One uh one minute while we uh get the technical issues going. All right. Thank you. Call to order the meeting of April 21st,
2025 of the West Windsor Township Council. Allison, can you call the role, please? Gawas, here. Gvers here. And here, here. Whitfield here. And have we adequately noticed? Yes. on January 17th, 2025 to the Times in the Princeton
packet filed with the municipal clerk posted at the West Windsor Municipal Building and on the township website. Please stand for the salute to the flag to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for it stands one
nation indivisible with justice for all. Thank you. Since there are no ceremonial matters, I'm going to open public comment at this time. Is there anybody on the list? Yes, I do have a Gay Huber. Please come forward and state your name
and address. Good evening. I'm Gay Huber, 290 Bearbrook Road, vice president of the Historic Society of West Windsor. the historic society, the West Recreation, the Bicycle and Pedestrian Alliance, the Community Farmers Market, the West Windsor and
Princeton Junction Volunteer Fire Companies, the Lions Club, and the Arts Council have all been working together for the past several months in coordinating events for the 2026ation of our nation's 250th anniversary. During 2025, there will be
some kickoff events. The first event we are holding is a contest for a logo for Revolution West Windsor. This contest started yesterday and will run till June 1st for entries to be submitted. The winner will be announced at this year's
Township Picnic to be held on June 14th. For additional details on this contest, please visit westwsorhistory.comw. Please visit the website to see all the other upcoming events as well. In addition, the society would like to thank the mayor, council,
and administration for their continued support towards the historic society, and we support resolution 2025R11 on this evening's agenda for additional funding for the historical architect. Again, I want to thank all of
you for your continued support of the Historic Society of West Windsor and I'd like to ask that you all continue to share your posts on the upcoming events. I'd also like to introduce two other members, Peter Leetti
and Regina Honore of the historical society, both directors. Thank you. Thank you, Gabe. Uh, is anyone else on the list? I don't have anyone else on the list. Is there anyone else that would like to give public comment
for once? If nobody else wishes to give public comment, I will close public comment and go into administration comments. I have several announcements this evening. The first is the health department will be hosting a bra rabies
clinic this Thursday, April 24th, from 400 pm to 6 pm at Princeton Junction Firehouse, 245 Clarksville Road. To register, please use the link in news and notices on the website or on the
health department page. Each animal must be registered separately. Dogs must be on a secure leash no longer than six feet. Retractable leashes are not allowed. Cats must be in a suitable
carrier to prevent escape. Purses purses, pillow cases, or cat leashes are not allowed. West Windsor Shade Tree Commission will present an arbit arbor day
celebration, What the Trees See, this Saturday, April 26, 2025 from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. at the Ron Rogers Arboritum. The annual Memorial Day parade and
ceremony will be held on Monday, May 26th at 11:00 a.m. Line up for the parade will be at 10:30 a.m. at the West Windsor Plainsboro High School South Parking
lot. And as the representative um from the West Windsor Historical Society um indicated, there are a lot of new and upcoming events Please check out their website, including the new page,
Revolution West Windsor, dedicated to honor honoring the United States turning 250 years young next year. And um the historical society in conjunction with
the arts council will be launching a logo contest to be used in the to be used in Revolution West Windsor Celebrations. Detailed information will be linked on the township website and
can be also found on the historical society's website. Um, the West Windsor Fire Marshall has provided an update on state code affecting the uniform fire code. The
change now prohibits the use of certain landscape materials such as the use of wood mulch within 18 in of buildings and structures such as decks. Additional
information is under news and notices and on the fire and emergency services web page. This update is for all buildings except one and two familyowner occupied homes. However, the um
restriction on the use of mulch and combustible materials does apply to single family homes that are not owner occupied such as rentals. And I don't think there are many of those. Um and
public works is um in zone three. So thank you Marina. Thanks. Welcome Marina. Thank you. To the council meeting. She has been coming to the office uh last several weeks. She's coming to the first council
meeting after a while. So welcome. So I don't have uh any specific comments but I would just like to acknowledge uh passing of two individuals one local and one international uh that have impacted our lives. Uh Steve Janney a longtime resident of Westwiner and a lifetime
resident of Mors County area passed away on April 8th. He was an integral part of the community and an example of people who make West Windsor so special. He gave freely not only to West Windsor but to the greater farming community. He
served on the Westminster planning board was assistant scoutmaster and scoutmaster of 240 and served on the Westminster agricultural advisory committee for many many years until his his health made it difficult. He farmed many properties in
Westminster. He will be missed by all. On behalf of all residents of town, I offer our condolences to the family. Last night, Pope Francis passed away of a stroke. He was a humble reformer who worked to make the Catholic
Church more inclusive. He was not afraid of speaking out on important issues. As the leader of approximately 1.4 billion Baptist Catholics, Pope Francis reached out to followers of other religions pushing for interfaith solidarity. as he
made more than 45 international trips. My condolences to the members of the Roman Catholic Church. Thank you, mayor. Going now to council member comments. Linda, would you like to go first?
