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Vol. 3 No. 34 Second Class Postage has been paid at Farmingdale, N. Y. 11735 Thursday, April 14, 1966
VILLAGE TAXES UP A $ 436,026 budget was adopted at last Monday's Farming-dale
Village Board meeting which will amount to a nine cent
increase in taxes for the 1966- 67 year. The $ 27,674 increase
over last year's budget represents a 25% increase in the
street lighting budget; 30% in the garbage collection and a 10%
increase in the interest and principal debt redemption allotment.
The motion to accept the tentative budget was made by Trustee
Norman Krasnow and seconded by Trustee John T. Hallahan. The
vote was unanimous. The $ 1.67 per $ 100 of assessed valuation
tax rate is based on a total assessed valuation of $ 17,349,365.
During the past ten years, the tax rate increase totaled 32
cents per $ 100 of assessed valuation. The rate for 1956- 57
was $ 1.35; for 1958, $ 1.40; for 1959: $ 1.46; for 1960: $ 1.48;
for 1961- 62- 63: $ 1.50; for 1964- 65, $ 1.58.
Exits, Chief Topic of Quaker Estates Hearing
About 40 persons attended the
informal hearing held at Village
Hall, Farmingdale last Monday
regarding die proposed 32 home
development of the 13.7 acre
former Hardwick estate located
on Quaker Meeting House Road.
Mayor Joseph Zureck presided
over the meeting with five mem­bers
of the Village Planning
Board in attendance.
Chairman of the Village Plan­ning
Board William Drugan open­ed
the hearing by stating that
the Planning Board has b^ en
looking >" Jntvu **& ' kx'jnafgu and
other ' possible problems mat
could be posed under the con­templated
development. He stat­ed
that 64 test holes had been
taken in order to determine soil
conditions for proper drainage.
Drugan stated that the builder
has complied witti every village
request leaving the village no
choice in giving approval. He
also stated that the builder had
originally proposed 33 homes
on the tract of land but because
one plot had insufficient frontage,
the village had insisted that only
32 homes be built.
Drugan pointed to a map of
the proposed building plan
showing an opening to Leonard
Street and another development
opening on the eastern portion
of the development.
Sam Teoflio of Quaker Meet­ing
House Road, a resident living
outside the Incorporated Village
of Farmingdale, spoke up ana
told those present that several
weeks ago a petition of 103 names
had been submitted to the vil­lage
Board regarding the annex­ation
of the property. Mayor
Joseph Zureck said that this
portion of the meeting had been
set aside for discussion of the
builder's proposed plans and not
for a discussion on the annex­ation.
At thfs point Trustee
John T. Hallahan pointed out that
the average cost of the 32 homes
would be in the $ 30 flflf)-$ 40,000
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Albert J. Andersen of 68
Jerome Drive, Farmingdale
questioned the engineering judg­ment
of the traffic egress pat­terns,
particularly of the one on
the eastern end of the Hard­wick
estate which is proposed on
Quaker Meeting House Road. He
said that it was near a blind
curve and would create a traffic-hazard.
Drugan agreed that this was a
good point.
Louis Hipp of 1 Leonard Drive-said
that if the present map were
approved, everyone would be
using nearby Tulane Street and if
each home in the new develop-men
had two cars, 64 additional
vehicles would create a traffic-congestion.
He called this plan,
" Poor planning.'
William C. Engelmann of 52
Jerome Drive asked for two
exits on Quaker Meeting House
Thomas Leonard, ( left), Fireman of the Year
from the Farmingdale Volunteer Fire Department,
accepts an award from Des O'Connor, a beverage
company executive at a recent awards banquet
held at Hoppl's Restaurant in Baldwin. Fireman
Leonard received the award for his outstanding
performance and devotion to his community in 1965.
Road instead of one. He further
asked if the builder could be
required to put in two exits
Drugan said mat he didn't think
the County would allow it.
Mrs. John Kirkham of 16
Quaker Meeting House Road stat­ed
that when she moved here 13
years ago, her street was narrow
and there were no accidents.
