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Board allocates funds to stabilize, plan for St. Paul’s
A NEW SEASON
BY RIKKI N. MASSAND
Information” press release in The Garden City News: “The Board has opted to defer a supplemental police operations study due to the fact that the new NYU Winthrop ambulance service will alter police operations. The Board believes the study should be conducted approximately six months into the new operational model so that the data reflects the actual operation and manpower usage. The study, which will, for example, identify actual workload within the department, was intended to pick up the police
At its March 28 meeting, the Garden City Village Board of Trustees allocated $250,000 towards the hire of a construction management firm that will assist the village with initial planning and stabilization work for the historic 1880’s building and its surrounding area. The trustees’ March 28 agenda stated “the village is contemplating the identification of a long-term re-adaptive use of the St. Paul’s building(s)....the village’s architectural and engineering professionals have recommended hiring a professional construction manager who they will direct and coordinate for the stabilization of the building, creating environmental testing reports, protecting stained glass (and Tiffany) windows, recommending steps necessary to prevent ingress and water intrusion and address related issues of temporary protection which may be required.” Village Trustee John Delany said, “This Board has already authorized over $400,000 costs for planning and stabilization (reported in The Garden City News on November 23, 2018). This resolution has to be passed now so that if at some point in time we decide we are going to move forward and residents want to move forward with St. Paul’s we can include any costs that we have incurred now and have incurred doing planning and stabilization process in the project bond. If we don’t act now those costs cannot be bondable,” Delany said last week. Delany considered what the Board heard from Carlos J. Cardoso, a partner and director of Construction Administration at Beyer Blinder Belle (BBB) who presented the “Centre at St. Paul’s” concept twice last July to a village-wide audience. Back on November 15, the Board hosted Cardoso at its regular meeting. There, they learned about the two next steps for St. Paul’s, outlined as “Temporary Protection” and “Preschematic” phases which Cardoso said will cost the village between $375,000 and $400,000. At the March 28th meeting Delany noted how as SFA prepares its survey results and findings from interviews and meetings with village stakeholders, in the interim, this initial
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See page 66
The Girls Varsity Lacrosse team took on Syosset on Saturday, March 30th and earned a 13-11 victory in an exciting game. See page 66.
Police operations study to start June 1st BY RIKKI N. MASSAND
The Garden City Board of Trustees approved a contract not to exceed $20,000 with the Center for Public Safety Management, LLC (CPSM) based in Washington, D.C. for a supplemental Police Operations Study assessing the workload and performance metrics of the GCPD. To allocate the funds, the Board also approved a budgetary transfer from the village Contingent fund into the Board of Trustees - consultants fees account. When the topic was discussed at the Thursday, March
28 meeting of the Village Board of Trustees, Garden City Mayor Brian Daughney considered nipping any potential rumors about the police force in the bud. “We are not cutting any police officers -- that is not the point at all and it’s not where we’re going. This study is to help us be more efficient and more productive and figure out some different ways to do things. That’s all this is about,” the mayor said. In December 2018, the village announced the decision to defer a police operational study for a few months in it weekly “News &
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