Friday, February 15, 2013
Planning board expected to begin hearings on a new master plan amendment request in March after a lawsuit was settled between the board, hospital and an opposition group.
Valley Hospital is expected to return to the Ridgewood Planning Board with a new expansion proposal in March after the settlement of a lawsuit a neighborhood opposition group filed against the board and hospital. In an order of dismissal dated Feb. 14, Superior Court Judge Alexander Carver III called for two planning board hearings per month – with testimony and public comments – on a new expansion proposal beginning on March 11, 2013. The three parties – the Ridgewood Planning Board, Valley Hospital and Concerned Residents of Ridgewood (CRR) – agreed to set a target for a vote on a new zoning amendment to the Master Plan before the planning board reorganizes in July. (A PDF copy of Carver's order, obtained by Patch at Bergen County …
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Last minute plea by Valley CEO Audrey Meyers to 'compromise' didn't sway the council, which will vote no to the ordinance next week
All five members of the Ridgewood Village Council were in agreement Tuesday – the proposed $750 million Valley Hospital "Renewal" expansion plan that has pitted resident against resident for five years is "unsound" from a zoning and planning perspective. All five plan to vote down the planning board's "H-Zone" ordinance amendment to the village's Master Plan in the form of a resolution on Nov. 29. It's decision was met with raucous applauds from one side of the room, while supporters of the "Renewal" shuffled out somberly. Can compromise be found? A last ditch attempt from Valley CEO Audrey Meyers to "compromise" on some of the issues was ultimately made in vain. Meyers said Valley would be open to going through the planning board or …
Monday, October 17, 2011
The hospital says the poll conducted in August with a sample of over 3,400 people concludes a silent majority – 62 percent – support expansion, while opponents say the survey is biased and manipulative
Grassroots group Concerned Residents of Ridgewood (CRR) says Valley Hospital's survey results – which claims there is clear majority support for the 'Renewal' expansion proposal – is nothing more than spin and manipulation. The hospital told the council and residents – against the objections of CRR – Thursday night that it attempted to reach all 8,000-plus homes in Ridgewood, ultimately conducting 3,468 surveys that the hospital claims demonstrate 62 percent support in favor of the expansion, 18 percent against it and 20 percent undecided. "It's been our contention from the get-go that survey was very flawed, very biased and not scientific," said Pete McKenna, chairman of the CRR. "It should not ever be reported in public. We have had a …
Hospital planning expert Raymond Skorupa says Valley needs to expand to be a '21st century hospital' because it's currently 'lagging behind' others
The Ridgewood Village Council spent much of the most recent Valley Hospital expansion hearing questioning the planning board's medical planning expert over the community's say during the process as well as the classification of inpatient and outpatient services. Medical planing expert Raymond Skorupa concluded Thursday night that Valley "was lagging behind" other hospitals, which he speculated was because of a lack of residential support. Skorupa said Valley would have to modernize to "be a 21st century hospital." The expert conceded Thursday night that the three stakeholders – Valley, residents and the planning board – were not given equal weight as to the controversial planning board decision to amend the Master Plan and potentially give…
Jeanette L
11:22 am on Saturday, March 2, 2013
Ignorant of the facts, yes. I did not call you stupid. Funny you saw it that way. Ignorance is not knowing the facts, not being stupid. I am not a bully but I am sick and tired of people who don't make themselves aware of what is going on in their town and then proceed to have an opinion. I sat through years of meetings and made myself informed, before I came to a decision. I sat through two … more ›