haven't yet please sign up for the we website updates and Township alerts on our Township updates we list all the snow emergencies we list all the information it's like your own little Township Google the next televised regular coun council meeting is February
23rd which begins at 6:30 with public P portion opening up at 800m the municipal offices will be closed Monday February 17th 20125 in observance of President's Day um and we're now open on Lincoln's day correct we're now open on Lincoln's
day normally this Friday we' be we' be closed but we're now open our Council met in Clos session to discuss the following potential sale Township property Personnel contracts legal issues in opinions regarding any items on Open Session agenda litigation updates and Oprah mayor sorry to
interrupt good evening everybody just wanted to say the meeting is February 25th I might have put 23 there that was my fault if I did 25th but 25th it's all good okay and with that let's um go start okay um
presentations I don't believe we have any let's jump into work session items miscellaneous old business new business mayor at this point um the the resolution that we were talking about for sdl um if I could get
a motion to read that new language into the record for the 2-year agreement versus the one-year agreement this will effectively swap the the language from resolution 49 which is our first item on the agenda this evening the consent agenda sorry motion Schwarz second cool
let me read it into the record very quickly authorizing yearly annual maintenance and support services for sdl management system software whereas the township Council has approved via resolution 16329 the purchase of data management system issued by sdl to be used by various Township departments and
whereas the management system is now functional and yearly maintenance and support and services are needed to keep the system working properly and whereas sdl in Somerset New Jersey has submitted a 2-year proposal for 2025 and 2026 uh for the period of 2025 at a cost
of $ 52,705 $56,900 a copy of proposal is on file with the Township Clerk it will be attached to the minutes later on this evening whereas the provision or performance of goods and services for the support or maintenance of the proprietary computer hardware and software is exempt from public bidding
and whereas it is Impractical to solicit informal quotes under the statute for such proprietary computer software services and whereas sdl has completed completed and submitted a business entity disclosure certification and the corresponding payto playay forms for the
township and state law and whereas the F the CFO is certified that funds are available for this procurement in the budget account 5-0 1-20-1 14-00 -204 for the 2025 budget year and subsequent years will be contingent with
sufficient funds being provided by the Township in 2026 and this certification becomes part of the resolution be it further resolved that the mayor is hereby authorized to execute and the Township Clerk to attest an agreement between the township inek and sdl to carry out the foregoing purposes of a
form approved by the township Attorney At a cost not to exceed 109 $19,000 63680 so we'll get roll call real quick just to add that uh to resolution 49 we had a motion from the mayor and I think
it was a second from Deputy Mayor Oregon yes councilwoman Goldberg yes councilman P yes councilwoman G yes councilman Catz that may belger yes that may Oregan yes mayor Schwarz yes effectively swapped excellent now that was new business or
communication that was new business okay anyone else on new business before I jump in okay just a brief um update sorry I've spoken to most of you over my over the last few weeks we'll have some additional meetings coming up but just some flavor um we've met with um I don't believe a report on this last time we've
met with fdu we've met with the Bergen County as it relates to tpw I've met with Leonia as it relates to potential do some work with them in a DPW I met with the Northeast um Block Association presidents and last night I met with the
Coalition of neighborhood associations um I'll report on the neighborhood associations briefly in a second under my Council listed items and over the next week or two I'll be writing up some of my summaries and submitting it to uh Council as to those meetings and where we can go forward with
that okay um New Jersey bus shelters Communications y Mr Mayor thank you so um I got an email from a resident about uh wanting to move um some of the bus stops along West Anglewood um and the the concern that he
had was pretty much in line with what was discussed on The Pedestrian safety task force call as well as well and that report went out to the whole town thank you Doug um so the bus stops are before the intersection so there's a whole
email chain in here but according to New Jersey transit's own documentation the state code and our code we actually the the process to start moving a bus stop starts with a resolution um so I know it's kind of um um a little out of order
but do have a resolution on Council listed so we can do it here if everyone's okay just asking uh engineering to do uh pedestrian safety review of the intersection to see if it would be um in in the best interest of
the town and Public Safety to request that we move the bus stop so the resolution is actually under Council listed so sorry about that um but it is it's literally just asking her to do it and engineering study I want to get it
you're saying this is five in the number five in the council listed as well right it's supposed to be under Communications but it just it's just asking Farah to do an engineering study to move to see if there's a pedestrian risk EXC at the bus stop and if there is then we so if it's on a Municipal Road our code says that
we can do it so I'd like to move that to the consent M man had a question and I don't I think we just need nodding heads for this I don't know if we need a resolution but that's just my I well if we're asking Farah I don't know if we M can you weigh in on that M Mrs
manager um yes I just wanted to let you know that I did consult with NJ Transit and they did look at these bus stops uh the beginning of January for us and they did give us a proposal that I could share with Council that I just didn't have a chance to fully review yet and they gave us a sample resolution that I
could bring to next meeting for everyone um they did um inspect the bus stops which I can then um ask Farah to inspect for us as well my only question Scott this is I think for you so New Jersey transits own do I mean I don't care if they're willing to move this stop that's
that's all the I just want to make sure that we do it right because their own documentation which I sent you says that we have to start it so I just want to make sure it's right because we don't think we do this very often um they do say that it is the municipality's decision they just will give us a proposal and we can review the
resolution for consideration so they're not saying that they will move it they do caution us that when we do move these bus stops that it could raise other uh residential complaints um but if we feel that it's a safety move we are more than welcome to make it to uh proceed with
resolution anyone question yeah I have we weighed in with traffic about this because um one person's stopping before an intersection and waiting for people to walk in front of the bus and having a car pull around
the bus that way may be um a different Viewpoint than somebody else where the bus stop is now on the other side of the intersection and the person is forced to then walk behind the bus and cross so I I would love to get an opinion on that before we allocate money for the
engineer I'd also like to see the response from um NJ doot before um we pass the resolution for the engineer um and just one other point so I I started
this email chain um from the resident and while I don't like that the entire chain with the manager is included in the packet for anyone who does have a chance to read it or who has read the packet this is the care that um Miss hashmat takes with every complaint or
every question from every resident who reaches out to her I know this because we're on a lot of those emails but she goes back and forth all day until something is resolved and so um to read it all in whole and not just one email at a time makes me very happy uh to see
how you treat the residents in town every email gets printed and she has a stack about this big on her desk but everything gets answered right away so thank you so I just wanted to address that so the issue of the buses stopping before the intersection is actually
literally what we spoke about at the queenan road and velinda meeting at the task force and we were looking into so this directly ties into a direct uh traffic P pedestrian safety concern that was just raised um and I'm probably
going to explain this part wrong but I know that there's a difference in when you're reviewing you know this kind of a thing from a a traffic safety perspective versus a pedestrian safety and I think I don't think it would be harmful to just have the engineer review
it um but I think if if you're looking at you know people illegally crossing the street kind of a thing I get that but I think this is about um where the bus stop is in relation to the line of sight um and this is directly tied to what we were discussing with the the
vision zero goals um actually maybe council member Pagan can jump in on that because you deal with this a lot yeah that was a meeting that we had with the county when was it last week and um Street safety smart safety the manager and some stakeholders and it mentioned a number of things along the lines similar
to this and what you can do to increase public safety especially in a town as large as Teck and how traffic is growing and increasing and more and more people are trying to use the bus to save some money but but on Mr IM manager you're going to submit everything out to the council and you'll have engineering look as well I think
that's what the general consensus was right excellent I'll share everything with you okay um next Leo Community report is for myself the zoning subcommittee that's in everyone's packet it's also on the website it's also down below please read it there's some about eight or so subjects nothing that's
happening imminently but please if you have any questions or any member of the public have any questions about all these potential new developments or related subcommittee zoning subcommittee matters feel free to reach out to me um so as this moves through the process everyone's kept well
informed um Council listed any other committee reports sorry I'm very sorry mayor I think we skipped over the youth Advisory Board sorry sorry I apologize councilman cats I think um you had something that you wanted to bring up about the youth Advisory
Board just two requests from the youth Advisory Board they they discussed again the little libraries in the park I believe that we got the ppab spoke about it um so I I don't know um what's the next
steps if Council wants to take on uh the requests I think they ask for all the parks if you want to try some of the parks if you want to try a few of the parks um and then the other is a request to the manager if it's okay um to to see
if the youth so some kids from the youth Advisory board can um Shadow different departments maybe like two three hours you know I'd like to see what the engineer does can I sit in the engineer's office you know and maybe just tuck them in into different
departments and try to be helpful slash observers so that they can learn how government operates those are the two requests and and also I know that they asked and I spoke to the mayor and we've done in the past and about joining us on the de for a few minutes uh during some
of the meetings so when they ask me I'll I'll inform the mayor can I just respond one question from pprb I don't know if this was kind of finalized so there was questions about it going into vot park whether that was the right park because it's
more of like an active recreation park or is it better to go into one of the smaller Parks because I know the the little library in Sagamore is coming down or I it's actually my pprb report but was there discussions about any other part that was the only one that I
still heard about I thought the request was a broad request for all the parts it was um it was actually one for vote one for Argon okay and I and I I did connect with youth Advisory Board Ron is the
laptop plugged in sorry yeah sorry we don't want our laptop running out of battery there uh yes we we are working with youth Advisory Board and DPW to procure the materials um we're just duking out which color we want the
little library to be if we'll get some kids to paint one if we'll get an already prepainted because they actually have a very beautiful like t- neck blue one that we're talking about but yeah so we're moving along on that I'll let the manager respond regard the uh shadowing of
employees um yeah I can um look into having maybe a youth in government day and they can sign up and come in and Shadow different departments um I'll try to organize that and I'll report back okay okay um jump into Council list item is there any more Le and reports not listed
anybody else oh Mr Mayor I just want to read the pprb report pleas second sorry I sent it to Doug um so there's currently three open spots on PPR now due to resignations including Lily and Lewis so if anyone knows anyone
interested in serving I encourage them to apply there's a very busy uh spring and summer ahead um there's still asking for the senior citizens Advisory board report to be shared um so if we can get that for the next meeting I think they're meeting the 20th so the pprb
would be meeting the first of uh the next month um there was a request for Sagar Park fencing which I sent to the manager but just so everybody knows the resident uh I also sent it to pprb to ask for pprb to reconsider adding off fence around the playground around Sagar
Park to enhance safety for young children there's young kids running out into the middle of the street and there was a lot of concerned parents there um and I know that the manager confirmed that they're going to be looking at a temporary solution until the larger project is done uh Sunshine Gardens is
now enrolled at 30 students um three upcoming tours in February um licensing renewal applications are submitted background checks are uh being processed for the staff uh winter programs uh began January 6 there's 140 youth participants 67 adults um The
Forum is having an upcoming visit to Medieval Times um and they just wanted to oh they're also talking about the little libraries um that they are fully in support of the little libraries programs by y but um and that's really
it any else reports jum um just a question for councilwoman Goldberg can you just forward me the email request for scab one more time thanks sure uh so for the Patriotic observance Advisory Board um any veteran in town
any family of veterans or past veterans who have lived in tenek in the past we're kicking off again the military veteran tribute Banner program for 2025 the application is on the website we hang the new banners uh Memorial Day and then they hang from Memorial Day through
Veterans Day so we got a really nice start last year some were hung on Cedar Lane some were hung by the Armory some on tck road we would love to continue with that program so please if you know anybody encourage them or fill out an application to honor them thank you thank you any any
reports uh briefly I just want to mention that uh the historic preservation uh commission has met they're working on a survey for to survey um historic um preservation historic homeowners um that's in the works and we're super excited about that
in addition to looking at some grant opportunities um also wanted to mention the Chamber of Commerce is meeting tomorrow so that will be uh meeting that I can report back on um that's about it thank you um tomorrow night cedan
management group meeting 6:30 with dinner it is open to the public so whoever wants to eat coming out um on to council listed items Queen and Ro deg gr Avenue area I listed I'm going to push that off I briefly discussed it in the subcommittee the zoning subcommittee the reason I'm going
to push it off is we had a great meeting as briefly mentioned last night with the Coalition of neighborhood associations with some of the action steps there that will work on the vacancies and work on the our business districts May fold into this so I'm going to put this on the side for a um for a few weeks um
specifically about what we could do about all the vacancies um councilwoman Goldberg proposed resolution transparency and Council subcommittee meetings Okay so there's a copy of the resolution in the packet um so three meetings ago this Council established
