Illnesses to Old Westbury trustees reduced the board’s monthly meeting on Monday to a work session attended by only Mayor Fred Carillo and Trustee Harvey Simpson.
But even though there were not enough trustees to pass a resolution, Carillo and Simpson continued discussions on proposals for a gas station and a church with project officials and residents.
Chris Tartaglia, the primary architect for Bolla Operating L.I. Corp.’s proposal to renovate its gas station at 3 Jericho Turnpike, said project officials have amended the site plan to allow all fuel deliveries to enter and exit onto Jericho Turnpike, and take place only between midnight and 6 a.m.
“[Chief Executive Officer] Mr. [Harry] Singh from Bolla has no issues with that because he has his own trucking fleet where he delivers to his own facilities, so he has the unique ability to control those delivery times,” Tartaglia said.
Tartaglia also addressed the aesthetics of the property’s convenience store and the building materials that will be used.
During an August trustees meeting, Carillo asked Tartaglia to emulate the gas station along the Hutchinson River Parkway in southern New York State, which has a “fieldstone finish.”
Tartagila provided a hand out with three different examples of natural fieldstone finishes and said, “We’re basically here to say that we’re willing to do any one of these that pleases the board.”
Central Presbyterian Church officials then presented modifications to their site plan, which was initially approved in October 2010 and revised in August 2012.
Church officials last came before the board in July to request a slightly smaller building than what had initially been approved.
Kevin McAndrew, the church’s engineer, also confirmed that before any work begins, all the berms and landscaping will be installed on the perimeter of the property.
Carillo said the berms would “preserve the visuals of all the neighbors. What they have now will remain or be even more improved by additional screening before anything is built.”
Resident Gerald Berman of Fox Hollow Lane raised concerns about church patrons using his street to circumvent traffic when exiting the church’s property. Berman made similar complaints at the July meeting.
On the driveway that leads to Fox Hollow Lane, McAndrew said, “We’ve signed it, we’ve changed the pavement treatment to make it clear visually on the pavement as well as signage that this is not to be used my any member leaving the church property or coming into the church property.”
Carillo said that church representatives have said they are willing to place a parking attendant on Fox Hollow Lane during services to prevent motorists from using the road as a shortcut.
“Regardless of the fact that they’ve been approved already, I feel confident with the signage and the type of pavement material. The intent is really to have the people leaving the church to go out to the traffic light,” Carillo said.
Carillo said that he and Simpson would discuss the presentation with the rest of the trustees before their next meeting on Oct. 21.
