Board of Commissioners

1 1 CITY OF UNION CITY HUDSON COUNTY, NEW JERSEY 2 BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS 3 : REGULAR MEETING : TRANSCRIPT OF 4 : --------------------: PROCEEDINGS 5 6 WASHINGTON SCHOOL 3905 New York Avenue 7 Union City, New Jersey 8 Tuesday, May 2, 2023 9 Commencing at 7:08 p.m. 10 11 M E M B E R S P R E S E N T: 12 LUCIO P. FERNANDEZ, COMMISSIONER MARYURY A. MARTINETTI, COMMISSIONER 13 CELIN J. VALDIVIA, COMMISSIONER BRIAN P. STACK, MAYOR 14 15 M E M B E R S A B S E N T: 16 WENDY A. GRULLON, COMMISSIONER 17 A L S O P R E S E N T: 18 SCARINCI HOLLENBECK BY: ANGELO AUTERI, ESQ. 19 Corporation Counsel 20 RAMON GONZALEZ, ESQ. Attorney for the Union City 21 Alcohol Beverage Control Commission 22 HILDA ROSARIO, City Clerk 23 24 SUSAN BISCHOFF, CCR, RPR 449 Columbia Blvd., Wood-Ridge, NJ 07075 25 201-933-8220 SBischoffccr@yahoo.com  2 1 A P P E A R A N C E S: 2 ANTHONY GOLOWSKI, ESQ. Attorney for Eduardo Cruz 3 T/a Caguas Bar Cafe 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25  3 1 I N D E X 2 PAGE 3 CALL TO ORDER 4 SALUTE TO FLAG 4 4 ROLL CALL 4 5 SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS 5 6 MINUTES 5 7 ORDINANCE(S) FOR INTRODUCTION 6 8 CONSENT AGENDA 8 9 ORDINANCE(S) FOR HEARING AND ADOPTION 16 10 CITIZENS ADDRESS THE BOARD 18 11 LIQUOR LICENSE PUBLIC HEARINGS 20 12 Eduardo Cruz 20 13 ADJOURNMENT 25 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25  4 1 MR. AUTERI: This is a regular public 2 meeting the Union City Board of Commissioners 3 being held on Tuesday, May 2, 2023, at 7:00 p.m. 4 at Washington School 3905 New York Avenue, Union 5 City, New Jersey. Please stand for the Pledge of 6 Allegiance. 7 (Whereupon, the Pledge of Allegiance was 8 recited.) 9 MR. AUTERI: This meeting has been 10 called in accordance with the Open Public Meetings 11 Act. Adequate notice of this meeting has been 12 provided to the The Jersey Journal, The Record, 13 and has been posted on the bulletin board in City 14 Hall and has been made available to the public in 15 the office of the Municipal Clerk. 16 17 ROLL CALL: 18 19 MR. AUTERI: Roll call. Commissioner 20 Fernandez. 21 COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ: Here. 22 MR. AUTERI: Commissioner Grullon is 23 absent. 24 Commissioner Valdivia. 25 COMMISSIONER VALDIVIA: Here.  5 1 MR. AUTERI: Commissioner Martinetti. 2 COMMISSIONER MARTINETTI: Here. 3 MR. AUTERI: Mayor Stack. 4 MAYOR STACK: Here. 5 6 SPECIAL PRESENTATION: 7 8 MR. AUTERI: The first item on the 9 agenda is presentation of girls bowling county 10 champions and boys bowling county champions. 11 (Presentation to the girls bowling 12 county champions.) 13 (Presentation to the boys bowling county 14 champions.) 15 16 APPROVAL OF MINUTES: 17 18 MR. AUTERI: Next item on the agenda is 19 the approval of meeting minutes. May I have a 20 motion to approve the meeting minutes for the 21 April 18, 2023, Board of Commissioners meeting. 22 COMMISSIONER MARTINETTI: Motion. 23 MR. AUTERI: Motion by Commissioner 24 Martinetti, second by Mayor Stack. 25 Commissioner Fernandez.  6 1 COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ: Yes. 2 MR. AUTERI: Commissioner Valdivia. 3 COMMISSIONER VALDIVIA: Yes. 4 MR. AUTERI: Commissioner Martinetti. 5 COMMISSIONER MARTINETTI: Yes. 6 MR. AUTERI: Mayor Stack. 7 MAYOR STACK: Yes. 8 9 (Whereupon, the Board discussed and took 10 action on the following: 11 ORDINANCE(S) FOR INTRODUCTION: 12 1. An ordinance of the City of Union 13 City, County of Hudson, New Jersey, appropriating 14 the sum of $950,000 in funding from the capital 15 improvement fund for the completion of various 16 streetscape improvements.) 