City of Burlington COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA. August 1, :00 pm

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1 City of Burlington COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA August 1, :00 pm NOTICE OF THIS MEETING WAS ADVERTISED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE OPEN PUBLIC MEETINGS ACT. FIRE EXITS: TURN LEFT UPON EXITING COUNCIL CHAMBERS, AND THE ENTRANCE TO THE BUILDING. THE PRESIDENT OF COUNCIL REQUESTS THAT ALL CELL PHONES BE TURNED OFF DURING THIS MEETING. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COOPERATION. ROLL CALL: Babula Conaway Ghaul Hatala Mercuri Woodard Lollar ALSO PRESENT: Mayor Administrator Chief Finance Officer Municipal Attorney Municipal Engineer Management Assistant Director of Public Works Police Chief Fire Chief Director of Public Affairs Others: INVOCATION Rev. Frederick C. Johnson of Christ Baptist Church SALUTE TO FLAG -1-

2 UNFINISHED BUSINESS CONSENT AGENDA All items listed with an asterisk (*) are considered to be routine by the Common Council and will be enacted by one motion. Should a Council Member wish to discuss a consent agenda item separately, that item can be removed from the consent agenda and considered in its normal sequence on the regular agenda. Moved that all Consent Agenda items(*) be approved PETITIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS* APPROVAL OF INVOICES* APPROVAL OF MINUTES* ORDINANCE(S) - INTRODUCTION & FIRST READING AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BURLINGTON AMENDING THE CITY OF BURLINGTON CODE SECTIONS THROUGH ORDINANCE(S) - SECOND READING & FINAL DISPOSITION BOND ORDINANCE NO FURTHER AMENDING BOND ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BURLINGTON, IN THE COUNTY OF BURLINGTON, NEW JERSEY RESOLUTIONS / CONSENT AGENDA RESOLUTIONS* Resolution No enter into an agreement with the City of Burlington Board of Education for a School Resource Officer for the School Year. Resolution No Common Council of the City of Burlington, hereby authorizes the release of a performance guarantee for Wawa, Inc., in the amount of $612, for improvements to Block , Lot 1. Resolution No enter into an agreement, Amendment No , with Pennoni Associates, Inc. due to unforeseen circumstances in connection with Hurricane Sandy, in the amount of $33,000.00, making the revised total contract amount $83,

3 Resolution No NJDOT Grant from the Transportation Enhancement Program for the Broad Street/Towne Center Station Pedestrian Route and Beautification Improvement Plan Phase 5 along East Broad Street, in the amount of $44, Resolution No NJDOT FY 2013 Local Aid Transit Village Grant Program for the Riverfront Promenade Pedestrian Access and Roundabout Improvement Plan, Phase 1, in the amount of $37, Resolution No NJDOT FY 2013 Municipal Aid Program Grant for the Farner Avenue Improvement Project, in the amount of $44, Resolution No enter into an agreement, Amendment No , with Environmental Resolutions, Inc. due to unforeseen circumstances, including emergency repairs to the Broad Street Water tower and investigating and preparing plans and reports for compliance issues for both NJ DEP and the federal EPA, in the amount of $20,000.00, making a revised total contact amount of $40, Resolution No Common Council of the City of Burlington, hereby authorizes the submission of a grant application to the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs for a Small Cities CDBG Housing Rehabilitation Grant of approximately $200, to carry out a program to address code violations in homes of low and moderate income residents and a Small Cities Public Facilities Grant of approximately $400, for ADA improvements to Memorial Hall and to construct ADA compliant curbs at intersections throughout the City of Burlington. Resolution No Common Council of the City of Burlington, hereby certifies that the proposed Grant Management Plans prepared for its Small Cities CDBG grantee applications have been reviewed and agrees to comply with all federal requirements with regard to grant management as required by any Grant Agreement between the City of Burlington and the NJDCA. Resolution No Common Council of the City of Burlington, hereby adopts the Citizen Participation Plan FY 2014 developed by the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs, Small Cities CDBG Program. -3-

4 Resolution No Common Council of the City of Burlington, hereby designates David H. Ballard as the Fair Housing Officer for City of Burlington. Resolution No Common Council of the City of Burlington, hereby approves the Policy and Procedural Manual for the Small Cities Community Development Block Grant Housing Rehabilitation Program. Resolution No Common Council of the City of Burlington, hereby approves a fire member application for Clark D. Sabo, Jr., 809 Columbus Road, Burlington, N.J., in the Neptune Hose Company No. 5, he having filed the necessary papers. Resolution No * Common Council of the City of Burlington, hereby authorizes a refund check for Block 222, Lot 157, in the amount $2, for overpayment of taxes for the year Resolution No * Common Council of the City of Burlington, hereby authorizes a refund check for Block 87, Lot 25, in the amount $2, for overpayment of taxes for the year Resolution No * Common Council of the City of Burlington, hereby authorizes a refund check for Block 87, Lot 25, in the amount $ for overpayment of taxes for the year Resolution No * Common Council of the City of Burlington, hereby authorizes a refund check for Block 8, Lot 17, in the amount $ for overpayment of taxes for the year Resolution No * A resolution providing for a meeting not opened to the public in accordance with the provisions of the New Jersey Open Public Meetings Act. N.J.S.A. 10:4-12: Therefore be it resolved by the Common Council, of The City of Burlington, assembled in public session on August 1, 2013, that an Executive Session Closed to the Public shall be held on August 1, 2013, in the Council Meeting Room, for discussion of matters relating to the specific items designated in this resolution: Contracts N.J.S.A. 10:4-12(7) Endeavor Emergency Services Agreement Real Estate/Contracts N.J.S.A. 10:4-12(7) Ecoplexus The nature of the discussion conducted in closed session and or the result thereof may be disclosed to the public in an open public meeting held in August of 2013 or shortly there after. -4-

5 PUBLIC COMMENTS- Each Citizen will be allotted up to five (5) minutes to speak, in order to allow everyone an opportunity to express their concerns. ADMINISTRATION COMMENTS COUNCIL COMMENTS CONFERENCES Proposed Feral Cat Ordinance MOTION TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION: EXECUTIVE CONFERENCES Endeavor Emergency Services Agreement Ecoplexus MOTION TO CLOSE EXECUTIVE SESSION : ADJOURNMENT ALL INTERESTED INDIVIDUALS ARE INVITED TO ATTEND AND COMMENT. ANYONE IN NEED OF SPECIAL ACCOMMODATIONS OR ACCESS TO DISABILITY, SHOULD CONTACT THE MUNICIPAL CLERK S OFFICE, AT x 101 OR x 102, PRIOR TO THE MEETING. -5-