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Board discusses next steps in traffic calming study
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BY RIKKI MASSAND
ing. Its application to the village’s Planning Commission and Architectural Design Review Board this summer raised a question about how many parking spaces would be required. While the HSBC bank required just 16 parking spaces, the new coffee shop, as stated in its application to the village and in a memo from
At its meeting on Thursday, September 16, the Garden City Village Board of Trustees discussed the next steps for calming traffic on major Nassau County-owned roads located within the village. Trustee Colleen Foley, who ran the Village’s Traffic Commission meeting earlier in the same evening, asked for the item to be discussed during the meeting although it did not appear on the meeting agenda. Foley asked about the progress of a study on using a “road diet” to slow traffic on Cathedral Avenue. The study is being implemented by consultants Creighton Manning, and if implemented, the “diet” would reduce the number of lanes on the street. Nassau County officials will have to review and reply back on the study and proposed changes. Garden City Police Commissioner Ken Jackson informed the board of trustees that Creighton Manning’s comprehensive report will present Nassau County with a well-organized summation, and the “fastest and best option” for implementation on Cathedral Avenue. Village Administrator Ralph Suozzi said that following a July presentation by Creighton Manning’s Frank Filiciotto, “the board did ask Commissioner Jackson as the person who knows traffic best in this community to provide input on the report.” Suozzi noted how over the summer Jackson read the consultants’ report and expressed comments to Creighton Manning, and subsequently the firm produced two draft reports inclusive of the commissioner’s input. Suozzi spoke with Commissioner Jackson earlier on September 16 and said he was satisfied with the representation of his comments with the final draft Road Diet Study. Jackson then spoke in response to some questions that Mayor Cosmo Veneziale presented at the meeting, particularly with his concern that implementing some traffic calming plans on Cathedral Avenue could result in negative effects. The mayor noted potential for traffic to be diverted to other areas of Garden City once the road calming design for Cathedral Avenue is in place. “Whenever you make a change there is always the possibility of other changes taking place. The report from Creighton Manning includes potential for things that could happen, including the
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Garden City High School’s Varsity Football team shut out Carey HS 41-0 on September 25th for its third straight win. So far this season the Trojans have scored 125 points vs. 7 points for their opponents. See page 61.
Village Board approves site plan for new coffee shop on Seventh Street BY RIKKI MASSAND At its September 16 meeting the Village Board of Trustees voted in favor of a parking increase sought with the final site plan of the new For Five Coffee Roasters, which will occupy the space that HSBC was formerly in at 147 7th Street on the north side of the block by Key Food. For Five Coffee Roasters
currently has other New York locations in Manhattan and Queens, as well as a location in Manhasset. In addition it has stores in several other states. The Garden City location is one of two planned for Nassau County in the coming months. Another will be opening in Port Washington. On Seventh Street, the store will occupy 2,442 square feet on the first floor of the build-
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