all right everyone we are on the record we're about to get started if we can silence our cell phones as Council Person Gilmore was saying everybody take a hint okay all right good afternoon everyone we are
on the record today is Monday the 7th day of April in the year 2025 this is a city council caucus meeting of the Jersey City Municipal Council we had a scheduled 400 p.m start and the clock on my cell phone is showing 4:11 p.m may we
kindly have a roll call for the commencement of this meeting council Person Ridley here council person Prince Ari here council person Bajiano council person Select here council person Solomon here council person Gilmore
present council person Deise council person Rivera here and council president Waterman here we have all nine council members present at 412 actually 4:11 p.m sorry
on behalf of Council President Waterman and members of the Municipal Council in accordance with the New Jersey Public Laws of 1975 chapter 231 the Open Public Meetings Act also known as the Sunshine Law adequate notice of this meeting has been provided by the posting on the Bulletin board of the first floor city
hall the annual notice which is the schedule of meetings and caucuses of the municipal council for the calendar year 2025 and filed in the office of the city clerk on Friday November 15 2024 excuse me in addition at its time of its preparation the agenda of this
meeting was similarly disseminated on Friday April 4th 2025 at 5:44 p.m to the mayor Municipal Council Business Administrator Corporation Council the newspapers and posted on the city's website so I can certify as our total compliance with the Sunshine Law council
President I'm going to turn it over to you good evening Council President council members the Department of Public Safety has one resolution on the agenda tonight it's a resolution 10.11 agenda item
10.11 resolution 25-229 it's a resolution authorizing the award of a contract with Tomahawk Strategic Solutions for providing various tactical training programs for Jersey City Police Officers under New Jersey State contract for Department of
Public Safety Division of Police it's in the amount of $172,000 the funds are in the reserve account however this will not be paid out of the reserve account we need the funds in the reserve account to pass the uh resolution but these will be from the
federal uh training forfeite funds we'll pay for these just like in the last 12 years uh that amount will cover twice a year training for our ESU team every member will attend a complete twoe training so a total of four weeks 20
days for each member uh and then four active shooter drills however is the optimum we have never gotten there the most we've gotten is three and of course we would only pay for what we actually do uh the reason we only get to three is it's a huge
coordination problem here in the city choosing places to do it making sure everybody's available etc so the truth is uh the entire 172 will not be spent in all likelihood questions director um is with regards to
the new public safety building there's no way this training can be done there right uh it can be done anywhere we've done one there we've also done one in the other building that's there where the health department is uh if the directors up there request it we can
certainly put them back on the list but we we alternate usually between schools between cultural institutions between large buildings downtown here and uh and city buildings we've done them here we've done them at both buildings
up there so we could put them back on the list if we have a location that has not received training it would have priority over a second time at an existing location okay and it's just for ESU uh trainees the the first training the twice a year
the the 20 days I spoke about that is only for the emergency service unit the drills are done by everybody the police department police leadership fire department emergency service unit and our surrounding departments the sheriff's office participates the
community participates and of course everyone in city government is invited to come oh okay what about the affordable housing building could you add that on the list uh I don't believe we've gotten a request i can certainly give that I'll give that to Tuana tomorrow morning okay cuz I cuz I we
haven't selected any right locations for training for this year yet i know we have one request from a fairly large financial institution downtown and that leaves us room for several others director as you may know the there was a
shooting around three uh MLK 3 Jackson Square sorry the um municipal building um I received I re it was outside it was in the vicinity of the building and um is there
any prepared for the future for municipal employees to know what to do in that case um just because I had a lot of concerns from people that work there yeah uh there was a shots fired as you said nobody struck around the corner
from the buildings uh the security guards appropriately locked down the buildings prevented anybody from entering or exiting until they were confident that the uh area was secure police responded immediately uh I believe that is still under
investigation so I'm not going to say anything else about that right now but we're confident that that will reach a satisfactory conclusion for us the investigation uh everybody again I mentioned we've already done drills full day drills in with multiple iterations
in both of those buildings uh we will put them back on the list to do again again priority would go to somebody who's never received the training before we start doing second groups again okay and we can't make that training mandatory uh but it it has been done in
both buildings and everybody was invited hey John um I know we spoke a little at the last council meeting as it relates to processes and protocols when these things happen did we get anything ironed out as it relates to you know what's
supposed to be done and more importantly from a just insurance safety point communicating with the employees because a lot of them I mean I I guess they're still traumatized you know a lot of them still have questions comments and or
concerns as it relates to that communication and how that communication look yeah um Councilman as the director mentioned the buildings were followed by protocol for lockdown um director Kirst had been uh personally involved with strategic planning around that um we
could do another maybe a um open session with those uh um employees and we did provide um onsite um u services for um anybody that was had any residual issues resulting in that so um it's a
collaborative effort in both strategically planning for the next event and then also responding to an event when it occurs is is there any way we can as a council get a copy of like what is the protocol what should they do absolutely and then like I said we could
even have an on-site discussion with them as well can you disseminate the written protocols to the council as well what to do in like god forbid something happens in the vicinity of city hall like what do we do what do I tell my staff you know my council aids
absolutely and director um just with regards to this um train I do recall going to some of them if we can have like um I guess a little more notice just from a community perspective so they can see in real time
what these situations look like when we're doing these uh trainings i know I've I've been to a couple um myself um but I just would like to see a little more like outreach to the community just
so like I mean we paying for it you guys are welcome you can come and see how this stuff looks okay but we we have a very robust community participation we have community members come in and actually act as I believe you were president one where they actually come
in and serve as actors and bystanders during this to make it more difficult for our responding you know for our responding units but yeah I'll look at I'll look at how much notice we give before we do them okay thank you back to
good evening President Waterman members of the council um just to add to director Sheay we also with the assistance of uh director Baker Baker um set up a talk group on the public safety communications network where the
security guards we can monitor the activities that's going on should something occur in one of the buildings say annex 3 obviously all the security guards would be able to communicate this is going to be monitored by the control desk on the police side um that was a
gap that we determined existed so we just took care of that and uh thanks to the assistance of director Baker uh I have four items before you tonight uh first one is 10.9 resolution 25277 resolution will authorize the
award of a contract to Safeware Incorporated for the purchase of desktop computers for the city's emergency operations center these units will be replacing the present C computers which have been in service for more than 8 years total amount of this contract is $125,9254 and is funded through the
