[CALL TO ORDER]
          [00:00:09]
          CALL TO ORDER. THIS IS THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE. 
          CALLED TO ORDER AT 702. ROLL CALL PLEASE. MAYOR SINGH HERE. DEPUTY MAYOR BARRAGAN HERE. 
          COMMITTEE MEMBER. TAYLOR TODD, COMMITTEE MEMBER ON HERE. COMMITTEE MEMBER. MARTIN, HERE. 
          NOTICE OF MEETING IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN PUBLIC MEETINGS ACT. ADEQUATE NOTICE OF THIS MEETING WAS PROVIDED ON JANUARY 10TH, 2025 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. PLEDGE 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'LL HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A CHANGE 
          [39. Affordable Housing Update]
IN OUR AGENDA. I JUST WANTED TO ADDRESS SOMETHING AS. EXCUSE ME, I HAVE NOTICED THERE THERE HAS BEEN CHATTER ON SOCIAL MEDIA ABOUT OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING. IT'S REALLY DISHEARTENING WHEN PEOPLE ARE PUTTING RUMORS ON SOCIAL MEDIA. SO I JUST WANTED OUR TOWNSHIP ATTORNEY TO ADDRESS THIS, AND SHE WOULD BE GIVING AN UPDATE ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING. AND I REMIND ALL RESIDENTS THAT ALL OF US ON THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE RIGHT HERE IN THE DAIS, YOU CAN REACH OUT TO US. YOU HAVE OUR EMAILS ON THE MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP WEBSITE. PLEASE REACH OUT TO US, ASK US FOR A MEETING IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. WE WILL MAKE SURE YOU GET THE RIGHT INFORMATION. 
          SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE ALL RESIDENTS TO NOT JUST LOOK AT SOCIAL MEDIA AND THINK THAT IS THE TRUTH. IT IS NOT FACTUAL. PLEASE. AGAIN, THE FIVE OF US ARE HERE. REACH OUT ANYTIME YOU WANT TO MEET WITH US. WE WILL MAKE TIME AND MEET WITH YOU. SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I WILL ASK OUR TOWNSHIP ATTORNEY TO PLEASE UPDATE US. THANK YOU. I DO BELIEVE, THOUGH, THAT THE CLERK WAS TRYING TO MOTION THAT WE NEED TO READ THE NOTICE OF PUBLIC. OKAY, WE'LL DO THAT. 
          LET'S DO THAT I APOLOGIZE, I'M REALLY BAD AT READING LIPS. THAT'S OKAY. OKAY. PUBLIC COMMENT. OH, NO NO NO. OH. OH, I DIDN'T READ THAT. OH, I'M SO SORRY. NOTICE OF MEETING IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN PUBLIC MEETINGS ACT. ADEQUATE NOTICE OF THIS MEETING WAS PROVIDED ON JANUARY 10TH, 2025 TO THE COURIER NEWS AND THE STAR LEDGER POSTED ON THE MUNICIPAL BULLETIN BOARD AND FILED WITH THE TOWNSHIP CLERK. I THOUGHT WE DID THAT, BUT THAT'S OKAY. 
          PLEASE GO AHEAD. AND NOW, TOWNSHIP ATTORNEY WENDY. OKAY, SO JUST TO UPDATE EVERYBODY, RIGHT AFTER OUR LAST MEETING, WE HAD OUR FIRST MEDIATION SESSION WITH THE PROGRAM, WHICH IS THIS NEW JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESS WITH RETIRED JUDGES THAT DO THE FIRST ROUND FOR THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. AND BECAUSE WE HAD OBJECTIONS IN OUR PLAN, THERE IS ALMOST MANDATORY MEDIATION DISCUSSIONS. EVERY PARTY INTRODUCED THEMSELVES AND ONE ZOOM CALL, IT WASN'T IN PERSON. AND IMMEDIATELY EVERYBODY GOT PUT INTO BREAKOUT ROOMS. SO WE NEVER WERE IN CONTACT WITH ANYBODY WHO HAD OBJECTED TO OUR PLAN. THEY NEVER HEARD ANYTHING WE SAID. EVERYTHING THAT IS SAID WITHIN THIS MEDIATION PROCESS, I SHOULD ALSO KNOW, IS CONFIDENTIAL. SO I'M NOT GOING TO GO INTO THE PARTICULARS OF WHAT WE PROVIDED AS OUR POSITION. HOWEVER, SOMETHING THAT IS PUBLIC INFORMATION, WHICH IS A RESULT OF THAT, IS THAT WE HAVE FORMALLY NOTIFIED THE PROGRAM AND ALL INTERESTED PARTIES THAT THE TOWNSHIP WILL BE AMENDING ITS PLAN SO THAT EVERYBODY'S COMMENTING ON WHAT IS THE UPDATED INTENT OF OF THE MUNICIPALITY. AND AS THE PUBLIC SHOULD BE AWARE, AND CERTAINLY I WANT TO REITERATE, THE FIRST PRIORITY HAS ALWAYS BEEN FOR THIS TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE TO EXTEND THE DEED RESTRICTION AND THE CONTROLS ON AS MANY, IF NOT ALL, OF THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT ALREADY EXISTS IN TOWN. 
          AND THIS IS A EXTREME BENEFIT TO TO REALLY OUR RESIDENTS, TO FUTURE RESIDENTS AND TO RESIDENTS WHO GET THE BENEFIT OF HAVING THIS HOUSING, BECAUSE UNLIKE CONSTRUCTING NEW UNITS TO GET A 20% SET ASIDE, THESE UNITS ALREADY EXIST, AND IT WOULD REALLY BE A SHAME. AND THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE HAS MADE IT A PRIORITY FOR MYSELF AND THE REST OF THE PROFESSIONALS IN THE STAFF TO NOT LOSE CREDITS THAT ALREADY EXIST IN TOWN. ANY NEW CONSTRUCTION THAT'S GOING TO COME IN WILL PROVIDE ADDITIONAL, BUT WE REALLY WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DIDN'T LOSE ALL OF THE EFFORTS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN MADE. SO I'M GETTING A LITTLE LONG WINDED, I APOLOGIZE, I KNOW IT'S THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING. YOU PROBABLY WANT TO GET THROUGH YOUR AGENDA, BUT I DO WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE HAVE FORMALLY PUT EVERYBODY ON 
          [00:05:01]
NOTICE THAT WE HAVE A REVISED COMPLIANCE PLAN BECAUSE WE WERE ABLE TO REACH A CONSENSUS WITH THE OWNER OF PIKE RUN. SO WE HAVEN'T ACTUALLY EXECUTED A A AGREEMENT, BUT WE HAVE A, AN AGREEMENT IN PRINCIPLE, A VERBAL AGREEMENT FOR AN EXTENSION OF AT LEAST 96 UNITS. 
          CANDIDLY, WE'RE TRYING TO GET MORE. SO WE'LL KEEP WORKING ON THAT. BUT 96 DOES GET US TO THE FULL PLAN, AND THAT IS WHY THERE'LL BE NO OTHER DEVELOPMENTS INCLUDED IN OUR HOUSING PLAN. NOT CAN VIEW NOT ANYTHING ELSE, INCLUDING THRIVE, WHICH HAS ALREADY BEEN APPROVED AND WE KNOW WILL BE PROVIDING CREDITS. BUT AGAIN, IT'S A BENEFIT OF BRINGING ADDITIONAL UNITS INTO TOWN WITHOUT LOSING WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE. SO THAT HAS BEEN FILED. I BELIEVE THAT IT'S BEEN SHARED ON SOCIAL MEDIA. SO AS A PERSONAL NOTE, IT'S PROBABLY THE MOST CIRCULATED LETTER I'VE EVER WRITTEN IN MY LIFE. SO THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO HAS READ IT. 
          BUT IT'S REALLY NOT THAT INTERESTING. IT IS JUST PUTTING THE WORLD ON NOTICE FOR WHAT WE HAVE BEEN SAYING IN THIS ROOM FOR THE LAST THREE MONTHS. SINCE THE DEVELOPER CAME TO THE TABLE. THE PRIORITY OF THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE IS TO NOT LOSE UNITS WE ALREADY HAVE, AND THAT IS HOW WE'RE MOVING FORWARD. SO THE IN SPEAKING TO ALL OF THE PARTIES, YOU KNOW, AS YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE FAIR SHARE HOUSING CENTER WHO DID NOT OBJECT TO YOUR PLAN. AND YOU KNOW THEY'RE FINE EITHER WAY. BUT YOU HAVE TWO CITIZEN GROUPS WHO HAVE OBJECTED TO THE INCLUSION OF KENVUE. AND NOW WE HAVE KENVUE WHO IS OBJECTING TO THE CITIZENS GROUPS OBJECTING TO THEIR INCLUSION. SO OBVIOUSLY, SOMEBODY IS NOT GOING TO BE HAPPY WITHIN THE GROUP. SO THE JUDGE HAS DETERMINED THERE'S NO REASON TO HAVE ADDITIONAL MEDIATION, AND WE WILL BE ARGUING OUR POSITION IN ORAL ARGUMENTS. IT'S NO TESTIMONY. SO IT'S NOT GOING TO BE QUITE THE SAME AS AS A USUAL KIND OF TRIAL. IT'S JUST GOING TO BE PUTTING FORTH OUR POSITION. AND AGAIN, OUR POSITION IS, AS WE'VE STATED IN THE LETTER, WE HAVE UNITS THAT EXIST. WE WANT TO KEEP THEM. AND WE HAVE A MEETING IN PRINCIPLE WITH THE THE OWNER OF THE LARGEST PERCENTAGE OF THE UNITS OF THE RENTAL UNITS. AND THAT IS THE PLAN THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE DEFENDING AT WHAT THEY CALL A SESSION. IT'S NOT A TRIAL YET, IT'S THE SESSION. SO I IMAGINE THERE WILL BE A LOT OF OTHER STUFF GOING FROM THE OTHER OBJECTORS AGAINST EACH OTHER. BUT WE ARE STEADFAST IN WHAT OUR PLAN IS AND WHAT WE'D LIKE TO ACCOMPLISH BASED ON THE GUIDANCE AND WHAT THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE HAS, HAS TASKED US TO DO. THANK YOU. WENDY. ANY QUESTIONS? YEAH. THE IS THE DECEMBER 19TH IS THE NEXT. I BELIEVE THAT IF THAT'S THE FRIDAY. YES. AFTER OUR NEXT MEETING, IT'S THE NEXT DAY. OKAY. AND AGAIN I'LL LET THE OTHERS SPEAK. BUT I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU AND OUR PROFESSIONALS FOR UNDERSTANDING THAT THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE AND IN ITS ENTIRETY, WANTED US TO DO THESE EXTENSIONS. WE ALL WANTED TO DO THE EXTENSIONS. WE JUST DIDN'T HAVE THE DEVELOPER ON THE TABLE. NOW THAT HE'S WORKING, AS YOU SAID IN PRINCIPLE, HE'S IN AGREEMENT. I THINK THIS IS BEST FOR OUR RESIDENTS. AND, YOU KNOW, THIS THIS IS WILL BE EXTENSIONS AND WE WILL NOT BE DOING ANY OF THE OTHER CONSTRUCTIONS. AND I GUESS I SHOULD ALSO NOTE THAT NO BODY HAS BEEN DECLARED TO BE CORRECT OR INCORRECT IN ANYTHING. NONE OF THAT HAS HAPPENED YET. I UNDERSTAND THERE WAS SOME OF THAT ON SOCIAL MEDIA AS WELL. YEP. ANY ACTIONS THAT THE TOWNSHIP IS TAKING IS BASED ON WHAT HAS BEEN SAID AT OUR TOWN HALL MEETINGS, AT AT WHAT YOU HAVE DECIDED FROM BEFORE WE STARTED. TILL NOW, EVERYTHING HAS BEEN THROUGH THAT PROCESS, AND THAT WAS WHY WE SUBMITTED THE LETTER SO THAT THE WORLD WOULD BE ON NOTICE. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY. OH I'M SORRY. ONE MORE THING. YES, THE PLAN ITSELF WILL NOT GET AMENDED UNTIL THE NEW YEAR. OKAY. BECAUSE WE'RE WAITING TO GET THE APPROVAL OF THE PROGRAM AND OR THE SUPERIOR COURT JUDGE SO THAT YOU'RE NOT SPINNING YOUR WHEELS MULTIPLE TIMES. SO THAT'S WHY WE DID IT BY LETTER AND NOT BY HAVING A PLANNING BOARD HEARING YET. SO THAT WILL COME. IT WILL BE PUBLICLY NOTICED. WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT IT'S ON THE WEBSITE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE RESIDENTS. THERE'S ALSO A NEW LAW THAT WILL BE IN EFFECT STARTING IN MARCH OF 2026, WHERE ALL TOWNS ARE GOING TO BE DOING PUBLICATION INSTEAD OF JUST A NEWSPAPER ADVERTISEMENTS. 
          IT'LL BE ON THE WEBSITE. SO WE'RE FINALLY MOVING INTO A NEW CENTURY WITH OUR LAWS TO MATCH EVERYBODY'S USAGE OF INTERNET VERSUS PRINT MEDIA. SO AGAIN, IT WILL BE ON THE WEBSITE, EVERYTHING WILL BE PUBLISHED, AND YOU CAN ANTICIPATE IT'LL PROBABLY BE EITHER THE SECOND HALF OF JANUARY OR IN FEBRUARY, NO LATER THAN FEBRUARY. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH AND APPRECIATE THE TRANSPARENCY. OKAY. JUST TWO THINGS. ONE IS, YOU KNOW, I'M GLAD WE'RE DOING THESE UPDATES. I KNOW THAT WAS PART OF OUR COMMITMENT TO THE PUBLIC. I THINK WE SHOULD JUST KIND OF KEEP THIS AS A STANDING AGENDA UNTIL WE PROBABLY THROUGH THE FIRST QUARTER. SO 
          [00:10:01]
THAT WAY, EVEN IF THERE'S NO UPDATE, I THINK IT'S JUST IMPORTANT TO LET EVERYONE KNOW THAT THERE'S NO UPDATE. AND THIS IS THE CURRENT STATUS AND THE NEXT STEPS, BECAUSE I KNOW EVERYONE'S REALLY BUSY AND BUT, YOU KNOW, THESE TOPICS COME AND POP UP AND PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED, I THINK I YOU KNOW, I THINK IF CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG WENDY. BUT LIKE FAIR SHARE HOUSING LIKE THEIR WHOLE FOCUS IS AROUND, YOU KNOW, INCREASING AFFORDABILITY HOUSING. SO IT'S I MEAN I KNOW WE'VE ALWAYS KIND OF GONE BACK AND FORTH, BUT I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT THEY'RE NOT OBJECTING TO THE PLAN. IT FEELS LIKE FOR ME, THAT'S A REALIZATION THAT OUR PLAN IS ACHIEVING THE REQUIREMENTS THAT THE STATE HAS GIVEN US TO, YOU KNOW, MEET OUR QUOTA, ETCETERA. WOULD THAT BE A FAIR OPINION? I KNOW YOU CAN'T PUT IN YOUR HEADS. WHAT FAIR? WELL, I THINK THAT BASED ON DOCUMENTS THAT ARE IN THE PUBLIC RIGHT ON ON THESE COURT FILINGS, THAT THE PUBLIC CAN GO IN AND SEE IT IS A A VALID SUMMATION OF THEIR POSITION BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T OBJECT TO OUR PLAN. OKAY. GOOD. YEAH. I'M GLAD TO HEAR IT. YEAH. AND ALSO I MEAN THAT IS THE PLAN IS TO HAVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND THIS IS AN EXTENSION. SO I THINK WE ARE SATISFYING THEM. AND YOU KNOW, AND I ALSO WANTED TO REMIND THE PUBLIC THAT WE DO HAVE OUR PLANNING BOARD MEETING ON MONDAY. AND THERE WOULD BE DAVE WOULD HAVE A SIMILAR UPDATE BECAUSE PLANNING HAS ALSO PROMISED, AS WE ARE NOW SAYING, WITH THE DEPUTY MAYOR, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE PERIODIC UPDATES. YEAH. I'LL ALSO NOTE, AND YOU MADE REFERENCE TO THIS MAYOR ALREADY BY SAYING WE'RE GOING TO GO A LITTLE OUT OF ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ADDRESS THE PUBLIC WHILE THEY'RE STILL HERE AND DON'T GET TIRED OF THE FULL AGENDA. BUT WE DID ADD AN AGENDA ITEM BY YOUR COMMITTEE REPORTS TO BE AFFORDABLE HOUSING UPDATES. SO IT'S ACTUALLY A STANDING ITEM. WE CAN ALWAYS MOVE IT IN FRONT OF PUBLIC COMMENT IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WOULD PREFER. BUT YEAH, OKAY THAT THAT DIRECTION WAS ALREADY GIVEN. OKAY. PERFECT. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS PERIODIC UPDATES OKAY. 
          SOUNDS GOOD. AND AT THIS POINT WE'LL HAVE THE GENERAL MONTGOMERY PLAQUE. MARY, IF YOU'D LIKE WE COULD SWITCH AND HAVE THE WEST STREET PRESENTATION SINCE WE HAVE VISITORS TONIGHT FOR THAT PRESENTATION. AND I DON'T SEE ANYONE FROM THE REV 250 
          [2. Presentation – West Street Vacation]
COMMITTEE HERE TONIGHT, SO IT WOULD BE OKAY IF YOU WANTED TO. YEAH, WE CAN SWITCH THAT UP. 
          AND AT THIS POINT WE'LL JUST ASK THEM TO DO THE, THE STREET AND JUST TO TEE THIS UP A LITTLE BIT. THIS IS A PRESENTATION TO BE ABLE TO FULLY INFORM THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE OF, OF WHAT A REQUEST THAT'S BEING MADE. THERE IS NO ACTION BEING TAKEN TONIGHT. 
          THERE'S NO DECISION BEING TAKEN TONIGHT. THIS IS FOR YOU TO LISTEN, LEARN, ASK QUESTIONS AND THEN ACTION WOULD BE IN THE FUTURE. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. COMING UP. ALSO. HERE WE ARE. 
          YEAH. JUST GIVE ME A SECOND. THE FLOOR IS YOURS, MR. SCOTSMAN. OKAY. YEAH. MY NAME IS RICHARD SCHLOSSMAN. I'M AN ATTORNEY. I REPRESENT PEOPLE ON THE NAME OF CARPINELLI AND FREITAS, WHO OWN LOT EIGHT, BLOCK 15010 ON THE MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP TAX MAP. IT'S A LOT THAT WAS CREATED IN 1905 BY FOLLOWING A MAP CALLED THE HAYDEN BLOCK MAP. AND IT HAS STREETS THERE THAT ARE SHOWN ON THE MAP. THERE WERE NO WHICH ARE KNOWN IN THE LAW AS PAPER STREETS. IN OTHER WORDS, THEY HAVE NOT BEEN OPENED NOR ACCEPTED BY MONTGOMERY. I'M SORRY. CAN YOU GIVE US, LIKE A HELP? HELP ME. SORRY. EXCUSE ME. CAN YOU HELP? AND WE SEE THESE MAPS. IF I HAVE, LIKE, NO CLUE, LIKE. YEAH. CAN YOU GIVE ME A LITTLE BIT OF A WHERE IN MONTGOMERY? THIS IS SPECIFIC ROAD. OKAY. DO YOU WANT ME TO SHOW THE. DO YOU WANT ME TO SHOW THE BIG MAP? THIS ONE? YOU WANT TO GO BACK TO THE LITTLE ONE? OKAY, OKAY. IT'S ALSO KILLED THE ROAD. OKAY. YEAH. WE BUILD HOUSES. RICK RUSSO, I'M THE LAWYER, AND DAVE SCHMIDT WAS THE. DAVE SCHMIDT WAS THE ENGINEER. WE BUILT A LOT OF HOUSES IN WHAT WAS LAND WAS FORMERLY OWNED BY ELIZABETHTOWN WATER COMPANY, NOW NEW JERSEY AMERICAN. OKAY, OKAY. AND SO SHE NEEDS ACCESS TO GET TO HER HOUSE. AND WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE WEST STREET VACATED. AND WE WOULD BUILD A DRIVEWAY TO MAINTAIN IT ALL THE WAY FROM THE ROAD, ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THEIR HOUSE, WHICH IS ON THE CORNER OF WEST STREET AND SOUTH STREET, WHICH IS ALSO NOT OPEN. 
          SO DAVID SCHMIDT, WHO IS A CIVIL ENGINEER WHO'S DONE A LOT OF WORK IN THE TOWN, A NATIVE OF YOUR TOWN, WE'LL MAKE THE BRIEF PRESENTATION. AND ALSO AT THE END, MISS ANNA WILL GIVE VERY, VERY SHORT SPEECH BECAUSE I SEE YOUR AGENDA IS VERY LONG. YEAH. SO YEAH, PLEASE, PLEASE, IF YOU CAN KEEP IT SHORT, WOULD BE REALLY APPRECIATED. THANK YOU, MR. JOHNSON. DAVE, DO YOU 
          [00:15:04]
HAVE AN AERIAL MAP? IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE EASIER FOR THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE TO SEE. THE BEST I HAVE IS THE. OKAY, I DID, I DID BRING ONE. IF YOU FEEL LIKE IT WOULD BE HELPFUL. I HAVE ONE ON A FLASH DRIVE BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S WHAT LISA WAS ASKING. IF THEY HAD HAD. IS THAT OKAY? DO YOU WANT ME TO PUT THAT UP REAL QUICK SO YOU COULD SEE IT? WE CAN DO THAT. SURE, SURE. THE FLASH DRIVE. SO THE SOUTH STREET, THERE'S THERE'S THERE'S SO THERE'S THE SECOND ONE. WHERE? SOUTH STREET. SEE IT? OKAY. THERE'S THE FOURTH STREET. SO. 
          SO DOES THIS WEST STREET NOT EXIST TODAY. IS THAT IS THAT CORRECT FOR US? CORRECT. 
          UNDERSTAND? OKAY. THIS DOESN'T EXIST BUT WHAT I. YEAH. OH THOSE TWO HAVE NOT BEEN CORRECT. 
          OH. SOUTH. OKAY I GOT YOU. YEAH. I COULDN'T SEE SOUTH. DO YOU WANT THE MOUSE. YEAH. GIVE ME THIS OKAY. DOES IT WORK. YES. IT'S NOT. TAKE IT IN OKAY. GO AHEAD. OKAY. I'LL DO IT. AND THE HOUSE IS AROUND THE AREA. THEY'RE ALL NOTIFIED. THEY KNOW. OH, YOU GOT IT. IS THERE ANY CONSENT OR NEED FOR FOR THE HOUSES AROUND THERE? DAVE, DO YOU WANT. I'M SORRY. DO YOU WANT TO KIND OF ORIENT THEM TO THE USING THIS MAP? SURE, SURE. OKAY. WE'RE LOOKING AT THE AERIAL IN THE RED IS BASICALLY THE LOT THAT'S IN QUESTION. THAT RED ARROW IS BASICALLY A PAPER STREET. IT'S A RIGHT OF WAY DEDICATION THAT EXISTS. HOWEVER, THERE IS NO ROADWAY. 
          IF YOU GO TO YOUR RIGHT, YOU DRIVE DOWN THE FIRST WHERE THE YOU GO KILL THE ROAD, THE RED HOUR STARTS. YOU GO TO YOUR RIGHT. THAT TAKES YOU TO SUNSET ROAD, WHICH TAKES YOU TO 206. 
          SO THIS IS PRETTY MUCH IN A CLUSTER OF SUBDIVISIONS IN THIS PART OF TOWN. AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S RESIDENTS IN FRONT OF US. THERE'S RESIDENTS TO THE SIDE OF US, AND WE'RE JUST FILLING IN THERE. THAT'S A PERFECT PICTURE. WE ARE JUST FILLING IN THE OPEN SPACE OR THE HOLE OF THE DONUT OF THE LAST LOT THAT EXISTS. I DID A VARIANCE APPLICATION FOR TWO LOTS NEXT TO US, WHICH WAS NINE AND TEN, WHICH IT REQUIRED A LONG EASEMENT DRIVEWAY AS WELL OFF OF KILDEE ROAD. AS YOU CAN SEE TO THE RIGHT OF THE DRAWING, YOU CAN SEE NEXT TO THE RED BOX THAT YOU HAVE HERE. THERE'S TWO HOUSES OVER THERE AND A VERY LONG DRIVEWAY. THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING FOR THIS PROPERTY, IS TO PUT THE SAME TYPE OF LONG DRIVEWAY. 
          HOWEVER, THIS DRIVEWAY WILL NOT BE IN AN EASEMENT. THIS WILL BE IN A TOWNSHIP RIGHT OF WAY. AS OF AS IT IS RIGHT NOW. SO THAT IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IF WE WANT TO GO BACK TO THE TAX MAP, IS THAT HELPFUL TO ORIENT? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. GET OUT OF THIS. YEAH. THOSE THOSE TAX MAPS ARE NOT THE EASIEST THING TO ORIENT YOURSELF RIGHT. YEAH. THERE YOU GO. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT MATTERS. YEAH. OKAY. THANKS, LISA. OKAY. OKAY. NOW, NOW YOU SEE WHAT A MAP LOOKS LIKE. YOU DON'T GET TO SEE THE ROAD, BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT WEST STREET PAPERS. IT'S A PAPER STREET. 
          IT'S NOT A ROAD. IT'S A RIGHT OF WAY THAT EXISTS. AND CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT I MEAN? I DON'T KNOW WHAT A PAPER STREET MEANS. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S THE RESIDENTS. MEAN IT'S A IT'S ON THE. CAN YOU SPEAK TO THE MICROPHONE, PLEASE? CAN YOU TALK TO THE MICROPHONE, PLEASE, SO THAT THE RESIDENTS STREET IS WHAT IT IS. IT'S A IT'S A RIGHT OF WAY. YOU HAVE A TYPICAL ROAD. 
          I THINK WE'LL ASK OUR ATTORNEY TO EXPLAIN. YES. RIGHT. SO OFTENTIMES WHEN A LARGE AREA GETS SUBDIVIDED THERE'LL BE A MAP THAT'S PRESENTED. AND STREETS IN BETWEEN ARE CALLED PAPER STREETS BECAUSE THEY EXIST ON PAPER. OKAY. IT'S NEVER ACTUALLY BEEN ACCEPTED BY THE TOWNSHIP. AND NO IMPROVEMENTS HAVE BEEN DONE IN ORDER TO MAKE IT AN ACTUAL STREET. BUT IT EXISTS ON PAPER. GOT IT. IT'S AN EXISTING RIGHT OF WAY THAT'S THAT'S NOT IMPROVED. SO THERE'S NO ROADWAY, BUT. RIGHT. OKAY. YOU WHEN YOU FILE MAP, IT'S NOT IT'S NOT ME. 
