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[I. PUBLIC MEETINGS STATEMENT]
DO IT AGAIN, JUST FOR THE RECORD.I NOW CALL THE ORDER OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF METFORD TOWNSHIP COUNCIL, JULY 7TH, 2026.
THIS MEETING IS CALLED PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE OPEN PUBLIC MEETINGS LAW.
THIS MEETING ON JULY 7TH, 2026 WAS INCLUDED IN A MEETING NOTICE SENT TO THE BURLINGTON COUNTY TIMES CENTRAL RECORD ON JANUARY 7TH, 2026, AND IS ADVERTISED AND SAID NEWSPAPERS ON JANUARY 11TH, 2026 AND JANUARY 15TH, 2026, RESPECTIVELY POSTED ON THE WEBSITE AND THE BULLETIN BOARD IN THE MUNICIPAL BUILDING ON JANUARY 7TH, 2026.
IN ADDITION, A COPY OF THIS NOTICE IS AND HAS BEEN AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC AND IT'S ON FILE IN THE OFFICE OF THE MUNICIPAL CLERK.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER IN WITH AND JUSTICE FOR, FOR ALL.
ALRIGHT, MS. WICKER, ROLL CALL PLEASE.
MS. MILL, DEPUTY MAYOR
AT THIS TIME WE HAVE NO SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS.
[IV. Communications, Scheduling Matters, Council Agenda, Presentations and Any Amendments to the Agenda]
FROM MEMBERS OF COUNCIL? UH, I JUST WANTED TO ANNOUNCE THAT NEXT WEDNESDAY NIGHT THE 15TH WILL BE OUR FIRST PRIDE FESTIVAL HERE IN MEDFORD.UH, IT'LL BE HELD AT FREEDOM PARK FROM 6:00 PM TO 9:00 PM UM, I'D LIKE TO THANK THE MEMBERS OF MEDFORD CELEBRATES AND THE MEDFORD TOWNSHIP EMPLOYEES AND OTHER EMPLOYEES OF NEIGHBORING MUNICIPALITIES, INCLUDING THE POLICE, FIRE AND EMS SERVICES FOR THE AMAZING FIREWORKS WE HAD, UH, THIS PAST WEEKEND.
IT WAS THE BEST FIREWORKS I'VE EVER SEEN IN MY WHOLE LIFE.
THE, UH, AND I GO TO ALL OF THEM, THE FOOD TRUCKS, THE BAND, UM, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS SCORCHING HOT, UM, I KNOW THAT THERE WAS SOME PERSONNEL, UH, SOME FIRST AID NEEDED AT TIMES, BUT, UH, IT WAS REALLY A PHENOMENAL EVENT.
I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY INVOLVED.
SCHEDULING ITEMS JULY 28TH, 2026 WILL BE A TOWN HALL STYLE MEETING AT THE PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING HERE AT SIX 30.
UM, THAT MEETING WAS PREVIOUSLY SCHEDULED FOR JULY 21ST TO CHANGE THAT ON YOUR CALENDARS.
[V. APPROVAL OF MINUTES ]
MINUTES.WE HAVE MINUTES FROM THE APRIL 14TH, 2026 COUNCIL MEETING AND THE MAY 19TH, 2026 COUNCIL MEETING.
[VI. DISCUSSION ITEMS ]
I'D LIKE TO ADD A ITEM TO OUR DISCUSSION ITEM SECTION WHERE I'LL ASK OUR ATTORNEY TO REVIEW THE SYNOPSIS OF THE REDEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS, SARA, MR. BAYER.OKAY, SO TONIGHT THE TOWNSHIP'S GONNA BE CONSIDERING FOUR RESOLUTIONS RESOLUTIONS, 1 38 DASH 20 26, 1 39 DASH 2026, RESOLUTION ONE 40 DASH 2026 AND RESOLUTION 1 41 DASH 2026, WHICH IS ITEM NUMBER 11 ON THE AGENDA.
NOW EACH OF THESE RESOLUTIONS ARE GONNA BE CONSIDERED SEPARATELY AND INDIVIDUALLY.
EACH, EACH ONE OF THESE RESOLUTIONS WILL ALSO HAVE AN ACCOMPANYING REDEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT THAT WE'VE NEGOTIATED OVER THE PAST FOUR MONTHS WITH DR. HORTON FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE 1000.
COULD YOU SLOW DOWN JUST A LITTLE, JUST SLOW DOWN, SLOWER.
I KNOW YOU'RE VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS.
JUST SHOOT ME WITH A WATER GUN
SO THE FOUR REDEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS WILL PROVIDE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE 1067 TOTAL RESIDENTIAL UNITS.
UM, 785 OF THESE TOTAL UNITS WILL BE AS TO COMPLY WITH THE TOWNSHIP'S FOURTH ROUND OBLIGATION.
282 OF THOSE UNITS WILL BE FOR THE TOWARDS THE TOWNSHIP'S THIRD ROUND OBLIGATION.
THEY'RE GONNA BE DIVIDED AS FOLLOWS, CONSISTENT WITH OUR REDEVELOPMENT PLAN AND OUR HOUSING ELEMENT AND FAIR SHARE PLAN FOR THE RESERVE.
AT IRONBRIDGE, THE REDEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT CALLS FOR 287 TOTAL UNITS, INCLUDING 48 AFFORDABLE UNITS.
THE LANDINGS AT KIRBY'S MILL AGREEMENT CALLS FOR 198 TOTAL UNITS, INCLUDING 40 AFFORDABLE UNITS.
THE TINGER STONE BRIDGE AGREEMENT CALLS FOR 300 TOTAL UNITS, INCLUDING 48 AFFORDABLE UNITS, AND THE FLYING W DEVELOPMENT CALLS FOR 282 UNIT TOTAL UNITS, WHICH INCLUDES 90 AFFORDABLE UNITS.
NOW, WHAT'S KEY FOR EACH OF THESE FOUR REDEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS IS THAT EACH REDEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT REQUIRES THAT EACH DEVELOPMENT BE CONSTRUCTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REDEVELOPMENT PLAN.
MEANING IF IT'S IN THE REDEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR EACH OF THE FOUR PROJECTS, IT'S REQUIRED TO BE DONE.
NOW THERE'S NO EXCEPTIONS TO THAT.
THE AGREEMENT CAN'T AMEND THE PLAN.
THIS AGREEMENT IS IN EXCESS TO THE PLAN, AND THE AGREEMENT IS DESIGNED TO STRUCTURE HOW THE DEVELOPMENT WILL BE CONSTRUCTED SO THAT THE PLANS OBLIGATE REQUIREMENTS CAN BE SATISFIED.
NOW WITH RESPECT TO THE RESERVE AT IRONBRIDGE, DIOR HORN HAS AGREED THAT IT WILL CONSTRUCT THE PROJECT SUBSTANTIALLY
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IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE CONCEPT PLAN.MEANING WHEN WE HAD THOSE BILLBOARDS A COUPLE MONTHS AGO AND WE TALKED ABOUT WHAT THIS DEVELOPMENT WOULD LOOK LIKE, DR. HORTON HAS COMMITTED TO SUB CONSTRUCTING A PROJECT THAT SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLIES WITH THAT.
BUT IN ALL, ALL OCCASIONS, IT WILL BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE REDEVELOPMENT PLAN.
THE DR. HORTON HAS AGREED TO BUILD ALL AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TASK FORTH AROUND HOUSING ELEMENT AND FAIR SHARE PLAN.
THEY WILL ADMINISTER THE AFFORDABLE UNITS INSURANCE COMPLIANCE WITH ALL AFFORDABILITY CONTROLS AND INCOME RESTRICTIONS.
AFTER THE AFFORDABLE UNITS ARE BUILT AND RENTED OUT, THE TOWNSHIP WILL, UM, JUMP INTO THE ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURE THROUGH ITS THROUGH TRIAD, WHICH IS ITS FIRM OF, UH, UH, EXCUSE ME, AFFORDABLE HOUSING LIAISON.
UM, AND THEY WILL REGULATE AND ENSURE THAT IT'S BEING CONDUCTED IN THE APPROPRIATE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE APPROPRIATE REGULATIONS.
DEAR HORTON WILL PROVIDE FOR ALL WATER AND SEWER CONNECTIONS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT.
THEY'LL POST ALL PERFORMANCE AND MAINTENANCE GUARANTEES TO SECURE COMPLETION OF THE IMPROVEMENTS.
MEANING WHEN DR. HORTON RECEIVES A REDEVELOPMENT APPROVAL, UH, EXCUSE ME, A DEVELOPMENT APPROVAL FOR THE PROJECT, DR. HORTON IS REQUIRED TO POST A PERFORMANCE BOND FOR ALL THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND SITE WORK IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE GONNA BE DONE ON SITE.
SO IF DR. HORTON PROPOSES THAT IT DOESN'T, UH, WALKS AWAY FROM THE PROJECT AT THE VERY END AND DOESN'T BUILD ONE STORMWATER BASIN, THE PERFORMANCE BOND COMES IN THE CHECK TO ENSURE THAT THE BASIN GETS CONSTRUCTED.
SPEAKING WITH DR. HORTON, I DOUBT THEY WOULD EVER DO THAT.
UM, THERE'S NOT, IT'S NOT AN ISSUE THAT DE TOWNSHIP SHOULD EVEN BE CONCERNED WITH, BUT THE POSTING OF THE PERFORMANCE BOND IS A SUB SUBSTANTIVE GUARANTEE THAT THE TOWNSHIP WILL HAVE.
IT'S ALSO REQUIRED BY THE MUNICIPAL LAND USE LAW AND AS A PART OF ANY RESOLUTION COMPLIANCE OBJECT, UM, FOR A PLANNING BOARD APPROVAL, DEAR HORTON WILL ALSO POST THE APPROPRIATE MAINTENANCE GUARANTEES, WHICH IS BY WAY OF A TWO YEAR MAINTENANCE BOND, UM, WHICH IS ALSO A REQUIREMENT OF THE MUNICIPAL LAND USE LOAN.
THE TOWNSHIP'S ORDINANCES, MEANING AFTER THE PROJECT IS BUILT, IF THERE IS A VEGETATIVE BUFFER FOR SAY, 30 FEET AND ALL THE TREES IN THAT TREES IN THAT 30 FOOT BUFFER DIE IN YEAR ONE, WELL THE NOW HAS TO REPLANT THOSE TREES FOR THAT 30 FOOT BUFFER OR THE TOWNSHIP CAN PULL ON THE MAINTENANCE BOND TO PLANT THOSE TREES.
DR. HORTON WILL HAS AGREED TO CONDUCT ANY REQUIRED ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION ON SITE IF IT IS DEEMED REQUIRED.
THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THAT ANY SITE ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION IS REQUIRED AT THIS TIME.
DR. HORTON HAS ALSO AGREED TO REIMBURSE THE TOWNSHIP FOR ITS COSTS THROUGH AN ESCROW ACCOUNT WITH REIMBURSEMENT CONTINUING THROUGH THE ISSUANCE OF A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY AND THE DISCHARGE OF THE MAINTENANCE GUARANTEES.
AND DR. HORTON HAS AGREED TO PAY WATER AND SEWER CONNECTION FEES FOR MARKET RATE UNITS ONLY, AND THE TOWNSHIP HAS AGREED TO WAIVE THE AFFORDABLE UNITS FROM THE CONNECTION FEES IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT THIS PROJECT REMAINS AFFORDABLE AND CAN TO SATISFY ITS FOURTH ROUND HOUSING ELEMENT.
FOURTH ROUND HOUSING OBLIGATION TOWNSHIP HAS COMMITTED TO REFRAIN FROM AMENDING THE REDEVELOPMENT PLAN WITHOUT THE DEVELOPER'S CONSENT.
IT HAS AGREED TO SCHEDULE EXPEDITED MEETINGS.
ONCE THE DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION IS DEEMED COMPLETE, IT WILL SUPPORT THE DR. HORTON IN ALL DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONS BEFORE THE PLANNING BOARD AND OTHER AGENCIES.
IT WILL ASSIST DR. HORTON IN OBTAINING, UH, NECESSARY GOVERNMENT APPROVALS.
MEANING IF DR. HORTON REQUIRES OUR ASSISTANCE WITH N-J-D-E-P FOR PURPOSES OF FILING AN APPLICATION FOR WETLAND DISTURBANCE OR, UM, A ROADWAY IMPROVEMENT OR ROADWAY OPENING WITH THE COUNTY, WE WILL ASSIST THEM WITH THAT APPLICATION.
UM, IN GOOD FAITH, WE WILL ASSIST IN ACQUIRING OFFSITE EASEMENTS, UM, IN ORDER TO CONSTRUCT THEIR DEVELOPMENT.
HOWEVER, THERE IS NO OBLIGATION USE EMINENT DOMAIN TO DO SO.
THE DOWNSHIFT WILL ALSO NOT IMPOSE ANY COST GENERATING PROCEDURES EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE DETAILED IN THIS AGREEMENT, WHICH I'LL GET TO TOWARDS THE END.
THE TOWNSHIP HAS AGREED TO ENTER INTO A FINANCIAL AGREEMENT, ALSO KNOWN AS A PILOT FOR THE AFFORDABLE UNITS ONLY FOR WITHIN 180 DAYS OF THIS AGREEMENT.
THAT IS REQUIRED BY STATUTE AND COA REGULATIONS.
UM, THERE IS NO WIGGLE ROOM AND THE TOWNSHIP IS NOT AGREEING TO A PILOT FOR THE MARKET RATES ONLY FOR THE AFFORDABLE UNITS.
AND THE TOWNSHIP HAS AGREED TO ISSUE SPECIAL ASSESSMENT BONDS, UH, WITH DR. HORTON, WITH DR. HORTON AGREEING TO CARRY THOSE OF COS THESE SPECIAL ASSESSMENT BONDS A GROUP PROJECT THROUGH THE FOUR SITES ON TOTAL AMOUNT FOR THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENT BONDS.
THESE IMPROVEMENTS WILL BE USED FOR BIKE PATH IN WATER TOWER, VARIOUS ROADWAYS IMPROVEMENTS, VARIOUS STORM WATER, UM, STORM DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS, VARI VARIED SANITARY SEWER IMPROVEMENTS, WATER MAIN AND UTILITY HOLDING LOCATION, AS WELL AS THE EXTENSION OF EXISTING PIPE CROSSINGS AND, AND VARIOUS DIRECTIONAL DRILLING OR WAS THE SERVICE OF THE PROPERTY.
THE TOWNSHIP IN RESPONSE BECAUSE OF REPORTING
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AGREE TO BOND CAPITAL AND SPECIAL ASSESSMENT BOND AGAINST, AGAINST, UM, HAS AGREED TO ENACT RECAPTURE ORDINANCE FOR THE BOARD TOWER COSTS PRIOR TO PLANNING BOARD FINAL APPROVAL, MEANING WITH A SPECIAL ASSESSMENT BOND, THE COSTS FOR THE BOARD TOWER IMPROVEMENT AND, AND THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENT IS ONLY GOING TO BE ASSESSED AGAINST THE 1067 UNITS THAT ARE PART IS FOR DEVELOPMENT.THESE COSTS ARE NOT BY ANY OTHER RESIDENT.
FINANCIAL STRUCTURE FOR RESERVE WILL BE POSTED IN THE AMOUNT $10,000, BUT HOR AGREED
UH, WITH RESPECT TO THE REDEVELOP FEE, DEERHORN HAS AGREED FOR THE FOURTH ROUND CITES TO PROVIDE GENERAL REDEVELOPER FEE OF TOTAL OF $3 MILLION PHASE BETWEEN THE THREE NORTH SITES AT 1 MILLION PER SITE, PAID OUT PROBATED AMOUNT AT A TIME CERTIFICATE OCCUPANCY.
SO FOR USING EASY MATH, WE HAVE ADDRESS STONEBRIDGE THREE TOTAL UNITS THAT KNOWLEDGE YOU FOR A MILLION DOLLARS WILL DIVIDED TOTAL UNITS EQUALLY AND PAID AT TIMES OF YOUR HAS ALSO AGREED TO PROVIDE A RECREATION AND COMMUNITY BENEFIT CONTRIBUTION IN AMOUNT 7 5520 5,000 OF THAT DEPOSITED INTO DEDICATED FUND FOR PURPOSES OF BEDFORD ISSUING GRANTS TO VARIOUS NONPROFITS.
UM, ON A BASIS WITH THE DOWNS OF 1,000,003 50 BEING DISPERSED, THREE BEING DISPERSED IN THE MIAA 237,000 IN GEAR MARKED FOR SOFTBALL IMPROVEMENTS, 211 IN GEAR MARKED FOR BASEBALL, BASKETBALL, SOCCER, AND LACROSSE IMPROVEMENTS.
AND 2 11 500, 211 500 TOWARDS FOOTBALL IMPROVEMENTS.
IN ADDITION, $50,000 WILL BE, UM, POSITIVE INTO A DEDICATED SCHOLARSHIP FUND FOR MYA TO DISPER.
AND PAT, THAT IS ONE ITEM THAT WAS NOT ON THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CORRECT? THAT JUST HAS, HAS OCCURRED IN THE LAST TWO DAYS.
THAT WAS FINALIZED AT ONE O'CLOCK THIS AFTERNOON.
SO JUST TO REPEAT TO THE RESIDENT, SINCE THE MAYOR PUT OUT THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY, UH, 1.8 ROUGHLY, UH, 525,000 GOING TO THE TOWNSHIP, 1 MILLION 3 42 50, THE, THAT WILL BE PAID, THAT IS RECEIVED BY THE TOWNSHIP.
UH, SPECIFICALLY TWO 3 CENTS PER WILL BE ISSUED WILL BE DEPOSITED.
DEDICATED, DEDICATED MAIL BY TOWNSHIP TOTALED UP TO FIVE $25,000 FOR PURPOSES OF MICHIGAN RENT.
THE BALANCE OF 1,257 97 CENTS WILL BE DEDICATED, WILL BE DEPOSITED INTO DEDICATED THIS RECREATIONAL FUND AND ADMITTED TO MYA WITH THE UP TO TOTAL OF MILLION 40 50, FOLLOWING THE DISBURSEMENT SCHEDULE.
BY, IN THE EVENT THAT IT COMES, UM, IT COMES TO COUNCIL KNOWLEDGE THAT THE DISBURSEMENT SCHEDULE ADJUSTED TO ACCOUNT FOR RECREATIONAL NEED RESERVE TO AMEND THAT DISBURSEMENT FOR HOW IT'LL BE USED.
AND ULTIMATELY AT END YEAR, YA IS REQUIRED WILL BE REQUIRED AS A CONDITION OF RECEIVING THESE FUNDS TO PROVIDE A DETAILED MANUAL ACCOUNTING OF ALL THE EXPENDITURES SO THAT THE PUBLIC IS AWARE OF HOW THESE FUNDS ARE BEING UTILIZED.
SO WE KNOW IT'S NOT BEING USED FOR, USE THE WORD SALARIES.
YOU AND THEN SPECIFIC, IS THIS THE FIRST TIME THE PUBLIC IS HEARING THIS? THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THE PUBLIC'S HEARING THIS.
MAYBE YOU SHOULD JUST GO OVER IT A LITTLE BIT MORE SO THEY GET IT BECAUSE I WENT THREW IT SO FAST.
LITTLE MORE SLOWLY SO SOMEBODY CAN HEAR IT.
I'M 24 FEET AWAY FROM YOU AND I CAN'T HEAR A WORD YOU'RE SAYING I INTO THE MICROPHONE.
I'M NOT EVEN INTO THE MICROPHONE AND NOBODY CAN HEAR WHAT THE WORDS YOU'RE SAYING.
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START OFF.YOU COULD TAKE MY ACTING CLASS
SO THE NEXT YOU ARE THREE, TWO.
AND DO YOU WANT HIM TO STAY UP? HELLO? THERE WE GO.
SO I'LL GO BACK OVER THREE DEVELOPERS FEE AND THE RECREATION AND COMMUNITY BENEFIT CONTRIBUTION.
SO, DR. HORTON HAS AGREED TO A REDEVELOPER FEE IN THE AMOUNT OF $1 MILLION, $3 MILLION PHASED BETWEEN THE THREE FOURTH ROUND SITES.
THAT IS GONNA BE PAID AT THE TIME OF CERTIFICATE OF OCCUP OCCUPANCY DIVIDED BY A PRORATED AMOUNT APPLICABLE TO THE NUMBER OF UNITS PER ROUND PER SITE.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, WITH I USED TINGER STONEBRIDGE 'CAUSE THERE'S 300 TOTAL UNITS.
THAT $1 MILLION WILL BE $1 MILLION WILL BE DIVIDED BY 300 AND PAID AT A PER UNIT BASIS FOR THAT AMOUNT AT THE TIME OF A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY TO THE TOWNSHIP'S GENERAL FUND FOR THE TOWNSHIP TO UTILIZE AS IT'S REQUIRED.
