Heat. Heat. I would like to advise all those present that notice of this regular meeting of December 17th, 2025 has been provided to the public in accordance with the provisions of the open public meeting act of the state of New Jersey. Notice of time and place of this 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 filed with the city clerk and was forwarded to the Bergen record and
star ledger on December 15, 2025. The regular meeting of the municipal council of the city of Bayon is now in session. Miss Medina, please call the role. >> Mr. Booker, >> here. >> Mr. Carol, >> here. >> Mr. Perez, >> here. >> Miss Beamer >> here. >> Mr. Lapalooa
>> here. Please rise for the pledge of >> allegiance. Algiance 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. Hi. >> Hello. Um, my name is Maria Florendo. Um, good evening everyone. I'm here actually to represent the Filipino American Business Club and I just wanted to personally drop off and deliver the
certificate of appreciation to all the council members. Again, I just wanted to thank and you know the Filipino American Business Club for all the support um that you guys have given, especially in the very first Filipino American Music and Food Festival we had this year. Um, I've been waiting to do this for the
past few weeks and I clearly am running Filipino time, but I'm just glad that I'm able to do this before the year ends. So, again, I'm just delivering these off and again, thank you so much um not just from me, but from the rest of the Filipino American community. Thank you. >> Thank you very much.
>> Thank you. Okay, starting with 01, an ordinance of the city of Bayon County of Hudson, New Jersey, approving the redevelopment plan for the property located at 626-628 Avenue E, which is designated as block
405 lot 31 as shown on the official tax map. It was introduced to fa pass the first reading at the meeting held October 15th, was published in the Bergen record 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
the meeting of November 12th and was postponed to this meeting of December 17th is now before the council for its consideration and a public hearing. and the resolution you didn't close the hearing so you have to um are there any 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 she have her hand up in the Hello. Uh, Janice Mattis, 624 Avenue in
Bayon. I was the one who had brought a lawsuit against uh, Mr. Dennis Bernett and it went to court and the judge agreed with u our decision. The judge agreed with us
so that he was not able to build what he wanted to build and I'm wondering what the outcome of that was what you have decided
regarding that. >> Okay. Okay. >> Yeah, we're we're going to vote on it, but we want to hear from some of the professionals first. >> Okay. >> Okay. Okay. >> Do you have more to add to >> No, at this point, no. Would I be able to come up at
>> um usually one time because we have a large agenda. So, if you have any other comments, you can say them now. >> Okay. My only comment is that the judge made a decision and again it's coming up. So I don't know why they would
override the judge's decision if that was final which it which it was >> right. So, so my question for a couple of the you know the issues would be it was decided against was it this exact
plan was it something else I have the dimensions of the for the original ones what difference I see is that the sixth floor is an open area so that's no longer considered a floor
that's the only variation that I could See, I don't know the exact dimensions of what he is proposing now, but I do know that people in the neighborhood do not want this because it is one and two
family homes and they are opposed to it. And I would ask all of you on the dis to go to knock on the doors in your neighborhood and ask them what they would how they would like it if there
was a six-story apartment building or a five-story apartment building built right next to them. I mean, I don't know where any of you live. I don't know if you rent or or you uh own, but ask yourselves ask yourselves those
questions, too. >> I I understand your plight. Um there are tall buildings all over town way before I was even born, I would say. Um >> not to that height. >> Well, I'm going to explain to you. So,
all along um there's been buildings built that are taller than six stories, which is what is uh presented for that property. So, you know, unfortunately, there are some people who don't like it. It's growing pains after they're built.
Sometimes they do like them. I myself voted against a 10-story building uh several years ago, which I did not like the height. M >> it got built and the people who complained aren't complaining right now. >> So unfortunately
um it's it's almost impossible to please everybody but there are decisions that have to be made sometimes and um you know I'll let my colleagues uh let them vote and decide that as well after we
hear from the professionals. I I understand what you're saying, but I don't know of any 10-story buildings that have been built when you were a child or maybe for that matter. >> No, that that was more recently when I was on the council.
>> Yeah. Yes. >> Okay. >> Yes. >> All right. >> Thank you. >> You're welcome, >> Mr. Ceri. Good evening. Tom Curry, 8 West Grand Street. Uh, with this project going up,
they going to do damage to the park or they going to replace the park? >> I feel I feel with this construction, they're going to build put a monstrosity building up. They're going to do stuff to the park. So, they might as well just repair re redo the park for us, too. Not the city pay for it like we
did with 47th Street. We had to redo that park after Lance Lucarelli did his property. So what's the what's going to be the verge of that? Is the developer going to redo the park over us or are we getting charged for that?
>> So the city has plans to redo that park. It's one of the last parks um because we've done a lot of them up to this point. Um but as far as the developer paying for it, I don't think this is one of those that has the community give back for that park. I'm just saying
they're going to be putting their equipment in that park when they do their demolition. So, if they're going to do demolition to that building and they're going to harm the park, they might as well repair the park. Why should we have why should the taxpayers of this town pay for that park if
they're going to if they're going to do a lot of damage, >> but I I don't know if they're going to do a lot of damage. They may close it for a couple days, especially now. >> If they're going to do demolition, Gary, I've been in the field for 25 years or more. Okay. And I know for a fact that park's going
to get destroyed. >> Okay, listen. I'm not >> and I'm going to be watching it, too. So, once I see something getting destroyed, that's it. >> But let's hear what the professionals have to say about as far as damage and what that plan is. >> All right. >> Okay.
>> Did you want to speak, Mr. Miselli? >> Thank you, Council President. Michael Miselli. I represent the property owner. So, just to give a little bit of a background on this because I I know we discussed this last month. Um, in 2019, the zoning board approved an application for 20 units at this site. Uh, the
applicants sought multiple variances. Uh, a couple of them that they complied with. I believe they complied with parking and they complied with the density. Now, this property is in the TDD zone. So the TDD TDD zone was designed as a transit oriented transit
friendly uh zoning and that was put in at a time when Bayon was at a different place development wise. It did allow a does allow apartment buildings of five stories and 55 ft. The thing that nobody really looked into when the that zoning was put in place
and I think it was done intentionally because like I said Bayon was at a different place uh when it came to development in the 90s and the early 2000s just when the light rail started to come along. They wanted to show they were doing that the city was doing transit oriented things but didn't really want to let it go just yet. So
they put in zoning regulations in the TDD that made it virtually impossible to build anything without a variance virtually impossible to comply with the regulations. I'll give you some examples, some some real quick highlights. So, if you look at all the properties in the TDD along Avenue E,
there is a 30,000 foot minimum, right? A 30,000 foot minimum for the lot area. Only 5% of the lots on Avenue comply with that. So, you could buy a whole city block on Avenue E and still not meet that number. So only 5% of the the
streets will would ever meet that 30,000 square foot requirement. So automatically you're walking in with a variance. They gave density like I said the density that that uh Mr. Bernett proposed was allowed by the zoning. The
use was allowed by zoning. But what they gave with one hand they took away with the other and said your F your floor area ratio is going to be so low that you're never going to be able to get to that density. So, haha, gotcha. The point is, if you applied all of the
zoning regulations to this lot, the buildable envelope would be, let me get this right, 45x 66. Now, you can't build an effective apartment building at that dimension. So, like I said, it window dressing it
on its face. Hey, we're doing transit oriented development in Bayon. look, we're passing zoning ordinances for transit oriented development when it really isn't. And quite frankly, the planning board and zoning board have given deviations up and down Avenue E for this. And most of the major
redevelopments uh along Avenue E have been through redevelopment plans specifically because of these reasons because you can't comply with the with the regulations. You have the light rail behind you. You cannot have a 35- ft front yard setback and a 25 foot rear yard setback. Interestingly, the TDD
does not have a sideyard setback. So, under current zoning regulations, uh the the the lady's house, we could build right to the property line. This redevelopment plan fixes that and it mandates a 5-ft set back there. Um
if this application, as we contemplate it right now, were to go in front of the planning board, uh the the boards now, it wouldn't require a height variance anymore. We are going to right now we have 54 feet and a few inches to the roof and that's what the zoning ordinance
measures to. Now this redevelopment plan also puts a limit on the height that you can put on the above that. In other words, elevator bulkheads, mechanical equipment. The zoning ordinance doesn't. So this plan in some respects is an
improvement over the zoning, but it also takes away those things that really didn't constitute good planning when you look at it beyond the surface. So I I do think that the court's decision the court's decision didn't say it exactly right. They said it was hotspot
zoning, which I don't know if that's a real term, but I think the idea was that there were so many variances with the application that it constituted a reszoning and that was a legislative action. Well, legislative action is what you guys do, right? So, that's that's where we brought it. The court said
under the regular zoning, under the zoning, you're asked you've asked for variances for almost every standard in the TDD. That that can't be something that we sustain. That was 2019 2020. It's a half a decade later and the property has not really been developed.
This is right-sized this project. It's it's 55 feet to the roof, five stories. And to answer Mr. Salari's question, this project will give a community benefit payment. Now, we can take that money and we can do the park. I think the park needs to be done and I would
love to see the money that we give for that community benefit payment go towards that park. As a resident, uh I would love that. Um I grew up uptown. Third W's my ward and that's not a really good park. >> Just like 47th Street wasn't a nice park and Mr. Lucarelli and and the developers
that he works with there, they did that park at their expense. The city didn't pay for that. So, I think that would be the same circumstance here that whatever payment we made uh as part of the redevelopment project, which you can do, uh you can require us to make that payment and then you can apply it to a
park. Wouldn't it be nice? It's a small park. It's easy to fix up and spruce up and look nice. It's run down. It's chain link. It's old, >> right? The asphalt is cracked. There's a lot of problem. >> Yeah, there's a lot of Yeah, it's not a good park. We could make it better. So, not only would we be putting this
property to a productive use, by the way, which is more in line with the the neighborhood than what it is now. Right now, it's a commercial sort of storage place, it's a place that a contractor uses. Right now, we're turning it into a residential. It's more consonant with the neighborhood than that use. And it's
contemplated in the zoning and in the master plan. This is what this is for. 3 miles to the 45th Street light rail station,.3 miles to the 34th Street light rail station. It is equidistant to both to both uh light rail stations.
It's where it belongs and it's not overwhelming. So I would ask that the council approve this uh tonight. Thank you. >> And the the plans for the park, you're not going to use that as a staging? >> No. No. Yeah. you need special permission from D to do that and it's
really not fun to go through that process. We've done that. I think we did that with uh uh when when Mr. Lugerelli was doing the park on 47th Street. It is a it's a task we don't want to undertake. So to the extent that we don't we just don't want to touch the park. >> I don't know. You know, listen, construction happens. You never know
when you need access or what's going to happen, but it will not be anything permanent and it will not be anything that uh that that closes that park for any substantial amount of time. Not not to my knowledge right now. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Yes. Please state your name and address.
>> Uh my name is Abil Zukum. I uh live in Bayon for 25 years and um I built a new home in Bayon. I have four four houses going on right now and I just finished one and I think everyone
at all property in Bayon receive the tax improvement will be ended December 31, 2025. December 2nd I got CO for 41 East 16 and
I apply to the tax assessor office. they told me is finished. So this here statement if I give it to five years old he will decide that till last day
December 31 you should be apply for taxatement >> okay >> December 2nd they send me a letter here >> they told me your application is denied now I we we're talking about 01 and this
is a property on Avenue You're supposed to come up during the public speaking portion. You could speak about anything at that time. So, would you like to come up during the public speaking portion because we need to get back to 01 right now. >> Okay. >> Okay. Um,
there's a on the second page after 010 and I'll allow you to to sign up and come up. >> Okay. >> All right. Thank you very much, sir. >> Yes. My name is John Garini, lived in 92 West 37th Street. I'm here tonight
because I want to thank Councilman Perez, Councilman Booker for trying to help me with a situation that actually has turned into a pretty much nightmare. Unfortunately,
I was able to get my roof done from people that helped me, but I was denied uh my grant from the BEOF because of a building inspector. >> Mr. Gini, you have to come up during the
public speaking portion. We're We're >> I can't hear you. >> You have to come up during the public speaking portion. We're just dealing on this one on TV, but I'll call you up, John. >> I'm sorry. So, I just want to say one thing though. You
guys did a great job with Mayor Davis getting this city rolling. >> Thank you. >> Would anybody else like to speak on 01? >> Melissa Geski Rodriguez, 148 Avenue F. I guess I just have a question. I didn't plan on speaking on 01, but um are any
of these units affordable, senior friendly, or being made available to those who are disabled or veterans? Is there any priority over those apartments being built? No, >> no, >> thank you. >> I asked that question as I always do and I appreciate your support because it is
an issue that is desperately needed in this town. >> I'm just going to make a statement. It is an issue and my and not to make this personal, but my mother can't even pass away in the city she raised up in because there's nowhere for her to live >> and this is something we need to consider when we're putting up these buildings. What can we do better for our
residents? That's all I'm asking. Thank you. Anyone else on 01? Mr. Franco, Peter Franco, 109 West 53rd Street. Um, I just had a question to Mr. Mselli's point about the uh the funding for the park uh percentage. How much is that or
what percent of the project? Uh what does it look like? >> You mean the community benefit? >> Correct. >> I I'm not sure of that, but we can put that in. Um so we can actually uh put a number in to that redevelopment. >> Yeah. Because I think that would be important because you know the transparency of it and then it just make
sure that it's followed through. >> Right. Oh no. Absolutely. And we would make sure the park needs it needs work. So >> I think that's something um I think that's something if I may that would typically uh go into the redevelopment agreement. Okay.
>> Uh down the road. Uh and again we're just right now >> this is the plan. This is actually just the redevelopment plan. This is the zoning. So with that, the the applicant or the developer, assuming they are designated as a developer, would then have to submit their applications to the
planning board. They'd have to come in for site plan approval on notice. I would imagine there's probably going to be park talk uh during that process as well. Uh and there's also a redevelopment agreement that is entered into that sets forth all the obligations
has all the provisions private waste hauling etc. And the community benefit uh would typically be a component in that as well. I don't know what I'm I'm not sure what's been considered in terms of that but that's just the process. It's generally not something that goes
into the redevelopment plan uh which is creating essentially the zoning. So, it's not the re redevelopment plan, but you're saying a stage after it. >> Correct. >> Yes. And we're going to make sure that there's money put aside for that part. >> Thank you.
>> Anyone else on 01? With that, I will take a motion to close the hearing. >> So move. >> And on the motion to close the hearing, Mr. Booker. >> I. >> Mr. Carroll. >> I. >> Mr. Perez. >> I. >> Miss. Greamer. >> Hi, >> Mr. Lapaloosa.
>> I >> and a resolution ordering final passage. >> Second. >> And on the resolution, Mr. Booker. >> I >> Mr. Carol, >> no. I see uh no reason to overturn the judge's decision in this matter. Um if
it's too small, and that seems to be the theme that it was too small for a warehouse, too small for much else, I think it's probably too small for a five-story building. >> Mr. Perez. Hi, >> Miss Weamer. >> I >> Mr. Lapaloosa.
