Oct 26, 2022 Township Committee

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WE ALL SET OKAY. GOOD EVENING. THIS IS THE MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE. THEY HAS BEEN MEETING OF OCTOBER 26 2022, THE TIME IS SEVEN P.M. IT IS THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE'S INTENTION TO COPE.

CONCLUDE THIS MEETING NO LATER THAN 11. PM ROLL CALL, PLEASE IN HERE. DEPUTY MAYOR BELL HERE CAN ANY PERSON CHILDREN ARE HERE PERSON THING HERE COMMUNITY PERSON BARICAN HERE UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE OPEN PUBLIC MEETINGS ACT NOTICE OF THE TIME AND PLACE OF THIS MEETING HAS BEEN POSTED AND SENT TO THE OFFICIALLY DESIGNATED NEWSPAPERS . WE'LL START WITH A SALUTE TO THE FLAG. BAD. BEFORE WE START IF WE'RE STILL HAVING ISSUES IN TERMS OF TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THERE'S POCKETS WHERE FOLKS IN THE AUDIENCE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO HEAR SO FIRST GO LIKE THIS IF YOU CAN'T HEAR AND WILL POST AND WILL MAKE SURE TO SPEAK INTO THESE, BUT ALSO IT MAY REQUIRE MOVING YOUR SEAT AS I THINK WE HAVE A COUPLE OF DEAD SPOTS

[1. DIWALI PROCLAMATION]

MESSAGE OF TOLERANCE. COMPASSION AND THE VICTORY OF GOOD OVER EVIL, WHICH RESONATES WITH THE AMERICAN SPIRIT. AND BE IT FURTHER PROCLAIMED THAT THE TOWNSHIP OF MONTGOMERY RECOGNIZES OCTOBER 24TH 2022 2022 CALLS UPON ITS RESIDENTS TO OBSERVE AND CELEBRATE THE VOLLEY WITH VARIOUS ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAMS TO LEARN ABOUT ITS HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH AGAIN FOR THE CELEBRATION THAT WE HAD IN THE EDUCATIONAL ASPECT OF THE CELEBRATION THIS PAST MONDAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH MAYOR, AND IT WAS SO NICE TO SEE SO MANY OF THE RESIDENTS AND CHILDREN. I THINK THE KIDS WILL LEAD US INTO

[2. DEVELOPMENT PRESENTATION]

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DEVELOPER IS THE SAME AS PIKE RUN, AND THEY OWNED THE PROPERTY FOR MANY, MANY YEARS, SO FOR EACH PROPERTY PROJECT THAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT, WE'RE GOING TO FOLLOW THIS TIME THIS ALL OF THESE POINTS. SO THE TIMELINE FOR THIS THESE FOUR PROJECTS UH 2014 WAS WHEN WE UPDATED THE MASTER PLAN PRIOR TO THAT. I WON'T GO INTO IT TOO MUCH, I THINK, BUT WE WERE IN LITIGATION WITH THE DEVELOPER. UM AND SO WE CAME TO A SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND IT WAS PUT INTO EFFECT IN A MASTER PLAN, WHICH THEN THE ZONING TAKES PLACE FOLLOWING THAT, AND SO THOSE REALLY SET THE BASIS FOR WHAT THE RIGHTS. THE DEVELOPER HAS, UM ONCE THAT'S IN PLACE. THEN THE DEVELOPER PREPARES THEIR APPLICATION TO THE PLANNING BOARD. WE HAVE A PLANNING BOARD IN A ZONING BOARD THERE, THE LEGAL ENTITIES THAT REVIEW THESE TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE ZONING ZONING GETS ADOPTED BY THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE, BUT THE ACTUAL PLANS DEVELOPMENT PLANS SITE PLANS, SUBDIVISION PLANS GET REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY THOSE TWO LAND USE BOARDS. UM SO THE PLANNING BOARD APPROVED COUNTRY CLUB ESTATES, WHICH IS 148 SINGLE FAMILY. THE GROVE, WHICH IS THE MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT THAT IS 31,000 SQUARE FEET OF RETAIL IN 27 AFFORDABLE APARTMENTS ABOVE. THAT'S WHERE THE PLIABLE XYZ UM , MONTGOMERY PLACE, WHICH IS WHERE THE CVS IS. THAT'S 100,000 SQUARE FEET OF RETAIL. THEY HAVE DOG TOPIA DAYCARE. THEY HAVE PARIS BAGUETTE COMING IN AND A FEW OTHERS SO THE COSTUME MARKET IS COMING IN. THAT'S AN UPSCALE ASIAN FOOD MARKETS. SO THEY'RE BUILDING OUT. THEY CONSTRUCTED THAT, I THINK, RIGHT PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC. ACTUALLY, A LOT OF THOSE BUSINESSES THAT SURVIVED.

THE PANDEMIC IN THE GROVE OPENED UP RIGHT RIGHT WHEN THE PANDEMIC HAPPENED. UM AND SO THAT MONTGOMERY PLACES ABOUT 100,000 SQUARE FEET OF RETAIL, AND SO THIS DEVELOPER ALSO BUILT PATHWAYS FOOTBRIDGES, WHICH CAN BE QUITE EXPENSIVE. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT OF STREAMS, WHICH KIND OF CAN MAKE OUR NEIGHBORHOODS DISCONNECTED AND PUBLIC PLAYGROUNDS AS WELL. AND IF YOU'RE EVER OVER IN THAT AREA, IT IS SO NICE TO SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE WALKING. IF YOU'RE ON COVERT DRIVE, SO THAT WAS ALL PART OF THIS THIS PROJECT AND THIS STATUS OF THESE FOUR PROJECTS IS COMPLETED. AS WE TRAVEL DOWN 206. WE HAVE HARLAND AND VILLAGE SQUARE.

THAT'S SOME TOWNS THAT WILL BE 36 TOWN HOMES AND 11 RENTAL, AFFORDABLE RENTAL APARTMENTS AND SEVEN MARKET RATE RENTAL APARTMENTS THAT IS NOT YET BUILT THAT IS LOCATED AT HARLINGEN ON TWO OH, SIX ACROSS FROM THE DAYCARE. AND IT'S 22 ACRES OF WHICH 12 WILL BE DEDICATED OPEN SPACE. SO IN THE SITE PLAN AT THE BOTTOM, YOU COULD SEE THAT BACK HALF THAT, BUT THAT'S UP TO THE WETLAND AND THE STREAM AREA THAT'LL ALL BE PROTECTED. OPEN SPACE. THE TWO BUILDINGS YOU SEE ON THE TOP LEFT THAT IS THE MARKET RATE TOWN HOME DESIGN AND IN KEEPING WITH US SIMILARLY COMPATIBLE DESIGN ON THE RIGHT WOULD BE THE RENTAL APARTMENTS. THE AFFORDABLE AND THE MARKET RATE WILL BE MIXED IN TOGETHER AND THESE DESIGNS DEVELOPED OVER TIME WITH INPUT FROM WE HAD A DESIGN ADVISORY COMMITTEE THAT HAD RESIDENTS FROM HARLINGEN INVOLVED. SO, UM, THE TIMELINE FOR THIS IS PRETTY EXTENSIVE. IT'S OUR FIRST OF FOR THIS PROJECT AT FIRST APPEARED IN OUR 2008 HOUSING PLAN ELEMENT OF OUR MASTER PLAN. ZONING WAS PUT IN PLACE IN 2010. IT'S BEEN MODIFIED OVER TIME, AND THEN WE'RE ANTICIPATING THEIR PENDING SUBMITTING A DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION TO THE BOARD THAT WOULD PROBABLY TAKE PLACE IN EARLY 2023. THE WE TRAVEL FURTHER SOUTH, I PUT THE OLD IMAGE OF THIS PROPERTY ON BECAUSE I THINK IT HELPS YOU

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UH HUH. AND LASTLY, OUR OPEN SPACE PLAN. WE STILL ARE AGGRESSIVELY PRESERVING OPEN SPACE. I MEAN, THERE ARE FEWER AND FEWER PLACES TO PRESERVE. SO UM, BUT WE HAVE AN ACTIVE WE HAVE THE DEDICATED OPEN SPACE TAX. WE HAVE A FULL TIME OPEN SPACE COORDINATOR WHO WORKS ON YOU KNOW NOT JUST THE MANAGEMENT OF THE LAND, BUT ALSO CONTINUING TO ACQUIRE LAND SO THIS MAP JUST SHOWS WHERE THE KIND OF THAT ORANGEY YELLOW OR THE PROPERTIES THAT WE CONTINUE TO TARGET FOR PRESERVATION. AND THEN EVERYTHING IN GREEN HAS BEEN PRESERVED, AND EVERYTHING IN BROWN IS PRESERVED FARMLAND AND THESE ARE ALL ON OUR WEBSITE AS WELL RIGHT ON THAT HOMEPAGE FOR THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT. SO I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF FINISH UP BY LETTING EVERYONE KNOW WAYS THAT YOU CAN STAY INFORMED. WE HAVE A WEBSITE, THE NEW WEBSITE THAT HAS PROJECTS AND INITIATIVES THAT YOU CAN LOOK UP KIND OF SNOOP. IT'S ALMOST LIKE A ZILLOW FOR MUNICIPAL PROJECTS . IT'S REALLY GREAT. YOU CAN ATTEND OR WATCH THE RECORDINGS OF OUR BOARD MEETINGS PLANNING BOARD IS THE 1ST AND 3RD MONDAY ZONING BOARD IS THE FOURTH TUESDAY AND 1/4 THURSDAY IF NEEDED. AND YOU CAN VISIT CALL OR EMAIL. THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT WERE UPSTAIRS ON THE SECOND FLOOR. UM I WILL JUST GO THROUGH IT REALLY QUICKLY IF YOU HEAD TO OUR WEBSITE. AND GO TO GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND SERVICES. CLICK ON PROJECTS INITIATIVES. YOU CAN SEARCH BY MAP LOCATION, SO YOU DON'T EVEN NEED TO KNOW THE NAME OF ANYTHING. YOU CAN JUST SORT OF, LIKE, WHAT'S THAT THING OFF OF ORCHARD ROAD AND YOU CAN YOU CAN USE THAT TOOL AND THEN ON THE

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I DON'T HAVE THAT SIDE HERE, BUT , UM, SO IN MONTGOMERY, WE THE WHOLE TOWN IS NOT SEWARD. SO THAT YOU KNOW YOU YOU PROBABLY IS. RESIDENTS KNOW SOME OF YOU MIGHT BE ON SEPTIC SYSTEMS. SO THAT WAS A GROWTH MANAGEMENT TOOL THAT THE TOWNSHIP YOU KNOW, MADE DECADES AGO TO LIMIT GROWTH. SO MOST OF OUR AREAS OF TOWN DO NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO DEVELOP MULTI FAMILY HOUSING BECAUSE YOU NEED TO HAVE SEWER SERVICE AND THAT ALSO TIED INTO THE AREAS WITHIN THE MUNICIPALITY THAT WE WERE ABLE TO. YOU KNOW, EVEN FIGURE OUT WHERE WE COULD PUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO MEET THAT OBLIGATION . GREAT. WELL THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UM AND WILL THIS WEBSITE THIS WILL BE ON THE WEBSITE SO PEOPLE CAN FIND THIS STATUS REPORT? YES YES, IT WILL.

