May 02, 2024 Township Committee

GET STARTED HERE ON THE RIGHT. I HAVE THE IT'S NOT WORKING FOR YEAH, IT'S NOT WORKING. HE SAID.

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[Call to Order]

PLEASE JOIN US FOR PLEASURE FOR ALLEGIANCE. A RIGHT? UNITED STATES. ONE NATION. THE JUST.

[1. Resolution #24-5-153 -Authorizing the Promotion of Jason Larsen to Lieutenant in the Police Department ]

SO MOVED. SECOND ROLL CALL, PLEASE COMMITTEE MEMBER ON COMMITTEE MEMBER TAYLOR TODD COMMITTEE MEMBER KEENAN? YES, DEPUTY MAYOR BARRIGAN MAYOR S. YES. UH, IF I CAN JUST INVITE

[2. Oath of Office - Lieutenant Jason Larsen ]

SURE. I JUST LIKE TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT . I'D LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE A COUPLE PAST. UH, LEADERS OF THIS AGENCY WERE WITH US TONIGHT. RETIRED CAPTAIN. DIRECTOR.

ROBERT PALMER. LIEUTENANT KENNY CRUZ AND LIEUTENANT GUY, PHILIP BROWN. UH, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE IN THIS SPECIAL OCCASION TONIGHT. EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM OVER MY CAREER HAS BEEN A ROLE MODEL AND A MENTOR TO ME IN DIFFERENT WAYS. SO THIS LIEUTENANT'S PROCESS WAS ANNOUNCED LATE FEBRUARY. UH, THERE WERE FOUR SR TAKES WHO WERE ELIGIBLE FOR THE PROCESS AND TWO DECLARED CANDIDACY. UH JASON LARSON AND SEAN SULLIVAN. STANDING HERE THIS EVENING. I WOULD BE REMISS. IF I DIDN'T EXPRESS HOW PROUD I WAS OF BOTH CANDIDATES FOR THEIR PERFORMANCE AND WANTING TO BE AND HAVE A BIGGER ROLE IN THIS AGENCY AND ACCEPT MORE RESPONSIBILITY.

DURING THE INTERVIEWS, EACH OF THE CANDIDATES EXPRESS THEIR SINCERE RESPECT AND ADMIRATION FOR THE OTHER. THEY ADDED THAT THEY WERE CLASSMATES IN THE POLICE ACADEMY. UH AND IT WASN'T A COMPETITION. IT WAS A TEAM EFFORT, AND THEY BOTH DID GREAT AT IT. SO I'D LIKE TO THANK THE BOTH OF THEM FOR PARTICIPATING IN THAT PROCESS. BEFORE WE GET TO THE SWEARING IN OF JASON LARSON SOON TO BE LIEUTENANT LARSON. I JUST WANT TO SAY A FEW THINGS. JASON GRADUATED FROM THE BURLINGTON COUNTY POLICE ACADEMY IN 2003. IN 2002. JASON EARNED A BACHELOR OF ARTS IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE FROM KEENE UNIVERSITY. HE CONTINUED HIGHER EDUCATION AT SETON HALL UNIVERSITY, WHERE HE EARNED A MASTER OF ARTS DEGREE AND HUMAN SERVICES IN 2017. JASON WAS HIRED BY MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP IN OCTOBER 2002 AND HAS SERVED WITH DISTINCTION AS A PATROL OFFICER, A DETECTIVE IN THE INVESTIGATION SERVICES DIVISION, A PATROL SERGEANT ADMINISTRATIVE SERGEANT. AND MORE RECENTLY ENACTED ACTING ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION COMMANDER EARLIER THIS YEAR, JASON WAS ASSIGNED ACTING LIEUTENANT OF ADMINISTRATION DIVISION, WHERE HE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL CIVILIAN AND SWORN ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL OVERSEEING THE RECORDS MANAGEMENT DIVISION. HIRING AND RECRUITING, POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND THE FLEET. ADDITIONALLY, JASON CARRIES SEVERAL OTHER TITLES WITH REQUISITE RESPONSIBILITIES, INTERNAL AFFAIRS COMMANDER AGENCY, DRUG TEST COORDINATOR, PRESS INFORMATION OFFICER AND POLICE LIC IN COORDINATOR. DURING HIS RECENT ACTING ASSIGNMENT ROLES, ADMINISTRATIVE COMMANDER JASON HAS NOT ONLY DEMONSTRATED PROFICIENCY WHAT HAS EXCELLED IN IN THIS COMPLEX POSITION, BRINGING INNOVATION AND PROGRESSION TO THE DIVISION AND APPLYING IT TO MANY OF ITS COMPONENTS, INCLUDING OUR AGENCIES RECRUITING STRATEGIES. ADDITIONALLY JEM JASON HAS

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JASON SERVES ALONGSIDE OF ME AS A LIAISON. TO THE MONTGOMERY MUNICIPAL ALLIANCE AND MONTGOMERY MOSAIC. HE HAS PROVEN TO BE AN INTEGRAL PARTNER. AMONGST BOTH COMMUNITY LEADER GROUPS. HIS VALUES ALIGN WITH BOTH THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S DIRECTIVES AND THE TOWNSHIPS, INITIATIVES AND VALUES ON MENTAL HEALTH. DIVERSITY EQUITY INCLUSION THE RESPECTIVE THEMES OF BOTH OF THE COMMITTEES. JASON HAS CONTINUED HIS PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT, ATTENDING ALL MANNER OF INSERVICE TRAINING. INCLUDING ATTENDING MANY CHALLENGING AND SELECTIVE LEADERSHIP COURSES, CAPITALIZING ON THE FORMAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING HE RECEIVED TO IMPLEMENT IN PRACTICAL USES WITHIN THE AGENCY AND OUR COMMUNITY. JASON SERVES AS FIREARMS INSTRUCTOR FOR AGENCY, INFUSING HIS VAST TRAINING IN FIREARMS AND TACTICS INTO OUR FIREARMS TRAINING PROGRAM. RECENTLY JASON WAS PART OF A COMMITTEE RESPONSIBLE FOR RECENT RENOVATION OF OUR FIREARMS RANGE , ALONG WITH SERGEANT ALONG WITH SERGEANTS RYAN GRAY AND DEWITT GILES AGAIN DEMONSTRATING HIS COMMITMENT TO TAKING ACTIVE ROLE IN BEING PART OF A TEAM AND BRINGING INNOVATION AND PROGRESSION TO ONE OF OUR DEPARTMENT'S VITAL TRAINING PROGRAMS. JASON HAS RECEIVED NUMEROUS AWARDS FOR HIS EFFORTS IN SERVING THE MONTGOMERY COMMUNITY FOR OVER 20 YEARS. AND EARNING A VALOR AWARD, A MERITORIOUS SERVICE AWARD AND HONORABLE SERVICE AWARD IN LIFE SAVING AWARD. PREVIOUSLY I MENTIONED THAT JASON GRADUATED POLICE ACADEMY IN 2000 AND HE WAS 21 YEARS OLD AT THAT TIME. I WILL START AT 93. SO I HAD 10 YEARS ON THE JOB. I WAS 35 YEARS OLD. I WAS MARRY ALREADY TO MY WIFE, KELLY, AND WE HAD HER FIRST CHILD. TONIGHT. AS I STAND HERE TONIGHT, I FEEL TRULY BLESSED AND HONORED TO HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY. TO WORK WITH JASON AND WATCH HIM GROW AND DEVELOP PERSONALLY AND PROFESSIONALLY OVER THE PAST 20 YEARS FROM A YOUNG ROOKIE OFFICER TO PART OF MY COMMAND STAFF, I WISH JASON THE BEST OF LUCK. AND CONGRATULATE. HIM ON REACHING THIS MILESTONE OF HIS CAREER. IT'S WELL EARNED AND WELL DESERVED. THANK YOU.

DO YOU WANNA.

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[3. Proclamation - Recognizing May as Mental Health Awareness Month ]

[4. Proclamation - Recognizing Eagle Scouts John P. Lawler, Ethan Mathew, Vedant Mital and Vedh P. Mungara ]

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IF YOU.

RIGHT? OKAY UM, PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING BARBARA VANNING FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE. WE A RE THE

[5. Proclamation - Recognizing Barbara Vaning for Community Service ]

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GET YOU.

[6. Public Hearing - 2024 Municipal Budget ]

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USE OF BOARD OF EDUCATION, RECREATION FACILITIES, INCLUDING THE INDOOR SWIMMING POOL AND THE UPPER MIDDLE SCHOOL TENNIS COURTS, AND WE HAVE ENTERED INTO AN AGREEMENT TO CONVERT TWO OF THOSE TENNIS COURTS TO SIX PICKLE BALL COURTS. WE ALL ON THE DAIS ARE VERY PROUD THAT THE TOWNSHIPS SHARE OF THE TOTAL PROPERTY TAX BILL STANDS AT 14% MAKING IT THE SECOND LOWEST PERCENTAGE ACROSS ALL OF SOMERSET COUNTY. THANK YOU. I GUESS WE WILL GET THE BUDGET.

THE FEELING OR I'M DRINKING. MAY I HAVE A MOTION? I GUESS IT'S ME. UH, 2024 MUNICIPAL BUDGET.

MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING, SO OKAY. PUBLIC HEARING IS OPEN ME. OKAY, IT'S OPEN, I GUESS. SORRY ABOUT THAT. IS THERE ANYONE WHO HAS YES. OK? I GUESS NOT. OK? MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC SO OKAY? WE NEED TO ROLL ONE. I, A. OKAY RESOLUTION NUMBER 24-5 DASH

[7. Resolution #24-5-154 - Authorizing the Adoption of the 2024 Municipal Budget ]

COMMITTEE MEMBER TAYLOR TODD COMMITTEE MEMBER KEENAN YES, DEPUTY MAYOR BARRIGAN MAYOR

[8. Presentation - Deer Management Program ]

OKAY, SO, UM, WE HAVE. SO UM, MY NAME IS JAMIE MCQUADE. I'M THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE DEER MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE. THAT? NO, THAT'S NOT MY DAUGHTER. THAT'S MY NIECE. UH, I'M GLAD IT WAS THAT PICTURE AND NOT ANOTHER ONE. BUT, UM SO GET A HUNTING. YEAH, I HAVE A LOT OF HUNTING PICTURES ON HERE. SO UM, EVERY YEAR I COME IN AND GIVE A PRESENTATION TO EVERYBODY. ON THE COMMITTEE ABOUT HOW WE'RE DOING AND WHAT WE DID LAST YEAR, SO I THINK EVERYBODY HAS HEARD THAT MOST OF THIS PRESENTATION BEFORE, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SOME OF THE UPDATES. SO I'M GONNA TRY AND KEEP IT A LITTLE BIT, UH, SHORT FOR THE HISTORICAL NATURE OF SOME OF THIS STUFF. BUT SO WHY ARE WE MANAGING THE DEER? UH, THAT WHY WE WANT TO KEEP THE POPULATION LOW. THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WE LOOK AT. WE LOOK AT PUBLIC HEALTH, UM LYME DISEASE AND OTHER TICK BORNE DISEASES. PUBLIC SAFETY WITH DEER VEHICLE COLLISIONS. UM, AND IMPACTS THE FOREST ECOLOGY, WHICH I THINK WE ALL ARE ARE PRETTY AWARE OF AS WELL. UM SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO

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UM SO ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS AND I THINK IT IS FOR EVERYBODY IS THE SAFETY THAT HUNTING BRINGS TO A SOME OF THE, UM I GUESS PRECONCEIVED IDEAS OF HUNTERS IN TOWN AS BEING AN UNSAFE SITUATION. SO JUST SO EVERYBODY IS AWARE OF WHAT WE DO ANNUALLY. UM, WE HAVE A SAFETY ORIENTATION FOR EVERYBODY WHO APPLIES UM AND HAS APPROVED SO THE DEP IS THERE. THEY GIVE US A SAFETY ORIENTATION BASED ON THEIR UM, HUNTER SAFETY SYSTEM OR ON OUR SAFETY ORIENTATION.

