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CITY OF EAST ORANGE THE EAST ORANGE CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING Monday, June 27, 2016 6:00 P.M. THEODORE R. GREEN City Council Chairman First Ward Second Ward Christopher D. James Jacquelyn E. Johnson Amy J. Lewis Romal D. Bullock Third Ward Fourth Ward Quilla E. Talmadge Tyshammie L. Cooper Theodore R. Green Casim L. Gomez Fifth Ward Alicia Holman Mustafa Al-M. Brent  REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING June 27, 2016 6:00 P.M. ROLL CALL SALUTE TO THE FLAG SILENT PRAYER SUNSHINE LAW STATEMENT PUBLIC HEARING Ordinance No. 21 of 2016 An Ordinance Requiring Hiring from Locally Approved Training Programs on Multi-Unit Construction Projects Receiving Financial Assistance from the City of East Orange Ordinance No. 22 of 2016 An Ordinance to Transfer City-Owned Lots 55-59 Amherst Street to ASBG Companies, Inc. In the TR-2 Residential Neighborhood District Under the Auspices of N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-1 et. seq., Known as the Local Redevelopment and Housing Law Ordinance No. 23 of 2016 An Ordinance to Transfer One (1) City Owned Lot to 86 North 18 LLC Under the Auspices of N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-1 et. seq., Known as the Local Redevelopment and Housing Law Ordinance No. 24 of 2016 An Ordinance Amending Chapter 5 Article IX Section §5-70M(3) (Ordinance Number 56 of 2015) Ordinance No. 26 of 2016 An Ordinance to Amend Chapter 18 of the Code of the City of East Orange Entitled Claims: Approval and Payment Bond Ordinance No. 27 of 2016 Bond Ordinance Providing for Improvements to the City Owned Golf Course and Various Road Improvements, By and In the City of East Orange, In the County of Essex, State of New Jersey; Reappropriating $1,287,645.60 In Excess Bond Proceeds from Various Bond Ordinances, Not Needed For Their Original Purpose to Finance the Costs Thereof Ordinance No. 28 of 2016 An Ordinance Amending Ordinance No. 2 of 2016 (Amended by Ordinance No. 19 of 2016) Relating to Salaries And Classifications of Certain Municipal Personnel of the City of East Orange that are Members of the Engineering Supervisory Personnel Association, Inc. Ordinance No. 29 of 2016 An Ordinance Amending Ordinance No. 3 of 2016 Relating to Salaries and Classifications of Certain Municipal Personnel of the City of East Orange that are Members of the Communications Workers of America, AFL-CIO PRESENTATIONS MINUTES April 11, 2016 Regular Meeting April 25, 2016 Regular Meeting May 2, 2016 Special Meeting May 9, 2016 Regular Meeting PETITIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS 1. Correspondence dated June 27, 2016 from the Essex County Board of Chosen Freeholders regarding the approval of First Reading of Ordinance No. R-2016-00016 “Ordinance to Establish a Rate Schedule for Towing and Storage of Vehicles July 27, 2016 through July 26, 2019” at the Wednesday, June 8, 2016 Meeting. Public Hearing Scheduled for Thursday, July 7, 2016 at 7:00 PM at Livingston Town Hall, 357 South Livingston Avenue, Livingston, New Jersey 07039. 2. Correspondence received June 22, 2016 from Joint Meeting of Essex & Union Counties regarding the adoption of Resolution No. 066/16 “Joint Meeting of Essex and Union Counties Resolution Making Assessment for Third Quarter 2016” at the June 16, 2016 Meeting. 3. Correspondence received June 21, 2016 from Joint Meeting of Essex & Union Counties regarding a duplicate copy of the annual audit report for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2015 from Suplee, Clooney & Company and Resolution No. 076/16 Resolution of the Joint Meeting of Essex and Union Counties Certifying to the Local Finance Board its Compliance Regarding Annual 2015 Audit Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:5A-17. 