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Davis Park Association, Inc. P.O. Box 386 Sayville, NY.11782 631-567-9292 fax [email protected]

DAVIS PARK ASSOCIATIONOfficers; John Lund, President Bob Spencer, Vice President Mary Parker, Vice President

Jayne Robinson, Secretary June Haskins, TreasurerDirectors; John Bauer Geppie Celauro - Carole Kulman Bill Mauck- Peter McGough - Joe Miccio

Kim Russell - Jim Wright

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Newsletter March 2009

Hello again. Its hard to believe but blender drinks at the Casino are just weeks away. Hope youall have had a healthy winter and are looking forward to another great season at the beach.

Town of Brookhaven Supervisor Special Election March 31

There will be a special election for Town of Brookhaven Supervisor to fill the vacancy left byBrian Foleys election to the New York State Senate last November. Two candidates are engagedin a compressed campaign for Supervisor: Tim Mazzei, local District 5 Councilman for the past

six years on the Brookhaven Town Board; and Mark Lesko from the Setauket area who has been with the United States Attorneys office on Long Island leading all federal investigations inBrookhaven.

Each candidate has a website: www.Timmazzei.com andwww.Leskoforsupervisor.com. Pleasetake time to learn about the issues Brookhaven faces and each candidates proposals to addressthem. Tim Mazzeis campaign phone number is 631-319-6310 and he is having a fundraiser at

West Lake on Montauk Highway March 26. Mark Leskos campaign phone number is 631-696-1345 and he is having a fundraiser in Holtsville March 24.

The special election will be Tuesday, March 31, 2009, at your regular polling place withinBrookhaven Town.

Absentee Ballot Applications for registered voters who will be out of the County on March 31st areavailable at http://www.elections.state.ny.us/NYSBOE/download/voting/absentee.pdf.(Note that this is the APPLICATION, not the ballot.) The application must be postmarked byMarch 24th so the Suffolk County Board of Elections can mail you the ballot. If there was ever a

year to make sure your voice is heard, this could be it.


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March 2009 Newsletter -- page 2

Fire Island and Davis Park Nour ishment Progress

Construction in Davis Park is set to begin immediately with completion scheduled for the end ofMarch. We are hoping that April will see beach accesses opened and walkways repaired. We are

waiting for information from Fish & Wildlife for their plan on species monitoring and protectionat Davis Park.

We have all been involved in construction projects and know that you dont have a final costuntil the job is completely finished. We firmly believe that our nourishment project is within

budget. We are working with the Town to get the final numbers for Davis Park in preparation forbonding the project for the next five years. You may recall the DPA planned early and used someErosion District reserves to get the project started, as well as taxing at the $500,000 level for one

year (2008) to allow homeowners to spread out payments for the project over six years instead ofthe five allowed under the bonding process. We earned about $17,000 in interest on that moneyand the Town will be bonding a smaller amount, which will save us interest on the bond. Subjectto receiving the necessary information from the Town, we plan to have details on constructionand monitoring costs at the DPA Spring Homeowners meeting.

About half the communities participating in this project have completed one or more projectsin the past and were all damaged to some extent by the April 2007 storm. Their dollar-taxingparticipation in previous beach nourishment projects earned them engineered beach status

with FEMA and SEMO, who are now paying a portion of their current projects. The engineeredbeaches were also the first to receive sand in this project. When our project is complete, we will be part of that group and have some level of insurance for our investment in the communityshould another declared storm hit our beach.

We are also fortunate to have the Town of Brookhaven participating at 20% of the project cost, based on their beach frontage and the investment they have in the community. During thissummer homeowners on Fire Island will be asked to become active in the effort to secure the

kind of protection for our beaches that has been provided to other coastal areas. We are payingthe majority of this project with our taxes to protect Fire Island, our homes, and the vital SouthShore of Long Island, while federal agencies are moving into the 45 th year of planning to protectthe South Shore as per the Congressional mandate in the 1960s and the National Seashore Act of9-11-64.

Boat Stickers for 2009 -- This year the Town of Brookhaven will issue boat stickers for DavisPark homeowners who dock their boats in the marina. To receive a sticker, the boat owner mustshow proof of residency (Davis Park tax bill) and boat registration under the same name. The

boat must be present and the sticker will be immediately placed on the boat. The Town hopesthese stickers will facilitate docking at the marina because homeowners will not need to produce

documentation each time they come into the marina to pay. In addition, as per Town ofBrookhaven fee resolution: Davis Park Property Owners No ChargeMondaythrough Thursday(starting 3rd Monday of September to end of season). Dockage fees will

be collected at the m arina fro m May 16 through October 11.


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Mar ch 2009 New sletter -- page 3

Sandspit Parking Stickers -- Parking stickers issued last year were 2-year stickers sofewer of you will be getting a parking sticker this year. If you do need a sticker, necessarydocumentation includes vehicle registration, driver's license, and 2009 Davis Park propertytax bill/receipt, all in the same name. Last year some people had difficulties getting stickers,so be sure to check requirements before you come to avoid last-minute delays when you are

trying to catch a ferry. Parking fees will be collected at the Sandspit parking lotfrom May 9 through November 1.

Thanks to the Casino -- The covered dish cocktail party last September was a bighit with 94 attending and bringing finger foods. It was a great way to bid each other farewellfor the season and the dancing was excellent. Check the calendar for this years date and come

join the fun.

Trash pick-up begins once a week on Monday, March 30, and moves to twice a week inmid-May (Mondays and Fridays). Recycling cans are again available through the DPA.

Davis Park Beautification Committee -- Linda Spencer thanks all who contributed tothe Davis Park Beautification Committee, and we thank her for her skill and dedication inplanning and organizing this effort. Last years funds helped to clean up the garden, replantadopt-a-pots and boats, and maintain poop-a-scoop boxes. We also cut back Russian oliveson Trustees Walk, phragmities from the milkweed, and vines near the Water Works. With ourcontributions, Linda added herb pots for community use near the Post Office, set up a treenursery, and continued to germinate indigenous plants including pussy willow. In the fall,funds were used to buy and place bulbs and other plants near the Water Works, behind thePost Office, near the Harbor Store, and around the Davis Park Marina. All this activity hasdepleted Beautification Committee funds and new contributions would be welcome. Please

give to help beautify our community, and plan to volunteer some time on Saturdays forplanting, weeding, etc.

Davis Park Ferry Ferries begin on March 14 and follow the same early springschedule as last year. For Saturday and Sunday, March 14 April 5, there will be threeround trips per day:

Leave Patchogue 10:00 AM, 12:00 Noon, and 3:30 PM Leave Davis Park10:30 AM, 12:35 PM, and 4:20 PM.

You should receive a printed schedule in the mail shortly, and can look for it on the Ferryswebsite ( http://www.davisparkferry.com/dp.shtml ).

DPA Dues Enclosed is a form for 2009 Davis Park Association dues. We have streamlinedthe process so you can also pay for Damminix tick treatments, and contribute to theBeautification Committee, the July 4th Parade, the Fire Island Association, etc. Thisinformation, including the dues form and the Damminix letter, is also available on the DPA

website @ http://www.davispark.org/DPA2009-DuesForm.pdf.

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