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City Council Agenda: July 19, 2022 City of Passaic New Jersey CITY COUNCIL https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1dFNTgRZ9sMh8vxKpTjR7plw0QBpPpYV9?usp=sharing REGULAR MEETING AGENDA July 19, 2022 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 21, 2022, SETTING FORTH THE SCHEDULE OF REGULAR MEETINGS FOR THE YEAR 2022-2023; SAID NOTICE WAS PUBLISHED AND POSTED ON THE CITY HALL BULLETIN BOARD BY THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK PLEASE BE FURTHER ADVISED DUE TO COVID-19, THIS MEETING WILL BE IN PERSON and VIRTUAL STREAMED. PUBLIC NOTICE AND INSTRUCTIONS FOR THIS MEETING WERE PUBLISHED IN THE HERALD NEWS AND POSTED ON JULY 11, 2022, ON THE CITY OF PASSAIC WEBSITE AT: WWW.CITYOFPASSAIC.COM (COUNCIL AGENDAS.) INSTRUCTIONS ARE ALSO AVAILABLE ON THE LAST PAGE OF THIS AGENDA. PLEASE BE GUIDED ACCORDINGLY. I. ROLL CALL II. INVOCATION III. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE IV. MINUTES: May 12, 20212; May 25, 2022, and June 9, 2022, City Council Meetings. V. RESOLUTION 1. RESOLUTION APPOINTING WEATHERLY FRIAS AS THE DEPUTY MUNICIPAL CLERK FOR THE CITY OF PASSAIC VI. PRESENTATION: 44. RESOLUTION HONORIFICALLY DESIGNATING A SEGMENT OF HUDSON STREET AS “DON HERMINIO AND MARTHA R. GARCIA CIRCLE” VII. MAYORS UPDATE: VIII. 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 Page 1 of 6 City Council Agenda: July 19, 2022 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 IX. COMMUNICATIONS 2. Christian Pentecostal Church of Passaic, Inc. 86 Market Street, submitting an application to hold Worship Services in their private parking lot on August 4 and 5, 2022 from 7:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. (Contingent Upon Departmental Approvals) 3. City of Passaic Police Department, 330 Passaic Street, submitting application to hold a Junior Police Academy in Muhammad Ali School No. 23 on July 11, 2022 to July 29, 2022 (weekdays) from 8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. 4. The Fountain Christian Church, 221 Myrtle Avenue, submitting application to hold a Prayer Walk on September 17, 2022 from 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. The walk will be only on the sidewalk commencing at Passiac High School Paulison Avenue, travel to Main Avenue to Prospect Street (Board of Education) to Howe Avenue, to Main Avenue to Monroe Street to Myrtle Street ending School No. 11 (Bobby Thomas Stage). (Contingent Upon Departmental Approvals) 5. Club Dominicano Cultural y Deportivo Maria Trinidad Sanchez Inc., 565 Main Avenue, submitting an application to hold a Flag Raising in the City Hall Courtyard on August 21, 2022, from 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. (Contingent Upon Departmental Approvals) 6. Peruvian Parade Inc., 21 Vernon Ct. Wayne, NJ, submitting an application to hold a Parade on July 31, 2022, from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. The parade will commence at the intersection of Gregory Avenue and Main Avenue and continue on Main Avenue to Highland Avenue entering the City of Clifton. (Contingent Upon Departmental Approvals) 7. Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, 10 Saint Frances Way, submitting an application to hold a Religious Procession, on July 16, 2022, from 10:00 a.m. to ,12:00 p.m. The procession will commence on Saint Frances Way and travel to Pennington Avenue to Main Avenue to Passaic Street to State Street South to St. Francis Way. (Contingent Upon Departmental Approvals) 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. 8. Hon. Mayor Hector C. Lora, submitting the following:  Memorandum Re: Fire Department Swearing-In 9. Millennium Strategies submitting their report for June 2022 Report 10. North Jersey District Water Supply Commission, submitting the following:  Minutes of their May 25, 2022  Notice and Agenda of their June 22, 2022 meeting 11. NJ Transit Corporation, submitting the following:  Fiscal Year 2022 Request for Federal Finance Assistance 12. Passaic Valley Water Commission, submitting the following:  Agenda of their June 22, 2022, City Council meeting Page 2 of 6 City Council Agenda: July 19, 2022 13. NJ Department of Environmental Protection, submitting the following:  Notice of Application – P Park NJ, LLC, Farmingdale, NY Application No. 2596P  Suspected Hazardous Substance Abuse Discharge Notification NJDEP Case No. 22-06-15-1517-49  Suspected Hazardous Substance Abuse Discharge Notification NJDEP Case No. 22-06-14-1023-58  Licensing Requirement for Soil and Fill Recycling Services “Dirty Dirt Law” 14. Passaic Redevelopment Agency submitting notice canceling their July 14, 2022 meeting. 