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December 1st, 2026 post accurate notice
of the meeting has been provided in
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accordance
with the requirements of the open public
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meeting law by filing the notice in the
office of township clerk and by posting
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the meeting notice on the bulletin board
at the municipal building on December
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4th, 2025 where it has remained posted
since that date. Elite appeared in the
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daily record in the New York Wedric on
December 17th, 2025. And I ask everybody
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to stand
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along.
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At this time, our town
is going to read the agenda. Okay. roll.
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UM
>> HERE
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» are
CFO Angel Sabatini
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attorney and the municipal administrator
Madden. M president, we have a quorum.
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May I begin?
>> Yes. Sorry.
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» I need a yes.
All right. Upcoming meeting September
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15th at uh 7 p.m. which is the regular
meeting October 6th at 7 p.m. which is
[1:27]
the agenda meeting. Uh we have one
ordinance for second meeting that will
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be um for action at the next meeting and
moving along to the public session. I'd
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like to after the public session we're
going to allow you guys to present just
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so you guys are aware. So um
>> wait, can we do the proclamation?
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» Well, we're going to do that after
public session
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» because Mr. Second, the councilman from
Rockway needs to um attend Danville's
[1:52]
proclamation for the same thing.
Council, can we do that? Is that okay,
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» Council President? It's your meeting.
>> It's your meeting.
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» It's your meeting, Council President.
Whatever you'd like.
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» Um, do you have this reservation?
>> I
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do it.
This is near and dear to my heart
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because my this is for ovarian cancer
awareness and my grandmother passed when
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she was 55 in the month of September
many years ago and
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we need to have more awareness.
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How about now?
>> Yes. All right.
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Okay.
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Pro Troy Hills proclamation. Whereas
ovarian cancer is a serious and
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life-threatening disease that affects
thousands of women and families across
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the United States each year. And
approximately 21,000 women in the United
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States are expected to be diagnosed with
ovarian cancer in 2026. And
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approximately 12,450
women will lose their lives to this
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disease.
cancer is often difficult to detect in
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early stages as symptoms can be subtle
and there is currently no reliable
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screening test for women who do not have
signs or symptoms.
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Common warning signs may include
persistent bloating, pelvic or abdominal
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pain, or pressure, difficulty eating or
feeling full quickly, changes in urinary
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and bowel habits, back pain, and usual
vaginal bleeding or discharge.
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Increased awareness of the sign and
symptoms of ovarian cancer along with
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knowledge of personal and family medical
history can empower women to advocate
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for their health and seek appropriate
medical attention. Ovarian cancer
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awareness month provides an opportunity
to honor those who have lost their lives
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to ovarian cancer, support those
currently battling with disease,
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celebrate survivors, recognize their
families and caregivers, and promote
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continued research, education, and
awareness.
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The Passover Pacific joins communities
across the nation in raising awareness
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of ovarian cancer and offering hope and
support to all those who lives have been
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affected by this disease.
Now therefore, I prophesy moral township
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of Pipney, Troy Hills, do hereby
proclaim September 2026 as ovarian
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cancer awareness month in the township
of Pipney Troy Hills and encourage all
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residents to learn the signs and
symptoms of ovarian cancer. Support
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those affected by the disease can join
in raising awareness and advancing hope
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for earlier detection, improved
treatments, and ultimately a cure. Thank
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you.
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Thank you.
>> Thank you. Thank you, uh, mayor and
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thank you, council. I appreciate it. I'm
Jonathan Sacket. I'm council vice
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president Rockway Township. This
actually is my sister. She's an ovar
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ovarian cancer survivor. Um, she was
diagnosed with stage three in her 30s as
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well as breast cancer at the same time.
The sackets go around the country
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collecting ovarian cancer proclamations.
Our goal this year is over a 100
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proclamations. My sister got her first
one from us in Rockway Township in 2021.
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Last year we had about 80. This year
we're on pace to over 100. So tonight
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I'm here. I'm going to Denver after
this. My brother is collecting some down
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in Barnagot and my sister lives in
Arizona. So she's collecting. So I
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really appreciate partipony the council
and the mayor's support. Thank you. so
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much.
