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Oak Beach residents support Salvatore Gervaisi dock; Oak Island Beach Association seeks separate hearing
Summary
At a March 26 Town of Babylon Town Board public hearing, two residents supported a coastal erosion hazard area variance application for a private dock at 21 The Fairway in Oak Beach and asked why a separate Oak Island Beach Association (OIBA) community-dock application has not been scheduled for hearing.
Supporters of a coastal erosion hazard area variance for a private dock at 21 The Fairway in Oak Beach told the Town of Babylon Town Board on March 26 that the dock would help local boaters and that a separate Oak Island Beach Association (OIBA) community dock application should be scheduled for review.
The hearing drew two speakers who said they back the Salvatore Gervaisi application and sought clarity on the status of the OIBA community-dock application.
John Longo, a resident of 10 The Fairway, said he has supported the Gervaisi application and that a community dock would benefit neighbors. “For the past 9 years, I’ve been a resident of the Fairway across the road from the waterfront lots near where the dock would be located... I am here to support this application,” Longo said. He described relying on a mooring buoy that has become difficult to use and said he “have[s] no objection to moving my buoy to accommodate the OIBA community dock because it would be a welcome asset to our neighborhood.”
Arnold Lanzillotta, identified as president of the Oak Island Beach Association, told the board the association’s members need docks and that the group filed its own application in October. “Our beach community needs docks, and we’re a boating community, and we have 72 residents,” Lanzillotta said. He added that roughly 40 residents in the “back row” lack direct waterfront access and that the OIBA application requests a six-slip dock on association property under a master lease. Lanzillotta said the association “has not been able to get before the board” and asked why its application was not on the day’s hearing list.
Board members closed the hearing on the Gervaisi variance with decision reserved. The record shows no formal vote on the OIBA application at the March 26 meeting and no staff explanation in the hearing for why the OIBA application was not scheduled. The speakers asked town staff to provide status information and to place the OIBA application on a future agenda.
The board moved on after closing the hearing; no town action on the OIBA application was recorded at this meeting.
Looking ahead: the record contains requests from the OIBA president and resident speakers that the town advise the association on the status and scheduling of the association’s dock application so the community can be informed of next steps.
