All right. Good evening everyone. Welcome to a meeting of the mayor and council of Princeton, New Jersey. It is Tuesday, May 27th, 2025. And madame clerk, could we have the meeting statement, please? Notice of this meeting was provided in
accordance with the requirements of the open public meetings act and state regulations governing public meetings, including the time, date, and location of the meeting and clear and concise instructions to the public for accessing the meeting and making comments. In
addition, the agenda and all related materials were posted electronically and made available to the public on Princeton's meeting portal in advance of the meeting. Thank you. Brian's going to do the land acknowledgement tonight. We gathered today on the land of the Len
Lape. As members of the Princeton community, we aspire to show appreciation, respect, and concern for all peoples and our environment. We honor the Lape and other indigenous caretakers of these lands and waters, the elders who lived here before, the
indigenous today, and the generations to come. Thank you. Can we have roll call, please? Mr. McDonald here. Miss Pearl Ambrose is out. Mr. Cohen here. Miss Saxs here.
Miss Frogga here. Mr. Nulan here. Mayor Freda here. If you're able and you'd like to stand and join us in the pledge of allegiance. I pledge algiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for it stands one nation under
God indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. Okay, first up, we have a proclamation, which is always nice to acknowledge somebody for all their years of service and good deeds, but unfortunately, we're
also saying goodbye to somebody. Our police commissioner will read the proclamation. Yes, thank you. This is a proclamation um by the office of the mayor municipality of Princeton and it's a proclamation honoring Jennifer Garing
on the occasion of her retirement. Whereas the municipality of Princeton is proud to recognize Jennifer Garing detective in the department of police for her dedication to public service on the occasion of her
retirement. And whereas Jennifer began her career with Princeton Township on July 23rd, 2007 in the role of patrol officer in the police department. And whereas Jennifer was later assigned to
the safe neighborhood bureau and the detective bureau, serving as the department's juvenile detective. And whereas Jennifer through her unwavering dedication and distinguished service has been a tireless advocate for special
victims of crime, she has honorably fulfilled the roles of domestic partners department's domestic violence liaison, LGBTQ liaison, and chairperson of the Princeton Alcohol and Drug Alliance,
fostering trust, inclusivity, and support within the community. And whereas Jennifer has advanced the department's mission by serving as a resiliency police officer, promoting officer wellness and mental health. She
also serves as an evidence technician and a nationally certified child safety seat technician, ensuring public safety with the highest standards of professionalism. and she continues her commitment to public service as a fit
physical fitness instructor at the Mercer County Police Academy. And whereas Jennifer has dedicated 17 years to serving the municipality of Princeton and her retirement will be effective June 1st, 2025.
And whereas Jennifer Garing has served the community of Princeton with pride and upon the occasion of her retirement is the deserving of recognition and the highest commendation. Now therefore be it resolved I, Laticia
Fraga, on behalf of Mark Freda, mayor of Princeton, and the council of Princeton, County of Mercer, state of New Jersey, extend the municipality's humble expression of appreciation and sincerest congratulations to Jennifer Garing. We
offer our best wishes for a long, happy, and healthy retirement. [Applause]
Thank you. Thank you everyone. It's been an honor and a privilege to serve this community for the past almost 18 years. Thank you so much. Thank you Leticia. Thank you. Oh yeah. All right. Thank you.
Okay, next up are announcements and reports. Do we have any council announcements or reports this evening? Yeah, late. [Music] something was I guess sometimes it says
on your heart but I just wanted to uh to say that here in Princeton we often this council this mayor approve major projects infrastructure sewer affordable
housing Nassau Street uh but a lot of times we have the unforgotten, the forgotten, and the bewildered. The least among us sometimes go unnoticed. And we have one of the greatest human services department in the state of New Jersey.
