City Council

The Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Hackensack was held at City Hall, 65 Central Avenue, Hackensack, New Jersey, on Monday, November 15, 1999, at 8:00 P. M. Mayor Zisa called the meeting to order and asked everyone to stand for the flag salute. He then asked the City Clerk to call the roll. Present - Deputy Mayor Roger B. Mattei, Councilman Jesus R. I Galvis, Councilman Mark A. Stein, Mayor John F. Zisa, City Manager James S. Lacava, City Clerk Doris L. Dukes and City Attorney Richard E. Salkin Absent - Councilwoman Juanita Trammell Mrs. Dukes: "In accordance with the Open Public Meetings Act, Chapter 231, Laws of 1975, adequate notice of this meeting was provided by sending a notice to The Record and placing a copy on the Bulletin Board in City Hall." Mayor Zisa called for a motion to approve the minutes of the meetings held November 1st and 8th, 1999. Motion offered by Stein, seconded by Galvis that the minutes be approved as submitted. Carried FINAL ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NO. 31-99 ENTITLED: "AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHAPTER 175, PART 2 OF THE CODE OF THE �ITY OF HACKENSACK, NEW JERSEY ENTITLED: 'ZONING...SCHEDULE OF DISTRICT REGULATIONS...PART 2' II • Mayor Zisa: "This ordinance has been advertised according to law and now calls for a public hearing. Will someone so move? " I Motion offered by Mattei, public hearing. Carried seconded by Stein that there be a The Mayor asked if anyone would like to be heard on this ordinance. There was no response. Motion offered by Stein, seconded by Mattei that the public hearing be closed. Carried RESOLUTION #384 OFFERED BY: MATTEI SECONDED BY: STEIN BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Hackensack, County of Bergen and State of New Jersey, that Ordinance No. 31-99 entitled: "AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHAPTER 175, PART 2 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF HACKENSACK, NEW JERSEY ENTITLED: 'ZONING... SCHEDULE OF DISTRICT REGULATIONS, PART 2' 11, pass its second and final reading and is hereby adopted. Roll Call: Ayes - Mattei, Galvis, Stein, Zisa Absent - Trammell I FINAL ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NO. 32-99 ENTITLED: "AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHAPTER 175, PART 2 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF HACKENSACK, NEW JERSEY ENTITLED: 'ZONING... SCHEDULE OF DISTRICT REGULATIONS... PART I II 2 • Mayor Zisa: "This ordinance has been advertised according to law and now calls for a public hearing. Will someone so move?" Motion offered by Mattei, seconded by Stein that there be a public hearing. Carried  The Mayor asked if anyone would like to be heard on this ordinance. There was no response. Motion offered by Stein, seconded by Mattei that the public hearing be closed. Carried RESOLUTION #385 OFFERED BY: MATTEI SECONDED BY: STEIN BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Hackensack, I County of Bergen and State of New Jersey, that Ordinance No. 32-99 entitled: "AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHAPTER 175, PART 2 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF HACKENSACK, NEW JERSEY ENTITLED: 'ZONING...SCHEDULE OF DISTRICT REGULATIONS... PART 2' ", pass its second and final reading and is hereby adopted. Roll Call: Ayes - Mattei, Galvis, Stein, Zisa Absent - Trammell FINAL ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NO. 34-99 ENTITLED: "AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHAPTER 166, SECTION 3 A (4) (F) OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF HACKENSACK, NEW JERSEY ENTITLED: 'UNIFORM CONSTUCTION CODE ENFORCEMENT FEES'" . Mayor Zisa: "This ordinance has been advertised according to law and now calls for a public hearing. Will someone so move?" Motion offered by Stein, seconded by Galvis that there be a public hearing. Carried The Mayor asked if anyone wished to be heard on this ordinance? There was no response. Motion offered by Galvis, hearing be closed. Carried seconded by Mattei that the public I RESOLUTION #386 OFFERED BY: MATTEI SECONDED BY: GALVIS BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Hackensack, County of Bergen and State of New Jersey, that Ordinance No. 34-99 entitled: "AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHAPTER 1 6 6, SECTION 3 A (4) (F) OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF HACKENSACK, NEW JERSEY ENTITLED: 'UNIFORM CONSTRUCTION CODE ENFORCEMENT... FEES'" , pass its second and final reading and is hereby adopted. Roll Call: Ayes - Mattei, Galvis, Stein, Zisa Absent - Trammell RESOLUTION #387 Final Adoption of Ordinance No. 35-99 Authorizing the sale by Auction of