The-Helm_1970-09-24; Lynbrook Helm Independent Review

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VOL. 10 NO. 11 Entered ae Second-Class Matter
Post Office, Lynbrook, N.Y. LY 3-1300 THE FAMILY NEWSPAPER Thursday September 24, 1970 10<
Lynbrook U.S.A. Acquires
Surplus County Lands
Lynbrook Board Meeting
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by 'Annette Ling
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The sale and transfer of three
parcels of County property to
the Village of Lynbrook which
•will be used for the improve-ment
of two major intersections
and a portion of the grounds
near the new Village Hall has
been effected.
Mayor Francis X. Becker in-itiated
negotiations with the
County for this property which
was purchased at the time Mer-rick
Road was widened. The
three parcels include the
property in front of the Village
Hall on Peninsula Boulevard at
Merrick Road measuring approx-imately
8,500 square feet, a 3,000
square foot triangle at the south-east
corner of Merrick Road
and Blake Street which will be-come
a park and a 7,000 square
foot triangle at the five corners
intersection of Hempstead Ave-nue
and Merrick Road which
is now the site of Patrick Henry
Park. The entire cost to the
Village was $5,800. which repre-sents
the 50% "discount" Mayor
Becker requested on the basis
that the property would be used
for open land and beautification.
Mayor Becker represented the
Village at the title closing which
took place recently in the office
of Samuel M. Levine, Nassau
County Superintendent of Real
Estate. Levine is responsible
for the management of surplus
County land. County Executive
Nickerson said he was "happy
to cooperate with the Village."
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RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONIES—The Lynbrook Republican Campaign HeadQMarters, at 8 Atlantic
Avenue, officially opened on Friday, September 18, 1970 at 8 P. M. Officiating at the ceremonies
were: (L to R) Eugene Kraus, Republican Leader of Lynbrook; Norman J. Levy, Republican Can-didate
for State Senator; Norman F. Lent, Republican Candidate for U. S. Congress and Robert G.
Becker, Republican Executive Committee man of Lynbrook.
The Board of Trustees of the
Incorporated Village of Lynbrook
held a Regular Meeting at the
Lynbrook Library on Eldert St.,
Monday evening, Sept. 21, 1970.
Rabbi Kaplan gave the Invocation.
Police Chief Walter Waring gave
the Police Dept. Report for
August enumerating 4 Investiga-tions,
44 sets of fingerprints
taken, 760 Radio Calls, 33,900
Teletype Alarms from Nassau
County Headquarters, 17 notifi-cations
to local residents of peo-ple
either ill or dead, 66 homes
and businesses reported vacant
and checked regularly, 26 air
raid tests, 4 General Alarms
of the Fire Dept. and 13 Still
Alarms, 552 Summones issued
for traffic violations, 179 for
moving violations, 80 Ambulance
Aid cases, 12 arrests, property
stolen to the value of $18,672,
and 18,633 miles traveled by
Lynbrook Radio patrol cars a-round
the village.
Chief Waring's request to the
Board to attend the National
Police Conference at Atlantic
City Oct. 3-8th was approved
by the Board with the sum of
$125 allocated for the conference
expenses. The Chief will at-tend
Seminars, Classes and
Lectures to learn the latest de-tails
of Police Work. Chief
Waring stated that his dept. had
received a report that Oct. l-7th
has been declared, "Kill the
Pigs Week" by certain lawless
elements in our society and that
he had issued ordered his men
to exercise extreme caution while
answering calls and while on
patrol.
The Board passed a Resolution
approving Terminal Leave Pay
for the Police Dept. in line with
Nassau County.
The Board approved the
decision on the application of
Getty Oil Co. for Special Ex-ception
to erect a new service
station at Scranton and Union
Aves. with a two and one-half
ft. set-back.
The Board after a Public Hear-ing
a,pproved the banning of "Top-less
Dancers" in any Lynbrook
Bars etc.
The next item on the Agenda
was a Proposed Ordinance to
Demolish buildings which are
designated after careful inspec-tion
to be liable for demolition.
The Village Clerk Joseph Vitel-li
read the proposed ordinance
defining just what actually con-stituted
unsafe, structurally un-sound,
or public health hazards.
The Supt. of Buildings, The Fire
Marshall, and Health Officers
must first make a careful survey
of the building in question along
with a surveyor or engineer or
builder appointed by the owner
of the building in question and
file a written report of conditions
which they have found. Based
on the written reports, the Vil-lage
of Lynbrook will then make
application to the Supreme Court
within 10 days declaring the
building to be a public nuisance
and a&;king for permission to
go ahead with demolition pro-ceedings.
The owner of the
building if the Supreme Court
rules in favor of the village,
must pay all court costs and
the building will be demolished
with this expense charged to
the owner of the property etc.
There will be a Public Hear-ing
on this proposed Ordinance
on Oct. 19th in the new Village
Hall.
Mayor Becker explained that
there had been many complaints
received from local residents
in the vicinity of The Dairy
Barn^ Store on Hempstead Ave.
Originally, they had been denied
a permit for such a location
close to neighborhood residents,
but won the right to locate there
in court proceedings. The main
cause for complaints seem to
be deliveries between very early
morning hours before residents
are awake and very late hours
when they are trying to sleep.
They use very young employees
and they have a bottle breaking
period at about 8:00 p.m. every
night. A couple of adjacent
residents have put their homes
up for sale because of annoyances
caused by Dairy Barn Stores.
The Board of Trustees formally
appointed the Village Prosecuting
Attorney Peter Ledwith to test
this case in Supreme Court as
a Public Nuisance Case and
either have them desist operating
on the premises at all or have
their hours limited from 8:00
a. m. to 6:00 p. m. with the
premises closed on Saturday
and Sunday. Mayor Becker ex-plained
that letters and visits
have evidently not worked in
clearing up the situation and
although the Manager had been
very cooperative, the whole situ-ation
would be right back in
effect a month or so after com-plaints.
The Village will either
seek an Injunction preventing
them from operating at that loca-tion
or limiting their hours as
stated above.
The Board the rental or leas-ing
of 3 Motorola Walkie-Talkie
Radios for the Lynbrook Fire
Dept. for the use of the Fire
Chief and his two Deputy Chiefs
for 5 years at a rental or leas-ing
cost of $71.03 per month
for all three walkie-talkies.
It was brought out that these
units had been very successfully
used by the Lynbrook Police
Dept. and that they might save
a life some day in case
of emergency. Deputy Fire Chief
Brooks stated that the present
equipment is inadequate for the
Fire Dept. needs and upon the
recommendation of Commission-er
of Communications Michael
Shindler, the Board approved the
. request for the 3 walkie-talkies.
The Board approved the in-stallation
of a street light on
Yale Place and at a location
on Melrose Ave. in Lynbrook.
It will take about thirty days
and these two streets badly need
street lights.
The Board approved the pay-ment
of $300 by the Village
Clerk for a street opening or
manhole in the rd. at Merrick
Rd. at the site of the new Vil-lage
Hall.
The Board approved an Am-
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