At the Aug. 5 board of trustees meeting, Village of Great Neck Mayor Richard Deem announced that the village and the Great Neck Water Pollution Control District will be looking at all three options regarding the mandated updating of sewer systems in order to reduce nitrates in Long Island Sound by 2014. The options include upgrading the village's plant and the district plant or combining and upgrading the two plants or diverting sewage to the South Shore. It is expected that grant money will cover most, if not all of the process.

At the meeting, Mayor Deem explained that the two entities are submitting a request to the state to permit a previously discussed $3.4 million grant originally slated (by the former mayor, Stephen Falk) just for diversion to be used to study all three options. This initial grant, if approved, would cover the first two phases of the sewer project, which includes studying the options and determining which is the most fiscally prudent and then to help fund specs and designs, and the bidding process, for the chosen option. The trustees indicated that they and the former mayor were surprised when the grant came through only to be used to study and plan for a diversion.

The first two options will be studied first, then, if they are close to or more costly than the originally estimated $20 million for diversion, a refined study of the diversion option will be conducted. Mayor Deem's estimate is that the diversion option would be closer to $30 million, but he will pursue that option if it comes in as the least expensive route.

The next step is for the district and the village to submit the grant request and a plan for the study to the DEC by Sept. 2.

The plan to study all options has the support of the entire board. While Mayor Deem ran for election on the platform against diversion, he was very clear that he intends to study all options in order to make the best decision in the end, to be able to take advantage of all grants, and to spend only what is necessary. Speaking for the trustees, Trustee Mitchell Beckerman stated that they have always wanted to study all three options.

Phase three of the sewer project involves a $14 million grant that would fund all, or most of the construction.

The moratorium on subdivisions was adopted during the evening. This is a temporary moratorium on all subdivisions of real property that is zoned or used for residential purposes within the Village of Great Neck.

The proposed local law had been proposed by the mayor in early July and was, as required by law, sent to the Nassau County Planning Commission for comment. The county offered no comment, leaving the decision to ''local determination.'' The board did adopt the moratorium, which became effective as of July 8.

Also at the meeting, the final generic environmental impact statement for East Shore Road was accepted, with the four trustees voting in favor and the mayor abstaining. The FGEIS was accepted as complete and the village will now take the next step, drafting and consideration of findings.

Discussing East Shore Road earlier in the meeting, the mayor said that he has been in conversations with property owners at the site. He also said that one part of the property, the waste management site, has been purchased by P.S. Honda as a storage spot.

As for the property bought by the post office, Mayor Deem said that he has been told that the post office will use this space to relocate 18 vehicles from the Old Village post office and 39 from the Barstow Road site. The post office will grant the village easement to the waterfront property at this site.

Mayor Deem also spoke about having looked at the East Shore Road waterfront property with the Great Neck Park District commissioners, considering converting some land into park facility space. If park space is proposed, this would take the land off the village tax roll. At this point in time, about 25 percent of property in the Village of Great Neck is off the tax roll, owned by the park district or the school district or houses of worship. The mayor expects a rendering of a proposal at the next meeting.

At the end of the almost five-hour meeting, a presentation came before the board to consider possible zoning changes on the north side of Steamboat Road to allow for two separate, but identical, developments of attached two-family homes. One piece of property in question involves 101, 103, 105, 107 and 109 Steamboat Road, as well as 7 Allen Lane. The second piece of property involves 85, 87, 89, 91 and 93 Steamboat Road. All, except for the Allen Lane property, are currently in a Business B district; 7 Allen Lane is a Residential D district.

Each building, most would be attached to the others, would contain two, two-bedroom apartments. The estimated sales price per building is expected to be $1 million.

Speaking for the developer, attorney William DiConza noted that, to date, there has been much unsuccessful rezoning on Steamboat Road. He and his client came before the board just to get a feel for what the village might and might not want to consider. The mayor expressed concerns regarding ''densification and hydrology,'' and Trustee Edna Guilor-Segal was concerned about a lack of green space, as well as the ''massive'' building.

The mayor and the board promised to look over the plans and get back to the developer.