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 JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 3400 Palisade Avenue 7 Union City, New Jersey 8 Tuesday, July 11, 2023 9 Commencing at 7:07 p.m. 10 11 M E M B E R S P R E S E N T: 12 LUCIO P. FERNANDEZ, COMMISSIONER WENDY A. GRULLON, COMMISSIONER 13 MARYURY A. MARTINETTI, COMMISSIONER CELIN J. VALDIVIA, COMMISSIONER 14 BRIAN P. STACK, MAYOR 15 M E M B E R S A B S E N T: 16 17 A L S O P R E S E N T: 18 SCARINCI HOLLENBECK 19 BY: ANGELO AUTERI, ESQ. Corporation Counsel 20 RAMON GONZALEZ, ESQ. 21 Attorney for the Union City 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 BIANCIELLA, ESQUIRE Attorney for Chandni & Madhu, LLC 3 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 MINUTES 5 6 ORDINANCE(S) FOR INTRODUCTION 6/7 7 CONSENT AGENDA 9 8 REGULAR AGENDA 16 9 CITIZENS ADDRESS THE BOARD 18 10 LIQUOR LICENSE PUBLIC HEARINGS 20 11 Chandni & Madhu, LLC 21 12 ADJOURNMENT 32 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25  4 1 MS. ROSARIO: If everybody would please 2 stand. 3 (Whereupon, the Pledge of Allegiance was 4 recited.) 5 MS. ROSARIO: This is a regular meeting 6 of the Union City Board of Commissioners being 7 held on Tuesday, July 11, 2023, at 7:00 p.m. at 8 Jefferson Elementary School, 3400 Palisade Avenue, 9 Union City. 10 This meeting has been called in 11 accordance with the Open Public Meetings Act. 12 Adequate notice was forwarded to The Jersey 13 Journal and The Record, has been posted on the 14 bulletin board in City Hall, and has been made 15 available to the public in the office of the 16 Municipal Clerk. 17 18 ROLL CALL: 19 20 MS. ROSARIO: Commissioner Fernandez. 21 COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ: Here. 22 MS. ROSARIO: Commissioner Grullon. 23 COMMISSIONER GRULLON: Here. 24 MS. ROSARIO: Commissioner Valdivia. 25 COMMISSIONER VALDIVIA: Here.  5 1 MS. ROSARIO: Commissioner Martinetti. 2 COMMISSIONER MARTINETTI: Here. 3 MS. ROSARIO: Mayor Stack. 4 MAYOR STACK: Here. 5 6 (Whereupon, the Board discussed and took 7 action on the following item: 8 APPROVAL OF MINUTES) 9 10 MS. ROSARIO: The first item on the 11 agenda is the approval of minutes. Motion to 12 approve meeting minutes for the June 20, 2023, and 13 the June 30, 2023, Board of Commissioners meeting. 14 COMMISSIONER VALDIVIA: Motion. 15 COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ: Second. 16 MS. ROSARIO: Motion by Commissioner 17 Valdivia, second by Commissioner Fernandez. 18 Commissioner Fernandez. 19 COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ: Yes. 20 MS. ROSARIO: Commissioner Grullon. 21 COMMISSIONER GRULLON: Yes. 22 MS. ROSARIO: Commissioner Valdivia. 23 COMMISSIONER VALDIVIA: Yes. 24 MS. ROSARIO: Commissioner Martinetti. 25 COMMISSIONER MARTINETTI: I'm abstaining  6 1 on June 30th and yes on the June 20th. 2 MS. ROSARIO: Mayor Stack. 3 MAYOR STACK: Yes. 4 5 (Whereupon, the Board discussed and took 6 action on the following items: 7 ORDINANCE(S) FOR INTRODUCTION: 8 1. An ordinance authorizing the City of 9 Union City to revert to a calendar fiscal year 10 from a state fiscal year.) 11 12 MS. ROSARIO: There are two ordinances 13 for introduction. Adoption on first reading 14 authorizing the Municipal Clerk to advertise the 15 ordinance with a notice of the introduction, 16 together with a notice of the time and place where 17 the ordinance will be considered for the final 18 passage. The ordinance will be further considered 19 at a meeting of the Board of Commissioners to be 20 held on Tuesday, July 25, 2023, at the Jose Marte 21 Freshman Academy, 1800 Summit Avenue, Union City. 22 First item is an ordinance authorizing 23 the City of Union City to revert to a calendar 24 fiscal year from the state fiscal year. 25 May I have a motion to introduce?  7 1 COMMISSIONER MARTINETTI: Motion. 2 MS. ROSARIO: Motion made by 3 Commissioner Martinetti. 