POST OFFICE REDEVELOPMENT RETURNS TO ALLIANCE BOARD MEETING IN TWO WEEKS

The controversial former Maplewood Village Post Office redevelopment plan will make a return to the Maplewood Village Alliance Board of Directors in two weeks, according to a public notice for the meeting issued today.

You my recall at the last MVA board meeting in May, a lively discussion occurred with angry opponents and strong supporters, ending with the MVA board giving preliminary approval to the plan.

Since then, a lawsuit has been filed against the Township to block the approval, while former mayor Fred Profeta has resigned from the MVA board.

The next MVA board meeting is set for Wednesday, July 22 at Town Hall.

See the notice below:

P U B L I C   N O T I C E

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a Board of Trustees meeting of the Maplewood Village Special Improvement District, Inc., d/b/a the Maplewood Village Alliance, will be held on Wednesday, July 22, 2015, beginning at 7:30 P.M. in the Maplewood Municipal Building, 574 Valley Street, Maplewood, New Jersey. 

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the agenda for the meeting includes an

Application by Maplewood Redevelopers, LLC for design review and approval for the

Maplewood Village Post Office Rehabilitation Area which includes municipally owned property designated on the Maplewood tax maps as Block 13.09, Lots 180, 181 and 185.   The Application proposes to demolish the existing vacant former Post Office building and replace that structure with a proposed mixed-use building containing 20 residential units and approximately 9,515 square feet of retail space.  The ground floor will contain a 21-space parking garage and retail space.  The first floor will contain retail space and residential amenity space.  The second and third floors will contain the residential units.

This meeting is an Open Public Meeting.  Action may be taken.

For more information please email:  MaplewoodVillageAlliance@yahoo.com

                                                ELIZABETH J. FRITZEN, R.M.C., C.M.C., C.M.R.

                                                Township Clerk