THE POLICE ATTEND IN IN DEWITT GIVES IT A PRESENTATION. AND THEN WE HAVE WILDLIFE COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND STAFF THERE AS WELL. UM SO WE ALSO CHECK TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY HAS A MILLION DOLLARS OF LIABILITY INSURANCE. UM, WE DO AN ANNUAL BACKGROUND CHECK NOT ONLY OF POLICE RECORDS THAT SORT OF THING. WE DO A FISH AND GAME VIOLATIONS. IF ANYBODY HAS FISH AND GAME VIOLATIONS, THEY ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE PROGRAM. UM WE HAVE A CALL IN NUMBER PRIOR TO HUNTING SO EVERY TIME WE GO OUT AND HUNT I HAVE TO CALL INTO A BASICALLY AN ANSWERING SERVICE. TELL THEM WHERE I'M LOCATED THE DATE THE TIME HOW TO GET IN TOUCH WITH ME SO THAT IF THERE IS A UH, SOMEWHAT A CONCERNED CITIZEN WHO SAYS, YOU KNOW, I SAW SOMEONE WALKING DOWN THE STREET WITH A BOW. THEY KINDA KNOW WHERE. WHERE? WHAT'S GOING ON IN IN ARE AWARE THAT WE'RE THERE. ALSO PROVIDES FOR THE SAFETY OF THE HUNTERS, SO THAT WE CAN SAY OH, THERE'S A CAR AND IT'S BEEN THERE OVERNIGHT. WHAT'S GOING ON IN THAT SITUATION, AND ACTUALLY, WE DID HAVE SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THAT HAPPENED LAST LAST YEAR WHERE UM SOMEONE CALLED IN AND THERE WAS A HUNTER, WHO WAS OUT IN THE WOODS A LITTLE BIT LONGER AFTER DARK THAN ANTICIPATED AND DEWITT WENT IN AND FOUND HIM AND EVERYTHING TURNED OUT GREAT, BUT THE SAME TIME IT IT WORKS BOTH WAYS. UM AND AT UP TO DATE.

HOPEFULLY UM, I KNOCK ON WOOD A LOT. THERE ARE ZERO INCIDENTS. THERE'S BEEN ZERO INCIDENTS OR AN ACCIDENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROGRAM. AND YOU KNOW WE ARE VERY CAREFUL ABOUT WHO WAS IN IT, HOW THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT THE RULES ARE, AND WE KIND OF GO. PRETTY HARD CORE ON ON MAKING SURE THAT EVERYBODY IS IT ON BOARD AND IF THEY IF THEY DON'T WANT ALL THE RULES, THEY CAN FIND A DIFFERENT PROGRAM TO HUNT IN. UM SO STATEWIDE. THERE'S BEEN A FEW THINGS IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS THAT HAVE REALLY IMPACTED THE DEER HERD. ONE OF THEM IS I'M GOING TO TRY AND SAY IT RIGHT? IS THAT THE ZOO HEMORRHAGIC DISEASE, WHICH IS EHD? WE HAD A PRETTY MAJOR OUTBREAK IN THE STATE IN 2021. UM IN EVERY COUNTY, WHICH IS KIND OF NOT SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS EVERY YEAR. UM, BUT SOMERSET WAS HIT PRETTY HARD. WE HAVE CERTAIN AREAS OF TOWN AND CERTAIN PROPERTIES THAT WE HUNT THAT WERE HIT HARDER THAN OTHERS . IT CAN BE LOCALIZED, BUT OVERALL, IT WAS. IT WAS A PRETTY, UM I DON'T KNOW THAT IT WAS A PANDEMIC, BUT IT WAS AND SOMETHING ENDEMIC CAN ENDEMIC OR WHATEVER YOU WANNA CALL IT. SO THAT HAPPENED IN 2021. UM WHEN WE HAVE A HIGH MASS CROP, LIKE WHICH IS A LOT OF ACORNS, THE DEER DON'T COME IN TO THE CORNERS READILY THAT WE BAIT WITH SO WE TEND TO HAVE LOWER HARVESTS IN THOSE YEARS. UM AND ALSO IN 2021. I DON'T REMEMBER WHICH, UM, HURRICANE IT WAS TIGHTER. BUT WE HAD PRETTY MASSIVE FLOODING AND I THINK THIS ALL CONTRIBUTED TO A LOWER NUMBER IN DEER. DENSITY ACROSS THE TOWNSHIP. UM LAST YEAR. OUR HARVEST RATE WAS IT WAS DOWN. COMPARED TO PREVIOUS YEARS. UM BUT I WANT TO KIND OF PREFACE. ALL OF THE STUFF IN RELATION TO THE, UM THE STATE NUMBERS. THE STATE NUMBERS. I DON'T HAVE THE STATE NUMBERS AT THE TIME OF WHEN I MADE THE PRESENTATION LIKE I HAVE IN THE PAST, THERE WAS AN ISSUE WITH SOMEBODY IN THE STATE. UM, LIKE I THINK A FORMER ADMINISTRATOR PASSED AWAY. SO THEY POSTPONED THEIR STATE HEARING. SO I USUALLY COINCIDES WITH THIS MEETING, BUT IT JUST DIDN'T WORK OUT. UM, BUT I WILL UPDATE THE PRESENTATION

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INITIALLY WHEN THE PROGRAM STARTED, THERE WAS 88 DEER PER SQUARE MILE. UM IN 2021 BEFORE ALL THAT THERE WAS NEGATIVE THINGS HAPPEN. WE GOT IT DOWN TO 69 DEER PER SQUARE MILE, WHICH IS THERE'S STILL A LOT, BUT IT'S A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE, AND IT SHOWS THAT WHAT WE ARE DOING IS WORKING. SO ONE OF THE THINGS I THINK WE'RE PROBABLY IN NEED OF AT THIS POINT IS AN UPDATED POPULATION STUDY TO KIND OF SEE WHERE WE STAND. POST DH D POST. FLOODING. POST HARDER PRESSURE YOU KNOW, IN IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, SO WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO INCENTIVIZE ANTLERLESS HARVESTING. UM AND MAINTAIN THAT HIGH RATE OF ANTLERS HARVEST. SO JUST SOME OF THE NUMBERS AGAIN. THIS IS NOT CURRENT BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THE STATE'S NUMBERS, BUT I WOULD ANTICIPATE THAT THAT IF YOU LOOK AT THE CHART, THE LITTLE LINE SHOWS THE PERCENTAGE OF THE TOWNSHIP WIDE UH, HUNTING THAT HAPPENS IN THE TOWNSHIP. THAT'S EITHER THAT IS HOW DO I SAY THIS RIGHT? THAT IS INCLUDED. OR THE PROGRA. MME IS THE ORANGE BAR. THE BLUE BAR WOULD BE ALL THE PRIVATE HUNTERS, RIGHT? SO AND OUR LITTLE GROUP OF HUNTERS INCREASINGLY HAS HARVESTED A HIGHER PERCENTAGE OF THE TOWNSHIPS THERE. OVER THE YEARS AND I WOULD ANTICIPATE THAT THIS WILL CONTINUE TO RISE. EVEN THOUGH THE NUMBER WAS DOWN, THE PERCENTAGE SHOULD STILL GO UP.

OH GO AHEAD, YOU KNOW. SO YOU'RE SAYING THAT THE THAT THE BLUE BAR ACTUALLY INCLUDES THE MUNICIPAL AND THE OK, EVERYBODY CLEAR ON THAT. IT'S A LITTLE BIT WONKY TO EXPLAIN. UM IT'S JUST A QUICK QUESTION. SORRY. UM A ANY THOUGHTS ON WHY, UH, THE NUMBER OF DEERS HARVESTED IS DOWN. ARE THERE LIKE LESS HUNTERS? A AR THE HUNTERS HUNTING NICE. THAT'S ONE OF THE THEORIES. I THINK THAT THERE'S LESS AVAIL. PEOPLE LIKE DURING COVID. EVERYBODY COULD GO OUT RIGHT AND THERE'S DIFFERENT OBLIGATIONS. THAT'S ONE OF THE THEORIES. I THINK THE BIG THEORY RIGHT NOW IS THAT THE STATE WAS PRETTY SEVERELY IMPACTED BY EHD. SO I MEAN, WHEN THAT THAT THAT REALLY, UH THAT

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SORRY FOR THE UM BUT I THINK THEY'RE GETTING WISE TO THAT. AND THEY'RE KIND OF MOVING INTO THE SUBDIVISIONS, AND THEY'RE MOVING INTO THOSE PLACES WHERE THERE IS NO ACCESS FOR HUNTING.

ONE OF OUR OUR STRATEGIES AT THIS POINT IS TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF PERMITS ON ON CERTAIN PROPERTIES, THEREFORE, REDUCING THE PRESSURE BECAUSE WHEN YOU PRESSURIZE THEM. THEY LIKE LAWRENCE SAID. THEY'LL MOVE A LOT OF PLACES THEY MOVE TO ARE PLACES WHERE WE CAN'T GO RIGHT.

SO IT'S EITHER WE DON'T HAVE PERMISSION TO OR YOU KNOW IT'S A DEVELOPMENT OR SOMETHING, AND THAT'S WHERE EVERYBODY SEES THEM, AND THAT'S WHERE THEY IMPACT A LOT OF PEOPLE'S STUFF.