And these people look out for the most vulnerable among us. And let let's be clear, we have vulnerable people here in Princeton. You you wouldn't think so because a lot of times you can ride around different parts of Princeton and see signs talking about save our history. You know, like we have a
history, but the history that we have here includes everybody, you know, and the question to some people should be, what are we saving? What are we preserving? And what does our future look like? So, I just wanted to make the announcement tonight not about any one group, but to talk about our human
services department, the Princeton Alcohol and Drug Alliance, the Princeton Housing Authority, the Recreation Department, the Department of Public Works, the departments that do all the work around here to keep us clean, healthy, to build the human
infrastructure, but they never get the recognition that they deserve. So tonight, I'm giving a shout out to all of those groups. And that's for me, for Leticia Frager, from Mia Saxs, from the mayor, from David Cohen, from Brian
McDonald, and from Michelle Peron Lambros, who's not here. And I'm going to include all of the department heads, Bernie, and our municipal clerk. Thank you. [Applause]
Thanks, Leon. Any other council announcements or reports? David? Yeah, I just want to uh do a followup. I made an announcement a couple weeks ago that we were scheduled to have a um a rules of the road um education
session sponsored by the police department in a few weeks. Unfortunately, it had to be um cancelled that I think the one of the instructors wasn't able to make it, but um we do hope to reschedule at some point in the
future. Thank you. Anyone else? Anybody at the table have anything for this part of the meeting? Nope. Okay. The next item on the agenda is going to be postponed. Uh Drew Dyson had something come up that uh wouldn't allow
him to be here this evening. So, that presentation will happen at a future meeting. So, next up would be public comments for items not on the agenda. If anybody in the room had something for not on the agenda, anybody on
Zoom. All right. Not seeing anybody here or on Zoom. We'll close that part of the meeting. And next up is ordinance public hearing. Ordinance 2025-10. An ordinance by the municipality of Princeton designating stop intersections
within the boundaries of the former township, establishing a new stop intersection on Jefferson Road at Tune Road and amending chapter 11 of the code of the township of Princeton, New Jersey, 1968. Would someone like to move that? Thank you, David. Brian's got the
second. Any council discussion? David? Yeah, I'll just say a few words. Um, people talk about this as my intersection actually because my house is about one door away from the intersection. Uh, we've lived there for
close to 30 years now. And I can't tell you how many times we've heard the crash of metal on metal and glass uh, shattering um, because of our proximity to this intersection. Uh, it's something the traffic safety committee has really
um sort of rung our hands over and and really knitted our brows and tried to figure out solutions uh over the whole time I've been on on council. Uh those who go through the intersection know we've, you know, put
larger and larger stop signs. We've put uh rumble strips on the road, stop ahead signage on the road. um reflective um poles supporting the stop signs. And
this idea of adding a four-way stop so that the traffic on Jefferson has to stop as well just feels like the right next step. Um I actually um heard from a a constituent who's a traffic engineer.
I don't know if the rest of my council colleagues are aware of that, but um he's a retired traffic engineer. He had some concerns about this intervention, but um I just want to assure everybody that we're not taking this action
lightly. Uh but it's something that this this intersection is really recalcitrant and difficult to solve and we hope it's going to cut down on the the number of crashes that we have there. Thanks, David. Any other council
comments? Anybody in the room wanted to comment on this? Anybody on Zoom? Okay, we'll close the public hearing and have a roll call vote. Oh, I'm sorry. What?
No. Thanks, Le. Okay, Mr. McDonald. Yes. Mr. Cohen, yes. Miss Saxs, yes. Miss Frogga, yes. Mr. Nulan, yes. Okay, next up are resolutions. Resolution 25-185, resolution of the mayor and
council of Princeton authorizing the execution of a pledge agreement with the 10acre Foundation in the sum amount of $500,000 annually for the years 2025 through 2029. Is there a motion? Thank you. Brian's got the motion. David's got the second. Any questions or
comments? All in favor, please say I. I. I. Resolution 25186, resolution of the mayor and council of Princeton authorizing the purchase of one 2025 Ford 450 regular cab vehicle and equipment from Sioka Ford of Flemington
for $12,28325 utilizing New Jersey state contract 24-fleet-88820. Is there a motion on that one? Thank you, Leighton. Is there a second? Thank you, David. Questions or comments? All in favor, please say I. I. Hi. Okay.
Resolution 25187, resolution of the mayor and council of Princeton authorizing the award of a contract to Gabrieli truck sales for excuse me for one 2025 Kenworth T480 dump truck for 277,155.95
utilizing Sourcewell National Cooperative Purchasing Contract number 032824-KTC. Is there a motion on that? Thank you, Brian. Leighton's got the second. Questions or comments? All in favor, please say I. I. I. Resolution
25188. Resolution of the mayor and council of Princeton authorizing the award of a contract to Gabrieli truck sales for two 2025 Kenworth T480 compactor trucks for 598,9418 utilizing Sourcewell National
Cooperative Purchasing Contract number 032824-KTC. Is there a motion on that? Thank you, Brian. Is there a second? Thank you, Leighton. Questions or comments? Brian? Yes. I just wanted to uh thank the members of the rec department and uh public works for um
carefully tracking the age and condition of all of the equipment. Um these are large numbers. Um but the I think average uh term of service is 12 to 15 years for many of this heavy equipment. And um I know that we all um read
carefully um the the inventory of the trucks and the condition of the vehicles and just want to assure the public that this is something that we carefully monitor and um understand that these are important investments in our ability to
deliver vital services to our community. Thank you, Brian. Any other questions, comments? Just want to thank Brian for noting that because this is critically important. One of the reports we read today has one of the uh trucks that we're getting rid of is full of rust and
debris and these trucks are used over the mileage that they should be used and thank you Brian for noting that. That's a good thing. Okay. All in favor, please say I. I. I. Resolution
25189. Resolution of the sorry of the mayor and council of Princeton authorizing an increase of $34,352.64 to the not to exceed amount for the professional services agreement with Johnson Marian Thompson Inc. for documentation of maintenance holes and
flood hazard areas for a new not to exceed amount of $79,88352. Is there a motion on that? Thank you. Mia Leighton's got the second. Questions or comments? All right. Seeing none, all in favor, please say, "I." I. Resolution
25190, resolution of the mayor and council of Princeton authorizing the award of a contract to SHI for the annual Barracuda backup server and web security gateway appliances subscription for $61,32048 utilizing the New Jersey Cooperative Purchasing Alliance contract
number CK0424-38. Would someone move that? Thank you, Leon. David's got the second. Questions or comments? All in favor, please say I. I. Hi. Resolution 25191, resolution of the mayor and council of Princeton authorizing site
license agreements with C Crown Castle Fiber LLC for two locations, specifically 8 Wine and Road and 188 Jefferson Road. Davis's got the motion. Brian's got the second. Questions or comments? All in favor, please say I. I. I.
