Town Notebook: Huntington to Fund Water District Improvements and More

At the Tuesday, May 3 Town Board meeting, the trustees will vote on a resolution to authorize Comptroller Tracy Yogman to amend the 2011 operating budget so funds from the Environmental Open Space and Park Advisory committee improvement fund can be used to: make improvements to in Northport and in Huntington Station; continue streetscaping work on Larkfield Road in East Northport, and for Director of Planning and Environment Anthony Aloisio to maintain the town's 'Tree City USA' designation from the Arbor Day Foundation, cooperation with the USDA Forest Service and the National Association of State Foresters. 

Wireless Moratorium Extended?
The town will also . According to the resolution, the Huntington Town Code has not been updated since 1998 in relation to the regulation of wireless transmission facilities. "The wireless communication industry is characterized by the rapid development of new technologies that in many instances may result in community impacts as they are installed at various locations throughout the town," it says. 

The town approved a 90-day moratorium Feb. 2.

Said Councilwoman Glenda Jackson, sponsor of the measure, "Increasingly, the arguments from both proponents and opponents of a particular application are becoming more concerned in their comments and looking to the Town to apply their version of what the standards should be. This moratorium will allow us to assess what factors should be included in considering an application and to update our Code to incorporate current scientific findings and address community concerns."

Water District Maintenance
At the last meeting, the town board authorized spending $1,010,600 for water main leak detection and repair, vehicle replacement and roadway rehabilitation for the Dix Hills Water District.

The Dix Hills Water District is a public water-supply district which is responsible for delivering high-quality drinking water to approximately 8,500 homes and businesses in the Dix Hills section of the town. The district is responsible for the operation and maintenance of 15 water supply wells at 10 sites, as well as over 160 miles of pipe, and almost 1,300 fire hydrants.

Incidentally, in May 2010, for the sixth time in 20 years, the Dix Hills Water District was voted as having the best tasting water in Suffolk County in a taste test conducted by the Long Island Water Conference.

D'Amaro's Chief of Staff Honored
Suffolk Leg. Lou D’Amaro, D-Huntington Station, recently honored his own Chief of Staff Justin Littell on being named one of Long Island’s 2011 Top Young Professionals by the 's recent Third Annual Long Island Young Professional’s Celebration at the Cold Spring Harbor County Club. Thirty individuals under the age of thirty from throughout Long Island were selected for this recognition. Littell joined  D’Amaro’s staff as an aide in 2006 and was named chief of staff in 2008. An avid community volunteer, Littell is a member of the Long Island Chapter of the NephCure Foundation, an organization committed to supporting research seeking the cause of potentially debilitating kidney diseases. Prior to joining D’Amaro, he served as a supervisor’s assistant in the Town of Islip.  He is a Summa Cum Laude graduate of Fairfield University, where he earned a B.A. in History and Politics.