Tomorrow, April 22nd, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. in room B here in the municipal building. Andrea and I uh we'll be having office hours for any members of the public that would like to uh speak with us about any questions, issues, any suggestions uh for the township. So,
we're doing this uh as part of our volunteer uh outreach to the community and doing it as president and vice president. Uh we've gay already talked about the uh revolution West Windsor. So that's uh very exciting. I think pretty
soon um Andrea's president will confirm that there'll be a group presentation. Um yeah. Um we're trying to schedule something for the next meeting. So um there'll be a resolution uh tying this to uh Revolution New Jersey, which is
the umbrella organization. Right. So we're all excited. That's good. It's going to be a lot of fun, a lot of work, but it's a good good celebration. and it's going to bring a lot of people in town together, a lot of groups together working on this. So, uh, thanks for mentioning about the kickoff
today. Uh, this Saturday, um, April 26, it'll be, um, I'm told they changed it to 9:30 a.m. at the Ron Rogers Arboritum. The Shade Tree Commission will lead our Townships Arbor Day celebration. I believe this is the 45th year that we are a Tree City USA
township. So, we're proud of that. Uh the commissioners have put together a wonderful program and we'll announce the the winners of the K through 8th grade art contest and then after the program a U memorial plaque will be dedicated in
front of a lynen tree there in honor of Dr. Ron Slim. Uh my thanks to the Muslim Center of Greater Princeton for inviting me and my colleagues uh to a wonderful Eid celebration dinner on April 10th. So, it's always good to talk with uh
members of the mosque uh about our shared community values of working together in bringing about hopes for a more peaceful world. Uh on April 15th, I attended the wake for uh Steve Janney who was a longtime resident as the member as the
mayor mentioned. Um and I remember him as uh serving with him on the planning board and uh he was quite active um also in farming issues and state committees. uh at the state level. So, I extended our sympathies to his family on behalf
of the mayor and council and uh we will certainly miss him. Uh the little West Windsor Lions Club had their annual Easter egg hunt in Community Park last Saturday. So, there were hundreds of children and family members um who attended and had a lot of fun. Uh thanks
to the West Windsor Police Department uh for having two officers provide security and to the West Windsor Volunteer Fire Company uh for giving the Easter Bunny a ride to the park. So the weather held out. It was a rain there was the rain
delay date. Um but the weather held out. So so that worked very nicely. Um and lastly as a Catholic it is very uh sad day as we learned of the death of Pope Francis. He will be remembered for his commitment to helping the weakest in
society and embracing people of all faiths. May his calls for peace throughout the world come to fruition. My condolences to members of Catholic Church. Thank you. Thank you, Linda, Dan. Thank you. Uh this past week I
attended the first international robotics competition in Houston. FIRST, which is an acron acronym that stands for first inspiration and recognition of science and technology, is a global nonprofit that empowers young people
through hands-on STEM experiences. Founded in 1989 by inventor Dean Cayman, first provides robotic programs for students from kindergarten all the way through high school, fostering innovation, teamwork, and problem solving skills with a mission to prepare
students for the future. First competitions challenge teams to build design build and and program robots while promoting values like gracious professionalism, collaboration, and community participation. By engaging
with mentors, industry professionals, and peers, students gain real world skills that inspire careers in STEM and beyond. West Windsor had two teams representing us in two different leagues. Don't Blink is a community FTC
team supported by the Princeton STEM Academy and Midnight Inventors is a West Windsor Plainsboro School District supported FRC team. And to give you an idea of the enormity of achieving a spot to compete in the World Championships,
there are 9,000 FTC teams worldwide and only 2% are invited to the FTC World Championship. So, congratulations to all the students who participated. And a special congratulations to the Don't Blink team who earned the prestigious
inspire award which is the highest judges award given to the team that best embodies the first tech challenge program. On another note, I've had a lot of conversations over the past month with members of our community who are
truly concerned and frightened about current events in our country and around the world. and I share their concerns. And when they ask me what can I do, I remind them to use their voice that speaking the
