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Part 1 (Video ID: KRt14O-dUIM):
- 00:00:07: Meeting Call to Order, Roll Call, Pledge Allegiance
- 00:02:01: Approval of Prior Meeting Minutes from August/September
- 00:02:47: Public Comment Period: No Comments Received, Motion to Close
- 00:03:51: Ordinance Introductions Postponed to the May Meeting
- 00:04:23: Ordinance 2521-26: Restricted Parking for Disabled Persons
- 00:05:09: Councilman Questions Difference Between Postponed and Open Ordinance
- 00:05:39: Public Hearing on Ordinance 2521-26 Closed
- 00:06:14: Clarification on Ordinance Dates and Final Vote
- 00:06:45: Communications Items 2 Through 11 Approval
- 00:07:41: Communications Item 4 Alone Approval
- 00:07:55: Communications Items 12 Through 18 Approval
- 00:08:28: Communications Item 19 Alone Approval
- 00:08:45: Resolutions 21 Through 39: Discussion Begins
- 00:09:21: Resolution 22: Traffic Fatality Analysis Discussion
- 00:16:14: Resolution 23/27: Road Resurfacing Priority List and Updates
- 00:22:43: Resolution 24: $1.3 Million Plaza Deck Project Explanation
- 00:26:44: Resolution 28: Appointing Director of Human Services
- 00:27:49: Councilwoman Melo and Additional Questions For Resolutions
- 00:32:08: Motion to Accept Resolutions 21 Through 39
- 00:32:38: Ordinances for Introduction Read and Approved
- 00:34:50: Payment of Bills Approval
- 00:35:21: Administrators and Mayors Reports and Updates
- 00:41:28: Adjournment and Congratulations to Weatherly


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Good evening. On behalf of the governing body of the city of Pake, we welcome you to the April 14th, 2026 city council meeting. In accordance with chapter 231, public laws of 1975, adequate notice of this meeting was provided by resolution of the municipal council adopted on June

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17, 2025, setting forth the schedule of meetings for the year 2025 2026. Sen notice was published and posted on the city hall bulletin board by the office of the city clerk. Please be further advised, this meeting will be conducted in person. The Zoom stream provided is

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for viewing only and is offered to the public as a convenience. On March 18th, 2026, public notice and Zoom instructions for this meeting were posted on the city of Pake website at www.c cityofpacake.com. Council agendas. >> Roll please. Ma'am,

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>> Councilman Monk, >> present. >> Councilman Love, >> present. >> Councilwoman Melo, >> present. >> Councilman Mayor, >> present. >> Councilman Garcia, >> present. >> Councilwoman Colunt, >> present. and council president shar >> president Shel please rise.

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>> Father God we want to thank you Lord for allowing us to meet this evening. Father we ask you to please guide us in the decisions that will take place this evening. In your beloved name we pray. Amen. >> Amen. >> I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the

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republic for which it stands. One nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Ladies and gentlemen, if you don't have a copy of an agenda, they're located directly outside council chambers. Um,

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also, uh, the, uh, agenda for tonight's meeting and all supportive documents are posted on the city's website. We invite you to review to review the website. You'll be receiving all of the information from that website that the uh, council in fact has received from

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the administration. We are on Roman numeral four of our agenda minutes of the August August 5 and September 2nd meetings. Are there any changes or corrections to the minutes presented by the clerk? >> Seeing none. Is there a motion, please,

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to accept the minutes? >> Second. Motion and second. Roll call, please, on the minutes. >> Councilman Monk, >> yes. >> Councilman Love, >> yes. >> Councilwoman Melo, >> yes. >> Councilman Mayor, >> yes. >> Councilman Garcia, >> yes. >> Counciloman Golong Montinez, >> yes. and council president.

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>> Yes, thank you. We're up to hearing of citizens in accordance with the open public meetings act and JSA10 col4-1. The council opens every public meeting for comments of the public. However, in accordance with NJSA 104-12,

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nothing in this act shall be construed to limit the discretion of a public body to permit, prohibit or regulate the active participation at any meeting. Therefore, please be advised that the council will not entertain any comments from persons who communicate obscene

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material. Make statements which are considered bias intimidation in which a person intends to intimidate an individual or group because of race, color, religion, gender, handicap, sexual orientation, or ethnicity, or makes comments intending to harass or

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speak any offensive language. The person who makes these statements will relinquish their allotted five minutes for public discussion. Is there anyone who would like to adjust the council? >> Seeing no hands, I move to close. Second, please. >> There's a motion. There's a second to close. Roll call.

