The-Leader_1975-09-11

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FRHPORT
BALDWIN
ROOSEVELT
MERRICK
40th YEAR, No. 20
FREEPORT, NEW YORK, SEPTEMBER 11, 1975
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Freeport Firemen
Win Toumameht
1N.:THE PARAbE, Freepbrt Flrfl.&pai*T^ John Capa-
. tolli. Jr;)l gre&ted {fronj-IcftK^N^iy^qr VVliliam-^y^^ Hempstead:
"Town Supe^sisdr :/Ufbn»4 D'Aniatd an^ C<jngr«wmaafiorihBn JLent
-a» .they rode; In the .Hria of, mardidiirlh|tthe Freeport Fijcman's
Pai^eJait Saturday. €Vwinff.^<Tpwir'o/;H
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FREEPORT — The Freeport
Fire Department, hosts of the
1975 Nassau-Suffolk, Cham­pionship
^Parade and Drill this
.past weekend, won first"place in
^lotal points—atlr4he-:5unday-
Toumampnt,.. as the Dead End
Kids of Freeport Truck No. l
amassed d7-l/ 2.points. The E^st,
_Mcadow-Meadowlarks scored 14
points; Hewlett, l i - l / 2 ; the
Hempsteacl Flukes, 10; and
. Oyster Bay Company #1,8 points.
/" The Freeporters took, four"
othitr awards in the Tournament,
held at Freeport's Fireman's
Field, First placejn the'Buckels
, Eyenti,was theirs with a time of
\25.rias-weU as First place in the.
. Two-in^ne Event with a UhieW
8.82; ."ITiey.'tdijk:'second place in
"the - Efficiency,-. Event and
Freeport Truck Co. No. I'took;
third in the Three-mari Ladder
event. ' -•.. - •• • .-\
'Crowds lined the parade route
Saturday evening and over 5,&00
_ , people attended the Block Party
^^^T.^ ^^ -^ '• — -•-'•<-'^'''-'•^'••••'^•-'•;-~ ••'•'•i-'^'-' ••- at • F i r e . , H e a d q u a r t e r s on
FREEPORT-Ihe"Freepart Village Board of Trustees,.at Mod-7 Broadway. Fire Department
day night's :open voting" session,; authorized Village partidpatiori sources pointed out that,-for the
• m^eFederal Urban Homesteading Program. , , . ; . • . first time, there were no fire calls
- -Deputy Mayor Ralph Pruned, chainng in the absence c^Mayor—made during the Parade, the
.WiUiara:Whiee^ explatoed that Fre^^ Party or the Tournament.- _
_ Federal governnient, as-one .ofT.' - : ' '• "^ ' " "
'the areas for'demonstratio'n. to
^ develop the n^w.-Hdmesteading
Ptograiiir!:' - . -H-- r,
- Tlie United States Department
' of '"Housing \ .and .-Urban
Developinent (HUD), invited
Freepbrt,0"and "one other
.metropoiilan area community, ia
'.- submit the application as.part of
a nationwide, 55 niillion federally.
- funded program whereby- HUD-
_owhed houses would bie turned
- over to local governmente for
rehabiltfation'^aiid" offering Mo
. owner-occupants. A similar
program.,has already been in-'
eluded in Freeport's application
- for.$1-3 niilUon in first year funds
iff the Cdmrnimity Development
Act and $386,500 of that money
has been so earmarked by tlie
Bioard of Trustees,
Nationwide, 100 communities
Senior Housing Would
Conform To New Code
•. FREEPORT - Close to 200 people jammed Village Hall Monday
night, creating a standing room only situation, for the F^iblic Hear­ing
to amend the Planned Unit Development (PUD) District zoning
to allowJpr construction of senior citizen housing in the PUD JJone;
"-Wiyi.'-d?l'stty,__area;.ahd parking, specifications different from.
"coftventional" housing. „ . , u j
. Under present Vilbge law. the Opponents of (he amendment
PUD. Zone's .requirements for categorized _the proposed
construction of multiple modifications as a compromise
arid hoped tiiat.. tliey - could ijd
tightened lip.:-The residency
req'uir.ctneht ' section, - while
specifying thattbe buyer would
have to live in the house for 60
months (or the bouse would
revert' bade to the , Village),
contains provisions for ad­ministrative:
discretion in cases:
of job transfer, illness/tragedy
etc. Since the homesteading
apjplication requirements
mentions -possible use of CDA:
money, if private financing is
difficult to obtain for the
Tehiabilitation of the houses by the
owner-buyer, Jordan also asked
(hat the i^tionship between the.
Homesteading Program and the
CDA program, be more clearly
defined.
