The-Leader_1982-05-20

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Baldwin
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MEMOFUAL PORAI^^
FREEFOBT. NEW YORK, MAY 20.1982
47thYEA».No,4
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Hearing Co4>ps
Mn. Magi's Killer Requesf For Zoning Change
' t i s , ? <*"•*« Before yj/toge Board
STUDENTS OF MERIT^TCfl FrMport High School »en\on hav*
received Letters of Commendailon In the 1062 National Merit Scholar-ship
Program. Shown with member* ol the echool guidance depart-.
ment are some of the commended itudent*. In front row (I. lo r.)
are Llabeth Diringer, Maria Mercourie, QOIdanc* Cihalrman Clifford
Froehllcli aiKt An^ Adier; In beck row 0: to r.) are William Bumpus.
.SefUoc Claia Outdance Counselor fiobert Ten:Eycft,'^^ty.Eng.-JHI
Mtzer, Senior Claas Ouldanea Counselor Carmen Sundeq and Oeirdre
.-Dwyer. Missing from ptioto are commended sdwiars Jacqueline
Bade, Darlll Qrlltin and Kristin Mahllxa*.'The 10 F.H.S. seniors:,
placed among the t o ^ l ,000 particlpanls in the national competition.
Baldwin Ubrdry Board
Plscuss^Conflict _=^
BALDWIN 'At it* regular moatbljr meetittg ax May 1], the Baldwin
Ubrsiy Board of Trustees <Uscassed the concept of "codliet of inter-est"
Mrith iu attorney Wniiain Kowtey. Lengihy^^cnsrion also took
place on both the Ubnuy's iiisarance coveragethd t^Ua needs;.
Since Kevin Kamei^presently a member of the library Board of
Trustees, is a candidife for the
MINBOLA • A 21-year.old
Brook^ man ha* been con­victed,
for tite second time.'for
the 1979 robbery morder of Alice
May, the. 74-year.oId Freeport '
woman WIM was shot and killed
during a. hold-up.of her son's
candy store on North Main Street.
.• The' right •• men aqd fbur
women, who made op the joiy -
that found Jamie. Patterson
guilty, delil>erated three hours
after a seven-day trial punctuated -
with the eye-witness testimony of
a long-time friend of Mrs.-May
and with the.. surprising and ~
.sudden enraged'behavior ^ the '
deffendant. i , . ••'r • '"
•. Patterson ttad been tried once
before and convicted Jn October,
-1979 after he hadmnfessed to.tlie
January 21 killing. Sentenced to a
ptisoh term of 22 years toJife, lie
later appealed ttie case and tl>c
Appelate Division, earlier this
year, granted him a new trial
' after agreeing that bis confession
was invalid. The four judge panel
ruled that, based oo^a new law.
the police had violated Patter­son's
rights because tl>ey-iiad
failed to tra^ down the attorney
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FSEEPORT • The ptospectivfc developers of the tong-nndeveloped
"iiodner property," in the south part of the village, wul have an op­portunity
to show their plans to the Freeport Village Board Mopday
evening. May 24. A pnbUc hearing jon the reioning of the property,
to allow for the construction of a 160-nnit cooperative complex, has
been scheduled to ijemn at 8 pm.
. The properly, which borders oa J
Hudson &iy and Guy Lombardo
Avenue, is presently zooed Besi-dcntial
"A' and Marine Industri-:
al. The zoning change would be to
"Marine Apartment Boatel & '
Condominium District."
While-the-Vdlage Board had .
scheduled this public hearing^ at
their tegislaiive scssioa on May 3.
they -'redistMSsed ^their, "^ttoic..
sebednfe .-'ihiring' their - meetiog -
this past Monday evening.
May 17. Mayor Wmiam H. White
informed ^tlie Baud that an En--
viri>nmental Impact Statement .
had not yet been received and
asked \i it would be legal to hold
' the hearing without it:' Village
Counsel Harrison J. Edwards
explained that the public hearing
could be held as sciieduled
and adjourned with tt>e decision
reserved if-the" environijiental
review was tiot available; Because
:. of the public^ inteVest - in. the
hearing, and the advance publi­city
about it. the Board agreed.to
this procedure. '
Architect Francis .CencOTcUi
and Baldwin attorney William -
Cohen, who with . Ks brother.
Heriiert. -are the developers of
the proposed' -.co^teratives.
met whh re»dents/pf tiie area in
mid-March torexpUin their plin.
Beach ;. Heather -Estates.' as
they are. calling tbedeyelopiment.
would consul of 16 sections of ten'
apartrnciits each, in 24-foot hlgh^
bnHdiDgs. On the 14.08.acires.
they would also construct a swim- .
miog pod. cabanas, tennis courts
and docks, alt to be used solely
by tiie Tcssdents of the complex.
the developers said (be apart­ments
would sell for about
, $55,000*0.000 for the one bed--
room units and SfiO.OOO-IOO.OOO
for the two bedroom units. Antici- •
pated construction costs would
total approximately S9..millida for
the Spanish-style. stncCo ex­terior
buildings and oltier im-ptoyemeuls.
Board of Education, the library
Board ofncially inquired of its
attorney M - ^ whether a seat on
both B<»rdi would present«legal
CQoflict of interest. According to
Sowiey. there is "no legal probi-bitkM."
He noted that be checked
with the New York Secretary of
State's office and the CoatraOer's
office a* wen as the State Depart-laent
of Education and saidthat
tbepr^ms to be no probtem. He
also added that, a local Board
could not pass « resolutloo
regarding the situation.
remain with the individual.