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>> Councilman Monk. >> Yes. >> Councilman Love. >> Yes. >> Councilwoman Melo. >> Yes. >> Councilman Mayor. >> Yes. >> Councilman Garcia. >> Yes. >> Councilman Colz. Yes. >> And Council President Sher. >> Yes. Thank you. The administration has asked us um to

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note a change in the ordinances for second and final readings >> for introduction. For introduction, sir >> for introduction to May five. Introduction to May five. Uh for all three ordinances as noted amending the

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designation of restricted parking, amending the east side redevelopment plan and employee regulations. Is there any objection for members of the council? >> Very good. If we could go to ordinances. Roman numeral six on our agenda.

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Ordinances for second and final rating number one. Proposed ordinance 2521-26. An ordinance amending the designation of restricted parking disabled persons by New Jersey license plate number. Is

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there a motion please to open? >> Second. Motion and second to open public discussion. Roll call, please. >> Councilman Monk, >> yes. >> Councilman Love, >> yes. >> Counciloman Melo, >> yes. >> Councilman Mayor, >> yes. >> Councilman Garcia, >> yes. >> Councilman Colz, >> yes.

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>> And Council President Sher, >> yes. Thank you. On the ordinance, is there a maker? Please >> move it. >> Excuse me. >> Did someone wish to speak? >> Yes, I do. Um, Council President, >> I I'm sorry. I'm sorry, Councilman. I couldn't see your light.

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>> Okay. No, I didn't put it on and I apologize. I'm just I just want for clarity. What What is the difference between the one we moved at May 5th and and this one? >> Councilman, I'm going to uh we voted on

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six. >> No, we just opened the public portion. >> Okay, Councilman, I'm I I need you on the ordinance and we can come back. >> Okay, no problem. >> Okay, we opened up public hearing. Mhm. >> Is there anyone who would like to adjust the council please

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>> on this item and this item only >> seeing none. Is there a second? >> Motion to close. >> Motion and a second to close. Rock call to close. >> Councilman Monk. Yes. >> Councilman Love. >> Counciloman Melo. >> Yes. >> Councilman Mayor. >> Yes. >> Councilman Garcia. >> Yes.

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>> Councilman Col. Yes. And Council President Shear. >> Yes. Thank you, Councilman. Yeah. I just I'm just looking for clarity. Um um the difference between the one we moved from May 5th and the one we just um public portion.

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>> No, it's the the um ordinances for introduction. We're going to set the second and final hearing for the meeting of May 5th instead of April 23rd. >> The same idea. >> The only the only change, Councilman, is the date for

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>> Thank you. >> Any other questions? If not, we're up to communications. >> I'm sorry, sir. We need to adopt item number one. >> Is there a motion, please? >> Motion motion and second. Roll call, please. >> Councilman Monk, >> yes.

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>> Councilman Love, >> yes. >> Councilwoman Melo, >> yes. >> Councilman Mayor, >> yes. >> Councilman Garcia, >> yes. >> Counciloman Gomez. Yes. And Council President Shear. >> Yes. Thank you. We're on communication. Roman numeral 7 on our agenda. >> Items 2 through 11. Are there any

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questions on 2 through 11? >> Seeing none this time, is there a motion, please, to accept items 2, 3, and 5 through 11? >> So move. >> Second. >> Motion and second. Roll call, please. >> Councilman Monk, >> yes. >> Councilman Love, >> yes. >> Councilman Melo,

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>> yes. >> Councilman Mayor, >> yes. >> Councilman Garcia, >> yes. >> Councilman Colz, >> yes. and council president. >> Yes. Thank you. On item four alone, is there a motion to please to accept? >> Move. Second. >> Motion and a second. Thank you. Roll

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call, please. >> Councilman Monk, >> yes. >> Councilman Love, >> yes. >> Councilman Melo, >> yes. >> Councilman Mayer, >> yes. >> Councilman Garcia, >> yes. >> Councilman Colz, >> yes. >> And Council President Shear. >> Yes. Thank you. All items listed here under considered to be routine in

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nature. Items 12 through 19. Are there any questions please on 12 through I'm sorry 12 through 18? >> Seeing none at this time. Is there a motion please to accept items >> 12 to 18? Motion and second roll call please. >> Councilman Monk.

