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EVENING, EVERYONE. THIS IS THE MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE REGULAR MEETING OF THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5TH 2023, THE TIME IS 7 P.M. ROLL CALL, PLEASE. IN IN HERE, DEPUTY MAYOR SAYING HERE COMMITTEE MEMBER BARICAN. COMMITTEE MEMBER, DODD HERE MEMBER ON HERE. IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN PUBLIC MEETINGS ACT. ADEQUATE NOTICE OF THIS MEETING WAS PROVIDED ON JANUARY 5TH 2023 TO THE COURIER NEWS AND THE STAR LEDGER POSTED ON THE MUNICIPAL BULLETIN BOARD AND FILED WITH THE TOWNSHIP CLERK. PLEASE RISE TO SALUTE THE FLAG. I PLEDGE TO THE FLAG. OF AMERICA. AND SHE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD. LIBERTY AND JUSTICE.
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[1. Proclamation – Recognizing October as Breast Cancer Awareness Month]
EVERYBODY THAT AS THEY WERE DRIVING IN, THERE WAS SOME PINK RIBBONS AROUND THE TREES, SO THE FIRST ITEM OF BUSINESS IS A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING OCTOBER AS BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH , WHEREAS OCTOBER IS NATIONAL BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH, AN ANNUAL CAMPAIGN DEDICATED TO RAISING AWARENESS ABOUT BREAST CANCER, AND WHEREAS NATIONAL BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH AIMS TO ENHANCE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF THE SIGNIFICANCE OF EARLY DETECTION AND TREATMENT AND WHEREAS DESPITE RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTING MENU MAMMOGRAPHY AS THE MOST EFFECTIVE MEANS OF DETECTION TO REDUCE MORTALITY RATES, MANY WOMEN DO NOT UNDERGO REGULAR SCREENINGS. AND WHEREAS A PIVOTAL MESSAGE IN THE AWARENESS CAMPAIGN IS THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY RECOMMENDATION FOR WOMEN TO RECEIVE ANNUAL IMMIGRANT SCREENING, STARTING AT AGE 40, WHEREAS THE NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE ESTIMATES THAT IN THE UNITED STATES OVER 270 POINT THAT'S A BIG NUMBER. SORRY 297,700 WOMEN IN 2800 MEN WILL RECEIVE A BREAST CANCER DIAGNOSIS THIS YEAR WITH OVER 43. 1007 100 WOMEN SUCCUMBING TO THE DISEASE. AND WHERE IS BREAST CANCER AFFECTS NOT ONLY ONE IN EIGHT WOMEN BUT APPROXIMATELY ONE IN 1000 MEN DURING THEIR LIFETIMES. AND WHEREAS EARLY DETECTION METHODS LIKE MAMMOGRAPHY AND CLINICAL BREAST EXAMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO REDUCE THE BREAST CANCER MORTALITY RATE BY APPROXIMATELY 30% NOW THEREFORE BE. IT PROCLAIMED THAT THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE OF THE TOWNSHIP OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY OF SOMERSET, NEW JERSEY, HEREBY RECOGNIZES OCTOBER 2023 AS BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH AND ENCOURAGES ALL CITIZENS TO INCREASE THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE IMPORTANCE OF EARLY DETECTION. AND TREATMENT OF BREAST CANCER AND DEMONSTRATES CONTINUED SUPPORT BY DISPLAYING PINK RIBBONS THROUGHOUT THE MUNICIPAL COMPLEX AND AUTO KAUFMAN COMMUNITY CENTER DURING THIS MONTH. CAPTAIN IT'S NOT ON HERE. BUT DO YOU WANT TO DO YOU WANT TO COME OVER AND JUST TALK ABOUT WHAT? WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON WITH THE WITH BRITAIN'S KIDS A MONTH DO YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT IT? I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT AND. SORRY TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT, BUT I THINK THERE'S SOME GOOD STUFF THAT'S BEEN GOING ON. HOW YOU DOING, CAPTAIN? BET SO IN WE DON'T HAVE ANY PICTURES THAT WOULD HAVE BROUGHT HIM WITH ME BUT IN AT FOR BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH, WE HAD OUTFIT OF ONE OF OUR CARS WHENEVER BLACK PATROL CARS WITH PINK IN HONOR OF BREAST CANCER AWARENESS , AND YESTERDAY WE HAD USED THAT CAR. I'M SORRY. ON TUESDAY, IT WAS DISPLAYED UP IN THE SOMERSET COUNTY. THEY HAD A PINK CAR CEREMONY WHERE OUR CAR AND OUR OFFICERS PARTICIPATED IN THAT CEREMONY LAST NIGHT. WE HAD OUR THIRD COFFEE WITH A COP FOR THE YEAR. WE DID THAT AT CAFE AMERICA, WHERE THE CAR WAS PUT ON DISPLAY THERE. WE WILL DISPLAY IT ALL. UH FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER WILL HAVE IT OUT AT ROAD JOBS WILL HAVE IT OUT ON PATROL AND WE'LL HAVE A DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS WILL BE AT, UM TRUNK OR TREAT, SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING FOR BREAST CANCER AWARENESS. THAT'S GREAT. THANK YOU, AND I THINK WHAT WE COULD DO WITH THE PICTURES. WE MAKING SURE THEY'RE ON THE WEBSITE AND ALSO OUT ON THE THERE TO PUT JUST PUT IT ON. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO SEE ALL THE SUPPORT THAT WE DEFINITELY STANDS OUT. BECAUSE I'VE SEEN IT ALL OVER. IT WAS JUST GONNA SAY IT. I'VE SEEN IT ON GREAT ROAD. WHEN THE CONSTRUCTION IS GOING ON. IT WAS THEIR HANDS OUT SOMETHING DIFFERENT. MOST OF THEM ARE COMPLETELY WRAPPED. SO WE WANTED TO HAVE THAT CONTRAST WITH BLACK AND PINK SO GOOD JOB. THANK YOU. OKAY? SO THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS A PRESENTATION ON THE[2. Presentation – 2023 Development Status]
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2023 DEVELOPMENT STATUS. WE TRIED TO DO THESE STATUSES WINTER TWICE A YEAR IF WE CAN JUST TO FIND OUT GIVE EVERYBODY THE PUBLIC OURSELVES STATUS OF WHAT'S GOING ON WITH SOME OF THE DEVELOPMENT THAT'S HAPPENING HERE IN MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP, SO I'LL TURN OVER TO YOU. LAURIE.OKAY? GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. LAURIE SOVEREIGN TOWN ADMINISTRATOR AND YOU'RE PLANNING DIRECTOR SO HAPPY TO BE BACK THIS YEAR TO GIVE YOU A STATUS OF DEVELOPMENT UPDATE. I DECIDED TO START THIS YEAR WITH SO IT'S NICE TO BE REMINDED OF SOME OF THE WONDERFUL THINGS GOING ON IN MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP THAT REALLY WHAT EVERYONE VALUES SO THIS IS A SLIDE WE HAD PREPARED FOR PRESENTATION A FEW YEARS AGO, BUT JUST REFLECTING ON SOME OF THE NATURAL AREAS THAT WE HAVE PRESERVED, UM BEAUTIFUL VISITORS AND PARKS AND OUR HISTORICAL BUILDINGS, SO IT'S A NICE PLACE TO START. I THINK THANK YOU. THERE'S A FEW KEY THINGS RIGHT BEFORE WE JUMP INTO IT THAT I WANTED TO REMIND EVERYONE OF IN TERMS OF SOME KEY PRINCIPLES. POLICIES THAT ARE DECADES LONG FROM THE TOWNSHIP. UM THIS MAP JUST SHOWS YOU THAT THE MAJORITY AS YOU KNOW OF MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP IS RESIDENTIAL 92% OF OUR LAND AREA IS ZONED RESIDENTIAL HAS DEVELOPED AS RESIDENTIAL. THE OTHER CRITICAL PIECE AND SETTING POLICY AND MANAGING GROWTH IN MONTGOMERY HAS BEEN ARE VERY AGGRESSIVE, OPEN SPACE AND FARMLAND PRESERVATION PROGRAM, UH, ALSO DATING BACK DECADES. AND SO THIS MAP REFLECTS SO MUCH OF THE AREA OF THE TOWNSHIP, NEARLY 40. WHAT ARE WE AT NOW? 39% ISN'T OBSERVED. SO DEFINITELY 1 39% MUNICIPALITIES , UM IN THE STATE. AND LASTLY, THE ANOTHER WAY THAT THEY HAVE, AND WE HAVE MANAGED GROWTH OVER DECADES HAS BEEN RESTRICTING WHERE CERTAIN TYPES OF DEVELOPMENT WOULD BE PERMITTED IN THE TOWNSHIP. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE LIMITED ROADWAY ACCESS. WE HAVE ROUTE TWO OR SIX. WE HAVE COUNTY ROUTE 5 18 COUNTY ROUTE 601 AND THEN PREDOMINANTLY JUST RESIDENTIAL KIND OF RURAL RESIDENTIAL ROADS. AND SO THESE SEWER SERVICE AREAS, THESE ARE OUR WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT AREAS IN THE TOWNSHIP. AS YOU CAN SEE , THE ENTIRE TOWNSHIP IS NOT ON SEWER WERE PREDOMINANTLY ON SEPTIC. AND SO THAT HAS ALSO BEEN ONE OF THE GROWTH MANAGEMENT TOOLS THAT THE TOWNSHIP HAS USED. AND SOMETHING THAT WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT IN A WHILE BUT ALSO DATES BACK.
