The Daily Item from Port Chester, New York • 3

"WW vt i 'qs -f' Correction follow! this 1 1 4 School budget' yWL i Gannett Westchester Newspapers TiiMday March 25 1980 ilviulion: r- Jf -F--rr-'j Wr CJts rtf' 'ji r-U ''t' v' i By DOUG WILLIAMS The fort Chester Board o( Education will meat Wednesday to discus school personnel I matters when it meets at the Junior high school sttipjav if t'4 lf 3 JJ HoweverTthe' scheduled release Wednesday of the prelimlnary 191041 school bodfet'has been postponed until Monday Schools Superintendent Dr: Harry Mix said' The spedal meeting win be held at the Junior high school at I pm Mixsaid the recent spate of student fights at Junior and senior high schools had interrupted the budget preparation process which lie expected to have completed bythe' end of this week s'' The board Wednesday will consider the resignations -of Marilyn Yarned as English teacher at the high school social studies teacher Mary Stone and Catherine Heavy a science and health teacher all effective June SO 'aP rh 1 11 I lv Cellist in concert jr Staff Port Chester Planning and Devd- opment Office will begin this week to taka appUcatkms from property owners wishing to participate in the new moderate rehabilitation program for residential structures1- The moderate rehabilitation program involves a combinatioo of the Section 0 rental subsidy program and the small scale rehabilitatioa loan interest write- down program for multi-family rssi-r dential buildings i'- The program is designed to finance the renovatioo of 1 larger residential structures to continue the upgrading of marginal residential neighborhoods Tlw program allows a propertyown- er to make a significant investment in a -multi-family building and have the rents guaranteed for 15 years" including a subsidised portion that will partially recoup the renovation costs To qualify for the program a prop erty owner must plan renovations that will remove substandard conditions in the building or involve a replacement of systems sack as beating plumbing or electric 'j The costs of the renovation project must involve at least 91600 per rest- mu and fall within the financial feasibility limits for the program The village has been awarded subsidy funding of 912000 for the coming year which is enough to fund renovation of about 30 units 11 for elderly units and If for family units 7 In addition 930000 in village block grant funding has been set aside for the reduction or interest on loan for the program to make marginally feasible projects qualify7 A property owner interested in applying for the program should contact either Dandy Director Dorothy Reiser er Re-i habiliUtioo Coordinator Fred Volpachioi Owners have 30 days to submit an application and call for a feasibility analysis on the project by development office workers Using the rent ceilings hi the Section 9 program village workers will calculate whether the project is workable for Internationally known cellist Yo Yo Ma will appear in concert with the Purchase College Orchestra tonight at in Theatre A of the Center for the Arts at the State University of' New York at purchase General admission tickets are 7 and Stamp designer to speak Robert Ommlnghain designer of the UA (Xympics stamps will speak at the 43rd aud- versary dinner of the Greenwich Stamp Club at Lou Singer's Steak Home in Old Greenwich Thursday at 7 pm Rehabilitation tector outlined in black i Cunningham a New York City designer and artist will explain how he was cboeen to do the (flympic series and give the details of their production The dinner fo open to the public ri i A should strew that this is really the most useful housing program that we have seen so "We have a large existing housing stock that must be Reservations may be obtained by calling Drew Msaet 203437-4435 or Edith Hart 203- 0604350 return the contract allows for the payment of rent for a vacant apartment for up to two months over that term The village will tfve priority to applications that lead to the creation of new housing units as wen as those applica-tions 'Involving a building considered to the upgrading of particular blocks The Section I rent ceilings allow for final rents of about 20 percent above the going market rate If the project goes forward it must be possible to complete the rehabilitation the property owner whether with the without dislocating any of the tenants subsidy ha will be able to maintain a attough temporary relocation is allowa-stablo cash flow from rents and amortixe ble at the expense of the owner the new investment over 15 years After the project Is completed the ww- owner must aim to fill vacancies with The! loan interest writedown grant Section I tenants from the village's wafr cad be added into the calculations to aid lag list ever the 15 year term of the in that calculation it la needed contract The program Is limited to buildings in a target area that includes all areas south of Westchester Avenue and an area to the north and east of a line starting at Westchester Avenue aud Leicester Street "We are hoping that we will have enough application that we will be aide to Clark Place Haseco Avenue Chesnat to choose Mrs Reiser said receutlyJT Street to Horton Avenue Budget committee sits: The Harrison Schools Citixen Budget Committee Wednesday will continue learning about school spending in preparation for -making recommendation on the 198041 and future school budget -v '7 -officially ---a now The committee will meet in public at I pm at the Louis Bein Middle School Union and