Maybe some of these 300 people feel like me. I can't do anything about the fact that Geithner is a scofftax. I can't do anything about AIG spending its bailout money on bonuses.
But when the county and the borough council seem to decide unilaterally to redevelop a 15-acre park, that's when we decide to speak out.
So here we all are, ready to tell the mayor and the freeholders what we really think.
Here's what the mayor says:
"We don't want to have lights on those fields," which seems unlikely. Who would not want to draw out the number of available hours after someone spends $3.5 million to resurface?
He has already claimed that the New Providence Master Plan calls to develop this park. I read the Master Plan today, particularly the Recreation Plan Element, but it does not call for developing the park, only for upgrading playfields at schools.
Vis a vis park lands, the master plan does not call for development. It calls for monitoring the facilities. It calls for expanding open space/recreation inventory, but not for developing the park.
Today I called the Green Acres department of the NJ DEP. I learned that At least 30 days prior to any public hearing to be held on the proposed transfer of parkland, the local government is supposed to advise the DEP of the hearing. As of 12:30 today, the NJ DEP had not been notified.
"We did our due diligence," says Mayor Thoms.
Stay tuned for more info as it happens.
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