Page 6 THE VILLADOM TIMES III • September 26, 2012 Waldwick The Waldwick Council at its last meeting authorized the borough engineer to proceed with the next phase of the Ho-HoKus Brook stabilization project in the vicinity Borough to seek easements for brook work of Dow Avenue. The borough received the necessary permits from the NJ Department of Environmental Protection in May. Stantec Engineering was awarded a contract for up to $20,000 to prepare the temporary easement descriptions needed for access to the brook. Stantec will also provide plans and specifications and con- 5K proceeds keep community running Members of the Waldwick Chamber of Commerce recently donated a portion of the proceeds from the 5K race to the Waldwick Community Alliance. WCA Treasurer Richard Wilson (fourth from left) is pictured accepting the check from 5K Coordinator Stan Kowalski. To Wilson’s left are Joseph Salvi, Debie Scanlon, and Doug Cowie. At Kowalski’s right are Chamber President Christine Figliuolo, Dave Barthold, and Jeana Cowie. struction inspection for the project. Borough Administrator Gary Kratz said that the owners of four properties along the brook have already consented to provide the easements needed. He said fencing will have to be removed for heavy equipment to gain access, but that the borough is trying to minimize damage to the properties to save on restoration costs. Kratz said four or five access points to the brook would be necessary. The banks of the brook in the area to be cleared are on private property. The Bergen County Mosquito Control Commission has agreed to remove the sand bar that has built up in the brook, as they have done in the past. Mosquito Control will also clean and de-snag the stream channel at the Wyckoff Avenue bridge that constricts the water flow and contributes to flooding in the area. Kratz said he is waiting for a definite date on when the county agency can do the work. Work would entail stabilizing the east bank of the brook with rip-rap or other materials for approximately 485 feet in the area of Dow Avenue, where the brook follows an s-path, in addition to removing the obstructions under the bridge. Taking away and disposing of the material removed from the brook, installing the riprap in two major washed-out sections and planting vegetation to stabilize the banks will likely have to be contracted out, Kratz said, since the borough does not have the staff and equipment to do the work. The entire project is estimated to cost about $160,000.