United Together to Fight Against High-Density Housing

STAND ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS STRONG!

Dear Residents,

Thank you attending last night’s Mayor and Council Special Meeting, and more importantly, for standing united with Mayor Mario Kranjac, Councilmen William Woo and Ramon Ferro, who along with you have consistently stood strong against building residential high-density units at 800 Sylvan Avenue. The number of attendees coupled with your voice of objection spoke volumes, and we asked that WE diligently remain ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS STRONG!

Here’s recap of what happened:

RESIDENTS DEMANDED FULL DISCLOSURE OF PROPOSED SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND ITS IMPACT TO OUR TOWN AND TAX PAYERS PRIOR TO VOTING BY THE GOVERNING BODY.

• Special Meeting (Executive Closed Session) was called by the Democrat Council Majority.
• Deborah Tsabari, Ed Aversa, Gloria Oh and Jimmy Song
• Purpose of meeting to discuss Pending Litigation matters:
• COAH/Affordable Housing-In Re Borough of Englewood Cliffs
• 800 Sylvan Avenue LLC v. Borough of Englewood Cliffs
• Forty-five (45) minutes prior to the 6:30 PM scheduled Special Meeting, Mayor and Councilmembers received an email with attached information from the Borough Clerk, Ms. Lisette Duffy, to be discussed at the Special Meeting.
• Governing Body, attorneys and professionals went into the Executive Closed Session for approximately two and a half hours (2 ½).
• Governing Body reconvened from the Executive Closed Session around 9:08 PM.
• According to New Jersey Open Public Meeting Act, Mayor Kranjac stated that unfortunately matters discussed in the Executive Closed Session cannot be disclosed to the public, and must be kept confidential.
• THE BOTTOM LINE: NO NEW RESOLUTION was introduced from the Executive Closed Session, therefore NO VOTING took place.

Moving forward, we ask that you continue to APPLY PRESSURE and to stand ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS STRONG against High-Density Housing.  Please attend future Mayor and Council meetings, support Mayor Kranjac, Councilmen Woo and Ferro, and elect to Council, Mark Park and Tim Koutroubas, who will work hard for you to RESTORE PUBLIC TRUST, INTEGRITY AND TRANSPARENCY in local government affairs.