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Westmoreland Association, Inc.
251-31 42nd Avenue, Little Neck, NY 11363 
ORGANIZED 1917 & INCORPORATED 1924
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Minutes of the General Membership Meeting of the Westmoreland Association
May 20, 2019


Officers Present
Vice President - Victor Dadras
Treasurer – Gary Savage
Secretary – Charles Manna

Board Members Present
John Duane
Peter Reinharz
Bob Timmerman
Nam Yoon

Officials Present
Ahmed Nassar – from the District 19 Councilman’s Office (Paul Vallone).

Amber Yoon – from State Assemblyman Ed Braunstein’s Office

NYPD – Community Affairs Officers: John Erdman, Officers Robert Dussell and Miguel Mora (B Sector Officers) – Captain John Hall, the Ranking officer at the 111 Precinct. – Note The 111th Precinct serves the northeastern portion of Queens containing Bayside, Douglaston, Little Neck, Auburndale, Hollis Hills, and Fresh Meadows. There are also over forty city parks located in the Precinct.

Vice President Victor Dadras called the meeting to order at 8:05 P.M. A motion was made, seconded and unanimously adopted to waive reading of the minutes. (Mr. Dadras noted that the minutes are available for review on the Westmoreland website.)

Gary Savage provided the Treasurer’s Report indicating that the balance-on-hand was $17,396.97 as of May 20, 2019. A motion was made to accept the Treasurer’s report. The motion was seconded, and the report was unanimously approved.

New Business

Captain Hall presented the news and updates concerning the 111th Precinct. There are now thirteen new police officers (for a total of 130 Officers) and ten new cars. Grand Larceny (major theft over $1,000) was limited to three so far this year. Two credit cards and one phone scam. Drug usage is down. There have been two arrests so far in the house break-in. One more suspect is being pursued.

Question: Why are patrol cars stationed on Glenwood at Northern Blvd?
Answer: It is a great location to observe traffic violations of drivers coming into Queens from Nassau County

Next, there was a discussion about the concerns that Westmoreland residents have with the traffic situation on the streets surrounding PS94. Cars clog the streets and block the flow of traffic on Little Neck Parkway and on both 42 Ave and 41st Drive. John Erdman said that they were working with the school and the PTA to ease the traffic issues.

Old Business

The semi-annual Glenwood Landing (triangle park) planting and cleanup – Nineteen people collected nineteen bags of trash. Several volunteers cleaned along the LIRR parking lot on the edge of 39 Ave. There was a small amount of drug paraphernalia collected, but a big reduction from previous years. The Douglaston Garden Club led the effort. Next Fall the group plans to plant over 500 tulip bulbs.

Ahmed Nassar from Paul Vallon’s office reported on the Participatory Budget voting. Our district was the highest in voter turnout. The winners were PS 129 for the gym renovation, Bayside High School for the Bio Dome and NYPD for the cameras. Paul Vallone will include some of the other projects in the other part of his annual discretionary budget. For instance, PS 67 and PS 98 will get some funds for their projects because of the efforts that they put in.

The PTA announced that they will be installing one or two “Little Free Libraries” in the neighborhood. They will work with the Douglaston Garden Club to determine the best placement.

The meeting was adjourned at 9:30 PM.

The next meeting is on September 16, 2019


Respectfully submitted,

Charles Manna

 

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