"Here's the actual e-mail I received yesterday that has been sent around town today".
Ms. Stojkovic:
Please be advised that despite the development's location along a county road, the project has not received Hudson County Planning Board approval. The county's inspector, Mario Tridente, issued a "Notice of Violation" last week and directed the owner/developer to submit a site plan application within 10 days. To date, we have received no application. In fact, if the developer does not file within 10 days, Mr. Tridente will issue a "Stop Work" order to the municipal construction code official.
If you need additional information or assistance, please feel free to call.
Sincerely,
Stephen
Stephen D. Marks, PP, AICP, CFM
Planning Director / Board Secretary
Hudson County Division of Planning
Brennan Court House
583 Newark Avenue
Jersey City, New Jersey 07306
www.HudsonCountyNJ.org/Planning
That is the end of her email. For reference here is another email that went out Friday May 15th from the HSPC:
Greetings from HSPC!
Many people on this list have inquired what is going on down in the southwest area of Hoboken. As you know, HSPC has advocated for a 6 acre park in that area for sometime (here's the layout of the park area: http://www.hobokenspc.org/?page_id=14), but we have been informed by many park supporters that the small triangle block at the corner of Jackson & Observer (Block 14) has started some serious development (see attached photos). It was previously a one-story bar called the Downtown Pub, but now they are driving pilings into the ground which indicates a much taller structure will be built.
Here's the ISSUE: All of the City Council members publicly endorsed the SW6 plan (http://www.hobokenspc.org/?page_id=75), and they approved the grant application that HSPC submitted to the county to start purchasing the park land, and the council also approved having appraisals done on all parcels proposed for park land, Blocks 9, 10, 11, 12, and 14.
Here's the QUESTION: Why is a building going on top of the proposed park area?
Here's what YOU can do: Contact your local City Council representative and ask them what's going on and what they plan to do about this. We have current Council members and Council-At-Large and Mayoral candidates who are all making great claims as open space advocates and legislators who will get parks built. It's time to call them on this and find out what they are doing to protect the SW land for park and how they are going to proceed with actual park development. Someone is turning a blind eye and allowing this to happen in their own backyard and if we continue on this path to allow development on every block in that area, there will be nothing left for a substantial SW park.
Photo From HSPC email sent 5/15/2009
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