I'm really going to miss Walsh Pool. Why doesn't it open anymore as a pool? Also, I'm not sure that is the best place for a Skate Park - right near the highway. It's kind of dangerous for kids to get too. We do already have a Skate Park at Memorial Park.

More spending? Thanks!

I think this is a great idea and only wish it had been done 15 years ago when i could have used it instead of being chased out of every parking lot in town. It is just as much a sport as baseball, football, hockey and soccer and deserves a place in town and right next to the complex is a great spot. As for passing the problem from one side of town to the other the big difference is there are no houses across the street that will be bothered by noise so i am not sure what people are complaining about. The complex already creates noise that no complains about so not sure why this would be a problem.

Wonderful, We already have enough work for the cops with all the burglaries, now this "skate park we owe to the residents" is going to create more work for the police, fire, parks and recreation services which are severely depleted! How about owing the residents public safety and cutting the b.s.!

Terrible decision...don't fill in Walsh Pool! More careless spending. Mr Metzler, mayor, & council STOP the thoughtless spending of tax dollars!!!

fill in a pool you could open for little cost and spend money like $250,00.00 or more needed so much on everyday boro operations on a pool in a major flood zone. example today our first storm of the season dumped 6 to 8 inches of rain in NC. if that was to hit here can we say flood and the passic river again in our town pool. all that money down the drain.

"Cosgrove- said he had spoken to residents and organizations that used the Dobrow Complex regularly and found strong opposition to the skate park."
So let me get this straight the people who use Dobrow to play baseball, softball, soccer, etc have a problem providing kids with a place to skate while thier kids enjoy the fields our tax money maintains. that sounds like a pretty poor reason mr cosgrove.

'You’re giving us the problem that you had on the other side of town and you’re moving it to our side of town.'"
the problem was the old park was right next to houses- there are no houses next to Dobrow.
can you please explain to me how a Public Park can be considered "our side of town" by people who frequently use it?

I think it is great. I was worried they were going to put it near my home. Its better on the low income side of town anyway.

This is a clear cut example of what is wrong with NJ Municipal government and NJ Schools. Gotta please everyone and give everyone what they want. And skating is not a sport just because they show it on ESPN. When was the last time you heard of a skateboard scholarship?

Wait until the EPA or DEP figure out there is a capped spring there. What a rediculous waste of money. We should just use the parking lot at borough hall. It's already paved and the police are right there if need be.

Instead of filling the pool they should auction off a long term lease first.

The first compound fracture that results in a lawsuit will close it down ....

@hypo- this is spending 35K to not lose the 35K grant. its now a 75k skate park because the prior council made awful decisions. this is not the year to double the error. I think an ADA park would be perfect there.....just not this year. And I would keep Walsh and close memorial.

wow bad math at 12 30 at night. nice going Pace.

The tax assessment decreased my house value 8% and my taxes are increasing 4%.
2013 cannot come fast enough.

I think 3 big tops would fit there nicely. The council can then have their meeting their alongside the skateboarding "athletes"

If the kids would follow the rules and be respectful to the property, then I would not have a problem with it. But you had kids leaving trash laying around, they would invite their friends from other towns, and they didn't care how they left the area. Bad idea. Just another area for kids to try and sneak into after hours and cause problems.

Let the kids play... and right next to a park... This is an awesome idea.... Kids get chased from all over - and this out of the way - I say open the snack bar and sell snacks - generate money and feed those kids who burn energy - that is a great park and that pool needs a face lift anyway - try something new....Hurrayyy a nice idea.....right now it looks like a swamp from Vietnam...I say we have the former Mayor Y check for alligators first...

So Marty! We are the low income side of town. That's pretty good since we all pay high taxes in this town. Whatever side your live onust be the shitty side of town. Just because you live there. This town is all the low income side. You may think you know what goes on in the low income side but you have no idea what we make a year. I think you should watch what you say about us low income people. You can take your comment and shove it where the sun don't shine!

Marty must live on the rude and self-important side of town.

As for filling in Walsh, has anyone bothered to check if it is deed-restricted. The land was gifted to the town for building the original pool, pre-dating Memorial. Besides being a former wetland, spending a bunch of money to move a park that was such a nuisance that the neighbors demanded it be moved to a remoter location is just plain dumb politics playing appeasement. In a year, they'll be p*ssing away more money to move it elsewhere after someone from outside of town discovers it and vandalizes it in the remote location. Put it in one of the parking lots at Memorial and be done with it.

Deed restricted, wetland, yup more lawsuits, I guess this time the Republican lawyers get paid, and they send us the bill.

marty cone how dare you!!! i live in the columbia heights section of town or as you call it the low income section. my neighbors are hard working families who have more class than you'll ever know. it appears to me you show your ignorance every time you make a comment.

Just a couple of comments: (1) I think we need to give the kids a chance to show us that they can keep the area clean, safe and fun. I hope they learned their lesson from the last park. (2) Attacking the "republican" lawyers is not fair when you look at the bleeding that took place by "other" lawyers over the past 10 years. Do your research and look at the numbers, it's astounding. OPRA -- then make your partisan comments.

We've got people coming to council meetings to complain about the possibilities of teenagers using a park 6-8 blocks from their home being "SCARY" to them because they have young kids. These people live on a street where kids are literally playing sports (and skateboarding) in the street instead of walking/biking down to the park. It's clearly not about noise or trash, it's about people's beliefs about 'skaters' and 'outsiders.'

Marty, there's a proverb about better to remain silent and thought a fool than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt. You just removed all doubts anyone had about you. There's more than a little bit of what you are all about in every single one of your posts - and it's not about your community, but your ego and your self-interest. You remind me of someone that buys a BMW SUV because of the way they believe it makes them look to everyone else who can't park it straight or navigate a corner without driving up the curb. The opinion you generate is not the one you hoped for.

And, if there is any location that would be more suitable for an enclosed, cement, year-round pool than the current Walsh location...so yeah, let's spend money filling it in. That's Fair Lawn political logic at it's finest.

Wow! Deleted, youre panties are in a bunch and while you are entitled to answer ole coney WHY pick on us Beemer owners?
Kinda hypocritical dontcha think!?!

Hope Marty never leaves town that way he can feel superior, because once he goes to Glen Rock, Franklin Lakes, Allendale, Ridgewood, etc etc etc he is Freddy Fair Lawn just like everyone else here

@BB, I wont accept what these councils are doing. They moved it there based on the same reasoning. Drive through marvelous "Columbia Heights" or should I say North Paterson, not too picturesque. Not looking to leave Fair Lawn, just pointing out that the skate park is better on the outskirts of Fair Lawn because the low income folks seem to tolerate these things or just have to accept them because they do not have a choice. @Deleted, nice rambling , next time have a point other than the one on the top of your head,

I don't wear panties because I grew a third arm from living on the 'low income" side of town, where they build housing on hazardous waste sites. As for picking on Beemers - go to any parking lot and you can find the people I am refering to, the one's with that friendly and neighborly Marty (or is it Adolpho) attitude who buy things they can't drive because, well, they can, and comment about things while insulting other because, well, that's what passes for conversation in their "classy" minds. Marty - the real one - probably lives in a converted garage in his parent's yard, stealing his internet access off his neighbor's open router somewhere in one of those states where he was allowed to drop out of school in ninth grade.

Now, what were the adults talking about?

Hopefully the staue of limitations has passed. But look at these "criminals" trespassing and using the old skate park without helmets. Dont we have enough law suits on our hands?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFaZRozLlok&feature=youtube_gdata_player

perfect place to burn Reggie Ridgewood this year