Planning Board, October 5, 2026

0:01:28 to 2:07:01 · Carried · document

Special meeting on this one case, called in the 0:01:28 segment (read as 'B2025-0244'). The notice was marked B1 (0:01:28); the affidavit of publication and proof of mailing A1 (0:02:57); four slides dated June 30, 2026 A2 (0:13:40); two renderings A3 (1:22:29); sheet A-101, first floor plan dated September 23, 2026, A4 (1:32:16 to 1:32:43), after a speaker not named said the plans on the portal show no door between the service corridor and the loading room (1:30:23). Witnesses heard: the civil engineer, Mr. Burton (0:13:40), and the architect, Mr. Freitas, sworn, with the project architect, Christina, presenting (1:02:41). The planner (John McDonough), the valet operator and the traffic engineer were named (0:08:45) and not heard. Little arrived during the architect's testimony (1:18:06); the chair asked for comment from a speaker the speech to text names 'Stamato' (p 0.00; probably not Commissioner Stamato, see needs_checking, names); the reply, speaker not identified, was that the councilwoman would not be able to vote on the application since it was underway (1:18:18); Little: 'I just will have to abstain from the vote, right?' 'Correct.' (1:18:28 to 1:18:39). Little's question at 1:39:10 follows the chair's 'Councilman?' (1:39:05); see needs_checking, item 9. The board took a 15-minute break (1:52:57) and memorialized resolutions (item 10, 1:55:07 to 1:56:32 segments) before the case resumed. Ward C Councilman Thomas Zuppa (council/zuppa-thomas, a member of the Municipal Council, not of the Planning Board), welcomed in the audience at 1:23:40 and called on by the chair (1:56:32 segment), spoke on the application (1:57:12 to 2:01:13): the Hudson Pride Center lease, traffic near the Golden Door Charter School and parking, and the share of studio units. The applicant's attorney said the applicant would revise the plans and return to the Division of Traffic (2:01:27) and asked to carry to the November meeting (2:02:45); after discussion of the timing and of whether to hear the valet operator first, 'Okay, so we are carrying on December 8th.' (2:06:19), 'No further notice required.' (2:06:25), repeated for the public (2:06:27 to 2:06:34). Recorded as Carried to December 8 (year not said) with no further notice. No motion or vote was heard. No public portion was opened: 'There's no public comment at this point. It's carried to December 8th, sir.' (2:06:56). Agenda (page 2): Namdar Group LLC; Block 6502, Lot 13.02, Ward C; Journal Square 2060; 1,454 units (710 north tower, 744 south tower), 146 affordable, 6,578 sq. ft. retail, 151 parking spaces. Agenda items 1 to 8 (call to order through new business) are procedural or empty headings: the sunshine announcement (0:00:27), roll call (0:00:54), swearing in of staff and correspondence ('We do not have any correspondence', 0:01:28).

1:55:07 to 1:55:38 · Memorialized · document

Consent roll call with items 10.1, 10.2 and 10.3 (memorialization of resolutions, agenda item 10). Roll call from 'Vice Chair Wick?' (1:56:32), after the chair asked for 'a motion to memorialize resolutions' (1:55:07 segment) and, once the resolutions were read, 'Can I get a second? Roll call, please.' (1:56:30); no mover or seconder named or heard. Answers (word timings): Wick 'Aye.' (1:56:34, p 0.99); Kaplan 'Aye.' (1:56:35, p 1.00); 'Councilperson Little?' 'I missed the last meeting, so abstain.' (1:56:38 to 1:56:40, 'abstain' p 1.00); Stamato 'Aye.' (1:56:44, p 1.00); Patel 'Aye.' (1:56:46, p 0.89); 'And Madam Chair Congdon?' ('Congdon' p 0.31; the title marks the chair, Gangadin) 'Aye.' (1:56:47, p 0.93), followed at once by 'Motion carries to approve the memorialization of the four resolutions.' (1:56:48). Conaway, Barnaby and Capers absent since the opening roll call. No count announced; 5-0-1 counted as heard (5 ayes, 0 nays, 1 abstention). Every answer heard at p 0.89 or above in the full pass; no re-transcription. 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, 10.1). Memorialized: RESO P2025-0127 on EnerGov (https://jerseycitynj-energovpub.tylerhost.net/apps/selfservice#/plan/3da77d67-8ff4-4a22-9349-ae72c7ae4912?tab=attachments), 'Memorialized on October 5, 2026' (p. 1, p. 7); its vote table is the July 14, 2026 hearing's, not a second record of this roll call. Eligibility: the board heard and approved this case on July 14, 2026 (planning-2026-07-14 item 18), where the video has Wick and Kaplan absent (unconfirmed), while the resolution's vote table (p. 7, no tally printed) lists both voting Yes. No certification was heard on this video. Little voted aye at that hearing and abstained here as heard. 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.

First of the resolutions read for memorialization under agenda item 10 (1:55:07 to 1:56:30); the agenda lists no individual resolutions, so 10.x is this record's order of reading. Read: case number P2025-0127, applicant Waverly Homes, LLC, 30-32 Waverly Street, Block 5802, Lot 41, 'decided on Tuesday, July 14, 2026, memorialized on October 5, 2026', minor site plan approval with C variances (1:55:07 to 1:55:38 segments). The reader is not named. Hearing: planning-2026-07-14 item 18. RESO P2025-0127 (EnerGov, added 2026-10-13): 'Decided on Tuesday July 14, 2026', 'Memorialized on October 5, 2026', applicant Waverly Homes LLC (p. 1); vote table p. 7.

