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Video-1: youtube.com/watch?v=toCJNIVaMR8

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MEETING SECTIONS:

Part 1 (Video ID: toCJNIVaMR8):
- 00:00:06: Meeting Commences: Roll Call, Flag Salute, Agenda Changes
- 00:02:13: Variance Application: Adel Ahmed - Pool Construction Approval
- 00:03:52: Public Comment and Board Vote - Adel Ahmed Application
- 00:04:54: Variance Application: Akshay Kumar Raj - Second Story Addition
- 00:09:12: Public Comment and Board Vote - Kumar Raj Application
- 00:10:46: Variance Application: Magan Patel - Roof Over Patio
- 00:12:54: Public Comment and Board Vote - Patel Application Denied
- 00:13:58: Variance Application: Sandeep Nijhawan - Lot Area Variance
- 01:17:19: Public Comment Starts - Sandeep Nijhawan Application
- 00:21:31: Public Comment Continues - Sandeep Nijhawan Application
- 00:24:39: Public Comment Concerns and Board Vote - Nijhawan Approved
- 00:26:43: Resolution Adoptions and Meeting Adjournment


Part: 1

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The zoning board of adjustment. Please come to order. Adequate notice of this meeting
was provided in the following ways. Notice published on the courier news notice posted on the bulletin board
at the municipal building. Notice made available to the township
Clerk Notice sent to the Courier News and the Star-Ledger. Will the clerk please call the roll? Mr. Weisman. Here. Mr. Tillery. Here. Mr. Patel. Here. Mr. O'Reggio Mr. Blount. I know Rodney's here.

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Mr. Mitterando here, Mr. Ali here. And Chairman Cahill here. Well, everyone, please
stand for a salute to the flag and the flag of the United 
States of America and to the republic for which stands one nation under God indivisible
with liberty and justice for all. Thank you, everyone. Mr. Kinneally, are there any changes? And yes, there are.

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The application of Harold Israel 41 Harte
place will not be heard tonight. It will be postponed to May 28, 2026,
with no further notice. Amritpreet Kaur  41 Chicago Avenue will be adjourned to June 11th
with no further notice. Finally,
Tilakraj Soni will be postponed until May 28th with no further notice. Mr. Chairman,
that has been adjourned a number of times. You may want to authorize me
to advise the applicant

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that if they're not ready to proceed
at the next hearing, it may be dismissed. Dismissed? Without prejudice? Yes, absolutely. Please do that.
Thank you. Those are all the changes I have.
Thank you. Thank you. Let's move on. 26-ZB-14V Adel Ahmed is Adel Ahmad present? Yes. I need to swear you in. Could you raise your right hand? Do you swear that the testimony
you're about to give should be the truth? Yes. Thank you. Could you explain
to the board why you're here? I'm trying to build a pool in my house,

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and I need the variance. Okay. Mr. Mizrahi,
do you have any comments on this? Yes. I just had a question for the applicant. Can you explain the type of equipment
that's required for the pool? Like a filter pump, etc.? Heater heater, pump, filter. Or we're going to have a gate that's going to be opening
towards the pool. We look for the equipment.

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We're going to need to know where that is
to be located. The survey provided
only showed the pool itself, so that might require an additional variance depending
on the location of the equipment. So we might be able to. Yeah. Excuse me. I mean, as long as he said under oath
that it's ten feet off the property line, there's not going to be an issue
because there's two here. You need to vote
yes as long as everything is ten feet.

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Decking, filter,
anything off the property line. He's okay. Is that. Are you agreeable to that? Yes. Okay. It's a irregularly shaped lot. Mr. Chairman, we think it's a best
possible configuration for the pool. Okay. All right. Thank you. Any of the members of the board
have any questions or comments? It is individual hearing. Now. I'm going to open it to the public. Anyone in the public
have any comments or questions? So this application is almost
put together. You can either raise your hand.

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Rodney said he could hear us,
but he can't talk. Okay. Anybody,
if you're on your phone, you hit Star six. We have quite a few public answering. Chairman Cahill
Or you can raise your hand on the computer and I will unmute you for any application. No. One Chairman. Okay. Closed the public portion. I'd make a motion to approve this up. Secondly, please call roll. Mr. Weissman. Yes, Mr. Tillery?

