87. So, what does it take you from? >> It's about $600,000. Um, so we're we're going down to um just under 19%. Yeah. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Yep. Thank you all for your feedback.
>> Thank you, Councilwoman. Uh yep. Uh and so let's go to we have the one the cap bank item. Uh any questions on that? We have uh ordinance to excuse me
ordinance to amend the chapter 97 filming which we discussed. >> Council president for >> for each of for each of these that are fee driven can we get um just an two questions. One is, is it already
incorporated into the budget being introduced tomorrow? Um, and if so, how much for each one of them? So, for example, the filming one, how much do we think we will have for this year? In the budget? Yep. And and is it in the budget?
>> Not an annual amount, but the amount specifically for this year, >> uh, certain >> Yeah. C certain fees are incorporated into the into the budget. Um specifically, there is an increase in the transfer from the parking utility to
the um city for some of the increased revenue anticipated from uh parking. For filming specifically, we are not able to include additional revenue in this year's budget as we don't have a guarantee that um we'll be receiving any, you know, substantial film
productions that are coming in the near future. So, we can't reliably anticipate that. Um, you know, that that really isn't something that we can expect and that's why it couldn't be fully baked into this year's budget. Um, but we did include additional revenue for parking.
Um, and I'm I'm happy to uh provide a bit of a breakdown um in coordination with Director Sharp in advance of Wednesday. >> Can we just go through them? Do you have the numbers? So, for example, the when we get there, the parking one metered
and pay station parking. Do you know what that amount is? Not how much is I guess just what we think it is for this year and then how much we think is in the budget >> and what's anticipated. >> Yeah. And we can go through let's just go through them each one and I'll just
ask the question each time. >> Sure. >> Right. So filming budgeting, it's more of a if if if we have films that are not already planned, we potentially have the ability to charge more, >> which would go into generating surplus,
which is what we need to do. >> We need to bring the tax rate down is what we need to do. >> Next one. >> Go ahead. >> Okay, let's go to uh the next item. Um,
count council president. Oh, I didn't know. I I thought we were moving on to something different. All right. Uh, I want to say in the filming, I just want to voice my concern. Um, >> I don't think we put it up enough. Should have been more. Yes, you guys believe it or not. I said a fee should
be more, >> but I think that at 1,700, it's still extremely cheap, even if they're paying all this other stuff. I mean, I got a bigger problem when I have JLo coming to town. While it's great for publicity, but it locks down like 19 streets and
half the time it's in the first ward. So, you know, when we do stuff like that, yes, we're getting into parking things, but I mean, $1,700 is is amazing um from that perspective. So, I'm just going to voice that opinion that I think we're not going far enough on that one.
We want more JLo on Hoboken. >> We want >> any more questions on item two. Item number three is >> submitting chapter 650. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. So again, >> is this one that are
>> is this one we're expecting revenues from this year? No, we we do not we do not anticipate a substantial increase in revenue associated with this. Um and and Director Brown can jump in here, but my understanding is this is largely uh due
to compliance with the Fair Housing Act. Um this is actually not one that we brought up in order to generate revenue. >> Yeah. I think I this is just putting them in line with the state's recommendations.
>> Right. This is the one I I >> the next two. >> Right. This is the one I think the concern was whether or not the way it references SRO's if we were potentially excluding uh the Hoboken
Community Center from accessing funds from our affordable housing trust. And I think Chris, Dr. Brown, you spoke with Tony on that, am I right? >> Yeah, we had an extensive conversation with uh Tony and Chesley on on this matter. And so the uh affordability
manual, affordability assistance manual, which is also part of uh tonight's or the agenda for Wednesday, addresses or makes it clear that SRO units or SRO tenants can apply for uh for for certain certain funds,
>> but SRO landlords can apply on behalf of SRO tenants. >> Um let me get I mean, if you want me to send you the exact language, I can. Um, I don't know if you want me to send you that right at this moment. >> Nope, it's okay. I'll I'll follow I I'll
follow up. Um, but it's the it's the unique nature of an escrow that is program housing as opposed to typical affordable housing where it really is kind of the tenant with a job and trying to support themselves within that. This is a little bit different and
the landlords really need the ability to access on behalf of their >> I'll tell. So, it says tenants at single room occupancy facilities are eligible provided they meet the above criteria. I think that we based on the conversation that we had um they were they were in a good place with the way that the
language reads. Um I'd have to kind of recap on my notes, but uh but that's it the language is sufficient to meet their needs. Thanks. >> And just to clarify, yeah, the development fee ordinance is not a
revenue generating a vehicle. >> Any other questions on that item? Chris want to give briefation on four. I think so. You're breaking up, council president. I don't know if I'm the only one that's that's getting the uh the breakup, but I think you asked for a
summary on four. It's literally just um bringing chapter >> on me. >> Yeah, please. >> Sorry. It's literally just bringing 65A into compliance with uh the states
>> uh new regulations for affordable housing. >> Very good. >> Yeah. All right, let's go to our next one. This is extended hours for for Thursday, I'm sorry, Fridays and Saturdays. Um, can I ask a question? Has has anyone
um touched in uh checked in with the HBA to see where they are on this this particular issue? >> Yeah. Hi, Councilwoman. We we we did touch base with the HBA and had a good
conversation with them. Uh and you know basically we kind of talked about having this as like an ongoing discussion about uh you know comprehensive potential uh changes to our business districts. Right? This is just one of many things
that could be proposed in the near future that um isn't necessarily a fee increase or anything, but it could be improving public transportation. Uh could be um you know, a number of different things uh to to generate overall improvements to traffic in our
business districts. Um so so yeah uh we had a good >> would this would this whole idea of I think this is from 9 to midnight in the rate we're going to add the meters would this add any uh the requirement to have
more uh hope broken parking utility employees on the schedule during I guess what would be overtime hours right to monitor this. No, it's still okay. All right. And um how much do you have a ballpark on how much expected revenue
you because a lot of these, you know, will be residents, right? We talked about excluding the residents. >> That's correct. >> Yeah. >> Residents will be excluded. Yes, >> residents are excluded. >> So, how much if you pull out all the residents, what are you expecting to actually make on this?
