wait so much we suspending well we can suspend it whenever you want yeah1 bang bang bang I would like to advise all those present at notice of this meeting has been provided to the public in accordance with the provisions of the
open public meeting act and that notice was published in the City website copies provided the Bergen Record L special the nor ler Jersey Journal also placed on a Bolton board in the lobby of City Hall
written objections if any should be made to the city cler the flag flaged States indice roll Co Mr con here M fiser yep Mr
Jabor M president xano Mr Cano pres Mr Ramos Mr Russo pres president Doyle any we could quiet down a little bit um thank you any how
J wasn't I don't have a microphone oh I guess somebody stole it there's one on the ground that's probably not plugged in hello thank you um oh
boy we were going to suspend the agenda for uh Rabbi Shapiro Shapiro but he is not here so we'll act all right so we'll start with
apprciate you the second reading hearing on an ordinance amending Southwest hobok and Redevelopment plan okay no one has signed up for ordinances motion Clos public portion hang on hang
on hang on Mr uh rera Solair is indicating he has a desire to sign up I call him Manny three names now he got got the uh Elissa leave it over there after he signs up since others may
arrive you want to Manny want to speak on this ordin ask what I Manny are you looking for B 740 is that correct that's one of the ones one of them yes council president good evening good evening uh members of the council
um members of the public I will take I will take the three minutes anyway um go council president I just want to ask this down in the back please we're having a hard time hearing uh Mana you go ahead I'm and we'll start the clock
thank you okay I'll speak a little louder if that's uh better uh just in this um I had one question I tried to understand a little further in the readout when you look at the packet agenda but council president if um I am
members of the public could get a little better uh understanding where is it being amended the purpose of the uh amendment in this uh b740 as well
as when will the public if any benefit we see from the amendment or who gets any benefit I know that this is a a uh interesting uh ordinance but can you let
members of the public understand a little bit further where is it going to be amended above all what I just said where you're asking what the changes are to the plan okay and I you back thank you do you want to I can answerless Dr Brown wants to answer the question but
uh if I how about I'll answer director Brown if I say anything the meetings so this is an amendment allowing an educational space to go on the southern end of the building and
moving the uh grocery store space to the north west corner of the building as well that will have the Upper Floor and basement square footage space on that side of the building as well as making
internal uh drop off uh changes for the school as well where the drop offs will be on the second floor of the parking lot uh five Reserve parking spaces for parents to park their car an elevator go down the elevator downstairs to drop
their children off and then come back upstairs of course I think I did everything there that's that's about the only amendments I believe that we have yeah councilman Ramos that is uh more than accurate U just I think that that also speaks speaks to the Redevelopment
agreement that speaks that speaks to um swapping out exhibits that that uh address circulation and the new placement of the of the retail space that would have the supermarket the plan Amendment that's on tonight the amendment it's very simple in that it
allows for a public school to be located on the facility currently the Redevelopment plan does not allow for school facility on the site so we had to amend it uh there's also um uh other retail amendments that we other amendments to the retail of in terms of
zoning we allow for it currently the Redevelopment plan currently allows for R3 uses we're changing that to C3 neighborhood District uses with um uh other uses specifically spelled out that
would be allowed in the C3 so we're just making some cleanup while we're while we're touching the touching the plan thank you thank you director of course thank you uh no no other members of the public motion to close public portion for the
all those in favor I I Mr uh council members Mr finina please call the vote Mr con I Fisher yes Mr Jabor yes president Zano
I Mr Cano I Mr Ramos I Mr Russo I president oyle I hearing on an ordinance amending and supplementing an ordinance establish l in a schedule of classifications and allocations of titles for the heing mentioned positions
in the city of hobo uh Mr Rivera Solair has also signed up Alyssa could you now give me the sheet I think had ample opportunity I got to look uh over my shoulders over here what I'm going to be
asking in a minute or two um uh no they're they're upstanding of course um C Council uh president uh I would like to um ask in this um amendment of course um nobody's interested in anybody's salary how much
how low how how in between well deserve if they can get it we need the best but um I have a question in when you read it in the uh print out that it says um interim sheave um I have a a a beef
with that why can't you finally make it a chief and why does it have to be interim you the council or the administration obviously sees um the person's worth I don't know if they want it or not but I'm just asking why and
once again is this just um for the top brass because um I'm not sure but um I'm sure the rank and file would like to know of course I know that these are different negotiations but members of the public and would be interested in
knowing that it would be better um for a more clear definition of what's happening in in the uh ordinance this evening so it's to recap because I see I see I still have time without divulging the salary
without uh given any PR information why is it interim Chief is it only brass that's being considered and when is the rank file going to be considered and if members of the public would also know although I said one already um what are the hearing titles are we going to
change any titles thank you and I Y back thank you Mr Rivera Soler um it's it's not this body that that determines when an interim Chief will become a final Chief and so forth
but are indicated on the table of organization which is attached to the ordinance and they're highlighted yellow so you can see which ones and they're just being changed in conformance with the ordinance that we've already passed allowing for the salary
changes I don't know if anyone else is there anything I missed or okay no any other members yes so I have a question about Oran serving and we as a city
appoint somebody in their place for that interim term we don't ever change our salary ordance accordingly we always just treat them as that position so why are we delineating Chief and interim
Chief why are we not just changing Chief salary and call it a day and then they're if they're acting Chief or interm chief whatever the title is it is but why we why we adding a layer here in our salary ordinance because presumably
we're not going to have an interim Chief forever right so sure I think that the the short circumstance way to effectuate a salary raise for the current provisional Chief to serve in that role and the time comes when we no longer need or have a provisional
chief that title can be eliminated from the salary ordinance understood um and I don't know if I should kind of ask this question from from a persp
to without saying more than it's my opinion it does not we can go in close session have a discussion if you'd like more than just that yeah actually I probably would like to go into close session and ask ask a an more in-depth question about any
potential litigation with changes to the salary ORD and not specific to any individual just about the the salary ordinance and what that would look like but I assume you want to do that
before we vote yes please and so because again my my assumption is if we're going to change the salary just change the chief salary and leave it at that and I don't think we have to worry about any of those other things but that's that's
what I want to discuss council president Ju Just for time purposes and it's obviously we defer to you there's no time sensitivity related to this so the the bulk of this is related to the PBA contract which doesn't go into effect in
1st so if you want to have that closed session we can have it scheduled for the next meeting rather than going into Clos session in this meeting it's your but I but ultimately defer to council I honestly don't think it would be more than a five minute conversation but I'm
I'm okay with if we're going to do it now I would suggest we do it at the end of the meeting yeah let's just do that that's perfect okay so we don't have to I think we could sort it out quick and then just get it off off our plate so to speak okay although I do like the business
administrator's idea why not just have a closed session at 6:30 for the next meeting see how the meeting goes so we car so we're carrying to the next meeting is that no we haven't decided yet if we do if we do a closed session at the next meeting we have an
opportunity to maybe ask some other questions that are related to it and get an update so maybe we just have a closed session I understand that but I I just don't just it's fine yeah let's let's do next next meting okay so we're going to carry to the next get a chair get a chair Jo we spend more
time debating all right on to number three hearing on an ordinance amending chapter 192 parking for persons with disabilities no members of the
public motion to close public portion second I all those in favor thank you C can I can I ask a question on just in general councilwoman Jor does this fall under
still under director we yeah okay so where so I've gotten this question a couple times and I know we've outsourced this so it's made it a little easier because I know councilwoman Jabor and I went had a lot of lengthy discussions with several
residents when what is the process now for us when a resident comes to us and I don't want to say tattles but tells us that somebody's in that space that is not the person is
supposed to be in the space how do I where do we go with this and I I mean my hands are in the air so I don't know since we outsourced this I don't know if it comes back to you I don't know if it comes back to uh how do I go do you mean that the license plate doesn't match
what's on the actual marked plate yeah or how do I say it um maybe not the person that the pl that it's for I guess yes I mean because in theory if there's a car park there it should match the signage that's on site and if not then you can always call hpu
or PD to enforce somebody's in their spot wrong person is parking there the police should enforce it it's what I'm asking here is this is a consist it's consistently happening in other words they you have to call the police every day type of thing so it's somebody in the household I think I Haven I haven't
done the details on this but I'm asking how do we go about that to mitigate that and not use up police time or your time for this when we know maybe somebody might be abusing it well it I I would have to understand a specific situation
and if if you see a case where it looks like someone is parking in a designated spot uh and the plate doesn't match uh absolutely call my office and we will have a peo go out and check it out uh
and if it's appropriate we'll write a summons and if we yeah I'm trying to get away from the summons part I'm trying to get if there's a if there's what we can also do is contact the person who has you know
the household that has the designated spot and and make it clear to them that it's only for the use of the vehicle that's identified uh all right so thank you kind just on the topic um do do the
