e e good evening I hereby announc that pursuant to section five of the open public meetings act the adequate notice of this meeting has been provided in the notice which was sent to the Asbury Park Press the Two River times and posted on the Bolton board in township hall and
filed in the township clerk's office on January 3rd 2025 mayor Foster here miss L Mountain here Mr imprev dudo here Mr lucarelli here Mr Romano here mayor you have a quorum excellent thank you Wendy can we all please stand for the Pledge
of Allegiance States got a packed meeting tonight very nice to see everybody uh officers we're going to get to your swearing in we're going to just really start quickly with the seventh grade girls basketball team so we can kind of get them on their way some of
them have to head out to practices and stuff so if that's okay with everyone we're going to start there it's become an old hat for you girls right three out of four years pretty impressive whereas this year the 2024 2025 hell Youth Athletic Association seventh grade girls
basketball played an impressive season finishing with a record of 10 and two and whereas after coming off a strong strong season the team prevailed in the playoffs winning three games and advancing to the league championship for the third time in four years and the team's hard work and dedication paid off
as they successfully reclaimed the mid Mammoth League Championship with a win against Wall Township and the players were LED supported and encouraged in their Endeavors and successes by coaches Allison gondo and Dom serini now for now
therefore be it resolved by the mayor and Township Committee of the township of home that congratulations be extended to the following Josephine serini Blake gando El Foster Eder Akerson Leia Taha Lila
Lynn Riley zamit Sienna LaVine Gia kabad Kate Pollock and Charlotte burkel personally and officially on behalf of the residents of the community for their outstanding achievements be it further resolved that a suitably engrossed copy of this resolution be presented to the
team as a small token of the esteem in which they are held and be it further resolved that all best wishes be extended to all for continuing success in all their future endeavors proclaimed this 25th day of March 2025 girls please come up and accept this Proclamation
congratulations why don't a couple come pi [Applause] okay thank you everybody okay now we will uh we will move forward with the swearing of officers Thomas Dy and Kevin
Bailey thank you mayor Deputy Mayor I want to thank the members of the township committee mayor and Deputy Mayor um for allowing us to um here this evening to formally we in our two new officers both were appointed on February
16th of this year and are currently assigned to the Patrol Division where they have begun a Department's field training program and are doing an outstanding job I may add I'd also like to um thank all the hell police officers that are here this evening officers from
Atlantic Highlands officers from Allen Hurst PD and chief Reiner that's here with us also and I think I if Chief Meneses is here I'm not sure if I saw him or not anyway first officer I want to introduce is Kevin
Bailey Kevin come on up [Applause] please Kevin grew up in Hal he attended hal High School and graduated in 2016 Kevin worked the summer as a summer
laborer with the hell DPW in 201 2016 2017 and he interned with the hell Police Department in the summer of 2018 Kevin attended V Delaware Valley University where he was a member of the lacrosse team he graduated in 2020 with
a bachelor in criminal justice and a minor in Business Administration Kevin attended the mammoth County Police Academy and graduated June of 2001 and started as a sleo 2 officer Kevin was appointed as a
full-time patrolman in Allen Hurst from June 2022 until February 20 25 when he was hired by our department Kevin has ties here in Hell his dad Jim is retired from Hell DPW in
2022 after 30 years of service his uncle Shawn was a sergeant with our Police Department retiring in 2011 after 20 years of service Kevin also has two other other uncles who served in law enforcement his uncle Keith who retired from Freehold burough in 2015 and his
Uncle Rich who retired as a lieutenant with New Jersey Department of Corrections February this past year it gives me great pleasure to present you Kevin Bailey badge 1120 with him his father Jim and his mother Heather Brothers Ryan Danny and
sister Amanda grandmother Janice and his girlfriend McKenzie congratulations right there perect all right hi Kevin biley I do solemnly swear do solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States I
will support the Constitution of the United States and the constitution of the state of New Jersey and the constition of the state of New Jersey that I will bear true faith that I will bear true faith and Allegiance and Al to the same to the same and to the governments established and to the governments established in the united
states in the United States and in this state and in this under the Authority Under the authority of the people of the people and that I will faithfully and that I will faith impartially and justly perform and justly perform all the duties all the
duties of a hell Township police officer according to the best of my ability to the best of my ability so help me God congratulations [Applause]