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» Thank you so much. Appreciate it.
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» Okay. Um
at this time, I'm going to go ahead and
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um entertain a motion to open up the
public session.
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» Motion second.
>> Motion made by Mr. Kavanagh, second by
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Mr. Kari. Roll call. Mr. Karipi. Yes,
>> Mr. Kavanagh.
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» Yes. Mr.
>> Tal, yes. Mr.
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» Hernandez. Yes.
>> Is open to the public. You have 5
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minutes to speak on any matter. Please
state your name before you speak. Thank
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you.
>> Seeing nobody, I'm going to close it.
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No, I'm just kidding. Go ahead.
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» Uh Kendallski for symphony. Uh good
evening. I just wanted to say a couple
[7:27]
of words about the importance of passing
an ordinance to stop the proliferation
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of data centers or prohibit large data
centers in particular. Uh I know you're
[7:38]
all aware of this issue. Uh it's now
become a major issue probably in most
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political races. Um everybody is aware
of it. However, uh just because Paripony
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may not feel like the right place for a
data center doesn't mean that we
[7:53]
shouldn't protect ourselves. AI and the
internet are going to be with us
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forever. I mean forever. And uh what
might not be a threat or a problem now.
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Uh who knows what could happen in the
future. Uh you don't want to be caught
[8:08]
with a builder coming in a fine for an
you know presenting an application for a
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data center and you don't have any
ability to protect yourselves. So, uh, I
[8:18]
know that you have, uh, I think a couple
of, uh, data center, uh, ordinances, uh,
[8:25]
draft ordinances that you're looking at.
And, uh, I just want to encourage you to
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[cough] move along with them. Let's get
this done. And, uh, hopefully, uh, you
[8:36]
know, we can do, uh, and live
on the one that you got the car. And if
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anybody has any questions on any of the
stuff, you know, you can find all the
[8:47]
stuff I put in [laughter] there that
uh you might not care for, whatever. Um
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you know, you can contact me and I'm
happy to do any research on any issues
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that that come up. So uh let's let's put
this together. You've got a great
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template to work with. It's very robust.
And uh I would ask that you make it a
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priority, review the draft and make a
commitment to producing a version that
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can be presented at the next meeting and
read on first, you know, for first
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reading two weeks from tonight. So,
thanks very much for your efforts on
[9:19]
this and uh let's just get this done and
put it behind us. Thanks.
[9:25]
[applause]
[9:45]
Tim Bario's 24 Farmstead Drive. Um, I
also would like to be heard on these
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data centers. um
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» I think it's at least 10 years that
Porcupinly currently has two active data
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centers. How do I know this? Because
part of my IT career has been spent
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working at the Cologic data centers, not
including the other ones located in the
[10:17]
in our area here in Morris County and
especially down in Bergen County.
[10:22]
Um for those of us who may not be
remembering during Sandy a lot of our
[10:29]
businesses stayed up because of these
data centers. Now in 2026 we are looking
[10:35]
at the uh explosion of AI. AI has takes
a lot of shapes and sizes. But let me
[10:43]
explain what happens to AI. These AI
systems require a lot of power, a lot of
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uh resources,
uh climate control, you know, uh we talk
[10:55]
about AI helping us with health. We talk
about AI helping us with surgeries,
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helping around the world. We are all
connected
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uh through these data centers. So, let's
not be so shortsighted and take what is
[11:13]
considerably
uh challenging information that, you
[11:17]
know, we're going to we're going to hurt
the environment and we're going to do
[11:22]
the water and the whole bit. Tell you
right now in part
[11:26]
I don't think too many people know these
data centers existed. It is no longer
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okay just to follow the one side of
click or not. Data centers bring tax
[11:37]
dollars. data centers helps pay for some
of these services that we need in this
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town. Unless of course we're handing out
pilots,
[11:46]
but what you need to know is that data
centers are the future.
