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College Leaders Oppose Baruch Move to DowntownnviinnvH A V M iN I for their education with %u201c third he would oppose it. BY LIBBY HAYMANWhen the Borough President presents his plan fo try once more to bring Baruch College to downtown Brooklyn, he will face almost certain opposition from the leadership of downtown colleges. Such leaders believe that in a shrinking educational market, a new college filling the vast empty lots of the Atlantic Terminal Urban Renewal Area could pose a threat to the stability of existing educational institutions.Golden announced on November 7th at hearings held by the Board of the City University that his staff is currently %u201creadjusting%u201d the tenyear-old proposal to bring Baruch here from Manhattan, and that he expects %u201c to issue shortly a realistic fiscally responsible, programatically sound proposal on Baruch.%u201d Golden's staff reports that the plan should be announced in %u201c about two weeks.%u201dThe location of the long designated site for Baruch, on nearly vacant lots from Carlton Avenue to the Long Island Railroad terminal along Atlantic Avenue is a highly visible reminder that the city and state budget crisis of the mid1970%u2019s has halted many revitalization plans. Baruch could stabilize an area which is surrounded by the less developed corners of brownstone neighborhoods including Fort Greene, Clinton Hill, Boerum Hill, Park Slope, and Prospect Heights. But the site is also ringed by private colleges, including the Long Island University-Brooklyn Center, St. Francis College, Pratt Institute, St. Joseph%u2019s College, Polytechnic Institute, Brooklyn Law School, and New York City Community College.AVOID DUPLICATIONBrother Donald Sullivan, President of St. Francis College, is most outspoken about the downtown educational market. Saying that the Borough President has already consulted with him on the issue, Sullivan expresses understanding of the Borough President%u2019s desire to improve the %u201c quality of life in Brooklyn%u201d and to develop a vacant site. But, he says, the site in question is the mostfor their education with %u201c third party funding%u201d such as state and federal education grants. Sullivan adds, by the way, that neither the %u201c crunch%u201d as the college age population shrinks, nor the coming of Baruch, would put St. Francis out of business after 94 years.Less insistent in his opposition to a new college on the block is Dr. Edward A. Clark, President of LIU%u2019s Brooklyn campus. Clark says. %u201c I%u2019ll have to see the modified proposal before taking a stand, since there would be a way to bring it here successfully.%u201d But Clark also says, %u201c If Baruch were to be picked up lock, stock, and barrel,%u201dhe would oppose it.Baruch, where an. outstanding reputation in business-related fields is combined with general liberal arts educaton, would be directly competitive with both St. Francis and LIU, where business courses are a leading draw. %u201c One of our strong programs is a graduate school of business,%u201d Clark says, while Sullivan reports that about half of St. Francis' 3,000 students specialize in business and accounting fields.The business fields arc also a reason why Baruch is not exactly pursuing a move to Brooklyn for Continued on page 16Board Six Chooses Slate;Approves Budget ItemsVacant lots along Atlantic Avenue between the URRTem inal and Carlton have been recently cleared for BaruchCollege. Wholesale m eat markets relocated to Sunset Park,though a few retailers still stand on the site. (Sheeger Photo)threatening to other downtown colleges, since Baruch, as presently constituted, would be %u201c duplicating everything at LIU and duplicating what we have here.%u201d Sullivan adds that the only way Baruch could avoid duplication would be to offer %u201c animal husbandry,%u201d since every major educational field is represented inBrooklyn already, when Downstate Medical School is included in the count.%u201c I know Baruch doesn%u2019t want it,%u201d Sullivan points out. He also explains that the low tuitions at CUNY colleges are no argument for bringing Baruch since these are actually duplicated at private colleges because most students payBY LINUS GELBERCommunity Board Six nominated its present slate of officers for re-election next year at its last meeting on Nov. 14. The selection by the Board%u2019s Nominating Committee of Anita DeMartini for Chair, Patricia Zedalis for ViceChair, Peggy Buffalano for Secretary and Robert Hubbard for Treasurer was met with enthusiasm, encouragement and several sporadic attempts to get the voting, scheduled fpr the Board%u2019s next meeting, over and done with immediat ely.In another aspect of the Board%u2019s future hierarchy selection, the Board resolved to begin advertising for resumes from people to replace Joan White, the District Manager whose pending resignation was announced at the Board%u2019s last meeting, on October 10.In preparing to face new elections and then a new season of dealings, DeMartini asked the Legal Committee of the Board to review and, if need be, revamp the body%u2019s By-Laws.Copies of the 39 budget priorities for the upcoming fiscal year were distributed to all members, and all items were given overall approval, even though they had already been submitted to the city. The BoardPolice Report On Precincts At Board Two Meeting__ . , . n %u25a0%u2014. /\n _ I ..111 1. . m \\ m O ft H t M OBY LIBBY HAYMANA' report by a contingent of six policemen concerning the implementation of new precinct lines highlighted the November meeting of Community Board Two on November 14 at Atlantic Terminal houses at Carlton and Atlantic Avenues. The police responded to the Board%u2019s request for more information about the effect of new lines, mandated by the City Charter, requiring that Community Board boundaries become contiguous with Police Precinct lines.Captain Paul Maltby, of the 84th Precinct, said that his precinct would be gaining area under the new lines, and that he \gain men.