Xerxes wrote:
How about a bull and several cows?

FERC To Hold Public Meetings Over Spectra Gas Pipeline

Have an Opinion About the Spectra Gas Pipeline Running Through YOUR Neighborhood? The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Wants To Hear It!


The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) will be holding a meeting to listen to public opinion on the proposed Spectra Gas Pipeline route through Jersey City on Wednesday, August 4th, from 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. at Ferris High School, 35 Colgate Street.

The proposed pipeline, which is to be built through some of Jersey City's most densely populated and historic neighborhoods, will also run in close proximity to Homeland Security Department designated Tier 1 & Tier 2 Critical Infrastructure.

So far, this is the only public meeting scheduled by FERC and interested residents should voice their opinions and concerns about the proposed gas pipeline. Spectra has requested authorization from FERC to lay the pipeline from Linden, NJ through Jersey City to a ConEdison Plant on West 14th Street, New York.

Download meeting flyer and map of proposed route. Voice YOUR opinion of the pipeline by emailing pipeline@jcnj.org. Read more here.

City of Jersey City
Office of Communications
http://www.jerseycitynj.gov/

NAS wrote:
Wake up to find brown water running from the taps, yet once again, no alerting to residents that I can find anywhere. What a joke.

corybraiterman wrote:
what a waste of money

BrightMoment wrote: TODAY! July 14th 10 AM Wednesday City Hall, 280 Grove Street The City Council will vote to finance the purchase of the Historic Harsimus Stem Railroad Embankment Quote:

Greetings! If you love trees, green space, and want more parks in Jersey City, please come to City Hall, 280 Grove Street (corner Montgomery Street, near "Grove" PATH map: click ) at 10 AM Wednesday July 14, 2010, (tomorrow! today!) to show your support. The City Council will vote to finance the purchase of the Historic Harsimus Stem Railroad Embankment which runs along Sixth Street in Historic Downtown Jersey City. (please refer to the Embankment Preservation Coalition at Embankment.org for maps & more details ) The Embankment Preservation Coalition has already raised $5 Million to purchase this land (funds committed from Federal, State, and County green space funds). Open to the Public, among other features, the 3,000 mile Florida-Maine East Coast Greenway will pass through this Embankment Park as it follows the Atlantic coast. YOUR PRESENCE will show the City Council that Jersey City wants more Green Space, more Parks ... the City Council will vote to finance the purchase of this park ... If you cannot attend, please send your friends & family !! 10 AM Wed. July 14, 2010 Vote CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS City Hall 280 Grove St, Jersey City, NJ 07302 (corner Montgomery Street, near "Grove" PATH ) Make Our Parks! With your help, Now! Please bring your friends & family !! Thanks, Jim

Greetings! If you love trees, green space, and want more parks in Jersey City, please come to City Hall, 280 Grove Street (corner Montgomery Street, near "Grove" PATH map: click ) at 10 AM Wednesday July 14, 2010, (tomorrow! today!) to show your support. The City Council will vote to finance the purchase of the Historic Harsimus Stem Railroad Embankment which runs along Sixth Street in Historic Downtown Jersey City. (please refer to the Embankment Preservation Coalition at Embankment.org for maps & more details ) The Embankment Preservation Coalition has already raised $5 Million to purchase this land (funds committed from Federal, State, and County green space funds). Open to the Public, among other features, the 3,000 mile Florida-Maine East Coast Greenway will pass through this Embankment Park as it follows the Atlantic coast. YOUR PRESENCE will show the City Council that Jersey City wants more Green Space, more Parks ... the City Council will vote to finance the purchase of this park ... If you cannot attend, please send your friends & family !! 10 AM Wed. July 14, 2010 Vote CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS City Hall 280 Grove St, Jersey City, NJ 07302 (corner Montgomery Street, near "Grove" PATH ) Make Our Parks! With your help, Now! Please bring your friends & family !! Thanks, Jim