ACTUALLY, I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION. SO YOU HAVE A GRAPH IN HERE OF THE POPULATION GROWTH BY DECADES, AND FOR THE 20 TWENTIES . IT HAS EVERYTHING IS CONSTRUCTED RIGHT? UM, THAT'S IN THE PRESENTATION. RIGHT I DIDN'T TOUCH ON IT TONIGHT, BUT THAT'S A GREAT POINT. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE ON OUR WEBSITE IS THIS CHART. I IDEA. UPDATE THIS CHART TO REFLECT WHAT I TALKED ABOUT TONIGHT SO POPULATION GROWTH RATE, TAKE CENSUS DATA AND BASICALLY FOR EACH DECADE. HOW MUCH DID WE GROW THAT THROUGH THAT DECADE? AND SO YOU CAN SEE IN THE SIXTIES AND THE 19 NINETIES. WE HAD QUITE A LOT OF GROWTH IN TOWN. UM WE STARTED TO DECLINE IN 2020 IN THE 20 TENS WE WERE, YOU KNOW, 6% GROWTH AND SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE AT A, UM I TOOK EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT TONIGHT. THAT IS NOT ACCOUNTED FOR IN THE CENSUS YET, AND ADDED GROWTH PROJECTION TO THAT. AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AT A PROJECTION OF 13% SO WE'RE STILL FAR UNDER SOME OF THE BIGGEST DECADES OF GROWTH. AND NEARING. THE END OF CERTAINLY ARE AFFORDABLE HOUSING OBLIGATION AND ALL OF DEVELOPMENT THAT WE KNOW IS COMING DOWN THE PIKE THINK ALL OF THAT WILL ACTUALLY BE BUILT GIVEN MORTGAGE RATES HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED AT THIS POINT. MOST OF IT IS UNDERWAY. UM SO I GUESS THE HAVEN MIGHT BE ONE THAT, UM, YOU

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SO, UM BECAUSE WE TRIED TO CAPTURE LIKE EVERYTHING SINCE 2020 UNTIL NOW. THE OTHER ONE IN HARLINGEN IS NOT IT'S QUITE AN, UH, IN THE PIPELINE YET, RIGHT RIGHT SO THAT PARLIAMENT JIM COULD CUT LIKE IF THEY GET APPROVAL IN 2023 THAT MADE BE DEVELOPED BY 2026. LET'S SAY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WHAT'S UP? THE NEXT ITEM IS PUBLIC COMMENT . WE RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT

[3. PUBLIC COMMENT]

ADDITIONALLY IF YOUR COMMENTS ARE SIMILAR TO COMMENTS ALREADY MADE INSTEAD OF REPEATING THEM AT LENGTH, WE ASK THAT YOU INSTEAD INDICATE THAT YOU JOIN IN OR SUPPORT THOSE COMMENTS PREVIOUSLY MADE LIKE TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT. PLEASE COME UP TO THE DAYS AND STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. HEY EVERYBODY. I'M JEFF BURNETT, SIX LIVINGSTON DRIVE. AND FORGET THAT THE 32ND MARK, JUST GIVE ME A HEADS UP. I DON'T HAVE A TIME AROUND ME TODAY. MS SOVEREIGN GOOD JOB, BUT THE PRESENTATION I MORE THAN I CAN TAKE IN IN A MOMENT, BUT IT ONLINE SO IT'S BEEN ABOUT A YEAR SINCE I'VE BEEN COMING TO THESE MEETINGS AND MAYOR KANE AND I THOUGHT I WOULD TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR A LOOK BACK ON OUR YEAR TOGETHER. UM YOUR LEADERSHIP STYLE. YOUR LEADERSHIP CAPABILITIES ARE MOSTLY WHAT I'M GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT. IT'S OCTOBER. ITS PERFORMANCE REVIEW TIME AND I'M LOOKING AT THIS AS A LOOK BACK. YOU'RE GIVING ME A PERFORMANCE REVIEW JUST TO BE CLEAR. YOU'RE GIVING ME A PERFORMANCE VIEW WAS THAT IN A SENSE, BUT I'M JUST GOING TO TALK ABOUT THINGS THAT HAPPENED AND IT REFLECTS ON YOUR LEADERSHIP. SO I WANT TO START WITH THE LAST TIME I WAS IN FRONT OF YOU. AND AT THAT TIME YOU YOU STATED THAT PEOPLE THAT WERE ON THE ATTENDED THE JANUARY 6TH 2021 PROTEST IN WASHINGTON.

DO YOU SEE HER DOMESTIC THREATS? OKLAHOMA CITY BOMBER. TYPES OF DOMESTIC THREATS AND OTHERS. I AM SOMEONE THAT ATTENDED TO JANUARY 6TH 2021 PROTEST. SO YOU CALLED ME A DOMESTIC THREAT. I'M NOT GOING TO ASK FOR AN APOLOGY, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU SHOULD CONSIDER DOING. ALSO THAT SAME MEETING PEOPLE WERE SPEAKING ABOUT PEOPLE THAT WERE MEGA HATS. MAGA STANDS FOR MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN. THEY'RE DOMESTIC TERRORISTS. I WEAR A MAGA HAT. JEFF GRAHAM IS A DOMESTIC TERRORIST. THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING. THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. SO I DON'T THINK THAT WAS NOT ME. THAT SAID THAT IT WAS SOMEONE ELSE IN THE PUBLIC. THAT'S OKAY. THANK YOU.

PLEASE DO NOT NOT. IT WAS NOT ENOUGH TO CONTRIBUTE, SAY THAT LEADER YOU SHOULD HAVE THAT THEY SHOULDN'T RESPONSIBLE SIZING. YOU KNOW, FELLOW CITIZENS WILL LIVE IN THIS TOWN TOGETHER. AND THE FACT THAT ANYBODY WEARING A MAGA HAT WHICH, BY THE WAY, IS AN ACRONYM THAT STANDS FOR MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN. I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU CAN CRITICIZE THAT. WHO DOES NOT WANT TO MAKE THIS COUNTRY? GREAT IT'S WHAT GIVES US A WAY OF LIFE WE HAVE TODAY. SO LOOKING BACK, LOOKING BACK, JUST TRYING TO DO THIS IN REVERSE AND AGAIN IF WE GET TO THE 32ND MARK, ALTHOUGH SLOW DOWN FROM MY OBSERVATION THROUGH THIS YEAR YOU KNOW, I GET ANONYMOUS LETTER. NOT I WAS THERE FROM SOMEONE CONTAINING AN EMAIL WITH SPECIFIC ALLEGATIONS ABOUT YOU. HARASSING MALE EMPLOYEES OF THE TOWNSHIP. I'M A MAN. I CAN'T SAY IT'S BEEN GREAT BEING HERE SPEAKING IN FRONT OF YOU AND NOT FEELING LIKE I'M HARASSED SOMETIMES, BUT I KNOW THIS IS WHAT I SEE. AND I DON'T THINK THAT'S A SIGN OF A GOOD LEADER. WHEN THOSE TYPES OF THINGS BUBBLE UP. WORKING AWAY BACK MY PROPOSAL FOR PROTECTING AND DEFENDING AMERICA. I WAS AS FAR AS I CAN TELL, IGNORED. MY REPEATED REQUESTS FOR YOU TO STATE THAT YOU STAND FOR AMERICA WERE IGNORED. UH SOMEWHERE ALONG THE LINE WE LOST KEN KEN HONG HE WAS A GOOD MAN. I'M SORRY WE LOST HIM. I THERE'S AN UNDERCURRENT ON WHY HE LEFT. IF IT'S REALLY TRUE, THAT'S TERRIBLE. THAT'S WHY HE LEFT. IF WE KEEP GOING BACK INTO TIME BEYOND. YOU KNOW WHERE I WAS ASKING YOU. IF YOU STAND FOR AMERICA, YOU KNOW WE GET TO WHERE THIS ALL BEGAN. THIS ALL BEGAN WITH THE COMMITTEE. MR SHULDINER, QUOTING MULTI TONGUE , ALL POLITICAL POWER FLOWS FROM THE BARREL OF A GUN. AND YOUR COMPLICITY AND NOT HOLDING ANYONE ACCOUNTABLE FOR SAYING SUCH WORDS AS A TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE REPUBLICAN AND I DRAW THE CONNECTION ALL THE WAY BACK TO OUR RECENT ADDITION OF POLICE OFFICERS HERE IN THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE BUILDING METAL DETECTOBJECTION TO IT. BUT THE QUESTION I ASKED AT THE TIME IS HOW MANY OTHER TOWNS HAVE THIS? WHAT DOES HILLSBORO HAVE? WHAT THIS WHAT? THIS WHOLE BALL HAVE WHAT THIS PRINCETON HAVE. WE JUST HAVE AT ONE TIME. THERE WERE FOUR POLICE OFFICERS HERE. FOUR. UNIFORMED AND NON UNIFORMED IN A METAL DETECTOR, AND THAT KIND OF RINGS RINGS TO THE HARKENS TO THE YOU KNOW, ALL POLITICAL POWER FLOWS FROM THE

