I now call the workshop meeting of June 4th, 2025 to order at 8:01 p.m. Um, after we do the pledge of allegiance, I'm going to ask that everybody uh we we're going to stand for a moment of silence for three um uh first of all,
oh, where's Kevin? Okay, let me just wait. Okay. And so after we do the pledge of allegiance, I'm going to ask for a moment of silence to remain standing. We have members of the council who lost members of their family recently. Um and
uh also we've lost three residents in the last um recent weeks. We've lost Richard Viders, Dr. Norman S, and Betty Frank. So, can we all 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. And now, just a moment of silence. Just remain standing. Okay. Thank you.
Gansy, 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 the required notices under the statute. A copy of this notice is and has been available to the public and is on file in the office of the municipal clerk. Proper notice haven't been given. The municipal clerk is directed to include the statement in
the minutes of this meeting. 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 Wilds, Deputy City Manager John Burkner, city attorney Bill Bailey. Absent with prior notice is city manager Robert Hoffman. Thank you. Before we get started, I just need a motion. We're going to table um
ordinance 2528, 2529, 2530, and we're going to table resolution 190 and 191. Can I have a motion? So moved. Second. Can I have a
roll call, please? Oh, sorry. Give me one second. Councilwoman David, yes. Councilman Rosenway, yes. Councilman Tokayer. Yes. Councilman Wilson. Yes. Council President Wasatski. Yes. Sir, can you go through those items again? You went a
little too fast for my notes. Ordinance 25, 28, 29, and 30 and resolutions 190 and 191. Oh, you know what? Okay. There's one other resolution.
Hold on one second. Could you repeat the resolutions, please? 190 and 191. But there was one more resolution I may we may have to table. Give me one moment, please. Can I have a motion to table resolution 1872?
So moved. Second roll call, please. Sorry, what was that number? 187. Oh, 187. Okay. Um, Councilwoman David, yes. Councilman Rosenw,
yes. Councilman Toker, yes. Councilman Wilson, yes. Council President Waski, yes. Okay. So now we have ordinance 2524. This is the second reading. It's an ordinance of the city of Anglewood
amending chapter 212 fire prevention bureau establishing article 4 of fire watch and safety procedure. I'm now going to declare the public hearing on this ordinance is now open. Anyone who desires to be hearded to ask questions concerning this ordinance will be heard at this
time. Please step up to the mic and you have three minutes. You said the Rick Will being New Jersey. You said the affordable housing. That's what we No, this No, this is ordinance 2524. It's um an ordinance amending the
fire prevention bureau establishing a fire watch and safety procedure. Okay. All right. So, I'm now going to close the public hearing for this ordinance. Can I have a motion that ordinance 2524 be adopted? So moved.
Second roll call, please. Councilwoman David, yes. Councilman Rosenwig, yes. Councilman Toker, yes. Councilman Wilson, no. Council President Wasatski, yes. Okay.
Now we have ordinances introduction for first reading. Ordinance 2526. It's an ordinance to amend and supplement chapter 250, article 17, affordable housing 250-124, mandatory set aside. Can I have
a motion that the ordinance pass on first reading and be published once by title only in the record and that a public hearing be held on July 8th, 2025? So moved. Second. Yes. Um, Bill, do you want to talk a
little bit about what this ordinance is first? Uh yes, this was uh coming at the recommendation of our planner and special affordable housing uh council. It increases the mandatory set aside on
uh residential development consisting of five or more units. Um that would be 20% uh across the board. The existing ordinance provides uh 20% of the units have to be set aside for affordable housing for um I believe sale projects
and 15% for rental. This would increase the rental to 20%. Just no rentals and sale would both be 20%. Could you please address um the five or more units?
