--------- Can everybody please take their seats? Okay, we're going to get started now. We're going to get started now. Can everybody please take their seats? Can everybody please take their seats?
Is there anybody else from the public who would like to speak who hasn't spoken? If you haven't spoken yet, thank you. On the resolutions. On the resolutions. Well, my name is Hope Summers. I'm a resident, lifelong,
born and raised. I want to demand that you be respectful. Everybody here has been respectful of you. So, you need to be respectful of everybody here. Okay? It was unacceptable. Your rudeness, okay, we're I'm not done. It was
unacceptable. No, we're speaking on the resolutions now. I'm speaking to you so you will listen. Stop with that disrespect. Thank you. Okay, I'm now going to close the public the uh
the public comment section on the agenda. Um so now we're going to respond to some of the issues that were raised. Um what I'm going to do is I'm going to ask Mr. Hoffman to respond to a couple of the
issues and then we're going to go back to the affordable housing. Um well, you know, you know, I think what I'll do is is actually this. I think what we'll do is we'll um we'll start we'll start with a consent agenda. I think that'll be the
easiest way to do it. Mr. Huff and and we'll vote on that and then we're going to go to the affordable housing. Um so, Mr. Hoffman, can you explain to Mr. Diaz um resolution
number 191? Uh certainly council president. Um this is a this resolution just talks about it formalizes the activities that the city has been engaged in since 2002.
Uh where we have our our where we're we're actively addressing flooding issues. We've identified problems and we're we're addressing them over time. So, this resolution is um basically
helps to codify some of the some of the things that we're doing and it um it's going to help with our transparency because it it talks about steps that we're doing. It talks about um a summary of flood prevention projects that we're
that we're engaged in as well publics as well as private. um an implementation schedule, costs by project and year, funding opportunities because we're looking for grants and we're working with our sister municipalities. And we
have uh regional shared services opportunities that we're looking at and we've we're working with our state representatives as well as our congressional representative uh on some of these items. So that's part of it,
but it's also u to to help so that when we go through the budget process, we we have cap issues, but we're we're going to identify funds that we can use each year and we're prioritizing the the issues that we have to address. And I
believe Mr. Dia has also talked about um catch basins and things like that. So, just so that um all of our residents know, since the beginning of the year, we've inspected over 2,000 catch basins and we have serviced or repaired over
450 of them. So, we have a methodical way of doing that. Um we start at the lowest elevation and we work our way up because it doesn't make sense to clean catch basins on top of a hill and cause flooding at the bottom of the hill. So we've started at the lowest area and
we've worked our worked our way up and we do that we are doing that on a weekly basis. We have crews that go out and that that inspect and that clean that clean and then we uh we have reports on it so that we can we can show the DP as
well as the EPA that we are we are doing what we're we said we were going to do and that um that's common sense that's also good management but that's that's what we're doing and we want to make sure that that's embedded. Our DPW has two crews that are are working on on
this and we we are actively working on stream maintenance, cleaning snags and desilting, dn snagging, um checking checking on our east west culverts, doing many things. And we are also going to going to war with CSX on certain
things and that came up. There was a gentleman that talked about flooding on South Van Brunt and we can talk about that at a later on this at this meeting or at a later date. So that's one of the issues know I um what I what I want to do is I want to continue the discussion
but I realize we didn't make a motion and a second uh before we have our discussion. So I just first just need a um we will continue the discussion in a moment. I just need a motion that we uh by consent we pass resolutions. I'll
read them out loud. 187, 191, 200, 2011, 202 A, 202B, and 202 C. Can I have a motion, please? So moved. Can I have a second? Second. Okay. Thank you.
So, now let's continue the discussion. Um, Mr. Hoffman, um, have you finished with that resolution on the flooding? Yes, I have. Okay. Then um Miss Mullins um is asking our engineer had been to
the council meeting to explain um what you know his what he had done on Broad Avenue and we had we had public input on it and he's working um on that and uh do you want to explain
uh answer Miss Mullen's concerns and explain u the contract for 202B please? Sure. The council um is going to be asked tonight to accept the recommendation of the city engineer and
the city manager to do a study of um basically to do a traffic engineering study for Broad Avenue and Sheffield so that um we we can look at the traffic we can look at traffic signals. We can modify the timing at that intersection.
Um we can evaluate phasing for uh for uh for broad for broad avenue and we can we can look at um the geometry of the intersection, see if we need to make changes, um look at the crash history, traffic volumes, things of that nature.
So um we want to be we want to be able to um bring back a plan that solves a problem and doesn't doesn't push the problem to another location. And that's what that's what our engineer is looking at here. And it'll we'll be looking at
other intersections as um as we move forward. Yeah. And I would I would just add this this is an engineering issue and we will have the engineer come back um as soon as he has more information. and I know he's put some um measures in
place and he's going to continue to do so and we will have him back here at the council to update uh the council and the public on what's what he's doing um on Bata Avenue. Um so are there any any
discussion from the governing body on the those resolutions that I read? That's all the resolutions except for 199 and 202. Any discussion? Miss Councilman Wilson, do you do you I
see you looking to Thank you, Council President. Uh there was a concern for the resolution 187-06 um in regards to towers and the placement site plan development um and
just a little explanation if Mr. Hoffman is able to explain about the placement if if I get this correct. Yeah. Uh, thank you, Council President, and thank you, Councilman Wilson, for
bringing this up. What this is is this is a this resolution will authorize the city to use a competitive contract to hire a consultant for basically the ne the next generation of technology, the
5G and 6G technology. We want to make sure that the new I'm calling them boxes. That might be the wrong terminology, but um the the physical infrastructure that's
required for this for 5G and 6G that um the city is able to control where it's placed that it's in the going to be in the rightway that it doesn't affect our line of sight. But um we don't know enough about that technology and the evolving technology. So, we're going to
h we want to hire a consultant to help us update our our ordinances for that so that um people can have wireless technology um and they can they they can have access to it, but it's it's not going to be um put in city rightaways
blocking traffic and possibly um affecting line of sight and then other other needs of our municipal rightaways. Thank you, uh Mr. Hoffman. And the only reason why I asked is in regards to when you say boxes, do you mean um which what
we have here in the police station, not those uh the towers but okay. The um what this is is the new technology is smaller, but it's it's rectangular um it's rectangular boxes and they they're putting them on smaller
poles. So, um, we we want to make sure that we we understand it. We and, um, and it's going to be put in the right location. So, it's this is basically consider this the next generation of cell towers.
Thank you again, city manager. And this is it, council president. Um for those who are aware aware that um cell cell towers give off signals and they leak and they give a cancerous agent out to the areas surrounding. So I would just
like to see us make sure that we capture those rays and there is no leak and no damage to a residents wherever we put these new uh boxes. Yeah. Yeah. If if I may, council president. Yes. So that's
that's part of why we we're want to engage the consultant. But the other thing is if we don't do this, if we don't give direction, then these new the companies will have the right to come in and put their their apparatus
um where wherever they want. We want we will not have a say in it. So we want to make sure we have a say that they're they're directed to the locations we want first. Thank you. Okay. Any other comments or questions from the
governing body? Okay, Yansancy, can I have a roll call, please? Councilwoman David, yes. Councilman Rosen, yes. Councilman Tayer, yes. Councilman Wilson. Yes. Council
President Wasotsski. Yes. Um I'm going to ask that we um first have a motion for resolution 202-06 which is the city of Anglewood commemorates Junth 2025.
May I have a motion? I make a motion. Council President. So moved. Okay. A second. um uh discussion and comments from the governing body. Um Mr. Wilson, why don't you begin?
Thank you. If we look at um and in my motion, I should have asked for amendment. Um, two and the six. Whereas in June 20, 2025, the mayor city council of the city of
Ingwood officially recognized June 20th as Junth day in Ingwood, affirming the city commitment to honoring the legacy and contributions of its African-American community. Um, for one,
uh, it's I would like to see if we could amend that instead of June 20th, June 19th. And and and part of that reason being is that as we may or may not know that June
19th is a federal holiday. And at at one point [Applause] at at one point we had our own uh born
Byron Bear who brought this bill to the Congress. uh number I think it was 566 and it was passed years ago before it became a federal holiday. So New Jersey led the way in different aspects about
Junth and so the importance today in regards to the com commemoration of Junth in Inglewood is huge. Um it it hasn't been done before. A lot of cities
haven't recognized it. And so I I thought it was important, council president, to pull it for those people that may not know the significance of a federal holiday. And I had the unique opportunity today to speak at a Rotary
Club event and information was shared um and to realize what has been done by the Jabari Society and why many people are here today in regards to the support
of the federal holiday. Um it's not just a carnival. It's not just a 4-day event. It's to recognize our heritage and [Applause]
and it's also to recognize the the ancestors that we stand on the shoulders of. Uh and if in fact we don't remember our history, it's bound to repeat itself. So, it's so
it it's so important that we got to this point, but I'm I'm here to share as well that we've got a lot of work still to do. So, we're going to need your support to never forget our history so we may
teach our young and we may share this information with all those that have an appetite to accept it. Junth appetite isn't for everyone um because there's a lot of denial and
these atrocities happened here in these states. So I am so elated that you young ladies and young men are here tonight in support of Junth and what that looks like in supporting Jabari society. So
thank you for your efforts. Council President Council President Yes. Um I want to thank uh Mr. Wilson for his leadership in the Jabari Society. uh to Joe Hoy and the fire
departments. Um when I heard a few weeks ago that the event was actually in financial uh jeopardy, I took it upon myself standing over here when I heard the nut was $30,000 that I would raise $15,000. By 11:00 the next morning, I
had raised $10,000. I didn't have time until the last few days to start making some more inquiries. I I just want to report to the community, our governing body and the engagement that we have with residents, with businesses. I've
never seen uh more communities of color, of ethnicity, of faith, more emboldened by your words and the thesis again that if we don't respect history, it will repeat itself. That's why I raised a pride flag. That's why we
celebrate and we stand by our Jewish our brothers and sisters when we're going through the post October 7 details and that's why we're going to be raising that Junth flag Thursday on city hall and then celebrating what we're going to do next week together. So I'm going to
raise the number that I gave. I would like to also in some fashion memorialize or make a formal commission. and the mayor has the authority under the charter to do that. With your blessing, I'd like to charter a uh commission on
Junth, a standing commission. So, it's not just on the backs of two men who are getting a little older. Forgive me. Um and may need more help from a younger generation coming behind us. Um I spoke in the schools in the last few uh weeks.
It's so important that this become part of the chronicle of the city. A nation with its greatest stain did not honor what our president has said. And look what history is showing us again as we stand facing Washington. And we have to
make sure that this is um not in jeopardy. And I felt that this was a fragile kind of financial experience. So I'd like to uh make this a permanent commission under the my authority. And we'll talk about that after the celebration. But kudos to the governing
body, our council president for not just uh putting words on paper but living this example uh to our children. Thank you. Thank thank you may thank thank you mayor and if I just may council president for those who of you who are
not aware that um the junth celebration the flag raising will be th this Thursday um at in front of the steps of city hall your participation is important so please come out to support uh Junth the
carnival starts at June 26th 27th 28th and 29th all are welcome so thank you again mayor Any other comments from the governing body? Okay. Can I have a roll call, please?
Sorry. Councilwoman David, yes. Councilman Rosen, yes. Councilman Toker, yes. Councilman Wilson, yes. Council President Wasatski, yes. Okay. And now I need a motion for um resolution 199
which is the resolution endorsing the 2025 housing element and fair share plan. So moved. Can I have a second, please? Second. Okay. Now we're open for discussion. Yes.
Yes. I want to discuss something. What? I want to discuss. Oh, okay. Okay. Good. Now, why don't you start, Councilwoman David? Okay. Thank you. Um, dear Mayor, Council President Waski, esteemed council members, and members of the planning board, and I'm sure I hope
they're watching. While I intend to vote yes tonight due to the time-sensitive nature of this matter, I urge each of us to carefully consider the impact of all Engwood residents and to recommend thoughtful amendments for the planning
board's review. Bless you. As you are a as you are aware, round four of the state law permits the city council to propose amendments to the housing element and fair share plan for referral back to the planning board. The planning board then reviews and consider
implementing the amendments recommended by the council. If amended, the planning board will resubmit the housing plan to the council for final endorsement in July. Now, with this process in mind, I respectfully ask that the council to
consider the following proposed amendments to the housing plan. Remove AH zone number five, which includes Bennett Road, Armory Street, Williams Avenue, West Englewood Avenue, zone 10,
which covers Mary Street, Florent Street, Grand Street, and East Forest. zone six which is in comp know Pendle Avenue, Sloum, Hamilton, White Street, Pearl Street, and Dury Avenue near John Greco. And additionally, I asked the
council to recommend the removal of the increased apartment density from two RMA zones located at Inglewood Avenue, Cleveland Avenue, and Lafayette Avenue across from White's Corner, the corner of Elmer Avenue, and
Inglewood Avenue adjacent to the McKay Park gate house. And I understand the council approved the housing and fair share this evening. we have to but I urge you all simultaneously to propose these amendments for the planning zone um the planning board's consideration.
