[Music] [Music] I would like to advise all those present that notice of this regular meeting of the municipal Council of the city of Bayon for February 19th
2025 has been provided to the public in accordance with the provisions of the open public meetings Act of the state of New Jersey notice of time and place of the meeting has been included in the annual notice of meetings which was posted and filed with the city clerk and with the Jersey journal and the Star
Ledger an additional notice of time and place was posted and file with the city clerk and was forwarded to The Star Ledger and Bergen Record by fax and regular mail on February 14 2025 the regular meeting of the municipal council is now in session miss
Dina please call the role Mr Booker here Mr Carol here Mr Perez here miss weer is absent Mr laaloa here please rise for the pledge of allegiance iedge alance to the flag of the United States of America and to the
Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all our first item is a refunding bond ordinance of the city of Bayon in the county of Hudson state of New Jersey providing for refunding of all and a
portion of the city's General obligation refunding bonds and school refunding bonds dated June 10th 2015th appropriating a combined amount not to exceed $2,700,000 therefore and authorizing the issuance of not to exceed $22,700 th000 combined
amount of the general obligation refunding bonds and School refunding bonds of the city of Bayon for financing the cost thereof it was introduced and passed the first reading at the meeting held January 22nd was published in the Jersey journal and posted on the bulletin boards required by law with
notice that it would be further considered for final passage following a public hearing at this meeting of February 19th is now before the council for its consideration and the public hearing and a resolution moved by the council president given the ordinance second reading Mr Carol will you
second on the resolution Mr Booker hi Mr Carol hi Mr Perez hi Miss weer I mean Miss weer is absent Mr laalo hi second reading is by title a refunding bond ordinance of the city of Bayon in the county of Hudson state of New Jersey providing for the refunding of all or a
portion of the city's General obligation refunding bonds and school refunding bonds dated June 10th 2015 appropriating a combined amount not to exceed $2,700,000 therefore and authorizing the issuance of not to exceed $2,700,000
combined amount of the general obligation refunding bonds and the school refunding bonds of the city of B for financing the cost thereof the council is now ready to give all persons interested in this ordinance an opportunity heard concerning it the council president will recognize anyone
who wishes to speak no protest against objections to or statements in favor of this ordinance or its passage has been filed with me may have a motion Tove second and on the motion to close Mr Booker hi Mr Carrol
hi Mr Perez hi Mr laaloa hi and resolution ordering final passage moov second and on that resolution Mr Booker hi Mr Carol hi Mr Perez hi Mr laaloa hi 02 is an ordinance of the city of Bon
County of Hudson New Jersey adopting the Redevelopment plan for the property located at 1012 d1022 Avenue C which is identified as block lock 6 64 Lots 2 and three as shown on the official tax map of the city of the city pursuing to the local
Redevelopment Housing law which was introduced and passed the first reading at the meeting held January 22nd was published in the Jersey journal and posted on the bulletin borders required by law with notice that it would be further considered for final passage following a public hearing at this meeting of February 19th is now before
the council for its consideration and the public hearing and a resolution given the ordinate second reading is moved by council member Booker Mr Perez will you second second on the resolution Mr Booker hi Mr Carol Mr Perez hi Mr laalo hi second reading is by title and
ordinance of the city of B County of Hudson New Jersey adopting a Redevelopment plan for the property located at 1012 d1022 Avenue C which is identified as block 64 Lots 2 and three as shown on the official tax map of the city pursuing to the local Redevelopment and Housing law the council is now ready
to give all persons interested in this ordinance an opportunity to be heard concerning the council president will recognize anyone who wishes to speak Miss Renee please state your name and your
address yes this Redevelopment of the synagogue at 10222 Avenue C so my name is Renee Sho oi I was a longtime professor of
Arts culture and media r University and on the faculty of teachers college at Columbia in New York and I'm currently an educational consultant I live in Manhattan but I
grew up in beo my parents Eli and Maran chero and my grandparents mana and Abraham chero owned a hardware and Hare store that was well known in Bon on 50th Street and Broadway 107 in Broadway to
be exact the store was in business from 1923 to 1985 they were here in B own 65 years neighbors customers and salesmen pervaded my childhood as a part of the operation of the
store and some of your grandparents or parents may remember the store I attended haris man School in Bon high school and the synagogue in which my family found its home was ohav Shalom the Uptown synagogue which is currently
planned to be demolished I hope you will bear with me for a few minutes I want to Bear witness to this synagogue um and its place in the history of bom and make a suggestion about its
venue in the time of the 1950s and 60s there were several synagogues in Deon and a thriving Jewish community Center the Uptown synagogue was the elegantly built Orthodox synagogue directly across the street from the beautiful Campus of
St Vincent's church on Avenue SE the the synagogue was a swirling Hub of Life filled with people like my grandparents who were immigrants from the Ukraine by the way some from persecution some immigrants to make a
new life some who had in Holocaust concentration camps but all who had a zest for life and a strong faith that was celebrated in beautiful cantoral song and also a ritic family the dendel
Stein that led it with kindness and commitment for many many years ohav Shalom the name means love of Peace in Hebrew and for just a few minutes I'd like you to imagine it as it was then
the original building was constructed in 1915 at a cost of $35,000 with the school to follow in 1928 according to an article that veteran bong reporter Al Sullivan wrote about the plans for redevelopment in
2023 at this juncture then the buug is 110 years old but here is the picture I have in my mind's eye there are gracious Steps From the street to the entrance doors on both sides of the building with
a curving fence that protects the facade once inside there's another set of steps covered in carpeting for the women who sit upstairs in the sanctuary away from the men there are pews the men are on
the bottom floor there are pews facing the ark the place where the Torah the Jewish sacred book is housed velvet covering with small silver crowns that are taken off when it is being read
There are stained glass windows honoring members of the congregation including a window that I think is still there in honor of my grandparents the rabbi and the president of the congregation sit on chairs on what is called the beima the
beas like this it's a raised platform higher than the pews it's where the can and where the congregation may be called up for blessings everyone wears a head covering a yam for men or a lace kief or
a hat for women it's best of its ancient it's meant for special respect to God technically the women above are supposed to sit behind a curtain that can be moved back and forth so the women and men will not be distracted by each other
but I'm happy to tell you no one alom obeyed the rule of the mizza the curtains and you could look down and wave at your father I a boy you knew from school and watch all the holy and fested events unfolding below there was
something also that the women had very close to them from above it was symbolic and exquisite the ceiling of the building it was painted turquoise and gold and on it was a depiction of all
the astrological signs of the zodiac with their concominant symbols a bow for Taurus a crab for cancer a lion for Leo and so on it was a beautiful array of the heavens that Shone down on the synagogue goers a
watchful reminder that heaven and earth were meeting in this place I have many stories to tell about the synagogue and I'm writing a few of them long essay uh about oh Shalom and its meaning how for
example some of the older women some in the fur coats of yester year used to have smelling salts so they wouldn't faint on a fast day or how the members of the congregation would make special contributions by raising their hands and
as if at an auction and their names that be called out what do you B Mr pashelinsky I don't know you know the as Linsky also a b long time name and the rabbits and the W the rabbi's wife would
follow him intely when he was speaking and I am sure she gave him hand signals about what to do and how the Canter's wife Sylvia would bang the rim of the balcony when her beloved husband Kel would sing
solo sh still she would say be quiet be quiet syvia and H were both Holocaust Survivors they met after their families had both been killed they loved each other fiercely and they prayed with
equal intensity so why am I telling you this as a little girl I felt that intensity there was magic in the shore I don't think I knew how to
express it then the glow of the ceiling my family grandmother mother and sister above grandfather and father below I even had my sweet stick Ste party in one of the sho's common rooms for
refreshment the Sho mattered to me and it still does it lives vividly in memory and that's why I came from Manhattan today where I live now to ask you to honor this piece of Rich history of B
own and that beautiful sacred place that was left to fall into ruin for over 20 years I am not an architect nor am I able unfortunately to offer you funds to restore the
sh it could be done if there were a purpose to save a building that is unique and that may even fall under the provisions of the Bon historic preservation commission whose requirements I have researched in in my
vision OHA Shalom could be a meeting Center for Community Gatherings or even more special in my view it could be restored as a community theater for Bon since I've also researched and been delighted by the Revival of Arts in this
