Your position is crucial. We request your feedback to the following by 5:00 PM, Friday, May 29. Answers* will be shared with our members, other interested citizens, citizen groups and the media. We also suggest that you post our question and answers you provide to your own and/or your slate’s website(s). Please send a link to such a posting, once it is available.
Background:
City Council is the designated redevelopment planning body for the City of Hoboken. Many citizens, including the members of the Hoboken Rail Yards Task Force, are concerned about the high-rise proposal for the Hoboken Rail Yards, which constitute the largest area for redevelopment within our City.
We would like to know your individual thoughts on this matter, as citizens vote for individual candidates and Council members will be voting on such matters individually, even though all currently running will are running within slates. Many, but not all, of our members would like specifics. Those would include, but not be limited to: height in stories, height in feet and/or height relative to other buildings near the Rail Yards and elsewhere in Hoboken.
*Although this question is being provided as an open end here, the request is to provide a forum-style answer, as though you had had the opportunity at this point to participate in such with your fellow Council candidates. You may use the form or transmit in some other fashion as is most practicable. As such, we shall only send the first 100 words of your response, along with a link or citation as to where citizens can locate longer text, if utilized.
Question:
What is the maximum height of buildings that should be allowed on the NJ Transit property, given that the Master Plan recommends preserving the view corridor of the historic Terminal building, avoiding construction over the tracks and limiting the height of any development on the property to be consistent with surrounding areas?
Your Response:
Next Steps:
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Many thanks for your interest and participation!
About the Hoboken Rail Yards Task Force
The Task Force was formed in the wake of the third public meeting held by the City to present the NJ Transit Rail Yards redevelopment plan, when it was made clear that the designated planners, FXFOWLE, had incorporated none of the feedback expressed by members of the community at the previous two meetings. The group advocates development of the rail yards in a scale and manner that complements the larger community it will be joining. New development at this crucial site will impact Hoboken for many generations.