Editor's Note: This article was written and submitted by Chris Boyle.
At this month’s general membership meeting of the Bellmore Chamber of Commerce, a representative of the Town of Hempstead gave local merchants an update on the parking permit program being tested at the Bellmore Long Island Rail Road Station.
A long-standing issue with Bellmore locals has been out-of-town residents parking in the Bellmore LIRR lot. TOH First Deputy Clerk Phil Guarnieri was on hand to field questions.
“We have been getting a number of complaints from civic associations to do something in respect to the parking,” Guarnieri said. “There have been problems with residents from Babylon and the Town of Oyster Bay parking in the Bellmore lot, and the residents from Hempstead haven’t really had as much of an opportunity to park here, which has been a burden on them.”
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“So, the Town of Hempstead decided to try out a pilot parking program,” Guarnieri continued. “We have set aside the lot by Center Lane and reserved 227 of the spots for Hempstead residents when had gotten a parking sticker. The idea of this pilot program is bold and persistent experimentation. We wanted to try something to help to alleviate the burden on residents. If this doesn’t work, we will try something different.”
Among parking information divulged at the meeting was that any Bellmore resident is eligible for a permit sticker for the LIRR lot. Parking spots will be first-come, first-serve, and the spots are available to any resident of the Town of Hempstead.
One member of the audience proposed that 227 spaces were not enough, and Guarnieri said it’s possible that perhaps all 1,800 spots at the Bellmore station could eventually all be converted to permit parking in the future.
However, he was quick to point out that this was not the current plan.
“It is very possible that, if this works out, the Town would consider doing the entire Bellmore station,” he added. “Or, if this doesn’t work out, perhaps they will feel the need to expand the parking to the entire station. We’re just taking baby steps before we take a giant step.”
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Dan DeLilla May 18, 2013 at 10:40 pm
So Lu Scala never had any children so it might be safe to say you have never been to a PTA meeting…Read More or a School Board meeting or a budget presentation so then you would have no idea how the money is spent good or bad. I'm sorry that your neighbors make more than you but like anything else you get what you pay for there are educational requirements for teaching and administration jobs, I'm sure you would be happy if all the school personnel could be replaced by minimum wage earners or better yet we could close all the schools after all you have been out of school for 40 years so you don't need them anymore, but thats not how it works. Why is always the uninformed that speak loudest and longest?
Lu Scala May 17, 2013 at 08:49 am
I never had any kids.. and am the last kid who went to to the Bellmore Merrick school system.....its…Read More been almost 40 years since I was a Mempham grad..and it is very disharting to hear that my many many high tax dollars..are not enought for these kids I have been sororting all these years!!! Who is getting all the money??? Its all bull.. aI live inbetween teachers.. how is it they can afford high end cars, housekeepers, landscapers, ect??????... the money is being spent in the WRONG WAYS TO THE TEACHERS, AND MOST OF ALL THE ADMISTRATION, THE SCHOOL BOARD ECT... I AM CALLING FOR A MASSIVE AUDIT AND GET0 per year.. they afe not worth any more then that.. THE MONEY BACK FROM ANYONE WHO WAS PAID MORE THEN $75,00....
patti May 16, 2013 at 08:28 pm
A bit of a surprise considering kids come home with a supply list a mile long (and average $40-$75).
Michael Ganci (Editor) May 14, 2013 at 01:34 pm
Can you edit above and add photo? Then I will post to top news! Thanks! MG