Friday, May 19, 2017
Vol. 93, No.35
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Rec. Comm discusses St. Paul’s rental fees
MEMORIAL DAY FAIR PLANS
BY RIKKI N. MASSAND
A 25-minute executive session to discuss advice of village counsel kick-started the Wednesday, May 3 meeting of Garden City’s Board of Commissioners of Recreation and Cultural Affairs (Rec. Commission), after months of debate over the high facility fee increases incurred by Garden City nonprofit organizations. Each May and June Garden City sees two major events at St. Paul’s, the Andy Foundation’s annual Yard Sale, which took place on May 13, and the annual Jay Gallagher Memorial Lacrosse Tournament, coming up for its 20th year in the village on Saturday, June 17. The Jay Gallagher Tournament is reduced to a single day instead of two consecutive days due to higher field See page 42
Village considering options for senior transportation
Plans are underway for the 64th annual Memorial Day Fair on the grounds of the Cathedral of the Incarnation. The Fair will take place from noon to 4 p.m. This year’s fair will include a wider range of games including a rock climbing wall. Above, Dean Michael Sniffen at the dunking tank. See page 45.
New restaurant coming to Franklin Ave. BY RIKKI N. MASSAND A new restaurant moving into 990 Franklin Avenue recently gained municipal approvals by both the village’s Architectural Design Review Board (ADRB) and the Planning Commission, the latter less than a week after the Village Board of Trustees set a public hearing to approve zoning changes for the Seventh Street T-zone and make the strip more restaurant owner-friendly in terms of process to open in the district. The new Franklin Avenue restaurant will be Perennial,
a farm-to-table and fresh food initiative from a young couple, with culinary creations by Chef Peter Mistretta and local inspiration from a Long Island native, his wife Ashley. Their hope is for permits, construction and eventual setup to last throughout the next two months, with a grand opening later in summer. A few final approvals and permits from the village’s Building Department are in the works after ADRB and Planning Commission’s official reviews. This week the Village Board kept an agenda with two public hearings for May 18, and each
would alleviate longtime restrictions for the Seventh Street area. The second of two proposed amendments was aimed at easing the longtime parking space allotments required for each restaurant (based on the number of seats for patrons). But parking also came up for the Planning Commission’s review of Perennial, as a stretch more north on Franklin Avenue morphs into its own ‘culinary row’ in Garden City. The newest addition plans to bring the village the very best in Long Island-sourced food and beverSee page 42
BY RIKKI N. MASSAND
Based on discussions from the Board of Trustees down to subcommittees and now the Recreation Commission, the village will attempt to provide senior transportation to key facilities: the new senior center, the library, and the Garden City Pool, at some point in 2017. But the process has taken a few turns, none of them leading to either a contractual agreement or the purchase of a designated municipal vehicle, yet. Kevin Ocker, Garden City’s department head for Recreation and Parks, said he has had meetings with the village’s Senior Advisory Group and as evidenced at Board of Trustees’ meeting there has been continued discussion on the possibility of a new service. Last fall at a meeting Trustee Theresa Trouvé, See page 43
School budget passes
The Garden City School District’s 2017-18 budget passed with 1,129 yes votes to 238 no votes on Tuesday, May 16th. This represents an 83% passage rate, one of the highest on Long Island. The budget is for $112,661,581 which is a 1.65% increase over the current budget. In addition, voters approved a second propostion, that allows for the use of the Capital Reserve Fund for a group of projects that include HVAC system updates at all seven schools and roofs at Homestead and Stratford.
GCHS Baseball team continues winning streak PAGE 59 Girls Varsity Lacrosse wins first playoff game PAGE 61