Municipally owned property known as a portion of East Pleasantview Avenue. _ A motion was offered by Stein, seconded by Galvis to table this resolution until the next meeting. Carried RESOLUTION #388 OFFERED BY: STEIN SECONDED BY: GALVIS BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Hackensack I that the following organization be granted permission to conduct a Raffle in accordance with the application on file in the office of the City Clerk: RA: 1608 - Auxiliary of Hackensack Medical Center Roll Call: Ayes - Mattei, Galvis, Stein, Zisa Absent - Trammell  RESOLUTION #389 OFFERED BY: STEIN SECONDED BY: GALVIS WHEREAS, N.J.S.A. 40A:87 provides that the Director of the Division of Local Government Services may approve the insertion of any special item of revenue in the budget of any municipality when such item shall have been made available by law and the amount thereof was not determined at the time of the adoption of the budget; and I WHEREAS, said Director may also approve the insertion of any item of appropriation for an equal amount; and WHEREAS, the City has received $17, 367. 22 from the New Jersey Division of Motor Vehicles for Drunk Driving Enforcement and wishes to amend its 1999 Budget to include this amount as a revenue; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Mayor and City Council of the City of Hackensack, in the County of Bergen, New Jersey, hereby request the Director, Division of Local Government Services to approve the insertion of an item of revenue in the budget of the year 1999 in the sum of $17, 367. 22, which is now available as a revenue from - Miscellaneous Revenues - Special Items of General Revenue anticipated with prior written consent of the Director of Local Government Services: Public and Private Revenues Off-Set with Appropriations: Drunk Driving Enforcement Fund; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the like sum of $17, 367.22 be and the same is hereby appropriated under the caption of: -General Appropriations - (a) Operations excluded from 5% caps I Public and Private Programs Off-�et by Revenues: Drunk Driving Enforcement I Fund; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Clerk forward two copies of this resolution to the Director of Local Government Services. Roll Call: Ayes - Mattei, Galvis, Stein, Zisa Absent - Trammell RESOLUTION #390 OFFERED BY: MATTEI SECONDED BY: STEIN BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Hackensack that the proper officers be and are hereby authorized to make the following refunds: AMOUNT BLOCK LOT NAME YEAR REASON $ 6, 455.80 345 8 Alan R. Hammer, Trustee for Andal Realty 1999 STB 3, 593.52 402 17 Mccarter & English, Attorney for Garn Realty 1998 STB 1, 910.00 506 3 Chapman, Henkoff, Kessler Peduto & Saffer, Attys. For 30 Euclid Ave. Ass. 1999 STB I 844.00 2, 550.36 421 8, C0063 DePalma, Richard 421 8, C0063 DePalma, Richard 1999 199 Err.Pymt \\ \\ Roll Call: Ayes - Mattei, Galvis, Stein, Zisa Absent - Trammell RESOLUTION #391 OFFERED BY: GALVIS SECONDED BY: MATTEI WHEREAS, Sanitary Inspector Susan Mcveigh has requested a twelve (12) week Leave of Absence without pay due to pregnancy; and  WHEREAS, City Manager James S. Lacava has determined that this employee be granted the twelve week Leave of Absence as requested, commencing December 8, 1999 to February 29, 2000, which shall be with group medical insurance per the Federal Family Leave Act; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Mayor and Council of the City of Hackensack, that Susan Mcveigh, Sanitary Inspector be granted a twelve week Leave of Absence without pay, to terminate I February 29, 2000; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a certified copy of this resolution be forwarded to the employee's pension system by the Chief Financial Officer. Roll Call: Ayes - Mattei, Galvis, Stein, Zisa Absent - Trammell RESOLUTION #392 OFFERED BY: STEIN SECONDED BY: GALVIS WHEREAS, the twenty-second Decennial Census will be taken in the Year 2000; and WHEREAS, the City of Hackensack is interested in the accuracy of Census 2000 to insure proper political representation, to ensure that the municipality receives its fair share of federal and state funding, and state funding, and to provide accurate statistical information ensuring a detailed database for planning purposes for the next ten years; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Mayor and Council of the City of Hackensack that the formation of a Complete Count Committee be established to help promote Census 2000 in Hackensack; and I BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the following be appointed to serve as members of the Census 2000 Complete Count Committee: Carol Duffy, Hackensack Chamber of