[11:53]
And you know, Caucus,
there are a bunch of data centers down
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there that downtown Manhattan runs off
of and I don't see them shutting them
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down or setting up ordinances to stop
them from being built in Edison. Also,
[12:06]
there's a lot of tax dollars involved
with these data centers.
[12:11]
Last thing, um, and and this is just
I'm asking for help.
[12:19]
Uh, a close colleague of mine, um,
customer who lives on Troy Metals Road
[12:26]
here in Paripany.
Um,
[12:30]
his wife had passed away in March from
cancer.
[12:36]
I was at his house today because his
printer wouldn't work because he was
[12:40]
trying to finish filling a police
report.
[12:44]
Three of our lowass citizen, where the
hell they came from, broke it into his
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poor man's house,
stole what they thought was a jewelry
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box. Unfortunately, it wasn't. It was
his wife's ashes,
[13:00]
not including a storage a um one of
those steel case boxes in which had his
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wife's death certificate, marriage
certificate, birth certificate. I
[13:10]
watched this man walk his wife to the
grave.
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Now, I know the police have been called,
they've done their interviews, there are
[13:18]
pictures, there are videos, but two
things.
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We need to do something. There are too
many of these stories coming out. And
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now this poor guy lost his wife again. I
just left his house. He is in tears.
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And he's not
he's not unrealistic. He probably knows
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that he's never going to have he's lost
his wife twice.
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I am asking, especially if you're in the
Troy Meadows section of Paripany or any
[13:51]
place else, you check your Ring cameras,
whatever. But we really need to see
[13:57]
something, say something for our our
other citizens. I've been part been
[14:01]
working I worked with Cassandra Grasso
trying to do a lot of these um you know,
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you know, working at the neighborhood
watches and stuff like that. You know, I
[14:12]
and I know we're all working hard. We
got a thousand things to do, but my
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heart broke today and uh I wish there
was something to do. I don't think there
[14:22]
is, but I wanted to mention it. So,
thank you.
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» Sorry to hear that. Tim,
we'll talk afterwards. Okay.
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I don't know why.
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» Okay. Um, my name is Bob Vanedzia and
I'm from Caripony.
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And uh, as we've seen here tonight,
lately the subject of data centers has
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become a hot topic of discussion on TV
news programs, all forms of internet
[15:17]
media, and in the municipal governing
body meetings all over the country,
[15:23]
including here in Paripony.
This issue has gotten so much attention
[15:28]
and is so pervasive that has now become
a major issue for the November midterm
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elections.
Media portrayal of data centers has been
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overwhelmingly negative. So it comes as
no surprise that much of the public has
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adopted a negative opinion about them. I
believe that it will be severely
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detriment detrimental to the country if
public opinion is able to significantly
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slow down the growth of data centers.
Like it or not, the US is involved in
[16:02]
technology
war with China and data centers and AI
[16:07]
are the current battlefront
in my opinion. I'm saying in in the
[16:13]
planning column in Forbes magazine,
retired US Air Force Lieutenant General
[16:19]
David Depula, the dean of the Mitchell
Institute of Aerospace Studies, stated
[16:25]
that AI data centers are not just about
cloud computing. They're the backbone of
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military and intelligence superiority,
and their development must be a top
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national priority. General Depula is
just one of many generals who hold that
[16:42]
same opinion. On the other hand, there's
not a single US military general on
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record who is in opposition to data
centers
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because data centers are so important to
our national security. It seems that the
[16:56]
growth of these facilities is essential
to the country. But are they good for
[17:02]
Pipony?
Well, that depends on what type of data
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center we're talking about. The media
never makes clear, and it's probably on
[17:12]
purpose, that there are actually two
types of data centers.
[17:17]
There are the humongous facilities that
support AI, which consume human huge
[17:22]
amounts of water and electricity. But
there are also much smaller nonAI
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traditional data centers which support
servers, storage, networking, and
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internet service. To date, no AI data
centers exist in Mars County.
[17:43]
But six traditional data centers already
are already in operation here. Moreover,
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a company called Collog, which you
heard, currently operates one of these
[17:53]
traditional data centers at 200 Webro
Road in Paripity.
