jkocis March 7th, 2007

See bold Council agenda items below regarding Northern parks stuff. This is on the agenda for Wed March 7th at 7pm. Please come if you can and let your neighbors know.

THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HOBOKEN
MEETING OF MARCH 7, 2007
AGENDA


Please note: The Hoboken City Council may consider additional
resolutions, ordinances or any other matter brought before the Hoboken
City Council up until March 7, 2007 and also including during the meeting.


CONSENT AGENDA

Consent Agenda defined: All items listed with an asterisk (*) are considered to be
routine business by the City Council and will be enacted by one motion. There
will be no separate discussion on these items unless a council member or citizen
so request, in which event the item will be removed from the general order of
business and considered in its normal sequence on the agenda.


RESOLUTIONS

1.* Authorizing additional temporary emergency appropriations to the SFY
2007 Budget until such time as a formal budget is adopted.

2.* Authorizing individual refunds for dismissed charges for booting and/or
towing actions taken by the City of Hoboken; in the amount of
$5,280.00.

3.* Authorizing individual refunds deposits for vehicle AVI cards used in the
municipal garages of the City of Hoboken; in the amount of $5,800.00.

4.* Authorizing an amendment to the existing contract awarded to Schoor
DePalma of Manalapan, NJ, for additional Engineering Services for the
Synthetic Turf Installation at Church Square Park; from $23,460.00 to
$24,010.00.

5.* Awarding a contract in the amount of $109,510.00 to Abbott
Contracting of Cliffside Park, NJ, for the Church Square Park Synthetic
Turf Installation; as per public bid #07-16.

6.* Introducing amendments to the SFY 2007 Municipal Budget. (Public
Hearing March 21, 2007).

7.* Certifying that the Hoboken City Council states that it has complied with
N.J.S.A. 5:30-6.5 with regard to the SFY 2006 Annual Audit.

8.* Supporting a Hoboken-North Hudson YMCA 96-Unit Single Room
Occupancy Expansion Housing Project at 1301-1311 Washington
Street. (Block 245, Lot 1).

9.* Authorizing a Tax Abatement for the Hoboken-North Hudson YMCA 96-
Unit Single Room Occupancy Expansion Housing Project at 1301-1311
Washington Street. (Block 245, Lot 1).

10.* Authorizing a Grant of Conservation Restriction Easement to the State
of New Jersey, Department of Environmental Protection for the
Hoboken Cove Waterfront Park.

11.* Authorizing the execution of an agreement with the New Jersey
Department of Transportation for the Hoboken Waterfront Walkway
Project at North Sinatra Drive.

12.* Supporting the renewal of the Garden State Preservation Trust Funds.

13.* Authorizing the drawn-down of funds for the 1600 Park Avenue
acquisition; in the amount of $3,813,420.00.

14.* Authorizing the submission of an application to the Hudson County
Open Space Trust Fund for development funds at 1600 Park Avenue.

15.* Authorizing support of the Hoboken Cove Boathouse C/O the
Downtown Boathouse, Inc. application to the Hudson County Open
Space Trust Fund for funding of the construction of a Boathouse at the
Hoboken Cove Park.

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jkocis February 9th, 2007

Over a year ago, the City of Hoboken acquired 6 acres of land to be included in a new park in the northeastern tip of Hoboken. The site, known as “1600 Park”, wraps around the existing cove of the Hudson River on the City’s border with Weehawken. This park site is one of the few areas on the waterfront where vacant land exists to create a park with protected water access. This is a perfect spot to provide multiple recreational uses for all ages in a single location. In addition, the City also owns a pier on 16th Street west of the Hudson Tea building and has made no effort to produce a park there. Both 16th Street pier and 1600 Park are identified in the Hoboken Master Plan for park space.

Come to a neighborhood meeting on February 22 , 2007 at 7:30pm at 1333 Hudson Street ( North Vanguard Building at the Shipyard), Apt 203 N hosted by Kretina Wright to learn about how to get parks built in the north end of Hoboken. HobokenParks.Org will be there to provide information and answer your questions. For more information about the proposed 1600 Park, read about 1600 Park Avenue Overview. When you arrive at the door, there is a resident directory to your left, there will be a sign posted on how to ring the apartment.

HPO PARK DESIGN

The most important work is ahead. HPO’s park design is just a concept that can be a starting point for a meaningful public park design process. HPO believes the 1600 park site and the land adjacent to the Cove should be designed to provide sorely needed active-recreational field spaces. Little known is the fact that the City has issued a “Request for Proposals” for landscape architect services for 1600 Park with no indication of how they will include the public in the park design process. To date, nothing else is happening with these parks and you can change that.

If interested in attending please contact Kretina at 201-222-0062 or at Kretina@msn.com. Please leave your contact information in case of a meeting date or time change. Please let your neighbors know by telling them about hobokenparks.org and passing along the invitation to this event.

Download: February 22 Invitation

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