{"id":6249,"date":"2021-08-13T14:59:24","date_gmt":"2021-08-13T19:59:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.teanecktoday.com\/blog\/?p=6249"},"modified":"2021-08-13T14:59:24","modified_gmt":"2021-08-13T19:59:24","slug":"sources-matter-demand-evidence-and-question-everything","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.teanecktoday.com\/blog\/teaneck\/sources-matter-demand-evidence-and-question-everything\/","title":{"rendered":"Sources Matter: Demand Evidence and Question Everything"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In his post on Planning Board Application 2021-19, Bill Orr says that &#8220;the proposal was to build one residence on the left and another on the right of the historic home&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Is that true?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">I say it is not.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Orr claims to be &#8220;reporting local news&#8221; and information for residents.\u00a0 He goes as far as to say I am &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.teanecktoday.com\/blog\/teaneck\/breaking-victoria-fishers-running-mate-officially-out-of-boe-race\/#more-6197\">rarely a reliable source of information<\/a>&#8220;.<\/p>\n<p>So <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">what is a member of the public supposed to do<\/span><\/em> when we claim <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">diametrically opposite views<\/span> on a situation?<\/p>\n<p>Ask for evidence and review it critically.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Case in point: <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.teanecklibrary.org\/Teaneck%20Buildings\/Brinkerhoff-Demarest%20House.html\">The Brinckerhoff-Demarest House<\/a>*<\/h3>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>(* In the interest of full transparency, I attended both hearings before the planning board and I attended the THPC hearing, as well.\u00a0 I spoke at the January 18th hearing <strong>against<\/strong> the planned subdivision and did not speak at the meeting yesterday.)<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s what Bill Orr had to say on a post he made yesterday:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><b>&#8220;<\/b><span class=\"d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh o3w64lxj b2s5l15y knj5qynh oo9gr5id\"><b>Planning Board agenda tonight (8\/12\/2021) at 8:00pm: Brinkerhoff Demarest House subdivision proposal&#8221;<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>&#8220;8\/13\/21: The proposal was to build one residence on the left and another on the right of the historic home. With only two brief presentations from the owner&#8217;s team, a short discussion among members, and no public opposition, the plan was unanimously approved.&#8221;<\/b><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>(To read the entire post: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/BlueTeaneck\/posts\/2347962002004284\">click here<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>In the comments, Board of Education Trustee Victoria Fisher responds:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;What a shame. A beautiful home on a great, wild property. This type of shortsighted cashgrab is taking all of the character out of our Township.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teanecktoday.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/2021-08-12_Fisher-responding-to-Orr.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6254\" src=\"https:\/\/www.teanecktoday.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/2021-08-12_Fisher-responding-to-Orr.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"384\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.teanecktoday.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/2021-08-12_Fisher-responding-to-Orr.jpg 384w, https:\/\/www.teanecktoday.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/2021-08-12_Fisher-responding-to-Orr-300x78.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 384px) 100vw, 384px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And Bill Orr responds:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;<a class=\"oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl oo9gr5id gpro0wi8 lrazzd5p\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff;\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/1704108399722984\/user\/8821348\/?__cft__[0]=AZUZ297gICFfKqpWNxwD8dg5_efIvXkmcv-wRTqPW7-3ELxKLnDaClbZ3lt4qSM-Wc-26ouoJ-4dvJrzJ4Jd0CoL3BwKQvRAFJ53t6_Jw-XyojeQ5xrY2gKjaVEAmHXU1viG4SRpTJmtWF2YQV9F1uRb&amp;__tn__=R]-R\"><span class=\"nc684nl6\">Victoria Fisher<\/span><\/a> Yes. What the property owner is doing is placing one new home on the left of his house and another on the right. It&#8217;s a tight squeeze and will detract from the historic home.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teanecktoday.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/2021-08-12_Orr-responding-to-Fisher.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6255\" src=\"https:\/\/www.teanecktoday.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/2021-08-12_Orr-responding-to-Fisher.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"354\" height=\"117\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.teanecktoday.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/2021-08-12_Orr-responding-to-Fisher.jpg 354w, https:\/\/www.teanecktoday.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/2021-08-12_Orr-responding-to-Fisher-300x99.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>The initial Application (failed on January 28, 2021)<\/h2>\n<p>The initial application sought to subdivide the property into three rectangular parts.<\/p>\n<p>While each was well over the amount of square footage required (mostly owing to the depth of the property), each frontage was slightly shorter than allowable under the Township code.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes, this is an acceptable reason for the issuance of a variance.\u00a0 If there&#8217;s a reason the subject property is different (e.g. topography or features) that would satisfy the criteria for a planning board to approve a subdivision.<\/p>\n<p>That did <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">NOT<\/span> <\/strong>occur here.<\/p>\n<p>More problematic, the property in the middle (with the historic home), would lose a lot of the character it currently retains.<\/p>\n<p>For those reasons (and more), the planning board denied the application for subdivision last January.<\/p>\n<p>You can watch the entire presentation here: <a href=\"http:\/\/teanecktownnj.iqm2.com\/Citizens\/SplitView.aspx?Mode=Video&amp;MeetingID=1742&amp;Format=Agenda\">Planning Board Meeting of Jan. 28, 2021<\/a><br \/>\n(screenshot below appears about 30 min. into the hearing)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teanecktoday.