Jersey City Minutes

Meeting record

Planning Board, September 8, 2026

Body
Planning Board
Date
September 8, 2026 (regular meeting)
Video
city recording, 3h 42m
Called to order
0:00:00 (5:35 p.m.)
Adjourned
3:41:55
Agenda
data.jerseycitynj.gov
Votes
8 confirmed, 6 as heard, unconfirmed
The Planning Board publishes no written minutes, so the votes and attendance on this page are as heard on the video and are marked unconfirmed until a memorialized resolution confirms them (see the vote rule).

Attendance

Items

11 P2026-0117 case

Review and discussion of the “Report Concerning Determination of the Scatter Site Study Area 6 as an area in need of redevelopment and more specifically as a Condemnation Redevelopment Area.” Authorized by Resolution 26-314. Formal action may be taken. Wards: B, C, D and F

0:01:36 to 0:02:44 · Carried · document
Announced in correspondence in the 0:01:36 segment, the only case named (agenda new business item 11; read as 'case P26-0117', 0:01:55 word timing): a request 'to carry the prosecution of those to September 29th' (0:02:12 to 0:02:15, word timing; 'prosecution' p 0.28, most likely 'preservation [of notice]', not settled). Recorded as Carried to September 29, 2026. The reader is not named and the rest of the passage is not clearly transcribed ('from two of the agenda', 0:01:45; 'the next, February release, as will end as bill', 0:02:16). No motion or vote was heard. The chair then announced that, with the board back in person, no new application would be started after 9:30 (0:02:44).
6 other

Agenda items not read on the video (6a P2025-0255 and 19 P2025-0169)

0:03:17 to 0:03:17 · No action
Never read on the video (one grouped line, Adam's rule, 2026-10-16). 6a P2025-0255, Minor Site Plan with 'C' Variance, 26 Bright Street, listed under '6. ADJOURNMENTS' as requesting to carry with preservation of notice to September 29, 2026 (https://jerseycitynj-energovpub.tylerhost.net/apps/selfservice#/plan/9c24b92d-a5d7-47e0-894d-e74ddc642452?tab=attachments); the board moved past it to old business at 0:03:17. 19 P2025-0169, Preliminary Major Site Plan, 506 Summit Ave (https://jerseycitynj-energovpub.tylerhost.net/apps/selfservice#/plan/fbbe7742-5cd8-466c-8115-2cf85083c4fe?tab=attachments): not called; the board moved to resolutions at 3:38:43 after the chair noted the 9:30 cutoff had passed (3:35:09). Agenda: https://data.jerseycitynj.gov/api/explore/v2.1/catalog/datasets/planning-board-agendas-2026/attachments/19_september_8_2026_mtgpdf
8 P2026-0104 case

One-Year Extension, 212 –230 Culver Ave

0:03:17 to 0:07:31 · Approved · document
6-0 6 ayes, 0 nays, roll call at 0:07:31
Roll call read by the secretary 'on a motion to approve' from 'Vice Chair Wick.' (0:07:36, word timing), after a motion 'to approve case P2026-0104 as presented to the board this evening with all original conditions' (0:07:25 to 0:07:31); mover not named and no second heard. Wick, Conaway, Capers, Stamato, Patel and Gangadin 'Aye.' (0:07:37 to 0:07:46, p 0.99 to 1.00). 'Motion carries. All in favor with conditions.' (0:07:46). No count announced. Kaplan had not yet arrived (noted at 0:44:41). Barnaby and Little are not called (absent as heard; see needs_checking, attendance). No resolution of this case uploaded to EnerGov since 2026-09-08 (resolutions run 2026-10-17): as heard, unconfirmed. The resolution prints 'VOTE: 5-0' and does not list Commissioner Stamato, heard 'Aye' on the video (0:07:43); it also prints 'DATE OF HEARING: September 10, 2026' for this September 8 meeting. Published as heard on Adam Hanford's Review Desk decision of 2026-10-22 (card planning-2026-09-08__8).
Old business, called at 0:03:17 (P2026-0104, 212-230 Culver Avenue). A speaker addressed as 'Stamato' (0:05:59 segment; 'Stamato' p 0.01 at 0:06:04 word timing), not Commissioner Stamato (most likely the board attorney, as in planning-2026-08-25; not attributed), said the extension through June 2027 would be in order and that it is the third and final extension; see needs_checking (names). Public portion opened at 0:06:35; no member of the public spoke; closed at 0:06:42.
10 P2026-0134 case

Review and discussion of the “Report Concerning Determination of the Hudson County Plaza Study Area as an area in need of redevelopment and more specifically as a Non-Condemnation Redevelopment Area.” Authorized by Resolution 25-786. Formal action may be taken. Wards: C

