good evening everyone thank you for being here I want to welcome you to a meeting of the mayor and the Council of Princeton New Jersey today is March 10th 2025 and we're going to start our meeting thank you for everybody being
here uh Madam clerk could we have the meeting statement please adequate notice of this meeting was provided in accordance with the requirements of the open public meetings act and including the time date and location of the meeting 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 Leticia is going to do the land acknowledgement this evening thank you we gather today on the land of the Lenny
Lenape as members of the Princeton Community we aspired 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 were here before the indigenous today and the generations to come thank you could we have a roll call please Mr McDonald here miss Peron lambrose here
Mr Cohen here miss sax here miss Fraga here Mr nulan here mayor Freda here you have Cor thank you very much if you're able and you wish to stand could you join us in the Pledge of Allegiance I pledge aliance to the flag
of the United States of America and to the Republic for stands indivisible andice okay we're starting the meeting off with the swearing in of some of our fire department
members so Mr Philips I believe you are first Adam green green anything El okay right hand goes on the on the Bible okay and you're going to repeat
after me I David Phillips I David Phillips do solemnly swear do solemnly swear that I will support that I will support the Constitution of the United States Constitution of the United States and the constitution of the state of New Jersey and the constitution of the state of New Jersey that I will bear true
faith I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same and allegiance to the same and to the government established and to the governments established in the united states in the United States and in the state and in the state under the authority of the people under the authority of the people and that I will faithfully and that I
will Faithfully impartially impartially I should be putting this in the middle and justly perform and justly perform all the duties all the duties of the office of firefighter of the office of firefighter according to the best of my ability according to the best of my ability congratulations you thank you
our Fire official deputy chief Frank diamore is next the next contestant come on up how are you thank you I'm well how are you good good all right you're going to you know the do repeat after me yes
sir okay I Frank diamore I Frank diamore do solemnly swear do solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution that I will support the Constitution of the United States of the United States and the constitution of the state of New Jersey and the constitution of the state of New Jersey that I will bear true
faith that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same and allegiance to the same and to the governments established and to the governments established in the united states in the United States and in the state and in the state under the authority of the people under the authority of the people
and that I will faithfully and that I will faithfully impartially impartially and justly perform and justly perform all the duties of the office of Fire official all the duties of the office of Fire official according to the best of my ability according to the best of my ability
Chief how are you good all right ready yes sir I Adam cooker I Adam cooker do solemnly swear do solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States that I will support the Constitution of the United States and the constitution
of the state of New Jersey and the constitution of the state of New Jersey that I will bear true faith that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same and allegiance to the same and to the governments established and to the governments established in the united states in the United States and in the state and in the state under the
authority of the people under the authority of the people and that I will faithfully and that I will faithfully impartially impartially and justly perform and justly perform all the duties of the office of fire chief all the duties of the office of fire chief according to the best of my ability
according to the best of my ability congratulations thank okay good evening uh next is the service awards for our firemen it's significantly less than last year because we had to make up uh postco but
uh it's my honor to present the awards for Princeton Hook and Ladder okay first of all uh Jim Simon Okay Jim is for 20 years of service wait wait did you get that picture Jim get back over here everybody
as you come up we're going to get a picture Craig Craig need the pictures okay next award is for uh special to me person that's my son Michael um he can't make it tonight he got stuck at
work so I'm going to accept it for him how many years for Michael sorry how many years for oh I'm sorry 20 years Mark scitech here he's not here he's not here okay so Mark scitec is receiving an award for five years of
service you're going to do that yep okay and I think I have a proclamation for Jimmy yep do that one okay um next is a special Proclamation uh we had a uh firefighter
who passed away late last year uh but was a member for 55 years so we have a proclamation uh Office of the mayor Municipality of Princeton whereas with the arrival of European immigrants to the area
resulting in a settlement called prince toown in 1675 and later becoming known as Princeton in 1724 and whereas with growth comes homes businesses school buildings and the
associated property with uh such and along with comes the potential for L of life and property due to Fire and whereas with with the necessity for both the protection of life and Liberty the start of a fire department became a
priority and whereas stemming from a small group of towns folk Princeton University professors and students a volunteer Prince a volunteer Princeton fire department was started in 1788 whereas with all volunteer
organizations it takes a special breed of person to make a commitment to serve their community and whereas James Jimmy bird senior being such an individual decided to contribute to the good of the
Town by joining Princeton hook and ladder company in 1969 following in the footsteps of his father and Jimmy was especially proud that his son and granddaughter also serve in the fire service
for many years Jimmy Faithfully served as head driver of engine 621 and thanks to his many years of experience with the water company Jimmy was an expert in the town's water supply offering advice to ensure adequate water
supply at Major fires and whereas firefighter bird continued to demonstrate his dedication by achieving the Milestone of 55 years as a member of Princeton hook ladder in
2024 and now therefore I Mark Freda by The Virtue and authority vested in me as mayor of the municipality of Princeton on behalf of the entire governing body do hereby de deem it and honor to extend a heartfelt thank you to James Bird
senior and his family on behalf of the Princeton Community Sandy Jimmy somebody yeah okay the award is going to be received by his wife Sandy and uh his son
Jimmy thank you oh do we want a picture picture come on last one you're going to get uh the final award for the from Princeton Hook and Ladder um is a gentleman who's uh given a lot uh to
this community over his uh many many years of service uh specifically in this instance since 1974 um he's been a member of the fire department here in town uh and is still an active riding member to this day um still rides shifts and still drives trucks um and this is a 50 years of
service award for Mark Freda all all right my name is Bill Shields I'm president of engine company number one and the past Chief at Princeton fire department so we're doing our Awards tonight and just remind everybody September 11th the 9/11 Memorial folks don't forget to be there just a reminder
mark your calendar all right thank you Mr Nan for five years a service I don't think I really need this service from prin number one Bob s hey Will hey will it will it Willie Mr
Shields Willie grab it for a sec even though you don't need the microphone in the room the people that aren't in the room on Zoom can't hear what you're saying thank you I'll make make sure this doesn't happen again all right all right again from Prince and C
number one uh this is uh very close one to me it's my son Patrick shields for 15 years so Pat up now I just want to add one more piece uh one more information piece right there my son is a member my brother's a member
