Ridgewood planner set to testify at next multifamily housing hearing
OCTOBER 28, 2014 LAST UPDATED: TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2014, 9:45 AM
BY LAURA HERZOG
STAFF WRITER |
THE RIDGEWOOD NEWS
The much-anticipated testimony is coming: Village Planner Blais Brancheau will testify on multifamily housing on Monday, Nov. 3.
At last week’s Planning Board meeting, the location of Brancheau’s testimony was set for the Ridgewood High School Campus Center at 7:30 p.m. that Monday.
After the planner’s testimony, which will consider an amendment to the village’s master plan that would allow high-density multifamily housing in the central business district, the hearing process will be that much closer to conclusion.
Ridgewood’s hearings on the multifamily housing have been ongoing since January 2013.
Three developers have asked for an amendment to the master plan: Garden Homes Development, for a 106-unit complex on South Broad Street at the site of the old Brogan Cadillac lot; Ridgewood resident John Saraceno, who has plans to develop a 52-unit mixed-use housing complex at the old Sealfons site on East Ridgewood and North Maple avenues; and 240 Associates, which aims to develop a 52-unit complex on 166 Chestnut St.
Following this testimony, there will be time for public comment.
According to Planning Board officials, after public comment concludes, lawyers representing all sides of the debate will need to engage in cross-examination, followed by closing statements.
The hearing process should then conclude.
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Bring your supper and maybe breakfast
By the time he get done you ears will be bleeding.
Make the big sacrifice … listen politely — you might learn something new before you change your mind —- again.
Dom just stop , If they made some effort to present the facts ,instead of talking propaganda they have home some chance in getting something done .You think they might have learned from Valley?
DOM a legend in his own mind.
I’ve yet to understand why we have this Village Planner. He doesn’t really plan as much as he reacts. I would feel more comfortable if he were just a little skeptical with the applicants but he seems to be with the “behind closed door” crowd when it comes to Valley and the development of the CBD.
I wonder if he’s aware of how things are being handled in Upper Saddle River where the public servants actually seem to represent the best interests of the taxpayers.
Oh yes. If only we were USR.