May thank you good evening welcome to March 17th 2025 Township committee meeting 705 at the municipal building roll call please Mr bartl here Mrs Patrick here Mr
mcfaden here Mr olette here miss here thank you also present Mr Schwab Township administrator Mrs lur municipal clerk Mrs Russell deputy princial Clerk and Mr Warren our police chief please rise for the flag salute Al to the flag of the United
States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with libery and justice for all Sunshine statement and live stream statement please please be advised that prer of this meeting has been given
compliance with the open public meetings act in the following manner written notice has been mail to County Times and carrier post and published in December 30th 2024 editions written notice has been posted on the official bulon Board of the township of Delano at least 48 hours prior to the meeting this meeting
of the Delano Township committee may be transmitted via live stream stream on YouTube video The streaming of the meeting is not intended to be relied upon as formal Public Access under the open public meetings act and if the technology is disrupted for any reason the township meeting will proceed in
person as an official meeting in a official notice thank you meeting is now open to the public for comments and questions this is session one if you have anything you'd like to say please come up to the podium and state your name and address
no seeing none I will close this session one to the public and um you can come up now actually if you'd like to do your special presentation for our new Township proposed seal design thank you how are you thank you Carolyn I have
these folders you can't open them till I read super secret top secret down there thank you seal thank the seal is sealed thank okay
good evening everyone I just want to thank you all for doing all the hard work you do for Delano Township everyone here to keep it running smoothly and keeping everyone safe um so uh Susan you want to introduce yourself oh hi I'm
Susan Mata I've lived in Delano probably over 30 years did I say where I live lilac Lan um so beginning with Matt's uh thorough ground work uh an assembly of symbol symbols representing
characteristics of deleno we were able to take his concept to the next level creating a sophisticated seal for deleno Township um so the symbolism uh what everything represents the wheat round seal Al represents concept related to
abundance nourishment we open it now since you're talking about it nope I want you to use your imagination uh nurish and growth the wheat itself is has been a symbol of life and sustenance for centuries as it
is a primary source of food for many many cultures when depicted in a round seal or emblem the symbolism of wheat may be interpreted in several ways in general the wheat round seal likely represents themes of Life growth and a
cocal round nature of Earth and existence the American bald eagle Matt you did all this um has been famous as a national bird of the US ever since it was officially placed on the Great Seal of the country in
1782 the indigenous indigenous to North America that this image of this bird first appeared on the Massachusetts copper sent in 1776 as an American symbol since then it has been used on the reverse side of
several US coins including the half dollar quarter and silver dollar the bald eagle has been ass symbol of Courage Freedom strength immortality for many generations Delano uh has been named a
tree City I think around 2015 the oak tree is the official national tree of the USA as declared by Senator Nelson in 2004 it is of the newer additions to the list of many national symbols in the
United States of America the oak tree stands for moral strength knowledge and resistance considered a storehouse of wisdom which is why is the most obvious and popular choice for the national tree of the
US um Delano is of course on the Delano River and ranus Creek like we're really have a unique place that we live in uh also we are known for in the spring the strip bass migration we see
all the fishermen fish along the river which is really always exciting to see them bring the fish in and then release them uh also as another symbol the njt the train crossing uh the rancco Creek
Bridge this bridge was newly built for the River Line replacing the old Pennsylvania railroad bridge and the river line began service of Sunday March 14th 2004 so these symbolic icons truly Encompass the history and the future of
Delano so if you would like you can open your folders oh wow beautiful it yeah so this was a this is a high resolution Vector art can I show the audience yeah okay so this is uh this is the maage for
high resolution Vector art so if you want to blow it up by 5 feet it'll be able to do so beautiful SE yes this is awesome I knew she would do a great job but thank you Matt for your visual to get it all started yeah thank you I I
was I'm actually surprised I wasn't aware that you were going to be preparing a seal yeah yeah because when we when we discussed you were going to have her provide some feedback on the one that I prepared and haven't heard anything I was I sent it to her since she was a graphic artist and I didn't mean to attend you or anything but I
really Susan if she would come through with something for us and uh she um did this um no it's definitely beautiful just a little surprised because that's what now what we discussed at the last meeting but this is definitely I thought that's what I said that I was sending it to her to prepare something so this is
the train bridge right that's the two Bridges going to Delano and I felt the train bridge was a more beautiful visual piece um then I was looking for fish for hours and then Eagles for hours find it put it all together it's
really but my old uh college professor actually did the fine tuning like each of those the wheat she actually hand placed each little leaf oh boy an exact line so that line is everything's very
specific so so do we have to put New Jersey somewhere on here at all I was going to put that but if if we're using it say you put it on a letter head you're going to put your address which states New Jersey you have it hanging in the building it's obviously we are in New
Jersey so there's really no reason to put New Jersey and it even though we have we love our state this shape I was working with that a little bit and I don't think we really need the shape of New Jersey the only thing would be to just have the um solicitor see if New Jersey