1  PETITIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS Continued 4. Correspondence received June 21, 2016 from the State of New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection regarding Soil Remedial Action Permit # RAP150001 for the East Orange Industrial Center, LLC, 101 North Park Street, East Orange, New Jersey. 5. Correspondence received June 20, 2016 from the Essex County Board of Chosen Freeholders regarding the adoption of Resolution No. R-2016-00490 “Department of Public Works, Division of Engineering – Resolution Consenting to the City of Orange Township Ordinance #7-2016 – Relocation Bus Stop at Main Street” at the Wednesday, June 8, 2016 Meeting. 6. Correspondence received June 14, 2016 from Grelis Environmental Services, LLC regarding the Receptor Evaluation Form submitted to the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection for Norman Towers Partnership, LLC, 500 Parkway Drive, East Orange, New Jersey. 7. Correspondence received June 10, 2016 from the Joint Meeting of Essex and Union Counties submitting Minutes for April 21, 2016. 8. Correspondence received June 10, 2016 from Maser Consulting, P.A. regarding the completion of the remedial investigation for the former Charles Beseler Company, 219 South 18th Street, East Orange, New Jersey. 9. Correspondence received June 10, 2016 from The State of New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection regarding Area of Concern: One 1,000-gallon #2 Heating Oil Underground Storage Tank System Unrestricted Use – No Further Action Letter and Covenant Not to Sue, Block 511, Lot 11 – 116 Carnegie Avenue, East Orange City, Essex County Program Interest #726948, Activity Number: CSP160001, Communications Center Number: 16-05-11-1034-47. 10. Correspondence received June 10, 2016 from Second River Joint Meeting regarding the adoption of Resolution concerning the 2016 Third Quarter Assessment for the East Orange Water Commission. 11. Correspondence received June 7, 2016 from TTI Environmental regarding the submission of the executed Remedial Action Protectiveness/ Biennial Certification - Soil form for Cicely Tyson Performing and Fine Arts School, 385 William Street and 62 N. Walnut Street, East Orange, New Jersey to the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection. MAYOR’S COMMUNICATIONS 1. Correspondence dated June 24, 2016 appointing Sheilah A. Coley to serve as Coordinator of the Office of Emergency Management for a three (3) year term effective June 24, 2016. 2. Correspondence dated June 22, 2016 appointing Director of Property Maintenance Dwight Saunders to serve as Acting Mayor from close of business on Thursday, June 23, 2016 until Noon on Tuesday, June 28, 2016 while the Mayor is out of state on official City business. 3. Correspondence dated June 7, 2016 recommending and requesting the approval of a twenty-year tax abatement to CAPC Fourth Avenue, Urban Renewal, LLC. BOARD AND COMMISSION MINUTES RECEIVED East Orange Library Board of Trustees June 9, 2016 REPORT OF OFFICERS Monthly Constable Report – May 2016 Dennis Manning Emislair Rosalva Mujahid Abdul-Haqq Monthly Constable Report – April, 2016 Dennis Manning Monthly Constable Report – March, 2016 Dennis Manning Monthly Constable Report – February, 2016 Dennis Manning Monthly Constable Report – January, 2016 Dennis Manning 2  REPORT OF COMMITTEES ARTS, RECREATION and CULTURAL AFFAIRS –AMY J. LEWIS Holman, Gomez, James Resolutions I-149 Lenora Anderson Morton - 112th Birthday Celebration I-150 Lena Williams – 100th Birthday Celebration I-151 Marsha B. Walton – Retirement I-152 Resolution Authorizing the Award of Summer Food Program and After School Meals Contract Between the City of East Orange and Preferred Meals Systems, Inc. I-153 Resolution Authorizing a Fee Waiver for the Usage of the Pool for Residents on July 1st and July 2nd I-154 Resolution Authorizing a Special One Day Only Filming Fee Waiver for the OPRAH Winfrey