>> I two is an ordinance approving the redevelopment plan for the property located at 62-72 Prospect Avenue, which is identified as block 449 lots, 21, 22, and 23, as shown on the official tax map of the city of
Bayon. Presumed to the local redevelopment and housing law. It was introduced and passed the first reading held November 12th, was published in the Bergen record and posted on the bulletin board as required by law with notice that it would be further considered for final passage following a public hearing at this meeting of December 17th is now
before the council for its consideration and a public hearing. And a resolution given the ordinance second reading is moved by the council president. Mr. Perez, will you second? >> Second. >> On the resolution, Mr. Booker. Hi. >> Mr. Carol. Hi. >> Mr. Perez. Hi, >> Miss Leur. >> Hi,
>> Mr. Lapaloosa. >> I >> second reading is by title an ordinance of the city of Bayon County of Hudson, New Jersey, approving a redevelopment plan for the property located at 62.5-72 Prospect Avenue, which is identified as block 449, lots 21,22, and 23 as shown
on the official tax map of the city pursuing to the local redevelopment housing law. 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. >> Mr. Jski.
>> Hello. Good evening. Sharon Adowski, 126 Avenue. So, there seems to be a general theme here tonight. Um, like I said, the Jimmy Davis Christmas list of presents to the developers on the taxpayer dime. today
on this agenda and I'm just not going to get up and talk on them every single one of them because they're kind of the same. So, um we have 13 financial agreements, 11 redevelopment plans, five redevelopment agreements, and three area need studies. That's more than a lot of towns do in
probably a year, and we're jamming it in in one night on somebody's way out of town, leaving us holding the bag. So, um it's really not about you. It's not about me, but it's really about the town and the people and what's right for the town and the people that live here. Um,
and also I also know that I came by to get these plans and they weren't available. So, I highly doubt um they weren't available when I came the other day. They're available now. And I highly doubt that you people sitting up there voting on this had had a chance to read them because I did get
them. I started reading them. The first three, the one you voted on, the next two were 35 to 38 pages a piece. um unless you locked yourself in the room for the last I don't know when you got them 48 hours ago and read them all but there are important things that here and you know I would hope you understand
what you're voting on on all of these um and I just like to say you know I don't understand you know what we got to make sure what the traffic we're improving these traffic study you're doing um what is it 20 um 17 20 uh redevelopment
projects you couldn't use the same traffic steady like they're all you know it's it's um grows on each other right so we need to understand that but also what is it what the the on our infrastructure on our resources on our schools are there
any provisions in any of these to say hey so much per door going into a school fund can be done are we doing it we keep hearing it we'll do it later we'll do it later I'm sure it's not in here but again they weren't available to read so I don't know okay Um, we don't hear any
I don't hear any workforce housing, any veteran housing. Again, a couple of weeks ago, I was here talking about affordable housing and it was told that um it's not fair to start with one developer because we didn't do it for everyone else. You got to start with
somebody. You got to start someone's got to be the first. Someone's got to be the first that you're going to make pay for the schools. Someone's got to be the first. Um we just we know the city workers in city hall their um short-term disability insurance was just taken away that they didn't know about it because
firemen cops according to the people um in charge here and cost so much in their things. But this requires more police, more firemen, more infrastructure, more city workers to support all these more road crews, more signal people, road
lines paintings. But is anyone worrying about that? Okay. Are those provisions to pay for that in here? Again, this is about the city. It's about the people that live in it. And I just hope you consider them in all these decisions, these very
very large and um a lot of decisions you're making tonight. Thank you. >> I I do think council president, I apologize. Um I do think so. I was um able to to see uh Mr. Dross, your comments, your public comments that were
on um social media and I I did take some time um I asked Director Skillander if you wouldn't mind director um I asked Director Skylinder to review uh these things. I do want you know I don't I don't we don't take those comments lightly. Um the the one thing that we
did is we we counted how many items we have on the agenda tonight, but we didn't count is the dollars and cents it will bring to this municipal's budget, which is of vital importance, especially now. Um what it will bring is a
tremendous amount of revenue. Um and that is important. What it also does is I believe and director Kavanaaugh I believe is here but what it also does is it does make those necessary repairs to our infrastructure. Um because with each development that goes up they are
required to make the necessary repairs upgrades the storage facilities I believe to both water and sewer and separate uh those two resources in line with our long-term control plan. Is that correct director? Thank you. Um, and so
in in approving these, we take a great many number of these issues into consideration previously. These are all questions that I asked over the last week and a half that we have those answers to. Um, and and last uh my last comment will be uh the school board
budget is very near and dear to my heart. It is a discussion that I am going through now internally and have been for the past several months. uh the fund that you speak of, I'm I'm at least I I feel complimented that we must think alike
because the fund that you speak of um is one that we are in the process of working with our attorneys to create now. So I I don't have a tremendous amount of information on that just yet, but because it's not it's not readily available, it's not completed. So uh director Scalander, I know that you put
together some things and I think it would be helpful if he went ahead and and gave his explanation as well. And if you could explain um because there was questioned here about community give backs, community benefits um give the whole picture of like with all those
numbers, what's actually being given back. So this way we can get an overall view. And as far as the agenda, there were many things in here that needed to be done. It's it's not only is it the year end, but some of these things were in the queue for a long time. And so I
think that's another reason why this agenda is as long as it is. >> Thank you council for uh giving me the time to uh speak on these. So couple things just on the redevelopment plans. I think overall if we look back on the past 12
years here the city of Bayon yes we've have approved a lot of redevelopment and the town has changed currently. Right now, if we look at the user-friendly budget, there's roughly 45 pilots. Um, eight of which uh sorry, uh 35 of which,
you know, were approved eight years ago. None of the agreements that have been passed by this council have been approved or are in in effect yet. Um, you know, we're still waiting to see that revenue. Um, and I think there's a positive note on the development that
has occurred here because again that's now bringing close to $14 million worth of uh pilot revenue uh you know and increasing the the revenue to the city there. The benefit of these long-term tax uh abatements or exemptions on there
is that the city does get 95% of the the payment. um the board of ed whatever the request is uh for their budget the city is obligated to give that 95% really affects the county and that also again helped us get us out
of a bad financial situation when we started you know when mayor Davis took office 12 years ago. I think the difference is with these last three years, you know, for three and a half from this council and, you know, the plan from this current
administration is how we've looked at development. And part of the thing is again putting processes in place on clearing out projects that have been, you know, four or five years old. I mean the one that we're talking about O2 62 and a half
prospect you know from when the city you know knew about this you know was over 5 years to finally clear this out you know it is you know a herculean effort there but we made sure that the
city had its all professionals in order from our planners having multiple planning firms like CME Clark Kate and hints neglia beacon planning on that to review and make sure that the city is protected with this underlying zoning
and the characteristic of the town. Also understanding the intent of needing to develop. We had legal teams in place with Joe Bowman's office with madam Scotland Bowman and with John uh Witches Scala from English Taylor on legal and
then from engineering with CME uh Andy Riel with Waterman and Phil Scott with Matrix there and on the financial side with NW to look at the number of projects and with that said on just the the team to get
this work done in a efficient manner. to make sure on the 10 of these financial agreements and these are the ones not on MPY, you know, we the city administration took to heart on what the council what
this council suggested. you know, the 2500 adore payment, you know, I know was advocated heavily by Councilwoman Weame and the rest of the uh council agreed upon this uh you know, that goes back to the Silk Lofts pilot that was, you know,
debated in these chambers almost three years ago. So, with the 10 financial agreements overall on making sure that there is a community benefit payment, that the city is getting more money for this. I mean, we were able to negotiate
on those 10 pilots for a community benefit payment of $1,570,000. That is to go for the parks, that is to go for the roads, go for the infrastructure, you know, doesn't mean that, you know, the the
payment there, you know, isn't just, oh, the developer has to pay this. No, this is dollars that goes back into the community in addition to the site work that they have. All the redevelopment plans require that they have to deal with the
storm water management. We are the largest town in the state of New Jersey with 28 outflows for our combined sewer system. you know, in a it was designed at a time where it was acceptable for, you know, that the rainwater would float on top of the
sanitary and be potentially discharged into the bay. We are requiring that was enacted in this administration that in order to help with our long-term control plan that every single redevelopment plan has to build on-site
sanitary retention as a requirement of their building process. That is that means that the city of Bayon doesn't have to take on the responsibility to build holding tanks throughout the town. We can do this with private development and private capital.
Part of the other thing too on hearing about affordability on dealing with the schools, I want to make sure that the, you know, it's not lost that the administration doesn't is viewed upon where we don't care about that. We most certainly do.
We've been working with our partners at the board of education, the housing authority there. And I think one of the things that I know the mayor is very proud to announce is that the housing authority did purchase assumption, you know, for there to be a development
site for uh, you know, affordable housing there. He'd also encourage that and uh, in speaking with the housing authority on that, they're in favor of working with the board of ed on seeing that there may be a school on that site there with potentially apartments above
that. you know that is something that you know the mayor at this point wishes you know can occur for that site. I think it achieves some of the objectives that this council, you know, and the public are asking for,
you know, to address the comments for the requirements though of making sure that there's affordable housing within these projects. Though the city is doing this on making sure that our future financial position is in a much better
place than we are right now. We have no we have very little land to sell off. So we have to develop. We do not want to raise taxes on our single family and two family homeowners. That is not what the administration should be
doing. And this with this development, this is new money coming into the city. So when we look at these 10 pilots up overall on their current taxes, they're paying $517,000
with a city share of that money of $232,000. When the pilots are stabilized, when these buildings are stabilized, there will be 2,389,000 with the city share of $2.3 million.
almost a multiplier of tenfold going to the city. Like that is money that is almost two mill$2.1 million that doesn't have to be raised in taxes. And I think that is always lost. Um when we look at why are we doing this
development, why is you know there's so many redevelopment plans. It's because quite frankly, if the city doesn't grow, we die. And we don't want to be in a bad financial situation that we were 12 years ago when
the administration took over. I think we've done a fantastic job on getting us there so that people want to live in Bayon. they want to remain in Bayon, you know, and that's where again I look at myself, same with, you know, Neil, you could probably look at it yourself, too,
of how many of our classmates from high school lived in Bayon and no longer stayed. We're we're the oddity. >> Director, I love you dearly. Do you want me to really speak to that issue of how many of our classmates can't afford to live in this town because they weren't
as lucky as you and I because they're getting priced out? I was the wrong guy to invoke in that in that comment. >> Well, Councilman, >> and I've got questions as well about what you just said. >> Now, you referenced you referenced uh 2.2 million. As of today, you said with
these 10 pilots, the city would be receiving 517,000 collective taxes. >> Collective is the overall tax on that. The city shares >> when the pilot wears out because you and I might still be around if God gives us another 25 years to live. uh what what
is the projected taxes the city is going to be bringing in then because and I don't intend to be the longest serving councilman but on on the chance that I still tune in to see what the tax rate is going to be 25 years from now I wonder are we still going to have these
same issues but the again on that the tax rate and the assessed value the tax rate and the the current taxes are assessed on what the fair market value of the time so if you could predict what 25 years you know what the current value is. I mean, you know,
>> yeah, >> based on the current value, >> but >> if we if we estimate that it would be somewhat similar when these pilots wear out, we're talking about 500,000 for 10 pilots. >> So, what happens when the money runs out?
Let's go to community benefits. You mentioned that tonight of the 745 new units being introduced to this city, there's a total of 1.5 community benefits coming through the door. Correct. >> Correct. >> Okay. That money was gone before I finished my sentence. So now I
understand we've rebuilt some parks in this town, most of which have cost close to 5 million a piece. So now we've got 745 new units and we've got a a half-built park. And when it comes to paving roads and
infrastructure, the the amount total, as I understand it, that the infrastructure is going to cost over the next 50 years is something in the billions. And I'm supposed to get excited because we're bringing in 1.5 million. And when the
money's gone, we're left with 745 new units, none of whom are going to have kids or drive cars. >> Let's also look into that. they still have to pay their fair share for the water sewer connection fees that are not calculated into that to pay into the
system for those infrastructure upgrades that have to be done. The other thing too of also outside of one park costing $5 million. Most of the parks, you know, are in the, you know, $2 million range, Buddy Baseball, which is a fantastic
park, was $2.5 million. And we had, you know, grant money along with private development money help build those parks. >> And tonight, Russell Golding Park is >> is being awarded as well. >> So to say that the 1.5 million is spent
and allocated. No. Okay. Because this is future money coming in to the city. All right. I want back to tonight at hand if we can because we have a long agenda. Please. So again, part of the comments, you
know, to the public on this, we're addressing, you know, making sure that we have new revenue coming in. We have very little land left to sell, which is again one-time fillers. These are renewable ratables to the town on our budget. These are also again projects
that are helping deal with our long-term control plan making sure that again because councilman Carol have you pointed out on the cost of that infrastructure to the tune of the you know billions if we don't have new money coming in that is on the current
taxpayers right now which is not fair and then dealing with the affordability and with the board of education the city is working with on making sure that a memorandum of understanding is prepared along with dealing with the assumption
property that the housing authority has bought and the city will work with the housing authority to make sure that there is more affordable units built there using the affordable housing trust fund that we have that is from all the non-residential development that has
occurred in town. uh and hopefully work with the board of ed to achieve the potential for uh you know new uses for there. So for anyone to say that the this administration this council does not
you know consider those issues non-important is not true. We are addressing them right now. >> Okay. Thank you. Can we can we wrap this up with Meline? >> Anyone else on O2?
Peter Franco. >> Peter Franco, 109 West 53rd Street. The Davis administration uh really uses just about any excuse to develop now. It's the long uh long-term control plan that's been going on for 10 years.
That's nothing new. It's not our fault that the state said that. And why do we got to come to the rescue for a developer? I mean, that's always what we do. This guy stood up here and talked about taxes. We don't like to raise taxes. Every year Davis has been in
office. The c the taxes have been raised. I know it's been a minute since I've been here, but um I heard the gentleman talking about 95% going back to the city and zero going to the schools and 5% going to the county. It wasn't too long
ago, maybe five or six years ago, that we were up here raising hell about these developments to give money back to the schools. What happened to that? There was 5%. Then at one point with Lucarelli's project, it was 10%. We were going on the rise. We were being
progressive about things. All of a sudden, we got regressive, you know. I mean, I think the schools know how to spend their money, you know. I think they're the ones greatly impacted. We talk about taxpayers and stuff like that, but it's like we raise taxes no matter what. So to say this like, oh, we
got to protect the taxpayer, so we got to give to another developer is just insane. We've been doing this for a decade. So that's all I got. Thank you. >> Council President, >> yeah, you have to stick to >> It's O2. >> O2. Thank you. Please.
