Friday, May 17, 2019
Vol. 95, No.34
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SENIOR DAY
BY RIKKI N. MASSAND At its meeting on Tuesday, May 14 at the senior center on Golf Club Lane, directors and members of the Central Property Owners’ Association discussed ways Garden City can improve safety and quality of life by calming some daunting traffic situations including high speeds and frequent truck traffic on north-south roads and some drivers “shortcuts” in the village. The Central POA has often discussed traffic problems along Cathedral Avenue and Cherry Valley Avenue with issues coming up before the Garden City Traffic Commission and forwarded to Nassau County over the last three years. But this week, the CPOA’s liaison to the Traffic Commission Pat DiMattia said Hilton Avenue has recently been an area of focus for the Garden City Police. She mentioned traffic issues continuing to plague Central Garden City and other village neighborhoods. “Four important items will be discussed at the next Traffic Commission meeting, next Thursday evening (May 23) at 7 p.m. in Village Hall. The one item that we discussed at the March Traffic Commission was issues along Hilton Avenue. I have forwarded a survey that Police Commissioner Ken Jackson gave me today, and I See page 47
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School budget vote set for Tuesday BY RIKKI N. MASSAND
On May 6th the Garden City High School varsity girls lacrosse team celebrated Senior Day with an 18-8 victory over South Side. Above are the team’s seniors: Bottom row: Sarah Mackey, Ella Heaney, Mary Kate Dolan, Emily Quinn, and Caitlin Cook; Middle row: Liana McDonnell and Amanda Cerrato; Top row: Kara Metzler, Emily Gaven, Lindsey Gambino, Grace Kelly, Jen Kubler, and Erin Healy. See pages 60-61
Garden City’s school budget election is set for Tuesday, May 21, from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. The annual school district budget for next school year is proposed at just under $118 million, an increase of 1.90% or $2.194 million over the 20182019 budget. The district is hopeful that Garden City will support a multi-year plan for funding district capital projects through strategic use of Capital Reserve Funds. These reserves do not impact the district’s ability to comply with the state-imposed tax levy cap in any given year. For the 2019-2020 academic year, Garden City Public Schools seeks approval for the use of remaining Capital Reserve I funds -- a sum of $1.8 million, the last portion of the original $10 million fund created through a referendum in May 2015 -- as well as the creation of a new, $15.8 million Capital Reserve Fund which will be valid for up to a 10-year period. Capital Reserve funds are a way for the district to save for the maintenance and upkeep of its nine buildings. Replacing a single roof, for example, can cost several million dollars – a sum too great to be funded through the district’s annual budget. Voters must approve the creation of the Capital Reserve, and voters must be asked to approve its use for specific projects. The use of the remaining $1.8 million in the Capital Reserve I, for example, is specified to fund a renovation of the Garden City High School library, replacement of the GCHS tennis courts, and partial funding for replacing the wood radiator enclosures throughout Garden City Middle School, which also involves relocating the units’ valves to fit the new cabinets. In an interview with the News this week, Garden City Superintendent of Schools Dr. See page 45
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