[1. Proclamation - Black History Month]
[2. Presentation - Finance Update]
[3. Public Comment]
[4. Public Hearing - All-inclusive Playground]
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FOR PEOPLE WITH DIFFERENT DISABILITIES. ALSO, JUST OBVIOUSLY FOR FUN. UM SO WHAT WE
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DID WAS IN THE END OF 2022. I THINK IN JANE, UM, NOVEMBER WE STARTED THE PROCESS TO DO SOME[00:28:35]
SURVEYS TO TRY TO PULL RESIDENTS TO SEE WHAT SOME OF THE PROJECTS ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT[00:28:40]
AMENITIES THAT THEY FELT THAT WERE NEEDED IN TOWN, AND AS YOU'LL SEE FROM THE RESULTS, UM[00:28:46]
THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE RESULTS THAT WE GOT WERE ACTUALLY MORE SO IN FAVOR OF THE ALL INCLUSIVE[00:28:51]
PLAYGROUND. SO THIS IS THE DESIGN OF THE PLAYGROUND THAT WE HAVE GOTTEN. IT IS A VERY, VERY LARGE PROJECTS COMES OUT TO BE THE DARKER GREEN AREA IS ABOUT 11,550 FEET, GIVE OR TAKE SO AGAIN A VERY LARGE PROJECT. UM WE WILL DIVE INTO THE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS TO IT A LITTLE BIT FURTHER DOWN. UM, JUST THE ONE THING TO ADD, AS YOU'LL SEE ON THE RIGHT SIDE THERE. THERE IS A FENCING THAT WILL BE AROUND THE ENTIRE PLAYGROUNDS, OBVIOUSLY TO MAKE IT SAFE. SO AGAIN, UM, PART OF THE REASON WHY WE HAVE WORKED OUR WAY TOWARDS OUR POTENTIAL LOCATION THAT WILL TOUCH ON IN A SECOND. IS THIS MAP HERE AS YOU'LL SEE IN THE MUNICIPALITY? THE GREEN AREAS ARE DIFFERENT PARKS THAT WE HAVE AROUND TOWN, MANY OF WHICH HAVE PLAYGROUNDS SO WE WANTED TO DO WAS TRY TO FIND AGAIN GOING FROM THOSE DIFFERENT PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN UPDATED. AN AREA WHERE WE DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE A PLAYGROUND. WHICH KIND OF LET US STAY HERE TO THE MUNICIPAL COMPLEX. UM SO AGAIN. A LOT OF THE DIFFERENT AREAS THAT WE WANTED TO HIT OUR RIGHT WITHIN[00:30:04]
THIS AREA. THE COUNTY LIBRARY IS THE FIRST ONE THERE MUNICIPAL LEVEL MUNICIPAL BUILDING, OBVIOUSLY HERE AS WELL. THE ROCK BROOKS SCHOOL THE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE STREET AND AGAIN WITH THAT DEVELOPMENT, THEY'RE ONE OF THE OTHER LARGE DRAWS TO IT WAS THAT THEY CURRENTLY DO NOT HAVE A PLAYGROUND OR A VERY SMALL PLAYGROUND. THAT'S THERE, SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE WAS A CLOSE, ACCESSIBLE AREA FOR THOSE CHILDREN TO BE ABLE TO PLAY AND HAVE SO THAT WAY, THEY'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, PLAYING AROUND NEAR THE STREETS WHERE IT'S UNSAFE. UM, AND THEN AGAIN, THE FIFTH ONE IS JUST A POINT TO SHOW THAT THERE WAS SOME PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS THAT WERE ADDED IN THE EXTENDED, UM, SIDEWALKS SO AGAIN, VERY ACCESSIBLE. AND FINALLY, THE SIX DOT IN THE BACK WILL BE THE SENIOR HOUSING THAT'S GOING TO BE ADDED IN THE NEAR FUTURE. SO AGAIN WITH PEOPLE, GRANDPARENTS AND WHAT NOT HAVING THEIR KIDS ACCESSIBLE OVER HERE, IT WILL MAKE IT A LOT MORE ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYONE. SO IN THEORY, WHERE THAT STAR IS, IS WHERE THE LOCATION FOR THE PLAYGROUND IS, WHICH IS RIGHT OUT FRONT HERE ALONG COMMUNITY DRIVE, AND ULTIMATELY, WE ALSO FELT THAT THIS LOCATION WAS A GREAT SPOT BECAUSE IT'S SO CLOSE TO ALL OF OUR BUSINESSES OR MANY OF OUR BUSINESSES. SO IT BECOMES MORE OF THAT DESTINATION, SO PEOPLE WHO ARE COMING HERE FROM OUT OF TOWN CAN GO AND FIND SOMEWHERE TO GO GET SOMETHING TO EAT OR DO SOME SHOPPING AS WELL. SO AS YOU SEE HERE, THIS IS JUST KIND OF AN OVERHEAD VIEW OF WHERE THE PROPOSED LOCATION IS AGAIN RIGHT ALONG. COMMUNITY DRIVE HERE IS WHERE WE'RE PROPOSING IT. IT'S A FLAT, GRASSY AREA CURRENTLY THAT DOES NOT NEED TO HAVE ANY WELL POTENTIALLY WHERE WE DON'T ANTICIPATE HAVING TO HAVE ANY TREES TAKEN DOWN THE POSSIBILITY, MAYBE TRIMMING A LITTLE BIT JUST DEPENDING ON BUT ULTIMATELY, THAT WAS OUR GOAL TO TRY TO MAKE IT AS LEAST THE LEAST INVASIVE, POSSIBLE WAY TO DO IT. AND AS YOU'LL SEE UP IN THE KIND OF TOP RIGHT HAND CORNER. WE ARE ALSO PROPOSING TO ADD ADDITIONAL ADA COMPLIANT PARKING SPACES THAT ARE GOING TO HAVE MORE OR LESS A ZERO ENTRY. I GUESS WE WOULD CALL IT SO THAT WAY. THERE'S NO CURB LEFT THERE. SO THAT WAY ANYBODY WHO MIGHT BE EITHER IN A WHEELCHAIR OR USING A WALKER WOULD HAVE AN EASIER ACCESS TO BE ABLE TO FOLLOW THE SIDEWALK DOWN AND THEN TO THE PATH THAT WOULD LEAD YOU RIGHT TO THE PLAYGROUND. THESE ARE JUST KIND OF TO GIVE YOU A BETTER IDEA THAT GRASSY AREA THERE IS MORE OR LESS STRAIGHT BACK OUT OF THE DOORS HERE IN THE BACK. OVERLOOKING AGAIN WHERE THE POTENTIAL LOCATION WILL BE. THE HANDICAPPED SPOTS ARE THERE AS WELL. THE BOTTOM LEFT. ONE GIVES YOU KIND OF AN IDEA WHERE THE WOOD STRIPE THAT SO THAT WAY THERE'S CROSSWALKS THERE TO MAKE IT A SAFER WAY TO GET IN AND OUT OF THE BUILDING AND AGAIN. JUST A GENERAL OVERVIEW OF THAT THAT POTENTIAL LOCATION. SO THIS IS THE DRONE VIDEO. AGAIN JUST TO KIND OF GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT THAT SPACE LOOKS LIKE. THE GOOD THING IS, OBVIOUSLY RIGHT NOW THERE'S NO SHADE BECAUSE THERE'S NOT THERE'S NO FOLIAGE ON THE TREES, BUT ULTIMATELY, IN THE HEIGHT OF THE SUMMER, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO GET SOME SHADE FROM THE EXISTING TREES THAT ARE THERE AND SOME OF THE EXISTING ESCAPING ULTIMATELY ALSO HAVE DEVELOPING A LARGER PLAN TO TRY TO ADD SOME ADDITIONAL TREES IN THERE TO ADD MORE SHADE. SO UM, THIS LEADS US TO PART OF THE REASON WHY WE'RE HERE TONIGHT NOT JUST TO HOPEFULLY LOCK IN A LOCATION, BUT, UM, THE OPPORTUNITY CAME FORWARD FOR US TO BE ABLE TO APPLY FOR THIS, UH, FOR THIS GREENACRES GRANT. SO UM, THE JAKES LAW BILL WAS SIGNED IN INTO LINE 2018, AND IT WAS MORE OR LESS TO HELP INCENTIVIZE CONSTRUCTION OF ALL INCLUSIVE PLAYGROUNDS THROUGH, UH, MUNICIPALITIES AND DIFFERENT FOR COUNTIES TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE GRANT. IT HAS TO BE COMPLETELY ACCESSIBLE AND MORE OR LESS, THE DEFINITION OF THAT IS TO HAVE A LARGE SPACE OR THE SPACE TO BE, UM EITHER A TURF OR POOR IN PLACE SURFACE, SO THAT WAY IT'S EASILY MOBILE. WE HAVE TO HAVE A PUBLIC PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, WHICH IS THIS MEETING. UM, AND ALSO MATCHING FUNDS FOR WHATEVER WE'RE ASKING FOR. SO BRINGS US TO OUR NEXT SLIDE HERE, WHICH IS MORE OR LESS THE ESTIMATES FOR THE COST, WHICH IS EVERYTHING AT THIS POINT IN WHICH WOULD BE ALL OF THE SITE WORK. THE PLAYGROUND ITSELF IN THE SURFACING SO, INCLUDING THE CONTINGENCY NUMBERS, IT COMES OUT TO BE JUST NORTH OF $1.5 MILLION. SO AGAIN, A VERY BIG NUMBER, BUT IT LEADS US TO WHERE WE CURRENTLY ARE. SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS KIND OF GOING TO MICHAEL'S POINT ABOUT DIFFERENT GRANTS. WE'VE WORKED TO REQUIRE MULTIPLE DIFFERENT GRANTS. WE HAVE A $350,000 GRANT THAT WE'VE GOTTEN FROM SOMERSET COUNTY. WE HAVE A $50,000 GRANT FROM INVESTORS BANK. WE HAVE A LOCAL RECREATION[00:35:06]
IMPROVEMENT GRANT FROM THE CAT FROM THE STATE FOR $66,000. UM AND THAT'S ALSO TO ADD IN THE EXISTING CAPITAL THAT WE'VE HAD FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, WHICH COMES OUT TO BE ABOUT $284,000.SO AGAIN WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW AT THIS POINT IS ABOUT $750,000, WHICH COMES TO THE GRANT GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK FOR UP TO 50% MATCH. SO WITH IF WE'RE ABLE TO PULL THAT FULL AMOUNT IN FROM THE COUNTER FROM THE GREENACRES PROGRAM IT WOULD GET US TO ABOUT OUR 1.5 NUMBER. SO THIS IS ANOTHER VIDEO THAT I WANTED TO SHARE FROM ONE OF OUR RESIDENTS WHO WAS ACTUALLY HERE TODAY, UM, JUST TO KIND OF GIVE YOU AN IDEA. EVERY SINGLE ONE OF OUR PLAYGROUNDS IS A D A COMPLIANT. THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THAT IT'S ACCESSIBLE FOR EVERYONE. SO THIS IS ONE OF THIS IS MONTGOMERY PARK AND YOU KNOW AGAIN. 88 COMPLIANCE IS WOOD CHIPS, SO THIS JUST KIND OF GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF SOMETIMES WHEN MOBILITY ISSUES CAN BE DIFFICULT AT A PARK. OH, TIRED. ARE THEY OFFER RIGHT? DAD, BABY, FIND OUT JUST LIKE DOWN REALLY? ONE OTHER THING I WANTED TO ADD IN ALSO THAT I KIND OF SKIPPED OVER AS PART OF THE JAKE'S LAW GRANT. WE ALSO HAD TO DO AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT. SO WITH THAT BASICALLY DID WAS LAUREN WESOLOWSKI, WHO IS OUR OPEN SPACE STEWARDSHIP DIRECTOR. BASICALLY TOOK EVERYTHING INTO CONSIDERATION THAT IS IN THAT AREA. WHERE WERE THE PLAYGROUND COULD POTENTIALLY BE, UM AND BASICALLY PUT ANYTHING OUT THERE THAT COULD BE HAZARDOUS OR DANGEROUS, AND ULTIMATELY, THE ASSESSMENT WAS RUN, UM, AND BASICALLY SHOWED THAT AS THE PLOT ITSELF IS FLAT, AND IT'S A GRASSY AREA, THERE'S MINIMAL SLOPE. IT'S MORE OR LESS NOT GOING TO REQUIRE SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF SITE WORK AGAIN. WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO REMOVE ANY TREES AT THIS POINT. UM AGAIN.