my father was a member I'm a member and my uncle was a member of the Princeton fire department so it goes a long way and around if you look around this room there quite a few people also have is Generations being demonstrated here folks so but it's not just family we're all
family all right once again for princ and engine company number one that started in 1794 we're number two in the town 20 years to Paul Stanga all right there you go come on step there we go
right thank you this one here all right just to De let everybody know again this is a family operation somewhat this is to Tom Stanga for 40 years Tom brother of Paul I'll let you hand it so we get him
in thank you coming up right here time I'm coming I'm coming I'm coming Chief step on in there all right yes sir thank you good evening I'm Anthony Santoro president Mercer engine company
number three and we'll get right to it there it is first up is lietta KH 20 years of service congratulations next is David Stewart 40 years congratulations and that uh concludes our Awards and uh the fire department
portion of the ceremony thank you all for attending uh have a great evening two e so all right we're going to try to regain control of the room so everybody that's in the back if you could shut the doors
that way the folks out in the lobby can chitchat all they want and we won't it won't bother us too much thank you Lance thanks okay we have a couple proclamations we're going to do the first Proclamation
is honoring Katherine Corwin on the occasion of her retirement and her son Adam is actually in the back room working all our technology Adam if you want to escape from the back room for a couple minutes you could do that but not for too long and Leticia as the lady on to the
uh to the health department to the board of health will read the proclamation yes it's my honor and uh as the mayor said a proclamation honoring Katherine Corwin on the occasion of her retirement whereas the municipality of
Princeton is proud to recognize Katherine Corwin public health nurse in the health department for her dedication to public service on the occasion of her retirement and whereas Kathy began her career here with the municipality of
Princeton in May of 2006 in the role of public health nurse in the health department and whereas Kathy has played a pivotal role in the health department becoming nurse supervisor and managing
several high-profile Public Health incidents including the covid-19 pandemic and whereas Kathy is one of the few public health nurses also serving as new Jersy licensed lead inspector risk
assessor further demonstrating her broad expertise and versatility in the public health field and whereas Kathy is not only a dedicated professional but also a source of inspiration to her peers frequently providing guidance to fellow
Public Health nurses across the state on topics ranging from emergency preparedness communicable disease investigation and health education and whereas Kathy's retirement from the municipality of Princeton will
be effective April 1 2025 and whereas Kathy has dedicated 19 years to serving the municipality of Princeton and 36 years serving as a public health nurse and whereas Kathy has served the community of Princeton
with pride and upon the occasion of her retirement is deserving of recognition and the high EST Commendation now therefore now therefore be it resolved I letia Fraga on behalf of Mayor Mark Frida mayor of Princeton
and the Council of Princeton County of Mercer state of New Jersey extend the municipality's humble expression of appreciation and sincer congratulations to Katherine Corwin we offer our best wishes for a long happy and healthy
healthy retirement w say cheese and I'm turning away from the most important people in town which is the residents so I just wanted to say that this last 5 years of working full-time
for the Princeton Health Department for Jeff and our whole crew has been the happiest I've been in my nursing career uh the people of Princeton are lovely um they're very lucky they have wonderful services and people who really care to
take care of them so I was happy to be one of those and I'll probably come back and help out if I can but I just want to say thanks so much for having just a great town that I've really enjoyed and we might make a little noise cuz we got little ones thank
you yeah you can go you don't have to yeah next up we have a community recognition award and a proclamation honoring Thomas Alfred Parker so I'll uh I'll start the proclamation or do you want to Leon do
you want to say some words first thank you for the opportunity to speak before the proclamation Mark I I just want to acknowledge everyone in the audience everyone uh watching virtually I want to thank each and every one of you for coming out to celebrate Tommy Alfred
Parker acknowledge the family whether you're here because he played ball with you uh coached you you know him politically you know him through Community engagement you're just a member of the neighborhood no matter how you got here why you're here and uh how
you know Tommy we just want to thank you from the bottom of the mayor and council's hearts for coming out here to show love to the Parker family and for Tommy Parker thank you thank you thank you being here thanks mayor thanks Lon we're all
going to read different parts of the Proclamation uh so let me start a proclamation honoring Thomas Alfred Parker whereas Thomas a Parker a Native Son of Princeton New Jersey was born on March 19th 1952 to Ruth and AER Parker and raised
at 27 Lee Avenue alongside his older sister Sally an and younger brother Lawrence whereas from his earliest days at Mr Robert singler's sinky playground where neighborhood youth spent summers
in Lively competition Tommy Parker biked to Grover Park and Harrison Street to play in summer softball games fostering his passion for baseball and teamwork and Brian whereas his dedication to youth Athletics continued through his
participation in Little League Baseball playing for the Giants in the YMCA League the Elks club in the PBA League Matthews Construction in the YMCA Junior League and csquare C in the Princeton softball league where he distinguished
himself as both a leader and competitor and whereas as co-founder general manager and coach of the American Legion Post 218 baseball team for 32 years as well as a longtime youth baseball and football coach Tommy Parker dedicated
himself to mentoring young athletes ensuring that the next Generations of young men had guidance encouragement and opportunities to succeed both on and off the field and whereas in 2004
recognizing the importance of mentorship and Community Support Tommy along with Larry Sproul and others launched committed princetonian a program dedicated to mentoring neighborhood youth to enhance self-awareness self-esteem and academic
development and reinforcing his lifelong commitment to the well-being of Princeton's Next Generation and whereas Tommy Parker has been actively involved in politics for over 40 years demonstrating leadership and commitment
to workers rights and Civic engagement and as president of Princeton University's largest local SEIU Local 175 he organized lobbied and played a key role in numerous political campaigns advocating for labor rights and fair
representation and whereas his leadership had at the Helm of the municipality of Princeton's Civil Rights Commission where he served championing championing and advocating for greater awareness and understanding of what
fairness access and equity L like in Princeton along with advocating for both seniors and youth through his work on the Human Services Commission and whereas he served as chairman of the Princeton Democratic Municipal committee
from June 2020 to January 2022 navigating the challenges of the covid-19 pandemic adapting to new voting procedures and contributing to democratic victories and whereas during his tenure as president of the the
Princeton Community Democratic organization from January 22nd to January 2023 he was a driving force and voting rights activism Grassroots get out the vote e efforts and coordinating
campaigns at the local County and state levels and whereas Tommy's wife Joanne Parker has been the steadfast wind beneath his wings embodying the very same principles of community building
advocacy and resilience that Define the Parker family Legacy and whereas during two severe strokes and the devastating loss of his oldest son Tay Tommy's indomitable Spirit
remains a beacon of resilience perseverance and love for his community and whereas as a lifelong friend and council member I recognize and honor the legacy of my dear Friend Thomas a Parker whose
Decades of unwavering commitment to Princeton mirror the ideals of another great princetonian Paul Robison in advocacy representation and Leadership and whereas Tommy and Joanne are blessed
