Dec 07, 2023 Township Committee

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REMEMBER TAKE A SEAT. OKAY ON THIS ONE. WE'RE GOOD. OKAY GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. THIS IS THE

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DECEMBER 7TH 2023 THE TIME IS 7 P.M. AH! ROLL CALL, PLEASE. KEENAN HERE. DEPUTY MAYOR SING HERE. HARRIGAN. COMMITTEE MEMBER TODD COMMITTEE MEMBER ON. 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. CLICK. KNIGHTED STATES OF AMERICA. WHAT YOU SAYING.

INDIVISIBLE GIRL. THE FIRST ITEM OF BUSINESS IS AN AWARD PRESENTATION. THE NEW

[1. AWARD PRESENTATION – New Jersey Municipal Management Association (NJMMA) Internship Award]

[2. PROCLAMATION – Montgomery Township Arts Council/Hilton Management, LLC ]

AND WHEREAS HILTON MANAGEMENT LOC IS A COMMUNITY SUPPORTER THROUGH THEIR GENEROUS DONATION OF THE USE OF 1060 ROUTE 206 FOR THE EVENT, AND I THINK THEY'VE DONE IT FOR THREE YEARS NOW,

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EAT WATER. THE NEXT ITEM IS RECOGNIZING LANDMARKS COMMISSION MEMBERS, JESSE L. HAVENS AND

[3. PROCLAMATION – Landmarks Commission Service Recognition ]

AND THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A PARTY IN THEIR HONOR AS WELL. SO WE'LL PRESENT IT THEN. REALLY?

[4. PRESENTATION - Youth Leadership Council ]

OKAY UM, HI. I'M SIONA AND THIS IS THE MONTGOMERY YOUTH LEADERSHIP COUNCIL. 2023 RECAP.

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IT'S KIND OF GOOD FOR THEM, TOO, BECAUSE THEY BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T KNOW. SO NOW. NOW THEY DO KNOW, UM SO IN REWARD, THEY GET CANDY. SO YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF LIKE KIND OF TRICKS THEM POSITIVELY, EXACTLY. UM AND SO, YEAH, THAT WAS A GOOD EVENT AND THEN LIKE FOR THE OLDER KIDS WHO CAME WE ASKED THEM LIKE OH, IT'S CALLED. DO YOU USE YOUR PHONE WHEN YOU WHEN YOU CROSS THE STREET, SO THINGS LIKE THAT JUST TO REINFORCE, UM AND THEN WE WERE HANDING OUT THESE FLYERS. I THINK TAMMY HAD SENT TO ME THAT WAS LIKE HALLOWEEN SAFETY TIPS. SO WE GAVE THOSE TO THE PARENTS AND THAT WAS VERY HELPFUL. AND I THINK A LOT OF PARENTS TOOK SOMETHING AWAY FROM THAT, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO ARE NEW TO THE COMMUNITY. UM OR THIS IS THEIR FIRST TIME HAVING CHILDREN LIKE HALLOWEEN CANDY SHOPPING? UM BUT, YEAH, IT WAS VERY GOOD, VERY SUCCESSFUL. WE HAVE TO THANK OUR PD FOR THAT FLIGHT. YES, DEFINITELY. NEXT SLIDE. OKAY YEAH. UM SO THEN NEXT IS THE WILD SEE SOCIAL MEDIA. SO WITHIN THE YOUTH LEADERSHIP COUNCIL, WE HAVE TWO SUB TEAM COMMITTEES. ONE IS SOCIAL MEDIA, AND ONE IS INFORMATION MANAGEMENT. SO THIS IS SOCIAL MEDIA. SO UM, BASICALLY WHAT WE DO IS WE MAKE POSTS ABOUT ANYTHING. ANYTHING RELATED TO THAT MONTGOMERY A NATIONAL DAY. IT IS A NATIONAL MONTH. IT IS MONTGOMERY EVENTS ANYTHING LIKE TIPS FOR OUR AUDIENCE, DEPENDING ON WHAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW. NOTHING LIKE POLITICAL AFFILIATED. JUST THINGS THAT WE COULD BRING AWARENESS TO, UM SO KIND OF HOW WE WORK IS THAT THERE'S THREE POSTS AND TWO STORY POSTS IN ONE LIKE THREE INSTAGRAM POSTS AND THEN TWO STORY POSTS. UM IN ONE WEEK, SO WE ONLY POST ON THE WEEKDAYS AND THEN THE NEXT WEEK DURING THE WEEKDAY, WE POST THREE STORY POST AND THEN TO INSTAGRAM POSTS, SO IT KIND OF ROTATES AND THEN OUR TEAM LEAD. CAMERON BENNETT. SHE UM, SHE ASSIGNS WHO , UM, DOES EACH POST AND SHE

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IT'S GOING TO BE A PIZZA PARTY. IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY GOOD. AND WE HAVE ALL OF OUR MEMBERS.

THEY'RE PRESENTING PRESENTATION, LIKE SLIDE SHOWS SIMILAR TO THIS WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THEY'VE LEARNED FROM THEIR COMMITTEE, SO THEIR THEIR THEIR COMMITTEES LIKE SHORT TERM LONG TERM GOALS, FEEDBACK THEY HAVE FOR THEM THINGS THAT CAN IMPROVE ON COMPLEMENTATION ACCOMPLISHMENTS OR THINGS THAT, UM, THEY HOPE TO SEE IN THE FUTURE OR WHAT THEY LIKE TO HAPPEN THIS YEAR. SO ANYTHING THAT THEY CAN GIVE ANY FEEDBACK THAT THEY CAN GIVE TO THEIR ATTENTION COMMITTEE. WHICH IS WHY I THINK IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT THAT LIAISONS CAN HOPEFULLY ATTEND, SO THEY CAN HEAR THESE PRESENTATIONS BECAUSE THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT. AND THEN, UM, ONCE WE HAVE THAT MEETING, THEN WE WILL SPEND THE NEXT CO CHAIRS. UM THEY WILL START THE NEW SEASON, WHICH WILL RUN FROM FEBRUARY 2024 TO JUNE 2025, WHICH IS MUCH LONGER THAN THE

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WE DON'T SPOON FEED IT AT ALL. SO IT'S AMAZING TO SEE I THINK I'M SPEAKING WITH YOU AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR AND NOW AND HOW HOW IT'S CHANGED YOU TO SOME DEGREE, BUT IT'S JUST WONDERFUL THAT IT'S VERY EVEN THOUGH THERE'S A HUGE AMOUNT OF GUIDANCE. YOU'VE DONE IT ON YOUR OWN AND COME UP WITH SOME GREAT IDEAS. SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE AND IT AND I ALSO KNOW THAT FROM THE COMMITTEE'S PERSPECTIVES AND THE BOARDS THEY ENJOY WHEN YOU'RE THERE, AND YOU BRING SOME REALLY GOOD IDEAS. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. MHM ANY QUESTIONS? IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT . I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICES, THE COMMUNITY AND HOPE YOU CONTINUE DOING THAT, AS YOU GO ON TO BIGGER AND BETTER THINGS. GREAT. THANK YOU JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU BOTH. AND I HAVE ACTUALLY SEEN THE GROWTH THROUGH WHEN YOU STARTED AND WHERE YOU GUYS ARE NOW, PUBLIC SPEAKING SKILLS, YOUR LEADERSHIP , ESPECIALLY WHEN IT WAS HARD TO GET PEOPLE TO COME TO THESE STUDENTS TO COME AND VOLUNTEER AND I WOULD CALL YOU AND SAY IT'S ON YOU. YOU HAVE TO GET THEM THERE, AND YOU GUYS DID IT. YOU BROUGHT THEM TO THE EVENTS.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE REALLY REALLY APPRECIATE IT AT THE TOWNSHIP AND HOPE. AS VINCE SAID , YOU KNOW, YOU'RE MOVING ON TO HIGHER AND BETTER THINGS, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THE NEW CULTURES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ONE OF THE THINGS YOU DID MENTION, IS THE CLEANUP AND THE MESS THAT WAS MADE DURING A HURRICANE IDA, AND SO THAT'S VERY APPROPRIATE FOR OUR NEXT

[5. PRESENTATION – High Water Rescue Vehicle ]

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AND THEN AS FAR AS ONCE THESE BUT THE EQUIPMENT OR VEHICLES ARE ACQUIRED BY US EVERY YEAR REQUIRES AN ADDITIONAL RESOLUTION IN ORDER TO HOLD ONTO SAID VEHICLE OR EQUIPMENT LEADING CORRECT SO GETTING INTO THE PROGRAM ONE TIME DEAL. THEN ONCE WE ACQUIRE THINGS THAT WOULD REQUIRE THE YEARLY RESOLUTION GREAT. SO THESE ARE SOME OF THE TYPICAL TYPES OF WATER, RESCUE VEHICLES. WATER RESCUE VEHICLES ARE DESIGNED TO EVACUATE CIVILIANS FROM AREAS THAT ARE PARTIALLY UNDERWATER, ABOUT TO BE UNDERWATER OR INACCESSIBLE TO REGULAR VEHICLES . WHETHER THAT BE AMBULANCES, PATROL CARS OR FIRE TRUCKS. THE ONE ON THE BOTTOM LEFT IS PICKUP TRUCK STYLE. THE ONE IN THE MIDDLE IS THE ONE THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY LOOKING AT. AND THE ONE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE IS A HIGH WATER RESCUE VEHICLE AND THE ESTIMATED COST OF ALL OR UNDERNEATH THEM, AS YOU CAN SEE HIGH WATER RESCUE VEHICLES ARE VERY EXPENSIVE HOME $1000 IS THAT A TYPE OF NO, THAT THAT'S USING THIS PROGRAM REALLY IS TECHNICALLY FREE THAT THAT COST COMES FROM THE TRANSPORTATION TO GET IT TO THE TOWNSHIP OF MONTGOMERY. SO AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S VERY USING UTILIZING THIS PROGRAM. THERE'S VERY LIMITED FINANCIAL IMPACT TO THE TAXPAYERS LEFT AND THE RIGHT PHOTOS ARE LIKE THE MARKET VALUE IF WE'RE GONNA BUY CORRECT THOSE VEHICLES RIGHT THERE. THAT WOULD BE THE PRICE. OKAY WORD I WAS LIKE, WHAT ARE YOU GOING FOR? 55,000 AND THEN 300 THOUSANDS LIKE IT. THAT'S WHY I WAS THINKING YOU WERE JUST SHOWING WHAT IT NORMALLY WOULD THE MARKET. NO. THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT 5000 WAS. SO THIS THIS RESCUE VEHICLE WAS THE ONE THAT WE ARE INTERESTED IN WAS MANUFACTURED BY THE OSHKOSH CORPORATION FROM 2007 TO 2012. DURING THAT TIME THEY WERE LARGELY USED IN THE MIDDLE EAST FOR THEIR OFFER OF CAPABILITIES AND THE LARGE CARGO AREA TO TRANSPORT TROOPS TO AND FROM DIFFERENT PLACES. UM IT'S GOT SIX WHEELS HAS BETTER TRACTION CAPABILITIES HAS A SUPERIOR GROUND CLEARANCE CAN NAVIGATE THROUGH ABOUT WAIST HIGH WATER. UM THE WHOLE OF THIS VEHICLE, WHICH MEANS ITS UNDERCARRIAGE AND HOW IT COMES UP, UM, IS ACTUALLY SHAPED AS A V SO DUE TO ITS WEIGHT. AND ITS HULL FOR LACK OF BETTER WORDS. IT CAN ACTUALLY ACT AS A PLOW WITH THE WATER AND ALLOWS IT TO GO TO A LITTLE BIT DEEPER WATER THAN MOST VEHICLES CAN, UM, ALSO THE NICE PART ABOUT THIS VEHICLE COMPARED TO OTHER HIGH WATER VEHICLES IS, AS YOU CAN SEE BY THAT PICTURE. THE REAR CARGO AREA IS ACTUALLY CONTAINED AND COVERED. SO THE OCCUPANTS THAT WE ARE RESCUING OUR SHELTER WHERE THE OTHERS TEND TO BE OPEN , AND THEY ARE OPEN TO THE ELEMENTS. SO THESE ARE JUST SOME SOME EXAMPLES OF THAT VEHICLE BEING USED IN SOME HIGH FLOOD WATER. YOU CAN SEE IT'S TRAVELING THROUGH THE PICTURE IN THE MIDDLE IS ACTUALLY SOUTHBOUND BROOKS DURING IDA, THEY HAVE THIS VEHICLE. SO TO SOUTHBOUND, BROOKE. UM THIS VEHICLE SPECIFICALLY IS CREDITED WITH SAVING OVER ABOUT 100 PEOPLE DURING IDA. UM THIS VEHICLE WAS USED FROM BOUND BROOK TO BRIDGEWATER TO MIDDLESEX GOT INTO A LOT OF PLACES THAT VEHICLES COULDN'T AND THEY DIVE TEAM WAS SPREAD SO THIN THAT THIS VEHICLE BECAME INSTRUMENTAL IN SAVING A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF LIVES IN SOMERSET COUNTY. SO SOME OF THE NEEDS IN MONTGOMERY THAT WE'VE NOTICED OVER THE YEARS DURING MAJOR STORMS. WE BASICALLY KIND OF BECOME AN ISLAND. BEING THAT WE'RE THE MOST SOUTHERN PORTON OUR POINT IN THE COUNTY ON TOP OF THE FLOODING MAKES IT VERY DIFFICULT FOR US TO GET EQUIPMENT. OR ANYTHING INTO THE TOWN. YEAH, WE KNOW THAT AND A LOT OF LEVELS, SO ON TOP OF IT BEING DIFFICULT JUST TO EVEN GET THINGS TO US, SINCE WE ARE THE MOST SOUTHERN, UM, ASSETS TEND TO BE DIVERTED TO MORE HIGHLY POPULATED AREAS. SOMER SOMERVILLE, BRIDGEWATER THINGS OF THAT NATURE. UM AS FAR AS MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP ITSELF, IT KIND OF GETS DIVIDED INTO SECTORS ON THE NEXT SLIDE WILL BE ABLE TO SHOW THAT A LITTLE BETTER. BUT BASICALLY THE TOWN GETS CUT OFF FROM ITSELF, SO IT

