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Username: Newtoallthis
Post Number: 235
Registered: 2-2003
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...but just noticed this on Village website:
Two-way communications between public and government initiated in South Orange.
Got questions about neighborhood potholes, the Village budget or maybe your water service? Now you can get answers about local issues from the people who may be best informed – the South Orange Board of Trustees. The “Two-Way Communications Program Between the Public and the Board of Trustees”, a new initiative of the Board, will allow you to:
1. Attend one of three scheduled informal neighborhood meetings in 2006;
2. Have a one-on-one session with your elected representatives.
3. Send an e-mail to any Village trustee and/or the Village administrator, and have it answered in a public meeting.
4. Call during televised Board meetings for an instant trustee response.
1. Neighborhood/Trustee Meetings
Three Neighborhood Meetings will be held on February 8, April 19, and June 21 2006 from 7:30 to 9:00 p.m., at the Baird Community Center, 5 Mead Street, in South Orange, where residents can discuss issues with the trustees in an informal setting. A fourth meeting with the civic organizations will be held in the fall. These meetings will not be simultaneously televised, however minutes will be taken, as required by law, along with audio and possibly video recording.
Six neighborhood zones have been designated. Residents from two zones (opposite ends of the Village) will be invited to each Neighborhood Meeting, however a resident may attend any or all of these meetings. The trustees hope to generate views from all geographic perspectives.
On Wednesday Feb. 8, 2006 residents from the following streets are invited:
Zone 1 - Allen, Blanchard, Brentwood, Brewer, Brookwood, Crest Drive, Crest Circle, Crestwood, Duffield, Foster, Glenview, Great Hills, Harding, Hill, Hoskier, Inwood, Jessica, Laurel, Longview, Manors at S. Mountain, Mountain, Overhill (west of Harding), Speir, Stonehill, Underhill, Vista, West S. Orange, (west of Harding), Whiteoak, Woods.
Zone 2: Academy, Arnold, Baldwin, Cameron, Centre South, College, Cottage, Coudert, Eder, Fairview, Fairview West, First, Fifth, Fourth, Fourth South, Gardner, Garfield, Hixon, Irvington, Kenneth, Kilburn, Kingman South, Lackawanna, Linsley, Massel, Mercer, Milligan, Milton, Montague, Prospect Place, Prospect Street, Radel, Reynolds, Riggs, Roland, Second, Seton Hall University, Seton Place, Sherman, Sinclair, Sloan, S. Orange (RR tracks east to Newark border), Stanley South, Summit, Third (east of RR tracks) Tichenor, Valley, Varsity, Village, Ward, Waverly, Wilder.
On Wednesday Apr. 19, 2006 residents from the following streets are invited:
Zone 3 - Beechspring Rd, Brookside Rd, Forest Rd, Franklin Pl, Franklin Ter, Glenside Rd, Harmon Rd, Hart Dr North, Hart Dr South, Highland Rd, Luddington Rd, Mayhew Ct, Mayhew Dr, Melrose Pl, Overhill Rd,(east of Harding Dr), Ravine Rd, Redmond Rd, Ridgewood Rd North, Tillou Rd, Twin Oak Rd, Village Green Court, Walnut Ct, Wyoming Av
Zone 4 - Centre St, Elm Ct, Fielding Ct, Finlay Pl, Hall Ct, Hamilton Rd, Hartford Ct, Hartford Rd, Holland Rd, Kenmore Av, Kingman Rd, Lackawanna Pl, Marion Av, Marshall Ct, Montrose Av. (east of Grove Rd), Mosswood Av, Park Pl, Patricia Ct, Self Pl, Stanley Rd, Stirling Av, University Ct, Warren Ct, Warwick Av.
On Wednesday Jun. 21, 2006 residents from the following streets are invited:
Zone 5 – Berkeley Av, Charlton Av, Clark Pl, Clark St, Comstock Pl, Connett Pl, Grove Rd, Grove Ter, Halsey Pl, Harrison Ct, Henderson Dr, Hillside Pl, Hillside Ter, Irving Av, Irving Ter, Keasby Rd, Mead St, Meadowbrook Ln, Meadowbrook Pl, Meeker St, Montrose Av (west of Grove Rd), Mountainhouse Rd, Page Ter, Ralston Av, Randolph Pl, Raymond Av, Raymond Ct, Scotland Rd, Taylor Pl, Thacher Ln, Turrell Av, Village Green Ct, Vose Av, Woodland Crest, Woodland Pl.
Zone 6 - Audley St, Briar Ct, Church St, Conway Ct, Cumberland Rd, Edgewood Ter, Harding Dr South, Hemlock Ter, Kingsland Ct, Kingsland Ter, Lenox Av, Lenox Pl, Lenox Ter, Mews Ln, Ridgewood Rd (south of S.Orange Av), Rynda Rd, S.Orange Av (from the RR tracks west to Harding Dr), Third St (west of RR tracks), Thornden St, Trenchard Pl, Walton Av, Wesley Ct, West End Rd, Western Dr North, Western Dr South, Winthrop Ter.
If your street, possibly due to an oversight, is not listed above, please come to any of the three meetings.
2. Trustee “Office Hours”
If you want to speak with a Village trustee on a one-to-one basis, come to the Baird Community Center, 5 Mead Street, in South Orange, at 6:30 p.m. on the evening of a Neighborhood/Trustee meeting (see schedule above). You will be able to discuss with him/her any of your concerns about the Village.
3. E-mail Communications
Beginning April 2006 the necessary technology will be installed that will enable you to post – once per week – questions on a maximum of two different issues, to a dedicated link in the Village’s website www.southorange.org You will be asked to record your name, address, personal telephone number, and personal e-mail. Your question/comment will be read and discussed, during the “remonstrances” segment of the next regular meeting of the Board of Trustees.
Additionally, residents will be able to send an e-mail to any trustee or the Village Administrator, using e-mail addresses posted on the Village website (navigate to Government – Local Government and select the individual you wish to reach).
4. Telephone Calls Received During Trustees Meetings
Beginning April 2006 the necessary technology will be installed to enable telephone calls received during the Board’s regular meetings held on the 4th Monday of each month, during a fifteen-minute period announced by the Village President at the beginning of the meeting. After a trial period, depending on the use of the Program, the schedule may be expanded to every special and regular Board Meeting.
During the first 13 minutes of the calls’ reception period, a crawl (ticker) will run at the bottom of the TV screen broadcasting the BoT meeting, with the telephone number to call.
Callers will have a two-minute limit for one specific question or comment.
Callers will need to call from their personal telephone, allowing their name and number to be displayed in the receivers “caller ID display unit”. Anonymous calls will be rejected.
All telephone calls will be recorded and archived. Callers will give their name, address, and telephone number.
The questions/comments called-in will be handed to the Village President during the remontsrances, who will read them aloud, and have the Board discuss them.
The “Two-Way Communications Program between the Public and the Board of Trustees” is initiated for the use of those residents who cannot easily attend the regular bi-monthly Monday meetings of the Board. It is hoped that the Villagers will take advantage of these new means to communicate with their elected officials.
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