Honorable Members of the Town Board:

The Middle Country Road Moratorium was put into place in late July of last year to enable the town to conduct a master plan within the Middle Country Road corridor in the hamlets of Coram and Middle Island. The master plan process is still in its initial stages, and thus an extension of the Middle Country Road Moritorium is essential.

We are hopeful that the moratorium will be used by the Town Board to insure that long range planning which will benefit all concerned unions, builders and the community at large will be conducted.

It is also essential that this board keep the Middle Country Road Renaissance Project involved and well informed. Collaboration and consultation is an important part of smart growth or sustainable development. We, therefore, again request that this board put into place a mechanism for communities and municipalities to work together.

An action committee which includes: various regulatory agencies that have jurisdiction over the Middle Country Road Project, i.e. DOT, DPW, DEC, Health Dep. Traffic safety, and community representatives should be formed and meet regularly to discuss problems and progress. We stress this again. We also stress that we would prefer not being pushed into the negative role of rejecting agreements which the Town and the DOT have come up with without community input.

An action committee would go a long way in opening up needed lines of communication. We look forward to working with the Town Board to implement the communities vision, encourage the development of compact, mixed use communities, and the development of safe, efficient Middle Country road.

Sincerely,

Connie Kepert President