>> Uh, it's O2. And then I'll save myself some time. Are any of these redevelopments cut out for disabled, for veterans, for our seniors? And I just want to quote, what I think some people think is affordable are way more
privileged and have had different outcomes in life. What I determine as affordable is very different. I think affordability has become a perception instead of a fact. Okay? People can't afford $3,300 a month. People can afford $18, $1,900 a month. They know with all
this income, I really hope to see BOME put their money where their mouth is and help the residents that are here and include us in this process because when we are included in O2, 03, 04, we're more likely to support it. And I think what we're hearing here tonight is even on O2, I don't know if our residents are
truly being part of the these processes. Are they is there a round table for the residents next to these O2? Have those residents been involved in any conversation? I got to go with the answer is probably no. And if I'm wrong, I apologize. I'm here to support the development, but does O2 does this
redevelopment support any of those initiatives at all currently today? Seniors, disabled, veterans, any do do they support it's just again I'm not I don't mean to be hostile. It's just it's true. No. Right. >> So the way Mr. Skeller explained it is
that indirectly we are getting money that is going to go to that. There are plans underway for the board of ed to get that. We wanted 10% as a council. We voted on that. There's no vehicle to get them to 10%. But we're going to probably
do that through our redevelopment agreements to give them the 10% because we as a council agree that that is something very important as far as affordable housing. We're going to take that money from the trust fund and we're going to identify properties and have them built with the housing authority
managing them. And there's some talks underway already about that. I personally have talked to John Mayan about doing that. >> Do you know what the wait list is for the housing authority? >> So I I do. Yeah. >> How many? >> Yeah. >> Yeah. Three upwards of 300. So I hope
like again 02. The answer is no. I just want to be just >> So just to answer your question, if we can get whole buildings built where the whole thing is affordable housing, that will knock that number down. >> I think there should be a developer to do a first for us. No. >> Well,
>> just please. >> So, so yes, the affordable housing trust fund comes from developer money. The $14 million in that, every cent of it came from developers. I don't think anybody says that out loud enough. I know Mr. Skiller tries. I'm saying it. That $14 million, which I think should be used. I think we need affordable housing in the
city. Do I think we need it in the buildings where where the city success is tied to the amount that we're we're we're charging for rent? No, I do not. I think that there are appropriate places and and and uh and times for that. I agree. I had a mother-in-law pass away
recently that I wish we could have had in this city and and it is one of the things that I'm working on with a client to try and bring an assisted living facility to Bayon, a highass assisted living facility, someplace that I would put my mother-in-law and where you could have put your mother-in-law. It it would have been nice. But we're working on
those things. It's not like it's being ignored. Like Mr. Gillander said it's not being ignored. Just because we're not pounding our chest and talking about it here in public all the time doesn't mean it's not being worked on. >> So, so the money that we're bringing with the community benefit payment. Two
years ago, there wasn't a collection of community benefit payment. Now there is because this council pushed for it. Tomorrow, who knows what we're going to be asked for. But that's the point. It's a collaborative process to make sure it works for you, makes sure it works for the developer. >> We're also expecting that number to
grow. Exactly right will grow exponentially >> and so on this O2 please uh to bring it back they have been waiting for 5 years so this isn't rushed through this is discussed uh there are open public meetings on all of these things there are meetings with the council people
from of these wards these things happen there are conversations that are not done out here but they are done with the neighborhood through the council people they are done with all the council members that we meet with >> through the planning through the planning board. There is an open public process and and and we're there every
month. So, I just wanted to address those couple of things before you vote on there, too. Thank you. >> Thank you very much. >> Yeah. So, I mean, go ahead, explain, Mr. >> Excuse me. Just for the record, I would like to say I understand the whole concept about affordable housing and I
agree with that. Uh but nobody mentioned recently just with the bound housing authority last week there was a groundbreaking for affordable housing. So these ideas are not being un you know overlooked or uh you know we don't work on it. So I said it before with the with the the council uh things are not easy
and they take time but nobody mentioned the fact that just last week we had a groundbreaking on Oak Street for affordable housing and I think that's important for the public to know that we are working on affordable housing. >> Okay. Okay. Can we wrap this up please, Mina?
>> No protest against objections to or statements in favor of this ordinance has been filed with me. May I have a motion to close? >> Second. >> And on the motion to close, Mr. Booker. >> Hi, >> Mr. Carol. Hi, >> Mr. Perez. >> Hi, >> Miss Weaver. Hi, >> Mr. Lapaloosa. >> I
>> and a resolution ordering final passage. >> Second. >> And on the resolution, Mr. Booker. >> Hi, >> Mr. Carol. I'll be as brief as I can so as to not have to repeat myself for the next four pages. A lot was mentioned. I did and I applaud
Director Skillander. He met with me um and we discussed these issues in detail and it was uh explained to me that no, there are no affordable housing measures in any of these buildings. As was mentioned up here, ground was broken on
a new building. The issue of affordability, the issue of affordable housing, workforce housing, etc. is something we should be proclaiming loud and often and at these meetings at every meeting because that is how you advocate for something.
That's what that is called. And we do need to accomplish it in all its facets, which include getting new buildings that are entirely dedicated to these issues. But I don't particularly relish the idea of segregating these individuals and
furthering the stigma that's attached to workforce and affordable housing. Because every time you mention affordable housing, everybody runs for the hills, if you put it in these buildings, if you made provisions for it, then it becomes your neighbors. It
become you give everyone a reason to lift all boats with the rising tide. That's what I suggest when I talk about it up here. I am doing somersaults that a building is going to be built that addresses this need. I love the idea as
was introduced tonight first time to me that another property may be purchased to do something with. But again, this is not something that we need to cordon off in a special part of the town and forget about or hope that you know
it it's the need suffices. The list is a mile long. This will move the list along, but we're still going to have people on there. And then we're going to add new people every year that passes because they're falling into the safety net. And the safety net is rapidly
disappearing. That's what I've been saying for years now. Tonight, with all the development on the docket, it is not necessarily that I oppose development. If you proposed something that addressed these needs, I'd be inclined to vote for
it. And I think I I'll say 90% because there are things tonight that I I certainly will support. But what needs to be addressed is a cohesive plan. I I I won't speculate, as has been speculated by those that came up and
spoke, why this is being done in bulk, why it's happening on mass at a December meeting and so on and so forth. All I'll say is the the only thing that seems to be uh cohesive and consistent is the length of the pilots that's being given
out. There are side streets on this list. There are uh setback issues. There are things that we all talked about addressing and I'm just I I'm I have I take issue
with not having that plan. And for the individuals out there, I hope that you steal this idea because the young lady mentioned in the back, go and knock on the doors. That's what I do and it's what reflects my voting record up here. And some of these
uh some of these plans reflect a 2000 master plan with a revisit in 2017. But in between those years, when the community news existed, they did a poll directly addressing the public. And that was, I believe, the last time that
something like that went out direct to the public. Now, that entity no longer exists. It's the internet. Is it harder to get to people? Sure. But when they did that poll, it came back with specifically what the majority of the people in the city wanted to see. Height
of buildings and and I if I'm remembering correctly, 10 was certainly the least on the list. 10 and above. With that said, with that addressed about the last time the public was given the option to weigh in, the idea I hope
that is stolen is this. When I talk to people, it's not the fear of development, although that is it seems to be that that is how we in this building understand it. The fear is that it's going to happen to them next. If
you showed up tomorrow and said, "This is the loft district. This is the high-rise district. This is the town home district. I think there would be a mass calming in this city because they wouldn't fear that we were going to block out the sun next to them with the
stroke of a pen. That's what I think people are afraid of. That's what I think they're begging for us to do. Address a plan, not to make changes as we go along. And I can't phrase it any more any more
eloquently. I wish that I could. Um, and I'll give credit again. I'll give credit to Director Skylinder who succeeded where many failed in compiling a list of all these projects from old to new chronological order. And we can and
should work through all of them. Do I think they need to be worked through all tonight? No. Now that we have the list, I think we can break them out from oldest to newest. But there's just there's so much and that community uh
benefit that was talked about what it's gone already like that's just not something to get excited about. >> I vote no. >> Mr. Perez >> I miss >> I >> Mr. Lapaloosa. >> I
>> three is a ordinance approving a redevelopment plan for the property located at 1037-1041 Broadway which is identified as block 45 lot 20 as shown on the official tax map of the city. It was introduced and passed the first reading held November 12th was published in the Bergen record
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 December 17th is now before the council court's consideration and a public hearing. Resolution given the ordinance second reading is moved by council member Perez. Mr. Booker, will you second?
>> Second. >> On that resolution, Mr. Booker. >> Hi. >> Mr. Carol, >> I >> Mr. Perez. >> Hi. >> Missur. Hi. >> Mr. Laoo. >> Hi. Second reading is by title an ordinance approving the redevelopment plan for the property located at 10-37
1037-1041 Broadway which is identified as block 45 slot 20 as shown on the official tax map of the city pursuant 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 it. The council president will recognize
anyone who wishes to speak. Okay. No protest 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? Some >> move on the motion to close. Mr. Booker, >> Mr. Carol, >> I
>> Mr. Perez. >> I >> Miss We >> Mr. Lapaloosa. >> Hi. >> And resolution ordering final passage. >> On the resolution, Mr. Booker. >> Mr. Carol. >> No. Mr. Perez. >> Hi,
>> Miss Weamer. >> Hi, >> Mr. Lapaloo. >> I four is an ordinance amending and supplementing the revised general ordinances of the city of bound chapter 35 which was introduced and passed the first reading held November 12th was published in the Bergen record 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 December 17th. is now before the council for its consideration and a public hearing and a resolution moved by council member Booker giving the ordinance second reading. Mr. Perez,
will you second? >> Second. >> On the resolution, Mr. Booker. >> Hi, >> Mr. Carol. >> I >> Mr. Perez. >> I >> Miss We. >> Mr. Laaloosa. >> I. >> Second reading is by title, an ordinance amending and supplementing the revised general ordinances of the city of Bayon
chapter 35 zoning. The council president is 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. >> Mr. Perry. >> Good evening. Jean Perry, 77A Hobart
Avenue, Bayo, New Jersey. I rais this to the planning board as well. I'm still struggling to understand how we can change one property from heavy industrial to light industrial, but we can change another property owned by the same property owner, which right now is
a scrapyard. Also, I presented to the planning board at the last meeting, permits were issued on this building to start work in November, and it hasn't been approved by the planning board yet or the city council. So eventually someone needs to take charge within the city and start finding these property
owners that are developing their land without proper zoning or authorization from the council. And that's that's all I'm going to say in the matter because it's it's got to stop. >> If you just want to wait, Mr. Skil is going to explain to you something about the permits and then we'll move on from
there. So >> So Mr. Perry, the city did investigate that zoning permit there and in part of it, the property owner on that one filed for building permits and in order for the building process that it has to be
evaluated by zoning in order for the per zoning permit to be effective. Um, those building permits have not been issued when we discussed this with the at the pre-agenda meeting. So for there are no building permits on that site uh for any
of the work that you know is being proposed. We looked into that and the zoning permit there for the application is only for an interior fit out not the use zoning permit. So I I think there is
a distinction there between that. Um the vote tonight on this ordinance is whether or not to allow for the use of an indoor recreational space as an addition to the light industrial and heavy industrial zones. Uh you know so I
just want to make sure that you know we're not confusing the two issues here. The any of these still have to go through the process. Applications still have to be filed. City officials still have to review it to determine um you know the appropriate boards that
would have to go through. Nothing in this ordinance is affecting the process. The only thing that is happening here is adding whether or not indoor recreational space is an acceptable use which the 2017
master plan specifically requires that the city take action in order to the address the lack of given the fact that we don't have that here. We're trying to find spaces and the only space that is available for
sizes of these are in our industrial zones uh to address the parking issues to also address the size of these facilities. >> Right. >> And and if you >> So, do we have a permit on hand right now for the signs that were put up last week on this building? Because according
to this uh zoning officer, they don't have one >> and spoke to them yesterday. >> Any any notice of violation was sent to their attorney. >> Right. So, we're going to keep giving violations to the same property owner throughout the city that keeps violating things and closing our eyes to it. And that's all I have to say in the matter. Thank you, >> Council President. >> Yes.
>> I I would like to make a distinction here. Um, and not to correct Mr. Scalander. It is the not the property owner that made the request for the permit, nor were they issued to anybody
at this point, but it wouldn't have been to the it was the um renter, the tenant just because I know the issue you're referring to and it's an issue. >> Jane, can you come up to the front again? And I also want to tell you CR37
Neil drafted. >> I did read that already. Thank you. Uh, the copy of permit I had I gave to Councilman Booker at the last meeting, but I'll go home and look at the date. But it was issued to Bay on Durable, the property owner, not the soccer five club. >> That's what I'm saying. That was not
even issued. And it is the I'm not going to get into an argument. I just want you >> because I know where you're going with this and I keep my personal. >> It's It's the wrong spot for a soccer field. Leave it at that. >> Yeah. Thank you. >> It was the TED. >> Thank you.
Anyone else on 04? Okay. No protest against objection 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 on a motion to close. Mr. Booker, >> Mr. Carol, >> hi.
>> Mr. Perez, >> hi. >> Missur, >> hi. >> Mr. Lapaloosa. >> Hi. >> And a resolution ordering final passage. >> Move it. >> And on the resolution, Mr. Booker. >> Hi. >> Mr. Carol. >> Hi, >> Mr. Perez. >> Hi, >> Miss Weamer. >> Hi,
>> Mr. Lapaloosa. >> I >> Five is an ordinance approving an amendment to the redevelopment plan 469-71 New Hook Road, which is identified as block 416. >> This
05 >> came. Yeah, >> I'm sorry. Yeah, I skipped one. 05. >> No, >> I skipped one. >> 05 is also for chapter 35 zoning
>> and um this was >> you're postponing this one. We have a motion to postpone it to the hearing of January 21st. >> Move it. >> And on the second, >> would like to second >> and on the resolution to postpone, Mr. Booker.
>> Hi, >> Mr. Carol. >> Hi, >> Mr. Perez. I, >> Miss Weamer. >> Hi, >> Mr. Dopalos. >> I >> So, now we're up to 06, which is an ordinance approving an amendment to the redevelopment plan 469-71
New Hook Road, which is identified as block 416, lots one and two, as shown on the official tax map of the city, which was introduced and passed. The first reading at the meeting held November 12th was published in the Bergen record 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 December 17th is now before the council for its consideration and a public hearing and the resolution moved by council member Perez given the ordinance second reading Miss Weamer will you second >> second >> and on the resolution Mr. Booker
>> I >> Mr. Carol >> I >> Mr. Perez >> I >> miss we >> Mr. I am going to recuse myself. >> And second reading is by title an ordinance amending a supple nope sorry ordinance approving an amendment to the
redevelopment plan 469-71 New Hook Road which is identified as block 416 lots one and two as shown on the official tax map pursuant 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 it.
