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§ FREEPORT. NEW YORK. OCTOBER 11,19&4
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^ 45th YEAR, •:No. 25 "~
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Village To Get More Senior Apts>
"Shared Principals gg Zoning Board Approves
Shelved In Baldwin
Variances For 97 Unifs
FREEPORT - Nearly 100 more units «f housing for senior diUens
and phyiktlly handicapped individuals wUV be conslnicled In the Vvl-
Use of Freeport ihb coming year. Paving the way for the project was
ihe approvajby the Freeport Zoning Board of Appeals of a pciiiion by
the applicant for several . variances.
The 97-unit Rev. Timothy C.
Planning Board
Oeia]^ Opinion On
Lombardo Condos
FREEPORT - The Village's;
Planning Board adjourned its
meeting Tuesday. evening,
October 9, without rendering
a decision on rezonin^ the "Gay
Ldmbatdo" property to a cpndo-.
minium-boalel zone.
Planning Board chairman idhn
DeGtazia explained that the
Board needed to seek some legal
opinioas, one of which apparently
was if the application before it
is in fact for a sub-division or a
rezoning. I
If the proposal to build ten
condominium one-family units on
the property is actually J "b-division,
said DiGra^, the naa-ning
Board would make the final
dedsion. If a rezoning b necesr
sary, the Planning Board could
on^ recommend to the Village
Board, but the VSlage Board
most do the rezoning.
The proposal to demolish the M
Gay Lombardo house and buHd
the ten one-faqtily units (m two
dusters) has been made by the
buyer of the property, Ferban
Assodates. Represented by
attorney Dominidc Minerva, and
his assodate Steven Maloce, Ben
Eisesberg, one cf Ferban's
ptindpals presented site plans"
and drawings of the proposal.
Minerva eiplain»l that there
would be convenants restricting
rental of the dock spaces, use of
the units for professional offices
and Bpeciiying maintenance of
the landscaping and groiinis and
twice a week private sanitation
pickup at the homeowners'
expense.
The ten one-family nnita, said
Minerva, «-ould harroonize with
the one-family character of the
neigbborhood^a fact disputed by
local residents who also spoke
before the Plamiing Board.
Minerva noted that in all other
matters the village's code of or-
: dinances would be met; in fact,
he said more oS-street parking
spaces — 22 — would be pro­vided
than the necessary eight.
According to Minerva, fwe
standard one-family houses
(Cent, on P»0» 3)
SufA, Jones Calls If An
"Inappropriate " Time
byJoanOalanay
BALDWIN - The regular monthly meeting of the Baldwin Board of
Education took place Wednesday, October 3, at Shnbert School and
dealt mainly with regular butbiesi items and the Board's rUseusslon pf
and voting on the New York Sute School Boards AssodaUon resolu­tions
for thi* year'* oonvention.
In his remarks, Sapertntendent
Holland Jones announced that
Robert Rogers, assistant prindpal
of Meadow School, has resigned
in order to accept a position as
prindpal in the East Rockaway
School District.
Expanding on the subject of
personnel, Jones added that this
year's enrollment reflects ' a
large tnobility with 162 fewer
students but with 200 new en­trants.
He added that because of
that and cither implications re­garding
curriculum, management
and operations as well as other
aspects of the dianging com-muajty,
be is recommending that
it Is "not tjmely"-for the Dis­trict
to consider the ccmcept of
shared princ^ials. Jones noted
that although the Administration
has as bs goal the coatinned
best utilization of adminixtrattve
competence and has already
revised the evaliuUon process
for administrators, has eliminated ^
certain portions, and has re­assigned
certain responsibilities,
the many on-going changes
in the sdiool district make it
an inappropriate time to under­take
the task of sharing pitn-
'dpals. He noted that such a
deveiopmenl would be "connier-pcQiJactive'
to many other goals
need" 'induding the .an­nounced
goal of improving and
upgrading the evaluation pnxxss
of teadien and other professional
staff.
Regarding the expansion of
the Substance Abuse Program,
Jones said that the Seatlle-
•Beikelcy program would be
piloted at Plaza Schod in January
and evaluation of the pilot, which
is now at Lenox in grades K-3,
would be continuing
appreciation (or the music pro­gram,"
and stressed the Board's
commitment to the music pro­gram'.
He described the Board's
desire that the music program
have as much visibility and sup­port
as the athletic program^
Jones also noted that some com- .
menta made by the Board might
have been misinterpreted. In
questions from the audience,
Maureen Staskhin, President of
Friends of Music, thanked the
Board and Jones for their in­terest,
but noted that the organ-izittion
would be forwarding then
a letter outlining tome of their
thonghu on the matter. .'.
