The Garden City News

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Friday, September 15, 2017

Vol. 93, No.52

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CPOA presses for safety on Cathedral Ave., north-south roads

WELCOME BACK TO SCHOOL

BY RIKKI N. MASSAND

Garden City Public Schools welcomed 3,867 students on the first day of school, September 5th. Above, Stratford Avenue School, Principal Eileen Vota (right, center) greets students.

After preservationists backlash, St. Paul’s future topic at CPOA meeting

BY RIKKI N. MASSAND Central Property Owners’ Association directors and members reviewed recent news and years of emotional turmoil behind the iconic St. Paul’s School this week at their Tuesday, September 12 meeting, The discussion came up as rumors swirled once again, but now the two CPOA trustees stand united with Mayor Brian Daughney’s initiative to move forward and hire architects to work on a recreation concept over the next few months.

Village Trustee Louis Minuto led the CPOA’s discussion after reading the statements of various preservationists concerned about the fate of St. Paul’s, which was given a top spot on the Village Board’s 2017-2018 Priorities List and more recently, a plan outlined in the village’s weekly press release of September 8, 2017: “As envisioned by the Board of Trustees, some portion of the building’s facade or structure would be maintained and the remaining structure

would be raised. A new building would be included, which will be contained within or behind the facade and house several indoor turf fields, perhaps an indoor track and other facilities as well as building office space for the Recreation Department. As part of the project, improvements to the existing field house and Cluett Hall are presently envisioned, thereby creating a centralized recreation facility for sports and cultural activities, includSee page 41

The Village of Garden City has asked Nassau County to look into several serious vehicular accidents along Cathedral Avenue, a county road, over the past 11 months. While residents of the central section continue to wait for any changes, village leaders maintained a united effort in advocacy. In her monthly update to the Central Property Owners’ Association at their September general meeting, held Tuesday September 12, Garden City Deputy Mayor Theresa Trouvé explained the latest contact the village has had with Nassau County and the office of Aryeh Lemberger, unit head of Traffic Engineering, Planner III at Nassau County Department of Public Works. Some news, albeit little more than acknowledgment, is apparently good news. Determined village residents are rallying, being proactive more than vigilant, and pressing the county work towards a shared goal of public safety. Three months ago, on June 2 the Garden City Police Department and Police Commissioner Kenneth Jackson provided Nassau County with accident data for the intersections of Cathedral Avenue and Third Street and Cathedral Avenue and Fourth Street. Data was sent to Antoinette Bocca of Nassau County Department of Public Works Traffic Engineering Unit, and the GCPD’s report reflected incidents from a 38 month period: January 1, 2014 up to June 2017. On Tuesday night, Trouvé said the county delivered a comment on the request on time, in mid-July. Inquiries from Mayor Brian Daughney and Trustee Mark Hyer, chairman of the village’s Traffic Commission, have been received. As for feedback, a letter from Garden City Deputy Administrator and Public Works Superintendent Joseph DiFrancisco on the Cathedral Avenue intersections (between Third and Fifth Streets) and the specific CPOA request for the county to install a traffic light was responded to in writing by Lemberger on July 17. “From Aryeh Lemberger: on Third Street and Cathedral Avenue data has been collected and analyzed and a recommendation has been given to the director of traffic engineering for review. I do not have anticipated timeframes on these, and as far as final determinations are made the village will be informed,” she read aloud for the CPOA.

Subcommittee Follows Up

As first reported in The Garden City News in the June 16 edition, the CPOA has formed a traffic safety subcommittee spearheaded by two of its new directors, Keith Hochheiser and Kathryn Carney Cole. At the September 12 meeting, Cole shared alarming data on acciSee page 40

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