1 00:00:01,490 --> 00:00:08,490 hey this is a regular meeting of the parking authority of the city of 2 00:00:05,700 --> 00:00:15,990 Elizabeth New Jersey listed in the animal notice at the farm by chapter 2 3 00:00:10,500 --> 00:00:20,730 31 p.m. 1975 on that copies of the annual notice of email and we'll deliver 4 00:00:18,330 --> 00:00:23,119 to the north star gaze upon the news and ribbon 5 00:01:04,860 --> 00:01:22,230 okay probably speaking portion of the meeting we open the portion of this 6 00:01:14,890 --> 00:01:27,460 meaning to the public I see we have a I guess we'll start one by one well I 7 00:01:25,960 --> 00:01:32,460 thought that we have your name and your name's pay your name and address you 8 00:01:30,070 --> 00:01:38,560 like five minutes halt mattress or visitor's does it matter what I use Oh 9 00:01:36,360 --> 00:01:44,050 we'd appreciate your home address but business address as well will be free 10 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:59,110 and we can go away fast yeah they can write it is you're going to see nobody 11 00:01:57,550 --> 00:02:07,060 wants to start out with more than happy to my name is Yvette for Nicole a bed 12 00:02:02,590 --> 00:02:12,970 zipper Nicola I am an owner of the business of elizabeth avenue Leonarda 13 00:02:09,490 --> 00:02:20,470 jewelers i'm here with my sister were five siblings that own the business I'm 14 00:02:16,540 --> 00:02:25,750 here because of the increase of the parking meter rates throughout the city 15 00:02:23,380 --> 00:02:30,640 of Elizabeth specifically of course I'm concerned about the parking meters on 16 00:02:28,090 --> 00:02:37,450 elizabeth avenue and the parking general one elizabeth avenue when the rates went 17 00:02:35,770 --> 00:02:43,330 up I was not aware that they were going to happen and my fault I guess I'm I 18 00:02:39,819 --> 00:02:49,000 know that it is public it's on the end of their public forms or record whatever 19 00:02:46,440 --> 00:02:53,740 but the first thing I found out it was you know somebody coming into the store 20 00:02:50,920 --> 00:02:59,070 saying what the heck a quarter for 10 minutes and somebody's in two minutes 21 00:02:56,100 --> 00:03:05,310 15 and so one thing led to another I contacted I'm also a board member of the 22 00:03:01,830 --> 00:03:12,060 elizabeth avenue partnership i contacted them and they told me yes it's true what 23 00:03:07,200 --> 00:03:19,620 this happened so i had reached out to Mayor Pro Ajay he come on he put me in 24 00:03:15,210 --> 00:03:24,150 contact with Carla and I had been trying to rally some people together just 25 00:03:21,690 --> 00:03:32,070 because I understand that the parking authority does not get taxpayer money 26 00:03:28,970 --> 00:03:39,000 does not receive taxpayer money and you were funded solely through the meters 27 00:03:35,310 --> 00:03:44,250 and I know that you have a big nut with the parking garage that was built here a 28 00:03:42,420 --> 00:03:51,240 million dollars or whatever it is I don't know the exact figures but the 29 00:03:48,480 --> 00:03:57,050 reality of it is is that regardless of what those costs are the elizabeth 30 00:03:54,210 --> 00:04:03,570 avenue cannot sustain these residences this out of control when i reached out 31 00:04:00,510 --> 00:04:08,340 to the mayor i had done a syrup you know i had done some checking on my own going 32 00:04:06,360 --> 00:04:12,660 through online trying to find out other towns with the parking rates work I 33 00:04:10,710 --> 00:04:18,989 actually wasn't able to find anyone that was as much or more than we work and 34 00:04:15,360 --> 00:04:25,200 when I reached out to Mayor bull which he told me that Carla had done a survey 35 00:04:22,080 --> 00:04:33,570 and that she had said that the rates were comparable she sent me a list of if 36 00:04:30,420 --> 00:04:39,360 I had said I don't have an extra copy my vm tail yeah yeah now I have one more I 37 00:04:36,240 --> 00:04:43,440 have one more actually two more a three more look at that so if you