Okay. I'm now going to call the workshop meeting of November 12th, 2025 to order at 8:03 p.m. Can everyone please stand for the pledge of allegiance? I pledge allegiance 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. >> Okay. Um, for people who are new to the meeting, you can come to the front and grab an agenda so that you can follow
along with the meeting. So, just come to the front and grab an agenda if you don't have one. Okay, Yansancy, can you read the uh statement regarding the Open Public Meetings Act? >> This meeting is called pursuant to the provisions of the Open Public Meetings
Law. Notice of this meeting was included in a notice sent to the record and the Star Ledger and advertised in set newspapers on January 10th, 2025, posted on the bulletin board in the municipal building and has remained continuously posted under this as posted as the
required notices under the statute. A copy of this notice is and has been available to the public and is on file in the office of the municipal clerk. Proper notice haven't been given. The municipal clerk is directed to include the statement in the minutes of this meeting. >> Yansancy, can I have the roll call, please?
>> Councilman Rosenwig, >> here. >> Councilman took >> here. >> Councilman Wilson, >> present. >> Council President Waski, >> here. >> Absent with prior notice is Councilwoman David. Also present is Mayor Michael
Wilds, city manager Robert S. Hoffman, deputy city manager John Burkner, and sitting in for city attorney is um Siobhan Bailey. >> Okay, thank you. Um, we have four ordinances
for a public hearing for a second reading. But, um, I believe we're going to table ordinance >> 2538, which is an ordinance amending chapter 410 of the Anglewood city code entitled the non-consensual towing of vehicle
vehicles from private property. Um, so could I have a motion? So moved. >> Second. >> Okay. Um Yansancy, can I have a roll call, please? >> Sorry. Councilman Rosen,
>> yes. >> Councilman Toker, >> yes. >> Councilman Wilson, >> yes. >> Council President Waski, >> yes. Okay. Um so now um we have ordinance 2537 an ordinance amending chapter 410
of the code of the city of angle to provide standards regulations and rates for the towing and storing of motor vehicles. I'm now going to declare that the public hearing on this ordinance is now open. Anyone who desires to be heard or to ask questions will be heard at this time. If you have if uh please step
up to the mic and you have three minutes state your name. Okay, I'm now going to close the public hearing for this ordinance. Can I have a motion that ordinance 2537 be adopted? >> So moved. >> Can I have a second?
>> Second. >> Any discussion or questions? Yansancy, can I have a roll call, please? >> Councilman Rosento, >> yes. >> Councilman Tayer, >> yes. Councilman Wilson. >> Yes. >> Council President Wasotsski.
>> Yes. Now we have ordinance 2539. It's an ordinance amending chapter 315 of the code of the city of Englewood entitled public spaces procedure to name. >> Good. >> The public hearing on this ordinance is now open. Anyone who desires to be
hearded to ask questions concerning this ordinance will be heard at this time. If you have, please step up to the mic. And you have three minutes. better Amy Bulock Avenue. Um just a question in regards to how you came up
with the fees for the renaming um or the dedication of the park benches at $1,000. Just curious as to how you came up with that figure. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Lisa Peterson gives 341 Washington Place Inglewood. I would like to know where is
the money going to? >> Okay. And also, why do you guys get to pick the location of where the bench is located? >> Okay. >> Sammy Lee, 40 Bennett Road. So, the
renaming of the B the benches and the trees, the thousand dollar fee, you know, I think that's kind of exclusionary. You know, some people might not have $1,000 if, you know, they they may have been a contribution to the community or their family might have been anchored to the community. I think
having a fee of $1,000 without some type of sliding scale for people who are worthy of it is a problem. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Okay. I'm now going to close the public hearing for this ordinance. Can I have a
motion that ordinance 2539 be adopted? >> So moved. >> Second. >> Okay. Um yeah, Councilman Rosen Swag was was uh chairing the committee that did it. So he'll answer a few of the questions. >> Yeah. So this has been extensively
discussed this year at um numerous meetings um with lots of input from the public. Uh we had a subcommittee to examine this that met and we discussed these issues. Um, essentially we looked at what other towns in Bergen County are doing and the
fees we proposed are by far the lowest fees being offered uh throughout and even if you look you know 2500 5,000 some municipalities are up as much as 10,000. Um and we and as we've t talked about
extensively before we hope that any monies collected would be used as uh seed money for future projects uh with potent you know with ex with uh hope to improve the parks. uh whether it be matching funds for you know some
grants will pay 80% of a park improvement and this could be maybe used for the uh matching 20% that that type of uh of um uh you know use for it. Um and uh and
obviously the the city has to put the benches where they're safe. Um, you know, if someone wanted a bench in the middle of the intersection of Palisade and Engle, I I don't think that'd be a good place uh to put it. So, uh, obviously the city has to have some control over benches for the for the
safety of our residents. Thank you. >> Okay. Thank you. Any other comments or questions from the governing body? >> Yeah, just a quick question if I can address to the manager actually. Um, how do we come up with the new benches that will be user friendly for residents
wanting to either name after people are used, but we don't create a condition where people can sleep on them and and and use them for the whole day? How is there a certain product? Is that part of this
ordinance or is that a different task? >> Um, thank you for the question, mayor. What we've been doing, we've standardized on um benches that have armrests in the middle so that way people can people can sit there and um and use and use the bench and and it's
um less it's less conducive for lay for laying on. You know, one of the other questions that had come up was the uh the cost for benches and installation is has been increasing. So, it's, you know, the the minimum cost is about $1,500 right now. When you include when you
purchase the bench, and then you want it installed, then you put it on on some concrete. It's it's between 1,500 and and $2,500 right now. >> Thank you, Yansy. Can I have a roll call, please?
>> Councilman Rosenway. >> Yes. >> Councilman Toker. >> Yes. Councilman Wilson. >> Yes. >> Council President Wasotsski. >> Yes. Now we have ordinance 2542. It's an ordinance amending chapter 191 entitled
fee schedule of the code of the city of Anglewood. The public hearing on this ordinance is now open. Anyone who desires to be hearded to ask questions concerning this ordinance will be heard at this time. Please speak up. Please step up to the mic
if you'd like to be heard. I'm now going to close the public hearing for this ordinance. Could I have a motion that the ordinance for 2542 be adopted? >> So moved. >> So moved. >> Can I have a second?
>> I don't I don't >> if I didn't move, I second. >> So I think C councelor Rosenw made a motion. Can I have a second? >> Second. >> Okay. Um, any questions or discussion on this
ordinance? >> Uh, thank council president. And just for for clarity for those that may not know that just got in that we're talking about amending and providing no fees uh for Ingwood residents. Is that correct?
>> Um, it's it's right. no fees for Anglewood residents using the pickle ball and tennis courts. So, we didn't have fees this year via resolution and now we're we're adopting that through an ordinance and there were some other fee
changes um having to do with the ice skating rink that's in the ordinance. >> Yes. And can we expand and >> I'm sorry. Are you done? >> Oh, I'm sorry. Go ahead. >> No, no, I'm That's it. I would like for you to expand if you would or maybe Bob
to uh be further ordained about the rink rental rates for um non-residents at uh the fix at the current rate for 440 and explain to the public what the LTS programs consist of. Please
on the first page >> for 25-42. >> Thank you. Um, thank you Councilman for the question. So, the this section of the ordinance uh deals with uh with the the rental with the rental of the rank. It's not per person, but it's it's per
it's per hour. So, um for non-residents, the the rate would go up to five $560 per hour, and that will help offset the cost for some of the other programs that we that we have for our our Ringlewood residents. Um, and then these fees will
not will not take effect until October 1st of 2026 because we've already published the rates for 2025 and 26 and we already have the rink booked for uh for for different events. So, this will be for the next ice skating season.