Xerxes wrote: Bright Moment You have conflicting options there. First you are saying that we need to "show FERC there is specific opposition." Yes, FERC is the regulatory agency charged with approving process. Just like the Embankment Preservation Coalition was subject to municipal, state and federal agencies and respective court rulings, it's taken 12+ years, there looks to be a settlement with the Embankment. With Obama providing ultimate oversite responsibility, the accident with BP that could have been prevented, etc, all point to our need in JC to generate "specific opposition" and measurable, as being what generates results But then you state that FERC's approval is likely a fait accompli becasue of corruption within the agency, an outcome that I do not doubt for a moment. Yes, no one is naive here and as I said before our ability to generate pressure is only AFTER FERC makes their ruling, just as irrespective of how you feel about a court trial you can only make an appeal AFTER verdict has been rendered. We need bodies, names, addresses, of as many throughout JC to state their opposition as possible. By example, Councilman Fulop formally has stated his objection to the natural gas pipeline with no qualifiers, i.e., it's a bad idea, take it elsewhere. He sent out notice of this several times in his city-wide mailing. So what is the point of showing FERC ANYTHING? See above If FERC approval is a given, is there an authority ABOVE them who can stop the pipeline. Can Barack Obama stop a pipeline through Jersey City with no viable use to Jersey City (or even New Jersey?) Can Lautenberg or Menendez? Yes, Obama could by executive order. Lautenberg is on record opposed to the pipeline. Menendez is less clear as to his opposition. Both can bring pressure, again through our focused group since it was both Lautenberg and Fulop who asked that such a group be formed to provide a central focus for JC's residents to find out more info and show how strong the voice is in opposition. That's why there has been media coverage as posted in this topic thread. If not, then we have ourselves a big gas pipeline and anything we do is likely a waste of time. No, it is not a waste of time. If you simply complain on this site, do not join our group to show your opposition to all parties opposed to the natural gas pipeline, simply roll over, unlike even small communities, such as Dish, Texas, who's Mayor was interviewed on the Gasland doc on HBO, and Damascus, PA, who have both organized national opposition and recognition of the problem. This is not about how many on this or other sites say they are against the pipeline as even with this topic thread the info is less, the focus little, compared to the google group we set up in my signature:Jersey City Gas Pipelines You might find this interesting. It speaks to the need for specific benefits to those who must endure an energy pipeline. http://earth2tech.com/2010/03/01/util ... s-transmission-authority/ Yes, we NEED LOTS OF PUSH BACK ON FERC

Xerxes wrote:
At what level must this be stopped? Apparently the owner of the land (Lefrak in part) or the mayor of the city cannot stop it. Can the governor of the state? Can the president?

Or is it an a priori GIVEN that a private comapny can do anything it wants as long as Congress has not expressedly forbidden it? Where did a single corporation GET this kind of omnipotence?

Often a single Senator can stop any project in his state by some sort of Senate "accomodation."

Oh, as for the location of the pipeline "between the A&P annd Target," is anyone aware that the last 3 water main breaks causing major disruptions downtown were PRECISELY between the A&P and Target? It seems the LEAST stable ground in Jersey City.



GASLAND was a must see, I watched twice...anyone with HBO should watch it to see our future.

T-Bird wrote:
+1 Kindelan. My question is this: why doesn't the city require developers to put a substantial amount of the cost of whatever it is they promised into escrow at the time of the approval?

I recognize that the city has been extremely hospitable to developers historically and that a poor real estate market might not be the time to introduce restrictive measures on development, but shouldn't this be a core principle for future development? Seems like this isn't an isolated case. Once the project is built, what leverage does the city (or its residents) have over the developer to assure compliance?

timeforchange wrote:
Actually, I hear that this special mtg for the BOE starts at 6pm. Curious as to when the public will get to speak.

Ms_Taggart wrote:
Below is an email message I received from Councilman Fulop on this issue:

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I am disheartened to see, all too often, that the decisions being made in Jersey City are based purely off of politics, which clearly has an adverse affect on our schools and our taxes.

