>Light Gate : Ridgewood BOE declines new meeting over field lights
Ridgewood BOE declines new meeting over field lights
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
LAST UPDATED: TUESDAY JANUARY 11, 2011, 5:58 PM
BY KELLY EBBELS
THE RIDGEWOOD NEWS
Staff Writer
Ridgewood’s Board of Education (BOE) voted unanimously Monday night to “courteously decline” an invitation from the village Planning Board to host a new meeting with neighbors of Ridgewood High School (RHS) regarding the installation of stadium-style field lights at the school’s two athletic fields.
BOE members said they have provided enough opportunities for full dialogue with the neighbors – including resolving issues surrounding the fields’ increased usage – in their own forums and meetings.
“I think we need to keep moving forward at all times,” said BOE member Laurie Goodman, a member of the communications committee and the BOE’s representative to the joint Village-District Fields Committee. “I don’t see why we need the planning board to have a dialogue … we have plenty of space here for meetings.”
Neighbors of RHS stepped forward in recent months following the installation of 11 light poles between 70 and 80 feet tall at Stadium and Stevens fields, alleging that the BOE did not provide adequate consultation or properly inform residents of the development. They have raised concerns about how the field lights reflect a new field usage policy, as well as criticized the quality of information presented at the first courtesy review at the planning board on Oct. 5.
The planning board voted in December to extend an invitation for a new meeting
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