So, we did do uh an internal parking survey for a series of sample blocks uh on Washington Street in the path area on Fridays and Saturdays over the last few weeks. And it's about an 8020 breakdown. So, about 80% of vehicles that are
parked in these zones after uh 9:00 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays are non-residents. about uh 20% somewhere in that range 10 to 20% depending on depending on the block and the day um our residents so
it's a relatively small number of residents are already parking there. So in terms of revenue, you know, we're forecasting somewhere in the range of uh about 150k, you know, factoring that in uh for this year and then uh
annualized over the course of an entire year, it would be somewhere around double that. director, did um did you it sounds like you just referenced like down near the path. Did you do any blocks that were more uptown where maybe that like when I
think about the blocks that are near me? I wouldn't necessarily think that it would be that it would fall 8020 like that. I would I feel like it might be more 6040 or something. Did you do any other blocks that might be more residential?
We did do one up on 14th Street and it was a similar it was a similar breakdown. It was like high 70s. Um >> so around the 80% mark. Uh there were some blocks that were 9010. >> Um you know further south. I think it's
also important to note that uh for example Washington Street from 8th to uh 14th where there's a resident permit kind of underlay for regulation that is unchanged, right? If you have a permit then nothing changes for you.
You're still exempt um in those zones as well. >> Uh so just want to make that point clear. Right. >> Thank you. >> Yep. >> Paul Council Pos. >> Yes. Uh thank you council president. Um, so two questions kind of following up on
what uh Diane, Councilwoman Imus had asked. You spoke with the director of the HBA or do we speak with members of the HBA? Because there's a big difference there. Uh, if you go in and you speak to some of these establishments, they have no clue. All
right? And I know that the HBA does not have the I don't think they improved their capabilities from previous uh directors or previous people running it to now about their contact with their businesses. And so therefore,
a lot of this they find out last minute and they don't know uh just as many of our residents do on things like this and many of the things that we vote on. One of my major concerns is that this impacts the business district. This impacts the first ward. It's beyond just
the residents. It goes to my businesses that why I have all these empty storefronts. Uh we just sat down the other night um a resident and I and we grabbed a quick cocktail at um uh at a means place uh over there near
Wells Fargo escaping my name right away. Um and we were speaking with the young bartender upstairs and she made a comment, I can't find parking. And we and I had told her, I said, "Well, you know, just be careful. Their rates are going to go back up." She goes, "Huh?" She goes, "Well, where am I going to
park?" Like, like it's more money. And she goes, "It's not I'm taking this as a second job." So, you know, as we do this and we use everybody as a piggy bank. Um, you know, there's real implications for my businesses here. It's been a constant concern is that workers inside
of these businesses struggle to find places to park. And it doesn't help that our parking garages are packed solid. So, you know, yes, supply and demand, I get all that. However, there's more that goes into a business than just the revenue that had happens for that
business owner. It goes into the employees that they can attract. So, you know, I don't if you guys didn't have a meeting with the HBA and sit down and get real feedback from them, I don't think that this should be moved forward because you're doing a disservice to my
ward especially where I get uh it is very difficult uh to swallow some of these fees going forward. Uh, so I unless you spoke with them and the HBA can tell you that they've talked to their member community and given you
feedback or given you any type of input, I don't think we should be voting on this. And I think it it hurts our community as a whole. Yes, it doesn't look like it's hurting the residents. However, I'm more than sure we're going to have people complaining because we did that on Sundays. Um, but overall,
we haven't brought all the stakeholders to the table. And I just feel that as we make these drastic decisions, we need to listen to our community and not just think we know best. So if if you can answer if you can answer that question that the HBA spoke to their members and
gave you feedback and said everybody's okay with it and not just the director, I'm okay to move forward. I'm not supporting it, but I'll move forward. But if we haven't and you can't answer that question, I really feel that my council colleagues should actually take a step back and ask the same question
because you're hurting the businesses in the in the in the first ward. >> Yeah, happy to answer. No, we we met with HBA leadership. Uh as part of that discussion, you know, we we we committed to uh having an expansive
uh canvasing campaign and an ongoing collaboration with the business community, right? Not the kind of thing that can happen, you know, overnight, but uh something that has not happened as much as it should in in a long time,
frankly. Um and and so this is kind of the the the first step in that process. And to to address your other point about the workers themselves, uh you know, we are we are looking at expanding the helper program, which is discount parking typically offered
during the daytime to employees of Hoboken businesses so they can park in garages, which is where we want them to be, right? We don't want to have all of the curbside parking, you know, where where uh you know, people are hopefully using that to access local businesses. We don't want those spaces to be taken
up by the employees of businesses, right? That's best practice anywhere you go uh in in commercial and retail districts. Uh so an overnight version or a late night version that would sync up where we actually do have some more availability in our garages uh and