[Music] [Applause] okay the next patrolman I want to introduce to you is Thomas Dy Thomas grew up in Atlantic Highlands graduated Henry Hudson Regional High School Thomas graduated the mammoth County Police Academy in December
2023 since that time he's been employed as a special two officer in Atlantic Highlands until February of this year when he was hired by the hell Police Department Thomas received a waiver from the special two to a regular police officer Tom's father Steve is a career police
officer he retired from Atlantic Highlands in 2022 as a sergeant after retirement he joined the hell Township Police Department where he's currently employed as a special three officer working Security in our schools Thomas's badge is going to be
121 it gives me great pleasure to present you Thomas Dy Thomas congratulations okay I Thomas dy I Thomas D do solemnly swear do solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution that I will support the Constitution of the United States of the United States and the
Constitution and the constitution of the state of New Jersey of the state of New Jersey that I will bear true fa faith I will bear true faith and Allegiance and allegiance to the same to the same and to the governments established and to the governments established in the united states in the United States and in this state and in this state Under
The Authority Under the authority of the people of the people and that I will Faithfully that I will faithfully impartially impartially and justly perform and justly perform all the duties of a hell Township police officer all the duties of a home Township police officer according to the best of my
ability according to the best of my ability so help me God you guys congratulations [Applause]
I want to thank everybody for com [Music] all right thank you Chief congratulations again officers Wendy wanted Next Step please sure next would be the approval of the minutes from the January January 30th
2025 executive and public sessions and the February 11th 2025 executive and public s any questions from anyone on the committee can we get a motion move second Mr imprev dudo yes Miss L
Mountain yes Mr lucarelli yes Mr Romano yes mayor Foster yes the minutes have been successfully approved thank you next is public comment for agenda items only Wendy just one second yeah Chief are you asking for the thank you
thank you e you ready yes next would be uh public comment for agenda items only do we have any public comments okay seeing none next would be um resol the consent
agenda which includes resolutions 2025 100 through 2025 111 can we get a motion motion second Mr imprev dudo yes Miss L Mountain yes Mr lucarelli yes Mr Romano
yes mayor Foster yes okay resolutions 2025 100 through 2025 111 have been successfully passed next is resolution uh 2025 112 Which con is conditionally designating 23 Main Street propco LLC as the
redeveloper for Block 13 lot 15 and commonly known as 23 Main Street Michael you want to make a quick comment on this please sure mayor uh this is the uh commonly known as the Vonage property in South hell this
resolution uh designates the owner which is 23 Main Street propco LLC as the redeveloper that's conditioned upon entry into a Redevelopment agreement which will need to be adopted by further resolution of the township committee uh but we did want to take this action to
designate The Entity as the redeveloper which will assist them in their efforts and I can advise the public that we're working um in close contact with them towards the final terms of a redeveloper agreement that we hope to have um at an upcoming meeting for consideration by the township
committee can we get a motion motion second Mr imprev dudo yes Miss L Mountain yes Mr lucarelli yes Mr Romano yes mayor Foster yes Okay resolution 2025 1112 has been successfully passed
next is Introduction of ordinances ordinance 20255 which is an ordinance establishing chapter 20 section 16 titled short-term rentals this motion is to adopt on first reading publish in the Asbury Park Press
and set the public hearing for April 8th 2025 thank you Wendy Michael would you like to make a comment on this one please sure mayor uh this ordinance uh was recommended by uh the Township's construction Department um I I think it's become prevalent in other
municipalities that airbnbs have uh percolated and uh kind of the determination was made that the airbnbs really didn't comport with hell and so this would prohibit short-term rentals which New Jersey law allows municipalities to regulate and so this
would prohibit them which is 175 days or shorter and it also gets into uh this other practice that's been going on of people air being being their pools in their backyard and allowing people to rent them out for the day so this would also address that as well and this is all part of an effort to be proactive uh
before any of these practices become prevalent can we get a motion yes motion second Mr imprev dudo yes Miss L Mountain yes Mr lucarelli yes yes Mr Romano yes mayor Foster yes and and
thank you to Steve Winters and his team for kind of getting on this early and moving it Forward uh I agree with it wholeheartedly and happy to move forward on it ordinance 2025 will be 05 will be set for public hearing next for introduction is ordinance
20256 which is a bond ordinance providing for Road and safety improvements to Crawford's Corner Road by and in the township of Homedale in the county of Mammoth state of New Jersey appropriating 1,500,000 therefore and authorizing the issuance of