Network at the Independence Day Celebration BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND ZONING – ROMAL D. BULLOCK James, Cooper, Holman Resolutions I-155 Resolution of Need Supporting Genesis Concord Vista LLC’s Application for Funding through the New Jersey Housing Mortgage Finance Agency’s Low Income Housing Tax Credit Program to Rehabilitate Sixty Four (64) Affordable Housing Project Located at 210 North Grove Street (Block 160 Lot 27.01) that will meet an Existing Housing Need in the City of East Orange I-156 Resolution of Need Supporting Genesis Concord Vista LLC’s Application for Funding through the New Jersey Housing Mortgage Finance Agency’s Low Income Housing Tax Credit Program to Rehabilitate One Hundred Eighty (180) Affordable Housing Project Located at 70 South Burnet Street (Block 381 Lot 25) that will meet an Existing Housing Need in the City of East Orange I-157 Resolution Designating Woodmont Industrial Partners, LLC as Developer of Block 32 Lot 5 More commonly known as 11-41 Sussex Avenue (the Former Arcadian Gardens Site) and Authorizing the Execution of a Letter of Intent with the Redeveloper FINANCE – QUILLA E. TALMADGE Cooper, Holman, Johnson Resolutions I-158 Approval of bids – City Owned Property Auction I-159 Duplicate Tax Payments- $8,453.87 I-160 Payroll #13 – June 17, 2016 – June 30, 2016 City Employees - $2,317,113.74 Water - $153,160.12 I-161 State of New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Clean Communities Grant - $127,096.66 I-162 Resolution Authorizing the City of East Orange to Cancel its Financial Agreement Concerning the Property at 100 Sussex Avenue I-163 Resolution Authorizing the Tax Collector to Issue Third Quarter Tax Bills for 2016 3 FINANCE – QUILLA E. TALMADGE Continued Cooper, Holman, Johnson Resolutions I-164 Resolution Authorizing the Execution of a First Amendment to the Tax Abatement Between the City of East Orange and Carthage Arlington Urban Renewal, LLC HEALTH and EDUCATION – MUSTAFA AL-M. BRENT Gomez, Talmadge, Lewis No Resolutions HOUSING, LICENSING and INSPECTION – TYSHAMMIE L. COOPER Brent, Johnson, Bullock No Resolutions LAW AND LEGISLATION – JACQUELYN E. JOHNSON Lewis, James, Talmadge Resolutions I-165 Resolution Authorizing A Special One Day License Fee Exemption for Vendors At the Third Ward Summer Jam I-166 A Resolution of the City of East Orange Authorizing the Execution of a Memorandum of Understanding with the East Orange Water Commission Motions M-9 Constable Reappointment – Third Ward Devin Drake M-10 Holy Spirit and Our Lady Help of Christians Church Raffle Games PLANNING AND GRANTS – CASIM L. GOMEZ Bullock, Lewis, Brent Resolution I-167 Resolution Supporting the Initiation of a Recreational Grant Application from the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs to Provide Inclusive Recreational Opportunities for Residents in the City of East Orange with Developmental Disabilities PUBLIC SAFETY – ALICIA HOLMAN Talmadge, Bullock, Cooper Resolutions I-168 A Resolution Authorizing the East Orange Office of Emergency Management to Apply For and Accept a Sub-grant Award of the Federal Fiscal Year 2015 of Department of Homeland Security Emergency Management Performance Grant Program Funding and for the County Chief Financial Officer to Amend The Budget and Certify the Availability of Funds I-169 A Resolution Authorizing the Auction of Abandoned and Unclaimed Bicycles I-170 A Resolution Authorizing the City to Purchase Body Cameras, Software and Accessories for the Police Department PUBLIC WORKS – CHRISTOPHER D. JAMES Johnson, Brent, Gomez No Resolutions 4  ROLL CALL ON CONSENT AGENDA All items listed under the Consent Agenda are considered routine by the City Council and will be acted upon by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items. If discussion is desired, Council may remove that item from the Consent Agenda and