wanted. [Music] Chapter Chapter 231. The notice requirements have been satisfied. The meeting dates for the year are confirmed at the annual meeting are posted on the public bulletin board in the lobby of the
municipal center and published in the record within the first 10 days of the new year. Salute to the flag, please. I aliance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under
God, indivisible, liberty and justice for all. Okay. Omar, could I have a roll call, please? Sure. Council member Corsair here. Council member Dayton here. Council member Michaels present. Council member Dr. Okconor here. Council member Park here. Council member Roler. Mayor
Zenna here. All right. Um, Councilwoman Dayton, you just want you wanted to read the title of the presentation of Junth proclamation today. I do. Uh, June is gun violence awareness day and we have a proclamation that we enter every year.
Uh, gun violence is completely preventable and this proclamation shows Tenify's commitment to make our communities safer. Okay. Very good. Thank you. Okay. All right. to be considered the closure of Piermont Road.
Yes. Uh mayor and council, we've received uh the report of the traffic engineer today and that should have been distributed to you via email or on the back end of the agenda. Um his he has done an after study um and has concluded that the closure of Piermont Road has
worked and he is recommending the permanent closure um of Piermont Road at the bus stop and East Clinton Avenue. Okay, questions. council. Lauren, you're first. So, I'm not sure if everyone paid attention to social media, but there's a
nice heated discussion of some parents who are saying that the school traffic timing has become longer with this closure. What can we do? I understand we're looking at the lights and the timing. In the meantime, um it seems to be backing
up and I'm part of this backup onto River Edge. Is there any morning or afternoon? Both. Absolutely both. Well, one of the things we're working on is that additional street coursing on West Mahan and all the timing is not completed yet because we don't have the
new traffic light yet installed. Unfortunately, school ends tomorrow and the new traffic light might be in before school starts again. So, I want to let the public know what we're working on in that kind of level of detail in case anyone is actually out there and listening. Um, so there are different
traffic light projects that will take place that will um enhance each of the intersections and make them faster to get through. And so with the closure of Higher Park, we're still going to be able to get in and around to get to the Stillman side essentially of the town%
faster. Yes. because the traffic uh I mean not get into the not to get into too much of the weeds of the details, but we'll be reducing the time that the lights are red, right? So the traffic will be able to flow e that's kind of
the goal of it all to make it flow easier. It's a process. And do we have a timing on when the construction on the traffic lights is going to Is it due in August or September? Uh they're supposed to start at the end of August and be completed by the end of October. So, we signed the contracts for that light in
November of 24 and it was basically about eight months to get it. So, so far, knock on wood. I will say we should be very vocal to our public as we are when these this construction takes place, especially with the start of the
school year, right? I think a lot of parents are going to uh need that information and understand that that construction and the timing. Okay. Well, you know, we could put some messaging together. need to start and then as soon as we solidify the deal with CSX we want
to start communicating that you know we're not too we're not too keen on announcing that until it's actually ready to happen you know that part of it I would say let the public start being aware that this is coming okay though
that's the problem with CSX it's always right so it's always we don't want to promise until we have a signed contract but okay Well, well taken. Omar, if we just let the record reflect, Councilmani is now on.
Councilman, how you doing today? Well, sir, more importantly, how are you? Fabulous. Now that I hear the sound of your voice, magnificent. So, any other comments? I did have a question. So, the other the other feedback I've gotten on the Higher Park
closing is that it is very difficult to actually make the K or the U-turn to get in and out. Um, Demerest has a small section that actually makes you go around if you go to like the heart of Demerest in their train station. There's actually something in the road that forces you to make a loop. I was
wondering if you want to consider something like that. We could take a look at it. There's no harm in that. I'm not sure, but I will when you start to think about it, the Puremont Road is um thinner
than the parking lot over by um the parking lot off West Clinton in terms of the distance between the back to the cars. And it's also bigger than the parking lot opposite the post office, right?
So, I'm just saying the feedback I've gotten from the public, so we should be aware they're finding it difficult to get in and out of there. All right. Any other comments on that? No. Okay. What else you need on that? Uh, that's it. I think we you'll move
forward with John Joe's recommendations. Well, either that or or the council may want to give it consensus. the the burl attorney will need to have some direction as to authority to move forward with any next steps with ordinances. So, do we have do we have consensus to get the burough attorney to
write up whatever ordinances she needs to do? Yes. Yes. Okay. Okay. John. Yes. Thank you. Okay. And he's coming in July. Yes. Yes.
I like him. He's a good guy. Very councilman Roberry mean Jarp. It's It's not fair that I'm not there to be picked on. All right, let's move on to public comment. Audience members wishing to
speak will have a threeminut time limit to address the governing body uh on items on or off the agenda. Large groups are requested to have a spokesperson represent them. Would anyone here in the chambers like to speak? Come to the microphone, please. Oh, I thought you were first. It's okay.
Isaac, this doesn't work. So, um so a couple of issues about the last meeting we had again about the option of having an outdoor sitting.