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MARYLAND WAS OFF SKI. 14 AND OVER CIRCLE. AH! I CAME HERE TO THANK, UM DEPUTY MAYOR SHELLEY BELL FOR HER CONTRIBUTIONS WHILE ON SERVING ON THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE. I KNOW SHE'S RESIGNED AND WILL BE MOVING ON. BUT I WANTED TO THANK HER FOR HER EFFORTS. UM I GUESS I HAVE A DIFFERENT VIEW. UH, OF ALL THE GREAT THINGS THAT THIS TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE HAS DONE OVER THE LAST YEAR AND LOCALLY IN TERMS OF IMPROVING THE LIVES OF OUR CITIZENS HERE IN MONTGOMERY AND NOT MESHING IN LARGER POLITICAL ISSUES. AND BEING CONCERNED WITH ALL THE CITIZENS HERE, AND SO I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL. UM, ON ANOTHER MATTER. I LIVE ON OFF OF BLUE SPRING AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN EFFORTS TO CURTAIL THE TRAFFIC SPEEDING AND I KNOW OUR POLICE FORCE HAS PUT UP SIGNS. WHAT IS YOUR SPEEDING? I KNOW THAT THEY'VE BEEN OUT THERE TICKETING, BUT AS SOON AS THE SIGNS ARE GONE, AND THE POLICE ARE GONE, THEY'RE BACK TO THE SPEEDING AND I KNOW THE MEMBERS OF MONTGOMERY WOODS WHERE I LIVE, UM HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT IT. OVER THE YEARS. I'VE HEARD IT. I THINK SOME HAVE COME TO THE TRAFFIC TASK FORCE. AND, UM , I'M JUST HOPING THAT MAYBE YOU CAN PUT THAT ON YOUR RADAR BECAUSE IT REALLY IS GETTING DANGEROUS. UH THOSE CARS ARE GOING 50 MILES AN HOUR ON BLUE SPRING. AND IT'S NOT JUST DURING THE WEEK. IT'S ON THE WEEKENDS, SO I'M JUST HOPING THAT YOU CAN DO SOMETHING MOVING FORWARD AND THAT THE RESIDENTS OFF OF BLUE SPRING CAN SEE SOME EVIDENCE OF THAT. THANK YOU. THANK ME. SEE THANK YOU SO MUCH. THAT MEANS THE WORLD TO ME, BUT I APPRECIATE YOU. BEING INVOLVED BEING ENGAGED AND COMING AND PRESENTING WHAT THE ISSUES REALLY ARE. AND TALKING ABOUT THINGS THAT PERTAIN TO THE TOWNSHIP THAT IS RELEVANT TO THIS MEETING. AND SO I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW IT IS VERY REFRESHING TO HEAR AND INVOLVED RESIDENT COME FORTH AND JUST ECHO WHICH YOU JUST SHARED.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. AND LORI, WILL YOU PUT THAT MAKE A NOTE OF THAT FOR THE TRAFFIC? YES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MY NAME IS ERIC BULGER. HIS FIRST TIME I'VE TALKED IN FRONT OF THE CITY COUNCIL THINGS LIKE THIS. BUT I THINK WE NEED YOUR ADDRESS. YOU'RE OKAY. THE ADDRESS YOUR ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD IS THAT CORRECT? YOUR ADDRESS. YOU NEED YOUR ADDRESS

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YOU'RE GETTING ALL THESE PEOPLE COMING IN HERE. YOU CAN'T GO DOWN TO 06 RIGHT NOW. YOU KNOW 6015 18. THERE'S BEEN I CAN IMAGINE YOU HAVE STUDIES OR SOMETHING GOING ON. BUT THE ROADS REALLY NEED TO BE EXPANDED AROUND HERE. YOU KNOW, JUST COMING TO SHOP RIGHT IN THE MORNING. YOU CAN SEE YOU CAN'T GET THE SHOP RIGHT TILL 10 O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING. YOU KNOW, THAT'S PROBABLY THE STATE'S PROBLEM, BUT SOMEBODY NEEDS TO CALL THEM INTO ADDRESS IT. THANK YOU. OKAY GREAT. UM, THE QUESTION. WHY ISN'T EVERYONE ON SEPTIC IS? I THINK WE ANSWERED THAT PART OF THAT WAS NO, THAT'S OKAY. PART OF IT WAS JUST HOLDING THINGS BACK, BUT AND TRYING TO PUT THE REST OF THE TOWN ON SEPTIC, I THINK MIGHT BE A VERY EXPENSIVE THING, BUT WE'RE GOING TO LOOK INTO IT WOULD BE VERY CLOSELY. I REALIZED THAT BUT IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN STUDIED YEARS AGO. IT HAS BEEN. IN FACT, LAST MEETING. IN FACT, NEIGHBORHOODS GET THE SEPTIC SOME. I MEAN, SOME NEIGHBORHOODS GOT HOOKED UP. THERE WERE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT THEY HAD THE PIPING IN OF GREEK SOUND ROAD. PEOPLE TOLD ME THEY HAD THE PIPES RUNNING. I BELIEVE THAT WILLOW ROAD AND THEN THEY TURNED. SOMEBODY TURNED AROUND AND SAID, NO, YOU'RE GOING TO BE SEPTIC, AND THEY DIDN'T HOPE. LIKE BIG DEVELOPMENTS THERE. THEY MADE THEM SEPTIC. YOU KNOW? IS IT THE GOOD OLD BOYS? THINK HARRIS SEPTICS. OR WHAT ENVIRONMENTALLY SEWERS ARE BETTER. BUT THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING TENSION COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND LAST MEETING FOR SPEAKING OF SPEAKING TO THE MICROPHONE. LAST MEETING FOR DEPUTY MAYOR BELLOCH. GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR NEW ENDEAVORS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UM, SO I HAVE WE HAVE SEVERAL QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS FOR TONIGHT. FIRST OF ALL I WANT TO ADDRESS THE REGRETFUL, MR ROGERS. JUST FOR THE RECORD. COULD YOU JUST SAY YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS? SORRY I'M SORRY. START THE CLOCK OVER, PLEASE. IT'S SUSAN ROGERS. THIS IS REALLY LOUD. SUSAN ROGERS KEBAB. KREMLIN BELL MEET, OKAY. SORRY. UM I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS THE REGRETFUL SCHEDULING.

CONFLICT INVOLVING THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE MEETING TONIGHT AND OUR HEALTH DEPARTMENTS. FIRST PRESENTATION FOR TOWNSHIP RESIDENTS FOCUSED ON CANNABIS, HEALTH AND SAFETY. ENTITLED MARIJUANA KNOW THE FACTS, ALTHOUGH I'M VERY ENCOURAGED AND APPRECIATIVE TO SEE THAT CANNABIS HEALTH AND SAFETY PROGRAMMING HAS FINALLY BEGUN FOR THE BENEFIT OF RAISING AWARENESS AMONG OUR TOWNSHIP RESIDENTS, THIS PERPLEXING SCHEDULING CONFLICTS SERVES TO POTENTIALLY DILUTE TOWNSHIP RESIDENT PARTICIPATION IN BOTH OF THESE MEETINGS. FOR THOSE AMONG US WITH AN INTEREST IN ATTENDING BOTH MEETINGS, BUT WERE FORCED TO HAVE TO MAKE A CHOICE ABOUT WHICH MEETING TO ATTEND TONIGHT. MOREOVER TONIGHT'S AGENDA FOR THIS TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE IS MEETING INCLUDES THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ORDINANCE 22 DAYS, OR 16 1990, WHICH AMENDS SECTION 3.5 POINT ONE HAVING TO DO WITH CONSUMPTION IN PUBLIC PLACES. OF OUR TOWNSHIPS MUNICIPAL CODE TO ALLOW THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE TO ISSUE SPECIAL PERMITS FOR PUBLIC ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION IN ANY BUILDING, OWNED OR OCCUPIED BY OUR TOWNSHIP. IT'S REALLY UNFAIR

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AND SHOULD OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT ENROLL ANYONE LIVING THERE. THE SCHOOL TAX COST PER CHILD WILL BE ADDED AS A TAX OBLIGATION TO SPREAD OUT, AMONG OTHER TOWNSHIP PROPERTY. TAXPAYERS SPECIFICALLY WILL THE MUNICIPALITY AND OR MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO MONITOR THAT THE SENIOR HOUSING UNITS ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE LETTER OF THE LAW WITHOUT REGISTERING ANY CHILDREN AS MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT STUDENTS ONE SHORT LAST QUESTION NUMBER FIVE. FINALLY ONE NEW QUESTION. WILL TOWNSHIP RESIDENTS HAVE ANY INPUT INTO HOW THE WINDFALL REVENUE WILL ULTIMATELY BE ALLOCATED FOR USE ONCE RECEIVED BY THE DEVELOPER OF THIS PROJECT IN PLACE OF TAX PAYMENTS, AS YOU KNOW, AS A FEATURE OF THE PILOT FUNDING

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SO CAN I CAN GO AWAY WITH THIS BECAUSE NO, NO, IT'S FOR RECORDING AS WELL. OKAY GOTCHA.

OKAY, SO GOOD EVENING, MICHELLE PERRY'S 3 25 DUTCH HANDS. INROADS. BEEN AWHILE. HOPE YOU'RE ALL WELL. WHAT BROUGHT ME HERE TODAY IS I GOT MY NEW ELECTIONS SAMPLE BALLOT IN THE MAIL. AND YET AGAIN, MY POLLING LOCATION HAS CHANGED. I'VE LIVED IN MONTGOMERY MY ENTIRE LIFE.

