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Ridgewood Council Moves Forward with Elks Buy

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file photo by Boyd Loving

August 11,2017

the staff of the Ridgewood blog

Ridgewood NJ, on Wednesday night the Ridgewood council voted to appropriate $1.6 million of Ridgewood Water funds to go forward with the purchase of the former Elks Lodge on Maple Avenue .

The council voted 3-2 in favor of the purchase with Councilman Jeffrey Voigt and Councilwoman Bernadette Walsh casting dissenting votes.

The appropriation,comes less than a month after a NJ Superior Court judge ruled against the village of Ridgewood in a lawsuit, finding that it had approved “capricious” and “unreasonable” rate hikes between 2010 and 2012.

No estimate was given as to how much will it cost to renovate that space or what is going in Ridgewood Water place at Village Hall.

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One Love Bike+Barre Studio Ridgewood

One Love Bike+Barre Studio Ridgewood

People don’t know that when Jennifer moved into the building, she actually joined the Elks Club. This was an asset to our membership which increase the past 3 years.

She was a loyal member since moving in and my hats off to her and her staff.
As I know first hand, it was a land grab by the National Elks organization.
They are really a Mafia. They recently did this to my dad’s Elks in New Rochelle.
As for parking illegally at Kings  you have no idea what you’re talking about
They have 15 spots in the back and their classes hold less than that.
Taking up some of their spots are employees at the library and people visiting the library.
In addition, library patrons park at kings all day.

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VILLAGE COUNCIL REGULAR PUBLIC MEETING Elks,Cell Towers ,Ridge School and Unlawful Enrollment

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VILLAGE OF RIDGEWOOD

VILLAGE COUNCIL

REGULAR PUBLIC MEETING

JULY 12, 2017

8:00 P.M.

1. Call to Order – Mayor

2. Statement of Compliance with the Open Public Meetings Act

3. Roll Call – Village Clerk

4. Flag Salute and Moment of Silence

5. Acceptance of Financial Reports

6. Approval of Minutes

7. Proclamations

NONE

8. Swearing-in of Police Sergeant Salvatore D’Amico

9. Comments from the Public (Not to exceed 3 minutes per person – 40 minutes in total)

10. Village Manager’s Report

11. Village Council Reports

12. ORDINANCES – INTRODUCTION – RIDGEWOOD WATER

3606 – Water Capital Ordinance ($1,600,000) – Purchase of Elks Club Property

13. ORDINANCES – PUBLIC HEARING – RIDGEWOOD WATER

NONE

14. RESOLUTIONS – RIDGEWOOD WATER

17-197 Award Contract – Lafayette Reservoir Improvements

17-198 Award Contract – Polyphosphate Pumps for Corrosion Control

17-199 Award Professional Services Contract – Cedar Hill Reservoir Improvements

17-200 Amend 2017 Water Capital Budget

17-201 Authorize Lease of Property for Co-Location of Wireless Telecommunications Antennas

15. ORDINANCES – INTRODUCTION

3607 – Blue Collar Union Salary Ordinance

3608 – White Collar Union Salary Ordinance

3609 – Amend Chapter 145 Fees – Establish Fees for Tree Protection

3610 – Amend Chapter 265 – Vehicles and Traffic – No Stopping on Portion of West Ridgewood Avenue

3611 – Enact Title 39 on All Public School Properties

3612 – Unlawful Enrollment of Students in Ridgewood Public Schools

16. ORDINANCES – PUBLIC HEARING

3601 – Amend Chapter 265 – Vehicles and Traffic – Establish Stop Signs at Upper Boulevard and Glenwood Road

3602 – Amend Chapter 222 – Power Tools, Landscaping, and Yard Maintenance Equipment

3603 – Authorize Special Emergency Appropriation – Master Plan Revision ($250,000)

3604 – Amend Chapter 265 – Vehicles and Traffic – Hours for Closure of Clinton Avenue to Through Traffic

3605 – Amend Chapter 260 – Trees and Shrubs

17. RESOLUTIONS

17-202 Title 59 Approval – Police Handguns and Magazines

17-203 Award Contract – Police Handguns and Magazines

17-204 Award Contract Under State Contract – Ammunition for Police Handguns

17-205 Award Contract Under State Contract – Holsters for Handguns

17-206 Award Contract Under State Contract – Tires

17-207 Award Contract Under State Contract – Lifts and Support Stands – Fleet Services

17-208 Award Contract Under National Joint Powers Alliance – Front End Loaders with Snowplows

17-209 Award Contract Under National Joint Powers Alliance – Two Sanitation Trucks with Snowplows

17-210 Award Professional Services Contract – Feasibility Study for 240 Car Parking Garage

17-211 Title 59 Approval – Paint Curbs Yellow

17-212 Authorize Additional Funding for Special Attorney for RCRD Lawsuit (NTE $100,000)

17-213 Approve Major Soil Moving Permit – 240 Associates – Chestnut Village

17-214 Declare Fire Department Property Surplus

17-215 Appoint Members to Schedler Park Ad Hoc Committee

17-216 Endorse Bergen County Open Space Trust Fund Application – The James Rose Center

17-217 Appoint Clean Communities Coordinator

17-218 Appoint Recycling Program Coordinator

17-219 Authorize Release of Cash Bond – Capital One Bank

17-220 Accept Donation from Ridgewood Board of Education for Stigma Free Initiative

17-221 Award Contract – Central Valet Services

18. Comments from the Public (Not to Exceed 5 minutes per person)

19. Resolution to go into Closed Session

20. Closed Session

A. Sale of Property – Barrington Road

21. Adjournment

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Readers Say we auditoriums in EVERY single school , Why do we need a performing arts center? Not to mention that the property is in a flood zone

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From the July 2015 Ridgewood Library Board of Trustees Meeting

A couple of library board trustees said they want to move ahead with the original plan, which called only for the renovation of the library, and add in the construction of a performing arts center next to the library and village hall. This would turn the library and its surrounding area into the cultural hub the members are seeking.

The cost of the library renovations alone is estimated at around $5 million, according to Ralph Rosenberg, who was responsible for the renovations 20 years ago. Rosenberg has agreed to advise the trustees throughout the process as “owner’s representative.”

The estimated cost of the renovations, including the hypothetical performing arts center, is unknown.

(Community News | At the Library | Ridgewood Inside NorthJersey.com)

See any common threads here?

Board of Trustees Ridgewood Library

John Johansen, President 12/31/2015
Elisa R. Legg, Vice President
Arlene Sarappo, Secretary 12/31/2018
Gail Campbell, Treasurer
Christine Driscoll 12/31/2018
John Saraceno 12/31/2017
Janis Fuhrman 12/31/2018
Paul Aronsohn, Mayor
Albert Pucciarelli, Mayor’s Delegate
Dr. Daniel Fishbein, Superintendent of Schools
Linda Diorio, Superintendent’s Delegate

Don’t we have auditoriums in EVERY school which can be rented for a very reasonable price. Why do we need a performing arts center? Not to mention that the property is in a flood zone.

Yes, the National Elks organization appears to have been “gotten to”, at least indirectly, by a cabal of local supporters of the idea of building a performing arts center where the Elk’s Lodge now stands. The Local Elk’s club membership is probably reeling at the treatment they have been receiving from their national – level hierarchy. The tax status of the property on which the Elk’s Lodge now sits appears to have also been the subject of hijinks or skullduggery of some sort. Its valuation was dropped by more than half, if memory serves, with no apparent explanation for the change, which sounds like a setup.