I would like to call the meeting to order today is a work session of the mayor council a notice was given as follows notice was filed January 9th 2025 with the record in newstar Ledger both official newspapers of the burrow those was posted on buing board at the
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indivisible liy and justice for all thank you pleas CC Kim C coun Council yes counc yeah
Council yeah Council yes attorney here for administrator yeah um Council woman Lee say yes yes okay thank you let's move to the next adoption of minutes adoption of a minute work
session of the mayor council February 18 202 25 and the regular meeting of the mayor and Council February 24 2025 where is your adoption of minutes mayor this time is we had a little bit computer issue and then we remove our minut so we
have to start over so it's going to be ready by this Wednesday this Wednesday yes okay we'll exp this Wednesday all right let's let's move forward with our or introduction introduction which is 2025 amending chapter 84 entitled alcoh
beverage to modify to penalty for violation any question about 25-8 so the difference the change is the right yes the and we'll reply to do as we discussed prior for our last
meeting is that because it be a little confusing between vob and Facilities that serve alcohol we're going to have to create another is that okay any more questions on ordinance 2258 all right good let's move to the
next one ordinance 20259 amending chapter 282 vehicle and the parking relating to handicap uh as you guys all recall we had this discussion through in the last meeting so we changed modified
clear yeah we we we indicated that there is a designated handicap spot uh that word was added on the one two three fourth line of paragraph C uh we also changed and added the last sentence in
that same paragraph that the application is supposed to be signed by the property owner who was responsible for notifying the borrow within 30 days of the date that the handicap parking space is no longer needed great um what about the def clarification about Broad
Avenue Broad Avenue remember well that's a separate from um this so uh something that our police department has to look into okay so yeah because we would like to find out how commerci areas handicaps are handicap species are
cre we'll work on that any questions council members concerning ordinance 20259 I have yes this anybody with a Handa card or plate or flet can parket any handicap spot no
just the opposite the designated for whoever that spot that was whoever requested that spot and was approve for that spot that spot belongs to them that's what now I have a handicap plet I
see a handicap sign how do I know who belongs that I can't par that well no this ordinance deals specifically with residential handicap spot going to visit my neighbor I'm handicapped I see a
handicap sign there how do I tell that I can't that other words who designates those my understanding from from discussions with the police uh officer in charge is that the signs themselves
will this is reserved for a specific vehicle um and the Enforcement Officers will know that that spot there's a specific tag number assigned for that specific spot so did that say that in here because I don't see if you can point that out well that's that's not no
no no it it simply refers to the application process here and and indicates that the spot is designated spot for the for the spot it doesn't get into the minutia of How It's counselor that that is up to the uh b b
administrator to work with the DPW and the fire depart I mean the uh police department yeah to to or DPW to designate the number of the handicap you're going to have a number on it or you going to have have whatever their handicap plard is
will be on that street sign are they paying extra for this who the handicap person Appo for that speci application fee I I yeah I don't know if it's in this but there is
there's a fee part of the application Fe yeah the oh no those are offenses yeah there are fees associated with the application um let's just make sure counselor um that at least breaks even with the cost of the sign thank you anything
else all let's move forward just one more question number two number okay got got number and in the New Jersey status is actually more than physician they
actually you know State there like uh some other books like K from where from where in New Jersey statue New Jersey statue for what is it for njsa 39 njsa
title title it says C1 it says Accord 39 4245 I think if you look at read that you know statement it actually says more than just a f
listed a whole bunch of yeah well that's number number one the reason why the statute is cited it gives the police department the authority to to um refer to the requirements under state law and
the request for a physician's letter um again that's to be read broadly and it's it's up to the police department if they need anything more specific than than a letter from a physician okay I have one more question
yes with this then is this going have out a person that has a handicap sign right now are we going back and issuing all those handicap signs with their names it's my understanding that that's the way it's
been done thought it was by number not by names never been done with name never you're actually paying more a handic person that's coming and looking for a parket space and he sees a handicap
spot and he parks in there you're going to tow his car away with this what you're saying because that's not his handicap well I believe they'll get a they'll get a a violation and a sign just like any no parking sign or
anything is is is something that will be um you know it'll it it'll space indicate to a person parking there that they can't park there unless they have this specific can we say this we were
discussing all of this with the PD I'd like to I don't I think this is fine but let me get some more answers for what you're addressing and I'll get them to you by tomorrow the next day after I 12 to well what what it comes down to is