MAYBE JUST SOME PRUNING HERE AND THERE, BUT ULTIMATELY IT ALSO FOUND THAT THE LOCATION DOESN'T UM IT DOESN'T IMPACT ANY CRITICAL AREAS. IT DOESN'T THREATEN ANY ENDANGERED SPECIES.
UM AND ULTIMATELY, THE TOWNSHIP WOULD MITIGATE ANY NOISE POLLUTION FOR THE PROJECT BY ENSURING SELECTED CONTRACTOR OPERATES ONLY WITHIN THOSE ESTABLISHED WORK AREAS HOURS AND THAT WE WOULD MORE OR LESS HAVE DUST CONTROL MEASURES IN PLACE THAT WOULD BE IMPLEMENTED, ACCORDING TO THE APPROVED SOIL EROSION AND SEDIMENT CONTROL PLAN. SO AGAIN, ANOTHER SLIDE JUST TO SHOW YOU HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO HAVE THE INCLUSIVE PLAYGROUNDS WHERE EVERYBODY IS ABLE TO PLAY TOGETHER. ULTIMATELY OUR GOAL IS TO ENSURE PHYSICAL SOCIAL INCLUSION WHERE EVERYONE CAN PLAY TOGETHER. UM, I INCLUDED. WE INCLUDED THIS ONE SLIDE JUST TO KIND OF SHOW YOU ANOTHER INCLUSIVE PLAYGROUND. ANOTHER GORGEOUS PLAYGROUND. THE ONE THING I WANT TO POINT OUT WITH THIS ONE HERE IS YOU CAN SEE THE LARGE RAMP STRUCTURE WITH THIS SPECIFIC PLAYGROUND AND WHAT YOU'LL SEE AT MOST OF THE PLAYGROUNDS THAT ARE INCLUSIVE IS THERE'S ONE RAMP WHERE YOU CAN GO UP YOU PLAY, BUT ULTIMATELY, ANYBODY WHO HAS MOBILITY ISSUES. WOULD HAVE TO TURN AROUND AT SOME POINT AND THEN COME BACK THE SAME WAY AS OPPOSED TO BEING ABLE TO CONTINUE TO MOVE WITH THEIR FRIENDS. GOING BACK TO OUR PROJECTS ARE PROPOSED PROJECT.
WE HAVE TWO SEPARATE RAMPED ENTRANCE IS SO THAT WAY, EVERYBODY WILL BE ABLE TO NAVIGATE THE PLAYGROUND FROM SIDE TO SIDE BEING ABLE TO CONTINUE TO PLAY ALL THROUGHOUT WITH THEIR FRIENDS AGAIN. IT'LL BE COMPLETELY FENCED IN AS WELL. THESE ARE JUST A FEW OF THE COMPONENTS THAT ARE PART OF THE PLAYGROUND. THE TOP LEFT IS MORE OR LESS LIKE A MERRY GO ROUND THAT SOMEBODY WHO MAY BE WHEELCHAIR BOUND IS ABLE TO USE TO UTILIZE THE INCLUSIVE CRUISERS IS KIND OF A ROCKING APPARATUS AGAIN. MUSIC STATION IS SOMETHING SO AGAIN. PART OF A LOT OF ARE A LOT OF THE EQUIPMENT ISN'T NECESSARILY JUST FOR PEOPLE THAT WHO MAY BE WHEELCHAIR NOW, AND WE HAVE DIFFERENT PIECES THAT PEOPLE WHO HAVE SIGHT IMPAIRMENTS, UM, WHO HAVE OTHER DIFFERENT DISABILITIES AS WELL. UM ANOTHER PART THAT WE FELT THAT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT IS THE BOTTOM LEFT. WE HAVE EXERCISE STATIONS THAT ARE IN THERE, AND THAT MAKES IT REALLY A MULTIGENERATIONAL PIECE. SO THAT WAY THE SENIORS WHO WILL BE HOPEFULLY EITHER BRINGING THEIR KIDS OR AT LEAST JUST COMING BY WOULD HAVE PIECES THAT THEY
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COULD ALSO PLAY WITH OR PLAY ON. UM, AND ALSO ANOTHER IMPORTANT PART IS THE SERENITY SPOT, WHICH KIND OF GIVES AN AREA FOR PEOPLE JUST TO KIND OF HAVE A QUIET PLACE JUST TO TAKE A STEP BACK AND JUST RELAX A LITTLE BIT. THE SPINNER IS ANOTHER ONE. UM SO AGAIN, JUST TO DIVE IN A LITTLE BIT A LITTLE BIT MORE. THERE'S TWO LARGE SORRY. TWO SECTIONS OF THE PLAYGROUND OF THE WHOLE PROJECT. SO THE THIS SECTION HERE IS THE 2 TO 25 YEAR OLD SECTION AGAIN WITH THE DIFFERENT RAMP STRUCTURES AND YOU'LL SEE OBVIOUSLY ALL THE DIFFERENT PIECES THAT ARE THAT ARE PART OF IT. UM AND THEN THE LARGER THE 5 TO 12 SECTION AS WELL TO SEE MULTIPLE DIFFERENT SLIDES AND DIFFERENT AREAS. AND AGAIN THAT IS THE FULL PROJECT. THANK YOU SO MUCH QUESTIONS. YES, ANYBODY IN THE COMMITTEE QUESTIONS. KUDOS HOW ABOUT THAT? UM THIS CAME FORWARD A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. AND IT WAS KIND OF A BIG LIFT. UM AND WHERE WE WERE PUTTING IT AND, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT EVERY NO STONE UNTURNED IN TERMS OF ALL LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE TOWNSHIP, SO NICE JOB ON. THAT WAS GOOD TO GET THE GRANTS AS WELL. AND WE'RE EVEN THINKING ABOUT OUR LITTLE MATCH HERE. HOW WE CAN DO THAT WITH SLEEP. SOME OF OTHER ARE IN THE TOWN, BUT THAT SOUNDS GREAT. OF COURSE, WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR GRANTS AND MONEY AND ALL THAT STUFF, BUT IT LOOKS GREAT. AND THIS HAS BEEN, UM AS SOMEBODY WHO IS WAS HAD BEEN AT LEAST A TEXTBOOK FOR MAYBE FIVE YEARS OR FOUR YEARS, BUT EVERY AREA HAS BEEN LOOKED AT IN THE TOWN. EVERY AREA ON THE SITE HAS BEEN LOOKED AT. ORIGINALLY WE WERE LOOKING AT A PLACE THAT JUST TO PUT IT HERE ON THE SITE WAS GOING TO BE ABOUT HALF MILLION DOLLARS. JUST DO SOME OF THE GROUNDWORK. MHM THE ONLY THING I WOULD JUST BE CAUTIOUS ABOUT AND IS BECAUSE THERE'S A HISTORIC CEMETERY AND YES, THERE IS, UM YOU KNOW, SOME OF IT IS ALREADY ENCLOSED IN OFFENSE, BUT ABSOLUTELY JUST PART OF ME. KIND OF GOES LIKE LET'S MAKE THAT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE A PART OF IT. BUT I LIKE THE FACT THAT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE DIGGING INTO STUFF I THINK YOU MAY HAVE TO AND WE ARE GOING TO ALSO HAVE THAT WE'RE GOING TO. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOMEONE COME OUT JUST TO KIND OF KEEP AN EYE ON MAKE SURELY DO A LITTLE BIT OF GROUND WORKER SURVEY THERE TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE AND I THINK THE LANDMARKS COMMISSION HAS, UM, SOME, UM, AS FAR AS THAT SPOT IS CONCERNED THAT WORKING ON YEAH, OUTSIDE IT, THOUGH, HAVING WORKED ON HISTORICAL CEMETERY. STEP OUTSIDE THOSE WALLS, BUT NO, THIS IS GREAT. WELL I WASN'T GOING TO HAVE ANY QUESTIONS BECAUSE I HAD SEEN IT BEFORE. AND YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT THE CEMETERY BEING THERE AND, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THAT WAS KEPT SAFE. AND ALSO, MAYBE, YOU KNOW, BEAUTIFIED A LITTLE BIT, BUT I WAS GONNA SAY THIS A LITTLE BIT LATER, BUT I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR THOUGHTFUL PRESENTATION. I THINK THIS IS REALLY EXCITING AS MOST OF YOU KNOW, I'M BOTH THE LIAISON TO LANDMARKS COMMISSION AND THE INCLUSION AND EQUITY COMMITTEE AND I JUST VERY EXCITED TO START THIS CONVERSATION. I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE AS EVERYONE KNOWS, I SAY OVER AND OVER AGAIN, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME THAT MONTGOMERY BE SAFE AND ACCESSIBLE FOR EVERYONE, BOTH PHYSICALLY AND PSYCHOLOGICALLY SAFE. AND I THINK THAT THIS IS AN AMAZING STEP IN THAT DIRECTION. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU THE PERFECT SPOT TO BE IN ON OUR MUNICIPAL PROPERTY. IT JUST WORKS WELL WITH EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO SO PREACHED THAT FORWARD. THANK YOU. I HAD DID HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION THE ONE THAT I THINK WE'LL HAVE TO JUST MAKE SURE WE LOOK AT IS THE ENTRANCE HERE AND MAYBE WHERE PEOPLE YOU KNOW WHERE WE PUT PARKING VERSUS WHERE PEOPLE DO PARK. NOT ALWAYS THE SAME THING, RIGHT? AND SO TO MAKE SURE I KNOW WE HAVE A, UM THE ACCESSIBLE ENTRANCE THERE, BUT IT'S JUST TO MAKE SURE WE MIGHT HAVE TO DO SOME TRAFFIC, CALMING DEVICES OR SOME KIND OF SCIENTISTS. WELL, BECAUSE JUST YOU KNOW, I KNOW WHERE I WOULD PARK IF I WAS GOING IN THERE, AND IT'S PROBABLY NOT WEIRD, BUT THAT WAS IT. WE I'VE HAD A COUPLE OF CONVERSATIONS AND ACTUALLY WALKED THE SITE WITH WITH SOME OF THE POLICE OFFICERS AND HAD THAT SAME CONVERSATION.OBVIOUSLY WE WOULD, WE WOULD DEFINITELY HAVE TO ADD SOME SIGNAGE ALONG COMMUNITY DRIVE, ESPECIALLY TO MAKE SURE THAT NOBODY'S PARKING THERE BUT BUT AGREED TO QUICKLY AND BEING QUITE AWARE OF PEOPLE. YES. I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU. MAYOR ECHO EVERYTHING THERE ONCE SAID.