4 COMMISSIONER VALDIVIA: Second. 5 MS. ROSARIO: Second by Commissioner 6 Valdivia. 7 Commissioner Fernandez. 8 COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ: Yes. 9 MS. ROSARIO: Commissioner Grullon. 10 COMMISSIONER GRULLON: Yes. 11 MS. ROSARIO: Commissioner Valdivia. 12 COMMISSIONER VALDIVIA: Yes. 13 MS. ROSARIO: Commissioner Martinetti. 14 COMMISSIONER MARTINETTI: Yes. 15 MS. ROSARIO: Mayor Stack. 16 MAYOR STACK: Yes. 17 18 (Whereupon, the Board discussed and took 19 action on the following item: 20 ORDINANCE(S) FOR INTRODUCTION: 21 2. An ordinance to amend Chapter 296 22 entitled "Peace and Good Order", to create a new 23 article IV entitled "All Terrain Vehicles, Dirt 24 Bikes and Snowmobiles".) 25  8 1 MS. ROSARIO: The second ordinance is an 2 ordinance to amend Chapter 296, entitled, "Peace 3 and Good Order", to create a new Article IV 4 entitled "All Terrain Vehicles Dirt Bikes and 5 Snowmobiles". 6 May I have a motion to introduce? 7 MAYOR STACK: Motion. 8 MS. ROSARIO: Motion by Mayor Stack. 9 Second? 10 COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ: Second. 11 MS. ROSARIO: Second by Commissioner 12 Fernandez. 13 Commissioner Fernandez. 14 COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ: Yes. 15 MS. ROSARIO: Commissioner Grullon. 16 COMMISSIONER GRULLON: Yes. 17 MS. ROSARIO: Commissioner Valdivia. 18 COMMISSIONER VALDIVIA: Yes. 19 MS. ROSARIO: Commissioner Martinetti. 20 COMMISSIONER MARTINETTI: Yes. 21 MS. ROSARIO: Mayor Stack. 22 MAYOR STACK: Yes. 23 24 (Whereupon, the Board discussed and took 25 action on the following items in total:  9 1 CONSENT AGENDA: 2 ( 1) Resolution Approving the Payment of Claims. 3 ( 2) Resolution Approving the Payment of 4 Concurrent Claims. 5 ( 3) Resolution Authorizing the Tax Collector to 6 Prepare, Complete and Mail As Soon As Practicable 7 Estimated Tax Bills in Accordance With the 8 Procedures Set Forth in N.J.S.A. 54:4-66.2 and 9 Authorizing an Estimated Annual Tax Levy Pursuant 10 to N.J.S.A. 54:4-66.2. 11 ( 4) Resolution Authorizing the Refund of Premium 12 Monies Collected At the Tax Sale. 13 ( 5) Resolution Authorizing Crediting the Tax 14 Appeal Decisions By the Tax Court of New Jersey. 15 ( 6) Resolution Authorizing the Refund of 16 Payment. 17 ( 7) Resolution Authorizing Refund of Redemption 18 Monies to Outside Lienholders. 19 ( 8) Resolution Authorizing Crediting the Tax 20 Appeal Decisions By the Hudson County Board of 21 Taxation. 22 ( 9) Resolution Approving the Cash Management 23 Plan. 24 (10) Resolution Approving the Depositors For the 25 City of Union City.  10 1 (11) Resolution of the City of Union City in the 2 County of Hudson County Making Application to the 3 Local Finance Board For Reversion to a Calendar 4 Fiscal Year Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:4-3.1 Or 5 40A:4-3.2. 6 (12) Resolution Authorizing the Award of a Raffle 7 License to Holy Family Church. 8 (13) Resolution Authorizing Payment to Montana 9 Construction For Infrared Pavement Restoration 10 Services At Various Locations Throughout the City 11 of Union City (October 2022). 12 (14) Resolution Authorizing Payment to Montana 13 Construction For Fourteen Pavement Restoration 14 Services At Various Locations Throughout the City 15 of Union City (November 2022). 16 (15) Resolution Authorizing Payment to Adamo 17 Brothers Construction For Emergency Repairs to 18 Firefighters Memorial Park Splash Pad. 19 (16) Resolution Authorizing Contract With Nela 20 Carpentry and Masonry For the City of Union City, 21 2911 Bergenline Avenue Police Department Annex 22 Alterations and Renovations Project. 23 (17) Resolution of the Board of Commissioners of 24 the City of Union City Authorizing the 25 Person-to-Person Transfer of Liquor License  11 1 0910-33-119-006. 