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THIS IS THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES, THE GOD, AND APPEARS TO LOOK AT OUR AGENDA.
[MOTION TO APPROVE BOARD AGENDA]
MOTION TO APPROVE TONIGHT'S AGENDA.I HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND APPROVE TONIGHT'S AGENDA.
AND NOW I'M GONNA TURN THE MEETING OVER TO OUR POLICE CHIEF
[CEREMONIES]
MARK FREEMAN, WHO'S GOING TO MAKE SOME AWARDS TO SOME OFFICERS.INVESTIGATORS ARE LOOKING INTO A SWAT STANDOFF IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY.
NEARLY A DOZEN BULLET HOLES HIT THE WINDSHIELD OF THE SUSPECT'S VEHICLE DURING THE SHOOTOUT.
EARLY THIS MORNING, OUR MARCUS ESPINOZA HAS THE DETAILS.
THAT CELL PHONE FOOTAGE SHOT BY A NEIGHBOR SHOWS THE PERSPECTIVE OF WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE SO CLOSE TO IT, SHOOTOUT, AND JUST HOW DANGEROUS THAT SCENE WAS.
EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING, LET THE GUNNY CLUE OUT.
HE JUST SHOT AT HIM A SHOOTOUT BETWEEN A MAN AND MEMBERS OF SWAT AND POLICE AT SCENE IN THIS CELL PHONE FOOTAGE AT THE MEADOWS APARTMENT COMPLEX IN THE MONTCLAIR SECTION OF UPPER PROVIDENCE TOWNSHIP, JUST AFTER 3:00 AM WEDNESDAY.
AND WE JUST HEARD BANGS JUST BANG, BANG, BANG, BANG.
WES REER AND HIS GIRLFRIEND, SAMARA MESSER, WOKEN UP BY THE GUNFIRE RIGHT OUTSIDE THEIR BUILDING.
HE SAYS HE HEARD THE MAN ONLY IDENTIFIED AS BEING IN HIS SIXTIES, SCREAMING AT A FEMALE PASSENGER IN HIS TRUCK.
THEN THINGS ESCALATED WHEN POLICE ARRIVED.
AND THE NEXT THING WE KNEW, THEY, THEY PULLED UP.
UM, AND THEN A COUPLE MINUTES LATER, HE WAS SHOOTING AT HIM.
HE WAS SHOOTING AT WHO? HE WAS SHOOTING AT THE POLICE.
FROM WHERE? FROM UNDERNEATH THE CAR OUT THERE, OR BETWEEN THE CARS OUT THERE.
VIDEO HERE, PROVIDED BY NEIGHBORS SHOW POLICE ARRESTING THE SUSPECT AT THE END OF THE STANDOFF MONTGOMERY COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY KEVIN STEEL SAYS POLICE RECEIVED A CALL ABOUT A FAMILY MEMBER SUFFERING A MENTAL HEALTH EMERGENCY.
THE CALLER SAID THE MAN GATHERED FIREARMS AND PUT THEM IN HIS TRUCK.
POLICE SAY OFFICERS THEN ENCOUNTERED THE MAN IN THE COMPLEX PARKING LOT WHERE HE CRASHED HIS TRUCK.
THEY SAY HE GOT OUT AND FIRED AT OFFICERS WHO FIRED BACK.
THE MAN WAS TAKEN TO PAOLI HOSPITAL WITH ONE SHOT IN THE ARM, AND HE'S EXPECTED TO SURVIVE.
REER WHILE SCARED FOR HIS FAMILY'S SAFETY.
ALSO WANTED TO HELP OFFERING UP HIS OWN APARTMENT TO SWAP MEMBERS.
AND THEN THEY WERE TRYING TO LOOK FOR PLACES TO GO TO GET A BETTER ANGLE OF WHEREVER HE WAS.
THEN I EVENTUALLY CAME DOWNSTAIRS AND I TOLD THEM, I'M LIKE, COME ON UPSTAIRS, CUZ WE HAD A, WE HAD A PERFECT LINE OF WHERE HE WAS FROM OUR WINDOW.
SO THEY EVENTUALLY CAME UP TO OUR BEDROOM AND SET UP SHOP UP THERE WITH THE, WITH THE RIFLE, HEAD OUT THE WINDOW, AND YEAH, IT'S NUTS.
THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY IS NOW HANDLING THIS INVESTIGATION.
NO MOTIVE WAS ANNOUNCED ON WHY THIS TOOK PLACE, AND THE SUSPECT HAS NOT YET BEEN IDENTIFIED IN UPPER PROVIDENCE MARCUS ESPENOZA, FOX 29 NEWS FREE.
SO I'M GONNA
THE MEDIA DID NOT GET IT QUITE RIGHT, BUT I'M GONNA FILL IN SOME BLANKS WITHOUT GOING INTO TOO MUCH DETAIL.
BUT I THINK FILL IN, IN THE BLANKS REALLY PAINTS A, A PICTURE THAT I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU OF WHAT THESE OFFICERS WENT THROUGH THAT EVENING.
SO ON MARCH 16TH, UH, AS THEY HAD MENTIONED THAT WE WERE CALLED, UM, TO THE MEADOWVIEW LANE AREA, UH, FOR A, UM, A PSYCHIATRIC EMERGENCY.
IN OTHER WORDS, UM, UH, THE WIFE HAD INDICATED THAT THE HUSBAND WAS HAVING A, A BREAKDOWN THE METAL BREAKDOWN.
UH, SHE DID MENTION THAT THE HE HAD GUNS, BUT, UM, SHE SAID HE WAS HARMLESS.
SO AS MY FIRST OFFICER, OFFICER JOHN BURSAW ARRIVED AT THE SCENE.
UH, HE GETS OUT OF HIS PATROL VEHICLE AND WITHIN NINE SECONDS OF HIM BEING OUT OF HIS CAR, UH, THE SUSPECT ENGAGED IN A GUN BATTLE WITH THE OFFICER, UM, WHILE ONLY BEING PROBABLY 10 YARDS AWAY.
UH, THE OFFICER, UM, WAS STRUCK.
UM, THE, ONE OF THE BULLETS HAD ACTUALLY SEVERED HIS POLICE RADIO COURT.
UH, SO HE WAS NOT ABLE TO CALL OUT AND NOTIFY THE REST OF THE SQUAD THAT WAS WORKING THAT EVENING, UH, OF THE, UM, WHAT HAD JUST HAD HAPPENED.
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CUT HIS SHIRT IN THE BACK AND ALSO GRAZED HIS VEST.THE SECOND OFFICER, UM, ARRIVED ON SCENE NOT KNOWING WHAT ACTUALLY JUST HAD HAPPENED.
AND THAT OFFICER IS OFFICER MIKE SHEHAN.
AS HE WAS STILL SEATED IN HIS PATROL CAR MOVING TOWARDS WHERE THE FIRST OFFICER WAS LOCATED.
THE SUSPECT HAD GOTTEN INTO HIS TRUCK AND ACTUALLY ROUNDED THE CORNER AND ENGAGED OFFICER SHEHAN WHILE HE WAS SITTING INSIDE HIS VEHICLE.
WHAT YOU SAW WAS A SUSPECT'S VEHICLE WITH ALL THE BULLET HOLES THERE.
UH, THEY ARE BULLET HOLES THAT ARE COMING OUT OF THE TRUCK, NOT GOING INTO THE TRUCK.
UM, AND SO UNFORTUNATELY, UM, BULLETS STARTED HITTING THE, UH, THE PATROL VEHICLE.
UH, OFFICER SHEHAN WAS, UH, HAD TO WORTH ALL AND THE ABILITY TO ACTUALLY GET OUT OF THE VEHICLE, UH, ENGAGE THE SUSPECT, UH, WHICH CAUSED THE SUSPECT TO ACTUALLY CRASH INTO SEVERAL PARKED VEHICLES.
UH, THE VEHICLE REMAINED SEMI-MOBILE HAD GONE JUST A FEW FEET FORWARD.
UH, HE THEN JUMPS OUT AND CONTINUED TO ENGAGE THE OFFICERS, UH, BY FIRING ROUND AFTER ROUND AFTER ROUND.
THE CALL GOES OUT EVENTUALLY THAT AN OFFICER'S BEEN INVOLVED IN, IN THE SHOOTING AND THE CAVALRY DOES COME.
UM, AND THAT INCLUDED, UH, CORPORAL SCOTT REYNOLDS, WHO WAS ACTUALLY THE SUPERVISOR THAT EVENING, UH, AND ALSO OFFICER OCTAVIUS BAKER, WHO WAS EIGHT MONTHS ON THE JOB, MAYBE SEVEN MONTHS ON THE JOB.
UM, AND THERE, UM, THEIR RESPONSE, THE ENTIRE SQUAD THAT EVENING, THERE WERE SQUAD TROOPS, WAS, UH, UH, AMAZING.
THEY DID SUCH A, A FANTASTIC JOB.
EVEN AFTER THE FIRST TWO OFFICERS HAD GONE THROUGH WHAT THEY HAD GONE THROUGH, THEY STILL HAD THE THOUGHT PROCESS TO RESCUE AND PROTECT THE FEMALE, THE WIFE THAT WAS STILL IN THE VEHICLE AT THE TIME THAT IT CRASHED, UM, BECAUSE SHE HAD JUMPED OUT AND RAN SCREAMING UP THE SIDE OF THE SIDEWALK, AND THEY GRABBED HER AND PROTECTED HER, NOT KNOWING WHERE THE SUSPECT WAS.
SO FOR THE NEXT, UH, HOUR OR SO, THE SUSPECT, UH, HIS LOCATION WASN'T REALLY KNOWN, ALTHOUGH HE WAS FIRING INDISCRIMINATELY.
HE WAS, UH, IN A, UH, A WOOD LINE, A LOT OF VEHICLES THAT WERE PARKED.
UH, BUT, UH, CORPORAL REYNOLDS REALLY DID A FANTASTIC JOB OF MANAGING THAT CRISIS.
AND OF COURSE, OFFICERS FROM, AS FAR AS WAYS UPPER DUBLIN ACTUALLY RESPONDED AS WELL.
OFFICERS KNOW EVERY DAY THAT THEY PUT ON A UNIFORM THAT THIS IS A POTENTIAL, IT COULD HAPPEN IN THE FIRST FIVE MINUTES OF YOUR SHIFT.
IT COULD HAPPEN IN THE LAST FIVE MINUTES OF YOUR SHIFT, BUT YET THEY STILL COME IN AND GO TO WORK AND PUT THEMSELVES IN HARM'S WAY FOR THE PEOPLE THAT THEY SERVE IN THIS COMMUNITY.
I COULDN'T BE MORE PROUD OF EACH OF THESE OFFICERS.
I'M PROUD OF MY ENTIRE DEPARTMENT.
BUT THESE FOUR OFFICERS THAT EVENING REALLY SHOWED PROFESSIONALISM, COURAGE, BRAVERY, AND, UH, THEY DESERVED TO BE RECOGNIZED HERE TODAY.
NOW, THEY DIDN'T WANT YOU TO STAND UP HERE THE WHOLE TIME THAT I WAS TALKING, BUT COME ON UP.
CORPORAL SCOTT REYNOLDS, OFFICER MIKE SHEHAN,
AGAIN, COULDN'T BE MORE PROUD OF EACH OF ONE OF THESE OFFICERS.
UM, I HAVE HERE FROM THE COUNCIL BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S JUST REALLY A SYMBOL REALLY TO SHOW YOU OUR APPRECIATION FOR WHAT YOU DO DAY IN AND DAY OUT.
I KNOW THE COMMUNITY FEELS THIS WAY ABOUT OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND ABOUT OUR OFFICER.
I KNOW OUR STAFF FEELS THAT WAY, AND I SURELY KNOW THAT THE BOARD SUPERVISORS ALSO FEEL THAT WAY.
AND, UM, PLEASE ACCEPT THIS, THE BOARDS THE TOKEN OF OUR APPRECIATION.
LET ME JUST, UH, I'LL JUST READ ONE REAL QUICK HERE.
THEY ALL ESSENTIALLY SAY THE SAME THING, BUT,
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UM, IN RECOGNITION OF YOUR COURAGEOUS RESPONSE TO A PSYCHIATRIC EMERGENCY CALL ON MARCH 16TH, 2022, YOUR TACTICAL ALERT, ALERTNESS, AND TRAIN RESPONSE DURING THIS INCIDENT SAVED MANY LIVES.THANK YOU FOR YOUR SELFLESS, UH, DEDICATION OR DEVOTION TO DUTY AND FOR BRINGING THE AND CANCER POLICE DEPARTMENT PICTURES
YOU GONNA' HAVE TO DOUBLE UP DOUBLE'S.
ANY INSTRUCTIONS? ANDREW GOOD'S THAT I'VE, THE WORD I USED THE KNIFE, IS THAT THE WORD CORRECT.
MY NAME IS ANA S TR, I'M RESIDENT IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH.
I'M HERE, MY COLLEAGUE AND SHE THANK SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING US TO COME TONIGHT.
UM, I'D SAY MAYBE IT'S COINCIDENCE THAT WE'RE ALSO HERE TO PRESENT, UM, AN AWARD OF, TO THIS DEPARTMENT, TO THEIR COLLABORATION AND DEDICATION, BUT IT'S NOT RIGHT.