Yeah, that's pretty much the standard throughout the state that it would apply to. So, if someone builds a three family house, for example, or three-unit apartment building, they're not subject to this. Yes, I I'm clear on that. And unfortunately the people that may not be
here um that prayerfully they're signed in um they're aware of the possibilities of of um being able to adopt or take advantage of the set aides and um hold
on one second and this is of uh January of 2023. Uh okay. And here we go. Um on page two of this where it speaks about projects into two
lots. If we look at number four about subdivisions, um, and of course we would have to have, I guess, all the boards zoning planning on top of this so people in the future
do not purchase properties in the event to subdivide to avoid the the set aides. Um, and unfortunately we already have property that has been grandfathered in since this has been done and they're
doing the set aside. I mean the subdivisions. So we don't have any teeth for them. So I just want that to be known and I don't know who supervises this about the subdivisions. Um the subdivisions generally go to the
planning board, but we got to make if this, you know, assuming this gets adopted at the public hearing in a few weeks to certainly alert um the board members, the board professionals, the building department, our zoning officer, so everyone's fully
aware of and and also this is um this was discussed and the at the May 8th joint council planning board meeting and so when the planning board uh and I guess you have a meeting tomorrow. This this this is this is pretty much the
main element of the fourth round of affordable housing. This is this is how we're meeting the fourth round by uh five or more units having the 20% set aside. And this is going to avoid what happened um in um this is what what
happened in the past with um one William and with EVO where they were able to build without putting aside a set aside. No, thank you council president. I I am aware. I just wanted to point out those things because my constituents have not all had
a chance to read all of this. So, I wanted it read into the records for those people that are doing home improvements and um additions and so forth so they are aware of what's going on in our city and for the future people that are buying property that we're no
longer doing subdivisions with without the escape of set aides. Okay. Thank you. Any other discussion? Yeah, actually very strong point that the councilman makes. Um in other words, Mr. Bailey, they will be grandfathered in
the people who do this before the onset of the ordinance. So, anybody who's doing a 5, six, seven unit would not have to do the 20% provided it Well, they have to I'm sorry. Provided the deal was done before the close date of
the ordinance. Correct. Yeah, but they're still subject to the existing ordinance. Okay. Which is 15%. 20 and 15. This makes it 20 and 20. I think it's 20 depending on where it is. it's and depending on whether it's for
sale or for rental. So, so one of one of the things existing ordinance one of the things I was concerned about is we have to look at this from two vantage points. First the residents and how this they feel about this tenants landlords locals and also we should think from a business
metric about developers and contractors that may want to invest in some of the areas of the city that needs some rehabilitation. If this makes it impossible for them to do it, how do we know? How do we get people to show up? What's the date of the public hearing,
council president? It's July 8th, but you're going to be be discussing this tomorrow at the planning board. I understand that. But how do we get before developers? How do we put this on regular notice? Nobody's going to see it. We may learn the hard way when this
adopts itself that, you know, no longer is it a friendly place to do certain things in parts of the city. Other words, I want to make sure that we've really thoroughly thought this through. I I believe you asked this question um at our May 8th at our May 8th joint
meeting, you asked this question to the to the planner. Yeah. And he and he answered you and I and I my I would recommend that you ask the planner again tomorrow. I wasn't satisfied with the planner's answer truthfully and I'm asking what this governing body of which
I sit on can do to make sure we get an effective response three-dimensionally, not just residents, not just interested landlords or tenants, but people from outside that would want to repair certain parts of our city. Um, in other
words, will we be educated by a planner, the city council and me separately? Are we going to defer to the planning board's analysis of this? I know we're trying to take care of a housing issue in general, but by doing that, we may be creating a
problem in certain vectors of the city. Correct. I I it's my understanding a lot of towns are doing this throughout the state. This is not a a one-off and it's the planner's recommendation.
Yeah. So when we asked this question to the planner, he said every municipality that he knows has um a set aside, meaning that anyone who develops in town has to provide affordable housing uh and at 20%. So if a developer doesn't want to do that,
they have no place to do business in town. They're going to have to learn how to be good developers and provide for the community and to provide housing for the less fortunate. It's just part of the landscape now. And if it's not profitable for them,
then they then they can go to Texas where they don't have to provide affordable housing and good and good luck to them there. But if they want to do business in Anglewood, they need to provide affordable housing. So people who are less fortunate have a place to stay. We hear it all the time that there's not enough housing, housing's
too expensive, people being priced out, and this is how we provide it. Um and and and this is every municipality in New Jersey. So this is not we're some oneoff or we're we we doing something
crazy here. It's 50% affordable housing. This this is the standard for for New Jersey now because everyone we have a constitutional mandate to provide affordable housing and this is how everyone is is um dealing with it. I I appreciate that. And I appreciate the
thought of the planner and that the rest of the state does it doesn't give me comfort that there is part of the city here that's nuanced where it may be impactful in a way that we don't perceive. Maybe not in this economy but in a different economy. I guess future governing bodies have the right to amend