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Brinckerhoff-Demarest-subdivision-v1.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-2\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6252 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.teanecktoday.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Brinckerhoff-Demarest-subdivision-v1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve modified the January plans to make it clear what was being proposed:<\/p>\n<p>The owner of the subject property is requesting to split the property into three lots [red, green (with the Historic Home) and yellow, in the pic below]\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teanecktoday.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Brinckerhoff-Demarest-subdivision-v1-color-coded.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-3\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6250 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.teanecktoday.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Brinckerhoff-Demarest-subdivision-v1-color-coded-1024x805.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"503\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.teanecktoday.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Brinckerhoff-Demarest-subdivision-v1-color-coded-1024x805.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.teanecktoday.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Brinckerhoff-Demarest-subdivision-v1-color-coded-300x236.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.teanecktoday.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Brinckerhoff-Demarest-subdivision-v1-color-coded-768x604.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.teanecktoday.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Brinckerhoff-Demarest-subdivision-v1-color-coded.jpg 1286w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>The Subsequent Application (passed on Aug. 12, 2021)<\/h2>\n<p>After failing to get permission from the Planning Board in January, the applicant sought a different type of design, which would preserve the character of the historic home along with its accompanying space, yet would still permit the owner to benefit from the highest and best use of the property.<\/p>\n<p>The plans (<a href=\"http:\/\/teanecktownnj.iqm2.com\/Citizens\/FileOpen.aspx?Type=1&amp;ID=1640&amp;Inline=True\">link to agenda with plans<\/a>) were presented to the Teaneck Historic Preservation Commission (&#8220;THPC&#8221;) for their review and THPC member Theodora Lacey moved to issue a Certificate of Appropriateness.\u00a0 The Certificate (<a href=\"http:\/\/teanecktownnj.iqm2.com\/Citizens\/FileOpen.aspx?Type=1&amp;ID=1640&amp;Inline=True\">available here with vote<\/a>) was issued by the THPC on June 15, 2021 (unanimously approved).<\/p>\n<p>The new plans created a subdivision into three lots, by using &#8220;Flag Lots&#8221;.\u00a0 This is a special type of subdivision.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teanecktoday.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Brinckerhoff-Demarest-subdivision-v2.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-4\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6253 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.teanecktoday.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Brinckerhoff-Demarest-subdivision-v2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve modified the plans to make it clear what is being proposed here:<\/p>\n<p>The owner of the subject property is requesting to split the property into three lots [red, green (with the Historic Home) and yellow in the pic below]\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teanecktoday.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Brinckerhoff-Demarest-subdivision-color-coded-v2.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-5\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6251\" src=\"https:\/\/www.teanecktoday.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Brinckerhoff-Demarest-subdivision-color-coded-v2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"782\" height=\"596\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.teanecktoday.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Brinckerhoff-Demarest-subdivision-color-coded-v2.jpg 782w, https:\/\/www.teanecktoday.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Brinckerhoff-Demarest-subdivision-color-coded-v2-300x229.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.teanecktoday.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Brinckerhoff-Demarest-subdivision-color-coded-v2-768x585.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 782px) 100vw, 782px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The difference here (as opposed to the initial application), is that the historic home remains in the <strong>center\u00a0<\/strong>with a <strong>spacious amount of land on each side<\/strong>.\u00a0 It also <strong>retains the character<\/strong> of the location.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s a small space on the ends of each side, where a long driveway will extend to the back.\u00a0 Lines of trees behind the historic home will obscure anything that happens on the newly subdivided lots* and extend the country feel of the setting.<\/p>\n<p>This was unanimously approved by the THPC and met with unanimous approval at the Planning Board.<\/p>\n<p>So why would Bill Orr claim that homes are going up to be &#8220;placing one new home on the left of his house and another on the right&#8221;?<\/p>\n<p>If Mr. Orr (and Ms. Fisher) attended these meetings, they are willfully misleading the public.<\/p>\n<p>If they did not attend the meetings, the public should be aware that this is absolutely an inaccurate representation of what happened. And Mr. Orr should revise his post (he should also be more careful about spreading misinformation, especially when the reputations of those such as the ower \/ members of the Planning Board and THPC could be adversely affected by his &#8220;coverage&#8221; of events).<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>* There&#8217;s a terrific history at the <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.teanecklibrary.org\/Teaneck%20Buildings\/Brinkerhoff-Demarest%20House.html\">link<\/a> and for further reading, I highly reccomend Mildred Tucker&#8217;s History of Teaneck (available at the Teaneck Library).<\/p>\n<p>** At this time, there are no plans for homes on these lots and any new plans would be subject to normal permits \/ variance \/ waiver rules in place at the time of the application.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In his post on Planning Board Application 2021-19, Bill Orr says that &#8220;the proposal was to build one residence on the left and another on the right of the historic home&#8221;. 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