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CITY OF EAST ORANGE THE EAST ORANGE CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING Monday, October 26, 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, October 26, 2020 6:00 P.M. ROLL CALL SALUTE TO THE FLAG SILENT PRAYER SUNSHINE LAW STATEMENT PUBLIC HEARINGS PRESENTATIONS MINUTES PETITIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS 1. Correspondence received October 23, 2020 from Indigo 141 Urban Renewal, LLC submitting a copy of the Financial Statements for the year ended December 31, 2019. 2. Correspondence received October 23, 2020 from the State of New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection regarding Area of Concern: One 2000-gallon #2 Heating Oil Underground Storage Tank System Unrestricted Use – No Further Action Letter and Covenant Not to Sue, Block 80, Lot 1.01, 52-64 Fourth Avenue, East Orange City, Essex County, Program Interest #917244, Activity Number: CSP200001, Communications Center Number: 20-08-26-1352-47. 3. Correspondence received October 23, 2020 from the State of New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection regarding Area of Concern: One 550-gallon #2 Heating Oil Underground Storage Tank System Unrestricted Use – No Further Action Letter and Covenant Not to Sue, Block 230, Lot 24, 15 South Maple Avenue, East Orange City, Essex County, Program Interest #917020, Activity Number: CSP200001, Communications Center Number: 20-08-14-1459-45. 4. Correspondence received October 22, 2020 from Fennelly Environmental Associates, LLC (FEA) regarding Response Action Outcome – Remedial Action Type: Unrestricted Use, Scope of Remediation: Area of Concern: AOC-1 – Closure of a Regulated Underground Storage Tank (UST) System Conducted on September 10, 2020, Tank System Consisted of a 2,000-Gallon Diesel Fuel UST and Associated Piping; and no other areas; Case Name: 67 South Munn Avenue; Address: 67 South Munn Avenue; Municipality: East Orange; County: Essex; Block: 410 Lot: 4; Preferred ID: 897428; UST Closure #: N897428UCL200001. 5. Correspondence received October 16, 2020 from Joint Meeting of Essex and Union Counties submitting a copies of Ordinance No. O-2020-00014 – “Ordinance Amending the Essex County District Solid Waste Management Plan – Inclusion of the Contract by and between the Essex County Utilities Authority and Advanced Enterprises Recycling Inc., for the Transfer Transportation and Disposal of Type 13, 23 (Non Processible Portion) and 27 (Non-Hazardous Industrial Waste) Solid Waste Types 13, 23 and 27 to Advanced Enterprises Recycling Control” and Ordinance No. O-2020- 00015 – “Ordinance Amending the Essex County District Solid Waste Management Plan – Inclusion of the Contract by and between the Essex County Utilities Authority and Waste Management of New Jersey, Inc., for the Transfer, Transportation and Disposal of Processible Commercial Solid Waste Generated within Essex County and Direction of all Processible Commercial Waste Types 10, 23, 25 and 27 to the Waste Management of New Jersey, Inc., Transfer Station in Elizabeth, New Jersey Pursuant to Regulatory Waste Flow Control”. MAYOR’S COMMUNICATIONS 1. Correspondence dated October 19, 2020 appointing Faheem J. Ra’Oof to serve in the position of Acting Chief Financial Officer for a period up to 45-days, effective October 21, 2020. BOARD AND COMMISSION MINUTES RECEIVED East Orange Senior Citizens Housing Association/Corporation – October 1, 2020 via Zoom East Orange Public Library Board – September 2, 2020 REPORT OF OFFICERS Constable Report ~ September 2020 Todd Thompson REPORT OF COMMITTEES ARTS, RECREATION and CULTURAL AFFAIRS –TAMEIKA GARRETT-WARD Pullins, Brent, Lewis No Resolutions 1 BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND ZONING – CASIM GOMEZ Awe, Claybrooks, Brent Resolutions I-302 Resolution Referring to the Planning Board Pursuant to the Local Redevelopment and Housing Law, a Proposed Amendment