The-Leader_1984-10-25

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FREEPORT. NEW YORK, OCTOBER 25,1984-
"J 49th YEAR.No. 27
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Nix Congo PIgit For
Bgldwin JHS Lgnd
Rezoned For Condos
Town Board Okays Plan
For 70 Unit Housing
Freeporf Planning Board
Opposes Zone Change
FREEPORT • TTie Village's Planning Board has unanimously voted
lo recommend that the Fteepott Board of Trustees turns down a re­quest
to rezone property on Guy lombardo Avenue to allow for the con­struction
of condomiaiums.
In a meeUng held Tuesdiy evening. October 23, the Planning Board
specifically referred to the
Chorale's 37f h
Production
FREEPORT - Tickets are now
on sale for the Frecpoit Com­munity
Chorale's 37th annual
production.
Under the direction of Gerald
J, Kirby, the Chorale will pteseni
"The Unsinkable Molly Brown"
on Fridays and Saturdays, No­vember
2, 3; 9 and iO in the Free-port
High School Auditorium. •-
Kathy Keato of Merrick, will
play the part of the. vivacious
Molly Brown. KeaU' <x>-s<ar is
John Oik of Babylon as the hand­some
Johnny Brown.
Freeporters who win appear
in. thb year's production are
Stephanie Ai Peterson, as Mrs.
HEMPSTEAD - The Hempstead Town Board has approved the re-zoning
of the former Baldwin Junior High-Prospect Sdiools complex
paving the way for the Baldwin Board of Education to sell the property
for SI .4 miUiQn to a private developer for construction of condominium
anits.
Stephanie A. Peterson
McGlone; Jack Holly as Father
Flynn; Marty Fox, as Michael
Tobin; Anthony PerilJo, *s the
Sheriff; Sicbard ADman, as
Roberta and Maty Adler, Vemei
Bdis, Norman Greene, iinda
Grempel, Peari Haslam, CJnist-ophcr
KotU, EHen Rosenberg,
att^ Taylor, Valorie Taylor and
Nancy Vogel.
Curtain time for all per­formances
will be 8 JO pm.
Vckelt ate S7 with s speeia!
SS pries on Fridays only for
children nnder 12. AH seats are
reserved.
Ttckcia tre avaJUbte from »i>y
Chorale roember or may be
ordered by mail by sen£nz a
slanqted stif-addressed enreVope
with cbeck, -and indJcslkn of
date and number of tkJcets de­sired
to the Freeport Conimnmly
Chorale, P-O. Box 4U, Freeport,
New York 11520. - .
The Tovni Board had heard
both the petitioner and opposing
residents at a meeting held on
Augitst 28 and bad reserved
dedsion, suggesting that rep­resentatives
of the First Farrell
Croup, which wants to purchase
the properly, meet with local
residents hi an attempt to ma
out their differences.
The original plan called for
the construction of 76 units. Area
residents concerned about pop­ulation
density and traf&c, had
suggested that this be cut by
50%. •
Under the newest proposal
submitted, 70 units will be
built, as well as 140 parking
sUlls, 17 less than in the original
plan.
The other changes worked out
by the builder, after meeting with
residents, include providing
speed bump at all exits; pro­viding
addiuonal trees and plant­ings,
if caOed for by the Town;
and replacement or repair of
retaining walls u needed.
To afford students attending
St. Chrislt^her's School greater'
protection, restrictions regarding
left tarns onto Pershing Boule­vard
win be implemented be­tween
7 am and 3 pm on school
days.
In further addressing the
traffic sltuaUon, Wllllara Cohn,
the attorney for the builder,
said "It Is obvious that the-development'
of the property
win create traffic where no
traffic is being generated at this
time."-However, this proper^
was previously the site of two
public schools which, during the
period of their operation, had
intensive trafSc not only from .
motor vehicles, but also scjiool
buses." Cohn noted that his
clients will be providing access 'to
three streets in an attempt to
distribute the traffic in such a way
as to reduce the burden as much
as possible to any one of the abut-
Ungstreeta. ' ----.-^ -r^
The property, which Is a little
less than five acres in size. Is
located at the Intersection of Haig
Street and Pershing Boulevard.
The Town's action on Tuesday,
October 23, rezoned the proper^
from Residence "B" to Resi­dence
"D-A," which perm|>»
construction of condomhiium
units.
On Match 14 of this year, a
comroonlly-wide referendum ap­proved
the sale and use of the
property by a vole of 863-67.
