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COUNTY OF SUFFOLK STEVEN BELLONE SUFFOLK COUNTY EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING DIVISION OF PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENT COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY Gloria Russo Chairperson CEQ NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING Notice is hereby given that the Council on Environmental Quality will convene a regular public meeting at 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday November 19, 2014 in the Arthur Kunz Library, H. Lee Dennison Building, Fourth Floor, Veterans Memorial Highway, Hauppauge, NY 11788. Pursuant to the Citizens Public Participation Act, all citizens are invited to submit testimony, either orally or in writing at the meeting. Written comments can also be submitted prior to the meeting to the attention of: Andrew P. Freleng, Chief Planner Council on Environmental Quality Suffolk County Planning Department P.O. Box 6100 Hauppauge, NY 11788 631-853-5191 Council of Environmental Quality Gloria Russo, Chairperson TH H. LEE DENNISON BUILDING 4 FLOOR ▪ 100 VETERANS MEMORIAL HWY., HAUPPAUGE, NY 11788 ▪ P: (631) 853-5191 ▪ F: (631) 853-4044 COUNTY OF SUFFOLK STEVEN BELLONE COUNTY EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING DIVISION OF PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENT COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY Gloria Russo Chairperson CEQ REVISED AGENDA MEETING NOTIFICATION Wednesday, November 19, 2014 9:30 a.m. Arthur Kunz Library H. Lee Dennison Bldg. - 4th Floor Veterans Memorial Highway, Hauppauge All project materials can be found at: http://www.suffolkcountyny.gov/Departments/Planning/Boards/CouncilonEnvironmentalQuality Call to Order: Minutes: October 2014 Correspondence: Public Portion: Historic Trust Docket: Director’s Report: Updates on Housing Program for Historic Trust Sites Updates on Historic Trust Custodial Agreements Dedication of Montauk County Park to the Suffolk County Historic Trust Project Review: Recommendations for LADS Report: A. Recommendations for Legislative Resolutions Laid on the Table November 5, 2014 Other Business: *Information Session on Town of Riverhead Sewage Treatment Upgrade and Reuse of Treated Wastewater on Indian Island Golf Course (Presentation by Town of Riverhead, Suffolk County Parks Department and Suffolk County Health Department) CAC Concerns: *CAC MEMBERS: The above information has been forwarded to your local Legislators, Supervisors and DEC personnel. Please check with them prior to the meeting to see if they have any comments or concerns regarding these projects that they would like brought to the CEQ’s attention. **CEQ MEMBERS: PLEASE NOTIFY THIS OFFICE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE IF YOU WILL BE UNABLE TO ATTEND. ***FOLLOWING THE MEETING PLEASE LEAVE BEHIND ALL PROJECT MATERIAL THAT YOU DO NOT WANT OR NEED AS WE CAN RECYCLE THESE MATERIALS LATER ON. COUNTY OF SUFFOLK STEVEN BELLONE SUFFOLK COUNTY EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT OF GREG DAWSON PARKS, RECREATION AND CONSERVATION COMMISSIONER November 3, 2014 Gloria G. Russo, Chair Council on Environmental Quality H. Lee Dennison Building 100 Veterans Memorial Hwy. Hauppauge, NY 11788 Re.: Dedication of the entire Montauk County Park to the Suffolk County Historic Trust. Dear Ms. Russo, Montauk County Park was dedicated to the Suffolk County Historic Trust by CEQ resolution number 44-1991. However, the buildings and structures within the park were not included in the dedicating resolution. At this time, we are recommending a new resolution to include the property and buildings. The Suffolk County Historic Trust Committee has made a site visit to Montauk County Park and has recommended the park and its buildings be dedicated/listed to the Suffolk County Historic Trust. See attached committee vote. Please consider reviewing Montauk County Park for dedication to the Suffolk County Historic Trust at the next CEQ meeting on November 19, 2014. ~:~--z52- Director of Historic Services Suffolk County Parks Department cc.: Commissioner Greg Dawson Ends: Historic Trust Committee resolution, maps, & Montauk County Park History of Third House SlJl~Ji'CtLK Ct:">VNT'i' MONTAUK HIGHWAY- P.O. BOX 144 WEST SAYVILLE, NEW YORK 11796-0144 (631)854·4949 FAX: (631) 854-4977 •PARKS DEDICATION OF THE ENTIRE MONTAUK COUNTY PARK INCLUDING BUILDINGS/SITES NAME USE CATEGORY PRESERVATION CATEGORY Montauk County Park F- Functional E- Exceptional; Scenic Vistas, Big Reed Pond A- Agricultural AO Archeological AR- Architectural TN- Terrain C- Preservation of Context and Settings Third House F- Functional AR- Architectural M- Museum 0 Office Motel Unit F- Functional AR- Architectural Cabin# 1 F- Functional AR - Architectural Cabin# 2 F- Functional AR - Architectural Cabin# 3 F- Functional AR - Architectural Cabin# 4 F- Functional AR - Architectural Cabin# 5 F- Functional AR - Architectural Cabin# 6 F- Functional AR Architectural Cabin# 7 F- Functional AR- Architectural Cabin# 8 F- Functional AR Architectural Cabin# 9 F- Functional