Furthermore, I propose the zone should be substituted in South Englewood Dean South Dean South Van Brunt and Grand Avenue neighborhoods that would greatly benefit from these efforts. As John Zable has advised, we should utilize the
Mount Laurel mandates to focus on revitalizing the areas that needed the most. Now, I'm looking for a response tonight. Um, Council President Waski, I'm sitting here. I'm in the third board and I'm fighting for all of Inglewood. Now, I'm an elected official. I
represented third ward, but I represent all of Inglewood. My vote counts. Thank you. Okay. Thank you. Any other comments from the governing body? Got Councilman Wilson. Thank you, Council President. And uh
thank you, Councilwoman David, for your brief but ever so accurate um description of affordable housing. Um I I know many of you are here for affordable housing and you know they say
they're going to push it back to the planning board for amendment prayerfully right and for those of you who do not know I am appointed by the mayor to well no by the council to be the liaison for
the planning board and I am also on a subcommittee with uh our council president And while I'm on these committees, uh, just so you can have a little history, I was the only one to vote no for affordable housing. Um, the
only one to vote no for the overlay situation. And that's how these things came about so I could get involved and so I could be a voice for my constituents. And I I know the importance of it. And no one wants to
lose their residence. As one young lady said, her house is affordable. Um, and so many of us echo those sentiments that right where they are is affordable. Um, and part of
it is age friendly. We want people to be able to age in the particular place that they desire in Inglewood. And so it may appear at this particular juncture that affordable housing isn't answering all of our questions. And so the fight
continues. We have to June 30th to get this into the state by a mandate that it has to be accepted. Now we have moved some lines in the planning board. We've done Zooms.
We've had meetings here. Um, I I wish and I invite more of you guys to come out and to come on to the Zoom so you actually know what's affecting you. Um, so we don't get the answers at the last minute and they tell you that it's too
late to amend. So, I'm here to tell you that we have to get it in for June 30th. And I just found out that July 1st through August 31st is when the builders get a bite at the
apple on what we approve. And then in September one, we have the opportunity to vote and amend the overlay lines. Now, prayerfully, we'll get to September
one without any permits, anyone wanting to come in to build ninestory buildings and so forth. But I will say this, we were told, and now we have a glitch in our armor, to be totally transparent,
we were told certain things couldn't be moved to industrial south because it was a flood zone area and we're not allowed to build in flood zone areas. Now, here's the glitch
on the table. We have Mary Street. We have uh Tolman Avenue and just a few other places that are in a floodprone area. Now, here is my concern. If in
fact we're able to build in those particular areas, we should be able to build in in south industrial area. So, let's stay [Applause]
Let's stay vigilant on the information that we're given and continue to ask for consistency because if we're consistent in building two or three places, we should be consistent in building in
all flood areas. So, um, you guys have my email, my number. I'm positive that there's some people that are going to be upset with me voting yes this evening. Um, but it has to go to the state and then we have
to do this process. But just keep in mind that when we voted for this thing a couple years ago that I was the only one that voted no to this. So I feel your plight. Thank you, Council President. Thank you,
[Applause] Councilman Rosenway. Hi. Thank you very much, Council President. So, um, you know, as it was brought up early today and and Mayor Wild's frequently comments, Anglewood does have a very
long and proud history of providing affordable housing dating back to early 70s, even before the Mount Laurel legislation that Dr. Cohen brought up earlier. Uh but we squandered that goodwill between 2010 and 2018 when we
put up massive development with no affordable housing. So we we no longer have any credibility when we go to court. Our disastrous 2014 master plan in addition to neglecting flooding also
ignored affordable housing. And that's why in this we're in the state we're in right now. Uh I was council president in 2022. The very first thing I did uh was put in an affordable housing ordinance. It was
literally 2201 uh to have a mandatory 20% set aside for any new development. It's been modified over the years and we're going to reaffirm it as part of the fourth round. Now, um, so I've heard the comments tonight, but
I've also heard the comments over the past, uh, two and a half years regarding the overlay zones. Uh, it's important to realize we've been living with the overlay zones as part of the state's mandate since 2022. So, it's over two and a half, it's almost three years right now. And if you look back to the
first thing that were said about it was that in a very very short time we're going to have 4,000 new residential units built. It's been almost three years. We've had zero. We've had zero built. We were told 4,000
immediately it's going to get built. We're we're at zero. There isn't there isn't even an active plan in from the planning board. We've heard that there might be an application. An application, a possible application is not an
application. An application is not an approval. Approval doesn't even mean it's going to be built. So, we're at zero. And and why are we at zero? Because it's really, really difficult to build when you have a 20% affordable housing set aside. So, we've eliminated
all the fast hustling developers who have feasted on the city and only developers who are going to be responsible and put in excellent affordable housing are going to be able to do business in town. And and that's why we haven't had any development. We've been living with it for two and a
half years and nothing's happened. You were warned the sky was going to fall. It hasn't. And tonight we're going to vote on tweaking that plan. The also one of the very first things that we were asked to do is please please please
don't put the overlay zones in the industrial area. The industrial area that's where the jobs are. Those are the non-residents who are paying taxes and help keep the residents taxes low and we want to and there's no and we shouldn't
eliminate that. The master plan that was approved just last year, which we had enormous public input on, specifically protected the industrial area from residential. On December 4th, we had a city council
meeting in this very room where 20 people got up and they were concerned about the environmental conditions in the industrial zone that there are chemicals in the ground. People were worried about cancer clusters and now we
want to put the housing for less fortunate people where the contamination is where people were worried about that. Where's the justice in that? That doesn't make any sense to me. You you want and and the industrial zone doesn't
have good public transportation. So originally everyone's saying don't put it there. Now everyone's saying put it where the chemicals are so less fortunate people can live there. That doesn't make any sense to me. Um originally people are saying the
original overlay zone had 61% in the first ward. Just a couple of I'm I've always said I'm not noticed but my backyard sees where the the areas are than the overlay zone. So we got a lot of complaints. You have too much in the first word. Now we're hearing uh there
isn't enough in the first ward. Um said minimize the amount that's in the flood zones because you can't have we so much of the city is a flood zone. We need to we can't eliminate it but we want to minimize it. Now we're being
asked to maximalize the areas in the flood zones. That doesn't make any sense to me. Um but I think what this teaches is that everyone making arguments on both sides of these uh adjustments that there is no perfect plan. Uh any plan
that you you bring up is going to have flaws in it. It's going to have some strengths in it as well. And I think the planning board did an excellent job tweaking the third round plan which has had no impact on the city to date. And now I think we have an improved plan and
I'm very happy uh to be voting on it tonight. I think another question that was brought up is have we had enough input on this? Uh we've had multi multiple multiple multiple public sessions on it where the that screen was
used, other screens were used to show the plans to put it out there. Uh and Mr. Bailey, I know your firm is involved in many towns. Do you know of any other town in New Jersey that has as much public input as Anglewood? Not to my
knowledge. Certainly not the other towns that my firm represents, which are several. It's been a very public process. May towns did not have any town hall meetings or joint meetings with the planning board, for example. So, so we've been out there um and we've been we've been putting that out there with
multiple public meetings and excuse me, I'll wait. All right. So, thank you very much and um we'll be voting uh yes today. Um yeah, just to let the public and the
governing body have a good sense because I've had the privilege of sitting through some of these rounds um convening uh in many of these public hearings. We have excellent professional support who sent literally as if a drone
went up on the entire landscape of the city. We need affordable housing. Unfortunately, some of the speakers spoke about their own personal affordable housing. The nation needs more houses. Our families need more houses. Our children need more houses.
My children are trying to live in the city of Angwood and they're renting until they can afford to buy something. Affordable housing affects everybody in our city. We have an obligation and I resent the legislature for dumping this regul this obligation on our laps
despite our extraordinary legacy of affordable housing. Prior mayors and administrations speak to Rock Creek and King Gardens and and uh Park View. All of these beautiful housing speaks to something when nobody told us we had to do it, but we wanted to do it. But
they're saying the city of Angwood has an obligation of 331 um units to try to spur new life and revitalize troubled areas. This is not saying that white parts of the city are okay. Now we're going to go fix other
parts. This is not color. This has everything to do with trying to rehabilitate the community in the in the parts of it through this legislation to turn the energy of the state pushing back on us on its side for the benefit.
We focus then on several overlay zones. I have no objection, by the way, if this passes and we're in compliance to coming back before the planning board and moving some of these overlays away. Now, I think it's safe to say um and I think
Councilman Rosenwight coined it well. Nobody is going to get an approval in this city unless they earn it and deserve it. There are two developers that presented themselves to me. I said, "You should find a lawyer. Mayor, do you have a
lawyer that you recommend?" "Yes, I do." And I gave him the name of a lawyer. The lawyer then called up and said, "I'd like to brooach these projects to the city." I have no problem doing that. I'll tell
you how I feel and we'll get some of the professionals to look at it. Nothing so far has been approved. Nothing has been applied for. If I say yes to one, no to another, my opinion is just my opinion. But this is what we do. Anglewood has to
be user friendly. We have to find ways to garner tax dollars from other sources rather than your pockets. And if we don't come up with a formula that developers can make something, even if they don't sleep in our city, modest,
they're not going to continue to revitalize South Dean Street, some of the industrial parts, and other parts of our city. It is a balance that we have to capture. So if somebody wants to build something in a spot that right now
creates no problems because it's under a highway, ABG abazunt as they say in Yiddish. Let them have it. And you know what? If they do it, that may help us with our affordable housing. But if they want to do something in our central business district, we have to make sure
that the impact, whether it's schools and police and fire and the water and all those other things are accounted for. There are a lot of values and you must either elect people you have trust in or trust that we're looking professionally at these things, not through any kind of prejudice or
otherwise. You need to have that kind of sense. I'm the longest standing mayor of the city. I appoint people that care and love the city as much as I do and you do. I don't get packages of cash. I don't have favorite lawyers or developers other than professionals that
are going to do their jobs. If you come back to the planning board with suggestions that we remove it from PIDLE and Mary from the last goound and you want to place it someplace else, ABG, show it to us. Maybe we have the right to do that. But I admire the governing
body here and trying to at least come to the recognition that we have an obligation for the state. We're going to keep our obligation. Then we're going to make the impact more comfortable for the residents of the city as well. But just have some measure of comfort. I'm now a
grandpa and I have eight grandchildren. Thank God. With God's grace, I'd rather be spending more time with them than going to all of these meetings all of the time. But I'm there to make sure that good decisions are made with good professional advice. I tip my hat to the
council. This is not easy and we'll get a better product if you continue to come and participate in these things. Don't give up on us. We're still works in product. Thank you. Thank you. Does anybody else want to make any more comments?
Yes. Have one comment. Um the brownstones um Ken I understood you said that jobs I mean um our downtown um in the industrial area. The brownstone was built on what? Wasn't that like a
factory there also? Right. The brownstones there was a factory there, right? So you can still build there if the brown stores are built there. Um, so I don't understand. That's my comment.
Okay. Thank you. All right. Um, I'm I'm going to make a um I'm just going to speak for a few minutes before we call a roll call. First of all, I want to thank you for attending tonight's council meeting.
Your participation is both important and it is appreciated. For those unfamiliar with the background, I'd like to briefly explain how we arrived to tonight's vote. In New Jersey, providing affordable housing is
a constitutional obligation for municipalities. These obligations are recalculated every 10 years. We are now entering the fourth round which covers the period from 2025
to 2035. In March of 2024, uh the governor signed legislation that significantly revised the Fair Housing Act and established aggressive deadlines
to ensure municipal compliance. Meeting these deadlines is essential to preserving our immunity from builder's remedy lawsuits. Um, Mr. Bailey, do you want to just explain to the public what a builder's remedy lawsuit is, please?
Yeah. And also its impact on Anglewood Cliffs. Yeah. A builder's remedy lawsuit under the Fair Housing Act and the case law is if municipalities throughout the state don't have duly adopted fair a house housing element and fair share
plan is the technical title to it. They're exposed to what's called a builder's remedy. What does that mean? Builder's remedy means that uh if a municipality hasn't so acted a suit can be filed by a developer or other interested party basically saying XYZ
town didn't adopt their plan as required. Uh judge their zoning is now null and void and I want to build whatever want what I build whatever I want wherever I want. Um this is similar to what happened in our neighbor Ang
Cliffs. uh they did not comply with the third round obligations. Um and as a result uh Judge Farington uh issued a decision not only saying their zoning was now null and void, she also said your boards, your land use boards have
no authority anymore. I'm taking over your boards. and she appointed what's called the special master who basically was making the decisions for the planning board and zoning board because because that town didn't act in a timely manner in accordance with the constitutional obligations and the third
round obligations they paid a heavy price. Uh now in this situation with the fourth round if this has to be done by every municipality by June 30th um many towns throughout the state I believe including Angwood through our special
counsel actually filed motions to the court to extend that statewide every motion was denied. Sorry. Okay. In October of 2024, the Department of Community Affairs released Englewood's fourth round obligations.
Our present need, housing for current residents living in substandard conditions, was calculated at 166 units. Our perspective need housing to accommodate projected growth was set at
381 units. It is this perspective need that has been has been the focus of our planning efforts. After a thorough review by our expert planners, the city formally challenged the number by the January 31st deadline. The this process
resulted in a negotiated settlement of 359 units reached by the March 31st deadline. Now, had we missed our deadlines, we would have risked losing our immunity from builder's remedy lawsuits. Now, the next critical deadline, as you've heard tonight, is
June 30th, by which we must approve a resolution endorsing the housing element and fair share plan that was adopted by our planning board earlier this month. Failure to do so would again strip the city of its legal immunity and expose us
to builders remedy lawsuits. Cases in which a judge, not our local officials, determine zoning, density, and land use. And this could fundamentally alter the character of our neighborhoods and burden the city with costly litigation.
So recognizing the urgency and complexity complexity of this process, we prioritize transparency and public engagement. While the housing plan is formally a planning board document, the
council must endorse it by resolution, which brings us to tonight's vote. To guide the process, a subcommittee was formed. It consisted of Mayor Michael Wilds who is a planning board member, planning board chair and fourth ward
resident Anthony David, fourth ward councilman and planning board member Kevin Wilson, planning board member and third ward resident Mercedes Cordone, and myself, the council president and second ward councilwoman. And of this
committee of the five people, I'm the only one who's a non-planning board member. I'm a non- voting member of the planning board. But this process that was started and it was started um by count by um planning board chair um
Anthony David, myself and mayor Michael Wilds and we started this very early in the process and made up of 80% of planning board members because you couldn't have more if you had more than four members of the planning board. You then create a quorum and it was started
very early in the process with four planning board members so they can get a head start on the process because again we you know we didn't have a lot of times the guidelines were very strict. Now this group met three times
with our affordable housing planner but in addition on April 28th we held a public symposium. It was in this room for the public and um with our planner and our housing attorney.
