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Lbmbardo Develoimieift Plans OK'd
Human RekitionsA
In Baldwin
Opposition Tried To
Lahdmark Lombardo House
FREEPORT - By approving an application for the sub-division of the
Guy Lombardo home/property, Freeport Village's Planning Board has
given the owners/developers, Ferban Associates, a green light to go
ahead with their plan to demolish the bouse'and build five dne-famUy
homes on the sit»r
The Planning Board's approval came following a public hearing
Tuesday evemng, June 25, at
Village Hopes To
Preserve Landmarks
Under New Uw
FREEPORT-A new' village or-
. dinance establishing a Lan(lmarks -
Preservation Commission was
.approved by the Village Board of -
Trustees following a public
hearing Monday - evening,
June 24.
Deputy Village Attorney
WUiam Glacken, who researched
other such laws already in effect
in other parts of the country and
wrote this one, said it considered
"due process of law" more than
any other previously written one.
The village had had a Land­marks
Preservation Committee
since the 1976 Bicentennial Cele-'
bratin, but that committee had
power to do little more than
search onl landmarks and
recom^nend.
The new law not only es­tablishes
a commission, but gives
legality to naming a structure an
"historical landmark," and
provides 1007« abatement of
village taxes for owners of such
properties.
TTie abatement," which is
allowed under General Municipal
Law, explained Glacken', recog­nizes
.the restrictions placed on
privately owned property,
designated with landmark status.
Ira-Schildkraut, a member of
the Landmarks Preservation
Committee, spoke in favor of
the new legislation, ekplaining
that if such a law had been on the
books before, the village probably
wpuld not have lost 43 Mill Road,
a historical firehouse which has
now become, said Schildkraut "a
blight on our commiihity."
Speaking of the historical and
architecturally significant build­ings
still left, Schildkraut said,
"if we lose it now, we will never
have it again."
Robert Raynor, churman of the
Landmarlcs Preservation Com­mittee
and descendant of the
family which had doanded Free-port
in the 17th century, said he
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Past & Fufure Programs
in Schbo/s Discussed
by Joan Delaney
BALDWIN - A presentation on the Baldwin School District's "multi-faceted,
human relations program" was the main agenda item at the
Wednesday June 19th Board of Education meeting.
, -Mrs. Shelia Michael, assistant principal of the Baldwin Senior High
School, John Fitzsimmons, principal of Baldwin Harbor Junior. High -
School; and Gene Lanzaro,
assistant Superintendent of
Schools gave an overview of the
program district-wide,- and Dr..
Peter Lynch, Principal of the high
school, stressed several im-
. portant features of the program at
r the high school level.
Mrs. Michael emphasized'the
"vast range-of activities taking
place in the school" noting that
the Human Relations Day Con­ference,
which was the subject
of much community reaction, was
not the only activity of the human
relations committee.
The program began in 1981
with a. human relations con­ference
at the high school "under
the aegis of the President's Coun- .
dl and the Youth Experience Or­ganization
and their advisers."
During that year, members of
the high school faculty met in­formally
to discuss growing
concerns about the changing
school population and one of the
recommendations of that group
was to form a Human Relations
Committee.
During the summer of 1982,
a week long Human Relations
Training Workshop was held and
in December of 1982 the com­mittee,
made up of 10 high school
faculty members, organized a
Human Relations workshop for
the entire, high school faculty.
This was followed by a second
workshop for the entire faculty in
May, 1983.
~ The results of these work­shops
were recommendations to
establish a student Human
Relations Committee, which was
formed in June of 1983, and to
continue the faculty committee.
Using the services of consultants
in the field as well as the student
committee, a . fuU day. school-wide
conference on human, re­lations:
was held in Febtuaiy,
1984 "to foster greater degrees
of communication and under­standing
in pur school and our .
community." The graduation of
many of the student members
resulted in. the 198S conference
having some "cany-over" prob­lems,
but a second- conference
was held in Febrtiary, 1985.
In addition.. to this formal
human relations work, Mrs.
Michael noted several other areas
where human relations is a pri­mary
priority. She noted that the
PIE program, which is an out­growth
SC an original orientation
program Tor ninth and tenth
graders, has. come to include
presentations on human relaUons
topics as well as the original
orientation items. Assembly pro­grams
have been more frequent
and some have focused^on such
concerns as" decision making,
attitudes and behavior. She said
that there will be extensive re­view
of existing curriculum to
determine those strands relative
to human relations which are not
now.being emphasized.
Lynch, reinforced this goal
along with student involvement in
policy review and identification of
needed revisions and the in­creasing
involvement of stu­dents
in community activities.
Recentiy, students inspired by
the Human Relations program
have made visits to the seniis
dtizen housing across Grand
Avenue.
Michael stressed that the high
school has begun a peer counsel­ing
program whidi has met
informally, but with the avail­ability
of space next year win
hopeftiUy meet in a specified.
. location for better student partici-
' pation. Stepped up counseling of
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Village Hall. Opposition to the
proposal came &om a group
which cltimed they wanted to
save the Lombardo home as a
village landmark, and from
Robert Raynor, former chairman '
of the now-defunct Histoocal
Landmarks Committee, who
suggested saving the house,
restoring it and selling it for a
one-family residence, and build­ing
townhooses on the rest of the
plot. .- ' _ •
But, John DiGrazia, diairman
of the Planning Board, expluned
that the board's powers were
limited to the matter of granting
or not granting the application for
a sub-division. Ferban's proposal
to build five homes on the site
was in confortnity with the
village's ordinances and zoning
for the area, said DiGrazia.
- Perbaii Associates (Gene
Ferraro, of Century 21 Realty,
a Freeport' resident; and Ben
Hsenbo-g) had bought the famed
deceased showman's home and
property on Guy Lombardo
Avenue for $22S,(XX) and had
originally proposed construction
of ten one-farnHy condominium
town houses on the lot. Because
the land is zoned "Residence A,"
Ferban had to seek a change to a
"Condominium Zone." -In
October, 1984 following, the
voicing of opiKisition by / resi­dents,
as well as two locU civic
associations, the Planning.Board
unanimously recommended the
zoning change be turned down.
Last month', Eisenberg, Ferraro
and their architect, Ray Feldman,
came up with another plan. This
one proposed five one-family
homes on the siti:. At a-meeting
on May 28, between Eisenberg
and the Planning Board, DiGrazia
said he and the Board were "de­lighted"
with the new proposal
and set in motion the legal
mechanism that resulted in
Monday evening's public hear­ing.
As the hearing began, Eisen­berg
explained.there would be
five contemporary homes, built'
mostly of w;ood and glass. At least
three would be high ranches. The
homes wpuld have three to five
bedrooms and two to three bath­rooms
and sell in the area of
$250,(X)0. Three of Uie homes are
already sold, said Eisenberg, aiid
they have "four commitinents for
the other two."
Eisenberg explained that the
Guy Lombardo house on the
property had been terribly
vandalized and if, the builders
themselves did not tear it down,
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connection with the tith Annual Freeport Fabulous Canoe and Kayak
Races. Seated in the red canoe are 0- to r.) Christine Felle, Lee Ann
Felle, Danielle Knoeller, Krysten Knoeller, Amber Knoeller, Wllma
Buchanan, Alice Vlglano and Al Graver. The canoe i* donated by
Qrover. theChanit>et'81985 "Man of tne Year." The Canoe and Kay^,
Races will-be held Sunday, July 7, with spectator viewing aM an'
awards ceremony at Freeport's Waterfront Park.