Robert Byrne, City Clerk Sean J. Gallagher, Deputy City Clerk Tolonda Griffin Ross, Deputy City Clerk CITY OF JERSEY CITY Office of the City Clerk 280 Grove Street Jersey City, New Jersey 07302 201-547-5150 FAX: 201-54?-5461 Januaiy 13, 2014 Re: New Jersey Open Public Records Act Request Dear Requester, The City of Jersey City received your Open Public Records Act request. In response to this request, please see the attached documents. For your convenience, below is a brief index of the documents provided. Please note, emails, phone numbers and identifying URL's have been redacted from these documents. Text message from Bill Stepien dated May 15, 2013; Text message from Bill Stepien dated July 12, 2013; Email chain dated June 27, 2013; Email chain dated June 27, 2013; Email chain dated July 12, 2013; Email chain dated July 12, 2013; Email dated July 16, 2013 (portions non--responsive to this request have been redacted); Email chain dated July 16, 2013 (portions non-responsive to this request have been redacted); Email dated July 18, 2013; Email dated July 19, 2013; Email dated July 22, 2013; Email chain dated July 26, 2013; Email dated August 1, 2013; Email dated August 18, 2013; Email chain dated September 19, 2013 (portions non-responsive to this request have been redacted); Email chain dated December 18, 2013; Email dated January 8, 2014 (portions non-responsive to this request have been redacted); Letter dated October 29, 2013. Thank you. CITY CLERK Robert Byrne LTE 11:35 AM >9 74% Back'(13) Bill Contact Wed, may 15, 251 8' pm' Needless to say, congratulations on a tremendous job. I know the Governor reached out last night to relay his own congratulations. Let me know if we can help set up any meetings for you in Trenton as you enter transition with relevant commissioners, agency heads, etc. AM on>> LTE Back (13) 11:34 AM (R) >3 74% Bill Contact tmesiijgtm IT l- I know the Gov is sending quite a contingent of his Cabinet up to you on the 23rd. Let us know how we can continue to work closely together. 1 Delivered Page I of 8 Subject: RE: Mayofs Day Bridget To:. steven.m.fulop" . A Go: wan'; mui1ammedaki-- . Date: Thursday, Jude me 3:20 PM . Sorry! hit "send" too soon. If there seems to be any Department missing, we cantexiainly try to edd or schedule another lime. Those below seere to be within the confines of what the Fulop Administration will need in ihe beginning months of the term. Lei me know if you have any questions. We will have staff from the Governor's offioe jhere as well. My best, Biidget . ou--o From: Bridget Kelly . Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2013 3:08 PM To: 'Steven Fulop' Cc: This email has been scanned by the Symantee Email Seourityeloud service. For more information please visit antecc1oud.com THIS E--MAIL AND ANY ATTACHMENTS CONTAIN INFORMATION FROM THE PORT AUTHORITY OF NEW YORK KND NEW JERSEY AND AFFILIATES. IF YOU BELIEVE YOU RECEIVED THIS IN ERROR, PLEASE NOTIFY THE PERMANENTLY DELETE THIS WITH AND DESTROY ANY PRINTOUTS. Steve Fulop From: Steve Fulopv Sent: Wednesday, December '18, 2013 10:30 PM To: Deborah L. Gramiccionl Cc: Nancy Warlikowski Subject: Re: Meeting Request. Thanks deb. That is really great to hear. I have CCed nanoy who keeps my schedule and she can coordinate, Steven M. Fulop Mayor Jersey City, New Jersey I wrote: On Dec 18, 2013, at 10:29 PM, "Deborah L. Granriccioni" 4 Hello sir, i - Many thanks. I welcome the opportunity to meet with you to discuss these very important issues. My first official day at the Port is the 30th, but I will be back and forth over the next several days. If you wish to send along some proposed dates, we certainly can work something out. I lo ok forward to meeting you in person. All thebest, Deb On Dec 13, 2013, at 7:48 PM, "Steve Fulop" Dear Director Grarniccioni: Congratulations on your recent appointment to serye as the Deputy Executive Director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. I am confident the interests of New Jerseyresidents and businesses will be well-served during your tenure. As you transition to your new role, I would like to request a nreeting with you to discuss a variety of issues involving the Port Authority and Jersey City. Primarily, I would like to talk about how the Port Authority