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[Music] you don't share we'll call this meeting a order the notice requirement provided for the open public meeting law has been satisfied notice properly given said notice haven't been transmitted to The
Courier news on Tuesday January 6 2025 as well as posted on the city's website clerk can we have a roll call Council memb Briggs Jones pres Cherry pres Graham pres McCrae pres Wyatt pres vice
president SES pres council president hak pres all members president okay please rise for the Pledge of Allegiance and stand remain standing for the invocation i al to the flag of united States of America and to the rep for it
stands one nation under God indivisible with liy and justice for all humbly we ask God humbly we ask God The Giver of peace and the lover of Charity to give the entire family of Nations true agreement
with his will and to Grant the light of his spirit and all those who work for justice and for peace amen amen we have a motion to approve the minutes of uh our last meeting second okay all in favor say I I any
abstentions or okay seeing none minutes have been approved all right we'll start with uh mayor map you have a presentation to uh D9 yes I do all right Sherlock in the room
don't see let's okay well we'll come right back all right next we will move uh Al also with you uh we have a proclamation from the
mayor mayor's office good evening everyone good evening on behalf of Mayor Adrian omap and the City of planfield it is my distinct honor and privilege to read this Proclamation this evening recognizing
let me put my glasses back on deputy chief Sela Damon in honor of women's History Month 2025 in the city of planfield whereas deputy chief Sate Damon's groundbreaking career with the planfield
fire department began in July 2007 when she made history as the Department's first female firefighter over her 18-year career deputy chief Damon has consistently Advanced becoming lieutenant in 2016 and Battalion Chief
in 2020 her promotion during covid-19 highlighted her leadership and resilience supporting city-wide Emergency Services during unprecedented times and whereas deputy chief Damon's commitment to her professional
development is evident in her extensive credentials which include firefighter 1 and2 emergency medical responder fire service level one and two instructor fire inspector SL official Incident
Management levels one through three and planfield Technical Rescue Team she's also a graduate of the Dr Carl Holmes executive development Institute Institute at Dillard University and serves in the New Jersey state MBA
critical incident stress management team and whereas deputy chief Damon's diverse experience includes assignments to engine truck and heavy rescue companies spearheading fire prevention Bureau Outreach she has strengthened safety
programs and expanded services to planfield Hispanic Community ensuring that language is never a barrier to safety she's also held key leadership roles in operation and training and whereas deputy chief Damon embodies
patriotism and selfless service and has been recognized as a HomeTown hero a 25-year military veteran she served in the Marine Corps Reserve and the New Jersey Army National Guard with two deployments to Iraq her commitment
extends to Homeland service including mobilizations in support of New Jersey's covid-19 pandemic response and security for the 2021 presidential Ina Presidential Inauguration in Washington DC and whereas deputy chief Damon's
career powerfully highlights the potential of women and minorities in public service her journey proves dedication achieves dreams and representation matters her faith is her strength and fuels her
resilience and service her young daughter immani is why as well as her Jo and [Music] inspiration and whereas deputy chief Damon's recent promotion during Black
History Month culminates her distinguished career and recognizes her as New Jersey's first africanamerican female deputy chief plan Field's first female Deputy Chief and only the second woman in New Jersey to achieve the rank
now therefore beat proclaimed that the mayor of the city of planfield field on behalf of his residents proudly recognizes this historic accomplishment during women's history month and be further proclaimed that the city of planfield encourages all residents to
celebrate and recognize the significance of deputy chief Damon's promotion this Monumental moment symbolizes progress leadership diversity equity and inclusion [Applause]
it gives me great pleasure to present this proclamation to deputy chief seat Damon she has earned this but this also sends a message to all women and especially young girls that you can
accomplish anything and so deputy chief suat is an example to all of you to all of us and so it is with pleasure that I present you with this proper good evening everyone I do want to thank everyone for um The Round of
Applause you you've given me um I've been with the fire department a long time so this isn't the first the first that I've had so a lot of it feels like I'm repeating the same thing but as I realize the spaces that I show up in
that weren't made for me and I've had the opportunity to make them my own I realized the importance of it um we have the Girl Scouts that are here today and I know this troop did come and visit us at the firehouse and we have a whole group of young women that know that the
fire department emergency service is a possibility for them I know we don't get to see a lot of women in the careers that we do and it's important that we have representation if you can't see it how can you be it you don't understand some of the things that you can do if
you're not aware if you're showing up and people don't look like you if it's never considered presented as a possibility so I want to thank you and I appreciate the prolation um my fire director the mayor the administration
here they've definitely supported me through my journey and all of the programs that we have for Public Safety and I just want to say that I'm I'm very grateful for this opportunity thank you Council join uh front for a picture two
[Applause] councilwoman Sherry the floor is yours here we go good evening everyone does everybody know what week week this is n girl scalps what week is this girl
scout okay all right we're going to try one more time Girl Scouts what week is this girl scout amazing I want to bring up president and CEO Natasha hemings and present her with this amazing
Proclamation I want to First publicly acknowledge all the hard work that you do and your scout leaders and pouring into our little girls again representation matters so on behalf of the entire city council we're going to present you with
this calmatic resolution whereas on March 12th marks the 113th anniversary of the Girl Scouts of of United States United States the largest and the most successful leadership program for girls in the world whereas Girl Scouts has
played a pivotal role in empowering girls and young women emphasizing Public Service Civic engagement and fering a sense of community whereas the Girl Scout hearts of New Jersey celebrates a significant Milestone this year in the city a planfield boosting almost 300
girls and members amazing let's tap for that and this follows a historic partnership with the board playing field Board of Education which launched in September 2023 so therefore be it solve that the planfield city council recognizes the
importance of all girl space offered by Girl Scouts and declares that March 12th 2025 as Girl Scouts day and designates that March 9th through the 15th 2025 as Girl Scout week in the city of planfield
but before I also want to thank you for all the extra calories you're going to be bringing to the city a playing field so for those that are interested in purchasing Girl Scouts you could easily go to the website site put in your zip code and you can identify where there will be Girl Scouts being um selling
cookies in the city of planfield congratulations I want to say thank you to the council um for recognizing Girl Scout week this is a very special year for me personally this is my 25th year in the Girl Scout
movement and and very good um when I started as a little girl from Playfield um Girl Scouts wasn't a part of my life um I wasn't a Girl Scout growing up and I grew up here in the city of planfield so to be here 25 years later and to know that there are over
300 Girl Scouts in the city when only 7 years ago there were 73 Girl Scouts in the city you know so it is a huge accomplishment I want to in addition to thanking the council and the mayor's Administration for supporting girl
scouting every single time I step forward and say there's something I want to do for girls here in the city you've always been extremely supportive and so I thank you um we talked earlier today um with our service unit manager Miss
Nancy Jordan you all know Miss Nancy when we were preparing for today and um I said I think maybe we'll need about 20 seats in the uh in the municipal chamber today well I think that we filled all of those 20 plus some
