On the Agenda: Council to Vote on Pump Station, Road Improvements

The Fort Lee Borough Council will vote on resolutions related to more than $125,000 in pump station improvements, a $22,000 “sanitary sewer conveyance study” and a grant application for improvements to Whiteman Street, Beverly Hills Road and Gerome Ave. at the Mayor and Council executive session Thursday.

The Council may also approve a fourth amendment to the settlement agreement with FLRA and Tucker--the conditional developers of the east and west parcels respectively of Redevlopment Area 5--once again extending the time period of the plan.

When the meeting is reopened to the public at about 8 p.m. Thursday, the agenda kicks off with an “Engineering Discussion,” which includes six resolutions—or those identified with a resolution number such as “R-1”—upon which the Council could take action:

• R-1 Awarding Bid for Improvements to 12th Street Pump Station (Rapid Pump & Meter Service) - $112,490.00
• R-2 Accepting Proposal From Boswell McClave-Construction Inspection Services for 12th Street Pump Station – Fee Not to Exceed $12,500.00
• R-3 Accepting Proposal From Boswell McClave for a Sanitary Sewer Conveyance Study – Fee Not to Exceed - $22,000.00
• R-4 Approving Change Order #1 for Rapid Pump and Meter Service Co. for Palisade Terrace Pump Station Improvements - $3,690.00
• R-5 Approving BCCD Grant Application for Improvements to Whiteman Street, Beverly Hills Road and Gerome Ave.
• R-6 BCCD Funding - Change of Use for a Grant for ADA Ramp Installation/Upgrades at Various Locations
• Inter-local Agreement Sanitary Sewer Line Berkley Palisades Park, LLC/Treatment Works Approval (MSOK)

Also on the public portion of the Mayor and Council’s agenda are the following

“General Discussion” topics:

• R-7 Transfer of Limousine License From Bridgeview Limousine Inc. to DeTrop Enterprises at 1696 Bergen Boulevard
• R-8 Liquor License Person-to-Person Transfer from Palave Associates Inc. to Zenex Enterprise Inc. at a Mailing Address of 1550 Lemoine Avenue
• R-9 Approving Renewal of Liquor License for Fairview Equities LLC (Pocket License) for 2011-2012
• R-10 Approving Renewal of Liquor License for Hae H. Kim (Pocket License) for 2011-2012
• R-11 Authorizing Hiring of Five Emergency Medical Technicians - $17.81 Hourly
• R-12 Authorizing Settlement of Tax Appeal Litigation Entitled LI Trust (Vacant Parcel) Block 1551, Lot 1, for Tax Years 2010 and 2011
• R-13 Authorizing a 4th Amendment to the Settlement Agreement With FLRA and Tucker Extending the Time Period for Adoption of Amendments to the Redevelopment Plan for Redevelopment Area 5
• R-14 Authorizing the Extending the Conditional Designation of Tucker as Redeveloper for the West Parcel
• R-15 Authorizing the Extending the Conditional Designation of FLRA as Redeveloper for the East Parcel
• To Kill a Mockingbird 50th Anniversary Production Request for Use of Council Chambers
• Sign/Façade Committee Request for Revisions to the Borough Zoning (Sign) Ordinance
• Mayor and Council Scheduled Meetings of Oct. 13, Oct. 20 and Nov. 3

A public hearing will also be scheduled for Oct. 13—the Mayor and Council’s next regular meeting—on an ordinance refunding $7.5 million in general obligation bonds (Ord. #2011-18).

For those interested in what the Fort Lee Mayor and Council will be discussing behind closed doors, here is a look at the “closed session” portion of the agenda:

• Personnel: EMTs; Police Department Civilian Position; Senior Citizen Director
• Tax Appeal Litigation: LI Trust, Block 1551, Lot 1 Enterprise 46, Inc. at 1630 Bergen Boulevard
• Redevelopment Area 5 Settlement Agreement and Conditional Designations

The Mayor and Council executive session begins at 7:00 p.m. Thursday in Borough Hall’s executive conference room 201 on the second floor. But an immediate motion for closed session is expected as usual, and the meeting should reopen to the public at or about 8 p.m. To download the complete agenda for Thursday’s meeting, click here, or visit the borough’s website.