DECADES IS THE PLANNING NOTION THAT WE HAVE TWO MAIN NODES OF DEVELOPMENT. BELLAMY NODE, WHICH IS AT THE INTERSECTION OF TOP OF THE TOWNSHIPS AT THE INTERSECTION OF BELLE MEADE, GREG'S TOWN ROAD INTO 06 AND THE ROCKY HILL NOTE AT COUNTY 5, 18 AND ROUTE 206. SO THERE'LL BE A FEW CATEGORIES. WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE FIRST CATEGORY IS THOSE PROJECTS UNDER THE CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW. SO WE HAVE THE SOMERSET AT MONTGOMERY. THIS IS JUST NORTH OF THE MOVIE THEATER IN MONTGOMERY SHOPPING CENTER. THAT IS PART OF OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING PLAN. SO IT DOES HELP US MEET THE TOWNSHIPS STATE MANDATE FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING. IT HAS 92 MARKET RATE IN 23 AFFORDABLE APARTMENTS. UM THEY BUILT THE PICTURE ON THE BOTTOM SHOWS THE ORIGINAL OFFICE BUILDING. WHAT WAS THEIR DATING BACK? YOU KNOW THAT BUILDING WAS BACK BUILT IN THE SIXTIES. IT WAS 38,000 SQUARE FEET, SO IT'S A REDEVELOPMENT OF A PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT ONE OF THE PRIMARY UM ANOTHER THING BESIDES PROVIDING FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS IT'S IN AN AREA WHERE THERE IS ACCESS TO PUBLIC TRANSIT. AND UM, WALKABLE AREA FOR PEOPLE, JOBS AND SHOPPING. AND THIS WAS ADDED TO OUR MASTER PLAN IN 2008 , AND THE ZONING WAS ENACTED IN 2018. SO IT HAS PEOPLE IF YOU DRIVE BY NOW, YOU'VE BEEN WATCHING THE CONSTRUCTION HAPPEN . AND SO THEY ANTICIPATED COMPLETION DATE IS NEXT YEAR SOMETIME PEOPLE ARE VERY INTERESTED IN WHEN IT MIGHT OPEN. SO WE'RE GETTING A LOT OF CALLS ABOUT THAT. SO IT'S SOMETIME NEXT YEAR. MONTGOMERY CROSSING, SO THIS HAS BEEN UNDER CONSTRUCTION SINCE 2022. WE ANTICIPATE COMPLETION NEXT YEAR . UM IT'S 100 AND SEVEN TOWN HOMES 40 CONDOMINIUMS BY CHARBEL DEVELOPMENT. THIS IS IN THE FORMER RESEARCH RESEARCH. DR. NOW IT'S VILLAGE DRIVE. PREVIOUSLY THE ORIGINAL OFFICE BUILDING FROM THE SEVENTIES IS THERE THAT WAS THE KEPT NO TRIGO CONSULTANT'S OFFICE BUILDING.
AND CRITICAL PIECE TO THIS ALSO IS PART OF OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING PLAN HELPS THE TOWNSHIP
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MEET THAT STATE MANDATE AND THERE ARE LOOP ROADS BEING CONSTRUCTED BY THE DEVELOPER TO ALLEVIATE TRAFFIC CONGESTION, WHICH WAS PART OF A 2002 TRAFFIC CIRCULATION PLAN ELEMENT. THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT WAS INCLUDED IN THE MASTER PLAN BACK IN 17 2017 THE ZONING AT THE SAME TIME AND THEN RECEIVED APPROVAL SHORTLY THEREAFTER. I KNOW THERE WAS KIND OF A, UH, THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE ROAD HAS REALLY BEEN ONE OF THE THINGS THAT BEEN OF CONCERN BECAUSE IT WAS IT STAGED INTO DIFFERENT PHASES FOR PHASES TO IT, AND I DO KNOW WE, UH BEEN PUSHING THAT ALONG FASTER THAN WE SHOULD. SO, DO YOU HAVE ANY UPDATE ON THAT VILLAGE ROAD? UM. WE'VE BEEN FOCUSED ON OPENING BRACKNELL. THAT'S THE INNER LOOP ROAD. AND SO THAT HAS A LITTLE BIT OF A DELAY ON SOME MATERIALS OF THE GUIDE RAIL THAT NEEDS TO BE UPGRADED. NOW I'M TALKING ABOUT BRETT NOW, RIGHT? THAT'S WHERE WE'VE BEEN. UM, THIS ALSO IS HAS BOTH LOOP ROADS IT HAS VILLAGE DRIVE. WHICH THEY'VE COMPLETED AND BRACKNELL, WHICH IS, UM VILLAGE DRIVE ISN'T COMPLETED THEIR PORTION OF THE PROPERTY LINE, RIGHT, MHM. UM AND ONE THING OF NOTE. THIS PROJECT HAS 40 CONDOMINIUM UNIT BUILDING THAT IS NOT YET CONSTRUCTED THE DEVELOPERS COMING BACK TO THE PLANNING BOARD TO SEEK AN AMENDMENT TO MODIFY THAT TO REDUCE THE TOTAL NUMBER OF UNITS FROM 40 TO 20, THOSE WOULD BECOME 20 TOWN HOMES, AND THAT'S AN ACTIVE APPLICATION RIGHT NOW.THE NEXT PROJECT IS THE ADJACENT VILLAGE WALK, ALSO UNDER CONSTRUCTION. UM IT IS 54,000 SQUARE FEET OF RETAIL, ONE OF THE BUILDINGS THAT'S NOT YET BUILT AS A MIXED USE BUILDING SO IT WILL HAVE APARTMENTS ABOVE FIRST FLOOR. RETAIL IT WILL HAVE 45 MARKET RATE IN 11 AFFORDABLE APARTMENTS. THIS PROJECT BY PUGLISI PROPERTIES. UM IT WAS PREVIOUSLY IF YOU REMEMBER DEVELOPED AS VILLAGE SHOPPER, ONE AND TWO, WHICH CONTAINED 31,000 SQUARE FEET OF RETAIL, AND WE HAVE A PICTURE OF THE ORIGINAL VILLAGE SHOPPER. THAT WAS THE BUILDING WHERE MRS CHOW'S WAS REMEMBER THAT AND SO THIS ALSO HELPS US MEET OUR STATE MANDATE FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING. IT'S IN OUR HOUSING PLAN BACK FROM 2017. AND IT PROVIDES LOOP ROADS THAT ARE BEING CONSTRUCTED BY THE DEVELOPER. THEY'RE HALF OF THOSE TWO LOOP ROADS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT VILLAGE DRIVING AND BRACKNELL BOULEVARD. BUT VILLAGE DRIVE DOESN'T GET COMPLETED UNTIL THE END OF PHASE THREE. UH IT'S B IT IS BEFORE PHASE THREE TO THE TWO PADS SITES, RIGHT? WHICH YOU'RE COMING UP NEXT. YEAH. GLAD WE'VE BEEN PUSHING FOR THAT, AND THAT WAS WHEN THEY CAME IN FOR A RE PHASING THAT, UM, THAT HAPPENED AND THAT'S WHEN THE PLANNING BOARD, UM MODIFIED THAT SO THOSE THAT ARE APPROVED BY OTHER THE PLANNING BOARD OF THE ZONING BOARD, BUT NOT YET UNDER CONSTRUCTION. MONTGOMERY SENIOR APARTMENTS. THIS IS THE RPM DEVELOPMENT.
IT'S 100% AFFORDABLE FOR SENIOR CITIZENS. IT WILL BE 70 UNITS, ALL ONE BEDROOM. HERE AT THE MUNICIPAL COMPLEX IT'S IN. IT'S THE YELLOW FOOTPRINT THAT YOU SEE ON THE AERIAL MAP, AND THAT IS IN ONE OF THE LOCATIONS OF THE FORMER A FORMER BUILDING THAT WAS ON THIS SITE WHEN IT WAS OWNED BY CONVERT TECH. AND ALSO OBVIOUSLY HELPS MEET OUR STAND, BEAT STATE MANDATE OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING. AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN FINAL, UH, FINAL DOCUMENTS TO EXECUTE THE LAND TRANSFER TO THE DEVELOPER AND CONSTRUCTION WE ANTICIPATE TO BEGIN NEXT YEAR. THE HAVEN IS APPROVED, BUT NOT YET CONSTRUCTED. UM THIS IS THE LAST REMAINING DEVELOPABLE PIECE IN WHAT IS OUR APARTMENT TOWNHOUSE ZONE OFF OF BLUE SPRING ROAD. WHERE A MAJORITY OF OUR TOWN HOMES HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED. IT'S ONE OF THE EARLIER ZONE YOU CAN SEE FROM BACK FROM THE SEVENTIES THAT ZONING FOR APARTMENT TOWNHOUSES WAS CREATED AND THEN AMENDED IN 1985 TO REQUIRE A SET ASIDE FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING. SO THIS IS PART OF OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING PLAN. IT HELPS US MEET OUR STATE MANDATE. IT'S BEING DEVELOPED ON 20 ACRES OF A 72 ACRE PARCEL AND THE REST WILL BE PRESERVED. 122 TOWN HOMES THERE'S A. PICTURE OF WHAT THE TOWN HOMES WOULD LOOK LIKE, ROUGHLY AND 32 AFFORDABLE APARTMENTS AND RIGHT NOW, THEY WHILE THEY DO HAVE PLANNING BOARD APPROVAL THEY ARE UNDER REVIEW BY DEP FOR THEIR STORMWATER MANAGEMENT PLAN. AND SO THAT'S WHERE THAT PROJECT IS . IF THEY RECEIVED THAT APPROVAL, THEN THEY WOULD BE READY TO MOVE TOWARDS CONSTRUCTION IN SPRING OF 2024 IS WHAT WE POSSIBLY INTO PARTICIPATE. MONTGOMERY PROMENADE, WHICH HAS BEEN TALKED ABOUT OF RECENT WITH THEIR
