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MEETING SECTIONS:

Part 1 (Video ID: -eutjBsQw6A):
- 00:00:48: Meeting Call to Order, Statement of Compliance, Pledge
- 00:02:36: Boy Scout Recognition: Shoveling for Seniors Program
- 00:06:52: Presenting Boy Scouts with Certificates of Recognition
- 00:11:25: Meeting Reconvenes: Police Department Promotions Introduction
- 00:13:47: Captain Steven Brock Promotion and Oath Ceremony
- 00:16:45: Lieutenant Michael Griffin Promotion and Oath Ceremony
- 00:20:27: Sergeant Jacqueline Jensen Promotion and Oath Ceremony
- 00:23:58: Sergeant Jonathan Lions Promotion and Oath Ceremony
- 00:26:56: Two Minute Recess
- 00:30:05: Meeting Reconvenes: Community Energy Plan Presentation Start
- 00:31:30: What is a Community Energy Plan? Objectives Explained
- 00:34:59: Oakland Specific Energy Initiatives and Goals
- 00:36:24: Oakland Energy Usage Data, Commuting Habits, EV Adoption
- 00:39:37: Homeowner Opportunities for Energy Efficiency
- 00:40:27: Public Comment Submission and Adoption Timeline
- 00:41:32: Incentive Programs and Grant Opportunities Discussion
- 00:45:51: Public Comment 1: William Sist - EV Charging Stations
- 00:47:08: Public Comment 1: William Sist - Energy Efficiency Programs
- 00:51:13: Public Comment 2: Ma Schwarz Fisher
- 00:51:28: Public Comment 3: Ali Fle - EV Discussion Followup
- 00:53:53: Arbor Day and Public Works Week Proclamations
- 00:58:12: Mayor's Report: Affordable Housing, Roads, and More
- 01:03:56: Public Comment 4: Dan Deer - 9/11 Ceremony
- 01:04:39: Public Comment 5: Frank Burbacher - Public Participation
- 01:06:05: Approval of Minutes: April 28th and Executive Session
- 01:07:29: Approval of Raffle Licenses and Shade Tree Appointments
- 01:08:17: Resolutions: Recreation, Taxes, Engineering, Fire
- 01:11:46: Resolution 26171: 9/11 Memorial Follow Up
- 01:12:03: Ordinance 26 Code 991: Amend Road Opening
- 01:13:43: Final Adoption: 26 Capital 989 Capital Ordinance
- 01:14:14: Public Comment 6: Frank Burbacher - Radio Replacement
- 01:15:34: Final Adoption: 26 Bond 9990 Bond Ordinance
- 01:16:23: Workshop Session: Master Plan Amendment Proposal
- 01:17:27: Committee Liaison Reports: Potelli, Salani, Rose, Eert
- 01:20:27: Approval of Bills to be Paid
- 01:20:43: Adjournment: Next Meeting and Memorial Day Parade


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Meeting call to order. >> This is the May 12th, 2026 council meeting. I just want to go over a quick overview. We have a very busy meeting today. Uh first we're going to be doing a presentation for the Boy Scouts for their shoveling. Then we're going to take a one minute recess of the Boy Scouts that have other commitments to

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make. I'm going to let them leave the room and then we're going to go right into the promotions. Once the promotion's over, we'll take another break unless you want to sit through the energy plan portion of this and then we'll continue the rest of the meeting. Uh at this time, would the clerk read the statement of compliance, please?

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>> This meeting is being held in accordance with the open public meetings act NJSA 104-6X set. Having been duly advertised and posted in the municipal building in compliance with NJSA 10 col4-8, the meeting will adjourn no later than 10

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p.m. unless the majority of the council members present vote to extend the time. >> All rise for the pledge of allegiance. >> Council Pnatelli, would you lead us in the pledge? Ice to the flag of the United States of

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America to the stands one for all. >> Please remain standing for a moment of silence, please. >> Thank you, BC. At this time, would the clerk call the role, please? >> Mayor Kamala here.

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>> Councilman Talamini. >> Councilman Dumbberg. >> Councilman Eert >> here. >> Councilman Pnatelli >> here. >> Councilwoman Rose >> here. >> Councilman Saliani >> here. >> Motion to excuse Councilman Alamini and Dumpford.

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>> Second. >> All in favor? >> I. >> Okay. At this time we have uh some certificates for the Boy Scouts. As many people recall, we had actually had a real winter this past year with two snow dumps and you know our BFS our senior

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director Ern Pecadillo come up as well as uh as well as Jonathan Allen who's a scout master. Um and they're going to tell you the story of how this actually happened. Um it really was a real service to a lot of our seniors. They did approximately 25 driveways and I'm

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sure they'll tell you their story and probably countless hours, five, six hours at a clip cleaning these driveways. So, at this time like to bring Ariel up and Allan up. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> All righty. Um, I'd like to start by just thanking Troop uh Oakland Boy Scout

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or SK Troop 49 and 102G as well as the adult volunteers who are here with us. Um, thank you for joining us. Uh, I just want to give you a little background on what the shovels for senior program is. The program was created to assist senior

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citizens uh with and residents with disabilities who are no longer physically able to shovel and do not have the who may not have the financial means to be able to hire somebody to shovel for them. Uh during the winter months, something as simple as an unclear driveway or walkway can become a

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very seriously serious safety hazard and can leave residents stuck in their home for up to weeks at times. And this, as the mayor said, this past winter was a real winter. We had over 40 inches of snow. And you know, during these storms,

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volunteers played a critical role in helping keep some of the most vulnerable residents in our community safe, mobile, and connected to the community. And this winter, we were fortunate to have a record number of volunteers step forward throughout from throughout the community to help us with our shovel for

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seniors program. and among them the scouts who truly helped lead that charge, responding quickly after each storm, volunteering without hesitation, and helping to ensure that no resident requesting assistance was left without coverage. So tonight, I'm proud to be here to help recognize the outstanding

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volunteers from scout troops 49102G for their tremendous support to support to this effort. And I also want to extend sincere thanks to the parents and family members who drove those scouts from home to home, often immediately after the storm ended and who jumped in to help shovel alongside them. Your

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support and willingness to volunteer together made this effort possible and truly reflects the spirit of community service. So on behalf of our seniors, I want to thank you for all your hard work, generosity, and dedication to helping others. And I'm going to pass it over to Scout Master Jonathan Allen.

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>> Thank you so much. Um, just to echo what you said, um, it was a wonderful winter as far as, um, our snowfall counts. Uh, it was really off the charts and, um, big thanks to Ariel and several others from the senior uh, services department

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who helped coordinate and marshall volunteers. We had a lot of emails and phone calls going [snorts] back and forth making sure that um, anybody that that needed assistance got covered. And um a huge thank you to the um scouts and

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adult leaders from Troop 49 who answered the call uh to help out. Uh it's extremely meaningful for community service uh getting out there and uh talking to people and making direct impact in their lives. So, thank you for the opportunity >> and thank you >> and on behalf of

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[applause] [applause] >> and on behalf of the governing body, I want to thank you. Scouting is very important to the community. I mean, you talk about community, you talk about family. Look at your Boy Scout oath. So, you're actually living that oath and giving back and helping seniors and

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devoting your time and then that's really what scouting is all about. Absolutely. And I want to thank the scout masters and everybody else, especially the parents that really went out of their way to help these young men and women to go out and do such a wonderful service. >> Thank you. >> Thank you, Mayor. Much appreciated. >> At this time, I'd like to give these to

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the scout master and you can bring up the welcome scouts. >> Thank you. Uh [clears throat] if Mr. Francis Fleings could help out, we're going to give out some uh certificates here. Thank you so much. >> And uh let's see. Mike Best, please step forward. [snorts] 349.