offering them steeply discounted parking in garages that would be a lot less than what it would cost uh to park on the street. So uh we have thought about that and it's all part of the overall uh puzzle and picture that that we are looking at as part of the
implementation. >> So respectfully I tend to disagree what you just said because we just went through something with clear where it was evidently communicated to the business administration. However,
the businesses didn't know. So, we are just lining ourselves up for a second problem again because we haven't thought of our eyes across our tees. So, I'm not that you can tell me all I want to hear, but it just doesn't make sense. We're going to pass a law or you some other
people are going to vote for it. They're going to pass a law to change things and then after the fact we're going to do the marketing. Whereas if we did this correctly, so we don't have massive kickback and massive negative impact to the to our our you know it's already parking is already a problem in the
city. Now all of a sudden I can see the way media is going to take this. They're going to say, "Oh, here we go. There goes Hoboken again, making it more difficult to park." Well, guess what? Why come here? So we're not doing a very good job here of we're putting the cart before the horse. We're passing a we're
passing fees before we've communicated with the entities that are going to hurt the most by this. So again, I ask my council colleagues to dig deep here. I'm not ask this is not even political. This is just common sense that you guys can
think about. >> It's frustating. >> Two other council members. Uh Councilman Firestone, then Councilman Cohen. >> Hey, thank you. Thank you, Council President. Um, I I I appreciate Councilman President Zano's concerns
with respect to the business community. Um, but looking at the big picture here, we are facing a very significant tax increase for residents of Hoboken. And the testimony that I just heard from our
professionals was that 90% of the people that are going to be hit by these fees are not residents of Hoboken. So, I I I do think this is going to have to be a sharing process in terms of how we address our budget issues. It's going to
impact residents. It's going to impact businesses. But at the end of the day, I I think we have to get to a place where everybody shares in the burden of what's already been agreed to by council members over the past couple of years
with respect to union contracts and other things. So that's just my two cents and like I said, I appreciate I want our businesses to thrive and and there are a number of ways that our businesses are advantaged more than businesses in other towns and cities. So
I really want to see this uh move forward and I don't think it's in an appropriate ask for our business community. >> All right. Well, I don't know if you want to have debates or questions. So, uh, Councilman
Cohen, >> I'll just be very brief. Uh, enforcing parking from 9:00 p.m. on Friday night to Saturday night is mostly for customers of these businesses by having more turnover of those parking spots. It increases customers and it actually helps businesses. So, not only does it
help our taxpayers, but these are high demand parking spots for people coming on Friday and Saturday nights. are transitional people who patronize these businesses, having more people come and go on Washington Street if people decide to leave because there's more parking fees and they don't want to be uh paying
parking until midnight. Uh that will allow more cars to come and patronize our bars and restaurants and clubs. So, I think it's actually positive for businesses. Thank you, Council President. Obviously, I'm supported. >> Yeah. Oh, thank you. Next uh item,
please. Five. Oh, six. Metered parking fees. Any questions on number six? Uh item number uh seven.
I can't see everyone's hands actually. >> So, I'm sorry. Can I just ask you one question on number six? I just >> Yes. I for some reason I thought you guys were going to start putting the the like impact amounts in there just so that when we go through it.
>> I think that's that was Counciloman Fischer's request. So you're going to get that. >> Yeah. Sorry, I I forgot to ask. Sorry. >> So put what it what it was and what it will be so that >> correct. Everybody on the phone can see what it is too. >> That's what Councilman uh
>> Yeah. Great. >> Trish's request was. So before that we we should have that uh what the anticipated revenue will be. Correct. Right. That's what you're looking for. >> Yes. >> Yep. Okay. So six. >> No. >> Similar. I'm sorry, Councilwoman. I'm sorry. >> No. Is she gonna Are we going to hear it
for six? We got We got the number for five. >> Yeah. For number six. >> Director Sharp. Do you want to jump in? >> Yep. I'll jump in. Uh so for number six conservatively in a range of about 75 to
100k somewhere in that range >> that's this year right so >> sorry yes that that's >> double next year >> and then it'll be approximately double next year >> that assumes that there's you know uh an estoppel period and then you know
there's time required for uh programming for potential signage changes for public outreach and communication. All those types of things are kind of baked into that schedule for this year. >> All right. Uh item seven probably same
thing >> director Sharp. >> Yep. So this one we estimate again for 2026 in the range of $200 to $250,000. Um now that revenue does not go to the
uh department of transportation and parking or the parking utility >> that goes to the courts, right? So that is uh a program that again is administered and paid for on the expense side by uh the parking utility but then all violation revenue collected goes to
the courts which is not the parking utility. Um so it'll show up in the budget in a different in a different area. M okay. >> But unlike >> unlike like stop certain fines that we
don't actually get money from, we get all the money from these fines, right? Even though it goes through the min. >> Yeah. Almost all of it. Yeah. Yeah. These we get like 95%. >> Uh let's go to nine. Number nine,
parking permits. So this one's similar to the film ordinance. Uh it's really it's highly highly variable temporary no parking sign uh purchases and revenue from year to year. Uh it's the single most challenging uh budget line to prepare