17 18 MR. AUTERI: Next are ordinances for 19 introduction. There is one ordinance for 20 introduction tonight. Adoption on first reading 21 authorizes the municipal clerk to advertise the 22 ordinance with a notice of the introduction, 23 together with a notice of the time and place when 24 the ordinance will be considered for the final 25 passage. The ordinance will be further considered  7 1 at a meeting the Board of Commissioners to be held 2 on Tuesday, May 16th, at the Union Hill Middle 3 School, 3808 Hudson Avenue, Union City, New 4 Jersey, at 7:00 p.m. 5 An ordinance of the City of Union City, 6 County of Hudson, New Jersey, appropriating the 7 sum of $950,000 in funding from the capital 8 improvement funds for the completion of various 9 streetscape improvements. 10 May I have a motion to introduce? 11 MAYOR STACK: Motion. 12 MR. AUTERI: Motion by Mayor Stack. 13 COMMISSIONER VALDIVIA: Second. 14 MR. AUTERI: Second by Commissioner 15 Valdivia. 16 Commissioner Fernandez. 17 COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ: Yes. 18 MR. AUTERI: Commissioner Valdivia. 19 COMMISSIONER VALDIVIA: Yes. 20 MR. AUTERI: Commissioner Martinetti. 21 COMMISSIONER MARTINETTI: Yes. 22 MR. AUTERI: Mayor Stack. 23 MAYOR STACK: Yes. 24 25 (Whereupon the Board discussed and took  8 1 action on the following items in total: 2 CONSENT AGENDA 3 ( 1) Resolution Approving the Payment of Claims. 4 ( 2) Resolution Approving the Payment of 5 Concurrent Claims. 6 ( 3) Resolution Approval the Escrow Refunds. 7 ( 4) Resolution Approving the City Payroll From 8 April 7, 2023 Through April 21, 2023. 9 ( 5) Resolution Approving the Library Payroll 10 April 7, 2023, Through April 21, 2023. 11 ( 6) Resolution Authorizing the Refund of Monies 12 Collected At the Tax Sale. 13 ( 7) Resolution Authorizing the Refund of 14 Redemption Monies to Outside Lienholders. 15 ( 8) Resolution Authorizing the Refund of 16 Duplicate Payment. 17 ( 9) Resolution Cancelling Second Quarter Taxes. 18 (10) Resolution Approving the Fiscal Year 2023 19 Budget For the Community Block Grant Program. 20 (11) Resolution Rejecting All Bids For 2023 21 Sidewalk Repair Program and Authorizing 22 Re-Advertisement For the Receipt of Bids. 23 (12) Resolution Authorizing Increase to Contract 24 to Personnel Consultant Services With Jason 25 Michael Consultants For 2022-2023.  9 1 (13) Resolution to Re-Appoint Class II Member of 2 the Union City Planning Board (PULLED). 3 (14) Resolution to Appoint Members to the Zoning 4 Board of Adjustment For the City of Union City. 5 (15) Resolution Reappointing Eva Festa to the 6 Union City Redevelopment Agency. 7 (16) Resolution Authorizing Contract For Risk 8 Management Consultant Services For the City of 9 Union City. 10 (17) Resolution Authorizing Emergency Contract 11 For the 2023 Spotted Lantern Fly Treatment 12 Services Throughout the City of Union City. 13 (18) Resolution Authorizing Payment to Cliffside 14 Paving and Excavation For Emergency Roadway Repair 15 Work At Various Locations Within the City. 16 (19) Amended Resolution of the Board of 17 Commissioners of the City of Union City Approving 18 the 2022-2023 Renewal of Liquor License Number 19 0910-33-149-006 Issued to A&C 2004 Corp. (Pocket 20 License). 21 (20) Amended Resolution of the Board of 22 Commissioners of the City of Union City Approving 23 a Renewal of Liquor License 0910-33-119-006 Issued 24 to Hamlet Ent 2, LLC, (T/a Mamsushi). 25 (21) Resolution Authorizing the Placement of a  10 1 Lien on the Property Known As 400 46th Street, 2 Union City, New Jersey, 07087, Block 269.01, Lot 3 13 in the City of Union City For Emergency Repair 4 Costs. 5 (22) Resolution Authorizing the Placement of a 6 Lien on the Property Known As 2200 Bergenline 7 Avenue, Union City, New Jersey, 07087, Block 124, 8 Lot 1 in the City of Union City For Emergency 9 Repair Costs. 