e e e she wants to know if you're talking to her Alison she thought you were talking to her [Music] good morning welcome to the pre meeting of
the nework municipal Council on Wednesday February 19th council president council members we got enough let's start my apologies uh council members we're on page four of
the agenda item five reports and recommendations of City officers boards and commissions any questions next item ordinances on first reading 6fa is
an ordinance is granting a 20-year tax abatement to PGH and Associates urban renewal LLC for a project to construct a new five-story mixed use building with 20 residential rental units consisting of 16 market rate residential rental
units four affordable housing rental units of which one unit shall be restricted to tenants at 40% of area medium income Ami one unit shall be restricted to tenants at 60% of Ami and
two units shall be restricted to tenants at 80% of Ami in the South Ward any questions next Item B is an ordinance amending and authorizing the Third Amendment of the
agreement for the sale of land and Redevelopment any questions next item public hearing second reading and final Passage 6p SFA is an ordinance granting a 30-year tax abatement to 20 Branford
urban renewal LLC for a project to construct 81 residential units which shall be comprised of 65 market rate residential rental units of which two units shall be restricted to tenants at 40% of area
medium income Ami three units shall be restricted to tenants at 60% Ami and 11 units shall be restricted to tenants at 80% Ami in the central War any questions councilman coun uh
councilman Gonzalez yes I just wanted to to check with the the deputy director it's this is this has two unique ER conditions one is the 5% over
30 years and the the second one is that the city of nor by reducing the tax from the 12 that normal is to the five is er actually financing the gift
that's the entity is getting over 30 years there's an entity that is getting 30 years a rentree use of the first floor of this building and I just wanted wanted to know if the possibility of
imputing the rent to the Builder and having the Builder pay taxes on the rent that the city is granting to this individuals was considered H during the negotiations with the builder Deputy
Mayor good morning council president council members Allison lad director of Economic and Housing Development um yes this project project is uh located at 20 bramford um the project will be an Adaptive reuse um of the current site um
and um during the discussions with the developer and as presented to the tax abatement committee um of the council um all of the terms were um negotiated including including imputing the
rent to the Builder so that the Builder would pay a taxes let's say the 5% over the 30 years to the city of nework for the rent that the city of nework is financing for the to this
entity um council president to the question the decision was made that the developer was providing a community benefit and that was where the um annual gross revenue uh number was
reduced anything else all right thank thank you Deputy Mayor next matter B is an ordinance amending and authorizing the execution and amended the restated Financial agreement in connection with the construction of 18
market rate residential units any questions next item C an ordinance amending and assigning the rights and obligations under 25-year tax abatement and authorizing the execution of a new
Financial agreement in connection with the Redevelopment project consisting of 42 market rate residential units any questions from the council seeing none next item D is an
ordinance providing for a special emergency appropriation of $6 million for the preparation and execution of a complete program revaluation of real property any questions seeing none next item
resolutions 7r1 A and B are temporary emergency Appropriations A is for the health center program and B is for Hayes Park West Recreation Center any questions from the council seeing none next item C is an exception of public
bidding to provide support and maintenance of proprietary computer software and Hardware any questions next item D is an amending resolution for electrical power maintenance installation and repair and council members this item will be amended on the
floor to change the contract amount from $273,000 to 2,736 any questions on the amendment or the actual item sing n next it e is a bid contract to provide Road Main maintenance and salt
bags f is also a bid I'm sorry f is also a bid contract to provide curb and valve boxes and accessories any questions from the council seeing done uh councilman Gonzalez yes not a question
but the other day I received an a magazine that has like a a it's like a post and that post it takes pictures around so that that pose is used to
issue tickets and to ER and to H let's say coordinate security around certain areas and I just wanted to know if the city has a study the possibility of installing some of those in some areas
instead of having a police officer issue tickets you have this machine that would H make sure that if your ticket is expired you will get a ticket and this you're not referring to red light cameras you're referring to no no
it's a it's like a post it's like it's like a a how do you call it a a hydrant okay more or less that of that same size and it has a camera inside and the camera apparently covers 360
degrees so can we send a i CL can we send a a memo to the business administrator to find out whether we have some cameras like that I I believe I sent the magazine to the ba well let's get a follow up on that
then thank you doly noted is this a council for code enforcement violations or is yes the garbage stuff like that ER some cities use it for different purposes but the one that I saw was for
