Public Hearing – Habernickel Park – November 4, 2015
VILLAGE OF RIDGEWOOD
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
The Village Council of the Village of Ridgewood will hold a Public Hearing on November 4, 2015 at a Special Public Meeting, during their regularly scheduled Work Session, which begins at 7:30 P.M. in the Ridgewood Village Hall, 131 North Maple Avenue, Ridgewood, New Jersey for public comment on the following:
Changing the use of the house at 1057 Hillcrest Road, Block 1103, Lot 16.01, Ridgewood, NJ, located in the Irene Habernickel Family Park from a residential lease to an educational and recreational programing lease.
A public hearing is required pursuant to NJDEP Green Acres Rules N.J.A.C. 7:36-25-6 et. seq. for a change in purpose or use of funded or unfunded parkland.
Documents relating to the proposed development are available for examination by the public at the Village Manager’s Office of the Ridgewood Village Hall, 131 North Maple Avenue, Ridgewood, NJ, Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Oral comments and testimony will be heard at the public hearing. Written comments may be submitted before the date of the hearing or within two weeks from the date of the public hearing.
Written comments or inquiries should be directed to Nancy Lawrence, NJDEP Green Acres Program, Bureau of Legal Services & Stewardship, Mail Code 501-01, P.O. Box 420, Trenton, NJ 08625-0420 and Janet Fricke, Assistant to the Village Manager, Ridgewood Village Hall, 131 North Maple Avenue, Ridgewood, NJ 07451 or by telephone at (201) 670-5500, Extension 204 or by email to: jfricke@ridgewoodnj.net.
Heather A. Mailander
Village Clerk
Council and Roberta have already made arrangements to rent out the house to HealthBarn USA. Why the public hearing now? Shouldn’t the public hearing have preceded the decision? Ass backwards again, Screw the residents, the Council always knows best.
NO SURPRISE HERE..THEY THINK THEY ARE SMARTER THAN THE TAXPAYERS,,OVERALL. TIME TO CLEAN HOUSE. ONLY ONE PLACE TO GO FROM HERE AND THAT IS UP IF WE MAKE THE NEEDED CHANGE IN OUR TOWNS Management or Lack of Same,
Parking is rather limited there. Will they have to add parking for this use to not absorb all of the parking places that are there?
Why don’t we all do this?
“Written comments or inquiries should be directed to Nancy Lawrence, NJDEP Green Acres Program, Bureau of Legal Services & Stewardship, Mail Code 501-01, P.O. Box 420, Trenton, NJ 08625-0420”
Her title is Compliance Officer. Phone: (609) 984–0500.
There is more information on this page:
https://www.nj.gov/dep/greenacres/staff.html
Pay dirt: her phone number.
ROSI Database Management, General Stewardship Questions
Nancy Lawrence
(609) 341–2054
Change the use? The use was changed moths ago. The property and park area are leased “done deal” to a commercial business, Healthbarn USA. What now? Will the tenants be evicted if the public says NO, we don’t want a business here? What happened to open space for public use? Once again…Revenue over Residents!
Irene got 10 million for the park.
No need to then name it for her.
Rename it hillcrest park, or its REAL name, which is Hoffmans Farm.
It is funny that we elected a council and then expect a public hearing on everything. This is small potatoes.
Having said that it was interesting that the council went againse their pedestrian safety advisory and allowed the continued closure of Clinton Ave. the greater good was not served in that decision.
Does anyone know the answers to this questions? Did we receive money from Green Acres to buy this property? If so will the “Change of use” cause us to repay that money?
Yes; Green Acres funding was accepted for this project.