uh Doug, if you could add Tom Tom Jardom on the panel. He's covering for Scott. >> Yes, TJ. >> TJ is I see him. Oh, I see Deputy Mayor Belchure as well bringing her in.
It's 10:01 a.m. December 17th, a special meeting. We have a quorum. Councilwoman Goldberg. Councilman Pagan >> here, but driving. So, I hope I don't lose you. >> I hope we don't lose you either, sir.
Drive safe. Councilwoman G >> here. >> Councilman Catz >> here. >> Deputy Mayor Belchure >> here. >> Deputy Mayor Oregon >> here. Mayor Schwarz >> here. >> Adequate notice of this meeting has been
provided by public notice issued on Friday, December 12, 2025, sending a copy to the newspapers officially designated for 2025, drawing a copy of the township clerk's office posting on the mun bullet board. And the mayor hereby directs that this statement be included in the minutes. The meeting is
now open. Uh Mr. Ash, do you want to start off? >> Sure. Um the purpose of this special meeting um originally it was to approve um final settlement terms related to the
township's fourth round affordable housing compliance. um because of the court's schedule um the court meeting the program um who has been mediating um the final compliance documents uh
that have been negotiated with fair share and other intervenor property owners. Um there were some additional terms that needed to be worked out um between the parties. Uh that those terms
did not um have final at least um approval for discussion until late yesterday. Um so uh I do recommend that we go into a close session to discuss those terms to uh settle this
litigation. Um, with no action proposed to be taken on settlement today, >> I'll make a motion to go to close session. >> Second. >> That was a first by Mayor Schwarz. A
second from Deputy Mayor Oregon. Uh, Councilman Pagan. >> Yes. >> Councilman G. >> Yes. >> Councilman Catz. >> Yeah. Deputy Mayor Belchure. >> Yes. >> Deputy Mayor Morgan. >> Yes. >> Mayor Schwarz.
>> Yes. >> Cool. Let's hop over to our close session Zoom link. Council, that's number two in your email. >> Sure. >> Um Tom, I'll forward that over to you as well. And uh for the public, we'll be back in a few minutes.
>> Four. Okay, let's start. >> Yes, we have. >> Excellent. So, I will jump in. Mr. clerk, we um uh we we need a motion to open the meeting. >> Yes, we're back. >> Okay. So, we're back or do we need a
motion to open? Which one? I'm sorry. >> You can. >> Uh we're we're reopened. We're all back. We have >> We're open. Okay. So, we minimal close session and now we um the time for good and welfare. This portion of the meeting is open to anyone that wants to speak. Uh Mr. Clerk, can you see do we have anyone on um on Zoom that wants to
speak? >> Yes. As a reminder for our members in the public, good and welfare is open. You will have three minutes. I see one person here. We're bringing in Norman. I'm sorry I don't have a timer up on the screen, but I am keeping a
timer of three minutes. Norman, you are free to speak. >> Feel free to unmute, Norman. >> Okay. I'm sorry there's nobody on the screen. I'm have a black screen. My understanding is there was one item on this agenda and that the the com the
council has been meeting for an hour and a half on this issue. So we have no way of responding to whatever it was you you have been discussing. In the hour and a half I've been waiting. I just sent an email to the entire council which I'm
about to read to you. I am an iate resident thoroughly displeased with council's behavior regarding the redevelopment plan. The mayor did not allow attendees at the December 9 meeting to address the architect and engineer of the plan. And this morning,
a special council township meeting convened especially to address this project went into private session for at least an hour and a half, effectively preventing yet again any real dialogue with Tenic residents to give any concrete feedback. Adding insult to
injury, the council will then declare that the community had ample opportunity to give reaction. Ridiculous. You have failed to represent us with integrity. Your manipulative and secretive behavior is clear. You have denied us the opportunity to make any legitimate
critique and have lost any claim of sincere community representation. Norman, are you done? >> All all done. >> Thank you, sir. Bring in Phil Yuck. Phil, whenever you're ready, you have
three minutes. Feel free to unmute. I have no freaking idea what this meeting is about. I have no idea what's going on. I can't I can't agree with the previous speaker, Norman Leven more. Uh this is
outrageous. I have no idea what you're doing. I don't know what you're doing behind the scenes, but it doesn't look good. This is not right. This just this is absolutely the wrong way to do this. You have a private meeting for an hour and a half and then you go right to good and welfare. We don't know what's going
on. What are you doing? This is crazy. You're doing something behind the scenes. I don't like it. I'm done. >> Are you done with your three minutes? >> I said I'm done. >> Cool. You got it. Phil
bringing in Chuck Powers. >> Good morning, folks. Are you hear me? >> Loud and clear. You got three minutes, sir. Um this meeting though the claim has been made beginning with the agenda on Monday
very late agenda that the meeting had actually been noticed through the New Jersey newspapers. In fact, it had not. This this meeting of 10:00 this morning was actually noticed by the record this
morning. I'd like to align myself with the previous two speakers. We don't know what is going on but we surely there is no way in which we should be going to good and welfare
without knowing what it is that is on the agenda for this meeting. It is impossible for the public to know and comment effectively. And I hope that you don't try to use the
fact that you had a good and welfare as a rationale for anything that should come thereafter. This is outrageous behavior. I think you're being misled by your attorneys council.
I think that the one of your problems at the moment, the reason you have a a uh decision by the planning board that the proposed ordinance for 827
PK Road is not consistent with the master plan is because it's clear that when topology draft stuffs, it has really no idea what is going on in Tene. Nick, anybody could have seen that
shoving that huge new facility up against the residences was going to be inconsistent and every member of the of the planning board understood that. But are you dealing with that now? Who the heck knows? We
don't know and we don't like the way you function. Thank you very much. Mayor, at this time I see no other hands. >> Okay, I'll make a motion to close welfare. Anybody on council like to speak? I can't see if there's any hands. So,
Mr. Clerk, is there anyone in council wants to speak? Seeing nobody, >> yeah, I'm not seeing any council members. >> Okay, seeing nobody, the good news for the public is we're actually not taking any action. So, there's nothing being done. And as such, I'd like to make a
motion um to adjourn the meeting. Is there a second on that? >> Second. >> I hear a second. Okay. So, the clerk, can you call the roll call, please? >> Close the meeting. 11:36 a.m. First from Mayor Schwarz, second from Councilwoman
G. Councilwoman Goldberg, >> yes. >> Council Pan, >> yes. >> Counciloman G. >> Yes. Councilman Catz De Oh, he's not here. Deputy Mayor Bel Voucher. >> Yes. >> Deputy Mayor Oregon. >> Yes. >> Mayor Schwarz.
>> Yes. >> Close. Thank you everybody. Please be safe.