parking violations I have a senior citizen neighbor who would be good at Deputy on behalf to the city she'll let you know where all the uh violations are in the neighborhood so maybe we'll give her a ticket book and councilman gonalez can you send that to all of us maybe we could take a look at it if you or was
the actual magazine or is an email it it was a magazine I believe I sent it to the VA oh okay so we'll follow up with that thank you next item 7r1 G through I or application acceptance of Grant funds
G is for the local Recreation Improvement Grant H is for the police and fire Capital Improvement Grant and I is for the antiviolence out of school Grant any questions yeah councilman um I
don't know who can answer the question if the ba um sir I see here it's for three firehouses 395 Avon 65 Congress Street and 469 Ferry Streets 750,000 is that going to be enough to
repair all three because I know one of them specifically the Congress Street one is going to probably take a big chunk of that money so I'm sorry good morning council president council members Dolores Martinez wood and director of department of engineering um this specific Grant
Pursuit is to take care of the three houses at this time we have um violations set for by po and we're seeking funds to remediate those violations the ones that we know about already if there's anything in the in the future that may come up then we'll
pursue um Financial Avenues then but these are for things that we know already that PO sure serve the city so the 750 is enough to cover these three firehouses the structural issues everything that we're talking about it
may not be enough but it does supplement what we're looking for at this point and it's an Avenue to fund a big portion of what we need to do thank you Mr chair councilman Council councilman I think councilman Kelly had his hand up before me I'll wait um see how you doing
director good morning you know um seeing this and that they're going to be taking care of three firehouses right what are we doing with the firehouse on Sanford Avenue I visited the house last
week and they can't go into the basement they can't even go to their sleeping quarters when you turn on the fire truck because the fumes you have to let the what I was told you have to let the the engine rev up before they actually move it the fumes make them vacate the
sleeping quarters and come downstairs I mean it's horrible condition so much so that the firemen WRA duct tape around one of the exhausting that are flooding the building so when I see
three firehouses at at least getting some some things taken care of what is happening to sanord no problem um Council M Kelly um just just I want to I want to share with you um that since I came in I did meet with uh former Chief
uh Jackson and we recognized that a lot of our houses across the city had been this repaired so in 2023 we established project Phoenix which is a collaboration between DPW the fire department department of engineering um so far we have repaired or replaced all the roofs
because we have a systematic approach to it we want to make sure that we water tighten all the firehouses before we proceed to do the interior work um unfortunately we had a little um you know setback last year with poosha visiting some of our homes some of the
houses and that poses more of a safety and environmental um uh uh uh you know uh I would say challenge that we have to uh remediate right away it kind of sets a priority um because you know like you
said before or those conditions across the board are not acceptable uh but I do want to share with you that we've been working on all firehouses I can send you the the update on that particular house um via email and I can share it with all council members um but again I do want
to share that we've been working quietly I've noticed I think that we just let the department the fire department know that we're doing this but we were working in you know behind the curtains like you say to fix the houses as we needed um this in particular this line item is because po did have a present in
some of the houses and recognize and and and let the city know that they they were those environmental and structural issues with some of the houses so we are moving along to all the houses we just have to prioritize uh some of them that do have these um these challenges with
them so are you saying that the Sanford Firehouse is one of the houses that you've been fixing behind the curtain you're saying yes sir so we're looking at all 17 across the city I understand we're looking avue Sanford Avenue in the west ward have we
been fixing I just visited it last week and it's I mean what the firefighters have to do to protect our citizens it's it's really crazy so you're saying that you have been fixing some of the issues at Sanford yes sir and like I said I can
send you an update of um what we have done with a particular House in Sanford um and then we can you know eventually share what we're doing with all the houses just that we we're kind of slow down because we're trying to um address the PO violations at this point thank
you uh director can and and maybe this is something for the for the whole Council can we get a list of the firehouses that you are have done some kind of repairs to and what your what you've finished what you've completed and what the future holds in
terms of the priorities and which firehouses will be addressed in order councilman Council yeah a long way that can we get a cost analysis from Piha I believe that's what councilman still was talking about itemized uh cost breakdown
of what uh each one of these facilities repairs would be and so when we're talking about the grant amount for 750,000 I believe he was looking for what was the amount that each uh Firehouse be it 395 Avon or 65 Congress
