Ridgewood NJ,Monday is the 42nd annual Fred d’Elia Memorial Day Ridgewood Run. The Ridgewood Run is the premier road race in northern New Jersey and one of the longest running races in the tri-state area. Choose either the 10K, 5K, Road Mile, Fun Run – all or one of them.
The Fred d’Elia Memorial Day Ridgewood Run hosted by the North Jersey Masters is a spirited, community-focused day of running events in an open-park atmosphere for local and competitive runners, families and their children. Seven distinct events incluidng a wheelchair race, 10K, 5K, mile races and Fun Run provide the center of activity. The road races are run through the beautiful, tree-lined streets of the Village of Ridgewood NJ. located in Bergen County ( and bordering Rockland, Westchester, and New York counties). Proceeds from the event are donated to the NJ Special Olympics and other community organizations.
Monday May 29 – Race Day Veteran’s Field, Ridgewood NJ
7:00AM – Registration & Bib Pick Up
8:15AM – Wheelchair 10K
8:20AM – 10K
10:15AM – 5K
11:15AM – Masters Women’s Elite Mile; Open Women’s Elite Mile immediately to follow
11:40AM – Masters Men’s Elite Mile; Open Men’s Elite Mile immediately to follow
Watch out while the townsfolk are away at summer beach house timed town VOR TOWN PLANNING approval agenda items for the toxic decisions ..
In past administrations ..
They have positioned a lot of bad proposals onto those summer favors for
rescues referendums in July..of really bad stuff in the past..oldest trick in the book.
Tax increases , artificial turf….parking increases and introduction of
new parking and owners land use restrictions..it happens and it’s usually bad for taxpayers .
in anti terror circles it’s euphemistically called the ,”Ramadan bomb-a-thon “
May 26, 2017
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ, State of New Jersey Department of Homeland Security issues a Ramadan warning and repeat there are no known or credible threats to New Jersey in relation to ISIS at this time.
On May 25, ISIS released a video calling on supporters to conduct assaults and justified the killing of innocents during Ramadan, the most sacred month in Islam, which runs from May 27 to June 24. Historically, ISIS and its predecessor groups have called for an offensive campaign during this month.
The recent message encourages targeting civilians in the West, claiming that their deaths would serve as retribution for casualties in Muslim-majority countries. In 2015 and 2016, the group’s now-deceased spokesman, Abu Muhammad al-Adnani, urged followers to escalate attacks during Ramadan, encouraging those unable to travel to Iraq and Syria to conduct operations in the West—“The smallest action you do in the heart of their land is dearer to us than the largest action by us.”
Since 2006, ISIS and its predecessor group, al-Qa’ida in Iraq, have engaged in Ramadan campaigns, marked by complex coordinated operations in multiple countries throughout the month. In 2016, the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando and a bombing in Baghdad, killing 49 and 323 respectively, occurred during Ramadan. In 2015, attacks conducted within hours of each other targeted tourists at a Tunisian beach resort, killing 38, and worshipers at a Shia mosque in Kuwait, resulting in 27 fatalities.
During Ramadan, Muslims fast from sunrise to sunset and engage in increased religious observance. Traditionally, Muslims gather at mosques for evening feasts, known as Iftar, and nightly prayers. The month concludes with a three-day holiday, Eid al-Fitr, during which prayers and celebrations will be held at mosques, high schools, and parks throughout New Jersey.
There are no known or credible threats to New Jersey in relation to ISIS’s statement.NJOHSP encourages residents to report suspicious activity to local law enforcement and by calling 1-866-4-SAFE-NJ or by emailing [email protected].
Dear Mayor Knudsen, Deputy Mayor Sedon, Councilman Hache, and Councilwoman Walsh:
I was recently shown copies of email messages between Councilman Jeffrey Voigt and Alfred Doblin, editorial page editor of The Record, obtained from the Village by a fellow resident via the Open Public Records Act. I will not quote them here because I believe that you have all seen them.