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Yes, Mr. Patel. Yes. Or I didn't. Come on. Mr. Blount. Raise your hand. Mr. Mitterando Yes, Mr. Ali. Yes. And Chairman Cahill? Yes. Your application has been approved. Will memorialize this
in a written document at our next meeting. You don't need to be here for that.
We'll mail that document to you. Good luck. Thank you. By the way,
when is it going to come the document

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The next meeting is in two weeks. So it'll be mailed the day after that. Okay. Thank you, sir. Good night, sir. Thank you, sir. 26 dash ZB dash at 13. V. Akshay Kumar. Raj. Ms.. Yes, Akshay Kumar. Raj. Present. Yes, Present. Okay. Sir, I need to swear you in. Could you raise your right hand?

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Do you swear that the testimony you're about to give should be the truth? Do you swear that the testimony will be the truth? Yes. Thank you. Explain to the board
why you're here, please. You know, I'm
going to addition on my house second, second floor, two bedroom, one bathroom. Okay. I need the variance. I get the variance for the

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percentage of the building coverage and fence located in the easement area. And on the right hand side,
it should be eight foot proposed. It's 7.8 foot. yard setback Mix in one. Okay. Sir, I believe my expert has some issues
he needs to address with you. Jonathan,
please jump in. All right. Thank you

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so much. Mr. Raj, you. We've gone over the staff report. You agreed to enter
a memorandum of restriction that if we need to access
the easement area, you will remove and replace a fence or any other improvement in that area
at your cost. Yes. Okay. For the addition, we're going to need to address
the front yard setback. It's a the overhang on the house is
encroaching into the front yards out back.

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So that's an additional variance,
one that's existent along with the location of the house
relative to the north side property boundary. So those are both existing nonconformity. So we'll need to get memorialized
with this resolution if it's passed by the, by the, the zoning board for the addition, would it be possible for you to pull in the, the back wall, the, the wall
that's facing the back yard,

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align it with the exterior overhang. So it's going to make that it's
going to make that proposed second floor a little bit smaller,
but it'll all be in line with the existing overhang that you have now. Does that make sense? Yes. Are you agreeable today? Yes. And then any additional proposed
overhang would be 18 inches or less. That's shown as 24 inches on your plan

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in the future with making the overhang,
the overhang more, more, more narrow in depth? Yes, I agree. So I would feel most comfortable with a new set of drawings
that we can review and approve. But I see if the board would like
we could conditionally approve this application tonight
with those stipulations and Mr. Mizrahi, if he makes those changes,
Do you have a lot coverage calculation or I'm sorry,
a building coverage calculation?

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So the existing building coverage
calculation with the overhangs is non-conforming at 23%, 23.52%. If we move the rear wall in to align the existing overhang and the proposed overhangs are less than 18 inches,
it would result in no additional new building coverage. An additional variance would be required
for what would then be considered an existing
nonconforming overage on our coverage.

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Thank you. Thank you. Any other questions from the board hearing that
I'm going to open up to the public? Anyone on the public have any questions
or comments about this application? I have everyone un muted, so no  one chair Okay. Closed the public portion. I make a motion to conditionally approve
this with the language that was put forth tonight. Yes. So I'll take work on it.

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Kalpesh is back. Mr. Weisman. Yes, Mr. Tillery? Yes. Mr. Patel. Yes, Mr. Blount. And raise his hand. No. He says yes. Mr. Mitterando Yes, Mr. Ali? Yes. And Chairman Cahill? Yes. You've been granted
a conditional approval. You have to supply some revised drawings
that show the changes that you agreed to with Mr. Mizrahi. We will memorialize this
at our next meeting,

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but you need to
get those drawings into in. Okay. Yeah. All right. Okay. Thank you, sir. Let's move on to the number nine. 26-ZB dash 16 V Magan Patel. Magan Patel. Present. You got. Unmute yourself, sir. There you go. Okay. I need to swear you in. Could you raise your right hand, please? Right.

