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The action taken by the Municipal Council at the Special Meeting held on Wednesday, March 25, 2020 at 6:00 PM is listed below. The minutes are available for perusal and approval. Unless council advises the City Clerk to the contrary, these minutes will be considered approved by the Municipal Council. CITY OF JERSEY CITY 280 Grove Street Jersey City, New Jersey 07302 Sean J. Gallagher, R.M.C., City Clerk Joyce E. Watterman, Councilperson-at-Large Rolando R. Lavarro, Jr., Councilperson-at-Large Daniel Rivera, Councilperson-at-Large Denise Ridley, Councilperson, Ward A Mira Prinz-Arey, Councilperson, Ward B Richard Boggiano, Councilperson, Ward C Michael Yun, Councilperson, Ward D James Solomon, Councilperson, Ward E Jermaine D. Robinson, Councilperson, Ward F Minutes of the Special Meeting of the Municipal Council Wednesday, March 25, 2020 at 6:00 PM Please The next caucus meeting of Council is scheduled for April 6, 2020) at 4:00 p.m. Due to the Note: COVID-19 emergency, this caucus will be conducted online. To view the meeting, click: Virtual Municipal Council Caucus. The next regular meeting of Council is scheduled for April 8, 2020 at 6:00 p.m. Due to the COVID-19 emergency, this meeting will be conducted online. To view the meeting, click: Virtual Municipal Council Meeting. To be placed on the public speaking list, email [email protected] with your name and a phone number at which you can be reached during the meeting. You will be called when it is your turn to speak. 1. SPECIAL MEETING INVOCATION: ROLL CALL: The Special (Virtual) Meeting was held on March 25, 2020. The meeting was called to order at 6:08 p.m. with seven members present. Councilpersons Yun and Lavarro were absent. SALUTE TO THE FLAG: 2. RECEPTION BID: STATEMENT IN COMPLIANCE WITH SUNSHINE LAW: City Clerk Sean Gallagher stated on behalf of the Municipal Council, "In accordance with the New Jersey P.L. 1975, Chapter 231 of the Open Public Meetings Act (Sunshine Law), adequate notice of this meeting was provided by mail and/or fax to The Jersey Journal and The Reporter. Additionally, the annualnotice was posted on the bulletin board, first floor of City Hall and filed in the Office of the City Clerk on (enter date), indicating the schedule of Meetings and Caucuses of the Jersey City Municipal Council for the calendar year 2020. Page 1 of 142 The Agenda of this meeting was disseminated on March 19, 2020 at 4:00 p.m. to the Municipal Council, Mayor and Business Administrator of Jersey City. It was similarly disseminated to The Jersey City Reporter and The Jersey Journal. CONSENT AGENDA All items listed on the meeting calendar with an asterisk (or asterisks) are considered routine by the municipal council and will be enacted by one motion (and roll call) without separate discussion of each item. If discussion is desired on any item and permitted by the council, that item will be considered separately. Consent Agenda adopted by Ordinance J-636 and supplemented by Ordinance C-248. Please understand that all documents listed in the consent agenda are available for public perusal at this meeting. 3. ORDINANCE - FIRST READING 3.1 Ordinance of the City of Jersey City, in the County of Hudson, New Ord. 20-030 - Pdf Jersey amending certain provisions of City ordinance No. 16.131 providing for the refunding of all or a portion of the City's, general improvement bonds (Recovery Zone Economic Development Bonds - Direct Payment), Taxable Series 2010C appropriating an amount not exceeding $8,000,000 therefor and authorizing the issuance of not to exceed $8,000,000 general improvement refunding bonds of the City of Jersey City for financing the cost thereof. Introduced 7-0 Council Person Lavarro and Councilperson Yun: absent 3.2 An ordinance supplementing chapter 332 (Vehicles and Traffic) Ord. 20-031 - Pdf Article IX (Parking for the disabled) of the Jersey City Code designating a reserved parking space at 296 New York Avenue Introduced 7-0 Council Person Lavarro and Councilperson Yun: absent 4. ORDINANCE HEARING - SECOND READING 5. PUBLIC REQUEST FOR HEARING 5.1 Jeanne Daly - Spoke 5.2 Megan Rozak - Did not speak 5.3 Edward Wiegner - Spoke 5.4 Kyle C. Bruno - Spoke 6. PETITIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS 6.1 Letter dated February 26, 2020 from C. Dudley warner, III LSRP, (FPA) French & Parrello Associates to Bureau of case Assignment and Initial Notice, New Hudson County Courthouse re: Public Notification & Outreach Form, New Hudson County Courthouse. 6.2 Letter dated February 25, 2020 from Jay Kanengiser, Esq., Right of Way Research Analyst, Department of Transportation to Superior Court Trust Fund Unit, Superior Court of New Jersey, Trenton, NJ re: State of New Jersey vs. 394 - 396 St. Paul's Avenue, et al., (Section 2, Parcels 1&2). 