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Village Council Public Meeting Agenda 11/09/2015

                                                

                VILLAGE OF RIDGEWOOD

                   VILLAGE COUNCIL

               REGULAR PUBLIC MEETING

                  NOVEMBER 9, 2015

                      8:00 P.M.

1.   Call to Order - Mayor

2.   Statement of Compliance with the Open Public       Meetings Act

3.   Roll Call - Village Clerk

4.   Flag Salute and Moment of Silence

5.   Acceptance of Financial Reports

6.   Approval of Minutes

7.   Proclamations

     NONE

8.   Swearing-in of Firefighters

  1. Firefighter Oscar Martinez
  2. Firefighter Michael Rohrman

    

9. Comments from the Public (Not to exceed 5             minutes per person - 30 minutes in total)

10.  Manager's Report

11.  Village Council Reports

12.  Multi-Family Housing in Central Business District

  1. Affordable Housing Obligation
  2. Village Council’s Next Steps (financial impact study, schedule, etc.)

13.  ORDINANCES - INTRODUCTION

3509 – Amend Various Salary Ordinances – Amends White          Collar, Supervisory, Non-union, and Management           salary ordinances

3510- Amend Chapter 105 – Animals – Cats – Establish a    3-Year Cat License – Establishes the rules and         regulations for a 3-year cat license

 

 

 

 

3511- Amend Chapter 145 Fees – Fees for 3-Year Cat        License – Establishes the fees for 3-year cat         licenses at $42 for the first                      unspayed/unneutered cat and $30 for each            additional unspayed/unneutered cat; and $33 for          the first spayed/neutered cat and $21 for each       additional spayed/neutered cat

3512 – Amend Valet Parking Ordinance – Amends              the valet parking ordinance to permit valet           parking other than the 5:00 p.m. to 3:00 a.m.        timeframe through a request to the Village               Manager at least 72 hours prior to the event        and bagging of parking meters in the valet                 loading/unloading zones during the event             time. Any violations of this amendment to the        valet parking ordinance shall be liable for a            fine of $100 per day. Also designatesadditional     parking spaces to be used for valet parking        loading and unloading zones on Chestnut Street           and Prospect Street.

3513 – Non-Union Salary Ordinance – Establishes                salaries and various employment criteria for         non-union personnel for 2015

3514 – Management Salary Ordinance – Establishes               salaries and various employment criteria for         management personnel for 2015

14.  ORDINANCES - PUBLIC HEARING

 

3489 – Amend Chapter 190 – Land Use and Development -          Establish AH-2 Zone District

3490 – Amend Chapter 190 – Land Use and Development       – Establish B-3-R Zone District

3491 – Amend Chapter 190 – Land Use and Development       – Establish C-R Zone

3492 – Amend Chapter 190 – Land Use and Development       – Establish C Zone District

3493 – Amend Chapter 190 – Land Use and Development       – Amend Various Sections – Multiple Zone Districts     and General Affordable Housing Regulation

3507 – Amend Bond Ordinance – Change in Description and    Average Useful Life – Ridgewood Public Library 3508 – Amend Fine for CBD Employee Parking

15.  RESOLUTIONS

THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTIONS, NUMBERED 15-343 THROUGH

15-370 ARE TO BE ADOPTED BY A CONSENT AGENDA, WITH ONE VOTE BY THE VILLAGE COUNCIL. THERE IS A BRIEF DESCRIPTION BESIDE EACH RESOLUTION TO BE CONSIDERED ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. EACH RESOLUTION WILL BE READ BY TITLE ONLY:

15-343    Approve Budget Transfers - Annual resolution             which transfers money from departments which               have      excess funds to those departments which            do not have adequate funds

15-344    Title 59 Approval – Furnish and Install                   Control Valves – Approves the plans and                 specifications for Furnish and Install                  Control Valves at Various Locations prepared               by the Ridgewood Water Department, pursuant               to Title 59

15-345    Award Contract – Furnish and Install Control              Valves (NTE $275,000) – Awards a contract to           the sole responsible bidder, CFM                       Construction, Inc., 5 Bay Street, Stirling,               NJ

