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Ridgewood Village Council Revisits Water Smart Software

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March 1,2018

the staff of the Ridgewood blog

Ridgewood NJ, at last nights council meeting , the council once again revisited Ridgewood Waters push for the Water Smart software . The crux of the debate seemed to be weather the software could pay for itself with cost savings . Ridgewood Water has some very aggressive water savings goals . Ridgewood water stated the need to save 50,000,000 gallons of water per year.

Some critics of the water company suggest massive water saving in the system will be necessary with all the new development in Ridgewood and the other towns Ridgewood Water services in order to avoid ,”no flush Fridays” .

During the meeting much of the focus  was on the user interface .  The Water Smart software would offer users community comparisons as well as personal comparisons . One of the major advantages would be localized leaks would be more quickly identified .

Ridgewood Water seems to be looking for a more interactive consumer management.Resident Saurabh Dani voiced concerns over integration of multiple software systems .

Nothing  presented last night addressed  the elephant in the room ; the simply fact there is not enough water capacity for the coming high density development .

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Reader says Starting work without a historical study? How do you know the house is really historical?

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Junk! Starting work without a historical study? How do you know the house is really historical? The first evaluator said that the center portion “might be historic”. Is the “might be” the only evaluation you have? And we’re spending a fortune on it for a roof alone when we don’t know if the building itself is worth it? Remember the historical listing makes it only “of interest” and “makes the house available for further documentation”. Do we have any actual reliable facts? And I thought the plans were to tear down the non-historical part (which compose most of the building)? We’re roofing the whole thing? Why do we want to support anything but the truly historical (if it can be proven) part–the kitchen, main room, and probably a downstairs (no original upper floors) bedroom. The rest of it is pure unadulterated junk!!!

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Updated Walker Report 2018 :Impact of Proposed Hudson Street Parking Garage

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February 28,2018

the staff of the Ridgewood blog

Ridgewood NJ, the Walker Report 2018 , click on the link :

Preliminary Financial Analysis – FINAL REPORT – Click Here https://www.ridgewoodnj.net/images/Ridgewood/Projects/HudsonStParkingDeck/Hudson_Street_Parking_Garage_Prel._Fin._Analysis.pdf

Hudson Street Parking Garage Parking Allocation Plan – Click Here https://www.ridgewoodnj.net/images/Ridgewood/Projects/HudsonStParkingDeck/Hudson_Street_Parking_Garage_Allocation_Plan.pdf

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Radicchio Pasta and Risotto Co. Italian comfort food

Radicchio Pasta and Risotto Co

February 28,2018

the staff of the Ridgewood blog

Ridgewood NJ, Born as an Italian comfort food(Restaurant back in the 90’S), Radicchio transformed into Radicchio Pasta and Risotto co over the past two decaded but still embodies the warmth of simple delicacies freshly out of the kitchen.

Each dish here is carefully curated and supervised by the head honcho himself, Chef Daniel Montoya, who possess an enriching experience in the food world.

Do drop in for a satisfying bowl of home made fresh pasta or a selection of the restaurant’s savory appetizers and handpicked fresh fish of the day from the fulton fish market.

“The weather outside didn’t stop our regulars to show up, thanks for your continued support and patronage”
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The Ridgewood Historical Society Congratulates the winner and runners up of the Ridgewood Historical Society Letter Writing Contest!

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February 28,2018

the staff of the Ridgewood blog

Ridgewood NJ, The Ridgewood Historical Society Congratulates the winner and runners up of the Ridgewood Historical Society Letter Writing Contest! In partnership with the social studies department at Ridgewood High School, we invited students to submit fictionalized letters after viewing artifacts at the 2017 exhibit “From the Revolutionary War to the 1960s Revolution!”
The award presentation was last night at the Board of Education meeting. View the presentation with this link at time marker 11:35 https://youtu.be/tB80BUw3Z8g
The winning letters will be posted on our website very soon!
We look forward to this year’s contest which will reflect our upcoming exhibit “The Thread of Life”, opening on March 11th.

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Zabriskie-Schedler house on the Public Meeting Agenda tonight!

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February 28,2018

John Paquin

posted for in Vintage Ridgewood New Jersey Facebook group

Ridgewood NJ, Zabriskie-Schedler house Public Meetings tonight @ 7:30! Come support the House! Great things on the agenda as the Mayor noted in her post. Getting a new roof and potential archeological study. The Dutch Gambrel roof on this house is both it’s most distinctive and threatened feature, and with no roof there’s no house. so getting this right is really important. Very special skill set. And just imagine what’s in the earth there. Hard to believe the roar of 17 is right next door. the ground is literally littered with the remains of old dressed sandstone foundations. You practically trip over them. Outbuildings? Haybarracks? soldier’s firepits?