On May 8th, the planning board and city council held a joint meeting with the planner and the housing attorney. The proposed plan was presented and public input was welcomed. On June 5th, the planning board held a
public hearing during which the planner answered questions for nearly two hours. The plan was then adopted by a 6 to1 vote by the planning board. So tonight, the council must vote to
either endorse or reject the adopted plan. We may not amend it. Our role is simply to vote yes or no. And from what I'm hearing from the council tonight, the council is going to
adopt this plan because we really don't have a choice because if we don't, we would lose our immunity as of July 1st, which would expose us to litigation, remove our ability to control development, and open the door to unregulated construction anywhere in the
city. But what you've also heard tonight was that there there is until August 31st for people to f for for interested parties to file a challenge and then the city of Anglewood has until December
31st, 2025 to resolve the disputes. Um we've never had this process before. This is the first time uh that the state has set up such a process. So that's our understanding of the process and we you
know we take this process very very seriously. So this process has been complex. It's been timesensitive and at times it's been difficult. I want to thank everyone who has participated in good faith and again and I want to thank you the public
for coming out tonight taking the time out of your night to share your views with us. Please continue to come out. Can I have a roll call, please? Enc. Councilwoman David, yes. Councilman
Rosen, yes. Councilman Toker, yes. Councilman Wilson, yes. Council President Wasadski, yes. Can I please have a motion um for resolution number 2011, which is the
approved payment of the bills and claim whereas the chief financial officer has certified and submitted a consolidated bill and claims list for payment as well as a 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 re the required signatures have all been obtained on
each voucher on the attached list. Now therefore be it resolved by the council of the city of angle that the bills and claims on the submitted list are hereby approved for payment in the total amount of 1,856,284.14. May I have a motion? Make a motion.
Council President second. Any discussion by the governing body? Can I have a roll call? Yansy, please. Councilwoman David, yes. Councilman Rosenwide, yes. Councilman Toker,
yes. Councilman Wilson, yes. Council President Wasadski, yes. Okay, now we have communications from the governing body and city manager. Um, Mayor Michael Wilds. Thank you. Good evening everybody. Again, thank you for joining us. Uh
first again Junth a meaningful display on um by our African-American community an amazing opportunity for every Rangu Angid resident to learn to grow show our appreciation for this extraordinary uh
history in our city and our nation. I want to thank the Jabari Society, the NAACP, our city manager, the employees, the city council, the Ingwood public library, our Rotary, numerous churches and other businesses for celebrating
again something that will benefit us all and I hope that everybody will participate. Our official city events will kick off with a flag raising Thursday evening, I believe, at 700 p.m. in front of city hall. Um, and then the Junth festival at Depot Square with
rides, food, music, and more. Uh, Thursday and Friday will be from 5 to 10:30. Saturday 1 to 2 10:30. Sunday 1 to 9:30. Vendors and volunteers can contact our good friend Joe Hoy with the Jabari Society at Jabari Society
atgmail.com. For those watching this, please, I urge you, if you have um an an inclination to become a sponsor, there are different levels of sponsorship. We'd like you to become part of the chronicle of this important event. Uh in addition to our events, please also be aware the city and county offices will
be closed Friday, June 20th in observance of Junth. There will also be no trash or recycling pickup on Friday. Full DPW schedules are available in the city website. Uh this summer we're inviting everybody again to the fireworks. Um uh our fireworks will be
Tuesday, July 1st at Dwight Mower High School on the lawn as usual. I want to thank NVE Bank. I asked them if they would sponsor it. They did the whole enchilada at one shot. Uh in addition, all of our city employees, volunteers, organizations, they work so hard to make
this so successful. Uh NVE Bank and a division of ion bank is again going to be our amazing corporate neighbor. They are good friends to our city and I thank them again for their support. Um, I do need to take this opportunity to remind everybody that responsible behavior on
July 4th, graduations, the nice weather, all of this uh is important as there will be an uptick in parties and gatherings. Please remember to leave fireworks to professionals and to your neighbors, the noise levels, the hours. Uh, if you choose to consume other legal
substances, do so responsibly. Drive properly, not under any influence. We want to make sure that none of our celebrations take a bad turn. Uh, night market will be taking place Wednesday, June July 16th for the return of our award-winning Anglewood Night Market,
bringing thousands of visitors to our great city. I encourage everyone to come enjoy this event from 5 to 11 on July 16 on East Palisade Avenue. Uh, this past week, we had a series of elections. I congratulate the two uh nominees uh for
governor. It's encouraging to see more and more people getting engaged with the electoral process. I congratulate the primary winners of all parties, wishing them well for the November 4th general election. This is an important reminder whether it's for governor, state assembly, county commissioner, uh that
you if you aren't registered to vote, you can still go to the city clerk uh and do so. We had um some other uh very uh special um losses in the last weeks, including uh Mr. to Richard Vidder. We
wish Hillary godspeed uh to Betty Frank uh and to Norman S. Uh we also dedicated a park to Judith Marin's uh memory. On June 8th, I had the privilege of issuing a proclamation. Um I convened at the law school where I
teach, wishing some of my students well, some who even live in the city of Anglewood, and I had the privilege of addressing Dwight Mara High School students, part of their My Brother's Keeper program. It was a robust conversation with tomorrow's leaders. We celebrated Angerwood Pride by raising a
flag for LGBTQ plus uh residents on June 11th honoring the women's rights information center. I thank the city for participating and the residents as well. Um I was derailed from going to the state of Israel this past Thursday. The mayor of Tennifly and I were invited by
the state of Israel to a conference. I wish um everybody Godspeed and safe return as that war uh ensues. Uh um affordable housing was spoken of. The
firewatch ordinance uh that we uh passed um and I signed into law was uh taken under great thought and consideration after I spoke to the city uh fire chief, city manager and was uh told that fire
watches that happen now demand um some measure of uniformity throughout the city whether it's for nonprofits or otherwise. Usually you would get an invoice based on the experience of the firefighter and the amount of time that they were there. Everybody uh needs to
make sure that there's a firewatch um or they can't have activities. If there are activities on your site, you can also turn to third parties who are using your site to defay the entirety of the cost, but our firefighters need to be
compensated. And if we're going to make any kind of special arrangement for any charity, uh as much as our heart goes out to them, it has to be taken up by the city uh council, the city manager, and I'm sure accommodations will be made to make sure that these things uh move
forward. The safety of our residents and our institutions and our nonprofits are critical. I invite everybody uh to coffee with the mayor. I'd like to thank Diane Jensen and Henry Washington sitting front and center for their leadership in uh this weekly endeavor
for the last five years plus. I've been spending more than an hour's time with all of our residents. This week we're going to be celebrating Junth and African-American music um with the Reverend Queen Mother Imaku. Um and that's at 11:00 on the library Facebook
page. I wish everybody a wonderful uh end of spring and beginning of summer. I can be found at city hall if you don't like coffee uh with the mayor with one of my grandchildren on my lap and I'm happy to sit with you, talk with you and and work on all of these and other
issues that are important to you. God bless. Councilwoman Angela David. Yes. Um, on Monday, um, June 2nd, I had the, um, privilege of attending the Dwight Mora High School's Cyber Cafe, which is a
newly designed student centered space aimed at fostering a creativity, um, enhancing connectivity and promoting consistent engagement and learning, which was wonderful. Also, tomorrow, Dwight Marorrow High School is having a graduation at 400 PM.
Tomorrow, June the 12th, at 11 o'clock, we're going to have a third and fourth ward community event over on the green at the high school. Check the date. June 18th. June 18th. No, July 18th. July 12th. July 12th.
July 12th. Sorry. All right. The graduation's tomorrow, June 18. June 18th. Yeah. J. All right. July 12th, we're gonna have our event um at 11 o'clock a.m. Um so, um that's it. Um anything else?
No. Also, and also also there's an uptick in phone calls as well with um commercial vehicles um being parked at night between 900 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. So, if you see something like a landscaper truck parked in front of your house that
time, you have the right to call. And um also, I guess um Bob, just bring me back to your ordinance 2530 the violations. Would they get a warning or how many warnings would they get? I don't know. um or would they get towed ticketed? So
you you know you can answer that and bring me back to that. Um do they call 20 times and it's get like warnings? I don't know. I'm just asking. So there's an uptick in calls, you know, with that. And I'm just asking, you
know, but but be be mindful if you see some a vehicle, a commercial vehicle between 9:00 p.m. and 6 pm, you can call the police, okay? Because there's an ordinance there. All right. Thank you.
Thank you, Councilman Dr. Rosen. Hi. Thank you. Good evening, everyone. Uh the hour is late. Um so I'll keep it cut down my comments. Um congratulations to all the graduates. Um, I'm looking forward to a lot of the events, uh, the
mayor brought up, the Junth events, the flag raising, fireworks, uh, the night market. I'm looking forward to those events. Uh, just one additional thing, I I usually don't comment on uh, social media, uh, but there's an exceptionally, uh, disturbing post. Um, so there was a
typo in the DPW calendar. Um, the number on a date, uh, was was listed incorrectly. It was a date. Nothing was happening. The typo was completely insignificant. Um, but if you read uh social media, you would have thought the sky fell down on
on Anglewood. I think it should be pretty obvious that city employees with uh input from DPW put together the calendar. Uh the city council does not proofread the calendar. We get it in the mail just like you. Um, the post was
exceptionally cruel and I believe it was done to humiliate city employees. So, I just want to state I stand behind our city employees, especially uh the members of DPW who go out in the worst conditions to keep our city safe and
clean and they don't deserve this abuse. Thank you very much. Okay. Thank you, Councilman Dan Toer. Thank you everyone. Um I have to be honest, I was very impressed with how many people came out tonight and what they said. Actually thought it was going
to be a lot worse than it was. Um all your uh all your points uh you made a good point, but um I think we need to reiterate that uh uh the council doesn't make the change, but the planning board
does. Um, so yeah, I just wanted to first of all to uh uh ex mayor uh Frank Huddle. Um, council told me I can't answer emails for people who are suing the city. So I apologize for not calling and you don't have to keep calling. I
guess you got your answer right now. So uh, apologies for that, but uh, thank you for understanding. Um, I'm excited to see everyone uh next week at the uh Junth uh festivities and also in the fireworks and uh I look forward to
a great summer and um thank you. Thank you everyone for coming out. Thank you, Councilman Kevin Wilson. Thank you, Council President. Um, as Ken said, the hour is late and I'm going to cut my comments short. I got a
lot to say. Um, but I'd rather hear from the public. And so, uh, I'm going to say continue to come to continue to be concerned, continue to call, continue to email
because without you guys input, we can't get it done right. So between you guys and us, hopefully we'll be somewhere in the middle of getting things right. So don't give up on us. Um Junth, Junth, Junth, I'd like to thank uh Lieutenant
Joseph Hoyos for all his efforts on getting Junth as a coordinator. Thank you, Mr. Hoyo. Couldn't get it done without you. Um and and and for the rest for the rest of everyone else that's here listening, please do not be deterred when uh in
July when we go into Zoom, you are welcome as well. And when it become Yeah, we're going to have council meetings on Zoom, right? Oh, did I say June? I'm with Angela.
It's late. uh July. Um yeah, July. So um plug in, stay concerned, if you see something, say something, be blessed. Thank you. Okay. Thank you.
