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SUMMARY:East End Transportation- Hank Decillia Ex Dir
DESCRIPTION:This morning our issue was East End Transportation. Hank DeCillia is the Executive Director of Five Towns Rural Transit Inc. Mr DeCillia explained that the east end Long Island was so poorly served by mass transit that there were 5 hours between trains in certain locations. The LIRR has no intentions of improving the situation anytime soon. DeCillia’s organization has proposed a system of self propelled rail units that could be as small as one car. These rail links would be coordinated with a system of shuttle buses that would have 30 minute intervals. The service would not technically be termed “light Rail” because it would be compatible with the rails that are in place for the LIRR. The frequency of this service would make mass transit more appealing.\nThe bridge points where the new system will connect to the LIRR are Speonk on the Montauk line and Ronkonkoma for the North Fork connections. The new units will not interfere with the present LIRR service. The present LIRR service handles a very large volume of passengers when the summer demand is there. The new system will share the tracks by installing a number of passing sidings. There are a number of groups that will benefit by these enhancement. The full time residents\, Commuters\, Renters/2nd homeowners and reverse commuters. The reverse commuters are those people that travel east to work. The self propelled units will be modern\, clean burning\, diesels or perhaps a hybrid technology. The bus component will be hybrid. Mr. DeCillia spoke about the environmental aspects. This system will have a lower contribution to the air pollution problem than increasing automobile capacity. The cost is another issue. The system will have a significant cost\, but DeCillia points out the road improvements that will be needed are even more costly. The good news is that much of the funds that will be needed\, already exists. There are $60 million dollars paid by east enders to the MTA in taxes. The operating costs of the new system are estimated to be $40 million. The other aspects of reducing air pollution and road congestion make this proposal worth looking into. See the East End Shuttle at www.eastendshuttle.org for more info. LIMBA will consider making this initiative a project we will support when the board meets again.
URL:https://limba.net/calendar/east-end-transportation-hank-decillia-ex-dir/
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SUMMARY:Martin Luther King Holiday No Meeting
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URL:https://limba.net/calendar/martin-luther-king-holiday-no-meeting/
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SUMMARY:Mike Deluise\, Deveopment Officer\, Dowling College
DESCRIPTION:This morning we were expecting to have as our speaker Dowling College’s President Bob Gaffney. Unfortunately Mr. Gaffney had an emergency that prevented his attendance. Instead Michael DeLuise\, Dowling’s Development officer was there to fill in. Later we went on to other issues that are of concern to LIMBA and its membership.\n \nIn the portion of the meeting that Mike DeLuise handled he pointed out that many of Long Island’s teachers were graduates of Dowling\, 5100 was the number he cited. I have had some knowledge of Dowling College for many years and that number was a surprise to me. \n \nMike’s attitude was that his college and other Long Island based higher education institutions are part of a very essential industry on Long Island. It is important that we retain as many of these graduates on Long Island as we can. According to DeLuise about 80% of all Dowling grads remain on Long Island. Cooperation with other schools is desirable and possible. The ultimate goal is to have students regard all of the schools on Long Island as quality institutions. Much can\, and should\, be done to foster that concept. \n \nLater in the meeting we discussed the sale of Keyspan to National Grid some in the audience thought that if this sale should be completed\, that perhaps that National Grid should make substantial promises to the community. For the sake of clean air and more power availability LIMBA has been advocating the repowering of the oldest and most polluting plants. Will National Grid be inclined to repower later? Frankly we don’t know\, but we do know that additional power supplies coming in from new feeder cables will open a window of opportunity very soon\, and we should take advantage of that fact.\n \nwe then went on to discuss the fact that the budget that the last congress past left Brookhaven National Lab without the funds to continue several of it’s most important research projects. This is an outrage when you consider our need to transform America and create a new energy policy. Our Congressional delegation is very aware of the BNL situation\, and they are working together to correct the situation\, but they need our support. \n \nLastly we briefly discussed the property at Kings Park. The site of the psychiatric hospital is in terrible condition and is a candidate for a “super fund” clean-up. The town of Smithtown is reluctant to do anything with it. These derelict buildings are mostly unused and the potential for a magnificent facility is not being realized. That will be a the subject of a panel discussion in March. \n \nWe didn’t start out to have a “Round Table” discussion\, but it turned out that way\nThere is an acute interest in these topics\, and we more than ran out the clock. We’ve got a lot to talk about going forward and great opportunities\, if we have the good sense to make them happen.  \nPictured: Terry Townsend\, Dowling Trustee\, Cynthia Grossman\, Assistant Development Officer at Dowling\, Jennefer Gunn Assistant to Congressman Tim Bishop\, Michael DeLuise\, Development Officer at Dowling and Ernie Fazio\, LIMBA
URL:https://limba.net/calendar/mike-deluise-deveopment-officer-dowling-college/
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SUMMARY:Rob Dipple\, Long Island Museum
DESCRIPTION:This morning the Long Island Museum of Art History and Carriages’ Development officer Ron Dippel made a presentation at LIMBA.\n \nA large section of the museum has been dedicated to the carriage collection. Graves Brothers Carriage Builders of Massachusetts went out of business many years ago. Remarkably that facility has been preserved by the family that owned the property and recently they donated the artifacts to the museum. All of the tools and equipment used in the manufacture of their carriages were catalogued\, disassembled\, shipped and reconstructed at the Stony Brook location. They were also able to secure copies of the Studebaker carriages and a Studebaker automobile. Studebaker was able to make the transition to making cars while other carriage makers went out of business.\n \nThe Art section has collections from the many Long Island artists. It has the largest collection anywhere of Long Island artist\, William Sidney Mount who lived in Stony Brook. There are also revolving expositions that had a showing of the stained glass of Louis Comfort Tiffany\, who lived in Cold Spring Harbor.\n \nThe history of Long Island chronicles the many major innovations that were born on Long Island. One exhibit was dedicated to legacy of Robert Moses. The successes and controversy that surrounded the “Master Builder included the building of the parkway system\, the beachfront parks of Jones beach and Robert Moses Park\, which remain today as his great successes. The controversial projects include the Cross Bronx Expressway and the ill-conceived idea of building a road through the spine of Fire Island. (It was never built).\n \nThere is also the building of Levitown. Levitt was referred to as the Henry Ford of home building. At one point a new home owner was given the keys to a new house every 45 minutes. The methods of home building were replicated all over the country and some of them were built by the same Levitt organization that built on Long Island. On February 10th the museum will demonstrate a Levitt kitchen and some other rooms in those homes.\n \nRecently the museum was named as an associate museum of the Smithsonian Institute. This is prestigious designation and in cooperation will be a part of the National Treasures tour where exhibits will travel throughout the country. \n \nThis museum is a dynamic institution that changes and builds. If you have been there before you will learn more if you return. They are in fact planning a new section to house the exhibits that are constantly growing. \nOn May 10th they will be hosting an event “Perfecting the Art of Business”. You may want to visit the website http://www.longislandmuseum.org/ Pictured: LIMBA’s Ernie Fazio\, LI Museum Trustee\, Michelle Zere\, and Museum Development officer Rob Dippel\n 
URL:https://limba.net/calendar/rob-dipple-long-island-museum/
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