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[applause] >> [applause] >> Sorry. I'm already [laughter] there by the troop leaders on top. If you could please join us as well. [applause] much. All right, we have Max Cohen here

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this evening. >> All right, Kyle Clark. [applause] >> Thank you. Please feel free. [applause] >> [applause] >> Please join us. [applause]

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Mr. Would you like to present? >> Oh, uh, Taylor. [applause] Liam WS. [applause] [applause] >> Excellent. All right. And we also have, I believe, Colin Allen,

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[applause] Declan Allen, [applause] and just like to call up a few of our adult leaders that um made a real difference in making this happen for our community. Starting with Mike Best. Sir, if you could please join us. [applause] appreciated.

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Let's see. [laughter] >> Appreciate [applause] Mr. Jim Fulkurts, if you could please come up. Thank you. [applause] Appreciate it. And last, but certainly not least, so there was one adult

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volunteer in our community that um answered the call and loaded up his snowb blower on the back of his truck for the second blizzard that we had this season. And um I'd like to ask James WS to come up for a security. [applause] [applause]

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>> And that concludes >> And thank you. >> Let's give them all a big round of applause. [applause] >> [applause] >> Let's get the boys to move [cheering] down here. We're going to take a quick picture. Everybody move down here. >> Scouts in the front. >> Yep. >> Scouts in the front. Leaders in the

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back. >> Shorter scouts. [laughter] Don't stand. You're all darting your [laughter] >> Thank you. Thank you. [applause] [applause] Just the kids. I think they're doing just the kids. No.

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meeting call back into order. All right. At this time, we have uh something special that doesn't really happen many times a year. Uh we've got promotions within the police department. And as many of people know at this

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point, we have a chief that's going to be outgoing shortly. Uh we've got a, you know, a captain that retired. Mr. Captain O'Neal retired recently which left a lot of steps to be filled. So tonight we are going to have promotion for captain, lieutenant, and two

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sergeants. To get started we have four resolutions. We'll do it as a consent agenda. I'm going to read them off one at a time. I have 26158 resolution authorizing authorizing police department promotion to captain. I have 26159

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resolution authorizing police department promotion to a lieutenant. I have 26160 resolution authorizing police department promotion to a sergeant. And I have 26161 resolution authorizing police department to another sergeant. Do have

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a motion to so moved. Mr. Do I second Mr. Pnatelli? Roll call. >> Councilman Eert. >> Yes. >> Councilman Pignatelli. >> Yes. >> Councilwoman Rose. >> Yes. >> Councilman Saliani. >> Yes. >> Okay. At this time we are going to do

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these in order of rank. I'd like to ask uh Captain Steve Brock to come forward with his wife Gina Brock and his children Leela, Everly, and Grady. Is everybody ready? >> So, at this time, I'd like to introd

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introduce Captain [clears throat] Steven Brock. Steven Brock has been an Oakland police officer for more than 16 years, rising through the ranks from patrol officer to sergeant to detective, sergeant, lieutenant, and up until tonight as acting captain. He was born and raised in the burough of

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Oakland. He brings a deep personal connection to the burrow and a strong commitment to serving the residents and businesses he has grown up alongside. Throughout his career, he has demonstrated strong leadership in patrol operations, criminal investigations,

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and executive command supervising patrol divisions. the detective bureau and the specialized department UDIS while maintaining accountability and operational excellence. As acting captain of the Oakland Police Department, he provides executive oversight of the department

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operations, leads policy development and strategic planning and oversees critical programs including training, internal affairs, budgeting, fleet management, and officer development, helping guide the department's future and operational readiness. I just want to say we went

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through all the interviews with all these candidates. They interviewed very well and I'm proud to on behalf of the governing body. I swear in Captain Steven Brock. [applause] [applause] I, Steven Brock, >> I, Steven Brock, >> do solemnly swear

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>> do solemnly swear >> that I will support the Constitution >> that I will support the Constitution >> of the United States >> of the United States >> and the Constitution >> and the Constitution >> of the State of New Jersey >> of the State of New Jersey >> that I will bear true faith >> that I will bear true faith >> and allegiance >> and allegiance >> to the same >> to the same

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>> and the governments established >> and the governments established >> in the United States >> in the United States >> and in this state >> and in this state >> under the authority of the people >> under the authority of the people >> and that I will faithfully >> and that I will faithfully >> impartially impartially >> and justly >> and justly >> perform all the duties >> perform all the duties

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>> of the office of captain >> of the office of captain >> according to the best of my ability >> according to the best of my ability. >> So help me God. >> So help me God. >> Captain [applause] [applause] just stay in the middle because we're going to take a photo after he

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Congratulations. >> She's not going in jail. [snorts] Thanks guys. >> Congratulations. >> At this time, I'd like to bring Lieutenant Michael Griffin forward with his wife Jessica Griffin and

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children Kendall, Violet, and Hannah. >> [cough] [clears throat] >> Come here. >> So, let me give you a little background on Michael. Michael Griffin has has dedicated more than 13 years to law enforcement, beginning with the Atlantic City Sheriff's Department

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before joining the Oakland Police Department in 2014. Throughout his career at Oakland, he has steadfully risen through the ranks of patrolman, detective, sergeant, detective sergeant, and prior to tonight's acting lieutenant, demonstrating consistent leadership, professionalism, and a commitment to his department. As acting

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lieutenant, he currently oversees the patrol operations in the detective bureau, internal affairs, traffic operations, field training, accreditation, and numerous specialized departments wide programs critical to the daily operation and public safety. Additionally, he has proven himself to

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be an extremely proactive officer, often leading the department in DUIs and drug enforcement, especially after becoming a certified drug recognition officer. At this time, I'd like to present Michael Griffin and his promotion. [applause] >> Why?

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>> Are you guys ready? >> All right. This ready, Dad. Okay. I, Michael Griffin, >> I, Michael Griffin, >> do solemnly swear >> do solemnly swear >> that I will support the Constitution >> that I will support the Constitution >> of the United States >> of the United States >> and the Constitution

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>> and the Constitution >> of the State of New Jersey >> of the State of New Jersey >> that I will bear true faith >> that I will bear true faith >> and allegiance >> and allegiance >> to the same >> to the same >> and the government >> and the governments >> established >> established >> in the United States >> in the United States >> and in this state

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>> and in this state >> under the authority of the people under the authority of the people and that I will faithfully >> and I will faithfully >> impartially >> impartially >> and justly >> and justly >> perform all the duties perform all the duties >> of the office of lieutenant >> of the office of lieutenant >> according to the best of my ability

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according to the best of my ability. >> So help me God. >> So help me God. Congratulations. [applause] [applause] [clears throat] >> Hannah. Hannah, come back. Hannah, no. Violet, you too. Come back. All

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right, stand up. Look that way. [laughter] >> All right. All >> [applause] >> right. At this time, I'd like to ask Jacqueline Jensen to come forward and and her husband, Anthony.

