The-Leader_1982-03-25

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Freeport
School OUtrid
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Baldwin
School Disi/lct
FREEPORT, NEW YORK. MARCH 2S, 1982
46th YEAR. No. 48
P B I C E 2 5 * P E 8 C O P Y
Area Residents OK New Co-Ops
OOmNS Chrian Development Needs Zoning
Patrol Asks For -
>Slreet Signs
NEWPflOJECT. A160 unit oooparatlvi community KM btanpfopoMd
lor south FrMpod, on property bordaring Hudson Bay andT Quy
LomMrdo Avsnu«. RapirasanUllvaf ol ItM d«vt<op«n and bulldars of
Baach Haathar Esutas mat with toeal rasldanta last Tbursday avanino,^
March 18, and toM-tham that tha davaiopRiani should oanaratajM
rsvafii{aa of «300,00(M00,000. Eadi of tha fa Mocks of units (ofw is
dapietatf ebovajf wtil contain to iwo-badrDoreiapartmanti and fou/'
(inola badroom agartmahts.IbajGQmiAuoUyjaUlaiaohava • Mlmfr^
pool aM cabanas, \«nots MUfts si>d.4o^,.al) for ths^ uaa o( oomptax
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BofdKfjirAi SchcfplOfsf
To J/ofe On Bond Issue _
Wedn^sdaf, March 31
BALDWIN • Votiof on a proposed bond issue by Batdwin School
District mUeots wlD take place Wcdacsdsy, March 31, st BaJdwin
Seoio(Hl|^Sch6ol.Pons«iUbeopen7siQ-|Opin.- --
The S5,75S,664 bond Issue has beeiHa the planning and discmslon
• stsges for more than two years. The final figure represents what
district sources coeslder- a
"bottom line" on the areas of
highest priority.
Baldwin School District ofBdsIs
have sated that rirtnaI]yiUh>r the
sreas addressed In the bond issue
sre ot a-ctitica> nature. Certab
-heating plants and building
reaovatiobs and repairs must
liave immediate attentioo. they
explain, whether through the
bond issue ot as a Tcguiar budget
item, which w'ould be much more
costly to the local resident.
Tbe larger share of the bond
issue is.diiected toward enerer'
conservstioa measures, whi^
inctnde repairs or replacements of
burners and/or boilers, new roo6
where oecded, repairs or replace­ments
of windows and new wiring
—ituieootiolsysleius.
Tbe balance of tbe bond Issue
will address bnilding^^and site
reoovstioas. including those st
Bsldwin Senior High Sdiooi.
needed for its converdoo to a four
grade school; improvements to •
the fields' and track; and repairs
to eslerior btlckwott; etc.
State Aid; estimated at 45% of -
the total cost. Interest income and
energy savings win offset most of
tbe costs of tbe. projject. District
officials say, leaving a net cost to
the district of some S92O.00O.
A tax rate increase for the bond
issue win have impact during the
second through tbe 11th yean of
the IS-year bond issue. At various
public meetings held receiitly,
district representatives have
explained that interest income,
energy savings and state aid in
tbe remaining years win exceed
expenses and result in savings to
the local taxpayer.
• Dicrgy saiings ut planned to
continue long alter tbe bonds sre
paid and are expected to result in -
uvings to the taxpayer of
apprccdmately S2S5,000 eadi year
tneresfter.
FBEEPOBT • RepreseoUtives
of a local civic organiziSooasked
the VUUge Board of Trustees-for
support for their Civilian Pstrof
program. CX}NFRONS, a group in
a northwest section of the viUage.
asked Mayor-Wiffiam H. White
and the trustees Jf-the viOage '
could providTdgns for that area '
which would identify the neigh*
botbood as one protected 1^ a
Civilian Rstro).
At the ViOage vBoard of
Trustees mecfing on Monday .
eveaiog.. March 22, WUte
ezplaioed that, while b^ did opr:=
oppose (bfrmap..«rKa CWffiaa
Patrol pioi^tasiilie had :uegatlve
feelings about tbe eflieethreness of
the dgns' and their aesthetic
vsluei—•
Keith Jackioo; chalruian of
CONFBDNS Security Coounittee.
and Dr. - Veraoa - AOwoed,
COFRONS co-cbsinsan. ~ ex-pUned
to the.Board bow the'
patTd works, Antomoiriles.
equipped .with Gfiaen Band
radios, patrol the streets, calling
_back to a base statioo anything of
a sosidcious nature. COFRONS
vdunteers do not invdve them-seKes
in any police activity,
Jacksoo said. They merely act u
' tbe h e i ^ g eyes and ears for the
viUage poUce, which the base
statioo notifies with the informa-
. ' (Cont.onPac*i2)
Nicolino To Be
Installed ft-
Chamber Dance—
FREEPORT - Stephen KicoUno.