6.3 Letter dated February 27, 2020 from Michael Irving, Project Manager, Dresdner Robin, to Robert Byrne, City Clerk re: Discharge to Surface Watewr (DSW) General Groundwater remediation Clean Up (BGR) Permit, Grand Jersey BDA Remediation, 7-33, 35-39, 41, 46-50, 52 Aetne Street, 246 Johnston Avenue, Jersey City. Page 2 of 142 6.4 Letter dated February 27, 2020 from Karen C, Polidoro, Senior Project Manager, EnviroTrac, Environmental Services to Municipal Clerk re: Request for changes in Water use and / or 25 years planning horizon, former Verizon Johnston Avenue, 533 Johnston Avenue, Jersey City. 6.5 Letter dated February 26, 2020 from Paul D. Sakson, LSRP, Paul D. Sakson, Associates, Inc., to Ms. Racheal Fosu, Baby Galileo Preschool & Daycare, LLC, re: Response Action Outcome, Remedial Action Type. 6.6 Letter dated February 26,2020 from Ronald F. Dooney, Jr., LSRP, Terms Environmental Services, Inc., to Seth Martin, 4165 Hoboken Ave, LLC, Hoboken, NJ re: Remedial Action Type: Unrestricted Use, 2000 gallon #2 gallon Heating Oil & (1) 2000 gallon unleaded gasoline UST's, OC-2 area of possible discharge of solvent, AOC-3 - 550 gallon waste oil UST, Panetta & Sons, Jersey City. 6.7 Letter dated February 27, 2020 from Mallory Clark, AICP, Senior Planner, Department of H.E.D.C to Property Owner, re: Jersey City Planning Board public hearing scheduled for March 10, 202 at 5:30 p.m., Council Chambers, City Hall. 6.8 Letter dated February 26, 2020 from Yacoub Yacoub, Bureau Chief Unregulated Heating Oil Tank Program to Congress Holdings, LLC, c/o/ Jared Pollard, So. Orange, NJ, re: One 550 gallon #2 Heating Oil Underground Storage Tank System, 1129 Congrass Street, Jersey City. 6.9 Letter dated February 25, 2020 from Yacoub Yacoub, Bureau Chief Unregulated Heating Oil Tank Program to 852 West Side Avenue, LLC, c/o Jacob Glick, Brooklyn, NY re: One 550 gallon #2 Heating Oil Underground Storage Tank System, 852 West Side Avenue, Jersey City. 6.10 Letter dated February 27, 2020 from Yacoub Yacoub, Bureau Chief Unregulated Heating Oil Tank Program to Ali Aksu, Cliffside Park, NJ re: One 550 gallon #2 Heating Oil Underground Storage Tank System, 102-110 Brunswick Street, Jersey City. 6.11 Letter dated February 27, 2020 from Yacoub Yacoub, Bureau Chief Unregulated Heating Oil Tank Program to 204 North Street, LLC, c/o Shai Turner, New York, NY re: One 1500 gallon #2 Heating Oil Underground Storage Tank System, 204 North Street, Jersey City. 6.12 Letter dated February 24, 2020 from Mary Anne Kuserk, Chief, Bureau of Ground Water Pollution Abatement to Richard Blackman, Director Environmental Projects, PSE&G Gas Co, So. Plainfield, NJ re: Classification Exception Area/Well Restriction Area Associated with Historic Fill, Newport Substation PSE&G Newport Substation, 615 Monmouth Street, Jersey City. 6.13 Letter dated February 28, 2020 from Tan-yueh Chang, LSRP, GES, Groundswater & Environmental Services to Department of Environmental Protection,Bureau of Case Assignments & Initial Notice, Site Remediation Program. re: Ground water Remedial Action Permit, former Exxon Service Station #3-2008, 595-599 Palisades Avenue, Jersey City. Page 3 of 142 6.14 Letter dated February 27, 2020 from Daniel J. McGinley, Financial Department, Journal Square Restoration Corp., to Robert Byrne, City Clerk re: Journal Square Special Improvement District FY19 Audit & Financial Statements and Independent Auditor's Report. 6.15 Letter dated February 13, 2020 from Robert P. Freud, PE, PP, Dynamic to Robert Byrne, re: HRP Hudson Urban Renewal, LLC, Block 3101, Lots 21-26, 29-32, 36-37, 42-33, Jersey City. 6.16 Letter dated February 25, 2020 from Jehan Halim, Supervisor, Bureau of Environmental, Engineering & Permitting to TRG Hign, LLC, New York, NY re: Treatment Works Approval, #20-0056, 39 High Street, Jersey City. 6.17 Letter dated MArch 2, 2020 from Kevin Jamieson, PWS, Principal Associate, Maser Consulting, P.A, to New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Land Use Regulation, Trenton, NJ re: In-water Waterfront Development Individual Permit, Liberty State Park Dock Replacement, Jersey City. 6.18 New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Site Remediation and Waste Management Program re: Remedial Action Protectiveness/Biennal Certififation Form, Ground Water, New Jersey Bell Telephone Co., Verizon, 533 Johnston Avenue, Jersey City. 6.19 Letter dated February 4, 2020 from Jeffrey Anderson, LSRP, Atlantic Environmental Solutions, Inc., to Jose A. Pacheco, Sweet Dreams Academy, North Bergen, NJ re: Remedial Action Type: Unrestricted use, Child care Facility, Sweet Dreams, 661 Montgomery Street, Jersey City. 7. OFFICERS COMMUNICATIONS NONE 8. REPORTS OF DIRECTORS 8.1 Executive Order# 2020-001 dated March 12, 2020 from Steven Fulop. Mayor of the City of Jersey City re: Coronavirus Disease 19. 8.2 Letter dated March 11, 2020 from Steven M. Fulop, Mayor to President and Members of the Municipal Council re: Appointing Joanne Rosa, Jersey City, NJ to serve as the Director of the Department of Human Resources.