[4. Resolution #26-6-184 – Authorizing the Appointment of Edward Zuza as Probationary Police Officer in the Montgomery Township Police Department]

MAYOR. TAYLOR. TODD. YES. MAYOR SINGH. YES. RESOLUTION 26-6-184. AUTHORIZING THE APPOINTMENT OF EDUARDO SOUZA AS PROBATIONARY POLICE OFFICER IN MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP POLICE DEPARTMENT.

OKAY. MOTION. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 26-6-183? SO MOVED. SECOND.

ROLL CALL PLEASE. COMMITTEE MEMBER. MARTIN. YES. COMMITTEE MEMBER. ALLEN. YES. DEPUTY.

MAYOR. TAYLOR. TODD. YES. MAYOR. SINGH. YES. BEFORE THE OATH OF OFFICE, WE'RE GOING TO INVITE CHIEF BETH TO SAY A FEW WORDS. GOOD EVENING. BEFORE WE GET TO THE SWEARING IN, I JUST WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO INTRODUCE SOON TO BE PROBATIONARY POLICE OFFICER EDWARD SOUZA. EDWARD SOUZA GRADUATED THE SOMERSET COUNTY POLICE ACADEMY IN 2010 AND BEGAN HIS LAW ENFORCEMENT CAREER IN 2011 WITH THE SOMERSET COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE AS A CORRECTIONS OFFICER.

IN AUGUST OF 2021, HE WAS HIRED AS A SHERIFF'S OFFICER AND SUBSEQUENTLY EARNED HIS NEW JERSEY POLICE TRAINING COMMISSION CERTIFICATION. AFTER GRADUATING FROM THE MERCER COUNTY POLICE ACADEMY IN JUNE OF 2022 AT HIS DEDICATED MORE THAN 15 YEARS TO PUBLIC SAFETY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT. THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER, HE HAS DISTINGUISHED HIMSELF THROUGH TRAINING AND SPECIALIZED TACTICAL ASSIGNMENTS. HE SERVED AS A FIELD TRAINING OFFICER, FIREARMS INSTRUCTOR, RIFLE INSTRUCTOR, ACTIVE SHOOTER, INSTRUCTOR, AND OC INSTRUCTOR, PLAYING A KEY ROLE IN PREPARING AND MENTORING FELLOW OFFICERS. HE CURRENTLY SERVES ON THE SOMERSET COUNTY SWAT TEAM, WHERE HE SERVES BOTH AS A TACTICAL OPERATOR AND SWAT SNIPER. HIS SPECIALIZED TRAINING INCLUDES CRISIS NEGOTIATION, BREACHING OPERATIONS, LESS LETHAL TACTICS, CARE UNDER FIRE AND MOBILE FIELD FORCE OPERATIONS. HE HAS ALSO SERVED ON THE AGENCY'S USE OF FORCE COMMITTEE REMAINS ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN TACTICAL RESPONSE AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS INITIATIVES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. AMONG HIS NOTABLE ASSIGNMENTS, HE WAS SELECTED TO ASSIST THE UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE DURING A PRESIDENTIAL PROTECTION DETAIL AND HAS PARTICIPATED IN NUMEROUS HIGH RISK LAW ENFORCEMENT OPERATIONS REQUIRING EXCEPTIONAL PROFESSIONALISM, JUDGMENT, AND DEDICATION. TONIGHT, AS IT TAKES THIS OATH OF OFFICE, HE BRINGS A WEALTH OF TRAINING, EXPERIENCE AND A DEEP COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC SERVICE TO MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP. HIS CAREER REFLECTS NOT ONLY HIS PERSONAL DEDICATION AND WORK ETHIC, BUT ALSO THE INVESTMENT MADE BY THE SOMERSET COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND SHERIFF DARREN RUSSO IN DEVELOPING HIGHLY SKILLED LAW ENFORCEMENT PROFESSIONALS. WE ARE PROUD TO RECOGNIZE HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND WELCOME HIM TO THE NEXT CHAPTER OF SERVICE. I WANT TO PERSONALLY INVITE HIM AND WELCOME HIM TO ■THE MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP POLICE FAMILY. THANK YOU. OFFICER SOUSA, TO COME AND GET HIS OATH

[5. Oath of Office – Police Officer Edward Zuza]

OF OFFICE.

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I. DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR, SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION AND SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, STATE OF NEW JERSEY, THAT I WILL BEAR TRUE FAITH, TRUE FAITH, AND ALLEGIANCE TO ALLEGIANCE TO THE SAME. AND TO THE GOVERNMENT. TO THE GOVERNMENT ESTABLISHED IN THE UNITED STATES AND THE UNITED STATES AND IN THIS STATE AND UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF THE PEOPLE, AND ON THE STATE AND. AND JUSTICE AND JUSTICE.

PERFORM ALL THINGS. PERFORM ALL THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF POLICE OFFICER, ACCORDING TO.

SO HELP ME GOD.

FOR A 54 YEAR OLD MAN.

[6. Presentation – Village Elementary – 250th Art Display]

OKAY, AT THIS TIME WE HAVE A PRESENTATION VILLAGE ELEMENTARY, 250TH ART DISPLAY WILL INVITE PRINCIPAL SUSAN LACEY, VILLAGE ELEMENTARY DOCTOR AMY MONACO. IF K TWO FOR LANGUAGE ARTS SOCIAL STUDIES SUPERVISOR AND THE THIRD GRADERS WHO ARE HERE TODAY.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR SINGH TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP RESIDENTS.

I AM SUSAN LACEY, PRINCIPAL OF VILLAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AND I AM PLEASED TO BE HERE WITH R K FOR LANGUAGE ARTS AND SOCIAL STUDIES SUPERVISOR DOCTOR AMY MONACO, ALONG WITH VILLAGE SCHOOL STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES TO SHARE OUR SCHOOL WIDE STAR SPANGLED CHALLENGE IN RECOGNITION OF THE NATION'S 250TH. JOINING US TODAY ARE THIRD GRADERS GABRIEL GABRIEL.

WE'RE GOING TO TALK A LITTLE LATER. GABRIEL AND LUCAS AND CLARA WILL BE PRESENTING TO. WE ALSO HAVE WORDS THAT WERE PREPARED BY A FOURTH GRADER, VIVIAN, ABOUT HER CLASSES CONTRIBUTION. BUT THERE IS A SPECIAL EVENT FOR MANY OF OUR FOURTH GRADERS TONIGHT, SO SHE COULDN'T BE WITH US AS THEY PLAN TO MOVE UP TO THE MIDDLE SCHOOL. SO WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO EXTEND OUR SINCERE THANKS TO MAYOR SINGH, WHO VISITED OUR FOURTH GRADE STUDENTS IN APRIL AS PART OF THEIR CIVICS UNIT ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT. AND DURING HER VISIT, SHE SPOKE ABOUT HER ROLE AS MAYOR, WHAT INSPIRES HER PUBLIC SERVICE, AND THE MANY WAYS SHE SUPPORTS AND STRENGTHENS OUR COMMUNITY. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT VISIT. AT THAT TIME, I SHARED WITH HER VILLAGE SCHOOL'S PLANS TO COMMEMORATE OUR COUNTRY'S 250TH ANNIVERSARY. MAYOR SINGH GRACIOUSLY INVITED US TO JOIN YOU THIS EVENING AND TO SHOWCASE THE STUDENT ARTWORK CURRENTLY ON DISPLAY IN THE LIBRARY THROUGH JULY 25TH. SO WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THEIR CREATIVITY, LEARNING, AND REFLECTIONS WITH THIS PROJECT.

OUR GOAL WAS TO RECOGNIZE THE SIGNING OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, WHILE ALSO ACKNOWLEDGING AT THAT TIME THE FREEDOMS IT PROCLAIMED WERE NOT AVAILABLE TO EVERYONE. AT V S WE CELEBRATED THE DIVERSE CONTRIBUTIONS THEN AND NOW THAT HAVE SHAPED AMERICAN CULTURE

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AND EXPLORED THE IDEALS OF FREEDOM, EQUITY AND JUSTICE. THROUGH OUR SCHOOL WIDE CHALLENGE, EACH CLASS WAS INVITED TO REFLECT ON THESE IDEALS AND CREATE PROJECTS THAT ALL MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY COULD SEE THEMSELVES IN AND CONNECT WITH. THESE ARE ALSO IMPORTANT THEMES AS WE OBSERVE JUNETEENTH TOMORROW, A DAY THAT ENCOURAGED US TO USE OUR VOICES TO STAND UP FOR OTHERS AND HELP ENSURE THAT THE FREEDOMS WE ALL ENJOY ARE AVAILABLE TO EVERYONE.

SO DOCTOR MONACO AND I MET WITH OUR TEACHER LEADERS TO BRAINSTORM IDEAS FOR THIS PROJECT, AND WE ARE ESPECIALLY GRATEFUL TO HER. SHE PUT THE IDEAS AND THOUGHTFULLY DEVELOPED THE SLIDE PRESENTATION THAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE. SHE WILL SHARE WITH YOU THE PURPOSE, THE THEME, AND GIVE YOU A PREVIEW OF THE STUDENT ARTWORK THAT YOU CAN SEE IN THE LIBRARY. FOLLOWING HER REMARKS, WE'LL INVITE OUR STUDENTS TO SPEAK TO YOU ABOUT WHAT INSPIRED THEIR WORK FOR THEIR CLASS. SO I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER NOW TO DOCTOR MONACO. FOR SOME REASON, THE BACK SCREENS ARE NOT WORKING CLEARLY, SO WE CAN JUST DIRECT TO THE SIDE SCREEN FOR NOW. OUR SCREENS HERE ARE WORKING. I THINK IT'S JUST THE ONES IN THE BACK. RIGHT? YEAH. CAN YOU TEXT HELLO. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. MY NAME IS AMY MONACO. I AM THE SUPERVISOR OF LANGUAGE ARTS AND SOCIAL STUDIES AT BOTH ORCHARD HILL AND VILLAGE ELEMENTARY.

AND I AM VERY EXCITED TO BE HERE TONIGHT TO SHARE WITH YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR STAR SPANGLED CHALLENGE. SO THE INFORMATION THAT STUDENTS WERE GIVEN AT THE START OF THE PRESENTATION, I WANT TO ADVANCE. THIS CAN'T BE FOR ME TO MOVE, PLEASE. OKAY. WAS, AS MISS LACEY SAID, IN RECOGNITION OF THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SIGNING OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. AND SO IN RECOGNITION OF THAT, WE LAUNCHED A SCHOOL WIDE STAR SPANGLED CHALLENGE FOR ALL OF OUR THIRD AND FOURTH GRADE CLASSES. SO SOME OF THE PARAMETERS THAT OUR STUDENTS WERE GIVEN WERE THAT WE HAD PIECES THAT WERE NO LARGER THAN NINE BY 12. AND WE ALSO ASKED OUR CLASSES TO USE RECYCLED MATERIALS TO THE EXTENT THAT THEY COULD. SO WE WERE REPURPOSING DIFFERENT PIECES OF MATERIALS THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO FIND. AND WE KIND OF ASKED THEM TO THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF A MURAL, A COLLAGE, OR A MOSAIC. WE ALSO GAVE CLASSES THREE OPTIONS FOR A THEME. SO STUDENTS WERE ASKED TO THINK ABOUT EITHER LANDSCAPES AND SYMBOLS. SO DIFFERENT PLACES AND SYMBOLS THAT REPRESENT THE UNITED STATES, FROM NATIONAL PARKS AND CITY SKYLINES TO OTHER MEANINGFUL SYMBOLS. AND THINK ABOUT HOW THOSE PLACES AND SYMBOLS CONNECT PEOPLE ACROSS OUR COUNTRY, AND HELP TO CREATE THE DIVERSE EXPERIENCE OF WHAT IT MEANS TO BE AN AMERICAN. OUR SECOND OPTION FOR A THEME WAS AMERICAN CULTURE. SO SHOWCASING WHAT MAKES LIFE IN THE UNITED STATES VIBRANT AND AND UNIQUE, INCLUDING FOOD OR MUSIC, HOLIDAYS, LANGUAGES, TRADITIONS, OR FAMILY CUSTOMS SO THAT WE'RE ABLE TO CELEBRATE THE MANY CULTURES AND COMMUNITIES THAT COME TOGETHER TO FORM AMERICAN LIFE. AND OUR FINAL THEME OPTION WAS FREEDOM FOR ALL. SO EXPLORING IDEAS SUCH AS FREEDOM, EQUALITY, FAIRNESS AND JUSTICE, AND HOW OUR COUNTRY CONTINUES TO GROW AND WORK TOWARDS THESE IDEALS FOR ALL PEOPLE. SO AFTER OUR PROJECTS WERE COMPLETED, THEY WERE DISPLAYED IN THE FOYER AT VILLAGE ELEMENTARY SO THAT ALL STUDENTS AND ALL ADULTS IN THE BUILDING COULD VOTE FOR THEIR FAVORITE PIECES. WE WENT OLD SCHOOL. EVERYONE GOT RAFFLE TICKETS AND WERE ABLE TO PUT THOSE INTO THE PAPER BAG THAT WAS NEXT TO THE EACH OF THE PIECES OF ARTWORK. SO WE WERE EXCITED THAT WE WERE, YOU KNOW, STUDENTS WERE EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO GO DOWN AND VOTE AND SEE ALL OF THE PIECES. AND THEN WE REACHED OUT TO THE MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP LIBRARY AND THEY WERE, YOU KNOW, GRACIOUSLY OFFERED TO HAVE OUR PIECES DISPLAYED OVER IN THE CHILDREN'S SECTION OF THE LIBRARY STARTING ON JUNE 15TH AND THROUGH JULY 25TH, SO THAT WE WERE ABLE TO CONNECT WITH THE COMMUNITY AND HAVE EVERYONE BE ABLE TO COME IN AND SEE THE STUDENTS FANTASTIC COMPLETED ARTWORK. HERE ARE JUST A COUPLE OF IMAGES OF OUR DISPLAY AT VILLAGE ELEMENTARY. AND HERE ARE SOME IMAGES OF STUDENTS VOTING FOR THEIR FAVORITE PIECES. AND THEN WE WERE ABLE TO ANNOUNCE OUR WINNERS. SO OUR FIRST PLACE WINNERS WERE MRS. POTTER'S THIRD GRADE CLASS. IN SECOND PLACE, WE HAD MRS. BONNET'S THIRD GRADE CLASS, AND IN THIRD PLACE WE HAD MRS. HART DORAN'S FOURTH GRADE CLASS. AND

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WE ARE SO FORTUNATE TONIGHT TO HAVE THREE OF THE MEMBERS OF MRS. POTTER'S THIRD GRADE CLASS, THE FIRST PLACE WINNERS HERE WITH US THIS EVENING. SO I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE LUCAS, GABRIEL AND CLARA, IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME ON UP. WE CAN GET AN EXTRA CHAIR THERE FOR THEM.

YEAH. OUR. OUR CLASS. YOU WANT TO MOVE THE MIC A LITTLE HIGHER? THE. YEAH. THE MICROPHONE. YEAH.

THAT'S PERFECT. OH, OUR CLASS CREATE A U.S. FLAG USING SEASHELLS TO CELEBRATE AMERICANS 250TH BIRTHDAY. EACH SHELL IS UNIQUE, JUST LIKE THE PEOPLE OF OUR NATION. WHEN THE SHELLS COME TOGETHER, THEY FORM ONE FLAG SYMBOLIZING UNITY, DIVERSITY, AND THE STRENGTH THAT COMES FROM WORKING TOGETHER. OH. THIS PROJECT HONORS THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES WHILE REMINDING US THAT EVERY CITIZEN PLAYS AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN OUR COUNTRY'S FUTURE. OKAY. THIS PROJECT BEAUTIFULLY COMBINES PATRIOTISM, CREATIVITY, COLLABORATION, AND AN APPRECIATION FOR THE MANY PEOPLE WHO MAKE THE UNITED STATES STRONG. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH, LUCAS, GABRIEL, AND CLARA. IT WAS BEAUTIFULLY EXPLAINED. YEAH. WE ALSO HAVE A STATEMENT FROM ONE OF OUR FOURTH GRADE STUDENTS, VIVIAN, A FOURTH GRADER, AND MR. RODRIGUEZ'S CLASS. WE INVITED HER TO ATTEND TONIGHT, BUT AS MISS LUCY SHARED, THERE IS A MOVE UP CELEBRATION FOR FIFTH GRADE OVER AT LMS AND SHE. AFTER WE ASKED HER TO ATTEND, SHE JUST ON HER OWN, STARTED CRAFTING A STATEMENT THAT SHE WANTED TO SHARE. WONDERFUL ABOUT HER PIECE, SO SHE AND I KNOW SHE AND MR. RODRIGUEZ WORKED ON THIS A BIT TOGETHER, BUT I'LL. I'LL SHARE IT WITH YOU THIS EVENING. THE RODRIGUEZ CLASS CREATED A PIECE OF ART CONSISTING OF DECOUPAGE. EACH STUDENT IN OUR CLASS CONTRIBUTED TO THE MAKING OF THIS PIECE OF ART. OUR TEACHER, MR. RODRIGUEZ, SHARED A CLASS GOOGLE SLIDE. WE ALL TOOK IMAGES OF US SYMBOLS AND PASTED THEM ON THE PROVIDED SLIDES. EARLIER THAT DAY, WE HAD DISCUSSED WHAT US SYMBOLS WE THOUGHT WOULD BEST REPRESENT OUR COUNTRY'S HISTORY. WE CAME UP WITH A LOT AND ADDED A LOT OF THOSE SYMBOLS TO THIS SHARED SLIDESHOW. AT THE TOP OF OUR PROJECT, OUR PIECE STARTS WITH WE THE PEOPLE, THE AMERICAN BALD EAGLE, AND OUR NATION'S FLAG. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE ARTWORK, YOU WILL SEE THAT THE IMAGES START BECOMING COLORFUL.

