[00:00:04] CRYING ALL SET. GOOD EVENING. THE MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE MEETING OF MAY 4TH 2023. THE TIME IS SEVEN P.M. IT IS THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE'S INTENTION TO CONCLUDE THIS MEETING NO LATER THAN 11. PM ROLL CALL, PLEASE. MAYOR KEENAN HERE, DEPUTY MAYOR SING HERE. COMMITTEE PERSON BARICAN COMMITTEE PERSON, TODD PERSON ON . UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE OPEN PUBLIC MEETINGS ACT NOTICE OF THE TIME IN PLACE OF THIS MEETING HAD BEEN POSTED AND SENT TO THE OFFICIALLY DESIGNATED NEWSPAPERS WILL HAVE A SALUTE TO THE FLAG. LET ME JUST PLAY STATES. AND TO YOU. WOW. OKAY, LET'S DO THIS. FOR EVERYONE'S KNOWLEDGE. WE'RE GOING TO SWITCH A COUPLE OF THINGS, BUT, UM WILL BE DOING ITEMS ONE AND TWO AND THEN THE CONIFER PRESENTATION IS [1. MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH – May 2023 ] GOING TO GET SWAPPED WITH THE MUNICIPAL BUDGET, SO I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO THE DEPUTY MAYOR WHO'S GOING TO SPEAK ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. MAYOR UM, MAY IF FOR PEOPLE WHO MAY NOT KNOW IS MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH AND AS A TOWNSHIP WE BELIEVE VERY STRONGLY. THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE BELIEVES VERY STRONGLY THAT MENTAL HEALTH IS PHYSICAL HEALTH AND EVERYTHING ELSE. SO MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH MAY 2023 VARIOUS MENTAL HEALTH IS ESSENTIAL TO EVERYONE'S OVER HILL, OVERALL HEALTH AND WELL BEING. AND WHEREAS MENTAL ILLNESSES ARE REAL AND PREVALENT IN OUR NATION, AND HALF OF US WILL HAVE A MENTAL HEALTH DIAGNOSIS AT SOME POINT IN OUR LIVES, AND WE ARE ALL AMERICANS EXPERIENCE, TIMES OF DIFFICULTY AND STRESS IN THEIR LIVES. AND SHOULD FEEL COMFORTABLE IN SEEKING HELP AND SUPPORT TO MANAGE THESE TIMES, AND WE'RE ENGAGING IN PREVENTION, EARLY IDENTIFICATION AND EARLY INTERVENTION ARE AS EFFECTIVELY IS TO REDUCE THE BURDEN OF MENTAL ILLNESS AS THEY ARE TO REDUCE THE BURDEN OF OTHER CHRONIC CONDITIONS. AND WHEREAS THERE IS A STRONG BODY OF RESEARCH THAT IDENTIFIES BEHAVIORAL HEALTH RISKS AND SUPPORT SPECIFIC TOOLS THAT ALL AMERICANS CAN USE TO PREVENT THEIR HEALTH TO PROTECT THEIR HEALTH AND WELL BEING. WITH EFFECTIVE TREATMENT ALL INDIVIDUALS WITH MENTAL ILLNESSES, EVEN SERIOUS MILITARY ILLNESSES CAN MAKE PROGRESS TOWARDS RECOVERY AND LEAD FULL, PRODUCTIVE LIVES. AND WHEREAS EACH BUSINESS SCHOOL GOVERNMENT AGENCY HEALTHCARE PROVIDER ORGANIZATION AND CITIZEN HAS A RESPONSIBILITY TO PROMOTE MENTAL HEALTH AND WELL BEING FOR ALL NOW, THEREFORE READ THE MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MAY 2023 AS MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH IN MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP TO INCREASE PUBLIC AWARENESS AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE IMPORTANCE OF MENTAL HEALTH TO SUPPORT MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY FACING MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES, AND OR JUST ALL RESIDENTS AND STAKEHOLDERS IN OUR COMMUNITY TO COMMIT TO ELIMINATING THE STIGMA. ASSOCIATED WITH MENTAL ILLNESS, AND FURTHERMORE, WE'D AMONG MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE THANKED THE MUNICIPAL ALLIANCE COMMITTEES. A TEAM OF RESIDENTS AND STAKEHOLDERS, VOLUNTEERS AND PROFESSIONAL STAFF FROM THE MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND THE MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP AND DEDICATION TO ADDRESSING MENTAL HEALTH IN MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIPS YOUTH COMMUNITY. THANK YOU, AND NOW I'M GOING TO TURN [2. HEALTH DEPARTMENT PRESENTATION/BRANCHBURG SHARED SERVICES – Devangi Patel ] IT OVER TO DEMAND PATEL FOR OUR HEALTH DEPARTMENT PRESENTATION. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I HAVE THE PRESENTATIONS PRINTED OUT AND YOU HAVE A COPY OF IT, SO I'LL JUST GET STARTED. UM SO I AM GOING TO PUT IT UP THERE. SO THE PUBLIC AND I THINK I THINK ALSO WON THE TELEVISION. THANK YOU. HEALTH OFFICER TELL. SO I'LL BE I'LL BE TALKING ABOUT OUR 2022 ACTIVITIES. AND YOU ALSO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF, UH WHAT IT IS THAT WE DO EVEN OUTSIDE OF COVID, SO I'LL JUST GIVE THEM A MINUTE. TECHNICAL ISSUES, FOLKS. SYSTEM TOOLS. PLEASE DON'T TELL ME IT'S BROKEN AGAIN. NO, WE DON'T NEED THAT. THANK YOU. [00:05:19] OKAY, WE'RE WE'RE GOOD. ALRIGHT SO OUR MISSION FOR THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS OUR PURPOSE IS A GOOD HEALTH OF THE PEOPLE OF THE COMMUNITIES WE SERVE. WE PREVENT DISEASE AND INJURY. WE PROMOTE HEALTHIER CHOICES. WE PROTECT FOOD, WATER AND AIR AND WE PREPARE FOR EMERGENCIES AND THE GOAL IS TO WORK TOGETHER FOR A SAFER AND HEALTHIER COMMUNITY. SO LET'S START OUT BY SHARING WITH YOU. OUR STAFFING SUMMARY WE HAVE ABOUT 10. INDIVIDUALS TEND STAFF PEOPLE 24 CONTRACT STAFF. THOSE ARE SURGERY VACCINATORS THAT WE WORK WITH. WE ALSO HAVE INTERNS AND VOLUNTEERS WHO WORK WITH US. SO WE HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, HIGH SCHOOL VOLUNTEERS, UNDERGRADUATE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS, GRADUATE STUDENTS. WHO PERIODICALLY YOU KNOW, WORK WITH US ON DIFFERENT PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. WE ALSO HAVE CONTRACT ORGANIZATIONS FOR SOME OF OUR ESSENTIAL SERVICES. SOME OF THOSE INCLUDE OUR CONTRACTS WOULD SAVE, UM, CHILD IMMUNIZATION VACCINE CLINICS. AND UM, ALSO WITH, YOU KNOW IF WE ALSO HAVE AGREEMENTS WITH, YOU KNOW DIFFERENT ENTITIES REGIONALLY TO HELP AND EMERGENCIES. SOME QUICK PUBLIC HEALTH FACTS WE HAD FOR 2022. WE HAD SEVEN SHARED SERVICE AGREEMENTS. 10 EMPLOYEES WE ADMINISTRATE ABOUT 414 FLU VACCINATIONS, AND WE MADE IT TO THE NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. INFLUENZA, HONORABLE WE ALSO PARTNERED WITH MOM AND POP PHARMACIES THIS PAST SEASON AND WE HOPE TO CONTINUE THAT EFFORT, ESPECIALLY WITH THE NEW PHARMACY OPENING IN TOWN. WE ADMINISTERED OVER 2000 COVID 19 VACCINATIONS INSPECTED 229 RETAIL FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS. WE LICENSED ABOUT 973 PETS AND WE MOST OF THE DISEASES THAT WE INVESTIGATED WERE COVID, AND I'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THE BREAKDOWN OF NON COVID DISEASES . MANY OF THESE DISEASES WERE ALSO INVESTIGATED BY THE STATE CONTACT RACING TEAM. THAT WILL YOU KNOW WILL NOW BE, UM THAT SERVICE WILL BE DISCONTINUED AT THE STATE LEVEL WITH THE PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY ENDING WE ALSO INVESTIGATED 35 OUTBREAKS. AND UM 66 ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH ISSUES THAT WERE INVESTIGATED NOT WITH THE OUTBREAKS THAT THAT IS TIME CONSUMING, AND THAT DOES TAKE UP A LOT OF TIME AND ONE OF THE REASONS WE FOCUSED MORE ON COVID 19 VACCINATIONS WAS SO THAT WE HAD FEWER OUTBREAKS TO MANAGE AND INVESTIGATE BECAUSE IT IS JUST SO TIME. TIME AND TENSE. THIS IS JUST A SNAPSHOT OF OUR SERVICE AREA FOR 2022 THE DIFFERENT AREAS THAT WE ARE REQUIRED TO, UM THE DIFFERENT SERVICES THAT WERE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE BY THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. AND I WANNA GO OVER EACH ONE OF THEM. I WILL BE TALKING ABOUT THE KEY SERVICES IN THE NEXT FEW SLIDES. UM, I'LL START OUT BY TALKING ABOUT OUR GRANTS, SO WE WERE VERY HEAVILY GRANT FUNDED IN 2022. I HAVE THE BREAKDOWN HERE FOR YOU. UM YOU KNOW, THE BIGGEST GRANTS ARE OUR COVID GRANTS, STRENGTHENING PUBLIC HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE PUBLIC HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE GRANTS. WE ALSO HAVE THE SMALLER INFECTION CONTROL GRANTS AS WELL AS OUR MUNICIPAL ALLIANCE AND YOUTH SERVICES GRANTS. THAT WE ARE RECIPIENTS OF FROM SOMERSET COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES. AND THE MUNICIPAL ALLIANCE AND YOUTH SERVICES GRANTS ARE FUNDED THROUGH THE GOVERNOR'S COUNCIL ON ALCOHOLISM AND DRUG ABUSE PREVENTION. AND THEY HAVE A VERY STRICT, UM, THAT VERY STRICT REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. WHICH IS WHY YOU'RE YOU'RE PERIODICALLY SEE ALLIANCE RESOLUTIONS THAT COME ACROSS THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE FOR APPROVAL. AND MOST OF THOSE PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES HAVE TO RELATE TO SUBSTANCE USE IN SOME WAY, SO IT'S EITHER YOU KNOW, ALCOHOL, TOBACCO OPIOIDS MARIJUANA. UM AND IT'S ALL ABOUT PREVENTION. SO OUR GOAL IS TO INCREASE AWARENESS AND TO PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL V SOURCES AND PROGRAMS TO OUR COMMUNITY. NOW, WHAT MAKES IT EASIER FOR US TO RECEIVE THAT THESE GRANTS IS THE FACT THAT WE ARE ACCREDITED. SO WHEN WE FIRST WHEN WE FIRST GAINED ACCREDITATION, THERE WERE COMPETITIVE GRANTS THAT CAME OUT FROM THE STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT . IT WAS ONLY ABOUT I THINK IT WAS EITHER SEVEN OR ABOUT 12 BIG GRANTS THAT CAME OUT AND WE WERE LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE RECEIVED THAT BIG GRAND. IT WAS OVER $100,000. OUR $195,000, AND IT WAS MAINLY BECAUSE WE WERE ACCREDITED AND THAT WORKED IN OUR BENEFIT WHEN COVID HIT BECAUSE WE WERE ABLE TO, YOU [00:10:06] KNOW, BE FLEXIBLE AND TO BRING ON THE CONTACT TRACING STAFF THAT WERE NEEDED TO INVESTIGATE ALL OF THOSE COVID DISEASES THAT WE WERE SEEING, WHEREAS OTHER NEIGHBORING TOWNS DID NOT HAVE THAT ADDED BENEFIT, AND IT TOOK THEM MONTHS TO GET THOSE EXTRA RESOURCES SO YOU KNOW, IN A WAY ACCREDITATION IS AN ADDED BONUS FOR US BECAUSE IT HELPS US AND IT INCREASES OUR CHANCES OF RECEIVING FUNDING BECAUSE OF OUR STATUS. IT SHOWS THE FUNDERS THAT WE ARE SERIOUS THAT WE'RE ACCOUNTABLE AND WE HAVE THE RIGHT REPORTING REQUIREMENTS IN PLACE AND THE RIGHT STRUCTURE TO DO IT CORRECTLY. AND THE GOOD THING IS THAT THE NEXT ROUND OF GRANTS THAT WE WILL BE RECEIVING FROM THE STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT STARTING NEXT FISCAL YEAR IN JULY, THEY ALLOW FOR ACCREDITATION OPTIONS SO WE CAN OFFSET ARE RE ACCREDITATION COSTS WITH THE GRANTS AND JUST TO BE CLEAR THAT ACCREDITATION IS NATIONAL. YES, IT'S NATIONAL ACCREDITATION. IS THERE STATE LEVEL. THE STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS ACCREDITED, RIGHT ? BUT ON THE NATIONAL, BUT IS THERE OTHER HEALTH DEPARTMENTS? DO THEY GET SOME KIND OF? IS THERE A STATE ACCREDITATION OR IT'S JUST NOT NO, IT'S THROUGH THE SAME ENTITY THAN THAT. PUBLIC HEALTH ACCREDITATION BOARD. OKAY GREAT. THANK YOU. AND THIS IS RENEWED EVERY YEAR OR EVERY FIVE YEARS EVERY FIVE YEARS, SO WE'RE GOOD FOR ANOTHER. 