or 469 fery street that those numbers total up to the 750 and and if they totaled up to the 750 then we meet the grant uh obligation but if you're saying that they're not then the next question would have been then where would the
additional dollars come from to make the repairs so we just need that just for prudency purposes okay thank you councilman councel I will make that available to you thank you any other questions I see none thank you uh
director next item J is a resolution of support to provide a resolution of support for Bud e New Jersey LLC to operate a class five cannabis retail micro business any
questions next item 7r2 a through C are private sale Redevelopment agreement a is to provide new construction of a two family dwelling to sell at market rate in the South w we say who
the uh principal of the buyer Deputy Mayor yeah Council mcanal has asked for the uh yes since we we requested that that they be here so I just want to to make
sure that they are here and and who they are 7r2 a one moment wait coun Council woman Scott rry maybe it's me I just didn't see an address is
this it can open it up anywhere because it states um Madame director uh to provide a resolution of support for this LLC to operate a class Fe cannabis retail micro business within the city of nework so this means they can open it anywhere once we give them mil support
in the city of nework so let's finish this one and then go back to that let's finish go back council president uh council members Alison lad director of Economic and Housing Development thank you for indulging me for a moment um I do know
that we asked everyone to be present I am looking at Chambers I do not see the representatives of the three um here I would say sometimes they are caught in security as they come into the building um but I will uh follow up and hopefully they'll arrive before the meeting
concludes okay so just just to confirm is there anyone here for 7r2 a g ejj no no okay had somebody in the back kind of rais their hand was a wrong one all
right we do have a representative for B Concrete property gentleman is here would you like to speak with him Council M sure Mr bird um so I'm sorry uh council president again I'm sorry for the
confusion um so I know you are asking about 7 r2a that one um the person is not present so um and I could yield to you if you want to go to the next item and then we can bring up the second person seven let's go to 7
r2b uh council president for 7 r2b uh a representative is here from concrete property um he's um right beside me he can come up and introduce himself and explain more and answer questions thank
you how yall doing councel Walter BD concrete properties good morning good morning Mr bird morning is there anything Mr bird it you have experienced building properties in the city of Newark or this is the first that you are buying from the city of nework no this I have
experience where have you developed I developed in the city of no uh 107 Willoughby Street and um 58 faan okay thank you thank you Mr B all right I want to um mention something here it says all five Apartments is affordable
housing um the 320 of South 20th Street was affordable not uh 54 Fabian so I just wanted to mention that all right uh so yeah Deputy May um yes council president council members um there are two addresses that are on the um
resolution for consideration um and one is speaking about the two family home and the other one is the three family home yeah but but Mr bird said that only one of them is for affordable housing so it's not a total of five affordable affordable units we can remedy that and
um sub submit a motion to amend that yeah there there needs to be some kind of amendment thank you thank you Mr bird thank you Mr President thank you Mr President who said that oh Council councel yeah I I just want to ask a
quick question like just out of curiosity and I keep asking about like how do people become aware that these properties are available so from a um potential investor standpoint like how did he become aware that these two lots were available from the
city yeah and I also believe did you get your response to your question regarding the uh receiving the uh letters of intent or anything like that Council MOS which one did you get any response to request for letters of intent no I never
got a a response about uh giving us a summary of every person that submitted an Loi for a particular property and what was the evaluation process that the administration utilizes to make a recommendation of who they're um looking
to award those lots too like I did ask a few months ago I know the deputy mayor said that the ba was working on it but it's doesn't seem like a ridiculous request right it seems pretty reasonable so I'm hoping they can figure out a way to do
it all right deputy mayor uh yes council president council members Allison lad director of Economic and Housing Development uh so um we're excited to uh explain this further about the public um ability ility to get to access
properties um in November of last year we were able to put the entire process online um and we're really excited that we are able to create a separate web page um that's accessible through our website and also people can come of
course to the four fourth floor and access the same information the web page um actually provides um multiple links um one is the letter of Interest form and that has always been on our website
uh second um is the zoning information and so that's also on our website it's specifically um listed here as well as on our Planning and Zoning page um the third is um the information about the properties um that are available and we
have been posting them publicly for the last year um they're available and we update them every 90 days um and our goal in updating them every 90 days is so that we're helping the interested parties to know about which properties