I AM THE CIS, THE CRISIS INTER INTERVENTION SPECIALIST INSTRUCTOR AT MONTGOMERY COUNTY EMERGENCY SERVICE.
WE RUN THE OLDEST SCHOOL IN THE NATION TO EDUCATE LAW ENFORCEMENT ON HOW TO IDENTIFY MENTAL ILLNESS AND HOW TO INTERACT WITH IT SAFELY AND DEESCALATION AND PEOPLE IN CRISIS.
ONE THING I WOULD, I'M SO HONORED TO BE HERE BECAUSE THIS IS NOT FOR UPPER PROVIDENCE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THIS IS NOT JUST A HUNDRED PERCENT RECOGNITION THAT THEY'VE SENT ALL THEIR OFFICERS THROUGH.
THIS IS NOT A CHECK IT OFF THE BOX TRAINING.
THESE OUTSTANDING OFFICERS, THEY HAVE DEDICATED THEMSELVES TO MAKING SURE THAT THEY DON'T JUST CA THEY DIDN'T JUST COME TO THE TRAINING.
THEY DIDN'T JUST SIT THERE AND WATCH, WELL, I DON'T DO POWERPOINTS, BUT THEY ACTUALLY ENGAGE.
AND WHEN THE SYSTEM HAS NOT WORKED FOR THEM, THEY PICK UP THE PHONE.
SO THE RESOURCES THAT WE GIVE 'EM AND THE SKILLS THAT WE GIVE 'EM WHEN THEY DON'T WORK, THEY PICK UP THE PHONE AND THEY CALL US.
SO THIS IS AN ONGOING RELATIONSHIP THAT WE HAVE DEVELOPED WITH THEM.
UM, BUT I REALLY WANT TO NOT JUST HONOR THE FACT THAT THEY SEND A HUNDRED PERCENT THROUGH, WHICH TAKES A LOT.
IT'S, UH, I THINK PEOPLE JUST THINK, OH, WE JUST SENT OUR OFFICERS TO TRAIN IT.
IT'S NOT A TRAINING THAT IS MANDATED IN THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA OR IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY, BUT THIS DEPARTMENT HAS DEDICATED THEMSELVES TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY OFFICER HAS GONE THROUGH.
AND THAT IS MAKING SURE YOU KNOW, THAT THEY HAVE STAFFING ISSUES.
AND WE ALL KNOW THAT THERE IS A STA STAFFING CRISIS.
AND TO SEND 'EM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S PEOPLE THAT RETIRE, THERE'S PEOPLE THAT ARE OUT SICK.
IT TAKES A LOT TO ORGANIZE, TO GET EVERYONE THROUGH.
AND WE ALSO DO AN ADVANCED TRAINING, AND MANY OF THOSE OFFICERS HAVE COME THROUGH THAT ALSO.
BUT THE PRIDE I HAVE IN THIS DEPARTMENT, NOT JUST FOR THE OUTSTANDING OFFICERS, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I WOULD LOVE TO SAY I'M A GREAT INSTRUCTOR, BUT I HAD GREAT PUPILS.
YOU CAN'T TEACH THESE KIND OF SKILLS TO PEOPLE THAT HAVE NO INTEREST IN LEARNING THEM.
UM, THE LEADERSHIP, HOW THEY TAKE CARE OF THEIR OFFICERS, ESPECIALLY AFTER THIS INCIDENT.
IF WE DON'T TAKE CARE OF OUR OFFICERS, YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO HELP OTHER PEOPLE IN CRISIS.
AND THAT LEADER, THEIR LEADERSHIP AND THE TOWNSHIP REALLY STEPPED UP TO MAKE SURE, SURE, THAT HAPPENED.
BUT I ALSO WANNA RECOGNIZE THE FAMILY MEMBERS BECAUSE QUITE HONESTLY, OUR OFFICERS WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO DO WHAT THEY DO WITHOUT YOU ALL.
SO IT IS ACTUALLY NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
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SPOUSE DAY, IF ANYBODY KNEW THAT.SO I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE YOU ALL FOR THAT BECAUSE OUR OFFICERS NEED THAT KIND OF SUPPORT, NOT JUST FROM THEIR LEADERSHIP, BUT ALSO THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS.
SO, UM, HUGE PRIDE IN ALL AND ON ABOUT OF THE, WE'RE SO GRATEFUL, NOT JUST FOR THE DEDICATION, BUT ALSO FOR THE PARTNERSHIP OUTTA IT.
WHEN IT COMES TO UPPER IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, ANYTIME WE'VE GONE TO THEM AND SAID, HAVE AN IDEA, SOMETHING TO WANNA TRY, SAY LESS.
IT'S, IF IT'S TO DO RIGHT BY THE COMMUNITY, GIVE IT A LET'S TRY SUICIDE PREVENTION.
THEY'RE PARTICIPATING IN A GRANT WITH US, UM, TO HELP DO BETTER PRICE OUR SYSTEM.
WHEN THINGS AREN'T WORKING, THEY COME TO US AND SAY, IT'S NOT WORKING.
HERE'S OUR VERY FIRST TRAINING AS WELL AS OUR SECOND.
THIS TO WORK TOGETHER AND TO MAKE WHEN IT COMES TO RESOURCES, IT, THE HEART.
SO THAT'S WHY'RE SO I'LL READ THIS TO YOU.
IT SAYS, MONTGOMERY COUNTY EMERGENCY SERVICE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY PRESENTS, THE PROVIDENCE COUNCILSHIP POLICE DEPARTMENT INTERVENTION SPECIAL PROGRAMS COMMITMENT IN RECOGNITION SCHOOL DEPARTMENT DAY BASIS CLASS DEMONSTRATING MENTAL HEALTH TRAININGS, THE RATITUDE.
ALL RIGHT, I DON'T, DONT PROPORT SET MY MICROPHONE HERE.
[PUBLIC COMMENT]
YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT TO THIS BOARD, WE ASK YOU TO COME FORWARD TO THE PODIUM, STATE YOUR NAME, YOUR STREET ADDRESS, AND, UH, TRY TO CONTAIN YOUR REMARKS TO THREE MINUTES.ANYONE WHO WANTS TO MAKE COMMENT, PLEASE COME FORWARD.
I, I LIVE AT, UH, 1 33 OLD STATE ROAD.
UH, I'M RECENTLY, UH, APPOINTED TO THE, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
UM, I ALSO THINK IT'S GREAT TO LIVE IN A TOWNSHIP WHERE EVERY TIME I COME TO SPEAK AT A MEETING, WE'RE RECOGNIZING OUR POLICE FORCE.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S A REALLY GREAT THING.
REALLY MAKES MAKE YOU FEEL GOOD.
UM, SO I THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TONIGHT.
UH, AS WE KNOW, THE PARK HOUSE PROPERTY IS BEING CONSIDERED FOR DEVELOPMENT.
UH, AN APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT PLAN HAVE BEEN, UH, SUBMITTED FOR CONSIDERATION OF 1200 PLUS RESIDENTIAL HOUSING UNITS.
THERE WAS ALSO A LETTER SUBMITTED AS PART OF THE APPLICATION ASKING FOR DISCUSSION ABOUT OPEN SPACE AND PARK.
UH, I'M NOT SURE WHERE THE TOWNSHIP IS WITH THOSE DISCUSSIONS, BUT I'M HERE TO ADVOCATE THAT THE TOWNSHIP MIGHT ACQUIRE THAT THE COUNTY MIGHT ACQUIRE IT, THE STATE MIGHT ACQUIRE IT AS OPEN SPACE AND PARK.
UM, I BELIEVE WE'RE ALL AWARE THAT HISTORICALLY THIS PROPERTY WAS PUBLIC LAND OWNED BY MONTGOMERY COUNTY AND USED TO PROVIDE A HOME FOR THE INDIGENT POPULATION OF THE COUNTY.
AND OF COURSE, WE'RE ALL AWARE OF THE EXTREME PRESSURE THIS TOWNSHIP HAS BEEN UNDER FOR MANY YEARS FOR DEVELOPMENT.
ALMOST ALL THE LARGE PARCELS OF LAND, FORMER FARMS, CONTIGUOUS TO AND SURROUNDING THIS PROPERTY ARE NOW HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS IN CONSIDERATION.
I BELIEVE THAT CONSERVING THIS PROPERTY WOULD SERVE THIS COMMUNITY BEST.
FIRST AND FOREMOST, THIS PROPERTY IS CONTIGUOUS WITH THE SCHUEL RIVER, THE UPPER SCHUEL VALLEY PARK, THE LOCK 60 RECREATION AREA, AND ACROSS THE RIVER FROM THE BLACK ROCK SANCTUARY AND THE PHOENIX IRON CANAL.
POSITIVE OUTCOMES OF CONSERVING THIS PROPERTY WOULD BE LAND PROTECTION.
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SAVING THIS LAND WOULD HELP US RETAIN SOME OF THE RURAL, RURAL CHARACTER OF UPPER PROVIDENCE TOWNSHIP FROM BEING TRANSFORMED BY SPRAWL DEVELOPMENT THAT IS INSET INSENSITIVE TO PASTORAL LANDSCAPE HABITAT RESTORATION AS A REFUGE FOR WILDLIFE.THIS PROPERTY COULD PROVIDE MEADOW AND GRASSLANDS FOR WILDLIFE AND THE, AND FOR MANY BIRD SPECIES WHO FOLLOWED THE SCOOP OF RIVER AS A MIGRATORY BIRD PATH.
A REPORT BY THE NORTH AMERICAN BIRD CONSERVATION INITIATIVE PUBLISHED AS THE STATE OF THE BIRD'S REPORT, 2022 STATES THAT THE BIGGEST LAND BIRD DECLINES OF ANY HABITAT GRASSLAND BIRDS HAVE SUFFERED THE BIGGEST BIRD DECLINES OF ANY TERRESTRIAL BIOME SINCE 1970.
THE EASTERN GRAPE PLAINS ARE A HOTSPOT OF POPULATION LOSS DUE TO HABITAT CONVERSION THREE IN SHRUB EN ENCROACHMENT AND PESTI PESTICIDE APPLICATIONS.
ABOUT TWO-THIRDS OF THIS GROUP, 15 SPECIES HAVE EXPERIENCED POPULATION DECLINE SINCE 1971.
QUARTER OF THIS GROUP ARE TIPPING POINT SPECIES, MEANING THAT 50% OF THAT SPECIES HAVE BEEN LOST SINCE THAT TIME.
AND THEY INCLUDE, UH, THE MOUNTAIN CLOVER, SPRAGUES, PIPIT, HENLO, SPARROW, CHESTNUT, COLLARED, LONG SPUR, AND THE BABA LINK, WHICH ARE ALL ACCELERATING RATES OF DECLINE, SHOWING EXCELLING, ACCELERATING RATES OF DECLINE.
MASSES LAW MASS, MASSIVE LOSSES OF BIRDS CAN BE REVERSED TO RESTORE GRASSLANDS USING THE SUCCESSFUL NORTH AMERICAN WETLANDS CONSERVATION ACT.
AND THAT'S AN ACT THAT'S BEEN USED TO, TO RESTORE WETLANDS, WHICH HAS BROUGHT THE ONE BIRD SPECIES IN THE NATION WATER FOUL, UH, WITH AN INCREASE IN POPULATION.
UH, ANOTHER USE WOULD BE TRAILS.
UH, THE ABANDONED ROAD, WHICH BISECTS THE NORTH NORTHERN PORTION OF THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN USED FOR MANY YEARS AS A TRAIL CONNECTOR FROM THE UPPER SCOO VALLEY PARK, THROUGH THE PARKHOUSE PROPERTY TO OLD STATE ROAD AS A PEDESTRIAN, EQUESTRIAN, AND BICYCLING TRAIL, I SEE AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXTEND THAT TRAIL ALONG HENER ROAD TO EQUESTRIAN TRAILS THAT WOULD CONNECT TO THE TOWNSHIP PROPERTY ON SPRINGER TOWN ROAD AND ALONG MINGO CREEK, A COMMUNITY FARM CREATING A CSA, ALSO KNOWN AS COMMUNITY SUPPORTED AGRICULTURE, COULD ALSO BE A BENEFIT TO ACQUIRING THIS PROPERTY.
THIS TYPE OF FARM WOULD NOT ONLY PROVIDE FRESH, FRESH PRODUCE GROWN USING SUSTAINABLE AND ORGANIC FARMING PRACTICES, ALSO KNOWN AS AGRO ECOLOGY, WHICH WAS A NEW WORD I JUST LEARNED TODAY.
AGRO ECOLOGY IS THE STUDY OF THE INTERACTIONS BETWEEN PLANTS, ANIMALS, HUMANS, AND THE ENVIRONMENT WITHIN AN AGRICULTURAL SYSTEM, BUT WOULD ALSO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR RESEARCH AND EDUCATION, AND A PLACE FOR THOSE WHO ENJOY GARDENING AND VOLUNTEERING AS WELL AS EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES.
HYDROLOGY AND WATER MANAGEMENT.
THE CREEK AND THE TRIBUTARIES THAT DRAIN THIS PROPERTY REACH UP UNDER 4 22 AND ABOVE MENNONITE ROAD.
THE HEADWATER STREAMS PLAY A CRITICAL ROLE IN PROVIDING CLEAN WATER TO DOWNSTREAM COMMUNITIES AND HABITATS.