the subcommittees for 2025 and 2026 and now it's time to ensure that those subcommittees operate with transparency and accountability there's only been one public subcommittee in TX history and that was the final subcommittee meeting of the Cannabis uh subcommittee that
dissolved because now everything will be held in open session in front of the full Council exactly how it should be um so this resolution is asking that the council consider all subcommittees uh be publicly po have posted times and agendas on the township website at least
5 days in advance the agendas include the time date location of the meeting discussion of the topics um the note stating that subcommittees do not have the authority to take formal action and will report back to the full Council all subcommittee should be held in full view with the public unless a closed session
is required under law uh video is available we're going to do Zoom um minutes of each subcommittee must be prepared and include the the date time and location all attendees including council member staff members of the public um General summary of the
discussion uh draft minutes sent to all council members within 5 days and final minutes posted on the website within 10 days and then quarterly a report to the council um of how many minutes how many meetings they've had topics discussed and recommendations to the full Council
this does not change the function of the subcommittees it simply ensures that they operate in the open where all council members and the public can remain informed and with that I would like to move this resolution to the consent agenda to open TX subcommittee second wait do we have any time for
discussion or I I mean we address I mean I don't jump in yeah I just have a lot of comments on um the way it's written I don't know if this is a good time to provide minut it so I'm 100% open to the subcommittees being open to the public um uh I think subcommittees are a good
thing it takes it gives the council an opportunity to work on timec consuming matters not during um the council meetings I think they should be in the public if they're not discussing um information that for legal reasons should not be made public um the one
exception to the rule for that for me is Personnel subcommittee where we're interviewing you know dozens and dozens of of of candidates for um different Advisory Board roles or we may be discussing people discussing people's personal information and so I would ask that the Personnel subcommittee remain closed um there are some other issues in
here that I would just like to tweak um I'd like if possible the notice the five days advance notice there are some times where you might need to schedule a subcommittee meeting last minute for whatever reason and so if we could provide some language that gives some leeway if there's like an emergent issue
um the uh I already talked about the Personnel subcommittee the minute taking right now all the subcommittees do not have chairs and so it's not clear who would be responsible for the minute taking I think some clarity there would be um important if we could have some support I don't know from the clerk's
office perhaps to help take minutes I think that would make sure that this um happens more accurately uh more um consistently um rather than put the onus on the people who are in the meetings who might be presenting it's hard to take minutes while you're actively in the meeting so I think if we could have some uh some administrative support I
think that would support this that request um the written quarterly summary I'm not sure if that's necessary if we're posting minutes um it just seems like additional work I I think people can go back and read the the the monthly minutes um as needed so I don't know I
would like to strike that out if possible um and then I'm just curious what is meant by corrective action in that second to last paragraph I mean I don't know if the subcommittees needs to change um you know a lot of this there was just this has been a Hot Topic in tenek for a while so if there's if
there's a subcommittee meeting that's not open to the public and it's not and I'm fine with I think I'm just want to well I'm fine with it I think everything you said actually but I have one question um but if it's not open to the public or if it's done you know the whole C needs to discuss it maybe the
subcommittee members needs to change I don't you know it would be up to the council to discuss but we'd all have to discuss it my only one question is the minutes that you were just mentioning is that similar to what I don't remember if it was you or Deputy Mayor beler mentioned a few months ago asking for
similar thing about the minutes is that the same okay I'm fine with all of it build so I'm I'm reading this a little differently um we just spent a lot of time with the swim club um subcommittee and it was three of us
working with the manager the attorney and members of the swim club and opening that up to the entire community no work would have gotten done it would have been like a council meeting with one person after the next speaking I think the subcommittees some I mean some may
be different um but they're used as um like workbooks for us where we sit around and we disc discuss so if we're looking to name a street and we sit down and we start talking about it that's something for the street naming subcommittee that's something that we might want to open to the public maybe
at a council meeting or ask people to submit but the actual work that we do as a subcommittee I think this is very restricting I think this is going to keep us from getting work done um and any member of the public has the opportunity to hear from us on anything
that's decided at a at a meeting but um I think I think this doesn't apply to most of our subcommittees uh when we talk about the leaf pickup subcommittee and we meet with the DPW and the manager to discuss who they're going to hire for that year for leaf pickup that's not something that needs to be open to the
public and I think bringing the public into that would just slow things down and it's hard enough to get things done now where we're all taking time off from work to get together with our professionals I to me this doesn't make sense uh I I just want to chime in that
um speaking specifically of the affordable hous housing subcommittee and the work that had to be done over the several months throughout last year um it was um a scenario where the subcommittee was tasked with a lot of compliance um dates and respon excuse me
responsibilities that they had so um I I I find that oftentimes most organizations if anyone Works in any organizations you your subcommittee is what's driving your your the work that you do so a lot of times we are we were
tasked particularly in the affordable housing um subcommittee to do research to do followup to talk uh to to uh convene um other individuals to find out additional information I find that often
times it's not as clearcut as you know reporting within five days etc etc so I think to to some for some uh subcommittees this could work for for others this may be a problem uh so I just would think that there would be a
way in which we could maybe tweak some of these um dates and timelines thank you I'm going to jump in on two things just and also into the affordable housing committee when we started talking things about sites and contracts coming do on some older things it's it's very highly sensitive and it's not a
decision-making body and that's one of the reasons it's not open to the public on the sub zoning committee aspect also we're talking I mean we I've reported on every meeting the last two years um but we're also talking sometimes during contractual is also very sensitive and not binding so while I definitely
understand the concept and the need for this in the concept that you know democracy dies in in darkness this is a very good concept very restrictive for example for me to write a report within five days of having a meeting it means I'm not getting back to five residents and I that's something that's very near
and dear to me getting back to every resident I've got four open meetings emails on this afternoon that I really want to get back to so if I can ask you to please listen to these comments that were made probably clean up a little bit tweak it um or we can call roll call now I don't know if it's going to pass or not but I think we if you listening to
the council input if you'd like to maybe take it back and tweak it we'd be appreciated so I'm going to disagree so I've sat at the zoning subcommittee meeting and as it says that there's opportunities where if you have to go into Clos session you can but as we've seen there's a lot of distrust in you
know Council items over the past years the Cannabis subcommittee had a open subcommittee meeting and applicants came and everybody watched and all the work got done and it was fine and Council operated like this for years it was everything was done I mean I've heard it
was on the floor in a big table on the floor there actually um so I don't see a problem with this I think this is if there's nothing to hide we can do the work there's nothing to stop and say you can't do the research before you can do the work but there's there's nothing
stopping it and we've I mean we had a pedestrian State uh task force meeting I got the minutes out in a day there's I I think that that's not a thing but I would like to make the motion to move this to the consent agenda and I did second it too okay I just want to appeal
to to um to looking at the wording of this are we 100% are all of us I believe in favor of transparency and ensuring that our residents know what's happening within our subcommittees all we're asking I believe is let's look at the
dates and the timeline restrictions that enable us to to to Really fulfill our responsibilities as Leaders so I'm fine with all of council member G's uh recommendations the timelines and everything honestly this was I mean I
didn't reinvent the wheel This was um Senator weinberg's you know help I mean she had a a great um uh submission to the state and unfortunately didn't go through but um I still would like to move it and I'm fine with all of council
member G's yes I mean Senator Weinberg sat on the stus also and ran plenty of subcommittees without any of this so with that I think there's a roll call then if it doesn't fail if it doesn't pass we one there was a first from councilwoman Goldberg there was a second from councilman Pagan councilwoman
Goldberg yes clarifying put a clar um clarification are we voting on the amended version do we have to vote to amend move it to the consent agenda and then if you want to pull it later with your changes I'm fine with got it okay so yes so that was councilwoman
Goldberg that was a yes yes councilman Pagan yes councilwoman G I'm gonna say no for now because I'd like to just get the edits solidified councilman cats I'm okay if to move it
to the consent agenda but I agree that it needs editing Deb May beler I'm in favor of it but I believe it needs to be tweaked and in terms of the language that we're asking for so I'm going to say yes sh yes or no yes to
move it or no to move it you okay Deputy Mayor Oregon no mayor Schwarz no but it passes yes it's moving to the consent agenda that what number it's resolution
[Music] number I think you were right 91 is every said yeah 91 oh what you doing back what are you doing back there I broke the desk do I lose my security deposit did you really no I don't know
oh everything's falling apart 2 by okay well we're going to put a proposal to rebuild this conference room uh proposed resolution in honor of Black History Month no need to call UL the voting right councilman beler please go
ahead yes just in in honor of um Black History Month uh we just off always want to recognize that um this is a special month for many of us um we want to ensure that you know our children know uh about history um history is really
under attack in terms of um you know what what is being taught in our schools and so forth so we as a governing body would just like to to remind all that um you know black history month uh is something that's near and dear to to all of us and that we as a uh Council
recognize that February of 2025 is um is Black History Month and so uh therefore we would like to um put forth the resolution for in honor and recognition of Black History Month second is that out of hands we it's on
the resolution we need to vote all right 92 92225 proposed resolution reinst reinstating block 201 lot one from anderw walk to the rosi councilman Goldberg and councilman p so um the just everyone is clear the
recreation open space inventory is um the document that is tied to all of our Green Acres funding um so through kind of hearing discussions going around town and um just in general um I started
doing some research and so I'm just going to kind of I'm not it's a little long so I'm not going to read the entire thing but but um I'm just going to read some of the important parts so whereas the township of Tink has long recognized the importance of preserving open space for recreation conservation and
Environmental Protection as evidenced by its open space Recreation plan Master plans Municipal land use policies dating back to 1962 uh whereas block 2011 lot one commonly known as 700 perander walk was acquired by the township of tenk in 1954
through through condemnation um the land was utilized as a municipal sewage plant until 19 1960 the land is subject to an active deed restriction by D due to the uh active landfill that remains it is restricted
under the flood Hazard Control Act Solid Waste Management regulations Watershed protection rules all under uh njd um in 1976 njd issued a stream encroachment permit um it's all attached uh for the construction of the txm club
where a recorded deed restriction uh was filed with the Bergen County Clerk um and then through all the lease agreements we we know it's been there um whereas block 2011 lot one located at 700 pomander walk was formally listed on
the Tek on the ten Township's Recreation open space inventory dated October 1991 passed by the township Council of Tink adopted a 1992 master plan adopted by the planning board on December 10th 1992 as well as in the 1994 master plan
adopted on January 13th 1994 and filed with the Bergen County Clerk um whereas after 1994 700 perander walk remained designated as a 15a property under public land on the osrp that's separate from the Rossi uh reaffirming its
classification as township open Municipal space uh njd and Green Acres have continued to classify 700 Pander walk as encumbered and designated recreational land continuously through again all the maps are in there 2002 72
12 15 23 and even as more recently as November 2024 reinforcing its protected status under State Environmental and open space regulations whereas its Omission from the rosi undermines transparency and public accountability and Municipal Open Space Management
reinstating it ensures that it receives the full legal protection intended for permanently preserved Municipal Parkland um The Rossi must accurately list all municipally owned land for open space Recreation purposes that's njac 73 36 including land that is legally
encumbered a municipality cannot remove Land from the rosi without uh completing a formal diversion process which requires public hearings njd approval State House Commission approval and replacement with land of equal or greater environmental value reinstating
700 perander walk to the rosi is not a policy choice but a legal and procedural necessity to ensure compliance with njd regulations prevent misclassification of Municipal open space and protect the Township's ability to uh protect public land from unauthorized development
diversion and continue to receive Greenacres funding and I just wanted to leave uh and Jim Vach in his last email to Doug actually on December 3rd he said promote and celebrate your open space successes reminding us all the importance of preserving and protecting
protecting open space for future Generations so what this resolution does is essentially corrects an administrative issue the as far as the state is concerned it is on the rosi it is encumbered it is it is there and we just
need to um formally put it on our paperwork but all of their paperwork says it's on there so I would like to move this resolution thank you um I have for what I'm not in favor of doing anything voluntarily with Green Acres but I think more importantly this is a legal question is it on the Rosy or is
it not does this Council have a say in this matter or we don't I don't know the answer to that question yet I I'm still reviewing some of the documents that were that were submitted so I just don't know yet you know I can tell you it was not approved when we did the when we did the all ory last year I know we had had lots of
