Village News 1987-09

              New Development Cor
The Freeport Board of
Trustees has voted to sell
the 2.4 acre site in the
Freeport Plaza Urban Re-newal
area and the 9.2
acre Fireman's Field to
Philips Associates, New
York City for their of-fered
price of $8 million.
For the downtown par-cel,
which is on the
northern: side-, of - Sunrise
Highway and bounded by
Church and Grove Streets
and Freeport Plaza West,
Philips proposes a five-story
contemporary glass
and stone office building
containing 70,000 square
feet of which 56,000 in
the top four floors would
be rentable. Tenants
would be mixed profes-sionals
and service ori-ented
businesses such as
banking, real estate and
insurance. The first floor
would contain the lobby
and . parking at grade
level. The entire parking
area of 185 spaces will be
landscaped to screen it
from passing traffic and
entrances will be provided
on both Sunrise Highway
and Church Street.
Philips' proposal calls
for a 160,000 square.foot
shopping center at Fire- >
man's Field on the
southern side of Sunrsie
Highway at its intersec-tion
with Buffalo Avenue.
The center is to be an-chored
by a 52,000x.square
foot supermarket for
which the developers have
a conditional-commitment
fromxFoodtown Supermar-kets.
Preliminary discus-sions
have begun with
national retailers - and a
major New York bank
regarding the leasing of
the remaining space. The
center, which will provide
485 parking spaces, will
have its main entrance on
Buffalo Avenue.
Estimated assessed eval-uation
of the office
building is $1,082,550 and
$1,814,560 for the shop-ping
center for a total of
close to $2.9 million. To-tal
development costs for
the two projects are esti-mated
at close to $5.8
million.
Philips Associates is a
partnership of Philip
Peleysky and Joseph
Shekel, general partners,
and Gregory Saunders and
Mel Weitz, limited part-ners.
Pilevsky, owner of
Philips International Inc.,
a holding company, is a
nationally renown owner
and developer of major
office buildings and is
ranked third in the top 50
open center development /
acquisition companies in
the United States.
Pilevsky owns more than-
120 shopping centers and
numerous office buildings
located in Manhattan and
elsewhere.
Shekel is familiar to
Freeporters as the devel-oper
who purchased the
former W. T. Grant's
building for his US 1
Auto chain, along with
the adjacent Olive Post,
Building which is to be
restored. He is also the
owner of the Freeport^
Theater which is to be
demolished for the con-struction
of . an office
building, a project which
is phase one of the total
Freeport Plaza Urban Re-,
newal program. •-•'•'
Weitz is the owner of
the 16-store Foodtown
Supermarket chain em-ploying
over 4,000 resi-dents
from the communi-ties
in which the stores
are located.1 He has made
the conditional commit-ment
for a Foodtown in
the shopping center at
Fireman's Field.
Saunders is affiliated
with Philips International
Inc. and is responsible for
leasing of shopping cen-ters
owned through
Philips International's
Realco Group. Local Re-alco
developments include
the Riverhead Plaza
Shopping center, Oakdale
Plaza, Franklin Plaza
(Franklin Square), the
Holiday - -Park -(-Merrick-)
and the Waverly Plaza
(Patchogue). Other Re-alco
developments are lo-cated
on Staten Island, in
upstate Rochester and in
Maryland, Florida, North
Carolina, New Jersey.
Connecticut, Georgia,
Massachusetts, Illinois
and Rhode Island.
The Board of Trustees
advertised for proposals
for retail / office use for
the two parcels and con-sidered
six. On August 10
the Martirano Organiza-tion
offered $2.35 million
for an office / retail mix
at the downtown site and
a shopping' center at
Fireman's Field; Rosen-shein
Associates offered
$4.23 million for a the-atre
downtown and a
shopping center at the
Field; Nathan Serota of-fered
$5 million for an.
office / retail mix down-town
and a shopping
center at the Field;. Price
Company offered $5.86
million for retail uses in
both locations; and
Basser-Kaufman offered
$6.92 million for retail
operations at both-sites."
The Philips proposal not
only has the highest
purchase price, at $8 mil-lion,
but will also have
the highest assessed val-uation,
thus generating
the most in annual taxes
to the Village and School
Districts.
Watch For Next Month's
Village News
September 1987
A Public Information Bulletin
of The Village Of Freeport
46 North Ocean Avenue
Telephone FReeport 8-4000
Dorothy Storm, Mayor
Meet With Mayor: 8:30am - 4:00pm, Every Fri.
Public Meetings: 8:00pm, 1st and 3rd Mondays of the Month
,/; .Message From The Mayor:
Happy 95th Anniversary
It's our 95th Anniversary! Although Freeport was settled in 1659, it was in October
of 1892 that the male residents of the hamlet voted to incorporate the community as
a Village under the laws' of the State. Was this really important...an occasion to
mark now, 95 years ~later? ~~- ~ ' — - — .
