Section 5, chapter 231, public law 1965. This is to state for the record that adequate notice of this meeting has been provided to the public by posting and maintaining the annual notice of regular meetings on the bulletin board of the municipal building. also by mailing the
annual notice of regular meetings for 2025 to the news record in Star Ledger in December of 2024 and by filing said notice in the office of the township clerk Mr. Davis Mr. Luca here. Zangel here. Surman
here. Mayor Adams here. Thank you. Whereas chapter 31 public laws 1975 commonly known as the open public meetings act requires all meanings of public bodies spoken to the public. And whereas section 7A provides
that the governing body has a discretion to permit prohibit or regulate the active participation of the public at any meeting. And whereas Zara the governing body to comply with the provision this act same time to conduct its business in an orderly and expeditious manner. Now therefore be it
resolved by the township committee. The township of Mapwood does hereby prohibit except set forth in formal agenda. Active participation in deliberations of the governing body by the public except as otherwise prescribed by law does limit the public to the observations of
the actions and discussions of the governing body at all of its regular and special meetings. Some of I get a second second. Mr. Duca, yes. Engel, yes. Miss Herman, yes. Mayor Adams, yes. Thank you. I'd ask everyone to rise
for a salute to the flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
If you all wouldn't mind um remaining standing, we have um a few uh remembrances to do this evening. Unfortunately, um we had some very uh wonderful members of our community who
passed away recently. So, we have um three moments of silence if uh you'll allow. Um the first is for Dr. Jane Bean Folks. Though though a resident of West Orange, she spent much of her professional life
serving the South Orange Maplewood community. As a K through2 English teacher, or I'm sorry, English language supervisor for our board of education, she dedicated her career to supporting students and teachers, helping
generations of young people grow and thrive. We honor her service and her lasting memory and impact on education in our community. Please observe a moment of silence in Dr. Benf Bean Folk's memory.
Thank you. Next, we remember Jonathan Conn. Jonathan grew up in South Orange, graduating from Columbia High School before returning to Maplewood in 1973, where he lived for the rest of his life
as an attorney specializing in bankruptcy and commercial litigation. He was respected in his field, but he was equally cherished as a neighbor and lifelong member of our towns. We hold our hearts
for his family and all who loved him. Please join me in a moment of silence for Jonathan Co. Thank you. Finally, this one's hard. As a neighbor of mine since 1989,
um we honor Tom Nebius. Tom was a 45-y year resident of Maple Boy. Uh he was funny and he'd be yelling at me right now for getting choked up for sure. He was a devoted coach for girls
softball and soccer. And for many years, he gave his time and talents to building and rebuilding the replicas of our buildings that make up our cherished Dickens Village, including the women's club. Beloved for his wit and dedication, Tom
embodied community spirit in every way, and he was the mayor of Bowden Street. So, he was he was Let's hold a moment of silence in Tom's memory. Thank you so much. So, good evening everyone and welcome to
the September 2nd meeting of the Maplewood Township Committee. Tonight we have uh three pro proclamations. First for Melanoma Research, the Robert Miller Oysterfest in honor of Robert Miller, which will be read by Mr. Duca. We have
Patriot Day and National Day of Service Service and Remembrance for September 11th and that will be read by committee member Angel. And then we have ovarian cancer awareness month to be read by Deputy Mayor Herman.
We have uh environmental advisory board and committee um appointment along with uh four appointments to the rent leveling board. Then we will open the floor to public comment on agenda items only. Then we will move into our board
of health meeting which will be um run by committee member angle. Then we have a few ordinances two on final passage, three on final passage and one introduction of an ordinance. Then we will go into
um department. Oh, sorry. Yeah, we go into reports from departments um administration, attorney, and clerk and reports from elected officials. We'll start with committee member Angel, deputy mayor Herman,
committee member Duca, and then I go last. We have one discussion item on for tonight about adopting an ordinance adding salt place to the list of streets with no parking within 5 ft of a driveway. Then we have the consent agenda and then we have public comment
on any subject matter and then we will go into close session uh to continue us of what our conversation was in closed before. We didn't want to keep the meeting too uh start too late. um then we'll come back out of close session to
adjourn this meeting but effectively this meeting will be over before we go into our close session. So with that I will ask Mr. Duca and anyone here from um I see several from Robert Miller Oysterfest to join Mr. Duca at the
podium for proclamation. Grace, come on. Miss Dav Mayor Davenport, did you want to join? John. John. I know. I was trying to be polite and shorts for nothing.
I'm going to read the proclamation. So, this is a proclamation for the Robert Miller Oysterfest in honor of Robert Miller and this is for melanoma research. Whereas most people do not realize that the skin is the largest and most visible
organ of the body and performs many essential tasks. And whereas substantially more than 1 million new cases of skin cancer will be diagnosed in the United States this year. And whereas one in five Americans will
develop skin cancer during their lifetime. And whereas melanoma and other skin cancers are highly treatable if detected early. And whereas sun exposure is the most preventable risk factor for all skin cancers, including melanoma. And
whereas researchers show that indoor tanning increases a person's melanoma risk by 75%. And whereas the 2025 Robert J. Miller Oyster Fest will be held on Saturday,
September 6, 2025. And whereas 100% of the funds raised by this event will benefit the Melanoma Foundation, and their mission is to raise funds and awareness for melanoma research.
