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SUMMARY:Wayne Horsley\, Suffolk Legislator
DESCRIPTION:On May 4th\, we had the privilege of Suffolk County Legislator Wayne Horsley give us a perspective of how important sewers are to the ecology and economic growth of Long Island.  Wayne apologized for picking such an unsavory topic to be the subject of a breakfast meeting\, but as usual\, the large crowd of LIMBA faithful ate it up.  With his perspective as an adjunct professor of Modern World History at St. John’s university\, we got some ancient history as well.  The earliest known sewers were found in the Indus valley\, around 3300-1700 BC\, but Suffolk County still is not widely sewered in this modern age.  To preserve the open space that is left by concentrating development\, we need sewers.  The recent development of the Route 110 corridor’s new hotel and pharmaceutical plants would not have been possible without connecting them to the Southwest Sewer District.There are 1.5 Million people in Suffolk County\, 400\,000 of them are served with sewers.  This is distributed among the Southwest Sewer District (SWSD)\, and about 22 other smaller plants sprinkled around the county.  The new Tanger retail development in Deer Park\, on the old AIL Property\, will be connected to the SWSD\, consuming .5% of the total daily capacity of 30.5 million gallons.  The development is expected to generate 250 million in spending by completion.  Without the district connection the development would not be possible at all.  The benefits of sewering are clear\, so are the obstacles.Money is the foremost barrier.  Sewers are expensive and disruptive to put in.  Back in the day\, 87% of the projects were funded by the State and Federal governments.  Plus\, the history of corruption that is one of the legacies of the SWSD is always present when you talk about sewers on Long Island.  The total cost to build the district was over a billion dollars\, but the district is functioning well today.  To overcome the stigma of sewers\, Wayne is forming a “Sewer Club” with Mark Herbst of the Long Island Contractors Association to help Long Island learn to love sewers.Wayne closed with a short discussion on the issue of Coal Gas Plant cleanups\, the addressing of which he is trying to make a condition of the National Grid/Keyspan merger process.  Vincent Frigeria of Keyspan gave us some details on the work that is being done to clean up the Clinton Avenue site in Bay Shore.The Q & A session was fruitful\, touching on “What else can we bury\, along with the sewer lines?”  “What are the treatment plant siting issues?”\, and “How do we focus on the ecological benefits\, rather than the history of corruption?”  An altogether appetizing session about an unsavory subject.  Another well-spent Friday morning at LIMBA.
URL:https://limba.net/calendar/wayne-horsley-suffolk-legislator/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20070511T000000
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SUMMARY:Larry Austin\, Chairman of the LI philharmonic
DESCRIPTION:The Long Island Philharmonic at LIMBA\n\n\nLarry Austin\, chairman of Austin Travel and The Long Island Philharmonic Board of Directors\, came by to give us an update on the Philharmonic close to the finale of their 28th season.  Larry is a past president of LIMBA\, like the Philharmonic\, a long running show.  The final two concerts of the season will take place at the Staller Center on Saturday\, May 19th\, and at the Tilles Center\, Sunday\, May 20th.  Mr. Austin opened with the story of how he got involved with the Philharmonic\, relating stories about its founder\, Harry Chapin\, and his philosophy of having a base for the classical performing arts on Long Island\, consisting of the Eglevsky ballet\, the Philharmonic\, and the PAF playhouse.  The philharmonic has had its ups and downs\, over the years\, with the past three being on an uptrend\, on the way to erasing what was a $900\,000 deficit when Mr. Austin took over as director.  David Wiley is the current music director\, producing an eclectic program of classical symphony pieces\, pops concerts and children’s outreach in the schools.\n\nThe Philharmonic also takes pride in both its stability\, having only 4 music directors over its history\, and its quality of those directors.  Marin Alsop\, the current music director of the Baltimore Symphony\, was the director from 1989 to 1995\, leaving after winning a MacArthur Fellowship.  The turnaround in the fortunes of the Philharmonic has been led on the creative side by Mr. Wiley and the business side by the stewardship of Mr. Austin and the excecutive director\, Stephen Belth.  Corporate and governmental sponsorship has been instrumental in turning things around\, with Sen. Hilary Clinton’s steadfast support\, along with State Senator Carl Marcellino\, having delivered grants at both the federal and state level.  UBS made a generous 5-year challenge grant of $250\,000\, which was matched by individual donors such as Charles Dolan\, David Lerner\, Marvin Sussman\, and Billy Joel.  Mr. Austin let us know about the formation of a Chairman’s council\, in an effort to form a larger core group of supporters.The Q and A session was mostly a bunch of suggestions from the audience on how to help build the community of the philharmonic\, modeling some aspects on the success of the Gateway Playhouse\, and the adoption of iPod culture in an effort to stay connected with the audience and draw them out to live performances.  The final concerts in the season will be Great Moments In Opera\, with a full chorus.  This morning’s meeting was sponsored by www.Islip.tv and Waldo Cabrera. There is a wealth of local information at that website.
URL:https://limba.net/calendar/larry-austin-chairman-of-the-li-philharmonic/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20070518T000000
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SUMMARY:Hon. Steve Bellone\, Supv Town of Babylon
DESCRIPTION:This morning’s speaker was Town of Babylon Supervisor Steve Bellone. Mr. Bellone began by telling us of his efforts to bring green thinking to the town. The town has ordered Hi-Brid vehicles for it’s fleet\, and is installing green technologies in all it’s new construction. Babylon is setting an example according to Bellone. The rationale for the Supervisor appears to be\, that setting an example of what should be done is more productive than preaching\, or even the legislation Babylon has embraced requiring Energy Star building standards. \n \nThe town will oversee the building of an energy self sustaining house. Steve did not go into a lot of details on the technologies that would be used in the house\, but it will be opened when completed for the purpose of displaying to the public what can be accomplished. Solar photovoltaic\, solar thermal\, geothermal heating and cooling\, heat sinks\, and orientation to the sun are all possibilities.\n \nMr. Bellone did not speak favorably of the LIPA plan to build a wind farm in the ocean off Fire Island and Jones Beach. Esthetics were not the motivating argument against the LIPA Wind Farm. Steve’s Point was that the wind farm would be for less productive than advertised. The LIPA plan calls for the installation of enough windmills to generate 140 megawatts\, but because of the variances in wind conditions the average output could be very low\, 25% of the stated amount. If that is true the average cost/KW to produce this electric would even be much higher than even the much criticized Shoreham Nuclear plant. \n \nDesigning downtowns that have apartments over retail space such as we have in Babylon\, Northport\, Patchogue and other places are being considered by Bellone for places like Wyandanch\, Copaigue and other places in Babylon town. These arrangements are friendly to pedestrians and allow for the density that is required to house our citizens while still capturing open space for posterity.  \n \nPublic transportation\, and class A building office building proposals on Rt 110 south of Conklin Street were also discussed. Mr. Bellone laid out a very ambitious vision for Babylon.
URL:https://limba.net/calendar/hon-steve-bellone-supv-town-of-babylon/
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SUMMARY:NO MEETING Memorial Day celebrated
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