Um first of all I hear a lot of rumors a lot of from the social media about um that we have enough space uh that you know something else might be better. Um I also heard some options you know by
reading things and I would like to go over um some of the options I heard. I mean, one of them was a food truck, you know, that will be there um in that location. I think if that's,
you know, that's what's on the uh on what you have on planning. I think that if you want to put a food truck, put it by the bus stop or it was to be on the bus stop and I think it's a great option. Uh it doesn't have to be in that
area that we are talking about. Another option I heard is that um you may put some tables for everybody to use. It's a good maybe a good option. Nobody is going to use it in my opinion. We
have a park. We have benches. We have if you want you can put some to test and put some tables also in a park and see if it works. I know that people from my restaurant don't go there. on maybe sometimes with a cup of coffee. They will go and sit in a park on one of the
benches, but other than that, putting tables and stuff like that, you're going to need people full-time working on it, cleaning it. You're going to need bathrooms. You're going to need um it's a full-time thing to do that. And
we have enough produce in in the middle of town and you don't need to add something to it. You know, if somebody comes from a pizza from far away, yes, it may be a good option. Once in a while, if somebody comes, what they going to do with it? They're probably going to leave it there. Somebody will have to clean it. If it's at night,
we're going to have an issue there. So, I don't think it's a good idea there. I also heard that there might be a restaurant put on the other side on the other hand of that parking lot right on top of the memorial
uh statue there. Um will be covering the entrance. You know if you come from town, you know the somebody people were complaining complaining about the tent that was tucked away that it covers them and it blocks uh the the view from the
town. Previously when we had the tent I showed you pictures that where the tent was it never really bothered and everything was you know when you come anywhere from any directions it didn't cover anything and now putting it farther up it will cover it will cover
this the train station it will cover the other uh businesses in town um and it's it's a longtime project imaginary project in my opinion uh it's a long time term and who is going to invest has
so much money and how long this you have to I mean it's it's kind of thing that doesn't sound realistic. So here we gave I think answers for all those
options. Um, I think it's going to be like a nice kind of structure uh that will be open all year round like none of the other ones that it's like maybe few times a week or good weather ones. You know, if it's too hot or too
wet or too windy, you won't be able to use them, you know, the other options. Here we offering something that will be open all year round with some other things that I would like to add to that, you know, if you can get it. uh some other ideas you know that I would like
to put into the uh application there which is one of the items is lighting the tri the train station I've been asking for 20 years I was asking to put lights on the train station
um once long time ago when I approached um the historical commissioner in town and I told him about the idea he told me no it's not a good idea because there was no gas lighting at the time, you know, to light the the the train
station. So I told him, I live in Jerusalem, you have the Colosseum, you have the Ed Council, you have Paris, and it's not a good reason. So he for a second start thinking and he said, "Okay, but we don't have money for it." But in the meantime, I see that a lot of money is
being spent in town and these little things, you know, they couldn't find money for it. So I I don't accept it. I I you know for 20 years I'm every once in a while that I have a chance to speak to someone I bring it up and everybody
forgets about it. So that's to hear. Now we also asked you know something very and then we also asked for electricity to bring out from the building in order to light up the the surrounding of the
of the train station. Um they were checking I never got an answer again. Uh so I think it can contribute for the downtown. Now also we applying for a legal license and I would love I don't know is it sitting down with everybody
like and show us some plans you know what we we thought about but I think it's a great uh thing um building um that uh structure that has that can offer uh liquor right you know like know serve alcohol right in town in the
center there and um I don't see any other logical option. I mean some people would say maybe maybe it's you know my Angelique and why this we had a bit you know but we said you know they had an option.
I think anybody could have nobody did you know so I don't see why you know I got an answer but it was denied. If somebody I I would love to hear you know why it was denied. I didn't get an
answer yet uh since you know the last time it was denied. But I think it's important. It's important for the town and I think you can contribute for the downtown and I told you before and I'm going to
say it like a record again. People coming to Cafe from all over everybody feels comfortable. Everybody feels it like you know that it's the place they want to go any time of the day without getting dressed up without doing anything. Just
walk in there and they feel comfortable coming there. We can make it even better. We have the option now to make it better. So I don't see why I really don't see why it was denied. If you are thinking about
making this town better, if you thinking about getting this, you know, action, you know, happening in downtown, if that's what you want, we gave you the answer. I can show you more details if you want to. We thought about everything else in
terms of electricity and air conditioning and other all kind of different things that we can put in there with our own money. Not you know that you have to put you know buy your own tables you know get a full service there where they're going to go to the bathroom if you're going to put a party
with some tables beside the rodents and everything will people get in heaven where they going to come they're going to come to cafangelic you know because even if you put like temporary one of those um bathrooms that nobody wants to you know you can see it from anytime
that you have anybody has uh we have a a fair like a downtown fair and everything they don't go to those you know We bring out a whole truck, you know, with couple of three of them. Nobody step in there. Everybody knocks on the door and that wants to use the bathrooms. They're clogging our bathrooms, everything else.
And that's what's going to happen next. You have a place that has bathrooms. Everything is ready. Just give us the okay. We're going to start building what we need today. We're going to get all the liquor license and everybody can dance.
And if you have any questions, I'm I'm happy to answer. So, we're going to be talking about this whole topic tonight in the closed session. Okay. But I wish somebody's going to come and answer. Give me like, you know, I so I can even answer. Maybe you have questions that I'm not involved in that I'm looking.
Yeah. No, fair enough. But the council wants to talk about in close session tonight along in terms of all the wide ranging options over there. So, that's that's tonight's conversation. That's tonight's conversation.
All right. Okay. All right. Thank you, Isaac. You wanted to speak. We We can't come up to the mic. Just give us your name, not your address. No address. In back of my house. Can you hear me?
Yeah, maybe a little closer. A little closer to my house. In the back of my house is another property which was purchased um by an LLC on July of 2023. So, this will be the third summer that I
feel my backyard is tremendously compromised for myself and when I entertain or have company. And I brought pictures so that you can understand what I'm talking about. What which street is the other house on? It's on Burlington. It's on Burlington. Okay.
