September 20,2016
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
There wasn’t a vote last night re the petition nor high density, so we have more time to collect names!
Ridgewood NJ, a last minute petition is making the rounds looking to forestall any decision on development in the Central Business District . The petition in support of a law suit brought against the planning board in May by Ridgewood Citizens for Reasonable Development claiming that “mistakes” were made which corrupted the entire planning process.
Dear Friends,
Please review the attached petition/testimony and consider adding your name to it. Supporting this petition is our best chance at stopping the Planning Board’s high density housing review process which COULD GO TO A VOTE TONIGHT!!
In order to add your name to the petition:
1) Print out the signing page of the attached petition letter and sign it.
2) Either scan or take a jpeg snapshot of the autographed signing page with your phone and email it to: myself, Mayor Knudsen, Planning Board Secretary Cafarelli and Planning Board Attorney Christopher Martin:
3) In the subject heading write “Please add my name to the Motion of Complaint against the Planning Board”
4) Forward this email/attachments to everyone you know in town.
Thanks for doing your part to protect Ridgewood.
Sincerely,
Dana
Oops … scratch that … the petition pages are being formally submitted this way…totally appropriate!
Actually, its not a petition but a formal motion asking the planning board to take action and correct the problems caused by the prior planning board. Those problems included conflicts of interest by board members and dramatic mistakes in the planning board hearings. In short, it is apparent that the residents of Ridgewood were denied due process because of transgressions. The new planning board has the opportunity to make amends.
The motion is not “in support” of the RCRD’s lawsuit. That lawsuit is independent and it seeks to undo the Aronson ordinance allowing multi-family housing.
In any event, while the motion is not a petition, any interested party can join in the request to the Board by signing on to a copy of the motion paper.