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please stand for the pledge of FL I pledge flag of the United States of America and to the rep for it stands one nation God indivisible with libery and justice for all please remain please remain standing for a moment of silence for all our
military personnel suring us thank you please bece Mr notice requirements of the open public meeting will have been satisfied concerning the speeding the home dist bu and the Star Ledger published to notice on January 10 2025 was posted on the municipal bullet board
should be so noted in the minutes of this meeting councilman Anderson here councilman Bower here councilwoman Deus councilman farara councilwoman Manan councilman Patel councilman small here vice president mcalli here and president
Spiller here and I get a motion to approve the minutes from March 4th 2025 motion second any questions or comments from Council all favor I I oppos eyes Havoc we begin with second reading ordinances this evening we're going to
take letters A and B by consent they're both uh traffic and parking with uh within the revised ordinances letter a is to designate handicap parking on raway Avenue and homes Park Avenue letter B it is is an amendment with
regards to unhitched trailers 8 tons uh or above on streets overnight parking that said can I get a motion that these two ordinance would be taken up by second and third reading in the public hear and the motion second any questions or comments from Council all in favor I
I opposed eyes have the public hearing is now open on letters A and B A and B only he no comment from the public can get a motion of the public hearing be closed the ORD be adopted and submitted to the mayor for approval as required by law motion second any questions or
comments from Council all in favor I I oppose I had it letters ordinance approving a revised license agreement at the Woodbridge Arts Alliance and approving uh a subtenant at the avanel Arts Center can I get a motion that this ordinance be taken up on second and third reading and the public hearing be
open motion second any questions or comments from Council all favor I I oppose eyes have it the public hearing is now open on letter c letter C only good evening to the council and to the uh
Administration on C who actually owns that license and um Caroline's Tavern who is that what individuals Carolines is going to be the tenant that is going into what
you would know as the former curtains and and when you say license are you referring to the liquor license well curtains under the purview of um carollyn El and the administration at one point in time Mr sim a concessionaire license I'm
sorry concessionaire license that's not I'm sorry I couldn't quite hear that concession concessionaire license okay and is there any charge for that and U what's the background check on those licenses that's all the state ABC
it's all handled by the state ABC thank you thank you Mr Maris any other questions or comments on letter C here another comments can I get a motion at the public he and be closed the ordance be adopted and submitted to the mayor for approval as required by
law motion second any questions or comments All favor I I oppose eyes have it letter D is an ordinance authorizing direct NE title and possession of certain property uh known as Consolidated rail Corporation be conveyed can I get a motion that this ordinance be taken up on second and
third reading and the public hearing be open motion second any questions or comments from Council all in favor I I oppos eyes have it the public hearing is now open on letter d letter d only and no comment from the public can I get a motion at the public hearing be
closed the ordinance be adopted and submitted to the mayor for approval as required by law motion second any questions or comments from councel all in favor I I oppose eyes have it letter e an ordinance authorizing the acquisition of portion of property known
as 500 Green Street and I get a motion that this ordinance be taken off on second or third reading and the public hearing be open motion second any questions or comments from Council all in favor I I oppose eyes have it the public hearing is now open on letter e
letter e only again Tom Maris um on letter E in ordinance authorizing acquisition and a portion of certain real properties what is that going to cost the township and does it benefit us so this is going to be a house that builds up on linen uh we need to do some
work um in relation to the creep thats there um it's it's the old Gerber property it's the back section of the property it backs up to a home on linan that we need to gain access to to uh uh reinforce the uh Creek Banks and the
cost of acquiring that property ker the cost uh there's no cost which is it's a temporary uh uh easement and then we'll return it back to the owner so we're going to improve it at our well and then give it back to them
is that correct just just a process we we'll retain a uh an easement on on the property because it is a creek it already has an easement we just need to access it thank you for the explanation thank SM any other questions or comments on letter d letter e I'm sorry letter
John woodb his question is this going use as individuals for a private company are we doing this to help them or to help us I believe you had asked Mr varar over here over here go goes through the
council president sir I believe you had asked who's a benefit benefit the town or is it benefit the corporation the the people own the property believe Mr vitar was asking does it benefit the township and does it benefit the property owner uh the benefit to
it's not just one property owner it's uh multiple properties on Lyman Avenue the backs of their their houses flood uh because of the creek prevent flooding yeah so it'll prevent flooding in in their in their areas and and it's a it's a maintenance for us it's one of our
Creeks we do we do yearly maintenance on all of our creeps talk up talk up the floods you know there was years ago back they want to build apartment houses there how come always done I'm sorry mrar we're not talking about apartment houses we're talking about 500 Green Street I