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INVESTORS WITH THIS HIGH WATER VEHICLE, IT WOULD WOULD BE ABLE TO MAKE THE WRECK CONTACT RESCUES AND HEAVY FLOOD WATER. BUT WE ALSO BE ABLE TO OPERATE FOR CAUSE OF SERVICE IN AREAS THAT HAVE HISTORICALLY BEEN INACCESSIBLE TO OUR PATROL CARS. UM ALSO DUE TO SOME CROSS TRAINING THAT WE'VE STARTED WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. MANY OF OUR NOT MANY, BUT A DECENT AMOUNT OF THIS POINT HAVE RECEIVED SWIFT WATER RESCUE TRAINING AND THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO OPERATE ALONGSIDE WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND KIND OF DOUBLE OUR EFFORTS OF BEING ABLE TO RESCUE INDIVIDUALS AND THIS RESCUE VEHICLE WOULD BE INSTRUMENTAL IN HELPING DO THAT.

UM AS I SAID BEFORE, THE NEXT ONE. THIS IS THE FLOOD MAP. UM I'M ACTUALLY GONNA LET OFFICER FOR DUTY. TALK ABOUT THIS FLOOD MAP A LITTLE BIT. MM HMM. UM SO THIS IS THE FLOOD MAP AS YOU CAN SEE, THE DARKER SHADED AREA IS WHERE THE WATER COMES UP AND YOU COULD SEE HOW THE RISING WATER BY SEX ALL OF OUR MAJOR ROUTES OF TRAVEL SO ACROSS 206 AND ACTUALLY TWO LOCATIONS, CUTTING OFF 518 CUTTING OFF 601 SO YOU COULD SEE HOW WITH THIS RISING FLOODWATER. UM ANY EMERGENCY SERVICE WOULD HAVE A HARD TIME GETTING FROM ONE SIDE TO THE OTHER AND WHETHER THAT'S A CALL FOR POLICE FIRE OR MEDICAL ASSISTANCE. UM THE WAY OR WHAT HAPPENED TONIGHT? A. WAS THERE REPLACES THAT NO RESPONDERS, MONTGOMERY COULD GET TO, UM, AND THAT WAS AN ISSUE AND EVERYBODY WAS DOING THE BEST THAT THEY COULD, BUT OBVIOUSLY WITHOUT RECEIVING MUTUAL AID BECAUSE IT'S NOT ONLY REIGNING IN MONTGOMERY, BUT HOPEFUL PRINCETON AND HILLSBOROUGH AS WELL, THEY ALL NEED EVERYTHING THEY CAN GET. UM IT'S DIFFICULT SO WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE CURRENT ASSETS THAT WE HAVE WITHIN MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP. UM SO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS 15 TYPE FIVE UM, PFD, SO LIFE S THAT ARE GEARED FOR SWIFT WATER RESCUE.

THEY HAVE TETHERS ON THE BACK AND SOME VARIOUS EQUIPMENT CONDUCT A SAFER RESCUE. UM WE ALSO HAVE WATER RESCUE THROW BAGS AND ALL THE VEHICLES. SO IF WE DO ENCOUNTER SOMEBODY WHO IS IN THE WATER, WE CAN MAKE ATTEMPT TO MAKE AN INDIRECT RESCUE WITH A ROPE BAG AND HAVE THAT PERSON ATTEMPT TO SELF RESCUE FIRE COMPANY ONE STATION 45 DOES HAVE A HIGH WATER TRUCK.

THERE'S JUST LIKE 19 EIGHTIES. I BELIEVE MILITARY FIVE TON TRUCK IS TOO PICTURED ABOVE. UM THAT TRUCK IS GOOD, BUT IT CAN ONLY BE IN ONE PLACE AT ONE TIME, AND THESE HIGH WATER TRUCKS CAN REALLY ONLY CROSS ABOUT 36 INCHES OF WATER. WE'D BE LOOKING AT ABOUT THE SAME THING SO THEY CAN'T GO TO EVERYTHING. WHEN IT GETS TOO DEEP. THE BOATS GET BROKEN OUT SO FIRE COMPANY ONE HAS AN INFLATABLE BOAT WITH 25 HORSEPOWER MOTOR. THEY ALSO HAVE A SMALLER INFLATABLE BOAT THAT THEY CAN WALK OUT. COMPANY TO HAS AN INFLATABLE BOAT WITH 30 HORSEPOWER MOTOR, AND YOU CAN SEE THE BOATS HOLD ABOUT SIX PEOPLE. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, SO AS FAR AS SOME OF THE USES THAT WE THOUGHT OF AND WE'RE GOING TO UTILIZE THIS VEHICLE FOR HIGH WATER EVENTS, OBVIOUSLY. THE NEXT ONE IS HEAVY, HEAVY WIND EVENTS DUE TO ITS WEIGHT AND ITS STABILITY DURING SOME OF THESE STORMS, WHEN TREES ARE COMING DOWN AND CERTAIN AREAS OF TOWN. THIS VEHICLE IS VERY HEAVY, SO IT WILL ALLOW US TO GO INTO PLACES THAT PATROL CAR MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO GET TO, UM, ALSO DUE TO ITS THE SIX WHEELS AS WELL AS THE TIGHT DURING SEVERE SNOWSTORMS WILL ALSO ALLOW US TO GET TO PLACES HISTORICALLY, THE MOUNTAIN SPRINGHILL HOLLOW THINGS OF THAT NATURE. IF THERE'S BEEN TIMES WHERE THERE'S BEEN A MESS CALLS, WE CAN'T GET AN AMBULANCE. WE CAN'T GET A PATROL CAR UP THERE. BEING THAT THIS IS THIS CARGO AREA IS SO BIG, WE WOULD ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO PUT A STRETCHER INTO THE BACK OF IT. E M S GET INTO IT WITH US AND BE ABLE TO GO AND GET TO THE THOSE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN NEED. UM ANOTHER USE THAT WE THOUGHT MIGHT BE. SUBSTANTIAL FOR THIS IS MISSING PERSONS. WE HAVE AN INCREASE IN MISSING PERSON CALLS. IT SEEMS TO BE HAPPENING.

UM AND THE AMOUNT OF FARMLAND AND AREAS AROUND HERE. UM ALMOST HALF OF 518 THIS FARMLAND OVER BY CARRIER THINGS OF THAT NATURE . WE CAN'T GO INTO THE BACK OF THEM WITH PATROL CARS. UM BEING THAT THIS IS THE GROUND CLEARANCE AND OFFER A VEHICLE WOULD ALLOW US TO BE ABLE TO GET FURTHER INTO AND SEARCH A LOT MORE THOROUGH. UTILIZING THIS VEHICLE DUE TO THIS VEHICLE SIZE. AND IT'S UM. I GUESS IT'S SIZE. IT'S GOING TO REQUIRE A LITTLE BIT OF SPECIAL TRAINING.

UM WE'RE GONNA SELECT OFFICERS GET THEM TRAINED. UM WE WERE SPEAKING WITH FOUR DECKS. THEY ACTUALLY HAVE PERSONNEL THAT WILL COME OUT AND TEACHERS HOW TO OPERATE THAT VEHICLE AND ALL

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$5000 OKAY, GREAT. SO TWO RESOLUTIONS, ONE IS TO PARTICIPATE IN INTO THE 1033 ADDITIONAL FOR THE VEHICLE. THEY CAN THOSE RESOLUTIONS BE DONE. AT THE SAME TIME, OR DO YOU HAVE

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THANKS. IS THIS A LITTLE SELF? SHE WAS DEFENDING IT. THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA WILL BE A

[6. PRESENTATION – State Stormwater Requirements Update – Tree Removal and Replacement ]

OKAY GOOD EVENING. OUR PRESENTATION. I THINK INTERSECTS WITH TWO OF THE THINGS ON YOUR AGENDA, TALKING ABOUT STORM WATER AND FLOODING AND TALKING ABOUT THE TREES THAT WE STARTED WITH IN THE BEGINNING. SO WERE THOSE TWO THINGS MEET. UM I'M LAUREN WASILEWSKI, THE OPEN SPACE AND STEWARDSHIP DIRECTOR FOR MONTGOMERY AND I'M HERE WITH THE REST OF THE TREE ORDINANCE PROJECT TEAM. SHERRY CREWS ARE ASSISTANT PLANNING DIRECTOR. MARK HERMAN, OR TOWNSHIP ENGINEER AND RICH BARLOW IN THE TOWNSHIP LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT. WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT TREE REMOVAL AND REPLACEMENT ORDINANCE, WHICH IS A NEW REQUIREMENT FROM THE STATE FROM D P AND IT IS IN RELATION TO THEIR STORMWATER REQUIREMENTS, WHICH MAY NOT SEEM LIKE AN IMMEDIATE CORRELATION, BUT WE'LL TRY TO EXPLAIN THAT, EVERYBODY SO IT MAKES SENSE. UM SO THIS ORDINANCE IS A RESULT OF MANY MANY MONTHS OF WORK YEARS. I THINK LOTS OF RESEARCH UM, AND A LOT OF FEEDBACK FROM THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION, THE OPEN SPACE COMMITTEE SHADE TREE COMMITTEE MASTER PLAN COMMITTEE. UM, SO WE'RE NOW LOOKING FORWARD TO FEEDBACK FROM ALL OF YOU. SO JUST A QUICK OUTLINE OF WHAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT TONIGHT AND I'LL TRY TO GO BRIEFLY THROUGH SOME OF THIS. UM WE'LL TALK ABOUT WHY THE ORDINANCE IS BEING UPDATED AT THIS POINT IN TIME, AND THAT IS IN RELATION TO THOSE NEW DEPTH REQUIREMENTS FOR STORMWATER. I'LL GIVE YOU SOME BACKGROUND ON OUR EXISTING COMMUNITY FOREST IN TOWN. AND THEN TALK ABOUT A COMPARISON OF OUR EXISTING ORDINANCE PROVISIONS AND THEN COMPARE THAT TO THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE PROVISIONS AND THAT WILL BE IN RELATION TO TREE REMOVAL AND CLEARING TREE REMOVAL AND REPLACEMENT. SOME DESIGN STANDARDS ABOUT STREET TREE PLANTING. SHADE TREE PLANTING, BUFFERING REQUIREMENTS, PARKING LOT REQUIREMENTS AND, UM ALSO TALK ABOUT VIOLATIONS AND PENALTIES AND FEES AND PERMITS AND ALL THE KIND OF NITTY GRITTY, ADMIN STUFF. AND THEN WE'LL END WITH A PROPOSED TIMETABLE FOR ADOPTION AND THE PATH FORWARD FROM HERE. SO THIS