more with these new Girl Scouts um who are here serving in the city of planfield not just selling cookies but serving in the city of planfield um I also want to make sure that I recognize my sister um assemblywoman Linda Carter
she is serves on the Girl Scout heart of New Jersey Board of Directors and has for the last four years um and she's here with us this evening as well she's no stranger to these Chambers um and no stranger to Girl Scouts and is a Girl Scout Alum herself and the leaders who
are here um we could not do girl scouting in the city of planfield without our partnership with the planfield Board of Education nor with those adults who stand up for girls and so these leaders I would love for you all to join me in having them stand and
giving them around of Applause because we could not do it without them um I do not take this job lightly um and it is a serious um undertaking that I wake up to every day um I want
the girls who are here to know that this chamber is your chamber this is the place that you see leaders in front of you making laws and making changes within the city and being the change makers um that are going to bring about great things for
the city and so don't allow this to be your first and only time in these Chambers um our the administration as well as our Council uh members want to hear from you more than tonight so
invite you on behalf of the city council of the city of planfield to return here Beyond Girl Scout week challenge authority yes ask questions be a part of the change that you want to see in the
city of planfield this 300 I predict by next year will be four or 500 um because of the Partnerships that we have been able to have and the support that the city has given us along the way so I thank thank you I thank you I thank you
for this uh Proclamation from the city of planfield I want to invite our assembly woman Linda Carter and then our Council to come down yeah and mayor good evening everyone even I just want to take an opportunity um mayor
map council president and council members to say thank you thank you for continuing to recognize our youth continuing to be a part of their lives and showing them what leadership is all about but I also want to take an opportunity to say to each and every one
of you thank you thank you for supporting our young girls thank you for being their rocks thank you for always looking out for them but also to each and every one of you thank you for being here thank you for being present thank
you for all that you do because you are our future you are making a difference and I'm your leaders that are here in the room I need all the leaders to come on up with me too real quick real quick because I had this citation for your leaders on based off a senate and
general assembly citation Commendation and praise are extended to the Girl Scout heart of New Jersey and the leaders by the citizenry of the 22nd legislative district through their elected representative your outstanding leadership and willingness now this I
need yall your willingness to build courage confidence and character to each and every one of these young girls who some of you have birthed them some of you have taken them on as
extended family and some of you just got to know them but will be in their lives the rest of their life to make sure that they know what they can do and I need each Girl Scout to stand up for a second he after me I am smart I am oh I know
y'all can do that smart I am smart I am beautiful I am beautiful I am proud I am proud I am a girl scout I Am a Girl Scout and I am a change maker I am a change maker keep doing what you're
doing congratulations oh you okay we doing I don't know but I just got a whole bunch of folks up here and I know the council probably going invite me back anymore okay come
come everybody everybody the little ones in the front little ones in the front big ones in the back that's it little ones in the front tall ones in the back there you [Music]
go teamwork mies Sor you got be up here 2 one 2 all right [Applause] only the bo I know got some
[Music] you can buy them tonight the lady with the pink have them tonight you can buy some cookies tonight okay that was wonderful that was a awesome kickoff to woman's month wouldn't you say
yeah yeah [Applause] I like my Thin Mints uh Frozen right put them in the freezer yeah all right I I do have my money on them
always know yeah yeah I have money so so the Girl Scouts I know you probably have homework um so you do not have to stay
for the rest of the meeting although you are welcome to [Music] but thank you for that I made my entire week when you saw jck what do you you can get like three v goe no I
don't peanut butter I other sandwiches p i do something new yeah the orange B okay the the next item is just an announcement regarding the citizens budget advisory
committee uh we are doing everything we can to get started a little early earlier as requested uh and suggested by the cback last year uh so we are going to ask for all council
members to have in their cabback nominations uh by March 18th uh for consideration so we can uh begin with those uh meetings and deliberations uh all right then
minut we will next move to consideration of public hearing second reading and final passage we have ordinances MC 20258 through MC 20212 which are scheduled for public hearing and final passage for the regular meeting as atise we now move on
to resolutions we have uh legislative body items 14 4725 through 15125 do we have a consensus to add these items to the voting meeting yes uh are there any items anyone wishes to
take off okay so I heard consensus all those in favor say I I I any opposition or abstentions okay legislative body items have been moved to the voting meeting okay uh the business
administrator can you present present the mayor business administrator item council president I will present this item this is to recognize National Public Safety telecommunications week
and as everyone knows when there's an emergency and you pick up the phone and you call these are the people the very first people that you get when there is an emergency
and these are people that work a very stressful job and we rely on them each and every day a day doesn't go by that the telecommunication workers don't receive a call these are the folks that
answered the 911 calls and so it is important that all of us not just the administration but the governing body recognize these individuals that work just about 24/7 and they're impacted their vacation
times family life and so it is important for us to recognize these individuals and so we thought it fit in that um together the administration and Council will recognize the fact that these individuals they sacrific so much and
they save lives each and every day and so we thought it would be fitting for them to be recognized during Public Safety telecommunications week and I ask the council to join the administration in recognizing these
individuals absolutely and that will be so done we thank them for the for their service and uh the the vital service that they provide to the city uh in times of need okay we'll next move to uh well
let's let's get that to the voting meeting as well do we have consensus to add that to the voting meeting yes all right any opposition or abstentions okay that should be moved to the voting meeting uh Department of Finance please present your items good evening council president
good evening Council M I have five resolutions for your approval first one is um a resolution authorizing the adoption of the current fund temporary emergency Appropriations budget for the months January through
June 2025 prior to the adoption of the 2025 budget in accordance with njsa 44-20 these adjustments were made for Grants received and for upfront expenses that had to be made for the July 4th
parade um resolution 15425 is resolution for member participation in a Cooperative pricing system and authorization to enter into a Cooperative pricing agreement with Monmouth ocean Educational Service
commission and this is mainly for the police department for H vac Services heating cooling ventilation Etc resolution 15525 resolution authorizing the city of planfield to enter into contracts with certain State approv vendors Contracting
units pursuant to njsa 40a 11-1 12a and an amount not to exceed $2,140 th000 this is for public equipment resolution 15625 resolution authorizing approval to
cancel taxes in the amount of $3,675 5 for a person who's 100% disabled veteran and resolution 15725 resolution authorizing tax refunds on
properties and this is for um three overpayments by core logic one duplicate payment and then ones um tax appeal and are there any questions for me do we have questions from Council
Members regarding these res resolutions go ahead councilwoman Cherry thank you director moris skill for um r153 d25 I see there's a 1,875 increase for Independence Day can you explain that um Independence Day um
they had to make all of their upfront expenses for the July 4th perade so we had to increase the budget for all of that it's of the temporary budget so this is a piece of the budget excuse me