15-346    Title 59 Approval – Furnishing and Delivering        Sodium Hypochlorite Solution – Ridgewood               Water – Approves the plans and specifications      for Furnishing and Delivering of Sodium                   Hypochlorite prepared by the Ridgewood Water              Department, pursuant to Title 59

15-347    Award Contract – Furnishing and Delivering           Sodium Hypochlorite Solution – Ridgewood               Water ($3.62/gallon) – Awards a contract to              the sole responsible bidder, Miracle Chemical      Company, 1151B Highway 33, Farmingdale, NJ

15-348    Award Contract – Layout, Printing and                Distribution of Village Calendar (NTE                   $10,829) – Awards a contract to Ridgewood               Press, 609 Franklin Turnpike, Ridgewood, NJ               as the lowest quote received

15-349    Award Contract – Recording System for Village        Hall      Court Room (NTE $5,899) – Awards a                   contract under State Contract to Gramco                   Business Communications, 1149 Bloomfield              Avenue, Clifton, NJ

15-350    Award Contract Under State Contract – Jeep           Patriot – Ridgewood Water Department                 ($21,619.75) – Awards a contract under State              Contract to Hertrich Fleet Services, 1427 Bay       Road, Milford, DE

15-351    Revise Award of Contract Under State Contract        – Chlorine Analyzers (NTE $6,159.29) – Awards         a contract under State Contract to Hach                 Company, P.O. Box 608, Loveland, CO. This            contract was previously awarded for the                   incorrect price, so this resolution revises               the previously adopted resolution.

 

 

 

 

 

15-352    Revise Award of Contract Under State Contract        – Mini Excavator Model 26G (NTE $49,245.65) –          Awards a contract under State contract to            JESCO, 1275 Bloomfield Avenue, Fairfield, NJ.           This resolution is necessary due to the fact              that a previous resolution awarded a contract          for a John Deere Model 27D, and that model is       no longer available.

15-353    Award Professional Services Contract –                    Alternatives for Village-owned Buildings (NTE        $77,000) – Awards a Professional Services               Contract to RSC Architects, 3 University              Plaza Drive, Hackensack, NJ

15-354    Award Professional Services Contract – SCADA              System Upgrade – Ridgewood Water (NTE                  $181,230) – Awards a no-bid, Professional            Services Contract to Emerson Process                 Management Power and Water Solutions, Inc.,               200 Beta Drive, Pittsburgh, PA. The required       Pay to Play forms have been filed.

15-355    Award Extraordinary Unspecifiable Services           Contract – Emergency Repairs to Effluent Flow         Meter - Water Pollution Control Facility –              Purchase of Parts ($1,959.75) – Awards an EUS        contract to Applied Analytics, Inc., Plaza           One, One Highway 12, Flemington, NJ

15-356    Award Extraordinary Unspecifiable Services           Contract – Emergency Repairs to Effluent Flow         Meter – Water Pollution Control Facility –              Installation ($3,200) – Awards an EUS                contract to Carfi Electric, LLC, 124 Emeline              Drive, Hawthorne, NJ

15-357    Award Extraordinary Unspecifiable Contract –              Repair of Stairs on Glenwood Road/Ho-Ho-Kus            Train Station (NTE $32,000 plus materials) –            Awards an EUS contract to ConQuest                       Construction, 20 Carver Avenue, Westwood, NJ

15-358    Authorize Shared Services Agreement – Adult               Health Clinics (Ho-Ho-Kus) - Approves a               Shared Services Agreement with the Borough of          Ho-Ho-Kus for Adult Health Clinics. The             Village of Ridgewood will receive $608 from               the Borough of Ho-Ho-Kus for this Shared            Service.

15-359    Authorize Shared Services Agreement –                Purchase of Brine (Hawthorne) – Authorizes             the purchase of brine from the Borough of              Hawthorne through a Shared Services Agreement

 

 

 

 

 

15-360    Authorize Shared Services Agreement – TV             Inspection of Mains (Northwest Bergen County               Utilities Authority) – Authorizes the second             year of a two-year Shared Services Agreement               with the Northwest Bergen County Utilities           Authority for TV Inspection of Water and             Stormwater mains. The charge will be $0.82             per foot with a minimum charge of $400 per           day.