discussions with Green Acres uh about these sorts of things and at the time this was not you know they were not raising this as something that need to be put on there on the other hand I understand from uh councilwoman Goldberg's what what she's saying I'm not sure if something got lost in the
mix or not I the point I don't I don't know yet so you're going to research and get back to us I'm I'm going to I need see can I read an email what's that no I would like to read an email this is a legal matter yes this is a legal matter EXC the swim club is encumbered as unfunded Parkland and must be placed on
the new Rossi any properties used for recreation conservation at the time of GA funding become encumbered even though the swim club is operated independently the property is used recreationally and is owned by the township therefore it is held by Recreation um this is from Mod Snider to
Dean kazinski okay um I'm going to amend the motion that we wait and see for the attorney to get back to us is there a second on that second roll call please this is the motion to wait for the attorney to review this matter and get back to us councilman
Goldberg no councilman Pagan nope councilwoman G yes councilman Catz yes deuty mayor beler yes de mayor Oregon yes mayor Schwarz yes okay number five we did number the township managers
report M thank you mayor and good evening Council and Township residents on February 5th I met with the environmental commission DPW and neighborhood compost to better understand the compost pilot program for our
community a survey for residents in of Resident interest will be considered so we can fine-tune our participation and how many compost totes we will need to participate as as well as looking at the best location for us to participate in the future so I will report back on um
on where it will be posted so we could see how many residents would like to register um the actual totes are a large black garbage can 64 gallon and they will be locked so any Resident that would like to participate we will require a registration it will be a free
registration so like I said I will post the details online um for residents to register last council meeting we just we discussed snow shoveling assistance for our seniors after winter uh weather in response I was able to contact the Forum
and collaborate these Services information has been posted to our snow web page as well as Instagram and Facebook the cost is anywhere from $35 to $50 per storm we do encourage our seniors to register as soon as possible um as you can tell we are getting more and more winter weather so the sooner
you register with the Forum um they can set up the collaboration with the family a Ramadan Crescent lighting celebration is scheduled for February 24th at 6:30 p.m. at the Rota Center we will also display an illuminated 4- foot Crescent
on the municipal Green in honor of the residents observing Ramadan details will be posted this week to social media for additional details I am happy to report that our DPW was able to add speed signage to Cedar Lane for motorist
awareness um as an informational tool on our website residents previously asked for a central location to view active and completed capital projects that being said our Township engineer has launched a web page link within our website by clicking on our plans reports
and studies page and under that link you can click capital budget Updates this page will consist of project lists with a concise description of projects that we are currently awarding and Target completion dates we will generally
update this website so you have an idea of how any project is moving along and any kind of feedback um please email me um we will be updating the page periodically um as an update to our pedestrian safety and Street Smart campaign the traffic Bureau and Burgen
County along with our street smart committee met on February 3rd to discuss a specific area to focus on pedestrian safety collaboratively we decided that the crossing at the Cedar Lane movie theater and double parking safety concern would be a great area of focus
things such as upgraded parking signage for motorists short-term parking loading zone designation and crosswalk sticks were discussed educational programs in our schools will continue and come the spring we will assess more outdoor pedestrian interactions as a friendly reminder the
reflector belts are still available at Police Headquarters so you're free to pick them up at any time this past weekend we we experienced another winter storm and our gpw delivered black top roadways in record time every storm brings challenging
conditions for them since January 29th to present DPW has applied 1,370 tons of salt and 2100 gallons of calcium chloride the combination of both was used in certain circumstances circumstances to improve road conditions
as quickly as possible I would like to acknowledge that even though the winter storms create disruption to our regular operations our DPW has maintained a high level of service and continued with recycling collection thus far please be reminded that when a snow
emergency is declared all vehicles must be removed from the roadway unless you are parked in an in an exempt area please refer to our snow page tnj.gov snow for all information pertaining to parking snow restrictions senior
shoveling services and cleanup obligations as some of you have noticed our traffic Bureau is using a new orange ticketing envelope for vehicles that are not removed from the roadway during a snow a snow emergency these are weatherproof
envelopes and will contain your parking violation during this trial the PD will monitor to see if this option is feasible moving forward this also will assist Neighbors in identifying if the PD has circulated the neighborhood and handed out a violation of a vehicle that
has not moved please note that this past storm 506 snow no ordinance violations were issued and one vehicle was towed I urge our residents to please utilize our Municipal Lots once a snow emergency is announced so we can clear our roadways curb to
curb some Grant updates I have for you tonight we um we have presented two grants argon Park improvements and our green an Acres Jake law Grant opportunity and we have officially submitted those applications on time we recently submitted for a local
Recreation Improvement grant grant for gymnasium fans for our Rota Center the amount requested was $80,000 we also submitted for Firehouse Subs Foundation Public Safety Grant through this grant we requested Swift
water and mud rescue equipment in the amount of 15327 198 lastly we submitted the to the njdep green communities grant program for a tree inventory and Community forestry
management plan in the amount of $20,000 some project updates I have for you tonight the vote Park restrooms have their utility connections complete and the work is almost um completed bike lane Improvement project is under review
by NJ doot and the Andreas Park pickle ball pickle ball courts we had a pre-construction meeting this past week construction is due to start by the end of this month once again a friendly reminder to sign up for Township alerts I know that the mayor also reminded
everyone it is the easiest way for us to get you any Communications especially during the winter storms that's all I have for you mayor thank you very much Mr attorney the only things I have tonight the are some ordinances that are on the agenda these are things that we've seen
uh before related to fences we've talked about the these at previous meetings as well as the adus as the adus aordance that's been on the agenda I'll say on a significant number of agendas going back for for over a year now um I know that all three were deemed to be consistent
uh with the master plan by the planning board uh we just earlier received a um uh we just early received some comments from them uh I think earlier today as to some suggestions uh for for those ordinances if the council wishes to uh
to make those changes we can reintroduce the ordinances we could also just um vote to adopt these ordinances and and amend later on um but because they have been all deemed consistent by uh by the planning board the council's free to act however however so chooses
um and I think that's uh that's all that I have uh time um so I'm going to ask the Township Clerk to read the titles and the ordinances to record then we're going to open up to a public hearing on ordinances then Council will speak and we'll take a vote absolutely mayor thank
you very much we have quite a few ordinances for public hearing this evening please bear with me sit tight we have ordinance 3-2 2025 amending the township code to revise development regulations regarding fences we have ordinance number 4225 amending the township code to
revise development regulations regarding fences and retaining walls we have ordinance number 6-22 amending the township code for Township to enact a new section establishing and regulating accessory dwelling units we have ordinance
-225 authorizing the acquisition by purchase or condemnation the property known as block 4703 lot 3 commonly known as 1084 queenanne Road for open space we have ordinance number 10-22 amending section 36- 111.2 of CH
36 Township Code adding restricted on street parking space for handicap at the post office on 751 Palisades a we have ordinance number 11-22 amending the township code to revise limited parking laws on Fort Lee Road and Perry Lane we
have ordinance number 12- 2025 amending the township code to revise prohibited parking laws on Perry Lane and overbeck Terrace last but not least ordinance number 13-22 establish a permanently disabled veterans tax exemption in the township of tenek and that is all mayor council
memb thank you very much we're going to open up the public hearing just on these items we'll have good and Welfare later for anything else so please not please but only on these items Council map thank you mayor Schwarz and Council the um ordinances I wanted to speak to were
3-22 and 4-22 in 2015 the council excluded fences and sheds uh ordinance three seeks to undo the exclusion for fences want to be clear what this is for the zoning permit
required under ordinance 3-22 is a zoning permit that is separate and and not to be confused with the uh fence permit that is required under 33-29 under section c which is Untouched
by either of these ordinances what winds up happening is a person comes in and requests a permit to put a fence on their property under the old way which you're going to restore uh with ordinance 3-22 they would have to seek a zoning
permit they're going to be required to bring survey they're going to have to show where the property lines are this is going to turn a very small project for which they required a permit anyway into a very large project which is why
the original change was made in 2015 to make things easier on residents the notion that the survey is going to help sounds good until you realize the reality of how our building department operates the uh owner comes in with a
survey that says this is where my property line is the building department doesn't question the survey they just okay it because according to the survey that's appropriate and they put it down if it turns out that the neighbor next to them says no that's not where the
property line is the building department does not come out and adjudicate this it goes to a court and they submit their evidence and um what happens happens so requiring this zoning permit will add a couple extra dollars and a whole whole
lot of grievance for the residents in town but it doesn't actually help in the situation that it should be helping because our zoning department does not have a licensed surveyor that's going to
go out to the property find the local uh you know Corner start measuring and bringing out survey equipment to see if the information is correct on the survey map that was submitted with the application I would encourage you it doesn't change ordinance four it still
allows for the sidey fences to be uh changed appropriately do not make the change that's contemplated under Section 3-22 it was properly eliminated in 2015 with a lot of care from the council for the residents and before you make the
change I would suggest at the very least you go back and see why it was made and why some of you up here voted to make that change in 2025 so that you don't recreate the problems that that uated
thank you you don't have a TT hi hi Wanamaker 148 Church Street um I'm speaking on behalf of the Coalition of neighborhood associations working for a better tck we are East fot neighborhood association Northeast block president's Association
Northwest of Cedar Lane neighborhood association Southwest tck neighborhood association and the southeast tenek neighborhood association the CNA supports the ordinance for adus uh which will enable residents to
create adus on their property an important reason why we support this is because adus can address the issue of affordable housing something that is urgently needed without needing to create huge apartment complexes each with a small number of affordable units
can also enable people to decide who will live in an affordable unit as opposed to units drawing from a huge region many tenc residents are unable to keep up with a High Cost of Living adus can enable homeowners to afford to
remain in tenek adus also provide a way for seniors and others needing support to provide a residence for family members or caregivers adus will be strictly strictly regulated and that is very important we urge a unanimous vote
in favor of this ordinance thank you thank you Mr Green hi my name is Daryl green and I'm a Teck resident and also a former planning board member I'm here to speak about ordinance
6-22 five the Adu we at the planning board we worked very hard for months trying to get the verbage correct for the needs of tck and I ask the board to please table this
vote until the verbiage is right I am not against the concept of adus I do believe in that however the language the way it is now is not correct for the township of tenet and also today I
received an email that was basically explaining the adus and why it should be done here and te can even in the email the verbiage isn't correct there because it's misinformation it's saying that the adus are for designated areas in t this
is a broad a Broad Sword approach it's for all of T we need to look at the language we spend months researching this gathering information the language the recommendations that we made are not being adhered to and I just wish that
this board really take that in consideration one of the things that needs to be addressed also was the for foot step excuse me setback that won't even get past the fire department you need at least 10 feet for a firan to enter a
home with their equipment and God knows we've had issues with that so let's do it right the first time let's not pass this and then come back and fix it later let's take our time let's not be in a rush to make a mistake and let's do the
verbage right T needs it but T needs the verbiage to be correct thank you thank you Mr Green sure take your [Music] time my name is Edward Holland I'm a long time teen resident I have two
things I want to talk about number one oh okay very good all right number one I want to talk about um 1084 queenanne road which has been my property for about 40 years um it real I realize that
there is uh new uh thinking about what should be done and uh I would like to be um on whatever committee it is that will be working on that um I think that uh I could be contribute
tremendously the second I wanted to talk about was uh 13- 2025 uh as a disabled veteran I'm very much in favor of that uh ordinance
because too many of our disabl veterans are ignored and our uh Enlistment numbers are very much down because people don't want to join the military because they feel
that the military is not um living up to their promise so uh I'd like to encourage um U more assistance for disabled veterans and um I I I believe that um
most of you should agree with with me with that because was without the military we're vulnerable and I know I gave good chunk of Myself Away to help us have freedom and uh that's only way
Freedom through strength thank than you thank you Mr Holland anybody else in the chambers Mr Rose Howard did you want to speak how Howard Rose T resident former planning board member Board of bed member number of other organizations
regarding Adu I understand that tenek is in a weird situation regarding the need for reasonably priced housing I think we're given an excessive mandate by state federal Etc that we have to meet and with that in mind Adu is one of
several components that must and should be utilized it will benefit the township and what makes it more specific Al useful to the township is the fact that it impacts residents directly it allows residents directly to expand the size of