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>> Yes. >> Councilman Love. >> Yes. >> Councilwoman Melo. >> Yes. >> Councilman Mayor. >> Yes. >> Councilman Garcia. >> Yes. >> Councilman Colom DZ. Yes. And Council President Sher. >> Yes. Thank you. On 19 alone, please. Is there a motion, please, to accept? >> Second. >> Motion and second. Roll call, please.

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>> Councilman Monk, >> yes. >> Councilman Love, >> yes. >> Councilwoman Melo, >> yes. >> Councilman Mayor, >> yes. >> Councilman Garcia, >> yes. >> Councilman Gom and and Council President Shear, >> yes. Thank you. Numeral A on our agenda.

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Resolution number 20 authorizes closed executive session. Susie, do we need close? >> No. Council President, >> Mr. Fernandez, >> no. Council President, Mr. Mayor, sir, none at this time. Thank you, sir. Members of the council, >> very good. If we could start, please on

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items 21 through 39. Are there any questions, please, on 21 through 39? >> Councilman Monk, is that you? >> Yes. Thank you. Yes. >> Yeah. I just have a few questions.

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I guess I'll start with 22. Let me just get some um clarity of what this um contract is doing. It seems like when I read through it, they they're doing an analysis of accidents of road

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safety. I'm just want to get clear. >> It's a lot of money. So, >> get some clarity here. So this is actually dictated from the uh US DOT and this funding and the person

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you choose from is from their list with this award money. So it's not like when we go ahead and bid it and we get no this comes from their list. if we want them to do this analysis, it kind of follows their guidelines, their selection process and uh because we had

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the same questions when I saw the price tag and that is what the US do is paying for this service. If we want it, this is what we have to do. >> What is what is a service? >> Um let me just give me one second to give it to you and

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because I got that from the engineer. So it is a comprehensive action plan analyzing the traffic fatalities within the municipality. Um and the idea is that when this analysis is done that it would create a vision to reach zero

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fatalities in the road. Um so based on that uh the US DOT estimated that that's the cost would be somewhere in the neighborhood of $400,000. That's why you see that there. So basically the idea is there's this big push for zero fatalities on the road. So they would

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analyze let's say the the intersections with the greatest car accidents and issues and try to repair them. We had done something similar to this uh several years ago but it was done through Ruckers and I don't know if you remember all the repairs they did in the

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intersections of the parking islands and Monroe Street. Remember when the county came in and did all those curb cuts cuz people were crossing? So that w that came from an analysis that Ruckers did on the safety. So this is just a much bigger right more encompassing

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analysis which would include entries and exit ways into the highways uh or the streets things of that nature. And the whole idea is that what measures would we need to get to this zero um zero fatality on the road? you know, thank

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goodness we're we're pretty good on the fatality end, but there's a lot of accidents that if there's anything we could do to avoid them. Um, and I just on this note, uh, there's something that I see many places, I'm sure my colleagues see that as well, where

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people park up to a corner and when you pull out of a street, you can't you don't have the view to see if cars are coming. This is something which again talking about saving lives something just with our law enforcement right the police right or the traffic guys right

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uh we just keep you know keep an eye be told to keep an eye out people that are parked within 30 ft of a corner right council stop >> I'm sorry if I could ask you to speak >> I'm sorry yeah um something that we could do we don't have to wait to spend $350,000 on a study to make the city

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safer um when you have corners where people park up to to the stop sign or up to the corner. It's just some it's impossible. You you know you're taking a risk because you inch out, you inch out, you inch out. Um >> yeah, on the intersections intersections, >> especially the busy intersections,

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>> the good thing is that there's a law already against that. We just have to get enforcement, a little maybe heavier enforcement on it. I could tell you that um there's a lot of summones that are being issued for parking. I can attest to that, right, Mayor? get a lot of calls on that too.

