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A Message From Council Candidate Jeff Voigt on the Valley Hospital Hearings

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PLANNING BOARD SPECIAL PUBLIC MEETINGS – VALLEY HOSPITAL

Planning Board Amendent to Meeting Schedule – Special Public Meetings – March 30, 31 and  April 4,5,7

For complete details for the meeting schedule – Click Here

H Zone Proposed 2016 Master Plan –  Click Here for Document

H Zone Proposed 2016 Master Plan –Click Here for  Redline Document

 

Please view this video message from VC candidate Jeff Voigt and come out for the Valley Hospital Settlement hearings.

-Tonight at 7:30pm; Village Hall courtroom

· Thursday, March 31, 2016; 7:30pm, Student Center Ridgewood High School

· Monday, April 4, 2016; Village Hall Courtroom

· Tuesday, April 5, 2016; Village Hall Courtroom

· Thursday, April 7, 2016; Student Center Ridgewood High School

For more information or how to get involved please email No2ValleySettlement@gmail.com or visit www.https://stop94.com/

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Valley Hospital like everyone else, it needs to conform to the current Master Plan

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March 30,2016

Linda McNamara

Ridgewood Nj, We are talking about 10 years of construction at one of the busiest intersections in Ridgewood. Most hospitals don’t build next to schools. Homes were there before Valley.

We like having a hospital in town but like everyone else, it needs to conform and we should demand that they abide by the current Master Plan. Valley is looking to become a noted regional facility. They can do it but not all of it at the current site. They have purchased many properties in the surrounding area.

Most of us prefer going to satellite locations for many of our medical needs. valley sued Ridgewood for “arbitrary and capricious” deliberstions. The town held numerous forums and the Planning Board voted 5-2 against the expansion plan. They keep coming back because they have tons of money and paying lawyers poses no difficulties. We need a strong defense and I am not sure the powers that be are up to the task.

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RIDGEWOOD PLANNING BOARD SPECIAL PUBLIC MEETINGS – VALLEY HOSPITAL

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PLANNING BOARD SPECIAL PUBLIC MEETINGS – VALLEY HOSPITAL

Planning Board Amendent to Meeting Schedule – Special Public Meetings – March 30, 31 and  April 4,5,7

For complete details for the meeting schedule – Click Here

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Valley Hospital settlement Exposed

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March 26,2016

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Ridgewood NJ, Resident Dana H. Glazer a video on the the Valley ‘Settlement.’  For more information about the Valley Hospital settlement, please email: No2ValleySettlement@gmail.com . Please attend the following Public Hearings:

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Reader says time to Repeal Pfund’s Folly

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Repeal Pfund’s Folly, i.e. Ordinance 3066 !!! In the very least repeal the Chapter § 190-143 ( here https://ecode360.com/6694062 ) that allow for applications to amend the Master Plan. Application to Village Council or Planning Board.Any interested party may request that an amendment or amendments be made to the Village Master Plan or development regulations. The request(s) shall be made to the Village Council and/or the Village Planning Board.

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Courts should decide hospital expansion

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Courts should decide hospital expansion

OCTOBER 24, 2014    LAST UPDATED: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2014, 10:01 AM
THE RIDGEWOOD NEWS

Let courts decide Valley’s fate

Rurik Halaby

To the Editor:

I support The Valley Hospital’s decision to take the matter of its renewal to court, as I know that we, the residents of Ridgewood, will win if Valley wins. Valley has to renew to remain viable. And its future cannot be dictated by a small band of neighbors who are only guided by their parochial needs.

And before the politicians start beating their chests, I will relate a discussion I had with a Village Council member after the council voted against Valley in 2011. He/she shook his/her head and lamented the fact the issue ever came to the council: “It should have been settled by the courts.” Well, hopefully the Village Council’s work will be done for it.

History is full of missed opportunities, and Ridgewood’s great missed opportunity this past year was our mayor not mediating behind the scenes between Valley and its neighbors to alleviate the neighbors’ concerns and to arrive at a workable solution. If I lived in the neighborhood, I certainly would have had my concerns, but I would have worked hard to get Valley to address them to the satisfaction of most of the neighbors.

This is now doubly difficult because the neighbors’ fears have gone beyond rationality to the realm of paranoia: The neighborhood being smothered with a blanket of noxious fumes, basements being flooded, walls getting cracked, and children being mowed down by heavy trucks on their way to school. These concerns made me wonder if this project was actually taking place in the most advanced engineering country in the world.