1,500,000 notes or bonds to finance part or the costs thereof this motion is to adopt on first reading and publish in the Asbury Park Press and set the public hearing for April 8th 2025 Michael you want to make another quick comment yeah sure mayor this um
this is a bond ordinance for the Crawford's Corner Road Improvement project in front of Homedale High School uh just Bears noting that uh the township will be the recipient of that dot Grant uh but the township needs to prepay the cost of the project and then get reimbursed by the state uh the CFO
indicated that this is the uh appropriate bond to be issued based upon Township's current ability internally to fund thank you Michael can we get a motion motion second Mr impr preva dudo yes Miss L Mountain yes Mr lucarelli yes
Mr Romano yes mayor Foster yes ordinance 20256 will be set for public hearing thank you next would be hearing on ordinances this would be hearing for ordinance 20252 which is an or ordinance authorizing acquisition of Potter's Farm
property of block 49.2 Lots 40 40q and 41 on the tax map of the township of Homedale can we get a motion sorry can we get any comments
from the public come on up Ralph good evening Ralph Blumenthal 41 Stony Brook Road I'm disappointed by this process that the Methodist I believe had an excellent
plan it was a low-scale residential development in a residential Zone there was going to be a low-scale residential development seeking a goal of excellent care not just good care but really
excellent care for Elder patients residents who had dementia unfortunately I and we understand that a number of religious organizations have had a variety of financial
problems uh due to policy issues bad prct practices in the past legal issues and the like and so that that may have been what led the Methodist which we know are splitting
their organization to back out from proceeding with the development given that that's the situation I appreciate that you folks want to protect against inappropriate
development on that site and that part of this I applaud so it's not the place for the wrong development so you're taking a step that
has Financial impacts on the township and we'll see how that all works out question I have for tonight is in the introduction Brian mentioned that hey you're going to try
to maintain this as a farm with animals do you have a maintenance plan how is this going to work uh who and how is this going to be maintained who's going to take care of the animals and the property how is it
going to be funded uh you know that's going beyond the simple acquisition but I hope there are some thoughts put forward into what's going to happen next once you do close on the
property three you mayor uh the one thing I can say is that we are aware that there is a current tenant that um is allowed to use the property and has the uh the animals on the property and so part of our negotiations in taking
the acquiring the property will be um how that relationship is handled um we'll have to negotiate that but that is part of the purchase and sale agreement terms that we need to work out with United Methodist Church okay because my understanding is
there were really two entities involved for a number of years the landscape company has been using a portion of the property and subsequently a Potter daughter has been providing animals and they've been Trucking them back and
forth from a different location in Freehold so they two entities involved and I don't know which one you're involved with or potentially both of them or what your vision of how the property should look five years from
now I think that's all under discussion by the township committee I think you know the primary goal is as stated in the ordinance which is to preserve the property for open space purposes um you know obviously it'll have discretion you know once the property's acquired uh as
to the farm specifically as I said I can't really discuss that further but we are aware of that current uh lease or license Arrangement and we will address that but Ralph to answer our goal is is to keep as much open space we've been open and transparent about that and
every everything you discussed obviously I guess some of that's out there but we saw an opportunity and we're we're trying to protect the town as best we can what's going to happen with in the future we're not sure of at the moment open space is our preference maybe some some Recreation but certainly not development is our goal yeah very good
thank you come on up Pat Patrick trus 56 Line Road Homedale doesn't need a faith-based dementia care Enclave operating by the United Methodist Church especially on
such an iconic hell property as Potter's Farm now with hell's acquisition of Potter's Farm the only pastoral care to be given will be for the Sheep congratulations on requiring it
and look forward to open faces thank you thank you Pat any other comments seeing none can we get a motion motion second Mr imprev dudo Mayor if there was
a stronger word than yes I would use it yes Miss L Mountain yes Mr lucarelli yes Mr Romano yes mayor Foster yes okay ordinance 20252 has been successfully passed thank you
next um for a hearing on ordinance 20253 which is a bond ordinance providing for the acquisition and the payment of a portion of the purchase price of real property commonly known as the Potter Farm property and being designated as block 4902 Lots 40 40q and
