e e e the open public media law 1975 c231 has been posted and two newspapers the record and Ridgewood news have been not roll call please Mr Bano here spsky here Maris
here Marsh here here pres mayor here Pledge of Allegiance United States of America the for it stands one nation God indivisible liy and justice for all
approval of minutes February 24th 2025 close session is there a motion Mo second all in favor any oppos none motion passes February 24 2025 Open session is there a motion second all in favor yes yes any
opposed none motion passes motion to open to the public limited to three minutes per speaker motion second all in favor yes any opposed none motion passes anyone from the public would wish to speak on any topic please stand us come
forward state your name and Italian liveing no perfect motion to close [Laughter] I motion to close to the public
sh okay in favor good motion passes okay you have proclamations um in your packet one is for Irish American Heritage day and you can see we're dressed in green so day some of us some of
us uh women's history month and March uh 15 a day to combat islamophobia so those are in your package and now sign those resolutions uh mayor's report uh this past week uh mayor gasali
had invite invited me to monvale uh and also he also invited invited the mayor of Park rdge uh to attend uh a ceremony giving the keys to the city of Montvale to Matt Goldman Matt Goldman is the young
volunteer from the Trib barel ambulance forp who was driving behind the school bus on the parkway uh when the school bus uh had an accident U tipped over uh several children were were trapped in
the bus one was ser seriously injured Matt Goldman had to uh was just happened that he was right behind the bus when that happened he sprung into action and based on his actions he saved uh the lives of many of those young children and even the one that's in the hospital
is now reacting it's getting better and that's what we all hope for uh so we congratulate him Matt uh again Tri burrow they're all volunteers uh it's the training and the experience that he had that he was able to save these lives
so uh it's great for tri burough also our fire department our police responded to the scene rendering Service uh all the municipalities in the area were there the state police was there so again we thank all the First Responders
who responded to the scene and helped those uh those children uh live so I thank mayor Gali for the invitation uh also at the meeting was assemblyman azer assemblyman off they gave uh plaques to
Matt uh Matt spoke and his his parents are there uh you know very uh very smart well put together young man you know you could tell that he was well trained um he's going into the medical field so some experience for him so
congratulations Matt again I know we spoke that day and I'd like to thank mayor cassali for hosting that event um one other thing April 1st BMW North America America is celebrating their 50 years in America in the United States uh
so uh they've invited us to uh to attend their ceremony at the BMW uh um location here in wle flake I congratulate BMW uh for making wlake their home and hopefully they stay here for another 50
years so thank you BMW and that concludes my mayor's report uh Hey Council reports councilwoman margolus uh thank you so um a couple different things going on so most exciting based on what you were talking about things
opening is that the Poke place and the gym at the whole food shopping center will be opening by June at the latest is the last that the owner of the building has said which is great we've been waiting for the Poke play for quite a long time and the gym has moved along slowly so that'll be a new option to both exercise and eat healthy if you
like poke at the same time which is great secondly um the traffic committee which is um councilman Stern councilman Po and myself we'll be meeting again about some pedestrian improvements around the new park um as we had mentioned before uh we will be doing interim pedestrian improvements before
we figure out the long-term goals because uh the county has a long list of lights and stop signs that we are um unfortunately not the greatest need in the county so we're going to do some other improvements as we wait um the DPW department has been busy they are
interviewing for a couple new hires they did a great job with the snow season they still seem to think there might be one small snow left so hopefully they're wrong um but uh I did speak to the DPW super yesterday because I got some questions about when high winds are out
what you should do with your garbage and your recycling because recycling goes by the curb and I was told you should bungee it to your mailbox you in my case I have a stone mailbox I could duct tape it to my mailbox but um what he said is also we
are lucky that our recycling um contract they come out very early in the morning for many cases they're at 6: a. by my at my house however the DPW does go around before that in many cases to make sure if anything does spill on the streets they they handle it or they come up behind it but just try and take care
