The-Leader_1976-01-29

              FREEPORT
BALDWIN
ROOSEVELT
MERRICK
NASSAU CTV iJI^uTOraCAL LIU!:'SULI
EISEJiHOV/ER PARK '
EAST llEADOV;, N X 11554
LEAIIER FREEPORT'S
OFFICinL
NEWSPAPER
40th YEAR, No. 40 FREEPORT, NEW YORK, JANUARY 29,1975 PRICE: 15^ PER COPY
Mall Discussed Luxury Unifs Planned
^"^^of^^^BSp^r West End Parcel FREEPORT — A suggested
mall for Freeport's South Main
Street was the subject of two
discussion meetings last week.
Women Involved In Frecport
(WIIF), a .newly created
organixation, sp<msored'a panel
discussion last Thursday night at
the Rarborview Restaurant.
Over 60 pe<q>le braved the coldest
night in several, years and Icey
roads to hear Fred Scalamandre,
President of the,Freeport
Chamber of Corainercev Sy
Jarmid, a'Freeport resident and
architect; and Vincent Prochilo,
a local.; businessnian, discuss
their'suggestions ~and proposals
for a shopping malL ;
Scalamandre described ff mini-
:^QUdl; with awning; exteadij^ ten
FREEPORT — Vacant land on the v^est sid^ of West End Ave­nue,
south of Ray Street, was rezoned by unanimous vote of. the
Freeport Board of Trustees from Industrial to Residence Apart­ment.
The Board, at last Monday night's meeting, rendered their
decision, which was based on a public hearing held Dec. 22, 1975
.and on a memorandum from
Superintendent of Public Worits
Edward I*refer.
—Prefer had been asked to
ascertain whether any "added
ViUa"ge- services ..would be.
.required by the bxiilding of a 40
unit condominium, which has
been proposed for the site. : :
The land, which is.owned by Ed
Buckley Itx:.; whose principals
are - Frederick - -^and- Adolph
Ekdchardt, is a. small .'peninsula
IxMnded on three sides by water:
an unnamed Canal on the south.
Jeet'ifr^si^eadsliSg.lJuiM^
FAMED FREEPORTER HOMpRED; Producar-band Jeader Guy
Lbmbardo (r.), wrho whh General Manager of this Jones Beach State
•Parkway Authority Jbhii Sheridan (I.) recently .ainiounced that the
1976 summer proiductibn of die Jones Beach Theatre wili.be the
musical "Show Boat,"* has been named tfie Freeport Chamber of
Commerce's "Man-of the Year." "Lombardo will be present at the
Chamber's Mardi 27 Installattoh Dinner-Dance to receive his award.'
Tickets are available at the Chamber office, FR 8:7402. .
Over^xpenditilres Cause
Postponed Rec JPrc^rams
; FREEPORT —'Various youth programs and trips run by the
Freeport Recreation Department have been curtailed, it was an­nounced
this week, due to unanticipated budget eocpenditures. The[
Saturday programs, originally scheduled {ixcjtbi Recreation Cen­tex:,
"will end January 31 and resiime AprU 30. TTiese include
gymnastics, fencing, arts and -';
recpure supervisory personnel.
Unaffected • are the aquatic
programs, ;-.art^ lessons, league
and open play basketbaU, baton
twirling,'' bowling, slimnastics,
ice skating' less(n}s, lacrosse,
hockey, .'the sculpture course,
other senior citizen programs,
Creative Play and Kiddie dub.
Some like the Kiddle Oub are
programs tiiat are paid for by the
fee; Others like Creative Play
and drama are staffed by full-time
recreation personnel. The
Art programs will continue
because the staff member, Edith
Baron, has elected to continue for
the month without compensation,
on a voluntary basis.
—The—Board—of—Trustees
specifically requested cuts in the
area'of recreation because of
overexpenditures in that
department inlhis year's budget
Thare had been unanticipated
increase in utilities, such as
electricity, fuel oil and telephone!
Certain personoel costs bad not
been budgeted fa* in this 197&-76
budget Soperistendent of Parks
and ReCTeatioa Stanley Brekne
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crafts and - dance. Youngsters
roistered in these activities will
receive a flyer prior: to the
resumption of the programs.
Ajbo pos^ned are the Friday'
Tots^ Corner, the Wednesday
guitaf^lessons (wiiich were to
start in January and will now
begin in April) and dance therapy .
for the handicapped. , • -.
Although the Sunday ski tours
will take place as scheduled,.the
we^-long ski trip planned for
February 8 to 13 has been can­celled,
and no others will be.
scheduled. The day trips would
, normally end this montlv due to
weather conditions and are
conducted at no expense to the
-Recreation Depjurtment—They-are
self-sufficient financially.'
Trips for youngsters, normally
held during the February winter
recess, will not be scheduled this
- year aiid any new trips for Senior
Citizens will be postponed until
the firsjof March. .