fiscal year 2024 UASI grant next item is 102725245 resolution will authorize a month-to-month extension not to exceed three months effective April 30th 2025 with gateway security to provide armed and unarmed security services at various
city- owned properties total cost of this extension will not exceed the sum of $1 million while a city selects a vendor from the recent RFP for security guard services funds in the amount of $300 are available for this matter at a DPW operating account hey director this
this is for the um security guards at the the buildings right correct so this I know we just did a a 90day extension this will be the second one we just got the RFP returned actually council and so myself and other members of the
committee were appointed by uh BA Metro we'll be reviewing that and then hopefully get the contract awarded okay and those and those guys are still in the in the as well right correct it's just a matter of time action councilman the extension just to make sure they're getting paid their
bills adequately but as he mentioned the uh the bids did come back and uh the committee has two weeks to review them starting this week next item is 1028-25246 resolution will authorize re authorize renewal of a contract with
Sims Municipal Recycling of New York LLC for the disposition and marketing of co-mingle materials for the DPW division of recycling total amount of this renewal is $800,00 000 with a temporary incumbrance of $30,000 which is
available in the recycling enforcement account and the final is 102925247 the resolution will authorize the award of an open-end contract to Foley Power Systems for forklift repairs as needed for the DPW automotive
division total amount of this contract is $60,000 with a temporary incumbrance of $15,000 which is available in the automotive division operating account thank you have a good night juliet good afternoon everyone uh good evening
council president council members i am here for agenda number 10.3 resolution 25-221 and 10.725-225 i'll read 10.325-221 first well I won't read it but I will just share uh this is to um a
resolution to accept a gift from a local veteran Anthony Zakone mr zakone is an artist he has painted multiple uh art renderings and is interested in gifting our office uh for the division of veterans affairs with some of his
paintings i have gone through his paintings and selected six uh paintings from Mr zakone which will hang in our office at 394 Central Avenue um the value of those paintings said to
be about $1,000 and then resolution uh 25-225 is really just an amendment to theou that we have in partnership with St peters University to add language that will
include that will include um training for additional veterans st peters would like to partner with us in the training that we provided earlier this year to 15 staff and local individuals that partner
with our office for um resiliency first aid which is a precursor to uh had a late lunch so my brain is a little tired um suicide prevention my apologies um so in this shift of
language it will include that St peters will also pay for some training to help us train additional individuals in resilience first aid to become first responders juliet have you been following the latest laws that are
passed for veterans there's a lot of things out there now that benefit us uh that are veterans and they're very very uh it's about time yes well thank you council for uh providing the budget that we have been
able to train 15 we have 15 scheduled to be trained in June and possibly 10 additional so 25 to be trained with the funding that St peters would add because of thisou thank you thank you good afternoon council president and
members of city council hhs Food and Nutrition has one item this evening for your consideration resolution 25-226 item number 10.8 this is a resolution authorizing the Jersey City Department of Health and
Human Services to accept the child and adult food care program grant in the amount of 117,853.92 uh this program will feed 170 children uh in daycarees and after school that's the first version of the program and uh this grant will help get
it launched thank you thanks Joe good evening Council President Council um I have one resolution 25224 item 10.6 a resolution authorizing New Jersey
City Department of Health and Human Services to accept grant funds from the New Jersey Department of Health for the 2025 senior farmers market nutrition program this is just about well for the grant itself is 4375 to pay for supplies
and we will be having the program this year but the state is only giving 50 $40 a person instead of 50 but at least we still have it because I wasn't sure with everything going on so each senior will get $40 and as soon as we get the applications we'll send them to you so you can pass them on to your
constituents do you know why they cut the funding no I have no idea with everything going on I wasn't sure whether we were going to have it at all but they just said that the money they were slowing the money and um rather than cutting the number of seniors
they'd rather um make sure that more people have them even though it's a little less money thank you for your work leadership thank you good evening council president member of council i have two resolutions this evening first is item number
10.10 resolution 25-228 it's a resolution authorizing an award of a contract to target solutions learning LLC DBA right for tracking software for EMS and fire training under
the National Purchasing Partner Government Purchasing System for the Department of Public Safety that's in the amount of 90,215,32 uh 32 target solutions about four years ago
we brought them in what this does is it tracks the training and the certification of every fireman or firewoman in the department it also tracks inventory hoses brass couplings so forth so on and the condition of
every piece of apparatus uh repairs needed to be made the condition the year make and model this company is used by um the largest fire departments around and as you know Jersey City has the largest fire department in the state and
since moving to this every deputy chief and stuff in charge of a bit has been nothing but raving on how on top the department is on the complete operations because of all this information at their fingertips is this virtual training or it's in
person well it's they have virtual training and on top of that the um you know the record keeping on everything going on it's like a one one-stop solution okay all right my second is item
10.12 it's resolution 25-230 it's a resolution ratifying the award of a contract to Software House International for hardware maintenance services for servers tape drives and BDI systems through the New Jersey
Cooperative Purchasing Alliance of of Bergen County Co-op for the Department of Public Safety Division of Technology and Communications uh this resolution is in the amount of $57,16320 uh this I know I spoke about this coming
up at the last council meeting so as you know as public safety is in the hold waiting for the new systems to come in this is to maintain our present our present technology thank you thank you good evening council president members
of city council i have two items for you today uh the first is 10.22 resolution 25-240 this is a resolution authorizing the um office of cultural affairs to
accept a sponsorship from the Jersey City Public Library for our Summerfest concert series the 50th anniversary of Summerfest is this summer and the library is partnering with us on that next item is 10.31 resolution
25-249 this is an access agreement at 352 Marin uh for the purposes of putting up a public art piece so it's to access their property um because the wall is adjacent to it thank you mobile
Good afternoon Council President council members I have one item before you today for consideration and item 1013 resolution 25-231 a resolution ratifying the award of a contract to Dell Marketing LP for
Microsoft license renewal under the state contract for the Department of Administration Division of Information Technology the total amount of this contract is $367,622.30 this will fund the operations of our Microsoft product suites the emails Office Word Excel
SharePoint and Power to Tool apps that we use across the city good afternoon council president members of municipal council for your consideration I have one item it is agenda number 10.1 resolution number
25-219 and the title of the resolution is a resolution authorizing an emergency temporary appropriation for calendar year 2025 if this additional funding is necessary for the continuence of city services without any disruptions
yeah when will we when will we receive the budget yeah can they're working on it now we think probably about two to four weeks um probably closer from the two side so potentially at the end of April or early May
thank you good afternoon Councilwoman council how are everybody i'm here for uh one resolution uh 10.23 resolution number 25-241 this is a resolution authorizing an award of a contract to Sports Pro
Incorporated for the maintenance and repair services of multiple basketball courts throughout the city and um uh through the Sourcewell Purchasing Cooperative formerly known as the National Joint Powers Alliance for the Department of Recreation and Youth Development Division of Park Maintenance
