##VIDEO ID:TFnaPID8iQk## I'd like to call this meeting of the P scataway Town Council to order adequate notice of this meeting has been provided as required under chapter 231 pl1 1975 specifying the time date location login or dial in information and to the extent known the agenda by posting a copy of the notice on the municipal building municipal court and the two Municipal Library bulletin boards Municipal website providing a copy to the official newspapers of the township and by filing a copy in the office of the Township Clerk in accordance with certification by the clerk which will be entered in the minutes there will be public comment periods for both remote and in-person attendees separately each member of the public shall have only one opportunity to speak during each public portion as the technology does not allow us to know if there are multiple callers on an individual phone line or logged in user account we ask that if you wish to speak that you log in or dial in separately so that we may recognize you as a separate individual should you have any further comments or questions the township council is always available by email and phone and you can always call the mayor's office during normal operating hours Miss Cedar would you please take the roll call councilwoman carmichel here councilman Espinosa present councilwoman Lombardi here councilman Rouse here councilman Shaw here councilman Eran here president K here and will you please join me in a salute to our flag indivisible and justice for all for all thank you that'll bring us to number five this is comments from Administration and councel regarding adjournment of any matters on the agenda on the agenda any this time okay great thank you um that'll bring us to number six this will be open to the public this is comments regarding item number seven which are the consent agenda items if you wish to speak at this time this is for the remote attendees please raise your hand and either on the Zoom app or if by phone by pressing star n when it is your turn to speak you will receive or hear a request to unmute yourself please click the prompt or press star six on your phone to unmute yourself at that time please state your name address and know that you have three minutes in which to make your comments the council or Administration will respond if necessary after you've completed any comments or questions council president there are no remote attendees with their hand rais regarding this agenda item thank you Miss close the remote attendee portion and we'll open it up to to the public here in person if you wish to speak at this time this is again regarding number seven which are the consent agenda items please come to the podium name and address and know that you have three minutes in which to make your comments you may take a seat after completion of your comments or questions and the council or Administration will then respond if necessary see none I'm going to close the inperson public portion okay and that bring us to number seven which are the consent agenda items for efficiency items have been Consolidated into a consent agenda to be voted on together the materials for these items have been distributed to the council in advance of the meeting at this time are there any items the council would like removed from the consent agenda to be discussed or voted on separately God bless you see none I will uh accept an offer off offer councilwoman Lombardi do I have a second second Miss Cedar would you please take the roll call vote councilwoman Carmichael yes councilman espanosa yes councilwoman Lombardi yes councilman Rouse yes councilman sha yes councilman Anan yes council president cahm yes and the consent agenda items pass that'll bring us to number sorry we're double-sided and I forgot okay um that'll bring us to number and ordinance on first reading this is authorizing acquisition of block 11317 lot 23.02.18 Township New Jersey that an ordinance entitled ordinance authorizing the acquisition of property identified as block 11317 L 2 3.02 in the township of Piscataway County of midc state of New Jersey for public use pursuant to njsa 20 3-1 Etc B and is hereby adopted on the first reading that it be published in the official newspaper and that a second reading and public hearing be held at 7:30 p.m. prevailing time at the pasca municipal building 455 hosan pasca New Jersey on the 17th day of December 2024 be further resolve that a copy of this ordinance shall be posted in at least two public places within the township prior to the day of the second reading and final passage and a copy of this ordinance shall be made available at the office of the Township Clerk for any interested member of the public thank you Miss Cedar do I have an offer off offer okay I think we have a first and a second Miss Cedar would you please take the roll call vote councilwoman Carmichael yes counc espanosa yes councilwoman Lombardi yes councilman Rouse yes councilman Shaw yes councilman Erin yes council president C yes and the ordinance passes on first reading and that'll bring us to number nine this is an ordinance also on first reading this is authorizing acquisition of block 303 lot 17.01 and it is a resolution adopting ordinance misser would you please read the resolution be it resolved by the township Council pasca Township New Jersey that an ordinance entitled ordinance authorizing the acquisition of property identified as block 303 lot 17.01 in the township of padway County of middlex state of New Jersey for public use pursuant to njsa 20on 3-1 Etc being is hereby adopted on the first reading that it be published in the official newspaper and that a second reading of public hearing be held at 7:30 p.m. prevailing time at the pasca municipal building 455 hos Lane pasca New Jersey on the 17th day of December 202 24 be a further resolve that a copy of this ordinance shall be posted in at least two public