their households to accommodate children who come back home from college parents who have a need to uh live with them Etc I do have though one point that I really find very difficult to understand why it's in the
language separate units I I I don't want ten to have look of all these separate units popping up all over so I'd like there to be very very stringently enforced mandates regarding size location Etc and my feeling is with good
mandates restricting what can be done there won't be that many Standalone I'm especially concerned with the language that says it can be within I believe six feet of a sidey yard up I'm sorry up to 6 feet of a sidey yard
as well as 6 feet from a backyard long line of property I don't know how many residents in town I don't know how many people on Council want to stand at their property line and see a building 4 feet away
possibly 24 feet tall please go forward with adus but get rid of the gargantuan monstrosity concept thank you uh am Raman T resident uh good night to the council I just want to quickly speak
on uh 4-22 uh Mr secretary did you get my uh edits to formatting changes did I make it in it looked a little odd in a packet they were there were some Minimus formatting changes correct yeah yeah yeah I was reviewing them with the attorney I don't believe they're in the
document now if he believes they should be in there I'll definitely take his guidance got it okay just checking in on that now uh in the spirit of getting stuff done somebody's middle name I'd request to uh pass the ordinance as is I do always have one quick little complaint and I would be requiring lce
into construction but honestly I can live with it so thank you El in Chambers at the zoom we are bringing in Colleen disin hi Colleen you're we could see you can we hear
you can you hear me loud and clear you have three minutes okay thank you hi my name is Colleen disin I'm a 23e resident of EK and I serve as Communications manager for age friendly EK I'm here to urge adoption of the proposed Adu ordinance adus are the epitomy of
age-friendly housing that's because they offer a remedy for many of today's most challenging living circumstance ances challenges affecting people of all ages all abilities and all backgrounds adus can help older homeowners family caregivers and young people embarking on
their first careers to live more affordably safe for future needs and create the support systems that work best for them rates of housing cost B burden have risen dramatically in recent decades even for people in Middle income brackets many of teenx older adults live
in homes they struggle to afford but they can't afford to downsize and at the same time young people struggle to find an affordable apartment or starter home adus will allow our a densely developed Community to create new and affordable supporting
housing Alternatives that many people in t neck need without overburdening infrastructure and transforming the look and feel of neighborhoods growing percentages of older residents are living alone and more and more are also aging with a disability or a chronic condition that's why it's crucial that
we look for housing options that promote Community connections and workable caregiving Arrangements adus can allow multiple generations of one family to live together under separate roofs or they can bring a senior struggling to get by on a fixed income together with a young person priced out of the housing
markets the stronger Community ties that result will make our community a better place and a more supportive place for people of all ages thank you thank you Colleen we have Deborah blabber hi good evening I hope you can
hear me and understand and clear okay so I'm actually talking about the ad ordinance sorry I don't know the numbers um I think it is a wonderful amazing ordinance however it is extremely confusing and in order to make sure that going forward there are no challenges
there are no issues it I think it's it would be better if it the language could be tied up I'm agreeing with uh both planning board uh members that maybe you need to sit down and just clean up the language make it so you've just done it
to the previous res uh resolution or you wanted to do it to the previous resolution so I think it's important that you just go back make sure it's right so there is no confusion with the sizes with the amount of um cars as
parking spaces I have a great space for an Adu it will work for me perfectly but I don't want to sit there and look at paperwork and not understand what's going on so can we please I and I the idea that someone could have this it benefits it's a wonderful idea but can
we make sure it's done right and not just half tust it would be just smarter to do it that way and as we seeing people are wanting to see the transparency of our Council I'm very much about it I've very worked worked hard to get it on the board of education
and so I think this is something that you just tidy up the language bring it back and then everybody's going to be happy instead of a lot of people going huh anyway thank you and have a good evening we have Chuck powers on
Deck uh good evening just just a minute on the Adu 62025 tonight you've heard the near unanimous view that adus as a concept is something we really need
in the town we have been struggling to get the words and Concepts right now for about eight months we've been looking at it we we sent this uh this ordinance back it's been before the planning board twice the planning board has some
additional ideas the point is that when you put anything new and adus are clearly new into the life of a town you may not get it absolutely right in the first time but we have been trying long
enough to get something that we can basic Ally try out and if we need to make amendments because it's leading to things that we don't want for our town we can then then well withdraw and amend it it's time to get the Adu concept
which has Universal support almost everywhere now it's been through the the planning board recommending its adoption uh twice this time with a with a with additional ideas but as the zoning board and the owning officers
goes goes about trying to figure out what to do with the actual implementation we will learn something we can't be perfect the first time we're darn close this time let's go ahead and get this on the books so we can figure out what it is that we do and do not
want in the particular thanks so much we have Michael classy on Deck hey good evening everyone good evening um mayor Schwarz and the council um I'd like to dis I'd like to talk about uh two topics tonight um there was
a different speaker earlier who spoke about ordinance 3-22 which is the ordinance that will modify the fence regulation um Council I I I have a strong hunch that this is related to ordinance
4-22 which will uh modify how Corner lots are uh looked at by the zoning officer in the town and uh I would recommend that instead of throwing kind of like the baby out with the bathwater for all fences making all fences return
to the zoning officer perhaps there could be some verbiage modified that only sends corner lot fences to the zoning officer and leaves all other fence projects to go through the standard permit process and avoid uh
layers of bureaucracy that really are wholly unnecessary um the SE the second topic I I want to discuss tonight uh is the adus uh I think that everyone does agree that adus are a great experiment to try
um I would just leave whatever you the council chooses to do I'm sure you'll make the right decision uh but just remember you can always repeal it and take it back if it doesn't work well after like a year or so and you know it's it's the the bravest thing is probably just to try something let's see
if it works for our community and if we really it let's uh you know let's just stop doing it um we don't really need to overthink it and make it perfect anyway have a great night we have one more here please state your name for the record Allan
Rubenstein you have three minutes uh talking about the Adu ordinance uh my first comment really is about what uh Mr sammon said where he said the council is free to act however it wants unfortunately that's not exactly correct
the ml actually states exactly what the council is required to do in in 40 55d d26a it says the council shall review the report of the planning board and may disapprove or change any recommendations
by a vote of a majority of the its full authorized membership and shall record in its minutes the reasons for not following such recommendation I do hope that the council follows what the says and I hope Mr salmon agrees to tell
the council to do that my other comments really have to do with I guess paragraph n which actually for the first time in the town authorizes tandem parking uh once it is on the books that tandem parking has become parking it is going to be used all over the place in terms
of developments and otherwise to constitute parking spots and we all know that tandem parking really is not proper parking the other comment is in paragraph s which if you were talking about putting an Adu on an existing Garage in the back of a
property which would also be facing the street you would have to then place the door elsewhere because the door could no longer be on the front of the garage because paragraph s says there shall be no external entrance that faces a street from an Adu so please take those
comments on advice as well as hopefully the comments from the planning board and follow those so thank you very much okay no one else hearings now closed sorry my mic was off okay Council any comments yeah Mr Mayor I have a couple
of questions um so the planning board came back and I want to address one thing that Mr Kaplan said on 32025 um is there any language that we can put in here about grandfathering in anyone that did get the fence in there so you know they don't have to get the
survey if it's they're doing a repair less than 50% I don't know if that kind of a language kind of got me thinking um Scott is that a essentially grandfathering in the people yeah we could do that that would be a material
change so we would need a an amend that would basically restart the process but that is something we can definitely do faed about that before okay I would like to move to do that one second S I just wanted to hear
from you why we need three why we why we need three in there and um not just four what what ordinance three 2025 so these are two different uh ordinances and different ordinances in the sense of
one has to do with per permits that are required and the other one has to do with Essen the the AR the Corin the the GU the kinds of fences that are allowed in certain in certain situations so the um the one for the uh the permits that
was came on the request of the the zoning officer request request that we uh change the language to reflect their their NE typical practices in in in requiring these uh requiring these uh the permits the other one is you know
the council's been hearing for some time now um so they even though they both have to do with fences they're really completely separate the three came from the Zing officer correct okay four is sorry just to confirm four was about getting the corner fences put up the previously known as lattice correct yes
so four is really the Crux of it three was a cleanup that's exactly correct yes so and I believe your comma was to pull three was that so well I have a com the plan planning board made a comment on four that I don't I'm gonna kind of defer here also so deputy chief Kel made
the point and it's in the planning board report about specifically defining the um intersection of the two streets for the site triangle um again I don't know if if that's a big change or not that was in the report and I know deputy chief pral made that specific point for
other than that I'm okay with it I don't okay so the question I'm sorry no I have a serious concern with uh creating more onerous rules and regulations um for residents especially like if someone's going to go and repair fence now they you know now they're going to have to
maybe spend thou hundreds of dollars who knows how much the the survey is going to be delay time I remember when we discussed this briefly in 2015 and there was a reason that we removed it I understand there's a different zoning officer today so without any explanation
from the zoning officer I don't think we should be voting on this I think we should pull this ask the zoning officer to maybe write up a little statement and explain why we're looking to add more onerous rules to our residents so you're there's a motion to pull three if that's the one that's that's well I I have a
question on three four and six right now we're let's so three is there motion is there second to pull three I'm second yes table sorry whatever okay I'm to table table second call I was gonna ask council member c a
question about what he said um with what you were saying I'm sorry if what you were saying though in conjunction though so if if it's gone to I think it was Mr Katy's Point does it make sense again zoning off officer question to have the have it on the the corner lot because
the corner lot is where you have the site triangle and you need that permit so that's why I'm not sure I guess that's an additional question to ask them it's table and it could be sent back for that it's a legitimate question but let's have the vote to the table and then we can send that back and that on the tbling of that additional whenever
com thanks Lo call please we have a date that we would like to table this to I'm sorry what did we have a date that we would like to March 15th yeah we just need a report from the zoning next meeting 27th or 26th April 26th
okay April 26 April second March meeting second March meeting cool second March meeting which maybe just I can tell us that right now no I don't have it in front of me I can't remember the second March meeting I'm sorry we'll wait through yes we call only one I think
it's March 11 March 11 is the only March meeting only March meeting March 11 are we okay with that yes sure we have a meeting between then okay okay cool Matt The Jackie is is the zoning officer be able to get us the information by then that's really big the question um I
believe so okay but we are not tbling four this is we're only talking about three right now yeah acting on three there was a motion from councilwoman Goldberg or there was a motion from Deputy Mayor Oregon second from councilwoman Goldberg was it second
second from councilman cats councilman Goldberg table to March councilman Pagan yes councilwoman G yes councilman cats yes Deb May Bel yes mayor Oregon yes mayor Schwarz we'll see it in March okay
I'd like to make a motion to approve four or was the four was what we were really trying to do to help people that was not the O onerous one is there a second and four wait only can I ask the question so I just want to know never everyone's okay with it the the police
CH uh Deputy uh Chief creal said at the planning board and in the report I just want to know if I I'm not this is probably your guys' more expertise honestly the the pro clarify the reference to the intersection of the two streets for the site triangle purposes
that was the comment and he was concerned about the public safety view I don't know I I guess it's not clarified enough I don't know it's it was deem consistent it was just a comment I think we're ready to make a motion on motion on Schwarz on Four Is or second on four second second roll call on four please
just for Council Goldberg yes Council yes councilwoman G yes councilman Catz yes Deb beler yes D organ yes mayor Schwarz yes approved okay um Mr cler I'm sorry I Den I the attorney after the
hearing were there comments you wanted to make to any of the speakers was it just about the edus I wasn't there was just one comment I want to make generally about um the reference that was made by one of the by one of the residents to the municipal land use law uh about the providing the reasons for
um uh the reason Bri the reasons for our decisions as to the consistency review suggestions that we received um so in this case the planning board de uh deemed all three of these ordinances to be consistent uh with the with the master plan and so uh in in those
instances the planning board is still entitled to make comments or suggestions on things that they think could improve the um the the ordinances but the council's obligations to provide the reasons for why they may disregard or ignore those or different than if they
had deemed them to be inconsistent um so this there's a statute that was specifically referenced that talks about how we need to provide reasons for rejection of the planning board suggestions in the minutes that is only relevant when the uh planning board has
