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Part 1 (Video ID: aHKqV7Cj_Rw):
- 00:00:05: Meeting Commences: Roll Call, Pledge, and Public Comment
- 00:04:21: Public Comment: VFW Banner, Historical Committee, and More
- 00:17:32: Public Comment: Train Station Property Development Concerns
- 00:24:42: Public Comment: Rita's Ice Cream, Traffic, and Sewer Issues
- 00:40:41: Routine Matters: Resolutions, Ordinances, and Adjournment


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Good evening. On behalf of the governing body of the city of Pake, we welcome you to the April 23rd, 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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17th, 2025, setting forth the schedule of meetings for the year 2025 2026. said 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 April 16, 2026. Public notice and zoom instructions for this meeting were posted on the city of Pake website at www.c city ofpake.com. Council agendas instructions are also also

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available on the last page of this agenda. Please be guided accordingly. Councilman Mayor >> present. >> Councilman Garcia >> present. >> Councilwoman Colanz. >> And Councilman Love >> present. May we all rise for the pledge

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of allegiance. >> Oh, I'm sorry. You may? Yes. Sorry. >> All right. Thank you. >> Let's bow our heads. Blessed are you, Lord, King of the universe, creator of heaven and earth. We give you thanks for this day. We thank you that you have allowed us to get here safely. We ask

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that you guide us as we attempt to do the business of the city in a way that honors you and serves the best interest of all residents. We thank you and we present this meeting in your name. Amen. >> Amen. Thank you. I aliance to the flag

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of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> Thank you. The citizens, right? Oh, I'm sorry.

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In accordance with the open public act, the council goes um opens every public meeting for comments of the public. However, in accordance with NJSA 10 col4-12,

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nothing in this act shall be constructed to limit the direct, I'm sorry, discretion of the public body to permit, prohibit, or regulate the active participation in any meeting.

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Therefore, please be advised that the council will not entertain any comments from the persons who communicate obscene materials, make statements which are considered bias, intimidation in which a person intends to intimidate any individual or group because of race,

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color, religion, gender, handicap, sexual orientation, or ethnicity, or makes comments intending to harass or speak any offensive language. The person who makes these statements will relinquish their allotted five

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minutes for public discussion. Madame clerk, um, hearing of citizens. Correct. >> Yes. >> Correct. >> We will now entertain all the hearing of the citizens. Can I bring my

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Um, yeah, you can. Mr. C, I'll >> bring the mic. Mr. C, you can sit down. We'll bring the mic to you. >> All right. Thank you. >> Thank you, Councilman Mayor, for that J. Hello. Hello.

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Joe Connesenti. >> Good evening. >> Good evening, ma'am. >> My first question here is Albert Lawson Memorial RFW Post 1017 135 Summer Street.

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My question is, there's a banner on the building that has the BFW, the uh DAV, and it has a American Legion. These are

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three symbols. The only one that has the post is the VFW. So my question is the VFW is a chapter and that came from Paulison Avenue.

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So what is the chapter on the BFW on 135 Summer Street? And also what is the post on the American Legion?

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Because as of right now, it's not even registered and you have an American Legion symbol. It doesn't exist. So, is it in the works or what do you are, you know, doing with

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these two new ones, the DAB and American Legion? Um, that's my first one. My second one is I'd like to know uh three years ago when

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you got rid of the historic you brought in a committee. I haven't seen I haven't heard and I don't even know who they are. So who are these committee uh people that you um

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voted in or you picked? Um, my third one is that these banners that's up on these uh polls, a lot of them are deteriorating. They're getting all ripped up.

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My brother uh banner by Armory Park hasn't even been put back yet and it's been going on uh since last year. Now we're going to it's going to be a year this year.

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So, I'd like to know what's going on with that. Uh, my fourth one is I haven't I just seen on the agenda you got fourth of July that you're you're planning for, but my question is what is

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the plans for the 250 year anniversary on July 4th, our independent day? I don't hear nothing about it. So, these are my questions tonight. Okay. >> All right. Thank you. Just just

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clarification. Um you're asking about the banner on BFW. >> Yeah. You put up a you you put up a banner >> and it doesn't specify what it is. Only thing it specify is the uh VFW post.