MAINTAINING THIS PROPERTY AS QUALITY OPEN SPACE WOULD HELP TO DECREASE THE AMOUNT OF RUNOFF INTO THE STREAMS AND ULTIMATELY INTO THE SCHUEL RIVER.
IT WOULD ALSO HELP TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF THE WATER IN THE CREEK AND PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND FIELD STUDY.
ANOTHER VALUABLE OUTCOME OF PROTECTING THE WATERSHED IS ALSO TO RESTORE AND PROTECT THE SENSITIVE STREAM SIDE HABITATS AND PROVIDE VALUABLE AND ATTRACTIVE LANDSCAPES THAT SUPPORT STREAM HEALTH.
AND FINALLY, ANOTHER USE FOR THIS PROPERTY WOULD BE TO RECOGNIZE THE LANAE HAWKIN.
THAT'S THE PHYSICAL AND SPIRITUAL HOME OF THE LEIPE.
THE LEIPE HAWKIN ENCOMPASSES THE ENTIRE DELAWARE RIVER WATERSHED AND BEYOND.
THERE IS MUCH ARCHEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE AND WRITTEN HISTORY THAT A BAND OF LEIPE OCCUPIED THIS PORTION OF THE SCHUEL RIVER VALLEY.
MANY ARTIFACTS HAVE BEEN FOUND ON THE LANDS BETWEEN THE MINGO CREEK AND THE PER PROCURE AND CREEK AND BEYOND, AS WELL AS ON THE CHESTER COUNTY SIDE OF THE RIVER.
THIS PROPERTY WOULD PROVIDE AN EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY TO CELEBRATE THE LINDAY HAWKIN.
THERE IS A BIRD WALK, IF ANYBODY HAS THE TIME OR IS INTERESTED AT, UH, BLACKROCK
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PRESERVE TOMORROW MORNING AT EIGHT O'CLOCK.THAT'S GONNA BE LED BY THE VALLEY FORGE AUDUBON SOCIETY.
THERE'S ANOTHER ONE ON NOVEMBER 12TH, WHICH IS A SATURDAY AT 8:00 AM UH, AT THE UPPER SCOPA VALLEY PARK.
LATER IN OUR MEETING, THERE'LL BE SOME NEWS ABOUT, UH, THE PARKHOUSE PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT BEING BACK ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S SCHEDULE.
SO YOU MIGHT WANNA LISTEN IN FOR THAT.
AND, UH, I TOO WAS EXCITED AND, UH, REMAIN SOMEWHAT MYSTIFIED BY THE LETTER WE RECEIVED, OUR SOLICITOR RECEIVED, UH, THAT YOU, YOU REFERENCED.
SO HOPING THAT, UH, THAT WE CAN DO SOMETHING THERE.
ANYONE ELSE WANNA MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT BEFORE THE BOARD? ALL RIGHT, WE'LL MOVE ON WITH BUSINESS THEN.
[EXECUTIVE SESSION REPORT]
RIGHT.WE JUST HAD AN EXECUTIVE, WE JUST HAD AN EXECUTIVE SESSION PRIOR TO THIS MEETING TO TALK ABOUT REAL ESTATE AND PERSONNEL MATTERS.
[APPROVAL OF BILL LIST]
NOW WE COME TO APPROVAL OF THE BILL LIST.I ASSUME EVERYONE HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW IT.
I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE BILL LIST FROM SEPTEMBER 1ST TO SEPTEMBER 30TH IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,108,048 AND 37 CENTS.
I HAVE AN MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE BILL LIST FOR THE PERIOD SEPTEMBER ONE THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2022 IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,108,048 AND 37 CENTS.
[APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
MEETING PACKET, WE HAD, UH, SOME MINUTES FROM LAST, UH, MONTH'S REGULAR MEETING.UH, IF, UH, IF THERE'S NO CORRECTIONS, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE SEPTEMBER 19TH, 2022 REGULAR MEETING.
I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE MEETING MINUTES FROM SEPTEMBER 19TH, 2022.
AND, UH, WE HAVE NO PUBLIC HEARING TONIGHT.
[OLD BUSINESS]
OLD BUSINESS, WE, UH, ARE ASKED TO CONSIDER ADOPTING RESOLUTION 2022 DASH 35, ACCEPTING DEDICATION OF RIGHT AWAY FOR TREES WAY.IS THAT WHO I NEED TO CALL IN HERE? YES.
UM, TREES WAY IS A DEVELOPMENT OF, IT'S A EIGHT LOT SUBDIVISION, I THINK SEVEN LOT SUBDIVISION, UH, VERY SMALL SUBDIVISION OFF OF, UM, UM, THE NORTH PART OF THE TOWNSHIP.
THEY'VE, IT'S BEEN BUILT FOR A WHILE.
WE'VE BEEN CHASING THE DEVELOPER DOWN TO FINISH SOME THINGS UP.
HE'S FINALLY FINISHED THEM UP AND NOW IT'S, IT'S, WE'RE GETTING, WE'RE TAKING THE STREET FROM THEM.
IT'S, IT'S A VERY SMALL CUL-DE-SAC.
WE ARE GETTING A SNOW EASEMENT TO MAKE TOM'S TOM RUB BELT'S LIFE A LITTLE EASIER WHEN THEY DO COME IN AND, AND, AND PLOW THE STREET.
UM, NOT MUCH TO REALLY SAY ABOUT IT, IT'S JUST A TYPICAL CLOSE OUT OF A PROJECT.
AND THEY COMPLETED ALL THE WORKS? YES.
I MOVE THAT WE, UH, CONSIDER ADOPTING RESOLUTION 2022 DASH 35, ACCEPTING DEDICATION OF RIGHT AWAY FOR TREES WAY.
I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 2022 DASH 35, ACCEPTING DEDICATION OF RIGHT AWAY FORRES WAY.
[NEW BUSINESS]
RIGHT.AND, UH, UNDER NEW BUSINESS, MR. SHEERMAN, ARE YOU GONNA PRESENT OUR 2023 OPERATING AND CAPITAL BUDGET TO US? VERY HIGH LEVEL, UH, VERY PRELIMINARY.
UM, THIS IS THE EARLIEST WE'VE EVER, UH, GOT THE BUDGET PROCESS DONE.
UM, AS YOU KNOW, WE STARTED HAVING SOME WORKSHOPS SHORTLY AFTER WE APPROVED LAST YEAR'S BUDGET TO GIVE ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS AND THE NEW BOARD MEMBERS SOME INSIGHTS INTO HOW OUR DEPARTMENTS, UM, OPERATES.
SO I THINK THAT WAS A GOOD PRIMER.
UM, WE TOOK SOME OF THAT INFORMATION AND, UH, PUT IT INTO, UH, THE PRELIM, WHAT WE WOULD CALL OUR PRELIMINARY BUDGET.
THIS IS, UH, UH, THE, THE STARTING POINT.
UM, AFTER TONIGHT, THIS BUDGET OFFICIALLY BECOMES THE BOARD, UH, TO SIT DOWN, UH, THROUGH SOME SCHEDULE WORKSHOPS, UH, TO TRY TO GET INTO THE WEEDS AND MAKE ANY FURTHER REFINEMENTS THAT I'VE ALREADY DONE.
WE STARTED, UH, WITH SOME SIGNIFICANT ASKS, AND I'VE PAIRED IT BACK TO I, WHERE I THINK IT'S A, A GOOD REASONABLE DOCUMENT FOR, UH, FURTHER REVIEW.
AND I THINK BY GETTING THIS STARTED TONIGHT, WE'LL HAVE MOST OF, UH, NOVEMBER AND, UH, REST OF THIS MONTH TO REALLY GET IN.
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WE DON'T FEEL RUSHED LIKE WE DID LAST YEAR.SO I'M JUST GONNA, I PUT TOGETHER A FEW SLIDES JUST TO GIVE EVERYBODY AN IDEA OF WHERE WE'RE COMING FROM, TRYING TO TAKE A VERY COMPLEX DOCUMENT AND, AND TRY TO MAKE IT, UH, SPEAK TO IT AS EASILY AS I CAN.
UM, WE'RE LOOKING, UH, THIS YEAR IT'S A VERY, UH, AT OUR, OUR TOTAL PIE BETWEEN OUR CAPITAL COSTS AND OUR OPERATING COSTS, UM, IS ABOUT 62, UH, 0.6 MILLION.
WE, WE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A PRETTY SIZABLE CAPITAL EXPENSE THIS YEAR.
A LOT OF THAT IS, UM, IN THE AREA OF, UH, THE FEMA MITIGATION PROJECTS THAT WE GOT SOME GRANTS FOR, UH, IN THE MONTCLAIR AREA.
BUT I WANTED TO START WITH THIS HIGH LEVEL, UH, PIE GRAPH BETWEEN, UH, THE CAPITAL AND THE OPERATING NEXT SLIDE.
I WANNA JUST SAY 31% OF OUR 2023 BUDGET.
UM, IT'S, I THINK IT IS WORTH TO VERY NOTEWORTHY, IS ABOUT $19.5 MILLION IN, UM, FLOOD UH, MITIGATION GRANTS THAT WE HAVE BEEN AWARDED BY FEMA, UM, TO, UH, UM, DECONSTRUCT AND, UM, 45 HOMES IN THE FLOOD PLAIN.
AND I WANT TO GIVE A NICE SHOUT OUT TO, UM, UH, TO BRIAN BOR ACHE AND OUR CONSULTANT SUSAN MAZZITELLI.
BUT BRIAN'S DONE A LOT OF OMAN'S WORK.
I THINK A GOOD 80 OR 90% OF HIS TIME HAS BEEN TOTALLY FOCUSED ON TRYING TO GET, UH, THE, A LOT OF HANDHOLDING WITH THE RESIDENTS, A LOT OF PATIENTS THAT'S REQUIRED WHENEVER YOU'RE DEALING WITH FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
SO I, I THINK, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE, UM, I THINK WE'RE AT A, AT A, AT A HOLDING PATTERN, RIGHT? UNTIL WE HEAR, UM, WHEN WE CAN START GETTING THE MONIES.
BUT WE, UH, FEEL CONFIDENT THAT WE ARE EXPECTING THIS AMOUNT OF MONEY IN THE, UH, NEXT YEAR.
THIS IS, UNFORTUNATELY, SPIKES OUR BUDGET BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE USUALLY DON'T HAVE 20 MILLION ITEMS IN A CAPITAL BUDGET.
SO WE'LL BE GOING BACK, UH, TO A, A MORE NORMAL PATTERN IN 2024.
BUT I THOUGHT THIS WAS WORTH A SHOUT OUT JUST TO, THIS IS A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT THAT WE'RE PUTTING INTO, UM, IN, INTO OUR, INTO OUR AREA.
AND THERE'S SOME OTHER PROJECTS IN MONTCLAIR THAT I'LL SPEAK TO LATER.
UH, THIS IS THE BREAKDOWN OF OUR, OUR, OF OUR BUDGET.
WE HAVE, UH, ABOUT TWO GENERAL OPERATING ACCOUNTS.
UH, WE HAVE THE GENERAL FUND, UH, AT, UH, THAT WE'RE BUDGETING AT 20, PROPOSING TO BUDGET AT $24 MILLION AND OUR SEWER ENTERPRISE FUND AT ABOUT $4 MILLION.
WE DID GET WORD, UM, LATE LAST WEEK.
I HAVEN'T SEEN IT, UM, ACTUALLY IN WRITING, JOHN, I KNOW YOU WERE AT THE, UM, AT THE PLANT, BUT THAT WE'RE EXPECTING SOME TYPE OF INCREASE IN THE, UM, IN THE, UH, I THINK IN BOTH LEVELS, BOTH THE, THE FLOW AND THAT, THAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME.
BUT, UM, I THINK IT'S GONNA, IT'S, IT'S, UH, SOMETHING WE'LL HAVE TO PASS ON THROUGH OUR RATES, AND I'LL HAVE BILL SPEAK TO THAT AT APPROPRIATE TIME.
AT THE, UH, CAPITAL, WE HAVE, UH, SIX, UH, PRIMARY FUNDS THAT ARE MAKING UP OUR CAPITAL ACCOUNT, UH, AND, UH, A NEW ONE THAT WE CREATED THIS YEAR.
UH, THAT ONE, ONE OF OUR TAKEAWAYS FROM THE WORKSHOPS WAS THAT WE HAVE NOT THE BEST WAY OF BUDGETING FOR SOME OF OUR CAPITAL EQUIPMENT.
WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, UH, UM, SPIKES IN SOME YEARS.
AND THEN, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO FIND A WAY WHERE WE CAN SMOOTH, UM, THE WAY IN WHICH WE BUDGET, UH, FOR OUR CAPITAL EQUIPMENT.
WE'RE NOT TRYING TO, WE WERE EXPLORING, UH, WE DID EXPLORE GOING THROUGH A CAPITAL LEASE PROGRAM, BUT AS YOU KNOW, INTEREST RATES ARE REALLY GOING UP.
AND SO I, WE, WE DID A LOT OF, UM, INTROSPECTION AT OUR FUNDS, AT OUR OTHER FUNDS.
