At this meeting, the Borough Council decided that the property owners on Main Street would not be burdened with the construction park, but instead through taxpayers of the entire municipality.

The Citizen's Association felt that passing riders did not get a positive impression of Ramsey because of the aged buildings that surrounded the station on Main Street.

Charles Finch and Edgar DeYoe, the owner of a hotel on Main Street, offered they would help with structure demolition and build new parking lots and stores for people to use in Ramsey.

[13] Ramsey finished the widening of Main Street from Finch Plaza to the tracks of the North Jersey Rapid Transit line in November.

[22] Along with Conklin, Mayor John Sullivan, Borough Attorney Walter Weber and other Ramsey officials would be present at the meeting in Newark with two proposals: one each building a bridge crossing north or south of Main Street, with a final decision to be left to the railroad.

As for the complaints from the fire department, the railroad stated that engineers would not be able to stop a train in time before the station when seeing the flagman to help clear the crossing.

[39] At a meeting with the Borough Council, Conklin stated that the railroad and Public Utilities Commission came with an estimate of $400,000 for elimination of the Main Street crossing.

[41] 200 people showed up a meeting at Ramsey High School on August 5, 1947 to discussion reviving the old plans to widen Main Street and eliminate the crossing.

In September 1947, then-Police Commissioner Chester Smeltzer announced a deal with John Dater, a local newspaper publisher to use a 190 feet (58 m) parcel south of the Erie depot for expanded parking for 150–175 vehicles.

After the completion of work, Smeltzer stated that Depot Plaza would be banned from being used as parking due to traffic problems with trains arriving at the station.

The meeting got heated between Smeltzer and Halsted over remarks made by the latter and after arguing, the Borough Council agreed to act on the 1937 agreement between Dater and the Little administration.

As part of this agreement, Ramsey Borough Council hoped it would help the borough get a requested move of the northbound station platform to the south of side of Main Street, a local freight shed moved from the east side of the railroad to the west and have a freight spur removed entirely before construction of new parking lots.

[56] With the work still in negotiation, Ramsey officials agreed to continue a monthly lease on a property for what would become the future post office in the municipality to provide parking.

[59] At the Borough Council meeting on December 26, Smeltzer said the railroad and municipality were in agreement to remove the freight spur and shed, along with the relocation of the platform.

The Borough Council asked Muth to create an agreement draft for the railroad to fix the grade and pay Dater, Jr. $11,500 as the last payment for the purchase of his father's land.

Local resident Pat Gentempo, who was also a representative of the Ramsey Chamber of Commerce, stated he was concerned about the rumors running up and down Main Street about the lack of progress by the railroad.

Ramsey Mayor Emil Porfido announced at a Borough Council meeting in February 1979 that he had multiple ideas for use of the 1868 station depot.

[5] In November 1979, Porfido noted that the state would pay for a new parking lot at Ramsey station on North Central Avenue to reduce problems on Route 17.

With the construction proposed of a new convenience store on Route 17, Porfido and Councilwoman Eleanor Rooney noted that commuters would lose a parking lot for their vehicles.

Gambaccini and Martin Robins, the Associate Executive director of NJ Transit presented a framed sketch of the renovated Ramsey depot.

[72] Porfido received a certificate from the Bergen County Board of Freeholders in September 1982 for his efforts to save and restore the station depot.

[73] The Ramsey Borough Council met with NJ Transit in March 1994 to discuss their opposition to the plan for the construction of a new parking lot at the station.

[74] Ramsey Borough Council made a counterproposal, suggesting that NJ Transit should build a station on the Ramsey–Mahwah municipal line next to Route 17 with adequate parking.

[77] NJ Transit opposed stating that the lumber yard at the site was not for sale and they would need to spend $10 million to buy the required land and build the station and parking.

Vandervalk added that NJ Transit could lease or sell the land for their purposes and that she would want to know what senior management at the agency thought of the lumber site proposal.

[77] In July 1994, Scerbo, Pojanowski and Councilwoman Cynthia Porter and NJ Transit officials held a walking tour during rush hour in downtown Ramsey.

Pojanowski stated that at least one NJ Transit official recognized the use of the lumber yard as an exit ramp from the proposed parking lot would be problematic.

[80] Ramsey officials met with NJ Transit at their headquarters in Newark on October 11 to further pressure the agency to not build the extra parking lot.

[82] In December 1995, Scerbo and other Councilmen met with the Chief of Policy of Governor Christine Todd Whitman on their opposition to the construction of the lumber yard lot.

[84] Delayed due to differences of opinion between Ramsey and Mahwah on its location, NJ Transit gave the go-ahead to begin construction of a $25 million train station and parking garage on Island Road next to Route 17 in May 2002.