>> Thank you, Mr. City Manager. Do you recall the number of new skates we have for the youth? We have it's at least 200 councilman. It it might be 400, but we did receive a grant to purchase new new skates for uh
at at all sizes. And we've also renovated the um the ice skating I'll call it the ice skating hut where they're where they're the the skates are stored. And that was that was based on a grant from Benzel Bush that that helped
us do that. And I I think this is my last question on this matter, council president, but it's clearly marked in regards to chapter 91-12 about the facilities um in regards to no fees for residents
for tennis and pickle ball. Uh do we have a current rate for the ice rink? >> Um >> well, yes, we we have a we have a We have a rate. It's published on on the the recreation page for the website of
the but you're you're looking for the rate per per use for our residents. >> Yeah, just just just for our residents because we stipulated in here in regards to pickle ball. Um, and so my constituents would also like to know
about is in fact there a rate differential for using their park to skate as well, especially since we have new 200 new skates. >> So the question is what is the what is the rate for Englewood residents to ice
skate and then what's the rate for >> Has that has that been adjusted? >> Have we looked at adjusting that? here. May I make a recommendation? Um, Mr. Hoffman, why don't you get the information and send it over to the council? >> Sure. >> Thanks. >> I'll look it up. >> Yep.
>> Thank you. >> Thank you, Council President. >> Sure. Any other discussion? >> Can I have a roll call, please? >> Councilman Rosenway. >> Yes. >> Councilman Tokayer. >> Yes. >> Councilman Wilson.
>> Yes. >> Council President Waski. >> Yes. Now we have um ordinances for first reading. We have ordinance 2543. It's an ordinance amending chapter 2518 of the city of Anglewood code regarding
parking in Lafayette Place, Anglewood, New Jersey. Can I have the a motion that the ordinance pass on first reading and be published once by title only in the record and that a public hearing be held on November 25th, 2025. >> So move.
Can I have a second, please? >> Second. >> Okay. Um, any questions? You know what? I'm going to read the ordinance before before Councilman Wilson, before I call on you for a question. I'm just going to read what
the ordinance says. Okay. So, the ordinance reads um that on Lafayette Place on the east side there be no parking from 10 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. on the east side of the street from the Tene border to West Forest Avenue and that no parking remain on the
east side of the street from Rosemont to West Forest Avenue at all times. This came at the recommendation of the uh of the traffic bureau of the police department. Okay. And now I'm going to open it for questions or comments from the governing
body. Councilman Wilson. >> Uh, hold on one second. Council president. >> Okay. Does any >> Okay. >> Thank you. >> Sure. >> Okay. I have the corrective virgin here in front of me. Um, and this was issued you said about the
from the police enforcement parking >> from the police department. And if you have any questions, the chief is here. So, uh, he could, uh, answer any questions you have. Actually, I do, Council President. Um, >> good evening, Chief. >> Good evening, sir.
>> How are you? >> Very good, thank you. >> Good. Thank you for attending. Um, as as you know, this has been a thorn in my side for a long time and we've had several complaints from our residents,
my constituents in regards to a nuisance of parking on a continuous basis and not being ticketed or towed. And so for our effort as a city to be fair and hummonious with all business and residents that part resident um owners
that homeowners that live in that particular area, that's how this came about. Um but one huge thing happened when we started to push this forward. Um, I was very disappointed about the
church and the houses of worship being impacted on Sundays in regards to where they park. Now, they've made several efforts on busting people in from Forest Avenue, the lodge, to coincide with our
with with our parking ordinances. So I think it's only behooving upon us that we consider uh the parking that it doesn't it doesn't seem to be illustrated here and we discussed this at some time and my recommendation
stands the same for weekdays Monday through Saturday 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Uh week nights 6 pm to 11 p.m. and Sundays from 8:00 am to 2 pm. And so I would very like I
would I would appreciate it if in fact council president that we can massage this so it's amanable to everyone in the community. >> Thank you for your comments. >> And and my question remains to you. you and I had these discussions in regards
to um the houses of worship in the area and that we didn't want to go on a ticketing rampage um for the people worshiping on Sundays or whether it's Bible study or whatever. But I I don't I don't see that discussion being impact
in this particular ordinance. And that's a concern of mine. and if in fact that we're going to do this because we haven't done it often, I would just like us to get it right the f the first time around. Um, so all parties that are
concerned that they they've got feedback. Uh, I don't want us to do new signs painting new uh curb lines and then we have dissatisfied uh residents. Huge concern of mine especially because it's in my ward.
>> Right. We want to do it right the first time. >> Yes. >> Just to be clear, the the ordinance we have in front of you, it's no parking from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. Correct. >> Correct. >> That's correct. It's no overnight parking from 10 p.m. to 6:00 a.m.
>> Okay. >> So, it's allowing people to park during the day. So, I think that opened up more parking for the people who go to church. >> That was the thought process behind it because that's it in affects seven days a week. uh that that ordinance and then anyone parking beyond that obviously
overnight we can address. Um what occurred to me as we looked into this further obviously we talked about the impact of the apartments you know we were cognizant of the apartments impacting our local residents obviously were cognizant of the the parishers at
the church. Uh the one thing that occurred to me as we did this, you know, we previously discussed threehour uh time limited parking uh which is doable. It's not the easiest thing for us to enforce, but it is doable. But we typically have the time
limited parking in areas where there's commuter issues. That that was never brought to my attention as far as that being a major concern. Commuters parking in that area. We're looking to open up parking for people utilizing the park. residents and
then also parishioners. So, uh this was something that I I felt covered all the angles. If you feel like there's something else, something we may have missed, you know, we could take a look at it. We can massage it as you said. Uh but I felt this was pretty comprehensive. >> Thank you so much.
>> Thank Thank you, Chief. I appreciate it. And it is as I looked at the revised version. Thank you. >> Any other comments or questions from the governing body? >> Yansy, can I have a roll call, please? Councilman Rosen, >> yes. >> Councilman Tayer, >> yes. >> Councilman Wilson,
>> yes. >> Council President Waski, >> yes. >> Okay. Now, we have six ordinances um that for first what? >> Oh, sorry. We have eight ordinances for
first reading all having to do with D regulations. >> Mr. Vulce. >> Yeah, this this is pretty straightforward. We have eight ordinances. I think it's Oh, I believe it's 2544 to 2551 and they're all required by DP uh as part of our tier
AMS MS4 permit requirements. Um in addition to that, it it helps us become more in compliant with all the storm water regulations and requirements. >> Thank you very much. So, now we're going to go through them one by one. Um,
I'm going to start with um ordinance I'm going to start with ordinance 2544. It's an ordinance supplementing and amending chapter 3677 article one of the code of the city of Anglewood entitled elicit connections. Can I have a motion that the ordinance pass on first reading and be published once by title only in the record and
that a public hearing be held on November 25th, 2025? >> I'll make a motion. >> Can I have a second? >> Second. Any conversation? Any discussion, questions? Yansancy, can I have a roll call? >> Councilman Rosentoy?
