First draft

COUNCIL MEETING – AUGUST 5, 2008

SECOND FLOOR CONFERENCE ROOM
7:00 P.M.

DISCUSSION

• Presentation by Steve Wood and Kim Craft on street rankings
• DCH and downtown development
• Mountainside tennis courts RFP proposal
• Handicapped parking on public streets

CORRESPONDENCE

PUBLIC COMMENT

EXECUTIVE SESSION

• Litigation
• Personnel
• Contracts

8:00 P.M. – COUNCIL CHAMBERS

OPEN SESSION

SUNSHINE NOTICE

ROLL CALL

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

SCHEDULED PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
There have been presented to us the minutes of July 22, 2008. Are there any corrections or additions? MOTION TO ADOPT.

NEW BUSINESS
ORDINANCES

A. Ordinance amending Sections 230-13, 230-14 and 230-27 of the Township Code relating to the required form and manner of display of parking permits (08-26)

B. Ordinance amending Section 327-18 of the Township Code (prohibit parking during certain hours on Essex Avenue between Chestnut Street and Champlain Terrace) (08-27)

C. Ordinance amending Section 327-16 of the Township Code (prohibit parking on the westerly side of Essex Avenue between Chestnut Street and Champlain Terrace and the northerly side of Columbus Avenue between Christopher Street and Essex Avenue) (08-28)

D. Ordinance amending the Vehicles and Traffic Ordinance to authorize the Township manager to temporarily close any street or portion thereof by regulation (08-29)

Consent Agenda
All items listed with an asterisk are considered to be routine by the Township Council and will be enacted by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a Councilmember or citizen so request, in which event the item will be removed from the General Order of Business and considered in its normal sequence on the agenda. They will, however, be read by title and displayed in the Council chambers.

RESOLUTIONS

1. Resolution providing for the combination of certain issues of Water Utility bonds of the Township into a single issue of bonds aggregating $3,349,000 in principal amount (08-R-15)
2. Resolution providing for the combination of certain issues of General Improvement bonds of the Township into a single issue of bonds aggregating $8,252,000 in principal amount (08-R-17)
3. Resolution determining the form and other details of $11,601,000 General Obligation bonds, consisting of $8,252,000 general improvement bonds and $3,349,000 Water Utility bonds of the Township and providing for their sale (08-R-18)
4. Resolution awarding contract to Binsky & Snyder for plumbing services for the period from August 21, 2008 through August 20, 2009 with an option to renew for one (1) additional year (08-R-19)
5. Resolution authorizing change order for additional tree work on Gordonhurst Avenue (08-R-20)
6. Resolution authorizing appointments to the Tri-Town Board of Clifton, Little Falls and Montclair (08-R-21)
7. Resolution authorizing disbursement of funds from the Montclair Housing Trust Fund to Homes of Montclair Ecumenical Corp. (“HOMECorp”) for the purchase and /or renovation of property located at 19 Elmwood Avenue (08-R-22)
8. Resolution accepting grant from Hazardous Discharge Site Remediation Fund (HDSRF) Public Entity Program through the New Jersey Economic Development Authority and the Department of Environmental Protection (08-R-23)
9. Resolution authorizing the renewal of one Plenary Retail Distribution License (08-R-24)

NEW BUSINESS (continued)
RESOLUTIONS (continued)

10. Resolution amending the Council resolution adopted on February 26, 2008 authorizing the solicitation of bids and/or proposals for the design, installation and/or operation of a wireless transmission facility for cellular communications at the Department of Community Services/Public Works Yard located at 219 North Fullerton Avenue (08-R-25)

11. Bill Resolution

REPORTS AND COMMUNICATIONS

TOWNSHIP COUNCIL

TOWNSHIP MANAGER
TOWNSHIP ATTORNEY
TOWNSHIP CLERK
PUBLIC COMMENT
The meeting is now open to the public. If there is anyone present who wishes to address the Council on any matter of Township interest or importance we will be glad to hear from him or her at this time. The Council welcomes public comment at its meetings. However, because of the constraints of time and in fairness to all members of the public, the Council asks that
you please limit your comments to five minutes, in order to allow everyone an opportunity to be heard. Please remember to sign your name and address on the sheet provided by the podium before you speak.