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Holiday Gift Giving
The Freeport Recreation De-partment
and the Arts (,'ounci! At
Freeport both offer holiday gift
giving opportunties.
One idea offered by the Recrea-tion
Department is the purchase of
a discount plan to the Recreation
Center's Health Win;- of indoor
pool, exercise room, gymnasium
and steam and sauna. The cost of a
winter plan, running from January
6 to May 10, is S85 for a Freeport
family, $40 for an individual and
$20 for a senior citi/en. The cost
for non-residents is $125, $60 and
$30 respective!}.
Another opportunity is the pur-chase
of a program at the average
cost of $15 for a resident and $25
for a non-resident. Offered for
children are art, arts and craft,
baton twirling, creative movement,
creative play, ballet, tap. diving,
drama, fencing, guitar, wrestling
and swimming. The offerings for
adults include art, ceramics, jazz
dance, modern dance workout,
tap, dog obedience, fencing, guitar,
massage therapy, aerobic dancing,
aquacise, body building, body
conditioning, dancexercise, morn-ing
workout, slinmastics, yoga
exercise and swim lessons.
Ice skating is another gift. Dis-count
tickets, good for 15 pubic
skating sessions, may be purchased
for $10 for children and senior
citizens and for $15 for adults. Cost
for non-residents is $15 and $20
respectively. Group skating les-sons,
for both children and adults,
are offered at $25 for residents and
S35 for non-residents.
When purchasing a gift through
the Recreation Department, a gift
HELP WANTED
The Village is currently accepting
applications for positions that are
presently available and others that
may come available in the future.
The positions include full and
*part:fime typist-clerk, laborer, full
;md part-lime stenographer and
part-tirneschool crossing guard.
Full time typist clerk and steno-grapher
are competitive and
require the passing of a Civil
Service examination.
Applications may be obtained in
person at the Office of the Village
Clerk, Village Hall, 8:30 am to 3:30
pm, each business day. Please
bring driver's license and other
certificate is given to the buyer.
The Arts Council At Freeport
offers series tickets to performances
for both children and adults. The
Children's Vacation Series is
offered at 1 !am at Bay view Avenue
School at $7 for the series of three
or S3 per performance. The
December 30 performance will be a
puppetry program featuring "Sor-cerer's
Apprentice"and "Sleepy
Hollow."On February 18 it will be
a dance performance. "A Circus
Fantasy Adventures Under The
Big Top," and on April 16 the
musicial, "Alice In Wonderland,"
will be presented. For adults, a
three part series, "Music History a
Bore? Not A Chance!" w:!i be
presented on Sundays, January 11,
February 8 and March 8, 2pm, at
the Freeport Memorial Library at
$3 a performance. The series will
include a presentation of music
history in period costume with
performances on piano and cello
by Lois and Dorothy Yopp.
The Arts Council also offers
cards for holiday and year-round
greetings. The white, hand
embossed cards feature nature
scenes based on the Freeport
environment. The cost is $1 per
card with envelope with all pro-ceeds
going to the Jane Fenyo
Memorial Scholarship Fund. Mrs.
Fenyo was the artist who designed
the cards.
In addition, both the Recreation
Department and Arts Council
offer bus trips for both children
and adults. Both are located at the
Recreation Center. The depart-ment
can be reached at 223-8000
and the Council at 223-2522.
proof of Freeport residency. Tele-phone
inquires will not be accepted.
Applicants must be at least 18
years of age and a Village resident.
The Village is an equal opportunity
employer, including handicapped.
Summer Positions
Students returning to the Village
for the holidays are urged to apply
now for summer jobs with the
Village. Such jobs include recrea-tion
aide, laborerand lifeguard.
Applicants must be at least 18.
Lifegurads must have certification.
Deadline for summer jobs is May
1, 1987.
Before You Go
On Winter Vacation
It would be in your best intere!|_
to notify two Village Departments
before your vacation. Notify the
Police Department (378-0700), so
they may be aware of the fact that
your house is unoccupied. You
should notify the Electric Depart-ment
(378-4000 Ext. 263) to make
arrangements for payment of bills
while absent to avoid any discon-tinuance
of electric service due to
delay in payment of your bills
while your are away.
Spring Tree Planting
February 2 Deadline
The Village of Freeport will
continue to assist property owners
wishing to plant curbside trees.
Deadline for applications for
spring planting is February 2.
Under the program, the Village
goes out to bid for a contractor
who will provide the trees, plant
and stake them, and maintain them
for the first year. The Village will
pay up to $75 per tree which is
estimated to cost between $150 and
$200. The property owner pays the
balance within 30 days or can elect
to have the amount added to the
property tax.