Background: earlier this month I read an editorial by Mr. Doblin in which he urged Ridgewood’s Village Council to permit a rainbow flag to be flown on municipal property. I was disturbed by several aspects of the editorial and sent Mr. Doblin an email message providing my phone number and asking if we might talk about it. He called me and we spoke. At the end of our conversation, he invited me to write a letter to the editor repeating my views and said he would make sure it was published. Although I was very busy preparing for a trip, I took the time to write the letter, which after some editing by him was published the next day. At that time I had not yet read Councilman Voigt’s op-ed piece on the subject; I learned of its existence later. They were posted separately at northjersey.com but ran on the same page of the “hard copy” of the paper on May 10.
Contrary to Councilman Voigt’s suggestion via email to that very editor, Mayor Knudsen neither wrote the letter for me nor helped me to write it. This claim was uncalled-for, inaccurate, and insulting. I can still hardly believe the councilman thought it, much less expressed it.
The problem for the village and residents goes beyond defamation. At more than one council meeting, Councilman Voigt has displayed disruptive, distracting, erratic, and frankly infantile behavior on the dais. His facial expressions and body language have indicated extreme irritation with what was being said or voted upon. He has repeatedly refused to be silent when a point of order has been called. He has stood up and approached and loudly cursed at our Village Manager in the full view and hearing of all. i have often asked myself whether I was sitting in a municipal courtroom or the gym in a junior high. He has shown contempt for his fellow council members and the public, going so far as to sneer openly at the mayor while she was speaking and to name in a negative way residents who routinely make the effort to observe our elected officials, as numerous council members over the years have repeatedly implored residents to do. If only more residents had the time and interest to do the same! As thanks for our ongoing concern about municipal issues and sincere contributions toward enhancing our village’s quality of life, we became the victims of a councilman’s diatribes. Is it appropriate for us to be named on the public record in such a manner? I thought we deserved a medal, not a punch in the face.
Flailing even farther into cyberspace, Councilman Voigt has now posted on his Facebook page (www.facebook.com/jeffrey.voigt.3) the OPRA requests by four village residents for email messages that he had sent through the village server. These requests are posted without redaction, thus openly revealing those residents’ names, phone numbers, mailing addresses, and email addresses. Does our village attorney not find this questionable?
Precisely what Councilman Voigt has against the mayor, whom in his litany of email calumnies he ironically called “mean spirited,” is a mystery to me. Whatever his issues may be, surely elected officials need to check their fury at the door and to learn how to disagree courteously and rationally without sniping at each other in emails to the local press. If our deeply embattled federal Congress can get through the day without wringing each others’ necks, can’t the Ridgewood Village Council do the same? Yet as an observer of many council meetings, either in person or online, I have never seen the mayor respond to the councilman’s outbursts other than with a calm, quiet, professional demeanor.
At a recent council meeting, Councilman Voigt exhibited dismay upon discovering, as he should have known was legal under state law, that some of his email messages had been obtained via OPRA requests. Yet he dismissed the derogatory and disrespectful statements that he had made in those messages. In journalism, this is called “burying the lede.” Moreover, these disparaging observations were made not to just anyone, but to the editorial page editor of the major newspaper in the county, published by the same publisher as our town paper. As a professional journalist exercising her right of free speech at the suggestion of that editor, I was appalled to read the councilman’s comments about me, disparaging on their face and therefore mortifying, but on a professional note as well. Suppose I wanted to approach that editor or a colleague of his for a job–or even to submit another letter? I have now been characterized by a sitting council member as “the mayor’s attack dog.” There goes my credibility as a disinterested observer!
Interestingly, one point to which Councilman Voigt strongly objected was my statement in the letter, picked up by The Record as its headline, that I believed the council had always intended to do the right thing. How could I know that?, he demanded. But wait—my letter was supportive of the entire council, including him. A major reason I had contacted Mr. Doblin in the first place and then written the letter at his suggestion was to support our council, whom I felt Mr. Doblin’s editorial had unfairly maligned. Was it wrong to state that I believed in my village council’s goodwill? What’s the problem here?