with their children Tahira Camila jiara Tariq and seven grandchildren who continue to carry forward the strength and values instilled in them by their parents parents and grandparents
and whereas the Parker family is beloved and pron for their unwavering dedication to the welfare of others their family strength and resilience their Fierce advocacy and their Relentless fight for the least Among Us embodying the very
essence of community Justice and family values and now therefore be it proclaimed I Mark fredom mayor of the municipality of Prince and the Council of Princeton County of Mercer state of New Jersey hereby Proclaim Wednesday March 19th
2025 Tommy Parker's birthday as Tommy Parker day in Princeton New Jersey in recognition of his extraordinary contributions to our town his leadership his resilience and his unwavering love for our community thank you
going spe all right three two please sorry for everybody to had my back to you uh but thank you for this award uh and this Rec recognizing my father and our family for for uh being a
part of this Princeton Community but uh as I said back in the springtime thank you for giving us a community to be a part of and and to serve um so to the council thank you uh to the people I see Mr Frida good to see you again and to uh
Leighton Uncle Leighton that is the true representation of being your brother's keeper and I appreciate that deeply so thank you thank you everybody for coming and appreciate it thank you and look everybody that was here for Tommy first of all thank you for doing
that uh for being here but secondly don't feel you need to sit in the chairs any longer than you want to feel free to exit you don't have to stay for the rest of the meeting want to say thanks to everyone for coming and thanks for everyone who helped us put the uh Proclamation
together get home safe see you lat okay just to know shley shley I didn't know anything about it until the afternoon until Mark told me I
I could no one would ever know that we had it's all right we got you covered TC and I were on the same wave l watch everybody okay we'll move on with the meeting next
up are announcements and reports any members of uh Council have announcements or reports that they need to make this evening all right no governing body announcements or reports why don't we uh go to the police department
monthly report for January thank you for mayor and Council for having me I'm here to present the 2025 January Princeton police Chiefs report like to highlight just a couple things here um Sergeant novice from our
Department's safe neighborhood unit in a month of January partnered with the greater Mercer transportation management association to bring a fun and educational bicycle safety session both to the Riverside Elementary School and Johnson Park Elementary
School like they had a few more things uh we recently had six recruits start the police academy a couple weeks ago they're all doing well and uh the end of last week we opened our recruitment for uh future vacancies in the police
department be happy to answer any questions mayor and counsel thank you lieutenant any questions on the comments Lieutenant made or on the report itself okay seeing none wellow that was easy thank you sir thank
you okay next up we have 10 sets of minutes um any latia I just move them all Laticia is moving all set all 10 and is there a second thank you Brian any questions or comments on any of the
minutes I seeing none all in favor please say I I I okay I abstained from the last minutes okay I'm sorry Michelle's abstaining from the February 2 from the February 24 thanks
okay all right next up public comments for items not on the agenda so we'll start with people in the room if there's anybody in the room that wants to comment on something not on the agenda you just come up to the to the podium in the center you say
your name and it's on the agenda I'm sorry it's in resolutions yeah okay okay yeah we you'll get a chance to okay Hendrix I'm sorry did you want to yes please Hendrick I think you know the
drill you state your name and address and are you all right there can somebody something here oh this Podium how convenient oh and there's the microphone how even more convenient um uh yes Hendrick's Davis 232 John
Street um I am coming to you today as a member of the board of the Mera County Community College Foundation question how many of you have ever been
to merer County Community College say yes if you have yes yes that's a pretty good number that's wonderful well you know and for those of you who don't know um Merc our our community college is a
wonderful wonderful resource for not only youth not only high school students that are graduating and going to college but for the entire Community there's so many programs and offerings that merca County Community
College uh provides for for us and I know that many uh families here in Princeton have had the opportunity to send a child to Mercer County Community College to particip ipate in sports programs and and many other things it's
a great great great institution as a member of the board of the of the foundation uh my responsibility is to go out and talk to the community uh members where I live and
encourage them to support this great institution to wit on April 3rd of this year we will have our annual spring into Student Success event at jasna palia between 6
and 900 p.m. it's a great event and I really hope that many of you especially members of the council and the uh mayor will support this endeavor we raise
significant funds annually that go into our our uh our foundation resources to support students not only with tuition but with wraparound needs that students might have uh as you know many students
don't have all the resources that they need even for tuition sometimes even to get a bus pass to come there there are two campuses there's one in Trenton the James Carney campus and one in West Windsor but um it's it's a great
opportunity for all of you to to support us I have some uh some information here about the event that I'm going to leave with each of the council members but I'll stay uh for the duration of the
council meeting so that any member of the audience can uh can uh can come up to me and find out more information about it and perhaps take one of the ways take one of the forms in which you can sign up I got involved with uh merca
County Community College because I uh did some fundraising for them as requested by uh one Jim Floyd senior many years ago about 15 years ago he requested that I um uh help him and
the college uh he was on the board then uh with the uh a fundraising event to endow a scholarship uh which is the James and Fanny Floyd scholarship we did a great job and we still can do more uh
over the course of the three events of two of which I chaired we raised over $100,000 when they asked me 15 year or 13 years later to come on to the board I said I will certainly do that with the provis that at least some of my efforts
could be used to increasing the Corpus of the James and and Fanny Floyd uh endowed scholarship so $100,000 we have $900,000 more to go that's my goal will you help me please
come and see me HRI thank you thank you anyone else in the room with uh comments for items not on the agenda again just state your name and address and watch the timer hello uh my name is Mary sargus and I am
on South Harrison Street um I've been a resident of Princeton for about 15 years I'm a member of uh food and water watch food and water action and Empower New Jersey which is a coalition of Faith
organizations labor organizations and environmental organizations I spent about five hours of my day over at the state house today in the uh assembly at an environmental committee meeting um and this was about many bills that they
were uh reviewing but I'm here about the New Jersey climate super fund bill so last week I believe it was Thursday uh I sent you all some materials to read um I sent you the bill itself in its current
form a one-pager that kind of outlines its um its intentions how it's going to be enacted um and then a template for a
resolution for the council to write Princeton's own resolution in support of the bill that is my goal is to have Princeton join there are 11 municipalities in New Jersey right now who have um supported the bill today the
um act did go it passed committee it is passed the Senate it was introduced in the Senate so it is going into the um legislature at large for discussion and um and vote eventually
um in the materials I think in my email I said this is this is a bill that New York passed last year and Vermont yes there's already uh lawsuits against it some of them brought by other states go figure