city the balcony the beima the pews could be made into a wonderful site for performances dance music plays and perhaps student classes and recital it has infinite potential with imaginative
leadership I urge you to reconsider the beauty of this historic building not the shell it is now and Revitalize it for a beautiful Bon going forward and for historical reasons as well another
nondescript housing project does not do the site Justice if you will forgive me for saying so what I do think is that the property next door to the actual synagogue itself and its land could be
torn down there was nothing architecturally distinctive and I went today to be sure that my memory was was right and I walked around and I looked everywhere and had my memory overlaid with what exists today and there's
nothing there's a lot of land and there is a building to the side of the beautiful synagogue I just described that is it seems to me able to be used for housing um but if it were connected
in some way to the original okab Shalom building that would be a memorable piece of architecture that could endure for years as a unified development of old and new so thank you so much for listening to my reminiscences of a time
that gone and a place but not forgotten I hope I've been able to transmit a bit of the sense of potential to you there is a historic church on the upper west side of Manhattan where I live near my apartment that was built in
the 1890s that was going to be sold and torn down exactly like this plan in a way that was going to tear down an incredible architectural church that had Fall Fallen into dis
repair actors like Matt Damon Mark Ruffalo and others in the neighborhood and a dedicated band of volunteers artists and community members are bringing it back to life in the most wonderful way I could see a future for this like this for ohab Shalom if the
Bon artistic Community can Envision the creative possibilities for the next generation and The Next Century last sentence if this is too then I hope there will be ways to be discussed to honor this site with a
plaque of some sort which would either incorporate some of the physical elements of the synagogue or describe its significance in a important period of time so thank you so much for listening thank
you so just to answer some of your comments uh Mrs chro um normally this would go to the planning board first and if you wanted a historical status it would start there and then they would pass their recommendation on
to us and we listen to them even though we have the final say here at the city council these there's also the fact that this has been purchased already it's been talked about the planning board has already uh pretty much heard this plan
already for the whole property and a lack parking might be an issue up on Avenue SE as well and I I know we talked before and I told you I live a couple blocks away we may be able to do something with uh a historical status for it maybe with
a sign or something of that nature um I can discuss that with my colleagues and see what we could come up with maybe um we could do a by line on the street sign or something of that nature so I I'll look into that I can't promise you something that something will happen
have to discuss but uh I know that the council and the mayor are usually um we we like preserving our history in Bon even though we know we have to welcome change sometimes uh I think that we usually would like to incorporate our
history um both myself the council colleagues my my friend here Jay we know each other for years and we're always reminiscent about different things I remember the store that your parent had I think I told you the story as a little kid uh I didn't even have enough money
to buy a picture from my mother for Mother's Day and I think it was your mother that probably said oh that's okay and uh and even the synagogue I worked next door to the synagogue in the pharmacy that was there for years for Meer Israel and uh they used to come and
get him and bring him into the sh when they needed a minion I think like you said um so we will definitely look into this I will not let this go without um scrutinizing it and see if we can at least get some sort of memorialization or plaque or something or even the
street sign for that yes Mr Booker yes real quick uh I just want to say thank you I have to stop saying uh real quick thank you for that trip down memory lane uh I agree with the council president uh we definitely want to preserve our history and beond uh as you were speaking I I
sat here and I thought there's some way that we can uh honor the memory of the temple and you came up with the last idea of a plaque or something so I'm in favor of without a doubt to do my best to help that we can do a plaque or something to
to keep the memory of it and as you were sitting there speaking so finally I I kind of I can remember some of the things that you were talking about so thank you for that story and uh we'll do everything we can anyone else on O2
no protest Mr state your name and address please for the record across.org 501c3 here in New Jersey here in B fighting for disability rights um that building was in our diarama address oh 213 Avenue B and that
that building really um amazes me because I remember from my my childhood and it's in our diarama that we use to to get the light to help to get the light on there and uh it always intrigued me that building there's a a church out there called Liquid Church I don't know if it's too late to save this
building but Liquid Church goes all over they have seven buildings in New Jersey and they took over one in Princeton that was a failing Church um you might want to reach out to Liquid Church to see if they want to take over that building because they could do a lot with that building and offer all the things that you're having like a a party space and
all that they have all that they they do all those kinds of things it would be a great option um I love that building and I I don't want to see it turned out we're we're just that it's it's kind of late in the process it is yeah I'm late to party okay that's the issue because somebody else owns it even a PL would
love to say yeah we're going to put a plaque but somebody owns that property and I don't know if the plaque would go but we have the city street so that might be the option to go with something that we can control so so yeah
the issue the issue here about it being late is that there's been thousands of dollars spent on reports and engineering and blueprints and things like that so I can't answer for those people who have spent that money and the synagogue that
was there for many years negotiated that with somebody so that's the reason why I would say it's a little late in the process Mr Skil do you want to add something sure so um I think we didn't ask uh you know kind of SAR other Redevelopment plans and buildings are
like uh done for wood you know plaque for the high you know in the lobby or something you can put that in the planning report when it comes in for side plan there'll be a you know plaque for yeah we can do that maybe something
with a picture or something make that's the thank you Mr SK that's church is looking for a place in Hudson County if any churches close or need help they they're looking for a spot so okay thank you thank Youk you anyone
else no protest against objections to or statements in favor of this ordinance or its passage has been filed with me may have a motion to close move it on that motion to close Mr Booker hi Mr Carrol Mr Perez Mr laaloa hi and a
resolution ordering final pass second I on a resolution Mr Booker Mr Carol uh I vote no I asked at the last meeting for our director to speak with me about this and several other uh items on the agenda I wasn't contacted in 30
days so I don't think I should vote for it in good conscience also uh Mr alir you spoke so eloquently and delivered your comments so well I agree entirely and um especially when you mention the
uh the meaning of the synagogue love and peace and I think maybe we've kind of systematically abandoned both principles with respect to development and how we should be looking after and making sure some of these places that are getting
built include as I've said many times Workforce housing some working people are in the audience here tonight and it would be nice to have places where they can live and work in the same community at a reasonable rate I wanted that included in this I didn't get a chance
to speak with our director ctor um but I just I was touched by what you said as well so I'm I'm very glad you came tonight I appreciate what you said uh going forward though you know yes we should absolutely be making meeting places community centers theaters and
God help us parking open air parking lots uh a priority for our planning and zoning department and I hope that I hope that eventually becomes the case Mr Perez hi
Mr laaloa I the ordinance passed 03 is an ordinance of the minicipal Council of the city of Bayon County of Hudson New Jersey vacating a portion of Avenue I more particularly described in exhibit a attached here to
pursuant to in accordance with njsa 40 col 67-1 etac which was introduced and pass the first reading at the meeting held January 22nd was published in the Jersey journal and posted on the bulletin boards required by law with notice that it would be further considered for final passage following a
public hearing at this meeting of February 19th 2025 is now before the council for its consideration and a public hearing and a resolution moved by council member Perez given the ordinance second reading Mr laaloa will you second second on the resolution Mr Booker hi Mr
Carrol Mr Perez hi Mr laaloa hi second reading is by title and ordinance of the municipal Council of the city of B County of Hudson New Jersey vacating a portion of Avenue I particularly described in exhibit a attached here to presumed to and in accordance with njsa
40 colon 67 point-1 ATAC the council is now ready to give all persons interested in this ordinance an opportunity to be heard concerning it the council president will recognize anyone who wishes to speak no protest against objections to or statements in favor of this ordinance
or its passage has been filed with me may have a motion to close close move on a motion to close Mr Booker Mr Carrol Mr Perez I Mr laaloa I and a resolution ordering final passage