I JUST WANT TO THANK BOTH. I MEAN, I REALLY WANT TO THANK THE WRECK COMMITTEE. I WANT TO THANK YOU, JOHN. I SEE STEPHEN SHADES HERE. WHO'S OUR CHAIR? CHRIS UM LAURIE SAUVIGNON. MIKE I MEAN, I'M TRYING TO COME UP WITH NAMES OF PEOPLE HAVE WORKED TIRELESSLY TO GET TO THIS POINT. I KNOW WHERE IT STARTED BEING PART OF THE RECOMMIT E AND HOW IT HAS GROWN, AND THIS IS THIS IS GREAT. AND ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU TELL THE RESIDENTS THAT'S SO MUCH MONEY IS COMING FROM GRANTS . THEN I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE RESIDENTS TO KNOW THAT. NOT ONLY ARE WE WORKING FOR THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR EVERYBODY INCLUSIVE, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE'RE NOT GOING INTO THAT TAXIS AND SAYING OH, THIS IS COMING UP SO REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE EFFORT. YOU GUYS ARE PUTTING INTO THIS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND WE HAD A FEW PEOPLE THAT WANTED TO PLEASE. UM I THINK WE
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HAVE THIS, PLEASE PUBLIC COMMENT. IT'S OPEN TO PUBLIC COMMENTS. HI MY NAME IS ROSE SANDS. AS A FAMILY. AMBER IS 10 YEARS OLD SOON WILL BE 10 YEARS OLD IN FEBRUARY, 17TH WE'VE BEEN MEMBERS OF THE TOWNSHIPS IN SEPTEMBER OF 2013. WE LIVE IN THE BELMONT AREA. YES I CAN HEAR AND AMBER WAS BORN IN APRIL OF 2014 AS THE RESIDENT HERE IN MONTGOMERY. WE GO TO WE STARTED WITH EARLY INTERVENTION AND SEGUED INTO ORCHARD HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WITH THE PRE K PROGRAM RECURRENTLY 1/4 GRADER AT VILLAGE NICE APPROACHED TO PROVIDE JUST GENERAL INPUT IN REGARDS TO THIS PROJECT. AND WE COULD NOT BE MORE EXCITED TO DO SO. THANK WHAT'S IMPORTANT IS THAT WE ARE HERE BEFORE YOU TODAY, NOT ON OUR BEHALF. WE ARE HERE ON BEHALF OF FAMILIES WHO COULD NOT BE HERE TONIGHT. UM ESPECIALLY THOSE FAMILIES THAT HAVE CHILDREN BETWEEN THE AGES OF TWO AND FIVE. AS YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE A DISABILITY OR DIAGNOSIS THAT REQUIRES ANY KIND OF TREATMENT. YOU ARE SPENDING YOUR TIME WITH THERAPISTS. YOU'RE SPENDING YOUR TIME WITH DOCTORS. YOU'RE SPENDING YOUR TIME WITH TEACHERS. YOU'RE SPENDING YOUR TIME WHERE IT IS GOING TO GIVE YOU THE MOST RETURN FOR YOUR CHILD. THE MOST OPPORTUNITY. THE VERY FIRST TIME THAT AMBER SAID A WORD. SHE WAS FIVE YEARS OLD, AND SHE WAS SITTING AT THE TOP OF A SLIDE.THE REASON WHY, SHE SAID THE WORD WAS BECAUSE IT WASN'T IF THEN SITUATION. YES, SHE SAID.
EXACTLY IF SHE SAYS A WORD, AND SHE'S ALLOWED TO SLIDE DOWN. IT BECAME HIGHLY MOTIVATING FOR HER TO GO BACK UP ON THAT SLIDE OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN. WOULD I LIKE TO TELL YOU THAT A SLIDE IS GOING TO SOLVE ALL PROBLEMS FOR ALL CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES? I WOULD LOVE TO SAY THAT, BUT EVERY CHILD IS DIFFERENT. EVERY CHILD DESERVES THE OPPORTUNITY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT MOTIVATION IS. I CANNOT BEGIN TO TELL YOU HOW MANY OPTIONS AND TRIALS WE APPROACHED. TO STEVIE, WHAT WOULD GET HER TO TALK? BUT WHEN WE FOUND IT, WE DIDN'T LET IT GO. SO UH, TO BE SHORT, UH, FOR THOSE FAMILIES OF TWO AND FIVE YEAR OLD TO 25 YEAR OLDS, PLEASE, PLEASE GIVE THEM A FREE, ACCESSIBLE OPTION. PLEASE BE OPEN MINDED TO THE RESOURCES THAT CAN BE OURS AS THE TOWNSHIP THAT CAN HELP CHILDREN. THAT ARE COMING AFTER AMBER. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. LOCAL CELEBRITY COMING UP HERE ON VIDEO. WELL. DO NT. RIGHT TO BECOME ELAINE. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? WITH THE OH. DON'T WORRY HARD TOP. FIVE. TOMMY TO MANU.
FOR WHERE WOULD YOU LIKE CONSTANT? DID I GO WHERE WE CAN GET AROUND ON? INTO BAILING MY OH, THANK YOU. ONE THING THAT I WANT TO INCLUDE IN THIS IS THAT IT PROVIDES TRUE INCLUSION.
