The-Leader_1985-03-28

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Baldwin
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FREEPORT; NEW YORK. MARCH 28.1985
49th YEAR. No. 49
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Freeport Re«deirts Seek Help
'No
Rentals' By Builders
Baldwin BCTRAl
Clyde Road Prapositioh
Turned Down df Voters
BALDWIN - Residents of the
Baldwin Sdiool District voted on
Wednesday; March 27 not U> sell
the school'district's Oyde Road
property to Qylaw Development
corporation for the constroctioir of
% condominium ahits. The vote
on the proposed sale was:
Yes-629
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Owner Occupied Condos
& Co-Ops Only Af 2 ^fes
byJoanOelaney
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- BALDWIN - Although an anonymous flyer opposiiig the sale of
Clyde Road property caused some coitfnsion as to the time and purpose,
'of the March 19 Alert Baldwin Otizens meeting, the net result seemed
' wprthwlule. Both the developers of the Clyde Road conddmifuunis and'
the owner and architect for the proposed cooperatives on the site of the
present "Aiiiendola" property.
Gordon Place, Bedell St,
Industrial Pk, Are Tojj^cs
'FREEPORT - Tempers overheated and voices grew strident as
several groups of residents came before the Village Trustees at their
open board meeting held Monday night. March. 18, the night before
Section Day.' . ',
..Most of the shouting was done in a "return match" between several
Gordon Place residents and
Mayor Dorothy Storm.
But-the local. businessman-
Dave Macknee, who is presently
agreed to restrictive covenants
whidb would prohibit the rental
of any of the units. This would
restrict the units to occupancy by
owners only. _
__Tlje_mattcr: arase-as-«-subject—
of concern when a member of
Education meeting on March 6 —
traffic and congestion problems,
and the number of new children
lit the area as items of concern.
Present to answer questions on
-the—Clyde—Road—devel(^ment-were
the bnilder and principals
suing the Village for what he
conten.ds. is the illegal sale of
recreational land in the Industrial
Park area CTHE LEADER,
3/14/85), also found himself in a>
verbal .fifacas with Storm and
'Village Council Joe Edwards:
. A third matter - while equally
.important, to South. Freeport'
residents - was more quietly
discussed as Storm seemed to
agree with resident spokesperson
Vincent Greco about the problems
""e'nge'ndenjd by the possibility of
a restaiirant-catering hall at the
foot of East Bedell Street.
A petition opposing the project
. and beanng l(b names was
submitted to the Board of
Manitzas Chosen
For LJbraiy Board
lhe-laige-anaience~<rf-almosl—for-the-dcvelopmentras-well-as—^^^r~i.„ ,.,AA:::r,—<:.„.,j„
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FREEPORT - The Board of
Trustees of the Freeport Mem­orial
library has. annoim'c^ the
-'appointment of George Manitzas
to fin the vacancy left on the
' Bioard by the- death of Trustee
William Gillespie.
100 people noted that he was a
resident of the condominiums
south of Atlantic Avenue off
Grand Avenue." He alleged that
only six of the units were owner-occupied,
with others being
rented by owners - who . pur­chased
the' units for invest­ments.
Maxwell Krieger. the
builder of the proposed Clyde
Road units, and later architect
Frank Gencorelli of the "'Amen-dola"
property, agr^d to the no
rental restriction.
The.m<«ting,'however, was not;
always that amicable. The major­ity
ci the audience were local
'Oyde Road residents who'
seemed opposed to devlopment
of almost any kind. They cited —
as they had done at the Board of
four school board members.
At the conclusion of the portion
of the meeting on this topic, most
of the audience left despite an ~
invitation by Alert Baldwin Gti-zens
chmperson Rita Press to
"hear .about the rest- of Bald­win."
'
An update on the status of
the "Amendbla" property (pres-.
ently being leased), whidi is
owned by Rudy Ballato, followed
a private meeting with resi­dents
in the area which had
been voluntarily set up last
month by Ballato through his
attorney William'Cohn of Bald­win.