3 2025 25. THIS IS OUR ANNUAL FINANCIAL SUMMARY. IT INCLUDES REVENUE THAT WE'VE GENERATED FROM THE MUNICIPALITIES THROUGH OUR SHARED SERVICES AGREEMENTS. WE ALSO YOU KNOW, WE GAINED A LOT OF REVENUE FROM OUR NJ D O H GRANTS AS WELL AS OUR GRANTS FROM THE D P FOR RADAN GRANT MUNICIPAL ALLIANCE AND YOUTH SERVICES GRANTS AS WELL AS OUR INFECTION CONTROL GRANTS THROUGH THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COUNTY AND CITY HEALTH OFFICIALS AS WELL AS THE NEW JERSEY CHAPTER OF THAT ORGANIZATION. UM . I'LL JUST TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE KEY SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE INDIVIDUAL CLINICAL SERVICES THAT FALLS UNDER OUR PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING AND WE ARE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE, YOU KNOW, IMMUNIZATIONS AND MAKE SURE THAT UNINSURED CHILDREN AND INDIVIDUALS HAVE ACCESS TO THIS SERVICE. UM WE WORK WITH THE FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTERS REGIONALLY, WE'VE BEEN LUCKY TO PARTNER WITH ZOO FALL HEALTH CENTER. UM YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES, SOMERVILLE, THEY MIGHT HAVE, YOU KNOW, OVERFLOW AND PLAINSBORO ZOO FALL HAS BEEN VERY, UM THEY'VE BEEN, UM, REALLY GREAT TO WORK WITH, AND WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO HAVE BEEN ABLE TO REFER MANY PEOPLE AND INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES TO OUR FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTERS IN THE AREA. WE WERE ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR SCREENING, UM CHILDREN THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS HAVING DANGEROUS LEVELS OF LEAD IN THEIR BLOOD. AND YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN LUCKY AND FORTUNATE THAT WE HAVEN'T HAD THAT THIS PAST YEAR WHEN WE DO IDENTIFY CHILDREN WITH HIGH BLOOD LEAD LEVELS. IT IS VERY AGAIN TIME INTENSE INVESTIGATION, THERE'S AN ENVIRONMENTAL INVEST. STIG ATION SIDE. THERE'S NURSE CASE MANAGEMENT. THERE'S HEALTH EDUCATION. AND ALL OF THESE, THEY'RE VERY STRICT REQUIREMENTS IN TERMS OF TIME FRAMES THAT WE HAVE TO ADHERE TO. BASED ON THE N J. D O A TWO REQUIREMENTS. SO WE PARTNER WITH OUR REGIONAL PARTNERS IN MERCER AND SOMERSET COUNTY TO HELP WITH THOSE INTENSE INVESTIGATIONS. WE ARE ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR HANDLING SCHOOL IMMUNIZATION AUDITS. OUR PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE GOES OUT TO ALL OF THE SCHOOLS AND DAYCARES IN TOWN TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF THEM ARE UP TO DATE WITH ALL THE IMMUNIZATION RECORDS, AND THEN WE HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, INFORM AND FORCE AS NECESSARY. YOU KNOW, JUST A BREAKDOWN OF ALL OF THE DISEASES THAT WE'VE SEEN THIS PAST YEAR. I'LL FOCUS MORE ON THE NON COVID DISEASES. SO IN 2022 WE INVESTIGATED 188 CASES OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES NOT INCLUDING COVID, OR INFLUENZA. UM WE KIND OF BROKE THAT DOWN FURTHER FOR YOU SO THAT YOU HAD A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE TYPES OF DISEASES THAT COME THROUGH THEIR VECTOR BORN AND FOODBORNE DISEASES, UM, VECTOR BORNE, MOSTLY TICK BORNE. AND SO WE DO WANT TO STRENGTHEN OUR AND CONTINUE TO, UM, CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON LYME DISEASE PREVENTION. SO MOST OF OUR COMMUNITY EVENTS THAT WE WILL BE PARTICIPATING IN. WE WILL HAVE INFORMATION ONLINE DISEASE PREVENTION. WE ALSO OFFER PRESENTATIONS TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND THEIR, UM VAST, YOU KNOW VARIETY OF RESOURCES AVAILABLE THROUGH THE STATE THAT WE CAN SHARE WITH THE COMMUNITY. AH WE ALSO HAVE SEEN FOODBORNE DISEASES IN TOWN. AND SO THAT'S WHAT THAT'S ANOTHER REASON WHY IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO, UM, MAKE SURE THAT OUR RETAIL ESTABLISHMENTS ARE REGULARLY INSPECTED THAT WE'RE SHARING EDUCATIONAL INFORMATION WITH OUR FOOD HANDLERS AND ALWAYS INCLUDING THEM IN ANY OUTREACH THAT WE DO IN THE COMMUNITY. 20 AND 2022. WE DID SEE 35 OUTBREAKS. MOST OF THEM WERE [00:15:06] EITHER COVID OR RSV AND YOU KNOW, WE PARTNER WITH AND WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH THE SCHOOLS WITH THE LONG TERM CARE FACILITY, THE BEHAVIORAL CARE FACILITY TO ENSURE THAT ALL OUTBREAKS ARE MITIGATED AND THAT WE ARE PREVENTING SPREAD AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, SO THE GOAL IS TO PREVENT DISEASE AND PREVENT SPREAD OF AND FURTHER SPREAD OF DISEASE. IF I COULD JUST ASK QUESTIONS SO WITH THE DAYCARES BECAUSE I JUST LIVED THROUGH THIS LAST YEAR, UM ARE YOU NATURALLY INFORMED IF THERE'S LIKE AN RSV UP BREAK AT ONE OF THE DAYCARES, AND IT WOULD BE THE PROCESS TO INVESTIGATE AND WHAT WOULD BE THE OUTCOMES OF THAT? SO ALL OF THE SCHOOLS AND DAYCARES THEY HAVE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FROM THE STATE SO WHEN THEY SEE MORE THAN THREE CASES IN A SETTING OR IN A COHORT OF THE OF THE SIMILAR KINDS OF SYMPTOMS OR DISEASE, THEY MUST THEY'RE REQUIRED TO NOTIFY THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND THAT'S WHEN WE GET INVOLVED. SO WE THERE'S A LOT OF COMMUNICATION. IT'S UM ALL DAY EVERY DAY UNTIL THE OUTBREAK IS RESOLVED IT IT ENTAILS COMMUNICATING WITH THIS WITH THIS SIDE WITH THE SCHOOL. UM YOU KNOW, GETTING INFORMATION FROM THEM THAT IS REQUIRED. THEN WE COMPILE THAT INFORMATION AND PRESENTED TO OUR STATE EPIDEMIOLOGISTS, AND WE LOOK FURTHER TRYING TO DETERMINE WHAT THE CAUSE IS. IS THERE FURTHER SPREAD? ARE WE MITIGATING IT? IS IT BEING CONTAINED? SO AND BASED ON OUR COMMUNICATION WITH THE STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT EPIDEMIOLOGISTS, WE COME UP WITH ACTION ITEMS FOR THE SCHOOLS AND MITIGATION MEASURES THAT THEY SHOULDN'T INSTITUTE IN ORDER TO PREVENT SPREAD. IT COULD BE, YOU KNOW, EXCLUSION, IT COULD BE HEIGHTENED CLEANING SO THEIR VARIETY OF MEASURES DEPENDING ON THE DISEASE, AND UM AND THEN ADDITIONAL REPORTING, SO THE SCHOOL HAS TO CONTINUE COMMUNICATING AND REPORTING TO US AND THEN BASED ON HOW BIG THE OUTBREAK IS, UM, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD NEED ADDITIONAL RESOURCES , OR MAYBE EVEN REQUIRES CLOSURES OF CLASSROOMS OR THE SCHOOL IN GENERAL, SO THE GOAL IS TO NOT LET IT GET TO THAT POINT AND TO ADDRESS IT AS SOON AS WE FIND OUT THANK YOU. SO NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO ANIMAL CONTROL , ANIMAL CARE AND MANAGEMENT. YOU KNOW, THE FOCUS REALLY HAS BEEN ON PIT LICENSING WE THIS IS FOR LAST YEAR WE HAD ABOUT 854 CALLS FOR SERVICE OVER 315 INVESTIGATIONS FOR EITHER ANIMAL NUISANCES BITES OR, YOU KNOW, UM, DOGS AT LARGE. OVER 50 ANIMALS WERE BROUGHT TO SAVE STEVE SHELTER THE HAD OVER 212 DEAD DEER REMOVAL REQUESTS ME TO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. TO ANIMAL CONTROL. WE CONTRACT WITH? LET'S SAVE TO HELP US WITH, UM IMPOUNDING STREET ANIMALS. THEY ALSO HELP WITH ADOPTION SERVICES FOR ANIMALS THAT ARE FOUND IN OUR SERVICE AREA. NO AND THEN REGARDING PIT LICENSING. ALL MUNICIPALITIES IN NEW JERSEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR LICENSING DOMESTIC DOGS TO ENSURE THAT DOGS AND THE PEOPLE THEY INTERACT WITH ARE PROTECTED FROM RABIES. BUT LICENSING HELPS US ENSURE THAT AS MANY PETS AS POSSIBLE. ARE UM, VACCINATED AGAINST RABIES. OR IF THE PETS YOU KNOW IF THEY RUN AWAY THERE, IT'S QUICKER TO REUNITE THEM WITH THE WITH THEIR OWNER, AND SO WE'RE STILL CONTINUING TO WORK ON, UM, STRENGTHENING OUR PET LICENSING PROGRAM. YOU KNOW, WE'RE FINDING THAT MOST PEOPLE WHEN THEY A WHEN THEY ADOPT A PET SOMETIMES IF THEY'RE REGISTERING WITH THEIR LANDLORD OR WITH THEIR VETERINARIAN. THEY THINK THAT THAT'S ALL THAT THEY HAVE TO DO THEY MANY PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE THAT THERE ARE MUNICIPAL REQUIREMENTS. YOU KNOW THAT THEY SHOULD, UM, LICENSE THEIR DOGS HERE AND THEN MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE UP TO DATE WITH THEIR BABIES VACCINES, SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE CONTINUING TO WORK ON. AND WE WANT TO HAVE A STRENGTHENED, UM, RELATIONSHIP WITH THE PROPERTY DEVELOPMENTS IN THE AREA. BECAUSE MANY OF OUR YOU KNOW REQUESTS FOR DOGS AT LARGE SOMETIMES ARE IN, UM YOU KNOW, APARTMENT COMPLEXES AND DEVELOPMENTS IN THE AREA, SO THERE'S NO NEED TO DO MORE EDUCATION THERE. DO YOU WORK AT ALL WITH THE VETERINARIAN? YES BUT WE, UH I THINK WE'VE BEEN BETTER WITH SOME RATHER THAN YOU KNOW EVERYBODY REGIONALLY IN OUR AREA BECAUSE I KNOW PEOPLE GO TO NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES AS WELL. SO THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO STRENGTHEN THAT OUTREACH. OKAY, GREAT AND YOU'LL BE BRINGING THIS ON SATURDAY FOR THE TABLE. YES, YES. AND THEN WE HAVE PICTURES FROM OUR RABIES CLINIC IN, UM IN JANUARY OR FEBRUARY. IT'S ALWAYS COLD AND IT'S ALWAYS FREEZING WHEN WE DO THE CLINICS. NOW TO ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH. YOU KNOW, THERE'S A VARIETY OF THINGS THAT WE DO UNDER THE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH UMBRELLA. THESE ARE LIKE THE MAIN, THE MAIN COMPONENTS, RECREATIONAL BATHING FACILITIES. WE HAVE, UM PUBLIC RECREATIONAL POOLS. UH AND THEN SEASONAL FACILITIES AND AT THE DEVELOPMENTS IN TOWN [00:20:06] WHERE THEY'RE ONLY OPEN DURING THE SUMMER SEASON. WE ALSO INSPECT YOUTH CAMPS AND AGAIN WITH RETAIL FOOD INSPECTIONS. WE ALSO ISSUED TEMPORARY FOOD LICENSES FOR TEMPORARY EVENTS THAT OCCUR IN TOWN AND OUR INSPECTOR GOES OUT. YOU KNOW HE WAS THERE FOR FUN FEST. UM AND JUST TO ENSURE THAT YOU KNOW, FOOD IS BEING HANDLED PROPERLY AND THEY'RE MEETING THE RIGHT STORAGE TEMPERATURE REQUIREMENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT AGAIN EVERYTHING TO PREVENT DISEASE. THERE'S ALSO ON SITE WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE YOU KNOW, OVER 3000 SEPTIC SYSTEMS IN THIS MUNICIPALITY. WE DEAL WITH THE CONSTRUCTION PERMIT WHEN PEOPLE ARE ALTERING OR INSTALLING NEW SYSTEMS AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THAT THE RIGHT SYSTEM DESIGNS ARE BEING INSTALLED AND THAT WERE PREVENTING ANY, UM. PRINTING PRINTING ANY ANY ISSUES AS IT RELATES TO WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT , MAKING SURE THAT YOU KNOW PEOPLE DON'T HAVE FAILING SEPTICS AND BACKUPS THAT CAN CAUSE MORE PROBLEMS AND MORE EXPENSIVE THAT CAN BE MORE EXPENSIVE FOR THE HOMEOWNER. WE ALSO PROCESS MANY PUBLIC HEALTH RELATED COMPLAINTS FROM RESIDENTS WE HANDLED OVER 1093 COMPLAINTS LAST YEAR, 66 CASES WERE INVESTIGATED THAT THAT REQUIRED INVESTIGATION AND ABOUT 10% OF THOSE CASES REQUIRED ENFORCEMENT ACTION. AND I DIDN'T INCLUDE PICTURES FROM MONTGOMERY . YOU KNOW THAT WE'VE COME ACROSS, SO I JUST INCLUDED GENERAL PICTURES FROM OTHER HEALTH DEPARTMENTS TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA. OF THE TYPES OF THINGS WE SEE. OKAY? UM WE AND THEN THERE'S ALSO OUR HEALTH EDUCATION COMPONENT. WE WERE REQUIRED TO HAVE A CERTIFIED HEALTH EDUCATION SPECIALIST ON STAFF FURTHER STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH REQUIREMENTS, SO THESE ARE SOME OF THE EXAMPLES OF EVENTS THAT WE PARTICIPATED AND WE HAD PARTICIPATED IN THE COLOR RUN. LAST YEAR WE HAD PARTICIPATED IN ABOUT 72 INDIVIDUAL SINGLE SESSION EVENTS AND 13 MULTI SESSION EDUCATIONAL EVENTS. WE ALSO HAVE LORI HALF FROM OUR ALLIANCE. WHO WAS AT MANY OF OUR BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHTS. WE USED BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE COMMUNITY AND TO EVEN TO BUILD RELATIONSHIPS WITH SOME OF THE SCHOOL STAFF THAT WE MIGHT NOT SEE FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR. SO IT'S A GOOD GOOD TIME TO BE. TO INTRODUCE OURSELVES TO THE TO THE SCHOOLS AND THE PARENTS. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A PICTURE OF OUR RESILIENCE EVENT THAT WE HAD AT THE MONTGOMERY EVANGELICAL FREE CHURCH IN NOVEMBER. AND WE HOPE TO DO MORE OF THIS AND PARTICIPATE IN MORE COMMUNITY EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. THERE'S ALSO A FOCUS ON EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE THAT WE IN THAT WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR, AND I HAD KIND OF HAVE GIVEN YOU A LIST OF SOME OF YOU KNOW WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE . SO YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW ABOUT RETAIL FOOD SAFETY, BUT WE ALL ARE ALSO INVOLVED WITH, YOU KNOW THE PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY MULTIFAMILY HOUSING, INVESTIGATING FOODBORNE DISEASE OUTBREAKS, OTHER INFECTIOUS DISEASE OUTBREAKS. HAZARDOUS MATERIAL SPILLS ROSTER WHICH SPILLS UM ISOLATION AND QUARANTINE TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF DANGEROUS DISEASES MAKE MAJOR NATURAL DISASTERS, POTENTIAL BIOTERRORISM EXPOSURES, AND SO THERE IS A NEED FOR US TO MAKE SURE WE'RE STAYING UP TO DATE WITH ALL OF OUR TRAININGS BECAUSE THIS IS A LOT AND SO WE WERE ALSO, YOU KNOW, REQUIRED TO PARTICIPATE, AND, UM AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE STAYING UP TO DATE WITH THE LATEST TRAININGS THAT ARE COMING OUT FROM FEMA OR FROM THE STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, OR FROM THE MEDICAL RESERVE CORPS, OR OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AS WELL. SO THIS YEAR IS ABOUT TRAINING SO THAT YOU CAN DO IT OR YES, YES. SO AND I JUST WANTED TO END WITH , UM JUST TOUCHING ON MENTAL HEALTH BECAUSE YOU KNOW WE ARE WE HAVE A RESOLUTION FOR MAIZE MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH AND YOU KNOW, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH, IT'S SOMETIMES DIFFICULT TO REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT ENTAILS. SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I USE WHEN I'M TALKING ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS. AND SO WHEN, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PHYSICAL HEALTH, WE ALL KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS. IT MEANS HEALTHY EATING EXERCISE. GETTING GOOD REST. GOOD GENES HELPS, TOO. BUT WE ALSO KNOW WHAT IT MEANS. YOU KNOW WHEN WE DON'T HAVE THE GREATEST PHYSICAL HEALTH OR WHAT SHOULD WE DO TO MAINTAIN GOOD PHYSICAL HEALTH? THERE ARE WAYS THAT WE CAN REDUCE OUR RISK OF GETTING SICK, YOU KNOW, PRACTICING PROPER HAND WASHING COVERING OUR COUGHS. UM YOU KNOW , MAKING SURE THAT FOOD IS SAFE AND PROTECTING OURSELVES AGAINST FOOD BORNE ILLNESSES GETTING IMMUNIZED, TAKING UNIVERSAL PRECAUTIONS. AVOIDING UNPROTECTED SEX. WE KNOW THESE THINGS, NOT FOR MENTAL HEALTH. WE KNOW WHAT IT TAKES, YOU KNOW, LIKE YOU HAD SAID IN THE RESOLUTION. THE DATA IS THERE. THE RESEARCH IS THERE. YOU KNOW , IT TAKES UNDERSTANDING AND MANAGING YOUR EMOTIONS, MANAGING STRESS. HAVING POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS AND POPE AND SPIRITUALITY ALSO HELP. NOW WHAT [00:25:06] DOES IT MEAN TO REDUCE THE RISK SIMILAR TO, YOU KNOW, WASHING YOUR HANDS AND COVERING YOUR COUGH? WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT REDUCING RISK IS, YOU KNOW, ADDRESSING TRAUMA. WHEN THAT OCCURS IF THERE'S CHRONIC STRESS THAT PEOPLE ARE EXPERIENCING IN CHILDHOOD, KNOWING TO KNOWING TO ADDRESS THAT AND MANAGE THAT GET HELP FOR IT, UM IF THERE'S NON SUPPORTIVE OR DESTRUCTIVE RELATIONSHIPS IN 11 SLAVES UNINFORMED PARENTING, RECOGNIZING THAT RECOGNIZING RECOGNIZING THE NEED TO LEARN MORE ABOUT CERTAIN TOPICS. THAT WE MIGHT NOT KNOW ABOUT, UM OR HAVING NO OR LIMITED LIFE SKILLS . SO YOU KNOW, THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE KNOW WE SHOULD ADDRESS AND WORK ON. SO WHAT IS THE NEXT STEP, SO THE NEXT STEP IS RECOGNIZING THE SIGNS FOR PHYSICAL HEALTH? IF YOU'RE SICK , YOU KNOW THAT IF YOU HAVE A TEMPERATURE, SOMETHING'S WRONG IF YOU'RE COUGHING IF YOU'RE IN PAIN, YOU KNOW THAT SOMETHING IS WRONG AND THAT YOU HAVE TO DO YOU KNOW YOU HAVE TO ADDRESS THAT. AND WE DO THAT BY, YOU KNOW, GOING TO THE DOCTOR OR IF YOU'RE BLEEDING, AND IF IT HURTS, YOU KNOW, UM MAYBE GETTING AN X RAY OR STOPPING THE BLEED. WE KNOW WHAT WHAT THAT MEANS FOR MENTAL HEALTH. IT'S IMPORTANT SIMILARLY, TO RECOGNIZE THOSE SIGNS, YOU KNOW , SUICIDAL THINKING, DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY, POST TRAUMATIC STRESS. STOP SINCE USE UNDERAGE DRINKING OR INAPPROPRIATE AMOUNTS IN ADULTS, AND WE KNOW WHAT WILL YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO AND HOW TO GET HELP? YOU KNOW, RESEARCH AND STUDIES SHOW THAT EARLY DETECTION WORKS TO SECRETARY SAID IN THE RESOLUTION SCREENINGS, BRIEF INTERVENTIONS , STOPPING THAT EMOTIONAL PAIN. AND YOU KNOW THE GOAL IS TO KEEP INDIVIDUALS SAFE RECOGNIZING, YOU KNOW WHAT IS WHAT IS WRONG AND ADDRESSING IT, SO I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU ALL AND OUR GOAL AS A COMMUNITY. ONE MORE THING. I THINK WE ALSO NEEDED DISCUSS REDUCING THE STIGMA OF REACHING OUT TO SEE A MENTAL HEALTHCARE PRACTITIONER RIGHT, ESPECIALLY ACROSS MANY CULTURES. RIGHT WHERE YOU KNOW YOU HAVE A BROKEN ARM. PEOPLE GET IT. YEAH, CANCER. PEOPLE GET IT. BUT IF SOMETHING'S YOU KNOW, NOT WORKING WELL INSIDE. YOU KNOW CULTURALLY, FOR A LOT OF DIFFERENT GROUPS OF PEOPLE, IT'S LIKE DEAL WITH IT OR NO, IT'S ONLY FOR CRAZY PEOPLE, AND I THINK WE NEED TO OVERCOME THAT AND TALK ABOUT THAT. MORE OFTEN. I THINK THAT'S A GREAT POINT. AND I THINK THE COMMUNITY LEADERS MEETING WITH MUNICIPAL ALLIANCE AND HELD BUT WE'RE WORKING ON THAT. IT IS A VERY TOUGH THING BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK THIS AS A WEAKNESS INSTEAD OF A DISEASE. SO YES, I THINK IN MONTGOMERY, AT LEAST WE ARE MAKING AN EFFORT TO, YOU KNOW, START TALKING AND MAKING SURE PARENTS KNOW WHEN TO REACH OUT. AND IT'S OKAY. I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING. WE'RE TRYING VERY HARD. HOPEFULLY THE COMMUNITY COMES WITH US ON THAT. AND SO YOU KNOW OUR OUR GOAL AS A COMMUNITY SHOULD BE TO ACT ON THAT KNOWLEDGE THAT BEHAVIORAL HEALTH IS ESSENTIAL TO HEALTH THAT PREVENTION WORKS AND TREATMENT IS EFFECTIVE. AND THIS IS WHERE STIGMA ADDRESSING STIGMA DESK COME IN, SO WE AS A COMMUNITY SHOULD SHARE THAT INFORMATION AND, YOU KNOW, MAKE PEOPLE FEEL COMFORTABLE AND SEEKING HELP AND YOU KNOW, GIVING THEM THE RESOURCES THAT THEY NEED. AND MENTAL HEALTH IS A VERY YOU KNOW, COMPLICATED, YOU KNOW, BEAST SO YOU KNOW, WE FALL INTO THE CYCLE OF THE SYMPTOMS CYCLE THAT I HAVE HERE THAT WE TALK ABOUT WHEN WE DO OUR CHRONIC DISEASE MANAGEMENT CLASSES AND YOU KNOW THE SYMPTOMS CYCLE. IT'S SO EASY TO GET SUCKED INTO IT, AND THERE ARE TOOLS AVAILABLE TO HELP US BREAK THAT CYCLE. AND YOU KNOW THE EARLIER YOU LEARNED THESE TOOLS ON HOW TO BREAK THE SYMPTOMS CYCLE MORE RESILIENT YOU BECOME SO I WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU ALL, TOO, AND THEN JUST END WITH JUST SOME EVENTS THAT WE HAVE GOING ON REGIONALLY FOR MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH AND I PUT SOME ARE UPCOMING EVENT. MENTAL HEALTH MATTERS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL ON MAY 15TH. I HAVE MORE INFORMATION ON THESE CARDS ON DOUBLE SIDED, SO I HAVE MORE ON THE TABLE OVER THERE, AND I HOPE THAT PEOPLE ATTEND BECAUSE I'VE HAD MANY PARENTS COME UP TO ME TELLING ME ABOUT THEIR STRUGGLES. WITH THEMSELVES OR THEIR CHILDREN AS A RELEASE TO MENTAL HEALTH, SO THIS IS A DEFINITELY A PRESSING AND RELEVANT TOPIC IN OUR COMMUNITY , SO THAT'S THAT'S ALL I HAD TO SHARE. OUR THESE ARE LISTED ONLINE. UM ON THE WEBSITE. I THINK MOST OF THEM ARE I, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN LEARNING ABOUT SOME OF THESE EVENTS RECENTLY AND SOME EVEN TODAY, SO I'LL MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE MOST UP TO DATE LIST ON OUR WEBSITE WITH THE LINKS TO REGISTER AS WELL. YES. YEAH MR PATEL. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS PRESENTATION, AND PARTICULARLY FOR THIS PUTTING TOGETHER THIS THIS EVENT ON MONDAY. IT IS SO IMPORTANT THAT WE BRING ATTENTION TO THE MENTAL HEALTH STRUGGLES THAT ARE YOU PAP TODAY, UM, BEGINNING WITH AS HAS BEEN POINTED OUT THE FACT THAT THERE'S NO STIGMA ASSOCIATED WITH NEEDING MENTAL HEALTH ASSISTANCE. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. YEAH THANK YOU REALLY INFORMATIVE, AS ALWAYS. SO WE HAD TALKED ABOUT SWITCHING OVER THE PRESENTATION WITH THE NUMBER FOUR. WHICH [00:30:03] WOULD BE THE MUNICIPAL BUDGET IS EVERYBODY THAT WORKS, OKAY? SO THE FIRST ITEM IS NUMBER FOUR. A [4. 2023 MUNICIPAL BUDGET – Public Hearing and Adoption ] RESOLUTION 23 DASH 5-118 REGARDING THE PUBLIC HEARING OF THE 2023 LOCAL MUNICIPAL BUDGET OF THE TOWNSHIP OF MONTGOMERY. THIS IS FOR THE STATEMENTS OF REVENUES AND APPROPRIATIONS. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT. SO MOVED. SECOND ROLL CALL, PLEASE. COMMITTEE PERSON ON YES. YES. YES NURSING. YES, YES. AND B IS THE OPENING THE PUBLIC HEARING. THIS IS FOR THE FOR THE MUNICIPAL BUDGET. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING? SOME MOVED 2ND 2ND FAVOR. I IF ANYONE WANTS TO MAKE A COMMENT ON THE MUNICIPAL BUDGET, PLEASE COME FORWARD AND STATE YOUR NAME. ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. DON'T EVERYBODY, RIGHT? DON'T EVERYBODY RUSH. THE STAGE IS TOO BIG A LINE OVER THERE. OKAY WELL, BARRING NO PUBLIC HEARINGS, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? SO MOVED SECOND ALL IN FAVOR. AND THEN FINALLY. IS THE RESOLUTION 23 DASH 5-119. THIS IS FOR THE ADOPTION OF THE 2023 MUNICIPAL BUDGET. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE? IF NOT, MAY. I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT. SOME MOVED SECOND CALL VOTE. YES. YES, YES. YES. YES AND THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE. ABSOLUTELY. THERE'S A LOT OF AND MICHAEL TO YOUR TEAM AND THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING. [3. CONIFER PRESENTATION ] AND LAURA, YOU WERE ON ALL THOSE CALLS TO APPRECIATE IT. SO NOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE BACK AND WE'RE GOING TO DO ITEM NUMBER THREE, WHICH IS THE CONIFER PRESENTATION. SO UM, IF I I'M SORRY. I'M AFRAID, SIR, IF I COULD JUST INTRODUCE, UH, WE PUT THIS ON THE AGENDA BECAUSE CONIFER IS A DEVELOPER FROM NEW JERSEY AND THEY THEY'LL DESCRIBE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THEY DO AND WHO THEY ARE. BUT THEY APPROACHED THE TOWNSHIP IN CONJUNCTION WITH PEARL, WHO IS ANOTHER DEVELOPER. THEY'RE BASED OUT OF OHIO, BUT THEY HAVE DEVELOPMENTS HERE IN IN NEW JERSEY, AND THEY HAVE ONE DEVELOPMENT HERE IN TOWN APARTMENTS AT MONTGOMERY. THAT'S OFF OF HARTWICK DRIVE, AND, UM THEY HAVE BEEN. PEARL HAS BEEN WORKING WITH CONIFER TO SELL OFF FIVE OF THEIR DEVELOPMENTS. I BELIEVE IN NEW JERSEY AND KIND OF CONSOLIDATE THAT BUSINESS AND SO THEY THERE'S A DEVELOPERS AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE TOWNSHIP AND PEARL, WHERE IF THEY WERE TO DO THAT THE TOWNSHIP IS MADE AWARE OF AND HAS THE RIGHT TO SO SOMEWHERE. I MEAN, I'M NOT A LAWYER, BUT YOU KNOW, WE COULD MAYBE OBJECT IF WE WANTED TO, BUT BUT REALLY IN THE FUTURE, WE'RE GOING TO BE BRINGING PUTTING SOMETHING ON THE AGENDA AT THE NEXT MEETING, AND SO I WANTED TO BRING THE NEW BUYER OF THE PROJECT TO MEET ALL OF YOU FIRST. GREAT. THANK YOU. SO WHEN YOU'RE GIVING YOUR PRESENTATION, YOU'LL HAVE TO REALLY NOT A PRESENTATION. IT'S OKAY. IT'S JUST INTRODUCTION MEETING GREAT . JUST WANT TO GIVE THIS JUST A QUICK BACKGROUND ON. MAYBE THAT WILL BE GOOD JUST FOR US. YEAH, AND YOU HAVE TO KEEP SWITCHING BETWEEN THE MIX. YEAH WE'RE GONNA CHEERING. I'LL JUST INTRODUCE MYSELF QUICKLY. I'M KATE COFFEE FROM DAY PITNEY ON THEM, AND WE REPRESENT PEARL, WHICH IS THE CURRENT OWNER OF THE DEVELOPMENT AND THEN WITH ME IS LARRY SCHWEIGER FROM CONIFER. WHICH IS GOING TO BE TAKING OVER THE DEVELOPMENT. ASSUMING ALL GOES WELL AND I'LL LET LARA INTRODUCE YOURSELF A BIT MORE. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. UM SOME OF YOU MAY RECOGNIZE ME AS THE DEVELOPER WHO WAS WITH PEARL WHEN WE DID THE MONTGOMERY PROJECT. UM, SO I JOINED CONIFER ABOUT SEVEN MONTHS AGO. UM AND, UM, MOST RECENTLY, UM, KIND OF FOR AND I'LL GET A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE COMPANY MADE IT. MADE A DECISION TO WORK WITH PEARL TO ACQUIRE THEIR NEW JERSEY PORTFOLIO, WHICH INCLUDES THIS PROJECT, SO WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH A PERIOD OF CONSENTS WITH ALL OF OUR MUNICIPALITIES TO INTRODUCE OURSELVES AND, UM, LET YOU ASK US ANY QUESTIONS YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO, UM, KINDA FOR IS, UM, BEEN IN BUSINESS FOR ALMOST 50 YEARS. UM THEY MYSELF I'M THE EXECUTIVE VP OF DEVELOPMENT AND ACQUISITIONS. MYSELF AND THE PRESIDENT OF COMPANY. ACTUALLY OUR OFFICE HERE IN NEW JERSEY. UM AND WE [00:35:02] HAVE A CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS ALSO IN ROCHESTER. SO WE'RE GENERALLY UM NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY. HISTORICALLY MARYLAND BASED WE ARE NOW ACTUALLY EXPANDING THROUGH THE WHOLE EAST COAST. WE HAVE 15,000 APARTMENTS . 33 COMMUNITIES ARE HERE IN NEW JERSEY ARE CLOSEST COMMUNITY IS BRANCHBURG. PROBABLY SO WE KNOW THIS MARKET REALLY WELL, ALONG WITH THIS COMMUNITY HERE IN MONTGOMERY WERE ALSO ACQUIRING COMMUNITY RIGHT NEXT DOOR IN PRINCETON, SO THOSE WILL BOTH BE COMING TO THE KIND OF FOR GROUP CONIFER HAS ITS OWN, UM, MANAGEMENT TEAM, SO IT'S ALL IN HOUSE MANAGED. SO UM, IN ADDITION, THE COMMUNITY MANAGER THAT IS AT THAT COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW, WHO'S BEEN DOING LOVELY WILL STAY AT THE COMMUNITY. UM THE RESIDENTS LOVE HIM, AND WE WANT TO MAKE THIS SEAMLESS AS POSSIBLE. AH THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN VERY STABLE. UM THE MANAGER . THE REGIONAL MANAGER WAS SUPPOSED TO BE HERE TONIGHT, BUT HER 16 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER GOT STUCK ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD ON 95 GOING TO THE AIRPORT. SO UM, SHE APOLOGIZES FOR NOT BEING HERE TONIGHT, BUT I CAN PROBABLY ANSWER ALL OF YOUR QUESTIONS ANYTHING THAT PEARL WOULD HAVE DONE FROM A MANAGEMENT PERSPECTIVE THROUGH, UM, MODERN INCOME MANAGEMENT COMPANY WHO WAS THE MANAGEMENT AGENT? WOULD WOULD HAPPEN HERE. SO ALL THE NORMAL REPORTING THAT WE WOULD GIVE YOU FROM THE COMMUNITY SO YOU CAN DO WITH YOUR ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT. WE WOULD STILL DO THE SAME THING. WE DO ALL OF OUR COMPLIANCE IN HOUSE AS WELL. UM, AND SO IT'S KIND OF VERY MUCH SEAMLESS TRANSITION, DIFFERENT FACES, BUT YOU'RE GETTING A VERY EXPERIENCED DEVELOPMENT COMPANY AND I'M STILL WITH THE WITH THE COMPANY, WHICH IS GREAT, AND THEN YOU'RE ALSO GETTING A REALLY EXPERIENCED MANAGEMENT COMPANY. THAT WOULD BE COMING TO TAKE ON THE COMMUNITY AND I'M EXCITED TO, UH, TO CONTINUE TO BE PART OF IT. THREE. I'M GONNA OPEN UP TO THE ANYONE ON THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE UP TO A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. COME I WAS JUST GOING TO ASK IF A LOT OF YOU WANTED TO, BECAUSE IF SOMEONE IS TUNING IT FOR THE FIRST TIME TO THE TOWNSHIP MEETING, NEW RESIDENTS COME ALL THE TIME IF YOU WANT TO JUST GIVE TWO MINUTES. OVERVIEW OF WHAT THIS PROJECT IS SO PEOPLE WHO ARE TUNING IN MAYBE TODAY FOR THE FIRST TIME, THEY'RE LIKE WONDERING WHO THESE PEOPLE ARE. WHAT IS THE PROJECT ? WHAT IS HAPPENING? SURE UM, SO THE APARTMENTS AT MONTGOMERY IS AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING BUILDING APARTMENT BUILDING RENTAL APARTMENT BUILDING OFF OF HARTWICK, AND IT'S PART OF AN INCLUSIONARY DEVELOPMENT THAT INCLUDES THE TOWN HOMES THAT SHARP BELLOWS BUILDING THAT THE THAT ARE ALSO IN THAT AREA OFF OF VILLAGE DRIVE. UM AND IN THE LARGER COMMUNITY THAT IS THERE AND SO THE TOWNSHIP IN ORDER TO MEET OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING OBLIGATION BEGAN PLANNING PROBABLY 10 15 YEARS AGO, UM, IN ROUND THREE, AND WE'RE COMPLETING ALL OF THAT CONSTRUCTION NOW, SO THAT PROBABLY STARTED EVEN 20 YEARS AGO, BUT REALLY IN EARNEST, THIS PROJECT STARTED 10 OR 15 YEARS AGO. AND UM, THE GOAL WAS TO MAKE THAT AREA MORE WALKABLE SO YOU COULD WALK TO SHOPPING AND JOBS. UM AND TO THE BUS STOP THERE, BECAUSE WE ARE LUCKY THAT WE DO HAVE PUBLIC TRANSIT ONLY UP TO ORCHARD ROAD, AND IT DOES TRAVEL SOUTH TOWARDS MERCER COUNTY. BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT, UM THAT YOU KNOW, WE HAD HEARD FROM OTHER RESIDENTS IN TOWN, UH, THAT THEY WOULD REALLY LIKE TO HAVE ACCESS TO PUBLIC TRANSIT. AND SO THAT WAS AN AREA THAT WAS AVAILABLE FOR REDEVELOPMENT. AND SO WE'VE WORKED WITH AGAIN. IT WAS SHARP BELL. UM THE POLICE DEVELOPMENT GROUP, AND PEARL WAS A PART OF THAT, AND SO IT'S PART OF A LARGER COMMUNITY. PERFECT THANK YOU. CONTINUING TO DEVELOP THE CONSTRUCTION IS DONE. THE BUILDING IS COMPLETE, AND PEOPLE LIVE THERE. NOW THERE'S NO ADDITIONAL CONSTRUCTION THAT WILL BE JUST TAKING OVER THE MANAGEMENT OF THE UNDERSTOOD BUT YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES CONTEXT, YOU KNOW, FOR EVERYTHING, SO, YEAH, WE COMPLETED CONSTRUCTION IN 2021. UM FOR THAT OR BROKEN COMPLETED CONSTRUCTION IN 2021 FOR THAT PROJECT, AND UM, AND IT'S FULLY OCCUPIED. RIGHT SO ONE OF THE THINGS I JUST WANT TO MENTION THAT IS JUST A CONCERN AND NOT NECESSARILY. MAYBE YOU CAN HELP US. DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT IS THAT THE WALK ABILITY ISN'T QUITE WALKABLE YET BECAUSE ONE OF THE ROADS IS NOT IN AND THERE IS SOME, UM, WE HAVE FOLKS THAT ARE LIVING AT PAROLE THAT ARE COMING DOWN. 5 18, SOME IN WHEELCHAIRS AND SO FORTH. IT'S VERY DANGEROUS, AND WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO BETTER SERVE THE COMMUNITY. BUT UM, WE KNOW ONE LITTLE ROAD WILL OPEN UP. THAT MAY HELP BUT ONE OF THE BIGGER PROBLEMS I THINK IF THEY'RE TRYING TO GET TO SHOP, RIGHT, AND EVERYTHING IS THAT THE EXISTENCE THE ROAD DOES NOT. EXIST YET, BUT THE CONNECTION IS NOT THERE AND IT [00:40:01] MAY NOT FOR A WHILE, SO IT'S VERY CONCERNING TO MEMBERS OF THE CROSS MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY AS WELL. SO WE PROBABLY LIKE TO MEET ON THAT AND SEE WHAT WE COULD DO PERCENT. SO UM, WE WERE INTO THE MICROPHONE BECAUSE I'M SORRY. YEAH UM ASSUMING ALL GOES WELL, ONE, I WOULD SAY, REACH OUT TO BRIAN YOUNG, WHO'S THE COMMUNITY MANAGER? NOW THERE'S NO REASON TO WAIT. WE EXPECT TO HOPEFULLY CLOSED ON THE PROPERTY AROUND JUNE 8TH. UM AND COULD MEET WITH YOU AFTER THE CLOSING, BUT, YOU KNOW, FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT TO BRIAN. NOW, I'M SURE HE WOULD BE MORE THAN INTERESTED TO, UM TO FIGURE THAT OUT HIMSELF, UM, SAFETY OF OUR RESIDENTS AND THEN OBVIOUSLY AS SOON AS UM ARE TAMMY LEFT IS THE NAME OF THE WOMAN WHO IS OUR REGIONAL MANAGER. UM AND AS SOON AS SHE'S ON BOARD, I'M SURE WE CAN ABSOLUTELY SET UP A MEETING AND I CAN HAND THE CLERK I'LL HAND DONNA MY CARD AND SHE CAN REACH OUT ANYTIME SHE NEEDS. WONDERFUL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH QUESTIONS. NO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND WELCOME BACK TO THE COMMUNITY. YEAH TO MEET YOU GUYS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. [5. PUBLIC COMMENT ] WE'VE GOT THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS PUBLIC COMMENT, BUT THIS IS SWITCHED AROUND THE WE WANT TO. HOW DO WE WANT TO DO SO THEY CAN WITH A. PUBLIC MOVEMENT AROUND THAT. I THOUGHT JACK WAS STILL HERE. THERE YOU GO. YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T PUT SOMETHING IN THE BUDGET FOR THIS YEAR TO GET SOMETHING THAT TURNS AROUND. SURE MICHAEL COULDN'T FIND SOMETHING THAT WILL THE BUDGET SITTING RIGHT ON BOTH SIDES. THE LAZY SUSAN VERSION OF LIKE A BUTTON AND YOU'RE IT ROTATES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY SO NOW WE'LL OPEN IT UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT SO EACH SPEAKER WILL HAVE A MAXIMUM OF FIVE MINUTES TO SPEAK AND SHOULD LIMIT COMMENTS TO MATTERS PERTAINING TO THE TOWNSHIP. 