Ridgewood housing splits planners
JULY 17, 2014 LAST UPDATED: THURSDAY, JULY 17, 2014, 1:21 AM
BY CHRIS HARRIS
STAFF WRITER
THE RECORD
RIDGEWOOD — A member of the Planning Board spoke out this week against a proposed master plan amendment that would permit multifamily, high-density housing complexes downtown — calling for a moratorium on development in the village.
But she received mixed reviews from other board members, who were divided about the process or feared the village would face litigation.
“I don’t believe what is happening here is really in the best interest of the village as a whole,” said Michele Peters, after nearly three hours of testimony Tuesday night on three proposed developments.
Those developments — the Enclave, a 52-unit project on East Ridgewood Avenue; The Dayton, a 106-unit apartment building for South Broad Street; and the 52-unit Chestnut Village on Chestnut Street — are currently prohibited under the village code. And the amendment has been under consideration for nearly two years.
Peters urged the others members to “take time to stop, so we can talk about this.”
She added that she thinks the board is “dealing with a fire as it comes to us” and questioned the entire process that members are embroiled in.
Peters was also critical of the ordinance that enabled the developers’ requests for a master plan amendment, saying the village was “putting the cart before the horse.”
Urging more of an exchange with the public throughout the hearing process, Peters said, “These are major issues having to do with the way our community is planned and it should be freely discussed.”
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Well done for Michele.
Shame on the other members if they won’t take the time to understand how this will affect the Village.
And, litigation??? Shame on Gail Price for allowing that sort of talk to happen. Please, won’t someone tell Gail to shut the hell up about things she either doesn’t know about or doesn’t feel compelled to speak accurately about, i.e., the law.
Everyone sees her mouth is attached to strings pulled by the Developers, the hospital and everyone else she wants to suck up to in her private practice mode. Please Gail, have some decency and resign. Go serve your masters openly. Quit scaring the Board into thinking they are doing something wrong.
Gail Price should be replaced.
Gail Price is a disgrace. She insists on putting herself at the center of the discussion when her job is to sit by quietly and make sure that proper procedure is followed. She is the reason we had 2 rounds of Planning Board hearings on Valley because she didn’t do her job the first time.
She must go.
Our boards and residents should not be intimidated and disinformed by the attorney to whom we pay a lot of money to protect our interests. Her behavior and attitude are often appalling.
#firegailprice
She just screwed up again in Wycoff – why do these planning boards hire her ?
Same person posting multiple times about Ms Price. She is a good lawye, that is why the village hired her. You may disagree with her but she is fais and honest.