has an official seal can I see yes it does has to be on on the official seal for legal documents that's the only thing I would suggest there's some kind of seal New Jersey there's like two like two people holding something they didn't
yeah that's New Jersey but we don't know if we need to have it on ours yeah maybe for what we seal legal documents we might maybe for the um you know the the aesthetic seal we would not I think we
our solicitor time in I'm just thinking for the Seal of legal documents okay does that have to say New Jersey oh that's awesome yeah other than that it's gorgeous it's gorgeous absolutely gorgeous yeah I don't think I don't think this would be used for sealing legal documents this would be more for
more visual for graphics for the website for the wall for everything our letter head and stuff we just want to make sure it's yep legal or whatever but yeah and if a couple of them might have two sheets of paper depending on the stock I was always very important when you print on letter head uh the stock is such
importance of to make the colors vibrant if you have a a cheaper stock it gets muddy sure yeah so okay Susan you did a beautiful job you so much I think that's and um you're going to let me know your
instructor's oh right name you're going to give me that information name so you can do a tax right off they did this pro bono for us yeah we've been over $2,000 yeah technically for the time she spent we spent together you could use it as a tax write
off for her thank you so thank you so much for allowing me to create this for appreciate it thank you yeah you can see how this one is right we just have to figure out the 1926 establishment if we're going to be
going with that because it's technically not right because we were established in 1852 no but that oural we should leave it I would just leave it as established 19 AG
okay okay circling back um let's go to com comments and reports uh we'll start with Township administrator Richard the only report I have is that you later on you'll be introducing 2025 budget so when we have the public hearing we can go into some detail on it
but we spent a lot of time on it I appreciate everybody's input and I hope everybody understands the way we put it together it gets more complicated every year but uh that portion is done and then we'll have to plan on implementing it you know once it gets adopted
yeah that was a fun process said no one um Janice department heads just that you all um you have a couple items that you'll be uh acting on later that don't require resolutions the agreement to enter to continue in the
Consortium and um have the uh bidding company uh trash Pro do that because our trash contract solid contract does end this year and then um we will have later
on the agreement for um the um Consulting Services yes um that's all I have right now do you have anything like any dates coming up
26 26 and event and then just a reminder that this coming Monday is the first day of brush so brush needs to be out by Monday Morning by 7 a.m. and that will start
monthly that last week of the each month until September so you're saying we all have yard work to do this weekend oh mine's sitting out there okay chief first thing um resolution will be
passed soon for the new officers that we have so I'm excited about that they'll be starting next Monday um last week patrolman ler completed the lead uh training course so now we'll have two lead officers him and Sergeant dear that'll be a good help and get some new
blood into that the younger train of thought mindset um for our numbers up to date uh we have uh 13 police cases uh for a total for the year of 44 there were 143
uh motor vehicle violations issued with 274 motor vehicle stops and we have a total of 2,225 calls for service as of today so the guys been busy yeah but that is it for now I Chief
um I had a resident asked me um pal me or Riverton one of they have a page on their Faceook or on their blot I guess where they list the accidents or the you know calls or what have you the number can you list that on Delano's blot you
know you have a site that you have I believe we do have a police blot that's what I thought but I couldn't find it it's on the website huh you couldn't find the blot I couldn't I found the blot but St find where the statistics are and that for the year end for 2024
and then for this each month it should have been in there I ask our administrator assistant in the morning but yeah cuz she compiles that at the end the beginning of the year we put all the year in statistics on there so it should have been on there but I'll uh I'll talk to her in the morning I couldn't find it and I don't think the res CU she does the monthly blot for all
the calls and what they went out for yeah and that's put on there so maybe she could put it at the end of it just like the total tally running okay abely it's not a big deal all right thanks I appreciate it no problem okay um thanks thank you before
I move on to Township committee we have a celebrity in the audience Carl tarashi you were featured in March's 2025 Beverly B for your work at the um Burlington County prison museum and there was a great little article written
up uh how you are a member of the museum Association and that you've been giving tours every Thursday for a number of years and the clubhouse did a field trip and they wrote up a great little blurb about you so if you haven't checked out the Beverly be Carl does some great work
there so congratulations on that Carl I love the heading on that Newton's Landing residence in jail yeah yeah that's awesome that's just a cool little spot over there in Mount Holly so very nice little write
up okay firm would you like to start certainly thank you uh the uh State uh cross acceptance plan for the state of New Jersey and for burlingon County and Delano uh Mrs
Russell and I have been uh working on this I guess for the last month uh in just uh meetings and uh moving the process along uh are I think we'll be ready to submit our are uh work to the
county uh uh by March the 28th and uh I did attend the uh State's planning at the Burlington County Library uh last week and where they had the different communities uh in Burlington County come
for a presentation and uh got a few tips from them there so that we can fill out our forms and be able to submit I guess our [Music] document see Matt May elaborate a little bit on