AR- Architectural GATR Generator Building F- Functional AR - Architectural (Ground to Air Transmit and Receive Site) 0- Office GATR Building F- Functional AR - Architectural (Ground to Air Transmit and Receive Site) 0- Office GATR Transmission Poles (7) F- Functional C - Preservation of Context (Ground to Air Transmit and Receive Site) and Settings The Hilda Lindley House F- Functional AR Architectural M -Museum Archeological Sites as listed in M- Museum AO -Archeological the Cultural Resource Survey Report for S.C. Parks and N.Y. State Div. for Historic Preservation. Prepared by: L.l. Archaeological Project, Suffolk Co. Archaeological Assoc. Anthropology Dept. S.U.N.Y. Stonv Brook, August 1980 LISTED BUILDING AT MONTAUK COUNTY PARK NAME USE CATEGORY PRESERVATION CATEGORY Stable F - Functional AR- Architectural Motion made by Dan Pichney Seconded by Bert Seides HT Committee Members Aye Nay Abstain Not Present Mary Ann Spencer X Ellen Williams X Mary Cascone X DanPichney X Bert Seides X Laurie B illadello X (Called in vote) Zach Studenroth X Bob Arnold X LtuEJJP """""'"' INPIJtl fJfiJl taNP~f:f' /1JZ - IJI,IITI/al5.<fd4{) - 1Mtolli<l4<>'114tl>.o B BJ' IA/11411 ~ .. - '*''flAil. ffiJ!JJIIr =' loiiiiii4M'm.IS r£.-L.-;:::. lltTUNP .Q.t4'D , p-.J,;>Of! COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR THE PRESERVATION AND USE OF CONTEXT . ' I MONTAUK COUNTY PARK USE ud fEATURES 1702· 1&115 YO"" 1 32 a MONTAUK COUNTY PARK HISTORY OF THIRD HOUSE r'"\ ; ) Third House was originally built in 1806 by the Trustees ofEast Hampton. They built the house for the keeper who they appointed to tend the livestock that grazed in the pastures ofthe Montauk peninsula east of Great Pond. Two other houses had already been built for the keepers ofthe west end of the Montauk peninsula. The "First House" built in 1798 was located at Hither Hills, which is no longer standing. The "Second House" built in 1797 at Fort Pond is now open to the public with tours provided by the Montaul( Historic Society. In 1879, Arthur W. Benson, a Brooklyn financier and avid sportsman, purchased the entire Montauk peninsula for $151,000.00. The only lands not included in the sale were the Federal lighthouse and life saving station reservations. Benson added the west wing to Third House at this time which contained sixteen bedrooms. He opened up the old kitchen to create a new large dining room and added a porch across the entire front fayade. Third House ceased to be a keeper's house and became exclusively used as a boarding house or inn. One day stands out in the 200 year history of Third House. On August 17, 1898, Col. Theodore , Roosevelt stayed at Third House shortly after arriving in Montauk with his Rough Riders. In August 1898 29,500 soldiers returning from duty in the Spanish-American War camped at Montaul( until they were certified fi·ee of yellow fever and typhoid fever. In August and September of 1898 Camp Wikoff was a tent city spread out on the Great Plain between Fort Pond and Lake Montauk and extending across Ditch Plain south of Third House. Third House was just outside the camp boundary as shown on a manuscript map "Camp Wikoff, Montaul(, N.Y. Sept. 1898." Lieut. Col. Theodore Roosevelt arrived at Camp Wikoff on August 15, 1898 and spent the first few nights in detention along with his men. The August 19, 1898 edition ofthe New York Times reported, "The Rough Riders who arrived here last Monday were released from the detention camp today although Colonel Roosevelt left there last night and for the first time in a good many weeks slept in what he called a "civilized bed" at Third House." Col. 11 Roosevelt joined his family at Third House on August 1t • Mrs. Roosevelt was reported to have arrived 111 at Third House as early as August 9 • Col. Roosevelt may have stayed at Third House only one night before moving to his tent in Camp Wikoff Carl Graham Fisher and his partners in the Montauk Beach Development Corporation purchased 9000 acres at Montauk in I 925 intending to create a summer resort following the example oftheir 1920 Miami Beach development. Included in Fisher's I 925 purchase was Third House. Fisher had bon-owed heavily to finance the construction ofMontauk and was ruined by the stock market crash of 1929. Third House was apparently completely abandoned after 1929. The East Hampton Star's 1935 fiftieth anniversary issue noted ofThird House: " it is owned by the Montauk Beach Development Corporation; but it is uninhabited and looks very lonely there, standing grey and bare on the hill." The 1930's brought a new era oftourism to Montauk and to Third House. The Long Island State Park Commission, headed by Robert Moses, established Hither Hills State Park; at the west end of Montaulc, and Montauk Point State Park and in 1931 constructed a scenic highway connecting them. In 1936 Phineas Dicldnson III started a cattle ranch at the Carl Fisher polo stables across the road from Third House. Two years later the abandoned Third House was purchased by William D. Bell and his sister, Mary Bell, who saw the possibility for a new tourist attraction in Montauk: the dude ranch.