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>> Okay. which it always was 10117. That's legit. Now you added a DAV and you added American Legion. >> Okay. U administration, can you give us some clarity on on the banners that he's referring to and try to get some

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clarification? Uh, Councilman, if I may, in regards to the VFW, the DAV and the American Legions, they are autonomous and independent and not branches of municipal government. However, we are

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aware of uh funding that came in in an initiative with Habitat for Humanity, the state and the VFW where they brought the agencies together in one centralized location to provide services. They

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actually were approved for funding, received funding through HUD as well to create affordable housing for veterans, families of veterans and lowincome individuals. But the agreement was that they would create one centralized location bringing the agencies together,

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the VFW, DAV, the American Legion. I believe that they have the DAV and the VFW together. I I cannot speak to the American Legion. I don't believe any one of us can. Again, if I may reiterate, it is an autonomous or independent operating

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institution, not for profofit. And though they put in for funding from the city, uh we don't know if there's any uh I guess direction from them or are they going to register or are they not registered. What we can do in regards to

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the request is put put out the question to them through the business administrator and just ask if they can let us know about the chapter that there are community members that are interested and bring that answer back to the city council. >> Thank you, mayor. Is there any way that um public the public members can reach

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out themselves >> to the VFW? Yes, I believe that the speaker had shared the address location. They have operating hours every day in the morning and um I know that Mini Austin who is the commander there and also named by the state as the

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representative over uh those particular agencies the AV and VFW can answer those questions specifically at the office. So anyone is free to go there. Um they also have an online listing of their telephone numbers that anyone can reach

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out and ask those questions. Thank you, mayor, because it's admirable that administration takes on that responsibility, but if we can empower our citizens to to get that, gather that information when they need it, he may have different questions. So, I'm glad you you offered that.

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>> All right. Um, the historian committee, um, we voted on that here in city council chambers. >> We did. The committee came together for the 150th anniversary of the city. There were a number of events that took place. So that's some of the activities that uh

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took place in regards to the 250th anniversary. So we are one of the few cities that will actually have the fireworks on the 4th of July. We also were named, this was covered on the news and media as a victory town. We had applied to be included as the member of

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Victory Town. We were one of the only cities in New Jersey that actually moved forward to get that. We had presence here and banners put up. the plans for the 4th of July which are ongoing. I just want to share is I don't want to I don't want to spoil any surprises but we

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have been in conversation with the Victory Town Committee. They are a national organization that recognizes the 250th um in possible reenactments including having um a potential General George Washington

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um on horses and some of the battles and encampments being reenacted within the city during the season. Obviously there is a cost but we are in conversations with them now to see how feasible or viable it would be to actually move forward with a

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plan like this. And also we have highlighted the encampments the particular battles the significance of some of our uh memorial markers and monuments around the city and including that um by the river over the wall

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bridge. But again, all of this has been on the news, but perhaps we can put together a report in regards to the historic committee. I would share that to the best of my knowledge as mayor, we cannot find any record of a historian appointed

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in the previous administration. Um, prior to that, um, we didn't see a record of an appointment of a historian. There may have been an appointment made to administrations before that that have possibly continued with an understanding

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of individuals. What what we did collectively in order to include additional individuals is open it up to a committee of individuals that could apply and be considered to be part of a historic committee for the city. so that

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contributions as well as receiving any material that would be of historic significance to the city would rightly go to the city. Prior to that though, I can't speak to any specific approaches. The city had not received any historic

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documents, any historic monuments or I mean um tokens or or um is a word I'm looking for that fails me? Historic items. though we were aware that >> artifacts. Thank you, council president. Many were sent, many were sent but none

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made it to the city as prior to us establishing a historic committee, they weren't coming to the city and the city could not display them. Again, these items were intended to be displayed for the city, for residents, for future

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generations. This historic committee allows to open up opportunities for a number of individuals to participate. We have been in conversations and most recently we recognize a particular author from the city who wrote uh historic Pake, a book, Mr. Dr. Joe Bua.