Further evidence of poor judgment at best and malfeasance at worst is that Councilman Voigt chose as his mechanism for defaming me and others a public server supported by our tax dollars. To read these words written by a sitting council member for whose election we had spent considerable time volunteering last year, including through the Preserve Graydon Coalition’s email list, was particularly disheartening. I am perplexed and disappointed that he felt compelled to state these things and find it unforgivable that he felt free to dismiss my views in writing and to compromise my credibility—to a fellow journalist, no less.
Councilman Voigt’s communications also cast false and inexplicable aspersions on the character of our mayor. Perhaps there is some incomprehensible vendetta, but if so, it would be more appropriately handled privately rather than before the cameras and the public eye. The councilman continues to embarrass himself and to make a spectacle of himself. One is forced to infer that he may be unable to control his behavior. That is a serious problem for an elected official.
These events, some of which have been widely circulated on social media and elsewhere and are likely to continue to be, have created a serious trust issue for our village. This town has witnessed more than its share of sniping, anger, and infighting on the dais. We were relieved to have put it behind us with the last council election, but “it’s baaack” with (literally) a vengeance. The situation must not be permitted to continue or intensify for the three years, one month, and six days (but who’s counting?) remaining in Councilman Voigt’s four-year term lest we descend into irredeemable vituperation and chaos.
Have you, our elected council members, conferred with our village attorney to learn what formal reprimands or sanctions might be leveled against Councilman Voigt by village ordinance, by the Faulkner form of government, by Robert’s Rules of Order, by legal precedent, by ethical codes in general, or by other precepts and means? Can four members of a five-member village council request or demand the resignation of the fifth? If so, please consider taking that course to restore decorum and public trust in our council chamber.
An apology would not “cut it,” considering that a previous apology for discourteous behavior during council meetings has been followed by even more histrionic performances. Councilman Voigt’s swift replacement would be ideal. If that is not possible, a strong public reprimand by the village attorney to calm the populace and mandated psychological counseling and perhaps medication to calm the councilman are warranted.
This Village has to wake up to the math. A $9mm garage that increases parking by 140 spaces cost about $64,000 per space. If one were to assume that every one of those incremental spaces (because incremental space is what we are paying for) was filled 256 day per year, (360 less weekends), it would take about 10 years at $25 per space per day just to cover the $9mm construction cost. This is a wild ass assumption in its own right. A few other items to think about- i) we can’t build outdoor bathrooms without going over budget so that $9mm figure is a wish, ii) the math mentioned above does not take into consideration financing, operating and capital costs and iii) the Village should not underestimate the external costs associated with increased traffic in an already congested business district. I would guess that when those costs are realistically added in, this project will create significant deficits that would be funded by the tax payers. Hey, let’s go for it assuming we all know how much the pretty building will cost us and who really benefits from another white elephant.
Ridgewood NJ, The Women Gardeners of Ridgewood have been around since 1914 ,over 100 years . They are one of those low profile organizations that makes Ridgewood such a unique place .
At Wednesdays Village Council Meeting the ladies offered at their own expense to renovate a room at Habernickel Park to use as their reference library for Gardening and to share this resource with the Village.
The Women Gardeners of Ridgewood
A Proud History
By Roberta Svarre
In 2005, The Women Gardeners of Ridgewood (also referred to as, “The Women Gardeners” or “the Club”) celebrated its 80th year of operation. The organization owes its name to the fact that a “Garden Club of Ridgewood” was organized in 1914, but its membership was restricted to men. Resentment at this exclusion motivated a group of dedicated women to form “The Women Gardeners of Ridgewood” under the leadership of Mrs. C.W. Stockton in 1925. The club had twenty members and was a charter member of The Garden Club of New Jersey when it was organized. No record of the men’s club remains.
During the Depression years of 1932-33, The Women Gardeners of Ridgewood was unable to pay dues to the state organization and instead became part of the Garden Department of the Women’s Club of Ridgewood. That relationship continued until 1945, when membership in The Garden Club of New Jersey was reinstated.