co-owner of Nicolino Construction
Company and a long-time "active
fiiember of tbe Fieeport Chamber
of commerce, win be installed
as that organization's'pretident
Change By yUlage Board_
FREEPORT-Residents of the sontbem part of the viUage, primarily
those residing oiTHdward and Hnbbard Avenues, met last week with
. tbe developer/bnilder and legal representatives of those inyotved in a
l(0-unit ^iopetatTve xomplex ptopc^ tor the long-unimproved
properhrowb^^l^ (be Lindner Estate. ,,
Legal counsel R(4ier1 Sweeney, • - ' _ . ~ ._ ' '
former' Fn«port Villaat mayor; ~ While the question of'traffic,
arcUtect fntaaa GencSrdli: and flow did arise, Sweeney and
Geocorelli'said the problems
' generated by a one-street access
peninsula oonld be solved. Of
Baldwin School Disfricf
Begfns Young Hearing
bf Joan Dtlanar
BALDWIN - In compliance with Section 75 of the Crvil Service Law.
the bearing of Mary Young, tecretsiy to Dr. Rotland Jones. Baldwin
Saperintendent of Schools, began on Thursday, March 18- Mrs. Young
has been charged wHh a breach of confidential'ity which, according to
Lawrence Reich. Counsel for the District, involved a "single defined
incident."
As is her right. Mary Young pnbBt. After an initial adjoom-requested
thst the hearing be (Cont.0n'Pape6) '
Stephen Nicolino
on Saturday evening. March 27.
The Freeport Chamber t
(Com. on Page 10)
Winiam - jCOben. a^ Baldwin
attorney and- partner with Us
brother Herbert in a company.
that b purdiasing the-pioperty.
firom the-lindner.Estate, stood
.before' tbe crowd of re^dents
.Thursday evesiiigr Maic&i 18,-to-e^
bia (be^pnipoaal and aosw^.'
any qnestiaias..:. ' •.•^-- i".-
-' If past history had piuveu tube
an'.experience tactor, tb^ tiiree
men faring tite crowd in .the back
room of Tbe SfidsUp Restaoraat
would bavje needed great powers
of persnasioB-fo convince those.
bosdoing on- the proposed'
development that h would bdp,
rather tiian .hurt them. The
Lindner property bad been sitting
there a long time and, while m
owner was alive, several' pro-possls
for its'use had met wfth
, community resistance..
' But this time, it was different.
Tbe residents asked, questions,
but they came apparent^bpen- -
minded; aniioas to learn about
tbe project and desiring its
devel^ment. By tbe time Nick
Cassis of Cue Realty (who wiU act
as rental agent) arrived' on the
scene, most questions had been
answered and at least two couples
seemed to have become pto^..
_spective purchasers.
Beach Heather Estates, as it
has been'named, would be — if
the developers' application for re-sooing
u accepted — a 160 unit
planned cooperative community,
. coti^sting of 16 sections, each
with ten apartments, six duplex
and four simplex. The 24-foot
high buildings, no taller than a
two-story boose Sweeney assured
tlie rerideots. would be built on
—14.08 acres, along witli a swim-raing
pool, cabanas, tennis courts
and docks, all for tiie use only of
the cooperative community's resi­dents.
Anticipated construction
costs are about $9 million and the-stucco
exterior buildings are de­signed
in a Spanish mission style
of architecture.
Presently tlie land is zoned for
Marine Industrial; an application
has been subm'ttted for a change
in zoning to allow for tbe co­operative
townhooses. The
rezoning appl'ication mast t>e
beard by the Freeport Board of
Trustees which, Monday evening,
March 22, directed village
counsel to prepare for a public
hearing on the matter.
seeming more impottiuce to the
residents, if their questjpna" were
any isdiaMbi>,-^was tbeTpiUblem
of drainage and pbsdUe'flooding
of their 6wn piuvcitica* Architect.
GencoitiB~ripW)vr«t .tha>:[_tbf /^'
devrfopeis • m^f *IEKf< 'approval
fiomtbe D^artment of Bidl£n^
'and the OeiMztment of Highways.
ViUsge'code, be s^,'mandates
that rain sraters must be bandied
on that particular piece of pro-
' perty and not run off to someone
else's property.. Commoo law.
GeocotelS went on. dictates that
the'adjacent grade levels nmst be.
oaintaioed. Rain wSterit,. etc.
would be .filtered back out into
Hudson Canal, said the architect,
emphasizing that the co-operative
property's rain waters may not be
alknved to drain off. "We have to
catch it." stressed GencoreOi.
Tbe devefcipers maile several
other points. to the residents,
suggesting that 'it might - be.
necessary for the co-operative-development
to catch and drain
off adjacent property owners'
flood water^ a help to them.
Other compromises were quiA-ly
reached. There would be no
lights on tbe tennis courts, dee­ded
GencoretU. Dayfight play­time
would be long enough. Bulk-heading
be said would be "brand
new."
Questions of tbe finger piers
extending out into the nnal,
possibly obstructing water traffic. '
would require a l o ^ by tbe U.S.
C!orps of Engineers. The entrance
to the development, only one is
presently on toe plan, and its size
would leqi^re the appn>val of
such agencies as the Freeport
Fue Department.
Besides taxes tb be generated,
an anticipated $300,000-400,000.
the developers listed as another
asset—to the community an_
increase in~locai property values.
Presently the apartment units are
planned to seU for S80,000
(inland) to SIOO.OOO (waterfront)
for the two bedroom apartment;
and SS5.000 to S60.000 for tbe
one-bedroom apartment.
Sweeney said he believed there
would be little impact on the
school system because 70-80% of
the p- urth(Casoenrts. ownoRulids i»p1ro1b) ably be