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 GROUPS ARREST TO SELECT A SPOKESPERSON TO SPEAK ON THEIR BEHALF. THERE'S NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE ROOM, SO I THINK IF ANYBODY WANTS TO SPEAK, YOU CAN COME UP. SO WHEN YOU COME ON UP YOU JUST YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. RESPECTED MAYOR, DEPUTY MAYOR MIKE THE MIKE. HELLO RESPECTED MAYOR, COUNTY DEPUTY MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL MEMBERS. I AM PRO PINDER GOALIE AND I HAVE HERE MY HUSBAND AND OTHER PEOPLE IN SUPPORT OF ME. UM YOUR ADDRESS TO YOUR ADDRESS. YEAH IF YOU HAVE MOVED TO 12 WOULD VIEW DR BELLAMY NEED AROUND NINE MONTHS BACK FROM GLEN ROCK. AND THEN WE MOVED. IT WAS, YOU KNOW, TOWARDS THE END OF THE PANDEMIC, RIGHT? AND WE WORK IN THE WHEN I SAY WE, IT'S ME AND MY HUSBAND. WE WORK IN THE FINANCIAL INDUSTRY. HE WORKS IN NEW YORK AND I'M IN THE HOCKEY NEWS JERSEY SO WE WERE WORKING FROM HOME. IT WAS VERY EASY. THERE IS NO COMMUTE. BUT NOW WE ARE GETTING BACK TO NORMALCY. AND YOU KNOW THE AS WE TALKED ABOUT, AND I REMEMBER UM, YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU KNOW, PUBLIC TRANSPORT IS A CONCERN, AND THAT IS WHERE I WANT TO, YOU KNOW, ADDRESS FEW THINGS HERE, AND I'M NOT ONLY THE PART OF THE PROBLEM, THERE IS A PROPOSAL. THE SUGGESTION I WOULD SAY AS PART OF THE SOLUTION ALSO. SO NOW WE'RE GOING BACK TO HAVE TWO KIDS. ONE IS MIDDLE SCHOOL AND THE OTHER IS AN ELEMENTARY. AND, AS YOU KNOW, THE TIME FOR THE ELEMENTARY IS GOOD. IT'S A LITTLE LATE, AND THEY CAN HAVE MORE QUALITY. TIME BUT FOR US WHO WORK WITH THE GLOBAL SETUP, RIGHT? WE HAVE TO CONNECT TO EUROPE WHILE WE'RE GOING COMMUTING TO THE OFFICE THAT TIME IS LOST. SO HONORABLE IT IMPACTS THE WORK AND THE NEGATIVE PRAY SO THAT IMPACTS THE WORLD BALANCED LIFE, RIGHT? THE SECOND THING IS THAT WHEN WE ARE TRAVELING RIGHT, THE TRAVEL OPTIONS ARE EITHER WE TAKE A PUBLIC TRANSFORM FROM HILLSBOROUGH, PRINCETON. THERE IS NO BUS TRAIN IS THAT OF COURSE I'M NOT EVEN YOU KNOW, GOING THERE ENGLAND ROCK. WE HAVE TO TRAIN STATIONS AND A VERY FREQUENT BUS SERVICE. SO BUT WE ARE LOVING IT BECAUSE OF THE OTHER WAYS. WE HAVE A GOOD QUALITY OF LIFE HERE AND THE KIDS ARE VERY WELL SET. AND IT WAS A QUICK, YOU KNOW, WAY TO ADJUST. AND REALLY, I'M VERY THANKFUL TO, YOU KNOW TO THE RESIDENTS AND THE TOWNSHIP. SO UM, YOU KNOW, LITTLE BIT DIGGING DEEPER. WE SEARCHED IF WE TRAVELED AND PARK AND RIDE IN HILLSBORO OR PRINCETON. IT IS AROUND 30 TO 40 MINUTES ADDITION TO THE ONE HOUR 15 MINUTES OR ONE HOUR, 30 MINUTES AFTER TRAVEL TIME, RIGHT. THAT WAY WE CAN DRIVE IT WILL THE SAME THING. WE CAN TAKE CALLS TO A [00:45:04] CARPOOL. BUT LOOK AT THAT. IF WE HAVE A PUBLIC TRANSPORT, WE ALREADY HAVE HILLSBOROUGH AND PRINCETON COACH USA AND TRANSIT IF STOP GETS ADDED, BUT EITHER OR THE TWO HOW MUCH RESIDENTS BESIDES THAT WILL BENEFIT AND I AM SAYING IT WITH CONFIDENCE BECAUSE I DID CONNECT WITH OTHER FOLKS AROUND AND THERE IS THERE IS A LOT OF YOU KNOW MONTY RESIDENTS. UM COOL, DO THE SAME KIND OF COMMUTE TO HUDSON COUNTY . YOU KNOW, OUR AFTERNOON NEW YORK AND LOOKING AT THE OTHER ASPECTS FOR ASPIRING RESIDENTS, NEW RESIDENTS AND OUR KIDS NEED JEN. NEXT THEY WILL HAVE BETTER AVENUES AS THEY WILL BE ABLE TO BENEFIT FROM THIS KIND OF SERVICE OF PUBLIC TRANSPORT BEING OPENED. ENVIRONMENTALLY WE WILL HAVE LESS CARS ON THE ROAD SO IMPACT WITH A SMALL REQUEST OR PROPOSAL AND PUTTING FORWARD CAN BE BIG IT WILL YOU KNOW, FROM THE FAT ARM? UH NOT JUST THAT THE SOCIAL LIFE WILL BE BETTER THE DAY WE TRAVELED TO OUR WORK FOR OUR FAMILY, TOO STRESSFUL DAY. IT SHOULD NOT BE THAT RIGHT. SO I MEAN, WE ARE JUST COMMITTING TWO DAYS AS OF NOW, AND IF IT INCREASES, UM I THINK THAT'S THAT'S WHERE YOU KNOW I'M PART OF THE PROBLEM WITH THE SOLUTION PROPOSED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WHAT THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND I'VE HAD A CHANCE TO TALK TO A FEW RESIDENTS. SEEMS LIKE THERE IS A BIG DEMAND. WE'VE BEEN TALKING WITHIN OURSELVES TO TALK. I MEAN AMONGST OURSELVES, RATHER ABOUT SOME KIND OF PUBLIC TRANSIT. I MEAN, WE'RE WORKING ON IT, BUT WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR THOUGHTS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANYONE ELSE? MOVEMENTS. OKAY, WELL, USUALLY WE ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS THAT THE END OF PUBLIC COMMENT, BUT YES, THE DEPUTY MAYOR IS WORKING ON SOMETHING. WE ARE ALL WORKING ON IT PERSONALLY. I COMMUTED INTO NEW YORK CITY FOR FIVE DAYS A WEEK FOR MANY YEARS, SO I DO UNDERSTAND YOUR PAIN VERY MUCH. UM I THINK IT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL TO HEAR FROM MORE RESIDENTS. UM AND WHEN ONE PERSON COMES EVEN WITH THEY SAY , I'VE GOT A LIST OF 50 PEOPLE THAT HAVE SIGNED THIS. WE REALLY WOULD LIKE TO HEAR MORE FROM PEOPLE BECAUSE YOU SAY, WHAT DO WE? WHERE DO YOU WANT SOMETHING TO GO? ARE WE TALKING A TRAIN? WE'RE TALKING A BUS AND SO FORTH, BUT SO PLEASE ENCOURAGE OTHERS, UM, TO COME IN AND TALK ABOUT IT. IT IS NOT AN EASY COMMUTE. I DEFINITELY UNDERSTAND THAT SO WE ARE LIKE TO. I'D LOVE TO SAY WE'VE GOT A SOLUTION IN OUR BACK POCKET, BUT WE DON'T BUT THERE, THE MORE PEOPLE THAT NEED THIS SOLUTION AND COME TO THE MEETINGS AND DON'T JUST GO ONLINE OR SOMETHING. THAT'S WHAT WE NEED. WE NEED PEOPLE TO COME AND REALLY MAKE IT MORE OF A BRING IT MORE TO THE FOREFRONT, RIGHT. THAT'S WHAT WE WOULD ASK OF YOU AND ANYONE ELSE LISTENING. WHO WANTS TO YES, I WOULD. I WOULD EMPHASIZE WHAT THE MAYOR IS SAYING. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS TOP OF MIND FOR ALL OF US, UM, WHEN MY SON HAD AN INTERNSHIP IN NEW YORK, IT WAS SUCH YOU KNOW, THERE WERE SO MANY STEPS TO GETTING HIM THERE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE HE DIDN'T HAVE ANY OPTION TO DRIVE BECAUSE HE WAS TOO YOUNG. SO IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT, UM, WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT FOR ON BEHALF OF ALL THE RESIDENTS. ALSO HAD THEIR THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING, SO HOPEFULLY IT'S THE START OF MANY PEOPLE COMING TO DISCUSS THIS ALSO HIGHLY RECOMMEND, YOU KNOW, UM, SENDING EMAILS TO OUR TO OUR ALL OF OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS AT THE ASSEMBLY SENATE, YOU KNOW THAT THE MAYOR AND I AND COMMITTING PERSON ON ALSO HAD THIS DISCUSSION WITH ONE OF OUR STATE ELECTED OFFICIALS, SO THEY'RE DEFINITELY HEARING IT FROM MULTIPLE PARTIES SETTING, THE MORE WE CAN GET THEM. YOU KNOW THEM TO REMEMBER TO HELP SUPPORT MONTGOMERY AS WELL. THANK YOU FOR BEING IN THIS SEAT. BELIEVE ME, THE MORE PEOPLE THAT COME UP AND TALK ABOUT IT YOU, YOU KNOW, REALLY THE UM IT REALLY HELPS TO BE QUITE DEFINITELY STRENGTHEN NUMBERS. ABSOLUTELY AND THE COURT US A POINT WILL HAVE A DISCUSSION. LORI, JUST TO MAYBE YOU HAVE COULD JUST UPDATE YOU SO SHERRY CRUISE IN OUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN REACHING OUT TO THE BUS COMPANIES TO SEE WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO ESTABLISH A PARKING RIDE HERE IN MONTGOMERY. SO THE LEVEL IS ABOUT 60 RIDERS ON A DAILY BASIS FOR THEM TO START A NEW STOP HERE, AND I BELIEVE WE HEARD THAT THE HILLSBORO HAVE YOU BEEN TAKING THE BUS FROM HILLSBOROUGH? SO MAYBE THEY REACTIVATED IT, BUT THEY ACTUALLY CANCELED THAT LINE FROM WHAT THEY TOLD US THE ONE THAT WAS AT THE KOHL'S DEPARTMENT STORE, SO I'M NOT SURE IF YOU IF YOU'VE BEEN TAKING IT RECENTLY, SO THEY RE KENDALL PARK PARK IS PLEASE. UM WHEN WE WERE REACHING OUT TO THE COMMUNITY ABOUT TRYING TO GET AN R V C C SHUTTLE HERE WE DID A [00:50:05] SURVEY AND WE DID. WE'RE RECEIVING FEEDBACK THAT WAY THROUGH EMAILS AND TALLYING THAT WAY, SO THAT WOULD BE ONE WAY WE COULD MAYBE THROUGH OUR E BULLETIN AND OUR WEBSITE AND YOU CAN ENCOURAGE YOUR FRIENDS WHO MAY ALSO BE INTERESTED IN HAVING A COMPUTER SO WE CAN GATHER THAT INFORMATION YOU COULD HELP US DO DO THAT, AND WE CAN PROVIDE THAT TO THE PRIVATE BUS COMPANIES, SO SHERRY'S BEEN REACHING OUT. UM THE OTHER, UH, OBVIOUSLY POINT WE WOULD NEED IS A LOCATION FOR WHERE THE PARK AND RIDE WOULD HAPPEN. WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE DEVELOPER OF MONTGOMERY PLACE, WHICH IS WHERE THE CVS S , UM WE HAD HOPED THAT WE COULD HAVE A KIND OF A TEMPORARY PARKING RIGHT THERE. THEY'RE BUILDING OUT, THOUGH NOW SO THERE MIGHT BE LESS AVAILABLE PARKING THAN YOU KNOW WHAT YOU KNOW, ON A TEMPORARY BASIS. BUT THEY THAT DEVELOPER IS ALSO VERY INTERESTED IN ADVOCATING FOR GETTING A PARK AND RIDE AND THEY HAVE OTHER LAND IN THE AREA THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT. SO THERE'S SOME SYNERGY HAPPENING. AND IF YOU JUST STAY IN COMMUNICATION WITH US, WE'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU BE A PART OF THAT WITH US. WHAT IS ALSO VERY HELPFUL IS TO KNOW WHAT TIME BECAUSE I KNOW PERSONALLY WHEN I WOULD BE GOING IN THERE BE A BUS IN HILLSBORO, BUT IT DIDN'T GET INTO THE CITY UNTIL MY DAY HAD ALREADY BEEN STARTING TWO HOURS BEFORE, SO KNOWING WHAT TIMES WOULD BE GOOD UM, IS VERY HELPFUL AS WELL. SO YEAH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU REALLY APPRECIATE IT. OKAY WITH THAT I'LL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT. OKAY [CONSENT AGENDA ] SO THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE CONSENT AGENDA. UM ALL MATTERS LISTED HERE UNDER OR CONSIDERED TO BE ROUTINE IN NATURE AND WILL BE ENACTED IN ONE MOTION. UM ANY TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE PERSON MAY REQUEST THAT AN IDEA BE REMOVED FOR SEPARATE CONSIDERATION. DO I HAVE ANY REQUESTS OR ANY COMMENT? YEP OVER THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THE ITEMS? NO IF NOT, MAY. I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE CONSENT