go ahead it's the same amount of money that we always spend we're just frontloading it into the temporary budget so that we can because we have to make all these expenditures in this in this quarter we would we only give a percentage up until now but now we have to give the full amount because like last month we did fireworks so that was
30,000 that has to be paid then all the other vendors that we're going to have have to we have to have encumbered the funds to get those contracts so she's she's just putting more money instead of spreading it over the 12 months she's letting she's putting more in the front so that she can spend it now I mean
obviously that doesn't there's no expenses after July 4th and the entire the cost will not increase for the overall event thank you for that further questions from Council Members yes uh director um and paron my ignorance um regarding the sample uh
154-159 mou agreement that states the agreement is signed by the school business administrations Schoolboard secretary um explain to me why this process for these Cooperative agreements comes before Council if this is a Schoolboard matter this is not a school
board matter and this um this will be adjusted as after this resolution is approved tonight um the purchaseing agent will adjust this for the marage signature but it has nothing to do with the court of it's it's all this an
agreement between the city and the co-op the co-op and and counselor although it you know it talks about the um Educational Services U commission
they have a number of these uh cooperatives across the state and any municipality or County could become a member of these cooperatives but in essence they have nothing to do with in this case our local planfield Board of
Education thank you for that I was a little confused because I looked at what was the type of services that they provide and I saw child study team and other um academic assessments so I was a little confused as to is this a school board matter or a city council matter so
thank you for educating me on that with regards to um 156-29 saving or how much the veterans are saving relative to what gets cancelled well this is a state statute which was started in 2019 um so it's not like the city has
the city is doing this only the city of Playfield is doing this this is throughout New Jersey and other states do it also for and we are tracking for the month of February we had approximately
we had the one for last month which was 6,783 $3.50 for 2024 we had $178,900 for that information 100% only any other questions from council members uh yes through the chair just to
add to that um councilwoman Darcel sesm sorry Dr SES so this is the 100% disable it was prior to 2019 that statute and the tax assessor's office are required to furnish all of the applications there's a process that they have to
follow uh for the 100% disabled and forms that they have to every 3 years fill out as well so if you needed a list or a copy of that the tax assessor's office would be able to provide that that was it thank you councilman okay all right do we have consensus to
add these items to the voting meeting yes uh any opposition or abstentions okay such items shall be added to the voting meeting the police department director good evening FL is yours good evening council president how
are you I have three items for your consideration uh 15825 resolution authorized an approval to pay and accept the New Jersey Division of Highway safeties uh put the phone away or pay distracted driver
Crackdown Grant this is a grant that we apply for and receive every year um every couple of years we seem to get a boost in it because of the uh amount of tickets that we generate through this but we also do education uh when we're out there we do um if we do any uh
what's a good word any check it's not a checkpoint but if we put people out strategically in the town we'll put them out they'll pull some cards over if somebody's on the phone and we will give them literature instead of writing summonses so that they have an understanding that they should not be on their phone at this
time wow friendly warning wow yeah that's nice that's that's I mean I'm sure when when if when when officers are looking there's a lot of people on their phone while they're driving you know so that that that is a a good warning uh
for the community so that they can be safe all right 15925 is a resolution authorized in the police department to purchase two Chevrolet Malibu LS sedans from he highrich Fleet Services not to
include $146,800 it's it was very outdated over the last three years we have through the mayor and Council have been able to purchase quite a few vehicles for the city of planfield and also with the help of director fields we have we have also purchased vehicles through uez for our
downtown area like the police PR SC that's outside right now uh these vehicles help us with our mission to make planfield a a safer Place overall for everyone so that's what this purchase is about 16025 is apply and
accept the 2024 memorandum of understanding regarding the Edward burn Memorial Justice assistance grant this is a grant that we have gotten also for the past three years uh it's a grant that we have used for various items throughout the police department talked
about a mandate of uh of improving our traffic enforcement and Traffic Safety in the past we have brought lighter units radar units computer equipment made updates brought uh police B for downtown units uh we've used this money for various ways and and we're looking
to use this money here to increase our stationary radar signs throughout the city uh to warn people of their speed and you know also you know widen our footprint okay that's that's all I have sir okay thank you uh does does the
department yet have an A a fully or all electric vehicle yet no not yet okay we're we we will obviously wait until we have the appropriate charging stations put throughout the city and then we'll go from there sounds good that's that's my next plan
good any questions from Council Members I had one question for r159 d25 for the purchase of the two vehicles yes ma'am you noted that it was specialized Services is it adding to the fleet or just or what are the specialized it's we
have we have historically been short in terms of our vehicles it's actually adding to the fleet that we have I mean as as Vehicles become outdated or or overused we auction them off uh approximately in our Patrol Fleet we
still have two or three vehicles like that uh four or five years ago we had numerous Vehicles like that but like I said thanks to the mayor and Council we've been able to procure a lot of vehicles over the last two to three years this is uh helping us with that same with that same goal of either
supplementing cop or the Bureau or other specialized units throughout the department that we use to do different things throughout the city okay and I couldn't help but not miss the vehicle outside could you elaborate on that oh yes the uh the mobile command center which was purchased through U funding
through director um Zenobia Fields here uh is a $300,000 vehicle that will be used in the downtown area to help us work on improving the downtown uh the mayor gave me an edit several years ago that he wanted the downtown area cleaned up wanted it to be a walkable downtown
for our citizens where people can live shop and play so that is part of my mission that vehicle is one of the things that we can use to do that that vehicle can be in any downtown any part of the downtown area it can be on South Avenue and it'll assist us where it acts
as a police department and it expands our footprint so everything won't have to be based out of this building we can use that vehicle to go throughout the city especially in the U areas and apply our police strategies there thank you you're
welcome director yes ma'am uh 15925 um because you talked about the vehicles is there a maximum mileage capacity before we Sunset a municipal vehicle and if so do you know how many vehicles are at that maximum mileage
capacity uh in the past uh I I'd say probably before I became the Police director it was probably around 140,000 Mi on a vehicle those vehicles are at that point they're just pits we we're putting good money after bed trying to constantly fix them new transmissions new brakes new this new that uh we
started we started putting those Vehicles out of service because they were really of no use to us especially as we started uh um procuring more Vehicles right now it's down to 70,000 that's a that's our high that's our Max when we when we are looking to get rid
of rid of the vehicle we can still get a good amount of money for the vehicle and if we transfer it out it actually works out to our favor so that's what we've been doing but we've also in the past have uh you know loan vehicles or vehicles have been turned over to DPW to other the parking authority to help them
in what they're trying to do so you know we all kind of work together to improve the vehicle Fleet for the city thank you um 15825 doeses the uh $8,750 cover the full amount of the
overtime that we incur or is does that cover a percentage oh no it's a it's a it's a full whole thing there's no fiscal impact on the city the city doesn't pay a DI okay great and then my last question with regards to 16025 um is that a onetime appropriation