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GROUNDBREAKING IT IS APPROVED NOT YET CONSTRUCTED ITS 162,000 SQUARE FEET OF RETAIL THAT INCLUDES THE WHOLE FOODS. THEY CAME BACK TO THE PLANNING BOARD OF I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER. I DON'T THINK I HAVE IT UP ON THE TIMELINE. TWO PHASE THE PROJECT , SO IT'S AN ADDITIONAL 127,000 SQUARE FEET. THE REAR PORTION OF THE PROJECT. UH IS A FUTURE PHASE POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL RETAIL. BUT BECAUSE WHOLE FOODS WAS PART OF THE PROJECT, THEY WERE ABLE TO MAKE IT WORK. THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO LEASE THE ENTIRETY OF THE PROJECT. THEY DECIDED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A MULTIPHASE PROJECT. THERE'S ALSO , UM 30 SOMETHING SINGLE FAMILY HOMES THAT KIND OF SERVE AS A BUFFER 29. I THINK WE GOT IT DOWN TO 2029 AND THAT SERVES AS A BUFFER BETWEEN THE EXISTING RESIDENTIAL HOMES ON 18 AND THE RETAIL. THERE'S TWO LOOP ROADS THAT WILL BE CONSTRUCTED AS PART OF THIS PROJECT. UM THERE'S NO AFFORDABLE HOUSING BEING BUILT, BUT THEY ARE REQUIRED TO POST MONEY TO OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST, WHICH THEN WE ARE ABLE TO USE TO HELP. OFFSET COSTS RELATED TO DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE 100% AFFORDABLE THAT DON'T HAVE A MARKET RATE COMPONENT THAT HELPS, UM, FINANCE THESE PROJECTS. THE ASSISTED LIVING PROJECT THAT WAS RECENTLY APPROVED BY THE PLANNING BOARD WAS PART OF THE ORIGINAL R H, UM , THIS IS THE AGE RESTRICTED HOUSING. DEVELOPMENTS THAT YOU SEE. SO IT WAS IT HAD HILLSIDE. UM TAPESTRY HILLSIDE IS ACTUALLY PHASE TWO OF TAPESTRY. THEY WERE BOTH SUPPOSED TO BE RESTRICTED, BUT THE STATE AT THE TIME HAD ENACTED LEGISLATION THAT ALLOWED DEVELOPERS TO, UM, TRY AND LIFT THE REGISTRATION RESTRICTIONS.THE AGE RESTRICTION AND THEY WERE ABLE TO DO THAT BACK THEN. AND SO PART OF THAT OVERLAYS OVER PART OF THAT ZONE. ALSO CONTEMPLATED THIS ASSISTED LIVING AND IT DOES HELP US MEET OUR STATE AFFORDABLE HOUSING MANDATE BECAUSE SOME OF THE BEDS WILL BE RESTRICTED FOR LOWER INCOME. 80 UNITS OF ASSISTED LIVING IN MEMORY CARE. WE ANTICIPATE CONSTRUCTION TO BEGIN SOMETIME NEXT YEAR, AND THAT'S AT THE CORNER OF VILLAGE DRIVE AND HARDWICK DRIVE RIGHT NOW. I THINK THERE'S A CONSTRUCTION TRAILER OUT ON THE SITE, SO YOU CAN SEE WHERE IT'S COMING. SO APPLICATIONS THAT ARE UNDER REVIEW, BUT NOT YET APPROVED BY A LAND USE BOARD IS OUR FINAL CATEGORY. UM HARLINGEN VILLAGE SQUARE. THIS IS BEEN AN APPLICATION SUBMITTED TO THE PLANNING BOARD. THIS PROJECT PREDATES 2008. WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE DEVELOPER ON THIS PROJECT. THE HOUSING ELEMENT WAS ADOPTED IN 08. THE ZONING WAS ADOPTED IN 2010. AND IT'S 36 TOWN HOMES AND 11 AFFORDABLE APARTMENTS AND SEVEN MARKET RATE APARTMENTS. IT'LL BE DEVELOPED ON 10 ACRES OF A 22 ACRE PARCEL IN THE REMAINING LANDS WILL BE PRESERVED. THIS IS ON 206, JUST NORTH OF HARLINGEN VILLAGE. IT DOES HELP US MEET OUR STATE MANDATE FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING. AND DEPENDING ON THE TIMING OF THE HAVEN OR THIS, IT MAY BE THE FINAL PROJECT THAT HELPS US WITH OUR ROUND THREE AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMPLIANCE. THE MALVERN SCHOOL THAT WAS HAS BEEN TALKED ABOUT QUITE A LOT. THIS IS ON A PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT IS RIGHT AT THE INTERSECTION OF WHERE BRICK NAIL BOULEVARD, THE LUPRON. WE WERE TALKING ABOUT EARLIER HITS 5 18.
IT WAS RE ZONED IN 2004. FROM RESIDENTIAL TO HIGHWAY COMMERCIAL BECAUSE THE PROPERTY WAS ON THE INSIDE OF THE LOOP ROAD, WHERE THE REST OF THE COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES ARE SO IT MADE SENSE TO HAVE THAT ONE BECOME COMMERCIAL AS WELL IT WITH COMPLEMENTING THE ADJACENT PROPERTIES. IT'S THIS PROJECT CURRENTLY IS AN 11,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING FOR A DAYCARE CENTER. IT WAS PREVIOUSLY AND IS RIGHT NOW. SORRY. A SINGLE FAMILY HOME. AND UH WHAT THE NEIGHBORS OF ACTUALLY THE APPLICATION THAT HAD COME OUT WAS TO THE ZONING BOARD BECAUSE THEY WERE PROPOSING TO USE IS ON THE PROPERTY, A DAYCARE CENTER IN ONE BUILDING AND A MEDICAL OFFICE IN USE IN THE SECOND BUILDING, AND SO THE APPLICANT HAS DECIDED TO WITHDRAW THAT APPLICATION AND RESUBMIT TO THE PLANNING BOARD FOR JUST ONE USE. WHICH USE HMM. WHICH ONE OF THOSE DO YOU TAKE CARE? THANK YOU. THE PROJECT, THE SELF STORAGE PROJECT THAT IS UNDER REVIEW, SO AN APPLICATION HAS BEEN SUBMITTED HASN'T BEEN SCHEDULED FOR A PUBLIC HEARING.
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THIS IS ON THE FORMER PRINCETON GAMMA TECH PROPERTY. UM THAT'S ADJACENT TO THE WA WA AND THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED ON 5 18. WE CAN ALL REMEMBER WHAT THE ORIGINAL BUILDING LOOKS LIKE RIGHT BEFORE. IT WAS DEMOLISHED IN JANUARY OF THIS YEAR. SO THIS UM THIS PROPOSAL IS FOR 133,000 SQUARE FOOT. SELF STORAGE. IT'S IN TWO BUILDINGS. SO 11 BUILDINGS THREE STORY AND THE OTHER BUILDING IS TWO STORIES. IT'S NOT YET UP ON OUR WEBSITE. WE HAVE A PROJECT'S PAGE, AND IT SHOULD BE UP SHORTLY. UM WE'RE WORKING ON ONCE IT'S IN CONFORMANCE. I'M SORRY. ONCE IT'S IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE CHECKLIST, THEN WE POST IT. WE DON'T POST IT BEFORE. IT'S BECAUSE SOMETHING MIGHT CHANGE AND THEN CONFUSED PEOPLE, SO THE PUBLIC HEARING HASN'T YET BEEN SCHEDULED. IN OUR LAST PROJECT IS CARRIER CLINIC. SUBMITTED BUT NOT ABOUT UNDER REVIEW. 44,000 SQUARE FOOT ADDITION, HOSPITAL RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT FOR ADOLESCENT PATIENT CARE, AND THEY ARE ALSO RECONFIGURING AND UPDATING SOME INTERNAL SPACES WITHIN THE HOSPITAL AND FOR THOSE THAT MAY NOT KNOW CARRIER HAS BEEN IN THE COMMUNITY FOR A VERY LONG TIME IT OPENED AS THE BELLE MEADE FARM COLONY IN 1910. AND DR CARRIER PURCHASED THE FACILITY IN 1956 ALL THAT TIME AT OPERATED, UM BUT REALLY WASN'T A PERMITTED USE THERE. AND SO IT WASN'T UNTIL 2011 WHEN THE TOWN WORKED WITH CARRIER TO, UM, KIND OF CODIFY WHAT IS EXISTING ON THE LAND. AT THAT TIME, SOMERSET COUNTY DID A LARGE LAND PRESERVATION OF A LOT OF LOT OF THE LAND THAT THEY OWN THAT ABUTS THE SAUERLAND PRESERVE. AND THEN THE ZONING WAS ADOPTED. THAT MAKES IT A CONFORMING USE. AND SO THEY RECENTLY IN 2019 MERGED WITH HACKENSACK MERIDIAN, AND THIS IS PART OF THE PLAN OF WHAT YOU KNOW, THROUGHOUT THE STATE, THIS THIS TYPE OF SERVICE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE OFFERING IS A HUGE NEED THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY. AND SO WE'VE HAD THE