2 (18) Resolution of the Board of Commissioners of 3 the City of Union City Approving the 2023-2024 4 Renewal of Liquor License No. 0910-33-119-006 5 Issued to Chandni and Madhu, LLC, Trading As The 6 Cuban. 7 (19) Resolution of the Board of Commissioners of 8 the City of Union City Approving the 2023-2024 9 Renewal of Liquor License Number 0910-33-007-011 10 Issued to Chrisam Corporation Trading As El Centro 11 American Bar Restaurant II (Pocket License). 12 (20) Resolution of the Board of Commissioners of 13 the City of Union City Approving the 2023-2024 14 Renewal of Liquor License Number 0910-33-176-008 15 Issued to Pedro Luna (Pocket License). 16 (21) Resolution of the Board of Commissioners of 17 the City of Union City Approving the 2023-2024 18 Renewal of Liquor License Number 0910-33-177-006 19 Issued to Maryru, LLC (Pocket License). 20 (22) Resolution of the Board of Commissioners of 21 the City of Union City Approving the 2023-2024 22 Renewal of Liquor License Number 0910-43-005-003 23 Issued to R&J Supermarket Corp., Trading As La 24 Roca Supermarket.) 25  12 1 MS. ROSARIO: There are 22 items on the 2 consent agenda. 3 One, resolution approving the payment of 4 claims. 5 Two, resolution approving the payment of 6 concurrent claims. 7 Three, resolution authorizing the tax 8 collector to prepare, complete and mail as soon as 9 practicable estimated tax bills in accordance with 10 the procedures set forth in N.J.S.A. 54:4-66.2 and 11 authorizing an estimated annual tax levy pursuant 12 to N.J.S.A. 54:4-66.2. 13 Four, resolution authorizing the refund 14 of premium monies collected at the tax sale. 15 Five, resolution authorizing crediting 16 the tax appeal decisions by the tax court of New 17 Jersey. 18 Six, resolution authorizing the refund 19 of payment. 20 Seven, resolution authorizing refund of 21 redemption monies to outside lienholders. 22 Eight, resolution authorizing crediting 23 the tax appeal decisions by the Hudson County 24 board of taxation. 25 Nine, resolution approving the cash  13 1 management plan. 2 Ten, resolution approving the depositors 3 for the City of Union City. 4 Eleven, resolution of the City of Union 5 City in the County of Hudson County making 6 application to the Local Finance Board for 7 reversion to a calendar fiscal year pursuant to 8 N.J.S.A. 40A:4-3.1 or 40A:4-3.2. 9 Twelve, resolution authorizing the award 10 of a raffle license to Holy Family Church. 11 Thirteen, resolution authorizing payment 12 to Montana Construction for infrared pavement 13 restoration services at various locations 14 throughout the City of Union City (October 2022). 15 Fourteen, resolution authorizing payment 16 to Montana Construction for fourteen pavement 17 restoration services at various locations 18 throughout the City of Union City (November 2022). 19 Fifteen, resolution authorizing payment 20 to Adamo Brothers Construction for emergency 21 repairs to firefighters memorial park splash pad. 22 Sixteen, resolution authorizing contract 23 with Nela Carpentry and Masonry for the City of 24 Union City, 2911 Bergenline Avenue Police 25 Department annex alterations and renovations  14 1 project. 2 Seventeen, resolution of the Board of 3 Commissioners of the City of Union City 4 authorizing the person-to-person transfer of 5 liquor license 0910-33-119-006. 6 Eighteen, resolution of the Board of 7 Commissioners of the City of Union City approving 8 the 2023-2024 renewal of liquor license no. 9 0910-33-119-006 issued to Chandni and Madhu, LLC, 10 trading as The Cuban. 11 Nineteen, resolution of the Board of 12 Commissioners of the City of Union City approving 13 the 2023-2024 renewal of liquor license number 14 0910-33-007-011 issued to Chrisam Corporation 15 trading as El Centro American Bar Restaurant II 16 (pocket license). 17 Twenty, resolution of the Board of 18 Commissioners of the City of Union City approving 19 the 2023-2024 renewal of liquor license number 20 0910-33-176-008 issued to Pedro Luna (pocket 21 license). 