Now therefore, be it resolved that on behalf of Mayor Nancy Adams and the members of the Maplewood Township Committee, I do hereby call upon all Maplewood residents to join in supporting melanoma research in honor of Robert Miller. And I'm going to ask
Grace Miller to come on up and say a few words about the event. Thank you very much for um continuing to support this um event and this cause um my girls, two of whom are here um and I we we thank you so much. It's a
wonderful way to remember Bob and hopefully to um save some lives. And I would be remiss if I did not say that Tom NASA was a very very special part of our team here and um we too will miss him greatly and your words were
beautiful. So thank you everybody. Um I don't think so. picture. Carol's got the camera though. One more from Thank you. Committee member Angel. I'm going to turn to you to read the Patriot Day and
National Day of Service and Remembrance. Thanks, Mayor. um Patriot Day and National Day of Service and Remembrance. Whereas every year on September 11th, we remember those who at the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, lost their lives. And
whereas to honor the lives of those who were lost and to remind one another of that feeling of oneness that came from such a tragedy, we celebrate Patriots Day on September 11th and National Day of Service and Remembrance. And whereas Patriots Day focuses on the period
between 8:46 a.m. when American Airlines flight number 11 collided with the World Trade Center to 10:28 a.m. when the North Tower of the World Trade Center collapsed and 3,000 people lost their lives. And whereas the National Day of Service and Remembrance honors those
from across our nation who volunteered, offered condolences, and without being prompted live up to John F. Kennedy's famous inaugural address, quote, "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country." Now, therefore, be it resolved that I, on behalf of Nancy Adams, mayor of the
Township of Maplewood, and the entire township committee, proclaim that September 11th is Patriot Day and National Day of Service and Remembrance. I ask for those in attendance and those watching us online to join me in a moment of silence for those who were lost.
Thank you. Thank you, Miss Angelo. Deputy Mayor Herman, Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month. Thank you, Mayor. Whereas while ovarian cancer is considered rare, affecting 1.3% of women
at some point in their lives, an estimated 13,270 people are expected to die from the disease in the United States this year. And 19,710 people will be diagnosed.
And whereas no definitive method exists to screen or test for early detection behind surgical biopsy. However, like breast cancer, a family history of mutations in the BRAA 1 and BA 2 gene can indicate the potential of ovarian cancer.
And whereas considering symptoms include common feelings like bloating, pelvic or abdominal pain, difficulty eating or feeling full quickly alongside urinary symptoms, it is important to make the public aware that if symptoms last for
more than 2 weeks and are new or unusual, you should see a gynecologist. And whereas ovarian cancer often goes untreated until it is in an advanced stage. And at that stage, the 5-year survival rate is nearly 50%.
Now, therefore, be it resolved that I, Malia Herman, deputy mayor of the township of Maplewood, on behalf of Nancy Adams, mayor of the Township of Maplewood and the Maplewood Township Committee, proclaim that September is
ovarian cancer awareness month. Together with the rest of the township committee, I implore all citizens to educate themselves about the symptoms, learn their family medical history, and advocate for loved ones as they advocate
for themselves. Thank you. Okay. Well, it was a very somber way to open a meeting for the last I just uh thank you all for um all the words and all the all the participation in these remembrances.
Um you're welcome to stay of course for the whole meeting, but right now we're going to move on to board and committee appointments and I'll turn it over to committee member Angel for environmental advisory appointment. Thank you, Miss Adams. um the environmental advisory committee and I
would like to nominate um Toby Thompson to the environmental advisory committee and Toby um is here in the audience. Um he's in high school and we'd love for you to come up to the mic and just introduce yourself and tell us why you would like to join the committee. Hello
everyone, I'm Toby. Um, I've always been interested in the environment and um, it's very important to me on a global and local scale and this was really interesting to me um, in township politics um, to kind of like really see the process of how you can get things
done um, and how long that takes and what that process like and uh, I think that's all like very necessary and uh, because in going forward in uh, in this world for me um, and I would also like to
um give as much insight and help as I can as a student and hopefully try to get people interested and involved and uh yeah help as much as I can from my student perspective at Columbia High School and yeah great any questions for my colleagues
what year are you I'm a senior senior okay yes so we had we've had an amazing um CHS now graduate on um environmental advisory committee for the past few years Alana and so now we're really excited to have Toby um joining us from
CHS to fill her big shoes. Um and as well we're going to have um a sophomore applied as well. So he's going to kind of shadow Toby and then when Toby graduates and and if he moves on from Maplewood then um Becca Ma will then um fill his shoes so that we can continue
to have um a high schooler from CHS on our committee because it's been very very valuable. Yeah. So we're really excited. Thank you for stepping up. Yeah. So with that, I officially move Toby to the Environmental Advisory Committee. I second. Mr. Duca, yes.
Zangel, yes. Sherman, yes. Mayor Adams, yes. Thank you. Awesome. Congratulations. So, we have the rent leveling board and we have appointments. Should I do these all at I'm going to do them all at once. So, anyone who's here, uh, Larry
Fischer, Barry Travis, Elana Nova, Festovski, and I apologize if I butchered that. She's online. Oh, okay. Great. Uh, Pat, she's online. Yeah. And Bob Thompson, right?
Is anyone else here besides Alana online? Yeah. Come on up to the mic. Where's Larry? Oh, Larry, come on. Larry, I knew your dad way back when in South Orange. Larry and Le. Barry and Larry. Alana, you have to change your
name to a Larry. I'll take it. There you go. So, thank you all. Why don't you tell everyone a little about yourself? I'll start. Usually, we put the in person first, but I'm going to start with Alana first. Did I I was just gonna say I read your mind.
You actually pronounced my last name very good. I'm surprised. It's usually a topic of conversation and people get stuck pronouncing it. For those that cannot pronounce it, you can definitely call me Alana Novo. So, just a little bit about me. I'm new to Maplewood. I'm going on a year now.