Commerce Ronald Squillace, Wellington Hall Gerard Quinn, Conklin Ins. Co. Larry West, Commerce Bank North Walter Hecht, Bergen Community College Arthur Petrosemolo, Fairleigh Dickinson University Joseph Montesano Bernie Kaminsky Sunil Dutt Mehta, Johnson Free Public Library Maggie D'Amato Vivian Blackmon Patricia Wiley Alexis Palinkas, Condo / Coop Board Dock Russell, KUUMBA Youth Organization Perry Lawrence, Y.M.C.A. Resident Debi Levy, Peter's Place Rachelle Ackerman, Hackensack C.A.R.E.S. Dina Brambilla-Sanchez, Hackensack C.A.R.E.S. Carmela Malone, Coalition of 100 Black Women I Mary Ann Campbell, Hackensack University Medical Center Fr. Brian Laffler, St. Anthony Padua Church Charles Kohlberger, First Presbyterian Church Linda Steuerwald, Information Officer Paul Rogers, The Record George Liosi, Hackensack Public Schools Jim Hulsizer, B.C. Office of Planning & Economic Development  David Messer, Dir., Regional Census Office, Hasbrouck Hts. Harold Klein, Bureau of the Census Charlotte Panny, Coordinator Roll Call: Ayes - Mattei, Galvis, Stein, Zisa Absent - Trammell RESOLUTION #393 OFFERED BY: MATTEI SECONDED BY: GALVIS I WHEREAS, various 1999 bills have been presented for payment this year, which bills were not covered by 1999 Budget Appropriations; and WHEREAS, N.J.S. 40A:4-58 provides that amounts in excess of appropriations over and above the amounts deemed to be necessary to fulfill the purpose of such appropriation may be transferred to appropriations deemed to be insufficient during the last two months of the year; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Hackensack that transfers in the amount of $17, 000.00 be made between the 1999 Budget Appropriation as follows: FROM TO Public Bldgs. / Grounds O / E $ 15, 000.00 Tax Assessor O / E $ 15, 000.00 Public Bldgs. / Grounds O / E 2, 000.00 Tax Collector O / E 2, 000.00 TOTAL $ 17, 000.00 17, 000.00 I Roll Call: Ayes - Mattei, Galvis, Stein, Zisa Absent - Trammell RESOLUTION #394 OFFERED BY: STEIN SECONDED BY: GALVIS WHEREAS, pursuant to an advertisement in The Record, bids were received on October 28, 1999, for the purchase of Portable Radios and related equipment for the Police Department of the City of Hackensack; and WHEREAS, bids were received from Warner Communication Co., Inc. in the amount of $16, 35 1. 67, Electronic Service Solutions, Inc. in the amount of $ 1 6, 280.00 and "AP.A Communications in the amount of $14, 18 1.00; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Hackensack that the contract for the purchase of Portable Radios and related equipment for the City of Hackensack be awarded to the low bidder, "AP.A Communications, 25 Just Road, Fairfield, New Jersey 07004 for the total cost of ' $14, 181.00; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Chief Financial Officer has I certified that funds are available in Account #X-050-Ml8-00 1 for said amount, P.O. 113628. Roll Call: Ayes - Mattei, Galvis, Stein, Zisa Absent - Trammell RESOLUTION #395 OFFERED BY: MATTEI SECONDED BY: STEIN WHEREAS, pursuant to an advertisement in The Record, bids were received on October 28, 1999, for the Design, Printing and Photography of the City of Hackensack Year 2000 Calendar; and WHEREAS, two bids was received from Tapco, Inc. in the amount $8, 650. 00 and Hawk Graphics, Inc. in the amount $9, 128.00; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Hackensack that the contract for the Design, Printing and Photography of the City of Hackensack Year 2000 Calendar be awarded I to Tapco, Inc. , 100 Catesville Road, Pemberton, New Jersey 08068, for the amount of $8, 650.00; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Chief Financial Officer has certified that funds are available in Account No. 9- 10-520-226 of the Current Fund. Purchase Order No. 113625. Roll Call: Ayes - Mattei, Galvis, Stein, Zisa Absent - Trammell RESOLUTION #396 OFFERED BY: GALVIS SECONDED BY: MATTEI WHEREAS, pursuant to an advertisement in The Record, bids were received on November 4, 1999 for the purchase of a new Roll-Off Truck; and WHEREAS, bids were received from Deluxe International Trucks, Inc. ( $ 1 19, 980.00) and Beyer Bros. Corporation ( $ 125, 695.00) ; and NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Hackensack that the purchase of one new Roll-Off Truck be awarded to the low bidder, Deluxe International Trucks, Inc. , 600 South River Street, Hackensack, New Jersey 07601 for the contract price of $119, 980.00; and I BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that th� Chief Financial Officer has certified that funds are available in Account No. X-50-Q24-009 of the Capital Fund. Purchase Order No. 113629. Roll Call: Ayes - Mattei, Galvis, Stein, Zisa Absent - Trammell