22 Twenty-one, resolution of the Board of 23 Commissioners of the City of Union City approving 24 the 2023-2024 renewal of liquor license number 25 0910-33-177-006 issued to Maryru, LLC (pocket  15 1 license). 2 Twenty-two, resolution of the Board of 3 Commissioners of the City of Union City approving 4 the 2023-2024 renewal of liquor license number 5 0910-43-005-003 issued to R&J Supermarket Corp., 6 trading as La Roca Supermarket. 7 Mayor, would you like to take public 8 comment on the consent agenda? 9 MAYOR STACK: Sure. Anyone wishing to 10 comment on the consent agenda, please step forward 11 and state your name and address for the record. 12 Seeing none. 13 MS. ROSARIO: May I have a motion to 14 close public comment? 15 MAYOR STACK: Motion. 16 COMMISSIONER VALDIVIA: Second. 17 MS. ROSARIO: Motion by Mayor Stack. 18 Second by Commissioner Valdivia. 19 Commissioner Fernandez. 20 COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ: Yes. 21 MS. ROSARIO: Commissioner Grullon. 22 COMMISSIONER GRULLON: Yes. 23 MS. ROSARIO: Commissioner Valdivia. 24 COMMISSIONER VALDIVIA: Yes. 25 MS. ROSARIO: Commissioner Martinetti.  16 1 COMMISSIONER MARTINETTI: Yes. 2 MS. ROSARIO: Mayor Stack. 3 MAYOR STACK: Yes. 4 MS. ROSARIO: May I have a motion to 5 approve all items on the consent agenda? 6 COMMISSIONER VALDIVIA: Motion. 7 COMMISSIONER GRULLON: Second. 8 MS. ROSARIO: Motion by Commissioner 9 Valdivia, second by Commissioner Grullon. 10 Commissioner Fernandez. 11 COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ: Yes. 12 MS. ROSARIO: Commissioner Grullon. 13 COMMISSIONER GRULLON: Yes. 14 MS. ROSARIO: Commissioner Valdivia. 15 COMMISSIONER VALDIVIA: Yes. 16 MS. ROSARIO: Commissioner Martinetti. 17 COMMISSIONER MARTINETTI: Yes. 18 MS. ROSARIO: Mayor Stack. 19 MAYOR STACK: Yes. 20 21 (Whereupon, the Board discussed and took 22 action on the following item: 23 REGULAR AGENDA: 24 1. Resolution approving the 25 transitional year 2023 temporary budget.)  17 1 2 MS. ROSARIO: There is one item on the 3 regular agenda. It is the resolution approving 4 the transitional year 2023 temporary budget. 5 May I have a motion to approve item 1 on 6 the regular agenda? 7 COMMISSIONER MARTINETTI: Motion. 8 MAYOR STACK: Second. 9 MS. ROSARIO: Motion by Commissioner 10 Martinetti, second by Mayor Stack. 11 Commissioner Fernandez. 12 COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ: Yes. 13 MS. ROSARIO: Commissioner Grullon. 14 COMMISSIONER GRULLON: Yes. 15 MS. ROSARIO: Commissioner Valdivia. 16 COMMISSIONER VALDIVIA: Yes. 17 MS. ROSARIO: Commissioner Martinetti. 18 COMMISSIONER MARTINETTI: Yes. 19 MS. ROSARIO: Mayor Stack. 20 MAYOR STACK: Yes. 21 22 OPPORTUNITY FOR CITIZENS TO ADDRESS THE BOARD: 23 24 MS. ROSARIO: Mayor, at this time would 25 you like to take public comment on the portion of  18 1 this meeting? 2 MAYOR STACK: Sure. Anyone at this time 3 wishing to comment on any matter concerning 4 municipal government in the City of Union City, 5 please step forward, state your name and address 6 for the record. 7 I'd just like to thank the Commissioners 8 for moving 100 percent of our meetings throughout 9 the community. 10 MS. ROSARIO: May I have a motion to 11 close? 12 COMMISSIONER MARTINETTI: Motion. 13 MAYOR STACK: Motion. 14 COMMISSIONER MARTINETTI: Second. 15 MS. ROSARIO: Motion by Mayor Stack, 16 second by Commissioner Martinetti. 17 Commissioner Fernandez. 18 COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ: Yes. 19 MS. ROSARIO: Commissioner Grullon. 20 COMMISSIONER GRULLON: Yes. 21 MS. ROSARIO: Commissioner Valdivia. 22 COMMISSIONER VALDIVIA: Yes. 23 MS. ROSARIO: Commissioner Martinetti. 24 COMMISSIONER MARTINETTI: Yes. 25 MS. ROSARIO: Mayor Stack.  