Tentative:  03/02/07

Amended:  03/09/07

Final: 03/13/07 

 TOWNSHIP COUNCIL

WORK SESSION/REGULAR MEETING

AGENDA

March 13, 2007 – 7:00 P.M.

 

1.         Call to Order

 

2.         Flag Ceremony by Girl Scouts

           

3.         Invocation – Councilwoman Eberle

 

4.         Roll Call

 

5.         Proclamation – Girl Scout Week

 

6.         Council At-Large Seat

 

a)            Selection and Appointment

b)           Administer Oath of Office

 

7.         Mayor’s Report

 

8.         Deputy Mayor’s Report

 

9.         Committee Reports

 

10.       Review Prepared Agenda (Items #1-16)

 

11.       Council Discussion Items – None

 

12.       Approval of Minutes: None submitted.

                                                           

13.       Approval of Warrants           

14.       Ordinances – Public Hearings & Further Consideration

a)            Ordinance No. 3659A – Ordinance Amending Code Chapter 112 Development, Schedule 7, Fees (Adding Zoning Permit Fees)

 

b)           Ordinance No. 3660 – Ordinance Amending Code Chapter 112, Development, Section 11-6(B) – Change Zone Designation of Block 468.12, Lot 1.01 from C-B (Corporate-Business) with a SCV (Senior Citizen Village) overlay to its original zone designation of C-B (Corporate-Business).

 

c)            Ordinance No. 3661A – Ordinance Amending Code Chapter 112, Development, Amending the Redevelopment Plan by deleting the following subsections of Section 112-280 – (C) – Senior Housing; (E) Gateway Commercial and (G) Commercial/Industrial; adding the following subsections:  (K) – Churchill-Millstone Redevelopment Area and (L) Leewood Renaissance at Franklin Redevelopment Area; and rezone Block 123 from Gateway Commercial to Residential Infill.

 

d)           Ordinance No. 3662 – Ordinance releasing, extinguishing and vacating the rights of the public street known as a portion of Adams Street.

 

e)            Ordinance No. 3664 – Ordinance amending Chapter 13, Boards and Commissions, Article XII, Human Relations Commission, Section 13-52, Membership (Increase 9 citizen members to 12 citizen members.)

 

f)             Ordinance No. 3665 – Ordinance authorizing acquisition for parks and conservation purposes – Block 10, Lots 10.03 and 10.05 – Peter Madden Farm.

 

g)           Ordinance No. 3666 – Bond Ordinance amending Open Space Bond Ordinance No. 3256 by adding Block 10, Lots 10.03 and 10.05 – Peter Madden Farm.

 

h)           Ordinance No. 3667 – Bond Ordinance amending Bond Ordinance No. 3602 – 2006 Road Overlay Program to include the following streets:  Yorkshire Drive; Alex Place; Brookline Street; Hall Street; Dumont Street; Highwood Road; April Lane; Elmwood Street; Rose Street; Hilltop Lane and Indiana Road.

 

i)             Ordinance No. 3668 – Ordinance amending Code Chapter 62, Salaries and Compensation by adding the title Comptroller to Range $50,000 to $88,000 in Section 62-4 – Annual Compensation and Longevity for Managerial and Exempt Employees.

 

j)             Ordinance No. 3670 – Ordinance authorizing acquisition of Block 512, Lot 4, 2381 Amwell Road to be included in the D&R Canal Area Redevelopment Plan.

 

k)           Ordinance No. 3671 – Bond Ordinance Providing for the 2007 Road Overlay Program and appropriating $1,250,000 therefore and authorizing the issuance of $1,047,000 bonds or notes to finance part of the costs thereof.

 

15.       Public Discussion

 

16.       Council Comments

 

17.       Introduction of Ordinances

 

 

a)     Ordinance No. 3677 – Ordinance Repealing Traffic Code Chapter 226, Section 226-15 – Parking of trucks weighing in excess of 1,500 pounds Ύ tons prohibited and Replacing it with a new Section 225-15 - Overnight Parking and Amending Section 226-31 (B) 1 by adding the property Somerset News Apartment Building with the regulation of No Stopping or Standing at all Times and the movement of prohibited on Reler Lane.  Further consideration and public hearing of this ordinance is scheduled for April 10, 2007 at 7:00 p.m. in Council Chambers.

 

b)     Ordinance No. 3678 – Amend Code Chapter 112, Development Ordinance, Section 112-23 – Parking of Vehicles.  Further consideration and public hearing of this ordinance is scheduled for April 24, 2007 at 7:00 p.m. in Council Chambers.

 

c)      Ordinance No. 3679 – Amend Ordinance No. 3540 – Establish Hamilton Street Special Improvement District (Addition and Deletion of Properties in Special Improvement District.)  Further consideration and public hearing of this ordinance is scheduled for April 10, 2007 at 7:00 p.m. in Council Chambers.  Removed from Agenda for further review and clarification.

 

d)     Ordinance No. 3680 – Ordinance amending Chapter 180, Fees, Delete Section 180-9. Weddings by Mayor and Deputy Mayor.  Further consideration and public hearing of this ordinance is scheduled for April 10, 2007 at 7:00 p.m. in Council Chambers. Removed from Agenda.

 

 18.      Consent Agenda

 

a)                 Resolution #07-128 – Authorize Release of Planning/Building Escrows.

 

b)                Resolution #07-129 –Authorize Tax Title Lien Redemption – Outside Buyer.

 

c)                 Resolution #07-130 – Authorize Refund of Tax Overpayments.

 

d)                Resolution #07-131 - Authorize Issuance of Raffles Licenses.