%u201d Captain Barton, of the 88th, which will no longer serve the area between Classon Avenue and Franklin Avenue in Bedford Stuyvesant, said that he would lose 20 officers, 15 of them to the 84th. The two precincts will be covering the Board Two area with a U n n n / t o f V K p ) u 7PPT1 the 84th and 88lh running along the west fence of the Brooklyn Navy Yard alongHudson Street, down to Flushing Avenue, then on Tillary Street to Prince Street. The line continues along Prince to Flatbush Avenue Extension, then to 4th Avenue. The officers pointed out that Board Two is one of the few in the city to be served by two, rather than one precinct.The audience questioned whether the cuts in size justified such a large reduction of staffing in the 88th, and after the presentation Board member Roy Vanasco moved that the board support a moratorium in implementing the lines; the resolution was passed with a voice vote. After the Borough Board hearing on November 20, the lines are scheduled to be in effect by January 1, 1981.The Fort Greene Park Comfort Station, which will get some $200,000 of improvements from the Parks Department budget in the next two years, earned a new name with approval by the Board of ecneral plans to create a %u201c Fort Greene Park Community Center.%u201d The rehabilitated building in theheart of Fort Greene Park will have a large community room under the preliminary design plans, with the Parks Committee urging greatly increased lighting on the outside for safety. The Board supported the continuation of the design process, urging community input in decisions about concessions and usage of the completed center.During the public session of the meeting, representatives of the Fulton Street Improvement Committee in Clinton Hill urged the Board to take action regarding two methadone maintenance clinics, the ARTC clinic at 937 Fulton and the St. Mary%u2019s hospital clinic at 639 Classon Avenue, just outside Community District Two. The Clinton Hill residents reported extensive efforts to press the administrations of the clinics to clean up the %u201c loitering and littering\hood. Saying that nothing had worked, the Fulton Street group urged that other locations be sought for tiie centers. Tin, IlCalm and Social Services Committeerecommended, and the Board approved, a request that the Borough President set up a task force to study methodone clinics, a choice which stemmed largely from the fact that the St. Mary's clinic is not in Community Board Two%u2019s jurisdiction.Election of new officers is scheduled for the December Board meeting, and a slate was presented by the nominating committee for certification. Nominations arc: Grantley Crichlow, current Board Chairman; for Chairman; Vivian Patterson, current 2nd Vice Chairman, for 1st Vice Chairman; the Executive Secretary, Howard Zimmerman, for 2nd Vice Chairman; and Clara Schwabe for Executive Secretary. The only nomination from the floor was for Donna Cambas, who was nominated to the post of 2nd Vice Chairman.The Board also gave full Board approval to the list of budget priorities approved at emergencyhad decided earlier that the naming and ordering of priorities should be completed by the Budget Committee and Board Chair, subject to review by the full Board.The Board also chose to ask for a stay in the Uniform Land Use and Review Procedure (ULURP) time limits in consideration of the sale of the abandoned PS 30 building in Red Hook, which Richard Mulgrave from Economic Youth Employment (EYE) of Red Hook would like to renovate into a community center instead of seeing it demolished, as had previously been planned. A public hearing will be held on asking for a delay on December 12 at 6pm in the Third Floor Courtroom at Borough Hall, immediately before the next Board meeting.Two other prelimary proposals were brought before the Board. In one, a letter of encouragement was sent to the owner of Bruno Trucks, who would like to construct a commercial and residential fourstory building on a piece of property he owns on Union and Van Brunt Sts. Bruno had discovered that moving to Manhattan would cost about as much as building a new one in the neighborhood he grew up in and opted for the latter. The project, which has not been formally introduced, would require a zoning change to allow for residential space.The Fifth Avenue Committee also had a project concept on the floor concerning the Baltic Street lot along the Avenue in Park Slope. The Committee has negotiated the sale of the bulk of the 6-acre site by the Board of Education, and would like to be named to sponsor a residential construction on the site.No Fifth Avenue Committee representatives attended the Board meeting in any official capacity, however, and no direct actions were taken on the proposals.Member Ira Levine reported that the Scal-Up program for the Board had dosed vacant structures at 726 and 728 Sacked St., and that the contractors and workers had moved on to work on other buildings.Members Mary Bernard, Father Sebastian Buccelato, former chair Gerard Carey, Donna Maggiore, Robert Morgcnlander, James Regan, Salvatore %u201c Buddy%u201d Scotto and Cliff Weber were absent from the meeting. The next meeting will be held in the Third Floor Courtroom at Borough Hall at 6:30pm on December 12; for more informant! RnorH offir643-3027.