CHANCE TO MEET WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM CARRIER AND HACKENSACK MERIDIAN, AND THEY REALLY ARE GOING TO HAVE A KIND OF ONE OF THE STATE'S PREMIER LOCATIONS FOR SERVING OUR ADOLESCENTS WITH AND THIS IS BEING PAID FOR BY BY THIS BY THE STATE, RIGHT? BUT YOU KNOW, THE E. M S. THERE'S A AFFECT RMS WE ALREADY WE AS PART OF THIS PROCESS. WE BROUGHT EMS INTO THE LOOP ON THIS SO THEY DON'T THINK SO BECAUSE THEY'RE SWAPPING OUT SOME BEDS FOR OTHER BEDS, SO THEY YOU KNOW, WE'VE THERE'S STILL SOME ASPECT WITH THE M S. BUT KIND OF A SWAPPING AMOUNT, THE BEST VOICE BE THE SAME AMOUNT. THEY ARE. YES, THEY'RE RECONFIGURING THE TOTAL NUMBER OF VMS WAS BROUGHT INTO THE PMS WAS BROUGHT INTO THE DISCUSSION . I THINK THEN WE SHOULD BE SATISFIED. I'M SURE THEY EQUALLY KNOW THAT THEY ARE THEY GET CALLED A LOT ON STUFF, SO I'M SURE THEY LOOKED INTO IT. BUT THANK YOU. AND UM, JUST WAYS TO STAY INFORMED. WE ALWAYS LIKE TO LET EVERYONE KNOW TO GO ON OUR PROJECTS AND INITIATIVES SECTION OF THE WEBSITE. THERE'S SO MUCH INFORMATION YOU CAN SNOOP AROUND AND SEE WHAT'S GOING ON. AND THEN WHEN YOU HAVE A QUESTION, PLEASE VISIT, CALL OR EMAIL THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT ON THE SECOND FLOOR HERE AND WE ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO WATCH OR ATTEND. THERE ARE PLANNING BOARD AND ZONING BOARD MEETINGS. ALL LET'S GET THIS POSTED UP THERE TOO. THIS IS GREAT. WE HAVE OUR LAST YEAR'S 2019. MEAN ONE AS WELL. SO WE KIND OF HAVE THEM ALL THEIR PUBLIC. THANK YOU. LAURIE. THIS IS VERY HELPFUL.THANK YOU. WELCOME ANY QUESTIONS AT ALL FROM THE TOWNSHIP MEAT? NO GREAT. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. TAKE YOUR SEAT. NOW IS THE ADMINISTRATOR. SO THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA
[3. Public Comment]
IS PUBLIC COMMENT MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISHING TO ADDRESS THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE ON MATTERS PERTAINING TO THE TOWNSHIP WILL BE LIMITED TO FIVE MINUTES PER PERSON IF COMMENTS ARE SIMILAR TO THOSE ALREADY STATED, PLEASE INDICATE YOUR SUPPORTER. OPPOSITION AND GROUPS ARE ASKED TO SELECT A SPOKESPERSON. SO WHEN YOU DO COME UP, JUST STATE, YOUR NAME AND THE SPELLING OF YOUR NAME, YOU NO LONGER HAVE TO PROVIDE YOUR ADDRESS. SO IT'S OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT IF ANYONE WANTS TO COME ON UP. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING COMMITTEE MEMBERS. JOHN WALT'S DEAD TREE RUN ROAD. CAN YOU SPELL YOUR LAST NAME FOR THE RECORD? YOUR SPELL YOUR LAST NAME W A. L T Z . THANK YOU LIKE THE MUSIC. I'D LIKE TO, UM, BRING A MATTER THAT WE ALL SHOULD BE CONCERNED ABOUT , UM REGARDING AIR POLLUTION AND THE EXCESS OF BURNING OF FOSSIL FUELS. I E GASOLINE,[00:25:08]
SPECIFICALLY, UM, EXCESSIVE IDLING IN OUR SHOPPING CENTERS. GET CLOSER TO THE NIGHT. SORRY.EXCESSIVE IDLING IN THE SHOPPING CENTERS. WHEN I GO SHOPPING, I WALKED PAST CARS I'LL GO INTO THE STORE WILL COME OUT. UM I'LL PASS A CAR THAT MIGHT BE PARKED NEXT TO MINE OR NEAR MINE, AND IT WILL BE RUNNING THERE BE SOMEONE TALKING ON THEIR PHONE OR EATING OR WHAT HAVE YOU GO IN ? ALTHOUGH SHOPPING AND COME OUT AND THEY'RE STILL IN THE CAR, IT'S IDLING, AND IT COULD BE 20 MINUTES LATER. IT'S HAPPENED NUMEROUS TIMES, AND I JUST THOUGHT THERE WAS TIME TO SPEAK UP ABOUT IT. UM THERE'S A NEW DESSERT IS A, UM ALRIGHT. NEW JERSEY STATUTE AGAINST IT. IT PRIMARILY FOCUSES ON DIESEL ENGINES, BUT I THINK IT'S VAGUE ENOUGH THAT IT CAN ADDRESS GASOLINE ENGINES. UM AND THERE ARE SIGNS ALL SIGNAGE ALSO CAN MAY MAY APPROACH THE APPROACH THE COMMITTEE WHAT? SECOND UM YOU CAN JUST BRING IT OVER TO THE THANKS. THANK YOU. I THINK WE HAVE. I THINK WE DO HAVE WE'RE CHECKING RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE I THINK WE DO HAVE ONE OF THESE. LAUREN D. ARE YOU AWARE? I ALSO THINK SO. LOCAL ORDINANCE ON IT. I REMEMBER BEING AT THE SCHOOLS AND SOMEONE TELLING ME YEAH. SO WE USE THE SAFETY PEOPLE. SO IT'S OKAY.
THANK YOU. I'M I WAS CONFUSED BECAUSE THEN IT GETS BROUGHT UP A LOT IN IN DIFFERENT REVIEWS AND STUFF. UH SO SOMEONE RECENTLY MENTIONED THAT THERE MIGHT BE THOSE SIGNS. UM AT HUAHUA. CURRENTLY THERE MIGHT BE A SIGN NO IDLING. UM SO ANYWAY, UM. THAT'S ABOUT IT. I'D LIKE TO SEE I'D LIKE TO SEE X O. THE OTHER ISSUE IS TOWNSHIP ROAD DEPARTMENT VEHICLES. THERE ARE NOTORIOUS FOR SITTING IN THE BACK OF THE OLD MUNICIPAL COMPLEX OR, OR, UM BY ONE OF THE NEW SHOPPING AREAS AT THE END OF BELLAMY, GREEKS TOWN ROAD INTO A 206. THERE'S A JOB, A ROAD DEPARTMENT YARD BEHIND THERE. THEY SIT THERE AND THE TRUCKS ARE ARE IDLING. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND THE TRUCKS, BUT THEY'RE JUST SITTING THERE, IDLING. I'VE BEEN BEHIND THE OLD MUNICIPAL BUILDING, AND THE GUYS ARE READING THEIR LUNCH IN THE TRUCKS THAT ARE RUNNING.
SO THIS IS NOT ONLY AIRPORT POLLUTION, IT'S COSTLY TO THE TOWNSHIP IN BURNING FUEL. SO THANK YOU. I THINK THAT'S ABOUT IT. UM, IS THERE A WAY I CAN FOLLOW UP? WELL, IT DEPENDS ON WHAT THE FOLLOW UP IS JUST WHY DON'T YOU COME BACK TO ANOTHER MEETING, BUT HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE SOME ACTION ON IT BETWEEN NOW AND THEN. SOME INFORMATION. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
OKAY SO DO WE. WE DO HAVE ONE. IT'S UNDER THE POLICE RULES, BUT IT'S THE ENFORCEMENT OF IT MIGHT BE OR POSTING SIGNS FOR. YEAH, AND PERHAPS GETTING SOME SCIENCE, SO WE'LL TAKE A TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? OKAY? WELL WITH THAT I WILL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENTS. THE
[4. Ordinance #23-1706 - Amending Fire Prevention Fees – Introduction ]
NEXT ITEMS, ORDINANCES, INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READING. THE FIRST IS ORDINANCE 23 1706.THIS IS AN ORDINANCE AMENDING FEES OF CHAPTER EIGHT BUILDING HOUSING FARMING IN CHAPTER 13 FIRE PREVENTION OF THE REVISED GENERAL ORDINANCES OF THE TOWNSHIP OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY OF SOMERSET, NEW JERSEY. I'M ASSUMING THIS IS A LOT OF OUR CLEANUP OF FEES. CORRECT TURN OVER TO YOU? YES SO, UM, EARLIER , I THINK IN THE YEAR THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE HAD ASKED THE DEPARTMENTS TO REVIEW ALL OF THEIR FEES. AND SO THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN WORKING WITH ALL THE DEPARTMENTS AND THIS FIRE FEES WERE REVIEWED. AND WHILE THEY WEREN'T TOO FAR OUT OF DATE, THERE WAS, YOU'LL SEE THE CHANGES ARE MINOR. BUT THIS DOES ALLOW FOR THE AVOIDANCE OF ANY IN FIVE YEARS FROM NOW, A MUCH LARGER, YOU KNOW, INCREASE TO REFLECT COSTS THAT YOU KNOW THE TOWNSHIP HAS SO THIS THESE NUMBERS ARE NOT INCONSISTENT WITH SURROUNDING MUNICIPALITIES.
