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Atlantic Beach settlement raises concerns expressed concerns about the legal fees paid by the village, the settlement terms and zoning regulations. The settlement between the Jim Miskiewicz, the lawyer Chabad of the Beaches and the representing the village in the Village of Atlantic Beach has case, gave an updated report on left some residents unsettled. In November 2021, the the settlement at the Dec. 11 Chabad, a Long Beach religious meeting, which prompted a organization, purchased the community conversation. property at 2025 Park St., in “All of the parties have exeAtlantic Beach, cuted the agreeplanning to build a ment,” Miskiewicz Jewish community said, adding that center. Weeks later, the next steps village officials included the announced plans to Chabad’s submisacquire the propersion of its plans for ty through eminent the Park Street domain, a governproperty, the former mental procedure to site of a Capital convert private One Bank branch, JiM MiSKiEWiCZ property to public to the Atlantic Attorney use after compenBeach Board of sating the owner. Zoning Appeals, In 2022, the Chabad filed suit and then a return to federal against the village in federal court for finalization of the setcourt, and last November the tlement. parties settled. The village Miskiewicz said he underagreed to pay the Chabad stood that the village attorney, $400,000 over four years, to drop Dominick Minerva, had the eminent domain proceeding reviewed the Chabad’s prelimiand to refrain from interfering nary building plans, and with the Chabad’s ownership Miskiewicz did not anticipate and use of the Park Street prop- any unusual zoning requests. erty. A resident asked if there At recent village board meet- was a stipulation in the settleings, community members have
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Courtesy Kevin Levy
Winning gold in Argentina Woodmere’s Kevin Levy represented the United States, playing on the U18 basketball team, at the Pan American Maccabi games this month. Story, additional photo, Page 11.
Lawrence proposes flood protection
Seawall, pumping station aim to safeguard school By HERNESTO GALDAMEZ hgaldamez@liherald.com
To safeguard the Lawrence High School campus in Cedarhurst from the impact of severe weather events such as Hurricane Sandy, the Lawrence school district is moving forward with measures to mitigate future tidal surges and flooding. The school district is seeking to build a concrete seawall at the rear of the high school campus in an effort to hold back the water in Motts Creek. Pumping stations, flood barriers and new landscaping and sports facilities are also part of the proposal.
Construction is expected to take 18 months, and cost an estimated $75 million, according to Lawrence Board of Education President Murray Foreman, who said he believed the bulk of the funding would come from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The district applied for the money after Sandy in 2012. “This is one of, hopefully, the final steps in terms of securing the FEMA funding for essentially rebuilding the high school,” Foreman said, “to prevent future flooding.” When the high school reopened after Sandy, it was discovered that saltwater had begun eroding the electrical wiring. The building, on Reilly Continued on page 15
ll of the parties have executed the agreement.
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