Since the road has been widened
there have been more accidents
with cars piling up on residents'
lawns. With the contemplated
15 foot wideninp. © f Ot aker Meet­ing
House Road, she Xresaw evei
more accidents.
George Yabroudy of 60 Jerome
Drive, said that there were four
licensed professional engineers
in theaudience and he felt that
the proposed plan wasapoorone.
Mayor Zureck then said that the
zoning and the annexation of the
property in question was now an
established fact. All that was
now required was for the builder
to come up with a plan that
would conform with regulations.
He stated that this informal hear­ing
was being held in order to
determine what was best for the
area.
In response to a question from
the audience on whether the Plan
nine Board would consider two
exits on Quaker Meeting House
Road, the answer given was that
it would be up to the County
since this would be a tie into
a County road.
John Kessinger of 55 Jerome
Drive made the point that the
exit on Quaker Meeting House
Road should relate to the exit
at the golf course and then the
possible erection of a traffic-light.
Considerable discussion en­sued
on the demolition of trees
on the site. Drugan assured
those present that the builder is
required to post a performance
bond and unless he conforms
the village would hold up the
money. Frank J. Klesh of 33
Merritt Road then stated that
before approving the plan, cer­tain
trees should be marked so
that the builder's bulldozer would
not remove them.
Arthur ( oilins of 19 Leonard
Street also asked for more exists
to alleviate traffic congestion.
Charles Harris of 2 Leonard
Drive was against opening up
Leonard Drive and stated that he
would like to see the grading plan
approved before the builder be­gins
and he would like to see
the construction trucks restrict­ed
to only the use of one street.
George Ahrens of 10 Jerome
Drive was concerned about the
creation of a second sump be­cause
of the new development.
He called for the use of the
old nearby present sump. It
was explained that the sump would
be insufficient for drainage pur­poses
and that the plan would
have to be approved by the County
anyhow.
The question was then asked
regarding die approximate pop­ulation
the 32 homes would bring.
It was explained that according
to school district statistics, each
home would add approximately
1.2 children.
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Eastern Parkway, the blue or
green discoloration should^ cease.
Sam Teoflio asked for the
reading of the minutes of Septem­ber
15, 1962. He said mat many
people were not aware of what was
taking place because the name of
the new owners, John and Rose
Campo was used in the legal
notice and no- reference was
made to the name ' Hardwick'.
Mayor Joseph Zureck then read
a detailed account of die annex­ation
of the Hardwick property.'
COMPOUNDED JU
this parcel was annexed by the
Village, Mayor Sureck replied
diat it would bring additional
revenue to the village and broaden
the tax base.
Trustee Norman Krasnow, then
answered a question on how much
additional revenue the project
would bring to the village. He
estimated a gross of $ 6,300 and
a net of $ 3,700 after garbage
disposal and street lighting serv­ices
had been paid. " This does
not include the sale of Village
water to the new residents",
Krasnow explained.
One resident stated that he had
an attractice young blond
daughter, but mat there have been
blue streaks in her hair lately.
" What is causing mis?" It was
pointed out that wimin one month
or so, after the opening of the
new water treatment plant on
After the informal hearing, the
budget and the tax rate for the
1966- 67 year was announced.
( See story elsewhere).
The Mayor also read a letter
from Albany which stated that
hereafter the title of Acting
Mayor will no longer be used,
but instead the title of ' Deputy
Mayor'. That position is now
heldby Trustee Norman Krasnow.
Trustee Norman Krasnow
pointed out that 400 watt merc-urcy
vapor lights were installed
on the northwest side of Thomas
Powell Boulevard off Bethpage
Road. About one half of the
Village already has this type of
lighting and in the near future
the remainder of the village
would benefit from mis install­ation.
The new lights are said
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Town of Oyster Bay Youth Board members
( 1. to r.) the Rev. Francis Tatem of Hicks ville;
Warren P. Eckel, Syosset; Councilman Frank
J. Hynes of Farmingdale and Julian Liebman,
Youth Board Chairman of Plainview, are study­ing
current reports of ongoing survey being con­ducted
in cooperation with school authorities to
develop year- round community youth programs
across the Town.