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AND YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE BANK IS ERODING BECAUSE WE'RE HAVING THESE, YOU KNOW MORE FREQUENT STORM EVENTS. THERE ARE MORE SEVERE AND THOSE TREES ARE BARELY HOLDING ON, BUT THEY ARE AND THEY'RE DOING THE WORK OF HOLDING THAT BANK TOGETHER. UM SO THE TREES ARE SO IMPORTANT IN TERMS OF SOIL VERSION AND FLOODING AND A MULTITUDE OF OTHER THINGS THAT THEY DO. THE U. S. FOREST SERVICE HAS DONE A LOT OF RESEARCH IN THEY'RE ESTIMATING SOMEWHERE IN THE RANGE THAT A MATURE TREE CAN HOLD BETWEEN 14,000 GALLONS OF WATER A YEAR, WHICH IS INCREDIBLE, RIGHT? THAT'S WHAT I DID WHEN I WENT. WOW WHENEVER THAT STATISTIC UM SO THIS NEW STATE REQUIREMENT RECOGNIZES THAT CONNECTION AND THAT'S WHY THEY WANT EVERY MUNICIPALITY IN THE STATE TO ADOPT AN ORDINANCE TO YOU KNOW, PREVENT JUST THIS CLEARING OF TREES BECAUSE OF THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING TO HELP US PREVENT FLOODING. UM SO THE STATE MODEL WILL SET THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS THAT HAVE TO BE ADOPTED BY EVERY MUNICIPALITY. BUT THERE ARE SPECIFIC SECTIONS IN THE MODEL ORDINANCE THAT WAS RELEASED IN NOVEMBER, UM, THAT THEY SPECIFICALLY LEAVE TO THE MUNICIPALITY, AND THEY KIND OF CALL THAT OUT AND SAY TO BE DETERMINED BY EACH MUNICIPALITY SO THEY GIVE YOU FLEXIBILITY TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF YOUR COMMUNITY, WHICH IS NICE. SO THIS IS THE SLIDE. THAT WILL REALLY MAKE YOU GO. WOW UM, IN A BAD WAY. AH ACCORDING TO D P MONTGOMERY HAS LOST ALMOST 1500 ACRES OF FORESTED LAND SINCE 1972. SO IN 50 YEARS, WE'VE LOST ALMOST A QUARTER OF OUR FOREST. WHICH LEAVES US WITH ABOUT 5000 ACRES LEFT, SO IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT WE PROTECT THAT FOREST AND ENCOURAGE PLANTING OF NEW TREES TO EXPAND THE FOREST BECAUSE OF THE WORK THAT THOSE TREES ARE DOING. UM AND THE OTHER KIND OF WILD STATISTIC I WANTED TO THROW AT YOU IS FROM THE WATERSHED INSTITUTE, WHICH WE HAVE A GREAT PARTNERSHIP WITH THE WATER SHOULD INSTITUTE THEY'RE BASED IN PENNINGTON. LITTLE PLUG FOR THEM. IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN TO THEIR HEADQUARTERS DEFINITELY GO CHECK IT OUT. THEY DID AN IMPERVIOUS COVERAGE ASSESSMENT OF EVERY MUNICIPALITY WITHIN THEIR WATERSHED IN 2020, THE STUDY FOR MONTGOMERY FOUND THAT

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THAT ADDRESSES CLEARING PROHIBITS REMOVAL OF A PUBLIC TREE, WHICH IS A TREE IN A PARK OR A TREE ALONG THE STREET THAT'S CONSIDERED A PUBLIC TREE AND ALSO CLEARING OF A FORESTED AREA, WHICH IS DEFINED IN THE CODE AS AN AREA GREATER THAN 20,000 SQUARE FEET. WE KIND OF REVAMPED THIS WHOLE SECTIONS WERE DELETING THAT PORTION, AND IT'S GETTING REPLACED WITH THIS NEW ORDINANCE. SO IN THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE, YOU'RE GOING TO NEED A PERMIT TO REMOVE ANY TREE THAT'S GREATER THAN SIX INCHES. D B H SO YOU KNOW THAT'S A PRETTY SIZABLE TREE IS D B. H S DIAMETER BREAST HEIGHT, SO THAT'S A STANDARD MEASURE OF HOW YOU WOULD MEASURE A TREE AND ITS SIZE. WE DON'T REALLY MEASURE BY HEIGHT. YOU MEASURE IT BY THE CIRCUMFERENCE OF THE TREE. AND THAT A SIX INCH TREE IS PROBABLY 15 TO 20 YEARS OLD JUST TO GIVE YOU KIND OF A RANGE THERE, DEPENDING ON THE SPECIES, SO ANY TREE LARGER THAN THAT WILL REQUIRE A PERMIT TO REMOVE IT.

THERE ARE SOME EXEMPTIONS WILL GET INTO THAT AND A FEW SLIDES. LAUREN YOU'RE CIRCUM FRIENDS.

YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS BIG JUST TRYING TO SIX INCHES. A PERMIT WOULD ALSO BE REQUIRED FOR REMOVING A TREE THAT IS SMALLER THAN SIX INCHES IF THAT TREE WAS PLANTED AS A CONDITION OF THE PLANNING, BOARD APPROVAL OR A ZONING BOARD APPROVAL, SO ANY KIND OF NEW DEVELOPMENT AND A SITE PLAN SO WE DON'T WANT, UM LITTLE TREES PLANTED THERE USUALLY TWO INCHES AS AN INDUSTRY STANDARD WHEN THEIR NEWLY PLANTED WE DON'T WANT FOLKS TO THEN COME SIX MONTHS LATER AND RIPPED THEM ALL OUT. DEFEATS THE PURPOSE. AH AND THEN THE THIRD KIND OF CONDITION WHERE A PERMIT WOULD BE REQUIRED TO REMOVE A TREE. UM WOULD BE ANY TREE THAT'S PLANTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS SECTION. SO SAME IDEA IF YOU'VE REMOVED A TREE, AND NOW YOU'VE PLANTED REPLACEMENT TREES. WE DON'T WANT YOU TO COME OUT AND RIPPED THOSE OUT LATER AT A LATER TIME. SO THE TIME FRAME FOR REPLACING TREES WOULD BE WITHIN ONE YEAR TO GIVE FOLKS SOME FLEXIBILITY IN TERMS OF THE FINANCIAL ASPECT OF IT AND ALSO TO PLANET IN AN APPROPRIATE SEASON. UM AND THE NUMBER OF REPLACEMENT TREES THAT WILL BE REQUIRED ARE DETERMINED BY THE SIZE OF THE TREE THAT YOU'RE REMOVING, AND WE'LL GET INTO THAT IN THE CHART ON THE NEXT SLIDE. AND THE NEW ORDINANCE WILL ALSO PROHIBIT REMOVAL OF ANY STREET TREES. WE DON'T WE THINK THAT'S PART OF THE PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE. WE DON'T WANT FOLKS TO BE REMOVING THOSE STREET TREES. THOSE ARE

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INSTEAD THAT WILL GO INTO THE TREE BANK FUND AND I'LL DISCUSS THAT IN MORE DETAIL IN A BIT. UM SO WE BROKE THIS DOWN INTO KIND OF SIX INCH INCREMENTS TO MAKE IT A REGULAR VALUE, AND WE WERE TRYING TO GET CLOSE TO REPLACING. UM KIND OF THE TOTAL NUMBER OF INCHES REMOVED TO THE NUMBER OF INCHES THAT WILL THEN BE REPLACED WITH A NEW TREE, AND THAT WAS BASED ON SOME FEEDBACK FROM THE MASTER PLAN COMMITTEE TO MAKE THIS UM MORE. MORE STRINGENT QUESTION. YEAH. LOOKS LIKE. $1000 PER TREAT PER REPLACEMENT TREE IS THAT EVEN COVER LIKE THE FULL COST OF LIKE A TOWNSHIP FUNDING. REPLACEMENT TREE, SO WE WENT INTO SOME DETAIL WITH THE SHADE TREE COMMITTEE BUDGET AND WE USE THAT AS GUIDANCE TO COME UP WITH THE $1000 SO THAT WOULD COVER THE COST OF PURCHASING THE TREE ITSELF. ALSO THE COST OF INSTALLATION AND THEN WE BUILT IN SOME ADDITIONAL COST FOR THE ADMINISTRATIVE WORK OF GETTING THE TREE PAPERWORK FOR THE TREE KIND OF THOSE DIFFERENT THINGS. SO WE DO FEEL LIKE THAT $1000 A TREE WOULD COVER KIND OF THE FULL SCOPE OF INSTALLATION AND PURCHASE. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A SMALLER TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE ATTENDANCE THE THERE'S A I HAVE TO THINK ABOUT OVER MY HEAD LIKE I DON'T. I DON'T KNOW IF I WANT PEOPLE PAYING THE FEE PHILOSOPHICALLY. I THINK I WANT THEM TO PLANT THE TREES AND HOPEFULLY YOU WOULD COST THEM LESS THAN $2000. YOU WANT THEM TO KEEP THE TREE THERE IF THEY HAVE TO REMOVE THE TREE, BECAUSE IT'S A IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A HAZARD INSIDE EXEMPTION. I'M JUST THINKING OUT LOUD, BUT I WANT THEM TO REPLACE IT WITH THE TWO TREES. BUT IF THEY DIDN'T I JUST DIDN'T FEEL LIKE I WONDER IF IT SHOULD BE A HIGHER CHARGE, YOU KNOW, AND THEN THAT COVERS FOUR TREES, YOU KNOW FOR THE TOWNSHIP. I'M AND I'M JUST THINKING OUT LOUD HERE. PEOPLE SHARE HOW I'M JUST TRYING TO THINK OF HOW TO BE THE DEVIL'S ADVOCATE AND ROBERTA BECAUSE I WANT TO KNOW AS TO WHAT OTHER TOWNSHIPS ARE DOING. IS THIS FEE STRUCTURES SIMILAR TO THE OTHER TOWNS IS EVERY PUTTING THIS FREE FREE STRUCTURE? BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT NEW JERSEY STATE WANTS US TO DO. AND I TOTALLY AGREE. NOBODY SHOULD CUT TREES, BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU KNOW JAN FEB MEETING. WE DON'T HAVE A HOUSE FULL HERE OF PEOPLE YELLING, BUT UNDERSTAND. UM AS TO YOU KNOW WHERE WE'RE GETTING THESE NUMBERS. OTHER TOWNS ARE DOING IT. THE STATE REQUIRES US TO DO IT, SO THAT WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT IT WITH THE PUBLIC . ANYTIME WE ARE DOING ANY FINES , AND THAT'S HAPPENED AT THE RECREATION AS WELL. OR I MEAN, YOU KNOW FEES. RATHER FORGET TO FIND THE FEES PART. SO I JUST WANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT. ABSOLUTELY I'M GOING TO GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE BECAUSE IT MIGHT HELP ANSWER YOUR QUESTION. SO SORRY. THE GREEN IS VERY HARD TO READ. I TRIED TO CORRELATE THIS IS A SLIDE, COMPARING THE STATE MODEL, WHICH IS THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS, WHICH ARE SET IN THAT LEFT SIDE CHART. AND THEN THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE REQUIREMENTS IN THE RIGHT HAND SIDE CHART. SO THE STATE MODEL DOES NOT SUGGEST ANY MINIMUM FEE . THEY LEAVE THAT UP TO EACH MUNICIPALITY TO ESTABLISH LAUREN . IF YOU DON'T MIND, I'M JUST GOING TO JUMP IN ON THAT ONE. SO I KNOW LAWRENCE SAID THAT YOU'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE TREE REPLACEMENT FUND. BUT I MIGHT BE STEPPING ON TOES, SO I APOLOGIZE BUT ESSENTIALLY TAKE OVER THE PRESENTATION AT ANY TIME. WENDY I'M HAPPY NOT TO, UM WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH CUTTING DOWN TREES AND THE REPLACEMENT, THE IDEA OF THE REPLACEMENT PAYMENT IN LIEU, SO TO SPEAK IS REALLY SUPPOSED TO BE A DISINCENTIVE RIGHT, SO ABSOLUTELY AGREE. IT'S ALWAYS GOING TO COST BECAUSE OF GOVERNMENT AND BUREAUCRATIC RED TAPE. IT'S ALWAYS GOING TO COST THE TOWNSHIP MORE TO PLANT A TREE. THEN IT WILL BE TO THE INDIVIDUAL HOMEOWNER, SO THESE NUMBERS ARE BASED, AND I APPRECIATE THAT THEY'RE BASED ON WHAT IT WILL COST THE TOWNSHIP TO REPLANT. UM, BUT THE IDEA IS THAT FOR HOMEOWNER, THEY COULD PROBABLY DO IT FOR HALF THE PRICE. AND SO IT'S THE INCENTIVE TO DO IT YOURSELF. NOW THAT BEING SAID THE IDEA IS ALSO SIMILAR TO NO NET LOST WITH WETLANDS. YOU WANT NO NET LOSS OF TREES IN TOWN, SO IF THEY'RE NOT GOING TO PLANET ON THEIR PROPERTY, YOU NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE TOWNSHIP HAS ENOUGH MONEY SO THAT TREE IS SOMEWHERE