understand 500 you ask a question what is your next question regarding question is sudden we got a flood problems there why I don't know why building I was asking if there are flood problems there yes well that's the whole purpose of us doing this work but there was no flat
problems before was it it grow worse it has grown worse thank you are there any other questions or comments on letter e letter e only hearing no other comments can I get a motion that the public hearing be closed the ordance be adopted and submitted to
the mayor for approval as required by law motion second any questions or comments All favor I I oppose I had and the last second reading we have this evening is letter F which is authorized in the acquisition of property known as 1450 St George Avenue in avanel can I
get a motion that this so this be taken up on second third reading on the public hearing be open motion second any questions or comments from Council favor I I oppose eyes have it public hearing is now open on letter F letter F
only again Tom Maris fors New Jersey on letter F an ordinance of the Township in the county of middlex authorizing the acquisition of abandoned property who owned that property and uh what's it
going to cost Township normally you stay away from eminent domain but apparently this one um is worthy of doing that why and how will that benefit the town so you're you're correct it says eminent domain it's it's Anonymous with uh condemnation
it's going to be the same process uh this property has been on the abandoned property list for years uh housing has gone out there numerous times uh and issued uh Mr Sima if you want to step in any time but um it's time that this property gets redeveloped um it's just it's still apit it's an isore uh the
third floor Department of Housing gets um complaints on this property over many times uh for violations without any uh answering uh sometimes he shows up in court uh and he hasn't done anything to uh fix the property the
property has become safety hazard to the resident and what will the town do with that property once they acquire it uh that'll go there there are no plans at this time council president so know this back taxes is neglected and we're just going to take
it over and some future time perhaps do something with it am I correct he was asking about regarding the tax Mr M was asking regarding the tax back taxes but the goal is to do something with this property uh we have no uh ambition to do anything with the
property right now uh accept to take possession of it and and prob ra so that it's safe for the public again thank you just good to know what we're getting and what we're going to do with it once we get it thank you thank you for asking Mr Maris any other questions or comments on
letter F there no other comments got to again motion that the public hearing be closed the ordinance be adopted and submitted to the mayor for approval as required by law motion second any questions or comments from Council all in favor I I oppos eyes have it going with the ordinances listed as first
readings letters g h and I can I get a motion that these ordinance be passed on first reading published in the home news tribun on Friday March 21st 2025 with notice of public hearing to be held on Tuesday April 1st 2025 at 6: p.m. second any questions or comments from
Council all in favor I oppose eyes have it Mr President you have 20 resolutions before you if I can get them approved by consent 1 through 20 Mr Mitch I'd like to abstain from number 20 please I have a motion to approve them motion second no that's
okay you're good you're good any other questions or comments all papor I I I opposed I have thank you that's all I have thank you Mr before we go into the public uh portion of the the meeting I'd like to read a prepared statement uh following the
incident that occurred this morning at wber high school the mayor's office the W Police Department advised that the extens extensive security measures that have been implemented by the wber School District administration and the Board of Education over the past several years efficiently identified and prevented a potential security issue the School
District administration followed security procedures and worked in cooperation with internal security personnel and Newbridge Police Department dep to investigate identify and detain the student the mayor's office the council and the wber police department will continue to support the school district and the Safety and
Security of students and staff to continue to implement even more advanced security protocols the investigation remains ongoing by the middlex County prosecutor's office the wubber police department and the School District administration and school and security Personnel thank you we will now move to
the public portion of the meeting When approaching the microphone please state your name what section of Township or state that you live you have a onetime opportunity to speak up to 5 minute uh please keep all posters banners signs out of um the main ESS way uh there will not be a line everybody will be heard
you can have a seat when the person is done the Mr Mitch will ask is there anybody that would like to speak at that point that person should be getting up uh as of last meeting uh there seems to be some people that wanted to sit down and look to each other and say who's going to get up
now uh that is not how it works if somebody wants to speak you get up to the microphone you speak once the last person or the person is stopped that's when the public portion is over you do not need to touch the microphone the microphone is just fine there's a 5 minute time period thank you Mr Mitch Mr
Mayor Jessica mayor venetto Evan on March 14th last Friday the Idaho Bankruptcy Court approved the sale of seek West Woodbridge Utah and California to Jeff Cox who already had Financial ties to
sequest I'm curious if any of you knew about this I don't know if you want to answer or not but um they initially filed bankruptcy on December 2nd but on December 12th Jeff Cox filed for a certificate of formation to create a new
business name sequest in Woodbridge is now going to be known as Woodbridge aquarium and Wildlife Center LLC Jeff Cox wor worked closely with the previous owner and CEO Vince cavino stepped down prior to the bankruptcy