um and that that is going to happen um but it's imperative that this bill in New Jersey gets passed this year so that there is regional momentum for this kind of legislation so that
um even if there were not lawsuits around this bill it would take two to three years for municipalities to see the funds from the super fund and the funds will not just help Princeton
um become more resilient to uh climate crisis uh weather events but will help all of New Jersey and our neighbors um therefore making us all more resilient in our infrastructure
um last thing I it escaped oh also at the um gubernatorial Forum that was held a couple of weeks ago all of the democratic um candidates who were present all endorsed this this bill so I'm hoping
that Princeton does also I hope it goes on the agenda for next month thank you thank you you David yeah I just want to um maybe amplify for people who aren't familiar with the bill the the name of
it being a super fund Bill may make you think of you know toxic cleanup and stuff like that uh cuz that's what we think of but in fact this is really a fund to help mitigate the damages from climate change so we may not have a
toxic slate in Princeton but we certainly have problems with rainwater and um this really would impact us directly so thank you for bringing it to us thank you thanks anyone else in the room with
comments for something not on the agenda all right anybody on Zoom with a uh comment for something not on the agenda all right see no hands up I'll close that part of the meeting and um I guess we're going to have Deana
are you going to give us some comments on the uh Transit plan yes thank you mayor um a Transit micromobility study and expansion of the municipal bus service was identified as a
2024 goal and priority of mayor and Council the goal of this study is to design a comprehensive Community Transportation program which pairs existing public transit options with complimentary services not currently
utilized in order to Maxim maximize access for all Princeton residents in the most Equitable efficient and coste effective manner instead of giving a presentation tonight I'm offering the status of this study stud verbally
Princeton hired Nelson nyard and began work on the study in September of 2024 they have reviewed the services currently provided by Princeton as well as others including Mercer County New Jersey Transit and Princeton University
they've also conducted Community engagement via four open houses at various locations targeted stakeholder interviews and public surveys next next St on their scope of work is to identify short-term and
long-term strategies for consideration by Council and the public when we have strategies and cost models formulated we will come back to Mayor and Council to present those uh the timeline we anticipate for this return to council
will be short as we anticipate receiving two electric buses this summer as a part of the regional greenhouse gas initiative settlement with the state so a very brief update but um just wanted
to let you know where we are in the process and that we will be coming back hopefully in the short term to um review short-term and long-term strategies thank you you're welcome thanks Tiana any uh any questions or
comments at this point okay terrific all right next up is a public hearing on ordinance 2025-the the acquisition of 24.8 five give or take Acres of vacant land located at 660 and 680 Cherry Valley
Road Block 102 Lots 10 and 11.01 on the Princeton tax mat is there a motion on that thank you Leticia Mia's got the second uh Council question questions or comments okay that's great public
questions or comments on this again when you come up name and address and watch the timer thank you uh Wendy maker 459 Cherry Hill Road I'm the president of friends at Princeton open space um we're very happy about uh the
town acquiring uh the so-called Shel property um it's a very good choice of land for Princeton to meet its obligation to D for uh at least two reasons um first um these Lots help make
a great connection for human beings between the 153 acre parcel on Province line uh the recently preserved uh Princeton Academy of the Sacred Heart lot and easement the entrance to
Woodfield reservation on Drake's Corner Road and along Drake's corner to the Great Road which leads to the town center um second I'd like to point out that these lots are very important to Wildlife as shown on the Department of
Environmental Protections mapping for the change project which stands for connecting habitat across New Jersey this project identifies the corridors that are necessary for wildlife to be able to travel for food
mates and cover and in response to climatic and population level changes on the change Maps Lot 10 is all core area which is a large undisturbed area that is critical to Wildlife
populations and lot 11.01 includes core area and Corridor 1 and Corridor 2 areas which are the highest ranked connectors for animals to travel so for people animals and forests
that provide Environmental Services like flood mitigation these lots are an excellent choice for acquisition and I support it thank you good evening uh many of you know me but I'm Mark Sullivan I'm a partner with
Jay-Z and Architects and designers here in Princeton New Jersey I'm here tonight as a representative of Princeton Academy of the Sacred Heart I am a member of the Board of Trustees its executive committee and chair of the buildings and grounds committee uh the academy I'm
also a parent too I should say the academy has been in a rather intense rebuilding process C this past year and we're thrilled to be working with ridgge viw Conservancy um to grant them an easement along the west side of the property uh to work with them on uh
integrating some of the forestry aspects of of their world into the Academy's curriculum um and to be able to hopefully access this space we will be accessing this forest in the near future uh using it as classroom space uh but also welcoming other institutions
schools the public uh to come through the property via the easement we're granting on the western side and access the space so uh unfortunately the school is on spring break this week so not many of the board or Administration is around but uh I wanted to come here and say we support this very much and we look
forward to this being granted thank you sorry anyone else in the room good evening Mike pasaro policy director for the Watershed Institute um hard to follow Wendy uh for the importance of this I mean this site is extremely wet with Wetlands uh this action the
township the Princeton is taking will help preserve those Wetlands those sponges to make sure that uh that area is better protected can absorb additional storm water climate change and make sure things aren't going to get
worse so greatly support this and really appreciate Princeton's leadership on this thank you thank you good evening mayor Freda and Town Council Members my name is alif Cam and I'm a junior at Princeton High School and I have to say every time I'm at one
of these meetings I feel prouder to be a resident of Princeton This Town Council has done so much to help our environment including endorsing the green Amendment last year which again I was here for and actually today my ask of you is similar to when I stood here just over a year
ago but this time much more local and I believe more significant to our town specifically and um I'm going to just add on to basically what the past few speakers have said um I am a leader of the RW Turtles a group of high school students who go out into various Forest around Princeton to build and maintain
Trails every Sunday morning this 25 acres of land on Cherry Valley Road that we're discussing tonight is an essential portion of the emerald necklace of Green Space around our town that high school students like me have been working on connecting for over a decade in order to
promote access to Green Space and Equity scor acquiring this property will make the 153 acre Forest except accessible to all of Princeton by linking it to Princeton Academy and therefore to the great road further this parcel of forest that we're discussing
is partially a wet land one that provides a critical habitat for endangered species like the wood turtle the red troller Hawk and the B owl the New Jersey conservation foundation's conservation blueprint has characterized this land as a medium high conservation
value Forest signifying that the area has good water quality rare species habitat habitat connectivity and climate change resilience con connectivity is critical to all species to Wildlife and to humans and our work connecting green
areas helps the health of wildlife as well as our human Community for years my group has built and maintained Trails removed invasives and planted native plants in this area not only the helping the community but the high schoolers who get a chance to do this work outside I
