CCAF NEEDS YOU!
The Concerned Citizens Association of Farmingdale,
Inc. (CCAF) is a non-profit, non-partisan neighborhood organization
dedicated to representing all residents and homeowners of Farmingdale, who wish
to maintain and enhance the quality of life in our community. Help us preserve
our suburban atmosphere while uniting residents to resolve our neighborhood's
challenges. Help us choose our future causes and determine what we, as a
community, want our community to be. Tell us your issues and concerns and
we'll make them ours.
Since
our inception in May of 2001, we have accomplished:
Liberty Superfund site: We achieved
our goal of persuading the EPA to require soil cleanup to recreational
standards. With the help of the Town of Oyster Bay, 15 acres of this blighted
property will become parkland, doubling the size of Allen Park!!
SEA Fund: We
lobbied the Town of Oyster Bay for a portion of this money. As a result of our efforts, the Sea Fund
Committee allocated $5 million to purchase 5-10 acres of land adjacent to
Ellsworth Allen Park.
Parking issues: We discouraged the Village from
using “eminent domain” to create a parking lot by destroying one person’s home
and decreasing the value of others. We
further want to address village parking problems & illegal parking issues,
including commercial vehicles on residential streets.
Day Laborer site: We were
active in getting a Day Laborer site removed from a residential block in
Farmingdale. We are attempting to stay informed and gather info so that an
agreeable/beneficial solution can be found.
Maintenance of Commercial Property: CCAF encourages
business code compliance, such as enclosing dumpsters and locking up paint
products. We are also urging businesses
to improve their exteriors by removing graffiti and repairing fences, broken
sidewalks, and parking lots.
Quality of Life Issues: We are in frequent
contact with and working with the P.O.P. officers of Nassau County to
discourage vagrancy, gang organization and to encourage neighborhood maintenance
to make our streets more friendly and safe. CCAF intervenes on residents’
behalf to keep sidewalks, storm water basins, parks, trees, etc. properly
maintained.
Additional
items currently on our agenda:
Stop & Shop: CCAF is working to make the eastern Liberty
Property redevelopment responsive to community concerns by insisting on
traffic, land use, and noise controls and limits to hours of operation. We are
lobbying TOB for a public hearing on this site to be held in Farmingdale.
Republic
Airport: We oppose expansion, increased large aircraft traffic,
resulting pollution, increased noise, safety risks and decreased property
values. We are also lobbying for the 60,000 pound weight limit enforcement.
Spagnoli Road KeySpan power plant: CCAF wants to
avoid hazards to the environment, the pilots, and surrounding communities.
Vision 2020 Committee: Our President,
Michael Grello, is on the Town of Oyster Bay “Vision 2020” Committee and is
actively involved in the future development and preservation of our Town.
Graffiti and Litter: CCAF continues
efforts to eliminate this blight. To date we have had numerous Graffiti tags
removed, and nearly all dumpsters fenced in or removed.
Gang Activity: CCAF is working with police to inform the public and
to discourage gang activity in our neighborhoods and schools.
We are open to all topics
that concern Farmingdale residents!
If you are
concerned about Farmingdale, please help us by becoming a CCAF member. Attend at least one of our meetings to see
what we’re all about!
CCAF meetings are held in the Allen Park
Community Center at 7:30pm: 2004 Schedule Jan 22, Feb. 26, Mar. 18,
Apr. 22, May 20, Jun. 17, (No Jul – Aug), Sept. 23, Oct. 21, Nov. 18, Dec. 9, (All
Thursdays).
Find out more about us -- email ccafdale@yahoo.com or call (516) 249-2106
Visit http://www.ccaf-civic.org