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T h e re is ANOTHER 5 th A venueI t %u2019s rig h t h e re in R r o o k ly n fo r a ll yo u rH o lid a y n eed s!F o r Mont Information F a ll(718)638*4400New Ferry Plan Comes Up EmptyAs Operators Fail To Submit PlansBY MARY JOE NEUBERGERIn an attempt to open the opportunity to operate a ferry service between Fulton Ferry Landing and lower Manhattan to many groups, the City%u2019s Department of Transportation (DOT) may have unintentionally caused organizations to withdraw from the running.To create competition among the many applicants for the sole right for the service and to avoid monopoly, DOT decided on October 23 to throw out earlier requests for proposals which would have awarded the operation of the ferry service as an exclusive franchise. The new guidelines established by DOT would allow any qualified group which applies to run a service.Although there have been %u201cunofficial verbal inquiries,%u201d says Emily Goodman of DOT, to date, no one has submitted an application. Meanwhile, the list of those who originally filed joint or separate requests and who have said they will not apply for proposals continues to grow longer. The Citizen%u2019s Committee for Urban Fishing, Floating through America, Inc., Friends of Fulton Ferry Landing, South Street Seaport Museum, and the Prospect Park Environmental Center have all said they are no longer interested.Of the dozen original applicants, only one organization has confirmed continued interest. Sandy Wiener, president of Seaport Line, which successfully ran a ferry during a trial period last fall, says he hopes to have his application into DOT in the next two weeks.%u201cWe were disappointed that the City decided to throw out the applications,%u201d says Wiener, %u201cbut leaving the process open was in the public interest.%u201d Success of the operation is still contingent on renovations on the Brooklyn side, according to Wiener. The docking space at Fulton Ferry has enough room for only one boat at a time, something he says would have to change. The responsibility for rehabilitation of the landing area was originally part of the franchise award package, but, under DOT%u2019S revision the job will be done by the City.Two other groups who showed a strong interest in the ferry service have not filed applications. Dirkscn Talleyrand, Lnc., run by Michael O%u2019Keefe of the River Cafe restaurant will not be applying. According to Anthony Addison, a spokesman for the firm, O%u2019Keefe will concentrate instead on reviving the private ferry it has traditionally offered patrons of the restaurant.Two Trees Management, the firm developing the property around the Fulton Ferry Landing, was the applicant thought to have the best prospect of winning the franchise. The firm has not applied for a permit and its owner, David Walentas, would not return repeated calls for comment.Cost Saving Plan AtThe Zoo Expected ToBe Completed In Dec.Prospect Park officials are waiting to hear the final results of a Value Engineering Study of the plans for the rehabilitation of the Park Zoo and Tupper Thomas, the park administrator, says she was expecting to have a copy in her office in early December.The study began this summer after the City%u2019s Office of Management and Budget experienced a number of cost overruns with another zoo reconstruction project in Central Park. Thomas says that the study will offer some cost-saving measures such as the substitution of another building material for the granite that the original plans had suggested. She adds that the plans will %u201cprobably not%u201d have to go before the Landmarks Commission for another review and that final design plans will go ahead within a month.Despite the delays in the project, which was scheduled to begin over a year ago, Thomas says the study was worth the wait. %u201cThey%u2019ve found things that will make the zoo a better place and help construction continue more smoothly,%u201d she says. %u2014 R.T.If you don%u2019t readTHE PHOENIXevery week,you%u2019re missingthe Best ofBrownstoneBrooklynTo Subscribe:Send $12.50 forOne Year toThe Phoenix395 Atlantic Ave.Brooklyn 11217LookingTo Learn?Find Your Interest in A PhoenixInstruction AdC o sp o n so red by BACA, C ity of N.V. O ffic e O f B usiness D evelopm ent,N.Y.S. D ivision o f H ousing a n d C om m unity R en ew al412 ATLANTIC AVENUEBETWEEN BOND & NEVINS718-875-7084Going Out? SeeUp & Coming forWhere to Go.Page 4, TH E P H O E N IX , D ecem ber 4, 1986