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All right. So, Jacqueline is another >> Oakland native. So, Jacqueline joined the Oakland Police Department in 2020 and graduated from the Burke County Police Academy in December of that year. Since joining the department, she has taken on numerous roles and responsibilities, including

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servings serving as technical agency coordinator, resiliency officer, and as a member of the bike patrol squad. She has continuously sought opportunities for professional growth and is currently attending methods of instruction training, prepared to train and mentor fellow officers both within the

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department and at the academy level. In June, she will expand her service to the community by becoming a crisis intervention officer, enhancing her ability to assist individuals experiencing mental health emergencies. Also, today marks a really historic milestone with uh Jackie becoming the

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first female here in Oakland to rise to the rank of sergeants. [applause and cheering] >> Ready? >> Ready. >> All right. I, Jacqueline Jensen, >> I, Jacqueline Jensen, >> do solemnly swear >> do solemnly swear >> that I will support the Constitution >> that I will support the Constitution

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>> of the United States >> of the United States >> and the Constitution >> and the Constitution >> of the State of New Jersey >> of the State of New Jersey >> that I will bear true faith >> that I will bear true faith >> and allegiance >> and allegiance >> to the same >> to the same >> and the governments >> and the governments >> established me in the United States

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>> and the governments established in this United States >> and in this state >> and in this state >> under the authority >> under the authority >> of the people >> of the people >> and that I will faithfully >> and that I will faithfully >> impartially >> impartially >> and justly >> and justly >> perform all the duties >> perform all the duties >> of sergeant >> of sergeant

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>> according to the best of my ability >> according to the best of my ability >> so help me God >> so help me God >> congratulations [applause] [applause] Congratulations. >> Got pictures. That's it. Good job. >> [applause] >> All right, we have one more sergeant. At

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this time, I'd like to ask Jonathan Lions to come forward with his wife, Casey Lions, >> and children, Brody and Brin. >> That's you. How you doing?

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>> All right. So, let me give you a little background on Jonathan Lions. >> Jonathan Lions has over eight years of law enforcement experience and has built a strong reputation as a proactive, dependable police officer. >> He began his law enforcement career in

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the Hoboken Police Department in 2017 before joining the Oakland Department in 2020. During his time in Hoboken, he was assigned to the investigations bureau. He was awarded the 200 Club Medal of Honor in 2019 for bravery during an

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arrest involving a sought-off shotgun. In Oakland, he currently serves as a field training officer, playing a key role in the training and development of newly hired police officers. At this time, I'd like to present you Jonathan Lions. [applause]

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Here. >> Brody. Bro, you want to hold this? >> Good job. >> We got the magic happening, right? >> I, Jonathan Lions >> I, Jonathan Lions, >> do solemnly swear >> do solemnly swear >> that I will support the Constitution of the United States >> that I will support the Constitution of

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the United States >> and the Constitution of the State of New Jersey >> and the Constitution of the State of New Jersey. I will bear true faith. >> I will bear true faith >> and allegiance >> and allegiance >> to the same >> to the same >> of the governments established >> of the governments established >> in the United States >> in the United States. >> And in this state >> and in this state

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>> under the authority of the people >> under the authority of the people >> and that I will faithfully >> and that I will faithfully >> impartially [clears throat] >> impartially >> and justly >> and justly >> perform all the duties >> perform all the duties >> of office of sergeant >> of office of sergeant >> according to the best of my ability >> according to the best of my ability. >> So help me God.

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>> So help me God. May I present Sergeant [applause] Jonathan >> [cheering] [applause] >> Thank you. >> Thank you. Congratulations to you. >> That's awesome. >> By the way, I see Sergeant Lions and his wife pushing the baby carriage past my

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house almost every other day. [laughter] >> One last round of applause. CONGRATULATIONS. [applause] At >> this time, we're going to take a two-minute recess. Unless you guys don't want to watch energy performance, we'll take a two-minute recess for those who wish to leave. Thank you everybody.

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Yeah, I'm ready. >> All right, call the meeting back. Call the meeting back to order. At this time, uh, we have a presentation about the community energy plan. Mr. Coons, you want to set this up, please, for everybody? >> Uh, yes. Just very briefly, uh this is

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born out of sort of an initiative that started with the green team uh to create a plan that would guide uh investments as they're related to energy improvements uh for the municipality. Uh we were able to secure a $10,000 grant

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uh to help in that effort. We subsequently uh put uh TNM under contract and they're assisting us now. and uh Daniel Hyen Hyen >> Habin. Thank you. Sorry, Dan. How how many Zoom calls have we been on? But >> a lot.

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>> A lot. Uh we'll uh kind of take the council and the public through uh what the plan is, what it's meant to do, uh sort of next steps. Uh and this is really meant to sort of be a a uh sort of a primer for the community uh and

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sort of kick off a public comment period as well uh as an element of the plan creation. So, uh, with that, I'll just turn it over to Dan. >> Thank you very much. Um, good evening. Dan Hin at TNM Associates. Uh, uh,

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Richard set it up pretty well. Uh, the Buro received the $10,000 grant to prepare a community energy plan. We got a a short presentation to sort of explain what that is. [snorts] If you don't mind going to the next slide. Uh, so what is So, I'm going to cover a few different topics here. They are what is community energy plan? I'm going to

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quickly go through some community energy data uh for Oakland that's uh public uh uh and provided by Sustainable Jersey assembled by Sustainable Jersey who uh is assisting the New Jersey public uh new New Jersey board of public utilities

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in administering this grant program. We'll identify the uh energy actions that the bureau is currently considering. Uh we'll explain how the public can weigh in if they have any thoughts on uh what should be in this plan and uh just kind of explain what

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happens after tonight. Next slide. All right. So just really briefly, what is a community energy plan? It's a uh it's I could read the statement exactly as it is right there. uh community energy plan is a town level roadmap that helps the municipality understand its

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energy use local priorities and align with the New Jersey energy master plan to create a cleaner, more resilient and affordable energy future. So just a background on that new uh state of New Jersey adopts an energy master plan every five or so years. So, uh, 2019, I

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believe it was, uh, the, uh, uh, the they've adopted probably the most, uh, uh, renewable and energy efficiency, uh, focused, uh, energy master plan to date, uh, which was sort of the catalyst for this energy community energy plan, uh,

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grant program, uh, that the BPU is, uh, administering. Next slide. So, uh, how have we gotten to where we are today? So um so as mentioned the the bureau received a a grant I think it was last summer. Um we were given a a year

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to prepare a community energy plan based on uh uh with the the funds from that grant and based on some guidelines that are provided by sustainable Jersey. Uh so we started off this process by uh working with uh Richard Charlene the assistant administrator. Uh Ted whose

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last name I'm going to try not to butcher but I'm by but not saying it. uh and uh some folks from TNM to kind of talk about what the bureau's uh uh initiatives uh uh are, their their interests um in terms of uh uh the

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initiatives that they'd like to pursue for renewable energy and energy efficiency. Uh we worked with sustainable Jersey to get uh some data on how energy is used in the bureau. We we also reach out to the bureau to to uh assemble some data on how the bureau

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uses uh energy from its municipal buildings. Um we are required as part of the grant program to hold what is called a stakeholder meeting. Basically have a opportunity for members of the public to to kind of understand that the bureau is doing this community energy plan and to offer any thoughts they have about uh

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energy initiatives they'd like to see. some concerns they might have and then we can try to incorporate those comments and concerns uh in the final product. Um so after tonight after hearing what the public has to say and we'll also give an email address where the uh the public

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can send uh any comments they have. Um we will proceed with finalizing the plan incorporate comments from the public as appropriate. Uh and uh that'll uh let the the bureau uh proceed on its energy journey. Next slide please.

