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City Council Agenda: September 24, 2019 City of Passaic New Jersey CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION 5:30 P.M. REGULAR MEETING AGENDA September 24, 2019 7:00 P.M. IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER 231 PUBLIC LAWS OF 1975, ADEQUATE NOTICE OF THIS MEETING WAS PROVIDED BY RESOLUTION OF THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL ADOPTED ON JUNE 6, 2019 SETTING FORTH THE SCHEDULE OF REGULAR MEETINGS FOR THE YEAR 2019-2020, SAID NOTICE WAS PUBLISHED AND POSTED ON THE CITY HALL BULLETIN BOARD BY THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK I. ROLL CALL II. INVOCATION III. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE IV. PROCLAMATION/RECOGNITIONS:  MI CASA ES PUEBLA (PROCLAMATION)  UNICO NATIONAL (PROCLAMATION)  HONDURAS INTERNATIONAL CITY OF PEACE  INTERNATIONAL WALK TO SCHOOL DAY V. MINUTES: September 10, 2019 City Council meeting. VI. HEARING OF CITIZENS In Accordance with the Open Public Meetings Act (N.J.S.A. 10:4-1 et seq.). The Council opens every public meeting for comments of the public. However, in accordance with N.J.S.A. 10:4-12 “nothing in this Act shall be construed to limit the discretion of a public body to permit, prohibit or regulate the active participation at any meeting,” Therefore, the City Council will not entertain any comments from persons who communicate obscene material, make statements which are considered bias intimidation in which any person attempts to intimidate any individual or group because of race, color, religion, handicap, sexual orientation or ethnicity or makes personally offensive or abusive, defamatory or profane comments, comments intending to harass or speak any offensive or abusive language. The person who makes these statements will relinquish their allotted five minutes for public discussion. VII. ORDINANCE FOR SECOND AND FINAL READING( HEARING IS REQUIRED) 1. ORDINANCE NO. 2227- 19 ORDINANCE DESIGNATING GARDEN STREET AND LEONARD PLACE AS A ONE-WAY STREET 2. ORDINANCE NO. 2228- 19 ORDINANCE AMENDING THE DESIGNATION OF RESTRICTED PARKING FOR DISABLED PERSONS BY NJ LICENSE PLATE NUMBER 3. ORDINANCE NO. 2229- 19 ORDINANCE AMENDING CITY CODE OF THE CITY OF PASSAIC, CHAPTER 295, “VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC,” ARTICLE XV, “LOADING ZONES,” SECTION 36, “LOCATIONS DESIGNATED” 4. ORDINANCE NO. 2230-19 ORDINANCE ADOPTING PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE EASTSIDE REDEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR PROPERTY IDENTIFIED ON THE OFFICIAL TAX MAP OF THE CITY OF PASSAIC AS BLOCK 1030.01, LOT 53 (1-11 SOUTH MARKET STREET, PASSAIC, NJ)  City Council Meeting Agenda: September 24, 2019 VIII. COMMUNICATIONS AND PETITIONS: 5. Amada D. Curling, City Clerk, submitting request for a refund to Passaic African American Committee for their cash bond in the amount of $2,000.00 -event held on June 29, 2019. 6. City of Passaic (Administration), 330 Passaic Street, submitting the following applications:  Italian Flag Raising in front of Passaic City Hall on October 1, 2019 from 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.  Walk to School Day, on October 2, 2019 from 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. Routes are to be determined (Contingent Upon Departmental Approval) 7. Heaven’s Gate Christian, 194 Burgess Place, submitting application to hold a Prayer Walk on September 28, 2019 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. The walk will be on the sidewalk and commence at Passaic High School, travel to Passaic Avenue to Passaic Street to Passaic City Hall, travel Passaic Street to Pulaski Park, to Mercer Street to Third Street to Monroe Street ending at Christopher Columbus Park. (Contingent Upon Departmental Approval) 8. Bikur Cholim Passaic Clifton, 457 Brook Avenue, submitting application to hold a Run/Walk within the confines of Third Ward Park on December 22, 2019 from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. (Contingent Upon Departmental Approval) 9. Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church, 226 Harrison Street, submitting application to hold a Religious Procession, on December 8, 2019 from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. The Procession will commence at 226 Harrison Street and travel to Monroe Street, to Lexington Avenue, to Highland Avenue, to Hope Avenue ending at 209 Hope Avenue. (Contingent Upon Departmental Approval) ALL MATTERS LISTED HEREUNDER ARE CONSIDERED ROUTINE IN NATURE AND WILL BE ENACTED BY ONE MOTION ANY COUNCIL MEMBER MAY REQUEST THAT AN ITEM BE REMOVED FOR SEPARATE CONSIDERATION. 10. City of Passaic Zoning Board of Adjustment, submitting notice of their September 17, 2019 meeting. 11. Passaic Board of Education, submitting notice of Chance of their September 23, 2019 meeting location. 12. Passaic Redevelopment Agency of the City of Passaic, submitting Agenda of their September 12, 2019 13. Passaic Valley Water Commission, submitting the following:  Notice of their September 18, 2019 meeting. 14. State of New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, submitting the following:  Suspected Hazardous Substance Discharge Notifications: NJDEP Case Number 19-0916-1232-17 IX. RESOLUTIONS: 15. RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF PASSAIC ON PASSAIC ON SEPTEMBER 24, 2019 AT 5:30 PM OR ANYTIME THEREAFTER TO DISCUSS PENDING LITIGATION, CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS AND PERSONNEL MATTERS 16. RESOLUTION REJECTING BIDS FOR WESTSIDE FIREHOUSE BATHROOM RENOVATIONS CITY OF PASSAIC 2  City Council Meeting Agenda: September 24, 2019 17. RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A CHANGE ORDER TO A CONTRACT WITH HOWARD C. STORER FORTHIRD WARD MEMORIAL PARKCONCESSION STAND/RESTROOMS/STORAGE BUILDING ( Change Order #7 and Change Order #8 in the amount of $15,440.00 is ratified and accepted, adjusting the contract to the revised total amount of $ 940,717.00.) 18. RESOLUTION REJECTING BIDS FORBUILDING MASONRY RESTORATION MUNICIPAL COMPLEX(Ord. #2169-18)( BUILDING REPAIR AND MASONRY WORK) 19. RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF CLEANING SUPPLIES FOR THE CITY OF PASSAIC (Awarded to Spruce Industries of Rahway, NJ in the approximate amount of $50,000.00) 20. RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A CONTRACT WITH ABSOLUTE FENCE SERVICES FOR FENCING AT HOWARD AVENUE TENNIS COURTS (Awarded to Absolute Fence Services of Lincoln Park, NJ in the amount not to exceed $22,000.00) 21. RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A CHANGE ORDER TO A CONTRACT WITH DTS TRUCKING FOR RECONSTRUCTION OF MCDANOLD BROOK’S STORM WATER MANAGEMENT SYSTEMCITY OF PASSAIC (Increasing the contract an additional $10,615.00 resulting in a revised contract amount of $ 149,355.00.) 22. RESOLUTION AWARDING CONTRACT FORCHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS PARK PAULISON AVENUE PARKING LOT & DRAINAGE SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS (Awarded to Marini Brothers Construction Co., Hackensack, NJ in the amount of $ 191,827.50.) 23. RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING FEDERAL FISCAL YEAR (FFY) 2020 WIC HEALTH SERVICE GRANT (HSG) FUNDING APPLICATION (in the amount of $1,109,988) 24. RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF ONE (1) TORO GROUNDMASTER 360 4WD MOWER FROM STORR TRACTOR COMPANY (Awarded to Storr Tractor Company in the amount of $ 46,257.53) 25. RESOLUTION AWARDING CONTRACT FOR THE FURNISHING AND DELIVERY OF TWO (2) NEW 2020 GMC MODEL TK30903, 11,800 LB GVWR 4WD SIERRA 8’ WIDE SIDE PICKUP WITH SNOWPLOW OR APPROVED EQUAL (Awarded Frank's Truck Center of Lyndhurst, NJ be a contract in the amount of $ 114,821.00) 26. RESOLUTION TO AMEND CY2019 MUNICIPAL BUDGET (N.J.S.A. 40A:4-87) DCA GRANT: NEIGHBORHOOD PRESERVATION PROGRAM $150,000 X. ORDINANCE FOR INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READING: 27. ORDINANCE AMENDING THE DESIGNATION OF RESTRICTED PARKING FOR DISABLED PERSONS BY NJ LICENSE PLATE NUMBER XI. PAYMENT OF BILLS XII. ADMINISTRATOR’S REPORT XIII. MAYOR’S REPORT XIV. ADJOURNMENT (Next meeting of the City Council – October 10, 2019) 3