second on the resolution Mr Booker I Mr Carol I Mr Perez I Mr laaloa I 04 is an ordinance amending and supplementing to revised General ordinances of the city of Bay on chapter 7 Property Maintenance which was
introduced and pass the first reading at the meeting held January 22nd was published in the Jersey journal and posted on the bulletin boards required by law with notice that it would be further considered for final passage following a public hearing at this meeting of February 19th is now before the council for its consideration and a
public hearing and a resolution moved by the council president given the ordinance second reading Mr Booker will you second second honor resolution Mr Booker Mr Carrol hi Mr perz Mr laaloa hi second reading is by title an ordinance amending and supplementing the revised
General ordinances of the city of Bay on chapter 17 Property Maintenance the council is now ready to give all persons interested in this ordinance and opportunity to be heard concerning it the council president will recognize anyone who wishes to speak no protests against objections to
or statements in favor of this ordinance or its passage has been filed with me may I have a motion to close move it second I on a motion to close Mr Booker hi Mr Carol Mr Perez hi Mr laaloa hi and a resolution ordering final pass
second and on that resolution Mr Booker hi Mr Carol hi Mr Perez hi Mr Lalo hi 05 is an ordinance amending and supplementing the revised General ordinances of the city of Bay on chapter 7 traffic which was introduced and past the first reading at the meeting held
January 22nd was published in the Jersey journal and posted on the bulletin boards required by law with notice that would be further considered for a final passage following a public hearing at this meeting at this meeting of February 19th is now before the council for's consideration and a public hearing and a
resolution moved by council member Booker given the ordinance second reading Miss to like the second second and on that resolution Mr Booker hi Mr Carrol hi Mr Perez hi Mr laaloa hi second reading is by title an ordinance
amending and supplementing the revised General es of the city of Bay on chapter 7 traffic the council is now ready to have all persons interested in this ordinance and opportunity to be heard concerning it the council president will recognize anyone who wishes to
speak no protest against objections to or statements in favor of this ordinance or its passage has been filed with me may have a motion to close move on the motion to close Mr Booker Mr hi Mr Perez hi Mr laaloa hi and a
resolution ordering final passage second on that resolution Mr Booker hi Mr Carol hi Mr Perez hi Mr laaloa hi 06 is an ordinance amending and supplementing the revised General
ordinances of the city of bay chapter 7 traffic which was introduced and pass the first reading at the meeting held January 22nd was published in the Jersey Journal and was posted on the bulletin boards required by law with notice that it would be further considered for final passage following the public hearing at
this meeting of February 19th is now before the council for its consideration and a public hearing and a resolution moved by the council president given the ordinance second reading Mr Perez will you second second on that resolution Mr Booker I Mr Carol I Mr Perez I Mr laaloa
I second reading is by title an ordinance amending and supplementing the revised General ordinances of the city of B chapter 7 traffic the council is now ready to give all persons interested in this ordinance an opportunity to be heard concerning it the council president will recognize anyone who wishes to
speak no protest against objections to or statements in favor of this ordinance has been passed has been filed with me may I have a motion to close want a motion to close Mr Booker hi Mr Carol hi Mr Perez hi Mr laalo hi
and a resolution ordering final passage move it and second second and on the resolution Mr Booker I Mr Carl hi Mr Perez hi Mr laaloa hi first speaker is Mr Grimes
Edward Lefty Grimes I'm with sativ across.org we 51 C3 here in New Jersey fighting for disability rights Canabis patients rights we're here in B 213 Avenue B uh my dad was in Vietnam I don't talk about this much my dad was in Vietnam he
came home from Vietnam with PTSD he was in prison in Vietnam came home from Vietnam a PTSD got Spit On by people and then uh tried to kill himself by shooting himself in the head and he wind up in a wheelchair so the reason why you see me fighting for disability rights and disabled vets because all my boxes
are checked of my dad all those boxes have been checked off unfortunately so I I saw what he went through and uh pretty much lost my dad for that period so uh I fight for disabl people and it's uh it's a very tenacious and I'm kind of a jerk sometimes I agree but uh try to be
better about it uh one of the things I'm fighting for uh I'm an expert on Zoom meetings during co uh when we had all Zoom meetings I've been to probably 500 meetings Council meetings since covid I've been to five meetings in one week uh one day sorry five meetings in one day there was one
time where I had uh three meetings on my computer desk at the same time it was like a sports bar for Council meetings it was good times uh most councils use zoom most councils use zoom most use uh
uh Google Microsoft they've used that Bon was the only town that used I think was called tap tap to talk I think that it was some weird that it worked but I didn't really like it but it did work I don't know if that was the problem so one things one of the things I fight for
is for disability rights for people that can't make these meetings homebound people people in wheelchairs people under their Death Beds people at are home that that have cancer sick people from what I understand you have a problem in this building with with with uh interference and I see that uh I
worked for Bell labs for 21 years I retired from Bell Labs I ran all the counsil the U the auditoriums all the U the conference planning uh I troubleshooted the whole Bells Building I was very good at my job and unfortunately I got injured and I
couldn't work anymore uh I would like to for free offer my services to to this this situation here and it would probably take me a day to troubleshoot what's wrong you might need a wire or two you don't need microphones you you don't need cameras you have all that stuff that stuff doesn't break you might need a couple of mics you might need a
land line or ethernet cable and a router in here but it's stuff that could be easily fixed not for a lot of money do wants to spend 80 grand on their on their stuff and I'm like no I'll do it for free I'm I'm offer the same thing to do because these are issues that affect Disabled Vets they affect a lot of
people they affect uh blind people there's blind people that can't make this meeting because it's just not easy to get here for a blind person so if we had these meetings online like we had during Co it would be very helpful and um that that was my one issue um my
second issue is the 49th and and Broadway there was a man that tripped over the sign uh stop pedestrian sign because it was a sign that it's a designed to break apart it's made but when you hit it it comes in two pieces so you have the rubber base on the ground and the sign floating around
there's been times where I've driven down Broadway last year three times I pulled over and saw that sign broken I went and I fixed fix it I've seen the hot dog ladies fix it a few times I've seen pedestrians fix that sign the the sign needs to be there because it makes the intersection safer
uh it it definitely makes it safer it makes it safer for me as I know I'm I'm there all the time they have better signs they have signs that are Springs it's a spring that goes on the base it's with six bolts on the base it's not coming apart easy and uh that would
probably solve the problem you could probably put them on Avenue B because you have the same issue for live ility on Avenue B you have two signs on Avenue B have on Avenue A so all those sign the same type of sign on 39th Street same same they come apart they're designed so if you put those springloaded signs
they're they they they will come apart and hit by a truck 20 times but not easily and it would solve the problem to make that intersection safer is very important to me because I'm I'm hoping we get that light there sooner than later even even a blinking light would be helpful or a speed bump a speed bump on on 4 because people they they don't
even pay attention to the stop sign they come right down 49th and they go right through that's what causes all the accidents you saw last year people just fly through 49th so um if we can get the sign back there or put the sign on the tree like you done on Avenue Ian 39th they put the sign on the tree there's no
tree or whatever the the pole the pole we could put a pole so yeah whatever helps but it makes the intersection saf it really does than Tommy is there a different alternative sign that you have we've had the spring signs before they
do last a little bit longer but eventually they they break too because they get I I spoke to Mr Grimes about possibly what we did down on Fourth and a way with the blinking sign for pedestrians you hit the button it lights
up it gives early warning for you know halfway down the block from Broadway so cars would see the flashing lights and we could probably do that intersection for probably under $60,000 ver you know 300 S to like what they
have with the light rail is that what you mean like on Avenue no it's 35th in avue similar to what's by wash hounds um across from Wendy uh is that b king or I don't whoever I'm promoting
right now um on uh East 22nd Street as you're going down towards IMT is that crosswalk there it's the flashing light you hit the button it lights up it warns the cars that someone's going to be crossing the street and then it gives you enough time to cross the street you'll cross the
street and then the light will shut off so anytime a pedestrian is going to cross the street it's going to Blink you're G to see it we did it down on Avenue A and it it works great down there anytime anyone's Crossing down there and it gives you an early warning sign also I'll take a look I think it's
similar to the one by the Light Rail on 34th Street um where has oh no the light rail one is is bigger that cost us that was $210,000 this has yellow blinking lights also Bes no these are small it's it's