0:07:31 to 0:29:40 · Approved · document
6-0 6 ayes, 0 nays, roll call at 0:29:31 as heard, unconfirmed
Roll call read by the secretary 'On a motion to approve' from 'Vice Chair Wick' (0:29:33), after a motion 'to recommend the review and discussion of the report concerning determination of the Hudson County Plaza study area as an area in need of redevelopment and more specifically as a non-condemnation redevelopment area authorized by Resolution 25 through 786 in Ward C' (0:29:08); mover not named and no second heard. The answers rest on the full pass and the re-transcription without VAD of 0:29:31 to 0:29:46 (word timings). Wick 'Aye' (0:29:33; p 0.78 full pass, 0.99 re-transcription). Conaway, called at 0:29:35, 'Aye.' (0:29:36, p 1.00) and Capers, called at 0:29:37, 'Aye.' (0:29:38, p 1.00): heard only in the re-transcription (the full pass has nothing from 0:29:34 to 0:29:40): aye as heard in the re-transcription. Stamato 'Aye.' (0:29:40; p 0.82, 1.00); Patel 'Aye.' (0:29:42; p 1.00, 1.00); Gangadin, called as 'Madam Chair Gangadin' (0:29:43), 'Aye.' (0:29:44; p 1.00, 1.00). 'Motion carries. All in favor.' (0:29:45). No count announced. Heard: 6 ayes. Kaplan had not yet arrived. Barnaby and Little are not called (absent as heard; see needs_checking, attendance). The action is recorded as Approved for the motion to recommend, as for planning-2026-10-13 item 9. No resolution of this case uploaded to EnerGov since 2026-09-08 (resolutions run 2026-10-17): as heard, unconfirmed.
New business, called in the 0:07:31 segment (read as 'B2026-0134', 0:07:52 word timing). Notice package marked A1 (0:13:27). Public portion opened at 0:28:39; no member of the public spoke; closed at 0:28:43. The motion was to recommend; the secretary called it 'a motion to approve'.
12 P2025-0253 case

Preliminary & Final Major Site Plan with ‘c’ variances, 1721 Kennedy Boulevard

0:29:40 to 0:59:28 · Approved · document
6-0 6 ayes, 0 nays, roll call at 0:58:41 as heard, unconfirmed
Roll call read by the secretary 'On a motion to approve' from 'Vice Chair Wick' (0:58:44, word timing), after a motion 'to approve case P2025-0253 as presented to the board this evening with all staff recommendations and conditions' (0:58:32); mover not named and no second heard. Wick 'Aye' (0:58:45, p 0.66); Conaway 'Aye' (0:58:47, p 0.98); Kaplan, called in the 0:58:48 segment ('I'm going to call you Commissioner Kaplan', 0:58:50): '... but I'll abstain because I only saw part of it' (0:58:51 to 0:58:54; 'abstain' p 1.00); Capers, Stamato and Patel 'Aye' (0:58:57 to 0:59:02, p 1.00); Gangadin, called as 'Madam Chair Gangadin' (0:59:03), '... My vote is aye.' (0:59:20, p 0.97). Announced: 'Six in favor, zero opposed, one abstaining. Motion passes.' (0:59:22 to 0:59:26). Eligibility: Kaplan arrived during this hearing (called in the 0:29:40 segment; arrival noted in the 0:44:41 segment, 'Madam Chair, if you just want for the record to reflect that I popped in', 0:45:22 word timing) and gave having seen only part of it as the reason; no certification heard. Recorded not-voting under EDITORIAL.md section 4 (eligibility), reason and time as above, as in planning-2026-08-25 item 11; as heard, Kaplan's answer is 'abstain' (6-0-1), which matches the announced count. Recorded: 6 ayes, 6-0. Barnaby and Little are not called (absent as heard; see needs_checking, attendance). No resolution of this case uploaded to EnerGov since 2026-09-08 (resolutions run 2026-10-17). See needs_checking (12). Published on Adam Hanford's decision of 2026-10-18. No memorialized resolution of this hearing yet, so the vote shows as heard, unconfirmed (EDITORIAL.md section 4).
New business, called in the 0:29:40 segment (read as 'B2025-0253', 0:29:52 word timing). Notice package marked A1 by the board attorney (0:30:42), to whom the applicant's attorney referred as 'Mr. Alampi' (0:30:15). Aerial exhibit, one sheet dated September 8, 2026, marked A2 (0:46:10). The garbage chute condition does not need to return to the board (0:57:35). Public portion opened in the 0:56:19 segment; no member of the public spoke; closed at 0:56:27 ('Public is closed'). After the vote the chair announced a 10-minute break ('we'll be back at 6.45', 0:59:39 word timing) and called the next case in the same segment (0:59:47 word timing); no recess motion and no call back to order were heard.
13 P2026-0019 case

