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| Tuesday April 4, 2017 |
City of Hoboken, NJ
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Community: Update from Mayor Zimmer on Numerous Infrastructure Initiatives
Dear MSV readers,
This week’s City Council agenda includes a number of very important infrastructure initiatives from water main investments to energy resiliency to Southwest Traffic and pedestrian safety improvements and Pier A investments. Below is an overview of items that the Council will be asked to approve at the Council meeting tomorrow:
- Water main investments: The agenda includes a $276,000 contract for the design of water main upgrades at priority locations. The locations, which were chosen based on the need for upgrades as well as overlap with the PSE&G energy resiliency project to avoid the need to pave the roadway twice, include:
- Jefferson St. between 8th St. and 9th St. (overlaps with PSE&G project)
- Bloomfield St. between 2nd St. and 4th St. (overlaps with PSE&G project)
- Garden St. between 3rd St. and 5th St. (overlaps with PSE&G project)
- Monroe St. between 3rd St. and 4th St. (overlaps with PSE&G project)
- Monroe St. between 8th St. and 11th St. (overlaps with PSE&G project)
- Jefferson St. between 10th St. and 11th St. (overlaps with PSE&G project)
- Garden St. between 12th St. and 14th St.
- Garden St. between Observer Hwy and 2nd St.
- Electrical substation upgrade for improved energy resiliency: The city is working on a project with PSE&G to fully upgrade our two remaining electrical substations by decommissioning the Marshall Street substation and building a new larger substation at the existing 12th and Madison Street site. The new substation will be designed to integrate with the urban landscape of our City. The following memo provides an overview of the measures the Council will be asked to authorize to move this project forward: www.hobokennj.gov/docs/communitydev/PSE&G-Memo-to-Council-2-13-17.pdf.
- Southwest Traffic Circulation improvements: With the increased population in Jersey City and Hoboken and the increase of pedestrians walking to daycares, gyms, new local businesses, and soon the Southwest Park, it is important to ensure that all modes of transportation can safely and efficiently travel through Southwest Hoboken. The new plan includes opening up Jackson Street to two lanes of traffic while also adding a traffic light at Jackson and Observer so pedestrians can safety cross the street. It will also alleviate the gridlock at the Monroe and Observer intersection and includes other important elements for a comprehensive approach to address the traffic and pedestrian safety challenges in Southwest Hoboken. With the support of the City Council and the County, these important improvements are targeted to be completed by the end of the summer. A presentation of the plan will be made at the City Council meeting.
- Pier A: The agenda includes a construction management contract for the repairs of Pier A Park. Improvements are necessary to ensure that our treasured park remains open and safe for the long term. The work will move ahead while, on a parallel track, the City remains in negotiations with the Port Authority and will pursue all legal options related to the use of the South Waterfront Trust Fund that was created as a giveback for the level of development on our waterfront (The fund has over $3 million and generates $1 million annually and should be used for all necessary repairs to Pier A). The park will remain open to the public during repairs.
- Northwest Resiliency Park: The Council will be asked to authorize an ordinance to reaffirm the City’s commitment to the construction of a resiliency park that detains stormwater and possibly reuses rain water within the City through the NJ Environmental Infrastructure Trust low-interest loan program which will save the City an estimated $13 million. The approval of this ordinance is required by the NJEIT prior to the start of construction of the temporary Northwest Pop-Up Park. The conceptual plans for the pop-up park can be viewed at www.hobokennj.gov/nwpark.
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Community: Hoboken Opens Waiting List For New Affordable Housing Units
Dear MSV readers,
The City of Hoboken is creating a housing waiting list for all future affordable rental units regulated by the City. Members of the public are invited to submit a preliminary application by visiting www.AffordableHomesNewJersey.com/Hoboken(Applicants without internet access may call 609-664-2769 X5). The deadline to submit applications for the random drawing to generate the affordable housing waiting list is May 8, 2017. Anyone who may be interested in current or future affordable housing units in Hoboken should apply by May 8th.
“Dozens of new affordable housing units under construction throughout our city will help to ensure that Hoboken remains a vibrant mixed income community,” said Mayor Dawn Zimmer. “We have created procedures to make sure that these affordable housing units are available to those who need it most through a fair and open process.”
This list will be used to lease units at: 600 Harrison Street (5 units), 1410 Grand Street (4 units), 721 Clinton Street (6 units), 7th Street and Jackson Street (42 units), and other future units. Some units will be available as early as Spring 2017, and others will be available in upcoming years depending on the construction schedule.
The City of Hoboken adopted an affordable housing ordinance that generally requires a 10 percent affordable housing set-aside for residential construction over 10 units when an increase in density is provided. The City also recently adopted the Affirmative Fair Housing Marketing Plan and a guidebook entitled “Administration of Affordable Units: Policies & Procedures Manual” to set forth the policies and procedures for placing eligible individuals and families into the City of Hoboken’s affordable units. The Affordable Housing Program will provide opportunities for both affordable units for rent and for sale.
