in EAST END BEACON that the forum will be followed by a Q&A. All are welcome. CAST is at 53930 Main Road in Southold. Monday's event starts at 5 p.m.“We invite you to hear from residents who struggle with housing options on the North Fork and the impact this has on families, schools, services and businesses,” says the North Fork...
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