SO WE'RE GONNA BE DOING SOME INTERNAL PROPOSING THAT WE DO SOME INTERNAL FINANCING, UH, OF SOME OF OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS USING SOME GRANT REVENUES THAT WE'VE, UH, COME ACROSS OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
UH, AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE PARKS AND OPEN SPACE FUND, OUR STORMWATER MANAGEMENT FUND, UH, WE'RE, WE DELAYED ABOUT A YEAR IMPLEMENTING OUR STORMWATER MANAGEMENT FEE, UM, BECAUSE OF SOME, BEEN FOLLOWING SOME LITIGATION IN SOME OTHER TOWNS.
SO I THINK WE'RE PROBABLY GONNA BE READY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT NEXT YEAR.
UH, WE GOT THE SEWER CAPITAL FUND.
UM, OUR CAPITAL EXPENDITURE FUND IS WHERE WE PUT ALL OTHER, UM, NON SPECIALIZED FUNDS, UM, SUCH AS THE FEMA GRANTS.
SO THE FEMA GRANTS WILL BE GOING INTO OUR CAPITAL EXPENDITURE FUND, AND THEN OUR STATE LIQUID FUELS ROUNDS OUT.
OUR CAPITAL BUDGETS ABOUT 30, 34 POINT, UH, $1 MILLION.
UM, JUST, UH, THE GENERAL FUND IS THE OPERATING IS OUR MAIN OPERATING FUND.
UM, IT, IT'S THE ONE THAT FUNDS ALL OF OUR MAJOR DEPARTMENTS.
UM, I WANTED TO JUST GIVE SOME HIGHLIGHTS OVER SOME OF
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OUR REVENUES.UM, OUR, OUR PUBLIC SAFETY LEVY, WHICH IS, UM, A PORTION ACROSS TO POLICE AND FIRE EMS, UH, WE'RE BUDGETING AT $5.6 MILLION.
UM, REAL ESTATE TRANSFER TAX HAS DONE VERY WELL THIS YEAR.
UM, WE HAD BUDGETED ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS.
THAT THING IS, THAT HAS GONE MORE THAN TWO AND A HALF TIMES WHAT WE HAVE HAD BUDGETED, AND ANY MONIES ABOVE WHAT WE BUDGETED GOES DIRECTLY INTO OUR CAPITAL ON, UM, EARNED INCOME TAX.
WE'RE PROJECTING AT AROUND $12 MILLION.
UM, UM, I'M GETTING A RICHARD AND I ALWAYS HAVE A SPIRITED DISCUSSION.
IF WE THINK WE'RE HEADING INTO A, A RECESSION, WHAT IMPACT WILL THAT HAVE ON EARNED INCOME? YOU KNOW, WE WE'RE CERTAINLY IN AN INFLATIONARY ENVIRONMENT, BUT WHEN YOU HAVE, UM, WHEN YOU HAVE RIGHT, POTENTIALLY RISING, UM, UNEMPLOYMENT BASED ON, UM, ON A, UH, UM, AN INFLATIONARY ENVIRONMENT AND HIGHER INTEREST RATES, WE JUST REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT IMPACT THAT'S GOING TO MAKE.
ON THE E I T, WE'RE STILL TRYING TO RESOLVE WHAT THE POST PANDEMIC REALITY'S GONNA BE.
SO FAR, IT HASN'T AFFECTED A, A LOT.
OUR E I T, IT'S, UM, YOU STILL STAYING STEADY AT AROUND 11 TO 12 MILLION LOCAL SERVICE TAX.
UH, WE EXPECT TO STAY PRETTY LEVEL.
UH, THE PILOT PAYMENT IS WHAT WE GET FROM, UM, I BELIEVE THAT'S THE EXPO CENTER THAT'S GONE.
WE HAD RENEGOTIATED THAT, UM, A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO THAT'S GONE UP A LITTLE BIT.
UM, I THINK THAT'S GONNA BE HEADING DOWN A LITTLE BIT.
SOME OF THAT I THINK COMES, IS, UH, I BELIEVE SOME OF THAT COMES FROM OUR, UM, SOME OF OUR FRANCHISE FEES.
UM, AS YOU KNOW, MORE AND MORE PEOPLE ARE CUTTING THE CORD ON THEIR CABLE, SO WE EXPECT THAT REVENUE TO START LEVELING OFF OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS.
UM, UM, I THINK WE'RE PRETTY CONSERVATIVE ON INTEREST EARNINGS.
WHEN WE BUDGETED INTEREST EARNINGS, THE, THE FED HADN'T HIKED THE RATES AS MUCH, SO I WE'RE PRETTY CONFIDENT THAT OUR INTEREST EARNINGS MAY BE HIGHER THAN WHAT WE'RE, UH, WHAT WE'RE BUDGETING RENTS AND ROYALTIES.
UM, THAT'S SOME OF OUR TELECOMMUNICATION TOWERS, UH, REVENUES, CELLULAR LEASES, THE GRANTS AND REVENUE SHARED IS SOME OF OUR STATUTORY REVENUES THAT WE GET.
THAT THERE WAS A SPIKE LAST YEAR BECAUSE WE GOT OUR ONE SHARE OF OUR ARPA MONIES.
IN THAT GOES, IT COMES INTO THE GENERAL FUND, BUT THEN IT GOES RIGHT BACK OUT TO OUR CAPITAL ACCOUNTS.
UM, FEES AND PERMITS, UM, HAVE NO IDEA HOW THE INTEREST RATE ENVIRONMENT'S GONNA AFFECT BUILDING ACTIVITY NEXT YEAR.
I GUESS WE CAN CONTINUE TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION.
AND, UH, UH, AND, UM, EXPENDITURE, REFUNDS AND DELINQUENCIES.
THAT KIND OF ROUNDS OUT OUR, OUR BUDGET AT 24 MILLION.
MOVE ON TO THE EXPENDITURES IN OUR GENERAL FUND BOARD, THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT STAYING LEVEL AROUND 200, A LITTLE OVER 200,000.
ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE, UM, WILL BE LEVELING, KIND OF LEVELING AT 1.5.
SOME OF THESE OTHERS ARE JUST NORMAL ACCOUNTS THAT, UM, DON'T FLUCTUATE TOO MUCH AS OUR TAX COLLECTOR.
OUR LEGAL SERVICES, UM, POOL BUILDING EXPENSES, I THINK WE MAY HAVE UNDER, UNDER BUDGETED A LITTLE BIT, UM, WHAT WE ANTICIPATE SOME OF OUR OPERATING COSTS AT THE NEW FIRE STATION.
SO WE'RE GONNA BE MONITORING THAT.
I THINK WE TOOK THAT A LITTLE BIT.
UM, POLICE PROTECTION, UM, IS, UM, AROUND, UH, AROUND $7 MILLION.
SOME OF THAT DIFFERENTIAL OR SOME ADDITIONAL CAPITAL COSTS THAT, UM, THE CHIEF HAD REQUESTED.
AND IT'S ALSO, WE'VE, WE'VE PUT IN, UH, A, A, UH, AN ALLOWANCE FOR RECYCLING OF OUR POLICE CARS OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS.
PLANNING AND ZONING PRETTY MUCH LEVEL PUBLIC WORKS.
UM, YOU'RE GONNA SEE A BIG BUMP ON THAT, UH, AND IT'S WORTH IT.
TAKING A LITTLE PAUSE ON THIS, OUR MAJOR, ONE MAJOR, UM, PROJECT, UH, THAT WE WERE THINKING ABOUT THAT WE MIGHT HAVE TO BOND WAS THE PUBLIC WORKS EXPANSION PROJECT.
THAT INCLUDES, UM, UH, EXPANSION OF THE FACILITY SO THAT WE CAN COVER OUR VEHICLES.
PART OF THAT'S, UH, STORM WATER MANAGEMENT RELATED.
UM, UM, EXPANDING OUR SALT SHED AND OUR FUEL TANK, UM, NEEDS TO BE REPLACED.
AND GENERAL OTHER SITE IMPROVEMENTS IS COMING AROUND ANYWHERE BETWEEN FIVE TO $6 MILLION.
RICH RICHARD AND I SAT DOWN WITH JAMIE LESINGER FROM PFM ON, YOU KNOW, ON THE MERITS OF WHETHER WE WOULD WANNA BOND THIS, BUT, UM, UH, WE WENT THROUGH A BIG EXERCISE ON WHETHER WE COULD, UM, UH, UM, HANDLE THIS TYPE OF, UM, EXPENDITURE.
AND I THINK WE, THE WAY WE'VE DONE IT WITH SOME GRANT MONIES THAT WE'VE GOT GOTTEN IN,
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WE THINK WE CAN, UH, PAY FOR THIS OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS BY DOING INTERNAL FINANCING.WHEN WE GET INTO DISCUSSIONS OF SOME OF THE, UH, FUNDS, UH, CAPITAL FUNDS, I'LL GO INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL ON THAT.
UM, PARKS AND RECREATION, UH, IS, UH, IS AROUND, UM, A MILLION DOLLARS OR ABOUT 8 94 THAT'S KIND OF MARRIED TO THE, UH, PARK AND OPEN SPACE FUND, WHICH, UM, I'LL GO INTO A LITTLE DETAIL ON THAT.
OUR TRANSFERS OUT, A LOT OF OUR TRANSFERS OUT GOES DIRECTLY INTO THE FUNDING OF SOME OF OUR OTHER CAPITAL ACCOUNTS.
SO THAT ROUNDS OUT AROUND, UH, 24, 20 4 MILLION STA STAFF CAME IN, UH, REQUESTING A LITTLE OVER 30 SOME MILLION DOLLARS.
AND SO WE'VE NARROWED THAT DOWN SUBSTANTIALLY AND IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE BOARD MEMBERS AT YOUR WORKSHOPS.
WANNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR SEWER REVENUES BILL.
THIS IS WHERE YOU CAN CHIME IN A LITTLE BIT.
UM, GENERALLY THIS IS A PRETTY LEVEL FUNDED ACCOUNT, BUT WE DO INCLUDE PASS THROUGH CHARGES FROM THE LOWER HER VALLEY REGIONAL SEWER AUTHORITY.
AND THERE'S BEEN SOME HIKES THERE THAT WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT.
UM, LAST TUESDAY, I GUESS WE HAD OUR MONTHLY MEETING, UM, AND THE MANAGER PRESENTED TO THE BOARD MEMBERS, UH, PROPOSED BUDGET FOR 23.
THAT INCLUDED A $2 PER MONTH INCREASE IN THE RENTAL RATE FOR EACH HOME.
IT'S CURRENTLY $15 PER MONTH, SO WE GO UP TO 17, AND THAT WOULD BE A PASS THROUGH TOWNSHIP WOULD'VE TO SEE HOW THEY LIKE TO RECOVER THAT MONEY, IF THEY WANNA INCREASE THE RATES TO THE RESIDENTS OR LOOK AT THE BUDGET AND MAYBE THEY CAN EAT THAT MONEY.
I DON'T KNOW, WHATEVER YOU, WHATEVER YOU FOLKS HAVE TO DO.
BUT, UH, IT APPEARS THAT THAT'S WHAT THE REGIONAL AUTHORITY'S GONNA DO, IS TO INCREASE THE RATE FROM THE CURRENT, UH, $180 PER $180 A YEAR TO $204 A YEAR FOR THAT THERE.
LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW, THEY HAVET ADOPTED THAT.
IT'S WAS THE MANAGER PRESENTING IT TO THE BOARD.
THAT'S WHAT'S UNDER CONSIDERATION DOWN AT THE REGIONAL BOARD.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, UM, THEY AUTHORIZED OUR FIRM TO DO A TAPPING FEE STUDY, UM, UPDATE.
UH, IT APPEARS THAT, THAT THEIR TAPPING FEE, THE CAPITAL FEE THAT THEY CHARGE FOR A NEW HOME TO BE BUILT AND CONNECTED TO THE SYSTEM, UM, GO FROM APPROXIMATELY $2,600 A YEAR UP TO $3,900 A YEAR.
IT'S LIKE THAT'S WHAT THAT'LL, AGAIN, THAT'S AN AUTHORIZATION FOR, TO DO THE STUDY.
IT HAS, THEY HAVEN'T ADOPTED THOSE FEES.
UH, NORMALLY THE BOARD DOWN THERE, UM, ADOPTS THE FEES AND BUDGET IN DECEMBER, UH, EFFECTIVE JANUARY ONE OF 23.
THAT'S THEIR NORMAL PROCEDURE DOWN THERE.
BUT, UH, TOWNSHIP MAY WANT TO CONSIDER THOSE NUMBERS.
FUTURE BUDGETING PROCESS HERE.
TALKED TO MIKE MCGAHN DOWN THERE, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR DIRECTLY.
I THINK BRIAN, YOU MAY HAVE SPOKEN WITH MIKE TODAY A LITTLE BIT LAST FEW DAYS.
THAT'S WHERE THE REGIONAL AUTHORITY IS WITH THEIR FEES.
UM, WE DID TALK ABOUT HERE AT THE STAFF LEVEL, UM, POSSIBLY LOOKING AT THE TOWNSHIP SEWER TAPPING FEE.
ALSO, THE ISSUE YOU HAVE HERE, OBVIOUSLY IN THIS COMMUNITY IS EXTENDED PUBLIC SEWERS TO EXISTING RESIDENTS.
SEVERAL AREAS THAT THE LARGEST PROJECT BEING A TEN ONE RUN PROJECT, WE PUBLISHED NUMBERS TO THOSE FOLKS IS THE CURRENT FEE STRUCTURE IS X, YOU KNOW, THAT.