The council president will recognize anyone who wishes to speak. >> Yes, Mike. >> Evening. Micro Signo, 42 West 23rd Street. Um, this is a a clearance for a data center
and um I've been looking into the data center issue and now I know this is a amendment for a new land use at the uh Delta storage area. Uh,
and looking into the data storage units, there's over 16 in Hudson County already, which I was surprised. It's a caucus. Now, I'm totally against data storage centers. Now, everybody's
aware on the use of water, power, and what's happening. And I'm speaking on this because now Balon's come a long way. I mean, between the golf course and the new development and bringing in coming from an old
industrial town, an oil town, it was pretty dirty and it cleaned itself up quite a lot. And then with the breaking ground on studio 1888 and uh a ferry service and the shipping ports are getting bigger and we brought in the new
taxes and the situation here is they're coming the data storage centers. This one actually is going to be owned and
operated by a payon resident which is one of our good neighbors Vincent de Monaco. Now this I've been assured that it's because the
power and the water that comes from the cities is devastated. But this unit does still have to going to have to get cleared through the planning board when they build one. So it's going to come
before the planning board on how they're going to separate the water usage from the Bayon water, the electricity from the Bayon electricity grids. And it's a process that takes a lot of work. And I'm just making that the council's aware
of this and that everybody at this will be kept to breast because it's but it is something that's on its way with these super data centers. They're uh they're incredible. But
that we can monitor this thing and keep an eye on it. And I rather have a bayown neighbor, let's say, than Meta, Amazon, Google, Microsoft, or these massive tech companies coming in and just running,
uh, rickshot over us. So, uh, I'd like, you know, that you monitor this and keep an eye on it. Like I said, I believe this does have to go before the planning board before any structure of a data warehouse center would be built within
bail. Thank you. >> Hi, please state your name. >> Yes, thank you. It's uh uh Charles Harrington of Connell Foley. I'm here on behalf of the property owner. Um and I just want to just maybe add add some commentary to it.
The amendment is to to add the use the data center use. Um so as the gentleman just said it is it it does have to go to the planning board uh for a site plan approval. So this just allows that additional use uh in addition to the the uses there which are you know self-
storage warehouse. Uh there are a lot of uh variables that that will have to be addressed during the site plan. you know, the power, the water. Uh my client advised, you know, like a power, he will get his own separate source of the power. Um but these will be site plan issues. Um so, you know, tonight we're
it's it's not getting approved for for the use. We will be back before the planning board to to sort all that out. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Anyone else? >> No protest against objections to or statements in favor of this ordinance has been filed with me. You may have a
motion to close. >> So move >> and a second on a motion to close. Mr. Booker, >> Mr. Carol, >> I >> Mr. Perez. >> I >> Miss We >> Mr. Laloosa. >> I'm recusing myself, so I'll stay.
>> And a resolution ordering final passage. >> Move. >> Second. >> Mr. Booker is still absent. on the resolution. Mr. Booker, uh, Mr. Carol, >> hi. >> Mr. Perez, >> I >> Miss We >> and Mr. Lapaloosa.
>> Recuse my three. 07 is an ordinance vacating the rightway easement reserved to the city of Bayon and conveyed to Dorport Realy LLC over block 476.01,
lots 10.01 1 and 10.02. It was introduced and passed the first reading held November 12th, was published in the Bergen record and posted on the bullet board as required by law with notice that it would be further considered for final passage following a public hearing at this meeting of December 17th 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. Who'd like to second? >> Second. >> And on the resolution, >> Mr. Carol.
Mr. Booker is still absent. >> Mr. Perez, >> hi. >> Miss Beamer. >> Hi. >> Mr. Lapaloosa. >> Hi. >> Second reading is by title an ordinance of the city of Bayon County of Hudson, New Jersey, vacating the rightaway easement reserved to the city of Bon and
convey to Doorport realy for LLC over block 476.01, lots 10.01 and 10.02. 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 the ordinance or its passage has been filed with me and motion to close. Second >> on the motion to close. Mr. Carroll >> I. >> Mr. Perez.
>> Hi. >> Missur. >> Hi. >> Mr. Lapaloosa >> I >> and a resolution ordering final passage it >> second >> and on resolution Mr. Carol >> I >> Mr. Perez >> hi >> Missur >> hi >> Mr. Lapaloosa.
>> I >> 08 is an ordinance amending and supplementing the revised general ordinances of the city of bound chapter 7 traffic which was introduced and passed the first reading at the meeting held November 12th was published in the Bergen record 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 December 17th is now before the council's consideration and a public hearing and a resolution moved by Mr. Booker who just came back into the room giving the audience second reading.
Miss Wemer, will you second? >> Second. >> And on the second reading of 08, Mr. Booker >> 08. >> The second reading. >> Hi, >> Mr. Carol. >> Hi, >> Mr. Perez. >> Hi,
>> Miss. >> Hi, >> Mr. Lapaloosa. >> Hi. Second reading is by title an ordinance amending and supplementing the revised general ordinances of the city of bound chapter 7 traffic. The council is now ready to give all persons to interested in this ordinance an opportunity to be heard concerning
it. The council president will recognize anyone who wishes to speak >> Melissa Gadeski Rodriguez 148 Avenue F. Um thank you. So thank you. It's not a complaint. Um, I think the second portion to this is just an enforcement issue, right? I can tell you that cars
still go down 23rd. Um, heading towards Prospect, they still do it. Um, there is, and I'm I'm going to tell you that I have not seen 24-hour parking enforcement at all in that area. There's a whole new avenue now. Like, I don't know why we created parking because they have parking garages in those
developments. So, it's like weird that we created parking because nobody on F and Prospect is going to park on Avenue G. Um, so I think this is a two-part thing, right? If we're currently, from perception not enforcing the 24-hour parking Monday through Friday, which was a great benefit to the city of
Bon. I think the residents appreciated it. Um, I'm concerned that the enforcement here, this is a whole culture of behavior change from everybody going up and down that block. I live on that corner. I will tell you that almost four times I have been almost rammed right into coming down
that block. So, and this is we're going to enforce this. So, I think I ask like to put care and consideration into when this goes into effect. Probably some first of all, reinforce parking um as well as enforcing safety and mindful
driving. I know that's crazy to say to a licensed driver, but I'm going to tell you right now, those people fly in and out of those buildings with like blindfolds on. Um, you know, so that's just please do that for the residents in the area. We would all appreciate it. >> So, everything is a step. So, this is
giving the police the allowance of of enforcement and then the parking can come afterwards would be added to a zone. So all this is going to happen, but it's just this is the first step. >> So the parking like the 24-hour parking will be enforced as well on Avenue G. So all those cars which should start
getting tickets >> included into a zone. Okay. >> And then the enforcement will happen on the parking side. >> Just let the residents know in those buildings because I don't think they do. They'll have a rude awakening with a ticket on their windshield. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Anyone else?
And and Mr. Rodriguez, the residents, we passed an ordinance that all those buildings have to put notices in for the residents. So if they don't know, they're not reading their notices in their building. So >> your problem. >> Okay. Well, well, exactly. But I mean,
um, we've done everything we possibly could at this point, um, to give them notice. >> Thank you. >> Yes. No protest against objections to or statements in favor of this ordinance has been filed with me. May I have a motion to close the hearing?
>> Second. >> And on the motion to close the hearing, Mr. Booker. >> I >> Mr. Carol. >> Hi. >> Mr. Perez. >> Hi. >> Missur. >> I. >> Mr. Lapaloo. >> I. >> And resolution ordering final pass. Move it. >> Second.
>> And on that resolution, Mr. Booker. >> Hi. >> Mr. Carol. >> Hi. >> Mr. Pre. >> Hi. Miss Weame. >> Hi, >> Mr. Lapaloo. >> Hi. >> 09 is an ordinance amending and supplementing the revised general ordinances of the city of Bayon chapter
7 traffic. It was introduced and passed the first reading at the meeting held November 12th. Was published in the Bergen record 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 December 17th. Is now before the council for its consideration
and a public hearing. And the resolution given the ordinance second reading is moved by council member Perez. Mr. Booker, will you second? >> Second. >> On the resolution, Mr. Booker. >> Hi. >> Mr. Carol, >> I >> Mr. Perez. >> I >> Miss We >> Mr. Lapalooa. >> I >> second reading is by title an ordinance
amending and supplementing the revised general ordinances of the city of Bay on 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. Any questions on 09?
No protest 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? >> Second. >> And on the motion to close, Mr. Booker. >> Hi, >> Mr. Carol. >> Hi, >> Mr. Perez. >> Hi,
>> Miss Weame. >> Hi, >> Mr. Lapaloosa. >> I >> and a resolution ordering final passage. >> Move it. >> Second. And on that resolution, Mr. Booker, >> hi. >> Mr. Carol, >> hi. >> Mr. Perez, >> hi. >> M Weame. >> Hi, >> Mr. Lapaloosa.
>> I 010 is also amending and supplementing chapter 7 traffic. And it was also passed at first reading at November 12th was published in the Bergen record posted on the bulletin boards acquired
by law with notice that it would be further considered for final passage following public hearing at this meeting of December 17th is now before the council for its consideration and a public hearing and a resolution moved by the council president giving the ordinance second reading. Mr. Booker, will you second?
>> Mr. Booker, will you second? Second. >> 010. >> And on Mr. Carol I yes I >> Mr. Perez >> Hi >> Miss Reamer. >> Hi >> Mr. Lapalosa. >> Hi. >> And second reading is by title an ordinance amending and supplementing the
revised general ordinances of the city of bound chapter 7 traffic. The council is now ready to give all persons interested in this ordinance 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 I have a motion to close it? Move it. >> Second. >> And on the motion to close, Mr. Booker. >> Hi, >> Mr. Carol. >> Hi, >> Mr. Perez. >> Hi, >> Miss. >> Hi, >> Mr. Lapaloo. >> Hi. >> And a resolution ordering final passes.
>> Move it. >> And on that resolution, Mr. Booker. >> Hi, >> Mr. Carroll. >> Hi, >> Mr. Perez. Hi, >> Miss Weame. >> Hi, >> Mr. Lapaloosa. I um Meline, can we let the two gentlemen that didn't sign up? We'll let them speak first.
>> Excuse me, sir. >> Sir, >> would you just come to the podium? You could speak now and um state your name and address. >> Mr. Gin, I'll have you come next.
Uh, Abel Zukum, N Parkside, Lame Bayon, New Jersey. I uh I owe several property in Bayon. And I received this bill. This is a new property, 41 A16 Street. This is brand new home.
And um according to this statement, the tax statement will be put to sleep December 1, 2025. So my understanding I have till December 20 Siri one 2025 to apply for tax
payment. I got my CEO December 2nd for that house and I when I apply they deny me because they say is ended 30 days before the date
>> 30 days before the co >> be before December 31. So 30 days before December 31 will be almost December 1st or December 2nd because December is 31
days. So they stop taking application 30 days before and they deny it. But based the note they send here I I I not I think this is to my understanding should be accepted should
be honored. Okay. >> January one. >> So our our tax collector sent a letter out saying that all of these had to be applied for by 11:30, November 30th. So if you did it on December 2nd, so yeah,
>> I would assume that you got that letter. >> We never I never received any letter. >> I I mean >> this gentleman is the director of planning and zoning is going to address this. So for the five-year tax abatements, the
ordinance um sunset um and basically what that means is that uh in the ordinance adopted, it had a a cut off date there. Uh so how again the tax assessor has looked at this is that the
CO had to be before uh November 30th. uh because the exemption has to uh would take effect the first of the month following the CO which means January 1st. Uh so even if the application um
was submitted today, it's when the date of the CO or uh was issued. So the CO had to be issued on >> uh on or before November 30th uh for the single and two family homes. uh so the cos or substantial completion of the for
occupancy um without an inspection uh there's we'd have to you know there was no way for us to know without um the co in this case uh so we can look into that on when the the co was issued um but they have uh 30
days to uh file from the date of the you know co uh for the exemption uh that that's really the the cut off date for the 5-year tax abatement on the sunset provision here. >> 11:30, right? >> 11 the issuance of >> November 30th.
>> Yes. November 30th for a co. >> So you say you mail a letter to the homeowner. That's correct. >> Well, that was I believe on the back of the tax card that explained um the sunset provision.
>> Yeah, I have it here. >> Yeah. >> But doesn't say nothing about November 30. of how the ordinance reads. It's the you have right >> it's the month following the the co. So if you get the your certificate of occupancy
>> on November 30th you have 30 days to apply for there and then it's becoming effective the next month which would be January 1. So that's the cuto off date. So if you got a co on or before the 30th you could still apply for it. Um, and
the tax assessor, you know, should be able to grant it because it's before the 30th. If the CO is after the 30th, we, you know, based on the ordinance, uh, we we can't, uh, the city can't. >> Yeah. >> But Mr. Lavaloo said there was a mail sent,
>> right? >> When that mail was sent to let me or homeowner know November 30 is that that date for that. If I miss it in this property, I owe seven property in Bayon.
>> Right. So it was on >> four of them is brand new home. >> It's on the Yeah, it was sent on the the tax card >> was mailed but it was on the tax card. >> Which tax card? >> The one that you have in your your hand, sir. I mean that that's the the tax card. The bill.
>> Yeah, I have it here. >> Yeah. >> Say it say December 31, but doesn't say anything about November 30. So again, so just for the the record, it says per ordinance-25-52, please be advised that the city is
terminating ordinance 0- uh 0829 5-year improvement effective December 31st. >> Yes. Nothing about November 30. If I know about November 30, I will act and I
will apply before November 30. >> But in the language of that ordinance, it states that it h there has to be a CO issued one month before the exemption starts. So with the sunset provision on December
31st, the cuto off date would have been a co had to be issued by November 30th. In the bag of the application of the tax payment, they say you need to apply within 30 days of the CEO include weekend.
>> Yes, that's correct. See, so >> but the the again it's all based on when the CO is issued. >> Yeah, the issue is December 2nd. I apply same day. >> Yep. >> I apply same day December 2nd. >> But the the ordinance in
>> So I apply before the 30 days over. No, but the you have 30 days to apply, but the ordinance by that point um >> it was a tax assessor uh um it was their decision to make the end date and the >> for the co as well city ordinance. There
are state laws that the tax assessor has to comply with. So it may not even be just based on our ordinance. Again, the tax assessor makes that determination. He made it and and >> how ordinary homeowner know that? How
how I myself I know I have to apply 30 days before the due date 31. How I know you should same way you send the note here. You should send the note say you your that date is 30 days before that date. There are a lot of laws that
not even I'm aware of, but I'm required to comply. And if I'm going to be owning seven properties, I'm presuming that I'm going to have to know a lot of land. So, and you seem to be a professional.
>> I don't know what they do with unfortunately there is lot of laws, you know, we do here. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. But um to my opinion, this should be honored. >> Okay.
>> Yes, my opinion should be honored because I apply within 30 days from obtaining the SEO and that that ordinance was put to sleep December 31.
So December 31, if it's not in the weekend, any owner should apply. Any new home owner should apply for the tax payment. >> Okay. Sorry, we have to wrap this up. >> Yeah, that's fine. Do >> you want the language? >> No, it's okay. We're going to move on. Mr. Guini.