this is for all the sports courts that we have all around because I see looking at me like you want to know so it's um for Bayside Park uh we have two courts one court there Autobond Park has two Dr lena Edwards 2 Hamilton Lafayette 1 Riverview 1 Gateway 1 um Muhammad Ali
thank Keith um any reason we're even still using these this crate material on these courts i'm I'm glad you brought that up Councilman i would like to go on the record that I'm doing a cost analysis right now to see if we can rip them all
up and see what the cost would be on there um but these things costing almost $80,000 yes and they're not worth it constantly repairs all the time all the time and it's so easy to rip up because Bayside Park is um Bayside Park whole
entire court is there appreciate that question keith before this is something off you know off this resolution but we have baseball season in full swing coming up throughout the city um how are your crews with respect to like ball
fields and do we have enough clay in those ball fields yeah we have we ordered everything uh we have clay we have everything the uh Germaine is taking care of the ball fields um the public um the high schools were very complimented on the uh the field so far um they said it was the best they've
looked at a long time uh and we'll just keep it up as we go there so they'll and if you're particularly worried about this weekend we'll be ready for it perfect thank you have a good night everybody good afternoon city council uh and council president uh I'm Brian Rans with
the Division of Community Development and I have three resolutions for your consideration first is agenda item 10.16 resolution 25-234 it's a resolution of the municipal council to approve the sale of 102 Cambridge Avenue unit 11 and
authorize the buyer to assume the city's note mortgage and deed restrictions encumbering the property on June 26 of 2014 a constituent purchased an affordable unit at 102 Cambridge Avenue unit 11 um in exchange for
$159,90.91 for the construction of that unit um the constituent signed note mortgage and deed restriction with the city the constituents now looking to sell the property and has entered into a contract for sale with the buyer um for $212,57 uh now we just need your
permission to allow the new purchaser to assume those responsibilities the affordability restrictions expire in 2044 the second resolution is agenda item 1017 resolution 25-235 it's a resolution of the municipal council authorizing the
business administrator to execute a discharge of mortgage uh encumbering 20 269 Stegman Street in uh December of 206 2006 uh a constituent executed a mo a mortgage and note the city of Jersey City for
$22,600 for money under the homeowner repair program um the affordability period was only 10 years uh there's no repayment owed under the mortgage therefore we're just asking for your permission to discharge the mortgage and the last resolution is agenda number
1018 resolution 25-236 a resolution of the municipal council authorizing the business administrator to execute a discharge of mortgage encumbering 316 318 Van Horn Street in September of 1992 a constituent executed a mortgage and note
in favor of the city of Jersey City for $52,000 made under the community development block grant um the mortgage um encumbered the property for 20 years uh now the constituent is looking to sell the property uh this is a 955
property so pursuant to the terms of the mortgage the seller owes the city 72,1259 to satisfy the mortgage with your permission upon receipt we'll execute the discharge and can proceed
thank you Brian thank you council have a great night okay hello council president members of the council we have seven resolutions today for your consideration i'm going to um ask our transportation director and the
team to present four that are related to their division and then I'll present the red good afternoon council president members of council mike Manzel director of the division of transportation um I'm going to speak on two resolutions and then pass uh to my colleagues for the next
two the first is agenda item number 10.37 it's resolution 25-255 this is a resolution of support uh requested by the New Jersey Department of Transportation for their uh concept development study of the replacement of
the JFK Boulevard bridge over 139 and route one lower route 139 um bridges uh the city officials reviewed the project plans um the traffic team did raise some concerns
about the proposed construction staging uh which isn't actually scheduled to happen until late 2027 or 2028 um the the DOT concept development shows on for lower 139 two westbound lanes and one
eastbound lane during the construction um the trans the traffic team has concerns about uh what the impacts would be in the area surrounding 139 if if that were to go into place um so the DOT continues to ask for resolutions to support and we offered that we would
present it to council um there's a risk that the DOT could go forward without a resolution of support anyway um so we you know brought this resolution to your uh to the to the agenda and included a a
clause that says the city strongly prefers that two eastbound travel aidens be maintained during construction um so as they move on to the preliminary preliminary engineering and design phases that is something that um could be considered the next one is agenda item
number 10.3 it's resolution 25-256 this is another resolution of support as requested by the NJ DOT and this is for the replacement of the Baldwin Avenue bridge over um basically the path uh line it's the bridge that
currently has was struck by a train and uh is damaged the DOT had already been working on a concept development to replace that bridge again this is in the 2028 2029 uh time frame for construction um the DOT held a virtual public
information center and received 22 comments uh and the the department does recommend uh approval of this resolution uh while we're talking about Baldwin Avenue we had a meeting over a month ago the Port of authority didn't show up and
the railroad didn't show up and it is getting to be disgusting because people are just sick and tired of what's going on and some people in this city should get up there and demand that they finish this work and open that street because
I'm getting my back broken from people in fact I got three calls today on it people are tired of it councilman what meeting was this about a month ago remember we met on the bridge we met there we had uh everybody the MUA
and we had uh the railroad didn't show up and also the others didn't show up and I said close the damn railroad down and supposedly the young lady the attorney said you can't do it because they're federal they were governed by the federal government my attitude was I could care less about the federal
government you're inconveniencing thousands of people causing traffic jams and creating a lot of problems on Baldwin Avenue yeah so as I understand it and I don't have all of the details um cuz we're not the lead agency on the project but we're still waiting for
approval from NJ DOT on exactly what the path forward will be to make those repairs so as you know we have that bypass on the street right now that's covered or protected on one side of the street and the MUA I believe is waiting for approvals from the DOT in order to
continue the work that we all agreed to um but we can't do it without their approvals because the bridge is under their jurisdiction you know what's a shame this has gone on for almost a year or maybe more than a year and they don't seem to give a damn but the people care and the people are tired of it so maybe
we should just tell them get lost x I'm going to pass it over to Eli uh who will be the PM for this next project to talk about the award good afternoon council um Eliza Gusman a senior transportation planner in the division of transportation planning here to speak on resolution 25238
uh resolution authorizing the ward of a competitively bid contract to Arab US uh to provide professional planning services for the development of the Trudy City Transportation Plan uh the purpose of this resolution um is uh for competitive services for ARURP to
provide consulting services to develop a new circulation element of the Jersey City master plan the circulation element was last updated in 2011 uh remember it's it's 10.20 i got you sorry all right don't be sorry it's all good that is so fast we're still looking okay
uh so the circulation element was last updated in 2011 this project will produce a comprehensive long-term strategy to guide Jersey City's transportation investments and policies uh in alignment with our future growth and community goals uh the planning process will incorporate robust public
engagement including pop-up events workshops stakeholder meetings and surveys uh led by ARUP the consultant team will conduct datadriven analyses and scenario modeling to develop and evaluate transportation projects and initiatives these will be designed to support uh equity sustainability and safety while improve improving mobility