If the property has overhead
wires, Bradford Pears (non-fruit
bearing) and Crimson King Maples
are offered. They are offered for
properties with no wires in addition
to Little Leaf Lindens, Shademas-ter
Hones Locusts, Sugar Maples
and Red Oaks.
Keep in mind that no tree can be
planted within 15 feet of the curb at
an intersection or of a streetlight;
within 10 feet of a fire hydrant or of
a drive; and not within 30 feet of an
existing tree, nor may two trees be
placed within 30 feet of each other.
The minimum distance between
sidewalk and curb must be three
feet.
Applications may be obtaine'd
from Mary Fagan, Village Hall, 46
North Ocean Avenue. There will
also be a fall planting with a
deadline of August 14, 1987.
Applications are available
throughout the year.
Watch For Next Month's
Village News
REFERENCE ONLY
November 1986
ews
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
By Proclamation, I have designated November as "Freeport Says No To Drugs Month."The month will see a
parade down Merrick Road sponsored by our Advisory Task Force On Drugs. All schools within the Freeport
School District will have a week of intensified anti-drug educational efforts.
The month will see more and more people wearing "Freeport Says No To Drugs" buttons. I am encoraging all
Village employees dealing with the public to wear one and the School District is distributing them to all faculty
and students.
At this writing the Recreation Department is scheduling events for youngsters at the Recreation Center which
will be free to all wearing a "Freeport Says No To Drugs" button. We are working to have athletes and other
celebrities present at these events to reinforce the anti-drug message. Please encourage all the young people yon
know to attend at least one of these activities.
The U.S. Conference of Mayors has called for Tuesday, November 18, to be a national day of drug awareness,
"Mayors' D-Day In The War On Drugs," which will be observed by cities and villages across the nation.
For that day I am hosting a luncheon roundtable discussion at the Recreation Center to which I have invited
all the clergy of the Village, representatives of all service clubs and those dealing with the youth of the community
such as the Scouts. I am seeking their support and involvement in a continuing effort to get the message out that
nothing poses a more serious or more immediate threat to our society than illegal drugs. They are undermining
our institutions and eroding our values. Drugs are weakening our workforce -- and they are killing our children.
There is much we can do, and must do, to eliminate the demand for such drugs.
Together in Freeport we will contiue to make a difference in the war on drugs.
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Annual Holiday Festival.
The Freeport Chamber of
Commerce, in cooperation with
the Freeport Recreation Depart-ment,
will again present the Annual
Holiday Festival for children of all
ages. This year's event will be held
on Sunday, December 21, at the
Heating Regulations
Several years ago the Village
adopted heating regulations that
are more stringent than those
adopted by the County and State.
The regulations apply to all multi-ple
dwellings and to two-family
homes where heat is furnished by
the owner.
The following are the regulations
that are in effect regardless of
Freeport Recreation Center, 2 to 5
pm. There is no admission charge.
Children, up to the age of 8, will
be able to visit Mr. and Mrs. Santa
Claus in their Workshop and
receive a gift.
outside temperatures:
(A) The heating season begins
on October 1 and extends through
and including May 31.
(B) A minimum temperature ot
70 degrees must be provided from 6
am to 11 pm during the heating
season.
(C) A minimum temperature of
It is expected that free ice skating
will be offered during the afternoon
as well as other entertainment and
surprises.
Please watch the local media for
further details.
65 degrees must be provided from
11 pm to 6 am.
Violators of the heating laws are
subject to summonses to Village
Court where they face fines of up to
$250 for each offense. Tenants with
heating complaints are asked to
call the Building Department,
378-4000.
Trustees: C. James Clark, Vincent DiCostanzo. Ralph Smith, Victor Cohen
Village Clerk: Thomas DeVincenzo; Counsel: William Glacken; Treasurer: Michael Haran
New North Main Building
Among the new buildings to be constructed on North Main Street is the new
headquarters of Frostline Refrigeration, Inc., relocating from St. Mary's
Place. To be builH on the east side on Main, adjacent to #62, the two story
structure will house showrooms, sales offices, warehouse and garage
space and a second story deck.
llorth Main Street totalization
All but one parcel of land on
North Main Street, once owned by
the Village through the federally-funded
Community Development
Agency, has now been sold or is in
contract. The remaining parcel is
on Craig Avenue and North Main.
All land has been sold for uses
:. consistent with the Service Business
District zoning of North Main
Street which prohibits heavy
manufacturing and industrial
usage.