OKAY, THANK YOU. THAT DO HAVE A MOTION TO INTRODUCE ORDINANCE 23 1706 SO MOVED SECOND. SECOND ROLL CALL, PLEASE. YES MEMBER TODD. DEPUTY MAYOR SING KEENAN? YES. ORDINANCE 23 1707, AN
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ORDINANCE AMENDING AND SUPPLEMENTING CAN'T DO. I SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO THE LATIN NUMBERS[5. Ordinance #23-1707 - Amending and Supplementing Chapter XVI, “Land Development,” Pertaining to Bulk Standards for Patios and Decks for the Townhouses that are Part of the Development in Area 2 (A-2) of an Optional Planned Mixed-Use Development within Designated Portions of the “ARH,” “HC,” and “REO-3” Districts – Introduction]
BECAUSE I TOOK LATIN. UM THE LAND DEVELOPMENT OF THE CODE OF THE TOWNSHIP OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY OF SOMERSET STATE OF NEW JERSEY. SPECIFICALLY THE SUBSECTION LISTED HEREAFTER SO PEOPLE CAN REFER TO IT IF THEY NEED TO TURN THAT OVER TO LORI. SO THIS IS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE PROPERTIES THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT. TONIGHT. UM THE MONTGOMERY CROSSING AND THE SOME OF THE PROPERTIES WERE HAVING SOME RISK RESTRICTIONS THAT, UM WERE WERE IMPACTING THEIR ABILITY TO HAVE A USABLE AREA FOR THEIR PATIOS AND DECKS. AND SO THE SOME OF THE RESIDENTS WERE ABLE TO BRING THIS TO THE TOWNSHIPS ATTENTION AND THEY WORKED WITH THE MASTER PLAN COMMITTEE. TO MODIFY THE SECTIONS SO THAT IT MADE SENSE SO THAT THE RESIDENTS THERE COULD, YOU KNOW, ENJOY THEIR OUTDOOR SPACES, OKAY? HMM ANY QUESTIONS? IF NOT DO I HAVE A MOTION TO INTRODUCE ORDINANCE 23 1707. MOVED TO 2ND 2ND ROLL CALL, PLEASE. COMMITTEE MEMBER ON YES, TODD. DEPUTY MAYOR SING HER KEENAN. YES. ORDINANCE 23 1708. IT'S AN ORDINANCE[6. Ordinance #23-1708 – Authorizing an Agreement for Police Mutual Aid with the County of Somerset and Certain Municipalities – Introduction]
AUTHORIZED AN AGREEMENT FOR POLICE MUTUAL LEAGUE WITH THE COUNTY OF SOMERSET IN CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES THERE IN. SO THIS IS A THE ABILITY TO HAVE MUTUAL AID. HOPEFULLY CLOSER. BRING THE WHOLE THING CLOSER. OKAY THE ABILITY TO HAVE CROSSOVER AND MUTUAL AID WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS WITHIN SOMERSET COUNTY. IT MAY SEEM A LITTLE ODD THAT IT IS BEING INTRODUCED AS AN ORDINANCE BECAUSE IT'S KIND OF THE EQUIVALENT OF A SHARED SERVICE AGREEMENT. HOWEVER UM, THE STATUTORY AUTHORITY FOR THE POLICE MUTUAL AID ACTUALLY REQUIRES IT TO BE DONE BY ORDINANCE. OKAY THANK YOU. SO THIS GIVES A OPPORTUNITIES SURROUNDING AREAS AND ALSO WITH THE COUNTY, SO THIS IS SOME OF OUR CLEAN UP AS WELL. CORRECT SO IT WAS BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION THAT AN ORDINANCE HADN'T BEEN ADAPTED IN ORDER TO ENABLE THIS SHARED MUTUAL AID BOTH TO OTHER MUNICIPALITIES AND BACK TO MONTGOMERY. OKAY GREAT. THANK YOU. UM. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO INTRODUCE SOME MOVED A SECOND. SECOND CALL, PLEASE COMMITTEE MEMBER ON COMMITTEE MEMBER TODD YES, DEPUTY MAYOR SING. YES. KEENAN? YES? NEXT ITEM ARE THE PUBLIC HEARING FINAL ADOPTION OF[7. Ordinance #23-1705 - Releasing, Extinguishing and Vacating the Rights of the Township in Emergency Access and Utility Easement Rights Located on Lots 46 and 77, Block 34001 - Adoption]
ORDINANCES ORDINANCE 23-1705. THIS IS FOR, UM, AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWNSHIP OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY OF SOMERSET STATE OF NEW JERSEY, RELEASING, EXTINGUISHING AND VACATING THE RIGHTS OF THE TOWNSHIP IN EMERGENCY ACCESS IN UTILITY EASEMENT RIGHTS, LOCATED ON LOTS OF 46 AND 77 BLOCK.34001. I THINK I'M UP AGAIN. OKAY AS WE HAD INDICATED AT THE LAST MEETING WHERE THIS ORDINANCE HAD BEEN INTRODUCED, THIS ISN'T QUITE CLEAN UP. BUT IT IS A LITTLE BIT OF CLEAN UP THE MONTGOMERY PROMENADE DEVELOPMENT THAT LAURIE HAD DISCUSSED EARLIER WHEN THEY WERE GOING THROUGH TO DO THEIR SUBDIVISION PREPARING THE MAT FOR FILING. THEY REALIZE THERE'S SOME EXISTING ACCESS EASEMENTS UTILITY EASEMENTS. THAT NO LONGER WILL BE NEEDED BECAUSE OF THE ALIGNMENT OF THE NEW LOOP ROAD, EASY ACCESS AS WELL AS WERE THE OTHER UTILITIES ARE BEING INSTALLED. THOSE EASEMENTS WILL COME TO YOU IN THE FUTURE. FIRST THIS NEEDS TO BE RELEASED.
HOWEVER I DO WANT TO NOTE EVEN THOUGH MAYOR I AM GOING TO ASK YOU TO MOVE FORWARD TO OPEN FOR PUBLIC HEARING THAT DUE TO DELAYS FROM THE NEWSPAPERS THAT , UH MONTGOMERY USES AS THEIR DESIGNATED NEWSPAPERS AS MUCH AS YOUR CLERK TRIED REALLY HARD TO GET IT INTO THE PAPER IN TIME TO HAVE A 10 DAY ADVERTISEMENT PRIOR TO TONIGHT. THOSE NEWSPAPERS DIDN'T PUBLISH IN TIME. SO WE ARE GOING TO ASK THAT AFTER YOU OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING THAT THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE CARRY THE PUBLIC HEARING TO THE NEXT MEETING TO THAT DATE, CERTAIN AND NOT TAKE ACTION TO ADOPT UNTIL THAT TIME, CAN WE, BUT WE'RE NOT ACTUALLY ALLOWING PEOPLE TO DO PEOPLE CAN MAKE. PEOPLE CAN COMMENT TONIGHT . THEY CAN MAKE COMMENTS IN TWO WEEKS FOR THOSE WHO HAD HEARD THAT TONIGHT WAS THE PUBLIC HEARING. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY.
IT'S PUBLIC HEARINGS IF ANYONE WANTS SCOTLAND NO TAKERS. WELL. 20 TO HAVE A MOTION TO CARRY IT.
THE MOTION TO CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING AND THEN MOTION TO CARRY A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING MOVED 2ND 2ND AND DO I HAVE A MOTION TO CARRY THIS TO A FUTURE MEETING MOVED TO A STICKLER BUT TO THE EXACT DATE OF OUR NEXT MEETING, LISA THE 17TH. OCTOBER. 1919 DO I HAVE A MOTION TO CARRY THIS TO THE NEXT MEETING, WHICH IS OCTOBER 19TH. MOVED 2ND 2ND. ROYAL CALL,
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PLEASE. COMMITTEE MEMBER ON YES , MEMBER TODD? YES DEPUTY MAYOR SING. YES. KEENAN? YES? NEXT[Consent Agenda]
ITEM IS THE CONSENT AGENDA. ALL MATTERS LISTED ON THE CONSENT OF GENDER ARE CONSIDERED TO BE ROUTINE AND WILL BE ENACTED IN ONE MOTION. THERE'S NO SEPARATE DISCUSSION OF ANY OF THESE UNDERS ANY OF THESE ITEMS IF DISCUSSIONS DESIRED THAT ITEM A BEING REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT OF GENERAL AND CONSIDERED SEPARATELY. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE ON ANY OF THEM? OKAY. ARE THERE ANY ISSUES PEOPLE NEED TO I'VE SEEN OR ANYTHING. WE'RE GOOD, OKAY? OKAY SO WITH THAT, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE CONSENT AGENDA COVERING RESOLUTIONS? 23-10 DASH 268 THROUGH 23-10 DASH 271. SO MOVED. 2ND 2ND ROLL CALL, PLEASE REMEMBER ON COMMITTEE MEMBER TODD DEPUTY MAYOR SING MARY KEENAN? YES. NOW ONTO THE RESOLUTIONS RESOLUTION[12. Authorizing Outdoor Assembly Permit – Car Show ]
. 23-9 DASH 261 AUTHORIZING THE OUTDOOR ASSEMBLY PERMIT FOR THE CAR SHOW. AT LEAST YOU WANT TO JUST GIVE IT UP. YOU DON'T HAVE MUCH OF A VOICE. UM RESOLUTION WAS CARRIED. THERE WAS ALSO A RESCHEDULING OF THE ORIGINAL EVENT, WHICH WAS SCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER. 24TH AT THE LAST MEETING. THE POLICE ADVISED THAT THE EVENT DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER ON THAT WEEKEND WAS GOING TO BE RESCHEDULED TO OCTOBER 8TH. SO THAT IS WHY WE KEPT THE SAME RESOLUTION NUMBER AND CARRIED IT TO THIS MEETING. OKAY I'M SURE EVERYBODY HEARD THAT. I HOPE YOU FEEL BETTER SOON. I'M GOOD. IT'S JUST ABSOLUTELY VOICE. I WENT THROUGH IT TO DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION. 23-9 DASH 2612 2ND 2ND ROLL CALL, PLEASE COMMITTEE MEMBER ON YES, COMMITTEE MEMBER TODD DEPUTY MAYOR SAYING YES, KEENAN. RESOLUTION 23-10 DASH 272[13. Authorizing Execution of a Contract Extension Between the County of Somerset, Montgomery Township and Montgomery Township Board of Education for Use of a Portion of Skillman Park]
AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF A CONTRACT EXTENSION BETWEEN THE COUNTY OF SOMERSET, MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP AND MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP BOARD OF ED FOR THE PORTION OF SKILLMAN PARK. AND SO THIS IS AN AREA OF THE PARK THAT THE SCHOOL HAS BEEN USING. IT PROVIDES CIRCULATION AROUND THE SCHOOL.UM AND ALSO THERE'S A FIELD ADJACENT TO RIGHT OUTSIDE OF THEIR PLAYGROUND AREA. THAT'S WITHIN THE PARK THAT I BELIEVE AT TIMES THEY USED, BUT IT'S JUST AREAS RIGHT SURROUNDING THE PROPERTY THAT THE SCHOOL HAS. GREAT. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 23-10 DASH 272 SO MOVED. 2ND 2ND ROLL CALL, PLEASE REMEMBER ON YES, TODD? YES DEPUTY MAYOR SING. YES, MARY
[14. Authorizing Land Purchase Agreement for Block 11002, Lot 36 ]
KEENAN? YES. THE NEXT ITEM IS RESOLUTION 23-10 DASH 273 AUTHORIZING THE LAND PURCHASE AGREEMENT FOR BLOCK 1102 LOT 46. QUESTIONS. OKAY, GOOD. STAY UP HERE FOR A WHILE, HUH? OKAY LAUREN WAS THE LASKY OPEN SPACE AND STEWARDSHIP DIRECTOR. YOU HAVE FOUR ORDINANCE ORDINANCE.EXCUSE ME FOR RESOLUTIONS RIGHT IN A ROW ON YOUR AGENDA TONIGHT FOR FOUR DIFFERENT LAND ACQUISITIONS. THIS IS TO AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR AND THE CLERK TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH EACH LANDOWNER FOR PURCHASE PRICES THAT WE HAVE NEGOTIATED WITH THEM. SO EACH CONTRACT WILL SET FORTH THAT PURCHASE PRICE AND START OUR DUE DILIGENCE PERIOD SO WE CAN BEGIN ORDERING TITLE SEARCH DOING A SURVEY DOING AN ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT TO DETERMINE IF THE TOWNSHIP WANTS TO MOVE FORWARD AFTER WE'VE DONE ALL THOSE DUE DILIGENCE ITEMS, SO THIS IS NOT THE FINAL STEP IN AUTHORIZING THESE ACQUISITIONS. THIS IS SORT OF THE FIRST OFFICIAL STEP TOWARDS THAT FURTHER INVESTIGATION AND THEN LATER, IF WE DECIDE TO MOVE FORWARD, THERE WILL BE AN ORDINANCE PROCESS FOR EACH ONE. THANK YOU ANY QUESTIONS? GOOD. OKAY SO WE'LL GO THROUGH THEM ONE BY ONE. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO START? HERE WE GO. MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 23-10 DASH 273 SO MOVED. 2ND 2ND ROLL CALL, PLEASE. COMMITTEE MEMBER ON? YES TODD? YES SING?