THIS SHOWS HOW WE AS A NATION ARE MADE UP OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE WITH DIFFERENT SKIN TONES AND DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS. THIS PROJECT REMINDS THE CLASS THAT WE THE PEOPLE MEANS ALL OF THE PEOPLE. THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE A STATEMENT ON OUR CLASS PROJECT.

OKAY, WONDERFUL. SO FINALLY, I JUST WANTED TO SHARE A COUPLE OF IMAGES OF THE DISPLAY THAT IS OVER IN THE LIBRARY, RIGHT ACROSS THE WAY. AS I MENTIONED, IT'S IN THE CHILDREN'S SECTION OF THE LIBRARY. SO WE ENCOURAGE AND HOPE THAT ALL OF YOU MIGHT STOP BY AND SEE THE BEAUTIFUL PIECES AND ARTWORK THAT EACH OF THE CLASS HAS CREATED. THEY WERE SO CREATIVE WITH ALL OF THE DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS THEY TOOK TO GO IN WITH THIS PROJECT, AND THE RESULTS ARE JUST REALLY FANTASTIC AND CERTAINLY WORTH WORTH THE TRIP ACROSS THE WAY. SO WE THANK YOU SO MUCH AGAIN FOR HAVING US HERE TONIGHT. TO OUR STUDENTS, FOR TAKING THE TIME TO COME AND TO THEIR THIRD GRADE TEACHER, MRS. POTTER, FOR TAKING THE TIME TO BE HERE THIS EVENING. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING. AND I ENCOURAGE ALL RESIDENTS TO TAKE A TRIP TO THE LIBRARY AND HAVE A LOOK AT WHAT THESE YOUNG KIDS HAVE DONE. AND OF COURSE, ANYBODY FROM THE TOWNSHIP MEETING TODAY WANTS TO WALK OVER AND TAKE A LOOK. IT'S MORE THAN WELCOME. THANK YOU AGAIN, MISS LACY AND MISS MONACO FOR COMING AND BRINGING THESE WONDERFUL KIDS AND THEIR WONDERFUL YOU KNOW, WHAT THEY HAVE WRITTEN AND YOU KNOW WHAT THEIR FEELINGS ARE FOR THE COUNTRY AND HOW THEY FEEL. IT'S IT'S INCLUSIVE AND HOW THEY BRING THIS TO ALL OUR TO ALL FOR ALL OF US. THANK YOU SO

[7. Presentation – The Bank of Princeton, Financial Literacy Program – Roberto Rivera]

MUCH. OKAY, NOW WE HAVE A PRESENTATION, THE BANK OF AMERICA, BANK OF PRINCETON, THE

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BANK OF PRINCETON FINANCIAL LITERACY PROGRAM, ROBERTO RIVERA. DO YOU WANT ME TO PUT THAT IN? YEAH. OKAY. YEAH. JUST PAY HERE. YEAH. OKAY. SO LET'S SEE. GIVE ME ONE SECOND. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. MY NAME IS ROBERTO RIVERA. I'M THE BRANCH MANAGER FOR THE BANK OF PRINCETON HERE IN MONTGOMERY. I'VE BEEN THE MANAGER FOR THREE YEARS, AND IT'S BEEN AN HONOR TO DO THIS FOR THE COMMUNITY IN MONTGOMERY. I REALLY WANT TO THANK THE PRINCIPAL FOR THE MONTGOMERY UPPER MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR ALLOWING US TO TEACH FINANCIAL LITERACY FOR THEIR STUDENTS. AND SO I REALLY THANK MARK ARCADE FOR ALLOWING US TO DO THIS FOR THEM. I WANT TO PRESENT TO YOU A PRESENTATION, POWERPOINT OF FINANCIAL LITERACY THAT WE GO OVER WITH THE STUDENTS IN THE MONTGOMERY UPPER MIDDLE SCHOOL. OKAY. SO BASICALLY THE BEST PRACTICE IS FOR US TO GO OVER ABOUT BUDGETING AND INVESTING AND SAVINGS. SO, OKAY, DO YOU WANT TO NEXT PAGE? OKAY, SO WHAT IS FINANCIAL LITERACY BASICALLY IS KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS IN ALLOWING US TO MAKE INFORM AND AFFECT DECISION ABOUT BUDGETING, INVESTING AND PERSONAL FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT. NEXT, WHAT DOES A BANK DO? IT GIVES YOU INFORMATION ON CHECKING ACCOUNTS, SAVINGS CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT, MORTGAGE LOANS, AUTO LOAN AND CREDIT CARD AND OUR SERVICES WE PROVIDE ALSO ATM DEPOSIT TRANSFER FUNDS, CASHIER'S CHECKS IF THE PRICE BOX, CURRENCY EXCHANGE, NOTARY PUBLIC AND BUSINESS. CASH MANAGEMENT. OKAY, SO LET'S GO.

LET'S SEE NOW. WE WENT OVER WITH THIS WITH THE STUDENTS. SORRY. NEXT SLIDE. WHAT IS A CHECKING ACCOUNT? A LOT OF STUDENTS WERE NOT AWARE OF WHAT A CHECKING ACCOUNT WAS. SO THEY WERE SO HAPPY TO KNOW WHAT A CHECKING ACCOUNT WAS ALL ABOUT. SO WE EXPLAINED THE TYPE OF WHAT A CHECKING ACCOUNT WAS DESIGNED AND EVERYDAY FINANCIAL TRANSACTION, ALLOWING US TO, YOU KNOW, TO DEPOSIT WITHDRAWALS AND TRANSFER FUNDS EASILY. YOU WANT TO. OKAY, SO BASICALLY MOST OF THE FIRST OF ALL, LET ME JUST INTRODUCE MYSELF BECAUSE I FORGOT TO DO THAT. MY NAME IS RYAN ANDREWS AND I'M THE MANAGER FOR THE MAIN OFFICE OF THE BANK OF PRINCETON AND ON BERLIN AND PRINCETON. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE TONIGHT. AND THANK YOU FOR THANK YOU TO THE SCHOOL OF HILLSBOROUGH OF OF THIS SORRY, MONTGOMERY, FOR ALLOWING US IN AND PRESENTING THIS TO THE KIDS IN PREPARATION FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO MOVE ON WITH THEIR CURRICULUM AND BE ABLE TO MANAGE THEIR FINANCES. SO BASICALLY, OF COURSE, GIVE THEM AN BANK DOES, WHERE THE MONEY COMES FROM, WHERE THE BUDGETING IS, HOW TO BASICALLY USE YOUR FUNDS AND MAKE YOUR FUNDS WORK FOR YOU. GOING THROUGH WITH A LOT OF WHAT THE BANK DOES IS BASICALLY FUNDS AVAILABILITY, HOW YOU MAKE DEPOSITS AND WHEN CHECKS CLEAR AND STUFF LIKE THAT. A LOT OF THE KIDS WERE VERY INTRIGUED ABOUT THE SITUATION AND ABOUT HOW MONEY ACTUALLY GROWS IN THE BANK. SO. A LOT OF THE PRODUCTS FOR FOR THE BANK OF PRINCETON REQUIRE BALANCE REQUIREMENTS AND AS DO WITH A LOT OF OTHER BANKS. SO WHEN YOU MAKE A DEPOSIT INTO A BANK, YOU CAN ACTUALLY LOOK AND SEE YOUR, YOUR, YOUR MONEY GROW, YOU EARN INTEREST AND YOU CAN BASICALLY AVOID ALL SERVICE CHARGES BY JUST MAINTAINING THE ACCOUNT THE WAY IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE MAINTAINED. THE BANK OF PRINCETON OFFERS A MONTHLY MAINTENANCE FREE CHECKING ACCOUNTS AND AND SAVINGS ACCOUNTS. A LOT OF THE FEES THAT ARE THAT THE BANKS CHARGE TODAY CAN BE AVOIDED BY JUST MAINTAINING THE ACCOUNT IN THE MANNER IN WHICH IT SHOULD BE, AS IT SHOULD BE MAINTAINED, AND AVOIDING ANY KIND OF LATE PAYMENT FEES. AND THESE FEES CAN CAN VARY FROM $5 TO UP TO $40, DEPENDING ON THE REASON THAT THE FEE IS BEING CHARGED. BANKS OFFER A LOT OF ONLINE BANKING, WHICH ALLOWS. WE EXPLAIN THAT ALSO TO THE TO THE STUDENTS THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE IN THE BANK TO DO YOUR BANKING. YOU CAN DO YOUR BANKING ONLINE. SO BASICALLY ON THE PHONE, ON YOUR, YOU KNOW, YOUR TABLET, LAPTOP, WHATEVER IT IS THAT YOU WANT TO USE, YOU CAN TRANSFER FUNDS, YOU CAN MAKE DEPOSITS, YOU CAN MOVE MONEY AROUND, PAY YOUR BILLS, YOU CAN VIEW YOUR TRANSACTIONS.

SO. WE SPOKE A LOT ABOUT ALSO ABOUT BALANCING YOUR, YOUR, YOUR BUDGETS AND BALANCING YOUR

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CHECKING ACCOUNT AND HOW TO DO THAT. BASICALLY, YOU PUT THE MONEY IN AND YOU SEE HOW YOUR MONEY IS GROWING. YOU CAN USE THE BALANCE PLUS ANY INTEREST THAT'S EARNED. AND YOU, YOU WILL OBVIOUSLY DEDUCT THE WITHDRAWALS. THERE WERE THOUGHT ALSO OF HOW TO WRITE A CHECK.

AS ROBERTO ALLUDED TO EARLIER ON, A LOT OF KIDS DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WHAT A CHECK WAS. AND QUITE HONESTLY, THAT'S THAT IS THE HARDEST CHECK IS WE VERY RARELY USE VENMO, BUT THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO IT. RIGHT. EXACTLY. YES. YES, ABSOLUTELY. SO, YOU KNOW, CHECKS ARE NOT WIDELY USED TODAY. USUALLY IT'S THE SOME PEOPLE JUST PREFER THE, THE PAPER INSTEAD. AND THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE ACTUALLY USED. THE, THE, THE CHECKS. THE KIDS WERE TALKED ABOUT BUDGETING, CATEGORIZING YOUR MONEY, SAVINGS EXPENSES, INVESTMENTS, DONATIONS. ONE OF THE DONATIONS WE MADE QUITE CLEAR FOR THE KIDS IS THAT THE FIRST DONATION YOU ALWAYS MAKE IS TO YOURSELF. MAKE MAKE IT A PRIORITY. MAKE IT SEEM LIKE IT'S A BILL, BUT MAKE THAT DONATION TO YOURSELF. YOU. YOU COME FIRST. WE TALK TO THE TO THE, THE STUDENTS ABOUT SAVINGS ACCOUNTS AND WHAT YOU'RE SAVING FOR AND WHY YOU WOULD BE SAVING. WHAT MOTIVATES YOU TO SAVE? HOW DO YOU, YOU KNOW, WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO? WHAT ARE YOU SAVING FOR? YOU WANT TO BUILD A FINANCIAL COMFORT OR YOU WANT TO BUY SOMETHING. SO THIS IS WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT, THE MOTIVATION OF SAVING MONEY. WHAT MOTIVATES YOU TO SAVE THE MONEY? YOU KNOW, WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO SAVE? SO ALL THAT WAS WE WERE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT, WE WENT THROUGH LENDING, WE WENT THROUGH WATCHING YOUR MONEY GROW. WE TAUGHT THE KIDS THAT IN A SITUATION WHERE YOU WANT TO PURCHASE SOMETHING THAT YOU DO NOT HAVE THE FINANCIAL POWER TO PURCHASE, WHERE DO YOU GO TO GET THAT MONEY? AND THE BANK IS THAT PLACE WE WILL TEACH. WE TAUGHT THEM HOW TO APPROACH THAT. WE TAUGHT THEM WHAT TO DO BEFORE CREDIT BUILDING YOUR CREDIT BUILDING, MAKING SURE THAT YOUR CREDIT IS A SCORE THAT'S APPROPRIATE FOR THE SITUATION WHEN IT COMES FOR YOU TO PURCHASE SOMETHING LARGER. AND THIS IS A LITTLE LONG, BUT THERE'S THERE WAS A LOT. SO OKAY. YEAH, YEAH. SO I JUST WANT TO JUST GIVE YOU JUST A SMALL OVERVIEW ON, ON, ON WHAT WE, WE BASICALLY WENT OVER BECAUSE THIS IS A TWO DAY PROGRAM, RIGHT? AND IT WAS VERY INVOLVED. WE TALKED ABOUT, BUT I MEAN, WHAT YOU BROUGHT TO US IS REALLY GREAT. AND I REMEMBER HAVING THIS CONVERSATION, FIRST OF ALL, BANK OF PRINCETON IS A GREAT PARTNER. IT'S PART OF OUR BUSINESS ASSOCIATION, MONTGOMERY BUSINESS ASSOCIATION, AND YOU SUPPORT A LOT OF THE EFFORTS THAT THE THE TOWN DOES. AND THE CONVERSATION I HAD WITH ROBERTO WAS THERE WAS A NEED AT THE SCHOOLS FOR FINANCIAL LITERACY. RIGHT. AND YOU ALL PROVIDED THAT TO AND REALLY WANTED THEIR STUDENTS TO REALIZE WHAT HAPPENS TO MONEY, YOU KNOW, HOW YOU GROW IT AND HOW YOU SAVE IT. AND THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE'RE MAKING ABSOLUTELY NO, WE'RE MAKING THE EFFORT OF GOING THERE. I WILL SEE IF THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE HAS ANY QUESTIONS. YES, I, I WOULD ECHO THE MAYOR'S COMMENTS. I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT YOU INTRODUCED THE DEFINITION OF A CHECKING ACCOUNT TO THE YOUNG PEOPLE, BECAUSE THEY REALLY DON'T KNOW. I HAVE TWO YOUNG ADULTS MYSELF, AND I REMEMBER HAVING THEM OPEN A CHECKING ACCOUNT AND SAY, YOU KNOW, YOU NEED TO GET CHECKS. I DON'T BELIEVE THEY'VE WRITTEN A CHECK YET. SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.

AND THEN I WAS LOOKING AT THE SLIDES ABOUT LOANS. I'M SURE THAT YOU EXPLAINED TO THEM THAT IF YOU BORROW MONEY, YOU NEED TO PAY IT BACK. BUT THEY MAY NOT IS VERY IMPORTANT.

ABSOLUTELY, YES. SHOW YOU THEIR POWERPOINT. I THINK IF IF IT'S VERY SHORT BECAUSE WE HAVE A VERY LONG MEETING TODAY. YOU WANT ME TO CONTINUE? I'M SORRY. THIS WAS BASICALLY A POWERPOINT THAT THE KIDS. SO THE KIDS PUT THIS TOGETHER FOR YOU. SO WE DEFINITELY WANT TO SHOW YOU THAT IT WAS IT WAS VERY HEARTWARMING. YOU KNOW, WHERE YOU IT SEEMS LIKE THEY UNDERSTOOD. OH, THE WHOLE MISSION OF WHAT IT IS. ANY QUESTION. OKAY. THAT'S OKAY. OH YOU'RE FINE. WHICH ONE? THIS ONE. BUDGETING. OH. RIGHT HERE. OKAY. OKAY. THESE ARE FROM THE AUDIENCE THEMSELVES. I WOULD LOVE TO THANK YOU FOR THE BANK OF PRINCETON. YES. AND THESE WERE THEY CREATED FOR US. THANK YOU FOR VISITING WITH US, AND EACH INDIVIDUAL PRESENTED ON WHAT THEY LEARNED. ALSO, IF YOU READ THESE, YOU'LL SAY THANK YOU. I LEARNED A LOT ABOUT THE TOWN AND YOU KNOW, AND THANK YOU FOR COMING. SO THIS IS A GREAT POWERPOINT YOURSELF. TO

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TO PREPARE THAT WE ACTUALLY HAD EACH INDIVIDUAL STUDENT DID THEIR OWN POWERPOINT AND.

PRESIDENT WITHIN THIS FINANCIAL LITERACY FOR THE MONTGOMERY OMEPRAZOLE. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT THE THE MESSAGE GOT ACROSS TO THE KIDS AND IT CERTAINLY GOT ACROSS. IT DID GET YES, WE CAN SEE FROM THERE. BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR MAKING MAKING THE TIME. THAT WAS REALLY. THANK YOU. AT THIS POINT, WE HAVE OUR TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE REPORTS. COMMITTEEMAN MIKE MARTIN. NO, I'M SORRY, WE HAVE ONE MORE PRESENTATION. ANGELINA BUSCH IS HERE FOR THE GIRL SCOUT GOLD AWARD. I'M SORRY. I'M MISSING THAT. SORRY ABOUT THAT. PRESENTATION. RESOURCES GUIDE.

