20181107 Special Public Meeting of Village Council
A SPECIAL PUBLIC MEETING OF THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF THE VILLAGE OF RIDGEWOOD HELD IN THE SYDNEY V. STOLDT, JR. COURT ROOM OF THE RIDGEWOOD VILLAGE HALL, 131 NORTH MAPLE AVENUE, RIDGEWOD, NEW JERSEY ON NOVEMBER 7, 2018 AT 7:30 P.M.
- CALL TO ORDER – OPEN PUBLIC MEETINGS ACT – ROLL CALL
Mayor Hache called the meeting to order at 7:53 P.M. and read the Statement of Compliance with the Open Public Meetings Act. At roll call the following were present: Councilmembers Knudsen, Sedon, Voigt, Walsh, and Mayor Hache. Also present were Matthew Rogers, Village Attorney; Heather Mailander, Village Manager/Village Clerk; and Donna Jackson, Deputy Village Clerk.
- PUBLIC HEARING – Prequalification Regulations for Prospective Bidders for the Exterior Restoration and Interior Rehabilitation at the Zabriskie-Schedler House
Mayor Hache stated that the prequalification regulations for prospective bidders for the exterior restoration and interior rehabilitation at the Zabriskie-Schedler House are being considered this evening. Establishing the prequalification regulations for prospective bidders is required due to the fact that the Village is receiving grant funding for this project from the Bergen County Historic Preservation Trust Fund. The Public Hearing this evening is specifically on the prequalification regulations for the exterior restoration and interior rehabilitation of the Zabriskie-Schedler House, and the Village Council will only listen to comments from the public specifically on these prequalification regulations for this project. The Public Hearing is now open.
There were no comments from the public and Mayor Hache moved the Public Hearing be closed. Councilman Sedon seconded the motion.
Roll Call Vote
AYES: Councilmembers Knudsen, Sedon, Voigt, Walsh, and Mayor Hache
NAYS: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
- RESOLUTION
THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION, NUMBERED 18-323, WAS CONSIDERED SEPARATELY AND READ IN FULL:
- ORDINANCES
- PUBLIC HEARING - Ordinance #3683 – Purchase of 111 North Maple Avenue
Mayor Hache moved the second reading of ordinance 3683. Councilwoman Knudsen seconded the motion.
Roll Call Vote
AYES: Councilmembers Knudsen, Sedon, Voigt, Walsh, and Mayor Hache
NAYS: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
The Village Clerk read ordinance 3683 by title:
AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE AND ACQUISITION OF CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY KNOWN AS BLOCK 3607, LOT 41, IN THE VILLAGE OF RIDGEWOOD, COMMONLY KNOWN AS 111 NORTH MAPLE AVENUE, BY RIDGEWOOD WATER.
Mayor Hache announced that the Public Hearing was open.
Boyd Loving, 342 South Irving Street, questioned whether the renewal of the liquor license, which is existing at the premises that the Village is buying, is connected between the purchase of the property and the renewal of the license, questioning whether Ridgewood Water is purchasing the liquor license as well.
Ms. Mailander stated that the Elks Club has to renew the liquor license in order to sell it privately, and the Village is not purchasing the license.
There were no additional comments from the public and Mayor Hache moved the Public Hearing be closed. Councilwoman Knudsen seconded the motion.
Roll Call Vote
AYES: Councilmembers Knudsen, Sedon, Voigt, Walsh, and Mayor Hache
NAYS: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
Councilman Sedon moved that ordinance 3683 be adopted on second reading and final publication as required by law. Councilwoman Knudsen seconded the motion.
Roll Call Vote
AYES: Councilmembers Knudsen, Sedon, and Mayor Hache
NAYS: Councilmembers Voigt and Walsh
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
- PUBLIC HEARING - Ordinance #3684 – Purchase of 451 Goffle Road
Mayor Hache moved the second reading of ordinance 3684. Councilwoman Knudsen seconded the motion.
Roll Call Vote
AYES: Councilmembers Knudsen, Sedon, Voigt, Walsh, and Mayor Hache
NAYS: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
The Village Clerk read ordinance 3684 by title:
AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE AND ACQUISITION OF CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY KNOWN AS BLOCK 2703, LOT 8, IN THE VILLAGE OF RIDGEWOOD, COMMONLY KNOWN AS 451 GOFFLE ROAD, BY RIDGEWOOD WATER.
Mayor Hache announced that the Public Hearing was open.
Boyd Loving, 342 South Irving Street, stated that it was his understanding that this property was being purchased by Ridgewood Water to conduct water quality testing at the site.
Mr. Rogers stated that the consideration for the purchase of this property is to be a unifying site for the different wells in that area that do need to be treated because of PFOS and PFOA levels that are in those wells.
Mr. Loving stated that he thought they were going to purchase this property because there was a well next-door and they wanted to purchase this to do water quality testing.