15-361    Authorize Change Order – On-Call Servicing           and Repair of Potable Well Facilities and             Piping (NTE $132,650.42) – Authorizes a                 change order to the original contractor,             Rinbrand Well Drilling Company, Inc., 14             Waldron Avenue, Glen Rock, NJ. This change              order is necessary due to additional                   necessary repairs to pumping facilities.

15-362    Authorize Cancellation of Grant Balances –           County of Bergen Municipal Alliance Program               for 2012 and 2013 – Cancels two receivable            balances and two reserve balances from 2012               and 2013 Bergen County Municipal Alliance           Grants as these grants expired on 12/31/14

15-363    Authorize Cancellation of Grant Reserve                   Balance –    County of Bergen One Stop Disaster              Relief Program      for 2011 – Cancels a reserve               balance from a 2011 Bergen County One Stop              Disaster Relief Program grant as this grant               expired on 12/31/14

15-364    Approve Application for NJDOT Paving Grant –              Approves the grant application to the NJDOT               for Resurfacing of South Broad Street,                   Passaic Street, and Hudson Street and                 authorizes the Village Engineer to sign the           grant agreement

15-365    Accept 2014 Annual Audit Report - Accepts the        annual audit for 2014 and certifies that all            members of the Village Council have reviewed,          at a minimum, the sections of the audit                   entitled “Comments and Recommendations”

15-366    Accept 2014 Corrective Action Plan - Accepts              the Corrective Action Plan proposed to                   correct the deficiencies found in the 2014             Annual Audit

15-367    Approve Encroachment Agreement – 438 Stevens              Avenue – Approves an Encroachment Agreement            for 438 Stevens Avenue for a retaining wall’s      minor encroachments of no more than three            feet into the Village’s right-of-way

 

 

 

 

15-368    Appoint Members to Zoning Board of Adjustment        – Appoints Sergio Alegre as a member to a             term to expire 6/30/17; Ines Bunza as                Alternate #1 to a term to expire 6/30/17;            and Gregory Brown as Alternate #2 to a term               to expire 6/30/16

15-369    Appoint Members to Planning Board – Appoints              Isabella Altano as a Class IV regular member              to a term to expire 6/30/17; Khidir Abdalla             as Alternate #1 to a term to expire on                    6/30/16; and Deborah Patire as Alternate #2               to a term to expire 6/30/17

15-370    Award Contract Under State Contract – Ford           Police Interceptor ($32,903) – Awards a                contract under State contract to Winner Ford,          250 Berlin Road, Cherry Hill, NJ

    

16.  Comments from the Public (Not to Exceed 5 minutes    per person)

17.  Resolution to go into Closed Session

18.  Closed Session

     A.   Legal – Valley Hospital Litigation

19.  Adjournment

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Planning Board Public Meeting Minutes 11/09/2015

The following minutes are a summary of the Planning Board meeting of November 9, 2015. Interested parties may request an audio recording of the meeting from the Board Secretary for a fee.

Call to Order & Statement of Compliance with the Open Public Meetings Act: Chairman Nalbantian called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m. The following members were present: Ms. Bigos, Mr. Nalbantian, Mr. Reilly, Ms. Altano, Mr. Joel, Mr. Abdalla, and Ms. Dockray. Also present were: Gail Price, Esq., Board Attorney; Christopher Rutishauser, Village Engineer; Blais Brancheau, Village Planner; and Yendi Anderson, Acting Secretary. Mayor Aronsohn, Councilwoman Knudsen, Mr. Thurston, and Board Secretary Michael Cafarelli were not present.

           

Executive Session – 6:38 p.m. The Board went into executive session to discuss pending and threatened litigation.

Open Public Session – 10:05 p.m. The Board concluded the executive session and reopened the meeting to the public.

Public Comments on Topics not Pending Before the Board – No one came forward.

Correspondence received by the Board – Yendi Anderson reported there was none.

