Transcript for Piscataway Council meeting on November 30 2021
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Speaker 0 00:00:02 The notice of the meeting as has been provided as required under chapter 2:31 PM, 1975, pacify the time date, location, or dial in information. And to the extent known the agenda by posting a copy of notice on the municipal building municipal court and the two municipal library bulletin board, when she put the website providing a copy because all official newspaper of the township and by filing a copy in the office of the township club, in accordance with their certificates and my clock, which will be entered in the minute, the township continued to use the telephone meeting format in an airport to mitigate the chance of export to COVID-19 as a part of the township, ongoing a port to slow the rate of transmission and Edward overwhelming our treatment center in order to make sure that clear record of the meeting can be made. And that all are the output in an organized person. Speaker 0 00:01:02 All member of the public will be muted during the meeting. If a member of the public wish to speak during any public comment person, please press star nine. In order to raise your hand to speak, we will unmute member of the public. And usually if they have that hand raised, when it is your turn to speak, you will hear a notification that you have been unmuted. It is at that time, they should be begin to ask any question you may have. You will have three minutes to speak a death and an obit. You it'd be muted again. And the counselor admission respond as necessary. So do 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 the normal operating hours. Each member of the public cell only have opportunity to speak during each public person, as the technology does not allow us to know if they're out of multiple Quala and they knew the line. We asked that previous to speak that you dial in on a separate line so that we can recognize you as a separate individual in New Jersey may also submit written comment to the township clock up to the 48 hours. Prior to the meeting, there'll be a deer by the township plot during the public comment or some other meetings save comments shall be limited to three minutes of the reading. Thank you in advance for your person. And we will continue to move the township forward during this health emergency, Speaker 0 00:02:37 Which see that going to roll call please. Speaker 1 00:02:40 Councilman Bullard here. Councilwoman Cahill, Councilman Cahn, Councilwoman Lombardi here. Councilman Rouse, Councilman Uhrin council, president shot. Mayor Brian Waller, present business administrator, Timothy Dacey township attorney Roger Goomer, deputy township clerk, Monica Orlando Herr. And I'm here Melissa. Ceto the township clerk. Speaker 0 00:03:26 Thank you. Mr. okay. Speaker 1 00:03:30 I pledge allegiance to the flag states of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God, indivisible with Liberty. Speaker 0 00:03:43 Thank you. Item number five, comment from an Mrs. And counseled regarding adjournment of any matter on this agenda. Speaker 1 00:03:55 Thank you. Speaker 0 00:03:58 Thank you. I've done. Number six, open to the public comment regarding item number 12, consent agenda item. What is public comment portion. If you wish to speak at this time, please press star nine to raise your hand. And when it is your turn to speak, you will hear an announcement that you have been unmuted at that time. Please state your name and address and know that you have two minutes in which you make your comments. This counselor and Mr. will respond if necessary after you have completed any comment or question Speaker 1 00:04:39 Council president asking the first individual to unmute them. Okay. They unraised their hand. So there's currently no one with their hand raised for this agenda item. Just give me one sec to make sure there was a hand raised and they lowered it. Okay. Now they raised it again. So last, where did it? 0 5, 7 0. I'm asking you to unmute yourself now. And this is with regard to the consent agenda item. Speaker 2 00:05:08 David Akins, Pam rose valley lane. Good evening, counsel. Speaker 0 00:05:14 Hi David. Speaker 2 00:05:15 Hi item number 12. Alpha. Would you elaborate on that? A little Speaker 3 00:05:27 David, Tim. So this is what we're doing here. This was for the ecological park. So a couple of meetings ago, the council passed for the contract for the design of the environmental remediation. And what we want to do is we want to make sure of the remediation and the design of the park fit on top of each