guys went I 38 00:04:41,340 --> 00:04:47,550 don't pass these little round and I'd given went to the attorney at the table 39 00:04:45,320 --> 00:04:54,720 the listed on passing around incorporates Carla's list with other 40 00:04:50,670 --> 00:04:58,800 towns that I was able to get get the parking information for the ones that 41 00:04:56,850 --> 00:05:04,350 are the towns that are in italics are the one towns that carla has given me a 42 00:05:01,350 --> 00:05:10,200 list of if it's in bold that means that the price is more or the same 43 00:05:07,200 --> 00:05:14,800 Elizabeth everybody else is less Berkeley is a town I know nothing about 44 00:05:12,370 --> 00:05:23,590 I have no idea where Berkeley is but besides Burke link the only other towns 45 00:05:17,670 --> 00:05:29,020 that are as much or more ro beach towns and they're all seasonal and they're not 46 00:05:26,440 --> 00:05:36,400 even all partner it's not all of the meter spots they vary from Street to 47 00:05:32,230 --> 00:05:43,090 Street for instance in Asbury Park Ocean Avenue only is two dollars an hour for 48 00:05:39,670 --> 00:05:48,310 the rest of the town is either free parking or a dollar per meter parking 49 00:05:45,370 --> 00:05:52,900 I'm not a hundred percent sure on it that's dated in terms of May through 50 00:05:50,470 --> 00:05:56,830 October because some of the other towns that were listed belmar being one of 51 00:05:55,360 --> 00:06:01,660 them that is strictly May through October and that's only along the 52 00:05:58,810 --> 00:06:08,380 boardwalk area that is two dollars an hour and other beach towns cain't may as 53 00:06:04,720 --> 00:06:15,160 a dollar an hour other towns freehold another business district free parking 54 00:06:11,580 --> 00:06:20,830 you'll see that there is really seaside park is a dollar fifty and hours he said 55 00:06:18,160 --> 00:06:27,040 height varies from 2 to 12 dollars an hour to a dollar an hour there is to me 56 00:06:24,550 --> 00:06:32,350 there is nothing comparable to Elizabeth in terms of a business district because 57 00:06:30,400 --> 00:06:36,940 even in town speech towns where the parking on the beach is very expensive 58 00:06:34,240 --> 00:06:44,980 if there's a business district those areas are not as expensive so um that's 59 00:06:41,860 --> 00:06:50,680 why I'm here because I'm very upset I just I really don't think it's something 60 00:06:47,020 --> 00:06:54,910 that sustainable several years ago I was at one of the meetings here Claire was 61 00:06:52,780 --> 00:07:00,040 gracious enough to invite the movers with having a partnership and also the 62 00:06:57,460 --> 00:07:07,030 Midtown we have come in when at that time our parking tickets have been 63 00:07:02,020 --> 00:07:15,390 raised to $54 for overdue meters just let your 32nd ok for voodoo meters so 64 00:07:10,840 --> 00:07:21,450 again I reached out because I wanted to bring us everybody's attention and there 65 00:07:18,750 --> 00:07:29,160 at that time we were told you were doing a trial of pilot program here with the 66 00:07:25,590 --> 00:07:32,940 meter boxes and I was hoping when we were at that meeting that they would 67 00:07:30,630 --> 00:07:36,690 come to elizabeth avenue they've come to other parts of this video Lizabeth 68 00:07:34,530 --> 00:07:43,440 avenue still does not have these meters these parking boxes there is just no way 69 00:07:40,920 --> 00:07:56,220 that we can sustain these costs and we get no benefits none so that's what I hi 70 00:07:54,000 --> 00:08:01,170 my name is Vivian Zeke lund I am one of the owners of sure hi I'm livid 17 71 00:07:59,430 --> 00:08:06,240 Yarmouth court in Scotch Plains New Jersey my father's had start a business 72 00:08:04,260 --> 00:08:12,570 here on those are fabulous jewelers we attract customers from all over and bad 73 00:08:09,660 --> 00:08:18,510 enough to get them to come it's they get horrified when for 10 minutes they pay a 74 00:08:16,290 --> 00:08:23,370 quarter they don't pay it we offer our customers the money it's