Discussion of the housing element of the Master Plan – Mr. Brancheau reminded the Board about the pending deadline of December 8th set by the court for the Village to adopt a housing plan. He said the court issued an order that the Village submit a summary of its estimated housing obligation and the specific actions proposed by the Village to address the obligation by November 19. He provided the Board with an overview of the process before the court and he said that there are details in the housing plan summary that need to be resolved.

Mr. Brancheau said the Council will need to review the summary and decide whether or not they agree with the Planning Board's draft of the summary, as the Council is the agency responsible for filing the housing plan summary with the court and that the Planning Board's role is to advise the Council concerning the summary.

He asked the Board to authorize him to work on refining the options, gather additional information to finalize any options, and discuss options with the Village attorney so he can present them to the Village Council so the Village can file the plan by the November 19th deadline.

Mr. Joel motioned to authorize Mr. Brancheau to move forward with his recommendations. The motioned was seconded by Ms. Bigos and all approved.

Approval of Minutes – The minutes from March 18, 2014 were adopted as drafted.

 

The meeting adjourned at 10:14 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

                                                                        Michael Cafarelli

                                                                        Board Secretary

Date approved: 12/1/15

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Planning Board Public Meeting Agenda 11/09/2015

PLANNING BOARD PUBLIC MEETING NOTICE/AGENDA

Monday, November 9, 2015

Annie Zusy Room– 6:30 P.M.

(all timeframes and the order of agenda items below are approximate and subject to change)

  1. 6:30 p.m. – 6:40 p.m. – Call to Order, Statement of Compliance, Flag Salute, Roll Call In accordance with the provisions of Section 10:4-8d of the Open Public Meetings Act, the date, location, and time of the commencement of this meeting is reflected in a meeting notice, a copy of which schedule has been filed with the Village Manager and the Village Clerk, The Ridgewood News and The Record newspapers, and posted on the bulletin board in the entry lobby of the Village municipal offices at 131 North Maple Avenue, and on the Village website, all in accordance with the provisions of the Open Public Meetings Act.

Roll call: Aronsohn, Bigos, Knudsen, Nalbantian, Joel, Reilly, Dockray, Thurston, Altano, Abdalla

  1. 6:40 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. – Executive Session
  1. 9:00 p.m. – 9:10 p.m. – Public Comments on Topics not Pending Before the Board
  1. 9:10 p.m. – 9:15 p.m. – CCorrespondence Received by the Board
  1. 9:15 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. – Discussion of the preparation of the housing element of the master plan.
  2. 10:00 p.m. – 10:05 p.m. – Approval of Minutes: March 18, 2014
    1. Adjournment

In accordance with the Open Public Meetings Act, all meetings of the Ridgewood Planning Board (i.e., official public meetings, work sessions, pre-meeting assemblies and special meetings) are public meetings, which are always open to members of the general public.

         Members: Mayor Paul Aronsohn, Nancy Bigos, Councilwoman Susan Knudsen, Charles Nalbantian, Richard Joel, Kevin Reilly, Wendy Dockray, David Thurston, Isabella Altano, Khidir Abdalla

        

Professional Staff: Blais L. Brancheau, Planner; Gail L. Price, Esq., Board Attorney; Christopher J. Rutishauser, Village Engineer; Michael Cafarelli, Board Secretary

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Board on Adjustment Public Work Session 11/10/2015

VILLAGE OF RIDGEWOOD ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT

AGENDA

Tuesday, November 10, 2015

Village Hall Court Room – 7:30 P.M.

Call to order

Pledge of Allegiance

Statement required by the Open Public Meeting Act “Adequate notice of this meeting has been provided by a posting on the bulletin board in the Village Hall, by mail to the Ridgewood News, The Record and by submission to all persons entitled to same as provided by law of a schedule including date and time of this meeting”.

Please note: A curfew of 11:00 PM is strictly adhered to by the Zoning Board of Adjustment of the Village of Ridgewood. No new matter involving an Applicant will be started after 10:30 PM. At 10:00 PM the Chairman will make a determination and advise Applicants as to whether they will be heard. I f an Applicant cannot be heard because of the lateness of the hour, the matter will be carried over to a future meeting to be determined by the Board at 10:00 PM.