of $36,000 is that um one time over the 4-year performance period or is that 36,000 renewable for each year of the performance period it's $36,000 for each year we we've like I was saying in the
past every year we get $36,000 it usually takes a while for it to come because it's a lengthy process that we have to go through with the city of Elizabeth but every year we get approximately $36,000 and we use it you know to improve our police operations and that's Federal doj money correct uh
yes any concerns about that drying up uh no I think all that money is approved we don't have to worry about that all right great thank you director keep up the good work yes ma'am thank you any want any council members on my right side okay quick question also I know
what you're saying with the vehicles um that with the purchase will will there be a trade in as a offset to offset the cost I'm sorry what what did you say the vehicles yes ma'am right will there be offset like a trade in or something to
offset the cost of the vehicles uh no we we the police department doesn't have a leasing program or something like that where we kind of trade in vehicles what we do is we I hate to say it this way we drive them pretty much until the wheels fall off in the past that's what we've done done and then we usually auction these vehicles off to cab services and
different places and then the city recoups funding from that auction vehicle money and that's generally what happens okay all right thank you you're welcome anyone else all right do we have consensus to add these items to the voting meeting
yes all those in favor say I I any opposition or abstentions all right those shall be added okay the Department of Public Works please present your item good evening Mr council president members of council Department of Public Works has five resolutions present resolution
16125 authorized approval for Street opening at 305 Grand Avenue development construction Inc for city of plan field through moratorium 5 moratorium and this for you know this is just because it's a new property of two
family home that was built and it's for just electric I mean gas Water Service to be added into the building and this was done in 2023 the build this was when the street was paved so that's why we're trying to get this moratorium approved by the
council resolution 16225 authorizing approval to utilize the escj co-op uh for the purchase of 11 portable electric charging stations plac in the lot push from City Hall and these are level two stations so they take like 3 and 1 half
hour for to charge the vehicle that we have so we're trying to go bring everything and these are har vehicles that we current have in our Fleet escapes for escapes so the combination of electric and gas they hybrid vehicles resolution 16325 authorizes
water contracted Fon electric ink for the installation of traffic light at the insection of Randol Road and Central Avenue that's to F on equipment and amount not to exceed 351,000
$6.74 and this is a intersection that really has major issues too with acent outa and everything so this is going to be something that's good for the uh City resolution 16425 authorized to submit a grand application uh this is
for to the infrastructure Miss P Grant and this is for film more Avenue and Su Avenue and the total amount for this gr is 270,000 it's a 50% match 135 we' have to come up another 135 will come from the county so that's
the match for this Grant and 16525 is resolution water contract for fenal Builders that's for resur in the first place and second place the total amount after the see $2,312 and we had seven biders that did on this project uh the lowest respons
bid was that number and with the highest bid like $4 45,1 higher so local responsible bidder was this company ptero Builders LLC my resolution any questions questions from Council Members yes
council president right so um resolution r162 d25 I know last year we approved for three charging stations I believe one was behind City Hall one was going to be at a historic location
there wasn't three charging stations no for vehicles electric vehicles tonight okay right and this is 11 that stations that we're going to be putting in place we got a $210,000 Department of Community Affairs Grant too to offset the cost for this
project so this was a grant we did apply for a grant once that had and we talked about three charging stations in that application but that wasn't so this is the execution of the grant no this is unrelated to that this is unrelated we haven't gotten that Grant but we came
forward asking to apply for that Grant and in that documentation is probably what you're recalling there were there was outlines of three charging stations I think one was there were three separate locations these are all going in City Hall okay in the lot across from
City Hall that's now overflow parking and these are portable this is for our Fleet the city fleet the thank you for the clarification and the reason why they're portable so we can move other places course that's going to be scheduled for development in their future so this way it won't be a waste of funds that's why we portable one so
we can relocate them we have to thank you director um with 16125 um if I read this correctly um this is psng and American Water generated so I'm just curious if you
could educate me what is the process for making the residents aware of when we're doing these projects so that they'll know it's going to start here we project that it's going to end here so that they can begin to make alternative Arrangements around travel and parking
and so on and so forth well this one this one location here this is just a two family home that was buil a new home it's a new build so it's not going to be nothing of it to do with anyone else but that individual there because there's no streets being it's going to be just closed basically but not for anything
major okay the workers be done at the curb for utilities for the water and and and gas upgrades so it doesn't impact traffic no it doesn't at all at all okay but the other ones um is there advanced notice given to the residents well
whatever project we do pretty much like this just for more tum yes it's just one homeowner to be notified there because it's not impacting anyone else in that area but all the other projects we have yes there's a weak notice that letter goes out to everyone from the contractor of when the workers want to start and
end Prett much not that well in advance to get that information so the onus is on the contractor to notify the residents not the city and our engineer monitors to make sure that's being done okay within the immediate area surrounding area that
that's done okay whatever may impact thank you director okay anyone else okay do we have a consensus to add these items to the voting meeting yes any all those in favor say I I any
opposition or abstentions okay th shall be added uh we next move to the Department of Economic Development good evening Council I have resolutions 166 through
172 so item number 166-25 this is to release of performance bond for 408 to 412 East Front Street the construction is complete so there's no longer a need to hold the maintenance
bomb the next resolution is related to updating our historic design guidelines this is also a booklet and information packet this is to retain Barton Ross
Partners LLC for Professional Services to update the guidelines in coordination with our historic preservation Commission it will also allow us to have an opportunity to have Outreach with the
public and input on what the guidelines contain number 168-46 to 157 East 2nd Street this is needed for the closing which is going to be financed by New Jersey Redevelopment
Authority this easement allows us to maintain access to the properties as this is Municipal lot six and moving forward with the closing is required to have this easement agreement
signed the next resolution is related to 16925 this is to designate an area an area in need of Redevelopment it would be a non- condemnation and to direct the planning board to prepare a
Redevelopment plan this is for 208 to 222 lead place the property that we're looking at right now is to move forward with the Redevelopment working in partnership with Habitat for Humanity to
build affordable homes for S town homes for sale item number 170 through 25 this is Rel related to the Plainfield Recreation and Cultural Center of Excellence this is the final
Redevelopment agreement as well as the land purchase agreement what's in here is that this identifies the purchase of the property where we're going to subdivide one of our Lots where you're going to have a
55,000 Square ft Recreation and Cultural Center then behind finded why we're subdividing it is and that's the land purchase agreement that's for a residential area so the residential area in the property
that we're subdividing out the purchase of it is going to be for a total of 3 million in addition we're also receiving 500,000 towards the construction of the 55,000 Square ft Center of Excellence
