Friday, May 3, 2019
Vol. 95, No.32
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Outstanding students PAGE 40 n Centennial plans PAGE 24
Paid permits planned for parking field 7N
UNDERAGE IN THE CAGE
BY RIKKI N. MASSAND
Charlie’s Champions founder John Schmitt poses with the sixth grade paddle players at the Underage in the Cage event on March 29th which raised funds for the Cancer Center for Kids. See pages 52-53.
Brick vs. asphalt at LIRR station BY RIKKI N. MASSAND
The Nassau Boulevard LIRR station in the Estates’ section of Garden City will be resurfaced as the village addresses infrastructure related to expansions of LIRR service in Garden City. At its April 25 meeting, the Board of Trustees discussed plans to construct a new parking lot as the Long Island Rail Road’s Third Track Project may offer reimbursement for a village project.
Trustee Brian Daughney spoke about the project and what actions the village needs to take to seek reimbursement from the Long Island Rail Road. “We put into the budget $700,000 to $800,000 for the Nassau Boulevard parking lot -- as the Third Track Project is rolling along are we going to try to get reimbursement? We have to get moving on putting bids out, etc.,” Daughney said. Deputy Village Administrator
and Superintendent of Public Works Joseph DiFrancisco answered that the village engineering department is working to put plans and a ‘bid spec’ together for the parking lot. When asked to describe the options, DiFrancisco outlined a few considerations. Historic preservation came up as an accompanying topic for debate, as the herringbone brickwork pattern of the existing parking See page 34
After three work sessions in 2019 following two years of concerns that were brought before the Village Traffic Commission and the Central Property Owners’ Association (CPOA), on April 25 the Village Board of Trustees took steps to formally create a pilot program for 29 dedicated parking spaces in Village Lot 7N The lot, which is behind the Key Food and Dunkin’ Donuts, has been used by LIRR commuters as a free parking field. Residents of the adjacent apartment buildings near Lot 7N, including a vigilant, proactive group from Hilton Hall, will have the opportunity to purchase a one-year term parking permit for one of the designated 29 spaces, all closest to apartment buildings at the west side of the lot, at an annual cost of $275. The next Board of Trustees’ meeting, set for Thursday, May 9 at 8pm in Village Hall, will feature a public hearing to formally establish the permit parking and 29 dedicated spaces in 7N with a proposed local law, which is being drafted by the village attorney in the interim. Garden City Police Commissioner Kenneth Jackson presented data from a GCPD survey -- 99 surveys were sent to apartment residents living close to Lot 7N; the police received 46 responses and of those, 26 were in favor of a paid permit program for residents to have designated spaces in the lot. Nineteen of the 46 respondents said they were not in favor of the permit program, one respondent did not indicate if they were for or against it. Former mayor and current Village Trustee Brian Daughney suggested a total of 30 spots should be allocated in Lot 7N for the one-year pilot program, in case if after the initial offering of spaces all 29 permits were not purchased by different individuals, and perhaps one apartment would purchase two spaces. Some residents had commented on the survey and to the village requesting to buy two permits for two spaces. The total of 29 to be allocated in 7N was ultimately decided during the Board of Trustees’ work session last Thursday. Commissioner Jackson recommended setting See page 34
GCHS Varsity baseball having a season to remember PAGE 59 WPOA hosts County Executive Laura Curran PAGE 18