DR HORTON HAS ALSO AGREED TO A RECREATION AND COMMUNITY BENEFIT CONTRIBUTION, RECOGNIZING THAT THIS WILL HAVE A RECREATIONAL IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,750 DIVIDED AND SPLIT BETWEEN TWO DIFFERENT DEDICATED ACCOUNTS.
THE FIRST DEDICATED ACCOUNT WILL BE A TOTAL OF UP TO $525,000 FOR THE TOWNSHIP TO UTILIZE AND DISPERSE TO NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS WITHIN THE TOWNSHIP ON A NEED BASE.
THE BALANCE OF $1,342,250 WILL BE DISPERSED TO THE MYAA AS FOLLOWS, WITH A TOTAL OF 237,000 FOR SOFTBALL RELATED PURPOSES, 211,000 FOR BASEBALL, BASKETBALL, SOCCER, AND LACROSSE RELATED PURPOSES, $211,500 FOR FOOTBALL RELATED PURPOSES AND $50,000 TO A DEDICATED SCHOLARSHIP FUND THAT MYAA WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR DISPERSING.
NOW, AS A PART OF THIS RECREATION COMMUNITY BENEFIT CONTRIBUTION THAT WILL BE DISPERSED TO MYAA ANNUALLY, MYAA IS REQUIRED TO PROVIDE A DETAILED ACCOUNTING OF HOW THESE FUNDS ARE BEING EXPENDED.
SO THE PUBLIC IS AWARE HOW THESE FUNDS ARE BEING USED SO THAT, FOR EXAMPLE, AND I'LL USE THE TERM AGAIN, YOUR NAIL, THAT'S NOT BEING USED FOR A SALARY, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEING USED FOR FIELD IMPROVEMENTS, UNIFORMS, BALLS, CONES, THINGS THAT ARE ACTUALLY SERVING, UM, SERVING THE COMMUNITY AND SERVING THE RECREATIONAL PURPOSE THAT IT'S INTENDED FOR.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT ALSO, PAT TO JUST AGAIN, REITERATE THAT THAT IS NOT CIRCUMVENTING OR GOING AWAY FROM THE PLAN THAT REQUIRES FOR PLAYGROUND AMENITIES, PAVILION, CERTAINLY PAVILION, PICNIC AREAS, THOSE ARE REQUIRED UNDER THE PLAN.
UM, AND I KNOW THAT, UM, BROOKSIDE RESIDENTS THERE, THERE WAS A CONCERN SEVERAL MEETINGS AGO ABOUT THEIR PLAYGROUND, UH, RESOURCES BEING THEN INUNDATED BY THE RICK'S AUTO BODY DEVELOPMENT.
UM, SINCE THEIR PLAYGROUND IS, IS FUNCTIONED IN SERVICE BY THEIR ASSOCIATION, SIMILARLY, THAT DEVELOPMENT WILL HAVE A PLAYGROUND AS REQUIRED BY THE PLAN AND WOULD BE FUNCTIONED OUT OF THEIR HOA AS WELL.
SO TO MR. AMMA'S POINT, EVERY REDEVELOPMENT PLAN HAS A RECREATIONAL COMPONENT THAT REQUIRES DEAN AIR HORTON TO CONSTRUCT THAT IS GOING TO BE DONE REGARDLESS OF THIS CONTRIBUTION.
AND THIS RE AND THIS DEVELOPER'S FEE, THIS IS IN EXCESS TO ALL THE RECREATIONAL AMENITIES, THE PLAYGROUNDS, THE PAVILIONS, THE PATIOS THAT ARE REQUIRED BY EACH REDEVELOPMENT PLAN.
SO ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS I SAID THAT IF IT'S REQUIRED BY THE REDEVELOPMENT PLAN, THEY STILL HAVE TO DO IT.
SO FOR THE, AS TERMS OF THE RECREATION, THERE'S NO ELIMINATION OF A RECREATIONAL COMPONENT FROM THE PLAN.
BY THIS AGREEMENT, THIS PROPOSAL AND THIS CONTRIBUTION BY DR. HORTON IS IN EXCESS TO THAT RECOGNIZING THAT THEIR SITES ARE LIMITED IN ORDER TO SATISFY OUR FOURTH AND THIRD ROUND OBLIGATION, THAT RECREATION HAS TO BE PROVIDED ELSEWHERE AND THIS IS HOW IT'S GOING TO BE DONE.
NOW WITH RESPECT TO THE LANDINGS AT KIRBY'S MILL, EVERYTHING THAT I JUST WENT OVER WITH IRON BRIDGE IS IDENTICAL FOR THE LANDINGS AT KIRBY'S MILL.
IRON BRIDGE SERVES AS A, I'M GONNA CALL BOILERPLATE FOR PURPOSES OF THIS EXPLANATION BECAUSE IT IS THE MOTHER DOCUMENT.
AND THEN FROM HERE, CHANGES START TO COME.
SO IF YOU HEARD ABOUT WHAT I JUST DISCUSSED IN IRONBRIDGE, THAT IS REQUIRED FOR ALL OTHER FOUR SITES WITH EXCEPTIONS THAT I'LL DETAIL NOW.
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RESPECT TO THE LANDINGS AT KIRBY'S MILL, THE ONE CHANGE THAT WILL, UH, ACTUALLY LET ME GO BACK.I THINK FOR PURPOSES FOR THE RESIDENTS TO ALSO KNOW WE JUST COMPLETED RESERVE AT IRONBRIDGE.
IT HAS BEEN REFERRED TO AS RICK'S AUTO BODY IN THE PAST.
SO, UM, IF YOU'RE TRYING TO KEEP TO A LOCATION, RICK'S AUTO BODY, UM, IS WHAT WE JUST WENT OVER AND IT'S NOW BEING COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS RESERVE AT IRONBRIDGE.
UM, NOW MR. VARGA IS GOING TO, IS LANDING AT KIRBY'S MILL AND THIS IS, UH, COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS THE STALL CAMP EFS SUB.
SO, WITH THE LANDINGS AT KIRBY'S MILL, THIS PROJECT WILL HAVE 198 TOTAL RESIDENT RESIDENTIAL UNITS, INCLUDING 40 AFFORDABLE UNITS.
AS I JUST MENTIONED, EVERYTHING THAT WAS INCLUDED IN IRONBRIDGE IS ALSO INCLUDED AT THE LANDINGS AT KIRBY'S MILL.
THAT INCLUDES THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PROJECTS SUBSTANTIALLY PER THE CONCEPT PLAN, BUT IN ALL TIMES AND FULL CONFORMANCE WITH THE REDEVELOPMENT PLAN.
THE BUILDING AND ADMINIS ADMINISTERING THE AFFORDABLE UNITS PER THE FOURTH ROUND HOUSING ELEMENT AND FAIR SHARE PLAN REQUIREMENTS, CONSTRUCTION OF THE UNITS AND ACCORDANCE WITH OUR FINAL COMPLIANCE ORDER THAT IS PENDING WITH THE COURT PROVIDING ALL WATER AND SEWER INFRASTRUCTURE POSTING, ALL REQUIRED FINANCIAL GUARANTEES, OBTAINING ALL GOVERNMENT APPROVALS AT ITS EXPENSE, PERFORMING ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION IF NEEDED.
AGAIN, THERE'S NO EVIDENCE THAT ANY ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION IS REQUIRED, BUT IF IT IS AT ANY POINT DEEMED NECESSARY AND REQUIRED THAT IT WILL BE DR.
HORTON'S OBLIGATION TO COM, UM, TO PERFORM, THEY WILL REIMBURSE THE TOWNSHIP FOR ALL COSTS AND THEY WILL PAY WATER AND SEWER CONNECTION FEES FOR THE MARKET RATE UNITS ONLY THE TOWNSHIP IS WAIVING THE AFFORDABLE UNITS AS EXEMPT IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT THE DEVELOPMENT IS CONSTRUCTED AS AN AFFORDABLE DEVELOPMENT AND SATISFIED ITS FOURTH ROUND OBLIGATION.
THE TOWNSHIP HAS MAINTAINED THE EXACT SAME COMMITMENTS.
I JUST WENT OVER WITH IRONBRIDGE WITH THE ADDITION THAT THERE WILL BE A PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE CROSSING TO CONNECT THE SIDEWALK ALONG FIRST FOSTER TOWN ROAD, ENHANCING THE PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN THE, UH, THIS DEVELOPMENT AND THE SURROUNDING AREA.
THE TOWNSHIP HAS AGREED THAT IT WILL OBTAIN THE NECESSARY PERMITS FOR THE APPROVALS FOR THAT BRIDGE CROSSING TO ENSURE PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIVITY.
HOWEVER, THE PERMITS AND THE APPROVALS WILL BE AT THE, AT DR.
HORTON'S COST AND DR. HORTON WILL REIMBURSE THE TOWNSHIP FOR ALL COSTS AND CONNECTIONS WITH THE SAME.
WE ARE SIMPLY APPLYING FOR IT SO THAT THE, SO THAT THE PEDESTRIAN CROSSING BRIDGE CAN BE CONSTRUCTED.
THE FINANCIAL STRUCTURE THAT WE, I JUST REVIEWED FOR THE ESCROW FOR $10,000 IS THE SAME.
THE PILOT FOR THE AFFORDABLE UNITS ONLY IS THE SAME.
THERE'S NO PILOT FOR THE MARKET RATE UNITS.
THERE WILL BE A SPECIAL ASSESSMENT BOND, WHICH IS THAT JOINT SPECIAL ASSESSMENT BOND IN THE AMOUNT OF $13,802,684 AND 79 CENTS THAT I JUST REVIEWED.
THAT IS, AGAIN, ACROSS ALL FOUR SITES.
IT'S A TOTAL ACROSS ALL FOUR SITES.
AGAIN, THIS ALSO INCLUDES THE WATER TOWER RECAPTURE ORDINANCE.
ALL ROADS WILL BE PUBLIC IN THIS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY.
FOR ANYBODY THAT REVIEWED THIS ONLINE, IT DID INDICATE THAT ALL ROADS MAY BE EITHER PUBLIC OR PRIVATE.
THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL RECREATION OR IMPACT FEES EXCEPT AS DISCUSSED HEREIN.
THAT WILL INCLUDE THE DEVELOPERS REDEVELOPER FEE AS WELL AS THE RECREATION AND COMMUNITY BENEFIT CONTRIBUTION THAT WE, I JUST DISCUSSED.
THE NEXT RE DEVELOPERS WITH THOSE EXCEPTIONS, WITH THOSE, WITH THAT EXPLANATION AND THE ONE EXCEPTION FOR THE BRIDGE AND THE TASK AGREEING TO APPLY FOR THAT PERMIT AND THOSE APPROVALS.
THERE'S NO CHANGE AND THERE'S NO OTHER EXCEPTIONS BETWEEN THE LANDINGS, UH, REDEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AND IRON BRIDGE REDEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
THE NEXT DEVELOPMENT OF REDEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FOR THE TASHA'S CONSIDERATION WILL BE THE INGER STONEBRIDGE REDEVELOPER AGREEMENT.
UH, BRANDON, THIS ONE IS, HAS TRADITIONALLY BEEN NAMED CHALLENGER, CORRECT? CHALLENGER KEY.
SO THIS IS FOR A TOTAL OF 300 TOTAL RESIDENTIAL UNITS, 48 OF WHICH WILL BE AFFORDABLE UNITS.
THIS PROJECT IS THE ONE THAT'S LOCATED ON THE NORTHEAST SECTION OF MEDFORD, MOUNT HOLLY ROAD.
AGAIN, EVERYTHING THAT I JUST REVIEWED WITH, UM, IRONBRIDGE IS IDENTICAL TO CHALLENGER WITH THE, WITH THESE TWO EXCEPTIONS.
ONE, THERE'S A REGIONAL BIKE TRAIL THAT DR. HORN IS GOING TO CONSTRUCT.
UH, THEY ARE GOING TO UTILIZE A SPECIAL ASSESSMENT BOND AND THE AMOUNT OF $500,000 TO CONSTRUCT THIS BIKE TRAIL.
THAT SPECIAL ASSESSMENT BOND WILL BE ASSESSED ONLY
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AGAINST THE, ONLY AGAINST THE 1067 UNITS THAT ARE A PART OF THESE FOUR DEVELOPMENTS.HOWEVER, THE TOWNSHIP HAS AGREED THAT IF REQUIRED BY DR. HORTON IN ORDER TO PERFECT THE APPLICATION WITH N-J-D-E-P, THE TOWNSHIP WILL ACCEPT DEDICATION OF THE BIKE TRAIL PRIOR TO ITS CONSTRUCTION.
BUT UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCE WOULD THAT ALLEVIATE OR RELIEVE DR HORTON OF THE OBLIGATION TO CONSTRUCT SAID BIKE TRAIL IN ANY EVENT.
SO IF THE TOWNSHIP HAS TO TAKE DEDICATION OF THE BIKE TRAIL TO PURSUE THE APPROVAL OF OF IT, DR HORTON HAS TO STILL CONSTRUCT IT.
IF D HORTON IS ABLE TO CONSTRUCT THE BIKE TRAIL WITHOUT THE TOWNSHIP HAVING TO ACCEPT DEDICATION AND FILE THE APPLICATION, SAME RESULT, THE BIKE TRAIL WILL BE CONSTRUCTED.
THE ONLY EXCEPTION IS IF THE STATE PROHIBITS THE BIKE TRAIL.
IF THE STATE PROHIBITS THE BIKE TRAIL, THERE'S NOTHING ANYBODY CAN DO TO FORCE A BIKE TRAIL TO BE CONSTRUCTED.
FURTHERMORE, THERE WILL BE A SIDEWALK THAT IS PROPOSED IN THE REDEVELOPMENT PLAN ALONG ROUTE 5 41, EXTENDING THE CHURCH ROAD.
PER THE REDEVELOPMENT PLAN, THE DEVELOPER WILL CONSTRUCT THE SIDEWALK ALONG ROUTE 5 41.
HOWEVER, THE TOWNSHIP HAS AGREED THAT IT WILL ASSIST IN APPLYING FOR ALL DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONS WITH N-J-D-E-P AND JOIN IN ON THOSE APPLICATIONS TO ENSURE THAT IT IS PERFECTED SO THAT THIS PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIVITY IS IN FACT INSTALLED.
AND TOWNSHIP HAS ALSO AGREED THAT IF REQUIRED, IT WOULD OBTAIN THE NECESSARY EASEMENTS FROM THE PRI FROM THE PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS FOR THE SIDEWALK IF THEY, IF THE SIDEWALK IS PERMITTED TO BE CONSTRUCTED BY THE STATE.
AND WHY THAT'S IMPORTANT IS THEY'RE PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS.
IF THE PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNER DOESN'T WANT A SIDEWALK ON THEIR ON THEIR PROPERTY, WE CAN'T FORCE THEM TO PUT A SIDEWALK ON THEIR PROPERTY.
BUT IF THEY'RE WILLING TO PUT THE SIDEWALK ON THE PROPERTY, THE TOWNSHIP WILL PURSUE OBTAINING THAT EASEMENT.
THE FINANCIAL STRUCTURE, INCLUDING THE ESCROW, THE PILOT, THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENT BONDS AND THE WATER TOWER RECAPTURE ARE ALL IDENTICAL.
THE 1 MILLION ALLOCATION FOR THE 3 MILLION PHASE REDEVELOPMENT FEE IS IDENTICAL AS WELL AS THE RECREATION AND COMMUNITY BENEFIT FEE THAT IS ALSO IDENTICAL FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT.
THE FINAL IS FLYING W THIS IS A PART OF YOUR THIRD ROUND OBLIGATION.
IT IS A TOTAL OF 282 UNITS, INCLUDING 90 AFFORDABLE UNITS.
THE 90 AFFORDABLE UNITS IS A 31% SET ASIDE.
WE WE MEANING UNDER STATE REGULATIONS AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING, THERE ARE TECHNICALLY REQUIRED ONLY TO PROVIDE A 20% SET ASIDE.
D HORTON HAS AGREED TO PROVIDE A 31% SET ASIDE, AND I'LL GET INTO WHY THAT'S OCCURRING SHORTLY.
THE CONDITIONS THAT I JUST WENT OVER WITH IRONBRIDGE, UH, STARTING WITH IRONBRIDGE AS THE MOTHER DOCUMENT, ARE ALL IDENTICAL WITH FLYING W THEY'RE ALL EQUALLY APPLICABLE TO FLYING W SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING EXCEPTIONS.
FIRST, THE TOWNSHIP HAS AGREED TO WAIVE ALL WATER AND SEWER CONNECTION FEES FOR BOTH MARKET RATE AND AFFORDABLE UNITS FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT.
R HORTON THROUGH DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRAINTS, LOST THE DENSITY OF 120 UNITS.
R HORTON HAS AGREED TO WAIVE PURSUING THE, OR SHIFTING THAT DENSITY TO A DIFFERENT DEVELOPMENT IN, IN, IN CONSIDERATION OF THE TOWNSHIP WAIVING THE WATER SEWER CONNECTION FEES FOR BOTH THE MARKET RATE AND AFFORDABLE UNITS REMOVING 120 UNITS, UM, FOR BEING CONSTRUCTED.
AND BY SACRIFICING THE WATER, SEWER, AND CONNECTION FEES, THE TOWNSHIP BELIEVED WAS AN APPROPRIATE CONSIDERATION AND THEY DECIDED TO DO THAT SIMULTANEOUSLY.
DR HORTON AGREED THAT THEY WOULD NOT, UM, REQUEST THAT THE AGE RESTRICTED UNITS BE CONVERTED TO NON AGE RESTRICTED UNITS, UM, SHIP CONSIDERING ITS INFRASTRUCTURE DEMANDS AND THE IMPACT ON THE SCHOOLS AND THE IMPACT ON ITS INFRASTRUCTURE.
AS IS BELIEVE MAINTAINING THESE UNITS AS AGE RESTRICTED WAS PARAMOUNT AND AS A RESULT DID AGREE TO WAIVE THESE WATER AND SEWER CONNECTION FEES.
IMPORTANTLY FOR THE, FOR THE AFFORDABLE UNITS UNDER STATE REGULATION, THEY'RE ONLY REQUIRED TO PAY 50% OF THESE CONNECTION FEES ANYWAY.
SO THE TAX HAS AGREED TO JUST WAIVE THAT BALANCE OF THE 50% AND THE, AGAIN, THE TOTAL MARKET RATE.
WITH THAT EXCEPTION, ALL THE CONDITIONS REMAIN THE SAME.
HOWEVER, THERE IS NO REDEVELOPMENT FEE ATTRIBUTED TO THE FLYING W THE REDEVELOPMENT FEE IS ONLY ATTRIBUTED TO THE FOUR, TWO TO THREE FOURTH ROUND SITES.
HOWEVER, THE RECREATION AND COMMUNITY BENEFIT FEE, THAT IS THAT $1,750 THAT WE REVIEWED BEING SPLIT BETWEEN THE CHARITABLE DEDICATED ACCOUNT AND THE MYA
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DEDICATED ACCOUNT THAT IS APPLICABLE TO THE FLYING W.SO WITH THAT, MAYOR COUNSEL, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM OR WE CAN TURN IT OVER TO THE PUBLIC AND PUBLIC COMMENT.
AND CAN YOU GO OVER THE WATER TOWER RECAPTURE PROCESS? CERTAINLY.
SO IN THE AGREEMENT, DR HORTON AND THE TOWNSHIP HAS AGREED TO DR HORTON CONSTRUCTING A WATER TOWER THROUGH THE USE OF A SPECIAL ASSESSMENT BOND IN THE AMOUNT OF $5 MILLION.
NOW, MR. KNOWLES'S OFFICE IS CURRENTLY DOING AN ANALYSIS OF THE TOWNSHIP'S FLOW AND PRESSURE TO ENSURE THAT THERE'S SUFFICIENT FLOW AND PRESSURE ACROSS THE TOWNSHIP.
AND TO THE EXTENT THAT IF THERE IS AN INADEQUACY IN FLOW AND PRESSURE, WHEN AND WHERE DOES THAT INADEQUACY TRIGGER? AND THIS IS WHAT THE ANALYSIS WILL ESTABLISH.
IF THE ANALYSIS ESTABLISHED THAT THERE IS IN FACT AN INADEQUACY IN FLOW AND PRESSURE AND STORAGE.
THERE'S NOT, WE HAVE CAPACITY.
THIS IS NOT A QUESTION OF CAPACITY.
THIS IS STRICTLY PRESSURE FLOW AND STORAGE FOR LAYMAN ANALYSIS.
SIMILAR TO A SHOWER, MAKING SURE THAT YOU HAVE WATER COMING OUTTA YOUR SHOWER 'CAUSE YOU'VE GOT THE PRESSURE.
