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While architects often focus on a single building, a planner's job is to work with residents and elected officials to guide the layout of an entire community or region. Planners take a broad viewpoint and look at how the pieces of a community like buildings, roads, and parks fit together. Planners then make recommendations on how the community should proceed.
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12 MUNICIPALITIES Bayonne, East Newark, Harrison, Hoboken, Jersey City, Kearny, North Bergen, Secaucus, Union City, Weehawken, and West New York 140+ NEW DEVELOPMENTS The Hudson County Planning Board received over 140 applications for projects along County roads in the two-year period of June 2016-June 2018. These include new apartments, restaurants, businesses, and community amenities for County residents. 36 DEDICATED BIKE LANES Hoboken and Jersey City have implemented new bike lanes and bike share systems to provide an environmentally friendly and healthy alternative to automotive transportation throughout the county. DETENTION GREEN TECHNIQUES SITE DESIGN RETENTION FILTRATION INFILTRATION Natural drainage patterns, native vegetation, and stabilization of soil during construction are important factors in the prevention of flooding and degradation of water quality. Detention means to hold water for a short period of time, such as right after a storm. Rain barrels are a popular form of detention. Retention ponds maintain a pool of water throughout the year and hold stormwater runoff following storms. Filtration methods provide on‐site treatment of stormwater runoff. The runoff filters through the mulch and prepared soil mix before it’s collected in a underdrain. An infiltration trench is a rock‐filled trench with no outlet that receives stormwater runoff. Porous pavement replaces traditional pavement, allowing parking lot stormwater to infiltrate directly. Low Impact Development (LID) and Green Infrastructure techniques can be employed to control stormwater runoff in Hudson County, utilizing engineered or natural systems to mimic natural processes and predevelopment conditions. Many strategies use soils and vegetation to infiltrate, evapo‐transpirate and/or recycle runoff. Other strategies focus on site design to produce a variety of environmental benefits. OUR FOCUSES LANDACQUISITIONS PLANNING STUDIES PRESERVATION RECREATION FUNDING MORE PROJECTS The Census is this country’s tool to count each and every resident. It represents the very foundation of our electoral process, informing how election districts are drawn along with how much and where federal dollars are spent. A complete and accurate count in the 2020 Census is critical for Hudson County. New Jersey receives ~$2,000 per capital in federal funds for programs tied to the Census. Without the Census, we would not be able to properly plan for our current and, most importantly, our future needs. The “John F. Kennedy Boulevard Safety Corridor Study” is a year-long strategic examination of safety issues affecting John F. Kennedy Boulevard. The study will result in a plan which analyzes these issues and will include a set of recommendations for reducing traffic and pedestrian incidents along the Boulevard. The study has a fundamental goal to safely accommodate all users of the road, including automobiles, public transportation, bicyclists, and pedestrians. The Division of Planning compiled a list of projects that were approved by the Planning Board, and evaluated them based on site selection, site design and proposed green infrastructure practices from a number of sources including the American Planning Association, The U.S. Green Building Council, NJ Future, the New Jersey Builders Association, the Rutgers New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station, Smart Growth America, and the U.S E.P.A. The Hudson County Division of Planning awarded the High Tech High School the Smart Growth Bronze Award. This report seeks to highlight all initiatives taken by Hudson County municipalities and other state departments in the development of a walkway or greenway along the Hackensack River through the review of the various master plans. The goal is to provide recreational and park facilities that are accessible to all residents while encouraging development near the waterfront. It’s important to preserve a sufficient amount of open space for current and future public recreational use and for the conservation of natural resources important to protecting New Jersey’s biodiversity.