North B I'll take North Bergen North Bergen has exactly what you're trying to put here but what happens is your paying handicap person is paying extra money to the town to have that handicap son and I don't think it's fair because he's a
handicap it it's fine with him being it's fine having in in front of his house but if somebody else with a handicap sign comes and pars it's I Cil is it fair or do you have some knowledge that we're going against St
statute I'm not saying you're going against person no listen I think it's unfair my opinion this strictly my opinion I think because you're charging a handicapp person to have a
parking a handicapp parking sign with his name on that I think that's unfair to to charge him because he's handicapp when we did all these other handicap parking signs when I was the chief of police we did not put the sign
the names on there we didn't charge these people extra I think we're you're you're charging the handicap person more money then he should be charged that's my strictly own my own opinion I know what they do in North Bergen you pay extra for that handicap sign with your
name on it and you think that's unfair to the handicap person yes I do just so I understand so do you think there should be a a choice on the application for the res to select whether they want
a spot that's not dedicated and pay less or to have one dedicated and pay more no I think what you should do is what we have now a person wants to have a handicapped parking space in front of his house that's fine put it in like
we've done we've never charged them for the signs we never charged them for handicap but just say you're making extra money I got it you're making extra money now on a hand we're not charging them there's Fe but the application fee is going how much it is which I'm trying
to find out right now you know say statute but yeah I we get you we get you we we'll consider that okay we'll make a decision later but we totally understand what it is he feels like because already it's a handicap is a disadvantage why are we charging the application fee it
should be free thank you we'll discuss that we'll get some details about it uh Chris want you I did just do a quick check on on your resolution uh the um State MJS say 3942 205 to 204 there's no specific fee so if you could clarify
your studies and send it over to Scott we we'll we'll we'll compare those as well okay and and your your Scott could you please make sure what price we're asking for the application fee as well for the handicap thank you put that in there so don't forget I got it all right
if that's okay let's move forward Orin 2025 10 amending yes sorry before we move on no no application fee from Police Department police department so you apply for handicap oh how' you find out you just find out thank you that's
fast there's no application but I don't have the application in front of me so how do I know that no no no no we we're just trying to move this along we're not arguing he just gave me the answer just question and I hope I hope that makes you feel better because
you have to wait longer until we find out councilman gave you an answer for all of us I think it's good thank you could you could you contact PD tomorrow get a copy email uh c v copy of the application thank you very much let's
move forward orance 2025 10 amending 1163 construction C yes this will be provided by Wednesday at the latest uh the building code official Tom Mali and I are are working on on amending them
and he needs to before before it's passed on all right is this really complex construction code it's going to be easy us to read and digest yeah it's just changing all the fees so what you're going to see is you're going to see a list of the item and then on the right
hand side the fee and you'll see the old fee crossed out and new fee underl and so you can just compare the two of them and it'll be about six or seven pages long thank you I like uh make an announcement to all mayor council
counselor over here ba and and clerk in a work session we would like all the contracts here period okay I mean there's some special circumstance where there was some kind someone was sick or something really bad happened we had we had no choice we get that but we
expect all the contracts to be here on the work session so we could review it and we have one more week to to finalize it okay so I really appreciate your your your incentive please continue or 20 25-11 amending chapter
16738 for ESC escros any question on ordinance 2025 d11 this is very simply but we're increasing the esro amount as we develop and you know inflation what not whatever you can think about we discovered that
this is under value of what other town does yes go ahead and and the other issue is that in many cases have to run after people to collect fees and this will make it easier we're Inus in the cat that's where we're doing B yes yes
thank you anybody else questions great let's move forward or 2025 12 creating chapter 141 inle filing and the photography please don't get confused
council members there is a slight difference forance 22-12 and ordinance 2024 12 as well but it's last year and this year um this is about filming and photography we want to protect our rights there's a lot of requests coming to our town and making
uh you know doing photography and videos and use some public lands I think this defines our our our protection any questions about ordinance 20252 all right let's move forward Orin
24 12 Bond authorization for improvement of by the two this is a reintroduction would you please explain can um well apparently when this was done last year
yes count yes I yes and we have toed it and have CLE on thank you very much any questions ordinance 2024 let's move forward of cons agenda
resolution 2025 d93 introduction of 2025 and the municipal budget thank you very much um before we introduce I would like to strike this out the municipal budget is not ready CFO Roy called me and said that we will work on it we're not late
