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We believe that successful waterfronts begin with sound planning timetested urban design and an understanding that the waters edge belongs to the public. The Redevelopment Ordinance for Garage B is carried forward to Monday March 3rd Hoboken City Council meeting for first reading The 25story redevelopment plan will likely produce a behemoth developerdriven proposal that would be appropriate for the Newport section of Jersey City not Hoboken. The mayor and most of the council have paid little heed to objections to this redevelopment proposal that is being rushed through an approval process. The redevelopment plan fails to provide a clear vision for this block and the surrounding area nor does it evaluate the feasibility of actually providing workforce and affordable residential units.