We are still awaiting a response from the Queens Borough President regarding the below correspondence which was previously forwarded to her attention.
May 27, 2001
The Honorable Helen M. Marshall
Office of the Queens Borough President
120-55 Queens Boulevard
Kew Gardens, New York
11424
Re: Tidal Flooding West 12th Road
Dear Borough President Marshall:
On behalf of all the residents of West 12th Road here in Broad Channel, the Neighbor “2” Neighbor block association would like to extend to you our deepest appreciation for the prompt response you provided our request for relief regarding our serious and long standing issue of street tidal flooding.
After years of continual requests to our city government seeking relief in this matter, it was nothing short of remarkable that less than two months after our initial meeting in your office on April 16th that you personally visited West 12th Road on May 14th to announce that you had deemed our situation an “emergency” with an accompanying allocation of some $24 million dollars for flood mitigation efforts to become effective with the fiscal year starting July 1, 2010 at which time the design phase of this project would commence.
We also greatly appreciated your assurance that the city will maintain a close and continual liaison with our association during the design phase of this project to ensure that we are kept up to date of all actions taken and planned during the initial design phase of this project.
Attached hereto are those West 12th Road Block Association members who have been assigned to our “Tidal Flooding Issue Committee” with accompanying contact information.
We are requesting that your office provide us with the name and contact information of your “point person” in this regard in order that we may establish and maintain a close liaison with that person for the duration of this project.
The media coverage of your May 14th announcement of the “emergency” allocation of funds for this project has caused some confusion regarding the source of the funding. We are requesting clarification if these funds stem from those monies set aside for ending Capital Project HWQ1182 or are they separate and apart from that Capital Project? As an aside, we have already contacted D.O.T. Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan and she has assured us that her Capital Projects Division will provide us with an update of this Capital Project by early June.
In closing, thank you again for your exceptionally prompt response to our request for relief in this matter. The residents of West 12th Road will not forget your support and assistance in this issue.
Peter J. Mahon for The West 12thRoad Block Association
Copy to:
Congressman Anthony Weiner
State Senator Shirley Huntley
Assemblywoman Audrey Pheffer
Councilman Eric Ulrich
Janette Sadik-Khan, Commissioner, N.Y.C.D.O.T
Maura McCarthy, D.O.T. Borough Commissioner, Queens
Grace Arnemann, W12thRd Block Association
John Heaphy, W12thRd Block Association
Robert McCarthy, W12thRd Block Association
Sophia Vailakis-DeVirgilio, W12thRd Block Association
Scott Valentine, W12thRd Block Association
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