And as a born and raised diehard New Yorker, it was very tough for me to find somewhere to love in New Jersey. And when I moved to Maplewood, just a 5-second story, I was ready to sign the lease before I saw the apartment. I fell in love with the town instantly and I
asked them how long the lease was and I extended it before I saw the apartment. So, we took the lease into the apartment and then I signed there together. So, when I saw this opportunity, I was very excited to get involved as a renter.
Great. Well, thank you, Barry. I just want to see my name is Barry. Uh I'm now a no longer new but a year-long resident in Maplewood. Uh my partner Lindsay and I were actually first-time homeowners in Maplewood and also with that firsttime
landlords. Uh prior to that, we were renters across the state of New Jersey. Uh so uh I'm interested in being involved with the rent leveling board, giving tenants an opportunity and a and a better communication method to interact with the town with landlord disputes and then also help kind of
navigate new policies to control rent growth and look for, you know, more multif family opportunities in the township. So, thank you. Thank you. And Larry, Larry Fischer. Uh, born and raised in New Jersey. Um, actually did grow up in
a probably rent control department um at one point. Um, but I also own a number of properties in the town. Uh, we have a number of apartments um and a number of residential tenants. Uh, so I do appreciate the opportunity to bring my
experiences um to hopefully come up with something that's fair on all sides. uh and for everybody involved. Um and I just look forward to working with everybody on it. Great. Thank you. And Bob Thompson is not here this evening, but he's also nominated. So with with those
introductions, thank you all for volunteering. And I would move the appointment of Larry Fischer, Barry Travis, Bob Thompson, and Alana Novo Festovski. Second. It's twice. I got it right. Mr. Duca, yes. Mel,
yes. man. Yes. Mayor Adams. Yes. And thank you all again. Thanks for coming and thanks for volunteering. Congrats. Thank you. All right. This takes us to our first public comment on agenda items only. Is
there anyone in the room who would like to speak to the township committee um and any items on the agenda tonight? Please introduce yourself, your address, and your have three minutes to speak. Michelle Barro 51 Coolage Road. I have
two comments on items on the uh consent agenda. Okay. The first one is resolution 15I awarding a contract at various locations. Can you uh I read the
um the content of the resolution and there were no locations specified. God bless you. Can you tell me what they are? Uh could you tell me yes by the resolution? Uh it's the number 15 I 15 I
This is uh primarily Bdon Avenue from um Irvington Avenue down to the Irvington border. Thank you. Number two, 15Q resolution.
Um resolution states that um our RNR Robert's rules of order newly revised 10th edition is to be used as a parliamentary resource.
ROR 10th edition was printed around the year 2000. It has been supplemented by the current 12th edition 2020. So I suggest that you change your bylaws to conform to what is
the more appropriate resource. And um also in the original one there is no mention of uh virtual attendance at meetings that
has been revised since co and since zoom has become so popular. So the mo the more current edition would be more appropriate. Could you rename the more co current edition again? Say it again. What was the more current edition that
you mentioned? unit 12, uh, edition 12, edition 12, 12th edition, and you can get it through National Association of Parliamentarians. There you go. nap.org. Thank you. Thank you. Uh, can we pass that
resolution with that amendment or do we need to pull it out? I'm just asking the attorney with that and then still leave it on the consent agenda. Okay. So then why don't we do that? Is everyone okay with that? Yes. Yes. Okay. So we're just updating what
it's based on. Okay. Is there anyone else in the room who would like to speak to address the township committee? Hi, I'm Daniel Wright, 41 Oberlin Street, the chair of the Historic Preservation Commission. just wanted to
speak uh on uh in support of the resolution to uh regarding the front-facing garages. Uh we think it's a good step to um breaking up some of the blockiness of some of the new builds
that have been occurring in town um to uh create more visual interest like a lot of our um historic housing stock has. Um, some architects uh, commissioners have spoken with have suggested a more of a step back, six to
eight feet. I don't know if they've said that to the township committee, but that's just, uh, some of the things that we've heard, but we think it's a a step in the in the right uh, direction. And we look forward to helping the town
develop some design guidelines at some point in the future to to help um, with things of this nature. Thank you. Thank you. Anyone else like to address the township committee on agenda items only? Mr.
Wary, is there anyone online who would like to address us? If anyone on Zoom would like to speak on agenda items, please raise your hand. I see no hands, mayor. Okay. With that, we'll close the public comment for the first time and then
we'll move uh so I'll turn it over to committee member Engel to run the board of health meeting. Thank you, mayor. Pursuant to section 5, chapter 231, public law 1975, this is to state for the record that adequate notice of this meeting has been provided to the public by posting and maintaining
the annual notice of regular meetings on the bulletin board of the municipal building, by mailing the annual notice of regular meetings for 2025 to the news record and star ledger in December 2024 and by filing send notice in the office of the township clerk.
Mayor Adams here. Mr. Mr. Daffis, Mr. Duca here, Herman here, Mr. Angel here. Whereas chapter 231, public laws 1975, commonly known as the open public meetings act, requires all meetings public audience be open to the public.
And whereas section 7A provides that the board of health has a discretion to permit, prohibit, or regulate the act act of participation of the public at any meeting. And whereas the desire of the Maplewood Board of Health to comply with the provision this act same time to
conduct its business in an orderly and expeditious manner. Now therefore, be it resolved by the Maplewood Board of Health, Township of Maplewood, that it does hereby prohibit except as set forth in the formal agenda, active participation and deliberations of the board of health by the public and except
as otherwise prescribed by law does limit the public to the observations of the actions and discussions of the board of health at all of its regular and special meetings. So moved. Second. Mayor Adams. Yes. Mr. Duca,
yes. Furman. Yes. Miss Angel. Yes. And now I move to approve the board of health meetings from August 5th, 2025. Second. Mayor Adams. Yes. Mr. Duca. Yes. Miss Herman.