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So, these are just some of the uh the initiatives that the bureau has selected. There's a menu of initiatives that uh sustainable Jersey lays out that are based on uh um actions that municipalities who participate in the sustainable Jersey program can use to get points toward their sustainable

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Jersey uh municipality status. So, every action that you do here earns you points toward uh being a silver, gold, whatever the different levels are of sustainability. Um there's some also grants that are available from sustainable Jersey to implement some of these. So uh it sort of opens you up to

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some more funding opportunities for improving uh energy efficiency in town. So just kind of going through uh there's several initiatives on here for uh increasing uh alternative fuel vehicles uh in the municipal fleets, providing access to energy uh EV charging

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infrastructure, um installing uh renewable generation on municipal buildings, uh outreach campaigns to businesses and residents to improve their own energy efficiency, uh adopting green building uh policies and

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standards in town. uh and uh uh trying to uh provide more opportunities for energy savings for low and moderate income households. Next slide, please. So, here are just a couple of slides on uh on Oakland's energy use spam calls.

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Uh you can see here that energy use has uh in in Oakland has declined over the last uh uh 10 or so years as of uh 2023. uh and the split of uh energy use between commercial and residential uses is mostly even but recently is probably

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a little bit more on the residential side. Next slide please. As a suburban community obviously majority of uh uh commuting is done by vehicle personal car. Um you know there's 10% in 2020 were working from

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home obviously because of co 19. Um, and you can see that uh passenger vehicles make up the vast majority of vehicle miles traveled uh coming from uh or to uh Oakland. That's 109 uh,000 almost

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110,000 mile vehicle miles traveled per year. Next slide, please. Uh, you can see that between 2015 and 2020, there's been about a 10 uh uh a t-fold increase in the number of EVs.

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And I'm sure that uh that number increased significantly more than that uh since then as a result of the uh the inflation reduction act and the tax credits available for EV purchases and leases. Um that data was not available uh when uh this was retrieved. Uh and

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you can also see that actually within the uh the bureau of Oakland there are uh no well at least according to the state there are no um uh public uh electric vehicle charging stations. um which is part of the reason why that's one of the initiatives that the bureau

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listed. >> Next, >> uh this is a map that uh believe it or not is created by Google. There's uh project sunroof program uh maps the rooftops around uh the the country. Kind

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of gives you an idea of how much uh solar energy can be generated on your roof. So, if you look at this map, yellow roofs are more more sun exposure. Reder browner roofs have less sun exposure. And that's mostly because this is a very suburban community. Everybody's got trees everywhere uh that

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sort of in in uh impedes the sun reaching the roof. Um which shows us is that commercial and industrial buildings provide some of the best opportunities uh for solar generation. Um and uh there's also some opportunities for

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residents. Thank you. And sort of going uh into that, you see that uh we're we're a relatively uh high income uh community. 89% of uh all uh housing units in town are owner occupied. Uh almost entirely single

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family at this time. Although with the affordable housing uh process, there's going to be some more apartments and town homes coming online. Um but what this says is that uh res homeowners uh improving the efficiency of their homes or installing solar on their roofs is

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one of the best ways to uh reduce uh energy consumption from buildings over the uh foreseeable future. Uh we also see that as of 2021 only 2% of uh households in uh or housing units in the burrow hadn't participated in any energy

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efficiency programs offered by utilities or the state. Uh this is um just showing how many uh uh commercial and industrial properties had uh engaged in any um energy efficiency programs in uh in the state

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as of 2021. Just 15% of uh commercial and industrial users in in town have participated in any energy efficiency programs. Um uh with the inflation reduction act that number is probably significantly more now. Um uh hopefully

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we'll get the data uh soon and we can see what that looks like. Thank you. Um if anybody here wants to offer any comments outside of this meeting, you can email the assistant administrator uh email address which is up there. We'd ask that you provide those comments by

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May 27th as we're trying to have uh the final draft of this uh report done uh in early June. Um and we will try and incorporate whatever your comments are, your thoughts into the uh final document uh as best we can. Uh and I can go to

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the next slide please. So, um just uh so the public understands so you all on the council understand uh the the uh grant program requires that um well the date is sort of uh not totally clear but uh as our

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understanding is it requires that the uh bureau adopt uh and it'll be done by the council adopts the community energy plan by July 15th so that you can close out the grant process by July 31st. Um, which is why we're shooting for early uh

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June for an inter internal draft of the report, late June, early July for the adoption uh so that you can actually get your money uh that you were promised by the state. And next slide. Uh just uh as an example, uh here are

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some of the comm the energy um uh incentive programs that are offered in New Jersey. And uh one of the reasons why uh you want to do this process is because having a community energy plan will give you a priority uh or an

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advantage at least in uh obtaining grants from the state for energy related projects and purposes. Um so uh you that's uh you know one of the boons of doing this. >> Is that it? >> Let's see what's happened. Yep. That's it.

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>> [laughter] >> At this time, I'm going to just before we open the public, I just want to open up to anybody on the days here for any questions. >> Yeah. Are there funding is there funding available for charging stations? >> Yes, there is funding available for charging stations. The the the state actually has a few different programs available right now for charging.

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>> You know what the restrictions are or what the requirements are to have them? I mean, >> no, >> I think in the past when we uh looked to do that, um we didn't qualify because we didn't have transportation. wasn't a transportation hub in in Oakland.

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>> Um, that shouldn't be an issue. There are programs that I guess offer that that that might be, you know, a secondary program uh that might have been specifically for towns that have uh rail or uh there was a uh program and maybe this is what you're you were

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subscribing to or submitting to a program that gave EV funding, EV charging station funding to towns that had a uh tourist destination and maybe that's what you're referring to. >> Yeah. Um, so there's there are some like very specific grants out there, but there are also general grants out there

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and funding programs for that you should be eligible for. >> And does being an affluent community have any? >> It shouldn't. I mean, I'm sure there's extra programs for non-affolent communities, but it shouldn't stop you from the the general uh pool of funds that the state has made available.

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>> Thank you. Thank you. I agree. >> And I have a question for uh I guess green team/barl administration. So, we see the recommendations you brought forward. Thank you for doing that. Is there anything you toyed with that's not on here? Is there an additional program you wanted to and thought you'd want to bring it to the to the council wouldn't

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go for it? >> Um, I think this was really based on green team's recommendations uh and then some little bit of prioritization of that, but I think that there was a limit as well in terms of how many could fit into the plan. Correct. >> Yeah. Yeah. So, we the we're uh we're actually we're actually over the limit.

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Uh but um uh I think it was uh 12. Yes. >> Thank you. Anybody else? Can you just talk a little bit about I said out of many of your meetings about how just something as simple for the residents for an energy survey and stuff like that how it directly affects them

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by working through this process. >> Sorry. >> Can you talk about how the resident benefits from this directly? >> Sure. So, um the residents benefit from this directly. As I said, it it uh will give you some access to um some other

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grant funding that uh you may have less of a chance of getting uh otherwise. But one of the the some of the uh initiatives in the plan that we are pursuing involve uh public outreach. And what that is going to look like is making sure that

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um members of the public homeowners especially uh have uh more access to information about ways that they can make their home more efficient. uh programs for assisting uh families who maybe are short on the funds to pay their energy bill. There's several of

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those. Um uh you know, reducing uh municipal energy costs keeps your taxes down over long term. Um you know, there's uh having access to a charging station if you have an EV will save you a ton of

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money, especially right now with the gas prices the way they are. So, uh, I think that there's kind of innumerable benefits to, uh, to making energy a priority, uh, and having a a sort of a a framework for how you're going to provide more energy efficiency and and,

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uh, uh, renewable energy opportunities over the next 5 to 10 years. >> Thank you. Yeah, I just wanted you to explain to the residents that had this direct impact on them and they can take advantage of this. So, thank you for that. >> Any other further questions from the days? Not seeing any. Do have a motion open to public. >> So move.