also not fair 75 00:08:21,060 --> 00:08:28,350 to people that live anywhere near that Avenue anyone that lives in that area 76 00:08:25,320 --> 00:08:33,300 face it they're poor they're probably on subsidies they can barely afford their 77 00:08:30,600 --> 00:08:38,610 rent and there if there parking there at all during the day it costs them a 78 00:08:35,340 --> 00:08:45,930 fortune if they forget to put a quarter in for 10 minutes then they get a $39 79 00:08:40,620 --> 00:08:49,890 ticket food ticket you know so I own a home in the inner harbor Baltimore 80 00:08:47,550 --> 00:08:56,690 Baltimore is fifty cents and the inner harbor a tourist attraction fifty cents 81 00:08:53,010 --> 00:09:05,190 for an hour I mean it just it's really not fair thank you I'm Cecilia 82 00:09:02,880 --> 00:09:09,330 Wisniewski from Union I manage property my family's property on the corner of 83 00:09:07,110 --> 00:09:14,250 high street and First Avenue and I was just alarmed same thing that's probably 84 00:09:11,180 --> 00:09:18,510 what parking here went up to 25 cents for only 10 minutes that's just you know 85 00:09:16,140 --> 00:09:24,930 that's chasing away the customers what I'm voice my concern about that Dave 86 00:09:23,490 --> 00:09:29,760 Stroh jenkem the executive director of the elizabeth avenue partnership 913 87 00:09:27,030 --> 00:09:34,980 elizabeth avenue and I'm like event said and our Chairman emerson's here you know 88 00:09:32,520 --> 00:09:40,140 I'm the voice liaison for the merchants so when the rates did increase I get a 89 00:09:37,650 --> 00:09:43,740 ton of complaints you know they're really upset and it goes against 90 00:09:41,940 --> 00:09:47,970 everything that we're doing because we spend a lot of our money that we get 91 00:09:45,990 --> 00:09:52,170 from their property taxes to market the downtown we spend a lot of money to 92 00:09:49,860 --> 00:09:56,820 clean the downtown keep it safe so this goes against our RM oh you know we're 93 00:09:55,320 --> 00:10:01,920 doing so we're trying so hard to bring people down eat at a restaurant shop at 94 00:09:59,550 --> 00:10:05,820 our stores and boom 10 minutes goes by by the time they get out and they kind 95 00:10:03,570 --> 00:10:08,940 of find where the store is you know they get a ticket they're not come of that 96 00:10:07,230 --> 00:10:12,720 they're going to be pissed they it leaves a bad taste in their mouth so we 97 00:10:11,550 --> 00:10:16,950 really you know on behalf of the merchants just here to leave with you 98 00:10:15,390 --> 00:10:24,000 guys and plead with you you know maybe you could bring it up to 12 minutes you 99 00:10:19,320 --> 00:10:27,720 know you know just yeah back then I the 15 Club minute but yeah there's how you 100 00:10:26,250 --> 00:10:31,680 can do you how did you know I know you guys have your with Carla's letter and 101 00:10:29,970 --> 00:10:36,120 it's just important to work together with us like Michaels here from the 102 00:10:33,270 --> 00:10:41,430 Midtown s ID and last night we were at a dead mo event at the parking garage and 103 00:10:38,480 --> 00:10:45,240 it's a wonderful tourist destination event and they're trying so hard to 104 00:10:42,900 --> 00:10:49,050 bring people into Elizabeth and Edwin Gomez was there from Mars a demand from 105 00:10:47,160 --> 00:10:54,390 Vimeo business owner of chupitos and other restaurants and he said all this 106 00:10:52,020 --> 00:10:59,250 that we're doing here doesn't mean anything at the 25 cents for 10 minutes 107 00:10:57,150 --> 00:11:02,130 continues because we're going to recruit people are going to market a track 108 00:11:00,690 --> 00:11:06,390 people down here and then they're gonna get a ticket so we just want you guys to 109 00:11:04,830 --> 00:11:10,380 work with you know we hope that you would work with us a little more and 110 00:11:07,650 --> 00:11:15,120 respect our efforts over the last 10 years of bringing people down your 111 00:11:13,230 --> 00:11:18,900 marketing keeping it clean keeping it safe and