are actually available today um as you know the council and the Administration has been approving a high volume of sales over the last years and so sometimes there's confusion about what's available what has closed what has been
um transferred to the landbank and so this method that we're using now would be able to let people know what's available um at the time in which we post it so the last time we posted a list was January of 2025 the next time will be in
April and it's all public on our web page um and we did update it and enhance it so it's more accessible to the public thank you any additional questions councilman yeah I it still doesn't answer the um evaluation uh request that
I that I made are are is the administration opposed to giving us that information or is it something that you just got to figure out how you're going to get it together um I think that would be helpful so if we have a particular property before us and there were 10 Lois submitted in the last five years
why did you pick the the one before us like I don't think it's a difficult request I just want to know why the individual that's before us is the one that you're recommending what made them what made their proposal or letter of intent that much better than the other
individuals that that you looked at uh yes uh council president council members um um in the past I think almost annually we have provided the rubric that we use that is used to score um and review the Lois that come into the
administration um and we're happy to provide that again um so but we do provide it I think at least once a year at the council's request so but we have provided in the past we're happy to do it again I think yeah I think think that's the request that's just a a score
sheet right but I'm talking about the property that's before us so there's 108 Broadway is ficti address um that's a city-owned property and there were five Lois submitted in the last four years what what process that your office used
to pick one out of those four that that's all I'm asking for you I know what the rubric looks like it's it looks it looks like a nice uh grid that you use to potentially evaluate the prop I'm asking for each property that comes
before us what property why is there a recommendation for the particular property on the agenda and what other letters may you have received over the last few years for that particular property yes I understand and I'll we'll follow
up anything else Council MOS no that's it all right thank you Deputy Mayor thank you let's finish these and then go back to what can the and then go back to councilwoman Scott R's question anything else with the 7R
well 7r2 C coun councilman Council 7R 2C was a Josh no we're going to finish the and then go back to it 7 r2c I'm going to ask for a deferral all right a second referred by councilman coun
motion and second by councilman Kelly all right so we're good with a b and c all right well let's go back to 7 r1j on page 15 Council councilwoman Scott Roundtree did you thank you
council president I believe that councilman Ramos sometime ago um inquired about addresses or potential addresses for these cannabis businesses that want to operate in the city of nework and um so they're asking for us
to provide a resolution of support for them to operate anywhere in the city of nework which is kind of a broad um within the city of nework which means it can be anywhere so is there no explanation of whe they have an idea
where because it's sort of vague and I believe as I stated earlier that councilman Ramos some time ago wanted to know why this information was not included I believe I remember someone saying that some information could not be shared based on confidentiality but
it's a public resolution so can you please answer that for me thank you certainly Jocelyn Wingfield uh cannabis sorc so uh there was a listing sent to the government body some time ago that listed uh the names of these entities uh their proposed location and um the type
of location that they anticipated operating um that was maybe two weeks ago um in terms of opening up anywhere they can't open up anywhere so there is a location that is a part of their proposal when it's submitted um to uh
the administration so as long as the location Falls within the zoning guidelines then they're able to move forward with that particular location that was for the public thank you you're very welcome councilman councilwoman you're
okay you're good with that oh yes okay all right next go on to 72d send 7 r2d is authorizing the Newark Central planning board to undertake a preliminary investigation to determine
if the area is in need of Redevelopment in the East Ward any questions for councilman Silva I just have a question for Deputy Mayor I thought this is this the uh was this approved for like a 300
buildings about a year ago or maybe a little longer yes council president council members Allison lad director of Economic and Housing Development uh council member Silva yes uh great memory um so this project um was considered by the
zoning board um in 2022 um and it was uh 514 Mulberry it's a fivestory mixed use 367 units but also um similar amount of parking um for this site the reason for
your consideration of this um referral to the central planning board is for it to be designated an area in need of Redevelopment which would allow the applicant to apply for tax incentives Redevelopment area bonds and other funding that's needed by the
state okay thank you all right I want to sponsor this sponsored by counc Sila second by councilwoman Luis Scott thank you next item 7r2 is a funding agreement to
authorize the execution of a funding agreement between the city of nor and invest nor under which the city will provide funding to invest nor for economic development and Redevelopment related activities any questions from the council yeah can we can we have I I see