for for the parking utility budget. Um and a subset of that for construction is even more variable from year to year. So, uh, you know, we we we have an estimate, but for budget purposes, uh, this is not something that I believe we
included, uh, in our budget for for 2026. >> So, I'm sorry. I'm sorry, Councilman Council. >> Yeah. Um ju just you know this is >> what I what I had hoped would have
happened is when we're instead of just increasing fees we we actually would have kind of looked at some of these policies need to be um and I think on this one the policies need to be revised um you know we have I have neighbors and
I'm sure every council member has neighbors that have neighbors doing construction construction work where they have multiple temporary no parking signs for like 3 years and it's just very disruptive to the neighborhood. And I think that we um we we need to revisit
that, right? We need to figure out a way that limits um limits the number that they can have, the duration that they can have them for and you know causes them to you know rethink just how they bring materials, how they bring people
etc to the site as opposed to just taking you know three years worth of parking away from people that live in a neighborhood. >> Yep. Good opinion. Council President and to echo that >> I asked this question. Is it in this
ordinance? This is not where we would say that they limit the number. Correct. This or this is where we would put this. This would be in a different ordinance. >> If it's construction related, then uh it's probably the best spot for it. I
mean, there are a few other locations you might want to considerh consider that >> the type of construction as well. Um, but you know, >> yeah, I would like to amend that one to something because listen, the downtown and I think uh Councilman Cohen and
Councilman Fisher, their wards being ripped up as well. Uh I mean I have a problem right now down near Newman Leather where everything is just taken up and it you know we've taken everything on observer that's gone uh for rebuild by design and I'm my
residents are struggling down here and so you know I think if before we put this forward I think we should limit some of those um you know enough to get trucks for deliveries I get it and all that but I think do see that some things may be a little bit overutilized
by our contractors and causing some disruption to our residents. So, I I I would love to amend this to limit the number. Uh but then we'd have to hold this off for a little bit, but you know, I hope my colleagues can can understand where we're coming from with that is
that the two the north and the south end of town is just a it's a it's a construction zone for the next 10 years. So, you know, my residents have the right to park there. Uh, and I don't I don't necessarily think if I can use Councilman Firestone, what he said is
that everybody's got to take a little bit of the heat. So, if they've got to take a little bit of the heat, uh, and they're not residents of my town, I have to protect my residents first. >> So, I I would like to see us put an amendment before we before we pass this. And I don't know, I'll I'll put
something together and pass it around to you guys and maybe we could uh we could talk about it, but I think we should definitely add it to this, especially on the recommendation of uh the director uh that he said this is probably the place we should put it. >> I mean, >> thank you.
>> Thank you. Guys, just one one thing. Uh there's a meeting at 7 o'clock. I know some council members want to get to that. So let's uh if you don't mind tonight, let's see the questions then we'll appine uh on Wednesday night. We'll appine as much as we like. Okay. So I want know people to that meeting at
7. We have a lot of stuff to go through. Number 10, uh charging vehicles res revising the fee. I don't think anyone have an issue with this one >> for this one. The estimate the revenue estimate. You have to wait. Someone has a question. Oh, the revenue estimate. Go
ahead. >> Yes. I'm just giving that. And that's in the range of 20 to $25,000 for this year. >> Yeah. >> Wait. The parking permits number nine. >> 10. >> Sorry. I see I saw the electric parking one highlighted. So, that's the one I
was talking about. >> Oh, I'm sorry. Number 10. >> I think we missed number nine. >> Nine. We missed number nine. >> Okay. Uh, let's go. That's number 10. Let's go back to number nine. Director saying >> Yeah. for for that one that would we estimate for 2026 would generate
somewhere in the 200 to 250k range for revenue. Uh that's at $95 for the first uh permit. >> Okay. Number uh 11 President Council President
>> is a I'm sorry, Council Paul. >> Council President, number nine. Um I'm going to put forth an amendment on this uh that I'll present to you guys uh after we finish this phone call. um in light of affordability, I would like to have um anybody that is in affordable
housing uh or uh has deed restricted affordable housing units, anybody that is registered to those units would be able to file to not have their fee increased. And then two, I'd also like to amend to say that anybody making
under, let's say, workforce housing numbers also does not get subject to this because we're all talking about affordability. This isn't a soapbox situation. Um, this is real and I want to do everything I can. We all, we all said it. We all talk about it about affordability, but yet when I look at
that, let's help the people that that need this. So, I would like to see that an exemption for uh public and affordable housing, workforce housing, uh, uh, all the things that go with it. And then also an immediate income, which I think is the number that's, uh,
disseminated by for the workforce housing. if you fall below that and you can provide documentation uh that you should not be subject to these increases for the parking. >> Sounds good. Get the amendments to us uh soon as possible so we can review and
anyone wants to make the changes we'll make them uh anyone. Number nine. All right. Number 11 is state fire prevention fees. That's something we have to uh be in line with.