Preliminary and Final Major Subdivision with variances, 49 Fisk Street

0:59:28 to 2:07:52 · Approved · document
7-0 7 ayes, 0 nays, roll call at 2:07:35 as heard, unconfirmed
Roll call read by the secretary 'On a motion to approve' from 'Vice Chair Wick' (2:07:37, word timing), after a motion 'for the subdivision ... to approve Case P2026-0019' (2:07:27) and 'Second' (2:07:34, p 0.98); mover and seconder not named. The answers rest on the full pass and the re-transcription without VAD of 2:07:35 to 2:07:52 (word timings). Wick 'Aye' (2:07:38; p 0.65 full pass, 0.99 re-transcription); Conaway 'Aye' (2:07:41; p 0.98, 1.00); Kaplan 'Aye' (2:07:43; p 1.00, 1.00). Capers: the full pass has an 'Aye' (2:07:43, p 0.02) before 'Commissioner Capers' and no answer after the call; the re-transcription has 'Commissioner Capers.' (2:07:44) 'Aye.' (2:07:45, p 1.00): aye as heard in the re-transcription. Stamato 'Aye' (2:07:46; p 0.54, 1.00); Patel 'Aye' (2:07:48; p 0.93, 1.00). Gangadin: not heard called in the full pass before 'Motion carries all in favor' (2:07:48); the re-transcription has 'And Madam Chair Congredent.' (2:07:49; the title marks the chair) 'Aye.' (2:07:50, p 1.00): aye as heard in the re-transcription. No count announced. Heard: 7 ayes. Barnaby and Little are not called (absent as heard; see needs_checking, attendance). No resolution of this case uploaded to EnerGov since 2026-09-08 (resolutions run 2026-10-17): as heard, unconfirmed.
Heard together with items 14 and 15 (P2025-0223 and P2024-0186, 49 Fisk Street), called at 0:59:28 and 0:59:58; the board attorney asked that the votes be taken subdivision first, then the Phase 1 amendment, then Phase 2 (1:03:04). Called as 'Case B2026-0019, 49 Fisk Street' (0:59:49 word timing). Notice package for all three applications marked A1 (1:01:45). Architectural concept presentation, 16 pages dated September 8, 2026, marked A2 (1:20:31 to 1:21:02). Staff read the subdivision case number as 'P2026-0016' (1:58:36). Conditions added on the record for the three applications: an easement making four Phase 1 parking spaces permanently available to Phase 2, as a condition of the certificate of occupancy (1:19:14; language at 2:06:38); private hauler pickups timed to minimise the time trash is at the curb (1:26:44 to 1:27:23); if the City Council does not approve the second Phase 1 loading zone, the applicant proceeds with one without returning to the board (2:02:14 to 2:03:28). Public portion opened at 1:53:41; one member of the public spoke (1:53:56 to 1:58:35); closed in the 1:58:36 segment ('Public is closed').
14 P2025-0223 case

Final Major Site Plan Amendment with variances, 49 Fisk Street

0:59:58 to 2:08:27 · Approved · document
7-0 7 ayes, 0 nays, roll call at 2:08:11 as heard, unconfirmed
Roll call read by the secretary 'A motion to approve' from 'Vice Chair Wick' (2:08:13, word timing), after a motion 'to approve case P2025-0223 as presented to the board this evening with all staff recommendations and conditions' (2:08:01) and 'Second it' (2:08:10, p 0.75); mover and seconder not named. The answers rest on the full pass and the re-transcription without VAD of 2:08:11 to 2:08:28 (word timings). Wick 'Aye' (2:08:14; p 0.76 full pass, 0.97 re-transcription). Conaway: the full pass does not hear the call and has an unnamed 'Aye,' (2:08:16, p 0.01); the re-transcription has 'Commissioner Conaway.' (2:08:15) 'Aye.' (2:08:16, p 1.00): aye as heard in the re-transcription. Kaplan, called at 2:08:17, 'Aye' (2:08:18; p 0.10 full pass, 1.00 re-transcription): aye as heard in the re-transcription. Capers 'Aye' (2:08:20; p 0.88, 1.00); Stamato 'Aye' (2:08:21; p 0.98, 1.00). Patel, called at 2:08:22: no answer in either pass before 'and Madam Chair' (2:08:23): not-voting. Gangadin, called as 'Ganga Din' ('Gongadin' in the re-transcription), 'Aye' (2:08:24; p 0.97, 1.00). 'Motion carries, all in favor with conditions' (2:08:25). No count announced. Heard: 6 ayes. Barnaby and Little are not called (absent as heard; see needs_checking, attendance). No resolution of this case uploaded to EnerGov since 2026-09-08 (resolutions run 2026-10-17). See needs_checking (14). Patel: answer as read by Adam Hanford on the video, or from the clerk's announced count where the audio is silent ('7-0. Defer to clerk and he nods.'). Published on Adam Hanford's decision of 2026-10-18. No memorialized resolution of this hearing yet, so the vote shows as heard, unconfirmed (EDITORIAL.md section 4).
Called with items 13 and 15 at 0:59:58 (read as 'KSP2025-0223', 1:00:00 word timing); see item 13 for the joint hearing, exhibits, conditions and public portion.
15 P2024-0186 case

Preliminary and Final Major Site Plan with Variances, 49 Fisk Street

0:59:58 to 2:09:03 · Approved · document
7-0 7 ayes, 0 nays, roll call at 2:08:45 as heard, unconfirmed
Motion 'to approve case P2024-0186 as presented to the board with all staff recommendations and conditions' (2:08:36; read 'B2024-0186' in the full pass), after the chair asked for a motion on 'case B2024-0186, which is the phase one, phase two, I'm sorry' (2:08:27); 'Second' (2:08:44, p 0.38); mover and seconder not named. The full pass has nothing from 2:08:44 to 2:09:03; the roll call and result rest on the re-transcription without VAD of 2:08:36 to 2:09:12 alone. Roll call 'On a motion to approve' from 'Vice Chair Wick' (2:08:45): Wick 'Aye' (2:08:47) at p 0.43, below 0.5: not-voting. Conaway 'Aye' (2:08:49, p 0.96); Kaplan 'Aye' (2:08:50, p 0.99); Capers 'Aye' (2:08:52, p 1.00); Stamato 'Aye' (2:08:54, p 1.00); Patel 'Aye' (2:08:55, p 0.99). Gangadin is not called before 'Motion carries all in favor to approve with conditions' (2:08:55 to 2:08:59): not-voting. No count announced. Heard: 5 ayes. Barnaby and Little are not called (absent as heard; see needs_checking, attendance). No resolution of this case uploaded to EnerGov since 2026-09-08 (resolutions run 2026-10-17). See needs_checking (15). Wick, Gangadin: answer as read by Adam Hanford on the video, or from the clerk's announced count where the audio is silent ('Wick says aye. Gangadin also says yay. 7-0'). Published on Adam Hanford's decision of 2026-10-18. No memorialized resolution of this hearing yet, so the vote shows as heard, unconfirmed (EDITORIAL.md section 4).
Called with items 13 and 14 at 0:59:58 (read as 'KSP2024-0186', 1:00:06 word timing); see item 13 for the joint hearing, exhibits, conditions and public portion. The result, 'Motion carries all in favor to approve with conditions' (2:08:55), is heard only in the re-transcription without VAD; see needs_checking (15).
16 P2025-0235 case