ordinance if they need to. Um it's ownorous and yet noble at the same time. Anglewood has a huge legacy when it comes to affordable housing and if it's going to be ownorous in rehabilitating some of the paved areas that have no
green and have no people and have no use um and are flooded. I just wanted to know that. So my question is if we're going to get an expert who's going to come forward other than what we've heard inadvertently for other measures and the answer I'm being told is no and everybody else does it. So I'm not
comfortable with that. Do you think we should pull it or and wait till after? No. No. We we have we have a planner forward. We have a planner that we hired and we also have an affordable housing attorney that we hired and I'm comfortable with the experts that we hired and they're both
very well known in the state and very well regarded very well regarded and and uh reputable. So, we did do our due diligence with our experts. Um, any other discussion? Just just one last thing, Council
President. Um, we we discussed this several several times and we worked on it as I am the liaison on the planning board. I just wanted this information to come forward to our residents so they knew what was available to them and to
share with any investors that want to come in and do a uh subdivision in our town that it's not subject to being subdivided anymore. That's it. Thank you. Okay. Thank you, Yansancy. Can I have a roll
call, please? Councilwoman David. Yes. Councilman Rosenwide. Yes. Councilman Toker. Yes. Councilman Wilson. Yes. Council President Wasabi. Yes. Now we have a first reading ordinance
2527, an ordinance to amend and supplement chapter 250 titled land use creating TC overlay zone district. Can I have a motion that the ordinance pass on first reading and be published once by title only in the record and that a public hearing be held on July 8th,
2025? So moved. Can I have a second? Second. Um, Bill, do you want to talk for a few minutes about this, please? Uh, yes. The ordinance that's before you now would permit um medical use on the
first floor uh in in the town center building. It's not tailored to any particular person or entity, but it would allow the use. Um, it's consistent with the master plan. Uh, and the planning board's recommendation is al as
well as consistent with the recommendation of our planner. Um, that's consistent with the master plan, which puts that in a particular category. Um, in addition, um, because of the elevation at Town
Center, it the planner believes it's fitting for that use as opposed to say a two-story building um, which would be could be more impactful. So, this would essentially be consistent with the master plan, the planning board's recommendation, and permit um, a medical
use in that location on the ground floor. I think there may be other parts in the city actually where this exists anyway, probably predating the zoning. I'm not positive of that. Um, but that's what this is for. Any discussion from the governing body?
Go ahead. Those other areas where it does exist, I think is on Nathaniel Place and we've talked about this in regards to on the planning board as well. Um, and the discussion has come up and I don't know if if D if D1B zone
covers it is as everyone knows here is that we're inated with traffic on Palisate Avenue and this particular application has to do with Palisate Avenue and the parking is abysmal on Palisad Avenue and I would like to see attached to this that that facility that
wants this these corporations to come into our town have set aside side parking so it's in the rear and it doesn't it doesn't hinder our residents um our passerbys uh because if this facility comes we would have to be
adminable to ambulance coming in from the front of Palad Avenue and so I would just suggest that we consider this carefully about the traffic jams that this may create unless they provide parking which they have ample parking
behind that facility. That's a huge concern of mine. And I think um I think this this came up at the planning board. It did. Um um just just recently I I I watched the the uh the um it came up at the planning board amendments. They had
a conversation about parking and I believe that how many units did they how many So the site in question is 4,000 square feet and they have enough parking on site without impacting the city at all. an ambulance that may have to come through the front entrance um would
happen normally with any kind of use. The question is is it going to be a frequent kind of use and that's what we'll probably have to see if they come before the planning board for a site application. Um the ambulance can go in the back also of where the parking is. They can make arrangement and the
planning board if it approves it or board of adjustment could put requirements that any ambulance would have to have an egress so it doesn't clog up Palisade Avenue. Um, but I was assured that there's parking on site for everybody that would use the facility.
There is parking on site. Um, but the immediate parking on site uh interacts with our meter people who utilize the meters and so I just wouldn't want to see our meter people being inconvenient. I agree because they decide to move our
meters somewhere else and now they they have I was told they have adequate uh parking on site without it encroaching on any public way or use which would I I would believe to be meters. Um but just because the ordinance goes forward
making this suggestion doesn't mean that they get site plan approval. They still have to go before a board. I'm not sure which one. And that board can then put requirements on them. Thank you, mayor. I understand that um because there's an outcry of of my
constituents that don't necessarily think that it's needed and these are some of the concerns, I have no option but to bring this up and to have it put on the record. So, thank you, Madam President. Thank you. Any other discussion from the governing body? Can I have a roll call, please?
Councilwoman David, yes. Councilman Rosenwide, yes. Councilman Tokayer, yes. Councilman Wilson, no. Council President Wasatski, yes. Okay. So, now um we're going to have
public comment on the consent agenda items. Members of the public are are requested to state their name and address before speaking and are reminded to speak on the consent agenda resolutions. And this is I'm going to read the numbers because we pulled three
resolutions. This is on resolution 186, 188, 189, and 192. Okay. So, any member of the public who'd like to speak, please step up to the mic now. State your name, and you have three minutes.
