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On the Police Logs - 04.21.11

On the Police Logs - 04.21.11

East Hampton

Kyle Paseka told police on March 31 that someone broke into her Maidstone Park Road house and took her daughter’s iPod and a pair of headphones. Ms. Paseka reported a separate burglary at the house on March 19.

Someone took two metal cable pullers from Stuart Vorpahl’s basement on Muir Boulevard on Saturday, he told police. Mr. Vorpahl said his basement door is usually unlocked but was not sure why anyone would take the items.

East Hampton Village

Christopher Tracey, the principal of the John M. Marshall Elementary School, told police on April 11 that a custodian at the school found a small bag of marijuana on the playground that morning. He requested additional patrols of the school grounds on the weekends.

A 33-year-old Brooklyn man was found sleeping in a cottage behind the empty Prime 103 restaurant on Montauk Highway at 10:30 p.m. on April 13. Police said the building was supposed to be vacant, but that the man was sleeping in an upstairs bedroom. They let the man stay the night.

Montauk

Two bottles of tequila were taken from Theodore Kellerman’s Fort Pond Road house on Saturday.

Sag Harbor

On Monday night, Deborah S. Tuma told police at headquarters that she had received an e-mail the day before indicating that her Paypal online account had to be updated. After she put in her information, she told police, she noticed two charges on the account that she did not authorize totaling $558 to be paid to Lufthansa.

On Friday, Natalie Wianecki told police that her wallet went missing from her coat pocket while she was at the Sag Harbor Elementary School.

Springs

After filing his 2010 tax return on April 11, Ricardo Gobello was informed by his accountant, George Hand, that someone had already filed a return using his name and Social Security number. Mr. Gobello, who lives on Thanet Way, was told by the I.R.S. that it would conduct an investigation.

Kimberly Notel, a police officer, reported on April 12 that someone tried to use her name, address, and Social Security number to open a bank account online. When she looked at her credit report, she noticed two others inquiries she had not made. Ms. Notel, who lives on Highland Boulevard, said she would make a complaint to the Social Security Administration.

When Tamara Arevalo borrowed her friend Salvador Fausto’s car on March 26, she said all four tires were slashed while it was parked at her Prospect Street house.

Wainscott

Kimberly Eads, a contractor working on Susanne Silverman’s Wainscott Northwest Road house, told police on April 11 that when she arrived at the job site that morning, the front door was open and the key was in the door. An upstairs room had been ransacked and $300 in cash, diamond earrings, a bracelet, and paperwork were gone.

Nothing was missing from Jody Bennett’s Bathgate Road house on April 11, her son told police, but both cars in the driveway had been rifled through, and the crawl space and side doors were open.

Sometime between March 13 and March 19, someone broke into William and Laraine Hayes’s Roxbury Lane house and had a party there, the couple’s daughter, Nadine Schlissel, told police.

A window in Leslie Basaldva’s East Gate Road house was broken and two wooden boxes were missing, she told police on Saturday.

Recorded Deeds 04.11.19

Recorded Deeds 04.11.19

BRIDGEHAMPTON

102Co NY, L.L.C. to 103Co, L.L.C., 9 The Bridge, 5.47 acres (vacant), March 1, $1,035,416.

103Co, L.L.C. to 102Co NY, L.L.C., 6 Checkered Path, 3.12 acres (vacant), March 1, $983,645.

A. Harvey Trust to Kellis Pond L.L.C., 134 Kellis Pond Lane, .92 acre, Feb. 12, $2,600,000.

EAST HAMPTON

A. Rothbaum and Petersen to 9 Oyster Shores Road, 9 Oyster Shores Road, 1.16 acres, Feb. 9, $820,000.

D. and C. Thorp to A. Fusco III and Fiorello, 12 Prospect Boulevard, .67 acre, Feb. 19, $1,275,000.

C. Lally and S. Givens to G. Arbache, 32 Milina Drive, .33 acre, Feb. 21, $1,415,000.

C. and C. Tercy Trust to Frazer, Star, and McDermot, 3 West Way, .6 acre, Feb. 19, $815,000.

22 Cedar L.L.C. to L. Desantis, 22 Cedar Street, .49 acre, Jan. 17, $2,340,000.

J. and L. Woudsma (by referee) to US Bank National Association, 64 Springy Banks Road, .82 acre, Jan. 22, $1,621,652.

EAST HAMPTON VILLAGE

Four Stars Realty Co. to Kemper Way L.L.C., 17 Newtown Lane, .04 acre, Jan. 25, $4,800,000.