In addition to the units required by the affordable housing ordinance, all redevelopment plans approved during the Zimmer administration, including Hoboken Yards, Neumann Leathers, and Western Edge, require that at least 10 percent of new residential units be affordable.
The first units that will become available are at 600 Harrison Street. Monthly rents for the units, not including utilities, are as follows:
1-Bedroom Low (1 available): $600
2-Bedroom Low (3 available): $903
3-Bedroom Moderate (1 available): $1,035
Even those who are not interested in these units should submit the preliminary application by May 8, 2017 to be considered for upcoming and future affordable housing rentals regulated by the City of Hoboken.
Rents for future units may be higher or lower based on income levels and number of bedrooms. The waiting list is only for rental units regulated by the City of Hoboken. There may be other affordable housing opportunities that must be applied for separately.
Additional information including income limits is available on www.AffordableHomesNewJersey.com/Hoboken.
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MSV premium is out with the latest on Team DeFusco, the local Democratic Committee races and an unofficial candidate is declared to take on the incumbent Freeholder Anthony “Stick” Romano.
It’s perennial candidate Patty Waiters.
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MSV is exclusively reporting Mayor Dawn Zimmer who sought a third term as mayor will be stepping down and not seek re-election after all. The
surprising turnaround coincides with the rise of Councilman Mike DeFusco who
the mayor endorsed for the City Council on her 2015 council ticket.
The real reason for Zimmer’s change of heart is reportedly
due to an agreement reached with her once expected electoral challenger, Mike DeFusco. A hastily scheduled news conference will see both jointly
announce the passing of the baton from Zimmer to DeFusco in a news conference with
the theme “Diversity is Our Strength.” The mayor has held her current office for
almost eight years.
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Councilman Mike DeFusco, de facto winner of the diversity mayoral sweepstakes.
A Diversity Dossier pinned questionable burka activities on Mayor Zimmer forcing her to endorse him for her job. |
Reports of a Mayor Zimmer resignation were first reported by
the Hudson Reporter almost three years ago. The reasons for Mayor Zimmer not
seeking a third term are however radically different than those put forward
there. Al Sullivan in his weekly political column cited anonymous Old Guard
sources claiming an arrest by the FBI imminent.
To the dismay of Zimmer insiders, the two term mayor
capitulated to Team DeFusco’s demands she step aside and endorse DeFusco as a diversity “Pride” mayoral candidate. Councilman DeFusco
recently hosted a LGBT event in Hoboken and was expected to see a big
endorsement from the NJ group.
The backdrop to Zimmer’s sudden and shocking tumble will
be deemed genius by media and close political observers covering Team DeFusco and may lead to implications for Progressive candidates seeking elected office in the state. One political observer marveled, “It was a masterstroke. This kid is smart and a quick study. He stole this right out of the Donald Trump playbook. Draw your opponent in and then come right over the top slamming them with a winning hand.”
For several months a “Diversity Dossier” against Mayor
Zimmer had been circulating among local Mile Square media. It highlights salacious details in
a 200,000 page report of a trip Zimmer secretly took to Saudi Arabia last year where she
was seen cavorting around Riyadh in a burka. While some insiders claimed it was for a
documentary on diversity geared for her re-election campaign, others say it was
a full-blown joint Al Qaeda-ISIS operation sponsored to infiltrate the US and install gullible officials into the Muslim Brotherhood. A burka wearing American mayor is seen as quite a coup.
Jordanian intelligence officials say Mayor Zimmer was surveilled and overheard well aware
of a plot by Councilman Mike DeFusco to diversity her out of office. She was
going to beat him at his own political game becoming the first Jewish Muslim burka-wearing
mayor in America.
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Mayor Dawn Zimmer captured in this 2016 photo in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. A plan to go toe to toe with Councilman Mike DeFusco to see who is more pro-diversity has degenerated into scandal seeing her decline seeking a third term.
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But the plan to out-diversity DeFusco would soon take a calamitous turn.
Surveillance videos taken
by Jordanian intelligence saw Zimmer in parking lots of buildings where she’d
lie in wait if any Saudi women attempted to get into a driver’s seat without a
male family member escort.
“She was a bit overzealous,” one Jordanian intel source
said. “We have her literally threatening to drop a dime on two Saudi women who
were only trying to remove items from a car trunk. She really took to Sharia Law in a hurry. It was almost like she was reprogrammed for it.”
Things deteriorated further when Zimmer in full burka was seen grabbing car keys and throwing them into the dessert yelling “Aloha Snackbar!” demanding energy drinks not to turn the women into the Saudi religious police. The Kingdom’s religious police patrol the streets enforcing dress codes, gender separation
and prayer times under Sharia law.