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presented it to the seniors and is working with us on the historic um approach. And I will say that a number of times we have invited uh an individual in the past who held that role. I believe there was an individual who held the role before and was

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recognized in the role, Mr. Arbach. We have invited him to participate with the historic committee. We invited him to participate in the 150th anniversary in a number of events. No one is excluded but obviously we cannot coers or force anybody to be a part of the historic

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committee. If I may propose everyone in PA from elected officials to teachers to uh leaders throughout our community are all invited to join with us as we continue to plan the 250th and moving forward any historic recognitions in the city.

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>> Thank you may um and then last um the banners on the pole and missing banners and Mr. kind of center. You're referring to the the soldiers, right? Veterans. >> Yeah. Well, I I can tell you I can answer this for administration. Every year you ask the same question and what

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happens is that um one they go into priority and then two as they um get the banners, they will replace them. Am I correct? >> That is correct. Obviously with weather conditions and other extending circumstances, some of them end up whether they're wear and tear or they

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come off the poles. What we have been considering is allowing families to donate an additional banner. We have purchased so many uh at no cost to the families from the city through particular funds put aside whe the CDBG

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or otherwise. And then now we're we're reaching out and saying listen we usually order in bulk. That's how government works. That's how we save. We can't order one banner at a time. We wait till we get up to a 100red or 200 banners and then we order them together. But if a family is willing to purchase a

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banner and bring it to us, we'll be glad to put it back up. >> Thank Thank you, Mayor. >> Thank you. Thank you, Councilman. >> No problem. Let the record reflect. Council President is back on duty. >> Uh just as a as a further note to those

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banners, Mayor, it wasn't so long ago that we didn't have those banners. It was only under your troopage in the past few years that we've had them. Am I I'm right on that. That is correct. We went on a few campaigns to invite individuals to send us pictures. Some some residents

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aren't um aren't sure of how the banners came to be. So, or came about. Sometimes they ask us, "Why isn't my family member up there?" And we go, "Have you sent a request or sent us a picture?" And they go, "No." They assume that we just go through some records and find them. No. But it was it took a lot of work.

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council members along with the administration, members of our media team got the information out and people sent us photos background and we had to verify they actually served and then we put up their banners. So yes, council, it is a relatively new initiative but one that was wellreceived in the

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community. >> Very good, sir. Thank you so much. Anyone else from the public who'd like to address the council? Good evening. Um, Marva Wade, 79 Barry Place. Ma'am, >> if we could ask you to speak a little bit louder, please, would you mind? >> Marva Wade, 79 Barry Place.

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>> Thank you. >> Okay. I have two questions. Um, the first question is, who owns the property next to the train station building? property surrounding the train station building that currently houses the

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Rita's ice cream. That's my first question. And the second question is, have there been any plans or proposals submitted? Are any are there any discussions happening in regard to altering the

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current status of the property? And I'm particularly interested in um the property on the east side of the building. um that faces the houses on Barry Place. >> Very good. Thank you. Then um Mr.

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Fernandez, it's my understanding that property is owned by New Jersey Transit. Is it? >> That's correct. >> And they lease the property to >> um Very good. So the the property is owned by an at least from the

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>> from New Jersey Transit. >> from New Jersey Transit. Um >> I don't know. Readers is a relatively new uh program. Yes. >> Yeah. Was out to bid uh

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>> see you hear me time. Um about a year and a half ago. probably when we did the bid and went through the process with uh New Jersey Transit and quite frankly there was a way an opening where because New

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Jersey Transit was doing the inspections and going through the process >> but there was a public bid for the >> that's correct >> notification through the newspapers or whatever sources is required by law. >> Yes sir. Um, my question is, is there

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any additional plans for a property next to the building that's already there? Is there, you know, any additional discussions or proposals or >> Yeah, currently at the moment, we have

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not received any documents uh or proposals. Mayor, do have you heard? >> Council President, if we may through the council, um, if if we can just ask for a little bit more clarification. Are you meaning is are there plans? >> Currently, they're just bushes there. >> Okay. So, is there landscaping plans or

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is there expansion of the structure? >> It would be nice if someone would do some landscaping. I we don't need them to cut everything down. You know, it's a nice buffer. >> Sam, but um can you develop or would they develop?