AGENDA COVERING RESOLUTION 23 DASH 5-120 THROUGH HOLD ON. IT'S A LONG ONE, UM, THROUGH RESOLUTION 23 DASH 5-136. MOTION TO DROPPED , SO MOVED SECONDS. ROLL CALL, PLEASE. COMMITTEE MEMBER ON YES, CHILD? YES. CAMP NUMBER, BARICAN DEPUTY MAYOR SING YES. NEXT ITEM RESOLUTION 23 DASH 5-137. THIS IS A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES [22. PROFESSIONAL SERVICES RESOLUTION – Wastewater Management Plan Site-Specific Amendment Professional Services Proposal - Haven at Princeton Development – One Water Consulting ] RESOLUTION. FOR ONE WATER CONSULTING. SO WE WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE DEVELOPER AND AS THE RESOLUTION SAYS THEY HAVE PAID THEIR FEE TO FOR THE SEWER CONNECTION, AND SO THERE IS SOME BACK AND WORK WITH OUR PLAN THAT NEEDS TO BE UPDATED THROUGH D P . AND SO NOW THAT DEVELOPER HAS PAID THOSE FEES THAT WORK CAN TAKE PLACE AND THAT THAT WORK HAPPENS THROUGH AN OUTSIDE CONSULTANT. AND SO THAT'S WHAT THIS IS AUTHORIZING. AND THEY'RE STILL STUCK ON THAT HAVEN AND PRINCETON AS OPPOSED TO HAVEN AT MONTGOMERY, SINCE YEAH. HMM SO MAYBE THEY'RE AT THE THERE IN FRONT OF THE WRONG BOARD. BUT THAT BEING SAID, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE? IF NOT DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT. MOVED 2ND 2ND CALL. PLEASE REMEMBER ON REMEMBER TODD? YES MEMBER BARICAN? YES DEPUTY MAYOR SING. YES. YES NEXT ITEM RESOLUTION. [23. AMENDMENT #1 TO PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT – Engineering Design, Permitting, and Financing Assistance Services for Consolidation of the Cherry Valley and Skillman Village Wastewater Treatment Plants – Kleinfelder ] 23 DASH 5-138. THIS IS AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE TO A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH KLINEFELTER FOR SKILLMAN VILLAGE. SO WE HAD AN AGREEMENT BACK IN 2010 TO HAVE KLEINFELD OR DO WORK FOR US. AND AS THAT WORK PROGRESSED AND BECAME MORE REFINED, ADDITIONAL WORK BECAME NECESSARY THAT D P IS REQUIRING THE DELAWARE AND RARITAN CANAL COMMISSION IS REQUIRING, AND SO IT'S A NECESSITY FOR US TO UPDATE THE CONTRACT TO ALLOW THAT WORK TO TAKE PLACE BASED ON YOU KNOW, AS THINGS PROGRESSED WITH THOSE AGENCIES RESPONDED BACK AND SAID, YOU NEED TO DO X Y AND Z AND THIS IS ALSO WITH THE CONSOLIDATION BECAUSE WE DO HAVE CONSOLIDATION PLANS WITH CHERRY VALLEY RIGHT, AND SOME OF THIS ALSO IS RELATED TO THE CHERRY VALLEY WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT AND SOME SOME OF THE THINGS GOING ON THERE THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED AS PART OF THE CONSOLIDATION. SO THE LONG RANGE PLAN UM THE TOWN HAS BEEN WORKING ON IS TO CONSOLIDATE THE I THINK WE HAD FIVE TREATMENT PLANTS DOWN TO THREE MAIN TREATMENT PLANTS, PRIDE PIKE, BROOKS, SKILLMAN AND STAGE TWO. SO RIVERSIDE HAS ALREADY BEEN TAKEN OFFLINE AND CHERRY VALLEY [00:55:04] WOULD BE AND OXBRIDGE. SO WE'VE TAKEN SO IT'S SIX. SORRY. SO WE'RE TAKING ULTIMATELY THREE OF THOSE OFFLINE COST SAVINGS BECAUSE EVERY YEAR AS, UM NO AS THE STANDARDS FOR THE TREATMENT INCREASE COSTS INCREASE IN AND SO HAVING SIX FACILITIES IS NOT THE MOST COST EFFECTIVE. YEAH ABSOLUTELY. I UNDERSTAND THE COUNTY IS GOING TO BE DOING SOMETHING ON 58 MILLION MONTHS. 601 IN THAT AREA, TOO. THAT'S HOPEFULLY ONE DEPARTMENT HAS COORDINATED WITH THEM AND RESOLVED ALL OF THAT. SO THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WE BUMPED THIS UP. OKAY THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE, BUT ANY QUESTIONS JUST TO MAKE SURE FOR FUTURE HOW DO WE ENSURE THAT? YOU KNOW, IT'S WE DON'T GET ANOTHER, UM RAIN PROPOSAL FOR ANOTHER INCREASE. UM, I CAN FOLLOW UP WITH MARK ON THAT TO SEE THIS. MAYBE UM, NORMAL COURSE. WHERE, UH, BUT, YOU KNOW, UNKNOWN WORK WITH WAS YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU FOR A PROJECT THIS SIZE IF YOU KNOW EVERYTHING UNTIL YOU SORT OF START DIGGING IN AND SEE, I DON'T KNOW, MICHAEL, IF YOU HAVE AN ANSWER TO IS THIS NORMAL COURSE THAT YOU KNOW, AS YOU'RE DOING THIS WORK IS NOT UNCOMMON, ESPECIALLY THROUGH THE PHASES THAT THEY GO THROUGH. BUT AGAIN, WE'LL REACH OUT TO, UH CHRISTIE OKADA WILL FIND OUT IN MARKING, FIND OUT WHAT WE CAN EXPECT FOR THE FUTURE. IN TERMS OF THIS PROJECT LIFE IN THE PROJECT. YEAH I JUST MET. YOU KNOW, I THINK AS WE AS WE GO THROUGH, THESE PROBABLY HAVE THE ACCOUNTABLE PERSON COMING. JUST DISCUSS IT AND DISCUSS WHAT CONTROLS ARE IN PLACE THAT YOU HAVE TO FINISH THE WORK. RIGHT BECAUSE I USUALLY IN THE BUDGETS HAVE HAVE CONTINGENCIES. I'M ASSUMING THEY EVEN THROUGH ALL THAT. THANK YOU HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT. MOVED. 2ND 2ND ROLL CALL, PLEASE MEMBER ON? YES REMEMBER, TODD? YES. BARICAN? YES. DEPUTY MAYOR SING YES, KEENAN. YES. [24. ORDINANCE #23-1699 – BOND - 2023 ANNUAL CURRENT FUND BOND ORDINANCE – Public Hearing ] ITEM EIGHT IS ORDINANCE 23-1699 . THIS IS FOR BOND. THE 2023 ANNUAL CURRENT BOND BOND ORDINANCE. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. WOULD ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC LIKE TO COME UP? IF NOT DO I HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING MOVED. 2ND 2ND IN FAVOR. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? MOVED 2ND 2ND ROLL CALL, PLEASE. COMMITTEE MEMBER ON YES, TODD? YES MEMBERS. BARICAN DEPUTY MAYOR SING YES, KING. YES. NEXT ITEM ORDINANCE 23-1700 ANOTHER BOND FOR THE [25. ORDINANCE #23-1700 – BOND - 2023 ANNUAL SEWER FUND BOND ORDINANCE – Public Hearing ] ANNUAL SEWER FUND MON ORDINANCE AGAIN. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. IF THERE'S NO COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING MOVED? 2ND 2ND FAVOR BY WHO DO I HAVE A MOTION TO PROOF? YEAH SO MOVED. 2ND 2ND ROLL CALL, PLEASE REMEMBER, ROD? YES YES. MEMBER BARRIGA? YES. DEPUTY MAYOR SING YES, MR KEENAN? YES. THE NEXT ITEM IS APPROVAL APPROVAL OF [26. APPROVAL OF MINUTES ] MINUTES. UM, IF THERE WERE NO CORRECTIONS. UM CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR APRIL? 20TH 2023 SO MOVED. 2ND 2ND AND THE NEXT ITEM IS THE PAYMENT OF BILLS POSTED. YES [27. PAYMENT OF BILLS ] MAYOR, SO THERE'S A FEW BILLS ON THE FIRST PAGE RIGHT AROUND THE MIDDLE. IT'S ACTUALLY OUR SECOND QUARTER COUNTY TAXES. THE FIRST ONE IS OUR ACTUAL COUNTY TAXES. THE SECOND QUARTER 3,865,000. THEN THERE'S THE COUNTY SECOND QUARTER COUNTY LIBRARY TAX WOULD UNDERNEATH IT FOR 554,700. UNDERNEATH THAT IS THE SECOND QUARTER OPEN SPACE TAX FOR $375.09. $175,983. THEN ON PAGE THREE WE HAVE ARE THE BOTTOM OF PAGE THREE. WE HAVE OUR TWO PENSION PAYMENTS. ONE IS THE POLICE RETIREMENT SYSTEM. FRS. THAT IS 1,228,008. THAT'S OUR ANNUAL PAYMENT AND THEN FOR THE NON POLICE QUALIFIED EMPLOYEES IS THE PURSE, WHICH IS THE PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM. THAT ANNUAL PAYMENT IS 931,507. ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE ON THIS OR ANY OTHER [01:00:01] CHARGED. A LOT OF MONEY GOING TO THE COUNTY. WE GET SOME BACK HERE. THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING AS WELL. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY MONEY LOOKING AT THE ANALYSIS THAT THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICERS WERE CANCELED. YES THANK YOU. YES FOR THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE THERE WE ARE LOOKING AT ALL OF THE MONEY THAT THE TAXES THAT WE PAY TO THEN KIND OF DISCUSSING FIGURE OUT WHERE AND WHAT WE GET FOR SOME OF THE TAXES AS WELL. YES THERE'S THINGS THAT WE PROBABLY DON'T KNOW ABOUT. SO IT'LL BE VERY GOOD FOR US TO BE EDUCATED AS WELL. SO THANK YOU. IT'S A GOOD INITIATIVE. NICE SO WITH THAT, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE SOME OF THE 2ND 2ND ROLL CALL, PLEASE. COMMITTEE MEMBER ON TOP . YES BARICAN. YES NURSING. YES, YES. NEXT ITEM IS COMMITTEE [Additional Items] CORRESPONDENCE. IS THERE ANYTHING? NOTHING? I'D LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING. BUT WE HAVE LOW MO MAY NOT. IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS, IT'S BASICALLY TO LET YOUR GRASS GROW A LITTLE BIT AND MAY TO HELP THE POLLINATORS LIKE BEES, UM, BE ABLE TO THRIVE . WE HAVE A DECLINING NUMBER OF POLLINATORS ANNUALLY AND THESE POLLINATORS WILL HELP THE FARMERS AND FARMS. AS AS THE CROPS GROW. ALSO FOR NBC. I'D LIKE TO THANK THE MONTGOMERY BUSINESS ASSOCIATION AND THE ROTARY FOR HOLDING THE FUN FEST AND THE RUN. AND AS WELL AS THE VENDORS OR THE FIRST RESPONDERS THAT CAME OUT AND A COMMUNITY FOR COMING OUT AND SUCH A NOT SO IDEAL CONDITIONS. I GREATLY APPRECIATE EVERYBODY WHO PARTICIPATED AND CAME OUT AND NEXT. YEP. UH ARTS COUNCIL HAS ARTS AND CRAFT AT 5 20 MAY 21ST TENDED TO AT STATE ROAD. UM 10. SORRY 10 60 STATE ROAD THAT'S BY THE AIRPORT. THE AIRPORT. AND THEN LASTLY, I THINK SHADE TREE FOR COMING OUT LARRY LOPEZ AND EVERYWHERE ALL THE VOLUNTEERS THAT HELPED WITH THIS PASTOR BIRTHDAY, YES. SO WE'LL DO OUR ALL OF OUR UPDATES AT THE NEXT MEETING ON THIS, BUT, YES, I AGREE. COMMITTEE REPORTS, BUT THE DATE YOU SAID AGAIN, SO WE HAVE THE ARTS THAT ARE SITTING ON THE 21ST MAY 21ST WILL HAVE DESCENDED NEXT. OKAY GREAT. THERE'S A COUPLE OF OTHER EVENTS THAT ARE COMING UP. SO WHILE SINCE WE'VE OPENED IT IF I CAN GET SOME INDULGENCE AND ALSO FOR SPRING FLING, EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT THE REPORT TIME. BUT I JUST WANTED TO INVITE ALL RESIDENTS ON SATURDAY. WE HAD THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE ARE COLLABORATING WITH DIRECT DEPARTMENT AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SPRING FLING, WHICH IS COLOR FAST. SECOND ANNUAL FROM MONTGOMERY, AND THE IDEA BEHIND IT IS TO GET PEOPLE OUT. BUILD SOCIAL CONNECTIONS. BUILD HARMONY. BRING THAT COMMUNITY SPIRIT, AND LAST YEAR WE HAD A GOOD TURNOUT. HOPEFULLY THE WEATHER STAYS WITH US AND WE HAVE A GOOD TURNOUT. SO WE'RE HOPING EVERYBODY COMES. MAY 6TH TWO TO FOUR HIGH SCHOOL LAWN AND THERE WILL BE ACTIVITIES THERE WILL BE A DJ DANCE A LOT OF STUFF, SO HOPE TO SEE EVERYONE. THANK YOU. AND THIS ALSO IS NOT A COMMITTEE REPORT. BUT IT'S TIMELY. I WOULD LIKE TO ON BEHALF OF THE INCLUSION AND EQUITY COMMITTEE ACKNOWLEDGED THAT MAY IS ASIAN, AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER MONTH, SO WE WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF OUR ASIAN AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER. COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THERE WILL BE, UH, A SET OF