Resolution 25192, resolution of the mayor and council of Princeton authorizing the award of our professional services agreement to Arcadus US, Inc. for construction engineering services in connection with three mini system number 36 sewer rehabilitation projects for an amount not to exceed
$541,327. Mia has the motion. Is there a second? Thank you, Leon. Questions or comments? Leon. Yeah, just, you know, for the public's information, this again is serious business. It's a lot of money, half a million dollars, but this is for our
infrastructure. Uh, this it's one project that's being separated into three projects that's going to protect us against these crazy storms that could be heading our way, probably will be heading our way, and it cleans out our storm water management so that the only water that goes down there is the water that should be going down there. So
again, this is kind of what I was talking about. When we spend a lot of money on these big policy and infrastructure bills, there's still a lot going on for the vulnerable people. I'm done now. Thank you. Thank you, lady. Any other questions or comments? All in favor, please say I.
Resolution 25193, resolution of the mayor and council of Princeton authorizing an increase of $100,000 to the not to exceed amount for the professional service agreement with uh She what? She said Holland Beck LLC for
special environmental legal services for a new not to exceed amount of $265,000. Is there a motion on that? Thank you, Brian. Is there a second? Thank you, David. Questions or comments? Same question I always ask. When are we
going to be done? I believe this is a litigation side. The river road. Yeah. Yeah. But it's the litigation. So it's in federal court and there's no there's no trial date I don't think yet. So no trial date. I don't
believe so. Okay. So just so the public knows this is related to the uh dumping situation that uh occurred a while back. Um and I think we are believe that our insurance company should have covered us in certain respects and so we are
litigating to uh get that coverage. Right. Yeah. So, okay. Thanks for noting that. Any other questions or comments? All in favor, please say I. I. I. Resolution 25194,
resolution of the mayor and council of Princeton authorizing the sale of surplus personal property no longer needed for public use by auction on gov deals. Is there Thank you, Leighton. Is there a second? Thank you, Brian. Questions or comments?
All in favor, please say I. I. I. Resolution 25195, resolution of the mayor and council of Princeton authorizing the acceptance of donations and furtherance of possible design and construction of a new Nassau Street kiosk. Uh David's got the motion, Mia's
got the second. Questions or comments? David? Yeah. I just want to um thank Josh Zinder who has been working closely with myself and with Deanna to um put together this design competition. Uh
folks in the public may remember we've talked at some length about what this kiosk should be and Josh was watching the recording of one of our meetings and reached out and said sounds like you guys really could use a design competition and um I think it's a great
idea and uh this motion is uh to accept the donation of the prize money for the awards coming out of the competition. So um and and to structure, you know, if
anybody wants to donate more via be beyond the uh the company that's already stepped up to to donate the the base amount for the awards, we would be very happy to accept and to recognize you with a plaque on the final result.
Excellent. And who is the company company that has stepped up to offer that amount for the award? I I think I'm going to uh hold off on announcing that until everything is buttoned up. Okay. Well, I would just say that um the kiosk
issue has been um a topic of great um consternation and contribution from the public. And um I think this is fantastic that we're having this uh competition. Thanks. Brian. Uh David, just a quick question. I think it's going to be
really fantastic for this to take place and I'm grateful for your efforts and facilitating it. Um my only question is whether this group will also be thinking about locations for kiosks or potential locations other than um the existing
ones or at least the one in front of near the garden theater. So, um it is part of the competition rules that um and and charge to the designers that the
design may be uh used in other future locations as well as the location in front of the Garden Theater. But the the design charge that's been given is to do something that would specifically, you know, would fit there really well. So,
um I don't know if that's a sufficient answer to your question, but the the designers won't be searching for other locations. They're going to be designing for that location, but uh we may reuse the design in the future.
We'll have the rights to it if we decide to do so. Thank you. Any other questions or comments? Okay. All in favor, please say I. I. I. I. There's two items on the consent agenda. If nobody feels a need to pull either of those off, we can move the
consent agenda and block. Thank you, Leticia. Brian's got the second. All in favor, please say I. I. David, I move to adjourn. Is there a second? Thank you, Brian. All in favor say I. I. Meeting is done. Thank you very much for attending.