discuss it separately under the Regular Agenda NEW BUSINESS REGULAR AGENDA TABLED LEGISLATION REPORT OF STANDING COMMITTEES ARTS, RECREATION and CULTURAL AFFAIRS – AMY D. LEWIS Holman, Gomez, James BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT and ZONING – ROMAL D. BULLOCK James, Cooper, Holman FINANCE – QUILLA E. TALMADGE Cooper, Holman, Johnson HEALTH and EDUCATION – MUSTAFA AL-M. BRENT Gomez, Talmadge, Lewis HOUSING, LICENSING and INSPECTION – TYSHAMMIE L. COOPER Brent, Johnson, Bullock LAW AND LEGISLATION – JACQUELYN E. JOHNSON Lewis, James, Talmadge Ordinances on First Reading Ordinance No. 30 of 2016 Ordinance Amending Ordinance No. 5 of 2015, the Financial Agreement between the City of East Orange and the Entity Essence 144 Urban Renewal Co., LLC to increase the Number of Residential Units from One Hundred Forty-Four (144) to One Hundred Fifty-Six (156) Ordinance No. 31 of 2016 Ordinance Authorizing the Mayor and the City Council of East Orange, in the County of Essex, New Jersey to Enter into a Financial Agreement with CAPC Fourth Ave. Urban Renewal, LLC to Rehabilitate an Eleven (11) Unit Low Income Building for Block 71, Lot 28 (65-67 Fourth Avenue) within the Greenwood Redevelopment Area Ordinance No. 32 of 2016 Ordinance to Transfer City Owned Lots Eaton Place to East Orange Housing and Community Development Corporation, as Developer of Certain Sites in the Greenwood Redevelopment Area under the Auspices of N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-1 et. seq., known as the Local Redevelopment and Housing Law Ordinance No. 33 of 2016 An Ordinance to Amend Chapter 132 of the Code of the City of East Orange Article VII – Vicious and Potentially Dangerous Dogs 5 LAW AND LEGISLATION – JACQUELYN E. JOHNSON Continued Lewis, James, Talmadge Ordinances on First Reading Ordinance No. 34 of 2016 An Ordinance Amending Ordinance No. 27 of 2014 Providing for Excess Vacant and Abandoned Property Registration Fees to be Designated for Vacant and Abandoned Property Purposes Ordinance No. 35 of 2016 An Ordinance Amending Sections of 260-9 of the East Orange City Code to Provide for the Creation of Four Way Stop Signs at Various Locations along Elmwood Avenue and Rhode Island Avenue Ordinances on Second and Final Reading Bond Ordinance No. 12 of 2016 Bond Ordinance Providing for the Acquisition and Implementation of Billing and Customer Service Software By the East Orange Water Commission of the City of East Orange, In the County of Essex, State of New Jersey (The “City”); Appropriating $500,000 Therefor and Authorizing the Issuance of $500,000 Bonds or Notes of the City to Finance the Costs Thereof Bond Ordinance No. 17 of 2016 Bond Ordinance Providing for Various Water Improvements and Acquisitions of Equipment for the East Orange Water Commission By the City of East Orange, In the County of Essex, State of New Jersey (The “City”); to be Financed by the New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust Fund Program; Appropriating $23,100,000 Therefor and Authorizing the Issuance of $23,100,000 Bonds or Notes of the City to Finance the Costs Thereof Ordinance No. 21 of 2016 An Ordinance Requiring Hiring from Locally Approved Training Programs on Multi-Unit Construction Projects Receiving Financial Assistance from the City of East Orange Ordinance No. 22 of 2016 An Ordinance to Transfer City-Owned Lots 55-59 Amherst Street to ASBG Companies, Inc. In the TR-2 Residential Neighborhood District Under of Auspices of N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-1 et. seq., Known as the “Local Redevelopment and Housing Law Ordinance No. 23 of 2016 An Ordinance to Transfer One (1) City Owned Lot to 86 North 18 LLC Under of Auspices of N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-1 et. seq., Known as the “Local Redevelopment and Housing Law Ordinance No. 24 of 2016 An Ordinance Amending Chapter 5 