Village Clerk Tom DeVincenzo,
^^, .w v^imuuiuues a member of the CDA Task
were invited to submit ap^- P'^'ce. explamed to the Board
pDcations to participate in • the *^^ ^^ CDA program for pur-pilot
Homesteading Program, chase, rehabilitaUon and resale-
HUD's invitation did not specify f? homes was still under.-con-howjnany
would be selected nor sideratiori, but-Giat'one of the
Freeport, as the host company,
was not eligible for avrards
during the. Parade. North
Merridt'^s Department won firsts
in the Best Appearing Depart­ment
witb 2S to M men, while
Roosevdt took the same award
as a Dqiartment with 91 to 150
men arid Rockviile (Centre, for a
Department with more than 151
men.
The 'Valley IStream Fire
Department's Ladies' Auxiliary
won.first place for the Best Ap­pearing
Auxiliary Unit marching
and the Oceanside Fire Depart­ment
Band won top honors as the
Best Appearing Band. North
Merrick's Drum Corps came in
first in that division, while the
North Bellmore Vamps and
Island Park" split first plac^
honors as the Best Appearing"
Commercial Musical Unit in the
parade.
. Mahopar's Fire D
won honors for'the longest
„..«••_ VI ._muiiipie
dwellings specifies minimum
floor. area requirements for
• garden apartments and medium
rise apartments'as 500 square
'feet for efficiency; units, • '600
square feiet for one-bedroom units
and.12^ for tw6-t}edroom units.
; .The amendment;;, passed. by the
'"Board:Monday.eve'rtlng- at the
dose df,theHearin|,'~reta1ns" the
area" requirements but- adds
-another section for senior xntizen,
.apartments', allowing a "riiinihitim'
floor area of.SSOsquare'jfeet for-efficiency
dwelling^, 500 square
feet for one-bedroom units, iand.
-73(j square feet for two-bedroom '
unife. •
The aniendirient also alters the
numbei* of parking spaces .
mandated" for the dweliipgs.
Senior ciUzen housing would
.require one space for every four
dwelling units, while the PUD
zone mandated — and still
. m^jtdates-lor-i-'cdriventlonal''
housing — one space for every
t\*d'uhits. ' " -
with the welfbeing of senior
citizens. Louise Simpson, a
^ resident of the northeast section,
speaking for Concerned Neigh-
_t)ors of ; Freeport, called' the
/proposed units "chicken coops."'
Deputy^Mayor Ralph - Franco,"
chairing the' rtieetinjg In the, ab^ ^
-sence of 'Mayor'William While.'
-pomVed xui. that the specified
. apartment areas were the same
as for- the"-alread>^onstrijcted-and
inhabited Madden Housing.
. Residents of that: Senior Cilizen
complex were present; having
arrived by bus provided by the
Freeport Housing Authority., to
voice, their feelings and en­thusiasm
for the apartments in
which they live. VI live in one."
John Parrish. told the Board,
'.'and it. is beautiful. There is
plenty of roont." -
The Suggested Site
Although Deputy Mayor
Franco pointed out that, the .
Board was to vote at this point on
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distance travellecfto the Parade.
. , .—^xj^i """Tr^' "".l","' " " ^ . j " ^ ! ^ BeUerose Terrace was the Best
-how-the-^-million-.would b e - - f J f g g « ^ i » f " ^ - w o t i l d r h a v e^
allocated. This is expected to be the V^age (through its agency) oceanside. North Bellmn
announced later this month. . purchase the house, rehabiLtate
— - it and then sell it, passing along
[The-Board, Monday'night,
(ksignated the Freeport Urban
Renewal Agency, headed by
James Dunne, to~carry out tte
program, if approved. This
Agency was previously dutsen to
administer all programs under
CDA funding.
•Trustee Wayne Jordan, while
joining in the 4-0 affirmative
the costs of the rehabilitation to
the purchaser.
Targeted for homesteading in
thedemoi]stration application, as
well as in tlie overall CDA plan, is
the Village's northeast area
wberea survey taken by the CDA
Task Force, in July, showied a
total of 71 boarded-up residential
Oceanside, North". Bellmore,
Roosevelt and Rockviile Centre.
vote, expressed some concern for. structuxES- blinder ~HUD*s
the language of the requircmente .: (Continued on Page 6)
MAKING PLANS - Freeport Mayor William WWt» and Stata
Senator Normal Levy check a nup of Freeport wftila conferrina on
an application for State funds for the corTstruction of a new villaga
indnerator transfer station. The proposed conipactor station would
collect and prepare garbage for transfer to tha Tovm of Hempstead's
Black Clawson solid wasta recovery plant, after it is constnictsd. ~