Please take a minute to sign the petition to have the Governor and Education Commissioner overturn the Board of Education's illegal vote to extend the superintendent's contract. We have a chance to be heard and I hope you take a second to read the below email since it has a significant impact on our city.

What happened?

On June 22, the Jersey City Board of Education voted to extend the current Jersey City Public School Superintendent?s contract to 2013. They held this vote at what was essentially a CLOSED DOOR MEETING with NO GENUINE ATTEMPT TO NOTIFY THE PUBLIC thereby making the opportunity for public participation impossible.

I am saddened by this blatant attempt to subvert the public process, and disappointed in the Board of Education for continuing to resort to status quo Jersey City politics, where big decisions that affect your schools and taxes are made to benefit the few at the expense of the many.

At the meeting it was pointed out their actions may have been illegal. New Jersey State Law 18A:11-11 mandates that:

?a board of education can not in any way take action on a superintendent?s contract unless notice is provided to the public at least 30 days prior.?

?the board [of education] must hold a public meeting and give 10 days notice of that meeting.?


Why did the Board of Education hold this meeting without proper public notification? What are they trying to hide from YOU ? the taxpayer?

Here are the facts:
Superintendent Epps? current contract is worth over $250,000 in salary and housing allowance. The current contract includes NO benchmarks, NO performance standards and NO specific reporting requirements. 35 out of 40 Jersey City schools are on the state's list of failing schools-- 14 of them for the third year or more.


What can you do?
Demand better results by signing this petition to Governor Chris Christie and Commissioner Brett Schundler asking them to overturn the vote to extend the Jersey City Public School Superintendent?s contract and to hold a national search for the best-qualified candidate.

Please take a minute to sign this petition located at http://www.rrupt.com/software2/customer/stevenfulop/survey/BOE.php and forward to all your friends in Jersey City. You should determine who will manage this $619 million budget and you should demand results.

MikeZ wrote:
It was probably the only way the owner could afford his property taxes.

GrovePath wrote:
[...]

It is illegal to keep farm animals in Jersey City, officials note.

MUNICIPAL CODE
JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY

Codified through
Ord. No. 10-008, adopted January 27, 2010.
(Supplement No. 18)

Chapter 90 Animals

ARTICLE II - Birds and Poultry

[Adopted 5-4-1971 as Ch. 5, Art. II, of the 1971 Jersey City Code, as readopted 9-19-1978 by Ord. No. S-128]

? 90-5. - Keeping of pigeons; consent of nearby occupants.

? 90-6. - Location; number restricted.

? 90-7. - License required; fee; expiration. [Amended 4-12-1988 by Ord. No. C-730]

? 90-8. - Requirements for housing or coops.

? 90-9. - Revocation of license.

? 90-10. - Revocation due to environmental changes.

? 90-11. - Procedure for revocation or suspension; hearing.

? 90-5. - Keeping of pigeons; consent of nearby occupants.

No person shall keep any pigeons unless there is filed with the Health Officer the written consent of a majority of the occupants of the premises in the block and square in which pigeons are to be kept.

? 90-6. - Location; number restricted.

No pigeons, chickens or other poultry shall be kept within 25 feet of any structure owned by another and used for human habitation, occupation or assembly, provided that in no case shall any person or persons be permitted to keep more than 50 chickens, ducks or other poultry, including pigeons. No pigeons, chickens or other poultry shall be permitted to run, fly or stray within 25 feet of such structure, provided that this shall not apply to homing pigeons.

? 90-7. - License required; fee; expiration. [Amended 4-12-1988 by Ord. No. C-730]

No person shall keep pigeons, chickens or other poultry without having first obtained a license from the license issuing authority. The annual fee shall be as set forth in Ch. 160, Fees and Charges, and licenses shall expire on April 30 of each year. (Chapter 160 Fees and Charges:

[...]E. Chapter 90, Animals.

(1)License to keep pigeons, chickens or other poultry: $25.[...]
Editor's note?

Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code; see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I.

? 90-8. - Requirements for housing or coops.

The following regulations and conditions for the keeping and housing of pigeons, chickens and other poultry shall be complied with.