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>> Yes, we we had um we had conversations with the chief of police, obviously conversations considering the hours of enforcement overnight. We understand where residents may be seeking to find additional parking and maybe closer to

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the corner and the council had chose collectively to relook at the amount of feet that you can park from the corner. We actually passed an ordinance on that in line with what the state would allow but giving a little bit more freedom in parking for the residents. However, with

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the chief, we have discussed enforcement during daytime hours which would cause the issue of impeding visibility on turns, especially into oncoming traffic. Obviously, there are certain areas depending on one way or dead ends where there may be a little bit more leeway,

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but we'll revisit that with the chief of police in our next meeting regarding traffic enforcement of individuals parked too close to the corner that would impede visibility and cause a public safety concern whether with other vehicles or pedestrians. >> Especially Especially Council, >> especially just a moment.

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>> I'm sorry. >> If could I ask for a little bit more clarity in in what you said, Mr. Fernandez? a car may park, how close based on on resolutions that we had done in the past? Um, >> yes. So, it was it was as the mayor was

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stating, it was done on a uh more for the overnight parking uh for when people are getting home at night that there was a reduced distance from the corner. Um, obviously there's main thoroughfairs which our ordinance didn't change, but the ones that are on local streets

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overnight, uh, you were allowed to park a little bit closer to the corner than you were previously. And I want to say 15 feet seems to be the number that I remember. >> What happened was we were enforcing a number of feet that um, we were able to reduce according to state laws. So, we

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decided to bring that a little bit closer to where you can park to the corner overnight in order to provide for additional parking, council president. But in the daytime, there is enforcement of any cars that would impede visibility by parking or encroaching upon the corner where you could turn. Obviously,

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if you're trying to turn on a corner and a vehicle is parked there and you cannot see oncoming traffic or where you're turning into, you can get into an accident. So, we may need to tighten that up. But as of right now, we received um received quite quite a lot

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of compliments after making that change because overnight people were getting ticketed all over the city for parking too close to the corner where of course there wasn't a lot of traffic. It didn't seem practical. So we saw what was the minimum amount of feet or rather say

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that the maximum amount of feet that we were required to enforce from the corner where you could park. I believe the uh the business administrator is correct. I think we were allowed to do up to 15 feet and we presented it before the council and the council voted to support that and we were able to change that.

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But we will enforce or step up enforcement efforts around the city with the parking of the corners. >> Especially coming to the summer months where there's so many children walking, >> it just makes it so much more. >> Okay. Thank you. Thank you on clarity on

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22. Um, regarding 23, um, I think this would have to also do a little bit with maybe 27, uh, road resurfacing, right? Uh, years

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ago, the city had either the city's engineer or his outside company did an analysis of all the roads in the city and rated them in terms of, you know, the best, the worst. Are we still following that list from

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back then or has this list been updated? >> No, no, it's updated. We're following a list, a priority list, but it's completely updated. It gets updated, I would >> No, we recently sent out DBW and engineer to do it, especially after this uh winter

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>> winter season. It changed the whole thing. >> Yes. So, it gets updated every >> Yeah. and and uh there was a a program the mayor wanted us to look into that uh we did purchase the council approved it a couple meetings ago and it's a tool

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that you put on um let's say a phone device and it goes on the DPW trucks and it as you're just driving normal business you don't have to do anything all you got to do is turn on the phone it analyzes and ranks your roads for you >> really >> yeah it was unbelievable when we and so

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We're in the process right now of mounting those devices on all the DPW uh supervisor trucks and we hope to get reports shortly of that rating of all our roads. So that you know it makes it even makes applications for the DOT a

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lot easier because we have this analytical tool that we can provide. Now the life of a road repair is typically council I mean about 10 years when you pave reill when you fix a road obviously when there's road repairs whether from

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the utility companies or if there's a sewer line that breaks that can result in issues in the road and then we have to readress or the patches or storm snowstorm a very difficult season that creates a lot of potholes but for the most part it's about 10 years that a

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road repair will last And we tend to update every year just to go around to see after the winter for the spring to get reports from our engineers how our roads are doing so that when we select roads when we discuss them with the council we prioritize appropriately according to need

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>> right and I would assume that um after the winter DPW has been filling puddles but >> yes so I want to take this opportunity to highlight our new director of DPW Alfredo Bayas over the last few weeks you will have seen a real change in our

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city, not only with the curbs being painted with new cleanup initiatives in the entrances and exits to the city on Route 21, but a stepped up effort to fill in potholes. Now, of course, there are certain circumstances that need to be considered. We don't fill potholes in the winter because of the cold

