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TALKING. OKAY MEETING CALL TO ORDER. THIS IS THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE MONTGOMERY
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TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE CALLED TO ORDER AT 701. ROLL CALL PLEASE. HERE AGAIN, COMMITTEE MEMBER KEENAN HERE. COMMITTEE MEMBER TAYLOR HERE. COMMITTEE MEMBER ON HERE. NOTICE OF MEETING IN IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN PUBLIC MEETINGS ACT. ADEQUATE NOTICE OF THIS MEETING WAS PROVIDED ON JANUARY 12TH, 2024 TO THE COURIER NEWS AND THE STAR LEDGER POSTED ON THE MUNICIPAL BULLETIN BOARD AND FILED WITH THE TOWNSHIP CLERK SALUTE TO THE FLAG. PLEASE JOIN US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. AND ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS . ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. OKAY. WE HAVE A VERY EXCITING, DEDICATION TODAY. DEDICATION OF BRACKNELL WAY. AND[1. Dedication of Brecknell Way]
I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE LESLIE BRACKNELL TO THE DAIS. I DON'T I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO INVITE CANDY ELLIS IF SHE WANTED TO COME AND SAY A FEW WORDS. IF I COULD JUST. OKAY. GO AHEAD. IF I COULD JUST INTRODUCE, THE THIS TOPIC NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART, BACK IN 2018, THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT WORKED CLOSELY WITH THE LANDMARKS COMMISSION TO NAME THE ROADS IN TOWN. FOR THE MOST PART, THEY ARE NAMED. AND I DON'T WANT TO STEAL YOUR THUNDER CANDY. IF YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT. YES, YES, I SAID YOU. YES, JUST AS SOON LAURIE IS DONE SPEAKING, YOU CAN, YOU KNOW, SPEAK AS WELL. AND SO, WE WORK COLLABORATIVELY. AND SO IN 2018, WHEN IT CAME TIME TO NAME TWO OF THE LOOP ROADS BEING PROPOSED NEAR FIVE, 18 AND 206, AT THAT TIME, OUR LONG TIME HISTORIAN URSULA BRACKNELL HAD PASSED AWAY. BUT BUT IN THE OFFICE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT HOW URSULA REALLY HAS NAMED PROBABLY 75% OF THE ROADS IN MONTGOMERY. AND, ACTUALLY, WE SHE ALSO CREATED A MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP ROAD BOOK, THAT DESCRIBES MANY THE HISTORY BEHIND MOST OF THE ROAD NAMES IN TOWN, WHICH I THINK NOW THAT WE'VE FOUND WE SHOULD POST ON THE WEBSITE, OUR WEBSITE, BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A NICE RESOURCE TO HAVE, AND I THINK RESIDENTS WOULD BE INTERESTED TO KNOW THE HISTORY OF THEIR ROAD NAMES BECAUSE SO MUCH THOUGHT WENT INTO IT. AND SO WE WERE THRILLED WHEN WE SHARED WITH CANDY WILLIS, WHO WAS THE CHAIR OF THE LANDMARKS COMMISSION AT THE TIME. I BELIEVE, THAT THAT WE HAVE THE SUGGESTION. SO THE ROAD HAS BEEN BUILT AND OPENED, AND SO WE REALLY THOUGHT IT WOULD BE SO NICE IF WE COULD, HAVE A LITTLE SOMETHING HERE TONIGHT TO TALK ABOUT IT. YES GANG. DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK FIRST AND THEN WE'LL GET YOU OUT? YES.I WOULD LOVE TO SPEAK FIRST. YEAH. GO AHEAD. OKAY. SHE SAYS WHAT I'M GOING TO SAY. OH, WELL, I REMEMBER THAT MEETING VERY WELL, AND I HAD PREPARED FOR IT BECAUSE IT WAS THE FIRST OPPORTUNITY THAT I WAS GOING TO HAVE TO NAME A STREET. SO I WAS ALL IN FOR BRINKERHOFF. NOT WAY.
I THINK IT WAS BRINKERHOFF BOULEVARD. AND THEN I HAD SOME OTHER NAME, AND LAURIE AND SHERRY ARE SITTING THERE. AND THEN THEY SAID, WHAT ABOUT URSULA BRACKNELL? AND I THINK I STARTED TO CRY A LITTLE BIT. I'M GOING TO CRY A LITTLE BIT NOW, SHE WAS JUST THE BEST WOMAN, THE BEST HISTORIAN IN THE TOWN, SHE AND SHE WAS GRACIOUS AND SHARED HER KNOWLEDGE WITH EVERYBODY.
SO, I JUST HAPPENED TO COME TO THIS MEETING FOR A DIFFERENT REASON, BUT I. BUT I THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY, BUT I'LL BE UP THERE BACK FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, OKAY? SURE I JUST. GOOD EVENING, THANK YOU, MAYOR SINGH. AND MEMBERS OF THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE FOR YOUR INVITATION TO SPEAK TONIGHT. I'LL TRY NOT TO GO ON TOO LONG. MY NAME IS LESLIE BRICKNELL. I AM THE DAUGHTER OF URSULA BRACKNELL, WHO AFTER WHOM THE RECENTLY OPENED BRACKNELL MAE WAS, IS NAMED BEFORE I START, I'D LIKE TO THANK LAURIE SAVRAN FOR THIS NOMINATION. IN ACKNOWLEDGING MY MOTHER'S WORK AND CONTRIBUTIONS, I INCLUDE IN THIS GRATITUDE AT, EVERYONE WHO MADE IT HAPPEN. I'M SORRY I DON'T HAVE YOUR NAMES TO SEE THIS PROJECT COME TO FRUITION IS DEEPLY MEANINGFUL FOR MY SISTER PAM. ME PERSONALLY AND OUR FAMILIES. I HAVE MY HUSBAND AND MY SON HERE TONIGHT SUPPORTING ME. I BEGIN THIS EVENING BY TALKING ABOUT PERSEVERANCE AND VISION AND THE POWER THOSE ATTRIBUTES CONVEY IN A SINGLE INDIVIDUAL IN MANY IMPORTANT RESPECTS, MODERN MONTGOMERY IS A PRODUCT OF A FEW VISIONARY, PUBLICLY MINDED RESIDENTS LIKE MY MOTHER. IF YOU
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LOVE MONTGOMERY'S OPEN SPACES, SERENE WOODLANDS, STRONG ENVIRONMENTAL TRACK RECORD, AND CENTURIES OLD HISTORY ON DISPLAY, THANK HER AND OTHERS WHO WORKED TO PRESERVE MONTGOMERY'S CHARACTER THROUGHOUT THEIR LIVES. SO MANY ASPECTS OF MY MOTHER'S CHARACTER AND INTERESTS DOVETAILED IN HER WORK. FROM HER LOVE OF LANGUAGE, SHE FOUNDED AND EDITED THE NOW DEFUNCT NEWSPAPER MONTGOMERY CITIZEN. HER CHAPTER IN THE KNOW YOUR TOWNSHIP BOOKLET, PRODUCED BY THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS, WAS LATER EXPANDED TO A BOOK. SHE ALSO WROTE A BOOK ON THE HISTORY OF HILLSBOROUGH. BOTH BOOKS ARE IN THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, AND FOR MANY YEARS SHE WAS HEAVILY INVOLVED WITH WRITING THE MAY AND MONTGOMERY EVENT PAMPHLET MONTGOMERY'S HISTORY APPEALED TO HER LOVE OF PROBLEM SOLVING. DELVE INTO A DEED TRANSFER AND WHAT POPS OUT, WHAT DOES THE WILL OF A DECEASED EARLY SETTLER REVEAL ABOUT FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS? WHAT HAPPENED TO THOSE PEOPLE AFTERWARDS? LIFE IN EARLY MONTGOMERY UNFOLDS BEFORE YOU. I WAS, AS A TEEN, MANY TIMES IN INVOLUNTARY RECRUIT TO IN HER HISTORICAL RESEARCH, AND I VIVIDLY REMEMBER LIVELI FACT-FINDING ROAD TRIPS THE CAR VEERING ACROSS NARROW ROADS AS MY MOTHER ENDEAVORED TO STUDY AN OLD HOUSE WITHOUT QUITE STOPPING . SURVIVAL DEPENDED ON GRIT AND SANG FLOOR. MONTGOMERY'S BICENTENNIAL CELEBRATION IN 1972 ALLOWED MY MOTHER TO GIVE FULL EXPRESSION TO HER FAVORITE SUBJECT. SHE REVELED IN THE PROGRAM, THE TALKS AND TOURS, THE CREATION OF THE BICENTENNIAL QUILT, THE MINTING OF COMMEMORATIVE COINS. HER DRIVE TO SEE THINGS THROUGH COULD BE HARD ON OTHERS. LOUISE WILSON, OUR FORMER MAYOR, ONCE TOLD ME THAT MY MOTHER WOULD NOT TAKE NO FOR AN ANSWER. FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN THE PROGRAM TEAM FOR MAY AND MONTGOMERY'S HISTORIC HOUSE TOUR ENCOUNTERED A HOMEOWNER HESITANT TO OPEN THEIR HOME, MY MOTHER'S INFECTIOUS ENTHUSIASM AND PERSISTENCE OFTEN BROUGHT THEM AROUND. MY MOTHER WAS NEVER ANYTHING BUT COURTEOUS, BUT SHE HAD THE UNNERVING SKILL OF ASKING PROBING QUESTIONS AND NUDGING UNTIL YOU SAW IT HER WAY , THAT WAS CERTAINLY PART OF HER EFFECTIVENESS. THE PERSON THAT MY MOTHER WAS WAS NO DOUBT ESTABLISHED EARLY IN HER LIFE. URSULA COLBORN BRACKNELL GREW UP IN AN ERA WHEN COLLEGE EDUCATED WOMEN WERE AN ANOMALY. SHE WAS RAISED IN A HOUSEHOLD WITH TRADITIONAL ENGLISH MORES, PUBLIC SERVICE AND LEAVING A LEGACY WERE HELD UP AS IDEALS, AND SHE HAD SOMETHING TO LIVE UP TO. HER GRANDFATHER, WHO HAD BEEN MAYOR OF BRIGHTON, ENGLAND, HAD A STREET NAMED AFTER HIM IN HONOR OF HIS SERVICE, SOMETHING SHE WAS PARTICULARLY PROUD OF.THIS WAS ALSO A PERIOD WHEN WOMEN WERE CHALLENGING AND CHANGING ROLES IN PUBLIC LIFE.
PERHAPS THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT MOTIVATED MY MOTHER IN HIGH SCHOOL, SHE WON FIRST PRIZE FOR FRENCH. HER EXCELLENT SCORES IN NEW YORK'S REGENT EXAMS WON HER A FULL RIDE TO BARNARD COLLEGE.
CANDY AND HIS ALMA MATER TO, A TOP WOMEN'S COLLEGE, NOW PART OF COLUMBIA. THIS WAS A TIME WHEN ONLY APPROXIMATELY 6% OF WOMEN RECEIVED HIGHER EDUCATION. SHE WAS DRIVEN TO PROVE HERSELF, AS SHE EXPECTED, THE BEST FROM HERSELF. THIS ETHIC WAS ALSO APPLIED TO MY SISTER AND ME. WE WERE EXPECTED TO DO OUR BEST, ALWAYS AND CLEARLY KNEW WHEN WE FELL SHORT. IT WAS NOT UNCOMMON FOR HER TO STOP MID-SENTENCE TO QUIZ US ON THE MEANING OF A WORD OR EXPOUND ON A POINT OF GRAMMAR. MY SISTER AND I FREQUENTLY HAD OUR LETTERS HOME, RETURNED TO US, FULLY EDITED ALONG WITH THE REMONSTRANCE THAT CORRECT OF USE OF CORRECT ENGLISH IS A PIVOTAL SKILL IN LIFE. WHEN THE BRACKNELL FAMILY SETTLED HERE IN 1964, MONTGOMERY WAS A COMMUNITY IN TRANSITION.
MY MOTHER LOVED ITS OPEN SPACES AND RURAL CHARACTER. THE GENTLY ROLLING HILLS, ITS VILLAGES AND ITS HISTORY. SHE ASPIRED TO PRESERVE THESE BEFORE FARMS SURRENDERED TO HOMES FOR YOUNG
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FAMILIES AND NEW LIFESTYLES. THROUGH PUBLIC SERVICE, SHE AND OTHER FAR SIGHTED INDIVIDUALS LAID THE FOUNDATION FOR THE MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP WE ENJOY TODAY. SO MUCH OF THE MONTGOMERY WE LOVE IS DUE TO HER EARLY AND SUSTAINED EFFORTS. I HAVE ALREADY MENTIONED SOME OF HER ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN MONTGOMERY CITIZEN, THE CANDIDATE NIGHTS, AND VOTER EFFORTS FOR THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS, AND HER ROLE IN ORGANIZING BY THE MONTGOMERY'S BICENTENNIAL CELEBRATION. BUT DID YOU KNOW THAT SHE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN STOPPING THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FROM RUNNING I-95 THROUGH MONTGOMERY? MY MOTHER WAS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE GROUP AIM THAT DISSUADED THAT EFFORT WITH AN EARLY ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION AND PLANNING BOARD, SHE DEVELOPED FOUNDATIONAL POLICY. THE NIGHT SKY ORDINANCE IS ONE. ANOTHER WAS SECURING FIVE ACRE RESIDENTIAL ZONING TO PRESERVE OPEN SPACES. SHE PLAYED A CENTRAL ROLE IN LAUNCHING THE LANDMARKS PRESERVATION COMMISSION AND WORKED CEASELESSLY, CEASELESSLY TO RAISE AWARENESS OF THE VALUE OF HISTORICAL STRUCTURES AS A PART OF OUR UNIQUE IDENTITY AND PLACE IN HISTORY. AND SHE PUSHED FOR STREETS TO BE NAMED AFTER MONTGOMERY'S EARLY SETTLERS TO REMIND MODERN DAY RESIDENTS OF OUR CENTURIES OLD HISTORY. MY MOTHER WAS A FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE VAN HARLINGEN HISTORICAL SOCIETY, AND ITS PRESIDENT, BUT AS THE LONG TIME EDITOR OF THE GROUP'S NEWSLETTER, SHE ENDEAVORED TO UNCOVER AND SHARE MONTGOMERY'S FASCINATING STORY, THE EVER POPULAR MAY IN MONTGOMERY HOUSE TOURS AND THE ANNUAL WINE AND CHEESE PARTY ARE ALSO PART OF HER LEGACY. CHANGE IN MONTGOMERY COULD NOT BE STOPPED. MY MOTHER KNEW, BUT IT COULD AT LEAST BE SHAPED. HER IDEALISM WAS TINGED WITH PRAGMATISM. LAND WAS FINITE AND COMMUNITY NEEDS HAD TO BE CONSIDERED. SHE ACCEPTED THAT NOT EVERYTHING COULD BE SAVED.STILL, LOSS OF ANY HISTORICAL BUILDING, MEADOW OR WOODLAND WAS A SAD DAY IN HER MIND. IN HER LATER YEARS, SHE SEEMED TO FEEL THAT SHE HAD NOT ACCOMPLISHED MUCH. THE YOUNG FAMILIES WHO CAME TO MONTGOMERY WANTED TO PUT THEIR OWN STAMP ON THE COMMUNITY , AND RIGHTFULLY SO. AS MONTGOMERY EXPANDED AND DIVERSIFIED, THE NEW GUARD REPLACED THE OLD GUARD AND MODERN. MONTGOMERY'S PIONEERING RESIDENTS FADED BACK. BUT I BELIEVE THAT HER ACCOMPLISHMENTS ARE EVERYWHERE, EVEN AS TIME HAS MOVED ON AND WHERE MY MOTHER ALIVE TODAY, I KNOW SHE WOULD BE SINCERELY GRATIFIED BY THE RECOGNITION OF HER WORK IN THE NAMING OF BRACKNELL. WE THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU . I WAS TRYING NOT TO GET
[2. Proclamation - Recognizing Municipal Clerks’ Week - May 5 - May 11, 2024]
. THANK YOU. OKAY NOW WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING MUNICIPAL CLERKS WEEK, MAY 5TH TO MAY 11TH, 2024. WHEREAS THE OFFICE OF THE MUNICIPAL CLERK, A TIME HONORED AND VITAL PART OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT, EXISTS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. AND WHEREAS THE OFFICE OF MUNICIPAL CLERK IS THE OLDEST AMONG PUBLIC SERVANTS AND WHEREAS THE OFFICE[00:15:05]
OF MUNICIPAL CLERK PROVIDES THE PROFESSIONAL LINK BETWEEN THE CITIZENS, THE LOCAL GOVERNING BODIES AND THE AGENCIES OF THE GOVERNMENT AT OTHER LEVELS AND WHEREAS MUNICIPAL CLERKS HAVE PLEDGED TO BE EVER MINDFUL OF THEIR NEUTRALITY AND IMPARTIALITY RENDERED EQUAL SERVICE TO ALL, AND WHEREAS THE MUNICIPAL CLERK SERVES AS THE INFORMATION CENTER ON FUNCTIONS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND COMMUNITY, AND WHEREAS MUNICIPAL CLERKS CONTINUALLY STRIVE TO IMPROVE THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE AFFAIRS OF THE OFFICE OF THE MUNICIPAL CLERK THROUGH PARTICIPATION IN EDUCATION PROGRAMS, SEMINARS, WORKSHOPS AND THE ANNUAL MEETINGS OF THEIR STATE, PROVINCIAL, COUNTY AND INTERNATIONAL PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND WHEREAS, IT'S MOST APPROPRIATE THAT WE RECOGNIZE THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE OFFICE OF MUNICIPAL CLERK NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE OF THE TOWNSHIP OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY OF SOMERSET, NEW JERSEY, HEREBY RECOGNIZES THE WEEK OF MAY 5TH THROUGH MAY 11TH, 2024, AS MUNICIPAL CLERKS WEEK AND FURTHER EXTENDS APPRECIATION TO MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP MUNICIPAL CLERK LISA FANIA AND TO ALL MUNICIPAL CLERKS FOR VITAL SERVICES THEY PERFORM AND THEIR EXEMPLARY DEDICATION TO THE COMMUNITIES THEY SERVE. YES. JUST WANTED TO SAY, IT'S TRULY MY PLEASURE TO. MIKE. MIKE. SORRY I JUST WANTED TO SAY, I KNOW I'VE BEEN HERE A YEAR NOW, AND IT'S TRULY MY PLEASURE TO SERVE THIS COMMUNITY AND SUPPORT THE STAFF AND THE, AND THE GOVERNING BODY. I'M A PUBLIC SERVANT, AND IT GIVES ME SUCH GREAT JOY AND HAPPINESS THAT ANYONE WHO COMES TO MY OFFICE OR CALLS MY OFFICE LEAVES UNDERSTOOD OR INFORMED. SO JUST KNOW THAT MY DOOR IS ALWAYS OPEN AND I'M NEVER TOO BUSY TO HELP. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU LISA.[3. Presentation - Eagle Scout Project - Jensen Lin]
HAVE A PRESENTATION EAGLE SCOUT PROJECT. JENSEN. LYNN, IF YOU CAN, PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM.OKAY, SO MY NAME IS JENSEN LYNN AND I AM A BOY SCOUT FROM TROOP 46. I AM HERE TO PRESENT MY EAGLE PROJECT, WHICH WILL CONSIST OF TAKING DOWN THE SIGNS LABELING THE SOCCER FIELDS AT MILL POND PARK, PURCHASING AND INSTALLING NEW ONES. YEAH. AND I THINK I SENT YOU A SLIDE SHOWED YOU MIND IF YOU IF YOU SHOW THAT. YEAH. DO YOU HAVE THE SLIDESHOW? I'LL BE I'LL BE PROJECTING. I JUST PRINTED THE I JUST PRINTED. OH. YOU JUST HAVE IT AS A PRINTOUT. OH IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK ON IT. IF YOU. YEAH, I CAN JUST SPEAK. OKAY. OKAY. SO, SO IF YOU LOOK ON THE FIRST SLIDE, THERE'S A, THERE'S A FEW PICTURES OF THE OLD SIGNS, THEY HAVE BEEN THERE FOR OVER 20 YEARS, AND THEY'RE AT, THEY'RE AT RISK OF FALLING APART BECAUSE THEY'RE LIKE, THEY'RE WOODEN AND , AND THEY'RE ROTTING. AND IN FACT, YOU CAN ALREADY SEE THAT THE LEFTMOST SIGN IS MISSING THE FIELD NUMBER. AND AS OF RIGHT NOW, ALL SEVEN POSTS ALSO HAVE AN ADDITIONAL SIGN STATING WHETHER ALL FIELDS ARE OPEN OR CLOSED. BUT I WILL CHANGE IT SO THAT ONLY TWO OF THEM HAVE IT.