across the city uh this study is funded through a $420,000 grant awarded to Jersey City by the North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority through its fiscal year 2025 2026 subregional studies program questions i see there's a small area
transportation plan for Westside and Journal Square um is there anything in this that will ultimately benefit the Heights because it's like a transit desert so we chose Yeah these two specific areas just due to the development and uh
you know some of the growing concerns in these areas so those will receive you know individualized uh you know planning efforts some of that will touch some of the southern parts of the heights however you know we will have um you know the plan itself will have recommendations that will touch all
areas of the city um so again we just try to focus just due to you know budgetary constraints in the project on two you know high priority areas in the city is it like a all of the above approach are you like implementing via are you looking at like different things to do um
yeah all of the above um so like NJ Transit stops like which stops are like give me like you know clear a picture little meat and potatoes for me certainly yeah um so the vegetarians Yeah so the uh the circulation element is really an all-encompassing plan
that'll go from transportation services to uh policies uh to safety initiatives uh climate change resiliency efforts so it's really just kind of every aspect that touches the transportation system will be included in this plan it may not be necessarily as granular as like a
stop go here here um just due to the scope of the scale and the level that we're doing at however we're going to develop you know recommendations that uh touch all aspects of the transportation system so like not to you guys maybe this is for the law department but in order for us to put like cameras on
buses for like a rapid bus transit lane is that something that would have to go through the state level would we be able to do it on the city level like the transit I mean to like let's say if between the hours of like 8 and 9 and maybe let's
say 2 to 4 if we were to do a rapid bus transit in certain sections um and transit had conversations i don't I don't want to corp council okay um so currently um anything having to do with
signals that give signal priority to a specific type of mode is something we would be able to do but there are regulations at the state level that we would need concurrence from so that is the type of thing where we wouldn't through this study or this plan come up
with recommendations for a corridor that would be a bus rapid transit corridor but the plan would get into things like there should be more bus dedicated corridors in Jersey City if we were to have them generally this is what they
would look like that we should have one complete north to south corridor we should have one to east to west but because this plan so a couple years ago the city went through an update of its land use element which you may all remember before that we went through an update of its open space element so
there are nine elements of the city's master plan and every few years they are required to all be updated so it's now time for the circulation element to be updated which will look at the entire city as a whole the way we've been growing so far since the last time we
did the update and the type of growth that we have on our horizon coming up and then based on that how do we need to update the way we're dealing with transportation issues as a whole in the city um so this is our opportunity to
look at that comprehensively and then individual things like you know this street should have a bus rapid transit um design would be something that comes as a recommendation out of this large plan does it also take into account like
the future development like let's say in the south end of well not south sorry east uh end of ward D like downtown there's 10,000 units absolutely it'll it'll consider things like the type of development that we have already
approved that will come online in the future and all of the redevelopment plans that you know we've been updating and the council has been taking action on and how those will impact the way people move around in our city that's why we need to focus on places like the
west side and journal square where based on the development the entire grid needs to change to accommodate that in some way whereas other neighborhoods are pretty much built out the way they are and the streets themselves don't need to change as much um so yes it will take
all of those things into account thank you director thank you was a nice robust uh explanation yeah thank you and he will be the project manager he's been managing a lot of these studies so I wanted you all to know who he is and have him describe it mark if y'all could
let um council person know where your office is so he can um stop and ask you guys some questions he knows where we are i've been I've had tea time in there so oh okay thank you we have one more
resolution for transportation and then I'll present the rest okay afternoon council president and members of council my name is Lindseay Scoffield i'm a senior transportation planner with the division of transportation planning i'm here uh for agenda item
10.21 resolution 25239 it's a resolution authorizing the release of claims against the New Jersey Economic Development Authority as part of a phase 1 or phase 2 environmental assessment of the Bergen Arches Corridor
uh this is a standard municipal release in order to conduct the preliminary assessment and phase 1 environmental site assessment um as part of this New Jersey EDA will require access to the Bergen Arches which is owned by New
Jersey Transit um New Jersey Transit will sign a property agreement and this exhibit that I'm asking for the authorization for us to enter into is a standard release that um the municipality um is required for the
municipality to complete in order for New Jersey Transit then to complete the property owner agreement happy to answer any questions thank you okay three more items i'll be quick um the first one is agenda item
10.24 resolution 24 25-242 and this is a resolution approving the improvements to the public rideway that were constructed in front of 70-90 um Columbus Drive this is the property right at Columbus and Marin um and this
is just releasing the performance bond that the developer had with the city uh uh assuring that all of their requirements have been met in the public right of way okay the next item is 10.25 resolution
25-243 this is a resolution authorizing the award of a contract to Arcadis which is an environmental engineering firm um for consulting services at the municipal services complex for the department so
this is um the where councilman our office is located at the municipal services complex um as you know when the city first built out this complex for city offices it was done by condemnation of four different industrial um lots and
as a result of that we took on the liability of all of the contamination that existed there and cleaning that up so this is the continuation of the requirements we have from the United States Environmental Protection Agency
the EPA and the New Jersey DP uh for monitoring and environmental services on that property so this is in the amount of $195,000 okay and then the last one is 10.26 26 resolution
25-244 this is a resolution ratifying a professional services agreement with Endpoint Environment and Infrastructure LLC and this is also to provide environmental services but this is to oversee the remediation that's happening
at the PPG lot at uh Garfield and Caven Point Avenue and this is something that PPG is covering the payments of to the city but we do require oversight of the remediation that they're doing on that site and this is in the amount of
$80,000 when's the expected completion of the remediation for that CBD it's been 90% it's been Yeah it's I know it's been it's been a long I don't know what the expected completion is it's obviously
taking a lot longer than we all want but I can request a report from PPG on what their percentage completion is yeah just you know to know about seven years 2030 yeah 2030 yeah it's somewhere between
seven and 30 okay that's all we have thank you thank you Andrew oh good afternoon uh Council President members of the council i'm Andrew Abrams chief public defender for the Jersey City Municipal Court i'm here with two
items 10.15 and 10.14 10.15 first resolution 25-233 resolution seeking appointment of attorneys totaling 11 uh from the state of New Jersey to serve as public
defenders for our Jersey City Municipal Court for the calendar year 2025 uh that then lends into item 10.14 resolution 25-232 which is a separate resolution ratifying a professional services
agreement with me Andrew Abrams to continue my service as the chief municipal public defender for the municipal courts for the calendar year 2025 i think I had uh the pleasure of appearing before you December 19th when we went through our budget for this year