That it is! Without incorporation we would simply be a part_of the Town of
-Hempstead's governmental jurisdiction such as Baldwin and Merrick. We would have
no control over zoning, no low-cost electric utility, no governing body made up en-tirely
of neighbors elected by neighbors, none of the benefits of Home Rule. Perhaps
the best example of the importance of incorporation is the fact that two Suffolk
communities, first Islandia and then Pine Valley, have recently selected to become
Villages.
We are going to celebrate and we invite everyone's participation is the week long
festivities. ———-,—r-_____^_^
Beginning on Sunday, October 18, at 2 pm, theCFjeeport Historical^SocietyS which
is celebrating its own 25th Anniversary, will present a "Parade of History." The
Parade, wjiich will form between Juanita and Madison, will go east ori Merrick Road
to South Main Street where it will turn north on to the newly opened'street, the
former Freeport Mall. From there it will go east on Newton Boulevard and disband at
the Henry Street municipal parking lot. Many organizations and musical groups will
be in the line of march. Following the Parade, a Gala Block Party will be held on
"South Main Street between Merrick and Sunrise with ethnic foods and other
'refreshments available. Please mark your calendar now to come out. ..,, .,
The really big "bang" will be on Saturday evening, October 24./The Villagj&will be
holding an Anniversary Dinner-Dance at the Recreation Center complete with live
music for dancing. There will be two highlights. One will be the unveiling of a 17
foot by 9 foot mural in the Center's lobby which depicts Freeport during the 19th : century, our "show biz"-era. The mural was created by artist Francis Norris Streit
and was commissioned by the Historical Mural Committee which has been raising
funds for the project over the last three years. The mural will be a permanent
fixture at the Center and will hopefully be joined by another depicting the 17th,
18th and 19th centuries by the Village's Centennial.
The other highlight can be enjoyed by all, whether at the dance or not. The
Village has engaged the famous Grucci family to produce a spectacular^, fireworks
beginning at approximately 9:30 pm. -While for safety reasons,"the public will be
prohibited from the area where the show will originate, it will be visible in the
southeastern horizon.
The Anniversary Dinner-Dance will be from 6:30 to 11, pnr. Tickets at $20 per
person donation, may be obtained by mailing a check payable to'the "Freeport's 95th
Anniversary Dinner," c/o the Mayor's office, Village Hall, 46 .North Ocean Avenue.
Deadline for reservation is October 20. Aside from dinner music, there will be a hot
and cold buffet, setups for BYOB and a souvenir journal. Entertainment will be pro-vided
by the Freeport Community Chorale, the Freeport High School Select Chorale
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Trustees: Vincent DiCostanzo, Ralph Smith, Victor Cphen, Anna J. Cacciatore s
Village Clerk: Thomas DeVincenzo; Counsel: William Glacken; Treasurer: Michael Haran
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and a special combined inter-faith chorus. The host committee will be in circa 1892
costume and guests are invited to do the same.
IMPORTANT NOTE: If you know of any Freeporter who was born in 1892 or be-fore,
please pass that information on to my office. They will be honored during the
celebration.
Hope to see you at the Parade and Block Party on the 18th and at the Dinner-
Dance on the 24th.
Mayor Dorothy Storm"
has appointed a special
committee charged first
with encouraging eligible
Freeport residents to take
the December 12 Civil
Service Commission test
for admission into the
various Police Depart-ments
in Nassau County.
Serving on..the recruitment
committee/ are Trustee
Ralph Smith, Human Re-lations/
Director Michael
Kirwan and Freeport Po-lice
Sgt. .Jack Kilbride,
former PBA President.
Freeporters who make
the eligible list are given
preference over non-resi-dents
when making ap-pointments
to the Vil-lage's
police force. The
local recruitment drive is
particularly aimed at
Residents and businesses
are reminded that there
are several laws governing
the parking of commercial
vehicles (those carrying
commercial license plates)
within the Village. Viola-tion
of those laws can re-sult
in a $25 parking
ticket.
It is illegal to park a
commercial vehicle or
trailer on any public
street within the Village
between the hours of 6
pm and 6 am unless the
vehicle is actually being
loaded or unloaded onto a
premises located on the
street at which it is
blacks, Hispanics and fe-males
so that the Freeport
Police Department can
better reflect the makeup
of the community.
Recruitment posters
have been distributed
throughout the Village
and information on the
December 12 examination
is available in the lobby
of Village Hall.
Candidates must be at
least 19 years old by the
date of the written test
but will not be considered
for appointment until
their 21st birthday. Eligi-bility
terminates on a
candidate's 29th birthday
except for those with
military service.