can improve its relationship with important host cities, like Jersey City. Our primary concerns are 1) the impact on Jersey City resulting fiorn the Port Authority's interpretation of its agreements; 2) the properties the Port Authority owns in Jersey City with no PILOT agreements; and 3) the substantial impact of Port Authority operations on the environment and irrfrastruoture of Jersey City. I am sure there will be issues you would like to discuss as well. I look forward to working with you and to meeting in the near future. Please let me know of your earliest availability. Sincerely, Steven Steven M. Fulop Mayor Jersey City, New Jersey fifis email has been scanned by the Symantee Email Security.c1oud service. For more information please visit - Page-1 of2 Gmail - Requests 9 tv {Ines la? 1' Steven Fulop Requests Nancy War1ikows fro: Steven Fuiop Steven, Bob had asked me setup a meeting with Ms. Deb Gramiccioni, the new Port Authority Deputy Executive - Director. I have made many attempts but I'm not getiing anywhere on this. Do you want me to still pursue wed; Jan 3, 2014 at 5:57 PM this? . . 1 iiancy Wariikowski Aide to Mayor Steven ulop City Hall 280 Grove Street 1/10/2014 -u-up-u Gmail Requests P333 2 0f-2 Jersey City, NJ 07302 in 1/10/2014 OF JERSEY oraoe or THE MAYOR om' HALL 280 oaows STREET 1 JERSEY cm, 0733.02 P: 303. 547 5500 F: 201 547 54 42 STEVEN ea. FULOP . Steven M. - October 29,2013 Mr. Patrick I. Foye Executive Director Mr. Bill Baroni Deputy Executive Director The PortAuthority of New York and Newlersey 225 Park Avenue South . New York, New York 10003 Dear Mr. Foye and Mr. Baroni: As the Mayor of the City of Iersey City ["]ersey City" or' the I write in hopes of facilitating a resolution to the numerous outstanding issues between your agency and jersey 'City. as you are aware, the Port Authority owns and operates nurnerous facilities throughout Jersey City, many of which are integral to the operations of PATH, the Port Authority Police Department, and several other Port Authority departments. It is our View that the Port Authority has, in several respects, caused undue economic harm to Iersey City and we wish to discuss reasonable options that address this economic harm that work for both Jersey City and the Port: Authority. For example, several years ago, your agency acquired 'the office -building at Two Montgomery Street and the Global Terminal Properties. To date, despite numerous requests by the prior mayoral administration to do so, your agency has failed to pay any property taxes on either of these properties as well as on several smaller properties throughout the City. Your agency has done this without any Justification, and without any regard to the significant effects of these actions on lersey City. Furtliermore, your agency has used 236 Provost Street, which is owned by the City, as a Port Authority. parking lot, also without justification. Finally, the City also seeks to reengage your agency in negotiating and preparing a Host Fee I Agreement for the Greenville Yards facility, which will receive and transfer municipal garbage from the City of New York and consequently will impose a significant burden on the Citys infrastructure. - -- The Port Authority simply cannot continue to ignore its obligations to pay property taxes to Jersey City, and jersey City simply cannot ignore the fact that the Port Authority has refused to fulfill its obligations to pay taxes on these properties to the City. Furthermore, your agency has left IERSEYCI i'fliJ.GOV entirely unaddressed the impact of the Greenville Yards facility on Iersey City and the City's limited resources. We would also like to discuss the economic impact of the Port Autho1'ity's PILOT payments and the failure of the Port Authority to satisfy a' basic obligation to not cause economic harm to the municipalities in which it operates 'Port Authority facilities. - Therefore, please consider this letter my final good faith attempt to engage your agency in discussions regarding these outstanding issues. To that end, please reach out to my office within seven days of yoiir receipt of this letter to confirm your agency's willingness to discuss a resolution to "the issues outlined above. SMF/jtw cc: "]ererny Farrell, Corp oration Counsel