This is right at the hill on Burlington. I just took down last week actually. But this soil is built up to the top of my fence and a little bit more. And then the wall on that quite large
because there was no Is this Can I ask you a question? Is this Is this 53 Burlington? What's 52 Burlington? Okay. Who were like the secondary owners since this whole thing started. Go ahead. Sorry to interrupt. Just at least
we know what house we're talking about. Yeah, that's what any construction started or it's just no one's nothing's working. This is this is right now. Okay. So just why don't you just pass those pictures out and the council will
look at So just for the council's edification and I took down this is the erosion from the property. All right. So this the coun just want to tell explain to the council for those who don't know that this particular
piece of property it's under construction not the resident's property but this particular property uh the town had to go in and address the fact that uh the building was in a dangerous state and they then took it down. So this is a known issue to us that the building was
in a dangerous state and the building was torn down torn down by the owner by the owner and mayor why didn't we put up the proper fencing and so it's not our property why didn't
we require it okay so we can't solve that the answer start answering those questions here we're seeing these pictures for the first time so I I can tell you that um probably a year or two ago it was
under different ownership, right? That it was partially um gutted and left in an unsafe condition. The burrow initiated litigation against the property owner to have it either secured and or turned torn down. We during the
course of that we were advised that the property was changing hands. Um and instead in between the time it would be to refile against the new property owner. They agreed to take the building down and pulled the permits and that's why the building was taken down. But
during that process, don't we have a code that requires of construction? They would have to comply with their construction permits. I don't know what permits or approvals they have. didn't have some of the ones that they need for example for the
transportation or movement of soil which we have or do you have we have this res all right why don't you give can you give Omar your contact information your cell phone your email
perfect and this says for the council's knowledge this has been referred to Bob Burns Clearly, right? So, there's been a lot of challenges with this particular property on and on. No,
it wouldn't be code enforcement. This would be whether or not they're they're building in compliance with their permit, right? Correct. You know, at some point there is an enforcement provision in our construction codes that say if you fail to abide by our construction codes, you don't get to build. Like we we get
to did. Go ahead, Wendy. Well, as I said, we already on the prior property owner, we already got to the point where we filed an order to show cause in in spirit court and then the properties changed hands. So, I think that was last summer.
I don't recall. I believe it was somebody in Pennsylvania or something. That was so quiet for so long.
Yeah, it's a problem. Can you speak to the mic, please? Many meetings I've had with Mr. Burns. Several meetings I've had with Mr. Burns, as have my neighbors. um seems that nothing that the burrow can do except prevent him from getting a certificate of occupancy, but that could
be forever because my guess is that this individual is just waiting for the property to appreciate and is taking it as a loss against his other development in other areas. That's my guess. But our code our code does have some provisions in it because I know
we've discussed this for other properties. Our code does have provisions that if you fail to abide by our construction and building permitting and codes that you can lose the ability to actually build on it that we could pull them. Not indefin
but they have to follow the codes or there's consequences. So it's not that you can't build, it's that you have a stop work order until you come into compliance. That's why he has So he has that now stop. I'm sorry. He does. And how long does it take? I mean
this is the third summer where the enjoyment of my property I feel I've been the legal process takes time unfortunately like when the house I have people in my backyard still there it's still you know it's just very unpleasant of course it was worse when there were four cranes three cranes back there
moving dirt back from the ground it's a little bit better now because it's quiet but it's Are those pictures for us you want them so yes Omar wants them yes definitely yeah definitely All right. So, all I have to say, there
you can tell me that some So, first thing that's going to happen is Omar is going to contact you by email tomorrow so that you're part of the conversation with our administrator here, David, and he'll be able to keep you up to breast up to speed of what's
going on. Okay. In terms of the whole process, we had to go through this with them previously in order to get the old house torn down. That was clearly very dangerous. And um That was terrible. But we had to go to court to get that done. Yeah, it was
terrible. So, so I think the next stage next step is for the same report as to what his findings are comp but this is the current complaint. Um, I
received the information that you sent to uh Susan earlier this week or last week, I'm sorry. So, I've already taken steps from that to get our people moving on. Thank you very much. Thank you for your time. Thank you. Thank you. Anyone else in the chamber like to make please
call to the microphone. Can I just Yes, we have it. Go ahead. Just give us your name, not your address. I'm sure and I know for a fact that many people here and in the town were unhappy
that we're not open late. I just want to mention I mention it to Mr. Ina other people, but I want all of you to be aware of the fact that we actually function with no electricity outside which makes it impossible to open late
and we in order to have music, cameras, uh fans, heaters, anything we had to use, we use extension holes, which I think is very very unsafe, you know. So if if you want me to be able to open
late, you have to participate. You have to cooperate with me. You have to offer me electricity. I was willing to bring my own electrician. You know, for 20 years, we asking for that. So it's very easy to come and say, "Oh, they don't open. They have the facility. They have
this." Yes, we have them. I'm usually keeping quiet and my communication is usually with Mr. Zena. I spoke to him and with Jimmy that is no longer here. since the beginning of pandmic offering to build a structure a permanent
structure beautiful one I gathered pictures from New York City and from every place in the world that I've been to and I was willing to build it to pay in order to get electricity and all the condition I need in order to open late I
didn't hear anything in the meantime Jimmy left we have I was talking speaking about multiple times but we have no answer. So when you decide whether or not I deserve to do it because I don't open late, I
think you better check first what do you do with that? And I think that instead of you guys sitting here, which I appreciate everything you do to this town and I think this is an amazing amazing town, an amazing community. you
should step down, go to your community and check what's going on because there are many things here that don't function good and sitting behind you know those desks doesn't give you the right picture and one of this is cafe I don't know
many people that came and and actually saw what's going on I know I have no kitchen I I can't use open fire what food do I offer to my customers for dinner salad soup Why? They want something better. How can I do that?