Charles Bogen said that there
could be a situation' of "serving
two masters" and referred to the -
possibility of a 2-2 tie vote on the
Libraiy Board or even School
Board with the person holdiog'the
deciding vote having - mei^>err
. ship on both Boards and having to
disqnaUfy himself. In si)di a case,
a BMtidQ would bol pM* witbont a
majoHty. Bogen stressed that that
was the reason for a five person
Board.
Whea asked for comments on
Lpveioy To Head goa Crett Got* Public Worics
-^---BoanlnieahenJheiiqoestiwiL—hisJs^lien tsawdu
ed Rowley concerning ~ specific
issues and whether they would -
.coostitttte a conflict of interest.'
Sowiey Mid that if audi situatioiis
occmred. the IncUvidoal botding
scab on both Boards would
probably havfe lo disqnahi^
himself "at his vwn descretion/'
Refereace was made to the
Ubtaiy's desire to acquire
Milbwn Sciwol if it closed and the
apparent reluctance of the Board
of Education to make a com­mitment
to the Libraiy. Board
members qb^tioned the role of a
Board member holding seats on
both Boards when each Board
might have a different opinion.
Again Rowley said that socb an
iw^dnal would have to,4i»-
qnaC^ fiTmself. aKbbagii H was
stressed that the decision would
Kevio Kamen, the libraiy Board
member and scJiool board catuU-.
date io. question, began to
answer, btit it was tnggoted by
Bogen that Kamen not feel be had
to answer the' qaestioo.
?»rHfVraarJ
ioMiaaee Cannci
Jab Bedell, of the-Insurance
Company of Baylis and Geist, was
present to discuss tlie insurance
coverage presetitly held by the
library. -Board members were
adament that the coverage
seemed low and requested rates
for increased coverage in almost,
all areas.
There was discussion of the
appraisal value of the building
which was pat at SS^IS.OOO versus
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Public Works Contract At Low Bidder Bocks Out
FREEPOKT -David Lovejoy T^T • ' ' ' ^ fcwww B#i»i»awt a«*a«.>\« w v i
FREEPOBt - TT»e low bidder'for the constructiaa of the ViOage of
Freeport's new Public Woriabtulding has asked to withdrew. acMcd-ing
to a discussion of the problem during the Village'* ope^ k^^slativ'e
session held Monday evening. May 17. In its place, the. Board wp-proved
gviitg the job to the second Uywest bidder. Sea Crest Coostroc-tioQ
Corp.,_a Freeport-based firm owned by village tendents, F^ed and
JOsepb'Sc^imandre.
r- The low bid. by Ctnalta Con­struction
Corp. of Bethpagcwas
for SI ,708.727. according to
Village sources. Sea Crest bid
SI .912.000. a figure Gtnalta's
was appointed ViUage Soperin'
teodeht of PabGc Work* at the
Monday jiigbt. May 17th meetiog
of the Freeport Board of Trustees.
Lovejoy, who had been Deputy
Superintendent of PuEIicWorks
in charge of a new engineering
section, replaces Edwin Prefer.
- who recently retired.
Lovc)oy came to the Village in
197Sas Deputy Superintendent of
Public Works. In 1979 be was
May' 4.' followed up by letteis
dated May S and May 14. CitnaHa
informed the village that it want­ed
to witlidfaw.
This • past Monday evening;
-appointed SupcriirfendeBt^of:—p,^ein.' Nidwlaa- G*rginlOr-Mayot-Whitcji&raieiUl*6_Vit
Buildinffi, apodtioa be held until
this Janinaiy when he was te-appoioted
to the deputy position
in order'to head, up the new
division. . 1
A professional engioeer. Love-joy
has .held posts with the
federal Highway Administration
. in Washington, D.C., Salem, Ore.
and Dover, Del. He.was the bead
of the GVH Eng^eeiiiig Depart­ment
of the Delaware. Technical
and Commuiiity College,, and
engineering coordinator and later
Chief of Administration for the
Delaware Department of High.
ways and Transportation.
-Lovejoy received his en^neer.
^ng degree from the University
of New Hampshire in 1957 and
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s i ^ this week "won't make Sea
Crest rich." - ^ - -
According to Cargiolo, fiis firm
had miscalculated tite costs of the
conMruction in two instances. A
S2SO.O00 miscalcniatioo occurred
bei^iise, be said, wtten- tbe line
items wcie added, the masonry
costs were never "moved acixsss
the page." The prices on sjeel
were also wTong, said Gargiulo.
who said he would have really
I'tked to do ihe job because he
knows the village well. He bad
been a resident of Freeport for
about IJ years, until several
months ago, but said be did not
know the Scalamandres personal­ly,
"only ijy reputation.'
The bidf had been qpened on
April'15. In a telegram dated
I
lage Board that architect Sig-nrandSpiegct.
who cften acts as a
consoliant for the village, bad
sotidted six general cootracting
firms to see if they were interest­ed
in bidding on the' project if
the Village did decide, to reopen
the matter for a rcbidding. Only
two companies. Spiegel i^ormed
the village, mig^it be interested.
Gargiulo told THE LEADER
that only two companies had ori­ginally
bid on the constriiction:
Citoalta and Sea Crest.
. The VilUgc Board .asked its
anomey to lie^n legal steps to
foreclose on Citnalta's peifoiiii-aoce
boiid. which is in the neigh­borhood
of SSd.OOO and. at the
same time; moved lo give Ibc job
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