GIRL SCOUT. GOLD AWARD. ANGELINA. ANGELINA. ANGELINA. SOMEHOW I MISSED THAT. SORRY.

AND YOU'VE DONE A WONDERFUL JOB PUTTING THIS TOGETHER FOR US. THANK YOU. CAN YOU HELP? GO. NO.

THAT'S FINE.

SORRY. YEAH, OKAY. SURE. I THINK AT THIS POINT, WHILE YOU'RE GETTING THAT SET

[9. Township Committee Reports ]

UP, WE'LL GO WITH THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE MEMBERS REPORTS AND THEN WE'LL CIRCLE BACK TO YOU.

OKAY. COMING IN. MARTIN, I JUST WANT TO QUICKLY THANK THE LOWER MIDDLE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL ROMANO.

THE THE SAM AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM FOR PARTNERING WITH US HERE IN THE TOWN GOVERNMENT FOR AN AMAZING DAY LAST FRIDAY, JUNE 12TH AT THE LOWER MIDDLE SCHOOL, I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND A LITTLE BIT. IT WAS. THERE WERE REENACTORS AND THERE WERE DISPLAYS AND POSTERS OF SOME OF THE. THE DIFFERENT ELEMENTS OF REVOLUTIONARY LIFE HERE IN OUR REGION, INCLUDING THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, NOT EVERYONE WAS INCLUDED IN THE IN THE PROCEEDS AND THE, AND THE, AND THE, THE BENEFITS OF THAT WAR. AND IT WAS JUST REALLY A POWERFUL DAY. AND I JUST WANT TO THANK ALL THESE, THESE COMMUNITY LEADERS, WHICH IN THIS CASE INVOLVED OUR SCHOOL, A CULTURAL INSTITUTION AND, AND US HERE ON TOWN GOVERNMENT PARTNERING TOGETHER. AND THAT'S THE KIND OF COLLABORATION THAT, YOU KNOW, REALLY JUST MAKES, MAKES MY HEART WARM. AND SO JUST WANT TO THANK, THANK, THANK EVERYONE INVOLVED IN THAT. WE DO HAVE OUR FIREWORKS COMING UP. I'M SURE MAYBE MAYOR WILL SAY SOMETHING HERE. THAT'LL BE ANOTHER AMAZING EVENT WITH REENACTORS AND REVOLUTIONARY ERA, INCLUDING GEORGE WASHINGTON ON A HORSE. SO THAT SHOULD BE FUN TO SEE. AND SO YEAH, THAT'S ALL I THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. SO VERY SAD TO SEE OUR PREVIOUS DEPUTY MAYOR, VINCE BARRIGAN. I THANK HIM A LOT FOR, YOU KNOW, THE LEADERSHIP AND REALLY WORKING WITH US, HIS FINANCIAL KNOWLEDGE, HELPING BEYOND, YOU KNOW, THE THE BUDGET FINANCE COMMITTEE WAS WAS VERY HELPFUL, REALLY HELPED THE TOWN. I, I'D LIKE TO CONGRATULATE OUR NEW DEPUTY MAYOR, PATRICIA TAYLOR TODD ON, ON A WONDERFUL ROLE THAT I HAVE NO DOUBT SHE'S GOING TO BE AMAZING IN. SO. AND THEN MUNICIPAL ALLIANCE, I DID MENTION LAST TIME, BUT WE ARE LOSING A GREAT LEADER IN. LORI HUFF. SHE IS STEPPING DOWN AND IT'S REALLY SAD, YOU KNOW. AND, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE A LITTLE BIT OF CHALLENGES IN THE MUNICIPAL ALLIANCE RECENTLY BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF GRANTS THAT ARE RESTRICTED NOW, A LOT OF ACTIVITIES, A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE DID FOR THE SCHOOLS ARE GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, A CHALLENGE TO GET THOSE FINANCINGS FOR. SO WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE THAT OUT. EDC HAS RESTAURANT WEEK COMING UP IN SEPTEMBER, AND WE'RE WORKING ON THAT. FARMER'S MARKET IS HERE

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ON EVERY SATURDAY. SO PLEASE COME BY AND, AND ENJOY OUR OUR FARMERS AND FRESH FRUITS AND, AND. AND THEN WE HAVE JUNETEENTH COMING TOMORROW. SO HAPPY JUNETEENTH TO EVERYBODY AND HAPPY TWO 50TH ANNIVERSARY TO OUR, OUR NATION, WHAT OUR NATION MEANS TO ME, I BELIEVE, IS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE NOT PERFECT. WE'RE NOT A PERFECT COUNTRY, BUT WE ALWAYS STRIVE TO BE BETTER. WE STRIVE TO BE A COUNTRY OF MORALS. AND THAT'S WHERE FOR ME PERSONALLY, IS THE REASON WHY I TRY TO SERVE, WHERE ANYBODY WHO BELIEVES IN OUR VISION AND OUR MORALS COULD COME HERE AND BE PART OF IT AND AND BECOME AN AMERICAN THROUGH COMMUNITY AND WORKING TOGETHER WITH OUR NEIGHBORS IS VERY IMPORTANT. AND THAT'S HOW WE CONTINUE THIS VISION OF, YOU KNOW, THE CELEBRATION OF OUR TWO 50TH, YOU KNOW, BEING, BEING ONE, HELPING EACH OTHER AS BEST WE CAN. SO PLEASE COME CELEBRATE ON JUNE 25TH, I BELIEVE COMMITTEE MARTIN MENTIONED, BUT WE ALSO HAVE WILLIAMS STEVE WHO'S WHO WAS GEORGE WASHINGTON'S VIPER. HE AND HE GOT AWARD FROM GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON FOR BEING A VERY BRAVE SOLDIER. AND, YOU KNOW, HE'S HE'S FROM MONTGOMERY AND HE HAS FAMILY HERE. SO PLEASE COME VISIT SAM ON JUNETEENTH. AND IT. AND WE HAVE MONTGOMERY HAS SUCH AMAZING HISTORY AND IT'S IT EVERYBODY, ALL THE CHILDREN, ADULTS. WE SHOULD ALL COME AND, AND REALLY LEARN FROM OUR HISTORY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DEPUTY MAYOR. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. AND FIRST OF ALL, I ALWAYS LOVE IT WHEN KIDS ARE AT THE MEETING. YES. AND I WAS JUST DELIGHTED WHEN WE SAID THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. AND I COULD HEAR THEIR LITTLE VOICES IN THE AUDIENCE. AND I WAS REALLY EXCITED TO SEE ALL THE CREATIVE ARTS. SO CONGRATULATIONS TO THE STUDENTS AT VILLAGE ELEMENTARY FOR THEIR CREATIVITY. I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO GO OVER TO THE LIBRARY AND TAKE A LOOK.

JUST A PREVIEW THAT WE GOT ON THE SLIDE SHOW WAS AMAZING IN TERMS OF MY ASSIGNMENTS THIS MONTH, THE BOARD OF HEALTH HAD ITS REGULAR MEETING. WE. THEY ARE CONTINUING TO WORK ON THE.

IMPLEMENTING THE OUTCOME OR THE RESULTS OF THE AGE FRIENDLY MONTGOMERY SURVEY. THERE WERE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THAT WERE REVIEWED, I BELIEVE, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE PLAN FOR HEALTH GRANT THAT WE'RE ALSO WORKING ON. AND THEN THE OPEN SPACE COMMITTEE HAD ITS REGULAR MEETING THIS MONTH. NOTHING IN PARTICULAR TO REPORT. THEY'RE WORKING ON ONGOING PROJECTS.

AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO, YOU KNOW, AS A AS A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE, YOU KNOW, GIVE SOME ACKNOWLEDGMENT. WE CERTAINLY ACKNOWLEDGE HIM FORMALLY IN THE FUTURE. BUT TO OUR FORMER COLLEAGUE, FORMER DEPUTY MAYOR VINCE BARRAGAN, I ECHO WHAT COMMITTEE HAS SAID.

HE'S A HE WAS A GREAT COLLEAGUE, AND HE MADE QUITE AN IMPACT WITH HIS FINANCIAL KNOWLEDGE.

AND WE WILL MISS HIM. YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THAT HE HAS TO, YOU KNOW, TAKE CARE OF HIS FAMILY.

HE HAS MOVED OUT OF TOWN. HE SAID THAT IN HIS RESIGNATION LETTER. SO WE WILL MISS HIM.

BUT WE WILL HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, CONTINUE TO STAY IN TOUCH WITH HIM BECAUSE HE'S NOT JUST OUR COLLEAGUE, HE'S OUR FRIEND. AND FINALLY, I AM VERY HONORED TO SERVE AS YOUR NEW DEPUTY MAYOR.

AND I WILL TRY VERY HARD TO LIVE UP TO THE TRUST THAT YOU'VE PLACED IN ME. AND THANK YOU. OH, AND HAPPY JUNETEENTH. DON'T FORGET TO GO TO SAM'S CELEBRATION EVERY YEAR. IT'S AMAZING. EVERY YEAR IT'S BETTER AND BETTER. SO I'LL BE THERE AND HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE TOO.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, DEPUTY MAYOR. FOR ME, I'M GOING TO HAVE SOME OF THE EVENTS THAT HAPPENED.

JUST A LOOK BACK AND WHERE WE WERE ON JUNE 5TH. WE DID A GRAND OPENING WITH HACKENSACK MERIDIAN HEALTH CARRIER CLINIC, THEIR ADOLESCENT BUILDING. WE, THE PLANNING BOARD HERE WAS PART OF THAT, AND WE WERE INVITED. IT. IT WAS TOUGH TO SEE WHERE MENTAL HEALTH IS BECAUSE THEY ARE NOW HOUSING KIDS BETWEEN THE AGE OF SEVEN AND 11. BUT AS WE'VE ALL IN MONTGOMERY MADE MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS A FOCUS AND. BUT IT WAS GOOD TO SEE CARRIER CLINIC BEING THERE AND MAKING SURE THAT OUR RESIDENTS HAVE A PLACE. AND JUNE 5TH, I WAS THERE FOR THE GRAND OPENING OF OOPS ART. IT'S A NEW BUSINESS IN TOWN AND I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO VISIT. THEY ARE IN JUST OFF 518 AND OF WOODLAND DRIVE. JUNE 6TH WAS TRAILS DAY, VAN HORN PARK AND THAT WAS THE TWO 50TH CELEBRATION AS WELL. ON TRAILS DAY, JUNE 7TH WAS TROOP 46 ANNUAL STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL AND THE MAYOR'S WELLNESS TEAM WAS THERE AND WE ENDED UP DOING ZUMBA. I WAS NOT GOOD AT IT, BUT AT LEAST IT'S WELLNESS AND YOU GET TO

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EXERCISE. SO THAT WAS GREAT. JUNE 12TH, I ATTENDED THE LOWER MIDDLE SCHOOL EVENT WITH COMMITTEE COMMITTEEMAN MIKE MARTIN, WHICH WAS CROSSROADS JOURNEYING THROUGH MONTGOMERY'S HISTORY LIVING MUSEUM. THIS WAS AN EFFORT WITH SAM. THEY DID A WHOLE IMMERSIVE PROGRAM. WHAT HIT ME WAS SEEING THEM CHURNING BUTTER. THE ONLY MEMORY I HAVE OF SEEING CHURNING BUTTER IS MY GRANDMOTHER DOING IT. WHEN WE USED TO GO BACK IN INDIA TO OUR VILLAGE TO VISIT DURING THE SUMMER HOLIDAYS. SO IT BROUGHT UP SOME MEMORIES THERE. AND JUNE 14TH WE HAVE. WE HAD OUR RUN WITH ROTARY. MAYOR'S WELLNESS TEAM PLACED THIRD AND WE WERE ABLE TO GET A CHECK TO THE MONTGOMERY FOOD PANTRY BECAUSE WE CAME IN THIRD. SO THERE WAS A PRIZE FOR THAT.

JUNE 14TH. WE HAVE A BUSINESS IN TOWN CALLED ARAWAK. THEY DID THEIR BIG 10TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION AT THE ATRIUM IN 23 ORCHARD, AND IT WAS WONDERFUL TO SEE A BUSINESS IN MONTGOMERY CELEBRATING THEIR 10TH ANNIVERSARY AND THE FACT THAT THEY'RE DOING AMAZINGLY WELL.

JUNE 16TH, WE I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE WITH NJDEP. THEY WERE HERE. THEY HAVE BEEN A BIG HELP FOR US FOR THE BLUE. THEIR BLUE ACRES PROGRAM. AS RESIDENTS MAY REMEMBER, WHEN SUPERSTORM IDA SWEPT THROUGH MONTGOMERY, A LOT OF HOMES WERE DAMAGED AND BLUE ACRES OFFERED A PATH FORWARD FOR ALL THESE RESIDENTS. AND, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WERE IMPACTED. BUT SOME OF THESE HOMES, THEY WERE SO DAMAGED THAT PEOPLE COULDN'T GO BACK. AND JDP WORKED WITH MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP TO TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY GAVE FAIR MARKET VALUE TO THESE TO THESE RESIDENTS. AND I WANT TO THANK OUR STAFF WHO WORKED BEHIND THE SCENES TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT THIS HAPPENED AND THE UPCOMING EVENTS WE HAVE SUNDAY. THIS SUNDAY WE HAVE THE BLOOD DRIVE RIGHT HERE. SO PLEASE COME AND GIVE BLOOD BECAUSE IT'S NEEDED. JUNE 23RD WE HAVE MOTOR VEHICLE COMMISSION WILL BE RIGHT HERE AT THE MUNICIPAL BUILDING FROM 92. AND WE ALL KNOW THAT REAL ID IS A BIG THING. SO RIGHT HERE IN MONTGOMERY, YOU CAN COME TAKE THE APPOINTMENTS AND GET YOUR REAL ID. JUNE 25TH. AS AS MENTIONED BY OTHERS ON THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE IS OUR FIREWORKS AND OUR REV 250. WE INVITE YOU ALL. IT'S GOING TO BE WONDERFUL. I WANT TO COMMEND COMMITTEEMAN MIKE MARTIN, WHO WORKED ON THE TWO 50TH COMMITTEE. THEY HAVE ALL PUT TOGETHER A WONDERFUL EVENT FOR EVERYONE AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE ATTEND, AND WE ALSO HAVE SOMETHING TO ANNOUNCE FROM THE SOMERSET COUNTY CULTURAL HERITAGE COMMISSION. THEY ARE LOOKING FOR ART SUBMISSIONS FOR THE 2026 SENIOR ART SHOW, AND THAT DEADLINE IS JULY 13TH. AND THAT IS ALL AS FAR AS THE REPORTS ARE CONCERNED. BUT I DO WANT TO ECHO WHAT WAS SAID PREVIOUSLY, DEPUTY MAYOR BARRAGAN WAS ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO REALLY PUT HIS HEART AND SOUL INTO BEING, BEING A PUBLIC SERVICE SERVANT FOR OUR TOWN. HIS FINANCIAL ACUMEN WAS WONDERFUL AT THE AT OUR BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE, AND HE WAS ALWAYS SOMEONE WHO HAD A BALANCED VIEWPOINT. AND I THINK THE ONE THING WE ALL STRONGLY FEEL, ALL OF US, IS COLLABORATION. AND RESPECT IS VERY IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE ARE SITTING AT THE DAIS AND MAKING DECISIONS. AND I THINK THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE WERE ALL ABLE TO DO TOGETHER. AND, YOU KNOW, WE WILL DEFINITELY MISS HIM, BUT HE'S NOT TOO FAR. HE'S ACROSS WELL, HE'S GOING TO BE IN PRINCETON, SO NOT TOO FAR. BUT AGAIN, I WISH HIM ALL THE BEST FOR. ALL THE BEST IN HIS

[10. Administrator’s Report]

FUTURE ENDEAVORS. AND THAT IS ALL. AND AT THIS POINT, I WILL ASK THE ADMINISTRATOR FOR HER REPORT. OKAY. THANK YOU. I HAVE A FEW UPDATES. I'LL ADD THAT AT THE FIREWORKS FOR THE REENACTORS, THERE'S A SPECIAL MEET AND GREET AND PHOTOGRAPHS WITH REENACTORS BEFORE SORT OF CROWDS START TO BUILD. SO IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED IN, TO HAVE SOME ONE ON ONE TIME WITH THE FOUR REENACTORS COMING UP, INCLUDING GEORGE WASHINGTON AND GENERAL ROCHAMBEAU, WHO WHO HELPED BRING THE TROOPS THROUGH NEW JERSEY DOWN TO YORK. BATTLE OF YORKTOWN. WILLIAM STEEVES, WHO WE MENTIONED, THAT'S FROM 6 TO 645, SO MIGHT BE A GOOD TIME TO GET IN EARLY, CLAIM YOUR SPOT AND THEN INTERACT WITH THE REENACTORS. I HAVE AN UPDATE ON THE PERMIT EFFICIENCY INITIATIVE THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON. SO MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP, LIKE ALL NEW JERSEY MUNICIPALITIES, YOU NEED A BUILDING PERMIT OR POTENTIALLY A PERMIT FROM THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT OR A ZONING PERMIT TO DO A VARIETY OF WORK IN TOWN.

