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Neighbors To Save Daly Field

Monday, November 26, 2012

'A Ways to Go' for Landmark Development

The over 40 conditions attached to the approval of the plan will extend the pre-construction process for the developer.

The Fair Lawn planning board’s unanimous approval Monday night of the Landmark Daly Field development was something of a false conclusion, say neighbors of the site as well as borough officials. The over 40 conditions imposed on the plan will be the subject of lengthy negotiations with the Borough Council, and concerned residents plan to stick around for their enforcement. The next step for the developer, as Deputy Mayor Ed Trawinski reported the night after the planning board approval, will be to work with the council to fulfill the conditions of the approval. “The applicant is obligated to come to this council and use its best efforts to persuade us to consider certain types of items,” he said, referring to such things as lighted …

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Josh Sully

10:04 pm on Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Its a private organization, not a government. Its governed by a contract, everyone who owns agrees to be party to that contract. Fair Lawn isn't a democracy either.   more ›

Monday, August 13, 2012

Daly Field Hearing on Environmental Issues Postponed Until September

The Landmark hearing scheduled for Monday, Aug. 13, is still on, but will no longer address environmental issues, which have been pushed back until next month.

Monday night's Landmark hearing, originally intended to delve into environmental issues associated with the development, will instead address the grouping of its affordable housing units and attempt to conclude the unfinished sight distance debate involving a proposed crosswalk at the intersection of Plaza Road and Ramsey Terrace. The change of discussion topics follows the recent submission of an environmental plan developed by Brinkerhoff Environmental Services and commissioned by a group of residents opposed to the development. "About one week ago we submitted our environmental report to the board, immediately after which the board postponed the environmental hearing until September 10," explained Michael Roney, a leading member of the …

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Julia Enerson

6:01 am on Thursday, August 16, 2012

Technically, Radburn parks are private. The walks aren't, as those were funded with public dollars. As to different housing based on different income levels, the argument could be that within Radburn, that very dynamic is what drove it: a range of housing for many income levels (apartments, two family houses, detached, and "the big houses") within the community. That said, I think segregating …   more ›

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