>> Yes. >> Councilman Toker? >> Yes. >> Councilman Wilson? >> Yes. >> Council President Wasotsski? >> Yes. Now we have ordinance 2545, an ordinance supplementing and amending chapter 367, article 2 of the code of the city of Anglewood entitled improper disposal of
waste. Could I have a motion that the ordinance pass on first reading and be published once by title only in the record and that a public hearing be held on November 25th, 2025? >> I make a motion. >> Second. >> Any discussion?
Yansancy, could I have a roll call, please? >> Councilman Rosens, >> yes. >> Councilman Tokayer, >> yes. >> Councilman Wilson, >> yes. >> Council President Waski, >> yes. Now we have ordinance 2546, an ordinance supplementing and amending chapter 367, article 3 of the code of
the city of Anglewood entitled private storm drain inlet retrofitting. May I have a motion that the ordinance pass on first reading and be published once by title only in the record and that a public hearing be held on November 25th, 2025. >> I make a motion, council president,
>> can I have a second? >> Second. >> Any discussion, questions? Yansancy can have a roll call, please. >> Councilman Rosenway. Yes. >> Councilman Toker. >> Yes. >> Councilman Wilson. >> Yes. >> Council President Waski. >> Yes. Now we have ordinance 2547, an
ordinance amending chapter 367 to establish article 4, privately owned salt shed regulations of the general legislation of the city of Englewood. Can I have a motion that the ordinance pass on first reading and be published once by title only in the record and that a public hearing be held on November 25th, 2025?
>> I make a motion. Council President. Thank you. Any questions or comments? Can I have a roll call, please? >> Councilman Rosenway, >> yes. >> Councilman Toker, >> yes. >> Councilman Wilson, >> yes. >> Council President Waski, >> yes. Now we have ordinance 2548, an
ordinance supplementing and amending chapter 266 of the code of the city of Anglewood entitled littering. Can I have a motion that the ordinance passed on first reading and be published once by title only in the record and that a public hearing be held on November 25th, 2025?
So moved. >> Second. >> Any discussion or questions? Can I have a roll call, please? >> Councilman Rosen, >> yes. >> Councilman Tayer, >> yes. >> Councilman Wilson, >> yes. >> Council President Waski, >> yes. Now we have ordinance 2549, an
ordinance supplementing and amending chapter 106, article 4 of the code of the city of Anglewood entitled pet waste. Could I have a motion that the ordinance pass in first reading and be published once by title only in the record and that a public hearing be held on November 25th, 2025?
>> I make a motion. Council President, >> thank you. >> Second. >> Any question, comments? Can I have a roll call, please? >> Councilman Rosenway, >> yes. >> Councilman Toker, >> yes. >> Councilman Wilson, >> yes. >> Council President Waski,
>> yes. Now we have ordinance 2550, an ordinance supplementing and amending chapter 106, article 5 of the code of the city of Anglewood entitled wildlife feeding. Can I have a motion that the ordinance passed on first reading and be published once by title only in the record and that a public hearing be held
on November 25th, 2025? >> Yes. >> So moved. >> So moved. >> Any questions or comments? >> Go ahead, Bronze. Maybe you can address this. Can can we make it more stringent?
>> Yes. >> Yeah. Because >> these are just base base guides that the D says at minimal this is what you have to do, but the city can absolutely make it stringent if it were just >> as far. >> What is what is the current uh fee for
feeding the geese? >> Define the fine. I don't know what that is off hand >> because I think the one in this ordinance was if I remember correctly $100. >> Yeah. Yes. Again, this is minimum. >> Okay. So, so we'll do the minimum and we
can always look at it because there are there are areas especially, you know, in the second ward, I see people >> often feeding the geese. There sign the signage is not so great. We need we need to do a better job, I think, putting up
more visible signage. So, we can look at that. But, um, any other >> a huge problem right now? >> It's always I mean, when you drive by, yeah, you you see that often. Um, I I had brought this up before I was on the council. I had brought this up to the health department. Um, because if you go
at a place like Edgewater, they have a, you know, they have a trail next to the a walking trail next to the water and they've got terrific signage. you know, you can't. But in Anglewood, the signage is kind of faded. But that's something I guess we could look at. >> The geese can't read it.
>> Well, it's not the geese. It's the people who are feed feeding them, >> but Bob, that's something that you could uh take a look at. Maybe the signage. >> Thanks. >> I've also seen uh council president in other towns where they have uh I I don't know if it's a wolf or uh a dog, there's
like little metal stick in the ground things. Are those deterrents? And are we looking for deterrence especially on our um our sport fields like our soccer and our football fields to deter them >> have like an owl shrieking or something
but they they figure out the owl >> those owls don't work >> but it's also a problem if we chase them out we then send them to Leona or Tennly T. So, uh, you know, sorry. So,
so the problem is we have to chase them with the municipalities next to us, otherwise they keep going to our neighbors. >> All right. Um, we did a motion in a second. So, if there are no other comments, can I have a roll call, please? >> Councilman Rosenwig, >> yes. >> Councilman Toker,
>> yes. >> Councilman Wilson, >> yes. >> Council President Waski, >> yes. Now we have ordinance 2551, an ordinance supplementing and amending chapter 129, article two of the code of the city of Anglewood entitled that the ordinance passed on first reading and be published once by title only the record
and that a public hearing be held on November 25th, 2025. >> So moved. >> Second. >> Any discussion? Question. >> Just just so we're clear. Um, if someone could just read the pertinent parts in
regards to the definition so as we move forward, our residents know exactly what's coming in regards to yard waste. >> Bob, do you want to read it? >> Uh, thank you. So,
>> or France France can do it if you want. Y that's >> this is essentially focuses on leaf uh leaf and debris raking etc. There are two things that it focuses >> you please speak into the mic because this is the reason why asking because this is very important um and if we
start to levy fines in regards to how it's being dispersed I want our residents to be aware of what's coming down. >> Absolutely. There are two things that this particular ordinance focuses on is the leaf raking that are not being bagged and put on the street. Um, one
thing that it that it says is you can't rake your leaves and put it within 10 ft of a catch basin or an inlet. Um, if it is within 10 ft, you are liable to get fined. The other thing it says is you can't put your leaf out there before two days prior to schedule pickup. If it's
out there beforehand, you're liable to get fined. Again, the city can make it more stringent, but these are the base is the minimum that the D requires. We can make it 20 feet, we can make it 30 feet, that is up to us, but 10 ft is the minimum that D requires.
>> And and and just to be clear, I I think we have a program where we were marking the um sewers box. Has that been completed? >> Yes, it has. And and and so and to that point, for those that do not know where your sewer is, you may look for your
catch basins. Yes. Um for the lines. And what color are they, Bob? >> They're a they're an amber color or a mustard color. >> Thank you. >> Yeah. And I And I'll make one comment on this. You know, this uh this ordinance, Bob,
>> it's it's gold, not amber. Sorry. Gold or a mustard color. Well, uh, this ordinance is stricter than our current leaf collection, um, procedure. So, this year we're allowing people to put put out their leaves 5 days prior to the scheduled and announced collection. Now,
we're passing an ordinance allowing them to put it out two days. So, so, so, um, I know this year we had to re-educate um, the residents because we have a new process. So, this means that next year we're going to have to uh have a
campaign to re-educate again with a new process. >> That's correct. >> Okay. Um, any other discussion? Yansancy, can I have a roll call, please? >> Councilman Rosen, >> yes. >> Councilman Tayer, >> yes. >> Councilman Wilson,
>> yes. >> Council President Waski, >> yes. And now we have two resolutions on the non-consent agenda. The first resolution is supporting the Northern Valley Greenway. Um, and um,
and I just wanted to talk about the Northern >> Valley Greenway for a moment. But you know what? First, we'll just introduce the resolution. It's resolution 287 supporting the Northern Valley Greenway. And I have a motion.