Uh number 12 is being removed from the agenda. >> 12 is yes. >> Just uh 11. It's a it's actually a pretty meaningful change and I'm 100%
supportive of it. Do you have any sense on what we expect the revenues from that to be? Yes. So, thank you, Councilwoman. I'm also going to answer a question that Councilwoman had during our committee meeting last week. So, two points. First, added revenue. So, uh Chief
Cribons and Fire Marshall, uh Fry put this together working with looking at Hudson County and also looking at the state fire code. uh knowing the date that this could potentially be passed on the uh 22nd and then the 20 days for these last eight months of the year, it
would be an increase in revenue of $106,000 from last year 106. I brought that up in the uh budget workshop. Also, we had the question during the uh council subcommittee about the CPI to see if these are are in range. So, first
the smoke certificate uh fee uh is going up just less than 300%. But let me finish the other three. The smoke certification ex expired is going up 33%. The type one permits are going up 96%.
And the non-life hazard, it's the first time we would have this fee. For some reason, we're like one of the only ones in New Jersey not charging it. So, it's a first-time fee. So, we look at the CPI. Uh, if you look, the last time these fees were raised was 2008. So, we
we're using the same fees for 18 years. If you add up each year, and you would add it up, it would come out to 57.5%. That's if you add up each year, but you have to compound it. So, the first 10 years, I put together the compounding because some years is lower than higher.
You have to go off each one. And the compounding for the first 10 years was 40.8%. the last eight years from 2018 through 2026 because of the raise and and the the increases uh in cost of living it's
65.5%. So standard fees standard cost of goods are 106.3% higher than they were in 2008. So we have only one of those four which is
which is over that which is the smoke certificate. But what Chief Crims and Fire Marshall Fry proposed is that to try to make them uniform. So it's easy to see that the these fees are $125. So three of the four it's a much less than
the CPI and one is higher. So that's that's how these four come into line. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. >> All right. Thank you, director. Uh and number 12 is being uh removed
uh number 13 as the American Legion item and number 14. I think we're going to be waving the estoppel for number uh number 13 as well because they are 13 and 14 because they
are in a time crunch. I think the end of this week, early next week in my conversations with American Legion uh on Friday and and Sunday. Okay. Uh, let's go to Oh, it's going to
go We're going to go to F2 first. We have our auditor with us tonight. So, let's go to F2. The uh if we can, Mr. Clerk, you you went by it. There you go. Uh resolution providing for increase in reserve for uncollected t taxes
percentage. Uh Dr. Gonzalez. >> Uh yeah. So, in Well, I guess first off, are there any questions before I just summarize it? >> I mean, just >> Yeah, summarize it. >> I read it.
>> That's the question. >> Yeah. Yeah. So, um we collected about 98.9% of 2025 taxes uh due to an increase in certain taxpayers being delinquent. Um but the average collection percentage for the prior 3
years was over 99%. Um so the lower percentage collected in 2025 has an effect on what we can include in our reserve for uncollected taxes in 2026. So as a result um we would like to anticipate that we'll we'll see more
than 99% uh collections for 2026. Um and in order to do so we need this resolution. Um and I would defer to to Steve if there's anything left out there. >> Can you talk about it? In terms of the
line, the actual line item is this the 3 million that went down to 2 million for our reserve. >> Yeah. 3.3 that went down to 2.3. >> And by doing this resolution, you save a little over $29,000 in the reserve.
>> What? But what will it be? What is it in this budget? I just don't remember. >> 2.3. Same as last year. >> And if we didn't do this resolution, what would it be? uh an additional $29,500. >> And how much of the difference in taxes
related to um HRH >> uh specifically? I don't have that percentage, but that was a part of the part of the issue. >> Yeah. I mean, I I can give you the total number that that HRH was delinquent on,
but I I can't tell you the exact percentage in the reserve for delinquent taxes, but um you know, uh HRH's uh delinquent principle on taxes was about $1.3 million >> in just in 2025.
Uh no well since the fourth quarter 2024 but >> so so delinquencies were a million789 at the end of 24 in total and at the end of 25 it's 2,ion180. So almost $400,000 almost $400,000
increase, >> but really it was a $400,000 increase, but really it would have been an $800,000 decrease were it not for the hospital. >> Like it's fair statement. It's not it like
by the way I'm I'm happy to do this but I feel like you know we had a risk concentration with a major ratable is what we had that disrupted it's not like our ordinary course we had increases because the
general population in Hoboken wasn't paying their taxes if anything the it sounds like the general population actually was paying their taxes were it not for this risk concent concentration in one ratable, we actually would have had a um a significantly less a
significantly higher recovery of our taxes last year than we would have had the year before. Right. >> Well, the year before was 9905 and in 23 it was 99.29. So that's again that's a fair statement.
Yeah. If HRH had paid their taxes, the rate would have been higher. Yes. >> Right. >> Any other questions on this item? >> All right. >> Okay. Do you want to do >> No. Get Get Steve off the clock. We want
Steve off the clock. >> Steve, go away. I'm babysitting my grandchildren, so I'm not really sure whether I really want to go upstairs. >> We're hoping the house isn't on fire. Good luck. >> Thanks. Have a good night, everybody. >> Have a good night. Thank you, sir. Have
a good night. >> Thanks, Steve. >> Uh, let's go back to the beginning, Mr. Clerk. All right, we have petitions, reports of city officers, questions on claims, payroll.