19 1 MAYOR STACK: Yes. 2 * * * * 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25  20 1 LIQUOR LICENSE HEARINGS: 2 1. Person-to-person transfer 3 application: 4 Applicant: Chandni & Madhu, LLC 5 T/a The Cuban 6 Address: 3417 Park Avenue 7 License No. 0910-33-119-006 8 Application: Person-to-person 9 Attorney: Anthony Bianciella, Esquire 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25  21 1 MS. ROSARIO: Now, we have a liquor 2 license hearing. Mr. Gonzalez. 3 MR. GONZALEZ: Good evening, Mayor, 4 Commissioners. For the record, Ramon Gonzalez, 5 G-O-N-Z-A-L-E-Z. Today there's one matter on and 6 it's a person-to-person transfer, Chandni and 7 Madhu, LLC, trading as The Cuban, they're 8 represented by Mr. Bianciella, who's here. 9 Just so that the Mayor and Commissioners 10 are aware, Sergeant Zeron is here. We have 11 reviewed the application, it is complete. I 12 understand that there's certain conditions that 13 were placed on the license from the prior owner 14 and the police department wanted those conditions 15 to continue, that Mr. Bianciella would like to 16 address. 17 I did explain to him that although this 18 is a court ordered jurisdictional litigation 19 settlement that allows it, obviously it still 20 means that the Board has the option to question 21 the new owner. The new owner was actually a prior 22 owner. And through the litigation, the Superior 23 Court entered into a settlement agreement where 24 they get the license back. 25 So at this time, with the consent of the  22 1 police department, they are not objecting to the 2 transfer. I've also reviewed all the documents, 3 it seems to be in fine order. And I know Mr. 4 Bianciella wants to address the Board. But like I 5 said previously, the Board has all rights to 6 question and either approve or deny. 7 MAYOR STACK: Absolutely. Hi. How are 8 you? 9 MR. BIANCIELLA: I'm well, thank you. 10 Good evening, Mayor and Commissioners. So when we 11 received the resolution back in May, there was 12 some conditions that were added to the prior 13 owner. And there are three conditions that were 14 added that we wanted to address. One of them is 15 asking the applicant to make room for additional 16 parking or arrange for parking or have valet. 17 They have no objection to valet parking, they just 18 want it limited from Thursday to Sunday. Monday, 19 Tuesday and Wednesday are very slow, too slow to 20 have valet parking for a small a crowd. And, of 21 course, if it changes and it becomes busier, 22 they'll make that accommodation. 23 MAYOR STACK: So there will be no valet 24 parking or there's not going to be? 25 MR. BIANCIELLA: I'm sorry?  23 1 MAYOR STACK: There's going to be valet 2 parking or not? 3 MR. BIANCIELLA: There is going to be 4 valet parking Thursday through Sunday. 5 MAYOR STACK: Where is the parking that 6 they're parking these cars? 7 MR. BIANCIELLA: So they're going to 8 make these arrangements. They haven't made the 9 arrangements yet, but they've agreed. And again 10 this was one of the conditions that was placed in 11 the resolution. 12 MAYOR STACK: Before the establishment 13 opens, we'll know where the valet parking is? 14 MR. BIANCIELLA: If you want to, I can 15 advise counsel. 16 MAYOR STACK: I think that's important 17 because one of the big issues that we had in the 18 area, especially on 35th Street, we had a 19 community meeting there tonight. One of the main 20 issues that we had years ago and the Chief may 21 have been a lieutenant at the time even, right? 22 We had major, major issues down there with people 23 on the block parking their vehicles. When they 24 came out, it would be late at night or early 25 morning hours where there would be a lot of  24 1 talking, a lot of yelling, and stuff like that. 2 We want to make that sure there's a place -- I 3 can't speak for them, but maybe there's a lot 4 across the street or somewhere where you can park 5 the cars. 6 I know it's a challenge, but for your 7 business, you'll only do better by having a place 8 where you can park the cars for your customers. 