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temperature. They tend to pop right out. The new spring, we've had some conducive temperature and weather, so we've been able to fill a lot of potholes. You're also going to see that we ordered some more of the removable uh speed bumps for the street uh arms that we're putting around the city in order to address uh

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speed issues around the city. And uh we're really excited about the new efforts in DPW and some of the technology that are being or it's being incorporated and enforced under the leadership of the director. So we're extremely excited as to the direction >> and and how about attention to county

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roads there. Do we give notice to the county when there's issues, potholes on the road? >> We do. Like most recently, not only potholes, uh we identified on Paulison Avenue that there was a portion of the county road that they kept skipping for whatever reason. It's maybe detail was

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being missed on the county. We had our engineer reach out to them in our latest report and explain, you keep paving up to the border of Clifton, skipping six, seven blocks of PA and paving again. We've addressed the uh potholes there. I think our biggest challenge for the council to be made aware of recently has

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been the utility companies. The fact that they've been doing work in the city. They've been patching. They've been obviously addressing. You'll see those sort of rectangle patches that they do. And we have an agreement with them especially to the extent that they're working significantly on the

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road that it has to be curb to curb. Now getting them to come back and pave after we've worked on the street. I think the business administrator confirmed if we fix the road and you do work afterwards unless it's emergency or extinuating circumstances, you have to pave it from

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curb to curve where you did the work. That's been a bigger challenge getting the utility companies to come back. >> They seem to have it figured out that like a few months after they patch it that drops two inches or three inches. You know what I'm saying? >> The best patch I've never seen. But the challenge is when they do half of the

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road and it leaves sort of that divide in the middle and then over time whether tractor trailers or trucks it begins to open up spread and become potholes. But we've been pushing very hard on them to notify us. Communication becomes key with our engineering because if we can

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coordinate and then we don't have to I don't want to use the word waste but um we we want to we want to maximize the use of the funding that we have in fixing roads. So we know you're going to do repairs in May. We'll put off the fixing of that road until August.

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>> So that's why communication becomes key whether with PSG, the water commission, but we cannot account for emergencies because they don't know when they're coming. >> And another thing we do at the man's direction is we try to if they're going to do like half a road, right? we may

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negotiate where we'll do the full road and then they'll do a full road. You know, they'll do the full road somewhere else so that we're getting a full road instead of that line down the middle of the road. They only did half the road and not the other half. >> But throughout this month, throughout the month of May, you'll see our patch

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crew going around and filling up all of the poth. >> Perfect. Thank you. Thank you. Um, on resolution 24, if we can get some understanding of what we're doing for $1.3 million on this plaza deck. Yeah.

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So, this is the uh NJA uh let's call it the remaining CO funds they had. And this is uh the $5.7 million that is going to have multiple plazas uh and two affordable housing projects,

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small affordable housing projects that are going to be used to offset what the city's coming out of pocket. So we're using the the to and the reason I know it says plaza deck, I'm telling you the whole story so you understand where it's coming from, right? So that the city

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doesn't have to come out of pocket. We're using private funds from those developments as our match. And this would do the uh the plaza deck uh where it's going to be different pavers and seating areas passive recreation

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to kind of help people congregate in open air. So that was kind of one of the things that were required under this NJED a grant. This is one of like four projects that we're using uh which is all plaza deck type. That means in a city hall complex.

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>> Yeah. So let's think. All right. So um for this what's anticipated let's say conceptually right would be that where the flag pole is where all the trees and the things are and and the benches right that would all be removed

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and it would be new pavers new a new uh flag pole new uh stage area for flag raisings and for ceremonies instead of using those two steps we currently use putting benches and and different uh

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aesthetic landscaping and lighting throughout and it to give it a different feel and make it more uh conducive for public space. >> These funds are are co for the state. It's a state. They grabbed whatever monies they had, put it

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into a program. Um, and they tied a lot of these. Um, they tied affordable housing and they tied outdoor passive recreation areas. Uh, and that's kind of what we've done. This is you're going to see a few more of these before this the

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project is done. to give a little bit of clarity as to why we chose the plaza deck. And um I think over the last year, you will have noticed as you parked the car in the uh in the council parking for the meetings that there was a significant portion of the walkway that

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the uh bushes and the dirt were removed and cement was placed here. Gives it a cleaner look, but there was also a practical purpose. For the last few years, we unfortunately found the area to attract individuals who had nowhere else to go overnight. And not only were

