The Pomander situation reminds us that All Streets Are Equal but Some Streets Are More Equal Than Others. The Pomander no parking came about based on the CSAC (which did not see the need for no parking) but residents of the street wanted no parking and the previous council made it so without any study. Sherman residents have requested safety changes (with parking remaining intact) – but the Council is requiring an expensive tax payer funded study before even allowing our qualified village staff to make these changes. Pomander had changes with no study – no consideration for how it would affect surrioundings streets. Sherman, with very obvious safety concerns and closer proximity to GW, is being left to wait FOR MONTHS for any of the issues to be simply reviewed by the council.
Some streets in Ridgewood are much more equal than others. Let’s hope you and your children live on a street that is deemed worthy of being safe.
And don’t get me started on how poorly businesses on the west of the tracks are treated. God Forbid anyone not get parking to go to one of the CBD’s high price restaurants – you can get valet! If you want to eat at a restaurant on the other side of the tracks you are just out of luck. Only our fine Mayor cares about them. No solid parking solutions are ever discussed – not at the CBDAC, not at the council meetings, not by anyone except the Mayor. I feel for her having to deal with the short-sidedness of some of the council and committees.
What’s the logic behind the village council members who voted to keep “NO PARKING “on Pomander ordinance in place until the STAFETY study is completed? It seems that the members who voted to keep this either don’t care or STAFETY is NOT a priority.
Let hope that nothing bad happen because of negligence!
I don’t understand why the rest of us Ridgewood taxpayer have to pay for this safety study all because Pomander Walk residents want special treatment. How much is this going to cost? I am so outraged!
It is a public street so it should be open to parking unless there is an emergency. N o special streets such as Clinton.
A study to study the study and then a committe to look at the study.
Should all neighborhoods suffer for the sake of the CBD?
Don’t we deserve a quality of life for all the taxes that we pay?
@5:47, at some point there needs to be shared sacrifice everywhere in this village. That is why we move to ridgewood,no? The town, proximity of homes to businesses and the train? Perhaps those who want the rules changed should find a more rural town, such as franklin lakes or similar where you have more land and drive to stores? Not sure why we ( the village) should change for you. Furthermore, this is not about the CBD and we all know it. It is about two businesses, lack of enforcement of current rules, and lack of tolerance among the pomander residents.