SO, UM THIS IS THE PERCENTAGE OF ANTLER VERSUS ANTLER LIST AND AGAIN. I DON'T HAVE THE STATE'S NUMBERS TO COMPARE THIS, BUT THE STATE IS USUALLY AROUND 35% ANTLERED. AND WE MAINTAIN ABOUT 10 TO 12% WHICH IS GREAT. THE PEOPLE IN THE PROGRAM ARE REALLY KIND OF, UH, EMBRACING WHAT WE ASKED THEM TO DO, WHICH IS GOOD. UM AGAIN. THIS IS JUST THE NOT LIKE A FLAT OUT NUMBER. THE BAR THAT YOU SEE HERE IS CALLED A TREND BAR. YOU CAN SEE THAT IT'S TRENDING UPWARD. UM, OVER THE LAST. I THINK THAT'S 10 YEARS. CAN SEE THE OUTLIER FOR 2020 2021 WHEN EVERYBODY WAS WORKING FROM HOME AND DIDN'T HAVE TO COMMUTE TO WORK AND COULD GO GET IN THEIR TREE STAND AT 530 IN THE MORNING AND STILL BE BACK AT THEIR HOME DESK TO LOG INTO WORK. YOU NEVER DID THAT. UM SO THOSE ARE A LOT OF THE NUMBERS NOW, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THAT, YOU KNOW, REALLY IMPACT THE COMMUNITY OVERALL. UM, WE THIS IS SHOWS A MAP OF WHERE REPORTED ACCIDENTS HAVE HAPPENED IN TOWN. SO THESE A RE, THE DEER COLLISIONS AND I AND AGAIN I DON'T HAVE THE CURRENT DATE, BUT WE'RE THIS IS FROM 2005 TO 2022, SO YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE MORE FREQUENT PLACES. WHERE INCIDENTS OCCUR. TRAFFIC VEHICLE COLLISIONS, AND YOU CAN ALSO SEE ON THE MAP. THE PROPERTIES THAT WE HUNT ON OUTLINED IN. I GUESS THAT'S PURPLE OUTLINED IN PURPLE . YEP SO IT'S SORT OF A HEAT SIGNATURE MAP, SO THE HIGHEST CONCENTRATION OF ACCIDENTS IS REPRESENTED IN THE RED COLORING.

AND AGAIN. THESE ARE REPORTED ACCIDENTS. SO THIS ISN'T FOLKS WHO MAYBE JUST KIND OF GRAZE THE DEER OR MAYBE THEY'RE DRIVING A CAR THAT THEY DON'T NEED TO CLEAN FOR INSURANCE DAMAGE. UM AND YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF THEM CLUSTERED AT INTERSECTIONS, ESPECIALLY ON THE MORE RURAL ROADS ON 518 AND ON 601 WHERE THEY'RE JUST CORRELATING MAYBE TO THE NEAREST INTERSECTION BECAUSE IT'S NOT IN FRONT. SPECIFIC ADDRESS, SO THAT'S WHY IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S MAYBE HAPPENING AT AN INTERSECTION THAT'S KIND OF AN ARTIFICIAL UM SENSITIVITY THERE. THEY'RE ACTUALLY THINKING THE COVID YEARS THE NUMBER OF REPORTED COLLISIONS WENT DOWN, TOO, BECAUSE PEOPLE MOST PEOPLE WERE ON THE ROAD. PEOPLE WERE DRIVING MY SO, UM THIS IS BASICALLY THE SAME WAY OF SAYING THAT IF, AS OUR HARVEST RATES GO UP, THE NUMBER OF COLLISIONS GO DOWN AND THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE'VE SEEN. UM AND THAT IS A DEFINITE IMPACT OF, UH YOU KNOW THE NUMBER OF DEER THAT WE GET IT. IT SEEMS I'VE NEVER DONE STATISTICAL ANALYSIS ON IT, BUT IT SURE SEEMS THAT WAY. UM THE LYME DISEASE. THE LYME DISEASE LAST YEAR WENT UP IN TOWN. WHICH WAS A LITTLE SURPRISING WHEN WE FIRST HEARD THAT, BUT IT COULD BE IN IN LAUREN AND I WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS EARLIER. THE LYME DISEASE CASES HAVE GONE UP BUT ARE HARVEST DID GO DOWN SO AND THAT COULD BE WHERE THIS COULD NOT BE RELATED AT ALL. I MEAN, THAT'S ALSO A POSSIBILITY AGAIN. STATISTICALLY I. I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO THAT. THE LYME DISEASE SEEMS TO CYCLE WITH THOSE KIND OF UP AND DOWN AND WE'RE NOT SURE IF IT TOTALLY CORRELATES WITH A OUR HARVEST INCREASES OR DECREASES. BUT THERE SEEMS TO BE A CORRELATION THERE IN TERMS OF AN CORRELATION AS OUR HARVEST GOES DOWN THE CASES GO UP. MM. UM THIS IS PROBABLY THE MOST 111 OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS TO UNDERSTAND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT WHAT HOW WE HARVEST DEER IN MONTGOMERY. UM WE ONLY HUNT ON 8.06% OF THE LAND. AND IN GENERAL ON THE 8.6. PERCENT OF THE LAND WERE TAKEN. LAST YEAR. WE TOOK 57% OF THE DEER OF WHICH IS A LOT. AND I WOULD IMAGINE

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UM AND 2023 24 867 DEER WERE DONATED TO THE PROGRAM. UH, THIS IS ON A STATEWIDE BASIS. WHICH RESULTED IN ABOUT £28,000 OF VENISON, WHICH YIELDED 100 AND 14,000 MEALS RIGHT, SO THAT'S STATEWIDE. IN OUR PROGRAM. WE DONATED 72 DEER. WHICH WAS 8% OF THE TOTAL. DONATION FOR THE STATE. AND THAT BASICALLY YIELDED ABOUT £2700 OF VENISON, WHICH IS ABOUT A LITTLE BIT OVER 11,000. SERVINGS OF PROTEIN. THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE FOOD INSECURITY , SO THAT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT ASPECT. A LOT OF PEOPLE WHEN THEY THINK ABOUT UM DEAR MANAGEMENT. THEY ALWAYS GET THE IMPRESSION THAT PEOPLE JUST WASTE THE ANIMAL AND WE DO NOT DO THAT. AND WE HAVE IT SET UP SO THAT WE CONTINUE TO INCENTIVIZE. UM DONATING IT. AND THE PROGRAM FEES OR THE PERMIT FEES THAT ARE PAID BY EACH HUNTER FOR HUNTING. A PROPERTY GOES TOWARDS THE COST OF THE TOWNSHIP. BUT, UM, THAT MATERIAL UM SO MOVING FORWARD IN SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT WE PUT IN UM, JUST TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE STATE REALLY VIEWS OUR PROGRAM AS A MODEL PROGRAM. UM, THERE'S HOPEWELL PROGRAMS. THERE'S HILLSBORO PROGRAM. THERE'S A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT TOWNS THAT HAVE PROGRAMS, BUT A LOT OF THEM ARE BASED OFF OF WHAT WE DO. WE HAVE A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH THE DP. WE DO A LOT OF WORK WITH THEM. UM, THERE IT'S A THE DEER MANAGEMENT PROGRAM IS ACTUALLY A COST EFFECTIVE WAY TO MANAGE THE HERD. UM WE ARE ANNUALLY ASSESSING THE PROGRAM MODIFYING THE PERMIT NUMBERS. I MENTIONED THAT A LITTLE BIT. UM WE TRYING TO IMPROVE THE DONATION PROCESS TO GET MORE PEOPLE INVOLVED, UM, WHICH CAN ALSO INFLUENCE THE HARVEST RATE. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT DEBORAH FOUND FOR US WAS A COMMUNITY BASED DEER MANAGEMENT. GRANT APPLICATION PROCESS THAT IT WAS A NEW PROGRAM THAT THE STATE OFFERED THIS YEAR. SO WE HAVE APPLIED FOR SOME GRANT MONEY FROM THAT. WHICH SHOULD HELP. IF APPROVED, I GUESS OFFSET THE SOME OF THE COSTS WITH THE VENISON DONATION AS WELL AS HOPEFULLY OFF OFFSET THE COST OF DOING A NEW SURVEY.

RIGHT WE DON'T I DON'T KNOW WHEN THAT MONEY OR GRANT IS AWARDED, BUT I WOULD ASSUME AT SOME POINT, BUT IT IS REALLY A NEW PROGRAM AND I CAN'T IMAGINE THAT WE WOULDN'T GET SOME FUNDING FROM THAT. THERE'S A RESOLUTION FOR THAT LATER ON YOUR AGENDA. ALL RIGHT. SO FOR 2024 25 WE LISTEN TO SOME OF THE HUNTERS. A LOT OF THE HUNTERS SAY THERE'S NO FEMALE DEER AROUND. THERE'S BUCKS ONLY MALES. SO WE A RE CHANGING OUR MINIMUM HARVEST REQUIREMENT. TO TWO DEER, ONE OF WHICH CAN BE ANSWERED, AND THAT'S HOW YOU GET GRANDFATHERED INTO YOUR PROPERTY FROM NEXT YEAR. WE STILL WILL OBVIOUSLY PREFER THAT PEOPLE TAKE TWO ANT DEER, BUT I'VE HEARD THAT I'VE HEARD THAT STATEWIDE THAT THERE'S NOT AS MANY DO AROUND AND ALL THESE BUCKS ARE WALKING AROUND AND WE DON'T DO ANYTHING WITH THEM. SO WE'VE LISTENED. WE'RE GONNA GIVE THEM A LITTLE BIT OF A, UM REPRIEVE ON ON THAT, AND, UH HOW THEY APPROACH HUNTING. UM I TALKED TO THE DP BEFORE WE DID IT. KIND OF GOT THEIR BLESSING. SO IT WASN'T SOMETHING THAT WE JUST KIND OF MADE UP, BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE'VE I'VE SAID IN THIS ALL UM, PRESENTATION, BUT, UM SO KIND OF IN SUMMARY, UM THE DP REALLY VIEWS THIS PROGRAM AS EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL, AND AS I MENTIONED, IT'S A MODEL PROGRAM. UM, BUT WE STILL ALWAYS HAVE WORK TO BE DONE. WHICH IS WHY WE THINK ABOUT THINGS. TRY TO THINK ABOUT THINGS DIFFERENTLY. WE LISTEN TO THE HUNTER SURVEYS THAT WE GET BACK. UM MOST OF THEM WE LISTEN TO. SOME OF THEM ARE A LITTLE GOOFY, BUT, UM FOR THE MOST PART THERE, THERE. WE ALWAYS GAIN SOMETHING FROM THEM.

UM, BUT WHETHER WE CAN ALWAYS DO MORE WITH MORE RESOURCES, AND WHEN I THINK ABOUT RESOURCES,

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[9. Presentation - Pike Brook Sewer Upgrade Project ]

GOOD EVENING. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. JIM COSGROVE FROM ONE WATER CONSULTING I HAVE WITH ME.

CHRIS LAVACA, YOUR DIRECTOR OF WASTEWATER OPERATIONS, AND MARK HERM IN YOUR TOWNSHIP ENGINEER.