truth brings power and to join local organizations whose mission it is to help others. And many communities just finished celebrating the Easter and Passover holidays where Jewish families like my own gathered to retell the
Passover story. We retell the ancient account of liberation from bondage to our children, not just to remember the past, but to examine the present. We recall how
Pharaoh out of fear and insecurity enslaved the Israelites and sought to strip them of their humanity. We tell this story not as a distant myth, but as a living narrative. It reminds us that memory is not merely
heritage. It is a form of resistance. It's a moral imperative to recognize when others are still in chains and to speak out when oppression repeats itself. Passover is more than just a ritual of a spiritual reflection.
It's a call to action. 80 years ago in 1945, my greatuncle Ysef Weiss observed Passover inside the Nazi concentration camp of Bergen Bellson where he was
imprisoned. Approximately 50,000 people died in the Bergen Bellson camp. Among them was the most well-known child diarist, Anne Frank. After his liberation and recovery from Typhus, he wrote a letter to his
surviving family who were scattered across America and Europe and Palestine. He documented the Passover seder inside the concentration camp. There was no
matzah, no wine, no freedom, just scraps of food and whispers of ancient prayers from memory. The complete letter translated by my father, Gerald Weise, can be found on my website, and it's also available
from the Leobeck Institute for the Study of German Jewish Culture and History. The Holocaust killed 6 million Jews and 5 million others, including Roma, LGBTQ plus people, political prisoners, people with
disabilities, and Slavic civilians. Never again became a vow passed from generation to generation. But here's the thing, it must mean never again for everyone. Today in the United States, we are
witnessing disturbing parallels to past injustices. Government policies have increasingly targeted immigrants, refugees, and marginalized communities. We are witnessing the rise of authoritarian authoritarian
tactics. When human beings are denied basic rights under the law, we are not just failing. We are reenacting the very patterns we swore to never repeat. When due process and free speech is stripped away and people are denied
basic protections, we are not merely failing to uphold American ideals. We are echoing the very tools that past authoritarian regimes used to oppress and dehumanize people. Jewish ethics do not ask us to
be neutral. They ask us to remember, to protest, and to act. If our freedom means anything, it must lead us to fight for the freedom of others. So let us remember our ancestors who marched out of Egypt and let us honor those who made saders in the
shadows of death and recognize the suffering in Gaza and all around the world. And let us commit not just to telling the ancient stories but to the story of our actions that future
generations will tell their children. Thank you. Well, welcome Marina. It's good to see you. You look good. Um I hope everyone um who celebrated Easter had a good holiday um weekend um it was spring
break so um last week so I think a lot of kids were um able to enjoy the holiday and they get back to school tomorrow so good luck with that. I know my kids were not very happy to go back to school after 11 days. Um I want to
thank um the um uh Muslim center of um greater Princeton for inviting us for the Eid celebration last week. Um I think last week we also had the Hindu family celebrated Vishu. So there were a lot of holidays that um that happened
this past week. So I just want to wish everyone um happy holidays for that. Um I just want um to uh make a mention of few dates to um just save the dates. For May 24th, uh Westminster Gives back is
hosting their annual cricket tournament. Um on June 20th is dive into summer um at Waterworks and um September 27th is Mayor's Fall. Um for any track uh track
and field um uh enthusiasts, uh High School North team is hosting Coaches Classic on May 3rd. Um there will be over 15 teams um coming to our school grounds for the meet. Um so if you're interested, the event starts at 2:00 at
High School North. Thank you, Senior. And congrats to Addie. He's been doing really well this year. Yes, he did um u break his personal record last week. So um he had a very good week. Um he had three meets this week. Um he had three more coming
up um this coming week and next week. So it's going to be a busy next couple of weeks of meets. Um he's hoping he can get to Pen Relays which is this coming weekend. So we'll know that in a couple days. But he did make officially he got
he made the varsity team. That's good. Yeah. Great. Congratulations, Marlin. Yes. Just wanted to say um happy holidays as uh my council colleagues have mentioned those who celebrated Holy Week, Good Friday, Passover, and Easter. Obviously, that is a a great spiritual
