JUNE 1, 2015 LAST UPDATED: MONDAY, JUNE 1, 2015, 9:46 AM
BY MARK KRULISH
STAFF WRITER |
THE RIDGEWOOD NEWS
The Village Council approved on May27 a contract for a consulting firm to study two options for a parking garage on Hudson Street.
The governing body also discussed a potential bond ordinance that would cover pre-construction funding for such a project.
The contract, approved by a 5-0 vote, was awarded to New York-based Walker Parking Consultants, which will perform an evaluation of automated parking systems versus traditional parking garages for the lot at Hudson Street.
The study needs to be done prior to a request for proposals (RFP) on the design, said Village Manager Roberta Sonenfeld. The village must decide if it wants to build a traditional deck or one with automated parking before going out for an RFP, she said.
Councilwoman Susan Knudsen inquired about the cover letter submitted by Walker, which said the Hudson Street lot was only 100 feet wide and does not have the dimensions for an efficient self-park garage, thereby defeating the purpose of studying two systems.
Village Engineer Chris Rutishauser agreed the lot does not have the depth for a traditional deck, but a study done by Ridgewood’s engineering department revealed there were a number of options the village had if it wished to build a traditional deck.
https://www.northjersey.com/news/firm-to-study-two-options-for-garage-1.1346420
We have to get that parking garage built so the Tree Amigos can use it at election time no matter what it cost down the road. We also need the Parking Garage to supplement the tenement parking that Big Al the Developers Friend is going to push through.
I predict this proposed ordinance will be removed from the agenda, before that night. – There is no real value to introduce it.
Give me $7,500 and I’ll tell you what to do about a parking garage: FORGET IT.
Especially on that corner–already narrow, dangerous–I have nearly been killed more than once crossing west on S. Broad St. from the Hudson St. parking lot on foot and heading for Sook. Not long ago a nice driver stopped to let me go but fortunately I checked in the other direction before proceeding and a woman on a cell phone whizzed past me at about 40 MPH.
It’s an election year. Spend and bond.
This town of allegedly affluent brains can’t even figure out how to collect quarters from a parking meter, so forget about a garage or configuring a CBD!
REMOVE THE BIKE LANE FIASCO FROM GARBER SQ.
ITS AN ABSOLUTE DISASTER AND TRAFFIC NIGHTMARE!
What the Mayor and council have successfully proven for years and years is that the parking situation can not be fixed. Parking in the Village of Ridgewood? “It is what it is”.