WE'RE MOSTLY GONNA SPEND OUR TIME TONIGHT ON THE PIKE BROOK WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, BUT I DID THINK IT WAS WORTHWHILE SPENDING JUST A COUPLE OF MINUTES. REFRESHING YOUR MEMORY ON ON WASTEWATER ISSUES IN IN THE TOWNSHIP. SO I WANTED TO JUST GIVE A QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE TREATMENT PLANS. UPDATE FOR YOU ON THE PROGRESS WITH THE CONSTRUCTION AT THE STAGE TWO TREATMENT PLAN BECAUSE THERE HAS BEEN VERY SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS SINCE I WAS HERE LAST AND THEN SPEND MOST OF OUR TIME, WHICH IS NOT MUCH PIKE BROOK. UM THE EXPANSION AND THE UPGRADE OF THE

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KIND OF PUT IN THE BOTTOM THERE ABOUT OPERATE THE PLANT. AND YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE ONE SEGMENT OF THE FLOOD WALL UP. THAT'S ALREADY SO THERE JUST TO ROB JENSEN, WHO'S UM, DOING AN

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WHILE ALL THIS IS GOING ON. AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE TOP PICTURE THERE, THAT'S A HUGE AREA. THEY CAN'T DO ANYTHING IN WELL, CONSTRUCTION IS GOING ON. THEY HAD TO MOVE TANKS AND GET TEMPORARY STRUCTURES AND IT'S REALLY A LOGISTICAL NIGHTMARE TO TREAT WASTEWATER THOROUGHLY WHILE ALL THIS IS GOING ON. IT'S GONE VERY WELL. SO COMPLIMENT THEM FOR CAN I ASK? A QUESTION YOU MENTIONED WERE S THIS SUMMER? AND WE HAVE TO. WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING THAT'S NEVER ACTUALLY BEEN DONE DOWN THERE. WHICH IS, UM, BYPASS THE MAIN AREA TANK.

COUNCIL. WE'LL SEE WHERE WE ARE. WE'VE ORDERED UP A NICE DRY SUMMER, SO THEY HAVE LESS AT LEAST AMOUNT OF WASTE WATER THAT THEY HAVE TO HANDLE. OK NOW LET'S SWITCH OVER TO THE PIKE BROOK EXPANSION AND UPGRADE YOU RECALL THE LAST TIME I WAS HERE, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS. THE UPGRADE IS REALLY REQUIRED FOR TWO REASONS. ONE IS WE NEED TO ACHIEVE MORE STRINGENT EFFLUENT LIMITS. THE DP HAS ISSUED A PERMIT SINCE I WAS HERE LAST WE EXPECTED. WHAT TO HAPPEN. WHAT DID HAPPEN, WHICH IS THEY ESTABLISHED NITRATE. LIMITS THAT ARE MORE STRINGENT THAN THE EXISTING PLANT CAN CAN GET DOWN TO SO WE NEED TO IMPROVE THE PERFORMANCE OF THE TREATMENT PLANT SUCH THAT NITRATE IS REMOVED. IN ADDITION, WE HAVE THE PHYSICAL SIZE OF THE PLANT.

THE AN EXPANSION IS REQUIRED SO THAT WE CAN CONNECT CARRIER SO THAT WE CAN CONNECT SOME OF THE NEW DEVELOPMENT THAT'S ALREADY BEEN APPROVED, UH, TO GO INTO THAT, UM SEWER SERVICE AREA. UM SO WE NEED TO MAKE THE PLANT LARGER, AND WE NEED TO MAKE IT. TO A HIGHER LEVEL. SO THAT WE MEET THE FLUENT LIMITS OF THE ESTIMATED CONSTRUCTION COST FROM THE UPGRADES AND THE EXPANSION OR $13.6 MILLION. THAT'S THE CAPITAL COST. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A SERIOUS AMOUNT OF MONEY HERE. NOW MIKE AND A AND A FEW MINUTES WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE FINANCES ON THIS AND THANKFULLY YOU'RE IN A DECENT POSITION, IN TERMS OF TIMING OF DEBT. THAT THIS WON'T HAVE A SERIOUS NEGATIVE IMPACT. BUDGETING ISSUES, BUT WOULD YOU THOUGHTS ON THAT JUST FOR A MINUTE? JUST IN TERMS OF A SCHEDULE. UH, WE'RE EXPECTING TO RECEIVE ALL THE PERMITS REQUIRED FOR THE PLANT THIS MONTH. UM WE NEED TO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING. WE'RE GOING TO THE NEW JERSEY I BANK FOR FINANCING. THAT REQUIRES A PUBLIC HEARING. SO WE'RE PLANNING ON THAT FOR IN JUNE.

ONCE THAT OCCURS, THERE'S A WAY, A 30 DAY WAITING PERIOD AND THEN YOU CAN GO OUT, UH, TO ADVERTISE FOR BIDS. OF THAT. WE'RE HOPING TO BE IN JULY OF 2024. AND THEN ASSUMING WE GET BIDS BACK IN AUGUST, WE COULD AWARD A CONTRACT IN SEPTEMBER. THEN BE COMPLETE WITH CONSTRUCTION IN MARCH OF 2026. THAT LEAVES ABOUT A YEAR. BEFORE THOSE NEW AFFLUENT LIMITS BECOME EFFECTIVE. BUT YOU DON'T WANT IS YOU DON'T WANT TO BE JUST FINISHING CONSTRUCTION. AND HAVE THOSE NEW AFFLUENT LIMITS EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY. YOU WANT A PERIOD OF MONTHS WHERE THE OPERATORS CAN TRY OUT THEIR NEW PLANT AND WORK OUT THE KINKS AND , UM, SO THE TIMING IS GOOD. I REALLY WOULDN'T WANT IT TO BE MUCH LATER THAN WE'VE GOTTEN. THIS AT THIS POINT. OH, OK, SO I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MIKE NOW, JUST FOR A QUICK OVERVIEW ON ON THE FINANCIAL CONSIDERATION.

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WE DID A LOT BY LOT ANALYSIS IN THE SEWER SERVICE AREA. AND WE, YOU KNOW, IF WE KNEW ON A PARTICULAR LOT, THERE WAS A SPECIFIC PLAN. WE USE THAT. BUT ON OTHER LOTS WHERE THERE MIGHT NOT BE ANY PLAN, WE USE EXISTING ZONING AND ASSUMED THAT LOT WOULD BE BUILT OUT, ACCORDING TO EXISTING ZONE. CAN I ASK A QUESTION? WHEN DO THE WHEN DO THE, UH THE NITRATE LEVELS? WHEN DOES IT HAVE TO BE? ONES THAT CAN BE IN 2020. EXCUSE ME, APRIL 1ST OF 2027 AND THEN IN TERMS OF THE CONSTRUCTION RIGHT. YOU. BIG PROJECTS GOING ON AT THE SAME TIME OR WHERE, WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO BE IN TERMS OF EACH OTHER. UM. EXPERT LEVEL OPERATIONS. YOU HAVE THE STAFF AND THE PEOPLE THAT KNOW HOW UH, I. I MISSED THAT. HOW LONG WILL THEY OVERLAP? UM, PROBABLY ABOUT . AND HOW MUCH IS CARRIER? UM, HOW MUCH IS CARRIER? PUTTING TOWARDS THIS, UH, THIS BILL.

YEAH, THEY'RE PUTTING ININ ABOUT $2 MILLION. I BELIEVE THERE'S ONE OR TWO INSTALLMENTS LEFT.

THEY'VE ALREADY PAID A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF WHAT THEY OWE. ALSO UNLIKE STAGE TWO, THIS ISN'T A COMPLETE REBUILD. THIS IS AUXILIARY SYSTEMS BEING BROUGHT ONLINE, SO THE PLANT WILL PRETTY MUCH RUN STEADY AND AS THOSE SYSTEMS ARE BROUGHT ONLINE, THEN WE CAN BRING THEM INTO OPERATION SO IT WON'T AFFECT MY OPERATION. YEAH. THIS OPERATING PIPE DURING THIS CONSTRUCTION WILL BE MUCH SIMPLER THAN OPERATING STAGE TWO, MUCH SIMPLER. YEAH. AND THE OTHER THING I SHOULD MENTION IS WE'VE HAD THIS IN MONTGOMERY IN THE PAST WHEN WE ADDED MEMBRANE BIOREACTORS TO BOTH PIKE ROCK AND SKILLMAN VILLAGE. THOSE WERE THOSE WERE GOING ON AT THE SAME TIME AS WELL. SO THE REASON YOU'RE TRYING TO GET THIS DONE IS BECAUSE YOU WANT TO HAVE THAT TIME TO TRY IT OUT BEFORE THE T. UH, THE FIRST OF APRIL. 2020 27. I DON'T WANT YOU TO RUN OUT OF FLOW. SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE DANGEROUSLY CLOSE TO BEING AT CAPACITY OF THAT PLANT. SO ONCE YOU CONNECT UM, CARRIER. AND MAYBE SOME OTHER DEVELOPMENTS OR PORTIONS OF DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE COMING IN. YOU'RE GETTING VERY CLOSE. TO THE PERMITTED FLOW. OH, SO WE WANNA GET YOU KNOW, EXPANDED BEFORE THERE'S A REAL PROBLEM WITH CAPACITY. GOT YOU. AND JUST TO ADD ON TO WHAT JIM WAS SAYING. THERE ARE A FEW OTHER PROJECTS THAT WERE APPROVED, ONE OF WHICH IS A PROJECT IN HARWIN, WHICH IS A CO A PROJECT. UH, SORRY. I KNOW COA DOESN'T EXIST ANYMORE. IT'S AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT. UH, THE TOWNSHIP DOES HAVE OBLIGATIONS TO MEET WITH THAT.

UH SO THAT'S ONE OF THEM. UH, TOWNSHIP ALSO HAS COMMITTED FLOW TO, UH, A TTIC REALTY WHO BUILT

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PIPE BROKE AGAIN. WE PLAN FOR THIS. WE HAVE OFFSETS FOR IT. AND UH, WE FEEL THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO EFFICIENTLY HANDLE THIS WITHOUT MAJOR INCREASES, OR OR OR, UH YEAH. MAJOR INCREASES. IF WE GET TO 2030, THEN ALL SUDDEN AGAIN, YOU SEE IT DROPPING ALL THE WAY DOWN TO 2002 POINT 8,000,002 0.9 MILLION. UH, RIGHT AFTER THAT, WHICH AGAIN IS IN LINE WITH SOME OTHER POSSIBLE PROJECTS, WHICH IS A TALK FOR ANOTHER DAY. UM, BUT AGAIN IN TERMS OF OUR OUR OUR DEBT. WE WOULD BE GOING THROUGH THE IAN AND AS YOU ALL KNOW, AND REMEMBER, IAN, THE BENEFIT OF THAT IS IT'S A LITTLE MORE RED TAPE MORE PAPERWORK AT THE END OF THE DAY. HALF OF THE LOAN IS INTEREST FEE FREE, AND IT'S HUGE NOWADAYS, WITH INTEREST RATES BEING UP UM, SO THAT'S YOU KNOW OUR FINANCING PLAN AGAIN. 2030 IS THAT YEAR THAT WE WANT TO GET TO AND WE BELIEVE IN FELIX'S MANAGEABLE ADVANTAGE TO THE I BANK. I SHOULD MENTION WHICH IS YOU DON'T HAVE TO START PAYING THE LOAN BACK UNTIL AFTER THE PLAN IS FINISHED, WHEREAS NORMALLY AS YOU'RE DOING CONSTRUCTION, YOU NEED TO PAY FOR IT. YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT. OKAY? MAYBE WE COULD PLAN TO BE DONE. OFFICIALLY AS LEE IS POSSIBLE, BLATANTLY FOR QUITE A WHILE. A TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE NEED TO DO TO MAKE THIS ALL HAPPEN. REALLY? IT'S A BOND ORDINANCE. INTRODUCE A BOND ORDINANCE. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU'RE SHOOTING FOR MAY 16TH FOR THAT ORDINANCE. AND ADOPTION.