filing ex employees who were at meetings with both um that they had attended confirm that they share something in common disregard for the animals and greed Woodbridge is now not going to be just the town that allows the exploitation and death a place to reside
in they're going to be the name of the exploitation neglect in De stop seep West Woodbridge is not going to go away we will regroup and reorg organized once the name changes we will no longer protest sequ Quest but we will protest
Woodbridge aquarium and Wildlife Center a new name will not take away the animal neglect safety concerns or customer injuries the only way to prevent any of these things from happening is to not allow a zoo SL aquarium to take up residency
animal California has recently proposed a new Animal Protection Law the captive Wildlife captive wild animal welfare project that prohibits direct contact between public and certain captive animals we're going to be working on this as well for New Jersey and Nicole
will be here at the next meeting to elaborate further Woodbridge residents have recently been showing their displeasure with the Township in recent comments on social media we have been keeping the public up to date on all
proceedings Clayton Rutherford of captive Wildlife at Humane world for animals which was formerly known as the Humane Society said that the public saw sequ for what it was and that was an animal abusing shopping mall petting
zoo Woodbridge residents are now seeing it too the Facebook page has already been registered for Woodbridge aquarium at Wildlife Center and right now no one is checking on the animals inside there New Jersey
fish and wildlife has no reason to since they revoked the permits and seized all of the exotic animals that they were responsible for I'm sure there are going to be requests for new permits the Woodbridge health department needs to step up their
efforts have surprise inspections and they need to do this immediately now is the time to set limits on permits you can't just sign all permits that come across your desk Peta stated that the new
owner of the three sequest locations refused to guarantee even the bare minimum care for the animals that were trapped and left behind in these horrible conditions these animals have suffered for so many years at the hands of sequest and they will only continue to
do the same at Woodbridge aquarium and Wildlife Center or anything else that takes its place animals do not belong in malls new name same abuse thank you thank you are there any other comments
from the public this evening Paul lond hope La I just want to make a public service announcement that on Thursday at vra's Beauty Supply on 580 Amboy Avenue one of the gubinatorial candidates for New Jersey is going to be
there speaking Fielding questions laying out his vision for the state name of Jack chiarelli I think at least the 21,000 folks plus who voted for Donald J Trump this last go round in Woodbridge would certainly be interested in being there and maybe even folks who are
skeptical of the Democrat Party in the current state that it's in I'm Paul London hopon I'm running for Town Council and I also encourage you folks take advantage find out what the Republicans have to offer this time around for governor thank you thank you thank you any other comments from the
public th March Petra Woodbridge th talking about a TNR ordinance for the township we've been doing TNR for several years now in
2024 we spent $1,852 of donations having events yard sales Etc to raise funds for a TNR program in the town that was just for uh PFA where we do TNR
additionally we spent $16,400 a regular full service beted if we needed uh tan or cat needed medical attention they got it whatever they wanted what I cannot understand is
why the township and the council will not initi a TNR ordinance it just makes no sense you can't have the animal shelter taking care of TNR and all their res duties there's too many towns that they
care for now and it's not fair to the residents and certainly not to the cats so something has to be looked into and something has to be done um we got a we did get a call I got a
call about a month ago about an injured cat and the resident would not let us on the property we need permission to go on property to tra cat so I did call the shelter and the shelter director did call me back and said she would send
somebody by and the situation was taken care of and she also offered to TNR at 5 cats for us which is would extremely helpful so that goes to show you people can work together in this town we're not the enemy we're trying to
help Cs and we need we need some sort of an ordinance we need some sort of a a program we have plenty of people to help we get nothing but Stone Wal now there are TNR programs in
spotwood Edison sville South Brunswick to Fe watch we have on a Wood Bridge why's got sir we've taken in 48 kittens so far we take in kittens with the moms the mom is
feral we keep her until kittens are Wing TNR her and put her back to the location she has a feeder if the moms are friendly they do to out we've been getting a awful lot of friends
C and our TNR effort in Woodbridge so I'd like to know why you can't Institute a program put your on why an why anybody have an answer is that your question you
ask a question then then you kept then you started talking so I want to make sure why can't you Institute a TNR ordinance in Woodbridge Township next question okay the the answer hasn't changed since the last time here if a res correct me if I'm wrong mruma if a
resident has a cat in their property they can call Animal Control Animal Control will go down uh whever the property is put the um the the cage there take it TNR it and then return it back to its surroundings well if they how many cats
can they do a month I don't have that off my head but it's ridiculous you're just burden putting more of a burden on a shelter that is already bursting one minute Mr Petra sorry one minute well that's that's just my point I just answered
your question that you won't do anything you won't have one on that's not what I that's not what I said I instructed I explain the instructions what happens when there's a cat on a property and somebody reaches out to excuse me I don't interrupt you do not interrupt me
