BOE Meeting, Planning Board, School and Library Events & The “Tour” This Week

Below is a quick look at five things you should know about this week and/or might not want to miss:

Number one:

The Fort Lee Board of Education meets Monday at 8 p.m. in the School No. 1 library for its regular business meeting. The agenda for the meeting is highlighted by a resolution that would appoint now Assistant Superintendent of Schools Steven Engravalle as Acting Superintendent of Schools effective November 1.

Number two

There will also be a regular public meeting of the Fort Lee Planning Board Monday at Borough Hall’s Council Chambers. The meeting begins at 6 p.m. with a work session and continues at 7:30 p.m. with a regular public meeting.

The agenda for the meeting includes the following:

• Statement of meeting concerning compliance with the provisions of the “Sunshine Act”

Memorialization

• Docket #10-11 Sapthagiri, LLC, Redevelopment Area 6 2169, 2175 Route 4 East

APPROVED Block 5452, Lots 3 & 4

Final Major Site Plan (Amended)

Kaufman, Semeraro, Bern, Deutsch & Leibman LLP

Paul Kaufman, Esq. is representing the applicant.

Public Hearings

• Docket # 7-11 Lemoine Avenue LLC, 2011 Lemoine Avenue, Block 4751, Lot 14

Preliminary/Final Major Site Plan

Restaurant Utilizing Part of First Floor and Basement Level

Parking Variance

Kaufman, Semeraro, Bern, Deutsch & Leibman LLP

Allyson Kasetta, Esq. is representing the applicant.

• Docket # 8-11 The Angelo Nigro Family Trust, 1400 Anderson Avenue, Block 2254, Lot 1

Amendment to Site Plan/Café & Trattoria/Parking Variance

Saverio Cereste, Esq. is representing the applicant.

New Business

Number three

The Guidance Department is hold a “Fall Postsecondary Planning Night” Tuesday at 7 p.m. at Fort Lee High School. Parents and students are encouraged to attend together, and all four high school grade-levels are welcome, according the guidance department officials.

Number four

Events taking place at the this week include a screening of the Hindi/Urdu film Saawariya (2007)—directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali and sttarring Rankir Kapoor, Sonam Kapoor, Salman Khan—at 6:30 p.m. Thursday and "Bowing Out of the Box....To Make a Difference," a musical “smorgasboard” by cellist and pianist E. Zoe Hassman at 2 p.m. Sturday. Both events take place at the library’s lower-level meeting room.

Number five:

And next Sunday, Oct. 2, Fort Lee residents will have the opportunity to “tour” the borough by bicycle or on foot as the Fort Lee Education Foundation once again sponsors the annual “Tour de Fort Lee.”

The event includes a 12-mile ride through town, a two-mile walk for those who prefer, refreshments, prizes and a 50/50 raffle—all providing support for programs in all six of Fort Lee’s public schools.

Registration starts at 7:30 a.m. at the , and the event begins at 9 a.m. rain or shine.