Some of the longest continuing members of The Women Gardeners of Ridgewood remember serving as joint Hospitality Chairmen. Since the club met in member’s homes, part of the position included hauling borrowed chairs from Van Emburgh’s Funeral Home to the home of the meeting hostess and back.
The Club has a long tradition of community service. For many years members would travel to the Veteran’s Hospital in East Orange, where they would decorate the day rooms and chapel and make tray arrangements.
That tradition continues on the local level today. The Women Gardeners designed and maintain the plantings at the Ridgewood Public Library and provides weekly flower arrangements for the library lobby. The Club designed the garden for the Share house for elderly residents on Prospect Street and supported the garden at the Children’s Services and Family Counseling building.
The Women Gardeners of Ridgewood also provides tray favors for Meals on Wheels during the holiday season and makes centerpieces for the fundraising activities of various local charities. The Club has participated in the showhouse at Skylands Manor, considered an exhibition opportunity for area garden clubs.
The Club is proud of its most recent addition, a Junior Program, “Green Kids” which was started September 2007. Designed for children Grades 3 through 6, this program meets monthly to explore and discover nature, science, gardening, art, birding, weather, recycling, environment and our senses.
As part of its public education efforts, The Women Gardeners present semi-annual Garden Education Day featuring major speakers, workshops and/or boutiques.
The activities of the club are supported by a semi-annual garden tour called “SECRET GARDENS OF RIDGEWOOD.” Begun as part of Ridgewood’s centennial celebration in 1994, Secret Gardens of Ridgewood has become one of New Jersey’s premier garden tours, with visitors coming from all over the metropolitan region. More than 800 visitors toured the gardens in 2008.
Trenton NJ , A group of Newark parents yesterday filed a formal request to appeal a trial court judge’s dismissal earlier this month of their lawsuit challenging the state’s “last in, first out” teacher layoff law. Filed last November, the parents’ lawsuit asserts that the LIFO statute violates students’ right to an education by unjustly requiring school districts to retain ineffective teachers while cutting other areas of education spending or laying off more effective teachers when faced with funding deficits.
Defendants from Newark Public Schools (NPS) and the State of New Jersey did not move to dismiss the case. Instead, NPS admitted nearly every allegation made about the impact of New Jersey’s LIFO law on children within NPS. The motions to dismiss the case granted earlier this month were raised by intervening defendants from local and national teachers unions, including the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) the New Jersey Education Association (NJEA), and the Newark Teachers Union (NTU).
If the parents’ request for appeal is granted, arguments from the Newark families and the teachers unions will be reviewed by a panel of four judges from the Appellate Division of New Jersey Superior Court.
“Public schools are here to educate our children, first and foremost,” said Wendy Soto, plaintiff and mother of two Newark Public School students. “Everyone knows that many New Jersey school districts are in a serious funding crisis. Politicians have not protected our children’s right to a quality public education, and parents like me have nowhere to turn. The quality-blind LIFO law makes a difficult situation even worse for students in struggling schools. Enough is enough. It’s time to end this ridiculous law.”
“New Jersey’s LIFO law forces school districts like Newark to retain ineffective teachers and, in fact, put them back in the classroom while cutting spending to other critical areas of public education. Students are constitutionally entitled to more than this,” said Kathleen Reilly, attorney with Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer, one of the firms representing the Newark parents pro bono. “These decisions – made to evade application of the LIFO law – harm children. The negative impact of LIFO is pervasive today in Newark public schools and these families deserve to have their case heard in court.”
Since at least 2012, NPS has avoided laying off effective teachers by paying millions of dollars per year to cover the salaries of ineffective – but more senior – teachers even when no school would agree to their placement in the school. This expensive work-around, which is costing the district $10 million dollars in 2016-17, diverts valuable resources from educational programming and other critical components of an adequate public education. Because NPS employs more than half of the state’s ineffective teachers, it also puts Newark students at significant risk of being assigned to an ineffective teacher.