15. Matrixneworld submitting public notification PSE&G – Howe Avenue Substation 308-322 Howe Ave 16. Industrial Waste Management, Inc submitting correspondence amending and supplements the response action outcome dated July 05, 2021 Response Action Outcome 17. Passaic Enterprise Zone Dev. Corp. submitting the following:  Minutes of their March 16, 2022 meeting. 18. PSE&G submitting the following:  Notice- Gains approval to Fast track Grid Modernization Efforts 19. State of NJ Department of Transportation submitting the following Correspondence :  Route 21, Terry Street to Dayton Street, Pavement Preservation Belleville Township , Nutley Township , Clifton City , Passaic City in Essex & Passaic Counties Project– Construction in Fall 2022  Route 21, Terry Street to Dayton Street, Pavement Preservation Belleville Township , Nutley Township , Clifton City , Passaic City in Essex & Passaic Counties Project – Project Start Notice 20. State of NJ Department of Community Affairs submitting the following:  Notice regarding Grant for Rec Opps for Individuals with Disabilities grant of $9,500 21. State of New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development submitting the following:  Prevailing Wage Compliance Notice to Local Government and School 22. Alcoholic Beverage Control Board, submitting the following:  Notice Rescheduling their June 23, 2022 meeting to June 28, 2022  Agenda of their June 28, 2022, regular meeting 23. Passaic Board of Education submitting the following:  Notice of their June 27, 2022, Regular Public Meeting X. BUDGET INTRODUCTION CY 2022 24. ORDINANCE TO EXCEED THE MUNICIPAL BUDGET APPROPRIATION LIMITS AND TO ESTABLISH A CAP BANK (N.J.S.A. 40A: 4-45.14) (First reading to be consider prior to Budget Introduction-Second reading to be set at introduction) 25. RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CY 2022 MUNICIPAL BUDGET TO BE READ BY TITLE 26. INTRODUCTION OF THE MUNICIPAL BUDGET CY 2022 Page 3 of 6 City Council Agenda: July 19, 2022 XI. RESOLUTIONS 27. RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF PASSAIC ON PASSAIC ON JULY 19, 2022 AT 7:00 PM OR ANYTIME THEREAFTER TO DISCUSS PENDING LITIGATION, CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS AND PERSONNEL MATTERS 28. RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE TAX COLLECTOR TO ISSUE AND EXECUTE A DUPLICATE FOR A LOST TAX SALE CERTIFICATE 29. RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING REFUND OF TAX OVERPAYMENTS RESULTING FROM TAX COURT JUDGMENT (253 MAIN AVE, $12,225.79) 30. RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING CANCELLATION OF 2022 UNCOLLECTIBLE TAXES FOR EXEMPT PROPERTY (445-451 Van Houten Avenue $1,909.14) 31. RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING REFUND OF TAX OVERPAYMENTS (170-202 LAFAYETTE AVE $1,439.53) 32. RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING CANCELLATION OF UNCOLLECTIBLE TAXES 2018- 2021 (413 Paulison Avenue $13,951.72) 33. RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF EIGHTEEN (18) BULLETPROOF VESTS, CARRIERS AND HEART PLATES PASSAIC POLICE DEPARTMENT (Awarded to Atlantic Uniform Co., Belleville, NJ $ 17,587.26) 34. RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A CONTRACT WITH ABSOLUTE FENCE SERVICES FORCORRUGATED STEEL PANEL FENCE COLONEL JOHNSON PARK (Resolution Awarding Contract to Absolute Fence $ 27,170.00) 35. RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF ONE 2022 FORD EXPLORER FIRE PREVENTION (Awarding Contract to Beyer Ford, Morristown, NJ $ 30,849.55) 36. RESOLUTION REJECTING PROPOSALS FOR DELIVERY OF CERTIFIED PLAYGROUND MULCH INFIELD CLAY AND SCREENED TOPSOIL 37. RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A CHANGE ORDER TO A CONTRACT WITH ZUCCARO INC. MYRTLE AVENUE & HOWE AVENUE TRAFFIC SIGNAL IMPROVEMENTS CITY OF PASSAIC (Zuccaro Inc., ratified and accepted adjusting contract to the revised total amount of $418,182.00) 38. RESOLUTION REJECTING BIDS FOR THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE CITY OF PASSAIC’S WASTEWATER AND SEWERAGE REMOVAL SYSTEM 39. RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE SUBMISSION OF AN APPLICATION FOR THE PASSAIC COUNTY CULTURAL AND HERITAGE COUNCIL (PCCHC)- COUNTY HISTORIC PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM (CHPP) 2022 40. RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE SUBMISSION OF AN APPLICATION FOR THE PASSAIC COUNTY CULTURAL AND HERITAGE COUNCIL (PCCHC)- PASSAIC COUNTY LOCAL ARTS PROGRAM (LAP) RE-GRANT PROGRAM 2022 41. RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING APPROVAL TO SUBMIT A GRANT APPLICATION WITH THE NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SAFE STREETS TO TRANSIT PROGRAM FOR THE MULTI INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT FISCAL YEAR 2023 42. RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING APPROVAL TO SUBMIT A GRANT APPLICATION WITH THE NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION LOCAL AID INFRASTRUCTURE FUND GRANT PROGRAM FOR THE MYRTLE AVENUE ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT FISCAL YEAR 2022 Page 4 of 6  City Council Agenda: July 19, 2022 43. RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING APPROVAL TO SUBMIT A GRANT APPLICATION WITH THE NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION MUNICIPAL AID PROGRAM FOR THE MULTI-ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT FISCAL YEAR 2023 44. RESOLUTION HONORIFICALLY DESIGNATING A SEGMENT OF HUDSON STREET AS “DON HERMINIO AND MARTHA R. GARCIA CIRCLE” 45. RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE SUBMISSION OF AN APPLICATION FOR THE 2022 DRIVE SOBER OR GET PULLED OVER STATEWIDE LABOR DAY CRACKDOWN PROGRAM 46. RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE SUBMISSION OF AN APPLICATION FOR THE NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS (DCA)- RESCUE PLAN FIREFIGHTER GRANT FY2022 47. RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A SHARED SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH PASSAIC BOARD OF EDUCATION FOR EMERGENCY USE OF SCHOOL BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 2022-2023 48. RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A SHARED SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH PASSAIC BOARD OF EDUCATION FOR USE OF SCHOOL AND CITY FACILITIES 2022-2023 49. RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING SUBMISSION OF AN APPLICATION FOR FEDERAL FISCAL YEAR (FFY) 2023 WIC HEALTH SERVICES GRANT 50. RESOLUTION APPOINTING COMMISSIONERS TO THE PASSAIC REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY 51. RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE A SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH ALVAREZ & MARSAL DISPUTES AND INVESTIGATIONS, LLC ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF PASSAIC XII. ORDINANCE FOR INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READING: 52. ORDINANCE AMENDING THE DESIGNATION OF RESTRICTED PARKING FOR DISABLED PERSONS BY NJ LICENSE PLATE NUMBER 53. ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF PASSAIC TO SELL REAL PROPERTY KNOWN AS GREENWOOD LAKE RAILWAY TRACT AND ADJACENT TO THE NORTHERLY BORDER BLOCK 1030, LOT 33 PURSUANT TO NEW JERSEY LOCAL REDEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING LAW, N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-1 ET ALS 54. ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 295 “VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC, ARTICLE XV “LOADING ZONES”, SECTION 36.1 “LOADING OR UNLOADING PASSENGERS AT CERTAIN LOCATIONS AND DURING CERTAIN HOURS” OF THE CITY OF PASSAIC CODE 55. ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 151 “FORECLOSING MORTGAGES AND VACANT PROPERTY, REGISTRATION OF”, SECTIONS 2 “DEFINITIONS”, 5 “INSPECTION AND REGISTRATION OF REAL PROPERTY UNDER FORECLOSURE”, AND 6 “INSPECTION AND REGISTRATION OF REAL PROPERTY THAT IS NOT SUBJECT TO A MORTGAGE IN FORECLOSURE” OF THE CITY OF PASSAIC CODE XIII. PAYMENT OF BILLS Page 5 of 6 City Council Agenda: July 19, 2022 XIV. ADMINISTRATOR’S REPORT XV. MAYOR’S REPORT XVI. ADJOURNMENT (Next meeting of the City Council – August 2, 2022, at 7:00 PM) JOIN MEETING LINK: https://www.facebook.com/PassaicCityHall/ MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, WHO WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE DURING THE PUBLIC PORTION FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, CAN CALL-IN AT 929 436 2866 US (New York) AND ENTER THE MEETING ID # 898 9261 2341 For residents dialing in please be advised to Press *6 to mute or unmute your phone Press *9 to raise your hand and indicate you would like to speak Page 6 of 6