and we'll finalize the introduction of the 2025 Bud Municipal budget for April other delayed because of the system and we're just going to take our time we're going to review it a little more um it's okay from the CFO and uh that's why it's
not here so I'm going to strike this off from the agenda please next off agenda resolution 2025 94 2025 a temporary emergency budget Appropriations uh any questions Council one you would
you like to explain about this uh 20 25- 94 is okay with you this uh no I unfortunately I didn't really see this thing it's okay before but this is a basically uh we haven't approved the
budget for this year yet yes and but however this year you know we need to spend the money right so that's why uh you know this uh resolution that we temporary budget appropriation yes this is always done
around this time yes so if I could just explain u based on what uh cons woman one unit on top of that uh current run uh running expense is about 7.3 based on the actual spending from last year right and then our temporary budget that we're
trying to add up is about 200k so that comes down to like 7.5 that's the 10 right so once we because we have to get this thing passed in order to do all the appropriation from the the other account yes so anything that we're going to
spend for parking meter uh uh service anything that uh deals with the uh any new service that we're trying to get a contract with yes that's all those monies are actually being appropriated into this uh 10 budget so in order to move that forward we need to uh actually
process this and then once we process this next month kicks in we're going to introduce with the actual number that we're going to be hand handled with so but but in order to approve the budget that's going to be probably down in uh
May or sometimes in June right we do the introduction on April April but but what I'm trying to say is that since still it's a couple of months away to approve the budget is this enough for cover so
once we introduce and pass the budget right and then Capital Amendment kicks it so that's when all these extra money has to be amended to actually to spend it so we have to read twice for that capital budget so look at this guy this
is just temporary so it doesn't mean that they can use all this money well this money okay so 7 point on this 10 budget everybody has a copy right so 10 buget 7 point roughly about 7.3 right
that's based on what we spent last year actual number salaries other expenses everything right for for how long 7.3 million5 running running expense for for how long well yeah
year this will be all this will be all total in for the real uh introduction of the budget it's not like oh we use it once it's a separate budget just we're just temporarily passing this and this will be incorporated with the so so so uh
it's a general appropriation with the cap that's right right so 7.3 is with the cap So based on this number we're actually putting extra temporary Budget on top of that so we could uh before introduction of the budget we have
enough money to actually spend and once April kicks in introduction of the the budget will get introduced with the prop proper uh money that we could run run the borrow for the whole year right and then the capital Amendment kicks
in Appropriations yes when does the budget have to be approved well you it has to be approved by this month no no we're in see a budget but generally speaking the budgets are
approved in April however this year issues with the cap and the fact that local Finance board was trying to figure things out given everyone an extension because we have not gotten all the numbers back from them so that's what
we're working on so technically as long as the local Finance board says we're okay even if it were June that would be up to them they're the ones who said deine and then we're the ones who have to apply for an extension individually if for some reason our particular town
can right now with the with with the delay from from the top you be introducing in April cf4 voice said that we're good we're in good time we don't have to get an extension okay but but you can I mean
I've been in a situation I know you're introducing don't by April by April we're supposed to start it by April April but then with the delays the of certain things but how long could It Go
Could It Go September October I'm sorry I'm sorry this is supposed to be introduced in March right John Council we're supposed to be introduced this March usually it wasn't blocked up in the pop so yeah past year right last year right we have introduced and passed
the budget I believe around if I can recall correctly right February or March either either month I and then we have actually introduced the ordinance of the capital Amendment right budget amendment on April so we have to
get that ordinance read twice so we actually have passed the ordinance back in March I mean the May so I mean uh usually it gets around you know it gets passed around March introduction of the budget depending on you know what the
DCA situation is so I mean this year around like da said there's a delay there Cil Tre majority of the towns are still waiting for my question the answer is March any more questions
you tell me November I would you got it thank you any questions about uh off consent agenda 2025 d94 all right let's move forward off consent agenda resolution 2025 95
authorization of appropriation transfer now John would you explain why you were talking about this we need this in order to pass to use a temporary risk budet appropriation correct well yeah uh we had to pass d94 in order to pass 95
if there's no money that's been proved then there's no money to transfer so I mean the group Insurance streets and Road Social Security uh total about half million dollars right that's that's not one time Fe there actually that we're actually paying to those uh those lines
CU we're we're we're actually getting you know PID by monthly right for example Group Insurance uh appropriation is about 190 right but we're not going to pay them all 190 we're continuously build them uh I mean the pay them every uh every month
