The-Leader_1989-06-29

              AllnKtbrRcdedkation Freeport • Baldwin
THE LEADER
55ih Year. ,N'o. 26 Frccpon. .S'.Y'. 11520 Official newspapvi of Uie Village of FiecpotfFrecpon and Baldwin School DisincLs Thuisday, June 29, l')S9
"MEADOWBROOK COMMONS." a ihopping cwilar pbnn«l for a 9.B acra
pareal bofdarwl by Sunriaa Highway and Buffalo Avanua In Fraapon. alao
Indudaa a ManhaN't locatad Just bahlnd wtiara tiM traaa on tha right are
iJaptaad.
July 14 deadline for input on planned shopping center
J u l y 14 U the deadHiw for
w r i t t e n ootnzDtnt o n t h * draft
e n v i r o n m a n t a l t t a t c m e nt
r e q u i n d i n connection w i th
t h « p r o p o t t d r e s o n i n g of
F i r e m a n * * F i e l d t o - a l l ow
P h i l i p i Asaoeiatca to con­s
t r u c t a s h o p p i n g c e n t er
t h e r e . But many F r e e p o rt
r e s i d e n t s h a v e aJready had
their say a t a public hearing
held Monday evening. They
a l s o had t h e o p p o r t u n i t y to
h e a r detailed e x p l a n a t i o ns
by several representatives of
t h e d e v e l o p e r on what is
p l a n n e d for *MeadowbrooV
Commons."
According to William Geier
of Dreyer and Ceicr. the law
firm representing Philips, if
t h e 9.5 acre parcel bordered
by S u n r i s e H i g h w a y and
Buffalo Avenue in Freeport
receives approval for reioning
from Residence AA to
B u s i n e s s B, a 172, 468
square foot retail shopping
c e n t e r with an anchor
s u p e r m a r k e t will be con-stnicted-
The hearing for reromng
h a s been tentjitively set for
J u l y 2i.
The d e v e l o p m e n t of t he
shopping center is part of an
$8 m i l l i o n sale to P h i l i ps
which i n c l u d e s a 2.5 s e re
•jrban renewal sit* on
S u n n w Highway m Freepor.
•"r.r *h;ch a fiv^-itory office
:.j;;ding 19 planr.ed.
It ;i the pijm aw.irdt-rt u>
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NVrfmnn Wax, Fr.;::pi pi.ir.s a
shopping center that tull be
"very t r a d i t i o n a l and vcr>
F r e e p o r t ' snd based on
phoioi of h i s t o r i c buHding*
pro^nd**d by Mayor I>orothv
Storm. Gua Fotoa cf FUlipa
e x p e c t s t h a t t e n a n t * will
inchide Poodtown, Marshair*,
W a l g r e e n * , ' K i d d i e City,
F a s h i o n B e a t , P a r a m o u nt
L i n e n . RKO Video, D r e ss
B a m and P i e r 1 Import*.
Mayor S t o r m t o l d the
developer'* r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s a
s u p e r m a r k e t was sorely
n e e d e d in the village and
t h e r e f o r e h a d been made a
condition of t h e a g r e e m e n t.
Many r e s i d e n t * would also
liVe to see a shoe store, she
a d d e d . However, a n o t h er
video store was not needed in
town, she s a i d . She added
A moment of levity was
added to th« procaedings
when one of t h e r e p n » e n t a -
tives of th« davelopef des­cribed
how the shopping
center would b« protected
by • buffer of "camtvocous
t r e a * . " R>eantng. of course,
coniferous t r e a t -
i h e was g l a d P h i l i p s . h ad
agre*d with the village board
on t h e wisdom of not allowing
space for food establishments
(,r iaundromnts which could
a:tr.ict "hangers on "
Comtvorout tree*?
-\ rr.iirTier.'. ^''. ie-»n\ ^fca'^ 3dilc\i
;r!C pr.KTccdinj;* uhcn one ol
•.i-.e TCfrc^nuiives ,i! ihc dccl-jr-.;
fr •j.oLiit: '^ proiecTed S> i
• Ji:»;^«t:on« h a c a:: D^-er.
^xfppt 'or or* rwiuftt %r a
r o a d on t h e w e s t e r n side,
which M r Wax said would
' d a m a f a t h e economic value
of the p r o j e c t . " A* for
concern* about the project's
demand on already stretched
village polica resources, Mr.
G e i e r said the c e n t e r 's
m a n a g e m e n t would provide
w h a t e v e r p r i v a t e s e c u r i ty
was n e e d e d ' t o make it
a t t r a c t i v e to people to shop.'
TVaffie studies undertaiken
by George Apostolikos for
P h i l i p s r e s u l t e d in the
recommendation of a trnflic
s i g n a l at Sunrise nnd
Buffalo, which he said would
be a n improvement on the
p r e s e n t c o n d i t i o n s at the
i n t e r s e c t i o n evtn with
increased traffic.
Retidants *p«ak out
The first among residents
having a soy on the projects
impact was J o h n I>.Grazia of
t h e p l a n n i n g commission.
Noting t h a t he believes the
s h o p p i n g c e n t e r will be an
a s s e t to F r e e p o r t . he
n o n e t h e l e s s wanti-d assur­a
n c e s it would includ*- a
sup>ermarket and t h a t the
buffer of an e a r t h e n lA-rrr.
planted v.ith trt-es \*o'jid h*-
sufficient cover to h;rfe :'r.f
center's -Aalls frrvn rcs:i^«-rt.«
of the adjac»-r.: l.;'riKr'.v 'tK-ir'<
KdAarC' - 1 ^ * . ; - . ' ^ -,:—. •.-.(•
F u n d which owns and
o p e r a t e s U b e r t y Park, said
t h e d e v e l o p m e n t of the
s h e l v i n g center would
e l i m i n a t e *the o n l y open
green a r e a the t e n a n t s have'
a n d lower the qualify of their
l i v e s w i t h i n c r e a s e d traffic
a n d n o i s e . Vermin driven
from the fields would come
t h e p r o j e c t ' s way, he
predicted. And he questioned
whether t h e village should be
t h « ' l e a d agency' determinig
e n v i r o n m e n t a l i m p a c t of a
deal it h a d u n d e r t a k e n . Mr.
E d w a r d s countered that the
v i l l a g e h a d the g r e a t e st
i n t e r e s t in a f a v o r a b le
Icontinwwd On p*g« 91
Baldwin voters pass
school district budget
by Joan Delaney
Baid^^Tn School District res­i
d e n t s cast their ballots last
Thursday and the resubmitted
school district budget passed
by a vote of l.&48lol,357- The
p r e v i o u s budget, which had
been rejected on May 10. had
b e e n d e f e a t e d by only 101
votes.
Board P r e s i d e n t Lorraine
Deller said, ^ft'e appreciate nil
t h e groups in the community
who came out to actively sup­port
the budget. Starting * i :h
l o budRet on J u l y 1 woulG
ha<.f d e f i n i t e l y had a v^rv
".ecat:ve ; r : p n c : rir. o j r -tJ
reflected a lowering of expen
d i t u r e s by $113,000 and an
increase in the tissesxed valu
a t i o n of property in Baldwin
"oy $525,000
Concern continued through­out
the day relative to the out
come of t h e vote. Once agairi.
p e o p l e e x p r e s s i n g anl!-t<ix
sentiment placed flyers at the
railroad station urging a. 'r.o
vote. In preparation for -iueh
an anonymous anti-tax cam­paign,
active members of corr,-
munity groups had informed
their :r.emb<*rs of the ;rr.p.-ift •/
ar, a u s t t - r ' . t \ buCK*-: Thi-;.
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