THE RIDGEWOOD VILLAGE COUNCIL’S
PUBLIC WORKSHOP AGENDA
AUGUST 5, 2015
1. 7:30 pm – Call to Order – Mayor
2. Statement of Compliance with Open Public Meeting Act
Mayor: “Adequate notice of this meeting has been provided by a posting on the bulletin board in Village Hall, by mail to the Ridgewood News, The Record, and by submission to all persons entitled to same as provided by law of a schedule including the date and time of this meeting.”
3. Roll Call – Village Clerk
4. Flag Salute/Moment of Silence
5. Public Comments (Not to Exceed 5 Minutes per Person)
6. Presentations
a. Senior Citizen Needs Assessment Survey
b. June Year-to-Date Financial Review
7. Discussion
a. Parking
1. Hudson Street Parking Garage Update
2. Proposed 15 Minute Parking Spot
b. Budget
1. Capital Ordinance – Funding for Grant – Handicap Ramp at Graydon Pool
2. Award Contract – F150 Pickup for Parking Enforcement
3. Award of Contract Under State Contract – Purchase & Servicing of Firefighting Equipment and Supplies
4. Award Contract Under State Contract – Snow Plows
5. Award Partial Contract – Siding Repairs to Traffic and Signal Building
6. Award Contract – Maintenance Agreement for SCADA System and Software Support
7. Authorize Change Order – Emergency Service Repair to Water Pollution Control Facility SCADA System
8. Authorize Change Order – Benjamin Franklin Middle School Drop-Off
9. Award Contract – Printing Services – Ridgewood Water
10. Award Contract – Consulting Engineering Services – Ridgewood Water
11. Award Contract – Emergency Laboratory Services – Water Department
b. Budget (continued)
12. Award Contract – Lead and Copper and Water Quality Parameter Testing & Compliance Services – Ridgewood Water
13. Award Contract – Groundwater Under the Direct Influence of Surface Water – Ridgewood Water
14. Award Contract – Emergency Repairs of Graydon Pool Well
15. Approve Agreement with Washington Township – Paving and Curbs – Hampshire Road and Standish Road
16. Approve Shared Services Agreement – Fuel – Ridgewood Board of Education
c. Operations
1. 2016 Village Council Meeting Dates
2. Establish Deposit Fees for Use of Village Barricades
d. Policy
1. Discussion of Schedler Property and House
2. Middlesex Regional Education Services Commission Cooperative Pricing Agreement
3. Green Business Recognition Program
8. Review of August 12, 2015 Public Meeting Agenda
9. Manager’s Report
10. Council Reports
11. Public Comments (Not to Exceed 5 Minutes per Person)
12. Resolution to go into Closed Session
13. Closed Session
A. Legal – Valley Hospital
B. Personnel – Human Resources Position
14. Adjournment
Sell that useless dump. Get it on the tax rolls
Move some of the high density housing out of the downtown. Two story townhouses would be appropriate for the neighborhood. They are right by a main road.
This Council or at lest 3 of them are writing check that we the taxpayers will be pay for the next 20years. They will be long gone.
The house would require a fortune to make it physically useable. Even having it declared of historic value would not eliminate the need to make it handicapped accessible. It is typical of old houses; each addition is on a slightly different level. In addition, the property is unusable at the present time. West Saddle River Road is so narrow that it cannot be striped into 2 lanes. Parking can only be on one side but even that makes the road almost too narrow to navigate. esp. for a fire truck. The property has Rt 17N as its outer edge and is not separated from it by any barrier walls. Egress and access roads would have to be on Rt 17N if it were to be used for high density housing. And, the local grade school has been closed for years. Children are being bussed across town to Hawes. Hawes is so crowded that our new neighbors’ kindergarden child is going to be bussed to yet another school. Where would the inevitable children go to school?
10:11 am is right sell the eyesore to a private developer and have a tax paying home or business.
Bring back the Baseball field plan.
UPDATE: Village Council predicted to vote 3-2 on 8/12 to demolish Schedler House to facilitate construction of a 90 foot baseball field with concession stand.
Despite voting in support of spending up to $500k in “preliminary costs” for the design of a parking garage with a currently unknown shape, size, and final cost, the nitwits Aronsohn and Hauck object to spending $45k to save the Schedler House. Pucciarelli is on his honeymoon, so he wasn’t there to make a fool of himself too.
So there you have it folks. The Three Stooges will have one of the most historic buildings in Northwest Bergen County demolished just to secure the Sports Council votes next year.