A.

The house or coop shall be dry and well ventilated, with windows so placed, if possible, as to admit sunlight.

B.

The house or coop shall be well whitewashed or painted therein.

C.

The house or coop shall be cleaned at least once a week between November 1 and May 1, twice a week between May 1 and November 1 and, if necessary, to be cleaned more often and to be disinfected.

D.

Perches shall be removable and kept clean.

E.

Chicken nests shall be removable, cleaned, aired and sunned at frequent intervals.

F.

Drinking fountains in the area where the house or coop is located shall be cleaned and supplied at all times with clean water.

G.

The yard in the area where the house or coop is located shall be clean and free from odors.

? 90-9. - Revocation of license.

If the above conditions and regulations are not complied with the license shall be revoked, provided that nothing herein shall apply to the pigeons, chickens or other poultry confined in coops in regular licensed markets or stores for the sale, slaughter and plucking of poultry.

? 90-10. - Revocation due to environmental changes.

Whenever, in the opinion of the Division of Health, the environment in an area has changed since granting the license to keep and maintain pigeons, chickens or other poultry therein to such an extent that the maintenance thereof may constitute a nuisance, such license may be revoked by the Health Officer.

? 90-11. - Procedure for revocation or suspension; hearing.

The Health Officer is hereby empowered to suspend or revoke the license held by any person who violates any of the provisions of this Article. No license shall be suspended or revoked until after a hearing. A notice of five days, in writing, stating the time and place of such hearing, shall be served upon the licensee.

May wrote:
You don't need a rooster for a hen to lay eggs.
I don't know the rules for a chicken coop in JC but if it is legal it would be awesome. I know its legal in Portland, OR.

mr_bunny wrote:
Check out this topic.

http://jclist.com/modules/newbb/viewt ... =&topic_id=11719&forum=11

BrightMoment wrote:

Chapter 90 ANIMALS

ARTICLE II Birds and Poultry [Adopted 5-4-1971 as Ch. 5, Art. II, of the 1971 Jersey City Code, as readopted 9-19-1978 by Ord. No. S-128]

? 90-7. License required; fee; expiration. [Amended 4-12-1988 by Ord. No. C-730]*

No person shall keep pigeons, chickens or other poultry without having first obtained a license from the license issuing authority. The annual fee shall be as set forth in Ch. 160, Fees and Charges, and licenses shall expire on April 30 of each year.

* Editor?s Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code; see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I.


90-6. Location; number restricted.

No pigeons, chickens or other poultry shall be kept within 25 feet of any structure owned by another and used for human habitation, occupation or assembly, provided that in no case shall any person or persons be permitted to keep more than 50 chickens, ducks or other poultry, including pigeons. No pigeons, chickens or other poultry shall be permitted to run, fly or stray within 25 feet of such structure, provided that this shall not apply to homing pigeons.

? 90-8. Requirements for housing or coops.

The following regulations and conditions for the keeping and housing of pigeons, chickens and other poultry shall be complied with.

A. The house or coop shall be dry and well ventilated, with windows so placed, if possible, as to admit sunlight.
B. The house or coop shall be well whitewashed or painted therein.
C. The house or coop shall be cleaned at least once a week between November 1 and May 1, twice a week between May 1 and November 1 and, if necessary, to be cleaned more often and to be disinfected.
D. Perches shall be removable and kept clean.
E. Chicken nests shall be removable, cleaned, aired and sunned at frequent intervals.
F. Drinking fountains in the area where the house or coop is located shall be cleaned and supplied at all times with clean water.
G. The yard in the area where the house or coop is located shall be clean and free from odors.

? 90-9. Revocation of license.

If the above conditions and regulations are not complied with the license shall be revoked, provided that nothing herein shall apply to the pigeons, chickens or other poultry confined in coops in regular licensed markets or stores for the sale, slaughter and plucking of poultry.

? 90-10. Revocation due to environmental changes.

