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Town of Brookhaven moves to adopt Ecki Avenue overlay, presents land alienation for Bellport housing project
Summary
Deputy town attorney Beth Riley told the board the town will seek adoption of an overlay district for Ecki Avenue and presented a resolution to alienate portions of land needed for a recharge basin tied to a planned Long Island Housing Partnership housing project in Greater Bellport.
Beth Riley, deputy town attorney for the Town of Brookhaven, told the town board the town is ready to adopt an overlay district for Ecki Avenue and put a related land‑alienation resolution on the meeting agenda. “Yes. We're getting to the point now where it's time to adopt the overlay district for Ecki Avenue,” Riley said.
Riley said the overlay and the requested alienation are steps toward a Greater Bellport project developed with the Long Island Housing Partnership that the town envisions as 32 single‑family homes with accessory apartments. The resolution presented would alienate portions of land needed to construct a recharge basin that the project requires, she said. The town previously used condemnation for parts of the site several years ago, Riley added.
Supervisor Pannega described the measure as part of broader revitalization efforts in North Bellport and stressed the town has no known private developer tied to the action, saying social‑media rumors to the contrary were inaccurate. The project will use C zoning and, according to Riley, the code amendment would retain existing setbacks rather than create new ones.
No vote or formal approval on the alienation or the overlay district was included in the public record excerpt; the resolution was presented to the board at the meeting. The transcript records planning and legal staff describing the next steps but does not show a board vote or a scheduled hearing tied to adoption during the portion of the meeting transcribed.
The presentation referenced prior condemnation, a recharge basin requirement, and Long Island Housing Partnership (LIHP) as a planning partner. Town officials did not name a private developer at the meeting and warned that social‑media speculation had circulated about one.
The board later read other resolutions and agenda items, but the excerpted record ends with the town moving into executive session, and no final action on the overlay resolution is recorded in the transcript provided.