places within the township prior to the day of the second reading and final passage and a copy of this ordinance shall be made available at the office of the Township Clerk for any interested member of the public thank you Miss Cedar do I have an offer offer councilman irman do I have a second second councilwoman Lombardi thank you Miss Cedar would you please take the roll call vote councilwoman carmichel yes councilman espanosa yes councilwoman lardy yes councilman Rouse yes councilman Shaw yes councilman Erin yes council president K yes and the ordinance passes on first reading that'll bring us to number 10 an ordinance on first reading authorizing execution of financial agreement for Idol 1551 South Washington urban renewal LLC block 5301 lot 14.04 which is 1551 South Washington Avenue Miss Ceder would you please read the resolution or that's an ordinance go ahead and please read that thank you be resolved by the township Council of Piscataway Township New Jersey that an ordinance entitled ordinance of the township of Piscataway County of middlex New Jersey authorizing execution of financial agreement with idil 1551 South Washington urban renewal LLC pursuant to the long-term tax exemption law njsa 4A 20-1 Etc Bean is hereby adopted on the first reading that it be published in the official newspaper and that a second reading of public hearing be held at 7:30 p.m. prevailing time at the Piscataway Municipal Building 455 hose L scway New Jersey on the 17th day of December 2024 be have further resolve that a copy of this ordinance shall be posted in at least two public places within the township prior to the day of the second reading and final passage and a copy of this ordinance shall be made available at the office of the Township Clerk for any interested member of the public thank you Miss Cedar and do I have an offer off do I have a second okay sha second thank you Miss Cedar would you please take the roll call vote councilwoman carmichel yes councilman espanosa yes councilwoman Lombardi yes councilman Rouse yes councilman sha yes councilman Erin yes council president K yes and the ordinance passes on first reading that'll bring us to number 11 which is also an ordinance on first first reading this is amending and supplementing various chapters of the municipal code part 4 it is a resolution adopting ordinance Miss Cedar would you please read the resolution be resolve by the township Council of PCAT Township New Jersey that an ordinance entitled ordinance to amend and supplement the revised General ordinances of the township of Piscataway County of middlex state of New Jersey adding chapter 2 Administration section 247 mayoral advisory Commission on public relations and chapter 34 water and amending chapter 7 traffic section 7-15 parking prohibited During certain hours on certain streets being is hereby adopted on the first reading that it be published in the official newspaper and the second reading in public hearing be held at 7:30 p.m. prevailing time at the pasc municipal building 455 hos pascy New Jersey on the 17th day of December 2024 be further resolve that a copy of this ordinance shall be posted in at least two public places within the township prior to the day of the second reading and final passage and a copy of this ordinance shall be available at the office of the Township Clerk for any interested member of the public thank you Miss Cedar do I have an offer offer councilman do I have a second second thank you um Miss Cedar would you please take the roll call vote councilwoman Carmichael yes councilman espanosa yes councilwoman Lombardi yes councilman Rouse yes councilman Shaw yes councilman Erin yes council president K yes and the ordinance passes on first reading that'll bring us to number 12 which are announcements and comments from officials Council woman carmichel again Township tree lighting on this Friday December 6 at 7M uh Town Hall uh all everyone in the town is invited to come there will be refreshments and we look forward to seeing you happy holidays thank you counc CC woman councilman espanosa um yes just a reminder that the holidays are upon us and just to be careful driving out there um there are um a lot of drivers going to holiday parties just please be careful take an Uber if you need to um and have a safe holiday thank you councilman councilwoman Lombardi in continuing with all of our holiday events um if you are anticipating being in the holiday decorating contest we have um move the registration out a little bit to December 11th so if you are looking to join in you have till December 11th to register and East Jersey Oldtown over there on River Road um has our holiday traditions um this Saturday 11 o'clock to four o'clock um it's usually a nice event over there it and I want to say happy retirement to councilwoman car Michael a that's lovely thank you Council lard councilman Rouse oh yes um everyone have a wonderful holiday season and be safe God bless you thank you councilman uh councilman Shaw no thanks thank you councilman ER yes everyone have a wonderful holiday season thank you councilman ER Mr Mayor I'm gonna do a different mood uh I just want to make the announcement we're fortunate enough uh to receive our new rating for The Agency for our fiscal stability and it's uh being upheld to doublea plus stable which is the second highest that you can get for municipality in the state of New Jersey by Moody's um so um they said that basically we're doing all the right things the reason why we did not get triaa believe it or not is because we're at 140 % of the mean household income we need to be over 200% of the state average so I think there's a little U discrepancy with the rating agencies in regards to that uh if if a town is doing all the right things on the road to triaa they should be Triple A and we can't be held because we we do have Ruckers University located in our community and that's sort of drag sound