Mr. Rogers stated that the property is intended to be used as a treatment facility for not only the well that is adjacent to it but for other wells in that area. Councilwoman Knudsen was in agreement.
Mr. Loving stated that his concern is that the property is right next to the Safeway gas station, so he questioned the logic of purchasing a facility that is going to be used for water treatment that is right next door to a gas station that is typically a major pollutant.
Mr. Rogers stated that the well has been there for a long time and the treatment is above ground, in a similar manner that they will do with the Carr well on Glen. He added that there is no recognized pollutant that is coming from the gas station that is there right now.
Councilman Sedon stated that the well has been shut down for a number of years because of some volatile organic compounds that have been in it and the way that the property is configured right now, they cant build a filtration system on the existing property as it is, so this adjacent property would be enough room to build a treatment center for this well to bring that well back online and there are other wells in the area that they could pipe to that filtration system to clean those out too.
There were no additional comments from the public and Mayor Hache moved the Public Hearing be closed. Councilwoman Knudsen seconded the motion.
Roll Call Vote
AYES: Councilmembers Knudsen, Sedon, Voigt, Walsh, and Mayor Hache
NAYS: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
Councilman Sedon moved that ordinance 3684 be adopted on second reading and final publication as required by law. Councilwoman Knudsen seconded the motion.
Roll Call Vote
AYES: Councilmembers Knudsen, Sedon, Voigt, Walsh, and Mayor Hache
NAYS: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
- PUBLIC HEARING - Ordinance #3685 – Capital Ordinance – Acquisition of 451 Goffle Road and Funding Emergency Appropriation
Mayor Hache moved the second reading of ordinance 3685. Councilman Sedon seconded the motion.
Roll Call Vote
AYES: Councilmembers Knudsen, Sedon, Voigt, Walsh, and Mayor Hache
NAYS: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
The Village Clerk read ordinance 3685 by title:
BOND ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY BY THE WATER UTILITY IN AND BY THE VILLAGE OF RIDGEWOOD, IN THE COUNTY OF BERGEN, NEW JERSEY, APPROPRIATING $260,000 THEREFOR AND AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF $260,000 BONDS OR NOTES OF THE VILLAGE TO FINANCE THE COST THEREOF.
Mayor Hache announced that the Public Hearing was open, there were no comments from the public and Mayor Hache moved the Public Hearing be closed. Councilman Sedon seconded the motion.
Roll Call Vote
AYES: Councilmembers Knudsen, Sedon, Voigt, Walsh, and Mayor Hache
NAYS: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
Councilwoman Knudsen moved that ordinance 3685 be adopted on second reading and final publication as required by law. Councilman Sedon seconded the motion.
Roll Call Vote
AYES: Councilmembers Knudsen, Sedon, Voigt, Walsh, and Mayor Hache
NAYS: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
- PUBLIC HEARING - Ordinance #3686 – Amend Chapter 190 – Land Use and Development – Zoning in B-1 and B-2 Districts
Mayor Hache moved the second reading of ordinance 3686. Councilman Sedon seconded the motion.
Roll Call Vote
AYES: Councilmembers Knudsen, Sedon, Voigt, Walsh, and Mayor Hache
NAYS: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
The Village Clerk read ordinance 3686 by title:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE VILLAGE OF RIDGEWOOD AMENDING THE PROVISIONS IN CHAPTER 190, LAND USE AND DEVELOPMENT, CONCERNING THE PERMITTED USES IN THE B-1 AND B-2 BUSINESS DISTRICTS.
Mayor Hache announced that the Public Hearing was open, there were no comments from the public and Mayor Hache moved the Public Hearing be closed. Councilman Sedon seconded the motion.
Roll Call Vote
AYES: Councilmembers Knudsen, Sedon, Voigt, Walsh, and Mayor Hache
NAYS: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
Councilwoman Knudsen moved that ordinance 3686 be adopted on second reading and final publication as required by law. Councilman Sedon seconded the motion.
Roll Call Vote
AYES: Councilmembers Knudsen, Sedon, Voigt, Walsh, and Mayor Hache
NAYS: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
- RESOLUTIONS
THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION, NUMBERED 18-324, WAS CONSIDERED SEPARATELY AND READ IN FULL:
THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION, NUMBERED 18-325, WAS ADOPTED BY A CONSENT AGENDA WITH ONE VOTE BY THE VILLAGE COUNCIL, AND WAS READ BY TITLE ONLY:
- ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business to come before the Village Council, Councilman Voigt made a motion to adjourn, seconded by Councilwoman Walsh, and carried unanimously by voice vote, the Village Council’s Special Public Meeting was adjourned at 8:10 P.M.
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Ramon M. Hache, Sr.
Mayor
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Donna Jackson
Deputy Village Clerk
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