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>> Got it. I I believe I I understand the question. Mrs. Wade, please forgive me if I just need a little clarification. And so if we're going to focus on just the landscape, we're not asking if there's are if there are plans to further develop the actual structure. To the best of our knowledge, there are no plans to further develop the structure. In regards to the footprint of the

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structure, there are no plans to expand on that. In regards to landscaping, there have been conversations. um we have approached the uh New Jersey Transit as well as the readers and to maintain the area and what responsibilities fall to them, what responsibilities fall

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to NG Transit and what we can do as a city in response to the residents. So there are conversations if the concerns are specifically the bushes um we will bring that up. I'm going to ask the business administrator just to make note of it. If there are any other suggestions that you would like to give through the council, we'll make a list

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and definitely approach it in the same manner. We'll see what we can ask New Jersey Transit if there's lighting issues to ask New Jersey Transit if there's anything in regards to the business and then anything in regards to the property into the appropriate agency will address and whatever the city can do, we'll step in.

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>> Okay. And there's no plans to expand the building or put any additional structures on. To the best of my knowledge, and I believe the business administrator can confirm this, there are no plans to expand in terms of square footage of the building itself or the business.

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>> If there are, there would be a need to communicate it to all in the area, the immediate proximity to the business. >> Okay. Thank you, >> Councilman Love. >> Yeah. So, so mayor, if I'm hearing correctly though, you have not been, we the city has not been notified of

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anything, but at any given time, New Jersey Transit as it's their property can inform us that they do have plans. Correct. >> They can't just not arbitrarily. They cannot just expand the structure without >> No, no, they would have to notify us. >> Yes, you are correct. They would have to

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notify us. There may be a public notice that would be required obviously if there would be work to be done. They would have to have the city cooperating especially on the impact of any expansion that would impact or affect the residential area. Obviously, there's the residential and then there's their

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property. >> Yeah. And the reason why I I didn't want Mr. and Mrs. Wade to leave here with the understanding that you know the city is saying there's nothing and then you know a couple of months later now New Jersey Transit decide that they want to start exploring it. So I just wanted to make

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sure >> I think it's a good point and we said to the best of our knowledge the way the process goes typically when I mean not arbitrarily they can't show up today or they have never done it in the past there is no precedent where they would show up one day and begin building in a week. This is a long process. So if

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there were any intentions of expanding square footage or adding to the structure we would be notified long before they would actually begin. As of right now, and I can I think I attest to it, there has been no communication to the business administrator. Obviously, as a state agency, we look to our

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assemblymen who would be notified as well. And uh there's been, I believe, council president, no communication to your office of any intention of expansion to the structure. But in regards to landscaping, we've had those conversations with the agencies and we'll definitely address those issues.

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>> And no new structures outside of regardless of maybe take New Jersey Transit out of the question. and no additional parties attempting to do any building or anything. >> There have been no applications and no communication of any intentions of

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creating any additional um space or to bring any additional commercial um programs or businesses or anything of that nature. There have been no conversations about that. Correct. >> That's correct, sir. >> Thank you, mayor. Thank you, ma'am.

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Anyone else like to address the council? You already spoke, sir. I believe. >> Yes. >> I Mr. Knocante, you know the rules. One. >> No, sir. No, sir. I'm I'm Mr.

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>> For what? >> There's no reason for There is no reason. Number one, Mr. Kissante, you spoke once. That is your privilege. Twice is not. >> Yes, sir.

