Community Concerns
Environment
Community Character
Density/location
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Protecting our drinking water, marshlands, ponds and L.I sound is critical. High Density construction in Environmentally Sensitive watershed area will impact our environment in many ways. Healthy marsh lands are of great importance in protecting our shores from ever increasing storm events and preventing major flooding to our homes and property.
Density/location
Community Character
Density/location
Development Density is impacting our water and air quality . Zoning is intended to protect our health and quality of life. It is our local government's responsibility to uphold these rights . Land use Decisions made today will impact our quality of life in perpetuity.
Community Character
Community Character
Community Character
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We cherish the semi-rural character of our neighborhood This cluster development would change the character of our community .
The Cluster development, if approved, would set a precedent for our community – opening the door for other developers to build additional high density projects in Fort Salonga and surrounding areas
Traffic / safety
Preservation of Home Equity
Community Character
Traffic Estimates from the Developer are misleading, inaccurate and grossly underestimated . The actual traffic resulting from the 86 Cluster Housing development plus an expanded clubhouse catering facility will result in dangerous conditions on our inadequate roads . Families walking,biking or jogging on narrow country roads without sidewalks will no longer be able to enjoy a peaceful stroll through the neighborhood .Our quality of life will be greatly impacted.
Preservation of Home Equity
Preservation of Home Equity
Preservation of Home Equity
Cluster housing will effect the value of your Fort Salonga Home. A project of this magnitude will scare potential buyers due to its unknown outcome. What could easily become a 5+ year project will place fear and doubt in our area. Home prices around the project will decline and since banks compare sale prices within a 3 mile radius for mortgage appraisals, this will negatively effect values in all of Fort Salonga. Regardless of where you live in Fort Salonga YOUR HOME VALUE WILL BE IMPACTED
The proposed development would directly injure property values in the surrounding area. Professional appraisals commissioned by several neighboring residents have determined that the Indian Hills Development, which would apply a scant 50-foot setback between its new buildings and existing residential properties, would lead to a substantial decline in the value of the residential properties surrounding the proposed development. The Planning Board’s disregard of this negative effect is especially galling in light of the fact that other mixed-use developments, including the Hamlet and Cold Spring Hills, deliberately located all housing in the interior of their respective golf courses in order to mitigate the impact on existing residents whose properties border those developments.
Overdevelopment
Preservation of Home Equity
Preservation of Home Equity
The Town of Huntington is in an accelerated mode of approving massive housing developments, often a result of changing the zoning of the particular area in which these proposed developments will reside. There are at least 628 new housing units heading our way, not including the Indian Hills proposal. It is not in the best interest of the taxpaying citizens in Huntington for the town to continue to operate this way. A few approved and simultaneously pending projects include:
1. Matinicock Court (Corner of Pulaski Road and Elwood Road,) across from Northport High School in Northport 155 high density cluster units fully approved
2. Harborfields Estates (Pulaski Road in Greenlawn) 47 Single Family homes currently under construction.
3. Kensington Estates (Jericho Turnpike and Cold Spring Hills Road) - border of Oyster Bay and Huntington in Cold Spring Harbor. Proposed 44 Town Homes and 36 Apartments This property was 1 acre residential zoning that was rezoned to high density cluster zoning
4. Seasons at Elwood (Elwood Road, North of Jericho Turnpike in Elwood) 256 Condominiums fully approved despite tremendous community opposition. This property was also rezoned to high density cluster zoning
5. Town Houses at Oheka Castle/Cold Spring Country Club (Jericho Turnpike in West Hills ) Property rezoned. 190 high density cluster town homes fully approved .
This plan also does not take into account the existence and environmental impact of an active 300+member Country Club which also hosts golf outings, weddings and other catering functions in an expanded clubhouse.
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Indian Hills Drains Dredges and Dumps Feb. 2017
Under the umbrella of "maintenance-leaf removal" the IHCC completely drains and then for several days dredges a pond, several feet deep in the area of the proposed cluster development . The possibly contaminated dredged material of 60 + years of golf course herbicide and pesticide use is then dumped on the perimeter of the course and subject to run off , possibly reintroducing contaminants into our waterways.The Developer is proposing to use Pond system to catch runoff for newly constructed impervious surfaces. This looks more like the beginning of a construction site rather than "maintenance." Segmenting work on proposed development is not allowed before the completion of the SEQRA (environmental) review. Residents must question town officials .
Several days worth of Dredged Material from pond dumped on perimeter of golf course
Possibly contaminated dredged material dumped in a designated Crabmeadow watershed area.
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Fill Containing Unapproved Material Brought to Indian Hills Maintenance Yard
Recycled concrete aggregate (RCA) containing unauthorized materials such as coal, slag, ceramics, wood, metals, plastics, electrical wire, etc. was brought to the maintenance yard of the Indian Hills Country Club in early March and dumped in piles exceeding 7 feet in height only feet from a residential property line, and 30 feet from a residential dwelling. To make matters worse, on March 2nd in sustained 35 mph winds, with gusts to 50 mph, workers in the maintenance yard began using a large bulldozer to regrade the maintenance yard parking area using the RCA containing the unapproved materials. A huge dust cloud was created blowing onto the neighboring properties, resulting in neighbors complaining of difficulty breathing and sore throats. Requests were made to the Indian Hills Country Club to have this material tested for asbestos, heavy metals, pesticides and PCB's in order to understand what people were exposed to. This request has been ignored. Why did it take so long to get our local government to take a hard look at what was going on at this site? Neighbors repeatedly called the Town of Huntington at the start of this activity only to be ignored for days. We can only hope that moving forward, the Town of Huntington will take the concerns of its residents seriously and take appropriate action.
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Tree cutting. Who's counting?
TOH has given IHCC permits to cut over 102 trees for maintenance purposes . It has been reported that many healthy old trees have been cut down . Many of these trees are in the area of the proposed cluster development .This looks like a development jump start on clearing for future construction. Segmenting work on proposed development is not allowed.
Stand of Old Oaks Cut Down 3/23/17
The Developer must not start work, and the Town must stop issuing permits for any work potentially related to this proposed development until the legal process has been completed (e.g., public hearings,SEQRA etc.).
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ILLEGAL STOP SIGN put up in front of Indian Hills Golf Course on public Breeze Hill Road
Calls on July 21, 2017 to the Town of Huntington confirmed that the stop sign put up next to the entrance of The Indian Hills Golf Course and on a PUBLIC road was not put by TOH but was in fact put up ILLEGALLY. Is this what we should expect from this Developer. If the law is so blatantly broken, what other laws will be broken if cluster development is approved?
Illegal Stop sign on Breeze Hill Road