other, essentially an overlay so that we only have to move the dirt once. So this, this contract is for the design of park itself. So they're going to work on the, the team that works on designer parks. They working on a team with the environmental so that we, whatever we do gets approved by DP. And we only have to do it once so that the contours align and all of that. So this was to be moving ahead with the project that the ecological park. Speaker 0 00:06:20 Thank you to him. Good David Speaker 1 00:06:33 Council president. There are no other individuals with their hand raised regarding the consent agenda items. Speaker 0 00:06:38 Thank you. Rose don't public Balsam item number seven, ordinance fursuiting authorizing removal of deed restriction to the certain property previously sold by the township of Piscataway visitation. Please Speaker 1 00:06:59 Be it resolved by the township council, excuse me, of Piscataway Township, New Jersey. I've got an ordinance entitled ordinance authorizing removal of deed restriction as to certain properties previous previously sold by the tangible Piscataway county of Middlesex day in New Jersey. The answer by adopted on the first reading, that'd be published in the official newspaper and that a second reading of public hearing be held at 7:30 PM. Prevailing time at the scattering municipal building 4 55 hose lane, Piscataway New Jersey, as well as by telephonic conference on the 14th day of December, 2021 further resolved 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. Speaker 0 00:07:45 Thank you, Councilman Bullard. You have an Allah. Thank you. On Speaker 1 00:08:00 Second. Speaker 0 00:08:04 Thank you. Miss. No money getting a roll call, please. Speaker 1 00:08:16 Councilman Bullard. Speaker 0 00:08:17 Yes. Speaker 1 00:08:20 Councilwoman Lombardi. Yes. Councilman Uhrin. Speaker 0 00:08:29 Yes. Speaker 1 00:08:33 Council president shot. Speaker 0 00:08:35 Yes. Thank you. Item number eight. Ordinance adopting redevelopment plan for block 6 7 0 2 lot 6.0 2 49 bridge road in the center of the ordinance. Speaker 1 00:09:03 Be it resolved by the township council of Piscataway Township, New Jersey that an ordinance entitled ordinance adopting a redevelopment plan for block 6 7 0 2, let 6.02 40 Kingsbridge road as shown on the tax map of the tangible Piscataway being it's here by adopted on the first reading, that'd be published in the official newspaper. And then a second reading of public hearing will be held at 7:30 PM PM. Prevailing time at the Piscataway municipal building 4 55 hose land Piscataway, New Jersey, as well as by telephonic conference on the 14th day of December, 2021. The furthers love 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. Speaker 0 00:09:53 Thank you. Mr. I offer second Councilwoman Lombardi. Thank you. It should have Kenny Roco please. Speaker 1 00:10:13 Councilman Bullard. Yes. Councilwoman Lombardi. Speaker 0 00:10:18 Yes. Speaker 1 00:10:21 Councilman Uhrin. Speaker 0 00:10:23 Yes. Speaker 1 00:10:25 Council president Shaw. Speaker 0 00:10:28 Yes. Thank you. Speaker 1 00:10:31 Council president, Mr. Ross has entered the meeting. Speaker 0 00:10:36 Okay. Thank you. Item number nine, ordinance secondary fully funded, various capital improvement, 925,000 open to the public. Speaker 1 00:10:57 It resolved by the township council of Piscataway Township, New Jersey, then an ordinance and titled ordinance appropriating $925,000, $583,645 and 96 cents of which is from the capital improvement fund. $13,690 of which is from capital surplus and $327,664 and 4 cents of which is from a developer's contribution for various capital improvements. And then by the time to put the scat away and the county of Middlesex New Jersey was introduced on the ninth day of November, 2021 and had passed the first reading and it was published on 13th day of November, 2021. Now therefore be it resolved with the opposite ordinance. Having a second reading on November 30th, 2021 be adopted passed an after passage, be published together with a notice of the date of passenger approval in the official newspaper. Be further resolved that this ordinance shall be signed. The birth 2021 dash three four Speaker 0 00:11:52 Ms. Shooter. Okay. If you wish to speak at this time, please press star nine to raise your hand. When it is your turn to speak, you will hear an announcement that you will have unmuted at that time. Please state your name and address and know that you have three minutes in which you make your comments bouncy or to administer with responding necessarily after you have completed any comment or question Speaker 1 00:12:34 