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Repair Fundsfor Local BridgesGovernor Hugh Carey and Mayor Ed Koch have jointly announced the start of a $65 million program to repair or replace 44 city bridges and overpasses, with 11 spans in Brooklyn scheduled for work.The project will be 70% federally-funded under the Special Bridge Replacement and Federal Aid to Urban Systems programs. Work had been delayed when the city was unable to fund its $4 million share of the costs, but the state has agreed to pay 80% of the local share under provisions of the statewide Marchiselli Act, signed last year.The first phase of the project will involve detailed study of each span to determine what repairs or replacement work is necessary. A spokesman for the city%u2019s Department of Transportation said design contracts for this part of the job will be awarded this winter, and the studies may continue for a year before construction begins. He added that renovations scheduled for the two Brooklyn spans on the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway are not a part of the reconstruction work already planned for the BQE from Hamilton to Atlantic Avenues.Brooklyn spans scheduled for repair or replacement include: %u2022Prospect Park Expressway%u2014Third Ave.;%u2022Summit Ave.%u2014BQE;%u2022Atlantic Ave.%u2014BQE;%u202218th Ave.%u201453rd St.;%u2022MacDonald Ave.%u2014Foster Ave.; %u2022Bedford Ave.%u2014Ave. 1;%u2022Nostrand Ave.%u2014Ave. H;%u2022Seventh Ave.%u201462nd St.;%u2022Fort Hamilton Parkway%u201461st St.; %u2022Third St. Bridge;%u2022Greenpoint Ave. Bridge. %u2014I.L.Discuss Fuitort Ferry FutureThe National Maritime Historical Society will hold a public discussion concerning the past, present and future of the historic Fulton Ferry area at the foot of the Brooklyn Bridge on Tuesday, August 8 at 7 p.m. The meeting will be held at the Society%u2019s headquarters, 2 Fulton Ferry, on Olga Bloom%u2019s barge. Refreshments will be served and the public is invited.AS PC A HoldsOff ClosingThe ASPCA says it will honor a personal request from Mayor Ed Koch to defer until the end of this month any decision to cut back on its pick-up services for stray animals or to close its animal shelter in Brooklyn because of budget problems.Following a meeting between the Mayor and two chief officials for the ASPCA on July 14, Executive Director Dr. John Kullberg announced that the Society would continue to provide the city with services while negotiations over its city contract continue.The ASPCA maintains it must have a $1.7 million allocation from the city or it will have to close the Brooklyn shelter, located at 233 Butler Street. The society has also said that without the allocation, it will have to cut back on its staff in ctifltprs thrnnahont the citv.%u201c If the agreement doesn%u2019t provide enough money, there will be cutbacks,%u201d confirmed ASPCA spokesperson Marcia Horowitz. %u201c The Brooklyn shelter is in the most disrepair, so it would be closed and we%u2019d go to our contingency plan to use the shelter in Queens.%u201d The Society has also saidit would have to cutback its staff in shelters and stray animal pickup programs throughout the city.Currently, the city contracts with the private, non-profit foundation for the necessary services. The animal group said it will continue those services through the extended negotiating period, provided it continues to be funded by the city under stipulations of the contract that technically expired on June 30. Any agreement reached between the ASPCA and the city will be retroactive to July 1, the Society said.%u2014I.L.Commerce toPublish GuideThe Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce will publish a directory of Brooklyn businesses and manufacturers this fall. The guide will include socio-economic, civic and cultural informaiton of interest to the local business community. Columbia Marketing Corporation, business research firm, has been selected to compile the directory, and Chamber President Albert Spruck said suggestions for new listings and information are welcome. The directory is tentatively scheduled for October publication.Local SchoolsGet GrantsThree elementary schools, Saint Michael%u2019s, P. S. 130, and P. S. 230, have received a grant from the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare for $304,427 to improve their reading and math programs.These schools, located within Community School District 15, hope that the upgrading of these programs will initiate integration, and instill a better racial distribution of students in the schools. The District 15 school population is made up of a predominantly black and Hispanic mix with a small minority of white children. P. S. 130 and P. S. 230, with a large population of white children, is attempting to provide additional service to its minority students.To broaden the pupils knowledge about careers, the students will also participate in career awareness workshops. Also included will be workshops for parents, instructing them how to play a more influential role in the academic lives of their children. A Community School District 15 spokesman said that this grant will %u201c hopefully improve racial relations among the residents in the community. %u201dAtlantic AnticOffice OpensThe planning office for Atlantic Antic IV, which will take place on Sunday, September 24, is now open. The office is located at 334 Atlantic Avenue, between Smith and Hoyt Streets (the site of the former Finishing Touch store) and is open Monday-Friday from11a.m. to 6 p.m. Anyone who wants to be a participant in the Antic or has any questions should contact Joyce Gibbs, chairperson of the planning committee, by dropping by the office or calling at 858-3772. The office%u2019s mailing address is 340 Atlantic Ave., Brooklyn, N.Y. 11217.