Okay. So, if you want answers to all this, I need better conditions to function. And I know how to do it. I just can do it in the way and whatever I have now. Okay. And um
one more thing um regarding uh the closure of PM. Okay. I know that you said that you're going to check it and now Mr. Mayor said that somebody checked it. I missed I didn't hear you. The traffic engineer. Traffic engineer. I think my my experience it's
extremely extremely dangerous and I encourage each and every one of you to go there at each time of the day and check what's going on. Okay. So I think a you didn't solve any issue of the traffic. the traffic. Maybe you don't
have traffic in people, but you do have major major traffic issues on all the surrounding streets. I see that. Second, there are so many trucks and huge cars that come to our streets and this is in my opinion disaster waiting to happen.
You know, we had once huge truck loaded with cars that made a mistake and thought that the street is still open and was zooming to the street. He couldn't go back. He had Isaac had to, you know, help him get out of the street. We have buses that still make
mistakes. We have Amazon. We have, you name it. Okay. So now, this is not my responsibility. I think this is your responsibility to to care for the safety of your residents. And it's not about
this is not about because the people who part so come just to me. They come to every business in town, you know, and I think you guys should go and check it more carefully. Now, the problem it creates to me personally that I and I
mentioned it many times is that my vendors cannot park, you know, and I I showed Mr. a picture of my dairy company that comes, you know, twice or three times a week and they had to park across
because they couldn't, you know, back up. So, you know, and they came to the stop in the other side of the street very well because they have trucks with boxes and stuff and they can't go over the truck. So, it creates a huge
problem. And I think you guys should before you make any decision and make it permanent You should go check this only. Thank Thank you. Can I ask a question? A few years back that was the same house.
You know, again, this is stating, but the HBC had a lighting thing that we applied for. Whatever happened with that? The bill came in at over $100,000 to put license and we couldn't find a vendor to do it because it's built out of sandstone. And when you put a drill
through sandstone, it turns to glass. So there's a lot of issues with them. Is there an opportunity to for the HPC to apply for a smaller grant on a smaller scale? For the lighting, I don't know the answer to that question off the top of my head. The issue worked on this for a
while. The issue came down to it wasn't about the grants. It was finding an electrician who was willing to do it. Okay. I'm just saying maybe the agency can I think not only just the electrician but with the grant it had to be a certain
certified electrician right for historic most most regular electricians don't want anything to do with it because they don't want the liability I thought Karen News found a historical electrician I'm sorry to ask all these questions like I said the bill came in it's an offline discussion yeah but I
would be curious if the HBC wants to revisit All right anyone else here wants to come up to the microphone. Just give us your name, not your address. Hello everyone, this is Hardi. I just wanted to follow up regarding the installation of the speed bumps on the
Northland. The installation of what are we what's the speed bumps? Speed bumps. Oh, the speed bumps. Oh, where we're still So, we have talked with the chief of police. Um I think he has corresponded uh with you. Um if he hasn't I I'll I'll follow
up with him. Um he uh indicated to me that uh he looked at the accident history there and a lot of the accidents were driver error. We have done some maintenance with the trees and so forth in the area of the intersection already. Um and the chief is going to talk about
this with the traffic engineer. The traffic engineer is going to be here in July in person to give his recommendations to the council. Okay. Thank you. When uh you expect to get the update? Uh July 14th is the meeting. So the traffic engineer will be here that
uh that night. I hopefully we'll get some kind of update u uh before the 4th of July holiday. You able to come in to that meeting? July 14th. Yes. Okay. And also the chief will will reach out to him. Yeah. And um and the chief will probably be here for
that meeting as well that we're trying to get. Do you think uh we can meet with them if it's needed? Sure. Sure. Uh when I find out when the traffic engineer is going to be in town to meet with the chief, we could set something up. And uh are you generally available during the
day or only at the evening? Yeah, I'm sorry. DJ in the summer. Okay. And we could even set up a virtual meeting if that works better. Okay. Thank you. And Omar has your contact information, right? Omar. Okay. Very good. Thank you. Thank you. Anyone
else here in the chambers like to speak? Okay. Anyone out on Zoom that would like to speak? Omar, anyone on Zoom who would like to speak during public comment? Please raise your hand. See no hands. Mayor, no hands. Okay,
we'll close public comment. Move on to the administrator's report. Anyone have any questions for the administrator or anything you want to point out? I did. Sorry. Um, again, I want to ask about the little less. Yes. Um, so I understand we are rejecting all
bids for the second time. Is there something in our plan that we're not recognizing is just extraordinarily expensive that we should be adjusting? Um, I I spoke with the council about this previously. The driving one of the the biggest driving costs for this project
are the drainage improvements that are required because of the turf. um that that uh really drove the project up to be outside of our our budget. Um so if unless we're going to move away from turf, I don't see the cost being
able to be reduced in in in a significant substantial amount. Um I think that there are some abilities to potentially get it a little lower than what the lowest bid is and we can use the negotiated process to do that. Um,
but I don't want to uh paint the picture that we're going to get 100,000 hours less without significantly changing the bid specifications. And that is that is the the issue. If they want turf and that's the the the absolute uh goal, then the
drainage is required and that's what's driving the cost. So again, I will just say the softball community does not want turf. We're hoping that this field is a multi-sport softball and baseball. And so just throwing that back out there. I understand baseball wants church.