WHEREAS DREW WERE CONSTANTLY WORKING WITH MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT. BY THE WAY, I'M RHONDA, LET'S SEE. UM, I WAS JUST GONNA SAY IF YOU DON'T MIND SPELLING YOUR LAST NAME L E N T I A DOG. FOR DREW TO INTERACT WITH PEERS OF HIS AGE. AND NON DISABILITY. ENVIRONMENTS. NOT IN AN EDUCATIONAL SETTING. SO YOU'RE CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR RESIDENTS OF THE TOWN. TO START CREATING SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS. THAT COULD POSSIBLY GROW FOR YEARS. WHERE THEY BECOME MORE INVOLVED. WITH THE WORKINGS OF THE MUNICIPALITY BECAUSE OF THE BONDS AND SOCIAL BONDS THAT CREATED AND THE VENUE LIKE THIS. THAT WILL GROW INTO FUTURE FRIENDSHIPS, FUTURE PROFESSIONAL RELATIONSHIPS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, SO RIGHT NOW, THOSE OPPORTUNITIES ARE FEW AND FAR BETWEEN, ESPECIALLY IN THE TOWNSHIP. FROM MONTGOMERY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE A LEADERSHIP ROLE IN THIS, ESPECIALLY IN SOMERSET COUNTY IN THE STATE AS A WHOLE. IT IS
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ANOTHER FEATHER IN OUR CAP TO PROVIDE US AS A BEACON OF PROGRESSIVENESS OF DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION IN THE TOWNSHIP. TRULY NOT AFRAID TO SAY THAT. YOU KNOW, AND REALLY KIND OF SAYING THIS IS A DESTINATION FOR PEOPLE TO COME. NOT ONLY INTERACT BUT ALSO LEARN AND LOOK TO US AS LEADERSHIP ON HOW WE'RE ABLE TO PUT A PROJECT LIKE THIS TOGETHER. PUT IT TO THE PLANNING STAGES. FIND THE FUNDING THE HARD WORK OF THE PEOPLE IN THE TOWNSHIP. AND THEN EXECUTED. AND THEN SEE THE GOAL BEING ABLE TO STEP ONTO IT ONE DAY, SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. PUBLIC COMMENT IS STILL OPEN. IF WE HAVE ANYBODY ELSE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK. HI THIS IS KEN RILEY. UM I WAS NOT HERE FOR I DID NOT COME TONIGHT FOR THIS PRESENTATION, BUT I AM REALLY GLAD THAT I DID. FIRST OFF, JOHN . GREAT JOB. GREAT PRESENTATION. UM. FROM YOUR LOCATION, SCOUTING TO THE THOUGHTFULNESS THAT WENT INTO THE PROJECT AS A WHOLE TO THE WAY THAT IT'S YOU'RE PROPOSING TO FUND IT. AS A TAXPAYER. I LOVE IT. UM AS A MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY. I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY, REALLY NEED. I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH THIS PAST SUMMER, TOO. UM DO AN EVENT AT FIELD OF DREAMS PARK IN TOMS RIVER. IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THAT, IT'S THE THIS. CONCEPT ON A GRAND SCALE. AH AND IT WAS REALLY INSPIRING TO BE THERE TO SEE. HOW THE CHILDREN REACT IN THIS ENVIRONMENT, SO I THINK IT'S GREAT. AND I JUST WANT TO, UM NO . CONTRIBUTE MY SUPPORT TO THE PROJECT. RIGHT? WELL DONE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH LIKE TO THANK ALL THE SPEAKERS. I CAME UP. UM, AND THE VIDEOS. MONTGOMERY IS REALLY A.TRYING TO EMBRACE WHAT TRUE COMMUNITY IS AND YOU KNOW, WORKING TOGETHER AND I THINK THIS IS IN THE IN THE MEETING STABBED AS WELL. THANK YOU, EVERYONE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING MOVED SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, RIGHT? UM. RESOLUTION
[5. Resolution #24-2-65 - State of NJ Department of Environmental Protection Green Acres Program Enabling Resolution for Supplemental Funding Request - All-Inclusive Playground]
NUMBER 24 DASH TO DASH 65 STATE OF NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION GREENACRES PROGRAM ENABLING RESOLUTION FOR SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING REQUEST ALL INCLUSIVE PLAYGROUND. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 24 DASH TO DASH 65 SO MOVED. SECOND . YOUR CALL, PLEASE. COMMITTEE MEMBER ON YES, COMMITTEE MEMBER TAYLOR TODD? YES COMMITTEE MEMBER KEENAN? YES DEPUTY MAYOR BARICAN. YES. SING? YES. ORDINANCES INTRODUCTION AND[6. Ordinance #24-1716 - An Ordinance of the Township of Montgomery to Exceed the Municipal Budget Appropriation Limits Providing for a 3.5% "Cap" for the 2024 Budget and to Establish a Cap Bank Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:4-45.14a - Introduction/First Reading]
FIRST READING ORDINANCE NUMBER 24-1716, AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWNSHIP OF MONTGOMERY, SOMERSET COUNTY, NEW JERSEY, TO EXCEED THE MUNICIPAL BUDGET APPROPRIATION LIMITS PROVIDING FOR A 3.5% CAP FOR THE 2024 BUDGET AND TO ESTABLISH A CAP BANK PRESUMED TO NJ S A 48. FOR THAT FOR FIVE 14, A. YES YES, MAYOR. THIS IS ORDINANCE THAT WE INTRODUCED EVERY YEAR. WE USE IT AS A BUDGET TOOL AND JUST TO KIND OF SUMMARIZE WHAT THIS IS ABOUT. SO WHEN WE PREPARE A BUDGET APPROPRIATIONS, WHICH ARE EXPENSES, THERE'S TWO SEPARATE APPROPRIATIONS. THERE'S YOUR INSIDE THE CAP APPROPRIATIONS, WHICH ARE YOUR SALARY AND WAGES YOUR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES. YOUR YOUR OFFICE SUPPLIES ALL OF YOUR BASICALLY YOUR DAY TO DAY OPERATING EXPENSES. THEN YOU HAVE YOUR OUTSIDE THE CAPITAL APPROPRIATION. THAT'S YOUR DEBT, YOUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS. SO YOU'RE OUTSIDE THE CAP APPROPRIATIONS. YOU CAN INCREASE THEM AS MUCH AS YOU WANT. THIS ORDINANCE BASICALLY SAYS, ACTUALLY LET ME LET ME BACKTRACK . THE STATE SAYS THOSE INSIDE THE CAPITAL APPROPRIATIONS, YOU CAN ONLY INCREASED BY 2.5% OR THE COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT, WHICHEVER IS LOWER THIS YEAR THAT NEW JERSEY COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT WAS 2.5% SO AGAIN, TECHNICALLY CAN RAISE THE INSIDE THE CAB APPROPRIATION BY 2.5% THIS ORDINANCE, THOUGH, ALLOWS US PER STATE STATUTE TO INCREASE IT TO 3.5. UM SO I DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO GET CONFUSED, THINKING THAT JUST BECAUSE WE PASSED THIS ORDINANCE OR TAXES TO INCREASE 3.5% BECAUSE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT TAXES, THERE'S MANY VARIABLES. THERE'S YOUR BREAKABLES AND THERE'S A REVENUES. THERE'S YOUR OUTSIDE THE CAPITAL APPROPRIATION. SO FOR EXAMPLE, EVEN IF YOU'RE INSIDE THE CAP APPROPRIATIONS INCREASED 3.5% YOU'RE OUTSIDE THE CAPITAL APPROPRIATIONS MIGHT[00:55:03]
DECREASE YOUR REVENUE MIGHT INCREASE. HENCE YOUR TAX INCREASE WOULDN'T EVEN BE CLOSE TO 3.5% DEPENDING ON THE OF COURSE, THE AMOUNTS FOR REGARDLESS, THIS IS A BUDGETING TUNE IN THAT ALLOWS US TO INCREASE THOSE APPROPRIATIONS IF NEED BE, BUT IT'S NO GUARANTEE WILL EVEN INCREASE INTO THAT AMOUNT. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE? I JUST WANT TO ADD IT IS ALL ABOUT PROVIDING THE TOWNSHIP FLEXIBILITY TO REALLY MEET THE NEEDS OF THE RESIDENTS AGAINST THE RESTRICTIONS THAT WERE GIVEN BY THE STATE. SO THAT JUST GIVES US FLEXIBILITY DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE HAVE TO GO UP TO THOSE CAPS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE OF TOWNSHIP OF MONTGOMERY THAT THE FOREGOING ORDINANCE BE HEREBY PASSED ON FIRST READING, AND THAT SAME BE PUBLISHED ACCORDING TO LAW, WITH THE PUBLIC HEARING AND A VOTE SCHEDULED FOR THE MEETING OF FEBRUARY 15TH 19 SORRY, 2024.MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO INTRODUCE ORDINANCE NUMBER 24-171. SO MOVED SECOND. CALL, PLEASE.
COMMITTEE MEMBER ON YES. MEMBER TAYLOR TODD YES, COMMITTEE MEMBER KEENAN. DEPUTY MAYOR
[7. Ordinance #24-1715 - An Ordinance of the Township of Montgomery Concerning Licenses for Towing and Storing of Motor Vehicles in Replacing Chapter 4A of The Code of the Township of Montgomery - Public Hearing/Final Adoption]
BARRAGAN. YES, YES. ORDINANCES PUBLIC HEARING FINAL ADOPTION ORGANISM 24-1715 AND NORTHERN'S FOR THE TOWNSHIP OF MONTGOMERY IN SOMERSET COUNTY, NEW JERSEY, CONCERNING LICENSES FOR TOWING AND STORING OF MOTOR VEHICLES, REPLACING CHAPTER 48 OF THE CODE OF THE TOWNSHIP OF MONTGOMERY 1984. PUBLIC HEARING IS OPEN. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE OR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC? MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. SECOND . BE IT RESOLVED BY THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE AT THE TOWNSHIP OF MONTGOMERY THAT THE FOREGOING ORDINANCE BE HEREBY ADOPTED THIS FIRST DAY OF FEBRUARY 2024 AND THAT THE ORDINANCE SUMMARY PUBLISHED IN AN OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER, AS REQUIRED BY LAW. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT ORDINANCE NUMBER 24-1715 SECONDS. ROLL CALL, PLEASE. CAN WE REMEMBER ON YES, TAYLOR TODD? YES MEMBER KEENAN? YES, DEPUTY[Consent Agenda]
MAYOR BAR AGAIN? YES, YES. CONSENT AGENDA. ALL MATTERS LISTED ON THE CONSENT AGENDA ARE CONSIDERED TO BE ROUTINE AND WILL BE ENACTED BY ONE MOTION. THERE WILL BE NO SEPARATE DISCUSSIONS OF THESE ITEMS. DISCUSSION IS DESIRED. THAT ITEM WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA AND CONSIDERED SEPARATELY. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE? YES I ACTUALLY WOULD LIKE TO GET SOMETHING REMOVED SO WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT SEPARATELY, WHICH IS THE, UM, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHICH NUMBER IT IS. THIS IS ABOUT THE SHARED SERVICE. OKAY? LET'S CHECK WITH THAT IS. IS IT? UM IS IT 12 E ON PAGE SEVEN. OKAY SHIRT SERVICES, OKAY. 17. BOTH OKAY? OKAY 7071, OKAY. SO. OKAY THIS SOUNDS SO THAT'S ALREADY OKAY. BE TAKEN OFF. AND MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE CONSENT AGENDA, OBVIOUSLY, WITH THE REMOVAL OF THE AMENDED AS AMENDED YOU, THANK YOU. SO MOVED WAS JUST READING THERE SO MOVING SECOND.OKAY ROLL CALL, PLEASE. COMMITTEE MEMBER ON YES, COMMITTEE MEMBER, TAYLOR TODD.