and religious time for everyone. And I just wanted to also touch a little bit on the today's temperament and times as uh Councilman Dan has mentioned uh politically, socially, the protests that are going on. Uh there's a lot of divisiveness that's going on in this nation right now. Um, it's kind of a
reoccurrence of the 60s. I was not born in the 60s, but as a historical person who studied history and grandfather was very involved in the civil rights movement movement, um, we're seeing a lot of repeat as Councilman Dan has said, unfortunately. So, this is a
crucial time in our democracy as a nation and how we are looked at in this world. Um, I just say to those in within this community, and I've been pushing it, as you know, repeatedly over and over and over again, um, for us to have a greater respect and understanding for
one another. Um, it's great to stand to your true core and beliefs while at the same time respecting everyone's culture, everyone's beliefs, um, everyone's identity, everyone's humanity. And we have to get back to a point um locally
and as well as a state and nation um where humanity is at the forefront and unification is needed. Um the divisiveness that you see in the media, you see on TV politically or not um is
not getting us anywhere. So I just want us as a community to be more communal and I think that's what we need to do. There's so much pointing finger at others and there's so much sides in this nation and has been for
many many years. I think if each and every person spent more time collectively or individually working amongst their local community for each other and for the betterment of each other. I think you spend less time
pointing fingers talking about other political parties or other persons in office whether local, state or national. So I think that's my charge to our community is that we spend more time looking at self and self-identifying
ourselves in terms of what we can do for our community, what we can do for our neighbor, what we can do for the next generation, our children, and how we can show them how we all should be behaving, how we all should be acting instead of spending so much time on others and so
much time pointing out a negativity of another person. It's time for us to put forth positivity within ourselves and within our own families and our community. And we all have that great opportunity right here because we live we we talk about living in a incredible
diverse mentally, culturally, ethnically, community while at the same time um we have so many opportunities to do just that. So I just see a lot of stuff going on in the nation, a lot of stuff going on protesting wise and um
freedom and liberties is what we all believe in. But at the same point in time, we just have to be more respectful of each other. And as we just got through celebrating so many different religious and spiritual holidays, I think um we need to obviously take that
to heart and do what each and every one of our religions and spiritual um teachings have taught us. And that's humanity. That's love and respect for each other. Love and respect for your neighbor. Um respecting each other's ethnicity, backgrounds, culture,
experiences. Um and I think that's why that's where we are headed um in terms of positivity. So I just want to see a lot more positivity um not only nationwide but also locally where we have that opportunity um and less less time spent on the nation but more time
as well spent on what we can do for each other as a community. Thank you. Thank you. Um it's a very very great sentence Martin. Um, one thing I was first robotics was
mentioned. Uh, it's probably one of the top types of programs that you could put a put kids into. Not not even just technical kids, kids that are into um advertising, kids that are into
business. There's room on teams for all kinds of kids. Sorry. Um, and the um I've I've had the pleasure of having been to the World Championships some three different times. Um, I've coached coached robotics
for something like eight years. And if you've never seen kids going through the different levels, you have to go through local, sometimes there's super regionals, there's regionals. watching them going through each of these levels and when they win uh a spot on the next
level, the excitement uh going to that next one, going to the World Championships, seeing people from all over the world. Um kids from all over competing, working together. Um it's it's just a beautiful
thing to watch. Kids that are not just sitting in programming, but they're actually seeing something that moves from it. And they're also working with each other, even the people that they're playing against. Uh that's the spirit of
cooperation that was sp started with first and it's just been a wonderful thing to see that kind of thing to be able to bring teams through that. Uh I've also done some judging at some competitions too and to see the kids