Softball does not. So, you know, again, if this bill can get constructed somewhat, you know, in a reasonable way and and be a brand new field, we should consider all options. Half turf, half not turf. No, but only if it's the left
side. I'm just saying if we can't afford the turf field because nobody can bring in the quotes, then maybe we come back to the drawing board and say we want a brand new field in the center of our town. We want it to shine. We want it to be a beautiful field. Can it be done
with a grass field because turf is becoming extraordinarily expensive. I mean, we also have to consider that the municipality is paying for this. So, I caught up with the little league this uh afternoon. Uh shared David's
update with them. Um they understand that the amount of money that we set is the absolute amount that we're paying and they committed to whatever uh the overage is they would
they fund raise for. Uh we'll see what David's able to do and then reassess after that. I'm just like we're like sitting on this for two years now. So I hate to just this last
one. Last on council we were discussing. Well, you're sorry. Go ahead. Fundraising. Um are they what are they are they fun are they currently fundraising? Are they in the process of fun? Where are they in fundraising? I believe I believe they're always fundraising. So I think you know
if you see the the flags uh in the back of Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. No, I I So I think they're always doing that and it's just a function of where do they want to apply those funds to just get I'm saying just to get an idea of like and they say rule to be realistic because like they fully
understand right the council again right we we've applied a certain amount of money which I think is very generous and but they fully understand that there's no more right and we've asked a gazillion times
maybe, you know, are you sure the turf is the right thing with the higher cost? Do we want to do the dugouts? Do we want to do this? Do we want to do that? And they say they're the community. Okay. And go ahead, Julie. So, I had some questions. Um,
I noticed that uh tonight kind of a theme that is comes up in a lot of our meetings are like enforcement issues, right? And so, um, I wanted to ask David or perhaps this is Wendy, is the
property that has come to our attention in the past, um, still listed on Airbnb? And I wanted to know like where we were at with that. Has it been removed? I have not checked to see. Yeah. How do we control what's on Airbnb? Yeah. And
again, we can't we don't No, that's that's precisely what we talked about, mayor, last time was that we would be definitely controlling that that property is on Airbnb. That's where controlling is not the word because we don't control Airbnb, right? We do
though. Well, so we, you know, we have periodically gone on to see if there's anything listed within the area of Tennifly, but the exact addresses are unknown. There's a couple that just based on driving past them regularly, I at least one I know where it is. I have
not seen the vehicle turnovers on my way to work as I was before. Um, so I could tell you that much. No, no, but I think the last time I'll just refresh your memory. The last time that we had uh the gentleman come, we talked about that
that Airbnb was going to get um notified that there should not have any properties that are in the town of Tennifly. So that was where I was going. How does that work? I think Wendy was going to write a letter to Airbnb, right? Yeah, we're going to follow that
way. But I think there's also there was a court date that came up recently. some of the individual properties have been given summones um and they've uh either gone to court or the case is in the hands of the court presently, right? But I I'm just reminding everyone because
we're talking I know that that's where we left it is Airbnb with no time back on the 14th. Thank you. And the main obstacle to Airbnb is that our staff, our code enforcement staff would actually have to book a stay in order to get the address.
Sure. I bet I was that kind of blanket thing like if you have properties in Tenniferly. I know one property is definitely not in the Airbnb anymore. All right. So when I drive I know for a fact that that's So Wendy, let's find out what we're capable of getting done
with Airbnb. I'll report back on the board. Thank you. Okay. And then I had a few other follow-ups. Um, so also a couple of meetings ago, uh, from the this came up from the new residents of,
uh, committee that I'm on that they were wondering if we could do, uh, knowledge regarding the sirens in town. And we all talked about like that there's different sirens. There's the lightning flash sirens, there's the noon
siren, and I and we talked about maybe an education campaign, things like that. I wanted to know maybe what our plan was for. So, I did talk with Chief Philpot and uh it is his opinion that the fire siren needs to continue to be sounded at
at noon time. Um and uh you know, it's something that's been longstanding to his members uh look for. Uh so it would really become an educational campaign. Yes. I I didn't have an opinion I don't think that of removing the noon. I know
it I know I do know it came up the noon siren but I think that it was the question of education campaign. I believe our newsletter has already kind of gone to print like No, it hasn't yet. We're still finalizing some. So is that
perhaps if we could put uh something there about what the sirens mean? What the sirens mean that everyone can expect the noon siren, but also I think it came up with what do the lightning sirens mean just like uh as part of it because
I think that that would be good. And then my last question, why are we keeping the siren? I'm with you. Chief Phil, tell me why. Tell me. So he he he wants to keep it in place. So John John's talking. Hold on. Yeah, John. Did
we get a why? I I'd like to know why. I mean, just because somebody wants it doesn't mean we do it. Why? Why? Um it basically uh from what he tells me is something that is um preferred to continue to keep the equipment
operational um functioning and that his membership is is uh attuned to hearing that siren. Why don't we send them a text? No, send them a text. Let's have an offline discussion about that with the chief involved. Okay.