Final Major Site Plan with ‘c’ variances, 248 Erie St and 209-215 15th Street

2:09:03 to 3:05:29 · Approved · document
7-0 7 ayes, 0 nays, roll call at 3:05:09 as heard, unconfirmed
Roll call read by the secretary 'A motion to approve' from 'Vice Chair Wick' (3:05:12, word timing), after a motion 'to approve case P2025-0235 as presented to the board this evening with all staff recommendations and conditions' (3:05:00) and 'Second' (3:05:08, p 0.40); mover and seconder not named. Wick 'Aye' (3:05:13, p 0.54); Conaway 'Aye' (3:05:15, p 0.99); Kaplan 'Aye' (3:05:16, p 1.00); Capers 'Aye' (3:05:18, p 1.00); Stamato 'Aye' (3:05:20, p 1.00); Patel 'Aye' (3:05:22, p 0.92); Gangadin 'Aye' (3:05:24, p 1.00). 'Motion carries all in favor with conditions' (3:05:24). No count announced. Heard: 7 ayes. Barnaby and Little are not called (absent as heard; see needs_checking, attendance). No resolution of this case uploaded to EnerGov since 2026-09-08 (resolutions run 2026-10-17): as heard, unconfirmed.
Called at 2:09:03 (read as 'B2025-0235'). Notice marked A1 (2:12:11 segment). Architect's presentation, 60 slides dated September 2026, marked A2 ('8-2', 2:21:37 segment). Questions on the bicycle route and stairs (2:42:45; the architect thanked 'Mr. Kaplan', 2:44:48) and on ADA access to the retail space (2:45:39) came from a speaker the chair or secretary did not name. The applicant agreed to the trash pickup timing condition (2:49:03). Public portion opened and closed in the 3:02:50 segment ('Public is closed'); no member of the public spoke. After the vote the chair announced a five-minute break and a change in the order of the agenda (3:05:29); no recess motion was heard.
18 P2025-0138 case

Preliminary and Final Major Site Plan with ‘C’ Variance, 292 Van Horne

3:05:29 to 3:37:51 · Carried · document
Moved ahead of item 17 by the chair (3:05:29) and called at 3:05:55 (read as 'B2025-0138'). Notice marked A1 (3:05:55 segment). After the chair's note that the 9:30 cutoff had passed ('We are at 933', 3:35:09), a speaker not named said 'we're going to carry this to the September 29th meeting ... testimony has been taken' and that it would be first on that agenda (3:36:17 to 3:36:42). Recorded as Carried to September 29, 2026, testimony taken. Exterior siding on the rear and side to change from vinyl to cement board and smooth stucco was discussed (3:34:38); no public portion was opened. No motion or vote was heard.
17 P2025-0244 case

Preliminary and Final Major Site Plan with ‘C’ Variances, 3000 Kennedy blvd

3:37:51 to 3:38:43 · Carried · document
In the 3:37:51 segment ('Mr. Harrington, you're carrying.'), the applicant's attorney (the agenda's attorney is Charles Harrington, Esq.) asked that agenda item 17, 3000 Kennedy Boulevard, be carried to the 29th meeting with preservation of notice; 'So we're carried to the 29th.' and 'No further notice' (3:38:30). Recorded as Carried to September 29, 2026 with preservation of notice. No motion or vote was heard.
20.1 P2026-0125 case

Resolution: one-year extension of amended final major site plan approval with 'c' deviations, Mata Vishnavini SIP, LLC (as read), 232-238 Sip Avenue, Block 10502, Lots 15, 16, 17 and 18

