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Minutes of the General Membership Meeting of the Westmoreland Association
May 21, 2018
Officers Present
President - Walter Mugdan
Vice President - Victor Dadras
Treasurer – Gary Savage
Secretary – Charles Manna
Board Members Present
Peter Reinharz - yes
David Diaz - No
Phil Toscano - Yes
Robert Timmerman - Yes
Peter Reinharz - No
John Duane - Yes
Namshik Yoon - No
Officials Present
Jason Antonopoulos, Assemblyman Ed Braunstein’s office
President Walter Mugdan called the meeting to order at 8:05 P.M. A motion was
made, seconded and unanimously adopted to waive reading of the minutes. (Mr.
Mugdan noted that the minutes are available for review on the Westmoreland
website.)
Gary Savage provided the Treasurer’s Report indicating that the balance-on-hand
was $16,277.56 as of May 21, 2018. (2018 dues payments received within the
previous week were not yet included in this report.) A motion was made to accept
the Treasurer’s report. The motion was seconded, and the report was unanimously
approved.
Report on Park Cleanups
Alley Pond Park: There was a cleanup on March 24 for the upper
park.
Glenwood Landing Park: On April 21 members of the Douglaston
Garden Club joined Westmoreland Association volunteers in to spruce up the park
for the spring, planting an azalea and a number of creeping phlox plants. (Last
fall Laura Toscano, a local high school student, collaborated with the Garden
Club on a project to improve this park, including planting hundreds of
daffodils.)
Udalls Cove Park: The 49th annual wetlands and woodlands
clean-up was on April 28; over 70 volunteers collected 30 cubic yards of trash.
New Business
State Senator Tony Avella has asked residents to report on the condition of
trees in the area, and notes that there is a sidewalk tree program:
www.nycparks.gov/services/forestry/trees/sidewalksprogram.
Also, Rainbarrels will be distributed June9th at Little Bay Park parking lot..
People who reserved one must pick them up between 9:30 and 10:30. After that, it
will be first come, first serve.
Participatory Budget Program – four projects won:
1. NYPD security camera – do be used in undisclosed locations
2. Bayside High School – new student lockers
3. PS 41 – Electrical upgrade
4. Whitestone library – upgrades.
111th Precinct –
1. The new C.O is Captain John Hall.
2. The Precinct is now divided up into four sectors. Each sector will have two
permanent offices assigned plus twelve others will rotate in. This is part of an
effort to create a more community-based policing.
3. John Erdman is the community affairs officer.
4. COMPSTAT – Since the police did not attend tonight meeting Walter read the
latest stats. There were 219 felonies in the past 12 months. That number is down
from 294 this time last year.
Resident Joe Salvamini reports that there is continuing parking issues on the
streets in front and along side PS94. Busses in front of PS 94 block the view of
cars turning onto Little Neck Parkway from 41 Drive. Double-parked and illegally
parked cars block the view ot turning cars and the flow of traffic onto the
streets. There should be a parking restriction of at least one car length at
each corner so that turning cars can safely view oncoming traffic.
Motion made, seconded and passed – to remove one parking space
at 42nd Ave and Little Neck Parkway and at 41st Drive and Little Neck Parkway.
The spaces would be on both the Street side and the Avenue side of each
intersection. Also, to paint exclusion Grids at each parking spot. [Written
request was sent to the NYC Dep't. of Transportation on May 26; a copy has been
posted on our website.]
Vandalism on Westmoreland:
There have been four or five instances of cars being “keyed” on Westmoreland
between 41st and 42nd Avenues. The perpetrator has been able to stay out of the
line of sight of security cameras that are posted on several of the houses
located on the block. The Association has emailed members asking that residents
who have had such damage done to their cars let us know, and also call 3-1-1 to
report these incidents The Association will also notify the Community Affairs
Officer of the 111th Precinct.
One member questioned whether the incidents might perhaps be race-related;
however, based on the responses to the Association's email inquiry it appears
that the damaged cars do not belong to any particular ethnic group. The
incidents seem to be related more by location.
Additional Stop Signs:
Motion made by Peter Reinharz to add additional stop signs on 41st Drive and
Westmoreland Street and 41st Drive and Morgan Street to help slow the cars that
are taking advantage of our streets to avoid traffic on Northern Blvd. Seconded
and passed. [Written request was sent to the NYC Dep't. of Transportation on May
26; a copy has been posted on our website.]
Old Business:
250-21 41 Drive:
The house is in violation of the covenants. The attorney representing the board,
Ms. Nicolosi, prepared papers to file with the courts. She notified the
homeowner's lawyer (as required) the day before she was to file the papers; the
attorney notified her that the homeowner was prepared to eliminate the
violation. The Board of Directors considered the matter carefully and accepted
the offer, with a few specific conditions.
This case has cost the Association over $6,600. Unfortunately, the Association
is confronted with a similar need to resort to the courts (or almost so, as in
this case) approximately once every twenty-five years or so. And these are
invariably expensive undertakings.
The meeting was adjourned at 9:30 PM.
Respectfully submitted,
Charles Manna, Secretary
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