Um again, um congratulations to all the graduates. Um in terms of July, um in the beginning of the year, one of the council members asked us to accommodate their schedule uh because um July is a
is a hard month for them to come to the meetings. So to accommodate the schedule, we are going to do an experiment and in July we are going to have two council meetings via Zoom. Um
the links will be on the city website. Um and there will be a public session. Everybody will be able to participate. Um it'll be the same time. So
that's for the two meetings in July. That's July 8th and that's July 22nd. In August, we will be back in this room. Um I will I again want to thank everybody for coming out tonight and I look
forward to seeing everybody either at the Junth celebrations or the Anglewood Night Market which is on July 16th. Is that right? I got it right. July 16th. And of course the
fireworks um the first week of July. If anyone has any questions or they have any comments that they want to share with me, uh, I'm very accessible. My contact information is on the city web page. Please feel free to reach out to
me. Um, thank you, Mr. Hoffman. Uh, thank you, council president. Good evening, everyone. And, um, thank you for all the council members who went before. So, there's four items I don't I do not have to report on tonight. So, it'll be it'll be shorter. Uh wanted to
let you know that tomorrow afternoon the Bergen County Police Academy will hold its graduation ceremony and there will be two Inglewood uh Police Department graduates in that class. We're looking forward to having them begin their field training and ultimately being released
to patrol duties. Also, one of our police officers, police officer Kim, Josh Kim, will be receiving a life-saving award at tomorrow's celebrations for um for uh his work in saving one of our residents lives. Also,
Chief Gley will be receiving a Bergen County Chief's Award uh for among other things being able to successfully implement the Arrive Together program this year. Uh uh the McKay Park pool will be opening on Friday, June 20th,
and it will be open through Labor Day. We're looking forward to seeing um as many members of the public at the pool as possible this summer. Uh we had a we're going to have a good start because on Sunday, June 22nd, uh there was a special pool party uh
that was advertised. You had to register for it. It was free, but it's um all of the slots are taken. So, um, that bodess well for this for the summer and we're we may we may try to do that one or two more times over the course of the summer. The city's 2025 road projects
will begin soon in uh in the not too distant future. Uh, the engineering department has had meetings this week with PSEG and Violia to verify work that has to be completed on the roads that are scheduled to be paved. So you um
PSEG has um yesterday began work on Forest Avenue. They're repairing a gas line and and replacing part of the gas line on East Forest Avenue. This is going to be about a three-week project because um the county is going to be
paving Forest Avenue this year. So they need to get the they need to get the new line done. It was deteriorating. So they want to so PSEG needs to get in there and get it done before the 15 and 21 ton rollers go rolling over old gas
pipes. So uh so that was that was uh that's that's what's happening there. We've also started we've also finished up some of the 2024 road paving uh that that was scheduled but wasn't completed last year because of uh both PSENG and
Violia work. So recently, uh recently we had roads that were paved. Um it was um Walnut Court, um Dury Court and Lafayette Place have been have been repaved and um the county will be
starting um milling. We received a call late this afternoon that there there's going to be milling on Ivy and Hudson starting tomorrow and then they're going to be paving that after uh after that. So, um, you know, there's there's good
news. The underground work is being completed and we're going to be able to pave um pave roads this summer and we're looking forward to working with the county on some of their road paving projects. And uh we're looking forward to smooth driving on on our roads. So
with with that, I just want to wish everybody a happy summer, a good summer, and as uh the council president said, we will be having our July meetings on Zoom. Thank you. Thank you. Okay. So now I'm going to open the meeting to the
public. So now is the time when any when you can speak about any topic that you would like and speakers are asked to step up to the microphone, give your Okay. Speakers are asked to speak up are
asked to step up to the microphone, give your name, and you have three minutes to speak. Amy Bulock, Howland Avenue. Um, first, I have a statement I'm going to read, but I just want to respond to a couple of things that were said tonight. First of all, Dr. Roses, people were not
complaining about contaminants in the industrial area. That was actually Denning Park. Um, that's number one. Um, number two, Councilman Toker, I'm not quite sure what you expected tonight, but we got home training. We know how to
act. Um, and then, um, my statement. So, as as many of you know, people in the community have heard about the charges that Jabari has incurred around this year's Junth event. And while we understand that there are expenses that the city incurs when
events like this are held, the city of Englewood should give consideration to excluding nonprofit organizations that are based in Englewood from these $50 an hour fees. These Inglewood based
nonprofits such as Jabari, Metro Community Center, even Rotary and Bergen Pac are examples of organizations that provide programming that enhance the quality of life of residents and address insecurities that many residents are dealing with. Jabari's Junth celebration
is not just a carnival. It is an experience, which by the way, the mayor is always touting we need to create experiences that educates our community on an extremely significant event. not just in black history but American history. Their school supply initiatives
reduce financial burdens on parents in marginalized and underserved communities. Their Halloween event creates a safe space for children on Halloween and provides a solution for parents. Bergen Pack provides significant financial assistance to Ingwood children who wish to pursue
performing arts and contribute to the success of our downtown. Metro Community Center coordinates the open store, which again helps fill insecurities that marginalized and underserved communities face. Rotary hosts events such as the peace poll I've never attended, but I
understand it helps young students learn to appreciate and accept people from different cultures, religions, and backgrounds. These are just a few of the examples of the value that Ingua based nonprofits bring to residents. Every dime you charge these nonprofit organizations is one less dollar that
goes towards meeting the needs of residents of Inglewood, many of whom voted for you. As a resident, I'm asking the council to consider amending the ordinance to exclude Inglewood based nonprofits from these fees. The value that organizations such as these bring
to Englewood and its residents through their programming is critical to ensuring that we continue to build community engagement, address gaps in services due to the lack of a community center, and meeting financial and quality of life insecurities.
[Applause] William Satderfield, I got just a few questions. Do we own King Gardens? No. No. What about um All right. Well, anybody knows that's
it's not it's not owned by us. Any of the apartment complex is owned by the town here. Here. Well, the way we we asked your questions and after we close the public session, we're going to come back and answer any questions and comments. All right. Here's here's a
question. Can we get this done earlier? Yeah. I mean it's I mean I've been here many times and it speeds up people. I've even had people say why it takes so long to get to the public portion. I suggest 8:00 is when you start the public
portion no matter what you're doing. Yes. Because we need to we can't wait all the time and we have and the lady even mentioned once a lot of seniors come here and then they're forced not to come here because they can't take the 10 the 10:30 11 o'clock. This happens all the time. Now,
if we don't own any of these apartments and you're concerned about can't we build a 300 and something units instead of building 4,000 units? Can't the t can't the town own these units instead of
I guess you got to wait for that, too. All right. Okay. Okay. All right. Well, thank you. Thank you. Leroy Campbell, 287 Tennerfly Road, Anglewood. Um,
we we understand that what's taking place is mandated by the state. We understand that. We get that. What we don't get is why these project has to be placed in
certain area of the city. Um, and I think Mr. Bailey mentioned Anglewood Cliff. Anglewood Cliff is putting up their project right next door to CNBC. Sister Davis, remember uh mentioned the Brownstone. The Brownstone is in an
industrial area. It's in an industrial area. So I I don't I don't understand why it's so hard for us to work together to resolve these issues and listen to the people. Listen
to what they have to say. They're not here just to be here. They're here because they have concerns and their concerns need to be addressed. We definitely need to work together in order to resolve this pro this issue
that we have with these zoning because it's not fair to the people. It's not fair to the people. We are taxpayers just like everybody else. We may not pay $100,000 a year in taxes, but we pay taxes and it contributes to
how this city operates. And the other thing I have is that pickle ball the the the the fee to play pickle ball was rescended. So if you can rescend the fee to play pickle ball, you should be able to work
with these nonprofit organization in the city to rescend the the price to use McKay Park. It's not fair. Look at look at us. We don't play pickle ball, but you rescend the fee to play
pickle ball. And my final is to Dan Tokia. Listen, your comment was very offensive tonight to me. And yes, and and I want you to understand one thing. We do not put
lipstick on a pig. Good evening. All right. You know that. Thank you. Courtney Johnson suffering and I'm here as the president of the Bergen County NAACP in solidarity with fellow
community-based organizations such as the Jabari Society, Metro Community Church, and others who are dedicated to serving our residents with consistency and care. I want to raise a concern about the increasingly excessive fees being charged for the use of public
parks and municipal parking lots. These are public spaces paid for and maintained with by taxpayer dollars and they should be accessible for the benefit and the enrichment of the public, not reserved for only those who can afford usage costs. Nonprofit
organizations that serve our community, especially those that focus on youth, education, social justice, mental health, and food insecurity should not be penalized for wanting to host events or programs in these spaces. These events are not for profit. They
are for progress. Charging nonprofits hundreds or even thousands of dollars in permit and parking fees is an undue burden on groups that are already stretched thin trying to meet the needs the city cannot always fulfill. We respectfully urge this council to revisit and revise the current fee
structure to include exemptions for certified nonprofit organizations. At the very least, there should be a clear accessible waiver process in place. Our public spaces should force a community not restricted. Let's not put financial barriers between
the people and the programs that serve them. Secondarily, Councilman Toka, I don't appreciate your comment. I don't know what exactly you meant by you thought it would be a whole lot worse. Council President Masaski, as you
chuckled alongside of that, I don't appreciate it. [Applause] Diane Jansen, 589, Ridgeland Terrace. Well, I do want to say I did chuckle because there's a fine line between
tragedy and comedy and what we saw tonight was another tragedy. Again, here we are at the 11th hour. We were here in round three. There was no time, no time for the public considerations to make changes to the
plan. So, now we're doing round three changes. Thank goodness we're taking out the flood zone of Glenbrook Parkway and uh another adjacent space, but there's so much more that needs to be done. And
here we are. You took this process forward. Uh Dr. Wasatski, you claimed it as your process, not the planning boards initially. I can go back and play the tapes. And here we are at the 11th hour
where no changes could be made. And the planning board said, "Look, we just got the plan. No changes can be made." You know, this is crazy. This is absolutely ludicrous. I'd like to comment. Dr. Rosenwag, you
commented on invoices that were being sent uh from the recreation department for kids to enjoy sweets and the like, but you didn't comment on the $69,000
that's being spent on Broad Avenue to do an investigation when all we have to do is put it back the way it was. That's crazy. Also, with respect to affordable housing, you took credit for that
tonight. Well, I can tell you that I sat at those planning board meetings and I heard where Wayne Hamer and Charles Cobb were pushing for 20% affordable housing,
15% affordable housing, but the planning board was only pushing for 10% and they couldn't get off the dime. And then it was held up until your presidency till you became president and then you claim, "Hey, I did it 20%."
You know, come on, please. And then you go and blame uh the prior mayor. Let's stop pointing figures and let's start doing things. What this council should be doing is getting public input. Little Leonia did it. You know, Little
Leonia had a joint meeting of all their people back in mid 2024 about round four affordable housing. Where were you? [Applause] Thank you. Lisa Peterson, 341 Washington
Place in New Jersey. First of all, I'd like to say that the uh this time is very late for uh everybody to say what they need to say. This should be done earlier. You guys wait until late so you
don't have to hear everybody say what they need to say. And that's why I think you you uh keep this part so late in the hour because people have to go home. That's one point. The other point is uh nonprofit organizations
should not be paying for the park. We are here to do service for the community. Uh the Elks, Metro, Jabari, we are all nonprofits. We should not be paying for the park. That is my whole
thing. And also the fourth ward matters. Please, please understand that we matter too and we don't want any more uh housing, any more apartment buildings in our area. We
want this to be our home, not someplace that you come for a little bit and you stay for a while and then you leave. We want people who are going to be vested. And listen, we refuse to lose Inglewood to you guys. Just note that.
I'm back to ask about the Broad Avenue situation. I'm not sure what's the rush to push through a study when the study wasn't done in the first place. You removed the bus stop at uh Broad Avenue Sheffield. You restriped the street, which I I
don't know. I think it's a county road. I could be wrong. So then you we're taking on ownership of something that has created a disaster. Um, if it you stated that this was an engineering issue. There's no engineer
here, so we don't get to hear the value and what's going on in terms of the study. I don't know if it doesn't affect you. I mean, again, Mayor Wilds made his plea to revert it. I don't hear. We're
wasting money. This is taxpayer money unless you're paying for it yourself. It needs to make sense on why Broad Avenue was changed in the first place. I asked Councilman at large his take. He I need to hear this because it matters to me
what's going on in that area. I'm not suing the city. So, not yet anyway. And I need to hear the answer. It's ridiculous. No, it's it's ridiculous. And the fact that the parking over there also, I
heard someone say that the parking people need to come out on a regular basis. We should not have to call every day because we can't get out our driveways. You live in the second ward. This is a problem. And I You're staring at me. I'm
You're tired. I'm tired. But I don't understand what's going on. This is ridiculous. We need to have some type of information I'll keep talking regarding Broad Avenue.
Why was the bus stop moved? Why was the P uh street repaved and striped? A county road. Where is my Oprah request? So, I need to understand what's going on. Maybe if I had these things, I
can make sense of it. But nobody seems to know I'm not getting the answer. Anybody? No. Not time for C. Okay. [Applause] Lucy Walker,
Washington Place, Inglewood. I think that everyone in attendance who is sitting on a deas is understanding. And I think um Mr. the huddle put it on it. We don't
trust you anymore. I had a question last meeting. I asked about a rumor that I'd heard about a parking garage and I was told and we were told that the mayor didn't know about it. I have a
letter that he signed. We do not appreciate being lied to. Okay? So, please let's deal with truth. because Mayor Wild signed the letter
to Senator Gordon Johnson. Please, okay, we can open this information and we don't appreciate that. That's like we don't matter. So, please honesty, please. [Applause]
Raymond Diaz, 408 Shannon Court. I just want to comment about the disrespect that you gave us as soon as we came into this meeting at 8:03 p.m. 8:03 p.m. I'm walking through that door and I'm listening to you guys that you
already voted for the budget for this excuse me that you already voted for the SID budget. You asked for public comment. I was about the fifth person in this room since when do we start? Exactly at 8. We were out there waiting when the
police says don't come in here until we tell you or whatever. And then it's a there's a rush. Not even a rush. There's people waiting to try to get in and you've already starting this meeting without us. Where do you hear it? Is this a public meeting or isn't it?
These sheets here, as long as you're having your meeting between 7 and 8, they should be be placed outside so people can start reading the agendas that you're going to be talking about. You're working against uh this is why we don't trust you. This is this looks like
a game to me. All right. Uh the south commercial areas that are vacant, they may be used for affordable housing as long as they are not contaminated or floodprone areas. That's common sense,
right? Don't we have some kind of consistency? So I don't understand why you don't understand that we're if we don't want something built in a park because of contamination, why do we want to do it in South? We don't want to build it
there either. Just common sense. Do you know uh Wall Street, all those commercial spaces, they're all they're all lofts. They're all paid for and everything else. Now they're making money and you got some tax money coming
in. The same principle here. Uh the screen location very poor. It has to be here. Nobody can see it from there. Every time I have a some kind of presentation, we can't read it sideways this way or whatever. Please change it. The planning board says they make
recommendations and the council makes the decision. You're telling us they make the decision. So what is it? It's like that mom and pop, you know, ask your dad if you can go out. No, you go ask your mother. Are we all adults in this room?
The last thing, you approved the plan today with no possible appeals, but Councilman Wilson mentioned that in September we can make changes. Are you guys consistent? Who's telling the truth here? And then at the end, you said there
won't there may not be no appeals. So, I'm kind of frustrated right here. We're in the same predicament we were in two years ago. You waited till the last minute to make these desperate decisions. You talked about process and you ain't carrying them out at all. Poor
planning. Terrible. [Applause] Greg win 159 west staff. It was just about a parking issue. Um, we had tried to uh email Dan to Torer, but uh, you
know, how you act is really who you are. You don't accept return any emails or phone calls. So, now I get it. Um, but you know, Angela David, she responded and trying to help out this the situation of parking on Denver staff.