After it was announced that New Jersey State education funding would remain essentially flat for the 2017-18 school year, NPS acknowledged a looming $30 million deficit because of rising costs. Facing similar budget gaps over the past three years, NPS administrators restricted hiring practices, forcing teachers previously without placement into schools without mutual consent from the teacher and the principal. Research shows that teacher quality is the most influential in-school factor when it comes to student learning. It also shows that student achievement improves when principals are allowed to hire school staff according to quality and fit, rather than restricted by seniority.
To learn more about the parent-led lawsuit to end LIFO in New Jersey, please go to edjustice.org/nj. All legal filings related to the lawsuit are available online here.
About Partnership for Educational Justice (PEJ)
Founded in 2014, Partnership for Educational Justice is a nonprofit organization pursuing impact litigation that empowers families and communities to advocate for great public schools through the courts. In addition to supporting teacher layoff litigation in New Jersey, PEJ is currently working with parents and students in New York and Minnesota in support of legal challenges to unjust teacher employment statutes in those states.
Ridgewood NJ, you do not have to leave town to enjoy the summer . Join Ridgewood Parks and Recreation for summer camps that are fun, informative, creative, educational and challenging. Find all program and registration details in the links below.
Don’t hesitate to contact the Recreation Office if you have any questions or if special accomodations are needed – 201-670-5560, weekdays 8:30 am to 4:30 pm.
Ridgewood NJ, the Zabriskie-Schedler House Stabilization Project Phase 1 was approved by the Village Council by a 4-1 vote .
Councilmen Voigt brought up some objections , looking for a long term plan for use the of the residence and not wanting the Village involved in another “money pit” situation.
THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION, NUMBERED 17-142 IS TO BE ADOPTED BY A CONSENT AGENDA, WITH ONE VOTE BY THE VILLAGE COUNCIL. THERE IS A BRIEF DESCRIPTION BESIDE THIS RESOLUTION TO BE CONSIDERED ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. THIS RESOLUTION WILL BE READ BY TITLE ONLY:
17-56 Award Professional Services Contract – Professional Historic Architectural Consultant – Zabriskie-Schedler House Stabilization Project (Phase I)(NTE $50,000) –
This resolution authorizes the hiring of Connolly & Hickey Historical Architects to document the current conditions of the site, restore and stabilize roof, prepare and present nomination to New Jersey and National Register Nomination, and provide assistance for preparation of 2017 Bergen County HPTF Application.
Ridgewood NJ, President Trump’s first proposed budget shows respect for the people who pay the bills. The administration’s “Calvin Coolidge style” proposal reverses the damaging trends from previous administrations by putting our nation’s budget back into balance and reducing our debt through fiscally conservative principles, all the while delivering on President Trump’s campaign promise not to cut Social Security retirement or Medicare. The budget’s combination of regulatory, tax, and welfare reforms will provide opportunities for economic growth and creation.
Trump Budget Facts:
President Trump’s budget is designed to put the taxpayer first, create jobs, and build economic growth.
President Trump’s budget finally balances the Federal budget and turns the deficit into a $16 billion surplus by 2027.
President Trump’s budget makes national defense a top priority by increasing defense spending by $54 billion.
President Trump’s budget increases funding for the Department of Veterans Affairs by $4.3 billion.
President Trump’s budget puts Americans’ safety first by providing $2.6 billion in increased funding for border security.
President Trump’s budget balances the budget and makes no cuts to either Medicare or Social Security retirement.
President Trump’s budget provides national paid family leave for the first time in the history of this country.
President Trump’s budget helps American families by implementing the first national paid family leave initiative.
President Trump’s budget saves the American people billions of dollars through welfare and regulatory reform.
President Trump’s budget sees a decline in debt as a percentage of GDP every year in the budget window.
Ridgewood NJ, since 2010 ,the class action, brought by the three municipalities on behalf of ratepayers, alleges that Ridgewood Water owes $14 million in past overcharges and claims the Village of Ridgewood improperly applied water company revenues to other areas in its municipal budget.