EVERYBODY'S VOTING ON THE JUNE 6TH. AND THEN ULTIMATELY, THE NEXT STEP WOULD BE ONCE WE GO OUT TO BID. WE GET BIDS, IT WOULD BE AWARDING THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT AND THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE IN THE FALL. OK? THAT'S ALL WE HAVE FOR YOU TONIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

[10. Public Comment ]

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THANK YOU. YOU CAN LEAVE THAT WITH, UH, LISA WITH THE CLERK TO GIVE THEM TO HER. NOT YOU. UM WE TRY NOT TO HAVE PEOPLE COME. I MEAN, WE KNOW YOU, BUT, UH, JUST JUST TO THE PROTOCOL IS TO GIVE IT TO YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND SARAH. THANK YOU, TOO. I HOPE THAT YOU WILL SAVE THIS THING YOU KNOW, NEEDS TO BE REPAIRED. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING IN. I'VE BEEN THERE.

MAYBE THEY CAN, YOU KNOW MORE FLOWER PROJECTS MAKE IT INTO A REAL FLOW. FLOWER GARDEN, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT CAN. WE CAN DO A LOT WITH THAT AFTER IT HAS A ROOF. OKAY, ANYONE ELSE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? I GUESS. CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT, SO MOVED SECOND. ALL IN FAVOUR. MM. ORDINANCES, INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READING. ORDINANCE NUMBER 24-1731 BOUGHT

[11. Ordinance #24-1731 -Bond Ordinance Providing for the Improvement of the Sewer System in and by Ihe Township of Montgomery, in the County of Somerset, New Jersey, Appropriating $250,000 Therefor and Authorizing the Issuance of $250,000 Bonds or Notes of the Township to Finance the Cost There of- Introduction/First Reading]

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[12. Ordinance #24-1732 - An Ordinance Establishing a Comprehensive Salary and Wage Plan for the Township of Montgomery, Somerset County, and to Provide for its Administration in 2024 - Introduction/First Reading ]

DEPUTY MAYOR BARRAGAN YES. MAYOR SINGH? YES. UH, PUBLIC HEARING FINAL ADOPTION ORDINANCE NUMBER

[13. Ordinance #24-1726 - An Ordinance of the Township of Montgomery in Somerset County, New Jersey Amending Subsection 9-9.e. of the Code of the Township of Montgomery (1984) Pertaining to Permit Requirements for Deer Management in Parks and Open Space - Public Hearing/Final Adoption]

THANK YOU. OK UM, MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? SO MOVED SECOND. OK, UM ALL IN FAVOR. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE OF THE TOWNSHIP OF MONTGOMERY THAT THE FOREGOING ORDINANCE BE HEREBY ADOPTED THE SECOND DAY OF MAY 2024 AND THAT THE ORDINANCE SUMMARY BE PUBLISHED IN AN OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER, AS REQUIRED BY LAW. OH, YOU JUST DID THAT.

MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT ORDINANCE NUMBER 24-1726 PLEASE ON COMMITTEE MEMBER TAYLOR TODD COMMITTEE MEMBER KENAN YES, DEPUTY MAYOR BARRAGAN MAYOR S. YES. ORDINANCE NUMBER 24-1727,

[14. Ordinance #24-1727 - An Ordinance of the Township of Montgomery in Somerset County, New Jersey Providing for the Acquisition of Block 34001, Lot 40 Located on Cherry Valley Road in the Township of Montgomery (“Jefferson”) - Public Hearing/Final Adoption ]

IT'S ABOUT 13 ACRES, AND IT IS ADJACENT TO THE EXISTING 350 ACRE CHERRY BROOK PRESERVE. UH, IT'S BISECTED BY A TRIBUTARY STREAM AND HAS BEEN DESIGNATED BY THE OPEN SPACE COMMITTEE AS A HIGH PRIORITY FOR THAT TRIBUTARY STREAM AND ALSO THE PROXIMITY TO OUR EXISTING OPEN SPACE, AND IT PROVIDES THE TOWNSHIP AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROTECT OUR CONTIGUOUS FOREST CANOPY IN THAT AREA ALONG THE PRINCETON RIDGE AND ALSO ALL THE HABITAT THAT ACCOMPANIES THAT. FORESTED AREA AND THE STREAM CORRIDOR. OKAY AND THE COST OF THIS WILL BE PAID THROUGH THE OPEN SPACE TRUST, AND WE'RE ELIGIBLE FOR REIMBURSEMENT THROUGH THE GRAIN ACRES PROGRAM FOR UP TO 50% OF THE ACQUISITION COSTS AND ALSO 50% OF ALL THE COSTS. WE PAY FOR ALL OF THE, UM DUE DILIGENCE OR APPRAISALS, OUR PHASE ONE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT. AND IT'S HUNT RIGHT AND IT'S HUNT.

OK MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, SO OK ALL IN FAVOR. BE RESOLVED BY THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE OF THE TOWNSHIP OF MONTGOMERY THAT THE FOREGOING ORDINANCE BE HEREBY ADOPTED THIS SECOND DAY OF MAY 2024 AND THAT THE ORDINANCE SUMMARY BE PUBLISHED IN AN OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER, AS REQUIRED BY LAW, MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT ORDINANCE NUMBER 24-1727 ROLL CALL, PLEASE. CAN I REMEMBER ON COMMITTEE MEMBER TAYLOR TODD COMMITTEE MEMBER

[15. Ordinance #24-1729 - An Ordinance Amending Chapter 5, Entitled “Animal Control,” and Chapter 9, Entitled, “Parks and Recreation Areas,” of the Code of the Township of Montgomery (1984), County of Somerset, New Jersey, Updating Regulations ConcemingDogs in Veterans Memorial - Public Hearing/Final Adoption]

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THANK YOU. I THINK THAT RESPECT IS IMPORTANT. OKAY? YEAH HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. OK BE IT RESOLVED BY THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE OF THE TOWNSHIP OF MONTGOMERY THAT THE FOREGOING ORDINANCE BE HELD BY ADOPTED THE SECOND DAY OF MAY 2024 AND THAT THE ORDINANCE SUMMARY BE PUBLISHED IN AN OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER, AS REQUIRED BY LAW. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT ORDINANCE NUMBER 24-1729. SO MOVED SECOND ROLL CALL, PLEASE COMMITTEE MEMBER ON COMMITTEE MEMBER TAYLOR TODD YES, COMMITTEE MEMBER. KEENAN DEPUTY MAYOR, MAYOR SING YES.

[16. Ordinance #24-1730 - Bond Ordinance Providing for Various Capital Improvements in and by the Township of Montgomery, in the County of Somerset, New Jersey, Appropriating $2,556,800 Therefor and Authorizing the Issuance of $2,433,000 Bonds or Notes of the Township to Finance Part of the Cost Thereof - Public Hearing/Final Adoption]

YES COMMITTEE MEMBER KEENAN? YES DEPUTY MAYOR BEGAN. YES, MAYOR SAYING YES. CONSENT AGENDA. ALL

[Consent Agenda]

THAT ITEM WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA AND CONSIDERED SEPARATELY. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? I THINK WE A RE GOING TO PAGE 11. MHM. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE CONSENT AGENDA RESOLUTION NUMBER 24-5 DASH 1552 24-51 DASH 164 SECOND ROLL CALL, PLEASE COMMITTEE MEMBER ON YES, COMMITTEE MEMBER TAYLOR TODD COMMITTEE MEMBER CAN AND MAY BE

[27. Resolution #24-5-165 - Authorizing a Shared Services Agreement Between the Montgomery Board of Education and the Township of Montgomery for the Construction and Use of Pickleball Courts ]

ON COMMITTEE MEMBER TAYLOR TODD YES, COMMITTEE MEMBER. KEENAN DEPUTY MAYOR BARRAGAN MAYOR SING

[28. Resolution #24-5-166 - Authorizing Outdoor Assembly Permit - Car Show - Top Class Auto Fest (May 5, 2024)]

GOING FORWARD. WE WILL BE, UM, LISTING THE OUTDOOR ASSEMBLY PERMIT APPLICATIONS AS FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS WHEN THEY ARE RECEIVED GET TO GIVE THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE ADDITIONAL

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APPLICANT IS, UM, IS PROVIDING. YOU KNOW OUR OUR FUNDING, YOU KNOW, SECURITY, ET CETERA.

LIEUTENANT PERRY PE. GOOD EVENING. SO HAVE YOU RECEIVED THIS? OH, THERE'S A FEEDBACK SORRY. YEAH, I AM. HOLD ON. I DID. THANK YOU. YEAH. THE POLICE DEPARTMENT RECEIVED THE APPLICATION ON APRIL 15TH. WE CONTACTED THE EVENT ORGANIZER. UH WE REVIEWED THE SUBMITTED TRAFFIC CONTROL PLAN AND WE ALSO GONE OVER THE SECURITY PLAN AS WELL. UH, SO THIS EVENT IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN OTHER EVENTS THAT HAVE IN TOWN, LIKE THE CLERK SAID, HAS BEEN HOSTED IN THE PAST. UH, LAST YEAR WAS THE FIRST YEAR THAT CAME IN. UH, THIS EVENT IS MUCH SMALLER. AS OF TODAY, THE EVENT ORGANIZER HAS 178 SPECTATORS AND CARS THAT ARE REGISTERED FOR THE EVENT.

THIS EVENT IS ALL ONLINE REGISTRATION. THERE'S NO AT THE DOOR, SO TO SAY, OR GATE REGISTRATION OR TICKETS SOLD. SO UM, THAT, UH, EVENT REGISTRATION WILL CLOSE TOMORROW, SO IT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN IN CAR. IN THESE SPECTATORS THAT WILL SHOW UP BETWEEN TODAY AND TOMORROW. SO IT STANDS AT 178. AS OF THIS AFTERNOON FROM THE EVENT ORGANIZER, UH THEY HAVE 11 STAFF THAT THEY'RE GONNA PROVIDE THEMSELVES FOR ON SITE. UM A MANAGEMENT OF THE PARKING AND THE EVENT ITSELF. AND THEY ALSO HIRED TWO ALL STUDIO OFFICERS.