41 on the official tax map of the township of Hell in the county of Mammoth state of New Jersey appropriating 4,500,000 therefore and authorizing the issuance of 4,285 74,000 in bonds or notes of the township
to fin Finance part of the cost thereof any public comments I know it's kind of redundant seeing none can we get a motion move second Mr impr preva dudo yes Miss L
Mountain yes Mr lucarelli yes Mr Romano yes mayor Foster yes okay ordinance 2025 03 has been successfully passed thank you next for a hearing is ordinance 20254 which is an ordin ordinance
authorizing lease of a portion of block 5030 lot 7453 11-13 cville road to the county of Mammoth any public comments seeing none can we get a motion
motion second Mr impr prudo yes Miss L Mountain yes m Mr lucarelli yes Mr Romano yes mayor Foster yes ordinance 20254 has been successfully passed thank you thank you very much Wendy we're going to move into our department
reports Chief administrator slm of Ceremonies for this evening do you have anything for us mayor just briefly um our team that was working on the street lights finished up the rest of the town they had a they had a smaller area to go over
but they did finish it up all all the roads have been gone through all the lights that are out have been recorded and forwarded into jcpnl so that that's all done now um Mr Luna's also been you know forwarded all
our lighting information on the street lights that are out secondly I had a representative from jcpnl show up here today had to sign off on some paperwork they're going to be starting next month with going around and cutting tree limbs
branches and dead trees on the roadways on um anything that could affect the power lines on a number of roads in town so that just came up today and um lastly the one street light that we were we had
many back and forths with jcpnl over on tibron uh was fixed this past week they went in fixed the wire underground and we've got that one back up up and going so they've been um they've been doing a a fairly decent job in making the
repairs I appreciate you staying on top of them and they have been kind of picking up things lately so I think it's uh all rounding out with how you got everybody together so thank you for that our Township engineer is not with us this evening he is a little bit under the weather so we're going to move forward to the boards and committees I'm
going to start over there Mr Romano thank you mayor oh sorry one second I I our attorney spoke so much earlier I skipped right over him to fade into the background but uh mayor I just have two resolutions from executive session on a couple of uh lwh hanging fruit items I would say uh for
the committee's consideration uh the first relates to the uh Middle Road affordable housing project which dates back to the third round um it's just a resolution to approve agreements uh that are required to allow for that U refinancing so the resolution caption
would be a resolution authorizing hell Township to execute subordination of Mortgage in favor of the new Jersey housing and Finance Agency in connection with the Middle Road affordable housing development can we get a motion motion
second Mr improv dudo yes Mr Mountain yes Mr lucarelli yes Mr Rano yes mayor Foster yes the resolution has been successfully passed thanks mayor and and the other is uh just a late starter from Community Development it's a resolution
directing the tax assessor to place an assessment against block 31 lot 1.03 for the removal of debris can we get a motion motion second Mr imprev dudo yes Miss L Mountain yes
Mr lucarelli yes Mr Rano yes mayor Foster yes the resolution has been successfully passed thank you great thank you thank you Michael Joseph thank you again mayor okay starting with the hell Library the library hosted a special presentation on the hell horn
antenna presented by subit Conwell the event had over 100 attendees and was attended by Mr by Dr Bob Wilson himself March is read Across America month at the hell Branch kids and teens can participate in the read Across America scavenger hunt for a chance to win incentives and can sign up at the
reference desk a reminder that the summer reading program begins June 1st visit the hell Library website for a variety of programs and challenges throughout the summer for the movie for tomorrow's movie night the hell Branch will be showing the 2024 film conclave beginning at 6
p.m. from the Board of Education the cheer team wins state championship congratulations to the hell High School cheer team on becoming the New Jersey state champions in the co-ed intermediate Varsity division hell high school student Leela bruy was chosen to received the New Jersey Governor's award
in arts education selected as only one of eight such recipients across the state congratulations Mark your Calenders transition fair is April 4th it's not what you think uh the school district and the office of special services and invites students age 14 to 21 and their families to the hell transition Fair the
fair aims to connect families with a wealth of resources to facilitate the transition to adult living it will be held at the bellworks atrium on Friday April 4th from 9:30 a.m. to 1: p.m. uh snow days we have a give back the school district has built in two snow days for the school year since