THAT WAY. IT'S EASIER FOR YOU GUYS TO CHANGE THE STATUS OF IT SO IF YOU LOOK ON THE SECOND SLIDE, THERE'S A DIAGRAM OF THE SIGN, IT HAS ALL THE DIMENSIONS ON IT. YOU SEE THE. WHAT ARE THE CURRENT. ARE THEY COMPARABLE TO THE CURRENT OR. IT'S A LITTLE BIT LARGER ISN'T IT. YEAH, THEY WILL BE. THEY WILL BE PRETTY SIMILAR TO THE CURRENT ONE. MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, BUT, IN GENERAL PRETTY SIMILAR. SO THERE ARE GOING TO BE SEVEN SIGNPOSTS IN TOTAL, ALL OF WHICH WILL HAVE THE FIELD NUMBER, LIKE I SAID, ONLY TWO OF THEM WILL HAVE THE OPEN CLOSED SIGN AND THEY WILL BE MADE OF THE SIGNS WILL BE MADE OF ALUMINUM AND PURCHASED FROM FASTSIGNS, WHICH IS A SIGN SHOP, THEY WILL HAVE CUSTOM TEXT AND DIMENSIONS AND THE SIGN POST WILL BE STEEL AND BE TEN FEET TALL. AND TO INSTALL THE SIGNS, WE WILL WE WILL DRIVE THE POSTS INTO THE GROUND AND THEN ATTACH THE SIGNS TO THE POSTS USING BOLTS. SO MY TIMELINE TO COMPLETE THIS, IS GOING TO BE I'M GOING TO FINISH WITH THIS, SOMETIME AROUND, LATE JULY. THAT IS WHEN I THINK I'M GOING TO FINISH THIS. OKAY. YEAH, THAT SOUNDS REALLY. AND ON PAGE TWO, WHEN YOU HAVE THIS, THE ONE THAT TALKS ABOUT WET CONDITIONS AND ALL FIELDS CLOSED , SO IS THAT LIKE A STEEL SIGN
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AND THEN ENGRAVED? YEAH, IT'S A STEEL SIGN. IT'S ACTUALLY A FOLDABLE SIGN THAT HAS, IT'S MADE OF, LIKE, TWO SIGNS, BUT THERE'S A HINGE ATTACHED TO IT. SO, LIKE, THE OUTSIDE SAYS OPEN, BUT WHEN YOU OPEN IT UP, INSIDE IT SAYS DUE TO WET CONDITIONS, ALL FIELDS CLOSED. OKAY. OKAY.YEAH. THE REASON I'M ASKING IS I'VE SEEN SOME OF THE GIRL SCOUT SIGNS AT VETERANS AND I KNOW SOME EAGLE SCOUTS WITH, SIGNS WHICH WERE DONE IN STEEL AND THEN ENGRAVED, AND SOMEHOW THEY START LOSING THEIR LUSTER, AND YOU CAN'T READ. SO MAYBE THAT'S A QUESTION FOR FAST SIGNS THAT AFTER A FIVE YEARS OR TEN YEARS, IS THERE A WAY TO RESTORE THESE? BECAUSE I'M SEEING THE ONES THAT ARE OUT THERE RIGHT NOW AND OUT OF AFTER ALL THE RAIN OR WHATEVER HAPPENS TO THEM IN FIVE, TEN, WHATEVER. BECAUSE THIS IS GOING TO BE HOPEFULLY HERE FOR A VERY LONG TIME. SO JUST THAT WOULD BE GREAT IF YOU CAN FIND OUT HOW WE CAN KEEP THEM AND WE CAN ASK OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT TO KEEP THAT, YOU KNOW, RESTORE THEM OR WHATEVER NEEDS TO BE DONE. MAYBE THERE'S A CLEANING PRODUCT TO USE. YEAH, BUT THANK YOU. MAY I SAY SOMETHING? YEAH, SURE. SO.
HELLO, MR. LYNN, I HAD THE I HAD THE ESTEEMED PLEASURE OF BEING INTERVIEWED BY MR. LYNN FOR ANOTHER PART OF HIS EAGLE SCOUT PROJECT. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO DO THIS RESTORATION FOR US, AND THAT I'M VERY PROUD OF YOU. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU AGAIN. WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOU COMPLETING YOUR PROJECT. OKAY WE ARE NOW
[4. Public Comment]
GOING INTO PUBLIC COMMENT. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISHING TO ADDRESS THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE ON MATTERS PERTAINING TO THE TOWNSHIP WILL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER PERSON. IF COMMENTS ARE SIMILAR TO THOSE ALREADY STATED, PLEASE INDICATE YOUR SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION GROUPS ARE ASKED TO SELECT A SPOKESPERSON PERSON. ARE THERE ANY MEMBERS WHO WISH TO ADDRESS THE COMMITTEE AND I GUESS YOU DO. HI. YES, I'M CANDY WILLIS. I'M FROM. I'M THE LIBRARIAN AT THE VAN HARLINGEN HISTORICAL SOCIETY, I JUST WANT TO MAKE ONE COMMENT ABOUT URSULA BRICKNELL THAT I, I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN TODAY, BUT IN ABOUT 2004, I WAS HELPING URSULA GET HER BOOK REPUBLISHED, AND SHE HAD MACULAR DEGENERATION . SHE COULDN'T SEE. SO I WOULD DO THE TYPING FOR HER. HER HANDWRITING WASN'T VERY GOOD, SO SOMETIMES I COULDN'T READ IT TO TYPE IT INTO THE COMPUTER. ONE TIME I CAME BACK WITH WHATEVER IT WAS AND SHE WENT, THAT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE SOMETHING I WOULD WRITE. SO I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY FUNNY, SO THE REASON I'M HERE IS BECAUSE, WE JUST HAD A MAY IN MONTGOMERY, THE VAN HARLINGEN HISTORICAL SOCIETY, AND THE MAYOR WAS KIND ENOUGH TO COME AND SPEND A LOT OF TIME. AND I WANTED TO GIVE EVERYBODY A SWAG BAG. I HAD NUMEROUS CONVERSATIONS WITH LISA OVER THERE ABOUT VARIOUS THINGS, AND, I AM ONE SHORT, BUT IF YOU CAN, I APPROACH, YOU CAN LEAVE THEM WITH LISA AND SHE WILL, SAY, OKAY. ALSO, THERE'S A BUTTON IN THERE THAT YOU CAN WEAR. THERE'S THE BOOKLET, WHICH IS THIS BOOKLET, AND THERE'S A MAP OF 1850 WHICH LESLIE BRECKNELL IMMEDIATELY RECOGNIZED WHEN SHE SAW IT ROLLED UP WITH LISA. AND, I'M ONE SHORT. SORRY. THAT'S FINE. OH, AND LAURIE SAVARIN HELPED US VERY MUCH WITH ANOTHER MATTER WITH MAY AND MONTGOMERY. THAT'S ANOTHER REASON I CAME TO THANK HER PUBLICLY. THANK YOU PUBLICLY. THANK HER PUBLICLY, I KNOW IT WAS A GREAT EVENT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DOING THE MAIN MONTGOMERY. LOVELY EVENT AND BEAUTIFUL WEATHER.OKAY. ANYBODY ELSE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? OKAY I GUESS WITH THAT, WE WILL BE CLOSED TO PUBLIC COMMENT OR NO, IT DOESN'T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT CLOSED ANYMORE. OKAY WE WILL THEN CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT. EVERYBODY IN FAVOR? I OKAY, ORDINANCES. INTRODUCTION OF FIRST READING
[5. Ordinance#24-1733 - An Ordinance Amending Chapter XII “Sewer and Water” of the Code of the Township of Montgomery (1984) to Establish the 2024 Sewer Capacity Charges and Service Rates - Introduction/First Reading]
ORDINANCE NUMBER 20 4-1733. AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 12 SEWER AND WATER OF THE CODE OF THE TOWNSHIP OF MONTGOMERY, 1984 TO ESTABLISH THE 2024 SEWER CAPACITY CHARGES AND SERVICE RATES, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE OF THE TOWNSHIP OF MONTGOMERY, THAT THE FOREGOING ORDINANCE BE HEREBY PASSED ON FIRST READING, AND THAT THE SAME BE PUBLISHED ACCORDING TO LAW, WITH PUBLIC HEARING AND A VOTE SCHEDULED FOR THE MEETING OF JUNE 6TH, 2024.[00:25:01]
MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO INTRODUCE ORDINANCE NUMBER 20 4-1733. SO MOVED. SECOND ROLL CALL, PLEASE.COMMITTEE MEMBER ANN. YES. COMMITTEE MEMBER. TAYLOR. TODD. YES. COMMITTEE MEMBER. KENAN
[6. Ordinance #24-1734 - Bond Ordinance Providing for the Pike Brook Wastewater Treatment Plant Upgrade and Expansion Project in and by the Township of Montgomery, in the County of Somerset, New Jersey, Appropriating $14,600,000 Therefor and Authorizing the Issuance of $14,600,000 Bonds or Notes of the Township to Finance the Cost Thereof - Introduction/First Reading]
YES. MAYOR. SINGH. YES. ORDINANCE NUMBER 20 4-1734. BOND ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE PIKE BROOK WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT UPGRADE AND EXPANSION PROJECT IN AND BY THE TOWNSHIP OF MONTGOMERY IN THE COUNTY OF SOMERSET, NEW JERSEY, APPROPRIATING 14,600,000.THEREFORE AND AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF 14,000 600,000 BONDS OR NOTES OF THE TOWNSHIP TO FINANCE THE COST THEREOF, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE OF THE TOWNSHIP OF MONTGOMERY, THAT THE FOREGOING ORDINANCE BE HEREBY PASSED ON FIRST READING, AND THAT THE SAME BE PUBLISHED ACCORDING TO LAW, WITH A PUBLIC HEARING AND A VOTE SCHEDULED FOR THE MEETING OF JUNE 6TH, 2024. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO INTRODUCE ORDINANCE NUMBER 20 4-1734, BEFORE WE DO THAT, DID YOU WANT TO JUST GIVE US A QUICK UPDATE? YEAH. SURE, SURE. SO THIS ORDINANCE THAT WE'RE INTRODUCING REFLECTS THE PRESENTATION THAT WE HAD LAST MEETING FROM OUR CONSULTANT, JIM COSGROVE FROM ONE WATER. CHRIS LICCARDO, OUR DIRECTOR OF WASTEWATER OPERATIONS, AND MARK HERMAN, OUR TOWNSHIP ENGINEER, IT SPECIFICALLY WILL PERMIT TWO THINGS. IT IT'S REQUIRED BY DEP TO RETREAT TO ACHIEVE MORE STRINGENT EFFLUENT LIMITS. SO THERE NEEDS TO BE UPGRADES TO ADDRESS THAT. AND THE EXPANSION IS REQUIRED TO MEET THE FUTURE NEEDS OF THE TOWNSHIP FOR CONSOLIDATION OF CARRIER CLINIC, WHICH IS HAS A GREAT ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFIT TO THE TO THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE THEY'RE, CURRENTLY THEY'RE SMALL TREATMENT FACILITY. THERE IS WOULD NEED SIGNIFICANT WORK TO OPERATE PROPERLY. AND SO THEY WILL NOW BE PUMPING OVER TO OUR WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, THE SCHEDULE WOULD BE IN MAY OF, THIS MAY JUNE TO DO THE REQUIRED PERMITS TO DO THE WORK. AND IN THE SUMMERTIME WE WOULD ADVERTISE FOR THE BIDS AND HOPEFULLY AWARD CAN THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT IN SEPTEMBER. AND, LOOKING AT A TIME FRAME OF MARCH 2026 FOR COMPLETE CONSTRUCTION, THAT'S OKAY. SO 2026. OKAY. THANK YOU.
OKAY. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO INTRODUCE ORDINANCE NUMBER 20 4-1734. SO MOVED SECOND. OKAY.
ROLL CALL PLEASE. COMMITTEE MEMBER ON. YES. COMMITTEE MEMBER. TAYLOR TODD. YES.
[7. Ordinance #24-1731 - Bond Ordinance Providing For the Improvement of the Sewer System in and by the Township of Montgomery, in the County of Somerset, New Jersey, Appropriating $250,000 Therefor and Authorizing the Issuance of $250,000 Bond or Notes of the Township to Finance the Cost Thereof - Public Hearing/Final Adoption]
MEMBER. KENAN. YES MAYOR. SAYING YES. ORDINANCES. PUBLIC HEARING. FINAL ADOPTION ORDINANCE NUMBER 20 4-1731 BOND ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE SEWER SYSTEM IN AND BY THE TOWNSHIP OF MONTGOMERY IN THE COUNTY OF SOMERSET, NEW JERSEY, APPROPRIATING 250,000 THEREFOR AND AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF 2000 $250,000 BONDS OR NOTES OF THE TOWNSHIP TO FINANCE THE COST THEREOF. AND MAYOR, IF I COULD JUST, THIS ORDINANCE RELATES TO OUR 2024 SEWER BUDGET CAPITAL FOR SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS AND REPAIRS, AND THIS WAS PART OF THE BUDGET ADOPTION FOR THIS YEAR. OKAY THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN. ARE THERE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, OR THE COMMITTEE THAT WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT ON ANYONE? NOPE. I GUESS, MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? SO MOVED SECOND. OKAY. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE OF THE TOWNSHIP OF MONTGOMERY THAT THE FOREGOING ORDINANCE IS HEREBY ADOPTED THIS 14TH DAY OF MAY, 2024. AND THAT THE ORDINANCE SUMMARY BE PUBLISHED IN AN OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER AS AS REQUIRED BY LAW. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT OR MAY I INTERRUPT? IT'S. YES, I'M GOING TO. THERE'S A TYPO ON THE ON THE AGENDA. ALL OF THE ADOPTION DATES SHOULD BE MAY 16TH OR SHOULD BE MAY 16TH. OKAY THANK YOU. I WILL READ THAT. YES. SO BASICALLY ORDINANCE BE HEREBY ADOPTED THIS 16TH DAY OF MAY 2024. AND THAT THE ORDINANCE SUMMARY BE PUBLISHED IN AN OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER AS REQUIRED BY LAW. OKAY, SO THAT'S MY BIRTHDAY, BY THE WAY. SO I WAS THINKING STOLEN BIRTHDAY. THAT'S WHY. THAT'S WHY IT'S THERE. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT ORDINANCE NUMBER 20 4-1731. SO MOVED. SECOND ROLL CALL, PLEASE. COMMITTEE MEMBER ON. YES COMMITTEE MEMBER. TAYLOR. TODD. YES. COMMITTEE MEMBER. KENAN. YES MAYOR SAYING YES. ORDINANCE[8. 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 - Public Hearing/Final Adoption]
NUMBER 20 4-1732. AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A COMPREHENSIVE SALARY AND WAGE PLAN FOR THE TOWNSHIP OF MONTGOMERY, SOMERSET COUNTY, AND TO PROVIDE FOR ITS ADMINISTRATION IN 2024, I'VE BEEN ADVISED THAT THERE IS A NEED TO AMEND THE ORDINANCE THAT WAS INTRODUCED, WENDY, CAN YOU[00:30:02]
EXPLAIN? YES. THERE WAS AN ADDITIONAL POSITION THAT WAS ADDED IN THAT HAD BEEN LEFT OFF THE ORIGINAL ONE, AND SO SINCE THE ORDINANCE NEEDS TO BE AMENDED, BUT THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS SCHEDULED, I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT YOU ALLOW ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO COME SPEAK. HOWEVER, THE ORDINANCE WILL NOT BE ADOPTED THIS EVENING. IT WOULD BE AT THE NEXT MEETING IN JUNE. LISA, THAT DATE IS JUNE. JUNE 6TH. JUNE 6TH. YEAH, JUNE. SO THE PUBLIC HEARING WOULD ALSO BE HELD ON THAT DATE FOR THE ORDINANCE AS AMENDED. OKAY, SO I GUESS WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. ARE THERE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC OR COMMITTEE THAT WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT? OKAY THE ORDINANCE AS AMENDED WILL BE HEARD AS WENDY JUST MENTIONED, JUNE 6TH, THERE WILL BE NO VOTE THIS EVENING. OKAY. CONSENT AGENDA. OH, I GUESS THERE'S NO MATTERS LISTED[9. Resolution #24-5-174 - Authorizing Access and Use Agreement Between the Township of Montgomery and Montgomery Township Board of Education for Swimming Pool Located at Montgomery High School]
ON OUR CONSENT AGENDA. RESOLUTIONS, RESOLUTION NUMBER 24. DASH FIVE, DASH 174.AUTHORIZING ACCESS AND USE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE TOWNSHIP OF MONTGOMERY AND THE MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP BOARD OF EDUCATION FOR SWIMMING POOL LOCATED AT MONTGOMERY HIGH SCHOOL. YOU WANNA SAY ANYTHING IMPORTANT? OR. THIS IS THE, AGREEMENT THAT WE, EXECUTE EACH YEAR TO ALLOW THE RECREATION DEPARTMENT TO RUN SWIM LESSONS AND ALSO MEMBERSHIPS TO OUR RESIDENTS TO USE THE POOL, OFF HOURS WHEN SCHOOL IS NOT IN SESSION, THERE'S NO CHANGE FROM LAST YEAR'S TERM'S. OKAY MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 24? DASH FIVE, DASH 174.
