GARDEN CITY UPDATE NEWS AND INFORMATION




As previously announced, the Board of Trustees and the Village Staff have embarked on new methods and procedures to communicate with members of our community, including our residents, commercial tenants and landlords, visitors, friends at Adelphi and local merchants. We are no longer publishing the “Mayor’s Column.” This weekly column is intended to advise our residents and community of matters that the Village is working on, events and other important information. And of course, please visit our website for additional information: www.gardencityny.net. We are constantly updating and making changes to the website in order to keep it relevant and provide new information.

Police Department Operations

Study

At its July 20th Board meeting, Trustees engaged the services of the Center for Public Safety Management, LLC to conduct a “data-driven forensic analysis” to identify actual Garden City Police Department workload and examine the Department’s manpower at an amount not to exceed $60,000.

Mayor Brian Daughney emphasized that this study has nothing to do with reducing Village police officers. Trustee John Delany added that this process is an ongoing step to look at all Village departments to identify improvements and/or changes that could be made within the Department and see what kind of help the consultant could be to Police Commissioner Kenneth Jackson. Could the Department benefit from more manpower? Does the Department need more equipment? These are just some of the questions the study will seek to answer.

Village Counsel will be provided with results of the study to better provide legal advice to the Village on Police operations and procedures.

Improvements to Board Room

Improvements to the Village Hall Board Room continue. Trustees have engaged the professional services of Bix Furniture Restoration of Williston Park to strip and refinish the large conference table.

In 2016, eight larger chairs in the Board Room were refinished with new foam and upholstery and 71 chairs were refinished with new foam and upholstery. In April 2017 the two desks and two chairs, along with the podium, were refinished.

The Board of Trustees has engaged Capital Consultant Markets Advisors, LLC, to analyze and make recommendations relative to the Village’s executive fleet inventory and management at an amount not to exceed $13,000. This analysis is intended to help determine parameters and analytical tools for future internal review of lease/purchase fleet decisions.

Streetscape Improvements

The Board of Trustees is requesting a report and recommendation from the Planning Commission addressing parking lot and streetscape improvements/changes within the Village’s business districts.

These issues were included on the Board’s adopted priorities list of significant projects and issues it would like to address in the next 18 months.

The Board requests that the Planning Commission hold public work sessions and otherwise seek input from stakeholders such as the Chamber of Commerce, landowners and landlords and business owners, as well as the Architectural Design Review Board and Zoning Board of Appeals.

The Board has formulated the following list of issues that it requests be analyzed and reviewed by the Planning Commission:

• Modifications or improvements to parking facilities along the Seventh Street and Franklin Avenue corridor, including parking zoning requirements and the type of parking facilities, changes to reflect the changing nature of businesses and other uses of real estate in the area, and whether apartment units should be required to pay for parking access similar to train station parking facilities along the Seventh Street and Franklin Avenue corridor, as well as similar issues in the New Hyde Park /St. Anne’s Church area;

• Modifications or changes to streetscape, including without limitation planting beds, pavers, sidewalk width or configurations, sidewalk dining and maintenance of such areas;

• Whether or not a business improvement district should be created in the Franklin/Seventh Street district and/or the New Hyde Park Road business district, and if so, recommendations for charges to be assessed and services which would be provided by any such business improvement district; and

• Whether or not changes should be made to the type and allowances for signage related to the opening of new businesses.

Board Meeting Schedule

The Board of Trustees will meet once a month in August and September on Thursday, August 17, 2017 and Thursday, September 21, 2017. Both meetings will begin at 8:00 p.m. in the Village Hall Boardroom. Residents are encouraged to attend.



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