City Hall, 515 Watchung Ave.
The meeting is scheduled to take place from 10 a.m. to noon in City Hall Library. It is open to the public and questions will be taken at the end of the meeting.Planning Board Chairman Ron Scott Bey will introduce board members and welcome Mayor Adrian O. Mapp and Deputy City Administrator for Economic Development Carlos Sanchez. Opening remarks will be made by Scott Bey as well as D. Scott Belin, chairman of the Zoning Board of Adjustment; Bill Michelson, chairman of the Historic Preservation Commission; and Peter Simone, chairman of the Shade Tree Commission.
Scott Bey, Planning Director Bill Nierstedt and the board and commission members will review topics including current redevelopment plans; development maps; Transit-Oriented Development updates and status of the TOD Downtown and TOD Netherwood areas; and status of the South Avenue Gateway project, Muhlenberg Hospital Tract and Downtown Traffic and Parking Study.
Participants will also brainstorm issues of mutual concern including use of social media prior to, during and after meetings; ways to provide mutual support, communication and consistency; future planning and zoning initiatives; and information on the city web site.
Before the meeting concludes at noon, questions will be taken from any members of public in attendance.
--Bernice
There is a house on Terrill Road between 7th Street & Cushing this is falling down, a fire hazard and NO one at City Hall will do anything about it.
ReplyDeleteThe city has been working on that problem for a few years now, actually. It is a complicated situation.
DeleteThe Historic Preservation Commission (of which I am Chairman) has done everything possible to save what some call Lampkin House, on Terrill Road. We hired a historic preservation consultant (who wrote an excellent report) to work with Union County, which occasionally gives grants to local agencies trying to preserve and repair historic properties. The City can't do more because it doesn't own the property, which went into both tax lien and mortgage foreclosures, and a bankruptcy case. I think we can save it and fix it up.
ReplyDelete" (who wrote an excellent report) " ---- Oh that completlely clears it up for the citizens of this town who wonder why nuffinn gets done from City Hall.
DeleteFile it along with the report on Flint, Michigan drinking water.
Preservation funding depends on precise documentation and that's what the consultant produced. There were other legalities as Bill states. The historic house was also part of a larger plan for that part of the city, including a nature center and trail.
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