this a little bit later but uh the we worked on the library contract we had a meeting with the subcommittee from the school board and uh we made some progress there and we seem to be making Headway so uh more news on that to come
and I did attend the uh Burlington County Commissioners meeting uh last week uh and it was honoring uh women's month and they had a lady there from who owns a farm down
in somewhere in South Jersey in in the county and they gave a presentation to her and honored her for her work that she does uh with the farm folks and uh preserving Farmland
see uh the history board word oh I know on I said something about the library the library has their te coming up on March 22nd again if you go to their website you'll be able to get more information about that and the history board has their openhouse scheduled for
Saturday April the 5th here at the Town Hall from 1 to 3 and let's see on our GIF Insurance uh there's a planning Retreat uh that all Township members are invited to and
our uh lead person uh Aaron prano and that's on April Tuesday April 15th uh starts at 9:00 a.m. and uh we can get you more information on that if you're interested yeah so it looks like it's a quite in a a day it's almost all
day right uh the way they have it there's two uh two sessions and uh in the afternoon right after the afternoon session then we have our regular uh j meeting Insurance meeting so is this something that we have to CH of
committee members should attend in order to get credit for something or is this just an additional it's just additional okay the uh Aaron had sent us out a memo
pertaining to some training online dealing with cyber security and uh that there we can get some credit or I guess dollar credits right towards our insurance right and everyone's
encouraged to I think did that yeah it was earlier this year yeah that was ear no it's a different one I got it the other day to do cyber training one and then cyber training two oh I I don't think I got two yet yeah and if you didn't get the email last week you did
it then she said an email did I did it already then thank you and that's all I have here thank you thank you uh March 5th unfortunately I was not in town uh for the environmental
Advisory board meeting uh however if the residents choose I think it would be a good idea for them to go to the library on March 25th from 6:30 to 8 uh they have the EAB is presenting their bird
mic migration along the Delaware it'll be very educational if you have the time stop by the library uh March 8th uh I attended the Ruckers course uh for the land use board members
uh it was a eight hour course and I actually passed their test which was a good thing uh Janet sent me my certification this morning um and it was very very
educational it's it's a everything is a learning experience for your first time uh March 11th I attended the budget meeting and then Thursday March 13th I attended the recreation meeting which we
were covering the majority of our events coming up and other than that that's it and the land use was cancelled this month yes yeah okay cool thanks Matt go ahead okay can you explain the difference between a
D2 D3 variance yet Phil there'll be a quiz later uh all right since I last gave report on the 24th of last month uh I attended as everyone else here did a numerous budget Workshop sessions as we continue to come up with a solid budget
which the end result will be introduced a little later on at this meeting I believe we had about three or four meetings and it's a very tight budget as Richard will explain as we try to do more with less and deal with all the rising costs in the world today uh I attended the Fire Commission meeting on
the 25th normal business occurred and I attended the Board of Ed meeting on the 26th the next meeting is this coming Wednesday night at 700 p.m. at the Pearson school I attended the flag raising ceremony at Gateway Park on March 1st
nice job by Lucas Russell on his Eagle Scout project along with all the other uh Delano Boy Scouts from The Troop uh myself and Deputy Mayor Fitzpatrick as part of our staff succession planning subcommittee uh met with numerous candidates for employment
as we work on upcoming retirements and last week we met with JPM JY Professional Management to help assist with that matter and in everyone's packet tonight there's a proposal proposal uh from
JPM that uh the succession sub committee uh succession planning subcommittee recommends that we move forward with it was for $5,000 uh maximum for their support and I would just ask for a motion to approve
moving forward with that I'll make a motion second Phil and Kate need all in favor or do we need roll call Jen all in favor fine all in favor all right um um let's see last Wednesday as Fern
mentioned he and myself met with the library contract subcommittee with representatives from the Board of Education we had a very productive meeting to move our negotiations forward with the agreement to continue the library at the Pearson School uh we
received all the signs for the trails at Hawke Island from the sign sign company and I spent some time last week reviewing them to make sure all is good and I will be out tomorrow afternoon on the trails marking where they're going so Public Works knows where to start posting them they they'll be doing that
uh over the next week or so and we can move forward with that time uh I think probably after 3 o'clock or so once I get done with work um and that's all I have for this time okay thank you you
Kate oh yes here um daa Del rib that's the Youth Sports um basketball had a good season no issues play began March 1 and they will be having a banquet again this year registration is still open for
baseball softball and t- ball opening day has been uh rescheduled for April 26th uh and it's going to be in Delano instead of Riverside this year uh and they hope to start clinics for flag
football and volleyball for the Youth um Field of Dreams we met with mck Hugh and the Very ious members of the subcommittee regarding the conditions of the field and the new owners um shade tree we met on February
26th the arborous report was reviewed um there was an application continued from the last meeting regarding a tree between 211 and 207 wock uh the applicant was present and again presented his concerns uh the board
agreed to trim the tree and put them on the list for the pilot replacement plan for sidewalk ramps there was another applicant at 2 2819 Colgate Avenue who was not present the resident has had problems with water in the basement and