Okay. you suggest, you know, once a week they check it works. And then I had a third uh question for for David. In our bill list, I see that we advertise for a tree expert for the League of Municipality
magazine. Is that the position of the person who would be able to clear out or a company? Yes. I'm sorry, what company? Or a company. Or or I'm sorry, not a person. RFP RFQ. So we advertise on leaving counties as well as the burden
record. Um that deadline was uh Friday and we received no responses. So we have to redo the process. Okay. Um, and then as an addendum to that, because I I do know we did want to be able to clear out those old records,
but my understanding is our DPW doesn't need us as a council to um give them the company about who to hire for new plantings, right? Because we had the DPW
had done that in the past. that's like kind of separate in a side like taking from the shade tree trust and using a company to plant. I know that that was done. Um that doesn't wait on us to get an official person, right? That could be
a DPW decision. Yeah. The only issue you have there is that um we would have to either get a couple of formal quotes. It depends on what the ultimate price would be in the aggregate over a 12-month period. So, if it's less than $44,000
and win 175, it's it's one process. If it's over 44,000, it has to be a sealed bid and uh accept that in Okay. Thank you. I I uh What happens if we can't if if we don't get uh someone to respond uh
to help us get the old So, we have our we have our tree forming uh going to school now to get his certification. Um, so it would be between the tree foreman and and the DBW director to go out and do some of these inspections and just
it's it's a tall order. Yeah. And I know that the I know that the tree for me has been doing some of them has been progressing in that. All right. Thank you. Any other questions for David? Okay. Well, I'm asking Adam this
question, but I'll ask to the public. The Edward Cray banner poll. Mhm. Well, can somebody just explain to me what that is? I was asking Adam, he was trying to explain to me. Yeah. So, we have the that the banner across Washington. That's the only the only
location that we have. Uh so, the the concert committee and the mayor had approached me about looking at a couple of other locations. So, we had looked at uh across the street here uh by the post office to go across Tennifly Road and across East Clayton Avenue down by Wells
Fargo. So, we had gotten quotes for putting the poles at those two locations and in a a wire so that we could have three banner locations. Um and and uh various times of the year we have uh conflicting
request to use the one banner location. So for an example this year we could not accommodate the Greek Orthodox Church to advertise their festival because the banner location was already being utilized. So, if we had additional locations, then we could accommodate
additional requests. It's just rather expensive. I mean, it really is. Maybe do one more. I don't know. Can we do like flag? Like some towns have flags instead of like like there's other things I'd do for
$20,000. I don't know. It's up to the council since well, got people got residents and businesses and events requesting them. So no that's in resolutions. What? It's in the resolve this. So can we Yeah. So the
council can decide for two minutes. What? You can pull it to So we can pull it and discuss it at the time. Sure. Okay. All right. So we're going to move on to new business. I have one question about this ordinance here.
There's a typo. It says only. Yes. That should be right. So, it should be A-frame or sandwich board signs shall be prohibited in all zoning districts. Okay. So, are we discussing? Yeah, you can. You have a question. Go ahead. Lauren's got the floor.
Hold on a second. Lauren's got a question. Lauren, should you want to introduce it first and then I'll discuss? We can introduce it first. Explain that. You want to make a motion? Go ahead. Sure. Um, oh, see, we talk about it after it's introduced. Correct. I move to introduce
on first reading ordinance 25-20 and set the hearing for July 14th, 2025 at 7:30 p.m. or soon thereafter. Can I have a second, please? Second. Okay. Who has questions about this? Lauren. Okay. So, this is a sign regulation ordinance. So, one of the things that I know my senior
services committee discusses is the ability to walk on our sidewalks safely. And so anything I think that would be a hindrance onto our sidewalks, anything that would block a point of of an easy way to walk with a a cane, a walker, you
know, slower person, an aid with support, I think we had to be um very cognizant of. So you know, we're doing all these corner sidewalks so that it's ADA compliant and dis, you know, differently abled compliant. So Wendy, I just want to say thank you for changing
this ordinance to actually make it across the board in town. I think our senior services would appreciate that greatly. Uh, thank you. But it was done at the direction of the mayor. So, there you have it. No, I think all around I think strollers I think say
like we don't our sidewalks are not wide enough as it is to have these A-frame ports and I've always supported eliminating them throughout the town. And you know, the sign ordinance had been revamped back in in December and
January um really with Councilwoman Corsair's lead and this was something that had been discussed and there was a push at the time and it just didn't get in to the sign ordinance. Um so now it's there. So I think there was sensitivity to businesses. There's a sensitivity to
people's you know being able to promote their businesses through the signs. of the sensitivity toward downtown businesses. But I do think that given the seniors and the children and I think businesses do have enough space in their
windows, they do have enough uh um places to advertise specials and stuff like that. I think the the the bad outweighs the good. So I just think that it's good. Meaning the good outweighs the bad. No, not having them. Oh, I thought you meant doing this. Keeping our sidewalk spring clear, keeping our
sidewalks clean is the correct way. Keep it clean. Yeah, I think I think the safety question. We do have a lot of seniors who are trying to get increased walkability throughout town. Yes. All right. Any other questions or comments about this ordinance? Just like with
everything after it's done, what happens with the all the businesses will get like 11? Nothing. We have to do a second reading on this after it's done. Then they'll be notified. The business of the Chamber of Commerce will get notified. The businesses will get notified. Okay.