when you can bungee when you can and really just um make sure that you're so it's not all over the street um on the agenda today there is a a resolution about um garbage going out to bid for private Contracting that
is not a decision that is already decided um many of towns are going to private garbage or have gone to private garbage we are having a hard time getting sanitation workers to stay in our bur because when you start and the DBW start on sanitation and it is not a
job that many people want so we are just getting the pricing for what going out to bid would be like we have gone out to recycling to see what our options are for the future of the department with the new park coming on and some other improvements we need to make around the town we have um some failing equipment as well just to figure out what the
future shall holds um and what piggybacking on what the mayor said um we we also you know as you had mentioned our fire department was actually the first fire department on scene at the accident they were out at a other at a different accident and our um our
volunteers were instrumental and extricating the child that is now in the hospital so they will be here next month they couldn't come today um to get a proper thank you um I've let some of the people in town know the fifth grade Committee of students is doing a multigenerational activity with the
seniors Association just came up we are playing bingo uh to benefit the tribe or our food pantry not gambling with money but to enter to play Bingo you will have to bring in something for the food pantry and what the food pantry has decided would be the most understanding to kids is kids are going to have to
bring toilet paper because toilet paper is not given out at the food pantry but it is something that is an expensive thing that everyone needs and we thought it would be great for the fifth graders to see that and um they had a wonderful St Patrick's Day party the senior Association as they always do um lots of
fun they get a ton of people and they're celebrating their 40th anniversary and so we are very thankful for all their work next week I'm attending a film ready Workshop to work on getting our town film ready I've signed up I have to be somewhere pretty far by 9:00 am so that'll be interesting but it is a full
day activity but it will get us ready so we can have the opportunity to have things filmed here on with a figure out a exact way to how to plan and how much we will get paid as many of the towns near us do would have been nice if we got Happy Gilmore too but unfortunately
Rockley got that um and I'm happy to to also say that on the consent agenda to say is a is resolution 2579 which is about Revolution New Jersey making us a supporter of it which is something that I'm very excited for for 2026 and I'm
actually trying to get a reenactment um coming as part of the Memorial Day parade this year so we will see what happens to bring us into that so thank you that's it very good thank you that's woman Marsh thank you um we will have an update on our affordable housing but
councilman Stern will be giving that um in the meantime um just some updates as everyone has passed by the old soul location you may have seen the new structure going up we are very excited they are making progress we are looking forward to the gastro pub that's going to come there and we are really happy
that everything seems to be moving forwards nicely there um we also this week had the opportunity to meet with the folks behind the Woodcliff Manor and they showed us some preliminary plans um which we are very excited about most of the people actually who are involved
with the project had themselves been married at the original facility so you can tell that there's a lot of history there and a lot of sentimentality and you can see that in the the initial design plans um we did make some notes to them and some suggestions as we do
with the initial meetings and once they do submit final plans we will have those up on our website they'll probably be under they'll be submitted to the land use board we will have them under the land use board if you go on departments land use board then you'll be able to see it um as for the land use board this
month um we have a deck in a pool but next month the April 22nd meeting will be a big meeting we will have the initial studies the our area in need studies that the L use board gave the go-ahead for for the BMW site for the Hilton site gas station site um so we
have three big um studies that will be presented to us with findings and recommendations for those three sites and that'll be April 22nd when those studies and the findings and everything come in again everything goes onto our site under departments land use board
click there and then you'll have all that information for anyone who cannot attend our land use board meeting again departments land use board if you go on to it you will see our meeting scheduled you will click on the agenda and there is a zoom link that you can click on and
watch the meetings they are riting um and the color blue is so popped um that's it for me for tonight thank you thank you councilman pa um not too many updates from my side I think a lot of people covered um some of things I'm going to talk about or will be covering
