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MEETING SECTIONS:

Part 1 (Video ID: JeJUG20ckhs):
- 00:00:00: Meeting Opening, Roll Call, and Pledge of Allegiance
- 00:01:45: Volunteer Training Video and Minutes Approval Discussion
- 00:03:17: Nomination and Vote for Vice Chairman Position
- 00:04:04: Old/New Business: Initial RAAC Homes Application Discussion
- 00:05:47: New Business: Electric Vehicle Parking Safety Concerns
- 00:10:08: RAAC Homes Application - Wetlands Issue Discussion
- 00:11:25: Meeting Adjournment


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this meeting to order. Good good evening everybody. Uh this is a regularly scheduled meeting for which the date, time and location is set forth and the annual notice of meetings adopted by the Wallbook planning board. At the reorganization meeting of January

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2026, in accordance with the open public meetings act, said annual notice has been filed with the burough clerk. copy posted in the vestibule of the Waldwick administration building and copies transmitted within 7 days after adoption

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to the official newspapers of the burrow as designated by the governing body to wit the Bergen record and the Ridgewood News. Madam Secretary, could you please do the roll call? >> Mayor Gardano >> here. >> Mr. Vort >> here.

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>> Mr. Rando >> here. >> Mr. think >> here >> Mr. Kowalsski >> here >> Mr. Mistlewick Missakola Drake Miss P Mr. Panilly >> here >> Mr. Shack >> here

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>> Mr. Schultz >> here >> Mr. And I'd ask that you please rise. Join me in a moment of silent prayer >> and then we'll have the pledge of allegiance. >> I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the

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republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> Thanks everyone. I'm going to try and make this real quick tonight. Um, on April 1st, Joyce, excuse me, Kelly

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sent out uh a notice of the uh volunteer New Jersey board members uh best practices, a training video. Um it's like 15 minutes long. I recommend everybody look at it. It was uh you know, it's just an eye openener. Um take

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a look at that. and greetings to the public. So for that I see nobody in the public so we can dispense with that. Next is uh did everybody have a chance

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to look at the minutes of the March 4th 20 26 meeting. I'll entertain a motion to uh dispense with the reading. Stan Corey. All in favor?

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>> Any opposed? Any abstensions? So moved. So now discussion on this uh on this. So we dis any any questions on the minutes? A motion to accept the minutes.

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Matt and Mark. All in favor? >> Any opposed? Any abstensions? I see none. Okay. Next is nomination of vice chairman.

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I'll entertain uh any nominations. >> I make a motion to nominate a goodie for >> Okay. Do we have a second on that? Paul, any discussion?

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Any other nominations? Okay, with that, I'd like to put it to a vote. Uh, do you just go down the list or we do eyes? >> Okay. All in favor

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>> of Mark Roondo as vice chairman. I Any opposed? Any abstensions? So moved. Resolutions, we have none. Applications, we have none. Is there any old business to come before

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the board? Any new business to come before the board? >> It appears that we have in our packets a an application for RAAC homes.

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And I believe that is the old D. Martini property on Monroe. What is throwing me? >> I thought it was at 10. I thought it was at the corner of Crescent and >> I'm sorry. >> West Prospect. >> You're absolutely right. >> Yep.

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>> This is the first thing I see. >> Okay. That's the woods. >> Yep. >> All right. Um that that property has been undeveloped for a long time

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even as things around it were developed. Make sure you look at all of the data carefully because it may the site may present some issues. >> It's wetlands, right? >> Yep. >> Okay.

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wetter and wet >> wetter and wet. >> So >> that's why it hasn't been >> we can't we can't discuss the application >> but I can caution you to look carefully at it. >> Okay. >> Okay. So that's in your packet. So you

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could take that and study that at your leisure. Um that's likely to be on the next uh next month's agenda. Although I believe we're still waiting for some approval. So until we get that >> Yeah. >> as long as it makes uh the deadline, we'll we'll get that on the agenda.

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>> Um any other new business? >> I have a question for Cliff. >> Yes, sir. >> So Cliff, uh today I attended uh hazmat certification for my fire official. >> The instructor mentioned it's all about

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lithium batteries and how EVs are becoming more and more apparent. Um he's out he lives out of Delaware. So he said they put in a resolution down with their municipality to uh limit underground and car parking

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uh use of EVs because they're finding well a uh when a car burns it goes to 5,000 degrees cement spalls at 1,000 degrees so it could be an imminent failure very quickly. Um, if we have any

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redevelopment or anything where it's going to have underground parking maybe, but I think we're limited in New Jersey what we can and can't do with EVs because of what Murphy had put in for regulatory. >> I'll have to look. Honestly, I'll have to look at >> Okay.

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>> Was he talking about charging or was he talking about just parking? >> Uh, both. He says because when they charge they off gas hydrogen number one, which is highly flammable and in a combined especially if it's more than uh what's considered confined is more than

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two walls. So if it's got more than two walls, it's confined. It's >> they usually have at least the front and the back if not >> right. He said, you know, that's considered open, but if it's confined where it's more than two walls, it could potentially be for the fire for firemen

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as well as you know the occupants in the building because if they're parking underneath and they go, >> he just said something to look at. He mentioned it. I think it was um I don't know if we can because I think if I remember correctly the way the law was

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written Murphy was very restrictive what we can and can't do. >> I'll have to look and >> but I could be >> well if that's the issue then maybe >> is that something that we could recommend to the bur? >> Um >> or is that something

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that's out of our authority? >> It can really go either way. the burrow can take it up because it is something that has been told to fire officials. >> Um or being aware of it, we can

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recommend that they look at it. >> Okay. >> And then the question is should somebody talk to the governor? >> Yeah. Because if if this is that big a threat

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>> 5,000 >> Yeah, that'll cook an egg. >> Yeah. Plus, the other thing they're pointing out is the weight of the units. The cars are double the weight of a standard car. A lot of these uh parking garages were designed for a load

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of units on say 4,000 pounds and these are 8,000 pounds far exceeds the load if all that's assuming all >> some structural issues as well. >> It's a combination of things.

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>> It's interesting. >> It's like the perfect storm because if you have a fire, it's going to be bad and it's going to be bad quick >> because they trigger the next the one next one, right? >> Yeah. Well, we've we've seen that on aircraft

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actually >> with them in the cargo hall. >> Luckily, not not on the scale of an EVs battery, but still >> it was all about lithium ion batteries.

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>> You need something as small as those scooters or ebikes. Yeah. Well, that's that's popped into my mind. >> But again, they could put >> Yeah. >> I can think of it, but I might be wrong.

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>> All right. Well, I was trying to make this the shortest meeting ever, >> but go ahead. >> This application for homes, it says there no wet that again on the forum. >> Okay.

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>> Are they known? Are they delinated? Do we know? >> Okay. We guys, we really can't talk about that, >> but >> um we can ask. Yeah, I there

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there are maps and I think our application asks about wetlands and it says none. >> No, no, not available. >> We can't talk about this right now. >> No, we can't. >> Um,

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>> okay. Well, >> there's nothing wrong with having a heads up that there could be issues. We can't discuss the issues. >> Okay, that's a great point. >> Okay. Any other new business? >> Yes. One thing, you have your vice chair real.

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>> Well, if you took it, bring it back to >> my chair. >> All right. Can I have a motion to adjourn the meeting and >> second? >> All in favor? >> I >> Mr. Anything I can do to save