have firsthand experienced the mental health benefits of doing real impactful work in nature and I know that many of my peers have to in The Amazing community that we've built for over a decade our motto as the ridge viw Turtles is young people protecting old
forests well us young people are willing to put in the work but tday tonight we need your support thank you so much thank you testing testing all right hello my name is James Jackson I'm a recent college graduate who grew up right down the road in hope well uh for the for the
past few months I've had the privilege of working with the ridw Conservancy both as a volunteer for the turtles and I'm also starting now as a part-time educator at Princeton Academy um these experiences have demonstrated to me how students of all ages Thrive when presented the opportunity to connect
with the environment and benefit academically physically and emotionally from this exposure we've already heard some testimony to that um I'm I'm also going to talk a little bit about yeah the high school students love the physical and educational nature of the volunteer work as we just heard uh these often overworked and stressed students
make the time every Sunday to spend a couple hours taking out invasive species and improving Trails for the community I remember when I was in high school I was not focused on much other than just getting through the classes getting my SATs done and everything these kids are going above and beyond they're really connecting with nature that much that
they're taking this valuable time that they have to be here es like there's a few of them here tonight there people giv testimony this is really amazing stuff um and then during my brief time so far at Princeton Academy I just wanted to say the value that this exposure provides to the students has been instantly recognizable uh in
passing moments I've I've always heard the students talking excitedly about the lessons for the day they're all like oh who gets to go outside today oh they're so lucky whatever um and uh this is not to mention the exuberance that each class has had during the introductory lessons themselves the students have
demonstrated an immense desire to learn more about the nature that surrounds them literally sprinting from tree to tree eager to observe these essential yet often neglected parts of our world and the really amazing part about this to me is that we've had this remarkable response and we've barely even scratched
the surface of the Outdoor Classroom in the area um if preserved the 24 Acres uh behind the school will become a revolutionary ground of education for Princeton generally but these students in particular who already ask constantly when are we going to go into the woods
um so I mean they're eager it's there um and then once the sidewalk on the Great Road reaches to Cherry Valley all of the Princeton Community will have that access to these amazing areas and uh the benefits that we've heard come from it thank you thank you oh I'm too for this good evening um
dear Town Council Members I'm bangu I'm a senior at PHS um and I'm speaking tonight as a student leader of bridgy of Conservancy um like my friends alif um said which is a group that um led by Dr Patricia
Shanley um and us the leaders of many high schoolers actually um who spend their Sunday mornings out in the woods rain or shine even snow um and we do everything we can to protect this land and it's not just something simply
something we care about but it is something we dedicate our time and energy to just like many others in this room as well as those watching online um and one of the many reasons we're out doing this work is for our mental health we do it because it gives us a chance to
touch grass to see the impact we're making with our own two hands um and the world we're living in right now of like often tends to make us feel small and Powerless and today there aren't many teenagers who can easily identify plants and trees um yet many of us can identify
dozens of social media logos um without thinking twice um but in the woods we can we find something real and meaningful and that connection is what keeps us coming back so the land up for discussion tonight is a very important
Link in Princeton's Emerald necklace um like my friend said and once the great roads sidewalk is complete to Cherry Valley Road all of this all of our work will be accessible to the entire community of Princeton um very proud of what Princeton has already done and
doing to protect um our natural spaces and I believe that this is the perfect time to keep building on it um just a few months ago um in November many of us gathered um to celebrate the protection of the 153 acres of land I was there and
many of us were actually there too as Trail guides and it felt just amazing to have the public enjoy our weeks of work um actually Decades of work I could say um and that type of achievement is what we want to see what we um what we really
enjoy so I strongly support the protection of this land thank you very much thank you hi my name is Patricia Shanley from 211 Rie Road I yes uh this Turtle spoke for me I mean they know it because they work on it every day so I'm just going
to compliment by what hendrik said who has ever been to this Forest you want to say yes or raise your hand yes 25 acre okay terrific it's an amazing I'm just going to mention how beautiful it is it's a phenomenal Forest there are wetlands also but there's old growth
forest with Hickory and Oak and there's a stream that rindes down the middle so when these students when we work usually they're an invasive species SE ridden places with thorns when they got to this Forest they exclaimed wow we have never seen a forest like this it's an older
Forest it's an intact forest and it's not only a local treasure that way but it's a global resource because older intact forest with closed canopy that don't allow invasive species up are the like number one natural defense against
climate change and species Extinction so it's absolutely phenomenal and I know um I thank all of you for working working in this I know our Township administrator been on the phone for over years trying to make this deal come through I really thank you it's a critical Link in the emerald necklace
it's critical for wildlife it's critical for people to have these linkages it's a lot more fun to keep going than to turn around um it's also hugely value added because we've all invested so much uh both finances and time to protect a lot
of forests on the East and to the West of this property and now they'll all be linked and so that's you know New Jersey uh Green Acres Mercer County private donations the uh Land Trust Consortium as well as Princeton municipality so
this tiny 25 acres has massive impact that's beyond uh what we're paying for it um the good news is the new connectivity with um we have nine acres we're preserving on WE helping make an easement on Princeton Academy's property
so that's going to enrich the school and make the entire community be able to reach these phenomenal places including the historic site with African-American and Indigenous history which to date is not accessible to the public um so this is a legacy we're going to leave our
youth they say it best and I'm thrilled I probably don't need to get up here anymore because they can just speak for us right so I really thank you so very much and I also thank the owners for selling it to Princeton for protection because they could have done otherwise
in this way we have this beautiful piece of the emerald necklace thank you all very much thank you uh Rob tangin 66 Shady Brook Lane uh the map on page 15 of the master plan the conservation open space
Recreation element shows a conceptual framework for the grp Greenway Loop also what people have been calling the emerald necklace and I can talk very knowledgeably about that Loop that's in the master plan because I actually it is my GPS recording of a father daughter
hike that I did two years ago with my daughter that that made that map and I gave it to the open space manager uh and that's so it so my point is that it's not a vision of something that may be at some fuzzy point in the future we made it fuzzy for the master plan don't we
don't get ahead of ourselves but but it's real and there are just a small number of gaps left to fill and this is probably the most critical one in my mind and I've walked it I've walked it then and and every year since uh hours each week I go out and continue
maintaining Trails sometimes with the ridge viw Turtles often times just out by myself uh I love the wood it's a phenomenal resource um so you know as a voter and a tax paper uh payer um the master plan I'm very supportive of it
