The-Leader_1981-03-26

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II ge Seeks MoreC. D. Money
Some Residents Ask Most
Of Funds For Nortlteasf
—FREEPORT ' Following the second of two mandated public-hearings,
the ^Village of Freeport's Board of Trustees voted to &e an.
application for its 1981-82 Community Development funds which would
earmark more than half for specific uses io the north-east part of the
VUIage.
IN THE SEATS OF GOVERNMENT. Freeport's Girl Scouts "tool< over" Village Hall Monday eve-
— nlngl'March 16, when several of them were chosen to t>e "Part of Village Government for a Day."
' Seated in front ofthrofficial, whose "job" they had during the Village Board meeting, are (1- to r.)
Lynna LaCasia (Trustee Jim Clark), Julie Montano (Deputy Mayor Dorothy Storm), Victoria Hayes
(Mayor William H. White), Kristin Jaeger (Trustee Al SIrlln) and Donna Suchan' (Trustee Timothy
-Peternana). The Scouts were chosen by a panel of judges on the basis oi 100-word essiys they had
written in a community-wide Girl Scout contest. (See page 16 for second photograph).
Holbrook Appointment
As Ass't. to Supt.
Called 'Re-Structuring
Arrests Top
20bAAark
FREEPORT - With more than . .
200 arrests credied so far thU -?P8o>rtg nomesteading
year to Freeport police officers, (5150,000); residential
- several more were made this past
weeli, some' with the help of
cooperative village residents or
businessgeople.
On Tuesday, March 17, in the
9-North Brook
Representatives'of the North-ieast
Freeport branch of Citizens
Alliance, however, continued to
voice their requests- for more
monies for thie northeast Section
and for mor representation of
lower income,, minority peoples
in such existing programs as
Hcimesteading.
The- village's 1981-82 Com­munity
Development Funds is'
expected, if approved by the
Federal Qovemment, to be
$500,000. Freeport is part of a
consortium consisting of Nassau
County, the towns and other
villages. In past years, the village
sought CD. monies and received '
them on its own application.
The application : will . break
down the request into the cate­gories
of adminstration (S1(X),000
or 20%), commercial grants of
up to S5,(X)0 each in matching
funds in the Northeast,. Water­front
and Central Business Dis­tricts-
($90,000); the commercial
development of North Main
Street ($85,000); the VUIage
program
rehabili­tation
loans or grants ($50,000);
and contingency ($25,000).
During the Board of Trustees
discussion of- the recommenda­tions
received from the Citizens
Advisory Committee'and the Task
FREEPORT - The library at Atkinson School was crowded for the
Freeport School Board's public meeting on Wednesday evening,
March 18. Apparently, from the remarks of many of the residents
present, they had been drawn to the meeting by some advance notice-" eariy afternoon. ,
iJianhe"distriet'S"DifectorT)f MathrJoe HollirookT-wasio be named an—sirfc-Avcnue resident telephoned—&'«:e^theJIrustces_went over
Assistant to the Superintendent. Freeport- Police Headquarters . some of the two groups' specific
Many were fliere to voice their something wecould not replace...' that someone was breaking into suggestions,
approval of the action, which Regardless of what we are paying her house. Somewhat earlier. Deputy Mayor Dorothy Storfff
inrrpasrs HolbrwLs salary ' this man, we are getting back she said, she had answered her, questioned the Task Force's
from $36,187 for a lO'/j month
work year to $41,500 for a 12
monih work vear. There were
those who like Martha DeSalvo
a resident of New York.Avenue,
explained that she had not
attended many" "school board
meetings recently, but she had
come to voice her feelings that
she was "thrilled" that Holbrook
would be expanding his field of
work within the district.
Mr. Cooper, whose son is
Captain of the Freeport High
Sohtv^l Malhlele^. called Hol-hrook
"a •shining light in this
community. He is a target for
a'l the districts that are trving to
>^uild a program." said Cooper,
referring to the- work Holbrook
has done ir giving Freeport a
"(athlete team that has con-
^islingly brought home national
••^•mors each year. "If wc are not
tarefulr^'-Coopcr wid,—"we-wiU
nf him and thai would be
more m return.
Kathy RugoIski_ said of
Holbrook who has been Director
of Math "in the district .since
1969, "We would never find
doorbell but whoever had rung
it had walked away. Going back to~
bed, she heard the "sound of a
window breaking.
Upon answering the call
Freeport Police Officer William
Watson saw two men running,
northward through the rear
yards. The two were apprehended
at the rear of a house on Craig
Avenue by Police Officers
Thomas Brown and Barry Wil­liams.
The two, 20-year old Stanley
• Avil>-< anrf I C v i n Avilc« 17 Vmth
proposal lu liiuil'-the-matehing
eomme'rcial grants to vacant
stores, which subsequently was -
deleted. Mrs. Storm also asked
why no monies were specifically
allocated for the waterfrontr
to which Mayor William H. White
answered, "1 don't know of any
specific activity."
Community Development
Director Eric Hemphill explained
that although one of the Citizens
Advisory committee members,
Kay Benda, "is from the water­front
area." the committee men-eligibility
of the action under
CD. guidelines.
While public relations pro­grams
were suggested at the first
public hearing, they were not
included in the approved pFO-posid.
Ray Malone, Nassau
County Commissioner of Housing
Intergovenunental Activity, who
was present at the hearing, said^
that the 'only publicity and pro^
motional activities eligible were
those.tied lnto.sped&c programs
and fiinding would come frpm the
monies allocated to thein. . _
The Public SpeaJd
During the public part of the
meeting, waterfront business
owner Jo Cona made some sug­gestions
for waterfront activities
including an electrical biilboard at
the head of the major canals,
visual directions to municipal
parking fields, and an acquarium.
She called the coni^pt of match-mg
fiinds for commercial rehabili­tation
grants, "absolutely
fantastic."
Another speaker was Robert J.
Raynor of .the Freeport Historical
Society, who .along with the
Society's president Ed Yamin
presented a proposal for $20,000
from tlie Contingency Fund to be"
used to purchase a piece of prop­erty
adjoining the Freeport
Historical Museum. " Raynor
poiirted-ont-that -the-purchasc-would
answer the museum's
need for both parking and in­creased
display and meeting
space^
Joe Holbrook
anybody—wrth- his-tledication.-
(Cont. on Page 10)
of West Seaman Avenue, were
allegedly identified by the
homeowner and charged with
attempted burglary.
Neighbor Spot* Bargalrs
The neighbor of a victimized
apartment house resident on
Commercial Avenue telephoned
Freeport Police 'headquarters
"v, h"en fie ^—<5bs«fved—Someone
(Cont. on Page 15)
twned nothing speilflciilly about
that area.
Although Mrs. Storm said^he
felt that action on the fire-damag­ed
Frapa building at the north­west
end of Freeoort Mall was
important. Hemphill answered
that the Advisor)- Committee
voted against its acquisition.
-Wliite.answered.that there .were_
also some questions as to the
Mayor White pointed out that
the request for thfe $20,000
should have been made previous­ly,
adding that the acquisition
probably wouldn't quali^ under
HUD guidelines.
Recent mayoralty candidate Sal
Imburgio asked how priorities
were set up in the county-wide
consortium.
"We set our own priorities,"
White answered.
Imburgio charged that."what
is missing is an absence of ade-qunte—
communication—txtacen
the agency and the community^'
He suggested that the envelope,
in which the electric bill and Vil­lage
News is mailed to each
resident, "should be stamped"
to announce the new programs
offerred.
"Are you recommending we
use CD. funds to buy a stamp?"
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