Ridgewood Parking Deck Design To Be Decided Wednesday

The Village Council will decide on the design of the Hudson Street parking garage at a meeting Wednesday.

The council is considering three design options that would provide a net gain of either 206, 255, or 305 parking spaces and be, at the tallest point, between 56 and 68 feet tall.

The council informally voted 3-2 at a work session last week on an option that would provide a net gain of 305 parking spaces. The parking deck portion of 136,000-square-foot building would be 49 feet tall and the tower at the center of it would be more than 68 feet tall.

An ordinance allowing official to bond $12.3 million for the project will be introduced at the meeting.

Village manager Roberta Sonenfeld said officials are ”envisioning” approving a bond with a 30-year repayment term. The bond will be paid back “principally — if not entirely — with parking revenues.”

More than 3,200 residents voted ”yes” in November to constructing the parking deck; 1,777 residents voted “no.”

(Pictured: A rendering of the proposed four-story tall parking garage.)