competing from all different sides. So, um, I've spent a good piece of my life working working with first and it's probably been some of the most rewarding time that, um, I can ever, you know, want to talk about. Um, anyway, I would
like to give condolences to all our uh, Catholic residents, Roman Catholic residents and friends on the loss of Pope Francis. I think everybody's spoken a little bit about him. Um if you look at his life, it was it was an amazing
journey of faith um from Rio di Janeiro I believe he grew up in and how he was able to um rise up in the church and and do the types of things he was able to do from a very very humble
beginnings. I hope everyone enjoyed all the holidays over the last month. In addition to my family Passover seder, I attended with uh my colleagues here an Eid celebration with the Muslim Center and I helped out on our fun West Windsor
Lions Club annual Easter egg hunt. For me, this was just another week in West Windsor. But this type of thing is something the rest much of the world can only dream about. And as my colleague Martin has said, the more we can do those types of things, the more we can
work together. Um, I think the more we can show others what to do, show our children what to do, and show our be part and parcel with our neighbors with with how to get along. Last week, I attended another meeting of the Asen Pink watershed
working group one by the watershed institute. We're trying to get all the towns in the watershed to work together to not only meet the MS4 requirements, but to make real improvements in both water quality and storm water handling to help prevent flooding. I'm hopeful
that a fair cooperative effort can be put together both here and in the Millstone watershed area. I want to thank Mayor Morathi for encouraging our engineering department to be part of this effort. West Windsor's been in the forefront in encouraging this success of
this joint endeavor. The Historical Society of West Windsor, which we've just talked about, has formed Revolution West Windsor to celebrate 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence next year.
Uh want to encourage everybody to be part of that logo contest. Um no, any anybody can try drawing. Uh take a look. There's uh the requirements are online. Uh no, you cannot ask chat GPT to draw your draw your thing. We made sure to
put that in there. Um we want your original design and um I'm think we're going to come out with a terrific logo. Uh it's the contest started yesterday and we're looking forward to seeing the logos. Uh please check the new Revolution West Windsor website for
that. And as Linder mentioned, we're working to get a presentation and resolution at the next council meeting to officially become associated with Revolution New Jersey associated, but we're not going to be a subsidiary. We're going we have our own Revolution
West Windsor. I remember celebrating the 200th anniversary. Yeah, I was around in the 60s in 1976 and I'm excited to be part of the I'm going to try this now. semiquincentennial. Um, okay. On a more
not as not as happy note, West Windsor will not have an early voting location for the June primary, but we are working on the priority of getting one for the November election. So, thanks to everybody who's been taking part of that uh and especially Allison who's uh been
in touch with a number of people, the mayor, Linder, and I have made several presentations to the county and board of elections. Everyone seems to be in agreement that this should happen, but it's a matter of money. The county executive said at the county budget
hearing that the county budget reflects our values. Few values are more important than fair access to voting. So, we will continue to pursue this right for West Windsor voters. And Allison, do you have anything to add here?
Um, uh, like administrative administration noted, the 2025 Memorial Day parade is on Monday, May 26. Um, more information is is on the website, but if you or your organization is interested in marching, please contact
the clerk's office um so we can get you signed up. Um the date of the primary election this year is changed to June 10th. Um uh the vote by mail ballots will be sent by the Mercer County
Clerk's Office to everyone on the permanent vote by mail list beginning the week of April 19th. Um we now have the mailin ballot box open until 8:00 p.m. on primary election day. The box is
located between the senior center and the municipal building. Um, please see the township website election page for more information and important election dates and deadlines. Okay, thank you. Um, consent
agenda. Resolutions 2025-R109 endorsing the application for a membership to the New Jersey State Fireman's Association for Arvid Sandala of the West Windsor Volunteer Fire Company number one 2025-R110 endorsing the application for
membership to the New Jersey State Fireman's Association for York A. Satollo of the Princeton Junction Volunteer Fire Company. January 15, 2025, reorganization meeting as amended.