Yes. Miss. Yes. Um, and now I turn things over to our health officer, Candace Davenport. Good evening everyone. We'll start the slide presentation to show that September is National
Preparedness Month as well. Um we want to let people know that the state OEM has a new website for their New Jersey register ready. For those of you who are not familiar with it, it's um a New Jersey residents with disabilities or access and functional needs can provide
information to emergency response agencies so that in the event of an emergency, first responders can better plan and serve um and respond to you during an emergency. There's instructions on that slide on how to register online. if you need any assistance um either the police
department or the health department will be happy to help you navigate um registering your family member or yourself. Next slide. We also want to mention that uh September is suicide prevention awareness month and uh the national organization for mental health SAMA has
a whole month of um activities focusing on different topic areas and we just want to always bring um attention to the 988 suicide and crisis lifeline um and suicide prevention uh for the month of September. Next slide.
For those of um us who need assistance with uh social services, we do offer a free service um on that that is at the library from 11:00 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturdays through CSPJ. Um they provide all these social services available and
the um the service is free. So we hope that people take advantage of it. Services like signing up for Wix, SNAP, getting your birth certificate or ID or rental and utility assistance. Um they are there to help. Next slide, please. We also want to make mention that we do
have a new community resource guide to assist people with finding those social services. Um, and we hope that people can use them if they need a copy. We have them available at the health department for free. Next slide. As for our nursing update for August,
uh, four reportable diseases were investigated. Next slide. What we really want to focus on though is that the cases of measles in New Jersey is increasing. We now have nine reported um cases of measles. In 2025 to give you an
estimate of where we are in 2024, there were seven. The most recent case um was in Ocean County. There were two confirmed cases among infants less than 6 months of age who uh participated in international travel but were uh not vaccinated. So, we do want to raise
awareness to people that this is something we're watching very carefully because again um we are the most populous state in America and we have nine reported cases so far. So, it is through travel, it is through um
unvaccinated persons that we're really trying to prevent an outbreak and encourage people to get vaccinated. Um the other the next slide just provides the uh standard information on the m measles nationwide. But we do want to bring your attention also to the next slide
which is on malaria. On August 18th, there was a confirmed case of malaria in New Jersey in a Morris County resident. They are the state health department is doing an investigation as to whether this was uh travel related, but they're concerned that it might not be travel
related, which means that they um acquired the malaria disease um through a mosquito in New Jersey. Um this is concerning. So we just want to make mention that um the whole state is looking at this and this is time for
mosquito control, but we are especially being very vigilant. So if you see Essex County mosquito control um spraying, these are the dates um in September. Um they spray between 12:00 a.m. to and 7:00 a.m. in areas where they find um positive mosquito pools for Westnau
virus. So, um, again, malaria is spread by mosquitoes, Westnile virus. These are all mosquitoborn diseases. So, just want to let everyone know, um, what the county is doing in terms of mosquito control. Also, some good news, we have free flu and COVID 19 home tests here at town
hall. We just picked them up um, recently. Uh, they're available at town hall from 9:00 am to 4:30 p.m. You can pick up two packets per per f per household. And in each box there's two. This is new uh that there's a flu and
COVID 19 vac um test in one um in one test. So that's a really exciting thing. We hope that people when they start to feel sick will use the test and avoid um spreading it to others and stay home if they're sick. Next slide. Just want to
give an update that we had our free health screening thanks to Robert Wood Johnson Barnabas Health and uh the county. They serviced eight residents for stroke risk assessment, blood pressure, and glucose testing and education.
Next slide. Moving on to environmental health update. These are just uh some of the activities that our environmental health um registered sanitarian has done for us. Next slide. We do want to emphasize that this
Saturday, September 6, there will be a free rabies vaccination clinic from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at the Maplewood Community Pool. And if you're a Maplewood resident, you can then join the dog day at the pool. Uh that happens at the same time um at the Maplewood
pool. So, we want to say a special thanks to South Orange Animal Hospital who'll be providing the rabies administration and the vaccine rate for the rabies is free. Thanks to the state health department. Next slide. Now we get to present and I have the uh
honor of giving it giving the microphone to Martha and Dina Pascell who is um who are our crisis intervention social workers who will give you a report on the crisis intervention social worker program. Thank you.
Good evening everyone. My name is Martha Usash. I am a licensed social worker and I have uh Mrs. Dina Purcell here who is also a licensed social worker and we'll be giving you an update on the social service and mental health um um services
that we've been providing in Maplewood. So we are located in the health department along with nursing environmental um health which includes the health inspectors. Um Candace our health officer is our immediate supervisor. So that is who we report to
slide. Um we do have coverage Monday to Friday as well as Sunday. Um so we try to arrange it so that um you know it's morning, some evenings and then on Sunday we do have on call hours from noon to 4:30 as well as 4 to 8:00 um
that we do follow up with um cases at those times. Next slide. For August, we did have 25 cases in total. Three of them were co-response and co-response is us responding with the Maplewood Police Department. We did have 16 follow-ups
and there were uh six other calls which include um which included walk-ins or people who actually called us directly. Next slide. So in total from January 1st to as of recent August 31st, we we had a
total of 209 cases. Um most of them were follow-ups, 107 cases and coal response was 46. And we did have others where that included home visits either with um nursing or our health inspectors
um calls, client walk-ins. Those were 56. Next slide. So some of the calls that we do get include um individuals who are experiencing a mental health crisis.
