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PUMPKIN PATCH
BY RIKKI MASSAND
Anna Wihnyk and Julian Millot were among the first visitors at the Pumpkin Patch at 223 Stewart Ave. They got the first pick of the September delivery. Two more deliveries are expected in October. Flowers, hay, cornstalks, Halloween decor and homemade baked goods are sold from 11am to 6pm on weekdays and from 10am to 6pm on weekends. The Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Central Nassau and the Navajo Nation benefit from sales.
St. Paul’s Adaptive Re-Use Town Hall meeting The fall season is fully underway in Garden City! The Mayor’s Committee on the Future of St. Paul’s would like to invite you to the next Town Hall meeting on Wednesday, October 12, at
the Garden City High School Auditorium from 7 p.m.–10 p.m. The goal of this meeting is for the residents to view and discuss the Adaptive Re-Use option of the main building and surrounding
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area. The members of the Architectural & Engineering and Programming & Usage teams will take the residents through the potential uses for See page 44
At the September 15th meeting of the Garden City Board of Trustees five members of the board refused to authorize expenditures for the ongoing study of the St. Paul’s building. In a statement, the trustees said that they had not been given updates about the progress of the St. Paul’s Committee, and until recently had not been welcome to attend meetings of the Committee. “We recognize that because this has been such a divisive issue, full transparency is of the utmost importance. After we have had sufficient time to review all the documentation, we will speak about the next steps. This is why, amongst other reasons, we are not voting tonight for any St Paul’s expenditures,” said the statement, which was signed by Trustees Bruce Chester, Terrence Digan, Mary Carter Flanagan, Charles Kelly and Lawrence Marciano. The expenditures would have paid for an audit of prior St. Paul’s stabilization expenditures and for cleaning of the interior of the building. Trustee Bruce Torino, who is one of three trustees serving as the Board’s liaison to the St. Paul’s Committee, said, “From the inception the goals of the St.
Paul’s Committee was to engage in a process that resulted in information to provide to residents. The purpose of an RFP (request for proposal) was to provide village residents with a projected cost for the options when it comes down to a vote,” Torino explained. He added that all the information being gathered is important for the residents and the Board of Trustees “to make an educated, informed decision when they vote.” He discussed “extraordinary work” done by the St. Paul’s Committee and noted the new materials presented because of their effort, described as a substantial body of work. Trustee Lawrence Marciano stated that every trustee takes their fiduciary responsibility to Garden City seriously. He then noted the objections of the five board members. “We have many questions who are awaiting results of the St. Paul’s Committee’s hard work. At this point, the Board will need time to review the proposed plans plus community input to date and decide on the next steps as we move towards the promised community vote…Many are questioning why we are not more involved in this process or more informed. It was only a few weeks ago after See page 44
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