10 (23) Resolution Authorizing Placement of a Lien 11 on the Property Known As 1910-12 Bergenline 12 Avenue, Union City, New Jersey 07087, Block 102, 13 Lot 6 in the City of Union City For Emergency 14 Repair Costs. 15 (24) Resolution Authorizing Placement of the Lien 16 on the Property Known As 402 Mountain Road, Union 17 City, New Jersey 07087, Block 182, Lot 6 in the 18 City of Union City For Emergency Repair Costs. 19 (25) Resolution Authorizing Tammy Zucca to 20 Execute Grant Agreement For NJ Electric Vehicle 21 Charging Stations. 22 23 MR. AUTERI: Next is the Consent Agenda 24 We Have 25 Items on the Consent Agenda. 25 Number One, Resolution Approving the  11 1 Payment of Claims. 2 Two, Resolution Approving the Payment of 3 Concurrent Claims. 4 Three, Resolution Approval the Escrow 5 Refunds. 6 Four, Resolution Approving the City 7 Payroll From April 7, 2023 Through April 21, 2023. 8 Five, Resolution Approving the Library 9 Payroll April 7, 2023, Through April 21, 2023. 10 Six, Resolution Authorizing the Refund 11 of Monies Collected At the Tax Sale. 12 Seven, Resolution Authorizing the Refund 13 of Redemption Monies to Outside Lienholders. 14 Eight, Resolution Authorizing the Refund 15 of Duplicate Payment. 16 Nine, Resolution Cancelling Second 17 Quarter Taxes. 18 Ten, Resolution Approving the Fiscal 19 Year 2023 Budget For the Community Block Grant 20 Program. 21 Eleven, Resolution Rejecting All Bids 22 For 2023 Sidewalk Repair Program and Authorizing 23 Re-Advertisement For the Receipt of Bids. 24 Twelve, Resolution Authorizing Increase 25 to Contract to Personnel Consultant Services With  12 1 Jason Michael Consultants For 2022-2023. 2 Thirteen, Resolution to Re-Appoint Class 3 II Member of the Union City Planning Board 4 (PULLED). 5 Fourteen, Resolution to Appoint Members 6 to the Zoning Board of Adjustment For the City of 7 Union City. 8 Fifteen, Resolution Reappointing Eva 9 Festa to the Union City Redevelopment Agency. 10 Sixteen, Resolution Authorizing Contract 11 For Risk Management Consultant Services For the 12 City of Union City. 13 Seventeen, Resolution Authorizing 14 Emergency Contract For the 2023 Spotted Lantern 15 Fly Treatment Services Throughout the City of 16 Union City. 17 Eighteen, Resolution Authorizing Payment 18 to Cliffside Paving and Excavation For Emergency 19 Roadway Repair Work At Various Locations Within 20 the City. 21 Nineteen, Amended Resolution of the 22 Board of Commissioners of the City of Union City 23 Approving the 2022-2023 Renewal of Liquor License 24 Number 0910-33-149-006 Issued to A&C 2004 Corp. 25 (Pocket License).  13 1 Number Twenty, Amended Resolution of the 2 Board of Commissioners of the City of Union City 3 Approving a Renewal of Liquor License 4 0910-33-119-006 Issued to Hamlet Ent 2, LLC, (T/a 5 Mamsushi). 6 Number 21, Resolution Authorizing the 7 Placement of a Lien on the Property Known As 400 8 46th Street, Union City, New Jersey, 07087, Block 9 269.01, Lot 13 in the City of Union City For 10 Emergency Repair Costs. 11 Twenty-Two, Resolution Authorizing the 12 Placement of a Lien on the Property Known As 2200 13 Bergenline Avenue, Union City, New Jersey, 07087, 14 Block 124, Lot 1 in the City of Union City For 15 Emergency Repair Costs. 16 Number Twenty-Three, Resolution 17 Authorizing Placement of a Lien on the Property 18 Known As 1910-12 Bergenline Avenue, Union City, 19 New Jersey 07087, Block 102, Lot 6 in the City of 20 Union City For Emergency Repair Costs. 21 Number Twenty-Four, Resolution 22 Authorizing Placement of the Lien on the Property 23 Known As 402 Mountain Road, Union City, New Jersey 24 07087, Block 182, Lot 6 in the City of Union City 25 For Emergency Repair Costs.  