Rick Wilbing, New Jersey. Uh 191, a resolution creating implementing a long-term plan to address We pulled that resol we pulled it. It's terrible. I still want to talk about it. Yeah, I I that's not I'll read the We're not talking about it now because it's not on
the agenda. So, I mean, but what if I'm not here? This is very important to me. I'm not always here. You want to pull it, but it's on my agenda. You You could speak about it at the public comment sess session at the end. All right. All right. So, what didn't
you pull? Yeah. We're to You can speak on resolution 186, 188, 189, or 192. Okay. What is this? Authorization insertion of an item of revenue. What item is that? I
Well, you know, Mr. belly. You know, I mean, I'm not an attorney, but if you go to Shopright and you buy a double mint gum and it doesn't say anything like double mint gum, how do you know it's double mint gum? Like, what item are we talking about? Like, why can't you guys
like, why is everything always hidden from people? What is this item? What is an item? What is an item? Is it going to cost us money? What is it? Can you please explain to me? And why can't we have it on this on this paperwork? Why can't people know exactly how you're
screwing us in common English, in black and white, exactly what it is? Can you please tell me? I I sorry. You're right. Yeah, I I want to know what is the item. I asked him a question. What is the item? We're going
to take the questions after everyone's had a chance. But you always do that then. You don't answer nothing. There's nobody standing behind me. I want to know what is the item and I want to know why is it that when these agendas are made or these things are made, why can't the city attorney or anybody that's in
charge make it plain and straight to people that need to know what you guys are doing to do what you're doing because nobody knows. So what is the item? I need an answer. That's why I'm here. I need an answer. He's right there. His mic is
green. What's the Do you have any other questions? No, that's it. Okay, wait for my answer. Okay, thank you. Okay. What's the What's the item? Item of revenue. What is that? You're done with your Yeah, I'm done. It's 85.
Oh my god. What the like micromanaging there, Bill? I'm sorry. Sorry. Like he's a child. Does anybody else have any any questions on those resolutions? Okay, go ahead. So, I'm now going to
close the public comment session section on the consent agenda. Um, Bill, do you want to answer what resolution? Yes, I apologize. That was my mistake for not waiting till the end of the public comment. Um, so it's $85,000 being received from FEMA.
It's good. It's good news. Okay. Don't go back and forth. No back. And when a municipality receives revenue such as that, it has to be reported. Okay. Thank you. Uh can I have a motion that we that we vote on
resolutions or that we introduce resolutions 186, 188, 189, and 192? Oh, sorry. Which one? number 186 and number 188, please. Okay, so we're going to Okay, so we're
going to pull 186 and 188. Thank you. Okay, so can I have a motion that we vote on 189 and 192? I make a motion. Second. Can I have a roll call, Yansy?
This is on 189 and 192. Councilwoman David, yes. Yes. Councilman Rosenwig. Yes. Councilman Tokayer. Yes. Councilman Wilson. Yes. Council President Wasatski. Yes. Now, can I have um a motion that we introduce resolution
186? This is a resolution awarding a fair and open award to DNL paving contractors for 2025 roads program bid 2513. So moved. Second. Okay. Discussion. Yes, council president. Um, as I've
stated previously, my concern is about contractors coming into our town and not doing their due diligence. And I don't know if we are holding enough money in escrow for these contractors to do a um
a good job or if they're just haphazardly doing our roadways and parking lots. And one one example is uh on William Street on the corner of Palisad and William Street.
Uh the the church on that particular corner that that parking lot um has in been in disrepair for at least two months. We've got new pavers, new uh uh curbs there and it was not
finished. it has not been finished. And so my concern is that the trip hazards, it was haphazardly done. And I don't know if it's if it's a thoughtout process because all the vendors have their um their rollable trash cans there
with no accessibility to the pavement. And so my concern with these new bills introducing these these contractors is repeat offenders. I am not for repeat offenders coming into our town doing shabby work.
And that's why I wanted to pull this and discuss this to make sure that we have the proper oversight. So when when these paving this milling is done that for one that they are um adjacent with
PSEG and I think that's the the norm of going forward. So our roads will not be torn up in three months and they have to be remilled. Um and so I before we vote on on these, I I want us to think as a
council of how we've been being treated um with the work that's been performed already. Thank you. Any other comments from the governing body? Okay, Yansancy, can I have a roll call, please?
Councilwoman David, no. Councilman Rosensteo, yes. Councilman Tokayer, yes. Council President, I'm sorry. Councilman Wilson, no. Council President Wasatski, yes.
Final vote is three. Yes. Two. No. Motion passes. Okay. Now, can I have a motion to introduce resolution 188 authorize insertion of an item of revenue and an offsetting item of appropriation in the 20125 budget FEMA
fire prevention and safety grant? I make a motion. Second. Okay. And Bill, do you want to just explain that one more time before um we have discussion? Yeah. I I'm not involved in the grant process here, but
a FEMA grant for $85,71420 was awarded to the city. Um, and it then has to be properly allocated as an item of revenue now um in the 2025 budget. Yansancy.