I'VE LIVED UP ON DUTCH TOWNS ON ROAD FOR MORE THAN 22 YEARS. IN THE 22 YEARS OF LIVING THERE, MY LOCATION HAS CHANGED FIVE TIMES . IT'S GONE FROM TWO MILES FROM MY HOUSE TO THREE MILES FROM MY HOUSE TO FOUR MILES TO MY HAT FROM MY HOUSE. IT'S ALMOST FIVE MILES. I'M STILL BLESSED TO SAY I'M ONE OF THE YOUNGER UPON THE HILL. I'M 56 YEARS OLD. A LOT OF MY NEIGHBORS ARE MUCH OLDER THAN I. THESE FOLKS DON'T DRIVE AT NIGHT. THEY DON'T REMEMBER TO TAKE THEIR MEDICINE AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT HOW TO DO A MAIL IN BALLOT, IT'S VERY CONFUSING TO THEM. UM EVEN YOU KNOW, THEY'RE CREATURES OF HABIT IS WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY. UM, I'M STARTING TO FEEL LIKE WHEN I'M HEARING MY NEIGHBORS SAYING THEY'RE NOT GOING TO VOTE ANYMORE. THEY'RE TIRED OF GOING FROM KAUFFMAN CENTER TO THE PRINCETON ELKS TO THE MONTGOMERY AVENGE EAGLE TO THE MUNICIPAL BUILDING TO YADA YADA YADA. SO IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING NEXT YEAR, IT'S GONNA CHANGE AGAIN. CORRECT. OR IT MAY BE ONE OF THE ELECTION FINISH. THE COMING TO YOU TONIGHT IS I'VE HAD THIS CONVERSATION BOTH WITH THE COUNTY. I'VE HAD THIS CONVERSATION WITH THE TOWNSHIP.

THE COUNTY SAYS THAT THE TOWNSHIPS RESPONSIBILITY TO PLACE THE VOTERS. THE TOWNSHIP SAYS NO, IT'S THE COUNTY. I DON'T KNOW WHO IT IS, AND IT DOESN'T MATTER. WHAT I'M ASKING FOR IS HELP. DISTRICT SEVEN IS A VERY RURAL DISTRICT AND I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE. MY ROAD IS UNIQUE. WE HAVE DUTCH TOWNS IN ROAD IS HALF MONTGOMERY PART HILLSBOROUGH. BUT. WE ALSO HAVE THE TOP HALF OF THE ROAD IS SKILLMAN. THE BOTTOM HALF IS DUMB MEAT. SO FOR THOSE OF US WHO LIVED IN THE SKILLMAN SECTION OF DUTCH TOWNS IN ROAD WE HAVE 13 HOMES. FOR THE FOLKS DOWN THE HILL. THEY HAVE 21. NO I'M SORRY. 13 SKILLMAN 21 BELLE MEADE, WHICH TOTALS? 34 HOMES ON THAT STREET. I DON'T THINK TAKING THAT ROAD. OUT OF DISTRICT SEVEN AND PLACING IT MAYBE IN FOUR OR PLACING IT TO AUTO KAUFMAN OR PLACING IT TO THE PRINCETON ALPS. OR PLACING IT EVEN 46. OR YOU KNOW, I'VE HEARD WE'VE HAD STRUGGLES. WE HAVE STRUGGLES OF FINDING PLACES WHO WILL ALLOW US TO USE THEIR LOCATION AS A VOTING GIVE THEM AN INCENTIVE. DO SOMETHING FOR THEM FOR THEIR TIME FOR THEIR BUILDING FOR THEIR YOU KNOW, HARDSHIPS. UM. AGAIN I'M STRESSING I'M COMING TO YOU BECAUSE I KEEP GOING AGAINST IN CIRCLES WITH EVERYONE AND NOTHING EVER CHANGES. I CAN'T BELIEVE I GO FROM A VOTING PLACE OF TWO MILES AWAY. TO NOW, FIVE MILES AWAY. IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE, AND IT ESPECIALLY DOESN'T MAKE SENSE. FOR MY NEIGHBORS WHO ARE INTIMIDATED WITH EVEN GOING TO SHOP RIGHT NOW THEY'RE GOING TO PIPE RUN REC CENTER UP TO OH, SIX INTO A NEIGHBORHOOD THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW. IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE. UM ANOTHER THING I'M GOING TO BRING UP IS YOU GUYS WHO HAVE BEEN HERE FOR A WHILE. HAVE HEARD ME ASK ABOUT A SIMPLE THING. A ROAD SIGN A ROAD SIGN TO BE PLANTED ON GRANDVIEW ROAD. THIS ROAD SIGN THE PURPOSE OF IT IS TO SAVE THE BRIDGE AT THE BOTTOM OF GRANDVIEW ROAD AND THE TRUCK DRIVERS WHO DRIVE BIG RIGS DOWN GRANDVIEW ROAD. YOU RELY ON YOUR GPS BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE AREA. GO OVER THE BRIDGE. REALIZE THEY GET STUCK ON THE BRIDGE. THEY CAN'T BACK UP JACKKNIFE. THEY DESTROY OUR BRIDGE. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY OUR TOWN CANNOT PUT A SIGN TO SAY THIS TRUCK. YOU GOTTA STOP. AND YOU CAN'T GO ANY FURTHER. IT WOULD SAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE A LOT OF HARDSHIP. IT WOULD SAVE MY LITTLE PRETTY BREAK FROM GETTING DESTROYED. EVERY TIME OBJECT TRUCK DRIVES ON IT GETS JACKKNIFE. THE LAST THING. THE END OF MY STREET IS A COUNTY PROJECT GOING ON. IT GOT WIPED OUT DURING HURRICANE IDA. I UNDERSTAND FROM A IS NOW INVOLVED. WHAT I DON'T

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THERE'S RE BARB EVERYWHERE. THERE'S STUFF STILL SCATTERED DOWN THE BROOK. WHY, AFTER A YEAR THEY'RE NOT STARTING THE BRIDGE. FINE LET'S WAIT FOR FEMA, BUT THERE'S NO EXCUSE. WHY THAT AREA IS NOT BEING CLEANED UP. AND I WANT SOMEONE. TO BE PROACTIVE AND GO TO THE COUNTY BECAUSE I KEEP CALLING SAYING HEY, GUYS, CAN YOU PLEASE CLEAN UP YOUR MESS? WE LIVE HERE. ONE MORE THING OPENING UP PANDORA'S BOX. LIVED HERE. MY WHOLE LIFE. I GREW UP ON CAMP MEETING AVENUE . WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A SUPER FUND SITE. BEEN IN SKILLMAN IN ROCKY HILL. WHAT ABOUT THIS SITE ON CAMP MEETING? WHAT ABOUT THE DUMP THAT I KNOW WITNESSED PLAYED IN WHEN I WAS A CHILD.

TODAY IS THE EIGHTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEATH OF MY MOM WHO PASSED FROM PANCREATIC CANCER.

MY MOTHER, FATHER BROTHER ALL PASSED IN A THREE YEAR PERIOD OF PANCREATIC CANCER. MY NEIGHBORS ACROSS THE STREET, THE JONESES, DAUGHTERS, GIRLS, FRIENDS DIED PANCREATIC CANCER. CORNER OF CAMP MEETING AND FAIRLY ROAD. FAMILY ANOTHER BOY, I GREW UP WITH PANCREATIC CANCER. SO WHY DON'T WE START LOOKING INTO THAT ? THE OLD MONTGOMERY DUMP WHICH WAS MONTGOMERY DUMP? THAT SOMEONE JUST GRACEFULLY GLAZED OVER FILLED IT IN DIDN'T REMOVE ANYTHING PLANTED SEED PLANTED GRASS. AND GAVE IT AWAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MHM GALA TROW FOR 55 SPRINGHILL ROAD, SKILLMAN. RESIDENT FOR 23 YEARS AND A PROUD MEMBER OF THE MONTGOMERY TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT. EVERYONE'S ASKING ME SO I'M HERE TO ASK YOU GUYS, UM ABOUT SIGN ORDINANCES. THE NEW MONTGOMERY FULL DAY K SIGNS HAVE POPPED UP ALL OVER TOWN AND ONCE AGAIN THEY'RE ASKING ME DO THEY REQUIRE A PAID FOR BY STATEMENT AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SIGN WHICH THEY DO NOT HAVE, AND THEY WERE ALSO DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THE TOWN BY OUR BOARD OF ED MAINTENANCE CREW, GUYS. UM, SO IS THAT. LEGAL. WHAT ARE THE LAWS REGARDING SCIENCE AND TOWN ? LAURIE? THANK YOU. YOU AND I HAVE BEEN EMAILING ABOUT THE THINKING SPRINGHILL ROAD RAILROAD TRACKS. ANY UPDATE ON THAT? AND JUST WONDERING WHAT THE PROJECTED GROWTH AS A BUS DRIVER WHERE ARE WE GOING TO FIT ALL THESE SCHOOL CHILDREN IN OUR SCHOOLS? BECAUSE THAT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT UM, A LOT MORE CHILDREN IN TOWN . ALL RIGHT, THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? IT WAS. MAYBE BEFORE WE GO, LET ME JUST ANSWER . WE HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS. USUALLY WE WAIT TO THE END. WHY DON'T WE ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS LAWYER YOU FIND WITH WE CAN GO THROUGH SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS.