does hpu actively check those like as as they go and they are you know looking to give tickets the reason why I ask that is because there's definitely a couple instances where neighbors have given the observation that like contractors Park in these specific spots because they know the person's not there and you know
a neighbor May park or someone else like is it it it feels like it might be that they don't hpu doesn't actively check those as often but maybe they do but I don't I don't know if by policy they're just not checking them as
much um I I can't answer the specifics on that but what I would say is just an observation maybe to as a followup or something I I will talk to our chief of enforcement uh and and we'll report back to both of you okay thank you thank you
director anyone else Mr finina please call the vote Mr con hi M fiser Mr Jabor yes Mr President Zano hi Mr Cano hi Mr Ramos hi Mr Russo hi
president to hi a hearing on an ordinance of the city of pook in the county P of New Jersey approving execution of a second amendment and restated Financial agreement with MBS housing urban renewal
LLC no members of the public are signed up to speak motion closed second well I'm sorry it is individual this this is the public portion for ordinance uh b749 which pertains to thir the former
YMCA at 13 okay thank you um so motion to close motion second I all those in favor I I Mr finina please call the vote Mr con i
m fiser yes Mr Jabor yes Mr President Zano hi Mr Cano hi Mr Ramos hi Mr Russo hi president Doyle I hearing on an ordinance to add chapter 158 currently reserved to be titled mandatory
disclosures for certain rent increases to impose mandatory disclosures the tenants for rentals increases over 10% no members of the public have signed up to speak motion second all those in favor I
I councilman uh yeah I just want to discuss um what is included in this ordinance and first of all by saying we all agree that the rants are too damn high in Hoboken so this seeks to address
that in some way uh we have rent control protections in town which uh covers a finite uh set of of of places uh the rest of the rental units in Hoboken are exempt because they're built you know less than 30 years ago uh and so the
landlords there have more leeway to go up the market rate if they want to there is somewhat of a provision at the state level that that precludes landlords from Raising rents at unconscionable levels however it's not really defined and it's up to um the tenant to to sue the
landlord if they think they've done that uh in the past we've tried to Define this um it failed because we were concerned about you know potential litigation uh it's unclear to whether we're exactly empowered to to to Define it at the local level so what this seeks
to do is to really give the power to to Residents to the tenants in in those units not covered by rent control and so under this provision If a landlord increases uh the rent year-over-year on existing tax tenant uh they have to give them a
disclosure which includes a number of uh items one it's an item as cost of what is going into that rent increase uh so they can see you know are these you know what what are these increases about uh statement as to whether a rent algorithm
was used to determine the rent increase because we've been seeing that uh across the country uh and then a statement notifying the tenant of their rights to Le take legal action at the tenant's own expense uh if they think that the rent is unconscionable uh and then a contact
information from uh for the hokan division of Housing and a statement indicating uh that the tenant May reach out to that division uh with questions or concerns um we hope that this will Empower tenants to have more information and the information they need to understand their rights if they have
seen their rents increased at rates that we've seen in the past few years 2030 uh more percent so I hope uh I I have uh you know I hope this passes unanimously unanimously because I think it's a good thing for for the renters in hoboke and
and uh and yeah so thank you council president yes councilman Cohen thank you council president uh just to follow up on councilman cantero said this Council considered uh a ordinance that would have stated that rent increases in
excess of 10% would be inherently unconscionable we didn't pass that uh but in a lot of uh Communications I've had with the tenant Advocate that when you see rent increases of more than 10% it triggers potential legal concerns for
unconscionable rent hikes so what this ordinance does while it doesn't declare that increasing ordinance uh rent more than 10% is unconscionable it does require these additional disclosures to tenants that they're aware of what are the costs uh that are associated with
this rent increase and again it's only for increases of 10% or more so typical rent control or or an ordinary rent increase would not have these disclosure requirements but it would give tenants additional information uh on these increases and I do think it's significant that it includes a
requirement to State whether a rent algorithm was used to determine the rent increase this is something that a number of us have approached our legislators in Trenton urging them I think we've passed a resolution asking for Trenton to prohibit landlords from collaborating uh
in an anti competitive way to share information through uh these sophisticated programs uh to essentially fix rents in a way that are unfair uh and I think it would be helpful for tenants to understand whether their landlords were using such a rent algorithm to determine their rent
increase so I think this is helpful information for tenants it's it's not uh the uh solution that some of us wanted to propose to declare unconscionable uh rents in excess of 10% but I think this is the next next best thing to do to
give the tenants additional information if landlords proceed with these extremely high renting Heights president thank you councilman Cohen anyone else yeah I just have a question I know we've talked about it
and um councilman Canter and I went back and forth on this and I suggested something of this nature um to kind of get to his goal however I just I sorry I didn't reach out this week I have a lot of stuff going on
um my question would be is if let's say in a non- rank control unit uh somebody across the hall is paying 3,500 and a tenant leaves and they're paying 2,000 and the person the landlord then says because we don't have
the city has no control the city said or the landlord says okay because the tax is going up because the water's going up because insurance is going up 25 % a year it seems like uh you know I I pay the gas or whatever things of that
nature let's say they put all that in there right and they just give the list they don't have to break it down they just say this is the reason why and they say and because your neighbor across the street is renting theirs for 3500 and ours was 2,000 so that's why I'm moving it up the question would become
is who the the housing office would issue the piece of paper right well if I'm reading hold on if it says here you would get it it says a form provided by the house housing division of well
Hoboken hous division of housing prior to the increase being implemented so they would hand it to this to the landlord landlord I mean so my question would become is and I didn't catch this one part on that
how how are we going to do that and then one if the landler fills it out and it's not returned back let's per se who's going to enforce the fine I'm just so okay so um I think there's a misunderstanding here so not for a new tenant right so
first of all this is not for new tenants is for existing tenants only uh the Clause that you're referring to is um that the disclosure has to happen to the existing tenants either in their lease renewal document so is a landlord tenant
Communications only or if they don't do it in the lease renewal in a form that's provided so the so the housing officer will just create a standard form that a landlord can use to fill out and then hand it to the tenant the housing office is not involved at this point at all
okay and so the housing office is not is stepping in to enforce anything at this point they're not stepping in they would only step in if a tenant has a question about process but it's entirely up to the tenant using the information provided in disclosure to determine whether the
tenant wants to take that landlord to court for an unconscionable rent increase so it's it's it's purely a method to providing the tenant with uh with information that they need to exercise their existing rights these are not creating new rights for the tenant
this is just facilitating information from the landlord to the tenant in a more transparent way okay and then the last part is well let's ass and again I'm sorry we're debating this today but what happens if they go to court the
landlord wins per se and then there's a $1,000 fine per because they didn't do this thing who's going to who's enforcing that is it the court or is it us I think in that instance the court
would enforce that in addition to any implications that they have for having increase the rent uh too too high it's up to the courts to to to determine how they would proceed in that instance but but the but the question of whether the disclosure is given or not is totally
separate with whether it's an unconscionable rent so you're kind of pushing the two together one is just a if the rent is going up by more than 10% this disclosure needs to be made to the tenant whether that's uncons or not it's a totally separate proceeding in front of a court if the tenant decides to take
it direct so this, fine has nothing to do with whether it's uncons okay so next all right so listen I'm okay okay with it because we discussed this however um how the heck are we going to get every landlord to learn about this we can
barely get anybody to sign up for rent control so my question becomes that's where I'm like kind of like the enforcement part on our part we that means we have to educate every landlord in the city and one two we struggle with
the with getting people on the rent control list which we all know that that's an issue too and then three it's not that I mean the housing division of housing it's an added tax to them to get every landlord in in
compliance with this let's say and then you have to figure out new tenant old tenant so my my question is we're like are there's a lot of steps here no there's not a lot of steps here okay uh I think first of
all on an annual basis the office is already sending out uh or not the housing office and and with our tax bills we get disclosures and notifications as to what our requirements are as either Property Owners or or as landlords so we're getting those Anyway by mail so to add
this into that I don't think is a tall order um if a if a property owner chooses to ignore that and they're running a business and they're and they're renting their uh their their units out and they choose to ignore their requirements then that's on them
uh and I don't think we need to go above and beyond we will as we do with most I would say ordinances put out that there's these new requirements because there's new requirements but I don't think it is
our I don't think we need to go out and knock on every landlord's door and personally tell them that there's this new obligation uh because if they are a responsible property owner who cares about their business they should be kept the breast of of what their
responsibilities are uh and and so that's just a new requirement and then again we're not forcing the housing office to uh do compliance checks on these or to all of a sudden you know update the the the rent roles and and
and every single thing they do struggle with that but this is facilitating existing tenants with the information that they need to defend themselves in case that they they get subject to an rent increase that that has no real
basis besides price gouging if um if a tenant maybe you said this but if a a tenant doesn't get one of these what happens then they they don't get it maybe they've learned about it but their
