PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that he Board of Commissioners of the Garden City Park Water District, in Town of North Hempstead, Nassau County, will conduct a Public Hearing on July 29, 2020 at 7:00 PM, remotely via videoconference only, with no “in person” location, pursuant to NYS Governor Cuomo’s Executive order 202.1 and 202.15 relating to the Covid-19 pandemic. The purpose of the hearing is to consider capital improvement projects to enable the Water District to meet existing and anticipated water supply demands and to meet or exceed current and proposed water quality standards, including for emerging contaminants 1,4-dioxane, PFAS and PFOA. Such projects include (i) Emerging Contaminant removal at Plant No. 6 (ii) Emerging Contaminant removal at Plant No. 7/10 (iii) Emerging Contaminant removal at Plant No. 8 (iv) Emerging Contaminant removal at Plant No. 9 (v) new portable generator for plants 6 and 8 (vi) new generator for plant 9 (vii) rehabilitation of Denton Ave. elevated storage tank (viii) water Distribution system improvements. The aggregate estimated maximum cost of the projects is $30,000,000, proposed to be financed, upon Water District petition to the Town of North Hempstead, with serial bond and bond anticipation notes in an estimated maximum principal amount of $30,000,000.
The Engineering Report prepared by Water District consulting engineers H2M Architects + Engineers with respect to the proposed projects has been posted on the Water District’s website (www.gcpwater.org).
All interested parties may attend the public hearing, but only remotely, via Webex videoconference, on July 29, 2020 at 7:00pm. The Webex meeting ID and password will be made available on the Distric’s website (www.gcpwater.org) at least 24 hours prior to the start of the public hearing. First-time users of the webex meeting app will need to download the app prior to the meeting. All persons remotely accessing the Public Hearing will have an opportunity to be heard.
Written comments and/or questions may also be submitted via email to Superintendent Michael Levy at the following email address: mlevy@gcpwater.org . Any comments and/or questions submitted via email no later than 60 minutes prior to the start of the public hearing will be considered at the public hearing.
As required under relevant Executive Orders, the hearing will be recorded and later transcribed.
Dated: July 8, 2020
Board of Fire Commissioners
Garden City Park Water/Fire District
Town of North Hempstead
Attest
Kenneth Borchers, Secretary
Download the July 8, 2020 Legal Notice of Public Hearing pdf.