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CITY OF EAST ORANGE THE EAST ORANGE CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING Monday, September 28, 2020 6:00 P.M. CHRISTOPHER D. JAMES City Council Chairman First Ward Second Ward Christopher D. James Christopher Awe Amy Lewis Brittany D. Claybrooks Third Ward Fourth Ward Bergson Leneus Casim L. Gomez Vernon Pullins, Jr. Tameika Garrett-Ward Fifth Ward Alicia Holman Mustafa AL-M. Brent Like Us on Facebook: @EASTORANGECITYCOUNCIL  REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday, September 28, 2020 6:00 P.M. ROLL CALL SALUTE TO THE FLAG SILENT PRAYER SUNSHINE LAW STATEMENT PUBLIC HEARINGS PRESENTATIONS MINUTES August 24, 2020 – Regular Meeting August 10, 2020 – Regular Meeting July 13, 2020 – Regular Meeting June 22, 2020 – Regular Meeting June 8, 2020 – Regular Meeting May 26, 2020 – Regular Meeting PETITIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS 1. Correspondence received September 28, 2020 from the State of New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection regarding Area of Concern: One 10,000-gallon #2 Heating Oil Underground Storage Tank System Unrestricted Use – No Further Action Letter and Covenant Not to Sue, Block 410, Lot 4, 67 South Munn Avenue, East Orange City, Essex County, Program Interest #897428, Activity Number: CSP200001, Communications Center Number: 20-03-10-1447-05. 2. Correspondence received September 28, 2020 from the Borough of Beach Haven, County of Ocean submitting a copy of Resolution No. 149-2020 – “Resolution of the Borough of Beach Haven, County of Ocean, State of New Jersey Supporting High Speed Internet Accessibility”. 3. Correspondence received September 28, 2020 from the Essex County Board of Chosen Freeholders submitting a copy of Ordinance No. O-2020-00012 – “Bond Ordinance Providing for Improvements to the Essex County Vocational School Newark Tech Campus in and by the County of Essex, New Jersey, Appropriating $60,000,000 Therefor and Authorizing the Issuance of $60,000,000 Bonds or Notes of the County for Financing such Appropriation”. 4. Correspondence received September 21, 2020 from the Essex County Board of Chosen Freeholders submitting a copy of Ordinance No. O-2020-00013 – “Bond Ordinance for the Improvement of the Essex County College in and by the County of Essex, New Jersey, Appropriating $1,000,000.00 Therefor and Authorizing the Issuance of $1,000,000.00 Bonds or Notes of the County for Financing Such Appropriation”. 5. Correspondence received September 21, 2020 from Second River Joint Meeting regarding a Resolution adopted on September 14, 2020 - The portion of the fourth quarter assessment due from the City of East Orange in the sum of $2,156.75 being 4.83% of the total amount assessed to the member municipalities. 6. Correspondence received September 21, 2020 from The State of New Jersey Department of Transportation announcing that applications will now be accepted for the New Jersey Department of Transportation’s (NJDOT) Fiscal Year 2021 Local Freight Impact Fund. 7. Correspondence received September 17, 2020 from the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission regarding Supplemental Resolution No. 21 Amending Supplemental Resolution No. 16 to Provide for Additional Projects in Connection with New Jersey Infrastructure Bank’s Statewide Assistance Infrastructure Loan (Sail) Program. MAYOR’S COMMUNICATIONS 1. Correspondence dated September 23, 2020 appointing Tonya X. Cook to serve in the position of an Acting Member of the Board of Health for a 45-day period. 2. Correspondence dated September 23, 2020 appointing Tonya X. Cook to serve in the position of a Member of the Board of Health for a 3-year term ending September 23, 2023. BOARD AND COMMISSION MINUTES RECEIVED East Orange Public Library Board of Trustees……………………………..September 22, 2020 Senior Citizen Housing Association Meeting Minutes ………………….September 3, 2020 REPORT OF OFFICERS Constable Report ~ August 2020 Muraad Rasheed 1  REPORT OF COMMITTEES ARTS, RECREATION and CULTURAL AFFAIRS –TAMEIKA GARRETT-WARD Pullins, Brent, Lewis Resolutions I-268 Shedrack Basil Skeete - Memorial I-269 Mittie B. Lassiter-Worrell - Memorial BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND ZONING – CASIM GOMEZ Awe, Claybrooks, Brent Resolutions I-270 Resolution Designating Fraleg Group Inc or an Entity to be Created as Redeveloper for a Certain Property Located in the Transit Village District Redevelopment Zone and an Urban Enterprise Zone I-271 Resolution Authorizing the Execution of a Redevelopment Agreement Between the City of East Orange and 440 MLK Dr LLC for Certain Property Identified on the Tax Map of the City of East Orange as Block 370, Lot2, Commonly Known as 440A-442 MLK Dr. I-272 Resolution Amending