Audience questioos, whtdi
took place before the lengthy •
resolutions discussion and Board
response (o ike Baldwin Educa­tional
Assembly (BEA) reeom-mendations,
induded commentt
by Gerald Curry concerning the
lack of accessibiUty of the weight
room for athletes at the seoVor
high school. Carol Baken, a
member of the PTA'i Coondl't
Substance Abuse CommUtee but
speaking as a private dtizen,
questioned the District's com­pliance
with State guidelines
--K'I2 regarding the implcmeBta-tion
of curriculum regarding
substance abuse. She noted
her conversations and researdi
with Sute officials and the op­portunity
for the District to have
teacher training with Warren
Kilmer from the State. She add­ed
that aJtboagh CoondJ Is lop-porting
the Seattle-Berkeley pro-grami
which 1$ now being piMed
in one school, it is also possftle
to izse othet rtationally validated
program programs or to imple­ment
other cnrriculom to ac-ends
in
Following up on comments. eomplish the same
regarding the MarchingJaod, grades -W. She added. Wial
made by Sdiorf Board membera are we going to do and when?
at the September 25 meeting. Her qaesiioa.wh^ Jones uid
Jones noted his "penonal d e ^ JCoot.onPaoeS)
Petemana Housing Complex will
be constructed by the SW John's
Senior Citizens Housing, a not-for-
profit corporation set up by
the Rockvilie Centre Catholic
Diocese for the sole purpose of
providing housing for low and
middle Income senior diizens .
and handicapped peoplel
Rev. Petemana was a Village
Trustee and the minister d the
Freeport Presbyterian Church
prior to his sudden death several
years ago.
The non-sectarian housing,
which will be located on the site
of the former Reitmeyer property
on the southwest comer of Wal­lace
and Randall Avenues, will be
built with federal funds dispensed
by Housing and Urban Develop­ment
(HUD). The property is
zoned tot apartments, bat in
order to meet specificaUons set by
HUD, the St. John's Corp. ap­plied
for certain variances for
height, parking, apartment unit
size and fencing.
, The Fteepoft vUlage Board of
Zoning Appeals heard the ap­plicant's
petition at iu monthly
meeting Cn Wednesday, Octo­ber
3 and, iiv order to allow the.
applicant to meet HUD's .mort'
' gage guarantee deadline, ap­proved
the application immedi­ately.
The attorney for the applicant
explained that the five story
building would be 4S-teet high,
in character with other apartment"^
buildings in the neighborhood.
Even though the zoning require­ment
is for two-and-one-half
stories wish a roaximoro of 32-
feet, the building across from the
Reitmeyer property is higher than
the proposed new housing. With­out,
tiie additional stories,-ex.-
plained the attorney, the econom-k
necessities of the proposal, as
set by HUD, could not be met.
The apartments, which .would
be smaller than the minimum al­lowed
by village ordinance,
would however be larger than
those -in. _ the f| village'( senior
dtizen housing on North Main
Street. Village ordinance calls for
600 square feel per unit. The one
bedroom unitsHn the Petemana
apartments would be 540 square
feet; the studio units, 420 square
feet. Apirtmenu of this size are
suffidenC for senior *nd phyiical-jy
handiapped residenU, argued
the appSanf.
The 38 parting spots proposed.
less than the 132 mandated in
the village code, would be suf-
Rdent. argued the applicant,
based upon ei|>ericnce In simitar
types of housing.
While village ordinances call
for parking in Uie rear of the
building, the applicaliun asked
for parking In the front In order to
retain the plantings anid trees
presently on the property and to
ensure the safely of the residents.
The smaller sized parking spaces,
18 feet by 18 feet rather than
19 feet by 20 feet, would be line
with a contemplated village
change. j
While the village ordinance
calls for a fence between the park­ing
lot and the street, the appli­cant
will Instead retain the
hedges on the property for
aesthetic reasons.
HUD inslsu un 97 units and
five stories, enabling the archi­tect
to restrict coverage of the lot
by the building to 30J% of the
1.19 acres. Much of the orna­mental
trees presently on the
property win be retained, pro­viding
for two garden areas.
Freeport residenU will have
.first priority for the unlu, 10ft of
which will be built for physically
handicapped tenants; th<E remain­der
for senior diizens over 62
years of age.
Income limitations arc S11,80Q
for a one person family, $13,500
-fat_i_IWQ_perKin family and
$15,200 for a three person fami­ly-
In questioning the applicants
during the hearing, the Zoning
Board members showed concern
for the impact of the proposal on
both village serviceds and vil­lage
taxes.
' "We will pay for all needed
services," said the applicant's
attorney, noting that »«0 per
unit, as an annual payment,
is being considered as a payment
in Oeu of taxes.
The water is nteteied and the
excess garbage win be paid for
by the management of the hous­ing
or they will hire an extra
private carter.
The building will be managed
by Halandia Corp., which man­ages
other buildings'itmtlructed
by the St. John's Corp. Main­tenance
is provided by Halandia
and a social w«ter win be avail-
. able for the tenants. An apart-
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