uh Mr Sim unless I'm speaking anything different that is correct yeah have correct thank you but why is it correct why can't ordinance be made for a TNR PR of wship but that's not an answer I answered you the best of my ability
that's resident call a shelter they'll send out somebody with a Tru that's thank you good night any other comments from the public this evening on the TNR issue I've had friends that can you please speak your name in the area Schultz I live in Woodbridge
Township and um about the TNR I've had friends that had a bunch of feral cats in the backyard and asked and called up animal control for help and they told them they had no no traps to bring out to them so because they're so short-handed
and they didn't have enough traps I've called at times and I couldn't get a trap cuz they said they were all out so it's it's not a cut and dry thing where they just come right out go get the cats they don't we need also thank
you any other comments from the public Roberto Marini I'd just like to thank councilwoman muli and the building department for helping us close a 30-year-old permit that nobody had addressed previously thank you
any other comments from the public okay thank you which one good evening Arling roads fors okay I just want to explain excuse me AR I'm sorry can you I'm stop this time one second sir if you're recording fine I don't understand how you're recording and you keep looking at the floor every
time um there's nonsequence people talking so you're recording I suggest you record otherwise take your seat if there's anybody else recording that is your god-given right you need to be in the blue box sorry about that Ary that's okay thank you go ahead thank you you're
starting me now right yes TNR is a management technique in which homeless free roaming cats are humanly trapped evaluated sterilized by a licensed veterinarian they are given vaccines and ear tips and returned to their original
habitat the primary benefit of TNR is to control cat's overpopulation no more outside breeding recklessly their offsprings suffer from a harsh element and a hard life to just try to survive many kittens are saved
through TNR rescues step up to take them the unfortunate kittens that are not rescued can give birth up to four times a year causing a major overpopulation and that's how it begins why the council and the township
authorities ignore the fact that we have a cat problem is unbeknownst to me if one small rescue can do over 275 cats a year i' consider that a cap problem the time and course that goes
into TNR rescue program is very high we have attended meetings here asking for never asking for any funds all we wanted was cooperation to establish a dedicated TNR program for Woodbridge Township maybe it's time to look at yourselves
and ask why every organization that has come into town to help leaves abruptly I can mention a few programs whisky's rescue Karma Cat and now us there is this is not here say please reconsider your position on TNR let's make
Woodbridge grade again the shelter does not come out and help I have spoke to several of you and said please call the shelter with an unlisted number and act like a resident and see if they come out and help you not one of you have ever tried to do that they do not help they
do not have the tracks they do not have the money and they do not have the people to go out and help them thank you thank you Ser are there any other comments from the public yeah Sean O'Neal mouin uh two meetings ago you uh miraculously
produced a veterinarians report that said the animals in sequ are quote sound coincidentally it was done the day before the result you know so we find the results of that veterinarians report to be totally ludicrous who's we me
myself and I for one okay just making sure that's on okay you yourself and I are the weak it just seems ridiculous it just seems like the council and the mayor are playing games and politics while animals are in their
suffering um the last meeting you all sat up there you didn't say one word you were like muted puppets because CBS TV Camera was here on you so you know you you're playing politics you all all of you are not doing your jobs at all you need to
resign thank you any other comments from the public this evening GA avanel we are living in unprecedented times and as a senior I'm one of the seniors
that depend solely on my social security for my survival in 37 years I have not ever been late on my property taxes and what's going on on the federal level is a cause for extreme concern and
anxiety in regard to Social Security because nobody ever voted for the procedures that are now in place and we have no idea what's going on on the Social Security Management my husband is
a retired postal worker and his pension is also being you know managed by people that are not part of the the postal uh organization that he was used to my
concern is this they are cutting so many jobs on the Social Security Administration and there is no doubt that it's going to affect the management and distribution of our Social Security
payments and my question is this if there is a delay and A disruption of receiving our Social Security checks will the township make allowances and give extensions for paying our property
taxes because if this is all we're going to be living on we we're not responsible for the delays that the federal government is going to be imposing upon us I mean it's causing such anxiety my husband's blood pressure went up to like
197 it's really a concern and I would like to know what the township is going to do because it takes a community and I wanted you know I'm so worried about what's going on I figured well let's let's come to my own community and what
is the plan if in the event that happens I would like to know because I what what will the seniors do that don't have the money to pay their property taxes are we going to be you know is it going to be like a 10 City for seniors it's really
really very very tough time and I would just like to know that there will be allowances made council president if you'll stick around after the meeting um recently I've actually