CELEBRATION EVENTS AT THE AMERICAN DREAM MALL IN EAST RUTHERFORD STARTING THIS WEEKEND , AND ALSO, UM ONLY BECAUSE IT'S TIMELY REMEMBER LAST MONTH I HAD SAID THAT SOMETHING THAT THE COMMITTEE IS WORKING, ALWAYS BRINGING ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE COURSES TO MONTGOMERY. AND WE DO HAVE AN UPDATE THAT KATHERINE LOOK WHO'S A COMMITTEE MEMBER AND MANY MIRACLES IS ONE OF OUR LIBRARIANS HAVE ARE WORKING WITH THE COUNTY AND WE ARE HOPING THAT ENGLISH CONVERSATION NATION CLASSES WILL BE COMING TO THE LIBRARY THIS FALL, SO MORE DETAILS WILL BE PROVIDED. THANKS. THAT'S AMAZING . THANK YOU. SO LET'S MOVE ON TO NEW AND UNFINISHED BUSINESS. ARE WE SURE WE DON'T HAVE ANY COMMITTEE CORRESPONDENCE. I DID SEE SOMETHING FROM A FARM, A FARM PERSON. THERE WAS SOMETHING FROM A FARM FARM. I'M SORRY. YES THROUGH THE COMMITTEE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE. NO. YOU SURE DID ON BACK TO, UM ERIN FARM. THERE WAS CONCERN ABOUT HEALTH POWER. THERE WAS JUST IT WAS THE IT IS . CORRESPONDENCE IT IS. THANK YOU. SO UM, SO I DIDN'T KNOW IF IT CAME TO EVERYBODY. SO SOMETIMES IT DID. THIS WAS COMMITTEE CORRESPONDENT IF YOU WANT TO DO A QUICK UPDATE, BUT IT'S ABOUT THE, UM CONCERN ABOUT THE CELL TOWER THAT IS BEEN [01:05:02] DISCUSSED AT THE JOHNSON FARM. SO IF ANYBODY WOULD NEED TO SEE THAT THAT'S PART OF THE PUBLIC RECORD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY NOW WE'LL GO INTO AN UNFINISHED BUSINESS, SO THE FIRST ONE IS THE ELECTRICAL VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS. OKAY UM, SO I WILL TAKE THIS UPDATE WHEN YOU PULL IT TOWARD YOU. MM. THANK YOU. AS YOU ARE AWARE, THE TOWNSHIP NOW HAS ACTIVE, UM, ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATION. I BELIEVE OVER AT THE AUTO KAUFMAN AND MORE TO COME, UM, RECEIVED AN UPDATE FROM LAUREN THAT IT'S FUNCTIONING. IT'S ONGOING. WE'VE GOT SOME NUMBERS AS FAR AS HOW MUCH THE USE IS GOING ON THERE. AND SO THE NEXT STEP NOW WOULD BE TO INTRODUCE AN ORDINANCE AND TO PUT TOGETHER AN ORDINANCE WHICH WOULD REGULATE UNDER YOUR PARKING CODE E V CHARGING SPACES SPACES, SO THE PURPOSE WOULD BE TO BE ABLE TO ENSURE THAT ONLY ELECTRIC VEHICLES ARE USING THOSE SPACES ARE NOT BEING TAKEN UP BY NON ELECTRIC VEHICLES AND ALSO TO BE ABLE TO CHARGE FOR THE COST OF THE ELECTRICITY THAT IS GOING OUT. UM I GUESS THE QUESTION NOW BECOMES FOR THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE ON HOW TO FORMULATE THAT ORDINANCE, WHETHER YOU WOULD LIKE A PROPOSED ORDINANCE TO COME TO YOU ALL AT THE NEXT MEETING, OR IF THERE COULD BE A SUBCOMMITTEE THAT WORKS WITH US ON FORMULATING THE ORDINANCE BEFORE IT COMES TO THE FULL COMMITTEE, AND THE FORMULATION PURPOSE WOULD BE REALLY JUST THE, UM THE CHARGING UH, FEES. SO WHETHER YOU WANT TO. SO I'LL TAKE THE LEAD ON THAT. I'LL TAKE THIS MAYOR WITH TAKE THE LEAD ON THAT AND THEN CONFIRM WITH, UM WITH OTHERS AS AS NEEDED. OKAY PERFECT. AND THESE ARE THOSE SUPERCHARGERS? NO WELL, THERE, THERE'S THOSE. IS IT A LEVEL TWO TO LEVEL TWO? YEAH SUPERCHARGER . OH I THINK WE SHOULD WORK TOWARDS THE SUPER CHARGES I'M HEARING FROM PEOPLE. SUPERCHARGERS ARE FROM THE STATE . BELIEVE ME, WE HAVE TRIED FROM THE STATE, BUT AND THERE'S AREAS AND WE'RE JUST WE'RE READING THAT WE GOT FOR THE SUPERCHARGERS IS QUITE LOW. UM BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF RESIDENTS OR IS IT NO, IT'S GOOD. IT'S BASICALLY THEY'RE DOING IT ON SPEED. BECAUSE WE'RE NOT ADJACENT TO 2, 87 OR WHATEVER. IT'S REALLY ON THE THOROUGHFARES. THEY WANT PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO GET OFF QUICKLY CHARGE AND SO FORTH. SO WE'RE LOW ON THE LIST, SO IT'S KIND OF LIKE A SPECTRUM AS FAR AS LOOKING AT. HOW LONG ARE PEOPLE PARKING FOR? IS IT REALLY JUST A 15 MINUTE CHARGE TO GO OR IS IT SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE ARE LIKE THE AUTO KAUFMAN? THEY'RE GOING TO BE THERE AT LEAST AN HOUR, MAYBE TWO HOURS, AND IT'S MORE OF A CONVENIENCE VERSUS THE NECESSITY OF THE FAST CHARGER BASED ON LOCATION AND THE COST BECAUSE WHEN THEY'RE TRYING TO GET THE, UH, ALL THE SUBSIDIES THAT WE CAN FOR THESE, SO NO, THAT'S GREAT. IT'S JUST A RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT SUPERCHARGERS. I DON'T HAVE AN ELECTRICAL WIGGLE YET, BUT I'M HEARING ABOUT. WELL, WE'VE BEEN WORKING. I MEAN, WE HAVE THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION HAS BEEN VERY STRONG ON THIS, TOO. SO THEY ARE MORE THAN WELCOME TO COME TO THE MEETINGS AND DISCUSS IT WITH THEM THAT WE CAN MOVE IT UP AND COME TO PRIORITIES. BUT WE ARE WORKING ON IT IS A PRIORITY HERE. AS WE TRY TO BECOME OKAY? OKAY SO, DONNA, DO YOU WANT TO GIVE US WE HAVE THE EARLY VOTING SUMMER SCHEDULE THAT'S COMING UP. YOU NEED TO GET IN FRONT OF SORRY. THERE WE GO DOWN. UM BECAUSE THERE'S EARLY VOTING IN THIS ROOM, AND THEY'LL BE STIRRING THEIR AND THEIR DEVICES IN THE ROOM. 1 17. THE COUNTY HAS. FOR SECURITY REASONS. THIS IS LOCKED DOWN. UM SO MEETING OF JUNE, 1ST WOULD HAVE TO BE MOVED SOMEWHERE ELSE OR POSSIBLY CANCELED IT. LAST JUNE AND NOVEMBER, IT WAS DECIDED TO JUST CANCEL THE MEETING. MHM SO I WOULD NEED YOUR OR WE'D SO OUR DISCUSSION IS EITHER TO CANCEL IT OR MAYBE MOVE IT TO THE FOLLOWING WEEK. UM, AND THEN WE WOULD HAVE THE NEXT MEETING THE WEEK AFTER WHERE WE HAVE TO BUMP THAT AS WELL. WE JUST NEED ENOUGH TIME TO DO THAT, SO IT'S REALLY LIKE TO THE COMMITTEE DECEIVED JUNE 1ST. WELL, NO, NOT IT'S NOT POSSIBLE, REALLY. JUNE 1ST. SO OKAY, SO, YES. SO YOU WOULD EITHER MOVE IT TO THE EIGHTH AND THEN YOU'D HAVE A MEETING THE EIGHTH AND THE 15TH. OR JUST THE 15TH. HMM JUST GUESS THE QUESTION I WOULD MAYBE SUPPORT FOR LORI, LIKE, YOU KNOW, ANY TIME SENSITIVE AND GENERALLY THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED FOR TWO FIRSTHAND BACKPACK. MAJOR, CAN WE HANDLE IT ALL ON THE 15TH LIKE WE DID LAST YEAR AND JUST DO ONE MEETING? UM I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANY GRAB THE BUDGET DONE TONIGHT. THAT WAS DEFINITELY TIME. SENSITIVE UM, WE DIDN'T INTRODUCE ANYTHING. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ONE MORE MEETING BEFORE THE MEETING. WE WOULD WE WOULD CANCEL SO WE CAN ADD A LOT OF ITEMS THAT WERE TIME SENSITIVE TO THAT ONE RIGHT DOWN AND WE HAVE ONE MORE ONE [01:10:01] MORE IN MAY. OKAY SO I THINK WE'RE SO LET'S LET'S DO THAT. SO WE'LL CANCEL THE 8TH 1ST. AND THEN WE WON'T. I'M SORRY. THE FIRST WE'RE GONNA CANCEL THE FIRST AND THEN 15 AND OF COURSE, KEEP THE 15TH. SO WE SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR A BIG MEETING. THE NEXT MEETING GO AROUND AND THEN THE ONE AFTER, BUT WE WILL JUST CALL AND CANCEL. IT SOUNDS GOOD. YOU ALSO WANTED TO TALK ABOUT SUMMER SCHEDULES. YES, IF THERE'S UH ANY REASON THAT. WE HAVE TO REARRANGE JULY AND AUGUST OR CANCEL A MEETING DEPENDING ON YOUR AVAILABILITY. RIGHT SO IF YOU TRAVEL SCHEDULES , TRAVEL PLANS, UM SEND THEM TO DONNA AND LISA RIGHT AWAY. UM, I TEND TO PUT IT ON THE CALENDAR. TRY TO LET PEOPLE KNOW SO WE DON'T HAVE A QUORUM. UM WE NEED TO KNOW THAT OR MOVE THINGS AROUND. SO IF YOU KNOW THEM, SEND IT OUT SO THAT WE ARE ALL AWARE, OKAY, OKAY, OKAY. THANK YOU. NEXT ITEM IS THE B Y. O. B AT ENTERTAINMENT VENUES. SO THIS IS ANOTHER ONE WHERE THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE MAY WANT TO TAKE ACTION BY INTRODUCING AN ORDINANCE AND I DON'T KNOW IF LISA AND DONNA WANT TO JUMP IN ON THIS ONE. BUT IT CAME TO OUR ATTENTION THAT THERE'S POTENTIAL BUSINESSES THAT ARE NOT RESTAURANTS. THAT MAY WANT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE OPTION OF B Y O. B UM LIKE ENTERTAINMENT TYPE BUSINESSES, SUCH AS IN JUST BY WAY, OF EXAMPLE. I'M NOT SAYING THESE ARE THE ACTUAL ONES. BUT IN OTHER TOWNS, THERE IS REGULATIONS ALLOWING THIS FOR LIKE THE VIRTUAL GOLF FACILITIES WHERE YOU KNOW IT'S INDOORS INSTEAD OF OUTDOORS OR OR EVEN, UM, DART, THROWING ARCHERY PAINT AND SIP PAINTING SICK OR EVEN, UH, STILL CONFUSED BY THIS, BUT THE AX THROWING PLACES. WHY WOULD THEY DRINK AND THROUGH ACCESS SO YOU DON'T ACTUALLY HAVE ANY TOWNSHIP ORDINANCE THAT REGULATES THIS? AND AS FAR AS THE ABC LAWS THEY ALL COINCIDE FOR B Y O. B WITH THE SERVICE OF FOOD. HMM SO WHY ARE WE LOOKING AT THIS? IS THERE A REASON WE HAVE TO LOOK AT IT NOW? WELL WE HAD A REQUEST. WE HAD ONE REQUEST APPROVAL AND HE SAID, RIGHT? MHM AND, UM, HAS ASKED, CAN HE HAVE THE Y O. B AT AT THE VIRTUAL GOLFED THAT HE IS? SO THERE'S BEEN SOMETHING THAT IF SO, SOMETHING THAT GOT APPROVAL THROUGH ZONING AND NOW THEY WANT TO KNOW IF WE WANT TO DO THIS. IS THIS THE PERSON WE'VE HAD? WELL, I DID GET A REQUEST. FROM SOMEONE WHO WAS WHO WAS DOING AN AX THROWING BUSINESS OVER. READ THE PIKE RUN AREA. UM, RON IN A PROBABLY MONTGOMERY PLACE IN MONTGOMERY PLACE. OKAY OKAY. OKAY. HE WAS INTERESTED IN. PURCHASING A LIQUOR LICENSE. I SAID, YOU DON'T KNOW THAT WE WOULD HAVE WON FOR THAT SO THAT WILL BE TIED INTO IT AS WELL. THAT DOES. COMES FORWARD. WE DID REQUEST AND WE DID ASK THE REQUESTER. CAN YOU GO IN FRONT OF THE MICROPHONE? WE CAN'T HEAR YOU. WE DID REQUEST FROM ASKED THE REQUESTER TO SUBMIT HIS PROPOSAL IN WRITING. UM IN ADDITION TO ANY APPROVALS, HE'S GOTTEN FROM ZONING OR ANY CORRESPONDENCE, HE SAID WITH THE ZONING DEPARTMENT REGARDING PRIMITIVE USES, SO I TOLD HIM WELL, WE ASKED THAT HE HAD THAT PROPOSAL TO US BY THE MAY 18TH MEETING. OKAY SO I MEAN, I THINK WE WOULD WANT TO SEE THAT. BUT I'D ALSO LIKE TO SPEAK WITH CAPTAIN AS WELL IN TERMS OF THAT AND GET THEIR INPUT ON THIS BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD WITH IT, I THINK, UM, THESE APPROVAL SHOULD BE CASE BY CASE DEPENDING ON YOU KNOW, LOCATION. RIGHT NOW . THEY DON'T WE DON'T HAVE IT AT ALL. SO I CALLED ABC. BECAUSE THE LAW SAYS IF THEY SERVE FOOD RESTAURANT OR AN ESTABLISHMENT THAT SERVES FOOD. AND I, YOU KNOW, THEY WOULDN'T CLAIRE. THEY WOULD NOT BE CLEAR WHEN I SAID, WELL, WHAT IF THEY DON'T SERVE FOOD? WHAT? WE CAN'T ANSWER THAT. THAT'S YOUR THAT WOULD BE THE TOWNSHIPS DECISION, OKAY? JUST LIQUOR, AND THAT'S IT AND THROW IT THROUGH ACCESS PEOPLE BRINGING THEIR OWN LIQUOR. IT'S NOT LIQUOR FOR SALE. IT'S MORE IF YOU'RE GOING INTO HAVE A SESSION WITH THE LET'S SAY THE VIRTUAL GOLF YOU KNOW, YOUR FOURSOME COMES IN. THEY COULD BRING THEIR OWN COOLER WITH WITH DRINKS. I THINK A LOT. I THINK WE SHOULD PERSONALLY WANT TO TALK TO THE CAPTAIN ABOUT THAT SOME MORE AND ALSO LIKE TO SPEAK WITH OTHER PLACES IN THE COUNTY, IN TERMS OF HOW THEY'RE