Council president. There are no individuals with their hands raised with regard to this agenda item. Speaker 0 00:12:39 Thank you so close the public portion. Do Ohio motion, Speaker 1 00:12:46 Motion. Councilwoman Speaker 0 00:12:47 Lombardi. Thank you, Mr. Modi. A second. Second. And you can have workspace. Speaker 1 00:12:57 Councilman Bullard. Speaker 0 00:12:58 Yes. Speaker 1 00:13:00 Councilwoman Lombardi. Yes. Councilman Rouse. Speaker 0 00:13:05 Yes. Speaker 1 00:13:07 Councilman Uhrin. Yes. Council president Shaw. Speaker 0 00:13:12 Yes. Thank you. Item number 10, ordinance secondary fully funded, various capital improvement, 1,500,000 open to the public. There's a list and adopting ordinance issue that canoes the resolution, please. Speaker 1 00:13:30 It resolved by the township council of Piscataway Township, New Jersey, that in ordinates entitled ordinance appropriating $1,500,000, $300,000 of which is from the sewer capital improvement fund. $450,000 of which is from capital surplus and $750,000 of which is from the soar utility budget capital outlay for various soar utility improvements in and by the township of Piscataway in the county of Middlesex, New Jersey was introduced on the ninth day of November, 2021 and had passed the first reading and was published on the 13th day of November, 2021. Now therefore be it resolved that the office said ordinance. Having had a second reading on November 30th, 2021 be adopted passed, and after passage be published together with the notice of the data passenger approval in the official newspaper, be it further resolved that this ordinance shall be a sign number 2021 dash three five. Speaker 0 00:14:20 Thank you. Mr. is open to the public. If you wish to speak at this time, please press star nine. To raise your hand. When it's your turn to speak, you will hear an announcement that you have been unmuted at that time. Please state your name and address and know that you have a three minutes in which you make your comment. The counselor and Mr. will respond if necessary after you have completed any comment or question Speaker 1 00:15:08 Council president, there are no individuals with their hands raised with regard to this agenda item. Speaker 0 00:15:13 Thank you miss you the have motion motion. This is counseling, Jim. Thank you Jim. Speaker 4 00:15:24 And Speaker 0 00:15:24 Second, sir. Thank you. Let me see that. Can you please Speaker 1 00:15:29 Councilman Bullard, Councilman Bullard. Your vote please. Speaker 0 00:15:43 Yes. Speaker 1 00:15:44 Thank you. Councilwoman Lombardi. Yes. Councilman Rouse. Yes. Councilman Uhrin. Speaker 0 00:15:54 Yes. Speaker 1 00:15:56 Council president Shaw. Speaker 0 00:15:58 Yes. Thank you. Item number 11. Ordinary secondary point improvement to Morris lane. Open to public. There was an Arab audience with me to see the interview. There was some please Speaker 1 00:16:14 They're resolved by the township council, Piscataway Township, New Jersey, that an ordinance and titled ordinance for the acquisition of rights of way, easements and land in fee simple for the improvement of Morris lane in Piscataway Township county of Middlesex, state of New Jersey was introduced on the ninth day of November, 2021 and had passed the first reading and was published on the 12th day of November, 2021. Now therefore be it resolved that the opposite ordinance, having a second reading on November 30th, 2021, the adopted passed and after passage be published together with a notice of the date of passage or approval in the official newspaper. Before the resolve that this ordinance shall be assigned number 2021 dash three six. Speaker 0 00:17:22 Okay. Is it open to the public for if you wish to speak at this time, please press star nine to raise your hand. When it is your turn to speak, you will hear an announcement that you have been unmuted at that time. Please state your name and address and know that you have three minutes and to be, to make your comment load. And Mr will respond if necessary after you have completed any comment or question Speaker 1 00:17:52 Council president, I'm asking the first individual with their hand raised to unmute themselves with regard to this agenda item you 5, 7 0. You can unmute yourself, please. Thank you. Speaker 2 00:18:03 Hello? We on item 15, open to the public. Speaker 1 00:18:14 No, we're on item 11. So open to the public regarding the second reading ordinance for improvements to Morris. Okay. No worries. Thank you, council president. There are no other individuals with their hand raised with regard to this agenda item. Speaker 0 00:18:37 Okay. We close for the