SEPTEMBER 15, 2015 LAST UPDATED: TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2015, 9:35 AM
BY MARK KRULISH
STAFF WRITER |
THE RIDGEWOOD NEWS
Improvements to existing baseball fields and the potential installation of a new one were on the agenda for the Village Council last Wednesday evening.
The governing body approved a gift from the Ridgewood Baseball Softball Association (RBSA) and endorsed a resolution authorizing the submission of an application for a matching open space grant from Bergen County.
The village is seeking a grant from the Bergen County Open Space, Recreation, Floodplain Protection, Farmland & Historic Preservation Trust Fund, which provides matching grants to local governments for assistance in redeveloping outdoor public facilities.
Last month, the council adopted a resolution to follow recommendations made in a 2012 Open Space Committee report that called for a 90-foot baseball diamond and a multi-purpose overlay field along with passive recreation opportunities to be built on the Schedler property.
A matching grant of $100,000 is available for Schedler Park Development – Phase I, which includes cleaning the park of dead trees, demolishing the garage and shed, stump removal and the capping of a well, said Village Manager Roberta Sonenfeld.
The timing of the grant application prompted questions from both residents and council members as the deadline for submission to Bergen County was Sept. 3.
The resolution had only been approved Sept. 9, a week later.
https://www.northjersey.com/news/funding-sought-for-schedler-property-1.1410011
