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The Garden City High School Boys Varsity Baseball team had another great week and is undefeated (12-0) in conference play. See page 58. Photo by Ed Rotondo
Village Rec. Comm updated on pool season, projects BY RIKKI MASSAND For the first time in several months the Board of Commissioners of Recreational and Cultural Affairs (the village Rec. Commission) met on Wednesday April 26, inside the newly-renovated Garden City Senior Center on Golf Club Lane. The center had been closed
for several months due to damage from a burst pipe in December. The Commission was updated on plans for this summer’s Garden City Pool season and a number of related capital projects, including a long-term schedule impacting pool assets. Garden City Recreation and Parks Superintendent
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Paul Blake told the Commission about capital projects planned for 2023-2024 and future fiscal years. The first project planned for the Garden City Pool is over $27,000 for the repair of the pool’s main gutter. Blake said it is a process called “butSee page 50
The Village of Garden City, led by members of the Traffic Commission, will be trying several remedies to combat speeding vehicles and other traffic issues in the village. At a special meeting on Thursday April 27 Trustee Charles Kelly, chair of the Traffic Commission, outlined the intent of the special meeting. “A lot of the traffic calming devices that are proposed apply in particular to village streets we refer to as ‘County-adjacent or parallel’ like Adams, Kilburn and Tanners Pond Road and ‘County-adjacent connectors’ which see a lot of cut through traffic like Wetherill Road and the numbered streets of the Central section. Although these streets seem like natural locations for traffic calming
devices because they are cut through and cut around streets, we are already aware of opposition to such devices from some residents,” Kelly said. He added, “To be clear, contrary to installation of traffic calming devices for public safety, as determined by the Garden City Police Department and the Traffic Commission, these device recommendations are not only optional but will require significant support from the residents on each block for the Village of Garden City to begin its work required for their installation. This is an optional program unless it enters the realm of public safety determined with GCPD and Commission deliberations.”
Traffic Calming Master Plan
Michael Amabile, a traffic engiSee page 51
Traffic Comm: Process needed for choosing solutions BY RIKKI MASSAND Several ideas that would allow Garden City to temporarily “try out” traffic control strategies were aired during the special meeting of the village Traffic Commission on Thursday April 27. Trustee Charles Kelly, chair of the Garden City Traffic Commission, explained that the Commission would like to create a protocol for the community’s requests to install traffic control devices.
For many years the Commission has heard requests for new traffic control devices, such as stop signs, during its meetings. There have also been instances where Garden City Police Commissioner Kenneth Jackson has reviewed crash data and other relevant information to advise on potential new traffic calming ideas. Trustee Kelly provided examples such as the Traffic Commission’s See page 50
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