[18:02]
Concern about water usage is really a
non-issue
[18:06]
at all of the Mars County data centers
because all of them are air cooled,
[18:12]
don't use water. The Cologic data center
uses only about 5% of the water used by
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a 400 unit apartment complex such as
1515
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Route 10. And unlike the apartments, the
data center generates minimal traffic
[18:29]
and sends no children to our school
system.
[18:33]
As I mentioned before, there are no AI
data centers in Paripony and there
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likely will never be one. All uh AI
facilities generate noise requiring very
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large buffers between them and
residential areas. A lot of
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approximately 100 acres would be
necessary to meet the noise buffer
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requirements and no buildable lots of
that size exist in Paripony.
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The services provided by traditional and
AI centers are essential to providing
[19:07]
computer power to businesses, public and
military. There seems to be no re valid
[19:12]
reason for opposing the traditional type
data centers in parsip or anywhere else
[19:18]
in the country for that matter. The
construction of AI Dennis uh data
[19:23]
centers is is also a non-issue here in
Paripony
[19:28]
because there are no suitable lots where
they can be located. So hopefully people
[19:34]
will fact check the media and me before
deciding whether to oppose data centers
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or not. Thank you.
>> Thank you. So let me just say because
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the both of you came up with your
comments and I will let you know right
[19:51]
now that I hear them and you are right.
We are not writing an ordinance to ban
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all data centers large. We know we have
those data centers here and we
[20:05]
understand that there are all kinds of
data centers and we know that um college
[20:11]
hex is one of them and what we're
talking about is having large AI data
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centers that will in that may increase
the electric cost of people in paripony
[20:24]
that will use our water that would be
larger than the collar jacks large big
[20:31]
ones. larger than 10 megawatt and would
be using recyc nonrecyclable
[20:38]
um electricity or water because those
are the concerns. So when you see the
[20:44]
ordinance that comes out, we'll discuss
it. We took a lot of time to make sure
[20:49]
we're not throwing the baby out with the
bath water because we do understand the
[20:53]
points that you've made
and that they're they're reasonable.
[20:59]
So we hear you
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Tony Fano 401 Robin Hood Road. Sorry to
disagree with you, Mr. Hernandez, but uh
[21:14]
there's a thing called a linear
generator.
[21:16]
It produces can run off of three types
of fuel just by flip of a switch and it
[21:22]
turns around. is produced gigawatt not
megawatt gigawatts that give the AI
[21:28]
center power and power can produce power
to the towns so it's not going to
[21:33]
increase the electricity cost they can
also use subcompact nuclear generators
[21:38]
which will not produce second item uh we
have a gentleman who got hurt sanitation
[21:44]
truck at his fundraisers this month I
think it's on the 12th so I asking
[21:50]
people to come out but uh if you really
want to look at look outside the box.
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» Thank you Tony
[22:02]
Pretty Kendani Glenmon comments. So just
one point on data centers irrespective
[22:06]
whether they can have a self-generating
power unit irrespective of whether it
[22:11]
sits in Morris County we're all
connected to the grid. So whether it's
[22:14]
in Morris County, Virginia, wherever
whenever they want run the surge, you
[22:20]
know, basically we get priced on surge
pricing, it will impact us. So we can
[22:24]
think about it, you know, small parts of
Pintown, Morris County. The reality is
[22:28]
if the world is moving towards AI, we
should not discourage, you know, uh, for
[22:34]
economic sakes that they cannot be built
out here. That's some misconception
[22:38]
going on, but just be aware of that.
Thank you.
[23:03]
Good evening. Um, my name is Diana
Perary and I live here in Peripany. And
[23:10]
a couple points. Um, I'm laughing kind
of laughing about the data centers
[23:15]
because back in the 80s when and I'm
dating myself, companies would have
[23:21]
their data centers on site. When I
worked in Sandos, they had a huge data
[23:28]
center to run their complex. So there I
don't think you can say yes or no. I
[23:36]
think you got to look at it from the
perspective and and put certain
[23:41]
parameters around what do we want. You
know, we may not want a huge data center
[23:47]
that covers hundreds of acres, but like
one of the gentlemen said, we have a
[23:53]
smaller data center here. They are a
reality. And in all honesty, would I
[23:59]
want a data center tucked off in in
Roman's land and precipany rather than
[24:06]
your condos? Absolutely.