YES MEMBER KEENAN? YES DEPUTY MAYOR BARICAN. YES. SING? YES. RESOLUTIONS RESOLUTION NUMBER 24-2 DASH 76 AUTHORIZING THE APPLICATION TO THE NEW JERSEY CLEAN ENERGY PROGRAM. OH THAT'S
[12. Resolution #24-2-70 - Authorizing the Execution of a Shared Services Agreement with the Township of Branchburg for Public Health Nursing]
RIGHT. OKAY CAN BE HAVE A DISCUSSION ON THE TO THAT COMMITTEE. WOMAN. UM SEEN AND WANTED TO DISCUSS, AND THIS MIGHT JUST BE TOO. SO WE HAVE IN THE PAST REALLY TAKEN A BIG STRONG LOOK AT ALL OF OUR SHARED SERVICES, AND MONTGOMERY HAD BEEN REALLY FOOTING THE BILL FOR A LOT OF OTHER MUNICIPALITIES AND SO BY LOOKING AT IT AND MAKING SURE THAT ALL THE COSTS ARE INCLUDED, UM USUALLY I COULD SEE A SPREADSHEET AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS HAVING NOT SEEN THAT I JUST WANT TO. I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT BEFORE WE WOULD FEEL COMFORTABLE IF YOU IF YOU GUYS ARE COMFORTABLE GOING OUT, IT WILL BE FINE. I'LL DECLINE, BUT I'D LIKE TO REALLY SEE IT AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS BROUGHT IN THERE, AND WE'RE NOT PUTTING THE BILL FOR OTHERS. IF I COULD JUST THESE WERE PART OF THE GROUP THAT WERE UPDATED LAST YEAR, PER THE WORK THAT WE DID WITH AND THEY WERE INCREASED. FOR ALL OF THE WE HAVE. ALL OF OUR COSTS HAVE INCREASED AS WELL. THEY WERE ALL UPDATED. YES, WE DID CORRECT. AND THIS IS FOR ACTUALLY OR NURSE WHO NOW WE HAVE A NEW NURSE WAS, ACTUALLY IS THAT A REDUCED A LITTLE BIT LESS LITTLE POSSIBLE, SO IT IS COVERED IN IT. IT'S ALL OF THE PARAMETERS AND BEFORE IT IS OKAY , AND THE LANGUAGE WAS REVIEWED[01:00:04]
WITH RESPECT TO ANY PUBLIC HEALTH OUTBREAKS IN HOW TO DEAL WITH THAT THAT WAS WITH A NEW AND CONTINUED, OKAY. AND SO WE CAN, SO IT'S WE'RE NOT LIMITED BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE WE ALSO GOT TRIPPED UP BEFORE, SO WE'RE GOOD CORRECTED IT ALLOWS FOR EXTRA WAY. GOOD. THAT'S GOOD. I'M SATISFIED. OKAY, SO 7071 AT THIS POINT ONCE WE'VE GOT THE DISCUSSION, DO WE DO ROLL CALL AGAIN? I GUESS. OKAY? MAY HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT THIS CONSENT AGENDA WITH THE AMENDED CONSENTED. I HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS. RECOMMENDING OKAY, LET'S CONSENT AGENDA HAS MOTION TO ADOPT A MOTION FOR RESOLUTION NUMBER 24-2 17 MOVING THE EXECUTION OF SHARED SERVICES AGREEMENT PURSUANT TO NJ S A 4865. SEQUENCE WITH TOWNSHIP OF. BRANCHBURG FOR PUBLIC HEALTH NURSES MOVED SECOND. OKAY OH, AND ROAD COUNTRIES COMMITTEE MEMBER ON YES. MEMBER TAYLOR.TODD YES, MEMBER KEENAN? YES DEPUTY MAYOR OF ARROGANT. YES. SING? YES. UM RESOLUTION NUMBER
[13. Resolution #24-2-71 - Authorizing the Execution of a Shared Services Agreement with the Township of Branchburg for Health Education Services]
24-2 DASH 71 AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF THE SHARED SERVICES AGREEMENT PURSUANT TO NGS A 40.A 65 1 WITH THE TOWNSHIP OF BRANCHBURG FOR HEALTH EDUCATION SERVICES. SECOND. LOCAL PLEASE COMMITTEE MEMBER ON YES. TAYLOR TODD YES, COMMITTEE MEMBER KEENAN? DEPUTY MAYOR BARICAN.
[18. Resolution #24-2-76 - Authorizing the Application to the NJ Clean Energy Program Community Energy Planning Grant Program]
YES, YES. RESOLUTIONS RESOLUTION NUMBER 24-2 DASH 76 AUTHORIZING THE APPLICATION TO THE NEW JERSEY CLEAN ENERGY PROGRAM COMMUNITY ENERGY PLANNING GRANT PROGRAM. MAYOR THIS IS A GRANT THAT WAS BROUGHT FORTH. UM AND LAUREN WAS A LOT OF SKI IS SUBMITTING ON OUR BEHALF. THE GRANT WILL HELP OFFSET THE COST TO PREPARE AN ENERGY PLAN FOR THE TOWNSHIP THAT WILL HELP US FURTHER ACHIEVE THE GOALS THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON IN TERMS OF THE SOLAR HERE AT THE BUILDING, EVIE CHARGING STATIONS AND A VARIETY OF OTHER THINGS. OKAY? ANY QUESTION. NO BUT THANK YOU FOR GLAD SHE PUT IT FORWARD. IT ALSO OPENS UP. THIS IS JUST THE FIRST THING AND THEN IT BASICALLY THEY'RE BIGGER DOLLARS THAT WE CAN GO FOR IF WE HAVE THIS PLAN IN PLACE, SO THANK YOU. THAT'S THAT'S GREAT. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 24-2 DASH 76.SECOND ROLL CALL, PLEASE COMMITTEE MEMBER ON YES. COMMITTEE MEMBER TAYLOR. TODD YES. KEENAN YES. BARICAN? YES, YES. RESOLUTION NUMBER 24-2 DASH 77 STATE OF NEW JERSEY
[19. Resolution #24-2-77 - State of NJ Department of Environmental Protection Green Acres Program Enabling Resolution for Supplemental Funding Request - Open Space Acquisition]
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION GREENACRES PROGRAM ENABLING RESOLUTION FOR SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING REQUEST. OPEN SPACE ACQUISITION. MAYOR THIS IS A RESOLUTION THAT WE DO FOR OUR DP GREENACRES FUNDING. WE DO THIS EVERY YEAR. IT'S UM PART OF THEIR PROCESS TO RECEIVE THE 50% MATCHING GRANT ON ACQUISITIONS THAT WE DO THEY ASK FOR THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR. A WISH LIST OF ALL OF YOUR POTENTIAL PROPERTIES. AND THEN AS THOSE PROPERTIES WE WORK ON, WE APPLY INDIVIDUALLY, BUT IT STREAMLINES THE PROCESS. THEY'VE SORT OF BEEN PRE APPROVED BY THE STATE. ANY QUESTIONS ON THE COMMITTEE. I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 24-2 DASH 77 2ND ROLL CALL, PLEASE. COMMITTEE MEMBER ON? YES TAYLOR TODD COMMITTEE MEMBER CANNON? YES DEPUTY MAYOR BARICAN SING? YES. RESOLUTION NUMBER 24-2 DASH 78 AUTHORIZING SUBMISSION OF[20. Resolution #24-2-78 - Authorizing the Submission of Application to 2024 Sustainable Jersey Grant]
APPLICATION TO 2024. SUSTAINABLE, JOSIE GRANT. SO SUSTAINABLE JERSEY HAS A WIDE VARIETY OF BRANDS THAT THEY ACTIVITIES THAT THEY WILL HELP FUND EVERY TOWN IN NEW JERSEY.THE STATE IS REQUIRING THEM TO DO SOMETHING CALLED A WATERSHED IMPROVEMENT PLAN. IT HELPS DOCUMENT UM THAT'S HOW WE ADDRESS FLOODING ISSUES DEVELOPMENT AND IT ALSO IS IN A REQUIREMENT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE STATE'S MUNICIPAL SEPARATE STORMWATER SEWER SYSTEM, WHICH WE CALLED M S FOUR FOR SHORT, UM THERE'S A SET A SECTION ON OUR WEBSITE PEOPLE TO LEARN ALL ABOUT IT. AND UNDER THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT TAB, THERE'S A WEALTH OF INFORMATION THERE. BUT WE'RE VERY EXCITED THAT, UM, IF SUCCESSFUL, IT WILL HELP FUND THE PLAN THAT OUR CONSULTANT WILL PREPARE FOR US THAT AS REQUIRED BY THE STATE, AND THERE WON'T BE ANY COST TO THE TAXPAYERS. OKAY WELL, THANK YOU AND ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY? MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT
[01:05:04]
RESOLUTION NUMBER 24-2 DASH 78. SECOND PLEASE COMMITTEE MEMBER ON MEMBER TAYLOR TODD YES, MEMBER KEENAN DEPUTY MAYOR BARRACK. YES, YES. RESOLUTION NUMBER 24-2 DASH 79 AUTHORIZING[21. Resolution #24-2-79 - Authorizing the Extension of Contract for Fleet Management and Maintenance Services - First Vehicle Services]
THE EXTENSION OF CONTRACT FOR FLEET MANAGEMENT AND MAINTENANCE SERVICES. FIRST VEHICLE SECRETARY YES. FIRST VEHICLE IS THE PROVIDER OF MAINTENANCE FOR ALL OUR VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT, SO IT'S NOT JUST VEHICLES ACTUALLY, EQUIPMENT AS WELL. UM THEY WE HAD A BID FOR THEM IN 2022 WITH THE WITH 41 YEAR EXTENSIONS, AND WE WERE LOOKING TO CONTINUE THAT FOR ANOTHER 12 MONTHS. UM THE COST WOULD NOT BE IN A TAXI AT $805,675. WELL, THANK YOU ANY QUESTIONS? I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 24-2 DASH 79. SO MOVE. SECOND PLEASE COMMITTEE MEMBER ON MEMBER TAYLOR TODD? YES COMMITTEE MEMBER KEENAN? YES BARICAN? YES, YES. RESOLUTION[22. Resolution #24-2-80 - Authorizing the Execution of Construction Sequence Agreement - BPS Development]
NUMBER 24-2 DASH 80 AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF CONSTRUCTION SEQUENCE AGREEMENT VPS DEVELOPMENT. THIS IS THE DEVELOPMENT THAT IS AN AGE RESTRICTED ASSISTED LIVING DEVELOPMENT OFF OF HEART WITH DR , WHICH HAS BEEN IN THE MASTER PLAN FOR MANY YEARS AS PART OF THE OVERALL, UM, AGE RESTRICTED ZONING THAT WERE TAPESTRY IS DEVELOPED AND HILLSIDE. AND OTHERS IN THAT AREA. AND SO THIS IS A ASSISTED LIVING IN MEMORY CARE FACILITY THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE PLANNING BOARD AND SO THE NEXT STEP IS FOR THE TOWNSHIP ENGINEER TO PREPARE THE CONSTRUCTION SEQUENCE AGREEMENT AND THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE AUTHORIZES IT. SO THIS WILL THIS WILL SCHEDULE AND SET SET THE SCHEDULE FOR THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WILL BE DONE WHEN THEY WILL BE DONE, SETTING THE MILESTONES, MAKING SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS DONE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE APPROVED OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS? UM THEY I BELIEVE THEY AGREED TO ALSO, UM PROVIDE.PRIVATE AMBULANCE SERVICES BECAUSE THAT'S ONE OF THE BIG CONCERNS THAT WE'VE HAD AS A PLANNING BOARD AND AS A TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE THAT'S NOT PART OF THE CONCERN IS THAT PART OF THE CONSTRUCTION AGREEMENT? WHERE DOES THAT GO IN THE AGREEMENT? I BELIEVE THAT IN THEIR PLANNING BOARD APPROVAL IN THEIR APPROVAL. BUT IS IT GOING TO AN AGREEMENT IN ANY WAY? I WILL DOUBLE CHECK. I DON'T RECALL. IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE I LOOKED AT THE DRAFT. OKAY HAPPENS IN THE WEEK. YEAH BECAUSE I'M NOT COMFORTABLE. I MEAN, HONESTLY, I WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S IN THERE.