um those who um have a substance use disorder or those who have both which are co-occurring mental illness and substance use, those who have suicidal ideiation, they're either threatening to harm themsel or have acted upon it or
attempted to act upon it. Um, we've also been um responding to families that have family conflicts or domestic violence or parental parenting challenges, youth or those living in the home with
parents still. There's some individuals who have been dealing with housing um because there is a housing crisis um and also for the elderly, those who are dealing with dementia or Alzheimer's, we have been helping the elderly
out. And also, there are some calls regarding hoarding or unsanitary living conditions that we've been responding with the um health inspectors with just to try to provide resources and also help the individual um with uh
the condition. Next slide. So, we do try our best to build relationships with the resources that we are providing to the community. So we do a lot of trainings and we also go to the facilities. Um so a lot of the places
that we do um refer individuals to includes intensive family support services uh 988 which is the suicide helpline hotline number and also second floor JFS older adult services. Uh we do
utilize pest for instances where individuals are refusing to go to the hospital and they do need to be involuntarily committed by a certified state screener. Uh we have been utilizing 211 as well as CSPJ who we do
work closely with since they are the homeless out team um specifically for Maplewood. So a lot of referrals do go to them as well as diversion um for those who needs rent or um other service relating to housing. Um we have been
referring individuals to the loft at CHS because they do provide um social work services as well as counseling. Um and a lot of people may not know about the services within the school. So as building a relationship with them, we can now provide it to the families and
the student for additional inschool services. We have been referring individuals to perform care mainly the uh kids is up to 21 years old um perform care. They will come to the home and provide counseling services as well as
family services as well. Uh we've been working with the PD um in providing the blue angel program and uh the special needs registry and we have also uh been referring individuals to Rucker's early
intervention support services for immediate those who need an immediate appointment with the psychiatrist and um uh for counseling. There's so many other services that we have been providing, it would be almost impossible to fit all of them into this slide, but these are just
a few that we commonly use um to refer individuals who are in immediate need for mental health services. All right, I'm going to jump in and I'm happy to say that soon, very soon, hopefully, we're going to be um
utilizing a new software program that's going to help us with our case management and um case tracking. And it will not only allow us to more um completely report our work, but also work together. So to share case
information and um to track ongoing cases if they're reoccurring. So the name of the software that's been chosen is Bontterra and we've looked at a few packages. This one seems to be a really great fit for us and I'm looking forward
to um implementing that. It's also very customizable. So based on the reports that we need, we could really customize the software to collect the data that will lead to those reports. So, that'll be a nice next step. And the reach for recovery van,
eight people were serviced at this last um event in August on August 27th. And they do um set up at the community fridge. And they have a table with all kinds of um pamphlets, information, they
have handouts, they have um hygiene related items that they give away. and they are there to talk to anybody who is interested in information um regarding treatment, regarding referrals, regarding any really any questions that
they have for themsel, for a loved one, for a family member, for a friend. Um they're there to talk with community members and generally they're there Wednesday of each month. And lastly, we have the make the right
call. Um this is one of my favorites. I love to give it out at all all of our events because I think that um it should be in every single kitchen. And uh I just also like to point out 988 is there. That's a referral that I wish
every resident knew about because it's 247 available every day of the year. It's always there when Martha and I can't be right there. There's always somebody there to pick up the phone and talk with them. and it's a trained person that will talk with them and
provide them with a supportive ear and also um some help going forward. Thank Thank you so much. I love the guest two months in a row. Thank you so much for being here. Um any questions from my colleagues on the JS? Go ahead.
I I have one question on the 988. Um do our police officers utilize that and do they share that information if you're not able to be there? Yes. Um the officers are aware of 988
and they um they also have the screeners, the uh psychiatric screeners, the emergency screeners that Martha mentioned. So they also can call the screeners as needed when we're not present to assess somebody who is an
imminent danger to themselves or others. Any other questions from the Mr. Herman? I had a question. I I didn't know if you know this off top of your head or if this something you can share next time you present to us about the services, but I'm curious about the age breakdown
of the calls you receive. like are we hearing from mostly adults, families like like children? Um just to try and get a sense of it. It varies monthto month. So it's kind of hard to say um you know who do we hear
from most. There's some months where it's mainly juveniles. Um you know whether it's you know school related or you know uh family conflict, parenting challenges, things like that. But then there's other months where it's mostly young adults or there's other months
where it's mostly the elders. So, it's hard to say. But I think for next time we could definitely go back and look through the numbers just to kind of see. Yeah, I'm just curious who we're serving um just to get more a sense of that. But um you're doing a great job. Thank you
so much. Also, once we have Bontterra, once we have that software, that's something that we can track. That's a a data point that we can put in there and then we'll be able to run a report and have all of that information. Yeah. I've also been curious about
months like what the how it compares monthto monthth and if there's any trends because Mr. Duca puts together these reports for um for PD and it would be interesting to see if the calls or cases are going up the same months that we see crime going up. So that might be
another data point to look at. It's a great idea. Um, just to make note, last month we had about 36 cases, which is the largest um, number of cases we've had. Um, this program has been going on for uh, three years now. Wow. So, we can go backward and look at data
as well. Be really interesting to compare to public safety information as well. Mayor, did you have any other questions? I had one more question. Um, I really liked that slide you put on the um, frequently provided resources and referral serve and I was just curious I
didn't I went to our website quickly to see if it was on there but it's not. Is could we have a page on our website with these links of places cuz we all know sometimes it's hard to make that first call and so if you can go online and find it might be helpful to people. Actually our community resource guide should be online and those resources are
there in the community resource guide. Okay, maybe I'm looking at the wrong I didn't easily find it on the health Maplewood. I googled Maplewood NJ health and I went so you got your health page. Make sure that's on the page.