>> So moved. >> Can I have a second? >> Second. >> Yeah. So I So in terms of the Northern Valley Greenway, I first became involved with the Northern Valley Greenway back in 2018 and that was right before New
Jersey Transit began its feasibility work. Um, one of the originators of the concept of the Northern Valley Greenway, a gentleman from Tennifly, asked me as a community leader to help advocate for the project. But when I learned about
the project, I was um very disappointed to see that Englewood was left out of the Northern Valley Greenway. They had six towns and um and they ended it in in Tennifly right at right at the northern border of
Anglewood and they said well maybe they'll extend it to the hos you know thought about extending to the hospital and um and so um a bunch of us got together um I worked with actually count this is before we were on the council I worked
with Ken Rosenwag I worked with Ken Albert I worked with Jean Skirnick I worked with Charlotte Bennett shown and we rallied community leaders and neighbors. We went to T-neck and Leonia and Tennifly and we we got um you know
we got people from the governing bodies in the different towns. We got people from the planning boards, boards of adjustment, environmental committees, everybody. And we reached out uh statewide. We reached out to the governor. We reached out to our senators and our and our Congress and our local
uh political leaders and um and and with and with that advocacy, we went to the public hearing at that time um uh when Bergen County had their public hearing for their recreation program. We advocated that they included Anglewood
in their in their recreation master plan in terms of the Northern Valley Greenway and they did. And um but now we're at a point where New Jersey Transit next year is doing a 2026 environmental
feasibility study. And so so we thought it was important to go back again to reiterate again to pass this resolution to let everybody know we're watching. We want to be included and um and to make
sure that that we're included in the 2026 environmental feasibility study which would be extending the Northern Valley Greenway when and if it happens all the way through Anglewood to Over Pet Park. So
that's that's why this resolution is on the agenda today and we're going to follow it up with it. Um Mr. Hoffen and I are going to follow up with a letter letting letting New Jersey Transit, but all the uh local officials know that we've passed this
resolution and and that's what we're looking for. Um any any other comments? Go ahead. >> Yeah. Uh yeah, thank you for bringing that up. And you know, just to put in perspective, we went to a freeholders meeting. We went to their open house. We
uh went to Senator Loretta Weinberg's office about this. and uh you were a very strong advocate on this. We wrote a letter and this was really a case of uh environmental injustice where you know you know if you look at the the
map of parks in uh Bergen County and we we're really extremely underrepresented in the percentage of our town that's park park uh land whereas the towns that were slated to be part of the greenway
are over represented. So they're in the top quartortile and we're in the bottom quartortile. And now we're going to put more parks. So the rich are getting richer. Um so and and and we wrote a letter, sent it out to about 250 people
and and and and Senator Booker got back to us very interested um in this and really wanted to be kept apprised of this project and his office was very supportive of it. So, uh, we we got to keep the momentum up because if, you know, you know, tens of millions of
dollars are being invested to improve the park conditions in Bergen County, uh, you know, we we we should we should be a beneficiary of that. Thank you. >> Yeah. Thank you. Any other comments? Yansancy, can I have a roll call, please?
>> Councilman Rosens, >> yes. >> Councilman Toker, >> yes. Councilman Wilson. >> Yes. >> Council President Wasotsski. >> Yes. >> Okay. Okay. Now we have resolution 288. It's a
resol resolution authorizing Viola to install a water line to the community garden on the corner of Lafayette and Jennese Avenue which is a Louis Bolt garden. Uh can I have a motion? >> Can I have Can I have a second?
>> Second. >> Okay. And um I'm just going to so I I I visited the Louis Bolt Garden uh several times and each time I'm struck by what a caring connected place
it is. The first time I went there um I brought my dad who loves gardening and um Lucy Walker was very hospitable and we had a lovely afternoon and and you could see that it's more than a a garden. It's a place that brings neighbors together. It teaches kids
about growing and giving and also it donates some of its produce to families in need. When I learned this summer and actually I learned this summer because Esther Bab who's sitting here today, thank you Esther uh reached out to me and let me know that volunteers were c
carrying water by hand to keep the plants alive. And it was clear the city needed needed to help. I met with volunteers. I met with with Esther Bev. I met with John Bev and Lucy Walker. I
met with Elizabeth and um and um you know I I thought it was really important that the city help. And so last week we uh had a meeting, a few of us with the city manager to talk through a solution. And I'm really glad that the city will
now arrange for Viola to bring a dedicated water supply to the garden. This will really make a big impact and it will help the special space continue to thrive. Um, any other comments from the governing body?
>> Can I have a roll call? Yansy. >> Councilman Rosenf. >> Yes. >> Councilman tooker. >> Yes. >> Councilman Wilson. >> Yes. Well needed. >> Council President Wasodski. >> Yes. Okay.
Okay. All right. So, um, now we have public comments on the consent agenda items. I'm now so so I know there's some people who are new here today. So, I I'll let me just read this and then I'll just explain it. We're now going to open the
meeting for public comments on the consent agenda resolutions. Members of the public are requested to state their name before speaking and what we're going to be speaking on. So on the agenda packet, we have resolutions on the consent agenda, resolutions 289
through 304. So there's going to be a different public session later in the meeting to talk about anything you want to talk about, but right now we're only talking about the resolutions that are on the consent agenda. So I'm now opening it up to the public. If you want
to speak, please come up to the mic. Okay. Okay, I'm now going to close the public comment section on the consent agenda. Um Oh, okay. So, I'm going to open it back up again.
>> Good evening. C. Can you hear me? Oh, yeah. You can hear me. >> Uh Crystal Brown, uh Powell Road, Anglewood. Um just a quick question in looking at 304. It says um approving issuance of a new
plenary l retail consumption license for Crown Plaza. Don't they already have a license? Why would they need a second license? >> Okay. Thank you. And what we we what we do is generally is after we close >> No, I'm just going to because some people are new. after we close the
public session, then we'll go back and answer um some of the questions. >> Amy Bulland Avenue, um just a quick clarification on 298. It says municipal alliance grant for fiscal year 2027. Is
that 2027 or 2026? It's 2027. Okay. >> Leroy Campbell, Tunnel Road. Um 297 award professional service contract to FastTech Consulting Engineer to provide professional traffic engineering.
Does that mean that we're looking at putting a traffic light there? Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Thank you for asking my question. Uh my other question is uh I may not be uh up to date on how the city runs. So
can you explain what a a plen plenary retail consumption license is? And that will lead to my question later on explaining other resolutions. Thank you. >> Okay. Thank you. Um, >> yeah. Rick Wilbbeing with New Jersey.
Uh, 293 purchase of a 2005 Ford Police Interceptor utility K8A all-wheel drive. Uh, I haven't seen a lot of different vehicles. I haven't seen the deputy chief in a pickup truck. I mean, why are we getting these vehicles that don't
even fit the mold or the model for a traditional police cruiser or police car? We have a lot of weird It's like people have their preferences. Next thing you know, the Ingwood Police is going to get a Bentley Coupe or something like that cuz somebody wants it. Why do we need this specialty
vehicle, this 2025 Ford Police Interceptor? And why we keep getting these vehicles that don't fit the mold of traditional police vehicles? We're not We don't have no electric vehicles. We don't have anything to save the taxpayers money with gas and fuel
and stuff like that. Everything is big. Everything is gas guzzling. And you know, now I see cars that don't even fit the mall. What the hell do you need a expensive pickup truck for to go back and forth to your house? Doesn't make any sense.