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>> Good evening. Name is Anthony Wade, 79 Barry Place. Uh, the reason why we're here, um, what my wife was referring to, she was referring to seeing a group of men out

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Sunday morning looking at the piece of property that she's talking about. There were a group of There were a group of men who came out by our house. They were across the

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street. They was looking at that property. It's about five or six guys, okay? They was looking at the property and you know, they were pointing then one of them walked past my house. They was looking at something. So, as a

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result of allowing a legal business reader to be put in our community without notifying us and so forth, now we're starting to be a little paranoid. Anytime we see somebody outside, we

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figure, hey, you know, they're up to no good. They doing things, you know, behind closed doors, and obviously they don't respect our community. Because what has happened? You came here, we asked you not to put

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it there. You did no traffic studies or anything. And now what's happening now? The aesthetics of our community, it's horrible. We have red cones all over the place, parking signs all over the place.

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We don't have any parking. We have to move. I have to get out, move the sign, get in my car, go where I'm going, come back, move the sign back. All because illegal business was put in our

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community. And when I spoke to the owner about it, I said, you know, now my wife has to park around the corner when she come home from work. look like to me he could care less. So the disrespect

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is huge right now. We have now all of a sudden I'm walking down the street, go for a walk. Now I see liquor bottles, beer bottles on the ground. I mean I take a picture of them, pick them up and throw them in the garbage.

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People leaving trash on the sidewalk. I take a picture of it, pick it up, throw it in the garbage. Now we have people out congregating in front of this business and don't we had one hot day.

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It was absolutely horrible. There was traffic all over people double parking, triple parking. We have yellow lines on the curb. I'm pretty sure we all know what yellow

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lines mean, but read the customers don't know. They park on the curb going in the wrong direction. Even though we know that's not illegal. However, the fact that you're doing it,

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guys standing out, and I have pictures of all this outside, all on their cars, everybody just hanging out, having a good time. at our expense. So that makes us wonder now is the value

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of my property going to decrease? That's where we at with this. Also, we my wife, my neighbor was having problems with our basement

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flooding. We called the engineer, sent them some letters. The engineer came up and um me and my neighbor, we were outside with the engineer. This was probably about I'm going say it was

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two three years ago. And the reason why I'm going say that cuz I know Joe Biden was the president at the time. And >> you have one minute sir. And um so you know the engineer came we was asking them could you do something about the

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sewer because we was getting sewer back going into our house. Well this is what happened. I suggested to the engineer I said well you know um you know Joana has this

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um I forget what the act was at the time but where it was replacing all pipes and so forth all throughout the country. I said, "Well, did you apply for a grant?" He said, "Yeah, you know what? We're going to do that." The city, I don't know if the U forake

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water commissioner, PSNG, they came out, they put the blue lines down on the ground like they was going to redo the sewer. What they did was eventually one day I see him up at the corner of Manhattan.

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I figure, you know, it's like a year later. Those blue lines are still there. By the way, >> Mr. Wade, I need I figure Mr. Wade, I need you to sum up your remarks, please. >> I figured that what was happening was they was going to come and fix the

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sewer. Instead, what they did was they did the gave us a shut off bow going into my house and to my neighbor house. And then I seen them. They started

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coming down the street and then they diverted and they sent pipes into the closet that is now readers. So what I'm asking is were the funds that was supposed to redo

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the pipeline were they diverted and applied to readers? And are you going to fix the sewer? Because now another one of our neighbors is now getting water in their basement.

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And the way it looks, the way it seems is that those funds that was attended for us went to an illegal business. So this the these things are totally unacceptable. Obviously we're taxpaying

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citizens in the city and these types of things are totally unacceptable and you guys need to do something about what's going on now because now we've created a problem that and and

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look you guys did not know me for 25 years. >> Mr. I need you to >> I never came I never came down here for 25 years until this business was put in our community. So I expect something to be done about it. Thank you.