RESOLUTION #397 OFFERED BY: STEIN SECONDED BY: MATTEI INTRODUCTION OF ORDINANCE NO. 36-99 ENTITLED: "AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND AND SUPPLEMENT CHAPTER 19, SECTION 18 OF "THE CODE OF THE CITY OF HACKENSACK, NEW JERSEY" ENTITLED: 'FIRE DEPARTMENT, ARTICLE III RULES AND REGULATIONS, RULES ENUMERATED'". BE IT RESOLVED that the above ordinance, being Ordinance No. 36-99 as introduced, does now pass on first reading and that said Ordinance shall be considered for final passage at a meeting to be held on December 6, 1999, at 8:00 P. M. , or as soon thereafter as the matter can be reached at the regular meeting place of the City Council and at such time and place all persons interested be given an opportunity to be heard concerning said Ordinance and that the City Clerk be and she is hereby authorized and directed to publish I said Ordinance according to law with a notice of its introduction and passage on first reading and of the time and place when and where said ordinance will be further considered for final passage. Roll Call: Ayes - Mattei, Galvis, Stein, Zisa Absent - Trammell  RESOLUTION #398 OFFERED BY: STEIN SECONDED BY: GALVIS INTRODUCTION OF ORDINANCE NO. 37-99 ENTITLED: "AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND AND SUPPLEMENT CHAPTER 170, SECTION 5 1 OF 'THE CODE OF THE CITY OF HACKENSACK, NEW JERSEY' ENTITLED: 'VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC­ SCHEDULE II NO PARKING CERTAIN HOURS"'. BE IT RESOLVED that the above ordinance, being Ordinance No. 37-99 as introduced, does now pass on first reading and that said I Ordinance shall be considered for final passage at a meeting to be held on December 6, 1999, at 8:00 P. M., or as soon thereafter as the matter can be reached at the regular meeting place of the City Council and at such time and place all persons interested be given an opportunity to be heard concerning said Ordinance and that the City Clerk be and she is hereby authorized and directed to publish said Ordinance according to law with a notice of its introduction and passage on first reading and of the time and place when and where said ordinance will be further considered for final passage. Roll Call: Ayes - Mattei, Galvis, Stein, Zisa Absent - Trammell RESOLUTION #399 OFFERED BY: GALVIS SECONDED BY: MATTEI BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Hackensack that the bills in the following accounts be and are hereby ordered paid: Current Account $ 1, 382, 046.02 Capital Account 114 541.00 f Public Assistance II Account 32, 139.10 I Public Parking System Account 5, 383.39 Trust Account 2 1, 6 69.25 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that said bills are on file as a public record in the office of the Chief Financial Officer. Roll Call: Ayes - Mattei, Galvis, Stein, Zisa Absent - Trammell RESOLUTION #400 OFFERED BY: STEIN SECONDED BY: GALVIS WHEREAS, the City of Hackensack has contracted with Anello Brothers, Inc. for the construction of certain improvements to Baseball Field No. 7 at Foschini Park; and WHEREAS, the specifications for the contract call for a four (4) foot fence to be erected around the field; and WHEREAS, Baseball of Hackensack, a non-profit corporation of the State of New Jersey, one of the primary users of the field has requested that an eight foot fence be erected instead, and has offered to pay the increase in cost of th� subject fence to Anello I Brothers, Inc.; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of the City of Hackensack perceives this to be a reasonable request and arrangement; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Hackensack that the appropriate City Official(s) be and hereby are authorized to instruct Anello Brothers Inc. to substitute an eight foot fence as indicated, upon receipt in the City's escrow account of the sum of $7,000.00 from Baseball of Hackensack. Roll Call: Ayes - Mattei, Galvis, Stein, Zisa Absent - Trammell RESOLUTION #401 OFFERED BY: MATTEI SECONDED BY: GALVIS WHEREAS, Jack Terhune, Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Corrections has instituted the "Inmate Labor Program" I whereby local communities may request the assistance of supervised labor crews for community enhancement projects; and WHEREAS, William Freeman, Director of the New Jersey "Inmate Labor Program" provided the City of Hackensack with said services commencing with the week of November 8, 1999, where under the work crews assisted with the rebuilding of a baseball field in Foschini Park in addition to park cleaning and beautification efforts, and maintenance work at the City's Public Works facility; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Hackensack that we heartily endorse this Program and