[15. Authorizing Land Purchase Agreement for Block 11001, Lot 12]
YES. KEENAN? YES THE NEXT IS RESOLUTION. 23-10 DASH 274 AUTHORIZING THE LAND PURCHASE AGREEMENT FOR BLOCK 1101. LOT AT 12. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 23-10 DASH 274 SOME MOVED. 2ND 2ND WORLD CUP, PLEASE COMMITTEE MEMBER ON COMMITTEE MEMBER TODD YES, DEPUTY MAYOR[16. Authorizing Land Purchase Agreement for Block 11001, Lot 35]
SING YES, YES RESOLUTION 23-10 DASH 275 AUTHORIZING THE LAND PURCHASE AGREEMENT FOR BLOCK 1101 LOT 35. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 23-10 DASH 275 MOVED. 2ND 2ND ROLL CALL, PLEASE. COMMITTEE MEMBER ON COMMITTEE MEMBER TODD? YES DEPUTY MERSING? YES KEENAN? YES[17. Authorizing Land Purchase Agreement for Block 34001, Lot 40]
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RESOLUTION. 23-10 DASH 276 AUTHORIZING LAND PURCHASE AGREEMENT FOR BLOCK 334001 LOT OF 40. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 23-10 DASH 276 MOVED. SO, UH, SECOND. ROLL CALL, PLEASE COMMITTEE MEMBER ON TODD? YES DEPUTY MAYOR SING. YES MARY KEENAN? YES THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THE NEXT ITEM IS RESOLUTION 23-10 DASH 277 AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF THE[18. Authorizing Execution of Construction Sequence Agreement – Montgomery Promenade Development ]
CONSTRUCTION SEQUENCING AGREEMENT FOR THE MONTGOMERY PROMENADE DEVELOPMENT. ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS QUITE A LARGE ? YEAH SEQUENCING AGREEMENT, BUT I READ IT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET A ROAD WITH THAT. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 23-10 DASH 277 2ND 2ND ROLL CALL, PLEASE COMMITTEE MEMBER ON COMMITTEE MEMBER TODD DEPUTY MAYOR SING. YES. MAYOR KEENAN?[19. Approval of Minutes]
YES. NEXT ITEM APPROVAL OF MINUTES. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE REGULAR MEETING MINUTES OF SEPTEMBER 21ST 2023 MOVED SECOND. SECOND ALL IN PAPER. I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE EXECUTIVE SESSION MEETING MINUTES OF SEPTEMBER. 21ST 2022 AS TO FORM ONLY A MOTION MOVED 2ND 2ND ALL IN FAVOR. THE NEXT ITEM IS RESOLUTION. 23-10 DASH 278[20. Payment of Bills]
PAYMENT OF BILLS POSTED THANK YOU, MAYOR. WE HAVE THE THREE LARGEST BILLS ON PAGE ONE HILLSBOROUGH TOWNSHIP FOR $43,832.01. THIS IS OUR JULY THROUGH SEPTEMBER SHARED SERVICES, UM, FOR THE COURT SYSTEM, WHICH WE'VE BEEN NOW WITH HILLSBOROUGH TOWNSHIP AND THEIR SHARED COURT FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, AND IT'S REALLY WORKED OUT SO WELL FOR THE TOWNSHIP.IT'S ONE OF OUR REALLY THE ONE OF THE MODELS IN THE STATE FOR SHARED SERVICES. AND CAN I JUST INTERJECT JUST FOR THE REST OF THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE. WE DID LOOK AT THIS TO SEE IF IT'S STILL MADE ECONOMIC SENSE ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO, SO OKAY, OKAY. PAGE THREE IS THE NEW JERSEY AMERICAN WATER AUGUST TO SEPTEMBER BILL AT $59,386.70. AND PAIGE. I'M SORRY. THAT WAS PAGE THREE. PAGE SIX IS COIN CHEMICAL FOR SEWER CHEMICALS. $25,997. COMPLETELY. ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE? NO, OKAY. NOT TO HAVE EMOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION. 23-10 DASH 278 SO MOVED. SECOND ROLL CALL, PLEASE COMMITTEE MEMBER ON YES, COMMITTEE MEMBER TODD? YES DEPUTY MAYOR SING. YES. KEENAN? YES? THERE IS NO CORRESPONDENCE . NO NEW BUSINESS. LISTEN ONE NEEDS TO BRING UP ANY NEW BUSINESS. IF NOT, WE'RE GOING TO GO ONTO TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE REPORTS. WE'VE SKIPPED IT FOR A BIT. SO ARE YOU GUYS READY FOR THEM? WILL ANYBODY THAT IS READY ? WE'LL GO FOR IT. OKAY DENNIS, I JUST WANTED TO SAY FOR SHADE TREES SPEAK INTO THE MICROPHONE.
WE HAVE THE TREE PLANTINGS ON THE HEART. FINALLY THAT'S GONNA BE GREAT. UM HOPEFULLY IT'S GONNA COME SOON. I THINK IT'S ABOUT 17 TREES THAT WE GOT IN. SO, UH, THAT'S THAT'S GREAT NEWS . UM AND WE ALSO GOT ADDITIONAL FUNDING RELEASED FOR THEM, SO I THINK LARRY'S HAPPY WITH THEM.
GETTING PLANS OUT TO PLANT MORE TREES. YEAH, THESE ARE REPLACEMENT TREES. REALLY? YEAH.
E. D C. I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ON RECORD. DON'T YOU HAVE SOMETHING COMING UP WITH THE D. C HOBSON SOMETHING OR THEY'RE SPONSORING . SOME CDC IS SPONSORING HOPS AND SHOPS. IT'S GOING TO BE IN HILLSBORO. UM YOU KNOW, UNFORTUNATELY, IS NO INDOOR LARGE EVENT IN MONTGOMERY. WE WOULD REALLY WANT THAT TO BE IN MONTGOMERY. UM BUT THERE'S THIS ISN'T A, UM PLACE THAT WE CAN HAVE IT IN YET UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAVE AND HE WAS BOROUGH RIGHT NEXT TO, UM WHAT IS IT? UH, PARK COMPLEX. AND THAT'S COMING. IT'S GONNA BE REALLY BIG SO, AND IT'S MAJORITY OF MONTGOMERY. UM VENDORS, SO PLEASE COME OUT AND SUPPORT US. WHAT WAS THAT DATE AGAIN? I DIDN'T CATCH IT.
NOVEMBER. 4TH SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4TH THANK YOU AND SHOPS. NOVEMBER 4TH. HMM. ANYTHING ELSE. OKAY WOMAN, ALRIGHT. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. SO UM, ON BEHALF OF THE INCLUSION EQUITY COMMITTEE, WE DID HAVE OUR REGULAR MEETINGS ON SEPTEMBER 16TH OCTOBER 4TH, BUT I DON'T HAVE AN UPDATE FOR YOU BECAUSE I ACTUALLY MISSED LAST NIGHT'S MEETING. SO WHEN I GET AN UPDATE FROM THE CHAIR, I WILL SHARE THAT AND I DO HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE UPDATE FROM THE
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LANDMARKS COMMISSION. THE CHAIR. WAS GOOD ENOUGH TO SEND ME A COMPREHENSIVE UPDATE COVERING JULY, AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER, SO I'M GOING TO SHARE SOME HIGHLIGHTS FROM THOSE WITH YOU.SO THEY MET ON JULY 26 AUGUST 30TH IN SEPTEMBER 27TH IN JULY THEY HAD A SPEAKER FROM THE NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONS. OFFICE OF CLIMATE, RESILIENCE AND CLIMATE RESILIENCE, AND THEY GAVE AN OVERVIEW OF THE IMPACT OF RECENT SEVERE STORMS AND FLOODING ON CENTRAL NEW JERSEY HISTORIC DISTRICTS IN JULY AND AUGUST. THE COMMISSION CONSIDERED THE HISTORICAL HISTORICAL MARKER SIGNAGE FOR THE WASHINGTON ROCHAMBEAU REVOLUTIONARY ROUTE, WHICH IS KNOWN AS W. THREE R. THIS IS AT THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF THE TOWNSHIP, AND IN 2021, THE TOWNSHIP PASSED A RESOLUTION HONORING THIS TRAIL. AND RECOGNIZING THAT MANY AFRICAN AMERICAN SOLDIERS WHO PASSED THROUGH THIS AREA DURING THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR AND THE COMMISSION HAS ALSO BEGUN WORK ON ITS 2024 EDITION OF ITS PUBLICITY BROCHURE. THEY HAD A BROCHURE FOR THE FIRST TIME LAST YEAR. THEY WERE VERY HAPPY WITH THAT, BUT THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE A FEW REVISIONS TO MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT, UM, JUST IMPROVE IT AND BE COUNTY IS WORKING ON REPAIRS TO THE ROCK BROOK BRIDGE, WHICH, UH, ARE EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED SOMETIME SOON, AND COMMISSIONERS HOPING THAT DONE WELL AT THIS. REMEMBER THIS IS ABSOLUTELY BUT I THINK THE COMMISSION BY MY HOUSE, SO I HAVE ALREADY SAID THIS. THEY'D LIKE TO HAVE A SMALL GRAND REOPENING CEREMONY, SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE STATUS OF THAT IS.
