The amendment would add a Block 13002 Transition Bonus to the Transition Zone of the plan, with 15% of units affordable and an arts space for a Jersey City non-profit as conditions of the bonus (ordinance fact sheet, p. 4). The Planning Board held its hearing on the amendment on 2026-08-11 (ordinance p. 1); that board meeting has no record on this site yet. Introduced 9-0 on 2026-09-23 (vote table, ordinance p. 3). Res. 26-630, which would have adopted reasons for departing from the Planning Board's recommendation on the 127 Morgan Street site, was withdrawn at the same meeting.
8-0 8 ayes, 0 nays, roll call at 3:06:42Roll call read by the secretary from 'Vice Chair Wick' (3:06:48, word timing), 'hearing a motion made and seconded' (3:06:46). The motion: 'I'd like to make a motion to approve case P2025-0125 as presented to the board tonight' (3:05:23 to 3:05:57 segments); a speaker then addressed 'Vice Chair Wick' and said 'it's going to be a motion to recommend that the amendments to the redevelopment plan are consistent with the master plan' (3:05:57 segment); restated as 'a motion to approve the recommendations to the redevelopment plan and that they are consistent with the master plan' (3:06:25 to 3:06:39). motion_by rests on that address to Wick; 'Second' (3:06:41; p 0.01 full pass, 0.41 re-transcription) not named. Wick: 'Aye' (3:06:51) at p 0.47 in the full pass, below 0.5, and 'Aye.' at p 0.88 in the re-transcription without VAD of 3:06:42 to 3:07:00: aye as heard in the re-transcription. Capers 'Aye' (3:06:55, p 0.99; 0.98 re-transcription); Patel 'Aye' (3:06:59, p 1.00); Stamato, called as 'Commissioner Sabano' (3:07:01, 'Sabano' p 0.65; Stamato is the only member present not otherwise called), 'Aye' (3:07:02, p 1.00): recorded aye; Conaway 'Aye' (3:07:06, p 1.00); Barnaby '... so aye.' (3:07:20, p 0.93) after a comment on setbacks (3:07:09); Kaplan 'Aye.' (3:07:25, p 1.00); Gangadin, called as 'Madam Chair Gengenden' (3:07:27), '... is consistent with the master plan, so my vote is aye.' (3:07:45, p 1.00). Heard: 8 ayes. 'Motion carries. All in favor.' (3:07:49). No count announced. Little absent. Second record: the memorialized resolution of P2025-0125 on EnerGov (date of hearing August 11, 2026; memorialized August 25, 2026), p. 4: 'VOTE: 8–0', Yes for 'Vidya Gangdin, Chairwoman' (the signature block reads Vidya Gangadin), Stamato, Kaplan, Patel, Wick, Barnaby, Conaway and Capers; Little not listed (absent as heard). 'Gangdin' is a listed variant of Gangadin (members.json, 2026-10-16). Tally (8-0) and every member agree with the resolution. Held only on the action word: the resolution 'recommends approval by the City Council' and the record says Approved; see needs_checking (16). Published on Adam Hanford's decision of 2026-10-18.
6-0 6 ayes, 0 nays, roll call at 5:14:11Times in this note are word timings. Consent roll call with items 36.1 to 36.8 (eight resolutions read 5:11:09 to 5:14:02). No motion heard apart from the reading; 'Can we get a second? Second.' (5:14:07 to 5:14:09, p 0.99), speaker not named. Roll call from 'Commissioner Barnaby,' (5:14:11): no answer heard in either pass; 'come back.' (5:14:17); Kaplan 'Aye.' (5:14:19, p 0.99); Little, called as 'Councilperson Alana Little.' (5:14:21), 'Aye.' (5:14:23, p 1.00); Conaway 'aye,' (5:14:26; p 0.57 full pass, 1.00 re-transcription); Capers 'aye,' (5:14:28, p 0.99); Stamato 'aye,' (5:14:30, p 1.00); Barnaby, called again (5:14:32): no answer in the full pass, 'Aye.' (5:14:33) at p 0.99 in the re-transcription without VAD of 5:14:04 to 5:14:47: aye as heard in the re-transcription; Wick 'aye,' (5:14:37, p 0.99); Gangadin, called as 'Madam Chair Gungadin,' (5:14:39), 'aye,' (5:14:40, p 1.00). Heard: 8 ayes. Announced: 'okay, seven commissioners voting in favor, one absent.' (5:14:41 to 5:14:44), one aye fewer than heard. Patel absent. The roll call is held: eligibility (only members who voted for the action at the hearing may memorialize) is undecided where an ineligible member answered aye, and the announced count differs from the answers heard; see needs_checking (36.1). Memorialized: RESO P2025-0125 on EnerGov (https://jerseycitynj-energovpub.tylerhost.net/apps/selfservice#/plan/977777b9-9824-48fc-9bb0-e47c1f3affd6?tab=attachments), 'DATE OF HEARING: August 11, 2026', 'DATE OF MEMORIALIZATION: August 25, 2026' (p. 4); it recommends approval by the City Council of the amendments to the Powerhouse Arts District Redevelopment Plan (p. 3); its vote table ('VOTE: 8–0', p. 4, Little not listed) is the August 11 hearing's roll call (the resolutions script read no outcome or tally; read by hand). Eligibility: heard August 11, 2026 (planning-2026-08-11 item 16, 8-0, needs-checking on the action word only): Gangadin, Wick, Kaplan, Stamato, Conaway, Patel, Barnaby and Capers aye; Little absent. Little answered aye here. Little answered aye but did not vote for the action at the hearing (planning-2026-08-11 item 16 (Approved 8-0, t 3:06:42)): not eligible to memorialize, recorded not-voting. Eligibility checked against planning-2026-08-11 item 16 (Approved 8-0, t 3:06:42) on Adam Hanford's decision of 2026-10-18. Barnaby, called at 5:14:16 ('Come back') and again at 5:14:32, is recorded absent on Adam Hanford's decision of 2026-10-18, with the secretary's count 'seven commissioners voting in favor, one absent' (5:14:44); the re-transcription's 'Aye' after the second call is not attributed to Barnaby.
9-0 9 ayes, 0 nays, roll call at 0:15:03- Aye: Denise Ridley, Eleana Little, Frank E. Gilmore, Jake Ephros†, Joel A. Brooks, Mamta Singh, Michael O. Griffin, Rolando R. Lavarro, Jr.†, Thomas Zuppa, Jr.
- † answer from the written minutes and the item's vote record; not heard clearly on the audio
One roll call with items 3.1 and 3.2 ('taking a vote on items 3.1 and 3.2', 0:15:03); Gilmore answered 'I vote aye for introduction' (0:20:04) and then 'And 3.2, I'll vote aye for introduction' (0:20:42); the other members but Griffin and Ridley named each item. Ephros's aye on 3.1 (0:15:26, p=0.34; repeated 0:16:02, p=0.45) and Lavarro's (0:23:19, p=0.34) are low-confidence; their answers are taken from the minutes and the ordinance's introduction vote table. Little 'On 3.1, I'm going to vote aye' (0:16:49, p=0.89). Griffin answered 'Aye for introduction' (0:22:13, p=0.98) without naming an item; Ridley answered 'I vote aye for introduction for all' (0:23:34). Clerk announced 'Item 3.1 is introduced 9-0' at 0:23:40. The minutes and the ordinance's table also give Griffin aye on 3.1.