All right. All right. Let's get Director Brown, you ready? Community development maintenance bond for allocation. Sweetie, first one. CD2 CD1 CD2 want Urban Renewal Associates.
>> What is that? >> What is Urban Renewal Associates? >> Yeah. No, I was looking for the the mute button. So, Hoboken forward urban one renewal. That's the joint venture between the Hoboken Housing Authority and RPM. So they need this resolution in
order to apply for the funding that they need to move forward with the project. >> Yeah, thank you. >> That's the new name for the HHA redevelopment. Uh CD3
the error knight the mass of course from sharp right CD4 any questions CD4 four. Okay. Uh CD5, >> could you summarize that one? >> Spending plan for what?
>> Yeah. So, that's how we spend our affordable housing trust fund dollars. >> Oh, okay. Last year, we entered into a settlement agreement or a memorandum of agreement with the Division of Civil Rights over a certain matter and uh we
had to put $30,000 into our affordable housing trust fund. that needed to be accounted for which this amendment reflects CD6. >> Chris, quick uh summary for everyone. >> CD6, CD7, CD8,
>> Yep. CD9 all have to do with um the city of Hoboken's compliance under fourth round with the state of New Jersey affordable housing program. U so there's a lot of language in in all
these documents that bring into that bring our documents into compliance with the way that the state's affordable h housing program um generally runs. Like we ran all of this through fair share housing. fair share hasn't approved everything or at least did not comment on um on these documents. So again, it's
just to make sure that we're in compliance with the state. >> Any questions on those package deals >> four items? >> Yeah. Uh CD10 is this an appraisal for 1301 Washington
Street, which is the YMCA. >> It's the appraisal on center. Yes. >> Portion the SRO's area of the building. >> Correct. >> Can you talk a little bit about why >> the original appraisal was for the recreation side? So, we have a we have
an agreement or uh we have a we have a uh agreement. Thank you. with the with the Hoboken housing with the Hoboken community center to uh to to to to revitalize their property or to make
best use of their property. And we did an appraisal of the recreation side as a you know first step to seeing what um value can be created in the building or what steps can be taken in the building to reach full potential. Um it did not
look at the SLRO side uh which the Hoboken Community Center flagged. So at the request of the Hoboken Community Center, we uh got a an this proposal for an appraisal on the SLRO side. So they want to see what the value of the building is
on that condo. >> Is it a is it a situation where like 1 plus 1 equals 2 or is it 1 plus 1 will equal three? Like is there any analysis on the combined building?
>> So we could so I mean because it's two condos if we it probably it would have made sense to >> we would have had to do 1 plus 1 equals two no matter what. Um I think that yeah it it to answer your question yes 1 plus 1 equals two. That's the appra that's
the value of the whole building. Um and and that'll that'll but I guess but I guess knowing both sides uh will determine um steps best taken for for
the property on each side of it. >> Yeah. I I guess the um just something to consider when you're talking with the appraiser is um you know the the buildings are uh
connected like their systems run through each other the condos. So there's, you know, the valuation of one side has to, if you, if you were evaluating one side, like constructing one side while
the other exists is different than if you were to reconstruct everything, right? And it it may be worth asking them how what that combined value would be if you were to look at it just holistically,
you know, as a combined building. I'm not sure it's I'm not sure one to there. It could be sure it is. >> Sure. >> Anyway, >> all right. Uh CD11, this is just pre-qualifying firms that
could do uh appraisal services down the road. Simple one, CD12. This is the estopo period uh mentions from the uh American Legion ordinances
earlier. Both of them are no and go go up again Mr. Clerk to CD15 or CD13 I'm sorry. Sorry. Yes, both of them are stop wave of stop periods for the two uh
items we saw earlier. Corporation Council. This would be Director Perez. >> Absolutely. So, all of the um Corporation Council items that you see are just additional dollars for open litigation matters that are currently
out there. >> Uh um Dr. Perez, I'm sorry. We we spoke about uh you say a little bit better grasp of uh Hoboken's legal situation with the out lawsuits. You want to get that summary to council members, right? We discussed that.
>> I do and I do have them all now. I I want to say I have 95% of all of them now and can certainly put that together. Um, I think what I need to better understand and maybe perhaps that's you and I offline is how you guys have presented in the past and how we should be presenting it in the future to make
sure it's in a okay >> the most readable format for you guys and easy. >> All right. So, all right. All right. Sounds good. So, we'll have a you and I we'll touch base tomorrow. >> Y sometime. >> Absolutely. >> Okay.
So, anyone any questions on the corporation council items? Okay. We have uh city clerk adjust the minutes from the April 8th meeting.
Uh finance department F1 is emergency uh appropriations. So we adopt the budget. Is that correct, director Gonzalez? >> Yeah. Uh well, it goes through May. >> Yes. >> Yep. For at least for the next couple of
weeks till one month. >> End of May. End of May. Yes, correct. >> End of May, one month. Yes. >> Very good. Any questions on that? >> Okay, we did F2. Let's go to infrastructure. RJ, director R.J.
would you like a summary of that one? >> Sure. >> Sure. So, this is a professional services contract to Arcadus um to do storm water flow monitoring for five green grey storm water tanks that were installed last year. So, it's funded entirely by a D water quality grant. Um
as part of that grant requirement, we need to do flow monitoring and so we will install um the actual monitors into the tanks and then do analysis on that data that they collect. >> Excellent. Any questions?