public person gonna have more sun Speaker 1 00:18:42 Offer Councilwoman Lombardi. Speaker 0 00:18:45 Thank you. I have a second. Councilman Bullard. Thank you. please. Speaker 1 00:18:59 Councilman Bullard. Yes. Councilwoman Lombardi. Yes. Councilman Rouse. Speaker 0 00:19:07 Yes. Speaker 1 00:19:09 Councilman Uhrin. Yes. Council. President Shaw. Speaker 0 00:19:14 Yes. Okay. Item number 12. Consent. considered dating to constantly agenda to be voted on together. The material for this item have been distributed for the council in advance of the meeting at this time. Are there any item that the council would like to remove from the consideration that we discussed or whatever on separately? Speaker 1 00:19:42 No. Thank you. Speaker 0 00:19:44 Thanks item number 13. And now spending comment. Speaker 1 00:19:52 You have to take a motion for the contempt. Speaker 0 00:19:55 Sorry. I'm watching the consent agenda. Thank you second. I have a second. Thank you. You see that? Speaker 1 00:20:19 Councilman Bullard? Speaker 0 00:20:21 Yes. Speaker 1 00:20:22 Councilwoman Lombardi. Yes. Councilman Rouse. Speaker 0 00:20:27 Yes. Speaker 1 00:20:29 Councilman Uhrin. Yes. Council president shock. Speaker 0 00:20:34 Yes. Thank you. Item number 13. Announcement and comment from official Councilman Bullard. Yes. Speaker 5 00:20:42 The only thing I would like to it's my understanding, lots of people had a good time for Thanksgiving and I was very, very pleased about that, you know, and talking to lots of people and I'm hoping that most of us, all of us healthy at the moment. And let's go from there. Okay. Speaker 0 00:21:06 Thank you. Councilwoman Lombardi, please. Speaker 6 00:21:15 Jess would like to wish all of those who observe Hanukkah, a very happy Hanukkah, the festival of lights, much peace, happiness and love. Speaker 0 00:21:25 Thank you. Thank you, Councilman Rouse. Speaker 7 00:21:31 Oh yes. Wishing everyone a wonderful and happy, blessed holiday season for all. Speaker 0 00:21:42 Thank you, officer. . Thank you. May have blind wallet. Speaker 2 00:21:52 Thank you, council president. I just concur with some of the comments that were made and nothing from here. Speaker 0 00:21:57 Thank you. nothing today. Thank you. Thank you. Goomer no comments. Thank you. Thank you. Happy to everybody. Thank you. I have them. Number 14. for December 7th, 2021. Okay. I think. Okay. Item, number 15. Open to the public. If we wish to speak at this time, please press star nine. To raise your hand. When it's your turn to speak, you will hear an announcement that you have been unmuted at that time. Please state your name and address and know that you have been. You have a team in there to make a comment that counts. You go to the Mr.. We respond. If necessary, after you have completed any comment or question Speaker 1 00:22:54 Council president, I'm asking the first individual to unmute themselves with regard to this agenda item 0 5, 7 0. You can unmute yourself. Thank you, Speaker 2 00:23:09 David. And both the valley lane, Speaker 0 00:23:13 Mr. Derek. Hi, how Speaker 2 00:23:14 Are you on the corner of constitution avenue and corporate place south. That's why I'll put Centennial avenue on that corner. There was a huge office building complex that's been removed. The land for the most part has been prepared. There is now a equipment. Well, the equipment and building replies on that spot. What's going to be put there, Speaker 3 00:24:07 David. This is Tim offhand. I do not know, but I will check with Dawn tomorrow and get back to you. Speaker 2 00:24:14 What, you know, the place that I meant to you. You want me to mention her place again Speaker 3 00:24:23 And corporate Speaker 2 00:24:24 Place south, because on one side is corporate place not. I'm talking about this is corporate place south I also south vital opera for Centennial avenue. There was a huge office building complex. That's gone. It's been gone for a little while now and I've noticed that now have equipment and building supplies that they're going to build something. So you're not sure what's going to be dealt with there Speaker 3 00:25:00 Not offhand, but I'll have I'll check with the one in the morning and get back to you. Speaker 2 00:25:04 Okay. Speaker 0 00:25:09 Thank you Tim. Thank you, David Speaker 1 00:25:29 Council, president. There are no other individuals with their hand raised with regard to this agenda item. Speaker 0 00:25:35 Thank you. Mr. so we closed the public portion item number 16 as admin. Do I have motion Speaker 2 00:25:44 To Speaker 0 00:25:45 Adjourn all in favor, say aye. Thank you very much. Goodbye.