PUBLIC SCOPING HEARING NOTICE

TAKE NOTICE that Jersey City has contacted the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Green Acres Program, proposing to dispose .52 acres of Harmon Street Pool located at 531 Communipaw Avenue (Block 18702, Lot 9).

The City proposes to redevelop this obsolete park for housing and will replace it with land acquired for the Morris Canal Greenway. Pursuant to N.J.A.C. 7:36-26.8(a) a scoping hearing to obtain public comment on this request will be held virtually as a video conference with public access on

Tuesday, June 29, 2021 at 6pm

All interested parties are invited to attend and participate in the scoping hearing. To attend/participate in this virtual meeting, go to https://bit.ly/3nVDdWA

All information submitted by Jersey City to the Green Acres Program in support of this requested disposal of parkland is available for public inspection at the Jersey City Redevelopment Authority offices located at 4 Jackson Square (39 Kearny Ave), the Miller Branch of the Jersey City Free Public Library at 489 Bergen Ave and the Green Acres Program Offices at 501 East State Street in Trenton, by appointment.

Written comments on the disposal request may be directed to Eric Fleming, Assistant Business Administrator, Department of Administration/Office of Innovation; 280 Grove Street; Jersey City, NJ 07302 or EFleming@JCNJ.org. Please send a copy of any comments submitted on this request to the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Green Acres Program, Attn: Hudson County Steward, Bureau of Legal Services and Stewardship, Mail Code 501-01, 501 East State St., P.O. Box 420, Trenton, NJ 08625-0420 or Maude.Snyder@dep.nj.gov. Public comment on this disposal request will be accepted during the scoping hearing or until July 13, 2021.

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