deemed a an ordinance to be inconsistent um and when they say it's inconsistent and they provide recommendations that would make it consistent in those instances the council is required to provide reasoning for why we are going to ignore those and and adopt it anyway when is in this case the planning board has mared deem them as as being
consistent the council doesn't have the obligation and so I stand by what I said before council is absolutely free to do whatever it wants it can provide reasons for ignoring the uh comments or rejecting the comments if it wants but is under absolutely no legal obligation to do it because they had been deemed consistent by the planning board so I
just want to clarify that mayor um I'd like to make a motion that we um we adopt um the Adu order ordinance um taking into account the recommendations from the planning board which they reviewed twice they reviewed and found it consistent under the old and the new
Master Plan uh I would like to move that we uh move forward with adopting the ad and I'd like to comment on that that there always going to be comments and concerns and problems when we can't let perfect get in a way good enough I know there were comments of just go back for the language and just look speak about
the language and sounds like a great idea we'll probably be doing that till 2029 so let's give this a try can I ask you question in a second let's let's give this a try if it doesn't work out we could change it it's something you know youth Champion I look forward to its passing everyone has their own ideas if we give each other something that we
may not fully agree with but we try to push it and work together it's the only way we're going to move forward you got a question councel yeah so there's I just want to say really quickly that's not my question though um I do agree about the the language I have two questions or I guess one really so in the ordinance it talks about the
affordable unit and the bigger sizes for them and that you know if you have an affordable unit there's a deed restriction it it's just one line what's the process for the deed restriction on the affordable units and where is there an incen like it just it doesn't I don't know where it's like
what how that works sure so the uh there's no requirement to uh put a deed restriction on on an Adu if you choose to do so voluntarily obviously that comes with significant um restrictions on what you're able to do with the property and so the uh the incentive
that that this ordinance provides is to allow you to increase the the the the floor area um so if a deed restriction is placed there are certain requirements under there's a u in the ordinance it references a estate regulation uh as well as part of the another part of the
Township Code as long as your deed restrictions complying with those o with with those elements you there you automatically entitled to increase the uh to increase the total floor area that's provided right but let's say somebody wanted to build an Adu and they said oh I want to build an affordable
unit so in order for it to be in the actual affordable units that unit has to have a 30-year deed restriction so how does that work like do they come to us do they come to the like where do they go and also how does that work with if the the house gets sold do like do we
have to subdivide it or does it like I just don't understand where that comes like how that works because nowhere else in there so they don't need to come to the well they'll need to come to the Town Township for approval of the Adu itself don't need to come to the township for approval of the deed restrictions that's just something that someone can do as long as it's compliant
with uh with the regulations that that that are cited cited there um so when they come to the township because they're going to need uh different approvals from us anyway that's how we would become aware that they were that they're putting on this D restriction when if someone uh wanted to sell their
property uh there's nothing to do subdivide this would not entitle them to subdivide in fact one of the main Pro uh points in this ordinance is that a a um the Adu cannot be separated from the what called the pdu the primary dwelling unit you cannot
have them on separate Lots because that defeats really the entire purpose of it being an accessory dwelling unit so once the once the Adu is on the on the property especially if they put some sort of deed restriction you can't then subdivide you can't then use that as a way to subdivide the property and create two properties out of it so if somebody
wanted to make an Adu so that and as part of our affordable housing number they would put it they would it would have to forget it to account it would have would it have to go through like the affordable housing lot like I just don't get how it works like by ver by virtue
of them putting the deed restriction on it that at that point when the township is going to become aware of it because they're just going to have to apply to us to to do this Adu at that point the township can just add essentially add it to our lists with the state of where our you know affordable housing units are but does that become like if my you know
mother moves into an Adu in my house and I decide to De restrict it can she stay or does it become I have to go to the affordable housing Lottery if she moves in and then you or or if I make an affordable unit can my mother move in or does it become I have
to go to the affordable housing lottery I don't know the answer to that question let me let me check that I said I don't know the answer to that question I need to look into that any other questions good spell I believe there was
a roll call was it was first and it was second by Mr foran roll call please yes councilwoman Goldberg yes councilman pan yes councilwoman G yes councilman Catz yes
Deb mayor beler yes Deputy Mayor Oregon yes mayor Schwarz yes adopted okay okay um we got five left congratulations we have H five left I believe we do 1084 first I think the rest we can do all together I'm going to make a motion to approve ordinance 9 of
25 second loc can we have discussion on that so this ordinance is now authorizing us to um potentially purchase 1084 I'm sorry I I missed the question
the ordinance is authorizing us to purchase 1084 but should we decide to to go ahead with the purchase we would still have to reconvene and discuss it or is just vote of council our vote to spend the money to purchase this if it that's correct yes okay so then I I do
have a few things to say on this right now I think we have can you CL clarify your answer I'm not sure that was what the answer is I think you're asking is this the final vote we're going ahead and buying it or are there more steps to the process I'm sorry I okay question that was my question yeah there there are going to be more steps of the
process this not this is basically just authorizing us to begin begin the process so there there will have to be a vote of council to spend any of the money to buy this house okay okay this just the beginning of the
process R call please there was a first from who second from who I'm first from Schwarz and second second from G right Council M goldbert no on nine yes on the rest I I think
he's oh no on nine no on nine Council M Pagan nope councilwoman G yes councilman Catz yes debie may Belcher yes deut mayor
Oregon no mayor Schwarz yes it passes excellent I'd like to make a motion ordinance number 10 11 12 and 13 second [Music] gold 10 11 12 13 that was a first from
mayor Schwarz second from councilwoman g g councilwoman Goldberg yes councilman Pagan yes to all councilwoman G yes councilman cats yes Debbie M beler yes to all debie mayor Oregon yes mayor Schwarz yes okay the highlight of the
night is good and Welfare Mr SE next Philip brhs former chair of the environmental commission uh member of the townships Municipal open space trust I'd like to talk about the proposed resolution um reinstating block
2011 lot one the TX Swim Club to the Rossi I don't know how it was removed uh I can't think of another property in tck other than probably V park that has given more enjoyment and recreational
activities to the township citizens and a place for people go for peace and quiet um it should be protected it should be a it's a treasured asset of the township and as a Township's population has grown as we we as we have
built more highdensity housing it is becoming more incumbent on us to protect our treasured uh assets and this open space than ever before so please reinstate it thank you Mr
Z hi my name is Rich seagull I don't see the clock oh okay uh 25 year homeowner in tck um so Mr Mayor I wanted to talk about
your prank um in some detail I think um what you did was you Googled me and you found that I had a song called in Palestine uh presented in a video and
you thought it would be a real goof if you took my copyrighted material and you put a Zionist song over my video and sent it to me and presumably sent it it to other people
and had a good laugh at my expense um you're mayor now so I can talk to you directly at the time you were a council member but you were still a public servant and I was your constituent and I think the way that you
treated me was disgraceful and I think you owe me and I think we need to have a private discussion about that and I want to bring up the way I've been treated by other me members of this Council um Hillary Goldberg turned her back on me I'm I'm not talking to her I'm talking
about her okay that's allowed to me I'm talking to you I'm talking about Hillary gold talking to and now now I I should get that time back I'm not so sure about that so talk to me address it you have problem with
other council members to say that so okay another council member turned her back on me and somehow that wasn't grounds for immediate dismissal and I'm I'm Amazed by that this same council member has committed liel against me
this same council member was present when her friends were shouting my daughter's name at a demonstration where my daughter was not present another council member said I lied when I said I needed to use the
men's room and I happened to see two young women get arrested at that time as if I was part of some conspiracy Y and didn't really need to use the the menro so what I'm pointing out is that um three of the four Jewish council members
here have given me abuse and not only abuse but really childish ridiculous abuse what's that about I mean I'm a Jewish guy that supports the Palestinians and obviously you don't but
what I think it's about is in order to justif y this genocide in Palestine you had to dehumanize the Palestinians and so by extension you have to dehumanize me you have to use me
as a goof you have to turn your back on me the way I've been treated here has been disgraceful and I want to have a private conversation with you mayor because you owe me J speaking to the resolution the
resolution by Hillary Goldberg and sorry my name is Dean [Music] 708 I heard what he said to you D please continue I my two feral cats were in the room for a second but we took that off your time so you have
one minute left sorry I'm Dean 708 Pander walk I'm the closest neighbor to the tinx swim club my family moved to pomander walk in
1960 when all of the open space behind my backyard was wetlands and marshin and I have photo of the 1960 year that we moved in photo of me I'll distribute it to you I can't put it on the
internet so the land is Wetlands the land is entirely within the flood plane of the hackin saac river there are all the regulations the
resolution that was written was just so comprehensive that it I was the best resolution I've ever read from anything coming from tck it dealt with every single history and problem uh regarding that land the restrictions the flood
Hazard area um the watershed management area five you know the land really cannot be buil on you might have ideas that the TX Swim Club you know it's now going to go under
Municipal owners rule the the Tina Swim Club lease will terminate you'll take over the lease but suppose the swim club does not despite it being a public Club does not attract people for
swimming people just aren't doing that sport I mean I don't know why it's a fabulous facility I've been a member since 1977 but I'm here today to defend the land I'm a person who knows this land
I've lived on it for really 65 years and seen all the changes there won't be another me there won't be another living eyewitness to the wetlands to the burial mound that I have a photo of I luckily
fortunately managed to save the burial ground so without me let's talk 30 years from now someone comes forward with a proposal to build they don't know the land they don't know the history everyone has ideas is wow it's
riverfront we can do this we can do that but you can't do it it's in a flood plane it is protected it is restricted and the question is why was it taken off the Rossy in 2007 was that some sort of underhanded
you know something somebody got away with I really don't know but I know that there have been past plans to to look at that land to build on and so I'll read you something from mild Taylor's
book okay send it over to us please thank you very much let me distribute the photo excellent Cher brown right there okay Mr strong thank
you Dr Robinson it's okay I'm retired so it doesn't I don't doctor anymore uh I actually wanted to uh thank name for the record sir sorry Deputy Mayor Oregon Deputy Mayor beler
and Deputy Mayor Schwarz name for the record sir I'm sorry I'm sorry Dr Dr Rob Dr Michael Robinson thank you sorry um I'm a member of the board of the swim club and we met several weeks ago upstairs very nice
and I have to say you you guys along with uh uh Mr Simon have really helped us a lot and worked very hard to work out a plan and I want to thank you for coming forward and doing that I
don't generally come to these meetings I understand that things generally take forever but you guys really uh stepped up and I thank you and and the board thanks you uh I think it's going to be a
great collaboration I hope we can discuss what happens going forward after this year is over but again I think uh you guys did a wonderful service for the community in doing
this uh I'm just going to make one other comment uh which is not related to The Swim Club at all I just had the chance to Wi witness something that is very disturbing to me related to
um uh our disc discourse body politic it is disturbing to me for a myriad of reasons and that should not be allowed to happen people should not be signaling
out other people to disparage them in front of a group I think it's awful I've watched something similar to this with sort of the same individuals several times that I've been
here and today was the worst one I've seen and I thoroughly condemn that sort of action I just wanted to throw that into the record because it it disturbs me greatly I think we need to work
together I think I've got 31 seconds left I think that um you know I I I'm I I'm I'm it's terrible I'm addicted to MSNBC I spend a lot of time watching it and we're really in trouble in this
country and this has got this this disc going this inability for us to talk to each other is going to destroy this town ship and destroy this country and I don't want to see that happen thank you Doctor
chair Brown mayor shorts thank you Chris Brown Bell Avenue a member of the planning board uh first comments regarding our master plan we adopted our master plan La a couple weeks ago on our January 30th meeting um uh thank you to all the
members M of the public who came out for various Community meetings public hearings thank you to all of our board members who spent a number of hours many many many hours um understating it uh working on the document working on
revisions and uh getting to a place where I think we can all be proud of um there's still more work to do and I think that we stated on the record um some suggestions from moving forward U I'll just say publicly here I think that we probably should have done a community
facilities element as part of the master plan something that would have taken an inventory of all of our um public buildings fire police uh public school buildings facilities something that um looks towards um making improvements on
various facilities I know that uh all our elementary schools in uh in EK are not air conditioning or are not air conditioned as an example so um I don't know if this year or next year at some point in the very near future I think that it would be great if there could be
some future budget allocated to the planning board to undertake that additional element um the other thing is just speaking generally not planning board related and um want to speak on the swim club resolutions on tonight
very supportive of that that that that that effort May Schwarz you and I have talked about this over the past um however many however many months um really glad to see that the swim club will be a public facility um I grew up
