The Roslyn Estates Board of Trustees discussed increasing their social media presence, purchasing a radar gun, the weekend’s snowfall, and road conditions at their Monday, Dec. 15, meeting.
The board is looking to establish Instagram and Facebook accounts that will be integrated into the village’s new website.
The Munibit website for small local communities has been contracted by the village to build a much-needed new site and is expected to have a prototype ready by the end of the year.
“[The current website] does seem a little ‘municipal,’ in a word,” said Trustee Brett Auerbach.
The board is also looking to purchase a radar gun for the village and has submitted a request for reimbursement from NassauLegislator Mazzi Melesa Pilip’s legislative office.
The radar gun would be village property, but would be used by the Nassau County Police Department in the village to deter speeding.
“The idea and the spirit behind it is they would spend more time in our village—so increased patrols, increased presence,” Mayor Adam Koblenz said.
The board also discussed the village’s response to the weekend’s snowfall.
The village began salting roads at 4 a.m. Sunday after a few hours of precipitation. Auerbach asked if the village could salt the roads before snow is expected.
Two of their trucks are more than 10 years old. One of the village’s trucks experienced two breakdowns on Sunday—one involving a problem with the engine and one involving a problem with the plow.
Trustee Stephen Fox brought attention to a passage of the Village Road Conditions Report that read, “There are many cracks and distresses mainly in areas where new home construction has taken place recently.”
“What can we do to prevent all of the new home construction from causing problems and expenses to the village a year or two down the road?” Fox asked.
Village Attorney Christopher Prior gave insight into policies that other villages have enacted such as introducing an additional impact fee or holding a bond that can be returned to the developer after some specified time if there is no evidence of damage to the roads.
The board decided to table the issue in order to ask additional questions to the village engineer.
Lou Sheisler and Sharon Sheisler, the only members of the public who attended Monday’s meeting, came to voice their concerns about their neighbor on Hickory Hill who recently bought a house and plans on flipping it.
“The builder comes in. He doesn’t care,” Lou Sheisler told the board. “He wants to maximize his profit, get out, and whatever happens, happens.”
The couple addressed the board because they were worried that their neighbor was not aware of the village’s strict code and zoning rules and that a developer may build a new property that may block their view or worsen rain runoff onto their property.
“Typically, whenever somebody comes in for a building permit,” Koblenz reassured them, “the clerk’s office makes sure they are aware of all of the various codes and rules.”
The board recommended the couple go to a Board of Trustees or Architectural Review Board meetings that involved any approvals needed.
The board also decided to delay a vote on Koblenz’s appointment of Peter J. Zuckerman to associate village justice since Trustees Brian Feingold and Susan Rubinstein were not in attendance for Monday’s meeting.
Shortly after 8:30 p.m., the board adjourned and will hold its next meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 20.
