Unless this is an urgent matter,
please do not enter Village Hall. Call us at 627-5000 and we will handle your
business on the phone.
If you are dropping off plans or applications
please use the mail slot at the bottom of the door. If your plans are too large
for the slot leave at the door and phone us. We will call you to confirm
receipt.
Future meetings of the Architectural
Review Committee, Zoning Board and Board of Trustees may be subject to
cancellation. Check our web site or phone us for updates.
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we advise strongly that you remind your children of the
following:
A stranger is ANYONE they don’t know;
They should not wear any type of headphones while outside; this
will make them oblivious to any vehicle or person stalking them;
They should never get into anyone’s car without a parent’s
permission;
They should never take candy or gifts from a stranger.
They should never help strangers, no matter how sympathetic they
might appear, because adults should NOT ask kids to do things that other adults
can do for them;
They should run away from a car that pulls up beside them if
they don’t know the driver;
They should never invite people into their home without a
parent’s permission;
When in doubt, they should scream as loud as they can to attract
attention;
They should tell an adult if a stranger is taking a picture of
them.
Here is a checklist for parents:
Keep a recent photo of your child, his or her fingerprints, and
a current record of his or her height and weight;
Keep your cellular phone charged up;
Make a mental note of what your child is wearing every day;
Carefully check babysitter and child care references;
Know your child’s friends’ names, addresses and phone numbers;
Designate a neighbor’s home as a “safe house” where
your child can go if you’re not home;
Use your cellphone to take photos of any suspicious vehicle or
person, and do not hesitate to report either to the Police.
Although many of these guidelines may seem obvious, they all bear repeating and
their importance being emphasized. Even if you do not have young children
in your home, please be alert to any suspicious activity in your neighborhood,
use your cellphone to take photos, and always report anything of concern to the
Police. And if you hear a child’s scream, please don’t dismiss it!
Remember that indifference and complacency are as much of a threat to our
children’s safety as are the people who would do them harm. If we all pay
attention to our surroundings and care about our neighbors, we can minimize the
chance that those miscreants might succeed.
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What to look for • A call from what looks like PSEG Long Island on your caller ID. • The caller threatens to shut off your service and demands an immediate payment by pre-paid card, wire transfer or bitcoin. • You’re given a phone number to call back that, when called, may sound like our telephone services. PSEG Long Island will never ask for a pre-paid card, wire transfer or bitcoin. Scammers ask for them because they are untraceable. What to do 1. Hang up. 2. Call PSEG Long Island at the number on your bill only. Never call any number the scammer gives you. If you are ever suspicious about someone claiming to be from PSEG Long Island, especially when you’re asked for a payment, call us. Learn more at www.psegliny.com/scam LEARN MORE
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Drinking water contamination Utility outages
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Various threats to people, property or the environment
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Garden City – Retained by the Village of Flower Hill as special litigation counsel to review an application by ExteNet Systems Inc. to build 18 small-cell wireless facilities throughout the Village, Edward M. Ross of the Garden City law firm Rosenberg Calica & Birney LLP, today stated that the Village Board has denied the company’s application following the Board’s determination that ExteNet failed to address numerous and serious inadequacies.
Ross noted, “ExteNet’s application suffered from numerous inadequacies and was incompatible with the Village Code. The Board’s determination and findings should signal an alarm for every other Long Island municipality facing similar applications because Long Island communities deserve better.”
Ross stressed that although Congress and the FCC have imposed certain limitations on the authority of state and local governments, local municipalities like Flower Hill continue to retain local control over wireless facility siting decisions with respect to aesthetic considerations, mitigation efforts and reasonable alternatives.
Ross further noted that the Village adopted comprehensive written findings and reasons in support of its denial which he believes ExteNet will be unable to successfully challenge or dispute in court. They include ExteNet’s failure to choose among less aesthetically intrusive alternatives which were identified during the review process, a projected decline in affected property values, as well as ExteNet’s failure to adequately establish its coverage needs or objectives.
Revealing that ExteNet has been hired by Verizon to build fixed number of L.I. nodes
A significant development revealed during the review process transpired when Trustee and long-standing Village resident Kate Hirsch attended an ExteNet meeting involving the neighboring Village of Plandome. ExteNet’s representatives acknowledged the company was hired by Verizon to build a specific or fixed number of nodes in the surrounding areas and that if any node was eliminated somewhere then a new node would simply be required to be installed elsewhere under ExteNet’s contractual obligations to Verizon.
At the most recent hearing in Flower Hill, Ross confronted ExteNet and its attorneys with the company’s contractual obligations to Verizon, and noted that this was highly significant because the sheer number of nodes is not necessarily determinative of final coverage, which is dependent on other things like specific site locations, variable heights of the small-cell transmitters, and specific lines of sight.
Although ExteNet’s attorney declined the opportunity to re-open the record to address its contractual obligations to Verizon, he acknowledged on the record that this was correct.
Ross added “It’s shocking that ExteNet is attempting to fulfill its contractual obligations to Verizon to build a fixed number of wireless nodes throughout Long Island without due regard for specific coverage needs or aesthetic considerations. It is well known throughout the industry that numerous mitigation alternatives are available to reduce the actual number of nodes with such devices as minor height increases by as little as 5 feet. In other cases, the use of macro sites or cell towers, or improvements to existing towers, can also reduce the number of small-cell sites required to meet purported coverage needs or objectives.”
Ross reminded that, “The entire Long Island community deserves better and every municipality facing an ExteNet application needs to appreciate the company’s tactics.”
ExteNet seeks an end run
Although Ross stated it is unclear whether ExteNet intends to challenge Flower Hill’s decision in court, he noted that ExteNet has already filed a federal lawsuit against the Village of Lake Success after that Village partially granted and partially denied ExteNet’s wireless siting application to the Lake Success Village Board earlier this year.
Mr. Ross is currently representing Lake Success and the Village Board in that lawsuit, in which the court recently directed the parties to proceed to mediation later this month.
Ross’s message to ExteNet is clear: “ExteNet needs to come clean with the fact that its commercial objectives and contractual obligations are in conflict with the communities which ExteNet is purporting to serve, and needs to do a much better job to design networks which minimize the adverse impacts to those communities as required by law.”
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The Village of Flower Hill owns a Revolutionary War era cemetery on Country Club Drive just west of Port Washington Blvd. The cemetery is a mess with broken tree limbs, leaves and ivy covering the trees. To promote tree health the Village staff trimmed dead branches, pulling ivy off of the trees and doing a general clean-up of the area. We are honoring Arbor Day by continuing our Tree City USA tradition of holding an event to honor our trees.
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The Village has installed new traffic devices throughout the Village to ensure the safety of everyone. Please do not drive distracted, at excessive speed and do not pass stopped school buses. Drive like your kids live here!
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