SO, UM, THIS WOULD IMPACT THEIR CONNECTION FEE.
SO SOME SORT OF NOTIFICATION TO THEM WHEN KNOW ABOUT THE FEES OR GIVE THEM SOME OPPORTUNITY TO PAY UP FRONT OR WHATEVER THE RIGHT THING IS.
THAT CONCLUDES MY, WE'RE WAITING FOR SOMETHING IN WRITING.
SO FAR ALL THIS HAS BEEN VERBAL.
UM, I HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING IN THAT.
YEAH, AGAIN, THE BOARD WILL NOT ADOPT ANYTHING PROBABLY DECEMBER, DECEMBER, SUSPECT.
I MEAN, JOHN, YOU CAN SPEAK TO THIS TO YOU, THE BOARD MEMBER
SO, AND THAT'S UNDER CONSIDERATION RIGHT NOW.
WHEN DO WE PAY THIS? 2,600 OR $3,900? I MEAN, THAT'S A 50% INCREASE.
A DEVELOPER, JUST LIKE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU GET A PLAN APPROVED OR BEND NEW HOMES HERE, YOU GOTTA TAP INTO THE STORE SYSTEM.
THEN WHEN THAT DEVELOPER, UM, RECORDS HIS SUBDIVISION PLANS, HE EITHER PAYS IT THE RECORDING OF THE SUBDIVISION PLAN OR AT THE TIME OF BUILDING PERMIT, BUILDING PERMIT ISSUES, BUILDING PERMIT ISSUANCE IS WHEN THEY DEVELOPER WOULD PAY THEM.
NOW AGAIN, YOU GOT JOE RESIDENT, MARY RESIDENT OUT THERE WHO OWNS AN EXISTING HOME.
YOU'VE EXTENDED PUBLIC SEWERS IN FRONT OF, AND THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONNECT.
THEY'RE NOT MANDATED TO CONNECT.
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BUT AGAIN, THESE FEES ARE INCREASING SHORTLY.SO IF THEY WANNA SAVE A FEW DOLLARS, YOU CAN BUY YOUR ED ANY TIME.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO CONNECT FOR FIVE YEARS OR 10 YEARS OR WHATEVER IT IS.
SAVE IT IN THE BANK, YOU KNOW, THAT WANT TO, YEAH, BILL BILL'S, RIGHT? THE BOARD HAD DISCUSSED IT, BUT WE HAVEN'T DECIDED WE'RE WAITING FOR THE REPORT TO COME BACK FROM BILLS COMING IN SAYS, UH, THIS IS WHAT WE SHOULD DO AND, UH, WE'LL MAKE A DECISION THEN.
I MEAN, IT'S MATERIALS, LABOR.
WHAT IS, BE INTERESTED TO SEE WHAT THAT IS, IS, UH, ALL TIED TO THE ENGINEERING NEWS RECORD INDEX COST INDICES.
AND SO THE STUDY, THE LAST STUDY WAS DONE IN 17 OR 18, SO YOU GOT A SIX YEAR INFLATION, AND OBVIOUSLY THIS LAST YEAR IT'S GONE UP VERY SIGNIFICANTLY.
OH, WHENEVER THEY VOTE ON THE INCREASE, IT'D BE NICE IF THEY COULD, UH, UH, MAKE IT EFFECTIVE FOR TWO MONTHS SO THAT YOU GIVE FOLKS A CHANCE TO PREPAY THAT.
THE OLD RATE, I'LL LEAVE ABSOLUTELY STEVE SEWER BOARD THAT ROUNDS OUT ALL OF OUR OPERATING COSTS.
I'M GONNA PIVOT NOW TO OUR CAPITAL BUDGET.
IF I CAN MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
UM, GONNA JUST GO OVER BRIEFLY OUR, UM, CAPITAL FUNDS.
AND WHAT WE'VE TRIED TO DO THIS YEAR, UM, AND I THINK I PUT THIS IN MY TRANSMITTAL LETTER, IS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET AWAY FROM JUST GOING DOING SINGLE BUDGET YEARS.
WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO DO FIVE YEAR, YOU KNOW, WELL OBVIOUSLY DOING, UM, BUDGET FOR 2023, BUT WE'RE ALWAYS TRYING TO DO IT THROUGH A FRAMEWORK OF A FIVE YEAR OPERATING BUDGET SO WE CAN FORECAST BETTER WHERE SOME OF OUR, UM, UM, SPIKES ARE IN THE FUTURE SO WE CAN ACCOUNT FOR THEM EARLIER THAN, RATHER THAN REACTING TO THEM DOWN THE ROAD.
SO, UM, YOU'LL SEE ON A LOT OF THESE CAPITAL BUDGETS, UM, KIND OF FIVE YEAR FORECASTS, UM, WHERE WE START OUT WITH SOME OF OUR BEGINNING BALANCES AND DIG BALANCES.
AND I'LL TRY TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE MAJOR PROJECTS THAT ARE BEING FUNDED OUT OF EACH OF THESE.
UM, EACH OF THESE FUNDS, THE INTERNAL SERVICE FUND IS, UH, A NEW FUND THAT RICHARD AND I CREATED ARE PROPOSING THAT WE CREATE, AND IT'S, UH, IT'S BASICALLY DESIGNED FOR A FLEET REPLACEMENT SCHEDULE.
UM, WHAT WE'RE WANTING TO DO IS WE'RE EXPECTING, UH, SOME ONE TIME WINDFALLS OF SOME REVENUES COMING IN.
UH, WE'RE EXPECTING ABOUT A $2 MILLION REIMBURSEMENT FROM THE, UH, FROM THE FIREHOUSE.
UM, THAT'S A REIMBURSABLE GRANT THAT WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED YET.
I THINK WE'RE ANTICIPATING RECEIVING THAT THIS YEAR AND BORROWING A LITTLE BIT FROM THE SEWER FUND LOAN TO PREFUND, UH, THIS ACCOUNT FOR FLEET REPLACEMENT.
AND SO WHAT WE'LL WE'LL DO IS, UM, OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, UH, WE'LL BE ASSESSING EACH DEPARTMENT A CERTAIN FEE SO THAT WE CAN, WHATEVER WE BUDGET, IT'S MORE OF A FIXED, VARY A LITTLE BIT, BUT MORE OF A FIXED FEE EVERY YEAR FOR, UM, FOR SOME OF OUR REPLACEMENTS.
UM, THE POLICE, UH, IS STARTING TO LOOK AT GETTING MORE HYBRID VEHICLES IN OUR FLEET.
SO, UM, AND, AND WE'RE TRYING TO FIND WAYS TO AT LEAST, UM, I DON'T SEE US GOING TOTALLY EV BUT AT LEAST POSSIBLY LOOKING AT STARTING TO INTRODUCE MORE HYBRIDS, UM, AND TO THE FLEET.
UM, I, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WHEN WE HAVE OUR WORKSHOPS, WE, WE REALLY NEED TO ROLL UP OUR SLEEVES AND GO GET MORE INTO THE DETAILS IN SOME OF THESE EQUIPMENT.
I, I DO THINK THERE CAN PROBABLY BE A LITTLE BIT MORE VETTING, BUT I WANTED TO AT LEAST SEE HOW THIS, UM, AT LEAST THE, THIS MECHANISM WORKED.
SO I THOUGHT THIS WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO START THIS, AND WE CAN LOOK AT THIS OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS.
SO THIS IS MORE OF OUR CAPITAL FLEET.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT, UM, ALLOCATIONS AND FLEET OUTIES FOR POLICE.
UM, OUR PUBLIC WORKS, A BIG DISCUSSION WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO HAVE, UM, IS, IS OUR FIRE, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT'S ASKING FOR TWO, UM, REPLACEMENT FIRE TRUCKS.
UM, UH, AND I FORGOT, I I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT BRAND THEY ARE, BUT THEY'RE, THEY'RE PRICEY
THEY'RE MILLION DOLLARS TODAY, RIGHT? BY THE TIME WE GET THEM IN TWO YEARS, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT, WHAT THE PRICE IS.
THE SUPPLY CHAIN IS AFFECTING EVERYTHING.
SO, UM, I THINK WE SHOULD AT LEAST FUND ONE OF THEM.
UM, THE CHIEF AND I HAVE HAD SOME DISCUSSIONS ON HOW WE MIGHT WANNA TRY TO APPROACH, UM, ADDRESSING SOME OF OUR AGING APPARATUS.
I THINK THE LONG TERM SOLUTION IS THAT WE NEED TO WORK MORE REGIONALLY WITH OUR, UM, OTHER TOWNS, UM, IN TERMS OF SHARING AND COORDINATING APPARATUS.
SO I THINK THAT, THAT I WOULD, THAT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO LOOK AT LONG TERM.
UM, SIMILAR TO WHAT I'VE DONE WITH THE INTERNAL SERVICE FUND.
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THE, UM, SOME OF THE INTERNAL SERVICE FUND COMMENTS AND SOME OF THE OTHER EQUIPMENT.WE'RE DOING THE SAME PAYBACK FOR POLICE IN PUBLIC WORKS AND EMERG AND, UH, AND THE, AND FOR THE EMERGENCY SERVICES, WE'RE TRYING TO CALCULATE THE PAYBACKS BASED ON THE ESTIMATED LIFE USAGE OF EACH VEHICLE.
UM, YOU GET MORE LIFE OUT OF A FIRE TRUCK.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT POSSIBLY PAYING BACK ANY INTERNAL LOAN FOR A FIRE TRUCK AT SEVEN YEARS.
UM, SO IF WE CAN MAKE THIS WORK, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE FINANCING THIS EQUIPMENT OURSELVES AT 0% INTEREST VERSUS PAYING A LEASING IN COMPANY FIVE OR 6% TO PAY FOR THIS.
SO IF WE CAN MAKE THIS WORK, I'D LIKE TO SEE IF WE CAN.
UH, NEXT, NEXT ITEM IS THE PARK AND OPEN SPACE FUND.
UH, THIS IS THE, UH, FUND THAT, UH, GETS, UH, THE, IT'S A $4,000 PER UNIT.
I GOT SOME, UH, THE MAIN FUNDING SOURCE OF THIS FUND OVER THE PRIOR YEARS HAS BEEN DEVELOPER CONTRIBUTIONS.
AND OCCASIONALLY WE GIVE CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE, FROM THE GENERAL FUND.
WE WE'RE LOOKING AT A, A BEGINNING BALANCE IN THAT FUND THIS YEAR OF AROUND 700,000.
UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT BRINGING IN ABOUT 1,000,002 IN DEVELOPER FEES THIS YEAR.
UM, UM, BASED ON, UH, THE ESTIMATES PROVIDING ME FROM THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, UH, THE GENERAL FUND CONTRIBUTION, UH, UH, WE NEED TO HAVE A DISCUSSION AT ONE OF OUR WORKSHOPS ON IF WE WANNA, UH, START INVESTING MORE IN OPEN ANY, ANY TYPE OF OPEN SPACE OR SOME PROPERTIES THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION THAT WE MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN EITHER ACQUIRING AS FAR AS EASEMENTS TO EXPAND OUR TRAIL SYSTEMS OR, UM, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN PUBLIC.
BUT, SO WE PUT AN ALLOCATION OUT THERE FOR THAT.
WE'RE LOOKING AT TRYING TO, UM, SEVERAL, UH, A REGULAR REPLACEMENT SCHEDULE FOR OUR TRAIL OUTLAYS, OUR GENERAL PARK ENHA PARK ENHANCEMENTS.
OUR ONE MAJOR PROJECT THAT WE'RE FOCUSING ON NEXT YEAR, UH, IS, UM, INSTALLING BATHROOMS AND, UM, UH, AND OTHER, UH, AND I THINK SOME ADDITIONAL PAVILIONS TO A AUGMENT THE, UH, THE, UH, NEW PLAYGROUND SET.
I THINK THAT'S BEEN ONE OF OUR BIGGEST ASKS.
UM, IT'S BEEN A VERY POPULAR VENUE, BUT, UM, LITTLE KIDS STILL HAVE TO USE THAT.
UM, AND SIM SIMILAR TO THE INTERNAL SERVICE FUND, WE'RE ALSO TRYING TO DO PAYBACKS TO THE, UH, TO THE PARKS FUND FOR LONG TERM CAPITAL PROJECTS.
EVEN THOUGH THE, UH, THE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT COSTS AROUND $800,000, WE'VE ASSIGNED ABOUT A 10 YEAR LIFE TO THAT.
SO WE'RE ASKING THE PARKS DEPARTMENT TO PAY, WE'RE TRYING TO ASSESS, UM, ONE 10TH OF THAT BACK INTO THE, UH, FUND $80,000.
SO I THINK IF YOU LOOK AT THE BOTTOM LINE BALANCES, UM, THAT THAT FUND SHOULD BE PRETTY HEALTHY SO THAT WE CAN DO AT LEAST ONE MAJOR PROJECT A YEAR.
I THINK WHEN YOU LOOK INTO YEARS 25 AND 26, YOU'RE GONNA START SEEING OUR DEVELOPER CONTRIBUTIONS, UM, UM, GOING DOWN.
CAUSE I THINK OUR LAST MAJOR PROJECTS ARE BEING DEVELOPED.