SO MOVED. SECOND ROLL CALL, PLEASE. COMMITTEE MEMBER. ANN. YES COMMITTEE MEMBER. TAYLOR.
TODD. YES. COMMITTEE MEMBER. KENAN. YES MAYOR. SINGH. YES. RESOLUTION NUMBER 24. DASH FIVE.
[10. Resolution #24-5-175 - Authorizing Outdoor Assembly Permit - Ride for Freedom - Rolling Thunder Inc. (May 26, 2024)]
DASH 175. AUTHORIZE OUTDOOR ASSEMBLY PERMIT. RIDE FOR FREEDOM. ROLLING THUNDER INCORPORATED. MAY 26TH, 2024. IS THERE SOMETHING THAT. SURE. SO THIS IS AN OUTDOOR ASSEMBLY PERMIT FOR, RIDE FOR FREEDOM BY ROLLING THUNDER. THE RIDE WILL START AT RARITAN VALLEY COLLEGE AND IT WILL EXTEND THROUGH THE, MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP AND END AT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND SKILLMAN PARK. THEY HAVE, RECEIVED ALL OF THE APPROPRIATE APPROVALS FROM PD HEALTH DEPARTMENT, FIRE MARSHALS OFFICE, SO, OKAY, IT'S UP FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU.OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS? YEAH OKAY. SO MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 24, DASH FIVE, DASH 175. SO MOVED. SECOND ROLL CALL, PLEASE. COMMITTEE MEMBER. ANN. YES. COMMITTEE MEMBER.
TAYLOR. TODD. YES COMMITTEE MEMBER. KENAN. YES. MAYOR. SINGH. YES RESOLUTION NUMBER 24.
[11. Resolution #24-5-176 - Authorizing Township Committee Appointments to the Board of Health]
DASH FIVE, DASH 176. AUTHORIZING TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS TO THE BOARD OF HEALTH, AND I GUESS WE HAVE OUR BOARD OF HEALTH MEMBERS THAT ARE GOING TO BE HERE. AND WE ARE DOING WE'RE DOING THEIR, OATHS AS WELL TODAY. IF I'M IS THAT TRUE, LISA? CORRECT. OKAY. SO I GUESS WE HAVE, DOCTOR JOHNNY MOHAN, WHO'S GOING TO BE A REGULAR MEMBER, UNEXPIRED THREE TERM, TO THREE YEAR TERM UNTIL DECEMBER 31ST, 2025. OKAY THE 2024, IT SAYS 20 2425. DID YOU WANT TO JUST READ THEM ALL THE RESOLUTION? OKAY. YEAH OKAY. APPROVED. OKAY. LET'S DO THAT.SO WE ARE GOING TO FIRST DO BE IT RESOLVED BY THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE OF THE TOWNSHIP OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY OF SOMERSET, NEW JERSEY, THAT THE FOLLOWING APPOINTMENTS SHALL BE MADE AS LISTED. DOCTOR JOHNNY MOHAN, REGULAR MEMBER WILL BE UNEXPIRED TERM THREE YEAR TERM TO DECEMBER 31ST, 2025. JOSEPH BERARDI, PHD, ALTERNATE, ONE MEMBER. UNEXPIRED TWO YEAR TERM TO DECEMBER 31ST, 2024. AND WE DO HAVE A VACANCY WHICH WE ARE NOT FILLING RIGHT NOW. SO MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 24. DASH 5-176. SO MOVED. SECOND ROLL CALL PLEASE. COMMITTEE MEMBER ON. YES COMMITTEE MEMBER. TAYLOR. TODD. YES. COMMITTEE MEMBER KENAN. YES. MAYOR SINGH.
YES. SO WE DO THE. OKAY, OKAY. THAT WAS HELPFUL . THANK YOU. TO A SEPARATE. IF HE WANTS TO. ALL RIGHT
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. AND.CAN. CAN I JUST HAVE. MAYOR? CAN I JUST HAVE THEM SIGN THE OATHS FOR ME OVER HERE, PLEASE? THANK YOU. YES I HAVE A PEN. YES. OKAY YOU CAN ACTUALLY WALK OVER TO THAT PANEL. YEAH. I JUST NEED YOU TO SIGN. SO I HAVE THAT LITTLE. JUST SIGN FOR ME RIGHT HERE. THAT'S FINE. YEAH. JUST TAKE CARE OF THE REST. I'LL DATE IT. I'LL DATE IT. PROVIDES IT. THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. OKAY THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. OKAY RESOLUTION NUMBER 24, DASH FIVE, DASH 177. AUTHORIZING NEW HIRES
[12. Resolution #24-5-177 - Authorizing New Hires/Promotions]
AND PROMOTIONS. OKAY YES, MAYOR. SO THESE WERE EXISTING POSITIONS THAT THE TOWNSHIP HAD VACANCIES, AND SACRED SOLACE ARE OUR NEW HEALTH EDUCATOR HAS SOME GREAT BACKGROUND IN PUBLIC HEALTH AND HEALTH EDUCATION. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT SHE BRINGS TO OUR ORGANIZATION IS EXPERIENCE WITH FOOD INSECURITY. SO, AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A MUNICIPAL FOOD BANK AND THAT IS A TOPIC THAT SOME MEMBERS OF THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE HAVE DISCUSSED, POSSIBLY WANTING TO LOOK INTO HOW WE CAN ADDRESS LOCAL FOOD INSECURITY. AND SO I THINK SACRED WILL IS A GREAT ADDITION TO OUR TEAM. AGREED. ALEXIS HAS REPLACED MARTHA ARCHER, OUR LONGTIME SECRETARY IN THE PLANNING AND ZONING DEPARTMENT, AND CARL CONTI WAS PROMOTED TO THE IT DIRECTOR AND CARL IS A RELATIVELY NEW ADDITION TO THE TOWNSHIP. HE WAS, ABOUT FOR A YEAR OUR IT SPECIALIST ROLE. HE WAS BROUGHT ON BOARD, WENT THROUGH A LENGTHY INTERVIEW PROCESS DURING THAT. AND WE HAD WIDELY ADVERTISED THAT ROLE, WE HAD SOME GREAT CANDIDATES, BUT I THINK MANY OF YOU HAVE WORKED WITH CARL ON SOME IT MATTERS AND YOU CAN TELL HIS DEPTH OF KNOWLEDGE, HIS ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE TECHNICAL TERMS IN A PLAIN ENGLISH LANGUAGE, WHICH IS VERY HELPFUL AND KIND OF[00:40:05]
UNDERSTANDS THE BIGGER PICTURE OF ALL OF THE ESPECIALLY IN THE BUILDING WE'RE IN, WHICH IS A VERY SMART BUILDING. THERE'S A LOT OF TECHNOLOGY HERE, AS WE'VE ALL EXPERIENCED FIRST HAND, JUST WITHIN THIS ROOM, THE UPS AND DOWNS WE'VE HAD. SO, WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT, THAT THIS SOUNDS REALLY EXCITING. ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 24. DASH 5-177. SO MOVED. SECOND ROLL CALL, PLEASE. COMMITTEE MEMBER ON. YES.COMMITTEE MEMBER. TAYLOR. TODD. YES. MAYOR COMMITTEE MEMBER. KENAN. YES. MAYOR. SINGH. YES
[13. Resolution #24-5-178 - Authorizing an Agreement for Sewer Capacity Reservation in the Skillman Villas Sewage Treatment Plant - Montgomery Crossing Phase 1A, Proposed Block 28009, Lots 2.01-2.20 Condo (Now or Formerly Block 28009 Lot 2)]
RESOLUTION NUMBER 24. DASH FIVE, DASH 178 AUTHORIZING AN AGREEMENT FOR SEWER CAPACITY RESERVATION IN THE SKILLMAN VILLAGE SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT, MONTGOMERY CROSSING. PHASE ONE, A PROPOSED BLOCK 28009 LOTS, 2.01 TO 2.020. CONDO NOW OR FORMERLY BLOCK 28009, LOT TWO.SO, MAYOR, THIS IS, OUR STANDARD AGREEMENT FOR ANY NEW DEVELOPMENT THAT IS CONSTRUCTED.
WE ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WHERE THE DEVELOPER PAYS THE FEE, TO RESERVE THE CAPACITY AND CONNECT INTO THE SEWER. THIS PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT IS THE LAST SECTION OF SHAH BELL DEVELOPMENTS, MONTGOMERY CROSSING, IT WAS ORIGINALLY APPROVED AT 40 CONDOMINIUM, A 40 UNIT CONDOMINIUM BUILDING. BUT THE DEVELOPER CAME BACK TO THE PLANNING BOARD TO AMEND THAT AND ACTUALLY REDUCE THE NUMBER OF UNITS TO 20. AND THEY BECAME STAFFED TOWNHOME. SO A SIMILAR TYPE OF PRODUCT, FEWER THOUGH, AND THEY, THEY HAVE A HIGHER VALUE AS WELL, SO THAT'S WHAT THIS IS FOR THE AGENDA TONIGHT. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS. WHEN HAS THIS BEEN, FIRST, APPROVED OR APPROACHED TO THE TOWN FOR THIS CONSTRUCTION? I WOULD SAY TO 2016, BUT MAYBE, MAYBE, THEREABOUTS. 20, 2008 2016. OKAY. IT'S, IT'S BEEN INCLUDED IN OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING PLAN, FOR ROUND THREE. SO THAT'S, YOU KNOW, GOES BACK 15, 20 YEARS OF IN THE WORKS. RIGHT. UNDERSTOOD.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 24. DASH FIVE, DASH 178.
SO MOVED. SECOND ROLL CALL, PLEASE. COMMITTEE MEMBER ON. YES COMMITTEE MEMBER. TAYLOR. TODD.
[14. Resolution #24-5-179 - Authorizing and Approving Execution of a First Amendment to the Amended and Restated Lease Purchase Agreement with the Somerset County Improvement Authority]
YES. COMMITTEE MEMBER. KENAN. YES MAYOR. SINGH. YES. RESOLUTION NUMBER 24. DASH FIVE.DASH 179 AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED LEASE PURCHASE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE SOMERSET COUNTY IMPROVEMENT AUTHORITY AND THE TOWNSHIP OF MONTGOMERY. YES, MAYOR AND TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE. THIS IS AN AMENDMENT TO THE AGREEMENT THAT HELPED GET THIS BUILDING HERE TODAY, IT'S NOT ALTERING ANY OF THE PAYMENTS. WHAT IT IS, IS ALLOWING FOR THE SUBDIVISION SO THAT THE PROPERTY CAN BE CONVEYED TO RPM TO BUILD THE 100% AFFORDABLE OVER, TO ON THE SIDE OF THE BUILDING HERE, SO IT ALLOWS IT TO ACTUALLY BE FOR YOU TO BE ABLE TO EXECUTE A DEED, TO GIVE IT TO RPM WITHOUT THEM HAVING TO ENTER INTO A LONG TERM LEASE. OKAY OH, I SHOULD ALSO NOTE THAT THE COUNTY HAS ALREADY AUTHORIZED, EXECUTING AN AMENDMENT BEFORE. OH, THEY'VE DONE IT. OKAY, OKAY. WELL MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 24? DASH FIVE, DASH 179. SO MOVED SECOND AND ROLL CALL, PLEASE. COMMITTEE MEMBER ON. YES. COMMITTEE MEMBER. TAYLOR. TODD. YES. COMMITTEE MEMBER. KENAN. YES.
[15. Resolution #24-5-180 - Authorizing Use Agreement Between Montgomery Township and Montgomery Township Friends of Open Space for the Montgomery Farmers Market]
MAYOR. SINGH. YES. RESOLUTION NUMBER 24. DASH FIVE, DASH 180 AUTHORIZING USE AGREEMENT BETWEEN MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP AND MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP. FRIENDS OF OPEN SPACE FOR THE MONTGOMERY FARMER'S MARKET. OKAY. YES. MAYOR WE'RE GOING TO DISPLAY A. OH, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME SLIDES FOR US JUST SO THAT WE CAN, ORIENT SHOW YOU SOME OF THE DETAILS OF THE AGREEMENT. BUT THIS USE AGREEMENT, PUTS INTO PLACE THE TERMS BETWEEN THE TOWNSHIP AND THE NONPROFIT MONTGOMERY FRIENDS OF OPEN SPACE FOR BRINGING THE FARMER'S MARKET HERE TO THE MUNICIPAL BUILDING PROPERTY. SO IT'S A STANDARD USE AGREEMENT. SO WE DISCUSS, HAVING THE PROPER INSURANCE, HOW THE PROPERTY WILL BE MAINTAINED, WHAT RESPONSIBILITIES THEY HAVE, THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE TOWNSHIP. SO THERE ARE JUST A FEW THINGS I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT WILL BE EXHIBITS TO THE AGREEMENT. SO. WE NEED CALLS RIGHT. NOW. SO THE FARMER WANT ONE EXHIBIT. IS THE[00:45:07]
FARMER'S MARKET LOCATION. OKAY. WHICH WILL BE AT THE SOUTHERN END OF THE PARKING LOT, IN THAT THAT THAT BAY OF PARKING SPACES, THE NEXT EXHIBIT THAT WE HAVE IS SEE IT. YEAH. THERE'S I DON'T KNOW, IT'S NOT WORKING. THAT'S THE PROBLEM. I DON'T KNOW WHY IT'S NOT CONNECTING. CAN WE GO BACK AND AMEND THAT AGREEMENT TO BUY THIS THING FROM THE COUNTY? YEAH, YEAH. SO JUST KIND OF WALKING YOU THROUGH WHAT, WHAT YOU WOULD BE SEEING, THEY ARE, THEY HAVE A SHED THAT HAS STORAGE FOR SUPPLIES THAT THEY USE FOR THE FARMERS MARKET. THAT LOCATION WILL BE JUST TO THE WEST OF US, WHERE THE OLD THERE'S A PAVED DRIVEWAY WHERE THE OLD SITE FOR THE FORMER CONVATEC BUILDING WAS. IT'S WHERE THE CELL TOWER LOCATION WILL BE. SO TO ONE SIDE WILL BE THE CELL TOWER, AND TO THE OTHER WILL BE THE SHED, AND WE'VE WORKED THAT OUT WITH. THAT'S A GOOD THING, THE MONTGOMERY FRIENDS, THE OTHER, OTHER ITEM IS THE A THEY HAVE REQUESTED A KIND OF A TWO SIDED FOUR BY EIGHT BANNER THAT WOULD BE LOCATED THE NORTHERN PART OF OUR PROPERTY CLOSER TO THE OUTSIDE OF THE 206 STATE RIGHT OF WAY. BUT IN THAT LOCATION THAT AS YOU'RE TRAVELING SOUTH, YOU'LL BE MADE AWARE THAT THE FARMERS MARKET IS HERE ON SATURDAYS FROM I THINK IT'S 9 TO 1. AND SO I WAS GOING TO SHOW YOU A PICTURE OF WHAT THAT SIGN WOULD LOOK LIKE. IS IT A PERMANENT I SEND IT TO I THINK ALL OF THEM. IS IT THAT IT WILL BE. IT'S A BANNER.DID THAT GO UP AND DOWN LIKE EVERY LIKE ON THE WEEKENDS? THEY'LL PUT IT UP OR WILL IT BE THERE? THEY ARE REQUESTING THAT IT REMAIN UP FOR THE DURATION OF THE FOR THE SEASON. SUMMER.
YEAH. YES, AND SO THOSE WERE THE ITEMS THAT I WANTED TO JUST IDENTIFY AS, YOU KNOW, CHANGES THAT YOU'LL SEE ON THE PROPERTY AND MAKE SURE YOU ARE OKAY WITH THAT. THE REST OF THE TERMS I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH TOWNSHIP ATTORNEY WENDY QUIROGA, AND SO WE FEEL THAT IT'S PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD, CAN YOU LIFT UP THAT LAPTOP? BECAUSE I KNOW, WE SAW EARLIER VERSIONS, SO I JUST WANTED TO. I DID TRY TO EMAIL IT AT THE BOTTOM. I MEAN, ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT I THINK WE SAW WITH THAT SIGN IS THAT PEOPLE ARE DRIVING BY ONTO A SIX VERY QUICKLY, SO LESS IS MORE. MORE, AND MAYBE GETTING SOME OF THAT A LITTLE BIGGER BECAUSE, UNLESS THAT THING'S GOING TO BE ABOUT 20FT WIDE, SOME OF THAT STUFF, NOBODY'S GOING TO BE ABLE TO READ. I THINK. SO JUST TO KEEP THAT. OKAY. YEAH. WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. OKAY I MEAN, I DEFINITELY THINK IT'S AN IMPROVEMENT. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE SEEN THE SIGN WHICH IS AT LAKELAND BANK AND THAT TO THAT THIS ONE I THINK THERE'S THE STAFF DID A GOOD JOB. YEAH. PEOPLE USUALLY PARK THERE TRYING TO. YEAH I THINK LAKELAND BLANK THEY HAVE YOU KNOW THEY HAVE THAT TRAFFIC LIGHT WHERE PEOPLE CAN ACTUALLY STOP AND READ THE SIGN. YES. HERE WE WON'T. YOU'RE NOT STOPPING. YOU'RE JUST FLYING BY IT. SO YOU KNOW. YEAH. COME ON. IT'S ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. RIGHT. YES AGREED. OKAY. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. AND MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 24, DASH FIVE, DASH 179.