just like a regular pedestrian Crossing but it lights up okay and they're very visible I mean I'll I'll take a look at it and we'll discuss it it doesn't require a lot of work um as far as you know running wire and everything else
how long of a process would that be to get take us a couple months it's just a matter of getting material okay you know it's an option we could look at I can get you all the figures on that I'll take a look at it and the one downtown I think if it's something we can afford
next month we'll try and get it on okay I just got it from the CFO who's paying for that did you kick him under the table is that it okay cut something else all right right thank you meline next okay
there's no other speakers okay uh 07 is an ordinance up for introduction it is a bond ordinance providing for the lead service line replacement project in and by the city of Bayon in the county of Hudson New Jersey appropriating $13 million therefore and authorizing the
issuance of $13 million bonds or notes of the city to finance the cost thereof and the resolution moved by council member Perez fixing Wednesday March March 19th at 6 and adore the E Harrington council chambers as a time and place for a public hearing and final
passage who'd like the second uh mine can we do this on a on a hole and also I'd like to ask Mr Nichols to come up and just give a little overview of what this is because I think the public will really really like this uh and I think
uh nobody can give a more eloquent uh speech about this to Mr Nicholls what this is' mandated State replace all the lines in our system in the distribu system are
lines but the lines between Mains and the house know for 22 of them are at the house level approximately 8,000
don't know for about 10,000 we don't know between the curb and the main if they're right or not so this this program we have we have eight years remaining to replace all the lead lines in the city what what we're going to do
is uh this is the first phase of it uh and we're borrowing the money this money will be a loan from the New Jersey I Bank press fund there's loan forgiveness between 50 and 80% uh
so we're saving money there and plus when this ultimately we ultimately have to make payments on this that will be done as a pass through on the utility rates so what the the people that have le lines what they're getting is they're
getting their line replaced okay U and that could be you know between s and $15,000 so that's no cost to them and then the people that have may have copper lines at their
meter but there may be a lead line in the street we're going to investigate all of those uh we're going to a test fit on all those lines and if they're L replace them so the system by the end of the 8year period and we're hoping for a
lot sooner maybe five years will be led free that's that's the thank you can you just stay there for one moment until we're going to vote but then I have something else I want to add okay so on that introduction Mr Booker hi Mr Carol
hi Mr Perez hi Mr laaloa hi okay we're going out of order and we're going to take ad three which is in honor of Mr Nichols so Joe uh I'm going to let Mr Coffee speak
first on his resolution and then I'll do mine after so we we have a resolution about this show it says whereas Joseph G Nichols Esquire spent the better part of his adult life in the service of the city of Bome and whereas in 1994 Joseph G Nichols Esquire after having helped
engineer surprise victory for lonard p Heek in that Year's mayoral election began his service of the city of bom when he was appointed as the city's law director and whereas Joseph G Nichols served as the city's law director until July 1st 2000 when he was
appointed as a city's tax assessor and whereas Joseph G Nichols Esquire also served as general legal counsel to the B Municipal Utilities Authority and was appointed as the executive director of the B local Redevelopment Authority on May 15 2008 and served for two years in
that position all the while remaining the city's tax assessor a position he retired from on June 30 2019 correct me if I'm wrong on any of these show whereas after leaving the public sector Joseph G Nichols Esquire continued to represent the interests of
Bon in his capacity as an attorney for the firm of McManaman Scotland and Balman LLC as special legal council focusing on matters attended to our water and sewer services and whereas there have been there have not been many if any civil servant servants whose
breadth depth and length of service rival that of Joseph G Nichols Esquire and where it has come it has come to the municipal council's attention that Joseph G Nichols Esquire is stepping down as special legal council on March 1st 2025 and that this evening may be his final
appearance before this body and whereas this Municipal Council would be remiss if it did not take this opportunity to thank Joseph G Nichols a proud son of Bon for his years of service his wonderful guidance and his much valued friendship over the past three decades and to thank his wonderful wife Kathy
for sharing him with us during this entire time now therefore be it resolved that the municipal Council of the city of Bon on behalf of the of the Davis Administration and the residents of the city of Bon hereby recognizes Joseph G Nichols Esquire for all that he has done for the city of Bon confirms that the
city of Bon is a much better place as a result of all the hard work and dedication exhibited by Joseph G Nichols over the past 30 years or so and thanks both Joseph G Nichols and Kathy Nichols for being an important part of the B Municipal family
Joe don't go anywhere yet so Joe we also have a a municipal Council Citation for your 30 wonderful years of dedication and service to the city of Bon and on behalf of the citizens of the city of Bayon accommodations and praise to you I
wanted to tell a little story about how dedicated Joe is okay all right J wants to do to proc with a proclamation from the mayor before Gary Regals you with his story is from the mayor uh whereas over the past
six six decades Joseph G Nichols Esquire has served the city of bay as a resident law director tax assessor executive director of the B local Redevelopment Authority special legal council to the Bon Municipal utilties Authority and a special legal counsil to the city of Bon and whereas on July 1st 1994 after first
cutting off his signature ponytail Joseph G Nichols Esquire was appointed as law director of the city of Bon thereby marking the end of his days as a rebel and the start of his days as part of the establishment against which he had railed so strongly for so many years and
whereas by July 2nd 1994 it was quite evident that Joseph Gene nichols's commitment to and love for Bon was exceeded only by that of his intellectual Brilliance and his work ethic and that his appointment would be of great benefit to both him and the City of Bon and whereas nobody could
have predicted that Joseph G Nichols Esquire would spend the great majority of the next 30 years of his professional and personal life trying to make b a better place an Endeavor at which he succeeded beyond all expectations and whereas anybody who spends more than a minute talking to
Joseph G Nichols walks away impressed by his intellect his commitment to task and most importantly his undeniable decency as a human being and whereas however there is nobody on the face of the Earth who has ever asked Joseph G Nichols a question about any topic Under the Sun
and only ended up speaking to him for a minute and whereas Joseph G Nichols has been a genuine friend trusted Confidant and valued advisor to every single person who has worked at City Hall these past 30 years and whereas Joseph G Nichols esquire's retiring as of March
21st March 1st 2025 to spend more time with his wonderful and much smarter wife Kathy to whom we are all grateful because of her willingness to share her husband with us and allow him to do what he loves best served the city of Bon for so long and
whereas Joseph G Nichols needs to know that he has in fact made the city of Bon a better place and he has earned the love trust and admiration of his co-workers and all the people whose lives he has touched these past 30 years now therefore I James M Davis
mayor of the city of Bon hereby Proclaim that in recognition of everything Joseph G Nichols has done on behalf of the city of Bome and his thanks for his tireless and selfless efforts on our Collective behalf that February 20th that's tomorrow you get a full day Joe 2025
shall be known as Joseph G Nichols day in the city of Bon which day shall be accorded all the Pomp and Circumstances it's so richly deserves congratulations Joe so so I got to know Joe as the attorney
for the MUA when I first came on a long time ago in 2006 about 2009 I believe it was you became the lra director and they wanted to have a groundbreaking down the old military
ocean terminal and there was nothing down there when I tell you it was nothing but sand dunes that was it so we were all wondering how we're going to get there because no car could ever make it over that sand so Lo behold I don't know Bronco that was but a Ford Bronco
pulled up and took us over and I swear I was it was one of these trips like this where you were up and down Hills and I think everybody in that Bronco hit their head at least a half a dozen times on the roof that's how steep some of these Hills were but you made it happen and
since then we've seen a lot of development down there and everything and uh I give you Kudos and like Jay said like the proclamation said um there were times where we disagreed maybe but you were very passionate in trying to explain things and I always appreciated
that we've had many conversations over the years even on the phone and um always a very intelligent wellth thought out uh view of the ideas that you had and um I want to congratulate you personally and I'm glad that they used
me as the excuse for you to come here because I know you were like do they really need me to come and they were like well Gary insisted that you come and you came so I appreciate that as well congratulations again
[Applause] we gotten a not talk it's the first time in 34 years I've known him he hasn't spoken wow so on the think you didn't we didn't vote on the
resolution get back in your box stay in your lane so on the recognition of Joseph G Nichols Mr Booker hi Mr Carol hi Mr Perez hi Mr laaloa I do you want to do
add three then also since we I gave him the citation okay and on the proclamation you voted on air three so now you're doing the proclamation Mr Booker hi Mr Carol hi Mr