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>> Second. >> All in favor? >> Anybody from the public wish to ask questions? >> Provide input. >> Um, William Sist Eagle Crest. Uh, with the EV charging stations, without getting the argument whether EVs are good or

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not, um, I wouldn't be in favor of the town using any tax money [clears throat] to pay for EV stations. Uh, I think most people have EVs in this town. probably have a home charging situation in their garage or I see wires on front lawns and

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things. Um maybe some of the uh businesses could get the grant and put it maybe by McDonald's. That's that's basically roadside exit now. So maybe if if it does go there and the town doesn't pay for it because I wouldn't want my

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tax dollars paying for the EV guys uh electrical charge. Um, so if it can be funded someplace out of Oakland tax dollars and put in a spot where it's convenient because it'll we're an exit off a highway now. So if it's on a map,

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we'll get a lot more traffic coming into town off 287. And since they're going to McDonald's anyway and they're going to Starbucks, put it in the back there. Maybe McDonald's and Starbucks can put some advertising on and get some juice out of it that way. >> On the other side, there's a lot of programs that I personally have taken

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advantage of. uh PSEG as an energy efficient program and they they insulated my attic for free and it made a market difference in my heating bill. Uh Rock Electric will come in, they'll give you as many LED light bulbs as you want. They'll give you flow, this is

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free. They'll give you flow restrictors for your showers. Uh they'll do an energy order for your home. Uh they even do an air infiltration test, you know, to see how much air is leaking out of your home and how many cracks you got to fill. Uh long time ago I took some courses on this and the most average

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homes that are not newly built. There are enough cracks that equals an open window in your house all year. So you you just cover your switch plates. But yeah, there are programs available and I've taken advantage of a lot of them over the years. Uh some of them are uh

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just sign up for them and you get it. Some it's free and it goes up based on your income. Most of them do not consider assets. So you could be asset rich and income normal and you'll get your roof insulated for free blown in

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insulation professional job and it cut my energy bill my home heating bill probably by a third gas it just cuts the number of cycles down your furnace goes on and off. So the programs are good but with the EVs I would hope that the town wouldn't invest their money uh for

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paying for other people's u charging. Thank you. I'm not saying I agree or disagree with what you said, but one I remember the last time we uh looked at this. >> Uh one of the advantages is if you have an EV charging station in the center of town, it will encourage people to shop

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while while the while the your vehicle is being charged. >> We're not a down we're not a downtown destination shopping area. We're a a downtown grab the milk. We're not Ridgwood and and not downtown Ramsay in Allenale. People don't come here to shop. They town people come here to buy

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things and go home. My opinion. Um but I think it'd be you know um you put in the parking lot like I think McDonald's would be a good spot for it and maybe McDonald's get could pay for it. >> That would be good. >> Mayor just to address this this comment as far as the McDonald's since they just

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got site plan approval. I don't know what the number is but under the state regulations they're certainly required to have some number of EV spaces. I don't know offhand what that number is, but state requirements now require you to have a certain number of EV and make ready on a site like that. So there's I

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can't tell you what that number is. It's it's publicly available whatever their resolution says. But they're definitely required to put EV spaces on that property. When you say EV space, MB charging charging stations. >> So I think they I think councelor they passed the law two years ago because I remember every application comes in

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front of the planning board right now requires them to put EV like we we did the building up at by company 3 up in the industrial park. They had to put two EV stations in. I believe McDonald's is also required that's and that's put in by the developer. >> I believe the requirement is that they have to put in the make ready

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>> make ready make put the wires in and then just plug it in later. >> Okay. I think even the uh uh development on McCoy Road has to have put EV charging stations in. >> I believe you're right. Yeah, I believe they're on the side. Yeah, I >> I think the developer has to put a

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couple of them in there, too. >> How about in all the new housing that's on the agenda? Will they have to the Hovind track and uh the rearmms? Do they have to put EV charging stations or >> Everybody's got to once you're over a certain number of parking spaces, and I don't I should know off hand what that

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number is. Maybe Dan does. There are all kinds of requirements and then you get certain sorts of parking credits for EV spaces if you need parking. So there's there's there's requirements on all new developments now that these EV make ready or EV spaces are part of the application.

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>> Yeah, I would prefer the private sector take care of the EV charging then by tax dollar. >> Absolutely. >> Thank you. >> Thank you, Mr. Anybody else? >> Good evening. Ma Schwarz Fisher 187 West Oakland A. The public events will be holding the

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memorial. >> This is Hang on. This is strictly about the energy. >> We're not We're not up to that yet. >> All right. All right. >> Anybody else? >> Hi, Ali. Fle um I know we had actually

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as part of the green team, we had actually talked about the EVs. Um I know that that uh when Rich and I had met a year ago, two years ago, two years ago I think um we had talked about the funding at that time that it was pretty much uh

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uh self-funded. Um I want to say that um even the the charging was all funded. It was advertising on the the units themselves. Um what happened to that? It's still sort of in progress in discussions with the state at this point.

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>> Okay. Okay. Because we like it was all pretty much grant funding and >> it was and then the feds pulled out and okay >> state may come in and >> yeah cuz we were >> when you and I had spoken we were like we're we're doing it and yeah that's the

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last I had heard. So >> that's just not quite ready for prime time. >> Okay. Okay. >> Thanks. Yes. >> Do we make any money off of the charging stations? >> I mean, >> one of the things anybody that puts in an EV charging station, you know, in on

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public property, they need to come up with a, uh, basically a fee structure, uh, you know, to hopefully, you know, if they do have an infrastructure investment to recoup that, certainly to cover the cost of the energy being consumed, uh, future maintenance of the infrastructure and

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things like that. Anybody else? Not seeing anybody. Do we have a motion to close? >> Some moved. >> Second. Second. >> All in favor? >> All right. So, that concludes the hearing of Mr. Kun. Oh, actually, Daniel, where do we go from here?

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>> Uh, where do we go from here? we go from uh if uh anybody emails uh the uh uh Charlene uh the assistant administrator, we'll take whatever comments we receive uh and uh incorporate them into the the plan and we'll uh go through the best we

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can. I think we are finalizing uh the work plan which is just identifying at this point who is uh would be responsible for implementing the uh different initiatives and then we're going to plug it all in and get the report done and uh we're going to target

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a uh either end of June or early July adoption. >> Thank you. Thank you for your time. >> Thank you. >> Have a good night. >> You too now. >> Okay. We're up to we have a couple we have a couple proclamations. Uh we have an Auburn Day proclamation. and I've given it to the committee chair, Councilwoman Rose. Would you like to

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read that proclamation? >> Sure. Uh, it's Arb Day 2026. Whereas in 1872, J. Sterling Morton proposed to the Nebraska Board of Agriculture that a special day be set aside for planting of trees. And whereas

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this holiday called Arbor Day was first observed with the planting of more than a million trees in NEA in Nebraska. And whereas arborday is now observed throughout the nation and the world. And whereas trees can reduce the erosion or

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our precious top soil by wind and water, cut heating and cooling costs, moderate the temperature, clean the air, produce oxygen, and provide habitat for wildlife. And whereas trees are a renewable resource, giving us paper,

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wood for our homes, fuel for our fires, and countless other wood products. And whereas trees in our city increase property values, enhance the economic viability of business areas and beautify our community. And whereas trees

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wherever they are planted are a source source of joy and spiritual renewal. Now therefore, I Eric Kamala, mayor of the Burough of Oakland, do hereby pro proclaim Friday, April 24th, 2026 as Arbor Day. In our community of Oakland,

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I urge all citizens to support efforts to protect our trees and woodlands to support our city's urban forestry program. And further, I urge all citizens to plant trees to gladden hearts and promote the well-being of the present and future generation.