Article IX Section §5-70M(3) (Ordinance Number 56 of 2015) Ordinance No. 26 of 2016 An Ordinance to Amend Chapter 18 of the Code of the City of East Orange Entitled Claims: Approval and Payment 6 LAW AND LEGISLATION – JACQUELYN E. JOHNSON - Continued Lewis, James, Talmadge Ordinances on Second and Final Reading Bond Ordinance No. 27 of 2016 Bond Ordinance Providing for Improvements to the City Owned Golf Course and Various Road Improvements, By and In the City of East Orange, In the County of Essex, State of New Jersey; Reappropriating $1,287,645.60 In Excess Bond Proceeds from Various Bonds Ordinances, Not Needed For Their Original Purpose to Finance the Costs Thereof Ordinance No. 28 of 2016 An Ordinance Amending Ordinance No. 2 of 2016 (Amended by Ordinance No. 19 of 2016) Relating to Salaries And Classifications of Certain Municipal Personnel of the City of East Orange that are Members of the Engineering Supervisory Personnel Association, Inc. Ordinance No. 29 of 2016 An Ordinance Amending Ordinance No. 3 of 2016 Relating to Salaries and Classifications of certain Municipal Personnel of the City of East Orange that are Members of the Communications Workers of America, AFL-CIO PLANNING AND GRANTS – CASIM L. GOMEZ Bullock, Lewis, Brent PUBLIC SAFETY – ALICIA HOLMAN Talmadge, Bullock, Cooper PUBLIC WORKS – CHRISTOPHER D. JAMES Johnson, Brent, Gomez OPEN HEARING OF CITIZENS Pursuant to Article IV, Section 3 of the Rules of City Council, each person wishing to address the Council, shall step up to the microphone, give his or her name in an audible tone for the record and unless further time is granted by the Presiding Officer, shall limit remarks to three minutes. All members of the public are expected to conduct themselves in a proper manner. Any derogatory, abusive or threatening statements will not be permitted. The Chair will immediately rule such conduct out of order and terminate any further comments. CALL OF WARDS THEODORE R. GREEN City Council Chairman FIRST WARD SECOND WARD Christopher D. James Jacquelyn E. Johnson Amy D. Lewis Romal D. Bullock THIRD WARD Quilla E. Talmadge Theodore R. Green FOURTH WARD FIFTH WARD Tyshammie L. Cooper Alicia Holman Casim L. Gomez Mustafa Al-M. Brent 7  THE EAST ORANGE CITY COUNCIL 2016 MEETING DATES In accordance with the New Jersey Open Public Meetings Act, Chapter 231, P.L. 1975, Public Notice is hereby given that the East Orange City Council has established the following 2014 Meeting Dates. Formal action may take place at these Meetings. Executive Sessions may be held at Committee Meetings or at Regular Meetings. These Meetings will be held in City Council Chambers located at 44 City Hall Plaza, East Orange, New Jersey. Committee Discussion Regular Official & Agenda Meeting Meeting 5:30PM 6:00PM Monday, January 11th Monday, January 11th Monday, January 25th Monday, January 25th Monday, February 8th Monday, February 8th Monday, February 22nd Monday, February 22nd Monday, March 14th Monday, March 14th Monday, March 28th Monday, March 28th Monday, April 11th Monday, April 11th Monday, April 25th Monday, April 25th Monday, May 9th Monday, May 9th Monday, May 23rd Monday, May 23rd Monday, June 6th Monday, June 6th Monday, June 13th Monday, June 13th Monday, June 27th Monday, June 27th Monday, July 11th Monday, July 11th Monday, July 18th Monday, July 18th Monday, July 25th Monday, July 25th Monday, August 8th Monday, August 8th Monday, August 22nd Monday, August 22nd Monday, September 12th Monday, September 12th Monday, September 26th Monday, September 26th Tuesday, October 11th Tuesday, October 11th Monday, October 24th Monday, October 24th Monday, November 7th Monday, November 7th Monday, November 21st Monday, November 21st Monday, December 5th Monday, December 5th Monday, December 19th Monday, December 19th City Council Reorganization Meeting Monday, January 2, 2017 @ Noon ~~Revised 5/23/16~~ 8