Passaic County approves open-space and historic preservation grant recommendations; moves ahead on vocational school parking bond

The Passaic County Board of County Commissioners on May 27, 2025, reviewed recommendations from the Open Space, Farmland and Historic Preservation Trust Fund Advisory Committee, heard a brief public hearing staff summary on the sale of a small parcel, received an update on a new county microtransit service and moved to adopt bond orders to partially fund a parking garage at the county vocational-technical school.

Open space and park development recommendations: Sal Presti, the county’s Open Space coordinator, presented the advisory committee’s recommended park development grants. Recommended awards (project and recommended county contribution) included: - Bloomingdale — De Lazier Field bathroom and backstop: $180,000 - Clifton — Washington Park playground and ADA pathways: $200,000 - Hawthorne — Wagaral Field bleacher replacement (ADA improvements): $125,000 - Highlands Nature Friends (New Life Center, Ringwood) — building improvements: $40,000 - Little Falls — Amity Park playground conversion and basketball court refurbish: $198,500 - North Haledon — High Mountain Middle School playground final phase: $235,400 - Prospect Park — Hofstra Park shelter and court resurfacing (tennis/pickleball) and gazebo: $198,500 - Ringwood — Stone Town Recreation Complex playground: $155,000 - Totowa — Kennedy Park playground replacement and basketball court rehabilitation: $225,000 - Wanaque — Lory Park…