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>> That's it. >> All set. Okay. Uh Mr. Dumper's not here. Who's uh Mr. Dumper second for DPW? I'll give this to Council Pnatelli. You can read this one. Thank you. Thank you, mayor. National Public Works Week proclamation,

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May 17th to the 23rd, 2026. Rooted in service powered by community. Whereas public works professionals focus on infrastructure, facilities, and services that are of vital importance to sustainable and resilient communities

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and to public health, high quality of life, and well-being of the people of the burough of Oakland. And whereas these infrastructure facilities and services could not be provided without the dedicated efforts of public works professionals who are engineers, managers and employees at all levels of

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government and the private sector who are responsible for rebuilding, improving and protecting our nation's transportation, water supply, water treatment and solid waste systems, public buildings and other structures and facilities essential for our citizens. And whereas it is in the

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public interest for citizens, civic leaders, and children in a burrow of Oakland to gain knowledge of and maintain an ongoing interest and understanding of the importance of public works and public works programs in their respective respective communities. And whereas the year 2026

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marks the 66th annual National Public Works Week sponsored by the American Public Works Association. Be it now, therefore, be it resolved. I, Mayor Kumalo, do hereby designate the week of May 17 to the 23rd, 2026 as National

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Public Works Week. I urge all citizens to join with representatives of the American Public Works Association and government agencies in activities, events, and ceremonies designed to pay tribute to our public works professionals, engineers, managers, and employees, and to recognize the the

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substantial contributions they make to protecting our national health, safety, and advancing quality of life for all. The witness thereof I have here to unfixed my hand and cause the seal of the state of New Jersey done at the burrow of Oakland, New Jersey this 12th

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day of May 2026. Mayor Eric Kamalo. >> Thank you, Councilman. >> I just like to say I've always said many many times, every department in the town depends on the public works department and they do a heck of a job. Um, we all

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know our streets [music] are much better in the winter than many other communities and that's all due to our public works men and also our recreation fields are they're just manicured. Uh, and it's all due to their professionalism and I thank them all for

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their work. Thank you, mayor. >> Thank you, Councilman. [clears throat] >> Okay, we're up to uh the mayor's report. I got a pretty extensive report. There's a lot going on. First, I'm going to start off with affordable housing. Uh this is in regards to the Leone

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property, TDC McBride, and Roper. Uh there is a case management hearing on May 18th at 9:00 a.m. in courtroom 232 in Hackinack. And this is open to the public. Uh I just want to defer to my attorney. Could you just tell the

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residents exactly what a case management hearing is? >> Sure, Mayor. So this is more of a scheduling matter. The judge is calling the parties in to see where we stand. As you know, the bureau um is not willing to grant access to Paige Drive for the developer of the McBride property. Uh I

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think the judge wants the status on that and may set some further court dates, but this is really more of a scheduling matter than it is anything substantive will take place at this hearing. >> Okay. Just so the residents understand, they will not have an opportunity to speak. Correct. >> No, there will be no opportunity for

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residents to speak. >> Thank you. All right. Uh tonight is late night voter registration for the primary elections. Uh it's taking place at Barl Hall as we speak and uh you can get down if you get there by 9:00 and register to vote, you can vote for the primary.

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Uh the outdoor market, the next outdoor market down here by between the library and Valley Middle School will be held on 5:23. That's May 23rd. Uh once again, we went over public works week. Uh there's a for the people that haven't gone to the library lately, there's a Versa visual exhibition that's

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downstairs. Uh it's kind it's actually kind of neat. If you get a chance, go down and look at it. Uh if you haven't gone down there, the exhibition ends on May 17th. Also, we have the mayor's wellness campaign blood drive, which is going to be taking place on May 16th from 1 J I'm

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sorry, June 16th from 1:30 to 5:30 p.m. All right, let's talk about road paving. [sighs] As you know, there's been a lot of work going on the other side of town with public service. Uh roads are pretty banged up right now and also on McCoy Road when you're at the top of Yapo. Um,

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I'm happy to report the McCoy at the McCoy Road at the top of the OPO will be paved at the end of June once school is out. So, we're working currently with the builder uh and trying to work out the dates and the limits of what's going to be paved. Now, as for the public

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service paving, uh we had a meeting yesterday, myself, DPW, the burough administrator, and our burough engineer. Uh we are going, we were just reviewing the roads to be paved, uh limits, and also how that fits into the Oakland's road paving program so we can get the

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best bang for our buck and really extend the paving and do as much work as we can in the town. Um we are hoping to we actually going to have a meeting with public service probably by the end of the month and they're going to be targeting for possibly sometime in June right once again once school is out. Uh

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they're going to be looking to pave all those roads on the other side. Update on the McDonald's. Uh if anybody hasn't seen it, the M is currently on the building right now. So it is they're starting to put marketing on that. Uh the beige ash fault has been laid around

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the parking lots and they're currently working on a landscape in uh the missing sidewalk on 202. If you know right in front of the bank, that piece of sidewalk was part of the developers agreement to put that piece of sidewalk in Burger King property, the bane of

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everybody existence here. Um we have a meeting, we are requesting the property owner to come in front of the planning board for the June planning board meeting for an update on the property. uh we want to hear uh if he's got anything in the works and uh where we are as far as that property goes. As you

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know, it's been vacant for a better part of 10 or 15 years and it's really not acceptable to the burrow. All right, we also have uh let's not forget the Memorial Day parade Sunday, June 24th starting at 1 p.m. As you know, it goes right from uh Dogwood all

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the way down to uh uh the center of town uh by Veterans Park and there will be a ceremony following afterwards. And Mr. Kun, I'm going to ask you a question so you can address the public is could you tell us how we're doing with the how things are going with Pompton Lakes and the garbage getting ready for the kickoff in July.

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>> Sure. Uh so DPW continues to communicate with uh Pompton Lakes DPW uh on the route planning. Matter of fact, they had a meeting on site today where they were looking at a few locations um you know that posed I guess some some particular circumstances. Um,

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so that that's proceeding. Uh, the dumpsters are being delivered to uh the uh Pumplakes DPW this week. They're under contract for the rentals uh for the garbage trucks uh that'll be there

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at the start. Uh and they'll be in uh and they're about done with their uh employee hiring process as well. Uh I spoke with my counterpart in Pompton Lakes today. They're planning on doing the hiring resolutions at their second meeting in May with a start date of June

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8th uh which will give about a month for uh familiarization and training. >> Thank you. All right. One other uh another thing I just forgot here. The Oakland Drugs Building uh we are just waiting for the contractor to start the job. All the every all jobs been

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approved by the planning board. It's just a matter of them getting a shovel in the ground and once that happens that building is going to get done relatively quickly. And that concludes my report. Uh, do we have a motion open to public? >> Second, sir. >> All in favor?