MONTAUK

Garofano Trust to J. and A. Maccarone, 1 Gannet Drive, .22 acre, Jan. 25, $926,000.

K. and J. Moen to Schniebolk, M, 52 Flanders Road, .6 acre, Feb. 11, $1,500,000.

NORTH HAVEN

C. Melton to S. Sands. 28 Sunset Beach Road, 1.95 acres, Feb. 19, $1,400,000.

NOYAC

W. and J. Reilly to 8 Oak Drive North L.L.C., 8 Oak Drive North, .45 acre, Feb. 1, $995,000.

R. Felitto and T. and J. Rizzo to Timberline Apparel, 32 Laurel Trail, .59 acre, Jan. 9, $775,000.

SPRINGS

G. Santiago to WAC Management Inc., 107 Rutland Road, .47 acre (vacant), Feb. 12, $335,000.

Big Horn Development to Khoury-Yacoub and Bavaro, 24 Wildflower Road, 1.08 acres, Feb. 1, $1,975,000.

R. and E. White to W. and C. Dempsey and D. Raynor, 11 Borden Place, .3 acre, Feb. 19, $669,000.

R. Chemtob to 127 Three Mile Harbor, 2 Three Mile Harbor-Hog Creek Road, 1 acre (vacant), Feb. 15, $480,000.

WAINSCOTT

R. Volpe (by referee) to US Bank National Association, 9 Ardsley Road, .46 acre, Nov. 27, $1,288,000.

WATER MILL

M. Parillo to D. and M. Capone, 8 Trail Court, .95 acre, Feb. 15, $825,000.

EL Dance to Back Together L.L.C., 396 Cobb Road, 1.47 acres, Feb. 12, $5,100,000.

Recorded Deeds 03.28.19

Recorded Deeds 03.28.19

AMAGANSETT

Fleetwood Realty L.L.C. to B. and E. Weinstein, 28 Central Avenue, .74 acre, Jan. 7, $3,010,000.

EAST HAMPTON

C. Barnett and C. Marra to Town of East Hampton, 143 Middle Highway, 3.97 acres (vacant), Nov. 20, $750,000.

A. Kophelm to P. and L. Hummer Trusts, 258 Montauk Highway, Unit 16, Jan. 30, $675,000.

MONTAUK

F. and W. Scholz to DJHP L.L.C., 27 Mulford Avenue, .26 acre, Feb. 4, $625,500.

Harrington Property Association and Gosman to MA-II L.L.C., 17 Soundview Drive, .4 acre, Nov. 6, $3,416,000.

Harrington Property Association to GD-II L.L.C., 540 West Lake Drive, .72 acre, Nov. 6, $3,474,000.

Harrington Property Association and Gosman to MA-II L.L.C., 516 West Lake Drive, .23 acre (vacant), Nov. 6, $25,000.

Gosman’s Restaurant to GD-II L.L.C., 512 West Lake Drive, .13 acre (vacant), Nov. 6, $25,000.

R. Gosman to MA-II L.L.C., 508 West Lake Drive, .12 acre (vacant), Nov. 6, $25,000.

Gosman’s Restaurant to GD-II L.L.C., 504 West Lake Drive, .06 acre (vacant), Nov. 6, $25,000.

