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A dispute<\/a> between the Council for the Vail-Leavitt Music Hall and the Town of Riverhead has reached its conclusion after three decades.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The council has ceded the over 140-year-old venue to Riverhead Town officials, who adopted a resolution May 17 to authorize legal action against the group to repossess the property due to concerns about the theater\u2019s upkeep. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe were pleasantly surprised, and happy they made the decision to give the theater back to the community,\u201d said Dawn Thomas, director of community development for Riverhead Town. \u201cThe town hopes to reconvene, reconfigure and make a plan for it to be a very successful part of the economic development of the downtown.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

William Miller, president of the theater council , said the group has withdrawn completely from stewardship of the theater as of this month and will not defend itself against the reported lawsuit the town filed in August. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019re out of money,\u201d Mr. Miller said. \u201cWe can\u2019t fight this fight anymore.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Vail-Leavitt Music Hall was founded in 1881 \u2014 making it the oldest theater in downstate New York, according to its website \u2014 and has hosted countless theatrical, musical and cultural presentations over the past century. The building is also listed on the national and state Registers of Historic Places. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Harold Smith, a past theater council president, and then-Riverhead Town supervisor Joseph Janoski signed an agreement March 18, 1982, to allow the nonprofit organization to purchase the theater using a $40,000 in Community Development block grant funds, according to a previous Riverhead News-Review report. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The agreement specified that the music hall must be used as a theater for public assembly in a condition which \u201cmaintains the historic integrity\u201d of the building and offers \u201ccultural and educational opportunities\u201d to residents. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The deed contained a reverter clause, which would grant Riverhead Town permission to recover the music hall \u201cif this provision is not kept by the council, or any succeeding group which might receive the structure should the council go out of existence,\u201d the report said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A building condition survey conducted in January by the town\u2019s community development department revealed that many parts of the building \u2014 specifically its roof and exterior facades\u2014 are generally inaccessible, and that specialized equipment would be required to address any issues in those areas. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Adding up all the needed repairs, the survey projected the cost would total roughly $168,000.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ownership battle between the town and the Council for the Vail-Leavitt Music Hall has been ongoing since the late 1980s and early 1990s. In January 1990, the town received $290,000 from the state Urban Development Corporation to help with its downtown revitalization initiative, according to News-Review reports. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

At that time, the town was told it would also be eligible for a $300,000 State Environmental Quality Bond Act grant to restore Vail-Leavitt Music Hall \u2014 if the dispute between the two parties could be settled. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In February 1990, the Riverhead Town Board issued an ultimatum to the theater\u2019s council, demanding to get the deed back so the town would be eligible for this state matching grant. Mr. Janoski said if the Vail-Leavitt council would hand over the deed to the town, they would allow the council to continue managing the theater. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, under the town\u2019s terms, the council were told they had to raise $150,000 in the first six months \u201cto prove their fundraising capabilities.\u201d If they didn\u2019t, the council would \u201cdrop out of the picture,\u201d Mr. Janoski said at the time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Members of the council at that time criticized the supervisor\u2019s request. An editorial in the Feb. 1, 1990, Riverhead News-Review called it \u201can onerous task.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fast-forward to present day, and Riverhead Town officials stand by the claim that the council did not fulfill its obligations to maintain the theater. Mr. Miller said council members have been active and doing \u201cquiet work\u201d on the buildings to meet the requirements of the town and the Riverhead Fire Department. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen the town says it is dilapidated, neglected and what have you \u2014 that\u2019s not true,\u201d he said. \u201cYou got a bunch of people who were looking after it, using their own money and whatever we could scrape up, and we kept it in pretty good shape.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last year, Riverhead Town won a $10 million Downtown Revitalization Initiative grant. When town officials met to discuss how to distribute the money for projects, a proposal to make improvements to the Vail-Leavitt Music Hall was \u201cunlikely to make the final cut,\u201d according to previous reporting. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The proposal requested $200,000 from the DRI grant to make these improvements. Town officials said the council needed to come up with a building plan and fill out a separate application to receive funding, which they allegedly failed to submit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Miller called this claim \u201cbaloney\u201d and said the council filed two separate comprehensive business plans with the town. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As for the future of the theater, Mr. Miller said he hopes the town can apply money from the DRI grant to the theater so it can keep going. Between the lack of seating in the venue and limited parking, he said, it is hard for the music hall to make money. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf we got somebody in there with money, it should work,\u201d Mr. Miller said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Riverhead Town officials will have more information in the coming weeks on what they plan to do with the theater going forward. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kristy Verity, executive director of Riverhead\u2019s Business Improvement District, said the Vail-Leavitt Music Hall is a \u201cgem\u201d of Riverhead that needs to be updated. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

She added that she\u2019s aware the Town Board is working on forming a committee and looking for professionals in the theater industry and who manage historical venues to help steer them in the right direction. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s just a very underutilized space,\u201d Ms. Verity said. \u201cThe entire venue needs to be refreshed \u2014 anything to help move that along, to see it take on some life and start becoming the wonderful theater that we had many years ago.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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