Roots penetrating her lines she finally had to have her sewer line replace the board felt that the two trees would no longer cause her the same issues so the arborous suggested pruning one of the forks of the trees for now the sidewalks
are heaved in one area and it was suest Ed to use pavers to ramp over the roots 302 Walnut was discussed while trimming uh topnotch reported that decay was noted at the top of the tree removal was discussed the Decay could not be
determined from the ground so the arbor advised that we should observe the tree after Le out to determine if the decline of the tree warranted removal there were approximately 25 residents who have requested plantings um I asked about the budget
John indicated he would contact Richard and submit a budget as requested Bill mat Levitz indicated that we were due for the tree inventory and extensive report for the community forestry management plan and the arbor suggested we discussed the tree removal
on private property to satisfy the new storm water management requirements and amend our shave tree ordinance at our next meeting um the budget meetings I just would really like to thank rich for his preparation and continuing to
work with us to come to a budget that we could all agree on it was really um difficult time this year and uh we appreciate you Richard uh affordable housing we're continuing discuss and meet with regard to our trust fund monies since Delano
was proactive in years uh regarding the second and third rounds we do not uh need to provide additional housing for the fourth round and probably not the fifth seniors uh Living Springs I met with the residents of Living Springs on February
28th uh they had concerns regarding the bird flu and the county had just sent out some information regarding it so their questions uh I was able to answer and provide them with um some good information uh five of the residents did
attend the presentation by Erin provano regarding the new forms for senior freeze um anchor program and stay New Jersey tax forms those forms will be mailed to individuals who have already
filed uh either the senior freeze and or the anchor program actually I got mine today um the group has requested meetings with the police OEM and the fire department so I sent emails to the heads of those departments to contact
their manager to set up a time when they can go out and they could be during the day um a joint meeting was held on March 11th at Living Springs uh Community Center with both senior groups uh we had 90 people in attendance
entertainment was provided by All That Jazz and box lunches were served to 90 seniors the event was sponsored by the Recreation Commission uh and I chaired that everyone had a great lunch and really enjoyed the Jazz
Band I did attend the recreation um well I also first let me say that I attended the ceremony at Gateway Park for the new flag pole Lucas Russell and the troop did a great job and um for his Eagle Scout project it was a beautiful
day for the ceremony uh the recreation uh commission met on March 13th I reported that the flower show and the senior luncheon were both enjoyed and thank the members of these for these programs Ken cheder and Bobby crab
attended the meeting from public works and reported on the various projects that are completed on the facilities and Fields they're doing a great job in the fields are in good condition Easter EG hun is scheduled to begin promptly at 1 pm at the Field of Dreams on April
12th uh the uh other Eagle Scout project is scheduled for April 13th at the Field of Dreams and Phil I think that boy is Tommy Gul yes okay correct all right and um Recreation did review their proposed
budget and decreased it by $10,500 I believe and an additional 10,000 for the Centennial event so we appreciate that um the hen Advisory Board is meeting tomorrow night uh there were some mention of chickens at various
um addresses so letters were sent out to those residents so we Authority met on March 11th at Town Hall um Styx they're just discharging domestic waste at this time 989 coopertown Road the tenant has
scheduled a date for inspection and our engineer will report at our next meeting the trunk line project uh has been closed uh it looks like permanent financing for the project may be sooner than originally anticipated we should
probably receive information mid April and the final documents may be executed in July the operator's report is on file uh and RFQ is being sent out to ATV Burlington Avenue from Perkins Lane to West Avenue to determine if there are
problems in the line since it appears that there may be uh the engineer was also asked to provide a list of items with the estimated cost uh so we can discuss that at our next meeting um to determine what projects we're going to
take on next year um and that's all I have may oh that's it that's it okay thank you you always go the most extensive reports so thank you Kate um I'll keep mine short and sweet since most people covered uh the meetings that we attended I think there
was about three budget meetings um I attended to meet the mayor at on the 25th at the library I had about six or seven residents there and that was a fun night to answer some questions um on the 28th I was on the affordable housing Zoom meeting I
performed two weddings on March 5th I read at the school to the third grade and kindergarten and first grade no no fourth and fifth grade third fourth and fifth grade um during their read Across America week so that was exciting um the 12th I was here for the
bid openings for Waterfront Park and the cdbg handicap ramps um we went over the bids and we'll be awarding the contract for water from Park tonight and the recreation meeting was on the 13th I attended that as well
so that's it moving on introduction of our 2025 Municipal budget resolution 2024 d52 hold on I can't see 202 2024 2025 d52 it should be right
yeah it's Okay resolution introducing the introducing the 2025 and will budget and set public hearing for April 21st 25 at 7:00 p.m. at the municipal building 770 coopertown Road can I get a motion
please second motion by Kate second by Matt roll call please Mr bartl yes Mr Patrick yes Mr MC yes Mr I have questions uh pertaining to I
guess the uh Centennial Park uh I know we had discussed it at the one budget Workshop uh where we're looking for a grant uh and then in the budget we had
325,000 uh as part of the budget and in the expenditure sheet that uh we received uh earlier today uh I didn't see that in the um expenditure whether that's still part of the of our budget