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A HALF A DOZEN HAVE ADOPTED ORDINANCES THAT ARE MORE STRINGENT THAN THE REQUIREMENTS TO KNOW NOT IN OUR STATE. THE STATE REQUIREMENTS ONLY ONE WAS MORE STRINGENT THAN THIS PROPOSED ORDINANCE. AND THAT WAS EAST AND WELL, OKAY, UM PRINCETON JUST CHANGE THEIR FEES IN 2020 THERE AT 550 PER TREE. 5.5 TO ADOPT. THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO RE ADOPT AN ORDINANCE BECAUSE THEIR ORDINANCE RIGHT NOW DOES NOT MEET THE MINIMUM STANDARDS IN TERMS OF THE REPLACEMENT SCHEDULE AND OTHER ASPECTS OF THEIR ORDINANCE SO THEY MAY TAKE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO INCREASE THE VALUE AS WELL. I'M I'M GLAD TO HEAR ALL OF THIS BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WE WILL BE THE ONES ANSWERING QUESTIONS, SO WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE. WELL, THANK YOU. THAT HELPS TO BE QUITE CANDID WITH YOU. AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT, SAY THE LARGE TREES THAT GET CUT DOWN THIS IS OFTEN WHEN A DEVELOPMENT COMES IN. RIGHT UM IN FACT, THERE'S SOMETHING IN FRONT OF THE PLANNING BOARD. NOW WHERE THEY'RE GONNA CLEAR THEY WANT TO CLEAR CUT. IT'S A TREED LOT, AND THERE'S REALLY NOTHING. WE'VE GOT NOTHING TO STOP THEM FROM DOING THAT, RIGHT? RIGHT AND IT'S IF WE HAD THIS IN PLACE. IF THAT WAS IN THERE, I'D LOVE TO CALCULATE WHAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO DO BUILD AROUND IT . I MEAN, WHEN WE'RE BUILDING SOME SENIOR HOUSING OVER THERE, WE'RE WORKING WITH ABILITY TO LEAVE SOME OF THOSE TREES. ORIGINALLY, THEY WERE LIKE, CUT THEM DOWN. WE'RE LIKE NO BUILD AROUND THEM. SO THE, UM SO SOME OF THESE THINGS WHEN WE LOOK AT THEM, WE THINK ABOUT THE INDIVIDUAL HOMEOWNER. MANY PREDOMINANTLY ONES THAT COME IN FRONT OF THIS STUFF WILL BE MORE IN THE DEVELOPMENT. I DON'T AGREE, EVEN THOUGH WE DO HAVE A HOUSE ON BRIXTON ROAD, WHICH HAS TAKEN A LOT OF TREES OUT IN THE HERD ABOUT THAT, TOO. SO I'M JUST MAKING SURE THAT YOU KNOW WE HAVE THE INFORMATION, RIGHT? SO AS THE MAYOR SAID, THE FEEDBACK THAT WE GOT PREDOMINANTLY FROM THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION AND THE MASTER PLAN COMMITTEE WAS TO MAKE OUR ORDINANCE MORE OF A DETERRENT. STRICTER REQUIREMENTS THAT YOU CAN SEE THERE AND WILL USE THE 33 INCH EXAMPLE. UNDER THE STATE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS.

YOU ONLY HAVE TO PLANT FOUR TREES AND THEY SPECIFY A 1.5 INCH CALIBER FOR THAT NUTRI TOWNSHIPS. PROPOSED ORDINANCE WOULD BE A TWO INCH MINIMUM CALIBER SO SLIGHTLY LARGER AND FOR THAT SAME 33 INCH TREE. UNDER THE TOWNSHIPS, NEW PROPOSED ORDINANCE, THEY WOULD HAVE TO REPLANT 12 TREES, NOT FOR THEM BECAUSE THE MASTER PLAN COMMITTEE AND ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION DIDN'T THINK AT THE FOUR WAS ENOUGH OF A DETERRENT FOR THOSE LARGE TREES AND THEY WANT YOU MENTIONED. HOW OLD IS THAT? GENERALLY? 33 INCH TRADE THAT 33 INCH PRE, IF THEY LIKE.

HOW OLD IS THAT TREE? MY GUESS WOULD BE 7500 YEARS OLD, DEPENDING ON THE SPECIES, RIGHT? IT TAKES IT TAKES A LONG TIME TOGETHER. THIS IS WHY SO WHY THERE? IT'S WE'RE REALLY IT'S ABOUT DETERRENCE AND WORKING AROUND THE TREE AS OPPOSED TO CUTTING IT DOWN BECAUSE NONE OF 12 TREES, 14 TREES THAT IS NOT GOING TO DO WHAT 100 YEAR OLD TREE DOES WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE CANOPY, AND HOW BIG A THIRD INCH COUNT, THERE COULD BE 1600 FT. WIDE IN TERMS OF THE LEAF SURFACE AND THE ROUTING SYSTEMS. IT'S OBVIOUSLY A NEW TREE HAS BARELY A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF THAT. SO IT TAKES YEARS AND YEARS EVEN FOR THE REPLACEMENTS. TO COME CLOSER. WHAT IS BEING

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REPLACEMENTS HAVE ANY IMPACT ON STARBOARD, SO THE IMAGE THAT I HAD ON THE OUTLINE? THEY SAY THAT THE HOWEVER MUCH OF THE TREE YOU CAN SEE ABOVE THE GROUND, THERE'S AN EQUAL OR MORE AMOUNT BELOW THE GROUND. SO TO THINK ABOUT THE ROOTS SPREAD AND HOW FAR THAT SYSTEM REALLY GOES, SO IS THE REQUIRED NUMBER OF REPLACEMENT TREES ENOUGH. THAT'S THAT'S THE QUESTION THAT YOU ALL GET TO DECIDE AND TELL US IF YOU'D LIKE IT TO BE MORE STRINGENT, BUT STRINGENT. I MEAN , LET'S TAKE A BIG STEP BACK, RIGHT? UM, PUTTING ASIDE HOW I LOVE THE WAY THIS TOWNSHIP LOOKS BUT YOU KNOW IF THIS IS A WE HAVE STORMS. WE HAVE FLOOD RISK AND MORE TREES LONGER. OLDER TREES MITIGATE THAT. WE NEED TO PLANT MORE RIGHT. WE HAD THIS DISCUSSIONS, BUT PEOPLE ARE GONNA BE TAKEN OUT. IF WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY, I WANT TO AT LEAST MAKE SURE IT'S I DON'T KNOW YET NEUTRAL. I MEAN, I THINK I'D LIKE TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION AREA HAVE THAT DISCUSSION WITH THE TOWNSHIP BLANKET. PEOPLE LIVED THROUGH IDA. THEY LIVED THROUGH OTHER ONES LIKE THEY KNOW WHAT HAPPENS. THIS IS A WAY FOR US TO MITIGATE THIS. BUT IF WE'RE IF OUR SCHEDULES GONNA BE A NET NEGATIVE EVERY TIME SOMEONE TAKES DOWN THE TREE, THEN WE'RE GOING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION. THAT'S A GOOD POINT. EAST M WELL, TOWNSHIP. THEIR ORDINANCE OF THE ONES I LOOKED AT WAS THE ONE THAT WAS MORE STRINGENT THAN THIS PROPOSED ORDINANCE TONIGHT, AND THEY REQUIRE A REPLACEMENT OF CALIPER FOR CALIPER. SO IF YOU'RE REMOVING A 30 INCH TREE YOU NEED TO PLANT 30 INCHES EQUIVALENT. BUT EVEN IF YOU DO THAT FOR SEVERAL YEARS, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET THAT SAME SURE, OF COURSE OF THE TREE IN TERMS OF ITS STORMWATER VALLEY AND ALL THE OTHER ECOSYSTEM BENEFITS THAT IT OFFERS. BUT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THEY HAD IN THEIR ORDINANCE. DIDN'T THEY ALSO HAVE SOMETHING ABOUT THREE TIMES AS MUCH? YEAH I THINK THAT THEIR CODE WAS IF YOU'RE IN VIOLATION, THE PENALTY WAS HIGHER, WHERE THEY TRIPLED THE REPLACEMENT REQUIREMENTS. OKAY VERY INTERESTED IN SEEING WHAT THEY TRIPLED IT. SO UM SO HE DIDN'T COME IN AND GET YOUR THINK. WHAT IF I DID GO IN EAST AND WILL AND I GOT THE PERMIT YOUR 30 INCH TREE YOU HAVE TO PLANT 15 TO 15 TREES. AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE TO PLAN 90 TOTAL TOTAL TRACE.

YOU'RE GONNA PLANT 45 TREES INSTEAD OF 15, OKAY? FOR THE EXEMPTIONS. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF EXEMPTIONS FROM THE REPLANTING REQUIREMENTS THAT WILL STILL WANT FOLKS TO COME IN AND GET A PERMIT, FILL OUT THE PERMIT APPLICATION AND INDICATE THAT THEY BELIEVE THAT THEY'RE EXEMPT FROM THE REPLACEMENT REQUIREMENTS. AND THE ONE THAT I'M SURE EVERYONE IS FAMILIAR WITH AS A DEBTOR DISEASE TREE. WE HAVE A HUGE ASH TREE POPULATION, OR WE DID IN THE TOWNSHIPS. SO A LOT OF FOLKS ARE CONTENDING WITH TAKING DOWN THOSE DEAD AND DYING ASH TREES.

WE UNDERSTAND THAT'S A HUGE FINANCIAL BURDEN FOR PEOPLE. SO THE REPLACEMENT REQUIREMENTS WOULD NOT BE IN PLACE FOR THEM. UM SAME THING. IF THERE'S A TREE WITHIN 50 FT OF THE PRIMARY BUILDING ON A PROPERTY, SO I WANT TO RESIDENTIAL LOT. IF YOU HAVE A TREE WITHIN 50 FT OF YOUR HOUSE OR IF ON A COMMERCIAL PROPERTY, THERE'S A TREE WITHIN 50 FT. OF YOUR PRIMARY BUILDING THAT COULD BE TAKEN DOWN WITHOUT REQUIRING REPLACEMENT. A LOT OF FOLKS FEEL MAYBE UNCOMFORTABLE THAT A TREE IS TOO CLOSE TO THEIR HOUSE CLEANING MHM. NO REPLACEMENT WOULD BE REQUIRED IN THAT INSTANCE. INVASIVE SPECIES. WE WANT YOU TO TAKE THOSE DOWN. SO IF YOU HAVE BRADFORD PEAR OR

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ANY TREE THAT'S INTERFERING WITH A SEPTIC OR INTERFERING WITH THE SEWER EASEMENT. THOSE ARE CRITICAL SYSTEMS THAT WE DON'T WANT TO INTERRUPT THEIR OPERATIONS SO THOSE CAN BE REMOVED WITHOUT REQUIRING REPLACEMENT. A NURSERY OPERATION. THAT'S WHAT THEY DO.