landlord hasn't gotten it they go to the rent office and file a complaint and then the rent office somehow reaches out to the landlord and says you're in breach and you're fine for yeah I think in that instance that's that's how that cause of
action could could be enforced yeah you know I think the way I think you know what we we always spend a lot of time on making things perfect uh we try to and I think that there's a lot of positive in this because at the at the Crux of it it is just giving tenants
better information we've seen ridiculous rent increases um especially in buildings that are not under rent control so um just being able to give arm do our best to arm tenants with better information is good um and even
if it's not every tenant learning and every landlord giving it and you know we'll we we will bump into that as and when but if we can get more landlords to be providing it we have a lot of big landlords that are some of the biggest offenders with the big increase so I I
think we're going to be hard pressed uh or they'll be hard pressed to say oops I'm not doing it right because they have 300 you know tenants in one building so I think I think there's a lot of good in this and you know if it if we bump into a situation where it's difficult to enforce or whatever we can amend it and
address it later on so I appreciate you guys putting this forward would you be amable to would you be Iman to have a little bit of a time frame to in other words we don't kick this off like tomorrow because we still have to educate everybody because technically we pass it the mayor signs it in it's
law let's say I'm signing a lease and it doesn't get to the landlord and then a tenant signs a lease and says well you guys just passed a law my my landlord didn't give me this when I signed my lease in a month what do we do I I'm that's why I'm saying can we give maybe would you be willing there is a 20 days
stopple period there is but that 20 but I'm saying like if a lease is up in let's say May right we pass this let's say tonight uh 20 days is April 22 there's no way we're getting any information to any landlord but let's
say some astute resident sees this and says oh well my lease is up in the end of May or or let's say May 10th I I'll throw a number out and my landlord didn't give me anything what do I do like question for Corporation counsel would that be a uh significant change to
require going back to First reading Sor what if we just put a delay laws in this that says this goes into effect say July 1 yeah July 1st no I could do that we can do that and still vote on second second reading uh no had go back to First C council president if I if I
could just jump in for a second I mean let just look I I think there's discretion I I I love this idea right we we get to set regulations and and one of the concerns when we talked about calling it you know
unconscionable was that we weren't going to have a strong legal footing at least some of us believe that um I think this is a very good way to work around that so that we're informing our tenants the one thing I would say about the timing of it is I think the timing is always an
issue whether we give it 20 days 50 days 100 days you're still going to have landlords and you're still going to have tenants that have no idea what law was passed in the city of Hoboken um I would personally I think we vote on it we move forward and at that point if a tenant's
going to bring that forward they're going to do that at their own expense they're going to do that you know in in whatever way they currently have to protect themselves we're not saying we're changing anything other than a regulation that the city is putting
forward and I think this is the proper way to protect our tenants while still doing it with some sound legal footing and I and that's just my position on it so I'm supportive of it as is I don't mind doing it tonight and then waiting just the normal a stopple period before
it goes into effect so using your example um let's say a resident watching tonight sees this no let gives my example May 10 they Le or whatever let's say not May 10 because you got to give 30-day notice
before that so so let's say in June the tenant doesn't get any notice landlord doesn't have a clove of course the tenant says nothing right and does maybe signs the lease maybe doesn't sign the lease then goes get counsel this
goes to court the landlord says I have no clue about this law nobody ever told me because my tax bill didn't come with my piece judge will sort it out throw it out but then no they'll sort it out I don't know if they'll throw it out my question sort it out but the the the renter or the the tenant had spent a
retainer fee for that lawyer so I'm concerned there that then this like it's a waste of money because the judge throws it out because they didn't get information that's why I'm just asking for a little bit look I understand your concern I I don't think it's first of all I don't think it's a major concern because I don't think
that's going to happen as often as you might think it will um but even if it does everyone every one of us right we get in a car we're expected to know the laws of the road right we're expected to know title 39 just like our police
officers are do we probably not right but we're liable if in fact we break that law so it's it's the same thing here it's just one of those things that you're never going to have enough time to inform everybody just my take on I think councilwoman Fischer made the good
point that Perfection doesn't need to be the enemy of the good I think this is a good thing and call the vote F call the vote you okay Jim Mr con i m fiser yes
Mrs Jabor yes president Zano I Mr Cano I Mr Ramos hi Mr Russo I president do I convinced you rle no you didn't really convince me I mean I just want to make sure all cognizant of what can happen so
as I alluded to earlier we're going to suspend the agenda for the uh Proclamation um I see that uh Rabbi Shapiro is here so councilman Cohen is going to read uh relevant portion of the Proclamation and then I I believe Rabbi
Shapiro is going to come up and um want to do it at the mic great and do what he's going to do yeah that's fine y let's go around okay uh this is a special Proclamation uh recognizing uh one of the leading
Global advocates for the advancement of Education the rabbi Rabbi manakum M schneerson uh April 9th next week will mark 123 years since the Reb's birth and this is part of the Proclamation this year Begins the education the
celebrations of the 76th anniversary of the leadership of the kabad lavich movement kabad is the acronym of three Hebrew words for wisdom understanding and knowledge the name labovich comes from the city which served as the movement's headquarters and means City
of Love of All the ethical values which inform our civilization none is more important than love love of wisdom love of our fellow man and woman and love of our creator these values are the essence of Education at its best uh and
therefore uh Rabbi ra render ESP Bala Merit City Hoboken does hereby Proclaim April 9 2025 to be education and sharing day and call upon everyone to work together to create a better brighter and more promising future for all I want to
present this to Rabbi Moshe shapira thank you thank you right can I say something standing or sitting thank you thank you thank you I'm going to start by doing an act of Charity and I have my
little Arc which I use Arc stands for acts of random kindness this world can use a lot of Acts of random kindness and if we can start implementing in our lives to just do random Mitzvah just good deeds just
helping complete strangers this world our country will be in a better place so you know I've said this many times my children don't eat breakfast in the morning till they give a little Charity and um charity is an important part of our life just to make a habit of
it to give charity and this box is a charity box but the idea is that you fill it up and you give it as somebody needs it any organization any soup kitchen any things so I'm going to talk for a moment about the Reit but I want to First give a little Charity in this
box of RA of Arc Act of random kindness now if I can just share just a few moments of a few words of course that's the point so um what's this education and sharing day it seems like a symbolic thing we get a beautiful Proclamation it's done in every state it's done in
thousands of of little cities across the United States many countries every president since 1978 every single president all sides of the aisle they declared this day four days before Passover it's the only national holiday in the United States
calendar that never falls out on the same day because it's based on the Jewish calendar it always falls out 4 days before Passover because on this day in In 1902 the laab rabish narison our great leader was born and this Proclamation
not only recognizes what he achieved in creating this largest fastest growing Jewish organization there were in 110 countries in all 50 states just promoting you know goodness but this is not about what the rebba encouraged his
followers right after the Holocaust where he moved to America in 1941 and became the seventh rebba of kabad in 1950 just 5 years after the Holocaust but this Proclamation is more about what he stood for about education
The rebba Wanted the White House to make uh the Ed uh education so important that President Reagan on will appreciate you know President Reagan used to not wait for his people in the office to respond to his letters he would take it to his personal resident to write him back
letter Now The rebba Wanted every single American child to have an opportunity to have a great education not only that you can get a good job and if you get you stay in school you get a good job you have a good career but also to be a
mench to be a good person and that is education that's based on values that's based on you know not only making a good living but living a good life as societ in in our society that we live in and this is a something that everyone can
and appreciate and get together and say let us think of ways that we can promote good education that's based on solid values and the home and the community and the school all works together to bring more positive acts and and and in
a way of really you know uh bringing up children that not only they can make a good living but they can be good moral people and it comes back to basics where it all comes from you know we're all we all remember that there's a God above that created us all In His Image and
we're all the same or her image sorry Phil but that's what it's all about and we really appreciate that we're living in a great City that welcomes us welcomes everyone and we thank the city council the mayor and everyone here for doing this and doing this every year
next Tuesday four days before Passover think of the great rebba Rabon and do acts of kindness to bring this world to a better place thank you so much
[Applause] I didn't see it ask giving us something to think about so council president I just want to interject just real quick if we can have a moment of silence for a couple numbers that are tremendous
impact to the Hoboken family Rose mpina ped 101 years old she was very involved with the hospital Christina saki they had a meat shop um that the family was very finding
me through the community she passed this week pataa family opened jinos 30 years restur business and last but not least my dear friend Amil D Lorenzo who was a veteran who fought for our country and also work for Maxwell Place if we can
have a moment of signs for these family members thank you thank you Mr Laura amen I'm sorry I didn't amen I didn't ready rest in peace thank you
all right Mr fin I'm with the show public portion on resolutions want speak on for Resolutions resolution all right no members yes there uh Mr River Rivera Solair um has
signed up for the consent agenda stuff so I would imagine you have seven minutes my thank you very much council president once again uh just here to clarify some