– See more at: https://www.northjersey.com/opinion/opinion-letters-to-the-editor/letter-courts-should-decide-hospital-expansion-1.1117450#sthash.MC5oZryJ.dpuf

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Reader says Valley tried to buy the license of Pascack Valley for $2 million in order to terminate and keep it CLOSED Pascack Valley, arguing that there were too many available health care services and beds in the region.

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Reader says Valley tried to buy the license of Pascack Valley for $2 million in order to terminate and keep it CLOSED Pascack Valley, arguing that there were too many available health care services and beds in the region.

Richard Keenan, Valley’s chief financial officer and senior vice president, said in his testimony “Most nights there are approximately 300 unoccupied hospital beds in Bergen County,” Some remaining hospitals “are still running at dangerously low occupancy levels,”

Do recall that Valley tried to buy the license of Pascack Valley for $2 million in order to terminate and keep it CLOSED, arguing up to 2013 decision that there were too many available health care services and beds in the region.

“The bed need study that we conducted again shows that opening another hospital in the most overbedded county in the state makes no sense,” said Valley CEO Audrey Meyers.

From a Valley lawyer at the time : ‘The board of trustees and the leadership of The Valley Hospital continue to believe that the opening of a new hospital ( PV) during an era of health care reform, declining hospital reimbursement, reduced patient hospitalizations, insignificant population growth and a challenging economy is wrong for the health care system of Bergen County,” “The latest numbers show that there will be no increase in demand for health care, and a new hospital will only hurt existing hospitals.”

So Valley basically argued that Pascack Valley wasn’t inherently beneficial to the region given healthcare surpluses but knowing that PV’s continued closure was inherently beneficial to Valley accumulating additional profits .

PV hearings exposed Valley’s ulterior motives and any pretense of altruism. The embarrassing double talk of Valley, the repeated attempts to shove through an overbuild and now this wasteful suit has alienated this community

Valley enjoys a coveted address and gracious host but its rather affluent residents are also educated and attentive and not willing to let the detriments of unbridled expansion degrade their town. Valley always had their support and ability to properly renew but their aspirations to be a regional behemoth needed to be thoughtfully planned especially given past rulings and guidance about limitations which they obviously choose to disregard.
Technology today allows the option of operating a right sized base with satellites , Valley could take this route or materially expand at another location as some other regional hospitals did. No legitimate rationale exists for any huge expansion not to be in a suitable location. Poor planning or arrogance are not a basis for an overbuild.

The existing building of HUMC PV was totally renovated with the newest technology for $80mil . Valley is a larger structure as is so the cost would be proportionately higher but a proper renewal would result in large scost avings that can be reinvested elsewhere. Valley and its trustees should take a cue from others and embark on a proper renewal at Van Dien and other options before they lose whatever is left of their goodwill and rank.

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Reader says Valley should focus on being a Community Hospital and stop the race to nowhere

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Reader says Valley should focus on being a Community Hospital and stop the race to nowhere

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I’ve seen a lot of comments on this blog that people should stop going to Valley, stop using doctors that go to Valley, etc. to try to send the hospital a message.

Unfortunately, I don’t think they would receive that message. The truth of the matter is that most people are not going to stop going to Valley due to this issue. Most will continue using Valley as they always do, but maybe not be happy doing it.

I have no problem with most of the doctors, staff, etc. that work at Valley. I have a serious problem with the administration. They are tone deaf, their embarrassment of attorney Drill should actually be named Tool based on his immature and annoying behavior during the previous legal proceedings, and unless you have a financial interest in Valley, I would think that most residents that were indifferent to Valley’s expansion are now seriously opposing it.

The truth of the matter is, based on my observations about convenience etc., Valley’s arguments that it needs to double its size etc. to compete and to serve the community are irrational. Most people will go to the local medical establishments in their communities. Valley does not need to increase their draw to compete with the megahospitals in the region. If they continue on the path they have followed for the past half a century and focus on the local community and stop the race to nowhere, they could modestly improve over time and still be successful.

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Village Support for Valley Continues to Drop

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Village Support for Valley Continues to Drop 

I’m not going to disparage Valley service as their paid and volunteer workforce deserve better. Having said that, I am extremely disappointed in the actions of the hospital over the past several years and also disappointed with some trustees and foundation members who live in Ridgewood but apparently haven’t protested the shameful suit by the hospital. In my mind, their silence means tacit approval of these dealings which I find quite offensive to our residents. 