14 1 And Twenty-Five, Resolution Authorizing 2 Tammy Zucca to Execute Grant Agreement For NJ 3 Electric Vehicle Charging Stations. 4 Mayor Stack will be recusing from 5 payments to Chasan, Lamparello, Mallon and 6 Cappuzzo. 7 Commissioner Fernandez will be recusing 8 on Item 10 and 15 and I will be removing Item 13 9 from the consent agenda. 10 MAYOR STACK: Thank you, Angelo. Just 11 congratulations against to all of our students, 12 both our girls and boys for receiving and being 13 involved in the championship. Congratulations. 14 Thank you for making us proud. 15 Anyone wishing to comment on the consent 16 agenda, please step forward, state your name and 17 address for the record. That's the items that the 18 City's corporation Counsel Angelo Auteri just read 19 into the record. Seeing none, I'll make a motion 20 to close the public hearing. 21 COMMISSIONER MARTINETTI: Second. 22 MR. AUTERI: Motion by Mayor Stack, 23 second by Commissioner Martinetti. 24 Commissioner Fernandez. 25 COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ: Yes.  15 1 MR. AUTERI: Commissioner Valdivia. 2 COMMISSIONER VALDIVIA: Yes. 3 MR. AUTERI: Commissioner Martinetti. 4 COMMISSIONER MARTINETTI: Yes. 5 MR. AUTERI: Mayor Stack. 6 MAYOR STACK: Yes. 7 MR. AUTERI: May I have a motion to 8 adopt the items? 9 MAYOR STACK: Motion. 10 MR. AUTERI: Motion by Mayor Stack. 11 COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ: Second. 12 MR. AUTERI: Second by Commissioner 13 Fernandez. 14 Commissioner Fernandez. 15 COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ: Yes, with the 16 exception stated, numbers 10 and 15. Otherwise, 17 yes. 18 MR. AUTERI: Commissioner Valdivia. 19 COMMISSIONER VALDIVIA: Yes. 20 MR. AUTERI: Commissioner Martinetti. 21 COMMISSIONER MARTINETTI: Yes. 22 MR. AUTERI: Mayor Stack. 23 MAYOR STACK: Yes. 24 25 (Whereupon, the Board discussed and took  16 1 action on the following item: 2 ORDINANCE(S) FOR HEARING AND ADOPTION 3 CONSIDERATION: 4 1. An ordinance amending the City of 5 Union City Code 4-75 entitled "Drug Testing 6 Policy") 7 8 MR. AUTERI: Next on the agenda are 9 ordinances for hearing and adoption consideration. 10 We have one ordinance on for tonight. An 11 ordinance amending the City of Union City Code 12 4-75 entitled "Drug Testing Policy". May I have a 13 motion to -- 14 MAYOR STACK: Just, if you can just a 15 brief explanation on the ordinance itself? 16 MR. AUTERI: Sure, Mayor. Currently, 17 the drug testing policy for the police department 18 is in the code, which makes it difficult to amend 19 and also is superfluous because it's also part of 20 the rules and regs for the police department. So 21 what this will do is amend the ordinance to remove 22 the drug testing policy from the code section. 23 MAYOR STACK: Okay. Anyone wishing to 24 comment on this ordinance on the drug testing 25 policy at this time, please step forward, state  17 1 your name and address for the record? Seeing 2 none, motion to close. 3 MR. AUTERI: Motion made by Mayor Stack. 4 COMMISSIONER MARTINETTI: Second. 5 MR. AUTERI: Second by Commissioner 6 Martinetti. 7 Commissioner Fernandez. 8 COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ: Yes. 9 MR. AUTERI: Commissioner Valdivia. 10 COMMISSIONER VALDIVIA: Yes. 11 MR. AUTERI: Commissioner Martinetti. 12 COMMISSIONER MARTINETTI: Yes. 13 MR. AUTERI: Mayor Stack. 14 MAYOR STACK: Yes. 15 MR. AUTERI: May I have a motion to 16 adopt the ordinance. 17 COMMISSIONER VALDIVIA: Motion. 18 MR. AUTERI: Motion by Commissioner 19 Valdivia. 20 COMMISSIONER MARTINETTI: Second. 21 MR. AUTERI: Second by Commissioner 22 Martinetti. 23 Commissioner Fernandez. 