9 MR. BIANCIELLA: Okay. So I'll -- 10 MAYOR STACK: You'll let Mr. Gonzalez 11 know. He'll let the Chief and I know. 12 MR. BIANCIELLA: And if it could be 13 limited to Thursday through Sunday? 14 MAYOR STACK: That's fine. That's the 15 bulk of it, sure. 16 MR. BIANCIELLA: So the second issue was 17 that there's a rear yard. So behind the building, 18 on Park Avenue -- and when they operated there, 19 they had lights and other things. And they always 20 kept soft music there. During their ownership, 21 they never had any kind of complaints, never had 22 any disturbances, no nuisances. So they wanted to 23 know if they can continue with soft music in the 24 back area just till 10:00 p.m. 25 MAYOR STACK: That would be fine, as  25 1 long as it's kept low and can't be heard outside. 2 You got to realize that you got a building across 3 the street where they can't hear it. I have no 4 issue with that, if you keep it on low, that's 5 fine. As long as it doesn't come from outside of 6 the property. 7 MR. BIANCIELLA: Okay. Last thing, 8 Mayor, is when they operated, they had a bar and 9 they used the rooftop. The City told them let's 10 get rid of the bar up here, so they did. They got 11 rid of the bar. They were permitted to have 12 dining on the upstairs area. I told Mr. Gonzalez 13 that they'd like to be able to do that again. If 14 there's going to be time restrictions, that would 15 be fine. 16 MAYOR STACK: I'd like to wait to see 17 how the business goes and we can revisit this in 18 six months. 19 MR. BIANCIELLA: Okay. 20 MAYOR STACK: I think that's fair. Then 21 we can come back, Ray, and revisit this. 22 MR. BIANCIELLA: Everything is -- 23 MAYOR STACK: If they show me that they 24 do well in the area and there's no issues anything 25 like that, that's most important to me.  26 1 MR. BIANCIELLA: One of their plans is 2 they'd like to be use the area year round, so 3 they're thinking about enclosing the structure 4 with plexiglas and like a top and everything, so 5 we don't have to worry about sound. 6 MAYOR STACK: On top? 7 MR. BIANCIELLA: Up on the top. 8 MAYOR STACK: That would be a good idea. 9 MR. BIANCIELLA: Get all the approvals 10 and perhaps they can do that within the next six 11 months. 12 MAYOR STACK: That would be a good idea, 13 that would be great. 14 MR. BIANCIELLA: Thank you, Mayor. 15 MAYOR STACK: No problem. When do you 16 think you'll be opening? 17 MR. PATEL: September. 18 MR. BIANCIELLA: So I know one of the 19 problems, Mayor, is, you know, we put this off a 20 few times. They were hesitant to drop the ball 21 and say we're ready. They're close to ready, kind 22 of really start figuring out staff and hiring. So 23 I think it's 30 days, a reasonable amount of time, 24 60 days, 30 to 60 days. 25 MAYOR STACK: When do you think?  27 1 MR. PATEL: End of September. 2 MAYOR STACK: Keep us posted. Just make 3 sure it's kept clean, maybe even put some plants 4 outside, it's nice for the neighborhood. It's 5 very beautiful building. 6 MR. PATEL: As we owned before, a lot of 7 what happened -- 8 MR. AUTERI: Step forward and state your 9 name for the record. 10 MAYOR STACK: You'll be -- 11 MR. PATEL: G-I-G-N-E-S-H P-A-T-E-L. 12 MS. PATEL: Priti Patel, P-R-I-T-I. 13 MAYOR STACK: Will you be managing and 14 at the establishment? 15 MR. PATEL: We will be, but we'll have a 16 general manager. 17 MAYOR STACK: Good. And what time will 18 you be open? 19 MR. PATEL: Up till 11. And if the 20 third floor will be used and comply with the 21 dining area -- 22 MAYOR STACK: Will there be any security 23 there? 24 MR. PATEL: We're not going to be a -- 25 we'll stick with a restaurant, not --  28 1 MAYOR STACK: Please, not a club or 2 anything like that. Keep it as a restaurant, 3 that's what we want. 4 Ray, they're going to be open till 11, 5 what's the restriction on that now? 6 MR. GONZALEZ: There was no restriction. 