The three municipalities Glen Rock, Midland Park and Wyckoff have alleged that the utility company, operated by the village of Ridgewood, overcharged customers from 2010 to 2016 and improperly used company funds to supplement Ridgewood’s municipal budget.
The towns want $17.4 million returned to ratepayers, including $13.8 million in alleged overcharges and $3.6 million in transfers from the utility’s fund balance from 2010 to 2016.
By way of background, the Ridgewood Water Utility supplies water to Ridgewood residents and to the residents of the neighboring communities of Wyckoff, Midland Park and Glen Rock. Importantly, the Water Utility is not regulated by the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) or any other neutral and impartial governmental agency. This case concerns a scheme devised by the Village of Ridgewood to unlawfully off-load a portion of the Village operating budget to the extraterritorial ratepayers of the Water Utility. The scheme was simple: through the accounting devise of “indirect costs,” the Village used its Water Utility to transfer substantial Village operating costs that are wholly unrelated to the operations of the Water Utility to the ratepayers of the Water Utility. In effect, the residents of Wyckoff, Glen Rock and Midland Park have been subsidizing the Village of Ridgewood Operating Budget so that, during periods of economic difficulty, Ridgewood does not have to make the tough choices that all other communities make by reducing expenditures or raising taxes on their own residents.
In the past seven years, the Water Utility has raised its rates by some 37 percent. The Plaintiffs in this litigation assert that these massive rate increases are unlawful and excessive. Plaintiffs demand, among other things, a full refund of the seven years of unlawful rate increases.
Benefiting the Nick Currey Fund for Ewing Sarcoma Research
Sunday, June 11th, 2017
12:00 Noon (Check-in begins at 11:30am)
Ridgewood High School
Ridgewood NJ, For 12 years running, proceeds from the tournament have benefited the Nick Currey Fund for Ewing Sarcoma Research.
The Thirteenth Annual Wiffle® for Cancer Tournament will be held rain or shine (but hopefully shine!) on Sunday, June 11, 2017, check-in begins at 11:30am, and the tournament starts at 12:00 noon at Ridgewood High School, 627 East Ridgewood Avenue, Ridgewood, NJ 07450.
Registration will be limited to 64 teams. Teams consist of 3 to 5 players (the maximum number of players that can be in the field at any one time is 5), but unlimited substitutions are allowed. So, if some members of your team can’t stay for the entire tournament, you can sign up additional players to take their place.
The tournament features two divisions–a “competitive” division for those teams who want to have fun, but also want to compete seriously for a shot at bragging rights as tournament champion, and a “recreational” division for those teams that primarily just want to have fun. Please indicate which division you would like to play in when you sign up.
The tournament consists of a six-game round robin followed by a single-elimination round leading to a championship (with trophies!) for each division. In the round robin, teams will be grouped into four-team brackets and assigned to a particular field. Each team will play every other team in the bracket once, insuring that every team will play at least three games.
Trophies/prizes will also be awarded for best team name, shirt and costume, so be creative!
Ridgewood NJ, Are the Stage II restrictions applied to the other towns or not? The notice first says the Stage II restrictions have been in effect since 2016 applying to all towns, then it says they hope the other towns follow suit. Which is it?? I think Ridgewood is the only town restricted to 2 days per week watering.
Stage II restrictions (2 days per week irrigation) were imposed in June 2016 and are still in effect in Glen Rock, Midland Park, Ridgewood and Wyckoff. Without these restrictions, the use of drinking water for irrigation will continue increasing toward levels that are unsustainable regardless of drought conditions. To reverse this trend, an ordinance was approved by the Village Council on April 12, 2017 to amend the provisions governing Watering and Water Emergencies in the Village of Ridgewood Code. Changes include:
Making 2 days per week irrigation permanent year round,
Restricting irrigation hours to limit losses to evaporation,
Restricting irrigation using private wells to 2 days a week,
Adding new exemptions, including drip irrigation and smart controllers.