they've not been used the school years the the the snow days will be given back to that end schools will be closed on the following days Monday April 21st Tuesday May 27th from the vet veterans committee we have the second veterans event uh it's going to be held the second veterans coffee and conversations
was held on Thursday March 13th we'd like to thank hell PBA number 239 for sponsoring the event Chief Alo presented the veterans with updates to the new ride and Mammoth program assemblywoman Vicky Flynn stopped by and talked to the group as well the next veterans Gathering will be held in May any
veteran or gold star family member who would like to be placed on the distribution list please contact the recreation office at extension 1225 thank you thank you Joe Mr dudo thank you mayor uh first I want to give a special shout out to patrolman
Brendan Bernard and patrolman Rich en zarell who on March 16th responded to a residence for a report of a woman in labor with no medical personnel on site and with the birth imminent these officers utilized their training and instincts to deliver a healthy baby girl
mom and baby were transported to a local hospital by the H Del first aid Squad and both are doing well outstanding work Brandon and Rich and chief always speaks of your leadership as well of those folks so wonderful job the next Goal Zero high visibility countywide enforcement detail is
scheduled for Thursday March 27th 2025 from 3:00 to 7:00 p.m. State Highway 35 will be the focus of this month's detail which will include the following agencies belmare belel wall Neptune Neptune City ocean eaten toown Shrewsberry Redbank Middletown hell
Hazlet Keyport Aberdine and the mammoth County Sheriff's Office Ocean County agencies are now participating in The Goal Zero enforcement details and will be out on Route 70 during the same time frame as Mammoth County agencies this Thursday
between the two counties approximately 55 miles of Highway will be covered simultaneously the intent of this high visibility campaign is to confront the Staggering rise in traffic deaths New Jersey has seen in recent Years also the hell Township Police
Department has received over $40,000 in enforcement overtime grant funding from the New Jersey department of highway traffic safety for the 2025 fiscal year this enables our officers to proactively Target violations such as distracted driving speeding and impaired driving
officers will continue to use these funds to supplement additional patrols until the end of this Grant on September 30th from the first aid Squad they are excited to announce that they have launched a new redesign website the new site provides information and updates about first aid services membership
application and community events the you can visit the website at www.homedellpolice.org section D April 21st to easily find your section visit homedel township.com sections and last but not least uh I had a meeting with the finance committee uh
a little bit uh I guess May a week and a half ago or so just to review uh the budget Trends over the past several years the debt Trends uh we reestablished or reelected uh Eric silvergold as the chairman he's done a fabulous job for us there um and looking
at you know sort of the spend Trends how they've slowed considerably over the past couple years and conveyed mayor your mandate to make sure the tax rate stays flat as it has over the past couple years as well uh and so as our awesome CFO acknowledges one of the best in the state continues to uh Forge ahead
with the budget we'll reconvene and bring you in to that mayor as well for the analysis and uh you know prepare us for Budget season so thank you excellent thank you Rober Eric thank you for your service appreciated Mr lucarelli thank you mayor uh from the
recreation department uh registration is now open for the 2025 season at the Homedale Swim Club registration can be done online at any time through or and any time through the wesk portal uh Please be aware that there is a 3% convenience fee for all
nonh check transactions this fee goes directly to the processor and not to Homedale Township registration is now open for all of the spring programs uh information on these programs can be found on the rec Recreation Department's
Rec desk page uh registration will be open uh in the next few days for the summer Recreation program at Cross Farm Park and uh I I did want to just make a comment tonight uh for you Chief um it
it's just great seeing these new recruits come on um I just think you're doing a fantastic job I know in the last year or two we've hired quite a bit of new recruits you have a lot of guys retiring um and I know it's not easy I know that pool of quality you know
officers is is shrinking from from what I hear and um I just think you're doing a great job with your recruiting efforts um it's just wonderful seeing another uh father son uh you know you know another uh sibling of a of a former whether it's just an employee of the township that's
pretty cool um and I know it's it's it's hell has been fortunate to have quite a bit of those and I I just think it's great to see that tradition continue but I wanted to congrat you know just commend you on on your recruiting efforts and continuing to you know make
keep our department as one of the top in the in the state and the county so thank you thank you DJ excellent comments wholeheartedly agree Deputy Mayor yes thank you mayor uh from the Community Development Department we are
