##VIDEO ID:dopWkNiL2c0## a ofer she said okay 7 o' call the meeting order please rise pled position flag States law byi January 10th This Year resolution location Commission meeting one of the meetings such resolution cop the resolution were prior to January 10 F let me just say the outset commissioner lowski is tied up with a family matter and was not the second read public hearing of ordinance 1791 amending in entirety chapter 135 B colle Construction so this is revising some of the construction codes at the request of our construction code official and our department um is the public hearing on these on this EV anyone uh the public wish be heard on thison yes um we have the second reading of public hearing accordance 1792 apprting $550,000 in the general Capital Improvement fund purchas property and re rehabilitate property so this is um going to be used part of it is a contingency Fund in the event that we need to purchase the gas the former gas station at Haden and brownie roads um possible that we may be able to secure that property without paying for it which case it'll just go back in the C Improvement fund but part of it is to acquire it in case we need to um pay the money for it and then the second is to is for refurbishing a property address 600 king that's part of our abandoned properties program that will be uh that renovation cost s Carpenter Society is set up to do the work and that money will be reced expect when we sell the property just like these other properties that people uh this public hearing on this ordinance anyone that like to be heard this is your opportunity okay may yes the second read of public hearing 1793 aming chapter 163 theod fire so this is revising certain uh penalties for U outdoor burning uh of materials it's been require by the fire to properly made these changes actually was put in place before the drought issues came about so we're that's what this is any like to like to bring commission opportunity to do so okay may yes4 auth for property located was and agreement to exemption La so this is granting a fiveyear uh payment plan or a batement um where there'll be payments made that'll increase basically 20 40 60 80% of what the taxes otherwise will be um this to give a little bit of was agreed to to give an incentive for the construction of the building fact before there was a building and also to encourage um the developer to make the building look good which I think accomplished I think it's the best self storage facility ever seen um it doesn't look like the self storage facility um but that's what this is this is the a public hearing on the ordinance anyone like to be heard on this okay yes yes second meeting in public hearing or 1995 authoriz a longterm tax exemption and a financial the urban renal LLC for the property located at 30 Avenue so this is related to the Redevelopment of the uh the former Presbyterian Church at Fern and maple um it'll be converted into roughly 30 Apartments uh four of them will be um affordable de restricted affordable apartments uh uh kind of knock back the size of this project tied to the parking uh and with that we're giving them they'll get they're getting long-term abatement um and that's what this is so um this is public hearing onement like bring commission way address sure Wayne Rossy 114 e Palmer app um so what I'd like to know is I I noticed that everything in this is spelled out with 30 Fern urban renewal LLC uh does the abatement transfer if this is sold to another uh entity it it it could it it could they would have to get approval of the uh governing body in order to transfer to someone else the governing body being the commission commission yes that's get approval here to transfer to somebody else do you anticipate 30 Fern uh urban renewal being the long-term yes yeah they they they' kind of got themselves a little nice little niche they've converted a few different churches in Philadelphia this is the first one the Jersey side and they've come onge okay all right yes first 1796 salaries this is um simply for start of the Year salaries uh increases on our employes who are not covered by contract that's just covered under this uh public hearing will be at the December 23rd meeting 23rd so the December 23rd meeting is at 10 a.m. here yes down that's the end of the year kind close yes the first reading 1797 R this increasing the water why we do this then 98 and 1798 sewer R these are increases on the Water and Sewer rents very minor increases on the two again well both of them uh We've devoted substantial funds over the last several years to Capital Improvements in especially the water system uh getting rid of the contaminant P um and it's actually just going to be even further improvements that need to be made because after the state lower standard now the feds have lowered the standard even further so once we have a certain group certain set in place um now we got to upgrade that so these the public hearing on these will be December 23 10m downstairs yes um public com resolution yeah so there any public comment on the items that are on the resolution any questions any comments anything anybody wants to know or okay in 2025 meeting schedule Board of Commissioners yes also on that list is library and caning tax account Bal is less than5 yes and off adver for big tone services yes and yes thank everybody for volunteers and staff who did all the hard work with a tree lighting and the parade events um this Friday is the deadline to enter the property um decoration contest and I cannot overstate the importance of shopping it's the light blood of the town and it means everything to small businesses purchases and big box me nothing uh I want to Echo um comments about the the events that went on the volunteers and takes put on the parade um the volunteers and the crew um thanks to Lindsay everyone Friday night was it's one of the great events of the season of all year that that tree L start um and it's not because we like to trade because the guy in the red suit arrives and I want to give a shout out to Santa's uh best friend Scott Irwin um who's been Santa's best friend helping him over that group uh for the last 20 years um is going to be uh hanging up that best friend status and we want to thank him for all his work and all his time in doing that it is um those of us involved with running in we as we watch him come down we have a lump of our wrote every step of the way down and we're happy that he's made it that Santa has been able to make it with the Scott's Great album for all these years um my other announcement is is not as happy of an announcement which is the the work that we've been doing on the project for development of the water tower area um we're about to put a pause on put pencil St um we've done a lot of work I can't say enough about de tant left the developer that's worked with us we've had a couple sessions public sessions we've had a few other working sessions with par um and it's simply the numbers don't work um we're at a point where the investment by the burrow or the public parking um for maintaining a size and scope of this project that is one that we think fits into the area um is those competing interests kind of make the financials not work for us um they couldn't the future sometime I don't know it would take a lot of changes for that to happen but um we're putting pencils down so the Water Tower project is not moving forward uh we're ending that process right now U really disappointing because I think it's it's something that would really in the long term be really really good for tomorrow but it is not um it's just not in a good place right now prob so we're letting that that stop um and just promoe two other events Friday night is the fire engine uh uh parade uh great event around around the park between uh Colwood and and Township and on the 14th is the popup event in cine uh so encourage you all get take part in that uh it's uh you know it's a great time of year okay open to the pule anyone have anything you want to bring for the commission they would address yeah Wayne Rossy 114 East Palmer a um so I've noticed and I I assume everyone knows the dispensary in town has opened um I had a I saw a friend um friends received and noticed there's a city tax on it I I I'm guessing this is a completely new Revenue stream and I would think that at least part or a significant part of that should all is that going to the schools it's not required to go no do you have any plans to we we don't have any plans we talk about as a possible Source someday when the school district meets with us we can all talk about it okay um but yeah we have and we also have no idea what the revenue street is going to f yeah I mean it's 2% local business it's 2% right for the okay and yeah the retail sets yeah so the other thing uh you mentioned that the Water Tower project Now isn't happening uh is what's going is the building the old Public Work Public Works building just going to stay there for right now yeah we we'll we thinking about what we're going to do you know moving forward okay all right all right we're J