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>> Is that Steve? >> Steve from the public. >> Dan Deer, 71 Road, Oakland, New Jersey, member of the fire department. I just want to thank you, mayor, and the council. There's a resolution on for tonight for the 911 ceremony for every

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year. Thank you. And we have a nice committee. It's put together and we'll do a good show for that. >> Thank you, Dan. >> All right, >> Dan. I want to just thank you. We're not going to tell the crowd what's happening again because it's really going to be a very special anniversary, >> but but stay tuned. It's going to be done right this year.

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>> Thank you. >> All right. Thanks. >> Thanks, Jo. >> Thanks, Danny. Anybody [applause] else? >> Frank Burbacher, 56 Walnav. Uh, good evening, mayor and council. I appreciate that tonight's agenda

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includes discussion around local decision-making and the role municipalities should have in shaping their own future through the proposed opposition uh to S1836. Uh I think most if not all the residents strongly value having a voice in the uh in the direction of the community and I

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think it's a good reminder that public participation matters not only in larger planning and development discussions but also here at the local meeting level as well. I know some residents still miss the second public uh comment opportunity that used to exist during council

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meetings. Um, regardless of political viewpoint, I think many people simply value having additional opportunities to stay engaged and connected to local government. Uh, Oakland works best when residents feel informed, welcomed, and heard, and I'd encourage continued

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discussion around ways to strengthen public participation and trust moving forward. Thank you. Thank you. Anybody else? Not seeing anybody. I have a motion to close. >> So moved. Second. >> All in favor? >> Who second? I'm sorry. >> Was it Bill? >> Bill.

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Steve. >> All right, we're up to approval of minutes. We've got April 28th, 2026. Do I have a motion to approve? So moved. >> Any discussion? Any changes? >> There was just one change. >> Yes, there's one change. >> This was one change.

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>> Um, under the open public comment, I did not change the seconding of the closing of closed public. I put down it was Councilman Saliani. was not here. So that will be corrected before the minutes get posted with the right name. >> That's my one. Hey, I wasn't here.

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That's it. All right. Do I have a second? >> Second. >> Mr. Rose. Roll call. >> Councilman Eert. >> Yes. >> Councilman Pigmatelli. >> Yes. >> Councilwoman Rose. >> Yes. >> Councilman Saliani. >> Abstain. All right. We've got April

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28th, 2026 executive minutes. As you know, if anybody has any changes to them, it can only be done in executive session. Any Does anybody have any comments? It requires us to talk go back to the executive. No seeing any. >> Okay. Do I have a motion to approve April 20th executive session?

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>> So moved. >> Miss Rose, who's a second? >> Second. >> Mr. Eert. >> Roll call. >> Councilman Eert. >> Yes. >> Councilman Pignatelli. >> Yes. >> Councilwoman Rose. >> Yes. >> Councilman Saliani. >> Abstain. >> Thank you. >> Okay. Hey, we've got a couple raffle

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licenses here. Raffle license RL1601 for the Sports Association of Oakland for a raffle on June 18th, 2026 in support of Oakland softball equipment, uniforms, and training at 24 Lawler Drive. And we've also got raffle license RL1602

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for the PTO Manito for a raffle on June 5th, 2026 to support students and teachers at Manito School being held at 111 Manito, Oakland, New Jersey. Have a motion to approve. So moved. >> Mr. Eard, do I have a second? >> Second. >> Miss Rose.

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>> Roll call. >> Councilman Eert. >> Yes. >> Councilman Piggatelli. >> Yes. >> Councilwoman Rose. >> Yes. >> Councilman Selani? >> Yes. >> All right. We have two Shade Tree appointments. These are our mayoral appointments. I'm going to be appointing Matthew Foley and Jeffrey Coons. So

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congratulations. You're now part of the shade tree committee. All right. We have resolutions. We have 26162, resolution authorizing recreation refunds. 26163, a resolution authorizing refund of taxes

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for 107 Grove Street. 26164, resolution authorizing grants of tax exemption for a totally disabled veteran and refund of taxes for Carmen Jarpson. 26165 resolution authorized acrew sru time payout for Ed Mcder.

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26166 resolution opposing S1836. That's the Senate bill. We talked about that last week. 26167. Resolution authorizing Boswell Engineering to create a concept plan for

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the streetscape. 26168. Resolution authorizing co-sponsorship agreement between the Bureau of Oakland and the Oakland Volunteer Fire Department. 26169 authorized memorandum of agreement for summer hours.

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26170 authorize the sale of police department surplus firearms. And 261 171 resolution authorizing 911 memorial to be done at Veterans Park yearly. Does anybody wish to pull any out? >> 169, please.

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>> 169. Anybody else? Uh, let's pull out 261 171, please. If with the exception of 26 169 and 171, do I have a motion to approve consent agenda? >> So moved.

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>> Do I have a second? >> Second, >> Mr. Saliani. Any discussion? >> Not seeing any. >> That one's Bill, right? >> That was Bill. >> Sorry, Bill. >> That were even. >> Yeah, [laughter] >> Bill. Okay. Uh, no. Any discussion? Not

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seeing any. Roll call. >> Councilman Eardert. >> Yes. Councilman Pignatelli, >> yes. >> Councilwoman Rose, >> yes. >> Councilman Saliani, >> yes. >> All right. 26169. Authorized memorandum of agreement for summer hours. Mr. Salian, I believe we need to abstain. >> That is correct.

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>> So, at this point, do I have a motion to approve 26169? >> So moved. >> Miss Rose, >> second. >> Mr. Eer, I got it right this time. Right. [laughter] >> Roll call. >> Councilman Eert? >> Yes. >> Councilman Pigatelli? >> Yes. >> Councilwoman Rose, >> yes. >> Councilman Saliani,

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>> abstain. Okay, I just wanted to pull out 26171 and just follow up on what what Dan was saying. Um, you know, the fire department for the last 25 years has really been, you know, the, how should we say, the the the soul for remembering

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9/11 and every year we have a ceremony down there to remember those because it really is hard for the fire service and it's really personal for the fire service. But uh going forward uh we the town by this resolution that we're going to pass it will codify going forward

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that 911 will never be [clears throat] forgotten within the burrow of Oakland. It may not be an elaborate ceremony like the 25th but at least a recognition of 911 and some type of event will take place even if it's small. So I want to thank Danny and the governing body here for really writing their ship because a

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lot of people are starting to forget 911 already. It's been 20 it's a quarter of a century. Think about that. So anyway, thank you everybody for your hard work. >> Thank you, Mayor. >> Thank you. >> At this time, do I have a motion to approve 26171 authorizing 911 memorial done park? Mr. Saliani and Mr.

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Pigatelli. >> Roll call. >> Councilman Eert. >> Yes. >> Councilman Pignatelli. >> Yes. >> Councilwoman Rose, >> yes. >> Councilman Saliani, >> yes. >> Okay, we're up to ordinance. I got 26 code 911. Amend road open 991. What? I

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think 911. >> Yeah. >> 991 [clears throat] amend road opening ordinance. Mr. Coons. >> Uh this ordinance has been discussed a couple of times here uh before we prepared the final version. It does three things which I'll just briefly

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recap. Uh number one, it eliminates a conflict in the uh in the ordinance regarding the permissible time period to operate under the permit. Uh number two, it extends the or increases the amount of time uh for

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advanced notice that must be provided to the burrow before the start of any work from 24 hours to a minimum of 72 hours. Uh and it also revises the time period for the settlement and compaction of the trench before uh final paving can occur

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from uh 6 months to 90 days upon showing that it was properly compacted. uh and that can either be by um inspection by the burough engineer or a certified inspector and the certification requirement is set forth in the code. >> Thank you.