So, this was a grant that was received after the budget was adopted. So, it couldn't be listed in the grant. So, now that we've received this money, we need to make sure that it's placed as an item of revenue and inserted into the budget after the fact after the budget's been
adopted. So, we just need to account for that item of revenue. Thank you. Any discussion from the governing body? Go ahead. As much as I love the for the city, excuse me, the sk the city to receive grants, um, and as you guys are well
aware of the grants that we received as firefighters that were, um, we now have to pick up the burden. So my concern is for this 85,000 plus down the line, are we looking at
grants that we may have to fulfill in later on? Does this become the city's uh line item budget and we have it now under a grant uh as we've had for I think it's two firefighters and some health
department people. As I as I understand it, this is for smoke detector and home safety inspection programs for the residents of the city of Anglewood. No, I I'm aware. Um, thank thank you. But it's coming in the form of what? A grant. That's my
concern. Yeah. John, do you want to address this? I I I get it, Nancy, but thank you. Thank you, Council President. Yes, this is a uh a reimbursement grant for uh for that equipment and for the training that has
already been expended. All right. Any other discussion? Go ahead. I'm good. Thank you. Uh Yansi, I'm sorry. It's tough for us to see. So this um there was some concern that people weren't aware of
this resolution. So that pile of papers there, does that have the written out resolution in it? I see there are three piles on the table there. The the toilet pile, does that have printed out resolutions? Yes. Okay. So the two-page resolution that we're going to be voting
on is is in those pile of papers there that we hand out to the public. Yes. Okay. Thank you. Any other comments from the governing body? Yansancy, can I have a roll call, please? Councilwoman David, yes.
Councilman Rosenwig, yes. Councilman Tokayer, yes. Councilman Wilson, yes. Council President Waski, yes. Uh, now we have a resolution for the non-consent agenda. Resolution naming 47 Brook Avenue as Judith Maron Park. Can I have
a motion? So moved. Can I have a second? Sec. Okay. Dan took seconded it. Uh, any discussion from the governing body? Yansancy, can I have a roll call, please? Councilwoman David, yes. Councilman
Rosenw, yes. Councilman Tokayer, yes. Councilman Wilson, yes. Council President Wasatski, yes. We have resolutions for discussion. Um Yansancy. Um first item listed is resolution adopting uh the SID budget.
So the resolutions for discussion are to explain what will be on the agenda at the regular meeting. So, at the regular meeting, we will have the resolution to adopt the SID budget and to have the public hearing on it as well. The next item is the liquor license renewals.
That's the annual renewals that that will also be listed on the agenda at the next meeting for the council to vote on. Thank you. Um, Councilman Rosenwag, do you want to talk about the tree and bench ad hoc committee report, please?
Yes. Thank you, Council President. Um, so the council president uh asked me to lead an ad hoc committee. Uh, there have been a number of requests to um, uh, have benches with commemorative plaques on them or trees with a commemorative
plaque at the at the base of the tree. And we currently don't have a mechanism to to do that in town. Um, and there's significant interest in this. And this is a way to remembered loved ones, residents, veterans, organizations, and the like. And the purpose of the
committee is to develop recommendations for the city council to consider. Um, so if you just look around at uh other municipalities in Bergen County and throughout the state, uh uh typically uh municipalities are charging $1,000 to
$3,000 uh to put a plaque on a bench and $500 to $1,000 for a plaque next to a tree. Um so just uh we we last month we had a subcommittee meeting, excuse me, a
committee meeting. Uh so just some preliminary recommendations and we want to firm them up uh with with the committee for in a second meeting. Uh so for an existing bench uh it would cost $1,000 for a plaque to
be placed on the bench. Um if it's a new bench, so uh the bench does not currently exist, but it wants to be placed. The cost would be $1,000 plus the cost of the purchase and installation of the bench. So that could be another $2 to $3,000. Uh the
dedication would last for 10 years at which time the donor could renew for a fee or the bench could be rededicated to a to a different donor. For a tree, the plaque would cost $500 for an existing tree and $500 plus the cost of the
purchase and planting of the tree. Uh the benches should meet the town standards for aesthetics, species or trees for the species, material size, etc. And the final decision would be by the uh by the town on the uh the bench
or tree specification location. Uh the bench and tree maintenance would be the standard maintenance as provided by the city. Uh so no special mainten maintenance for named benches, you know. Um so just be a regular bench with a plaque on it. But if a bench needs to be
