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Ridgewood NJ, speaking about bad planning , will wonders never cease, the Village Council plans to purchase a property at 510 West Saddle River Road to build a parking lot and bathrooms on top of the new new Schedler plan which involves clear cutting 8 acres of trees and laying a turf field to create a sports complex on Route 17.
The council gave zero information as too the details of the new purchase. According to Mayor Vagianos he acted alone and didn’t really know what he was signing and there were no Village Council discussions. So where is the Village Attorney Matthew Rogers on this ? And councilmember Evan Weitz is purported to be a compliance attorney for Well Fargo Bank , this cant be a good career move? And as usual no sign of the Village Engineer?
Once again we grabbed this comment from one of the Village Facebook pages , “If there was no discussion on purchasing 510 W Saddle, and they don’t even know if it’s for sale, then how and who coordinated doing all the paper work for the grant and contacting the property owner? Also, why were there multiple closed sessions described as purchase of property? Who is “we”?
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Let us not forget that the prior council is doing a land grab through eminent domain. On a contaminated property no less.
do tell?
Town Garage should NEVER be put into Ridgewood’s portfolio until 1.) the owners do a full environmental assessment and remediate it (and downstream areas) if necessary or 2.) don’t do an environmental assessment BUT post a surety bond as part of the sale that covers any future potential remediation.
The current owner purchased with no intent to ever use it. It was purely speculative knowing they would have the Village over a barrel down the road. They let if fall into disrepair intentionally and it become a eyesore smacked in the middle of the CBD. Essentially, they gave the middle finger to every resident in Ridgewood. I would hate the see them gain from their sleaze.
Yes it’s in the d e p review on how contaminated Land is . Time will tell.
You can only guess about the extent of contamination. Start the cleanup and get ready for a substantial amount of unexpected costs. We should subtract from the purchase price any cleanup costs incurred.
seems like the “Council” is following the lead of the “White House” re/ transparency?!
Does the Village have to submit a 200-foot list to the surrounding area (just what the zoning ordinance calls for) before they can develop that site? Shouldn’t the property owners in the immediate area have the chance to review the plan and contribute to the process? That’s what a typical property owner would have to do even if they wanted to do something as simple as install a fence. It’s a parking lot and bathrooms now (just what everybody wants next door) but what next? A food truck festival?