month by month so um that's why we need this uh resolution any questions about resolution 2025 d95 very good um let's move to our consent agenda discussion it for con
agenda resolution 2025 96 2025 any questions about the consent agenda is starts from 96 all the way to 114 thank you just comments 96 claims
96 is not ready yeah why is that not ready because em change in finance department from un to oh that's why yes yeah that's one of the biggest two reasons when are they going to provide us claim will be provided by
Thursday and then will be probably by Friday as well so whatever it is comes they will send up by Thursday then we have before meeting still this is a special ccess
accepted pardon resolution 115 will be for the crossing crossing service so yeah if you could just add that on the uh I'll do it for clerk uh ba let add
115 we have a resolution in Pro resolution do you guys have a copy of it for everybody good could you please give it to that and this is about hiring a private company to to provide service for buw walks of guards we tried months to get
more people but it seems like not many are are interested matter of fact we did this discussion we the longer we'll be saving money we do want our own local people to come participate and be part of the effort but if we don't have it we
have to go for outside guys take your time we're ahead of the game but um is there any Irregulars CH want no Irregulars coming in from the finance right just the usual monthly claims right uh right okay well we'll take a
look for you know I have a question for uh resolution 98 appointing B Risk Management Consultant the contract is not here correct yeah I just got it from our management team on the phone and it went
to I really don't want to repeat myself so I'm going to go forward gotcha and also resolution 100 the agreement for the shareff service for the municipal acting
Municipal Court Administrator we don't know how much it is I would like a copy of the contract delivered this week to the council mayor and Council to be reviewed we got to know how much we're paying it's not there and resolution 103 authorizing
lease Amendment for parking lot we are also missing the agreement as well but what is it this parking lot located okay this is the this is a parking lot I it's informally known as I believe the onion sell property how you what is it how
you it's it's off as you're heading towards 46 it's the first or second Street on the left is a lot on the right hand side um and and all basically what happened was we've we've had a lease since two mid to late 2000s with this
for this bot um the owners changed so we need to revise it plus the lease hasn't been formally amended so we're just we're amending it just for one year term for now uh just basically rename the only term that's changing is the name of the owner of the
proper everything else yes you're talking about the burrow parking lot by Henry Evan is that correct but you lost me when you said going south by uh
46 down that go that's the one I'm thinking if you take a right from here onto onto um broad right I I believe it's the first second left yeah it's actually the intersection of Henry yeah okay that's the
you yes uh d97 cancellation of the star checks so based on the resolution uh this review has done within the past 12 months right but those star checks are uh from like
2020s so is are these are the checks that we issue yes thank you those are stale checks from when we transitioned from payroll paper checks to direct deposit they're just older checks they sit out there for a long time so they're going to
kill every December we usually do a Deb check Reser from capital and current but this was long overdue because we transitioned from Pap checks direct can can we possibly get the details of the checks just could you give us could you give a scan copy next
time send it over to us this week also something that yourest then the the resolution has to be um it's not past 12 months it's got to be yeah it's got to be within it um where's the resol
C where is resolution 115 cross cross guard walk you put it in there but we don't have it right now oh you just want to say that you're going to put it in for the regular yeah it's oh we didn't have time to that one out
U me the the knee jerk the funny KN yeah if we could if we can make that resolution and copy of the contract just you know throw throw it on the uh the council ccil box this week no just send it to the email any more question ladies and
gentlemen um I um okay so 10 resolution 104 and 105 this is two of that F the case yes so so is this actually I had a more general
question okay after we settle please be careful what you see right now we're still under litigation okay okay but I just want to know the process or what comes after so I guess this two resolution is requesting the board take
a look at it and you know investigate whatever right U and then after that the it all planning board does work it doesn't come back to us no it it does the planning board does the study and they make a recommendation and then it's
up to us as a council to appr the the recommendation and then based upon that there are certain legal things that can happen between the property owner and the B if you at the resolution one of things that they need to do is public
hearing and we have the resolution so that's for the planning board yeah that planning board so uh I guess uh whatever the result of the public hearing will come back to us right as part of yes so we'll send that off we'll send this off
to the plan board the plan board will have a meeting they'll decide they bring back to more final and then the rest of four are the that also go through the similar process I would think no it it was on a per it's
all based upon the settlements per property every property settled for different things and regarding hiring of police officers uh resolution number please 112 and 113 yes ma'am uh I would think