Once again, thank you, Councilman Booker and Councilman Perez for trying to help me out. I'm here tonight not because I have a complaint against anybody here, but I do have a complaint. I have a complaint
about an ordinance that was passed allowing a building inspector to go to people's houses and demand that they fix things. That's against the law. It preempts the law. The law in the federal government
and the state of New Jersey states only an architect or an engineer is a design professional that can tell you to do something that something needs to be done. An inspector does not have that
authority and nor does the city of Bon have the authority to give him that authority to go to people's houses and say, "Oh, you got to do that or you have to fix that. You can't get your grant." I I stumbled upon all of this as a
result of applying for a grant and being disabled and on dialysis three days a week. I'm here tonight. I was on diial house today. I can't even believe I got the strength to be here. But it's so important to me because it cost me
$45,000 of money I didn't have of his ignorance and the way he disrespected Councilman Perez and Councilman Booker. You are the bosses
and city employees are not. City employees are just that. their employees and the law has to be upheld. I checked with DCA. I checked with the uniform construction code and I checked with the attorney
general's office because I thought maybe I was losing my mind. I worked in the building department. I know the laws and when this man said to you he can't he seen it so he has to follow they they
abandoned my grant for my roof. I was left with rain pouring in my house as a result of this inspector who disrespected his own job. He knows that he does not have the authority to
do what he did. And I spoke to Mr. coffee. He explained to me how the ordinance was put together and I understand how why they did that. But it supers it doesn't supersede the law. The law says you can't do that. And the beef
is not part of bayon of the city. They get $25 million from Mendez. Uh Congressman Mendez, I'm sorry. and uh Senator Booker, they got the money to
operate here in Hudson County and BEOF has got some of it. Now, the program, the way it's supposed to work is I go and I apply. After I apply, I either get it or I don't. If I get it, then a coste
effective person shows up at my house and says, "What do you need done?" I need a new roof. That it. They all add it all up and if it covers the grant, they'll tell you you have to put in some
money or not and it's done. They get a contractor. They're not doing that there. They want you to call a contractor and then send or tell them to send the bids to them. bids now, which shouldn't
even be possible a bid. What are you bidding on a grant for? You either hire a contractor or you don't. That's the name of the game. The only guy that showed up out of all the people on the list that they gave me was Val. Val's
contractor showed up and you know what he said to me? You don't have enough of money for that, but uh I'll get back to you. In the meantime, six months went by and they never even said whether they
got the bits. So I had guys from the uh program itself in Patterson Pake, Fort Lee, Jersey City, which I worked on under Glen Cunningham. And I contacted them and I found out
that what I was saying was correct. That they're not they're oper whatever they're doing with the money, they're not giving it to the residents of Bayon. They might be fixing storm windows and all that crap. But when people like myself, 77 years old, for the first time
in my life, I can't work and I needed help. I went for help and couldn't get it. I'm paying taxes here 45 years. I never missed a year and I never asked anybody for anything ever in my life.
And I hope that you guys can do something about this and he should be disciplined because he knows he's violating the law. And you know what? I don't know how many houses he went to and did this. And if he did, they're all felonies and I believe he could be
prosecuted. >> Okay, I will look into this, Mr. Garini. So, thank you tonight and like I said before, thank you Mr. Perez, thank you Mr. Booker, thank you Mayor Davis and the city council for moving this town
forward. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Miss Rodriguez, >> Melissa Deski Rodriguez, 148 Avenue F. Um, I put something together to keep my thoughts organized. So, I'm here tonight because I care deeply about Bayon. Not
just what it looks like on paper, but how it actually functions for the people who live here every day. I want to be clear from the start. I'm not anti-development. I believe development can be positive. But I believe in smart, thoughtful development, not development for the sake of promises made, timelines rushed, or boxes checked. Right now,
we're building without fully preparing. We're approving projects without addressing the realities that come with them. Our infrastructure, our roads, lighting on the streets, they're dark. parking, emergency access, schools, and basic services. These aren't abstract
concerns. These decisions impact daily living for our seniors, our residents with disabilities, our families, and our first responders who are already stretched thin. Housing is a major issue, but housing without thoughtfulness is not progress. We need to consider affordability, accessibility, and the long-term cost of
living, not just today's cost of living. Seniors and residents with disabilities should not be an afterthought. Access to medical services, safe sidewalks, reliable transportation, and parking isn't optional. It's essential. When those things are overlooked, quality of life declines. And let's talk about
identity. Bon has one, but right now, we're losing sight of it. Broadway, our main artery, remains largely undeveloped while surrounding municipalities move forward. We're a bit behind, and not because we lack potential, but be because we haven't fully reconnected with what we have we already have and
who is already here. Our small businesses are the backbone of this city. We should be asking, what are we doing to support them to keep them here and attract more? We also need consistency and common sense. Residents are impacted by decisions that feel disconnected from everyday realities.
Parking enforcement disappears, yet residents are given a hard time over a garage sale. These things may seem small, but they speak volumes and make it make sense. We cannot ignore long-term impact of development on taxes and water bills. Many residents are already feeling the strain and still don't have clarity on what the future
looks like. Transparency matters here. So, I'm asking us to pause, not stop, but stop, look, and listen. What are we trying to achieve? Who are we trying to make happy? And most importantly, are we putting current residents first while building a better Bayon, or are we just pushing them aside? We can do better,
and every single resident deserves to be heard and have their quality of life respected. Just to add a few notes, I think it's very disheartening that I sat in this audience today and I heard mutters and I heard under breath comments by those he considers to be professional. I'm not
going to call them out thinking they know who they are. But I would like you to take a really good look at who's representing our city and these developments because quite honestly it broke my heart. We are the voices here. Development, no development. Who is anybody to complain that any
resident's up here speaking for any amount of time? This is a commitment you all made and this is a commitment we make to sit here too and listen to everybody whether we like it or not. It's okay to disagree, but everybody's time here is valuable and sitting there and hearing somebody kind of complain
that people were talking is actually really disgusting. Um, and the last thing I just want to say, um, you know, there's been a lot of talk about the board event, and I can't I'm not going to speak for it as as many of you know my role, but I want to be very clear
that they, if you have questions, please go to the right people and ask for the facts. Don't assume what you hear here today is actually factual. Go to the source. Go to the like hear from the horse's mouth, please. None of the residents take what you heard for for
its value. Um, go to the source. Um, I appreciate you all listening tonight as I always do. I know you all do a fantastic job and I know your job is not easy, but truly consider every resident going forward. We have a lot to do here. We have a lot of potential and we need
to unlock it together, not just one-sided. And that's what it feels like right now. So, thank you for your time, >> Mr. Pakor. Hey council people, the honorable council, thanks for having me. JP Port Caro 3 Egan Court, uh, thanks for having
me. Uh, council president. So, the last meeting I was at in these in this room, would you believe it? March 2020, and we still have the stickers. That was two or three days before the city closed down. So, I'm glad to be back. I was director, for those of you don't that don't know,
I was library director from 2018 to 2023. So, I'm here to speak about blessed Miriam Teresa. I had emailed you all earlier in the day and just I'm not going to take up my whole five minutes. Miriam Teresa Demanovich, the Demianovich family immigrated here to
Bayon in I think around 1899. Blessed Miriam Teresa was born Terresa Demanovich right on uh Constable Hook. She was baptized at what was called at the time St. John's St. John the Baptist
Greek right church which also was on Constable Hook. Since then it's been moved. It's the Byzantine church that's right behind the uh post office. So that's her church. She she's from here. So she went through the Bayon school
district. She she's a Bayon public school student, product of the Bayon public schools. She graduated second in her class in two uh 1917. She gave a saludiatoran speech at the Bayon High School graduation. She ends up uh when
she goes to college, the Bayon High School uh principal writes in his college recommendation letter that she's going to bring great honor to her alma mater and you know think she becomes a sister of charity dies very young very
holy person. Her brother who also was from Bayon becomes a priest. They both uh went at some point to St. Vincent Church which is still here. Um her brother Monsenior Demanovich collected all of her works into a book called
Greater Perfection which has been published all over the world. And as we know at at this point her cause for canonization is almost at saintthood. Right? So we almost have a Bayon High School educated Bon born and raised
sister of charity as an American saint. She was the first person ever beatified in the United States, which I think probably some of you went to. I know Mayor Davis did in 2014 right here in New York, New Jersey. So, what I'm asking the council is to name her feast
day, which is May 8th every year to be blessed Miriam Teresa Deanovich Day. And then someday hopefully we can pass another resolution renaming it St. Miriam Terresa Demanovich Day. Um, and this this hits all three wards because
she attended St. Vincent's. As you know, we have Sister Miriam Teresa Park in on Greg Street. We have her church right behind the post office. And now we even have Blessed Miriam Teresa Parish, which is the former, you know, uh, St. Mary's Church. So, thank you all. This is a
very holy city. So, thanks for listening everyone. >> And what is the significance of May 8th? >> May 8th is is the day that she passed away. So that's on the on the Roman calendar like literally in Rome Pope Francis named that her you know her feast day.
So you know all the saints have their day right St. Nicholas day was a few weeks ago. So blessed Miriam Teresa day is May 8th. So I would love for Bayon to be saying on our calendar we've got Blessed Miriam Teresa a product of the Bayon school
system born and raised here. And when she becomes saint, we could say we've been calling May 8th blessed Miriam Teresa day long before she was St. Miriam Teresa. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Thank you, Mr. Par Park. Uh thank you.
It's a very enlightening information. I had no idea that was fantastic. I just want to say thank you also for being an amazing director of the public library here in Bayon. And what we'll do is um if everybody's in agreement, we'll put something together for the next meeting,
>> you know. And I I meant to say in the email I sent you all, I actually typed up a sample resolution. So it will be very very easy to take the resolution I wrote and edit it so it works for the council. >> Right. So we got that kind of late. So I
mean today and everything else. So >> May, do it. So >> we'll have to do it before May. But I mean, uh, let's take a look at that and if we have to tweak a little bit, but you know, we'll take a look at what you wrote and we'll work on it. >> Okay,
>> Mr. Grimes. Good evening, council. Uh, Edward Grimes, sativacross.org. We're a 501c3 here in New Jersey fighting for disability rights and cannabis patients rights. Uh, I hear a lot of talk about disability stuff tonight. It really
intrigues me. But, um, uh, I could be home right now taking this meeting at home if we still had Zoom meetings at home. For 19 months, disabled people were able to take their meetings at home. We got online, school, online, church, online, everything. And for 19
months, disabled people were able to take part. And um, after that, now they don't take part anymore. They're pretty much homebound. Only a few towns still do the hybrid meetings. So, that would be nice because I'm in a lot of pain. I had to go sit in the back and squat because my it's like being in church here with the pews, which I don't mind,
but the, you know, it's very painful if you got a bad back like me. But that's what I'm not here to talk about. Um, we could talk about the urban enterprise zones not having wheelchair accessibility. Um, a step is a wall. Uh, if you're in a wheelchair, you don't get the same tax breaks as able-bodied
people here in Bayon uh because you can't get into those businesses. Uh back in the day there used to be signs on businesses that says no Irish, no Jews, no color people. Well, when you have a step that's telling a disabled people, keep your cancer home. Keep your crippled ass out of here. That's what
it's saying. So, that's something Bayon has a lot of room for growth with the urban enterprise zone. You guys could subsidize ramps. They just uh put a um they just crashed a car into the smoke shop last year and uh I went in there recently and they're putting in a brand
new beautiful cement step. I said, "Man, I said if the town can only put an ordinance out that says, you know, you can't get your seat out without, you know, wheelchair access, but we'll work on that." But the reason I'm here is I was born and raised in Bayon. I never
been to the YMCA. And I went to the YMCA because a man named Hector was talking to me about it and he's living in fear as a disabled person living at the YMCA. Uh if you live at the YMCA, you're basically living in fear as a fire hazard. They're calling you a fire
hazard. If you can't use the steps, you'll be kicked out. So, I went there with my video camera and my wheelchair and my mask as El Rampador, as you'll see me on 49th and Broadway fighting for the light for blind people out there. And I took my
wheelchair out there and I circled the building because I couldn't find the wheelchair ramp. And I finally found the wheelchair ramp and it went down this this this hill to a dirty locked door with no no buzzer, no nobody there, no way to contact, nobody to knock to, just
no fs given for the disabled. So I was like, "Okay." So I went around to the front of the building, left my wheelchair, walked up the steps, I talked to somebody. I had a hidden camera. You can check out the video on YouTube. And you're not supporting me um in any way. I'm not monetized. So you can go on go on there. I'm I'm not monet I don't do this for money. So you can go
on and ignorance is no excuse. Uh YMCA. And you'll see I had a conversation with the guy and he told me, "Yeah, uh if you're in a wheelchair or you have a uh a disability, you'll be kicked out of here. You'll have to go to a nursing home because you're a fire hazard here.
The thing about the YMCA is there's a elevator that that's in that building that works, but only the janitor can use that building. Only the maintenance person can use that elevator in that building. The disabled are not allowed to use that elevator. That's on my video. I I I made sure I got proof of
that because I couldn't believe it. I couldn't believe that they're actually they have a building that says Young Men's Christian Association, but it's the most non-Christian thing I've ever seen in my life. It's disgusting and I'm sick of it.
So, yeah, it was really bad seeing that. And um they're living in fear. The disabled are actually living in fear. They're hiding their wheelchairs. They're hiding their walkers. They're hiding their their their canes because if they're find out that they're disabled, they'll be thrown
out. They'll be thrown out of the YMCA in Bayon if they're found out that they're disabled. Now, if there's any tax money going towards that building, I'd like to know about it. Any of our if our money is going towards that, I think we should all know if our money is going towards an abbleist b business building,
we should know about it and we should probably put a stop to that. They should not get any no grant money, no tax money from me. For me, I'm talking here as a homeowner in Bayon. I'm not here as El Rampador. I'm here as Grimes, a homeowner, and I don't want my tax money going to the YMCA if they can't have wheelchair access in any form. Thank
you. Oh, they shall grow not old as we that are left grow old. Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun, and in the morning we will remember them. Thank you. >> Thank you, >> Mr. Ceri.
Thompson Larry A West Grant Street. It's amazing that you know Mr. Skiler said that the city purchased assumption if we could purchase that. But we can purchase a traffic light
where I've been fighting and coming here every month for the past five months down Goldsburg Drive and chosen Few. I can't I can't I lost count on how many times I seen the cops pulling people over for being idiots. I mean, there's a
ton of idiots down there. Now they were making U-turns around the cones that Mr. Cot put down there. I can't remember how many times I got out of the car, held up traffic to put the cones back up because of the morons that are down there. What is this town waiting for? For
somebody to get run over and killed cuz like I said, I'm going to come back here. If somebody gets hurt, I'm coming back here and laughing at you. You're the council president. You roll on the council. step up, grab your things by the horns, and get money for this for this traffic
light before somebody gets killed down there. Talk to the police department. They'll tell you how many times they've been down there. The fire department last week, they they had an emergency call fighting with traffic because the idiots
don't want to move out of the way. We have to do something down there before somebody gets killed. Affordable housing. I agree with Neil Carol and the young lady back there. This should have been done a long time ago. Now all of a sudden we're in the
ninth inning. You want what? Now everybody's talking about affordable housing. Affordable housing was talked about years ago, but nobody did anything going way back before you were councilman, Gary. That was talked about. Another thing, 32nd Street Bridge, when
Joe Doria was here, he got he got a grant supposedly from the state to repair that bridge. The steel on that bridge is falling apart. What are we waiting for? That steel to fall over on somebody's car or somebody get hurt. The bridge is decrepit.