attracting customers we're not 112 00:11:17,040 --> 00:11:22,460 here to shoot customers away or scare customers away 113 00:11:19,960 --> 00:11:26,930 so we hope that you could reconsider this somehow some way and think about 114 00:11:25,610 --> 00:11:31,040 what we're saying here because this is not just five six ten people in here 115 00:11:29,210 --> 00:11:37,400 these are the merchants these are 300 merchants on my avenue Michael's got 116 00:11:33,260 --> 00:11:41,060 James under 70 the guy from Nomura was there last night from the pharmacy he 117 00:11:39,140 --> 00:11:44,480 said he was going to come tonight edwin said he was in town so there there's 118 00:11:42,380 --> 00:11:49,070 different groups than in this city that really are against us and they're really 119 00:11:47,450 --> 00:11:55,030 upset about this especially the hard-working business owner that's 120 00:11:50,930 --> 00:11:55,030 trying to make it in this in the city 121 00:11:57,400 --> 00:12:08,060 Michael Oh Bryce I'm the chairman of the big town special district I've been 122 00:12:04,580 --> 00:12:13,280 chairman for 11 years and almost every meeting monthly meetings in almost every 123 00:12:11,030 --> 00:12:18,620 meeting we spend time discussing the park we used to have a subsidy which we 124 00:12:16,190 --> 00:12:22,940 had to cut out for budget constraints just we tried to get a merchant's the 125 00:12:20,810 --> 00:12:28,220 park more in the lots and garages and you would subsidize what they were 126 00:12:25,070 --> 00:12:32,720 paying the parking authority so midtown is historically probably the worst place 127 00:12:30,470 --> 00:12:40,550 to park in Elizabeth or at least with the least amount of parking most amount 128 00:12:36,020 --> 00:12:45,140 of businesses we had a problem I guess where we work together with the parking 129 00:12:42,890 --> 00:12:50,900 authority and the the fine was reduced because it was increased to an amount 130 00:12:47,420 --> 00:12:57,730 that was larger than most other cities in New Jersey and humbled to listen 131 00:12:55,080 --> 00:13:02,890 right but we work together with with the sport and did get reduced the 132 00:13:01,150 --> 00:13:07,660 Commonwealth us is your Jersey City New York Patterson to say and everything 133 00:13:05,980 --> 00:13:17,050 that I've seen there they charge a dollar an hour for parking where dibala 134 00:13:11,200 --> 00:13:22,540 50 that's fifty percent increase over over what we were charging and what they 135 00:13:18,910 --> 00:13:27,430 charge now if if the merchants are going to attract people here like like events 136 00:13:24,250 --> 00:13:34,120 up from out of town any two things they need to seek these streets and safe 137 00:13:29,080 --> 00:13:39,990 streets and it places the park we have to do system which which right so it 138 00:13:37,090 --> 00:13:47,080 makes things a lot easier for everybody so I guess if it's not too late we're 139 00:13:42,850 --> 00:13:50,860 just a little here to even work with you guys over the next couple months they 140 00:13:48,670 --> 00:13:55,360 just tossed some ideas around I don't know what why be increased was put in 141 00:13:53,020 --> 00:13:58,620 but I'm sure was to increase revenue somehow and if there's a way that we can 142 00:13:56,800 --> 00:14:02,980 cope with different ideas they're free different concepts look at other things 143 00:14:01,540 --> 00:14:10,980 that work together with you guys that that's just what we really want to do 144 00:14:06,420 --> 00:14:10,980 better for everybody thank you 145 00:14:11,430 --> 00:14:15,870 nobody else wish to speak 146 00:14:18,290 --> 00:14:25,410 my name is Emerson amadora I'm the chairman of the elizabeth avenue 147 00:14:22,170 --> 00:14:33,180 partnership i also have a business on the Avenue I do get clients coming in 148 00:14:28,680 --> 00:14:38,550 all the time to meet and all of a sudden you know they have to dart out because 149 00:14:34,800 --> 00:14:44,550 of the time constraints on the the mother so I was taken aback