SO MOVED. SECOND ROLL CALL, PLEASE. COMMITTEE MEMBER ON. YES. COMMITTEE MEMBER. TAYLOR.
TODD. YES. COMMITTEE MEMBER KEENAN. YES. MAYOR SINGH. YES MAYOR. I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY.
THAT WAS 20 451 80. YES I JUST REALIZED SORRY, I'M GOING TO READ THAT AGAIN. NO, I'M I'M JUST TESTING MYSELF TO RESOLUTION NUMBER 24, DASH FIVE, DASH 180 AUTHORIZING USE AGREEMENT. THAT WAS THE ONE THAT WE HAD TO DO. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 24. DASH 5-180. SO MOVED. SECOND ROLL CALL, PLEASE. COMMITTEE MEMBER ON. YES.
COMMITTEE MEMBER. TAYLOR. TODD. YES. COMMITTEE MEMBER. KEENAN. YES. MAYOR. SINGH. YES.
[16. Resolution #24-5-181 - Amending Resolution #24-5-181 Authorizing a Shared Services Agreement Between the Montgomery Board of Education and Township of Montgomery for the Construction and Use of Pickleball Courts to Change the Contract Amount]
RESOLUTION NUMBER 20 4-5181. AMEND RESOLUTION NUMBER 24, DASH 5165 AUTHORIZING A SHARED SERVICE AGREEMENT BETWEEN MONTGOMERY BOARD OF EDUCATION AND THE TOWNSHIP OF MONTGOMERY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND USE OF PICKLEBALL COURTS TO CHANGE THE CONTRACT AMOUNT. THEY COULDN'T JUST COVER THE $6,000. WE PAID 70% OF OUR TAXES TO THE SCHOOL. THAT'S RIDICULOUS. THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. I MUST SAY. WE HAVE TO GO BACK AND AMEND THE CONTRACT BECAUSE THEY WON'T COVER. WE'RE SPLITTING THE COST OF 50. IT WOULD STILL BE THE SAME 50% SPLIT. SO THAT SO FOR THE FOR THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, WHAT HAPPENED IS THE CONTRACTOR WENT OUT TO LOOK AT THE COURTS.APPARENTLY THERE'S SOME CRACKS ON THE COURT THAT ALSO, WOULD BE REPAIRED AS PART OF THE CONVERSION TO PICKLEBALL FROM TENNIS. SO THESE ARE TENNIS COURTS? YES. CONVERT THE
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EXISTING TENNIS COURTS. YES, SO THE PRICE INCREASED BY A TOTAL OF $6,000, AS YOU RECALL, THE RESOLUTION THAT I HAD PUT ON FOR YOU ALL AT THE LAST MEETING HAD A NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT, WHICH IS GOING TO BE EXCEEDED BY $3,000 ON YOUR SHARE. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH IT. SO THIS RESOLUTION WOULD AUTHORIZE THE TOWNSHIP TO PAY THE EXTRA $3,000 FOR ITS 50% SHARE ON IT. MAY I ASK A QUESTION? SO IF WE SAY NO TO THIS, WE WILL LEAVE THE CRACKS? OR WILL THE OR WILL THE SCHOOL PICK IT UP, IT COULD POTENTIALLY RESULT IN NO PICKLEBALL COURT CONVERSION AT ALL. NO. YEAH, I MEAN, AND COMMITTEEWOMAN, KEENAN HAS A GOOD POINT THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS COULD HAVE. BUT ANYWAYS, IT IS WHAT IT IS AT THIS POINT. I UNDERSTAND YOUR FRUSTRATION, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT TAXES COME FROM THE SAME RESIDENTS. SO I KNOW. BUT YOU KNOW YOU DO MORE. THEY GET 70% AND WE GET 13. SO IT'S A IT'S A BIGGER CHUNK OF OURS. BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT AND I AGREE WHOLEHEARTEDLY OKAY. SO AT THIS POINT, SINCE WE HAVE TO APPROVE, WE WILL GO AHEAD. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 24. DASH 5-181. SO MOVED. SECOND ROLL CALL PLEASE. COMMITTEE MEMBER ON. YES COMMITTEE MEMBER. TAYLOR. TODD. YES. COMMITTEE[17. Resolution #24-5-182 — Denial of Outdoor Assembly Permit — Car Show — Princeton Airport(June 2, 2024)]
MEMBER KEENAN. YES MAYOR SAYING YES. OKAY. RESOLUTION NUMBER 24. DASH FIVE, DASH 182. DENIAL OF OUTDOOR ASSEMBLY PERMIT CAR SHOW PRINCETON AIRPORT, JUNE 2ND, 2024. DO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE WHY WE ARE DENYING? SURE. SO LIEUTENANT PERRY, DO YOU WANT TO JOIN ME ON THIS? SO AS OF MEETING TIME, SO THE APPLICANT WAS REQUIRED TO SUBMIT ALL OF THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION BY MAY 6TH. AND AS OF LAST EVENING, I STILL HAD NOT HAD THE, INFORMATION OR REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. SO IT IS A RECOMMENDATION THAT IT BE DENIED BECAUSE OF THAT. SO LIEUTENANT PERRY CAN ADD OR FURTHER EXPLAIN, GOOD EVENING, LIEUTENANT PARAMOUR. THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. SO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT RECEIVED THIS APPLICATION FOR AN OUTDOOR ASSEMBLY PERMIT ON APRIL 15TH. IT WAS FOR A CAR SHOW. PRECISION AUTO SPORTS, I BELIEVE IT IS AUTO WORKS, FOR A JUNE 2ND, SUNDAY, JUNE 2ND, 2024 DATE, IT WAS ASSIGNED TO OUR TRAFFIC BUREAU FOR A REVIEW AND INVESTIGATION, THEY REACHED OUT TO THE APPLICANT, AND AS YOU'RE AWARE, UNDER THE TOWNSHIP ORDINANCE FOR OUTDOOR ASSEMBLIES. TEN DAYS PRIOR TO THE MEETING DATE TO WHICH THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE, HAS TO APPROVE OR DENY THE APPLICATION IS WHEN THE COMPLETED PERMIT IS DUE, THAT DATE WOULD BE TODAY.SINCE THIS EVENT IS JUNE 2ND, THIS IS THE LAST MEETING PRIOR TO THE EVENT DATE. SO THAT COMPLETED APPLICATION WOULD HAVE BEEN DUE MAY 6TH. AS OF MAY 6TH, WE DID NOT HAVE ALL THE DOCUMENTS WHICH INCLUDED, THE TRAFFIC SAFETY PLAN, THE PARKING PLAN AND THE ANCILLARY DOCUMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT, SO WE CONTACTED THE CLERK'S OFFICE AND LET THEM KNOW THAT AT THAT POINT, WE HAD NOT RECEIVED ALL THE DOCUMENTS FOR US TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE. OKAY THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY, MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 24, DASH FIVE, DASH ONE. GO AHEAD. ONE MOMENT. DID YOU. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE OPEN. CAN WE HAVE HIM SAY A COMMENT OR THEY CAN DO A PUBLIC COMMENT OR. CAN WE ALLOW HIM TO SPEAK, SURE. YOU GUYS CAN COME. OKAY. PLEASE GO AHEAD. ARE YOU FINE WITH IT? YES. YES YES.
SORRY. CAN YOU STATE YOUR NAME FOR ME, YOU MAY HAVE. YEAH. CAN YOU SPELL YOUR LAST NAME? M O D Z E L E W SKY. OKAY, SO I'M THE OWNER OF THE LLC THAT, PUTS ON THE CAR SHOW, SO FIRST AND FOREMOST, I DO APOLOGIZE. I THINK THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF MISCOMMUNICATION ON OUR END, WITH OFFICER CLIFFORD FROM THE TRAFFIC BUREAU. SO I DO HAVE AN EMAIL FROM HIM. ASKING TO SUBMIT EVERYTHING BY THE NINTH. APPARENTLY, THE CUT OFF DATE WAS THE SIXTH, SO I DO APOLOGIZE.
THAT WAS NOT COMMUNICATED TO ME, THIS IS OUR FOURTH YEAR PUTTING ON THIS EVENT. WE'VE NEVER HAD ANY ISSUE. IT'S ESSENTIALLY THE SAME EVENT, YOU KNOW, OVER AND OVER AGAIN, SO I DID GET ALL MY PAPERWORK TO HIM END OF LAST WEEK. HE DID STATE TO ME THAT THAT WAS NOT ENOUGH TIME FOR HIM TO PROCESS EVERYTHING OVER TO THE COUNCIL. SO I DID BRING EVERYTHING WITH ME. WE HAVE THE PLANS, WE HAVE THE INSURANCES, WE HAVE THE, PERMISSION LETTERS FROM THE LOTS THAT WE RENT IN
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THE TOWN. SO, YOU KNOW, OUR DUCKS AREN'T THERE. UNFORTUNATELY THEY WERE FILED A LITTLE BIT TOO LATE, SO I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE COUNCIL IF WE CAN, YOU KNOW, HAVE THE PERMISSION GRANTED AS OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A LOT RIDING FOR US WITH, YOU KNOW, VENDORS AND FOOD TRUCKS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, ALL THE, THE, THE PERMITS FOR THE FOOD TRUCKS HAVE BEEN FILED. SAME THING WITH THE FIRE PERMITS FOR THOSE THAT COOK WITH OPEN FLAME, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH THE POLICE. EVERYTHING SEEMS PRETTY SET ON OUR END. LIKE I SAID, IT WAS JUST A MATTER OF. WE DIDN'T GET THE PAPERWORK IN TO THE TRAFFIC SAFETY PEOPLE IN TIME, MAYBE.LIEUTENANT PERRY, IF YOU WANTED TO, DID YOU WANT TO ADD SOMETHING OR. YEAH, IF YOU DON'T MIND, TAKING A SEAT. LIEUTENANT PERRY, JUST TO CLARIFY ON, SOME OF WHAT THE APPLICANT SAID, SO IT IS TRUE THERE'S COMMUNICATION BETWEEN OFFICER CLIFFORD AND THE APPLICANT AS FAR AS SUBMITTING THE PROPER DOCUMENTS. BUT I WILL NOTE THAT ON THE ORIGINAL APPLICATION THAT WAS SUBMITTED, THAT WAS SIGNED BY HIM ON APRIL NINTH, IT STATES RIGHT THERE THAT PLEASE SUBMIT A PARKING AND TRAFFIC CONTROL PLAN FOR THE EVENT AT THE TIME THAT THIS WAS SUBMITTED, THIS ONE SINGLE SHEET OF PAPER WAS ALL WE RECEIVED, OKAY. SO WE DID NOT RECEIVE A COMPLETED APPLICATION FROM THE ONSET, IT IS TRUE THAT THERE WAS PAST EVENTS AT THE AIRPORT, HOSTED BY THE APPLICANT, SO HE DID KNOW WHAT WE REQUIRED FOR PAST EVENTS AS WELL AS FAR AS A PARKING PLAN AND A TRAFFIC SAFETY PLAN, THIS EVENT IS LARGER THAN OTHER EVENTS THAT WE HAVE AT THE AIRPORT, SO CERTAINLY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WANTS TO BE ABLE TO REVIEW THAT PARKING AND TRAFFIC SAFETY PLAN AND MAKE SURE THAT NOT ONLY THE ATTENDEES ARE SAFE, BUT OBVIOUSLY THE GENERAL PUBLIC ITSELF GOING THROUGH THAT AREA IS SAFE. THIS EVENT IS SCHEDULED FOR THE SECOND. FOR US TO BE ABLE TO ACCURATELY REVIEW THE ENTIRE TRAFFIC CONTROL AND PARKING EVENT, PLAN AND TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL PERMISSIONS FROM PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS SURROUNDING THE AIRPORT THAT WOULD BE NEEDED TO BE ABLE TO HOST THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE ATTENDING, WOULD BE PRETTY INVOLVED. OKAY THAT'S WHY WE NEED THIS INFORMATION SUBMITTED TO US WELL IN ADVANCE SO WE CAN REVIEW IT AND THEN SUBMIT A REPORT TO THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE. SO YOU HAVE AN ACCURATE AMOUNT OF TIME TO REVIEW IT AND COME TO AN INFORMED DECISION ON IT, AT THIS POINT, WE'RE, ABOUT TWO WEEKS AWAY, LESS THAN TWO WEEKS AWAY FOR THE EVENT, SO IT WOULD BE, A CHALLENGE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO GET ALL THOSE, REPORTS IN ORDER AND BE ABLE TO BE REVIEWED IN TIME TO BE ABLE TO HAVE EVENT SUCCESSFUL FOR EVERYBODY INVOLVED, LIEUTENANT PERRY, I HAVE A QUESTION. SO WE HAVE EMAIL, HERE FROM YOU ON THURSDAY, MAY 9TH. IS THAT 1:52 P.M? DO YOU KNOW WHEN THIS ADDITIONAL PAPERWORK, IF IT WAS RECEIVED THAT DAY, WHEN IT WAS RECEIVED? OFFICER CLIFFORD TOLD ME IT WAS RECEIVED THAT EVENING. I DON'T HAVE AN EXACT TIMELINE.
OKAY. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. OKAY. IS THE APPLICATION COMPLETE? YOU'RE SAYING YOU SEALED? THERE WERE A LOT OF TBDS LEFT ASIDE FROM THIS? NO. SO OFFICER CLIFFORD SAID THAT, THE TRAFFIC CONTROL PLAN AND PARKING PLAN, I BELIEVE THE INSURANCE CERTIFICATES AND THE PERMISSIONS FROM SOME OF THE PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS WERE RECEIVED. AND, THERE WAS STILL SOME QUESTION AS TO WHETHER OR NOT, THE WHAT AMOUNT OF OFFICERS WOULD BE IN NEED TO BE ASSIGNED TO THE EVENT, DEPENDING ON THE PARKING AND THE TRAFFIC SAFETY PLAN AND THE AMOUNT OF ATTENDEES, I DON'T KNOW WHETHER OR NOT IT WAS EVER CONFIRMED HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE EXPECTED TO BE ON THE ORIGINAL APPLICATION WAS 1000. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S CHANGED SINCE IT WAS, GOING BACK TO APRIL 9TH. I DON'T KNOW IF THE ATTENDANCE HAS INCREASED SINCE THEN. AND AND, WE WOULD NEED TO CONFIRM FROM THE APPLICANT WHETHER OR NOT THERE WAS A CONTRACT BETWEEN EXTRA DUTY SOLUTION TO HIRE OFF DUTY OFFICERS. RIGHT. FOR THE EVENT AS WELL. OKAY. SO I THINK WE STILL HAVE SOME OPEN QUESTIONS RIGHT NOW. YES. I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW IF OF NOTIFYING THE SURROUNDING PROPERTY OWNERS, ALL THESE OTHER THINGS, I, YOU KNOW, REALLY LIKE YOUR CAR SHOW, WISH YOU COULD HAVE GOT THE PAPERWORK DONE AND PUT IN SOONER, YOU KNOW , MAYBE YOU CAN DO IT ON ANOTHER DATE, BUT RIGHT NOW, THERE'S JUST NOT ENOUGH TIME FOR US TO, TO REVIEW FOR THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE TO LOOK AT IT AND THEN APPROVE SOMETHING. SO I HAVE TO GO BY WHAT THE LIEUTENANT PERRY IS RECOMMENDING. YEAH, I, I AGREE, I CAN'T SEE PUTTING OUR STAFF IN A TIME CRUNCH, BASED ON A RECEIPT OF LATE INFORMATION THAT STILL HAS OPEN QUESTIONS. ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD? AS FAR AS THE OPEN QUESTIONS, I'VE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH OFFICER CLIFFORD NUMEROUS TIMES, AT NO POINT DID HE EXPRESS TO ME, VERBALLY IN 3 OR 4 PHONE CONVERSATIONS, OF A DEADLINE AT ALL. HE, YOU KNOW,
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WE SPOKE ON THE MORNING OF THE SEVENTH, I HAVE OBVIOUSLY PHONE RECORDS SHOWING THAT, NO MENTION OF A DEADLINE AT ALL. I WAS EMAILED, BELIEVE ME, PROBABLY ON THE EIGHTH, YOU KNOW, EXPLAINING THAT THAT THERE WAS A DEADLINE OF THE NIGHT, AGAIN, WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, IF, YOU KNOW, IF THIS WAS COMMUNICATED TO ME EARLIER, I WOULD I WOULD HAVE HAD NO PROBLEM SUBMITTING THE PAPERWORK AT AN EARLIER DATE. IT'S ESSENTIALLY THE SAME PAPERWORK FOUR YEARS IN A ROW.NO, NO, THAT'S FINE. BUT DO YOU STILL HAVEN'T TOLD US HOW MANY ATTENDEES YOU'RE EXPECTING? HOW MANY POLICE OFFICERS YOU ARE GOING TO BE HIRING SO THAT THOSE ARE BIG, BIG ISSUES. BUT I DID CONVEY THAT TO OFFICER CLIFFORD NUMEROUS TIMES IN WRITING AND VERBALLY OVER THE PHONE. WHAT IS IT? WHAT IS IT? IT'S 2500 ATTENDEES AND SIX POLICE OFFICERS AND THREE SQUAD CARS.
