WB Partners of Forest Hills has submitted an application to the Roslyn Village Site Review Board to build residential housing sites on Remsen Avenue where a former property of the Roslyn School District now stands.

Specifically, WB Partners hopes to build up to 10 single family residential units, a plan which they claim is in compliance with the village's new zoning laws.

The housing plan has been approved with amendments by the village's Planning Board, while the SRB is still studying the proposal while waiting for a more specific draft of the plan.

Mayor Janet Galante said "several outstanding issues" still need to be resolved before the SRB and the Village Board of Trustees approve the plan. There is, the mayor said, the matter of landscaping a center island for the residential area, the question of lighting and the removal of an historic home. The future of the trees currently located on the property must also be addressed, the mayor said.

In other news, village attorney John Spellman said the village has finally reached a contract accord with the Pall Corporation. Pall will pay about $130,000 a year in taxes to the village, an increase, Mr. Spellman said, of up to 50 percent over previous years. The village will conduct monthly sewage meter readings, a computer will also chip in with the same meter readings.

On the lawsuit front, the village is in "the last stages" of settlement with several firms over the condition of the village hall's retaining wall. A new wall will be constructed as soon as the financial condition of one of the principals in the suit is cleared up.

Mayor Galante said the village's amnesty program for unpaid parking tickets, which began on Nov. 1 and continues until Nov. 30 has been "well received." From now until Nov. 30, the original fine of any unpaid parking ticket will be accepted as satisfaction in full for all open parking tickets prior to Nov. 1. After Nov. 30, penalties will be reinstituted by the court and appropriate enforcement and collection procedures will be implemented.

The mayor said the fees collected so far have covered the cost for starting the program. The balance of fees collected has been "realistic" with village expectations, even though no numbers were given.

On the problem of garbage in downtown Roslyn, Trustee John Durkin, who is also a member of the Chamber of Commerce, said chamber members generally think the idea of funds going for new parking spaces is a good idea, even though the chamber wants to continue its research on the issue.

The BOT also plans to continue public hearings on a general garbage collection site in downtown Roslyn, one where keys would be distributed to merchants for usage of the site. Merchants and BOT members both acknowledge that a proliferation of "rats and rodents" in downtown Roslyn are "killing" the plastic bags currently used for garbage.

On a brighter note, the village will hold its annual Christmas Caroling on Sunday, Dec. 6 at 4 p.m. in front of the Roslyn Clock Tower. The day will feature singing by both the Roslyn Trinity Church carolers and Harbor Hill Elementary School singers, plus music by the Roslyn High School marching band (a first for this event). Santa Claus will make an appearance by riding in on an antique truck.