Perez hi Mr laaloa hi now we are back to the meeting and another ordinance for introduction it is an ordinance of the city of County of Hudson New Jersey adopting the Redevelopment plan for the property located at 28-34 East 22nd Street which is identified as block 212
Lots 30 31 and 32 as shown on the official tax maps of the city pursuing to the local Redevelopment and Housing law and a resolution moved by the council president fixing Wednesday March 19th at 6m in the dth the Harrington council chambers as a time in place for a public hearing and final passes M
Perez will you second second on that resolution Mr Booker I Mr Carol I vote I but director Skiller I'd like to try again before next month I'd like to talk to you I have some concerns about the sidey guard
setbacks now and that Mr Perez hi Mr laaloa hi 09 is an ordinance of the city of Bon County of Hudson New Jersey adopting the Redevelopment plan 415 Agnes Street
which is identified as Block 33 232 l 10 as shown on the official tax map of the city of bam pursuant to the local Redevelopment and Housing law and a resolution removed by the council president fixing Wednesday March 19th at 6 pm and AD door the E Harrington council chambers as a time and place for
public hearing and final passage Mr Perez will you second second on the resolution Mr Booker Mr Carol I Mr Perez hi Mr laaloa I 10 is an ordinance amending and supplementing the revised General
ordinances of the city of bay chapter 7 traffic and a resolution moved by council member Booker fixing Wednesday March 19th at 6 pm and the D the Harrington council chambers as a time and place for public hearing and final passage Mr Perez will your second second on the resolution Mr Booker I Mr Carol I
Mr Perez I Mr laaloa I po 11 is an ordinance of the city of B County of Hudson New Jersey approving the financial agreement buying between the city of Bayon and 111 Avenue F Partners urban renewal LLC for the
propery located at 107-111 Avenue F which is identified as block 456 slot 7 8.01 8.02 8.03 9 and 10 as shown on the official tax map of the city and resolution uh moved by council member
Perez fixing Wednesday March 19th at 6 p.m in the Darth the E Harington council chambers as a time and place for a public hearing and final passage who like the second second on that resolution Mr Booker Mr Carol I but director would you come up
and give some context for 11 12 13 uh uh for 111 Avenue this is the quarter of East 22nd Street and Avenue this is the old abandoned properties that uh had damage from Hurricane Sandy
so the buildings are now down uh there was a Redevelopment plan um approved on that U you know for uh this project specifically on this because of the new flood plane regulations uh the first floor is 30 feet to account for the uh
parking there so uh our financial ANW Financial look at these terms they you know quite frankly thought the building was very inefficient with that regard so um when they understood that it's a you know in the flood plane and you know in order to get out
of apply the new DP RS um you know with the the height requirements for the first floor they understood the terms for it so the terms for this pilot are it is a 25 uh year pilot starting at 10%
uh for 15 years uh and then sliding up from there from years uh 16 uh through 25 at 11% and then on the sliding scale of the taxes otherwise due years uh 16 17 and 18 or 20% of taxes
otherwise due 19 is 40 20 is uh through 22 is 60% otherwise due and 23 to 25 is 80% otherwise for uh sent them up here for
02 uh that is the laundry mat uh site on Avenue we've discussed uh extensively uh this is one of the last requirements um they went in front of the planning board uh they had uh the Redevelopment plan for this this is you know this CS Booker
uh the park that you uh that you so you know talk about all the time passionately about on that so uh again just kind of bring this project home uh for that uh again this is another 25e pilot that uh n Financial has also reviewed for uh
which uh for the development project from years 1 through 15 uh it's at 11% uh you know taxes or sorry 11% of adjusted gross revenue and then years 16 through 25 and 12 uh and then on the
taxes otherwise due from year 16 through 18 20% of tax otherwise do 18 through 21 40% 22 through 2460 and uh 25th year is 80% taxes otherwise bu uh again similar
lent building uh and pilot terms but uh it's not in the flood plane but we do we did get the community give back uh in the Redevelopment agreement for the uh the park Improvement uh to be built to our speack uh at uh 440 Avenue City uh
the I'm going to just skip 03 for a second on that and go to 26 North Street so um NW Financial has also reviewed this uh terms for this um it's similar to what uh the council has approved in the past again we're here pursuing to
the Redevelopment agreement and you know I'll say potential set of an agreement uh for the 22 story Towers bringing that height down to uh 14 stories to the current project so the planning board uh you know did review
that uh uh project uh they did uh vote on it the last thing for the 22 story Towers to uh cease you know to have any legal rights on if the approval of the financial agreement so uh NW Financial
did review the performa on this one um and again the terms that uh are being recommended is a 30-year pilot uh uh from uh you know starting at 10% of uh AGR from years 1 through 10 uh from
years 11 through uh years 20 at 11% and years 21 through 30 at 12% uh uh AGR um on the because of the pilot loss the greater of the two the you know revenue
or taxes you know otherwise do on that uh starting in years 11 through is 20% um 16 through 20 is 40% of taxes otherwise due years 21 through 25 taxes
otherwise due and years 26 through 30 is 80% otherwise due um just on this project uh we are uh you know talking with uh the property owner and the developer on this along with the uh you know the trade unions here which are
here tonight um while nothing is if on AA uh we are allowing the mayor does want to give the unions an opportunity to discuss with that so there is a meeting schedule next uh Thursday uh to discuss with the developer and labor
leadership uh to see if a a term could uh you know come to some Accord on this project uh the city council you know pursuant to the ordinance uh we can't mandate a pla on this one um only because there's no um invol of money uh
we don't have a r uh you know to give similar to you know that would trigger under the law a mandate of the pla but uh best efforts uh to see that that happens um and then back to 013 for a second on that so
um and I I'll leave this to I discussed this with the council um for the developer and since Mr Hanley our financial man did not sign off on this we're going to present it with the
information that was given but it's subject to change and you understand that right okay just on those terms for this this is uh presented as a contract project so uh there are different terms in in that
regard so it is a 25 year project that they requested um 10% uh starting from uh for uh the first 20 years and then 11% uh um after that from uh years 21 through
25 uh with the again those last five years of the slightest scale a total of 25 or did you say 30 okay we can introduce that but again Mr melli you're the attorney I you you understand that this
has not been finalized and that it is subject to change yes council president okay thank you okay so we were up to Mr Perez on 01
I Mr laaloa I 02 is also approving the financial agreement buying between the city of Bayon and 44546 Avenue C urban renewal LLC which is identified as block 219 lot 24.01
as shown on the official tax map of the city and a resolution moved by the council president fixing Wednesday March 19th at 6 p.m. the DAR the E Harington council chambers there's a time and place for a public hearing and final passage Mr Perez will you second second on the resolution Mr Booker I Mr Carrol
I Mr Perez I Mr laaloa I 013 is approving the financial agreement buying between the city of Bon and denoi residence urban renewal LLC for the property located at 1099- 115 Avenue C N
66-68 West 54 Street which is identified as block 34 L 26 27 28 29 and 30 as shown on the official tax map and a resolution moved by council member Perez fixing Wednesday March 19th at 6 p.m and the door the E Haron council chambers as
a time and place for a public hearing and final passage Mr Booker will you second second on the resolution Mr Booker hi Mr Carrol hi Mr Perez hi Mr laaloa hi 14 is approving the financial agreement buying between the city of Bayon and 26
North Avenue urban renewal LLC for the property located at 26 North Street which is identified as block 297 lot 3 as shown on the official tax map of the city and a resolution moved by the council president fixing Wednesday March 19th at 6 p.m. in the Darth the E
Harrington council chambers as a time and place for a public hearing and final passage Mr Perez will you second second on the resolution Mr Booker Mr Carol I voted try to see it next month I'm glad the union people are here and I hope that meeting goes well and I'm be
anxious to hear the proceeds of that especially given that this is going to be constructed downtown and I want to make sure that something of that size I call it a superstructure is done correctly and done so that the people living in it the people living around it
can sleep at night in the knowledge that it's it's been done correctly and it's going to stay standing I didn't love it when it came through uh 10 years ago at 22 story buildings I don't love it now at 14 stories but one 14 story building
is a heck of a lot better than 322 story buildings and uh there's there's a lot of factors that surround this but I I vote I to see what happens next month Mr Perez hi Mr laaloa um this was negotiated from
several 22 story buildings down to a 14 story building um too but nevertheless I was not happy with 22 story buildings whether it's my w or not we're all five minutes away from each other anyway um and I'm not
crazy about a 14 story building either I don't particularly like the buildings too large and too dense but this was part of uh a negotiation and again I 14 is better than two 22 story Towers on a base so with that I'm I'm interested to
see how these negotiations will go and I hope that everything works out well at the meeting um we've done a lot with the unions in the past and we've done a lot with development as well so we're looking for the common ground and hopefully we can find it and with that