So, I think we just got to set the
[24:12]
parameters around what we will accept
within the town. Um,
[24:19]
my other question goes to my favorite
topic, pilot projects. How is the audit
[24:26]
going? And when does the budgeting start
and when do you have to see the money in
[24:33]
our account in order to uh recognize it
for next year's budget?
[24:41]
And then um vision zero.
Um what I didn't know, Mr. Nyer, was
[24:46]
when you announced vision zero, I didn't
realize that it's a nationwide program,
[24:52]
right? and that you can have initiatives
and of course you have to budget for
[24:58]
those initiatives. So I'm just putting
it out there. I would volunteer gladly
[25:04]
to be a member of the that committee and
we can start looking at where our our
[25:11]
traffic issues are. Where can we help
with slowing people down because I can
[25:17]
tell you the speeding hasn't slowed down
at all. And um I was on Veil Road right
[25:23]
where that accident happened and
somebody came flying down the other way
[25:28]
and I'm like we really need to figure
this out. So thank you.
[25:35]
» That's okay.
[25:40]
Uh Nick Conc
um Hayawata,
[25:45]
it's good that the public is resisting
the data centers because like you said,
[25:53]
it's the ambiguous term and it's been
around, but now it's a new phase
[25:58]
that's actually attacking our society.
There is no
[26:04]
technology can never be a substitute for
biology.
[26:09]
And these data centers are scary. And
there's a [clears throat] good book out
[26:14]
now. It's called the Nerd Reich.
And these people that are behind this
[26:21]
data center, these they're not they're
not nice people. And their mission
[26:27]
behind everything is like we're
experiencing now in the Trump
[26:30]
administration. They're there to destroy
government as intended.
[26:38]
So the these uh data centers are
actually they exist outside the laws of
[26:43]
nature. So these technocrats from
Silicon Valley, they live outside the
[26:49]
laws of nature. They go to their
enclosures and the rest of the world is
[26:55]
a fantasy to them.
So these it's good that we're we're
[27:01]
aware of artificial intelligence. And is
it really wisdom? Is it going to make
[27:07]
the world any better? No. It's
information. That's all it is. And then
[27:12]
depending on the program or the master
or the Wizard of Oz behind the curtain,
[27:17]
how he's going to use it. So they can
eased, they can stop environmentalists,
[27:23]
they can stop people who are uh don't
believe that our democracy is
[27:28]
progressing and they want to resist it.
They can get all any information they
[27:33]
need to further destroy the republic
which is in trouble right now. So
[27:40]
whether we have these uh data center
everything has limits like we're going
[27:44]
to have uh all right maybe another data
center but not to that magnitude but to
[27:50]
say that you're against AI is a good
healthy human reaction and I'm glad to
[27:56]
hear that that we will get it in so
we'll contribute to the masses in this
[28:03]
country who see what's what's going on.
Elon Musk, Peter Steel, not nice people.
[28:11]
And there's a whole list of other other
uh people in this book, The Nerd, Reich.
[28:17]
It's getting very dangerous.
>> Thank you, Nick. We probably should have
[28:22]
a whole separate meeting just to talk
about AI. Um,
[28:26]
» seeing no one else,
>> I think nobody else is here coming up,
[28:30]
right? No.
>> Okay.
[28:32]
» Seeing no one else, I'd like to
entertain a motion to close the public
[28:35]
session. Motion
>> second.
[28:37]
» Made by [clears throat] Mr. Kavanagh,
seconded by Mr. Karifi. Roll call. Mr.
[28:40]
Karifi. Yes. Mr. Kavanagh.
>> Yes. Mr. Patel. Mr. Hernandez.
[28:44]
» Yes.
>> The floor is closed at this time.