%u2014D.H.Kane StreetTo MeetThe Kane Street Block Association will hold its next meeting this Tuesday, August 1, at 8 p.m^lt will be held at the Democratic Club at Kane and Clinton Streets. The agenda for this first meeting of the year will include the Block Party,T-shirt sales, trees, traffic, security, sewers, the highway, and the revitalization of 111 Kane Street. In addition to these ongoing projects, new ones can be brought up at the meeting. Organizational matters will also be discussed, including where and how often the Block Association will meet, how agendas and minutes will be distributed, and who wants to work for the block. All block residents are invited.Grants for KidsThe %u201cYouth for Youth%u201d program, which awards groups of young people up to $100, has been re-instituted by the Citizen%u2019s Committee for New York, Inc. The program, run in cooperation with the New York City Youth Board, makes the grants available on a first-come, first-served basis to any individual or group of youngsters under the age of 19 who submit proposals for neighborhood community projects. Money from the grants is to be used towards equipment and supplies for service projects, such as murals on buildings and walls, restoration of vacant lots, and outreach and escort services for the elderly, handicapped, and homebound. Applications are available by contacting the Citizen%u2019s Committee for New York, 630 Fifth Ave., New York, NY 10020, or by calling 975-1050.Discuss PsychoRehab ServicesThe Psychosocial Rehabilitation Institute will meet this Tuesday, on August 1, at 7:30 p.m. to discuss establishing community support services. The services, available to persons who have psychiatric of social handicaps or mental disabilities, would include therapeutic housing services, for 150 patients. The public meeting will be at 189 Montague Street, room 315. For information call 596-4550.Light ComplaintCenters Set UpSpecial telephone complaint centers have been established throughout the city where citizens can report street light conditions such as street lights that are knocked down, burning during daytime, or have exposed wiring or loose light fixtures. The centers are operated by the Department of General Services and will accept calls Monday-Friday 8:30 am-12 midnight, and on weekends from 4 pm-12 midnight. The number to call in Brooklyn is 566-3824.Ulster ExchangeThis summer, Catholic and Protestant teenagers from Northern Ireland will spend a few weeks getting to know each other in a peaceful environment%u2014with host families in the United States. The founder of the Ulster Project, the group that makes this possible, Rev. Kenny Waterstone, will be preaching at the 10:45 a.m. service on Sunday, July 30 at the Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church in Fort Greene. He will be on hand after the service for an informal lunch and question and answer session.FlatbushFrolic SetThe third annual Flatbush Frolic has been scheduled for Sunday, September 17. The ten-block street fair, including entertainment and other special events will be coordinated by the Flatbush Development Corp. with the Flatbush Frolic Committee. It will be staged on Cortelyou Road between East 16 St. and Coney Island Ave. Applications are now available for booths, ar.d can be obtained by contacting Joyce Coward at the Flatbush Development Corp., 1418 Cortelyou Road, 469-8990 or Chuch Reichenthal at BACA, 783-4469Mode! of front portion of newly approved LiRR tormina! complexBoard of Estimate Approves LIRRTerminal, Supermarket, Office Building PlansThe city Board of Estimate has approved the construction of a nine-story office building and supermarket at the Long Island Railroad%u2019s Atlantic Terminal site.The July 20th decision was led by Board member and Borough President Howard Golden who called the project %u201c a tremendous boost for the continuing revitalization and economic development of downtown Brooklyn.%u201dIn addition to the $9 million commercial project, to be financed by the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority, the Board also approved the accompanying $20million reconstruction and renovation of the LIRR%u2019s passenger terminal by the Metropolitan Transit Authority. Both projects are expected to begin later this year and will take an estimated three years to complete.%u201c The development of these projects will provide a major stimulus to the Atlantic Terminal Urban Renewal area as well the entire downtown Brooklyn area,%u201d said Golden who added that the LIRR project %u201c will immensely improve the terminal facility itself and ease the transfer of passengers at the transportation hub ofBrooklyn.%u201d Both the office building and its separate but adjoining supermarket will be located within the boundaries of the LIRR Atlantic Terminal at Atlantic and Flatbush Avenues. Two off-street parking facilities, one at street level for 85 cars and one below ground for 148 cars, will be part of the commercial development.The LIRR reconstruction will mean widening the subway concourses and increasing the length and number of train platforms for the estimated 70,000 passengers who use it daily. The original terminal was built in 1909.%u2014P.H.July 27,1978, TH E PHOENIX, Page 21