Um, you know, for years it's been parking after 12 to 8 in the morning with with not a problem since the pandemic and um you know the residents have
I'm a I'm a I'm an owner not a renter so my neighborhood has become very much um more crowded with uh you know different people who are rooming and um in our situation you know my daughters live with me working late night come home at
3:00 in the morning there is no parking but dimmer stav is wide open So, we're trying to do a formal request, you know, to uh you know, approach the situation with you, but there there's no uh call backs or anything like that. So, but you know, I heard what you you know, talking
about you don't get involved with, you know, any type of uh you know, fees. Can you just explain the parking situation? So on dimmer stab between uh Tennerly Road and Nicabacha
uh road um it's a wide street um but after 12:00 at night at 12:00 at night there's no parking on on you know on the side and um our street that this street is wider than many blocks that we have
that has parking on both sides of the street. Um, and so it it's just been a problem. It's just been a problem. And so there is no parking there. And so I, you know, I just was trying to get that addressed instead of, you know, just getting a $30 ticket, $30 ticket, $30
ticket at at random. And so I just don't think it's the fair and the reasonable. So we just need to be addressed, right? I never met you before, but you know, it's just the vibe. It's just the vibe. Frank Huddle, former mayor, three terms
in the city of Anglewood. You may not know who I am, but your community does. I am proud, privileged, and honored that during my tenure as mayor, I had the strong support of the community of the
East Hill Synagogue, the Avatara, Kesher, the Mariah School. I had rabbis attending my political rallies, a Democrat. No one would never return my call or I
would not return their call. So whatever excuse you have, you have a duty and an obligation to return calls to your constituents. I live on High View Road. Come on over and have a cup of coffee about the big pothole I have in front of
my house. Maybe we could have a communication. But to make excuses for not returning phone calls is abundantly disappointing. Can I'm a Catholic, so I want to bring up the Ten
Commandments. The 20204 master plan, and you could check it, has what I interpret the Ten Commandments to protect the city of
Anglewood. that is to protect our residential neighborhoods from overdevelopment. You have ignored that 2014 master plan. So you tell me,
would you want apartment buildings? Oh yeah, you you may want would the majority of people want apartment buildings built in the s in the middle of the neighborhood? No. And if you think there's a issue, Mr. Mr. the huddle. Just address me, please.
I'm going to address the council, okay? And I'll address the mayor. I was a council president and I was a mayor. I don't know what policy it is, but if you show it to me, I will be happy to recognize your request. Anyway, Ken, you
got to stop it. Please stop the fear-mongering. Stop it. You want to laugh, Ken? A simple question. Why did you take the zoning on Brighton
Street out? Why did you protect it? Second question, name a city in this state that has reszone the neighborhood. So, with respect to the 2024 master plan, we're all proud of it because one
of the major components of it was to protect our our neighborhoods completely. And the development you speak of occurred 2010. And further, there's a leading superior court decision that says Anglewood is not
Mount Laurel. We are trailblazer. Stop the fear-mongering. Council pres council uh Ken Rosenwag. Good evening. My name is Malva Wise White. I lived at 181 Every Place here in Englewood.
Uh when I came in this evening and went to get the agenda packet, uh they were gone. And of course, you cannot always anticipate how many people will come to the meetings
and that's understandable. But I do have a suggestion. Uh just like the board of education, the agenda is uh published electronically on the website. So therefore, people who go
to the meetings or those who are at the meetings and perhaps there are not enough copies of the agenda can access it. So, I make a request tonight that you consider publishing electronic copy
of the agenda so everyone will have access to it. Thank you. [Applause] Okay. So, this is where you can answer my questions. Yes. You'll have three minutes to speak and once I close the P Oh, you spoke
already? Yeah. Yeah. Oh. Oh, yes. I have the questions. We we will as soon as I close the public session. Thank you. Good evening. Joseph Hoy, Elmo Avenue, Englewood. Um I guess this is the
appropriate forum to ask the question. Is the city of Englewood still going to be a sponsor of Junth and partnering with the Jabari Society?
with inind services in order to put the event on. I just need some clarity on that and we can stop doing this twostep that we're doing because it's not working. We went out on a limb and we got everything up
and going to set this whole festival up. But then there's still some unanswered questions and mainly has the city done a about face with Junth and if so why
any any other comments from the public okay so I'm now going to close Yes. Please, please. Well, obviously I'm not going to repeat what a lot of people have said regarding
the overlay zone because I think the council realizes how people feel. I do have a comment because I do uh get on a small portion of Broad Avenue before getting on to 95 or 80 or
whatever that turns into. I never really realized the problem because I always got on Grand Avenue, Sheffield to Broad, but there was some backup on Grand Avenue and I had to go down Phelps
and what a nightmare that is because once you allow people to first of all, it was always a nightmare especially if someone on Phelps wanted to make a left on to Broad. But now with those cars there, you can't even see to turn right
and you have to depend on someone to actually let you in. We have never been able there's I to my knowledge, you have never been able to park on Broad Avenue. So, and and to do a study after the fact, I have to agree with Dr. Mullins,
that doesn't make sense. If you want to bring a business into town, you want to know how viable it is. You do a traffic study to see how many people walk down Pal State Avenue and then you'll know if you can sustain your business. You don't change the footprint of a street and then say, "Oh, well, maybe now we need
to pay somebody to see if that was a good idea." That that's not that's not good. The other thing I wanted to say is while I I like the electronic billboards, I think we have way too many in in such a a small space cuz you have one here by
the fire department, you got one by city hall, you got one by the monument. I don't even think that's a mile. But having said that, one of the things and and perhaps I should have submitted a request. Not one billboard on in this city on primary election day told people
to vote. Tennifly told you to vote. Other towns that I've been in told you to vote. So we have all of these billboards and nobody thought to remind people to vote on primary when typically
primary has a very low turnout. I so these these nice billboards um that that do provide a lot of information, but I think you missed the ball on that and perhaps I missed the ball too. Perhaps I should have submitted a request that said, "Hey, can you put this on the
billboard?" The other thing that I wanted to um mention and I don't Oh, I do have my phone and that goes to parking and trailers and things like that. I have a picture that I gave to someone on the council.
And if you notice, this picture is a year old. If you go down West Street right now, this landscape truck is there. And not only that, sometime he unhooks the truck and just leaves the trailer. Okay. All right. Thank you. Okay. I'm
sorry, but let me just say this. The date on this picture is I can't even see it on my May 2024. May 2024. Okay. July June 2025. Does anyone not saying anything is not good enough?
Does does anyone else from the public wish to speak? Yes. My name is Diane Trip. I've been living in 41 East Forest Avenue for 49 years. I'm glad to hear that Mr. Hoffman said that Forest Avenue is finally going to
get paid because there's been potholes. Finally, they just did the railroad track which the cars was coming by and the hubcaps was coming off the cars because of that railroad track. Now we have this flooding from Van Brun Street
to Dean Street and I'm trying to get to cross Dean Street. You cannot make a right because that's Dean Street and the water's coming down Florence and Grant. It doesn't make sense for everybody to live on Forest Garden to have to hit
Route 4, go all the way around and come down Grand Avenue to get to 41 East Forest Avenue. We have a big flooding problem there and I've been there for 50 years and I've been seeing it and I have got pictures to show you too if you would like to see them. But I can bring
them to you. I even seen a cop car come through there. The water splashed. I seen a family with kids. The car got stuck there in the middle because this car getting couldn't come through this water. But we have a flooding zone there and I'm sick and tired of me not getting
home. Okay? And I really like for you to look into that, too. [Applause] Good evening. My name is uh Tony Herbert. Um I'd like to know, I'm sorry, I didn't hear Tony. Tony Herbert. I live on Washington Place in Ingwood here. Um,
are there details about the size of the buildings that want to be built in these zoning areas? And when I was talking about the flooding before, it's kind of redundant. Unfortunately, my son's business didn't
survive with all the floods here. And when you bring it up, nobody does anything. City doesn't do anything. the train, they don't do anything. Nobody does it. The owners of the buildings and you I've been here. I'm 70. I've been
here all my life down on Van Brunt and I've been down in the floods that used to come up to here. Yes. I got in trouble for walking in the water that high. And it's just it goes on year after year after year and it's like
we're going to we're going to and nothing ever gets done. Is there some kind of response? Is that it? Yes. Okay. Thank you. Okay. My name is Samuel Lee. I live um 40 Benny Road. So, I think that the
council undervalues what the nonprofits do for this community. You know, we we provide a variety of services. you know, cost the gamut for youth book bags giveaway and for us to be taxed to have to pay to use
the park is discouraging for our participation. It's not encouraging. I will hope that you would want to encourage nonprofits to do what they have been doing to make Inglewood a unique city. So, and it's not a lot of money. It's just the issue that you do
not value what we bring to the table. And that's all I want to say. Okay. Anyone who hasn't anyone who hasn't spoken yet from the public who wishes to speak. Okay. No, you you can't. You can't. You can't. I'm now going to close the public
session. This is a quick question. No, no, we we we we Mr. Bailey, do you want to say something? Uh, the one question about who owns King Gardens. Just explain that. Yeah. Okay. We have a
resolution that's was adopted at the beginning of the year. Number one, the meetings are supposed to end at 11 o'clock and uh the guidelines in the resolution, it depends on when close session is. Um, and it's 3 minutes. Each person gets to
speak once. You can't seed time. The council president announced all this at the beginning of the meeting because we do have to get business done. That's we have two times a month to pay bills, award contracts, things of that nature, do ordinances.
So, it takes time. So, let's let's let's start answering some of these questions. There were there were I I look look we we want to we want to answer your questions. We don't we and you have to you have to allow us to do that. I don't want to adjourn the
meeting. Let us give us the opportunity to try to answer some of these questions. There's a lot of questions. I'm out of room here and I want to try to get through as many much as we can. Okay. So, in terms of the nonprofits, many people brought up the nonprofits.
We do value the nonprofits um very much so. I myself started be getting involved in Anglewood via the nonprofits um um in Anglewood. Um, so we when this
came up as an issue, which I think was in um either earlier in June or May, I'm It was May, we did ask the city manager to come back to the council and to address
this issue. Um, and Mr. Hoffman, um, when do you think we'll be ready to to talk about it and to and to address this issue? because we hear you, we hear what you're saying, we value you. Yeah. With um I've looked at the
ordinance and we've had some internal discussions. So, within the next two weeks. Okay. So, we are going to be addressing this issue. Uh we care very much about the nonprofits in the city of Anglewood. Um okay.
In terms of and I'm not doing it in order. I just because I ran out of space. I wrote all over a page so I don't even have it in order which I I received it but we'll get through it. In terms of Broad Avenue, no in terms of
the electronic billboard. If somebody Mr. Hoffman wants to put a message on the billboard, what is the process? Uh the process is to contact the city manager's office or the city clerk's office and we'll we'll put them on. Actually, it's to
contact the city manager's office. We're the we're the conduit for that. So, um you know what the the comment about the primary. Yeah, we made um we we heard the we heard a comment about that. We made a note so that we're going to make sure that we do it for the November
election and for all of the elections in the future. So, um Mayor Koopa on that. Okay. Okay. No, no, just at at the end of the meeting, just approach Mr. Hoffman. Yeah. Because we we have a lot of questions to go through. Um,
in terms of the agenda, um, do we do we not have an electronic version on every Friday before the meeting? Okay. So, the agenda I don't know who asked who asked the Okay, thank you. I was looking for you. So, uh, the agenda is posted on
Friday on the city website. So, there is an electronic version. I did like the idea that someone else brought up about the um leaving the agenda outside during the closed session. Could we do that? Okay. So, going
putting put it put Okay. Okay. So, so that we will be able to do um Forest Avenue paving. Um so that's a county road, right, Mr. Hoffman? and and they wouldn't pave the road until PSG PSNG
had to had to fix their issues be right before the road was paved but it will be paved thank um I know uh Diane trip right so also with the with the other issue that you have please send your photos and
comments to the city manager's office anybody who has issues news, please send them in. You could um Mr. Hoffman's um email I believe is on one of the sheets in the front. It's also on the city website. You and and if there are any issues that we miss so we pass over,
send it over to the city manager's office. Okay. Um in terms of so that that's that has to do with the $50 an hour fee. We're going to we're going to address that. Mr. Bailey, do you want to talk about King's Garden?