Um, no more questions from the day. Any questions here in the room for our health department? Nope. Mr. Wary, will you help with online? Anyone on Zoom would like to address the board of health, please raise your hand now.
Moving over Joan Crystal to panelist. Welcome, Miss Crystal. You may address the board of health. Uh, thank you. I have just one question. Do we know if or when we're going to have a senior social worker assigned to
Maplewood rather than using the online intake number to contact someone? I'm so glad you asked that, Joan. Thank you very much. Um JFS is still uh to our knowledge looking for a replacement uh to service Maplewood as our senior
social worker. um we've been without one for almost two months now. Um as soon as we find one um and hear information from them, we will definitely let you know. In the meantime, you can still call JFS. They do have um an alternate provider
that you can call for for assistance. If any other members of the public would like to address the board of health, please raise your hand. I see no hands, Miss Engle. Thank you, Mr. Wary. Um, so I move that we adjourn until our next scheduled
meeting on Tuesday, October 7th. Second. Mayor Adams, yes. Mr. Duca, yes. Surman, yes. Miss Angel, yes. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Back to you, mayor. I didn't say it. I
know. I love it. I was going to pause on it for a minute, but back to you, mayor. You're a TV show. All right. Well, that takes us to the uh ordinances on final passage. First ordinance is 3164-25. Miss Fritzen.
Uh yes, Mayor. Um, on final passage, ordinance 3164-25 is an ordinance to amend chapter 271 of the code of the township of Mapwood entitled zoning and development regulations with respect to residential
front-facing garage requirements. This ordinance will amend article 5 zoning provisions of chapter 271 of the township code to incorporate requirements for the arrangement of residential frontfacing garages in the
R15 and R17 zoning districts. Mayor, you have before you this evening um the version of the ordinance that's attached to the agenda al has a slight amendment in it. So the procedure uh for this evening would be to entertain a
motion to amend on second reading. The particular amendment um was raised in discussion at the planning board to clarify um previously where the garage was located in relationship to the front facade of the dwelling was the same
among the R14, R15, and R17 zones. It said it could not be uh further forward than the front of the dwelling. Um because of the changes that were made to R15 and R17, that became a little unwieldy and confusing. So there's a
brief uh language in the ordinance as in your packets this evening that would clarify that for R15 and R17, there's that twoft setback. For R14, that same condition that previously existed would remain. There was no intent to make
changes to that condition for R14, right? And it was the planning board explained that it would or talked about it being unclear in the ordinance with the chart that included the R14 zone. So that's the clarification. Does anybody have any questions on that?
Okay. So I just want this ordinance has been published, copies posted on the bulletin board in the municipal building, and copies made available to the general public in accordance with the law. Um, I'm going to open a hearing on this ordinance. Madame Mayor, we would we would do the sec we would do read public hearing on
it after this amendment. So, we will have one more uh Oh, so it's not going to pass. It'll be I thought you were saying it's going to amend the on second reading. So, it's basically introduced again now and in first reading essentially. Yeah, it's moved back.
So, how do you want me to handle that? do it on first reading and with a with a hearing to be held on the next meeting. If we could just entertain a motion to amend as just described with hearing on the ordinance and final passage to be uh considered on September 16th.
Okay, I'll make that motion. So, I move the passage of the amended ordinance as discussed on first reading its publication according to law in the Maplewood News South Orange News record and hearing to be held on September 16th. Can I get a second Mr. Duca? Okay. Call the roll, please.
Mr. Duca, yes. Miss Angel, yes. Miss Herman, yes. Mayor Adams, yes. Okay. So, with that, we'll move on to and the next ordinance on for final 3165-25. Uh, yes, Mayor. Also on final, ordinance
3165-25 is an ordinance to amend chapter 257 of the township code of the township of Mapwood entitled vehicles and traffic This ordinance will remove the caps that are currently imposed on the number of
merchant parking permits that may be issued to a business establishment based upon the number of employees. This uh ordinance has been published, copies posted on the bulletin board in the municipal building and copies made available to the public in accordance
with the law. Uh is there anyone opening the hearing for this? Is there anyone who would like to speak on this ordinance? Seeing no one in the room, Mr. Wary, can you see if there's anyone online? If anyone on Zoom would like to speak on this ordinance, please raise your hand
now. I see no hands. Mayor. Okay, then I'll close the hearing. I move the passes this I move this ordinance be adopted as a whole and the clerk be directed to publish the same as a past ordinance in the Maplewood South Orange News Record according to law.
Second, Mr. Duca, yes. Miss Angel, yes. Miss Herman, yes. Mayor Adams, yes. Next ordinance 3166-25. Also on final mayor ordinance 3166-25
is an ordinance amending and restating ordinance 2942-9 of the township of Maplewood establishing the Maplewood Cares Trust Fund. This ordinance will expand eligibility criteria for recipients of funds from
the Maplewood Cares Trust Fund and make certain changes to fund administration. This ordinance has been published, copies posted on the bulletin board in the municipal building, and copies made available to the general public in accordance with the law. I'd like to open the hearing on this ordinance. Is
there anyone in the room who would like to speak to this ordinance on the CARES trust fund? Anyone online? If anyone online would like to speak to this ordinance, please raise your hand. Didn't say no.
