The Planning Commission will be conducting its next regular meeting on March 8 at 7:30 p.m. in the high school cafeteria. The commission's consultant, George Jacquemart of Buckhurst, Fish and Jacquemart, Inc., will present his findings and obtain input from those present.

Copies of Buckhurst, Fish and Jacquemart's findings have been sent to all the Property Owners Associations, the Chamber of Commerce and are on file in the Reference Section of the Public Library.

Speeding within Garden City will not be tolerated.

A subject often addressed at Property Owners Association Meetings is resident concern over vehicular speeds within residential areas of our village and the observation that vehicles are exceeding the 30 mph village-wide limit and the 20 mph limit within school zones. I want to assure our residents that violations will not be tolerated and that the police department's strict speed enforcement will continue.

It is most disconcerting to note that many of those who violate our speed limits are our neighbors - residents of Garden City.

Please, in the interest of public safety, be mindful of the responsibility that each of us has as an operator of a motor vehicle.

While residents are most aware that our police department's average response time to emergencies is within two minutes, they will also be pleased with the department's productivity during the past calendar year.

Vehicle and Traffic Law Summonses - 12,865

Appearance Tickets - 330

Parking Summonses - 17,818

DWI Arrests - 130

Total Arrests - 475

Vehicles Impounded - 367

Truck Inspections - 24

Trucks Inspected - 354

Truck Summonses Issued - 1,543

Special gratitude is also due to Village Justice Allen S. Mathers and Acting Village Justices John J. Hallissey and Brian T. Deveney for the vital role they play in the Village operation as well as the extraordinary hours they contribute in our behalf.

The annual St. Patrick's Day Parade on Long Island, organized by the Irish-American Society of Nassau, Suffolk and Queens, Inc. will be held in Garden City this Sunday, March 5.

The parade will assemble at noon in the parking field opposite Ninth Street and will step off at 1 p.m. proceeding north on Franklin Avenue. The parade route will be from Ninth Street, north on Franklin Avenue to Old Country Road, east on Old Country Road to County Seat Drive, south on County Seat Drive where the parade will disband. The reviewing stand will be on Old Country Road in front of the Nassau County Office Building.