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>> Any discussion from the council? Not seeing anything. Do I have a motion to introduce 26 code 991 amend road opening ordinance? >> So moved. >> Hang on. That's a tie. Mr. Mr. Pignatelli followed by Mr. >> Sal. Okay. Go ahead. before beauty.

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[laughter] >> It was my idea. >> Okay. Roll. >> Roll call. >> Roll call. >> Councilman Isert. >> Yes. >> Councilman Pigmatelli. >> Yes. >> Councilwoman Rose. >> Yes. >> Councilman Selenic. >> Yes. >> All right. We're up to final adoption of public hearing of 26 capital 989 capital

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ordinance. As you know, Mr. Coons provided for you could overview at the last meeting uh concerning the capital ordinance and what the needs of the bureau are. And it's also the compendium is the 26 bond 990 which is the bond ordinance. First we're going to do 26 capital 989 capital ordinance. Have a

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motion open to public. >> So moved. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I. >> Anybody from the public wish to address uh 26 capital 989? >> Not seeing any. So y

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>> Franker, 56 [snorts] Walton Avenue. Um just had a question on the low band radio replacement system. Was just wondering what that was. >> So with so what's happening is the fire department. Okay. Uh we have low band paging in the system. So the way we

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dispatch the fire department, it goes out to a radio system. It's on 4656 a low band radio system to make the dispatches. What has happened is the federal government FCC has changed it and they're taking back those frequencies and the manufacturers no longer making that equipment which requires us to move to high band radios

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and paging systems. >> Okay. So the high band radio is the new one that's going to be >> correct. >> Gotcha. Okay. >> Okay. >> Thank you very much. >> Okay. Anything else? Do >> have a motion to close. >> So move

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second. Mr. Tyler. Okay. All right. Uh, >> all in favor? Sorry. >> Okay. >> All right. Who wishes to move uh 26 capital 989 final adoption? >> I'll move forward. >> Mr. Mr. Saliani, do you second >> and Mr. Eert?

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>> Roll call. >> Councilman Eert. >> Yes. >> Councilman Pigmatelli. >> Yes. >> Councilwoman Rose. >> Yes. >> Councilman Saliani. >> Yes. >> All right. We're up to 26 bond 9990 bond ordinance. Mr. Cook. Uh this is the companion to implement

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the road uh the capital plan. This is specific to the 2026 road program and um downtown streetscape improvements. >> Thank you sir. >> All right. This time do I have a motion open to public? >> So moved. >> Second. Mr. Eler. Anybody from the

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public wish to discuss 26 bond990? >> Not seeing any. Do I have a motion to close? >> So move. >> Mr. Eert. >> I'll second. >> Mr. Saliani. [clears throat] All in favor? >> All in favor? >> I. >> Okay. Who wishes to move 26 by990?

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>> So moved. >> Mr. Pignatelli. >> Have a second. >> Second. >> Miss Rose. Okay. Roll call. >> Councilman Eert. >> Yes. >> Councilman Pignatelli. >> Yes. >> Councilwoman Rose. >> Yes. >> Councilman Saliani. >> Yes. >> All right. This time we're up to

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workshop session. Master plan amendment proposal. Mr. Coons. Uh, yes. It's hard to believe that the last master plan update I know gets everybody very excited uh was done actually 10 years ago in 2016. Uh and by law we are

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required to do it at least once every 10 years. Uh so our planner uh Caroline Ryder from TNM Associates prepared the uh proposal that was enclosed in the packet to undertake that process in conjunction with the planning board. Uh I know she's already had a conversation

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with uh chairman pod about the process for uh the development of the of the review uh and and and going through that entire process. Uh so you have uh the proposal would be $30,000 um and that money was budgeted for

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because we knew that this was coming up this year. >> Any discussion? >> Not seeing any. Have a resolution for next meeting? >> Sure. >> Thank you. All right. up to new business. Not seeing any. Do we have any old business?

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>> Mayor's update took care of it all. >> Sorry. Mayor's update took care of it all. >> No more business. All right. Up to committee leazison on reports. Uh we'll start with uh lonely Mr. Potelli. >> No report this evening, Mayor. Thank you. >> Okay, Mr. Salani.

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>> Um I just want a quick rec update. Um this is the last week for Wreck camp signups. Rec summer day camp signups are winding down for the incoming kindergarten through fifth graders. For those who may not be familiar, Wreck Camp is a classic summer camp experience

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running from 9:00 a.m. to 3 p.m. over six week over six weeks with with flexical flexible session options available. Emily, our camp director, has put together a great programming this year making it fun and engaging for families planning ahead for summer. We're we're asking families to register

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by this Friday, May 15th, so we can plan staffing and programming appropriately. Also want to uh also want to share uh Bagel Supreme of Oakland is giving back to Oakland Recre. If you go to Bagel Supreme Monday through Friday and you

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enter the phrase American 250, Bagel Supreme will donate a percentage of the purchase directly to Oakland Recreation Programs. Um good excuse to grab a coffee and a bagel and uh help the community. That's it. >> Thank you, Councilwoman. [clears throat] >> Thank you, mayor. Um, Shade Tree

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Committee met on Monday, May 4th. Um, again, our AR day event was very successful. Um, right now we have about 15 to 20 new signups for next year, and hopefully we'll have more. Um, for last month for the Forester, they issued 29

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permits. Uh, 67 trees were removed and 61 trees were actually replanted, which is a good thing. Um, and we have two new volunteers, so we're good there. Uh, public events met uh yesterday on May 11th. Memorial Day parade is scheduled

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for Sunday, May 24th. Parade begins at 1:00 p.m. Streets will be closed at 12:00 p.m. And we have a great lineup uh for this year. Uh, the carnival is scheduled for June 17th through the 20th. Wristbands will go on sale. Uh, pre-signup will be $35 and4 $40 is the

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regular price. And again, Access for All will be um doing their event on Saturday from 2 to 4. And that's it. >> Thank you, Councilman Ner. >> Well, thank you, Mayor. You had actually touched on uh on mine before. The uh arts in Oakland actually had their first

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uh open market this past weekend and unfortunately there was a little bit of rain at the end, but overall it was a good turnout. And I want to, you know, thank everybody that showed up and all the vendors that stayed. Um, and our next one is going to be May 23rd from 10 to three. And, uh, I definitely recommend everybody stopping by and

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checking out the arts and crafts. >> Thank you. And >> that's it. >> All right. All right. Very good. We're up to uh, bills to be paid. Councilwoman. >> Council. Bill. Bills to be paid is 489,580.3. So moved. >> I'll second.

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>> Any discussion? >> Not seeing any. Roll call. >> Councilman Eert. >> Yes. Council Pigotelli, >> yes. >> Councilwoman Rose, >> yes. >> Councilman Kellyani, >> yes. >> All right. Do I have a motion to adjurnn? >> So move. >> All right. The next council meeting will

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be held on Tuesday, May 26th. >> Second. >> Second. >> I'll second. [laughter] >> In favor, >> I believe the whole second. [laughter] >> I'll open up. >> Uh the next council meeting will be held on Tuesday, May 26, 26, 7 p.m. here at the council chambers. Please everybody,

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please attend the Memorial Day parade uh Sunday the 24th at 1 p.m. It's uh it's going to be a wonderful day and let's uh salute our veterans and our members that have died serving our country. Thank you. Meeting a journal.