I'll vote I 15 is an ordinance amending and supplementing the revised General ordinances of the city of Bay on chapter 1 General provisions and a resolution moved by council member Perez ing Wednesday March 19th at 6 p.m. in the door the E Harington council chambers as
a time in place for a public hearing and final passage whooot like the second second and on the resolution Mr Booker I Mr Carol Mr Perez I Mr laaloa I you want to just wait a second
Scout Troop how we doing up here good bad you staying awake all right good pretty interesting so far so we have uh troop 19 in the audience today so if you guys want to just say hello this way to people
watching can see it [Applause] Miss Medina all right okay so Communications is a resolution moved by
the council as a whole and it covers the communications uh to be received and filed to cover C1 through c14 any questions on the communications on the communications Mr Booker hi Mr Carol hi Mr Perez hi Mr
laaloa hi and officers reports is a resolution moved by the council as a whole ordering the following officers reports to be received and filed and if any resolutions Incorporated within be adopted it covers o1 through o R2 any
questions on the officer reports and on the officer reports Mr Booker hi Mr Carol hi Mr Perez hi Mr laaloa hi ENT resolutions is a resolution again moved
by the council as a whole or ordering the following resolutions to be adopted it covers cr1 through cr33 with uh the council does have a question on cr4 so I'm going to remove that any questions on the remaining
consent resolutions what was the one you're going to remove cr4 okay yes which one Mr okay any other questions so on the remainder of the consent resolution Mr
Booker Mr Carol hi Mr Perez hi Mr laaloa hi cr4 is authorizing the uee coordinator to submit an application to the Bayon Urban inter priz Zone fiscal year calendar fiscal year a question if you
could come up M let me finish the title 25 administrative budget for the amount not to exceed $181,300 um we were going over the the paperwork and we noticed the dates were past dated to ju if you could just explain I know it's a fiscal year but and that's
because the State Department of Treasury just recently released our funds us of October and December we get the application letter for25 and it's for the previous year us usually do that no it's always been that way so for the U
for the U yeah so we follow the FY year um FY calendar not the calendar the so so just as a question how how were the things paid for from the past I keep a l and then whatever I discuss with CFO about my pay and whoever I'm going to
bring on board the festivals and certain things okay I got okay thank you very keep as moved as a whole and on cr4 Mr Booker Mr Carol hi Mr Perez hi Mr
laaloa hi cr31 is designating the Bergen Record and the Trenton Times as the official newspapers of the city of Bon Mike on this designation Now The Star Ledger also still the so the The Star Ledger is now just online right and I
believe that ends Miss Medina March 1st I'm not mistaken so um the state has allowed the online service of the Star Ledger to be the record up until March 1st after March 1st uh these two newspapers because the Jersey journal
and the star lend no longer exist as papers it'll be the Bergen Record and Trenton Times and that's where you'll see notices and it won't be online you won't put the no it I'll still continue to put it online as well it's being discussed I believe in the state so okay and so the
uh the Bergen Record and the Trenton Times is still in print yes still I'm one of them old guys you know like okay so it will be at the Star Ledger online online yes um only for the
up March 1 that's you know that's only a couple weeks so so unless it's extended we don't know that yet I see so in other words I guess if there's no newspapers anymore will Sunshine War still be in effect or no
still always be so Sunshine laws are they're going to have to be updated at some point um they really have uh not reflected the change over the past couple years with the with the newspapers situation I think what they're going to what they're working towards what we're what mine and
I are seeing from the league of municipalities is moving towards uh something for advertisements being on uh each municipality's website or the state of New Jersey actually having their own website that where all the
municipalities can post or possibly both even sure okay thank you so on r31 Mr Booker hi Mr Carol hi Mr Perez hi Mr laaloa
hi get there our one is a resolution moved by the council president authorizing the mayor and city clerk to enter into a contract with safe wear in the amount of $195,100 for the Emergency UPS power
backup system for the Emergency Communication Center in the municipal building and three satellite sites throughout the City understate contract Omni contract 4400 8464 who like to second second and on the resolution Mr
Booker Mr Booker I Mr Carol I Mr Perez hi Mr laaloa hi all two authorizes the mayor and city clerk to enter into a contract with ltw in the amount of 1,425 ,000 for the
Citywide camera project Phase 2 through Omni Partners Cooperative contract 13 20-22 it's moved by council member PR Mr Booker will you second second on the resolution Mr Booker I Mr Carrol I Mr PR
hi Mr laaloa hi R three is authorizing the mayor and city clerk to enter into an agreement to purchase 1225 sparter ER 100t rear mount ladder truck from SP Bon M Motors USA through the sourcewell
contract 13021 rvg D4 Cooperative pricing plan for an amount of 1, 14298 68 resolutions moved by the council president Mr Booker will your second
second on the resolution Mr Booker I Mr Carol I Mr Perez I Mr laal hi our four is authorizing the mayor and City cler to enter into an agreement to purchase 2025 Spartan Spartan murder
star 1500 Jeep PM fire engine from Spartan Motors USA through the sourcewell contract 13021 rvg d04 Cooperative pricing plan for a total amount of $813,000
like to move it second and on the resolution Mr Booker hi Mr Carol hi Mr Perez hi Mr laaloa hi r five is approving the traffic control plan 4 194-200 Avenue we which is identified as
block 458 lot 7.01 I want to ask a quick question about this I know uh at the last me at the caucus you mentioned it was temporary and then as I drove home that night I passed 12th Street which has a similar closure and is there any way to
put some sort of definitive start and finish on that on closing that whole sidewalk and block the parking and human traffic depend upon you know the construction of it we take the chance of living and dying on whether or not that
goes up in a timely fashion knowing the developer JJ Builders here they're very reputable uh they not they've been in operation for over 30 plus years uh building throughout the state of New Jersey they also do Municipal work under you know with one of their other Affiliated entities underground utility
so my confidence with this developer building this product and not going Belly Up and selling it on like 90 Avenue 8 um you know very slim you know there so I good confidence really no guar anybody part of it to come you know to
supply you know you know delay with wood but like I said these are very reputable developers that have built throughout the uh you know state of New Jersey you are very efficient so this is the issue with resolution compliance to get
this done and they have a good track record all right I appreciate it who' like to move it move it second and on the resolution M Booker Mr Carol hi Mr Perez hi Mr laaloa
hi our six is approving the recommendation of the planning board for the property identified at block 418 Lots three and 4 block 419 34 4.01 5 and six constitutes a non-c condemnation
area of need of Redevelopment pursuing to the local Redevelopment and Housing law and directing the planning board to prepare a Redevelopment plan would like to move it move it second so just for uh this property um you know I know only couple in the title
block and the full resolution there are more block and loots but this is a constable hook for CH so uh it's not just uh the um you just want to kind of note that for uh the record here that the the title block is small one but full resolution lists the uh you know
multiple block and lots on cons fin this thank you would like to move move it second on R six Mr Booker hi Mr Carol I Mr PR hi Mr laaloa
i r seven is authorizing and directing the planning board to conduct a preliminary investigation to determine if 190 West 63rd Street which is identified as block two lot one constitutes a non-con nation in the area in need of Redevelopment pursuant to the
local Redevelopment and Housing law second and on R seven Mr Booker hi Mr Carroll hi Mr pre hi Mr laaloa i r eight is authorizing the execution of a Redevelopment agreement buying
between the city of Bayon and 218-220 Broadway urban renewal LLC for the property located at 218-220 Broadway which is identified as block 319 lock 26 as shown on the official tax map
move it second and on that resolution Mr Booker Mr Carol Mr Perez hi Mr laaloa hi r nine is authorizing the execution of a Redevelopment agreement buying between the city of Bayon and Nova group
urban renewal LLC for the property located at 474-4752 on that resolution Mr Booker hi Mr Carol hi Mr Perez hi Mr laaloa hi R 10 is designating
211-217 Broadway LLC as the redeveloper of the property located at 211-217 Broadway which is designated as block 305 L 20 on the official tax map of the city and authorizing the execution of a Redevelopment agreement for said
property don't move second and on that resolution Mr Booker hi Mr Carol hi Mr pre hi Mr laaloa hi R 11 is approving the temporary emergency appropriation number two for
count in calendar year 20125 Budget on that resolution Mr Booker I Mr Carol hi Mr Perez hi Mr laaloa hi R 12 is in a charitable clothing bins license to a clothing Corporation to place 10
bins at various locations throughout the city so um um our clerk Miss Medina and I were speaking about the locations I was looking at the contracts and we asked public safety director kuber to look at the locations which is what the council
had questions on and um I believe you said they were all pretty good locations not blocking the sidewalks which was I think our major concern yeah um and so with that I I can rely on uh our public safety director to know
that they're in good spots I did look at the maps that were on the contracts as well so I was able to get a better view of that um but Mike did you have a question also the owner of A&E Corporation is here you'd like to speak Corporation I'm just curious of what it