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>> Thank you sir. Anyone else like to address the council lights have any answers on the questions that president if I may. >> Please mayor. >> All right. Um let me just go >> before you begin. Can I ask one question? The gentleman said this is an

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illegal business. >> That's what I was going to address. >> Thank you sir. >> But I I will if I can do it in specific order. So in regards to the uh infrastructure investment jobs act which was a an act that came out of the uh president Biden administration. There

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was a specific question um no there have been no funds redirected from grants to any business. Um the particular sewer lines that the gentleman is referring to will be addressed. I'm going to ask the business administrator if he can speak

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specifically as to the date and the grants that will be used. >> Yes. So um this is this area is part of the overall $6 million project where we receive funding that included the underpass on Van Halen including Barry Place. the back the backflow pretor was

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put in specifically as a stop gap until all that work for that entire area. They're going to be getting a new sewer system and storm water system with the $6 million >> and the specific grant >> uh the it's called the RCP grant but you know we use these letters all the time and I'm trying

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>> the grant that's now on that you guys are talking about >> it's actuallyion that >> it's actually there's an >> there's an ordinance for today because of the length of time it is the

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21. >> Uh, no, no, it's 22, but I don't >> uh it's from the DCA resilient communities grant RCG. >> There you go. RCG. >> So, that that is in the plans. In regards to the location, um, I just want to clarify that sometimes where we

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assume the problem's coming from. When they do studies, they realize that the pipes and the origin of the issues aren't always the location where you see the actual effects of it. So, they may be working on one side. um to go in this order again. Um allow me to address uh

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quickly the traffic issues to not specifically name anyone. The business owner actually reached out to the city in regards to traffic issues immediately addressing them and making a request for the city to uh be present and to assist

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to alleviate any concerns. Obviously with all business owners in the city of Bake, one does their best to inform customers and clients and they would hope that everyone who comes in would abide by by every traffic group. But everywhere in the city, in every ward, we find individuals at a stop uh double

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park to pick up coffee or food and our police are vigilant. But in this case, I do want to thank the business owner who actually reached out personally, if I may, to complete Listen, I'm sorry, Mr. Wayne. I just I just have to >> I'm not going to have a back and forth on this, >> but I do want to share that the business

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owner may you had your >> I'm talking to him. Nobody >> No, sir. No, sir. This is a council meeting. >> You are given five minutes to speak. I exceeded that by 8 minutes and now the mayor is responding. You don't get to

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respond to him. That's not the way the rules of this council work. >> Respond to him. >> I'm sorry, sir. >> Don't worry about it. So, as I was stating, council president and uh obviously to the speaker, um we are actually aware of traffic issues. We

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were we were notified beforehand, I believe there was a grand opening, and uh like every business, when there's a grand opening, there's going to be high traffic and uh we were told of the days that they would have these openings and the weather. The owner actually was very proactive in making sure appropriately

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going through all of the agencies where the police and otherwise to try to make sure that they can work along with the city. In regards to the description of illegal business, I do want to clarify there are no illegal businesses in that location. There was obvious studies done

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not only traffic and safety but impact studies of a business there and not only by ourselves but New Jersey Transit for lack of a another description. Every tea was crossed, every eye was dotted in regards to ensuring that the business could open. Otherwise, it would not have

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been allowed to be open. The business has met all of its obligations. It falls into the guidelines by the code and not just in the city, but statewide. New Jersey Transit has opened businesses throughout the state, both in Newark, which is Essex County, and other

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counties in similar train stations. It was vetted. It was an extensively and sometimes um very long process and I would propose that in this particular case it was very long in fact longer than what most cases occur to ensure

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that they were vigilant and extremely extremely careful to make sure that everything was done correctly. Mr. Business Administrator, is there anything that you would add or anything that I'm describing that is inaccurate? >> No, that is correct. uh New Jersey Transit sent multiple crews to check

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that area >> in terms of the footprint, in terms of uh electricity. I mean, it was a very drawn out process. So much so that the city itself, independent of the business transit was uh was inquiring as to why