SAME AS LAST YEAR AND HAS EMS. DOES EMS, EVER BEEN NOTIFIED ON THIS? WE HAVE A VOLUNTEER, EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES. DO THEY PROVIDE COVERAGE FOR YOU AS WELL? WE WERE TOLD THAT ONE OF THE SQUAD CARS HAS MEDICAL EQUIPMENT IN IT, AND THEREFORE IT WAS NOT A REQUIREMENT TO HAVE EMS ON SCENE. AND AGAIN, SAME, SAME, YOU KNOW, AND ONCE AGAIN, THE PARKING I REMEMBER AS LAST YEAR, A LOT OF ATTENDANCE ATTENDEES PARKED ON PRIVATE PROPERTIES, A LOT OF THESE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT BUSINESS OWNERS, PROPERTY OWNERS, ALL THESE, AREAS ARE SECURE AND NOTIFIED. AND LAST YEAR THERE WAS PEOPLE WALKING UP AND DOWN. 206, THERE WAS PEOPLE CROSSING. 206I MEAN, THESE QUESTIONS HAVE TO BE ANSWERED BEFORE WE CAN APPROVE ANYTHING. IF YOU CAN UNDERSTAND THAT, AND, YOU KNOW, 2000 ATTENDEES WITH, SMALLER AIRPORT LOT, THAT'S ALL THE CONSTRUCTION GOING ON, YOU KNOW, I BELIEVE THAT YOU NEED TO KNOW, HAVE THE POLICE OFFICERS AND NOTIFY THEM ACCORDINGLY. SO, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE STEPS THAT WE NEED TO TAKE.
IT DOES SAY ON THE, ON THE APPLICATION, PLEASE SUBMIT NO LATER THAN 30 DAYS PRIOR TO THE EVENT. SO IT'S NOT THAT IT WAS NOT WRITTEN RIGHT. IT'S WRITTEN THERE AS NOW AGAIN, I DO APOLOGIZE. I IT WASN'T COMMUNICATED TO ME THAT THERE WAS A DEADLINE APPROACHING THAT.
THAT'S SIMPLY WHAT I MEANT. BUT YEAH, IF IT WAS WRITTEN, IT WAS WRITTEN ON THERE. OKAY I THINK LIEUTENANT PERRY WAS GOING TO SAY SOMETHING. IF I CAN JUST REITERATE WHAT I SAID BEFORE, INCLUDING WITH THE APPLICATION, IT DOES SAY PLEASE SUBMIT A PARKING AND TRAFFIC CONTROL PLAN BELOW THAT. IT DOES STATE THE APPLICANT MUST COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP BOARD AND INSTITUTE 51, WHICH IS THE OUTDOOR ASSEMBLY PERMIT. AND IT GOES ON TO SAY, IN ADDITION TO THE ABOVE INFORMATION, ITEMS REQUIRED IN SECTION TWO, A, B, AND C OF THE ATTACHED ORDINANCE, 251 WILL ALSO BE SUBMITTED TO COMPLETE TO COMPLETE THE APPLICATION, WHICH SPEAKS TO THOSE ITEMS OF PARKING AND TRAFFIC SAFETY PLAN. SO I UNDERSTAND IT WAS COMMUNICATION BETWEEN OFFICER CLIFFORD AND THE APPLICANT, BUT IT DOES STATE RIGHT ON THE FACE SHEET OF THE APPLICATION THAT HE SIGNED BACK IN APRIL, WHAT WAS REQUIRED, I DON'T KNOW THAT REALLY. IT'S UP TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO CHASE AFTER THE APPLICANTS TO SUBMIT THOSE DOCUMENTS, WE'RE THERE TO REVIEW THAT, TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE UP TO DATE AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE ORDINANCE. AND, OF COURSE, ADD ALL ANY, ADVISEMENT WHETHER OR NOT THEY NEED TO BE UPDATED OR REVIEWED FURTHER, BUT IT'S INCUMBENT UPON THE APPLICANT TO SUBMIT THOSE DOCUMENTS IN A TIMELY FASHION. OKAY. WELL, MY GUESS AT THIS POINT, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE OUR SYMPATHY, BUT, SEEMS LIKE THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE AT LEAST I THINK YOU'RE ALL IN CONSENSUS THAT THIS WILL NOT GET APPROVED. YOU MAY HAVE TO CHANGE THE DATE, BUT HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, NEXT TIME THE 30 DAYS IS SOMETHING. AND JUST ONCE IT SAYS 30 DAYS. THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR.
I'LL JUST ADD SOMETHING AGAIN. OR IS IT AT THIS POINT, EVERYTHING THAT I'VE SUBMITTED SO FAR CAN THAT CAN THESE DOCUMENTS BE USED WELL? SO IT IS DATE SPECIFIC. SO I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT YOU SUBMIT WHEN YOU HAVE YOUR NEW DATE. SUBMIT EVERYTHING AT ONCE UNDER THE NEW DATE SO THAT IT CAN RUN THROUGH THE FILE IN ONE PACKAGE. I BELIEVE DEPENDING ON WHAT DATES YOU'RE LOOKING AT, WE HAVE THE 30 DAYS FOR THE COMPLETE APPLICATION, BUT ALSO TEN DAYS BEFORE THE MEETING PRIOR BECAUSE THOSE DATES SOMETIMES MAY GET A LITTLE BIT OFF THERE ARE SOME SUMMER CALENDAR CHANGES, SO I WOULD CERTAINLY RECOMMEND TO LOOK AT ALL OF THE MEETING DATES ARE POSTED ONLINE, AS WELL AS THE CODEBOOK THAT HAS REFERENCED TO THE OUTDOOR ASSEMBLY PERMIT REQUIREMENTS, SO THE EXTENT THAT THAT COULD HELP, YOU KNOW, I STRONGLY SUGGEST THAT YOU TAKE A LOOK. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. DID WE ACTUALLY ADOPT? I DON'T YEAH, WE HAVE TO. RIGHT.
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OKAY. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 20 4-5182. SO MOVED. SECOND ROLL CALL, PLEASE. COMMITTEE MEMBER ON. YES COMMITTEE MEMBER. TAYLOR. TODD. YES. COMMITTEE MEMBER KENAN. YES. MAYOR SAYING YES, APPROVAL OF MINUTES. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE[19. Approval of Minutes]
REGULAR MEETING MINUTES OF MARCH 21ST? SO MOVED SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE REGULAR MEETING MINUTES OF APRIL 4TH. SO MOVED SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE REGULAR MEETING MINUTES OF APRIL 18TH. SO MOVED SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE EXECUTIVE SESSION? MEETING MINUTES OF APRIL 18TH.SO MOVED. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE A RESOLUTION, NUMBER 24. DASH FIVE, DASH 183. PAYMENT OF
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BILLS POSTED. ALL RIGHT. YES, MAYOR, JUST TO HIGHLIGHT THE THREE LARGEST ITEMS ON THIS BILL LIST, FIRST, IN THE MIDDLE OF PAGE. TWO IS $57,152.25, THIS COVERS OUR QUARTERLY PAYMENTS WITH SOMERSET COUNTY RECYCLING, THE SECOND ITEM ON PAGE THREE. THIS IS THAT 70% WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT. THIS IS OUR PAYMENTS TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION FOR $7,105,608.50.THIS COVERS OUR SCHOOL TAX PAYMENT FOR THE MONTH OF MAY. AND LASTLY, ON PAGE FOUR IS OUR PAYMENT TO TOP LINE CONSTRUCTION , THIS IS RELATED TO OUR 2023 ROAD IMPROVEMENT PROJECT FOR $340,005.15. OKAY. THANK YOU. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 20 4-5-183. SO MOVED. SECOND ROLL CALL, PLEASE. COMMITTEE MEMBER ON. YES. COMMITTEE MEMBER. TAYLOR. TODD.
YES. COMMITTEE MEMBER KENAN. YES. MAYOR. SINGH. YES. CORRESPONDENCE NEW JERSEY
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP PLUMBING INSPECTOR MICHAEL KRUPINSKY, 2024 PLUMBING INSPECTOR OF THE YEAR LAURIE. YES, MAYOR, I'M SO PLEASED TO SHARE WITH YOU THAT MIKE KRUPSKI, OUR 25 YEAR EMPLOYEE WHO STARTED AS OUR PLUMBING INSPECTOR. SUB CODE OFFICIAL, AND WENT ON TO GET ALSO HIS FIRE SUB CODE LICENSE AND HIS BUILDING SUB CODE LICENSE. SO JUST A REALLY IMPORTANT MEMBER OF OUR CONSTRUCTION AND CODE ENFORCEMENT DEPARTMENT TEAM UPSTAIRS, HE WAS HONORED BY HIS THE PLUMBING INSPECTOR, NEW JERSEY PLUMBING INSPECTOR ASSOCIATION. THIS YEAR. THEY HAVE AN ANNUAL, CONFERENCE THAT ALL OF THE VARIOUS SUB CODES NOMINATE AN EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR. AND SO MIKE WAS SELECTED THIS YEAR, AND A FEW OF US WENT AND WERE ABLE TO ATTEND THE LUNCHEON. WE SURPRISED HIM. SO HE WAS VERY, VERY TOUCHED, HIS FAMILY WAS THERE WITH HIM AND, AND SO HE WAS VERY, VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THAT AND QUITE AN HONOR AND ACHIEVEMENT TO SEE THE KIND OF THE RECORD. AND HE HE STARTED A PLUMBING BUSINESS MANY, MANY YEARS AGO AS MANY OF THESE INSPECTORS AND SUB CODE OFFICIALS DO AS THEY CAREERS WIND DOWN IN THAT THEY MOVE ON TO GET LICENSES AND HELP, REVIEW ALL OF THE PERMITS AND PLAN REVIEWS THAT COME IN TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING'S DONE TO CODE.AND THEN GO ON AND INSPECT THE WORK IN THE FIELD AND SO THEY REALLY DO A GREAT SERVICE. AND THEY'RE VERY HARD TO FIND THESE DAYS. SO WE ARE ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO GO INTO THIS LINE OF WORK BECAUSE WE'RE CURRENTLY HIRING AN ELECTRICAL SUB CODE OFFICIAL. YES. IN CASE ANYBODY'S LOOKING, LEO WISNIEWSKI IS RETIRING THIS SUMMER. AND SO WE, WE DO HAVE A POSITION AVAILABLE, BUT. YES. AND HE HE WANTED TO, HE DID SAY SOME LOVELY THINGS TO ABOUT THE TOWNSHIP THAT HOW MUCH HE, YOU KNOW, VALUES WORKING HERE WITH HIS COWORKERS AND THE SUPPORT OF THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE. SO IT WAS A VERY, VERY NICE SPEECH THAT HE GAVE. OH, THAT'S REALLY NICE.
CONGRATULATIONS TO HIM. THAT'S THAT'S A BIG DEAL. OKAY, OKAY. NEW BUSINESS AND OLD BUSINESS.
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OKAY SO, FIRST ITEM UNDER NEW BUSINESS IS A PROPOSED APPLICATION FOR OUTDOOR ASSEMBLY PERMIT FOR PRINCETON FARM PRESERVES. PRINCETON FARM PRESERVES SUBMITTED AN APPLICATION TO THE STATE DEPARTMENT, THE SADC STATE AGRICULTURE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, FOR A SPECIAL OCCASION EVENTS PERMIT. THE OPEN SPACE AND STEWARDSHIP DIRECTOR,[01:10:07]
ADVISORY AND ZONE TOWNSHIP ZONING OFFICER HAVE ALL PARTICIPATED IN THAT REVIEW PROCESS OF THAT APPLICATION. MISS WASLEWSKI HAS PROVIDED COMMENT AS WELL. THE APPLICATION TO CONDUCT AN OUTDOOR ASSEMBLY PERMIT FOR MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP WAS ALSO MADE PART THEREOF OF THAT APPLICATION TO THE SADC, SO MISS VOIGT IS A, UPON SUBMITTING FOR AN APPLICATION AN OUTDOOR ASSEMBLY PERMIT FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR, THE APPLICATION HAS DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY DATES TIMES SPECIFIC EVENTS. THAT IS THE APPLICATION BEFORE YOU, AND YOU SAID THIS THIS IS AT THE COUNTY AT THIS POINT OR THIS IS WITH THE STATE WITH THE STATE, STATE AGRICULTURE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE FOR CONSIDERATION IN IN AN EMAIL IN HER MAY 6TH EMAIL TO ME, MISS VOIGT CONTINUED, ADDRESSED QUESTIONS THAT MISS WASLEWSKI MADE, AND SHE HAD MENTIONED THAT HER REQUEST, MISS VASILEVSKY'S REQUEST THAT THE TOWN BE PUT ON NOTICE USING THE APPLICATION IN WHICH APPLICATION IS PURSUANT TO THE SPECIAL OCCASION EVENTS LAW RATHER THAN THE TOWNSHIP ORDINANCE. SO, HOWEVER, I JUST WANT TO BRING TO THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE'S ATTENTION THAT PURSUANT TO CHAPTER PUBLIC LAW, I'M SORRY, PUBLIC LAW 2023 THREE, CHAPTER NINE, THERE IS A MUNICIPAL ROLE FOR SPECIAL OCCASION EVENTS AT THE SAR PURSUANT TO THE STATE WHERE IT SAYS THAT ALL APPLICABLE STATE AND LOCAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS APPLY TO THE HOLDING OF SOS, WHICH IS A SPECIAL OCCASION EVENT PERMIT, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THOSE CONCERNING FOOD SAFETY, LITTER, NOISE, SOLID WASTE, TRAFFIC AND THE PROTECTION OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY. OKAY, IF THE SOS PROPOSED BY A FARM WOULD GENERATE PARKING OR TRAFFIC FLOW, THAT COULD UNREASONABLY INTERFERE WITH NORMAL TRAFFIC OR EMERGENCY VEHICLE MOVEMENT, OR REQUIRE THE EXPENDITURE OF MUNICIPAL RESOURCES OR INSPECTIONS FROM AGENCIES OR AUTHORITIES OF THE MUNICIPALITY. A MUNICIPALITY MAY REQUIRE THE SUBMISSION OF A MUNICIPAL SO APPLICATION TO REVIEW COMPLIANCE OF A FARM'S PROPOSED SOS WITH LOCAL LAWS SO HERE WE HAVE AN APPLICATION THAT'S NOT COMPLETE WITH ANY DATES ASKING FOR A BLANKET AND ADVISING THAT IT'S NOT IT'S NOT IT DOESN'T PERTAIN TO THIS PARTICULAR FARM. SO I JUST WANT THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE TO BE UNDERSTAND THAT PURSUANT TO THE SPECIAL OCCASIONS EVENTS OVERVIEW CHAPTER PER THE STATE THAT THE MUNICIPAL BALL DOES PLAY A PART DOES WANT A DATE, AND WHEN IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, RIGHT? IT'S I'M SORRY, THIS IS A BLANKET ONE. AND WE USUALLY HAVE IN YOUR APPLICATION. THERE ARE NO THERE'S NO INFORMATION. IT'S JUST. AND HERE AGAIN HERE WE ARE AGAIN WITH THESE OUTDOOR ASSEMBLY PERMITS. WE ARE REQUIRED BY PURSUANT TO THE OUTDOOR ASSEMBLY PERMIT THAT THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO SUPPLY TRAFFIC PLANS. YOU KNOW, SANITARY, A SANITARY PLAN, A FOOD PLAN, BECAUSE THESE ARE EVENTS OPEN TO PUBLIC SAFETY, PUBLIC. IT'S A PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE. AND THAT'S WHY WE DO THIS. OKAY. WE WANT AND THIS IS ALSO UNIQUE BECAUSE THIS IS PERTAINING TO A FARMS AND WITH THE STATE REGULATIONS THAT THAT THEY APPROVED A CERTAIN AMOUNTS OF EVENTS, YOU KNOW, ON THE FARMS, BUT THAT STILL HAS TO GO THROUGH ONCE EVERYTHING GETS APPROVED THROUGH THE STATE, IT STILL NEEDS TO GET COME IN FRONT OF THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE, BECAUSE THERE'S ALL THESE THINGS, LIKE YOU WERE SAYING, THAT NEED TO BE ANSWERED. CORRECT. BUT DO YOU WANT TO? YES YEAH. CHOMPING TO YEAH, I SEE AM I. YES. SO THE STATE LAW WAS LOOKING FOR WAYS TO CONTINUE TO HELP PRESERVE FARMS. SO IT ALLOWS FOR FARMS OF A CERTAIN SIZE, TO UTILIZE LESS THAN 10% OF THEIR ACREAGE TO HOLD THESE SPECIAL OUTDOOR EVENTS, WEDDINGS, FAMILY FUNCTIONS, ETC. AND ACCORDING TO THE STATE LAW, THEY CAN HAVE UP TO 26 PER YEAR. THAT'S ALL THAT THE STATE IS REGULATING IS THE, YOU KNOW, FOOTPRINT OF THE EVENT AND HOW MANY TIMES PER YEAR TO MAKE SURE THAT THE UNDERLYING USE OF A PROPERTY THAT IS, RESTRICT FOR FARMLAND, YOU KNOW, WITH THE GENERALLY THE EASEMENT HOLDER IS THE CDC THAT CAN STILL FIND OTHER WAYS TO GENERATE INCOME IN ORDER TO PROVIDE A ANOTHER REVENUE STREAM FOR, FOR FARM OWNERS, BECAUSE WE WANT THE FARMS TO STAY. YES. THE PROBLEM IS THAT OUR OUTDOOR ASSEMBLY PERMIT DOESN'T REALLY CONTEMPLATE THIS TYPE OF SITUATION WHERE THE STATE'S GIVING A BLANKET APPROVAL FOR UP TO THIS MANY EVENTS, BUT AS[01:15:01]