ANSWER THEM, AND THEN WE CAN JUST KEEP GOING WITH PUBLIC COMMENT BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO MISS ANYTHING. SO ON, UH, MR ROGERS QUESTION. THEY WE DID MEET WITH RPM, THE DEVELOPER AND THEY DID SECURE A COUNTY HOME GRANTS, SO THEY DO HAVE ADDITIONAL GRANTS THAT WAS 150 ROUGHLY 100 AND $50,000. I DON'T HAVE MY NOTES WITH ME, UM, IN TERMS OF THE SCHOOL AGED CHILDREN, I BELIEVE THE RESTRICTION IS 18 AND OLDER, SO IT'S 55 UP 18 AND OLDER. IN TERMS OF KIND OF A POLICING OF THAT THAT FROM WHAT WE FOUND IT'S USUALLY SELF POLICED BECAUSE ESPECIALLY AT THE 55 OVER THERE PRETTY VOCAL WHEN, UM KIDS MIGHT BE PRESENT MAKING NOISE OR WHATEVER. SO, UM, BUT WE CAN'T HEAR YOU CAN'T LET'S NO. WELL YOU CAN ADDRESS IT LATER ON. OKAY. WHAT WAS THE OTHER AND I WILL DEFER TO WENDY TO CUT WHAT? WELL, WHAT WENDY AND I DID TALK ABOUT WAS HAVING RPM COME BACK, AND WE WOULD DO KIND OF A MORE THOROUGH DISCUSSION ABOUT THE PILOT AND THEIR FUNDING. UM SO THAT IT'S NOT SO PIECEMEAL, AND THEN THEY COULD BE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. SO WE WERE PLANNING ON DOING THAT. I THINK IN THE BEGINNING OF 2023 CORRECT EARLY 2023 ALSO IF I COULD JUST PAY YOU BACK, LAURIE, UM THE UNITS ARE THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE 23 BEDROOM UNITS, EITHER. IT'S ONE BEDROOM UNITS, RIGHT? I THINK THERE ARE 22 BEDROOM UNITS ONLY. SO USUALLY LIKE A COUPLE MIGHT WANT THEIR OWN BEDROOMS. THE AGE

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GENTLEMEN BEFORE. ASKED A QUESTION ABOUT THERE WAS A QUESTION ABOUT TRAFFIC, AND THERE WE HAVE. WE ARE REDONE A TRAFFIC STUDY, BUT WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN A COMPLETE YET. IT HADN'T BEEN DONE SINCE 2003 SO TO YOUR QUESTION ABOUT THE TRAFFIC. WE ARE DOING A TRAFFIC STUDY RIGHT NOW, ESPECIALLY THAT INTERSECTION. SO MUCH. SORRY I DON'T KNOW HOW TO USE METHADONE.

OKAY, THREE. THEN THE NEXT QUESTION WAS ABOUT. WE FELT YOU HAD SOME QUESTIONS. THE POLLING LOCATIONS I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS WHO DETERMINES THE POLLING LOCATIONS . IS THAT BOARD OF ELECTIONS OR IS THAT THE CLERK, MRS COOK LOVER TOWNSHIP CLERK, SHE DECIDES THE POLLING LOCATIONS IN THE DISTRICTS THEMSELVES. THOSE ARE DECIDED BY THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS. SO THERE IT'S KIND OF ALL TOGETHER. WE LOST THREE LOCATIONS. ONE WAS THE CAR LOGIN POLLING LOCATIONS, BUT THE DISTRICT SO SHE'S IN DISTRICT SEVEN. THAT'S A VERY SHE DECIDES THAT DISTRICTS BY WHAT IT WAS BEFORE AND WHERE THEY WERE BEFORE BY WARNS IT'S MORE COMPLICATED THAN THAT. BUT LET ME JUST ASK SO THE DISTRICTS THEMSELVES RIGHT? WE HAVE 19 TO 6 AND THOSE ARE NOT DETERMINED HEARING THE SAME. IT'S JUST THAT WHERE THE POLLING LOCATIONS WERE IN THOSE DISTRICTS WERE DESTROYED BECAUSE OF HURRICANE IDA AND ANOTHER INCIDENT FOR DAMAGED DEAR DAMAGED THE CHURCH AND THEY DIDN'T WANT TO STARE ANY LONGER. OKAY AND THE OTHER WAS THAT ARE BUILDING WAS CLOSING, AND YOU CAN'T CHANGE A POLLING DISTRICT IN THE SAME YEAR AS A PRIMARY, SO WE WILL BE HAVING IT'S JUST UNFORTUNATE. DUE TO A LOT OF THINGS THAT HAPPEN THAT IT'S CHANGED AGAIN. SHE WENT TO GREAT LENGTHS TO TRY TO KEEP EVERYTHING THE SAME. SHE REALLY TRIED, BUT A LOT OF ADVERSE THINGS HAPPENED. AND THESE THIS A COUPLE OF YEARS, SO IT WILL BE CHANGING AGAIN, BUT SHE WILL TRY TO PUT IT BACK THE WAY IT WAS. AND IT'S BUILDING MIGHT BECOME UPHOLDING LOCATION AS WELL. SO THAT'S WHY I SAID IT WILL CHANGE AGAIN. BUT WE'LL DEFINITELY LOOK AT THE ONES I MEAN, DISTRICT SEVEN IS ALSO VERY LITTLE MAKE IT AN EFFORT.

THANK THE GRAND VIEW ROAD. SO LAURIE, CAN YOU LOOK THAT UP BECAUSE I HAD ASKED YOUR DONATO ABOUT A YEAR AGO. I THINK WE HAD SPOKEN. I'D ASKED HIM ABOUT THAT. SO CAN YOU FIND OUT GETTING UPDATES FROM THE COUNTY AND THIS IS JUST ABOUT THE TRAFFIC SIGN TRUCK SIDE WROTE THAT EXCELLENT. YEAH REQUESTED THAT WE PUT THAT IN ABOUT A YEAR AGO. SO IF YOU COULD FOLLOW UP AND FIND OUT WHERE WE ARE WITH THAT THAT DOESN'T ASTERIX. NEXT ISSUE IS I ENBRIDGE? YOU KNOW, BEING A COUNTY BRIDGE, WE HAVE THE ISSUE OF THE COUNTY BRIDGE BEING DESTROYED. UM AND I'VE BEEN SPEAKING WITH THEM JUST TO SAY WHAT CAN WE DO SOMETHING IN THE INTERIM? I KNOW YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE CLEANUP, BUT IT WAS A HISTORICAL BRIDGE. IT'S OWNED BY THE COUNTY. WE ADMIT THERE WAS A LOT OF PROGRESS MADE IT GOT DESTROYED BY IDA. AND NOW WE'RE LIKE, HELLO. WE NEED SOMETHING, MAYBE INTERIM BETWEEN NOW AND THEN. SO I'VE HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM AND I CAN CIRCLE WITH YOU, LORD, YOU SEE HOW WE CAN MOVE THAT, BUT YOUR QUESTION WAS SPECIFIC ABOUT ALL OF THE REFUSE, WHICH ISN'T ONLY FRANKLY, FROM THAT BRIDGE. IT'S ALSO FROM THERE DOWN, SO I REACHED OUT TO ACTUALLY TO MARKET TO LAURIE. DID YOU SAY WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUT THAT? BECAUSE I HAVE A COUPLE OF OTHER RESIDENTS AND FRANKLY, IT'S KIND OF A DUMP BACK THERE. WE ALSO

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I JUST YOU'RE EXPECTING SORRY, MA'AM, CAN YOU PLEASE SPEAK INTO THE MICROPHONE? IT'S JUST A LITTLE HARD TO HEAR YOU JUST PULL THE MICROPHONE RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU. YOU CAN THERE.

YEAH THE ACOUSTICS ARE HORRIBLE. I AGREE. 100. WHAT THERE'S ANOTHER THING I WANT TO POINT OUT. THAT WONDERFUL SORT OF MEADOW THAT'S GROWING INTO A WOODS ON THE SIDE. I CERTAINLY HOPE THAT THERE'S NO PLAN TO MOTOR FOR PLAN WILL BE TO ADD SOME TREES BECAUSE THIS IS A SLOW WE ARE VERY CLOSE TO THE THIS BROKE AND THE MORE VEGETATION THAT WE GET GOING.

THE BETTER. STORMWATER MANAGEMENT WILL BE. AND SO I JUST WANTED TO BRING THIS TO YOUR ATTENTION. THANK YOU FOR THE PROGRESS THAT WE'RE MAKING. AND I ALSO WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT I LOVE SUBURBANITES JUST IN LOVE WITH THEIR BEAUTIFUL LAWNS . BUT I ALSO WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT. A MODEL ON ALMOST IMPERVIOUS CONCRETE. FOR BLACK TOP. AND SO. WE CERTAINLY DON'T WANT TO ENCOURAGE FLORENCE AND AGAIN, THE MUNICIPAL BUILDING SHOULD BE AN EXAMPLE OF HOW BEST TO DEAL WITH MOTHER NATURE. THE PLACE IS GETTING TOUGHER AND TOUGHER. THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS PINK CARLSON ALSO LIVE ON ITALIAN ROAD. I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS

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THERE SEEMS TO TYPES OF THE PRODUCTS ONE TYPE CONTINGENCY, B D, WHICH IS THE MILDER DRUG COMPONENT. ANOTHER KIND CONTAINS THC, THE MOST ACTIVE INGREDIENT IN MARIJUANA. NOT LIKE CBD, WHICH IS PSYCHOACTIVE. THE THC PRODUCES THE HIGH FEELING. IT ALSO BINDS WITH THE CB RECEPTORS IN THE BRAIN. HIGH THC USE MAY BE CONNECTED TO LONG TERM NEGATIVE THEATRIC PSYCHIATRIST EFFECTS. THIS MAY BE ESPECIALLY TRUE FOR ADOLESCENCE CONSUME LARGE AMOUNTS OF THC. A SIGNIFICANT SAFETY CONCERN WITH CBD AND THC PRODUCTS. OUR THAT IS PRIMARILY MARKETED. AND SOLD AS A SUPPLEMENT, NOT A MEDICATION. CURRENTLY THE FDA DOESN'T REGULATE THE SAFETY AND PURITY OF DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS. SO YOU CANNOT BE SURE THAT THE PRODUCT YOU BUY HAS ACTIVE INGREDIENTS AT THE DOSE LISTED ON THE LABEL WITH THE FREE ACCESS, WHICH MEANS NO PRESCRIPTION REQUIRED OF THE CBD AND THC PRODUCTS AT OUR LOCAL STORE. HOW WOULD YOU ENSURE THAT SCHOOL AGED CHILDREN WILL NOT BE AFFECTED BY THESE PRODUCTS? THE HALLOWEEN IS COMING. HOW DO YOU CONTROL THIS CANDY LIKE GUMMIES ARE NOT DISTRIBUTED AND MIXED INTO THOSE HALLOWEEN CANDIES.