and Extending the Designation of Jaric Development as Redeveloper for 440 and 444 Dr. MLK, Jr., Blvd Located in the Transit Village Redevelopment Area I-273 Resolution Authorizing a Community Benefits Agreement Between the City of East Orange and SV 19 N Harrison Urban Renewal Entity, LLC FINANCE – CHRISTOPHER AWE Lewis, Pullins, Holman Resolutions I-274 Payroll No. 19 - 9/9/2020 – 922/2020 City Employees: $2,500,221.04 Water: $131,476.98 I-4 Bill Payment – September 28, 2020 I-275 Electronic Tax Sale Program I-276 Duplicate Tax Payments - $32,066.46 I-277 Tax Appeal Refunds - $278,097.37 I-278 Resolution Authorizing a Professional service Agreement Between the City of East Orange and Berneke Economics I-279 U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Community Development Block Grant Coronavirus Cares Act (CDBG-CV) I-280 Authorize Payment of Accumulated Absence Liabilities to Former Employee - $5,139.39 HEALTH and EDUCATION – BERGSON LENEUS Garrett-Ward, Holman, Claybrooks Resolution I-281 Resolution Award Cost Estimating Services (Lead Grant Program) HOUSING, LICENSING and INSPECTION – ALICIA HOLMAN Claybrooks, Gomez, Leneus No Resolutions PLANNING and GRANTS – BRITTANY D. CLAYBROOKS Gomez, Leneus, Garrett-Ward No Resolutions PUBLIC SAFETY – AMY LEWIS Brent, Garrett-Ward, Pullins Resolutions I-282 Resolution Ratifying a Shared Service Agreement Between the City of East Orange and the East Orange Board of Education 2 PUBLIC SAFETY – AMY LEWIS - Continued Brent, Garrett-Ward, Pullins Resolutions I-283 Resolution Supporting and Approving the Submission of an Application for Involuntary Accidental Disability Retirement Under the Police and Firemen’s Retirement System I-284 Resolution Supporting and Approving the Submission of an Application for Involuntary Accidental Disability Retirement Under the Police and Firemen’s Retirement System I-285 Resolution to Acknowledge the Month of October 2020 as a National Fire Prevention Month in the City of East Orange I-286 Resolution Authorizing the Advertisement of Invitation to Bid for Source Capture Exhaust System for East Orang Fire Department PUBLIC WORKS – MUSTAFA AL-M. BRENT Holman, Awe, Gomez No Resolutions LAW AND LEGISLATION – VERNON PULLINS, JR. Leneus, Lewis, Awe Resolution I-287 Reappointment of Darryl Gayton to the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board 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 – TAMEIKA GARRETT-WARD Pullins, Brent, Lewis BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT and ZONING – CASIM GOMEZ Awe, Claybrooks, Brent FINANCE – CHRISTOPHER AWE Lewis, Pullins, Holman Resolution I-288 Resolution of the City of East Orange, in the County of Essex, New Jersey Authorizing an Application to the Local Finance Board With Respect to not to Exceed $1,000,000 Non-Recourse Taxable Special Obligation Pilot Redevelopment Area Bonds to Finance a Portion of the Summit Street Project Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-29(a)(3) and N.J.S.A. 40A:12-67(g) HEALTH and EDUCATION – BERGSON LENEUS Garrett-Ward, Holman, Claybrooks HOUSING, LICENSING and INSPECTION – ALICIA HOLMAN Claybrooks, Gomez, Leneus PLANNING AND GRANTS – BRITTANY D. CLAYBROOKS Gomez, Leneus, Garrett-Ward 3 PUBLIC SAFETY – AMY LEWIS Brent, Garrett-Ward, Pullins PUBLIC WORKS – MUSTAFA AL-M. BRENT Holman, Awe, Gomez LAW AND LEGISLATION – VERNON PULLINS, JR. Leneus, Lewis, Awe Ordinances on First Reading Ordinance No. 34 of 2020 Ordinance Amending the 2015 East Orange Transit Village District Redevelopment Plan to Permit Ground Floor Office Space Uses Along Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in Both the Central Business District and the Arts and Cultural District Ordinance No. 35 of 2020 Ordinance to Transfer a City Owned Lot to Andre Cooper LLC in the Transit Village Redevelopment Area Under the Auspices of N.J.S.A. 40:12-A-1 et seq, Known as the Local Redevelopment and Housing Law Ordinance No. 36 of 2020 Ordinance Amending Ordinance 17 of 2017 to Extend the Time Frame for Completion of the Execution of an Amended Financial Agreement Between the City of East Orange and SV 19 N Harrison Urban Renewal Entity, LLC 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 CHRISTOPHER D. JAMES City Council Chairman FIRST WARD SECOND WARD Christopher D. James Christopher Awe Amy Lewis Brittany D. Claybrooks THIRD WARD Bergson Leneus Vernon Pullins, Jr. FOURTH WARD FIFTH WARD Casim L. Gomez Alicia Holman Tameika Garrett-Ward Mustafa Al-M. Brent 4 In accordance with Executive Order 107, the City of East Orange Offices are closed to the public. For the safety of residents and employees, the Meetings of the East Orange City Council will be conducted via Video Conference, Streaming on Facebook Live-facebook.com/eocitycouncil until further notice. 5