IF HIS ANALYSIS DETERMINES THAT THE, THAT THERE IS ADEQUATE FLOW, PRESSURE AND STORAGE FOR THE WATER, DR. HORTON HAS AGREED TO CONSTRUCT THE WATER TOWER BY WAY OF A SPECIAL ASSESSMENT BOND WITH NO COST TO THE TOWNSHIP OF MEDFORD.
THAT SPECIAL ASSESSMENT BOND WILL BE FUNDED BY A SPECIAL ASSESSMENT AGAINST THE 1067 UNITS.
IN RESPONSE, THIS WATER TOWER WILL ALSO SERVE OTHER RESIDENTS, OTHER FUTURE NOT CURRENT RESIDENTS, FUTURE RESIDENTS, FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS, FUTURE COMMERCIAL USES.
UM, AS THEY GET DEVELOPED, IF THOSE FUTURE FUTURE SITES THAT ARE GONNA BE BENEFITED BY THIS WATER TOWER ARE CONSTRUCTED, THEY WILL BE REQUIRED TO PAY A RECAPTURE FEE.
THAT RECAPTURE FEE WILL BE SET BY A SEPARATE ORNAMENT ORDINANCE TO BE ADOPTED AT A LATER DATE.
IN ORDER TO REIMBURSE D RHOR, ITS PRORATED COST FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE WATER TOWER BASED OFF OF HOW MANY, WHAT IS THE TOTAL FLOW CAPACITY THAT IT CAN SERVE VERSUS WHAT IS THE TOTAL FLOW CAPACITY THAT THE R HORTON REQUIRES FOR ITS 1067 UNITS.
THE R HORTON WILL ALSO BE REIMBURSED ITS OVERHEAD COSTS 'CAUSE IT IS GONNA CARRY THE DEBT PREMIUM THROUGH THIS AS THEY WAIT FOR COS TO BE ISSUED.
NOW THAT RECAPTURE ORDINANCE, ONCE DR HORTON IS REIMBURSED, WILL THEN BE REVERTED BACK TO THE TOWNSHIP FOR THE TOWNSHIP TO RE RECEIVE ANY ADDITIONAL CONNECTION FEES THAT ARE BENEFITED BY THIS WATER TOWER TO BE DEPOSITED INTO ITS GENERAL FUND.
NOW THE TIMING OF THE WATER TOWER IS ESSENTIALLY LINKED TO AFTER BEAR WITH ME.
IT IS NOT TIED TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF FLYING W THE TIMING OF ITS CONSTRUCTION IS NOT TIED TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE RESERVE AT IRON BRIDGE AND IS NOT TIED TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF 200 CERTIFICATES, 200 UNITS THAT ARE ISSUED, 200 THAT ARE ISSUED CERTIFICATES OF OCCUPANCY AT TINGER.
SO IT'S OUR BELIEF THAT THERE IS AT THIS POINT SUFFICIENT CAPACITY AND FLOW FOR THOSE SITES.
AND WE'VE ESTABLISHED THAT THROUGH OUR HOUSING ELEMENT AND FAIR SHARE PLAN WHEN WE DEMONSTRATED THAT THESE WERE DEVELOPABLE SITES, WHICH WAS ACCEPTED BY THE COURT AND APPROVED.
SO WE'VE AGREED THAT WE WILL NOT TIE THIS WATER TOWER TO THOSE SITES.
NOTWITHSTANDING THAT FACT, THAT TRUTH DR HORN IS OBLIGATED TO OBTAIN ALL OUTSIDE GOVERNMENT APPROVALS.
AND IF AN OUTSIDE GOVERNMENT APPROVAL OR OUTSIDE AGENCY REQUIRES THE WATER TOWER, DR. HORTON WILL BE SUBJECT TO WHATEVER THAT OUTSIDE AGENCY REQUIRES.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? DID A GREAT JOB, MATT.
[VII. PUBLIC COMMENTS]
UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.UM, THIS IS ON AGENDA ITEMS OR ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK ABOUT.
WE'LL GIVE EACH MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC FIVE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
I'LL ASK CHIEF DOBY TO HOLD THE TIME.
AND AS WE HAVE IN OTHER COUNCIL MEETINGS, IF YOU HAVE TO GO OVER BY ONE MINUTE, WE'RE GONNA ALLOW THAT.
BUT JUST FOR THE SAKE OF EVERYONE ELSE IN THE PUBLIC, WE'RE GONNA TRY TO KEEP IT TO THAT FIVE TO SIX MINUTE MAX.
UM, SIR, I SAW YOUR HAND UP POST PAUL SIER AND I LIVE OVER MOUNT LAUREL.
UM, I HAVE TO APOLOGIZE PLANNED ON BEING HERE LAST MONTH TO SAY WHAT I ABLE TO SAY, BUT I, YOU KNOW, WAS SICK.
I JUST WANNA TAKE A COUPLE MINUTES TO THANK
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YOU MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL, FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW, THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL APPOINTED MAJOR JUSTIN HARDY AS OUR GRAND MARSHALL FOR THE PARADE.ME MAJOR HARDY IS PART OF A MILITARY GROUP THAT GOES OVERSEAS, SORRY.
AND RECLAIMS LOCATES AND RETURNS MILITARY MISSING IN ACTION.
UM, HE'S BEEN ON A FEW MISSIONS AND ABOUT TWO WEEKS BEFORE THE ACTUAL PARADE, HIS UNIT WAS CALLED OUT AND I BELIEVE THEY WENT TO, I THINK IT WAS NEW GUINEA.
AND YOU HAVE TO SEE THE FILM CLIPS THAT MAJOR HARDY HAS TO UNDERSTAND THE LIVING CONDITIONS THAT HE AND HIS TEAM LIVE UNDER.
I I THINK YOU SAW THOSE CLIPS.
EVERYTHING THAT THEY NEED TO LIVE FOR THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT THEY'RE THERE IS CARRIED IN.
THEY CAN'T HAVE TRUCKS 'CAUSE THEY'RE ON THE MOUNTAINS.
THIS LAST TRIP THAT HE TOOK, I BELIEVE WAS OVER TO, UM, I THINK IT'S NEW GUINEA.
AND HIS TEAM WAS ABLE TO LOCATE A COUPLE, UH, MEMBERS OF OUR WERE MILITARY THAT WERE MISSING AN ACTION, UH, THROUGH DIFFERENT MEANS OF TESTING.
THEY FILED, YOU KNOW, THE MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY AND ACTUALLY RETURN THE REMAINS TO THE FAMILY SO THEY COULD HAVE A PROPER BURIAL AND, UM, CLOSURE.
BUT MY POINT IS, KNOWING THAT MAJOR HARDY WOULD NOT BE AVAILABLE FOR THE PARADE, RATHER THAN JUST PICKING SOMEBODY, THE MAYOR OR MEMBERS OF COUNCIL CHOSE TO HONOR MAJOR HARDY BY ASKING HIS WIFE AND FAMILY MEMBERS TO REPRESENT HIM AT THE PARADE.
AND OVER TO THE CEREMONIES AFTERWARDS HERE AT FREEDOM PARK.
SO MAYOR, FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART, I AM NOT A SPOKESMAN FOR ANY GROUP, BUT AS A VETERAN WHO HONORS MAJOR HARDY, THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT.
ON A SIDE NOTE, CONGRATULATIONS ON BEING NAMED THE TOP TOWN IN SOUTH EAST JERSEY FOR 2026.
BEFORE WE GO TO THE NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT, JUST, UH, PAUL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THOSE COMMENTS AND I BEING NAMED THE TOP TOWN IN SOUTH JERSEY, I THINK THAT TAKES, YOU KNOW, YEARS IF NOT DECADES TO GET TO THAT POINT.
SO IT'S NOT ONLY, UM, YOU KNOW, MOVING OF US TO THANK YOU FOR THAT APPRECIATION, BUT TO HONOR THOSE THAT CAME BEFORE US, BOTH THE PERSONNEL AND STAFF, THE COUNCIL, UM, EVERYBODY, THE, THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, UH, THE BUSINESSES THAT HAVE INVESTED IN OUR TOWN, UM, WE TOGETHER ARE NUMBER ONE IN SOUTH JERSEY.
AND HOW WILL THEY PHRASE IT WAS MEDFORD IS THE BEST PLACE TO LIVE, TO WORK AND PLAY.
WOULD ANY OF US, ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK? SIR MARY? UH, MARY LUCAS? JUST REMEMBER, I'M SORRY, I JUST REMEMBERED SOMETHING THAT I DO APOLOGIZE, UM, FOR THE REDEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS.
DR. HORTON HAS ALSO AGREED, 'CAUSE I'M LOOKING AT YOU, THAT IT WILL RESTRICT ALL HEAVY CONSTRUCTION VEHICLES YES.
FROM DRIVING ON AUTEN BOULEVARD.
SO, NO, I CAN, CAN, YOUR HORN DID AGREE TO DO THAT.
ON BEHALF OF OUR, ALL THE PEOPLE IN TAUNTON BOULEVARD AND IN LAKE PINE, I KNOW JIM'S HERE TONIGHT AND I KNOW HE'S HAPPY ABOUT THAT AS WELL.
AND THANK YOU COUNSEL FOR ALL OF YOUR EFFORTS TOWARD THAT.
AND FIRST, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK COUNCIL AND THE COUNTY FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE ON BEHALF OF THE TAUNTON BOULEVARD SAFE STREETS INITIATIVE.
THE WORK OF COUNCIL AND THE COUNTY IS MOVING FORWARD, IMPORTANT MEASURES THAT WILL HOPEFULLY SLOW DOWN THE SPEEDING VEHICLES AND TRUCKS BY HAVING SPEED CUSHIONS INSTALLED.
IN ADDITION TO SLOWING DOWN SPEEDERS, IT MAY ALSO SERVE AS A DETERRENT FOR TRAFFIC, FOR TRAFFIC TO USE OTHER ROUTES BESIDES THORNTON BOULEVARD.
WE GREATLY APPRECIATE THOSE EFFORTS.
WE, THE SAFE STREETS INITIATIVE ARE STILL PURSUING THE SPEED LIMIT REDUCTION.
MARY LUCAS, CAN YOU TALK INTO YOUR MICROPHONE? YOU JUST TURNED THAT DOWN.
UM, FOR, FOR THOSE THAT MISSED IT, SHE WAS JUST THANKING US FOR A BUNCH OF THINGS.
UM, WE'RE STILL PURSUING THE SPEED LIMIT REDUCTION FROM 30 TO 25, AS WELL AS THE WEIGHT RESTRICTIONS.
COUNCIL HAS ALSO BEEN HELPFUL AS WE WORK WITH RAY REPRESENTATIVE ANGELO ON THE WEIGHT RESTRICTION ISSUES.
AND WE HAD A VERY GOOD MEETING LAST WEEK.
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WE, WE GOT A LOT ACCOMPLISHED, I BELIEVE, AND HAVING THE SUPPORT OF COUNCIL AND ATTENDING THAT, UM, DEPUTY COUNCILWOMAN WORRIES AND COUNCILWOMAN SANTA MOORE WAS THERE.AND I THINK IT JUST SHOWS THAT WHEN WE HAVE A COMMON GOAL AND WE WORK TOWARD THAT, WE'RE VERY EFFECTIVE.
AND IT LOOKS LIKE WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET SOME ACTION ON THAT IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
THE OTHER QUESTION ON TAUNTON BOULEVARD IS HOW THE STREET IS DESIGNATED, EVEN THOUGH IT'S A COUNTY ROAD, HOW IS IT DESIGNATED? IS IT A RESIDENTIAL, IS IT A WHATEVER? SO THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME IN-DEPTH STUDY ON THAT BECAUSE THAT WILL HELP US IN CHANGING ANY KIND OF LEGISLATION FOR WEIGHT RESTRICTIONS.
SO WE'RE ANXIOUS TO MOVE ON THAT.
UH, SECONDLY, SEVERAL MONTHS AGO WHEN THE BUDGET WAS INTRODUCED, THE MAJOR ERROR WAS DISCOVERED.
AND I, ME, AS I MENTIONED AT THAT TIME, THE CURRENT COUNCIL WAS NOT SEATED, NOR WAS THERE AN APPROVED BUDGET.
WHAT OCCURRED WAS PRIOR TO JANUARY 7TH, 2026, HOWEVER, THE CONSEQUENCES OF CERTAIN ACTIONS NOW FALLS ON THIS COUNCIL.
AT THAT TIME, IT WAS LEARNED THAT THE TOWNSHIP EMPLOYEES HAD RECEIVED A PAY RAISE.
AND I ASSUME THAT THERE HAD NOT BEEN AN ADJUSTMENT TO THE SALARIES OF THE TOWNSHIP EMPLOYEES TO DATE.
THAT MEANS THAT SINCE JANUARY ONE, THESE EMPLOYEES HAVE BEEN OVERPAID AS A RESULT OF ACTION TAKEN BY SOMEONE OR PERSONS AUTHORIZING THE SALARY ADJUSTMENTS.
WHEN THIS ISSUE WAS RAISED, COUNSEL STATED THAT THERE WOULD BE AN INVESTIGATION AS TO HOW SUCH ACTION COULD HAVE BEEN TAKEN AND WHO AUTHORIZED IT WITH THE BUDGET AS TIGHT AS HOURS.
IT SEEMS THAT THE SALARIES COULD HAVE BEEN RETURNED TO THEIR DECEMBER 31ST STATUS AMOUNT WHILE THE INVESTIGATION WAS ONGOING.
IT'S NOT FAIR TO THE RESIDENTS WHO WILL HAVE TO BEAR THE WEIGHT OF THE TAX INCREASE FOR THE EMPLOYEES TO CONTINUE TO RECEIVE THESE ADDITIONAL UNAUTHORIZED FUNDS.
WHAT IS THE STATUS OF THE INVESTIGATION AND WHAT ACTION IS BEING TAKEN TO PREVENT SUCH AN ERROR FROM OCCURRING? AGAIN, MR. MAYOR, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE FOR ME TO, UH, TREAD LIGHTLY? GO AHEAD.
UM, UH, UH, MARY, I DON'T THINK YOU WERE AT THE LAST MEETING.
THERE WILL BE, UM, AN AUDIT, UH, REVIEW.
UM, THE 2025 AUDIT, UM, IS NEARING ITS COMPLETION.
AND AT THE AUGUST 11TH MEETING, UM, TYPICALLY WE WERE SUPPOSED TO MEET ON AUGUST THE FOURTH.
THAT'S NATIONAL NIGHT OUT, SO THAT'S CONFLICTING WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S EVENT.
SO WE'LL BE MOVING TO AUGUST THE 11TH, THE SECOND TUESDAY.
UM, AND THAT WILL BE PART OF THE AUDIT, UH, UH, DISCUSSIONS IN RELATION TO, UM, YOUR REQUEST TO REVIEW, THE TOWNSHIP COUNCIL ASKED ME TO GO THROUGH, UM, AND TO SEE EXACTLY WHAT TRANSPIRED UNDER THE FAULKNER ACT MANAGER, COUNCIL FORM OF GOVERNMENT.
THE MANAGER HAS THE FULL AUTHORITY TO ISSUE SALARY RAISES TO ANY EMPLOYEE BUT THEMSELVES.
UM, NOW THERE ARE CONTRACTS, OBVIOUSLY MM-HMM
UM, BUT THE, THE TOWNSHIP MANAGER HAS THAT FULL AUTHORITY.
WHAT THE TOWNSHIP MANAGER DOES NOT HAVE FULL AUTHORITY ON IS EXCEEDING THE BUDGET.
AS YOU STATED, THE TOWNSHIP WAS IN A TEMPORARY BUDGET FROM THE 2025 BUDGET YEAR.
SO IT DID NOT CONTEMPLATE RAISES FOR THE NON-CONTRACTUAL EMPLOYEES, UM, THAT, UH, WOULD GET IN 2026.
UM, I WOULD CONTEND NOT ONLY IT'S UNETHICAL, BUT ALSO A VIOLATION OF THE FAULKNER ACT THAT A RAISES OCCURRED.
HOWEVER, THE MANAGER DOES HAVE THAT AUTHORITY TO DO IT.
UM, IT IS NOT COMMON PRACTICE.
UH, MOST MUNICIPALITIES, IF NOT ALL MUNICIPALITIES FOR THEIR NON-CONTRACTUAL EMPLOYEES, WILL NOT GIVE RAISES UNTIL YOU HAVE A BUDGET ADOPTED.
UM, SO IN THIS CASE, THE TOWNSHIP COUNCIL DID NOT PASS A BUDGET.
UM, AND, UH, THE, UM, THE MANAGER DID GIVE RAISES WITHIN THE SALARY RANGE, UM, AS APPROVED.
UM, SOME OF THE OTHER CAVEATS THAT I'VE REVIEWED, AND, AND CHIEF DOY HAS ALLOWED ME TO KIND OF STATE THIS.
UM, WE HAVE ADOPTED A, A NEW SALARY ORDINANCE.
HOWEVER, THIS BODY WAS GIVEN A, UM, AN AGREEMENT FOR CHIEF DOVEY, UM, IN HIS CAPACITY AS THE FIRE CHIEF AT THEIR REORGANIZATION MEETING.
THAT, UH, CONTRACT WAS NEGOTIATED BY THE PRIOR MANAGER AND EXCEEDED THE SALARY WARRANT AT THE TIME.
COUNSEL, WHEN I BROUGHT IT UP TO THEM, DID NOT KNOW THAT, UM, THEY ASSUMED THAT THE CONTRACT THAT THEY WERE GIVEN WAS WITHIN THE SALARY RANGE AT THE CURRENT TIME THE SALARY RANGE EX, UH, WAS EXCEEDED BY $3,000.
UM, SO THOSE ITEMS, UM, WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT I WOULD, UH, CONTINUE TO REVIEW.
THEY WILL BE SUBJECT TO, UH, SOME DISCUSSION THAT THE AUDITOR WILL BRING UP.
UM, ANOTHER ITEM THAT CAME UP IN MY REVIEW IS THAT THE TOWNSHIP MANAGER'S SALARY,
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HIS, UM, CONTRACT WAS TIED TO THE POLICE CHIEF'S CONTRACT AND THE FAULKNER ACT MANAGER FORM OF GOVERNMENT, THE MANAGER'S CONTRACT CANNOT BE TIED TO ANY EMPLOYEE.UM, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE CHIEF'S CONTRACT, THE CHIEF'S CONTRACT STATES MM-HMM
THAT HE WOULD BE $10,000 MORE THAN THE CAPTAIN OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OR A NUMBER GRANTED BY THE TOWNSHIP MANAGER.
'CAUSE UNDER THIS FORM OF GOVERNMENT, THE MANAGER MAY GIVE, UM, A SALARY THAT IS WITHIN THE RANGE AGREED TO BY COUNSEL.
UM, THAT IS NOT PROPER, NOR SHOULD IT HAVE BEEN PUT TOGETHER.
UM, SO IN, IN REVIEWING SALARIES, I THINK, UH, A POLICY MAYBE NEEDS TO BE, UM, INSTITUTED BY COUNSEL, EVEN THOUGH THIS IS THE FAULKNER ACT.
AND EVEN THOUGH THAT THE MANAGER HAS, HAS THIS POWER, BUT IT HAS TO BE REITERATED THAT THE COUNCIL HAS TO ESTABLISH A BUDGET, HAS TO ESTABLISH, UM, WHAT THE RANGES WOULD BE.
UM, WE HAD THREE BRAND NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS HERE AND, AND NO NEW SALARY ORDINANCE PUT IN PLACE UNTIL JUST RECENTLY.
UM, ANOTHER ITEM THAT THE AUDITOR WILL BRING UP IS THAT THE SALARY ORDINANCE CHANGED.
THE FAULKNER ACT, UH, HAS A PRESCRIBED, UH, UH, PREAMBLE TO THE, UH, SALARY ORDINANCE THAT TALKS ABOUT THE POWERS OF THE MANAGER, UM, AND THE NON POWERS OF THE MANAGER WHEN IT COMES TO SETTING SALARIES.
UM, THAT WAS NOT IN THE MOST RECENT, UH, ORDINANCE.
IT WAS PUT BACK INTO THAT ORDINANCE, UH, THIS YEAR WHEN COUNSEL APPROVED IT, I BELIEVE, TWO MEETINGS AGO.
SO WE, WE HAVE KIND OF DONE A CURSORY REVIEW.
UM, WE'VE REVIEWED, UH, BEST PRACTICES OF HOW WE WOULD DO THAT.
UM, IN SPEAKING TO THE CFO, THE SALARY RAISES WERE INSTITUTED BEFORE SHE EVEN KNEW THAT THE PAYCHECKS HAD ALREADY GONE OUT.
AND THEN SHE WAS GIVEN A REPORT THAT SAID THAT THE INCREASES WENT THROUGH.
YOU DON'T NEED THE CFO'S PERMISSION TO DO THAT.