WE ARE UNDER THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEES AUTHORIZATION AND DIRECTION CURRENTLY INVOLVED IN A STUDY TO LOOK AT HOW EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT OUR PROCESSES ARE, AND WHETHER THERE ARE SOME THINGS WE CAN CHANGE TO MAKE IT MORE EFFICIENT FOR THE RESIDENTS. WE DID MEET WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS. THAT'S A STATE AGENCY. THEY HAVE PROGRAMS, GRANTS AND STAFF MEMBERS THAT WORK WITH MUNICIPALITIES ON PROJECTS LIKE

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THIS. SO THERE WAS A RECOMMENDATION THAT WE BEGIN THE SOLICITING FEEDBACK FROM OUR PERMIT APPLICANTS. SO WE ARE ENGAGING THROUGH OUR GOV PILOT PROGRAM. SO A VERY BRIEF SURVEY WILL BE DISTRIBUTED. IT'S UNDER IN DEVELOPMENT RIGHT NOW. AND SO WE'LL BE ASKING ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCE. ANY DIFFICULTIES THAT THEY HAD THAT THAT'S SORT OF THE FRAMEWORK OF WHAT THE STUDY WILL WILL BE LOOKING AT AND ANY CHANGES THAT WE CAN MAKE. SO BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THAT. BUT IT'LL BE A DIRECT EMAIL TO ALL OF THE PERMIT APPLICANTS THAT WE HAVE AN EMAIL FOR. WE ARE ON TRACK FOR OUR JULY LAUNCH OF THE GOV PILOT, THE RESIDENT PORTAL, THE PORTAL FOR APPLICANTS TO BE ABLE TO THEN GO IN AND TRACK WHERE THEIR PERMIT IS. AS WE'VE SAID, WHEN YOU'RE APPLYING FOR A BUILDING PERMIT HERE IN MONTGOMERY, EVERY TOWN HAS A PRIOR APPROVAL STAGE. SO IF YOUR PERMIT NEEDS TO MAKE SURE IT'S OKAY FROM A ZONING PERSPECTIVE OR AN ENGINEERING PERSPECTIVE, OR THE DEPARTMENT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH MIGHT NEED TO LOOK AT IT. SO IN IN TOWN, LIKE PRINCETON, THE APPLICANT SHOPS THAT KIND OF TO EACH DEPARTMENT. SO YOU GET YOUR ZONING SIGN OFF, THEN YOU BRING IT TO ENGINEERING AND THEN AND THEN IT MAKES ITS WAY TO CONSTRUCTION HERE IN MONTGOMERY FOR, FOR YEARS. THE PROCESS WE DO IS YOU SUBMIT IT TO THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT. THEY MOVE IT AROUND FOR YOU TO ALL GET ALL THOSE PRIOR APPROVALS AND THEN IT COMES BACK AROUND. SO WE ALSO THINK THAT ON A COMMUNICATION LEVEL, JUST REALLY HAVING A RESIDENTS UNDERSTAND THE PRIOR APPROVAL PROCESS. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT DEVELOPING A FLOW CHART THAT WE CAN HAVE AT EACH OF THE COUNTERS AND HAVE ON OUR WEBSITE AND SHARE WITH PERMIT APPLICANTS. WE WE USED TO HAVE A PHYSICAL HANDOUT BEFORE WE MOVED ONLINE TO GOV PILOT IN THE PERMITTING, WHICH ACTUALLY SPELLED OUT THE PROCESS. SO IT'S INTERESTING HOW WE'RE COMING BACK TO THAT, GOING BACK TO TRYING TO DO THAT, BUT THROUGH THE THROUGH THIS PROCESS, YOU'LL START TO SEE UPGRADES HAPPENING AS WE ROLL THAT OUT. BUT THE SOLICITING THE FEEDBACK WILL BE SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITHIN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS ON YOUR TRANSPORTATION INITIATIVES. AS WE KNOW, WE ONLY HAVE ONE PUBLIC TRANSIT LINE. HERE IT GOES, COMES UP FROM PRINCETON AND TURNS AROUND AT ORCHARD ROAD. THAT'S THE NEW JERSEY TRANSIT 605 BUS ON THE TRANSPORTATION SURVEY THAT WE. WE COMPLETED. THE RESULTS ARE ARE BEING HAVE BEEN ANALYZED AND WE'RE WORKING WITH STAFF AND COMMITTEE. MARTIN IS ALSO BEING A PART OF THAT PROJECT.

AND MAYOR SINGH TO LOOK AT THAT. WE ACTUALLY HAVE HAD A LOT OF ASSISTANCE FROM NEW JERSEY TRANSIT AND THE FOLKS THAT DO SURVEYS ON A DAILY BASIS. SO WE HAVE A MEETING WITH THEM ON TUESDAY TO THEY'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THE RESULTS AND HOW WE HAVE KIND OF CREATED SOME KEY TAKEAWAYS FROM THAT, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE NOT SEEING SOMETHING THAT WE'RE NOT SEEING. AND IT IS QUITE TIMELY BECAUSE, COINCIDENTALLY, SOMERSET COUNTY DIVISION OF TRANSPORTATION HAS ANNOUNCED THAT THERE'S A PUBLIC HEARING. IT'LL BE A VERY IMPORTANT PUBLIC HEARING FOR MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP ON WEDNESDAY, JULY 8TH AT 10 A.M. IT IS IN PERSON UP AT 27 WARREN STREET IN SOMERVILLE. THEY APPLY. SOMERSET COUNTY APPLIES FOR A GRANT THAT USES THAT MONEY TO OPERATE THEIR TRANSIT SERVICES, INCLUDING THE PARATRANSIT AND PUBLIC SHUTTLE SERVICES, SO MONTGOMERY WILL BE ATTENDING. WE ALSO WILL BE SUBMITTING OUR COMMENTS IN WRITING NO LATER THAN JULY 2ND. IT WILL BE OPEN TO ALL RESIDENTS. WE'RE GOING TO BE PROMOTING IT TO GET THEM IN. I KNOW IT'S A PRETTY SHORT TIME FRAME, SO I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANYTHING WE CAN DO ABOUT THAT, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS I WILL SAY ON OUR INITIAL KIND OF KEY TAKEAWAYS AND ANALYSIS THAT WE DID ASK A SPECIFIC QUESTION ABOUT SOMERSET COUNTIES PARATRANSIT SYSTEM, BECAUSE JUST IN TALKING WITH RESIDENTS THROUGHOUT THE TOWNSHIP, OUR SENIORS THROUGH OUR AGE FRIENDLY AND REACHING OUT TO OTHER DEVELOPMENTS IN TOWN, THAT HAS BEEN A PINCH POINT FOR RESIDENTS HERE IN MONTGOMERY. AND OF THOSE THAT RESPONDED THAT THEY THEY ACCESS AND USE THE PARATRANSIT, 92% EXPERIENCED SOME ISSUE WITH PARATRANSIT, WHETHER IT'S LIMITED SERVICE HOURS, COVERAGE AREA, LONG WAITING TIMES OR DIFFICULTY TO BOOK OR SCHEDULE RIDES. SO THIS IS VERY TIMELY. WE NOW ARE COMING ARMED WITH DATA, AS ALL THE AGENCIES HAVE ASKED FOR FROM US. SO I WANTED TO TOUCH ON THAT BRIEFLY. THE YMCA WE ARE MEETING WITH, THEY'VE COMPLETED THE MARKET STUDY. AS I MENTIONED, OUR MEETING IS WITH THEM NEXT WEEK TO LEARN WHAT THE STUDY SAID, AND THEN WE'LL PROVIDE AN UPDATE AT THE JULY MEETING. AND DEPUTY MAYOR TODD AND MAYOR SINGH, MAYOR SAYING, RIGHT, NOT YEAH, WE'LL BE AT THE MEETING WITH ME. 23 ORCHARD ROAD, IF WE REMEMBER THAT THE TOWNSHIP

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COMMITTEE DESIGNATED THAT PROPERTY ACROSS THE STREET AS AN AREA IN NEED OF REDEVELOPMENT THAT WAS SUPPORTED BY AN INVESTIGATION STUDY THAT THE PLANNING BOARD CONDUCTED, ALL ACCORDING TO THE STATE'S REDEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING LAWS. THE PLANNING BOARD, WHEN THEY WERE REVIEWING EVERYTHING, DETERMINED THAT THEY WANTED TO FORM A SUBCOMMITTEE AND INTERVIEW AND RETAIN AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CONSULTANT TO ASSIST IN THE CREATION OF THE REDEVELOPMENT PLAN TO REALLY FOCUS IN ON MARKETABLE USES FOR THE PLAN, BECAUSE THE PLANNING BOARD IS CHARGED WITH COMING UP WITH THE REDEVELOPMENT PLAN. SO THOSE INTERVIEWS ARE UNDERWAY AND THEY'RE ONGOING INTO NEXT WEEK. THE AUTO KAUFMAN AND COMMUNITY CENTER AND SENIOR CENTER GRANTS. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE $1.35 MILLION, BOTH BETWEEN THE STATE AND A FEDERAL GRANT. WE'VE BEEN TAKING SOME TRAININGS ON THE PROCESS FOR THE FEDERAL GRANT.

IF YOU REMEMBER, THE DEMOLITION OF THE MUNICIPAL BUILDING WAS THE FEDERAL GRANT. AND THERE ARE A LOT OF PAPERWORK AND A LOT OF SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS THAT NEED TO BE DONE. SO WE'VE STARTED THAT PHASE. SO THAT'S THAT'S GOOD IN PARALLEL TO ALL OF THE PAPERWORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE FOR THOSE GRANTS. STAFF HAVE BEEN MEETING AND MAYOR SINGH HAS BEEN INVOLVED. WE WERE ABLE TO PAY FOR THROUGH ANOTHER GRANT THAT WE HAVE THE AGE FRIENDLY GRANT, BRING IN A SPACE PLANNER TO HELP US TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THE AWKWARD SPACES WITHIN THE SENIOR CENTER TO TRY AND CREATE SOME ADDITIONAL SQUARE FOOTAGE SO THAT MORE SENIORS WOULD BE ABLE TO UTILIZE. BECAUSE WE'RE ALMOST AT FULL CAPACITY AT THE SENIOR CENTER. SO WE SAW SOME INITIAL DESIGNS, WE GAVE SOME FEEDBACK. SO WE'LL BE CONTINUING TO WORK ON THAT. AND THEN IN THE MEANTIME, AS WE TALK ABOUT IT, THERE'S THE MUST DO LIST, THE THINGS THAT NEED TO BE FIXED BEHIND THE THE SCENES BEHIND THE WALLS, THE HVAC AND THE LIGHTING AND THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE MIGHT NOT NECESSARILY SEE. SO IT'LL BE A NICE BALANCE IN THAT.

SO THAT WORK IS, IS CURRENTLY ONGOING. AND I THINK THE LAST THING I WANTED TO MENTION WAS MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP RECEIVED A GRANT FROM SOMERSET COUNTY TO CREATE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE THROUGH OUR REV 250 COMMITTEE, A LARGE MURAL OF A UNITY TREE, AND IT WILL BE CREATED OUT OF 600 OF THESE FOUR INCH BY FOUR INCH TILES, AND THE KIT HAS. WE'VE RECEIVED THE KIT AND THE BRUSHES. THERE'S PAINT PAINTS, THE PAINTS THAT YOU USE, THE PAINT BRUSHES THAT YOU USE, AND ALL OF THESE INDIVIDUAL TILES WILL FORM KIND OF TWO TREES INTERTWINED. IT'S CALLED THE UNITY TREE. AND WE HAVE FOUR THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER. WE HAVE 600 TILES. SO WE'RE GOING TO GENERATE SOME BUZZ ON THIS. WE HAVE FOUR PAINTING PARTIES, PAINTING EVENTS SCHEDULED. THE LIBRARY IS A PARTNER WITH US, A NEW PAINTING, STUDIO PAINTING STUDIO HAS IS ON BOARD. SO NEXT TUESDAY IS THE FIRST PAINTING PARTY THEY. YOU SHOULD SIGN UP IF YOU CAN. IT'S THROUGH THIS.

THE FIRST ONE IS THROUGH THE LIBRARY. THEY WILL ACCEPT WALK INS AS WELL, THOUGH I THINK THERE'S MAYBE 25 PEOPLE SIGNED UP ALREADY. THAT'S TUESDAY AT 330 TO 5 P.M. AND THEN WE'LL BE ROLLING OUT THE OTHER DATES. BUT THOSE ARE THERE'S A SATURDAY THAT THE TOWNSHIP WILL BE RUNNING IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE FARMERS MARKET. THAT'S AROUND 11 A.M. TO 1 P.M. THEN THERE'S A THURSDAY MORNING AT THE LIBRARY IN JULY, JULY 30TH FROM 1030 TO 12 P.M. AND THEN THE OOPS PAINTING STUDIO IS WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12TH IN THE EVENING. AND WE'LL WE'LL BE HANDLING THE RSVP FOR FOR THEM. THAT'S KIND OF A COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE STUDIO WHO WILL BE OPENING UP THEIR SPACE AND HELPING PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, BRAINSTORM WHAT THEY WANT TO PAINT. SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT AND HOPE PEOPLE CAN STOP BY JUST TO SEE WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT ON THE 23RD AND, AND YEAH, AND I THINK WE'LL HAVE INFORMATION ON THAT ON OUR TABLE AT THE FIREWORKS AS WELL. IT'S ON OUR WEBSITE AND IT'S ON THE WEBSITE. WE'LL BE PROMOTING IT. YEAH. THANK, THANK YOU, LORI, FOR ORGANIZING THAT. AND YEAH, SO YOU, IF YOU WANT TO PARTICIPATE AND THEN YOU WANT TO HAVE YOUR TILE, YOU KNOW, WILL BE VISIBLE AND SEEN, YOU KNOW, ONE WILL. THE OUTDOOR ONE WILL BE POSTED ON THE BARN AT MONTGOMERY VETERANS PARK, AND THE OTHER ONE WILL BE HERE IN THE TOWNSHIP BUILDING. SO IT'S A GREAT WAY TO BE PART OF THE 250 LEGACY THAT WILL LIVE FOR FOR MANY YEARS TO COME. SO ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO PARTICIPATE. THANK YOU. AND THE ONE THING WE WANTED TO MENTION WAS THE PARKING PASSES. I FORGOT THAT AND YES, PARKING PASSES ARE AVAILABLE AT THE RECREATION. YOU HAVE TO GO AND GET THEM YOURSELF. AND OF COURSE THERE'S FREE PARKING AS WELL. BUT IF YOU WANTED TO BE CLOSE TO THE THE FIREWORKS AND PARK BECAUSE YOU KNOW, FOR ANY OTHER REASON, THERE IS PARKING PASSES AND YOU CAN GET THEM AT OUR RECREATION CENTER. AND BEFORE ANGELINA GOES, DO WE HAVE ANY LEGAL UPDATE? YOUR LEGAL UPDATES WILL BE CLOSED

[8. Presentation – Resident Resources Guide – Girl Scout Gold Award, Angelina Busch]

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TODAY. OKAY, SO NO LEGAL UPDATES HERE. ANGELINA, THE FLOOR IS ALL YOURS. THANK YOU.

OKAY, READY? THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR PATIENCE. I APOLOGIZE FOR EVERYTHING. BUT JUST INTRODUCE MYSELF. HI, MY NAME IS ANGELINA BUSCH. I'M CURRENTLY A SENIOR AT MONTGOMERY HIGH SCHOOL, GRADUATING VERY SOON. AND TODAY I JUST WANT TO SHOW YOU GUYS THE FINAL PRODUCT OF MY NEW RESIDENCE. WELCOME GUIDE OR COMMUNITY RESOURCE GUIDE THAT I CREATED AS A PART OF MY GIRL SCOUT GOLD AWARD. I PRESENTED KIND OF THE OUTLINE FOR THIS TO YOU GUYS A WHILE AGO, AND I'M VERY EXCITED THAT IT'S FINALLY HERE NOW. AND IT'S POSTED ON THE TOWNSHIP WEBSITE FOR PEOPLE TO USE. SO I DON'T WANT TO TAKE UP TOO MUCH OF YOUR TIME. SO I'M JUST GOING TO GO THROUGH IT VERY QUICKLY. BUT THIS IS THE FRONT PAGE JUST SHOWS OBVIOUSLY THE BEAUTIFUL TOWNSHIP BUILDING.