still in March Madness permit amnesty month just a reminder that this week and next Monday are the last few days of the March Madness permit amnesty if you've completed work on your house and forgot to obtain a permit reach out to the Community Development Department to get
that taken care of without any fines or late fees uh this does end March 31st from the hell environmental commission the HC daffodil walk will be
taking place along with friends of hell open space on Saturday March 29th from 1: to 3 you can meet at bayonet farm at 1:00 in the small parking lot next to the Harding house and if you're looking
for more information about this please go on Hell social media as well we have the Earth Day Festival coming up the HC will be hosting an Earth Day Festival in Greenway walk on Sunday April 27th from
12: to 5: also at bayonet Farm all events activities and Exhibits are free so please make sure put these events on your calendar they're both really great events if you've never attended um it's something living in hell you want to you
want to do uh at least once while you're here but if not year after year um the from the hell Green Team the community energy planning has identified eight initiatives that they are going to formally investigate as part of the
project their project they are looking at the idea of purchasing alternative fuel vehicles installing public EV charging infrastructure having an anti-idling campaign and enforcement looking to adopt supportive
zoning and permitting for private solar upgrading Energy Efficiency for our Municipal facilities looking at residential Energy Efficiency Outreach campaign ideas implementing a Green
Building policy and requiring developers to complete green development checklists the next Green team meeting is Monday April 7th and is open to the public and I'd like to give a shout out to Mary Rose little if you're if you're
watching if you're listening thank you very much for all the work you have invested in the hell Green Team and this project and and I I say it often but I'm amazed and so appreciate the number of
hours people give to our community and it's something that really makes home Del a home and a a place you want to to stay so thank you for for all of the hours that you all donate as volunteers
and again thank you Mary Rose for for all the time you've invested in this our hell Heritage committee um believe it or not not save the date for Sunday October 26th from 1:30 to 5: over at Hell high
school we will be having our next hell Heritage day the committee has moved up this date to hopefully not interfere with uh the holidays and so that we can thoroughly enjoy without worrying to get our Christmas shopping done any
residents who would like to volunteer or host a table to represent those their cultural heritage please reach out to the committee via email Heritage committee homedel township.com and that's it mayor thank you thank you very much Kim and and definitely thank you to
Mary Rose and the whole team over there you guys are doing a great job so I just have a couple of quick comments and then we'll get to uh public comments as I mentioned at a previous meeting I've partnered with the office of assemblywoman Vicky Flynn to bring the mobile Motor Vehicle Commission unit
to Hell Township on Tuesday April 29th start starting at 10:00 a.m. because of the overwhelming demand not only from Homedale residents but from people all over the state the MVC has instituted an online registration process in order to register for an appointment at the
mobile unit the appointment registration link will go live this Thursday March 27th from 3: to 4:00 p.m. and for your convenience we will share that link on our social media and our website if you are hoping to visit the mobile MVC unit in a in April especially to obtain a
real ID license please make sure to register for an appointment because they are required appointments fill up fast so plan to log on right at 3 p.m. this Thursday to try and get yourself an appointment a reminder that I will be hosting the mayor's community cleanup day on Saturday March 29th from 9:00
a.m. to 12: p.m. and then you can go right from there to the daffodil walk uh community service hours are available for students and Scouts who need them no registration is required volunteers should plan to arrive at the senior community center at 9:00 a.m. to receive their assignment and supplies and lastly
a meeting was held with local and County officials including law enforcement and Military representatives to discuss traffic improvements on Route 520 also known as Newman spring roads in neighboring Middletown Township the project is divided into two phases the
first the Acme access road is currently in public hearing and the second involving Lane restriping and traffic calming is slated for 2026 the Middletown Police Department presented Traffic Safety statistics emphasizing their commitment to safer roads the next
steps involve including hell and Redbank in discussions commissioning a traffic study and holding another public input session in May with the goal of regional Traffic cing Solutions I think everybody would agree 520 is kind of a rough road to travel so that's a welcome thing
that's going on in the county and that's all I have from my updates so uh sorry we'd like to open it up for public comment Jenny Jenny Blumenthal 41 Stony Brook Road I have four very short questions