Mr Randolph here can can we come up and talk about the the difference and changes and what's happening with invest North Mr Randol uh good morning council president good morning council members um thank
you yes the uh funding agreement that's before you will be a reduction for the last four years I don't know what it is but that mic seems kind of low I can barely hear you got me okay all right for the last four years invest nor has been getting uh 5 million annually this
was more or less Tied by when the land bank uh started uh with now being reduced to three and a half million for this year uh going down to 3 million in 2026 and 2027 that's the proposal before you um do not uh anticipate any changes
to the services we're offering the city councilman Gonzalez how are you supplementing the the say the city contribution is is selling the the the lots and the I know that you have done some great
projects with the let's say housing ER how what else are you doing to to subsidize the operations yeah thank you uh councilman Gonzalez so a number of thing yes the the land bank will continue to subsidize itself essentially
by selling the bacon Lots uh we all are so working more so with Partners we're getting more people uh from the philanthropic Community interested in assisting us um and we um have made great progress in uh at uh at investor we have uh some banking partners that
are also interested in financing some of the land bank uh work as as needed yeah I am the as you know I was a director I was a director of invest nework and the ER invest nework is has
done a great job in in producing housing for people with say low incomes and the people with the section AIDS and people that otherwise would not have been owners of the properties in the city of
New York and I I admire that you are going down in the in the requests for H for funding from the city I was always an advocate of reducing the funding to invest nework and I I'm glad that we are
being asked to do that thank you councilman councilman Kelly uh thank you council president uh how you doing director I I know that we met um your office and I met uh couple of months back and we talked about um
some of those unbuildable lots that we were talking about selling to actually build smaller units on it maybe uh some some mini homes or trailer homes or um
that weren't your typical size for 25 by 100 or um are we selling any of those lots I remember receiving a a list are is that going towards your gu you guys portfolio is it is it being sold and are
we going to build um some businesses or are we going to be able to build those smaller homes on you know on those lots as well yeah thank you Council Mela y call the conversation some some of the smaller lots are being sold um we have
been reaching out to some like modular home builders that would probably be able to do these houses faster the issue that we have in there they need sort of like a like a bulk order um so it's not really economically feasible for them uh to do one of those right but but that
still is on the list and we can find a a parcel that's large enough or be able to assemble a number I think we could get more interest from them but I I do remember the conversation we're still looking at uh I I I do uh have developers who
approach me um about those lots and if they're available and there's a list for that to go out I would I would love to have that email to be able to present those people to you for possible buying those lots yeah absolutely we try to keep the website updated but I can get
that information directly to your office thank you any other questions uh what I what up thank you what I would just add is just to make sure that with the funding uh the new funding agreement that we will be getting monthly reports from invest nor
now absolutely yes uh we have uh yes all right thank you next item f is a resolution of support to provide Municipal Council support for the submission of an application by developer to the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs
affordable housing trust fund Municipal settlement fund any questions seeing none next item G is pre-litigation settlement of a civil claim for executive session yeah yes second
session 7r3 a is a professional service contract for Central Avenue Bridge over New Jersey Transit City subway preliminary design phase project change order number two to change the amendment for the extension of time any questions
from the council seeing none next item 7 4 a is an application to the local Finance board for approval of a bond ordinance for the rehabilitation of the path home units any questions from the
council okay I think we need to get an explanation on this for the edification and the public page 237 r4a uh good morning council president council members Benjamin Gusman AC director Department of Finance uh this
resolution before you today as it states is an application to the local Finance board uh the path Home Project is a project that the office of homeless Services is working on in conjunction with the agreement that it had entered into with the Nork Housing Authority into taking those unused units and using
them for their transitional housing uh program this $6 million is to Aid in the read of uh the Reconstruction repair and Furnishing of these units to be used for the path home project uh and uh we're asking you know your approval so that way we could go in front of local
Finance board for their March uh meeting any questions on this matter seeing none next item 7 r5a is a I'm sorry 7 r5a council members needs to be amended on the floor to reflect that
it is an application acceptance of Grant funds and not a contract with self recipients but it's an application acceptance of Grant funds to provide Ryan White HIV health and support services any questions seeing none next item 7 R6 a