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Ridgewood Village Coucil Public Workshop: Walker Report , Graydon Concessions , Schedler Archaeological Investigation ,Major Soil Permits

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PUBLIC WORKSHOP AGENDA
FEBRUARY 28, 2018
7:30 P.M.

7:30 pm – Call to Order – Mayor
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.”
Roll Call – Village Clerk
Flag Salute/Moment of Silence
Public Comments (Not to Exceed 3 Minutes per Person – 40 Minutes in Total)
Motion to Suspend Work Session and Convene Special Public Meeting
Special Public Meeting – See Attached Agenda
Motion to Adjourn Special Public Meeting and Reconvene Work Session
Presentation
Walker Report on Hudson Street Parking Garage
Water Smart
Sustainable Jersey Award

Discussion
Ridgewood Water
Award Professional Services – Water Rate Study
Award Professional Services – Design and Administration of
Improvements at the Southside Reservoir
Award Second Year Contract – Supply and Maintain Cold Water Meters

Parking – None
Budget
Award Contract – Graydon Pool Concession – Refreshment Service
Award Contract – Coach Bus Transportation Services
Schedler Property – Phase I and Phase II Archaeological Investigation –
RFP
Deferred School Tax for 2018
Correction to Reso. #17-111 – Award Contract – Portable Fuel Cell Trailer
Award Contract – Tub Grinder
Policy
Use of Barn at Habernickel Park for Project Graduation
Approval of Schedler Ad Hoc Committee Recommendations
Business Improvement District
Operations
Purchasing Process
Major Soil Permits – The Enclave and Ken Smith II Projects
Declare Property Surplus – John Deere 544 H Loader – Streets Department
Declare Property Surplus – Ford F250 – Parks Department
Replacement of Tree at Graydon – Report by Shade Tree Commission

Manager’s Report
Council Reports
Public Comments (Not to Exceed 5 Minutes per Person)
Resolution to go into Closed Session
Closed Session
Personnel – Appointments to Boards and Committees
Contract Negotiations – Hudson Street Parking Garage
Adjournment

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Reader says I don’t get why it matters if Knudsen and Sedon don’t win

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Sorry, I don’t get it. Saraceno and the Aronsohn group got what they wanted. A garage, development at Schedler and most of all the big CAJONES, the multi-housing , MULTIPLEX FEATURE OCSCAR WINNER developments FOUR of them in the CBD.

I don’t get why it matters if Knudsen and Sedon don’t win. Really tell me. I know I know that Knudsen and Sedon were against the housing developments downtown and voted them down, but HEY, they couldn’t convince the planning board.

I don’t want a parking garage nor development at Schedler just as much as I don’t want apt. with 50 units in CBD.

I know that Willet would develop Schedler, and a build a garage so what is the difference.

Really, if the garage were bigger and Schedler completely developed, who cares. If it is developed AT ALL I think is terrible a little more a little bigger, the shit is done by any development.

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Reader says The village needs additional parking for commuters. Period.

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The village needs additional parking for commuters. Period. Please stop with the notion that restaurants and shops need additional parking – this is a myth propagated by the apartment developers. Build a 2 story garage and charge a lower rate for in town commuters and $5,000 per year for out of town commuters. To ensure that no apartment dwellers park there, enforce a no parking ordinance between 2:00 am and 5:00 am. Developers will bail immediately.

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The village has already accounted for and already spends that new $ and every other dime of parking fees it collects and still taxes rise.

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February 28,2018

the staff of the Ridgewood blog

Ridgewood NJ, And when you dig in to the Walker Report 2015 , it gets worse. In 2017, the village hiked annual parking pass rates 25%. That money went right into the general fund for the village. The village has already accounted for and already spends that new $ and every other dime of parking fees it collects and still taxes rise. So if the current intake of taxpayer dollars and parking fees can’t support the village expenses, how would the additional $1.4 million dollars/year in garage expenses for the next 30 years get paid when the next round of proposed parking rake hikes only adds up to $325k a year?