ANYONE WHO HAS PLANNED A WEDDING KNOWS, YOU KNOW THOSE YOU DON'T NECESSARILY KNOW UNTIL YOU KNOW THAT THE WEDDING IS GOING TO HAPPEN IN A CERTAIN LOCATION ON A CERTAIN DATE. SO, ATTENDEES AND TRAFFIC. EXACTLY, EXACTLY. SO I THINK THE FARM OWNERS DOING WHAT THEY NEED TO DO TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO MARKET THEMSELVES, BUT THAT DOESN'T TAKE AWAY THE NEED FOR THE TOWNSHIP TO KNOW WHETHER THERE'S 250 GUESTS, WHETHER YOU NEED A TRAFFIC PLAN, WHETHER YOU NEED EXTRA SECURITY, ARE THERE GOING TO BE FOOD VENDORS ON SITE OR ALL THOSE TYPES OF INSPECTIONS THAT THE TOWNSHIP NORMALLY DOES BY THEIR OUTDOOR ASSEMBLY PERMIT? THOSE STILL NEED TO CORRESPOND WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER TO KNOW THE INFORMATION. HOWEVER WE MAY NEED TO LOOK AT A NEW TYPE OF SITUATION BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT THIS IS FOR FARMS AND WE DO LOVE OUR FARMERS AND HAVE A LOT OF FARMS HERE THAT WE MAY NEED TO LOOK FOR A SPECIAL EXCEPTION UNDER THE OUTDOOR ASSEMBLY PERMIT, WHICH OTHERWISE LIMITS PEOPLE TO ONLY A CERTAIN NUMBER PER YEAR, WHICH IS LESS THAN THE 26 THAT WOULD BE ALLOWED FOR THESE SOS. OKAY, SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I'D LIKE TO WORK WITH. LISA ON. IF THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE IS IN FAVOR OF AND SEE IF WE CAN PROVIDE THE PROPER AVENUE FOR OUR FARMERS TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THIS, IS THIS OUR FARMER? IT SAYS PRINCETON, IT'S PRINCETON FARM. WELL WE'RE YOU'RE IN MONTGOMERY, SIR. I MEAN, YOU'RE IN MONTGOMERY AND YOUR FARM IS ACROSS THE STREET FROM MONTGOMERY HIGH SCHOOL. SO, PERSONALLY, I AM NOT GOING TO APPROVE ANYTHING THAT COMES WITH PRINCETON. YOU'RE IN MONTGOMERY, AND I THINK IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A MUCH SMARTER MOVE TO CALL IT MONTGOMERY PRESERVES AND FARM. I THINK THE SIGN IS MISSING NOW, BUT YES. WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT? WHEN IT COMES IN FRONT OF US AGAIN, I'M JUST SAYING IT IS THIS COMES TO US ALL THE TIME, AND IT'S. I THINK IT'S JUST PART OF THE PUBLIC RECORD THAT I'M A NO ON ANYTHING THAT DOES NOT SAY MONTGOMERY SKILLMAN BLAWENBURG ANY OTHER MUNICIPALITY, GO SOMEWHERE ELSE. PRINCETON IS DOWN THE STREET. IF YOU WANT TO HAVE YOUR FARM THERE. I'M SURE THEY HAVE SOME SPACE AS WELL. I DO THINK THAT WE NEED TO, GET, OR YOU NEED TO GET THE STATE APPROVAL FIRST, AND GET ALL THE STATE. YEAH. WELL, THAT'S. YEAH. YEAH THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. I, I DO AGREE WITH WENDY. WE MAY NEED TO DO SOMETHING ON OUR END BECAUSE WE DO WANT TO SUPPORT OUR FARMERS. AND WE ARE GLAD THAT THEY'RE THERE. SO HONESTLY. AND, I KNOW YOU WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT AND I THINK YOU'RE RAISING YOUR HAND, BUT LET ME SEE IF WE CAN DO THAT. AND I DO WANT TO NOTE SOMETHING ELSE THAT THE FARMER WAS HERE, BUT HIS ATTORNEY DEFINITELY MISREPRESENT WHAT THE SITUATION IS TO THE CLERK, IT'S NOT THAT THE TOWN HAS NO RIGHT BECAUSE IT'S A FARM TO REGULATE. YOU CAN REGULATE. YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REGULATE THE HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE WHEN THESE EVENTS ARE HAPPENING. BUT I DO NOTE THAT YOU ONLY AUTHORIZE A CERTAIN NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS TO COME IN UNDER NAFTA ASSEMBLY AND A BLANKET ONE WITH TBD DOESN'T FULFILL THE PURPOSE OF WHAT THAT ORDINANCE PROVIDES FOR. OKAY, I GUESS, SINCE YOU'RE HERE, WE MAY ASK THE FARMER. CAN HE SPEAK? YEAH. IF YOU WANTED TO GIVE US SOME MORE INFORMATION, I THINK THAT WOULD BE FINE. THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND THANK YOU. THE MEMBER OF COMMITTEE, I WOULD JUST LIKE, COULD YOU COULD YOU GET YOUR NAME? MY NAME IS MAHESH PATEL, AND I'M FROM PRINCETON. CAN YOU SPELL YOUR, SPELL YOUR LAST NAME FOR THE LAST NAME IS PATEL. PATEL. AND ALL. I'M HERE. FIRST TIME IN FRONT OF THE COMMITTEE. I'M SORRY IF I HURT THE FEELING BY NAMING IT PRINCETON FARMS AND PRESERVES, BUT LOT OF, LOT OF OUR RESIDENTS LIKE TO GO TO PRINCETON AND, THERE IS A SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP. THERE IS NOT A ANIMOSITY. THAT'S WHAT I WOULD PUT IT LIKE THAT. AND A LOT OF LOT TO GAIN FROM PRINCETON FOR MONTGOMERY, VICE VERSA. THEN YOU SHOULD HAVE CALLED IT MONTGOMERY. SIR. SIR, I THINK I'M SORRY. THAT'S THAT'S INAPPROPRIATE. I DON'T THINK IT'S YOU. YOU MOVED YOUR FARM. YOU CAME TO MONTGOMERY. YOUR FARM IS ACROSS THE STREET FROM MONTGOMERY HIGH SCHOOL. IT'S KITTY CORNER TO SKILLMAN. I JUST THINK IT'S, YOU KNOW, MONTGOMERY. WE'RE PROUD OF MONTGOMERY, RIGHT? IF YOU'RE NOT PROUD OF MONTGOMERY, THEN YOU CALL YOURSELF PRINCETON. RIGHT? AND THEN IF YOU PROUD OF BEING PRINCETON AGAIN RIGHT DOWN THE ROAD. OKAY, SO I CAN. I GUESS WE'LL JUST LET YOU LET YOU HAVE YOUR OPINION. AND I THINK I WILL JUST LET IT BE LIKE THAT. I DON'T WANT TO, YOU KNOW, GO TOO MUCH ON THE PERSONAL NAMING CONVENTION PART OF IT. BUT I'M JUST HERE TO MENTION ONE THING THAT, THIS APPLICATION IS REFERRING TO THE. SO FOR THE STATE FARM, IT'S NOT INCOMPLETE, BUT THERE IS PROBABLY NO WAY TO COMPLETE THE APPLICATION THE WAY IT'S IN CURRENT IN ITS CURRENT FORM. AND I BELIEVE THAT, WE OBVIOUSLY, WHOLEHEARTEDLY WANTED TO FOLLOW ALL THE RULES AND REGULATIONS. THE TOWNSHIP HAS FOR EVERYBODY IN THE TOWNSHIP. WE ARE NOT SAYING THAT WE ARE NOT GOING TO FOLLOW ANY RULES AND REGULATIONS, BUT WITH THE TIME SENSITIVITY OF THESE THINGS AND CDC REQUIRING US TO SUBMIT[01:20:02]
THIS APPLICATION WITH THE TOWN AND NOTIFY THE TOWN, THERE WAS A PURPOSE OF THE PERMIT THAT WAS SUBMITTED AS A BLANKET, I BELIEVE, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT, THIS PERMIT APPLICATION MAY NOT COVER FOR THE INTENDED LAW. AND THERE ARE LIMITATIONS THAT WHAT TOWNSHIP CAN DO AND CANNOT DO IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA. SO ALL THESE THINGS HAVE BEEN IN ON BACK AND FORTH COMMUNICATION WITH THE, TOWN AS WELL AS CDC. WE'RE STILL WAITING FOR THE PERMIT FROM CDC.IT WILL BE GRANTED ONCE IT'S GRANTED. WE ALSO HAVE TO COME TO THE TOWN AND GET THE PERMIT. SO IT WILL BE NOTHING WITHOUT THE PERMITS FOR SURE. AND I WOULD LOVE I WOULD LOVE TO BE, YOU KNOW, US OR THIS FARM BEING THE PART OF THE COMMUNITY AND OFFER THE VENUE FOR THE TOWNSHIP RESIDENTS, ESPECIALLY THE NONPROFITS AND OTHER THINGS THAT CAN COME AND THRIVE WITHIN THE TOWN. THEY ARE VERY LIMITED NUMBER OF VENUES IN THE TOWN AND WE ARE HERE TO BE PART OF THE TOWN. WHICH TOWN ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? WHICH TOWN? NO, I'M NO, I THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE TO ME. WELL, AT LEAST YOU KNOW WHAT MADE ME CHANGE YOUR APPROACH, RIGHT? I DON'T KNOW, I THINK RESIDENTS OF MONTGOMERY DESERVE TO HAVE THINGS CALLED MONTGOMERY AND I THINK AS A MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE, WE SHOULD BE SEEING THINGS FOR MONTGOMERY VERSUS PRINCETON. AND I'M NOT GOING TO I'M NOT GOING TO GO BACK AND FORTH ON THAT. I'M SORRY TO SAY THAT, BUT I MEAN, THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS IN THE MONTGOMERY NAME, SOMETHING OTHER THAN MONTGOMERY. AND THAT'S THE RIGHT TO NAME IT. AND I DON'T WANT TO COMMENT ON THAT, PLEASE.
THANK YOU. AND I'M JUST HERE FOR THIS PERMIT AND THIS AND WITH ALL FAIR MINDEDNESS, I WOULD REQUEST YOU TO CONSIDER THIS APPLICATION AND WHATEVER THE PERMIT WITH THE TOWNSHIP OFFICIALS HAVE, WE NEED TO DO WE WILL OBTAIN IT. UNLESS YOU GUYS NEED SOMETHING ELSE, PLEASE LET US KNOW. WE ARE HERE TO BE PART OF THE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. KNOW, MR. PATEL, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR DOING THE VAN HARLINGEN EVENT AT YOUR FARM. THAT WAS VERY WELL APPRECIATED. CANDY WILLIS TOLD ME THAT YOU, YOU KNOW, OPENED THE FARM TO THEM, GAVE THEM FREE SPACE. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. BUT YES, TBD ON A APPLICATION IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN APPROVE. SO I'M PRETTY SURE. BUT IS THERE IF THERE IS ANY OTHER AMENABLE WAY THAT APPROVES THIS EVENT WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THE WHOLE YEAR, WHEN AND WITH EACH SPECIFIC WHEN WE HAVE TO GO TO THE COMMITTEE OR OR THE TOWNSHIP OFFICIALS, WHICH REQUIRES, IF THE EVENT IS MORE THAN CERTAIN NUMBER OF PEOPLE, WE'LL BE HAPPY TO DO THAT. AND THAT'S NOT A THAT'S NOT A QUESTION OR CHALLENGE. I WOULD SAY THAT I WILL LEAVE IT ON TO MY ATTORNEY AND THE TOWNSHIP OFFICIALS TO DO BACK AND FORTH AND GET THIS THING TO THE RIGHTFUL PLACE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS I'M HERE TO ANSWER. THANKS. THANK YOU. OKAY. DO WE HAVE A PROPOSED RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF OPRAH MODERNIZATION? DID YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT? SURE SO AT THE TIME OF THE AGENDA DRAFT, THE LEGISLATION WAS NOT PASSED. IT APPARENTLY WAS ADOPTED ON MAY 13TH. THE ASSEMBLY AND STATE PASSED LEGISLATION TO REFORM AND MODERNIZE THE OPEN PUBLIC RECORDS ACT. SO THE BILL IS NOW ON ITS WAY TO THE GOVERNOR'S DESK FOR CONSIDERATION, SO WHEN I THE LEAGUE OF MUNICIPALITIES AND THE MUNICIPAL MUNICIPAL CLERKS ASSOCIATION WERE SEEKING OUTREACH, WITH THE ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTIONS TO SEND TO THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY FOR SUPPORT OF THE REVISED BILL. SO THE CHANGES TO THE BILL, I'LL HIGHLIGHT A FEW OF THEM, IT DOES NOT HINDER RESIDENTS OR JOURNALISTS FROM USING THE OPRAH TO ACCESS PUBLIC RECORDS, BUT IT'S GOT DIFFERENT STRINGENT, I GUESS REQUIREMENTS FOR PROTECTING CITIZENS PERSONAL INFORMATION ONE PROVIDES DISCRETION FOR JUDGES AND GOVERNMENT RECORDS COUNCIL TO AWARD PREVAILING ATTORNEY FEES, INSTEAD OF JUST AUTOMATICALLY GRANTING ATTORNEY FEES TO THE REQUESTER. AND IT ADDRESSES BURDENSOME COMMERCIAL REQUESTS. LOTS OF TIMES WE RECEIVE REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION THAT WE ARE SEARCHING THE OPEN PUBLIC RECORDS ACT REQUIRES CLERKS OR CUSTODIANS OF RECORDS TO SEARCH FILES FOR THE SPECIFIC GOVERNMENT RECORD THAT AN INDIVIDUAL IS LOOKING FOR, NOT TO RESEARCH OR SEARCH FILES, AND TRY TO FIGURE OUT OR ASSUME WHAT SOMEONE IS LOOKING FOR. SO THE LAW NOW SAYS THAT RECORDS CUSTODIANS ARE DIRECTED TO WITHHOLD OR REDACT RECORDS, WHICH INCLUDE PERSONAL INFORMATION, WHICH COULD LEAD TO IDENTITY THEFT OR COMPROMISE A PERSON'S PERSONAL INFORMATION. I'M JUST GOING TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW, IT MODIFIES SEVERAL FEES CHARGED BY A CUSTODIAN AND MAKES THE AWARD OF ATTORNEY'S FEE DISCRETIONARY WITH THE JUDGE. THE CHIP'S RESPONSIBILITY FOR FINES AND PENALTIES AWARDED AS THE RESULT OF IMPROPER DENIAL OF A REQUEST FROM THE CUSTODIAN TO THE AGENCY THAT EMPLOYS THAT CUSTODIAN, AND IT CREATES AN EXTENDED TIMELINE FOR A RESPONSE TO A COMMERCIAL REQUESTERS, WHERE THE OPEN PUBLIC RECORDS ACT REQUIRES A SEVEN DAY RESPONSE. THIS ALLOWS UP TO 21
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DAYS FOR A COMMERCIAL REQUEST, AND THAT COULD BE SEARCHING FOR INFORMATION FROM THE TAX OFFICE.IT JUST GIVES THE CUSTODIAN A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME BECAUSE SOME OF THESE REQUESTS ARE BURDENSOME, TO THE DEPARTMENTS AND THE STAFF AT THE MUNICIPAL LEVEL. SO I JUST WANTED TO UPDATE THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE ON THIS NEW LAW, THAT WAS SIGNED INTO EFFECT. OKAY ANY QUESTIONS? MAYBE WENDY WANTS TO ADD. YEAH NO, THE ONLY THING I WILL ADD IS THAT WHILE THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF HUBBUB IN THE NEWS ABOUT REFORMING OPRAH, THAT IT WAS GOING TO TAKE AWAY PEOPLE'S RIGHTS TO HAVE THE OPEN TRANSPARENCY, FROM WHAT I'VE READ TO, TO DATE AND I DID NOT SEE THE FINAL COPY, BUT IT'S MORE ABOUT TRYING TO REDUCE THE NUISANCES CAUSED BY FOLKS THAT ARE LOOKING TO ESSENTIALLY COMMERCIALIZE LIES AND MAKE MONEY BY GETTING MAILING LISTS, ETC. SO THAT WAS MORE OF THE, THE IMPETUS FROM WHAT I'VE READ. BUT I LOOK FORWARD TO READING THE FINAL COPY. OKAY. WELL, AND THEN I GUESS WE HAVE, PROPOSED RESOLUTION SUPPORT OF REQUESTING THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY TO PURSUE REGIONAL SOLUTIONS TO FLOODING, WHICH IS A BIG DEAL WITHIN THE MILLSTONE RIVER BASIN. SO IS THAT SOMETHING WE SAID? RIGHT. SO DUE TO THE INCREASE IN THE SEVERITY OF FLOODING IN THE IN THE MILLSTONE RIVER BASIN REGION, THOSE MUNICIPALITIES THAT ARE LOCATED IN THAT REGION ARE, PROPOSING A RESOLUTION SEEKING THE STATE TO, TAKE ON OR UNDERTAKE PROJECTS TO HELP MITIGATE THE SITUATION AND HELP THESE MUNICIPALITIES, SO I HAD RECEIVED A RESOLUTION FROM HIGHTSTOWN BOROUGH AND MANVILLE AND THERE ARE OTHER TOWNS OF WEST AMWELL THAT ARE LISTED IN THE RESOLUTION, AND WE WOULD JUST SEND THAT IN SUPPORT OF THAT REQUEST OF THE STATE. SO YOU WANT IT FROM THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE, A SUPPORT AS WELL? YEAH, RIGHT. I HAVE A SAMPLE OF RESOLUTION, AND THIS IS JUST TO SEEK YOUR, CONSIDERATION ON WHETHER WE GO FORWARD WITH A RESOLUTION AT THE NEXT MEETING. YEAH, I THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. ANYBODY YEAH. SEEMS LIKE. ANY OBJECTIONS? YEP. SEEMS OKAY. EVERYBODY'S ON BOARD WITH THAT.
AND THEN WE HAVE BROADSIDE PRODUCTION FILMING IN MONTGOMERY. THIS IS AT THE, SAM THE MUSEUM. YEAH. SO WE HAVE MICHAEL STANZIALE PRESENT WITH US TODAY FROM BROADSIDE PRODUCTION, AND HE IS MANAGING THE PRODUCTION OF A FILM AT THE STOUTSBURG SOURLAND AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM, MAY 29TH, HE HAS PROVIDED ALL THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION AND HAS WORKED WITH THE TOWN TO ENSURE THAT THE, AREA REMAINS SAFE, HE'S WORKED WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, HEALTH DEPARTMENT, FIRE MARSHALS OFFICE, MY OFFICE TO SECURE ALL OF THE NECESSARY APPROVALS, INCLUDING THE CLOSURE OF HOLLOW ROAD, WHICH IS REQUIRED TO BE, CLOSED BY RESOLUTION. SO YOU WILL SEE A RESOLUTION ON THE AGENDA FOLLOWING THIS, DISCUSSION. AND HE IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE MAY HAVE. ANYBODY HAVE QUESTIONS FOR GEORGE SIDE? I MEAN, I LIKE THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE ALL OF THE PAPERWORK IN THERE THAT THAT IS A BIG, BIG DEAL. AND I UNDERSTOOD FROM LISA THAT EVERYTHING WAS IN ORDER. SO THANK YOU. THAT'S THAT'S GREAT ACTUALLY. SO HOW LONG ARE YOU GOING TO BE, HOW LONG WILL IT BE ONCE YOU COME ON UP? AND PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND, YOUR LAST NAME. SPELL IT OUT, MICHAEL STANZIALE S T A N Z I A L E. SO HOW LONG WILL YOU BE, FILMING, JUST ONE DAY. WEDNESDAY, MAY 29TH. GREAT AND THEN, TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE FILM, YEAH. IT'S, TITLED A COMPLETE UNKNOWN.