I see no hands. Mayor. Okay. With that, I will take a motion. Deputy Mayor Herman. I move this ordinance to be adopted as a whole and the clerk be directed to publish the same as p as a past ordinance in the Maplewood South Orange News record according to the law. I'll second. Mr. Duca,
yes. Sangel, yes. M. Herman. Yes, Mayor Adams. Yes. And we have one ordinance on for introduction 3167-25. Mr. Britson. Uh, yes, Mayor. It's item 10A, introduction of an ordinance. Ordinance
3167-25 is an ordinance to amend chapter 257 of the code the township of Mapwood entitled vehicles and traffic with respect to a portion of Baker Street. This ordinance will implement one-hour
parking on a portion of Baker Street adjacent to the Maplewood Memorial Library. Okay. This ordinance has been posted, published, copies posted on the B. No, this introduction. Keep reading. I want to finish.
Do you want me to introduce it? Yeah, in a minute. Okay. Copies made available to the general public in accordance with the law. Mr. Duca, would you like to move this ordinance? I move the passage of this ordinance on first reading, its publication according to law in the Maplewood South Orange News record, and
a hearing to be held on September 16th, 2025. I'll second. Roll call. Mr. Duca, yes. Sel, yes. Turman, yes. Mayor Adams, yes. Thank you. We move from ordinances
on to administrative reports. Mr. Wary, one item. Mayor, this coming Friday, September 15th, we will have our employee appreciation event. So, nonpublic safety offices will close at 12:30 p.m. And we
have an event for our staff to recognize them for all the hard work that they do uh day in and day out for the benefit of our residents. And so, thank you to all those employees and we'll put out a notice to the public making them aware of the office closure. Okay,
that's my report. Nothing else. Nothing else. Okay. Anyone have any questions for our administrator? Seeing none, we'll move on to our attorney, Miss Cridio. No report, mayor. Okay. I like it. Any questions for our
attorney? You have? No. No. But mayor, I think we were going to ask Mr. Weary to talk a little bit about a couple of the resolutions that are on the consent agenda regarding the EPA funding. Oh, sure. Thanks.
Mr. Way, I think her mic's not on. Appreciate that. I'll start again. So, on tonight's agenda are resolutions mostly identical except for the block and lots to apply to the state's revolving trust fund for the cleanup of contaminated properties. and they are
for properties off of Bdon Avenue somewhat adjacent to the public works uh site and it would be we would use those funds to clean up that site. We don't own the the sites currently but we are interested in the sites for the purpose
of in 100% affordable housing development. And so as we pursue um avenues for how to make that a reality, you know, the cleanup is one of the things that we would have to contend with should we acquire those sites. And so we'll be making that application to
the state. The the sites are um spread across two owner groups. There's there's one site with one owner and another um three of the sites which are lots with a a similar owner as well.
Any questions on that? Great. Okay. Thank you, Mr. Duca, for the reminder. Any questions for our attorney? Seeing none, we'll move on to the clerk's office. Miss Fritzen. Uh, thanks, Mayor. Just um I wanted to
report that uh coming up later in September and we will be recognizing uh the National Voter Registration Day at our next township committee meeting and uh with a proclamation and it's a pretty big deal. Uh we'll also um in the
clerk's office be promoting that information and all the other applicable dates for voters uh to prepare for um the November election. Great. That's all.
Okay. Mr. Weary took my other item. Oh, okay. Any questions for Miss Fritzen? Seeing none, we'll move on to reports from elected officials. Committee member Angel. Happy first day of school. Oh, yeah.
That's my report. Okay. I like it. Any questions on the first day of school for Miss Angel? How did the pickup go at the high school? The new route. Well, I haven't heard any complaints, so that's good. From I didn't drive, but I
did hear that it wasn't terrible, but um drop off. It wasn't a regular day. Only ninth graders went tomorrow. Drop off and the and everyone else came at 10. So Mr. Wary to ask our engineer to put more orange cones along the street because I don't think
I've gotten a lot of compliments on the orange cones though. I have to say people are like the orange cones. The orange cones were very excited. Yeah, everybody but the mayor felt that way. Okay. No, but tomorrow will be the real day. And I haven't I mean last year I feel like you know previous years we've heard about crossing guards whatever. I haven't heard anything either. So, I
think all our crossing guards positions went well as well. And I know that Mr. Wary is working with the school district about placements and we're doing some auditing about, you know, where making sure that our crossing guards are in the right locations and kind of just assessing that and we're doing that in public safety.
Okay. Any other questions for Miss Engle? We now'll move to Deputy Mayor Herman. Thank you, Mayor. Um, school has started and summer is apparently over. But
for the next month, come to downtown Maplewood Village on Saturday nights at 5:00 p.m. for summer streets. Summer streets in September. There'll be music. The portion of the road is closed. Uh, a nice time to sort of wind down as we get
into the fall season. And then we do have our salsa night on September 20th. Um, sign up now for the salsa dancing lesson before the party. It's going to be a lot of fun. And that's all I I'm really sad to miss that, but I hope
Mr. Duca will be there showing off his dance moves. I know. I've only seen him do one step. Any questions for I feel a little put upon here. Just have to dance. I feel like we should bring salsa dance lessons to our committee meeting.
You need to move your hips a little more. That's all. All right. Please get this on tape. All right. It's your turn for your report, Mr. Duca. Well, thank you, mayor. I have no report. Really?
Nothing? Really? Nope. Is that the first time? No. It's close, but no. Okay. So, anyone have any questions for Mr. Duca before I Are you sure you don't have a report? No. All right. So, I just want What is this?
I have Oh, I have just two things real quick. Uh, the New Jersey planning officials have awarded the Maplewood Memorial Library Project selected as a recipient of the 2025 New Jersey planning officials achievements in
planning award. So, yay us, especially Mr. Duca for his community room. Um so they'll be honoring um Maplewood at that uh award dinner. It's a breakfast, sorry, award breakfast. It's
September 26th and uh we have one free ticket so only one of us can go. Now the as many people who want to Mr. where I'd ask that um please uh ask I know Sarah Lester is planning on going
and she's going to share it with her staff. So if anyone here wants to attend who are we who are we alerting that we want to go we want I want everyone here to let Mr. Weary or Miss Fritzen's office know if you want to go. Just one person let me know. Okay. I'll be sure to RSVP for the group.