been sharing a a program with a lot of seniors that is being um advertised through our County and it is for tax reduction uh property tax reduction and property tax relief for seniors so if you'd like I I'll I'll be happy to share
that information with you after the meeting well I've already received the new booklets that that combine you know the um the anchor program and the uh New Jersey tax relief I mean that that's something that you know I'm going to
fill out but I think that there's a there's a real anxiety about what's going to happen so thank you thank you thank you C are there any other comments from the public this evening Tom Maris towards New Jersey um obviously there's a lot going on this
evening some very deep concerns and as Marell knows I probably have close to 20 year history with this Council matter of fact is what brought me to the council was the sewor dog park and the fight for better conditions for our animals at the
park and what was absolutely horrific Slaughter of all the the cats at that time they being euthanized is something like 4 or 500 a month and used to get periodic accordly if you will statements from the state which the township had to
attest to and where I'm going with that is TNR is something I got involved with at least 16 years ago and it worked and I think it's something that Township can well afford Mr mccor just told me mayor mccor told me recently we've got at
least uh two or three million do I'm sorry maybe $20 million that he's collected through pilot programs certainly some of that money can be channeled into setting up a really worthwhile program to do TNR it
saves the animals it saves they're just helpless creatures and if you understand I'm not sure the council does understand how TNR Works once you NE to that male and put it back out or the female they don't reproduce so we're not getting any more gas and we don't have to go and kill them and I
think that's where Mar is coming from and I would agree with them give us a definitive plan put something together and say you can do that as far as the lady was just speaking unfortunately Mr coflin who's the head of the assembly he's by the way going to be running for re-election we can take that to the
state and say what are you going to do for our seniors in the state depending on what the federal government does and again these are plans that you could put in place and come back to the public and say look if that does will be TI Us Fall
upon us and it's hurting us we have a plan how we're going to help you we'll get through this again I don't think that's an unreasonable request and I would ask the council but definitely consider it and at some point in time in the very near future not a year or two years from now come forward with a plan
and say look if it happens here's what you can do not you got the new book like depend on the state to help you out we all know how that goes and we don't wait till that so again I just ask that you would consider how you can help with tap Pardon Me trap neuter and release and
and uh just go on from there thank you very much thank you m any other comments for the public to saet J good uh these people over here they have to do what they're doing it's is not problem it's a wage
problem if you can help somebody to solve the water problem floods and things like that spend tax SP money I'm sure you know what has to be done to save their problems it's a woodage problem it's not just my problem your problem it's everybody's problem let's
correct it you can Moy for everything else you can do that too and you can demand if just go to the state or anybody it's people you not us you Empower to demand we need this we need that that you can money for everything else a l counc meeting
as the mayor couple things my first question was how long is it going to take before you open the kby park did you get EP approvals because they keep saying last two years already they're working on it they're working on it my question are you going to open the park
and when or if you going to open the park my second question was they talks about the W be stship this 103 ,000 people plus couple hundred what's the population would be staring present I would like to know and
then the third was I was saying that we every you go you got medal detector especially today look at people's pocketbooks are we so non trusty that people going to blow you up people over
here and schools don't have it school don't have a medal to that's most warable place to do something some people to do something you know what happened today too right I don't want to mention it but you know it let's be serious about it
this is a dangerous time they're not babies no more those schools today are high school tomorrow in military they know more about certain things that most of us do so let's get serious you big town don't kiss your R to Big
politicians and top speak up demand it we are here we need it and we can do it if you can do for certain individuals there certain things we can do for this town because we going down the hill and you know it it's embarrassing even to
say that you live in woodage nowadays crime is up everything is up tax is up what do we get in return I don't want to say the word but a lot of BS don't postpone it you can do it demand cin was there before nice man does to do
his job has those people well you got to speak up why you afraid you collected by the people not by them what's the question you questions you keep talking question Mr smart my question you three question keep talking what's the population of 10
3,655 what's the last the third question where where did you get information metal detectors in the school district just like you were referring you ask three questions I'm answering you don't interrupt me go to the school district like you have done so many times before you know what you're supposed to do Mr
come here and you can ask School District questions you know you're not going to get an answer cuz we're not the school district we're the council Thursday night is a school district meeting by all means please ask that question like you've done before to you to your other question listen there's
