Friday, June 8, 2018
Vol. 94, No.37
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School, village trustees disagree over development
HAVING A BLAST AT THE FAIR
BY GARY SIMEONE
Kathryn Carney Cole said on May 8 the CPOA has over 60 “sustaining” lifetime members who have contributed a one-time, $250 fee. So far in 2018, the CPOA has received what Cole called “a handful of renewals” on annual memberships ($20 per year for Central residents; $15 for senior citizens). She encouraged the 40 residents that attended the May meeting to bring their member status current
One of the main topics at the Eastern Property Owners association meeting at the Golf Club Lane Senior Center on Monday night was the proposed development at 555 Stewart Avenue. School board trustee Robert Martin spoke about the project, as did as Village trustees John Delaney and Mark Hyer. If the development were to be built it would contain Three stories with 150 rental apartments, and 15 affordable housing units. Martin said that his biggest concern would be the tax burden on the school district if the proposed development were to go through. “Just to make it clear, the school board does not oppose construction of this unit,” said Martin. “What the board does oppose is a long term PILOT (feasibility study) because it will shift the tax burden.” He said that according to the developer, 17 school aged children would be living in the development. “These are rental apartments, not co-ops. We would have to subsidize each one of these children and that is why we’re opposed to PILOT’s.” Martin said that the board had asked its attorney to reach out to the developer’s attorney to explain its position but that the developer had no interest in having a conversation. “The developer, who is a village resident, did not want to meet with the school board. To put it mildly, we were rudely rebuffed.” Martin said he was also disappointed with village officials because “there was no outreach from the village to the school board when they struck a deal with the developer.” Delaney said that Martin’s assertion that the village left the school board out of the loop on the project was untrue. “The Mayor has tried two or thee times to reach out to the school board on this,” said Delaney. “To say that the village had nothing with the school board is totally inaccurate.” He added that the since owning the property, the developer has paid over $1 million in school taxes and paid %100
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The Memorial Day Fair at the Cathedral drew large crowds this year. Families enjoyed food, carnival games, a petting zoo and bouncy castles. Above, the Rev. Morgan Mercer Ladd with Cathedral youths.
CPOA seeks new members, plans event BY RIKKI N. MASSAND
At the May 8 meeting of Garden City’s Central Property Owners’ Association, a report on a lower membership total almost five months into 2018 became the target for a slew of ideas on outreach and public participation, starting with big plans for the CPOA’s ‘yearend’ party this coming Tuesday, June 12. When Mayor Brian Daughney stood in the same room inside the
Golf Club Lane senior center and addressed the CPOA audience last November, he commented on a perceived decline in participation within each of the village’s four property owners’ association. This notion was scrutinized and countered by residents considering a high number for membership in the Eastern POA, by far the largest of the four local, nonprofit organization homeowners’ groups. Membership coordinator
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