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they staying behind the bushes, but using relieving themselves there to the extent that they had to in any way that they wanted to. Some of these small changes, again, as the business administrator articulated, make it more

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conducive for cultural and community events that rightfully take place at city hall. At the same time with the additional lighting, very bright spotlights and a little bit of changes

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in terms of the steps and areas make it less conducive for individuals to stay there in hours that we would not expect people to stay there. That makes sense to everyone be more direct. And and what

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it does as well is it ties the parking deck and the new bus terminal, right? The $5 million bus terminal from transit. It's kind of that connection between the commuter getting to the car and coming right and then city hall and

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all the activities in city hall. So it I mean the the state was very excited when we submitted that as one of the projects. >> Thank you. Thank you. My last question is uh I see resolution 28 is uh appointing director of human services.

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Is there a resume that goes along with this resolution? >> There was none included in the packet. >> I'm sorry. >> There was none in we spoken about this Mr. >> Understood. So fortunately we have the

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individual here massier sanria who uh used to run the mckin venta program for six counties. Mckin vented program is the program that assists families and children who find themselves homeless um

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due to fires students in schools. Um she has quite an extensive background and running human services over six different counties. She's actually present right here. Casio has been running our human services and doing an excellent job. Obviously, uh for the

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council, we can provide copies of her resume which was vetted through our human uh resources department and uh if you want to ask her any questions, she came present ready to respond to any questions that the council may have. >> Thank you. >> I I think for many of us that number

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one, welcome and congratulations. Um, having said that, it would be helpful to the council, I think, if we could have a few moments to study the resume. Perhaps if it could be put in next the next uh >> We'll definitely add the resume for the next council.

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>> That would be great. >> Thank you, Council President. Thank you. >> Thank you, Councilwoman Melo, please. >> Oh. Um, yes. So, um, for Thank you, Councilman M, because he the ones actually circled you. Um, >> yes, you did.

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>> May we may have forgotten to say Maria's also our relocation officer over the last few months. She's also been going out at 3:00 in the morning, 2 o'clock in the morning for fires. She's been the one making sure that families have a place to relocate, working with the Red Cross, so we need to have that as well.

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We'll share that information. >> Thank you. >> Yes. So, welcome. And yes, she's been around for over nine months. >> Yes. So, we met her and she's doing an excellent job. So, um for 22, the areas that are going to be selected, is that

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something that the city does or um or they impose on which areas are going to be selected for this? >> So, it's going to be selected based on the danger of the intersection. So, that's what's going to be prioritized. So the the most accident the areas with

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the most accidents or pedestrian um the pedestrians struck by motor vehicles things of that nature and then you know they'll pare it down into those that are the highest risk and but it's a full analysis. So, my anticipation that we're

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going to get for that price, I'm hoping 99.9% of every intersection in the entire city is going to get an analysis and then they'll give us which ones are the most uh critical.

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>> Yeah. And what exactly are they going to um provide aside of um >> so basically what we're anticipating is uh a list of the concerns you know maybe it's the angle of the the crosswalk

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maybe it's the the width of the road maybe it's you know the the parking aisle right um and then once that is conser that's done then they'll start giving us responses to those as in you changing this curbing or doing these.

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Usually what they do is they give you a list of items that start from good to best and then you can choose financially how you can address them and obviously going from the most critical ones first. So you'll get, you know, maybe you'll

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get in one of them it'll be like a calming table. Maybe they'll tell the mayor to grab one of those portable speed pumps and put it there and that resolves the issue. Right? So, I wish I could tell you with certainty what they're all going to have, but there's going to be significant amount of uh

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kind of analysis and then recommendations that will come with each one of those. Uh, I'm sure there'll be like if these are like any other reports, it'll be a generic page with like all the the items that you could do

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and then it'll pair it down to the intersections which and which one of those would be the best served in that intersection. >> Thank you. If I may, um, having just asked you to to get us a

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resume on the, uh, young lady, um, if I could just accept practical question, if you wouldn't mind in terms of Mr. Bayas, congratulations. >> Will Mr. Bayas be maintaining his responsibilities to the UAZ or is this as the DMC head of DMC? Yes. >> Yes.