. The final sale, however, was con­tingent
on the zoning change.
illegality of spot rezonlng.
The property, the site of the
house and. grounds formerly
owned by deceased band leader/
producer Guy lombardo and his
vrife, was tecenUy purchased by
Ferban Associates for $225,000.
The purchaser has proposed
to build ten one-family condo­minium
town houses on the site,
a plan which would not be allowed
under the present Residential
"A" zoning.
Represented by their attorney
Oommick. Minerva, the pur­chasers,
had requested a change
to a "Condominium/Boatel/
Hotel" zone.
Two civic assodaliont have
opposed the zoning change and
the builder's proposal, daimlng
It would alter the character of
the neighborhood and increase
traffic problems.
- The Sooth of Sunrise Qvic
Association (SOSCA) presented
the Village Board*wit« a petition
of about 300 names opposing
the plan and Freeport Harbor
Civic Association's president
appeared
fact, meeting again at the same
lime as the most recent Planning
Board meeting to listen to
Minerva describe his client's
proposid. Angelon later told'
THE LEADER thai the plan des.
cribcd by Minerva was in no way
different than that originally
proposed and that his group
had unanimously voted to con­tinue
Its opposition. Angelon
was pleased to learn that the
Planning Board had also voted
to recommend turning down the
request to change the toning.
In making Ita decision, the
Planning Board bad asked Vil­lage
AUotney Joseph Edwards
for an opinion about spot re­zonlng.
The Board had fell that
the change in zoning was indeed
spot rezoning, an opinion with
which Edwards concurred.
DlGrazia and the Planning
Board pointed out that the
zoning change would open the
property to other uses now
specifi<^ly prohibited In a
residential zone, such as catering
halls.
Joseph.Angelon also . . The Planning Board is
at the Planning Board me*Ung~-advtsory-eommltsloa:
held on October 9th to voice his cisioni are reoommendatlohs
organization's opposition.
The Harbor Civic group was, in (Com. on P#oe 20)
(u
Property Owners Rned Bjf Court
FREEPORT - Both commercial
and residential ptqierty owttets
received fines in Freeport Vmage
Court last Thursday, October 18.
Josepb Verderame of Long .
Island Oty, owner of 3-13 North
Main Street, was coodiUonally
'fined S2,300 by Village Coort
Judge Ralph Franco. The Vil­lage's
Building J)epartoient bad
tssned Verderame 16 samtnonses
for such vioiatioas as • below. -
grade parking ioi, tdgh grass and
weeds, faihire io pat ^trbage in
cans, trash and Rtter oa the
prernises and auto parta on the
property.
Tom Sprolt, owner of MUrose
ProdncU Co, at Wooddeft
Avenue, was fined S250 for main-
(aining a bnsioess on the twood
floor of a Bon-fireptoof buSding
withoot the adequate rmmber of
fire exita and without required
habitable space.
C&CAppliance Ompany at
11 East Merrick Eoad was coodi-
ItonaOy fined SI ,250 for operating
a biulnen in « boilditig wHm
viotatea the Vilbge'a fite preven­tion
laws, (aiiare to comply with
an order to correct a bazardoos
.,{Coot.<JoP»9«ie)
MURAU DEDICATED. Fntport Boirt o» Eduettloo mambtf Dorothy
Fax fc.l ait§ ttM ribbon dtdietUng « naw aal ol edorful wall murala
at aicobimbu* Avwnja School. Thi Edoettlonal walNlw p«lntlnfli In
tb« aehool'i Klndtroarttfl winfl ara th« aaeood Mi lo daeorat* th«
Dlatrlct'a Early Childhood Education C«nl«f. Th«y v th« rawli ol
work this aummar by C<^umbu» Art tMchar Joye« Ellaa who continued
bar a«rtM of imiraU and graphic* In th« building begun last y«ar.
Woridno with a«y«ral afudania In Iha Summar YotJih Employmanl Prc-oram,
Mra. Ellas complttad «n axtanahc* array oJ »etm trtplciinj
Sariy childhood'imagas, aoma imphaaUlog FtMpon'% nwtic_s.
h«rttao«. At the ribbon euttlog e*-amony ara (I, to r.J Kathy H!ffr:r>,
AasUtani Suoartntandant o< Sehoola Oorla Stiub, Joyc« Ellaa, Dorci^>
Fox, Earty Childhood education Olractor Mary Bondarin, Dltirlct An
Chairman Raymond D. Johnaon. Mtyra Paraa and Matthaw Yatayla.