Jersey City Minutes

Project or ordinance

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

Status
Memorialized as of September 29, 2026 · 2026-09-29 4:37:42
Body
Planning Board
Numbers
P2025-0253
Kind
site plan
Plan or zone
RC-2
Parcel
1721 Kennedy Boulevard, Block 28001, Lot 22 & 23, Ward A · source, p. 12
Applicant
YM Kennedy LLC. · source, p. 12
Attorney
Ben Wine, Esq. · source, p. 12
Planner
Cameron Black, AICP, PP · source, p. 12

Hearings and votes

Planning Board, June 9, 2026

Item 20 · carried · Carried · 3:42:33

Planning Board, July 28, 2026

Item 23 · carried · Carried · 0:03:51

Planning Board, August 25, 2026

Item 23 · carried · Carried · 0:02:07

Planning Board, September 8, 2026

Item 12 · hearing · Approved · 0:29:40
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).

Planning Board, September 29, 2026

Item 17.6 · memorialization · Memorialized · 4:34:43
5-0 5 ayes, 0 nays, roll call at 4:37:42
Consent roll call with items 17.1 to 17.13 (memorialization of resolutions, agenda item 17; 13 resolutions read 4:33:28 to 4:37:40 by a reader not named, 'we have 13 resolutions here this evening', 4:33:25). No motion heard apart from the reading; 'Do I have a second? Second.' (4:37:42 to 4:37:45, p 0.96); mover and seconder not named. Roll call from 'Vice Chair Patel?' (4:37:48, word timing): Patel 'Aye.' (4:37:49); Conaway 'Aye.' (4:37:51); Stamato 'Aye.' (4:37:52); Capers 'Aye.' (4:37:54); Kaplan 'Aye.' (4:37:55); Gangadin, called as 'Madam Chair Congaden?' (4:37:56), 'Aye.' (4:37:57); every answer at p 1.00. 'Motion carries.' (4:37:57). No count announced. Heard: 6 ayes. Wick, 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, 17.1). No resolution of this case uploaded to EnerGov since 2026-09-29 (resolutions run 2026-10-17). Eligibility: heard September 8, 2026 (planning-2026-09-08 item 12, 6-0, needs-checking): Conaway, Capers, Stamato, Patel and Gangadin aye; Kaplan, who arrived during that hearing and said 'I'll abstain because I only saw part of it', is not-voting there under the eligibility rule (abstain as heard). Kaplan answered aye here. Kaplan answered aye but did not vote for the action at the hearing (planning-2026-09-08 item 12 (Approved 6-0, t 0:58:41)): not eligible to memorialize, recorded not-voting. Eligibility checked against planning-2026-09-08 item 12 (Approved 6-0, t 0:58:41) on Adam Hanford's decision of 2026-10-18.

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