A new flat screen TV has been mounted in New Hyde Park’s Village Hall, Mayor Lawrence Montreuil announced at Tuesday’s board meeting.
The TV will help the board make presentations to residents, Montreuil said.
“Certainly it’ll come in handy in the coming budget season,” he said.
The board will also notify applicants at zoning meetings and special use hearings that they can display information digitally for the audience, Montreuil said.
“A lot of times folks make their presentations to the board the people in the audience can’t see what’s being presented,” Montreuil said. “This way you’ll all be able to see everything at once.”
(Photo by Rebecca Klar)
The TV can be hooked up to devices that would allow the board to pull up certain properties being discussed on Google Earth to visualize the land, Montreuil said.
Montreuil also reminded residents about the upcoming public hearing on the proposed Harley-Davidson dealership on Jan. 16.
The meeting, which the board expects to bring in a large crowd, will be held at Marcus Christ Hall.
The process has been going on for over two years.
The purpose of the meeting is to determine the scope of the environmental impact the dealership would have on the surrounding community.
It is the first of two scheduled public hearings.
One resident at Tuesday’s meeting asked if the process will continue if residents “come out in force” and “vocalize opposition” on Jan. 16.
Montreuil said all participation is encouraged, but the regular process will continue.
The applicant’s scoping document is available for residents to view on the village website.
The applicant, Amir Jarrah, wants to move his Harley-Davison dealership from Northern Boulevard in Great Neck to a new 16,000-square-foot facility proposed at the intersection of Jericho Turnpike and Herkomer Street, the current home of Miller Brothers Plumbing & Heating.
At the end of 2016, New Hyde Park hired a Hauppauge-based engineering firm, Cashin Spinelli & Ferretti, to evaluate the findings of a study supporting a proposal for the Harley-Davidson motorcycle dealership.
The hiring came almost three months after Jarrah submitted his study of noise, traffic safety and other concerns.
In October 2015, village residents voiced concern about the impact the dealership would have on the community.
Montreuil said he knows this is a big concern for the community and the board is taking it “very seriously.”
The regularly scheduled public hearing meeting for Jan. 16 has been moved to Jan. 23.