our numbers but uh I think there's a little I'm going to be polite about it little discrepancy yes that seems a little bit unfair um but we checked off every other box which is the most important part um and uh yeah I see there's some discrimination going on there um business administration okay uh counselor no comments thank you uh and I myself would just like to remind folks about again the Christmas tree lighting at 7 o' uh right um right uh and then on Monday at 7 o'clock also is the mayor's TV show with Santa so Santa will be there if you have any young ones who'd like to call in and ask Santa for their special toy for Christmas he will be available so he is visiting Piscataway three times he'll come to the tree lighting come to the mayor show um be oh actually four times he'll be around at firehouses and then of course Christmas Eve so we thank Santa for taking the time out of his very busy schedule for uh coming to these events so remind you yes he is yes he is um he can be assured that when he lands here we have enough Insurance should something happen to the sled um but we are grateful um to have these events um it'll be a lovely time um as Council woman Carmichael said there will be Refreshments there but there'll also be um some sing along choir singing a lot of good times and the I think the parents really appreciate the opportunity to take photos with Santa as well so very excited for this Friday and then of course this Monday um on the mayor show to call in um and the information can be found on the website or on our Facebook page um and so with that um I'm going to uh close that portion of the meeting um and open it up to the public oh oh I keep forgetting the backside um number 13 that'll bring us to number 13 which is the agenda session for December 10th 2024 the first item on will be an ordinance and second reading construction of local Improvement sidewalks on Sutton's Lane it'll be open to the public in a resolution adop ordinance are any comments or questions regarding this item see none that will be on the next will be an ordinance on second construction of local Improvement sidewalks on Old NE brunic road and it will be the open to the public in a resolution adopting ordinance are there any comments or questions from Council or Administration seeing none that will be on the next item will be an ordinance on second reading construction of local Improvement sidewalks on 11 Street it will be open to the public in a resolution solution adopting ordinance are there any comments or questions regarding this item seeing none that will be on the next item will be an ordinance on second reading construction of local Improvement sidewalks on Centennial Avenue open to the public and a resolution adopting ordinance any comments or questions regarding this item see none that will be on the next item is an ordinance on second reading acquisition of parcel block 11319 lot 9.01 550 hos Lane open to the public in a resolution adopting ordinance any comments or questions from Council or Administration on this see none that will be on the next item will be an ordinance on second reading authorizing sale of several lots and blocks it'll be open to the public in a resolution adopting ordinance any comments or questions regarding this item see none that will be on the next item will be an ordinance on second reading fully funded $1,735 th000 various equipment it will be open to the public and a resolution adopting ordinance any comments or questions on this item for next week see none that will be on the next will be an ordinance on second reading fully funded $2,100,000 Street Road improvements it'll be open to the public in a resolution adopting ordinance are there any comments or questions from Council or Administration on this item see none that will be on the next will be an ordinance on second reading amending and supplementing VAR chapters of the municipal code part three it'll be open to the public in a resolution adopting ordinance any comments or questions regarding this see none this will be on the next will be an ordinance on second reading acquisition of Rights of way easements and land in fee simple for improvements for Meister Street it is open to the public in a resolution adopting ordinance and I will say this is awesome uh for Meister Street are there any comments or questions on this item see none that will be on the next will be an ordinance on second reading authorizing the sale of nonconforming lots 20 and 21 of block 7305 which are 5160 and 5170 Orchard Street it'll be open to the public and a resolution adopting ordinance are there any comments or questions from Council or Administration on this one seeing none that will be on the next will be an ordinance on second reading authorizing contract for sale of real estate block 1273 Lot 27 which is 39 Ross Hall Boulevard and it is open to the public and a resolution adopting ordinance are there any comments or questions regarding this item see that on the next will be a resolution authorizing Award of Professional Services amended sanitary sewer extension tww permits Highland Avenue Delaware raron engineering Inc not to exceed $1,975 any comments or questions regarding this item seeing none that will beond the next will be a resolution authorizing Award of contract for Professional Services new office of emergency management OEM building Neta Architects not to exceed $31,500 another yay from me on that one any comments or questions from Council on this see none that will be on the next will be a resolution to accept uh acceptance of calendar year ending December 31 2023 and the 2022 audit report any comments or questions regarding this item seeing none that will be on so that will now bring us to the public portion I will open it up to the remote attendees first if you wish to speak at this time please raise your hand either on the Zoom app or if by phone by pressing star n