1/23/07 - T&M Park Master Plan Public Meeting
January 23, 2007
Re: T&M Park Master Plan Public Meeting
City Hall, Jersey City
The Friends of Hamilton Park formed in the spring of 2005 for the purpose of organizing a farmers market, cultural events and to create flower gardens in an effort to bring our community together and to address matters of neglect and crime. We organized seven planting and cleanup events in the past two years and received two grants through the Jersey City Parks Coalition to fund our gardening projects. However, we have no real watering system and maintenance has been a terrible burden.
Recently, we made a point to bring to the City Councils attention that the renovation plans for Hamilton Park contained very few gardens and that a study conducted a year ago showed strong support for adding more gardens, and not less. In fact the study results show that landscaping ranked # 3, behind Dog Run and a Playground. The Jersey City Parks Coalition supported our stand on this issue and we will work together to ensure that Hamilton Park receives its fare share of gardens as was voted for by community residents.
We also learned from the study that residents did not place a high value on the two tennis courts that ranked # 8 on the study; the basketball court received even less support at # 16. I do not believe that items ranked #8 and #16 should be on this plan. We do not want ball courts relocated to other areas of the park to be placed in front of historic homes. The nearby athletic field was intended to be this areas active park. The courts could easily be relocated close by so that residents may continue to use them. However this possibility has not even been considered. I call upon City officials to work out a better plan.
Hamilton Park is located in the historic district and the same ordinance that applies to all homeowners must also apply to this park. A renovation is the opportunity to correct past mistakes.
Janet Allen, President
Friends of Hamilton Park
Re: T&M Park Master Plan Public Meeting
City Hall, Jersey City
The Friends of Hamilton Park formed in the spring of 2005 for the purpose of organizing a farmers market, cultural events and to create flower gardens in an effort to bring our community together and to address matters of neglect and crime. We organized seven planting and cleanup events in the past two years and received two grants through the Jersey City Parks Coalition to fund our gardening projects. However, we have no real watering system and maintenance has been a terrible burden.
Recently, we made a point to bring to the City Councils attention that the renovation plans for Hamilton Park contained very few gardens and that a study conducted a year ago showed strong support for adding more gardens, and not less. In fact the study results show that landscaping ranked # 3, behind Dog Run and a Playground. The Jersey City Parks Coalition supported our stand on this issue and we will work together to ensure that Hamilton Park receives its fare share of gardens as was voted for by community residents.
We also learned from the study that residents did not place a high value on the two tennis courts that ranked # 8 on the study; the basketball court received even less support at # 16. I do not believe that items ranked #8 and #16 should be on this plan. We do not want ball courts relocated to other areas of the park to be placed in front of historic homes. The nearby athletic field was intended to be this areas active park. The courts could easily be relocated close by so that residents may continue to use them. However this possibility has not even been considered. I call upon City officials to work out a better plan.
Hamilton Park is located in the historic district and the same ordinance that applies to all homeowners must also apply to this park. A renovation is the opportunity to correct past mistakes.
Janet Allen, President
Friends of Hamilton Park
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