Village Council Summer Highlights
1. VILLAGE OF RIDGEWOOD MASTER PLAN – Planning Board Master Plan update: funding for the Village Master Plan is in place and the Planning Board advanced the undertaking at the annual reorganization meeting on July 18. A Master Plan Committee was appointed to assist the Planning Board, the Ridgewood Village Council and the public with the Master Plan process including, but not limited to: project education, scheduling, milestones, budgeting, public engagement and participation, and to ensure an open and transparent process. Committee members include Mayor Susan Knudsen, PB Vice-chairman Joel Torielli, Planning Board members Debbie Patire and Melanie McWilliams. **Chairman Richard Joel will be substituting on an interim basis as needed. The Master Plan Committee is a preliminary step prior to formally advancing the Master Plan process.
2. As one of the most used sports fields the turf at Maple Park is now in need of replacement. Installed more than decade ago, the replacement will allow the field to continue to facilitate a variety of sports programs throughout the year. The Maple Park Turf Replacement is subject to a public hearing scheduled for August 9, 2017.
3. Purchasing the Elks Club Property allows for future planning ensuring a more efficient utility benefiting Ridgewood Water customers. The Water Capital Ordinance for $1,600,000 includes the purchase price of $1.1 mil for the property and $500,000 to renovate the building from the Water Utility Capital Fund.
4. Summer “School” ordinances: Amending Chapter 265 will prohibit stopping on portions of West Ridgewood Avenue allowing a safer approach to vehicular traffic around the Ridge School. Additionally, Enacting Title 39 on All Public School Properties authorizes the Ridgewood Police Department to enforce traffic and parking regulations on Board of Education property. Ordinance 3612 protects Ridgewood taxpayers from the unlawful enrollment of students in Ridgewood Public Schools through the Village Municipal Court.
5. Direct Village Planner to conduct a study for Redevelopment of the Hudson Street Municipal Parking Lot, allowing the Village more options moving forward with garage construction plans that could potentially save significant taxpayer dollars and build time.
No there lowlights.
BOE should investigate thoroughly and remove every child in the school system who does not belong there. This has been ignored for far too long and is entirely unnecessary.
Big brother taken over the Eye in the Sky no more privacy this is looking like Russia and China soon will be ordered to carry identification it’s common people just wait-and-see
maple Park turf…what Gall….town roads are complete shambles..o let’s see they have PSEG as fall guys,,milk that one for 5 more years of asphalt Armageddon ..summer specials landing hot and heavy now..all the bad deals for taxpayers..we are saps people..
I love it now it’s close to $2 million on Maplefield last time was $1 million every 12 years we got to spend this kind of money to ridiculous and it’s in a flood zone how much money did we spend on This property when I got flooded numerous times and destroyed the turf what a joke
we spent a lot of town money milling and paving the circular asphalt walking running path around maple field which was needed..VOR pave your main avenues and secondary streets..
Bond it,borrow it ,,reallocate it from the nice to be cool political projects like Elks club Coup and other wasteful unneeded projects and unrealistic Concrete Garages.Safe roads are a minimum and the PSEG excuse is not the entire problem,,Don’t count on any change is direction taxpayers..look at the last two VC agendas.