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Do you swear that the testimony about
this is the truth? Yes. Yes. Will you swear that
the testimony shall be the truth? Yes. Thank you. Could you explain to the board
why you're here? Explain to him I think there is two gentlemen there,
so I want one of them sweard the other one
if he's going to be giving testimony. Sir, do you want to testify as well? Hi. Good evening, everyone. My name is Devesh Patel. I am Magan Patel's son. Okay.

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Do you swear the testimony
you're about to give should be the truth? Yes. Thank you. Could you explain
to the board why you're here? The board? If you allow us to speak on behalf. On behalf of my father. Yes. So we. We would like to build a roof over
existing piers patio that we have in back of the house. That's pretty straight forward. Jonathan, we have some comments
we need to add, right? Yes.

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So this property was in front of the zoning board in 2014 for a lot frontage lot west and lot area. However, they were not previously granted a variance for building coverage as it currently stands. The building is at 22.56% coverage,
including the shed with the addition of the proposed roof
that would bring the building coverage to 26.27.

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So I it's it's my opinion that if there's any additional coverage
granted it would be further exacerbating this
this overage and coverage. I wouldn't recommend
the approval of this application. Yeah, I agree. 26 That's a little
a little steep at this point. Any other members of the board have any questions or comments?

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I'm hearing
now I'm going to open it to the public and then when the public portion
of any questions or comments about this application. Sorry, No. One. Chairman.
Okay. Closed the public portion. Fortunately, I'm going to make a motion
to deny this application. Can I get a second? I'll second it
please call the role. Mr. Weisman. Yes, Mr. Tillery. Yes, Mr. Patel. Yes, Mr. Blount.

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there he is Mr. Mitterando Yes, Mr. Ali. Yes. And Chairman Cahill. Yes, Mr. Patel. Your application has been denied
because of excessive lot coverage. You can always submit a new application
with less coverage to the board. Thank you very much to the board for the opportunity
and for the time and for the meeting. Thank you.

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We appreciate all that. Thank you. Good luck. Thank you very much. On a separate note, Mr. Kumar Raj You don't have to stay on. We have to be here. Okay, No problem. Thank you. Thank you very much. You're on. Yeah. Thanks. Thanks a lot, everyone. Number 11 And that is 26 dash ZB 18 v Sandeep Nijhawan Sandeep Nijhawan What present?

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Present. I need to swear you in. Could you raise your right hand? Do you swear the choice
you're about to give should be the truth. Yes, it is true. Thank you. Could you explain to the board
why you're here? Sure. So good evening,
Chairman and member of the board. So my name is Sandeep Nijhawan I'm the owner
and applicant of the property. At 221 Wyckoff Ave. I'm requesting approval for a minor, minor
bulk variance related to the lot area and an existing accessory structure,
which is a storage shed. The property is short
by approximately 14 square feet

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from the required 43,000 square feet,
and that comes out to be around 0.03%. And so and currently it is an RR one zone. And, and in addition,
there is an existing storage shed which is located about eight and eight
and a half feet from the property. Here are a real property line
when ten feet is required. And these are all long standing and very,
very minor conditions and they do not create
any substantial detriment

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to the neighborhood and do not impair
the intent of the zoning ordinance. So the proposed construction,
which is going to be building new house, will remain consistent
with the surrounding area here. So so my question is for both
the consideration and approval of this variance. Thank you, sir. Jonathan, you want to jump in here? Sure. Can you provide any testimony
on the condition of the existing accessory structure
that you're seeking, the variance for

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the shed on? That's for me. I'm sorry. Yes. Yes. For your side setting. I mean,
what is the condition of the structure? Yes. Does it need repair? Is it in good shape? What? What? Yeah.
Physical condition. Sure. So that's accessory structure,
which we're talking about. This was actually inspected
by the township in December of last year, December 23rd of December, if I'm correct. And 2025 and and everything was formed up.

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So nothing wrong here. I would like to use it
if the board allows me. Okay. And you would agree to if this needs to be reconstructed
significantly or replaced, you would relocate it
in a conforming location. Yeah, definitely. Okay. All right. That's. That's all I have, Mr. Chairman. Okay. Thank you. And either members of the board
have any questions or comments. Okay. To the public. Anyone in the public portion have any
comments or questions on this application?