2020 census I got papers right here well then why you asking if you know the answer to the question why that's 2020 years this is years this is 4 years ago you know how many apartment you buil since then over here what's a question how many
apartments you built so far this 4 years don't have to talk about no you don't know I know you don't do much you know it but the question is metal detectors you said he said it's a school problem I did not say that it's a school district issue go to the school district meeting
and ask your question there regarding School District matter okay School issue don't put words in my mouth who do they call who did they call today when there's a problem School Police Department it's a school district depart read a statement that all I am prepared
to answer that question to the prosecutor's office or the school district wait a second you can refer that question to the prosecutor's office or the school district what should I what can't you I don't we employee we represent the school district I represent the uh sorry less than one
minute sir thank you have a good night any other questions or comments from the public Hi how are you good how are you I'm good thank you Anna kasasa from P boy I just wanted to um talk about the
TNR program so I'm from pan boy and I like to help people so my friend's parents they live in p in um they asked me for help cuz they had feral cats outside I asked margin Arlene for help they helped me with some um I think I've
helped them with about 15 cats so far M so if there could be something done to get a TNR program that would be really great that's all okay thank you very much for coming are there any other
questions or comments from the public y Brunswick um I just have a question um is when they calculate property taxes for Woodbridge for businesses Do they base I know there's the land boundar to calculate which is always land but for
the actual building do they calculate for businesses the building for that part of property tax or do they use I think the word is grow is net operating income which do they use in the the township for it uh um the the value of the building and the value of the property okay so
they do it that way all right thank you right thank you any other questions or comments from the public here another comments can I get a motion that the public comment portion be [Music] closed I'm uh living in Fords now back
living in Fords um I'm just here on behalf of the the TNR program you know to advocate for it uh just moving back past couple years I've been living back in town I mean I've seen numerous cats in my neighborhood I've actually trapped
a few and I have two Strays living in my house now that have been neutered trapped and neutered um yeah I I just you know would like to see it possible that uh some funding be put towards this
I mean I think it's great it's it's much more Humane for cats than trapping and having them euthanized it's uh it's awesome you know they they get trapped they get spayed but they also
get vaccinated against you know disease that could spread so there's some other points uh there's so many um actually had a whole uh uh a whole presentation to read but I
think that's a moood point I think everybody pretty much understands what the program is that it can be effective in reducing the populations and oh and another good point is it cuts down on the predation of other Wildlife birds and things that
the cats you know naturally pray upon in the wild um I like I should have prepared better but uh you don't it was short it was short noted and uh but I I just you know wanted to come and lend my support for people like
Arlene and uh March who do great volunteer work with this but you know maybe the township needs to step up and uh assist that's that's my feeling on it I mean like I said I've only been back in
the town a couple years and I'm seeing a lot of you know stray faral cats and we have the ying and all that and doesn't bother me but I'm sure some people complain about such things and the fighting of the cats and then
like neutering capturing neuter him and and spaying him does it is effective it will cut down on the population which cuts down on all the other suffering and problems that come along with exploding
populations so that's pretty much all I think uh it's it's it's a it's a worthy thing to get uh get accomplished okay thank you sir thank you any other comments niron agal Edison New Jersey um
we can all agree that the main audience for sequest is children because it's an aquarium and most aquariums are meant for children and sequest is one of those aquariums and as a kid who has visited sequest to see the conditions I can uh tell that no kid would willing want to
be there as it's dark and dingy and filthy and the floors are covered in buk and you don't have to take my word for it as if cquest was booming with business they would have been $381,000 in debt for and filed for
bankruptcy meaning that the main audience kids are clearly not coming to the aquarium as often as they want as often as they want uh them to come and therefore they're going into debt and
are using up a very precious space in the mall uh and because of this many other businesses cannot open up their um business in a specific spot and the business is just like useless at
this point a lot a lot of people have brought up like the points about animal suffering the points about like the safety of humans but the point that I'm bringing up is more about children because that's the most important thing because they're the main audience of
cquest and without them cquest would have never open in the first thank you thank you any other comments from the public here no other comments can I get a motion to close the public comment portion of the meeting motion second
favor I opposed we'll go into the agenda thank you uh before I go on the agenda I just want to I see in the audience I want to thank all the uh Scouts that are in attendance uh probably going to say it's a safe assumption that you're doing this for some type of assignment badge at all because otherwise feel free to
