Reader says the proposed plan for the Zabriskie Schedler property does a nice job of balancing open space and recreational space and should be acted upon.
Are we sure the property is actually “assessed” at $2.7 million, or are we just assuming so because that was the purchase price?
If the sole goal was to maximize the property as a rateable for tax/income purposes then we should return the grant money, re-zone the property “commercial” and develop the heck out of the exposure to Rt. 17.
However the property was not purchased with that intent. It was purchased because it was targeted as one of the last large parcels of open space in Ridgewood. And it was purchased to help address the significant lack of open area and field space we have.
The proposed plan does a nice job of balancing open space and recreational space and should be acted upon.
what balance? clearing the property for a adult baseball field with a parking lot and field house while effectively putting hundreds of thousands of cars and trucks in the middle of a ridgewood neighborhood. not balance.