UH, THAT WAS CONFIRMED TO OUR THIRD PARTY. UM COMPANY THAT HANDLES OUR OFF DUTY OFFICERS ARE HIRING, SO THEY'LL BE THERE FOR THE DURATION OF THE EVENT AS WELL. UM ALL THE PARKING AND EVENT. UM ACTIVITIES WILL BE ON SITE AT THE AIRPORT. THERE'S NOTHING GONNA BE BEYOND THAT PROPERTY. UH, SO WE CONFIRMED WITH THE AIRPORT AS WELL AS WITH THE EVENT ORGANIZER THAT, UH, THE EVENT ITSELF WILL TAKE PLACE ON THE PROPERTY THAT THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO BE EXTENDED BEYOND THAT MEETING PARKING ACROSS THE STREET AT 206 OR ANOTHER THIRD PARTY PROPERTY OWNER, SO THAT'LL CONFINE THE EVENT TO THE AIRPORT ITSELF IS DEFINITELY HELPS WITH PARKING, AND, UH, MANAGEMENT OF THE EVENT. SO UM, SO THOSE OFFICERS WILL BE CONTAINED TO THE AIRPORT TO HELP WITH SECURITY THERE. LAST YEAR, WE LOOKED AT THE RESULT OF THE EVENT. THERE WAS ONE COMPLAINT FOR A LOUD MUSIC THAT CAME FROM NEW YORKSHIRE WOODS DEVELOPMENT, WHICH IS SOUTH OF THE AIRPORT.

UM THAT WAS ADDRESSED WITH THE, UH, DJ AT THE TIME AND SOME IF THERE'S ANOTHER COMPLAINT THIS YEAR, UH, WE'LL DO THE SAME. UH I BELIEVE THEY HAVE AN APPLICATION FOR A, UH CORRECT THAT'S BEEN APPROVED THE A MPL APPLICATION PERMIT. SO THAT'S DONE AS WELL. UH, SO THEY HAVE THAT IN PLACE, AND, UH, THEY DO HAVE A DJ SCHEDULED TO ATTEND, AND, UM WE'LL BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THAT THROUGH THE SUBSEQUENT ABOUT THE MM. HOW LONG HAVE THEY BEEN DOING THIS EVENT? THIS IS THE SECOND YEAR OF THIS EVENT IS COMING IN. AND THE SA ME, UH, A MOUNT OF PEOPLE OR CARS LAST YEAR. WAS IT MAYBE A LITTLE OVER 200 LAST YEAR AT THE EVENT? UH, THIS YEAR LIKE I SAID THEY THEY'RE, UH THEY STAND UP RIGHT NOW. 178 SO IF THAT GOES UP IN THE NEXT 24 HOURS, YOU MIGHT SEE A BIT MORE, BUT THAT INCLUDES ANY SPECTATORS AS WELL AS ANYBODY THAT COMES IN AND ACTUALLY REGISTERS THE VEHICLE TO SHOW IT OFF. THERE'S GOING TO BE MORE PEOPLE THERE BECAUSE YOU ALSO HAVE FOOD VENDORS THAT ARE APPROVED TO BE THERE. YOU HAVE EVENTS STAFF THAT THIS COURSE IS GONNA BE THERE. MAYBE ANYBODY WITH THE, UH DJ OR MUSIC THAT COMES IN, BUT IT. UH, IT SHOULDN'T GROW BEYOND THE BEYOND THAT. ANY QUESTIONS? PERRY. UM MY CONCERN IS, I UNDERSTAND IT IS A SMALLER GROUP. SO MAYBE IT'S NOT OF A, UH, A LARGER CONCERN. BUT IF WE HAVE A LARGER GROUP, UM AND WE CAN'T REALLY MONITOR VEHICLES. FROM THEM TRAVELING INTO YOU KNOW THESE THESE VENUES AND THEN LEAVING FROM THE VENUES. SO HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT WE MITIGATE ANY, UM AND YOU LIKE STREET RACING, OR, YOU KNOW SPEEDING UP AND DOWN RIVER ROAD OR 518. UM, 206

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THANK YOU SO MUCH. THIS THIS IS A GOOD UPDATE. WE ALL GET TO KNOW. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UM LIEUTENANT PERRY IF I COULD JUST POINT OUT TO THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE UNDER NEW BUSINESS

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[29. Resolution #24-5-167 - Authorizing Outdoor Assembly Permit - iGo Stem Academy Carnival Event (May 18,2024)]

UM EMS, BUT I THINK WE SHOULD YOU KNOW, A GOOD PART OF THE APPROVAL PROCESS OR NOTIFICATION. CORRECT. YEAH. OK THANK YOU. UM MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 24-5 DASH 167 SO MOVED. LOCAL COMMITTEE MEMBER ON COMMITTEE MEMBER TAYLOR TODD.

YES COMMITTEE MEMBER KEENAN YES, DEPUTY MAYOR BARRIGAN MAYOR SINGH YES. RESOLUTION NUMBER

[30. Resolution #24-5-168 - Designating Specific Tracts of Municipally-Owned Parks and Open Spaces to be Included in Montgomery Township’s Deer Management Program Pursuant to Chapter IX, Section 9 of the Code of the Township of Montgomery (1984) for the Hunting Season Beginning in September 2024 and Ending in February 2025]

AREN'T YOU GONNA READ THEM ALL? NO I'M JUST GOING THROUGH AND AH, HERE WE GO. BY THE TIME I'M DONE, YOU'LL GET TO THE END OF THE RESOLUTION. UH THIS IS THE ANNUAL RESOLUTION. WE LIKE TO START NOW FOR THE UPCOMING SEASON, SO THAT WE CAN PLAN ALL THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT THE PERMIT PROCESS, THE SAFETY CLASS. UM AND GETTING EVERYBODY SITUATED AND ABLE TO MARK THEIR PROPERTIES APPROPRIATELY, SO THIS RESOLUTION ESTABLISHES THE DATES OF THE SEASON, WHICH COINCIDES WITH THE STATE REGULATIONS AND ALSO ESTABLISHES THE PERMIT NUMBERS FOR EACH PROPERTY, WHICH WE'VE ADJUSTED JUST A FEW OF THEM SLIGHTLY. BASED ON FEEDBACK, UM FROM THE HUNTER SURVEYS THAT WE GOT AT THE END OF THE YEAR, AND THIS ALSO INCLUDES NOW THE INFORMATION THAT WAS REMOVED FROM THE ORDINANCE THAT WE DISCUSSED EARLIER AND IT'S NOW INCLUDED IN THE RESOLUTION SO IT CAN BE ESTABLISHED ANNUALLY. OK AND LAUREN ALL OF THIS. WHAT ARE THIS? THE SPECIFICS OF SPOTS FOR THE HUNTING THAT'S ALL AVAILABLE TO RESIDENTS, AND THEY CAN ALL GO AND LOOK TO WE DON'T DEVELOP THE LOCATIONS OF THE TREE STANDS . UM THE TYPICALLY THE HUNTERS WILL SET UP THEIR TREE STANDS AWAY FROM THE PUBLIC PATHWAYS MAKES MORE SENSE. THE DEER COME IN THOSE AREAS WHERE THE PUBLIC PATHWAYS ARE SO GENERALLY THE TREE STANDS ARE AWAY FROM THOSE AREAS. WE DON'T DISCLOSE THE LOCATIONS OF THE TREE STANDS BECAUSE THERE ARE SPECIFIC REGULATIONS IN NEW JERSEY ABOUT HUNTER HARASSMENT. WE WOULDN'T WANT ANYONE TAMPERING WITH SOMEONE'S TREE STAND AND MAKING IT UNSAFE FOR THEM TO CLIMB UP INTO IT. OK BUT WE LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT HUNTING IS HAPPENING. THE PROPERTIES ARE ALL MARKED WITH A VERY LARGE YELLOW SIGN PROBABLY 24 BY 36, A T LEAST AND THEN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE PROPERTY ARE POSTED WITH THE ORANGE SIGN SAYING THAT THE PROGRAM IS IN PROCESS OK, PERFECT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.

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[31. Resolution #24-5-169- Authorizing Execution of an Easement Agreement with BPS Development Company, LLC for the Proposed Assisted Living and Memory Care Facility on Block 28003, Lot 211 ]

THAT'S GOOD. UM MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 24-5 DASH 169. LOCAL POLICE COMMITTEE MEMBER ON YES, COMMITTEE MEMBER TAYLOR TODD, COMMITTEE MEMBER KEENAN, DEPUTY MAYOR AGAIN YES, YES. RESOLUTION NUMBER 24-5 DASH 170 AUTHORIZING COMMUNITY BASED DEER MANAGEMENT

[32. Resolution #24-5-170 - Authorizing Community-Based Deer Management Program Grant Application to New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Fish and Wildlife ]

[33. Resolution #24-5-171 - Authorizing Approval of a Shared Services Agreement with the Somerset County Department of Engineering and Planning for an Electronic Pedestrian Warning Sign Rectangular Rapid Flashing Beacon System on County Road 518 Near Brecknell Way and Bolmer Comer (Future Roadway)]

[34. Resolution #24-5-172 - Authorizing an Agreement for Sewer Capacity Reservation in the Skillman Village Sewage Treatment Plan for RPM Development (Block 20001, Proposed Lot 10.07, Part of Lot 10.05)]

[35. Resolution #24-5-173 - Payment of Bills - Posted]

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[37. New Business and Old Business ]

BUT I THINK THEY'VE COME BEFORE FOR A DIFFERENT. THE FLAG ARE HEROES. MM-HMM OK, THE SECOND APPLICATION, UH, FOR OUTDOOR ASSEMBLY PERMIT IS HAS BEEN SUBMITTED BY PRECISION AUTO WORKS FOR A CAR SHOW AT THE AIRPORT ON JUNE. 2ND UM, THIS IS THE LARGER CAR SHOW EXPECTING OVER 2000 ATTENDEES AND THIS THAT'S WHAT'S ON THE APPLICATION. AM I CORRECT? YEAH.

THAT'S WHAT IT SAYS EXPECTED ANTICIPATED. I DON'T KNOW. UM LIEUTENANT PERRY CAN SPEAK THIS.

THIS CAR SHOW I BELIEVE WAS HELD LAST YEAR IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, UM THIS IS ALSO HAS BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE RESPECTIVE DEPARTMENTS FOR REVIEW. UM LIEUTENANT PERRY. CAN COME. SO THIS EVENT WAS HELD LAST YEAR IN I BELIEVE YEARS PRIOR AS WELL. IT'S PRECISION AUTO WORKS, BUT IT ALSO GOES BY LOW GOONIES. THAT'S THE NAME OF IT AS WELL. UM, THIS IS STILL UNDER REVIEW BY THE TRAFFIC BUREAU. THEY HAVEN'T SUBMITTED THEIR TRAFFIC CONTROL PLAN YET. LAST YEAR, IT WAS WELL ABOVE 2000. IT WAS PROBABLY ESTIMATED SOMEWHERE TO F WORDS ABOUT 4 TO 5000. UM THE PARKING, UH, WAS DEFINITELY A, UH, ISSUE LAST YEAR IT EXTENDED BEYOND THE AIRPORT. OBVIOUSLY, THEY THE AIRPORT CANNOT HOLD THAT MANY. AND UH, SO IT DID EXTEND TO, UH, ADDITIONAL PROPERTIES THAT, UH, THEY DID NOT HAVE PERMISSION TO PARK AT 1062 06, WHICH IS JUST OFF THE AIRPORT ROAD AS WELL AS RESEARCH PARK ACROSS THE HIGHWAY, AND, UH, THEY DID NOT GIVE THE EVENT

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IT'S PROBABLY GONNA REQUIRE OFFICERS TO HELP CROSS PEOPLE ACROSS THE HIGHWAY IF THEY'RE PLANNING ON PARKING ACROSS THE STREET. AND IT'S GONNA REQUIRE ADDITIONAL OFFICERS INSIDE THE EVENT. IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT CONTROLLING 3 TO 4000 PEOPLE INSIDE THE AIRPORT. MM-HMM AND TO COMMITTEE WILL KEENAN'S POINT . I MEAN, IF IT'S THAT BIG A CROWD, THE EMS PART IS DO THEY HAVE ANYBODY THAT THEY WOULD HAVE THEIR OWN PRIVATE? YOU KNOW , SOME SORT OF AMBULANCES OR SOMETHING IN THERE IF THEY'RE GONNA HAVE 4000 PEOPLE WALKING AROUND THERE, YOU NEVER KNOW.