I'm very supportive that we have the open fund trust that's meant to acquire uh lands like this um and you know the stated goal in there is to focus the Acquisitions first on lands that will
enhance its own trail system the mun with the eventual goal of creating a Greenway loop around the outer edge of the municipality so I just wanted to bring the council back to the master plan um this is an action that is so specifically in direct in support of the
master plan it just it's perfect and we've got to do it so thank you thank you anyone else in the room to speak on this all right anybody on Zoom that wanted to speak to this okay last shot for Council Members
any other questions or comments Mia I just want to thank Wendy and Mike and Trish and the Ridge View Conservancy Turtles for all your work to um create the trails that make such a difference
for all of us in Princeton already and I know that you're continuing to do that and there's nothing more I love than a combination of Princeton High School in open space that is just a magical combination so thank you really from from all of us for coming out and for
all your work and um this is exciting so and thank you Mr tangan as well you you I know you've walked at all much more than the rest of us but you you survived so we're going to follow through I say I've got to uh fake hip so if I can get out there do
it just about anyone great thank you so much Lon yeah thanks mayor you know I just want to comment about how good it is to see the energy level you know here at 400 Witherspoon street with young kids
uh you know we spend a lot of time on open space but tonight what we have is open minds and it it's really a delightful thing to see and and I also want to say that the collaboration between Princeton Academy and and and in this relationship
is another beautiful thing to see because it shows that not only are we spending money for open space but that the kids are using it for educational purposes now I'm going to go a little bit deeper with you when I was in I guess maybe 7 8 years old I left Birch
Avenue for summer camp and I've shared this with Trish before when I walked out here to see the area but 5 minutes from Birch Avenue is hunt school and that's where I went to summer camp and I got to tell you it's only a five minutes from Birch Avenue to hunt school but it was
lifechanging for me because for the first time I was spending my days in the woods and I wasn't playing ball I was outside all day I wasn't playing ball I was doing creative things and then there was Mr singler's playground ground but being outside like the gentleman said
walking in the woods does something to a child who was not exposed to forestry and the outer perimeters of Princeton so my ask and my encouragement is to get some young children to color out there with you because it will change their
lives like it changed mine thank you thanks L anybody else Melle Trish your leadership sh and vision to put all this together and to have brought these kids out there and
and created the ridge viw Turtles and to inspire all of us I just we really I don't know what else we can say but thank you and um you're it's your V vision and your leadership that really has made all this happen so thank you
okay I do want to share one more thing and and Trish said this to me so if it's lie she said it but this is something for all of us to think about when I walked the conservatory and ridw with you Trish what you said to me now hear
me now was there was a we we were we were right next to and I set on a rock formation in the town of Princeton and Trish please come up to the microphone and tell the audience and my colleagues what you told me that day about that
rock formation I don't I'm not exactly sure what my words were but it's a really important indigenous historic site and that's been shown through scientific archaeological studies there's been 1,600 artifacts
found there and about uh 700 or 800 of those were from an indigenous from late Woodland Indians and um recently the New Jersey D who works with njcf New Jersey conservation Foundation went out he um
documents ceremonial Stone circles his name is Martin rap and he documented that site where we were as a stone circle but that's true too but I'm speaking specifically about the rock foration the turtle rock that the the rock formation you showed me that can
only be found one other place on planet Earth Morocco Rocko on the Ivory Coast yes thank you thank you okay exactly so yes we we should all know that thank you very much so Morocco was neighbors with
um Princeton and New Jersey and those rocks are all over and every student and every science teacher we should all learn that so we're all about learning Natural History locally so we have pride in place and are connected to place that's a real bit of history for you to
consider just to consider that at one time before everything shifted that Princeton was on the continent of Africa or Africa was on the continent of Princeton whatever where you want to look look at okay all one yeah I just want to say
one more thing which is that um when I originally came to the topic of open space when I was first on Council I had a perception of it as something uh which was about uh preserving land next to uh
wealthy people's houses um and I I really appreciate um the education that I've had on Council and and that is not what is happening in Princeton it's not what we're doing um and I would encourage uh Princeton residents to look
at what fos is doing and Wendy is here friends of Princeton open space and what Trish Dr Trish Shanley is doing with the ridgew Turtles um and they both organizations have uh kids local kids of
a diverse group of kids of every socio economic um background in Princeton out on the weekends in nature as you described it's our own local fresh air fund um and I know of numerous instances
in which these kids' lives have been transformed in terms of mental health physical health and um the trajectory of their future so it's not just about open space it's about mental and physical health and about building into our our
children's lives and it's so important the work that you're doing and anyone who would like to find out more should look online for friends of princeon open space or the ridge viw Conservancy the ridge viw Turtles and go out there and spend a morning walking the trails your
life will really be uh changed will be eye opening so thank you okay we all good roll call vote Please Mr McDonald yes Miss PR lambrose yes Mr Cohen yes Miss Sachs yes Miss
froger yes Mr nulan yes carried thank you very much as I've said to the other groups if this is the only item you are here for feel free to slip on out I know our meetings are so riveting you don't want to leave but feel free
all right next up we have four ordinance uh introductions and just as a reminder ordinance introductions are moved and seconded and voted on they're not discussed because at a future date there'll be a public hearing where they'll be discussed first up is ordinance
20254 ordinance to exceed the municipal budget appropriation limits and to establish a cap Bank njsa 44-454 the public hearing will be April 14th 2025 David has the motion is there a
second thank you late uh is that is this one a roll call vote also or is this a roll call Ral it is Ral okay M Mr McDonald yes Miss pron lambrose yes Mr Cohen yes Miss sa yes
Miss Fraga yes Mr nulan yes carried thank you ordinance 2025-the appropriating 246,000 therefore and authorizing the issuance of $246,000 bonds or notes of Princeton to finance the cost thereof public hearing
is March 24th 2025 Michelle's got the motion is there Brian's got the second roll call vote Mr McDonald yes Miss Pon lambrose yes Mr Cohen yes Miss Sachs yes Miss froga yes
Mr nulan yes carried thank you ordinance 20 25-06 Bond ordinance providing for various Capital Improvements for open space purposes in and by Princeton in the county of merer New Jersey appropriating $615,000 therefore and
authorizing the issuance of $584,000 bonds or notes of Princeton to finance part of the costs thereof the public hearing is March 24th 2025 Mia has got the motion is there a second Leon's got the second roll call vote Mr McDonald yes Miss pron lambrose
yes Mr Cohen yes Miss saxs yes Miss Fraga yes Mr nulan yes Carri thank you ordinance 20257 Bond ordinance providing for various Capital Improvements in and by Princeton in the county of Mercer New Jersey appropriating 14
m1811 se5 therefore and authorizing the issuance of 12, 694,000 bonds or notes of Princeton to finance part of the cost thereof the public hearing will be March 24th 2025 and would Michelle thank you is