G. Stephens and L. Wang to P. and R. Mabanta, 9 South Fairview Avenue, .54 acre, Feb. 5, $999,999.

A. Greene to 188 OMH L.L.C., 272 Old Montauk Highway, 9.4 acres, Feb. 8, $8,700,000.

NORTH HAVEN

J. Bronstein to E. Davy, 9 West Drive, .74 acre, Jan. 18, $3,100,000.

NOYAC

L. Benincasa Trust to J. Mollica and V. Moon, 60 Harbor Watch Court, 1.3 acre, Feb. 1, $1,250,000.

SAG HARBOR

J. de Neufville Trust to R. Russell, 258 Main Street, .31 acre, Dec. 14, $4,100,000.

Blissful at Hamptons Float

Blissful at Hamptons Float

Victor Williams, co-owner of Hamptons Float, says that floating has alleviated his joint pain from inflammation as well as his insomnia.
Victor Williams, co-owner of Hamptons Float, says that floating has alleviated his joint pain from inflammation as well as his insomnia.
Durell Godfrey
By
Christopher Walsh

Was it fate that sent a reporter who had awoken to sharp lower back pain, and nagging worry about car trouble, to Hamptons Float in Water Mill? 

That, like so many other questions, will likely remain unanswered, but why question good fortune anyway? 

Hamptons Float, in building 2B at 760 Montauk Highway, offers a spa-like experience, from the minimalist, “museum” motif of its reception and outer room to the four floating rooms in which clients spend 90 sensory-deprived minutes. In the era of nonstop stimuli, floating in 11 inches of 94.5-degree water, 800 pounds of medical-grade Epsom salts keeping a body blissfully buoyant, is a strange but welcome place to be. 

Victor Williams and Steve Rosborough are the owners of Hamptons Float, as well as avid floating practitioners. “I got into floating because I had aches in my joints, and my fingers and wrists, from inflammation,” Mr. Williams said earlier this month. “I was taking Advil almost every day, which is really hard on the liver.” Insomnia, he said, was another affliction from which he sought relief. “I was looking for an alternative therapy to treat inflammation, and also insomnia. A friend suggested this. I started floating, and I don’t have to take Advil every day.”

He makes no absolute claims as to the medical benefits of floating, “but it seems like for a lot of people, it reduces stress, pain, anxiety, or symptoms from Lyme disease.” Some clients, he allowed, hope to attain a meditative state, which sensory deprivation would seem to assist. “We don’t have any philosophical mumbo-jumbo, we want people to define floating for themselves and what it means for them, because it’s their own experience. All we do is smile and give people water, generally, and ask if they need anything. Of course, we’ll listen to them if they want to talk to somebody.” 

In one first-time floater’s experience, entering the chamber, closing the door, and lying flat was akin to walking through a doorway to a dreamlike place of refuge. For the first time in memory, there was nothing to do: no chirping smartphone, no calls, emails, or text messages, no assignments, no deadlines. When everything is stripped away, what is there? Nothing, and everything. 

Music, a typical New Age-y soundtrack common to spas, faded away after a few minutes, though the floater can customize that, as well as lighting, via buttons within the chamber. About that music: Its gentle beat is slower than the resting heartbeat, like reggae, perhaps further fostering a meditative or trancelike state. 

Breathing perceptibly slows, as do thoughts, most of this floater’s coming in the form of passages of music playing in an indefinite loop, including the affirming “Everybody Is a Star” by Sly and the Family Stone, which had played that morning on WEHM (broadcasting from the building next to Hamptons Float), and, toward the end, “Drifting,” a beautifully apropos soundscape by Jimi Hendrix. Is this what the womb is like? 

Perhaps it is. Mr. Williams likens the four floating rooms to cribs. Clients “come in all hunched over and stressed, and come out as babies, their faces fresh and pink. It’s very rewarding.” The effects of floating, he said, accumulate as people engage in the practice more. 

Hamptons Float books 90-minute sessions. “There are some places that offer 60 minutes,” Mr. Williams said, “but I think that there’s some benefit between 60 and 90 minutes that you’re missing. People can book longer,” as some clients prefer two hours. Hamptons Float also offers a sauna, which he said is popular to combine with a float. 

Having floated more than 100 times, “I would say that this is a very intimate human moment in the tank,” Mr. Williams said. Mr. Rosborough, he said, “calls these ‘retreat huts.’ But we built this because we live here year round, and it would take a half a day to go float UpIsland. We wanted to float more, and we also wanted to share this with the community.” 

