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#8137 IMPORTANT UPDATE

BERGEN PASSAIC LONG TERM ACUTE CARE HOSPITAL PROPOSAL REVISED

Richard Pineles is downsizing his plans for the hospital which he hopes to build on Prospect/Summit Avenues. The revised drawings and traffic/parking study were submitted on or prior to November 24th.

For more information contact prospectavenuecoalition@yahoo.com or come to the Zoning Board Meeting on Thursday December 10th at 7pm (3rd floor auditorium at 65 Central Avenue)

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THE OCT 15TH HACKENSACK SPECIAL ZONING BOARD MEETING HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED DUE TO SCHEDULING CONFLICTS WITH PINELES' EXPERT WITNESSES (TRAFFIC AND PLANNER) .

WE HAVE THE REVISED TRAFFIC STUDY PREPARED BY OMLAND ENGINEERING ASSOCIATES INC. IF YOU WOULD LIKE A COPY PLEASE EMAIL: PROSPECTAVENUECOALITION@YAHOO.COM.

#6858 Thanks. We have done that already as we have observed the number of people who view this link. Although we are connected does anyone else know the date the meeting has been rescheduled to? And if anyone gets a copy of the revised Traffic Study would they send a copy to: prospectavenuecoalition@yahoo.com.

As soon as we hear we will announce the rescheduled date on this website and via our regular distribution channel. I like that it is postponed. Gives us more time to rally the troops. Also brings us closer to November and I don't remember in the past (PC Air Rights) that the Zoning Board would schedule Special Meetings during November and December. I like it.

#6725 During the September 2009 Zoning Board Meeting it was announced that the traffic expert was next up to bat and that a revised Traffic Study would be available to the public 2 weeks before the next Special Zoning Board Meeting. I contacted the Zoning Board today to try to get a copy but did not receive a call back or a copy. If anyone has a copy of the revised traffic study would they be so kind as to email it to: prospectavenuecoalition@yahoo.com. thx.

#6282 I find it unlikely that this would be the last Special Zoning Board Meeting. During the July 2009 Third Special Zoning Board Meeting it was recommended that the architect go home do some homework and report back on Wednesday September 23rd to be questioned by Ditkas and Associates. I imagine this line of questioning to go on for at least an hour if not more.

Next up to bat will be either the engineer or the traffic expert. Should either one of them get a turn at the mic the residents and/or Ditkas and Associates will line up as they have been doing first with Pineles and then with the architect to question each expert. We need people to stay to the end of the night just in case the Zoning Board asks residents to come forward and leave their name/address so that they can ask questions of either the engineer or traffic expert at the beginning of the next Special Zoning Board meeting, if one is called.

Everyone please go up and leave your name. If you get stage fright you can always bail out or we can provide you with one or two questions to ask that will make you look like you just came off an episode of The Practice. Email PROSPECTAVENUECOALITION@YAHOO.COM

Residents you have been doing a great job! do not let us down tomorrow night!

I am looking into this underground stream issue which I have heard about as well and can only say that if there is any possibility that the removal of 5 stories worth of dirt from the prosposed site could turn this stream into a raging underground river and my car could suffer flood damage I will pack my bags and get the heck out of here before he breaks ground. During Hurricane Floyd we were taking on water even here high on the hill. I was running downstairs every 15 minutes asking "Should I move my car to higher ground now??!!"

Now that is an equal opportunity hurt that will devastate renter and land owner alike.

#5789 Since we began attending these Hackensack Zoning Board meetings to protest the Richard Pineles Hospital many Hackensack residents have approached me to voice their concerns regarding the NJTransit bus #162 and #163. A number of people wanted ProspectAvenueCoalition to contact NJTransit for fear that the 162 bus would be detoured away from the Prospect Avenue beginning at Passaic Street especially at the first sign of construction.

I envision delays and periodic detours if any construction begins prior to 8:30 am. I can't remember at what time they began work on Prospect Heights although I don't recall experiencing delays when I lived across the street from the 1st stop on Prospect Avenue when I jumped on the 162 bus at 7:20 am.

Anyone riding the 163 bus should be concerned not about detours but certainly about delays. Can someone tell me what hotel opened along that route? Any 163 arriving at Central Avenue after 8:30 am is jam packed with tons of tourists and the bus is often late. In the past the bus was always late but hardly ever standing room only. If only 5% of the prospective Pineles Hospital employees will be living in 07601 can we anticipate that of the other 95% some will come by bus once they learn of the parking shortage.

Now we commuters need to start thinking about all of these employees of the Pineles Hospital getting off work at 7 am and jumping on the 162 bus. I no longer live across from the 1st stop on Prospect so Grrrrr! Also, not loving getting to the Port Authority after work and having to stand on a line made longer by visitors coming to visit the long term care patients and then having to stand in the bus aisle all the way home - wahhhh!

Commuters you can't avoid it so make sure that you come to the next meeting on Wednesday September 23 at 7 pm. You know who I'm talking about you people who get on the 162 bus at Beech Street. Remember how many 162s did not stop for you because there was standing room only and how long it took NJTransit to add more 162s so that you could finally stand like a sardine all the way to New York.

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Posted: Friday, 21 August 2009 6:27PM

Small Plane Crashes Near Teterboro Airport, 2 Injured

http://www.1010wins.com/PICS--2-Walk-Away-from-Fiery-Plane-Crash-at-Teterb/5053579

Excerpt from article:

TETERBORO, N.J. (AP/1010 WINS)  -- A report released by the Government Accountability Office last year found that Teterboro had 23 runway incursions -- incidents in which aircraft strayed into areas designated for takeoffs and landings -- from fiscal 2001 through 2007, two fewer than nearby Newark Liberty International Airport, which handles about three times as many flights annually. Three of the Teterboro incursions were classified as serious, meaning there was a risk of planes colliding, more than occurred at major airports in Philadelphia, Boston and Miami over the same period.