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it was so drawn out. And it seems that the business uh owner um wanted to make sure that every step was taken and that every consideration was brought forth so that the business can not only be successful but that they would operate in the most responsible manner. And I

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share this because it's on record. It's not it's not opinion. I'm not sharing this in any way to highlight anyone. It's just everyone was involved in it from our engineers from code from the state officials and uh again in regards to the landscaping I would even because

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there was a previous speaker the first person who actually brought it up was the business owner requiring uh the city to take care of our part as well as to try to identify what is the responsibility of NJ Transit. Like there's a particular portion we went out just about a couple weeks ago and

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realized that on NJ Transit right by the actual steps there appears to be encampment of individuals that may indicate homeless individuals are there. What we will say and we have reports there have been less instances since the

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business have been there of individuals homelessness in the area as well as the passageway the steps underneath from one station to the other which used to be filled frequently with unfortunately and and again excuse the crudess of it but

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urine individuals relieving themselves. uh we have seen much less cases because there's a business and there's additional lighting there as well as the additional surveillance and cameras have assisted in fact and I won't go into

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detail but there was an a high level investigation in the area um by the uh attorney general and I'm sure that you'll receive reports on that council president in your other role that thwarted a a very

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How do I describe that unfortunate crime that we are working with the state to prevent? Um especially considering the events that are coming with FIFA and because of the surveillance and the business there. They were able to catch individuals utilizing the train to bring

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these kind of crimes to other areas in the states. >> That was right at the train station. Council President and because it is a council meeting and not a mayor's meeting, I want to be cognizant of the fact that there are rules for the council meeting. So, I will address through the council and uh that is in no

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way to um dismiss the questions of the speaker. I'm available afterwards, but I wanted to share that. also be careful because it is investigation we're on record but I can say that we have seen the benefits of the presence of the business there as to the concerns and the plan for the infrastructure the

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sewage as well as any concerns of the property itself we will address those but I can tell you with 100% certainty that there are no illegal businesses operating in that area >> we appreciate your assurance mayor thank you >> thank you sir anyone else like to

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address the council See no close second. >> Motion and second to close. >> Councilman Monk. >> Yes. >> Councilman Love, >> yes. >> Councilwoman Melo, >> yes. >> Councilman Mayor,

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>> yes. >> Councilman Garcia, >> yes. >> Counciloman Gom, >> yes. >> And Council President Sher, >> yes. Thank you. We're in Roman numeral five on our agenda, items one through four. Are there any questions on one through four? Seeing no lights at

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this time. Is there a motion, please, to accept one through four? Motion. Is there a second, please? >> Second. >> Motion and second one through four. Roll call, please, ma'am. >> Councilman Monk, >> yes. >> Councilman Love, >> yes. >> Councilwoman Melo, >> yes. >> Councilman Mayor, >> yes. >> Councilman Garcia,

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>> yes. >> Councilwoman Colom, yes. >> And Council President Shar. >> Yes. Thank you. All matter is listed here under considered routine in nature. Items 5 through 13. Are there any questions, please, on 5 through 13? >> No. >> Seeing none, is there a motion, please,

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to accept 5 through 13? Motion and second. Roll. >> Councilman Monk, >> yes. >> Councilman Love, >> yes. >> Councilwoman Melo, >> yes. >> Councilman Mayor, >> yes. >> Councilman Garcia, >> yes. >> Counciloman Golz, >> yes. >> And Council President Sher, >> yes. Thank you. We're up to resolutions

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on our agenda. Number 14 is a resolution authorizing closed executive session. Susie, do we >> No, council president. >> Thank you, ma'am. Uh, Mr. Fernandez. >> No, council president. >> On behalf of the mayor. >> Correct. No, we don't. >> Members of the council. >> Very good. If we could please ladies and

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gentlemen with your kind permission that item is 15 through 20. Are there any questions on 15 through 20? Seeing lights. Is there a motion to accept 20? There's a motion second, please.