AND JUST THAT IT WAS PREPARED BY ME WITH THE HELP OF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. AND THEN FOR THE NEXT PAGE, IT'S A WELCOME GUIDE. AND THIS IS KIND OF THE WAY THAT MOST OF THE PAGES ARE STRUCTURED. IT JUST SHOWS A QUICK BRIEF ABOUT WHAT THE PAGE IS GOING TO TALK ABOUT. AND THEN AS YOU CAN SEE THERE, IT HAS A GREEN BOX, AND IN THAT BOX ARE SEVERAL OF THE RESOURCES. THEN IT HAS THE RESOURCE HYPERLINKED. SO IF YOU WERE TO CLICK ON THAT, THAT WOULD TAKE WHOEVER IS LOOKING AT IT TO THE LINK ONLINE. AND THEN IT HAS A QUICK DESCRIPTION BELOW ABOUT WHAT EACH RESOURCE IS. SO PEOPLE ARE EASILY ABLE TO KIND OF UNDERSTAND BEFORE THEY CLICK. SO THIS IS JUST A WAY, A PAGE THAT SHOWS HOW THEY CAN RECEIVE INFORMATION ABOUT TOWNSHIP EVENTS AND ONGOINGS. SO FOR THE NEXT PAGE, IT'S GOING TO BE ABOUT EMERGENCY SERVICES. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AS ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS THEY MENTIONED TO ME WHEN I WAS WORKING ON THIS PROJECT WAS THAT THEY WANTED TO COMBAT PEOPLE USING EMERGENCY RESOURCES IN A WAY THAT COULD HAVE BEEN DIFFICULT FOR EITHER EMERGENCY SERVICES TO KIND OF GET THEM HELP AND ALSO CAUSE A LOT OF BACKLOGS, ESPECIALLY WITH THINGS LIKE NINE ON ONE CALLS. SO THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A PAGE THAT KIND OF SHARED WHEN TO CALL 911 AND WHERE PEOPLE COULD GO OR CALL IF THEY WERE HAVING OTHER EMERGENCY ISSUES THAT PERHAPS WEREN'T JUST EMERGENCY ENOUGH FOR 911. AND THEN FOR THE NEXT PAGE IS AGAIN, SOME MORE EMERGENCY SERVICES, POLICE, FIRE, THINGS LIKE THAT. AND THEN FOR THE NEXT PAGE, IT'S ABOUT HOUSING AND UTILITIES, WHICH IS VERY HELPFUL FOR NEW RESIDENTS.

DEFINITELY JUST A UTILITY SERVICE OVERVIEW AND JUST DIFFERENT THINGS ABOUT SEWERS AND WATER. THAT WAS ALSO VERY IMPORTANT TO INCLUDE FOR THE NEXT PAGE. IT'S ALSO HEALTH CARE AND MENTAL HEALTH, WHICH ALSO WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. SO IT HAS LOCAL HOSPITALS AS WELL AS HEALTH AND URGENT CARE CENTERS, WHICH IS VERY GOOD, ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE ISSUES. WE MENTIONED EARLIER ABOUT DIFFERENT 911 CALLS THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE COULD DEFINITELY GO TO URGENT CARE INSTEAD. AND THEN FOR THE NEXT IS COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS, WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY FOR NEW RESIDENTS AND OLD RESIDENTS, TO KIND OF SEE WHAT OPPORTUNITIES ARE OUT THERE TO MAKE CONNECTIONS IN THE AREA. SO THINGS LIKE ROTARY CLUB, ELKS CLUB, AND DIFFERENT, OBVIOUSLY LIKE MEETINGS LIKE THESE WITH THE TOWNSHIP ARE VERY AWESOME WAYS FOR PEOPLE TO GET INVOLVED. AND THIS IS ANOTHER ONE, HOUSES OF WORSHIP.

WE'RE ALSO VERY IMPORTANT FOR THE DEPARTMENT TO ADD. IT JUST SHARES ANOTHER WAY THAT PEOPLE CAN GET INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY AND FEEL CONNECTION AS NEW RESIDENTS, AND THEN SOCIAL SERVICES AND SUPPORT. THIS IS THE ONE THAT I FOUND THE MOST PEOPLE DIDN'T LIKE.

WE'RE LEARNING EVEN OLDER RESIDENTS. SO THINGS LIKE TWO, ONE, ONE AND DIFFERENT WAYS TO CONTACT SNAP AND ALL THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WHEN I PRESENTED IN A WORKSHOP, EVEN RESIDENTS WHO HAD LIVED HERE FOR MANY YEARS DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THESE SERVICES. SO VERY INTERESTING TO SEE THAT AND TO BE ABLE TO SHARE THAT WITH THEM. AND THEN ALSO SENIOR SERVICES, WHICH ARE VERY BENEFICIAL. AND THIS WAS JUST LIKE A BIG OVERVIEW OF THAT. AND THEN LOCAL AMENITIES, MAINLY JUST THE PARKS AND THE LIBRARY SYSTEMS, WHICH WE OBVIOUSLY ALL APPRECIATE, AND THEN TRANSPORT, WHICH IS ALSO ANOTHER ISSUE THAT I KNOW HAS BEEN BIG WITH THE TOWNSHIP RECENTLY, AND ESPECIALLY I FOUND IT INTERESTING. THE MONTGOMERY FRIDAY SHOPPING BUS WAS SOMETHING THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT, BUT I FOUND IS A REALLY GOOD RESOURCE, AND I THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY GREAT TO INCLUDE THAT, BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE COULD BENEFIT FROM BUT THAT THEY DON'T KNOW EXISTS. SO I WAS REALLY HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO PUT THAT IN HERE. AND THEN MOVING ON TO THE NEXT PAGE IS JUST ANOTHER EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS SECTION. THIS WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS THIS WAS ALSO SOMETHING THAT THEY THOUGHT NEW RESIDENTS DEFINITELY NEEDED, ESPECIALLY IF THEY WEREN'T USED TO THE TYPE OF CLIMATE WE HAVE HERE IN MONTGOMERY, WHICH CAN BE VERY RAINY AND PRONE TO FLOODING. AND THEN FOR THE LAST PAGE, IT IS JUST AN OVERVIEW OF IMPORTANT PHONE NUMBERS. THIS IS ALMOST TO BE USED AS LIKE A WAY THAT PEOPLE CAN PRINT THIS OUT AND PUT IT ON THEIR FRIDGE OR SOMEWHERE IN THEIR HOME, AND THEY CAN USE THIS TO CONTACT ANY OF THESE NUMBERS WHENEVER THEY NEED IT. AND YEAH, THAT'S THE MAIN PRESENTATION. BUT YES, I'M VERY HAPPY THAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO COMPLETE THIS. IT'S VERY CLOSE TO BEING FINALLY APPROVED AS A FINAL GOAL GOLD AWARD BY THE GOLD AWARD ASSOCIATION AND THE COUNCIL. SO I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT AS A TOWNSHIP. IT HAS MEANT A LOT TO ME THAT I'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO THIS PROJECT. IT HAS BEEN A REALLY GREAT HONOR TO BE ABLE TO KIND OF SERVE MY COMMUNITY IN THIS WAY. AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, I'D BE MORE THAN GLAD. BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. THIS IS. REALLY, REALLY

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IMPRESSIVE. LIKE, IT'S LIKE MARKETING, VERY PROFESSIONAL QUALITY. I MEAN, YOU HAVE A CAREER IN PRETTY MUCH ANYTHING PROBABLY. BUT YOU KNOW, THIS IS AMAZING. THIS IS VERY IMPRESSIVE. THANK YOU. THIS IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT THE TOWN NEEDS. I KNOW I'VE BEEN ON THE WEBSITE AND IT'S CONFUSING TO ME AND I GO ON IT OFTEN. SO I'M SURE IT'S A VERY CONFUSING FOR OUR RESIDENTS WHO HAVEN'T BEEN ON AS OFTEN. AND THIS IS THIS IS A GREAT BREAKDOWN AND IT MAKES IT EASY TO, TO USE. SO APPRECIATE IT. IT LOOKS REALLY GREAT. AND NOT ONLY DOES IT LOOK GREAT, BUT IT'S LAID OUT IN A VERY INTUITIVE WAY, WHICH MAKES IT THE INFORMATION ACCESSIBLE. AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE PLANNING ON GOING TO COLLEGE OR WHERE YOU'RE PLANNING ON GOING TO COLLEGE, BUT YOU SHOULD PROBABLY STUDY COMMUNICATIONS. YEAH, I'M GOING TO GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, POLITICAL SCIENCE AND BUSINESS. ALRIGHT, PERFECT. EXCELLENT.

CONGRATULATIONS, ANGELA. I'VE SEEN THIS GO THROUGH A FEW ITERATIONS. SO IT'S, IT'S LOOKING REALLY, REALLY GOOD. AND WHEN WHEN IS YOUR GOAL TO ORDER? IS THAT DONE OR YOU'RE GOING TO BE SUBMITTING THIS NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS. IT SHOULD BE FINALIZED SUBMITTING THIS AND GETTING. YEAH. SO CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT. THAT'S A BIG ACHIEVEMENT. AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING AND BEING HERE. I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.

[12. Public Comment ]

AND THERE WAS 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? HI. GOOD EVENING. I'M CATHERINE CORRAL, 25, TARRYTOWN TERRACE.

IT'S ALWAYS A MOUTHFUL. I JUST WANTED TO SAY TWO QUICK THINGS. ONE WAS I KNOW, I KNOW THAT VINCE ISN'T HERE TO HEAR THIS, BUT BUT I THINK IT'S SUCH A LOSS TO MONTGOMERY THAT I KNOW HE'S ONLY MOVING TO PRINCETON, BUT HE DID SUCH A WONDERFUL JOB. AND JUST ON A PERSONAL NOTE, WE HAD I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY REMEMBERS LATE LAST SUMMER, I GUESS IT WAS EARLY FALL. WE HAD THAT MICROBURST AND WE HAD ALL THE TREES COME DOWN. AND IT WAS IT WAS JUST THIS REALLY SUDDEN, VIOLENT STORM. AND I REMEMBER, VINCE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE WERE TEXTING ABOUT, BUT WE'RE.

BUT I HAD TEXTED HIM THAT A TREE FELL ON MY HOUSE. AND I THINK WITHIN 15 MINUTES VINCE WAS AT MY HOUSE. HE'S LIKE, I'M COMING OVER RIGHT NOW. I'M GOING TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON.

AND HE HAD HIS LITTLE LIKE JACKET, HIS MONTGOMERY JACKET ON. AND HE HE CAME LIKE, HE WAS LIKE HIS FEMA JACKET. AND HE CAME OVER AND, AND HE WAS LIKE, DO YOU NEED ANYTHING? AND WE HAD A NEIGHBOR AROUND THE CORNER WHO HAD JUST MOVED INTO THEIR HOUSE MAYBE TWO WEEKS BEFORE THAT MICROBURST STORM HAD HAPPENED AND A TREE FELL RIGHT ON THEIR HOUSE AND THEY HAD AN INFANT SLEEPING LIKE WAS NAPPING IN THE BEDROOM. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS REMEMBER THIS HAPPENING. AND VINCE AND THEY THAT HOUSE IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER FROM MINE. AND VINCE WENT TO THEIR HOUSE RIGHT AFTER HE WENT TO MY HOUSE. AND I JUST THOUGHT, WHAT A, WHAT AN AWESOME GUY. WHAT A, WHAT A GREAT GUY. WHAT AN AMAZING PUBLIC SERVANT. JUST LEADING WITH KINDNESS ALWAYS AND, AND ACCESSIBLE. AND I JUST, I JUST WISH HIM ALL THE BEST. AND THEN THE SECOND THING I WANTED TO SAY WAS THAT THAT GOLD AWARD IS FANTASTIC. WE I REMEMBER WHEN WE MOVED TO MONTGOMERY IN 2010, I DON'T EVEN REMEMBER BUT WHAT WE MOVED TO A DIFFERENT PART OF MONTGOMERY IN 2020 DURING COVID. I REMEMBER WE GOT AGAIN FOR THE SECOND TIME, LIKE THE MONTGOMERY BUSINESS ASSOCIATION SENDS SOMETHING THEY SEND LIKE A LITTLE WELCOME, WELCOME PACK AND EVERYTHING. BUT TO HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THIS TO ACCOMPANY THAT IS SUCH A USEFUL RESOURCE. SO JUST BRAVO TO THAT. AND I JUST WANTED TO COMMEND ANGELINA ON THAT PROJECT BECAUSE I THOUGHT THAT WAS FANTASTIC. AND THAT'S IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OH. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR SINGH. GOOD EVENING, DEPUTY MAYOR TAYLOR TODD. CONGRATULATIONS. AND MEMBERS OF THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE, AS WELL AS RESIDENTS. I'M MARY REESE, A RESIDENT OF THE TOWNSHIP FOR MORE THAN 40 YEARS. AND I'M THE CHAIR OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION. DURING THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS, OUR EC MEMBERS HAVE DISCUSSED THE PROLIFERATION OF DATA CENTERS IN OUR STATE. I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT, MR. REESE, BUT IF YOU'RE GOING TO COMMENT ON THAT, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT YOU DO IT FOR THE PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION OF THE ORDINANCE SO THAT IT CAN BE PART OF THE RECORD. YOU'RE WELCOME TO CONTINUE. NO, THAT'S FINE. IT'S NOT PART OF THE RECORD OF THE ORDINANCE. OKAY. WELL, I THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I TOO, WANT TO OFFER MY APPRECIATION TO DEPUTY MAYOR BERRIGAN BECAUSE HE WAS ALWAYS AVAILABLE, VERY SUPPORTIVE AND

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JUST A FINE EXAMPLE OF A MEMBER OF THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE. AND THE GOLD AWARD PROJECT IS PHENOMENAL. I CAN'T WAIT TO GET MY HANDS ON IT. AND MY DAUGHTER WAS A GOLD AWARD, A GOLD AWARDEE MANY YEARS AGO. AND I JUST GLOW WHENEVER I SEE OTHER YOUNG WOMEN GOING THROUGH THIS VERY RIGOROUS PROCESS. SO THANK YOU. I'LL BE BACK. THANK YOU MARY. AND SO DID MY DAUGHTER DO HER GOLD AWARD. SO WHENEVER I HEAR IT, I REMEMBER THOSE DAYS AND HOW MUCH EFFORT IT GOES INTO A GOLD AWARD. OH MY GOD. YES, I WAS THEIR LEADER. SO. OH, OKAY. PERSONAL. I WAS THE COOKIE MOM. I DIDN'T LEAD, I JUST GOT THEM TO SELL COOKIES. THAT'S IT. NEXT. OKAY. OKAY,

[13. Ordinance #26-1779 – An Ordinance Amending Section 1, Chapter 16, Land Development, Subsection 1.5, “Prohibiting Uses,” Prohibiting Data Centers and Detention Centers Within its Geographical Boundaries and Amending Subsection 2.1 “Definitions” of the Code of the Township of Montgomery (1984) – Public Hearing/Final Adoption ]

OKAY. ORDINANCES, INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READING. THERE ARE NO ORDINANCES FOR INTRODUCTION ORDINANCES. PUBLIC HEARING. FINAL ADOPTION ORDINANCE 26-1779. AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION ONE. CHAPTER 16 LAND DEVELOPMENT, SUBSECTION 1.5 PROHIBITING USES PROHIBITING DATA CENTERS AND DETENTION CENTERS WITHIN ITS GEOGRAPHICAL BOUNDARIES AND AMENDING SUBSECTION 2.1 DEFINITIONS OF THE CODE OF THE TOWNSHIP OF MONTGOMERY, 1984. THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? NOW? GOOD EVENING, MAYOR SINGH.

MEMBERS OF THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE, CRAIG GIANNETTI, THE LAW FIRM DAY PITNEY, ON BEHALF OF ECON DEVELOPMENT, WE'RE HERE TONIGHT TO PLACE OUR OBJECTION ON THE RECORD WITH RESPECT TO ORDINANCE 26-1779, PARTICULARLY AS IT RELATES TO DATA CENTERS, AND ASK THAT THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE TABLE THE ORDINANCE UNTIL THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE FURTHER EVALUATION OF THAT PARTICULAR BAN, AS THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE MAY BE AWARE, THERE IS A PENDING SITE PLAN APPLICATION BEFORE THE PLANNING BOARD THAT ECON DEVELOPMENT HAS SUBMITTED IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE L M ZONE, WHERE THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED, THE APPLICATION IS DEEMED COMPLETE, SO THIS ORDINANCE WOULD NOT HAVE AN IMPACT ON THAT APPLICATION, BUT THERE COULD STILL BE FUTURE IMPACTS BY HAVING AN OUTRIGHT BAN THAT COULD CREATE WHAT MAY OTHERWISE BE APPROVED AS AUTOMATICALLY A PREEXISTING NON-CONFORMING USE. I HAVE HERE WITH ME TONIGHT, PETER KATIE FROM ECON DEVELOPMENT, WHO HAS SIGNIFICANT EXPERIENCE IN DATA CENTER DEVELOPMENT. I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS A FEW THINGS IN A MOMENT. WITH RESPECT TO A LOT OF ISSUES YOU TYPICALLY HEAR WITH RESPECT TO DATA CENTERS, BUT WITH RESPECT TO THE BAN UNDER THE MUNICIPAL LAND USE LAW AND UNDER RELEVANT CASE LAW, AN OUTRIGHT BAN REQUIRES THAT THE PROHIBITION BE OR BARE SOME REASONABLE RELATIONSHIP TO A LEGITIMATE PLANNING, OBJECTIVE OR ZONING OBJECTIVE THAT IT NOT BE ARBITRARY, CAPRICIOUS OR UNREASONABLE. THE MUNICIPAL LAND USE LAW ZONING IS SUPPOSED TO BE GUIDED BY THE APPROPRIATE USE AND DEVELOPMENT OF LAND.

PROMOTION OF THE GENERAL WELFARE, PROVIDE ADEQUATE FACILITIES AND ENCOURAGE COORDINATED LAND DEVELOPMENT. IT'S NOT SIMPLY TO ELIMINATE A MODERN AND NECESSARY INFRASTRUCTURE USE WITHOUT EVALUATING WHETHER IT CAN BE ACCOMMODATED ANYWHERE IN TOWN.