THIS IS MY FIRST QUESTION. THE SECOND ONE. I HAVE A BIG CONCERN REGARDING THE EXPLOSION ALMOST EVERYDAY DOWN THE OLD THREE M SITE ON ROAD 601. I DON'T KNOW WHO OWNS IT RIGHT NOW. BUT EVERY DAY BETWEEN 10 TO 11 30, IT CREATES EXPLOSION AND THE WHOLE HOUSE SHAKES. I NOTICED THIS AFTER STARTING WORK FROM HOME STARTING TWO YEARS AGO. I HAVE A DOCUMENTED RECORD LISTING DATE AND TIME WHEN THE EXPLOSION HAPPENED. I CAN PROVIDE YOU THAT LIST IF NEEDED OVER YEARS. MY HOUSE HAS BEEN A HUGE DAMAGE, BUT THIS DAILY DYNAMITE EXPLOSION THE CEILING HAD CRACKS AND THE CRACKS ARE GETTING LONGER AND LONGER. I WANT TO ASK THE TOWNSHIPS RECOMMENDATION ON WHAT WOULD BE THE BEST SOLUTIONS FOR THIS. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU.

HELLO. CHRISTINE NEUMANN, SPRINGHILL ROAD, SKILLMAN. I ALSO WANT TO ECHO MARYLAND'S EARLIER COMMENTS AND SORT OF YOUR COMMENT. SHELLEY ABOUT, UM COMING HERE THESE MEETINGS AND HEARING ACTUAL BUSINESS THAT IS IMPORTANT TO LOCAL PEOPLE BEING TAKEN CARE OF. TWO WEEKS AGO AS A REALLY GREAT MEETING WHEN WE HEARD ABOUT THE BUDGET AND BROADBAND BEING BROUGHT TO OTHER PLACES, AND ONE CITIZEN SAT HERE THE ENTIRE PRESENTATION TO GET UP AND EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT PEOPLE WHO SAW WALKING ON 5 18. HE DOESN'T KNOW THESE PEOPLE. HE SAT HERE FOR A GOOD HOUR JUST SO WE CAN GET UP AND EXPRESS HIS CONCERN. IS THERE SOMETHING TO TOWNSHIP COULD DO ABOUT PERFECT STRANGERS. WE MENTIONED PUTTING A COPPER LOOP IN THE BUILDING FOR HEARING IMPAIRED. SO IT WAS A GREAT MEETING. UM THERE WASN'T ANYTHING. CONTROVERSIAL BROUGHT UP PEOPLE JUST MADE REQUEST. YOU ALL LISTENED. UM. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, SHELLEY AND ALSO THANK ALL OF YOU. THE PAST COUPLE YEARS HAVE NOT BEEN EASY. THERE'S BEEN THE PANDEMIC. IT OCCURRED TO ME TODAY THAT MAYBE NOT. EVERY TOWN HAS A VACCINE CLINIC WHERE YOU CAN JUST WALK IN AND GET VACCINATED. ANYTIME YOU WANT TESTING CLINIC. I MEAN, IT'S BEEN AWESOME. I JUST NOW TAKE THAT COMPLETELY FOR GRANTED. UM OVERSEEING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS BUILDING, WHICH IS LOVELY. UM MAYOR KENYON SEEMS TO GET SINGLED OUT FOR CERTAIN THINGS, BUT SHE'S BROUGHT IN A LOT OF GRANT MONEY.

FEDERAL AID. AH! I WAS TALKING TO SOMEONE WHO LIVES ON HOLLOW, WHO SAID TODAY AFTER IDA MAJOR KEENAN SHOWED UP AT HER DOOR AND THE TWO OF THEM TOGETHER, WALKED UP. HOLLOW ROAD AND CHECK ON EVERYBODY TO SEE IF THEY WERE OK. SEE IF THEY NEEDED ANYTHING THAT DOESN'T REALLY GET IN THE

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ACTUALLY I THINK WE'RE IS THERE ANYONE KNEW THAT HAS A PUBLIC COMMENT. THERE'S RUNNERS. I WILL GIVE YOU TWO MINUTES TO COME UP AND FINISH UP YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT, BUT THAT'S IT. OKAY IF YOU CAN DO IT IN TWO MINUTES, YOU'RE WELCOME TO COME FORWARD. OTHERWISE, YOU'LL HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THE NEXT MEETING. OKAY? NO. YOU MAY HAVE TWO MINUTES. WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO IS TO GET FINISHED AT 11 TODAY. WE'VE GOT A LOT GOING ON. SO. UM. OKAY? UM SUSAN ROGERS. I'M JUST GOING TO KIND OF JUMP IN THE MIDDLE OF WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY AS AN EXTRA SUSAN ROGERS, EIGHT, CRANE LANE, AND IT'S INTERESTING. I HAD PREPARED THIS AS EXTRA. I DIDN'T EXPECT LADY WHO SPOKE TO PEOPLE I GUESS AGO ABOUT THE CBD STORE, SO I DON'T KNOW HER. YOU KNOW, IT WASN'T EXPECTING, SO I JUST WANT TO KIND OF INTERESTING BECAUSE IT MY REMARKS TOUCH ON IT A BIT. UM AND IT HAS TO DO WITH THE HALLOWEEN JUST BECAUSE I DON'T SEE THAT THERE'S BEEN ANY TOWNSHIP NOTIFICATIONS ABOUT YOU KNOW, BEING CAREFUL THAT WE ALL HAVE TO BE VIGILANT ABOUT THE THINGS THAT LOOK LIKE CANDY. THAT UH, YOU KNOW, MAYBE DISTRIBUTED OR GIVING OUT THE TRICK OR TREATERS OR PARTIES. UM I PRINTED OUT A COUPLE ARTICLES . UM AND JUST TO REMIND WE HAVE THE PASTEL, MULTICOLORED RAINBOW COLORED FENTANYL PILLS. UM THESE ARE ALL IN THE RECENT NEWS MEDIA. I'LL LEAVE THIS HERE FOR YOU. UM THAT SHOULD BE PUBLICIZED. UH I HAVE AN ARTICLE HERE WITH JUST TO SAY THAT THIS IS YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT JUST STREET DEALERS. IT'S IRRESPONSIBLE OR CARELESS PEOPLE . YOU KNOW, PARENTS, EVEN FAMILY MEMBERS OF FRIENDS. THIS IS AN ARTICLE THAT WAS JUST YESTERDAY'S PAPER ABOUT SUSPECT CHARGED WITH LEAVING FENTANYL WITHIN A CHILD'S REACH. SHE UH, YOU KNOW, WAS ARRESTED AND, UH AND HER CHILDREN WERE THERE.

THANKFULLY SPARED FROM POSSIBLY GETTING INTO THE FENTANYL, UH, AS FAR AS THC GOES, UM THERE'S A

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THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IF YOU LITTLE BOY, THIS LITTLE BOY DIED OF AN OVERDOSE OF THC. GUMMY EDIBLES. OKAY IN THE NEWS. I WILL LEAVE IT UP HERE FOR ANYONE WHO WANTS TO LOOK AT IT. AND OKAY NOW, THANK YOU. YEAH. I'LL BRING IT UP AGAIN AT ANOTHER TIME, AND WHEN I HAD MY FAULT MINUTES BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT, I'M SURE YOU WILL. PLEASE THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO LET ME ANSWER A COUPLE OF THOSE QUESTIONS. SO MISS PALEY HAS HAD SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT STORMWATER MANAGEMENT. WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING THAT WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH THAT ON A COUNTY LEVEL. I AGREE WITH HER THAT WE HAVE A LOT MORE PARKING SPACES AND I KNOW LAURA. YOU AND I WERE TALKING ABOUT THAT, AS WE ARE LOOKING AND COMMITTEEWOMAN SING AS WE'RE LOOKING FOR OTHER AREAS. IT IS DISCONCERTING THAT THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A COUPLE OF RAIN GARDENS . BUT IS IT ACCURATE? THAT ARE NOT ALL OF OUR OUR SOME OF THOSE IS THE BASIN DOWN THERE. RAIN.

THE BASIN THAT WAS PUT IN BY THE SOMERSET COUNTY IMPROVEMENT AUTHORITY. WAS THAT DONE? IT IS NOT A BIO BASED AND I DON'T WELL, NOT A SURPRISE. UNFORTUNATE I WOULD SAY, AND TERMS OF THIS AREA FOR THE TOWNSHIP. WE'VE PUT TOGETHER A SUBCOMMITTEE TO KEEP THIS PLACE GREEN AND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE EDUCATE PEOPLE ON WHAT'S GOING ON BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE HAVE BEEN COMPLAINING ABOUT THE MEADOWS AND WE DO NEED TO DO SOME MIDDLE MANAGEMENT AS WELL. SO THERE'S A SUBCOMMITTEE IT HASN'T MET YET, BUT I DO BELIEVE IT'S BEING HEADED UP BY MS WESOLOWSKI OR MISS W AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE MEETING. I THINK NEXT WEEK OR TWO, SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. THE QUESTION ABOUT THE CBD STORE IN THC. I THINK THAT'S UNDER THE PURVIEW OF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. WOULD THAT BE ACCURATE? I WAS GOING TO FOLLOW UP WITH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT TOMORROW MORNING. YES OKAY. GREAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IN TERMS OF HALLOWEEN. I DON'T KNOW IF THE WHAT THE PLANS ARE FROM THE RECREATION DEPARTMENT. I KNOW WE'RE PUTTING OUT SOME WE'RE DOING TRICK OR TREAT. BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT KIND OF PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS THAT WILL BE ON THAT. IN TERMS OF THE QUARRY EXPLOSIONS. UM WE'VE HAD THAT ISSUE IN THE PAST WITH THE QUARRY IF IT'S GOTTEN WORSE THAN BEFORE, OR WHAT HAVE YOU PLEASE, LET'S WE CAN REACH OUT TO THEM AND HAVE ANOTHER MEETING WITH THEM. I DO BELIEVE THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO LET YOU KNOW WHEN THEY'RE GOING TO BE BLASTING. SO IF THAT HAS CHANGED AT ALL ORBITS THE REGULAR OPERATIONS LET US KNOW. SO MAYORS ARE RECALL WHEN WE MET WITH THEM LAST YEAR. THERE IS A STATE AGENCY THAT YOU CAN COMPLAIN TO. FOR. NOISE AND VIBRATIONS FROM THE EXPLOSION. SO AND I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT AGENCY THAT WAS, BUT PROBABLY GETTING YEAH. YEAH, WE CAN DO THAT. BUT I THINK IF WE CAN, I'D LIKE TO MAYBE SET UP A MEETING WITH THEM SO WE CAN ADDRESS IT FROM WHERE, LIKE A NEIGHBORHOOD NEIGHBOR BEFORE WE DO THAT, BUT THAT'S ALWAYS AN OPTION BECAUSE UM, WE'VE HAD WE'VE HAD MUCH MORE RESPONSE WITH THIS. I THINK THE MORE RECENT OWNER SO I'D LIKE TO KIND OF KEEP IT IN THAT VEIN AND SEE IF WE CAN SET UP A MEETING. SO THERE'S SOME INTEREST FOR BOOKS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. LET ME KNOW WE CAN SET THAT UP. OKAY, I'LL TALK GREAT AND, UM I THINK WE'RE CLEARLY EVERYBODY THANKING YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. THANK YOU, SHELLY REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE WITH THAT CLOSE . PUBLIC COMING. JUST HAD ONE QUICK COMMENT ABOUT THE CANDY.