SO CONSTRUCTION SEQUENCE AGREEMENT GENERALLY IS THE EQUIVALENT OF A DEVELOPERS AGREEMENT, WHICH IS ON CONSTRUCTION BASIS, NOT ONGOING. OPERATIONS BUT I WILL CERTAINLY BRING THAT BACK TO MARK AND WE'LL SEE HOW TO CLOSE THAT LOOP TO MAKE A STRONG BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING RIGHT. DO WE HAVE ANYTHING WHEN THEY DO DO OPERATIONS WITH THEIR CONTRACT THAT WAY? THIS MIGHT BE UNDER SAYING IS THIS OUR ONLY CHANCE TO REALLY GET IT IN WRITING? I MEAN THE APPROVAL FROM THE PLANNING BOARD REQUIRING IT'S STILL A CONDITION OF APPROVAL, WHICH THERE ARE RAMIFICATIONS FOR NOT COMPLYING WITH AND WE DO HAVE OUR ORDINANCE AS WELL. THAT UM, REQUIRES THE HAS THE PENALTIES FOR THE NON EMERGENCY CALLS FROM THESE TYPES OF FACILITIES, ETCETERA. BUT I'LL SPEAK WITH MARK ON THIS. OKAY THANK YOU. I THINK THAT'S PRIVATE AMBULANCE PART IS REALLY IMPORTANT AND YEAH. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 24-2 DASH 80. SO MOVED. DO YOU WANT A SECOND IT BECAUSE I'M SECOND. ROLL CALL, PLEASE.
COMMITTEE MEMBER ON YES. COMMITTEE MEMBER, TAYLOR TODD. YES REMEMBER KEENAN? NO. DEPUTY MAYOR BARICAN. ANDERSON? YES. RESOLUTION NUMBER 24-2 DASH 81 AUTHORIZING THE SETTLEMENT OF
[23. Resolution #24-2-81 - Authorizing the Settlement of Tax Appeal Regarding Lot 6 in Block 31003]
THE TAX APPEAL REGARDING LOT SIX IN BLOCK 31003. YES THIS WAS THIS WAS A STATE TAX APPEAL ON THE PROPERTY AND BASED ON APPEAL , THE VALUE WAS REDUCED BY $50,000 FOR THE YEARS 2021 2022 2023 AND THE PROPERTY OWNER WILL BE RECEIVING A $4920. AND 50 CENT. UM. MOST LIKELY CRAZY, EITHER CASH OR CREDIT AGAINST FUTURE REAL ESTATE. PROPERTY TAXES. WOW. OKAY. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 24 DASH TO DASH H ONE. SECOND ROLL CALL, PLEASE.[01:10:03]
COMMITTEE MEMBER ON YES. COMMITTEE MEMBER TAYLOR. TODD? YES KEENAN? YES, DEPUTY MAYOR.[24. Approval of Minutes]
ARROGANCE. YES, YES. APPROVAL OF MINUTES. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE REGULAR MEETING, MINISTER OF DECEMBER 21 2023. SO MOVED SECOND ALL IN FAVOR. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE DVR ORGANIZATION MEETING MINUTES OF JANUARY 4TH 2024. IT'S REALLY THICK STILL MOVED. IN A SECOND.ALL IN FAVOR. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE REGULAR MEETING MINUTES OF JANUARY 18TH 20 24TH. SO MOVED SECOND ALL IN FAVOR. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE EXECUTIVE SESSION MEETING MINUTES OFF JANUARY 1820 24. SO MOVED ALL IN FAVOR. RESOLUTION NUMBER 24 DASH TO
[25. Resolution #24-2-82 - Payment of Bills]
DASH 82 PAYMENT OF BILLS, POSTERS. THAT'S MAYOR YOUR THREE LARGEST BILLS THIS MONTH OR ON THE FIRST PAGE TOWARDS THE YOU KNOW, TOP QUARTERS FOR THE COUNTY OF SOMERSET. THE FIRST ONE IS THE COUNTY TAXES. FIRST QUARTER COUNTY TAXES FOR 4 MILLION $154,000. BELOW THAT IS THE COUNTY LIBRARY TAXES AGAIN. FIRST QUARTER 576,999. AND THE FINAL ONE IS A COUNTY OPEN SPACE. FOR 415,260. AND IF YOU LOOK AT JUST THAT, UM PROBABLY THAT 15 LINE ITEMS DOWN THE GRASSO HOME. WE PAID THEM 16,000 FOR PLOWING HOURS KIND OF SHOWS YOU THE IMPACT THAT THIS SNOW THIS WEATHER HAS HAD AGAIN. THAT'S 16,000 THAT WE DIDN'T SPEND LAST YEAR. SO JUST, YOU KNOW, BRINGING THAT UP A LITTLE DO WE? DO WE HAVE FOR I WAS BEEN THINKING ABOUT THIS FOR ALL OF THESE PRIVATE ONES THAT WE DO. IS THERE A SET OF REIMBURSEMENT THAT WE GIVE FOR EACH ONE IN A LIMIT AS TO HOW MANY YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN. LIKE WHAT PARAMETERS ARE AROUND IT. I'LL PULL UP THE CONTRACTS. WE HAVE CONTRACTS. YES. UM WE DO. BUT THIS IS FOR THIS IS ACTUALLY, UH , FOR WHO WE OUTSOURCE. UH UM, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH. I GUESS TRUCKS AND MANPOWER, SO IT'S NOT THE ONES THAT EVENTUALLY OKAY. THE TOWNHOUSE REIMBURSEMENTS. CAN YOU GET THAT ? BECAUSE I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT THAT WEEK. THERE THEY ALL THE SAME CAN ANSWER GOOD. STATE LAW ON PRIVATE CONDO COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE THE PRIVATE ROADS IF THEY PLOW FOR THEMSELVES THAN THEY ENTER INTO WHAT'S CALLED A MUNICIPAL SERVICE AGREEMENT WHEREBY THE TOWNSHIP REIMBURSES THEM FOR EITHER WHAT IT WOULD COST US TO HAVE PLOWED OR WHAT THEY PAID, WHICHEVER IS LOWER.OKAY? GREAT, GREAT GREAT. AND I ALSO HAD A QUESTION LAST TIME I THINK ON ON THE WALL, NOT THAT IT'S A HUGE BILL, BUT THE WATER THAT WE'RE STILL BUYING FOR AUTO KAUFMAN. GREECE. YES HOW COME WE'RE STILL BUYING WATER FOR AUTO KAUFMAN ADDRESS THAT? YEAH JOHN RELIGIOUS PURCHASED BEFORE BECAUSE ONLY THE SENIOR CENTER SIDE HAD THE FOUNTAINS INSTALLED . WE DIDN'T HAVE ONE ON OUR SIDE, SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE PURCHASING ANYMORE. WE'RE WAITING STILL TO HAVE THE PLUMBER COME BACK OUT TO FINISH OURS. BUT WE DO HAVE SOME LEFT. BUT YEAH, BECAUSE I'M LIKE WE'RE NOT BUYING THOSE BOTTLES. ABSOLUTELY YES. GOOD. GLAD TO HEAR IT. JUST A QUICK QUESTION WHEN YOU SAID YOU GOT GRASSO AND ALL THAT TO DO THAT 16,000 IS THAT BECAUSE OF SOME OF OUR TRUCKS WERE NOT ON THE ROAD CONTRACT OUT EVERY TIME, OF COURSE, STORMS THAT WE JUST TAKE A WHILE TO GET THERE AND. SUFFERING YEAH. GOT YOU. OKAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 24 DASH TO DASH 82. SO MOVED. SECOND CALL, PLEASE. COMMITTEE MEMBER ON YES.