in the Bronx um not around any pools so I actually had to learn to swim in as an adult um and I did that because I really wanted to make sure that my kids would be safe swimming so um to have a better public facility for um all Township residents is really important and it's a
really great step forward and uh really looking forward to the summer being in being at the swim club so thank you all for your hard work with making this possible and uh much appreciated gentleman in the third R sorry I don't know your name I apologize yep
sorry and your last name Stephen stepen vasella um so I want to talk about the an ordinance 36-14 about parking on certain sides of the road on certain days uh and specifically where it's implemented on Beverly Road where I live where I've
lived since the end of December before that I lived in a different part of t uh and I just want to say I think it should be removed because at least to my knowledge I said I just moved there so maybe it's something I'm unaware of uh I believe that's a side road it only has street sweeping one day a week so I
don't know why six days a week There's limits on which side you can park on I don't know if it's like an Antiquated law or or what the reason would be um but to my own research I couldn't see a reason for it so uh I just wanted to kind of give my opinion that that should be removed as it it just adds like an
annoyance to all the all the residents on that road specifically I'm sorry what was your name what was the Road uh Steven Vaso and it was Beverly Road on Beverly Road do you have the block like what block of Beverly Road um what house number are you approxim if you want to give your actual approximately what house number are you it's 477 47 okay I
don't think Mr can you give me your business card and be in touch with we'll we touch on there quick awesome right thank you very much Dr y good evening Phil y Bell Avenue so um last time I was here and I'm not going to be here for the next meeting so I don't know what you're going to be
discussing next I mean what do you mean and um uh yeah it's it's a bit of a distance from where I'm going to be so um last time I was here I talked about I think it's 100 State Street is the address where there's a plan to build a
storage facility and the response I got was what the neighbors protested that um that there was going to be housing there and so we're we approved a storage facility I don't know why we need that in uh in tenek there are storage
facilities all hackin sack in South hackin sack pretty large ones we keep on talking about the need for public uh for um uh affordable housing and housing for seniors to to to stay in town to be able
to uh uh afford to live in town uh and I've spoken to some some people from the Northeast who said that the protest was there because of the of the particular design the size of the building and so forth the amount of parking and all that stuff um I think you should be careful
about putting up a building that's not going to really serve the needs of the residents of of the township Township has requirements to meet and and we should be building housing there not a storage facility there are apartment
buildings all over the place there it's not a huge and uh it can handle some part some some some units and will add to and maybe that's a good spot to to look for a builder who um who will uh build affordable units only but be that as it
may um that's just my opinion uh I know see opinions from other residents and uh I just don't want eyes soures in town thank you thank you m Mr BL l t resident the discourse has actually gotten much better over the last year so
I mean this is this is where we've gotten to um with regards to the pool I I think it's been lost through all the discussions TX Swim Club effectively functions as a private club at this point right not going to get into the technical and legal details but there is a public facility there is what is known
as the people's pool within VOE park right the vote pool and I think that any opportunity uh to improve and expand the infrastructure for all of t for all of the residents um I think is only a positive with regards to the dropping uh of the of what seems of the swim club
from the rosi if that has to get corrected um great let's do it I know that over the last year from not mistaken we've identified other uh properties that were dropped and had to be added on and again that may have just been an Administration error 20 years ago but let's get that fixed thank you
very much thank you Mr Rose and then we still next thank you Howard Rose te resident about 45 years uh I'm invested in the community I like the community I enjoy my life here I'd like to enjoy it a
little more in a couple of aspects uh first uh Mr Yuck made a great point about storage over domicile doesn't make sense let's utilize what land is available for the best interest of tck which leads me into Adu I'm glad you passed it I think
it's necessary we need it I may dislike one element of it but overall it's going to benefit tinck Swim Club I made a statement about a month or two ago about the swim club I thought that we should expand it opening up to the public and
expanding it the land would make it the Riviera on the hacken sack uh why not we need it we can use it we know it's a useful piece of property that can be put even better better
use committee meetings uh I I I think there's some confusion in terms of what people want what people seeing what they interpret people want to know what's going on that's the transparency aspect when you start talking about an exemption for one committee and another exemption for another committee and
another one for personal I I I think you have some flexibility to make it so that a it can be seen and heard what's necessary and that I don't know if you can have the equivalent of an executive session for something that's Personnel related or Finance related that can't be divulged
uh to the public uh in in terms of I heard a statement that they should list people who attend as well as committee uh members of the committee unless someone in the public is speaking at that meeting and and I want to speak about that as well why would we want to
know who's at the meeting we don't list all the people sitting behind me at this meeting why would we do it at those meetings now if you're going to have someone speak I mean there's also a possibility of you make it that it's a meeting that is observed by the public but there is no interaction why do you
have to have good and Welfare at a committee meeting maybe that's not the need for it or it'd be a special situation where you want to have it or you might want it all the time and there's so many variables in that to make it flexible and make it work because all people want is to hear and see what's going on as
much as it's possible you can be clandestine a little bit you can be secretive a little bit doesn't promote the best image but you do have again some flexibility use it talking about CED L and safety I I'll
tell you go a block east of the theater and I I can tell you that I'm only outside coming to and from my store so I'm only there a minute or two on the street a couple of times a day and almost every time I see an illegal U-turn I see adults carrying babies
walking with Todds by their hand in the middle of the street that's where the safety hazards are thank good evening everybody first of all um I want to thank you for passing the Adu ordinance and for all the work that has gone
in um researching this and um way overdue and I think that um mark you and I don't always agree on everything but I do agree don't let Perfection get in the way of progress in this state so I'm very happy about
that um I do uh totally agree with the resolution that councilwoman um uh Goldberg proposed to reinstate one Pomer walk uh which affectionately known as
The Swim Club property to put it back on the rosy I'm not exactly sure how it was ever removed but it must continue to be protected as an open space um the uh the New Jersey DP there are many reasons why
we should not be building on this land and as has been said before it is it has been utilized beautifully as an open space in tck no reason to change that in the future this would codify that by putting it back on the on the rosy I
also want to thank Our Town manager and um our town clerk the DPW superintendent to uh work with the environmental commission the environmental commission voted to propose a pilot neighborhood compost program and I invite um and
challenge everybody on the council to be part of our pilot program at our next meeting which is a week from this Wednesday February 19th at 7:30 on Zoom will answer any questions that residents may have about how the program will work
the benefits of the program and how the compost will be utilized uh to feed animals and to um grow crops on a uh New Jersey farm in blairtown um so I hope that you will
participate with us to set that example for all of our residents to live more sustainably thank you thank you very much with that said we'll hit Zoom Mr Mr clerk how many do you have we have a few right now I am bringing in and I'm going to turn over
to Deputy Mayor organ while I step out you got it hi Deputy Mayor organ I am bringing in Deborah blerg you had 30 seconds hi good evening I hope everybody is okay and you can hear me loud and
clear three minutes thank you I just wanted to uh reiterate the whole um Bim club and Rosy rosing I have been learning about this stuff which is quite fascinating with protected land and I just believe I'm just very confused as
to why you wouldn't make this resolution because you're just crossing your teeth and doting your eyes thank God I got that one right so I'm just hoping that you would do that and it is a shame that the mayor has stepped out because I did want to say to him could you please pass
this on whilst the other meeting I did accuse him of being a bully this meeting I'm actually very proud that he stepped up and spoke out when someone was speaking unly so I just wanted where I'm am very critical at times but I can also
give credit where credit is due and just to reiterate the rosie listen to Dean she knows this stuff the the land she knows her burial land she taught me so much about the area and the town was gracious enough to realize that offense was needed in the
area to make sure there was a serious border because of the issues going on there so the the the council is aware and has understanding of protected land and so I'm hoping that they can take a step back re take a look and just make
sure that land is protected and again if the Swim Club is open to the entire town that is fabulous because it is a beautiful area and everyone to enjoy it so please let's do something and make it
work because things can be resolved in all ways and I believe that the council has a way of bringing themselves together and maybe sitting down and finding common ground within each other instead of continually fighting and then I can stop being so critical please
thank you anyway have a good evening we have Chuck Powers whenever you are ready good even good evening again um first place I wanted to reinforce what Phil yuck said about not using space
that could easily and appropriately be turned into affordable housing on State Street as a St as a storage facility is a complete misuse of the very limited we
know how limited our developable space for such facilities is we shouldn't be giving that one away and we don't even know from anything I I have read just who the developer of that property is it's important for us to to know that
also want to suggest that we use the same principle that you folks used with the Adu tonight to say maybe we don't have it quite right about making our subcommittees more
transparent but you the lucky thing about any resolution is that when you now take it to the consent agenda you can amend it tonight to make it do what it is that achieves that transparency without causing causing
other other other problems as a um uh sort of final point I do think that this town has been in a struggle since 2009 16 straight years
about what belongs on its Recreation open space inventory we we we finally got an open space Rec creation plan passed it included the swim club for some reason the swim club which was for
years on that on that rosi got got taken off and as several people have point out you just can't do that and it should be put back on if it's only an administrative matter for heaven's sakes we need to treat that space which is now
going to become a public space for recreational purposes as what it is and um and do whatever it takes to quickly get that get that property so defined thank you very
much thank you sir for bringing in Michael Katy hey good evening Council um I'd like to talk about a topic tonight that keeps coming up it's something I wish that none of us really had to ever talk about um there does seem to be a
situation in the town where there's a number of individuals who seem to be coming to Council meetings and they seem to be wanting to go to the council and a constitutional lawsuit where they believe that their rights are violated and they want to get a million dollar payout from the taxpayers of this town
taxpayers that's all of us every single time someone comes to the council and they're they go to the council into trying to get them to talk back to them they're trying to go after our wallets remember that members of the council I recommend that when someone comes to
the council meeting you adopt a policy or maybe not an official policy but maybe just they have the right to speak for three minutes they don't have the right to be noticed or responded to we should ignore them the town should give them the collective silent treatments
that they deserve thanks and have a great night we have Margaret Baker on Deck can you hear me DB loud and clear Margaret you have three minutes okay I'm calling again about the traffic
situation out here on deer Avenue it is outrageous there are accidents we had an accident Thursday night we had an accident Sunday
morning something has to be done it's traffic it's speed I've been asking for years for strips yellow
lines and nothing I don't get an answer in regards to that you to put up a stop sign that has created more problems congestion who in their right mind would
put up a stock sign at that intersection they and make it a three-way stop outrageous and the accident Sunday
morning thank God it was a p PC and Goole there the car wrapped around that it hit it so hard PSG had to come out and check it well this week they had to
come and change the poll but they did leave the old pole there you need to do something about the traffic out here and please I wish the
count so woman would listen to the person who lives on decator who's right in the middle of it I know what I'm talking about I live with 24 hours a
day but when I bought it up before everybody gets silent you have a problem out here somebody's going to get killed and it's not because you're not aware of
it we had a road rage the other day it got so bad by the new building the police had to be called you have created Urban
teet that's what you've done so you might as well if you get rid of one problem in t neck you certainly have another one here in urban T neck we have Lillian
Lewis good evening Council and Doug how are you yes I have two issues I'm right now I'm a 43y year resident as of um January I have two issues first 100 State Street that should not be a
storage facility we still need more senior affordable housing in Tac also North on Palisade Avenue you already have a storage facility there's another one in Inglewood Dean Street humongous
we do not need one here another one here in tenet second issue um I am um the chairperson of the Northeast block president Association sanitation and Safety Committee and I
have written numerous emails regarding the lamp posts that are out uh going south on tinck road from Tron to Amsterdam Avenue been out over a year and I written the manager regarding that
also going north on tck road from Salvage up to the Dollar Tree store the corner there I'm not uh sure of the street that is where the Dollar Tree store is located but going north from selage going north that's five lamp post
out on that side see we have a total of about 10 light posts out and we talk about safety we need the lights so please address that and do something about it please it's been out long enough and also about the State Street
please no storage facility have a good night Mr clerk anybody else see other hands good and weal is now Clos we'll start M Gober councilwoman goldber thank you so I'm going to be
quickish um so first I just want to say uh regarding Mr rhods so we condemn hate when we see it and we have to call it out this is not International politics it's here it's been here thank you Barry for calling it out the only way people