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VILLAGE COUNCIL OF RIDGEWOOD SPECIAL PUBLIC MEETING : Prequalification Regulations for Prospective Bidders for the Roof Restoration for the Zabriskie-Schedler House

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Village Council Special Meeting
AGENDA
VILLAGE COUNCIL SPECIAL PUBLIC MEETING
SYDNEY V. STOLDT, JR. COURT ROOM
FEBRUARY 28, 2018
7:30 P.M.
1. Call to Order
2. Statement of Compliance with the 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. Public Hearing on Prequalification Regulations for Prospective Bidders for the Roof Restoration for the Zabriskie-Schedler House
5. Resolution #18-72 – Adopt Prequalification Regulations for Utilization in Connection with Controlling the Qualifications of Prospective Bidders for Restoration of the Roof for the Zabriskie-Schedler House
6. Adjournment

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Ridgewood Police reported no credible threat was made to either students or school employees of Ridgewood High School

Ridgewood Police reported no credible threat was made to either students or school employees of Ridgewood High School

photos courtesy of Boyd Loving’s Facebook page

February 27,2018

the staff of the Ridgewood blog

Ridgewood NJ, Ridgewood Police reported no credible threat was made to either students or school employees of Ridgewood High School following an investigation that resulted in four (4) males being taken into police custody shortly after officers visited the school on Tuesday morning, 02/27. The individuals, two (2) juveniles and two (2) adults, were stopped by police and detained away from the high school’s property.

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Lucinda L. Johnson and the Founding of the Metropolitan A.M.E. Zion Church of Ridgewood

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February 27,2018
the staff of the Ridgewood blog

Ridgewood NJ, according to the Ridgewood Historical Society , (https://www.facebook.com/groups/356146547743521/ ) Lucinda L. Johnson was born a slave on a tobacco plantation in Virginia in 1848. She moved to New Jersey after the Civil War to find domestic work, and saved her money to buy a small house on S. Maple Avenue. Lucinda married twice and had no children of her own, but cared for many foster children who affectionately called her “Aunt Lucindy.”

She became very involved in the fight against discrimination, which motivated her to host lawn parties in order to found the Metropolitan A.M.E. Zion Church of Ridgewood, a house of worship “dedicated to the Negroes of Ridgewood.” The church is described in an article from the Ridgewood Herald on Jan. 8, 1908 as “a real addition to the architectural attractions of Ridgewood…The church has a basement chapel, kitchen, library rooms…The lighting is by electricity and a furnace gives heat.” Inside the church, there is a stained glass window with an angel’s face marked “For Lucinda.” Johnson’s obituary, published in The Ridgewood Herald-News in Feb. 1940, described her as “a remarkable woman”; she was buried in a lot in Valleau Cemetery that she purchased back in the 1890s.

As this month comes to an end, we encourage everyone to remember Black History and attend Tuesday night’s (Feb. 27th) Academy Award-nominated film at Ridgewood Public Library at 7pm. “I Am Not Your Negro” envisions the book “Remember This House” that James Baldwin never finished, a radical narration about race in America, using the writer’s original words, as read by actor Samuel L. Jackson.

www.ridgewoodlibrary.org/reelvoices2017

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Reader is tired of the lame excuses for photos showing plenty of parking

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I am tired of these lame excuses. If you say you saw plenty of parking on any certain day, the garagaholics like you come back with any of the following:

. it was raining
. it was a holiday and people were out of town
. it was a holiday and people were busy with family
. it was a Monday and some restaurants are closed on Mondays
. it was too early in the day to get a fair estimate
. it was too late in the day and people had already gone home
. it was a Saturday noon and no one goes out until later
. it was a Saturday night and people were using UBER
. it was not raining so people were walking to town
. it was snowing so people were home shoveling
. it was snowing but then it stopped so people went skiing

Get it? There are ALWAYS available spots in town, in spite of Jeff Voigt’s declaration that there are 1000 cars looking for parking on the weekends. There are ALWAYS spots, regardless of whatever excuse you come up with.

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Walker 2015- net new revenue projected for the garage is not projected to offset its expenses

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February 27,2018

the staff of the Ridgewood blog

Ridgewood NJ, walker report 2015-It is typical in downtowns that the revenue stream in a given garage is not sufficient to cover its operating costs and debt service. Downtown parking systems are just that – systems – that rely on pooled revenue from all resources, and especially the on-street meters (which tend to have the highest turnover), to cover the higher cost associated with building and operating a garage. This is the case in Ridgewood, where the net new revenue projected for the garage is not projected to offset its expenses. Therefore, our revenue projection includes all  bottom of page 1

Full report from 2015

https://mods.ridgewoodnj.net/pdf/manager/2015walkerFinal.pdf