In yesterday's Public Notice:
https://www.njpublicnotices.com/Details.aspx?SID=3zeayswrev01alrdm1ovqad2&ID=1038563Notice Publish Date:
| Thursday, May 17, 2018 |
PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT PUBLIC HEARING ON THE SUBMISSION OF A 2018 BERGEN COUNTY TRUST FUND GRANT APPLICATION Application of the Borough of Lodi for the Bergen County Trust Fund Municipal Program for Park Development grant funding for 2018. The Mayor and Council of the Borough of Lodi will hold a Public Hearing on Tuesday, June 12th at 6:00pm in the Manager's Conference Room, located on the second floor of the Municipal Building, (1 Memorial Dr., Lodi, NJ 07644). The purpose of the hearing is to present the application being submitted to the 2018 funding round of the Bergen County Trust Fund Municipal Program for Park Development and obtain public comment. The Borough is requesting grant funding to install an ADA compliant playground at Memorial Park (Block 77, Lot 1) located at 1 Memorial Drive Lodi, NJ 07644. In accordance with the regulation governing the submission of Bergen County Trust Fund Municipal Program for Park Development applications, the Mayor and Council will conduct a public hearing to obtain citizen input concerning the grant application. All residents are encouraged to attend and participate. May 17, 2018 Fee: $30.53 (37) 4263281
🔺Repost from 2017:
Wednesday, June 28, 2017
Just friends being friends
WHILE I WOULD NEVER BEGRUDGE A "SPECIAL NEEDS" CHILD, THESE PEOPLE ARE DOING THIS TO MAKE THEMSELVES AND THEIR FRIENDS AT THE BOARD OF ED, FELICIAN AND THE BOYS CLUB LOOK GOOD, AT THE EXPENSE OF THE LODI TAXPAYERS.http://www.northjersey.com/story/news/bergen/lodi/2017/06/22/plans-special-needs-park-moving-forward/416602001/
"The special-needs playground has been lobbied for by Councilman Vincent Martin, who said the area is wasted space.
"It's a blighted area now and a waste of space. The only negative is that it is a flood area, and we are aware of that," Martin said."
" "It's not an area that floods regularly, but if there is a major storm like Sandy, a lot of that area becomes affected. We will have to take that into consideration while designing it," said Borough Manager Vincent Caruso." "
"The district's Child Study Team serves more than 500 special-education students. Felician University in Lodi also runs a specials-needs program and rents space from the Boys & Girls Club near the proposed location, Martin said.
IS THERE A CONNECTION HERE ?
http://www.northjersey.com/story/news/2017/05/08/november-ballot-question-fails-boe-vote/312772001/
"The existing administration building at 8 Hunter St. — a former elementary school — currently houses 24 employees, the school board offices, the superintendent's office and the district's child study team."
SO WHY ARE THESE "CHOSEN" FEW PUSHING FOR A YET ANOTHER PARK.
Emil Carafa: Adjunct Prof. Felician College
Laura Hendricks-Schmidig-Cima: Assistant Professor at Felician College
Vincent Martin: Member of the Board of Directors of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Lodi/Hackensack
Former Lodi Board of Education Trustee
Patricia Ann Caso Licata: Wilson Elementary School Teacher
(Going to do what Boss Emil wants, and help out her son who is director at the Boys Club)
AND OF COURSE THE PARK WOULD BE SO CONVENIENTLY CLOSE TO BOTH THE BOYS CLUB & THE BOARD OF ED BUILDING.
THE TAXPAYERS OF LODI HAVE "DONATED" SO MUCH TO BOTH FELICIAN & BOYS CLUB, MAYBE THEY SHOULD SPEND SOME MONEY FOR A CHANGE, YOU KNOW, GIVE BACK TO THE TAXPAYERS FOR ONCE. THEN USE IT AS THEIR USUAL TAX "WRITE-OFF".
http://lodinjprimafaci.blogspot.com/2015/06/where-is-logic.html
AND WHY CAN'T ANNA BELLI GIVE UP SOME SPACE FROM ONE OF HER "MONEY MAKING" FIELDS FOR THIS PARK?