it in their um updates the big one from my side we will have the police in in an upcoming meeting but just want to notify everybody that our Police Department did receive a free accreditation uh it's been a month's long Pro process uh led by Sergeant treski under the command of
Chief regulus so recognize their dedication to Excellence and continuing on with a lot of the accreditation work that goes into that process thank you councilman banana okay uh for um April 5th coming up we after this long winter we finally
have Baseball opening day um that's going to be at 12:00 uh more information to follow um April eth we have the motor vehicle mobile unit will be at Tyson center from 9: to 3 anyone's interested in use M
that's a great resource April 12th uh hoppy hunt at 10 uh 10 o'clock from 10: to 12:00 p.m. different times for different ages they should people should check on the website to see what age uh what time their kids will be be having
the hunt uh and that will be the ti Center um and also the DMV mobile will be at the ti Center um April 25th is Arbor Day I think councilwoman Bry will be talk a little bit more about that uh the 26th April 26 at the Old Mill will
be an open house for the camp um and there on also on April 26th there is a uh rabies clinic from 10: to 12: p.m. and that's going to be at the bur ball thank you that's all I got cwan
Brodsky so uh last month I was remiss in um mentioning a stone bench that was donated um that's up at the ti center right now it was donated by Resident um Warren Feldman as well as Denny wiggers he's the owner of Denny wiggers
Landscapes and garden center um and Denny actually designed this the stone bench so if you're up at Ty and you see the bench you'll know where it came from um Park and wreck um so resolutions 2583 all the way to 87 regarding pool party
rates pool Camp tennis pickle ball rates um and the multiple Sports Recreation and programs with TGA are all for the purpose of getting our spring and summer toown activities up and running um happy to report that pool rates Camp rates and Tennis pick ball rates all remain the
same as last year um as councilman banano mentioned um April 26 the openhouse for camp and pool um registrations you can find information um there'll be incentives for registering early um uh in terms of Camp one
positive note we got confirmation that um we do have a go-to place when available on Ry days and that's at the pasak Hills High School gym um so obviously this would have to be planned ahead of time we'd have to play weatherman and coordinate with them
ahead of time um but with availability we will be able to have use of their gym so we thank them for that um let's see uh community garden happy to report that we have a handful of volunteers now who are interested in
bringing back the community garden anyone who's been up to the Garden lately you'll know that there's a lot of cleanup that has to be done um we're actually meeting this week um to really just get started on the cleanup so everyone can be ready um with their
planting um as soon as possible um the shry committee will be um planting a tree at the wood Cliff Middle School on Arbor Day April 25th um everyone's invited it's either going to start 9 930 we're not sure yet um and
for the park tree sponsorships are still available for $1,000 and bench SP sponsorships we just have a few left um at $6,000 all the information can be found on our website um what you know and how to apply for one um and lastly
um with high school legally blondes if you haven't seen the play yet show times are still available uh this Thursday Friday and Saturday at 700 pm. tickets and information are available at pasak theater.org and at a future mayor and council meeting I just want to recognize two
senior Woodcliff Lakers um High School seniors both the valedictorian Elizabeth Wong and the salutatorian Zoe green both from wili Lake um representing us um and so that's a great honor for them and we will honor them at a future council
meeting and that's all I have good thank you council president Stern sure I guess one piece of exciting DPW news that was missed by Chris and Jen on March 22nd is our shredding event between 8 and 11: am
residents are only allowed six boxes per trip please no three ring binders at the shredding event um that's a it's always so two uh two resolutions that are on tonight's agenda I just just want
to quickly give an update on them one is um we are approving the the engineering fees relating to the repaving of both Brookview and West Hill roads um we would expect hopefully that that we will go out to bid
sometime um you know this summer uh get them done the summer they are both very expensive roads to do West Hill we did get a a grant for um but the total cost will be somewhere in the range of $8 to $900,000
um just so you know we have put a focus on sort of um redoing some of our infrastructure improving our infrastructure um over the last several years I think the prior councils nobody on this Council we sort of saw some of our infrastructure um not get the