Business, at this early juncture, has exceeded expectations, Mr. Williams said. “I thought it would be hard to make rent, opening at this part of the year, out of season. We’ve been making rent, doing great, and getting more and more people. So we’re above my expectations.” The summer crowds are coming, but “we want to be a year-round business for locals. The summer crowd is just a boon, if they do come in. We’re really trying to be year round.”

Hamptons Float is open Tuesday through Sunday from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., though that schedule may be adjusted. Pricing, services, and packages are at hamptonsfloat.com. For a limited time, a 50-percent discount is offered to first-time floaters, who can enter “firstfloat” or “firstsauna” when booking online.

Shed Workspace Finds Home

Shed Workspace Finds Home

The Shed co-founders, Amanda Fairbanks, Sarah Cohen, and Liza Tremblay, stood outside the new, permanent home for their women’s-only co-working space in Sag Harbor the day they signed their lease. A second cottage on the premises will be available to members for hourly rentals as a conference room. 
The Shed co-founders, Amanda Fairbanks, Sarah Cohen, and Liza Tremblay, stood outside the new, permanent home for their women’s-only co-working space in Sag Harbor the day they signed their lease. A second cottage on the premises will be available to members for hourly rentals as a conference room. 
Kimberly Eads
By
Johnette Howard

The Shed Workspace, a women’s-only co-working place that began as a Tuesday pop-up at Estia’s Little Kitchen, is graduating on April 8 to a five-day-a-week permanent location just up the road in Sag Harbor to meet what its founders describe as an enthusiastic demand from its patrons.

Last fall when the co-founders Sarah Cohen, Amanda Fairbanks, and Liza Tremblay set out to create a shared workspace for women that was affordable and reliable — “Just bring your laptop and let us take care of the rest” is one of their slogans — they weren’t sure how their venture would be received at Estia’s on Tuesdays, the one day a week when the restaurant is closed. But over the past six months a diverse crowd of more than 80 women — designers, lawyers, editors, writers, and farmers, among others — used the space as monthly members or drop-in visitors, the Shed founders say.

“It’s become resoundingly clear that the year-round community on the East End needs — and can support — an all-women’s co-working space,” Ms. Fairbanks said in an email Monday. “At Estia’s Little Kitchen just last week we had 16 women working with laptops, iPads, and sketchbooks. After talking with and surveying our members, one day a week was not meeting their needs. . . . It’s time to take the next leap and expand into a flexible space of our own.”

The new location at 1796 Bridgehampton-Sag Turnpike in Sag Harbor will be open 9 to 5 weekdays. One cottage on the property will have amenities such as Wi-Fi, charging stations, Nespresso coffee, and wireless printing and scanning. Six work desks (named for the feminist icons Betty Friedan, Eleanor Roosevelt, Gloria Steinem, Michelle Obama, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and Shirley Chisholm) will also be able to be reserved in advance at theshedworkspace.com. The artwork will be by Elizabeth Karsch and fresh flowers will come from Sag Harbor Florist. Yoga and meditation will be provided periodically by Emily Weitz.

Shed members can also book hourly rentals of a second cottage that sits just across a small courtyard for use as a conference room. Both cottages are among a grouping that sit on a parcel of land owned by Michael Derrig of Landscape Details. Vital Habits currently leases the main grouping of cottages and the Shed is subleasing one of them. 

In addition to offering the co-work space, the Shed has expanded since its start into partnering with other local businesses to co-host other women’s-only events such as a Mardi Gras Ladies Night at Lulu Kitchen and Bar, a mini-facial or massage night at Onda Beauty, and Festa al Camino, a benefit for local seasonal workers that was held at Tutto il Giorno and Urban Zen. 

More events are planned. Tonight the Shed, as part of a monthly Master Class series in conjunction with Wolffer Estate Vineyard, is co-hosting a rosé blending and tasting session for women with the winemaker George Unc from 6 to 8 p.m at the estate’s tasting room location on Sagg Road in Sagaponack. The cost is $55 for Shed members, $65 for non-members. 

The Shed and Estia’s plan to continue to cooperate on future events, starting on April 7 with an opening reception for new works by the artists Margot Carr and Melinda Hackett.