I THINK YOU'RE GONNA SEE MAYBE SOME MINOR INFILL DEVELOPMENTS, BUT I THINK DOWN IT START PROBABLY STARTING IN 25, 26, UM, THAT FUNDING SOURCE IS NOT GONNA BE THERE.
NEXT ONE, UH, THIS IS OUR STORMWATER FUND.
UM, UM, THIS IS ONE AREA WHERE, UH, I WANTED TO DISCUSS HOW WE PLAN TO FINANCE THE PUBLIC WORKS EXPANSION IN LIEU OF DOING A BOND.
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING IS, UH, FUNDING THIS OUT OF THREE DIFFERENT, UM, FUNDING SOURCES.
UH, ONE WOULD BE OUR STORMWATER FUND.
UH, ANOTHER ONE WOULD BE OUR, UM, SEWER FUND.
AND ANOTHER ONE WOULD BE OUR, UM, GENERAL OPERATING OR GENERAL CAPITAL SUN FOR THE MAIN PURPOSES OF, UM, ADDRESSING SOME OF THE STORM WATER MANDATES THAT, UH, WE HAVE TO MEET DOWN AT THE FACILITY, UM, MANAGING SOME OF THE, UM, SEWER APPARATUS THAT WE HAVE, KEEPING THAT BETTER MAINTAINED AND GENERAL NONS SEWER, NON STORM WATER STUFF.
SO I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO FIND, UH, WAYS TO FUND THIS OVER A 10 YEAR PERIOD THROUGH THESE OTHER FUND.
SO, LONG STORY SHORT, IF YOU LOOK AT ONE OF THE, UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT FUNDING ONE THIRD OF THE, OF THE, UH, PUBLIC WORKS EXPANSION OUT OF THE STORMWATER FUND, SIMILAR TO THE INTERNAL SERVICE FUND WHERE WE PREFUNDED, UM, THAT WITH THE, UM, GRANT, THE TWO THOU $2 MILLION GRANT WE'RE, WE'VE BEEN PUTTING ASIDE ALL THE MONIES THAT WE'VE GOTTEN FROM THE APA MONIES.
THAT WAS THE COVID RELIEF MONIES.
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SEEDING THIS ACCOUNT WITH ABOUT $2 MILLION IN APA MONIES AND A GENERAL FUND LOAN TO GET THIS PROJECT STARTED.WE ALSO HAVE SOME MAJOR STORMWATER PROJECTS.
UM, ONE OF WHICH I BELIEVE IS BILL HELPED ME IS THAT LAUREL LANE WE DOING, IS THAT THE LAUREL LANE GUMS ROAD? I'M SORRY? GUMS ROAD.
UM, AND WE HAVE OUR ANNUAL MS FOUR OPERATIONS AND THE ANNUAL OUTFLOW TESTING.
SO WE'VE TRIED TO, UM, CREATE A, WHERE THIS FUND WILL BE BALANCED AND, AND, UM, SOLVENT OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
THIS IS OUR SEWER CAPITAL FUND.
AGAIN, YOU'LL SEE THAT $2 MILLION AIRMARK FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS FACILITY.
AND, UM, SOME OTHER PROJECTS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS THE GREENWOOD AVENUE, UM, THE MENINGO PUMP STATION UPGRADE.
UM, AND THEN SOME OTHER PROJECTS THAT WE'RE FORECASTING SOME BIG ONES OUT.
AND THIS IS WHY WE DO FIVE YEAR FORECASTING, CUZ WE LOOK, WE'RE LOOKING AT SOME MAJOR PROJECTS OUT IN 2025, THAT'S THE, UM, SECOND AVENUE FORCE MAIN GRAVITY SEWER LINE AND THEN THE, UM, EAST LINFIELD ROAD SPROUSE CIRCLE AND THE ER ROAD TO MEADOW WOOD.
AND I THINK AFTER WE GET THOSE PROJECTS DONE, I THINK THE TOWNSHIP'S PRETTY WELL SUED.
AM I RIGHT BRIAN? I THINK THOSE ARE THE, THOSE THAT REPRE AFTER THOSE MAJOR PROJECTS IN 2025 WILL BRING US TO, UM, THE ANNUAL, ANNUAL, UH, AUTHORIZED ANNUAL OPERATIONS IS BUNNIES THAT WE PUT IN EVERY YEAR TO MAINTAIN OUR SEWER SYSTEMS THAT THE VIDEO, THE VIDEOING OF OUR, UM, OUR SEWER LINES TO MAINTAIN GOOD EYE AND EYE.
UM, I THINK WE ALWAYS HAD A RUN CIRCLES AROUND OTHER TOWNS AND HOW MUCH INFORMATION AND MAINTENANCE WE PUT INTO OUR, OUR I AND I.
SO, UM, WE ARE LOOKING AT MAJOR FUNDING SOURCES.
UM, THAT IS THE, THE, THE REVENUE TRANSFERS FROM THE, UM, CAPITAL REVENUE FUND, WHICH WOULD GO DOWN, UM, IF WE DIDN'T PASS, PASS THROUGH THAT FEE FROM THE, THE AUTHORITY.
SO, SO THIS IS ASSUMING THAT WE DO PASS THROUGH THAT AND MAKE SOME ENHANCEMENTS TO ALLOW US TO AT LEAST TRANSFER ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR INTO OUR, UM, SEWER CAPITAL.
ALSO, WE'RE LOOKING AT SEWER ASSESSMENT FEES AND SOME ADDITIONAL EDU CAPACITY FEES, OTHER MAJOR FUNDING SOURCES IN THERE.
AND, UH, WE'VE LOOKED AT, LOOKED AT THIS FUND OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS AND IT'S, UH, PRETTY SOLVENT.
UM, WE'RE LOOKING AT BALANCES AND WHEN YOU HAVE A, WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH SEWER PROJECTS, YOU NEED A PRETTY SIZEABLE FUNDING BALANCE.
UM, CUZ YOU DON'T THE SLIGHTEST PROJECT OR THE SLIGHTEST HICCUP, IT'D BE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS.
SO WE, WE ALL JUST TRY TO MAKE SOME GOOD CUSHIONS.
NEXT, UH, SLIDE CAPITAL EXPENDITURE FUND.
THIS IS WHERE WE'RE, UM, PLACING THE ANTICIPATED MONIES FROM FEMA.
UM, WE'RE LOOKING AT, I BELIEVE, UH, THREE SEPARATE FEMA GRANTS THAT WILL BE TOLLING AROUND 19 19 MILLION.
UM, AND WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT, IN 2024, THE FUNDING OF THE WALNUT STREET RECONSTRUCTION.
WE WERE INITIALLY GONNA DO THAT THIS YEAR.
UH, WE WANT TO GET THE, THE MITIGATION PROJECTS OUT OF OUR WAY BEFORE WE DO ANY MAJOR PROJECTS DOWN AT WALNUT STREET.
SO, UM, AND THAT WASN'T INCLUDED IN THAT $19 MILLION I DID IN THE FIRST SLIDE.
SO THAT'S ANOTHER MONTCLAIR PROJECT AND, UH, UPWARD ROAD, UH, RECONSTRUCTION, UM, I THINK IS ALSO PIGEON.
IT WAS PLANNED FOR 2024, WHETHER WE WILL BE DOING IT NEXT YEAR, TALK ABOUT THAT.
AND ALSO, SIMILAR TO THE FIREHOUSE, ANY CAPITAL PAYBACK ASSESSMENTS FOR ANY INTERNAL BORROWING WILL BE ASSESSED TO THE, UH, PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
THAT'S WHY YOU'LL SEE THEIR OPERATING ACCOUNT GO UP BY ABOUT 600,000.
A LOT OF THAT'S INTERNAL PAYBACK ASSESSMENTS NEXT FIVE, AND I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S VERY HIGH LEVEL REVIEW.
THE ONLY FUND THAT I DIDN'T GO INTO WAS THE STATE LIQUID FUELS, BUT THAT'S A ONE TIME GRANT THAT WE GET EVERY YEAR ABOUT OF AROUND 625,000 THAT WE PLOW RIGHT BACK INTO OUR ROADS.
AND AS I UNDERSTAND, WE NEED TO ADVERTISE THE BUDGET NOW.
WE'RE GOING TO WORK THROUGH ABOUT FOUR WORKSHOPS
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TO SHARPEN THE PENCIL A BIT, AND THEN WE'LL, UH, PASS THE FINAL BUDGET IN DECEMBER.AND IN THE FINAL BUD, AND WHEN WE PASS THE FINAL BUDGET, WE GET A FUDGE FACTOR OF WHAT? ABOUT 10% FROM WHAT WE ADVERTISE.
IT'S 10% IN ONE FUND, RIGHT? 20 20% ACROSS AGGREGATE.
ANYONE? FUNDER, 25% OF THE ACT.
UM, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO, TO ADVERTISE THE, UH, 2023 BUDGET.
I'LL MAKE, I'M, EXCUSE ME, I'LL MAKING A MOTION TO ADVERTISE, UH, THE PRELIMINARY 2023 OPERATING AND CAPITAL BUDGET.
I HAVE A MOTION, A SECOND TO, UH, ADVERTISE THE PRELIMINARY 2023 OPERATING CAPITAL BUDGET.
AND, UH, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
AND NOW WE HAVE, UH, WE'RE GONNA CONSIDER RESOLUTION RESOLUTION 2022 DASH 36 GRANTING PRELIMINARY AND FINAL LAND DEVELOPMENT APPROVAL FOR THE 5 57 HOT WOOD ROAD MINOR SUBDIVISION.
JEFF, YOU WANNA GIVE US A QUICK WORD ABOUT THAT? I MEAN, I KNOW WE'VE BEEN, HAD TO SELL MANY A COUPLE TIMES.
ACTUALLY, I'LL HAND IT OFF TO THE APPLICANTS ENGINEER.
UH, JOEL COMMANDER WITH INLAND DESIGN, UH, JUST TO GIVE YOU A VERY BRIEF OVERVIEW, WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU IS A, UH, ESSENTIALLY A LAND SWAP, UH, BETWEEN TWO ADJACENT PARCELS, UH, WITH THE ADDITION OF, UM, INCORPORATING, EXCUSE ME, I'M TRYING TO GET THIS WORK IN HERE.
UH, INCORPORATING THE, UH, THIS EXISTING PARCEL IS A LANDLOCKED PARCEL, UH, OWNED BY THE OWNER OF THIS LOT HERE.
UH, WHAT'S BEING DONE IS THAT THAT PARCEL IS BEING DIVIDED INTO AND ADDED TO THIS EXISTING PARCEL, WHICH WE'RE CALLING LOT ONE AND THIS EXISTING PARCEL, WHICH WE'RE CALLING LOT TWO.
UH, AND IN ADDITION, THIS SMALL TRIANGLE IS BEING TRANSFERRED, UH, FROM TWO TO LOT ONE.
UH, SO THERE ARE NO NEW LOTS BEING PROPOSED, UH, AS A PART OF THIS.
UH, IT'S JUST A, A LAND SWAP AND COMBINATION BETWEEN THOSE EXISTING LOTS.
UH, THERE'S NO NEW CONSTRUCTION PROPOSED, UH, AS A PART OF THIS EITHER.
UH, SO THAT'S PROPOSAL YOU HAVE FOR YOU, YOU SAY THERE'S NO NEW CONSTRUCTION PROPOSAL.
IT'S, WE'RE JUST CLEANING UP THE, THE THAT IS CORRECT.
UM, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION, I'LL MAKE, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO A ADOPT RESOLUTION 2022 DASH 36 GRANT, PRELIMINARY AND FINAL, AND DEVELOPMENT APPROVAL FOR THE 5 57 HOPWOOD ROAD MINOR SUBDIVISION.
I HAVE A MOTION, A SECOND TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 2022 DASH 36 GRANTING PRELIMINARY AND FINAL AND DEVELOPMENT APPROVAL FOR THE 5 57 HOPWOOD ROAD MINOR SUBDIVISION.
AND, UH, NOW WE'RE, WE'RE, UH, GONNA CONSIDER ADOPTING RESOLUTION 2022 GRANNY PRELIMINARY AND FINAL LAND DEVELOPMENT APPROVAL.
ARE, UH, WE'RE GONNA CONSIDER DR.
RESOLUTION 20 22 37, PROVIDING NOTICE TO THE ELECTED TAX COLLECTOR IN ACCORDANCE WITH ACT ACT 57 OF 2022.
UM, I BELIEVE THIS WAS AN ACT OF THE LEGISLATURE AND WE JUST SIMPLY NEED TO PROVIDE HER LEGAL NOTICE THAT PASS.
AND YOU DO THIS, RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT.
I DID ALREADY PROVIDE A COPY OF THE RESOLUTION TO OUR TAX COLLECTOR, JULIE MULLEN.
SHE HAD NO QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS.
WE NEED TO PASS THIS, UH, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 20 20 22 DASH 37, PROVIDING NOTICE TO THE ELECTED TAX COLLECTOR IN ACCORDANCE WITH ACT 57 OF 2022.
HAVE A MOTION, A SECOND TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 2022 DASH 37, PROVIDING NOTICE TO THE ELECTED TAX COLLECTOR IN ACCORDANCE WITH ACT 57 OF 20 OF 22.