is I know the Salvation Army and the clothing drop box is it uh r or you know some places just take them and chop them up that's I'm just curious about it my name is uh we own the company since
1996 uh we are collecting probing and we recycling reparing washing and reselling we are not 503 organization so we're doing this for propit uh the spots in we have
2011 our boxes are through the city and we have several of them we changing the places we have agreement with uh a property uh owners and uh as you might see there in a few location in B and lately in
January one of our driver in STA and told to immediately remove the Beats uh so we Appel to just at least you know to be heard uh so we are not chopping the clothing as I said we have
a warehouse we've been in caret for several years uh we are in Hamington right now we have to move because of the development of the place we used to take and as I said we selling the clothing all over the world for people who who
who who wants to buy the second hand clothing we employ over 150 people over 150 people okay and where is your location uh right now we are located in Hamilton we moved two years ago from
caror from Carterette to Hamilton did you say okay right and you're going to this is for 10 bins right is okay so we asking forward to just let us get this we are like a rats cleaning
cleaning the stuff with people don't uh we have clothing being by YMCA uh we're trying to keep as clean as possible we put the cameras we have uh monitoring we have monitoring all the
time uh we have uh devolved uh one of our employee who has truck on the side and it's cleaning up so it's it's really you know something what we do well when we reviewed your contract it was a little bit fuzzy
because um plus we didn't understand what that was well on the beginning when we signed a contract like for example that's was I have original contracts from YMCA when we signed the contract in 2011 I
believe um was only one b and when we see there is so many clothing and people was leaving the mass we have to add another one but that's was that's was with agreement of of the owner of the property okay but this is
specific so this is why instead of one plus if it's two we need to know two we need to know four like that yes definitely definitely it is this this is open you know is Def yes okay any other
questions okay um my question is I know it's a concern for people around town the bins I I I understand where you're coming from uh but the maintenance of people just leaving stuff outside just so it's out public so the public can hear it that is there any type of
um do you do you monitor the bins and in case there's stuff outside where you know is there someone regularly coming by to take care of that every day every day you said yes uh there is a
big problem we had by YMCA when people leave the food yes and and that's that's that that's the reason so many people are coming they thinking this is for food and uh we trying to
determine actually who put the food because on the beans is clearly said we we collecting clothing shoes and household items so and sometimes you know we have four beans and we have a camera right
now so we can several locations where people are going through the bin yes just taking everything whoever you know we understand there's olderly people the the opening in the beans is about that that high for feet you have to open you
have to drag the the the the bag sometimes somebody just going to leave the bag by another person going to come going to add another one so uh we have a special guy who leave in B and has one of the trucks who's driving and
taking care of the p in b thank you thank question do you have a business card on you with your contact information um know has all of the information thank you none of these bins are on city
property right they're not no they're on private property yes okay and who would like to move it move it second on the resolution Mr Booker Mr Carol hi Mr Perez hi Mr laaloa hi our 13
is authorizing the purchasing agent to execute any and all documents and take any and all actions necessary to effectuate the the procurement and installation of a cent fungal Chiller water cool cooler algae for use in the
bay on City Hall from train USA Inc for an amount of 1,500 $150,000 1,50,000 one1 million 50,000 okay I'll move it in a second and on that one Mr Booker Mr
Carol I Mr Perez I Mr laaloa i r 14 is awarding the contract for the Emergency generator at 40 Avenue J and M B pump stations to Fon electric
contractors for an amount of 999,000 $999,500 $37,500 that one didn't come out 999,9 75 move it
second and on the R14 Mr Booker hi Mr Carol Mr Perez Mr laaloa so you could see that these are uh very large items just like r13 but very important to the city and
um something needed so in that case I'll vote I the next item does not have a number but it will be R15 and it is over a resolution of the city of Bayon
County of Hudson New Jersey approving the assignment and Assumption of and the consent of the transfer of the financial agreement and the Redevelopment agreement between the city of Bayon and Bayon redevelopers residential block 780 urban renewal
LLC so Mr Skiller you want to give us an overview please so again this uh is the final step uh on transferring the properties from acurate Builders to lenders mad Capital uh Madison as the lender too
accurate is taking over the project and finishing it out uh they have uh Cal obligations so they are current with the water sewer uh they paid to the tune of 1.3 million they paid the cash tax you know about the same another 1.3 million
so U you yesterday you know just to make sure that they were current on everything they had a $400,000 Bill and they paid it so so this is the building across from Flagship closest to parking gar closest to the LA F these
are the two residential uh Joe for projects that were sold off from him and the residential units being constructed across laele Fitness and the one further down the block on goldb Cross thank you so uh just on one other
note just to the scouts here I myself uh and Eagle Scout and you know see that Scouts are here learning about our government very who' like to move it move it and on the resolution Mr Booker hi Mr
Carrol hi Mr pre hi Mr laaloa hi couple of add-ons Ed one is authorizing the mayor and city clerk to execute an interlocal agreement between the city of Bayon and Hudson Regional Health commission for
the conducting of elevated blood level investigations 43 years commencing March 1st 2024 through February 27 2027 for an amount not to exceed $17,500 or 29 inspection whichever is less for the contract term payable at a
rate of $600 per month move resolution Mr Booker I Mr Carol Mr Perez I Mr laaloa hi and two is authorizing the city's continued membership in the Regional
Health commission of Hudson County for the calendar year 2025 for a total amount assessment of $2,944 and authorizing the municipal treasur to issue warrants according quarterly in the amount of $ 6,486
second on a two Mr Booker hi Mr Carol hi Mr Perez hi Mr laaloa hi okay before we adjourn to close session I have one additional which is concerning uh legal notices it is a
resolution authorizing State leaders to pass legislation to authorize local governments to publish legal notices on the Le local government's official website second and on that one our at five Mr Booker hi Mr Carol hi m Mr Perez
hi Mr laaloa hi okay Jay can we get a quick clarification on last month we had the garage sale issue we were going to change that ordinance does it now read three free no you're going to have introdu it has to it had to take effect first uh we're going to do an
introduction that'll say three free and then there was a question last month or last I wasn't here at the at the uh caucus about the fee for the um Clos bins H how how did you want to address that
that we have we have a provision in the ordinance that says that if it's a 501c3 we wave the fee but given if you read up on these profit well well a 51 C3 is a traval organization but they're they're
still they make money uh to provide for the Charities and it's just it's a $100 uh for the uh uh fee so there was question about that and and what we've come up and to come if you do research on these entities while
they are charitably based there there have been some issues and we've had issues here in B in the past so the question is whether you want for for next month I'll do it where we can make the um make it so that it's not automatic if
they're 501c3 that it's waved um but that the um City would have some discretion as to whether or not that the fee would be waved I I just you know at 100 bucks given the volume that these things do um I I don't think it's an
owner Fe I'm not voting though like and um I I think it should be a $100 fee across theard yeah right and and if you read up about the the and that that three uh free for the garage sales I
thought that was the stipulation of no no I I said we we go through with it it it you need the 20 days to to pass and then we're going to introduce a resolution that says no one's going to be having any uh yard sales right now I would think uh and
then waving three completely right first three completely you don't have to worry about it you get your permit you still have to get a permit you have to get you have to apply so that we know about it and and really it to tell you the truth how we're going to enforce this is
going to be difficult I think it's going to be enforced by neighbors who are complaining about somebody if somebody does has five uh yard sales and being realistic about this having worked here and growing up in Bon and uh if somebody has five yard
sales over the course of 10 months and they don't come in and get a permit we're probably never going to know about it but the guy that has 15 or 20 or makes it a regular we're going to know about it and those are the ones we're looking for right and and we want the public to know we're not doing this as a money-making Prospect we've had problems
with people who are doing these yard sales and garage sales and we want to have just a little more oversight of that and uh that was the reason why we were doing it and we have had problems in the past and we're trying to get
Beyond those problems Miss Kavanaugh do you want to add something yes can I just say something about the concern about the bins themselves and where their locations are we recognize that when these bins are in a parking lot in