that's the YMCA building the next one 171 this is related to the pilot for the plane field Recreation and Cultural Center of Excellence this is a housing
and mortgage Finance Agency pilot it will go as a 30e duration but it also goes for the duration of the construction as well so if it takes 2 years for construction the pilot will be
for 32 years and starts after the construction getting the revenue for that this is for a flat 6.28% for the entire duration because this is a 100% affordable
pilot then the last one that we have this is a resolution authorizing lean placement on six properties this is for property maintenance for clean up of debris and the abatement related to that any questions any questions from Council
Members yes question I can on Revolution 70 which has to do with what the more often not refer to as a center of excellence but in essence it's a
recreational facility and it's the largest investment that the city will be making in a recreation space of all the people of and I know that all of you have heard time and time again that there's
no real recreation facility for the residents of the city and so you know what is coming down at the rush Recreation Complex but this Center of Excellence is in essence a recreational complex that would offer Ste of the art
Recreation opportunities for all the people of the city of and I just want to point that out that this is the largest investment in recreation in the city's history and it is something that we
anticipate will have a tremendous impact on Recreation across the city so I just wanted to make sure that I actually bu that so that you members of the government body know that you're really talking about a recreational complex
that will have basketballs you know track pool the whole nine yards when it comes to Recreation as well as a gym and there will be space for classrooms parents can
come use the facilities and the kids could occupy themselves doing homework in the classroom that will be available there as well so I wanted to that out thank you sounds good councilor president yes mayor is it possible at
the next council meeting to show pictures or visuals of what the center of excellence would look like um we can show the inside renderings of them what we're developing right now the final renderings will go before the planning board so we can see
the exteriors of the YMCA the interior of the YCA building thank you any other questions yes council president I don't know if I'm mistaken here but I thought this was regarding selling the L land and the apartments that um are being built I didn't see
anything about the actual Center of Excellence on here did I miss something this involves both because the land that we're selling the current YMCA building sits on top of it yes so okay it has to EMB they're not separated okay I was just making sure I didn't look
over and miss anything cuz I was just hearing a presentation about the center of excellence um my first question is regarding 16725 uh which I believe is I'm happy to see this on the agenda um you can just correct me if I'm wrong so I kind of did
my own research and we did work with this uh company in the past correct yes this is our historic architect yes okay all right so what I gathered from this that um these guidelines will help strengthen and protect our historic neighborhoods they'll update the design
guidelines the city will have stronger legal framework to protect historic homes buildings and neighborhoods from inappropriate development modifications or demolitions uh this will also help preserve the aesthetic cultural and Architectural history of planfield ensuring that new construction and
Renovations do not destroy the historic Integrity of the city um also will it enhance the code enforcement power um once adopted the HPC and the city council will have greater authority to reject inappropriate designs or
development historic districts enforce property maintenance standards for historic homes and prevent developers from drastically altering or destroying historic properties am I correct am I thinking this pertains strictly to the historic districts and the historic
guidelines are going to be administered by the historic preservation you are correct but it will be enforced by the property maintenance code of zoning as well as the code enforcement that we have okay and so finally I'm getting to
the question this is where the hypocrisy kicks in um this current Administration has significantly weakened the power of the historic preservation commission um allowing the developers to build the mass of apartments and complexes and kind of do what they want so why now are we saying we're going to go forward with
this thank God it's a grant and it's no cost to the taxpayers but why are we now creating these guidelines and strengthening uh the power here why now when just what was it two meetings ago our last meeting there was also something on the agenda that was tabled that will also weaken the power of the
historic districts so finally the question is why now we're updating the guidelines because these have been in place for well over 10 years this is related to the historic district and doesn't
necessarily speak to the development of the entire city okay um 17125 one second here as it loads up uh so the units there and I was reading this and I just uh wanted to make sure it was correct uh so 250 affordable
housing rental units approximately 6,000 square ft of ground floor commercial space and 75 parking spaces is that correct that's correct what's on that site over there there will be additional parking made available for the 250 units
okay so my just thinking is if we are putting money into the YMCA um which had the basketball court to track all of those things that's going to bring people to it I would hope and that many of these people drive cars so if we're doing that right across the street from
City Hall in addition to adding 250 units why are we allowing them to only provide 75 parking spaces and it's going to be commercial as well we're not allowing them only 75 parking spaces it'll be a total of 275 parking spaces that'll be required
okay where would the 200 be we're going to be presenting that at a later time okay that is it from our questions thank you anyone else council president can I just follow up uh director you may or
may not know so again if you don't that's fine um is there an obligation of Realtors who are selling homes in the historic district to make their uh potential buyers aware that one this is a historic district and two to point
them in the direction of these particular um information booklet so that the buyer can fully be aware of the responsibility and to a certain extent loss of autonomy um in terms of making
decisions about their homes when they choose to purchase in these areas do you know if that's a requirement if they do not make it available when you go for your certificate of compliance code enforcement makes it available to them of the requirements and they cannot sell
or purchase or home without a certificate of compliance yeah that's a little bit after the fact at that point okay thank you for that go ahead yes uh with regard to 167 d uh 25 would this serve as like a howto or
the dues and don'ts when um working on your historic home in the historic district because I getting some feedback that is relatively painful to go before the historic board um and will this help uh gu new homeowners of historic homes
that don't really know the dos and don'ts it will it identifies all the preservation principles that are required it identifies the different building types that are allowed it talks anything from looking at the exterior of
the building to the interior of the building looking at the site the streetscaping looking at everything from the windows the fence the roofing to the doors and the trim it is very detailed and will this be available online yes it
is now okay perfect I've got another question regarding um 172 d25 with regard to uh keeping our city clean these leans that we place on properties um of course when um us
council members when we get complaints from our constituents regarding uh illegal dumping and things like that and when it's done on private property uh um can you explain the process that occurs before we actually place the leans on these properties before we actually go
on to these properties to do the cleanup sure so code enforcement will go out to the property and do a site inspection at the site inspection there is uh there could be a notice of a violation issued that violation the
property owner gets um up to 10 days to clean up the property if they do not clean up the property there is a summon issues and if there's a need for a summons and it's still not clean up there's an emergency abatement to clean up the property and then instead of the
city incurring that cost that is passed on to the property owner thank you those are my questions any others yes 16925 that's the leite place area um could you repeat again what's going to
go on that property I believe that was the property I spoke about before with that used to be the old magella cleaners and um I had a concern about where that was located because of the cleaners and Not only was a factory it was it was something there were there was a lot of