7 It was just that they would not be operating it 8 with any loud music till 10:00. If the Mayor and 9 Commissioners think that should be -- 10 MAYOR STACK: No, I think we'll play it 11 by ear and see how it goes. 12 MR. GONZALEZ: I have to agree with you. 13 You're giving them all the opportunity by allowing 14 them to come back in six months. 15 MAYOR STACK: Just keep running a good 16 business there. If you have a problem or somebody 17 gets into a fight or an argument, the only thing 18 that I ask is that you or your employee 19 immediately call Union City Police. Call them 20 immediately, that means the world to us, when you 21 come in, if there's an ABC, the fact that you or 22 your employee or your manager called, that means 23 the world. Don't let us get a call from the 24 neighbors, don't let us get a call from somebody 25 else, you'll be the first one that calls. The  29 1 police department is here to assist you. If you 2 have a problem or people get into an altercation, 3 we understand that. Just call the police right 4 away, always. This is the chief of police right 5 here. 6 MR. GONZALEZ: They still need to comply 7 with all the requirements with the video cameras. 8 MAYOR STACK: Sure, absolutely. I'll 9 leave that up to you. Absolutely. 10 MR. BIANCIELLA: I provided with that. 11 MR. PATEL: One more question. For the 12 rooftop, if we do enclose it, will we eventually 13 get the enclosed rooftop, if that's okay then? 14 MAYOR STACK: It's okay. Just check 15 with the building codes. 16 MR. PATEL: We'll check with them and 17 we'll get the permits and everything. 18 MAYOR STACK: Just check. 19 MR. PATEL: The permit is done, then do 20 we need to come back? 21 MAYOR STACK: Just -- you may have to 22 check just with zoning on enclosing that. I don't 23 know if it can be done through the building or you 24 may have to go to zoning, I'm not 100 percent 25 sure. I'm not sure being you're enclosing the  30 1 existing the deck. But I'm not sure if they 2 enclose it, if they have to -- 3 MR. AUTERI: I think they're -- 4 MAYOR STACK: Go see Marty Martinetti 5 and they'll be able to tell you. 6 MR. PATEL: At the building department. 7 MAYOR STACK: They would be able to tell 8 you. Your attorney reaches out for them and 9 they'll tell you exactly how to do it. Great. 10 And everything else, Mr. Gonzalez will go overall 11 the other requirements. 12 MR. GONZALEZ: Absolutely. 13 MAYOR STACK: Sergeant, do you have 14 anything further? 15 SERGEANT ZERON: No. 16 MAYOR STACK: Any Commissioners have 17 anything further? No, great. I'll make a motion 18 to approve. 19 MS. ROSARIO: Motion to approve by Mayor 20 Stack. 21 COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ: Second. 22 MS. ROSARIO: Second by Commissioner 23 Fernandez. 24 Commissioner Fernandez. 25 COMMISSIONER FERNANDEZ: Yes.  31 1 MS. ROSARIO: Commissioner Grullon. 2 COMMISSIONER GRULLON: Yes. 3 MS. ROSARIO: Commissioner Valdivia. 4 COMMISSIONER VALDIVIA: Yes. 5 MS. ROSARIO: Commissioner Martinetti. 6 COMMISSIONER MARTINETTI: Yes. Good 7 luck with everything. 8 MS. ROSARIO: Mayor Stack. 9 MAYOR STACK: Yes. Best of luck to you 10 both. Your attorney is a complete gentleman, a 11 good man, he really is. 12 * * * * 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25  32 1 ADJOURNMENT: 2 3 MS. ROSARIO: May I have a motion to 4 adjourn? 5 COMMISSIONER VALDIVIA: Motion. 6 COMMISSIONER MARTINETTI: Second. 7 MS. ROSARIO: Motion made by 8 Commissioner Valdivia, second by Commissioner 9 Martinetti. 10 All in favor? 11 12 (All Commissioners indicate in the 13 affirmative.) 14 15 (Whereupon the meeting was adjourned at 16 7:27 p.m.) 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25  33 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  34 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