process it's a down payment money it's a down payment 5% it's 5% of the amount it's it's not U it's not the full amount for the park in the capital it's in the capital budget it's in the capital but we're only budgeting 5% of that yeah 5% of the
proposed amount like all the other capital projects the same thing okay thank you for that explanation I vote I vote Yes M yes thank you consent agenda items consent agenda
items are considered to be routine and will be enacted with a single motion any item requiring discussion will be removed from the consent agenda all consent agenda items will be reflected in full in the minutes ordinance 202 oh anybody have anything they want to
remove or discuss yes ordinance 2025 D4 okay we'll set that aside for now move down to resolutions 202- 53 resol resolution of the committee of the
township of Delano County of Burlington New Jersey authorizing the appointment of police officers Kyle Harris and jiren Jackson is it jiren Jon Jon yeah okay Jon Jon Jackson resolution 2025-the execution of assignment of
contract for Muse Landscaping to riew Landscapes resolution 2025 55 authorizing agreement for financial advisory Services resolution 2025 56 award bid and contract for historic Riverfront Park it's Waterfront Park
project improvements and also payment of bills current fund $235,800 6444 Housing Trust $823,000 motion by Matt second by Fern roll call Mr B yes Mrs Patrick yes Mr mcf yes
Mr yes Miss yes circling back to ordinance 2025-the in bonding for uh 3.4 yeah $3,420 th000 in bonds uh the overall
project that we have so far is uh 3.6 million and uh I did just didn't want it to get swept in as a uh consent a consent item okay have questions about the the
financing and things but uh we can go forward thank you anyone else okay moving forward ordinance 20254 a bond ordinance of the township of Delano in the county of Burlington authorizing the acquisition of land and the improvements thereon located at 401
Creek Road appropriating the sum of three 3,600,000 therefore and authorizing the issuance of 3,42 th000 bonds or notes of the township for financing such Appropriations and making certain determinations and Covenants and
authorizing certain related actions in connection with the foring this is the first reading by title only in set public hearing date for April 21st 2025 at 7 p.m. um can I get a motion to approve ordinance [Music]
2025-the roll call please Mr Bartlett yes Mrs Patrick yes Mr MC yes yes Mr I'm going to say no with the climate
that we find ourselves uh in our country and uh where finances are going and uh the economic impact that we're all going to feel at some given point in time if we haven't already uh things from the
federal government shifting to the state and then the state shifting things down to us you know they do stuff by mandate and uh you know we just look at uh where our tax bills are now and where they're going to be going uh it's a concern and
uh if we look at just our personal finances of Home utility bills and groceries and those type of things uh taking all those things into consideration and the project U I'm voting now
Miss yes correspondence excuse me say the the public hearing is the 7th not the April 7 okay so the public hearing for ordinance 20254 is actually April
7th yeah on the inside if you looked on the the last pages of the document in your in your package public heing be April 7 okay okay uh correspondence Janice
anything uh no correspondence okay thank you meeting's open to the public session two for comments and questions if you have anything please come to the podium and state your name and address 22 ships you guys knew I couldn't hi Ray hi how you doing um when
we met uh over at Newton's laning there month ago uh we have a historical preservation site yes Behind The Farmhouse we uh been trying to figure out how to do this the fence on there I
was out there again today looking at the fence the fence has deteriorated Beyond repair and stuff so what we want what we are asking for is that on the three corners and two end cap two ends where there is fence that we put in the
ground um a marker on those all those spots and then in the middle of the plot of Where mulches and two trees have been planted 30 years ago 20 years ago we want to put a pla on there uh embedded
on concrete on a one foot by one foot by one foot the piece of concrete identifying the plaque is saying archaeological preservation what I've done is I've given a a rough sketch so that everybody can see what I'm talking about so Le
gives you an idea what we're looking at here you go do you have an extra one for go the record yeah what happens is what we want to do is as you can see that whole area is about 90
almost 97 ft long and it's the one side is like 46 ft and then uh you can see the other side is 33 ft and the reason why there's only 33 and 46 is
because the township allowed the Builder to put in the pool and cut off that one corner if you'll see that diagonal line going across the bottom there mhm that's where the line should have been but it's can't be there because the fence
couldn't be there because the walls in there for the uh around the outside of the pool so that's the reason why we have that there now this is what we've got this is what we're planning on doing putting on the four corners or and on the other things
where we're going to put markers on there to identify where it's at and then in the center there which is a mold area we put the plaque now what happens is just to remove the fence alone cuz those post
are over three foot deep wow we dug out two of them and we say we can't do it because we're all in our 70s and 80s and we can't dig it anymore so we have to hire reality to come in to take it out what happens is
take out the post but he's going to leave the post on the corners and we're just going to cut them ground level and use them as part of our markers put a cap on them so they'll be identifiable we'll go from there I just wanted to let you know this is what we're planning on doing if you
have any questions can you summarize that in the official capacity and send that to us so we can make a decision that way but this is good uh visual here yeah it gives you an idea and as you can see you know that there's about one inch is equal to like
10 feet yeah going across that thing so it's it's like about 4,300 Square ft looks like yeah about that so what's that a quarter of an acre is this the area here yeah yeah yep Janice gets a copy of that yeah I I will I will have