come every Tuesday night at 6 o'clock but uh I wanted to recognize you uh thank you very much the mayor is the mayor's out of town but we all know his as well as the council and administration's affiliation and for the count um the Scout so thank you very
much uh moving to the public portion uh item number 12 cable commission one of the biggest concerns raised by our for the past two decades has been the lack of competition among cable companies for phone computer and internet services fortunately two new options are in the works to bring this
competition Verizon has already uh begun a new project to invest in Woodbridge by building the infrastructure necessary to bring fos to the township Optimum has applied for permits to build 10 sites to house their fiber only infrastructure for yet another option for our consumers
both will be up and running in some sections of the town later this year with expectations of full wiring within 3 years uh we're still in the application permitting stage of the product uh projects with the PPU Board of Public U utilities but um this is a a very good solid step
moving in the right direction uh I'm the uh Council representative to the cable commission uh as as long as well as my rest of my fellow Council mates in the administration it doesn't go a week without somebody asking what else can we do besides uh Verizon so um I'm sorry
what else can we do besides Comcast um so hopefully this will move things into the right direction um rest of my agenda is in order God Bless America Council ADV President we call thank you council president my agenda is in order I just have a few announcements today uh Relay for Life has some upcoming events join
the fight against cancer with Relay for Life two exciting events are coming up gather your team show your support and have a great time uh for the great cause on June 7th uh from 3:00 to 10:00 they'll be having their annual walk at
the WD high school it's now time to get your team together and help support go to relay 07095 org to get your team set up they are also going to be having a cornhole tournament in conjunction with the Irish
American Association on June 14th at The Acacia center from 10: to 5:00 this is another way you can get a team together and have some fun playing corn hole get involved and make a difference and help fight the support help to fight against cancer
the Chamber of Commerce is hosting a swing and sip event to help sharpen your golf skills this is a fantastic opportunity to get ready for the chambers annual golf outing that'll be happening in June a lot of things are happening in June which is going to be
here before we know it the singing Swip will be held on April 29th at the Colonia Country Club it's a way to improve your long and short game while networking with fellow fellow professionals contact the Chamber of of Commerce for more DET more
details the Woodridge fire department will be having a uh photo shoot with the Easter Bunny on April the 13th from 10: to 12: at 4:18 School Street in front of the firehouse this is a great event to bring out your children have some fun
and get some pictures with the Easter Bunny and then on April 12th the Earth Day celebration will be happening again this year from 10: to 1 at the AA Center this is a great way to come out learn about a lot of things for the environment and uh helped make a
difference in your community U finally there are a couple new uh businesses that open in the shop Bri Center in Woodbridge on St George Avenue Nothing But Cakes it's a great place to go and get some different uh
cakes they have a lot of things there for parties and they have multiple size cakes that to satisfy everybody's taste and and also the uh Korean barbecue place cake pot open they're open uh from 11:00 in the afternoon until maybe 10:00
at night it's a really fun place to go with your friends or your family and try some different uh kind of Cuisine from the Korean cuisine thank you very much council president that's all I have today thank you council president M get the red velvet nothing P oh it's so good
thank you Council man thank you very much Council president uh my agenda is in order one announcement uh would like to congrat well two announcements one I would like to congratulate uh Colonia High School uh basketball boys basketball team on a very successful
season they ended up in the top 20 in New Jersey and um I would like to congratulate coach Jose Rodriguez on a fantastic year I don't know if the coach of the Year Awards have gone out but uh I I've got to think he's he's got to be
up there um along the way they beat the number seven team in the nation this year La La from in Indiana uh they also beat the at at the time uh was the number one ranked um team in New Jersey St Peters prep in the first game of the
year so it's a fantastic year for for Colonia High School and just want to congratulate them on there and I also if you're looking at um any uh um uh college credits uh please go on on to uh
middle sex College website um there have an open house on April 27th to learn about the 90 plus credits and certificates um that the campus uh that the campus offers um there's also some fantastic um construction underway they
are building a new Magnet School on that campus so we'll have two high schools right now we have one high school which is one of the top rated high schools in New Jersey and um uh actually it's one of the top in the country also and they're building another uh themed high
school on that campus along with a new student center and a um a baseball complex that will be the home site for Ruckers University um lot to offer at middle sex College it's a great option for for students that aren't going to go
right away to fouryear college and it's a great savings for your family so I ask that you consider middle sex College I'm a product of middle sex College myself and that's all I have thank you thank you counc councilman thank you council president just a few items uh over at
the community center it's not too early for summer registration for uh for students while they're on their break and speaking of break the EAS of break or spring break is coming up and the community center has a lot of activities for the students to get involved in