replaced, the plaque would be transferred to the replacement bench. So, if tree falls on the bench the second day it's been dedicated, you don't lose the dedication. Obviously, um if the bench isn't replaced because it's in a bad area uh or or needs to be
removed, then the dedication would be transferred to a similar bench at the discretion of the city. I think similar guidelines would be established for the trees. Uh the plaque guidelines would be a uniform dimension, you know, uh 2 by 8 in or something like that. maximum
character limit um and no commercial advertising, political messaging or controversial content and this would be reviewed by the city and be solely the the city's discretion. Uh the donations would be non-refundable and then the big question
was what should the donations be used for? And I think ideally it would be of course it's at the the discretion of the city council uh should be seed money uh for bigger grant-f funded projects. So, for example, in the parks we've had
where the city's had to give 20% to get the 80% from a grant for like the playground. So, I think this would be a really excellent way to leverage the donations to the parks, you know, five or 10fold with with even uh more funding. So, um it could really make a
big impact in in the parks throughout the city. So again, we'll try to meet again uh later in the summer and finalize these, but I wanted, you know, you'd ask for preliminary reports. So there we have it. Can I ask and the plaque for the tree, would that also be
a 10-year uh limit on the tree? Yeah. Okay. Um any comments from the governing body? Any questions for Councilman Rosen? So the individual has to buy the bench. allegedly they buy the bench and if they don't renew in 10 years the next
person get that bench the person purch right that party purchased at another cost significant cost uh I guess so um yeah so that's a good point um so we assume most of it will be you know someone putting a plaque on a bench at
McKay Park you know there about 50 benches there but if if um we don't want this to be a money losing proposition so if if a bench can cost a couple of thousand dollars. So, if someone wants a bench in a specific spot and they don't renew it, um well, this would be a
strong incentive to renew it. I guess if for an existing bench, we could maybe extend that to a 15-year. I think that's an excellent point. Yes, since they've made that much of an investment. Okay. Thank you. Thank you for bringing that up. Go ahead, Councilman Wilson. Um yes,
this is probably long overdue. Um, and I understand that there has to be some type of monetary value on it. And in open session, you'll hear from Mr. Moore in regards to a loved one that he wants to dedicate a bench to, a bench that
does not exist. And so, as we move into this new season of trees and benches, um, just hopefully we're mindful of what happens after the 10 or 15 years. um not necessarily saying that the sign comes down
um or until someone else wants to like if you have Mr. Mary up there in 10 years somebody wants to put up Mr. Joe up there, you know. Um, so that's a concern about probably what we can discuss about the expiration
of that date, what happens. Okay. Thank you. Any other comments? Okay. Okay. Um, now we're up to approvement of payment of bills and claims resolution 194 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 bill and claims list dates. And whereas all bills and claims listed herewith
have all been encumbered and sufficient funds are available for payment. And whereas 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 Anglewood that the bills and claims on the submitted list are hereby approved
for payments in the total amount of $800,3998. Can I have a motion? I make a motion. Council President. Okay. In a second. Second. Okay. Any discussion by 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 Waski, yes. I'm now going to open the meeting to the public. Speakers are asked to step up to the microphone
and give their name and address and have three minutes to speak. My name is William Moore. Sorry, William Moore. Moore. Hi. So, I'm the one who wants to do the bench about
mental illness. Sorry, this is a little You hear me? Sorry. Sorry. Yeah. Yeah. So, I want to do the bench for about mental health. Are you an Anglewood resident? Yes. I used to live in Anglewood. I live in Tina. I was caught. Yeah, I was caught in the flood
and I had to move. Uh, so yeah. Um, I wanted to do the bench in like mental illness over and on Sheffield Avenue where my cousin decided to um drown herself in the lake. So we, my family
and I, we go to the lake because that's where her last memory was. So, we just wanted to commemorate her and give something about mental illness because there's nothing in Ingwood that's mentioning mental illness and a lot of people are going through this right now.
So, we basically want to put this up as a memory to her and as well as put the mental illness hotline number on there so people know that people going through things and this thing shouldn't happen again. let people reach out to whoever
their loved ones are and make make a difference cuz this was a rough thing for my family and like I said that's the place we go to commemorate her because that's her last memory and that's where she decided that was her time to transition out.