Uh yeah, the city does not own King Gardens. That was [Music] okay. And then um and then the question of of um
Okay. So in terms we talked about the fees. Um okay, a lot of a lot of people talked about the fees. Um, okay. I'm gonna get there. Um, okay. In terms of the parking garage, I know Miss
is Miss Walker still here. Okay. So, in terms of the parking garage, um, what do you want? Yeah. I mean, I the the council did was not involved in I know I know I know what you're talking about. We were
notified after the fact. We we were not involved the council in that in the letter that went out or the decision. Uh Mr. Hoffman, you can if you want to address the parking garage. Uh yes. Thank you, council president. So the parking garage recommendation
uh came from me, but I had had meetings with um with Senator Johnson and representatives of uh the assembly people's office. uh there was a two-week window to submit pro to submit projects
um for consideration. So um the the answer to Miss Walker's question the last time was truthful. The mayor did not know about it. I I met I did the meetings. I composed the the letter and um the the senator's office asked if it
could be co-signed by the mayor. I asked the mayor to do it. I told him that it was time it was timesensitive. the mayor the mayor agreed but he was not aware of the of of the recommendations for the parking garage. So um you know he he s he signed it at my request but the the
deadline was basically the next day and um this was a recommendation that had been made back in 2014 and and before about having another parking garage but um that's that's where u Mr. Gerber
is you still here Tony Gerber Herbert. Oh, Herbert. I didn't hear it. Is Tony Herbert still here? Okay. Well, so if um maybe he'll he'll listen just just in terms of some questions about affordable housing. Um we don't have the
planner here tonight. The planner was at three other meetings. If people have questions about the the affordable housing, uh questions about the overlay zones, question about sizes, zoning,
please send the questions because um to the city manager on the subject line, just write um question about the affordable housing plan. Mr. Hoffman will get it over to our planner. He was at three different separate meetings. He
was last at the public hearing, but tonight was not a public hearing, so he wasn't here. So, send your questions over to Mr. Hoffman. He will send it over to the um to our planner, and then he will bring it back to us in uh probably the second hopefully by the
second meeting in July. Um so, that's that. And also, Mr. Herbert asked about what we're doing um about flooding, and that's something Mr. Hoffman has been very involved in and he will be giving a report to the council um in the in the
near future on an update on the flooding. It will be on the agenda which will be published on the Friday before the council meeting on the website. So you so um I I he'll probably give it give a an update to us. Uh he's preparing one and he'll probably give us
an update over the summer. So just check the agenda and it and you will get an update on the flooding. Um, in terms of I know there was a question about the parking on Demer Avenue. Um, do you want
to address that, Mr. Hoffman, or do you want him to send you an email? Uh, I can I can address it in general terms. We did receive an email um and I believe it was it was forwarded by uh by
Councilwoman David and it had to do with residents in that area receiving parking tickets. Um, and this is being ref this was being referred to the um I guess to the traffic advisory or to the park to
the parking committee to see about some kind of a recommendation and um that's you know that's that's where it it came right it it is right now. Um you know we can we can understand that residents uh that can't park in their driveway
they're parking on the street and they're subject to tickets right now. So, we're um you know, we're we're looking to see what can be done, but it's you know, no nothing has been done about it yet. It's a recent it's a recent request. Okay. And
Okay. So, so, so please uh Mr. Hoffman, you'll you'll you'll connect after the after the meeting and continue that conversation. Um, do you want to um just give me one moment?
Okay. So, Mr. Hoffman will address um uh the Broad Avenue. uh for the broad for the broad avenue. There was a question about the traffic study and it's basically it's for traffic lights, but there was I guess there was there um the this the study is
for $6,900. It's um there might there might have been a um just a misspeak about it, but it's um you know, it's it's to look at the intersection and the timing of the lights, and it's also um to be done. Uh we're getting close to having the Jones Road bridge project
clo, you know, closed out. So that will help eliminate some of the traffic, but we need to we need to look at this in a holistic way. So this is one of the things that's being recommended by the by our our engineers to have um have the traffic lights looked at. There's going
to be two or three more that will probably be coming up uh to take a look at it. um with Broad Avenue, it's it has been restriped, but originally it was only uh two lanes and then they had the wide it had the wide um wide stripes be
before it was paved last year. Um and so that's that's part that's part of the issue after it's been restriped. Um we now have uh we now had the bus stop at Broad and Sheffield that was in one of the one of the through traffic lanes and
um you know that became that became a safety issue. So that's still being that's still being addressed. Um, and you know, part part of what's going to happen with this with the traffic lights here, but also with the with the broader
look at um, if you'll excuse the pun, the broader look at Broad Avenue by by one one of the engineering firms, um, we're we're going to be able to make sure that we have a better flow of traffic and that it's safe overall for for both for the pedestrians, for um,
people that are taking taking the bus, but also for for the through traffic on the And and again, we we're going to have the engineer come back and address this issue. But but for some of the questions on Broad Avenue, the engineer did address it when he was at the council
meeting. He was here at the council meeting specifically to address avenue. Do you remember what meeting it was? Because you could go back and um listen. He gave a I think about a 20-minute presentation and um I think it was May 6th. May 6th. Yeah. Okay. So, you can go
back to the May 6 um there's a you if you go to the city website, there's a YouTube but there's a YouTube um it says YouTube. So, you just hit the the YouTube I mean that's how I do it. You click on YouTube, it brings you to
the city videos and you can hit I usually hit live video and you can find the May 6 meeting and you can go and find listen to the meeting and the city engineer does about a 20-minute presentation on Broad Avenue. So this
way you hear it right from the engineer what you know why he took the steps he did and and what he's doing and then and then he listened to the public and then he came back up again and addressed the public you know taking their comments
into consideration how he's going to address the issue and then the the the comments um um by Mr. Hoy about about this where is Mr. There you about sponsoring the Junth. Um so Mr. Hoffman
um do you want to address that? The um part part of the question had to do with the city within services and um the city is providing inind services for um for some of the some of the needs of the festival. Uh there was a letter that
was sent to to Mr. pil that outlined some of some of those um some of those inind services that are that are being provided. And I I guess the other question one of the other questions that um that was asked is is the city a
partner with the Jabari Society or a sponsor for the Jabari Society with with with the different events. So the city works with the Jabari society with when it comes for the time for the parade that's that that uh that is um occurs
for Junth. So that's something that the city the city absorbs some of the costs for um the city works with the Jabari society for the flag raising that'll occur on Thursday a Thursday evening at 7 o'clock. Um and then for the for the
uh festival uh the the Jabari Society is a is a not forprofit and this is one of their um this is one of their main fundraisers so that they can they can earn funds to provide other services for the city. But the city also incurs costs
for that. And over the over the past several years, there's been discussions with um my predecessors as well as myself about what's what's the appropriate um break um breakdown or value of city of
city services to make sure that the the carnival is a success. So the um with with the change in with the change in the ordinance, there's been there's been discussions about that, but um you
know, the Jabari Society is a is a not for profit and it's um it's treated just as other not forprofits in in the city so far. Thank you. I'm now going to I'm now No, no, you
could talk to Mr. Hoffman um after the meeting. So I now I now it's a little disingenuous. What what Okay. I I now need a motion to adjurnn the meeting. I move to adjourn. Second. Okay. Um all
in favor? I I Okay. Thank you. Okay. mount. Part: 2
17th, 2025 to order at 8:01 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, Yansy, can you please read the 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 said newspapers on January 10th, 2025, posted on the bulletin board in the municipal building and has remained continuously posted as their 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 have been given. The municipal clerk is directed to include the statement in the minutes of this meeting. Can I have a roll call, please?
Councilwoman David, present. Councilman Rosenway here. Councilman Tokayer here. Councilman Wilson present. Council President Waski here. Also present is Mayor Michael Wild, city manager Robert S. Hoffman, Deputy City Manager John
Burkner, city attorney Bill Bailey. Thank you. Can I have a motion that we have um for resolution 196, which is approval of the minutes? And Yansancy, do you want to just read which minutes those are?
These are the regular meeting of May 20th, 2025, workshop meeting of May 6, 2025, special meetings of May 6, May 8th and May 12th of 2025, and the close session meetings of April 1st and April
22nd of 2025 and May 6 and May 12th of 2025. Thank you. Can I have a motion? I make a motion. Council President, can I have a second? Second. Any discussion from the governing body? Can I have a roll call? Yansy.
Councilwoman David. Yes. Councilman Rosen. Yes. Councilman Tayer. Yes. Councilman Wilson. Yes. Council President Waski. Yes. Now, can I have a motion for
resolution 197, which is a resolution to allow the SID budget to be read by title only? Could I have a motion? So, move. Could I have a second? Second. Can I have a roll call, please?
Councilwoman David, yes. Councilman Rosenway, yes. Councilman Tokayer, yes. Councilman Wilson. Yes. Council President Wasotsski. Yes. I'm now going to open the meeting for public comment
on the SID fiscal year 2026 budget only. Anybody who wishes to be heard on the SID budget, please step up to the mic, state your name, and you have three minutes to speak. Okay. Okay. And a copy of the pock pack of the
budget is in the packets. Okay. I'm now going to close the public comment section on the SID fiscal year 2026 budget. Can I please have a resolution a motion for resolution 198 approving the angle
special improvement district budget for fiscal year 2026? So moved. Second. Any discussion from the governing body? Yansancy, can I have a roll call, please? Councilman Wilson. Oh,
Councilman Wilson. Yes. Thank you. Um I I noticed in in their um proposal of what they do is as far as lighting
uh alleyways and debris removal. Uh just curious on how do we govern that or do we govern it at all? Um, Palisad Avenue quarters and
public alleys access maintenance upkeep maintenance for downtown lighting Dean Street van Brunt parking garage walkway. Mr. Hoffman, do you want to address that, please? Uh, thank you, Council President. the uh the SID contracts with uh with a service
to come in and to remove graffiti and stickers, also to check on lighting. Um and then they they also do cleaning of the sidewalks on uh I believe it's at least once a week. So the city the city
does it and the SID does it, but the SID should be commended for their proactive efforts particularly on graffiti removal. So, we're doing dual maintenance for DPW and the SID for trash removal because I I've often passed through the
corridor of McDonald's and there's debris everywhere. So, some um town members want to know who to complain to. Well, the for you know, for something like that, they can they can contact me.
They can complain to the city manager's office. U so the the our our we our DPW or we have a contract with a with uh with a with a firm that that picks up there's 43 or 46
um waste contain waste containers on on Palisades Avenue Dean Street that area and that's done on that's done on a daily basis and then the um you know the SID does this the uh the p the power washing and things of that nature on the sidewalks.
And uh one last thing, council president, in regards to um the the night uh affair for for Inglewood um that we got rated number one in the what was that? The county, Bob, or the
state? Yes. The the county. Um and and so I I just want to be clear that for the downtown events,
are they involved with that for a big uh inguin night? So the question is, is the SID involved in that? Yes, sir. I don't believe so. Okay. All right. And
just because we're on that, council president, if if we can explain um how we wound up to be the stage in the same area for our night event. Oh, was it was the question wasn't about
the stage. Was the question about why it's back on East Palisade Avenue? That's correct. Oh, okay. with Joe. Um, and only reason why I bring that up, council president, is because on the SID
program, it it states that main events, and I would imagine that that's a main event. Um, whether Sid's involved or not, I don't understand, but Mr. Hoffman, you can answer. So to be to be clear, C Councilman
Wilson, um is the is the question about um the Inglewood Night Market being on East Palisades Avenue? That is correct, sir. Yes. So it's going to be on East Palisades Avenue this year. We had we had wanted to um offer it on West
Palisades Avenue, but uh the um the um retail establishments there were leerary about doing that. So it's so we had we had our restaurants and other retail establishments on East Palisades Avenue that are participating. So it made more
sense to move it there. And we'll look again for 2026 um to try East to try West Palisades Avenue. Well, you know, perhaps with the tiein with the world with the soccer cup and things like that, um, we'll we'll
have some more success. Thank you. Any other comments from the governing body? Okay. Can I have a roll call, please? Can I have a roll call, please? Councilwoman David. Yes. Councilman
Rosenway, yes. Councilman Toker, yes. Councilman Wilson, yes. Council President Waski, yes. We have no I'm just going to ask everybody um to just keep the conversation down. This
is a work meeting and um Yansancy, did you leave at the front uh proto the protocol? Yes. So, if if anybody has never been to a meeting before, if they'd like, they can grab the protocols uh for council meetings
and just take a look. Okay. Um thank you. We have no ordinances for second reading and we have three ordinances for first reading. The first
the first ordinance is ordinance 2528. It's an ordinance amending chapter 191 fees section 14 uniform construction codes of the code of the city of Anglewood. I'd like 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 July 8th, 2025. Can I have a motion? So moved. Can I have a second? Second. Okay, Mr. Hoffman. Okay. And again, I'm going to ask there can't be
any conversation from the public or I'm going to have to stop the meeting. Okay, this is our work meeting, please. No conversation from the public. Okay, Mr. Hoffman, can you explain what this ordinance is?
Yes, thank you, Council President. this ordinance, what it what it does is um this has to do with our uh with some of our with one one area of our construction fee, the uniform construction code, and the state reviewed it and they said that the fee
was too high. They wanted us to reduce it by $15 from $45 to $30 to conform with the with the state law. So, that's what this is. This is an or this is an ordinance to this is an introduction of an ordinance so we can lower a fee.
Thank you. So, we've had a motion, we've had a second. Any discussion from the governing body? Go ahead, Mr. Mr. Thank you, Council President. Um, just wanted to note in case uh for those that
may be watching or haven't caught up as of yet, um, in regards to we are passing an ordinance with an exemp with an exemption. Uh, letter A, general exemption. and the following sh will be exempt.
So just wanted to make that to be clear so the residents are aware that we are doing an exemption for this ordinance. Thank you council president. Okay. Thank you. Any other comments from the governing body?