January 27th, 2025, business session as amended. February 10th, 2025, business session as amended. Bills and claims. Thank you. Does anybody wish to pull anything? Seeing none, may I have a
motion to approve? Second. Roll call, please. Garwas, yes. Jivers, yes. Weiss, yes. Whitfield, yes. Mandel, yes. And recommendations from administration and council clerk.
2025-R111 authorizing the mayor and clerk to execute a professional services agreement with Clark Captain Hints for professional architectural services for the 2025 restoration project at the historic Shanks Farmstead for $20,700.
2025-R112 authorizing the business administrator to purchase replacement scanners for the clerk's office and replacement iPads for the construction office from SHI International Corp. under the New Jersey Cooperative Purchasing Alliance contract
CK04 subcontract 24-38 with the B with the county of Bergen for $34,99426 2025-R113 authorizing the mayor and clerk to execute a professional services agreement with
Geotrek Environmental and Surveying LLC for land surveying services for the preparation of boundary and topographic survey for monumentation and line marking West Windsor Township Open Space Block
11.01 lots 15 and 20 $13,690 2025-R114 authorizing the business administrator to execute change order number one final for work completed as part of the 2022 roadway improvement
program with Earl Asphalt Inc. adjusting the original construction scope and quantities of the original contract amount of 1,935,313.13 to a revised amount of $2,63,83945. Does anybody wish to pull anything?
No. Can I get a motion to approve? Motion to approve 2025-R11 through 2025-R114. Can I get a second? Second. Roll call, please. Darwas, yes.
Jivers, yes. Weiss, yes. Whitfield, yes. Mando, yes. Um, there's two ordinances. I'm going to ask the mayor to give a um little uh summary of just what these are about before we go ahead
that they're two ordinances are related to each other. The first one you want me to read the first one. You want why don't you read the first one and then I'll let him do that. 2025-06, an ordinance to amend and supplement chapter 200, land use part 5,
the Princeton Junction Redevelopment Plan, Regulatory Provisions, Article 34, Land Use Controls, Section 200-268 of the Township Code of the Township of West Windsor to amend the RP9 Princeton Junction Redevelopment
Plan District. U thanks Andrea. So um when I became mayor back in 17, one of the goals was to get rid of all areas that are dilapidated and have been ignored for
over 30 years. I mean some of the areas you know uh there's that blue mammoth structure behind Ellsworth. We did have we have approved a project for that hasn't quite moved as fast as I would have liked but one of these days that
structure is going to be replaced and uh something much better than that. The second area was one across from Macaffies all those old houses that are unoccupied and falling apart. We have um we have approved a project for that site
as well. uh the person or the company that got approval uh did sell it to somebody else. Uh so we are talking with the new owner trying to get that project moving. The third area was the um parking garage that the high school
district was using right at intersection of Wallace Road and 571. Um, Mayor Sheay um asked the school district to move out of that hoping to use the space for something better. Uh, but it has been sitting like that for
many many years. Since I became mayor, I did talk to a few people who had shown interest in that uh in doing some project at that property. But giving the land constraints and giving given the fact that the land is contaminated, it was very difficult to get somebody to do
it. So we of uh we struck a deal with the Westminster parking authority and the parking authority is going to build a a parking lot that can be used for multi-purpose parking lot not just for parking but that can be used for
community activities uh over the weekend uh food trucks uh maybe small uh garden there and so on. So this ordinance is to make that possible. Uh we are changing we are adding parking lot as a possible
use and including it in the redevelopment area which makes the development lot easier. Then we will have a agreement with the parking authority and uh we will join to the project and uh that area with all the
other projects going on around that area we will uh eventually have really a a downtown to talk of. Uh the Avalon project should be finished by end of this uh year. The county has promised to
beat out the um improvements to 571 at least between uh Cranberry and uh Alexander Road this uh summer. Uh so that area is going to start looking uh uh nicer and something closer to downtown that people have been talking
about for a very long time. Uh so I would encourage the council to introduce the ordinance and approve the ordinance and then there will be several other measures coming to the council to approve the um agreement with the parking authority and then whatever
other modifications to the um ordinance that may be required once the use is finalized. Thank you. Okay. Um can I get a motion to introduce this ordinance please? So moved. Second roll call. Gawas, yes.