Jordanian sources confirmed the Diversity Dossier was underwritten
by Hoboken resident Beth Mason. The former councilwoman with her coterie of paid political
operatives bankrolled anti-Reform candidates and civil litigation against
alleged “Zimmerists” in Hoboken for years.
Jordanian intelligence reportedly received a ransom type payment in line with
what Iran received for American hostages to put together the Zimmer dossier.
Councilman Mike DeFusco is expected to announce
at the press conference that his first official act as mayor will be to order by
executive fiat all Hoboken businesses remove any gender markings on restrooms. “Bathrooms are a universal human right and no one can define how
one feels about any self-designated choice among dozens of gender options. I’m
hereby announcing Hoboken bathrooms are open for business,” the anticipated mayor will say.
One Team DeFusco advisor was gleeful over the mayor’s sudden
capitulation. “This plan went far better than we even imagined. The Diversity
Dossier deflated Zimmer and her team to the point they were ready to throw
someone off the roof at City Hall. When she read the Diversity Dossier’s
contents she just threw in the towel.”
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| Mayor Dawn Zimmer after surrendering office may join a New Hampshire investigation into Russian Salad Dressing connecting President Donald Trump to Russia. |
It’s unclear what Mayor Zimmer will do in the future but
she’s mulling options. One would see her return to her home state of New
Hampshire where Russian salad dressing was created and join an investigation
into that dressing’s Trump connection to Russia. The creator of Russian salad dressing knows a guy who knows a guy who once rode a bus with Vladimir Putin in East
Germany and reportedly attended a Trump rally. “It’s a bonafide Russia
connection,” a source close to Zimmer said.
Read More...
A late breaking Friday report dropped a bombshell. President Trump and his campaign were targets of domestic spying prior to his nomination. The sources confirm none of it has the slightest thing to do with the “Russia! Russia!” hysteria.
Multiple private citizens were illicitly unmasked in what’s pointing to a political operation.
Senior level intel person involved is “well known” and snared.
From the online report: Read More...
Earlier this week, Councilman Mike DeFusco called for Hoboken to make way for gender neutral bathrooms. He also slammed Mayor Dawn Zimmer saying she’s failed to make Hoboken more friendly to LGBT citizens.
A reader sent in this story where one mom wrote earlier this month of her experience in a California bathroom situation, “A Man in the Women’s Restroom at Disneyland.”
Her story:
I didn’t know if I was going to write this blog or not. A part of me was scared it’d be shared as some transgender hot piece about yet another homophobic mom lashing out at Disney and then I’d have to deal with the wrath of the internet telling me to kill myself. So let me be clear. This isn’t that story. This is a story about a biological man in the women’s restroom, but we need to discuss some gender issues.
I’ve lived in Los Angeles for over a decade and have seen my fair share of transgender/gender fluid people. They in no way offend me. I’d consider myself pretty progressive and tolerant of most things…except maybe people who identify as a person wearing socks with sandals. We all have our line in the sand and that’s totally mine. But how transgender people feel, how they choose to dress or any surgeries they get, don’t infringe on any parts of my life, so I support their decision to live as they see fit. I’ve also seen my fair share of transgender women in the women’s restroom before. Not ALL the time. But over the past few years, I’d say 4-5 that I noticed. Men…who were in some stage of transition and making every attempt to be a woman from mascara to heels. Transgenders who certainly felt comfortable in the women’s room and probably frightened to go into the men’s. At these times, I smiled…I peed…and life went on. But 2 weeks ago something very different happened.
I was at Disneyland with my son, my friend and her son. We were over in California Adventure in the food court area. We’d just finished eating and decided to pee before we headed out to The Little Mermaid. I went to the bathroom while she watched our boys in their strollers, and then I did the same. (For anyone who’s tried to fit a stroller in a bathroom stall, you get it).
I was off to the side waiting with the two boys, when I noticed a man walk into the restroom. My first thought was “Oh shit, he’s walked in the wrong restroom by mistake. lol” He took a few more steps, at which point he would’ve definitely noticed all the women lined up and still kept walking. My next thought was, “Maybe he’s looking for his wife…or child and they’ve been in here a while.” But he didn’t call out any names or look around. He just stood off to the side and leaned up against the wall. At this point I’m like, “WTF? Ok there is definitely a very large, burly man in a Lakers jersey who just walked in here. Am I the only one seeing this?” I surveyed the room and saw roughly 12 women, children in tow, staring at him with the exact same look on their faces. Everyone was visibly uncomfortable. We were all trading looks and motioning our eyes over to him…like “What is he doing in here?” Yet every single one of us was silent. And this is the reason I wrote this blog.
Read the rest of the story at the link:
http://www.thegetrealmom.com/blog/womensrestroom
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