The latest Site Review Board hearing concerning a plan to build senior housing at Remsen Avenue focused on tree removal, parking, and landscaping a center island for the new residential area.

WB Partners of Forest Hills, Queens, hopes to build up to 10 single-family residential units on the Remsen Avenue site. They claim their plan is in compliance with the village's new master plan and zoning laws.

Kevin McAndrew of WB Partners admitted that several trees would have to be removed in order to build parking lots for the proposed housing. Of the 64 trees on the property, up to nine would have to be cut down. Mr. McAndrew said the trees would be in the way of the proposed roadway leading into the parking lot of the development.

The SRB is also concerned about the landscape plan of the housing "island." Any final plans, SRB members said, will have to include planting and irrigation on the island, as they cited the Valentine Land island as an "eyesore" in the village.

In turn, Mr. McAndrew committed WB to providing a "clear island" for the village.

According to Village Attorney James Spellman, the property on Remsen Avenue is currently owned by the Roslyn School District, which also pays taxes on the land. If the construction is approved, the village would take ownership of the property and hire out an asbestos removal company.

The housing plan has been approved with amendments by the village's Planning Board, while the SRB is still studying the proposal as a more specific plan is presented. The possible removal of an historic home is also an issue that the SRB and WB Partners will have to resolve before any final plan is approved.

During the meeting, the BOT rejected a measure introduced by Mayor Galante that would place a dumpster in the municipal parking lot on a temporary basis. The dumpster would remain there until Jan. 1, 1999. If that option proved viable, a storage container with keys only for local merchants would have been placed in the lot. Deputy Mayor Myerson joined the mayor in voting yes, while Trustees Marshall Bernstein and John Durkin voted no. Trustee Louise McCann was not in attendance.

In other news, Deputy Mayor Myerson reported that he is talking to representatives from Forest City Daly Housing to determine how many senior housing units will be built on property near downtown Roslyn.

Last fall, Michael Daly said the company hopes to build up to 265 units, up from the original proposal of 150 to 180 homes. Forest City hopes to build on 11 acres of land off Skillman Street. The company hopes to go before the village Planning Board shortly with more definite numbers.

About five acres of the land would be used for the actual housing. The rest would be used for a bicycle and pedestrian path, a children's playground, shelters along a walkway and the creation of a "natural" pond to attract wildlife.