          YOU HAVE TO SPEAK INTO THE MICROPHONE SO THAT THE RESIDENTS. PLEASE DON'T INTERRUPT ME. I'M JUST ASKING IF YOU COULD SPEAK IN A MICROPHONE SO THAT THE RESIDENTS WHO ARE VIEWING IT CAN HEAR YOU WHEN YOU FILE A MAP IN THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, IT'S AN OFFER TO MUNICIPALITY FOR THEM TO ACCEPT AND DEDICATION. CASE IS CALLED HAVEN HOLMES VERSUS EDISON TOWNSHIP. SO YOU HAVE TO ACCEPT IT. YOU HAVE TO SAY, THIS IS MY 
          [00:20:03]
WE ACCEPT THIS AS A STREET NOW NORMALLY IN A SUBDIVISION NOW. AND DON'T FORGET, THIS MAP WAS FILED IN 1905 BEFORE THE LAW OF THE LAWS WERE DEVELOPED AS FAR AS SUBDIVISION. THE FIRST SUBDIVISION ACT IN NEW JERSEY CAME IN 1952, AND THEN IT WAS REPLACED IN 1976. THE THE THE MAP IS FILED AND THE TOWNSHIP OR THE MUNICIPALITY HAS TO DO SOMETHING TO SHOW THAT THEY ACCEPT IT. THAT WAS NEVER DONE FOR THIS, FOR THESE STREETS HERE SINCE 1905. AND THERE'S THERE'S A LOT OF THEM THAT HAPPEN. I JUST GOT FINISHED ONE ONE HERE WHERE AN OLD MAP OF BELLE MEADE IN 1912 WAS FILED, AND STREETS WERE NOT ACCEPTED. AND WHEN KATHY FRANK WAS THE MAYOR ABOUT IN THE 70S OR 80S, KATHY WAS THE MAYOR. THEY THEY VACATED A LOT OF STREETS. THEY, THEY THEY DIDN'T WANT TO GET INVOLVED ANYMORE WITH THE STREETS. SO THAT'S WHAT A PAPER STREET IS ALL ABOUT. IT EXISTS ON PAPER. IT EXISTS AS A RIGHT OF WAY, BUT IT'S IT'S IT'S OWNED BY THE MUNICIPALITY. BUT THE MUNICIPALITY NEVER REALLY ACCEPTED IT. SO THANK YOU. OKAY. 
          SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THE TAX MAP, THE SHADED PARCEL THAT HAS A BIG EIGHT IN THE MIDDLE. THAT IS THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION. IT'S BLOCK 15 010. IT'S LOT EIGHT. THE TOTAL AREA IS 2.372 ACRES. IT'S IN THE R-2 ZONE WHICH MEANS IT'S IN THE TWO ACRE ZONE. WE DID A BUNCH OF PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION BEFORE WE CAME HERE TO MAKE THIS REQUEST. THERE ARE NO WETLANDS AT THE PROPERTY. WE'RE WAITING ON THE DEP APPROVAL, BUT WE NEED ACCESS. THERE ARE NO CRITICAL SOILS ON THE PROPERTY. THERE ARE NO. WE DID SEPTIC TESTING OUT THERE, AND WE GOT TWO SEPTIC SYSTEMS, ONE FOR RESERVE AND ONE FOR THE PRIMARY. WE HAVE BASICALLY A BUILDABLE LOT MINUS THE ACCESS. SO IF WE GO TO THE ZONING BOARD, WE NEED AN ACCESS WE WILL REQUIRE FROM THE ZONING BOARD A VARIANCE FROM SECTION 16 DASH 4.2 D FOR LOT FRONTAGE AND LOT WIDTH. NOW AGAIN WE HAVE FRONTAGE ALONG A PAPER STREET OR A RIGHT OF WAY. BUT THE THE THE ORDINANCE CLEARLY CITES IT NEEDS TO BE A IMPROVED STREET WHICH WE ARE NOT. SO WE HAVE TO GO TO THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT AND GET RELIEF, BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT THAT IS NOT SUBJECT TO A PUBLIC ROADWAY. WE HAVE THE PAPER STREET, AND I KNOW MARK HERMAN IS NOT GOING TO WANT TO PAVE THIS ROAD, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY 800FT TO OUR PROPERTY. SO WE MEET THAT CONDITION. SO WHAT WE'RE ASKING IS VACATE THAT PAPER STREET AND INCLUDE IT INTO OUR LOT, AND WE WILL PUT A PRIVATE DRIVEWAY. THAT IS WHAT THE REQUEST IS HERE TODAY. SO THE TOWNSHIP WOULD NOT HAVE TO MAINTAIN A ROADWAY THAT JUST SERVICES ONE PIECE OF PROPERTY. OTHER THAN THAT, THIS PROPERTY WILL BE FULLY CONFORMING WITH ALL THE ZONING REQUIREMENTS, WITH THE EXCEPTION THAT IT DOESN'T HAVE FRONTAGE ALONG A PAPER STREET. WHICH OR A PUBLIC ROADWAY WHICH I HAVE RECEIVED APPROVAL MANY TIMES BEFORE, AS I DID FOR LOTS NINE AND TEN, WHICH I GOT APPROVAL FOR THOSE TWO LOTS WITH UTILIZING AN ACCESS EASEMENT. AND THAT'S HOW A LOT OF TIMES WE GET THESE THINGS LANDLOCKED PROPERTIES ACCESS TO IS ACQUIRING EASEMENTS FROM ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS. HOWEVER, FOR US THIS ONE HAS A RIGHT OF WAY RIGHT THERE. SO WE'RE ASKING THAT THE TOWNSHIP VACATE THE RIGHT OF WAY AND US BID FOR THE THE PROPERTY. NOW, LISA, I WANTED TO GO TO. YEAH. JUST TO WAKE YOU UP. SO THE ENTIRETY OF WEST STREET, BASICALLY YOU WOULD WANT THE, THE I GUESS PROPERTY OWNER WOULD MAINTAIN. WE WOULD MAINTAIN THE WHOLE THING. THERE'S NO REASON FOR YOU TO MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP, OBVIOUSLY MARK HERMAN AND AND RAKESH DARJI HAVE THE RIGHT TO REVIEW THIS, THIS PROPOSAL, BUT I DON'T THINK THEY HAVE ANY REASON TO WANT THE TOWNSHIP TO KEEP THIS PROPERTY, AS IT'S USELESS TO THE TOWNSHIP OF MONTGOMERY. NOW, WE WANT TO GET TO THE ZOOM OUT. OKAY. THERE WE GO. NOW THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO SEE RIGHT HERE. YEAH. MINIMIZE IT A LITTLE. OKAY. THERE WE GO. 
          OKAY, OKAY. SO THERE YOU HAVE THE CROSSHATCHING IS THE RIGHT OF WAY. THE RIGHT OF WAY VARIES IN WIDTH FROM STARTING FROM KILDEE ROAD UPWARD. IT IS YOUR TYPICAL 50 FOOT RIGHT OF WAY WIDTH. AS IT GETS CLOSER TO LOT EIGHT AND NEXT DOWN TO 33, WHICH IS YOUR TYPICAL RIGHT OF 
          [00:25:01]
WAY WIDTH BACK IN THE DAYS. SO WE WOULD WANT YOU TO VACATE THAT WHOLE RIGHT OF WAY TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO LOT EIGHT. THE AREA OF LAND VACATED WOULD BE 1.0277 ACRES. IT'S THE CROSS-HATCHED AREA, AS REQUESTED FROM LORI AND FROM THE TOWNSHIP ENGINEER. THEY REQUESTED THAT WE LOCATE THE TREES FOR THIS PRESENTATION TO TO DEMONSTRATE HOW MANY TREES THAT WOULD BE REMOVED AS PART OF THIS. LOOKS LIKE A LOT. YEAH, IT LOOKS LIKE A LOT OF TREES HERE. SO WE PUT IN THERE A 12 FOOT DRIVEWAY. WE MINGLED THE DRIVEWAY IN AND OUT OF THE TREES AS BEST AS POSSIBLE, AND WE COME UP WITH 12 TREES THAT WE'RE GOING TO KNOCK DOWN WITH A REPLACEMENT VALUE OF 40 TREES. NOW, I MET OUT THERE WITH RICHARD BARTOLONE, WHO'S YOUR TOWNSHIP LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT, ABOUT A MONTH AGO, AND WE WALKED THE PROPERTY. AND THE TREES ARE NOT THESE SIGNIFICANT STRAIGHT AS OURS, GORGEOUS LOOKING TREES. THEY'RE THEY'RE AVERAGE IN VALUE. WE'RE KNOCKING THREE BIG TREES DOWN OF 24 INCH CALIBER. BUT OTHER THAN THAT, THEY'RE ALL AROUND THE RANGE OF EIGHT INCHES IN DIAMETER. ALL THE SPECIES AND AND SIZE SPECIFICATIONS WAS PROVIDED ON MY RIGHT OF WAY VARIANCE PLAN. BUT WHAT WE DISCUSSED, AND AS RICHARD HAS BEEN THE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT FOR SEVERAL DECADES, IS WE WOULD PROBABLY MITIGATE ANY VISUAL IMPAIRMENT WITH GREEN GIANT ARBOR BODIES ALONG THE SIDES OF THE DRIVEWAY TO MITIGATE THE APPEARANCE OF THE DRIVEWAY, AND THEN FILL IN THE TREES WITH NEW DECIDUOUS TREES ALONG THE THE THE RIGHT OF WAY. SO THOUGH YOU'RE LOSING SOME TREES, THEY'RE NOT OF GREAT VALUE, AND YOU'RE GOING TO COME BACK WITH 40 TREES AS A REPLACEMENT. YOU ALSO HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND AS FAR AS STORMWATER MANAGEMENT AND ALL THAT, THIS ROAD WOULD HAVE TO BE CONFORMING, COMPLETELY CONFORMING WITH THE STORMWATER MANAGEMENT RULES AND REGULATIONS AS WELL AS THE HOUSE. SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR IS OR TO START THE DIALOG OF MAYBE YOU LOOKING THE RELIEF TO VACATE THIS RIGHT OF WAY. SO THAT'S THE END OF THE PRESENTATION BECAUSE I YOU SAID THE RESIDENT ALSO HAD SOMETHING TO SAY AS WELL. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE MOVING FORWARD. WELL, THANK YOU. AND, YOU KNOW, WE'LL LET THE REST AND SPEAK AS WELL OKAY. ALL THESE ARE GREAT. SURE. NO THAT'S GOOD. YOU'RE GOOD. OKAY. SO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. I'M CAROL, I'M HERE WITH MY HUSBAND FABIO, AND WE WE ARE THE OWNER FOR THE LOT EIGHT AND WHAT WE WANT, IT'S REALLY JUST TO SHOW OUR COMMITMENT WITH THE MONTGOMERY. WE ARE A FAMILY OF THREE, ACTUALLY. FOUR WITH OUR SON LUCA, TEN YEARS OLD, AND OUR LOVELY DOG CHARLIE. AND LUCA HAS BEEN IN THIS SCHOOL SINCE KINDERGARTEN, HIS FIFTH GRADE. NOW HERE IS WHERE HE HAS GROWN UP. WE HAVE SEVERAL FRIENDS AND CLOSE FRIENDS HERE, REALLY HIGH COMMITTED WITH THE TOWNSHIP. WE LOVE THE AREA. WE HAVE OUR NEIGHBORS HERE. IT'S REALLY A BE COMMITTED WITH THE NATURE AND THE BEAUTY OF THE THE AREA, AND WE HAVE FOLLOWED THE REQUIREMENT FROM THE TOWNSHIP IN TERMS OF ALL THE PRESENTATION THAT THEY DID. WE INVITED OUR NEIGHBORS, KIM AND SUSAN AND KIM AS WELL, TO OUR HOUSE TO SHOW OUR COMMITMENT WHAT WE WANT TO BUILD, OUR INTENTION, MOST IMPORTANTLY, THEIR PRIVACY. SO WE LEAVE TODAY ON THE WHAT YOU CAN SEE ON THE LOT LINE. WE HAVE SHARED DRIVEWAY FOR MORE THAN SIX YEARS, HAVE NEVER HAD ANY ISSUE WITH ANY NEIGHBORS WE KNOW HOW IS IT TO BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR AND TO REALLY DEPRIVE? HOW IMPORTANT IS THE PRIVACY? SO REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT SHOW OUR COMMITMENT WITH ALL OF YOU, WITH THE PRIVACY AND SHOW OUR COMMITMENT TO THE TOWNSHIP AS WELL. SO THAT'S NO NEED TO BE VERY BRIEF, BUT THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO SAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND SO YOU LIVE IN THE FRONT HOME, AND THIS IS ALMOST YOUR BACKYARD THAT YOU'RE LOOKING TO. EXACTLY. I HAVE A SECOND HOME. CAN WE HAVE ALWAYS DREAMED TO BUILD OUR OWN HOUSE. 
          THE HOUSE THAT WE LIVE TODAY IS NOT OUR WE DIDN'T BUILD THAT HOUSE. SO AND THIS IS REALLY DEEPENING OUR ROOTS IN IN MONTGOMERY. NO, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE'LL DEFINITELY TAKE IT UNDER ADVISEMENT. I, I THINK AT THIS POINT WE WILL YOU KNOW, WE APPRECIATE YOU ALL COMING IN AND WE'LL HAVE A DISCUSSION AND AND TAKE IT UNDER ADVISEMENT AND COME BACK. I GUESS YOUR NEIGHBOR WANTS TO SAY SOMETHING. SO YOU YOU LIVE ON QUIXOTE RIGHT NOW? YEAH. SO YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE LOTS ARE. YEAH, THEY LIVE IN THE FRONT HOUSE. THEY'RE TRYING TO GET THERE. 
          YES. PLEASE GO AHEAD. IF YOU DON'T MIND SAYING YOUR NAME SO LISA CAN HAVE THE. I'M SUSAN KESSLER. WE LIVE AT 177 KILBY ROAD, WHICH IS BLOCK 15 007, LOT ONE MAP. LISA. THE LOT MAP JUST TO BE. YEAH. YOU NEED THE NUMBER AGAIN. NO, I HAVE IT. NO, SHE'S JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE ALL. OUR PROPERTY IS THE ONE DIRECTLY NEXT TO WHERE THE, THE PROPOSED DRIVEWAY IS. AND OUR 
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CONCERN IS THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ON THE TOWNSHIP, BOTH IN TERMS OF REMOVAL OF THE MATURE TREES, ONE OF WHICH IS 36IN WIDE BUT NOT 24. OH, IT'S 36IN. I'M SORRY, WHICH LOT ARE YOU IN? WE ARE. THE RIGHT HERE. WE ARE IN LOT ONE. LOT ONE. SO CAN YOU. LISA, CAN YOU PUT THE THE OTHER MAP, THE ONE THAT YOU STARTED WITH? YES. THE ONE THAT HAS ALL THE. YES. YEAH, YEAH. THE THE BLOWUP OF THE BOTTOM. OKAY. SO THAT'S US IN LOT ONE. OKAY. SORRY. WE'RE TRYING TO GET THE MAP. OKAY. SORRY I'M NOT. OH THERE WE GO. OKAY. THANKS. SO WE'RE LOT ONE. SO YOU CAN SEE WE'RE DIRECTLY NEXT TO THE PROPOSED TRUCK RIGHT HERE. RIGHT. SO WE'VE BEEN THERE. 
          YOU'RE THE LOCK NINE GOT YOU KNOW THE ONE. OH YOU'RE ONE. SORRY. YEAH. YEAH. SO SO WE FRONT ON KILDA ROAD AND ON THE PROPOSED DRIVEWAY. SO OUR CONCERN IS THE REMOVAL OF THE MATURE TREES AND ALSO THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF INCREASING THE PAVED AREA IN THE TOWNSHIP. BECAUSE ONCE YOU PAVE SOMETHING, IT CHANGES THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT. AND THAT'S A VERY LONG DRIVEWAY. SO THAT'S A LOT OF PAVED AREA. THERE IS ALREADY A DRIVEWAY FROM KILDA ROAD TO GO TO THE APPLICANT'S CURRENT HOUSE. THE CURRENT DRIVEWAY IS BETWEEN 3 AND 4 AND WINDS AROUND TO LOT TEN AND NINE. IT STOPS AT LOT NINE. AND OUR QUESTION TO THE TOWNSHIP IS, ISN'T THERE A MUCH LESS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT TO JUST EXTEND THAT DRIVEWAY FROM 9 TO 8, SINCE THE THE APPLICANT LIVES IN NINE AND IS ALSO THE OWNER OF EIGHT? I DID ASK THE PEOPLE IN ONE OF THE OFFICES UPSTAIRS, I DON'T KNOW WHO IT WAS. I CAN'T REMEMBER HER NAME. 
          ANYHOW, SHE SAID SOMETHING ABOUT THAT. THE PEOPLE IN NINE. THE APPLICANT HAD USED UP THE PERCENTAGE OF THE LAND. YOU CAN PUT A BUILDING ON THIS NAME FOR THIS, WHICH OF COURSE I DO NOT KNOW. AND BUT I IMAGINE THAT THAT COULD BE A THAT MUST HAVE BEEN SOMEONE THAT THE ENGINEERING. IF YOU WENT AND TALKED TO SOMEONE, I WOULD IMAGINE SO IMPERVIOUS DOING SOMETHING ABOUT HAVING PERMISSION FROM THE TOWN TO HAVE A LITTLE MORE OF THEIR LAND USE TO GET TO THE DRIVEWAY IS STILL A MUCH LESS IMPACT THAN THE LONG DRIVEWAY. OKAY, SO THAT'S THAT'S OUR MAIN CONCERN. HOWEVER, IF THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT THE TOWN CAN RECOMMEND TO THEM OR THERE'S SOME REASON FOR IT, WE DID HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROPOSED DRIVEWAY. IF YOU STAND ON KILDA ROAD AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PROPOSED DRIVEWAY, YOU'RE AT STREET LEVEL AND IT GOES UP A SHARP HILL. SO IF YOU CAN IMAGINE AND WE WANT TO KNOW WHETHER THEY'RE PROPOSING THAT THE DRIVEWAY GOES UP THE HILL AND STAYS AT THE GRADE THAT'S CURRENT THERE, OR IT GOES THROUGH THE HILL WITH EMBANKMENTS ON BOTH SIDES. AM I MAKING ANY SENSE? NO, NO. GOOD. OKAY. AND IF SO, IS ARE THEY PUTTING RETAINING WALLS? WHAT ARE THEY DOING ABOUT THE SIDES? WE ALSO WANT THEM TO REMOVE AS FEW OF THE MATURE TREES AS POSSIBLE, AND MAKE IT AS NARROW AS POSSIBLE. WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT RAINWATER AND RUNOFF TO THE DRIVEWAY, BUT ALSO TO THE HOUSES ON BOTH SIDES. AND IF THEY'RE PLANTING THESE TREES, IT'S UNCLEAR TO US WHAT REGULATION HOW THE TOWNSHIP WILL BE MONITORING WHAT KIND, HOW MANY. WHEN YOU PLANT A TREE, YOU HAVE TO WATER IT AND TAKE CARE OF IT. WHO'S GOING TO DO THAT AND WHO'S RESPONSIBLE TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S DONE PROPERLY? NOT TO MENTION THAT A MILLION DEER LIVE IN THAT ON THAT SPACE. I HAVE A DEER FENCE, SO I WATCH THEM WALK DOWN MY FENCE GOING, HELLO, CAN WE COME IN? AND WE SAY, NO, THANK YOU. SO IF THEY DON'T PLANT THINGS THAT ARE DEER RESISTANT, IT DOESN'T MATTER. THEY'LL BE GONE IN A MOMENT. THAT'S THAT'S A GOOD POINT. OKAY, SO THAT'S MY LIST. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU SO MUCH. ANYBODY ELSE I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANOTHER RESIDENT. IF YOU HOLD ON, MR. SALTZMAN, I SEE SOMEONE. NO. 
          NOBODY ELSE. OH, YEAH, I'M MR. SALTZMAN. I THINK WE GAVE GIVEN ENOUGH TIME. AND I WOULD SUGGEST THAT YOU CAN. YEAH. WHAT I WOULD ASK IS PERHAPS IF. MR. SCHWARTZMAN, IF YOU COULD SUBMIT A RENDERING OF WHAT THE THE PLAN IS FOR THE DRIVEWAY AS TO WHETHER THERE'S GOING TO BE RETAINING WALLS, WHETHER IT'S GOING TO GO ALONG WITH THE, YOU KNOW, NATURE OF THE THE ROLLING OF THE PROPERTY. WE COULD ALWAYS GATHER THAT INFORMATION AND MAYBE EVEN HAVE A SMALLER SESSION TO WITH THE PROPERTY OWNERS TO ALLAY ANY CONCERNS SHOULD THE TOWNSHIP DECIDE THAT WAS THE ROUTE TO TAKE. BUT IF YOU COULD SUBMIT THAT TO THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE FIRST, I THINK THEY WOULD NEED THAT INFORMATION TO KNOW HOW THEY THEY SHOULD MOVE FORWARD. THANK YOU. I'LL DO THAT I GOT IT. YEAH, THAT THAT WOULD BE GREAT. WHILE WE'RE HAVING OUR DISCUSSION WOULD BE GOOD IF YOU SEND THAT BETWEEN 9 AND 10. I DREW THE EASEMENT AND THE SURVEY IN TEN MINUTES. LEFT. THREE. MR. SALTZMAN, YOU CAN SEND ALL OF THAT TO US. IN WRITING TO YOUR LAWYER. IF YOU NEED APPROVAL FROM LOT THREE, TOO. BECAUSE IF YOU BURN MORE, 
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MR. SALTZMAN, AGAIN, THE PUBLIC CANNOT HEAR YOU UNLESS YOU HAVE A MIC. AND AT THIS POINT, IT WOULD BE GREAT. IF YOU WANT TO SEND US THIS IN WRITING, THAT WOULD BE GREAT, I UNDERSTAND. 
          SO JUST FOR THE FOR FOLKS THAT COULDN'T HEAR, THE ISSUE IS THAT THE GRANTING OF THE DRIVEWAY TO LOTS NINE AND TEN WAS DONE BY LOTS THREE AND FOUR. SO LOT NINE THE OWNER CANNOT UNILATERALLY EXTEND IT FOR THEMSELVES. THEY WOULD HAVE TO GET THE PERMISSION FROM THE ORIGINAL THE PERSON WHO GAVE THEM. OKAY. GOT IT. THANK. THEY JUST COULDN'T HEAR YOU. YEAH. 
          BECAUSE IF YOU'RE NOT USING THE MIC. SO I SAY SOMETHING. YES. YOU HAVEN'T. YEAH. WE HAVE ANOTHER RESIDENT. THANK YOU. PLEASE. AND IF YOU DON'T MIND SAYING YOUR NAME SO LISA CAN. 
          OH NO, I DON'T MIND AT ALL. MY NAME IS KIM CARLSON. I'M HERE WITH MY HUSBAND, GLENN THOMAS. 
          WE LIVE IN LOT ONE, WHICH IS RIGHT IN FRONT OF LOT EIGHT. OKAY. YEAH, ON THE OTHER SIDE OF ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE EASEMENT. SO WE'VE LIVED HERE CLOSE TO 30 YEARS. WHEN WE MOVED IN, WE CERTAINLY KNEW THERE WAS A PAPER ROAD THERE. SO THAT WAS NOT A SURPRISE. AND I THINK ACTUALLY YOU'VE ALREADY ANSWERED TWO OF MY, TWO OF MY THINGS THAT I WANTED TO RAISE, JUST THAT THE TOWNSHIP IN, IF IT MOVES FORWARD, THAT IT'S ON, THAT THE DRIVEWAY IS ON THAT EASEMENT, THAT THERE WOULD NEVER BE A THROUGH ROAD. AND I THINK YOU'VE ANSWERED THAT. SO THERE WOULD NEVER BE A THROUGH. AND ALSO ALL THOSE LOTS ARE DEVELOPED SO THAT IT WOULD ONLY EVER BE A PRIVATE DRIVEWAY TO LOT EIGHT AND NOT ANYWHERE ELSE THAT THERE WOULD. SO WE WOULD JUST WANT THAT ASSURANCE FROM THE TOWNSHIP. AND THEN I THINK WE'VE I DO WANT TO SAY WE HAVE HAVE HAD SOME WONDERFUL CONVERSATIONS, THE SIX OF US AT DIFFERENT TIMES. SO THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF OPEN CONVERSATION ABOUT A LOT AND THE IN THE EASEMENT. SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING THE FINAL PLANS, BUT ALSO KNOW THAT TREE REMEDIATION IS IMPORTANT TO EVERYBODY. SO WE JUST WANT TO UNDERSCORE THAT ALSO. SO THANK YOU TO THAT NOTE. JUST SO THAT EVERYONE'S AWARE THE TOWNSHIP DID ENACT AN ORDINANCE FOR A TREE REPLACEMENT PROGRAM. SO IT IS REGULATED BY THE TOWNSHIP. THERE IS SURVIVABILITY RATES THAT HAVE TO BE MET. OTHERWISE NEW PLANTINGS HAVE TO COME IN. AND IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, IT REQUIRES NATIVES. THAT'S HELPFUL. THANK YOU. I HOPE EVERYBODY GOT A CHANCE TO SPEAK. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND WE'LL CONTINUE WITH OUR AGENDA. OKAY. I GUESS AT THIS POINT. LORI TO GENERAL MONTGOMERY PLAQUE. 
          THIS IS WHAT. THE 25,000 AND THEN. OKAY, I THOUGHT WE WE HAD STARTED A CONVERSATION AT THE LAST MEETING ON NOVEMBER 13TH. LORI, JUST JUST GIVE US A SECOND. 
          SINCE YOU'RE HEARING THE CHAIR'S JUST ONE SECOND. OKAY? GO AHEAD. THE WE STARTED A 
          [1. General Montgomery Plaque]
CONVERSATION AT THE NOVEMBER 13TH MEETING REGARDING A, A SUGGESTION THAT WE DO A, A PLAQUE DEDICATION TO GENERAL RICHARD MONTGOMERY. AND SO THE DIRECTION AT THE LAST MEETING WAS, IF WE COULD WORK ON SOME OF THE LANGUAGE. THIS WAS THE ORIGINAL DRAFT LANGUAGE THAT WE RECEIVED FROM SOMEONE WHO'S WORKING WITH THE REV 250 COMMITTEE, WHO HAD PUT THAT TOGETHER FOR US. AND SO WE HAVE A SECOND DRAFT THAT WE WANTED TO REVIEW WITH YOU TONIGHT. WE HAD INPUT FROM SOME OF THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE MEMBERS. WE HAD INPUT FROM OUR REV 250 COMMITTEE. AND SO IT ACKNOWLEDGES THE FACT THAT GENERAL MONTGOMERY WAS ENSLAVED PEOPLE, AND THAT WE WANTED TO RECOGNIZE THE FULL HISTORY AND THE COMPLEXITY AND CONTRADICTIONS THAT HAPPENED DURING THAT TIME. FIGHT FOR FREEDOM. AND YET WAS ALSO AN ENSLAVER OF PEOPLE. AND SO THIS, THIS LANGUAGE, IF YOU WANTED TO KIND OF TAKE A LOOK AT IT, IS SORT OF A NICE. COMPREHENSIVE LOOK AT WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH. THE ONLY ISSUE IS IF WE WANTED TO SHORTEN THE GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON QUOTE, THIS WAS THE QUOTE THAT WE HAD BEEN GIVEN BY OUR THE PERSON WHO'S WORKING WITH US, BRAD FAY. AND THEN WE COULD ALSO BECAUSE WE HAD ADDED SOME VERBIAGE TO THE PLAQUE IF WE WANTED TO SHORTEN THE GEORGE WASHINGTON QUOTE, BUT EITHER EITHER SORT OF WORKS COMMITTEE WOMAN TODD WAS NOT ABLE TO MAKE TONIGHT'S 
          [00:40:07]
MEETING. SHE DID HOPE TO BE HERE FOR WHEN THE FINAL LANGUAGE WAS. KIND OF APPROVED. 