we filed our resolutions in January with the understanding they would be heard in February uh we got some information that was obviously incorrect because it didn't make it to you then and when I found out that the resolution did not uh
come up to be heard uh I I was asked to come in today because we reached a point where our public defenders who are working very digently diligently and are very dedicated but we're not going to be able to pay them to keep coming in so I'd like to ask you to take a look and
approve these resolutions because while they keep coming and I love that they're dedicated and keep coming they should be paid for their efforts definitely there are any other questions i'm happy to answer any thank you so much
you my ears all right on to our first reading ordinances item 3.1 city ordinance 25-045 is an ordinance amending chapter 84 alcoholic beverage and cannabis to
amend regulations of cannabis establishments and cannabis distributors john that's that's mine um we did send out a memorandum to the council highlighting any additional changes or changes we made since the last time uh
we put the ordinance up we will be untabling um the untabled ordinance the tabled ordinance as well with the chapter 345 changes those have not changed since um we've gone through this process so um I can highlight very
briefly I think what are the bigger changes stuff that we've um gone through several times um the ward cap is the same for uh class 5 retailers we're still at 48 although we've spoken about how some people may be grandfathered in
so we'll go beyond that cap to start if we should have um everybody who's available open up we did put limits on licenses for the remaining other classes one through four has three each and six the delivery will have six licenses so
one per ward um the consumption we updated to make sure everybody knows it's 21 uh just to make sure that's clear uh vehicles are allowed to be used for delivery services um according to either the class 5 um
certification where they can deliver or the class 6 uh we've removed a second appearance before the cannabis control board uh so they only have to go uh once and then come up for their annual renewal before the council where they'll get their resolution of local support
the larger changes to the CCB structure and appointments we did change um pursuant to the council's recommendation since we were having quorum issues from a five member board to a seven member board all appointments will be by advice
and consent of the council uh we did there will be three-year terms um we did add at the request of the council a Jersey City residency requirement um I believe the one we do have a board member that might not have residency if
he's already on the board and a member he will be able to continue with his membership uh through the end of his term but every new appointee will have to be a Jersey City resident um going forward ccb we also made sure that they
can um set uh in accordance with commerce that um times for application windows to open up if a class uh certain class or certain ward um license becomes available we did enumerate our local
licensing requirements that's to make sure that when the CCB is hearing the applications they are going through and making a robust deterine uh a robust review and recommendation to the council so that the council has all the information that they need when they go
to vote on their resolution of local support uh so they are enumerated it means they have to go through them they have to check them off they have to um put them in their recommendation to the council so it's clear what um needs to be included for an application um to go
before the council um we did change the distancing rules as we've discussed just want to make sure there may have been um a typo or there was a formatting error on the um version that's online there is
still a 200 ft requirement for schools uh we did change the definition though to be compatible with chapter 345 which only includes up to secondary schools so there um I think a portion of it was stricken through schools when it was supposed to be uh stricken through
secondary uh through higher education and then underlined we still keep uh the 200 foot requirement for um up to secondary high secondary high schools um again we've removed the planning
requirement so that they can go get zoning determination letters instead of appearing before planning uh we did add in that there is still a noticing requirement um 10 days before they are to be heard before
um the cannabis board uh they have to notify everybody um as they would with the planning board everybody within 200 feet sorry um so that is included in there um and yeah
those are the major changes again the board is meant to be there to review all the applications and make sure they get to the council but the council's resolution of local support is what allows them to move forward in the process britney you have a question so
all operational functions that should go under commerce and maynard correct like the board should not be able to make those operational like things like you know questions and concerns like that yeah they have to follow just what's
enumerated here so if um Maynard is Yeah through commerce what Mainard is putting together they receive the applications putting it together for the board then the board is supposed to go through whatever um is being presented to them and make sure they hit everything that's enumerated so So the board is not doing
that that's coming from Mayor's office the operations part of it oh yeah okay um a couple just sorry I can ask a couple other questions for where the in the memo you you discussed changes to
chapter 304 i didn't see that in the attached ordinance but maybe it's in the other one that's tabled or sure it's not going to be on for this meeting we're going to vote on the cannabis first it's to create the committee that would spend the taxing dollars the social equity committee uh we are waiting to vote on
this and then um at the f hopefully at the following um a agenda meeting we can vote on the ordinance establishing the so social equity committee okay and is that does that committee provide just recommendations to the council that
adopts it in the budget or are they going to actually be able to disperse the money yeah it's recommendations as drafted so we can definitely show it to the council but as written right now we did est say that we would establish a committee and
then they can make recommendations okay um and then for the cannabis um consumption lounges limiting them to one per ward and correct me if I'm wrong would not have been awarded to date correct
none are operational yeah no and what is the process envisioned for the you know governing body uh to determine which um you know which uh application will will will sort of get the approved
license in each ward in terms of the consumption lounge or just in five yeah for the consumption lunch right now it's still going to be uh a recommendation coming from the review sorry the review from the CCB and then
to the um and ha has the state opened up the cannabis consumption like process yes they did okay because because what I would recommend that we write in here because we had this issue in a different way in the 600 foot rule where you know
the first guy to move but you know eight people apply at the same time you know I think there should be kind of a clear date which is you know if if we're going to limit it to one per ward it should be you must get your application in by X date so we have all of them to consider and then the cannabis control board can
make their recommendation and then the governing body can approve or disapprove you know I just don't think you want a situation where it's unclear and then one person applies and the other person didn't know and who gets to go first so you know I just think if we're going to limit it to one per award we should create a very clear process with deadlines for how to do that to
ultimately then determine you know which which one gets it because I assume it'll be a pretty lucrative um you know license to award right and as um discussed where we do allow the cannabis control board to set time periods that would be for each class of license so if
it's class six ward A you have certain amount of t of time to apply for it and then the applications close uh that's what is envisioned here but we'll make sure it's clear okay thanks britney last question with respect to the question that I had previously on the operational
functions uh then can you just clarify 84-51 number two section B because that's not what the ordinance is saying councilman which one 52 you said 84-52 8451 number two section B
so councilman this one where the CCB may at its discretion right right so councilman this is what um we've discussed that they may create a schedule um I would say through commerce uh that they set up the schedule whenever uh commerce tells them