Jvers, yes. Weiss, yes. Whitfield, yes. Vando, yes. Public hearing will be May 19th, 2025. 2025-07, an ordinance to amend and supplement chapter 200 land use, the Princeton Junction Redevelopment Plan of
the Township Code of the Township of West Windsor by modifying the RP9 district. May I have a motion to introduce? Motion to introduce. Second. Gawas, yes. Givers, yes. Weiss, yes.
Whitfield, yes. Mando, yes. Public hearing will be May 19th, 2025. Okay. At this time, I'm going to open up for the additional public comment. Is there anybody would like to make public comment?
Seeing none, I will close the second public comment and go into council reports. Martin, would you like to start? Sure. Yes. Uh, human relations uh in conjunction with direct department have a tentative date for the first West Windsor community cookout. Uh, the cookout will be free for the for all of
our residents in the community. Uh, they plan on having food trucks and sports games. Still working on some of the details. They will also provide yoga classes, traditional Indian games, dance groups uh potentially to teach dance uh to our residents. Uh so there'll be an abundance of programs and activities for
the families. As of right now, the community cookout is scheduled, West Windsor Community Cookout is scheduled for Saturday, June 14th from 12 to 4 p.m. at Community Park. Okay. And just to clarify, the food at the food trucks are you buy your own. Correct. Not free,
right? Correct. They have been free but the food the food has to be purchased. Correct. All right. Food is purchased. So there's no So it's not food available. People can bring their own. Correct. Or buy. Correct. Correct. Thank you. Correct. Sonia.
Um parking authority met on April 9th. Um the police department reported um 47 calls this past month out of which four were first aid and um three uh calls
were for hit and run and there were two uh suspicious activity calls. Um a lot a big discussion on flood flooding um was discussed. Uh the flooding season is coming up. parking authorities having um
tough time with their insurance company um because the insurance company wants to know what um the um business across the street. Um Schlumbumber Schlumbberger is doing or helping to do with the u flooding issues. Um but
parking authorities having a hard time u getting connected with them. So they're hoping township could help them connect with the with the business. Um the fence along Wallace lot is complete. Um it's also sprayed with um this material that
helps um with any graffiti if if done to be just washed with water. Um bus depot project was um also discussed in length and the ordinance that mayor um just explained was discussed. There will be
few other um resolutions um coming in front of council soon for so that they can apply for grants and um stuff. So um that's pretty much it. Uh affordable housing has not met since
we met last. Um and that's that's pretty much it. Thank you, Ben. Uh neither the school board or the recreation commission met since our last meeting. Linda, she commission meets this Wednesday,
April 23rd at 6:30 p.m. in the municipal building. And uh as I mentioned earlier, uh the annual Arbor Day celebration is this Saturday, April 26th uh at the Ron Rogers Arbor. Thank you. I'm sure we're
all looking forward to it. Um environmental commission met on April 10th. Simei Cow presented an AI based program she's developing that will help residents with recycling. Elliot Gordon presented some information on gas
powered blowers and the EC will look to continue to look at ways to implement alternatives. Uh the EC worked on items for the next submission to sustainable Jersey which are due in late May and the uh next meeting is going to be on May
8th. Okay. Are there any additional administration updates? No. Thank you and welcome back. Um Allison, anything else? Nothing else. Okay, there's no need for close session. So, unless someone has
anything, I'll ask for a motion to adjurnn. So, moved. Second. Second. All in favor? I. Thank you. We are adjourned at 7:45. Thank you everybody.