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ALL RIGHT.NOW WE'RE GONNA CONSIDER AUTHORIZING ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS FOR THE DESIGN WORK, UH, FOR THE ROUTE 29 SLASH DO RUN BOULEVARD TRAFFIC SIGNAL UPGRADE PROJECT.
THAT'S, UH, THIS ONE DOWN HERE ON 29, IT'S STILL SWINGING ON A WIRE.
WE NEED TO GO AHEAD AND GET THIS DONE.
I'M, I'LL MAKE A MOTION
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO AUTHORIZE THE ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS FOR THE DESIGN WORK FOR THE ROUTE 29.
DO RUN BOULEVARD TRAFFIC SIGNAL UPGRADE PROJECT.
AND PLEASE TELL ME AGAIN WHERE THAT ONE IS.
IT'S RIGHT DOWN HERE IN FRONT OF GLASS.
SO THERE'S A LITTLE ROAD THERE.
IT'S THE ENTRANCE TO GSK AND QUEST AS YOU'RE COMING FROM OUR COLA ROAD TO BLOCK ROCK ROAD.
IT'S THE ONLY LIGHT THAT'S STILL IN A WIRE.
WHEN TONIGHT, WHERE THE SIGNS, YOU KNOW, TELLING YOU STOP ON RED.
IT WAS, I I THINK THE OFFICERS PUT A SIGN OUT THERE.
IT SAYS, STOP ON RED AND I GET IT.
IT'S LIKE, UH, I THINK SOME PEOPLE HAVE BEEN GOING THROUGH THAT LATELY.
DO WE HAVE, DID I GET A SECOND ONE? I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION, JIM.
UH, I HAVE A, I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO AUTHORIZE THE ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS FOR THE DESIGN WORK FOR THE ROUTE 29 SLASH DOE RUN BOULEVARD TRAFFIC SIGNAL UPGRADE PROJECT.
[MANAGER AND DEPARTMENT HEAD REPORTS]
TO MANAGER AND DEPARTMENT HEAD REPORTS.DO YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT THE BOS TRACKER 10? DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? I HAVE A FEW, UH, TRACKERS, WHICH I'M GONNA UPDATES THAT I'LL PUT IN THE NEXT M MHR, UH, FOR YOU GUYS.
AND, UH, WE'RE FOLLOWING ON THE ER ROAD.
I THINK WE DISCUSSED THAT AT STAFF.
UM, AND, UH, AN OUTSTANDING ARTICLE ON THE FLOOD GAUGE IS IN THE NEWSLETTER.
[CONSULTANT REPORTS]
ENGINEERING AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT UPDATES.JUST BRIEFLY, UH, THE GUMS ROAD CULVERT PROJECT IS, UH, BIDS ARE DUE IN MID-NOVEMBER, SO WE'LL BE PRESENTING THOSE BIDS TO THE BOARD FOR CONSIDERATION AT YOUR NOVEMBER MEETING.
AND THE TINDY RUN SEWER PROJECT, UH, PIPES IN, WE STILL GOTTA PAVE, UH, FARM ROAD AND
WE'VE GOT, UH, FOUR, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER CONSULTANT REPORTS? I'M SORRY.
WE HAVE FOUR, UH, ESCROW RELEASES.
AGAIN, NOTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY, UM, OTHER THAN PAGE, A TREE WAY.
THAT'S THE ROAD DEDICATION WE HAD EARLIER.
AS PART OF THAT, WE'RE CLOSING OUT, UM, WE'RE RELEASING A HUNDRED, $2,000, BUT I'M HOLDING A A $52,000 MAINTENANCE BOND FOR THAT FOR 18 MONTHS, WHICH IS A STANDARD PROCEDURE.
SO I'VE RECEIVED THAT BOND, SO THIS IS READY TO GET CLOSED OUT.
AND, UH, I ASSUME YOU DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH ANY OF THESE? NO.
UH, I'LL READ THROUGH THESE AND THEN SOMEBODY CAN JUST SECOND ME.
HOW ABOUT THAT? UM, I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE ESCROW ESCROW RELEASES FOR A TREES WAY, THE GLEN THEO SUBDIVISION FINAL RELEASE, THE 102 TH $102,114 AND 11 CENTS, THE B RELEASE FOR 1615 EGYPT ROAD RELEASE NUMBER 11 FOR A HUNDRED THIRTY SEVEN, SEVEN HUNDRED $90 AND 34 CENTS FOR THE OXFORD LE C OXFORD LEE 3 57 GREENWOOD AVENUE, RELEASE NUMBER SIX FOR $192,109 AND 25 CENTS.
AND D, THE RESIDENCE AT PROVIDENCE TOWN CENTER.
RELEASE NUMBER TWO FOR $1,177,470 AND 17 CENTS.
I'LL SECOND OKAY WITH A MOTION IN A SECOND.
UH, AND NOW I'M GONNA TURN THE MEETING OVER TO MR. DINGMAN, WHO'S GONNA TALK TO US ABOUT MS FOUR POLLUTION REDUCTION PLAN.
UM, THIS IS THE, YOUR MS FOUR PROGRAM.
THAT'S A PERMIT THAT WAS ISSUED IN, WHAT, 2013, I GUESS WAS THE
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FIRST ONE.UM, IT WAS AN UPDATE IN 2018, 2018.
THERE WAS A REQUIREMENT TO DO WHAT THEY CALL POLLUTION REDUCTION PLAN FOR POLLUTANTS OF CONCERN IN THE TOWNSHIP.
UM, THE STREAMS THAT ARE IMPAIRED INTO TOWNSHIP OR THE DOUGH RUN THE SCHOOLHOUSE RUN AND THE DONNYBROOK AND THE IMPAIRMENT IS SEDIMENT.
AND THAT'S THE ONLY STREAMS IN THE TOWNSHIP, UH, THAT ARE IMPAIRED, UH, FOR STORM WATER, AND THAT'S THE ONLY POLLUTANT OF CONCERN.
AND SO YOU NEED TO, UH, DO A POLLUTION REDUCTION PLAN TO TRY TO REDUCE THOSE POLLUTANT LOADS INTO THOSE STREAMS, UM, BY 10%.
THIS IS THE THIRD VERSION OF THE POLLUTION REDUCTION PLAN.
UH, THE FIRST VERSION, UH, DEP DID NOT LIKE, WE HAD MULTIPLE BASINS THAT WERE RETROFITTING, UH, WITHIN THOSE, UH, DRAINAGE AREAS.
UH, THE SECOND VERSION WAS A BASIN RETROFIT, ONE SINGLE BASE IN RETROFIT DOWN AT GSK 4 22, ROUTE 29.
AND THIS THIRD VERSION CAME OUT OF A DEVELOPMENT ALONG GREENWOOD AVENUE.
UM, THEY NEEDED SOME, OR WERE CONSIDERING SOME WAIVERS FOR SOME STORM WATER MANAGEMENT.
AND WE APPROACHED 'EM DURING THAT DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, IS TO PARTNER WITH THE TOWNSHIP TO DO SOME STREAM BANK RESTORATION ALONG THE TRIBUTARY TO THE SCHOOLHOUSE RUN.
UM, AND THEY WERE RECEPTIVE TO THAT.
AND, UH, WE, UH, PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT PLANS SHOW THE, UH, STREAM BANK RESTORATION AS PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT PRELIMINARY APPROVAL.
UM, IT WAS A PARTNERSHIP TO IMPLEMENT THAT.
SO THIS, UH, POLLUTION REDUCTION PLAN VISION, UH, REVISION INCORPORATES THAT CHANGE INTO YOUR OVERALL MS FOUR PERMIT.
AS PART OF THAT, UH, CHANGE, YOU NEED TO ADVERTISE THE PLAN AGAIN FOR A 30 DAY PERIOD, I BELIEVE IT'S BEEN IN THE NEWSPAPER.
UH, PUBLIC COMMENTS WOULD END PRIOR TO YOUR, UH, NOVEMBER 21 MEETING, SO YOU COULD ACT ON THE PLAN AT YOUR NOVEMBER 21 MEETING FOLLOWING, UH, ADDRESSING ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS YOU MAY RECEIVE ON THE PLAN.
THEN, UH, IT WOULD GO TO D E P, UM, IN DECEMBER.
AND THEN DEP WOULD, YOU KNOW, COMMENT, ADDRESS IT, WHATEVER THEY NEED TO DO, HOPEFULLY BLESS IT.
AND THEN, UH, YOU'D BE FULLY BLESSED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE STREAM BANK RESTORATION.
UM, ON THE PLAN, YOU SEE BEFORE YOU, THE BLUE AREAS ARE THE, UM, PUBLICLY OWNED, UM, SEDIMENT LOAD AREAS.
THE GRAY AREAS ARE NOT PUBLICLY OWNED AREAS.
UH, THEY'RE NOT CONTRIBUTING TO THE SEDIMENT LOAD.
UM, I HAVE THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
THIS, YOU DON'T, IT'S HARD TO SEE THE BACKGROUND HERE.
THIS IS, UH, TO YOUR LEFT, IT'S GREENWOOD AVENUE, AND, UH, THIS IS THE STREAM, UH, FROM GREENWOOD AVENUE DOWN TO, TO THE PICO RIGHT AWAY, UH, ALONG A SMALL TRIBUTARY THERE.
AND THAT'S WHERE THE 500 LINEAR FEET OF STREAM BANK RESTORATION WOULD BE, BE COMPLETED BY THE DEVELOPER.
DEVELOPER IS STA INSTALLING A SANITARY SEWER ALONG THIS SAME, UH, STREAM.
SO IT MAKES SENSE TO HIM TO PIGGYBACK THIS WORK ALONG WITH HIS SANITARY SEWER INSTALLATION ALONG THIS STREAM.
UH, LORI, YOU'RE PROBABLY FAIRLY FAMILIAR WITH IT.
I WOULD THINK IT'S UP IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
WELL, THAT, UH, CONCLUDES MY REPORT, UNLESS YOU WANT TO GET INTO SOME MORE DETAILS OF HOW THE POLLUTANT LOADS ARE CALCULATED.
THERE'S ABOUT 135 PAGE REPORT THAT GOES INTO THAT.
WE BE HERE, WE COULD BE HERE TO THE EARLY HOURS OF THE MORNING IF YOU'D LIKE.
I, I DO, I HAVE SMALLER QUESTIONS THAT MUCH MORE.
DO WE, DO WE THINK DEP WILL LIKE THIS? UH, YES.
UH, WE HAVE, UH, PRESENTED THIS TO DEP, UH, TO GET THEIR BLESSING UPFRONT AND THEY'VE, UH, ACKNOWLEDGED, UH, THROUGH EMAILS THAT THEY'D BE FAVORABLE TO THIS, UH, POLLUTION REDUCTION PLAN.
AND THE DEVELOPER WHO'S GONNA PUT IN THE SANITARY SEWER IS GOING TO DO THIS WORK AS WELL.
DO WE, ARE WE PAYING THEM SOMETHING TO DO THIS, OR ARE THEY DOING THIS ON JOE? I, MY RECOLLECTION IS THERE WAS A, UM, TRADE FOR SOME, UH, TAPPING FEES OR A FEE STRUCTURE, UH, NOT FULL PAYMENT, BUT, UM, I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE 30% OR SOMETHING.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE FUNDING 70% OF IT.
SOME, SOMETHING ALONG THOSE MAGNITUDE.
HOW, HOW DOES THIS THEN, UH, UH, WORK AGAINST OUR REQUIRED SPEND? RES FOUR? THIS WILL MEET ALL YOUR REQUIREMENTS FOR THE, UM, FIVE YEARS OF THE PERMIT.
THE CURRENT AND THE WORK HAS TO BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF 25.
OCTOBER 31ST, 2025, THE WORK HAS TO BE COMPLETED AND IT MEETS YOUR PERMIT CYCLE REQUIREMENTS FULLY.
DO I NEED, DO I NEED TO ADVERTISE THIS OR WE'RE ALREADY ADVERTISING, IS IT IT'S ADVERTISED ALREADY.
UH, SO WE'RE JUST WAITING FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS AND THEN, UH, THE BOARD WOULD NEED TO ADOPT IT OFFICIALLY AFTER THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS CONCLUDED.
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OKAY.UM, AND THE SOLICITOR'S REPORT, WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT HIGH POINT, AS EVERYBODY KNOWS BY NOW, THE, UM, THE DEVELOPER DEFAULTED ON HIGH POINT WITH A COUPLE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS OF WORK LEFT TO GO.
UM, WE, UH, HAVE AGREED WITH THE HOMEOWNER'S ASSOCIATION THERE TO HAVE THEM FINISH THE WORK.
UH, WILL THE, THE MONEY, THE REMAINING, UH, SECURITY HAS IS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING CUT.
THE BANK HAS AGREED TO RELEASE THE MONEY.
AT FIRST, I THOUGHT I HAD A FIGHT GOING THERE, BUT I DIDN'T HAVE ONE.
AND WE GOT THE MONEY RELEASED, AND WE WILL TURN IT OVER TO THE, UH, HOA.
UM, PURSUANT TO THE TERMS OF THE AGREEMENT THAT YOU WERE ALL GIVE IT A COPY OF FOR THE PACKET, THE, THE ORIGINAL CONCERN, AND, AND AT ONE, AND FOR A LONG TIME, THE STICKING POINT HERE IS THAT THE HOA HAD ITS OWN SEPARATE LIST OF DEMANDS THAT IT WANTED THE TOWNSHIP'S HELP IN FORCING TO GET DONE.