I THINK IT'S UNORTHODOX IN, IN MY ROLE AS BEING AN ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE LAST 12 YEARS, I, I DON'T DO ANYTHING WITHOUT CHECKING WITH MY CFO TO MAKE SURE IT FITS WITHIN THE CASH FLOW OF THE TOWN.
UM, BUT THOSE ARE ITEMS THAT, UH, THE COUNCIL HAS STATED THAT THEY'RE GONNA REVIEW AND SET SOME POLICIES SINCE THEY ARE THE POLICY CREATING BOARD, UM, FOR THIS TOWN SO THAT WE HAVE CLEAR PARAMETERS GOING FORWARD SO THAT THESE THINGS DON'T HAPPEN AGAIN.
WELL, AS I SAID IN MY PREAMBLE, THAT THIS COUNCIL HAD HAD NO ROLE IN THIS AT ALL, AND THAT HAPPENED IN THAT INTERIM PERIOD.
BUT I THINK WHAT SHOULD HAPPEN NOW THOUGH IS THEY SHOULD NOT CONTINUE TO GET THE HIGHER SALARY.
WE CAN'T TALK ABOUT, YOU CAN'T, CAN'T TALK ABOUT THAT IF WE'RE RESTRICT ON OUR BUDGET.
UNFORTUNATELY, LEGALLY, WE, ONCE A SALARY IS GRANTED, IT CAN'T BE TAKEN BACK.
UM, AND THAT'S WHY I PREFACE BY SAYING THIS, THAT THE MANAGER HAS THE LEGAL ABILITY TO RAISE THE SALARIES.
THE PROBLEM HERE IS THAT HE IS NOT, HE OR SHE IS NOT ALLOWED TO THEN RAISE THE SALARIES THAT THEN BIND THIS BOARD TO THEN RAISE THE BUDGET.
IF THIS BOARD DECIDED THAT IT WANTED TO REMAIN A FLAT BUDGET FOR THIS YEAR, THEY WOULD NOT BE IN THAT, THAT ABILITY TO DO IT BECAUSE THE RAISE HAS ALREADY HAPPENED.
AND THAT IS TYPICALLY WHY, UM, IT IS, IT IS NOT SEEN THAT A A RAISE WOULD GO IN FOR NON-CONTRACTUAL.
SO IF YOU HAVE A CONTRACT, THIS BOARD OR BOARDS PRIOR TO IT, GRANTED THOSE SALARY INCREASES, WE HAVE TO HONOR THEM.
UM, BUT IN THIS INSTANCE, NON-CONTRACTUAL EMPLOYEES TYPICALLY DO NOT SEE AN INCREASE UNTIL A BUDGET IS SET.
AND THEN YOU EXACTLY ISSUED THE SALARY BASED OFF OF THE BUDGET SET BY THE, BY THE, BY THE COUNCIL.
I WE GREATLY APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THIS UP OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
IT MEANS A LOT TO US THAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE PAYING ATTENTION AND BELIEVE US, WE'RE ON IT.
UM, WE, WE CAN'T SAY MUCH ABOUT IT, BUT AS, AS A, AS A RESIDENT, I'M CONCERNED TOO BECAUSE IF WE DON'T HAVE MONEY, YOU'RE, YOU'RE SORT OF, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE JUST LETTING IT FLOW YOUR LIPS TO GOD'S EARS.
SO MARY, ANOTHER SO THAT YOU UNDERSTAND THE, THE TIMELINE FLOW.
I'M SPEAKING ABOUT THE 2025 AUDIT.
SO I MEAN, NOT THE POOR GAS GASOLINE ON, ON THE FIRE, BUT THE INCREASES HAPPENED IN 2025 AND THEY ALSO HAPPENED IN 2026, RIGHT.
PRIOR TO A BUDGET BEING ADOPTED.
SO THE AUDITOR HAS ALREADY IN ITS REVIEW WITH MYSELF, CHIEF DOVEY AND THE CFO HAS POINTED THAT OUT TO US, UM, BECAUSE THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO POINT OUT THE 2025 ISSUE.
THAT'S KIND OF THE, THE CONUNDRUM OF HOW THE STATE FUNCTIONS WHEN AUDITS GET DONE AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO SIX MONTHS AFTER THE PRIOR YEAR, YOU'RE FINALLY GETTING SOMETHING FROM THE PRIOR YEAR ON IT.
SO, UM, IT WILL BE A DISCUSSION ITEM THAT'S BROUGHT UP.
UM, IT'S ALREADY BEEN DISCUSSED WITH MANAGEMENT.
UM, ON THAT, UH, I HAVE UM, I HAVE RECOMMENDED THE COUNCIL THAT I DO FEEL THAT THE MUNICIPAL BUILDING MIGHT NEED TO GET MOVED AROUND A LITTLE BIT.
UM, I DO THINK THE CFO NEEDS TO BE CLOSER TO THE, TO THE MANAGER SO THAT THESE THINGS CAN BE MORE COLLABORATIVELY DISCUSSED, UM, SO THAT WE UNDERSTAND THE FINANCIAL IMPACT.
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AT THE PRESENT MOMENT, THERE'S NOTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO CLAW BACK.ALL WE CAN DO IS SET POLICIES GOING FORWARD TO MAKE, TO ENSURE THAT THE PARAMETERS OF WHOEVER COMES NEXT AND THE COUNCIL HAS ADVERTISED FOR A NEW MANAGER.
UM, AND THAT IS ACTIVE RIGHT NOW, BUT WHOEVER COMES NEXT IS ADMINISTERING GOVERNMENT TO WHAT COUNCIL WANTS TO SEE AND THAT THEY ARE NOT THEN BEING BLINDSIDED.
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I WAS GONNA SAY.
THEY WERE BLINDSIDED BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T, THEY DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT.
BUT WHILE, WHILE I MIGHT HAVE A MINUTE LEFT, I'D LIKE TO SAY I TOOK UP YOUR TIME SO THAT THAT WAS AS LIGHTLY AS HE CAN TREAD THAT.
UH, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT I THINK WE SHOULD CONSIDER SOMETHING FOR CHIEF BECAUSE HE HAS DONE TWO JOBS.
THERE'S BEEN NO ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION AND I REALLY BELIEVE THAT IT'S IN, IN FAIRNESS AND INEQUALITY, UH, THERE SHOULD BE SOMETHING, I DON'T KNOW HIM PERSONALLY, SO I HAVE NO STAKE IN THE GAME OTHER THAN TO SAY THAT I BELIEVE WHEN SOMEONE IS DOING THAT WORK AT THAT LEVEL FOR THAT LONG.
I MEAN, THERE SHOULD BE SOME SORT OF COMPENSATION.
AND I THINK IN FAIRNESS, HOWEVER, COUNSEL CAN YOU KNOW MIND ALL THAT WE ARE, I THINK WE VOTED UNANIMOUSLY.
WE'RE IN FULL AGREEMENT WITH THAT.
AND IF, AND IF YOU DON'T KNOW CHIEF, I MEAN ROB'S A PHENOMENAL NEIGHBOR I KNOW WHO'S WORK.
I DON'T KNOW HIM PERSONALLY AND I, THAT'S WHY I'M STATING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALL LUCKY TO HAVE CHIEF AS OUR NEIGHBOR.
UM, NOT ONLY BECAUSE OF THE WORK HE DOES HERE, BUT OBVIOUSLY WITH THE FIRE AND EMS, BUT JUST GREAT GUY, GREAT FAMILY.
SO PRIOR TO, UM, THIS UNDER THE FAULKNER ACT, IF, IF A SEPARATION OF THE MANAGER HAPPENS, YOU MUST NAME A ACTING MANAGER FROM THE EMPLOYEES WITHIN.
UM, AND, AND AS YOU GO THROUGH THAT SEARCH OR GO THROUGH THE LIMBO PERIOD, AND THEN THE, THE OVERALL SEARCH, THE TOWNSHIP SALARY ORDINANCE DID NOT PERMIT FOR AN INTERIM MANAGER, UM, SALARY RANGE.
SO THE, THE COUNCIL WAS NOT ALLOWED TO, TO GIVE ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO THE CHIEF WITHOUT HAVING THAT IMPLEMENTED.
THAT WAS IMPLEMENTED BY, UH, THE TOWNSHIP COUNCIL AT ITS, I BELIEVE IT WAS TWO MEETINGS AGO WHEN THE SALARY ORDINANCE WAS ADOPTED.
THEY ALSO INSTITUTED A DEPUTY MANAGER'S, UH, SALARY RANGE SO THAT THE COUNCIL HAS THE ABILITY TO WORK WITH THE MANAGER TO, UH, HAVE A DEPUTY MANAGER THAT IS THE PERSON THAT'S GOING TO TAKE OVER FOR THE MANAGER WHENEVER THEY'RE ON VACATION, THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO THERE'S A DEDICATED PERSON TO THAT.
SO THAT A, A CLEAR CHAIN OF COMMAND, UM, SO TO SPEAK.
SO THOSE TWO ITEMS WERE ADDED.
THERE'S A NEGOTIATION CURRENTLY ONGOING AND YOU SHOULD SEE THAT COME TO FRUITION AT A, AT A FUTURE MEETING.
WELL, IT'S WELL DESERVED AND HOPEFULLY YOU CAN WORK THAT OUT SOONER RATHER THAN LATER.
WHO WILL BE MANAGING FOR THE TOWNSHIP? THESE AGREEMENTS THAT WERE JUST SPOKEN OF, WHO IN THE TOWNSHIP'S GONNA BE MANAGING THEM? WHO'S GONNA PROVIDE OVERSIGHT? THEY EACH HAVE, THERE, THERE'S INDIVIDUAL COMPONENTS.
THE AFFORD TRIAD WILL DO THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING PIECE.
AND I'M ASSUMING MR. NOEL CORRECT.
WILL BE OVERSEEING THE CONSTRUCTION AND INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS? UH, NO.
I MEAN FINANCIALLY, MY WHO'S GONNA MANAGERS, THE MANAGER'S OFFICE IS, IS RESPONSIBLE OH YEAH.
FOR ENSURING THAT ANY, UM, FINANCIAL OR, OR, UM, MONETARY OBLIGATION IS, IS MET, UM, BY MAKING SURE THAT THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS UNDER THE MANAGER'S CHARGE ARE FOLLOWING, UH, WHAT IS MEANT.
SO I THINK TO YOUR POINT, MAKING SURE CO'S NOT ISSUED UNLESS CERTAIN THINGS HAVE BEEN PAID AND THIS, THAT, AND THE OTHER CERTAIN APPROVALS HAPPEN, RIGHT.
THAT WOULD ALL FALL UNDER THE MANAGER'S OFFICE.
IS THAT GOING TO BE A HARDSHIP? IS THAT GOING FOR THE MANAGER'S OFFICE TO TAKE ON THAT ADDITIONAL? THEY, THEY CURRENTLY BEEN MONITOR DOING THAT MONITORING.
THEY'VE CURRENTLY BEEN DOING THAT UNDER THE THIRD AND THE SECOND ROUND.
THE, THE, UH, AFFORDABLE HOUSING AGENT ANSWERS TO THE MANAGER.
UM, THE, UH, VARIOUS EMPLOYEES AND DEPARTMENT HEADS ANSWERED TO THE MANAGER.
IT'S, IT'S PARKED FOR COURSE UNDER THIS FORM OF GOVERNMENT.
JUST ONE COMMENT ON MARY ON TOTTEN.
WE'RE GONNA BE MEETING WITH THE COUNTY ON, ON, UH, THURSDAY TO TALK ABOUT SPEED CUSHIONS AND SPEED HUMPS AND TABLES.
CHIEF ACTUALLY HAS A FULL REPORT OUT IN THE, UH, MANAGER'S REPORT FOR YOU GUYS.
SO HANG OUT AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT.
UM, ON THE TRAER, NO REGIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE RESPONSIBILITY, CAN YOU JUST DEFINE WHAT REGIONAL MEANS? IF, IS THAT LIKE COUNTY ALSO THEY ARE, IT MEANS THEY'RE REQUIRED TO INSTALL THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT IS NEEDED FOR THEIR PROJECT, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE WATER TOWER.
IF SAY FOR EXAMPLE, THE TASHA WANTED THEM TO EXPAND
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THE SEWER TREATMENT PLANT, THEY WOULDN'T BE REQUIRED TO EXPAND THE SEWER TREATMENT PLANT 'CAUSE WE HAVE CAPACITY FOR THEIR DEVELOPMENT.THAT'S WHAT IT MEANS BY, THERE'S NO REGIONAL, THEY'RE NOT PROVIDING ANY REGIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS OUTSIDE OF WHAT'S DEDICATED IN THE PLAN.
SO WHEN THEY GO TO THE COUNTY PLANNING BOARD, IF THE COUNTY PUTS REQUIREMENTS ON THEM, THIS IS NOT TAKING THAT OFF THE TABLE? CORRECT.
WHATEVER THE COUNTY SAYS, WHATEVER THE STATE SAYS, THAT'S UP TO THEM.
I JUST WANTED CLARIFICATION ON THAT.
AND THAT SPECIFICALLY STATES THAT'S THE REASON WHY THE, THE LANGUAGE IS IN THERE THAT STATES PRO THE, THEY MUST SEEK THE APPROVALS OF THE OUTSIDE AGENCIES AND WHATEVER THEY DEEM NECESSARY AS PART OF THEIR APPROVALS.
AND THAT'S REITERATED IN ALL FOUR DOCUMENTS.
HI, I AM BETH PLUMMET, 34 CHARLESER LANE.
WHERE WOULD THE WATER TOWER POTENTIALLY BE WHEN THE, I'LL GIVE IT, ACTUALLY THIS IS A PERSONAL QUESTION.
TENTATIVELY IT'S, UH, GONNA BE LOCATED ON THE INGER PARCEL, BUT WE HAVE TO DO OUR STUDY AND WE'LL DETERMINE WHAT THE OPTIMUM LOCATION IS.
AND, UM, AS WONDERFUL AS ALL THAT MONEY FOR THE RECREATION DEPARTMENT IS, I'M A LITTLE DISTRESSED THAT NOT ONE PENNY IS GOING TO OUR ALREADY OVERBURDENED SCHOOLS.
UM, IT'S, IT'S A TRAVESTY AND THE STATE WE KNOW IS NOT GONNA HELP US.
MONEY THAT COULD'VE GONE TO THE SCHOOLS BY PREVIOUS TOWNSHIPS WAS GIVEN AWAY.
UM, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S GREAT THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE NICER FIELDS, BUT WE'RE GONNA HAVE A BUNCH OF AND UNEDUCATED CHILDREN RUNNING AROUND ON THEM.
SO I REALLY HOPE AT SOME POINT SOMEBODY'S GONNA GIVE THESE SCHOOLS SOME ADDITIONAL MONEY.
UM, YEAH, I'M SORRY, JUST MAY I ASK THAT YOU MONEY GIVEN AWAY BY THIS MUNICIPALITY OR OTHER MUNICIPAL? THE, THE, THE MAG THE MAG SITE WAS SOLD FOR A FRACTION OF WHAT THE COST WAS AND YOU WERE GIVEN TAX STATEMENT'S, MY UNDERSTANDING, SO THAT'S MY, IT COULD GONE, THAT WAS GIVEN AWAY.
SO ACCOMPANY WOULD WANNA BE HERE.
DID YOU WE CAN, OH, UM, I MEAN I'LL, CAN I SPEAK OPENLY ABOUT CONCEPTS THAT WERE DISCUSSED, SIR? OKAY.
UM, SO WE ALL SHARE YOUR SAME CONCERN ABOUT SCHOOL FUNDING AND THEIR INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS AND WHATNOT.
UM, WE'VE HAD EXTENSIVE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE BOARD OF ED, UM, AND THE PROPOSED REDEVELOPER TO COME UP WITH POSSIBLE MECHANISMS TO PROVIDE FUNDING TO THE SCHOOL BOARD FOR ALL THEIR NEEDS.
NOT ONLY CURRENT NEEDS, BUT FUTURE NEEDS.
UM, WE, WE WENT TO WHAT WERE CONSIDERED UNORTHODOX STRATOSPHERES TO TRY TO MAKE THAT WORK.
AND I DON'T WANNA SPEAK FOR ALL OF COUNCIL, BUT, UM, WE HAD A SPECIAL MEETING ABOUT IT.
UM, EXECUTIVE MEETING, AGAIN, MULTIPLE MEETINGS, MULTIPLE CONVERSATIONS.
THERE WAS NO VIABLE MECHANISM THAT WE COULD DEPLOY AS THE MUNICIPALITY IN REGARDS TO THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING REQUIREMENTS TO GUARANTEE THE SCHOOL WOULD HAVE THE FUNDS THAT THEY WOULD NEED TO GO DO THEIR INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS, EITHER CURRENT OR FUTURE.
UM, THAT'S, SO WHILE THERE WAS NO NET BENEFIT CURRENTLY FROM A FUNDING STANDPOINT, UM, I WILL POINT THAT, UM, A LOT OF THESE PROJECTS WITH THE NUMBER OF AGE RESTRICTED UNITS THAT ARE IN THEM, UM, THAT I KNOW THE 800,000 FOR LOST CONNECTION FEES MIGHT FEEL LIKE A HIT.
BUT MAINTAINING 120 LESS OVERALL UNITS AND THOSE UNITS, THE REMAINING UNITS BEING AGE RESTRICTED, I THINK IS A BIG WIN FOR THE SCHOOL.
UM, AND I, I THINK YOU'VE HEARD THE COMMITMENT FROM ME AND THE MEMBERS OF THIS COUNCIL THAT, UM, WE WILL DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO PROVIDE RESOURCES TO THE SCHOOLS.
UM, AND AS I MENTIONED, AND I'D LOVE TO, I MEAN I I COULD GO ON AND ON ABOUT IT IF WE REALLY HAD THE TIME, BUT, UM, ONE, ONE OF THE ITEMS DRAMATIC UNORTHODOX OPPORTUNITIES WERE, WERE ATTEMPTED AND BOTH BOND COUNCILS AGREED THAT IT WAS TOO RISKY FOR NOT ONLY THE BOARD OF ED BUT THE MUNICIPALITY TO ENTER INTO.
'CAUSE IF THE VERGE OF DEFAULT, UH, THE POSSIBILITY OF DEFAULT ON THE BOND PREMIUM OF THE SIZE WE WERE TALKING WOULD BANKRUPT THE TOWN.
SO IT JUST WASN'T, IT WASN'T A RISK THAT WE WERE WILLING TO
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PARTAKE IN BASED OFF OUR BOND COUNCIL'S RECOMMENDATION AND THEIR CONVERSATIONS WITH THE OTHER BOND COUNCILS IN, IN THE, IN THE MEETING.AND, AND I THINK IT, IT'S ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT CAME OUT FROM THE SCHOOL BOARD IS POTENTIALLY LAND WHERE IF A NEW SCHOOL WOULD BE NEEDED, THERE IS EARMARKED IN ONE OF THE PROPERTIES, UH, LAND SET ASIDE.
UM, AND, AND YOU KNOW, WHEN TRYING TO ACQUIRE LAND WITHIN THE TOWN, THAT'S A, THAT'S A LARGE FEAT AND USUALLY CAUSE CAUSES A LARGE TICKET PRICE TO THAT.
UM, AND I, I THINK YOU HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD A LOT OF THE DISCUSSION ITEMS FROM A PILOT PERSPECTIVE, WERE JUST NOT IN THE CARDS.
WE, WE ENTERTAINED THE CONCEPT OF A PILOT, EVEN THOUGH WE SAID WE WOULDN'T GO ANYWHERE NEAR IT.
KNOWING THAT, I THINK, I BELIEVE WE HAD FULL CONSENSUS THAT ANY PILOT PAYMENT RECEIVED BY THE TOWNSHIP WOULD BE EVIL, EVENLY DISTRIBUTED BACK TO THE LEVY.
SO, UM, THE TOWNSHIP WOULDN'T KEEP A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE PILOT PAYMENT.
WE WOULD, WE WOULD HAVE TO GIVE, PAY 5% OF THE COUNTY, WE WOULD HOLD 5% IN A RESERVE FUND, GOD FORBID THERE WAS ANY DEFAULTS.
AND THEN THE REMAINING 90% WOULD BE BROKEN UP INTO THE CURRENT LEVY PROPORTION.
SO AS YOU KNOW, LIKE, LIKE YOU DON'T PAY A HUNDRED PERCENT OF YOUR TAXES, MUNICIPALITY, I THINK YOU PAY, FORGIVE ME, 13 OR 11%.
SO WE WOULD ONLY KEEP 13% OF THAT 90% AFTER THE FIRST TWO WERE CUT.
UM, AND THE SCHOOL WOULD GET THEIR SHARE OF THOSE PILOT PAYMENTS.