YEAH, I DON'T WANNA SP AT A TURN, BUT I KNOW THAT, UM SOME EVENTS, AND I BELIEVE THIS IS ONE OF AS WELL. LAST YEAR THEY'VE REACHED OUT TO THE EMS MONTGOMERY EMS AND REQUEST THAT THEY ON SITE AMBULANCE TO BE THERE. UH HOW THEY WORK THAT OUT WITH, UH, THE EMS CREW? I DON'T KNOW, BUT I KNOW THEY HAVE REACHED OUT TO THEM IN THE PAST. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY HAVE A PRIVATE ONE OR NOT. OH I THINK WE SHOULD ASK THEM A PRIVATE EMS OR PRIVATE, UM EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE TO OUR ORDINANCE DOESN'T ALLOW FOR THAT YET, BUT I THINK WE COULD DO I WAS GONNA THINK THAT WE CAN CONSIDER YOU KNOW SOME TYPE OF A BOND OR A FEE TO COVER THE USE OF OUR EMS. BUT THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN DISCUSS A T ANOTHER TIME. I THINK I DO WANT TO ASK ABOUT, UM SAFETY PRECAUTION. MEASURES ON PRIVATE PROPERTIES THAT DO NOT HAVE APPROVAL TO COME ON TO, UM YOU KNOW? HOW DO WE PROTECT OUR OUR COMMUNITY THAT WAY OF YOU KNOW? HAVING VEHICLES PARKING LOTS THAT NOW, ARE YOU ABLE TO REMOVE THEM? SO WE ARE WITH THE PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS, UM, COMPLAIN OR CONSENT. SO IN, FOR EXAMPLE, 1060 HILTON REALTY. UH, THEY HAVE ENTERED A CONTRACT PRIVATELY WITH A LOCAL TOW COMPANY. THEY THEY MADE THEIR CORRECT POSTING OF SIGNS ON THEIR PROPERTY THAT STATES THAT THE VEHICLES THAT ARE UNAUTHORIZED THE PARK ON THAT PROPERTY CAN AND WILL BE REMOVED BY THAT PRIVATE COMPANY. UM SO THEY FOLLOW WHATEVER PREDATORY COMING AT COMPLIANCE THAT THEY NEED AND POSTED THOSE SIGNS ON THE PROPERTY IF THEY CHOSE CHOOSE TO GO FURTHER AND GATE THEIR PROPERTY OR CHAIN IT SO NOBODY CAN DRIVE ON TO IT. UM, THEY CAN DO THAT AS WELL. UM USUALLY WE COMMUNICATE WITH A PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS AROUND THE AREA. WE CONFIRM OURSELVES WHETHER OR NOT THEY HAVE PERMISSION TO PARK THERE. IF THEY DON'T, THEN THAT'S COMMUNICATED TO THE EVENT ORGANIZER AND THAT'S DOCUMENTED.

SO IF SOMEBODY DOES PARK THERE, UH THE LIABILITY IS ON THE PERSON PARKED IN THERE IF THEY SHOULD GET A TICKET OR WHAT I WAS GONNA SUGGEST IS AS PART OF THE APPROVAL PROCESS AS WE AMEND THIS PROCESS, WE WILL WE CAN REQUIRE THE ORGANIZER TO PROVIDE PROOF OF APPROVAL OR THAT THEY

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THEY'RE THE HOST. UM SOME COMMUNICATION TO THE AIRPORT AS WELL AS THAT, UM WHERE, UH, THEY CAN BE, UH, DIRECTING PEOPLE TO PARK OR NOT PORK AS WELL. WOULD WOULD PROBABLY BE HELPFUL. YEAH AND I'M NOT SAYING WE'RE WE'RE AGAINST HAVING PEOPLE COME INTO OUR TOWN. WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS SAFE AND THEY'RE DOING IT ON. YOU KNOW A PROPER MANNER. YEAH, BUT THE YEAH, BUT IT MAY ALSO BE LIKE HOW HOW MANY APPROVED PARKING SPOTS DOES PRINCETON AIRPORT HAVE? AND THEN YOU KNOW YOU CAN HAVE PUBLIC THESE BIG THINGS. BUT IF YOU'RE FACILITY DOESN'T REALLY HOLD IT, THEN WE MAY NEED TO YEAH, NOT APPROVE SOMETHING LIKE THIS, BECAUSE THAT'S A LOT OF 4000 PEOPLE. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PARKING SPOTS THEY HAVE. I DON'T THINK THEY HAVE THAT MANY FOR SURE THEY DON'T AGAIN. I CAN'T SPEAK TO HOW MANY THEY HAVE. BUT IF THEY KEEP THE AIRPORT OPEN, WHICH I BELIEVE THEY DO THEY HAVE TO. I THINK IT'S FAA CAREFUL OF WHERE THEY PARK CARS AND HOW THEY PARK THEM . AND THEN YOU ALSO HAVE A DAILY BUSINESS HAPPENING BECAUSE PEOPLE OBVIOUSLY WANT TO GO TO THEIR HANGARS AND BE ABLE TO GET THERE AS WELL. SO YOU CAN'T BLOCK THE HANGERS. UH, WHERE THEY A RE ON THE PROPERTY. WAS LAST YEAR. THE FIRST TIME THEY DID IT, OR THEY'VE DONE THEY HAVE DONE IT BEFORE. OH, OK. I THINK WE REALLY NEED TO TIGHTEN IT UP ONE OF THE YEARS THAT WE HAD THIS MANY PEOPLE ATTENDANCE LAST YEAR. THE BIGGEST YEAR I CAN REMEMBER. I WORKED IT LAST YEAR. UM AND, UH, IT WAS THE BIGGEST TURNOUT THAT I CAN THAT I CAN RECALL. SO I THINK WE IT IS SOMETHING WHERE YOU KNOW UM, THEY HAVE TO BE NOTIFIED THAT YOU KNOW, X AMOUNT OF VEHICLES ARE PERMITTED AND ANYMORE HAS TO BE TURNED AWAY OR SOMETHING.

WHERE WHERE IT'S IT IT. THERE HAS TO BE SOME SORT OF LIMIT BECAUSE THEY CAN'T JUST TAKE OVER THE ENTIRE SECTION OF SO WITH THIS EVENT, IT'S NOT SIMILAR. IT'S NOT THE SAME AS THE LAST EVENT THAT WE TALKED ABOUT WITH THE, UH, THE FID IT CAR SHOW WHERE, UH, THE EVENT ORGANIZER HOLDS THEIR SALE TICKET SALES ONLINE. IT'S AT THE DOOR. YOU CAN DO ADVANCE TICKET SALES, BUT THEY'RE ALSO CASH AT THE DOOR AS WELL. SO, UM YOU CAN GO. YOU CAN PARK AND YOU CAN WALK UP AND BUY A TICKET AT THAT DAY. UNDERSTOOD BUT IF THEY'RE AT CAPACITY, THEN ANY OTHER.

THEY HAVE TO JUST TURN AWAY ANY OTHER PEOPLE THAT UM, THAT TRIED TO ATTEND. IF THERE'S NO PARKING , I THINK TO COME. UH MEN, UH, DENNIS ON POINT. THERE'S NO PARKING. WHERE WILL THEY GO? I MEAN, UNLESS THEY'RE READY TO PARK, THEY START PARKING WHEREVER THEY CAN. THAT'S WHAT OCCURS. MM. MAYBE I. I COULD RECOMMEND CAUSE I THINK THERE'S LIKE FURTHER DISCUSSIONS. BUT MAYBE M MIGHT NEED SOME LEGAL COUNSEL ON YES, I THINK WE WILL HAVE LIKE AN OFF LINE THERE. ON TOP OF IF THERE AREN'T 4000 SPOTS TO YOU. POINT LIKE THERE AREN'T 4000 SPOTS. SO LIKE, HOW CAN THAT HOW CAN YOU LEGALLY EVEN HOLD THAT EVENT? UM AND AGAIN, THE THEY HAVEN'T SUBMITTED THEIR THEIR TRAFFIC. SPEAK OUT OF TURN AND, OF COURSE BY EXPERIENCES AND I PERSONALLY HAD BY REVIEWING THEIR PLAN ON IT, BEING THERE ON SITE AS WELL. SO THEY MAY COME FORWARD WITH A, UH PLAN IN PLACE AND PERMISSIONS IN PLACE THAT SATISFY THESE ANSWERS THAT YOU HAVE, BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW, WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED THAT. SO I CAN'T UH, ANSWER WHAT THE, UH WHAT THE TRAFFIC PLAN IS GONNA LOOK LIKE LIEUTENANT. I JUST WANT THE EVENT ORGANIZER HIMSELF. CAN ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS. WELL. IT TO THAT POINT. YOU KNOW, WE'RE ON. IT'S MAY 2ND, AND THIS EVENT IS SCHEDULED FOR JUNE 2ND AND THERE'S ONLY ONE TOWNSHIP COMEDIAN COMMITTEE MEETING IN BETWEEN THEN UH, WHICH IS TWO WEEKS AWAY. SO I, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT PERHAPS IF YOU REACH OUT TO THEM AND LET THEM KNOW THEY DON'T HAVE THAT IN BY THE END OF THE WEEK. THIS IS NOT MAKING THE AGENDA. WE HAVE ALREADY EXPRESSED THAT TO THEM, UM THAT IT'S IMPORTANT AND IMPERATIVE THAT THEY SUBMIT THAT PLAN TO ALSO SO IT COULD BE REVIEWED IN TIME. AND THEN IF ANY CORRECTIONS NEED TO BE MADE, UH, THEY CAN THEN RESUBMIT IT AS WELL. UM IT'S THE BEST WE CAN DO . IF WE EXPRESS THAT TO THEM, IT'S REALLY FALLS ON THEM TO BE. AND THE TRAFFIC PLAN IS ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS BY ORDINANCE. RIGHT MM-HMM. I MEAN, THEY HAVE TWO WEEKS TO, UH SUBMIT, FIND IT AND SUBMIT IT. WELL, THEY DON'T HAVE THEY REALLY ONLY HAVE, LIKE TWO DAYS BECAUSE THEN THAT STILL