some things I uh didn't want to put the amendment for the Chiefs in any Jeopardy so I'm hoping in close session it comes back uh in a little positive State I appreciate it uh just a side note actions have
consequen I know right that's that's what happens but this this is why another action I just wanted to you know show the the the public that I have notes on every single section of this agenda but today I will just hold it to
a few so anyway council president serious business and um first on A3 I just want to uh add a congratulations to um the appointment of Mr John
proo as the uh board secretary for the ABC uh commission uh I believe that the secretary is moving on to uh another uh position uh so congratulations to her too the former secretary um here in
climate action Innovation uh council president of council clarify just again when I ask the question sometimes I do have a a somewhat understanding of what it is I'm just asking for members of the public that ask me and I said that I
would ask uh in the council meeting so um ca1 ca2 ca3 and ca4 can members of the public understand in what first of all we follow that it's an emergency we understand that word but
can you uh members of the council council president can you um elaborate a little further um is it each resolution for a different section of the Sinatra drive is it for is it because of the amounts we we do believe
we can see clearly that it says uh it's being funded by b735 but if we can get clarification on that um and with that I'll leave it to uh two more which is very quick the the
one that is for Community Development the cd5 did you say B1 no cd5 and CD six and six have been pulled oh theyve been pulled oh I did not did not notice
that uh well then how much better is this it's going to be even shorter council president um so um then we go to the clerk where it would be important for um members of the public to um like this resolution does say um you're
you're asking for um expedited um in the budget so it could be presented are we asking the administration to discuss it with you the council in a public setting
how how is that or is this just so that we could March along when I say we I mean the council and the administration um over to the state which I believe that unless it's voted on You by you it can't be going to the state so I believe the first part of the question is a little simpler to answer and again
council president although I have minutes and although I love to filibuster like another famous person who just became a filibuster which I will mention later I will yield back because I know there are many members of the public in public portion that would like to speak so thank you council
president Council for listening thank you Mr uh Rivera Sol um A3 you didn't have a question CA 1 through four um and Council Fisher you
can uh well if I they all pertain if if I do a good enough job I yeah um they all pertain to the repair of the the the seaw wall uh the first is a a an Emergency declaration which is necessary
for the de to be able to participate in this action the second is the actual money $15 million to do the work the third is hiring a lawyer to work with us with regard to contractual issues for doing the work and the fourth is our
consultant who oversees the work uh for us so that's what that is uh if you want to add I'm going to pull them later and talk about it in more detail and then cl3 uh uh yeah I think
you'll that's going to be pulled too perhaps okay so we'll discuss uh cl3 later as well um that's the only member of the public signed up for Resolutions motion to close
second all those in favor I I council members on the consent agenda anything pulled so I'll we we know about CA ca2 ca2
cl3 hold on claims claims and just for housekeeping if you don't if you have an older version A2 is being carried and as we just mentioned to Mr Rivera there cd5 and cd6 are both
being carried and I think that's it for changes so P2 as well counc president P2 P2 yeah okay you want to change the the uh preposition that's erroneous in
P2 you want to get to that anyway okay so it's a me it's a me problem don't worry erroneous by the way it was erroneous erroneous preposition so are we uh on everything else you it's ca2 cl3 and
P2 I'm waiting for you please call the vote Mr con hi M fiser yes Mr Jabor Yes except for abstain on A3 Mr President Dano
hi Mr Cano hi Mr Ramos I Mr Russo I president oy I all right uh we got claims CLA we'll start with claims perhaps yeah thank thank you council president uh claim
number 25384 Cali cing $320,000 and change that's the monthly charge director yes so our yearly contract with them is 3,8
43,9 N9 I think it's more than that it's like yeah what's the year what's the yearly contract rate I I could pull it up but it's did you know but it's like six and a half or seven I think yeah that was seven yeah that's what I thought I thought it was
like seven it's 7 million yeah no it was a 7 million over two years I thought that's that's the question that I have if it was 7 million over two years why is the yearly contract at 3 almost 39 that brings it closer to eight no I
thought it was seven are you just multiplying this by 26 or what do you a monthly by 12 a a monthly charge of$ 320,3 33.33 I'm assuming that we break that up equally amongst the 12 months
and if not please correct me you're saying so every other meeting there is no claim because there's two meetings a month or is it every meeting that there's a claim no it's a monthly claim he's one all right yeah he's saying if you do the math it's more than more than what the or at least it appears to be
more than what the contract was and then director while while you're looking at that uh could you let me know what our tipping fees and addition to our contract are as well it's councilman it's a 2-year contract for 7 .5 million yeah that M that math doesn't Mash out
3.7 per year director is every month exactly the same amount throughout the year or does it vary based on volume is no because that's that's separate in a part The Tipping fees are separate in aart from
the contract so this is our contracted amount monthly which equates to more than that dollar amount that you said we approved in the contract and I'd like to know what the Tipping fees are monthly as well well could we come back to I
mean what I was asking is is every month the exact same amount it's possible that it goes up and down a little bit if that were the case but I don't know the answer to that that's why I'm asking it I've asked a number of times for our our
sheets so that I could compare them and I haven't gotten a response so I'm going to I'm going to kind of wait for an answer here well I'm not sure we're going to join you um I got another question on it too so not this but yeah that's fine I
mean I don't it might have been well okay you're saying you have asked already I repeatedly so over over the course of several months but I'm not sure that in real time unless the director I'm
working on it okay to see if there sorry 100,000 320,3 33.33 monthly so how about we come back to this yeah we come back to it that's fine
while they look for I got no problem with that I'm going to still have the question is going to require director Freeman so I'm listen I can multitask sure because it's another question I'm very talented we could go on to ca2 and then come back you want I'm happy to do that we come back do
claims it's an easy one so our claim numbers High because of pension payments are those pension payments for this year or for last year two years ago years pension payments are reflective of two years in two years ago okay thank you director for
multitasking um C2 yeah uh I will read it and and I believe woman this is this is the resolution awarding a contract to Simpson and brown Inc for the Emergency Rehabilitation of franksen
entra Drive seaw wall block 259 lot two city of Hoboken in the amount of 15,7 168,000 funded by b735 yep so this is the reason why I pulled it is we uh we get asked about
this I'm sure we all get asked about this daily like what is the plan um to repair Sinatra drive and basically this is we approved bonding for this um for the total repairs of about 30 Mill $30
million this is the contract to start the process for the repairs in the middle um you know just south of the skate park which is all blocked off um I believe that the city is going to announce in the next couple days the very specific plan but construction once
this contract is awarded um they're going to put in place mobilizing and starting the project broadly um the you know this is uh the details of which it will be you know a several month project um we will have disruptions on the
waterfront which no one wants to hear we're all like losing our mind over all of our disruptions but we'll get more of the details later this week but importantly the question that we've been asked the most recently is we're just seeing a lot of pedestrians you know the nicer weather are coming out on Sinatra
and in this area and when they cross from the skate park over to the western side the sidewalk is only about 4 feet wide um I know that the city and and so with an increased number of pedestrians as the weather gets warmer we're seeing
like unsafe conditions and we've heard this I know I've talked to a couple of my Council colleagues we've all been reaching out to the city trying to come up with a solution because what's there right now is just like untenable um so we've been I've been talking to um the various people involved and I know that
they're solving for either access no access but they the the safety of pedestrians is first and um foremost in this um and so hopefully we'll just we'll have that announcement in the next um couple days but it's uh all I can say is it's going to be a long summer and
we're just again going to be asking for the patience of um everyone in our community to know that once we get through these hairs uh you know will uh will have a safer space for the entire public um to enjoy so that's just the
color for it thank you councilwoman uh Mr frina M con hi M fiser yes Mr Jabor yes pres Zano hi Cano hi Mr Ramos hi Mr
Russo yes sorry president o i cl3 resolution urging the administration to expedite the submission of the 2025 Municipal budget in accordance with state law councilman fiser yeah so we um
you know this is what we call I think I think councilman Jabor a couple years ago um coined a phrase which I always think is the best phrase which is this is a spirit IR this is a spirited resolution a spirit resolution um you
know we are uh we're seeing a lot of costly items coming through our agenda right now we have um you know a mayor who's in his last year who doesn't necessarily have to be held accountable for some of the things that are coming through our agenda um that are big
numbers that have huge impacts to taxes over the next 5 six seven eight years we've not seen a budget um I know we've we've asked for it uh I understand it's sitting with the mayor right now um I have heard that the municipal budget
possibly is coming out at the next meeting and honestly we just we need to start the process um we uh in order for us to make the most responsible decisions we can we should be reviewing our budget and what the costs are and the potential tax in increases are this
year and assessing every choice that be that comes through um every cost that comes through through um this this de uh within the context of our Municipal budget we have to weigh we have to weigh um the cost of things we
have to weigh future costs we have to weigh safety we have to weigh everything we we we don't get to have unlimited spending and this is meant to just urge the the administration to get us the budget as soon as possible the state has
guide or has deadlines very specific deadlines that we have um we have not met any of the deadlines um it was supposed to be introduced on February uh I'm sorry March 28th um or I'm sorry March 31st I think is the latest date for us to introduce