DOESN'T THE SCHOOL SENT OUT A FLYER TO THAT EFFECT? AND IF THAT IS NOT TRUE, I THINK I PROMISED TO SIT DOWN WITH THE HEALTH BOARD AND GET A FLYER OUT SO WE CAN HAVE IT, MAYBE AT THE LIBRARY AND OTHER PLACES BECAUSE IF THAT IS A BIG CONCERN, USUALLY THERE IS SOMETHING THAT COMES FROM THE SCHOOLS WITH THE KIDS TO, YOU KNOW, BE CAREFUL WHERE YOU GET YOUR CANDY OR WHAT YOU YOU KNOW, TAKE SO I THINK, BUT IF THAT'S NOT TRUE, WE WILL DO SOMETHING FROM THE TOWNSHIP.

FOR SURE. WITH THE HEALTH BOARD. THANK YOU. OKAY? THANK YOU ALL. THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS

[4. CONSENT AGENDA]

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[5. ORDINANCE #22-1690]

I AM I THINK THAT THERE WOULD BE SOME POSSIBLY SOME CROSSOVER APPEAL TO RESIDENTS WHO MIGHT HAVE, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE SIGNED UP FOR THE MARIJUANA ZOOM SESSION, WHICH IS OCCURRING IN EXACTLY THE SAME TIME AS THIS MEETING, AND IT'S REALLY HONESTLY IT'S A MATTER OF FAIRNESS TO NOT HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING AND MOVE FORWARD WITH APPROVAL ON THIS, UM WITHOUT LETTING YOU KNOW WITH WITHOUT LETTING PEOPLE WHO MIGHT HAVE HAD THIS CONFLICT. ATTEND THIS MEETING TO MAKE THEIR OPINIONS KNOWN OR ASK ANY QUESTIONS? I MEAN, THERE. NO, THEY'RE JUST MIGHT BE PEOPLE AGAIN WITH CROSSOVER INTEREST IN THE TOPIC OF MARIJUANA, YOU KNOW, THE SUBJECT OF THE ZOOM MEETING THAT STARTED THE EXACTLY THE SAME TIME AS THIS MEETING AND THE ISSUE OF, UH, CHANGING THE, UM. REGULATIONS IN THE MUNICIPAL REGULATIONS TO ALLOW PUBLIC AND SUMPTION OF ALCOHOL AND MUNICIPAL PROPERTY AND INSIDE BUILDINGS WITH SPECIAL PERMIT.

SO I, YOU KNOW AS A JUST A MATTER OF PARLIAMENT ABOUT THE TIMING OF THIS, OR WOULD YOU LIKE TO ACTUALLY MAKE A COMMENT ON THE SUBSTANTIVE PART OF THIS? UM I AM. YOU KNOW, I HAVE A AS FAR AS THE CONTENT OF IT. THE SUBSTANTIVE COMMENT. I WONDER WHERE THIS ORDINANCE IS COMING FROM WHO? WHO MADE THE REQUEST? I MEAN, THIS IS THE KIND OF AN ORDINANCE WHERE I FEEL YOU SHOULD CALL A BIT OF A TOWN MEETING TO SEE IF RESIDENTS OVERALL WANT THIS. THERE'S IT'S THERE'S NO TRANSPARENCY TO LET ANYONE KNOW. YOU KNOW WHO REQUESTED THIS. AND NEITHER IS THEIR TRANS EARLIER MEETING. IT WAS SAID THAT WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY REQUESTED AND IT COMES THROUGH THE WHOLE. UM WHAT IS IT? THE ABC IT COMES THROUGH THAT THROUGH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. WOULD YOU LIKE THE AT AN EARLIER MEETING? IT WAS MENTIONED THAT IT WAS THE LIBRARY. THE LIBRARY WHO HAD REQUESTED THIS BUILDING SO YOU WOULD ASK WHEN IT WAS ACTUALLY NOT MY QUESTION. THE QUESTION I'M ASKING IS WHERE DID THIS ORDINANCE EVEN THE IDEA FOR IT? EVEN ORIGINALLY, DID YOU? DID YOU TAKE A POLL OF TOWNSHIP MEMBERS TO SEEK TO US THROUGH THE ONE PERSON JUST SAYING THROUGH REQUESTS THROUGH THE LIBRARY, AND THAT'S WHEN WE LOOK BACK AT OUR ORDINANCES AND OUR CODE, AND WE SAID, HEY, NOW WE HAVE THIS NEW BUILDING. SHOULD WE BE LOOKING AT OUR CODES OFTEN DO SO THAT'S HOW IT CAME. YOU HAD. OKAY SO IT WAS FROM STAFFING IN THE LIBRARY. HOW ABOUT POLLING TOWNSHIP RESIDENTS TO SEE IF THEY EVEN ARE UM, YOU KNOW, IN IN FAVOR OF THIS, I THINK YOU KNOW IT'S NOT REALLY A REFERENDUM. IT'S THE CODE AND WE ARE AS ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR TAKING A LOOK AT THIS. SO AND PEOPLE ARE HERE. IF THERE WILL, THEY CAN COME AND MAKE COMMENTS SO, BUT IT'S BUT YOU'RE ELECTED OFFICIALS DON'T

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AND IF THEY WANT IT FINE, YOU KNOW, MAJORITY BUT THAT IS, THAT'S THE WAY IT SHOULD WORK. I MEAN, WHERE THE PEOPLE THAT THIS IMPACTS AND WHETHER IT'S SOMEONE IN THE LIBRARY ASKED YOU TO DO IT WITHOUT ANY HEARING AT ALL. I MEAN, POLLING PEOPLE PUBLIC HEARING. THIS IS WHAT THIS IS, I UNDERSTAND, BUT THIS IS THE KIND OF, UM AN ORDINANCE THAT I THINK YOU SHOULD PUBLICIZE MORE PROMINENTLY. I MEAN, THIS IS BURIED IN AN AGENDA LIKELY MOST MOST PEOPLE DON'T EVEN REALIZE THIS. UM, I THINK IT DESERVES. TRANSPARENCY TO GET THE YOU KNOW. GET TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO ATTEND A SPECIAL MEETING ON THIS ON THIS TOPIC AND THEN SEE YOU KNOW WHERE MOST PEOPLE, UH, SIT ON IT. THE OTHER THING IS, IT IS UNFAIR TO HAVE THIS HEARING TONIGHT WHEN THERE WAS A CLEAR CONFLICT, AND I'M NOT SAYING IT WAS A PURPOSEFUL CONFLICT. YOU KNOW WHAT? FOR WHATEVER REASON, THERE WAS A CONFLICT OF SCHEDULING. AND UM, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THAT'S UNFAIR TO PEOPLE WHO WE'RE CONFLICTED. YOU KNOW WHICH WHICH MEETING SHOULD I ATTEND? AND I DON'T KNOW ANYBODY. I'M JUST SAYING I DON'T. I'M NOT. I DON'T HAVE ANYBODY SPECIFICALLY IN MIND.

I'M SPEAKING JUST GENERALLY, YOU KNOW THAT THERE'S CERTAINLY COULD BE TOWNSHIP RESIDENTS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN THAT PROGRAM AND HAVE NO IDEA ABOUT THIS. SO THIS IS THE THIS THIS THIS PARTICULAR ORDINANCE REALLY SHOULD BE UP FOR A SPECIAL MEETING FOR THE PUBLIC, AND I STRONGLY RECOMMEND FOR AS A MATTER OF FAIRNESS TO TOWNSHIP PRESIDENT SAID YOU TABLE IT TONIGHT AND CONSIDER MAYBE HAVING GOING BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD ON THIS. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? MOTION TO CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING SECOND SECOND IN FAVOR. HI. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT? SO MUCH SECOND. OH, PLEASE, KENNY. YES, REBEL. YES PERSON CHILDREN? YES PERSON SAYING YES , MY ONLY CONCERN IS IT SAYS PLACES AND I THINK WE SAID BUILDING OR IT DOESN'T MATTER.

IT'S WRITTEN IN THE ORDINANCE IF YOU LOOK AT OKAY. SORRY ABOUT THAT. YES BUILDING? YES THE TITLE HAS TO SEND THEM. YES PERSON BURIED. NO AND I DID PULL A NUMBER OF PEOPLE AND WANT TO GET ON THE RECORD THAT NOT ONE PERSON, UH, OVER THE LINE WITH THIS SO THAT'S MY MORNING. NO, THANK YOU, UM DEPUTY CLERK ON MY APOLOGIES, I'M ABSTAINING. OKAY? SO. I WAS ABOUT TO REMIND YOU OF THAT. YES I HAD A MINUTE. YEAH SO WE HAVE THREE YESES. ONE ABSTAIN IN ONE. NO, SO IT

[6. ORDINANCE #22-1691 - BOND ORDINANCE]

[01:30:01]

[7. PAYMENT OF BILLS – Posted]

DEPUTY MAYOR BELL YES COMMITTEE PERSON CHILDREN? YES PERSON SAYING YES PERSON. BARICAN? YES.