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I forgot to unmute again, Kathy Devito Kathy Devito present. Yes. I need to swear you in. Could you raise your right hand saw where the testimony you're about to give
should be the truth? Yes. Go. Could we have your address, please? 410 Brentwood Drive. Thank you. Go ahead with your question or comment. So the letter we received
from the township states to construct a new single family home,

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which made me think was this to demolish the the current home
that's in place there. But then listening to the owner's
statement, it sounds like it. This is just for a shed. It's not to take down the current
existing structure of the actual the home, not just the shed. The home. Yeah, I can I can take that. I don't know if I'm supposed to,
but I'll take that. So this really answer
request here is existing, not abnormality

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that's only related to the lot
and the shared structure. This is not related with the new house. Okay. Well, now he is constructing a new single family
home. He was short 14 square feet
for his lot site for the new house. And then the shed was brought up
because he was doing it. He has no variances for the new home, but
he does have variances on the lot itself. So that was nothing. A new house but the shed happened
to be there and he wants to keep the shed

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so that I'm guessing. So does that mean that we would be sorry? Does that mean we'd be receiving
another letter at some point if that house is going to be getting
torn down and a new house gets rebuilt? No, he is he is constructing a new house,
but he's in front of the board because his lot is
undersized by 14 square feet. That was in the notice. Also, he needs 43,000.
He has 42 and change. So once you put up a new house,
your lots under size, you automatically
have to go through the variance. So is this for an additional house
on the property on the line?

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No, No replacement replacement. They're taking down the old house,
putting up a new house. Okay. And what's undersized
by a whole 14 square feet. So if he was 43,000, he wouldn’t be in front of the board
or he'd have to just go for the shed So that triggered it. Okay. Can I ask just like how long the process
will take as far as like coming from a noise pollution,
what the time frame would be for this? From noise pollution perspective,
I don't get it. You're talking about the noise pollution

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from the construction,
which really is public. Yes. Mean that's just normal. Whatever happens, right? As a state standards, municipality
standards with any construction. So it's going to be similar to how we say the duration of construction
isn't mandated by this board that's going to be under
General Township of Piscataway. Ordinances for days and times of day
when work is to be conducted. If there's anything happening
outside of those times, you can follow up

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with our code enforcement department
and they can investigate and pursue any incidences
where their work is not conforming with the requirements for the town, but
any sort of duration of construction isn't this isn't the jurisdiction for that. I'm just curious as to why the whole house would be getting demolished and rebuilt. He's got to he's got a right to do that. I'm glad. Yeah. Okay. He owns the property, right?

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You know, he could do what he wants
at this point, to be honest with you. I don't know if this was an ill repair. The home was in bad shape, and I don't
have the right to ask him that question. He's before us trying to get a variance,
and that's it. Okay. All right. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you for asking the question, iliamyers Yes. Before. Yes. I need to swear you in. Could you raise your right hand? I swear the testimony you're about to give
should be the truth. Yes, can I have your name and address, ple

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My name is Ilia Myers. Ilia  Biaggi. Myers and I live a 43 Cherrywood drive. Thank you.
Go ahead with your question or comment, Mr.  Nijhawan welcome to the neighborhood
actually live behind in your home. So good luck. We did an extension a couple of years ago
and it's a lot of fun. It's just depends
what your definition of fun is. But just real quick, I have no issue.

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Obviously, like you mentioned before, it's
going to go to the standards. A new home is going to follow
the new ordinance or whatever that are by the state. In regards to the shed,
the shed used to be a lot closer to the property line
and you moved it to eight and a half feet. Is there a particular reason why
it didn't get moved the whole ten feet? That's right. So when I look at the CEO
after purchasing the homes, right. So there was a mandate there.

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The paper there was a printer page
which was given to me by the township, and that had bullet point checklists
and that stated that shed has to be eight feet away and that's
where you need to be in conformation. And that little bit movement was done
so that it's okay. And then that's where I which I mentioned
earlier, the inspector came and he did inspect the shed, checked the condition,
he checked that is actually away from that rear setback and about the certificate of occupancy
you have issued.