Spur East Open for Business

Spur East Open for Business

Ashley John Heather, the founder of the Spur, has grand plans for the East Hampton branch that opened last week.
Ashley John Heather, the founder of the Spur, has grand plans for the East Hampton branch that opened last week.
Jamie Bufalino
By
Jamie Bufalino

The Spur, a co-working space that launched in Southampton last year, opened an East Hampton branch last week. 

The Spur East, like its predecessor, is a members-only club that provides a lounge-like setting for entrepreneurs and other remote workers, as well as access to networking events and business-oriented programming. 

Ashley John Heather, the Spur’s founder and C.E.O., said on Monday that adding an East Hampton outpost would help create more job opportunities across the East End. “When our community grows, everybody wins,” he said.

The branch, which features a full bar and an outdoor patio, operates out of the 324, a 5,000-square-foot event venue at 44 Three Mile Harbor Road. 

Mr. Heather plans to take full advantage of the space. The inaugural East End Employment Fair will be held there on April 13 and 14. And Spur Spin, a Ping-Pong club, will launch tomorrow evening, he said. 

“We want to own Friday night,” said Mr. Heather, who envisions the Ping-Pong club as a “last stop” for those who are looking for one more thing to do after dining out. 

People interested in joining the Spur can fill out an application on the company’s website, and a membership committee will decide whether a candidate is right for the club. The Spur seeks to foster innovation and entrepreneurship, said Mr. Heather, and candidates will be screened based on those criteria.

Membership fees for year-round residents range from $2,000 to $5,000 per year, plus a $1,000 initiation fee. Summer season memberships are also available. The Spur East is holding an open house through tomorrow. 

New Market Will Open Soon in the Village

New Market Will Open Soon in the Village

Klever Lopez is getting ready to open a new food store on Race Lane in East Hampton Village.
Klever Lopez is getting ready to open a new food store on Race Lane in East Hampton Village.
Jamie Bufalino
By
Jamie Bufalino

A new food store will be opening soon at the former site of the Hampton Market Place on Race Lane in East Hampton Village. 

Klever Lopez, the owner of Inter-Deli on Pantigo Road and previously a chef at John Papas Cafe, where he worked for 21 years, is now readying the 4,000-square-foot space to accommodate a salad bar, a steam table for prepared foods, a sandwich counter, plus stations for baked goods, fresh juice, and ice cream. East Hampton Market, as it will be called, will also carry produce and grocery staples. 

“We’re going to try to make everybody happy,” said Mr. Lopez. Much of the prepared fare at Inter-Deli is Spanish, but this store, he said, will offer a multinational mix. “We’ll have all different types of sandwiches, from egg salad to gyros, and there will be chicken Francese, and salmon teriyaki, and I’m waiting for an exhaust fan for the grill, so if somebody wants a cheeseburger, I can cook it right there,” he said.

Those looking for Spanish dishes, however, will not be disappointed, he said. The store will also carry produce like yucca that can be hard to find at American markets, and, at his store’s coffee station, a potent Chilean brand will be served. “It’s really good coffee. I love it,” he said. 

Mr. Lopez has not yet set an opening date. He’s still debating how much staff he’ll need to hire, what the hours of operation will be (right now, he’s thinking 6 a.m. to either 7 or 8 p.m.), and construction of the interior is still underway. “I’m taking it little by little,” he said. As far as pricing goes, he insists it won’t be “crazy.”

Four years ago, when he decided to leave his job at John Papas Cafe to open Inter-Deli, he was extremely nervous about investing his entire savings into that venture, he said. This time around he’s more confident in his business prowess, and he will have plenty of support from his family. 

Although he plans to do most of the cooking, his wife, Norma, will be on hand to help out, he said, and his daughter, Karla, a college student, will take care of the bookkeeping. 

The man who was his boss for many years is also cheering him on. “I mentored him as a chef and in life, and I’m very proud of him,” John Papas said. “I wish him well.” 

“It’s a big job,” Mr. Lopez said of opening his new place. “But I have people at my back.”