[28:47]
» At this time, I just uh please quickly
review the consent agenda to be passed
[28:51]
on the next meeting. Moving along to the
approval of minutes. Same thing. And now
[28:56]
we're going to presentation reports. And
we are having a presentation by Steve
[29:01]
Maraconda.
>> Yes.
[29:03]
» Is that correct? American
>> for Dark Sky NJ. You get uh two minutes,
[29:08]
Steve. Okay.
[29:14]
» Hi, I'm Michelle Gainer. I'm just here
to introduce Steve. Steve uh presented
[29:19]
at the library. We the prec the
precipitate environmental advisory
[29:23]
committee brought Steve in to do a light
pollution spe uh talk in December and we
[29:29]
were so impressed and it was eye opening
and we thought this is something we
[29:33]
could all learn about. There's things
that he's going to talk about how we can
[29:36]
reduce light pollution for humans, for
wildlife, for insects and also safety.
[29:43]
It's a safety issue having too much
light pollution.
[29:47]
And just something about Steve, he is a
he's the president and co-chair of Dark
[29:52]
Sky New Jersey. He's a chair of the
Saddle Brook Green Team. Steve has a
[29:57]
master's of public health degree from
Rkco School of Public Health and is
[30:00]
passionate about raising public
awareness of light pollution. Light
[30:05]
pollution disrupts ecosystems, obscures
our view of the night sky, and is
[30:10]
associated with various human health
conditions. learn about the basics of
[30:14]
light pollution responsibility,
responsible lighting practices and
[30:18]
policies that can help reduce light
pollution in New Jersey and beyond.
[30:23]
Thank you.
[30:33]
I guess I should microphone. I do talk
pretty loud though. But
[30:41]
um
>> you want If you can you guys see the
[30:44]
screen well enough?
>> All right. I I'll try to keep this short
[30:47]
and sweet. Oh, yeah. So, thanks so much.
>> Yeah.
[30:50]
» Thanks. [clears throat] Thanks so much,
Mayor and Council, Parcipity, Troy
[30:53]
Hills, and the environmental committee
of Tro of Paripity Trails for having me.
[30:56]
And yeah, I'll keep this short and
sweet. Just talk about light pollution.
[30:59]
What is it? Some basics, and then what
we can actually do about it as a
[31:02]
municipality. M municipalities have a
lot of control over actually this type
[31:06]
of pollution. It's easier to solve than,
I would argue, any other type of
[31:10]
pollution. So, here we go.
Uh but yeah, I'm the I'm the chair of
[31:16]
Dark Sky New Jersey, but it's al it's
actually an international organization,
[31:19]
Dark Sky International. They have
chapters all over the world. They're
[31:21]
based in Arizona. That's where the whole
Dark Sky movement began. And uh we're
[31:26]
just partnering with environmental
organizations, environmental commissions
[31:29]
to try to spread the word and try to
reduce it. And it's really about
[31:34]
protecting the night sky, protecting
wildlife, protecting human health.
[31:37]
That's what the natural night sky looks
like. That picture there, you can see
[31:39]
the Milky Way. But we're kind of we kind
of lost that in our cities and towns
[31:44]
with the proliferation of artificial
light. This is just our coalition. It's
[31:48]
growing. We have all the environmental
organizations, the Sierra Club, uh some
[31:52]
universities, Princeton is on board,
Ruckers trying to reduce light pollution
[31:59]
and ANJ which um is the association of
New Jersey environmental commissions
[32:03]
which of course is a member of and
sustainable Jersey even rewards
[32:08]
municipalities for reducing light
pollution.
[32:12]
But yeah, what is light pollution? It's
it's basically excessive, misdirected,
[32:16]
obstructive artificial light at night
that washes away the stars and the night
[32:20]
sky, disrupts ecosystems, has adverse
health effects, and wastes energy and
[32:23]
money. So, basically, it's just too much
light, like right like you can argue it
[32:28]
noise pollution, right? At night, you
don't want your neighbors blasting music
[32:30]
at 1:00 a.m. Disrupts your sleep. Kind
of the same thing with light. Too much
[32:34]
light can actually be bad. Um, we need
it, we of course need light at night,
[32:38]
but we don't want to go overboard. So,
there's two types. I'll mostly focus on
[32:42]
outdoor light pollution. Indoor light
pollution is basically too much light,
[32:46]
you know, inside your house late at
night disrupts your sleep. But outdoor
[32:49]
light can do similar things in the form
of sky glow, washing away the night sky,
[32:54]
light trespass, and glare.