24 COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ: Yes. 25 MR. AUTERI: Commissioner Valdivia.  18 1 COMMISSIONER VALDIVIA: Yes. 2 MR. AUTERI: Commissioner Martinetti. 3 COMMISSIONER MARTINETTI: Yes. 4 MR. AUTERI: Mayor Stack. 5 MAYOR STACK: Yes. 6 7 OPPORTUNITY FOR CITIZENS TO ADDRESS THE BOARD: 8 9 MR. AUTERI: Mayor, at this time there 10 are no other items on the agenda. May I have a 11 motion to take public comment on any matter 12 concerning municipal business in the City of Union 13 City? 14 MAYOR STACK: Sure. Thank you. I'd 15 just like to thank the Commissioners for moving 16 100 percent of our meetings around the community 17 in the evening hours. We're in a different 18 location every time the Board of Commissioners 19 meet, in addition to the mobile mayor's day, 20 public safety meetings. I'd also like to 21 recognize we have our police chief at the meeting, 22 Chief Facchini, thank you for being here. And 23 thank the principal of the school, Angel, thank 24 you very much for always being here when we hold 25 the meeting.  19 1 At this point, anyone who wishes to make 2 any comment concerning municipal government in the 3 City of Union City, please step forward, state 4 your name and address for the record? 5 COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ: Seeing none, 6 I'll make a motion to close the public. 7 COMMISSIONER MARTINETTI: Second. 8 MR. AUTERI: Motion by Commissioner 9 Fernandez, second by Commissioner Martinetti. 10 Commissioner Fernandez. 11 COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ: Yes. 12 MR. AUTERI: Commissioner Valdivia. 13 COMMISSIONER VALDIVIA: Yes. 14 MR. AUTERI: Commissioner Martinetti. 15 COMMISSIONER MARTINETTI: Yes. 16 MR. AUTERI: Mayor Stack. 17 MAYOR STACK: Yes. 18 * * * * 19 20 21 22 23 24 25  20 1 LIQUOR LICENSE HEARINGS: 2 1. Eduardo Cruz 3 T/a Caguas Bar Cafe 4 1709 Bergenline Avenue 5 0910-33-106-006 6 (Anthony J. Golowski, II, Esq.) 7 8 9 MR. AUTERI: At this time, we have 10 liquor license hearings. 11 MAYOR STACK: Thank you once again to 12 everyone who came to the meeting this evening. 13 Thank you for coming out to watch municipal 14 government in action. 15 MR. GONZALEZ: Thank you. Good evening, 16 Mayor, Commissioners. Today, we have one matter 17 and it's Eduardo Cruz trading as Caguas Cafe, 1709 18 Bergenline Avenue. 19 The violation that they had primarily 20 was the cameras were not operating on a full 21 basis. On prior occasions, we had an opportunity 22 to remedy the problem. They have remedied the 23 problems. They are represented by an attorney, 24 this is the gentleman here, we have an 25 interpreter. And we have reached a resolution of  21 1 this matter, if the Board accepts. We have made 2 the recommendation of a five day suspension, 3 straight -- 4 5 J O S E G O N Z A L E Z, an interpreter of the 6 Spanish language, after having been duly sworn, 7 did interpret the following testimony: 8 9 MR. GONZALEZ: Thank you. It's my 10 understanding that he would be willing to accept 11 that if the Board was to approve that. And they 12 have actually given the dates from May 22nd 13 through May 26th that it would be closed. He's 14 present here, I know that he's familiar to the 15 Board, he's been here on several other occasions. 16 There's a lot of work, his attorney's worked very 17 hard explaining the situation to me. 18 He's further explained to me that 19 apparently there was some people that charged him 20 to do the work, didn't do it properly. It's now 21 corrected and Lieutenant Dunlay has made the 22 inspection. We know the machines are working, we 23 can not verify 60 days because 60 days hasn't gone 24 by. But we believe now, based on the 25 conversations, the work is done. Sergeant Zeron  22 1 is here, she's done a background search. He does 2 not have any other violations and we believe there 3 may be an application in the future where he will 4 be selling. 