Nelson a By ROGER CAWLEY Staff Writer of Bs superintendent's seandLThathe was chosen after such a thorough process reflected the board -confidence him and Ms abiUtiesM arid district staff and community By coining on board some six weeks before the start of the summer vacation Valenti said he would have an opportunity to see what has to be done and provide a more "productive summer" tun if he started "July 1 when the schools were empty The Blind Brook Board of Education It official Monday for formally-appointing Dr Ronald Valenti as its new schools saperintendenL Holtzman in county Valenti will formally assume his i duties May 12 His three-year contract at an annual 943A25 salary and signed after Monday night's meeting takes effect July 1 His educational philosophy he said later dervies from the Latin word which means to lead His aim is to" lead students to their optimum level by drawing out the best within them he -said Democratic Rep Elisabeth Holtzman and her supporters will be doing a bit of early campaigning in Westchester today reminding Democratic voters at the pons that thw can vote for her in the Sept 9 primary for UB Senate triers students be said "We need a vrtll to succeed and a commitment to if we are going to make Blind Brook an even more excellent system he said The decision to give residents two aitiou the budget (Proposition and the 912500 cost of the athletic (Proposition Two) on this ballot was opposed by Richard Oppen-hetai for what he termed ns the setting of a While agreeing with the other board members that the item was a expenditure that could wait until next year he wu critical of its inclusion on the ballot ah unfortunate example for future boards "if we couldn't afford it then we' should have waited until next he said The board also agreed to convene meeting Wednesday at the Ridge Street School to formally adopt the nearly 95 million budget proposed for 198041 The meeting is at 7:30 pm -Despite the driwling rain nearly 79 residents tuned out to at the Fudge Street School to catch their first glimpee of the 31-year-old associate superintendent of the Poughkeepsie school system named by the board Wednesday to sue- ceed Dr Paul Gendlerj the former superintendent who left the district in ueccniDcr another matter the board voted 4-1 for a second proposition to allow residents to decide whether 912400 should be spent to build an athletic field I at Ridge Street SchooL The proposition now goes on the ballot for the May 14 annul vote on the budget Valenti accompanied by his wife EDeen complimented the board for the brief remarks to the audience before a round of handshaking and introductions Valenti called Blind Brook an school district and pledged to the confidence the noun had placed in him come to Blind Brook quite aware of the level of excellence here My task win be to seek to he said The Brooklya congresswoman is scheduled to be at Scarsdale Junior High School at 3:05 pm today while voters are making their choices between President Carter and Sen Edward Kennedy in the Democratic presidential primary i' Addressing the responsibilities of superintendent in the affluent and largely Jewtah aud Italian school district ya-lentl said leadership is more than a management term "It is working with and through people to achieve school he said it takes listening availability and openness" More than 1000 Holtzman supporters will be at polling places all' over New York State reminding Democratic voters of the Sept 9 primary and handing out campaign leaflets 1 Among his short-range goals he said is to have a aascismcnt of the district and to become fnqiliar with the also means initiating a value sg- that elicits the best from the tem The supporters are part of a statewide "Friends of Liz committee which has been working since she declared her candidacy grp i K' 1 registration set The Daily Item Port Chester will hold its annual registration day tar the April 22 village elections on April 12 from 11 am to 10 put All polling (daces will be open April 12 to register voters Village residents may also mister by mail or In person at the Westchester County Board of Elections auM a 1 ta person at the baa Aa Hwmpaptw Om OhN (Ma Mh NU NV SacmS dM pMtag pi Swl OH HV (USTO 14MS0 IS-lL WHV HOTH BMVOTV AKnd Sblawy Barry SaMeU V3V0S00 CSyMMr- IpiiU SIHrHMSOt UtalyliMSarWOSOO WVwww MINI pnvifi i OHy t0 pkaia woomSm hS Ow Sy VSS- Mi prior to April 11 Village Clerk Richard Falanka said Tuesday that his office ta now providing mail registration forms and is taking applications for absentee ballots for thou who will not be ta the village to vote on April 21 All absentee ballot applications must be returned to the" office between March 25 and April 1 be said Absentee ballots for absentee voters will be sent eat April 9 and must be returned to the village by April 21 Falanka stressed the fact that anyone who registered ta November for the special Board of Trustees race last December and did so at a village polling place must re-register for the April election Thou who registered for the special race by mail or in-peraou'in White Plains need not re-register I Any question on registration should be directed to the derrs office at 139-5201 Residents may register at their election distrik Moakr Went to subscribef Cdl m-Sm Capy My 13 SiiSuflySia im by cankr S3 JO a aaafci by baa AAmM uOTM Wf MMi lyr Saw Sbml Imb- Mmy Saaal SalarSqr V100 4VJO 1UI SCO MaayewaaSeay -IStcOOSSAO S4jOO TIJS I The districts 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