AND WE WERE ONLY INTERESTED IN THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE IN THE DEVELOPERS' AGREEMENT.
AND THEY'VE AGREED THAT THEY WILL ONLY DO THE WORK IN THE SEQUENCE DICTATED BY BILL DIGMAN'S OFFICE, AND THAT THEY WON'T USE ANY OF THE MONEY FOR THEIR OWN OTHER THINGS THAT THEY WERE INTERESTED IN.
AND THERE WILL BE, UH, INSPECTIONS AT THE DISCRETION OF BILL'S OFFICE, AND THEY'LL, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE AGREEMENT, THEY'LL GIVE US A MONTHLY ACCOUNTING OF WHERE THEY ARE WITH THE MONEY.
DO THEY, DO THEY HAVE ENOUGH MONEY IN THERE TO DO THOSE IMPROVEMENTS? IT, IT LOOKS LIKE IT, YES.
SO, UH, I GUESS I NEED A MOTION THEN TO, UH, APPROVE THE AGREEMENT THAT WAS IN OUR PACKET WITH HIGH POINT AT PROVIDENCE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION, UH, REGARDING THE UNFINISHED PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS IN THE DEVELOPMENT.
BUT BEFORE WE DO THAT, IF, WHAT IF THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY? I MEAN, WHAT, WHAT HAPPENS IF THEY GET INTO ALL THIS WORK AND THE BANK RELEASES IT, AND THEN THEY'RE SITTING THERE? I MEAN, DOES THE BANK'S GONNA RELEASE ALL THE REMAINING SECURITY, SECURITY AND THEN IF THAT MONEY IS NOT ENOUGH TO FINISH THE JOB, THEY WILL BE GOING IN THE SEQUENCE THAT BILL DICTATES IN LEVEL OF IMPORTANCE.
AND THEN IF WE WERE TO THE END, THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO DECIDE WHETHER WE WERE GOING TO TRY TO FORCE THE REMAINING ISSUE OR NOT.
WE BELIEVE THERE'S A APPROXIMATELY $200,000 WORTH OF WORK, UH, THAT IS NOT DONE YET AT ALL.
UM, THE LAST A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS WAS FOR MORE REPAIRS LIKE SIDEWALK THAT'S BAWLING AND THAT TYPE OF THING.
SO, UM, OBVIOUSLY DO EVERYTHING THAT HAS NOT BEEN DONE FIRST AND THEN GO BACK AND TRY TO, UM, MAKE IT PRETTIER WHAT'S BEEN COMPLETED IN THE PAST, YOU KNOW, THAT TYPE OF, SO WE DON'T SEE A PROBLEM WITH HAVING THE DEVELOPMENT COMPLETE.
IT WOULD BE JUST THE QUALITY OF THE SIDEWALKS WOULD BE THE ISSUE THING.
AND DRIVEWAY APRONS, ACTUALLY, I'LL HAVE 'EM DO THE SIDEWALKS FIRST, THE DRIVEWAY APRONS, AND THEY CAN GET IT DONE CHEAPER THAN WE CAN DO IT.
I JUST WORRY IF THEY RUN OUT AND THEN WELL, WELL, WHAT HAPPENS NOW, IT'S HOA AND TOWNSHIP TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO FINISH THE LIST, BUT THERE'S, THERE'S NO WAY WE CAN FORCE THE HOA TO COMPLETE THEM WITH MONIES FROM THE HOA.
UH, THE, OBVIOUSLY THE HOA HAS US FUNDS.
NO, WE HAVE, WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION UNDER OUR DEVELOPERS AGREEMENT WITH THE DEVELOPER TO, TO OVERSEE THE COMPLETION OF THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL THE CITIZENS OF THE TOWNSHIP.
SO WE, WE CAN'T, WE CAN'T, IF THEY REACH A POINT WHERE ALL THIS MONEY RUNS OUT AND THE LIST ISN'T DONE, AND THERE'S, WE WOULD HAVE TO MAKE OUR OWN DECISION ON WHAT THE LEVEL OF IMPORTANCE OF THEM IS FROM A PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS, PUBLIC SAFETY STANDPOINT.
IF WE WERE TO CUT IT LOOSE AND WOULDN'T REQUIRE IT TO BE DONE, THEN, THEN THEY COULD SPEND THEIR OWN MONEY TO DO IT, I SUPPOSE WOULD POINT WOULDN'T BE, WOULDN'T WE BE RESPONSIBLE FOR IT? THE, THE SECURITY IS THE, IS NOT THE ONLY OPTION THAT YOU HAVE TO FORCE THE COMPLETION OF PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS, BUT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WHAT'S CALLED A, UM, SINGLE PROJECT ENTITY THAT DID THE JOB.
THERE'S, THERE ARE NO OTHER ASSETS OF THE DEVELOPER TO GO AFTER.
SO IF THE SECURITY'S NOT ENOUGH, YOU'D HAVE TO DECIDE THAT YOU WANTED TO SPEND YOUR OWN, THE TOWNSHIP GENERAL FUND ON IT, THAT THEN WE WOULD TALK ABOUT WHETHER THE HOA WANTED TO STEP IN.
HAVE WE LOOKED INTO, IS, UH, SOME WAY OF AVOIDING THIS THE NEXT TIME AROUND? I MEAN, IS THERE A WAY TO AVOID IT? I WOULD SAY, I WOULD SAY, UM, THE, THE SITUATION IS WORKING, THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT'S IN THE ACCOUNT EQUALS THE AMOUNT OF ESTIMATED FOR THE COMPLETION OF THE WORK, OTHER
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THAN THE HASSLE OF THE GUY WALKING AWAY FROM THE JOB.BUT THE SECURITY PROCESS IS WORKING FINE.
I THINK THE PRIMARY PIECE OF WORK IS TO PUT THE FINISHED COAT OF, UH, ASPHALT.
THAT'S LIST I WANT, YOU KNOW, AND THERE'S A COUPLE OF PIECES OF TRAILS THAT ARE NOT DONE YET.
THOSE TYPES OF THINGS WOULD BE, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS IN A PREVIOUS MEETING, BUT I BELIEVE THOSE HOAS FOR ALL THREE OF THOSE LITTLE DEVELOPMENTS THERE ARE ALL RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR OWN SNOW PLOWING AND ALL THAT.
WE, WE, WE DON'T EVEN GO INTO THOSE AREA.
AND NO SCHOOL BUSES WILL EVER GO IN THERE EITHER.
THEY'RE ALL, WHICH WAS A CONCERN.
THEY'RE ALL PRIVATE ROADS OVER THERE.
I, I THINK WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS.
IT, THE, UH, HOA HASN'T VOTED YET EITHER.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT DATE THEY'RE GOING TO VOTE.
SO YOU'RE JUST GONNA AUTHORIZE SIGNATURE AND THEN I'LL COORDINATE IT WITH THEIR ATTORNEY AFTER THEY HAVE VOTED.
SO, UM, I'LL, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
WELL, I THINK YOU ALREADY MADE THE MOTION BILL, SO I'LL SECOND IT.
I HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND THEN TO APPROVE, UH, AN AGREEMENT WITH THE HIGH POINT AT PROVIDENCE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION REGARDING UNFINISHED PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS IN THE DEVELOPMENT.
ANY OPPOSED? THANK YOU EVERYONE.
[SUPERVISORS COMMENTS]
[SOLICITOR REPORT]
SUPERVISOR'S COMMENTS.ANYONE HAVE A COMMENT? I'LL HAVE A FEW.
UH, THE BOOK I RECOMMEND THIS MONTH IS LADY JUSTICE BY DAHLIA LITHWICK.
IT JUST CAME OUT, IT'S BRAND NEW, UH, PODCASTS ARE THE L FRANKEN PODCAST WITH LAL FRANKEN RUMBLE WITH MICHAEL MOORE, AND CLEAN UP ON L 45 WITH ALLISON GILL AND ANDREW FOREZ.
UM, AND JUST SHORTLY, UH, I, WE OPENED UP OUR NEW EMERGENCY SERVICES CENTER ACROSS THE STREET, AND, UH, AND THEN WE RECOGNIZE POLICE OFFICERS TONIGHT.
I JUST WANNA THANK AGAIN, ALL OUR UNIFORM PERSONNEL IN THE TOWNSHIP, UH, FOR THEIR SERVICE.
[UPCOMING EVENTS]
THE UPCOMING EVENTS, UH, BORDER SUPERVISORS MEETING SCHEDULE.WE'RE GOING TO, UH, WE, WELL, I'M NOT GONNA TALK ABOUT THESE BUDGET WORKSHOPS CAUSE THIS ALL
COULD I JUST MAKE A RIGHT BASED ON SOME OF OUR PRELIMINARY DISCUSSION? I THINK WE'RE FINE ON NOVEMBER 3RD AND NOVEMBER 10TH.
WE DO HAVE CONFLICTS OCTOBER 27TH.
SO IF IT'S ALL RIGHT WITH THE, BECAUSE CHERYL AND I HAVE TO ADVERTISE THESE THIS WEEK.
I WAS GONNA, UM, SCRATCH OCTOBER 27TH.
HOW DOES, UH, HOW DOES, UM, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1ST IN EVERYBODY'S CALENDAR, IS THAT I ALREADY HAVE A ZONING HEARING BOARD SCHEDULED FOR THAT NIGHT.
THAT'S NOVEMBER 2ND, ISN'T IT? NO, IT'S NOVEMBER 1ST.
UM, THE NEXT DATE I HAVE WOULD BE NOVEMBER 14TH ON A MONDAY.
I'M TRYING TO STAY AWAY FROM ELECTION WEEK, CUZ I I KNOW THAT THAT'S, AND THEN YOU'RE OUT, TOM, THAT WEEK.
I WAS LOOKING AT NOVEMBER 14TH ON THE MONDAY.
IS THAT GOOD FOR EVERYBODY? YEAH, THAT WORKS FOR ME.
THAT'D BE A SECOND MONDAY IN NOVEMBER.
SO WE'D BE LOOKING AT NOVEMBER 3RD, NOVEMBER 10TH.
I CAN'T DO THE, REMEMBER THE 14TH, 15TH.
UH, TIM, YOU YOU WANNA WORK THIS? I'M GOOD.
WHY DON'T YOU WORK THIS OUT WITH, WITH TOM AND A COM GOOD.
I'M GOOD WITH ALL THE DATES WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER IN OUR MEETING.
AND AS LONG AS WE GET IT ADVERTISED TO THE PUBLIC.
BUT WE HAVE FOUR BUDGET WORKSHOPS COMING UP.
UM, WE HAVE, UH, A REGULAR, UH, MEETING ON NOVEMBER 21ST AND THEN, UH, A CHANGE IN DECEMBER.
WE WERE MEETING ON THE FIRST, UH, MONDAY OF THE MONTH ON DECEMBER 5TH, UH, SO THAT WE DON'T RUN INTO THE HOLIDAYS AT THE END OF THE MONTH.
AND THAT WILL BE OUR LAST REGULAR MEETING OF THE YEAR.
AND THEN THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETS OCTOBER 19TH AND, UH, SOUTH LOUIS TOWN HOMES WILL BE ON THAT AGENDA.
UH, NOVEMBER 2ND, WE WILL HAVE, UH, UH, A PLANNING ZONE, A PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING, AN AUTO ZONE CONDITIONAL USE WILL BE ON THERE.
AND I HAVE NOVEMBER 16TH AND THE ITEM ON THERE IS PARKHOUSE.
AND AS I DISCUSSED RIGHT AS THE MEETING STARTED, I GOT AN EMAIL LATE TODAY.
THEY'VE ASKED TO BE MOVED TO THE DECEMBER 7TH AGENDA.
UM, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE SCHEDULED FOR THAT TIME, SO I'LL, I'LL CLEAR WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION, OBVIOUSLY IT'S THAT CHAIR'S JOB TO, TO APPROVE THE AGENDA, BUT FEELING A LITTLE JERKED AROUND ABOUT PARKHOUSE ANYWAY.
WELL, MAYBE WE SHOULD AGREE TO THAT IF THEY'RE WILLING TO BUY, UH, SPACE ON THAT BIG LIGHT UP BILLBOARD DOWN THERE IN OAKS, BECAUSE I'LL LET YOU MAKE THE PUBLIC NEEDS TO KNOW ABOUT THAT MEETING.
WELL, AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE ANNOUNCING IT NOW.
I'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT AT EVERY PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING.
UM, I, I'M DOING THE BEST I CAN TO GET IT OUT THERE WITHOUT
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RENTING OUT A BILLBOARD, SO.AND, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL ADVISORY COUNCIL MEETS NOVEMBER 16TH AT 6:00 PM PARKS AND REC WILL MEET NOVEMBER 9TH AND DECEMBER 14TH AT 6:00 PM THE MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY WILL MEET DECEMBER 1ST AT 7:00 PM AND ZONING HEARING BOARD JUST HAS ONE HEARING SCHEDULED AT THIS TIME FOR NOVEMBER 1ST AT 7:00 PM AND THAT WILL BE THE, UH, APPLICATION 22 15 1 AT 1 0 6 LOWER INDIAN HEAD ROAD.
AND, UH, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN.