Okay, I'm going to call the meeting to order. Roll call, please. Miss Dolan, here. Miss Bisca, present. Mrs. Mcnite, here. Mayor Morgan, here. Mrs. Joffrey, here. Mr. Kogan, here. Let's salute the flag 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. This is a public meeting in Burough Council Burn and Province County Heing State, New Jersey. Adequate notice has been given in court of PL
1975. Chapter 231 annual notice of revision was made in performance of section section chapter 13 of the act slipped up. Okay. Um we have a presentation for uh
unity day and we have uh the MPHS students. Why don't you come up and Chanda, why don't you all come up and speak into the mic? Tell us what's going on. Speak into the microphone. That' be great.
Yeah. Give us your names and uh Okay. And we don't bite really. So, no matter what you hear. Good evening everyone. I'm Audrey and we're I'm Fatima. I'm Angel. I'm Lillian. And we're students from New Providence. and we're honored
to be here tonight to present our 2025 Unity Day. And Unity Day is this annual celebration that celebrates the heart and soul of what makes our community special. Before we begin, we'd like to take a moment to thank all of the
students, faculty, and community members who've worked tirelessly to make Unity Day possible. Unity Day truly represents what we can accomplish when we come together as one New Providence community. Unity Day was born from the simple but powerful idea that in a world
that often focuses on what divides us, we can choose to celebrate what unites us. It is an interactive event featuring booths and activities that highlight the shared humanity between diverse cultures and communities. Unity Day will take place on Saturday,
June 7th from 4 to 6:00 p.m. Past Unity Days have been held at the Berkeley Heights YMCA and the New Providence Centennial Park. This year though, we're especially excited to have the Unity event in our New Providence High School gym. Our event reflects our commitment
to creating a space where every single member of our community feels welcome, valued, and celebrated. At its core, Unity Day is about connection. As students here at New Providence, we see how easy it is to stay in our own bubbles. But Unity Day
breaks those barriers, especially as a school district as diverse as ours. We've designed this year's event to engage all ages and interests. We will feature bu booths from New Province High School itself with the new New Province High School Spanish honor
society, the diversity club, the French club, and the chess club. We'll also have boosts from our local community organizations. Uh and additionally, we'll have even more interactive and cultural activities with the Hasha Chinese School and the Nepali community.
And these are just of the few of the 20 plus booths and activities planned. We are particularly excited about this year's passport challenge where younger attendees can collect stamps and stickers from different boots. It's a fun, engaging way to learn more about
our community's diversity while also making our event more interactive through small games and prizes. We're using this event as an opportunity to learn more about our community through hands-on activities like calligraphy, art stations, and interactive demonstrations.
To promote the event, we're running a comprehensive social media campaign with weekly countdowns and interactive po polls. Um, this helps to engage the entire community in the leadup to the
event. We'd love to invite the council and everyone else here to Unity Day. Your presence would mean so much to us and help make the event even more special. With your support, we can make this year's Unity Fair the most impactful
yet. We envision a gym full of laughter and learning, of new friendships forming, and our entire community coming together as one. Uh, Unity Day is our chance to work together for a future where everyone knows that that they belong. There are
flyers on the front bench um over there. um with more information on the event. Oh, wait. Um, thank you so much and we're happy to answer any questions that you might have. Oh, I just want to say
thank you. You know, the students of New Providence High School always amaze me, not only with everything that they achieve, but the diversity of what they do. And uh I always say when I I graduated in 72 from the high school and
there was no diversity. Everybody kind of looked like me, you know, but uh it's such a great thing to learn everybody else's culture, you know, and uh I think this is the greatest thing. I know Sunil, we started this how many years
ago? I think 12 years ago. Oh, many many years ago. I don't think I was gray then. Yeah. And then Shondaanda, you took it over. And you know, it's been it grows every year and it gets better every year. And I want to thank you, you
ladies, for doing this because it truly is a great event. And unfortunately, I have a my nephew's graduation and I have to be up in Sussex County, but I know my wife and I, we just enjoy that day more than anything. But I know all you guys
will be representing. And uh Lisa, you're council president. You ought to say a few words. There or now? [Laughter] Absolutely. Absolutely. We're looking forward to it. How many booths did you say you were going to have? Over
20. That's right. I'll just mention um I know Sil there is gleaming because uh when we used to do on the diversity committee, this was exactly the goal. you let the kids take over and I think that it's just amazing what you guys are doing. I know Kathleen and I are on the
WhatsApp chat group. So that that the amount of text we're getting, you guys are doing you guys are doing a lot of great work and it's nice to see how you all came together. We had that initial meeting at the uh the church and uh it's amazing what you guys have accomplished.
So I I thank you for doing it. Yeah, I thank you too. I'm actually just completely, like the mayor said, amazed at the maturity and the um thoughtfulness that you guys have been bringing to this event. And uh I know
the burrow is excited about promoting it on our platforms as well. And we're hopefully going to get you uh too many people to fit in the gym. That's the that's the goal. Um but thank you so much for all your work. I'm excited about the passport challenge.
So, out of curiosity, what grade are you guys in? And are you all at New Providence High School? Are any of you from UCBTs? Um, we're all freshman. Um, I'm from New Pro High School, but they're uh they're from UCBTs. Excellent. Excellent.
Freshman. All freshman. So, this is this in and of itself is very exciting because that means that we get three more years. Yes. With these guys out of you guys. Yeah. You should have said you were a senior. And uh before you said, did you want to take a picture this way? From this way?
Yeah. Come on up. Yeah. Come on up here. You get a a better picture up here. And then you guys can also pose and pretend. Yeah. Come on up this way. Stand right here. Or they can. Just don't get my bolts. Oh, thank you. And then they can turn around and get
the ceiling back. Then you can turn from here. Nice. And I'm I'm actually good. You're having it in the gym because one year we had it out here and it was so hot and the dancers burned
their feet. And then uh another year at the Y. It was starting to rain. So now I'm glad we're having that gym. And it's great to keep it home. Thank you. Can you guys do one more for Marian? Yeah. Turn around. Get back. Oh, I just also wanted to mention I think we're going to
try to get a proclamation for the May 27th meeting. So that will be like an official um Thank you again. Thank you guys. Very good. And you guys, you really don't have to
stay for the rest of the meeting if you don't want to. You're welcome to That was really quick to get up. But thanks for coming. Knows the drills. Yeah, we won't be offended. Thank you. Great job, guys. So, before we go any further, I I think
we all just want to wish Lisa happy birthday. Happy birthday. Thank you. What a better way to spend my birthday. Counsel me. Hey, you're spending it with us. Of course. I said it was best way
ever. Best ever. Okay. Need to approval of minutes for April 29th, please. So moved. Second. All in favor? I. No. So be it. We have correspondence. JC Central Power and Light. Uh final
hearing. Um Township and Chattam Board of Adjustment meeting. uh new Providence Board of Education transferring the MPTV ownership to to us. You want to
expand on that a little, Bernardet, while you're uh Sure. on that subject? Uh so back I think in the early 2000s, uh the bureau and uh the high school entered into an agreement um to run the TV station and for a very long time it
was part of the curriculum. Um Mr. Cook. Phil Cook was a great champion of the TV station and he retired, I believe, like three years ago. Um, shortly after his retirement, um, they struggled to replace him. They found somebody. She
didn't last all that long either. Um, she moved on to bigger and better things. Um, and they're at a point where it no longer totally aligns with the curriculum. Um, we had a quick meeting with the board of ed recently. U Lamar, myself, um Cindy, our public information
officer, um and people from the board of ed, and they thought it was best at this point that we take it back as people have actually nothing has been updated on the channel in probably a few months at this point. Um so we're trying to gain access back into the station and
then we'll start reprogramming it. Great. Okay. We have uh councelorship of Berkeley Heights zoning uh board uh state dot announcing applications for state aid program. I know we're all over
that. Uh constellation electric supply uh cost increase notification May 1st and board of adjustment for 170 Remy Parkway. Any comments? Seeing none, we'll go to council business
administration. Thank you, mayor. Uh, we have resolution 2025128. Uh, this is a resolution approving the contract with Aqua Coolers LLC for the installation and maintenance of water purification systems for
burough offices for a five-year term. So, this is just about replacing the big five gallon coolers uh with something that will actually um filter the water and be less expensive and less plastic.
Yeah. And you don't have to lift up those heavy jugs. Got some Jessica's job with those things. Okay. Community activities. Diane, thank you, Mayor. Did you skip advisory boards? What's that? Advisory Board
sustainability. Oh, I'm sorry. Continuing with the sustainability theme. Um, resolution 2025-129, resolution of the Burough of New Providence endorsing, and adopting a complete street policy. So, a complete street policy formalizes the intent for
the community to plan, design, and operate, maintain streets that are safe for all users of all ages and abilities. We adopted this two years ago, so this needs to be readdopted every two years to comply with sustainable New Jersey requirements.
Okay, Diane, now it's me. Thank you. Resolution 2025-130 is a salary resolution. We're approving one or we would like to approve one additional C counselor for the mini playground group. Resolution
2025131 is a resolution authorizing agreement between the Burrow of New Providence and Garden State Fireworks, Inc. for Independence Day Fireworks Exhibition in an amount not to exceed $16,500. Um this is approving the
contract for Garden State Fireworks um for our July 3rd town celebrations. Um this is more expensive than 2024. Um it's just the cost of the increase. Okay. Engineering College. Thank you, Mayor. Resolution
2025-132, resolution accepting proposal of Collier's Engineering and Design, Inc. for professional engineering services related to the Southgate Road Improvement Project. Collier's uh prepared a survey, collected data, prepared several concepts for us to evaluate uh for terminating Southgate
Road at the northern end in close proximity to Ryder Way. Uh as a result, the bureau chose concept one which is uh depicts a 25- foot radius culde-sac at the terminal end of the roadway. This agreement um includes the design and bidding and full design of the
improvement. So this is directly in response to the neighborhood that the residents uh what they wanted. So it's a very good plan. It's not a hammerhead. It's a culde-sac. Yes. One of the concepts was a hammerhead.
Okay. which looks like a hammerhead. All right. Finance, Lisa. Thank you, Mayor. Resolution 2025-133 is the resolution authorizing payment of the attached bills payable list amount of $7,529,21265.
The significant items on this list included the uh board of ed for 7,196,105 and that was their May school tax levy. We have the uh library at $104,957.50. That's the May appropriation for them. Grant sanitation
at $33,148. uh that is for April recycling property pilot 20,000 which is the final 50% of our annual subscription and then the uh did for $18,390 which is their second quarter
assessment. Thank you. Thank you, mayor. Resolution 2025-134 is a resolution authorizing agreement of lease between the Bureau of New Providence and the New Providence Community Pool and Recreation, Inc. Um,
since Matt is better versed with this, I'm going to pass this over to him. Thank you, Nine. So, just uh for background, uh the New Providence New Providence owns the land where the community pool is on, right? We leased the land to the New Providence Pool
Recreation, Inc., which is a nonforprofit corporation. Um, that they manage the pool and all of its operations. The pool corp uh is managed by a a volunteer pool board that makes all the decisions related to the ongoing
operations of the pool. Their goal is to provide a best-in-class experience for residents. Our goal on council is to provide them with the necessary resources and opportunities to be able to provide a best-in-class pool experience for our
residents. We are their landlord. So, the lease has been through quite a few iterations over time. Uh, this was a difficult um review to get to this point because a lot has changed over the last five years. Uh, I think we can all agree
since co, you know, a lot has changed in all of our lives as well. Uh that being said, we spent a lot of time working with the pool board to try to come up with a lease agreement that will help them continue operations on a go forward basis and allow them to continue to provide a great experience for
residents. This lease covers the years 2024 to 2029. Some of the changes in the lease are as follows. Uh one, we removed the obligation for the pool corporation to contribute to repaving the parking lot. We removed the pool corp from paying a portion to replace the bridge and as you
know the burrow has already purchased the bridge. Uh the bridge is here uh will be installed after the summer pool season. We increased the amount the burrow will reimburse the pool for lighting. We went from $1334 to $1,500
per year for lights which we uh there is a portion of lights the basketball courts and part of the walking path. uh it is on the pool's uh bill uh and we do utilize those lights outside of the normal pool operations. So, we're just picking up our fair share. Uh we
tightened up how the pool will reimburse uh how the pool will be reimbured for water usage at the garden and tennis courts by utilizing an existing water meter. We removed some of the land that is not used by the pool. The lot that
the land sits on is 17 acres. The pool encompasses approximately eight acres. Uh lastly, we discussed updating some of the language so that the pool will be operating in accordance with the burrow's ordinances and they will provide their rules to us and any changes going forward on an annual
basis. I just wanted to mention one of the one of the stickiest points that we did discuss uh in the language is about alcohol. As you know, the pool is always looking for ways to promote new membership. And one of those ways they suggested was to host a mixer outside of
the pool hours for new residents that they wanted to be able to have beer and wine at this special event. So, we discussed this for a long time and we finally came to a conclusion that based on our professionals recommendation, we would leave this language in the lease
so that no one can bring or sell alcohol to the pool during pool operations, which we can all agree is good practice. However, we did discuss if the pool wanted to lay out plans for a special event with our professionals and they provided positive feedback, we would bring it to mayor and council for
special permitting similar to what we would do for any other special events within the barrel. All that being said, uh I'm glad that we were able to to get this cleaned up. I think we have worked together to make sure the pool continues to succeed and provide a great experience for our residents. I wanted
to thank Bernardet, Kathleen, Mayor Morgan, Paul, the pool board members, Tim Cl, and Tom Fod for working together to get this done. Thank you. Thank you, man. Okay. Uh we need authorizations to hire uh officers of emergency management
coordinator. uh public safety has talked and we've we council as a whole years ago talked about after hurricane Ida how ownorous this position is and um it's way too complicated for the police chief
even though he gets a stipen it takes too much time away and um most towns they they have a stipen and it's not the chief of police it's somebody special so uh What this is is a uh we uh so we can
go out and uh put out a a request for uh an OEM coordinator. It'll be like eight hours a week. You know, it'll be more, you know, during uh special uh hurricanes, things like that, which I hope we don't have. I've had enough
through my tenure. I think I've have everything over the years. So, um, this is something that, uh, Dan feels strong about and, uh, everybody who's worked on emergency management feels the same way.
Okay. Uh, resolution 135 is a request for a computer for one of the patrol cars from Glacier Computer for $4,811.99. And the next is a resolution awarded contract to Lexapural LLC for police
accreditation and law enforcement training services. It's a two-year contract and uh it's an extension and as you know I think we're the only one or one of one of two or three that have been reacredited six
times. So, um, apparently this is something we really have to keep updating. Okay. Uh, public works, Matt. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Uh, resolution 137 is a resolution advancing Ali Denn Kurdu to
step H in the public works department of Burough Providence. Uh, 138 is a resolution advancing Mike Giamla to step D in the public works department of the bureau of new providence. 139 is a resolution advancing Diego Franco to step G, second plan operator in the public works department of Burrow from
the Providence. Uh 140 is a res resolution advancing Joseph Pasqual to step G, second plant operator, licensed C1S1 with Black Seal in the public works department of the Burrow of New
Providence. Sounds very fancy. Uh resolution 141 is a resolution advancing null Santiago to step E third plant operator in the public works department of the bureau of New Providence. Just want to mention all these uh steps are uh per our collective
bargaining agreement. I do want to congratulate all of our u employees. These guys are you know top shelf and do an incredible job for our public works department for sure. Uh, resolution 142 is a resolution approving requisition
R2500979 for Armstrong, Inc. and an amount not to exceed $5,000 for Payic River D snagging at 309 Maple Street. Uh, that area uh has some several large logs that have clogged the Payic River
there. Uh, too too large for RDPW to handle. So, we're going to hire Armstrong to come in. They're going to remove those logs uh from the river which will help obviously everything downstream of course and our DPW will then uh be able to take them and dispose. Okay. Thank you. Okay.
First, huh? Changing it up tonight. Hold on. I'm not ready. Oh, you want me to start? Yeah. Okay. Okay. First, I want to uh thank the police for everything that they have
done over the years and are currently doing. It's National Police Week, and we want to thank them for their great service in this town. I think everybody read there's a we had a uh Sergeant Rodriguez came up to ATM
machine and uh made an arrest and got a lot of drugs off the street and some bad people. So, You know, everybody thinks that all the suburban communities are are safe and nothing goes on goes on everywhere and you know, our police are
very vigilant in what they do. So, uh we want to thank them. Uh EMS Jess, you have uh the open house on Saturday 12 to 3. Sunday. Sunday. 12 to 3. And uh that's always a good time. Get
some good food. I know the kids love uh looking at all the equipment and I hopefully you get some uh new members out of that. And um oh I want to mention the parade because that does come with a public
safety. Um the parade will be on the 26th. There will be a uh ceremony across from the church at Veterans Park at nine o'clock and then at 10 o'clock at the Presbyterian Church and I think they're going to move the um
the uh what do you call the um the speakers? Yeah, the speakers and the podium will be in front of the uh information sign on the corner. Okay. So, um, it shouldn't make much of a difference, but, uh, it's always a good time to see everybody marching and and
having a good time. Okay, Lisa. Okay. Um the so between now and the next council meeting, the finance committee will be meeting um and we are going to
um you know before before the next council meeting. We're going to be reviewing uh the draft bar uh they're putting together a draft bond ordinance. So right now the ball is in our bound bond council's court. Um, but as soon as we get that back from them, we'll be
reviewing it and we'll be presenting that at the next council meeting along with the uh 2025 capital plan and um so stay tuned for that. Other than that, operations are going
okay. Um there's a lot going on as usual with our community activities uh department. Um and also as always kudos because they have a lot going on. Uh there's still some spots in the youth camps and activities for the summer. The 2025 adult summer classes are um open to
all residents and non-residents. Yoga, they have several different types of yoga, some meditation classes, men's yoga classes, etc. Um paper shredding day is coming up. I don't know if Alex wants to talk about that. You can say it. May
18th community pool. Community pool 9 to1. four bags, something like that. Summer teen zone, um, is a new, uh, type of, uh, class that we're offering for rising students in grades 7 to 10 and for weeks
one through six of the summer session. Apparently, there's a lot of lost and found items. Uh, so come clear out the There's some really good stuff there. I know. I know. You might find them on I was going to say eBay, but that kind of dates me. Um you talked about the
Memorial Day parade. Uh we started a maong class on Wednesdays and apparently that was a huge hit. Um there was some disappointing news that I wanted to share. Um there was some uh vandalism in the bathrooms in both Oakwood and um at
the tennis courts. Um clogged toilets uh leaving faucets running, stuff like that. um and our DPW and our police uh should not be responsible for cleaning this or monitoring this type of thing. So, unfortunately, a decision has been
made by the bureau to keep those uh toilets and bathrooms closed. Um which is incredibly disappointing. Um but that's the decision and there will be portaotties there. Um Nadine, are you going to talk about the health fear
tomorrow? Um you can talk about Okay. There you go. Yeah, I'm teeing everybody up here. Uh we uh Councilman Kogan, uh Council Person Dolan and myself had a tour this morning at the wastewater treatment plant talking about what a wonderful job uh these guys do. Um it's
always such an educational experience. I think um Anthony uh Carnival is one of the highly talented and um what's the word I'm looking for? Experienced educated. He's he's unbelievable. um
unreplaceable individuals in um multiaceted. He's got one of he's got some of the highest certifications in the state of New Jersey and he um you know he works on both summit and uh Berkeley Heights gives us some stuff too and um Joseph Pas Pasqual
who we just uh advanced he's taking his exam tonight for his C2 which is the next step of certification because you read C1 and C uh an S1. So, we wish him the best of luck. Hopefully, you know, that goes well for him. Um, and then I
don't really have much else. Everything else is normal. Thank you, Mayor. Um, so in terms of the diversity committee, I'm pleased to report that Councilman Alex Kogan and I held our kickoff meeting for the 2025
diversity committee last night. uh we had 11 attendees and we talked about how we will move forward the rest of this year and into 2026 and I'm happy to say there's a lot of enthusiasm and interest in helping
New Providence uh to be the inclusive and unified community that we all um envision. Um I also just wanted to you know again publicly thank uh and and express my appreciation to the students who came to talk about the unity fair.
Um, and I hope that we can all u make a stop there except the mayor unfortunately won't be able to attend. But uh it's it's a new venue. It's there's a lot of really fun things planned. So um the entire community is invited to come by 4 to 6 at the high
school. Um terms of municipal alliance uh they had their May meeting on May 7th. Um, we want to remind the community that they are continuing to look for new Providence residents to volunteer to help this committee. Uh, specifically,
Mike Yakaveli is stepping down as secretary. Um, so if you want to volunteer and you'd like to jump right in and start taking notes for the meetings, that's a great way to learn about um, what the work of this important group does. and they will also
be sharing information at the senior health fair uh which is tomorrow from 9:30 to 12 at the senior center. Again uh inviting all of our residents to attend that. That's all. Thank you. Okay. Okay. Uh thank you. Uh so first
before we do anything, I just want to thank Kathleen and Alex for um you know picking up where we left off with the hard work for the diversity committee. Uh, Unity Day has always been such a great highlight for that committee and I'm just so happy to see it continue. So, thank you to the high school students and thank you for you guys for
spurring that along. Um, mental health month, still wearing the green, still uh finishing it out. Um, everything is going really, really well so far. Um, the reception that we are getting in our towns and in all the other towns is just
so positive and um, the outpouring is awesome. Um, I've been to events in Fanwood, Scotch Plains, and Madison. Um, and to just drive around and see the ribbons connecting Summit all the way through the end of Berkeley Heights is very heartwarming to see our matching
banners, to see everybody's work. It's just been wonderful. So, with that said, I've actually heard from several groups here in town. Um, I've heard from the historical society, they also want to participate by doing the ribbons. um a Presbyterian church, they want to
participate. Um but then also our seniors as well. Um so Linda Kale had reached out to me um and she had asked uh to me and Lisa and she had asked if we kind of have a little mental health thing for them on Friday. So, I know we
haven't discussed this um but I just wanted to bring it to everybody's attention that the seniors the the members of the club and the president have asked us to come do a little bit of ribbons for them, do a little discussion, share some resources on Friday. Um Ray Clooney from the Rotary
is going to come with us. He has so many different things. Um and she also asked us to come tomorrow to the health fair as well. Um, so we would like to be at both of those events and I know that's something we haven't discussed. So I wanted to bring it to everybody's attention to make sure you guys were okay with it. Okay. So we will be there
tomorrow um at the health fair and we'll be there on Friday as well. Um so very excited about that. Um again so now I'll finish the health fair tomorrow in case anybody didn't get it was from 9:30 to 12. It's going to be at the Dorso Center. Um and looking at the flyer
there's a lot of great activities uh for our residents. um Atlantic Health stroke screenings, foot screenings, Reiki sessions, pharmacy and physical therapy, dental screenings, chiropractics, and the New Providence Alliance vision
screening. So, a lot of great things for many residents and all residents. So, come on down tomorrow 9:30 to 12. And of course, then you'll see myself and Lisa talking about mental health as well. So, thanks. Just to add to that, some of those screenings you had to pre-register
for. So there's a um on the website, go to the source, there's the number for the senior center and also um they celebrated their six the senior citizen club celebrated their 65th anniversary this year. So we can congratulate them
tomorrow. The club is now senior citizens. Yes. And that's it for me. That was good. Thank you. Uh only comment uh update I should say. Board of health meeting uh last week. Um Megan from Westfield Board
of Health is our our uh liaison there. She's terrific. Um a little disappointed uh that a lot of there's not a lot of funding going to the the boards of health. I think the unmet need she mentioned um there's 93 boards of health throughout the state. Unmet need and
funding is around $10 million. And since uh Governor Christie onward the the the governors the legislature is just not providing the funding. The good news is none of the core programs that we participate are affected. A lot of the peripheral programs, couple of staffing,
um supplemental help that they get, some social media stuff, that's what's being cut. Um uh but she she's looking for people to help her lobby. I'm going to put her in touch with Michelle uh Matakudis who will reach out to see if anything could be done. But right now
for some of those peripheral programs, the Westfield Board of Health is actually the Westfield um council is actually going to fund them throughout the the rest of the year. But again, the good news is the core stuff is all intact. It's some of the peripheral stuff that got cut. Okay,
Matt. Okay, thank you. So, just two updates. Public art, just wanted to mention uh we talked about the installation of the two art sculptures that was canceled. Uh so that was uh moved to either May 28th or May 29th around 12:31 p.m. if anyone's interested. Totally looking forward to
those being installed. I on the planning board. I just wanted to mention um you know some of you have seen that we had an application to be heard for 121 Chandlin Road that has been um moved. Uh unfortunately there was a noticing
issue. Um it has to be noticed properly in order for it to be heard by the planning board. Uh so we don't have a new date yet for that. Uh so keep your eye out on the burough website uh for planning board meetings. I just wanted to give a quick little background on on this
project. Uh 121 Chandler Road is currently a fourstory commercial building. Uh the property is in the burrow's technology and business innovation zone 2 district with an AHO affordable housing overlay. Okay. So
this is one of those properties that we included in our overlay zone uh as part of our last round of our affordable housing settlement. Uh the applicant, which is Toll Brothers, uh proposes to demolish the existing building and its related parking improvements to
construct an inclusionary residential development in association with our affordable housing overlay. Uh standards that include a total of 11 three-story residential town home buildings and one three-story affordable multifamily residential building. A total of 104
units. 21 of those units will be affordable. If you're interested in attending the planning board meetings, uh please look out for the notice on our burough website. Plans are up currently now on the burough website. You can find them under planning board applications.