the mayor's budget um and we've not even seen a draft of it yet so we're beyond that um the mayor mayor's office did announce that they will submit introduce the budget at some point in April and we welcome that and I hope to see it on the next agenda and I hope I hope everyone just supports this tonight it's really
just a public urging for the the mayor and the administration to get us the budget as soon as possible cccil councilman Cohen uh just a quick comment as a chair of the administration and finance committee it's my understanding that we're we
should be getting a budget for our next council meeting but that's my understanding awesome which will be great that's all thank you thank you councilman anyone else yeah I I just I want to Echo it I have to talk about it I've been um a
hawk on this always uh God Rest uh Jen Soul uh she pushed last year to we started this in September so I don't understand why we didn't get anything early I I think we've we've approved some big contracts here we have some
other things on this agenda that could basically tank our our our tax levy or not tank it double it uh and without having the correct information in front of us every time we're delayed I get more worried and more worried uh yeah
it's an election year that's great but unfortunately everybody's telling me costs are going up here costs are going up there how am I supposed to make a decision on contracts when I don't know what our costs are just to basically run the government so uh I mean we shouldn't even have to be asking
for it this is just good government that we can see before we're voting on things we're voting on Appropriations we're voting on this extra money to hold us over we got to know what we're holding over yes last year we didn't approve it till August because there was a bunch of there could have been a bunch more
cut in the budget but we had a argument back or discussion back and forth to try to get it as low as we could this year's going to be even more important because you know we some of our taking care of our employees of the city is going to
have impact upon 2025 budget and 2026 budget and 27 budget so we need to know if this thing is going up more than last year less than last year but I think we should have it here um one final note I just want to close I want to steal a little bit of time the
one thing we didn't do today is that today is World autism awareness day I just wanted to bring some stuff there some people and family and friends that uh suffer from autism and uh I just wanted to bring a little bit of acknowledgement to that council president can I just say one quick thing
add on um the the thing that um councilman pres Zano mentioned you know in addition to a very large Police contract that that came through um we also today have the a first reading on an ordinance for 28 more police officers
right like we've not gotten the budget and and the costs we've done an analysis that forecasts out the impact of that Police contract that is an above average long-dated contract negotiated solely by the mayor in addition of 28 additional police officers in additional in
addition to all of our Public Safety contracts now being potentially reopened and our Municipal Employees like these are huge costs that just alone all of those together is 78% tax increases every single year every single year
that's not taking into account Rising debt Rising you know just general costs um Etc so that's why it's really important for us to get this budget now before we even look at adding future 201 police officers and all the other
contracts that we're getting so anyway I hope everyone supports it and uh thanks ccil president yes councilman Ramos no I I support the uh the resolution and receiving the budget in a more timely fashion but I just want to remind
everyone we just voted 80 on a 15 m768 th000 Bond right so that's when we mentioned all the public safety contracts and everything else let's just remember remember that too that we just voted nothing on that as well thank you council president thank
you Mr frina call a vote Mr cl2 I cl3 excuse me comments matter M fiser yes Mr Jabor yes president Zano hi Mr Cano hi Mr Ramos hi
Mr Russo I president Doyle I uh council president I have a answer on your claims yeah I I was confusing myself by looking at the wrong version um the we're in the last month of the 20 of the first year of this contract it goes April to April year one the payment
is 3.84 four million for the year if you divide that by$ 32,3332 100,000 total not monthly NE for the second year of the contract so it's 3.7 million next year for year two not next year I'm sorry
beginning April 1 starting so it's one 12th I'm sorry it's 1112 of the contract yes and the dump tickets director yeah could you send me the last six months of
them thank you I appreciate it thank you councilman do we have to vote on the claims yes to oh yeah you want to back the claims yeah but yeah this this discussion is about yeah we let's do the claims and then do PS2 okay then do yes
three2 public school so this is uh just on claims call the vote please on the claims Mr con hi M fiser yes yes Mr javor yes preso I Mr Cano I Mr Ramos I
Mr Russo I president toy I p p P2 the resolution to award a contract with Green Valley Landscape Design and maintenance LLC in the amount of
92,7 185 for specialized landscape maintenance services council president councilman Russo thank you council president I ask this question all the time um could someone explain what specialized landscaping services are because because it seems to me like
they're just landscaping services and the followup to that is why aren't our employees actually doing some of that sure good evening Council uh so the specialized Services include uh Park maintenance which is Lawn Care Fall
cleanup spring cleanup our lawn Rehabilitation includes soil testing amendments monitoring Caesar programs Iration seating and ated Pest Management our resiliency Parks also have spring cleanups lawn uh Lawn Care soil testing
monitoring seasonal programs airation seating Pest Management fall cleanups our RightWay infrastructures it's all of our bios swells would taken in absorbent amount of time to do um includes again spring fall cleanups integrated management and your irrigation so the
reason why we cannot handle this in-house is because we don't have the staff capacity to handle all of these jobs in addition to everything else that public works and Parks already takes on um in addition you do have to have licensed certified test management and
uh when handling chemicals um that go into all of these specialized treatments for our Lawns which is the reason why St contracted Specialized Service well thank you director I appreciate it
director I mean it it sure does sound like it's just landscaping services or at least the bulk of it is just landscaping services cleanup and and and Lawn Care and and those things I mean landscapers do that right a general
landscaping that's I I don't hear anything at least in in in the bulk of it I don't hear anything special and I still ask the same question over and over why our employees are not doing some of those tasks we get complaints
constantly about our parks and the the maintenance of our parks and we all get tagged on social media and get phone calls and emails about things constantly I don't know it's just uh
strange to me I will add that our staff does do the lawn mowing of of our Parks um but these are specialized services that we just don't have the capacity to do especially when it comes to irrigation these are water lines that have to go into ground installed we do
not have the ability to do those kinds of Work Director the there the irrigations already in place and every year when we activate uh these lines they have to be serviced you have to make sure that all of the drip lines are working properly
and it requires repairs and that could be a very separate contract but the other part isn't director I I understand your position that you want to Outsource that I I understand that however my question
is always and will continue to be always why are employees are not doing some of these Services where we could save money on outsourced contracts maintaining a loan or bleeding a line for an irrigation is not Specialized Service we
most certainly have capable employees that have done that in the past that could continue to do that into the future so I disagree with the premise that our employees cannot do that I believe they can and I believe they're most certainly willing to because I've
heard as much oh that's my position on it so I appreciate your time and your answer though sure if I could just add that the irrigation portion of this contract is very minimal to the 92 total contract so just putting that out there it is the other services that are being
contracted thank you director councilman Russo um I think correct me wrong we have 37 parks in Hoboken correct around there somewhere there's a lot is there in that ballpark in that ballpark so in a $92,000 contract divided by that for 3,000 I I'm
doing rough math 3,000 a park it looks okay I know we'd have our our employees that do stuff but some of this stuff is listen when we put the sprinkler system on in the in the in the um if you're a homeowner uh in the sprinkler system my parents put theirs on they
have to pay a fee to turn it on because usually something pops over the year most of the time and i' we've seen it here you walk down on on uh on the waterfront and there's a puddle of water because something is broken and you regular normal employees not going to be
able to fix that because you got to do a couple things that are specialized I'm just saying I tend to disagree but I understand your point 3,000 a park I think it's a it's a good thing so I I I okay I don't think we give our employees enough credit as to their
skill set but that's my that's my position Mr frina please call the vote Mr con i m fiser yes Mr Jabor yes president Zano hi Mr Cano I Mr Ramos I
Mr Russo no president Doyle I uh hearing uh introduction of ordinances an ordinance amending chapter 192 parking for persons with disabilities Turn the Page Mr frina I'm
getting there Mr con hi fiser yes Mr Jabor yes president Zano hi Mr Cano I Mr Ramos I Mr Russo I president Doyle I an ordinance to amend the city code of the city public chapter
59a entitled Department of Public Safety Article 2 59- a-8 establishing a division to increase the police department table of organization Mr con I Fisher no Mr boore
yes president Zano no until I see a budget Mr Cano I Mr Ramos I on first Mr Russo I president too no on until I see a budget um uh
introduction on an ordinance amending chapter 65a affordable housing of theal code of the city of Hoboken Mr con hi Fisher yes Shor yes
president Dano I Mr Cano I Mr Ramos I Mr Russo I president oil I Lorden for introduction affirming and re endorsing the Redevelopment plan for the Western Edge Redevelopment
area Mr con I Fisher abstain abstain I thought we were well yes she said yes president Zano hi Mr Cano hi Mr
Ramos he's recused all right Mr Russo I president o i got uh two resolutions uh cd7 resolution refering
an amend chapter 65a affordable housing of the municipal code of the city of hok planning board to review and recommendation we can stand call the vote Mr con I Fisher yes sorry yes
hi Mr Cano hi Mr Ramos I no yeah he's recused Mr Russo I president doy we have enough I C8 resolution referring an ordinance affirming and reinds the Redevelopment plan for the
Western Edge Redevelopment area to the planning board for review and recommendation Mr con I fiser obain jaor yes Mr President Zano I Mr Cano I Mr Russo hi president
Doyle I actually officer uh Chief could you let councilman Russo Ramos know that he can come back in do you want to do this or you wait let's just wait go the public he was absent here do in the
order that it's thank you chief we're going to do public portion now on non agenda so max merker good evening members of the council uh Max marker Jason lamparello
malan and capoo on behalf of the city of Union City well uh as you already vot voted some of my statements may be uh post important but we still uh let the public in the council know um I'd like