to the Transit Village District Redevelopment Plan to Correct Discrepancies in Building Height-Parameters and to Correct Typographical Errors in the Redevelopment Plan I-303 Resolution for the Conditional Designation of TCA Holdings, LLC or an Entity to be Created as Redeveloper for a Certain Property Located in the North Walnut Area Redevelopment Subzone Within the Transit Village District Redevelopment Zone FINANCE – CHRISTOPHER AWE Lewis, Pullins, Holman Resolutions I-304 Payroll No. 21 - 10/7/2020 – 10/20/2020 City Employees: $2,476,486.06 Water: $131,701.69 I-305 Resolution of the City of East Orange, in the County of Essex, New Jersey on Behalf of the East Orange Water Commission, Determining the Form and Other Details of its "Note Relating to the Water Bank Construction Financing Program of the New Jersey Infrastructure Bank", to be Issued in the Principal Amount of Up to $915,000 and Providing for the Issuance and Sale of Such Note to the New Jersey Infrastructure Bank and Authorizing the Execution and Delivery of Such Note by the City of East Orange in Favor of the New Jersey Infrastructure Bank, All Pursuant to the New Jersey Infrastructure Bank, All Pursuant to the New Jersey Infrastructure Bank Water Bank Construction Financing Program I-306 N.J. Department of Law and Public Safety Emergency Management Agency Assistance (EMAA) Grant I-307 Authorize Payment of Accumulated Absence Liabilities to Former Employees - $34,396.64 I-308 Duplicate Tax Payments - $10,526.89 HEALTH and EDUCATION – BERGSON LENEUS Garrett-Ward, Holman, Claybrooks No Resolutions HOUSING, LICENSING and INSPECTION – ALICIA HOLMAN Claybrooks, Gomez, Leneus Resolution I-309 Resolution Waiving Fee to Secure a Parking Permit PLANNING and GRANTS – BRITTANY D. CLAYBROOKS Gomez, Leneus, Garrett-Ward Resolutions I-310 Resolution Authorizing the City to Apply for a Recreational Opportunities for Individuals With Development Disabilities Grant from the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs I-311 Resolution Supporting an Application to and Acceptance of Award from the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs Neighborhood Preservation Program (NPP) 2 PUBLIC SAFETY – AMY LEWIS Brent, Garrett-Ward, Pullins No Resolutions PUBLIC WORKS – MUSTAFA AL-M. BRENT Holman, Awe, Gomez No Resolutions LAW AND LEGISLATION – VERNON PULLINS, JR. Leneus, Lewis, Awe Resolution I-312 Resolution Authorizing Settlement of Workers Compensation Litigation Matter - James Bond vs City of East Orange 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-313 Resolution to Acknowledge Receipt of Annual Report of Audit for the Year 2019 & 2018 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 PUBLIC SAFETY – AMY LEWIS Brent, Garrett-Ward, Pullins PUBLIC WORKS – MUSTAFA AL-M. BRENT Holman, Awe, Gomez 3 LAW AND LEGISLATION – VERNON PULLINS, JR. Leneus, Lewis, Awe Ordinances on First Reading Ordinance No. 37 of 2020 An Ordinance Authorizing the Cancellation of Taxes, Interest, and Penalties for Tax Years 2018 and 2019 on Property Owned by East Orange Housing Authority, located at 156 Halsted Street, Block 524, Lot 22 Ordinance No. 38 of 2020 An Ordinance Authorizing the Cancellation of Taxes, Interest, and Penalties for Tax Years 2017, 2018 and 2019, on Property Owned by East Orange Housing Authority, located at 168 Halsted Street, Block 524, Lot 12 Ordinance No. 39 of 2020 An Ordinance Authorizing the Cancellation of Taxes, Interest, and Penalties for Tax Years 2017, 2018 and 2019, on Property Owned by East Orange Housing Authority, located at 111 Amherst Street, Block 524, Lot 15 Bond Ordinance No. 40 of 2020 Bond Ordinance Re-Appropriating $1,108,629 Of Proceeds from Bond Ordinance Numbers 2014- 30 Not Needed for their Original Purposes to Finance The Costs of Various 2020 Capital Acquisitions and Improvements by and in the City of East Orange, In the County of Essex, State of New Jersey 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