Ridgewood Planning Board to open public comment on Valley Hospital plan
MAY 8, 2014 LAST UPDATED: THURSDAY, MAY 8, 2014, 4:13 PM
BY DARIUS AMOS
STAFF WRITER
The experts are done, and the floor now belongs to the residents.
Beginning May 20, the hearing for The Valley Hospital master plan amendment proposal will be open to public comments, the penultimate phase of a process that recently passed the 14-month milestone. Each resident who speaks at the next Planning Board meeting will be afforded three minutes to offer commentary on the application and describe any potential impact that might result from the project.
Though speakers may address many topics, Planning Board Attorney Gail Price offered residents guidance on how to present their statements.
“Make it about you and your family, your thoughts and issues that affect your life in connection to the hospital,” Price said at Tuesday’s board meeting. “Those things should be personal to you, not what’s happening to your neighbor or third parties.”
At the conclusion of this week’s Valley hearing, in which municipal planner Blais Brancheau answered remaining questions regarding his March 31 report, Price and Planning Board Chairman Charles Nalbantian reviewed the hearing procedure going forward. At the May 20 meeting, which will begin at 7:30 p.m. at Ridgewood High School, the board will establish a speaking order for residents, all of whom will be sworn in prior to making their statements.
A June 2 meeting at Benjamin Franklin Middle School has already been scheduled to accommodate additional speakers.
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My first question will be, “Could the Planning Board members please remove their ear plugs before I ask my question?”