Police Department has a interview and background check Council councilman yes everything you're explaining about the hiring this is I believe it's a lateral hiring please yes lateral H hiring uh we had the uh we have the interview process well starting from the advertisement of
the hiring uh leral PTC certified officer and we accept the application uh we do interview process from the interview process we uh you know we choose the officer who is uh who
is very uh fit for our Police Department right so once then we go through a background check and all the necessar exams right once that has passed with the condition we'll hire them okay just to curiosity one of
candidated his last salary is a lot higher than what you guys offer yes so I'm just wondering that he has a five years experience it's a personal uh personal choice and
his personal matter I I was kind of shocked too man I was kind of shock we welcome we welcome right but uh he wanted it to come back to the uh the field right so um well he was a police officer then it's not the same area I
mean it's not the same field well was police officer right and then um well no no no he was the police officer right but he uh he his his main background is the uh engineer background
so I guess I mean is it okay to say no well well the the the resume you could say I guess but well yeah I mean he went to uh there's a personal way I'm sorry this is actually I got to stop the whole meeting
was based on on on a secluded executive meeting type of Stu St we cannot discuss in public there was a personal reason and that's far as we're going to go that he decided to do this well yeah based on the uh the packet right I mean that that
pretty much tells you why and tells everything so I was kind of the packet yeah oh yeah resoltion pack it has all the applications and resumes and all that so hold up really
the res is fine he loves being a police officer no yeah yeah res is fine okay but how far does it go I'm just just curios my curios wait a minute what's all this that's pretty what the hell is
this what is this that's application from the yeah this is not something that you want to open in public counselor certified police officer this no this is just our okay let's not talk about this guys
there's a lot of information here you can talk about in close session we talk about an employee right now and their personal background in front of appr I would feel good about it anything
else um I have a question yes January we had AAL meeting ad the station of um affordable housing units for the next round and during that meeting we
whether pel's Park could qualify for any exemption did we correct we're not part of the list she wants to confirm did you confirm that yes and and we we've confirmed and did I I I don't even know if it's a
possibility I'll double check with with our attorney but but last I heard the the chances of the DCA reconsidering the borrow of pal par to meet because there are many qualification requirements that the bur
doesn't meet any longer um but it it may have been possible to petition a DCA we were looking into that but the chances were slim to none that that they would add the burrow to to the list of of those um it's because that
the conditions don't qualify correct that's but but then the question was what are the conditions got really into the details of it this is what I would like you to do let's conclude this Council give us give us a write down of what what the conditions are and and I
would like for you to say that this is the reason why we we we will not be successful we do not qualify on the email email and give it to the council members I'll tell you what I'll forward the email to you and to the clerk and then you that's fine we'll do that I'll
be very much interest thank you thank you any more questions great uh Council reports what a minut should I should I do a public I would like
to no no we have yes C for for the agenda for next week we are going to have an executive session not not for today for next week for the 24th we will have put it on you can put it wherever you want but we will need to okay okay
um thank you house reports uh s would you like to start Council Lee yeah I don't have any reports thank you how about you Charlie Charlie Shin yes uh the
swimming pool uh we are preparing the opening so we got uh the po maintenance company to get the quotation for the paints full paints and
uh also we need change the filter and also uh the crack you mentioned yes the the yeah we are waiting for the quotation from the company thank you and the pickle B cat for the
recreation uh we are considering the the county owned tennis courot convert to the uh where's the location it's in uh the St the the stum where the back side of the sh right oh give me the Cali part
back sh so uh we got we sent the letter email to the person in charge in County good job so it's been rued and for the dog park yes St Park yeah in Columbus Park I went there with uh the ba and we
check what we can do and we'll get the quotation the converting that's part of the econom St to the yes I also appreciate your your your information input about uh pickable evidently it's
very loud it makes these champagne noises being popped every single time they hit the ball yeah so our pickle ball location was supposed to be at colum's part but he he said I think it's a good idea I appreciate that and I'm very appre apprciate that you're proactive to move that and request the
County Recreation and Parks to use a uh you know less popular tennis court if you divide one tennis court you get two games there two Courts for pickle bow so hopefully they could you know understand that and give us that thank you yes I
could councilman the email you refer to the letter that was sent to them they responded to us immediately that they were going to consider it phone call late this afternoon that there are a number of people other the