[32:59]
So, I'll just show a little bit of this
then go more into it. Sky glow. You
[33:03]
always see that light flying up into the
sky. kind of wasted light, wasted
[33:07]
electricity, but also washes away our
view of of the stars.
[33:11]
Light trespass. A lot of towns have
ordinances on this, but they're not
[33:15]
really well enforced and well defined.
But basically, just too much light
[33:19]
spilling outside of your property onto
other people's property, and especially
[33:23]
it's a problem if it's going into your
bedroom window, right? Mess with their
[33:27]
sleep and glare, which you might be more
aware of with the newer headlights,
[33:32]
right? Right. The newer headlights that
are out a little bit over overkill.
[33:35]
Might be good if you're on an empty
rural road, but if it's shining right
[33:38]
into your eyes in the opposite
direction, not too great. And I'll go
[33:41]
over why.
And then this is just all those
[33:44]
different types of light pollution,
right? You have your useful light that
[33:48]
should be shining on the road on the
sidewalk where you need it so you don't
[33:51]
hit something, right? Or you can see
where you're walking. But then all this
[33:54]
other light is just really waste. It's
it's going spilling into people's
[33:58]
properties, spilling up into the night
sky. And there's easy ways to control
[34:02]
this.
So, I'll get to the solutions after I
[34:05]
talk about the problem a little bit, but
really it affects everything you could
[34:08]
think of. Why I care about light
pollution? It affects our wallets. It
[34:11]
affects our health. It affects the
environment.
[34:14]
A little bit about sky glow. That's the
United States from space. It might look
[34:19]
pretty, but uh that's really just all
wasted light, right? We we we could
[34:22]
actually redirect those that light down
to the ground where it's needed and save
[34:26]
a lot of money. And this is of course
washing away our night sky. You have to
[34:31]
go further and further away to actually
see a good night sky. It's growing at a
[34:34]
rapid pace about 10% per year by some
studies. So I mean there are some areas
[34:40]
you can see a good dark sky. You know
like if you go up to Maine or you go to
[34:43]
the Aderondax or the Catskills New York
State that's probably the closest. But
[34:48]
uh you know even those areas are
becoming brighter and brighter as
[34:51]
there's more and more development. So
just something we we can we can protect
[34:55]
ourselves from this light pollution and
and maybe even reduce it if we do the
[34:58]
right practices. But only only two in 10
people can see the Milky Way, which is
[35:02]
that you know that cloud of stars right
there. You it's hard to see that in New
[35:06]
Jersey. Of of course we used to be able
we all used to be able to see it.
[35:10]
This is actually the 2003 Northeast
blackout. Um of course blackouts not a
[35:15]
good thing, but I mean just look at that
sky. I would argue we can, you know,
[35:19]
have our lighting like have our cake and
eat it too. We can use good lighting
[35:22]
that's targeted at the ground and be
able to still see the night sky and
[35:25]
[clears throat] protect wildlife and
human health.
[35:28]
That's Orion, the famous constellation
there at a light polluted sky and a non
[35:32]
and a dark sky.
So, I'm not sure which one you'd rather
[35:37]
have, but All right. So, light trespass.
So, this is indoor and outdoor, but
[35:43]
really light trespass could be an issue
for human health. I'll explain how. Too
[35:47]
much light shining in our bedroom
windows or just too much light in
[35:50]
general suppresses melatonin, which is a
hormone in our brain needed for sleep,
[35:56]
needed for immune system functioning.
There's increased risk of certain types
[35:58]
of cancer like prostate and breast
cancer from being exposed to like light
[36:03]
at night for a long period of time,
especially like overnight nurses.