Okay. I2 is open space trust fund uh funding going to Church Square Park for the next phase for the improvements for Church Square Park. Any questions on that item? >> Is that that's already been bonded,
right? It's already >> Yes. >> Okay. >> Park phase two has >> I'm pretty sure it has, right? >> I don't think it has. I think we only did phase one. We have not bonded specifically for Church Square Park phase 2 improvements. No. Um there are
park bonds. >> I apologize. >> There are park, you know, bonds uh allocated for parks broadly and so we could certainly, you know, use those for uh development of phase 2, but not specifically earmarked for that project.
>> So, do we have a sense of how much um we're going to need to continue on in phase two? Sure. The scope of work for phase one was about $2 million. Um, and that was funded by a number of different uh Hudson County Open Space Trust Fund
grants such as this one, D grants, and uh DCA grants. Um and so I I would expect a similar um scale of cost given that the scope of work for phase 2 is a similar situation where we're demolishing the existing playground,
installing a new one that's ADA compliant, and uh doing additional landscaping and and sidewalk improvements. >> Yeah, I think I'm more interested in figuring out how or having a general idea of what would impact the municipal budget, right?
like how much of that like I know you're going to get a lot of grants and other people paying for different components >> do you have a sense of what would get the municipal budget? >> So the so when we bond for parks that they're typically fund paid for that's
serves by the open space trust fund. >> So um in this instance whatever remaining amount that's not covered by grants would be paid for by the open space trust fund. uh through debt service. >> Okay. Thank you. >> I'm sorry. Uh
can can are we on I4? Is that >> I'm having a hard time hearing council president about this correct in the past. >> Can we can someone just say where I I didn't someone just can someone just say where
the three um markets are? >> Yes, council president. I can hear you better. >> Okay. I'm sorry. I apologize. uh for the so the the the three markets there's a Saturday market um underneath the 14th street vioideuct the Tuesday farmers
market near church square park and then the Thursday market is southwest park on observer highway >> it's the same as last year >> yeah I5 for the sinkhole at 411 Bloomfield Street
it's an infamous sinkhole So let's eliminate it. Uh I6 US green pound for lead cert city certification and we and we've done great work at Hobok and getting lead certified buildings in town. So,
uh, I7 and this is, uh, Director R.J., this is for the mobile unit by the police station. >> Yes. So, there's a mobile trailer in the parking lot of police headquarters. Um,
this has been leased since 2024. Um, we renewed it again in 2025. And so, this resolution is just simply renewing it for an additional 12 months at the same cost as last year. Okay. Uh PS1 is resolution authorizing uh
involuntarity involuntary disability retirement. If you have any uh questions with this one, reach out to uh director Perez or director Ferrante about the who, the what's, the wise. uh tax collector
refund tax overp payments and resolution authorize 1% disability disabled veterans property tax deduction property for 2026 questions on that okay uh let's go transportation director
sharp you're back >> I'm here >> yep resolution of the city of hoboken Go ahead. >> T1 authorizes a uh a repayment plan with
uh Hudson Regional Health, which is the hospital, uh for past due parking fees. This is carried from a previous agenda and uh open to vote on that on Wednesday.
>> Okay, any questions on that? And then uh T2 is the bike share program between Hoboken and Jersey City. >> Have any questions? I know council president Zano, you had questions on this.
>> Yeah, I'm I don't know what to say on this one. This one's a really difficult one for me. Uh that I've studied the city bike program extensively and this contract falls very short. Uh while
Jersey City has X number uh 70% 72% as a earlier email from the director told me we have almost as many rides as they do and they were um they kind of dictated this contract it seemed like and while
the contract does change there was only two things put forward from us uh from the hang of um we we go from a model where we pay 200 grand to not paying anything and then we
only get 1% of the revenue. Now, in a successful program that we've had here and we've outpaced Jersey City, um I'm not 100% sure on who if Jersey City drove everything. However, we I did put forth a bunch of
requests. It doesn't seem like that anything was given to us. And I just want to remind everybody that before we vote on it that we're taxing our residents or we're putting more fees up to our residents for public spaces and we just let a corporation here kind of
skate free and we didn't do anything more. And so as we go and we ask more from residents and we ask more from visitors, we have to ask more from for-profit companies. And so that's why I'm just a little well not a little I'm kind of upset from that standpoint uh
from that other from from where I look at this. If one last thing that one that based upon the new laws that are going to be passed in Jersey City Bike got an exemption. So therefore I would be curious that why we haven't put any type of language on developing technology to
keep the bikes off the sidewalk because they're going to get a a free pass on this. Um, from that perspective, I would have looked to loved to see that. The other thing is this isn't a finalized contract. So, I'm concerned why we're voting not on a finalized contract. And I know there's two cities involved, but
you know, I I I'm a bit confused on that. Uh, however, somebody's going to tell me it's protocol. But again, I want to just make it clear that as we ask our residents for more, we're not asking a corporation that has publicly traded
that has had the value of these bike share program go up that they're not being uh asked to pay more. I am one upset on one big issue that I I would like to see. I don't like it. I don't know if we can change it is the snow