3:38:43 to 3:39:08 · Memorialized · document
6-0 6 ayes, 0 nays, roll call at 3:41:22
Consent roll call with items 20.1 to 20.7 (memorialization of resolutions, agenda item 20, read 3:38:49 to 3:41:20 by a reader not named). 'Can I get a second?' (3:41:20); 'Second, I got a motion to Memorialize Resolutions' (3:41:22); no motion heard apart from the reading; mover and seconder not named. The answers rest on the full pass and the re-transcription without VAD of 3:41:22 to 3:42:00 (word timings). Roll call from 'Vice Chair Wick' (3:41:26): Wick 'Aye' (3:41:27; p 0.46 full pass, 0.99 re-transcription): aye as heard in the re-transcription. Conaway 'Aye' (3:41:30; p 0.96, 1.00). The full pass has a further 'Aye.' (3:41:31, p 0.68) with no name before it, absent from the re-transcription; not credited. Kaplan, Capers, Stamato and Patel 'Aye.' (3:41:32 to 3:41:37, p 1.00 in both passes). Gangadin, called as 'Madam Chair Gangadin' (3:41:38): no answer in the full pass before 'Motion carries all in favor to memorialize resolutions' (3:41:39); 'Aye.' (3:41:39, p 0.99) in the re-transcription: aye as heard in the re-transcription. No count announced. Heard: 7 ayes. Barnaby and Little are not called (absent as heard; see needs_checking, attendance). Every answer is heard, so the memorialization rule alone would publish this roll call; it is held until Adam decides how an aye from a member ineligible to memorialize is treated (see needs_checking, 20.1). No resolution of this case uploaded to EnerGov since 2026-09-08 (resolutions run 2026-10-17). Eligibility: heard August 25, 2026 (planning-2026-08-25 item 8, P2026-0125, 232-238 Sip Avenue, 7-0, unconfirmed): Gangadin, Wick, Kaplan, Stamato, Conaway, Barnaby and Capers aye; Patel absent, and no certification heard. Patel answered aye here. Patel answered aye but did not vote for the action at the hearing (planning-2026-08-25 item 8 (Approved 7-0, t 0:09:56)): not eligible to memorialize, recorded not-voting. Eligibility checked against planning-2026-08-25 item 8 (Approved 7-0, t 0:09:56) on Adam Hanford's decision of 2026-10-18.
Agenda item 20, 'Memorialization of Resolutions', lists no individual resolutions; the number 20.x is this record's order of reading. Memorialization opened at 3:38:43 ('I'd like to move on to resolutions'). Read at 3:38:49 to 3:39:08: 'Applicant Mata Vishnavini, SIP, LLC For one-year extension of amended final major site plan approval With C deviations 232 through 238 SIP Avenue Block 10502, Lots 15, 16, 17, and 18 Jersey City, New Jersey, that's case number P2026-0125.' No decision or memorialization date read. Heard on August 25, 2026 (planning-2026-08-25 item 8, P2026-0125, one-year extension, 232-238 Sip Avenue, 7-0, Patel absent); the applicant's name is as transcribed.
20.2 P2026-0018 case

Resolution: minor site plan approval with 'c' deviation (signage), Harborside Unit A Urban Renewal LLC, 200 Green Street, Block 11603, Lot 31.03

3:39:08 to 3:39:08 · Memorialized · document
7-0 7 ayes, 0 nays, roll call at 3:41:22
Consent roll call with items 20.1 to 20.7 (memorialization of resolutions, agenda item 20, read 3:38:49 to 3:41:20 by a reader not named). 'Can I get a second?' (3:41:20); 'Second, I got a motion to Memorialize Resolutions' (3:41:22); no motion heard apart from the reading; mover and seconder not named. The answers rest on the full pass and the re-transcription without VAD of 3:41:22 to 3:42:00 (word timings). Roll call from 'Vice Chair Wick' (3:41:26): Wick 'Aye' (3:41:27; p 0.46 full pass, 0.99 re-transcription): aye as heard in the re-transcription. Conaway 'Aye' (3:41:30; p 0.96, 1.00). The full pass has a further 'Aye.' (3:41:31, p 0.68) with no name before it, absent from the re-transcription; not credited. Kaplan, Capers, Stamato and Patel 'Aye.' (3:41:32 to 3:41:37, p 1.00 in both passes). Gangadin, called as 'Madam Chair Gangadin' (3:41:38): no answer in the full pass before 'Motion carries all in favor to memorialize resolutions' (3:41:39); 'Aye.' (3:41:39, p 0.99) in the re-transcription: aye as heard in the re-transcription. No count announced. Heard: 7 ayes. Barnaby and Little are not called (absent as heard; see needs_checking, attendance). Every answer is heard, so the memorialization rule alone would publish this roll call; it is held until Adam decides how an aye from a member ineligible to memorialize is treated (see needs_checking, 20.1). No resolution of this case uploaded to EnerGov since 2026-09-08 (resolutions run 2026-10-17). Eligibility: heard August 11, 2026 (planning-2026-08-11 item 11, 8-0, unconfirmed): every member who answered here voted aye; Little absent. Held with the other eligibility questions of this roll call. Eligibility checked against planning-2026-08-11 item 11 (Approved 8-0, t 1:28:32) on Adam Hanford's decision of 2026-10-18.
Read in the 3:39:08 segment: 'Applicant Harborside Unit A Urban Renewal LLC for minor site plan approval with C deviation signage 200 Green Street, Jersey City, New Jersey, block 11603, lot 31.03, case number P2026-0018.' No decision or memorialization date read. Heard on August 11, 2026 (planning-2026-08-11 item 11, 200 Greene Street, 8-0, Little absent). The case was also read for memorialization on August 25, 2026 (planning-2026-08-25 item 36.1, read as P2025-0018) and again on October 13, 2026 (planning-2026-10-13 item 18.3).
20.3 P2025-0214 case

Resolution: preliminary major site plan approval with 'c' variance, Pearl of the Hudson Developers LLC, 714-716 Grand Street, Block 17101, Lots 40 and 41