Yes. Library is doing another set of RSVPs for board members and staff. Okay. Good. So, um and then the second thing is our uh movie theater redevelopment area community meeting. Um
this will be the 4th, I believe. So, if you have input, you want to hear the most updated uh redevelopment plan. That is on Thursday, September 11th in the grand room, the what's it? Grand Hall at the Woodland um at 700 p.m. till 9:00
p.m. And our planner will be there to explain the updates and then we'll take community input on that. I hope nobody missed my report from that meeting. Um so that's my report unless anyone has Oh, will that meeting live a question? Will that meeting be like recorded somehow
for members of the public who can't attend? I know it's like a hot topic. We have a court reporter scheduled like we have in previous meetings and so the transcript that'll be a transcript will be available online. Right. Thank you.
Okay. All right. With that, can I get a motion? Oh, no. Discussion item. Mr. Duca. Thank you, mayor. So the uh um I just the engineering public works and
planning committee um received a memo and the entire township committee received a memo from Mr. Kitner requesting that we add Salter Place between Maple Avenue and South Mountain Avenue to the five feet uh from driveway
restrictions. And we the committee is recommending that we instruct our attorney to uh amend the res amend the ordinance to include Salter Place. And I uh Miss Gradia, I just forwarded you Mr.
Kitner's memo because I see you hadn't received it. So So if we're okay with that, we would just uh if we're all okay, then we just have the thing be introduced. Everybody all okay with that? Sounds good to me. I do have another street for engineering, public works, and planning
to discuss, but I can't think of it off the top of my head. But okay, that's all I have on. Okay, so that's it for our discussion items. Can I get a motion on the consent agenda with the amendment we made before? I'm move the consent agenda.
Second, Mr. Duca, yes. Single. Yes. Sherman, yes. Mayor Adams. Yes. Now, it brings us to our second public comment on any subject matter. Anyone in the room who'd like to address
the township committee may do so. Please identify yourself again. Miss Steel Michelle Barro One Road. And I have a question about the Bdon Avenue sites that you're looking to acquire. Uh do they have homes or dwellings on them? And how do you plan
to acquire them? Go ahead. Thank you, Mayor. They're all currently vacant and as far as acquisition, you know, that's up for discussion. You know, we we one of the properties does not have an active owner, we'll say. Um,
in that there are multiple leans both at the federal and the municipal level against it that have been resolved for many years. Um and then the other three properties are owned in common and uh you know the township will engage with those property owners that property owner. We'll we'll engage with the property
owner. Thank you. So just just so they're in redevelopment area too. It's they're already in a redevelopment area. There's not a residential, it's commercial and industrial property. Thank you. Anyone else in the room like to address
the township committee? Seeing none, Mr. is there anyone on Zoom? If anyone on Zoom would like to address the township committee, please raise your hand. Moving over David Hellcamp to panelist. Welcome to the public portion. Mr. Hellcamp, you may unmute yourself and
address the committee. Good evening. I I just wanted to add that that if you have reservations about the cones on Parker, drive west down Parker after midnight with your bright lights on. It's really exciting. The reflections are
are eye-catching for sure. Um and the meeting was great tonight, but what a pace. What an incredibly fastpaced. Thank you all. Thank you. Anyone else? Mr. Right.
Any other members of the public who would like to address the committee? Please raise your hand. I see no hands. Mayor. Okay. Uh then I will take a motion to go into close session. I motion that we go into close session.
I'll second. M Pritson. Uh I'm going to ask our attorney if you want me to read the statement and then take the vote. Well, first take our vote. Go ahead. Whatever. Whereas section 8 of the open public
meetings act, chapter 231, public laws 1975, permits exclusion of the public from a meeting in certain circumstances. And whereas this public body is of the opinion that such circumstances presently exist, thou therefore be it resolved by the township committee,
township map, county of Essex, state of New Jersey as follows. The public shall be excluded from discussion upon any specified subject matter. The general nature of the subject matter to be discussed is as follows. Uh, mayor personnel
personnel. It is anticipated at this time that the above stage subject memory made public. Move it. We already moved it and seconded it. Mr. Duca, yes. Benel, yes. Sherman, yes. Mayor Adams,
yes. We will come back into open to adjourn the meeting, but it's pretty much all for the show. So, thank you everyone. open. All right. Okay. For anyone still watching, we're back in
open session. Miss Credio. Madame Mayor, whereas chapter 231 PL1 1975, commonly known as the Open Public Meetings Act, requires that all meetings of the public bodies be open to the public. Whereas the desire of the governing body to comply with the provisions of this act and at the same time to conduct its business in an
orderly and expeditious manner may now therefore be it resolved by the township committee of the township of Maplewood that it does hereby prohibit except as set forth in the formal agenda act of participation deliberations of the governing body by the public and except as otherwise prescribed by law does limit the public to observation on the
actions and discussions of the governing body at all of its regular special meetings. We have a motion to reopen. So moved. Second. Mr. Daffus. Mr. Juca. Yes. Miss Engel. Yes. Miss Herman. Yes. Mayor Adams.
Yes. Do we have a motion? We adjourn. Second. Jeez. Mr. D. Mr. Ducas. Yes. Miss Angel. Yes. Miss Herman. Yes. Mayor Adams. Yes. Thank you everyone.