          AND BECAUSE THE PLAQUE WON'T BE READY IN TIME FOR DECEMBER 31ST, IF WE WANTED TO DISCUSS AGAIN TODAY, IF WE WANTED TO DO SOMETHING, I THINK I'M FINE WITH EVERYBODY HAVING ANOTHER LONG LOOK AT THIS AND SORT OF FINALIZING THINGS. AT OUR MEETING ON DECEMBER 18TH. 
          THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. I THINK THE ONE THING, AGAIN, I SAID THIS TWO WEEKS AGO OR LAST MEETING IS I DON'T WANT TO SAY THE FIRST OFFICER OF HIGH RANK BECAUSE THERE'S LOTS OF DIFFERENT RANKS. AND YES, HE WAS THE FIRST GENERAL OFFICER TO DIE IN THE BATTLE OF THE AMERICAN. HE'S THE, YOU KNOW, ESSENTIALLY THE FIRST AMERICAN GENERAL OFFICER, YOU KNOW, SO THAT'S THAT WOULD BE THE ONE THING BECAUSE HIGH RANK, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SENIOR NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICERS, THAT'S A HIGH RANK. YOU KNOW, THERE'S YOU KNOW, THERE'S A YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST NOT. COMMITTEEWOMAN TODD SUGGESTED TAKING OUT THE WORD HIGH AND JUST HAVING BECAME THE FIRST OFFICER OF HIS RANK. NOR DO YOU IF YOU HAVE OFFICER, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE? HE'S THE FIRST GENERAL OFFICER. IT'S A VERY SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE, YOU KNOW. 
          OFFICER OF RANK. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS. AND, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY TO TAKE THIS A LITTLE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THERE'S THE FIRST MILITARY GENERAL OFFICER TO BE KILLED IN BATTLE. OKAY. 
          SO AND THE OTHER THERE WAS A DISCUSSION AS TO WHETHER WE WANTED TO TRY AND DO SOMETHING ON DECEMBER 31ST OF THIS YEAR, WHICH WOULD MARK HIS 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF HIS DEATH. AND IF WE WANTED TO DO THAT, AND OFFER HAS BEEN MADE FOR THE NEW JERSEY SOCIETY OF THE SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION COLOR GUARD, THERE'S A PICTURE OF THEM IN THERE, YOU KNOW, REGALIA AND UNIFORMS TAKEN OUTSIDE THE BATTLE OF TRENTON MONUMENT. AND THEY WOULD COME AT NO COST BECAUSE THEY, YOU KNOW, APPRECIATE THE RECOGNITION AND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF GENERAL MONTGOMERY. THEY COME DRESSED AS YOU SEE, AND THERE COULD BE AN OPTION TO HAVE THEM FIRE REVOLUTIONARY ERA ERA, SORRY, MUSKETS AS PART OF THE CEREMONY. 
          SO THAT IS A QUESTION WE WOULD NEED TO GET BACK TO THEM TO SAY, YES, WE WOULD LIKE YOU TO COME TO THAT, BUT WE WON'T HAVE A PLAQUE. WE JUST HAVE A RECOGNITION AT THAT POINT. IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? OKAY. CAN I JUST QUICK DO WE HAVE ANY RECORDS OF WHEN THE TOWNSHIP OF MONTGOMERY WAS, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER THE RIGHT TERMINOLOGY IS, WAS ACTUALLY CREATED WITH THE THE NAME MONTGOMERY DO I DON'T HAVE THAT. I DON'T THINK I HAVE THAT IN THIS PRESENTATION AND I DON'T REMEMBER. BUT BRAD FAY HAD SENT THAT TO, TO US. I'M JUST WONDERING IF SOME, SOME THAT I DON'T KNOW IF THE VERBIAGE IS LIKE AT LEAST AS A COMMEMORATION OF WHEN THE TOWN WAS CHARTERED AS THE MONTGOMERY MAY BE NICE TO HAVE THAT INCLUDED IN THERE, YOU KNOW, IN THE PLAQUE OR SEPARATE PLAQUE? NO. MAYBE AS A AS PART OF THE CEREMONY. BUT IF YOU PUT IT IN THE PLAQUE, I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG THIS PLAQUE IS GOING TO MAKE IT. JUST SAY ON IT COULD BE ONE LINE. I MEAN, IT'S JUST A THOUGHT MAYBE TO SEND BACK TO MONTGOMERY. FOUND IT ON THE OR WHATEVER. OKAY, I'LL LOOK INTO THAT. OKAY. AND SO IF WE WANTED TO DO SOMETHING ON THE 31ST AND YOU'RE OKAY WITH THE SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION COLOR GUARD, I CAN GET BACK TO THEM. AND THEN ALSO, I THINK WE WERE THINKING MAYBE 2:00, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. YEAH. BECAUSE I THINK THAT THAT DAY THE THE TOWNSHIP WILL BE CLOSED AT 230, 31ST. YEAH. SO I MEAN, 15 MINUTES OR SOMETHING. JUST ACKNOWLEDGING. YEAH, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I MEAN, MAYBE GO BACK TO THE COMMITTEE, LIKE IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE LIKE, THIS COLOR GUARD, COME ON. THE 31ST, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE COMMITTED TO MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S ENOUGH PEOPLE HERE. SO IT'S NOT JUST, YOU KNOW, TEN PEOPLE HERE VERSUS I TOTALLY AGREE, YOU KNOW, DO WE DELAY IT, HAVE THE PLAQUE. AND THEN WE CAN ACTUALLY HAVE, YOU KNOW, 5100 PEOPLE. KIND OF LIKE THE WAY ON VETERANS DAY TO REALLY COMMEMORATE IT. RIGHT. 
          I'LL BE HERE JUST BECAUSE I'M GOING TO BE IN TOWN AND I'M ACROSS THE STREET, BUT I MIGHT I DO AGREE WITH THE DEPUTY MAYOR. ANYTIME WE DO SOMETHING, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE GET AS MANY OF THE PUBLIC TO ATTEND. OTHERWISE IT'S JUST US. AND YEAH, THAT'S NOT THE OBJECTIVE. 
          YEAH I AGREE. OKAY. I THINK THAT WAS ALL I HAD. I THINK OVERALL I MEAN I THINK IT'S IT'S COMING, IT'S COMING. AND I WANT TO THANK COMMITTEEMEN, MIKE MARTIN WHO HAS BEEN LOOKING AT IT AND HAS GIVEN HIS HISTORICAL KNOWLEDGE INTO THAT. REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. NOW THAT WE'RE GETTING A LITTLE CLOSER WITH THE LANGUAGE, I WOULD LIKE TO NOW SHARE BRIEF THE LANDMARKS COMMISSION, BRIEF THE VETERANS COMMITTEE, AND UPDATE THE VAN HARLINGEN HISTORIC SOCIETY. IF THAT WORKS FOR YOU. WE KIND OF HAVEN'T BROADLY BROADCAST IT YET 
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BECAUSE WE'RE SORT OF IN THE EARLY FORMATION STAGES, AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK ON THE 18TH AND HOPEFULLY FINALIZE LANGUAGE. BUT I THINK WE'RE PRETTY CLOSE ON THE LANGUAGE, SO I FEEL COMFORTABLE TO SHARE IT WITH EVERYBODY. YEAH, OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          [3. 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. ARE THERE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISHING TO ADDRESS THE COMMITTEE? HELLO. 
          HOW ARE Y'ALL DOING? CHRIS NEWMAN SKILLMAN TWO THINGS. ONE IS THAT LAST SEVERAL TIMES I'VE BEEN UP HERE, I WAS ASKING FOR MORE MONEY FOR EMS. AND YOU CAME THROUGH WITH MORE MONEY FOR EMS. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT. IT'S MUCH APPRECIATED. AND THEN MY SECOND QUESTION IS I WAS LOOKING THROUGH THE AGENDA EARLIER TODAY AND RESOLUTION 2512 384 CAUGHT MY EYE, WHICH IS THE APPROVING SALARIES FOR NONUNION EMPLOYEES. AND THE NUMBER 35,000 JUST KIND OF JUMPED OUT AT ME. AND IT SAYS IT'S FOR ADDITIONAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THE CFO, MICHAEL PITTS. AND IT JUST SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF MONEY. AND IF I HAVE HIS SALARY CORRECT, IT'S ABOUT AN 18% BUMP. SO I'M WONDERING IF WE COULD BE INFORMED AS TO WHAT DUTIES WOULD REQUIRE SUCH AN INCREASE IN SALARY, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'VE BEEN PRETTY AUSTERE WITH THE BUDGET ALL YEAR. SO THAT'S MY QUESTION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY. YEAH. PLEASE GO AHEAD. SO THE INCREASE IN SALARY ON THE CFO IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO A SHARED SERVICE AGREEMENT. SO IT IS ADJACENT TO MONEY THAT ANOTHER MUNICIPALITY WILL BE PAYING THE TOWNSHIP OR A PORTION OF THAT MONEY, I SHOULD SAY, BECAUSE NOT ALL OF IT IS, IS IT? THE CONTRACT PROVIDES FOR A LARGER PAYMENT FROM THE OTHER MUNICIPALITY THAN THE AMOUNT THAT IS BEING PAID TO THE CFO, BUT IT'S AN ADJUSTMENT AS FAR AS WORK DUTIES BECAUSE OF THE ADDED BENEFIT OF THE EXTRA WORK, BUT THE ADDED BENEFIT TO THE TOWNSHIP AS WELL OF ANOTHER SOURCE OF REVENUE. THANK YOU. ANYONE, ANYONE ELSE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? YES. HELLO. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS LILIANA. I LIVE AT MCKINLEY COURT WITH MY MOM. I WAS AT THE LAST MEETING AND I DID AGREE AND I APPLAUDED. I WOULD SAY YOU GUYS FOR EXTENDING THE CONTROLS. AND I ALSO ASKED WHERE THE HUMAN SERVICES WAS AND WHICH YOU DID RESPOND. IT WAS IN SOMERSET COUNTY. AND I ASKED THAT ONLY BECAUSE OF HOW THE NOTIFICATION TO HOMEOWNERS WENT DOWN ABOUT THE AFFORDABILITY CONTROLS. AND I DO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS SOME THINGS UP IN THE AIR ABOUT IN QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW YOU GUYS WENT ABOUT IT. MY SPECIFIC QUESTION IS WHY NOT NOTIFY US HOMEOWNERS IN JUNE WHEN YOU KNEW AND PASSED THE HOUSING ELEMENT? OUR LETTER WAS DATED NOVEMBER 7TH, POSTMARKED NOVEMBER 10TH FOR NOVEMBER 13TH MEETING IN WHICH WE WERE RECEIVED CERTIFIED MAIL SAME DAY. AND IF WE I WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN AT THE TOWNSHIP MEETING OR ABLE TO TALK TO LORI AND STAFF IF WE WEREN'T HERE FOR ANOTHER REASON. SO I JUST WONDER WHY THE RUSH IS. WE HAVE QUESTIONS AS TO HOME OWNERSHIP QUESTIONS LIKE IS IT REAL OWNERSHIP OR IS IT LIKE A 30 YEAR LEASE? I AGREE, AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS GREAT. I WAS BORN AND RAISED HERE. I WAS ABLE TO GET THE EDUCATION OF MONTGOMERY TO BE ABLE TO ASK THESE QUESTIONS, BUT WHY NOT NOTIFY US IN JUNE? WHEN YOU SAY A MEDIATION, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT ARE YOU STILL SUING OVER TRYING TO OVERTURN YOUR LEGAL OBLIGATION WHEN YOU SAY MEDIATION? OR WAS THAT OUR MEDIATION ON THOSE MONDAY ZOOM MEETINGS? I JUST WANT CLARIFICATION. IS IT SOMETHING ELSE? RIGHT. OKAY. AND THEN CONFIRMATION OF HOMEOWNERS HAVE UNTIL A CERTAIN DATE TO SIGN. I JUST WANT CONFIRMATION ON THAT BECAUSE WE DID CHANGE THE DATES. WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF SHE WASN'T ABLE TO SIGN OR DID NOT WANT TO SIGN? AND THEN. YEAH, THOSE ARE JUST OUR QUESTIONS BECAUSE WE FEEL A LITTLE RUSHED AND WE WANT TO TAKE OUR TIME. THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT STUFF. WE DON'T WANT TO BE ABLE TO GET IT WRONG LATER. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME, I APPRECIATE IT. 
          NO, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING IN. I'LL GET LORI, WENDY, TO ANSWER THE QUESTION, AS FAR AS THE QUESTION ON MEDIATION, THAT IS, IS SEPARATE AND APART, THOSE ARE DISCUSSIONS WITH WHAT IS CALLED THE PROGRAM, WHICH IS WHAT REPLACED THE COUNCIL ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING AS A STATE AGENCY. IT'S NOW AN ADMINISTRATIVE PROGRAM THROUGH THE COURT PROCESS. THAT IS PART OF NEW LEGISLATION THAT WAS ADOPTED. YOU ARE CORRECT THAT THE INTENT OF EXTENDING THE 
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CONTROLS ON THE OWNERSHIP UNITS WAS IN THE HOUSING PLAN BACK IN JUNE, BUT THE NOTIFICATION IS SOMETHING THAT ACTUALLY WASN'T REQUIRED TO BE DONE BY PERSONAL NOTIFICATION. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DECIDED TO DO. I UNDERSTAND THAT MAYBE THERE WAS DELAYS AND YOU WOULD HAVE LIKED MORE NOTICE AND WILL CERTAINLY MAKE NOTE OF THAT, AND THAT IS A VALID ISSUE TO SAY. BUT THE REQUIREMENT FROM THE LAW WAS LESS THAN CLEAR. IT REQUIRES PUBLICATION IN THE NEWSPAPER. 
          THERE WAS NO DATE ASSOCIATED WITH PUBLICATION IN THE NEWSPAPER. IT DIDN'T EVEN IDENTIFY WHETHER THE PUBLICATION WAS BEFORE OR AFTER THE RESOLUTION. SO WE TRIED TO BE AS BROAD AS POSSIBLE. THE TOWNSHIP PUBLICIZED IT IN THE NEWSPAPER, SIMILAR TO THEY WOULD IN A LAND USE SITUATION AT LEAST TEN DAYS BEFORE THE MEETING. IT WAS ALSO PUBLISHED, SIMILAR TO WHETHER A RESOLUTION WOULD HAVE BEEN ADOPTED BY THE PLANNING BOARD AFTER THE MEETING AS WELL, WHICH NORMALLY THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE RESOLUTIONS ARE NOT REQUIRED TO BE PUBLISHED AFTER ADOPTION. THAT IS A PLANNING BOARD REQUIREMENT. SO WE TRIED TO DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE. OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY WE WANT TO WORK WITH EVERYBODY. AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING. AS WAS NOTED, THERE'S BEEN TWO INFORMATION SESSIONS DIRECTLY WITH RESIDENTS AND STAFF, AS WELL AS THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, WHO IS THE ONE WHO ACTUALLY HANDLES THE PLACEMENTS AND SALES AND RESALES OF DEED RESTRICTED UNITS AS WELL AS PLACEMENTS IN THE RENTALS. AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK DIRECTLY WITH THOSE RESIDENTS AND AND MAKE THIS AS EASY OF A PROCESS AS POSSIBLE. I JUST WANT TO NOTE SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE MAY NOT HAVE BEEN AWARE OF, AND I FEEL THAT PERHAPS NOW THEY ARE THE OPTION ON WHETHER OR NOT TO EXTEND THESE CONTROLS IS LIES WITH THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE THAT WAS IN THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING AGREEMENT THAT EVERY RESIDENT HAS SIGNED WHEN THEY PURCHASED THOSE UNITS. SO IT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU HAD UNILATERAL DECISION MAKING. AND THAT'S I BELIEVE THAT'S PROBABLY WHY IT'S A LITTLE UNCLEAR AS TO THE REQUIREMENT TO GIVE PERSONAL NOTICE. AGAIN, WE FELT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO PERHAPS WE SHOULD HAVE DONE IT EARLIER, BUT WE DID FEEL THAT IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WASN'T IN THE LAW THAT WE THOUGHT SHOULD HAPPEN, SO THAT WE COULD REALLY GIVE NOTICE OF THE INFORMATION SESSIONS MORE SO THAN THE RESOLUTION, BECAUSE AGAIN, THE RESOLUTION IS ONLY WITHIN THE PURVIEW OF THE TOWNSHIP. IT'S NOT WITH THE RESIDENTS MAY CHOOSE TO ACCEPT IT OR NOT ACCEPT IT, BUT THE DEED RESTRICTION IS EXTENDED REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THEY TAKE THE MONETARY PAYMENT THAT WE'RE OFFERING. SO I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU, BECAUSE I ASKED THIS QUESTION OF LORI, OUR TOWNSHIP ADMINISTRATOR, THAT IT'S OBVIOUSLY THIS IS A LAPSE OF TIME WHEN PEOPLE HAVE RESTRICTIONS. ARE THEY PERIODICALLY TOLD THAT THERE COULD BE PEOPLE WHO, AS SHE'S MENTIONING ABOUT HER MOM, MAY NOT BE EVEN, YOU KNOW, EITHER ARE NOT PAYING ATTENTION THAT THEIR DEED RESTRICTION EXTENSION IS EXPIRING. I MEAN, THE DEED RESTRICTION PART IS, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY ARE NOW GOING TO BE IN AN EXTENSION SITUATION, LIKE, HOW DOES THIS WORK FOR THE PUBLIC? I'M TRYING TO THINK OF IT FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE PUBLIC BECAUSE BECAUSE THIS WAS DONE OBVIOUSLY ALMOST 30 YEARS AGO. AND SO THOSE WERE ORIGINALLY BUILT WITH THE APPROVAL THAT WAS GIVEN FOR THE BUILDING TO COMMENCE. AND IT'S SIMILAR TO HOW YOU ALL ARE SEEING IT NOW WITH THE ROUND THREE PROJECTS THAT, QUITE FRANKLY, ARE COMING TO FRUITION DURING YOUR TERM, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE APPROVED SOME AS FAR AS TEN YEARS AGO, THAT IS PART OF THE PLANNING BOARD APPROVAL FOR THE PROJECTS. SO BY WAY OF EXAMPLE, IT COULD BE ALREADY THAT THERE'S THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING AGREEMENT RESTRICTING THOSE PROPERTIES BEFORE A PERSON EVEN SELLS IT. 
          FROM WHAT WE HAVE GATHERED, FROM LOOKING AT THE DEEDS OF EACH OF THESE UNITS IS THE DEEDS HAVE HAD AS AN EXHIBIT AN ATTACHMENT, THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING AGREEMENT THAT AT LEAST THE ORIGINAL OWNERS THAT PURCHASED THOSE UNITS DEFINITELY SIGNED. AND THEN THERE IS REFERENCE TO IT IN THE RESALE DEEDS. SO IT IS POSSIBLE THAT SOMEBODY THAT PERHAPS WHEN THEY PURCHASED THE RESALE THAT THEY DIDN'T PAY ATTENTION IF THEY WEREN'T REPRESENTED PROPERLY OR WHATNOT, BUT ANYONE WHO IS BUYING THE UNIT KNOWS THAT IT'S RESTRICTED BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH A PROCESS OF INCOME QUALIFICATION TO BE ABLE TO PURCHASE THE UNIT AS TO WHAT THE DATES ARE, IT IS IN THE DEED, OKAY, AND SOMEONE IS MANAGING THAT. SO THEY MAKE SURE THE RESIDENTS ARE AWARE. BECAUSE WHAT I'M HEARING IS NOT NOT LIKING WHAT I'M HEARING. 
          YES, THAT'S THAT'S EXACTLY WHY WE'VE BEEN HAVING THE INFORMATION SESSIONS WITH YOUR ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT. BECAUSE THEY'RE THE ONES THAT THAT ARE THE DAY TO DAY CONTACT WITH A 
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UNIT OWNER OR A RENTER IN A DEED RESTRICTED UNIT THAT THE DAY TO DAY YOU'RE SAYING THAT THEY I'M NOT GETTING THAT IMPRESSION BY THE QUESTION THAT WAS JUST ASKED. SO YOU FEEL THAT THEY ARE MAYBE EARLY MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE KNOW THAT. I THINK PERHAPS WHAT THE REASON THAT THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A, YOU KNOW, THESE DEED RESTRICTIONS WEREN'T SET TO EXPIRE TOMORROW. YEAH, WE'RE AHEAD OF TIME AS PART OF THE FOURTH ROUND PLAN TO SHOW THAT THESE ARE BEING DONE, BUT OTHERWISE THEY PROBABLY WOULDN'T HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT IT FOR ANOTHER 2 TO 3 YEARS. I'M JUST WONDERING, I KNOW. THERE'S A THIRD PARTY THAT OUR ADMINISTRATOR, THE THE PERSON WHO ADMINISTRATES THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS NOT HERE. AND I WONDER, YOU KNOW, WE JUST HAD SOMEONE COME IN ASKING FOR A PAPER ROAD TO BE VACATED AND THEY GOT A LITTLE SESSION. MAYBE WE CAN HAVE THE THE ADMINISTRATOR COME IN TO ONE OF OUR MEETINGS AND, YOU KNOW, ALLOWS, YOU KNOW, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO COME ASK THOSE QUESTIONS BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF SEPARATION. 
          EVEN THE COMPLEXITY GETS WELL, DEPUTY MAYOR, WE'VE HAD TWO MEETINGS WITH THE RESIDENTS. 
          GIVEN THE RESIDENTS WHO ARE IMPACTED, GIVEN SPECIFIC NOTICE AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH AARON FROM CGP. AND SO THEY'VE HAD ALREADY A ZOOM MEETING AS WELL AS AN IN-PERSON IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO BALANCE FOLKS THAT CAN'T COME IN PERSON. WHY DON'T I GIVE YOU A LITTLE UPDATE OF WHERE WE STAND WITH THAT PROGRAM RIGHT NOW? SO WE HAVE BETWEEN TWO DEVELOPMENTS, WE HAVE 54 CONDOMINIUM AFFORDABLE CONDOMINIUMS. SO WE HAVE 35 AND 119 AND ANOTHER. SO WE HAVE THE PROCESS IS THEY NEED TO SHOW US PROOF OF PROOF OF RESIDENCY SO THAT THEY'RE STILL OCCUPYING THE UNIT. THEY NEED TO SCHEDULE THE INSPECTION WITH OUR BUILDING INSPECTOR TO ENSURE THAT ALL THE SYSTEMS ARE WORKING. AND THEN THEY SIGN A FORM THAT THE INTENT TO EXECUTE THE NEW AFFORDABLE, THE ACKNOWLEDGMENT THAT THEY WILL. THAT'S WHERE THE THE NEW AFFORDABLE HOUSING AGREEMENT. SO OF THE 54 UNITS, 44 HAVE ALREADY SCHEDULED OR CONDUCTED THEIR INSPECTIONS ALREADY. SO IT'S A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER THAT HAVE ALREADY DONE THAT. AND OF THOSE UNITS, NEARLY THE SAME AMOUNT HAVE HAVE ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THEY WILL BE DOING THAT. 
          SO WE AFTER THE MEETING WHERE THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE HAD TAKEN THE ACTION ON THE RESOLUTION, WE HOSTED A ZOOM MEETING WHERE OUR ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT WAS PRESENT AS WELL, AND THERE WERE ABOUT 20 HOMEOWNERS THAT ATTENDED. SO THEY HAD SOME QUESTIONS FROM THAT THAT WE FOLLOWED UP WITH ANSWERS AND WRITING AND AN EMAIL. AND THEN BETWEEN THAT TIME AND THE NEXT FOLLOWING WEEK, WE HAD AN IN-PERSON MEETING, AND AARON FROM OUR ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT WAS HERE WITH MYSELF AND SHERRY, AND WENDY WAS WAS HERE VIA PHONE. WE HAD ABOUT THREE HOMEOWNERS ATTEND THAT. AND SO WE TRIED TO ANSWER IT. AND IN BETWEEN THAT TIME, WE CERTAINLY SHERRY PULLED ANY ANYONE WHO DIDN'T HAVE THEIR DEED OR COULDN'T FIND IT OR COULDN'T FIND THEIR AFFORDABLE HOUSING AGREEMENT. SHERRY, PULLED FROM THE COUNTY WEBSITE, HIGHLIGHTED THE RELEVANT SECTIONS AND SORT OF DID ONE ON ONE WITH ANY OF THE HOMEOWNERS THAT WANTED IT. AND LIKE I'M SAYING, MAYBE SHE COULD JUST COME IN AND GIVE US A QUICK UPDATE, LIKE WE HAD ALL SORTS OF DIFFERENT PARTIES COME IN, YOU KNOW, UPDATING ON YOU UPDATED ON ON A COUPLE. MAYBE IT'S JUST GOOD TO FOR THEM, FOR OUR AGENT TO COME IN AND GIVE US AN UPDATE ON HOW THINGS ARE GOING WITH THAT PROCESS, RIGHT BEYOND THIS UPDATE. YEAH. WHAT WOULD WHAT KINDS OF UPDATES WOULD SHE PROVIDE? WE'LL FIGURE IT OUT. BUT I THINK I'M HEARING THAT THERE'S SOME RESIDENTS WHO, YOU KNOW, AREN'T FULLY INFORMED OR, YOU KNOW, I THINK THE ONLY OUTSTANDING QUESTION WAS WHETHER IT WILL BE TAXABLE INCOME, WHICH WE WE HAVE A NEW ANSWER FOR YOU FOR THAT. YEAH. I THINK THAT'S THE ONLY OUTSTANDING QUESTION FOR THIS HOMEOWNER. I'M SORRY, BUT I DON'T KNOW. I'M SO SORRY BECAUSE I GUESS MY WHOLE QUESTION IS A LITTLE BIT ONE OF THE QUESTIONS. AND IT COMES TO MY ATTENTION THAT IT SEEMS LIKE THIS INFORMATION IS NEW TO OUR TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE AND MAYOR, THAT WE ASKED IF THE $10,000 THAT YOU PASS THE RESOLUTION COULD BE NEGOTIABLE OR NEGOTIATED. THEY SAID NO. AND GIVEN THE WHAT SEEMS TO BE IMPROPER NOTICE, BUT BECAUSE IT IS NOT VERY BLACK AND WHITE, AS THE LAW CAN BE, THAT IT SEEMS THAT IF HOMEOWNERS COULD NOT HAVE A SAY LIKE DEPUTY MAYOR SAYING, THEN HOW COULD WE VOICE OUR OPINIONS LIKE NEIGHBORS DO HERE? WHERE'S OUR SPACE? IS WHAT I'M ASKING? SO THE QUESTION IS STILL MY QUESTION. I GUESS AS A HOMEOWNER HOMEOWNER IS CAN THAT RESOLUTION BE VOIDED BECAUSE OF THE IMPROPER NOTICE? AND LET US HAVE OUR PUBLIC SESSION WITH DUE PROPER NOTICE AND NEGOTIATE THE $10,000? BECAUSE AGAIN, LIKE I ASK, IS IT REAL HOME OWNERSHIP OR IS IT A 30 YEAR LEASE? WHERE'S OUR EQUITY AFTER? MY MOM IS THE ORIGINAL HOMEOWNER, WE DON'T HAVE RESOURCES. MY MOM IS WORKING 
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RIGHT NOW. WE LIVE IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING. THERE'S NO HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT. 