You you go up that bridge, you lose you're going to lose your front end. Same thing with 30th Street Bridge. There's an inch and a half to two inch step before you get onto the hit the rim. When I was here working for the city, we ashvalted along the uh curb, along the
uh the concrete and the asshalt, and it's some reason it's sinking again. We have to step up and do something for this town and our seniors and our vets. If you are not going to do anything, get out of office and get somebody else in
here to do it. Thank you. So Tom, I'm just going to offer you a quick comment um only because I I do want you to know that the traffic light is a concern. It's one I go through every day. Um I believe Director Skillander is working um and creating a
special interest district for that entire area and have things like that uh the traffic issues and the roads, the addition of roads and things of that nature funded by those developers. >> Okay. Well, what about there? Somebody talked about ashalted. I think Mr. Carol
brought up about ash something about ashvaltton streets. We have the worst streets in Hudson County. I just kne I just per I just sent a picture to Neil on his phone. Brian Stack. God bless that guy. His streets are brighter than any street
in Hudson County. I drive up and down the streets in Hudson in North and Drew through through Hudson County and you know where I work and Brian Stack Streets. You don't even need your headlights to drive. That's how bright it is. He has LED lights all
over the place. That bright as Neil, you could check your phone right now and you'll see it. I was driving a snowplow truck and I didn't even have my lights on because that's how bright it is going down uh >> Bergen Line Avenue. Bergen Line Boulevard East. Yeah. >> Up and down the side streets on 15th
Street. >> What our abilities and what the issues are with the traffic lights uh with uh lighting for the streets. But as far as the traffic light, I know that's being >> How much do we purchase? Uh supposedly assumption. How much do we pay for that? >> So So the city doesn't own that. The housing authority is in the process of
buying it. >> Oh, buying it. Okay. How much? >> The city. It's the housing authority. >> But doesn't the city fund them too or are they under are they under HUD? >> No. No, they're under HUD. And and and also Tom, there's a DOT approval that I'm pretty sure we're waiting on for
that traffic light at >> that I seen DOT down there taking numbers and everything else six, seven months ago sitting there. Two guys, actually four peoples on either on either intersections sitting there with their little calculators and everything
else and nothing's done. This is not the first time. They were there three times already doing it, monitoring how many cars, how many trucks. As I asked them what they do, they said we have to monitor how many cars, how many trucks, how many buses, and nothing's done. But we found 1 point something million for a
traffic light for 56th Street, but we can't find something down there. But cuz a crossing guard got hit, that's why we're getting a traffic light up there. I know she's a friend of yours. She's a friend of mine, too. But that's how that's how it looks like. See you later, G. >> All right. Bye. >> You don't want to hear the the whole thing. All right. I got you. Bye.
>> Bye. >> Bye. >> Yeah, >> Mr. Franco. >> All right. When he comes back, Mr. Rivera. >> Good evening, council. My name is David Rivera, 103 West 42nd Street. I want to
say since I moved to Bayon over 25 years ago, I think Bayon has moved forward ever since 2015, what 2014 when you guys took office, the the deficit has gone down. It was over $200 million and now we're at what maybe about 20 million I
want to say. I believe you guys been doing a great job. Continue to move Bayon forward. And this guy just totally disrespected the council. And it's a shame because I know this guy. I know I know Tom for many many years and unfortunately he did something like
that. But again, I feel like you guys are doing a great job. The mayor is doing a great job. 1888 Studios is coming. Uh the the ferry is coming and I'm not going anywhere. I raised my children here. I had a business here. I love Bayon and I know a lot of people here love Bayon and we're going to continue to do the right thing and do
the work. Thank you guys. >> Thank you. Before you start the timer, you know, I I made this comment last month when the same comments were made. You know, Gary, you have been ardently behind trying to improve that area down there. Though we
may disagree on what should be down at the base and what should be put forward and traffic patterns and all that, you certainly don't deserve the disrespect that you just got. And it should be clarified certainly by us up here that even though we may disagree, you have been a driving force behind getting a
light down there. >> Thank you. Thank you. We we're constantly trying all of us to get things done. Unfortunately, some things in the government take time that we don't even like the amount of time it takes. But there are just certain things
that between engineers, red tape, whatever it is, it's taking a lot of time to get those things done. And so in those number of months, every month we hear the complaint. And there's there's not much I could say about it except that we're waiting patiently just like
you are. >> Having said that, Meline, >> Mr. Perry, >> thank you for those words, Neil. Thank you. Thank you. >> Good evening. Gene Perry, 77A Hobart Avenue, Bayo, New Jersey. This is more of an inquiry. I don't remember how the
council passed this, but years ago when marijuana and THC was legalized in the state of New Jersey. Am I correct in saying it can only be sold in certain areas? If I remember the zoning correctly, it was over by Lowe's and not on Broadway. >> Yeah, that's >> predominantly. I don't know what's going
on, but couple nights during the week, can't get down 43rd Street in Broadway. 5 10 minutes. Saturday night, I was there for 10 minutes and it was like dodging Frogger trying to get around the cars. Parked my car. I really wish the council could look with the work with
the police department or with zoning and find out what these smoke stores are really selling because it wasn't for the Christmas trees next door. I was watching everyone go in and out of the smoke shop the other gentleman spoke of. >> Oh, you're talking about unbroken. >> Yeah. You couldn't get from 43rd Street to 41st Street. I actually called, it's
on fire. I called headquarters, asked for a car to come down, ask her to move, like do something about But it needs he looked at all over the city. Thank you. >> Thank you, Frank. Miss Nrosski, >> Sharon Nidowski, 126 Avenue. Um, first
of all, I I just I know it's not a question answer, but you had a dialogue a few minutes ago with the first speaker, and I thought I heard you say that the five-year the tax assessor decided to do away with the fiveyear. >> No, the tax didn't. >> Oh, well. Oh, we're doing away with the program though. Somebody
>> the council voted on that. >> Okay. So, I I missed that meeting. All right. Okay. Okay. So, let me start with that. So, learn something new every day. So, what I learned today here is that we decided that we were going to do with
the five-year abatement for home improvements for PE people who buy improve their own homes or new home buyers who live here or invested here and trying to make their own homes better. We're we're no longer We took away that you you made a conscious decision to deny them to do away with
that abatement, but we're giving baitments to out of town interest. All we're asking for, I'm prodevelopment. I was on board. I was part of the 1888 approvals, the furry, you know, almost 12 years ago. I was for that. I We all
You all tell me how much I approve those developments when I complain about what we're not doing. But what we have to not forget is the residents who are here, who have been here. >> We all have the right to live, grow, and thrive, and stay here. We're pricing them out.
>> As far as the five-year tax abatement is, I wanted to reup the tax abatement, and I was told that there's some issues with the state. So, I'm looking into that to try and reup the five-year. >> Well, it it's just really disheartening for people who work hard, tried to improve their homes, and they're not
getting any break. And then we talk about, you know, we got, you know, $14 million in new revenue for all the the pilots that we have out there and our taxes have gone up every year. They haven't stabled. And no, when we did come in, I'll correct when when in 2014
when the Davis administration, we had a $24 million deficit and we paid that down, right? I think when I left, we were about $4 million. That was four years ago. I believe it's creeping up now. But we have all this money coming in, all this 14 million extra. I don't
understand. I don't understand why taxes keep going up. We kept tonight we hear, "Oh, this is Thank you for the giving these pilots because this is what's keeping your taxes lower." But they're not keeping our taxes lower. They're not. And our quality of life has not improved. We heard it multiple times
reiterated about the roads, the traffic, the dirty streets. you know, safety. I I'll I'll call it like it is. Call it safety. Our police force is overworked. They work 12-hour shifts. There's there's not enough of them. There's not enough presence
around. We hear it all the time. So, my my you know, I'm just a little was a little disturbing to hear that we decided to do away with that. Now, maybe it is a state problem, but I have a feeling if it was the developers that were losing their abatements, you guys might work harder to keep it for them.
Thank you. Miss Mas, >> Mr. Hazlewood, you want to address the council? You have to come to the podium. My name is Hazwood 603 Ky Boulevard. >> Okay. I have an issue. Um, let me breathe. I have an issue. I had a
storefront. I've been there for eight years. Um, never got in trouble. Always served the community. And um I was in a dark space and um I had CDS in my store and um I went to jail. I came home the next day and um so I tried
to figure out what should I do to uh to get back in and um I went in front of the health board. I went in front of the lawyers. I went in front of everybody. They told me what to do. So I did it. Um I did everything what they told me to do. And um
so that Monday um I was supposed to open and um some lady Suzanne, I don't know her name, she took my license. Um I was in front of the the health board. I was in front of the count um the health board, the zoning, the building. Everybody's willing to give me a second
chance. My landlord is willing to give me a second chance. The courts is willing to give me a second chance. All the charges got dismissed. Um I just I only have was possession and that was it. Um, I don't have nothing. I really don't have nothing. And I've been there
for eight years. I put a um I serve my community. I never had no problems or nothing. I just want a second chance and that's it. >> So, you want a second chance for what? Could you explain a little further? >> Um, to reopen. Um, I'm on probation
right now. I get urined every week. I'm on probation. I got four kids. Um, it's really hard out here. Um, I put everything, all my eggs in this basket in the store. I spent a lot of money. I don't have no money. The landlords, uh, I owe money for the landlord. I owe
money for rent. I owe everything. And, um, I ain't have Chris's gifts for my kids right about now. So, this is like my last resort. And I just need a second chance. You'll never see my face here again, man. Um, I'm sorry. I'm embarrassed. I let myself down. I let my
family down. not let my community down. >> I'm just trying to What are you asking for? A second chance. >> Oh, what I'm asking for? I just want to um get back to my store and start back working again. This is >> Mr. Hazel. If your license was You said your license was pulled, what was your
license for? What What was the nature of your business? >> Um I do um a restaurant. I sell takeout food. >> Takeout food. Okay. And and if you don't and I'm happy to take to speak with you um in private, but if I may ask you what what was it that your license was pulled
for? What were the charges brought against you that clearly now? >> Possession of CDS >> and for forgive me because I'm not very well verssed. What exactly is CDS? >> Uh >> control danger and substance. Okay, thank you. >> Um and that was what
>> um what do you mean? What? What? It was a country. It was a It was ob It was a drug. >> Yeah, it was just a drug. >> It was a drug. And what type of drug is that? >> It was um >> I >> Yeah.
>> Okay. All right. That So I know that to be a pretty um significant drug. And was it Do you mind if I also ask you was it were you charged with the intent to sell or distribute? >> Uh well, all that stuff got dismissed everything. >> Okay. How close were you to a school?
I'm right next to the park, right next to the school. >> Yeah, I think that speaks volumes, but I apologize. Director, would you like to speak on this? I would I'd love some additional information. >> Good evening, council. This should not even be open for discussion right now. Uh, Mr. Hazelwood was procedurally
denied because he did not follow the process um, meeting the requirements for his appeal. He was instructed by the law department about uh orchestrating his appeal and again he did not follow that process. So this is not up for discussion.
>> Yeah. But I showed him I showed the Joe Joe Coffee that I made a mistake. I emailed the wrong person. She didn't want to It's only her. She didn't want to take my email into consideration. Like I explained to her everybody wants me to open except her. The uh the
courts, the I was front of their building, the lawyers, the health board. I was in front of everyone. They told me I can open. I signed the paperwork. The health board went to the store. They went to the store and said I was approved to open. I had paperwork signed. I signed the papers. I went
there and they said I was approved. They gave me a second chance. The courts gave me a second chance. Everybody's g me a second chance except her. I got kids and I got family. You know what I'm saying? I didn't cause no I no problems for eight years. I've been serving this community for eight years and and it's just her. Only her.
>> Mr. Hazelwood, you're asking for an appeal that we can't give you. All right. You're you're not entitled to that appeal. >> Yeah, because I I made a mistake. >> Denied already. >> But I made a mistake. I I showed Joe Coffee. I made a mistake of what the
email I sent. It was August 27th. It was before I showed them to him. They She knows I was fighting to get back in here. She knows that. >> Why you don't give me an opportunity to give me a chance? >> Mr. Hazerwood, we need to wrap up the comments. But also,
you know, when you did something wrong, you did something wrong. Not Miss Kavanagh. >> Correct. But everybody deserve a second chance of life. I see people got they um they even Joe Coffee said the the guy from the taxi cab came, he got a second chance. Why? I can't have a second chance. >> Council President.
>> Yeah. I again, I don't make that decision uh unless it comes to me in a proper way. And since you were denied that appeal, I think we should end this now. And unfortunately, if you have a lawyer that could write a letter or something, maybe we could take it from there.
>> What do you mean with lawyer? I don't I >> I had a lawyer. They wanted to take the case. I don't have no money. >> Mr. Hazelwood, again, the council feels for you, but we also don't we don't advocate people selling drugs, especially around >> But it wasn't.
>> All the charges have been dismissed. >> And you were defender. >> All the charges. All the charges except my possession. I was possession of it. I and I meant to it >> and I was but everything else was dismissed. Everything was dismissed. You see if you could take that in
consideration. Take us around. I'm take urines all the time. I don't have nothing. I put a lot of money in that store. A lot. >> We're the we're the legislators. We're the city council. I don't have the right to reup your health uh certificate. So,
unfortunately, I cannot do anything for you at this time. I apologize, but unfortunately, we we're not even supposed to hear an appeal, but I realize this is the public speaking portion, so we allowed you to speak. >> Yeah, I understand. But if if I feel though someone is like trying to take
something from me, and I I don't have no fight is I feel though it's like I'm by myself and it's it's I don't have a fight. I have nothing. I feel though it's like she is she the one is is stopping me. >> It's not Miss Kavanagh's fault. >> It was her fault. I'm telling you it was >> possessed the CDS that got you in trouble.
>> Correct. But I see other people that did got their license back here. Right. Correct. >> Yeah. But I think the discussion is over. You you don't have the right to appeal and if you want to get a lawyer and write a letter or whatever, we'll answer the letter. But as of right now, the conversation has to end because I have a very long
>> Yeah. But you're talking about go get a lawyer, right? >> What do you want me to tell the lawyer or what do you want me to say? >> You could do whatever you want. I'm not telling you you have to get a lawyer. You could do whatever next step you want, but this council cannot give you that right back.
So, I think the discussion has to end, sir. >> So, you tell me I can't open, right? >> You can't what? >> I can't open back my store up, right? >> You need the right proper documentation to open up a store, right? >> Yeah, I did. But how? So, they told me
to cop out to a seamy. >> Okay. >> I cpped out to occasy. I gave them money. I gave them everything what I what they told me to do. I gave them all my money, the last that I had, and they told me I could open. And I got the sign. They signed it. I signed the paper. >> So, how' she have the right to take it?