Going from south to north along
North Main, the site of the former
Fire Department Headquarters,
on the east side just north of
Brooklyn Avenue, is now seeing
construction of a building to house
Modern Tools, a firm selling tools
to the trade. Now located in Rock-ville
Centre, the firm's new building
will also have space for an addi-tional
commercial tenant. Some-what
north of that site and also on
the east side of Main, a former
vacant lot has been sold privately
and will be the new headquarters of
Frostline Refrigeration, Inc., pres-ently
located on St. Mary's Place.
Across the street, a small piece of
land is proposed for sale to the
owners of two adjacent parcels in
order to have a large enough plot
to construct a building.
Also on the west side, the former
vacant lot at 143 has been sold with
construction of a building to be
completed within a year. At the
corner of Lena and Main, an
accounting firm is to construct an
office building for their use and
, other business tenants.
At North Main and Washburn,
2 Just north of Gouz Farms, the ,.
Village has accepted a proposal
from Rite Aid Corp., Shireman-stown,
Pa., to develop a free stand-ing
Rite Aid Drug Store. At Lin-coln
Place, Dalton Cooper will
construct an office building to be
occupied by the firm when they
move their corporate headquarters
from New York City. Dalton
Cooper is an exporter of agricultu-ral
equipment.
A decorator's center is to be
created at East Seaman and Main
offering designer wallpaper, car-peting,
upholstery, draperies and
other services. Posh Pillows, pres-ently
at 23 South Main, will be the
principal tenant. This will allow
the continued conversion of the
South Main building into an office
complex. After years of standing
vacant, the former Holiday Bakery
is now occupied by Art-Craft
Kitchen & Baths, Inc., makers of
fine custom cabinets.
Probably the largest new build-ing
to become part of the North
Main Street revitalization will be
at Claurome where A Hard Avionics
will construct a new building to
house their computer and avionics
business. They will be relocating to
Freeport from Westbury.
The proceeds of the sale of land
go back to the Community
Development Agency to be used
for any eligible activity as outlined
by the federal legislation. The
exception is the former Fire Head-quarters
which was Village-owned
land. The proceeds of that sale go
into the general municipal fund.
All properties will now be generat-ing
taxes annually, and create
additional job opportunities.
Building Permits
Require Water
Usage Permit
The New York State Depart-ment
of Environmental Conserva-tion
has put a cap on water produc-tion
for Freeport as well as all
other communities in the County.
For that reason, the Building
Department has stopped accepting
applications for the majority of
building permits unless there is
written commitment from the
Freeport Water Department that
the proposed project will be con-nected
to the water system.
Such permits include any new
construction 'requiring water ser-vice
(homes, condos, offices, facto-ries,
etc.); bathroom renovations;
additions or alterations which
contain plumbing; swimming
pools, hot tubs and Jacuzzis;
underground sprinkling systems;
and any permit which, in the opin-ion
of the Superintendent of Build- •
ings, will require additional water
usage.
The required written confirma-tion
must be obtained by contact-ing
Supervisor of Water and Sewer
Service Jack Bryck at the" Depart-ment
of Public Works complex,
355 Albany Avenue, 378-4000, ext,
232.
Rent Increases
The Nassau County Rent Guide-lines
Board has announced rent
increases of 4% on one year leases
and 5'/2% on two year leases. The
increases apply to leases signed
between October 1-of this year and
September 30, 1987.
The increases apply to those
apartment houses, of six units or
over, which fall under the Emer-gency
Protection Act.
The Board also allowed a
vacancy allowance equal to one
month's rent, and prorated over
the term of the first .lease. The r
allowance is for refurbishing a
vacant apartment and will remain
as a permanent part of the tenant's
lease. The Freeport Tenants Asso-ciation,
as well as other tenant
groups, has consistently fought to
have the allowance a temporary fee
that drops at the expiration of the
first lease.
IT'S SMART TO
$HOP FREEPORT
Winter Storms
snow and ice storms,
; are asked to stay off the
roads as much as possible to allow
for plowing and the passage of
emergency vehicles.
Property owners are asked to
shovel out any fire hydrant as first
priority. Loss of life and/or prop-erty
can result if the Fire Depart-ment
volunteers cannot locate and
utilize a hydrant immediately.
If an electric wire comes down,
under no circumstances go near it
and keep childrn away. Notify
Village Hall, 378-4000, imme-diately
if it is a week day between
8:30 am and 4:30 pm. After hours,
call the Electric Department at
378-0146,..of .the..Police., Depart^.,
ment, 378-0700. When a fallen
limb takes away the electric service
box from the side of the house, the
homeowner must contact an elec-trician
to restore service to the
house once the Village has com-pleted
repairs.