BUT THAT WASN'T THE REPORT. AND FINALLY, THE COMMISSION WANTS TO CALL ATTENTION AND THIS IS TIMELY TO HIS PARTICIPATION OR THE TOWN FROM PARTICIPATION IN THE SOMERSET COUNTY WEEKEND JOURNEY THROUGH THE PAST, WHICH INCLUDES THREE SITES IN MONTGOMERY. AND THAT IS THIS SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7TH. AND IF YOU'D LIKE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT, YOU CAN GO TO S C HISTORY WEEKEND .COM. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY UPDATE FROM THE LANDMARKS COMMISSION. THANKS.
OKAY? SO I HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF UPDATE ON WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING A VERY SUCCESSFUL PUBLIC OUTREACH FOR PEDESTRIAN SAFETY. WE HAD AN EVENT LAST MONTH AND WHICH WAS VERY WELL ATTENDED AND WE HAVE TO HAVE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT THERE. WE HAD TABLES THAT WE DID WITH THE USUAL YOUTH ACTION BOARD TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT THE DANGERS OF CROSSING OVER 206. AND WE ARE HAD SOME LONG SIGN STABLING. THERE WASN'T AN EDUCATION COMPONENT AND WE ARE WORKING WITH OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS. SENATORS WICKER FROM THE STATE AND WE ARE. WE HAD A CONVERSATION WITH PAUL DRAKE FROM THE COUNTY STILL HOPING THAT THE COUNTY WILL WORK WITH US FOR THE 5 18 COMPONENT. AND THE COUNTY HAS INSTALLED NEW SIGNAGE ON ROUTE 5 18. I DON'T KNOW IF PEOPLE HAVE SEEN IT.
IT'S PEDESTRIAN CROSSWAYS. THE H O S ARE ALSO WORKING WITH US TO HELP US MAKE SURE THAT THE RESIDENTS ARE AWARE HOW TO, YOU KNOW, MAKE SAFETY A PRIORITY, ESPECIALLY ON OUR HIGHWAY 206 AND WE ARE PLANNING ANOTHER COMMUNITY MEETING AND WILL UPDATE ON THAT. SO THAT'S THE SAFETY COMMITTEE REPORT. I WILL GO INTO THE HEALTH BOARD AND I HAVE A BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE RECENT FDA APPROVAL AND AUTHORIZATION AND THIS IS FOR COVID VACCINE. THE UPDATED M R AND A VACCINES HAVE BEEN APPROVED FOR INDIVIDUALS, 12 YEARS OF AGE AND OLDER AND THEN AUTHORIZED UNDER EMERGENCY USE FOR INDIVIDUALS SIX MONTHS THROUGH 11 YEARS OF AGE OTHER PEOPLE WHO SHOULD GET THE VACCINE OR THOSE WHO ARE 65 OR OLDER. PREGNANT PEOPLE AND THOSE YOUNGER THAN 65, WHO HAVE CONDITIONS THAT AFFECTED IMMUNE SYSTEM ARE ARE TAKING IMMUNE SUPPRESSING MEDICATIONS. NOW THEY ARE FORMULATED TO MORE CLOSELY TARGET CURRENT CURRENTLY CIRCULATING VARIANTS TO PROVIDE BETTER PROTECTION AGAINST SERIOUS COMPLICATIONS OF COVID 19. AND THIS IS AGAIN FROM OUR HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND STUDIES RECENTLY CONDUCTED NEUTRALIZATION STUDIES DATA SUGGESTS THAT THE VACCINES ARE A GOOD MATCH FOR PROTECTING AGAINST THE CURRENTLY CIRCULATING COVID 19 VARIANTS. THIS FALL. THE DISTRIBUTION OF COVID 19 VACCINES, VACCINES IS TRANSITIONING TO ESTABLISH PATHWAYS IN THE COMMERCIAL MARKET. WHAT THIS MEANS FOR OUR RESIDENTS IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN RECEIVING THE COVID 19 BOOSTER, AND IF YOU HAVE A HEALTH INSURANCE, CALL YOUR HEALTH CARE PROVIDER OR LOCAL PHARMACY TO SEE IF THEY'RE PLANNING TO OFFER THE UPDATED R N A COVID 19 VACCINE 2023 2024 FORMULA AND IF YOU DO NOT HAVE HEALTH INSURANCE, PLEASE CALL OUR HEALTH DEPARTMENT 9083598211 2227. SO THAT'S MY REPORT FROM THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND I HAVE SOMETHING FROM THE MUNICIPAL
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ALLIANCE AS WELL. SEEMS LIKE ALL MY COMMITTEES WERE BUSY AS SO THE MUNICIPAL ALLIANCE WANTS THE RESIDENTS TO KNOW THAT NEXT WEEK , THERE'LL BE PART PARTNERING WITH THE MSP S. MM MUCH AS SCEPTER FOR AN IMPORTANT PRESENTATION FROM LOCAL PSYCHOLOGIST DR LAURA BONUS. WE KNOW IN, UM THEY SAY WE KNOW THIS IS A CHALLENGING TIME TO BE A PARENT AND A CHILD. WE WANT TO OFFER SOME GUIDANCE ON HOW TO RECOGNIZE AND DEAL WITH ANXIETY AND YOUR CHILDREN. THERE'S A THERE'S SOME FLY WITH DETAILS, WHICH YOU CAN SEE ON THE ALLIANCE WEBSITE ART AND HOPEFULLY ON OUR MONTGOMERY WEBSITE AS WELL. PLEASE SEE, AND THE DETAILS ARE PARENTING DURING A MENTAL HEALTH EPIDEMIC IS THE TITLE. STRATEGIES FOR RECOGNIZING AND RESPONDING TO ANXIETY IN OUR CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS. SO, AS I SAID THIS IS ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 10TH AT 7 P.M. AND THAT'S ALL MY REPORTS. THANK YOU. OKAY IT'S NOT NECESSARILY FROM THE BOARD OF HEALTH, BUT THERE'S GOING TO BE NARCAN TRAINING THAT'S GONNA BE HAPPENING ONLINE. YOU DON'T HAVE THE DETAILS HANDY. BUT THERE YOU CAN GO ON OUR WEBSITE. WE'VE ALSO SENT IT OUT, ARI BULLETIN, SO I'D ENCOURAGE EVERYONE. YOU CAN. I THINK IT'S VIRTUAL. WE CAN DO THE TRAINING. SO I WILL ENCOURAGE ALL THIS IS TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND ANYBODY ELSE IN THE COMMITTEE COMMUNITY TO DO THIS, AND I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE THEY ALSO SEND YOU UP DOESN'T TAKE LONG. I DID IT AND THEN THEY ALSO SEND YOU SOME AS WELL. SO I CAN OKAY . THANK YOU. SO I'LL JUST GIVE A QUICK UPDATE, ACTUALLY, WITH THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION HAD A GREAT MEETING AND WE ACTUALLY HAD IT ON SITE AT THE WATERSHED INSTITUTE. SO I IF ANYBODY HASN'T BEEN THERE, IT'S IN THE HOPEWELL AND YOU SHOULD GO THERE . IT IS, WAS WONDERFUL. THERE'S A IT'S JUST A GREAT PLACE TO SEE HOW THEY REALLY DO MORE ENVIRONMENTALLY FORWARD THINKING, UM PRACTICES, SO WE WERE ABLE TO TAKE THIS WONDERFUL WALK AROUND IT. UM UM LAUREN WAS WITH US, AND I KEPT SAYING LAUREN, TAKE A PICTURE OF THAT SO WE COULD DO THAT BACK HERE THAT YOU KNOW HERE AT THE MUNICIPAL BUILDING, SO IT GAVE US A LOT OF IDEAS TO TAKE THAT WALK. AND THEN WE HAD, UM THEN WE MET FOR THE MEETING AND WE HAD THE MUNICIPAL STORMWATER PRESENTATION, WHICH IS, UM THERE'S A LOT OF RULES THAT IN REGULATIONS THAT ARE COMING DOWN TO HELP US OUT, AND SO THE WATERSHED INSTITUTE HAS BEEN OUR PARTNER IN REALLY HELPING US UNDERSTAND SO MUCH OF THIS OVER MANY, MANY YEARS, SO WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL FOR ALL OF THE HELP THAT WE GET FROM THEM. UM IN ADDITION, SOME OF THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT WE RIVER FRIENDLY. THE SCHOOLS ARE FINALLY GOING TO BE RIVER FRIENDLY, WHICH IS GREAT. AND THAT WAS FROM VICTORIA LEOPOLD. YOU FOLKS MIGHT REMEMBER THAT SHE HAD COME HERE TO MAKE A PRESENTATION TO US. SO VERY THAT'S VERY EXCITING ON THAT. AND THEN AND FINALLY THEY HAVE A COUPLE OF NEW THINGS GOING ON. IN TERMS OF UPCOMING EVENTS. OCTOBER 22ND IS BUILD YOUR OWN SCARECROW AT THE MONTGOMERY VETERANS PARK.THERE'S OCTOBER 27 THROUGH 29TH IS RETURNED TO ART WE HAVE OCTOBER 28TH IS HOW HALLOWEEN AT THE FARMERS MARKET AND THEN OF COURSE WE HAVE TRUNK OR TREAT AT THE MONTGOMERY HIGH SCHOOL. FROM 4 TO 6. THE TIME HAS CHANGED. WE'VE MOVED IT UP AN HOUR SO 4 TO 6, AND THAT IS ON OCTOBER 28.
