Citizens Against Bayview Ave Apartments

Friends and neighbors, We trust by now everyone has had a chance to review the revised plan for the properties 7 and 9 Bayview Avenue. The new proposal includes 16 for sale homes surrounding the historic house built on the 9 Bayview lot. There will be 28 parking spaces. It is the builder’s stated intention that the house will be donated to The East Islip Historical Society. Given this remains the plan, in addition to the house and its front lawn remaining, a few of the larger... trees will be spared. The architect who is designing the properties is Ross Chapin who is known for his "pocket neighborhoods" - https://rosschapin.com/projects/pocket-neighborhoods. After much thought and deliberation, this coalition has come to the conclusion that this is as far as we can, or should take this fight with the current circumstances. In order to continue, we would need to raise another 25k with Covid active and that would give us no guarantees to a win. In fact, we believe it would be a losing battle that borders on irresponsible with times this tough. As an informal group of volunteers, we have spent time meeting with potential professionals to hire (attorney and traffic engineer), meeting with other professionals who also have pursued opposition to a change of zone plan, the community, and each other. We have spearheaded fundraising. We have listened and spoken loudly in opposition to the original plan of two-story rental apartments. The compromise offered by the builder is significantly different than his original proposition. Moving forward, we certainly will not discourage anyone else who would like to step up to the challenge and take this on for themselves. If no other person or persons should come forward to proceed then we would like to get the community's input on how the existing funds that we have collected should be used. It is our opinion that The East Islip Historical Society could use the funds in a way that would serve the community. We are of course open and welcome to any of your suggestions.

Update on traffic study: The civil engineer went out and looked at the site. He foiled the state for three things: 1- accident history 2- any studies that have been done there by the state and 3-if the site meets criteria for a traffic light. He is awaiting those reports and then he will draft up his findings and show us, then recommend how to proceed

Friends and neighbors, It has come to our attention that many of you are not pleased with the traffic study and feel it is not fair to the community based on the reality that we all experience on Bayview Ave. It is because of this that we have decided it's time to use the funds that we collected to have our own traffic study done. We have hired a reputable engineer that can give us some direction going forward. We hear you and we see you.

***SHIRTS ARE HERE**** Contact Darren Danowski 631-988-2124. 20$ with all proceeds going towards the fight. Payments may be taken through the Venmo: @norezonebayview but please be sure to make a note specifying that it's for a shirt. Otherwise we can take cash or check made out to Citizens Against Bayview Avenue Apartments Inc.

Friends, neighbors, and allies, As you know by now we are raising money for our experts so we can fight the good fight and keep our beautiful neighborhood intact. The overdevelopment that has happened in our surrounding areas can not and will not happen here in East Islip. Enough is enough. We have gotten a proper quote from our lawyer and to win this we are going to need about 20k. We intend on beginning the planning for our major fundraisers but until that time we are aski...ng you to donate since paying the retainer will clear our account. Thank you and please message us or comment if you have any questions or resources we can pull from. Methods of financial contribution enclosed: 1. Venmo funds: @norezonebayview 2. Message Darren Danowski and purchase a $20 yard sign: https://www.facebook.com/darren.danowski 3. Make Check Payable to: Citizens against Bayview Avenue Apartments C/O Pat Blair, ESQ 9 Montauk Highway, Unit B Bluepoint NY 11715 See more

In regards to the meeting scheduled for today, March 4th we are not on the schedule. It’s wonderful if you want to make an appearance, if folks want to organize. We should all understand that people lead demanding lives though and clearly this won’t be the last opportunity to show up. We see this as a long game at this point and plan to stay vigilant but not exhaust you good people at the beginning of what could be a long fight. Keep an eye on the schedule with us and we will post any movement that we can confirm. In the mean time keep pushing those letters, signs, and adding people to the conversation. T-shirts will be available soon. Everyone has done such great work that we have delayed this already far beyond what it would have been

REPOSTING How can I help? Great question I thought I’d do a post about. 1. Purchase one of the signs available through Darren Danowski [email protected] 2. Share this group and the petition with your friends: Group www.facebook.com/groups/savebayview Petition: http://chng.it/nyTDLQGY 3. Attend the town meetings. Schedule posted on website https://savebayview.com/events/... 4. Send letters to your representatives all downloadable on website https://savebayview.com/documents/ 5. Donate to the Venmo: norezone bayview @norezonebayview to help us arm up with the right experts See more