>> Hey, thank you. Pete Hansen, Origin Terrace, Anglewood on on 289. Could you just give us an overview of what we're agreeing to with TH Experiences and the dollar amount? Thank you.
>> Thank you. >> I'm now going to close the public comment section on the consent agenda. Uh Bob, we have questions on 289, 297, 293, and 304. >> Council President, we'll we'll start
with the uh plenary pleninary questions that Yansy can answer. Our city clerk, >> uh plenary pre uh sorry, plenary retail consumption is the state's way of saying a restaurant. Um Crown Plaza uh had a
license. the entity that held the license went bankrupt and disappeared. Uh so the hotel couldn't transfer to a new owner. So we had to start from scratch. This process actually started back in January with an ordinance and
we're finally at the end process which is to issue um the new vendor which actually we went out to bid for. Council President, if you want for resolution
289, this is uh this is the resolution to authorize an agreement with T with uh TH Experiences. This is the uh this is the same uh company that's put helped us put together the last two night markets.
So they were very successful. It was night market in 2024 and 2025. Last year the or the 2024 experience uh was rated as the best
municipal event in uh Bergen County. the 2025 experience. We had 6,100 attendees and it's also been nominated as the best mun municipal event, civic event in
2025. We're looking to make it even better this year or this coming year in 2026. Our plans include having linkages with soccer because the the soccer the soccer cup the world soccer cup is going to be played the the on some of the
nights that we we're we're scheduled to have the meeting or to have Inglewood night. So that Tuesday night is supposed to be a semi-final match and so we're looking forward to having linkages with that. the cost to the city is there is no cost to the city for for her for her
services. That's she's she charges a fee for the for the vendors that do come in. We oversee that and um we're looking forward to having an expanded 2026. So hopefully that answers the question. >> Okay. And then there were questions on
293 and 297. All right. >> 297 was uh what do you plan on doing at the at the intersection of West Palisade and Nicabaka Road? >> Yeah, those are the there's a there's
going to be a traffic study at 297 or is it 293? >> 29 Well, 297 is is West Paliside and Nicoba Road, >> right? So, we're doing we're doing going to be doing a traffic study there to make make intersection improvements
there. So, we're going Uh and then um based on that traffic study, we'll we will hopefully put in some kind some kind of a device whether it's a traffic traffic light or something else. And then there's als there was also another another resolution for a second traffic study by FastTech.
>> Yeah. And then there was a question on >> 293. >> Okay. Um Oh, 293. So, that was um that was about the Ford the Ford interceptor that the city is is going to be purchasing. Um I don't have the
specifics on that, but I can tell you that we've had two of our police police vehicles recently were involved in accidents and we're we're going to be replacing that. Um I don't know if the chief had a had a a specific comment that he wanted to make on that.
It's just regarding our fleet. So, as you're aware, we're one of two departments that work in the city 247 365. So, we do have a lot of vehicles and these vehicles get a lot of lot of mileage on them. So, uh when the prosecutor's office took over our department, uh they did put help us put
a plan in place to replace those vehicles. Over the years, we found out that if you don't replace the vehicles in a timely manner, ultimately you're kicking the, you know, kicking the can down the road and you end up having to buy multiple cars in one year and that's just not, you know, fiscally responsible. So, we have a plan that
we're sticking to as far as purchasing the vehicles. Um, the vehicles we're buying now, the K8 is a is a hybrid. Um, and the Ford Interceptors are the the standard now um until they bring back the Crown Vicks that we all knew growing up that I loved. Uh, these are the SUVs
that you see out there every day. So, that's the vehicle we're purchasing. >> Okay. Thank you. I think we I didn't Yansancy. I didn't get a resolution. Um, I didn't get a um a motion on this, did I? >> No. So, I need a a motion to introduce resolutions 289
all the way through 304. >> What? You want to table two items? >> Oh, you want to pull two? Which pull two do you want to pull? 293-11-12-25 >> and what's the other one >> which actually should take care of 294
but the other one is 299-11-12-25 >> okay can I have a motion to introduce resolutions 289 290 291 292 294 295 296 297 298 300 301 302 303 and and 304
>> I make a motion council >> can I have a second >> second Any discussion on those resolutions? >> None for me. >> Can I have a roll call? Yansy. >> Councilman Rosenway. >> Yes. >> Councilman tooker. >> Yes. >> Councilman Wilson.
>> Yes. >> Council President Wasatski. >> Yes. Can I have a um a motion to introduce resolution 293? >> So moved. >> Second. >> Okay. Discussion. Uh, I wanted to address the chief. Um,
but maybe I can give it to the city manager in regards to the usage of these vehicles. Um, we all park out here and we see these pickup trucks and other vehicles that
appear to be stationary. Um, and I I I just want our public to know, he the chief explained some of it, and I I think he left some of it out. Um, the purpose of our our vehicles that are there already. Um, and they're new.
Those pickup trucks are new. >> Mavericks. Yeah. >> Excuse me. >> Sorry. I I believe you did the Mavericks. Yeah. And so the confusion comes in is that we have those and now we're looking at an intercessor.
>> You may. >> All right. Can I So the the Mavericks or the the small pickup trucks that the council councilman Wilson was just referring to, they are um they're they are for private duty. They're they're
specific for road work and things like that. So that uh they're less expensive than than the interceptor vehicles which um when when all all in are between you know 50 and $70,000 with all all of the
electronics in them. So those mavericks we're also leasing them. So, it's uh we're we're leasing them from enterprise rental and we have the option to buy them at the end of the lease period, but they're being used for for private duty
and it's helping the city to bring bring in revenue. There's an administrative fee that's charged for that and uh that also helps offset the offset some of the other costs that are associated with with the private duty. >> And and and thank you um Mr. City
Manager. U I I I just want the public to know that I I I get it every time we turn around and we see a vehicle. Um but as he just stated, the pickup trucks a lot of them pay for themselves because they're private duty. Is that correct?
>> That is correct. >> And and so sometimes we have to take advantage of what we need to take advantage of to get something new and it's being paid for from another entity. And I can just elaborate on the um the electric vehicle. I had a conversation with the chief that they're not
sustainable with all the equipment that a police a regular police car has to have on it because the drainage is too quick. Is that correct? >> The uh yes for for the for the pursuit vehicles, yes, because there it's it's
the amount of hours on the engine. It's not. So the the answer is yes. >> Thank you. And if your indulge me council president uh 299-11-12 >> we didn't introduce that one yet. We'll get to >> I'm sorry. >> That's okay. Um any other discussion on
resolution 293? >> Can I have a roll call? Yansancy. >> Councilman Rosen. >> Yes. >> Councilman Tayer. >> Yes. >> Councilman Wilson. >> Yes. >> Council President Wasatski. >> Yes. Now can I have a motion to introduce resolution 299?