AND THERE ARE, I IDEAL REASONS, PARTICULARLY WITH THE KEN VIEW SITE, WHERE DATA CENTERS MAKE APPROPRIATE SENSE. THE EXISTING KEN VIEW SITE WAS A SIGNIFICANT HIGH ENERGY USER. IT ALREADY HAS THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN PLACE FOR HIGH ENERGY USE, AND I'LL HAVE MISTER KITTY TALK ABOUT THAT MORE IN A MINUTE. IT'S ALSO TAKING AN EXISTING, OBSOLETE VACANT LIGHT MANUFACTURING FACILITY AND CAMPUS AND REDEVELOPING IT. INSTEAD OF USING A GREENFIELD DEVELOPMENT WHERE YOU'RE DEVELOPING, YOU KNOW, RAW LAND. IT ALSO HAS A NATURAL BUFFERS ALREADY IN PLACE. YOU HAVE 2000FT OR SO FROM THE EXISTING BUILDINGS BEFORE YOU EVEN GET TO THE PROPERTY LINE OR TO THE NEAREST RESIDENTIAL USE. AND WE'RE NOT SAYING THAT A DATA CENTER IS APPROPRIATE EVERYWHERE. WE RECOGNIZE THAT, BUT IN CERTAIN SCENARIOS THERE SHOULD BE ANALYSIS OF IS THERE A SITE WHERE IT HAS A NECESSARY INFRASTRUCTURE, IT HAS A NECESSARY FEATURES, AND CAN YOU CRAFT A ZONING ORDINANCE THAT IMPOSES RESTRICTIONS OR

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REQUIREMENTS THAT MITIGATE ANY OF THE CONCERNS THAT YOU MAY HAVE? WHEN WE THINK THAT'S MORE OF AN APPROPRIATE ANALYSIS TO BE DONE. IF I COULD HAVE. MR. KATIE, IF YOU WANT TO, IF HE SITS AND TESTIFY, YOU LIKE HIM TO COME UP, IT DOESN'T MATTER. AND I WAS ASKING TO ADDRESS KIND OF SOME OF THE USES AS TO PARTICULARLY TO THE SITE IN GENERAL WITH RESPECT TO DATA CENTER USES AND SOME OF THE THINGS YOU TYPICALLY HEAR IN THE NEWS WITH RESPECT TO THEM.

HI, EVERYONE. HOW ARE YOU? PETER KILTY, ECON DEVELOPMENT CORP. I'M A PARTNER IN THE SITE KNOWN AS KEN VIEW, CURRENTLY 199 GRAND VIEW ROAD, AND JUST WANTED TO TALK, AS CRAIG MENTIONED, ABOUT SOME FEATURES OF OUR SITE AND WHAT IT HAS THAT EXISTS TODAY. THE EXISTING PROPERTY CONTAINS HARD TO FIND AND DIFFICULT INFRASTRUCTURE AS IT RELATES TO ELECTRICAL POWER.

SO ANYBODY WHO'S BEEN ON THE SITE OR VISITS, WE HAVE DUAL 69 KV, WHICH IS 69,000 VOLT TRANSMISSION LINES THAT COME TO THE SITE AND FEED THE ON SITE SUBSTATION, WHICH WAS, YOU KNOW, USED AS PART OF THE MANUFACTURING CAMPUS FOR A LONG TIME NOW. SO THAT EXISTS ON THE SITE TODAY. THE TRANSMISSION LINES ARE ACTUALLY BOTH FED FROM DUAL SUBSTATIONS. SO WHY THAT'S IMPORTANT TO BOTH DATA CENTERS AND MANUFACTURING OPERATIONS IS REDUNDANCY. SO HAVING DUAL FEEDS IS TRUE ELECTRICAL GRID REDUNDANCY WHICH IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT IN OPERATIONS THAT ARE CRITICAL, THAT CAN'T LOSE POWER OR HAVE LOSS OF POWER IF THE LINE NEEDS MAINTENANCE OR IS IMPACTED BY STORM AND OTHERWISE. THE 69 KV TRANSMISSION LINES THAT ENTER THE PROPERTY, THEY FEED DUAL TRANSFORMERS AGAIN TO CONTINUE THE REDUNDANCY AND THEN EVENTUALLY MAKE THEIR WAY ONTO THE MANUFACTURING AND CAMPUS SITE, DISTRIBUTING THE POWER THROUGHOUT. IN ADDITION TO THE POWER, THE SITE IS, THE TRANSMISSION LINES RUN PARALLEL TO RAILROAD AND RAILROAD INFRASTRUCTURE AND WHY THAT'S IMPORTANT. YOU KNOW, DATA CENTERS USE THOSE FIBER NETWORKS BECAUSE THEY SERVE AS RIGHT OF WAYS FOR INTERNET FIBER AND WHAT IS KNOWN AS DARK FIBER. THOSE RAILWAY LINES PROVIDE THE MOST DIRECT PATH TO CENTRALIZED HUBS THAT ALLOW THEM TO TIE INTO LARGER FIBER NETWORKS AND DISTRIBUTED, YOU KNOW, THE DATA THAT WAY. GIVEN THE SIZE OF OUR SITE, YOU KNOW, IT ALLOWS US TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE SEPARATION FROM, YOU KNOW, NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES THROUGH BERMS, LANDSCAPE BUFFERS, AND JUST SHEER LINEAR SEPARATION. LASTLY, OUR SITE, ITS EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE USES A CLOSED LOOP COOLING SYSTEM. SO WE HAVE COOLING TOWERS OUTSIDE THAT CURRENTLY SERVE, YOU KNOW, THE FACILITY FOR THE COOLING OF THE PROPERTY. THOSE CLOSED LOOP SYSTEMS DO NOT USE WATER. AS YOU KNOW, YOU MIGHT HEAR, YOU KNOW, IN OTHER SITUATIONS WHERE, YOU KNOW, EVAPORATIVE COOLING IS BURNING OFF HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF GALLONS A YEAR AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. THESE SYSTEMS, WHICH I'LL SPEAK TO IN A SECOND, ARE CLOSED LOOP, AND THEY HAVE ABOUT 35% GLYCOL MIX TO THEM JUST TO KEEP THEM FROM FREEZING IN THE WINTERTIME. SO A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE OTHER DATA CENTERS THAT YOU MIGHT HEAR ABOUT IN THE NEWS, BURNING OFF TONS OF WATER IN TODAY'S MODERN DATA CENTERS, THE CLOSED LOOP WATER SYSTEMS, THEY CONTINUOUSLY RECIRCULATE THAT WATER THROUGHOUT THE LOOP. THEY'RE FORCING THAT WATER DIRECTLY TO THE EQUIPMENT TO COOL IT AT WHAT IS CALLED THE HEAT EXCHANGER, AND THEN THE WARM WATER RECIRCULATES IN THE LOOP BACK TO WHAT IS KNOWN AS THE COOLING TOWER TO CHILL THAT WATER, AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. HISTORICALLY, THAT LEVEL OF INFRASTRUCTURE ONLY HAS A LOSS OF ABOUT 5% OVERALL FOR THE ENTIRETY OF THE YEAR. SO WHAT IT MEANS FROM A UTILITY INFRASTRUCTURE, YOU DON'T NEED LARGE SCALE PIPES COMING FROM THE DOMESTIC WATER SYSTEM AND THINGS LIKE THAT TO FILL THE SITE. THE INITIAL FILLS CAN BE DONE VIA TANKER TRUCK UTILIZING GLYCOL. AND THE SAME THING FROM A WASTE PERSPECTIVE. IT'S NOT LIKE IT'S GOING DOWN, YOU KNOW, THE SEWER. IF THE LOOP NEEDS TO BE DRAINED FOR SERVICE AND MAINTENANCE, ALL OF THAT IS DONE VIA TRUCKS TAKING IT BACK ON SITE, TAKING IT OFF AND TREATED OFF SITE. USING THE METHODS OF COOLING EQUIPMENT, LIKE I SAID, USES SIGNIFICANTLY LESS WATER, BUT THAT ALSO PAIRS INTO THE NEXT POINT OF CONVERSATION, WHICH IS NOISE. THERE'S A VARIETY OF SYSTEM TYPES THAT DATA CENTERS CAN UTILIZE. THE CLOSED LOOP COOLING SYSTEM LIKE IS ON SITE CURRENTLY. TODAY, IT HAS A LOT LESS NOISE THAN WHAT YOU WOULD EXPERIENCE WITH EVAPORATIVE COOLING SYSTEMS. EVAPORATIVE COOLING SYSTEMS ARE WHAT YOU WOULD SEE IN A COOLER IN A FREEZER FACILITY. CURRENTLY, VERY MUCH LIKE DATA CENTERS, A COOLER AND A FREEZER FACILITY, YOU KNOW, UTILIZES WATER. IT'S RUNNING CONSTANTLY 24 HOURS, AND THE GENERATORS ARE THERE JUST AS EMERGENCY BACKUP, NOT FOR ON SITE GENERATION. THE PROPERTIES AND THE NOISE DECIBEL LEVELS ON SPECIFIC EQUIPMENT ARE FULLY ENGINEERED BY THE DESIGNERS AND MECHANICAL ELECTRICAL PLUMBING ENGINEERS TO MEET THE CRITERIA OF THE NOISE ORDINANCE IN EACH RESPECTIVE MUNICIPALITY AT THE PROPERTY LINES. GIVEN THE SIZE OF OUR SITE, WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, VAST AREA TO PLACE THINGS AND THROUGH LANDSCAPED BERMS, ACOUSTICAL WALLS AND JUST SHEER

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EQUIPMENT, VIBRATION DAMPENING AND ALL THOSE ITEMS FACTOR INTO, YOU KNOW, WHY WE CAN CONTROL THE SOUND ON OUR SITE TODAY VERSUS, YOU KNOW, ANOTHER SITE. THE HEAT REJECTION AND HEAT DISSIPATION IS THE LAST POINT THAT I WANTED TO TALK ON THAT CRAIG MENTIONED. AND THAT CLOSED, CLOSED LOOP COOLING SYSTEM AIMS TO TAKE THE HEAT AND DISSIPATE IT WITHIN THE SYSTEM ITSELF. SO UNLIKE AN AIR COOLED DATA CENTER, WHICH IS MORE OF AN OLDER DATA CENTER TYPE, YOU KNOW THAT I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, MAY HEAR OF IN THE NEWS. THE AIR COOLED, IS EVAPORATING AND PUSHING THAT HEAT OUT INTO THE ATMOSPHERE, RIGHT? IT'S PULLING AND DRAWING THE HEAT OUT OF THE SYSTEM. NOW, A LOT OF THE COMPUTER CHIPS, CPUS AND GPUS THAT ARE GOING INTO EACH INDIVIDUAL RACK, THE HEAT IS CONTAINED AT THAT PLATE. SO THE PLATE WITHIN THE PIECE OF EQUIPMENT IS GETTING HOT. THE COOLED WATER GOING OVER IT IS ACTING AS THE CONDUCTOR TO DRAW THE HEAT OUT OF THAT CHIP AND RECIRCULATE IT INTO THE LOOP.

SO WHEN PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, ASK, WELL, WHERE'S THE HEAT GO? IT'S ACTING. THE WATER IS AS THE CONDUCTOR, IT'S LOOPING THAT BACK IN, CHILLING IT, AND IT'S A CIRCULAR PROCESS. SO JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT A COUPLE OF THOSE THINGS AND SOME ATTRIBUTES ABOUT OUR SITE. AND THAT WAS REALLY JUST TO KIND OF LAY SOME OF THAT FOUNDATION FOR THE POINT WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE WHERE, YOU KNOW, AN OUTRIGHT BAN IS NOT NECESSARILY APPROPRIATE WITHOUT EVALUATING.

IS THERE A SITE THAT HAS THE APPROPRIATE INFRASTRUCTURE AND EVERYTHING RELATED WHERE IT COULD BE APPROPRIATE? I UNDERSTAND DATA CENTERS. IT'S YOU HEAR IT ALL OVER. I IT'S IN MY NEWS FEED CONSTANTLY, PROBABLY BECAUSE OF WHAT I DO. BUT EVEN AT THE STATE LEVEL, THEY'RE GETTING INVOLVED ONLY ONLY TWO YEARS AGO, GRANTED, IT WAS UNDER GOVERNOR MURPHY. THE STATE CREATED THE NEXT NEW JERSEY PROGRAM, AI, TO OFFER INCENTIVES TO DATA OPERATORS TO COME AND OPERATE IN NEW JERSEY. AND NOW GOVERNOR CHERYL HAS CREATED THIS PLAN THAT SHE CALLS THE COMPREHENSIVE DATA CENTER PLAN TO ADDRESS SOME OF THESE ISSUES THAT YOU HEAR ABOUT IN THE NEWS. BUT THE PLAN IS NOT AN OUTRIGHT BAN OF DATA CENTERS. IT'S RATHER SEEKING TO ENSURE ACCOUNTABILITY AND THAT THE COST OF THE ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE AND CONSUMPTION IS NOT PASSED ON TO THE RATE USERS. AND THAT CAN ALL BE ADDRESSED THROUGH VARIOUS STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS. SO WITH THAT, WE ASK THAT THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE EITHER REJECT THE ORDINANCE OR IN THE ALTERNATIVE, JUST CARRY IT TO HAVE FURTHER INVESTIGATION DISCUSSION ON THIS TOPIC. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER IT. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, DON COHEN, BARMAID. I'M HERE THIS EVENING TO VOICE MY SUPPORT FOR ORDINANCE 261779 ON THE AGENDA FOR THIS EVENING, WHICH WILL PROHIBIT DETENTION CENTERS AND DATA CENTERS WITHIN THE GEOGRAPHICAL BOUNDARIES OF NEW JERSEY OF MONTGOMERY. AS A PERSON MARRIED TO AN IMMIGRANT WITH CHILDREN WHO ARE CHILDREN OF AN IMMIGRANT, WITH MANY IMMIGRANT FRIENDS, NEIGHBORS AND COLLEAGUES, I'VE WATCHED THE RECENT ATTACKS ON THE IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY WITH HORROR AND FEAR. THE STATE LEGISLATURE AND GOVERNOR MADE A GOOD START EARLIER THIS YEAR, PUTTING PROTECTIONS IN PLACE. BUT ICE AND THE FOR PROFIT PRISON INDUSTRY HAVE FOUND OPENINGS IN OUR MUNICIPAL LAWS THAT ALLOW THEM TO CONTINUE TO BUILD UP THEIR PROFITS AT THE EXPENSE OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND THE CHARACTER OF LOCAL COMMUNITIES. OUR NEIGHBORS IN ROXBURY, NEW JERSEY, WERE BLINDSIDED EARLIER THIS YEAR WHEN A LOCAL PROPERTY OWNER CHOSE TO SELL A WAREHOUSE TO A FOR PROFIT PRISON CORPORATION, WHICH PLANNED TO USE IT TO BUILD A MID-SIZED, 1500 BED DETENTION FACILITY.

THAT SALE WAS EXECUTED WITH NO CONSIDERATION OF SUBSTANTIAL NEGATIVE REPERCUSSIONS TO THE LOCAL COMMUNITY. LOCAL LEADERS WERE FORCED TO REACT AFTER THE FACT WITH ARDUOUS AND COSTLY LEGAL CHALLENGES TO PROTECT THE COMMUNITY AND SIMPLY MAINTAIN THE STATUS QUO. THIS ORDINANCE ACKNOWLEDGES ROXBURY'S EXAMPLE AND WILL PROTECT THIS COMMUNITY BEFORE IT BECOMES A TARGET FOR A LAND GRAB FOR BUILDING A DETENTION CENTER. COMMUNITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY HAVE EXPERIENCED SIGNIFICANT NEGATIVE IMPACT. WHEN DATA CENTERS SPROUT UP IN THEIR BACKYARDS, HIGH ELECTRICITY COSTS, UNBEARABLE NOISE, DECREASED WATER AVAILABILITY AND QUALITY AIR POLLUTION. YOU KNOW, DESPITE WHAT THE GENTLEMAN JUST SAID, YOU KNOW,

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IT'S POSSIBLE THEY'LL BUILD SOMETHING THAT WON'T BE MAYBE WON'T BE AS BAD AS ALL THAT.

BUT ONCE IT'S BUILT, YOU CAN'T PUT THE TOOTHPASTE BACK IN THE TUBE. SO I AM CONCERNED ABOUT GIVING, YOU KNOW, GIVING THE ABILITY TO BUILD A DATA CENTER IN TOWN. IT WILL DEFINITELY AFFECT THINGS LIKE PROPERTY VALUES. IT WILL AFFECT QUALITY OF LIFE IN THIS TOWN. A NUMBER OF TOWNS AROUND NEW JERSEY, SUCH AS PEMBERTON, ANDOVER, REDBANK, ASBURY PARK AND SEVERAL OTHERS HAVE ALREADY BEGUN TO PROTECT THEMSELVES FROM THIS THREAT. THIS ORDINANCE WILL ADD MONTGOMERY TO THIS GROWING LIST. I WANT TO THANK THE COMMITTEE FOR HAVING INTRODUCED THIS ORDINANCE, AND I WANT TO URGE YOU TO TAKE THE NEXT STEP TO PROTECT ME, TO PROTECT MY FAMILY, TO PROTECT OUR MONTGOMERY COMMUNITY, AND TO PROTECT OUR NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES BY PASSING THIS ORDINANCE THIS EVENING. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING.