          YOU'RE MAKING ME GO TO THE COUNTY. WE ARE EDUCATED. WE ARE HERE. WE WANT AS MUCH AS A FAIR CHANCE AS ANYBODY ELSE. I SAY THIS BECAUSE I DON'T WANT $1 MILLION HOME. I JUST WANT TO BE ABLE TO PULL THE MONEY THAT MY MOM HAS ALREADY INVESTED IN THAT HOME LATER DOWN THE LINE. 
          I'M FOR EXTENDING THE CONTROLS IF I CAN, IF MY MOM CAN RETIRE THERE, IF I CAN RETIRE THERE. 
          THAT'S THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING DREAM, IS IT NOT? I DON'T WANT $1 MILLION HOME. I'M NOT ASKING FOR THAT. I'M ASKING FOR WHAT IS RIGHT, WHAT IS DUE FOR US. THAT'S ALL. THAT'S ALL WE'RE ASKING. I ASK THE ATTORNEY BECAUSE THE YOU ASK IS IN THE AIR. WE'RE WAITING FOR THAT. SO I DON'T KNOW. SO I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT THERE THE THERE IS NO REQUIREMENT FOR NOTICE TO A HOMEOWNER, AND THERE IS NO REQUIREMENT FOR THE HOMEOWNER BASED ON THE DEED THAT WAS SIGNED WITH THE PURCHASE OF THE UNIT, THE TYPE OF DEED THAT IT WAS IS SUCH THAT THE HOMEOWNER HOMEOWNER DOES NOT GET TO SAY YES OR NO. THE $10,000 IS WHAT IS IN THE REGULATIONS, AT LEAST $10,000. AND THE REASON WHY OUR RESOLUTION SAID AT LEAST, IS BECAUSE WHEN WE DO THE INSPECTION FOR TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE MAJOR SYSTEMS ARE ARE WORKING, THE TOWNSHIP HAS ALSO PUT ASIDE ADDITIONAL MONEY TO FIX FREE OF CHARGE THOSE SYSTEMS THAT AREN'T WORKING. SO THAT IS AN ADDED BENEFIT. THAT'S NOT A CHECK WRITTEN, BUT IT'S A COST THAT THE HOMEOWNER DOES NOT NEED TO INCUR. I WOULD SAY THAT I THINK WE'VE HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS, AND YOU'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH AARON, AND THEY'VE BEEN VERY PRODUCTIVE, AND WE'RE THE DOOR AND THE TELEPHONE IS ALWAYS OPEN AND WE'D LOVE TO CONTINUE IT. BUT I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT IT WASN'T AN IMPROPER NOTICE. I UNDERSTAND THAT THAT'S WHY YOU WOULD HAVE SEEMED YOU WOULD HAVE LIKED EARLIER NOTICE, BUT ALSO REALIZED THAT THE RESOLUTION DOES NOT LEND ITSELF TO PUBLIC COMMENT EITHER. IT'S NOT A HEARING. IT'S NOT LIKE WHEN AN ORDINANCE, WHEN THE SECOND READING IS PUBLIC HEARING, THE RESOLUTION IS, YOU KNOW, PART OF A CONSENT AGENDA AND IT GETS ADOPTED AND YOU ALWAYS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY. AND WE ENJOY HAVING PEOPLE COME MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT, BECAUSE OTHERWISE WE'RE JUST LOOKING AT OURSELVES IN AN EMPTY ROOM. BUT IT'S NOT THAT THERE WAS A PUBLIC HEARING THAT YOU MISSED AND DIDN'T GET NOTIFIED FOR. 
          AND I UNDERSTAND YOU WERE HERE. YES. RIGHT. YEAH. I'M SORRY, BECAUSE THE ORDINANCE HAD TO GET PASSED IN MARCH, RIGHT? OR NO ORDINANCES. SO WE HAVE AN ORDINANCE THAT IS ACTUALLY ON HERE THAT PROVIDES THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO PAY FOR ALL OF THE UNITS, WHICH IS CALLED A BOND ORDINANCE, AND THAT HAS A PUBLIC HEARING TODAY. BUT THE ACTION OF EXTENDING THE DEED WAS NOT AN ORDINANCE. THAT IS, THAT IS BY LAW, A RESOLUTION. AND THAT'S WHAT IS SET FORTH IN THE DEED RESTRICTIONS. WHEN THE PEOPLE BOUGHT THE HOMES, LIKE WHEN YOUR MOTHER BOUGHT HER HOME. SO IT'S NOT THAT IT'S COMING, YOU KNOW, 20 SOMETHING YEARS LATER AS A SURPRISE. AND I WOULD ALSO SAY, YOU'RE NOT LEASING. YOU GET THE VALUE OF ALL OF THE INCREASES OF WHATEVER THE MAXIMUM SALE WOULD BE AT THE TIME THAT YOU GO TO SELL. AND EVEN IF YOU WERE SELLING IT TODAY, YOUR PROFIT WOULD BE CAPPED BASED ON THE TERMS OF THE ORIGINAL DEED RESTRICTION. SO THIS IS AN EXTRA $10,000 IN ADDITION TO ALL OF THE RIGHTS THAT YOU STILL HAD YET ON NOVEMBER 12TH, AND YOU STILL HAVE TODAY. THIS IS AN EXTRA ONE. ACKNOWLEDGING THE ACTION THAT THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE DECIDED TO TAKE. BUT CANDIDLY, IT WAS THEIR CHOICE TO TAKE THAT THAT THAT ACTION. AND AGAIN, I'LL RESTATE WHAT I JUST SAID AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING THAT IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A REAL BIG PRIORITY. I MEAN, I THINK I HAVE EMAILS GOING BACK TO 2021 OF LET'S KEEP TRACKING THESE. WE NEVER WANT TO LOSE OUR UNITS. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN KEEP THESE AFFORDABILITY UNITS IN PLACE FOR THE NEXT ROUND OF PEOPLE. SO IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A PRIORITY, AND NOW IS THE TIME TO TAKE ACTION BECAUSE OF THE WAY THAT EVERYTHING IN OUR PLAN HAS TO BE PUT INTO EFFECT BY MARCH. SO WHILE WE DON'T NECESSARILY KNOW SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE OUT THERE THAT WE MAY NEED TO DO BEFORE MARCH 15TH AS PART OF THIS ROUND FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROCESS, WHICH IS ALL NEW IN THE IN THIS YEAR. THIS HAS NEVER HAPPENED THIS WAY BEFORE. YOU KNOW, THE REASON WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS NOW IS BECAUSE WE NEED TO START CHECKING THE BOXES OFF. SO IT MAKES SENSE. AND YES, I BELIEVE WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH ANYBODY THAT'S HAD MORE QUESTIONS. 
          THAT'S NOT COMFORTABLE SIGNING THE CONSENT FORM YET. WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO SO. AND YOU SHOULD TAKE THE TIME THAT YOU NEED. AND I'M HAPPY TO CONTINUE TO TALK WITH YOU. BUT I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR, WE ARE FOLLOWING EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO DO, AND WE WENT ABOVE IT AS FAR AS AS NOTIFICATIONS. THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE AGAIN, MY POINT STILL STANDS ABOUT HUMAN SERVICES KEEPING YOUR RESIDENTS INFORMED 100%, JUST LIKE YOU'RE KEEPING YOUR TOWNSHIP INFORMED. NO, ABSOLUTELY. AND I, I THINK I DO AGREE WITH THE DEPUTY MAYOR. IF WE CAN HAVE AARON COME TO A MEETING JUST TO UPDATE SO THAT 
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IT'S IN THE PUBLIC. YES. WHO SHE IS, I MEAN, SHE, RIGHT? I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I HAVE THE RIGHT PERSON. A R O N. YEAH. BUT ANYWAYS. AND, YOU KNOW, JUST SO THAT THE THE TOWNSHIP PUBLIC ALSO UNDERSTANDS THAT SHE'S GOING TO UPDATE. AND I TOTALLY AGREE WITH THE DEPUTY MAYOR THAT THAT WOULD BE GREAT. I'VE ALREADY EMAILED HER. OKAY. PERFECT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          OKAY. ANYONE ELSE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. OH. I GUESS I'D LIKE TO FURTHER OPPOSE THE BOND ORDINANCE HERE TODAY. OR AT LEAST YOU SAY YOUR NAME, PLEASE. RAMON DIAZ. RAMON, JUST ONE QUICK THING. IF YOU IF YOU WANT TO BE ON THE RECORD FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE BOND ORDINANCE, THAT HAPPENS AT THE TIME THAT THE BOND ORDINANCE. SO YOU MAY IF YOU HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT ABOUT IT, THAT'S GREAT PUBLIC COMMENT NOW AND THEN COME BACK AND MAKE THE SAME COMMENTS. I GUESS YOU CAN, BUT IT'S NEXT IN THE AGENDA, I BELIEVE. OH, ALL RIGHT, I'LL WAIT. THANK YOU. I'M SORRY. IT'S THE ORDINANCES ARE NEXT, BUT IT'S NOT THE NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT. JUST ON THE LAST STATEMENT, OF COURSE, THAT MY SISTER MADE. I'M SORRY. CAN YOU YOU JUST NEED TO SPELL YOUR LAST NAME FOR THE CLERK AS AN APPLE Z, AS IN ZEBRA C AS IN CAT U. I'D AS IN DAVID I A AS IN APPLE Z AS IN ZEBRA. OKAY, I KNOW THAT YOU HAD STATED. 
          WHETHER THIS TOWNSHIP IS UNILATERALLY ALLOWED TO EXTEND THOSE CONTROLS, AND I JUST KIND OF WANTED TO BRING TO THE ATTENTION OF THE COMMITTEE THAT PRIOR PRESIDENT IN PISCATAWAY VERSUS SOCIETY HILLS SUGGEST NOT. I DID WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT THAT THE I'VE READ THE DEED AND WE'VE SPOKE ON THE PHONE WITH THE WORDING DOES NOT SUGGEST THAT THEY DO HAVE UNILATERAL RIGHT. AND I JUST FEEL LIKE THAT SHOULD BE MADE A LITTLE BIT MORE CLEAR. 
          AS FAR AS COMMENTS FOR THE ACTUAL BOND ORDINANCE AND WHETHER OR NOT. THE TRUST FUND HAS ENOUGH MONEY TO EVEN COVER WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO COVER TODAY. I'LL HOLD THOSE COMMENTS UNTIL THE BOND ORDINANCE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ORDINANCES. INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READING 
          [4. Ordinance #25-1767 – Amending, Revising and Supplementing Chapter 4, General Licensing of the Code of the Township of Montgomery (1984) by Establishing Regulations and Permit Requirements for the Filming Throughout Montgomery Township – Introduction/First Reading ]
ORDINANCE 20 5-1767. AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWNSHIP OF MONTGOMERY, COUNTY OF SOMERSET, STATE OF NEW JERSEY, AMENDING, REVISING, AND SUPPLEMENTING CHAPTER FOUR GENERAL LICENSING OF THE CODE OF THE TOWNSHIP OF MONTGOMERY, 1984. BY ESTABLISHING REGULATIONS AND PERMIT REQUIREMENTS FOR THE FILMING THROUGHOUT THE. FOR FILMING THROUGHOUT MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP, 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 THE PUBLIC HEARING AND A VOTE SCHEDULED FOR THE MEETING OF DECEMBER 18TH, 2025. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO INTRODUCE ORDINANCE 20 5-1767. SO MOVED SECOND. 
          ROLL CALL PLEASE. COMMITTEE MEMBER. MARTIN. YES. COMMITTEE MEMBER. ANNE. YES. DEPUTY MAYOR 
          [5. Ordinance #25-1768 – Amending Schedule XXII “Mid-Block Crosswalks” of the Code of the Township of Montgomery (1984) to Establish a Mid-Block Crosswalk at Brecknell Way – Introduction/First Reading]
BERRIGAN. YES. MAYOR. SINGH. YES. ORDINANCE 20 5-1768 AMENDING SCHEDULE 22 MID-BLOCK CROSSWALKS OF THE CODE OF THE TOWNSHIP OF MONTGOMERY, 1984 TO ESTABLISH A MID-BLOCK CROSSWALK ON BRECKNELL WAY, 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 DECEMBER 18TH, 2025. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO INTRODUCE ORDINANCE 20 5-1768. 
          SO MOVED. SECOND. ROLL CALL PLEASE. COMMITTEE MEMBER. MARTIN. YES. COMMITTEE MEMBER. 
          [6. Ordinance #25-1765 – Amending Chapter 8 – Building, Housing and Farming, Section 8-1.3 Schedule of Fees of the Montgomery Township Code – Public Hearing/Final Adoption ]
ANNE. YES. DEPUTY MAYOR. BARRAGAN. YES. MAYOR. SINGH. YES. ORDINANCES. PUBLIC HEARING. 
          FINAL ADOPTION ORDINANCE 20 5-1765. AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER EIGHT BUILDING, HOUSING AND FARMING. SECTION 8-1.3 SCHEDULE OF FEES OF THE MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP CODE. 
          PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN. ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ADOPT ORDINANCE 20 5-1765. SO MOVED. SECOND. ROLL CALL PLEASE. 
          COMMITTEE MEMBER. MARTIN. YES. COMMITTEE MEMBER. ANNE. YES. DEPUTY MAYOR. BARRAGAN. YES. 
          [7. Ordinance #25-1766 – Bond Ordinance Providing for the Extension of Affordability Controls on Certain Affordable Housing Units Located in the Township, Appropriating $1,100,000 Therefor, Including $650,000 Available from the Township’s COAH Fund, and Authorizing the Issuance of $450,000 Bonds or Notes of the Township to Finance Part of the Cost Thereof – Public Hearing/Final Adoption]
MAYOR. SINGH. YES. ORDINANCE 20 5-1766. BOND ORDINANCE FOR AND BY THE TOWNSHIP OF MONTGOMERY IN THE COUNTY OF SOMERSET, NEW JERSEY, PROVIDING FOR THE EXTENSION OF AFFORDABILITY CONTROLS ON CERTAIN AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS LOCATED IN THE TOWNSHIP. APPROPRIATING 1,100,000, THEREFORE INCLUDING 650,000 AVAILABLE FROM THE TOWNSHIP'S COAH FUND AND AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF 450,000 BONDS OR NOTES TO FINANCE PART OF THE COST 
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THEREOF. PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN. ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? HOW ARE YOU? I'M RAMON DIAZ. THE ORDINANCE ALLOCATES $650,000 FROM THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND. 
          HOWEVER, THE MOST RECENT PUBLICLY AVAILABLE DATA FROM THE DCA AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND PAGE SHOWS A BALANCE OF ONLY $588,000, CREATING AN UNEXPECTED $62,000 SHORTFALL. 
          I'M JUST KIND OF CURIOUS TODAY HOW WE PLAN TO PASS A BOND ORDINANCE WITHOUT THE CORRECT DATA ISSUING $450,000 IN TAXPAYER DEBT TO COVER WHAT SEEMS TO BE AN EXTENSION OF AFFORDABLE CONTROLS. THESE AFFORDABLE CONTROLS ARE IDEALLY MEANT TO SAVE TAXPAYERS MONEY. 
          I BELIEVE THAT THIS PROGRAM IS PRETTY SELF. SELF SUFFICIENT. YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. WHERE IT KIND OF PAYS FOR ITSELF FROM THE DEVELOPER FEE. SO THE IDEA OF, YOU KNOW, TAKING THESE CONTROLS WHEN YOU COULD, YOU KNOW, MAKE THAT 95 FIVE AND MAKE THE TOWNSHIP A LOT OF MONEY JUST SEEMS NOT TO BE THE BEST INTEREST OF THE TAXPAYERS IN ISSUING THIS DEBT. WHEN YOU GUYS DO HAVE, I BELIEVE IT IS $35 MILLION OF OUTSTANDING DEBT, PAYING OVER A MILLION AND A HALF, OR CLOSE TO A MILLION AND A HALF IN INTEREST THIS YEAR ALONE. I GUESS I'M JUST LOOKING TO, LIKE YOU SAID, MAYBE SUSPEND THIS BOND ORDINANCE UNTIL WE COULD MAYBE FIGURE OUT WHERE THE $62,000 SHORTFALL WILL BE COMING FROM, AND JUST KIND OF GETTING ALL OF THE CORRECT INFORMATION HERE. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND REPLENISHES ITSELF WITH EVERY NEW DEVELOPMENT. A SOMEONE'S DOING AN ADDITION ON THEIR HOUSE. THEY'RE PAYING INTO THE TRUST AS MONTGOMERY PROMENADE, THE WHOLE FOODS SHOPPING CENTER IS BEING BUILT. THEY'RE PAYING INTO THE TRUST. SO I THAT'S WHERE THE TRUST IS BEING REPLENISHED. WE KNOW HOW MUCH THAT IS CURRENTLY. DO WE KNOW HOW MUCH WAS MADE THIS YEAR. DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC. SO THE THE CFO IS THE ONE WHO GAVE THE NUMBER TO THE BOND ATTORNEY AS TO WHAT WAS IN THE ACCOUNT AT THE TIME IN ORDER TO MAKE THE DIFFERENTIAL FOR THIS STATEMENT, I WILL NOTE THAT THE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS TO THE STATE ARE NOT MONTHLY, SO IT'S LIKELY THAT IT'S JUST THE LAG. ABSOLUTELY. SO BUT THE CFO DID CONFIRM WITH BOND COUNSEL BECAUSE I WAS COPY ON SOMETHING THAT SAID THAT. CAN I JUST ASK WHAT DID THEY THEY CONFIRM THAT WE HAVE AN EXTRA $62,000, OR THEY CONFIRMED THE AMOUNT THAT WE HAD IN THE FUND THAT COULD BE ALLOCATED TO THIS, IN THIS APPROPRIATION, SO THAT THE BOND COUNCIL KNEW WHAT THE DOLLAR AMOUNT WAS TO ISSUE BONDS FOR. AND OF COURSE, THEY TOOK INTO ACCOUNT EXPENSES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER SURPLUS THIS YEAR. CORRECT. SO THIS IS SEPARATE MONEY, THE TRUST FUND, THE HOUSING TRUST FUND CANNOT BE USED FOR GENERAL BUDGET ITEMS. IT CAN ONLY BE ALLOCATED TOWARDS THIS. AND AS THE TOWNSHIP ADMINISTRATOR INDICATED, THERE'S SUBSTANTIAL BUILDING IN TOWN THAT IS HAPPENING CURRENTLY. AND THE DEVELOPMENT FEES ARE NOT NECESSARILY PAID BEFORE THE CONSTRUCTION IS COMPLETE. SO AS ALL OF THE MONTGOMERY PROMENADE IS COMPLETED, MORE MONEY IS GOING TO COME BACK INTO THE TRUST FUND AND THE BOND CAN BE PAID THROUGH THE TRUST FUND. IT'S NOT GOING TO HIT GENERAL FUNDS. AND WILL WE HAVE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE INFORMATION FOR THIS BEFORE DECISIONS ARE MADE, OR WILL WE HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL NEXT YEAR? IT REPLENISHES AS IT GOES AND IT'LL BE PART OF ONGOING COMPLIANCE MONITORING AND REPORTING. IT'S JUST NOT SOMETHING THAT CAN BE SHOWN TODAY BECAUSE WE KNOW THE PERMITS THAT HAVE BEEN PULLED. SO WE HAVE THE ESTIMATED AND ANTICIPATED AMOUNTS, AND IT'S A QUESTION OF WHEN THEY COME IN. SO IT'S ON A ROLLING BASIS. OF COURSE. I JUST AGAIN BEG THE COMMITTEE TO KIND OF TAKE EVERYTHING INTO CONSIDERATION BEFORE MAKING A FINAL DECISION FOR HOW MUCH TAXPAYER DEBT WILL BE ISSUED HERE TODAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. AND I THINK YOU SAID THAT THIS IS SEPARATE FROM THE FROM THE BUDGET ITEMS. RIGHT. SO WE ANTICIPATE SUBSTANTIAL PAYMENTS THAT WOULD COVER THIS FROM PROJECTS THAT ARE EITHER APPROVED OR UNDER CONSTRUCTION. 
          GENERALLY SPEAKING WITH THE TRUST, WITH THE DEVELOPMENT FEES, THE 50% OF THE PROJECTED AMOUNT IS PAID. UP FRONT, 50% OF THE ACTUAL TRUE UP HAS HAPPENED AT THE END OF THE CEO. 
          SO YOU HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT'S OUT THERE ALREADY, AND WE KNOW THAT THAT THERE'S MONEY SITTING TO COME BACK. SO IT IT COMES ON A ROLLING BASIS. ADDITIONALLY, SOME OF THIS MONEY IS OVER WHAT 
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IS ANTICIPATED TO BE NEEDED. BUT IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S ENOUGH FUNDING AVAILABLE, IF A SUBSTANTIAL NUMBER OF UNITS REQUIRED REHABILITATION, AS WELL AS THE $10,000 PAYMENT. SO SO THAT ADDITIONAL POTENTIAL AND THESE ARE YOU KNOW, WHAT HAPPENS IS FIRST THERE'S THE BOND ANTICIPATION NOTE BEFORE YOU ACTUALLY GO AND SELL THE DEBT. 
          SO THERE'S A LOT OF STEPS IN THE PROCESS BEFORE IT'LL EVER. AND SO YOU'RE SAYING BESIDES THE 10,000 THERE WOULD BE A REHAB IF ANY UNIT NEEDS REHAB THAT, THAT THAT MONEY WOULD ALSO BE COVERED. RIGHT. THERE'S SUFFICIENT MONIES TO COVER THE ADDITIONAL IN CASE BECAUSE THIS BOND ORDINANCE OBVIOUSLY WAS INTRODUCED BEFORE THE INSPECTION STARTED. SO YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GO AND DO ANOTHER BOND ORDINANCE AGAIN. SO THIS WAY IT'S ALREADY IN PLACE SHOULD IT BE NEEDED? OKAY. SO JUST A QUESTION ON WHAT IF SOMEBODY DOESN'T SIGN OVER AND DOESN'T AGREE WITH THE $10,000? AND I WILL SAY THAT RENEWING CONTROLS IS OUR PRIMARY GOAL. 
          SO FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND, YOU KNOW, RENEW CONTROLS IS WHAT'S BEST FOR OUR COMMUNITY IN GENERAL. BUT I JUST WANTED TO ASK THAT QUESTION ON IF SOMEBODY DOESN'T SIGN, WHAT ARE THE THE SIGNATURE IS IS PART OF THE REQUIREMENT TO RECEIVE THE $10,000 PAYMENT. BUT ALL OF THE CONTROLS ARE EXTENDED BY VIRTUE OF THE RESOLUTION THAT WAS PASSED BY THE GOVERNING BODY. 
          SO IF THEY DON'T TAKE IT, IT'LL BE PASSED ON TO THE NEXT PERSON WHO PURCHASES THE PROPERTY. 
          OKAY, SO YOU'RE SAYING THAT THEY LOSE THE 10,000, BUT THEY STILL ARE IN THE CORRECT. SO THIS IS BECAUSE THIS HAS BEEN MANDATED BY STATE AT THAT POINT IS HOW THIS PROCESS WORKS. NO. 
          SO THAT'S PART OF WHAT THE GENTLEMAN WAS INDICATING THE MAY VERSUS SHALL IN THE DEED RESTRICTION. YOU ARE NOT REQUIRED TO EXTEND CONTROLS. IT SAYS THAT THE TOWNSHIP MAY DECIDE TO IF YOU DECIDE TO. THERE'S THINGS YOU HAVE TO DO. OKAY. RIGHT. SO THAT'S WHERE THE MAY SHALL COMES IN. IT'S NOT THAT YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO, IT'S THAT IT'S AT YOUR DISCRETION. OKAY. GO AHEAD. I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE THE TOPICS THAT WERE BROUGHT UP BY THE GENTLEMAN ON HIS QUESTIONS, BECAUSE I THINK PART OF IT WAS ALSO ABOUT, YOU KNOW, TAKING OUT DEBT TO KIND OF FUND THIS. AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING PLAN HAS EVOLVED, RIGHT, BASED ON WHAT WAS AVAILABLE, WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT PARTIES WERE INTERESTED AT AT DIFFERENT TIMES. IDEALLY, I WOULD HAVE LOVED IF WE HAD A A FULL PACKAGE WHERE WE DIDN'T HAVE TO TAKE ON ANY DEBT, YOU KNOW, AND WE HAD OPPORTUNITIES THAT WOULD RAISE RATABLES WITHOUT ANY IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY. BUT I THINK AS, AS EVOLVED AND AND TO BE HONEST, AS WE'VE GOTTEN SIGNIFICANT FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY AS WELL AS OTHER PARTIES COMING IN TO THEN WANTING TO KIND OF PARTICIPATE, AT LEAST I'M GOING TO SPEAK FOR MYSELF. I THINK, YOU KNOW, THIS BALANCE OF, YOU KNOW, MAXIMIZING THE EXTENSION OF CONTROLS, WHICH IS ALWAYS OUR PRIORITY. WE'VE TAKEN OUT SOME, SOME DEBT IN ORDER TO KIND OF FUND THESE. IT'S OUR PERCEPTION OF WHAT THE MAJORITY OF, OF THE RESIDENTS OF MONTGOMERY, YOU KNOW, WANTED US TO DO. AND SO THAT'S HOW I PERSONALLY HAVE BALANCED OUT, YOU KNOW, TAKING OUT DEBT IN ORDER TO DO THIS, YOU KNOW, AND WE DID HAVE SOME OPPORTUNITIES WHERE MAYBE OTHER PARTIES WERE GOING TO FULLY FUND THESE ITEMS IN RETURN FOR PARTICIPATING IN PLAN. IT WAS CLEAR THAT THE COMMUNITY DID NOT WANT THAT, NOT WANT TO DO THAT. SO I THINK THIS IS THE THE THE BALANCING ACT THAT WE'RE TAKING. AGAIN, WE ARE YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A PLAN THAT FULLY MAXIMIZES EXTENDING THESE THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, FOR ALL OF US, LIKE WE DID NOT WANT TO LOSE THOSE UNITS TO, YOU KNOW, AT ONE POINT MOVE FROM AFFORDABLE TO MARKET RATE. BUT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS ALSO PART OF THE COST TO DO THIS. SO, YEAH, I THINK I DO AGREE WITH YOU, BECAUSE IF THE RESIDENTS WHO ARE HERE HAVE SEEN THE TOWN HALLS THAT WE HAD WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT DIFFERENT OPTIONS, IT WAS CLEAR THE COMMUNITY WAS NOT IN FAVOR OF DOING THAT. AND OUR JOB HERE IS TO LISTEN. SO THAT IS WHY THE EXTENSION OF CONTROLS SEEMED LIKE THE BEST WAY TO MOVE FORWARD. AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE ARE DOING. BUT WE DO APPRECIATE YOU COMING IN. AND WE WILL MAKE SURE, AS WE'VE JUST ASKED OUR TOWNSHIP ADMINISTRATOR TO HAVE AARON, WHO'S THE ADMINISTRATOR, I'M SORRY, ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, TO BE AT THE AT OUR ONE OF OUR MEETINGS. IF IT'S NOT THE NEXT ONE, IT'S IN JANUARY. AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU AND YOUR NEIGHBORS TO PLEASE COME TO THAT PUBLIC MEETING AND ASK QUESTIONS AND GET SATISFACTION. I MEAN, I KNOW YOU'VE HAD WITH THE STAFF. YOU'VE HAD, I THINK, TWO SESSIONS ALREADY, BUT YEAH, SO BUT IT WOULD BE GOOD IF YOU WANTED TO COME AND DO IT AT ONE OF OUR PUBLIC MEETINGS AND, YOU KNOW, FEEL THAT YOU'RE BEING 
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LISTENED TO. SO. ABSOLUTELY. I MEAN, WE ARE HERE TO SUPPORT YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING IN. OKAY. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ADOPT ORDINANCE 20 5-1766. SO MOVED SECOND. ROLL CALL PLEASE. COMMITTEE MEMBER. MARTIN. YES. COMMITTEE MEMBER 
          [Consent Agenda]
ON. YES. DEPUTY MAYOR. BARRAGAN. YES. MAYOR. SINGH. YES. CONSENT AGENDA. ALL MATTERS LISTED ON THE CONSENT CONSENT AGENDA ARE CONSIDERED TO BE ROUTINE AND WILL BE ENACTED BY ONE MOTION. 