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REACH OUT TO THEM AGAIN. REMIND THEM TO TURN THAT IN SO IT COULD BE GOOD. YEAH, I GUESS A T THE END OF THE DAY. TODAY OR TOMORROW IS EFFECTIVELY 30 DAYS OUT, AND THERE'S NOT A COMPLETED APPLICATION SUBMITTED SO THAT'S TRUE. YEAR BY NO MEANS OBLIGATED. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

IT'S NOT THE MESSENGER. IT'S THE MESS. UH, TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE REPORTS. OK, UM WELL, I'D LIKE

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MM HMM. AND ALSO I HAD SAID A FEW MONTHS AGO THAT WE WELCOME THE NEW TOWNSHIP LANDMARK'S COMMITTEE MEMBER, SONIA HUNT. AND SONIA HUNT'S FRIEND, PROFESSOR JOANNE BATEMAN. UM IS VISITING MONTGOMERY IN EARLY MAY, AS SHE CONTINUES TO RESEARCH HER OWN ANCESTORS WHO WERE AFRICAN AMERICAN LANDOWNERS IN MONTGOMERY AND ROCKY HILL DURING THE 16 HUNDREDS OF FASCINATING STORY, WE'RE GOING TO BE GETTING MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT, AND THEN LAST, BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST. THE MUNICIPAL ALLIANCE IS DOING. UM YOU KNOW VARIOUS COMMEMORATIONS OF MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH AND ONE WAS TONIGHT. NOW IT'S TOO LATE FOR YOU TO DO THAT, BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE AWARE OF WHAT THEY'RE DOING. THEY HOSTED SCREENS AND STRESS UNDERSTANDING THE DIGITAL IMPACT ON CHILDREN'S WELL BEING. THAT IS A FILM THAT WAS HOSTED AT THE UPPER MIDDLE SCHOOL. SO DO LOOK OUT AND KEEP AN EYE ON OUR OUR WEBSITE BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO BE A LOT OF COMMUNITY EVENTS. AND IF WE LIST THEM ALL HERE IN OUR REPORTS, WE WOULD NEVER GO HOME. RIGHT SPEAKING OF COMMUNITY EVENTS WE HAVE EARTH DAY THIS SUNDAY, RIGHT HERE AT THE MUNICIPAL BUILDING, DOING REGULAR THINGS THAT WE DO IT. EARTH DAY WILL BE GIVING AWAY SOME MILKWEED PLANTS. PEOPLE CAN DROP OFF BIKES AND SO FORTH. UM, THERE IS VERY SECURE. UM ELECTRICAL SORRY. THE ELECTRONICS AND SO FORTH. THIS YEAR WE'RE DOING SOMETHING DIFFERENT, WHICH IS A FREE CYCLE, SO PLEASE BRING UM, SMALL , UH, HELP SORT OF ELECTRONICS THAT ARE STILL GOOD. AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO PUT A TABLE OUT. SO IF YOU STILL UH IF THEY'RE USEFUL IF YOU WANT ONE, TAKE IT, SO WE'RE HOPING TO KEEP SOME OF THOSE A LOT OF THAT STUFF OUT OF THE LANDFILL. THIS IS OUR FIRST TRY THIS YEAR. WE'LL SEE HOW IT GOES. SO PLEASE COME OUT. IT'S ALWAYS A GREAT, REALLY GREAT EVENT. I HAD NO COMMITTEE MEETINGS IN BETWEEN THE LAST MEETING, BUT AS A REMINDER IN OTHER WORD, MAY, UH, VETERANS MORAL COMMITTEE WILL BE HOLDING ITS ANNUAL MEMORIAL DAY CEREMONY . NINE AM VETERANS MEMORIAL PARK ON THE 27TH. UM I GUESS FOR ME TO NOT THE COMMITTEE'S BUT TWO THINGS. DEFINITELY KUDOS TO THE MONTGOMERY ROCKY HILL ROTARY CLUB. REALLY SUCCESSFUL RUN. I THINK THEY DID. THE TOWN RESIDENTS CAME OUT MANY OF THEM TO BE HONEST, PARTED WITH THE TOWNSHIP EVENT AND KEPT TELLING ME OH, THIS IS AMAZING. WHAT THE TOWN NEEDS DOING WAS LIKE, NO, NO, NO, IT'S THE ROTARY, BUT IT WAS GREAT AND THANK YOU TO DEPUTY MAYOR BARRY EGAN, WHO DID THE FIVE K ON THE MAYOR'S WELLNESS TEAM. AND I JUST DID THE ONE MILE WALK ON THE MAYOR'S WELLNESS, AND IT WAS GREAT TO SEE OTHER COMMITTEE PEOPLE THERE AND WE, THE MAYOR'S WELLNESS TEAM GOT THE COMMUNITIES SPIRIT RIBBON, SO WE'RE VERY HAPPY WE HAD ABOUT 50 RESIDENTS. SOME OF THEM MAYBE DON'T HAVE THE RIBBONS. THEY'RE WELCOME TO COME TO THE TOWNSHIP AND WE'LL HAVE THOSE RIBBONS FOR THEM. AND THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO BRING UP. IT WAS THE SPRING FLING, WHICH IS ON SATURDAY. THAT'S UM YOU KNOW, A TOWNSHIP EVENT WITH RECREATION. AND INCLUSION AND EQUITY IS PART OF IT, AND IT'S GOING TO BE, UM 2 P.M. TO 4 P.M.

THIS SATURDAY. UH, MAY 4TH AT THE MONTGOMERY HIGH SCHOOL LAWN AND WOULD LOVE FOR EVERYBODY TO COME. IT'S FREE. AND WHAT ELSE? I'M JUST TRYING TO QUICKLY SEE WHAT ELSE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT ON SPRING FLING. IT'S FREE. FIRST OF ALL THAT, I SAID, AND IT'S BASICALLY, UM SOMETHING TO

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BETWEEN THE TOWNSHIP AND MONTGOMERY FRIENDS OF OPEN SPACE. THAT WILL, UM SHARE SOME DETAILS ABOUT IT, BUT I CAN SAY THAT WE DID HAVE A MEETING. UM, EARLIER THIS WEEK WITH MEMBERS OF THE MONTGOMERY FRIENDS OF OPEN SPACE. WE TALKED ABOUT THE LAYOUT. UM, THE LOCATION FOR THE SHED. ELECTRIC STATUS. UM I CAN'T SAY THAT WE APPLIED FOR AN AARP COMMUNITY CHALLENGE GRANT TO TRY AND PAY FOR THE ELECTRIC SERVICE THAT WE WOULD BE ADDING FOR THAT FARMERS MARKET. UM AND THEY HAVE SUBMITTED. I BELIEVE THEIR CERTIFICATE OF INSURANCE, WHICH WAS ONE OF THE PIECES OF INFORMATION WE WOULD NEED. SO THINGS ARE MOVING FORWARD. THEY DID TALK ABOUT I'M NOT SURE IF THERE WAS ANY DISCUSSION AT THE END, HAVING, UM, THEY HAVE A BANNER THAT IS AT THE BANK ON 518 INTO A SIX PROPERTY. IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THAT, AND THEY'RE INTERESTED IN HAVING SOMETHING SIMILAR UP NEAR ASIA, LIKE ON OUR PROPERTY NEAR AS AS YOU'RE HEADING DOWN TO KIND OF GIVE PEOPLE A HEADS UP EVEN BEFORE YOU GET TO THE DIGITAL SIGN THAT IT WILL BE ON THE PROPERTY. UM WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY RESOLUTION ON THAT. ITEM UM, TEMPORARY, TEMPORARY TEMPORARY DURING DURING THE SEASON. FOR THE WHICH IS JUNE TO OCTOBER, BUT IT WAS BROUGHT UP THAT ANYTHING THAT'S ON TOUR SIX REQUIRES, IF IT'S A SIGN THAT NJ DLT AND THAT WAS A CONCERN, WAS IT RICH? WHO HAD A CONCERN ABOUT THAT? SO ANYTHING WITHIN THE RIGHT OF WHITE? YES SO I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO HAVE FURTHER DISCUSSION ON BEFORE WE SAY OKAY, YOU CAN PUT A SIGN FOR THE WHOLE SEASON OR SOMETHING, OKAY? AND WE HAD A MEETING WITH TALBOT. SOLAR ON MAY 19TH WITH MEMBERS. I THINK FRANK DERBY WHO'S A REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE MUNICIPAL CENTER GREEN. INITIATIVE COMMITTEE AND ALSO ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION. UM THE MAYOR MAYOR WAS THERE AS WELL. AND MEMBERS OF THE STAFF. UM THIS IS A PROJECT THAT OUR SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC WORKS IS HELPING UNDERTAKE, AND THE COMPANY THAT WERE RETAINED IS LOOKING INTO HOW WE WOULD IMPLEMENT SOLAR HERE AT THE PROPERTY AND ALSO LOOKED AT OTHER PROPERTIES THAT WE OWN SPECIFICALLY. SILVER TREATMENT PLANTS. WHICH TEND TO HAVE ROOF AREAS THAT WOULD BE AND ALSO TEND TO USE A LOT OF ENERGY. SO WE ARE LOOKING AT WAYS TO OFFSET OUR ENERGY COSTS. AND SO THERE'S MANY DIFFERENT MODELS. THERE'S JUST SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS TO FINANCE IT. AND THERE'S MANY DIFFERENT GRANTS AND OTHER PIECES SO ULTIMATELY, WHAT WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS IS SOMETHING TO BRING BACK TO THE MUNICIPAL INITIATIVES, AGREEING INITIATIVES COMMITTEE AND THEN ULTIMATELY TO THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE TO SEE HOW YOU MIGHT WANT TO MOVE FORWARD BECAUSE THERE WOULD BE A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS. SO THAT IS SOMETHING FOR A FUTURE BUDGET. SO WE'RE JUST STILL DOING OUR HOMEWORK ON WHAT THE OPTIONS WOULD BE. AND THEN WE COULD BRING THAT TO YOU. ANY KIND OF RESEARCH. ANY OF THE FUNNY NET HAS COME OUT FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ON ALL THE GREEN INITIATIVES, ETCETERA. I KNOW THEY'RE LOOKING AT EVERYTHING, AND THEY HAVE DONE THIS FOR OTHER TOWNS, SO THAT WILL DEFINITELY BE IF IT'S NOT IN THE IN THE PROPOSAL THAT THEY PROVIDE US THE REPORT THAN THIS PROBLEM. I'M ALWAYS LOOKING AT IT TO YOU. UM WE ALSO HAD A MEETING ON APRIL 24TH WITH MEMBERS OF THE MUNICIPAL CENTER, GREEN INITIATIVES COMMITTEE AND STAFF, MEMBERS OF SHADE TREE AND ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION. THIS IS REGARDING THE $75,000 STATE GRANT THAT WE GOT FOR TREE PLANTING HERE AT THE PROPERTY, AND SO IT WAS A GREAT CROSS SECTION OF EVERYONE. EVERYONE WAS ABLE TO GRAB THEIR FEEDBACK. UM EVA ZACK DID PROVIDE MORE DETAILS TO, UM, TO INFORM WHAT

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MINISTRY THANK YOU. YEAH, UM THANK YOU. UM UM LAURIE, UM THEN FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. DO THEY

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