[Tom] Dwyer had also been a passionate proponent of Levitt Park in Roslyn Heights – also known as the Roslyn Country Club – during his last year in office.
“It was probably the project I worked hardest on and worked most on. I think we’re at a point now that we could potentially have one of the best parks on Long Island.”
Source: This Island Now
The Town of North Hempstead board, as expected, has given approval to a bond resolution appropriating $7.5 million for the establishment of a Levitt Park At Roslyn Heights park district. The motion, which was taken up at the Sept. 10 meeting, passed with unanimous support.
The park, when constructed, will feature a 7.3 acre site, complete with an outdoor heated pool, Jacuzzi/spa area, water slide and plunge pool, kiddie pool and splash pad, playground, concession and outdoor seating area, bathhouse, lower and upper poolside promenades and resurfaced tennis courts with viewing area.
For now, what’s next for Levitt Park? Will put-upon residents of the Country Club neighborhood have a pool and tennis courts to use by the summer of 2014?
Read on at The Roslyn News
“Better days are coming”
Is that a light at the end of this tunnel?
After more than a decade of activity, including lawsuits and counter-lawsuits, a resolution concerning the Roslyn Country Club continues to make progress. On this Tuesday, Sept. 10, the Town of North Hempstead board hopes to vote on several resolutions establishing Levitt Park in the Roslyn Heights Park District.
The North Hempstead Town Board voted Tuesday to officially create a new park district around the shuttered Roslyn Country Club in Roslyn Heights, but put off approving the contract to buy the property and issue bonds for the improvements until next month.
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The town board still must approve the contract to purchase the roughly 7.3-acre property from owner Manouchehr Malekan for $2 million, and issue $7.5 million in bonds to pay for the improvements to the property, which it plans to do at its Sept. 10 meeting.
The Town of North Hempstead board will meet next Tuesday morning to ratify a $2 million contract to purchase 7.3 acres of property for the Roslyn Heights Park District.
At Tuesday night’s board meeting, Town of North Hempstead Supervisor Jon Kaiman said the board plans to ratify the contract and authorize issuing a $7.5 million bond to refurbish the park district facilities at the Aug. 20 meeting.
Kaiman said the board’s action follows certification of the park district, also known as the Roslyn Country Club, required by the state comptroller’s office.
“We couldn’t approve it because we didn’t have certification,” Kaiman said.
Kaiman said the state comptroller’s office reviewed documents the town provided to verify the 728 households to be included in the park district. Kaiman said the board will also ratify the park district as the state comptroller’s office defines it.
Kaiman said the board needs to “ratify everything just to make sure we dot every “˜I’ and cross every “˜T’ to close its $2 million deal to buy the property from owner Manoucher Malekan and issue the bond.