Recorded Deeds 04.04.19

Recorded Deeds 04.04.19

By
Star Staff

AMAGANSETT

K. Law to 10 Hampton Lane L.L.C., 10 Hampton Lane, .5 acre, Jan. 18, $5,000,000.

BRIDGEHAMPTON

CVR First L.L.C. to Happy House 77 L.L.C., 77 Birchwood Lane, .77 acre, Jan. 31, $2,911,600.

J. Lewis Trust to E. Blitzer, 11 Alfie’s Way, .63 acre, Feb. 7, $1,549,000.

102Co NY L.L.C. to 103Co, L.L.C., 9 The Bridge, 5.47 acres (vacant), Feb. 28, $771,228.

101Co, L.L.C. to 103Co, L.L.C., 6 Checkered Path, 3.12 acres (vacant), Feb. 28, $799,957.

EAST HAMPTON

J. Wodakow to K. Freeman, 124 Accabonac Road, .49 acre, Jan. 30, $1,400,000.

J.T.M. Realty Inc. to K. McDonough, 520 Blind Highway and 518 Hand’s Creek Road, .95 acre (vacant), Feb. 4, $620,000.

N. Todd to Trix, L.L.C., 9 Post Street, .37 acre, Feb. 8, $830,000.

48 Alewife Lane L.L.C. to M. and L. Govoni, 48 Alewife Brook Road, 1 acre, Feb. 11, $2,490,000.

Staff House Inc. to TMH Cottages L.L.C., 103, 105, and 107 Three Mile Harbor Road, 1.75 acres, Feb. 13, $2,000,000.

EAST HAMPTON VILLAGE

E and J 2006 L.L.C. to 89 Mill Hill L.L.C., 89 Mill Hill Lane, .5 acre, Jan. 31, $2,730,000.

B. Marmon Trust to K. Lustbader and J. Kidd, 68 Mill Hill Lane, .52 acre, Jan. 28, $2,350,000.

SAG HARBOR

E. Batt and D. Marsili to Puppup Productions, 31 Hampton Street, .3 acre, Jan. 31, $3,300,000.

SPRINGS

Wilmington Savings to E. Gavilanes and Morocho, 30 Lion Head Rock Road, .45 acre, Dec. 21, $570,000.

D. Parker to J. Upton and A. Fabri, 231 Gerard Drive, Jan. 30, $1,495,000.

J. Nieto and M. Rivera to A. Gutierrez and J. Garcia, 45 Lincoln Avenue, .54 acre, Jan. 31, $775,000.

Keeping Account: 04.04.19

Keeping Account: 04.04.19

By
Star Staff

Job Fair at the Spur

The Spur and the East Hampton Chamber of Commerce will hold a job fair for local employers looking for summer staff from noon to 5 p.m. on April 13 and 14 at the Spur East at 44 Three Mile Harbor Road, and at its sister location in Southampton. 

The cost for a booth is $300 for one day or $475 for the weekend. A 25-percent discount will be given to nonprofit organizations, and a $100 discount to members of the Spur and the Chamber of Commerce. Booths must be booked by Saturday. They will be allotted on a first-come-first-served basis. Registration is by calling the Spur. For job seekers, admission is free after 1 p.m., but those who pay a $20 fee will be allowed entry at noon.

WordHampton Adds to Team

WordHampton Public Relations has hired Brittni Svanberg, an East Hampton native and a recent graduate of Boston University, as an account coordinator. 

Ms. Svanberg’s duties include managing social media accounts and facilitating the firm’s East End and Long Island Restaurant Week events. “We are thrilled to have Brittni on our team full time,” said Nicole Castillo, the company’s executive vice president. “She was an exceptional intern, and we are excited to watch her grow into a publicist.”

Gurney’s Plans to ‘Greenify’ Former Yacht Club Complex

Gurney’s Plans to ‘Greenify’ Former Yacht Club Complex

The former Montauk Yacht Club is getting a $13 million property-wide upgrade to become Gureny's Star Island Resort and Marina.
The former Montauk Yacht Club is getting a $13 million property-wide upgrade to become Gureny's Star Island Resort and Marina.
Jamie Bufalino
By
Jamie Bufalino

The owners of Gurney’s Montauk Resort and Seawater Spa on Old Montauk Highway, who are developing the former Montauk Yacht Club into Gurney’s Star Island Resort and Marina, presented two site plans to the East Hampton Town Planning Board on March 27.