lot of chemicals and things going on in the ground now if it if it has been inspected um how would we know what what details are are available so that we know that this is true that it has been
inspected this particular property so the site has been investigated by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection the previous property owner that has the contaminated soil is required to do the cleanup the property
owner is in coordination with the city to do the cleanup before the affordable town homes with Habitat for Humanity are built and how many town homes are going there we don't know yet because we haven't seen the concept drawing right
now what's in front of you this is to develop the Redevelopment plan for the bulk standards for that area okay thank you um also just another little small question um how many historic sites do
we have 10 historic districts and where are they all located um they're mostly located in Ward 2 okay and three thank you
okay okay any other questions we have consensus to add these items to the voting meeting no with the exception no 16925 no for me was that your same uh um I have 167
d25 170-25 as well as 17125 so we'll vote on those separately thank you okay we now move to the council president could just clarify
sure that's 167 169 170 and 171 coming off the consent agenda correct correct all right uh let's move back to the ba uh thank you council president we have two
ordinances for you tonight the first one is a response to a meeting that um some residents had with the Police director regarding concerns at Liberty and West 6th and so this is a four-way stop um as is the normal process he did the traffic
study Etc and there'll be a four-way we're looking to put a four-way stop at that intersection for everybody's safety and the second ordinance is a um Amendment to the to South Redevelopment plan this is an amendment that is adding
land but also uses to the plan so this would add recreational space and arts and culture those are the only two we have this evening okay any questions from Council Members okay hearing and seeing none do we have consensus to add these items to
the voting meeting yes yes all right okay uh that's it we're going to take a 5 minute recess come back and get to our voting meeting thank you e e e
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recording in progress okay we will resume business moving first to consideration of public hearing second reading and final passage Madame clerk this is our time uh please read MC Deputy
20255 by title and further certified that is complied with all statutory publication requirements MC 20258 is an ordinance op Garden State commercial property assessed clean
energy cace program to facilitate the financing of cace projects it is hereby certified that notice of a public hearing on this ordinance was published in The Courier news on February 14th 2025 floor is now open to any member member of the public that would like to
speak on this particular ordinance is anyone on the line seeing none in the gallery hearing none online floor is now closed for public comment may I now have a motion to close public hearing on uh this
ordinance second okay uh all those in favor say I I okay may I have a motion to adopt this ordinance on second reading and final passage so move second clerk roll call please roll call mc22 20258 council members Briggs Jones yes
Cherry yes Graham yes McCrae yes Wyatt yes vice president sesum yes council president hak yes that is unanimous this ordinance has been adopted on second reading and final passage thank you uh Madame Deputy please read MC
20259 by title and further certified that is complied with all legal requirements and MC 20259 is an ordinance of the city of planfield County of Union New Jersey adopting the Myrtle Avenue Redevelopment plan dated January 16 2025 it is hereby
certified that notice of a public hearing on this ordinance was published in The Courier news on February 14th 2025 okay the floor is now open to any member of the public who would like to speak regarding mc225 d09 anyone
online seeing none in public hearing no online uh I entertain a motion to close public hearing so second all those in favor say I I okay uh public hearing is now closed May I have a motion to adopt this ordinance on second reading and final
passage second second clerk roll call please roll call MC 20259 council members Briggs Jones no Cherry yes Graham yes McCrae yes Wyatt
no vice president sesum yes council president hakay yes five in favor to oppose this ordinance has been adopted on second reading and final passage thank you Madame Deputy please read MC 202-10 by title and further sotify its legal compliance MC
20251 is an ordinance of the city of planfield in the county of Union granting a tax exemption with respect to certain property identified on the city's tax map as block 218 Lots 23 24 and 27 and designated in the city tax
records as 25 Clinton Avenue 21 Clinton Avenue and 1314 D20 West Front Street planfield New Jersey and authorizing the execution of a financial agreement with 1314 West Front Street urban renewal LLC
it is hereby certified that notice of a public hearing on this ordinance was published in The Courier news on February 14th 2025 okay the floor is now open to any member of the public who would like to speak specifically writing regarding MC 202-10 Doone online seeing none in
person hearing none online I'll entertain a motion to close public hearing so move second okay all those in favor say I I next may I have a motion to adopt this ordinance on second reading and final passage Some Mo second clerk roll call
please roll call MC 20210 council members Briggs Jones no Cherry yes Graham yes McCrae yes Wyatt point of clarification this is the
same project where the studios are deemed affordable $231 in the one bedrooms are going for $2,380 correct council president it's it's improper has questions in the midst of a vote well we move so fast so I have to
ask him a question before I vote on this we moved was properly second we didn't have time to call a question so can we do it over if that's the case we're just doing a roll call that's all we're doing it's a vote right so I can't have clarification before I I make a vote no and fr frankly there was
opportunity to discuss it at the prior meeting um questions could have been asked in advance the the proper proper procedure now is a vote council president okay no vice president sesum yes council president hak day
yes five in favor to oppose ordinance has been adopted on second reading and final passage okay Madam clerk uh please read MC 20251 by title and further certify its legal compliance MC
20251 is an ordinance of the city of planfield in the county of Union New Jersey enacting amendments to the to South Redevelopment plan it is hereby certified that notice of a public hearing on this ordinance was published in The Courier news on February 14th
2025 okay the floor is now open to any member of the public who would like to speak specifically regarding MC 20251 is there anyone online seeing none in person hearing none online entertain a motion in a second to close public hearing so move
second although in favor say I I okay now entertain a motion to adopt this ordinance on second reading and final passage and soov second okay clerk can we have a roll call please roll call MC
20251 council members Briggs Jones yes Cherry yes Graham yes McCrae yes Wyatt yes vice president sesum yes council president president hak yes that is unanimous this ordinance has been adopted on second reading and final
passage okay thank you Madame Deputy please read MC 20252 by title and certify its statutory publication requirements MC 20212 is an ordinance amending chapter 9 colon 7-1 schedule of fees of the city
of planfield to establish vender fees for the Lenny Cathcart house music festival it is hereby certified that notice of a public heing ing on this ordinance was published in The Courier news on February 14th 2025 okay the floor is now open to any member of the public who'd like to speak
regarding this ordinance none online uh seeing none in person hearing none online entertain a motion and a second to close public comment so move yes second all those in favor say I I now entertain a motion to adopt this ordinance on second reading
and final passage so move second clerk we have a roll call roll call MC 20252 council members Briggs Jones no Cherry yes Graham yes McCrae yes
Wyatt no vice president sessums no council president hak day yes four in favor three opposed ordinance has been adopted on second reading and final Passage okay that concludes those we now move on to public comments limited the
resolutions and motions being considered this evening total of 30 minutes has been allocated for public comments limited to resolutions consider this evening each speaker will be given three minutes uh if you're a member of the P public online uh on YouTube the number
