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A Public Hearing was held at the Village Hall, 7 Spring Street, Wappingers Falls, NY., on Wednesday, September 11, 1991 at 7:00 PM in reference to the re-allocation of the Village's Community Devel- opment Block Grant (CDBG), and to obtain resident input on development needs in the Village. Mayor Hinzmann opened the Public Hearing and explained the purpose of such hearing. Village Treasurer Kathleen Masterson stated that the CDBG program is a program by which the.Village has had access to the Federal funding to HUD. The Village participated in this program from 1983 to 1988 at which point it opted to go into Small Cities. The Small Cities Grant and the CDBG are mutually exclusive. Ms. Masterson stated that the Wappingers Falls Businessmen's Associa- tion ~presented a proposal last year to construct a parking lot for the benefit of the Central Business District. The Village Board decided to consolidate the available balances in the Community Devel- opment accounts and channel them through the County to the Businessmen's Association for this purpose. Due to recent developments, the Association is looking at another location than the one originally proposed. It was the recommendati0n of the D.C. Dept. of Planning to submit a new application. Part of that application is to solicit input from the Public as part of the public hearing requirement. Mr. Stanley Straub, President of the Businessmen's Association stated that .they had spoken to Mr. Klebe, owner of the Sweet Orr property on Mill St., which was recently destroyed by fire. Mr. Klebe has offered to sell the property. Originally the grant money was for development of the Bell Office property. The Businessmen's Asso- ciation would like to transfer the grant money to the Sweet Orr property for development. Mr. Straub commented that the development costs of the Sweet Orr property would be considerable less than the Bell Office property. It would also provide more parking spaces. Tr. DiDomizio asked' if the amount of the grant is the same as that which was allocated for the Bell Office development. Mr. Straub replied that the amount of the grant is the same. Zoning Administrative Officer, Tony Pacio, inquired if that includes the property being cleaned up or are the Businessmen's Association purchasing it as is. Mr. Pacio stated that this ought to be taken into consideration by the Board of Trustees. Mr. Straub stated that the cost of the property at this point has been negotiated at $75,000 dollars. The cost of the Bell Office building had been negotiated at $65,000 dollars. Mr. Straub stated that there is a consideration in these negotiations, that part of the cost of the property is that the Klebes have access. -page 1-