TAYLOR TODD, COMMITTEE MEMBER KEENAN, DEPUTY MAYOR BARICAN YES, YES. CORRESPONDENCE THE
[26. Correspondence]
FOLLOWING CORRESPONDENCE IN AN EMAIL FROM A RESIDENT ENQUIRING ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF A COMMUNITY GARDEN IN THE TOWNSHIP. SO. OKAY VISA WE RECEIVED I RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM A RESIDENT ENQUIRING ABOUT COMMUNITY GARDEN IN MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP. DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK? WHILE WHILE JOHN IS WALKING, I'LL TELL YOU YOU CAN WALK. I NOTICED DISCUSSIONS BEEN GOING ON FOR A WHILE. I THINK I'M GOING BACK EIGHT YEARS WHEN MY SON WAS TRYING TO BUILD FOR HIS EAGLE, AND HE WAS TRYING TO BUILD A COMMUNITY GARDEN AND HE WAS TOLD BY MR ZIMMERMAN THAT WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH WATER FOR YOU TO BUILD A COMMUNITY GARDEN. BUT NOW WE HAVE WATER. I KNOW THAT[01:15:03]
THAT THE CONVERSATION HAD HAS HAPPENED A FEW DIFFERENT TIMES, ESPECIALLY SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE ALSO, NOW THAT WE DO HAVE THE WATER LINE, UM THE ONE HURDLE THAT WE HAVE IS REALLY WOULD DEFINE THE EXACT LOCATION AND THEN MULTIPLE AND THEN ON THAT TOPIC WOULD BE REALLY TO FIND THE PARKING BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF PARKING CURRENTLY AT AUTO KAUFMAN. ESPECIALLY NOW WITH OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT ALSO THERE, UM YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT THE ENTIRE PARKING LOT THAT GETS TAKEN UP BY THEM. BUT OBVIOUSLY WHEN WE HAVE A EVENTS AT NIGHT, OR EVEN ANY OF OUR CLASSES AND PROGRAMS, IT DOES TAKE UP A LOT OF SPACE. UM SO I'M DEFINITELY VERY HAPPY TO OPEN UP THAT CONVERSATION AGAIN AND TRY TO FIGURE OUT I THINK WE HAD ORIGINALLY THOUGHT ABOUT MAYBE HAVING, UM, AREA BEHIND OUR BUILDING. BUT AGAIN, WE HAVEN'T TAKEN THAT STEP YET TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT LOCATION WOULD BE. AND HOW WE MAKE THAT COME TO FRUITION. A STUDY ON YOU KNOW HOW BIG THE GUARDED WE WOULD WANT. MAYBE WE STARTED OFF AS SMALL AND SEE, UM HOW MUCH INTEREST IT HAS QUITE A CAN FILL YOU IN ON WHAT WE'VE DONE SO FAR, BECAUSE WE ACTUALLY DID A BUNCH OF THAT WHEN WE WERE TALKING TO THE COUNTY ABOUT DOING IT AT THAT SCHOOL AND PARK. AND THEN THE REASON THAT WE DIDN'T DO IT IS THAT THE COUNTY WANTED TO CHARGE US.OKAY? $150,000 TO ATTACH THE WATER WHICH REALLY KIND OF KICKED ME OFF SINCE WE PAY ABOUT $16 MILLION A YEAR IN COUNTY TAXES AND FELT THAT THEY SHOULD PUT IT IN THERE, SO I THINK WE SHOULD GO BACK TO THE COUNTY AGAIN AND SAY YOU KNOW WHAT? THAT WOULD BE A GREAT LOCATION, ESPECIALLY ON THE LOCATIONS AND THE RESPONSE, SPARKING THAT'S A GOOD PARKING. IT IS THE RIGHT LOCATION. IT'S JUST THAT WE DON'T FEEL AND STILL, I THINK, STRONGLY FEEL THAT WE SHOULDN'T BE. WE SHOULDN'T BE PAYING FOR WITH OUR MUNICIPAL TAX DOLLARS WHEN WE PAY PLENTY IN OUR COUNTY TAX HOURS. JUST MINE. THAT'S AMAZING. VERY GOOD POINT. UM COMMITTEEWOMAN KEENAN. I MEAN, THERE'S A WE HAD TALKED AGAIN. WE HAD LOOKED AT A LOT AND WE SHOULD DEFINITELY DO MORE. IF PEOPLE ARE REALLY INTERESTED. I THINK WE WOULD. WE NEED MORE PEOPLE TO SHOW OFF AND SEE THAT THEY'RE REALLY INTERESTED. BUT WE WENT OUT TO LIKE DUKES TO LOOK AT THEIR COMMUNITY GARDEN AS WELL. SO THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT WAS DONE, BUT PROBABLY A LOT MORE. THAT COULD BE DONE, BUT ALSO TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS THE COMMUNITY. INTERESTS ABSOLUTELY. I THINK THAT THE COMMUNITY CENTER. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THE CONCERNS WERE PARKING. SO IF YOU MAKE IT TOO BIG THAN YOU KNOW, THERE WON'T BE ANY PARKING. SO WE JUST HAVE TO FIGURE OUT THE DON'T THINK THAT'S WHY THAT'S RIGHT. GREAT AND THAT'S KILLING PARK. IT'S QUITE BIG, AND THERE'S A LOT OF PARKING. AND I THINK THERE IS INTEREST BECAUSE I'VE HEARD FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE EITHER IN TOWN HOUSES OR OTHER DEVELOPMENTS THAT THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH SPACE TO GARDEN. RIGHT, SO I THINK THERE'S AN INTEREST. BUT AS EVERYBODY SAID ON THE COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T KNOW WHERE THE INTEREST IS RIGHT NOW AND HOW MUCH SO, YEAH, IT'S SOMETHING TO ABSOLUTELY PUBLIC MEETINGS AND TELL US WHAT YOU WANT PUBLIC. OKAY, SO THE ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY IS YOU WANT A COMMUNITY GARDEN? YOU HAVE TO COME TO THE TOWNSHIP MEETING'S 1ST AND 3RD THURSDAY OF EVERY MONTH. THANK YOU DID INVITE HER RESIDENT I DID, AND OTHERS AND OTHERS HER SUPPORTERS, RIGHT.
THANK YOU. AND NEW BUSINESS. TO BE HAVE ANY NEW BUSINESS. NO, OKAY. TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE REPORTS. UH, I HAVE NOTHING TO REPORT FROM MY COMMITTEES. BUT FOR EVERYONE WHO CELEBRATES I WISH YOU A VERY HAPPY LUNAR NEW YEAR. THANK YOU. THAT EVENING, EVERYONE, UM I DON'T HAVE ANY BUSINESS. UPDATES FROM INCLUSION EQUITY. WE TALKED ABOUT THE ACCESSIBLE PLAYGROUND REALLY EXCITED ABOUT UH, THAT UM AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO NOTE THAT, UM . WE RECEIVED THE RESIGNATION OF ONE OF OUR LANDMARKS COMMISSION MEMBERS, LIZ PELLEAS, AND THIS HAS BEEN A VERY LONG TERM AND DEDICATED AND VERY PASSIONATE MEMBER OF THE LANDMARKS COMMISSION. UH AND SHE, UM HER SERVICES MUCH APPRECIATED, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT WE HEARD THE LAST FROM HER. SHE JUST WILL NO LONGER BE PART OF THE LANDMARKS COMMISSION OFFICIALLY SO PUBLICLY, I WANT TO THANK LIZ AND LET HER KNOW THAT THE LANDMARKS COMMISSION APPRECIATES HER SERVICE. AND THEN FINALLY, I JUST WANT TO THANK THE MAYOR FOR ALLOWING ME TO READ THE PROCLAMATION FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH. UM IT MEANS A LOT, AND I THINK THAT I WANT TO ALWAYS EMPHASIZE THAT I'VE BEEN SAYING EVER SINCE I MOVED TO MONTGOMERY, I'VE LEARNED MORE ABOUT AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY IN NEW JERSEY. IT'S EMBARRASSING HOW LITTLE I KNEW ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS I'VE LEARNED OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS, SO THAT'S WHY I'M ALWAYS EXCITED TO SEE SAM HERE AND TO SHINE A LIGHT ON SAM. BUT BLACK HISTORY IS AMERICAN HISTORY. MONTGOMERY HISTORY IS AMERICAN HISTORY, AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE WANT TO EMPHASIZE HERE OF THE BENEFITS AND THE RESILIENCE AND THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF BLACK AMERICANS. BENEFIT EVERYONE, SO THAT'S REALLY THE FOCUS. UM BUT
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WE'RE STILL VERY, VERY PROUD OF OUR HERITAGE. THANK YOU. SPEAKING OF LIZ, UM, A BUNCH OF US AND I KNOW THE MAYOR. YOU WERE ON IT. AND MUCH OF THE FOLKS THAT WORK IN THE TOWNSHIP WERE AT THE RETROFITTING STORMWATER BASINS PRESENTATION, SO WE'RE STILL DOING A LOT MORE.GOT A LOT MORE WORK TO DO IN OUR 200 STORE, MODERN PATIENTS THAT WE HAVE ACROSS MONTGOMERY. UM ONE OF THE THINGS I NEGLECTED TO MENTION AT THE LAST MEETING, BUT I WANTED TO BRING IT UP ON JANUARY 8TH AT THE PLANNING BOARD MEETING. UM THERE WAS AN APPROVED PLAN FOR THE MALVERN CHILDCARE CENTER THAT IS MOVING IN OR GOING TO START CONSTRUCTION ON THAT PICTURE WHEN IT WAS NOT UNANIMOUS. THERE WAS A LOT OF CONCERN AND IT HAD WE HAD A TREE ORDINANCE. IT MAY HAVE BEEN A LITTLE BIT MORE PALATABLE TO ME, BUT THEIR COMPANY AND CUTTING OUT A BUNCH OF TREES, BUT INSTEAD, THE MELBOURNE'S CHILDCARE CENTER APPLICATION WAS APPROVED AND THAT IS OFF OF 518 PREPARE AND THEN, UM, THIS NOT NONE OF MY OTHER COMMITTEES MET, BUT THIS PAST SATURDAY, I WANT TO THANK THE FIRE DISTRICT ONE AND BILL NEED FOR THE INVITATION FOR THEIR ANNUAL DINNER DANCE. IT WAS GREAT, ENJOYABLE. AND THEN I JUST WANTED TO ALSO GIVE A SHOUT OUT AND A REMINDER AND HOPE PEOPLE WILL SHOW UP ON THIS SUNDAY FROM 4 TO 6. THE WATERSHED INSTITUTE IS HAVING A THEY'RE AN ARTIST WHO IS OUT THERE. AND I THINK PEOPLE MAY KNOW HIM. KALIM FIORI, OUR ONE AND ONLY MONTGOMERY. UH MONTGOMERY AND HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN ALL OF THE SPACE AND ALL THE ACTUALLY THE ARTWORK THAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY OUT THERE. SO THAT IS FROM 4 TO 7 THIS SUNDAY SUNDAY, THE FOURTH THANK YOU. SO THE MONTGOMERY VETERANS MEMORIAL COMMITTEE RECONVENE IF YOU MARRIED TWO WEEKS AGO, THERE WAS A LOT OF SNOW DAYS WE HAD TO RESCHEDULE. AND SO WE, YOU KNOW, TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THE PRIORITIES AND ONE OF THEM IS, YOU KNOW, FIND A WAY TO RECOGNIZE STEVE WARNER, WHO WAS ONE OF OUR MONTGOMERY, VIETNAM KILLED IN ACTION, WHETHER IT'S A STREET SIGN OR SOMETHING, AND, YOU KNOW MYSELF AND COMMITTEEWOMAN TAYLOR TOT ARE GOING TO LOOK AT AND HAVING GREAT SOME CONSISTENT THOUGHTS OF HOW DO WE, YOU KNOW, RECOGNIZING OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUALS THAT WE WANT TO MEMORIALIZE WHETHER IN SCIENCE, ETCETERA, AND THEN WE START TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE KEY BUSINESS, YOU KNOW, VETERANS DAY MEMORIAL DAY. I KNOW THERE'S SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT POTENTIALLY, YOU KNOW, DO WE TRY TO EXPAND TO HAVE MORE THAN ONE PARADE WITHIN THE TOWN? AND SO YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOOKING AT YOU KNOW SOME OF OUR NEW MEMBERS AND SEE HOW WE CAN KIND OF GET THEM, YOU KNOW, ALLOCATES FROM THE WORK AND THEN THE OTHER THING WE WERE TALKING ABOUT. ALSO UPDATING THE WEBSITE, SO ACTUALLY, THE VETERANS COMMITTEE HAS LIKE THEIR OWN WEBSITE, AND WE HAD A CONVERSATION AND MAYBE A LORRY. FREAKING TALKING LIKE HEY. HAVING IN SOME RESOURCES JUST TO GET THEM. ALL INTO LIKE THE CONSISTENT UM MONTGOMERY COLORS, ETCETERA. AND THAT'S ALL. OKAY WELL, UM, SO I HAVE A COUPLE OF, UM, COMMITTEES DIDN'T MEET, BUT FEW THINGS I WANTED TO BRING UP WE HAD A VERY SUCCESSFUL RABIES CLINIC, AND I REALLY WANT TO TALK. THANKS DR CHRISTINE NEUMANN, WHO IS HERE FOR HER SERVICE. IT'S A FREE RABIES CLINIC THAT WE DO ANNUALLY AND, UM, YOU WERE SO BLESSED IN MONTGOMERY TO FIRST OF ALL HAVE SOMEONE WHO'S GIVING UP HER TIME TO BE THERE, AND OUR RESIDENTS ARE ALSO VERY LUCKY TO HAVE THIS SERVICE FREE. AND SO THEIR PETS ARE HEALTHY. AND, OF COURSE, THAT MEANS HEALTHY COMMUNITY. THE OTHER THING THAT WE HAD THIS MONTH OF JANUARY MONTH WAS THE RAID ON KIDS, WHICH I ALSO TOOK ONE HOME, AND I HOPE I DO DO IT THIS TIME BECAUSE I DO TAKE THEM HOME AND THEN BUT BUT IT'S SUCH AN IMPORTANT IMPORTANT THING TO DO BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T EVEN REALIZE THAT THAT BORDERLESS, UM GAS CAN BE IN OUR HOUSES AND WE HAVE MANY OF US HAVE LIVED IN THE TOWN I'VE BEEN IN IN MY HOUSE FOR 24 PLUS YEARS AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THIS IS REALLY A SAFETY THING THAT I ENCOURAGE ALL RESIDENTS. WE DO HAVE FREE RAID ON KIDS. FIRST COME FIRST SERVE. I DON'T I THINK THEY ONLY HAVE ABOUT 100 AND 70. BUT I JUST WANT TO LET REMIND RESIDENTS THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE PROVIDE AT MONTGOMERY. SO PLEASE, IT'S A FREE SERVICE, AND IT'S IMPORTANT FOR YOUR FAMILY HEALTH. AND UM, ALSO, AS COMMITTEE MEN, UM DENNIS ON MENTIONED THE LUNAR NEW YEAR. WE WANT TO OBVIOUSLY WISH EVERYBODY HAPPY LUNAR YEAR TWO WHO CELEBRATE AND WE WERE AT THE, UM LOWER UPPER MIDDLE SCHOOL. SORRY WITH THE CHINESE SCHOOL. THEY DID A WONDERFUL PRESENTATION.
AND THEY DID, UM, WONDERFUL, VIBRANT, UM, EVENT AND WE WERE SO GLAD TO BE ALL THEIR MANY OF US DEPUTY MAYOR PARAGON WAS THERE AND, UM, COMING TO MEN DENNIS ON AND I WERE THERE AND, UM, IT'S SUCH A BLESSING, AND WE TALK ABOUT MONTGOMERY'S DIVERSITY AND THAT THAT EVENT WAS REALLY SOMETHING ELSE. AND AS COMMITTEEWOMAN PATRICIA TAYLOR TODD SAID, I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT YOU KNOW AGAIN FOR THANKS THEM FOR BEING HERE AND THAT FEBRUARY IS BLACK HISTORY MONTH AND WE ARE VERY PROUD OF OUR DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION IN MONTGOMERY. THANK
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YOU. ADMINISTRATORS REPORT. JUST PICKING UP ON YOUR RABIES REPORT . I WANTED TO THANK THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, THE CLERK'S OFFICE AND THE COMMUNICATIONS TEAM FOR GETTING THE WORD OUT BECAUSE THEY DID A GREAT JOB DOING THAT. LAST YEAR. WE DID 136 RABIES SHOTS, AND THIS YEAR WE DID 180 SO QUITE A QUITE A JUMP. THANK YOU. I ALSO WANTED TO THANK DR NEWMAN FOR HER VOLUNTEER WORK.THE STAFF LOVE WORKING WITH YOU AND APPRECIATE, UM EVERYONE'S EFFORTS WE DID DO WE HAVE INSTALLED SOME NUDE AS OF TODAY? EXTERIOR WAY FINDING SIGNAGE, SO YOU'LL SEE AND ENTRANCE SIGN ABOVE THE MAIN ENTRANCE. SOME PEOPLE WERE HAVING SOME CONFUSION AS TO WHERE THE MAIN ENTRANCE WAS. AND WE HAVE TWO FREESTANDING SMALL WAY FINDING SIGNS JUST TO HELP DIRECT PEOPLE TO THE FRONT THE FRONT DOOR. AND WE DO HAVE SOME INTERIOR WAY FINDING SIGNAGE FOR THE LOBBY.
THAT'S ON ORDER, AND WE WILL HAVE IT INSTALLED AS SOON AS IT'S BEEN BEEN DELIVERED. UM ON STAFFING. WHY THEY DID WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT KATIE WILLIAMS , OUR PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE, HAS LEFT FOR THE PRIVATE SECTOR. WE HELD ONTO AS LONG AS WE COULD. BUT SHE, UM, HAS A REALLY GREAT JOB OFFER, DOING SOME WONDERFUL WORK. AND WE REALLY WE REALLY MISS HER. BUT WE DO THANK HER FOR THE MENTORSHIP THAT SHE GAVE TO OUR GRADUATE PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE JOCELYN BROWN. WHO HAS NOW ON THE NECESSARY QUALIFICATIONS AND INTERVIEWED FOR THE POSITION AND SHE IS NOW OUR FULL TIME PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE. SO THAT REALLY THEY MADE A GREAT TEAM AND KATIE DID A TREMENDOUS JOB.
KIND OF TRAINING. JOCELYN AND JOCELYN IS A GREAT ADDITION TO THE BOARD OF HEALTH AND THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT'S TEAM, SO WE'RE VERY HAPPY ABOUT THAT. UM AND ON ANOTHER NOTE, I JUST WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT LIEUTENANT TOM FOR OSHAWA 27 YEAR VETERAN OF OUR POLICE FORCE , HAS RETIRED. HE WANTED TO GO QUIETLY. THAT WAS TOM'S WAY, RIGHT? NOT ONE FOR THE LIMELIGHT . SO UM, UH, STAFF WHERE THEY WERE ABLE TO ACKNOWLEDGE HIM AND WE JUST WANTED TO THANK HIM FOR HIS CONTRIBUTIONS, NOT JUST TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, BUT TO THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY, AND WE WILL GREATLY MISS HIM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND I ALSO GOT TO THANK HIM AND SAY GOODBYE TO TOM FRANCELLA. OKAY. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. I GUESS, UM . OKAY RESOLUTION NUMBER 24 DASH
[27. Resolution #24-2-83 - Closed Session]
TO DASH 83 â– EXECUTIVE SESSION BE IT RESOLVED BY THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE OF THE TOWNSHIP OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY OF SOMERSET, NEW JERSEY, HAS FOLLOWED. THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE WILL NOW CONVENE IN A CLOSED SESSION THAT WILL BE LIMITED ONLY TO THE CONSIDERATION OF ITEMS WITH RESPECT TO WHICH THE PUBLIC MAY BE EXCLUDED. FIRST WENT TO SECTION SEVEN B OF THE OPEN PUBLIC MEETINGS ACT. THE GENERAL NATURE OF THE SUBJECTS TO BE DISCUSSED IN THIS SESSION.ARTISTS FOLLOWS ANTICIPATED PENDING LITIGATION. COUNTRY CLUB MEDALS VERSUS TOWNSHIP OF MONTGOMERY REAL ESTATE MUNICIPAL PROPERTY.S UNKNOWN PRECISELY WHEN THE MATTER DISCUSSED IN THIS SESSION WILL BE DISCLOSED TO THE PUBLIC. ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY AND SETTLEMENT OF LITIGATION SHOULD ONLY BE APPROVED BY THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE IN A PUBLIC SESSION.
THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE WILL RETURN TO REGULAR SESSION AND MAY TAKE FURTHER ACTION. THIS RESOLUTION SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 24 DASH TO DASH 83 2ND ROLL CALL, PLEASE. COMMITTEE MEMBER ON? YES TAYLOR TODD YES, COMMITTEE MEMBER KEENAN? DEPUTY MAYOR BARICAN. YES. YES. WELL, T YOU ARE BACK. I'LL GIVE YOU BACK, OKAY? AND JUST LIKE. OKAY I HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE EXECUTIVE SESSION AND OPENED THE REGULAR SESSION. SECOND FAVOR ALL IN FAVOR. HI I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN. REMOVED. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR
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