THEY REMOVE TREES, BUT THEY ALSO REPLANT ANYWAY SO THAT THEY CAN REPLENISH THEIR STOCK. UM ANY FARM WITHIN APPROVED WOODLAND MANAGEMENT PLAN FROM THE TAX ASSESSOR'S OFFICE AND THE STATE THEY'RE DOING WORK ACCORDING TO PLAN A PLAN THAT'S CREATED BY AN ARBORIST OR A TREE CARE PROFESSIONALS. THEY'RE TYPICALLY REPLANTING TREES ANYWAY, OR PROTECTING VOLUNTEER TREES THAT ARE COMING UP IN THEIR FOREST. AND THEN ANY TREES WITHIN THE AIRPORT HAZARD AREA. 50 FT FROM A PRIMARY BUILDING FEELS LIKE A DECENT AMOUNT OF SPACE. MAYBE SOME PEOPLE HAVE MUCH LARGER HOMES, BUT DEPRESSION BECAME THAN THOSE OTHER TREES. HMM? WE HOPE YOU ARE YOU SUGGESTING IT MIGHT BE ALRIGHT, I THINK 15 YEARS AS AN EXEMPTION, 50 FT FEELS PRETTY GENEROUS. RIGHT SO BE INTERESTING TO BE LESS LOOKING AT 50. FT WAS TYPICALLY TREES USUALLY MATCH MATCH. 60 FT . TALL, SO THE TREE FELL. OKAY THAT MAKES SENSE TO COVER THAT WE CAME FROM THE TREE FELL OFF THE SIDE OF THE WORDS. IT WOULDN'T HIT YOUR HOUSE. I THINK WE SHOULD REALLY LOOK AT IT, TOO. I MEAN, IF IT'S A THREE THAT BIG IF IT'S GOING TO FALL, IT'S PROBABLY DISEASED, RIGHT.

AND IF IT'S THAT KIND OF STUFF, RIGHT LIMBS? YES RIGHT. WE HAVE TO TAKE OFF THE LIMBS. BUT MAYBE WE DO NEED JUST TO BE INTERESTED IN SEEING WHAT EAST SAMPLE IS DOING AND OTHERS ARE DOING JUST AND A QUICK QUESTION. HOW DO WE MANAGE THIS? SO PEOPLE COME IN, AND THEY HAVE A PICTURE OF A DISEASE TREE. I'M JUST LOOKING AT THE STAFF TIME AS WELL. SO THEY'RE BASICALLY GOING TO COME IN WITH, YOU KNOW A PICTURE OR SAY OKAY, THIS TREE HAS AN ISSUE DID AH, I COULDN'T HAVE SEGUED THE NEXT SLIDE ANY BETTER THAN THAT. THANK YOU. GOT YOU OKAY? I KNOW I HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS, BUT YOU KNOW THEY'RE RIGHT ON TIME DEPUTY MAYOR THE RIGHT ON TIME. SO UM, THE PERMIT APPLICATION WILL BE BASIC INFORMATION. NAME CONTACT INFORMATION. UH AND THEN YOU'LL SUBMIT A SURVEY OF YOUR PROPERTY SAY YOU'RE PUTTING ON IN ADDITION TO YOUR HOUSE, SO YOU'LL HAVE A SURVEY OF YOUR WHOLE PROPERTY OR IN SOME INSTANCES WE COULD ACCEPT, YOU KNOW A GOOGLE EARTH IMAGE PRINT OUT WHERE YOU'RE CIRCLING, THE MAYOR WOULD HAVE TO USE A LOT OF CIRCLES FOR ALL THE DEAD ASH TREES IN HERE YOU ARE. UM TO REMOVE THOSE, UH, SO SUBMITTING THAT INFORMATION, A NARRATIVE OF WHY'RE REMOVING THE TREES? ARE YOU REMOVING THEM? BECAUSE THEY'RE DEAD ASH TREES IN YOUR YARD. ARE YOU REMOVING THEM BECAUSE YOU WANT TO PUT IN A POOL EXPLAINING TO THE STAFF WHY THAT REMOVAL IS PROPOSED, AND THEN ALSO PROVIDING A REPLACEMENT PLAN, SO THE REPLACEMENT TREES THAT ARE REQUIRED GIVING US THE LOCATION THE CALIBER SIZE THE SPECIES. SO ANYBODY WHO IS SEEKING AN EXEMPTION, WE WOULD STILL WANT THEM TO COMPLETE THAT BASIC APPLICATION INFORMATION NAME, CONTACT INFORMATION AND THEN EXPLAIN WHAT CATEGORY OF EXEMPTION THEY THINK THEY QUALIFY FOR. AND YES, SUBMITTING A PHOTO. A PHOTO IS EXTREMELY HELPFUL SHOWING US WE CAN CLEARLY SEE YOU'RE DEAD ASH TREES. WE CAN CLEARLY SEE THAT YOUR TREE IS LEANING LIKE IT GOT UPROOTED IN THE WIND STORM AND YOU WANT TO TAKE IT DOWN. SUBMITTING A PHOTO WITH THAT WOULD SAVE US A LOT OF EFFORT IN TERMS OF STAFF TIME AND HAVING TO GO OUT AND LOOK AT EVERY SINGLE TREE AND SAY LIKE, YES, IT'S DEAD. YES IT'S DEAD. YES IT'S DEAD. UM FOR ANYBODY THAT IS APPLYING FOR AN EXEMPTION, THERE WOULDN'T BE ANY FEE FOR THE PERMIT APPLICATION AND IT WE ENVISION THAT WILL KIND OF MERGED THAT INTO OUR PILOT SYSTEM, SO IT WOULD JUST BE AN ONLINE FORM TYPE IN YOUR BASIC INFORMATION AND SUBMIT THAT WITH BY UPLOADING A PHOTO OR TWO OKAY? THAT MAKES SENSE. FOR FOLKS WHO DON'T QUALIFY FOR AN EXEMPTION. THE PERMIT FEE THAT IS PROPOSED IN THE ORDINANCE IS $150 FOR REMOVAL OF 1 TO 10 TREES, AND THEN ANY ADDITIONAL TREE PROPOSED FOR REMOVAL WOULD BE $15 PER TREE. BEYOND THAT. THERE'S ALSO A SEPARATE PROVISION IN THE ORDINANCE FOR SOMETHING, UH, FOR A LARGER LAND DISTURBANCE, SO ANYTHING GREATER THAN A HALF AN ACRE THE ORDINANCE PROPOSES $800 IS TO FEED BECAUSE IT'S A MUCH LARGER PROJECT CLEARLY AND THAT HALFAKER CORRELATES TO OUR STORM WATER ORDINANCE AND THE STORMWATER ORDINANCE. THAT'S THE THRESHOLD WHERE SOMETHING IS CONSIDERED A MAJOR DEVELOPMENT AND THE PROJECT WOULD THEN HAVE TO BUILD A STORM WATER FACILITY. SENSE. IT'S JUST MAKE SURE I MEAN BECAUSE I THINK ABOUT THESE

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UM YEAH, EVERY TREE EVERY MY GOODNESS WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO FIND WELL NOW WE WOULD BE ABLE TO, BUT WE COULDN'T BEFORE, EVEN THOUGH IT I MEAN. NOPE DON'T MOVE TO A MOUNTAIN ZONE IF YOU DON'T LIKE TREES, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN. IT WAS IT'S WITH THEIR KITCHEN WAS REALLY NICE.

THEY HAD TO WRITE. THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING I THINK SO. KNOW WHAT? I JUST HEARD THAT THERE WAS THERE WAS SOMETHING ABOUT THE LEAVES DIDN'T WANT TO RAKE THE LEAVES. THAT'S WHAT I HEARD YOU AMPLY. WELL, THEY'LL SEE SOME BASEMENT FLOODING FOR SURE. SO ACTUALLY, I THINK THE WAY THAT THE ORDINANCES CURRENTLY WRITTEN IN THESE THREE CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG IF IT IS A LARGER DEVELOPMENT PROJECT LIKE SOMETHING BEFORE THE PLANNING BORDER, THE ZONING BOARD WE WOULDN'T ACTUALLY COLLECT THIS FEE. THIS WOULD BE PART OF THEIR ESCROW ACCOUNT THAT WOULD BE REVIEWED BY OUR PROFESSIONALS IN MY REMEMBERING THAT CORRECTLY, SO A LARGER PROJECT IF IT IS A DEVELOPMENT COMING, YOU KNOW, BEFORE ONE OF OUR LAND USE BOARDS. THEY WOULDN'T BE PAYING THAT FEE ANYWAY. THAT CHANGE YOUR OPINION, IT WOULD JUST PAY THE ESCROW AS RICH BARLUN IS REVIEWING IT AS OUR BOARD ENGINEERS REVIEWING IT, THE BOARD PLANNER OKAY? FOOD FOR THOUGHT. OKAY? ACTUALLY, THAT MAKES SENSE. YEAH. SO WE'LL GET INTO SOME OF THE MORE DESIGN STANDARDS. SO IN TERMS OF STREET TREES ARE CURRENT REQUIREMENT IS A 50 FT MAXIMUM SPACING. AND THAT'S BEEN IN PLACE FOR YEARS IN LOOKING AT A LOT OF OTHER MUNICIPALITIES, ORDINANCES. WE FOUND THAT SOME OF THEM ADOPTED THIS VARIABLE SPACING DEPENDING ON WHAT SPECIES IS SELECTED, AND THAT ANTICIPATED MATURE HEIGHT, AND THAT SEEMED LIKE A NICE ALTERNATIVE TO CREATE A MORE VARIABLE LANDSCAPE IN THE SHADE TREE COMMITTEE WAS SUPPORTIVE OF THAT THAT CHANGE. THE OTHER THING THAT WE WANTED TO INCLUDE WAS TO ESTABLISH A SPECIFIC AREA WHERE THE STREET TREES SHOULD BE PLANTED. AND THE RECOMMENDATION IS AN 8 FT OFFSET FROM THE SIDEWALK. SO THIS IS SO IMPORTANT AS WE DEAL WITH LOTS OF WILL MARK DEALS WITH LOTS OF SIDEWALK REPAIR ALL OVER THE TOWNSHIP. UM AND THE MAXIMUM KIND OF SETBACK FOR THE STREET TREE WOULD BE 25 FT FROM THE ROAD EDGE, SO YOU'RE STILL GETTING THAT SHADE OVER THE SIDEWALK AND OVER THE STREET FOR FOLKS BUT NOT HAVING IT BETWEEN THAT LITTLE PLANTING STRIP BETWEEN THE CURB AND THE SIDEWALK WHERE IT'S SO HARD FOR THAT TREE TO THRIVE ANYWAY. UM THE OTHER PROVISIONS THAT'S ADDED IN THIS ORDINANCE IS IF THE 8 FT SET BACK FROM THE SIDEWALK CAN'T BE MET, A ROOT BARRIER WOULD BE REQUIRED AND A ROOT BARRIER IS BASICALLY A VERTICAL KIND OF IT COULD BE PLASTIC. IT COULD BE FABRIC THAT'S PLANTED PER OR THAT'S INSTALLED PERPENDICULAR TO THE SIDEWALK AND PREVENTS THE ROOTS FROM JUST GROWING RIGHT UNDERNEATH THE KIND OF DIRECTS THEM DOWN AND UNDERNEATH TO HELP. YOU KNOW, PROLONG THE LIFE OF THE SIDEWALK AND HOPEFULLY NOT HAVE AS MANY INSTANCES OF THAT SIDEWALK UPHEAVAL. I THINK THAT WAS PART OF LARRY COMPLEX