A resident froiri'the Clyde
Road area who had stayed for
. this, portion of the meeting,
(Com. on Page 8)
George Manitzas
Mr. Manitzas, a gradiute of
Texas A & M, is a System Pro-
' gramming Technician - for
Thomson McKinnon Securities,
Inc., in New York City; He and his
family have lived in Freeport for
neariy twenty years. Manitzas'
community activities include
membership on the Board of the
Arts Council at Freeport and
President of the Friends of the
Freeport Memorial Library. He
and h'ls wife Meredith are both
active in many other civic affairs,
and have two children who have
recently graduated from Freeport
High School.
ENJOYINC^VtCTORY. Mayor Dorothy Storm (center) is surrounded by
well-wishers Tuesday night, March 19, at Salty Bay Yacht Club as she
'learns she is the winner in the village election.' Running on both the
Freeport Republican and Village Party lines with Storm, her running
males. Trustee Ralph Smith, Trustee-Elect Victor Cohen and Village
Justice Ralph Feanco, were also victorious.
Scamacca.
In part, the petition read: ' .
. "We, the. undersign'ed rest- .
dents in the immediate area of the
development of 104 East Bedell .
Street, express oiir concern and
apprehension for its construction
and the owner's announced
intended use as a • restaurant-catering
hall, marinai-ra new use
for this property which indtides
an open bar for alcoholic sales to
the public.'..
"We request the Mayor and
Board take steps to 'protect the
residential and environmental
make-up of onr neighborlKxx],
and the life-long investroeht in
onr homes.
"These steps...would include,
but not be limited to, a complete
objective review of its permitted
use arid limitations in a Business
"A", Residential "A" zoning;
use arid limitation on Teal Canal;
submission, evaluation - and
approval of complete detail plans
and specifications for prior and
. additional Construction work that
deariy demonstrates compliance
with any and all statutes relating
to permitted capadty, patron and
employee 'parking, the traffic...
study, living aboard boats, gar­bage
storage and disposal
methods to prevent odors, noise
and vibration, building access
location', schedule for loading and
unloading delrvety trucks, and",
exterior illumination of premises,
etc."
In response to Scamacca,
Mayor Storm expressed her
agreement and suggested that
the question would be explored of
whether or not the non-con­forming
use had expired.
Greco followed up with the
charge that the situation was
caused by the village's eariier
reftisal to take ameliorative steps.
At a public meeting during Mayor
William White's, term, Greco'
said. White bad told complaining
taxpayers that they "woiild have
to stop it on their own." .
. In explanation of the.residents'
stand, Greco also said the proper­ty
in question had never been
used as. a restaurant, and did not
have enough legal parking. He
"also'diarged that tne construction '
was "fa&y," used lumber had •
been used in building a^place of
public assembly, and the struc- .
ture "rould cblla"pse''.'"r
Other diarg^ spedfied by
..Greco dealt wfih.the constiuctiqn •
.of a twenty foot bar in. the—
building, which is at the "dead
. end'.'.of a residential street; and ..
the' building's new entrance,
whidi Greco said, extends ftirther
into the street. "Is the village
giving up, the thoroughfare?"
askedGreco.
Several other residents of East
Beden Street and East First
Street also voiced their objection,'
with several expressing particular
concern over where the public
street actually ends.
Cordon Place Matters
Ge(»ge Hebert, a resident of
Gordon place, thanked the village
Police Department for "slowing
down", traffic on Gordon-Place,
hebert then voiced objections to a
letter signed by Storm - who was
running to succeed herself -
whidi residents of his area had
received.
"For the record," said Hebert,
"We the. residents of Gordon
Place are not here because of an
up and coining dection...we are
concernnl because for ten years
Fred .Chall, Kas been illegally
expanding Ids operations." '
Hebert sUted Uiat the resi­dents
are planning a class-action
suit. "We 'win not rest until we
get justice," he cried, adding
"we do not want to be harrassed
either."
He then asked, under the free-
'. dom of information act, for all
informatioi),. etc. dealing with
Chall to determine 'tf there had
been any conflict or interest'-
if indeed, as he was charging, a
>-illage employee might have been
(Conl. onPagelS)'