is displayed on the screen or on the city's website please please give your name address and identify the resolution that you're speaking regarding is anyone online you want to speak regarding a resolution this evening all right come on up then
okay all right name address and the resolution you're speaking to try again all right I'll do that again qu Palmer Chan is 1227 East Front Street Department 43b planfield uh first I'd like to say Ramadan Mubarak to everyone
who was celebrating and I want to speak on 167-20 with the existing property that is there so that potential homeowners will know what what's expected of them what about any new construction that goes there does this mean that it protects them
from having any of these Behemoth buildings built in their areas with uh two parking spaces for 25 Apartments is this a nice way for them to protect their areas from being subject to the Redevelopment that other areas do not get this safety and protection from and
also I one of the first things I said when I came here I talked about home ownership being the pathway uh for wealth building in the United States and we know the historic procedures that have been done to keep certain groups from being able
to own property and therefore other groups have a 300-year wealth jump on us to buy property so therefore when some of these properties go online for sale there might be certain demographics that can snatch them up and preserve a little
pie p a Enclave for themsel where other demographics don't have the credit score the family wealth the equity and what they want already own to be able to purchase these houses and then have to get a loan above and beyond to make sure that if they do any work on the outside
and I believe you said on the inside of these properties it might cost double the amount just to get it to where the historic preservation says that they can have it so I'd like to look at that to make make sure that we don't have anything written in there that would
deny someone who might not have the level of wealth that others have to be able to own in planfield and that other Wards are not subjected to 55 unit apartments with three parking spaces because they have not been designated
historic thank you anyone else okay uh I am closing public comment on resolutions concluded this evening director did did you want to just address that quickly um and it it was a
a few questions peppered in there uh but specifically any um thing that you may need to correct or address sure so I I just want to be specific these are historic guidelines related to Historic
structures not all all development so when we look at the designated either historic structure or designated districts it's going to apply to that um the others I'm not necessarily going to
speak to if it applies to other forms of development because that's not a part of the guidelines but what I would say if anyone that wants to look at the design guidelines it is currently available online if you go under the economic
development department historic preservation and click on design guidelines and we can make it more prominently available if need be one just direct question is um within
a historic district is new construction permitted it depends on it has to meet the guidelin so there isn't new construction typically permitted for single family and two family family homes there sorry director you said there is or is not is not
typically okay any other questions if a charet take place right we're going to have a public um information session yes okay all right so we will now move on to the consent
agenda clerk please announce that certainly the consent agenda items are identified as resolutions R1 14725 through R16 6625 R1 16825 and R
17225 the items which will be voted on separately are resolutions 167 169 170 and 171 okay thank you uh may we have a motion to approve the consent agenda so
move second second okay uh clerk can we have a roll call on the consent agenda roll call on the consent agenda items council members Briggs Jones yes Cherry yes Graham yes McCrae yes Wyatt yes vice
president sesum yes council president hak yes percent J ERS have been approved okay uh non-consent agenda items are resolution 16725 need a motion in a second second roll call
please roll call on resolution 16725 council members Briggs Jones one of yes Cherry yes Graham yes McCrae yes Wyatt yes
yes lice president sesum yes council president Hoak yes that is unanimous 16725 has been approved now come to resolution 169 motion and the second please so move second roll
call roll call resolution 16925 council members bricks Jones no Cherry yes Graham yes McCrae yes Wyatt no vice president sesum
yes council president hak yes five in favor two oppos resolution 16925 has been approved we now come to resolution 17025 motion and a second please so move second roll
call resolution 17025 council members Briggs Jones no Cherry yes Graham yes McCrae yes Wyatt no vice president CES yes
council president hak yes five in favor two opposed 17025 has been approved now come the resolution 17125 Motion in a second please sh move can I have a second second and a roll call
please roll call 17125 council members bricks Jones no Cherry yes Graham yes McCrae yes Wyatt no vice president sesum yes council president hak yes five
in favor two oppos 17125 has been adopted and that concludes resolutions this evening okay uh let's move to the items on first reading Madame Deputy please read MC 202-332-1446
Street to amend and supplement chapter 16 vehicles and traffic article 7 through streets stop intersections stop and yield intersections designating certain fourway stop and three-way stop intersections okay uh I will now
entertain a motion to adopt this Orin ordinance on first reading so second okay clerk may have a roll call roll call MC 20213 council members Briggs Jones yes Cherry yes Graham yes McCrae yes Wyatt
yes vice president sesum yes council president hak yes that is unanimous this ORD has been adopted on the first reading okay Madam Deputy would you please read MC 20254 by title MC 20254 is an ordinance of the city of
planfield in the county of Union adopting the Todd South Redevelopment plan Amendment dated February 20th 2025 okay I'll entertain a motion to adopt this ordinance on first reading so move second roll call
please roll call MC 20254 council members Briggs Jones yes Cherry yes Graham yes McCrae yes Wyatt yes vice president sesum yes council president hak yes that is unanimous this ordinance has been adopted on first reading and
that concludes ordinances on first reading for this evening okay before we get to General comments I want to hand it over to the mayor who has a a resolution for D9 uh the floor is yours mayor
well thank you council president if you would recall at the last meeting during Black History Month we read a proclamation into the record where we were recognizing the um D9 fraternities and
sororities and at the time the president of the National panh helenic Council was not able to be present and he's with us this evening I would just like to call forward Sherlock da to receive this Proclamation and since I read it into
the record the last time around I will only read the last two paragraphs now therefore be it resolved that the mayor of the city of planfield on behalf of its residents proudly recognizes the invaluable contributions of the den9 in honor of African-American
history month and be it further resolved that the city of PL field encourages all residents to learn about support and celebrate these historic organizations that continue to shape our nation and build a brighter more just future for
generations to come and at this time i' like to ask you to just say a few words about the Dy folks don't know what the Dy thank you mayor Matt uh first so let me say thank you and thank you to city council for allowing me to come up and
speak and um um accept this gracious Proclamation the Divine n is um comprises of nine black Greek lettered organization those Greek organizations are alpha F Alpha F Beta
Sigma Sigma gamma R Delta Sigma Theta Omega scii uh Zeta beta Iota Theta and U Alpha Capa Alpha it's important that these these uh organizations have uh started
my organization being the first Alpha F Alpha since 196 so we've been around for a while we're here in planfield we do a lot of work within Community work within the city of planfield along with all of our uh Council uh people and the mayor
and we just want to thank you for your cooperation thank you for the partnership that we have with you and what he didn't mention is that five of the seven council members are members of the D9 yes he present this proclamation to you thank you so
much awesome cers won take pictures with regardless I think I heard cap cap up a sigh they usually say get in the
cut get in the cut three two one one more [Applause] not there [Music] yet all right thank you for that okay we'll move on to General
Public comments uh total of 30 minutes has been allocated for all public comments each speaker will be given three minutes uh the floor is now open uh for any m member Who's online um you can visit uh the the numberers displayed
uh in YouTube conspicuously uh as well as posted on the city's website uh the floor is now open nan P of our 1129 mle Avenue first of all I want to thank the council for recognizing the Girl Scouts um I was a girl scout of brownie in Jefferson