when is your turn to speak you will receive or hear a request to unmute yourself please click the prompt or press start six on your phone to unmute yourself at that time please state your name and address and know that you have three minutes in which to make your comments the counil or Administration will respond if necessary after you've completed any comments or questions council president there are no remote attendees with their hands raised regarding this agenda item thank you Miss Ceder we'll close the remote attendee portion open it up to the public for the folks here in person if you wish to speak at this time please come to the podium State your name and address and know that you have three minutes in which to make your comments you may take a seat after completion of your comments or questions and the council and administration will then respond if necessary David I have to press this okay David aens Ambrose Valley Lane on the consent agenda item number e for Echo uh how long a period is that for 197,000 one year two years three years David it's one year item number eight um the block that it mentions what's the actual physical address so there is none this is a piece of property that the that the dot didn't acquire when they built um built a road it actually is potentially owned by based on title searches by the property owner across the road um it's a non-conforming non-contiguous piece of property that the township actually had it as exempt um title surges now believe that that was that's actually owned by the the property owner so the Township's going to acquire it to clear up title it it's R just it's like 10 feet by 60 feet or something like that it's a small strip of land okay thank you thank you Mr inkin I hope you have well we'll see you again before the holidays I'm sure you gas eal 58 gr scar away April last year my neighbor noticed a storm drink there was collapsing yeah that's what was actually you collap in the ston I looked at it he went and found some cones from psng but I'm around it looked at it for me $700 J all I needed was a little winch to pick up the gr then Locks and More cut away two by4 feet of asphalt expose the cavity here the issue my neighbor called maintenance and made a complaint week later somebody showed up put a couple more cones Township cones around two weeks later four people with a pick up in a winch picked up the grid raing the eight blocks filling the cabin we'll come in tomorrow put some ass and it's over took some time my neighbor called up again and made a complaint hey when are you going to finish that then a group of people came in with big dump trucks and everything they broke away 10 foot of that curb on both sides of the stone Dr for what I can't even imagine it stayed like that something like six months exposed my neighbor called up again I said hey what's going to happen here actually the cherry tree root system was blowing up took some time finally she call oh there's no work order concerning that job how can it not be a work order when or work order is already established I was taking a bed with Stefan and said hey Stefan it'll be done next year he said n it's going to be done before Christmas he won the beted it took seven months Mr estos complete your three minutes are $700 job sir your three minutes up Sir men hours excuse me on that $700 job is in impossible we talking a thousand F the expense thank you very much thanks I'm pretty sure every call is logged in but we can we can check on that um is there anyone else in the public his complaint last week we did check Public Works and they had no record of it they didn't i s Jim out they took the took piece of metal out of the tree take the off anybody anytime something like that happens you give our office call have to follow up on it right I do know every call that comes into the town is logged in um into the system so um yeah call in anytime is there anyone else in the public who wish to comment you may do so at this time by coming to the podium state your name and address and note that you have three minutes in which to make your comments seeing none I'm going to close the public portion council president Mr Daisy has oh oh I'm s okay I want to introduce Paula Kelli who's our assistant business administrator she started yesterday and came in today so it's good oh you know Paula I apologize she should have asked you if you had any comments did you want to speak now that be lovely sure sure I just would like to say thank you so much uh everyone for giving me the opportunity to serve the residents of Township of Piscataway I'm very excited to be here day two almost done and uh thank you so much so far so good everyone's been wonderful thank you oh well we're glad you got a good reception welcome Paul very important just uh council president uh I also wanted to bring up something to ask the township attorney to take a look into doing some research over the course of the last couple of years um some folks have been that they the the Schoolboard races are getting uh so a little bit overly partisan uh because it being bracketed up into November uh and then I don't know what the process somebody a couple residents asked me what the process would be to move it back I don't I'm not know what it is for sure but if I could just have the uh Township attorney do the research and circulate the memo there to you consider that so I didn't know if anybody else wanted to weigh anyone else want counselor did you yeah we just we're uh we started working on it a little bit um but once we have a m will distributed to the council thank you for that will we have it by next meeting or should have it in a couple days okay great thank you all right Mr Mayor was that it okay well uh then that'll take us to number 16 which is an adjournment do I have an offer offer do I have a second I think that was second all those in favor say I no nay we are adjourned thank you