The Mayor’s Update | Garden City News

Mayor Cosmo Veneziale

Water Replace

On the water tower off Previous Nation Highway, the portray contractor continues to blast and prime coat roof dimple repairs. Inside welding of beforehand put in roof couplings additionally continued. As soon as blast and prime coating is full, stripe coating can start.

Properly 7 (Waterworks web site):

Development is accomplished and in operation. The contractor is engaged on ordering elements for punch checklist objects. Everlasting building to be included with everlasting building of Properly Nos. 8 and 12.

Properly Nos. 8 and 12

(Rockaway Avenue web site):

Conduit work for the Superior Oxidation Course of (AOP) enclosures continues at this web site. The metal ladder has additionally been put in within the new GAC remedy constructing. Movement water/strain testing is predicted inside the subsequent two weeks. Conduit work at 12B is predicted to start this week.

Properly 9 (Wilson Avenue web site):

The Engineering Report was submitted the week of Could 3, 2021. H2M will present the Village with a proposal for design of an AOP remedy system.

Properly Nos. 10 and 11 (Clinton Highway web site):

Water high quality sampling taken for Granular Activated Carbons (GACs) at Properly No. 10 and the air stripping tower. Bacteriological re-samples had been unfavourable. We’re ready on the outcomes of arsenic, POC’s, and so forth. Submittal of these outcomes to the New York State Division of Well being for approval to function will proceed. Website restoration will start.

Properly Nos. 13 and 14 (Backyard Metropolis Nation Membership web site):

H2M will contact the contractor to have them full interim building ASAP. H2M will put together preliminary constructing elevations for the GAC (Granular Activated Carbon) constructing accordingly; web site plantings to be mentioned individually. H2M will put together the finished works video as soon as plan approval is acquired.

Properly 15 and 16 (Hilton Park web site):

GACs and a generator have been put in. Block work for the constructing is starting. Masonry work and set up of some inside piping continues.

Emergency Response Plan

The Board of Trustees has engaged the skilled providers of H2M Architects and Engineers to help the Village in finishing a Danger and Resilience Evaluation (RRA) and reviewing its Emergency Response Plan (ERP). In October 2018 America’s Water Infrastructure Act (AWIA) was signed into regulation. It requires all neighborhood ingesting water techniques serving greater than 3,300 individuals to develop and/or replace the RRA by June 30, 2021 and ERP no later than December 31, 2021.

Property Evaluation Companies

The Village Board has reappointed Thomas Donato of Michael Haberman Associates, Inc. to carry out evaluation providers for the Village for the following fiscal yr. Trustee Bruce Chester requested Mr. Donato make a presentation at a fall Board assembly relating to property values, noting that residents, notably these dwelling within the Estates, are involved about lack of worth of their houses as a result of Lengthy Island Railroad poles being erected alongside the Major Line.

2021 Pool Registration

As you’re conscious, in April the Nassau County Well being Division once more revised its COVID-19 capability protocols for the upcoming Pool season. Recreation Commissioner Paul Blake introduced on the April 22, 2021 Board of Trustees assembly that the Pool may open June 12 with no capability limits, as per notification he acquired from Well being Division officers. Nevertheless, Mr. Blake later discovered that efficient April 26, 2021, final summer season’s 50 p.c occupancy limits are nonetheless in impact and will probably be enforced.

Prudence dictates that the Recreation Division put together to open on June 12 with 50 p.c capability limits in impact, utilizing the devoted swim classes and registration process that was in impact final yr, however will probably be prepared to change over to “full operation” ought to the Well being Division carry these capability guidelines. With the ability’s giant deck, picnic and grass areas, in addition to the snack bar, the Pool can accommodate its regular capability of greater than 1,300 patrons and efficiently social distance at six toes with no masks and something lower than six toes with a masks.

Residents must be conscious that COVID-19 capability limits could possibly be lifted by the point the Pool opens for the season on June 12, or someday later through the summer season. Recreation Division personnel stay in fixed contact with the Nassau County Well being Division.

To accommodate members presently, there are two classes per day. Members will probably be allowed to enroll through on-line or by cellphone (483-1714) two days prematurely to order a session. Members can solely reserve ONE AM or PM session a day presently. Every session will accommodate a most 600 members. Members will solely be permitted within the facility with a reservation. If pointers change members will probably be notified.