it all sent to you okay is that like a a quarter of an acre maybe how many square feet was that 40 like 4,300 4,300 that's well an acre is uh 43,9 and change not an acre so yeah
that's 10 10% of yeah it's it's pretty small it's it's a small area but we want to make sure everything's okay and stuff like that and go from there and stuff so we were trying to figure out how to do this darn thing and how to make it work and I was so I was
out there today with the fence and the fence is coming apart so how are you're going to cut the post ground level where these xes are and there'll be some kind of marker there yes okay so will be caps on each one of those ground on those post I mean that's accept to it still needs to be Des
AR s and you know as long as there's a sign that indicates that and and the post will be marking that with Mark that's great yeah that's basically what we asked for so if you could send that to us in official capacity we can make our decision and maybe have it to you by
the next meeting yeah because we we originally saying this writing on their archaeological site but then we went back to the tax map the tax map says architectural preservation right so we figur we're going to keep it the same as it's on the
tax matter I he whatever it says and yeah officially yeah that's fine okay I will have an official document come to all of you so it's you go from there okay great very good thanks thanks I appreciate your time no problem thank you yeah I think that the D um basically
said that yeah they had no problem it's a uh D yeah archaeological preservation area and they basically said that as um the fence could be taken down as long long as the um ground was never Disturbed so however that is um done
said that that the contents underneath the ground are never Disturbed you know tilled up like out in uh Columbus mfield Township they actually for when they were having some development um tilled up excavated up uh old Quaker Graves you
know so um that you know that's the purpose and committing you know said just yes you know F we're fine with the events coming down I had sent the email to Joanne and uh as long as you still a plan on how it's marked and so that
future it it it's like oh this is a preservation area we can't build over it or excavate it you're talking approximately 20 ft from the house from The Farmhouse to this area and then it's
about 15 ft from where the fence is to less than 15 ft it's 12T from the fence to the path so it's just where it's at and stuff and things so but I don't think anybody's going to build in there anyway
because never know well they can't so that's what we have to preserve yeah I understand yeah so you know but it's it's too small of an area to build anything app always be here apparently a lot of artifacts there's certain Indian
artifacts that were found and the state took some and then said rest put put them back in the ground and preserve these areas so that's so okay I will get to have them get your letter to you official letter to Janice yeah to Janice
yes please and she'll forward it to us yeah sure that the the wording that'll be on the plaque should be in the letter yeah okay that will be in there and and what cap was going to be made as much detail as possible so there's no questions anyone
else please come up to the podium hi hi my name is Joy eston borski I'm 329 delare Avenue Delano I'm at the corner well I'm not at the corner but I'm on the dirt road going towards Hulk Island um my question is uh public
service was down late November and went down the dirt road and put their guas line in and I was just wondering do you have any plans as what's going to happen with that road now that they've already I I assume they finished what they set
out to do but although they were there this past Tuesday at the corner of Delware and Cedar and they tore up one of the Cottages uh well he the the gentleman that owns the property he was there but
anyway uh so I was just wondering we bought the property in 1960 and my husband and I didn't move in till January of 68 and all this time there's never been anything done with that dirt rout and in the early 70s Bill
Ryan was the mayor at the time of Tano and he had the whole Road graded and stone was put down and I was just wondering since then nothing's been done with the road and I was just one I mean uh John pen more he does come down he
takes care of if there's any potholes or anything and at noow removal he's always down and makes sure the road is graded that there's no snow you know in the road but I was just wondering now that everything hopefully is done with public
service is there is there going to be what what your plans for the road for the Dirt Road SE dirt R okay do you know more about that why we didn't do anything with that uh there's another section of Delaware Avenue that goes
behind um where the Cottages are where the Cottages are back there that's also uh similar to your dirt only theirs is probably in a worse condition than yours uh I think that's kind of like a private area but we have never discussed Paving
that um and I don't know if one of the reasons was because of the issue that we had had with Malik at one time but we can look into it and I'll I'll have to review because we've never discussed Paving that road well Mr
Malik if he had the road closed at this it closed and we that was litigated and it was resolved and Mal's normally I mean they have access to Second Street and they use Second Street all the time now she did go by the other day but
rarely do they do they come out because they usually have it chained off but um we've never discussed it surely and so I will talk to John and Harry because we have a road program that we're working on and I don't believe that was ever
included in that uh I I Janice I don't think it was yeah Janice you have anything to add no just a historically many many years ago yeah um it was brought up about Paving that someone approached my husband for um the Mal
litigation for the um that's been a long time ago but it but at that time nobody wanted to pain it um that the residents didn't want it paved because they felt it would increase the speed and my husband liked the natural look so he he
frowned on it so it was left alone not here this was many many years ago so it was basically because you you know people would get a higher speed if it's paved sure so and to we got the 10
mph want to you know they less likely to go on the dirt um so that was what the residents want but that wanted but that was 20 something years ago that was a long well I know Malak at one time wanted it paved and then someone approached my husband