to re Begin by reminding the public that the proposed ordinance which uh the council just voted on which seeks to reaffirm and reindorf interest that has tarnished the entire Redevelopment process the alleged
conflict involves current and former city council excuse me Mr mker just not to are you objecting to councilman Ramos's presence now that the vote is already taken or are you comfortable with him being here for your comments
during your comments I would uh object to being here during my comments okay councilman Ramos I apologize it's alleged yeah I I don't think I was taking any it's the allegation certainly I
apologize for beckoning you prematurely councilman thank you council president I guess we're gonna have to go through all of yeah yep okay I I apologize you can thank you council president uh full five minutes um since I interrupted you I
don't think there's any reason to restart so I'll continue as the public may recall uh this is the city's second attempt to secure the Redevelopment plan from the involvement of the conflicted council members in September and October of this past year the city council
passed ordinance b715 in an effort to eliminate all prior conflicts of interest and amend the Redevelopment plan a judge in in Hudson County Superior Court just recently ruled that that attempt was
unsuccessful now here we are again and the city is rushing to push through another ordinance that at best is flawed and at worst could cost the taxpayers even more in additional litigation expenses this proposed ordinance will
not resolve the ongoing litigation the ordinance is fundamentally flawed the language of the proposed ordinance is unclear what exactly is being proposed here is it the adoption of the original Western Edge
Redevelopment plan as outlined in 2015 is it an adoption of some of the Amendments is it an adoption of all the Amendments how about the changes that were set forth in the settlement agreement are those included has the city council reviewed
the latest version of the western edge Redevelopment plan is it available to the public the ordinance refers to an exhibit a where is exhibit a has the council Seena reviewed it is it available to the public
is the council aware that there are Provisions in the settlement agreement entered into between the city and the redevelopers in September of 2024 which allegedly sought to resolve this litigation here we still are that
are inconsistent with the amended Redevelopment plan as far as we can see this ordinance does nothing to address those inconsistencies the local Redevelopment and Housing law as well as corresponding cases Law requires that a Redevelopment
agreement must be consistent with the Redevelopment plan this ordinance fails to remedy clear inconsistencies the ordinance put forward tonight does nothing more than continue the attempt to conceal years of
conflicts which have tainted the entire Redevelopment process thank you for your time council members thank you Mr merker uh Andrew Wilson hey guys um I on the other hand would like to speak in favor of this uh ordin of the western edge Redevelopment
plan ordinance that you guys passed I'm sorry could you speak more slowly yes my name is Andrew Wilson what was your question I'm speaking I'm not asking okay all right my name is Andrew Wilson yeah I'm a Hoboken resident um I would like to speak in favor of this Western Edge Redevelopment plan um this is a
critical part of the green circuit completion um it's taken way too long for this project to be completed in Hoboken um it'll provide a safe continuous path around Hoboken for both Recreation and Transportation uh within my capacity with bike Hoboken I frequently hear from parents who worry
about the dangers of riding bikes and scooters with their children on our streets riding a bike has proven benefits for kids including Better Health and improved academic performance and we need to advance the green circuit in order to offer hopeing family a safe place to ride learn bond without
the fear of constant traffic um so thank you for your support of that and moving this forward even though it is a glacial Pace second of all I'd like to speak in favor of the expansion of the um Police Department uh table of organization so I think there are many reasons why hope
open families would want to support this ordinance but I'd like to specifically address its connection to the ongoing discussion around ebikes on sidewalks this is an issue that has understandably been a top con concern for many residents and it's one that you elected officials hear about constantly although
lowp speed electric bikes offer significant benefits to this community such as connecting people to schools and local businesses mitigating climate change and reducing parking demand ebikes ridden on sidewalks present a quality of life concern that affect many people in
Hoboken increasing foot in bike Patrol officers is a reasonable and viable strategy for enforcing existing laws surrounding this concern despite the fact that HPD has already significantly increased enforcement rates of these violations it's still far from the level
that the community is asking for an increased Staffing table has the support of both director fanti and chief agar and I believe that this can be part of an effective strategy and meeting the community's needs once given enough time to be implemented that said I want to focus on two things about this first I want to
know what can be done to expedite the process so it's my understanding that passing this now means it will still take about next year for these officers to actually enter the field I ask this councel and the administration to cons consider what can be done to accelerate
Recruitment and training so this isn't an ongoing concern for another 12 months additionally I Ur urge this Council to not rely on enforcement alone to resolve these quality of life matters we must continue to approach Public Safety in this case Transportation safety from a
broader perspective in addition to increasing patrols we need to prioritize key infrastructure improvements outlined in our vision zero action plan such as curbside protected bike lanes and hight traffic locations so that vulnerable Road users have a safe unimpeded and
reliable travel Lane the city should also be providing bike lights and high visibility vests for cyclists to increase visibility for themselves and others furthermore we should strengthen our ongoing efforts to educate the community about bicycle safety both for cyclists and
motorists these are all cost efficient Investments That should be going hand inand with increased enforcement in order to improve improve our Public Safety I'm not suggesting that this ordinance is not is not important it absolutely deserves your support but I want to emphasize that
enforcement should not be seen as a singular solution for this issue instead it be should should be viewed as one part of a broader more comprehensive approach to making walking and writing safe for everyone in Hoboken I ask that you consider continue to support this
ordinance through reading and continue to engage in conversations about the other critical elements of Transportation safety that will still remain and require your attention thank you thank you Mr Wilson and that's that is addressing
both number four and number two correct yep thank you um Enrique Herrera uh how's it going guys um I just want to start this off with a quote I just wrote down uh I live in a world that sorry I live in a world that takes
pride in belittling my accomplishments and I don't mean just counsel or anything like that it's just in life I've had to have dealt with that when I started coming to the City Hall meetings I didn't know where to start my life my War quote unquote against neuralink and Ai and
defects I wanted to scream and have Chief aguar just drag me out of here and probably end it at that probably be a better outcome than what I've been doing uh maybe I'm wrong about that and maybe a different approach was necessary here and
now it's a scary thing to happen to someone uh having had dealt with anything or any type of trauma in general to explain it to someone that isn't necessarily equipped to even process half of it
especially something is new as Ai and Def fakes and that type of unfortunate you can't unsee that where you've seen someone's face un elicit content it it would turn your legs to
jelly AI deep fakes 8 years ago was a death sentence eight years ago uh but it was really hard to really even go about that type of conversation with someone without alluding to well you watched me that's how you work male female whatever uh because of what I've done it
made that fight a lot easier a lot people came forward and started talking about it in in a stoic fashion whether it be Westfield New Jersey or um the take it down act that Millennia Trump is trying to implement my victory against nurlink is
that that can never happen um I did I stopped tagging uh councilwoman Jabor I started tagging M Fisher more not saying anyone's favorite or anything but Kion he's done scared me with the way that that worked out um
the the unfortunate truth is that I don't really have much else to say outside of that except for my victory against nlink and stuff like that I'm I'm more or less a victim of a scop gam wrong uh psychological operations where people know who you are know everything about you in terms of what
your you wake up to or what you go to sleep to um there are some people who even know that I am dealing with uh houselessness now um not necessarily because I it's okay I'm sorry it's it's all right
not not because of any other reason than was just because I Expos that information out front um but that's because of the type of attack I went about on a social media tagging people relentlessly for some you
may think I'm a robot I'm still typing as we speak uh I'm more or less hopping from shelter to shelter at this point because of U I think I had this a deliberation request that eventually I'd get mad at being homeless I I've already passed
that information around last city hall meeting it's not really necessary that needs to be addressed again but um it's not because I want special treatment it's because my case is specific not necessarily in a case where I'm more or less important than someone
else it's that I've already accomplished so much in terms of my fight against these threats that affect our future in terms of AI and and um I feel like my voice is not heard outside of these public portions um my agenda for this year is
to just survive uh I I am pretty much at my wids end in terms of employment I'm I've already urged this counsel in previous City Hall meetings I'm not necessarily not new here anymore I've been here for like the last year going about it that way um I publicly issued a
Citizens warrant arrest on any nurlink behavior in any microgrid City much like our own um any type of enforcement of monitoring any type of psychological operation scop that isn't regulated by a proper police force which is what my Vendetta is against the
PBA is about a lot of civilians like to use this type of psychological operation to conduct who knows what who dates who etc etc it's something that we are all ingrained in but to take that to the next level you need actual government could please keep it down in
the back so so yeah I have every right to dispute allegations of my sanity and Consciousness with people whether or not they are credentialed whether or not you have a badge or a gun or any type of political gain on a local state or federal level I welcome any challenge to
any discussion in terms of what I've accomplished in terms of exposing and um using this time that I guess I'm almost out of it but um I really just want to say can dispute my sanity with ease and um if anything else I'm sorry that I uh
I overstepped my time uh thank you for listening thank you Mr Arthur n council president members of the council my name is Arthur MN neiss of the firm BD pavano uh my firm uh appears here