when we got 150 00:14:42,839 --> 00:14:52,230 the letter saying well basically this is it we're changing it from fifteen cents 151 00:14:48,029 --> 00:14:57,480 to ten cents too bad 15 15 minutes to 15 minutes of 10 minutes you know too bad 152 00:14:54,320 --> 00:15:01,080 really feel that that's hurting the merchants specifically everybody on the 153 00:14:59,610 --> 00:15:06,510 Avenue in other parts of the city you know especially when they're on the 154 00:15:03,210 --> 00:15:32,460 tight budget stuff like that to really should be addressed yeah we're together 155 00:15:16,320 --> 00:15:40,440 we'll take all your comment we just can't give you an answer right now we 156 00:15:37,440 --> 00:15:44,100 appreciate the appreciate the forum and allowing us to speak in allowing us to 157 00:15:42,300 --> 00:15:48,870 even tell us that you're even considering to work with us or you know 158 00:15:47,100 --> 00:15:53,600 because it's the first time we've ever heard back so that's a positive sign 159 00:15:54,150 --> 00:15:59,660 I guess is that everybody is full is alternating 160 00:16:51,680 --> 00:17:09,839 mr. Martinez yes sure all of that yes Timothy that's fine i also need a 161 00:17:07,040 --> 00:17:15,170 special meeting to real all the special only improved the minute to discuss the 162 00:17:11,730 --> 00:17:15,170 meaning of jun 24 163 00:17:45,900 --> 00:17:51,110 oh you like 164 00:18:04,840 --> 00:18:24,760 second fashion I surely it Martina advice for older man I 17 your most 165 00:18:20,900 --> 00:18:24,760 include the repression of petty cash 166 00:18:56,299 --> 00:19:15,919 we have one new item my number correct resolution 16 find a resolution services 167 00:19:13,440 --> 00:19:20,059 on call me in tears and parking facilities where at the parking garage 168 00:19:20,330 --> 00:19:26,580 Marquis d'auriville independent chairman me for on call maintenance for parking 169 00:19:24,840 --> 00:19:35,490 facilities and whereas the bearers comply with NJ essays 10 45 ish 31 170 00:19:30,710 --> 00:19:41,990 consider and New Jersey sa-17 home 27 and whereas Marva waterproofing 171 00:19:37,279 --> 00:19:46,470 implicated 6800 goats in New Jersey Oh 7013 the lowest responsible responses 172 00:19:45,029 --> 00:19:50,920 there and now therefore be it resolved if commissioners of Mark authority of an 173 00:19:48,809 --> 00:19:55,850 author waterproofing for 24 months as an option 174 00:19:53,570 --> 00:19:59,330 to extend the 24 additional month one in the ring to do so by both the awarded 175 00:19:57,620 --> 00:20:04,270 under and the parking sorry on a time I material not to exceed the rate has date 176 00:20:01,340 --> 00:20:16,250 instead will attach the attachment is time immaterial rages well this is to 177 00:20:13,520 --> 00:20:21,140 maintain our garages every so often we you report to several times when a piece 178 00:20:18,830 --> 00:20:24,800 of concrete poles so we want to make sure that now we want to the emergency 179 00:20:22,820 --> 00:20:28,610 we just call the company and they can fix this this was in conjunction with 180 00:20:27,170 --> 00:20:35,450 our engineering there's engineering business desmond a medical Desmond 181 00:20:32,480 --> 00:20:39,950 designers of the group is our architect and engineers and they recommend it that 182 00:20:37,490 --> 00:20:45,080 we do this so that way we can then call the people that have for emergency under 183 00:20:42,350 --> 00:20:49,880 24-hour so anytime you and I are day right also we have a 24 24 month 184 00:20:47,840 --> 00:20:53,750 contract with them if we are satisfied with their after 24 months we're 185 00:20:51,890 --> 00:20:58,220 satisfied with their work to extend it 24 hours assuming they agree and we 186 00:20:56,030 --> 00:21:02,240 agree i miss well done pursuant to a fair and open beta ground they're not 187 00:20:59,810 --> 00:21:06,940 been fitted out they put it put a bid and they came with the lowest responsive 188 00:21:14,040 --> 00:21:16,040 I 189 00:21:50,340 --> 00:21:53,340 good