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Village hires firm to look at uses for St. Paul’s Center

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BY RIKKI MASSAND

The much-anticipated next steps in finding a new use for the historic, St. Paul’s main building is in motion. On Thursday, March 7, the Garden City Board of Trustees formally approved hiring Brandstetter Carroll Inc. of Lexington, Kentucky, for $159,000 to provide professional services for a new project: the Garden City Recreation and Parks Needs Assessment & St. Paul’s Use Plan. The work to be performed by Brandstetter Carroll, which will take place in four stages, will outline programs that could be implemented at St. Pau’s. The project has been dubbed the “St. Paul’s Recreational Facility Project,” a new multipurpose community center for Garden City. The four See page 50

The Garden City High School Boys 4 x 400m relay team set a new school record at the 2024 New Balance Nationals in Boston on March 10th. See page 75.

Restaurant owner Board approves water treatment funds asks board for relief from code BY RIKKI MASSAND

At its meeting held on Thursday night, March 7, the Garden City Board of Trustees approved a $700,000 bond resolution for the permanent installations of orthophosphate corrosion control treatment at municipal water well sites. The village’s water well system will then have a layer of protection from contamination due to the lead service lines, as the Village of Garden City continues its push to have lead lines serving households identified and hopefully

changed by homeowners. Upon village water consultants H2M Architects + Engineers’ reviews of the bids for the comprehensive orthophosphate treatment program, the recommendation to award the bid to Philip Ross Industries of Melville, the low bidder with a cost of $482,500, came before the Board. The trustees also approved the award of bid last week, however the funding of the contract is subject to a permissive referendum and the resolution shall take effect 30 days following the March 7 adoption.

“This is for the mandated corrosion control tied to lead service lines. Implementation of orthophosphate treatment was originally installed as a temporary measure, and this project seeks to construct the treatment in a permanent manner,” Superintendent of Public Works John Borroni explained. Trustee Ed Finneran asked Village Treasurer Irene Woo to share some details of the bond resolution which was established at a flat $700,000. Woo said while the amount allows for room for See page 51

BY RIKKI MASSAND

Last Thursday the Garden City Board of Trustees heard from proprietors of a Seventh Street restaurateur who said that certain village code measures will cause undue hardship for some businesses. The businesses have been told that they must remove flower planters from the sidewalks, and lock up their tables and chairs each night. Co-owners of Seventh Street Cafe, Brooke and Victor Scotto, attended the March 7 Board meeting and engaged the trustees on what the village code currently permits. Brooke Scotto said that for over 15 years her restaurant has featured See page 51

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