understand hate and in this instance anti-Semitism is when it's named and when it's identified so that people don't continue to repeat history preserving open space is not just an environmental or planning issue it's a fundamental commitment to the well-being of our community in tenk we have long
recognized the importance of ensuring our parks recreation and public lands remain protected for future Generations open space Fosters Community promotes mental and physical health and preserves the environmental Integrity of our town it's a promise to our residents that we value their quality of life and the
shared spaces that make Teek a place that we're proud to call home transparency and governance is equal critical when decisions are made about public land whether it's how they're classified managed or developed residents deserve full visibility into the process the public has a right to know when changes are proposed and have
a say in the future of our shared resources transparency ensures accountability and it prevents the misclassification neglect or loss of protected land and guarantees that our Township's open space are preserved according to the law and public interest reinstating 700 perander walk is a
necessary step in ensuring compliance with state envir enal regulations and maintaining public trust TX open space belongs to all of us it's our Collective responsibility to safeguard it to remain Vigilant as it in its protection and to demand the full transparency and how
it's managed our decisions today shape the community our children will inherit and we must ensure that Legacy is one of stewardship responsibility and unwavering commitment to preserving the public good the email from Mod Snyder to this Township to a former Township
manager confirms that the swim club is encumbered unfunded Parkland and must be placed on the rosie regardless of what anyone may want this Council put it here in '92 and it's imperative that Tek follows through with the Aran statement to the rosi to safeguard its open space and maintain public accountability we're
not just fighting for a piece of land we're fighting for the principle that public land belongs to the people not confusion and certainly not the manipulation this is about integrity ensuring what's legally protected remains protected and making sure that when we talk about transparency we mean
it when we talk about accountability reinforcement thank you Council Moon Mr CS no nothing there you okay um I just wanted to address some of the comments I heard about um the
palander road uh land and uh the comments that councilman uh Goldberg just made um so personally I um we tabled it we didn't say that we didn't want to put it back on the rosy I just want to make that Crystal Clear um uh just in case there was confusion around
that um if it does belong back on the rosi of course it should go back on the rosi um there has never been in I've never heard of anyone talking about wanting to develop that land that's not a thing we want it to be open space we want it to be Recreation used as Recreation we want it to remain as Swim
Club so I just wanted to be clear about that just in case there were there was chatter about um anything else um also wanted to just acknowledge um that it is Black History Month um and and um uh although the current political
landscape is trying to do away with a lot of the the ways that we celebrate the way we're different and different cultures in this in this country um I'm very excited that tck um is uh going to pass that resolution to um celebrate Black History Month this this month as
we will for all other cultural months um that we do celebrate so I'll end there thank you thank you very much Deputy Mayor mil I just want to start by saying that you know um diversity equity and inclusion has really been in the news a
lot um and and tonight I just want to underscore that there is such a thing as diversity in housing and by us passing the Adu ordinance is an example of um championing diversity and housing um I I just want to thank the planning board I
want to thank my my colleagues for for helping um to see that we we actually got to this day not only in terms of passing uh the ordinance but also passing the master plan that was a major feat that was a year and a half uh in the making uh I think with um that Adu
speaks not only to diversity but it speaks to the fact that we are offering um residents options and options are very important um I think that it's important that we we realize that um just like we are um sitting up here
making decisions about different things even with the swim club I can remember the very first meeting that we had um uh it was very important to me that we had a private club that is now being opened up to all residents that for everyone to enjoy and to take part in and I think
that's something that we should should celebrate um I think that one of the comments I made in that very first meeting was uh I I believe that we you know we can see a uh an Olympic champion coming out of uh tck as a result of
perhaps opening up a The Swim Club so I'm super excited for the future uh I do believe that you know it whatever is is responsible for being on the Ros SE should be on the Ros SE uh I believe that um history is important
though uh as I a person you know L is on to the historic preservation commission there there are so many things that we're even learning about in terms of land that is uh designated um such as the african-amer American uh burial site
so wherever we can preserve history um for the next Generations or those that sit in these seats years from from now uh we we want to certainly do that um I just lastly want to say that that passing uh the T Adu ordinance will
provide much much needed affordable housing I believe options to our residents um in terms of uh things other than than um huge development um so thank you thank you thank you tck I'm super excited for the
future org so I'm sorry that Mr Holland left I would have loved to say thank you for your service to him and it would be great if one of his friends on Council uh maybe would sign him up for the military Banner program and we could hang his face on Cedar Lane and then
show it to him I think um that would be a great way to say thank you for your service I thought he was here to yell at us by the way um to Dr Robinson thank you for your kind words but really um all the work on this or the majority of the work goes to
Barry obot and his love for the swim club and everything in it um and his willingness to keep working with us on this at the beginning when we started talking I think we thought that we could run a pool and um we can't run a pool without the people who are so invested
in it who have been working on it for so long so um thank you for everything that you've done we look forward to to this Venture together we look forward to um having the Swim Club um or whatever it shall here for here to for be called um open for everybody in
in Tek someplace where we can all see each other and have fun and swim and not discuss politics at all um to the storage facility and the apartment building there were everybody has such short memories here there were meeting after meeting after meeting people
complaining about apartment buildings going up there protests in the parking lot by Walgreens and now we have a developer who's willing to take this isore which is private property we cannot decide what it's going to be developed as but put a a building facad
on it so that it fits in with the neighborhood and requires much less parking and and much less um people don't use it as much so the amount of time they spend in a storage facility they're in they out and for anybody who spoke about storage facilities elsewhere
you're right in the middle of an apartment community people who live in apartments need stores um so to me I think it's a great idea I look forward to supporting it I look forward to not seeing the isur there anymore at all um but more importantly
on the corner at 140 State Street I cannot wait for that building to go up um to bring new retail to the area and new residents to the area and to have the grass stop growing up through the concrete um to Hildy I am game to
compost there I've done many things in the last four years I never thought I was going to do so um you can Count Me In And just because Trayvon walked in just now everyone should know that the DPW is out salting but more than that in
the last storm we did not I didn't get one complaint except maybe a parking ticket the DPW has been doing such a stellar job with these storms and people are noticing plowing curb to curb plowing down to the black top going back out and salting streets where there are
issues we thank you so much and we hope that you pass that on to everybody at the DPW thank you um I'm going to jump in a few quick things first of all I really treasured um Dr power's agreeing with me on the adus and not letting perfect kind of get in the way good enough I'm GNA ask you to make sure that's in the
minutes um open space rosi as it relates to swim club my soul if it's legal it's legal it's on my sole desire to not voluntarily put it on the Rossi is any time that we need to make a deal or trade something with the state we have a
3:1 requirement we need a new DPW potential talks with Leonia there over 100,000 square feet of land we have to give to the state we've had several other pieces of land over the years that we've given quite a bit on the 3 to one being held hostage with the state if
indeed that is not on the rosi no one here wants it unprotected but we will need to trade it in and we cannot voluntarily give that up we already have a situation Brewing where we've got affordable housing that we have to build at the same time the open space is requiring three to one give backs well
we don't really we're kind of running out of land they're not making any more of it and so the entire Council has indicated their commitment to that and if it needs to be on there by law it's on if it doesn't I'm fully in favor of it and give back to the state on the three to one when we have to make that
trade yes I'm sorry I was gonna wait till we till uh the resolutions to bring because I thought we'd talk about it but I'm really not in favor of the adding it to to rosi at this point you know we've taken back a property that we have that has not been in our possession for over
40 years and I think it's really incumbent to preserve our optionality right now and not tie our hands when we don't know what's going to what's what you know how to proceed with this so I think it'd be irresponsible to put it on the rosi and and tie it up and and limit
what we can and who can do fully I fully agree right now there's no resolution subcommittee did a fantastic job and I I really didn't think it would be this smooth and and here you're being compliment we we didn't vote on yet we didn't vote on The Swim Club but I'm saying you did a fantastic job you know um being sensitive to everybody's needs the
township and the current members you know so I I really like to see you now take the same care and consideration and and you know go little by little and make sure we do the absolute best job for the residents of this town and not just do the political sound bite of
let's put it on the rosi fully agree um lastly I'm going to end up with the 100 State Street we passed edus tonight many people have problems with adus let's give it a try let's see what it goes We Can't Stop progress 100 St stre six of the seven people up here heard about
this plan for several years now on the zoning subcommittee tweaked it heard about it said please come to council and discuss it came to council there were plans put up on the screen the full Council the full Town saw it went back to the sub zoning committee saw it again
was on due for a vote last month there was some language legitimate language that our attorney and councilwoman Goldberg pointed out that's been passed under the master plan it's been resolved this plan does not require children does not have children in
school does not require a pilot we listened when the neighbors protested when they didn't want the units when they didn't want kids in the school they want to retail they added retail to the first floor we've done everything we've heard everything it's claded CL cladded in an apartment facade in the middle of
over 1150 apartment buildings this is an absolute perfect use of a private development would I've Loved affordable housing there absolutely we don't own the land we can't afford to buy the land and we also know putting affordable housing there would be additional apartments that the community said we don't want to
do that in a pilot and that would require a pilot and the all apartment buildings going forward will likely require Pilots the reason 140 St Street doesn't is because that owner bought the site in approximately 2005 so he owns it for years so I I appreciate and I ask for everyone who's spent years working
on this I'm looking forward to the support so we can move this forward and take this abandoned fireb Burt lot that's since been demolished and create something for the community and for the revenue that we're going to need as we head into budget season with that Mr
clerk will go into the bill list please open Agenda and theill in the amount of yes sir mayor we have a few resolutions this evening uh starting with 49 which which was from
last meeting and as you all recall we changed the language within 49 for our sdl renewal we added resolution 91 encouraging transparency in Council subcommittee meetings and 92 in honor of Black History Month uh and the bill list
in the amount of 11,510 495 49 okay go ahead please go I'd like to pull um 49 the bills list
82 85 and that's it thank you very much but bills list and 85 are the same conversation so so why don't you start with 80 is anybody else want to anything else yeah 91 91 for review sorry 91 was
what Mar no the um sorry the one that is uh on transparency we were looking at the language got it guys I'm I'm sorry I got 91 from Deputy Mayor beler councilwoman Goldberg you wanted 49 49 82 the bills
list and 85 okay anybody else so let's go with 85 first in the bills list we can make sure we get that approved tonight what do this is um I don't even know where to begin so the resolution is about the Emergen special emergency
Appropriations and I asked before for um the meeting about the $500,000 in debt service that we're paying which that's part of the $973,000 invoice that's on the bills list um so when I got
the invoice it's an email from the CFO it's talking about refinancing a bond from Co but it's like a private refinancing and I'm really not clear where the I
asked you know for the resolution where that refinancing was allowed and I'm I'm really confused so I sent the attorney what Issa sent me about the ordinance um from 2020 I think actually only two people are on Council for that actually
so um but I don't even understand how we refinanced it um money without a resolution to us I don't I don't get it I don't know if Scott can answer or Jackie or somebody good evening Council so I'm on for
tonight's meeting I can answer that question um there was uh an ordinance 355-2020 so let me go back back in 2020 you all remember covid we all lived through it the state had offered state of New Jersey Division
of local government services had put out an offer to municipalities that were facing the brunt of lessened Revenue increased expenses the option to calculate their budget deficit and spread it over five years the fiveyear
payments back into the budget through the budget would begin in 2022 end in 2026 the caveat was that towns that took advantage of it would have to have their budget examined by the state under every
year that their payments were being made so our deficit was I'm trying to find it in front of me I councilman I thought I did send you that email I'm trying to find it in my email I'm still getting used to our new outlook system but the ordinance was roughly 2.3 almost 2.4
million divide by five years was a split of roughly 467,000 with interest each year as a deferred charge what happens is we issue a note which we had a resolution I believe it's 274 d220
authorizing myself Bond counsel the auditor and financial advisor to issue a one-year note for that money if you don't issue a note for the money it drastically affects your Surplus you're literally borrowing from your savings and not paying it back in the code in
the Township Code under section 15.4 under statutory payments it does state that the CFO can issue vouchers for statutory payments Investments and other periodic recurring payments required to be made by the council between Council meetings and they may be
