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Engineer: St. Paul’s main bldg structurally sound
CLASS OF 2022
BY MEG MORGAN NORRIS Residents at a June 21st forum on the future of the main St. Paul’s historic main building were told that the building is structurally sound and that its rooms could be reused to house a variety of different programs. According to Joseph Jabour, a member of the Design and Engineering Subcommittee of the Mayor’s Committee on St. Paul’s, the building’s brick outer walls and main beams are solid. He said that there are virtually no cracks in the outer walls and the wooden beams “are so hard you probably couldn’t cut them with a saw.” Jabour, a member of the Village’s Architectural Design Review Board, has been a professional engineer for 40 years, specializing in structural forensics. See page 42
Garden City High School held its 88th annual commencement ceremonies on Saturday, June 25th at Warren King Field. Congratulations to the Class of 2022! See page 28
Water system Traffic comm evaluates traffic study contract approved BY RIKKI MASSAND
At its meeting on June 16 the Village of Garden City Traffic Commission evaluated the Numbered Streets Traffic Calming Study of the Central section, performed by consultants Creighton Manning LLP. In a few ways, this report and its recommendations became the basis on which several other traffic matters in central Garden City are evaluated. A longstanding request for full four-way stop intersections in the Central section that preceded the study
was considered a high priority, however after much discussion of various traffic calming plans for the Central section the Commission learned that the request was inactive following later Central Property Owners’ Association consideration. Village Trustee Charles Kelly, chair of the Traffic Commission, noted the stop signs proposed for Hilton Avenue’s intersections with Fourth Street and Fifth Street were previously deferred several times since 2019. The proposal would have made those two intersections four-way stop
signs. Trustee Mary Carter Flanagan said she was surprised Creighton Manning’s study of the Numbered Streets did not include much on the presence and effectiveness of stop signs, yet speed humps (not speed bumps) were acclaimed as the best corrective measure to slow traffic. From Creighton Manning, Michael Amabile commented for the Traffic Commission that in development of the study the focus was on speeding that often See page 42
BY RIKKI MASSAND The Garden City Board of Trustees approved several agenda items at its Thursday, June 16 meeting, including the authorization of a $51,071 contract for Colorado-based vendor Hach, Inc. to perform semi-annual maintenance on the chlorine analyzer, PH probe and nitrate analyzer for properly maintaining the PH levels at village wells; nitrate analyzers monitor the nitrate levels at the Clinton Road Well. Hach Inc. will calibrate analyzers, monitor them twice a year and respond to emergencies when equipment needs an adjustment. Funds for the Hach Inc. contract come from the village’s operating budget. Village Administrator Suozzi noted that Hach’s scope of work includes firmware updates, See page 44
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