that there is a class um license available in whatever class um we haven't done it yet so we're not sure exactly how it would look but I would envision that commerce tells them hey we have a license available let's put a time period on uh we'll put the time
period on and then those applications can be considered by the board so could we add commerce in there that's fine just so we're clear on how it how it will occur okay um I just I have a few questions senator
around the consumption lounge the consumption lounge is one per ward if is there any way we can just cap it at six because I don't want an instance to occur where you have a consumption lounge on a
border of two different wards and then it's redistrict and now they're both in the same ward so now one vault is doesn't have a lounge so is there any way we can put in the language that although it's one per ward it's still a
maximum of six at any period it's up to the council if you want to do that so you don't want just six at any point in time but you don't want it specified by ward no what I'm saying is it could be specified by
ward but if we say that it has to be one per ward and a instance happened where two dispensaries are identic let's say E and F and then is redist direct redistrict and both of them are now in F
so someone's going to say well there's none at E so technically we should be able to open up so what I'm saying is we want to cap it at six y because we can't tell a people that's been redistricting they can't operate no more because they were already in play
right so just if we can um just uh lock it at six right we have that language for the class five and we can Yes and do that yeah i just have one question and maybe it is better raised after this um comes before
council for first and second read as it relates to the um the spending committee i knowing that we already have a municipal drug alliance um potentially the money could also be determined to be spent by recreation maybe instead of creating a new committee um knowing some of the challenges we've had with the
open space trust and with the arts and culture trust that it might make sense to use something that's already established at least for the first year i will say if we don't have the committee the state defaults it to the CFO and the CFO gets to send it okay all
right also do we need to have a second review with the cannabis control board for a consumption license because a lot of from what I understand a lot of the cannabis um retail people they made their intention known when they were
before the committee that they were going to go for a consumption license i don't know if that's true i see ma director uh Maynard Woodson here um I just feel like it would be a waste of time to go over it again um unless
there's more than one competing per ward at this moment if you if the director could clarify if there isn't then I think you know we don't need to have more red tape but if there is more than one competing per
ward as of right uh good afternoon council president and council members we did receive some interest but those applications were bifoccated so they really weren't considered um at the time when they went in front of the board and now that we're changing it well now it's
we're set where it's going to be one per ward and we're going to open up a a window of application processes and we do have several wards that will that we have interest in more than one so I be
fair to everyone and there are maybe applicants that have may not have initially considered opening up uh a lounge but now they are so to make it fair to everyone if we have that open window and it's treated that way as like almost a new
application i mean the one requirement we do have is that you have to have a class 5 license so that may eliminate some that haven't received their final approval okay can we also put a once this is passed can we put a resolution to make
it enacted like immediately just cuz I know people are waiting for this to happen wait is that is there like a 20-day 20 that would be a 20-day waiver resol wave the 20-day waiting period councilman
that's usually if there's a public health or economic emergency but we could take a look at it and see if we could fit it but from the first perspective I'd say no people need their weed all right thank you okay and just for uh procedural purposes
we'll be untabling 11.5 ordinance 23-078 which is the land development um definitions regarding cannabis cannabis establishments but we'll do that at the
next meeting right not at this meeting correct correct yep thank you okay next item 3.2 city Ordinance 25-046 is an ordinance of the city of
Jersey City designating the Jersey City Municipal Offices located at 394 Central Avenue Jersey City New Jersey 07307 as the Michael Young Municipal Service Center item 3.3 city ordinance
25-047 is an ordinance dedicating Judge James McAffrey's former courtroom number four in Jersey City Municipal Court as the James J mccaffrey Memorial Courtroom next item 3.4 Four city
ordinance 25-048 is an ordinance approving a 30-year tax exemption for 701 Newark Avenue LLC block 7902 lots 25 26 27 28 and 29 to be known
as block 7902 lot 25.1 more commonly known by the street address of 693-701 Newark Avenue Jersey City New Jersey 07306 six pursuant to the New
Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Act of 1983 as amended and supplemented NJSA 5514K-1 Exec and the rules promulgated under NJAC 580-1
Exec next item 3 hold on um questions um yeah I guess my my questions is centered around um look Chuck these this is this is that parking
lot on North Avenue right that's right and was this property previously owned by JC and then your client purchased it and Yes and I can give a background i think I think you really need the the background and and you know
what this is all about uh to you know really you know review it in its entirety um because yeah this is the property on North Avenue that um was owned by the city then it was sold to the JCA and then the JCA uh designated
my client as the redeveloper uh and then they they sold it to my client they they closed in October of 2023 um there was prior to that designation years ago there was a the dream hotel uh that was
a a prior developer that fell through uh because of different financial issues with the with the project so you know my client does own the property now it still is being used as a as a uh parking lot it's operated by the city of Jersey
City all revenues from the from the uh parking go to the city of Jersey City so that has not uh closed closed uh down it's uh the plan is when construction starts then that that would that would cease and we have an alternative plan for the parking uh in in place uh when
when that happens um so in the meantime um you know my client has entered into a uh redevelopment agreement with the Jersey City Redevelopment Agency um pursuant to that uh redevelopment agreement uh the project here is
required to be 100% union construction uh my client actually has a PLA uh negotiated and finalized that they have signed uh we are waiting for the unions to counter sign it and get it back to us uh there is also an obligation that uh
our requirement that the maintenance at the buildings be 100% union uh in perpetuity so my client um has already uh signed up with 32BJ uh with regard to that um so that that's
a major component uh of the project and and as part of the abatement before you the the application uh and it's unique in that right now um my client has an application into the state for the Aspire program and for the 4% low-income
housing tax credits uh so this abatement is important to that as well as to bringing this project together uh because both programs look upon it's almost like they expect a tax abatement as part of the application they look more favorable on the applications when
when that's done um and the pending uh the the project that that's approved now has a um well the project it's a 35story uh building uh with 360 units residential units with residential on
the ground floor and 20% of those would be affordable as of as of now before this abatement application the property is located as I said that parking lot that is at the end of what's called the Homestead Extension so that would be the
last piece of the puzzle to bring the Homestead Extension from Pavonia Avenue to Norc Avenue um so what we're proposing as part of the uh a tax abatement application to the council is to increase the affordability from 20%
to 25% what that means is you'd have 70 instead of 72 affordable units you're bringing it to 90 and then more importantly and I think it's it's a major component here is that uh these affordable units would be reserved to uh
uh tenants that occupy those units at at a maximum of 50% AMI uh so that's that's something I don't I don't think any other project in the city has that so we'd have 25% affordable units in the project a at income levels of a maximum
of 50% AMI uh which serves you know a specific you know demographic that I don't you know again I I don't think you see that I don't think the bay run has that even um so that with you know with the unions uh and it's it's a unique