through K are all Professional Services contracts for labor and employment matters litigation matters and special Tax Matters any questions concerns from the council seeing none next item we are on
page 307 r6l is a settlement of CI civil litigation for executive session thank you next item 7 r7a is a whole harmless and indemnification agreement for the
southw tax re-evaluation Town Hall meeting next item Mr chair uh councilman real quickly on on the matter of of reevaluation outside of the meeting for uh our ba there there's been instances I've gotten some responses back from
some of the residents uh one of the questions were that the individuals came to their home they were not able to get in uh but then they uh decided to assess or give value to what they believe was in the home I indicated to the resident
they should call back uh and let them know that they should come in and do a proper appraisal of the home uh but if it's possible for us to ensure that uh when the folks from um the re-evaluation units are going out that if they cannot
get in to try to at least make a follow-up call prior to sending out what they believe the structure or the format of the house is looking like because what it's doing is sending a little paranoia to some of the the the the residents who are willing to allow the
folks to come in your council president council members Eric Pennington business administrator um I think that was a a great Point obviously with respect to the revaluation there's a process and uh in the very first instance an inspector
is going to come out to the property and try to gain access they are not going to call in advance they're not going to make an appointment and so you won't know when they are coming if the resident is home and they let them in they'll do an inspection of the actual
uh house if not they will do a walk around um to ensure that the lot size is accurate and the approximate square footage is accurate and then they will base their determination on the information that they have readily available they will send they'll leave a
card uh with the homeowner and the homeowner can call to come back out to have them come back out by appointment to inspect the property or they can make an appointment to have a virtual inspection done by either uh you know
Facebook or not Facebook what do you call that stuff iPhone I don't know what you call it I'm sorry Zoom FaceTime face that's the word somebody said that FaceTime that's it it's my 65 year old brain not knowing how to work these phones um
uh but that's the process initially even after they come out and they're uh the homeowner doesn't agree with the inspection and the assessment they can challenge that assessment as well and um work with a have a face tace U
essentially interview with ASI the inspection company to explain why they believe that the assessment is incorrect at the end of this process which will be in around 2027 the determination will be made as to what the relative values are of all
the properties based on the information that is collected and that information will be given to our tax assessor and uh based upon what our budget is that'll make determination ultimately as to what the taxes are if the homeowner is still not
satisfied at that point they can have an appeal and it will not be the normal tax appeal uh there'll be a special appeal period where they can go to the tax Court to make a deter well the county to make a determination as to whether or not that assessment was accurate so there are
several times along the way where the homeowners can um challenge what the inspectors uh what the inspectors say but the determination has been made just over the experience of the company in the years that this is the most
efficient way to go forward um to get things moving forward giving homeowners the right to challenge it several different uh uh periods along the way and and I think that was that was the key right get getting homeowners to
understand that because you get a card and that card may speak of something different does that mean that you have different levels that you can go to to make sure that the evaluation and assessment of your property is correct and so I'm glad you were able to give
some some leadway into getting folks to understand there are different levels that that they can have to face to face by having the folks come back out and go through through the property or by uh you know virtual response to make sure that your assessment is is what you
believe is in your house that's right and they can make an appointment by the way in the evening and on the weekend um if it's not convenient for the to do so during the work week so there are plenty of opportunities to have somebody come out show them what uh what you have and
and have a face-to-face inspection anything else councilman that's good all right thank thank you ba 7 r8a is a whole harmless identification agreement for the annual Mass dedicated to Roberto kente
sponsored by councilman canana I'll second second by councilman Ramos B is recognizing and commending resolutions and C is expressing profound sorrow and regret
seven next time I'm sorry sorry 7 R9 A and B are application acceptance of Grant funds and both are to provide body armor replacement for police officers any questions I I do have a
question just just in terms of the the amount of money does does that equate to a certain number of pieces of body armor good morning council president director deputy director Leo cillo morning Public Safety good morning all
um uh to that question uh each vest is about ,000 dollar a piece so 62,000 would buy 62 vests uh roughly every officer is issued a vest when they come out of the academy and they normally have a lifespan of about five to seven
years and uh they're replaced uh there often and uh this particular Grant is a five-year expenditure period so it's not all all upfront spending it all at once no yeah we just it's peace meal um all the recruits get them when
