The EOSPA Proposal

What was submitted to the Town’s open space committee, and what the committee said.

Submitted

On August 3, 2026, this concept was recommended to the Environmental Open Space & Park Fund Review Advisory Committee (EOSPA) for both of its funds: Open Space Acquisition to buy the land, and Neighborhood Enhancement to build the park.

The submission includes a cover letter, a map, both recommendation forms and a preliminary budget form.

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 Cover of the recommendation: Recommendations for EOSPA Consideration, 336 Larkfield Road. Tap to open the full PDF.
Recommendations for EOSPA Consideration, August 3, 2026. 8 pages. Open file (PDF, 862 KB)

The response

At its October 8, 2026 meeting, the committee declined to move the proposal forward. The concern raised: vagrants hanging out at the site.

EOSPA committee meeting, October 8, 2026. 45-second excerpt. Open file (MP4, 25.1 MB) · Watch the full meeting at huntingtonny.granicus.com

Transcript

Several committee members speak; they aren’t identified here. [unclear] marks words that can’t be made out over crosstalk.

  1. I think the concept is good. I feel that this could be a hangout for vagrants coming out of the bowling alley. I mean, not to say it bluntly like that, but that’s, you know…

  2. You just did.

  3. Tell us how you really feel.

  4. [unclear], the camera’s right there.

  5. [unclear] It’s fine. I mean…

  6. You can show [unclear] here if you want.

  7. It’s a parcel that is underserved in the sense that it’s too small to really develop anything that’s consequential for any investor.

  8. Yeah.

  9. So it’s going to remain blighted, because unless the Town gives—is prepared to give significant variances, the parcel is too small to develop anything of consequence in the [unclear] term, right? So the piece…