Roll call

Approval of minutes – June 23, 2015

Non-agenda items:

            Board member comments

            Members of the public comments

Public hearings

            Old Business:

GLOBAL SIGNAL ACQUISITIONS II, LLC, NEW CINGULAR WIRELESS PCS, LLC (AT&T), NEW YORK SMSA LIMITED PARTNERSHIP d/b/a VERIZON WIRELESS, SPRINT SPECTRUM REALTY COMPANY, L.P. and T-MOBIL NORTHEAST LLC – An application to replace the existing 120’ tower with a 130’ tree pole with a total height of 135’ and equipment at the base of the tower which will result in conditional use variances for side yard setbacks, rear yard setbacks, tree pole height variance, and side yard setback variance for the equipment at 601 Franklin Turnpike, Block 4703, Lot 17, in an OB-2 zone. (Carried from October 13, 2015) will be carried to January 12

AGENDA – CONTINUATION                                                               November 10, 2015

New Business:

DEAN TSELEPIS – An application to permit the widening of a portion of an existing driveway to 18.16 feet where 12.4 feet is the maximum permitted at 29 Pershing Avenue, Block 3505, Lot 42, in an R-2 zone.

BART AND KAREN FEDER – An application to permit the construction of a one story addition which will result in a side yard setback of 7.5 feet where 22.45 feet is the minimum required at 857 Morningside Road, Block 1204, Lot 1, in an R- 1 zone.

JUSTIN AND CHRISTIE HARRIS – An application to permit the construction of ground floor and first floor additions which will result in coverage by above grade structures within 140 feet of 23.7%/2488 square feet where 20%/2100 square feet is the maximum permitted and maximum Gross Building Area within 140 feet of 33.38%/3505.5 square feet where 32%/3360 square feet is the maximum permitted at 345 Franklin Turnpike, Block 2901, Lot 16, in an R-2 zone.

XIOMARA PAREDES AND GLENN GRUBE – An application to permit the construction of a two story and second story addition above existing garage which will result in a front yard setback of 31.8 feet to the garage extension and 33.8 feet to the second floor addition where 40 feet is the minimum required and a rear yard setback of 14.1 feet where 30 feet is the minimum required at 231 Fairfield Avenue, Block 3213, Lot 10, in an R-2 zone.

STEVE KIM AND HYUN-JU KWAK – An application to permit the construction of a second story addition which will result in Gross Building Area of 31.19% where 29% is the maximum permitted at 291 Highland Avenue, Block 2608, Lot 25, in an R-1 zone.

            Resolution memorialization:            Pai, 166 Melrose Place

                                                                        Guerrero, 590 Highland Avenue

                                                                        Papageorge, 212 Hamilton Avenue

                                                                        Vermylen, 329 Mountain Avenue   

                                                                        Augustine, 103 Liberty Street

                                                                        Kane, 959 Andover Terrace

                                                                        DeLeon, 249 N. Walnut Street

                                                                        Bachmann, 140 Waiku Road

           Discussion – Completeness Determination Designee

           Adjournment

           

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Board of Adjustment Public Meeting Minutes 11/24/2015

Opening:

The regular meeting of the Zoning Board of Adjustment of the Village of Ridgewood was called to order at 7:39 p.m.

Mr. Cascio administered the Oath of Office to Gregory Brown, Alternate 2 Board of Adjustment member.

Present:       Chairman Torielli, Diana Ruhl, Gary Negrycz, Jeffrey Voigt, Alyssa Matthews, Sergio Alegre, Ines Bunza and Greg Brown. Also present were Ben Cascio, Esq., substituting for Bruce Whitaker, Esq.; Board Attorney; Blais Brancheau, Village Planner and Jane Wondergem, Board Secretary.

Absent:         Hans-Jurgen Lehmann recused himself from the 210 S. Broad Street, LLC, hearing and did not attend this meeting. 

Non-agenda items:

            Board member comments: There were no comments at this time.

            Members of the public comments: There were no comments at this time.

