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to park in the adjacent
Maple Ridge Condominiums
streets.
Traffic, landscaping and
drainage concerns were the
reasons trustees cited when
they tabled approval of B'nai
Moshe's site plan Oct. 16.
Trustee Vatsis said the
synagogue's tax exempt
status was the major reason
he voted against B'nai
Moshe's proposal Nov. 20.
He believes West Bloom-
field Township has enough
tax exempt property. Accor-
ding to his figures, about 20
percent of the township's
land including churches,
synagogues, parks, schools
and some commercial de-
velopment are tax exempt.
In the last few years, Vat-
sis has voted against any
project, including two chur-
ches and two Orchard Lake
Road office developments,
which have tax exempt
status.
In 1986, he backed site
plan approval for Congrega-
tion Shomrey Emunah-Ohel
Moed on Farmington Road
as well as Pine Hill Con-
gregational Church on Mid-
dlebelt Road his voting
record shows. But both of
those were small buildings
and he felt they would have
little impact on the area.
Vatsis said he voted
against B'nai Moshe because
he does not want West
Bloomfield to suffer from ur-
ban sprawl as people move
north from Southfield and
Oak Park.
Trustee and township
treasurer Denise Hammond
said she voted against B'nai
Moshe in part because the
synagogue would interfere
with the development of a
five-acre parcel south owned
by Tony and Marianne
Iafrate.
Attorneys Chris Varjabe-
dian and James Iafrate had
told the board they had
nothing against the
synagogue, but it would pre-
vent the Iafrates from de-
veloping an "economically
feasible" seven-lot single-
family subdivision on the
parcel.
If the synagogue goes in,
the best way to develop his
parents' land would be to
rezone the site from single-
family to multi-family,
James Iafrate said.
His parents, who have
owned the parcel since 1976,
have continually received
offers from developers inter-
ested in building on that site
and the 15 acres that B'nai
Moshe wants, he said.
About five years ago the
three property owners had a
purchase option with a de-
veloper who wanted to put a
convalescent home on the
site, Iafrate said. But the
board turned down that pro-
posal and the deal fell
through.
Glagoin said in early 1988,
her h-.4;,b,-ind and the family
of John Parkkilla who own
the five acre parcel south of
Maple Ridge Con-
dominiums, drew up a site
plan for a single-family sub-
division on the entire 20
acres. The Iafrates, she said,
were not interested in de-
veloping it at that time.
Iafrate said he does not
remember such a proposal.
In August 1988, B'nai
Moshe acquired an option to
purchase the Glagola and
Parkkilla parcels for about
$665,000.
Roth said the synagogue
had spoken to the Iafrates
Roth expects to
know by next week
whether a
reconsideration
will be granted.
about purchasing their
property, but they wanted
about $300,000. According
to the latest township tax
assessments the Iafrate
parcel has a-market value of
$127,450.
Because, the synagogue
has an option to purchase
the Glagola and Parkkilla
15 acres it does not need the
Iafrate property, Roth said.
B'nai Moshe has extended
the purchase option, which
expired in. early November,
to Dec. 21. The extension is
costing the synagogue about
$3,000.
The synagogue is not look-
ing at any other parcel in
West Bloomfield if this deal
fails, Roth said.
"If this does not succeed in
West Bloomfield on this
parcel, I don't see why it
would work on any other
parcel. There is nothing
wrong with our proposal." ❑
B'nai David
Is Not Worried
SUSAN GRANT
Staff Writer
A
lthough B'nai Moshe
is having trouble get-
ting permission to
build a synagogue in West
Bloomfield, Cong. B'nai
David Synagogue President
Alex Blurt enberg said he is
not worried.
In January 1987, a part-
nership of .a half-dozen B'nai
David members calling
themselves CBDS Limited
Partnership (Cong. B'ani