The programs postponed wercs.
selectoi oa the basis that they
involve per diem persamel or
staH members remiired is other
pngram areas \niile the trips
South Mafai Stre?t,-to **weatiiar
'proof', the shopping ariea.''He
Dlentioned that die merchants in
New London, Conn., whose
business area bad already un­dergone
a roall transformation,,
told Chamber of Commerce and
Village representatives that they
were sorry they had not planned/
for an.overbang ,'when. they
conceived their. own plans..
.Scalamandr^ stated. that plan^
for the second year Community
Development Act funding have to-be
submitted in April. "Jim
le (the Ydlage's Director of
>ommunity Development) is
' ig it his way and his way
ly," he said. He added that he.
ieved there would be money
available for the coverings, but if
not, the bu^ess pet^e (rf the
street could be assessed. -
The second speaker, Sy Jatr
mul, said of Scalamandre's plan,
"if you can get it, go for it." He
spoke, however, on a plan to
bnprove not only the business
but.aQ <rf Freeport. _.
RetaQ sales in Freeport, Janmul
noted, are down more in this area
than ta the rest of the Coimty.He.
described Freeport as a town
which is getting poorer. Con­sequently
less money is spent
here. Many stores are not able to
attract customers and when they
do, he added, parking is poor.
Although Federal'funding is
. limited,' Jarmul. said, private
development mon^ could' be
sought-and obtained.
In planning for his view of
_F>«eport'jLfuture, Jamul, who
was the architect tor Liberty
Park, lodcfid first for vacant land
next to arteries of transportation
that could attract outsiders and
Freeporteris. He • suggested a
"Mariner's MaH," a shopping
area with a nautical theme, to be
planned for the 20 acres in
Bennington Park, which have
already t>een cleared, and the 20
acres rf Firemai's Field. The
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Ditch Credt^on..the north,
' • Emmy BuUdlhig" Co;," tnc'.,: of
Ripnkonkoma, has proposed the
two -story, two building, .con­dominium
garden apartments for
the site. Presently they have a 24
unit condominium uAder coti-sUiiction
in Farmlngdale and
they have just completed one of
46 imlts iii Babylon.
Pfefer's memorandum to the
Board-stated that the con­struction
would have no adverse
effect on the operation of the
Village other than in garbage
removal which would pose no
problem. ".
The apartments would all be
one bedro<Kn-uhita. There would
be i}oat slips, the exact number of
whicli have.not yet been
presented, and 50 automobile
.parking spaces. At present,
according to Roy. Cacciatore, Jr.
who represented the land owners
before the Board of Trustees, the
projected purchase .price of the
individual units would be in the
$35,000 range. He also told THE
LEADER that if this proposal
is successful, there are othef
areas in the same vicinity that
could be treated in a like manner.
At the December public
hearing, there was only, one
objectipn to the proposal. The
Atlantic South C^vic Association
spoke in' favor of the con­dominiums,
with a few reser-'
vations particularly In the matter
of Village services, which led the •
Trustees to ask Prefer for his
determlnatioti." The'Freeport'
Chamber of (Commerce was also
in favor of the plan.
Detailed plans of the proposal
must now be '• submitted to the
-Village's 3i^lding: Department.
ptherMatters
The-public voting session of the
Board was held with only three in
°dih(; audience and took less t|iih 45
minutes, l l ie Board approvfed .aii
increase fn the price of printed,
ordinances which had previously
been sold for $5 each. They will
now be priced at |20 to caver
increased printing-costs.
A Bond resolution in the sum of
$55,000, to cover reconstruction of
• water weUs in the; Village, was
unanimously 'approved.
There was a 110,700 reduction
in the'1976-77 assessment rble to;
cover the transfer of property on
South Ocean Avenue to the
Udted States Postal Service,
A contract for services with
Poof Richard Assoc.iates, an
advertishig and public, relations
agency,' was approved.. The
agency had been woridng on a
major promotional campaign to
bring new businesses into-^
Freeport There have already
been ads in the New York Times
and several Nassau County
publications. Their fee of 1450 a
month, with a total of 15400,
would be paid from Community
Development Funds,
The Director of Urban Renewal
was given permissipn to plan for
two public hearings, Wednesday,
Feb. 25, at 8 pm, and Monday,
March 1,9 pm, to hear discussion
on Uie second year's application
by the Village for (Community
Development funds.
NEW APARTMENTS PLANNED. Tbo rwoning of the "peninnila"
on Wert End Avenue and Ray Street opens the way for construction
of a proposed forty-uiiit condominium. To bp erected around i ^
cetrter mall, the apartments would all be one bedroom units.'Bo8t'J^
slips and parking would be provided. The abovs rendering shows a
view of a portion of the planned construction, which would be two
stories high. -