And I got paperwork saying that she's not even have the right to take my She didn't have the right to take my license. >> Conversation. We give people 5 minutes to speak. You're >> But I got paperwork saying that she didn't have the right to even take my license. She's not even have the right to take my license. >> Get somebody to fight for you. Maybe you
need a lawyer. I don't know. But this conversation at this meeting has to end now. She took my license. >> Council President, Mr. Hazlewood was provided a hearing with the health officer. The health health officer at the time denied him a permit to open
under our health license, which is her prerogative because it was against the public safety. It was >> public safety. >> It was against the public safety. So, so he was provided with the process and he did speak to Mr. Coffee. Mr. coffee
tried to help him navigate the appeals process. He didn't follow what he was told and he was denied. >> I did deny. >> I did file. >> Mr. Hazlewood, >> I did file. >> You have to, Mr. Hazelwood. >> I did file. >> Please return to your seat, Mr. Hazelwood.
>> I did file. It just messed up, man. >> Mr. Hazwood, you have to return to your seat. Thank you, >> Mr. Gross. >> You You spoke already. You cannot speak. >> Mr. I just a comment about Texas. >> No, no, no. Sorry. >> One time. That's it.
>> We're building a new home. >> We have We have a very a very big agenda. >> Okay. >> If you want to contact us, he could do it after the meeting or you can contact me. Not you're not going to speak. This is it. Mr. Gross has to speak.
>> I mean, I buy lot garbage and I renovated. I cleaned the block. >> Please contact me. was abandoned home for 20 years. >> Okay. Again, do not yell from your seat, please. >> Okay. >> All right. Yes, sir. Please state your
name and address. >> Uh Matthew Gross, uh 33rd and Broadway, East 13 East 33rd and 742 Broadway. Uh we're redeveloping that uh that corner lot there. We've uh demolished those buildings. Uh thanks for having me. I just wanted to say that we're committed.
We have a lot of stakeholders that we're working with and I wanted them to know that I'm on the record that you know we're still here. Uh there was sort of a breakdown in communication between uh everybody uh on the project and uh I just want to make sure that there's a previous redevelopment plan 745 Broadway
that had already been approved. Uh he's panicking, not sure what's happening. Uh and we have an adjacent neighbor who's also uh part of it. So there's a lot of stakeholders and there's a lot going on. And I just wanted to come and say for the record, you know, we're committed. Uh we're here. Um I love the passion and energy of Bayon. Uh we love the
integrity, the streetscape. Uh we're we're going to preserve that holiday tree and trim sign and uh we look forward to doing some thoughtful development there and thanks for the time. >> Thank you. >> Guess Mr. Franco left.
Okay. Moving forward, the ordinances proposed for introduction. 01 is an ordinance approving the financial agreement buying between the city of Bayon and 62-72 Prospect Urban Renewal LLC for the
property located at 62-72 Prospect Avenue, which is identified as block 449, lots 21, 22, and 23, as shown on the official tax map. and a resolution fixing Wednesday, January 21st at 6 PM in the Darthy Harrington CH
council chambers as a time and place for public hearing and final passage. It resolutions moved by council pres the council president. Mr. Perez, will you second? >> Second. >> On that one, Mr. Booker. >> I >> Mr. Carol,
>> these are for introduction. Like I said, I I asked about the addition of affordable housing, a few other things. I was told no. Um, just as I only voted no uh moments ago on this particular property, I think it would be disingenuous for me to vote yes just to
introduce it, but so I vote no. >> Mr. Perez, >> I >> Miss We, >> Mr. Lapaloosa, >> got to tell me when you leave. 012 is an ordinance approving a financial agreement buying between the city of Bayon and 18th Street Partners
MW Urban Renewal LLC for the property located at 33-37 East 18th which is identified as block 226 lots 1213 and 14 as shown on the official tax map of the city and a resolution fixing Wednesday
January 21st at 6 p.m. in the dark and caring to council chambers at the time and place for public hearing and final passage. It's moved by council member Perez. Mr. Booker, will you second? >> Second. >> On the resolution, Mr. Booker. >> I >> Mr. Carol. >> Hi. >> Mr. Perez, >> hi. >> Miss Weame.
>> Hi. >> Mr. Laaloosa is not present. 013 is also a financial agreement buying between the city of Bayon and Golden Apple Capital Urban Renewal LLC for the property located 935-939 Broadway which is identified as block 85
block 23 and a resolution fixing Wednesday January 21st in the Dorothy Harrington council chambers as a time and place for a public hearing it's moved by the council president >> and Mr. Perez will second >> second >> on that resolution Mr. Booker. >> Hi
>> Mr. Carol. >> Hi >> Mr. Perez. >> Hi >> Miss Weamer. >> Hi >> Mr. Lapalooa. >> Hi. 014 is a financial agreement buying between the city of Bayon and Kennedyml Renewal LLC for the property located at
361-366 365-367 and 373 Kennedy Boulevard which is identified as block 262 lots 78 and 9 and a resolution fixed in Wednesday January 21st in the Dorothy E Harrington
Council Chambers as a time and place for a public hearing and final passage. It's moved by Council Member Booker. Mr. Perez, will you second? >> Second. >> On the resolution, Mr. Booker. >> Do you need a recess, >> Mr. Carol? >> Hi, >> Mr. Perez. >> Hi,
>> Miss Weame. >> Hi, >> Mr. Lapaloosa. >> Hi. >> Seriously, if you need a break, you should take a break. 015 is another financial agreement buying between the city of Bayon and 102-116
Avenue E Bayon Urban Renewal LLC for the property located at 102 and a half-116 Avenue E which is identified as block 467 lots 10 11 12 13 and 14 and a resolution moved by council member Perez
fixing Wednesday January 21st at 6 p.m. in in the Dorothy Harrington Council chambers as a time and place for public hearing and final passage. Mr. Booker is not here. Who would like to second? >> Second >> on the resolution. Mr. Carol, >> I >> Mr. Perez. >> I
>> Miss Weame, >> Mr. Lapaloosa. I >> 16 is also a financial agreement buying between the city of Bayon and Broadway Partners NES Urban Renewal LLC
for the property located at 431-439 Broadway 11-13 West 19th and 10-12 West 20th which is identified as block 220 lots 18 23 24 25 and 26 and a resolution moved by the
council president fixing Wednesday, Jul J January 21st and the Dorothy Eyee Harrington Council Chambers is a time place for public hearing and final passage. Who would like to second? >> And Mr. Booker is back on 06
introduction. Mr. Booker. >> 06 just say I. >> Hi. >> Mr. Carol. Hi. >> Mr. Perez. Hi. >> Missur. Hi. >> Mr. Lapaloosa. >> Hi. 07
is another financial agreement buying between the city and Qoz Prospect Property Urban Renewal LLC for the property located at 33 Prospect Avenue which is identified as block 455 lot 1.01 and fixing Wednesday January 21st
is a time and place for public hearing and final passage. It's moved by council member Perez miss >> and on 017 Mr. Booker. >> Hi, >> Mr. Carol. >> Hi, >> Mr. Perez. >> Hi, >> Miss Weame. >> Hi, >> Mr. Lapalosa.
>> Hi. >> 08 is a financial agreement buying between the city of Bayon and 2834 East 22nd. It's not Second Street. Actually, it's East 22 Urban Renewal LLC for the
property located at 28-34 East 22nd Street, which is identified as block 212, lots 30, 31, and 32. And a resolution fixing January 21st as a time and place for a public hearing final passage. It's moved by the council president, Mr. Perez, will you second?
>> Second. >> On the resolution, Mr. Booker. Hi. >> Mr. Carol, I >> Mr. Perez, I >> miss. >> Mr. Lapaloosa. >> Hi. 19 is a financial agreement between the city and 1037-1041
Broadway urban renewal LLC for the property located at 1037-41 Broadway and a resolution fixing Wednesday January 21st as a time and place for a public hearing and final passage. It's moved by council member Booker. Mr. Perez, will you second? >> Second. >> On the resolution, Mr. Booker.
>> I >> Mr. Carol, >> no. for the reasons I expressed at 01. But also going forward, I would request another meeting in the next 30 days, especially from our department heads regarding what I mentioned at the start
of the meeting with respect to planning. See, I think this is what everybody thought we were going to be voting on and talking about tonight, but really the long meeting is going to be January when these things get have been introduced and get discussed in the public forum. And I I have a lot of
questions and requests quite frankly of things that need to be considered in these financial agreements, parking for the city and so on and so forth. >> Mr. Perez, >> I >> Miss Beamer. >> Hi, >> Mr. Lapaloo. I >> 20 is a financial agreement between the
city of Bayon and 1012-1022 Avenue C Urban Renewal LLC for the property located at 1012-1022 Avenue C and a resolution fixing Wednesday 20 January 21st as time place for public hearing and final passage.
It's moved by the council president. Mr. Perez, will you second? >> Second. >> On the resolution, Mr. Booker. >> I >> Mr. Carol here. Yeah, but I'm not leaving. Don't leave me. >> Mr. Perez, >> I
>> Miss We >> Mr. Lapaloo. >> I 21 is a financial agreement between the city of Bayon and Bayon Partners Urban Renewal LLC for the property located at Memorial Boulevard, which is identified
as block 830, lots 2.01, 2.02, 2 3.01 3.02 4.01 and 4.02 and resolution fixing Wednesday January 21st for time uh as a time and place for public hearing and final passage. It's moved by council member Perez. Miss
Weamer, will you second? >> Second. >> On the resolution, Mr. Booker. >> Hi. >> Mr. Carol is not here still. >> Mr. Perez, >> I >> Miss We >> Mr. Lapaloosa. >> Hi. 22 is amending the financial agreement
buying between the city and Shri Lakshmi Vardini urban renewal LLC for the property identified as blocks 751 lots 1.01 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.102
14.14 and 16. Bless you. And a resolution moved by the council president fixing Wednesday January 21st as a time and place for a public hearing and final passage. Mr. Perez, will you second? >> Second. >> And on the resolution, Mr. Booker, >> hi.
>> Mr. Carol is still absent. Mr. Perez, >> I >> Miss We, >> Mr. Lapaloosa, >> I >> 23 is amending the financial agreement between the city and Bayon Bay Developers Urban Renewal LLC for the
property located at the peninsula, which is identified as block A20, lot one. And the resolution moved by the council president fixing Wednesday, January 21st 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. Perez. >> I >> Miss We >> Mr. Lapalooa. >> Hi. 24 is adopting a redevelopment plan for the property located at 508 Avenue, 510-514 Avenue Way, and 134-136 West
22nd Street and a resolution fixing Wednesday, January 21st at time and place for public hearing and final passage. Resolution is moved by Council Member Booker. Mr. Perez, will you second? >> Second. >> On the resolution, Mr. Booker. >> Hi, >> Mr. Perez. Hi,
>> Miss Weamer. >> Hi, >> Mr. Lapaloo. I 25 is also a redevelopment plan for the property located at 657-663 Broadway and a resolution moved by Councilman Weber fixing Wednesday,
January 21st as a time and place for public hearing and final passage. Mr. Booker, will you second? Second on the resolution. Mr. Booker, >> Mr. Carol on 025. >> Mr. Perez, >> hi. Miss Reamer. >> Hi,
>> Mr. Lapalooa. >> I 26 is a redevelopment plan for the property located at 1020-122 West 33rd Street and a resolution moved by council member Perez fixing Wednesday
January 21st at the time placed for public hearing finding final passage. Mr. Laapaloosa, will you second? >> Second. >> And on the resolution, Mr. Booker, >> Mr. Carol, >> hi. Mr. Perez. >> Hi, >> Miss Weamer. >> Hi, >> Mr. Laalooa.
>> Hi, >> 27 is a redevelopment plan for the property located at 653-50 657 Avenue E, 659 Avenue E, and 47 East 41st Street and a resolution moved by the council president fixing Wednesday,
January 21st as a time and place for public hearing and final passage. Mr. Booker, will you second? >> On the resolution, Mr. Booker, Mr. Harrow. >> Hi, >> Mr. Perez. >> Hi, >> Miss Weame. >> Hi, >> Mr. Lapaloosa.
>> I 28 is a redevelopment plan for the property located at 81-87 East 22nd Street, which is identified as block 449 lot 67, and 7, and a resolution moved by
council member Perez, fixing Wednesday, January 21st, as time placed for a public hearing and final passage. Miss Wever will second. >> Is she here? >> Second, >> Williams. >> Okay. >> And on the resolution, Mr. Booker. >> Hi, >> Mr. Carol.
>> Hi, >> Mr. Perez. >> Hi, >> Miss Jackie. >> Hi, >> Mr. Lapaloosa. >> I 29. is a redevelopment plan for the property
located at 19-45 West 55th Street which is identified as block 28 lots 2 and three and a resolution moved by the council president fixing Wednesday January 21st as a time placed for a public hearing and final passage Mr. Perez will second >> second >> on the resolution Mr. Booker
>> Mr. Carol >> I >> Mr. Perez >> hi >> Miss >> Mr. Lapalooa. >> I >> 30 is a redevelopment plan for the property located at 958-968 Broadway which is identified as block 78
lot 44 and a resolution moved by council member Perez fixing Wednesday January 21st as a time and place for a public hearing and final passage. Miss Weamer will you second >> Mr. B on the resolution Mr. Booker. >> Hi >> Mr. Carol. >> Hi >> Mr. Perez. Hi,
>> Miss Weamer. >> Hi, >> Mr. Lapaloo. >> I 31 is an ordinance amending and supplementing the revised general ordinances chapter 7 traffic and a resolution moved by council member Booker fixing Wednesday, January 21st at
6 p.m. as a time and place for a public hearing and final passage. It is for restrictive parking zones. Mr. Perez, will you second? >> Second. >> On the resolution, Mr. Booker. >> I. >> Mr. Carol, I >> Mr. Perez. >> Hi. Miss Weamer. >> Hi, >> Mr. Lapaloosa. >> Hi.
>> 32 is also a redevelopment plan for the property located at 1191-1205 Kennedy Boulevard and a resolution fixing Wednesday, January 21st as a time and place for a public hearing and final passage. It's moved by the council president, Miss Weame. Will you
second? >> Second. >> On the resolution, Mr. Booker. >> Mr. Carol, >> just is the director in the room? Skylinder, I think these were the two I didn't we didn't get to with all that was being added. Could you give me some
input? >> Uh what's the number? >> 332. >> Uh Luke Oil, right? >> Oh, sorry. I'm looking at my last week's notes. Yeah. So, um, as explained last week, uh, the first one is the Luke
Loyal site on, uh, Kennedy Boulevard. The other one is the Russell Auto Body. Um, on that, so the Kennedy Boulevard is uh, Luke Oil on that one for the redevelopment plan. Uh that's the one
that gives the three options uh at six stories uh eight and then nine uh with some of the comments uh again in last week's discussion from the caucus uh in prior meetings uh the developer on that
for the sixtory option the basic parking ratios of one for our one and studios and 1.25 for our two beds there. uh what the developer on that uh one agreed to for the 8 and 9 story options is a
parking ratio of 1.5. The difference between the eight and nine story option is at 9 h they have to provide a shuttle service to the nearest light rail given the proximity there uh for um
uh Russell auto body shop on that property. Um it's 10 stories. Uh but again because of the proximity to the light rail being just right of the block on Avenue C. Uh just slightly out of um the pizza stain
the transit district overlay on the zoning map. Um collocally as zoning office sometimes refers to it. Uh you're three blocks away. You're you know avenue E crosses Broadway up to Avenue C there. So, um it's still a
normal uh bayon uh parking ratio there. So, for the Russell Auto body, I think there's a maximum density cap of 135 units there with uh some ground flooror retail and uh parking uh on the first floors.
