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Melville Long Island

Melville Long Island. By Kaitlin Siehs. Facts. Melville is a postal code Melville alone has no local government but is an unincorporated area among many others in the town of Huntington

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Melville Long Island

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  1. Melville Long Island By Kaitlin Siehs

  2. Facts • Melville is a postal code • Melville alone has no local government but is an unincorporated area among many others in the town of Huntington • The town of Huntington has a representative democracy with a Town Supervisor, four Council-people, Highway Superintendent, Town Clerk, and a Receiver of Taxes (all elected by the people in villages and unincorporated areas) • The town of Huntington has a town meeting form as well. People do not directly vote on matters but are able to come to meetings and voice their opinions • Town meetings are held in different parts of town with the number varying each month.

  3. The town of Huntington

  4. Demographics • Melville Long Island, current population of 14,500 • The town encompasses an area approximately 93 square miles and has a population currently estimated at 191,032. • 51.4% female compared to 48.6% male • 89.9% Caucasian • 2.1% African American • 5.4% Asian • 3.7% Hispanic. • Median household income $92,527 compared to the US median income of $41,994 • 3% of the population is below the US poverty level.

  5. History • The Town of Huntington dates from April 2nd, 1653 • The town in fact voted in 1660 to place itself under the jurisdiction of Connecticut to gain some protection from the Dutch. Following the custom of New England, the earliest form of government in Huntington was the town meeting. • In November 1814 the Town Meeting voted that $207.86 be paid by the town for costs incurred in preparing its defense. • The railroad was extended from Syosset to Northport in 1867. • After almost 200 years of gradual growth, the population of the town mushroomed. Huntington had approximately 32,000 residents in 1940. By 1960 there were 126,00 inhabitants. By the 1980's the population had gone over the 200,00 mark.

  6. Main issue: Land Use • The town of Huntington has a comprehensive plan for the future of public land use. This plan consists of three phases: • Community input and a vision statement is formulated • Drafting and adopting a new comprehensive plan • Adopting town code changes to met the new plan

  7. Phase One • To address the concerns of the community and succeed in phase one the town of Huntington held five Community Input or Visioning Meetings where citizens expressed their views about what they want to see for the future of Huntington. • Based on the communities’ input the town board adopted a new vision statement, as of November 2004. • Approximately 150 community stakeholders, representing key civic, business, environmental, and other organizations and interests, were interviewed for their perspectives on the major issues facing the Town. • Over 500 citizens participated in five community forums at which they identified present strengths, present weaknesses, future opportunities, and future threats facing the Town of Huntington in small group discussions. • Over 300 citizens throughout the Town were engaged in a random, statistically accurate telephone survey; conducted for further gauge of public opinion. • As of May 2004, approximately 650 additional citizens provided input via the Town's website, written survey, or other communication. • The main concerns of the town were transportation, traffic, parking and accessibility, housing (housing Choice / Affordability and housing density / illegal conversions), urbanization and over-development, cost of living, government services, crime and public safety

  8. “Be part of Huntington's future!” • The next and current step of the comprehensive plan is to use the revised vision statement to became the basis for interim report of goals and policies and action strategies developed by a 26 member Citizens Comprehensive Plan Advisory Committee (CPAC). The CPAC, a group of citizen representatives from across the community, explored in detail the goals, policies and actions available to the town to achieve the vision statement in Phase one.

  9. Westbury-based Holiday Organization Planned hundreds of senior houses and partnered with Tilles to request the residential rezoning $72 million Canon USA Plans to put up a 700,000-square-foot headquarters $102 million With Canon USA the town of Huntington would be creating thousands of jobs and cashing in on the tax revenue Huntington is working with Suffolk to offer economic incentives and quietly passed a law allowing bigger buildings on 10 or more acres along the Long Island Expressway or its service roads. The Pumpkin Farm is the only vacant site where the new law could apply. in recent news Issue: Roger Tilles wants to sell his 52-acre farm for residential housing not for commercial use The decision is expected at the Dec. 12 town board meeting.

  10. Population 26,186 Weak mayor form of government (no veto) 5 commissioners 2 Supervisors Council meetings held 2 times a month- citizens can come and talk about current issues Charter reform committee Information and council meetings held to inform the community and get public opinion Population 191,032 (Melville-14,500) Town Supervisor, Highway Superintendent, Town Clerk, and a Receiver of Taxes 4 Council-people 26 member Comprehensive Plan Advisory Committee (CPAC) Surveys and meetings were held across town to have public input of the future Saratoga Springs vs The town of Huntington Both have a representative democracies

  11. Direct democracy Population 40,000 500 member boule (10 from each tribe) Ostracism- 6,000 citizens (male) would meet at the assembly to discuss members of society who were a threat to the future of Athens Demes created by location Representative democracy Population 191,032 (Melville-14,500) Elected officials to represent the community Town meetings (no direct votes) Villages and unincorporated areas created by location Athens vs The town of Huntington

  12. Conclusion Athens, Saratoga Springs and the town of Huntington demonstrate an effective and democratic form of government. Each form of government gives power to the people and allows the people to fix problems in the community without being over looked by a governing force. Through the issue of land use Melville, clearly demonstrates community involvement and a plan to success. Although there are faults in the government, the town of Huntington has proven to be effective and a representation of the people. Melville has “people power.”

  13. Bibliography “Consolidated Laws-towns” 2006, New York State. November 18, 2006 <http://public.leginfo.state.ny.us/menugetf.cgi?COMMONQUERY=LAWS> “Fact Finder” 2000, US Census Bureau. November 19, 2006 <http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/SAFFFacts?_event=&geo_id=16000US3646514&_geoContext=01000US%7C04000US36%7C16000US3646514&_street=&_county=melville&_cityTown=melville&_state=04000US36&_zip=&_lang=en&_sse=on&ActiveGeoDiv=geoSelect&_useEV=&pctxt=fph&pgsl=160&_submenuId=factsheet_1&ds_name=DEC_2000_SAFF&_ci_nbr=004&qr_name=DEC_2000_SAFF_R1160&reg=DEC_2000_SAFF_R1160%3A004&_keyword=&_industry> Hardesty, Dawn W“Forget residential”. Long Island Business News. December 6, 2006<http://www.libn.com/breakingNews.htm?articleID=6442> “Local Legislation”. 10/31/2006, City of Saratoga Springs. November 19, 2006 <http://www.saratoga-springs.org/docs/bpwebsite.asp> “The Constitution of New York State”. June 2004, Department of State -Division of Administrative Rules. November 19, 2006 <http://www.dosstate.ny.us /info/pdfs/cons2004.pdf.> “Town of Huntington”. 2002, November 17, 2006 <http://town.huntington.ny.us> Bryan, Frank M, Real Democracy: The New England Town Meeting and How it Works. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2004. Robinson, Eric W .Ed. Ancient Greek Democracy: Readings and Sources. Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishing, 2005. Roberts, Wallace “Town of Huntington Comprehensive Plan”. November 2004. Wallace Roberts. December 2, 2006 <http://town.huntington.ny.us/permit_pics/602.pdf>

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