first how many street lights were out when they was 165 two weeks ago how many is what when they got done the number I got was 24 oh my gosh that should make Jay a little happier all
right um and then for Mark um Mike what is the address of the resolution you just passed about debr yard you gave block and lot but I don't walk around with those facts in my head what was the street that the house H Hillcrest I
don't have the address number but it was on Hillcrest yes okay fine and then this is maybe for for Frank too um our power was out for four hours last Saturday afternoon do you have any idea why it was a perfectly nice day they had a problem with
the J station out yeah yeah where we are yeah yeah it was quite mysterious but we did call JCP and Allen my gum they said it was coming back before 4:00 and shortly before then it was all on so that was nice definely
yeah there were certain household things like vacuuming I couldn't get done um and then last but not least um is there any plan for hell to be doing a styrofoam recycling collection sometime this year I got quite a bag of it down
seller uh we'll definitely look into that Jenny I thought we had something we'll have that answer for you for the next meeting if that's okay okay because a lot of us keep getting all that stuff okay fine that's it I told you they were short thank you Jenny anyone
else come on up Jay Jay enell 18 ladwood drive thank you again chief for for reporting those lights and hopefully they follow through on including the wire ones that have to be fixed over time um I put a couple notes down really quickly I just want to
compliment all of you um both existing mayor prior Mayors other Mayors on on really being smart of late we're really getting smart smarter as a town we're acquiring land when we can we stopped we
didn't allow a pot Distillery like we joked about a few meetings ago uh no airbnbs um I think we could get a little better in the summer when there's parties going on which get out of control I mean I'm all for a good party but it like I think
I talked about before there seemed to be an arms race this past summer near me with who could hire the loudest DJs uh who could go the longest and inevitably it always wound up with police officers having to come I mean we want to have a fun time but keep it real um and again I
think we should have better zoning and enforcement I've mentioned this before about LED lighting I still have neighbor two acres away that has lights I mean people just are oblivious about LED spotlights in this town I think businesses should not be allowed to have
led box windows in this town I think this is something we seriously should consider eradica radical LED lighting uh in the town um Mr Collins I read today in an article that and this I guess is not a surprise
to people tuned into it that the New Jersey Home Builders Association is suing all the towns that are challenging the affordable housing numbers I mean that is just entertaining can you give us any
update on on where we stand with that the litigation or anything I I heard a lot of towns have settled on new numbers where are we okay okay that's that um is there any update on Vonage this LLC got formalized
is the game plan the initial game plan about the same has it changed are there new owners in there um and then Chief hate to put this on you but I I've been complaining about the absolute disgrace of Hell Road um it's supposed to be
redone this year is it really going to be redone if not we need to get a commitment right away from the county it's really banging up cars tires and between these street names made me laugh between Belleview and tulip roads on homel road there are
suddenly deep pool that need to be addressed within 48 hours so can we have someone really go up there on Hell Road between Belleview and tulip and and fill them whether it's the county or us so that those are my points here go ahead
Michael all right thanks Mayer uh on the affordable housing matter um we're kind of proceeding on two fronts the one is uh through the affordable housing dispute resolution program which is what the law set up as the mechanism to handle the fourth round uh our
affordable housing Council and some of the township committee members have been part of mediation proceedings as you referenced uh fair share housing center and the New Jersey Builders Association did file as objector to the Township's petition um and so those are our
adversaries as to the affordable housing obligation um the builders then filed a subsequent letter essentially saying that they were not participating in the mediation but if things don't get worked out with uh the township they would then want to be a part of an adjudication
before the judge so they're trying to have their cake and eat it to in my mind but whatever the case uh we're trying to work through those objections um if there's a an appropriate settlement we'll bring that to the township committee for approval um but while we're doing that we still do continue
with uh our litigation that challenges the um the overall law and and um there's actually I mean I could go on for quite some time about the the different legal claims that are being asserted there but uh suffice exactly I so I I I don't want that timer going off