tonight on behalf of Palisades Cliff's protection Lion's Inc a nonprofit corporation of the state of New Jersey as you may know Palisades Cliff's protection Alliance has brought two separate lawsuits against the city this
Council and others I have a very few brief comments tonight before you are a the first reading of an ordinance addressed to the Western Edge Redevelopment plan and B a resolution by which you will refer that proposed
ordinance to the planning board the proposed ordinance says that the 2015 Western Edge Redevelopment plan quote has been amended from time to time end quote the 2015 plan and its eight
Amendments have been spread out over the years the last Amendment dated January 19 2022 or more than three years ago over the passage of a decade since the original 2015 plan was adopted Hoboken
has certainly gone through and seen many planning and other major changes we believe that the 2015 plan and its amendments require a careful review and updating before the
introduction of a new ordinance like the one proposed here tonight we believe that the 2015 plan requires a fresh look with public participation what has occurred with the 2015 plan has
been peac mail and a hodgepodge approach in our view this has done us disservice to the citizens of this city but there are more issues related to the proposed ordinance I consider myself an experienced land use and
Municipal attorney I've been before this Council before on matters related to the 2015 plan when I read the recitals of the proposed ordinance I can hardly figure out what is going on as I have said to you before if I am
having difficulty with this council's legislation I can only imagine the difficulties a regular citizen will have with interpreting the proposed ordinance what the council doing is doing here is a big rush it is not clear
why or what purpose is to be served by rushing this through I do note that rushing on matters related to the 2015 plan has been a consistent theme in closing I will just say that it
is my view that the requirements of the local Redevelopment and Housing law should and must be complied with thank you very much thank you Mr nce okay originally from Hoboken and like
the distinguished Rabbi said I too am a strong advocate of uh random acts of kindness and charity I actually started the Hudson County Guardian Angels back when Steve capriel was mayor I worked
Nationwide for 10 years with a nonprofit charity program working with teenagers to get them off of gangs and and drugs I started working on Broadway backstage and private security and now I have my own nonprofit called the power program power stands for plan organized
work education and respect we work with inner city young folks who fell to the crack of society but anyhow to make a long story short I'm here to speak on behalf of community Improvement and empowerment from within the Hoboken
Housing Authority now as I've done all the volunteer work my nephew Michael Singleton who's also from Hoboken graduated from Hoboken High School I helped them start an LLC clothing line which actually talks about empowering and improving young people as well
that's what in clothing Line's about he wanted to give back so out of the kindness of his heart and his pocket he started a Hoboken basketball tournament for the past four years never asked anybody anything he paid for the hot
meat deals for the community he paid for the Toys for the children the game trucks for the miners the uh toys and trophies and uniforms and public housing was at least appreciative enough to give him the space the basketball court that
he can enable a platform and work to start his event and now all of a sudden the executive director writes or calls him and tells him they no longer want him to participate in the program and came up with some bogus excuse like uh
well your turnout wasn't good enough which in fact we have videos to prove the opposite then he said well this the crowd was Rowdy smoking and drinking but we have police officers who are always stationed and we have that on video as well who never brought any complaints or
incident reports indicating any foul problems happening from within the event and so he really doesn't have anything to stand on and we're wondering why since this gentleman my nephew is not trying to Buck the system trying to uh run for office uh take somebody's
position or not even a businessman looking for a big monetary Grant he's only doing this out of the kindness of his heart he wanted to uh mimic his uncle and do something to give back and then all of a sudden they're coming up with these excuses which kind of crushed
his e his personality about wanting to do this and so I'm here to speak on him to maybe have somebody from within City Hall and maybe can Advocate and speak to the executive director and see what's really what's the real reason behind
them trying to tear him down that's basically what I'm here to speak on council president I can't speak to anything in the Housing Authority I do know that this made its way the other day to the mayor's desk um and we are working I believe your nephew is going to get a phone call from someone
upstairs um trying to reserve Church Square Park basketball courts for the the program so that's at least what we don't control the basketball courts at the Housing Authority we can have a conversation with the director I I don't know the reasons as to why but that did make its way to the mayor's desk and that was a conversation we had earlier
this week appreciate it I just want to just state that for them to to uh throw shade some of the same people who were throwing shade saying there were people smoking and drinking when the police officers never gave us any complaints some of those same people complaining
are in video doing the same thing they're complaining about so they should check their closets but or their backyards before throwing shade thank you sir [Music]
um Manuel Rivera Solair uh council president no other speakers on the western edge you want me to get um Council are you going to be speak on the West Ed no I will not be speaking on the western edge today you and I would
appreciate the full Council thank you very much yeah I also believe if it doesn't count of my time I believe I got a text from um fellow uh member of the public Patricia waiters who wanted to speak but I don't know if she's gotten into the
building yet or not but in case after I'm done the the message was I appreciate that thank you and thank you thank you Council thank you council president
council members and members of the public council president I want to be quick because I want this is becoming a for my portion is becoming a Corrections again I want to be corrected from last meeting um I forgot again to mention a
woman uh honoring her in women's month even though we've already passed by two days but it would be very um bad if I don't say her name which is Council former council member of Vanessa Falco and I know I asked if I had missed any and nobody shook their head that I
missed any and I just want to make sure that we also honor her contribution to the city uh also I made a phrase that I didn't um translate and nobody again uh gave me the wink and the nod um in I
spoke in French and I said Fete which is a misspelling of a French phrase F A so which means an accomplishment fact or something that has already been done and cannot be
changed I just wanted the fellow members of the public who stopped me on the street it said what were you saying and what language was that uh just a lot of that yeah just to clarify that because I do speak other different languages and I don't want people to say you know you're
babbling even though I do sometimes anyway I I will continue um what I would like to speak on also is uh this evening uh a few things um regarding our uh uh City and I just want to say that um first of
all there are sometimes that um we we don't give good news when good news should be given so today I just want to say a little small good news which I always um walk by uh this uh location which is on between 8 and 9th and I
believe is uh Jefferson Street I forget but there are benches next to a um a Hing Housing Authority which the benches were very dirty and filthy and I've always been meaning to tell the council and tell uh the the people in in charge
to clean them and wash them but one day surprisingly the other day I pausing and it was done it was cleaned it was resurfaced and people were enjoying it and it it did the hard good to see those benches that were dirty and people enjoying them again so it is good news
and sometimes we have to give good news and no I'm not trying to deliberately be deliberately be a mench I'm just trying to be a person giving good news as well as now I I would also like to thank that there is a camera on Willow um on Church
Square Park again six W uh not an official representative but uh you know working on it but um can members of the public whenever you can give a little information in the next meeting or today in regards to um why the one camera or
are we pending on the camera that's on um Fifth and Park Avenue because the the police camera that big one that was there that I also um wanted it removed but I wanted it removed when there was a a camera there unless I can't see it if it's there I um if uh we could know uh
on Fifth and Park Avenue next to the entrance when it's at the library and with that I would just again continue here council president I don't want to lose the audience I know that uh I also again don't want to just fill a buster waiting for Miss waiters but I
will try um so again uh honorable mention to our Senator Corey Booker for Having the courage um regardless of party to speak for 25 hours uh someday I will I will
attempt it if you allow I'm just kidding just kidding just kidding they'll get nervous uh so anyway those are those are important issues and I you know as well as I say the good I want to say uh the bad and you know let everybody know that um sometimes there are good things that
are happening as well as um uh again another thing that I will I'll speak about is the wires that are still hanging around um I know that it's the city has U difficulties um because nobody wants to take uh charge of them
but it is important that you know I was going to speak to council member pres Zano because one at night on Bloomfield between first and second there's one that hangs and it's it could smack you
in the eye it almost did um if you're walking in a rush in the dark in the day you could perhaps see it but in the dark it's black but anyway with that council president I again we're like to say my minute's over um Slava ukraini Ed Slava glory to Ukraine glory
to the heroes God Bless the people um that are the Innocents of Palestine and as was mentioned today we pray that the hostages return to their loved ones uh in from Israel and that there is peace so with that God bless you council
president God bless you all and God bless hoken thank you thank you Manny okay so we have uh two items for new business yes we do that five minute close session I I was under the impression we were doing it next meeting
I sent public yeah that's what I thought I sent the director and the chief home yeah so we I apologize I if I miss understood that I mean unless yeah like I said I don't think no I I thought we worked cuz I thought councilman fer had asked she had more questions yeah we I
said that so maybe for better for worse problem so I um you know Doge will be disappointed in our efficiency um but uh so Council Cohen you could read the
resolution that's going to be added for tonight's uh new business okay thank you once they accuse themselves thank you come on Jim so council president Doyle and councilwoman Jabor are leaving council
chambers uh because the new business is something they're conflicted on the new business we have a resolution authorizing the addition of an urgent item to the Hoboken city council agenda this relates to litigation that's pending in the Northern District of California American Federation of
government employees AFL C versus the United States office of personnel management it is a a matter where U uh we're looking to get the support of the council for an amiki brief that's filed
