County to Vote on Open Space Trust Fund Allocations

Bergen County's Board of Chosen Freeholders will be holding a public hearing in June on their proposed expenditures for the Municipal Park Improvement and Land Acquisition Program. 

The program is part of the Open Space Trust Fund for 2010. Grants from the program will help municipalities fund improvements to parks and recreational facilities. The county plans to spend a total of $2,026,852 in 45 different communities.

Westwood is slated to receive $113,400 for an ADA compliant playground at . According to Borough Administrator Robert Hoffmann, it is a matching grant and the size of the project is still unknown.

If the freeholders pass the spending plan, the projects are eligible to begin on or about Aug. 11 and must be completed by Feb. 11, 2013.

The board will be hearing public comment on the proposed allocations during the June 20 meeting beginning at 6:30 p.m. in the Freeholder Public Meeting Room on the fifth floor at One Bergen County Plaza, Hackensack.

Comments and questions can also be submitted prior to the meeting to Robert Abbatomarco, Department of Planning and Economic Development, One Bergen County Plaza, Hackensack, NJ 07601.