IT'S A FEATURE FILM, WE ARE LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE FILMING AT THE SAM MUSEUM, IT TAKES PLACE IN THE 60S. SO, PART OF THE ROAD CLOSURE IS, SAFETY. LIKE LISA MENTIONED, TO PARK VEHICLES THERE. ALSO WE'LL HAVE SOME, LIKE, 60S VINTAGE VEHICLES. ON SITE, AND WE'LL BE FILMING, YOU KNOW, EXTERIORS. AND SOKE, A PRG DRIVING THROUGH WHILE WE FILM, AND EVERYONE'S BEEN A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH SO FAR. WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO FILM HERE IN MONTGOMERY, I'M NOT SURE IF EVERY IF FILMS HAVE SHOT HERE BEFORE, BUT, IT'S A GREAT LANDSCAPE, A GREAT LOCATION, AND WE'RE EXCITED TO, TO HIGHLIGHT THAT. WE ARE EXCITED TO HAVE YOU. SO WE WOULD BE NEXT THE FILM NEXT, WE DID GET A CALL FROM MAYOR JANICE KOVACH AS WELL, BECAUSE SHE'S INVOLVED.
SHE'S THE GOVERNOR IN THIS FILM, INITIATIVE OF NEW JERSEY. SO SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT YOUR COMPANY AS WELL. SO WE HOPE TO HAVE A LOT MORE OF THESE MOVIES, AS LONG AS THEY DO THEIR FORMS AND
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THEY PAY FOR WHAT NEEDS TO BE PAID. ABSOLUTELY. YEAH SPEAKING OF FORMS, THOUGH, THERE'S A FILM READY NEW JERSEY I DON'T THINK WE'RE QUITE THERE. SO WE MIGHT NEED TO LOOK AT WHAT WE NEED TO DO, WHETHER IT'S PUBLIC OR PRIVATE AND HOW LARGE IT IS. SO BECAUSE WE WANT, OF COURSE, THIS TO BE OPEN, FOR IT TO DO IT AND JUST MAKE IT EASY AS WELL. THAT'S WHY FILM COMMISSION, STATE FILM COMMISSION. YES YES. YEAH. THAT'S WHERE IT SAYS FILM READY. YEAH. THEY HAVE IT RIGHT HERE. THAT'S WHERE MAYOR JANICE KOVACH IS PART OF THAT WITH THE GOVERNOR. AND SHE CALLED US TO SAY, THAT'S REALLY EXCITING FOR, YEAH, FOR FILM TO COME INTO MONTGOMERY. AND WE HAVE A LOT OF HISTORIC SITES AND A LOT OF GOOD SITES. SO YEAH, IT'S. YES. COOL. YEAH. WE'RE EXCITED TO BE WITH.THANK YOU FOR HAVING US. 1960S. SO THERE'LL BE SOME COSTUMES THERE AS WELL. COSTUME. YEAH.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. MAYOR OH, SORRY. NO YOU'RE FINE. COMMITTEEWOMAN KEENAN IS ABSOLUTELY CORRECT, YOU HAD A VERY NICE AND WILLING PERSON ON THE OTHER SIDE RIGHT NOW. THAT WORKED WITH US, BUT IF THIS IS INITIATIVE THAT THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE IS LOOKING TO SUPPORT TO HELP GET MONTGOMERY ON THE MAP A LITTLE BIT AND OUTSIDE PLACES, I WOULD CERTAINLY RECOMMEND THAT YOU ADOPT AN ORDINANCE SPECIFIC TO MOVIES, TO FILMING. YES, WE WILL DEFINITELY DO THAT. WE MAY BECOME SO WORLD FAMOUS. PEOPLE WILL BE LINED UP SO YOU NEVER KNOW. CERTAINLY HAVE VERY NICE LANDSCAPES. THAT'S OKAY, THANK YOU LISA, I GUESS, AND NOW WE'RE GOING INTO
[22. Resolution #24-5-184 - Authorizing the Closure of Hollow Road - Film Production at Stoutsburg Sourland African American Museum]
RESOLUTION NUMBER 20 45-5-184, AUTHORIZING THE CLOSURE OF HOLLOW ROAD FILM PRODUCTION AT STROUDSBURG SOUTH AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM. SO MOVED SECOND. OKAY, ROLL CALL, PLEASE.COMMITTEE MEMBER ON. YES. COMMITTEE MEMBER. TAYLOR. TODD. YES. MEMBER. KEENAN YES. MAYOR
[23. Township Committee Reports]
SINGH. YES. OKAY WE HAVE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE REPORTS, COMMITTEE ON, SO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS ACTIVELY MONITORING THE SITUATION WITH BIRD FLU, H5N1, THEY'RE RECOMMENDING THAT INDIVIDUALS WORKING WITH LIVESTOCK, POULTRY FOLLOW SPECIFIC SAFETY MEASURES TO MINIMIZE EXPOSURE, THE BOARD OF HEALTH, ALSO CONDUCT CONDUCTED ORIENTATION SESSIONS FOR BOARD OF HEALTH MEMBERS ON MAY 8TH. AND THE SESSION COVERED THEIR ROLES, RESPONSIBILITY AND TOWNSHIP LEGAL OBLIGATIONS REGARDING PUBLIC HEALTH. HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS COORDINATING WITH HEALTH AND WELLNESS FAIR, SCHEDULED FOR MAY 29TH WITH, BONNIE WANTS TO COLEMAN, EVENTS WILL HAVE CLOSE TO 20 VENDORS FOCUSED ON VARIOUS ASPECTS OF HEALTH, INCLUDING MENTAL HEALTH AND VETERAN SERVICES. HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS COLLABORATING WITH GIRL SCOUT TROOPS UNIT NUMBER 75 TO PACK 200 BACKPACKS WITH ESSENTIAL ITEMS, THANKS. THANKS TO PUBLIC HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT ITEMS INCLUDE FIRST AID KITS, HYGIENE KITS, TOOTHBRUSH, THERMAL BLANKETS, COLORING ACTIVITIES, FLASHLIGHTS AND THESE BACKPACKS WILL BE DISTRIBUTED TO COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS AIDING IN UNHOUSED, UNDER-RESOURCED AND DISPLACED INDIVIDUALS, GROUPS OR AGENCIES INTERESTED IN UP IN OBTAINING THESE BACKPACKS SHOULD CONTACT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT SO IF YOU CAN REACH OUT TO THEM. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF ANY OTHER INITIATIVES, THE EDC HAS THE MONTGOMERY ARTS COUNCIL COMING UP, THE ARTS AND CRAFTS FAIR COMMITTEE. I JUST QUESTION, HAVE YOU GUYS ARE YOU LOOKING AT THE SEWER ISSUE? THERE'S BEEN THAT'S BEEN BROUGHT UP, I THINK IT WAS WITH THE PUBLIC. IS THAT WHAT IT IS WITH THE BOARD OF HEALTH? BUT I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING YET. I DON'T THINK THEY. THEY'RE THEY BROUGHT THAT UP. OKAY, YEAH, I KNOW WE'VE LOOKED INTO CERTAIN PARTS OF THE SEWER ON, YOU KNOW, THE WATER MAIN, BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S A SEPTIC SYSTEM ISSUE THAT MONTGOMERY HAS. AND I THINK COMMITTEEWOMAN, KEENAN IS RIGHT. WE DID TALK TO DEVON THAT THAT SHOULD BE SOMETHING THAT THE BOARD OF HEALTH SHOULD REALLY LOOK INTO. SO MAYBE THAT WE CAN SHOOT AN EMAIL OUT AND GET THAT BACK ON THE AGENDA. AND THEN THE EDC, THE MONTGOMERY ARTS COUNCIL HAS THE ARTS AND CRAFTS SHOW THIS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, 10 A.M. TO 4 P.M. SO IF YOU CAN COME OUT AND ENJOY SOME, SOME NICE HANDCRAFTED ARTWORK, IT'S AT, 1060 ROUTE 206. IT'S NEXT TO THE AIRPORT, AND THEN WE HAVE SINCE, COMMITTEEMAN BERRIGAN IS NOT HERE, AND HE WOULD SAY MEMORIAL DAY CEREMONY, 9 A.M. AT THE VETERANS PARK ON 27TH. YES, YES. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. I ACTUALLY DID NOT THINK I HAD ANY UPDATES FOR YOU, THIS MONTH, BUT I DO. SO, LAST MONTH I REPORTED OUT ON, THE MUNICIPAL ALLIANCE'S FOCUS ON MAY BEING MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH. AND THAT VERY NIGHT THEY WERE PRESENTING A, AN EVENT TO AIR THE DOCUMENTARY,[01:35:05]
LIKE, OVER IN THE LIBRARY, EVEN AS WE WERE MEETING. AND I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT THAT EVENT WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL AND VERY WELL RECEIVED. AND IT RAISED, YOU KNOW, ADDITIONAL ISSUES ABOUT THE EFFECT OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON THE MENTAL HEALTH OF OUR YOUTH, AND IN TALKING ABOUT THAT AT THE LAST MUNICIPAL ALLIANCE MEETING THAT LED TO A VERY SPIRITED DISCUSSION ABOUT A RECENT NEW YORK TIMES, NUMBER ONE BEST SELLER, IT IS CALLED THE ANXIOUS GENERATION HOW THE GREAT REWIRING OF CHILDHOOD IS CAUSING AN EPIDEMIC OF MENTAL ILLNESS. AND SO BASICALLY, WHAT THIS IS ABOUT IS HOW, CHILDREN DON'T PLAY OUTSIDE ANYMORE BECAUSE THEIR EXISTENCE HAS BECOME SO TECH HEAVY AND THAT IS CAUSING A PROLIFERATION OF ANXIETY IN MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES IN CHILDREN THAT WE'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE. SO THE ALLIANCE IS VERY INTERESTED IN THIS ISSUE, AND IN RAISING AWARENESS OF THIS BOOK. AND WE ARE THINKING OF HAVING A BOOK DISCUSSION OR ANOTHER EVENT THAT WILL BE FOCUSED ON, THIS DISCUSSING THIS BOOK. SO STAY TUNED. IRONICALLY, YOU'LL HAVE TO WATCH YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA FOR MORE INFORMATION. THANK YOU. THAT THAT THAT IS A TOUGH THING TO PUT OUT THERE. YES. LIKE NO SOCIAL MEDIA, BUT SO, NEXT WEEK IS ACTUALLY THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY. IT'S EMS WEEK FROM MAY 19TH TO THE 25TH. AND AS IT'S THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY, I WOULD ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY IN MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP AND SO NAMED , TO CONTRIBUTE 50 BUCKS TO THE EMS IF EVERYBODY DID THAT, BECAUSE AS EVERYBODY KNOWS, EMS IS VOLUNTEER. IT'S VOLUNTEER FUNDED. IT IS STAFFED BY WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL VOLUNTEERS. THEY'VE GOT TWO AMBULANCES THAT ARE REALLY NOT VERY GOOD AT THE MOMENT, AND SO, DEFINITELY NEED THE FUNDS AND THEY DON'T CHARGE ANYONE. SO AGAIN, 50 BUCKS FOR THE 50TH, I THINK, I'LL SEND MY DONATION. SO MANY WOMEN. HOW CAN WE DO THAT? YOU CAN GO ONLINE AND THEY HAVE, YOU CAN SEND A CHECK IF YOU DON'T WANT TO GO ON THE INTERNET, BUT YOU CAN SEND A CHECK, OR YOU CAN GO ON TO THEIR MEMES. 47.ORG IS THE WEBSITE.OKAY? THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT THE, THE EMS GUY, I GOT A NOTE FROM, FROM SID ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE 4911 CALLS THAT HAPPENED WITHIN 70 MINUTES. AND, THEY WERE ABLE TO GO TO ALL FOUR OF THEM, AND IT WAS LIFE THREATENING SITUATIONS. AND THAT'S THAT'S AMAZING. MOST TOWNS PAID EMS CAN'T EVEN DO THAT. AND THAT'S THAT'S SUCH A GREAT THING FOR OUR, OUR TOWN.
AND SO PLEASE COME OUT AND SUPPORT THE EMS OKAY. AND THEN I'LL SWITCH OVER TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION WHICH MET ON MAY 7TH. ONE OF WE START ALL OF OUR ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION, MEETINGS WITH A LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT, A LENAPE LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT. AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT YEARS AGO IS PUTTING SOMETHING MORE FORMAL HERE AND DOING A MORE FORMAL PRESENTATION HERE AT THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE. SO THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION WILL BE WORKING WITH LANDMARKS WITH ALSO INCLUSION AND EQUITY, AND ANYBODY ELSE WHO IS GOING TO BE INVOLVED IN THIS TO MAKE IT MORE FORMAL, PROBABLY NEXT YEAR AS IT WILL BE A PHYSICAL THING. SO JUST GIVING EVERYBODY A HEADS UP ON THAT, THE WE OF COURSE, HAD EARTH DAY, A VERY RAINY, RAINY, WET, TERRIBLE EARTH DAY. BUT WE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT CAME, WE HAD 48 BICYCLES THAT WERE, THAT WERE, DONATED TENNIS RACKETS, WE ALSO HAD 96 COVID TESTS. SO THEY'RE STILL GOING OUT THE DOOR ON THIS AS WELL, WE ALSO TRIED SOMETHING THIS YEAR WHICH WITH A FREE CYCLE EVENT THAT WE LEARNED FROM, WE HAVE A LOT OF PRINTERS HERE IN THIS TOWN, SO, WE'LL DO IT AGAIN NEXT YEAR. WE'LL CHANGE IT UP A BIT, WE HAD MORE PEOPLE GIVE THAN TAKE, BUT I THINK MAYBE THE WEATHER WAS PART OF THAT. BUT WE DID LEARN FROM THAT. AND WE ALSO, WE WERE A LITTLE BIT LIGHT ON THE FOODSTUFFS, BUT I WANT TO THANK, FRANK DARBY. HE WORKS VERY CLOSELY WITH LAUREN WESLOWSKI TO REALLY GET THIS GOING. THE PUBLIC WORKS, THE ROADS FOLKS, THEY WERE WORKING CLOSELY WITH ME. WE WERE IT WAS A GREAT IT WAS A REALLY GREAT EVENT. OF COURSE, WE HAD MILKWEED, AS WE ALWAYS DO FROM MARY REESE'S SISTER AND BROTHER IN LAW, AND SOME TREES WERE GIVEN AWAY AND ACTUALLY, OUR SHADE TREE COMMITTEE CHAIR WAS DIGGING UP LITTLE TREES IN HIS YARD AND ALSO GIVING THEM OUT TO THE PUBLIC AS WELL. SO IT WAS REALLY A GREAT WET EVENT. AND WE HAVE, WE'RE STILL WORKING ON OUR SUSTAINABLE JERSEY GRANT. WE EXPECT TO STAY SILVER. AND, SO LAUREN IS DOING A WONDERFUL JOB PUTTING THAT THROUGH AS WELL, WE ALSO HAVE ONE OF OUR NEW MEMBERS, JIM BUSHONG IS DOING A SMALL PROJECT HERE, A MICRO HABITAT FOR POLLINATORS, SO THAT'S GOING TO BE GOING ON. WE'RE GOING TO BE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WE WANT SOME SIGNS BECAUSE IT MAY LOOK A LITTLE WEIRD OR SOME MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, WE HOPE, HAVE SOME QUESTIONS AND WANT TO DO THIS THEMSELVES, THAT IS OF COURSE, IT'S GOING TO BE RIGHT NEXT TO
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ONE OF STARTING DOWN THERE, SARAH ROBERTS HAS BEEN WORKING DILIGENTLY FOR YEARS AND HAS BEEN HERE TO ALSO, CHANGE OVER SOME OF THE LOVELY LANDSCAPING THAT WAS PUT IN BY THE COUNTY TO SOME ACTUALLY SUSTAINABLE STUFF, AND SOME NATIVES AS WELL. SHE'S DONE A WONDERFUL JOB, FINALLY, WE HAVE TRAILS DAY COMING UP ON JUNE FIRST. THAT'S GOING TO BE AT THE MILL POND AND THE NOW THAT THE MILL POND BOARDWALK HAS JUST BEEN. YEP. THAT THAT HAS BEEN CHANGED. AND THEN FINALLY THE, THERE WAS A GARDEN TOUR ACTUALLY AT, AT, SARAH ROBERTS AND LARRY COMPLEX HOUSE THIS, THIS 18TH, 19 AS A RAIN DATE ON 3 TO 5. SO THAT'S OPEN TO FOLKS AS WELL. I THINK THAT'S IT.OKAY. WELL THANK YOU, EARTH DAY WAS REALLY GOOD. YES RENEE. AND, KIND OF WET, BUT, I SAW A LOT OF PEOPLE AND A LOT OF CARS COMING AND BRINGING STUFF SO THAT THAT WAS GREAT AGAIN. YES.