George Filopoulos and Lloyd Goldman, the presidents, respectively, of Metrovest Equities and BLDG Management, the firms that own Gurney’s, bought the Montauk Yacht Club last May and announced a $13 million property-wide upgrade.

The yacht club complex occupies a four-plus-acre parcel on Lake Montauk that contains 84 guestrooms, a restaurant, four boutiques, indoor and outdoor pools, a garage with staff rooms, and approximately 95 parking spaces, according to a memo from JoAnne Pahwul, a town planner. An adjacent parcel contains a dock house with, among other amenities, two bathrooms, a sauna, storage for pool equipment, and a dockmaster’s office. Docks and finger piers with approximately 60 boat slips and bulkheads, a walkway, and a ship’s store, are also on the parcel.

Karen Hoeg, a lawyer representing Gurney’s Star Island Resort, said the resort’s development, to take place over several years, would result in a more environmentally-friendly facility. “The bigger project is to ‘greenify’ this resort area,” she said. 

In one of the two applications presented to the board, the owners are proposing to demolish the dock house and construct, near the outdoor pool, a more than 200-square-foot building to contain two bathrooms and storage space for pool equipment. The site would be 11 feet from Lake Montauk, where a 150-foot setback is required, and would therefore require a wetlands setback variance and a natural resources permit from the East Hampton Town Zoning Board of Appeals. 

“I’m happy they’re demolishing the dock building that’s right on the water,” said Louis Cortese, a board member. He and Kathy Cunningham, the vice chairwoman, however, took issue with bathrooms so close to the water, given that the property uses a conventional septic system. “It’s great that you’re moving out of the lake, but you’re not out of the impact zone,” Ms. Cunningham said. “It’s in the interest of your green enterprise to put in a low-nitrogen system.”

However, Ms. Hoeg said the Suffolk County Department of Health Services had informed her that approval to relocate the bathrooms was not necessary. 

The second application, which the board deemed minor and therefore would not require a public hearing, calls for redesigning the entryway to the resort. An existing porte cochere has been demolished, and the owners want to build a 241-square-foot addition that would serve as an entrance, allow for the existing restaurant bathrooms to be handicapped accessible, and create space for a janitor’s closet. 

Another 95-foot addition is proposed for an expanded reception area and office space, as well as a fire alarm control center. A pergola is proposed for a walkway, and electrical transformers would be moved to another part of the property that contains similar equipment. 

In a separate application, Verizon Wireless sought site plan approval for a new personal wireless facility at the Gurney’s Resort complex on Old Montauk Highway. The six-foot-high facility would be on top of an existing dormitory. The enclosed structure would contain six antennas, nine remote radio heads, three GPS navigation units, and associated equipment and cabling. It would be 36 feet above ground level, where the maximum allowable under zoning is 25 feet. Although the structure would be well within the town code’s maximum 10-foot height limit for a wireless facility, John Jilnicki, the planning board’s lawyer, said a variance from the Z.B.A. might still be necessary. 

Current cellphone reception at Gurney’s is “spotty at best,” said India DeCarmine, a lawyer representing Verizon. The wireless facility would improve coverage on the beach, within the resort’s lower-level conference rooms, and along more than a mile stretch of Old Montauk Highway, she said. 

Ms. DeCarmine noted the owners of Gurney’s had written a letter of support, in which they said the resort “desperately needs” improved cell coverage. Ms. Carmine also submitted documentation that the facility would meet Federal Communications Commission standards. 

The enclosure would be designed to blend with the color and architecture of the resort, said Ms. DeCarmine, who brought a panel of cedar-shingle-style screening to the meeting. A visual analysis and renderings of how the enclosure would look from 11 vantage points (including the beach and highway) also was submitted and displayed at the meeting. 

“As far as the aesthetics go, I look at [Gurney’s] as a hodgepodge of buildings, and I think this little box on top of that building is going to go totally unnoticed,” Mr. Cortese said. His colleagues agreed, as did the members of the town’s architectural review board, which approved the structure on March 28.