          THERE WILL BE NO SEPARATE DISCUSSION OF THESE ITEMS. IF DISCUSSION IS DESIRED, THAT ITEM WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA AND CONSIDERED SEPARATELY. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE? MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE CONSENT AGENDA? RESOLUTIONS 25, 12 382. RESOLUTION 2512 DASH 386. SO MOVED. SECOND. ROLL CALL PLEASE. 
          COMMITTEE MEMBER AN. EXCUSE ME. COMMITTEE MEMBER. MARTIN. YES. COMMITTEE MEMBER. ANN. YES. 
          [15. Resolution #25-12-387 – Authorizing Land Purchase Agreement (Block 13001, Lot 21 – “Forbes/Rader”)]
DEPUTY MAYOR. BARRAGAN. YES. MAYOR. SINGH. YES. RESOLUTIONS. RESOLUTION 2512 DASH 387 AUTHORIZING LAND PURCHASE AGREEMENT. BLOCK 13001, LOT 21 FORBES. RAIDER. SO, MAYOR, THIS PROJECT YOU HAVE BEEN WORKING ON FOR A WHILE WITH LAUREN WASIKOWSKI, OUR OPEN SPACE AND STEWARDSHIP DIRECTOR. THE PROPERTY IS ON 601 AND GRANDVIEW. IT'S 11.42 ACRES, SO IT WAS EYED FOR OPEN SPACE ACQUISITION. AND WE'VE NEGOTIATED. LAUREN HAS SUCCESSFULLY NEGOTIATED A PURCHASE PRICE. AND COUNTY SOMERSET COUNTY WILL BE PARTICIPATING AND BRINGING FUNDING TO THE TABLE. SO THIS IS THE FIRST STEP IN THAT ACQUISITION PROCESS. THE NEXT STEP AFTER PASSING THIS RESOLUTION WOULD BE TO DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE, OBTAIN THE PROPERTY SURVEY, CONDUCT THE ENVIRONMENTAL PHASE ONE, AND IF ALL OF THAT CHECKS OUT, THEN AN ORDINANCE WOULD BE BROUGHT TO YOU FOR FOR ACQUISITION. NO, I MEAN THIS THIS IS GREAT. THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE, ALL FIVE OF US FEEL VERY STRONGLY ABOUT OPEN SPACE, AND HAVING 11.42 ACRES IS IS REALLY I MEAN, I COMMEND LAUREN AND EVERYBODY'S WORKED ON IT. I JUST WANT TO PUT ON THE PUBLIC RECORD JUST TO MAKE SURE WE DO HAVE A BILL FORBES WHO'S ON THE OPEN SPACE COMMITTEE. THERE'S NO RELATION. OKAY. IT'S FOUR PROPERTIES, JUST IN CASE SOMEONE STARTS LOOKING ONLINE JUST OH THAT THAT THAT'S A GOOD CLARIFICATION. BUT AGAIN THIS IS OPEN SPACE RECREATION CONSERVATION, PUBLIC PATHWAY AND OTHER MUNICIPAL PURPOSES. AND WE'RE REALLY HAPPY THAT THIS 11.42 ACRES WILL BE, YOU KNOW, FOR THE TOWNSHIP'S OPEN SPACE. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 2512 387 SO MOVED SECOND. ROLL CALL, PLEASE. COMMITTEE MEMBER. MARTIN. YES. COMMITTEE MEMBER. ANN. YES. 
          [16. Resolution #25-12-388 – Authorizing Insertion of Special Item of Revenue in the Municipal Budget (Chapter 159) – 2025 FEMA Sewer Grant ]
DEPUTY MAYOR BERRIGAN. YES. MAYOR. SINGH. YES. RESOLUTION 22 DASH 12 388 AUTHORIZING INSERTION OF SPECIAL ITEM OF REVENUE IN THE MUNICIPAL BUDGET PURSUANT TO NJSA 4497, CHAPTER ONE 59, P P.L. 1948 2025 FEMA SEWER GRANT. SO CHAPTER 159 MEAN THAT WE'RE RECEIVING. 
          WE'VE BEEN MADE AWARE THAT WE'LL BE RECEIVING REVENUE THAT WE HAD NOT ORIGINALLY ANTICIPATED FOR THE YEAR. AND THIS IS 1.2595 $80 MILLION FROM FEMA. MARK HERMAN, OUR TOWNSHIP ENGINEER. HE AND OEM HAVE BEEN WORKING HARD TO RECEIVE ADDITIONAL FUNDING FROM FEMA FOR OUR STAGE TWO SEWER TREATMENT PLANT, WHICH WE KNOW WAS HEAVILY DAMAGED BY SUPERSTORM SANDY. I'M SORRY, IDA, AND WE HAVE BEEN IN THE PROCESS OF NEARLY COMPLETING THE FLOOD PROTECTION WALL FOR STAGE TWO AND ALL OF THE UPGRADES WHICH WERE LONG OVERDUE AT THAT PLANT. THIS IS OUR SECOND ALLOCATION FROM FEMA. WE'RE HOPING FOR A THIRD ALLOCATION, BUT THE FIRST ALLOCATION WAS ALSO WELL OVER $1 MILLION. SO THIS IS THIS IS GREAT MONEY. AND THIS HELPS TO THIS GOES BACK INTO THE SEWER. AND IT WOULD HELP PAY FOR THE WORK THAT'S BEING DONE NOW. OH THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND I WANT TO REMIND OUR RESIDENTS THAT ANY TIME YOU SEE A GRANT, THAT MEANS THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE TOWNSHIP STAFF AND THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE HAS FOCUSED ON SO THAT THIS IS NOT ON THE TAXPAYERS. SO A MILLION 259 580,060 CENTS WILL REALLY BE AMAZING FOR US. SO THANK YOU AGAIN TO MARK HERMAN AND TO OEM FOR NOT GIVING UP AND PERSISTING. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YEAH. AND JUST I KNOW I HAD THIS CONVERSATION BEFORE, BUT I THINK THIS SEWER GRANT RIGHT. THIS IS YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE ANY OUTSTANDING CONCERNS OR COSTS THAT WE THINK THIS IS GOING TO HAVE TO COVER. RIGHT. 
          LIKE THIS WILL ACTUALLY GO AND A FULL CREDIT BALANCE AGAINST, YOU KNOW, OUR CURRENT DEBT, YOU 
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KNOW, CURRENT EXPENSES. RIGHT. THAT ACTUALLY WILL BE LESS MONEY THAT THE TAXPAYERS WILL HAVE TO FUND. YES. CORRECT. OKAY. PERFECT. THAT'S THAT'S AMAZING AND GREAT NEWS FOR THE RESIDENTS. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 25 DASH 12 388. SO MOVED. SECOND. ROLL CALL PLEASE. COMMITTEE MEMBER. MARTIN. YES. COMMITTEE MEMBER. ANN. YES. DEPUTY MAYOR BERRIGAN. 
          [17. Resolution #25-12-389 – Authorizing Execution of Various Easements, Restrictions and Legal Instruments with Harlingen Associates, LLC for the Country Classics at Montgomery Project]
YES. MAYOR. SING. YES. RESOLUTION 25 DASH 12 389 AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF VARIOUS EASEMENTS, RESTRICTIONS, AND LEGAL INSTRUMENTS WITH HALOGEN ASSOCIATES, LLC FOR THE COUNTRY CLASSICS AT MONTGOMERY PROJECT. PROPOSED SUBDIVISION CASE PB ZERO SEVEN DASH 20. SO MAYOR RESOLUTION 389 FOR THE COUNTRY CLASSICS AT MONTGOMERY AND RESOLUTION 390 FOR THE HAVEN AT PRINCETON. THEY ARE VERY SIMILAR. BOTH PROJECTS ARE INCLUSIONARY HOUSING PROJECTS THAT WERE PART OF OUR ROUND THREE. THE COUNTRY CLASSICS AT MONTGOMERY PROJECT WAS APPROVED BACK IN 2020. THE CASE NUMBER FROM THE PLANNING BOARD AND AND SAME FOR THE HAVEN. SO THEY'VE, YOU KNOW, YEARS FOLLOWING THE APPROVAL BY THE PLANNING BOARD, THERE'S MANY LAYERS OF APPROVALS FROM OUTSIDE AGENCIES. AND THEN WHAT YOU'LL SEE OF WHAT WE'RE EXECUTING TONIGHT ARE MANY, MANY HOURS OF WORK BY OUR TOWNSHIP ENGINEER AND OUR TOWNSHIP ATTORNEY. WHEN WE SAY VARIOUS EASEMENTS, RESTRICTIONS AND LEGAL INSTRUMENTS, THERE ARE QUITE A LOT OF DOCUMENTS THAT THEY WORK ON TOGETHER WITH THE DEVELOPERS, ANYWHERE FROM DRAINAGE EASEMENTS, ACCESS EASEMENTS, SEWER EASEMENTS, SITE TRIANGLES, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THE LIKE NITTY GRITTY OF THESE DEVELOPMENTS. THE ONE THING I WILL NOTE IS NOT IN HERE IS IF THERE IS A ROAD TO BE DEDICATED TO THE TOWNSHIP. AND THIS TIES INTO THE DISCUSSION EARLIER TONIGHT AS TO A TOWNSHIP ACTUALLY ACCEPTING THE DEDICATION OF A ROAD. WE'RE VERY CAREFUL, MARK HERMAN AND I AND AND MAKING SURE THAT ANY ROAD THAT COMES AROUND IS ACTUALLY FORMALLY RECEIVED. THE DEDICATION IS APPROVED BY ORDINANCE BY THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE, SO THAT THERE'S EVERYONE IS ON NOTICE THAT YOU ACTUALLY DID TAKE ACTION SO THAT YOU'RE NOT REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN SOMETHING THAT YOU DIDN'T AGREE TO. WELL, THAT'S THAT'S REALLY HELPFUL. 
          AND AGAIN, FOR PUBLIC TO REALIZE THAT THIS WAS ROUND THREE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. AND WE ARE SEEING IT RIGHT NOW. SO JUST WHEN PEOPLE ASK WHEN THEY TALK ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE IN THIS ROUND, JUST TO LET YOU KNOW WE'RE STILL WORKING ON. SO THIS IS COUNTRY CLASSICS. THIS PROJECT IS RIGHT ACROSS WHAT IS IT DUTCHTOWN HARLINGEN AREA WHERE IT IS GOING TO BE ACROSS FROM THE I STILL CALL IT THE OLD CAMP, THE NEW OLD CAMPS. THERE'S A DAYCARE ACROSS THE STREET. IT'S JUST NORTH OF THE LEARNING EXPRESS THE LEARNING EXPERIENCE RATHER. OKAY, I'M JUST TRYING TO I KNOW WHERE THAT IS, BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PUBLIC KNOWS, BECAUSE WHEN PEOPLE START SEEING CONSTRUCTION, THEY START WONDERING, WHY ARE YOU BUILDING? SO THIS IS BASICALLY FOR THAT. AND THEN THE HAVEN, AS YOU MENTIONED, WOULD BE WHERE MONTGOMERY THAT IS ACROSS FROM STATE, THE STAGEANT. SO ON THE D SECTION THAT'S BY BLUE SPRING ROAD. OKAY. SO THAT'S MONTGOMERY WOODS AND MONTGOMERY HILLS AREA, RIGHT. JUST SO PEOPLE KNOW THAT THAT WAS ALSO PART OF ROUND THREE. AND NOW THEY WILL START SEEING CONSTRUCTION OVER THERE. OKAY. SO THE SEWERS ARE ARE BEING PUT IN FOR THE FOR THE AREA. YES. YES. SO THIS WILL ALSO OPEN THE OPPORTUNITY FOR SOME OF YOUR EXISTING RESIDENTS TO BE ABLE TO CONNECT TO A NEW SEWER LINE MAIN THAT'S GOING TO GO DOWN AROUND THE CORNER. I FORGET THE ROAD. IS IT. THERE YOU GO ON HARLINGEN ROAD AND THE 206, THE SHORT LITTLE SECTION ON 206. CORRECT. RIGHT. SO THERE'LL BE A THE I THINK WE STILL NEED TO POTENTIALLY DO LIKE A I THINK IT'S COMMERCIAL MAY HAVE TO DO A SPUR TO REACH IT. BUT YES THERE'LL BE THE ABILITY TO CONNECT IN. OKAY. GREAT. THANK YOU. OKAY. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 2512 389. SO MOVED SECOND. ROLL CALL PLEASE. COMMITTEE MEMBER. 
          [18. Resolution #25-12-390 - Authorizing Execution of Various Easements, Restrictions and Legal Instruments with The Haven at Princeton, LLC]
MARTIN. YES. COMMITTEE MEMBER. ANNE. YES. DEPUTY MAYOR. BARRAGAN. YES. MAYOR. SINGH. 
          YES. RESOLUTION 25 DASH 12 390 AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF VARIOUS EASEMENTS, RESTRICTIONS, AND LEGAL INSTRUMENTS WITH THE HAVEN AT PRINCETON, LLC. BLOCK 37003, LOT SEVEN, PROPOSED SUBDIVISION CASE PB DASH ZERO SEVEN DASH 20. OKAY, SO YOU JUST EXPLAINED THAT THIS IS WHERE THE BLUE SPRING, THIS IS THE NEW DEVELOPMENT GOING IN FROM ROUND THREE. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 25 DASH 12 390. SO MOVED. SECOND. ROLL CALL PLEASE. COMMITTEE MEMBER. MARTIN. YES. COMMITTEE MEMBER. ANN. YES. DEPUTY MAYOR. BARRAGAN. YES. MAYOR. SINGH. 
          [19. Resolution #25-12-391 – Contract Award for Animal Control Services to Animal Control Solutions, LLC]
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YES. RESOLUTION 2512 391. AWARD OF CONTRACT FOR ANIMAL CONTROL SERVICES THROUGH THE COMPETITIVE CONTRACTING PROCESS AT ANIMAL CONTROL SOLUTIONS, LLC. SO, MAYOR, I DID ASK DEVANG PATEL, OUR HEALTH OFFICER, FOR AN UPDATE ON THIS. IF YOU REMEMBER, WE MOVED TO PRIVATE ANIMAL CONTROL SERVICE A FEW YEARS AGO. YOU KNOW, THEY DO PROVIDE THE 24 OVER SEVEN COVERAGE OVERALL. WE'RE GETTING GOOD SERVICE, SHE SAID. RESPONSE TIMES CAN BE CHALLENGING, BUT THAT COULD BE THE THAT WAS THE SAME WHEN WE HAD IN-HOUSE, SHE SAID. WE ARE STILL TRYING TO ADVOCATE AT REALLY ALL THE MUNICIPAL MANAGERS, ADMINISTRATORS IN SOMERSET COUNTY TO SEE IF THE COUNTY WOULD TAKE THIS ON AS A SERVICE, THAT WE WOULD CONTRACT OUT WITH SOMERSET COUNTY. THERE'S NOT BEEN PROGRESS MADE ON THAT YET, BUT WE'RE ALL STILL MANY TOWNS ARE IN THE SAME BOAT AS MONTGOMERY AND THERE AREN'T. AS YOU COULD SEE, THIS WAS THE ONLY BID THAT WE RECEIVED FROM ANIMAL CONTROL SOLUTIONS. SO IT WOULD BE A $66,192 PER YEAR FOR YEARS ONE, TWO AND THREE, WITH TWO OPTIONAL ONE YEAR RENEWALS AT THE SAME RATE. OKAY. AND SO WE CAN'T FIND A OUR OWN OFFICER FOR THIS AMOUNT OF MONEY. JUST CURIOUS 60 OR. WELL IT'S A IT'S A 24 OVER SEVEN ROLE. SO SO WE WOULD NEED MULTIPLE MULTIPLE PEOPLE TO DO THAT ROLE. AND NO DEVON HAD REACHED OUT LOOKING TO SEE IF OTHER TOWNS HAD WANTED TO DO A SHARED SERVICE. BUT MOST TOWNS ARE IN THE SAME POSITION AS WE ARE RIGHT NOW AND IT IS AN ANNUAL RENEWAL. OR DO WE HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, IS IT OR DO WE HAVE TO WAIT ANOTHER THREE YEARS? IT'S A THREE YEAR CONTRACT WITH TWO OPTIONAL YEARS, FOUR AND FIVE, TO RENEW. 
          WHAT WAS THE COST WHEN WE HAD OUR OWN ANIMAL CONTROL PERSON? WHAT WERE TOWNSHIP COSTS? DO YOU REMEMBER I DON'T WE HAD A A FULL TIME AND A PART TIMER. SO SALARY BENEFITS I'D HAVE TO I'D HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT AGAIN I DON'T KNOW OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. RIGHT. IT WAS A SHARED SERVICE WITH PRINCETON. OH, OKAY. FOR OTHER COVERAGE. RIGHT. THEY THEY WOULD PRINCETON AND AND OUR OFFICERS WOULD ASSIST EACH OTHER AS WELL. BECAUSE INEVITABLY IF SOMEONE'S ON VACATION, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T COVER IT WITH JUST A PART TIMER, ETC. I BELIEVE WE ALSO WE ALSO HAVE A SHARED SERVICE WITH ROCKY HILL FOR ANIMAL CONTROL. BUT THEY'RE THEY'RE APPROVING THEIR SHARED SERVICE AGREEMENT. AND IN JANUARY. SO WE WILL ALSO APPROVE OURS IN JANUARY. ALSO THIS ANIMAL CONTROL THAT WE'RE DOING IS A SHARED SERVICE WITH ROCKY HILL. WITH ROCKY HILL. 
          THEY WILL RENEW THAT AGREEMENT IN JANUARY. THAT'S PER THE HEALTH OFFICER. OKAY. I DEFINITELY THINK, LAURIE, THAT WE SHOULD PURSUE THE THE COUNTY AS WELL. AND IF WE CAN GET ANOTHER LETTER MEMO OUT AND WE, AS THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE WILL ALSO TRY TO ASK THAT THEY GET THIS DONE, BECAUSE THIS IS, I THINK, FOR 66,024 SEVEN FOR A FULL YEAR. AND WE HAVE A LOT OF DEER. I MEAN, YEAH, AND I THINK, I MEAN, I, I THINK IT'S A REALLY GOOD QUESTION AND I, I WAS HERE WHEN AND I REMEMBER THE DETAILS, BUT IT WAS A, IT WAS A THE MORE FEASIBLE FINANCIAL OPTION VERSUS, YOU KNOW, REHIRING, YOU KNOW, FOR, FOR, FOR ROLES THAT WERE BEING VACATED. SO I CAN SEE THAT. YEAH. I THINK THE, THE CHALLENGE IS, YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD ALL GET INTO ANIMAL CONTROL BUSINESS. I SEE I'M JUST WONDERING, LET'S ASK ALL THE YOUNG PEOPLE THAT THERE SHOULD BE SOME PEOPLE GOING TO SCHOOL FOR. YEAH, I MEAN, JUST THE TIMING FOR THEM TO COME OUT AS WELL AS, YOU KNOW, WE HAD ISSUES WITH LIKE I THINK MANGE FOXES AND STUFF AND THEY'RE LIKE, THEY DON'T REALLY COME OUT FOR THAT STUFF. SO, YOU KNOW, JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT A GOOD A GOOD BALANCE. NO, I AND YOU KNOW, DEVON PATEL, AS WE ALL KNOW, OUR HEALTH OFFICER IS AMAZING. IF SHE HAS LOOKED INTO IT AND SHE IS SEEING THAT THIS IS THE OPTION WE HAVE UNFORTUNATELY. AND AND TO THE DEPUTY MAYOR'S POINT, YOU KNOW, FOR 66, BY THE TIME YOU HAVE BENEFITS AND EVERYTHING FOR AN EMPLOYEE, IT JUST ADD UP. AND UNFORTUNATELY WITH FISH AND GAME WITH WILDLIFE, THE NEW JERSEY FISH AND GAME DIVISION. 
          THE DIVISION OF FISH AND GAME, THEY HAVE JURISDICTION OVER WILDLIFE. SO WE ARE WE DON'T HAVE JURISDICTION OVER WILDLIFE. RIGHT. SO LIKE THE FOX, THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE HANDLED BY YOUR ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER, WHETHER THEY'RE IN-HOUSE OR NOT OR THE COYOTE. YEP. OR OR RACCOONS. 
          RIGHT. SO WHAT IS THIS. JUST DOMESTIC ANIMALS. BATS, SQUIRRELS, THIS KIND OF THING. 
          RIGHT. IS THAT WHAT IT IS? AND AND AND SO CAN. NO, IT'S DOMESTIC ANIMALS. OH IT'S DOMESTIC. OH. LIKE CATS. OH OKAY. I GUESS IT'S CATS AND DOGS. CATS AND DOGS. OKAY. SO 
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HOW IS DEER CONTROLLED? IS. THAT'S NOT A DOMESTIC. WE HAVE A I BELIEVE WE HAVE AN OUTSIDE LORI. WE I THINK WE HAVE A, AN OUTSIDE SERVICE THAT HELPS US WITH THE DEER. AND WE HAVE OUR WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM. OH OKAY. WOW. ALL RIGHT. SO, SO JUST SO IT SOUNDS LIKE, DO WE KNOW HOW MANY CALLS ARE OCCUR EVERY YEAR? DO WE HAVE THAT DATA? LORI I THINK THEY MUST I DEEWANGI DEEWANGI OKAY. I, I, I THINK IF DEEWANGI RECOMMENDS THIS I THINK I'M, I'M FINE. 
          IT'S JUST JUST LIKE TO KNOW A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON AND WHAT THE IF THE NEED IS BEING MET. HOW FAR ARE THESE PEOPLE COMING FROM? WHERE WHERE ARE THEY COMING FROM, YOU KNOW, DO WE KNOW THAT? I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE. YES WE DO. THEY THEY COME, THEY'VE STATION IN THE AREA, BUT THEY ARE BASED IN FLEMINGTON AREA OR BRIDGEWATER. FLEMINGTON. YEAH. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I MEAN AGAIN, WE DIDN'T GET ANY OTHER BIDS SO I UNDERSTAND. YEAH I UNDERSTAND YEAH THAT THAT THE STATE REQUIRES IT. THE TOWN HAS NO CHOICE BUT TO PROVIDE ANIMAL CONTROL SERVICES. SO IT'S A DIFFICULT CHALLENGE. YEAH. AND JUST GETTING MORE CHALLENGING I GUESS NOBODY REALLY WANTS TO DO THE JOB. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 2512 391. SO MOVED SECOND. ROLL CALL PLEASE. COMMITTEE MEMBER. MARTIN. YES. COMMITTEE MEMBER. ANN. YES. 
          [20. Resolution #25-12-392 – Authorizing Execution of Shared Services Agreement with Manville Borough for Salt Brine Services]
DEPUTY MAYOR BERRIGAN. YES. MAYOR. SINGH. YES. RESOLUTION 25 DASH 12 392 AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF SHARED SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH THE BOROUGH OF MANVILLE FOR SALT BRINE SERVICES. SO YOU HAVE A MEMO IN YOUR PACKET FROM THE CFO. WE'VE HAD THIS SHARED SERVICE GOING BACK TO 2018 WITH MANVILLE. WE HAVE THE EQUIPMENT TO MAKE OUR THE BRINE THAT THAT WE USE TO SOLVE THE ROADS. AND SO WE THE COST TO PRODUCE THE BRINE IS AT A CERTAIN LEVEL. AND WE DO CHARGE A CHARGE SLIGHTLY MANVILLE FOR, FOR USING OUR BRINE. SO THERE IS A LITTLE MONEY THAT WE ARE ABLE TO BE MADE. AND AGAIN, WE'RE ABLE TO PRODUCE EXCESS BRINE WITH OUR SYSTEM. SO IT IT WORKS OUT FOR BOTH MUNICIPALITIES. OKAY. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 2512 392. SO MOVED. SECOND. ROLL CALL PLEASE. COMMITTEE MEMBER. MARTIN. YES. 
          [21. Resolution #25-12-393 – Authorizing 2025 Budget Transfers]
COMMITTEE MEMBER. ANN. YES. DEPUTY MAYOR. BARRAGAN. YES. MAYOR. SINGH. YES. RESOLUTION 22 DASH 12 393 AUTHORIZING 2025 BUDGET TRANSFERS. SO THE BUDGET TRANSFER RESOLUTION REFLECTS SORT OF THE ROUTINE YEAR END ADJUSTMENTS THAT WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT DEPARTMENT ACCOUNTS ARE PROPERLY FUNDED. THE TRANSFERS MOVE APPROPRIATIONS FROM DIFFERENT BUDGET LINE ITEMS WITH AVAILABLE BUDGETS TO REQUIRING SOME THAT HAVE ADDITIONAL. THAT MAY BE REQUIRED BY STATUTE. BUT WE ARE NOT INCREASING THE TOTAL BUDGETED APPROPRIATIONS YOU KNOW, AT ALL. THERE'S AN OVERALL ZERO NET ZERO IMPACT TO OUR BUDGET. THE LEGAL SERVICES LINE ITEM, I WILL SAY, IS DUE TO THE ADDITIONAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING MATTER AND LITIGATION AND THE ELECTRICITY ADDITIONAL FUNDS WERE REQUIRED DUE TO HIGHER THAN ANTICIPATED ELECTRIC COSTS. OKAY. AGAIN, I THINK, YOU KNOW, EXPENSES THAT, YOU KNOW, THE TOWNSHIP WANTED US TO CONTINUE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, CONTINUED OPTIONS, RIGHT? SO OKAY, MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 2512 393. SO MOVED. SECOND. ROLL CALL PLEASE. COMMITTEE MEMBER. MARTIN. YES. 
          [22. Resolution #25-12-394 – Contract Award to Motorola Solutions, Inc. for Radios for First Responders – Office of Emergency Management]
COMMITTEE MEMBER. ANN. YES. DEPUTY MAYOR. BARRAGAN. YES. MAYOR. SINGH. YES. RESOLUTION 22 DASH 12 394. AUTHORIZING AWARD OF CONTRACT TO MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC. FOR FIRST RESPONDER RADIOS THROUGH NEW JERSEY STATE CONTRACT. OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. IT'S PRETTY SELF-EXPLANATORY. WE'RE BUYING SOME SOME RADIOS FOR OUR OEM, AND THE COST IS COMING OUT OF THE GRANT THAT WE HAD RECEIVED A FEW YEARS AGO FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. AND SO THIS IS FUNDED THROUGH THAT. OKAY. AND I THINK THERE WAS SOME QUESTION ABOUT THE RADIOS, BUT EVERYTHING'S WORKING WELL. OH YES. OKAY. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 2512 394. SO MOVED. SECOND. ROLL CALL PLEASE. COMMITTEE MEMBER. MARTIN. YES. COMMITTEE MEMBER. 