Public hearings

Old Business:        

IVY REALTY SERVICES, LLC -   An application to permit construction of a new building for use as a bank which will include drive through lanes. Certain bulk variances with respect to conditional uses related to banks, and preliminary and final approval is also requested, at property known as 121 Franklin Avenue, Block 2010, Lot 16, in a B-2 Zone. (Cont. from August 11, 2015) Chairman Torielli announced that this matter will be carried to January 12, 2016 without further notice.

 

New Business:

210 S. BROAD STREET LLC - An application to permit development for a medical office building which will result in side yard setbacks varying between 0 feet and 12 feet, where 0 feet or 12 feet is required; a floor area ratio of 54%, where 45% is the maximum permitted; coverage by improvements of 94%, where 90% is the maximum permitted; maximum

illumination level at residential boundary of 0.5 to 1.0 foot-candle, where 0.1

foot-candle is allowed; 8 parking spaces proposed, where 30 parking spaces is minimum required; setback for parking area from side and rear lot lines varying from 0 feet to 4.5 feet, where 5 feet is the minimum required and setback for driveway from residential zone of 0 feet, where 10 feet is the minimum required at 210 South Broad Street, Block 3905, Lot 7, in a B-2 zone. Charles Collins, Esq., entered his appearance on behalf of the applicant, Dr. Anna Korkis, who is the sole member of 210 South Broad Street, LLC and 200 South Broad Street, LLC. Brian Shortino was sworn and presented his expert credentials as an engineer which were accepted by the Board. Mr. Shortino referred to a landscape rendering, dated November 24, 2015, prepared for presentation which was marked as Exhibit A-1. Mr. Shortino stated that Lot 6, 200 S. Broad St., was incorporated into the drawing. Mr. Shortino explained that what currently exists on the site is a one story building with an attached two-car garage. They propose to convert to a building for office use. They propose to eliminate the garage and do interior and exterior modification and upgrade the two floors for office use. Mr. Shortino described the existing site conditions and what is proposed in regards to parking, traffic flow and landscaping, stormwater drainage and lighting. Mr. Shortino itemized the variances the proposed development required as being the parking deficiency and the increase in floor area ratio. Mr. Shortino referred to the report from the Village Engineer and responded to the issues regarding traffic flow, parking, regulatory permits and reviews, stormwater management, lighting and landscaping. Mr. Collins clarified that in regards to stormwater management, the applicant will comply with whatever the Village Engineer or the Board requires. Mr. Shortino said that in regards to parking, there is no opportunity to put additional parking on the site.

Board members had concerns regarding the driveway access and the parking and the possibility of a parking easement. Mr. Brancheau, Village Planner, was sworn. Mr. Brancheau said that the Planning Board approved the site plan for Lot 6 and all of the parking for that lot is required in the code to meet the need for the building on Lot 6. Mr. Brancheau said that the access easement is only for Village emergency response personnel to get to the rear of the apartment building on Lot 8.01.

There was discussion regarding the need for a variance for coverage by improvements and Mr. Brancheau said that the proposed coverage complies.

The Board members had more questions regarding the number of rooms and offices and parking spaces needed. Mr. Collins said that issue would need to be addressed by the applicant’s planner.

Mr. Brancheau said that the issue of the floor area ratio (FAR) variance needed to be discussed because if there is no increase in FAR, as testified by Mr. Shortino, then this application would not need to be heard by this Board. Mr.

Brancheau explained what is and what is not included in FAR. There was discussion regarding how long the basement had been used for uses other than storage or mechanical space. Mr. Brancheau said that the burden is on the applicant to prove what the state of the basement was when the ordinance regarding FAR started. There was discussion regarding FAR, parking and whether or not what they are proposing is increasing FAR. After further discussion the hearing was carried to January 12, 2016 without further notice.

Resolution Memorialization:       The following resolutions were memorialized:      

-          657 Ridgewood LLC, 657 Franklin Tpk. (revised site plan)

-          Tselepis, 29 Pershing Avenue

-          Feder, 857 Morningside Road

-          Grube – Paredes, 231 Fairfield Avenue

Meeting was adjourned at 9:12 p.m.

Minutes submitted by: Jane Wondergem, Board Secretary

Date Approved: December 8, 2015

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