Summerwind Farm Major Subdivision

A Fox Chaser Place resident who supported the selected plan says everything changed: falsified engineering plans, pre-approval clearing of hundred-year-old trees, and blocked rights-of-way. She asked the board to table the vote until legal matters and an independent review are done.

A 35-year Aquebogue resident voiced anger and sadness over the loss of 20 acres of farmland behind her home, the clear-cutting, and worries about pickleball courts, lighting, and greenhouses on the agricultural reserve lot behind her property.

A 26-year Aquebogue resident challenged the traffic engineering's 20-30 mph speed assumptions on Peconic Bay Boulevard's blind curve, saying nobody drives that slow and citing the Riverhead Bus Company's past problems there.

A Fox Chaser owner who's attended every hearing said residents' trust in the developer and the town is completely broken after the falsified engineering and clearing, representing 30+ neighbors in a group chat, and urged the board to pause the approval.

A Baiting Hollow resident urged the board to hold the approval until the Justice Court code enforcement citations are adjudicated, saying the town must stop rewarding developers who ask forgiveness instead of permission.

An Aquebogue resident who learned of the meeting from the morning news agreed the project should be on hold, said the developer should have to replace what he tore down, and noted the town once charged a homeowner $10,000 for cutting two trees.

A Jamesport resident said she was shocked the board would green-light the application before violations are resolved, noted the final plat maps all carry the same pre-clearing revision date, and said the board should use its own engineer's $920,000 bond figure.

Speaking for the Greater Jamesport Civic Association, she echoed the residents' concerns and urged the board to table the vote, do a site walk with the plan in hand, and set up procedures to monitor the job for compliance.

A Peconic Bay Boulevard resident asked whether anyone calculated the loss of the hundred-year-old trees that were cut down, calling the denuded landscape the real horror of the project.