1:55:38 to 1:55:56 · Memorialized

Consent roll call with items 10.1, 10.2 and 10.3 (memorialization of resolutions, agenda item 10). Roll call from 'Vice Chair Wick?' (1:56:32), after the chair asked for 'a motion to memorialize resolutions' (1:55:07 segment) and, once the resolutions were read, 'Can I get a second? Roll call, please.' (1:56:30); no mover or seconder named or heard. Answers (word timings): Wick 'Aye.' (1:56:34, p 0.99); Kaplan 'Aye.' (1:56:35, p 1.00); 'Councilperson Little?' 'I missed the last meeting, so abstain.' (1:56:38 to 1:56:40, 'abstain' p 1.00); Stamato 'Aye.' (1:56:44, p 1.00); Patel 'Aye.' (1:56:46, p 0.89); 'And Madam Chair Congdon?' ('Congdon' p 0.31; the title marks the chair, Gangadin) 'Aye.' (1:56:47, p 0.93), followed at once by 'Motion carries to approve the memorialization of the four resolutions.' (1:56:48). Conaway, Barnaby and Capers absent since the opening roll call. No count announced; 5-0-1 counted as heard (5 ayes, 0 nays, 1 abstention). Every answer heard at p 0.89 or above in the full pass; no re-transcription. 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, 10.1). Not a case: no hearing and no eligibility question. Recorded as heard, 5-0-1. See needs_checking (10.1) for the roll call and (10.2) for the chair's count of 'four resolutions' and whether this first vote on a new resolution is a memorialization. An administrative resolution decided for the first time in this roll call (no earlier hearing), so no eligibility limit applies; Little's abstention is recorded as heard. Published on Adam Hanford's decision of 2026-10-18.

Second resolution read (1:55:38 to 1:55:56 segments): one title, 'authorizing the issuance of requests for qualifications for professional services to the board. For the separate positions for professional services planning board attorney, planning board court stenographer'. Title as read; no number read and no document on the agenda. Three resolutions were read on the video (1:55:07 to 1:56:30) and no other at any point; the chair then announced 'the four resolutions' (1:56:48, 'four' p 0.97). This record keeps one item for this title and adds no fourth; see needs_checking (10.2).

1:55:56 to 1:56:32 · Memorialized · document

Consent roll call with items 10.1, 10.2 and 10.3 (memorialization of resolutions, agenda item 10). Roll call from 'Vice Chair Wick?' (1:56:32), after the chair asked for 'a motion to memorialize resolutions' (1:55:07 segment) and, once the resolutions were read, 'Can I get a second? Roll call, please.' (1:56:30); no mover or seconder named or heard. Answers (word timings): Wick 'Aye.' (1:56:34, p 0.99); Kaplan 'Aye.' (1:56:35, p 1.00); 'Councilperson Little?' 'I missed the last meeting, so abstain.' (1:56:38 to 1:56:40, 'abstain' p 1.00); Stamato 'Aye.' (1:56:44, p 1.00); Patel 'Aye.' (1:56:46, p 0.89); 'And Madam Chair Congdon?' ('Congdon' p 0.31; the title marks the chair, Gangadin) 'Aye.' (1:56:47, p 0.93), followed at once by 'Motion carries to approve the memorialization of the four resolutions.' (1:56:48). Conaway, Barnaby and Capers absent since the opening roll call. No count announced; 5-0-1 counted as heard (5 ayes, 0 nays, 1 abstention). Every answer heard at p 0.89 or above in the full pass; no re-transcription. 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, 10.1). Memorialized: RESO P2026-0023 on EnerGov (https://jerseycitynj-energovpub.tylerhost.net/apps/selfservice#/plan/f61e0905-5967-4355-9315-012c5c37e7df?tab=attachments), 'DATE OF MEMORIALIZATION: October 5, 2026' (p. 6); its vote table is the August 25, 2026 hearing's, not a second record of this roll call. Eligibility: 'DATES OF HEARING: August 25, 2026' (p. 6); the vote table ('VOTE: 8-0', p. 6) lists Gangadin, Wick, Little, Stamato, Kaplan, Barnaby, Conaway and Capers voting Yes and does not list Patel, who is absent at that hearing in the planning-2026-08-25 draft (item 17, not yet checked). No certification was heard on this video. Little voted Yes at that hearing and abstained here as heard. Patel answered aye but did not vote for the action at the hearing (planning-2026-08-25 item 17 (Approved 8-0, t 3:54:48)): not eligible to memorialize, recorded not-voting. Eligibility checked against planning-2026-08-25 item 17 (Approved 8-0, t 3:54:48) on Adam Hanford's decision of 2026-10-18.

Third resolution read (1:55:56 to 1:56:26 word timings): administrative amendment to final major site plan approval, applicant heard as 'NEQ8A, LLC', property '20 Longslip 2 Longslip, Washington Boulevard and River Drive', Block 7302, Lots 3.19, 3.20, 3.21, 3.16 and 3.05, 'Case number is P2026-0023'. The hearing date was not read. RESO P2026-0023 (EnerGov, added 2026-10-13) names the applicant NEQ 8A LLC and the property 20 Long Slip, 2 Long Slip, Washington Boulevard and River Drive (p. 1), heard on August 25, 2026 (p. 2, p. 6); the title takes these from the resolution. Carried on July 14, 2026 to August 25, 2026 (planning-2026-07-14 item 25); heard on August 25, 2026 (planning-2026-08-25 item 17, a draft not yet checked).

2:07:10 to 2:07:10 · Heard

Agenda items 11 (Executive Session) and 12 (Adjournment). 'Any closed sessions? Needed? I don't think so.' (2:07:10 segment); none was held. 'Motion to adjourn.' 'So moved.' 'I'll second it.' 'We are adjourned.' (2:07:10 segment, 2:07:17 to 2:07:25 word timings), speakers not named; no vote is heard. adjourned.t is the seconded motion (Adam's rule, 2026-10-16); no clock time stated.