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>> Um, as the head of the Downtown Merchants Corporation, fortunately quite a while back, we merged the two into DPW. everyone is operating from there. So there's a a natural or symbiotic relationship directly with the DPW and a number of them who operate under his

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leadership actually operate outside of the UE zone as well. >> Great. Thank you. >> We also, since you brought that up, we also have with us Boris Tyler Jr. who is our new director of the PC Alliance. He is here with us and present for the Me

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directors. Are there additional questions please on items 21 through 39? Seeing none at this time. Is there a motion please to accept items 21 through 39? >> Second. >> Motion and second. Will call.

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>> Councilman Monk. >> Yes. >> Councilman Love. >> Yes. >> Councilwoman Melo. >> Yes. >> Councilman Mayor. >> Yes. >> Councilman Garcia. >> Yes. >> Councilwoman Colz. >> Yes. >> And Council President Sher. >> Yes. Thank you. We're up to uh ordinances for introduction and first

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reading amendment nine. Number 40, please. An ordinance amending proposed ordinance amending the designation of restricted parking for disabled persons by New Jersey license plate number. Is there a motion to accept for second and final reading at our meeting of >> May 5th?

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>> Of May 5th. Is there a motion, please? >> Second. >> Motion and second. >> Councilman Monk. >> Yes. >> Councilman Love. >> Yes. >> Councilwoman Melo. Yes. >> Councilman Mayor. >> Yes. >> Councilman Garcia. >> Yes. >> Councilman Coltz. Yes. >> And council president Sher.

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>> Yes. Thank you. Uh number 41. Proposed ordinance amending the east side redevelopment plan for property identified on the official tax map of the city of Payic as block 1036 lots 1 and 8 corresponding to one market street in the city of Payic. Is there a motion

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please to accept for set down for second and final reading at our meeting of May 5? >> Move it. Councilman Monk question. >> Um, take the question. >> Thank you. >> How many units are being proposed?

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>> 490. >> Yes. 70 affordable 80%. >> Thank you. >> Yes, please. >> Yes. >> Councilman Love. >> Yes. >> Counciloman Melo. >> Yes. >> Councilman Mayor. >> Yes. >> Councilman Garcia. >> Yes. >> Counciloman Golz. >> Yes.

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>> And Council President Shar. >> Yes. Thank you. 42. Please propose an ordinance amending chapter 128 employer regulations to add article two worker payment protection and anti-coercion. Is there a motion please shut down for

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second for reading meeting of May five? There's a motion. Is there motion and second? Roll call, please. >> Councilman Monk. >> Yes. >> Councilman Love. >> Yes. >> Councilwoman Melo. >> Yes. >> Councilman Mayor, >> yes. >> Councilman Garcia, >> yes. >> Counciloman Colz, >> yes. >> And Council President Sheer,

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>> yes. Thank you. Payment of bills Roman numeral 10 on our agenda. Are there any additions or corrections to the bill list? Please see no lights at this time. Is there a motion, please, to accept the bills? >> So move. >> Motion and second. Roll call. >> Councilman Monks. >> Yes. >> Councilman Love. >> Yes.

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>> Councilwoman Melo. >> Yes. >> Councilman Mayer. >> Yes. >> Counciloman Garcia. >> Yes. >> Counciloman Gom. Yes. And Council President Sheer. >> Yes. Thank you. Administrator's report. Mr. Fernandez. >> Not at this time. Council President. >> Very good. Thank you. So, Mr. Mayor,

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>> sure. Obviously, we discussed the addition uh by Mr. Horus Tyler and the new role that Mr. Wilfredo Bayas have. We also have here with us Mr. Lewis Dukat who was recently back from the Navy Academy,

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graduated from the Navy Academy. He works with our Pacific Police Department as a representative of our department overseeing the security at our housing at our housing Aspen Place 6 Street and otherwise. We're extremely excited to

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have him with us and congratulations on your graduation of the academy today. You may see uh me and the business administrator address a little more casual than usual. We went to the parks and did our annual inspection of the parks. We actually uh tested out the

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basketball uh courts and the rims. Apparently, the basketball rim was straight for his shooting. I kept insisting they felt crooked and off as I was shooting. He said it's not the court or the rim. We're still debating on that. But we were identifying which

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parks uh were in need of repairs and investment. I want to share that as as we went to Shashenko Park and I was looking at the different areas, we ran into over I would say 30 young ladies uh from one of the nearby uh schools all