project that's uh I know you know there's there's pause at times as to you know what project may be appropriate for an abatement i think we check a lot of boxes here that's that's why we're you know we're hoping you know this this will help my uh the applicant with his
applications before the state and it'll help you know push this for uh project forward so without the abatement it's 20% yes without the abatement there's 20% now with you know because of the Aspire
program and and the tax credit program and with it it would be 25% yes with it would be 25% essentially get an additional 5% i guess um my major issue whenever I'm looking at supporting
abatements or not is one I'm looking at the area is it in an area that's really needing redevelopment and for me directly in back of that is 20,000 units going up over there already um so for me
I just can't you know support a 30-year abatement for this project given that that area is essentially Blossom in development and we're in
essence only getting five extra uh 5% um so I mean that's that's my position on it um I typically I know we voted on abatements for Bayfront which were much uh much more we voted on
several abatements uh to actually continue and a lot of those were like 100% affordable or a lot more um so when I'm looking at this project here I do um I guess I commend you guys for having
the union labor and the creation of jobs um but for me is that a fair tradeoff for a 30-year payment um and I think based on everything I've heard and read um I can't support that
chuck if I could just address that you know cuz I understand your position but this would be the first affordable project within that area there is a lot of No no no no no don't say that joke you got an affordable housing bill
passed any new housing has to have 10% affordable housing i I was and I'm gonna read your statement in a minute okay okay go ahead finish Chuck right so this would be the f the first affordable housing project built in the area because you uh all that all that
development you're right there's a lot going on but none of it has affordable housing so this council did uh pass uh the amendment to require in zone three uh and and the core zone one any projects with 30 units or more have 10%
affordable uh this is proposing you know 20% then 25% and and I think this area is ripe for for you know affordable housing it's right there on the path it's all kinds of public transportation available i I think it's an appropriate place uh for
it and then you know we do have the project with 20% and and the and the uh all the union you know the labor but quite honestly the numbers are getting tight uh and this this abatement is something that's going to push it over
the goal line to make it happen so you know we're just we've been working very diligently on this for years to try to get all the pieces together to make something i you know that's great i I think it's a win-win i I understand your position but I I think this is an appropriate project and location for it
rich Chuck first of all are you the only attorney here or the other three here with you there they support he said it is for support they're here with you now I know why
they have to have affordable housing to pay attorney fees mr is here for something else chuck look we speak a lot and I'm not you know where I stand on affordable housing i'm not opposed to affordable housing in
fact I'm the only city representative that had an affordable housing bill passed with the backing of a couple of the council people here Meera and Solomon and uh Yousef and uh but the thing is the people in Ward C not W C
the people in uh yeah W C came out at a recent meeting 150 of them the homeowners are being burdened with heavy taxes and we are giving a 30-year tax abatement to developers when homeowners of one to four family homes are being
overburdened with these heavy taxes i mean when you say uh it's going to be affordable what's it going to rent going to be for a a studio apartment $1,700 or a onebedroom $2,000 because that's not affordable and
you know the people it's just it's gotten out of hand and a lot of people many people are upset you're taking away that parking lot there because people can't find any parking stores are going out of business because there's no parking in the area they allowed all
these big buildings to go up because someone in the city said "Oh nobody's going to have a car." Well it's a disgrace and you know people the homeowners are tired of it as I said I had an affordable housing bill passed
i'm all for affordable housing but real affordable housing and not a 30-year if it was a 10-year tax abatement I'd say maybe fine but 30 years uh I don't I think a lot of people are going to be ticked off about this but again I I just
want to reiterate you talk about real affordable housing you know all affordable housing is is real but this has a component it's a maximum of 50% AMI that the the other the ICO in the city requires a mix of uh moderate
income 80% up to 80% AMI and then 50% is low income and then a low very low income 30% and and you have an allocation of it this is all all 90 units would be a maximum of 50% AMI
any more questions is what does that translate to in terms of like rental i mean I did a quick Google search but I'm just like what what are your calculations as to what the max rent the min and max rent would be for 50% AMI in Hudson County so what I'm what the
figures I've been provided with is that a studio uh you're you're looking at 975 a month uh one bedroom 1,22 a month twobedroom uh 1,200 a month and a threebedroom
about uh 1385 a month and that's not bad i'm not That's current rate though right that's today yeah that'll never exist that's current rate and that's that's if you can um if we could just have a copy
of um because you said that you're pushing it from a numbers perspective so that's why you need the payment um if we can have you know some copies of performers so as a council we can review um to see from a financial standpoint
um what pushing it looks like for uh for these developers absolutely thank you thank you thank you Chuck thanks John okay next item 3.5 city ordinance 25-049 is a franchise ordinance granting
permission of St george and St chaduda Coptic Orthodox Church to encroach onto the public right of way the sidewalk along the frontage of 395 SIP Avenue block 11801.01 lot one and lot three the
attorney is here to answer any questions that you guys may have just keep in mind we did table the ordinance um that was on the agenda i just think that the different and the attorney can correct me if I'm wrong difference between the
two now is that the new ordinance includes the newly acquired property that uh you were speaking of during uh when the last ordinance was on the agenda is that correct that's correct exactly why it had to be
that's why we're here uh we were s we were successful in acquiring that small lot which was the missing piece in the site plan and now uh the description was changed and that we're back and uh your
council decided that it was a new application and that's why it was submitted as a yeah as a reason or it was a substantial change to the ordinance on the table agenda so it was just cleaner to introduce the new ordinance thank you does anybody have any
questions thank you okay on to our second reading ordinances i'll try to read as quick as possible item 4.1 city ordinance 25-026 is an ordinance amending chapter
131 uniform construction codes requiring applicants for construction permits to demonstrate prior approvals from certain city officials and agencies item 4.2 2 city ordinance 25-030 is a franchise ordinance granting permission to Liberty Harbor Partners
and the successes in the signs to allow decorative plasters 4ft bay windows and a 10-ft warning to encroach onto the public right of way block 15907 lot 3 qualifier C
002 item 4.3 city ordinance 25-032 is an ordinance amending chapter 296 street sidewalks and public rights of Article two closure of the public right of way of the city code requiring council approval for applicants for street
closures requiring the closing of 10 blocks for 5 hours or more item 4.4 city ordinance 25-day 033 is an ordinance amending chapter 321 of the municipal code of the city of Jersey
City item 4.5 city ordinance 25-034 is an ordinance supplementing chapter 332 vehicles and traffic article 9 parking for the disabled of the Jersey City code designating reserve parking space at various locations throughout the city item 4.6 city ordinance
25-035 is an ordinance supplementing chapter 332 vehicles and traffic article 3 parking standing stopping amending section 332-22 parking prohibited at all times on Eno's place item 4.7 city ordinance 25-037 is an ordinance authorizing the
city of Jersey City to renew the lease with Brunswick Community Garden also excuse me also known as Jersey City Community Gardening for the use of block 9905 lots 8 and 9 more commonly known as 174 176 Brunswick Street for a community
garden item 4.8 8 city ordinance 25-038 is an ordinance authorizing the city of Jersey City to enter in a lease with Dwight Street block association for the use of block 25604 lot 8 more commonly known as 185
