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Pa|e 2 PHOENIX February 21,1974uistricf 6 Planning Board Says Yes to:HeightsBlock 207 ElderlyHousing,Fulton Ferry Floating RestaurantBy LYNNE GRIFOThe Planning Board of District No. 6 met in closed session last week to determine where its members stood on two hotly debated issues %u2014 the use of Block 207 in the Heights and the placement of a barge-restaurant at %u2018%u2022'niton Ferry.The board, chaired by Prof. Gerard Carey, voted to support the Knights of Pythias proposal to build senior citizen housing on Block 207 in the North Heights, (bounded by Hicks and Henry Sts. and Poplar and Fulton Sts. and the B-Q Expressway) but %u2018%u2018with strong recommendation%u201d that a public school also be included in the project.With regard to Manhattan restaurateur Michael O%u2019Keefe%u2019s plan to place a floating restaurant in the waters off the proposed Fulton Ferry Park, the board approved a draft version of the lease between O%u2019Keefe and the Dept, of Ports and Terminals.The terms of the lease will require the restaurant owner, at the end of five years and subject toplanning board approval, to move his establishment south to a position in front of an area to be newly bulkheaded by the City%u2019s Dept, of Ports and Terminals. In the meantime, Fulton Ferry Park will be built and O%u2019Keefe will be allowed to use 20 percent of its area for restroom and kitchen facilities. He will also be responsible for maintenance of the park.Over the past months the Phoenix has carried several stories detailing the efforts of the Knights of Pythias to get support for their project from the Heights community and the local planning board. Major opposition came from political leaders such as Marge Dowd and George Spanakos and community residents such as Seymour Pustilnik, a member of the local school board. These and others argued that they preferred to see a new public school built on the site, to replace paired schools, P. S. 8 on Middagh St. and P. S. 7 in the Farragut area.Both the Board of Education and the District No. 13 Community School Board voted against a new school in the Heights however.Representatives of the KnightsNAMES TO BOARD OF DIRECTORS - George Spanakos. Brooklyn Heights resident and Republican District Leader of the 52nd Assembly District, which includes the Heights, Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens and Red Hook, has been named to the Board of Directors of the New York State Defenders Association. The Association represents all public defender agencies in criminal matters within the State of N.Y.GETS SCHOLARSHIP %u2014 Carmine Cincotta of Carroll Gardens, a journalism student and senior at Long Island University's Brooklyn Center, has been awarded a $250 scholarship presented annually by the Deadline Club for outstanding students in journalism,Circotta has been included for the past two years in %u2018%u2018Who%u2019s Who Among Students at American Universities and Colleges%u201d , and is currently news director at the LIU campus radio station.BECOMES YOUTH BOARD REPRESENTATIVEOn Feb. 14 a 17-year-old St. Stephen's High School senior, Angela Galletta, v/as sworn in by Mayor Abe Beame as an official youth representative and member of the New York City Youth Board. The Board, which is composed of judges, educators, businessmen and attorneys, plus four youth representatives, meets monthly to discuss problems concerning youth and the City's Youth Services Agency. Angela is an active member of the Carroll Gardens Assn, and is ranked first in her St.S tep h en s class, w beie she is a member uf iiieschool yearbook and newspaper staffs. She was employed as a teacher%u2019s aide at a local day care center for a year and a half, and has also been an active participant in the 76th Precinct%u2019s %u2018%u2018Police Rap Sessions%u201d .of Pythias and the developers who are to build the project, the Devcoe Company of Manhattan, could not be reached for comment on the Planning Board%u2019s recommendation regarding the school.June Gallagher, South Brooklyn coordinator for the N. Y.C. Housing and Development Administration, which is coordinating the development of Block 207, stated %u201cWe certainly will take any recommendation of the planning board into consideration. This has been a very divisive issue for many years. Maybe we are on the way to solving it now.%u201cThe proposal must now go to the City Planning Commission for site approval,%u201d she continued. %u201cOnce that is obtained we can go on to develop detailed plans for the project.%u201dAccording to chairman Carey, representatives from the Brooklyn Heights Association attended the planning board meeting last week to present the group%u2019s position on the restaurant plan. %u201cBHA has come to terms with O%u2019Keefe,%u201d was all Carey said by way of explanation.The Association had been opposed to placement of the barge in front of the proposed Fulton Ferry Park because, among other reasons, the members felt that the restaurant would partially block the view of the NYC skyline.Carey stated that it was suggested that the restaurant be placed in front of the Firehouse pier at the foot of Cadman Plaza West, a site just south of the proposed park, but a representative of the Dept, of Ports and Terminals was on hand to explain that it would not be feasible to do so %u201cbecause the pier is built on pilings and a restaurant located adjacent to it %u201cwould create a fire hazard.%u201d A final lease must now be drawn up by Ports and Terminals, which then will be resubmitted to the Planning Board, then sent on for approval to the City Planning Commission and finally to the Board of Estimate.Honored byPresidentDavid Meyerson, a Methodist Hospital employee who saved three Park Slope families from death by fire in January, received a Presidential Commendation from President Richard Nixon last week for his actions.The commendation, signed by President Nixon, was %u201c in recognition of exceptional service to others, in the finest American tradition.%u201d In an accompanying letter from the White House, the President wrote: %u201cOne of the rewards of public office is thatfrom time to time I have the opportunity to learn of outstanding feats of heroism performed by citizens throughout our nation. Such an example was your remarkable courage in entering a burning building, climbing to the third floor, and carrying two children to safety. I understand that despite the fact that you were recijperating from a recent operation, you made several subsequent trips into the burning house, aroused two other families, and led them out through the smoke and flamesNAMED REGENTS SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS %u2014Berkeley Institute of Park Slope has announced that more than half of the current senior class has won a Regents Scholarship. Winners include: Nina Gerges, Cora Meader, Susan Reisler, Valerie Troyansky, and Yona Zeldie. Designated alternates are: John Ingersoll, Lisa Schwebel and Harrolyn Murphy.LeoneBROTHERHOOD AWARDS: Borough PresidentSebastian Leone and Capt. William Tracey of the84th Precinct will be presented with citations forbrotherhood by congregation Mt. Sinai on Sun.,Feb. 27 at 3 p.m. The ceremony will be held at theSynagogue, 305 Schermerhorn St, and clergymenof all faiths are expected to participate.CincottaGallettaITALIAN AMERICANS HONOR - President George Bugliarello (r) of Polytechnic Institute of New York in downtown Brooklyn is shown at his installation as an Honorary Member of the National Federation' of Italian-American Societies, Inc. Honorary Membership is given each year to a prominent citizen who has distinguished himself in civil, public, cultural and educational fields. President Bugliarello is a native of Trieste and a%u2022 i-t- _ i i _ : . ------ : x . . n>%u2014 i . . _ : _ t ji i . . -r i_ _ giauucuc ui m e u m v o a u y i ciuua in uaiy. i ncaward was made at the organization's annual dinner-dance at Brooklyn's Cotillion Terrace. With President Bugliarello are (left to right); Prof. Arnaldo A. Ferraro, President of the National Federation of Italian-American Societies, Inc.; John Mustarc, Vice President; and Larry Frediani, Master of Ceremonies.V