DMA's New Office, New Secretary and New Initiatives
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As of July the DMA has a new office staffed with a new secretary, and a strategic plan that will extend and improve DMA's ability to communicate with the membership.
The new DMA office is conveniently located across from the LIRR Station on the north side. The address is 234-21 B, 41st Ave and the new phone number is 718-225-3111.
The office incorporates a state-of the art office communication system with e-mail and website management capabilities. Weekday office hours will be from 10:00AM to 5:00PM. During these hours the office will be staffed and open to members.
The garden space behind the office has been beautifully landscaped by volunteers, including Hope Wright (GreenSpace4U@aol.com) our local Landscape Designer and several others. Plantings were donated by Keil Brothers, and neighboring businesses including Vytis Travel and MacKay, Wrynn and Brady whose buildings boarder the garden, also helped to fund the landscaping. We owe a debt of thanks to all of them.
DMA's new Secretary, Jamie Sutherland, grew up in Douglaston, attended Columbia University, and also is active in the Douglaston Club. The DMA Board is pleased to welcome Jamie and is confident that she will ably compliment our plans to more actively involve our membership in protecting and maintaining our unique New York City community.
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DMA's response to Mayor's Request for Comments on Proposed Rules Relating to Permits Issued for Film Making in NYC
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Reconstruction of Shore Road
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You may have noticed new temporary barriers on Shore Road at Bayview Avenue and Manor Road. On September 20th Al Kelly, George Schmidt, and Bernie Haber met in the field with the Queens DOT Commissioner Maura McCarthy, CB11 District Manager Susan Seinfeld and members of the NYCDOT and NYCDEP to discuss the condition of Shore Road and the need for a Capital Project.
The DMA provided conceptual design sketches with quantities and cost estimates for the work that's needed to be done. The DMA proposes a permanent steel sheet pile or concrete retaining wall at both locations, reconstruction of the entire Shore Road with new curbing to channel the flow of storm water to reconstructed existing spillways leading the water into Little Neck Bay, and a new guardrail.
This concept will be reviewed by the NYCDOT engineering staff. Because of the dangerous conditions that exist, NYCDOT installed reflectorized water-filled barriers to channel traffic away from the west side of Shore Road at the two locations. Commissioner McCarthy said that the reconstruction is part of the current NYC capital budget and CB11 has it listed as one of their top priority capital budget items. Our estimate is that permanent reconstruction will take place in the 2009-10 fiscal year (keeping our fingers crossed).
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The enclosed proposed Mooring Rules and Guidelines were drafted by the DMA Mooring Committee
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DMA Has Filed Official Response to New York State
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The DMA response to New York State's decision to temporarily suspend or revoke the Anchorage portion of our Submerged Land License is attached. You will note that this response reiterates our original six-member Mooring Committee plan whereby two members will represent bonafide Douglaston Club /DYS boat owners who compose one-third of the fleet, and the other four members will represent all of the other boat owners. Should the DMA retain jurisdiction, our key role will be to assure that this fully representative Mooring Committee mechanism is fairly established and properly enforced.
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Approval for funds to repair and restore the Seawall secured from NYS
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The Douglas Manor Seawall adjacent to Little Neck Bay starts at the dock and runs north to approximately the point of the Douglas Manor [DM] peninsula, a distance of 1800 feet. The wall protects the western shore of the peninsula within the tidal ranges and is high enough to sustain higher water levels caused by storms. The wall is built with masonry construction. The exact date of the original construction is unknown but estimated to be in the early 20th century. In 1938 during one of the most severe hurricanes to hit New York, the wall was heavily damaged and rebuilt with pledges and donations from DMA homeowners.
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