>> I make a motion. Second. >> Okay. Uh, now, Councilman Wilson, >> uh, I I I pulled this not because I had a question, but that, um, either the clerk or the city manager could express
what this is because I think it's important. >> CD. >> Yeah. 29 299-11-12- >> Thank you. This is an endorsing resolution for a community for a community development grant. Uh and let's see
where is >> Yeah. So the coun so the council is being asked to endorse a res a resolution for from uh for the for the Bergen County Home Investment Partnership. It's a grant application of $80,000 for the by the
center for food action. It's a and it it helps it's the security deposit assistance program and it's it's designed to help people with our our residents here in here in the city and it's a it's worthwhile and
it's um there's no there's no expense to the city but to for for the center for food action to receive this grant application they um Bergen County requires that
that the city pass an endorsing resolution and that's what that's what's being asked for tonight. >> Yep. And it's $80,000 to be used for rental assistance. >> Can I have a roll call? >> Councilman Rosenway. >> Yes. >> Councilman Toker.
>> Yes. >> Councilman Wilson. >> Yes. >> Council President Waski. >> Yes. Okay. We we now have ordinances for discussion. Um I'm going to ask um the fire chief Kaplan to discuss first the
smoke detector certification and then the lithium ion batteries. >> You hear me, Mr. Wilson? >> Good evening, Chief. Thanks for joining us. >> Good evening. How uh thank you everyone. uh two ordinances for discussion. Uh the first one is a smoke detector permit um
ordinance. Uh this would amend uh section 212-17 of the city code. Uh traditionally um CCO uh inspections or certificate of continuing occupancy inspections have been handled by the code enforcement or the building
department. Um however um in February 5th of uh this year um the assembly passed Assembly Bill 3894 which had um far-reaching effects on the uniform fire code. And in that um that change in the assembly code um it
created uh the law that says that only um licensed fire inspectors can perform the smoke and carbon monoxide detector part of the CCO inspections. So in essence, um that's forcing the city to modify our ordinance to allow our um
fire prevention bureau to do that portion of the CCO inspection. So what uh the ordinance is essentially going to provide is that the building department will still do their portion of the CCO inspection. However, the fire prevention bureau will handle the smoke and CO part
of the inspection. Um, in the modification to 212-17, we've created um an additional fee schedule uh for that residents will go still continue to get CCO inspections from the building department. However, they'll have to stop at the firehouse and get an additional certificate,
permanent certificate um to do the carbon monoxide and smoke detector um uh coding uh code certificates. Um the reason for the additional fee is that this is paying for an additional fire inspector to go out and do these inspections. We estimate the revenue
will uh will support the additional inspector that we're going to hire for this. Okay. The second uh ordinance um also going to amend chapter 212 is um titled um to regulate e-mobility devices, electric vehicles, and
lithium-ion batteries. I'm sure everyone here is well aware of the explosion of I use that word literally, explosion of um problems with um lithium-ion batteries. Not so much yet in Anglewood. We've had some small fires. Yes, sir. Oh, sorry.
Um not so much with in Anglewood with fires, but certainly in New York City, uh hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of fires causing many, many deaths. Um and we're trying to get ahead of that here in Anglewood by um trying to create an ordinance to uh regulate the sales so
that um retail establishments are not going to have these items um charged on display that they are not charged that when they are stored they are stored uncharged. Um if retailers are going to have batteries on site they are going to be provided in special storage
containment um cabinets. So, God forbid there is a fire, they are contained in the proper storage units. Um, one thing that they're seeing in New York City is the sale of unregulated batteries or aftermarket batteries. So, we'll prohibit the sale of those batteries. So, basically, we're taking lessons
learned from New York City and all of the tragedies that we're seeing in New York City and trying to get out ahead of that. Again, our fire prevention bureau will be able to uh enforce this this code, but we're just trying to be proactive. um these uh this um model ordinance has been already adopted in
Perth Amboy and in Hackinac. So we're taking best practices from other municipalities in New Jersey and and mirroring what they're doing. Um I think this is really proactive and hopefully going to save lives of the residents of Anglewood. So I think they're both um >> Thank you very much. Thank you. >> Let me just see any questions or
questions for the chief. >> Okay. Thank you so much. >> Thank just just real quick, Chief. Um and and where can our residents and our shop owners find this information because the situation and and thank you for getting ahead of that because it's coming down a street that we know uh
because we have all these ebike deliveries and they got to charge it and store it somewhere and guess what they probably live next to somebody who's storing and charging it and the proper um charging cord is important too. So
where can they find this information? Uh, a great place is a website of the National Fire Protection Association. They have best practices for the safe use and safe charging. Um, but I think you bring a great point. Um, safe safe places to charge it. Um, not in the
pathway of your exit of your home or your apartment. And that's what we're seeing a lot of of injuries or fatalities is that people can't escape their homes during a fire. So, making sure that if you're charging it that you're not blocking the egress to your home or to your apartment. Um, if you can charge it outside in a garage or a
shed or something like that, that's better. That's where my son is charging his scooter outside. But, um, you know, best practice is for NFBA website. They have a lot of great tips on the safe use of these devices. So, >> and thank you and thank you, council president. I would just like to see a
link on our on our um fire department website. >> We'll we'll we'll make sure that we'll make that happen. >> Our uh residents in Thank you. >> Great. Thank you. Uh quick question if I may. Chief, is there any correlation at
all for cell phones and batteries? Most of the iPhones and the materials that you get have some kind of charge and when they get inventory and they bring them to the different vendors that sell them on Palisad Avenue and elsewhere, is there any cons similar concern about
fires? >> So, a couple uh quick tips to to be concerned about or to watch out for. Um, only use uh the manufacturers's recommended charging cords. So, if you have an Apple phone, use an Apple cord. It's tempting to buy a cheap knockoff
cord at the, you know, 99 cent store or at a convenience store. It's quick, it's easy, but it's not the necessarily the correct cord to use. Again, that's what we're seeing a lot of fires from because it's not the correct voltage. It's not the correct cord for the phone. Um, also, uh, a lot of teenagers attempted
to take their phone and charge it and put it under their pillow or a blanket at night. And again, we're seeing a lot of fires in that sense. So again, safe practices, best best practices. Um, just use the, you know, use what your computer, your laptop, your iPad, your phone is, that's the best practice.
>> That's very kind and I appreciate that. Council, I'm talking about companies that are getting inventory to sell to the public and they get it through the mails. You know, does it subject the post office to any kind of exposure or to the proprietors?
very very difficult to regulate that. >> Very difficult to regulate that. >> It's just not a large capacity battery, so it's less of a risk. >> I'm not sure how we would know that something like that's coming through the mail. We we could require phone companies or cell phones or vendors that
have that kind of property to take measures to store their material overnight or their um packages, you know, from away from wood product or whatever. >> I think that's something that we could look at. I think it's something we could look at it or if we could get
cooperation from the vendors that they're stored in a safe manner. Yeah. Yeah. Something that we could look >> sustainability issues. Thank you. I I I also would mention though that as long as they're not tampered with, overcharged, things like that, they are,
you know, I don't want to scare anyone, they are safe inherently. I mean, like, you know, both of you are using devices that use lithium-ion batteries, they're not going to spontaneously combust. So, as long as they're used in in the proper uh proper manner, charged in the proper manner, they are safe. So, I don't want
to scare scare the general public. >> Thank you. Yeah, I would imagine anything being shipped is packaged in a very safe manner. >> Correct. >> So that's going to withstand it. Seems to me that the fires that we've seen have been actively charged phones with
some special compromise in ventilation or or heating system. >> So again, uh what we're seeing again, New York City is the epicenter of the of the crisis. >> Yeah. But it's like 200 bikes parked in a basement. >> They're also tampered with though. Okay.