commend the officials of the New Jersey Department of Corrections for assisting New Jersey municipalities in their quest for providing services at no cost to the taxpayer; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to the Office of Christie Whitman, Governor of the State of New Jersey. Roll Call: Ayes - Mattei, Galvis, Stein, Zisa Absent - Trammell Mrs. Dukes advised the Mayor that her Docket was completed. I Mayor Zisa thanked her and asked the City Manager, City Attorney and members of Council if they had anything to report. Councilman Stein urged everyone to be counted during the Census 2000, as it relates to aid to the municipalities and asked the people to get the word out. Mayor Zisa, relative to the Inmate program thanked the State Correction Commissioner and Director for the number of hours they provided to the City of Hackensack and asked the Manager to convey thanks to the various departments involved with the Veterans Day ceremony, which had the largest attendance than he has seen. Mr. Lacava added that we owe a lot of the efforts to Bob Trinks. Dorothy Schwartz, 47 Prospect Avenue, spoke on the subject of the One Stop Center. sewers, Richard Hall, 171 Berdan Place, flood water and the damage to homes and loss addressed the issue of of property the I due to "Hurricane Floyd". He said homes had back ups of raw sewage, there are insects from the stagnant water and problems with drainage. Mr. Hall attributed the problems with the sewers to the high rise apartments on Prospect Avenue. He demanded positive action and if something is not done, they are prepared to go further.  ---- � Mayor Zisa agreed that problems with the sewers existed for some time. Since the storm, the City's engineer has looked into it. They found that the trunk line is built high and because of this the lateral line is entering at the bottom of the sewer line. The engineer has given three options for possible correction. (1) completely replace the sewer line; (2) install a separate storm line, which means the present line would only work with the sewers from the house and (3) replace all of the lateral lines. The Mayor said the City does not know how high the lateral lines are and a I City representative has been giving authorization to go to some of the "key" houses .so they may be measured. The Mayor said the only building that has gone up on Prospect Avenue in the past ten (10) years is the nursing home which was denied by the City but was authorized by the State. Lois Braithwaite, Neighborhood Action Committee, 197 Berdan Place, said she heard that Hackensack had grant money. She was advised that it is not true. She also spoke on the matter of the sewer problems. Mayor Zisa stated that the City is serious about resolving the problems. This does not mean there is a simple answer. He said it would take a lot of money. The following also addressed the subject of sewer backups and damage to properties due to the storm: Anita Rivers, 253 and 259 Railroad Place Mrs. Cassius, 192 Clay Street · Diana Reid, 5 03 Kaplan Avenue I Howard Williams, 316 Passaic Street Marie Dubs, 175 James Street Ricardo Nunez, 235 Clay Street The Mayor and Councilman Stein responded to the speakers. Jack Donovan, Willow Avenue, said the traffic on Essex Street from Summit Avenue going toward Maywood is extremely heavy. He wanted to know if something could be done. Ruth Neustadter, 279 Hamilton Place said there is a problem with the noise generated from airplanes going into the Teterboro Airport. She attended the meeting with FAA on November 4th and the people were enraged about the noise. She said she understands that FAA does not intend to make changes. Mayor Zisa said the City had representatives attend a meeting with State, Airport and FAA officials and they stated 737s, although on a limited basis, will fly into Teterboro . Further comments were made by Councilmen Stein and Galvis. Juan Sanchez, 477 Washington Avenue, voiced his concern about I Washington Avenue being so narrow and the number of children that live on the street. Mayor Zisa recommended that the Police monitor the street more closely. William Saavage, 291 Herman Street, asked the status of his request for an additional taxi license. Mayor Zisa said the decision has not been made yet.  Lenny Nix, 83 Elm Avenue, raised questions regarding street sweeping signs, a Taco Bell going in Riverside Square Mall, Garbage from Shoprite and other stores along river street and a County resolution on the Oliveri property. Motion offered by Galvis, seconded by Stein that the public hearing be closed and the meeting be adjourned. Carried (10:50 PM) � ISA I ABSENT COUNCILWOMAN JUANITA TRAMMELL h�M=- COUNCILMAN MARK A. STEIN I ATTEST: ��� CITY CLERK I