3:39:08 to 3:39:39 · Memorialized · document
7-0 7 ayes, 0 nays, roll call at 3:41:22
Consent roll call with items 20.1 to 20.7 (memorialization of resolutions, agenda item 20, read 3:38:49 to 3:41:20 by a reader not named). 'Can I get a second?' (3:41:20); 'Second, I got a motion to Memorialize Resolutions' (3:41:22); no motion heard apart from the reading; mover and seconder not named. The answers rest on the full pass and the re-transcription without VAD of 3:41:22 to 3:42:00 (word timings). Roll call from 'Vice Chair Wick' (3:41:26): Wick 'Aye' (3:41:27; p 0.46 full pass, 0.99 re-transcription): aye as heard in the re-transcription. Conaway 'Aye' (3:41:30; p 0.96, 1.00). The full pass has a further 'Aye.' (3:41:31, p 0.68) with no name before it, absent from the re-transcription; not credited. Kaplan, Capers, Stamato and Patel 'Aye.' (3:41:32 to 3:41:37, p 1.00 in both passes). Gangadin, called as 'Madam Chair Gangadin' (3:41:38): no answer in the full pass before 'Motion carries all in favor to memorialize resolutions' (3:41:39); 'Aye.' (3:41:39, p 0.99) in the re-transcription: aye as heard in the re-transcription. No count announced. Heard: 7 ayes. Barnaby and Little are not called (absent as heard; see needs_checking, attendance). Every answer is heard, so the memorialization rule alone would publish this roll call; it is held until Adam decides how an aye from a member ineligible to memorialize is treated (see needs_checking, 20.1). No resolution of this case uploaded to EnerGov since 2026-09-08 (resolutions run 2026-10-17). Eligibility: heard August 11, 2026 (planning-2026-08-11 item 17, 8-0, unconfirmed): every member who answered here voted aye; Little absent. Held with the other eligibility questions of this roll call. Eligibility checked against planning-2026-08-11 item 17 (Approved 8-0, t 3:37:58) on Adam Hanford's decision of 2026-10-18.
Read from the 3:39:08 segment to 3:39:39: 'Applicant Pearl of the Hudson Developers LLC for preliminary major site plan approval with A, Variance, 714-716, Grand Street, Block 17101, Lots 40 and 41, and that's case number P2025-0214.' No decision or memorialization date read. Heard on August 11, 2026 (planning-2026-08-11 item 17, 8-0, Little absent), where the application was changed to preliminary approval only.
20.4 P2025-0127 case

Resolution: minor site plan with 'c' variances, Waverly Homes, LLC, 30-32 Waverly Street, Block 5802, Lot 41

3:39:39 to 3:40:07 · Memorialized · document
5-0 5 ayes, 0 nays, roll call at 3:41:22
Consent roll call with items 20.1 to 20.7 (memorialization of resolutions, agenda item 20, read 3:38:49 to 3:41:20 by a reader not named). 'Can I get a second?' (3:41:20); 'Second, I got a motion to Memorialize Resolutions' (3:41:22); no motion heard apart from the reading; mover and seconder not named. The answers rest on the full pass and the re-transcription without VAD of 3:41:22 to 3:42:00 (word timings). Roll call from 'Vice Chair Wick' (3:41:26): Wick 'Aye' (3:41:27; p 0.46 full pass, 0.99 re-transcription): aye as heard in the re-transcription. Conaway 'Aye' (3:41:30; p 0.96, 1.00). The full pass has a further 'Aye.' (3:41:31, p 0.68) with no name before it, absent from the re-transcription; not credited. Kaplan, Capers, Stamato and Patel 'Aye.' (3:41:32 to 3:41:37, p 1.00 in both passes). Gangadin, called as 'Madam Chair Gangadin' (3:41:38): no answer in the full pass before 'Motion carries all in favor to memorialize resolutions' (3:41:39); 'Aye.' (3:41:39, p 0.99) in the re-transcription: aye as heard in the re-transcription. No count announced. Heard: 7 ayes. Barnaby and Little are not called (absent as heard; see needs_checking, attendance). Every answer is heard, so the memorialization rule alone would publish this roll call; it is held until Adam decides how an aye from a member ineligible to memorialize is treated (see needs_checking, 20.1). Memorialized: RESO P2025-0127 on EnerGov (https://jerseycitynj-energovpub.tylerhost.net/apps/selfservice#/plan/3da77d67-8ff4-4a22-9349-ae72c7ae4912?tab=attachments; uploaded 2026-10-13) reads 'Memorialized on October 5, 2026' (pp. 1 and 7), not this meeting's date; the reading here says 'memorialized on September 8, 2026' (3:39:39 segment), and planning-2026-10-05 item 10.1 records the case memorialized again on October 5, 2026. Which memorialization stands is not settled here. The resolution's vote table (p. 7, no tally printed) is the July 14 hearing's roll call, not this one. Eligibility: decided July 14, 2026 (planning-2026-07-14 item 18, 7-0, needs-checking), where the video has Wick and Kaplan absent and no certification is heard; the resolution's table lists Wick and Kaplan voting yes and does not list Capers or Conaway. Wick and Kaplan answered aye here. Wick answered aye but did not vote for the action at the hearing (planning-2026-07-14 item 18 (Approved 7-0, t 5:27:02)): not eligible to memorialize, recorded not-voting. Kaplan answered aye but did not vote for the action at the hearing (planning-2026-07-14 item 18 (Approved 7-0, t 5:27:02)): not eligible to memorialize, recorded not-voting. Eligibility checked against planning-2026-07-14 item 18 (Approved 7-0, t 5:27:02) on Adam Hanford's decision of 2026-10-18.
Read at 3:39:39 to 3:40:07: 'Case number P2025-0127, Applicants, Waverly Homes, LLC, Address 32, Waverly Street, Jersey City, New Jersey, Block 5802, Lots 41, decided on Tuesday, July 14, 2026, memorialized on September 8, 2026. application for minor site plan with C variances.' The address in the title is as printed in RESO P2025-0127 (p. 1, '30-32 Waverly Street'). EnerGov's resolution (uploaded 2026-10-13) carries the memorialization date October 5, 2026 (pp. 1 and 7), where the date read here is September 8, 2026; planning-2026-10-05 item 10.1 records the case memorialized again on October 5, 2026. Which memorialization stands is not settled here.
20.5 P2025-0137 case

