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Although the Gerritsen Beach Property Owners Association was kinda sorta promised a NYC Parks representative to explain what was going to happen to Mau-Mau/White Island, no one was able to attend due to a scheduling conflict. It’s not like the meeting dates change its always first Wednesday of every month.

The Property Owners did get an explanation of what was going to happen behind the nature center. They are going to be adding steams, trails and boardwalks.

Tomorrow, June 4th @ 7:30pm there will be the June Property Owners meeting in the St. James Basement.

The 2008 Property Owners Membership Application. Sign up!

Kiddie Beach will be opening up soon so you might as well grab the application. If you have never signed up before why not give them a try this year.

Unfortunately the beach will not be open for the memorial day weekend. Volunteers are working on the snack stand, to bring it up to code with the health department and making lots of major structure upgrades.

As soon as the upgrades are complete Kiddie Beach will be able to open.

Kiddie Beach Membership Application

Well here are some things that were discussed at the Property Owners meeting:

• Budgets cut over at PS 277, the property owners is going to be donating $500
• There was alot of discussion about the Knapp Street development and the lack of construction fence. The deal with the fence is: when they start construction they have to put it up, they are being very closely watched.
• There was also alot of discussion about the house next to Mike and Gerard’s with their 3rd floor, that we featured on “Which on of these things doesn’t Belong“. According to the DOB, it hasn’t been signed off on yet.
• The 61st precinct community affairs Sargent gave his report about crime in the area, some speeders, some drugs, but what is interesting is that the Bantry Bar was issued 2 SLA (State Liquor Authority) summonses (what for I don’t know) Its neighbor the Beach Bar was inspected and it is a “legitimate establishment” and has no issues.

It wasn’t brought up at the meeting but after some quick research, this might be why they were summonsed. The Bantry Bar is the only bar according to the SLA website with an inactive license.

• The Bantry Bar does not appear to have a valid liquor license it is inactive and expired
  • (New York State Liquor Authority / Bantry Bar).
• The Beach Bar which has a valid and active license.
  • (New York State Liquor Authority / Beach Bar)
• Jims Marine Inn has a valid and active license
  • (New York State Liquor Authority / Jims Marine Inn)
• Tamaqua has a valid and active license
  • (New York State Liquor Authority / Tamaqua)
• Dockside has a valid and active license
  • (New York State Liquor Authority / Dockside Cafe)

At the March Property Owners meeting, Lew Fidler showed the designs for Phase II (bathroom) for Seba Avenue Park

It will have a Mens and Womans bathroom, that would be locked at dusk, and it will have a maintainance room.

So I went to the property owners meeting, and unlike the 61st Precinct Meeting it wasn’t that boring. It was the exact opposite. The topics that were discussed were:

• Bulkheads Project is going to start on the 25th
• Crime Rate
• Lacon Ct project and soil testing
• Knapp and U Project for sidewalk permits
• and of course Green Streets

Ah Green Streets, the project no one seems to want. Well this is the deal, there will be a meeting this upcoming Wednesday at PS 277. There will be some very important people there and the point of this meeting is to have them listen to the community. If there is disconcern and no one shows up they will assume that everyone is for it and the project will go forward. There will be time to review the plan at the school. There will be posters and a presentation explaining this.

The Property Owners and GB Cares both voted against such a proposal. Some of the interesting points of this plan raised at the meeting were:

• Changing the Direction of Burnett
• No Left from Avenue X to Avenue
• Gotham and Florance to be both turned one way
• and other street changes

Ive been told that adjustments can be made but it is my impression is that it is all or nothing with Marty Golden. Even more interesting, it is a becoming a hot political issue with local politicians. Marty is all by himself on this. Alan Maisel and Lew Fidler have not been invited to Marty’s meeting and express that if we don’t want it we shouldn’t get it. Is the invitation in the mail?

Also at the meeting they briefly murmured about notifying the community other than their usual methods but that conversation went away and no definitive action or stance was taken. One resident said that it is the Property Owners responsibility to notify the community because the flyer’s left in the stores, left on bus shelters, and ads in Our News, are not enough.

So come to this meeting and come with an open mind. If you don’t come and show up, this project will happen.

I was going to say be civil and calm about this, but if you are it wont be as interesting for me.

If you want to discuss more, other than in the comments, come to the message board.