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gathered there on their break and we got to invite them to give us suggestions for the park, what they thought that we should put there, how we should change it, what would make it more conducive for children of their age group. They range from between eight years old and

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uh up to 13 years old. But it was a wonderful exchange. I explained that I would share a little with the council. Their opinions. Some of their suggestions there ranged from pickle ball to a potential volleyball uh court with sand sort of a beach volleyball or

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volleyball and uh many other maybe a spray pad. U we're looking to invest in our parks that we've continue as we've continued to do. So, I also want to thank the council for the consideration on ordinance number 42, which uh along

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with the attorney I describe as the protection for the little guy. The protection for the little guy. I want to thank the council for considering it and uh for having discussions. I really wanted to look at it as we have identified a minor gap

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>> in protecting group of individuals that often get taken advantage of in providing service or labor. What can occur at times and I'll give you a few examples. If let's say you invite or uh or contract individuals two

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or three to do landscaping at your home and for whatever reason you decide you don't want to pay them, you may have identified something. Perhaps they're not registered in the city. So you call the city on them to try to avoid payment. What this ordinance does is

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that individual or those groups are still accountable. They may still get fines. However, you still have to pay for the services because if you don't, that is theft of service and you are not allowed to do that. And whereas corporations or greater groups may be

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protected, there is a number of individuals within our state that are not. And unfortunately, that could result very much so in people being taken advantage of, vulnerable individuals who work extremely hard and are getting cheated out of their pay. It

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is a principle that this nation has always stood strong on. Hard days work for a fair wage. We believe that with our unions. We believe that as the American way that people should get paid for the work they do, regardless of

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circumstances. And if individuals look to take advantage of in of others for the work they do, whether that be landscaping, construction, or any service, I mean, imagine if if you would allow that you walked into a restaurant and you ordered a meal, nice meal, and

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the bill comes and you for whatever reason identify that the cook doesn't have a right to work here, and the waiter doesn't have a right to work here, so you report them. That does not exempt you from having to pay for the bill. You ate the food. >> You understood when you came in that

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there was a cost to that food. You don't get to decide because you somehow went after the people that served it or the people who prepared it that you don't have to pay for the food that you ate. This gives the city the opportunity to protect those individuals. It brings up

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a lot of conversation that we hope will inspire the state to follow suit and to ensure that we are protecting all individuals no matter their circumstances, no matter their status. If you do the work, you do it right. You

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deserve to be paid for the work that you do. So, I thank you for your support on this and uh we look forward to having more conversations and we welcome any questions. Also, I'm going to ask the VA if you can please pass the resume for Miss Martial to each of the council

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members. There are seven resumes uh there provided with the new director of human services and an additional one for the clerk for your record. Each of you may take this home obviously if you need to produce >> if I may also as per regulation if we

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could also have a resume of Mr. Bay. >> Um well that would come on the official appointment. He is just >> I believe I believe there is a process where the council has formal consultation. >> Yeah. He hasn't been formally um Miss Martial is so that's why it's on the

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agenda. Mr. Bis it would be added when he would be placed on the agenda. >> Very good. Thank you very much. >> Again Miss Maria is available for any questions. >> Thank you so much. >> Anything else for our evening together?

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Have we completed our agenda? Is there a motion to >> move it? Council second. >> Close. >> Counciloman M. >> Yes. >> Councilman Love. >> Yes. >> Counciloman Melo. >> Yes. >> Councilman Mayor.

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>> Yes. >> Counciloman Garcia. >> Yes. >> Counciloman Colom. And Council President Sher. >> Yes. Thank you. As everyone may or may not know, Weatherly just recently passed her CMC. >> Could you explain what that is, ma'am?

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>> Um, it's a designation from the International Clerk's Association that I just continued my education past the registered point. >> Congratulations. >> Good job. >> An excellent. Excellent. >> Thank you. I also signed up for the

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masters for municipal clerk. So, >> good job on this. >> I will pass on the bill. >> The buck stops there. >> Thank you. >> Me and my mother actually did the uh certified uh managers, public managers course together.

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>> Yes. >> She got a better grade than me. >> You had a lot going on. You had a lot of >> I sat next to her so I got a lot of the same answers. I just couldn't see completely over his shoulders. Work out perfectly. >> We are rej.