towns requesting something similar but they uh feel that that location is a good location because it's not near any residences and uh probably will'll get back to me at the end of the week with some information and I will let you know because if they want to meet and then I
will so it's it's positive reaction right thank you Roberto okay Council Council M uh I haven't uh it's all right we have next week organized the uh the report yet so I I'll bring it up thank you very much
thank you I know you're busy reviewing this package Council kid don't have anything thank you Council might reach you thank you Council you rece you yeah I Haven received an email this is your Council report I know
as a governance committee I was I received email some of our system internally kind of got accessed by somebody else so I think we need to investigate looks like this is not our
first time sometimes the books can you know res whole system but uh I I think whatever it is I think we need to investigate how about this let's have a this week sit down to the a.m. let's set it up Roberto send the email I'm
available to daytime this week let's meet and talk about the security potential security breach issue thank you for reminding uh now how about your Council report oh the library board has met last Thursday yes and then we need to pass
that Ro for you know the replacement the architecture proposal congratulations we hire the project manager for the roof yes and so I think it's good to vot and uh I know rep isep
in process and we have a resolution to you know advertise and let's go for thank you that was a very smart idea between chrisan Wu and Roberto instead of just trying to put into a big package for a bid which takes much longer let's fix the rot of the problem first just
like our Bal we fix our our SE our our roof that really stops further mold and water leaks right so let's get one to separate that project and do it separately to get it done faster very important timing because the last night
we had a heavy R yes kind of I was worried it doesn't look why I want to get it done thank you any more that's it thank you uh attorney report I nothing ba report I have nothing tonight um while we're on uba I would like to ask
you uh Ba's been really busy as I always tell you ba um what's the status about the some of the people are going to like hearing this what is the status about asking the the county or state to to create three to five additional Grand
Avenue cross crosswalks to to to protect our citizens from Crossing to shoppr and many other commercial facilities we have um made application with two different people we approach two different people and we are working on it we know it's
important yes and uh soon as I have something more def I will report on it great I really appreciate that and also think about considering Maybe bl light sign you know blinking you know pedestrial walk sign maybe you could look for the Millennium strategies to get a gr as well perhaps but most
importantly let's try to drive those those lines DPW could do it we just need Authority we just need okay for that easy to do something on the state road without them saying yes absolutely no it would be rude and also Roberto I with among the lot of list that she's doing
she is partaking on EV vehicle charging stations um uh the the governing body has been getting a lot of input from our residents say that'll help our Commerce and also bring in traffic and also there's a lot of residents who have EV Vehicles they would they don't want to
go to different towns they want to do it here um I don't think I think there's tons of programs that the brto don't have to spend any money so we'll work on that Roberto's taking care of that and Roberto could you give us an update about the street light LED with pscg uh
pscg is uh waiting for two different sections that they're considering for those lights excellent so as soon as I reach out back to her and see how quickly they going be doing it it doesn't happen overnight but we're close to getting it done yeah thank you very
much just just to explain to the people who are here who are almost falling asleep explain why what kind of benefit it is to explain what you're doing right now well eventually almost all the lights that public service provides to every municipality is going to be led
and right now their program is to designate just a few streets um in each town the ones that need it the most and as soon as that's confirmed they will start excuse me their process of getting it done but it sounds it all sounds very
good but U it takes a little bit longer than U you would think it it does because there's a lot of paperwork to do we can't pick and choose the program you have Disney certain areas that process takes a little bit of
time but the application doesn't um Roberta is on top of it and that should brighten up certain uh regions of our burrow we're also seriously considering solar LED panels we're going to do it this year I just want to save some money for you guys you know it would be really
easy just get a damn expensive government contractor right to spend tons of money five times more the money than we could so if it's legal and it's proper we're going to find to save the guys money but still install about 30 LED solar panel street lights on
residential areas not on CY or Steve Ro because they have different regulations we have that right and we're going to get that done this year that's my promise yes thank you please report question for Mr
yes um what's the current status of 12 B please uh 12 B um the building removed it has been um vence has been put around it to protect the burrow um and we are waiting for the
quotes for there two different things that have to get done one we need quote for repurposing that into two parking lots so that means Shoring up the one property the foundation of the property that's still there and then creating
that parking lot and on the other level the property that is now a vacant lot will also be a um parking lot so as soon as we get the proposals I hope to have them sooner than later we will introduce