I'M IN FAVOR OF THAT PRINCIPAL HOLDING FOR ANY, ANY REDEVELOPMENT OR PILOT THAT MAY COME IN.
'CAUSE IT GIVES ADDITIONAL REVENUE DIRECTLY TO THE SCHOOLS INSTEAD OF THAT ASSESSMENT BEING BROUGHT BACK INTO THE TOTAL OVERALL ASSESSMENT, WHICH IS CAPPED AT THE 2%.
SO IT, IT'S, IT'S GREAT THAT WE WOULD HAVE DEVELOPMENT, BUT IT JUST BASICALLY LOWERS OUR TAX BURDEN, WHICH THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FOR HERE.
WE'RE LOOKING TO FUND THE SCHOOLS.
SO, UM, AS I MENTIONED, EXTENSIVE WORK WENT INTO THAT.
UM, EVERYONE AGREED IT WASN'T A GOOD PRACTICE, IT WAS TOO RISKY.
UM, BUT I DON'T THINK WE'RE GONNA STOP HERE WITH TRYING TO HELP THE SCHOOLS.
I THINK THE SCHOOLS ARE AN INSEPARABLE PIECE OF OUR TOWN.
I KNOW THAT'S WHY I MOVED BACK HERE.
RIGHT? THAT'S THAT'S WHY WE'RE ALL HERE, RIGHT? SO, UM, SO, UM, OUR WORK WITH THEM NEVER STOPS.
BUT, UM, WE DID EVERYTHING WE POSSIBLY COULD TO TRY TO PARTNER WITH THEM TO BENEFIT THEM.
THERE JUST WAS NO MECHANISM IN THIS PLAN THAT PROVIDED THEM TO SUPPORT THEY NEEDED, BUT IT WON'T STOP.
I'D LIKE TO HAND SOMETHING OUT BEFORE I START, BECAUSE THE LAST TIME THAT I SPOKE ABOUT THIS, I WAS CHALLENGED.
HEY, MARYANNE, BRING IT DOWN TOWARDS YOU AGAIN.
IS THAT BETTER? YEAH, I CAN PASS THAT IF YOU WANT.
UM, CAN I ASK A, A QUESTION OR A REQUEST? YOU DID A, A VERY COMPREHENSIVE, UM, OVERVIEW OF EVERYTHING.
WILL THAT BE PRINTED OUT ANYWHERE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO READ IT AND KNOW AND HAVE IT IN A FILE SOMEWHERE? SORRY, ON ALL OF YOUR, UM, EXPLANATION.
SO IN THE MAYOR'S MESSAGE THAT WENT OUT YESTERDAY, I HAVE IT, THAT LINK IS EXACTLY WHAT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT.
SO I, I PUT IT ALL OUT, BUT I DID NOT SEE THE DONATION TO MYAA AGAIN, AS WE MENTIONED, THAT WAS, THAT WAS NO CODIFIED TODAY AT NOON.
UM, I HAVE A, I HAD SOMETHING PREPARED, UH, THAT HAS KIND OF SWITCHED IT OFF.
WHAT I JUST HANDED YOU WAS THE MEDIATION AGREEMENT THAT IS ON FILE AS PART OF, UH, THIS, AS PART OF, UH, CASE 1 71 25 IN THE SUPERIOR COURT.
UM, I HAD ASKED THIS BEFORE AND I WAS CHALLENGED AND, UM, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU HAD IT IN WRITING IN FRONT OF YOU SO YOU KNEW THAT I WASN'T MISSPEAKING.
WE HAVE A PRESENT NEED THAT HAS BEEN AGREED TO BY FAIR SHARE AND THE COUNCIL AND THE COURTS THAT PRESENT NEED IS 69 AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS.
MY QUESTION IS THE BIGGEST QUESTION.
THERE'S A FLOAT GOING ON BETWEEN 133 UNITS AND 155, I BELIEVE, FOR OUR PRESENT NEED TOTAL OVER A 10 YEAR PERIOD WITH IT.
I WAS CHALLENGED THAT IT WAS SAID THAT THE 69 WAS THIRD ROUND.
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IS IN ITS FOURTH.AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU HAD IT IN WRITING, SO I WASN'T CHALLENGED.
AGAIN, I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHY A DEVELOPER IS BEING GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO DEVELOP WHAT'S PROBABLY GONNA END UP BEING A GROSS REVENUE CLOSE TO A HALF A BILLION DOLLARS, 450 MILLION WITH NET REVENUE, SOMEWHERE ABOVE THE $250 MILLION MARK.
UM, POSSIBLY A LOT MORE DEPENDING ON SOFT COSTS AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT'S HAPPENING.
I'M LISTENING TO A PRIVATE ORGANIZATION, AN MYAA, WHICH A FEW PEOPLE HAVE INTIMATE INTERACTIONS WITH, RIGHT? INSTEAD OF THAT MONEY GOING TO THE SCHOOLS, IT'S GOING TO MYAA THAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND EITHER.
ALTHOUGH I UNDERSTAND THE OPPORTUNITY FOR CHILDREN TO PLAY IN RECREATION, THOSE CHILDREN THAT ARE IN THOSE AFFORDABLE UNITS SHOULD BE ABLE, IF YOU'RE GETTING THAT MONEY, WHICH I DON'T AGREE WITH, THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO JOIN MYA FOR FREE.
THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THE, THE SCHOLARSHIP THAT'S OF THE SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS.
SO IT SHOULD BE MANDATORY SCHOLARSHIP, WHATEVER.
IF THEY'RE IN THAT ADDRESS, IT'S GONNA BE VERY LITTLE RECREATION FOR THEM.
I MEAN, THE LAST TIME THE TOWNSHIP, UM, UH, I FORGET MR. TAYLOR'S ROLE, BUT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT A 14 BY 18 GAZEBO FOR BIRTHDAY PARTIES.
YOU DID MENTION A, A PLAYGROUND.
NOW, CAN SOMEBODY EXPLAIN TO ME WHY WE ARE MOVING AT THE SPEED OF LIGHT AND WHY ALL THIS IS HAPPENING WHEN THE IMMEDIATE NEED IS ONLY 69 UNITS TIMES FOUR? I, I, I'M JUST, JUST FOR THE SAKE OF THE CONVERSATION, 'CAUSE WE'RE GONNA HAVE A FULL CONVERSATION ON THIS.
I WOULD JUST ASK PAT, JUST, JUST SIMPLY DEFINE PRESENT NEED.
THE AMOUNT OF HOMES THAT ARE REQUIRED AT THIS MOMENT, AT THIS VERY MOMENT, VERY MOMENT IS PRESENT NEED AND THEN PERSPECTIVE NEED, WHAT IS REQUIRED FOR THE FUTURE INCOMING RESIDENTS TO SATISFY OUR FOURTH ROUND.
AND, AND, AND I'M GONNA GET TO THAT ONE NEXT.
SO WHY AREN'T WE WAITING EVERY, WHY DON'T, WHY DON'T WE COME UP WITH A PLAN FOR 10% OF THIS THING EVERY 10 EVERY YEAR? 'CAUSE THE COURT AND THE APPLICABLE STATUTE REQUIRED THIS ALL TO BE DONE AND FINALIZED BY MARCH 15TH, 2026.
SO THE, THIS WAS REQUIRED BY MARCH TO BE COMPLETED BY MARCH 15TH, 2026.
AND MARY MARIANNE, I UNDERSTAND.
WHY ARE WE DOING ALL THIS RIGHT NOW? WHAT'S GOING ON? THE COURT REQUIRES US TO HAVE AN EXECUTED PLAN BY MARCH 15TH.
BUT IN OUR CASE, WE GOT AN EXCEPTION.
SO WE HAD TO FULFILL THAT REQUIREMENT OF A PLAN MM-HMM
BY THAT DATE, WHICH IS WHAT WE'VE TRIED TO DO.
WERE WHERE WE DID THAT, THERE WAS I THINK, AN EXTENSION TO THAT ON, TO MAY 13TH.
AND NOW WE'RE WORKING ON NAMING THE REDEVELOPER THROUGH REDEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
AND THE PLAN IS IN PLACE, AND WE ACCEPTED THE UNITS.
THE COURT GAVE US A 69 OR A FAIR SHARE.
THE AGREEMENT THAT IS ON FILE WITH THE COURT AND APPROVED IS 69 IMMEDIATE AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS.
THAT PLAN IS OVER A 10 YEAR PERIOD, 69.
THE CURRENT NEED OF OUR POPULATION IS 69.
WHAT WE AGREED TO AND PUT IN WRITING IS WHAT HAS TO BE IMPLEMENTED.
SO PAT, HOW DOES A MUNICIPALITY SATISFY ITS PRESENT NEED, NOT ITS PERSPECTIVE NEED, WHICH WE'VE GONE THROUGH, BUT THE PRESENT NEED SH IT HAS TO SHOW HOW IT CAN PROVIDE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THESE HOMES AT THE TIME OF THE APPLICATION FOR A OPPOSING COMPLIANCE.
SO THAT IS THE 90 AFFORDABLE UNITS WITHIN FLYING W 69 OF THEM ARE, IS THAT CURRENT NEED.
AND THEN THE REMAINING AMOUNT IS GOING TOWARDS THE 1 71, CORRECT? NO, FLYING W IS THIRD ROUND.
THIS IS ALL A PART OF THE FOURTH ROUND.
AS YOU CAN SEE, PHASING IT IN IS GOING TO LESSEN THE IMPACT ON THE SCHOOLS, ON THE INFRASTRUCTURE.
I AM NOT UNDERSTANDING HOW YOU COULD HAND BACK BECAUSE SOMEBODY DOESN'T GET AN EXTRA A HUNDRED UNITS, WE'RE GONNA FILL THE GAP OF THEIR PROFIT.
THE OTHER THING THAT MAKES NO SENSE IS THAT, UM, AS WE'RE
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DOING THIS PLAN, IT'S ALL BEEN AGREED TO.OTHER MUNICIPALITIES ARE PHASING IT IN.
I'M NOT, I'M NOT PULLING THIS OUTTA THE AIR.
I THINK EVERYBODY KNOWS BY NOW.
I DON'T COME IN HERE AND JUST TALK.
WHY ISN'T THIS SLOWING DOWN? SO THE IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY DOESN'T JUST BENEFIT A DEVELOPER.
THIS HAS TO, THIS HAS IT'S PHASED.
AND TO TALK ABOUT THE 100, I THINK SHE'S REFERRING TO THE 120 UNITS.
SO AT THIS PRESENT MOMENT, I'LL LIKEN IT TO THE, UM, LAFFERTY SITE.
SO THE LAFFERTY SITE IN THE FOURTH ROUND FELL APART.
SO THEN THE RICK'S AUTO BODY PART, UH, UH, SITE CAME TO FRUITION.
A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE UPSET THAT THE NUMBERS FROM LAFFERTY WENT TO RICK'S.
THAT SAME CONCEPT COULD HAPPEN AT FLYING W AND FLYING W THEY COULD SAY, WELL, WE'RE WALKING AWAY.
THE TOWNSHIP THEN HAS TO SAY, WELL, WHERE ELSE ARE WE GOING TO SOLVE THAT THIRD ROUND OBLIGATION? WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO FIND ANOTHER SITE.
SO THE GIVE BACK OF WATER AND SEWER TO THAT FULL COMMUNITY IS IN ESSENCE TO MAKE THIS VIABLE SO THAT YOU'RE NOT LOOKING FOR ANOTHER SITE.
BECAUSE THE AGREEMENT CALLED FOR AN ADDITIONAL 120 UNITS, NOT SOMETHING THAT YOU AGREED TO.
IT WAS A PRIOR COUNSEL FOR THE THIRD ROUND AGREED TO THAT.
BUT BECAUSE OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRAINTS, THE YIELD CAME DOWN BY 120 UNITS.
SO THE DEVELOPER COULD WALK AWAY.
AND THEN AT THAT POINT, YOU'RE LEFT TO TRY AND FIND ANOTHER SITE SUITABLE OR BE SUBJECT TO A BUILDER'S REMEDY SUIT.
SO THE COMMITTEE, THE COUNCIL, HAD TO COME UP WITH A, A MECHANISM TO, IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT THE THIRD ROUND OBLIGATION IS STILL BEING MET.
AND THAT HAS COME TO FRUITION THROUGH NEGOTIATION.
AND LET ME CLARIFY, AND MICHELLE, YOU'RE GONNA AGREE WITH THIS.
THERE'S PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM THAT ARE GONNA AGREE WITH THIS TOO.
IF THE FLYING W HAD THAT MUCH ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRAINTS AND THE DEVELOPER DECIDED TO WALK AWAY, IT WAS THE PERFECT OPPORTUNITY FOR PROJECT FREEDOM.
AND IT WOULD'VE NOT ONLY HELPED US, IT WOULD'VE INCREASED THE AMOUNT OF CREDITS.
SO IF THE DEVELOPER DID DECIDE TO WALK AWAY, THEY WERE ALL ALTERNATIVES QUICKLY.
THERE WERE CHOICES AS COUNCIL CAN MAKE.
THEY DON'T HAVE TO FOLD FOR A DEVELOPER, NO MATTER WHO THE DEVELOPERS PROJECT FREEDOM DON'T LIKE FLYING W I'M SORRY.
PROJECT FREEDOM WAS NOT INTERESTED IN FLYING.
W THEY WERE, I'M SORRY, MICHELLE.
PROJECT FREEDOM WAS NOT INTERESTED IN FLYING W IT GAVE IT A VERY LOW SCORE.
UM, I THINK THAT CONVERSATION WOULD HAVE TO GO FURTHER.
I THINK THAT IT WAS MAYBE AN INFORMAL CONVERSATION.
AND THERE ARE MANY PROJECT FREEDOM COMPANIES OUT THERE, BUT THERE ARE ALTERNATIVES.
AND I'M STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, WHILE ROUND THREE IS BEING BLENDED INTO ROUND FOUR, IT STANDS ALONE.
SO YOU NOW ARE GIVING AWAY MORE DOLLARS FOR INFRASTRUCTURE.
AND I, I HAD MR. UMBA TAKE UP TIME.
I HOPE I GET A COUPLE MORE MINUTES.
WHEN THIS IS HAPPENING, I, YOU KNOW, WE STILL HAVEN'T, I HAVEN'T BROUGHT UP THE SUBJECT OF EXTENDING THE DEEDS.
I DID READ THE, UM, THE, UH, PAPERS THAT, UH, DR. HORTON FILED WITH THE COURT, AND IT LOOKED LIKE THEY WERE TRYING TO ASK FOR THOSE DEED EXTENSIONS NOT TO EVEN BE CONSIDERED AND BE BLOCKED.
I'M STILL HAVING CONVERSATIONS AROUND THE STATE.
UM, I KNOW THAT THIS COUNCIL HAS NO, UM, DESIRE TO SUE THE STATE TO FIND OUT WHAT REALLY IS THE, THE, UM, SITUATION ON EXTENDING DEEDS AND WHERE THEY APPLY TO.
1.3 MILLION TO EXTEND 60 DEEDS.
WE WERE TOLD WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY YET.
WE JUST BONDED ALMOST $8 MILLION WORTH OF BONDS LAST MONTH.
THIS IS THE LAST POINT I WANNA MAKE.
I WAS GONNA SAY, I RESPECT THE TIME.
I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH PEOPLE AT THE PY LANDS COMMISSION.
IS THE PUMP THAT'S BEING PUT ON THE WATER TOWER ON JACKSON ROAD GOING TO INCREASE? AND I WANNA MAKE SURE I SAY THIS RIGHT, BECAUSE THERE'S GONNA BE A WATER ALLOCATION ISSUE THAT'S GONNA COME UP.
ONE OF THE BIGGEST QUESTIONS I HAVE IS NONE OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL, UH, NONE OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES HAVE BEEN COMPLETED ON ANY OF THE FARMS COM.
CORRECT? THAT'S, THAT'S NOT CORRECT.
THEY'VE MADE SUBMISSIONS TO THE STATE AND THEY'VE RECEIVED SOME OF THEIR ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITS FROM THE STATE.
THEY HAVE NOT SUBMITTED ANYTHING TO THE
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PLANNING BOARD YET BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOT MADE AN APPLICATION TO THE PLANNING BOARD AND THAT THEY WILL COME AT THAT TIME.SO THE ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES HAVE BEEN COMPLETE ON, UM, RICK'S ON TRA INGER AND ON, UH, KIRBY'S, THE WETLANDS, L LO I, THE WETLANDS AND THE FLOOD HAZARD APPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED.
THE LOIS HAVE BEEN GIVEN, YES.
THE LETTERS THEY HAVE BEEN GIVEN, YES.
DO DOES THE OTHER TWO PARCELS, ARE THEY GOING TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE WHAT'S WRITTEN DOWN HERE OR WE DON'T KNOW YET.
SO FAR, WHAT THE STATE HAS APPROVED HAS NOT MADE NO NEGATIVE OR POSITIVE IMPACT ON THE CONCEPT PLAN.
EVEN WITH THE STURGEON BEING FOUND AND DOCUMENTED.
WE DON'T, THE STURGEON, UH, REFERS TO RICK'S.
WE DON'T HAVE THAT ONE BACK YET.
SO WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT RICK'S YET.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT KIND OF CONVERSATION THIS COUNCIL IS GONNA HAVE ON SLOWING THIS DOWN SO THE SCHOOLS AREN'T DROWNED.
AND THE PEOPLE CAN BETTER UNDERSTAND.
THIS DOESN'T HAVE TO BE ALL DONE RIGHT NOW.
THIS IS ONLY PERSON THAT'S BENEFITING.
I'M NOT EVEN USING THE DEVELOPER'S NAME NO MATTER WHO YOU INSERT AS A DEVELOPER THERE.
IT'S TO THE DEVELOPERS BENEFIT, NOT THE TOWN.
YOU'RE HERE TO PROTECT THE TOWN.
PAT, CAN YOU SAY WHAT THE JUDGE HAS ISSUED HIS INFORM? AND BEFORE WE GET THERE, I ALREADY READ IT.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO TELL ME WHAT JUDGE SAID BEFORE WE GET THERE.
MARY, YOU'RE EXCLUDING THE 171 FAMILIES THAT ARE GONNA RECEIVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING OUT OF ALL THIS.
THAT ISN'T THAT WHY? I MEAN, YOU'RE, YOU'RE THE, YOU'RE THE BIGGEST ADVOCATE.
AND NOW THERE'S 171 MORE FAMILIES.
I THINK WE'RE BETWEEN 133 AND 155.
BUT I'M ALSO EVEN BIGGER ON PRESERVING AND EXTENDING THE EXISTING AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT WE HAVE.
WE ARE HAVING A SHIFT IN POPULATION.
WE ARE NOT ACCOMMODATING MORE FAMILIES.
IF YOU'D LIKE TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION WITH ME, ME ONE-ON-ONE, I THINK YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO HELP ME.
THERE IS NO ADDITIONAL FAMILIES BEING HELPED.
THEY'RE NOT GOING TO THE WAITING LISTS.
THE PEOPLE THAT ARE ON THE WAITING LIST FOR THREE OR FOUR YEARS ARE NOT GETTING THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO GET THESE UNITS THAT, THAT'S AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING MECHANISM.
MECHANISM THAT WE HAVE NO CONTROL OVER.
BUT YOU JUST MADE A STATEMENT ON I DO THINK PEOPLE NEED IT.
THESE AND, AND WE'RE THE STATE, IS THE STATE, THE, THE STATE, I'M SORRY.
WHERE ARE WE AT WITH THIS? IT'S BOTH.
RIGHT? IT'S BOTH HAVE REQUIRED US TO PROVIDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
AND YOU'RE RIGHT, WE DID GET SOME BONUS CREDITS.
THIS IS, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
I UNDER, WE ALL UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT TO OUR TOWN 'CAUSE OF THAT.
BUT WE DON'T WANT THIS TO HAPPEN TO GIVE A PRIVATE ENTITY PROFIT.
WE WANT THIS TO HAPPEN TO SATISFY AN AFFORDABLE STATE MANDATED AFFORDABLE HOUSING REQUIREMENT.
I'M GONNA LET PAT TALK BECAUSE I, I, I, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO OTHER TALK THAT'S NECESSARY.
I DON'T NEED TO BELEAGUER THIS.
WHAT ABOUT THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING FAMILIES? YES.
I'M ANSWERING YOU THAT NO FAMILY ON THAT LIST IS REALLY GETTING AN ADVANTAGE.
AND THE PEOPLE THAT ALREADY HAVE IT MIGHT LOSE IT.
YOU LET THESE, YOU LET SOME EXPIRE AND YOU BUILD MORE.
THERE'S A LOTTERY GOING ON NOW IN MORRISTOWN.
THERE'S A THREE YEAR WAITING LIST.
NOT ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE ARE BEING PICKED.