>> Does the Luke Oil have a commercial and uh entity to it? >> I uh retail, right? Retail. Thank you. on that one. I'm not entirely sure. I But I I'll get an answer on that one on
that, but it's generally uh residential on that. So, >> do you have um unit numbers for all three options or >> No, because of the optionality, we didn't put the uh density cap in there. >> That's kind of what I find concerning
about it. The the options with without the specifics. I mean, again, I know we have 30 days, but I'd like to see I mean, let's cut down the option. I'd like to introduce it at six. Leave it alone. Why are we >> Well, again, the optionality here in on
this plan, again, given the assemblage finally of just outside of the Lucille site, the developer was able to uh you know, get under contract uh the two houses next to it to make it a bigger site. It is in the RM zone currently
right now. Uh this isn't uh an R2 zone. This is high residential. uh so density is permitted on the the height there. So I think that's again for the optionality here for it allows the developer the flexibility at this point to evaluate on what project
they're looking at here >> and and the nine stories they have to provide the shuttle but is it still 1.5? >> Yes, still 1.5. The eight and nine you know have to provide the parking ratio. I mean we're over we're 12 blocks away
from uh the 45th Street light rail. So, it's a, you know, it's a good walk uh there if you want to get your steps in. But, uh, quite frankly, you know, that on that, you know, it's tough to make an argument that that's a transit friendly development.
>> Okay. You satisfied? >> Okay. Thank you. >> So, on your vote on old 32, Mr. Carol, >> Mr. Perez, >> I miss. >> Mr. Lapalooa. >> Hi.
>> 033 is a redevelopment plan for the property located at 45-493 MUC and 64-66 West 22nd Street. Um, and a resolution moved by Councilman Perez fixing Wednesday July 20 January
21st as time place for a public hearing and final passage. Mr. Lapaloosa, will you second? >> Second. >> On the resolution, Mr. Booker. >> Mr. Carol. >> Hi. Mr. Perez. >> Hi, >> Miss Weamer. >> Hi, >> Mr. Lapaloosa. >> I
>> Okay, that's out of the way. Next item is the communications, which is a resolution moved by the council as a whole ordering the following communications to be received and filed. Any questions on the
communications, which cover C1 through C11? Okay. On the communications, Mr. Booker. >> Hi, >> Mr. Carol. >> Hi, >> Mr. Perez. >> Hi, >> Miss Weamer. >> Hi, >> Mr. Lapaloosa. >> I >> Officer reports is also a resolution
moved by the council as a whole ordering the following officers reports to be received in file and recommending for any resolutions incorporated within to be adopted. It covers O1 through O12. Any questions on the officer's reports?
I have a com. >> So O3 is an appointment from the mayor appointing uh Donna Russo as our law director. And I have received I I believe um the
entire council was in receipt of a communication um from a prior employee that raised several issues that warranted looking into um although it was a tremendous amount of information and it was received rather late in the
evening yesterday. I spent a good portion of my day reviewing that information then doing some internal research and and certainly I I don't know that um anyone else has done that research um but um I did and I I just
wanted to make a a comment because um al although it it raised a lot of questions in my mind it was the majority of it was really personal comment um and interaction I found And since I've
joined this administration, I've worked very closely with Donna Russo. Um I I find her to be a stellar individual um for for the time that I have known her. I've gone to her on many issues for um guidance and and direction. Um and I I I
certainly don't think that she takes her duties here in the city lightly. Um nor do I find her to be um an individual who does not dedicate her
time. I think that she is here um day in and day out for hours on end. Um if I call her on a Saturday or a Sunday because a resident called me, she calls them. Um I've never heard her say anything but just give the resident my
cell phone number. Um, I know that she works tirelessly on landlord tenant issues on issues that we ask for her to research um and for guidance on. And so with that being said, and while I did take those uh the communication
seriously, uh this is a recommendation that has come from the mayor. Um, as I said in in my three years of being here on the council, I found no reason why I would not agree with the mayor's recommendation. And so on 03,
I wanted the community to know that um, Miss Russo or attorney Russo uh, certainly has my backing as the law director >> and I found her to be nothing but professional, uh, very intelligent and,
um, She does her job excellent. I've known her for a real long time. Before she was getting to this position of law director and um I would honestly say that uh she's somebody that I would want to be the law director. I know it comes from
the appointment of Mayor Davis, but um I would love to say that I was part of the five of us appointing her as well. And so with that, um, I'm very much in favor of her. I was also, uh, in receipt of
that email. There is a lot of personal things in there that I'd rather not go into. And, um, I'm in agreement with Councilwoman Weamer and, uh, I think Donna would make a great law director. >> Agreed. >> Absolutely. >> So, on all the officers reports,
including O3, Mr. Booker. >> Hi, >> Mr. Carol. >> Hi, >> Mr. Perez. >> Hi, >> Miss Beamer. >> Hi, >> Mr. Lapaloosa. >> I >> consent resolutions is also a resolution moved by the
council as a whole ordering the following communication resolutions to be adopted covers CR1 through CR40. Any questions on the consent? >> I would just thank the council. Uh the council president mentioned earlier that
I had drafted the letter and it's written in that way at number 37, but the entire council uh supported it, supported the sentiments behind it and I'm very very grateful >> and appreciate that we're doing that as a whole. >> So on the consent resolutions, Mr.
Booker, >> hi. >> Mr. Carol, >> hi. >> Mr. Perez, >> hi. >> Missur, >> hi. >> Mr. Lapaloosa >> I >> Okay. R1 is approving the corrective action plan for the calendar year ending December 31st, 2024. The resolution is
moved by the council president, Mr. Perez, will you second? >> Second. >> On R1, Mr. Booker, >> I. >> Mr. Carol, >> I >> Mr. Perez, >> I >> Miss We. >> Mr. Lapaloosa. I >> R2 is moved by council member Perez
authorizing a change or change change order to agreement number CY25062 with Zenith Construction for the Hudson River Walkway project to increase the amount by $41,62310 making the total contract amount not to
exceed $2,378,53810. Mr. Lapaloosa, will you second? >> Second >> on the resolution. Mr. Booker. >> Hi, >> Mr. Carol. >> Hi, >> Mr. Perez. >> Hi, >> Miss Weame. >> Hi, >> Mr. Lapaloo. >> Hi. >> R3 is authorizing the execution of a
fifth amended redevelopment to the fifth amendment of the redevelopment agreement with Bayon Partners Urban Renewal LLC for the redevelopment of the property identified as block 830 lots 1, 2.02, 0.02, 3.01,
3.02, 4.01, 4.02, 2 as shown on the official tax map. The resolution is moved by council member Booker. Miss Weamemer, will you second? >> Second. >> On the resolution, Mr. Booker. >> I >> Mr. Carol. >> Hi, >> Mr. Perez. >> Hi, >> Miss Weamer. >> Hi, >> Mr. Lapaloosa. >> I
>> R four is designating ML Realy Corp. of New Jersey Urban Renewal LLC as the redeveloper of the property located at 626-628 MUE which is identified as block 45 lot 31 and authorizing the execution of a
redevelopment agreement for said property. The resolutions moved by council member Weamer. Mr. Booker, will you second? >> Second >> on that resolution. Mr. Booker, >> I >> Mr. Carol. >> Hi. >> Mr. Perez. >> Hi. >> Missur. >> Hi. >> Mr. Lalooa. >> Hi.
R5 is authorizing the execution of a redevelopment agreement between the city of Bayon and 62-72 Prospect Urban Renewal LLC for the property located at 62 and A2-7 72 Prospect Avenue which is identified as block 449 lots 22
23 and 22 and 23 and it's moved by council member Wemer Mr. Perez will second >> and on the resolution Mr. Booker I >> Mr. Carol, >> Mr. Perez, >> hi >> Miss Weame. >> Hi, >> Mr. Lapaloo.
>> Hi. >> R six is authorizing the execution of a redevelopment agreement between the city of Bayon and 2834 East 22 Urban Renewal LLC for the property located at 28-34 West East 22nd Street, which is identified as
block 212, lots 30, 31, and 32. Who'd like to move it? >> Move it. >> Second. And on that one, Mr. Booker. >> Hi, >> Mr. Carol. >> Hi, >> Mr. Perez. >> Hi, >> Miss Weame. >> Hi, >> Mr. Lapaloo. >> Hi.
>> R seven is authorizing a red development agreement between the city and 102-116 Avenue E, Urban Renewal LLC for the property located at 102 and a half-116 Avenue E, which is identified as block
467, lots 10, 11, 12, 13, and 14. Who would like to move it? >> Move it. Second >> and on that one, Mr. Booker. >> Hi, >> Mr. Carol. >> Hi, >> Mr. Perez. >> Hi, >> Miss Weame. >> Hi, >> Mr. Lapaloo. >> Hi.
>> R seven is also an execution of a redevelopment agreement between the city of Bayon and 1037-1041 Broadway Urban Renewal LLC for the property located at 1037-1041 Broadway. We'd like to move it. So,
>> move second. on that one. Mr. Booker, >> hi. >> Mr. Carol, >> Mr. Perez. >> Hi, >> Miss Reamer. >> Hi, >> Mr. Lapaloo. >> Hi. R10 is designating
1201-1203 Kennedy Boulevard and 1205 Kennedy Boulevard which is identified as block 32 lots 1301 and 15 as shown on the official tax map of the city as a non-condination area in need of redevelopment. It's moved by council president Mr.
Booker. Will you second? >> Second. >> On the resolution, Mr. Booker. >> I >> Mr. Carol. >> Hi. >> Mr. Perez. >> Hi. >> Missur. >> Hi. >> Mr. Lapaloosa. I >> R10 is designating 301 and 300-302
Constitution Avenue which is identified as block 803 lot 1 and 815 lot one as shown on the fixal tax rep of the city as a non-condemnation area in need of redevelopment pursued to the local redevelopment and housing law. It's moved by council member Perez. Mr. Booker will second
>> on the resolution. Mr. Booker I >> Mr. Carol I >> Mr. Perez. Miss Weamer >> I >> Mr. Lapaloosa >> I >> R1 is designating the property located at East 23rd Street and identified as
block 452.02 lot 6 as shown on the official tax map as a non-condination area need of redevelopment like to move it >> second >> and on the resolution Mr. Booker
>> Mr. Carol >> hi >> Mr. Perez. >> Hi, >> Miss Weamer. >> Hi, >> Mr. Lapaloosa. >> I >> R12 is awarding the contract to Presno Geodano Construction LLC for the improvements to Russell Golding Park for
the contract amount >> as a whole. >> You did move it as a whole. >> Okay. Yeah. Okay. >> At for contract amount of 4,970,392. >> And on that R12, Mr. Booker. >> Hi, >> Mr. Carol. Hi, >> Mr. Perez. >> Hi, >> Miss Weamer. >> Hi,
>> Mr. Lapalosa. I'm >> very happy to finally award this contract. It's a huge project. It's a $5 million grant came through. It's going to change that whole area. It's our gateway and I'm very happy to see this being awarded. And I vote I.
>> And R13 is being postponed to the special meeting of December 30th. So, I have nothing else. Does anybody have >> anybody else have anything else? Oh, Mr. Booker wants to read something. >> All right. Thank you. Um, last week I uh I spoke on the last
meeting at the caucus. I mentioned the uh LEAP program and uh I was addressing the fact that obviously there are community needs. There are people that are looking for help uh from the BEOF and there is a letter that I drafted uh
for some apparent reason there's uh there's been a shortage or it's been a cut of the LEAP program and I just want to address and I I wrote a letter up for the council uh in regards to the needs that we have in town. I did some statistical uh data and looking
backwards, we do have a large number of people in town that actually uh have applied for help. And the one number that stands out to me uh between October 1st and December 8th, which is just recently, we've had almost about 600
people that have applied uh for assistance in uh electric and heating and they've been denied. Now, what I would like to do is again, I want the council uh I wrote the uh the letter up in a big font. If they have any additions they'd like to add to the
letter, I would be more than uh willing to add that into a letter that I want to send to the DCA and requesting that they uh take into consideration uh the city of Bon and its needs for the community and through these winter months and obviously sometimes in the summer months
when they need air conditioning. So, as a council as a whole, I appreciate you listening to me and allowing me to uh draft this letter and if you can go over it, if you have any suggestions, any additions you'd like to put on to this uh letter, I would appreciate that. And
I won't bore anybody with the whole uh reading of this letter at the moment, but it addresses the fact that we do have a need in town. And actually, the total number and most recent is about 1,400 people. So, there's a need. We can't sit here and say that we don't have a need in Bayon. So I I thank you
for council for allowing me to speak on it. I hope that uh we get a positive response and regards to this issue for the uh residents in town and uh thank you very much >> and I want to thank you for taking the initiative, Councilman Booker. That was
a good find as well. Thank you. >> I also agreed with the president on this, Mr. Booker. Thank you very much. >> And >> I would issue it just as it is. You made uh three excellent claims in here. That the LEAP services provide an essential
safety net, a phrase I've often used when talking about workforce and affordable housing in this neighborhood, that we provide a safety net that's rapidly disappearing. The use of the phrase growing demand for assistance 100% as well as financial repercussions that would reverberate throughout our
local economy. These are all sentiments I I find to be 100% true. I'm glad they're in this letter. I think it should go out as is and we should we should let the three the three ghosts visit us in the night and start January
1st putting things into effect to address it. >> Just when you when you do this, do it on your letterhead and leave. >> Absolutely. Just a rough draft. I want you to see that and we all sign it and we send it forward. Thank you very much. Council >> Maline, is that it? >> Yes. >> So, I want to wish everybody that can
hear my voice a very merry Christmas. Happy Hanukkah, happy Quanza, whatever c you celebrate, just remember to be thankful for everything that we have because we have quite a lot. And I want to wish everybody a healthy main
ingredient here is healthy and happy new year. See you next year. Actually, we'll see you on the 30th of December. >> Felis Navididas, >> don't leave. I need a motion to adjourn. >> Hold on. We're not done. >> Wait, wait, wait, wait, guys. We got to
adjourn the meeting. >> Can I have a motion to adjurnn? >> Second. >> And on the motion to adjourn, Mr. Booker, >> Mr. Booker, Mr. Carol, >> hi. >> Mr. Perez, >> hi. >> Missur, hi, >> Mr. La Palooa.
>> Hi. Happy New Year.