Uh link is toll brothers 121 Chandler. Thank you. Just a few things, mayor. Um summer hours for the burrow begin next week. Um Monday through Friday. Regular office hours are 8:30 to 4:30 Monday through
Thursday, 8:30 to 1 on Fridays. So during this time for um all of our employees who are 35 hours a week, um we'll take a half hour lunch to make up for the time so that we're still working the same amount of hours. Um and just to clarify bulk cleanup for this sear, um
two of two of the zones were changed due to um the sharing network 5K. Um the last two years I believe we have inter we we've had bulk cleanup in the area that all the runners go through and they came to us early this year and said you
know unfortunately here it is again um and their date kind of changes so how it keeps colliding with this one zone I'm not sure um but they asked us if we could move it um which we certainly obliged. We want to put our best foot forward out there. So, um I would encourage people to look at the burough
website and see what's what will be taken and what will not be taken during bulk week. Um there's I I would also ask people to um download the recycle coach app. Um it's a great tool. It will tell you recycling events throughout the
county for the entire year. It'll tell you when your own garbage and stuff goes out. Um, and as far as bulk cleanup goes, um, there are specific items such as, you know, I I'll just for example, some people will put things out in a
cardboard box. Um, the haulers will take what's in the box and they leave the box because the cardboard is recyclable. So, um, there's just there's a few things like that that they will not take. So, if you're you're being conscious about putting stuff out and you're hoping that people are going to take it instead of
it going to the landfill, just know that there are certain things that they will not pick up that you'll have to bring down to the yard or recycle properly. I'll just add the recycle coach. I'm taking the torch from Matt who is the biggest proponent of his favorite app. But, but no, there are a lot of people
asking, can I rec? Yes. on the search bar, you can put any item you can think of and it will tell you whether it goes recycling, your every two weeks, garbage or bulk pickup. So, it answers every question people should have. Yeah. And so for anyone who
doesn't know what zone they're in, uh, page three of the calendar, both online and, uh, the hard copy will tell you, you can look it up by street. And, um, for, and if it's in the recycle coach, it automatically tells you once you put your address in. You can put alerts in to remind you, get your recycling out,
your garbage out. Exactly. It's a great tool. Um, but I would, um, ask that, you know, people actually look at at all of the information that's out there. uh the week before recycling uh bulk cleanup starts, we're going to start sending out
smart 911 so that there's no question as to what zone is coming up next. And we'll do that for all four weeks this year of recycle of bulk cleanup so that everyone's on target. And just another thing to add, um the DPWR, the the two
weekends per month. Yeah. First and third, those guys are amazing. you pull up, they tell you everything where everything goes. And you don't have to keep your stuff uh throughout the year like the cardboard boxes, whatever. You could always take them those uh two two weekends, all of that stuff is
recyclable throughout the year. That's all I have. Okay, we got a couple comments. this an opportunity for any member of the public to be heard about issues that are not separate topics scheduled for public hearings tonight to
help facilitate an orderly meeting and permit all to be heard. Speakers are limited to their comments to three minutes and may only speak once about one topic and when you come up state your name and address. Anybody wishing
to address council? Hello Mike. Hi. Like piano 35 High Street. I want to talk about uh parking on High Street or complain about the parking on High Street. I've been there for 38 years and it's just getting worse. You can't park
anywhere on the High Street, which all the vets park in there. I tal I had a talk with you and you said talk to Diamond which I did and we changed all the uh signs and then nothing happened. There's still parking there and um
Diamond told me also that Chief Hen is sending him a letter stating that they're in violation of their lease that no employee would park on High Street. That is true. That was in the planning board resolution that they they said they had enough parking for all their
employees to park there plus their uh their customers. Take a ride on High Street. Yeah. Which may have been true at the time. And it's packed from Providence all the way down to South Street. That's all the vets. It's not the high school kids, right? It's the vets. Okay. And coming the other way
halfway up the block. As a town employee, I like to come home for lunch and relax. I can't I can't park in front of my own house. Okay? If you do, they beep at you and yell at you to move. You can't see coming out of your
driveways. It's dangerous. Okay. I'll talk to Danny about it. And you know, talking, you get a fire call or EMS call, they can't get to the curb, so they got to park down the street. Right. Now you're knocking it down to one lane. Yeah. So, I just I don't know what can
be done, but something has to be done before somebody gets hurt. Okay. Thanks for bringing it to our attention. Appreciate it. Anyone else? Seeing no one, I declared a public comments closed. Uh, let's go to formal action. I
need a motion for items 1 through 16, please. So, moved. Second. Roll call, please. Miss Dolan, I. Miss Bisca, I. Mrs. Mcnite, yes. Mrs. Joffrey, yes. Mr. Kogan, yes.
Mr. Kaminsky, I. Okay. Okay. I have a motion for a German. So move. Second. All in favor? I. No. So be it. Good night, everyone, and thanks for coming tonight.