there a second thank you Mia roll all V Mr McDonald yes Miss pron lambrose yes Mr Cohen yes Miss Sachs yes Miss Fraga yes Mr nulan yes carried thank you very much next up our items related to our
budget I'm sorry I'm I'm sorry maybe I should have um brought this up in the not on the agenda section but I just wanted to ask if I don't want to discuss uh the third
ordinance that you just introduced but if I could just ask for a little bit uh of information about two elements of it because I couldn't find much of any explanation in the um agenda packet
right so let me Wendy so sorry but since it's an ordinance introduction we really don't get into a public discuss of it but you can follow up with the administrator or the CFO and they can get you information on it it's just that if we start talking about it it's really opening the public hearing which we're
not allowed to do I didn't want to talk about it but that's fine I'll do that no we'll get you the answers so thank you okay so on the budget related items uh our CFO Sandy Webb is here Sandy do you want to chat at us before we do any of these
or okay great your microphone on is that you no what is this what was that teolog think this is a little
problem part of your budget mag okay thank you Adam okay so before we uh introduce the budget I wanted to just go through um a short PowerPoint to talk about some of the Sandy can you just get them so the
people on Zoom can hear you just keep the microphone close to you okay thanks um so the just a quick budget overview for the 2025 uh budget that you're about to introduce this this budget represents about a 3% increase which is a little
over $2 million we have some um additional salaries in this budget to plan for some overlap of some uh long-term employees that are going to be retiring uh this year or later in the year and we also have um this budget
includes the cost of living increases for both uh contractual and non-contractual employees and the other expense budget is up about $1.3 million and that's all the same hitters that you know we talk about every year
of what what drives the budget um this is just a breakout of uh the budget as it was adopted in 2024 and what we're set for introduction for 2025 so a couple of things that drove
this Budget on the revenue side we lost Municipal uh we had Municipal Aid in 2024 of 256,000 it was aid from the state um we knew it was a one shot revenue or a one-time
Revenue so that is no not in this budget for 2025 and we had a drop in the uh Community Village money that we get on a pilot agreement on the revenue side for increases we did see some significant
increases our Surplus I have a slide um I'll go through a little later but this budget anticipates about a million dollars more in the use of surplus us we have been doing uh really well on our interest on our investments so we increase that Revenue uh sewer
collections has gone up we have in here the university increase and the Avalon Bay payment uh for the pilot we received our first quarter for 2025 and that's going to bring us in about a million dollars so that's a jump of almost
400,000 and we have the hotel motel tax which we know is going to continue to climb even more than it did last year for The Graduate hotel and this budget does have a tax increase in it so on the expenditure side the you
know it's the normal drivers that we see every year we have Debt Service we have Group Insurance it's the garbage and trash um and we have some other out some of our departments that asked for significant increases for specific projects that they are working on so
what does all this mean this means that on um an average assess valued House of about $857,000 that means the municipal share only of the taxes are going to go up about 106 over the 2024 budget and our budget
includes both municiple and the library and so that the total is going to go up about $134 again that's over the course of a year so we had some significant budget uh meetings with a lot of our department I'm not going to go through the whole
list but we cut out of this budget significant amount of money from our departments which we've done the last couple of years based on what the spending Trends have been and our Surplus when we looked at uh when we ended 2023 we were just under
22 million and when we ended 2024 we're over 25 million which is why as I mentioned I'm more than comfortable with bringing in a million dollars more Surplus and so these are some of the changes that we did some of them I've
already mentioned but to mitigate and kind of control the uh the tax increase that we're recommending Administration when we went through we made a bunch of reductions on the budgets that saved us $874,000 um we also at the time that we
went through operating we also went through the capital budgets and we were able to uh skim off a a small 14 million off of the capital projects so that in turn allowed us to reduce one of the Appropriations which
is our down payment appropriation um so these are the these are the things that drive the budget that we have very little control over they're the insurances it's a our liability our workman's comp and our group insurance which is our medical
insurance for our employees the utilities the pensions it's the same things that I mention every year and this this accounts for about 43% of this budget which we have very little control over and that is
it thank you Sandy questions for Sandy before we start going through the next few items David not so much a question but I just wanted to comment that uh in case people were shocked by the uh increase on the
Avalon Bay pilot that increas is not because rents are going up uh exponentially but rather because they've been leasing up um so last year they were not operating full year and so they
were um bringing in Rent All Year so that's why we're seeing an increase this year but I think the figure that you mentioned Sandy you said 1 million did you mean to say that I'm sorry yeah the the mil the pilot for Avalon we
collected our first payment in February and with four payments this year it'll be close to a million dollar okay just to clarify because there has been so much discussion about pilots in the town the pilot from the Avalon
thanet site per the terms of our affordable housing settlement has to cover the cost to the taxpayers of uh construction of Princeton Senior Living which is 7 100 and change so um the the
the amount that is and I think we originally envisioned that it would we knew it would cover that the point is that it's doing much better so when you put the 330 you were basically that number was what it's generating above what we
had anticipated above the cost of the prin and Senior Living is that correct correct okay just to clarify that thank you wait I I just want to give Sandy a shout out for spending about a half an hour with me today helping me be a better
council person with a greater understanding of finances so thank you you're welcome okay let's get to the meat of these things here Sandy thank you very much you're welcome first up 2587 resolution of the mayor and Council of Princeton approving local budget
Examination for the 2025 Municipal budget would someone move that please thank you Brian is there a second thank you Michelle questions or comments I seeing none all in favor please say I I next up
2588 resolution of the mayor and Council of Princeton authorizing compliance with United States equal employment opportunity commission's enforcement guidance on the consideration of arrest and conviction records and employment decisions under title 7 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 Leticia has the
motion was there a second Clayton's got the second questions or comments David um I I'm just curious why this is under the budget um yes it's actually a requirement from the state of New Jersey
that this um resolution gets approved every year and it's something that I submit at the time that the budget gets submitted to the state okay thanks okay any other questions all in favor please say I hi 2589 resolution of the mayor and
Council of Princeton introduction of the municipal budget for 2025 David thank you Michelle except the second questions or comments all in favor please say I there we go that's great so I just
want to comment so this is the introduction we will be voting again on the budget in two weeks correct yes so even though this is not an ordinance it's kind of like an ordinance yeah
quasi okay let's go to resolutions or the rest of the resolutions 2590 resolution of the mayor and Council of Princeton appointing a municipal Green Team for 2025 thank you Mia Brian's got the second questions or comments all right all in favor please say I I I 2591