ratified by the government governing body in the 15 years I've been employed by the township this has never been done by resolution by the CFO I did work on this note issuance and I roll over notes several times a year with the auditor
Bond Council and financial advisor we are all on it we all get reports I'm happy to share those reports with Council and the reason we privately uh Finance this with our relationships with a local Bank in New Jersey or in this case take valy Water Commission through
their CFO yets Weiss is that it saves us the cost of going out to the market and Miss hashmat knows this going through the whole review process getting a bond rating all this stuff costs several thousands of dollars tens of thousands of dollars whereas I could just pick up
the phone or have the financial advisor pick up the phone speak with you know um my colleague GS Weiss at s valy Water Commission we agree on a competitive note rate which is a one-year note we paid off uh the second installment and
we have one more year installment left so essentially it was about $967,000 with interest in that we paid that money off and then Pake value Water Commission borrowed let us borrow one more year which we'll pay off in next year's budget I hope that makes sense
think of it as a credit card refinance or balance transfer thank you Mr C like can make a motion to approve um 85 of 2025 in the bill lest in the amount of repeat it one more time
please uh 11 11 million 51,4 195 sorry 11,510 495494 in the bill5 in the bill list is there second second R call please councilwoman Goldberg no on invoice for
pasik Valley Water Commission abstain on the rest of the bills list and no on the resolution abstain on Pac Valley no on the no on pasak Valley abstain on the rest and no on the resolution councilman Pagan I'm sorry Mr
Mayor I'm just a little confused what we're voting on we're voting on the bills list bills list and 85 oh that's it okay so I am voting no on 85 and abstaining on the bills list councilwoman [Music] G yes councilman Catz uh no on 85 and
abstention on the bells list de May beler yes yes deput mayor Oregon yes mayor Schwarz yes and all with the acception recusing or abstaining on 25644 which is a $115 bill for the Jewish
link for the library if there's no four votes for that then just let way to the next meeting is what it is yeah it will need [Music] to to vot that's all we should all
probably expain so so Council before that vote is finalized that Jewish link invoice would not pass that's yeah it's that's fine we'll wait on the Jewish Link bill you have that number Isa 25 I'm willing to vote on the Jewish link though yeah if anyone wants to change
their vot it will it will pass exion on the rest of the bill okay yeah Isa disregard thank you 911 we pulled that okay okay M this one is really quickly I just wanted the clerk or or the manager to explain the
difference in the contracts from we tabled the 49 this is the sdl contract we tabled it and they came back with a two-year renewal and if they could just explain to the public and everyone else um about the difference I know
Absolutely I'll pick that one up the township was able to secure a twoyear agreement with stdl due to the type of service that sdl provides to the township this infom management software we are bounded by local contract laws under the state of New Jersey that we
cannot exceed a two-year agreement but we were able to secure a two-year agreement and by opting into the two years we were able to lock in a rate now for 20206 that is otherwise subject to change in addition opting into the 2-year agreement enabled the vendor to off offer us a slight decrease in the
percentage outlay of increase for this year originally we saw an increase to 54 and some change being offered and now the new agreement offers like I read into the record earlier this evening uh 52,700 for 2025
56,2 80 for 2026 after reviewing that with our purchasing agent it's my opinion and the purchasing agent's uh opinion that this is a good move if the council wishes to approve it it will definitely be productive for the township I'll make a motion to approve 49 2025 second roll call please Council
woman Goldberg yes I just want to make a note that the code says that the person that pulled the motion from the consent agenda is the one that has the final say on it going forward just so you know you made the motion I wasn't done but
thanks is that a yes did they give any indication about why the rate went up 8% in 2026 General inflation cost price all right so now I move it we're in the middle of the Roll Call keep going no I finished the
conversation that's I'm happy for you please continue councilwoman Goldberg yes councilman Pagan yes councilwoman G yes councilman Catz yes may belshire yes they may Oregon yes mayor Schwarz yes
approved 82 2025 that was revised to reflect a 126 start um um I would just like to make a motion to have transparency start now second I'll make a motion to approve for 82
2025 was there a second um are we changing it with the change that it starts now there was no change it's listed as 82 so I just made a motion to change the language let's call the roll call to revise 82 2025 to not do January 1 2026 but to
start ASAP there was a first from councilman Goldberg a second from councilman Pagan councilman Goldberg yes councilman Pagan yes councilman [Music] G sorry can you just clarify what the current date is and what they're asking
the date to be the this is from a council listed item last meeting uh to add to our consent agenda for this meeting a resolution requiring compliance with financial disclosure filing requirements for appointments and reappointments and uh how it came to
this agenda was that the resolution will take effect on January 1 2026 and uh councilwoman goldberry councilwoman Pagan are suggesting that it start immediately that's their motion that we change the language to not start on January 1 2026 but to start immediately
I think the reason for it was to give people currently serving or applying a chance to then move ahead and file and be compliant so not it's only been two weeks okay so then uh I'm saying no to the amendment then is that what we're
voting on yes no council MC Catz no to the amendment debut mayor beler no to the amendment debut mayor Oregon no mayor Schwarz no I'd like to make a motion to approve 82 2025 as listed and written in the resolution list second councilman
Goldberg no because transparency Starts Now councilman Pagan nope councilwoman G yes yes councilman Catz uh yes Debbie May beler yes Debbie May Oregon yes mayor Schwarz yes true
Deputy Mayor belri you wanted to pull 91 91 right I I just want to uh look at those dates again just just the language let's clean up the language uh we're all in favor of transparency that's what we um why we're sitting in these seats um it so we I just think that the dates we
need to look at uh one one point of uh information I know that um some councils um in other municipalities have administrative support um such as a um administrative person that is helping them to in terms of doing can
potentially help them with with doing things like like this so I think we need to certainly have a little bit of Grace uh instead of seeing five days after a meeting that we have to have things posted so I just want the language cleaned up so what do you want to change just not make perfect the enemy of good
pass 100% we're going to make a t-shirt out of that but um I I say that you know give give it a like you know at least um I would say at least double that amount of time like 10 10 to 12 days because uh oftentimes in these
subcommittees we have to do research we're reaching out to individuals we're asking for research so we five days is not enough time to have the minutes this isn't about like the findings this is just the minutes of the meeting so you have the meeting you have the minutes the minutes get posted online within
five days I I still say we need more time Mr Mayor yes sir listen this this ordinance is like motherhood and apple pie and it sounds really fantastic but the reality is it's a subcommittee of three there's no official actions that
are being taken and while it's wonderful to invite everybody and we can send out a mass alert and let them know that we're meeting there are some meetings that really are sensitive and are needed to to communicate you know um you know one-on-one or or with the subcommittee
and um that group so I would think that as good as this is maybe you maybe um the subcommittee chair can can make a distinction between an open meeting and a non and a regular subcommittee meeting rather than inviting everybody I mean
listen then what's going to be next let's have a a desk for all of our residents in the manager's office let's invite them all they can come and see how she operates all day and responds to every resident sounds great very transparent but maybe not the best use
of you know uh time Personnel Etc so I'm not supporting this I fully agree with you so I think there was two people talking about changing the time days though excuse me we're going in order and We're Not Gonna Act Like That councilman Dre sorry um so I
actually am in support of this resolution pending the recommendations that I made earlier so one I would like that we have administrative support to take all the minutes if we're going to keep these tight requirements is that something we can do I'm fine with both your changes and and Deputy mayor's
changes um I'd like to also in that first bullet where it requires the five days notice have some sort of um line for emergent um reasons where we we might not have five days notice for the meetings I'm that can we just like make
sure that we just say why like in general like if there's an emergency issue but just yeah fine sure okay um I I like the concept of giving the chair some uh flexibility to you know to to decide whether or not certain topics need to be closed so if we can
incorporate language there um again I'd like for personnel which we already discussed to remain closed um and I think there was already language about if there are legal reasons for why it should be closed then it would be closed I'm I'm okay with the
the Personnel I understand that um you know the chair deciding kind of defeats the purpose there's very clear reasons when meetings are closed other than that you know if there's Personnel if there's a you know legal that's defined by the law and the
attorney can do it but I'm not okay with the chair deciding but I am okay with Personnel I understand the need there and then the other piece is if we're saying the chair decides we probably need to identify who the chair is for each subcommittee now I don't think we I don't think we've ever identified a chair or maybe some do have chairs but
others don't so that's I don't know this feels very messy trying to do this right now and vote on it it seems like we should take it offline and clean it up and then vote I I am supportive of this in in theory I think that there I think that we're letting good get in the way of perfect I think I think we I'm I'm
okay with almost all of the changes that you made except for the chair and we can come back and make the one change with the chair but I think that you know I'm okay with the rest of the changes I'm okay with May said as well too sorry two more things um the I wanted to
scratch the quarterly summary I think it's redundant if we're going to have minutes every month like we don't need to do quarterly summaries and then I I I asked for this earlier what is meant by corrective action in just bring it to the council and if we have to change the members of the subcommittee if they're
not following this this is a policy that we're making I mean there's nothing else really you can do but I think that we can do but I think you know and if you want to take that line out I'm okay with that too but I think that the rest of it is good and I'm okay with all of the
changes you recommended except for the chair issue I just think that and the changes that Deputy Mayor beler requested to I'm perfectly fine with suggestion all right so I'm confirming we're scrapping that line about the corrective action yeah can can
I make a motion to table this second yeah I I I I would agree with that I just want to say that I think that There's an opportunity in here with something you had said earlier about using our youth involved with helping us um we certainly don't have
administrative support as Council uh members so perhaps there is some um you know means by which we can utilize our young people some um high school students something to consider Mr clerk hold up please this was a motion to
table from Deputy Mayor Oregon it was the second from Ellie white cats Ellie White cats councilwoman goldbert no councilman Pagan nope councilwoman G yes councilman cats yes Deb mayor beler yes
Deb mayor Oregon yes mayor Schwarz yes table for Council eics okay I think we now have motions on everything do we do some added since this agenda was out so is everything on the consent agenda been addressed I don't think we actually even
handled did we just yeah I don't think we actually even did theend okay so then I'm going to make a motion to approve and clear me if I'm wrong 83 84 86 87 88
89 90 and was there 92 with Black History Month yeah 92 did I miss anything else we do 93 just for that yeah 93 93 is there a second on that H please Council woman Goldberg
yes on 83 abstain on 84 recuse on 89 and 90 sorry 88 and 89 and yes on the rest Rec recuse on 88 and 89 yep and
abstain on 84 you got it councilman Pagan no on 84 d202 coun cats abstain on 83 and 84 and yes to everything else deut mayor Oregon deut May beler I'm
sorry yes to all Debbie mayor Oregon yes to all mayor Schwarz yes to all all approved introduction of ordinances yes indeed we have two this evening
Council and to confirm these will go to the planning board I'm sorry Mr attorney can you please there was a question at the last meeting in terms of councilman cat that asked you to double check on his voting and I believe we ran a report and you did the the math and can you just confirm that he's okay to vote on
this you talk about the the distance from the properties that he was concerned yeah that that yeah I'll say yes first of all that that was outside the the distance that you asked about but that is not a requirement that is applicable to members of the council when you guys are voting on something like this the 200 foot uh restriction is
really something that land use boards that doesn't apply to council so so he's out he's outside of the distance requirement anyway but regardless to that that that requirement doesn't apply to you as when you voting on these things okay so to be clear I can absolutely you can I don't not have a conf correct okay thank you and sorry
the same voting for let say DPW this Council let is direct personal charge can vote on something I can vote on Phelps park or because it's right across the street for me because there's no direct correct not a land use as long as long as you don't have any sort of um direct personal like Financial stake and
and whatever it is then then you're I have no stake in Fel Park yeah then then otherwise you're totally fine then that's you know one of the one of the ideas behind representative government is that you need to be able to vote on things that are important to you guys and can't really do that if you if you can't vote on things that are literally in your neighborhoods thank you okay and
Mr Clark this would if approved this would go to the planning board correct yeah and we'll see them again on March 11th so they'll they'll do it for consistency chair left okay thank you all right so we have two this even evening mayor council we have ordinance number 14-22 adopting a Redevelopment
plan in furtherance of the Redevelopment of block 504 lot 4.01 as shown in the tax map of the township of TAC in accordance with the local Redevelopment and Housing law that is 100 State Street ordinance number 15-22 adopting an amended Redevelopment
plan and furtherance of the Redevelopment of the block of 5004 lot one as shown on the tax map at the township Tac 140 State Street in a ordance with the local Redevelopment and Housing law those are the only two ordinances on for introduction tonight okay make a motion to approve ordinance
number to approve and sent to the planning board ordance number 14 and 15 on first reading second rule call please you said that was a first from mayor Schwarz and a second from Deputy Mayor Oregon councilwoman Goldberg no I
didn't have sufficient time councilman pagan not to both ordinances councilwoman G yes councilman Catz yes debut May beler yes debut May Oran yes mayor Schwarz yes we'll see you again in two
meetings make a motion to adjourn second so 10:46 everybody get home safe stay warm it's snowing a little bit out there everyone get home safe careful leaving the municipal building we will have no
slips and balls out there we've been salting