It's um it's a self-proclaimed expert at at uh you know scooters and they're modifying the batteries or they're changing out one cell out of a battery pack and they're using an aftermarket battery to fix the battery. So it's not original equipment. It's not a
manufactured authorized uh repair person and they're now tampering with an original battery which is causing them to overcharge or to explode. If if you are going to a authorized repair center, you're going to the Apple store, you're going to the Samsung store, you're not
seeing fires there because it is original equipment, it is being done safely. It's uh I'll use the term chop shop and you're seeing, you know, someone who is not authorized or trained to fix these and they're just modifying the batteries, you know, they they're like a handyman, if you will, and don't
really know what they're doing. And that's where you're seeing these tragedies occur. So, as long as you're following manufacturers recommended, you know, instructions, using original equipment, all of these, you know, most of these devices are safe as long as you're following best practices. So,
again, using your laptops properly, they're safe. It's very unusual to see fires unless you're tampering with them. >> Thanks. Thanks for your time. And the third ordinance for discussion is amending chapter 8 of the city code entitled green team. Um it was brought
to the council's intent attention that we we hadn't had a green team uh for several years and we were out of compliance with that and our attorney who's not here tonight but we have another attorney covering he did some
research. We asked him to um take a look at other towns, see how other people are doing the green team and uh he came up with an amendment to our green team. Um which also which was which nice about it
is it it expands it the green team to allow a member from the board of education which we didn't have previously. And um I'm going to let our attorney uh speak to the to the amended ordinance. Excuse
me. Thank you, Council President. Um, there are two minor amendments to the current ordinance. Um, first, it um provides that the green team will consist of no less than five, no uh nor no more than nine members. And um and
the the list of the category of members is is stated in the ordinance. One member from the Englewood Environmental Commission, one member from the Governing Body or their designate, one representative from Flat Rockbrook Nature Center, one representative from
the Department of Public Works, and one from the board of education. The appointments are made by the mayor with the consent of the council and that is the extent of the >> Thank you so much. >> Thank you. >> Okay. Um, any discussion from the
governing body? Okay, now we're up to oh items for discussion. We have food and security. So this is a reminder uh to residents that there is a food drive going on in the city of Anglewood and there are four drop off locations.
Although I think the library is just to just a few What day is it today? I think the library is just a few more days, but there's still uh drop off locations at city hall. uh one at the rec center by the gate house and Cecil which is 228
Grand Avenue part of Bergen Family Center is a drop off location. Um and if people um want to donate they could donate directly to the center for food action or to the office of concern. And
if people have need uh they could make a they can go to this they could um Anglewood has several different uh places where people could get food. They can get food from the Center for Food Action. Uh they can they can make an
appointment there. They can go to the office of concern without an appointment, but they have specific hours. It's all listed on the website and also the neighborhood pantry um has ours as well in November. So um
then the second item for discussion is a town hall for proposed community center preliminary concept plan and potential financing option. And I just wanted to remind people that that meeting is tomorrow night in this room at 700 p.m.
Now we have bills and claims. Can I have um resolution 305 which is to approve payment of bills and claims whereas the chief financial officer has certified and submitted a consolidated bill and claims list for payment as well as
consolidated list of prepaid items. The prepaid items include emergency payments, wire transfers, and regularly scheduled monthly payments that are paid between bills and claim list dates. And whereas all bills and claims listed herewith have been encumbered and sufficient funds are available for
payment. And whereas the required signatures have all been obtained on each voucher on the attached list. Now therefore be resolved by the council of the city of Anglewood that the bills and claims on the submitted list are hereby approved for the payment in the total amount of $3,95,000
500 95,530.7474. Can I have a motion to approve the bills and claims? >> So moved. >> Can I have a second? >> Second. >> Any questions or comments from the governing body? Can I have a roll call, please?
>> Councilman Rosen, >> yes. >> Councilman Tokayer, >> yes. >> Councilman Wilson, >> yes. >> Council President Waski, >> yes. Okay. So, now we're going into public session and this is the part where anybody from the public can speak
about any topic that they'd like to speak. You're going to have three minutes to speak. So, I'm going to ask you to come up to the mic, state your name. Um, and you have three minutes to speak. >> Hello. Yes. Hi, Diane Jansen, 589
Richland Terrace. Thank you so much for this good meeting tonight. Uh but I'd like to comment on a couple of things. Um first I'd like to comment on the explanations based on the questions uh that uh Councilman Wilson uh asked. They
were very informative. Um the chief uh explained about the uh vehicle which was informative in response to uh Councilman Wilson's questions and I also thought it was very informative uh what uh our what
uh our captain uh our chief Jeff Kaplan explained about the batteries and safety and how we need to get that out to the public. Um and again Mr. Wilson raised that that um and so did the mayor on
storage. So that was very very helpful. What would be even more helpful is when resolutions uh are up for passage, they're included in our packet. This way we could really
see what's going on. Um that would be easier. We've got an explanation as to why um first readings are not included although other towns do include first readings but I would like to propose that in the and in order to foster
communication. Um it is important for us to know what all those resolutions were. All you need to do is make a statement. I'm not saying that the city clerk should add anything about it but at the meeting. So
there's an interaction with the public uh so that they're not asking these questions or maybe they're not showing and they're at home watching but they have these questions. So it would just be each uh first reading to say what
that's about. It's not so hard. And we did hear a lot about the greenway and we uh we also heard about uh the resolution uh for the Louis be historic community garden and those were helpful. I think
the reason the Louis be historic community garden has been such a success is because it's a Wii program. It's not an I program. And so if you as council members would make uh these meetings
more of a wei program, I think that would be helpful to everyone and we could work together in a more positive fashion. Thank you. >> Thank you for your comments. >> Amy Bullock Avenue. Um just three quick things, good things. Um Council
President Wasatski, you and I attended that Northern Valley Greenway presentation together. Um, so I'm glad to see that Englewood is still supporting that. Um, the water at the garden has been a long time coming.
So, it is appreciated that the council has taken action on that. And it's also appreciated that the council is um following through on their commitment to have the meeting about the community center and the Ken Albert report tomorrow evening. Just a quick question.
Will it be on YouTube for residents who may not be able to attend? Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Leroy Campbell, Tunnly Road. Um, I have a couple of things. Um, the first thing I have is why was the tax taxes
underestimated? Um, that's one thing I have. The other thing I have is and I I'm not sure if I showed this to Bob or not. I have pictures from North Northville. I have pictures from Old Tapan where they they
put in community garden and they put up deer proof fence all around the garden. I mean it's wonderful that we we we give them water, but um we can make the place look a lot better if we consider putting
up fences, high fences to keep the deers out. Um, the other thing I have is Forest Avenue from Far I'm sorry, Lafayette from Forest Avenue North. I do believe that's a
county road. I do believe that's a county road. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Venites, 42 East Baliser Avenue. Uh I'm advocating for dogs parks uh and m parks. Most of you must receive emails
from the Englewood residents. I'm pretty sure of that. And so um the need to have a park closed on downtown especially because there is more buildings and more family moving. So there's more um needs
of parks for dogs. Uh because dogs is not just pets are part of the family too. So um what I'm asking is for maybe a small space for um a mak part for dogs.