Resolution: preliminary and final major site plan with 'c' variances, 824 Pavonia LLC, 822-826 Pavonia Avenue, Block 9404, Lots 25 to 27

3:40:07 to 3:40:36 · Memorialized · document
5-0 5 ayes, 0 nays, roll call at 3:41:22
Consent roll call with items 20.1 to 20.7 (memorialization of resolutions, agenda item 20, read 3:38:49 to 3:41:20 by a reader not named). 'Can I get a second?' (3:41:20); 'Second, I got a motion to Memorialize Resolutions' (3:41:22); no motion heard apart from the reading; mover and seconder not named. The answers rest on the full pass and the re-transcription without VAD of 3:41:22 to 3:42:00 (word timings). Roll call from 'Vice Chair Wick' (3:41:26): Wick 'Aye' (3:41:27; p 0.46 full pass, 0.99 re-transcription): aye as heard in the re-transcription. Conaway 'Aye' (3:41:30; p 0.96, 1.00). The full pass has a further 'Aye.' (3:41:31, p 0.68) with no name before it, absent from the re-transcription; not credited. Kaplan, Capers, Stamato and Patel 'Aye.' (3:41:32 to 3:41:37, p 1.00 in both passes). Gangadin, called as 'Madam Chair Gangadin' (3:41:38): no answer in the full pass before 'Motion carries all in favor to memorialize resolutions' (3:41:39); 'Aye.' (3:41:39, p 0.99) in the re-transcription: aye as heard in the re-transcription. No count announced. Heard: 7 ayes. Barnaby and Little are not called (absent as heard; see needs_checking, attendance). Every answer is heard, so the memorialization rule alone would publish this roll call; it is held until Adam decides how an aye from a member ineligible to memorialize is treated (see needs_checking, 20.1). No resolution of this case uploaded to EnerGov since 2026-09-08 (resolutions run 2026-10-17). Eligibility: decided July 14, 2026 (planning-2026-07-14 item 21, 7-0, unconfirmed): Gangadin, Stamato, Conaway, Patel, Little, Barnaby and Capers aye; Wick and Kaplan absent, and no certification heard. Wick and Kaplan answered aye here. Wick answered aye but did not vote for the action at the hearing (planning-2026-07-14 item 21 (Approved 7-0, t 4:30:59)): not eligible to memorialize, recorded not-voting. Kaplan answered aye but did not vote for the action at the hearing (planning-2026-07-14 item 21 (Approved 7-0, t 4:30:59)): not eligible to memorialize, recorded not-voting. Eligibility checked against planning-2026-07-14 item 21 (Approved 7-0, t 4:30:59) on Adam Hanford's decision of 2026-10-18.
Read at 3:40:07 to 3:40:36: 'Case number P2025-0137 applicant 824 Pavonia LLC address 822 through 826 Pavonia Avenue, Jersey City, New Jersey block 9404 lots 25 through 27 decided on Tuesday, July 14th, 2026 memorialized on September 8th, 2026 application for preliminary and final major site plan with C variances.'
20.6 P2025-0032 case

Resolution: preliminary and final major site plan with 'c' variances, 517 Bergen, LLC, 662 Communipaw Avenue, Block 18406, Lot 19

3:40:36 to 3:40:59 · Memorialized · document
5-0 5 ayes, 0 nays, roll call at 3:41:22
Consent roll call with items 20.1 to 20.7 (memorialization of resolutions, agenda item 20, read 3:38:49 to 3:41:20 by a reader not named). 'Can I get a second?' (3:41:20); 'Second, I got a motion to Memorialize Resolutions' (3:41:22); no motion heard apart from the reading; mover and seconder not named. The answers rest on the full pass and the re-transcription without VAD of 3:41:22 to 3:42:00 (word timings). Roll call from 'Vice Chair Wick' (3:41:26): Wick 'Aye' (3:41:27; p 0.46 full pass, 0.99 re-transcription): aye as heard in the re-transcription. Conaway 'Aye' (3:41:30; p 0.96, 1.00). The full pass has a further 'Aye.' (3:41:31, p 0.68) with no name before it, absent from the re-transcription; not credited. Kaplan, Capers, Stamato and Patel 'Aye.' (3:41:32 to 3:41:37, p 1.00 in both passes). Gangadin, called as 'Madam Chair Gangadin' (3:41:38): no answer in the full pass before 'Motion carries all in favor to memorialize resolutions' (3:41:39); 'Aye.' (3:41:39, p 0.99) in the re-transcription: aye as heard in the re-transcription. No count announced. Heard: 7 ayes. Barnaby and Little are not called (absent as heard; see needs_checking, attendance). Every answer is heard, so the memorialization rule alone would publish this roll call; it is held until Adam decides how an aye from a member ineligible to memorialize is treated (see needs_checking, 20.1). No resolution of this case uploaded to EnerGov since 2026-09-08 (resolutions run 2026-10-17). Eligibility: decided July 14, 2026 (planning-2026-07-14 item 14, 6-0, needs-checking): Gangadin, Stamato, Conaway, Patel, Barnaby and Capers aye; Wick and Kaplan absent, and no certification heard; Capers's aye there is heard in that meeting's full pass (p 0.97) but not in its re-transcription. Wick and Kaplan answered aye here. Wick answered aye but did not vote for the action at the hearing (planning-2026-07-14 item 14 (Approved 7-0, t 2:47:24)): not eligible to memorialize, recorded not-voting. Kaplan answered aye but did not vote for the action at the hearing (planning-2026-07-14 item 14 (Approved 7-0, t 2:47:24)): not eligible to memorialize, recorded not-voting. Eligibility checked against planning-2026-07-14 item 14 (Approved 7-0, t 2:47:24) on Adam Hanford's decision of 2026-10-18.
Read at 3:40:36 to 3:40:59: 'Case Number P2025-0032, Applicant 517, Bergen, LLC, Address 662, Communapa, Avenue, Jersey, City, New Jersey, Block 18406, Lots 19, Decided on Tuesday, July 14th, 2026, Memorialized on September 8th, 2026, Application for Preliminary and Final Major Site Plan with C variances'. Communipaw as in planning-2026-07-14 item 14.
20.7 P2026-0036 case

Resolution: extension of existing approvals, Usher Levy (as read), 99 Arlington Avenue, Block 23602, Lot 4

3:40:59 to 3:41:20 · Memorialized · document
5-0 5 ayes, 0 nays, roll call at 3:41:22
Consent roll call with items 20.1 to 20.7 (memorialization of resolutions, agenda item 20, read 3:38:49 to 3:41:20 by a reader not named). 'Can I get a second?' (3:41:20); 'Second, I got a motion to Memorialize Resolutions' (3:41:22); no motion heard apart from the reading; mover and seconder not named. The answers rest on the full pass and the re-transcription without VAD of 3:41:22 to 3:42:00 (word timings). Roll call from 'Vice Chair Wick' (3:41:26): Wick 'Aye' (3:41:27; p 0.46 full pass, 0.99 re-transcription): aye as heard in the re-transcription. Conaway 'Aye' (3:41:30; p 0.96, 1.00). The full pass has a further 'Aye.' (3:41:31, p 0.68) with no name before it, absent from the re-transcription; not credited. Kaplan, Capers, Stamato and Patel 'Aye.' (3:41:32 to 3:41:37, p 1.00 in both passes). Gangadin, called as 'Madam Chair Gangadin' (3:41:38): no answer in the full pass before 'Motion carries all in favor to memorialize resolutions' (3:41:39); 'Aye.' (3:41:39, p 0.99) in the re-transcription: aye as heard in the re-transcription. No count announced. Heard: 7 ayes. Barnaby and Little are not called (absent as heard; see needs_checking, attendance). Every answer is heard, so the memorialization rule alone would publish this roll call; it is held until Adam decides how an aye from a member ineligible to memorialize is treated (see needs_checking, 20.1). No resolution of this case uploaded to EnerGov since 2026-09-08 (resolutions run 2026-10-17). Reading as heard (recorded): 7-0. Published on Adam Hanford's decision of 2026-10-18. Not eligible (EDITORIAL.md section 4, rule A): Conaway, not on the board at the 2026-03-31 hearing; Capers, not on the board at the 2026-03-31 hearing. Each answered aye here and is recorded not-voting. Decided at the hearing of 2026-03-31 (planning-2026-03-31, item 7d). Applied on Adam Hanford's decision of 2026-10-21; recorded 7-0 as heard before.
Read at 3:40:59 to 3:41:20: 'Case Number P2026-0036, Applicant Usher Levy, Address 99 Arlington Avenue, Jersey City, New Jersey, Block 23602, Lots 4, Decided on March 31, 2026, Memorialized on September 8, 2026, Application for Extension of Existing Approvals'. The hearing is planning-2026-03-31, item 7d.
motion-adjourn motion

Executive session and adjournment

3:41:44 to 3:41:55 · Heard
Agenda items 21 (Executive Session) and 22 (Adjournment). After the memorialization roll call: 'Any executive session?' (3:41:44, word timing, both passes), then 'Second.' (3:41:49, p 0.95 full pass; 3:41:47, p 0.52 re-transcription), speakers not named, with no motion heard before it; no executive session held. The re-transcription without VAD of 3:41:22 to 3:42:00 adds 'Shall we adjourn?' (3:41:55; 'Shall' p 0.12, 'we adjourn?' p 1.00), speaker not named. No motion to adjourn, second or vote follows before the video ends at 3:42:00. adjourned.t is those closing words at 3:41:55, no clock time (Adam's rule for an adjournment whose vote is not on the video, 2026-10-16, as planning-2026-08-25 applied it with no motion heard).
Corrected 2026-10-21: 5-0; Conaway, Capers not-voting Log

Record drafted 2026-10-17, checked 2026-10-17, reviewed by Adam Hanford 2026-10-18.