Mineola Village Board Notebook: April 18

The Mineola  held a meeting on Wednesday, April 11. Here are some of the things you may have missed.

Beebe Road Repaving Request

• Beebe Road resident Tom McManus requested that something be done about his block of roadway which he defines as unsafe due to numerous  layers of asphalt peeling away due to heavy traffic, especially from trucks.
• His specific area of concern on Beebe Road runs from Jackson Avenue north to Jericho Turnpike by .
• “The only bicycle going down that block should be a mountain bike or a BMX bike because the road is just full of divots and paved repair work over repair work over repair work,” he said.
• The village conducts a regular study of its roads through the engineering firm of Dvirka & Bartilucci, which grades the structure of the roadways.
• stated that he asked Superintendent of Public Works Tom Rini to reach out to National Grid about planned work in the area on roads the village plans to have repaved this year as well as Beebe Road.
• “National Grid said that within 2-3 years they’re going to do some work on our road,” Mayor Strauss said. “I’m not telling you that you’re going to wait 2-3 years because of the condition of the road that it’s in, but I can’t repave the entire road or do anything major, structurally or curbside to that road because of that issue.”
• Rini said that the specific areas are experiencing “scaling,” a condition where different layers of asphalt that were not properly adhered are peeling away and are difficult to remedy because the layers are not that deep.
• “There’s nothing to adhere to,” he said. “So what happens is... over times as the trucks go because it can’t hold to itself, it starts to break up and you get the pebbles.”
• This year Latham, Andrews and Beebe were considered, but Latham and Andrews were considered in worse shape structurally than Beebe Road, that is the underlying roadbed was still structurally sound.
• Also, another layer cannot be added to the road because of the “minimum curb reveal” due to the number of layers already placed and would cause cars to scrape coming out of driveways.
• Rini said that he would speak to the engineers about the section of roadway to see what solutions could mitigate the problem.

New Chamber of Commerce Officers

• The elected its new slate of officers on April 17 with Bill Greene being elected president on a 3 year term, replacing Ray Sikorski.
• John Broder of Winthrop Hospital, Steve Ford of Willis Hobbies and Tony Lubrano of Piccola Bussola were elected as vice-presidents.

March Village Court Report

During the month of March, the village justice court heard and collected the following fines for the number of cases listed:

• 94 moving violations for $6,774
• one village ordinances exclusive to motor vehicles for $25
• one housing violations for no fine
• 2,488 parking violations for $151,9552
• 10 suspension appearance fees for $595
• for a total of $159,347

Use Requests

• Boy Scout Troop 45 requested use of the for merit badge programs on five consecutive Monday nights: July 30, August 6, August 13, August 20, August 27. The program allows the scouts to earn their merit badges for swimming. It is specifically geared for Monday nights so as to not interfere with other programs or the swimming of residents.

Budget Transfers

The board approved a request from the for budget transfers in the amount of $6,600 from the following lines:

• $1,000 from foam, $1,500 from Repairs – Autos & Trucks and $4,000 from Repairs – Buildings to Repairs – Equipment
• $100 from Communications to Rental – Equipment.

Other Board News

• Following up on a question posed by Trustee George Durham about , village clerk Joseph Scalero said that the business operates under the name “Mineola Super Softee.”
• A residential request was approved to increase the size of a driveway apron at 336 Barwick Blvd. The current size is 10 ft. and the resident is looking to expand their driveway by 8 ft. Superintendent of Public Works Tom Rini stated that “in general” for a 40x100 residential parcel the village does not allow for expansion by more than 16 ft. except by certain mitigating factors, but did not have any problem with the size of the driveway as proposed. The original proposal was to expand the driveway apron to 18 ft.
• The board approved a special use permit for was approved with a condition that only a licensed massage therapist be allowed to operate on the site.