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E k ilS S a S i.. - W9EM Anger over unannounced master plan presentation by Sue Morgan An ttnanno<inced ptesentation on Freeport's first master plan in 30 years received angrily by residents and U-o of the \inage trustees. Tnistees Vincent Campion and Rick Wissler told Mayor Arthur Thompson that the preseotalion seemed like \a done deal.” given the spedTicity of the sites designaled for ^re-deveJoptDcnL” And residents who had come expectiog (o hear only the capital b o ^ waked. In some cases sndl afler mkteight, demanding to know why tf^e slide presentation by consnltahts n n ish and Weiner had net been atads known to the poblie in genera), and specifically to the grass roots groepCentnryS. Saying be was ’'taken aback” by the ferocity of the reactions, Mayor Thompson told the trustees to ”sup back and loosen op.” *T’m distressed by the tone 1 sense,** said the Mayoc. The consohants ”wcre , hired to work for this board. There is no way they a te going to above anything down anyone's dvoat* H o w ler, he continued, **you can’t just walk iiM funding sources without s c o ^ fadomaUoiL” The charge to the coosnltants was to seek ont fending sources for financiiig . the stndy wort necessary to focmalate a master phtt. a task for which the village is paying SSJOOQ. Mr. Wisiler o b ject^ ip the tone o f the presentaUo^ saying it sounded as thoBgb Panish and Weiner were ^^n u e a d j^xpecU fi^ b n ^ U u S o T io^ write the actual p m *Tt sounds 10m a done dealis in the w(»ks.” he said, and Mr.' Campion agreed, saying, *Tt seems like, ’Here h is,foDBl‘” , . Four study areas The consolianis designated four ' soxly areas an eveotnal master plan, ssddMt Parrish: *: A redevtlopinent area bounded by ' , Guy Lom bardo,. Meadowbrook : ' ' Psrkway.-SnnrisettidMerrfckRd. : . > The North Main Stteeseuciidac • The Industrial Park. . • The vilU'ge's wateifront areas. ; ipedfjnlly Waodclefk, Hodson, South -M ahistdW bstEDd. ............................. s '. These areas, said the consaltist, 7 ^ o l d be studied via quMtioanaire, - ~ ttalGc counts, alternate land uses and costs and bencfiis of Tedevtlopmem or new dcvclqanciJL Mr. Parr^, described a masta plan as a document that flexible and points in a cocisisient direction. It is a use plan for short, middle and long-term physical change, taking account of social matters only as they impact upon the physical. The first, and present, stage of the 18 m o ^ process, t e said, b assembling a database, using the 1990 census, and looking at boosing trends, land use, strecu and traffc, eocnmiiii^ fadliiies, and e c o n x ^ develcpmeat . The latter item, he said, would comprise a \separaie major sub-study ” The study budget would be $25SA00. the village paying S4S/)00 according m the consohimts* figures. Trustee Wisskr indicated be thought the consultants should have come up with more fhnding sources than State Urban Development and County Block Grants, already identified as probabilities. Whose Idea? A suspicions Trustee Campion wanted to know who bad given the . . Sunrise ”redevelopcnenr area its name and decided opoo the bounds, which include Our Holy Redeems and Dodd Junior High, the latter lobject to pQS&btesal& **Tbts b one s t ^ short of an urban renewal plan,” he a id. .. Mr. Campion also objected strenuously k> the makeup o f a *’Stndy i_Adv2soKy • Conunittee.Zi-chaiBEdUb9t.th^ ' ”p r e s id e ^ V f I b e B u iness and FLOWERS! Economic Development Council,*^ presently Roy Cacclalore, various viHage and town dcvelopraeiU officials,. - and **oiher business .community' representatives appointed by the Mayot” ■ **There is not one single resident . there - . t ^ ' s indicstive of the mindset - o f this thing,” said ML Campion;. ‘ ”Centsry 2 should be here. Nobody consult^ any member o f the board. ' Where are any ciiszeni in this?. Nowhere, beeanse the only areas • c o o ridM ire where the deals axe.” > ‘ Resident Michaei Raab, lertnuBg that Century 2 h ^ not been advised, ncr the ffM iteflti* repnrt th ^ fimdrsltftl far made ivailiMe u Parrish and Weiner, declared, \Century 2 dedicated. hnndreds of dollars and ihbusaads of - CsonUruadonpootM^. GORAUHOUSE Magniflcent Waterfront Weddings W I N T E R • S P R I N G • SU M M E R • FA L L V . i i l l l '1 ^ . ^ Atlantic. is out. A place .where people have found the tnosi heauiiful Perennials: ■ ■ : and Annuals*' ~TrBcifrSA'rufcs\onr/ Brergrreens • o f the finnsi sefocUoh. ATLANTIC NURSERY-GAROEN SHDP-UNDSCAPING 250 ATLANTIC AVE FREEPORT 5 1 6 -3 7 8 -7 3 5 7 5 BLOCKS SOUTH OF SUNRISE HV/f / CALL FOR DIRECTIONS DAILY iN a SAT B t o 7 FR) 8 TO 8 SUNDAY g TO 6 Ucauiijylng Long IsfaaJ Since \Q2Q u> O r S3 i 1 ’ r* ■ I I I I i I r;-
