Ray Calamari, Brian Davis and I attended the Southold Town Planning Department public session on February 6, where the PD found no reason to delay approvals. Mr. Calamari spoke with the PD during their executive session and was able to get conditional approval for submission of our plans to the Building Department. Once the BD … Continue reading March 2023

Very encouraging meeting Monday afternoon, December 19, with the Southold Planning Board. Scott Edgett of North Fork Woodworking was able to attend, and afterwards, Brian Davis, Ray Calamari and I had a chance to get to know him better; I think he will be a great fit for our project! Moments before the meeting started, … Continue reading January 2023

A dumpster was rented and the shed and garage on the church property have been emptied in preparation for the site work, a.k.a. landscaping, of our project. These buildings are in terrible condition, but it will be determined whether we can use the concrete pad of the shed for its replacement. After meeting with four … Continue reading December 2022

The Building Team met with members of the Blue House Task Force, the Board, and Mssrs. Calamari and Davis to discuss the options available to the Church for the Blue House. The plans for the overall building project must include, for code compliance, a second septic system if we continue to use the BH as … Continue reading November 2022

The BT, with our architect and owner’s rep, met with a joint session of the Southold Town Historic Preservation Commission and Architectural Review Board on Thursday, September 22, to present plans incorporating suggestions from those bodies. The new plans include a “straight” garden wall, with a Gothic arch entry gate, and other elements noted by … Continue reading October 2022

The Building Team (BT) convened August 8, with Ray Calamari and Brian Davis (Beth Peterson was unable to attend). The purpose of this meeting was to inform the BT of status of our project and to meet with local builders for their input. Brian and Ray reported on their meeting with the Architectural Review Board. … Continue reading September 2022

Raymond Calamari and Brian Davis met with the Southold Architectural Review Board early in July. Unfortunately, members of the ARB had misgivings about the latest design. Mr. Calamari and Mr. Davis will be working with the ARB and the Building Team to address those concerns. While a decided setback, the other permitting submissions are still … Continue reading August 2022

Members of the congregation and Rev. Valerie met after services to discuss the latest news from the Building Team and our project. The meeting was led by Mark Sisson in the absence of Ray Calamari and Brian Davis, who were unable to attend. Mark noted that for the duration of the meeting, “Building Team” would … Continue reading July 2022

The Building Team continues to meet with Ray Calamari and Brian Davis. Landscape, septic system and lighting plots have been submitted to the town agencies, and Mr. Calamari is confident things will progress as smoothly as possible. He did inform the BT there is a large backlog of approvals throughout the town and our projected … Continue reading June 2022

By the end of April, more submissions were made to appropriate town, county and state entities.  The Building Team received an outline of what’s been done and what we still need to accomplish, including, but not limited to, exterior surfaces, roofing options, interior colors, flooring, etc., with an anticipated ground-breaking sometime in July. We have … Continue reading May 2022