by the county of Santa Clara California in support of a preliminary injunction that has been filed that has been entered by the court uh with respect to the mass termination of federal probationary employees by the that was issued by the office of personnel
management the OPM uh and the impact that it's had on local governments uh recognizing the partnership between the federal government and local governments the county of Santa Clara points out that the mass termination of probationary employees from uh several
uh government agencies including the Veterans Administration uh the US uh Department of Defense the US office of uh small business administration the United States fish and wildlife service and National Park Service System uh is
unlawful that's been determined by uh by a federal judge and that preliminary injunction is being challenged uh and tested in the ninth circuit in California uh tomorrow joining as namiki with respect to Santa Clara's application in support
of the preliminary injunction so that is the emergency and uh uh that would be a resolution to find an emergency then we can then vote on whether uh to approve joining uh authorizing the city joining
as a mikas with respect to county of s Santa Clara California can I just ask a quick question is this um this a I know we've done things where we had like this before one we did a few weeks ago with
uh Adam Massachusetts we're just signing on the legal document has already been prepared by lawyers for the county of Santa Clara California so it'll just be authoriz izing adding our name there are already over 20 local governments that have joined as amikas and we would be
another one that would be added to that got it okay any other questions great we're voting on new business for the resolution together urgent vote for them together both both them okay uh councilman Cohen I
councilman Fischer yes councilman prano I councilman cantero hi councilman Ramos hi Council Russo hi that's it motion to close all in favor no wait wait I just have one item an important item my guess do we want to bring them
back is it an important one my guess is I think so yeah yeah aind to the public that on Monday April 7th Caleb right Caleb come on up correct me if I'm wrong that uh one quick one Jersey Avenue is going to be
closed exiting and entering Hoboken because of reboot by Design and seore infrastructure work taking place on the Jersey City side of the Border uh this obviously rebell design has been discussed since after uh super Sor Sandy
and we had a transportation committee meeting with myself councilwoman Fischer councilman and of where this project came up and originally this was a f Monon closure beginning on March 10th 10
and opening on July 4th obviously myself and the other members of the committee were extremely uh upset and disappointed that this wasn't uh communicated to the public in that manner or the total disregard that this
impact would have on the residence of Hoboken so we called a if we could have a closed session with the rest of the members of the council so they could be brief and updated on what we learned at that committee meeting at that time we were briefed on the the
the closures and what the exit of town would be on Henderson Street and Grove Street uh my Council colleagues to their credit was still not satisfied with that we then had another uh committee meeting with njde and the City of Hoboken at that
meeting where we again uh voiced our displeasure with the closure of Jersey Avenue for that long period of time and then we had another close session meeting with njd went back to the drawing board and they went from taking
many of our request with the one month was unavoidable with the closer for Jersey Avenue because they had to put the sliding Gates uh along the street itself and no one could go east or west I'm sorry North or southbound going on Jersey Avenue just made that work just
that much more difficult but we were able to uh Advocate successfully for the opening at after that initial month with southbound traffic exiting and the work taking place in double shifts as opposed to one shift and the work being done
instead of the F Monon period the 3mon period with the the ending two months with southbound traffic exiting Hoboken on Jersey Avenue being open going uh southbound and multiple additional Lanes
being open on uh Grove Street and Henderson Street exiting and entering Hoboken to try and alleviate traffic as best we can so we understand it's going to be a burden for all the residents of Hoboken we understand it's going to be a real inconvenience but I think Caleb
many of the questions I received and hopefully you could answer this one was uh and I think I know to answer the question I think it's better coming from you the answer is why is the work taking place this time period as opposed to waiting for the summer where there less residents hobok schools dismissed less
residents in town at that time period so I think that's a big question that I that I received though the past like two three weeks or so sure thank you councilman thank you um I'm sure this council is aware there's multiple work zones open right now for rild by Design This is a linear project that spans more
than 10,000 ft the north and south end of Hoboken where the contractor is and their progress is they need to perform the work that's mobilized now there's sheet piling micropiles sewer work this was the plan that they had submitted to
us for a schedule a year ago portions of of that has been pushed because of work that North Hudson needed to do or other Utilities in the South End um so to keep the contractor mobilized and on schedule this is the area they need to be working right now and we're happy to share more information about the schedule there's
links on our website there's links on the DP website about the purpose of the project the scope of work mitigation activities um as well as the plan schedule um for all of the different work zones that D is in right now thank you Caleb you appreciate
obviously we know it's going to be a difficult couple of months uh our residents are not looking forward to it with the path closure we've had with the number of work projects we've had in Southwest Hoboken and in Northern Hoboken over the past since I want to say November uh up until now uh
hopefully they they are consistent with the end date of July 4th I think that's that's our best hope but we did Advocate uh on the residence of hobok behalf together as a council which I'm really appreciate of everyone being on board with that and we're going to continue to
Advocate the work that's done timely uh for all our residents so I appreciate uh council president if I just may have one more uh new business item if I may uh is I think councilman president Zano mentioned it earlier that today is Autism Awareness Day uh as a parent of a
child uh diagnosed with autism on the autism spectrum I guess our one ask uh is to be empathetic to those that are neurodiverse uh they uh experience things physically and emotionally
different than uh than other individuals uh they process information differently emotions differently than other individuals that then uh we say non- neurodiverse individuals uh process the information so I think the one ask is
this is something that they're diagnosed with 365 days a year and I think we need to be empathetic to that uh 365 days a year to to what they go through uh on a daily basis and how we try and uh adjust
our lifestyles to them and bringing them into all types of environments as they adjust I think we do a real good job at the lower levels uh in early childhood and I think with more children being diagnosed with autism I think this is the I think I'm experiencing that window
now when they go from teenager to adulthood uh and how they get integrated with the world uh academically professionally uh and to to try and pursue work opportunities uh for them and as we look to Future employers uh I
think that's the next step uh and I mean we we've seen like no one talking about what ISM like 20 years ago to now people speaking about every day and so we appreciate that but I think the next conversation is from Early Childhood to adulthood and how they transition to
that adulthood be successful working adults uh consistently in various environments so I guess my one as is just to be empathetic to that 365 days a year as we are with other uh disabilities like it's be empathetic just total cancer survivors uh people
that that death blind all all the individuals that we have with disabilities across the Spectrum not just autism so I thank you council president for indulging me with that uh thank you everyone I appreciate it can I add one thing about um next week's event yes please um so actually each each year
oh yeah oh right so Saturday there's um foodie Fest the first ever foodie Fest is happening on um Garden between 4th and 5th um which will focus uh and one of the organizers is a woman who is a parent of children a child with autism um so they have a special Mission as
part of that event to raise awareness um for that particular topic and then also next Wednesday April 9th um the city will have an event here um in the courtroom at 4:30 PM with a number of Advocates including that same organizer um as well as some of the other folks um
who advocate in our community on behalf of families um with children with autism so um everyone is welcome and invited to attend that event counil just really quickly um we just ended women's history month and I just wanted to let people know that may
or may not know Hudson County honors um one or a couple women from every town um this year the focus was on just kind of education and mentoring other women and kind carrying the torch forward and for
Hoboken um they honored Jen po humously so they had a lovely event uh last week um and you know we still remember her and we'll still do more for her but I just want to let everyone know that's it sorry all right thank
you before we I think patri waiters is has requested that we reopen the public portion for her to so if take a vote I I I okay thank
you that's wanted to say no I know you wanted to say no Pat I say no to Pat every day thank you guys and you know I'm being honest I and you know I left late last night at your other meeting I had an emergency guys I'm sorry but I've been calling and I'll show you my phone telling Manny please ask you guys to
recognize me I think it's very important that you do such because I'm I told you up until the election I want to show people that I'm s and I'm a woman in my word and kudos to you too Emily I'll see you after this I have your Girl Scout cookie money and um because you I've
been busy and you know that I like to be when I say I'mma do something I'mma do it a lot of people call me raising concerns about the project that that ended up in court and now it's out of court I don't know much about it and I said I will refer to my Council people
cuz I was told that it's up to you to call a vote to get this project up and running it's very important y'all that we worry about who lives in Hoboken and not mayor stack I love you dearly Brian stack Senate to stack whatever he is I wish you guys think about it please and
keep them out of our business at the end of the day we have to live here so I came tonight raising huge concerns about that project and also to uh awareness Autism Awareness Month and to make sure that they was like recognizing that and
on Sunday that's your event right Sunday at the Elks club is a autism event Sunday at there another one yes just to clarify that too for members of the public and people that's been calling me concerned thank you guys thank it was first reading right yes and it P all
right thank you guys that's why I came out here tonight oh and I'm sorry and a shout out to Jerry LA and Jimmy please give them some more coins motion to close second the public portion and the meeting both
Y correct good night everyone night everyone good night everyone thank you