COMMITTEE CORRESPONDENCE. WAS THERE ANY CORRESPONDENCE AND NO NO MAYOR. AND HE KNEW AND UNFINISHED FINISHED BUSINESS FROM LAST TIME. I KNOW WE JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS IN THIS

[ADMINISTRATOR’S REPORT]

I MEAN, I JUST DON'T GET IT. SO THE NEXT ITEM WAS THE. AUTOMATED DOORS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON FOR THE MAIN ENTRANCE IN THE LIBRARY . SO I DID WANT TO HAVE A POINT OF CLARIFICATION THAT THIS IS AN ACCESSIBILITY ENHANCEMENT PROJECT. THE BUILDING IS 100% COMPLIANCE COMPLIANT WITH THE BARRIER FREE SUB CODE OF NEW JERSEY, WHICH IS THE. THE ESSENTIALLY THE STATE'S 80 A CODE SO THAT DOES NOT REQUIRE AUTOMATIC DOOR ENTRIES. BUT AS A MUNICIPALITY WE FEEL THAT TO

[01:35:08]

AND THEY ARE WAITING ON AMERICAN WATER AND PSE AND G. THEY STILL ANTICIPATE DEMOLITION TAKING PLACE THIS WINTER. AND WE MENTIONED THE BUILDING THIS ROOM BEING CLOSED. UM WE HAVE THE COUNTY HAS THEIR LAST FREE DOCUMENT SHREDDING EVENT ON NOVEMBER 12TH FROM 9 TO 1. AND THAT'S UP AT CHIMNEY ROCK, ROAD AND BRIDGE WATER AT THE PUBLIC WORKS GARAGE. THOSE EVENTS ARE VERY POPULAR AND WE WON'T THEY WON'T START UP AGAIN UNTIL MARCH OF 2023. SO YOU'RE SHREDDING DONE? YES YES, YES. IF YOU'RE ALL WRITING IT DOWN FOURTH QUARTER PROPERTY TAXES ARE DUE NOVEMBER. 1ST THE GRACE PERIOD IS THAT THROUGH NOVEMBER 10TH AND YOU CAN PAY ONLINE BY MAIL, OR WE HAVE A DROPBOX LOCATED RIGHT OUTSIDE THE FRONT ENTRANCE. RBC SEA TRANSPORTATION . SO LAST MONTH THE RESIDENT HAD BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT THERE MAY BE COLLEGE STUDENTS IN TOWN IN NEED OF TRANSPORTATION TO RARITAN VALLEY, SO WE PUT OUT MESSAGING TO COLLECT RESIDENT FEEDBACK. SO FAR WE HAVE HEARD FROM 21 FAMILIES THAT HAVE AN INTEREST IN THE PUBLIC IN SOME FORM OF TRANSPORTATION TO OUR VCC. SOME I MEAN, ONE WAS I HAVE 1/4 GRADER, AND WE WOULD LOVE THIS OR I HAVE A HIGH SCHOOL WHO TAKES CLASSES UP THERE. SO UM, WE'RE KIND OF WAITING THROUGH THAT WE DID MEET WITH THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS AT SOMERSET COUNTY WHO IS IN CHARGE OF ALL OF THE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION RIGHT NOW. THEY HAVE THREE ROUTES FROM VARIOUS TOWNS THAT PROVIDE TRANSIT TO OUR VCC. SO HE SAID. GET ME ALL OF YOUR DATA, AND POTENTIALLY THEY COULD LOOK AT THEIR EXAMINING ALL OF THEIR LINES RIGHT NOW. AND POTENTIALLY, THEY COULD OFFER SOMETHING IN MONTGOMERY, AND IT WOULD PROBABLY BE A COUPLE OF STOPS IN MONTGOMERY. A COUPLE OF STEPS IN HILLSBORO, UM, THE SOMERVILLE TRAIN STATION AND THEN TO OUR VCC. UM SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK ON THAT AND COLLECT ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK. AND THE LAST ITEM IS THAT THE LIBRARY, UM DID PUT IN A SPECIAL PERMIT. WELL, THE LIBRARY SPECIAL PERMITS. SOMERSET COUNTY LIBRARY ASSOCIATION ASSOCIATION HAS REQUEST HAS A REQUEST PENDING FOR A PERMIT FOR A FUNDRAISING EVENT THAT THEY'RE HOLDING HERE . AND NOW THAT THE ORDINANCE HAS PASSED, UM AND I'LL DEFER TO WENDY ON THIS MATTER, BUT WE WANTED TO JUST RAISE IT TONIGHT, TOO. POSSIBLY TAKE ADDITIONAL ACTION. CORRECT SO THEIR APPLICATION FOR THE REQUESTED DATE IS BEFORE YOUR NEXT MEETING . AND AS YOU KNOW, FROM THE ORDINANCE TONIGHT, SUCH AN APPLICATION DOES REQUIRE APPROVAL FROM THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE. SO IF YOU'RE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING IT, WE WOULD ASK THAT SOMEBODY MAKE A MOTION SECOND AND THEN DO A VOICE VOTE IN ORDER TO SAVE THE MAJORITY IS IN FAVOR OF ALLOWING THE SPECIAL PERMIT TO BE GRANTED FOR THIS EVENT. THEY HAVE NO IMPACT ON. YOU KNOW THE FACT THAT NOT ONLY AGENDA AND WE HAVE THE TOWNSHIP SHOULD BE AWARE OF, LIKE TWO WEEKS. NEW YORK 48 HOURS BEFOREHAND. SO UNDER WE DID NOT CHANGE THE SPECIAL PERMIT PART OF THE CODE. WE JUST ALLOWED FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF A SPECIAL PERMIT FOR THE USE OF A PUBLIC BUILDING. THE CODE DOES NOT REQUIRE A RESOLUTION SO IT CAN BE DONE BY MOTION. AND SO A MOTION WOULDN'T NECESSARILY GO INTO THE AGENDA WOULD BE SIMILAR TO WHERE PEOPLE OUT, UM USE OF THE PARKS FOR THE SCOUTS. I BELIEVE IT WAS OR THERE WAS

[01:40:02]

THE PROCEEDS GO TO THE LITERACY. ADVOCATE WITH EXACTLY WHAT IT WAS LUCY ADVOCATES SO YES. SO WHEN WE DO THIS NEXT, IF THIS HAPPENS NEXT TIME, LET'S MAKE SURE THAT WE GET EVERYTHING I CAN FRONT OF IT, SO WE'RE NOT ALL THAT INFORMATION. I KNOW IT WAS SENT WE HAD GOTTEN SOME INFORMATION, AND I BELIEVE THE TOM, YOU HAVE GIVEN US AN UPDATE BEFORE COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO WHEN WE FIRST LOOKED AT IT. OKAY? SO WE HAVE A MOTION IN THIS SECOND . SO DO YOU NEED JUST A ROLL CALL WORK MOTION AND A SECOND IS AND IT COULD BE A VOICE FOR A VOLUNTEER FOR BUT I HAVE A FEELING THAT PERHAPS THERE ARE PEOPLE AT THE DAYS THAT WOULD PREFER A ROLL CALL, BUT AND ACTUALLY, BEFORE WE TAKE THE ROLL CALL IF I COULD JUST ASK THE ACTING CAPTAIN. WERE THERE ANY CONCERNS ABOUT THE APPLICATION? THE POLICE DEPARTMENT REVIEWED THE APPLICATION. WE HAVE NO CONCERNS AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. SO SHOULD WE REDO THE MOTION? THE MARVIN YOU'VE MADE THE MOTION AND THEN AROUND EXECUTIVE THE ROLL CALL, PLEASE MOTION FIRST PROMOTION. MARVIN HAS MADE A MOTION AND THERE'S BEEN A SECOND BY MISSING CALL. IT IS. MAYOR KEATON. YES. DEPUTY MAYOR BILL. COMMITTEE PERSON SHALL DINNER. YES PERSON SAYING YES. CLEAN PERSON BARGAIN? YES. OKAY? UM IN TERMS OF THE ADMINISTRATOR'S REPORT, THE THERE WAS A QUESTION ABOUT TRAFFIC. SO SOMERSET COUNTY IS DOING. I BOARDED ON AN EMAIL THAT CAME TO ME ABOUT THIS WHOLE TRANSPORTATION THAT TRAFFIC TRANSPORTATION SO THE COUNTY IS HEADS PUT TOGETHER TRANSPORTATION PLAN AND WE NEED TO BE REVIEWING IT BECAUSE I THINK WE HAVE BEEN ILL SERVED BY THE A COUNTY IN TERMS OF GROWTH. YES IN TERMS OF OUR PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION. SOME OF THAT IS THAT WE ARE IN ONE PART OF MERCER'S TRANSPORTATION, AND WE'RE PART OF SOMERSET COUNTIES, BUT WE HAVE THE SOMERSET COUNTY TRANSPORTATION. SO UM, LAUREATE SAID THAT ONTO YOU, SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE PROFESSIONALS GET A CHANCE TO WEIGH IN ON IT. AND, UM THAN YOU CAN MAKE SURE THAT THE REST OF THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT IT AS WELL, BECAUSE I DO REALLY BELIEVE, AND I THINK MANY OF US UP HERE THAT WE NEED BETTER SERVICES FOR OUR RESIDENTS. YES. IT COMES TO PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION. THANK YOU. UM THE NEXT ITEM IS COMMITTEE REPORTS. NOW WE'VE DONE IT. WE ALREADY DID IT LAST MEETING, SO WE USUALLY DO IT. I KNOW WE USUALLY DO WHAT EVERY OTHER MEETING SO IN BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT TO TAKE CARE OF. SO

[UPCOMING MEETINGS]

[8. RESOLUTION TO CLOSE MEETING TO THE PUBLIC]