I THINK I COVERED EVERYTHING. BUT WHAT I ALSO WANTED TO MENTION IS THAT I WAS VERY HAPPY TO SEE WHAT CAME OUT FROM SOMERSET COUNTY IS THE SOMERSET COUNTY SPOTLIGHT. AND THIS IS THE NEWSLETTER. IT'S A IT'S QUITE THEY'VE DONE A GREAT JOB ON IT. AND SO IT REALLY HELPS US UPDATED IN ONE OF THE WONDERFUL THINGS THAT I SAW IS THERE'S AN ARTICLE ABOUT THE STATE BUDGET, WHICH INCLUDES $22 MILLION FOR PROJECTS IN SOMERSET COUNTY, AND SO $22 MILLION AND THEN WHEN I WENT THROUGH ALL OF THEM, THERE WERE OUR OWN PROJECTS, BUT THERE'S SOME PROJECTS THAT THE COUNTY IS DOING ON OUR BEHALF. AND ONE OF THEM IS THE CAMP MEETING AVENUE. THEY GOT 2 MILLION FOR THAT BRIDGE OVER THE TREND LINE AND ALSO, UM GREAT ROAD. 601 THE BRIDGE OVER BEANS , BROOKE. SO WITH THAT, WITH ALL OF THE STUFF THAT WE DID, AND THEY'RE DOING ON OUR BEHALF OVER SEVEN POINT ABOUT $7.6 MILLION SO HE ALMOST. A THIRD OF WHAT HAS COME OUT FROM YOU DISPLAYED , SO I'M VERY, VERY PLEASED AND PROUD OF ALL OF THE WORK THAT WE'VE ALL DONE TO KIND OF ENCOURAGE MONEY THAT MONEY TO COME BACK TO MONTGOMERY SO, BUT I WAS EXCITED WITH LIKE THAT'S US TOO. THAT'S US TOO. SO THAT'S GREAT. THAT'S GREAT. OH AND THEN I'M SORRY. WE ALSO DID HAVE A MASTER PLAN COMMITTEE MEETING WHICH WE HAD SOME DISCUSSIONS ABOUT PATIOS AND DECKS. UM AND WHAT WE ARE ALSO LOOKING AT NOW IS, UM ARE WE HAVE DIFFERENT ZONING ZARIA ONE OREO TO AN OREO THREE. SO LOOKING AT A CHART TO COMPARE. CAN WE GET RID OF SOME OF THIS STUFF? CAN WE COMBINE THINGS DO WE WANT TO CHANGE THINGS? SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF TAKING A LOOK AT AS WELL AS WE HAVE AN UPDATE ON OUR MUNICIPAL STORMWATER PLAN, WHICH IS A NICE BIG CHUNK OF A
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PLAN AND I'M LOOKING. WHEN ARE WE GOING TO THE UPDATE ON THAT ONE. I'M NOT SURE I CAN CHECK IF YOU WOULD ABOUT THE WIND ORDINANCE AS WELL. OH, ABSOLUTELY. AND THEN WE HAD, UM , IF YOU REMEMBER DR VAN RIVER AND CAME IN TO DISCUSS, UM, WINDMILLS, AND SO WE HAD A DISCUSSION. YES SO WE HAD A DISCUSSION TWO OF THE AMENDMENTS TO THE WIND, SOLAR AND PHOTOVOLTAIC ENERGY SYSTEM ORDINANCE, SO HE WAS ABLE TO PROVIDE US SOME ORDINANCES. WE GOT TO TAKE TAKE A LOOK AT THEM, SO IT'S STILL UNDER REVIEW, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO PUT REALLY UPDATE OUR ORDINANCE SO ACTUALLY LOOKED INTO THE WINDMILLS. UM WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PROBLEM WITH WINDOWS THAT ARE VERY, REALLY LOUD, SO YOU HAVE TO FIGURE OUT THE DECIBEL LEVELS AT MAXIMUM ROOF FIGHT TO FIGURE OUT THE NOISE LEVELS AT 50 RPMS . UM BECAUSE THAT'S BECAUSE WHAT IF THE WIND BLOWS THAT HIGH? THE FASTER IT MOVES THE LOUDER IT IS, SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVE TO LOOK INTO AND HAVE TO ASK HIM ABOUT BEFORE WE ARE. YES, WE ARE DEFINITELY LOOKING.THAT WAS A BIG TOPIC OF CONVERSATION WAS ABOUT NOISE, AND ALSO THE DIFFERENT DESIGNS HAVE DIFFERENT NOISE WITH IT. AND SO, YEAH, BELIEVE ME, IT'LL COME TO YOU TOO. SO BUT I DO YEAH, IMPORTANT FOR RESIDENTIAL AREAS TO HAVE BUT I THINK IT ALSO SHOWS THAT IF SOMEBODY HAS AN ISSUE COME TO THE MEETINGS, TELL US AND WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT IT. SO IT'S ENCOURAGING PEOPLE THAT ARE OUT THERE TO PLEASE COME AND LET US KNOW. SOMETIMES OUR CODE NEEDS TO TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT CERTAIN THINGS SO BUT THEN I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO THE ADMINISTRATOR.
REPORT. THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO CALL EVERYONE'S ATTENTION TO THE ROTARY CLUB OF MONTGOMERY AND ROCKY HILL. THEY ARE RUNNING THEIR ANNUAL FLAGS FOR HEROES. YOU CAN GO TO THEIR WEBSITE AND FIND OUT MORE INFORMATION. UM AND ITS PURCHASING A FLAG THAT GETS DISPLAYED OF A SMALL FLAG THAT HONORS SOMEONE IN THE COMMUNITY ON YOUR BEHALF. SO THAT WAS A SUCCESS LAST YEAR, AND WE WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU. UM I ALSO I MET WITH SOME OF THE SOMERSET COUNTY FOLKS FROM OFFICE ON AGING, AND DENISE CROWLEY, OUR SENIOR CENTER OPERATOR. AND SO I WANTED TO GET TO KNOW THEM AND UNDERSTAND THE OPERATION. AND, UM I DID WANT TO SHARE THAT THEY ARE IN THE THEY JUST UPGRADED THE COUNTY UPGRADED THE STOVE. THERE WAS QUITE EXPENSIVE, BUT THEY UPGRADED THE STOVE AND THE ICE MAKER THERE, AND THEY ARE IN THE PROCESS OF UPGRADING ALL OF THE COMPUTER LABS BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T WE HAVE A COMPUTER LAB THERE THAT THE COUNTY IT'S PART OF THE COUNTY FACILITY THERE, BUT THE IT'S OUTDATED, UM, TECHNOLOGY AND THERE IS A DESIRE FOR THE SENIORS. THEY LIKE TO LEARN HOW TO DOWNLOAD A PHOTO OR SHOP ONLINE OR THINGS LIKE THAT. THEY WERE SAYING, AND SO THEY'RE UPGRADING ALL OF THEIR FACILITIES IN MONTGOMERY IS ON THE LIST FOR THEM TO DO, UM, AND THEY ARE TALKED ABOUT THEIR LUNCH PROGRAM ARE BUSSES AT KAPIT ALMOST TO CAPACITY. NOW IF 20 PERSON BUS THAT TAKES THE RESIDENTS TO THE SENIOR CENTER EVERY DAY. THERE'S ABOUT ANOTHER 20 OR SO THAT DRIVE THEMSELVES TO THE NICE, NICE CORE GROUP THAT COMES AND THERE'S A VARIETY OF PROGRAMS. HEALTH FITNESS, MENTAL HEALTH AND ARTS, CRAFTS MUSIC, SO WE ENCOURAGE ALL THE RESIDENTS TO GO. AND DENISE CROWLEY, UM AND SOMERSET COUNTY . THEY WELCOME ANY, UM, ANY SUGGESTIONS BY THE SENIORS ARE ALWAYS LOOKING TO IMPROVE AND THE COUNTY RUNS. I THINK SIX OR SEVEN SENIOR CENTERS THROUGHOUT THE THROUGHOUT THE SOMERSET COUNTY. THANK YOU AND THEY'LL BE ABLE TO DRINK THE WATER NOW, AND WE'RE I KNOW WE'RE PUTTING IN A DRINKING FOUNTAIN THAT WE'D BE ABLE TO GET A GRANT FOR THAT, TOO. SO AND LORI, YOU HAVE THE EMAIL FROM ONE OF THE GENTLEMEN RIGHT? AND I THINK THERE'S ANOTHER EMAIL COMING, SO OUR SENIORS ARE REACHING OUT, ESPECIALLY REALLY DIVERSE GROUP THAT HAVE QUESTIONS AND I'M REACHING OUT TO YOU. YES I APPRECIATE THAT. YES, I THINK PAT AND I HAD A CHANCE TO TALK TO SOME RESIDENTS WHEN WE WERE OUT CANVASSING, SO THEIR CONCERNS, TOO WILL COME TO THANK YOU. AND THEN I'LL HOPEFULLY UP TO THE COUNTY AND THE COUNTY FOR SURE, OKAY? THANK YOU. C FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS WE HAVE NONE LISTED THERE ANY IT'S REGULAR BUSINESS AND CLEAN UP. YES ABSOLUTELY. SO
[21. Executive Session]
THE NEXT ITEM IS RESOLUTION 23-10 DASH 279 FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION BEAT RESOLVED BY THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE OF THE TOWNSHIP OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY OF SOMERSET, NEW JERSEY, AS FOLLOWS THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE WILL NOW CONVENE IN A CLOSED SESSION THAT WILL BE LIMITED ONLY TWO ITEMS 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 DECISION SESSION OR S FOLLOWS UNDER PERSONNEL. WE PERSONNEL POLICY UNDER REAL ESTATE, MUNICIPAL PROPERTY AND ANTICIPATED PENDING LITIGATION WITH COUNTRY CLUB MEADOWS AND[01:00:02]
TOWNSHIP OF MONTGOMERY. IT IS UNKNOWN PRECISELY WHEN THE MATTERS DISCUSSED IN THIS SESSION WILL BE DISCLOSED TO THE PUBLIC ACQUISITION, PROPERTY AND SETTLEMENT OF LITIGATION SHALL ONLY BE APPROVED BY THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE IN A PUBLIC SESSION. THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE WILL RETURN TO REGULAR SESSION AND MAY TAKE FURTHER ACTION AND THIS RESOLUTION SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION? 23-10 DASH 279 MOVED SECOND SECOND CALL, PLEASE COMMITTEE MEMBER ON REMEMBER TODD, DEPUTY MAYOR SING WE'RE BACK. GOOD. GREAT DO I HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE EXECUTIVE SESSION AND OPEN THE REGULAR SESSION? 2ND 2ND ALL IN FAVOR.AND NOW DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? MOVED 2ND 2ND
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