resolution of the mayor and Council of Princeton approving emergency temporary Appropriations for the 2025 affordable housing utility fund budget uh thank you Mia sir David got the second questions or comments all in favor please say I I 2592 resolution of
the mayor and Council of Princeton approving emergency temporary Appropriations for the 2025 current fund budget leighton's got the motion David's got the second questions or comments all in favor please say I I I I 2593 resolution of the mayor and Council of
Princeton approving emergency temporary Appropriations for the 2025 parking Utility Fund budget David's got the motion Michelle's got the second questions or comments all in favor please say I I 2594 resolution of the mayor and Council of Princeton
authorizing the award of a Professional Services agreement to one water Consulting LLC for Professional Services related to a Stony Brook watershed management plan for an amount not to exceed $10,250 46 which is 44.2 two% of the
consultant budget of $249,300 being shared with Pennington burrow Township of Hopewell and Lawrence Township Mia has the motion Brian has the second questions or comments I just want to give Mike bazaro a chance to speak because I promised him
You' have with thank you very much uh I'll be brief again Mike pisarro from The Woodshed Institute I want to thank all of you today for this uh this vote uh and I want to thank Princeton professionals uh they have been with
this process since the beginning of 2022 as uh uh Deana mentioned in her Memo uh the Princeton storm flood and storm water committee and councilman Cohen have really dove into these issues um and I cannot tell you how
big of a movement this is how big of a moment this is this is taking uh an acknowledgement as we all sort of say but all towns are interrelated these are four towns coming together acknowledging
that they have shared interest shared obligations shared responsibilities for each other uh to address a better and safer Community um and this this is going to be a model uh for the rest of the state the Department of Environmental Protection have been
talking about doing these things on a regional approach looking at storm water management from a regional approach but we haven't got there yet this is probably if as far as I'm aware the first in in the state doing this and other regions other watersheds are
looking at this uh talking about this and hopefully Rec you know uh replicating it because I think at the end of the day when this study is done we will have a better understanding of what's going on in the Stony Brook Watershed why we are flooding where there are solutions uh and we will have
a much better product than if we did 565 towns all going in alone without talking to their neighbors uh so I cannot express my appreciation for everyone involved in this I look forward to the study completing and us having a safer
better community so thank you very much thank you thank you David yeah thanks um and I just want to say thank you to the Watershed Institute um they have been we
we really made them earn their pay on getting this uh into shape that it could be adopted by the municipality and staff really did work closely with with the Watershed to make sure that the the consultant's contract made sense for us
as a town and for the the Consortium of communities so thank you for all the work that you did Mike and and your colleagues any other comments or questions okay all in favor please say I I I 2595 resolution of the mayor and
Council of Princeton authorizing the award of a bid contract to Lucas Brothers link for improvements to Alexander Street Dickinson Street and University Place for 1,715 565 Thank You Leon there a second David's got the second questions or
comments all right Sor yeah I just wanted to say um that this includes I maybe di can just elaborate this includes um there's a $724,900 municipal Aid Grant from do
that was included in this so thank you once again for you know digging up the grants and making sure we um are utilizing uh as much resources outside the town as possible thank you thank you yeah and I just wanted to ask I know
that there is has been some conversation about adding striping on Alexander um for better um clearer bike accommodations will that be done as part of this project no this this section of Alexandri actually um extends from
College Road North to Mercer so the the area that you're talking about is actually south of the roundabout uh we are looking at that we were looking at it possibly as a
resurfacing project but I think it it needs um to be a bigger scope to be able to incorporate the bike facilities in it yeah okay thanks I did I did check I did check that with the pbac's um wish list
so thank you for bringing it up any other questions or comments just have one question um is for University Place in Alexander Street is there is the University participating in this are they involved with this at all they um we've been working with the
university on the redesign of the intersection of College Road and University Place um we're making some traffic calming pedestrian safety improvements we are also um in
conversation with them about replacing additional sidewalk um in the corridor which they would contribute towards hopefully we we still need to follow up now that we have the contractor's price but that was the
initial conversation okay any other questions or comments right all in favor please say I I I 2596 resolution of the mayor and Council of Princeton authorizing a payment of 168,000 to the Princeton public schools for 2024-25 school year hazardous busting
Transportation cost Mia has got the motion letisia has got the second questions or comments all in favor please say I I I 2597 resolution of the mayor and Council authorizing the award of a bid contract to National water main cleaning company for mini system number 35 maintenance
whole M rehabilitation for $87,900 41010 David had the motion Mia has the second second questions or comments all in favor please say I I 2599 resolution of the mayor and Council of Princeton authorizing an increase of
$40,000 to the not to exceed amount for Professional Services agreement with Mar zatti Falcon LLP for Legal Services in connection with pcrd litigation for a new not to exceed amount of
$65,000 the TC has got the motion is there a second thank you Brian questions or comments all in favor please say I I I 25-100 resolution of the mayor and Council of Princeton authorizing change order number two to the contract with Seagrave
fire apparatus LLC for a Seagrave model TV uh Z HCT Mara 95 ft aerial scope non Quint with an increase of $4,140 resulting in a new contract total of 2,194
32 Michelle's got the motion David's got the second questions or comments what is this I was just going to say this is the $2 million Marauder it's a it's our Tower truck it's our Tower our Tower truck yeah and it's the
one that we that the university is helping the university is helping to pay and I think there were just there was equipment that was overlooked yes it change to yeah change to where a of ladder where the ladder compartments go and this is helpful on our side for taller buildings
and the university for dorms and and this is for when people are caught on a high floor and you need to reach them yes exactly all of those plus more okay so it's saving lives is worth 2 million
for sure absolutely well we've already approved the 2 million this is just Chang this is just approv in 4,000 144 the rest of it's already just 4,000 the rest we approved a while ago just just the equipment on on but every dollar counts it does all right thanks Y no
thanks for asking these are for to mag wheels mag wheels mag wheels yeah but do we have to raise the spending cap in order to do it all right all in favor please say I I
I uh okay Brian you're excusing yourself from this one Brian has a relative working at ch so we have to make him go to the extent of actually walking away from the Das so it's clear that okay well anyone else who plays golf on the Das should also
excuse themselves not not yet Okay 25101 resolution of the mayor and Council of Princeton amending resolution 25-80 authorizing a personto person and place to place liquor license transfer for planetary retail consumtion license 111 14-33 d026
d006 concert jazna palana LLC letis has got the motion leighton's got the second questions or comments all in favor please say I I I all right wave to Brian he can come back there are six items on the consent
agenda and if no one has a question on any of those someone could move all six in Block thank you Leticia is there a second thank you Michelle all in favor please say I I I okay cons agenda is passed David move to adjourn thank you
very much is there a second thank you Michelle all in favor say I I we are done thank you thanks for being here I know