This stuff is made for television. Did anyone VIDEO TAPE the meeting for those of us who could not be there, but would have Loved the opportunity to once again see our officials hard at work for the other guys.
Come on guys, give us a hand, wip out those cameras, Please! Asbury has Independent Media outlets on the Web, Radio and TV, through [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], and MSPTV77, [EMAIL PROTECTED].
Please let's use them often and wisely. "Here's looking at you, kid!"
Shangazi
SkipDragon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
SkipDragon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
How does Melina rate representing 50% of citizens invited to attend
this meeting?
I thought she'd retired, presumably to lighten her work load; now it
appears the truth to be that she can work wholeheartedly for our
various developers.
Skip Bernstein
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> What the newspaper printed is ONLY PART Of THE STORY. No reporter was
> present at the council meeting on Friday, Jan. 28,2005 @ 9:00 am.
ONLY IN ASBURY
> PARK, would the reporter only interview one or two people with the
same views
> on a hot topic. Tax dollars, land use, and housing people by the
railroad
> tracks.
>
> The lawyer and planner was busy selling the council........
basically there
> was one use for that land.............that is warehouse people. The
land has
> no other commercial valve for any other use. Sell the land with no
bids. No
> two sides to this story. Sounded like snake oil salesmen spending
your tax
> dollars.
>
> Councilman Ed Johnson asked so many good questions, only to be
answered by
> the lawyer, the planner, the city manager, the mayor all who seem to
be in love
> with the plan. Still ,Ed .............kept asking
questions............and
> the 4 kept defending the project. You could see Kate Melina and
Hazel Samuel
> fidgeting as Ed just keeps asking questions.
>
> Councilman John Hamilton asked lots of questions, and had a
different style.
> His comments and questions, as good as they where, usually caused
emotional
> responses from the mayor. Even Kate could not sit quite in the
audience, as
> if the mayor could hold his own against John. Once again.....you
had to be
> there.
>
> Deputy Mayor Jim Bruno had his share of questions and
concerns.......all
> rebuffed.
>
> Councilman John Loffredo did not say a word, just listen.
>
> The city manager gave his full support for this project.
>
> You have to make time to see what happens at the council meetings.
Seeing is
> believing.
>
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> Published in the Asbury Park Press
01/29/05
>
>
> Less-costly homes due in Asbury
Park
>
> Apartments, houses called for in new Springwood Ave. plan
> By NANCY SHIELDS
> COASTAL MONMOUTH BUREAU
> ASBURY PARK -- The City Council introduced a plan Friday to allow
> construction of both affordable and market-rate housing on
Springwood Avenue from
> Memorial Drive west to Atkins
> Avenue.
>
> The ordinance would amend a 1970 plan for the blighted area. A public
> hearing is scheduled for 6 p.m. Feb. 10.
>
> The plan, if approved, will allow two developers to build 70 units
of rental
> apartments between Memorial Drive and Sylvan Avenue, and at least 50
> single-family homes west of Sylvan Avenue. The city plans for
one-fifth of the
> planned market-rate homes to be designated as
> affordable for families with limited incomes.
>
> "It's (affordable housing) definitely needed," Mayor Kevin Sanders
said
> after the work session and vote. "There's been nothing but dreams
sold to the
> people who live there -- it's been blighted for so long. People
have died
> waiting for something to happen on Springwood Avenue. Now it's
going to happen."
>
> The public hearing is expected to draw some critics who are against
more
> affordable rental units in the city. Others want more of the
ownership units to
> be affordable.
>
> Critics also say the site should be used for much-needed recreation
or say
> the homes could overload schools.
>
> Sanders said that the city will lose a significant number of
affordable
> rental units as a result of the current redevelopment. Rents are
also rising, and
> multifamily homes are being converted to single-family units.
>
> "We plan to have 4,000 market-rate units coming on throughout the
city," the
> mayor said. "What are we doing for affordable housing?"
>
> The council plans to have Ingerman Affordable Housing Inc. of
Cherry Hill
> build the 70 affordable rental units and Somerset Development LLC
of Lakewood
> build the 50 market-rate homes, of which 10 would be priced as
affordable.
>
> In October, the city and Long Branch millionaire Philip Konvitz
settled a
> lawsuit clearing the way for Konvitz to sell 50 Springwood parcels
he had
> failed to develop for 14 years to the Somerset group
> No to retailing
> The city Planning Board, in reviewing the redevelopment plan, had
recommended
> including commercial structures in the project area. But the
council said it
> did not want to give up any of the housing units and plans to
permit new
> stores further west on Springwood, between Atkins Avenue and the
Neptune border.
>
> Former Mayor Carl Williams, now a commissioner on the Monmouth County
> Recreation Board, said Friday the county was poised to build a park
area on the
> same site planned for new housing and that the recreation area was
sorely needed.
>
> Mayor Sanders suggested the county invest its money in the West Side
> Community Center, which the mayor said needs funding to provide
year-round
> recreation for city children.
>
> Other critics said they were concerned about the affordable homes
attracting
> families that could overburden the school system. But city
officials said
> families are being forced out of their affordable apartments
because of rising
> real estate values and the new apartments are needed.
>
> "Everything else we're promoting is for home ownership," the mayor
said.
> "These 70 units are the only ones for renters
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