Residents should have battery
operated radios and lights in their
homes. Stored should be canned
goods, dry milk, a manual can
opener, etc. In the case of loss of
heat, let water trickle from taps to
. prevent the freezing of pipes.
Remember that Village law pro-hibits
the use of kerosene heaters.
Telephone numbers to have close
at hand include police, fire dept.,
doctor, pharmacist, electrician and
plumber.
If weather conditions warrant,
the Mayor has the power to put the
Village under snow emergency
designation.
The,y,,illagels S,nowJEmergency..
Ordinance reads:
When a snow emergency is
declared, the announcement will
be carried by Radio Stations
WGBB and WHLI.
Until the emergency is termi-nated,
it is unlawful to park on any
street in the Village. Any vehicles
impeding emergency vehicles or
snow plowing operations are sub-ject
to removal at the owner's
expense.
It is also illegal to operate a
motor vehicle without snow tires,
radial tires or chains on designated
snow emergency streets. Any ve-hicles
that impede traffic on those
streets are also subject to removal.
Such streets are posted as snow
emergency routes. The Village
streets involved (there are addi-tional
arteries posted by the State
and County) are:
Albany A venue from Merrick
Road to the southern end; Archer
Street; North Bayview Street from
Sunrise to Pennsylvania Avenue;
North Bayview Avenue from Wil-son
Place to North Brookside
Avenue; South Bayview Avenue
from Meister Boulevard to Sunrise;
Brooklyn Avenue; North and
South Brookside Avenue; Buffalo
Avenue from Sunrise Highway to
Mill Road; Casino Street; Cedar
Street; North Columbus Avenue;
Commercial Street; Doxsee Drive;
Front Street from South .Long
Beach Avenue to Guy Lombardo
Avenue; Grand Avenue from
North Main Street to North
Columbus Avenue; Guy Lombardo
Avenue from Front Street to
Howard Avenue; Hanse Avenue;
Howard Avenue; Hudson Avenue;
Independence Avenue; Jefferson
Street; Lakeview Avenue; Lena
Avenue from North Long Beach
Avenue to North Main Street;
North and South Long Beach
Avenue; Meister Boulevard from
Westend Avenue to South Bayview
Avenue; North and South Ocean
Avenue; Pennsylvania Avenue;
Pine Street; Prince Avenue; Ray
Street from Westend Avenue to
South Main Street; Smith Street
from South Bayview Avenue to
South Main Street; Southside
Avenue from South Brookside
Avenue to Westend Avenue; Suf-folk
Street; Westend Avenue; and
Wilson Place.' "
CALL 546-8080
FIVE COUNTIES CARTING CORP.
Concerning Garbage/Trash Collections
(Call the Village Department of Public Works at
378-4000 on unresolved collection problems)
Electric Rate
Increase Sought
First In 11 Years
The Village has filed proposed
changes in rates for electric service
with the New York Public Service
Commission. It is not known at
this time when these proposed
changes will go into effect. The last
rate increase was more than 10
years ago, in August, 1975. The
application for an increase had
been filed 11 months before.
Under the proposed rates, the
average residential customer will
see an increase of 30c a day. A
typical residential bill for 500
KWH of energy would increase
from the present $24.36 to $32.45
in the winter months; and from
$26.36 to $35.95 in the summer
months . Outside of Freeport, the
same customer would pay $63.20
in the winter and $66.20 in the
summer.
The reason for the proposed
changes is that the Village has been
absorbing the steadily rising costs
of electric operation with the effect
of steadily diminishing return. For
instance, the operating expenses
have gone from $10.5 million in
1982-83 to $12.2 million in 1985-86.
The proposal calls for a 21.26%
increase in residential rates, exclu-sive
of fuel adjustment charges,
and a 8.56% increase for commer-cial/
industrial customers, exclusive
of the fuel charge. (The fuel
adjustment charge would be
decreasd from 1.213c per KWH to
0.5899CKWH.) In 1975 the com-mercial/
industrial sector's share of
> the increase was higher than the
residential. The proposed changes
would more properly distribute the
rate responsibility, as required by
.the Public Service Commission.
PASNY Contract Signed
The Village has signed a contract
with the Power Authority of the
State of New York (PASNY) for
the purchase of firm hydroelectric
and nuclear power through the end
of summer, 2001.
The contract is the result of a suit
brought against PASNY by the
Municipal Electric Utilities Asso-ciation
on behalf of Freepnrt and
other municipally-owned utilities
when there was movement to
decrease the amount of power
being distributed to the municipals
which had paid for the Niagara and
St. Lawrence Projects, in order to
provide power to newly set up
"paper agencies." ;