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THE SHADE TREE REQUIREMENT IS ANOTHER REQUIREMENT IN THE CODE, AND THIS IS IN ADDITION TO THE PARKING THE BUFFERING AND THE STREET TREES TO THE CURRENT ORDINANCE REQUIRES 14 TREES PER ACRE, THE MASTER PLAN COMMITTEE AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION SUPPORTED INCREASING THAT NUMBER. SO THE NUMBER THAT'S PROPOSED IS 20 TREES PER DISTURBED ACRE. AND WE SET A THRESHOLD OF THAT MATCHING THAT HALFAKER NUMBER AGAIN TO MATCH WITH THE STORM WATER REQUIREMENTS. SO IF YOU'RE PUTTING A SMALL DECK ON YOUR PROPERTY, AND YOU'RE NOT REACHING THAT HALF ACRE OF DISTURBANCE, THEN THERE'S NOT ANY ADDITIONAL TREE PLANTING REQUIRED. BUT IF YOU GET OVER THAT HALF ACRE, AND YOU'RE DOING A PRETTY MAJOR PROJECT, THEN THE TREES WOULD BE REQUIRED. IN TERMS OF THE DESIGN STANDARDS ARE CURRENT ORDINANCE REQUIRES NATIVE PLANTS AND INVASIVES ARE PROHIBITED. INVASIVE SPECIES ARE SPECIES THAT ARE NOT NATIVE TO THIS AREA. THEY PROLIFERATE OUT OF CONTROL BECAUSE THERE'S NO NATURAL PREDATOR. OUR SPECIES THAT LIVE HERE. DON'T USE THEM. THEY DON'T EAT THEM. THEY DON'T USE THEM AS HABITAT. UM, SO THAT'S A GREAT PROVISION THAT'S BEEN IN OUR ORDINANCE FOR SOME TIME. WE DID WANT TO MAKE AN ALLOWANCE IN THE ORDINANCE FOR NON NATIVES, SO A NON NATIVE IS DIFFERENT THAN AN INVASIVE. SOME FOLKS CONFUSED, TOO, TOO, AND THINK THEY'RE SIMILAR. A NON NATIVE PLANT IS NOT NECESSARILY GOING TO PROLIFERATE OUT OF CONTROL, LIKE AN INVASIVE WOULD AND IN TERMS OF NATIVE SPECIES, PARTICULARLY FOR BUFFERING PURPOSES, WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF GOOD NATIVE SPECIES THAT MAKE AN EFFECTIVE BUFFER. SO THIS WILL PROVIDE A BETTER, UM, WAY FOR PEOPLE TO BUFFER UNION LIST. A LIST OF THE COMMITTEE IS GOING TO WORK ON UPDATING THE LIST THAT THEY'VE HAD AND THE OTHER THING THAT'S ADDED IN THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE IS TO REQUIRE DEAR PROTECTION FOR AT LEAST TWO YEARS AFTER TREES ARE PLANTED. UH MY BOY SCOUTS THERE UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF THE DISEASE PROTECTION. ANYBODY WHO HAS ANYTHING REMOTELY APPETIZING IN THEIR YARD KNOWS THAT THE DEER WILL COME AND DECIMATED AND 15 MINUTES AND WITH GOODBYE AND SAYTHEIR WAY OUT OF YOUR YARD. SO TO GIVE THESE NEW TREES OF FIGHTING CHANCE, UM , ADDING THAT TO YOUR PROTECTION AS A REQUIREMENT IS REALLY IMPORTANT. WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF TREES PLANTED A NEW DEVELOPMENTS , ESPECIALLY AT BASINS WHERE YOU DON'T HAVE A PROPERTY OWNER RIGHT THERE. UM AND THEY'RE JUST NIBBLED AWAY AND THEY'RE A LITTLE YOU KNOW, STICK OUT OF THE GROUND, SO THE DEER PROTECTION IS REALLY IMPORTANT. THE TREE REPLACEMENT FUND HAS BEEN IN PLACE SINCE 2008 WHEN WE LAST UPDATED OUR ARCHERY ORDINANCE, AND CURRENTLY IT ONLY , UM IS CONTRIBUTIONS FOR PROPERTY OWNERS WHO EITHER DON'T WANT TO, OR CAN'T MEET THE 14 3 PER ACRE REQUIREMENT FOR SHADE

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SO ALL OF THAT WILL GO INTO THIS DEDICATED FUND FOR THE SAME KIND OF USES THAT WE JUST DISCUSSED, SO THE PERMIT FEES THAT ARE PAID WILL GO TOWARDS ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS FOR PERMIT REVIEW, AND THEN ANY OF THE REPLACEMENT FEES THAT ARE PAID WILL GO TOWARDS INSTALLATION OF TREES ON OPEN SPACE AND PARKS IN THE RIGHT OF WAY AND ALSO TOWARDS ANY GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS. ON PUBLIC PROPERTY. BECAUSE AGAIN, THIS IS A STORM WATER RELATED ORDINANCE. SO BY CREATING THESE GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE FACILITIES ON OUR PROPERTY, WE CAN HELP TO MITIGATE THAT STORM WATER. AND ALSO THE FUND CAN BE USED FOR MAINTENANCE BECAUSE WE REALIZED THAT'S A HUGE ONGOING COSTS FOR US. IT'S NOT JUST THAT INITIAL PLANTING AND INSTALL, BUT IT'S TRIMMING THOSE STREET TREES SO THAT FOLKS CAN WALK UNDER THEM WITHOUT DOING THE LIMBO. AND THE ORDINANCE PROPOSES THAT 30% OF THAT FUND COULD BE USED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS, SO PERMIT REVIEW INSPECTIONS. ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE THAT WOULD HAVE TO HAPPEN AND RELATED TO ADMINISTERING THE ORDINANCE. I THINK THIS IS WHERE MAYBE THAT TIERED MODEL MIGHT HELP COVER MORE OF THOSE ADMINISTRATIVE VISA. IF PEOPLE ARE GOING TO DO A FINE IN LIEU TREES, BUT WOULD LOVE FOR AND I GET IT, YOU KNOW, BUT I WOULD LOVE FOR THAT. 100% OF THAT GOES TOWARDS TREES. UM SO THAT WE DO DRINK, CLOSE THE GAP AND MAYBE TO FIND OTHER WAYS WITHIN THIS PROCESS TO FUND THOSE ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS. YEP.

THE THING NO ONE WANTS TO TALK ABOUT VIOLATIONS OF PENALTIES. THE ORDINANCE THAT'S PROPOSED REQUIRES IF YOU SO IF YOU ARE FOUND IN VIOLATION, MEANING YOU'VE REMOVED A TREE WITHOUT A PERMIT ON YOUR PROPERTY. THE REPLACEMENT TREES WILL STILL BE REQUIRED, PLUS AN ADDITIONAL 25% AND WE ROUND THAT UP TO THE NEAREST WHOLE NUMBER. WE REALIZED YOU CAN'T PLAN A QUARTER OF A TREE. AND THE TIME FRAME IS CONDENSED FOR MEETING THAT REPLACEMENT REQUIREMENT WILL GIVE YOU THREE MONTHS FOR THE TREES TO GET PLANTED. UM THERE'S ALSO THE OPTION TO PAY THE REPLACEMENT V. IF YOU DON'T WANT TO PLANT THE TREES, SO IT'S THE REPLACEMENT TREE THAT'S SPECIFIED IN THAT CHART THAT WE REVIEWED, PLUS AN ADDITIONAL 25. SO I LIKE TO DO THE MATH AND WALK THROUGH IT KIND OF HELPS ME TO UNDERSTAND THE PROVISIONS. SO IN THE SAMPLE THAT'S ON THE SLIDE IF A PROPERTY OWNER REMOVES FOR TREES THAT ARE SIX INCH, SIX INCH TBH WITHOUT A PERMIT. THEY WOULD EITHER HAVE TO REPLANT 20 TREES. OR PAY $20,000. WHERE THEY COULD DO A COMBINATION OF THE FIRST TWO SO THEY COULD PLANT 10 TREES AND THEN PAY THE REMAINDER INTO THE TREE BANK FUND. PROBLEM THAT I HAVE IS THAT IF SOMEBODY COMES IN AND TAKES OUT TREES AND GETS THE STUMPS GROUND, HOW ARE YOU GOING TO KNOW HOW BIG THE TREE WAS THAT THEY TOOK DOWN? YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I WOULD LIKE A VIOLATION. ONCE IT HAPPENS. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE HECK THEY TOOK DOWN IN MOST CASES, RIGHT? SO WE HAVE TO REALLY THINK ABOUT THAT. THEY OFTEN LEAVE THE TRUNKS FLUSH TO THE GROUND. WE CAN EXTRAPOLATE SOME EDUCATED GUESTS WITH THE D. B H WOULD BE.

I'M GONNA PUSH BACK ON THAT ONE, BECAUSE THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY THE CASE, BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES THEY JUST GRIND THEM DOWN, AT LEAST AGREE WITH GOING DOWN SO THAT WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO DEAL WITH THAT. BECAUSE WE'RE NOT GONNA KNOW IN MOST CASES, AND IT'S GONNA BE OR MAYBE WE JUST HAVE A MINIMUM SITUATION TYPICALLY IS THE NEIGHBOR HAD MOST OF IT WAS THIS BIG GUYS NEXT DOOR WILL BE HAVING A SMALL CLAIMS QUOTING HERE, THE NEIGHBOR SAYS, IS THIS BIG AND THE PERSON SAYING IS THIS BIG AND WE'RE JUST SITTING HERE, SO WE SHOULD THAT'S GOING TO BE A PROBLEM. THERE IS A WAY I WAS TRYING TO CATCH THIS VERY TOPIC OR WE WERE AS WE WERE CRAFTING THIS, UM WE DO HAVE THE PERMIT REQUIREMENT, BUT IT'S NOT, UH IT'S NOT JUST SO IF YOU THINK YOU'RE EXEMPT, YOU DON'T APPLY. IF YOU'RE GOING TO REMOVE A TREE , THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE REQUIRES YOU TO COME TO US FIRST, SO GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO OUT THERE INSPECTED FIND OUT IF SOMETHING IS EXEMPT OR NOT, IS USUALLY AT THE POINT WHEN SOMEBODY'S NOT COMING IN FOR A PERMIT, AND THEY'VE ALREADY CUT IT WITHOUT APPROVAL. YOU'RE ALREADY IN VIRAL VIOLATION TERRITORY. THAT'S WHY IT'S USUALLY HARD FOR US BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE CALLS THAT MY OFFICE IS GETTING WHERE WE HAVE TO GO THERE OUT THERE. WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW, USUALLY THIS COMES UP IN CRITICAL AREAS WHERE WE GO OUT. WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THEY CUT DOWN.

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THAT'S WHAT YOU JUST SAID. RIGHT AND I KNOW IT BULLETIN. ALL OF THAT IS GOOD. DO WE HAVE ANY PLANS TO GET TOGETHER WITH THE H O A LEADERS AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY SEND THIS OUT TO THEIR COMMUNITIES BECAUSE MY CONCERN AGAIN AND I BRING THIS UP IS PEOPLE DON'T KNOW. RIGHT AND THEN IT COMES TO THE POINT OF NOBODY TOLD ME. I MEAN, I I'M TELLING YOU, I TELL PEOPLE OUT A BULLETIN AND MOST OF THE PEOPLE I MEET THERE. LIKE WHAT? A BULLETIN WHERE? WHERE IS THAT? SO YOU KNOW, NEWSPAPER? YES, A LOT OF PEOPLE DO. LOOK AT MONTGOMERY NEWS, BUT WE REALLY HAVE TO GET OUT TO THE H O S TO ANY OF THE COMMUNITIES. WE JUST HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY LET THE RESIDENTS KNOW WE DO OUR BEST TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE KNOW AND ARRESTED PEOPLE SAY, WELL, I NEVER HEARD. THAT'S ANOTHER STORY. BUT ON OUR PART, I FEEL WE CAN REACH OUT ESPECIALLY THE NEW RESIDENTS COMING IN. THE H O A WOULD BE A GOOD WAY FOR THEM TO SAY. WELL THIS IS COMING IN RIGHT? SOMETHING FOR THE NEW RESIDENT PACKET DIRECT MAILING TO THE OAS WORKING WITH THE BUSINESS ASSOCIATION 100% I MEAN SUPPLIES TO EVERY PROPERTY. THIS IS NOT JUST RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY. IT'S COMMERCIAL PROPERTY SHOULD BE. MONTGOMERY IS GOING TO BE DOING THIS AND THIS IS WHY WE BELIEVE WE NEED TO DO IT ALL OF THE GRAPHICS THAT YOU HAVE HERE ARE REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHAT A TREE ROOT DOES. AND WHEN YOU TAKE IT OFF EVEN THE PEOPLE WHO COMPLAIN ABOUT THE WATER IN THE BASEMENT. DO THEY KNOW THAT THEY'RE CONTRIBUTING TO IT BY REMOVING FIGHT TREES? WHAT I WOULD ALSO SUGGEST IS, LET'S PUT THIS AS A DRAFT AND PUT SOMETHING ON IT LIKE THIS IS SO THAT, UM THEY PUT UP ON THE WEBSITE SO THAT

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[8. Ordinance #23-1714 – An Ordinance of the Township of Montgomery, County of Somerset, State of New Jersey, Amending Fees Within Chapter 5, Animal Control, of the Code of the Township of Montgomery - Introduction/First Reading ]

[9. Ordinance #23-1709 – An Ordinance Amending Chapter 8, Building, Housing and Farming of the Municipal Code of the Township of Montgomery, County of Somerset, New Jersey – Public Hearing/Final Adoption ]

OKAY. OKAY HOUSEKEEPING. SO DO I HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? MOVED TO SECOND.