Yansancy. Can I have a roll call, please? Councilwoman David. Yes. Councilman Rosenway. Yes. Councilman Tokayer, yes. Councilman Wilson, yes. Council President Wasatski, yes. And I'm sorry,
for the record, the uh public hearing and adoption of this ordinance will take place at the July 8th meeting. Okay. Thank you. Okay. Now, we have a ordinance 2529. This is an ordinance amending chapter 258 and 1917 of the city of Anglewood's
ordinances pertaining to land use development application fees procedures and requirements. I need a motion that the ordinance pass on first reading and be published once by title only the record and that a public hearing will be heard on July
22nd, 2025. May I have a motion, please? So moved. May I have a second? Second. Mr. Hoffman, can you explain this ordinance, please? Yes. Thank you, Council President. So, ordinance 25 uh 29, this has to do with
the city's um application fee schedule, and the goal is to simplify the fee schedule. Right now, with the current schedule, uh depending on what type of permit you're you're seeking, you have to look in four different locations of the ordinance. And you also have to do
calculations um based on on the first three sections. So the goal the goal is to simplify it so that um if you wanted to talk about site plans, it's going to be in section A because right now there's um if you wanted to if you're talking about a site plan, it could be
in section A or it could be in section B. So, we're trying to simplify it so that uh it's it's easier for our residents and for for the architects and builders to um to do the to do their evaluations. Um so, that's part that's
part of what it it does. It's to try and eliminate the confusion and then um just make make sure that uh that our um where we have where we have waivers that it's in one section and it's not it's not a
you know a potential waiver in one section but that doesn't apply to the second section. So if if you need if you need to look for a waiver it's it's going to be in in one location. The other thing that we're doing is that um for plan reviews, we there's an
initial charge of $200 and that doesn't cover the cost of the professionals to do a to do a review once the once the um the per the permit application has been uh has been sent in. So the the goal is
to um have have a more realistic collection fee at the beginning so that work doesn't stop and uh the the um the professionals can continue to to do their review um so that we can make sure that the applications are processed uh
quicker than they are right now. When we did a review of this ordinance with the different sections, this is one of the areas where we had a um cons a startlingly high error rate for um for
people that are applying for permits. So, the goal is to make sure that it's it's as simple as possible. So, thank you. Okay. Thank you. Any discussion from members of the governing body? Okay. Councilman Wilson. Thank you, Council President. just so we can have
some explanations and we can be clear. Um, in regards to section 8, we have a few things that are crossed out and just so we could have uh some clarity. Uh, as you know, we're into the housing thing and uh people are concerned about
subdivisions. And here it says on combined or merge lots, no longer it appears that it no longer exists for the fee of $50. Is that correct? Oh, that's that's correct. But I'm sorry that that's correct, but it's also in a
different section. So, it's so you just you're just going to be able to look in one section. Okay. And does that say does that say the same for uh tennis courts and swimming pools and zoning permits? Are those in different sections?
The answer is yes. Okay. Just wanted to be clear that we're still charging for those just in a different section. Yeah. And what we can do is and we'll we'll have um we can have a you know we can we can have a memo for the council just for the ne you
know for that meeting about this. Okay. Just some of it doesn't seem to be clear and I just wanted clarity because it looks like we were eliminating those fees. Thank you council president. Sure. Any other comments from the governing body?
Okay, Yansancy, can I have a roll call, please? Councilwoman David, yes. Councilman Rosenway, yes. Councilman Tokayer, yes. Councilman Wilson, yes. Council President Waski, yes. And now we have
ordinance 2530. This is an ordinance amending chapter 191-8 entitled fee schedule, fines and penalties for violations of city ordinances. I need 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 July 8th, 2025. Can I have a motion, please? So moved. Second. Mr. Hoffman, can you explain this ordinance, please? Yes. Thank you, Council President. Um, this ordinance is a is a cleanup
ordinance um or a cleanup amendment. So, we have listed the Engle Street parking lot twice. It's listed in section 25-049 and um it and it doesn't belong it doesn't belong in there. It belongs in
section 25-050 which it was also it had also been listed in. So we're just we're just um asking that that the Engle Street lot be be eliminated in section 049. And also we have a public safety lot that's
listed twice. The public safety lot that's uh that's here. It's listed in um in section 20 in section 24 um 05053. It's listed twice. So, we just want to remove it once. We just want to remove
it. Okay. Thank you. Do I have any uh questions or comments from the governing body? Yes, I have a question. Okay. Let me start with C I'll I'll start with Councilwoman David and then Mayor Wilds. Um my question, we have several ordinances that passed and um I know you
give them warnings like the one we did with the um the food trucks. You said you give them warnings instead of tickets, right? So are they going to get several warnings before they're issued these um fines and penalties prior? I'm just asking.
Okay. Uh the well if we're talking about just for for ordinance 2530 um we're just um we have it listed in two different sections. So um we're eliminating it from one but we're
already giving warnings to people um based on when this when this ordinance was initially introduced or the changes were introduced. How many warnings? Oh, I don't know. I can get that for you, but I I don't want to. Um, this is specifically for the
library and then for the for the lot across the street. Thank you. Hey, mayor. Yes. Um, to Mr. Hoffman, the the fines are going up from 20 to $50 and there's a new lot
fee of $250. Was that done on an assessment of neighboring communities cost to the city? How how it seems pretty ownorous to 250 comparatively to $20 fines. Uh well, yes, mayor. There was an
analysis that was done, but the um the the other the $250 was was adopted already um by by the governing body. So, this is just um we were we're eliminating because we we had it listed
twice and the and the raise from the 20 to the $50 ones. Is that new or is that No, that that was done in that was done before the budget was So, these are all ministerial ordinances. All three that were introduced this evening just to clean up our books. Well, they're not
old ministerial ordinances. They were introduced earlier this year and then just um as as we were going through it with a second set of eyes and as the we sent it to the state for their review, the state is the one that found said that um the solar panel fee was too
high. So that's why we're reducing it. Um but these were you know these we had we had the lots listed in two different sections of the same code. But from 20 to $50 that was already um put forward. Yes, that was adopted in uh April or
before the budget was adopted. Yes. Thank you, sir. Sure. Any other comments from members of the governing body at Councilman Wilson? Thank you, Council President. Um just for clarity, uh Mr. Hoffman, um we
already voted for the McKay Park lot J to $50. Is that correct? Yes. Okay. So, we only have one lot that appears to have not going up and that's
the James Street parking lot M. Is that also correct? It appears that it's 2500-053.1. Yes, that's correct. The the amount of the fine stayed the same. Any any particular reason why? I'll have to go look through my notes. I I don't want to mislead the members of
the council right now. So, it's it was it was part of, you know, it was part of the evaluation for the budget process. So, okay. And and the only reason why that's asked, even though we voted on the McKay Park lot J to be $50,
um I think this was the first time we've asked for fines for the McKay Park. Yes, sir. I believe so because we were as we've discussed before we were having we've had some difficulties with with um
people parking there using it as a commuter parking lot and or a park and ride. It okay I'm I'm clear. It's it's just that I'd hate to see deviations and in
the same area or the same ward or the same twob block radius and there's a $30 difference. Yeah. No, that that with the McKay park, we we've done some surveys and there was about 25 to 28 cars that were parking there that um were using it
as a commuter lot. So, the goal is to have it being used for the rink and for um you know, for others that are using the K park. Thank you. Any other comments from members of the governing body?
Yansy, can I have a roll call, please? Councilwoman David. Yes. And also I need to know how many warnings we will get. Thank you. Councilman Rosenwag. Yes. Councilman Toker. Yes. Councilman Wilson. Yes. Council
President Waski. Yes. Um we have resolutions for consent agenda. Are there any items that any members of the council wishes to pull from the consent agenda, please? Yes. 1 199061725
for a separate say say it one more time. 1 199061725. Okay. Any other Go ahead, Councilman Wilson. Number 202-06-17-25. Okay.
Any other um resolutions that anybody would like to pull from the consent agenda? Okay. So, um, so before I open up for public comment, I want to say good evening to everybody
and I want to thank you for coming to the council meeting tonight. Um, public input is important to us. I'm Dr. Wasatski. I am the council president and I there going to be uh two opportunities
for the public to speak. Um, so I don't know how many people are new to account to the council meeting. How many people have been here before, but we're going to allow we we um even though we're not obligated to, we do allow the public to
comment on the consent agenda items and at the end of the meeting there is a um a public session. So there are two opportunities for the public to speak. Now, even though these two resolutions were pulled from the consent agenda, I
know that many of you are here to talk about affordable housing. So, as I will so we will allow it tonight as part of the public comments when I open it up. You could speak on any of the the um any
of the items that are on the any of the resolutions that are on the consent that were originally on the consent agenda. including the two that were were pulled to to be voted on separately. You can you can speak about any of those
resolutions. Um every now now every everybody who speaks um has three minutes and that is that is the only way we're going to we get through the meeting. Um there are no exceptions.
So there is a clock and it will countdown and so everybody will get the 3 minutes to speak. We we do not respond to any questions or comments during the public session. However, after we close the public session, we will respond to
questions and comments and and um so I'm going to uh get started in a minute and open up the public comment on these resolutions. Just give me one moment. Okay. So, anyone who wishes to to speak,
I'm going to open up the meeting for public comments on the consent on on the consent resolutions. Everything that was originally on the consent resolution. Members of the public are requested to state their name. Um, if you don't live in I'm going to If you don't live in
Anglewood, then just list the municipality where you live and um and you're reminded to speak on cons on on cons on on agenda resolution number 187
191 199 200 2011 202 202A 2022 2B 202 C. Give me a second. That's it. Okay. So, um thank you Amy Bullock Avenue Englewood. Um I am
commenting on resolution 199061725 resolution endorsing the 2025 housing element and fair share plan. Just mentioning that because everybody doesn't have a copy of the agenda. Wards one and two, where four of the six members of city leadership, council
president, council proemp, council at large, and the mayor currently live, have been insulated from zoning changes as it applies to the housing plan. The current overlay zone has been modified to remove overlay zones in the first and third wards including Braen, Lincoln,
East Palisad areas abuing Chestnut and King Streets and the Glen Brook Parkway Triion Central A neighborhood because the city determined through public outreach concerns were raised about neighborhood impacts. While we support these amendments, we do not understand
the city's refusal to give equitable consideration to fourth ward resident concerns around the impacts to their neighborhoods. Fourth ward residents matter, too. The fourth ward is clearly documented as an overburdened community with environmental risk that studies
show have direct negative impacts on residents health and finances. The targeting and discrimination towards what the city's hired planner deemed as the less wealthy and less white side of town, whether premeditated or unconscious, conveys a lack of
consideration for residents who live in the fourth ward and the city at large. While everyone professes to love the diversity of Englewood, the city is without doubt engaging in gentrification or what some have turned urban removal of a targeted population, the less
wealthy and less white residents. While we understand a vote must be taken tonight, we are asking the mayor and the council to commit to amending the housing plan in July to remove AHO zones 5, 6, and 10 and the RMA zones located
at Inglewood and Cleveland A and Lafayette and the corner of Elmore and Inglewood Abudding the Gate House in McKay Park and giving consideration to replacing these zones with the south industrial area. If we can build on stilts on West Street, we can build on stilts in the industrial area. Instead
of destroying existing neighborhoods, we should be exploring how we can rehabilitate and revitalize existing neighborhoods and creating new neighborhoods to continue enhancing our diverse community. Thank you. Thank you.
[Applause] Can you hear me? Is this on? Yes. Okay. Diane Jansen, 589 Ridgeland Terrace. I'm here because I'm very disappointed
and frustrated and I second everything Amy Jones Bullock said and I ask that you do have an amendment. Back when we started this process,
Council President Wasatski, you got a small group together for input on what should be this new overlay zone map. You did not involve the residents. That then went to a presentation of affordable
housing here. that then went to the planning board where residents had a public hearing. In that public hearing, they asked for some new overlay zones and those specifically were paved areas
in South Dean and South Van Brunt not considered prior. However, the planning board said there was no time to make the changes requested by the public. That is a disgrace. No time to make the changes
because this is due June 30th. I think that's a very poor planning process on your part. Council President, Anglewood Planning Board and the council, you have blamed the state on the need for overlay zones when it is in fact Anglewood's
choice where the overlay zones are. The northwest corner of Gran and Van Nodestin could have up to 35 apartment units per acre. West Street across from depot square and north to Demerest could have up to 35 apartments per acre.
Anglewood overlay zone on West Street to demerest is in a flood zone. It will also disrupt the Hispanic community that goes to St. Seecelia's church. The squeaky wheel gets oiled. Some ward one, two, and three residential streets in
previously overlay zones were removed, but not ward 4. Why? Why were only portions of the east side of Angle Street and the corner of East Palisade and Brighton removed? Why were residents uh why were other areas that were mentioned such as Mary, Florence, Pendle
Street, King Gardens not removed from the overlay zone? Why was the corner of East Palisad and North Woodland with green space not removed which will add to downtown flooding? The public recommendations were made. No one paid
attention. Please listen tonight and make amendments in July so that we can go forward and we will go forward to the court if necessary. And I don't [Applause] Horus Ragbear, 51 West Hamilton Avenue,
Englewood. Um, on this resolution, you guys stated that has demonstrated a history of voluntary compliance. We know that's not real. We never we never did anything. That's what brings us here today. So, you could change the wording.
That never really happened. Um, I have a for more and 59 units for phase 4 and 634 units for phase 3. This makes it a total of 993 units which represents 20% of the total that needs to be built. This makes
it 4,965 1 2 and 3bedroom apartments that needs to be built in Englewood to to accommodate that. To meet the goal, if EVO has 200 apartments, this means we have to build 25 EVO
buildings. This was a was again created by bought and paid planning board members and politicians who do not work for the resident of Eng. This is the history of Inglewood, not what you make it put on that first page.
and I'm going to correct it on Facebook tomorrow. This city council and planning board would go down in history as the people that destroyed our suburban town, turning it into the Bronx. That's what's going to happen here. I'm not addressing
the flooding and everything else. Now, my questions are where is the traffic study? What is it going to cost extra for city services? What is it going to cost to the taxpayers? It has to have some cost. It has to have give us the
correct numbers. Don't make up sound good on paper like 20%. Which is 1/5if of what needs to be built. Thank you. [Applause] Lisa Peterson Gibbs 341 Washington Place
Inglewood, New Jersey. As a resident of Inglewood, I am asking the council commit to amending the housing plan in July to remove a homo zone number five, including Bennett
Road, Arry Street, William and West Inglewood Avenue, and replace it with the South Industrial Area. I'm also asking that you
do something about this $50 for nonprofit organizations. Ingwood nonprofit support our residents. We should not have to pay and you should respect the fact that we are nonprofit and we help our community.