Dwight Street for a community garden item 4.9 city ordinance 25- day 039 is an ordinance authorizing the city of Jersey City to renew the lease with Greater Neighborhood Alliance for the use of block 30003 lot 45 more commonly known as 81
Garfield Avenue for a community garden item 4.10 2010 city ordinance 25-040 is an ordinance authorizing the city of Jersey City to renew the lease with Mandela Garden sponsored by the Greater Neighborhood Alliance for the use of block
1953 lot 36 more commonly known as 447 Martin Luther King Drive for a community garden item 4.11 city ordinance 25-041 is an ordinance authorizing the city of Jersey City to enter in a lease with 167
Madoo Avenue Condominium Association for the use of block 26301 lot 28 more commonly known as 142 Makadoo Avenue item 4.12 city ordinance 25-042 is an ordinance authorizing the
city of Jersey City to renew the lease with Ogden's End Community Garden sponsored by the Riverview Neighborhood Association for the use of block 5202 lot 28 more commonly known as 100 Ogden Avenue item 4.13 city ordinance 25-043
is an ordinance of the municipal council adopting amendments to the Chapel Avenue industrial park redevelopment plan and last but not least item 4.14 city ordinance 25-044 is an ordinance approving a 30-year tax exemption to
JHRC Senior Housing LLC concerning 259 Vanostran Avenue block 25402 lot 19 pursuant to the New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Act of 1983 as amended and supplemented by
NJSA55 14K-1 Exec and the rules promulgated under NJAC 5 col 80-1 exec we have our public speakers right now we're up to 29 any questions or comments on petitions communications
item 6.1 to 630 there are no officer communications any questions or comments on reported directors 8.1 8.2 we have our claims and on to our resolutions items item 10.1 was touched
on earlier item 10.2 resolution 25-220 is a resolution authorizing the award of a contract to fifth asset inc for a debt book for debt services management software under the national cooperative purchasing alliance a whole
wholly owned subsidiary of omni partners of excuse me for the department of finance division of treasury and debt management item 10.3 was touched on earlier item 10.4 4 resolution
25-222 is a resolution authorizing the city of Jersey City to accept a gift from the descriptive plaque for the conservative excuse me conservation committee of the Kim monument and historic objects item 10.5 city resolution
25-223 is a resolution one introducing and approving the 25-20 2025-2026 budget of the Central Avenue Special Improvement District directing the city clerk to publicly advertise the budget and schedule a public hearing and
directing the tax assessor to pair an assessment role of properties within the district based upon the budget items 10.6 through 10.18 were touched on earlier item 10.19 resolution
25-237 is a resolution authorizing the city of Jersey excuse me authorizing Jersey City Municipal Council to enter into a contract with Hunter Research for professional consulting services for the historic preservation review and completion of demolition determination
of significant applicants items 10.20 through 10.29 29 were touched on earlier item 1030 resolution 25-248 is a resolution of the municipal council honoring the life and outstanding service of Lieutenant
Alfredo Rodriguez Jr item 10.31 was touched on earlier item 10.32 resolution 25-250 is a resolution approving amendments to the financial agreement between the city of Jersey City and Emanuel Realy LLC as it relates to
improvements located at 413-419 Arlington Avenue 64-66 Harmon Street 750 and 766 Harmon Street to permit the subdivision of unimproved land and terminate the abatement for the
portion of the exempt property sean John can we um can we get an update on exactly what's going on here i do remember um attorney's here oh that's okay
yeah so so in summary um there are improvements on a portion of the lot that are subject to an abatement that was obtained back in 1982 uh that was when it was under the old um limited dividends tax abatement uh which actually allowed abatements for uh 50
years uh that is a 100% affordable housing project there uh the idea here is is that they're going to subdivide the existing parking lot that's in the rear of the pro property and develop that property uh that's a 27
unit building with uh 10% affordable housing in it um but we can actually subdivide the property while it's still subject to the exemption so the idea is we're going to take the parking lot away from the exempt building the exemption is going to remain for the 100%
affordable housing building that's that's located there at the corner of Harmon and Arlington and uh the parking lot is no longer going to be under the exemption so from a financial standpoint um what are like some financial
implications and there will be no implications because the abatement only affects the actual improvements on the property so we we don't exempt the land so right now the parking lot is not receiving any benefits of the exemption it's it's Oh but initially it was just
part of the actual down at your sub so correct okay so so basically the pilot will remain the exact same even when removing the this property um and I I had received an email uh from your office i responded to it just a little bit ago uh just so you know the
development is not the new development the property that'll be removed there's no plan to apply for an exemption on that property they're looking to get their permits right away obviously once they start construction they can't come in and ask for an exemption okay okay if you can just identify yourself for
the record i'm sorry tom Lee and Connell Folly thank you does anybody else have any questions for the attorney thank you Tom okay next item 10.33 resolution
25-251 is a resolution renewing professional service agreement Jacobe Alfred Jacobs LLC to represent Mayor Steven Phillip and the city of Jersey City in the manner of Athena Orgaro versus the city of Jersey City
Council just for an update this is a renewal this is our um ADA class action lawsuit and we're continuing um defense of it so I'll provide you an update uh as to that sean do you want You can continue if you like um 10:34 put
forward a resolution for a closed session to discuss some um ongoing litigation 1035 again this is um a resolution authorizing law department to file affirmative tax appeals as we've done
the past few years to make sure we're um catching uh what we can and bringing um any money back to the city um and then also 1036 is a resolution authorizing a settlement we'll provide the council with the confidential memo and then you
can ask me any questions offline and 10.37 and 38 were we touched on earlier 10.39 resolution 25-257 is a resolution honoring the life and legacy of Maxima Cologne and last but not least 10.40
resolution 25-258 is a resolution authorizing the award of a contract to Municipal Parking Service Inc for a pilot program involving camerabased parking enforcement uh council we heard your concerns about some uh issues with uh
parking violations throughout the city this pilot program will be a camera specific uh technology that will be adjacent to loading zones um fire hydrants uh don't want to give all the secrets away but uh crosswalks um some
bus stops etc and uh it'll create an image of the vehicle with a license plate uh that will be reviewed and if it's that it is not in compliance and is a violation public safety will then remit uh a payment u excuse me a violation um it's important to note that
um this is already launched in several other cities so we're not a pilot program as for the technology we're piloting in how it's best worked in our community um and I think it's important to note as well that um uh there's already technology there
that if you're backing up and you're accidentally going to a loading zone for 5 seconds and back out you're not going to get a ticket this is it's time to make sure that the car is parked and and uh there's a clear violation that occurred can we submit locations like
Journal Square or Christopher Columbus uh Boulevard yeah we we we have a few already i think it's important that we just make sure we get up and running making sure that the cameras are fixed to the post properly and such and then we can expand and launch do we know how much uh how much fines this would
possibly acrue in other cities have we looked at I can ask for data on that um it depends on violations and just keep in mind that um the potential of this is not for revenue but it's for curb the uh the public safety issue that occurs it's a lot
bike lanes loading zones motion a second wait wait wait wait we didn't get there yet now I'll ask for a motion to adjourn at 5:43 p.m second motion made by council person
Rivera seconded by council person on the motion to adjourn at 5:43 p.m all council members present by acclamation please say I thank you very much everyone present and everyone watching at home remember teamwork makes the dream work have a great night and stay
safe everybody