UM THEN DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT ORDINANCE 23-1709 SO MOVED . 2ND 2ND ROLL CALL, PLEASE.

COMMITTEE MEMBER. BARICAN YES, DEPUTY MAYOR SING. YES, KEENAN. ORDINANCE 23-171. AN ORDINANCE

[10. Ordinance #23-1710 - An Ordinance Amending and Supplementing Chapter 2, Administration, of the Municipal Code of the Township of Montgomery, County of Somerset, New Jersey Creating Section 39, Appointed Office Attendance - Public Hearing/Final Adoption ]

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DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT ORDINANCE 23-1710 SO MOVE. 2ND 2ND ROLL CALL, PLEASE. COMMITTEE

[11. Ordinance #23-1711 - An Ordinance Amending Chapter 2, Administration, Section 2-12.6, Entitled Otto Kaufman Community Center Reservation of the Municipal Code of the Township of Montgomery, County of Somerset, New Jersey - Public Hearing/Final Adoption]

[12. Ordinance #23-1712 - An Ordinance Amending Chapter 2, Section 22 of the Municipal Code of the Township of Montgomery, County of Somerset, New Jersey to Comply with the Elections Transparency Act - Public Hearing/Final Adoption]

THIS IS. AND THERE'S NO PUBLIC FORGOT THAT THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC IF NOT TO HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HERE. SO MOVED 2ND 2ND AND DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT ORDINANCE 23-1712? YES THEY MOVED. 2ND 2ND ROLL CALL, PLEASE. MEMBER BARICAN? YES

[13. Ordinance #23-1713 - An Ordinance Amending Chapter VII, of the Code of the Township of Montgomery, County of Somerset, New Jersey Establishing Speed Limits and Other Traffic Regulations for Mountain View Road, Pin Oak Road, and Country Club Meadows Development - Public Hearing/Final Adoption]

[Consent Agenda]

[17. Authorizing Insertion of Special Item of Revenue in the 2023 Municipal Budget Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40a:4-87 (Chapter 159, P.L. 1948) – Infrastructure Improvements Grant]

[18. Authorizing Insertion of Special Item of Revenue in the 2023 Municipal Budget Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40a:4-87 (Chapter 159, P.L. 1948) – Tree Planting Improvements Grant ]

[19. Authorizing Insertion of Special Item of Revenue in the 2023 Municipal Budget Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40a:4-87 (Chapter 159, P.L. 1948) – First Responder Radios Grant]

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[20. Authorizing Submission and Execution of Grant Application for 2023 New Jersey Urban & Community Forestry Program Stewardship Grant]

BECAUSE YOU KNOW, WE INVEST A LOT IN THE PLANTING OF THE TREES. WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT THEIR LIFE EXPECTANCY IS VERY LONG. AND SO THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT PIECE OF THAT PUZZLE.

THIS WOULD BE ESSENTIALLY THE SECOND PHASE OF THAT THAT LARGER PROJECT THAT'S GREAT, AND I UNDERSTAND ON THIS THAT WE HAVE TO INTRODUCE IT AND PASS IT FIRST. AND THEN DO DO THIS ADOPT IS THAT AS PART OF THE GRANT THIS. I KNOW THIS IS ALLOWING US AUTHORIZATION TO SUBMIT FOR THE GRANT APPLICATION. BUT IN THIS, IT SAYS, INTRODUCED IN THE PAST, WE DO EYES, NOSE AND ABSENCE AND THEN WE HAVE TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION. IS THAT DIFFERENT? I HAVEN'T SEEN THAT BEFORE NOW.

LISA. SO I JUST SAY ARE ALL IN FAVOR. NO, NO, NO, NO. JUST READ MOTION TO ADOPT AND I'LL TAKE A ROLL CALL VOTE. OKAY, SO OKAY. FINE MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTIONS SOLUTION REQUIRES. THE STATE REQUIRES THIS, UM, VOTE YEP. LANGUAGES OKAY. THANK YOU. SO THE MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 23-12 DASH 318 MOTION MOVED. 2ND 2ND ROLL CALL, PLEASE. COMMITTEE MEMBER BARRAGAN? YES, DEPUTY MAYOR SAYING YES. KEENAN? YES? EXCITING RESOLUTION 23-12. THERE'S 319 SUPPORTING THE

[21. Supporting the Submission of Montgomery Township’s Farmland Preservation Program Municipal Incentive Grant Program FY2025 Planning Round Application]

[22. Rescinding Agreement for Uniform Construction Code Inspection And Support Staff Services Between the Townships of Montgomery, Franklin, Branchburg and Hillsborough]

FRANKLIN, BRANDENBURG AND HILLSBOROUGH. SO THIS IS RESCINDING THIS THE PERSON RIGHT . SO YOU ALL HAD APPROVED ENTERING INTO THIS AGREEMENT, AND THEN ANOTHER TOWN WAS ADDED TO THE MUTUAL SERVICES AS WELL. SO JUST TO KEEP CLEAN OUR HOUSEKEEPING, WE'RE ASKING YOU TO RESCIND THE FIRST ONE, AND THEN YOU'LL SEE A RESOLUTION TO FOLLOW THAT HAS THE NAMES OF ALL OF THE MUNICIPALITIES, INCLUDING THE NEW ONE FOR A NEW AGREEMENT. RIGHT THANK YOU HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION. 23-12 DASH THREE. 20 YES. SO MOVED. 2ND 2ND ROLL CALL, PLEASE. COMMITTEE MEMBER BARICAN? YES DEPUTY MAYOR SAYING YES. MARY KEENAN? YES? AND HERE WE GO. RESOLUTION 23-12

[23. Authorizing the Execution of an Agreement with Branchburg Township, Bridgewater Township, Franklin Township, Hillsborough Township and Montgomery Township for the Provision of Uniform Construction Code Licensed Officials, Inspectors and Support Staff on an As-Needed and Available Basis]

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YEAH IT'S A MOTION TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION 23-12 DASH 321 SO MOVE! 2ND 2ND, PLEASE COMMITTEE MEMBER BARICAN DEPUTY MAYOR SAYING YES, MR KEENAN? YES UM AND I REQUESTED THIS RESOLUTION.

[24. In Support of State/Federal Funding Due to Emerald Ash Borer Destruction of Ash Trees ]

COMMITTEE MEMBER BARICAN? YES DEPUTY MAYOR SING MARY KEENAN. YES AND IT'S THIS TIME OF YEAR.

[25. Authorizing 2023 Budget Transfers ]

[26. Authorizing Award of Contract – Laboratory Testing Services ]

[27. Authorizing Award of Contract to Kleinfelder for Bidding And Construction Inspection/Monitoring Services for the Grayson Estates Pump Station Underground Storage Tank (UST) Replacement Project ]

THIS WAY, IF ANYTHING WERE TO HAPPEN, IT'S VERY VISIBLE. IT'S QUITE QUICKLY AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH ANY, UM, BIGGER PICTURE PROBLEMS LIKE YOU KNOW, A LEAK UNDERGROUND. AND SO THIS IS THE LAST UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK THAT WE HAVE AT ALL OF OUR, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN A VERY LONG PROJECT. YOU KNOW, WE CHIP AWAY AT IT, AND SO THIS CONTRACT WITH CLIENT FELDER IS THEIR OVERSIGHT SERVICES FOR THE TOWNSHIP TO HELP WITH THAT PROJECT, AND THEN THE NEXT RESOLUTION WILL BE TO AWARD THAT AND THAT PRICE INCLUDES REPLACING THE UNDERGRAD , REMOVING THE YOUNGER UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK AND REPLACING IT WITH AN ABOVE GROUND TANK. OKAY. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 23-12 DASH 3 TO 5. MOVED. 2ND 2ND CALL, PLEASE REMEMBER BARICAN

[28. Authorizing Award of Bid to BR Welding for Construction Services for the Grayson Estates Pump Station Underground Storage Tank (UST) Replacement Project ]

UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK UST REPLACEMENT PROJECT SO WE HAVE OUR BIDDERS AND THEY WERE THE LOW BIDDER. AH, WITH THAT. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 23-12 DASH 3 TO 6 MOVED. 2ND 2ND ROLL CALL, PLEASE . COMMITTEE MEMBER. BARICAN YES, DEPUTY MAYOR SING. YES. MARY

[29. Authorizing Change Order #1 (Final) for BID #B10-2022 – Orchard Road Improvements State Aid Project (Increase) and Time Extension ]

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SO JUST WAS THERE A GENERAL RATIONALE FOR THE INCREASE? JUST YES, IT WAS EXTRA SOIL REMOVAL AND TO ACCOMMODATE SOME FIELD CHANGES, BUT IT WAS AS THEY WERE DOING THE WORK THAT WAS A LITTLE MORE MATERIAL TO REMOVE. A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 23-12 DASH 3 TO 7 STILL MOVE 2ND 2ND ROLL CALL, PLEASE. COMMITTEE MEMBER BARRAGAN. YES DEPUTY MAYOR SING. YES, MARY CANNON?

[30. Authorizing Execution of Easement Agreement for an On-Site Facilities Maintenance Agreement and Access Easement for Drainage Facilities – Village Walk Development ]

[31. Approval of Minutes ]

[32. Payment of Bills ]

SORRY THAT WAS WRONG. SORRY THE 29 TO ADOPT RESOLUTION. 23-12 DASH 329 PROMOTION SO MOVED TO 2ND 2ND ROLL CALL, PLEASE. MEMBER BEAR AGAIN? YES DEPUTY MAYOR SING. YES, KEENAN. THERE'S

[33. New Business ]

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CATION OF THE CODE WOULD INCLUDE AN EDITORIAL AND LEGAL ANALYSIS BY THE CODIFY RARE TO ENSURE THAT THE TOWNSHIPS LEGISLATION IS UP TO DATE AND COMPLIANT WITH THE NEW JERSEY STATE LAWS. SO THIS INFORMATION THAT I'M SPEAKING TO YOU ABOUT TONIGHT WAS GIVEN TO ME BY GENERAL CODE, WHICH IS A MODIFIER THAT THERE'S A MAJORITY OF A TOWNSHIP CODES THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, THE MUNICIPALITIES IN THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY UM THEY GAVE ME A PROPOSED I AGREE.