SO I'M GONNA, THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING, MIKE, WHAT YOU'VE SAID IS NOT TRUE.
IF YOU NEED SUPPORT, IF, WELL DON'T SAY THAT.
THAT'S AN INCORRECT STATEMENT.
THE, IF YOU NEED SUPPORT AND IF THIS GOVERNING BODY CAN PROVIDE YOU SUPPORT IN GETTING THE RIGHT PEOPLE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, I'D LOVE TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WITH YOU.
I'D LOVE TO HAVE THE CONVERSATION CONTINUE ON WHY THIS IS BEING DONE QUICKLY AND NOT OVER 10 YEARS.
I, I THINK, I DON'T WANNA, I DON'T WANNA HAVE IT BE DISTRACTED SUPPORT GIVEN BY THIS COUNCIL TO GET DCA ON THE PHONE TO TALK ABOUT THE DEED EXTENSIONS.
THE ANSWER THAT WAS GIVEN TO US IS THAT WE EXTEND THE DEEDS.
THE FACT THAT MS. HOLLOWAY DOESN'T AGREE WITH THAT, AND THAT SHE ALLUDED TO EARLIER THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO SUE THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY CORRECT.
TO GET THAT NO TOWN IS GOING TO SUE THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY.
HAVE THE, HAVE THE LEGISLATURE REDO THE LEGISLATION AND MAKE IT MORE CLEAR CUT.
SO THAT THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE LAW THAT WAS DONE BY THE LEGISLATURE, WHICH IS DONE BY THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH, IS MORE RIGID.
HOWEVER, THIS TOWN DOES NOT HAVE RESOURCES TO SUE THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY.
AND TO, TO SUGGEST OTHERWISE IS, IS MR. UMBA, YOU AND I PROBABLY DON'T AGREE ON A SINGLE THING, BUT I'D LIKE TO
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HAVE A MUTUAL RESPECT.I'M JUST, WE PROBABLY DON'T AGREE ON ANYTHING.
I'M JUST SAYING THAT YOU, YOU'RE STATING THAT WE CAN EXTEND DEEDS TO HELP THE FOURTH ROUND.
THE DEPUTY MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL.
COUNCIL, I'M GONNA, I'M COUNCIL STOP.
I'M GONNA STOP NOW BECAUSE THIS IS DIGRESSING AND IT NEEDS TO BE DEESCALATED.
I MADE A CLEAR STATEMENT WITH, AND I DID BRING UP THE EXTENSION OF THE DEEDS.
I'LL NEVER STOP BRINGING IT UP.
BUT THIS DOES NOT HAVE TO BE DONE NOW.
IT CAN BE, IT CAN BE GRADUATED IN OVER 10 YEARS.
THAT IS YOUR MARY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
I GREATLY APPRECIATE ALL THE DIALOGUE THAT IS YOUR OPINION.
PAT, CAN YOU PLEASE TELL US WHAT THE JUDGE HAS TOLD US AND WHAT LIABILITY THE TOWNSHIP HAS AND WHY WE ARE HERE TODAY? HELLO.
SO EVERY TOWN IN THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY WAS REQUIRED TO ADOPT AND FINALIZE HOW IT WAS GOING TO COMPLY WITH ITS HOUSING ELEMENT AND FAIR SHARE PLAN FOR THE FOURTH ROUND BY MARCH 15TH.
THE TOWNSHIP OF MEDFORD WAS ONE OF A HANDFUL OF TOWNS THAT RECEIVED AN EXTENSION.
WE RECEIVED AN EX, I'M SORRY, WE RECEIVED AN EXTENSION UNTIL MAY 13.
AND MS. HOLLOWAY, THEY DID INDICATE THAT YOUR TIME WAS DONE, BUT THEY, THE TOWNSHIP OF MEDFORD DID RECEIVE AN EXTENSION UNTIL MAY 13TH.
IT IS ONE OF A HANDFUL OF TOWNS THAT RECEIVED THAT EXTENSION.
WE SUBMITTED FOR COMPLIANCE ON MAY 13TH WHEN WE DESIGNATED AS THE CONDITIONAL REDEVELOPER.
THE JUDGE HAS INDICATED THAT IT WILL NOT, HE WILL NOT SIGN OFF ON OUR COMPLIANCE PAPERS THAT WE SUBMITTED ON MAY 13TH UNTIL THE FORMAL DESIGNATION IS COMPLETED.
SO AT THIS STAGE, THE TOWNSHIP IS GIVEN A CHOICE, ACHIEVE COMPLIANCE, AND SIGN OFF ON THE REDEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS THAT ARE FULLY BAKED AND READY TO GO.
THEY'VE BEEN FULLY NEGOTIATED.
EVERY NOOK AND CRANNY HAS BEEN REVIEWED AD NAUSEUM AND THE REDEVELOPMENT PLANS ARE PERFECTED.
THE JUDGE, WE HAVE A SETTLEMENT.
WE HAVE A CON CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE ON TUESDAY TO REPORT TO THE JUDGE EITHER THAT THESE REDEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS HAVE BEEN ADOPTED OR THAT THEY WERE REJECTED BY THE COUNCIL.
AND AT WHICH POINT THE JUDGE WILL MAKE THE DECISION TO REJECT OUR COMPLIANCE ORDER, UM, PROPOSAL, OR HE COULD SIGN OFF ON IT.
BUT IN LIGHT OF WHERE WE ARE AT AND THE FACT THAT WE ARE ONE OF A HANDFUL OF MUNICIPALITIES WHO HAVE NOT ACHIEVED COMPLIANCE, I FIND IT HIGHLY UNLIKELY THAT HE WILL DO SO AND WE WILL BE SUBJECT TO BUILDER'S REMEDY.
NOW, MS. HOLLOWAY MAY DISAGREE.
SHE MAY THINK THAT WE CAN PUSH THIS OFF, BUT THE REALITY OF THE LAW IS SHE'S INCORRECT.
THE REDEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS ARE FULLY NEGOTIATED.
THEY'RE FOR THE COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION THIS AFTERNOON.
PAT, I'M GONNA ASK, DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE A PUBLIC TYPE OF YES.
DO YOU KNOW? THE ONLY THING I WANNA SAY? NO, I'M SORRY.
IT'S WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU DEBATE AND YOU DON'T LET SOMEBODY RESPOND, IT'S NOT THERE.
WE ARE GONNA GO TO THE NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT.
MY NAME IS PAUL STAN, 62 MILL STREET.
FIRST OFF, I WAVE THE WHITE FLAG AS OF MILL STREET RESIDENT, WHO CANNOT GET OUTTA MY STREET AND GO DOWN HARTFORD ROAD OR TAUNTON OR WHATEVER FOR THE SECOND SUMMER IN A ROW.
I KNOW IT HAS TO WORK, HAS TO BE DONE.
BUT MY GOD, IT'S, YOU KNOW, I TRY TO GO TO KINGS GRANT, UH, EVERY DAY AND IT ALMOST DOUBLES THE, THE MILEAGE THAT I HAVE TO GO EVERY DAY.
SO PLEASE, PLEASE, GOD, PLEASE.
UM, I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS HERE.
I JUST WOULD LIKE SOME INFORMATION.
WHAT APPROXIMATELY IS OUR, IS OUR POPULATION RIGHT NOW, UH, LAST TIME.
UH, IT WAS ABOUT 24,680, ROUGHLY AFTER ROUND ONE, ROUND TWO, ROUND THREE, ROUND FOUR.
WHAT IS THE PROJECTED POPULATION OF MEDFORD? SO THE, THE NUMBER THAT CHIEF REFERENCED, UM, INCLUDES, WELL, ONE IS AN ANOMALY 'CAUSE WE DON'T HAVE UNITS FROM ROUND ONE.
TWO IS, THERE'S STILL PENDING LITIGATION AROUND THAT.
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THREE IS SATISFIED EXCEPT RW, EXCEPT FLYING W AND NOW WE'RE, WE'RE DISCUSSING THE UNITS FOR A FOURTH ROUND.SO JUST TO TAILOR THAT QUESTION, THE ADDITIONAL RESIDENCE WILL COME FROM A PORTION OF THE THIRD ROUND PORTION OF THE SECOND ROUND PORTION OF THE THIRD ROUND.
AND THIS FOURTH ROUND OBLIGATION THAT WE NOW HAVE.
HOW MANY TOTAL RESIDENTS ARE THOSE? SO THE, THE REDEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS REQUIRE AN, OR THE REDEVELOPMENT PLANS REQUIRE AN IMPACT STUDY.
TO BE PROVIDED AT TIME OF SUBMISSION TO THE PLANNING BOARD.
UM, THAT IS BOTH FOR IMPACT TO THE SCHOOL, WITH SCHOOL CHILDREN, AND THEN ALSO TOTAL IMPACT BASED OFF OF, UM, PROJECTED BEDROOM AND, AND UNIT COUNTS.
SO WHAT DO WE GOT? SO WE DON'T HAVE THAT.
SO WHAT DO WE GOT? WHAT DO WE THINK? BUT IF IT'S 1,067 HOUSES, YOU CAN PRESUME TWO ADULTS PER HOUSE.
AND THEN THE NUMBERS, THE FEW THAT WILL HAVE CHILDREN.
I MEAN, THAT WOULD BE MY GUESS ON THE NUMBER I CAN GIVE SPECIFICS.
NOW I CAN SAY THAT I CAN GIVE SPECIFICS.
SO IN THE TOWNSHIP'S HOUSING ELEMENT AND FAIR SHARE PLAN, WE WERE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE A PROJECTED POPULATION AND EMPLOYMENT PROJECTION, UM, FOR UP IN 2030.
THE PROJECTED POPULATION IS 26,637.
THE PROJECTED POPULATION IS 26,743.
THE PROJECTED POPULATION IS 26,000 813, 20 45, 20 6,719, AND 20 50, 20 6,558.
AND WE'RE AT WHAT, RIGHT NOW? IN 2025 WHEN WE, THIS WAS PREPARED, WE WERE AT 25,241.
SO DOES THAT MAKE SENSE THAT IN LIKE BY THE FORTIES, WE'RE ONLY GONNA GROW BY LIKE LESS THAN 2000 PEOPLE WITH HOW MANY UNITS? I DON'T KNOW.
THE TOWN, SO THE TOWN HAS TO DO A STUDY AT THE BEGINNING OF, ITS, OF ITS ROUND.
THE TOWN THEN REQUIRES A SEPARATE STUDY FROM THE DEVELOPER AS THEY'RE BUILDING EACH, AS THEY GO INTO APPROVAL FOR THE PLANNING BOARD, THAT'S ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT WAS PUT IN.
SO THAT YOU UNDERSTAND THE SCHOOL KIDS AND, AND, UH, THE TOTAL NUMBER, WHAT PATCH IS READ TO YOU IS A REQUIREMENT THAT THE STATE WANTS TO SEE SOME FORM OF A PROJECTION.
UM, IT'S HARD BECAUSE AT THAT POINT YOU HAVEN'T ACTUALLY NEGOTIATED THE PER BEDROOM COUNT, THE UNITS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
'CAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE REDEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS AT, AT THAT OR REDEVELOPMENT PLANS AT THAT TIME.
SO YOU HAVE TO KIND OF, IT'S CLASSIC STATE PUTTING THE CAR BEFORE THE HORSE.
BUT AGAIN, WE'LL HAVE BETTER NUMBERS ONCE THE PLANNING BOARD SUBMISSIONS HAPPEN.
UM, YOU MENTIONED, UH, MAYOR, YOU MENTIONED, UM, OBLIGATION ROUND ONE, THEY BUILT THE AFFORDABLE UNITS.
RIGHT? AND THAT'S ALL THEY BUILT.
I THINK YOU'RE REFERRING TO ROUND TWO.
IT'S 24 24 STILL UNITS LEFT OF AFFORDABLE FOR SAMOS, CORRECT? NO, 26.
THEY'RE ACCOUNTED FOR IN ROUND FOUR.
WELL, IT, IT'S ACCOUNTED FOR IN THE ROUND FOUR OBLIGATION, BUT IN ROUND TWO THERE WAS, THERE WERE 24, HE DID A HUNDRED PERCENT AFFORDABLE, BUT IT DIDN'T HAVE THE FULL AMOUNT.
THAT 12 UNITS, 24 CREDITS THAT WERE NOT CONSTRUCTED IN ROUND TWO, ROUND FOUR HAS TAKEN THAT INTO ACCOUNT.
SO THERE NEED NOT BE ANY MORE AFFORDABLE UNITS BUILT ON THE SANS PROPERTY.
AND THAT'S BECAUSE WE ARE CURRENTLY IN LITIGATION OR BEING NO, IT'S BECAUSE OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING PLAN WAS APPROVED COUNTY FOR THIS 24 UNITS.
SO ARE WE STILL GONNA BE, REGARDLESS OF THE AFFORDABLE UNITS, THE UNITS THAT ARE PLANNED FOR EAST TOWN AIRS TOWN ROUND TWO ROUND.
ROUND TWO, ROUND THREE, ROUND FOUR.
HOW MANY TOTAL UNITS DO YOU THINK WE'RE GONNA HAVE? IF WE, IF WE, IF TOMORROW THEY PUT THE, THEY, THEY START DIGGING EAST TOWN, THEY START DIGGING IN BACK WAWA, THEY START, YOU KNOW, ROUND ONE, ROUND TWO, ROUND THREE, ROUND FOUR.
WHERE, WHERE ARE WE? EAST TOWN AND AIRS TOWN PERMITS HAVE EXPIRED.
NO, I KNOW IT'S VACANT, BUT I MEAN, NOTHING'S GONNA EVER BE BUILT THERE.
I MEAN, I, I DON'T KNOW, LIKE, WHY AREN'T WE PUTTING SOME OF THOSE THINGS OVER THERE? SO JUST TO KIND OF GO BACKWARDS.
SO FOURTH ROUND WE HAVE THE UNITS, RIGHT? WE JUST READ THEM OUT.
BUT THAT'S ALSO INCLUDING BLIND UP.
SO THE, THE SATISFY HOUR, THIRD AND FOURTH ROUND A THOUSAND, I DON'T WANNA SAY 67.
IT'S, IT'S CURRENTLY IN LITIGATION.
IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO KNOW HOW MANY RESIDENTIAL UNITS WILL BE YIELDED
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FROM THE SAMOS PROPERTY, WHICH IS PART OF THAT SECOND ROUND OBLIGATION THAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO.UM, WHEN WE REALLY CAN'T GET IN.
WHAT MR. NO IS SAYING WE'RE IN LITIGATION.
IT'S BEEN PROBABLY THREE DECADES OF LITIGATION.
SO WE REALLY CAN'T TALK ABOUT THINGS THAT ARE IN LITIGATION.
UM, BUT IT'S THE PERMITS AND THINGS THAT MR. KNOLL JUST SAID, THOSE ARE ALL EXPIRED.
THOSE EXCEPT FOR THE SEWER PERMITS, UM, THAT THAT INDIVIDUAL STILL HOLDS.
AND THE, THE BREAKDOWN WITH THE MAYOR SAID 7 85 ARE THE UNITS IN THE FOURTH ROUND AND 2 82 ARE THE, THE THIRD ROUND, WHICH REFERS TO THE FLYING W UNITS.
I I'M NOT QUESTIONING THE AFFORDABLE UNITS I'M IN, I'M QUESTIONING THE MARKET VALUE UNITS, TO BE HONEST.
UM, HOW MANY TOTAL, IF YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU ADD THEM ALL UP, WHAT DO WE GOT? UM, SO, BUT I, I'M GONNA JUST ASK YOU, I I'LL, I'LL THROW THAT ASIDE.
WHEN IS ROUND FIVE COMING? 2035? IT'S 10 YEARS FROM, OKAY.
BUT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, SO LET'S, LET'S JUST LOOK AT FLYING.
W I'M, WE'RE JUST GONNA TAKE FLYING W AS A, AS AN EXAMPLE.
FLYING W IS A, A DEVELOPMENT THAT COULD HAVE HAD AN ADDITIONAL 120 UNITS.
WHEN THE TOWNSHIP PUTS TOGETHER A PLAN, WE HAVE TO HAVE A PLAN THAT MEETS MUSTER FOR THE COURTS.
WE ALSO HAVE TO ASSUME, 'CAUSE THESE ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES, ALL THESE STUDIES HAVE NOT BEEN DONE.
WE HAVE TO HAVE A VIABLE PLAN.
IF THE PLAN ISN'T VIABLE, A BUILDER OR SOMEONE ELSE COMES TO YOU AND SAYS, YOU DON'T HAVE A VIABLE PLAN TO MEET YOUR OBLIGATION.
AND I CAN DO A BUILDER'S REMEDY SUIT.
SO TAKING FLYING W INTO ACCOUNT, IT LOST THE, THE PLAN THAT WAS PUT TOGETHER SHOULD HAVE PRODUCED ANOTHER 120 UNITS BOTH ON THE LUMBERTON AND, AND MEDFORD SIDE.
SO HOW DO YOU MAKE THAT DEVELOPMENT VIABLE? OR IF IT BECOMES NON-VIABLE, THEN THE TOWNSHIP RUNS A RISK OF A BUILDER'S REMEDY SUIT BECAUSE YOU ARE SHOWING A PLAN THAT NOW HAS, YOU KNOW, KINKS IN THE ARMOR.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE REASON WHY YOU HAVE KIND OF THIS VARIATION.
UM, AND I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR RESIDENTS TO UNDERSTAND BECAUSE IT IS BUILT IN TO POTENTIALLY SEE THAT YIELD IF YOU HAVE TO DO A 20% SET ASIDE.
SO I'LL JUST DO SIMPLE NUMBERS.
WE ARE REQUIRED TO DO 20 AFFORDABLE UNITS.
SO A HUNDRED UNITS WOULD BE THAT, LET'S SAY THAT'S OUR FOURTH ROUND.
IF WE GO FIND A DEVELOPMENT AND SAY, WE'RE JUST GONNA PUT A HUNDRED UNITS THERE AND FIVE UNITS COME OFF, AND THEN THAT, THAT DEVELOPER SAYS, WELL, IT DOESN'T WORK FOR ME ANYMORE.
AND YOU CAN'T FIND ANOTHER DEVELOPER TO FIT IN.
OR AS MS. HOLLOWAY STATED, FIND A 100% AFFORDABLE UNIT, UM, AND A DEVELOPER DO THAT.
YOU RUN THE RISK OF THE COURT SYSTEM THEN COMING AFTER YOU AND SAYING YOUR PLAN DOESN'T WORK.
AND IF SOMEONE O OFFERS THAT PLAN TO YOU AND SAYS, HERE'S SOMETHING THAT I CAN DO TO MAKE THAT A HUNDRED WORK, THEN YOU COULD BE SUBJECT TO THEM.
AND THEN ALL OF THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS TO GET THE PLAN, TO GET THE SITE SUITABILITY, TO GET THE BUILDING OF WHAT THE FACADE, THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT YOU DID FOR THE REDEVELOPMENT ENTITY THAT YOU, YOU WENT THROUGH THE PAINSTAKING ABILITY TO, TO MAKE IT AN AREA YOU NEED TO REDEVELOPMENT ALL GETS THROWN OUT THE WINDOW.
YOU GO BACK TO THE UNDERLYING ZONING THEY SOLVE, THEY SOLVE THE PROBLEM THAT WAY.
AND IT'S NOT TO WHAT THEY WANT, IT'S TO WHATEVER THE COURT SAYS.
THAT DEVELOPER SAID HE CAN DO IT.
AND, AND WE'RE MOVING FORWARD.
SO THOSE ARE KIND OF THE, I UNDERSTAND THAT THE, THE WEIGHING THAT A MUNICIPALITY MUST DO IN, IN THESE INSTANCES.
UM, I JUST WOULD LIKE TO CHALLENGE THIS COUNCIL, THINK ABOUT WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN.
UH, AGAIN, I THINK AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS, IS IS VERY ADMIRABLE.
I'VE GOT A 90-YEAR-OLD MOTHER, I'D LOVE TO MOVE MY MOTHER MOTHER TO THIS TOWN.
YOU KNOW, WE JUST, THERE'S NOT ENOUGH STUFF HERE THAT SHE DOESN'T HAVE TO BE IN A LONG WAITING LIST.
YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? MM-HMM
SO I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT STUFF COME HERE BECAUSE IT BELONGS HERE.
EVERYONE HAS THE RIGHT TO THAT.
I HAVE YOUNG, UH, YOUNG, I WON'T SAY THEY'RE YOUNG ANYMORE.
MY DAUGHTERS, YOU KNOW, IT'S HARD FOR THEM TO AFFORD A HOME OR WHATEVER.
I, WE, WE ALL GO THROUGH ALL THAT.
BUT I CHALLENGE YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE ROUND FIVE COMING.