 

e)                 Resolution #07-132 – Award State Contract – Eagle Point Gun Shop – Police Department Ammunition – Amount Not to Exceed $18,156.00.

 

f)                  Resolution #07-133 – Award Bid – Raritan Supply Company – Cooper Piping (One Year from Notice to Proceed) – Amount Not to Exceed $15,000.00.

 

g)                 Resolution #07-134 – Award Bid – Beyer Brothers Corporation – Two (2) Dump Trucks (1 four-door and 1 two-door) with plows, hitches and spreaders with trade in – Amount Not to Exceed $87,750.00 (four-door) and $81,150.00 (two-door).

 

h)                Resolution #07-135 – Award Rehabilitation Contract – JDL Contracting Company Inc. – 119 Martin Street – Amount Not to Exceed $19,795.00.  Removed from Agenda.

 

i)                   Resolution #07-136 – Award Rehabilitation Contract – JDA Contracting, LLC – 308 West Point Avenue – Amount Not to Exceed $14,875.00.

 

j)                   Resolution #07-137 – Award Non-Fair and Open Professional Services Contract – Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer, P.A. – Bond Council – Amount Not to Exceed $30,000.00.

 

k)                Resolution #07-138 – Award Non-Fair and Open Contract – Queues Enforth development, Inc. (QED) – Workstation and mobile mapping software upgrades for Police computer-aided dispatch system – Amount Not to Exceed $49,650.00.

 

l)                   Resolution #07-139 – Award Non-Fair and Open Professional Services Contract – VanCleef Engineering – Inspection and Construction Management – Easton Farms Resurfacing Project – Amount Not to Exceed $50,000.00.

 

m)              Resolution #07-140 – Award Bid – Defino Contracting – Easton Farms Resurfacing Project – Amount Not to Exceed $1,183,487.00.

 

n)                Resolution #07-141 – 2007 Recycling Tonnage Grant Application.

 

o)                 Resolution #07-142 – Grant permission for a bicycle road race to travel through a portion of Franklin Township – US Bicycling Hall of Fame – May 26, 2007.

 

p)                 Resolution #07-143 – Authorize Sale of One (1) Plenary Consumption Retail Liquor License.

 

q)                Resolution #07-144 – Authorize Grant Application – ANJEC (Association of NJ Environmental Commissions) – Compilation of Natural Resource Inventory (NRI) – Maximum of $20,000 with a 1:1 match, half of which can be in-kind.

 

r)                  Resolution #07-145 – Authorize Grant Application – Advisory Council of Historic Preservation and the US Department of Interior, Commerce, Agriculture and Housing and Urban Development – Designation as a “Preserve America” community to be eligible for historic preservation funding.

 

s)                  Resolution #07-146 – Authorize Execution of a Subordination of Mortgage – Anna Johnson – Block 222/Lot 14 – 54 Dewald Avenue.

 

t)                   Resolution #07-147 – Authorize Support and Commitment to Participate in Somerset County’s PARIS Shared Services Grant Application for the purpose of studying the feasibility of and developing an implementation plan for a County-based service bureau for scanning and microfilming services for the County’s municipalities and for funding to provide assistance to the municipalities in the organization of their records.

 

u)                 Resolution 07-148 – Award State Contract – Edmunds and Associates, Inc. – Financial Package software maintenance – January 1, 2007 to December 31, 2007 (Amount Not to Exceed $18,250.00) – Printing of Tax Bills (Amount Not to Exceed $20,000.00).

 

v)                 Resolution #07-149 – Accept Resignation of Rozalyn Sherman from Planning Board, effective March 7, 2007.

 

w)               Resolution #07-150 – Accept Resignation of Robert Thomas from Open Space Advisory Committee, effective immediately.  Voted on Separately.

 

19.       Resolution – Voted on Separately

a)                  Resolution #07-151  – Release of Planning Review Escrow – Pulte Homes (Somerset Run) – Docket No. PLN2003-0006.

 

20.       Nominations for 2007 Appointments

a)                  Nominations for One (1) Teen-Age Private School Non-Voting Male Member of the Advisory Recreation Council, for a one-year term ending December 31, 2007.

 

b)                 Nominations for One (1) Board of Adjustment Member of the Business & Industry Advisory Committee, for a one-year term ending December 31, 2007.

 

c)                  Nominations for Two (2) Regular Members of the Human Relations Commission, both for an unexpired three-year term ending December 31, 2007.

 

d)                 Nominations for One (1) Citizen Member of the Open Space Advisory Committee, for an unexpired three-year term ending December 31, 2007.

 

e)                  Nomination for One (1) Class IV Member of the Planning Board for an unexpired four-year term ending 12/31/08.

 

f)                   Nominations for One (1) Tenant Member of the Rent Leveling Board for an unexpired three-year term ending December 31, 2007.

 

g)                 Nominations for One (1) Non-Senior Citizen Resident Member of the Senior Citizen Advisory Committee for a one-year term ending December 31, 2007.

 

h)                 Nominations for One (1) Class IV Member of the Planning Board for an unexpired four-year term ending 12/31/10.

 

21.       Nominations for Council Appointments

a)                   Nominations for One (1) Council Member to the Public Safety Standing Committee for an unexpired one-year term ending December 31, 2007.

 

b)                  Nominations for One (1) Council Member to the Land Use & Open Space Standing Committee for an unexpired one-year term ending December 31, 2007.

 

c)                   Nominations for One (1) Council Member as Council Liaison to the Sewerage Authority for an unexpired one-year term ending December 31, 2007.

 

d)                  Nominations for One (1) Council Member as Council Liaison to the Youth Services Commission/Alliance Against Drug Abuse for an unexpired one-year term ending December 31, 2007.

 

22.       Adjournment