ESTIMATED PROPOSED, UM, QUOTE TO DO THIS FOR US. SO THE ANALYSIS WOULD INCLUDE IDENTIFICATION OF DUPLICATIONS. CONFLICT AND INCONSISTENCIES BETWEEN OR WITHIN VARIOUS SECTIONS OF OUR CODE, DUPLICATIONS CONFLICTS AND INCONSISTENCY WITH NEW JERSEY STATUTES. PRACTICAL RECOMMENDATIONS TO MAKE THE CHALLENGE SHIPS LEGISLATION MORE ENFORCEABLE. SUGGESTIONS REGARDING FINES, FEES AND PENALTIES. SUGGESTIONS ON WAYS TO MODERNIZE THE TOWNSHIPS, LEGISLATION AND IMPLEMENT GENDER NEUTRAL LANGUAGE THROUGHOUT THE CODE THAT WOULDN'T THAT BE NICE WHEN THE MAYOR'S ALWAYS HE AND SO THE ESTIMATE TO DO THIS PROJECT. IS ABOUT $30,000. THAT WAS AN ESTIMATE. THERE'S STILL TO GIVE ME A FORMAL QUOTE AND THE COMPLETION TIME FRAME WOULD BE ABOUT A YEAR. BASICALLY WHAT WOULD HAPPEN WAS WE WOULD RECEIVE THE EDITORIAL AND LEGAL ANALYSIS BY THE CARDIFF FIRE AND THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE AND THE DEPARTMENT. FIRST THE DEPARTMENTS WOULD REVIEW THEY WOULD MAKE SUGGESTIONS, RECOMMENDATIONS AND BASICALLY SAYS THIS IS WHAT WE RECOMMEND. THIS IS THAT A DAY LEAVE ALONE CHANGE. UM WE HAVE 100 AND 80 DAYS TO DO THAT, AND THEN IT WOULD GO TO THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE, ULTIMATELY. THE NEW REVISED CODE WOULD BE ADOPTED BY ORDINANCE. UM AND THEN WE WOULD FOLLOW THROUGH SOME. THERE IS SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT. I WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS WITH RARITAN TOWNSHIP. UM CODIFYING THAT CODE . UM IT'S JUST SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT DUE TO THE AGE OF THE CODE. YEAH WELL, THANK YOU, BECAUSE I WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT SOME OF THE LANGUAGE. WE HAVE THINGS LIKE THE AIRPORT ADVISORY . WE'VE TRIED TO CATCH THEM ONE OFFS, BUT TO DO FULL SCALE OF THING, AND, UM, I THINK THAT'S IT'S ABOUT TIME. IT'S ALMOST FOR NEXT YEAR. IT'LL BE 40 YEARS IN DECEMBER OF 1984. OKAY SO 40 YEARS. SO IN THIS ONE, YOU PUT THIS IN YOUR BUDGET REQUEST FOR NEXT YEAR S THAT'S COMING TO YOU FIRST. AND THEN YES, YES. GREAT THAT'S PERFECT. I THINK THIS QUESTIONS NO. I THINK THIS IS A GREAT IDEA. PERSONALLY UM, UM AND THEN NOISE AND NUISANCES. SO UM LISA HAD RECEIVED A CALL FROM A NEIGHBOR WHO HAD A CONCERN ABOUT THE LOUDNESS FROM A NEIGHBOR'S PARTY AND WE HAVE FOR MANY YEARS AND AMPLIFICATION PERMIT THAT IF YOU WERE HAVING A BIRTHDAY PARTY GRADUATION PARTY WHERE YOU MIGHT HAVE A BAND OR A DJ AND KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO BE A LITTLE LOUD. YOU NOTIFY THE TOWNSHIP AND THERE'S AN APPROVAL PROCESS, SO IT'S SORT OF A ONE OFF OF THAT. UM AND SO SHE HAD CALLED THE POLICE TO TRY AND GET YOU KNOW, AND SOMETHING HAPPENING? I DON'T REMEMBER IF IT WAS 11 O'CLOCK OR WHAT TIME IT WAS. IT WAS AFTER 11 PM AND SO THEY DID HAVE THE SAMPLE FICATION PERMIT TO ALLOW FOR THE NOISE FOR THIS EVENT THAT IT WAS. I THINK IT WAS A BIRTHDAY PAN PLAYING, AND SO SHE JUST WANTED THE TOWN TO THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE TO DISCUSS IT AND SEE IF THERE MIGHT BE A HARD STOP THAT WE WANT TO PLACE OR AT LEAST A HAD BEEN WORKING WITH WITH THE RESIDENTS SO THIS IS JUST SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT. FOR 2024 ANOTHER ORDINANCE TO CONSIDER, UM THE ISSUE SHE HAD WAS THAT THE NOISE WAS CONTINUING AND ATTENTION REALLY DOESN'T HAVE A NOISE ORDINANCE WHERE THE POLICE CAN ENFORCE. ALL THEY CAN DO IS SHOW UP AND SAY, CAN YOU LOWER THE MUSIC? UM AND THEY ARE VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS ISSUE. I CAN'T REMEMBER OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. WHAT DEVELOPMENT? IT'S IN, REMEMBER WILD AZALEA AZALEA DON'T HAVE KIND OF THINGS LIKE THAT. THEY HAVE AN H O A HUGE HOMES FOR THAT NOISE TO BE PENETRATING MUST HAVE BEEN BANNED, WAS STILL PLAYING AFTER 11 O'CLOCK. UM AND I HAD SAID TO HER, I EXPLAINED TO HER THE ORDINANCE APPROVAL PROCESS AND HOW IT HOW THINGS CHANGE. AND THAT IT WOULD NOT HAPPEN IN 2023 THAT IF SHE WOULD LIKE TO COME BEFORE A TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE

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SOMETHING DOES HAVE AN ORDINANCE . UM A MODEL NOISE ORDINANCE THAT A LOT OF TOWNS DO. ADOPT YOU CAN ADOPT THAT MINIMALLY OR YOU CAN. BUT RIGHT, WENDY, YOU CAN ADD TO THAT YOU CAN WE CAN ADOPT THAT. WELL, THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT TYPES. THERE IS THE NOISE ORDINANCE, WHICH IS HAS TO BE APPROVED BY THE DP IN ORDER TO BE EFFECTIVE, OR YOU COULD DO, ALTERNATIVELY, A NOISE NUISANCE ORDINANCE, WHICH IS NOT NECESSARILY DECIBEL LEVELS WHERE YOU HAVE TO HAVE TRAINED AND I DON'T BELIEVE YOU HAVE ANYONE ON STAFF. NOW IT'S TRAINED WITH THE DECIBEL READER OR IF THE EQUIPMENT EXISTS WITHIN THE TOWNSHIP. SO THE ALTERNATIVE IS TO DO IT AS A NUISANCE ORDINANCE SENSE. YEAH I'VE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE THEY FIND THE LEAF BLOWERS AT CERTAIN TIMES THE DAY AND ARE UNBELIEVABLY LOUD AND A NUISANCE LANDSCAPERS ARE COMING BEFORE EIGHT. RIGHT WELL, WE DO HAVE SOME MORE DELEGATES THAT BUT WE COULD TAKE A LOOK AT IT. I THINK WE SHOULD LOOK AT THAT, TOO, BECAUSE I'M HEARING FROM PEOPLE ABOUT. I MEAN, JUST AS THEY HAVE NOT COME AND COMPLAIN IN FRONT OF THE TOWNSHIP OF DEFICIT. IT'S CERTAINLY AN ISSUE EVERYWHERE.

AND I MEAN I'VE SEEN I SEE THE TRUCKS LINED UP AT LIKE 745 JUST WAITING FOR EIGHT O'CLOCK TO START AND SOME OF THEM DECIDED TO START BEFORE I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION, WENDY, UM I THINK I CANNOT, UM ON THE NOVEMBER 7TH. I WAS NOT HERE. DID YOU WATCH THE MEETING? YOU, CAN SHE? AH YEAH, ACTUALLY, IT'S FINE. JUST WANT TO BRING UP TO THE YES. OKAY, THAT'S FINE. YOU DON'T ACTUALLY PHYSICALLY HAVE TO BE PRESENT IN ORDER TO APPROVE THE MINUTES. HMM OKAY. YEAH. I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING WE MAY WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT. IN THE NEW YEAR. UM AND I DO GET A LOT OF CALLS.

I GET, YOU KNOW THE ONE OFF? YEAH ABUNDANT, ESPECIALLY WITH THE LANDSCAPING PART. IT'S STILL LIKE, HOW CAN THEY START? WELL, A LOT OF THE NET. MAYBE SOMETHING WE LOOK AT PRINCETON DID A WHOLE BUNCH OF WORK ON THAT NOT JUST ABOUT NOISE, BUT ALSO ABOUT MOVING TO A BATTERY POWERED, BUT IT WAS, I'D LOVE TO TALK TO THEM ABOUT INTERESTING AND CONS AND SO FORTH, BUT AT THE VERY LEAST, NOISES OR MAYBE WE LET THEM DO IT AT AN EARLIER TIME. IF THEY USE BATTERY POWER, MAYBE WE DO IT THAT WAY. ALL RIGHT, SO TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE REPORTS COMMITTEE AND ME. DID YOU WANT TO DO THAT? WHEN NEXT MEETING THAT EVERYBODY HERE? I DON'T KNOW. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING REALLY QUICKLY? UM AFTER THIS, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ORDINANCES. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT ORIENTS FOR THE MONTGOMERY VETERANS MEMORIAL PARK. UM AROUND, YOU KNOW, KEEPING KIND OF THE AREA SACRED.

SO, LIKE MINIMIZING THAT SPACE FOR ONLY SERVICE ANIMALS, SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE SHOULD BE LOOKING FOR. IN JANUARY, UM, WILL BE KICKING OFF THE BUDGET FINANCE COMMITTEE. IT'S THAT TIME OF THE YEAR AGAIN AND JUST A PERSONAL ANNOUNCEMENT II YESTERDAY I GRADUATE FROM THE LEADERSHIP, SOMERSET. VERY NICE PLAN TO LEVERAGE PHOTOS LEARNINGS WITH THE COUNTY AND TRY TO HELP DELIVERS SOME, YOU KNOW, ENHANCED COLLABORATION WITH THE COUNTY IN THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT WOULD BE AWESOME, 12 MONTHS? YEAH THAT WAS WELL, YOU JOINED IT. AND THEN I THINK YOU'LL BE APPROPRIATE TO THIS, RIGHT? NO, NO, NO. IT WAS JUST CHEERING JANUARY THROUGH DECEMBER 7TH GREAT. I'M GOING TO. I THINK MOST OF MY COMMITTEES ARE MEETING THIS COMING WEEK. SO OKAY, GREAT. I JUST MOST OF THE COMMITTEES LIKE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMITTEE. THEY LOOKED AT THIS ORDINANCE. THE UM UH, AGRICULTURE ADVISORY COMMITTEE CLEARLY LOOKED AT THE OTHER PIECE THAT WE TALKED ABOUT TODAY. BUT ONE OF THE THINGS I DID WANT TO MENTION IS THAT I DID GET MY NARCAN KIT. SO IF ANY OF YOU OR ANY MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY THERE ARE THROUGH THE ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON, I WAS ABLE TO JUST DO AN ONLINE TRAINING AND IT WAS VERY EASY TO DO, AND NOW I HAVE MY MARKET ENTRY AND LISA'S GOT ONE IN HER OFFICE. BUT I'D REALLY LOVE DOING COURAGE. EVERYONE IN MONTGOMERY, YOU NEVER KNOW WHERE IT IS GOING TO BE NEEDED. AND THE MORE PEOPLE THAT HAVE IT. THE MORE LIVES WE JUST SAVE. OKAY, SO THAT'S VERY GOOD PARTING. THANK YOU. OKAY SO LET'S GO ON TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT. MAKE IT FAST, QUICK IF YOU WERE WONDERING WHAT THE ACTIVITY WAS OUT BY THE TOUR, SIX SIGN WE ARE ADDING FINALLY ADDING THE GROUND MOUNTED LIGHTING TO LIGHT UP SIGNS SO PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO SEE IT WITH US SOME COMPLIMENTARY LANDSCAPING AND IN THE LOBBY. WE'VE BEGUN HANGING SOME ARTWORK TO ENLIVEN THAT SPACE BEGAN WITH CLEM FIORI, LONGTIME RESIDENT AND PHOTOGRAPHER OF MONTGOMERY, AND THEY'LL BE IN EVENT. RENT. UM IT'S A WORK IN PROGRESS AS WE BUILD OUT HIS COLLECTION THERE,

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MEETING DATES FOR 2024 WILL BE ON THE DECEMBER 21ST AGENDA UNDER NEW BUSINESS. THAT WOULD BE GREAT. SO PLEASE, WE'D LIKE EVEN MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. IF YOU SEE ONE THAT MIGHT HAVE A CONFLICT WITH SOME KIND OF AN IMPORTANT HOLIDAY OR EVENT OR SOMETHING. LET US KNOW BECAUSE WE'D LIKE TO HAPPY HANUKKAH. ANYONE CELEBRATING HANUKKAH HERE , OKAY, SO AND ALSO WE HAVE THE AWARD OF BID FOR THE ANIMAL CONTROL SERVICES THAT WILL BE ON THE NEXT JENNA. OKAY CORRECT.

[34. Executive Session ]