many years ago and my husband liked the natural look he said but although when we bought the property in 60 there was some asphalt down the road so apparently at one time maybe when all the Cottages were there it might have been an asphalt
but all I'm ask I'm not even asking to have it paved I'd like to see some kind of stone or something I did mention the public service when they were out working the end of November and he said he has to check with public Serv the head ones and also the township yeah
they when Public Service disrupts a a road like that they're supposed to return it to the condition um but I so you're not asking us to pay it because I don't think it would be a good idea actually pay it but um we could check
with public service to see if they would um return some Stone there or put it on our road improvements to restone some areas because it's probably worn down a bit but that's that's probably what we
can do at this point that would be fine yeah because not in front of my house so much now but I know the the cottage the second Cottage coming in off the cedar she's got puddles I mean not now it's dried up but she's got puddles and it's muddy yeah because of the their
disruption yeah so they usually do come back and do something we'll have to check with that the fell said that you know he had to check with the township and plus with the high ups at PS I'll check with Harry and John to find out yeah okay thank you so and all of Delaware where they disrupted on the
pave section is getting redone in the fall there's equipment on Willow Street right now yeah there they're going throughout the town yeah that's yeah doing the G the gas meter Replacements and the pipeline Replacements so it's going to be disrupted throughout town in different areas but Delaware we are repaving all
the way from Cedar to what lilac is it not not lilac um think I think it's I thought it was Edgewood Union Walnut Keep Going H Edgewood Hazel I think it's Hazel hael hael yes there we go wherever
it was disrupted where we're Paving both sides is it just going to be Public Services gas line or is there going to be a water line also right now it's just Public Service Gas yeah you never know as soon as we the water line that's what I heard I mean it's that's what I
heard Washington Street and they came in and tore it up to do something uh I think it was uh was that gas or was that water it was water water yeah it was water so and but they did come back and resurface that one half they have to at
least do the half times Harry Works a deal where they'll do another road or something but but I'll definitely check with them and see apprciate they can look into that okay thank you very much everyone no problem thank you Kate I'm meeting with the project manager for public service who's in charge of that
tomorrow morning so I'll just talk to him about that um yeah that would be nice if they replace the yeah and just so you understand the first step they did last year the end of last year they put they were put the whole new main in so now what they're doing they're coming back and tying in all the services to the houses to the new main that they put
in so that's the second step and they're going to be doing that they're finishing that up over by the Walnut Street school now and later this year they have a lot more to do throughout the town so yeah they it's a big project they have a lot of meters they have to replace too some of them are in inside and they have to be outside yeah any meters in the
basement the BPU is required that they relocate them to the outside of the dwelling for God knows what reason I'll check with them I'll apprciate ccle back on that we'll get back tole anyone else I'll close this session to the
public discussion items we have the solid waste collection bidding service proposal from trash Pro you can find that in your packet that is for them to uh look into the contract on our behalf it's part of the what's it
the Consortium I believe yes so you have that in there so we just need to review that actually I look back to 20 U it was done by resolution so this should be also by resolution um to authorize the
agement for a Cooperative pricing system under the historic neighborhood riverr collection program and authorizing a contract with trash Pro for Sol Services back in 2020 it was resolution 58 here will be resolution 57
great that can I get a motion to approve resolution 20255 7 awarding hold on trash Pro trash Pro trash Pro yes uh in the amount of
$1850 plus $150 per option or alternative Mo second motion by Kate second by Matt roll call Mr Marlet yes Mrs Patrick yes Mr mcf yes Mr yes m
yes thank you anybody have anything else they like to add uh I didn't want to include this in my report but I followed up with the Senator's office regarding the joke handle and apparently this came out uh
last fall but I neglected to tell me what the outcome was so I wanted to read this email to you that I receiv received today uh from um Senator Singleton's office with regard to to uh New Jersey
do um they spoke with the division of traffic engineering attempting to find a solution to my concerns regarding The Jug Handle uh off Route 130 and they reviewed the intersection and to the extent that timing can be adjusted at
this intersection to alleviate the backups it has they also reviewed the stipulation or the striping reduction that that I had uh referenced and the division went back as far as 2008 in Google Earth and it is their
understanding and determination that The Jug Handle has never had skip lines indicating a two lane operation drivers may have formed two lanes inappropriately but there is not enough space to strike for two lanes the
corrective striping to one lane was done for safety and clear driver guidance when traveling The Jug Handle they have met with their roadway design team to see if there was anything further that could be done however due to the
proximity to numerous environmental concerns Olympia Lakes the deceleration Lane adjustment for US Route 130 and possible impact to the Riverside Delano Bridge it was determined that this
intersection Improvement is not possible under a maintenance operation work order So based on New Jersey Do's Safety Management System this intersection does not qualify for a problem statement we
appreciate your advocacy and concern regarding this intersection however the department has explored all avenues and attempted to remedy committee committee woman Fitzpatrick's initial aort so that's the end of that so in short