A masks should nonetheless be worn when coming into the Pool and strolling across the facility. Tables and chairs have been spaced out six toes aside; please don’t transfer them. Company and non-member members of the family won’t be permitted on the Pool at any time through the 2021 Pool season. Solely Pool members throughout designated reservation Pool classes will probably be permitted into the ability. Please word these insurance policies could change based mostly on native well being laws and COVID-19 protocols. No masks allowed within the Pool at any time. Periods are as follows:

• June 12-27 Weekends: AM Session 9 -12 p.m./PM Session 3 – 8 p.m.

• June 14-25 Weekdays: AM Session 12 – 4 p.m./PM Session 5 – 9 p.m.

• Beginning June 28 Monday: AM Session 12 – 4 p.m./PM Session 5 – 9 p.m.

• Beginning June 29 Tuesday – Sunday: AM Session 9 – 2 p.m./PM Session 3 – 8 p.m.

Register on-line at www.gardencityrecreation.org (you need to have a password to register on-line. If you happen to should not have a password, you need to show residency first by visiting the Recreation Workplace at 108 Rockaway Ave). All candidates will probably be verified for legitimate residence upon receipt. Any purposes that don’t meet the residency necessities will probably be void.

Village Pavement Administration Program

LiRo GIS, Inc. of Mineola will present a listing and situation evaluation of the Village’s avenue and parking discipline networks and make suggestions for a pavement administration program for a price of $39,828. Seven companies responded to the RFP; LiRo GIS, Inc. is the second lowest bidder. This examine, which can assess circumstances on each street within the Village, additionally contains lane miles related to parking fields. Village Administrator Ralph Suozzi famous {that a} related evaluation was final carried out 5 years in the past and didn’t embody parking fields. “We would like a 3rd celebration to have a look at it as a result of it takes all of the politics out of it, if you’ll. There could possibly be strain to pave a street that features effectively from an engineering perspective however doesn’t look aesthetically good. Having a report from a 3rd celebration actually quantifies every part,” Mr. Suozzi mentioned.

2021-22 On-line Tax Fee Availability

The web tax fee system for the 2021-2022 tax yr is obtainable as of June 1, 2021. First half funds are due by July 1, 2021, to keep away from penalties. Second half funds are due by December 31, 2021, to keep away from penalties. To make the most of the discounted full yr quantity, each funds should be made concurrently by June 30, 2021.

You’ll be able to entry the 2021-2022 Tax Fee System through the Invoice Fee Heart “Fast Hyperlink” on the House Web page.

Fee Choices:

• ACH Debit Fee (No Further Charges)

• Visa, MasterCard or Uncover (Further Charges Apply for Credit score Card Funds)

When you have any questions, please contact the Tax Division at 465-4156.

Memorial Day Ceremony

On Monday, Could 31, 2021, beneath the path of the William Bradford Turner Submit – American Legion, the annual Memorial Day observance in our Village will start at 10:30 a.m. on the Village’s Battle Memorial on Seventh Avenue, simply west of the Library, the place official ceremonies will happen. Residents are invited to honor the service and sacrifice of those that died. American Legion Commander Frank Tauches, Mayor Cosmo Veneziale and members of the Board of Trustees look ahead to seeing you on the ceremony.

Memorial Day Weekend Particular Patrols

This Memorial Day weekend, the Backyard Metropolis Police Division, together with varied different Police Departments all through Nassau County, will probably be collaborating within the STOP DWI Enforcement Initiative concentrating on intoxicated and drugged drivers. This initiative will probably be enhanced by funds offered by the Nassau County Visitors Security STOP DWI Program and the New York State Governor’s Visitors Security Committee. Police Commissioner Kenneth Jackson states, “Throughout this initiative, the Division will deploy additional patrols on Village roadways, strictly implementing all DWI legal guidelines. These patrols play an essential half in stopping vacation tragedies that appear far too frequent.” The Backyard Metropolis Police Division needs everybody a secure and completely satisfied vacation.

Vacation Assortment

Residents are reminded that there will probably be no rubbish or recycling pickup on Monday, Could 31, 2021, Memorial Day. The Vacation Week Assortment Schedule will probably be as follows:

Western Half of Village (West of Rockaway Avenue): Rubbish – Tuesday and Friday; Garbage – Thursday, June 3, 2021

Japanese Half of Village (East of Rockaway Avenue): Rubbish – Wednesday and Saturday: Garbage – Thursday, June 3, 2021

Residents scheduled for recycling on Monday, Could 31, 2021 are requested to place their recyclables out on Monday, June 7, 2021.