Thank you and we're very sorry for your loss. condolences. Can we discuss um I'm here to talk about Wait, just I can't hear you. 191 drainage. Sorry. What's What's your name? Are you going to discuss the
drainage now or next meeting? Sorry. What What's your name? Dorene. Dorene. Yeah. Okay. We're in the public session now. We finished the uh meeting. Yeah. I just want to remind the council about the drainage in W3, Glen Brook Parkway,
Howell Road because there's none on Howell Road. No drainage whatsoever on Harell Road and that water come down on us. Glen Brook Parkway need more drainage. We just have a few in front of the Glen Brook condominiums. Tryion has
far and few in between Triion. So all that water come down on us there. So, I notice you have that on the agenda, the drainage issue. Just to remind you, we need drainage very badly. They miss some more talk about flooding. I don't have anywhere to move. I'll have to stay
right here. So, flooding or no flooding, I'm still there. And next thing I noticed, the trees, the one right in front of my residence, 73 Glen Parkway, my neighbor, there's dry black big branches that dry. They're going to fall pretty soon. So, we need somebody to
come there to in inspect and cut those branches. Okay. Thank you. Thank you. Good evening. Joseph Hoy, Elmore Avenue, Englewood. Um, I just wanted to uh make
mention of what Mr. more brought to the attention of the council and that was um the fact that his niece um committed suicide in one of our lakes, our ponds, Crystal Lake. Um
that's very significant. uh that's a tragedy in our community and our waterways and I think it would be uh a nice gesture of the city to memorialize the young lady with a public
service announcement to the community. Um we're not talking about just dedicating a bench because uh my uncle died or my cousin died. We're talking about doing a public service announcement to the entire community,
visitors and people that come to that area for recreation, what have you, that there was a significant incident that happened there and the city of Englewood acknowledges it. And also it goes in
line with Inglewood being stigmafree. I mean that is about mental illness, correct? And sometimes we have these breakdowns. We might have small breakdowns or major
breakdowns. I think this particular day um our loved one had a major breakdown. And um if there was a way that she could have gotten help because she knew that
there was some type of hotline, maybe the tragedy would have never happened. So, I just think that if we're keeping it in line with Inglewood being a stigmafree community, it might be a great gesture to do something like that as a public service announcement. Have
her name and hotline number there on the bench. Okay. Thank you. Not now. I'm sorry. I finished. Okay. My name is Candace Moore. I'm sorry. I didn't hear you. Candace Moore. Um, we're I'm I'm
sorry. I was a Englewood resident until 21 when the flood happened. So, we I was here for 15 years. I worked in Englewood for about almost 20 years. And I'm here to speak about the bench as well because um the young woman's name is Winter Watts. And the reason it's important to
a lot of people in the community is because she served the community. She was also a makeup artist here. Um her child was raised here for a while. She went to school in Englewood. So, she's well known in the community. So, it's not just about a dedication to
her. It's also about the fact that she preached mental a health awareness to a lot of people in the community. And so, her death affected a lot of people around that maybe you may not be aware of or some people on the council may not be aware of, but um unfortunately for
me, I still get messages regarding her effect on the community. And because I did hair here for so long, I didn't realize how she affected my clients as well. Um, so I have a lot a large clientele from Englewood that also were affected by her death. So I um
personally just think a bench discussed um discussing mental health awareness is needed because I also didn't realize how many people are dealing with the issue here until her death. A lot of people have now explained to me what they're dealing with, the medications that they're on or not taking because they
can't afford it to pay. They can't afford to pay rent and the medication costs as well. So, a lot of people in your community are actually battling right now. And unfortunately, she lost her battle. Um, but I did do some re research and found a lot of people have actually attempted to take their life at
Crystal Lake, maybe not being so successful, but they have. Um, so I just feel like it's needed to be there. It was a beautiful place and I know she went there every day in the morning just to clear her head, but unfortunately one day it led her to do
something else. Thank you. And I'm again I'm sorry for your loss. Yeah. Rick Wilbang with New Jersey. Yeah. Um, Winter is my grand nephew's mother and there's more to the story that perhaps the council doesn't really
know about. But that day when my sister couldn't get a hold of her, we decided to go to Rock Creek. And on this particular day, the Ingwood police actually did their job. And this is a story that if people understood what happened that day, it's a story of
community and what community supposed to represent. So we went to her house in Rock Creek. She wasn't there. We went to the lake where they said she went to and her shoes were right on the edge of the lake. We looked in the water for a long, long time. We couldn't see anything.
Nothing. Finally, after like 10, 15 minutes, we saw something in the water that looked like it could be somebody. There was an Ingwood police officer that instead of waiting for uh the county to come down with a bouldering, he jumped in there in his
full uniform, gun badge, everything, and pulled her out onto the shore. Right. So this is a story of what happens when people from the community and people
that are sworn to protect and serve the community come together in a time of need and do something that should be done, you know, with no pomp and circumstance, you know, no peace poll, you know, while the world is at war, no
none of that stuff, no hypocrisy, you know, just people coming together and the story of Winter is a lot bigger than people think because her family has deep roots in this community. Like my family has deep roots in this community and it shouldn't be something that we have to
monitoriize and see a way to make money and you know uh you pay for the bench and then you know in 15 years somebody else could just take what you pay for. No, these are people that are part of the community. These are actually bedrock members of the community that
people could say I knew that person. I know that person. People that actually made Ingwood what it is today. It's just like the Sugar Hill Gang for instance. We don't give the people that put Ingwood on the map the credit that they deserve. And Winter is one of those
people that put Ingwood on the map because what she did in the little bit amount of time that she was here on this earth. And we still have a living legacy in her son. So there's a story behind this. It's more than just a bench. It's more than just a plaque. is more than
just a tree. We technically don't need those things, but it'd be nice for somebody to go there and understand what happened that day and maybe we might be able to prevent somebody else from taking the same action. Thank you.