>> Okay. Thank you. >> Yeah. Rick Wiling with New Jersey. >> Yeah. Uh first and foremost, Mike, uh I don't think you have to worry about those cell phones exploding. I think they sent them all to Lebanon. think you're going to have a problem. But uh needless to say, I want to talk about
the parking on Lafayette, okay, which I was always told is a county road. Uh Mr. Hoffman knows about this problem. I email him with no response. I call him with no response. It's amazing that there's a problem down the street and
they start at the church. I was in Tene the other day on Queen Anne Road off of Cedar Lane. And I noticed that the synagogue has special parking signs for the synagogue during the hours of worship. Now, why is it so complicated in Inglewood? Cuz this is a
predominantly black church. And for the last two or three Sundays, me personally have been out there telling people we're two park and we're not two park because we believe that people should have the freedom to go worship without the police
trying to exploit them or extort some money from them because it's all a racket. Nonetheless, we see things all week in this town where some people could park on curb lines, some people could park where they're not supposed to park. all these other things and nothing
happens to those people. But you go to a church that is actually the cornerstone of the community down the fourth ward where all your Democratic politicians come where they want the black vote and then on a Sunday you go and you ticket their cars. It doesn't make any sense to
me. And there's a double standard in the city that is very much so obvious and evident. It's not covert. It's overt. Everywhere you are in the city, the people on the top of the hill get treated well. The people out here don't
get treated so well. Some people have to answer to those people. Other people don't get answers at all. And enough people are noticing right now to where they're going to demand to be treated fairly and to be given a voice and to be heard. That's what's happening in this
country right now. People want to put America first. They don't want to put America last. And we need to put Ingwood residents first and stop putting the Ingwood residents last. That's all the Ingwood residents, including the ones that you don't like, including the ones that see what you do and have the
courage to come here and confront you and say, "This is wrong. That's wrong." So now we're going to have this conversation about the community center, which I think is just another waste of time and money. And I was specifically talking Kevin about the deputy chief's
truck, not the the lease truck. He doesn't need that kind of a truck. That's not a standard police truck. That's what I'm talking about. These are the kind of cars that we don't need the taxpayers to pay for. And if the New York City Police Department could have electric vehicles, we could have
electric vehicles. It's that simple. >> Thank you. >> Samuel Leaf, 40 Bennett Road. So, you know, you got all these high-rise buildings around here and you got to pay three or $4,000 a month for rent, but if you have a dog, you got to pay an extra
$50 a month, you know. So, I think as as it relates to a dog park, there should be some type of shared responsibility between the developers and the city. The dog parks is okay, but maybe not McKay Park. you could find another location, but they are making money, you know,
from having the dogs and we don't get none of that, buddy. >> Thank you. >> Good evening, council. Uh my name is Dennis Bunch. I'm from uh Cigars and Spirits. I'm a local >> What's your Dennis? >> Dennis Bunch. I'm from this town. Grew
up in this town and uh I'm a business owner here in town. Cigars and Spirits. I am involved with uh doing a deal with Crown Plaza Hotel. I'm glad that uh we've come to some type of resolution uh with the liquor license. Uh we are
planning as we speak a uh hosting for the Super Bowl as well as NBA All-Star weekend as well as the World Cup. Uh I am directly involved with the AIO as well as Moat Hennessee to uh provide
funds as well as u sponsorship into the hotel and I'm be working with the fourth ward councilman over here. Hopefully I'll have the uh embrace of the city as well as uh working with the hotel to make this event um definitely something
as a tourist stop uh the city of Englewood and showing what we have uh to entertain. That's my first part to this. The second part is I was contacted by a resident up in um Pleasant Avenue where
the dead end is by the actor's home. Seems to me that there are houses that are there that have uh residents, not just one car, but when you have four or five cars and you don't use your driveway and there's limited parking on
that street. Have I witnessed the last five years of not just you can't park on a dead end, but the fire trucks coming in have to stop at a certain point. So, one of the residents, I don't know why they called me and decide to send me up
and be the vocal standpoint or mouthpiece for this resident, but it is something to look at. Uh, looking at the residents that do live at the house, there are three houses down in that location. You're talking about anywhere from four to six cars in each house. So,
how do you share the common space of the end of that block? and it's getting to the point of the resident would like to talk to the local councilman or council woman up there. >> Okay. Thank you.
>> Hi, Lisa Peterson. Excited to hear what Ken Albert has to say about the recreations center. We're excited about that and I can't wait to see what's going on with that. The other thing is I know um I don't know if I'm
supposed to go back or not, but I had some questions. I don't understand what LTS means. Um and I believe that was on 2542. I don't understand what that means. Also on 301 1125.
I don't understand what SW means and I don't understand what PFRS means. Could you please explain that? And that's on the over budget that I'm talking about. Thank you.
>> Thank you. >> Yeah. Pete Hansen, original terrorist Anglewood. I'd like just to comment on the proposed greenway. I think it's an opportunity for the city if we consider uh including either uh some signage or
some side hiking spurs to points of interest in Anglewood City such as Farmers Market, uh McKay Park, uh the skating rink, maybe a side uh route to get up to Flat Rock. Uh maybe someone
wants to go, you know, more than just north and south. they might want to see some areas of interest in the city. And I think this is a great opportunity uh to really uh make Anglewood special by having uh these added ideas and and
places for people to go and enjoy the nature. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Okay. I'm now going to close the public session. Um Mr. Hoffman, do you want to answer some of the questions, please?
Uh, sure. Thank you, Council President. I'll work back I'll work backwards. There was a question from Miss Peterson about PFRS. That's that's the pension fund for the police and the fire the fire officers and firefighters. So,
that's that's what that is for. LTS, I'm drawing a blank. So, I will >> What's that? Learn to learn to skate. So, thank you. I no longer have a blank, but thank thank you very much for that. And I'm I'm not sure I didn't write down the there was a third question that uh
that you had for that. So, if you can ask me later, I'll I'll I'll answer that. Then uh there was a question from uh from Mr. Bunch of just about the end of the road by the actor's home. So, I'm >> I'm not sure. It looks like there's
there's three houses. I mean, we'll we'll have property maintenance go take a look, but there's, you know, the if there's if there's parking that's allowed on the road, I'm not sure what we can what we can do. And we haven't received any uh any co any concern from
the fire department, but we'll we'll double check on that. Then there was there was questions about the dog the dog park which we'll take under under advisement and uh Mr. Wilby is is correct. I've
received many uh texts from him and emails and at times I have not I have not responded to him. U so I'll get I will get back on some some of those responses and I guess that's uh Mr. Campbell. I
did not see that's that sounds interesting. I didn't see any pictures about the deer fence. So, if you could show them to me later, that would be great. And I think that's it. >> And Amy asked if if um if they're going to be recording the meeting tomorrow. I I Is Asha going to be here tomorrow?
>> Uh yes, he will. I It's not going to be recorded because we only record the council meetings for YouTube, but he'll be he'll be there to to monitor and to uh to be able to accept questions that come in. So, so people could
>> is there a way for people who are not here to get on that meeting? No. >> So, >> okay. >> All right. Wait. And I'd like to just just to answer one uh I'd like to thank
Yansancy. The today's agenda is on the website with all the resolutions as well. I think for things that we discussing where we don't have a resolution yet obviously that we don't have future resolutions and and those will be written after the discussion but all tonight's resolutions
are on the website. So thank you Yansy for doing a great job with that. >> Are the resolutions Yansi always on the website? The agenda is posted uh usually 48 hours prior to the council meeting. Fridays, Friday evenings, they're posted. Um if
we have all the information needed to complete a resolution, it'll be posted. >> Okay. >> Um not all the information is provided, but agenda purposes, we just need to provide a title. >> Okay. Thank you. All right. Can I have a motion to adjurnn? >> I make a motion.
>> Second. >> All in favor? All right. Bye.