DURING THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS, OUR ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION MEMBERS HAVE DISCUSSED THE PROLIFERATION OF DATA CENTERS IN OUR STATE THROUGH OUR DC LIAISON, MIKE MARTIN. WE HAVE CONVENED A CONVEYED TO YOUR BODY OUR CONCERNS ABOUT THE MANY NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THESE CENTERS. WE WERE THRILLED THAT THE FIRST READING OF THIS PROPOSED AMENDMENT, EXCUSE ME. ORDINANCE TO PROHIBIT DATA CENTER DEVELOPMENT IN OUR TOWNSHIP WAS INCLUDED LAST MONTH. THESE FACILITIES, AND I SPEAK IN GENERAL, NOT ASSOCIATED WITH THE PRIOR SPEAKERS. WHILE VITAL TO THE DIGITAL ECONOMY, ARE WHOLLY INCOMPATIBLE, COMPATIBLE WITH THE CHARACTER, THE RESOURCES, AND THE LONG TERM WELL-BEING OF OUR COMMUNITY. A SINGLE LARGE SCALE DATA CENTER CAN CONSUME AS MUCH AS ELECTRICITY AS 5000, EXCUSE ME, 50,000 HOMES. AND THAT'S BASED ON AN MIT STUDY. THAT'S STAGGERING. DEMAND STRAINS. OUR LOCAL GRID, DRIVES UP ENERGY COSTS FOR EVERY FAMILY AND BUSINESS IN OUR TOWNSHIP, AND FORCES UTILITY PROVIDERS TO LEAN MORE ON FOSSIL FUELS TO MEET PEAK LOADS, UNDERMINING OUR ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRESS THAT WE HAVE WORKED SO HARD TO ACHIEVE. THE BURDEN DOESN'T END WITH ELECTRICITY. AS YOU KNOW, I'M A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF THE WATERSHED INSTITUTE. THE STAFF HAS ENGAGED IN CONVERSATIONS WITH EXPERTS, RESEARCHERS AND OTHER COMMUNITIES TO DESIGN SAMPLE ORDINANCES AND PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR TOWNS THAT ARE OPPOSED TO THE. DEVELOPMENT OF THESE CENTERS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES. AND I'M GLAD THAT OUR POLICY DIRECTOR, MIKE PIZARRO, IS HERE THIS EVENING. AS WE KNOW, DATA CENTERS REQUIRE ENORMOUS VOLUMES OF WATER FOR COOLING SYSTEMS, WITH LARGE FACILITIES CONSUMING MILLIONS OF GALLONS PER DAY IN A REGION WHERE MUNICIPAL WATER SUPPLIES FACE INCREASING PRESSURE FROM POPULATION GROWTH AND CLIMATE VARIABILITY, WE CANNOT AFFORD TO HAND OVER THIS IMPORTANT RESEARCH RESOURCE TO A SINGLE INDUSTRIAL TENANT OUR FARMERS, OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR FUTURE GENERATIONS HAVE A FAR BETTER CLAIM TO THE. WATER BENEATH OUR FEET THAN ANY CORPORATE SERVER FARM. BEYOND ENERGY AND WATER, THE CONSEQUENCES RIPPLE OUTWARD IN WAYS THAT ARE LESS VISIBLE BUT NO LESS DAMAGING. DATA CENTERS GENERATE RELATIVELY FEW LOCAL JOBS FOR THE ENORMOUS FOOTPRINT THEY PRODUCE. SUBSTANTIAL HEAT AND NOISE POLLUTION, DEPRESS THE APPEAL OF SURROUNDING PROPERTIES, AND CONSUME LARGE TRACTS OF LAND THAT COULD OTHERWISE SUPPORT OPEN SPACE OR BUSINESSES THAT GENERALLY GENUINELY SERVE OUR COMMUNITY. FOR THESE REASONS, I URGE YOU TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF THIS. ORDINANCE PROTECTING OUR POWER SUPPLY, OUR WATER, OUR LAND, AND OUR QUALITY OF LIFE IS NOT ANTI-PROGRESS, IT'S RESPONSIBLE GOVERNANCE.

LIKEWISE, PROHIBITING THE DEVELOPMENT OF DETENTION CENTERS IS WISE FOR A HOST OF OTHER REASONS. OUR TOWNSHIP DESERVES THE DEVELOPMENT THAT LIFTS RESIDENTS UP, NOT INDUSTRIES THAT DRAIN OUR RESOURCES WHILE RETURNING LITTLE IN KIND. SO I THANK YOU

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VERY MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY. HI, EVERYBODY. NANCY HARRINGTON FROM BELLAMY. OKAY.

I, I ACTUALLY FEARED THE COMMUTE PROPERTY. JUST STARTING OFF WITH THIS RIGHT NOW. I WAS TALKING TO A NEIGHBOR JUST TONIGHT AND I SAID, YOU DON'T REALIZE, BUT WE DO HAVE PLACES HERE IN MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP WHERE THIS COULD HAPPEN.

OKAY. BE IT A DETENTION FACILITY OR NOW WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, AS WAS THE WONDERFUL PRESENTATION THAT WAS GIVEN, IT'S A PERFECT SITE FOR IT. AND I'M LIKE, THERE YOU ARE. OKAY, I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS. AND YOU JUST SPELLED IT OUT. OKAY, WE HAVE THE PERFECT PLACE. MY GOD, THEY CAN MOVE IN TOMORROW IF THEY WANTED TO. OKAY? ALL THEY GOTTA DO IS COME IN AND SAY, WE WANT IT, AND HE'S GOING TO BE DAMN HAPPY IF HE GETS IT, OKAY? BECAUSE HE'S BEEN WANTING TO SELL THIS PLACE AND NOW HE HAS THE OPPORTUNITY. HE'S DONE HIS PREPARATION FOR IT, AND I'M ABSOLUTELY APPALLED. OKAY. I'M LIKE, YOU COULDN'T HAVE HANDLED IT BETTER FOR ME. I CAN'T. BELIEVE THIS. OKAY. BUT YES, THEY CAN BE. PROPERTY IS PERFECT FOR THIS. OKAY. IF IT WAS GOING TO BE ONE PLACE I COULD LOOK AT THAT THIS COULD GO IN, WHETHER IT BE THE DETENTION FACILITY OR AGAIN, OUR DATA CENTER AND I CALL IT OUR DATA CENTER BECAUSE IT WOULD BE OUR DATA CENTER AND IT WOULD BE OUR HEADACHE FOR THE REST OF OUR LIVES. AND WHO WOULD AND I WOULD MOVE OUT OF HERE IMMEDIATELY. OKAY. JUST LETTING YOU KNOW, OKAY, IT WOULD BE THE FIRST THING I'D DO IS PUT MY HOUSE UP FOR MARKET.

IF THAT WENT INTO PLACE, EITHER OF THESE. OKAY, PLEASE DO SUPPORT THIS ORDINANCE. OKAY.

THIS IS SO IMPORTANT. WE TALK ABOUT WHAT THIS HAS HAPPENED. IT'S 250TH ANNIVERSARY. THIS IS THE WAY WE'RE GOING TO SAY THIS IS OUR 250TH ANNIVERSARY. OKAY. IS IT? WE'RE GOING TO SUPPORT THINGS THAT DON'T DO DAMAGE TO OUR CULTURE AND OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COMMITTEE MEMBERS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MY NAME IS MIKE PIZARRO. I'M THE POLICY DIRECTOR FOR THE WATERSHED INSTITUTE. I AGREE WITH MARY AND REALLY HARD ACT TO FOLLOW. BUT, YOU KNOW, DATA CENTERS. ARE MUNICIPAL LAND USE ENVISIONS HOW OUR TOWNS ARE AND WILL GROW. MONTGOMERY IS LARGELY A RURAL SUBURBAN TOWN WITH FARMS AND RESIDENTIAL.

THAT AREA AROUND KEN VIEW HAS FARMS AND RESIDENTIAL. I MAY DISAGREE WITH MR. G AND EDDIE AND HIS WITNESS ABOUT THE DISTANCES BETWEEN THINGS, BUT THAT'S WHAT THAT REGION. IS.

DATA CENTERS BRING WITH IT A HOST OF ISSUES. THEY USE WATER, EVEN CLOSED LOOP SYSTEMS USE SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF WATER. YOU KNOW, SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 66,000,000,000L OF WATER WAS USED IN 2023, TWO GOOGLE DATA CENTERS IN IOWA USED 1.4 BILLION GALLONS OF WATER IN 2024. AND WHILE MAYBE THE CURRENT APPLICATION IS FOR CLOSED LOOP, THAT DOESN'T MEAN ALL APPLICATIONS WILL BE FOR A CLOSED LOOP SYSTEM. SO IN NEW JERSEY, WATER IS PRECIOUS. IF YOU DON'T KNOW, WE ARE CURRENTLY IN WEEK 28 OF A DROUGHT. WE ARE ON OUR SECOND DROUGHT SINCE 2024. WE PROBABLY CAME OUT OF THE FIRST ROUTE WE TOO SOON BECAUSE WE HAD A CLOUD BURST WITH LOTS OF RAIN THAT HIT VERY QUICKLY. OUR WATER IS ALSO UNDER THREAT. JUST A FEW YEARS AGO, THE MILLSTONE RIVER WAS THREATENED WITH A NOT THREATENED HAD A HAB, A HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOM, WHICH WAS VERY UNUSUAL FOR MOVING WATER THAT THREATENED DRINKING WATER SUPPLY.

SO TO PUT ADDITIONAL DEMANDS ON DRINKING WATER THAT AREN'T NECESSARY DO NOT PROVIDE A SIGNIFICANT JOB OPPORTUNITIES FOR THIS COMMUNITY SEEMS TO TAKE A VERY VITAL AND LIMITED RESOURCE AND DEVALUE IT. AND THEN NOT ONLY DOES, YOU KNOW, WATER USE AND YOU HAVE TO USE WATER USE TO, YOU KNOW, COOL THE SYSTEMS YOU USE WATER USE FOR THE HVAC SYSTEMS, CONTACT WITH THESE DATA CENTERS, CONTAMINATE OUR WATER SUPPLY WITH OR CONTAMINATE THE WATER USE WITH FOREVER CHEMICALS. WE KNOW. THOSE CHEMICALS ARE INCREASING IN OUR ENVIRONMENT.

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WE KNOW THOSE CHEMICALS ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO GET OUT OF OUR WATER WHEN IT ONCE IT IS THERE AND IS EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE TO GET OUT OF OUR WATER ONCE IT'S THERE. SO TO INVITE A INDUSTRY THAT BY DESIGN WILL POLLUTE OUR WATER, I THINK WE'VE SEEN THAT TIME AND TIME AGAIN. AND THEN HAVING TO COME BACK LATER ON AND FIX IT IS EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE. AND TIME RESOURCE ENERGY USE, THESE ARE EXTREMELY SIGNIFICANT ENERGY SYSTEMS. ACCORDING TO INDUSTRY DATA. CENTERS ARE ACCOUNTING FOR. I THINK IT'S SOMETHING LIKE A 76% INCREASE IN OUR COST IN JUST OUR PJM REGION. SO THE AND THE ELECTRICAL GRID SYSTEM, THE REGION ABOUT A. 13 STATE REGION. DATA CENTERS ARE SIGNIFICANTLY. THE CAUSE OF OUR INCREASED ELECTRICAL COSTS. AND WHILE MANY DATA CENTERS USE THE GRID, THEY ALSO HAVE SUPPLEMENTAL POWER. BECAUSE WE CAN'T SUPPLY AS MUCH POWER THAT THESE SYSTEMS NEED. SO THEY USE GENERATORS EITHER DIESEL OR NATURAL GAS. THAT CREATES ITS OWN POLLUTION FROM AN AIR.

PERSPECTIVE. BUT A NOISE PERSPECTIVE. THERE IS A DATA CENTER DOWN IN VINELAND WHERE RESIDENTS ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT NOISE UP TO A MILE AWAY AND IS CURRENTLY SUBJECT TO A LAWSUIT.

NOW NOISE ALSO NOT ONLY IS A HUMAN IMPACT, BUT IS AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT. STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THE IMPACT BY NOISE ON BIRDS. MIGRATORY BIRDS. THE SAUERLAND REGION, WHICH MONTGOMERY IS A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF, HAS THOUSANDS OF NEOTROPICAL MIGRATORY BIRDS.

NOISE. HUMAN GENERATED NOISE HAS HAD SIGNIFICANT REPRODUCTIVE, PHYSIOLOGICAL AND ECOLOGICAL IMPACTS TO BIRDS. WE HAVE A VERY PRECIOUS ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCE IN THIS REGION. WE AT THE WATERSHED INSTITUTE GREATLY SUPPORTS THIS ORDINANCE. WE ARE PART OF A COALITION SEEKING A TEMPORARY BAN OR MORATORIUM ON DATA CENTERS THROUGHOUT THE STATE.

UNTIL THE STATE CAN. WRAP ITS HEAD AROUND REASONABLE REGULATIONS THAT PROTECT OUR RESIDENTS, PROTECT OUR ENVIRONMENT, AND MOVES OUR STATE FORWARD IN A WAY THAT WE CAN ALL BE PROUD IN OUR SUSTAINABLE AND ARE COMING BACK A FEW YEARS FROM NOW GOING. HAD WE ONLY THOUGHT THROUGH THIS SITUATION BETTER, WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO TRY TO FIX THESE MISTAKES. SO WE APPRECIATE THIS OPPORTUNITY. WE THANK YOU AND WE URGE YOU GREATLY TO ADOPT THIS BAN. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. NOW, I AS PART OF I THINK THERE'S MORE THERE'S MORE PEOPLE. I THINK WE GOT ONE MORE HERE.

GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS JENNY PISARSKI. ACTUALLY, I AM NOT A RESIDENT OF MONTGOMERY. I AM ACTUALLY A RESIDENT OF CRANBURY, NEW JERSEY. BUT I'VE COME THIS EVENING TO SUPPORT THE ORDINANCE AS WELL FOR TWO DIFFERENT REASONS. WE ARE TRYING VERY HARD TO CREATE A SIMILAR ORDINANCE IN CRANBURY. WE HAVE MULTIPLE WAREHOUSES THAT SURROUND US IN CRANBURY, AS YOU KNOW, ROCKS. THE ROXBURY PROPERTY THAT WAS PURCHASED RECENTLY TO BE A 1300 BED DETENTION CENTER, NOT ONLY PRESENTED AN INHUMANE PROPOSAL, BUT IT ALSO CREATED A HUGE ENVIRONMENTAL, A, A, A POSSIBLE ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARD. THERE ARE AND I'M GOING TO GO BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE ISSUES WITH DATA CENTERS AND DETENTION CENTERS. I STRONGLY APPLAUD THE FACT THAT MONTGOMERY IS TRYING. TO PUT A BAN ON EACH, BOTH FOR THE HUMANE OR THE INHUMANE REASONS AND FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL REASONS. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE ARE CURRENTLY 12 DATA CENTERS ALREADY OPERATIONAL IN THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY. THERE ARE AT LEAST THREE MORE THAT ARE IN THE PROCESS OF BEING BUILT. THEY DO ASSUME LOTS OF WATER, LOTS OF ELECTRICITY, AND THE JOBS THAT GOVERNOR SHERRILL WOULD PROPOSE THAT THEY OFFER ARE REALLY ONLY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION, NOT FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF THOSE DATA CENTERS. IN ADDITION TO THAT, GOVERNOR SHERRILL IS NOT TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION ALL OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS THAT THOSE DATA CENTERS CAN PRESENT. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT PART OF THIS ORDINANCE IS FOR THE PURPOSE OF NOT ALLOWING. GETTING BACK TO THE ISSUE OF

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DETENTION CENTERS, NOT ALLOWING MUNICIPAL PROPERTY TO BE USED, OR MUNICIPAL RESOURCES TO BE USED FOR THE PURPOSES OF CIVIL IMMIGRATION LAW ENFORCEMENT. UNFORTUNATELY, CIVIL MUNICIPAL RESOURCES ARE BEING USED ALL OVER THE STATE. POLICE DEPARTMENTS ARE BEING USED ALL OVER THE STATE LICENSE PLATE READERS, WHICH ARE THE PROPERTY OF THE MUNICIPALITY, ARE BEING USED TO COLLECT PRIVACY DATA, WHICH IN TURN GOES BACK TO BOTH FEDERAL AND STATE AUTHORITIES AND OTHER STATES. SO THEREFORE, SOMEBODY COMING TO NEW JERSEY FOR LAWFUL PURPOSES, LET'S SAY THEY'RE HERE FOR A MEDICAL PROCEDURE THAT IS LAWFUL IN NEW JERSEY, BECAUSE THE LICENSE PLATE READERS THEN TRANSPORT THAT INFORMATION BACK TO THEIR HOME STATE. THEY FIND THEMSELVES GETTING DETAINED AND IN SOME CASES, BROUGHT UP ON FEDERAL CHARGES BECAUSE THEY'VE CROSSED STATE LINES TO GET SOMETHING THAT WAS LAWFUL IN NEW JERSEY, BUT NOT LAWFUL IN TENNESSEE OR TEXAS OR ANY OF THOSE OTHER STATES. WE'RE FINDING THAT PEOPLE ARE GETTING DETAINED IN HOME STATES BECAUSE OF INFORMATION THAT WAS SHARED WITH LICENSE PLATE READERS HERE IN NEW JERSEY. THOSE LICENSE PLATE READERS ARE MUNICIPAL PROPERTY. PLEASE DO NOT ALLOW YOUR MUNICIPAL PROPERTY TO BE USED FOR THIS PURPOSE. AND LASTLY, WHY DO I CARE? I'M A CRANBURY RESIDENT. I CARE BECAUSE THIS IS A HUMAN ISSUE. THIS IS NOT JUST A TOWNSHIP ISSUE. THE TOWNSHIP OF BLOOMFIELD RECENTLY ENFORCED THEIR OWN MUNICIPAL ORDINANCE, BANNING OR ICE FROM USING THEIR PROPERTY, AND ICE SHOWED UP ABOUT TWO AND A HALF WEEKS AGO TO START A MASS DETENTION GRAB OF OF IMMIGRANTS IN THE AREA. HOWEVER, LOCAL RESIDENTS NOTIFIED THE MAYOR AND THE MAYOR BROUGHT OUT THE LOCAL POLICE, AND THE LOCAL POLICE CHASED ICE OUT OF THEIR MUNICIPAL PARKING LOT, ONE VERY SIMILAR TO THE ONE THAT'S RIGHT OUTSIDE WHERE IT NOT FOR THOSE ORDINANCES, WHO KNOWS HOW MANY MEMBERS OF THEIR COMMUNITY WOULD HAVE BEEN UNLAWFULLY DETAINED. PLEASE SUPPORT THIS ORDINANCE. IT'S A HUMANE ORDINANCE. IT'S IMPORTANT ENVIRONMENTALLY. PLEASE DON'T IGNORE IT. THANK YOU. EXCUSE ME, EXCUSE ME, EXCUSE ME, MA'AM, COULD YOU JUST STATE YOUR SPELL? YOUR NAME FOR ME? CAN YOU SPELL YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD? SPELL MY NAME FOR THE RECORD? YES. SO THE FIRST NAME IS JENNY JENNY.