          [23. Resolution #25-12-395 – Authorizing Memorandum of Understanding Between the Township and the Food Bank Network of Somerset County for the Montgomery Food Pantry]
ANN. YES. DEPUTY MAYOR. BARRAGAN. YES. MAYOR. SINGH. YES. RESOLUTION 25 DASH 12 395 AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE TOWNSHIP OF MONTGOMERY AND THE FOOD BANK NETWORK OF SOMERSET COUNTY FOR THE MONTGOMERY FOOD PANTRY. SO MONTGOMERY FOOD PANTRY IS RUN OUT OF A PORTION OF THE KAUFMAN COMMUNITY CENTER. AND WE'VE HAD IT FOR MANY, MANY YEARS, AND IT CERTAINLY HAS SERVED RESIDENTS, MONTGOMERY RESIDENTS IN NEED AS 
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THEY AS THEY AS THEY NEED IT. WE WE PROVIDE NONPERISHABLE FOOD AND THEN FOR PERISHABLES, WE PROVIDE SHOPRITE GIFT CARDS SO THEY CAN GO TO SHOPRITE. SO WE BEGAN WORKING WITH SOMERSET COUNTY HUMAN SERVICES. AND KATE RUSSO IS ONE OF THE THE FOLKS THERE WHO KIND OF BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION THE FOOD BANK NETWORK OF SOMERSET COUNTY, WHICH IS A LARGER FOOD BANK, IT THROUGH IN THE STATE THAT THEY HAVE SATELLITE FOOD PANTRIES THROUGHOUT THE AREA. AND WHEN YOU PARTNER WITH THEM, THERE ARE SOME SOME BENEFITS THAT THE TOWN WOULD HAVE, ONE BEING ACCESS TO THEIR FOOD. THEY GET FOOD IN VERY LARGE BULK QUANTITIES. AND SO WE WOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE WEEKLY SHIPMENTS OF FOOD FROM THAT FOOD BANK. THE SECOND WOULD BE THEY USE SOMETHING CALLED THE OASIS SYSTEM, WHICH IS A DATABASE THAT HELPS WITH CLIENT MANAGEMENT, INVENTORY MANAGEMENT, VOLUNTEER MANAGEMENT. THAT'S NOT A PLATFORM THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW. WE HAD BEEN EXPLORING HOW WE COULD UTILIZE OUR GOV PILOT PROGRAM TO CREATE A MODULE, BUT THERE'S NOT. THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING WE'D HAVE TO CREATE FROM SCRATCH. SO THIS THIS IS DEFINITELY ANOTHER BENEFIT TO US. AND THEY WOULD ALSO, YOU KNOW, PROVIDE HELP AS NEEDED. BUT ESSENTIALLY THEY ARE SORT OF A PARENT ORGANIZATION. THEY PROVIDE SUPPORT AS NEEDED. AND FOOD CERTAINLY IS ONE OF THE ONE OF THE GREAT BENEFITS OF THIS. AND IT THERE'S NOTHING STOPPING MONTGOMERY RESIDENTS FROM GOING AND VISITING THEIR FOOD BANK RIGHT NOW. THIS DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THAT THEY GET PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. IT'S REALLY HELPING TO EXPAND THE CAPACITY OF OUR EXISTING PANTRY, AND THEN WE STILL HAVE AUTONOMY ON OUR WHAT WE ARE DOING AS FAR AS OUR. YES. SO ANY FUNDRAISING THAT WE DO STAYS WITH OUR FOOD PANTRY. YES. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 2512 395. SO MOVED. SECOND. ROLL CALL PLEASE. COMMITTEE MEMBER. 
          [24. Resolution #25-12-396 – Amending 2025 Professional Services Agreements]
MARTIN. YES. COMMITTEE MEMBER ON. YES. DEPUTY MAYOR BERRIGAN. YES. MAYOR. SINGH. YES. 
          RESOLUTION 2512 396. AMENDING 2025 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENTS. SO THIS RESOLUTION, WHEN THERE IS A CHANGE IN PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENTS, EITHER IN THE CONTRACT AMOUNT OR THE TERM OF THE AGREEMENT, IT IS RECOMMENDED BY AUDITOR AUDITING HOUSEKEEPING TO DO AN AMENDING RESOLUTION TO SHOW THE CHANGE IN THAT CONTRACT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. THIS THERE WAS A THE CFO AND I REVIEWED ALL OF THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENTS TO THAT TWO WEEKS AGO TO SEE IF WE WERE IN LINE WITH OUR BUDGET AND THE BOND COUNCIL AMOUNT. THE CURRENT MAXIMUM THAT WE BUDGETED WAS 7500, BUT IT WAS AN INCREASE TO 35,000 BECAUSE OF THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING BOND ORDINANCES. THIS THIS IS OUR BOND COUNCIL. THEY RATE OUR BOND ORDINANCES AND CAPITAL ORDINANCES. AND THAT'S DUE TO THE THAT'S WHERE THE INCREASES DUE TO. OKAY. SO IT COMES DOWN TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 2512 DASH 396. SO MOVED. SECOND. ROLL CALL PLEASE. COMMITTEE MEMBER. 
          [25. Resolution #25-12-397 – Amending 2024-2025 Contract – Foley, Inc. – Generator Maintenance and Emergency Repair Services – Sewer Department ]
MARTIN. YES. COMMITTEE MEMBER. ANN. YES. DEPUTY MAYOR BERRIGAN. YES. MAYOR. SING. YES. 
          RESOLUTION 22 DASH 12 397. AMENDING 2024 TO 2025 CONTRACT. FOLEY, INC. GENERATOR, MAINTENANCE AND EMERGENCY REPAIR SERVICES. SEWER. SO HERE'S ANOTHER CONTRACT THAT WHERE THERE WAS A SLIGHT INCREASE IN THE PROPOSED MAXIMUM BUDGET. THIS CONTRACT AMOUNT WAS THIS CONTRACT WAS FROM 2024 TO 2025 EXPIRED. TERMINATED I'M SORRY SEPTEMBER 4TH OF 2025, BUT THERE WAS A $4,000 OVERAGE DUE TO EMERGENCY REPAIR SERVICES TO THE GENERATOR FOR THE SEWER UTILITY. SO THIS RESOLUTION REFLECTS THAT AMENDMENT. HOWEVER, FOR BOTH 397 AND 398, THE WAY THE SEWER BUDGET IS LAID OUT FOR OPERATIONAL LINE ITEMS, IT'S BROKEN DOWN BY PLANT. WE HAVE FOUR TREATMENT PLANTS AND THEN 17 PUMP STATIONS. AND SO THERE'S A LARGER OPERATIONAL LINE ITEM, AND THEN THEY CALCULATE OUT WHAT WE ESTIMATE FOR EACH OF THOSE FACILITIES. SO THERE'S THEY'RE NOT GOING OVER THE MAIN OPERATIONAL LINE ITEM BUDGET. THEY'RE JUST MOVING IT FROM YOU KNOW, IF STAGE TWO NEEDED A LITTLE MORE 
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THAN PIKE BROOK THEY KIND OF MOVE IT AROUND. BUT IT'S ALL UNDER SORT OF ONE BUDGET. BUT I GUESS IF I'M LOOKING AT THE TWO KIND OF TOGETHER, OUR MAXIMUM FOR THE YEAR THIS YEAR WAS 50,000. IT'S GOING UP TO 54. BUT THE NEXT RESOLUTION IS TAKING IT UP TO A 75, UP TO A $75,000. YEAH. SO WE'RE EXPECTING TO SPEND MORE NEXT YEAR IN WITH THIS CONTRACTOR. 
          YEAH. SOME OF THAT IS TO DO WITH THE, THE BATTERY LIFE OF, OF ALL OF THE DIFFERENT GENERATORS THAT WE HAVE AT ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT FACILITIES. BUT WE WILL SAY THAT FOLEY HAS BEEN AN EXCELLENT SERVICE PROVIDER. THEY'VE SHOWN UP WHEN WE'VE HAD EMERGENCY REPAIRS, YOU KNOW, WITHIN TWO HOURS WITH VERY SPECIALIZED KINDS OF BATTERIES AND OBVIOUSLY POWER AND BACKUP POWER AT SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS AND PUMP STATIONS IS VERY OH, THAT'S IMPORTANT. SO BUT YES, THEIR COSTS ARE ARE GOING UP, JUST INCLUDING THE I THINK COMMITTEE MEMBER MARTIN WAS MENTIONING LAST TIME ABOUT A PAVED AREA. NO, THIS IS FOR GENERATOR MAINTENANCE. IT'S FOR GENERATORS. OKAY. OKAY. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 2512 397. SO MOVED. SECOND. ROLL CALL PLEASE. COMMITTEE MEMBER. MARTIN. YES. 
          [26. Resolution #25-12-398 – Contract Award to Foley, Inc. for 2025-2026 Generator Maintenance and Emergency Repair Services – Sewer Department ]
COMMITTEE MEMBER. ANN. YES. DEPUTY MAYOR BERRIGAN. YES. MAYOR. SAYING YES. RESOLUTION 25 DASH 12 398 AUTHORIZING AWARD OF CONTRACT TO FOLEY, INC. FOR GENERATOR MAINTENANCE AND EMERGENCY REPAIR SERVICES THROUGH MORRIS COUNTY CO-OP FOR THE MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP SEWER DEPARTMENT. SO I GUESS THIS IS WHAT YOU JUST EXPLAINED IS THE SAME. BUT BUT BUT JUST TO MAKE SURE. SO ARE WE EXPECTING TO GO UP IN COST BY. ALMOST 30%? THE 54 TO 75,000. WELL IT'S A NOT TO EXCEED. SO I, I, I DON'T KNOW IF WE'LL ACTUALLY GO UP TO THE 75, BUT I THINK THAT THAT HAVING THE ABILITY IN THE CONTRACT TO DO THAT GIVES THEM THE FLEXIBILITY FOR, YOU KNOW, THE FOR THE CALL OUTS WHEN, WHEN WE HAVE A GENERATOR, A BATTERY THAT MIGHT GO BAD AND THEY NEED TO COME OUT. SO AND JUST TO CLARIFY, WHEN THE ADMINISTRATOR IS SAYING THEM, SHE MEANS OUR SEWER PEOPLE NOT GIVING THE CONTRACTOR THE THE ABILITY TO DECIDE HOW MUCH MORE THEY WANT TO CHARGE. OH YEAH, I JUST DON'T WANT TO. CONTRACTS ARE SET TO A MAXIMUM. THERE'S A TENDENCY THAT THE MAXIMUM IT GOES UP TO THE MAXIMUM. THAT'S WHY LIKE, YOU KNOW, 50 YOU KNOW, WENT TO 54, 75. IS IT GOING TO GO TO 80. I WOULD SAY THAT THE CALLS ARE MADE WHEN THERE'S AN ISSUE. SO IT'S NOT IT. IT'S WHEN THEY'RE WHEN THEY NEED TO BE CALLED OUT AND REPLACE SOMETHING. SOMETHING IS NOT WORKING PROPERLY. SO DID IT PASS 50 LAST THIS PAST YEAR. 
          YEAH 5454 IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS. YEAH. YEAH. SO IF YOU'RE 70. SO I HAVE AN EMAIL FROM CHRIS LALA, THE DIRECTOR OF WASTEWATER, SEWER. AND HE BASICALLY SAID THAT THE INCREASE IS DUE TO THE EMERGENCY REPAIR COSTS HAVE INCREASED SLIGHTLY. SO I GUESS IT'S THE HE HE INDICATES IT'S THE OVERALL COSTS HAVE INCREASED. OH OKAY. SO WHY IS THE CONTRACT EFFECTIVE ON SEPTEMBER 5TH. BUT WE'RE CONTRACT IS FROM SEPTEMBER TO SEPTEMBER OR SO. DO YOU KNOW WHY THAT I DON'T KNOW WHY THAT IS BUT IT'S RENEWED IN SEPTEMBER SO WE DIDN'T DO IT IN SEPTEMBER. BUT THIS IS CATCHING UP. WE'RE CATCHING UP BECAUSE THIS CONTRACT WASN'T AWARDED BY CONTRACT, BECAUSE INITIALLY WHEN I LOOKED AT IT, THE BID THRESHOLD WAS UNDER THE THE QUOTES WERE UNDER THE BID THRESHOLD. BUT THEN WHEN I WENT BACK AND LOOKED AT ALL OF THE GENERATORS THAT WE HAVE, THE THE IN AGGREGATE AMOUNT IS OVER THE BID THRESHOLD FOR ALL OF THOSE 17 GENERATORS WE HAVE 17. OKAY. OVER OVER 17 THE NUMBER OF GENERATORS. SO THE TOTAL ESTIMATE WAS OVER THE BID THRESHOLD. SO WE HAVE TO AWARD THE CONTRACT BY RESOLUTION. 
          YEAH. SOMETHING AUDITORS. LOOK I THINK, YOU KNOW, AS WE GO THROUGH I MEAN I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THIS. BUT YOU KNOW, AS WE GO THROUGH THE BUDGET, LIKE I THINK, YOU KNOW, IF IF COSTS ARE GOING UP, YOU KNOW, WITH AS I'M LOOKING AT ONE CONTRACTOR AND I'M GLAD THEY'RE GOOD, MAYBE BEGS THE QUESTION NEXT YEAR, YOU KNOW, SHOULD WE GO OUT TO BID, YOU KNOW, ACROSS MULTIPLE VENDORS, RIGHT. VERSUS USING THE SAME ONE I GOT IT. THEY'RE GOOD. THIS IS THROUGH THE STATE. YEAH. THIS IS THROUGH A CO-OP. SO IT IS LOOKING AT ALL THE VENDORS ON 
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THE LIST TO CHOOSE ONE. THE STATE CO-OP TAKEN A 30% INCREASE. THAT'S THAT'S INTERESTING. THAT'S VERY INTERESTING. OKAY. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 2512 398. SO MOVED. SECOND. ROLL CALL PLEASE. COMMITTEE MEMBER. MARTIN. YES. COMMITTEE MEMBER. 
          [27. Resolution #25-12-399 – Authorizing and Confirming 2025 Purchases from SHI International Corp. Under State Contract and Coop]
ANN. YES. DEPUTY MAYOR BERRIGAN. YES. MAYOR. SAYING YES. RESOLUTION 25 DASH 12 399 AUTHORIZING AND CONFIRMING 2025 PURCHASES FROM SHANGHAI INTERNATIONAL CORP. UNDER STATE CONTRACT AND GO. SO THIS IS A HOUSEKEEPING SORT OF CATCH UP RESOLUTION AS WELL. SO IN 2024, WE STARTED WORKING WITH I. WE REPLACED ONE OF OUR OTHER VENDORS TO PROVIDE TECHNOLOGY, HARDWARE, SOFTWARE, CYBERSECURITY TOOLS, A WHOLE BUNCH OF DIFFERENT ITEMS. IN 2025, WE HAD HIRED THE NEW IT DIRECTOR HE HAS HAD EXPERIENCE WITH. SO, YOU KNOW, SUPPORTED WORKING WITH THEM, KEPT ON WORKING WITH THEM. SO THIS IS AT LEAST I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANTED TO ADD ANYTHING TO THIS, BUT THIS IS JUST AT THE BEGINNING OF NEXT YEAR, YOU'LL SEE THIS RESOLUTION FOR 2026. SO CORRECT AS PART OF OUR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENTS. OKAY I WAS CYBERSECURITY IS HUGE. SO I GET THAT. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTIONS 2512 399 BEFORE WE GO. OH YOU HAVE A QUESTION. YEAH I IS WHAT IS THE WHAT IS THE AMOUNT THAT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO EXCEED. THAT WAS $160,000. OKAY. THAT'S IN OUR BUDGET ALREADY. THAT'S NOT WHAT THE RESOLUTION SAYS. IT SAYS 16 MILLION. OH. ALL RIGHT. IT SAYS 16 000000100. YEAH. IT'S 160,000 OKAY. SO WE WILL AMEND THE THE AS AMENDED AS AMENDED WE'LL SAY AS AMENDED BECAUSE YES THAT'S A THAT'S WAY, WAY TOO MUCH OKAY. THAT'S NOT EVEN A NUMBER. THAT'S NOT EVEN A NUMBER. TRUE. OKAY OKAY. AS AMENDED, MAY I, MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 2512 DASH 399 AS AMENDED. SO MOVED AS AMENDED TO UNDER $60,000. 
          YEAH. SECOND AS AMENDED. ROLL CALL PLEASE. COMMITTEE MEMBER. MARTIN. YES. COMMITTEE MEMBER. 
          ANN. YES. DEPUTY MAYOR BERRIGAN. YES. MAYOR. SING. YES. RESOLUTION 22 DASH 12 DASH 400 AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF FORD ELECTRIC VEHICLES F-1 50 LIGHTNING. LIGHTNING PRO 4X4 PICKUP TRUCK THROUGH THE NEW JERSEY STATE CONTRACT PRICING SYSTEM. SEWER UTILITY DEPARTMENT. SO WE IT'S TIME TO REPLACE ONE OF THE VEHICLES THAT WE HAVE IN THE SEWER DEPARTMENT. SO THEY WERE LOOKING FOR A VEHICLE TO REPLACE. OBVIOUSLY THE TOWN HAS EXPLORED. CAN WE JUST WANT A REALLY SECOND IF I COULD JUST PAUSE THERE, CAN YOU MIND IF I SAY SOMETHING REALLY QUICKLY ON A DIFFERENT TIME BEFORE SOMEONE LEAVES? OH, OKAY. SURE, SURE, SURE. I MEAN, WE'RE JUST GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE BREAK, IF THAT'S OKAY. LORI AND THE DEPUTY MAYOR WOULD LIKE TO SAY, OH, YEAH, SORRY, I KNOW THESE THESE MEANS GO REALLY LONG. BUT, YOU KNOW, THIS HAS BEEN A REALLY GREAT COUPLE OF WEEKS FOR MONTGOMERY, ESPECIALLY, LIKE US GETTING A MAP AND NOT JUST OUR TOWNSHIP, BUT INDIVIDUALS WITHIN OUR TOWN WHO HAVE BEEN RECOGNIZED BY THE INCOMING GOVERNOR ELECT, MIKIE SHERRILL, TO BE PART OF THEIR TRANSITION COMMITTEE. AND ONE OF THEM, YOU KNOW, IS ONE OF OUR RESIDENTS, BONNIE DOSHI, WHO'S ACTUALLY HERE TODAY, WHO WHO'S ON THE WHO'S BEEN SELECTED TO BE ON THE TRANSITION COUNCIL, I THINK, FOR IN THE SPACE OF ENERGY. RIGHT. SO REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. YOU KNOW, TO HAVE SOMEONE WITHIN OUR TOWN WHO'S KIND OF REPRESENT AND AS WE CONTINUE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, SMARTER WAYS OF DOING BUSINESS AND, YOU KNOW, SAVING MONEY AND SUSTAINABILITY, JUST GREAT TO HAVE SOMEONE IN OUR TOWN. I JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE HER. AND AT THE SAME TIME, OUR OWN MAYOR, NINA SINGH, WHO WAS ALSO SELECTED TO ON THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT, I THINK, YES. LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTED. YES. TRANSITION. YES. SO I SO WE HAVE SOMEONE, YOU KNOW, IN OUR TOWN WHO'S GOING TO BE THERE WITH A SEAT AT THE TABLE, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE VOICE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT IS, IS SEEN BY THE GOVERNOR AND, AND HER TRANSITION TEAM. SO JUST A I THINK A GREAT A GREAT DAY FOR MONTGOMERY. YOU KNOW, THAT WE HAVE LIKE GREAT REPRESENTATION. SO JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE YOU BEFORE YOU HEAD OUT BECAUSE I KNOW WHAT THIS MEANS. TEND TO LAST KIND OF CONGRATULATIONS. 
          YOU MAKE US ALL PROUD. THANK YOU SO MUCH. CONGRATULATIONS. THAT'S REALLY GOOD. THANK YOU. 
          CAN STAY. SHE DOESN'T NEED TO LEAVE. OKAY. IF IF WENDY'S HERE THEN. BUT I. I DEFINITELY WANT TO SAY THAT TODAY AS BEING, YOU KNOW, NOMINATED SELECTED FOR THIS COMMITTEE. IF I CAN SAY JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS AS WE WERE GOING THROUGH THE AGENDA TODAY AND LISTENING TO 
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RESIDENTS, THERE IS DEFINITELY, I THINK, A LITTLE BIT OF DISCONNECT THAT WE GET FROM THE STATE GOVERNMENT WHEN WE HAVE PEOPLE AT LOCAL GOVERNMENT, AS WE HAD THAT YOUNG LADY WHO CAME IN TALKING ABOUT EXTENSIONS AND WE AS A TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE HAVE HAVE SEEN WHAT HAPPENED, WHAT WE HAVE GONE THROUGH WITH AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND AND THE LACK OF INFRASTRUCTURE THAT IS PROVIDED TO THE TOWNS. SO I HOPE ON BEHALF OF ALL THE RESIDENTS THAT I GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO THE THE INCOMING GOVERNOR TO MAKE HER UNDERSTAND AND HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, GET TO, YOU KNOW, DO THINGS WHICH WHEN WE COME DOWN TO OUR PUBLIC, IT'S ULTIMATELY WE ALL FROM THE GOVERNOR TO THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE, WE ALL SERVE THE PUBLIC. AND IF WE CAN MAKE THINGS EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND, MAKE SURE THEY COME ALONG. SO NOBODY'S SAYING I DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH NOTICE. I THINK THAT THAT IS OUR JOB AS PUBLIC SERVANTS, ALL FIVE OF US. 
          AND MAYBE YOU CAN BRING BACK OUR TRAIN STATION. I ACTUALLY DIDN'T MEET WITH SENATOR ZWICKER AND THE TRAIN STATION WAS AGAIN DISCUSSED. SO YES, A GREAT DAY. CONGRATULATIONS TO OUTSTANDING PROFESSIONALS REPRESENTING SOME VERY IMPORTANT AREAS. AND AND YOU KNOW, THE VOICE OF MONTGOMERY AS WELL. SO THANK YOU BOTH. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE TIME. YEAH. OKAY. WE ARE WHERE AM I ON THE FORD. RIGHT. YES. FORD. DID WE DO THE FORD. NO, NO THAT'S THAT'S WHAT I INTERRUPTED. OKAY. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I 
          [28. Resolution #25-12-400 – Authorizing the Purchase of a Ford Electric Vehicle for the Sewer Utility Department]
FOLLOW THE RESOLUTION. RESOLUTION 2512 DASH 400 AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF A FORD ELECTRIC VEHICLE. F-150 LIGHTNING PRO 4X4 PICKUP TRUCK THROUGHOUT THROUGH THE NEW JERSEY STATE CONTRACT PRICING SYSTEM, SEWER UTILITY DEPARTMENT. SO THIS WOULD REPLACE AN OLDER TRUCK THAT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. AT THIS TIME, WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH OUR GRANTS COMPANY TO SEE IF WE CAN GET GRANTS TO HELP OFFSET THE COSTS, AND ALSO TO PAY FOR THE CHARGING STATION. OKAY. VERY NICE ELECTRIC VEHICLE. THERE YOU GO. AND I'M VERY SUPPORTIVE. I DID, YOU KNOW, UNFORTUNATELY, YOU KNOW, I THINK WITH A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON IN THE COUNTRY, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE SUBSIDIES AND FEDERAL SUPPORT FOR ELECTRIC, ELECTRIC VEHICLES, ETC. HAS GONE DOWN. AND I SAW A REPORT THAT, LIKE FORD WAS ACTUALLY CONSIDERING GETTING OUT OF THE ELECTRIC VEHICLE BUSINESS. I DID ASK THAT QUESTION. AND THEN SHE PROVIDED ME A, YOU KNOW, DOCUMENT. I WAS CONCERNED LIKE, HEY, WE'RE GOING TO BUY THIS VEHICLE AND THEN YOU KNOW, WHO'S GOING TO SERVICE IT, ETCETERA. AND SHE DID PROVIDE ME LIKE VERY STRONG DOCUMENTATION, YOU KNOW, ON, ON THE REQUIREMENTS THAT THEY HAVE, ETCETERA, TO CONTINUE SUPPORTING. AGAIN, I SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, FULLY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS, BUT IT WAS JUST MY CONCERN BECAUSE I SAW THAT REPORT AND I WAS LIKE, WHAT HAPPENS IF JUST FORD CUTS IT OFF AND THEN WE'RE WE'RE STUCK. RIGHT? IT'S REALLY INTERESTING HOW FIRST WE ARE LIKE ELECTRIC VEHICLES ARE REALLY IMPORTANT. AND NOW SUBSIDIES ARE GOING. SO YEAH, IT IS WHAT IT IS. OKAY. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 2512 400. SO MOVED. 
          SECOND. ROLL CALL PLEASE. COMMITTEE MEMBER. MARTIN. YES. COMMITTEE MEMBER. ANN. YES. 
          [29. Resolution #25-12-401 – Authorizing Tax Appeal Settlement – Block 31001, Lot 17.01]
DEPUTY MAYOR. BARRAGAN. YES. MAYOR. SINGH. YES. RESOLUTION 25 DASH 12 401 AUTHORIZING THE SETTLEMENT OF THE TAX APPEALS REGARDING LOT 17.01, IN BLOCK 31001, AS SET FORTH ON THE OFFICIAL TAX MAPS OF MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP, OWNED DURING THE SUBJECT TAX YEARS BY ALMA M AND MARK EISEN. HAWKER. I THINK. OKAY. IS THAT ARE YOU GOING TO SPEAK TO THAT OKAY. YEAH. SO THIS IS YOU KNOW, WE GET THEM EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE WHERE THERE'S TAX SETTLEMENT, IN WHICH CASE IT REQUIRES TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE APPROVAL BECAUSE IT GOES PAST THE AUTHORITY OF YOUR YOUR TAX COLLECTOR ASSESSOR. SO IT'S GOING TO BE AN ADJUSTMENT IN, IN VALUE WITH A VOLUNTARY WITHDRAWAL. BUT BECAUSE THERE IS A CHANGE IN THE VALUE THAT COULD IMPACT THE TAX RATE, IT'S COMING BEFORE YOU. SO YOU'RE SAYING THEY'RE GETTING A BREAK OR ARE THEY IS THIS THE APPEALED THAT THEIR TAXES WERE THEIR ASSESSMENTS GETTING LOWERED. YEAH. RIGHT. SO THE ASSESSMENTS GOING TO GET LOWERED AND THEY'RE GOING TO WITHDRAW THEIR APPEAL OKAY. I MEAN WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF THE TAX APPEALS COME THROUGH. AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT'S THE THAT'S WHAT THE ASSESSMENT IS BEING IS SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO COME BEFORE US AS A TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE. SO WHAT HAPPENS IS THERE'S OH, JOE RANIERI IS GOING TO BE SO MAD AT ME IF I DON'T EXPLAIN THIS CORRECTLY, PLEASE DO THE EQUALIZED ASSESSED VALUE. WHEN THE PERCENTAGE IS OFF BY TOO MUCH, IT OPENS THE DOOR FOR PEOPLE TO BE MORE SUCCESSFUL IN TAX APPEALS. AND YES, THIS IS WHY THERE'S THE COUNTY IS SENDING OUT ORDERS FOR FOLKS WHOSE EQUALIZED ASSESSED VALUE PERCENTAGES ARE MORE THAN A CERTAIN AMOUNT, AND THE LOWER 
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NUMBER IS WORSE THE PERCENTAGE. AND THAT'S WHEN REASSESSMENTS HAPPEN. AND SO WHAT HAPPENS THERE IS THAT EVERYTHING GETS BALANCED OUT AGAIN TO ZERO AS FAR AS YOUR YOUR HOME WOULD GET LOOKED AT, YOUR CURRENT VALUE WOULD BE GIVEN. BECAUSE FOR FOLKS WHO MAYBE HAVEN'T DONE AN IMPROVEMENT IN A LONG TIME, THERE'S BEEN NOTHING TO REASSESS. THEIR REASON TO HAVE REASSESSED THEIR HOME. AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE TOWNSHIP HAS NOT DONE IN A VERY LONG TIME. SO THE LONGER YOU GO, THE MORE DISPARITIES THERE ARE BETWEEN VALUES. AND IT'S NOT WHAT IT'S SELLING FOR, IT'S WHAT IT'S BEING ASSESSED FOR. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 2512 DASH 401. SO MOVED. SECOND ROLL CALL, PLEASE. 
