Stop Island Hills Golf Course Devlopment

ISLAND HILLS GOLF COURSE

Property value is affected primarily by two factors: the distance from and the quality of the park or protected open space. If we factor in traffic and the impact of 1365 apartments this can have on our community, these property values will be greatly compromised in addition to quality of life.
In 2009 there was a corridor study that specifically talks about keeping Island Hills Golf Course as green space. In the study it explicitly refers to the traffic conditions and how over development would have a great effect on Sunrise Highway and the surrounding areas in the specified areas.
Points of concerns:
The addition of (27) two, three, and four story buildings comprising 1365 rental apartments in an established neighborhood of one and two story single-family homes is not consistent with the residential zoning of the existing neighborhood. (Maintaining the existing zoning will allow the developer to build many single-family homes.) • Rechler Equity Partners plan for 1.75 parking spaces per unit. Many renters, and their visitors, will park in the easily accessible surrounding neighborhood, crowding the streets where our children play. • Emergency services (Fire Department and Ambulance Corps) will be compromised. • The environment will be impacted by the addition of 1365 apartments. • Sayville already has ten rental apartment complexes south of Sunrise Highway. • Connetquot school district will be burdened by this increase in population. • Traffic in and around the community will be greatly increased. • Suffolk County is decreasing in population. • Rechler Equity Partners do not have a history with the community of Sayville and purchased this property knowing that it is zoned AAA residential.
We as a community need to join together and oppose the zone change. We cannot allow big developers to take over and destroy our Sayville town where we take pride in our community.