Judge’s deadline for Valley Hospital creeps up
Monday May 20, 2013, 2:40 PM
BY DARIUS AMOS
STAFF WRITER
The Ridgewood News
The Valley Hospital expansion plan public hearing process is moving forward “one session at a time” despite the mounting urgency to complete it before the end of June, according to Ridgewood Planning Board Chairman Charles Nalbantian.
Detailed presentations and spirited debate and conversation between the applicant and board members during the most recent Planning Board meetings, coupled with existing scheduling conflicts, have slowed the fluid pace established in early March. When Valley representatives first met with the Planning Board on March 11, all parties had hoped to meet a Superior Court directive that the hospital’s public hearing conclude before July 1.
While reviewing Valley’s remaining witnesses and schedule last month, project attorney Jonathan Drill expressed skepticism that the hearing would wrap up in time.
“I’m just going to say it,” Drill said as the April 30 meeting concluded, “there’s no way this is going to finish in June, but that’s just – that’s what it is.”
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