Okay, I'm now going to close the public session. Um I'm just just in terms of uh Dorene in terms Dorene is said your name. Uh just in terms of uh you said there's a tree in front of your house. You have
branches that need to be right. So, um there is a city email that you could write to to have them um it's it's complaints requests at city of anglewood.org or you can call the city
manager's office tomorrow morning and I'm sure they'll take a look at the tree. Is that right, John? Sir, yes. Council President, do you have the address that we could um the the address that would be in front of and we can Liberty and Glenbrook.
All right. Ju just send an email just to just to make sure we get the right so the city gets the right spot. Okay. Thanks. Um and um I appreciate I'm really sorry for your loss. I appreciate all the comments and I think that that um it's
something that you know I I would ask this the tree and bench subcommittee to take a look at and um and see how we could honor the the memory of your lost one. Um anyone else in the
governing body want to make any comment to Yeah, I just wanted a message to the Moore family. Uh mental health is a big issue. Uh it affects everyone's family. And I just wanted to remark that I wanted to financially help you and
donate uh to your cause for a bench. Whatever uh whatever you feel is necessary or whatever you would like me to come in, I would like to financially contribute to that. So I just wanted to tell you that. Any
other mayor? You know, May is mental health awareness month. So, it would be smart to put together a program for next May. Um, and we have the better part of a year now uh to come up with a proper agenda uh and have your family uh at an
event there if you wanted to plan a dedication. Um earlier for the family and then maybe for the community sometime in May. Um we had a few tributes at city hall. Feel free to get in touch with my offices as well. I
think we should do something to honor. I think uh Rick said it artfully winter put Anguit on the map. Um so you may not be residents here but if she had an impact it should be honored in some fashion. Um and um we're looking for a
few uh people that we can remember in May just for this reason. Thank you. Yeah. And and I would I would even say too, I'm I'm the liazison to the municipal um alliance. No. Is that what it's called? Right. Municipal Alliance.
And they deal with um mental health issues and programs as well. So um maybe if you would leave me your contact information and we could talk about I I like the mayor's idea and about doing some kind of program next May. Um and um
let's let's you know, we'll get it done. Let's get it done. Also, Lisa, um, council president, um, could we put something at Crystal Lake to prevent this from happening again? Letting people look at something like a sign, a
poll saying, you know, something that's, you know, you're loved, you're valued, to something, you know. Yeah, I think that I think I think that's something we we could look at and I think that's something we should look at. Mhm. Um yeah, you know, for
something like that, I think we should probably reach out to the county, you know, to make, you know, because you don't want to make put that thought in people's minds as well, you know, the sign might give them ideas. So, you got to be careful with that as
well. I mean, but you know, mental illness and you know, deaths of despair is you know, you know, um, as as you might know, I'm a I'm a physician. I'm a cancer doctor, but nothing's depression is is more in
deadly than cancer. Um, and crimes of despair and um, and you you see in the you just read the obituaries in the New York Times and you know, just horrifying what you see there. So, we definitely do need to get the word out, but we need to do it in uh
the correct way. I just want to, you know, make sure that we don't we could be very well-intentioned, but might worsen the problem. Uh, you know, but you look, you look at um because there are physical ways to do things. You look at the George Washington Bridge now,
just phys, you know, which unfortunately is a very common site. Just the the fencing is extremely high now just makes it physically challenging. I think that'd be tough at Crystal Lake. But and and then in hospitals where a lot of people are in despair, if you
look at all the stairways, they're all narrow now again physically. So you can't there's no place to, you know, to have a vertical height there. So there are physical ways to do it, but there are it's a challenge. It's not it's not always obvious. Yeah. We we'll
let's all let's let's all give it give this some thought and and and we'll council president come up come up with something and if you would give me your contact information after the meeting. Um can I have a motion to adjourn the meet? Oh, council Wilson. Um thank you
council president. Um and so my condol condolences continue to go out to the Moore family. Um winter was a treasure. Um, I am so happy that you gave me the opportunity to bring this forward and that my colleagues are on board with it
and so my pledge is like I said before is that we will get this done one way or another. So, um, keep hope. Okay. All right. We got you. Thank you. C. Thank you. Can I have a motion to adjurnn? So
moved. Second. All in favor?