CAN YOU SET ANYTHING, MR. COX, MS. SANTO MOORE, ANYONE HERE, CAN YOU SET THE NEXT LEVEL OF EXPECTATIONS AND KIND OF LOOK OUT LIKE HE'S TELLING ME WHAT THE POPULATION'S GONNA BE IN NINE IN 2040.
CAN YOU SIT BACK AND SAY, BASED ON HISTORY, WHAT CAN WE DO? WHAT CAN WE THINK ABOUT? I I LIVED IN TEXAS FOR A LITTLE WHILE.
THEY'RE JUST BILL BUILD, BUILD IT.
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EVERY PIECE OF LAND HERE IS PRECIOUS.IT'S PRECIOUS BECAUSE WE HAVE FARMS, WE HAVE TO BUILD HOMES.
IS THAT, I MEAN, IS THAT THE WAY IT IS? I MEAN THAT'S, I I'M, THAT THE STATE DOESN'T TAKE, IT'S ONE OF THE THREE METRICS THAT THE STATE USES TO DETERMINE HOW THEY'RE GONNA DISTRIBUTE THE OVERALL NEED OF, OKAY.
I'M NOT, I KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN.
YOU KNOW WHAT I'M GETTING AT HERE.
WHAT I'M GETTING AT HERE IS TAKE, TAKE, TAKE A LOOK.
I THINK, LIKE, LIKE THE DEPUTY MAYOR AND I ARE CHAIRING THE, UM, AFFORDABLE HOUSING SUBCOMMITTEE.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THAT SUBCOMMITTEE IS DOING RIGHT NOW IS BEING VERY PROACTIVE IN WHAT STEPS WE CAN TAKE TO BEGIN ADDRESSING ROUND FIVE.
WHETHER IT'S THROUGH ADUS DE RESTRICTIONS OR THOSE TYPES OF THINGS, TO REALLY BEGIN TO LOOKING AT PREPARING NOT JUST WHAT WE AS AAN CAN DO, BUT ALSO PREPARING THE RESIDENTS FOR WHAT OPTIONS MAY EXIST.
NOW I REMEMBER YOU'RE, I'M, I'M GONNA BE BRIEF.
NOBODY WANTS TO LISTEN TO ME ALL DAY HERE, BUT BASICALLY I SAT, THEY HAD IN MEMORIAL SCHOOL, THEY BUILT A NICE LIBRARY.
THEY BROUGHT ALL COMMUNITY PEOPLE IN THERE.
WE ALL SAT DOWN, THEY SAID, LET'S FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN WITH OUR SCHOOLS AND EVERYTHING.
AND THEY ENDED UP COMING OUT WITH, THEY, THEY PUT THE TWO NEW SCHOOLS OUT THERE WITH PLENTY OF LAND TO, TO ADD ON AND TO BUILD AND EVERYTHING.
I DON'T EVEN WANT TO HEAR ABOUT PUTTING A NEW SCHOOL IN.
YOU'VE GOT SO MUCH LAND AT THIS POINT.
SO ANYWAY, BUT I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.
BUT ANOTHER THING REAL QUICK, YOU A PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE OVER FOSTER TOWN ROAD.
IS THIS A CITY? I MEAN, ARE ARE, IS THAT TRUE? I MEAN, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT'S COMING? IS IT GONNA BE AADA A COMPLIANT? IS IT GONNA BIKE RAMP? ARE YOU, ARE YOU SERIOUS? IT'S, IT'S NOT A BRIDGE OVER FOSTER TOWN ROAD.
IT'S A SIDEWALK THAT GOES OVER A CULVERT AND THEY'RE CALLING.
IT, IT'S ONE OF THOSE, IT'S LIKE SAYING REDEVELOPMENT, RIGHT? I MEAN IT'S ONE OF THOSE KIND OF TERMS. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU SIR.
TO, TO JUST ADD TO WHAT YOU WERE SAYING, ONE OF THE MAIN ITEMS THAT YOU SEE, WE WERE NAMED NUMBER ONE TOWN IN SOUTH JERSEY.
SO THAT'S THE TO MS. HOLLOWAY'S POINT, YES, WE ARE GONNA HAVE A LOTTERY.
YES, WE ARE GONNA HAVE PEOPLE COMING OUT TO, TO ONE TO GO INTO THOSE AFFORDABLE UNITS.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO, TO NECESSITATE PEOPLE WANTING TO COME HERE.
UM, BUT YOU KNOW, THE BIGGEST THING THAT THE TOWNSHIP IS TRYING TO DO IS TO LOOK TO THE FUTURE.
LOOK AT 2035 IF YOU'RE GOING TO GET TO 2035.
AND IF YOU, AS YOU TALKED, IF YOU WANT TO DO A 100% AFFORDABLE UNIT, I'M DOING IT RIGHT NOW IN SOUTH HAMPTON.
YOU'RE GOING TO NEED MONEY IN YOUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND IN ORDER TO SUPPORT THOSE EFFORTS, UM, IN ORDER TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO THAT 100% AFFORDABLE UNIT IN ORDER TO MAKE IT WORK.
UM, AND CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW WE DON'T HAVE ANY.
SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS I THINK THE MAYOR AND REST OF COUNCIL HAVE STATED ABOUT RETAIL DEVELOPMENT POTENTIALLY AROUND 70 AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
THEY PROVIDE A FEE TO THE COA FUND.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE LOOKING TOWARDS THE FUTURE AND IF WE ARE LOOKING TO TRY AND PROVIDE A POTENTIAL SITE AND MAYBE MAKE THAT A 100% AFFORDABLE TO MAYBE SATISFY THE FULL RENT, FIFTH ROUND OF WHICH WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT NUMBER IS GOING TO BE GIVEN TO US.
BECAUSE IF IT'S ANYTHING LIKE THE THIRD AND THE FOURTH ROUND, WE'RE, YOU KNOW, THE STATE NEEDS TO START THINKING ABOUT LONG-TERM GOALS BECAUSE HERE IN MEDFORD WE'RE NOT BUILDING UP AND WE HAVE NO MORE ROOM TO GO THIS WAY.
YOU KNOW, I'VE LIVED HERE FOR 10 YEARS.
I HAVE A 2-YEAR-OLD THAT'S GOING INTO THE SCHOOL SYSTEM.
I WANT THE SCHOOL SYSTEM TO BE SUCCESSFUL 'CAUSE HE'S GOING INTO IT SOON.
SO WE HAVE TO LOOK LONG TERM IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND THAT.
BUT WE'RE ALSO GOING TO NEED TO REPLENISH THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND THAT WAS DEPLETED.
AND YES, I'LL SAY IT, IT WAS DEPLETED BECAUSE THE THIRD ROUND WAS THE LET'S MAKE A DEAL ROUND AND WE HAD TO SPEND MONEY ON LEGAL FEES.
'CAUSE THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY DECIDED NOT TO DO ITS OBLIGATION OF SETTING A THIRD ROUND NUMBER.
AND THEN WE HAD TO GO THROUGH A FULL PAINSTAKING LEGAL, UH, BATTLE EACH MUNICIPALITY TO COME UP WITH A NUMBER.
SO THAT'S WHY OUR FUND HAS BEEN DEPLETED.
BUT WE ALSO NEED RETAIL VALUE TO TWO OR RETAIL SALES TO COME IN SO THAT WE CAN BUILD THAT BACK UP AND THAT WE CAN PREPARE TO NOT HAVE A BIG DEVELOPMENT.
MAYBE IT IS A 100% AFFORDABLE UNIT THAT SATISFIES OUR ENTIRE OBLIGATION, UM, AND, AND, AND GETS US PAST THE FIFTH ROUND.
BUT THOSE ARE LONG-TERM GOALS THAT THE TOWNSHIP HAS TO LOOK AT.
BUT WE HAVE TO PLAN ACCORDINGLY IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT FUND HAS RESOURCES IN IT.
PLEASE, CHRIS, KEEP AN EYE ON THEM GUYS.
DIGGING OUT THERE AT THE END OF MY STREET, PLEASE.
AND WELL, AS, AS A, AS A NO STREET NEIGHBOR, I, I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE TALKING, I, I GO THROUGH IT WITH YOU, SO I'M RIGHT THERE WITH YOU.
ALRIGHT, COULD ANYONE ELSE THAT SPEAK? YES, SIR.
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EVENING, UH, KEVIN SPARKMAN, 1 28 BRACKEN ROAD.UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT REALLY HASN'T BEEN, UH, DISCUSSED HERE TONIGHT, BUT IT HAS BEEN IN IN THE PAST IS, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S, WHAT'S GOING ON WITH, YOU KNOW, ROAD IMPROVEMENTS, UH, PARTICULARLY IN CHURCH AND FOSTER TOWN ROAD.
UM, ARE THERE ANY, ARE THERE ANY PLANS, YOU KNOW, CURRENTLY, I MEAN, IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE THE, THIS LEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT IN LIKE AN INTERSECTION LIKE FOSTER TOWN AND CHURCH, NOT HAVING SOME KIND OF IM IMPROVEMENTS THE OTHER, YOU KNOW, PIECE OF FOSTER TOWN.
I KNOW THERE'S SOME TALK ABOUT PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE OVER A CULVERT.
WHAT'S THE PLAN FOR FOSTER TOWN ROAD? IS IT GONNA BE WIDENED? ARE THERE GONNA BE SIDEWALKS THAT RUN FROM CHURCH UP TO THE FLYING W IF ANYBODY LIVES UP THERE AND YOU HAVE REALLY, YOU DO HAVE SOME LOW INCOME HOUSING THERE, THERE'S POTENTIALLY PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE, YOU KNOW, CARS WHO, WHATEVER THEY MIGHT WANT TO WALK DOWN TO, YOU KNOW, KIRBY'S MILL OR THE SOFTBALL FIELD OR THE LITTLE PLAYGROUND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THERE.
UM, I, YOU KNOW, CURRENTLY THE SH THE ROADS IN PRETTY BAD SHAPE.
SO WHAT'S, WHAT'S THE PLAN AND WHO'S BEARING BEARING THE COST FOR THAT? WE'LL TALK, YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT ROAD AND SIDEWALK INFRASTRUCTURES, RIGHT? YEAH, YEAH.
IN GENERAL, TO SUPPORT THIS, THERE'S A LOT OF CONCERN.
NOT, NOT, YOU KNOW, RICK'S AUTO BODY ALSO.
I MEAN, WHAT'S BEING CONTEMPLATED IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, IMPROVEMENTS AND WHO'S BEARING THE COST FOR THAT? SO KEVIN, WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED THE TRAFFIC IMPACT STATEMENTS YET.
THEY WILL COME WHEN WE GET THE PLANNING BOARD APPLICATIONS.
UH, WE DO HAVE A MEETING SET UP IN JULY WITH THE COUNTY TO TALK ABOUT, UM, THEIR VISION OF IMPROVEMENTS.
UH, A LOT OF THE ROADS OTHER THAN FOSTER TOWN ROAD OR COUNTY ROADS, I THINK FOSTER TOWN ROAD'S THE ONLY ONE THAT'S NOT HARRISS TOWN ROAD TO SOME EXTENT.
UM, THE COUNTY DID TALK ABOUT, OR THE, I'M SORRY, THE DEVELOPERS IN TRAFFIC ENGINEER DID TALK ABOUT IMPROVEMENTS AT FOSTER TOWN AND CHURCH.
UH, AND AGAIN, WE HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING YET.
AND FOSTER TOWN ROAD AS FAR AS SIDEWALKS WOULD BE VERY DIFFICULT 'CAUSE OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRAINTS AS, YOU KNOW, GOING UP AND DOWN THAT ROAD.
BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT WIDENING THAT TO PROVIDE A SUITABLE SHOULDER.
BUT THAT'S ALL WE HAVE AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
BUT WE'LL GET MORE INFORMATION WHEN THE APPLICATION'S SUBMITTED.
SO WIDENING THAT ROAD FOR BIKE LANES OR, WELL, I HAVEN'T SEEN IT YET.
I THINK THAT'S THE REASON WHY MR. SPARKMAN, THAT IT SAYS IN THEIR SUBJECT TO OUTSIDE APPROVALS.
SO WHATEVER THE COUNTY'S GOING TO YIELD AS PART OF ITS OUTSIDE APPROVAL PROCESS, UM, IS WHAT IT'S GONNA YIELD.
UM, WHAT MR. NOEL IS SPEAKING TO ON FOSTER TOWN ROAD UNTIL HE SEES A TRAFFIC IMPACT STUDY OR THINGS LIKE THAT TO WHERE THEY CAN OPINE ON IT AT A PLANNING BOARD PROCESS, YOU CAN'T REALLY, UH, YOU KNOW, DESIGNATE THOSE THINGS OUT THERE YET UNTIL YOU HAVE THESE STUDIES COMPLETED.
THIS IS SETTING A PLAN, SETTING A, AN AGREEMENT, UM, AND STATING IN THOSE AGREEMENTS, THESE ARE SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THESE OUTSIDE AGENCIES, WHICH INCLUDE THE PLANNING BOARD AND, AND THE COUNTY PLANNING BOARD IN THE, IN THE TRAFFIC STUDY.
THAT'S THE OBLIGATION OF DR. HORTON TO THAT IS CORRECT.
AND I'VE BEEN TO A LOT OF THESE MEETINGS.
I'VE NEVER HEARD A TRAFFIC ENGINEER EVER COME IN AND SPEAK CRITICALLY OF ANY, ANY DEVELOPMENT OR SAY THAT THERE'S EVER GONNA BE A TRAFFIC PROBLEMS. USUALLY THE, THAT'S, THAT'S THE REASON WHY WE HAVE MR. NOLL SITTING AT OUR PLANNING BOARD AND DILIGENTLY MAKING SURE THAT THE TOWNSHIP'S EFFORTS ARE AN INTEREST ARE BEING, UH, HEARD.
AND WITH HIS 30 ODD YEARS OF EXPERIENCE WITH JUST OUR TOWN SPECIFICALLY, I'M SURE WE WOULD, UH, WE WOULD BE WELL SERVED.
THERE IS A DEDICATED, AS PART OF THIS PLAN, UH, A BIKE LANE THAT IS, UH, AND TRAIL THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE BEING PUT IN THROUGH HERE THAT WILL ALLOW TO SAFELY TRAVEL INSTEAD OF MAYBE PUTTING THEM ON A ROADWAY.
AND WHERE IS, WHERE IS THAT? I I DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND.
I I KNOW THERE'S THE RAIL TO TRAIL PIECE.
TALK ABOUT THE, AT THE BACK OF THE TRA THE COUNTY ROAD OR THE COUNTY, UH, BIKE BIKE LANE.
SO THE, THE COUNTY HAS A TRAIL SYSTEM.
I, I BELIEVE OUR PLANNER IS THE PLANNER FOR THE COUNTY THAT'S OUTLINING.
IT'S, IT'S GOING THROUGH SOUTHAMPTON, MEDFORD TABERNACLE, SHAMONG, UM, UP THROUGH LUMBERTON TO MOUNT HOLLY.
AND THEN I THINK IT DOES GO NORTH TO, BUT UH, THERE'S A VERY EXTENSIVE PLAN THAT, UM, THE COUNTY HAS PUT TOGETHER AND WE HAVE INCORPORATED THAT INTO, UM, WHAT WE ARE, WHAT WE'RE PUTTING HERE.
AND IT, IT FOLLOWS AS LONG-TERM RESIDENT, RIGHT? YEAH.
YOU KNOW, THE RAILROAD YEAH, I'M FAMILIAR WITH THAT.
AND AS, AS, AND I'M NOT REALLY TALKING ABOUT THESE ISSUES AS A CYCLIST 'CAUSE I'LL RIDE ANYWHERE.
I DON'T REALLY CARE WHETHER IT'S, YOU KNOW, BIKE LANES OR NOT.
UM, BUT I, I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE POTENTIAL OF WHAT'S GOING TO BE REQUIRED OF THE, OF THE TOWNSHIP AND THE COUNTY IN TERMS OF MAKING THOSE ROAD IMPROVEMENTS.
AND WHO BEARS THAT COST? YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE THE COMPLEXITY OF THESE DEALS
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AND YOU KNOW, I, I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT AMOUNT OF SORT OF GIVEBACKS FROM DR HORTON.IT'S A FEW MILLION DOLLARS FOR SOME MONEY TO MIAA AND, AND, AND, UM, UH, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE ALREADY DISCUSSED HERE TONIGHT ON A PROJECT THAT IF MS. HOLLOWAY IS CORRECT IS A HALF A BILLION DOLLAR, YOU KNOW, UH, PROJECT.
AND I, I WOULD HOPE THAT THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY THAT IF THERE WERE SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS TO THE ROADS THAT WE'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, THE TAXPAYERS REALLY AREN'T, SHOULDN'T BE BEARING, UH, THOSE COSTS.
SO I, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S ACCOMMODATED FOR CURRENTLY IN THE, IN WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE NEGOTIATED, UH, WITH THIS PLAN.
IT'S IN THE REDEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AND IT'S THE DEVELOPER'S RESPONSIBILITY TO IMPROVE THE INTERSECTIONS THAT THEY DIRECTLY IMPACT.
YEAH, I I THINK IT'S PROBABLY 13 MILLION, RIGHT? PAT VERSUS FOR, FOR THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENT BONDS, THAT'S GONNA INCLUDE THAT.
UH, AND JUST, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE QUESTION, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT COMMUNITIES LIKE WINGATE DID, I THOUGHT REALLY WELL, IS THAT, AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS, I'M ASSUMING IT WAS A LARGE PIECE OF THIS, SO WHAT WAS REQUIRED BY THE TOWNSHIP, BUT THE LANDSCAPING ALONG THE ROADS, YOU KNOW, THE, THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE LARGE BERMS AND MATURE TREES AND PLANTINGS.
OUR PLANTER ISN'T HERE TONIGHT TO SPEAK TO THAT.
BUT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU LOOK AT DR.
HORTON'S EXAMPLE ON HARTFORD ROAD, IT'S TERRIBLE IN TERMS OF LIKE THE LANDSCAPING THAT WAS REQUIRED AS PART OF THAT, THAT THAT PLAN.
SO I DON'T, I HAVEN'T REALLY SEEN THE DETAILED, YOU KNOW, SORT OF DESIGNS AND ILLUSTRATIONS OF THESE, UH, DEVELOPMENTS.
BUT I HOPE BECAUSE WE'RE TAKING SOME PRISTINE FARMLAND AND TURNING IT INTO A HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, THAT THAT'S CONTEMPLATED IN THE PLANNING PROCESS THAT THEY HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, UH, INSTALL AND, AND HAVE LANDSCAPE DESIGNS THAT HELP SHELTER OR SHIELD THESE COMMUNITIES.
YOU KNOW, FROM, FROM ROADWAYS.
THERE'S A 50 FOOT BUFFER THAT INCLUDES THE LANDSCAPING THAT YOU'RE DISCUSSING, THE, THE WAILING MOUNDS THAT WOULD WITH FOLIAGE THAT WOULD BLOCK THE VIEW JUST LIKE WINGATE AND HERITAGE.
WELL, THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW BECAUSE I, THE TAYLOR GROUP DID A, UH, DESIGN THAT THEY SHOWED UP, AND I BELIEVE IT WAS SIX MEETINGS AGO, IT SHOULD BE ONLINE.
AND YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THE THINGS YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT.
THOSE, THOSE DESIGNS ARE THE BUFFERS, THE LANDS THAT TRICAP ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT, UM, HAS BEEN WORKED OUT TO KEEP IT AS MEDFORD LIKE AS POSSIBLE.
AND THAT, THAT, UH, TEMPLATE THAT THEY DID, UH, IS IN THE LOBBY AT THE TOWN HALL.
STILL THERE'S THAT AS WELL ON THE FIRST FLOOR LOBBY.
AND THOSE, IS THAT FOR CONCEPTS ARE ONLINE, IS THAT FOR ALL OF THE DEVELOPMENTS OR, YES.
SO PAGE, YEAH, I'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.
PAGE 11 TO, UH, THE EFS SITE SHOWS THE ACTUAL LAYOUT.
UM, AND I THINK IT'S SIMILAR, UH, TINGER, IT'S ON PAGE, UH, WELL, I'LL, I'LL FIND THE PAGE.
UH, THE, IF YOU GO TO THE TOWNSHIP WEBSITE, YOU GO UNDER, UM, DEPO DEPARTMENTS AND SERVICES.
THE FIRST TAB IS AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
YOU'LL FIND EVERY SINGLE ITEM THAT HAS COME BEFORE THIS BOARD, EVERY PLAN, EVERY UH, ITEM.
THAT'S WHERE THESE AGREEMENTS WOULD HAVE TO GO ONCE, UH, AND IF THEY ARE APPROVED, UM, AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S YOUR, YOUR KIND OF MECHANISM TO SEE ALL THESE DIFFERENT ITEMS. BUT IT IS IN THE PLAN.