A renewal of the hospital site should been simply that and the wishes, laws and decisions of this community should have respected. I will not boycott my doctors who are caught in the middle but I will no longer support the hospital nor will I hold some villagers in the same regard.
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Reader says Valley has already lost to HUMC

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Reader says Valley has already lost to HUMC

Valley has already lost to HUMC. They’ve wasted 8 years trying to railroad a plan through that never had a shot at passing. Now at best they’ll get a watered down version of their plan which will be way too little and way too late to compete with Hackensack and Meridian.

If your kid falls off his bike take him to Valley – a boycott won’t accomplish anything. Sure, go ahead and have your babies at Valley too. Valley is a decent neighborhood hospital – run by people whose ambitions greatly exceed their abilities.

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Reader says Deputy Mayor Albert Pucciarelli should resign

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Reader says Deputy Mayor Albert Pucciarelli should resign

If the deputy mayor’s firm still does work for Valley, i think he should either resign from the council or have his firm agree they wont represent Valley for a period of at least two years after everything is resolved. Clearly, Al can’t participate in any discussions involving Valley and this is a time where we need our entire council in place. Valley has declared war against the Village and the Village needs to be at full force to respond.

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Former Director of the Department of Pediatrics at The Valley Hospital 2010 letter

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Former Director of the Department of Pediatrics at The Valley Hospital  2010 letter

Check out Cannalito’s other letter (from 2010), https://www.northjersey.com/opinion/on-expansion-of-the-valley-hospital-1.941110?page=all

In it, he says “I suggest that the Valley administration, if it has not already done so, explore the option of moving the hospital out of Ridgewood, then consider converting its campus in one of three ways: as an in-patient and out-patient mental health and/or drug treatment and rehabilitation center, a nursing care facility or housing.

“It is often better to deal with someone or something you are familiar with and know, even if it is not ideal, than take a risk of dealing with an unknown person or thing. Ridgewood residents should carefully consider that.”

I wonder if he got his playbook from that attorney who unsucessfully suggested if zoning for a house on Ridgewood Avenue wasn’t changed to two homes, it might become a drug rehab.

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Reader says Time to Boycott Valley and all doctors associated with it

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Reader says Time to Boycott Valley and all doctors associated with it

Time to Boycott Valley and all doctors associated with it. Dr. Cannaliato (Mahwah) suggests that Valley move. We agree, I’m sure Meridian can take this property and make it work in its current size? Renew within, you wasted so much time asking for unrealistic increases that you now deserve to fail. Don;t forget to blame the town for your failures too. Pascack Valley and Hackensack now seem like great alternatives for the 6% that are now suffering in Ridgewood. Remember, what Valley is asking for not one single resident would be allowed to do. Follow the rules of the H-Zone and Master Plan. Now shut up and accept the town decisions. Dr. Cannalialto calls our boycott actions childish and spiteful? Valley’s actions are Bulling with funds to do so. Some residents would now rather die in an ambulance than be taken to Valley!

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Reader says Valley Needs New Management

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Reader says Valley is just a bully in Need of New Management

Let us not forget the reason why Valley is a no, should be a no, and will always be a NO! Detriment, Detriment, Detriment! Valley makes me sick, not that sick, I won’t go there anymore! I believe Valley has both bully’s and morons at the helm. They are the spiteful ones who don’t give a darn about anyone but themselves. I saw in an article after their defeat that mentioned they should accept this decision and put forth reasonable variances that should be accepted if they need more room here and there…just like everyone else in this town. You are a non taxpaying pompous bully-Valley…stop the nonsense and conform. 

No Judge, in his right mind is going to overturn this decision. By the time your mess is over, most of us will be long gone. Ridgewood needs to just get a Public Defender, for free, like Valley’s taxes. Don’t make all the taxpayers suffer! Let’s all figure that 2% cap increase on taxes for sure now. We figured on it anyway? Christie, is looking pretty good now? U liberal holes! “Boycott Valley “signs from CRR soon? I doubt it, a little to Politically Incorrect (but true)?. Enjoy the WE
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Former Director of the Department of Pediatrics at The Valley Hospital says Valley Should Move

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Former Director of the Department of Pediatrics at The Valley Hospital says Valley Should Move 

For those whose didn’t see Dr. Cannalito’s letter, it can be found athttps://www.northjersey.com/opinion/opinion-letters-to-the-editor/the-record-letters-saturday-oct-18-1.1112286

His final statement is “The Valley Hospital should not have to repeatedly put up with this nonsense. It would be better served if it boycotted the village and moved the hospital to another town.”

While our motivations are different, I have to agree with his conclusion – if Valley continues to contend it simply can’t live within the confines of the H-Zone and some normal sized variances, it would be better served if it moved.

He is the former Director of the Department of Pediatrics at The Valley Hospital.