they first graduate and then officers come in and depending on their assignment potentially if you're administrative uh you're kind of on the back of the list but if you're out in Patrol you're going to get priority for that replacement all right thank you councilman Kelly I think had a question no no question for him uh I just wanted
to go back to uh oh well let's wrap this one up any anybody any of us have a question just councilman Gonzalez yeah deput deputy let's say when they they say the the best expires do they have to pay for the
replacement or the the Police Department issues another one we would we would replace uh the the vest when it's time to to to have it replaced yeah that's it thank you very much thank you Council Council M Kelly you had something else yeah I just wanted to go
back to um uh profound sorrow and regret I just want to add somebody to that please um I want to add Kenneth l Johnson uh who is H going is actually
tomorrow but I want to add that to uh our regret and sorrow Kenneth l Johnson Kenneth l Johnson yes anybody else all right thank you 7
r12a 7r9 C is exception to public bidding to provide support and maintenance of proprietary software and Hardware any questions concerns from the council seeing none next item 7 r12a is
a change order increasing the contract amount and contract period for CSO solids floatable control measures netting facilities any questions from the council seeing none next item Communications 8A
is an ordinance repealing homelessness services and B is an ordinance establishing homelessness Services a is to repeal it from the mayor's office and Vias to establish it in the department of health and Community
Wellness can we get an explanation from the administration good morning Eric Pennington business administrator good morning um with respect to an explanation right now the office of homel services which is run by lisis ulario is housed in the mayor's
office uh given its function to provide um social services and interaction and to oversee Outreach components uh the Administration has made a determination that it would be better served um and receive the benefit of the oversight of
the Department of Health and Community Wellness for administrative functions and for Supportive Services as well it just is a better location for that department thank you any any questions concerns from the council seeing none
thank you Mr ba you're welcome see and I'm sorry just in advance and adopt on both of those I believe was okay C is an ordinance amending traffic by designating 7th Avenue West and 2
Street as a multi-way stop sign intersection in the central Ward any questions next item D is an ordinance providing for rehabilitation of housing units managed by the New York housing authority and
other related expenses council president council members there's a request to advance and adopt this item on first reading all right any questions no seeing none next item e is an ordinance amending the city's green
infrastructure for the sewer system project and appropriating $800,000 and also there's a request to advance and adopt this item on first reading yeah Mr chair uh councilman Council can we have director de just come up to talk about uh green
infrastructure uh and uh the workings of what we look at you know throughout the city and our properties and the things that we have that will fall under this ordinance can I just say that beard is coming in nice it very nice on you there
good morning president council members thank you uh this is a green infrastructure project that we started in um 2014 in conjunction with uh engineering it's been dormant for a while it's one of our first projects the Clinton and Badger triangle right there
uh the state is now we went out to bid two times we finally got notice to award um the state has given us 100 % principal forgiveness so the project came in in a little over 700,000 so we're going to extend uh we're going to increase this by 350,000 and give a little time extension it's part of the
green infrastructure project around Citywide we've probably completed about 12 acres we're scheduled a part of long-term control program we're going to do over a 100 acres that we uh committed to doing 100 acres of new green infrastructure and we're working with like the southw environmental Coalition
ICC a bunch of community groups that's a part of our green infrastructure United uvso that's a part of our uh green infrastructure program Citywide so this is just one of another project that we looking to uh bring green infrastructure
into the city in areas that's been a little dormant for a while and we're kicking off some of the older projects first before we move into some of the new ones we just completed the one in the central Ward on last year um Central
Avenue and MLK right there right there was another rain Garden so one side is NGIT where you see they can walk through and the other side is that little Park where we in conjunction with engineering they did a little Street skate workk and we did some green infrastructure in the
park all right anything else councilman do we have time of abatement for the uh Clinton and Badger project that's so that's under construction now out there now so probably like another weather permitting we should be finished by the end of
April anything else from the council how you doing director I know you mentioned the uvso um can you explain that once these are just Community groups that was involved in our early launch of our green infrastructure prog project so
they just give us uh you know find areas where they think may be feasible we meet with those communities we have Community meetings that we had over the years about what we would like to do with certain areas to bring G more green infrastructure into the have weent have we identified any any uvso identified in