THERE ARE SUBSTANTIAL BERMS. I MEAN, AS MS. HOLLOWAY TALKED ABOUT THE STURGEON AND, AND THERE IS A, AN AREA WITHIN RICK'S THAT HAS SOME ENVIRONMENTAL, SO THE, IT IS FULLY OUTLINED.
AND THAT HAS, THAT WAS THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.
I'LL, I'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.
UH, AND JUST ONE LAST COMMENT THAT THE GENTLEMAN'S, I'M GONNA ECHO SOMETHING THAT HE SAID, YOU KNOW, WE, WE ALL KNOW THE SAMOS PROPERTIES ARE THERE AND THEY'VE BEEN THERE, YOU KNOW, FOR DECADES NOW.
RIGHT? UH, WHAT ELSE BIG IS IN THE PIPELINE OUTSIDE OF THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING STUFF, WHAT OTHER BIG TRACKS OF LAND, OR PARTICULARLY ON THE NORTH SIDE OF, OF THE TOWNSHIP THAT ARE POTENTIALLY GOING TO BE DEVELOPED, I DON'T WANNA SAY ZERO, BUT THERE ARE, THERE'S BEEN, THERE'S BEEN NO PRE-PLANNED HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS IN MEDFORD.
ADDITIONAL RESIDENTIAL OUTSIDE OF THE REQUIRED AFFORDABLE HOUSING NUMBERS.
I THINK THERE WAS PENDLETON IN SOUTH MEDFORD AS YOU GO OUT TOWARDS FIVE POINTS.
THAT WAS, THAT'S PROBABLY THE NEWEST DEVELOPMENT WE HAVE.
AND THAT WAS BUILT IN THE LATE NINETIES.
UM, SO MEDFORD HAS BEEN, HAS HAD A HISTORY OF NOT BUILDING RESIDENTIAL UNLESS IT'S REQUIRED BY THE STATE.
UM, SO AS IT STANDS TODAY, THERE ARE NO LARGE OR SMALL SCALE RESIDENTIAL TRACKS BEING DEVELOPED THERE.
THERE MAY BE PARCELS BEING DEVELOPED FOR RESIDENTIAL USE, LIKE ON MILL STREET AND IN
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DIFFERENT AREAS, BUT THERE'S NO, UH, COMMUNITIES COMING TO MEDFORD OUTSIDE OF THE ONES REQUIRED TO BE BUILT TO SATISFY OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING NEED.I'M SORRY, KIM, I MISSED YOU THIS WHOLE TIME.
DID, DID YOU HAVE YOUR HAND UP EARLIER? ANYBODY ELSE? OKAY.
EGGS GO LAST, RIGHT?
SO I JUST CAME TONIGHT BECAUSE I WANTED TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU.
I'VE WATCHED THIS PROGRESSION FOR A YEAR IN AUGUST, AND I CAN HONESTLY SAY THAT IT'S REALLY IMPRESSIVE HOW HARD YOU'VE WORKED AND HOW TEDIOUS THIS HAS BEEN.
AND YOU WERE THROWN INTO IT, UM, KNEW, HAD NO IDEA WHAT YOU WERE, YOU KNOW,
AND YOU'VE MANAGED TO, YOU KNOW, HANDLE THEM ALL VERY WELL.
THERE'S BEEN TRANSPARENCY, THERE'S BEEN INCREDIBLE COMMUNICATION WITH THE TOWN, WITH THE RESIDENTS, THROUGH TOWN HALLS, SOCIAL MEDIA, ANSWERING EMAILS, GRASSROOTS MEETINGS YOU ATTEND, YOU KNOW, AND THE DIALOGUE.
YOU KNOW, THE OPEN COMMUNICATION AT THE THESE COUNCIL MEETINGS HAS JUST BEEN REMARKABLE.
THERE'S REALLY BEEN AN INCREDIBLE PROGRESSION THAT I'M REALLY PROUD TO SEE.
AND I KNOW THAT THE AGREEMENT HAS REALLY BEEN HARD, AND I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE WORKED HARD.
I'VE SEEN HOW MUCH YOU'VE PUT INTO GETTING TO THIS POINT, AND I'M HAPPY WITH IT.
UM, AND I THINK THAT REALLY, UM, DR. HORTON HAS WORKED VERY HARD FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN.
THEY'VE WORKED VERY HARD TO, UM, WORK TOGETHER, YOU KNOW, COLLABORATE AND COME TO AN EQUITABLE AGREEMENT, YOU KNOW, SO THAT EVERYONE IS HAPPY.
SO ANYWAY, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU AND, AND JUST SAY THAT I'VE WITNESSED IT.
I SEE HOW HARD AND HOW DEDICATED YOU'VE ALL BEEN.
UM, AND THEN CHANGING YOUR, YOU'RE BRINGING MR. ARM TO TEARS.
UM, THE, THE HOOK, SORRY, I BOUGHT SOME EXTRA TIME.
UM, AS FAR AS THE RETAIL SIDE, I JUST WANNA MAKE A SUGGESTION.
WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WAYS TO GENERATE REVENUE.
AND I WOULD, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT BACK WHEN I SERVED ON Y'S BOARD 25 YEARS AGO, WE NEEDED SPACE FOR KIDS TO PLAY.
SO I WOULD SUGGEST A MA A MASSIVE SPORTS COMPLEX, INDOOR OUTDOOR, ROOFTOP COFFEE BAR, YOU KNOW, WHERE THE PARENTS CAN, YOU KNOW, BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S RATEABLE.
IT WOULD BE REALLY SOMETHING THAT I THINK THIS COMMUNITY WOULD EMBRACE.
UM, MEDFORD IS ALL ABOUT EDUCATION AND SPORTS, AND IF WE'RE GONNA DO SOMETHING TO GENERATE INCOME, WE COULD HAVE TOURNAMENTS.
I HAVE LOTS OF IDEAS ABOUT, UM, A SPORTS COMPLEX, BUT JUST LIKE TO THROW IT OUT THERE.
YOUR, YOUR WORDS MEAN A LOT, KIM.
AND I KNOW WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BEING SO INVOLVED.
I KNOW IT'S, YOU KNOW, WE WE'RE ALL KIND OF IN THIS POSITION.
IT'S LIKE, WHAT DO WE DO NOW? RIGHT? BUT IT'S FOLKS LIKE YOU THAT, THAT, UH, HELP US AND I HOPE WE CAN HELP YOU AS WELL.
UM, TO COUNCILWOMAN SANDY MOORE'S POINT FOR A FEW MEETINGS NOW.
UM, REVENUE GENERATING IDEAS LIKE A SPORTS COMPLEX.
I KNOW COUNCILMAN COX HAD SAID THAT AS WELL.
UM, THAT'S WHERE I THINK WE CAN REALLY USE THE COMMUNITY SUPPORTED COMING UP WITH THESE IDEAS AND, AND VETTING THEM AND UNDERSTANDING LIKE, HEY, THAT, YOU KNOW, GOLF UTILITY SOUNDS GREAT, RIGHT? BUT LET'S REALLY DIVE IN AND MAKE SURE THAT IT'S THE RIGHT MOVE FOR MEDFORD, UM, THE SPORTS COMPLEX.
I, I WOULD GO THERE, I WOULD LOVE IT.
BUT WHAT, WHAT, HOW DOES THAT COME TO FRUITION? WHAT DO WE NEED? WHAT ARE, WHAT ARE SOME HURDLES THAT OTHER TOWNS HAVE GONE THROUGH TO GET TO THAT POINT? UM, THAT I FEEL WE'RE IN A REALLY GOOD SPOT TO MOVE FORWARD AND REALLY BRING THE TOWN TO WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE.
UM, AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE AS WELL.
DOES ANYBODY REALLY WANNA FOLLOW THAT
REALLY? I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR IF ANYONE ELSE HAS MORE PUBLIC COMMENT.
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NO.I DIDN'T MEAN TO BE FACETIOUS THERE.
IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO.
UM, IF I'M SEEING NONE, I'LL ASK FOR A MOTION TO CLOSE.
[VIII. MANAGER’S REPORT]
REPORT PLEASE.I JUST HAD A COUPLE OF THINGS THIS EVENING.
I WANTED TO UPDATE, UH, COUNSEL ON THE TALTON BOULEVARD.
UM, THERE'S SEVERAL ITEMS THAT, UH, HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED FROM THE SUBCOMMITTEE REPORT AS, UH, TOWNSHIP ENGINEER CHRIS NOLES SAID.
WE'RE MEETING WITH BURNS COUNTY TRAFFIC ENGINEER'S OFFICE AND CHRIS ON, UH, JULY 9TH TO DISCUSS THE SPEED CUSHION INSTALLATIONS.
UM, WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH ASSEMBLYMAN ANGELO'S OFFICE TO CRAFT LEGISLATION THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO HAVE MORE SAY IN OUR ROADS OWNED, UH, THAT ARE OWNED BY THE COUNTY.
UH, RECENTLY OUR TOWNSHIP ENGINEER HAS A DRAFT STRIPING PLAN FOR FALLS ROAD, UH, WHICH, WHICH WAS SUBMITTED FOR REVIEW.
UH, WE'RE ALSO CONTINUING TO WORK WITH GOOGLE MAPS AND APPLE MAPS TO REMOVE TAUNTON BOULEVARD AND HOPEWELL ROADS FROM THE FASTEST ROUTE FEATURE, UH, TO HELP DECREASE THE NUMBER OF VEHICLES, INCLUDING HEAVY TRUCKS FROM UTILIZING THE ROADWAY.
I WOULD ENCOURAGE ANYBODY WHO LIVES IN LAKE PINE OR ALONG THAT STRIP, IF YOU HAVE A GMAIL ACCOUNT, YOU GO INTO GOOGLE MAPS, YOU DO EDIT, EDIT THE ROADWAY, YOU HAVE TO ACTUALLY HIGHLIGHT THE ENTIRE ROADWAY AND YOU CAN CLICK OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS AND THEN SUBMIT THAT TO GOOGLE.
UM, YOU CAN DO THE SAME THING WITH APPLE MAPS.
AND LIKE I SAID, THE, I HATE TO SAY THE LESS PEOPLE WE HAVE USING THAT AS THE FASTEST ROUTE, THE LESS VEHICLES, LARGE VEHICLES WE HAVE ON THAT ROADWAY.
SO, UM, I'VE DONE IT THREE OR FOUR TIMES FROM MY GMAIL ACCOUNT, SO I KNOW IT DEFINITELY WORKS.
AND I'M SORRY, CHIEF, THAT THERE'S, THAT'S NOT LIMITED TO THE RESIDENTS THAT LIVE THERE.
SO ANY EDITS TO GOOGLE MAPS, UH, YOU CAN GO IN AND EDIT, EDIT THE ROADWAY CHANGE, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THEY VET IT, SO YOU CAN'T JUST CHANGE THE ROADWAY NAME TO YOUR OWN, WHATEVER YOU WANT IT TO BE.
BUT YOU CAN, UM, CREATE UPDATED MAPS.
I KNOW WHEN WE RE WHEN WE REDID MEDFORD LEE'S, UM, A FEW, A FEW YEARS AGO, WE WERE ABLE TO GET THEM TO UPDATE THE MAPS TO THE NEW NAMES.
UH, ALSO WE WORK WITH DR. HORTON, AS WE DISCUSSED.
UH, THEY AGREED TO A FLAT PROHIBITION FROM THEIR SITE CONTRACTORS USING TAUNTON BOULEVARD FOR ANY VEHICLES IN EXCESS OF 26,000 GVRW OR GREATER.
UM, THIS IS ALL THE LARGE HEAVY CONSTRUCTION VEHICLES.
AND THEN I SPOKE TO OUR POLICE CHIEF, LET ME GET TO THAT EMAIL.
UM, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT CONTINUES TO PROVIDE ENFORCEMENT ALONG THIS STRETCH OF TAUNTON BOULEVARD.
UH, SINCE IN THE SIX MONTH PERIOD FROM JANUARY TO JUNE, UH, ALONG TAUNTON BOULEVARD, THERE WERE 273 TICKETS ISSUED, WHICH WAS 24% OF THE TICKETS ISSUED FROM TAUNTON BOULEVARD, MILL STREET, JACKSON ROAD, ROUTE 70 CHURCH ROAD AND TUCKERTON ROAD.
UM, COMPARE FOR COMPARISON SAKE, UH, ROUTE 70, WHICH IS A LARGE STRETCH OF ROADWAY THERE.
UH, 347 TICKETS WERE ISSUED FOR 30, UH, FOR 30%.
SO TAUNTON BOULEVARD'S RIGHT AT RIGHT, RIGHT AT THE TOP NUMBERS FOR US THERE.
UM, THAT'S THE UPDATES WE HAVE FOR TAUNTON BOULEVARD.
AS FAR AS BRUSH GOES, WE'RE WORKING THROUGH ZONES FOUR AND FIVE.
I SPOKE WITH OUR DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS TODAY.
UH, OUR CHIPPERS ARE CURRENTLY THAT WE, UH, DID A SHARED SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH SOUTHAMPTON ARE IN ZONE FIVE WORKING THROUGH HUDA RIGHT NOW.
SO THOSE, UH, THEY'RE ADDRESSING THE SMALLER PILES THAT ARE A LITTLE EASIER TO MANAGE.
UH, RIGHT NOW THEY'RE WORKING THROUGH TAMARACK AND CENTENNIAL LAKES AREA.
THEY'RE ADDRESSING THE LARGER PILES.
UH, WE ARE AWARE OF SOME OF THE ADDITIONAL BRUSH FROM THIS WEEKEND STORMS. WE'RE WORKING WITH BRIAN KOPP, OUR DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT A PLAN TO GET THAT STUFF PICKED UP.
UM, I DID A LITTLE DRIVING AROUND TOWN THIS WEEKEND AND THERE IS A TON OF NEW BRUSH BECAUSE WE JUST CAN'T GET AHEAD OF IT.
THANK YOU FOR BEING TREE CITY USA.
UM, ANY QUESTIONS ON BRUSH OR TAUNT BOULEVARD FROM COUNCIL? ALRIGHT, UH, SOME OTHER GENERAL UPDATE ITEMS. UH, THE WATER METER REPLACEMENT PROGRAM IS STILL UNDERWAY.
THEY'VE COMPLETED ABOUT 60 TO DATE.
UM, OUR, WELL SIX IS BACK ONLINE.
OUR LIBRARY AC WAS REPAIRED THIS WEEK.
UM, AS COUNCIL SAID EARLIER, I WANTED TO SAY A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY WHO MADE OUR FIREWORKS ON, UH, JUNE 2ND A SUCCESS.
FORTUNATELY, WE KEPT THEM ON JUNE 2ND AND DID NOT MOVE THEM TO OUR RAIN DATE, WHICH WOULD'VE BEEN MONDAY.
UH, WHICH WOULD'VE BEEN YESTERDAY, JULY.
'CAUSE WE WOULD'VE BEEN RAINED OUT.
SO, UH, IT WAS A GOOD THING THAT WE KEPT THEM ON, UH, THURSDAY NIGHT.
AND THEN I'M TAKING MY HAT OFF AS FIRE CHIEF, BUT I DO WANT TO SEND A SPECIAL THANK YOU OUT TO ALL OF OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, UH, INCLUDING OUR DISPATCHERS, OUR MUTUAL AID AND AUTOMATIC AID DEPARTMENTS, AND ALL OF THE BURLINGTON COUNTY, CAMDEN COUNTY, ATLANTA COUNTY DEPARTMENTS, UH, WHO ASSISTED AT THE FELLOWSHIP ALLIANCE CHURCH FIRE, UM, THIS PAST WEEKEND.
THE CONDITIONS DUE TO THE WEATHER AND THE FIRE LOCATION REQUIRED SIGNIFICANT PERSONNEL AND EVERYBODY WHO RESPONDED PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE SUCCESS OF THE OPERATION.
THE CHURCH IS STILL STANDING AND HOPEFULLY THEY'LL BE BACK IN, IN SIX MONTHS TO A YEAR
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INTO THEIR, UH, TO THEIR WORSHIP CENTER.SO THAT WAS, THAT WAS A, A VERY, VERY GOOD THING.
UM, OTHER THAN THAT, UH, LEADING INTO THAT, WE HAVE THREE VOLUNTEERS FOR CONSIDERATION UNLESS COUNSEL HAS ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON WHAT WE WENT OVER.
UH, WE HAVE, UH, VANESSA ESMO, A NEW VOL, EMS, VOLUNTEER MEMBER STATION 2 5 8.
UH, KEVIN HENZEL, A NEW EMS VOLUNTEER MEMBER FOR STATION 2 5 8.
AND CATHERINE TROYANO, A NEW EMS VOLUNTEER, UH, MEMBER FOR STATION 2 5 8.
GREAT CHIEF, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING.
UM, AND TO THE NEW MEMBERS THAT ARE VOLUNTEERING, UM, I'M JUST IN AWE OF IT THAT INDIVIDUALS WOULD VOLUNTEER THEIR TIME TO DO SUCH HARD AND CHALLENGING WORK.
I KNOW THAT THERE'S TRAUMA THAT COMES WITH THAT TO THEMSELVES.
UM, THEY'RE CALLED AT ALL HOURS TO DO EXTRAORDINARY THINGS TO HELP US.
SO PLEASE THANK THEM AND ALL THE MEMBERS OF OUR ABSOLUTELY OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, WE'LL NEED A, A VOICE VOTE FOR APPROVAL.
ALL RIGHT, CHIEF, THANK YOU FOR THE MANAGER'S REPORT.
[IX. BILL LIST]
LIST.WE HAVE ONE BILL LIST, JULY 1ST, 2026.
ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNSEL ON THE BILL LIST? NO.
[X. CONSENT AGENDA RESOLUTIONS ]
OUR CONSENT AGENDA RESOLUTIONS, WE HAVE RESOLUTION 1 33 20 26 ADOPTING THE GOVERNOR'S COUNSEL ON SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER, G-C-S-U-D ALLIANCE TO PREVENT SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER MUNICIPAL ALLIANCE GRANT, FISCAL YEAR 2027, RESOLUTION 1 34 20 26 AUTHORIZING CANCELLATION OF 2026.PROPERTY TAXES ON PROPERTIES OWNED BY QUALIFIED TOTALLY DISABLED EXEMPT VETERANS RESOLUTION 1 35 20 26 AMENDING THE 2026 ADOPTED BUDGET FOR ADDITIONAL LINE ITEMS OF REVENUE AND OFFSETTING APPROPRIATION.
CHAPTER 1 59, FISCAL YEAR 2026, RECYCLING TONNAGE GRANT RESOLUTION 1 36 20 26, UPDATING AND REVISING THE TOWNSHIP'S EMPLOYEE HANDBOOK AND PERSONAL MANUAL POLICIES.
MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTIONS.
1 33 20 26 THROUGH 1 36 20 20 26 AS PRESENTED.
[XI. RESOLUTIONS ]
WE WILL READ INDIVIDUAL RESOLUTIONS.I WILL START WITH RESOLUTION 1 38 DESIGNATING DR. HORTON AS THE REDEVELOPER FOR BLOCK 3 0 1 LOT 5.01 AND BLOCK 3 0 3 LOT ONE, THREE AND FOUR MEDFORD AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF A READ OF PLAN FOR THE FLYING W REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT.
MOTION SHOULD APPROVE RESOLUTION 1 38 20 20 26 AS PRESENTED.
MS. SANMAR? YES, MR. COX? AYE.
NOW MOVING ON TO RESOLUTION 1 39 20 26 DESIGNATING DR.
R HORTON AS THE REDEVELOPER OF LOT 14 26, 27 AND 49 BLOCK 3 0 2 MEDFORD AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF A REDEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FOR THE INGER REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT.
MOTION APPROVE RESOLUTION 1 39 20 26 AS PRESENTED.
RESOLUTION 1 40 20 26 DESIGNATING DR. HORTON AS THE REDEVELOPER OF LOT 28.02 AND 39.03 BLOCK 3 0 2 MEDFORD AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF A REDEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE LANDINGS AT KIRBY'S MILL REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT MOTION PER OF RESOLUTION 1 40 20 26 AS PRESENTED.
RESOLUTION 1 41 20 26 DESIGNATING DR.
R HORTON AS THE REDEVELOPER OF LOT 6.01 AND 6.02 BLOCK 8 0 3 MEDFORD IN AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF A REDEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FOR THE RESERVE OF AT IRONBRIDGE REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT.
MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 1 41 20 26 AS PRESENTED.
DEPUTY BOARD MEETING? AYE MAYOR AYE.
THE FOUR, THE FOUR RESOLUTIONS LISTED ARE APPROVED? ARE WE GOING TO MOVE TO EXECUTIVE? I DON'T HAVE ANY GOING EXECUTIVE NO LONGER.
WE WILL FOREGO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
AT THIS TIME I'D LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN, SO MOVE SECOND.