to advertise to go out to bid to have both of those done I like to add on top with the ba that there was a delay a definite delay because our former engineer did not prepare the B packet properly he stated that in his speed all
the uh concrete uh structures got to be demolished and [Music] removed thank God the uh building department found that that was not right and so is Roberto and that wasn't the right way so we're getting an engineer to to reassess the safety and also draw
draw draw Engineers so we can properly uh remove the reubel and create two layers two layers parking Sub Spot that should equal about 47 to 46 parking lot units we are going to get it done this year no matter what well again that
should be really very quickly done we're just waiting for those proposals and actually what we're working for is a proposal to go ahead to prepare the bid specs once we have the bid specs we will go out to uh bid advertised to go out to bid and from that
point I'm hoping three months four months July we're going to we're going to break break yeah we're going to break around around ju um okay brought up to the council that we were going to turn that into a parking lot I thought we were to
demolish it all this time no no okay the demolish the demolish is fine demolish was done because it was a safety hazard as you know the structural integrity was at risk and once we did it um this is
not something that you know the council would get involved it would be the ba it would be me and then it will come to you guys and that's when you get involved to say I like that idea or I don't um but I I I I hope you're not surprised that it's the first time you're hearing it
okay because after we get the quotations you would introduce this proposal to the council yeah always always you guys are the last you guys not part of you guys are not a part of that that's part of management and you know the the the you know development of the world but you
will have to get all that information beforehand review it like it or not if you want to recommend modifications if you want to raise that level of the area and make it affordable homes create new offices have have a recreation center whatever there will be an opportunity
before and you guys will be the one deciding it okay and Mr we're waiting to receive quotations from no uh the the the burrow engineer unfortunately at the perfect time went on a vacation I just spoke with him he's actually going to come
today for the zoning board Robert and I we plan to St here and harass him okay understood in a jokingly matter you know on record I have one question yes uh I got some calls from the residents to know want to know the
what's going on with the containers in the Sham in front of the Sham that that that thing is being held because we are maybe 98% of completing the investigation unfortunately it's not there is something one part
missing that should be resolved within this week and then I will push that to make sure that we get it by one or two weeks at most I want to get this done by end of this month at least okay I have one more question okay in the
library like I got the notice that there will be like the chines New Year celebration in our library on February 22nd but as I know there is officially in County and in state it's not Chinese
New Year holiday it's Luna New Year holiday celebrate like this it pass yeah but in library in pide Park Library it's called like the chines New Year holiday let me explain that already
passed about uh that that was brought up at the board last months uh the reason why it was initiated is because of chin initiation group is a Chinese group Chinese American group so that's why
they propos it that way was the title again is but it's like sponsored by the par Library it's called like Chin's New Year celebration 2025 that's not that's that's correct no no but initially that
was a proposed by the a Chinese American group and with the public you know the library they accept that's why no no no no you guys are talking about two different things stop right there you're talking about go ahead finish no go
ahead so so that was that happen so at the last meeting the board actually discussed and raised that same concern to the director so but you know what happened is it's already gone on so the advertisement gone out so they uh they
said they will make sure that they don't they using Luna calendar year A New Year from next time okay so I think the reason why that it's there and it's incorrect and there was a discussion at the library is because it's too late the advertisement has been
sent out they found out too late that they're incorrect that it shouldn't be New Year's Eve uh new New Year's New Year's Day Chinese because already passed almost like three three four month ago three three four weeks ago like almost over a month actually I I I
know the February is already passing but I'm talking about the next year it happens next year soon yeah you don't want want to fix it yeah director said they will make sure they fix it anything else because I'm trying to get this done but go ahead uh I know uh
our counselor mentioned about the executive session that will be held uh next meeting right before the regular meeting but I kind of feel that uh it's a time sensitive matter so I request to have the executive session meeting right
after for which one for the the personal two litigation litigation matters okay well no no no you can't do that hold on second it's not been advertised no no no you can make a motion you can make a motion no further action I'm not going
to make a motion when it's not advertise well no if if if a councilman wants to make a motion it could be voted on and you can make a motion you can make a motion but I'll talk about the legalities of it no it's it's legal if it's not on motion action will be taken
it's just a discussion it's a discussion so we're not going to vote it on that matter so I'm just going to make the motion to have the executive session open there's a there's a motion wait hold on there's a motion right now next time tell the counselors to have there's a better position to make a motion