This ordinance became effective on May 2, 2017 and applies only to Ridgewood, but it is expected that the Boroughs of Glen Rock and Midland Park, and the Township of Wyckoff will enact similar rules as they have in the past. Below is the approved ordinance. Questions can be directed to Ridgewood Water at 201-670-5521 or [email protected].
So far the Borough of Glen Rock has imposed water restrictions, no mention that we could find for Borough of Midland Park, and last years water restrictions are still posted on Township of Wyckoff ‘s website.
In total, officials estimated the street value of the operation to be worth about $3 million
Authorities recovered nearly 1,500 budding marijuana plants from a New Jersey home in what they’re calling one of the biggest pot seizures in Essex County history.
Sherline Dare, 37, and her husband, 41-year-old Densley Lawrence, allegedly ran the pot growing operation, which officials estimate was worth about $3 million, out of their single-family home near Springdale Avenue in East Orange.
2. Statement of Compliance with the Open Public Meeting Act MAYOR: “Adequate notice of this meeting has been provided by a posting on the bulletin board in Village Hall, by mail to the Ridgewood News, The Record, and by submission to all persons entitled to same as provided by law of a schedule including the date and time of this meeting.”
3. Roll Call
4. RESOLUTION
THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION, NUMBERED 17-142 IS TO BE ADOPTED BY A CONSENT AGENDA, WITH ONE VOTE BY THE VILLAGE COUNCIL. THERE IS A BRIEF DESCRIPTION BESIDE THIS RESOLUTION TO BE CONSIDERED ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. THIS RESOLUTION WILL BE READ BY TITLE ONLY:
17-56 Award Professional Services Contract – Professional Historic Architectural Consultant – Zabriskie-Schedler House Stabilization Project (Phase I)(NTE $50,000) –
This resolution authorizes the hiring of Connolly & Hickey Historical Architects to document the current conditions of the site, restore and stabilize roof, prepare and present nomination to New Jersey and National Register Nomination, and provide assistance for preparation of 2017 Bergen County HPTF Application.
5. Adjournment
PUBLIC WORKSHOP AGENDA
MAY 24, 2017
7:30 P.M.
7:30 pm – Call to Order – Mayor
Statement of Compliance with Open Public Meeting Act Mayor: “Adequate notice of this meeting has been provided by a posting on the bulletin board in Village Hall, by mail to the Ridgewood News, The Record, and by submission to all persons entitled to same as provided by law of a schedule including the date and time of this meeting.”
Roll Call – Village Clerk
Flag Salute/Moment of Silence
Public Comments (Not to Exceed 3 Minutes per Person – 40 Minutes in Total)
Motion to Suspend Work Session and Convene Special Public Meeting
Special Public Meeting – See Attached Agenda
Motion to Adjourn Special Public Meeting and Reconvene Work Session
Presentation
a. FAC – Amend Various Fees and Fines
Discussion
a. Ridgewood Water
b. Parking
1. Discussion of Proposed Parking Garage
2. Train Station – New Parking
c. Budget
1. 2017 Estimated Tax Rate
2. Hardware for E-Ticketing Software
3. Award Second Year of Contract – Crossing Guard Services
d. Policy
1. Boards and Committees – Structures and By-laws
e. Operations
1. Request for Resource Room at Gatehouse – Women Gardeners of Ridgewood
2. Proposed Stop Signs – Upper Boulevard and Glenwood Road
3. Kings Pond Area Cleaning Program – Ridgewood Wildscape Assoc. & Partners
4. Renew Agreement for Community Development Block Grant Program & Other Grants
5. NJDOT Request for Additional Bus Stop – State Highway 17 at Race Track Road
Manager’s Report
Council Reports
Public Comments (Not to Exceed 5 Minutes per Person)
Resolution to go into Closed Session
Closed Session
A. Legal – Partial Divestiture of Ridgewood Water, COAH; Valley Hospital; HealthBarn
B. Contracts/Negotiations – Barrington Road
C. Personnel – Appointments to Boards and Committees
Adjournment