Whenever, in the opinion of the Division of Health, the environment in an area has changed since granting the license to keep and maintain pigeons, chickens or other poultry therein to such an extent that the maintenance thereof may constitute a nuisance, such license may be revoked by the Health Officer.

Hunter123 wrote:
I am lucky enough to have a small enclosed backyard in JC and was thinking about getting a small chicken coop with two hens. I heard that by law the coop must be 25 feet all residences and that a $25 license must be obtained. Does anyone have any experience with raising hens in downtown or know where to go for suppliess/license? Thanks!

jcboyz wrote:
[...]

Please take a minute to sign this petition located at http://www.rrupt.com/software2/customer/ stevenfulop/survey/BOE.php and forward to all your friends in Jersey City. You should determine who will manage this $619 million budget and you should demand results.


THIS GUY NEEDS TO GO!!!! YOUR KIDS ARE NOT LEARNING!!!

Ms_Taggart wrote: [...]Please take a minute to sign this petition located at http://www.rrupt.com/software2/customer/stevenfulop/survey/BOE.php and forward to all your friends in Jersey City. You should determine who will manage this $619 million budget and you should demand results.

Ms_Taggart wrote:
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mfadam wrote:
IL is leading the pack of state's in real trouble, but NJ is not far behind. They can only raise taxes so much - at some point they either need to cut govt expidentures or break the news that people won't get what they were expecting in retirement. There's only so much you can do when the money ain't there and the stock market isn't helping at all...

+1. I also think people fail to realize that when the retirement age (for social security) was set, the life expectancy was almost 20 years younger than it is today. So obviously defined benefit pensions are not sustainable unless they have changed over time with life expectancy (either put more money in or change the retirement age.)

In other words: It's easy to give a lifetime of retirement benefits when you expect the person to retire at 65 and to die at 67. It's not as easy now that many people are living to 85...

Financial Times:

[...] Unfunded pensions high on the agenda

Many states are rethinking core elements of their pensions systems, including retirement age, employee contributions and projected returns, as they struggle with budget deficits and investment losses from the financial crisis.

?The decline in public pension fund assets that started in fiscal 2008 is now contributing to significant budget challenges for US states as many of them are faced with having to increase their pension contributions even as federal stimulus funding dries up and before meaningful revenue recovery has taken hold,? analysts at Standard & Poor?s, the rating agency, warned yesterday in a report.

The latest data compiled by S&P, which covers 2008, shows that the mean funded ratio for the principal state pensions fell to 80 per cent from 83 per cent for 2007 and far below the 100 per cent recorded in 2000.

The true nature of the gap remains clouded by the fact that most public pension plans use what is known as ?smoothing? ? balancing gains and losses over a number of years, typically five ? and the rebounding of financial markets in the second half of 2009.

Still, S&P warns: ?The losses from 2008 are now translating to real budget pressure for the states. We believe this will continue for a while.?

The agency also expects ?significant? changes could be on the horizon related to accounting, reporting and how a government funds its pension obligations.

snowflake20 wrote:
Every weekend, I see a bunch of volleyball players at Peninsula Park. I'm just wondering who these people are? I've never actually seen these people in the neighborhood, and they all seem to arrive by car.

Dancing Tony wrote:

Jersey City may be cutting it's budget on Fireworks (actually, they have been canceled) but that doesn't equate to us cancelling the annual July 4th BBQ and Volleyball. NOPE, it means another DIY opportunity in Jersey City.

Jersey City Festival of Lights Party
BBQ | Volleyball | Karaoke | Dance party
Noon to Doom. (set-up at 11 am)

Folks here's what we need to do, without burning down half of Jersey City, we need to illiminate the coast. So bring flash lights, colored lights, glow sticks, and think abourt a way that we let launch a giant, illuminated balloon to let Macy's know that we blew our fireworks money on crack. :) JC's infamous Illuminiationist NORM FRANCOUR filling the minivan. I plan to bring a generator so we have a power source.

If all goes according to pplans once ducks comes, we will have an illuminated, karaoke, dance party on the waterfront.