while they're on their break and then one final thing is uh Generations connected uh a jewelry and beating program at the Hickory Senior Center unique is it's through our youth services and our senior services that they work together and it's a good
opportunity for both seniors and the youth to learn from each other and do something fun with that um there are a number of programs going on um NCA championships watch at Acacia uh magic show also at Acacia this is through our
youth services and our senior services so there's something for everybody to do especially during our holidays and breaks so that's all I have councilor president thank you thank you councilman for car Council councilman barer thank you vice president I have agenda in
orders have a few announcements uh Forest business Community First flea market vender Fair we held this Sunday March 23rd from 10:00 a.m. to 300 p.m. at the public parking lot next to the force BFW on new brck Avenue and the W Town Youth Services Highland Grove lucky
charm party youth night for middle school students only will be held on Friday March 28th 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. uh that's at Highland Grove 70 Highland Terrace and fors for more information call 732 726 6290 wear something lucky
to such as shirts socks or something something wear something simply green sorry that's all I have Council vice president thank you councilman bar councilman small nothing this evening Council vice president thank you Council small uh councilwoman Elizabeth hes
thank you Council vice president the baron Art Center is hosting a concert called spooky spook handy and deceit planners that's April 25th at 7:30 reservation is essential again it is
April 25th at 7:30 you can call 732 63 40413 um to make your reservation there are still accepting applications for the 44th annual senior citizens art exhibition the exhibit is open only to
residents of w Bridge township 60 and over all entries are to be received no later than March 27th they're also accepting applications for an exhibit called destinations visual artist explore the act of travel and the places we roam this is in conjunction with the
New Jersey Art and music express the entry deadline is March 28th again for more information call 73263 40413 or just the baron Art Center um item number 10 the free Public Library of Woodridge again they will host a
community resource Fair on Friday March 28th from noon to 3 pm visit to learn more about Township County and state assistance for family counseling Health Care job searching literacy senior services and transportation and of course Library Services ESL conversation
groups and literacy classes will be held at all Woodbridge libraries and they are open for registration you got to call literacy New Jersey at 73296 5456 and the library programs will include no the bare facts living with
bears in New Jersey on Thursday April 3rd at 700 p.m. you can visit the library online to register for any programs and to see what events they are hosting um last meeting I did not attend but we did raise the flag for women's
history month and it is a month where we recognize all the women in our lives and all of the trail places and all of the glass cities that we broken and how far we've come today I've had the honor to host a young women's empowerment Summit here in Woodbridge Township with
Woodbridge um Township students and I just want to thank Not Just Bagels noes De Colombia for sponsoring the breakfast and the lunch I want to thank um Carolyn elor Megan Kush Kelly Walsh it was a dream that has been in the making for 10
years since I got on Council if you know me you know that I am very Pro girl Pro women so I want to thank Jen stoko and joyan from Youth Services Eileen cajano from um Recreation Nicole Megan and Kelly from Administration Jennifer Dees
who's from Berkeley College and Angie from North Field bank and of course um Dr masino Mr Pino Nicole fera for making um the selection of the girls easier and all the sack counselors that attended and more importantly than that the young
ladies that attended the program I hope and I pray that at least each of them connected to one of the panelists and got something that will help them in their future and I am so thankful to everyone that helped put this together again celebrate the women in your life
thank them for everything that they do and happy women's history month thank you that is all that I have thank you Council woman De Jesus Mr Mitch thank you Mr President under liquor licenses just a couple items I'm going to note letter C thank you for the approval on the corporate structure change that'll
be removed from the agenda uh councilwoman Council VI president mentioned about kpot I'm hoping at the next meeting to have the approval before you for the uh liquor license for that establishment just waiting for tax clearance from the state you should have received notification from my office
today with regards to a new liquor license transfer coming in from the former Fridays located in Island also just under liquor license comments I wanted to thank Mr simuka and our new Police director because we worked over the last month we put before you three
ordinances tonight which will expand the responsibilities of the licensing coordinator for the police department which will beep up our enforcement on these matters so hopefully you'll adopt that and consider that at our next meeting continue to move forward uh otherwise we're getting ramped up for
renewals on all the liquor licenses in town and uh fill you in as we go along that's all I have for tonight thanks Mr Mitch bu is this trator s thank you council president actually I have nothing to see thank you thank you Police
director thank you council president I have a handicapped parking space removal on Camelot Drive and I have a handicapped parking space addition on Marina VI drive that's all I have council president thank you director JY Director D thank you council president
just standard bi-weekly refund request resolutions thank you thank you director director br thank you council president my agenda is in order at nothing receiv thank you director BR uh director Colin uh nothing for tonight Council presid
thank you uh look for a motion motion second meeting and Jour have a good night thank you