that they say 50% of their stations will be cleared within 6 hours. I know that we had talked to them some problems uh that they had had with their stations from it took them a week to two weeks in the last snowstorms. However, we we heard our residents with fines for
not doing it after six or seven or 10 or 10 hours after. Why does again a for-profit corporation get another pass? So, that's all I'm saying. It's just, you know, we got to be fair that everybody, and again, I'll I'll quote, Councilman Firestone, you know,
everybody's got a share in this. Uh, and City Bike seems to get a lot of um, uh, passes, if you want to call it, or overlooked. And while a successful program and supportive of it, I just think we should be getting more because we've helped make them successful in New
Jersey. So, it's more of a statement. Uh, I'll take it offline to discuss with the director. I don't know. But I think the the council members here, I would love for you guys to just dig deeper into these contracts to look at them and see that we should be getting so much more, especially in a time when uh we
need things. >> Thank you, sir. Anyone else? Um T3, >> Mr. President. >> Yes, Councilman Fischer. >> Yeah. So, we this is the meeting that is
tonight at 7. Um 13th Street's pretty controversial with neighbors. Um this is a really narrow street. Everyone's probably familiar. It has uh trees growing out of the middle of the sidewalks on the north side. Um and
because we're using not because I mean we're using a grant, we want to do all the upgrades, but this started initially with taking down about 17 trees on a fourb block um um range and um so there's a lot of
push back from residents and we're hoping to hear from them tonight. I know that with um our last public meeting in the fall, the administration worked hard to come back and reduce that number dramatically. I think it's down to seven. Uh you know, this is a tossup
between, you know, cars and parking and neighborhood aesthetics. um something that's been difficult to get everyone consistent consistently on the same page um with so uh although my name is on this if for some reason tonight after
the meeting my neighbors are just like I absolutely they just don't like it um I I may not be the sponsor after the fact but we it it is uh one of the top streets in Hoboken in need of repair um it's been on the list for the last five
years I appreciate the work that the administration has done to get it here. Um, and so, you know, we'll see what happens tonight. >> No. Well, good luck. It needs to be paved. >> It's that it's desperate. >> I know. That's what we, By the way, we
asked for it just to be repaved this entire time and we were told by the city, "No, has to be fully redone." >> That's where we are. Thank you so much. Uh, next item T4,
enenuity infrastructure. >> This is inspections. Correct. >> This is the engineering services like construction administration for >> Yeah. >> Correct. >> Yeah. This is tied to the previous project on 13th Street. They'll provide the construction inspection and
oversight. >> Yep. Okay. Let's go to ordinances. First reading. We don't have many. We have a block party permit fee. Uh
handicap parking. an ordinance to amend the redevelopment plan for the Northwest Industrial Redevelopment Area. That's the area north of Divine Dog. And then we have the resolution to accompany uh
number three. Item number three. >> What is the amendment? >> Yeah. So that's for the water music property. That's um final that's nearing completion. >> Sorry. Archer Northwest. I'm sorry. Yes. I'm sorry. Of course. I might >> This is
okay. >> This is the parking issue. >> Yeah, this is the parking issue. Um they're going to provide >> uh parking in an offsite location subject to parking agreements being submitted to the to the city annually.
Um >> and what happens when those agreements expire in the future and can't be renewed? The building's already built. So what do they have to do then? >> The the redeveloper HOA and because these are going to be condo units, they
would have to submit parking agreements to the city on an annual basis. Like it's not that they would be one-year agreements every year. >> So think think about that. A condo an HOA as someone who's board president of a condo. A they're not going to know they have to do it and b they absolutely
don't have the wherewithal to negotiate parking contracts within Hoboken. I mean, th this is this is signing up for something that says we're okay when this parking goes away and we're allowing the building to be built. And I just I think that is not what they signed up for.
There there's a cost. They could they can do the garage. Um if they wanted to spend money, you know, yep, he got built out of money. That is not a Hoboken issue. That's their own issue and they should just absorb the costs as far as I'm concerned. This is something I hope
all of my colleagues vote no on. >> Understood. >> Thank you, Councilwoman. >> And get scroll up that J new business public portion. And I think we're going to have an emergency resolution. Correct.
Director Gonzalez, Director Sharp. Yes, we'll have an emergency resolution added to the agenda to wave the no noise ordinance to allow for overnight uh paving in the area of uh Henderson
Street and uh Newark and Observer by the firehouse in the southwest. >> Yeah. And so so Marina is still closed. We want to pave the road. So, instead of having everything closed during a day at one time, uh we it's going to take three
days and we'll be doing the overnight uh paving from 700 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. Is that correct, director Sharp? >> It's going to be more like 9 to 6. >> Yeah, but I think the setting up is like seven. >> Setting up I think is after 8. >> Okay.
>> Yep. >> All right. Doc today was seven. All right. Uh, council president, you good? Oh, your hands up. Okay. >> No one. >> I think I never lowered it. Sorry. >> All right. >> Uh, thank you, buddy. A motion to close.
>> So moved. >> All in favor? I. >> Thank you, everyone. Have a good night. Appreciate it. >> Good night, everyone. Byebye.