necessary repairs you know we saw the barn fall down we've seen Li Decker you know we've seen roads which have been in disrepair for some time so the normal amount of money that that we spend per year on roads is about 300,000 this year we will be spending about 900,000 uh so
we really are putting emphasis on on infrastructure and the the uh the first thing we're doing tonight is to approve the engineering fees relating to those two those two roads um the uh the second resolution um as councilwoman Marsh
mentioned is the settlement with with fair share relating to our perspective deed number um um uh at the January meeting we approved
um a prospective need number of 329 um within the law um anybody had until the end of February to challenge we received two challenges one was from the New Jersey Builders Association the other one was from beir share housing um
as part of the legislation we had mandatory mediation with fair share housing and we have reached a tenal settlement with them for 360 um we are what you call a vacant land analysis Town meaning we that 360 number is not
the number we will have to build we authorized sometime last I think June to do a vacant land analysis where we look at every parcel in town that's vacant and so we get to reduce that number by some amount um the uh the next portion of our plan is due June 30
ccom Marsh Wendy Q who is our affordable housing attorney and Dan we from dbr from DMR we'll be working with them over the next several months to get our plan in place um and really um really address
the the affordable housing situation but but so everybody knows it's a very Draconian law it really forces things on the burrow you know things that that that we're approving are not necessarily things that we want to do but there things that have been legislated by treaton that we have to do uh so we're
just trying to steal the borrow in the best in in the best way we can some of the options aren't great but they are the best options we have so good yep I just want to thank uh councilman Stern and councilwoman Marsh on working on this it's not an easy uh
process uh as the councilman said it's mandated by the state of New Jersey um with the uh hammer of the courts so to speak that in es these regulations uh so we're working through it as you all know in the third round we
had a very good settlement and I believe this this settlement will be very good also uh for the burrow and will protect us for the next decade correct so we'll have a judgment of repos for the next decade we won't be required to build any more affordable housing mandated by the
state of New Jersey for the next 10 years so thank you for your efforts and and your continued working this is not over yet um Engineers report it's in your package just I'm sure you reviewed it administrator report mayor unless uh any
of the council folks have any questions I think they uh summarize pretty much pretty well and it's on there W great got have more St paty's days look at the we have working committees uh public hearing ordinance
number 25 253 uh 2025 salary ordinance motion to open to the public motion second all in favor yes and opposed none anyone from the public wish to speak on this ordinance only please step up and state
your name and time you liveing being none motion oppose to the public motion all in favor yes none opposed public got second that motion uh consent agenda from the consent agenda I'm going to pull
uh well put put into u a non-consent agenda resolution 25 d102 25-12 will be voted on separately from the consent agenda they also on the consent agenda just to uh make two
clarifications the council previously appointed K of the law firm of Chase ler as the tax attorney tax bill attorney Ken is no longer with the firm so we need a resolution appointing Chas learner The Firm itself as the tax appeal attorney and
then a separate resolution appointing Ken poro as special counsel for tax appeal matters okay a commercial tax appeal matters so even though we appointed Chase L before it was specific as to Ken Forum so now if we're not going to do a
specific person from Chase L just do the firm itself okay so we're going to amend the consent agenda okay you want me make a motion to reflect yes motion second all in favor yes yes any oppos none
okay nonon yeah some of them are non-concept because they can't under the you leave the one on mral was under the N came it's been our traditional put on that's do we want to
chase they they keep moving into if they want you can you could on consent you made the motion I mean I would move to move all the non-consent to the consent except for the one ex except for the one2 which the mayor has moved off is there a motion move all the non-c
consent to the consent except for 25102 yeah second all in favor yes yes any oppos none uh okay um a vote on the consent agenda as amended motion second all in favor yeah
any opposed Okay resolution number 25 I know I know no don't even announce it oh okay council president will soon 102 okay so on resolution number 25-12 do I have a
motion second second sure uh Council Mar yes Marsh yes poock yes banana yes Bry myself yes okay uh motion to journ motion all
in favor I mean second is there all in favor yes any oppose none motion passes thank you everyone