          COMMITTEE MEMBER. MARTIN. YES. COMMITTEE MEMBER. ANN. YES. DEPUTY MAYOR BERRIGAN. YES. 
          [30. Resolution #25-12-402 – Authorizing Guarantee Extensions for the Completion of Improvements – Various Projects ]
MAYOR. SAYING YES. RESOLUTION 2512 DASH 402 AUTHORIZING GUARANTEE EXTENSIONS FOR THE COMPLETION OF IMPROVEMENTS. VARIOUS PROJECTS. SO THESE ARE THE EXTENSIONS THAT WE DO FROM TIME TO TIME. OUR ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT TRACKS SORT OF THE PERFORMANCE, THE THE SAFETY, STABILIZATION, LANDSCAPE, BUFFER MAINTENANCE, OTHER REQUIRED GUARANTEES UNDER THE MUNICIPAL LAND USE LAW. AND IF A PROJECT IS STILL ONGOING, IF THE IF THEY'RE WORKING ON PUNCH LIST ITEMS, WE WILL RECOMMEND THAT THE EXTENSIONS BE EXTENDED FOR A YEAR'S TIME. SO THESE ARE THE PROJECTS. AS YOU CAN SEE, MONTGOMERY PROMENADE WHICH IS STILL UNDER DEVELOPMENT. 
          VILLAGE WALK ALL OF THESE VARIOUS DEVELOPMENTS ARE STILL UNDERWAY. AND SO WE'D LIKE TO EXTEND THOSE GUARANTEES SO THAT WE RETAIN THAT MONEY UNTIL THE WORK IS COMPLETED. OKAY. THAT MAKES SENSE. DOES THE THE EXTENSIONS OF THE PROMENADE, WHICH GO OUT LIKE A YEAR FROM, YOU KNOW, NEXT WEEK? THE OTHER ONES ARE JUST SEEM TO BE EXTENDED FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS. 
          ANY CONCERNS ABOUT THE PROGRESS OF THAT DEVELOPMENT. NO. THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE THEY'RE MAKING PROGRESS. THEY'RE ON TRACK. I MEAN, I THINK SOME OF THE MAJOR HURDLES THAT THEY HAD HAD, THE SOME OF THE DELAYS WITH SOME OF THE SURVEY WORK THAT THAT HAD SOME ISSUES WITH THEIR SURVEY WORK, THEY HAD SOME DELAYS FROM PSEG IN NEW JERSEY, AMERICAN WATER. 
          THOSE HAVE ALL BEEN MOVED, MOVED BEYOND. OKAY. WHAT KIND OF DATE ARE THEY LOOKING AT LIKE A JUNE AS FAR AS WHOLE FOODS OR. YES, WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT JUNE FOR WHOLE FOODS. 
          OKAY. AND IS THE DEVELOPMENT FULL OR ARE THEY STILL THEY ARE STILL VERY ACTIVE IN TERMS OF THEIR LEASING PLAN. I THINK IT'S AVAILABLE ONLINE. PEOPLE COULD LOOK THAT UP, BUT WE GET A PERIODICALLY. WE HAVE A LOT OF WHAT WORK THAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW IS THE SIGN COMPANIES ARE COMING IN, ALL WITH SIGNS THAT DON'T NECESSARILY CONFORM TO THE THE WHAT WAS APPROVED BY THE PLANNING BOARD. SO THEY MAY BE GOING BACK TO THE PLANNING BOARD FOR A KIND OF A WHOLE A FULL LOOK AT THAT. BUT THINGS ARE GOING VERY WELL I WOULD SAY THEY HAVE SOME GREAT PEOPLE. 
          MONTGOMERY SJC HAS SOME GREAT, GREAT PEOPLE THAT ARE KIND OF WORKING HAND IN HAND WITH ALL OF THE TENANTS AND TRYING TO MOVE EVERYTHING FORWARD. OKAY. WELL, FOR SOMETHING THAT HAD BEEN IN THE WORKS FOR 15 YEARS, 20 YEARS NOW, AT LEAST AT LEAST 20, 20 YEARS, I THINK AT LEAST SOMETHING IS HAPPENING OVER THERE. OKAY. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 2512 DASH 402 SO MOVED. SECOND. ROLL CALL PLEASE. COMMITTEE MEMBER. MARTIN. YES. COMMITTEE MEMBER. 
          [31. Resolution #25-12-403 – Authorizing the Execution of Various Documents in Connection with the Somerset County Improvement Authority’s Somerset Municipal Banc Program ]
ANNE. YES. DEPUTY MAYOR BERRIGAN. YES. MAYOR. SING. YES. RESOLUTION 2512 DASH 403 AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF VARIOUS DOCUMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOMERSET COUNTY IMPROVEMENT AUTHORITY'S SOMERSET MUNICIPAL BANK PROGRAM. SO THIS IS THE PROGRAM THAT WE USE FOR PURCHASING POLICE VEHICLES. SO THESE ARE IT'S $139,559 FOR TWO POLICE VEHICLES. AND THEY'RE OUTFITTING. AND SO THIS WAS IN THE BUDGET FOR 2025. AND THIS IS JUST WE'RE READY TO MOVE FORWARD ON ON THE ACQUISITION OKAY. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 2512 DASH 403 SO MOVED SECOND. ROLL CALL PLEASE. COMMITTEE MEMBER MARTIN. 
          [32. Resolution #25-12-404 – Authorizing the Purchase of Two Watchguard/Motorola M500 In-Car Video Systems Through New Jersey State Contract]
YES. COMMITTEE MEMBER. ANNE. YES. DEPUTY MAYOR BERRIGAN. YES. MAYOR. SAYING YES. RESOLUTION 2512 DASH FOUR ZERO FOR AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF TWO WATCHGUARD MOTOROLA 500 IN-CAR VIDEO SYSTEM THROUGH NEW JERSEY STATE CONTRACT FOR A FIVE YEAR TERM. AND THESE ARE FOR POLICE 
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VEHICLES. THIS $21,709. AS YOU KNOW, POLICE VEHICLES HAVE A LOT OF EQUIPMENT IN THEM, AND IT'S VERY EXPENSIVE EQUIPMENT, BUT VERY MUCH NEEDED IN THE WORK THAT THEY DO. AND SO THIS WILL HELP OUTFIT THOSE VEHICLES WITH THESE, WHAT WE CALL THE MVR UNITS. OKAY. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 2512 DASH 404. SO MOVED SECOND. ROLL CALL PLEASE. COMMITTEE MEMBER. 
          MARTIN. YES. COMMITTEE MEMBER. ANN. YES. DEPUTY MAYOR BERRIGAN. YES. MAYOR. SAYING YES. 
          [34. Resolution #25-12- 405 – Payment of Bills]
APPROVAL OF MINUTES. THERE ARE NO MINUTES FOR CONSIDERATION. RESOLUTION 2512 405. PAYMENT OF BILLS POSTED. DID YOU SAY I'M SORRY? I THOUGHT YOU WERE DOING SOMETHING. OKAY, SO WE HAVE ON PAGE ONE $91,206. THAT'S OUR MUNICIPAL COURT SHARED SERVICE PAYMENT FOR THE SECOND HALF OF 2025 TO HILLSBOROUGH TOWNSHIP, PAGE THREE. $91,824. THAT'S TO WINNER FORD. THAT'S FOR THE PURCHASE OF TWO POLICE VEHICLES ASSOCIATED WITH THE IMPROVEMENT AUTHORITY LEASE PURCHASE THAT WE JUST DID FOR THAT RESOLUTION. BOARD OF EDUCATION, PAGE THREE $7,450,365. THAT'S OUR REGULAR MONTHLY SCHOOL TAX PAYMENT. MUNICIPAL MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP COLLECTS ALL OF THE PROPERTY TAXES. AND THEN WE APPORTION OUT THE AMOUNTS TO EACH OF THE WHETHER IT'S THE SCHOOL SYSTEM, THE FIRE DISTRICTS, SOMERSET COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM, SOMERSET COUNTY, OUR OPEN SPACE TRUST, COUNTY OPEN SPACE TRUST, OKAY. AND I MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 25 DASH 12 405. 
          SO MOVED SECOND. ROLL CALL PLEASE. COMMITTEE MEMBER. MARTIN. YES. COMMITTEE MEMBER. 
          [35. Correspondence • Landmarks Commission and Open Space Committee emails regarding Windmill at Dead Tree Run Road Property • Email from Anytime Fitness commending Code Enforcement staff]
HAHN. YES. DEPUTY MAYOR. BERRIGAN. YES. MAYOR. SINGH. YES. CORRESPONDENCE. LANDMARKS COMMISSION AND OPEN SPACE COMMITTEE. EMAILS REGARDING WINDMILL AND AT DEAD TREE RUN ROAD PROPERTY. SO, MAYOR, OVER THE SUMMER, THE VAN HARLINGEN HISTORICAL SOCIETY PRESIDENT JIM IRISH HAD CONTACTED ME ABOUT PROGRESS THAT THEY'VE BEEN MAKING ON THE LAKE HOUSE, WHICH IS A HISTORIC HOUSE IN MONTGOMERY, AND THE VAN HARLINGEN HISTORIC SOCIETY, WHICH IS A LOCAL NONPROFIT. THEY RUN THEIR HEADQUARTERS AND THEIR MUSEUM OUT OF THAT. 
          THAT'S AT THE INTERSECTION OF 601 AND DUTCHTOWN, HARLINGEN ROAD. SO THEY'VE HAD A PLAN FOR MANY YEARS OF BEYOND JUST THE DARK HOUSE. THEY'RE GOING TO BE ERECTING SOME HISTORIC BARNS THAT HAVE BEEN IN STORAGE FOR MANY YEARS AND OTHER THINGS. SO ALMOST NOT QUITE, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT A LIVING MUSEUM LIKE A HOWL FARM OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BUT REALLY A CREATING A COMPLEX OF OF VARIOUS ARCHITECTURAL AND HISTORICAL STRUCTURES THAT VISITORS, WHEN THEY COME TO THE HOUSE WILL, WILL BE ABLE TO ENJOY THE THE AND IT'S MANY, MANY DECADES IN THE MAKING. BUT THEY'VE RECENTLY RECEIVED SOME SERIOUS GRANT FUNDING FROM SOMERSET COUNTY. I THINK OVER THE YEARS THEY'VE ACQUIRED THE LAND, WERE GIVEN THE LAND FROM GIBRALTAR ROCK BECAUSE THEY HAD OWNED SOME OF THAT LAND THAT THE HOUSE SURROUNDED. SO THEY'RE REALLY PUTTING THESE PIECES TOGETHER. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP OWNS IS A WINDMILL FROM A FORMER FARM, WHICH IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH WHERE MILL POND SOCCER FIELDS ARE AND YOU FOLLOW THAT PRESERVED LAND DOWN TOWARDS RIVER ROAD ALONG DEAD TREE RUN ROAD, THERE IN THE INTERIOR OF THAT FARM FIELD IS AT ONE OF THESE WINDMILLS. AND SO IT'S IT'S JUST SITTING THERE, JUST QUIETLY OVER THE YEARS, SQUEAKS A LITTLE. YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WD 40 IT AT ALL. BUT THE VAN HARLINGEN HISTORIC SOCIETY IS INTERESTED IN, AT THEIR EXPENSE, TAKING IT DOWN AND PUTTING IT OVER THE FARM, THE HOUSE TO BE A PART OF THIS COLLECTION OF OF STRUCTURES THAT THEY'LL, THEY'LL HAVE. SO WHAT I ASKED JIM TO DO WAS TO GO TALK TO THE LANDMARKS COMMISSION, TALK TO THE OPEN SPACE COMMITTEE, BOTH OF THEM HAVE HE DID THAT HE THAT IN THE FALL. AND BOTH OF THEM HAVE WRITTEN MEMOS WHICH YOU HAVE COPIES OF IN YOUR PACKETS SUPPORTING THIS. AND SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS HAVE JIM COME. HE'S AVAILABLE TO THE DECEMBER 18TH MEETING, AND HE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE GULAG HOUSE AND HOW THIS ALL KIND OF FITS TOGETHER AND THEIR VISION, AND PROBABLY GIVE YOU A LITTLE UPDATE ON WHERE THINGS ARE WITH VAN HARLINGEN HISTORICAL SOCIETY, IF THAT'S SOMETHING YOU'RE OPEN TO. I 
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THINK THAT WOULD BE THAT WOULD BE VERY BENEFICIAL. I GUESS THE WINDMILL IS JUST HANGING AROUND AND NOW IT CAN BE IN A HISTORIC HOME AROUND THAT AREA. THERE'S DEFINITELY YOU SHOULD GO OUT AND TAKE A LOOK. THERE'S A LITTLE FARM ROAD. I THINK IT'S MAYBE ACROSS FROM LIKE SUMMIT DRIVE OR SOMETHING. OLD TREE WHERE YOU CAN. I THINK I'VE SEEN IT, BUT I THINK IT'S. YEAH. 
          YOU SEE THEM AROUND FIELD TRIP FOR OTHER PLACES, BUT YEAH. OTHERWISE WE HAVE PICTURES OF IT THAT YOU CAN SEE AND YOU'LL SEE THEM ON DECEMBER 18TH. AND WHEN YOU SAY FORM, I'M JUST INTERESTED IN THIS THING SAYING TERHUNE FARM. IS THAT THE SAME TERHUNE FARM THAT'S IN PRINCETON? ARE YOU SAYING THIS CONTINUED ALL THE WAY INTO MONTGOMERY LIKE THIS. THIS FAMILY OWNED ALL LAND HERE. I'M NOT SURE IF THEY ARE RELATED. OH, OKAY. I WAS JUST LIKE, WOW, OKAY. IN THIS AREA. OH, MAYBE IT WAS A GYM. MAYBE THAT WOULD BE MY QUESTION TO JIM ON THE 18TH. OKAY, OKAY. THANK YOU. AND THEN AN EMAIL FROM ANYTIME FITNESS COMMENDING CODE ENFORCEMENT STAFF. THIS IS GOOD TO HEAR. OKAY. SO THIS IS YES. SO BACK IN JUST A COUPLE WEEKS AGO I SUPPOSE WE ANYTIME FITNESS IS A NEW COMPANY THAT'S COMING INTO MONTGOMERY PLACE. 
          SO THAT IS WHERE THE CVS IS. CASA MARKET IS. SO WE GOT A MESSAGE FROM THE OWNER AND HE HE ADDRESSED IT TO YOU, MAYOR. AND HE SAID WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE MONTGOMERY WITH MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP OVER THE LAST THREE MONTHS AS WE STARTED CONSTRUCTION OF OUR NEW GYM, ANYTIME FITNESS, OFFERING HEALTH AND WELLNESS TO THE TOWN. I JUST WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE TOWNSHIP HAS BEEN SUPER HELPFUL TO US FROM THE VERY BEGINNING. WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH MARISOL, PEREZ, AND TINA TO SCHEDULE NUMEROUS APPOINTMENTS. THEY'RE BOTH IN THE CONSTRUCTION DEPARTMENT ALL ALONG THE CONSTRUCTION PERIOD, AND THEY HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY PROMPT AND RESPONSIVE TO US TO GET INSPECTIONS SCHEDULED AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. WE SPOKE TO THE BUILDING INSPECTOR, THE FIRE INSPECTOR, AS QUESTIONS CAME UP DURING CONSTRUCTION, AND THEY WERE WILLING TO GIVE US THEIR TIME AND CLARIFY ANY CONCERNS. OUR GENERAL CONTRACTING TEAM WAS JUST TELLING US THAT THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST TOWNSHIPS THEY HAVE WORKED WITH EVER IN THEIR DECADES OF THEIR CONSTRUCTION EXPERIENCE. I KNOW, AND I WANTED TO AND THIS IS FROM THE OWNER. I WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE ALL THE HARD WORK THE TOWNSHIP DOES TO KEEP OUR PROJECT ON TRACK, AND ALSO TO ENSURE OUR RETAIL SPACE IS SAFE AND SOUND. 
          AND HE GOES ON TO SAY, HAPPY HOLIDAYS AND A SPECIAL THANKS TO ALL THE TOWN INSPECTORS, MARISOL AND TINA FOR THEIR SUPPORT. OH, THIS IS WONDERFUL TO HEAR. YES, PLEASE MAKE SURE THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEES BEST WISHES ARE GIVEN TO THE TO MARISOL, TINA, AND THE CODE 
          [36. New and Unfinished Business • Proposed 2026 Township Committee Meeting Schedule ]
ENFORCEMENT STAFF. OKAY, A NEW AND UNFINISHED BUSINESS PROPOSED 2026 TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE MEETING SCHEDULE. LISA. SO I HAVE DRAFTED A PROPOSED 2026 MEETING DATE SCHEDULE FOR THE TOWN TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE. TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION HOLIDAYS, EID, PASSOVER. WELL, THERE'S TWO HOLIDAYS. EAT FETEER AND EID ADAR SHABBAT OR SHABBAT. 
          MISPRONOUNCING THAT I'M SORRY, JULY 4TH, ROSH HASHANAH, YOM KIPPUR, ELECTION DAYS, DIWALI AND THE LEAGUE OF MUNICIPALITIES. SO I JUST NEED THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE TO REVIEW THIS, AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN FINALIZE THIS SCHEDULE AT THE NEXT TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE MEETING FOR 2026. YOU'LL SEE JANUARY 15TH OR 22ND. I'M RECOMMENDING THE 22ND THAT IS ALIGNED WITH OUR REGULAR MEETING SCHEDULE OF A TWO WEEK CYCLE FOR JANUARY, SINCE OUR RE-ORG IS ON THE SEVENTH. IF YOU GO TO APRIL. APRIL 1ST IS PASSOVER. I HAVE A QUESTION MARK WITH APRIL 2ND. APRIL 3RD IS GOOD FRIDAY, SO THAT'S A WEEK THAT WE SHOULD GIVE CONSIDERATION TO. I. I HAVE IT DOWN FOR THE SECOND AND THEN MAY 20TH 21ST. THAT'S EARLY VOTING FOR THE GENERAL PRIMARY OR THE JUNE PRIMARY ELECTION. I'M SUGGESTING JUNE 20TH, I MEAN MAY 20TH. SO OKAY, IF YOU CAN GIVE THIS SOME CONSIDERATION AND THEN I'LL CIRCLE BACK WITH YOU FOR NEXT MEETING. SOUNDS GOOD QUESTIONS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. DOES FEEL LIKE THE FIRST WEEK OF APRIL MIGHT BE COMPLICATED. YEAH, LISA, THE SECOND NIGHT OF PASSOVER IS ALSO A RELIGIOUS NIGHT, SO APRIL 2ND WOULD BE THAT NIGHT. OKAY, I WASN'T SURE BECAUSE I ON THE CALENDAR, IT JUST SHOWED ME THE ONE DAY. OKAY, SO THAT FIRST THURSDAY MAY BE. MAYBE DIFFICULT. ALL RIGHT. DO WE DO WE KNOW WHICH WHEN THE THE SCHOOL WEEK IS OFF THAT AROUND THAT TIME IS EASTER PASSOVER. YEAH. IS IT IS IT THAT WEEK. IS IT THAT THEY MAY BE IN SPRING BREAK. NO. YEAH. I DO NOT KNOW. JUST, JUST I WOULD JUST CHECK THAT JUST BECAUSE WE, 
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YOU KNOW, MIGHT WANT TO GET AWAY AND YOU KNOW, THAT WOULDN'T BE AROUND THEN. BUT YEAH SPRING BREAK. SO THERE'S, THERE'S FIVE WEEKS IN APRIL. CAN WE JUST DO NINE AND 23RD. 
          WE CAN AS LONG AS THERE'S NOT ANOTHER MEETING IN HERE. SO ANOTHER, ANOTHER THE NINTH AND THE 23RD. AND EVEN IF THERE IS A MEETING IN THE, IN THE CHAMBERS, THEY THAT COMMITTEE CAN MOVE TO, THERE'S I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANOTHER THURSDAY NIGHT. SO I'LL CHECK THIS. YEAH. 
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
          [37. Township Committee Reports]
WE'LL CIRCLE BACK TO LISA. THANKS, LISA. OKAY. AND THEN NOW WE GO TO TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE REPORTS AND WE'LL START WITH COMMITTEEMAN MARTIN OKAY. SO IN THE ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION, THE TWO BIG ISSUES RIGHT NOW ARE THE SKIP THE STUFF LEGISLATION THAT'S BEFORE THE NEW JERSEY STATE LEGISLATURE. WHAT THIS IS ABOUT. AND WE ENGAGED OUR LOCAL MONTGOMERY BUSINESS ASSOCIATION ON THIS. AND ESSENTIALLY THEY THEY SAID THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY THEY'RE DOING SOME OF THIS ALREADY. WHAT THIS IS ABOUT IS WHEN A CUSTOMER AT A RESTAURANT OPTS NOT TO HAVE THE PLASTIC WARE OR PACKETS OF KETCHUP AND SOY SAUCE AND MAYO AND MUSTARD, THEY WOULDN'T. INSTEAD OF AUTOMATICALLY GIVING IT TO THEM, THEY WOULD BE ASKED IF THEY WANT IT AND AND THEY WOULD AUTOMATICALLY NOT BE GIVEN UNLESS THEY REQUEST. SO A APPARENTLY THE ESTIMATE IS 40 BILLION UNITS OF THIS KIND OF THING GET GET DUMPED INTO WASTE EVERY YEAR. AND SO WHEN YOU ADD JUST LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE DISCUSSED WITH OTHER PLASTICS ISSUES, FIRST OF ALL, THERE'S ADDITIONAL WASTE MANAGEMENT, WHICH THEN TAKES, YOU KNOW, GASOLINE TO POWER. YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE, THE VEHICLES THAT MOVE THE STUFF AROUND. SO THAT'S CARBON IMPACT. THERE'S ALSO LEACHING INTO THE INTO THE DRINKING WATER. PLASTICS DON'T DECOMPOSE. YOU KNOW THEY JUST JUST GO INTO SMALLER BITS THAT THEN GET INTO DRINKING WATER. 
          AND SO THIS IS AN ATTEMPT AND A GOOD ATTEMPT TO REDUCE THAT PLASTIC WASTE. AND THE LEGISLATURE MAY IN FACT, YOU KNOW, PASS THIS. SO WE WE HAVEN'T WE WE'RE I THIS IS JUST A I'M BRINGING THIS UP AS A MAJOR ISSUE OF IMPORTANCE TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION. 
          WE HAVEN'T BROUGHT FORWARD RESOLUTION HERE TO SUPPORT THAT, PARTLY BECAUSE OUR LOCAL MONTGOMERY BUSINESS ASSOCIATION SAID I'D RATHER NOT HAVE A MANDATE THAT WOULD, YOU KNOW, FORCE THEM TO DO THINGS WHEN THEY'RE ALREADY DOING SOME OF THIS THEMSELVES. THEY'D RATHER JUST VOLUNTARILY DO IT. NOW, WE'RE WE'RE NOT AHEAD ON THIS ISSUE. THERE ARE TOWNS LIKE NEW YORK CITY PASSED THIS ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO. WESTFIELD AND OTHER TOWNS IN NEW JERSEY HAVE PASSED ORDINANCES THAT REQUIRE THIS. SO WE ARE TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, BE GOOD, GOOD PARTNERS WITH VARIOUS OUR OUR BUSINESSES. AND SO WE'RE, YOU KNOW, JUST WATCHING THIS AND SEEING IN THE IF THE LEGISLATURE PASSES, OF COURSE, THEN IT BECOMES A STATE LAW AND WE'RE YOU KNOW, THEN THAT'S A DIFFERENT STORY. BUT IT WOULD. THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION SENT A LETTER OUT TO THE MBA AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION, OR EDC AND ASKED THEM TO, YOU KNOW, TALK TO THE RESTAURANTS, RIGHT? YEAH. I MEAN, THEY IF I CAN SPEAK, THEY SOMEBODY DID SHOW UP TO THE EDC MEETING AS WELL ABOUT IT. AND I THINK THAT THE BUSINESSES OR MAYBE A LETTER THAT IF THE TOWNSHIP CAN SEND OUT TO THE THE FOOD SERVICES AND SAY, YOU KNOW, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN DO AS A, AS, AS PROCEDURE. YEAH, RIGHT. A PROCEDURE THAT THEY CAN DO. 
          THE HARD PART IS, IS THAT IF YOU'RE IF, YOU KNOW, IF THE GOVERNMENT LIKE HIGHER UP, WAS ABLE TO GET DOORDASH OR UBER EATS OR SOMEBODY TO CREATE THAT OPTION OF, YOU KNOW, DO I WANT 
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UTENSILS OR NOT UTENSILS, THAT WOULD BE GREAT, YOU KNOW, BUT, YOU KNOW, FOR FOR A LOCAL BUSINESS, THEY CAN'T REALLY YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE TO PUT THAT OPTION. THEY HAVE TO PUT THAT UTENSIL IN THERE RIGHT NOW FOR A DOORDASH. OTHERWISE, YOU KNOW, THEY MAY GET A BAD REMARK OR SOMETHING FOR NOT GIVING THEM UTENSILS. SOMEONE IS PICKING UP BY THEMSELVES. YEAH, YEAH. SO, YOU KNOW, SAME AS KAISHA. YOU COME IN AND WE HAVE A, WE HAVE A CONTAINER THAT HAS THE UTENSILS THERE AND IT'S UP TO THE CUSTOMER TO COME AND, AND WE'LL SAY, YOU KNOW, UTENSILS ARE ON THE SIDE AND THEY CAN COME AND TAKE THE UTENSILS FOR THEMSELVES. IF NOT, THEN THEY'LL TAKE THE BAG WITHOUT UTENSILS IN THEM. SO YOU'RE ALREADY DOING IT? YEAH. THERE COULD BE OTHER BUSINESSES THAT COULD BE ENCOURAGED BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL. RIGHT. YEAH. 
          JOIN IN THIS EFFORT. YEAH. SO IF THE EC CAN WRITE A LETTER AND IF THE THE TOWN CAN PROVIDE A LIST OF RESTAURANTS THAT THE EC WOULD WANT TO SEND A LETTER OUT TO, I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GREAT, GREAT INITIATIVE. OKAY. YEAH. OKAY. GOOD. I MADE A NOTE OF IT. THAT'S A GOOD FOLLOW UP. 