Okay. Omar, could you please read the title of the ordinance and conduct the roll call? Sure. Ordinance number 25-20, an ordinance of the burough tennify county of Bergen, state of New Jersey to amend chapter 35 land entitled land development regulations article 8
entitled zoning regulations sections 35- 802.24. 24 entitled sign regulations as it relates to the regulations set forth for A-frame or sandwich board signage. Council member Corsair, yes. Council
member Dayton, yes. Council member Michaels, yes. Council member Dr. Okconor, yes. Council member Rapart, yes. Council member Roli, yes. Thank you. Okay, we're going to move on to um public hearings. The first hearing
is ordinance 25-18. Omar, could you please read the confirmation of publication of the ordinance and the title? Sure. Ordinance number 25-18. It was published in the Sunday, June 8th edition of the record. It is an ordinance of the burrow tennify
in the county of Bergen, New Jersey. Appropriated $140,000 for general land stewardship cost and the accessible trails project at the nature center and for the purchase of benches throughout the burrow. I'm going to open the floor for any
public comments on this ordinance 25-18 only. Does anyone have a public comment to make? Andrew, come to the microphone and tell us your name. Andrew McKesh. Uh so I just wanted to uh thank the
council uh for both for partnership and uh for enabling good progress at the nature center and in cooperation as far as the accessible trail portion just a little update because it's public
information. So we have applied for congressionally directed funding for a major portion which is part of the reason we're trying to get all the engineering and everything worked out done quickly and we've been notified that it has moved on to Washington. So
it has been submitted by senator Washington. So uh it's still as I say a thousand steps to go but it is a step in the right direction. So we thank you. We're looking forward We're looking forward to
working together and making accessibility a major feature of the nature center and thus our community. So, thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Any member of the public in the in the chambers here who would like to speak?
Is there anyone out on Zoom that would like to speak on this topic only? 25-18. Omar, anyone raising their hand? I see no hands, mayor. Okay. Okay, I'm going to close public comment on this ordinance. Uh, Councilman Park, would you like to make a motion? I move to pass and adopt on second and final
reading ordinance 2518. And that notice of same shall be published according to law. Have a second, please. Second. Can I hear a second? Yes. Okay. Omar, please conduct the roll call. Council member Corsair? Yes. Council member Dayton, yes. Council member Michaels, yes. Council member Dr. Okconor, yes. Council
member, yes. Council member Roer, yes. Yes. Okay. Very good. You see that? All right. Ordinance 25-9, flood damage prevention. Omar, could you please read the confirmation of
publication of the ordinance and the title? Sure. All right. Ordinance number 25-9 was published in the Sunday edition June June 8th edition of the record as an ordinance by the mayor council amending the burough 10i code of
ordinances to repeal chapter 24-1-245.4 4 to adopt a new chapter 24-1-24-92 to adopt flood hazard maps to designate a flood plan administrator and to pro and providing for severability and effective date. I'm going to open the
floor for any public comments on ordinance 25-9 only. Would anyone like to make any comments on this in the chambers? No. Okay. Anyone online would like to make any comments? Please raise your hand or speak up. Omar, it looks like any nobody's making comments on
this one. See no hands. Okay. Uh, Councilwoman Dr. Okconor, could you make a motion, please? Sure. I move to pass and adopt and second and final reading ordinance 25-9 and that notice of same shall be published according to law. Could I have a second, please? Second.
Omar, could you please uh conduct a roll call? Customers, yes. Customer, yes. Counsels, yes. Council member Dr. Okconor. Yes. Council member Park. Yes. Council member Roler. Yes. Can I Can you What I was gonna say. So I took
a couple classes now on storm water management. Um, one of them was at the league. But I will say we're passing this flood flood damage thing. But I do think that we should have some analysis of how we within the bureau can start with our planning board and our zoning
board on actually putting some of this into place because I I do think that as we have projects that come, we need to recognize where our flood zones are a little bit more and be cognizant of flooding and require
storm water protections, that kind of stuff. That's we've got them working on. Okay. All right. And there was one request to pull one resolution. Which number was that, Omar? Excuse me. 35. Thank you, David. Okay. Broadway banned.
Okay. Could I get a motion to approve resolutions R25-336 through R25-350 and R25-352 through R25-363? Can I get a second? Second. Omar, please call the role. Council member Corsair,
yes. Council member Dayton, yes. Council member Michaels, yes. Council member Dr. Okconor, yes. Council member Park, yes. Council member Roer, yes. Okay. So, there's questions on resolution R25351.
Um, Councilwoman Dayton, you had a question on this? Yes. So, I appreciate our willingness to put up a second banner. That's a nice idea. I just think this is a very high quote to put up a second banner and a third banner. So maybe we just want to do one more at the
time instead of two. I mean the total is $24,000. I just feel like that's a lot of money just for banners. Council members comments. Feel like this is high. I think that it's more of just a I think you just want to look at it to see if there are other alternatives or
like before we vote on this like maybe we could just look can you tie them to the lights? Are there stuff that's already there that we could put banners up? Like, let's just at least look at it and see if there's alternatives so we don't have to spend money for. I think that advertising events in town is
important. Um, but maybe let's just see if we if that's the best. I think the thing is, and again, we can look at it. I'm not I'm an engineer but a fake engineer. Bioeng engineering doesn't count. But I think the biggest issue is it's not like we could at your house you
just tie two things up and and we're good. Yeah, I think because it's over, you know, buildings, streets, cars, you've seen we've seen, you know, when there's high winds, crazy. So, I assume that there's some structural work done.