certain stores or or whatever that we do have issues with an abundance of bags or packages R we wind up with cats we wind up with rats if we have to incur the cost of baiting those areas and me sending my Health Inspectors out
there I would say keep the especially if it is a for profit organization and not not a nonprofit it's going to be an expense on the city inspectors are CRI time is money hi yes hi good evening Virginia Puchi um I'm
a um volunteer and also board member of Hudson of um sorry hunger-free UICC prior that ordinance you guys were talking about was we also talk about food pantries um we're a 5013 save so we're
not making any money how is this going to affect us and why would it affect us well I I think it's really not the money that's an issue for for your 501c3 with respect to the uh food pantry it's the actual
administration of the food pantry what we've come uh up against uh were people standing in line outside and uh disrupting the neighborhood and and maybe doing some things they shouldn't do while they're while they're waiting and that's that's
that's really what we had a problem with it wasn't so much from a financial standpoint and and the the the municipality is in favor of having uh food pantries where they're needed uh but there were neighborhoods that were disturbed by the people who were were waiting for the pantry to open they get
there early they weren't local and and there were issues that's what we're we're going to be looking for we need to know where these pantries are you but none of you have ever come to any of our sites well that's not true I
you have I've been to and so so I welcome all of you to come this Saturday to Grace Lutheran Church and see how we are and how we operate and and the only places we really are are at the tennis
courts this is the second time we're at Grace Lutheran we used to do lak school we're not going to do that anymore I know you did a couple times and um we've never been except for once on N Street by the museum the museum right and I
talked to Mr posal about this when this first popped up uh regarding the church and and we we haven't had issues there that that's done kind of internally with it within the building our bigger problem is where there's little or no notice of the city of Bon and the pantry
pops it's almost like a popup pantry and then there's people lining up on the streets and we don't we don't know about it and so this is everything I call about your particular um entity you've followed the rules you've done the things that you
have to do uh you're almost already in compliance with the the new ordinance especially you mentioned the tennis court so this is essentially designed to kind of move these things not eliminate them but move them to open a areas where the lined up citizens wouldn't be
blocking people's driveways sitting on their Stoops Etc and you know largely the issues have come from smaller heavily trafficked streets where something is in the middle of a block or there's there's obstructions but again
you mentioned the tennis courts you mentioned those parking lots I I years back they we worked out uh having them go to Gorman field again in a park away from the housing in the area so I
wouldn't be too worried at this moment you seem to already be in compliance we are we do everything that we need to be because Bon is a food desert there's a serious food insecurity that's why we're getting the building here and you all know about that so we're only
helping what they own really needs so we're not against you doing these things the popups are a little bit of an issue only because sometimes there's only some notice the day before whatever on Facebook or or one of the social media
Outlets what we're trying to do is to stop certain entities have different things where they have lines these people that wait on line sometimes they throw debris in people's yards because the lines go past people's houses they bring their dogs and the dogs do their business on somebody's sidewalk I could
go on and on about a few different things but I'd rather not but that that's not us I I understand and we're not pointing a finger at anybody right now but because we've gotten a lot of complaints from people in the neighborhood where the lines went past their property this this is why we have
to address that and we get tons of calls all of us here about all different things and this is some of the calls that we get as well and I think at a certain point our um inspectors and people like that they want to put some
controls on this and that's what the city is doing the city's not trying to gouge the people who are you know doing uh flea markets or food giveaways or anything like that we're just saying that if somebody has a food giveaway
they have to be careful and watch the people who are on the line and be responsible for that and the same thing if you have a garage sale or you have a yard sale and it's done we don't expect to see things left on on the sidewalk or things against the pole uh or block the
sidewalk from people even walking through yeah I have situations in my ward where there's people who they they make one small little pathway through the sidewalk and people can't move and then when it's all done you think it's all done they leave stuff out on the
curb I can't have that you know we get the calls from people complaining and this is the oversight we need to do so we're not really trying to come hard we we agree we see the need you know I've been to your I've been to several things down veteran stadium and all the buer
Wilson we had things I've I've gotten pallets removed for you and a couple other things we've done in the past we're we're not against you we're in favor of what you're doing we just we just want everybody else to kind of watch and if if it means police in the
area police the area a little bit better you know so so um since we're already in compliance is there anything else that we can do no I think so like I said you're see you guys there on Saturday where are you gonna be
Saturday okay I'll try and make it I see8 o' okay thank you very much okay Gary I just like add one thing that when they do do the food pantries and all that um when they're at the parks
and they're in open air areas it's easier for the city because there are pallets always left over or some people take more than what they can carry and they get half a block away and they'll leave a bag of onions because they couldn't carry it any further and stuff like that or they didn't want them but
when it's at the park or it's in an area that we know about the city can then go and clean it up a lot EAS easier than finding it when we get calls the following day that you know there was a popup place on say 19th or 21st Street
and then there's stuff left all over the place and then we have to go clean it up what Mr Carter's the head of the Public Works he said it in the parks are much better much better locations if you can do it because then we could kind of uh we could kind of go with our workers and
take care of the area afterwards won't do 16 Street Parks another group is there we'll always do Hudson County Park um let us know of another Park that we can get to we just want easy accessibility to those who
don't have a car just have a push car um it's not that I'm saying anything wrong but there a lot of seniors and a lot of single moms are our line they just can't get around easy so we need to get to those areas that are uh in serious
[Music] so Lord you can only see with your own eyes so that's it but if it if the line goes past private property we just ask you to just take a look at you know to make sure it's it's I but Gary wouldn't it be
right if if we were actually doing that which I tell you where we don't wouldn't it be right that the homeowner comes to us to they don't they come to us they don't come to you calls the homeowner always calls the city and then complains
so then we can't be wrong for not knowing that some of the people on our nobody's saying anybody's wrong right yeah again this isn't about your particular organization we're trying to do something as a a whole to create a situation where the community Embraces
these things as opposed to being opposed to them and right now the situation is such that the popups that the council president mentioned are creating creting a scenario where the you're you're losing support from the community not you personally but the idea of food
pantries so we want to try to find a way to create a system where the community Embraces it they're happy about it maybe you get more volunteers maybe you get more assistance and more help because they're they're prouder of it they're happier of it and the sad truth is
everybody's glad us from Bewitched looking out their window at their neighbor and calling the city and so this is we think this is something that's actually going to improve organizations like yourself that's like right they with Herbert Hoover quote like Herbert Hoover and I want to jump
in and council president I like to jump in real quick is um listen I don't want to be labor the conversation but the fact of the matter is the food pantries we are not we're not against them by any means but however if there's several food pantries no one has a monopoly on the park so just because someone's there
if there's coordination and communication between the food pantries then you both can set dates so you don't run into each other and I think that's a good idea so nobody has a monopoly on the park it is a city park thank you
Virginia so so food insecurities is a serious issue that we're facing in public health all along all around so we would be more than happy in the public health department to organize and structure steer whatever food banks do pop open and get
everybody organized in the proper areas that they should be so we'll we'll take that on if everybody would just steer them towards us we'll step in and handle that and it also falls in line with you know how we do not want popup shops or
or the like popup food pantries just doing out food to the public you do need to go through the health department for certain permits and and inp and follow the rules with that so okay thank you you so would nothing else we're going to
adjourn to a closed session and thank you troop 19 for being here thank [Applause] you so I need a motion to adjourn okay second and on the motion to
adjourn Mr Booker motion to adjourn Mr Carol Mr Perez Mr laaloa hi