WHAT TO BRING (text me or message below)

Bring Games :
We have the volleyball net set up, but only 12 people can play at once so check your parents garage for :

Horseshoes, Paddleball, Bocce, Frisbee

Bring Food for the BBQ:

We will have two grills :

I am marinating a coupel of london broils and veggies for the griil. Burgers and Hot Dogs are covered, but how about some chicken, or somefunky type of sausages, beggoes burgers ? or better yet help cook.

Bring something to drink :

I am bringing two cases of water and soda, and making some lemonade. Jersey City Police frown upong bringing a keg to teh park so use your f*cking brain folks and maybe make some punch. also we will most likely Big Red Plastic cups 16oz.

Help DJ ?
Help Clean-up ?
Help Norm set-up his lights ?

If you haven't gotten the point yet, if your idea of contributing to a group is just showing up with a pack of cigarettes, do me a favor and find another BBQ. Thanks I love you Jersey City but it's time you got your sh+t together

Message up on what you can Bring.
973-219-9696 cell

--
Dancing Tony
Jersey City Department of Love and Leisure
www.rockitdocket.blogspot.com
www.facebook.com/dancingtony
www.fifty8.com

riazw wrote:
OK.. I have given the update on this to the volunteer; in the web, the following is the address:

Medicaid District Office
(201) 217-7100
438 Summit Ave Ste 6
Jersey City, NJ 07306

The volunteer will inquire and take care of it.. thanks

riazw wrote:
I met him today morning at JSQ. he agreed to be on JSQ on tuesday at 8am. One of the volunteers agreed to take him to 438 Summit Ave on Tuesday at 8am. Let us see hope for good...

JoanFontaine wrote:
Bumping this way back up, but can anyone recommend a good podiatrist downtown? My foot's been giving me some problems lately but I don't have insurance so I'll have to pay out of pocket. Thanks!

T-Bird wrote:
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riazw wrote:
Surprised... NO WAY... they knew it is coming. Many of us told them to change the way they operate, guess what, they did very very little. The administration does NOT care, the council does NOT care, the people who vote do NOT care & many do NOT care to VOTE. They throw bond-money projects to unions, so that they can stay in power. Unions elect these guys not tax payer. This is business as usual, save energy, find a second job like how they all have, just PAY the taxes !!! The message is very CLEAR. There is no point in CRYING. No one cares in this city.. SIMPLE!!!

It's a long haul. Things don't change over night. Showing up and screaming for a couple of months, while good for the soul, isn't likely to get much done - particularly with the current group in place. You are right in one regard: the current administration doesn't care. Doesn't mean the next one has to be as disengaged.

Yes, the unions pump obscene amounts of money into our local elections - many hundred thousand dollars into the last municipal cycle. The vast majority of that money was given to the HCDO. Find a candidate who can win who isn't with the HCDO and you have a shot at breaking that cycle.

riazw wrote:
He can charge during the day time at 880 Bergen Ave, Hudson County Self Help Center... Store? It is going to be wit him 24 hours; we need to make sure that no one steals it again from him...

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BrightMoment wrote:
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Tino wrote:
Why MUST we get him a motorized wheelchair if a cane will suffice? Seems a bit excessive.

The guy is seriously, physically impaired. At best a cane allows him only to barely walk. However, he should also qualify for both medicaid and medicare and I suggest the poster take him to the Social Security bldg. across from White Castle where they could do intake to process him for Medicare and he will definitely qualify for a motorized wheelchair.

How can someone qualify for medicare/medicaide with out an address? It's the major set back for most homeless people

mrasg1 wrote:
Why did Carol Lester abstain in the vote?

Jersey City school board extends superintendent's contract

[...]Lester, who abstained, said she wanted to extend Epps one year while a search was conducted and was caught off guard when that wasn?t an option. She said she also thought the board had more time. A prior attorney, whose contract was not renewed, told the board it only had to give Epps 90 days notice, not one year.

?My intention was to hear public input for the 30 days and continue to gather information and make a decision based on the information and the public input as to whether to perform a search to extend the contract or renew it,? she said.[...]