LAST NAME IS PESACH, EPSAKI FROM CRANBERRY. OKAY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. HELLO.

GOOD EVENING. I WANT MY NAME IS KENDRA DE PAOLA, KENDRADI CAPITAL PAOLA. I'M A LONG TIME RESIDENT OF MONTGOMERY, AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR INITIATING THIS ORDINANCE. I AGREE WITH THE PREVIOUS SPEAKERS SPEAKING IN FAVOR AND ASK THAT YOU STOP ALL NEW DATA CENTERS UNTIL STRONG SAFEGUARDS ARE IN PLACE TO PROTECT WORKERS, CONSUMERS AND COMMUNITIES, DEFEND PRIVACY AND CIVIL RIGHTS, AND ENSURE THESE TECHNOLOGIES DO NOT HARM OUR ENVIRONMENT.

AND WITH REGARD TO DETENTION CENTERS, WHEN WE HAVE A FAIR AND HUMANE IMMIGRATION SYSTEM, I THINK THAT'S WHEN WE CAN CONSIDER. MEASURES. RIGHT NOW, THE DETENTION CENTERS THAT EXIST DO NOT HAVE A GOOD TRACK RECORD, AND I REALLY WOULD NOT. I DO NOT WANT TO SEE THAT TYPE OF THING IN MY COMMUNITY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. OKAY. IS THERE ANY MORE OKAY. I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR COMING AND EXPRESSING YOUR CONCERNS. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ADOPT ORDINANCE 26-1779. SO MOVED. SECOND. ROLL CALL PLEASE.

COMMITTEE MEMBER. MARTIN. YES. COMMITTEE MEMBER. ANNE. YES. DEPUTY. MAYOR. TAYLOR. TODD.

YES. MAYOR. SINGH. YES. RESOLUTION RESOLUTION 26-6-185. AUTHORIZING SHARED SERVICE

[14. Resolution #26-6-185 – Authorizing Shared Services Agreement with the Borough of Peapack and Gladstone for Chief Financial Officer, Tax Collector, Qualified Purchasing Agent and Other Accounting-related Services]

AGREEMENT WITH THE BOROUGH OF PEAPACK AND GLADSTONE FOR CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, TAX COLLECTOR, QUALIFIED PURCHASING AGENT AND OTHER ACCOUNTING ACCOUNTING RELATED SERVICES.

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MAYOR. SO WE TALKED ABOUT SHARED SERVICES AND THE IMPORTANCE OF SHARED SERVICES DURING OUR BUDGET PRESENTATION. THIS SHARED SERVICE WE HAVE FOR FINANCIAL SERVICES FOR THE BOROUGH OF PARK IN GLADSTONE. WE. IT'S A CONTINUATION. WE. WE STARTED IN JUNE, JULY OF 2020.

THAT CONTRACT RAN THROUGH 2023. SO THIS CONTRACT WILL RAN FROM 2023 TO 2026. SO WE'RE PROPOSING NOW A THIRD EXTENSION, A NEW CONTRACT FROM 2026 THROUGH 2029. AND THE TOWNSHIP WILL RECEIVE REVENUE OF 8500 $0 ON THIS SERVICE. OKAY. 85 ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE TOWNSHIP? NO.

OKAY. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 26-6-185? SO MOVED. SECOND. ROLL CALL PLEASE.

COMMITTEE MEMBER. MARTIN. YES. COMMITTEE MEMBER AND DEPUTY MAYOR TAYLOR. TODD. YES. MAYOR

[15. Resolution #26-6-186 – Authorizing Renewal of Plenary Retail Consumption, Plenary Retail Distribution, and Club Liquor Licenses for 2026-2027 ]

SINGH. YES. RESOLUTION 26-6-186. AUTHORIZING RENEWAL OF PRELIMINARY RETAIL CONSUMPTION.

PRELIMINARY RETAIL DISTRIBUTION AND CLUB LIQUOR LICENSES FOR 2026 TO 2027 2027. RIGHT. IT SAYS 67, 27, 2027. OKAY. SO ALL OF OUR LICENSEES HAVE MET ALL THE REQUIREMENTS, HAVE PAID THEIR FEES, HAVE BEEN PROPERLY INSPECTED, AND THERE ARE THEY ARE READY TO GO. OKAY. THESE ARE ALL OF OUR ACTIVE LICENSES. OKAY, WONDERFUL. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 26-6-186. SO MOVED. SECOND. ROLL CALL PLEASE. COMMITTEE MEMBER. MARTIN. YES. COMMITTEE MEMBER. ANN. YES. DEPUTY MAYOR. TAYLOR. TODD. YES. MAYOR SINGH. YES. RESOLUTION 26-6-187.

[16. Resolution #26-6-187 – Authorizing Renewal of Inactive Plenary Retail Consumption Liquor License for 2026-2027 – Skillman Hospitality, LLC ]

AUTHORIZING RENEWAL OF INACTIVE PRELIMINARY RETAIL CONSUMPTION LIQUOR LICENSES FOR 2026 TO 2027. SKILLMAN HOSPITALITY, LLC. YES. SO THIS IS AN INACTIVE RETAIL CONSUMPTION LICENSE THAT IS NOT CURRENTLY IN THE QUARTILE DUE TO EXPIRE FOR THE NEW LAW. AND THIS IS A POCKET LICENSE THAT DUE TO BE PLACED, I BELIEVE, IN PJ'S PANCAKE HOUSE, I BELIEVE. NO. OKAY. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 26-6-187. SO MOVED. SECOND. ROLL CALL PLEASE.

COMMITTEE MEMBER. MARTIN. YES. COMMITTEE MEMBER. ANN. YES. COMMITTEE MEMBER. TAYLOR. TODD.

[17. Resolution #26-6-188 – Authorizing Renewal of Inactive Plenary Retail Consumption Liquor Licenses for 2026 2027 – MTC Restaurant I, MTC Restaurant II, MTC Restaurant III and Inactive Plenary Retail Distribution License for 2026-2027 – MTC Restaurant IV ]

DEPUTY. MAYOR. TAYLOR. TODD. YES. MAYOR. SINGH. YES. RESOLUTION 26-6-188.

AUTHORIZING RENEWAL OF INACTIVE PRELIMINARY RETAIL CONSUMPTION LIQUOR LICENSES FOR 2026 TO 2027. MTC RESTAURANT ONE. MTC RESTAURANT TWO. MTC RESTAURANT THREE AND PRELIMINARY RETAIL DISTRIBUTION LIQUOR LICENSE MTC RESTAURANT FOR YES, MAYOR. OKAY, SO WE HAVE HERE TONIGHT AMANDA TAYLOR REPRESENTING SJC, AND SHE'S HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT THE RENEWALS FOR THESE INACTIVE POCKET LICENSES. JUST A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY. THEY ARE IN THE QUARTILE THAT IS DUE TO EXPIRE JUNE 30TH. AND AMANDA WILL SPEAK TO THE LAW AND THE CONDITIONS TO RESTORE THESE ACTIVE THESE LICENSES TO INTERIM ACTIVE USE. OKAY. THANK YOU. HI. SO AS YOU KNOW, THE A, B, C OR THE NEW JERSEY PASSED A LAW THAT TO MAKE LICENSES BECOME ACTIVE, THAT YOU HAVE TO USE THEM WITHIN TWO YEARS OR DURING THE QUARTILE EXPIRATION DATE. THEY DID, HOWEVER, PASS AN ADVISORY TO CHANGE THE TERM ACTIVE USE TO IF YOU'RE MAKING SIGNIFICANT STEPS TO ACTIVATE THE LICENSE, THEN THEY COULD BASICALLY CALL IT INTERIM ACTIVE USES THE NEW TERM THAT THEY'RE USING. OKAY, SO WE JUST WROTE A LETTER TO THE TOWN EXPLAINING THAT MTC IS TAKING SIGNIFICANT STEPS TO ACTIVATE THESE LICENSES. THEY'RE ALL GOING TO BE USED IN THE MONTGOMERY PROMENADE. SO MTC ONE IS ACTUALLY UNDER CONTRACT TO BE SOLD TO FOR ROBINSON ALE HOUSE. THAT'S IN PHASE ONE OF THE MONTGOMERY PROMENADE. MTC TWO IS UNDER CONTRACT TO BE SOLD TO MAXIMATO MONTGOMERY LLC, WHICH IS GOING TO OPEN A MODERN MEXICAN RESTAURANT. AND THAT'S WHAT'S TO BE COMPLETED IN THE SUMMER OF 2026 AND BUILD OUT IN WINTER 2026 AND OPENING IN SUMMER 2027. MTC THREE IS GOING TO BE USED IN PART OF PHASE TWO OF THE MONTGOMERY PROMENADE PROJECT, WHICH IS GOING TO BEGIN CONSTRUCTION IN 2027. AND THERE IS THE FOUR. YEAH, THAT'S A DISTRIBUTION LICENSE THAT IS ALSO GOING TO BE USED IN MONTGOMERY PROMENADE. OKAY. SO

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YOU'VE SHOWN SIGNIFICANCE THAT THERE IS THERE'S THEY ARE GOING TO BE USED. SO THERE IS YEAH, THAT PROCESS. OKAY. AND I THINK THE CLERK HAD MENTIONED TO US, AS LONG AS, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN SHOW THAT THESE, THESE ARE BEING GOING TO BE USED AND YOU CAN SHOW, AS YOU SAID, UNDER CONTRACT, THEN THAT THAT IS THE LAW. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY, OKAY. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 26-6-188. SO MOVED. SECOND. ROLL CALL PLEASE. COMMITTEE MEMBER. MARTIN. YES.

COMMITTEE MEMBER. ANNE. YES. DEPUTY. MAYOR. TAYLOR. TODD. YES. MAYOR. SINGH. YES.

[18. Resolution #26-6-189 – Authorizing Award of BID #B04-2026 – 2026 Retrofits to Stormwater Basins (Catbriar Court and Red Fox Run Court) ]

RESOLUTION 26-6-189. AUTHORIZING AWARD OF BID BE 04-20 26 TO 2026. RETRO FITS TO STORM WATER BASINS, CAT BRIER COURT AND RED FOX RUN COURT. SO SEVERAL YEARS AGO THERE, AS PART OF OUR STORMWATER MANAGEMENT APPROACH, THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION HAD DISCUSSED WITH THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE THAT WE HAVE MANY AGING STORMWATER BASINS IN THE TOWNSHIP THAT THE TOWNSHIP OWNS AND MAINTAINS, AND THAT THERE IS THERE WAS GRANT FUNDING AVAILABLE THROUGH DEP TO RETROFIT THEM TO. THEY WOULD FUNCTION. THEY WOULD DO BOTH BETTER WATER QUANTITY LIKE FOR PREVENT FLOODING. WHEN THEY'RE NOT PROPERLY FUNCTIONING, THERE SOMETIMES CAN MALFUNCTION AND THEN CAUSE SOME FLOODING ISSUES. AND THEN ALSO WITH QUALITY, STORMWATER WATER QUALITY. AND SO WE HAVE THE GRANT FROM DEP. SO THIS PROCESS IS GOING THROUGH THE BID PROCESS. THE COMPANY THAT IT WAS AWARDED THE BID KDP THEY'LL BE TAKING ON THE RETROFITTING OF THE TWO BASINS CAT BRIER COURT BASIN AND RED FOX COURT BASIN. SO THIS HAS BEEN A PROJECT. IT WE HAD SOME LENGTHY DELAY AT DEP GETTING THE AGREEMENT. SO WE'D BEEN AWARDED THE GRANT MONEY SEVERAL YEARS AGO. BUT HERE WE ARE. WE'RE ABOUT TO COME TO FRUITION AND START THE PROJECT. AND, AND WE'RE WE'RE VERY EXCITED BY IT. AND SO WE'LL KEEP YOU UPDATED ON HOW IT GOES. I KNOW THAT THE WATER SUPPLY AUTHORITY HAD WORKED WITH FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP TO HELP PAY FOR SIMILAR TYPES OF EFFORTS. AND I THINK THE RESULTS HAVE BEEN VERY BENEFICIAL. SO THEY'LL BE PLANTINGS IN THE BASINS. THEY WON'T LOOK.

THEY'LL RIP OUT THE WHOLE THE WHOLE CENTER CONCRETE. NOW MIKE'S GOING TO SAY, LORI, YOU'RE BUTCHERING THIS DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IS GOING TO BE. WHY ARE YOU STILL HERE, MIKE? YOU KNOW, SO ANYWAY, WE STAY TUNED. MORE INFORMATION, BUT WE'RE VERY EXCITED THAT THE PROJECT WILL BE GETTING UNDERWAY. IT WOULD BE GOOD IF WE HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THIS TO JUST HAVE A VISUAL FOR THE RESIDENTS WOULD BE FANTASTIC FOR ME TO TO HAVE. YES. OKAY.

OKAY. AND THE OTHER QUESTION I WANTED TO ASK YOU WAS, DOES THE GRANT COVER THE ENTIRE EFFORT OR DO WE AS A MUNICIPALITY HAVE TO? SO IT'S A REIMBURSEMENT GRANT. AND SO IT'S WHERE WE'VE BUDGETED FOR IT, AND THEN IT WILL REIMBURSE OURSELVES THROUGH THE CAPITAL PROJECT.

DOES IT COVER THE ENTIRETY OF IT? I, I KNOW IT COVERS THE MAJORITY OF IT. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S 100%. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS? MAY I HAVE A MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 26-6-89189? SORRY. SO MOVED. SECOND. ROLL CALL PLEASE. COMMITTEE MEMBER.

MARTIN. YES. COMMITTEE MEMBER. ANNE. YES. DEPUTY. MAYOR. TAYLOR. TODD. YES. MAYOR. SINGH.

[19. Resolution #26-6-190 – A Resolution of Support Confirming Left Turn Prohibitions at the Driveway Entrance to The Somerset at Montgomery, Block 29002, Lot 45, Township of Montgomery, New Jersey]

YES. RESOLUTION 26-6-190. A RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT CONFIRMING LEFT TURN PROHIBITIONS AT THE DRIVEWAY ENTRANCE TO THE SOMERSET AT MONTGOMERY 29002, LOT 45, TOWNSHIP, NEW JERSEY. SO THE SOMERSET AT MONTGOMERY IS THE NEW APARTMENT COMPLEX JUST NORTH OF THE MOVIE THEATER AND THE SHOPRITE SHOPPING MONTGOMERY SHOPPING CENTER. IF YOU'RE COMING SOUTH ON 206, THE DOT HAS RECOMMENDED THAT A LEFT TURNS BE PROHIBITED DURING PEAK HOURS, SO THAT WOULD BE MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, 7 TO 9 A.M. AND 4 TO 7 P.M. AND SO WHAT PEOPLE WILL DO IS ENTER THROUGH THE SHOPPING CENTER AT THE REGULAR. I WAS JUST WONDERING HOW THEY GET HOME. YEAH, OKAY. THAT'S HOW THEY'LL BE ABLE TO GET HOME AND THEN MAKE THEIR WAY THROUGH THROUGH THAT WAY. AND IT'S JUST DURING THOSE, THOSE HOURS. AND SO DOT NEEDS A RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT FROM THE GOVERNING BODY FOR WHAT THEY CALL A TRAFFIC REGULATION ORDER. SO, OKAY, WE ASK FOR THINGS FROM DOT AND THEY ASK FOR THINGS, RIGHT. SO I MEAN, AS LONG AS THIS. RIGHT.

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