School and um I think I might have told this to councilwoman sessions or not I'm not sure but um my mother was one of the first ones in the city that integrated her Girl Scout Troop and back in the 1950s early 1950s claraa green was one
of the first councilman green former councilman Green's um daughter was one of the first in um Girl Scouts accepted into my mother's Girl Scout Troop so I just want to make the history goes way back during some
difficult times in the city um my other um issue tonight or question is we all know what's going on down in DC and there's going to be a lot of protests this week the veterans are protesting APW is going to be protesting the NLC letter carriers are going to be
protesting my concern is uh I do have friends I was a federal worker at one time I do have friends that are federal workers that are impacted by some of the firings I looked up on the Congressional Research Services um the state of new uh
the state of New Jersey has 22,000 federal workers over 22,000 federal workers that could be impacted um District 12 which we are in Congressional District 12 we have over 4,800 there is a margin of error about,
1500 so in this area we have 3400 people that are possible federal workers whether VA Park Service us Aid whatever I don't know my concern is is the city of planfield going to reach out to any federal workers that have might be have
been impacted by the uh budget cuts or whatever the firings these people are living they don't know dayto day whether they have a job or not but um if we haven't looked into it I would hope that we would consider looking into try to help if anybody's impacted in the city
of planfield I know that um there are a lot of postal workers but right now they're not impacted but who knows what's going to come down to Pike and the other thing is I really want to thank um Mr Dy Mr John Lise and Council people for helping clean up the area
behind the Drake house and also cutting down some trees and um and the the workers that did all the work they did a fabulous job and I appreciate it thank you very much thank you I need stret okay good evening uh sou
Carano 1284 East Front Street I just want some clarity is it my understanding that I heard that we have 10 historic districts and if there's a lot between
two historic homes that there's no specifications on new construction there's nothing in the preservation books there's nothing protecting either neighborhood or homes
on each side that's question number one the other one is does the public have assurances that the building you're referring to on Fifth Street and others have the parking simultaneously
built to equal what is necessary for that for the units that are built in that building or will the building come first and then we'll get around to a parking deck or open parking spots thank
you okay uh excuse me qu Chamas 1227 East Front Street Apartment 43b Playfield um first of all I just like you know as an African-American woman and I and I say African-American and not black on purpose it really made me feel good at
this meeting and I believe the one in January to see these two young sisters being promoted to leadership in the city of planfield which is a great example of that of how we are moving forward and making sure that all who can and will
have opportunity um in in the city of planfield so that that was a that was a good thing it made my heart sing um as someone who's a an elder Statesman now but keeping in the com conversation of Dei and I I wrote it out this time um I
would like to know what the city and its board is doing and the administration is doing to protect Dei in planfield but I'm not talking about the Dei whose policies have done more to advance the upward mobility of white women in
America but a Dei program that looks like diversity of thought equity in Access and inclusion of all residents in the process of decision making that affects their life because this is where
I see we are missing in the concept of Dei because clearly there is no commitment to encourage diversity of thought often those who think differently are met with pushback that comes from a place of arrogance paternalism audacity it's almost like
you're being asked how dare you question me clearly there is no commitment to make sure residents are informed of what aspects of their lives will be voted on each week if you exclude weekends the agenda comes out maybe 14 hours um
before the next business day and the council meeting so if it comes out at 5:00 on Friday if we take Saturday away if we take Sunday away 24 hours would make 5:00 on Monday which is 2 hours before the meeting if a person is working all day long they might not have
time on a Monday to sit read everything ask the necessary questions that is a block to access um the council doesn't even have enough time to research propose ordinance and resolutions before they expected to vote on them though I did hear a lot of questions tonight and that
made me happy uh Dr sesum and councilwoman cherry and if she would if we should have a question your directors are always in meetings and they do not return calls I will not name names at this time to give them opportunity to
correct this gross oversight and lack of commitment to transparency that the mayor promotes but this has to stop finally there is no commitment to making sure residents of all Wards are informed of any changes coming to their neighborhoods that might change the
Aesthetics or property values you say you are dealing with blighted areas and I agree but they still have a right to even determine what they want to happen in those areas um thank you and last thing CU going off it's a shame that I go to a meeting and someone says there's two
plane Fields there's plane field build and then their fourth War thank you we have set up a situation that Martin Luther King talks about council president in that certain areas are not addressed and we need to stop that thank you thank you and I live in the second but I care about the fourth thank you
the first right the first I about the four good evening I'm siden shrier at 225 watching Avenue and I was um very happy to see what happened with the Girl Scouts congratulate town for us 300 girls a lot of energy and I thought it
was really interesting that uh ly our assembly woman was here and I would suggest that this Council having passed the resolution to support it would talk to Miss Carter to scutari and Kennedy because the three of them have not come
out to support the Immigrant trust act that you supported with your gracious um resolution so thank you for that and I suggest that you make a call for the three of them we're calling but I guess your call is is a strong one too thank
you is there anyone online hearing seeing none I'll entertain a motion in a second to close public comment so move second okay all those in favor say I I I okay um public comment is now closed uh director there
was a question just a clar clarifying question about um development in the second W or or in the historic sections in the historic district historic district so there there definitely are um we have zoning in place the land use
zoning that applies to everything in the historic district as well as the guidelines of the historic district so to say that a property is not protected in between is not necessarily true and I I could elaborate on specifics if we're
talking about that yeah I don't know maybe you and S can just ask you some questions after the meeting if has anything specific um there was also another question about building with without the parking I
believe so the question about not having the parking and the building at the same time that will not be approved by planning board planning board will only give approval with the number of units and the required number of parking
according to the Redevelopment plan or according to the land use ordinance okay thank you okay I think that's it councilor president I make a quick question uh so regarding the Peterson's Farm I
understand that there's going to be a meeting taking place um I find extremely disrespectful that as a council person representing the second and third W that I was not on any of those emails and uh thank you to our citizens our residents who stay diligent um they reached out to
me and said that it was on one date and then they just found out it was rescheduled but as a person who represents the second and third war to not have that information or invitation I just find extremely disrespectful so can we please do better with the communication moving forward regarding these uh
meetings any other questions comments I I didn't know about it sorry council president I just have to say I wasn't on any emails either but because I talked to the residents I was made aware of what was going on so um I just wanted to
known that I didn't get an email either but I just kept my to the ground and speaking to the yeah I wasn't aware either so okay any other questions all right I'll entertain a motion to
adjourn thank you second all all yes present for