they're not going to do anything anything exactly except have the light delayed a bit that's it um so I mean I I've tried I worked on this it's been two years at least I think so I just wanted to do that as a separate item May
thank you so basically uh they're more concerned about environmental impacts than actual physical impacts to right drivers who are parked and are going to get excuse my French their asses smashed into them when they're driving on Route 130 parked into that lane there's been a
few accidents there already plenty oh yeah I mean there was one fatal maybe two fatal but there's been accidents the fatal accident had nothing to do with that Jing yeah zero yeah that was a differ scenario but the scenario the reasoning
for the accident had nothing to do with no it yeah it didn't have we don't want to do that that's disingenuous it's not what it C the accident um but like you and I discuss you know kind of aning they're going to do what they want to do I know exactly but I regardless their
attention because it is a it's an issue now they said it won't uh fall under a maintenance work order would this be a new capital project that they could look into they before that there were no there was no funding for that even though they had initially said that
they would um shorten up the island no they weren't either shorten the island or ADD the um add to the shoulder yeah so that it would be a better Lane but neither one seem to be um within their
budget concerns or restraints or whatever you want to call it so they're not going to do anything but um that's something to keep in mind when you're dealing with the state issues Fern at any time because it seems like every time we ask for something or the
residents come up with suggestions or ideas they don't really take it under consideration do anything about it they do like like the chief just said what they want to do they want to do keep in mind when you're voting for people for State office so I'm closing that file of mine that I have you Tred you
Tred you Tred um this has been addressed for many many years through the Route 130 quter process and a lot of different process of
dbpc what's one of the big problems there is that that whole they were they were looking at actually moving it actually loating it not just adding another Lane but El long bringing it up further toward you know towards the um
uh what's that know Penny Packer not Penny but you got I think uh Olympia L is Green Acres well they that's not why that was that was going to be added to U the Jun handle but Edge Park didn't want
trucks going down that road because there's a school there yeah well that was actually to open up Penny Packer and that was to alleviate some of the congestion but years ago it was also to bring that the traffic up further and go
in back of the Wawa and uh they they would have to actually take some of the uh Park to to make that loop around I saw the plans and being Green Acres it's almost like no I mean you can but you have to trade land and swap land it's
it's not an easy process um so there was many many um designs and nothing ever came to fruition um and a big part of it is the fact that olyp that whole Olympia Lakes Park is Green
Acres okay um one other thing before we go 20125 while we're talking about the county 2025 Dr yeah DVR PC tcdi grant funding opportunity it's a lot of acronyms uh
got an email from Matt Johnson letting us know um they're applying for a grant and asked for our um support on it so Burlington County is interested in developing a regional bicycle and pedestrian Trail Network including the
Delaware Delaware River Heritage Trail uh predominantly off-road handicap accessible bicycle andest trail that would ultimately connect from Trenton to Camden on the New Jersey side of the river at this time Burlington County is seeking to apply for the dvrpc
funding to study a 13m long segment on the Dela River Heritage Trail from Florence to Delano as part of the proposed study the county and its consultant team would investigate uh route alignment opportunities and construction feasibility for off-road Trail improvements and safe accessible
pedestrian and bicycle accommodations through portions of our towns um in connection with the grant opportunity the county seeking letters of support from us as host municipalities he uh attached a rough drift of a template that we filled out and sent sent back um should the county
be fortunate enough to fund this project will be in contact with us to schedule future stakeholder meetings so um that's from Matt Johnson so so do they have a proposed mapping is that going to be along Delaware Avenue they don't they didn't send any of that but I would I
think that's what they were proposing years ago I mean I would think it would be on Burlington Avenue down to connect the trail through Riverside to end at Riverside like right at the bridge they have they do they did map the biking along Burlington Aven because they even
had they painted the bikes there and of course they're worn out now yeah and they put that lane it's really funny some people think that's an extra driving me yeah uh but it isn't b l but I yeah you're probably right so there initiatives seem to be bike lanes and pedestrian lanes and don't worry about
the cars yeah that's their initiative because they're doing it in Del Ran too on Route 130 they're proposing this big bikes pedestrian carar yeah I don't know I'm not in a position where I'll support that until they fix the issue with the flooding of the Lano Riverside bridge where the
county spends the money on that instead of spending the money on something that isn't needed that makes sense you know they promis this to get working Bridge flooded signs they talk out of their ass that's all they do at the county and I'm not willing to support anything else they do until they fix that issue
anything right yeah well this is a grant it's not a project it's just a grant is to do a feasibility study so which is spending money on a feasibility study why don't they apply for a grant to fix the major issue they did that years ago I thought I mean that this has been in
the works for a long time yeah that bike bike trail yeah so I guess um could you forward that to us have Janice forward to that letter and yeah yep thank you anybody else have anything motion to adjourn so move
second all in favor absolutely I thank you good night good meeting thank you