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So it's actually half read more than what
was written on the checklist right now. So again, this is a little confusing. If I would have gotten a right dimension
at that point, probably
we wouldn't be talking about this exactly. That's what I was confused. I'm like, I got moved from it used to be only about three
and a half feet and it got moved to eight. And every that was a certificate
of occupancy requirement. So that that was okay. And just to clarify, so
you're keeping as is or are you building

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a new one in that place, you mean the shed
or the shed, the brown shed or. I'm keeping the shed. Keeping the shed resources. Okay. That's right. And maybe
like you've probably heard of that right? I don't know what board will decide if that was a significant development
or changes made to that, then it will be built
as part of our board's understood. All right. Thank you, ma'am. So, you know, there's groundhogs and foxes have lived there for the past 25 years,
so don't be surprised when you move them.

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Thank you. And thanks. Thank you. Looking forward. Looking forward to meet you guys like anyone else. Laura? No, that's a Chairman Well, if you close the public portion and make a motion to approve
this application, can I get a second? Oh six, please? Call roll Mr. Weissman. Yes. Mr. Tillery? Yes. Mr. Patel? Yes. Mr. Blount We had more comments,
and nobody is going to listen.

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Nobody else is raising their hand. At the time, my husband raised
his hand. He's sitting right here. I watched them do it. Well, it didn't show up on the screen
here, ma'am. I'm sorry. Yeah, What is it, Kevin Weeks. It just popped up now. Yeah, that's. That's correct. He's. He was doing it from before
when everyone else was like, Sorry, I don't know what was happening. Anyway, I it, I understand about the shed. I'm not sorry for that. I'm sorry. What's your name, sir? My name is Kevin Weeks and I live at 215
Wyckoff Avenue in Piscataway, literally

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one house away or two houses
that you raise your right hand. I need to swear you in. Do you swear that the testimony you're
about to give should be the truth? Yes. Thank you. Go ahead with your comments. My comment is this is only about the shed and of 14
square feet, which is fine with me. I have no issue with that
or getting a new home on the block. But my question is,
why is the line in there seeing the applicant also request
any and all other variance relief,

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You know that they need that when every notice is necessary
just in case something comes up. Nothing came up in this application. The only thing the applicant is here for
is the shed and the 14 square feet. What about going forward? If there are other variances
that are identified going forward, he'd have to come back to the board
and serve new notices. Okay,
Because I just didn't want to see this. It's like a carte blanche thing. And I know I got a Taco
Bell damaged and conforms with all the setback requirements.

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If he builds it in the wrong spot, he's
going to have to come back to the board. Okay. Thank you, Mr. Weeks. Okay. I still stand by my notice to approve this application. Same here. Okay. Please call the roll Laura Your muted Princess. Your muted your court at the same time
she's yelled from the other room. We got up to Rodney. Mr. Mitterando

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Yes, Mr. Ali? Yes. And Chairman Cahill? Yes. Thank you. Your application has been approved. We’ll memorializes
in a written document at our next meeting. And send that document to you. Good luck. Thank you so much for your help. Good luck, sir. Thank you. Thanks. Bye. Item number 12, Adoption of resolutions from the regular meeting of April 23rd,
2026. First Resolution. Edniel Elimanco
which you voted to approve Mr. Weissman Yes. Mr. TILLERY Yes.

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Mr. O'Reggio No. Mr. Blunt. Mr. Mitterando Yes. Mr. Ali Yes, Chairman Cahill Yes. Next is Michael and Eldora Thompson,
which you voted to approve? Mr. Weissman Yes. Mr. TILLERY Yes. Mr. O’REGGIO Mr. Blount. Mr. Mitterando. Yes. Mr. ALI Yes, Chairman Cahill Yes.

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Finally, is Acmy LLC, which you voted to
grant a six month temporary use permit to? Mr. WEISSMAN Yes. Mr. TILLERY Yes. Mr. O'Reggio Mr. Blount. Mr. Mitterando Yes. Mr. ALI Yes, Chairman Cahill. Yes. Those are all the resolutions
for this evening. Item number 13 adoption of the minutes from the regular meeting of April
23rd, 2026. All in favor, say I, I, I am number 14, ADJOURNMENT

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all in favor Say  I. All right, guys, thanks for coming out. Seen a couple of
great Memorial Day world. Why