DEALING WITH THIS AS WELL. SO WE'LL BRING A LITTLE BIT MORE INFO. BUT BACK TO THE COMMITTEE. SO THAT WE CAN MAKE A OR EDUCATED DECISION WITH ANY OTHER, UM THOSE ASIDE FROM THOSE TWO THINGS IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE, I'M JUST REACH OUT TO ME. YOU MIGHT WANT TO SUGGEST OKAY. AWESOME UPDATE ON THE LIQUOR [01:15:01] LICENSE. AND DO WE HAVE ANY DONNA, I'M SORRY UPDATE ON THE LIQUOR LICENSE WE HAD, UM ONE PERSON BID. IT WAS VINCE PRAGUE , LIZZIE FROM VILLAGE SHOPPER. SO WE DIDN'T HAVE. I'LL BE OPENING THAT ON MONDAY THAT OKAY , AND IN THE MEANTIME, YOU CAN GET MORE BIDS. IF NO, NO, IT'S CLOSED. OKAY OKAY. LAST MONDAY, SORRY ABOUT THAT. OKAY OPENING UP THE BID ON NEXT NEXT MONTH? YES AND OKAY, THANK YOU. GOOD AND THE NEXT ITEM IS THE ADMINISTRATOR'S REPORT. LAURIE ONE OF THE THINGS I JUST WANTED TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO IS DON BAKER, WHO WAS PREVIOUSLY OUR RECEPTIONIST, AND SHE, UM, MOVED UP TO THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT. OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, SHE'S BEEN TAKING CLASSES AT VIRTUAL CLASSES AT RUTGERS, AND SHE SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED AND PASSED ALL OF THOSE TESTS THAT SHE HAD TO TAKE. SO SHE IS NOW. HAS HER PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD SECRETARY CERTIFICATE SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED FOR HER. SHE WAS VERY EXCITED SHE'S REALLY ENJOYING THE NEW NEW JOB, AND SHE'S DOING A GREAT GREAT JOB. AND SO I JUST WANTED TO, UH TO, UH CONGRATULATIONS, DON, PLEASE PASS ALL. UM JOHN GRUGGER, THE WRECKED DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND REC DIRECTOR AND MYSELF MET WITH , UM, ADMINISTRATION OVER AT THE SCHOOL. WE MET WITH THE INTERIM B. A GARY ARTMAN AND THE FACILITIES MANAGER MIKE O'NEILL . UM AND SO THEY HAVE A MEETING COMING UP TO DISCUSS FACILITIES , BUT INITIALLY THEY ARE CONSIDERING CONVERTING TWO OF THE TENNIS COURTS INTO SIX PICKLEBALL COURTS THAT'S AMAZING AND SUBJECT TO KIND OF SOME ADDITIONAL REVIEW AT THE DISTRICT. SO WOULD IT BE HELPFUL IF PEOPLE INTO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION AND PUSH FOR THAT? YES, I THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. I MEAN, IS THAT A BOARD OF END? THAT'S THE BOARD OF EDUCATION DECISION, CORRECT THEY HAD IT WOULD BE. YES. ULTIMATELY. OKAY, SO MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY AT THE NEXT BOARD OF ED MEETING, PLEASE. AND WHEN IS THE NEXT POLL OF ADMITTING? DOES ANYBODY KNOW? UM THAT NIGHT? I BELIEVE TUESDAY THE NIGHT OKAY. PLEASE COME AND SUPPORT PICKLEBALL. THANKS AGAIN AT THE HIGH SCHOOL , UPPER MIDDLE MIDDLE UPPER MIDDLE SCHOOL. THERE'S A TENNIS COURT TENNIS COURTS. THEY'RE THEY'RE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AFTER SCHOOL OUT WHEN SCHOOL IS NOT IN SESSION. WE'RE TRYING FROM A BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE TO MAKE SURE THAT LIKE THE LIKE, WEIRD WE WANTED CERTAINLY PROVIDE PICKLEBALL TO THE RESIDENTS OF THE TOWN. BUT WE ALSO WOULD PREFER TO SPEND THE MUNICIPAL DOLLARS ON IF WE WERE GOING TO PUT IT HERE BECAUSE WE'RE LIKELY GOING TO BUILD THEM AT SOME POINT, SO WE'VE ASKED THE SCHOOL TO PERHAPS CONSIDER PAYING FOR IT SINCE IT WILL BE ON THEIR GROUNDS AND THE PUBLIC WON'T HAVE ACCESS DURING SCHOOL HOURS, NECESSARILY, SO HOPEFULLY THEY'VE TAKEN INTEREST AND AGAIN, WE ASK THE PUBLIC TO SUPPORT THIS AT THE BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING. UM AND JUST AS AN UPDATE ON THE VACANT AUTO PARTS STORE, THERE WAS A SLIGHT DELAY AS THEIR ENGINEER SORT OF LOOKED INTO SOME THINGS AND WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT BY TAKING THE BUILDING DOWN THEY DIDN'T COMPROMISE ANY FUTURE ABILITY TO DEVELOP THE PROPERTY , BUT ALL IS BACK IN MOTION, AND SO THEY HAVE CAPPED OFF THE SEWER. SO THAT'S THE FIRST PART OF DEMOLITION WHERE YOU PROVE THAT ALL THE UTILITIES HAVE BEEN PROPERLY DISCONNECTED. SO UM, THEY'LL MOVE ON TO YOU'LL START TO SEE THE BUILDING COMING DOWN AND TEXACO WILL BE FOLLOWING THE SAME SUIT SHORTLY LONG BEFORE WE SEE THE AUTO PARTS GOING GOING DOWN. UM BECAUSE THERE'S FINES INVOLVED IN THIS TOO. I WILL FIND OUT FOR YOU. I DON'T I DON'T HAVE AN UPDATE FROM ENGINEERING IS THE ONES THAT ARE BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING WE'RE VERY SERIOUS ABOUT, SO JUST BECAUSE THEY CAN TAKE AS LONG AS THEY WANT, AND WE DON'T WANT THAT IF WE'RE MOVING FORWARD THAT WE FIND IN PLACE, AND WE LIKED DO NOT TAKE THE PRESSURE OFF. SO THANK YOU. ABSOLUTELY UM , AND JUST THE LAST DAY I WANTED TO WEAVE STAFF HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THE REPORT OF CONCERN MODULE THAT'S ONLINE THROUGH OUR WEBSITE. UM AND THE REVIEW THAT WE DID JUST TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE. WE'VE HAD 2204. UM CONCERNS REPORTED THROUGH THE AND MANY OF THEM ARE OF THE SAME CATEGORY. UM HEALTH DEPARTMENT ANIMAL CONTROL DPW ENGINEERING. THEY PROBABLY RECEIVED THE MOST , UM, IN DIFFERENT DIFFERENT TYPES OF CONCERNS. YOU KNOW, THERE'S A DEAD DEER ON MY PROPERTY OR I DON'T HAVE HEAT IN MY APARTMENT. UM I DON'T KNOW LISA WAS INVOLVED IN WORKING TO THINK ABOUT IT. BUT ANYWAY, UM ONE OF THE THINGS WE WANTED TO DO WAS STREAMLINE IT BECAUSE IT WAS 79 CATEGORIES DROP DOWN CATEGORIES THAT YOU COULD PULL FROM. AND SO THE STAFF. UM ALL OF THE DEPARTMENTS HELPED WEIGH [01:20:05] IN. WE DID AN ANALYSIS OF THE, UM THE SELECTIONS THAT WERE USED THE MOST AND CONSOLIDATED TO. I THINK WE ARE AROUND 15 TO 20. SO IT WAS 10 TO 15 BETWEEN NO MORE THAN ANY OTHER OTHER IS FOR A REASON OTHER WITH THE BOXES FOR A REASON, SO DO NOT. I MEAN, THIS IS SOMETHING I'M VERY SERIOUS BECAUSE IT'S TAKEN 18 MONTHS TO EVEN GET TO HEAR, SO I SHOULDN'T SAY TWICE A LIST THAT PEOPLE CAN USE, PLEASE. THAT'S WHAT OTHERS FOR AND THEN STAY AT 15. LAURIE, PLEASE. MHM AND SO, UH, TAMMY GRAPH ARE PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER JACK FOR OUR I T DIRECTOR LISA, OUR NEW NEW CLERK WHO'S STARTING DONNA AS WELL, UM, WE'RE ALL VERY INSTRUMENTAL AND SORT OF MOVING THAT PROJECT FORWARD SO SMALL THING, BUT IT REALLY, YOU KNOW, IT'S NICE TO KNOW THAT IT'S BEING USED AND YOU KNOW THE WHEN WE ROLLED OUT OF PILOT, WE HAD HOPED THAT THE COMMUNITY WOULD EMBRACE IT AND THE STAFF WOULD EMBRACE IT, AND IT WOULD HELP STREAMLINE PROCESSES AND THE INTERFACE AND I THINK THAT THIS IS ONE EXAMPLE OF HOW NOW THAT WE'RE DOWN TO 15. WE WOULD BE WILLING TO PUT THIS ON THE WEBSITE IN A PROMINENT SPACE, SO IT'S PRETTY AMAZING THAT YOU GET THAT MANY BECAUSE IT'S PRETTY HARD TO FIND SO, YEAH, SO IT WILL ALSO, WE'VE BEEN WORKING AND THERE WILL BE A BUTTON ON THE FRONT OF THE HOME SITE OF THE HOMEPAGE. WHERE YOU CAN JUST CLIP REPORTER CONCERN. OKAY SO THE ONE THING I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO TO IS TO HAVE IT. THINGS DON'T GET LOST AND THAT THERE IS AN EXPECTATION OF HOW LONG THINGS TAKE TO TURN AROUND ON THIS STEP, AND THEN OVER TIME AS PEOPLE START TO USE IT MORE, UM AND I KNOW THIS HEALTH DEPARTMENT'S BEEN VERY GOOD ABOUT EVEN PUSHING PEOPLE TO DO THAT, YOU KNOW TO GO THROUGH IT. IT'S GREAT SO WE CAN TRACK THOSE QUESTIONS. AND THEN IF THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS UNDER THE OTHER, THEY NEED TO BECOME A CATEGORY THAT YOU CAN PUT IT ON THERE. BUT, UM, NO, THAT'S GREAT AND 27 POLICE DEPARTMENT ENGINEERING DPW HEALTH ANIMAL CONTROL THEY ALL YOU KNOW WHEN SOMEONE CALLS IN, THEY WOULD DIRECT THEM TO DO THAT, BECAUSE IT'S A GREAT TRACKING SYSTEM, AND IT'S GREAT FOR THE STAFF AND WHEN THEY ALL GET A SIGN, DEPENDING ON THE CATEGORY, BUT SOMETIMES PEOPLE HAVE A CONCERN . THAT MAY NOT BE ENGINEERING. BUT IT'S ACTUALLY DPW AND THEN IT'S JUST EASILY ASSIGN NABLE TO THAT DEPARTMENT. SO IT'S JUST A GREAT TOOL FOR THE DEPARTMENTS TO COMMUNICATE AMONGST THEMSELVES. THAT'S WONDERFUL. I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS. SO I'D LIKE TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT BEFORE I SUPPORT PUTTING THAT ON THE FRONT PAGE, BUT I THINK THAT'S A GREAT THING. THANK YOU. OKAY, THAT'S IT. SORRY TO PUSH IT BACK. PUSH BACK ON THAT ONE. BUT 75 OR 76 IS A LITTLE BIT MUCH MHM. OKAY THE NEXT OR THE UPCOMING MEETING, SO THE NEXT MEETING WILL BE ON MAY 18TH WHERE WE'LL BE HAVING OUR TOWNSHIP CLERK APPOINTMENT WILL ALSO BE HAVING AN EAGLE SCOUT PRESENTATION. AND THE AWARD OF BID FOR THE LICENSE. MICHAEL. WE . THEY ALSO HAVE TO APPOINT A KOOPA BECAUSE WE'LL HAVE TO APPOINT THE NEW ONE. A Q P A QUALIFIED PURCHASING. YOU'RE NOT STICKING AROUND FOR THAT. DONNA SIX MONTHS, SIX MONTHS, OKAY? YEAH. YES SO WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE THAT OUR CFO HAS HIS QP A SO IT'LL BE A SEAMLESS TRANSITION TAG. YOU'RE IT. THAT'S QUITE IMPRESSIVE. HOW MANY THINGS CAN MIKE DO? WELL, WE JUST WANT TO. AND DONNA. UM WHEN IS YOUR LAST OFFICIAL DAY? MAY 31ST 31ST OF THIS MONTH. WELL, FRIENDS. WE, OF COURSE, WILL BE VERY SENSITIVE. GO AND SHOES TO FILL, BUT I WANT TO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HELPING WITH ALL OF THIS TRANSITION AS WELL. IT'S VERY, VERY, VERY MUCH [28. CLOSED SESSION ] APPRECIATED, BUT THERE'LL BE MORE TO COME ON THAT. SO THE NEXT ITEM IS A RESOLUTION TO CLOSE THE MEETING TO THE PUBLIC BE RESOLVED BY THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE OF THE TOWNSHIP OF MONTGOMERY IN SOMERSET COUNTY, NEW JERSEY AS FOLLOWS THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE WILL NOW CONVENE IN A CLOSED SESSION THAT WILL BE LIMITED ONLY TO CONSIDERATION OF ITEMS WITH RESPECT TO WHICH THE PUBLIC MAY BE EXCLUDED. PURSUANT TO SECTION SEVEN B OF THE OPEN PUBLIC MEETINGS ACT. THE GENERAL NATURE OF THE SUBJECTS TO BE DISCUSSED IN THIS SESSION ARE AS FOLLOWS. ADVICE OF COUNSEL WITH RESPECT TO LEASE OF MUNICIPAL PROPERTY CELL TOWER, THE ADVICE OF COUNSEL REGARDING IMPLEMENTATION OF LEGISLATIVE UPDATES. IT IS UNKNOWN PRECISELY WHEN THE MATTER DISCUSSED IN THIS SESSION WILL BE DISCLOSED TO THE PUBLIC AGREEMENT SHALL ONLY BE AUTHORIZED BY ACTION OF THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE IN A PUBLIC SESSION WITH THAT, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE MEETING TO THE PUBLIC STILL MOVED SECONDS ALL IN FAVOR. I OPPOS? [01:25:03] HOLD ON A SECOND MOVED. ALL IN FAVOR. I DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN. MOVED SECOND. THANK YOU DEAL. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.