uh and I don't want to I'm used to it yeah we got to make sure we're saving Jason time here um but yeah so basically that's still continuing and you know we expect that litigation could end up taking Years and we're still dealing with the fourth round at present
okay yeah like is as I mentioned earlier we're working out the Redevelopment agreement which is the next step and we hope to have that here fairly quickly nothing's material yeah that was my point no no no the Redevelopment plan sets the zoning so everything in that is going to be pursuant to the zoning so um
it's really more just just technical legal terms it's a you know an intricate legal document that just needs to be prepared okay and Hell Road I I don't know we contacted Mammoth County Road Department today and reported the potholes hope hopefully did you expect
me to come here talk about it or no it's funny how it came up they were bad I'm driving like where did that come from we contacted them today so hopefully they'll get out there tomorrow but we really do need a I mean we've been hearing about it getting paid for a while it's a disgrace um um almost positive it's on their doct for this
this season yeah thanks I I will reach out to try to confirm that thank you Jay and thank you very much for those comments come on up Ralph Ralph Blumenthal 41 Stony Brook Road just a follow up with regard to
vage the resolution you did tonight was for an organization called pero or something like that the O prior owner if it's not the same was cha what's the relationships of these
entity has cha sold its interest or is they've just reformulated and created a new subsidiary the property was purchased from m c by this legal entity 23 Milli it was never owned by cha Partners per
se um this is I was I would characterize it as likely a single purpose entity that they established for holding the property but um that is owned by cha Partners so they are the redeveloper you're dealing with the same people all along there's not a change in owner developer anything else this is just
confirming that cha is the designated redeveloper provided we get the Redevelopment agreement struck with them fine thank you sure thank you Ralph any other comments Pat Patrick trus 56 Line Road Last Friday Night I watched the exciting
finale of season two of severance the Apple TV award-winning uh series that takes place it's Central to the whole um Severance um uh uh story
is oh it's fantastic okay it takes place at the bellworks building the with the water tower and there's uh there's the seven floors the basement of uh hell um hell
bellworks and after the finale it was announced that Apple TV will be doing a third season of severance and so my uh comment is that um the CFO should be ready uh to
talk to uh Ralph Zucker about the royalties that come from that as part of the um Bell lab's pilot the the pilot that's on the bellworks property uh they spent uh $20 million on season two uh
season one $50 million in season two and season three is going to be well over aund million but that's my uh comment and please ask the CFO who's not there we definitely will reach out to him thank you Pat I thought you were going
to ask us to try to get you an acting gig Eric come on up Eric silvergold non Powder Horn Court um mayor deputy mayor committeeman uh I just wanted to thank all of you guys for all the hard work you've done to
preserve and protect the Potter's forign property I think it's going to be a great open space acquisition for hell and it'll benefit the community for decades to come I think a lot of people have been waiting a long time to get some clarity on the uh outcome and the
future of that property um and there has been a lot of talk over the years but I will say that this Township committee finally got it done finally so thank you mayor Foster for your commitment to open space and for getting this over the Finish Line uh big thank you to
committee men and prudo who kicked off the acquisition uh last year when you were mayor I know all of you guys have worked really hard on this and uh we're really appreciative of everything you guys have done and I just want to say thank you just phenomenal teamwork by this Township committee thanks guys Eric
thank you very much for those comments we're we're we're in lock step up here with that we want to keep this town looking the way it looks feeling the way it feels and and I and I think it all starts and ends with open space and trying to keep it home though thank you for those comments anyone else can I make a comment mayor
absolutely please Joe I just I want to touch on the the DMV event coming up on April ail 29th that's actually there's a deadline coming up for the New Jersey real IDs I fly a lot for work and I haven't gotten my real ID work yet and if you don't have one by May 7th if you use your driver's license for travel
you're not going to be able to use that at the airport anymore so this is actually a great service for residents getting an appointment right now is impossible so if you haven't gotten your real ID this is a great service we're providing I'm going to register for it the moment it goes live because I haven't been able to get an appointment but it's very difficult to get an
appointment there is a deadline coming up so if you do use your driver's license to travel make sure you sign up for this thank you Joe any other comments from the committee seeing none can we get a motion move second all in favor have a
great evening everyone thank you very much