June 18, 2019
Start: 7:12 PM
Announcements
- Website still down. Contact vvpanews@gmail.com
- Timeline – roughly should be up by August; end of summer.
- Yoga in the Park – Sundays
- Films in Van Vorst – starts June 26
- Bates Street Redevelopment Community Meeting – June 19 – MS 4
- Being held by Manhattan Building Company
- Annual Golf Outing – Successful
- Plenty opportunities to get involved for next year
- Raj Mukherji – scheduled to attend September meeting; send in questions related to state issues
Planning Committee Updates
- Bright and Varick update
- Longer work hours versus Saturday work permits
Guest Speakers
- Carissa Wright, Community Engagement Coordinator – Liberty Humane Society
- Only non-profit animal shelter in Hudson County
- Volunteering – visit website – https://www.libertyhumane.org
- volunteer@libertyhumane.org
- Ward E Councilman James Solomon
- Newark Pedestrian Plaza
- Overall a positive
- Friday & Saturday night quality of life issues – neighborhood versus nightlife
- Proposals (1) loading and unloading zone on both sides of Columbus (2) changes to noise ordinance to make it more enforceable (3) rooftops – classify as outdoor entertainment (4) limit on future night clubs – grandfather in current restaurants
- Bicycling on sidewalks/scooters
- Lacking infrastructure to support biking on sidewalks
- Lacking traffic enforcement
- Parking updates
- Park mobile App on meters
- Newark Pedestrian Plaza
- Bates Street Redevelopment Update
- Community meeting tomorrow night – hosted by Manhattan Building Company (MBC)
- Quality of life issues for immediate neighborhood
Adjourned: 9:05 pm