It's sort of like the the thousand uh paperclip, you know, in the space station. There's a reason for it. It's just my guess, but I agree. I do think it has to be done. If if you're putting up the heavy steel poles, they have to not be lightning conductors and all that stuff. They have to bend a certain
amount. They're too rigid. But we did put up light like on our new lights. We we have the ability to put up all those poles and like hang banners from them. Just on Washington. Just on Washington. So that would be exactly where the other banner is. But is that an option we can give people? Um we would have to I think
you're gonna not that would be the same cost, but I think we would have to it's more work for the DBW. Remember it's one matter. Plus, I think I thought I think the the object was to attract different to attract different traffic so that you
would get more traffic on East Clinton in Tenner Fly than you get on the Washington because people are going through the center. Can I ask you how often do we have complex time? Like does it happen a lot? Like does it happen this spring this time of the year? Typically spring is the most because
everyone's got events. Yeah. How about this? Since again it doesn't look like please disagree. They're not giving us a discount for two. They're charging us the same amount for each one. I'm gonna make this up. Why don't we put one up now if we need another one? It's the
same $12,000 and put it on you. Put it over on Clinton. So you guys can decide. We can decide which one we put. But let's do one now. Okay. Unless they tell us Yeah. It's $22,000 for us to come and then a thousand for each banner. Obviously, we
wouldn't do that. Right. But I will say the one on Wells Fargo, we now have something before the planning board on that piece of property. And so I just want to be very careful. First of all, we're changing the light at the intersection. And then second of all, we might have a property under construction right there. But it's still the street's
not changing, right? But you don't want to like attach it to someone right outside their window or so, you know. I'm just saying we don't know what that's going to become. Where where is the poll supposed to be? Do you know Clinton? Um well it's it's it's in our on the corner of our municip our lot O
parking lot street. Oh okay it's not the corner. That should be I mean that's correct. So why don't we just do one do it at Wells Fargo and Okay. So Omar we're going to edit this resolution to authorize half that price to do one one
um set of polls. Perfect. Okay. And only the caveat. So if the company comes back and says it's we can't do well for 12,000, we just nix it and come back to drawing. I think we go back to the drawing board unless the incremental
cost is so low that it's in conse. Okay. So I need a motion to amend the resolution to cut the authorized amount in half. Um do only one poll. Could I have a second? Second. Omar, please call the role. Customer Corsair? Yes.
Customer Dayton? Yes. Customer Michaels? Yes. Cast member Dr. Okconor? Sure. Customer. Sure. All right. What's the question? What's the answer? Yes. Sure. I think yes is the answer. Council member Clark.
Yes. Council member Roli. I think we might have lost uh the councilman. Okay. All right. Say thank you. Wait, we're not done yet. I need a motion to approve R25-351
as amended. So moved. Have a second. Omar, please call the role. Council member Corsair, yes. Council member Dayton, yes. Council member Michaels, yes. Council member Dr. Okconor, yes. Council member Park, yes. All conflicts avoided. Okay. Could I
have a motion to approve the June 3rd, 2025 mayor and council meeting? Wait before before I just want to say thank you for everyone for passing um council I want to say we tonight in this agenda we passed our affordable housing fair share share plan so I'm getting the name
correctly and that is very important and um I think Wendy would agree the 2025 housing element and fair share share plan was passed tonight it protects our bureau it was passed now it's endorsed council endorsed it council endorsed and I that
is so important for our bur So, thank you all. Okay. Can I get a motion to approve the minutes of June 3rd, 2025, the mayor and council meeting? So, move. Have a second. Second. All in favor? I. Any opposed?
So, so we have quite a long close session tonight. So, I'm going to recommend that committee reports are limited only to what really can't wait until the next meeting. Anything, Lauren? No. Council President? Nothing. Jamie, I did want to point out because
uh at the beginning of the meeting, we didn't really talk about it, but uh earlier in the evening, we uh got to commemorate Junth with a flag raising ceremony, uh which is more widely becoming recognized as America's true
Independence Day. So, um I just uh I want to say I'm very proud of our bureau for that inclusivity and um you know discussing the importance of Junth when when all Americans were realizing freedom. Um and I just uh had a question
for if we had a date yet on community night because both the board of health as well as the environmental commission that I sit on will be having tables there and I I and I I was assuming it was September 9th, but I just wanted to
confirm the the date of um of community. That's Jamie. Do we know it's I don't know the date. It's PBA. Okay. So, is that something maybe David you could let us know because the committees I sit on they we we just got to make sure we have our tables ready for. Let me see on my
calendar meeting July. What's the fourth of July? That's what I was about to say. my mayor's remarks to July 5th are the fireworks. There'll be a concert, some food over there. Obviously, the fireworks go off when it gets dark, but
the concert goes on before that. So, check the mayor's messages on the burough website as we get closer for the exact time and it's held again in the um behind the high school in the fields, July 5th. Okay. Could I get a motion to No. Can you read
us the closed session language? Yes, it is resolution R25364 at a meeting of the mayor and council of the bureau of Tennifly, County of Bergen, state of New Jersey held on June 16th, 2025. Be it resolved in compliance with NJSA 104-12.
The mayor and council of the bureau of tennifly are going into closed executive session to discuss the following matters. the personnel, the state health benefits update, um contract negotiations for non-collective bargaining contract, attorney client privilege for pending litigation and
real property leasing of burough property and potential acquisitions. Ma minutes will be taken of the meeting and released to the public at the time that the matters resolved. Can I get a motion to go into close, please? I have a second. Second. All in favor? Any opposed?
Okay, we'll see you inside. Yeah, that's funny. You're so funny.