5 So I think if that's a situation to be 6 clean, it would go along this route and the 7 recommendation would be five days. 8 MAYOR STACK: I just want to bring 9 something to the attention of Eduardo and his 10 attorney. I'm starting to get complaints in the 11 area about people hanging, about lack of proper 12 management of the facility. And I had -- this was 13 my biggest fear. I had a gut feeling this was 14 going to happen because -- and I understand 15 Eduardo is not there himself, he's not on the 16 scene all the time himself, and I understand that. 17 But when you take a liquor license it's a 18 privilege, and you have to properly manage the 19 establishment. And I'm starting to get 20 complaints, I'm hearing from residents in the area 21 and I don't like to hear those complaints. And we 22 gave him an opportunity -- 23 MR. AUTERI: Counsel, can we have your 24 appearance for the record? 25 MR. GOLOWSKI: Sure, Anthony Golowski.  23 1 Thank you. 2 This is the first I've heard of any 3 complaints. I've been in contact with the police 4 trying to rectify the situation and the charges 5 getting Mr. Cruz in compliance. I had a few 6 conversations, I hadn't heard any problems with 7 the establishment. 8 I know one night they came and made the 9 appointment on the night he had asked, they came 10 late, he was closed because he didn't have any 11 business. 12 MAYOR STACK: I'm talking about resident 13 complaints in the area, hanging out, lack of good 14 management there. Absenteeism of the owner on the 15 site. He promised me. He promised me when he got 16 the license, go back to the record, that he's 17 going to be there. I'm very leery about any 18 liquor license, when we approve them. This was 19 tough because he was moving into a brand new area. 20 I just want to make sure that he 21 understands, that he understands that he's got to 22 be hands-on there or have somebody on the property 23 who is really hands-on running that establishment. 24 MR. GOLOWSKI: Thank you. 25 MAYOR STACK: Motion to approve.  24 1 MR. AUTERI: Motion made by Mayor 2 Stack -- 3 COMMISSIONER MARTINETTI: Second. 4 MR. AUTERI: -- to accept the penalty. 5 Second by Commissioner Martinetti. 6 Commissioner Fernandez. 7 COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ: Yes. 8 MR. AUTERI: Commissioner Valdivia. 9 COMMISSIONER VALDIVIA: Yes. 10 MR. AUTERI: Commissioner Martinetti. 11 COMMISSIONER MARTINETTI: Yes. 12 MR. AUTERI: Mayor Stack. 13 MAYOR STACK: Yes. 14 * * * * 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25  25 1 ADJOURNMENT: 2 3 MR. AUTERI: May I have a motion to 4 adjourn? 5 COMMISSIONER MARTINETTI: Motion. 6 MAYOR STACK: Second. 7 MR. AUTERI: Motion by Commissioner 8 Martinetti, second by Mayor Stack. All in favor? 9 (Whereupon all Commissioners indicate in 10 the affirmative.) 11 MR. AUTERI: The ayes have it. 12 13 (Whereupon the meeting was adjourned at 14 7:33 p.m.) 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25  26 1 Brian P. Stack 2 Lucio P. Fernandez 3 Maryury A. Martinetti 4 Celin J. Valdivia 5 Wendy A. Grullon 6 Board of Commissioners 7 8 9 Attest: 10 Angelo Auteri, Esq., 11 Corporation Counsel 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25  27 1 C E R T I F I C A T E 2 3 4 5 6 I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing is a 7 true and accurate transcript of the testimony and 8 proceedings as taken stenographically by me at the 9 time, place, and on the date hereinbefore set 10 forth. 11 12 13 14 SUSAN BISCHOFF, CCR, RPR LICENSE NO. 30XI00233700 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25