CONGRATULATIONS TO FRANK DARBY FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER FOR MONTGOMERY EVERY YEAR. WE ALSO HAD THE DAY BEFORE WE HAD SPRING FLING. WE IT WAS A LITTLE DRIZZLY, NOT REALLY, REALLY WET, BUT WE HAD A LOT OF PARTICIPATION THERE FROM THE TOWNSHIP. I THINK WE AT ONE POINT WE HAD ABOUT 300 PEOPLE WALKING AROUND AND, WE HAD, WE RAISED MONEY FOR EMS. AS WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE EMS. RIGHT NOW, I'M STILL WAITING TO GET THE CHECK AMOUNT. THEY WILL BE COMING IN. SO IT WAS SPONSORED BY SKN FOUNDATION AND HEALTHY MIND HEALTHY BODY INITIATIVE, WE HAD PARTICIPATION FROM OUR PD, FROM OUR EMS WAS THERE WITH THEIR TRUCKS. SO WAS THE, THE FIRE STATIONS ALSO, SOLD FOOD. SO IT WAS A GREAT, COMMUNITY EVENT. AND, I THINK THE ONE THAT WE HAVE TO WE ALSO HAVE OUR, FARMERS MARKET ON JUNE 1ST, THE SAME DAY AS TRAILS DAY. IT'S GOING TO BE THE FIRST DAY OF OUR, SUMMER, FARMER'S MARKET. SO EVERYBODY'S WELCOME TO COME. OUR WINTER FARMER'S MARKETS HAVE BEEN AMAZING. THANK YOU, COMMITTEE, ON FOR THAT WHOLE IDEA THAT THOSE HAVE BEEN REALLY SUCCESSFUL. AND, WE ALSO HAVE, STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL ON JUNE 2ND.
THAT IS A BOY SCOUTS TROOP 46, AND THEY DO A GREAT JOB OF BRINGING THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER.
AND THIS YEAR, THEY ARE DOING IT IN COLLABORATION WITH MAYOR'S WELLNESS. SO THERE IS SOME EVENT PLANNED. I WAS HOPING IT WAS YOGA. I WAS TOLD IT'S ZUMBA. I DON'T KNOW WHO'S DOING THE ZUMBA. HOPEFULLY NOT ME, BUT I'M JUST HOPING IT'S JUST YOGA. SO. AND I IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE THE MAYOR. ZUMBA. I'M TRYING TO GET OUT OF IT, BUT NO, THAT'S GOING TO BE INTERESTING.
AND THEN ON BEFORE ANY OF THIS, I SHOULD, REALLY TALK ABOUT THE MAY 29TH, WHICH IS, THE CONSTITUENTS HEALTH AND WELLNESS FAIR. I THINK COMMITTEEMAN ARNE MENTIONED THAT, THAT'S RIGHT HERE AT THE MUNICIPAL BUILDING, WE WILL HAVE PEOPLE WHO WILL, FOR HUMAN SERVICES, FOR ANY OF YOUR HEALTH NEEDS. WE ARE PROVIDING FREE BUSSING FOR SENIORS, AND, THEY CAN CALL INTO WHAT ARE THEY CALLING INTO THE, YES, THEY CAN CALL US AT THE AT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, AT, AND, PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT. AND THEY CAN ARRANGE, BUSSING FROM THE, THE SENIORS HOMES TO THE TOWNSHIP BUILDING. THE TOWN HALL IS 6 TO 7, AND THE EVENT IS 4 TO 6 WHEN YOU CAN MEET ALL THE VENDORS, THERE WILL BE PEOPLE FOR VETERANS SERVICES. AND IF YOU'VE EVER HAD ANY QUESTIONS OR NEEDED HELP FROM YOUR, CONGRESS, CONGRESSIONAL, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE AS WELL AS YOUR STATE, THEY WILL ALL BE HERE. SO I ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO PUT 29TH ON THEIR CALENDAR. AND, TODAY IS THE, THURSDAY, MAY 16TH MENTAL HEALTH ACTION DAY. AND WE WERE ALL SUPPOSED TO WEAR GREEN. I'M WEARING GREEN. I SEE A FEW GREENS IN THERE, SHE'S LIKE, I DIDN'T KNOW, BUT HEY, I'M WITH THE PROGRAM, SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THAT'S ALL IT WAS, SEE BE SEEN IN GREEN CHALLENGE WEARING GREEN DURING MENTAL HEALTH MONTH. AND MAY 16TH WAS THE ACTION DAY. SO THAT'S IT FROM
[24. Administrator’s Reports]
ME. AND, I GUESS AT THIS POINT WE WILL GO INTO ADMINISTRATORS REPORT, THANK YOU. MAYOR, AT THE LAST MEETING, SARAH ROBERTS HAD COME UP DURING PUBLIC COMMENT TO DISCUSS THE HARLINGEN GAZEBO, WHICH IS TOWNSHIP OWNED, SHE HAD REFERENCED, I THINK, SOME WORK THAT, ADMINISTRATOR, OUR PRIOR ADMINISTRATOR, DONATO NIEMANN, HAD DONE AND SO, THROUGH JOHN GROEGER, OUR REC DIRECTOR, I WAS ABLE TO GET THE QUOTE FROM 2021 THAT WAS RECEIVED AT THAT TIME THAT I THINK THAT WAS NOT AUTHORIZED TO MOVE FORWARD AT THE TIME, IT'S A TOTAL OF $18,400. THERE'S TWO PARTS TO IT, THE NEW REPLACING THE, THE SHINGLES AND THE, THE PLYWOOD. THE WHOLE ROOF WORK WAS $14,150.[01:45:04]
I DO WANT TO CHECK, THOUGH, BECAUSE THIS QUOTE AND WE'RE GETTING THE QUOTE UPDATED. YES, SO YOU'LL HAVE AN UPDATED NUMBER, BUT THEY DO REFERENCE, TIMBERLINE SHINGLES. AND I THINK THE ONES THAT SARAH HAD WERE WOOD. WOOD. YEAH. SO THAT WOULD CHANGE THE QUOTE. SO WE, WE I'LL BE MINDFUL OF THAT AND DISCUSS THAT WITH JOHN KROGER. AND THE EXTERIOR TRIM OF THE LOWER PART OF THE GAZEBO. WORK TO BE DONE THERE WAS DETAILED, $4,250. SO WE'RE GETTING AN UPDATED QUOTE, IF YOU WANT TO DRIVE BY AND KIND OF CHECK OUT THE, IF YOU GO TO LARRY AND SARAH'S GARDEN, I ACROSS THE STREET. YEAH. IT'S, SO WE DID. YEAH, WE DID RECEIVE THAT, AND I AGREE WITH YOU. THE COURT SHOULD BE LOOKED AT AFTER HAVING THE PICKLEBALL SITUATION IN OUR COURTS SHOULD BE DOUBLE CHECKED. AND, YOU KNOW, WHETHER YOU WOULD ALSO. YEAH. OKAY, SO I'LL BRING THE UPDATED QUOTE WHEN WE RECEIVE IT, DEPUTY MAYOR BARRAGAN IS NOT HERE, BUT I THOUGHT I WOULD GIVE AN UPDATE ON THE STREET TREE, SPRING STREET TREE PLANTING PROJECT. SO THAT IS ALL UNDERWAY. I THINK MANY OF THE TREES HAVE BEEN INSTALLED, AND SO IT'S SEVEN WHITE OAKS ON GREEN MEADOW ROAD.AND AND BETWEEN GREEN MEADOW AND BEANS BROOK ROAD, A YELLOW WOOD TREE ON STACY DRIVE, FLOWERING CHERRY TREES ON SLEEPY HOLLOW, AND A SUGAR MAPLE ON VOORHIES LANE. OH, OKAY. AND THEY THEY DID WORK WITH THE CONTRACTOR TO INSTALL THE ROOF BARRIERS AND THERE'S MAINTENANCE, YOU KNOW, REGARDING WATERING OF THE TREES. AND SO THAT'S THE SPRING. OH, THAT'S REALLY NICE. OKAY. THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW, AND I JUST WANTED TO CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO SOMETHING THAT WE, WE HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING AND LOOKING AT, WHICH IS THE ORIGINAL MUNICIPAL BUILDING IN HARLINGEN, I'M GOING TO SEND A LITTLE PICTURE DOWN. IT'S AT THE FRONT OF THE DPW YARD, AND, IT, IT IS DATES FROM, I THINK 19, 19, 13. IT'S THE ORIGINAL, ORIGINAL TOWN HALL, IT HAS SERVED AS A COMMUNITY CENTER, POLICE HEADQUARTERS, THE RECREATION DEPARTMENT OFFICES AND A SENIOR CENTER. AND I THINK IT WAS POSSIBLY A SCHOOL AS WELL. OH, WOW. MOST HISTORIC BUILDINGS IN MONTGOMERY HAVE BEEN, CURRENTLY THE DPW USES IT AS A BREAK ROOM, BUT THERE ARE SOME ISSUES WITH THE INTERIOR.
THE FLOOR IS SAGGING. THE THERE'S A BATHROOM THAT THEY USE THAT THAT MIGHT NEED. SO I'M LOOKING AT WHAT THE STABILIZATION EFFORTS WOULD BE, BECAUSE WE CERTAINLY DON'T WANT TO GET THE BUILDING TO A CONDITION WHERE IT IS, YOU KNOW, BECOME THE DEMOLITION BY NEGLECT, THEY CALL IT WHEN, WHEN WE'RE NOT GOOD STEWARDS OF OUR OWN STRUCTURES, AND THEN THERE'S ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE IT IS A CONTRIBUTING STRUCTURE TO THE HARLINGEN NATIONAL AND STATE DISTRICT THROUGH SOMERSET COUNTY'S HISTORIC PRESERVATION GRANT PROGRAM, WHICH HAS SIGNIFICANT FUNDING FOR BUILDINGS LIKE THIS. AND SO, WHILE I DON'T THINK WE'LL BE READY FOR THE JUNE THIS YEAR'S JUNE SUBMISSION DATE, I'D LIKE TO DO SOME FURTHER INVESTIGATION ON THE STRUCTURE AND BRING TO YOU POSSIBLY A PROPOSAL OF WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE IF WE APPLIED FOR THIS GRANT NEXT YEAR. I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA, ESPECIALLY IF WE DID LOOK AT IT'S, NOT IN THE FLOOD WAY OF THE STREAM THERE, BUT IT IS WITHIN THE FLOOD HAZARD AREA, AS YOU'LL SEE. IS THAT SOMETHING WE SHOULD CONSIDER MOVING LIKE? WELL, I DID FURTHER INVESTIGATE, AND THE WATER HAS NEVER COME UP TO THAT BUILDING. I THINK IT'S ON THE HIGHER END. YEAH. SO IT DIDN'T COME UP OR UP TO EVERYBODY'S ROOF AND ORCHARD EITHER. SO I MEAN, JUST I THINK WE SHOULD BE SMART AND IF WE CAN GET MONEY, LET'S THINK ABOUT WHERE WE COULD MOVE IT INSTEAD OF JUST LIKE TRYING TO KIND OF I THINK AT THIS POINT WE HAVE A YEAR, WE CAN LOOK AT ALL THE OPTIONS. I DON'T KNOW IF THE GRANT COVERS RELOCATION. WE CAN LOOK FOR MORE GRANTS. I'LL KEEP MOVING RELOCATION PARTS SOMETIMES. YEAH, MAYBE AN ENVIRONMENTAL ONE OR THAT COULD BE A NICE PROJECT FOR MAYBE THE CONGRESSWOMAN WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT THIS YEAR, SINCE YOU GAVE US MONEY FOR THE MUNICIPAL BUILDING. THAT'S RIGHT, AN UPCOMING MEETING. WE'RE NEARLY READY TO PRESENT TO YOU A, ALL OF THE PROPOSALS FOR SOME ADDITIONAL SIGNAGE ON THE OUTSIDE BUILDING, WAYFINDING ON THE BUILDING AND WITHIN THE PROPERTY, AND ON THE ROAD. SO I SAW SOME PRELIMINARY DESIGNS AS BEING DISCUSSED WITH STAFF AND THE PD AND, YOU KNOW, JUST TO, TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT WE HAVE FROM THE VISITING PUBLIC. YES AND SO I THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. OKAY. PERFECT. THAT'S THAT'S GOOD. AND THAT'S IT. OKAY. I GUESS WE HAVE
[26. Future Agenda Items]
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FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS 2024 TO 2025 LIQUOR LICENSE RENEWALS, PLEASE, SIR, IF YOU WOULD EXPLAIN. SO I THOUGHT, WITH THE LIQUOR LICENSE RENEWALS APPROACHING NEXT MONTH, THAT I WOULD JUST INFORM THE COMMITTEE OR TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE CHANGES TO THE LAWS GOVERNING LIQUOR LICENSES.SPECIFIC TO, THE, THE CHANGES ARE THE REVISIONS ARE INTENDED TO PROMOTE THE TRANSFER OR USE OF THE INACTIVE CLASS C RETAIL CONSUMPTION LICENSES AND EASE RESTRICTIONS, POSING CHALLENGES TO THE NEW JERSEY CRAFT BREWERY INDUSTRY. SO THE BILL BASICALLY SAYS AN EXPIRATION DATE FOR CURRENTLY INACTIVE CONSUMPTION. CONSUMPTION LICENSE, ALSO KNOWN AS POCKET LICENSES, POCKET LICENSE AND CREATES A PROCESS FOR THE TRANSFER OF THE LICENSES BETWEEN CONTIGUOUS MUNICIPALITIES. SO BASICALLY WHAT THIS MEANS NOW IS THAT UNDER THE NEW LAW, AN INACTIVE LICENSE THAT HAS BEEN USED, THAT HAS NOT BEEN USED IN CONNECTION WITH AN ESTABLISHMENT FOR TWO CONSECUTIVE LICENSE TERMS, SHALL BE SHALL NOT BE RENEWED. THIS MEANS THAT PREEXISTING LICENSES, INACTIVE SINCE AUGUST 1ST OF 2022, WILL HAVE TO BE SOLD THROUGH PRIVATE SALE OR TRANSFER TO A CONTIGUOUS MUNICIPALITY TO PREVENT IT FROM EXPIRING. NOW THE LAW NOW THE A, B, C ON MAY 10TH, GRANTED ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER 2020 403, WHICH IS GRANTING A BLANKET RELIEF FOR THE INACTIVE LICENSE HOLDER TO THE 22 2025. BASICALLY WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS THEY'RE GIVING THEM AN EXTRA YEAR NOW TO REMAIN INACTIVE, AND THEY DON'T HAVE TO APPLY FOR RELIEF. TYPICALLY, WHEN A LICENSE IS INACTIVE EVERY TWO YEARS, THEY HAVE TO APPLY TO THE A, B, C FOR RELIEF AND GIVE AN EXPLANATION AS TO WHY THEY HAVE NOT PLACED THAT LICENSE. SO THEY APPLY. THEY PAY A FEE, THEY RENEW HERE AT THE STATE, THEY PAY THE STATE FEE, THEY PAY THE MUNICIPAL FEE AND RENEW IT AND IT REMAINS IN POCKET. SO THIS NEW LAW IS GOING TO CHANGE THAT. HOWEVER THEY'RE GRANTING THEM ONE MORE YEAR OF GRACE PERIOD TO ALLOW THAT FOR THE INACTIVE LICENSE. WE HAVE SIX OF THEM.
EXCUSE ME, SIX OF THEM? NO, WE HAVE WE HAVE FOUR INACTIVE LICENSES RIGHT NOW. WE HAVE FOUR CONSUMPTION AND ONE DISTRIBUTION. ONE OF THEM WILL MOST LIKELY BE PLACED WITHIN THE YEAR, THE OTHER THREE, I DON'T HAVE THE I DON'T KNOW. SO I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT. BUT SO DO WE HAVE FOUR. OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY OKAY, I HAVE A QUESTION. WHAT HAPPENS? LIKE, SAY, ANOTHER TOWN, NEIGHBORING TOWN, SELLS THEIR LICENSE TO SOMEBODY IN MONTGOMERY. IT'S NOT QUITE THAT EASY. IN ORDER TO TRANSFER TO THE NEIGHBORING MUNICIPALITY, IT'S GOT TO BE PART OF A REDEVELOPMENT. AND YOU'D HAVE TO HAVE THE, APPROVAL OF THE REDEVELOPMENT PLAN FROM THE RECEIVING MUNICIPALITY AND APPROVAL OF THE SENDING MUNICIPALITY IN ORDER FOR THAT TO HAPPEN. IT'S NOT JUST TO THE NEXT MUNICIPALITY JUST BECAUSE, OKAY, I JUST, YOU KNOW, WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S, THERE IS A PROCESS. YEAH. OKAY BUT IT'S SPECIFIC TO THE CONSUMPTION LICENSES ONLY. MUNICIPALITY. RIGHT? RIGHT. YES. OKAY WELL, THANK YOU FOR THAT EXPLANATION.
[25. Resolution #24-5-185 - Executive Session]
THANK YOU, RESOLUTION NUMBER 20 45-185, EXECUTIVE SESSION. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE OF THE TOWNSHIP OF MONTGOMERY, COUNTY OF SOMERSET, NEW JERSEY, AS FOLLOWS. THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE WILL NOW CONVENE IN A CLOSED SESSION THAT WILL BE LIMITED ONLY TO CONSIDERATION OF ITEMS WITH RESPECT TO WHICH THE PUBLIC MAY BE EXCLUDED. PURSUANT TO SECTION SEVEN B OF THE OPEN PUBLIC MEETINGS ACT, THE GENERAL NATURE OF THE SUBJECTS TO BE DISCUSSED IN THIS SESSION ARE AS FOLLOWS. ATTORNEY CLIENT PRIVILEGE SJC CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS. COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGER AND SENIOR CENTER DIRECTOR. AGREEMENT WITH COUNTY. IT IS UNKNOWN PRECISELY WHEN THE MATTER DISCUSSED IN THIS SESSION WILL BE DISCLOSED TO THE PUBLIC. ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY AND SETTLEMENT OF LITIGATION SHALL ONLY BE APPROVED BY THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE IN A PUBLIC SESSION. THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE WILL RETURN TO REGULAR SESSION AND MAY TAKE FURTHER ACTION. THIS RESOLUTION WILL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 24. DASH 5-185. SO MOVED. SECOND ROLL CALL, PLEASE. COMMITTEE MEMBER ON. YES COMMITTEE MEMBER. TAYLOR. TODD. YES. COMMITTEE MEMBER. KENAN. YES MAYOR SINGH.YES. THANK YOU . MAY I HAVE A. OH, NO. I CAN'T HEAR MYSELF. I TURNED ON NOW.
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OKAY MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE EXECUTIVE SESSION AND OPEN THE REGULAR SESSION? SO MOVED SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE, AYE. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? SO MOVED SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.