DEADLINE FOR FIL-ING
TO TAKE THE EX-parked,
or the vehicle is
being used in the
construction, ' repairs or
emergency services to a
premises on that street.
A commercial vehicle or
trailer , cannot be parked
oh"private property in any
business or commercial
zone unless the vehicle is
used in relation to the
business at that location.
It is also unlawful to
park such vehicles in an
empty lot within the Vil-lage
unless the lot is an
approved, parking field in
accordance with the
Freeport code of ordi--
nances.
AMINATION IS OCTO-BER
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In an effort to increase
the pool of candidates for •
future examinations,
members of .the .recruit- .-s.£./;.-.»
ment committee have, and
will continue to, address
student groups, church .
youth organizations, .etc.
as to the advantages of
police work. Upon Civil
Service approval, eigh-
. teen-year-olds and older
would be formed . into a .
cadet corps eligible for
employment .within
eligible for employment •
within the Department as .. .
civilian positions become
available, and until such
time as they meet the age
and other requirements •
for appointment as an ;-...;
officer. • . ; . . , • •
In 'residential .areas,^Mt
commercial vehicles, in-cluding
house .coaches,
.hearses, ambulances and
buses, may not park on a
public street for -longer'.
than one hour unless ac-tually
loading "'and un-"•"-.'
loading on that street. .v<
Further in residential •
areas, only pleasure vehi-cles
may be stored; out-doors.
Commercial vehi-cles
must be garaged.
Joseph W. King, Jr., a
member of the Freeport
Police Department since
January, 1968, has been
selected by the Freeport
Board of Trustees as
Chief of the Department
effective September 1.
The post has been vacant
since the retirement of
former Chief Anthony
_. Elar«,.in., September of last
year.
King, who will be the
Department's: sixth Chief
since its founding in
1921, has been a Lieu-tenant
--since .."October,
1981. He became eligible
for appointment by virtue
of his scoring in the latest
Nassau County Civil Ser-vice
Commission's exami-nation
for Police Chief
open to those holding the
rank of Lieutenant for at
least four years, or having
the rank of Captain for at
least two years. Captain
David Meehan, Freeport's
commanding- officer since
Elar's retirement, chose
not to take the eligibility
test.
The new-Chief came to
Freeport at the age of five
and graduated from
Freeport High School in
1964. Since then he has
attained a BS in Criminal
Justice "(N'ew York"Ttnsti- "
tute of Technology, 1977)
and & Masters in the same
subject- area (Long Island
University, 1981). King
has also taken courses in
"Police and Community"
at AdelprTi Universi'ty.
Other training King has
received included the New
York State Municipal Po-lice
Training Council,- the
State's crisis intervention
course and -another, in
hostage negotiation. He is
a State certified police
intructor and crime, pre-vention
officer.
Professional member-ships
King holds include
Mayor Dorothy Storm administers the oath of office to Joseph W. King
..Jr..,. new Chief .of the Freeport Police Department..(See story.)- - . > • - . .
7 the Freeport PBA, the
Nassau and New York
State Police Conferences
and the International. Po-lice
Association. He is
also a member :of the
Shields, the Emerald So-ciety,
Steuben Society,
Holy Name Society, and
Freeport Rifle and Re-volver
Association, and an
Assistant Scoutmaster in
the Boy Scouts of Amer-ica.
"As Chief of Police for
the Freeport Police De-partment,"
Joe King re-marked,
"I will provide
the Village of Freeport
with the highest quality
of professional police
service that can be given
to all. "I will make myself
available to organizations,
residents, and business in
order to better serve the
entire community."
On announcing King's
appointment,. ''' .Mayor
1(0311
The Freeport Police De-partment
will hold their
annual . auction of found
and unclaimed bikes and
other items on Saturday,
October 17, beginning at
10 am.
Dorothy Storm said, "The
Board of ' Trustees is
pleased to be able to se-lect
a man with Joe
King's proven abilities and
professional qualifications
to lead our Police De-partment:
His commitment,
tto crime prevention and
the community he has
known all of his life has
been clearly demonstrated.
With the advent of com-puterization
and civilian
aides and/or Police
Cadets, a new direction
will be added to an al-ready
outstanding Police
force."
Mayor Storm expressed
gratitude to Capt. David
. Meehan.,.."H.e... has, serye.d,.
as Commanding Officer in
this interim period be-tween
Police Chiefs and
performed his duties ad-mirably
and is to be
commended for his
devotion to duty." . ..,•'»
The auction will be held
at the Police garage ad-jacent
to Headquarters at
40 North Ocean Avenue.
AH items must be paid for
in cash and at the time, of
the auction.
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