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Village considers reducing speed limit
WOODSTICK WINNERS
BY RIKKI MASSAND
The Garden City Girls Varsity Lacrosse team celebrated its 8-6 win against Manhasset in the annual Woodstick Classic game on Saturday, May 6th. See page 56.
On May 4, the Village Board of Trustees approved a $24,500 contract authorizing consultants Creighton Manning LLP to perform a study for instituting a villagewide vehicular speed reduction, down from 30 to 25 mph. To cover the cost, the board also approved a transfer of funds with $24,500 moved from the Contingent account to the Engineer - Contractual Services account. Only two bids were received for the 25 mph speed limit study. Trustee Charles Kelly, chairperson of the Garden City Traffic Commission, explained that the performance of this study is a statutory prerequisite for lowering a speed limit in New York State
(required under state law). Resident Bob Orosz commented that he completed a review of the most recent Creighton Manning report to the village for Traffic Calming measures, developed with satellite studies of Village of Garden City roads and neighborhoods. The outline of traffic calming measures for the village to employ was thoroughly presented at a special meeting of the Traffic Commission held on Thursday April 27. Orosz questioned the need for the new study and noted that items such as speed humps, bump outs, curb extensions, traffic circles, and the use of raised crosswalks and medians, and “not only the reduction of the speed limit down to 25 See page 37
Plans to improve recreation field School budget vote, trustee election set for May 16th conditions relayed to Board BY RIKKI MASSAND At the May 4 Garden City Board of Trustees meeting new Trustee Michael Sullivan, board liaison to the Recreation and Parks Department, asked about soil work and seeding plans to improve conditions at the athletic fields at St. Paul’s. According to Garden City Superintendent of
Recreation and Parks Paul Blake, after games played over the weekend take their toll on the fields, the Parks’ crew works on site to take out topsoil, peat moss and seed and fill in any bare spots. To address a number of concerns parents have raised recently, the Recreation and Parks Department’s turf consultant visited Garden
City on Monday May 1 and offered recommendations for implementation on the beleaguered turf this spring. Blake advised, “We are going to start overseeding the entire field weekly. It was suggested since our fields are getting so overplayed, and it’s very hard to keep up with the turf. We have been See page 38
BY KASSARA MCELROY
During the final of a series of board meetings dedicated to next year’s school budget, Garden City’s Board of Education expressed its support for the current proposal, which is up for community vote next week. “I think this budget has been meticulously planned,” began President Joseph Sileo. “Tough decisions have been made to account for the tough environ-
ment we’re in; there are significant increases in certain non-variable expenses, like insurance. However, most of the budget goes towards teaching children in classrooms. I’d recommend everyone go out and vote for it. The contingency budget is a bad option. It’s happened before in other districts but we don’t want to see that happen here.” The overall proposed budSee page 37
An evening of drinks and drawings PAGE 17 Varsity baseball takes 2 out of 3 PAGE 52