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>> May we have a second? Second. Motion and second. Roll call, please. >> Councilman Monk, >> yes. >> Councilman Love, >> yes. >> Councilwoman Melo, >> yes. >> Councilman Mayor, >> yes. >> Councilman Garcia, >> yes. >> Councilman Golz, >> and Council President Sher. >> Yes. Thank you. We're up to ordinances

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for introduction and first reading. Roman numeral 7 number 21 proposed ordinance amending the city code of the city of Payic chapter 259 streets and sidewalks excuse me article two street excavation telephone booths sub

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paragraph 259-2 definitions and sub paragraph 259-7 rules and regulations governing excavations to establish a 5-year roadway moratorum and enhanced restoration requirements for recently ly

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improved roadways. Is there a motion, please, to set down for second and final reading at our meeting of May 5? >> Motion and second. Roll call, please. >> Councilman Monk, yes. >> Councilman Love, >> yes. >> Councilwoman Melo, >> yes. >> Councilman Mayor,

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>> yes. >> Councilman Garcia, >> yes. >> Counciloman Golz, and Council President Shar. >> Yes. Thank you. Number 22, please. proposed ordinance appropriating 6,600,000 on behalf of the city of PAC including 1,600,000

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available in the city's reserve for roads, sewer, and park improvements and a $5 million grant expected to be received from the state of New Jersey Department of Community Affairs to provide drainage improvements throughout the city. Is there a motion, please, to

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accept for set down for second and final reading meeting of May five? motion and second. Before continuing with the actual vote, Mr. Fernandez, I rarely, if ever, seen language grant expected to be received. Could you help

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me with that? >> Um, I think it's just the verbiage that they said they had already allocated uh money. >> So, we already received uh the award letter. That's why we were able to do that back in 2024.

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Um, this is kind of the language they gave us to put in based on the grant, but the grant we did receive an award letter. Uh, this is for the match. We actually put it in the 2024 capital outlay. >> You you received an award letter. >> Yes.

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>> Roll call, please. >> Miss Re, roll call, please. >> Councilman Monk. >> Yes. >> Councilman Love, >> yes. >> Councilman Melo, >> yes. >> Councilman Mayor, >> yes. Councilman Garcia, >> yes. >> Councilwoman Colz, yes.

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>> And council president chair. >> Yes. Thank you. Roman numeral aid on our agenda, please. With the council's permission payment of bills. Are there any questions on the bill? >> No, sir. >> Seeing no lights at this time with your motion, please, to accept the bill. >> Motion and second. Roll call, please. >> Councilman Monk.

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>> Yes. >> Councilman Love. >> Yes. >> Counciloman. Councilwoman. Councilman. Yes. Yes. >> Councilman Garcia. >> Yes. >> Councilman Golz and Council President Sher. >> Yes. Thank you. Mayor's report.

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>> I was hoping he I believe he's engaged in conversation with the gentleman. >> He is outside, but uh I know he would like to mention that today we had a very very successful uh bring your child to work day. As you see all the balloons that uh were outside.

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>> Nice. Uh the children uh really filled up uh these chambers with joy and happiness and excitement uh as the parents were also gleaming with joy showing their children what they do every day when they leave them. Very exciting. They got ice cream, they got

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sandwiches and a lot of candy. >> Why you didn't bring me that? >> I'm not going there. If the mayor were here, I'm sure he would want to acknowledge the uh school board election healthy on the day and to

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congratulate uh the winners and to say to those who do not win. There's one good thing about elections, there are always more of them in the future. Um comments from members of the council if not is there a motion please to adjurnn. So move. >> Motion second and second to adjurnn.

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Roll call. >> Councilman Monk. Yes. >> Councilman Love. >> Yes. Councilwoman Melo, >> yes. >> Councilman Mayor, >> yes. >> Councilman Garcia, >> yes. >> Councilwoman Golz, >> no. >> And Council President Shar, >> yes. Thank you. This meeting is a journey. >> No, no, no.