these place in the westw yet not only us uvso but they're one of the groups yes it's something identified in the westw I don't have it right in front of me but yes can I it's a Citywide project can I get an email of the the entire sure for the council so to all of us if you can email
it so all the projects haven't been identified but some have been identified so we're moving forward with the ones that's been dant that's been identified and we have funding for some of the stuff we haven't identified yet what you are saying the uvso identified our project in the west if I'm sure yes we
identify sir okay all right thank you councilman Gonzalez director what's happening with the ER the floting in the westward that they say sitan Hall and this entities were working with so the
seeden hall um seeden Hall Upper velburg wood bind sonat area that project is still under designed right it's not a fast design right because we want to make sure we mitigate as much of the potential flooding as possible but it's still under design and the uh state
state has awarded us I think uh4 million or5 million to continue moving forward in the next state next phase of the design so that's a project that's not only with nor that's a project with nor and exas County right so it's nor and exas County so design mechanism is working with that the county Engineers
the city engineers and our consultant okay thank you thank you thank you director you're welcome thank you 8f is an ordinance ratifying and authorizing aase agreement with Bethany
Baptist Church for providing services to Newk's senior citizens any questions seeing none next item item 10 miscellaneous is approval of the raffle licenses seeing none that's it public
comment we are now in the public comment portion of this meeting where each speaker will have three minutes to speak please state your name for the record is there anyone wishing to address the council yes great day nkers uh Deborah Salters Warrior for the people so
uh Allison lad got up here about the 514 mberry Street project and said um the developers are going to use and the language that they used was an area in need of development so that they can take advantage of the tax
incentives but when you look at that address it's a lot fenced off in an area of very beautiful homes Town Homes businesses is it's not a blighted area but this is what you all do to allow
these developers to benefit off of tax incentives so you tell them what to say an area in need of development look it up pull it up and take a look at it the area is not in need of development that lot yes needs
to be developed but the entire area itself is not blighted and I'm tired of you all giving these developers the words to say to benefit of of our tax incentives and what do we get in
return Silva uh wanted to be the sponsor sir have you seen the area that you're sponsoring an area in need of development it's just like you say uh uh to construct and it's already built and
then they come to us asking for tax abatements when they've done what they wanted to do and according to the law they're not supposed to get that tax abatement because they've already done what they wanted to do but yet we cater to those people
rather than the citizens of this city what do we get in return and I'm not talking about a mural and flowers we need low to moderate income housing 177,000 units that we do not have and then you
have the deal with the Housing Authority which Spicer had told us and I haven't checked with him because I haven't had the time that we were supposed to have rehabed properties for 170 between 170 and 180 families by the end of January I don't know that that happened but then
we turn around and now all of a sudden the mayor has a deal with the Housing Authority for 200 units to transition the homeless when that was supposed to be an initiative years ago with Hope Village one so now are we taking from the the
people who have already been displaced to do a photo op and look good because he's running for office why are our people not Bing fitting as a whole we've had the resources we have the hundreds of
millions of dollars to do it but you all have wasted and squandered the money thank you for your comments next speaker good morning my name Richard Anderson I was I talk to y'all about the uh tear
sanitation jobs and the boat jobs I still be doing housing jobs for the homeowners the older elderly but lately they've been renting U-Haul trucks for me uh get the boat and take it to 226 uh South 12 Street 224 South 12
Street I've been putting in job applications a lot since June and I still ain't haven't got no job I've been going down asking them they ask for my birth certificate asking for my social now they ask for birth certificate everywhere I go I don't know why that's about now but I've been giving that up
too I'm still looking for a job like I told y'all the homeowners has been giving me jobs they paying me extra to take they boat out and to take it to dump it I I live in this in the west world but I do most of my work in the South Ward that's what I'll be taking
doing a lot of boat and if y'all go check these areas y'all see boat outside everywhere now too they just pay me double they shouldn't have to do that but if y'all want to help me out and get EV van I got a couple of young guys that helped me because y'all every time I go try to ask for my job they say they got
me but never called me that's all I'm saying but the older people's helping me out still and I thank them for that that's all I wanted to tell y'all thank you for your comments next speaker saying none public speaking is closed
[Music] Madam clerk going executive session roll call for executive session please Council yes Gonzalez yes Kelly yes
kintana absent Ramos yes Scott brry yes SOA yes president Trump yes all right for e e for