          THE OTHER ISSUE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE DISCUSSED A LITTLE BIT LAST TIME, OR AT LEAST I BROUGHT IT UP AND WE DIDN'T REALLY DISCUSS IT, BUT WAS THE THIS BLACKWELLS MILLS DAM AND ESSENTIALLY THIS THIS HAS BEEN HANGING OUT HERE FOR ABOUT TEN YEARS AS I'VE BEEN ABLE TO UNDERSTAND IT'S THE THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION HAS ALLOCATED FUNDS. WE'RE NOT THERE'S NOTHING WE'RE PAYING FOR TO REMOVE THE DAM AT BLACKWELLS MILLS, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY RIGHT ACROSS THE BORDER OF MONTGOMERY INTO HILLSBOROUGH ON TOWNSHIP LINE ROAD, JUST UP UP THE MILLSTONE RIVER THERE. AND SO THERE'S A DAM THAT'S THERE THAT WAS PUT IN PLACE ABOUT 1933. RIGHT NOW, WHAT'S HAPPENING IS ALGAE IS BUILDING UP. AND THAT THAT IS THAT IS A SERIOUS ISSUE. BECAUSE IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN AROUND ALGAE BUILDUP, IT SMELLS HORRIBLY. SO THAT COULD AFFECT RESIDENTS AS WELL AS IF YOU BREATHE IN ALGAE BLOOMS. THAT IS ASSOCIATED WITH SEVERAL DISEASES, INCLUDING SOME NEUROLOGICAL DISEASES. SO THAT'S THAT'S A THAT'S THAT'S THE BIGGEST, I THINK, CONCERN FROM US AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION. BUT THEN OF COURSE, THE OPENING UP OF THE DAM WILL ALLOW FOR FREER FLOW OF FISH, AND MORE FISH WILL BE BETTER FOR OUR FISHERMEN AND ALSO SAFER FOR OUR BOATERS WHO ARE THERE AND EXPERIENCE THIS BARRIER. AT THAT POINT IN THE IN THE MILLSTONE RIVER, IT'S THERE'S NO NEED FOR IT. THERE'S NO PURPOSE BEING SERVED ANYMORE. WOULD IT WOULD IT AFFECT HILLSBOROUGH AND THE WATER FLOW THROUGH OUT THROUGH HILLSBOROUGH? I MEAN YEAH, YEAH. 
          IT'S IT'S, IT'S, IT'S ALLOWING A FREER FLOW OF THAT, THAT MILLSTONE RIVER THAT THAT'S NOT TAKING PLACE TODAY. THE WATER'S GETTING STAGNANT. IS THAT A CONCERN FOR THEM IN HILLSBOROUGH? IS NOT THAT NOT THAT NOT THAT WE KNOW OF? YOU KNOW, IT'S HILLSBOROUGH ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION HAD A CONVERSATION WITH THE MONTGOMERY ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION. I HAVEN'T LIKE I HAVEN'T HAD THAT I DON'T KNOW I'M NOT AWARE OF THAT. YOU KNOW, THIS IS JUST A STATEMENT OF SUPPORT TO HAVE THE DP DO WHAT THEY'VE ALLOCATED FUNDS TO DO. 
          AND OVER THE LAST TEN YEARS, THEY'VE DONE THE SAME THING AND THEN USE THAT MONEY FOR SOMETHING ELSE. NO, I MEAN, WHAT YOU'RE SAYING MAKES SENSE IF WE DON'T HAVE TO GIVE ANY MONEY. AND ALGAE IS DEFINITELY AN ISSUE. I'VE HEARD OF PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, INHALING THE, THE EVEN THE SMELL AND GETTING INTO IT. SO I DON'T HAVE ANY ISSUE WITH THAT. YEAH. AND IF DEP GETS INVOLVED AND THEY, THEY OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE GOING TO DO THEIR ASSESSMENT OF TAKING DOWN THE DAM. SO YEAH I CAN I CAN REACH OUT TO HILLSBOROUGH EC JUST TO, JUST TO JUST TO CONNECT. YEAH. YEAH. ON MY SIDE AND I GUESS DENNIS'S. YEAH. JUST ALSO I'M THINKING ABOUT LIKE WHEN THE INDIVIDUALS FROM HILLSBOROUGH CAME TO OUR I DON'T THINK IT HAS TO BE YOU BUT SOMEONE IF MEMBERS OF THE OF THE EC WILL WANT TO GO TO HILLSBOROUGH TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE MEETING AND BRING UP THIS TOPIC. RIGHT. THAT THAT'S A GREAT IDEA TOO. YEAH, BECAUSE THAT WAS REALLY GOOD WHEN THEY CAME AND YEAH, YOU KNOW, I KNOW COMMITTEEMAN MARTIN WORKED ON IT AND COMMITTEEWOMAN TODD ENDED UP GOING AND IT WORKED OKAY. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. SO FOR THE EDC WE DO HAVE OUR HOLIDAY FARMER'S MARKET HERE IN THE CHAMBERS ON THE 13TH. SO YOU KNOW EVERYBODY COME AND AND ENJOY THE FESTIVALS. I DON'T HAVE MUCH ADDITIONAL BUT I DO WOULD I, I WOULD LIKE TO YOU KNOW THANK YOU KNOW THE BOY SCOUTS PVA, MTA MONTGOMERY HIGH SCHOOL, YOU KNOW ALL OUR STAFF WHO WHO HELPED COLLECT ALL THE THE THE FOOD AT THE FOOD PANTRY. IT'S A HUGE SUCCESS. AND ALL THE VOLUNTEERS, THE HIGH SCHOOL KIDS THAT CAME OUT AND HELPED BAG AND SORT AND REALLY MADE HELPED OUR FAMILIES HAVE A 
          [02:25:06]
HAPPIER THANKSGIVING. AND, YOU KNOW, JUST JUST THE SUPPORT THAT OUR COMMUNITY GETS AND COMES OUT AND WHEN WHEN WE NEED HELP, THAT'S THAT'S MONTGOMERY. AND, YOU KNOW, I'M I'M REALLY PROUD OF OF OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR TOWN FOR FOR REALLY STEPPING UP. THERE'S STILL A LOT TO DO. YOU KNOW, THE THE FOOD BANK NETWORK, I THINK IT'S GREAT. AND, YOU KNOW, YOU STILL GOTTA TAKE ALL THOSE ITEMS AND INPUT IT INTO THE SYSTEM. AND YOU KNOW, SO BUT WE HAVE, I THINK, A GREAT PERSON ADDITION OF LISA KARA WHO'S, WHO'S GOING TO BE ABLE TO HELP US OUT AND HELP ORGANIZE. SO YOU KNOW, THE COMMUNITY IS, IS IS VERY GRATEFUL AND I'M VERY GRATEFUL. 
          SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. YEAH, I HAVEN'T HAD ANY MEETINGS, BUT I THINK AS WE KNOW, THE NEW YEAR IS GOING TO START. BUDGET MEETINGS KICKED OFF. THAT'S A BIG ONE. I KNOW. YOU KNOW I YOU KNOW BEEN GIVING GUIDANCE TO TO MICHAEL PITZER CFO GOING THROUGH THE DEPARTMENTS ON, YOU KNOW, REALLY LIKE TAKING A HARD LINE ON COSTS AND EVEN LIKE THE THE DISCUSSION WE HAD TODAY ON ON VENDORS. I MEAN, FOLEY, I'M JUST GOING TO KIND OF PULL THEM OUT BECAUSE WE HAVE A VENDOR AND THEN, YOU KNOW, NOW WE HAVE A, A CONTRACT, YOU KNOW, 30%, YOU KNOW, AND I THINK MAYBE, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE BEEN TOYING AROUND AND IS MAYBE HAVE TO LOOK AT LIKE SOME OF OUR, OUR TOP VENDORS AND START REBUILDING SOME OF OUR WORK BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO FIND UNIQUE WAYS OF LIKE CUTTING COSTS. RIGHT? AND I KNOW THERE'S INFLATION. AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE HAVE TO TAKE A HARD LOOK. AND I KNOW, YOU KNOW COMMITTEE MARTIN'S ALSO LOOKING AT LIKE, YOU KNOW, OPPORTUNITIES AND HAVING IN-DEPTH DISCUSSIONS WITH DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE OF OUR ADMINISTRATION. AND JUST, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE'RE ONE THING THAT I HEARD REALLY CLEAR ON THE, YOU KNOW, ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL IS JUST, YOU KNOW, AFFORDABILITY, YOU KNOW, IS MULTIFACETED. RIGHT? AND TODAY WE TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HAD INDIVIDUALS AROUND AFFORDABLE HOUSING EXTENSION, AFFORDABLE CONTROLS. BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK EVERYONE'S FEELING THE BITE OF INFLATION, THE BITE OF COST, BITE OF TARIFFS. AND I THINK THEY'RE THEY'RE LOOKING TO US TO, YOU KNOW, NOT NECESSARILY TO LIKE JUST, YOU KNOW, TAKE COST LIKE JUST TAKE TAXES DOWN. I'M SURE THEY WOULD BE HAPPY TO. BUT JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE DEMONSTRATING WE'RE WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN, YOU KNOW, TO TOE THE LINE, YOU KNOW, IN THEIR INTEREST AND OUR INTEREST TO RURAL RESIDENTS TOO. SO YEAH, NO, I, I TOTALLY AGREE, FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY IS WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR. AND I, I THINK WE ARE IN A GOOD PLACE TO HAVE DEPUTY MAYOR ON THE BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE ON MY SIDE. OUR RECREATION DEPARTMENT HAD AN AMAZING HOLIDAY TREE LIGHTING. IT WAS COLD, BUT IT WAS A LOT OF FUN. AND WE HAD OF COURSE A DJ. WE HAD PHOTO BOOTH, OF COURSE SANTA CAME. A LOT OF KIDS WERE HERE. IT WAS GOOD. THERE WAS COOKIES, HOT COCOA. SO I WANT TO, YOU KNOW, CONGRATULATE AND COMMEND OUR RECREATION DEPARTMENT, WHICH, YOU KNOW, DID A WONDERFUL JOB. AND MANY OF OUR RECREATION EMPLOYEES WERE EITHER REINDEER OR WHAT WAS IT, SNOWMAN. GRINCH. SO ALL IN ALL, AND WE'RE GRATEFUL TO ALL THE RESIDENTS WHO CAME, AND WE HOPE TO SEE MORE RESIDENTS TO ALL THE EVENTS THE RECREATION DOES AND WINTER RECREATION PROGRAMS. PROGRAM REGISTRATIONS ARE NOW OPEN. I ALSO WANTED TO ACTUALLY CONGRATULATE JOHN GROEGER, WHO'S AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF INITIATIVES UNDER THE MAYOR'S WELLNESS. AND OF COURSE, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT TAKES THE LEAD. BUT RECREATION HAS ALSO BEEN A BIG PART OF IT. WITH SPRING FLING, YOGA IN THE PARK, FIREWORKS, BECAUSE, AS WE ALL KNOW, SOCIAL ISOLATION IS A BIG CONCERN IN ALL COMMUNITIES, AND RECREATION BRINGS PEOPLE TOGETHER. SO THERE WAS THIS AWARD FROM THE MAYOR'S WELLNESS, AND THE AWARD WAS FOR WHAT WAS IT CALLED, THE 2025 CHAMPION OF HEALTH AWARD WINNER. THE WINNER WAS FROM ENGLEWOOD, I THINK HEALTH. ONE OF THE HEALTH OFFICERS THERE. BUT THERE'S AN HONORABLE MENTION FOR JOHN GROEGER. SO I JUST WANT TO CONGRATULATE JOHN GROEGER BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT RECREATION HAS ALSO WORKED WITH ALL THE PROGRAMING AND BROUGHT PEOPLE TOGETHER. SO YEAH, CONGRATULATIONS TO JOHN. IF YOU SEE HIM, PLEASE CONGRATULATE HIM. YOU KNOW, AND YEAH, YES, HE HAS TO BE I MEAN HE WAS OUT THERE IN THE COLD. RIGHT. AND THEN I JUST WANT TO REMIND THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE AND OUR RESIDENTS THAT THIS SATURDAY THERE IS A SAM EVENT IN OUR LIBRARY, AND THIS IS FROM 2 TO 3 P.M. THIS IS GROWING UP TRUE, DEPUTY MAYOR 
          [02:30:03]
AND I AND I WONDER, I THINK SOME TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE MEMBERS WERE THERE. YEAH, PATRICIA TODD WAS THERE. AND WE WENT TO WHEN THEY HAD THIS DONE AT SAM. SO GROWING UP TO MISS PAT, TRUE PAIN IS ONE WHO GREW UP RIGHT HERE IN WHERE NOW SAM IS AND SHE'S GOING TO BE IT'S GOING TO BE A FAMILY FRIENDLY EVENT. PLEASE BRING YOUR KIDS. IT'S CONSISTING OF AN INTERACTIVE READ ALOUD OF THE BOOK GROWING UP TRUE, WHICH IS WRITTEN BY MISS PAT, AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET THE REAL LIFE HEROINE. SHE WILL BE THERE AND SHE WILL BE READING THE BOOK. AND THERE WILL BE ARTS AND CRAFTS FOR KIDS AND A GOOD TIME FOR PEOPLE TO COME AND MEET MISS PAT. AND YOU KNOW THE HISTORY OF SAM IN OUR IN OUR TOWN. IT'S AMAZING AS WELL. SO I WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE, I WAS TOLD BY OUR CLERK THAT THERE IS QUITE A FEW SPOTS OPEN, SO JUST LETTING RESIDENTS KNOW THAT YOU CAN STILL COME AND JOIN THE READ ALOUD AT THE LIBRARY. MISS PAYNE, HER FATHER, WAS A LONG TERM MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP EMPLOYEE. YES. AND THERE'S A PLAQUE IN HIS IN HIS HONOR AT THE AT THE DPW FACILITY NEXT TO EMS. SO, YEAH, NO, I, I THINK IF YOU CAN AND PLEASE LET PEOPLE KNOW. YEAH. AND SAM, I WANTED TO MENTION IS THE ONLY MUSEUM IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY TELLING THE AFRICAN AMERICAN STORY FROM THE TRANSATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE TO THE PRESENT DAY, AND HAVING MISS TRUE COME TO MONTGOMERY LIBRARY AND READ HER BOOK, GROWING UP TRUE, IS A BIG, BIG HONOR FOR MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP. SO I ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO TRY AND MAKE THE TIME 2 TO 3 P.M. ON SATURDAY. OKAY. AND THAT'S IT FOR ME. AND NOW TO 
          [38. Administrator’s Report]
OUR ADMINISTRATORS REPORT. IF YOU COULD JUST PASS THAT DOWN JUST TO REFLECT, REFRESH YOUR MEMORIES. THE ROTARY CLUB SENT US A LETTER IN OCTOBER OF 2024 REGARDING THE ROTARY PEACE POLL INITIATIVE. SO WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT ON AND OFF SINCE THAT TIME. WE'VE IDENTIFIED A LOCATION. SO THE PEACE POLL ITSELF IS I THINK IT'S SIX FEET IN HEIGHT. I HAVE A PICTURE OF ONE OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE, AND IT'S IT. THE MESSAGE IS MAY PEACE PREVAIL ON EARTH. THE PEACE POLLS THAT THE ROTARY CLUBS ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND INTERNATIONALLY PLACE ARE TYPICALLY AT GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS OR PARKS. SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THEM. AND THE LOCATION THAT WAS SELECTED IS AT MONTGOMERY PARK. IT'S JUST OFF OF THE PARKING LOT. THERE'S A TREE THAT WAS, OH, THAT'S SO NICE. HOPE BERTELSEN, SHE WAS A MONTGOMERY RESIDENT WHO PASSED AWAY IN 2014 AFTER AN 11 YEAR BATTLE WITH CANCER. I CAN SHOW YOU THAT PICTURE OF WHERE THAT WILL BE. WE'VE LOOKED AT SEVERAL SPOTS, AND THAT IS THE SPOT THAT I THINK THAT LOOKS FIT IN NICELY. THAT'S A BEAUTIFUL IDEA. WOW. JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THAT THAT WILL BE. HAPPENING. YOU KNOW, AT SOME POINT IN THE NEW YEAR. I THINK THIS IS A GREAT INITIATIVE. I MEAN, A PEACEFUL AND THEN AT THE PARK AND THIS IS GREAT. YEAH. IS IT JUST ACROSS? IS IT JUST OVER BY THE PLAYGROUND? IS THAT WHERE IT IS IN THAT GENERAL AREA? YES. 
          OKAY. OKAY. AND AND AND YOU, YOU PRESENTED LAST TIME THE THE THE ROCK WITH THE FOR THE LENNI LENAPE STATEMENT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION FOR A LONG TIME NOW AND YOU PRESENTED LIKE SOME OF THOSE POSSIBLE SITES. SO ARE WE DOING ALL OF THESE LIKE KIND OF TOGETHER. SO WE KIND OF KNOW THE ROTARY PEACE POLE IS IS SPONSORED BY THE ROTARY. SO THEY'RE TAKING CARE OF EVERYTHING. THEY THEY'RE PURCHASING IT INSTALLING IT. THEY JUST NEEDED OUR APPROVAL OF OF WHERE IT COULD GO. THE ROCK I KNOW LAUREN HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION. I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO GET THE ROCK FROM A LOCAL COMPANY, BUT I DON'T. BEYOND THAT. I GUESS WE SHOULD HAVE LIKE ANOTHER PRESENTATION. I BROUGHT IT UP BECAUSE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE FACILITY HERE AND WHERE ONE THING MIGHT GO, AND I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF KEEP IT ON PEOPLE'S RADAR THAT IT HAD BEEN TALKED ABOUT. BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S BEEN DETERMINED. THAT WAS JUST SORT OF A TOPIC OF, COULD WE GET A SIZE AND EVERYTHING SO THAT AS A TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE, WE COULD SEE WHERE IT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, BEST SUITED IF WE CAN HAVE SOME IDEA OF THE, THE HEIGHT, THE WIDTH AND ALL OF THAT. THANK YOU. OKAY. WE'RE SPECIFICALLY IN THE PARK. IS THIS. IT IS. IF YOU HAVE YOUR BACK TO THE ARBORETUM, IT'S IT I COULD TRY AND PULL IT UP ON, YOU KNOW, ISN'T THIS WOULD BE ACROSS WHERE ISN'T WHERE THE, THE BATHROOMS ARE BEFORE THAT. YEAH. IN THAT GENERAL AREA. I MEAN I DON'T WANT TO BRING UP THE BATHROOMS. OH, THIS IS IN MONTGOMERY VETERANS PARK. YES. 
          [02:35:05]
OH, OKAY. YOU KNOW WHERE THE KIDS PLAYGROUND IS? IT'S ON THE OTHER SIDE. BUT THIS IS AS SOON AS YOU PARK AND YOU START GOING ON THE PATH. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE IT WAS FOR EACH MEMORIAL. THERE WOULD BE A SUFFICIENT AMOUNT OF DISTANCE, YOU KNOW, BETWEEN THE VETERANS MEMORIAL AND AND. OH, THIS IS NOWHERE CLOSE TO THE VETERANS. THAT'S WHY I WAS JUST ASKING. 
          YEAH. IT'S FINE. IT'S DOWN BY THE PLAYGROUND. OKAY. THAT'S FINE. SO ARE WE ARE WE OKAY? I KNOW WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR A LITTLE WHILE. THE PEACE POLE. WE'RE GOOD WITH THAT LOCATION. I THINK WE'RE ABSOLUTELY GOOD. AT LEAST THE FOUR OF US SEEM TO BE ALIGNED. 
          THE NEXT ITEM IS WE ARE READY TO RENEW THE TRANSPORTATION SERVICE AGREEMENT THAT WE HAVE WITH SOMERSET COUNTY. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE DONE FOR A LONG TIME. COVID KIND OF WENT AWAY. SO WE ARE STILL SORT OF, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, STILL SORT OF EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE SAYING, OH YEAH, WE REALLY NEED TO LIKE REACTIVATE THAT AFTER COVID. LIKE WE DON'T PROMOTE IT. SO IT'S IT'S THE SHOPPING BUS ON FRIDAYS FOR PEOPLE, SENIORS MOSTLY. IT GOES TO MONTGOMERY, SHOPRITE. WHEN YOU SAY SENIORS, MOSTLY, YOU MEAN THERE COULD BE OTHER PEOPLE? COULD BE. YES. 
          OKAY. SO IT COULD BE PEOPLE IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING. THE BUS FITS. YES. 16 PASSENGERS. SO WE WE PAY FOR SERVICES FROM 9 A.M. TO 1 P.M. OKAY. SO THEY PICK YOU UP, YOU GO FOOD SHOPPING. 
          WE TALK TO THE COUNTY ABOUT HOW THERE ARE OTHER FOOD STORES COMING UP. WE HAVE KAGIO MARKET NOW. WE HAVE WHOLE WHOLE FOODS COMING SO THEY HAVE NO ISSUE. EXHIBIT A REFERENCES MONTGOMERY, SHOPRITE. THEY HAVE NO ISSUE WITH ADDING OTHER, YOU KNOW, LOCATIONS TO THAT. IT IS HANDICAPPED ACCESSIBLE, WHICH IS WONDERFUL. AND SO I'D LIKE TO ADD THIS TO OUR AGENDA FOR THE NEXT MEETING. IT'S LIKE WE CALL IT THE FRIDAY SHOPPING BUS AND WE PAY ABOUT IT'S A LITTLE UNDER $12,000 A YEAR AND FOR, FOR FOR FRIDAYS AND WE'RE GOOD DEAL. WE'D LIKE TO START PROMOTING IT MORE. THIS IS THIS IS THE PARATRANSIT, RIGHT? THIS IS THE THIS IS NOT WHAT IS THIS PARATRANSIT. IT IS IT IS A HANDICAPPED ACCESSIBLE VAN. BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE IT'S A 16 PASSENGER. IS THERE ANY WAY TO GET MORE PASSENGER BUS? I'M JUST ASKING. WELL, I THINK I MEAN, WHAT IF MORE THAN 16 PEOPLE WANT TO GO GROCERY SHOPPING? I THINK WE WE START AGAIN WITH THIS, OKAY? AND WE PROMOTE IT AND WE SEE THE NEED. REMEMBER WHEN THE SENIOR CENTER REOPENED AFTER COVID, THEY STARTED WITH, WELL, THEY DIDN'T BRING THE BUS BACK RIGHT AWAY. 
          THEN THEY BROUGHT BACK ONE BUS. THEN IT BECAME POPULAR. THEY HAVE A SECOND BUS, I BELIEVE. 
          SO I THINK A SECOND BUS. I THINK THAT WE CAN GAUGE IT. AND NOW IS THIS A PRIVATE PRIVATE COMPANY OR IS IT. NO, IT'S IT'S THROUGH SOMERSET COUNTY. THROUGH THE COUNTY. WE DO PAY FOR IT THOUGH. $12,000. IT'S NOT A BIG DEAL. OKAY. AND IT'S FOR EVERYBODY. IT'S NOT JUST FOR SENIORS OR I MEAN, I DO KNOW THAT IT WAS. IT DOES NOT SAY IT'S LIMITED TO SENIORS, BUT I KNOW IT HAS BEEN UTILIZED BY OUR SENIORS. SO THERE IS SOMEONE I MEAN, I DON'T THINK ANYBODY IS CHECKING THEY CAN STILL USE IT. SO I MEAN, IF I COULD ASK A QUESTION BECAUSE I, I THINK IT'S A GOOD INVESTMENT, BUT I'M GOING TO ASK WHAT WHAT SOMETIMES OUR RESIDENTS ASK IS WE PAY A LOT OF COUNTY TAXES. YEP. WE PAY A LOT OF WHY WHY DO WE HAVE TO PAY FOR THIS TRANSPORTATION? AND MAYBE THAT'S A BROADER POLITICAL QUESTION, BUT JUST, YOU KNOW, VERY GOOD QUESTION. JUST WONDERING WHY WE ACTUALLY WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THIS, THAT, THAT OTHER TOWNS ARE PROBABLY GETTING MUCH MORE SERVICES THAN WE ARE. I CAN FIND OUT. I DON'T BELIEVE OTHER TOWNS, THEY DO HAVE BUSSES IN THAT RUN IN OTHER TOWNS. YEAH, I THINK OTHER TOWNS ALSO DO THIS TYPE OF CONTRACT WITH THEM. BUT FOR THIS SHOPPING, THIS IS A VERY NARROW, NARROW FOCUS. IT DOESN'T TAKE YOU TO, YOU KNOW, THE COUNTY. BUT YEAH, I MEAN IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING TO THE COUNTY ABOUT HOW WE CAN EXPAND SERVICE HERE IN MONTGOMERY. YEAH, BECAUSE I KNOW OUR COUNTY TAXES CONTINUE GOING UP. THAT'S A THAT'S A GOOD POINT. I'M JUST, YOU KNOW, LIKE IT'S A FAIR QUESTION. WE WE APPRECIATE WE APPRECIATE ALL THE BUDGET A REFERENCE THIS IS A REFERENCE TO WHAT YOU'RE BRINGING UP I JUST THINK IT'S LIKE WOW. YOU KNOW IT'S A GOOD IT'S A GOOD STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. 
          LET'S JUST TAKE IT FOR THAT AND THEN LET'S SEE WHAT ELSE. RIGHT. AND I LIKE THE IDEA THAT IF THERE IS MORE RIDERSHIP, WE CAN LOOK AT MAYBE A BIGGER BUS. I MEAN, A LOT OF PEOPLE MAY WANT TO GO GROCERY SHOPPING AND HAVE, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THAT'S A BIG, BIG THING. OKAY. THAT'S IT FOR ME. OH, OKAY. THANK YOU. THAT'S GREAT. THANK YOU. FUTURE. HOLD ON. WENDY ALREADY DID THE 
          [40. Future Agenda Items • January 7, 2026 Township Committee Reorganization meeting ]
AFFORDABLE HOUSING. SO WE'RE DONE WITH THAT. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS THAT LISA YOU'RE GOING TO 
          [02:40:07]
TALK ABOUT THE YOU MENTIONED THE REORG. YES. JUST THAT THE JANUARY THE REORGANIZATION FOR 2026 TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE MEETING HAS BEEN NOTICED FOR JANUARY 7TH, WEDNESDAY AT 7 P.M. OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. EXECUTIVE SESSION. AND THERE IS NO MATTERS FOR DISCUSSION. OH YOU'RE ALMOST GOING TO BE 10:00. SO IT'S IT'S A RELIEF BECAUSE WE'D BE HERE TILL 11. I CAN JUST ADD ONE THING TO THE SCHEDULE. I CHECKED THE SCHOOL SPRING BREAK. IT IS IN FACT, MARCH 30TH TO APRIL 6TH. OKAY, SO THAT FIRST WEEK IN APRIL IS OUT. THE FOURTH THURSDAY IS THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT MEETING. SO I'M GOING TO HAVE TO DO SOME ADJUSTMENT. CREATIVE THINKING THERE. YEAH I MEAN OF COURSE THE THE TC GETS THE CHAMBER AND THEN WE'LL HAVE TO FIGURE OUT SOMETHING. YES. IT MAY ALSO BE POSSIBLE TO DO ONE MEETING. YEAH. YEAH. AND JUST DO IT IN THE MIDDLE OKAY. AS LONG AS YOU KNOW OKAY THEN ADJOURNMENT. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? SO MOVED SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR
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