[Applause] Hello, Carolyn Perry, Grand Avenue. As a resident of Inglewood, I'm asking that the council commits to amending the housing plan and to remove a a ho zone
number six that is Pendle, Sloum, Hamilton, White Street, and Pearl and Dury Avenue next to John Greco Elementary School and replace it with the South Industrial Avenue area. I'm
also because I have grandkids down there at Greco. So, please do something about that and amend it, please. Thank you. [Applause] My name is Tony Herbert, uh 309
Washington Place, Ingwood, New Jersey. As a resident of Ingood, I am asking that the council commit to amending the housing plan in July to remove the RMA zone located at Inglewood Avenue, Cleveland Avenue, and Lafayette Avenue
across from Wid's Corner and replace it with the southern uh industrial area. Also, what I'd like to know is what's going on with um it hasn't flooded, but flooding in this
area. My son had a uh barber shop right across from uh the police station right over here on this corner right next to the railroad tracks. It kept getting flooded out. I don't know whether you know there is a pipe that goes underneath Inglewood Avenue right across
the side. That would help if it was uh rotorooered or whatever it takes to clear it so the water could pass. I mean, I'm from this area and it's always funny. Yeah. That that's that that you can bring up at the public session. This
is just on the resolutions. So, you'll have another opportunity to come back. Uhhuh. And you can talk about the flooding then. All right. This has been going on for years. Yeah. Yeah. I know. All right. Thank you. Thank you. [Applause]
Good evening. My name is William Austin, uh 76 William Street, Inglewood, New Jersey. As resident of Inglewood, I am asking that the council commit to amending the housing plan to remove a ho zone 6, Pendle, Sloum, Hamilton, White
Street, and Pearl Street, and Dur a next to John John Greco, I'm sorry, Dr. John Greco Elementary School, and replace it with the South Industrial Area. Thank you. Good evening, Suzanne Mullings, Phelps Aav. I have two
questions. First, in regards to ordinance uh 2530, Mr. Hoffman, you said on any given day, there's 20 cars. Um, this is this public session is for the resolutions,
the ones that I that I read off on H3. So nothing above not not the ordinance. No. Okay. No problem. Um back to then SE 61725 Broadav. Can you please give us the
scope of work being awarded to dynamic traffic and why if it is limited to Broadav and Sheffield A Broadav? I don't know how many of you council men and women travel on Broad, but it's very
unsafe. The amount of accidents that are either in progress or going to happen on that avenue on any given morning or evening is is uncon it's unconscionable.
Mayor Wilds asked for you all to reconsider the striping and parking changes done to Broadav. You are the second ward councilwoman. Maybe Mr. Tokiier who's the councilman at large to give us his feedback on what's going on
in the second ward as it relates to this traffic. It's very unsafe. I've come here over and over and the residents come here and it's now backing up onto Route 80. It's a problem and beyond
Allison Court, it's a problem. Morning, noon, night. I think if you travel on it rather than whatever this study is, figure out how to just fix it because it's it's very dangerous. And people walking across the street, it's unsafe.
Our city engineer is not here, but he talked about crosswalks. They don't use the crosswalks at the corner of Rockwood and Broad. It's unsafe. when you turn on uh broad a going north, it's unsafe from rockwood or Phelps or Sheffield because
only Sheffield has the light. So I don't I would like to know the scope of work for this and if it's going to be amended or extended beyond just Sheffield Dav and also is the housing on the consent agenda
because every concern here needs to be addressed and it's been on record the request for quite some time. So, I would also ask the council take into effect the changes that need to be made to the housing recommendation as echoed by
everyone in this room today. Thanks. [Applause] Courtney Johnson, Suffren, Schwar Court, Englewood, New Jersey. As a resident of Anglewood, I am asking that the council commit to amending the housing plan in July to remove the RMA
zone located on Englewood A, Cleveland A, Lafayette, and Lafayette A across the street from Wise Corner and replace it with the South Industrial Area. Secondarily, I want to speak about the exorbitant fees that are being assessed
to the people that are servicing our community. The NAACP, Metro Community Church, Bergen Family Center, the Jabari Society. These fees for the people that are serving the community that the people that stepped up when nobody I'm
sorry, Mr. Bailey, you need a minute, ma'am. This is on the resolutions. Okay. So you so the other person that spoke about the fees wasn't okay. They were asked to stop speaking about that to focus on the resolutions. When is that? There's a
public hearing. I think it's July 8th for the fees. You can come um there's a public there's a second session. Okay. Yes. All right. Thank you. Okay. Yes. So just as a re as a Yeah. So, just as a reminder, uh this
this this public session is on resolutions um that you can see on the bottom of page three. Katherine Glenn, Englewood, New Jersey. The housing plan is a product of short-sighted planning that sacrifices
our neighborhoods without solving the real problem. By allowing five market rate units for every single affordable unit, this plan delays meaningful progress on affordable housing and betrays residents who want to preserve
Anglewood's suburban character. There are smarter, fairer solutions. Amend the plan. Don't hand over our city to developers at the expense of the people who live here.
[Applause] John Bab, Second Street, Englewood, New Jersey. I'm here to address consent agenda resolution 199-06-17-25, resolution endorsing the 2025 housing
element and fair share plan. As a resident of Eaglewood, I am asking the council to commit to amending the housing plan in July to remove AHO zone 10, Mary Street, Florence Street, Grant
Street, and East Forest Avenue and replace it with the South Industrial Area. [Applause] Tamara Beamer, Rosemont Place. the right. Sorry, I didn't hear your name.
Tamara Beamer, Rosemont Place. As a lifelong resident of Englewood, I'm asking that the council commit to amending the house plan in July to
remove ah zone number 10, which includes Mary Street, Florence Street, Grant Street, and East Forest Avenue, and replace it with the South Industrial Area. Thank you.
[Applause] Good evening. My Good evening. My name is Joel Shears. Forest Avenue. Is it on? As a resident of Englewood, I'm asking the council commit to amending the housing plan to remove aho
zone 6, Pendle, Sloum Avenue, Hamilton Avenue, White Street, and Pearl Street, and Dury Avenue next to Dr. John Greco Elementary School in place it with the southern with the south with the south industrial area. We do not need any more urbanization in this city and our town is being destroyed and replaced with
unnecessary industrial buildings and apartments. I talk about this all the time because of basically where we live and they got these monstrosities that they're putting up in residential areas. We don't need anymore and I don't understand basically why you know if they're being voted in and this is what you're doing to our city. You need to
stop the urbanization. Thank you. Good evening. My name is Hugo Poor, resident of 308 Mary Street. As a resident of Englewood, I am asking the council commit to amending the housing plan in July to remove a aho zone number 10, which includes Mary Street, Floren
Street, Grand Street, and East Forest Avenue, and replace it with the south industrial area. Thank you. [Applause] Good evening. My name is Melina Keys. I live in the fourth ward. Um I'm a
resident here as well, and I'm asking the council to commit to amending the housing plan in July to remove a HO zone number five, including Bennett Road, Armory Street, Williams, and West Englewood Avenue, and replace
it with South um industrial area. I think this could be strongly um considered um being that so many of us are worried about what's going on. So, thank you. [Applause]
Good evening. Raymond Diaz 408 Shannon Court uh consent agenda 191, a resolution creating and implementing a long range plan to address Dranist issue. This is not new. This is something that should have been
implemented years ago, especially with all of this construction now. Are we going to add more to this flooding issue here? Are you going to leave the responsibility of drainage to the individual developers? So, he builds a drainage, it's going to
go into this guy's house, that guy's house. Who's going to control that? You've had annual do you have a you should have now an annual maintenance of floodprone streets meant dedicated to making sure they
either go once every quarter or more depending on the conditions of the rainfall or when trees drop or whatever the case may be to address those issues immediately because these citizens pay taxes and if
you ever been flooded before it is scary as hell. and you're living here for years and years and all you're looking at is dependent on the city to do their job because you depend on us to pay our taxes, your salaries
and you are not doing your job. So you should have had this established already an annual maintenance of floodprone streets. what how many crews do you need to address it and a a catalog of every incident that you see and what you found all the time and it
should be presented to right here to the council. Somebody should tell us how we're improving this. We need a picture whole picture of what's happening to this city because we're putting a lot of money into this and we want results not tomorrow immediately.
You've started a few things. Well, let's get it finished. All right. Thank you. Uh, my name is James Cohen. I live in the first ward since 1961. So that's 64 years, which I believe is longer than
anyone I'm talking to here. My I'm here to give a mini history lesson uh for everyone listening. the ma the the whole housing mess we're all in here with the affordable housing zones and where they are, where they aren't, how many uh
units will be built, what type of units. It all started in 1975 with the Mount Laurel case. That case was brought there was a lawsuit brought by the Burlington County NAACP against the township of Mount Laurel.
And the NACP argued in the New Jersey court system that the town was being discriminatory against blacks and uh who wanted to move from other parts of South Jersey and Philadelphia and I don't know I guess live in homes and they were
being excluded. They obviously won and over the last 50 years there have been a number of series of uh laws passed. There's been Marta 1, two, three, the various affordable housing uh ordinances
throughout the state laws, etc., etc. Uh my point here is as I look at this room is 95% black and yet they're here sort
of in a sense to protest not the original Mount Laurel but it's been hijacked. It has been hijacked and it it now uh as it's developed over 50 years, it bears
absolutely very very little resemblance for which the purpose it was it was originally passed. And so what was originally done to make affordable housing bottom line, it's been turned into a
tool for developers to gentrify And I'm not against affordable housing. I think it's great. But when I see you have a situation where 80% of what's going to be built is market rate and 20%
affordable housing, that right there says it all. I'm done. Thank you for listening. Good evening, council. My name is Leroy Campbell. I'm at 287 Tennfly Road here in the great city of Anglewood. As a resident of Anglewood, I'm asking that
the council commit to amending the housing plan to remove AHO zone number six, Pendle Avenue, Sloum Avenue, Hamilton Avenue, White Street, Pearl Street, Dury Avenue, which is next to the Greco School, and replace it with
the South Industrial Area. Now, listen, everybody has gotten up here and shared their concern with what's going on in the city. I'm asking you council, don't take this lightly because they're not going to go away until they get some until they
until we get some answers. We're not going to go away. This is the beginning. This is the beginning of what's going to take place at these council meeting. They're not. And I know sometime people say, "Oh, they're going to come and they're going to not they're going to
get discouraged and not show up." No, we're going to keep coming. We're going to keep coming. Thank you. [Applause] Good evening, Dr. Given, pastor of Shiloh AM Zion Church, 129 William
Street. I'm here to address the issue of fair housing. Periodically I ask this council and third mayor and my question,
where are we in Englewood with regards to our uh responsibility of fair housing? The answer always come back to me. We meeting our standard.
as they can't an answer always come back to me because I know it's there and I would like to have an answer tonight uh madame president with regards to that uh my other statement we have just passed
major budget which affect all of us with our taxes. I am asking this council, this legislative body, listen to the people.
When you run for office, you ask them, "I'm here to support you and I'm here for you." That's what you tell us. And then you come back with issues.
Pas pastor, it's not suitable, pastor. Pastor, I'm sorry. Um, the issue is housing. Madam President, the issue is housing and I will stay there. You were Madame President. You ran. I'm for the people. The people are talking about
fair housing in their neighborhood. I'm here, Pastor Given. Address the people. Put the plan on the screen. Let the taxpayers know what the plan
look like. Put it on the screen so the entire community can see what we talking about. They don't understand one line item. Put it on the screen and spread it out. Our fair housing.
Spread it out across the city. Put it on the screen so everybody can interpret it. Thank you. [Applause] Greetings. My name is Greg Wyn, 159 Demerst in Englewood. Um,
after numerous attempts to contact the officials, this is about parking on dimmer staff. So, I am a M Mr. W. Mr. Wyn, um, there's going to be an opportunity for public
session at the end to address the parking. This is just on the resolutions. Just on a resolution. Yes. I'll I'll announce when it's time again for a public session and you'll come up and tell us. No problem. I just didn't want to miss the opportunity. Yeah. All right. Yeah, you won't miss it.
Good evening. Sorry. Good evening. Um I'm Claudia Pua. I do live in 308 Marius Street and as a resident of Inglewood I am asking the council commit to amending the housing
plan in July to remove HH10 Mary street Florence Street Grand Street and East Forest Avenue and replace it with the south industrial industrial area and also I want to let you know the
that little house where I live is my affordable houses. That's what I can pay. [Applause] Thank you. Good evening.
Hello. Good. This evening is about restoring public trust. Nowhere in the state of New Jersey has a municipality reszone homes to redevelop, tear down,
and build apartment buildings in the middle neighborhoods as Anglewood has. On November 1st, then council president Rosen Swagu signed an agreement. Two, thousands of residents since over three
years have spoken opposition. It's well known. Three, the council has spent at least $350,000 of everyone's taxpayer money for the council to not listen to the
public to force this on the people. This is very simple for me and for the people and everyone that's speaking tonight. Council President Wasaski, you have the power over the agenda to first move this
consent item, which that's why I understand it is off the consent agenda. So, there's a full discussion this evening and move the requested amendments back procedurally to the planning board. Mayor Wilds, as mayor of our city, I know something
about that. As the former mayor, you have the sole jurisdiction, soul, you and the planning board to amend the housing element and fair
share plan to recognize the concerns and the requests of these amendments for all the people. equal protection, not just those that have been adjusted and recognize that the housing element
plan has been adjusted since this started. I am asking, we are asking and the more than thousands of people that are not here because not everybody could come to a council meeting do what's right,
please. This council should now entertain a full discussion of what amendments that they should consider to adopt. Mr. Bailey could tell you legally, procedurally how to do that. Adopt this plan because you
took it to the 11th hour intentionally. So, you do have to adopt it. But then move to amendment. And now I'll just simply end because council uh then president Rosenwag council Lisa Wasaskki
uh the councilman uh at large never returns the phone calls. I do not know his position. However, you created it. Let's undo it. Let's not blame the state of New Jersey. You have a right to do
it. Thank you for your comments. 47. You can shake your hand. Thank you for your comments. Mayor, I'm directly asking you. You are in charge of the planning.