photo from Dan Damon's Plainfield Today blog, Aug. 20, 2012
Ernest Reynolds came to Thursday's Planning Board on a mission.
He wants to post signs marking the Brisbane Estates neighborhood, an enclave of about 300 families where he has lived for 40 years. But he hasn't been able to find any record of it in the library, he said.
Reynolds reasoned that with no record of the neighborhood, he couldn't be proven wrong in his quest.
Unfortunately, the board has to go by the books on such matters and Chairman Ron Scott Bey said, "I need a little history."
He and the board also needed more details on the size and kind of signs desired, the proposed means of affixing them to existing poles, the exact locations, signoffs from the Police and Fire divisions and more.
Luckily for Reynolds and Rev. Princeton Holt, who accompanied him in presenting the request, board member William Toth said he had a map of Brisbane Estates and added, "Personally, I think it is a good idea to name that area."
Board member Siddeeq El-Amin, a retired Plainfield police captain, recalled being told in 1980 as a trainee that the neighborhood was called Brisbane Estates.
Without needed documentation, the matter could not proceed Thursday. Planning Director William Nierstedt asked the board exactly what information members wanted and also said he would ask Public Works Superintendent John Louise to meet with Holt and Reynolds at the site. The Public Works Division has assisted other groups with special signage.
Blogger Dan Damon featured the neighborhood in a post on Aug. 20, 2012. Click the image above to enlarge for details.
--Bernice
If you look at a deed for one of the properties and/or the Tax Maps it will refer to the Subdivision file which is on file in the City Clerk as well as the Union County Hall of Records for deeds
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