instead of the last report okay we're we're just throwing everything down report here this is about report you guys have enough time to talk about this before the report you're supposed to take talk about the report having said that um John officially would you like to make a motion yes I'd like to make a
motion to go into a executive session discuss the uh the litigation matter after after we're done with everything here we have come back but at least you guys don't have to be here it's about disclosure it's not about decision we're not going to talk about it so we're
going to let you guys go you can say if you want to but at the end of the day we're just going to be done with the executive come back and uh may have a second roll call roll call Council Kim yes
Council yes Council yes counc Shin yes counc B I don't understand the whole thing okay just there there are two lawsuits that need to be discussed the settlements need to be discussed one of them was modified in just a tiny bit we
I think we had already discussed them a month or so ago but we we we would like to get them resolved so it's just a discussion okay yes Council yes all right all right can we just
finish this all right uh police report uh will bring it in next week thank you public participation uh please come up state your name you have three minutes please come on I know you waited this
long hey guess what we got the meeting done in an hour exercise sir ER 329 East columia thank you you spoke about that empty parking lot that's being 12 excuse me 12 B I'm
sorry 12 bellw 12 Bell that's a Grand Avenue right no it's a brad Avenue right next right next to the old pales park Bakery not the same anymore that's what it is one were you referring to the one with the lease yes oh the lease my
apologies that's been an embarrassment for palet park for 30 years it's a it's a dirt lot uh that's that's that's a it's a big embarrassment every time I walk past it
it's a shame you talk about the outdoor or the indoor por no it's it's an empty dirt it's a dirt parking lot right on bro Avenue no no no no you got the wrong location sir yeah we're talking about yeah you know if you if you go
drove down to Broad Avenue you're going to hit uh Henry right Henry F okay right cross from the Henry at right there's a small Supermarket right and it says on right next to the supermarket it says Municipal parking lot that's that's
where we actually uh leasing okay yeah and it has all the other one it's all Meo parking over there it's I don't know if know the history you're not here long enough maybe Sophie and I what I've been told is that there's an environmental EPA leak under
there that goes through from that parking lot CU he used to be I believe a gas gas I know exactly what spot you're talking about an embarrassment C could you explain there was a leakage under the to the toward to
the ground and it actually pass the Broad Avenue and he went to the 46 so it's a major work okay somebody have to do it we don't want to pay our money we don't own that yeah that lot is right before 46
right on your left right gas St gas station the problem is to to remedy that we have to dig in all the Broad Avenue and the one by the one of the individual right now uh this person doesn't want to
take the risk to spend that much the money right not for nothing you know consider ined domain I'm serious because that place has been really a horid like he said a horid environment it's created by Rubble
they don't you know I'm sure they're providing free parking lot for the ride across uh location where the bar is the barbecue play is but Broad Avenue is our bread and butter that's where our heartbeat is we're focused on Broad and uh Broad Avenue to make it uh more more
palatable make it more more you know more inviting and this is our bread and bur this is where our reputation is and that lot just because the order preference hasn't been developed and it looks it doesn't look good no I mean it doesn't look
not only that it's out of our hand because it's EPA so it goes to Federal level so Federal level will not allow unless you dig in all the BR Avenue and 46 that's why
46 that's the problem you cannot do that because the the government government will not allow unless they Cate everything at once so I agree with Council k just to get the survey done before it goes to the uh the
stfe feed whatever right the old test and all the EPA just to show them where you know this is where we are and I would like to move forward right that cost cost you quarter million dollars right there but it still doesn't look
good can at least can we at least Force the owner of that property I'm thinking about it but you know like I it's just still right still right yeah the only thing is if the EPA says it's it's not going to spread any further let's just say it's it's stable
what if the damage is underground and stable we have nothing to say I'm not an attorney but I would like to see what the EPA said about that because cuz somebody went to assess the oil damage right somebody must go because we know about it right so I would like to see
that record but this's let's let's put that in the back order sir that's something that's not good I agree I agree let's just see what we do with that on it's a very it's eyes sword it's an
eyes never allow to develop something without taking up all of you're saying that we have to go all the way down to 4 that's a lot of of maybe more than properties there got to be some
paperwork on but if you do Dom do domain that means we well well well it's a very it's a very s for surise um any more Mr Chay you don't want to come up
and speak to us Mr Chay Mr Chay you don't want to come up and say hello no okay good all right good i' like to uh uh make a motion I don't have to make a motion um which we called U public fation IID like to close ID like to make
a motion to uh close an AJ have a motion oh shoot sorry about that we have good Executives here guys good night