[36:06]
There's been studies showing, you know,
just being exposed to too much light at
[36:09]
night is not good.
[36:13]
Ecological, environmental impacts.
Yes, it affects you name it. Every
[36:19]
species, bats, frogs, there's more more
mosquitoes. There's an increase in
[36:24]
mosquitoes. There's less frogs, less
bats that eat eat mosquitoes, etc., etc.
[36:30]
It's not good for our wildlife. It
messes with their sleep just like it
[36:33]
messes with our sleep, too.
It leads to bird collisions in
[36:37]
buildings. It's very prominent in New
York City here. You got the like the 911
[36:41]
lights. Pretty apppropo. Um, they have
to turn them off every once in a while.
[36:44]
Now they have people with binoculars.
See, cuz the birds get trapped there
[36:48]
during migration and they end up
colliding into buildings. Uh I was
[36:51]
actually just at the New York City
Council. Um they they have a new bill
[36:55]
that they're introducing. A couple weeks
ago I was there and they're supporting
[36:58]
trying to you know obviously it's a city
that never sleeps, but there's ways that
[37:02]
you could turn off unnecessary lights on
buildings to reduce bird collisions.
[37:07]
Um,
I'm not going to get too into the weeds
[37:10]
here, but essentially insects, even if
you're not a fan of insects, the best
[37:14]
thing to do is have your lights off or
on a motion sensor or dimmer that
[37:17]
because the lights the lights trap the
insects. The reason they're flying
[37:20]
around the lights is because they're
trapped there, which um leads to a large
[37:23]
inse uh insect decline. And also, you
know, getting rid of the insects that
[37:27]
people do like like moths and and
fireflies, they use their own light,
[37:31]
right? So, we're disrupting that.
[37:35]
It actually negatively affects our trees
too, believe it or not, right? The trees
[37:38]
sense temperature and that's why they
lose their leaves, right? Deciduous
[37:41]
trees, but also they they sense the
daylight. And when you have the light
[37:46]
shining on the tree all the time, they
don't, you know, messes with the trees.
[37:49]
They they'll keep their leaves instead
of losing them and they get damaged.
[37:54]
You can see in like downtown areas like
this, it just completely messes with the
[37:57]
trees.
Um,
[38:02]
and let's get to glare. So, so the main
reason I think a lot of people we want
[38:07]
lighting so that we can see, right? We
can see where we're going and also for
[38:10]
safety, right? People are concerned
about crime and things like that.
[38:13]
However, you'll see here that glare
actually impedes both of these uh
[38:18]
projects.
So, can we find a potential stalker?
[38:22]
Right, we have very very bright light,
right? Should keep us safe, right? But
[38:27]
um you really can't see that guy hiding
in the back corner, can you?
[38:31]
Why do you think that is? Anyone?
Yeah, the light's shining right in your
[38:36]
eyes
and this causes your pupils to constrict
[38:41]
which actually, you know, cuz your eyes
adapt to the brightest thing in the
[38:45]
field of view. So, your eyes will try to
make that light dimmer to adjust and
[38:50]
then everything else turns dark. And you
might notice this with the really
[38:53]
blinding headlights on on dark roads.
But if you, you know, simply just
[38:58]
shielding so the light's not going
straight in your eye, your pupils can
[39:02]
dilate, right? And your your night
vision kicks in. You can see a lot
[39:05]
better, right? You can see that guy
hiding in the in the shadows there. So,
[39:10]
it's really a myth that more lighting is
safer. We want lighting, but we want
[39:14]
well-designed
lighting. That That's how we have safer
[39:18]
environments. So, we don't trip over
things and that we can see our
[39:20]
environment to make sure nothing out of
the ordinary is going on.
[39:25]
This is just an example. This is from
Hackinack, but uh there's this kind of
[39:29]
lighting is everywhere, right? This this
light that's basically just shining way
[39:32]
outside of the property boundaries of,
you know, the intended zone of
[39:36]
illumination, right? If it's a sports
field, the light should shine on the
[39:39]
sports field, not miles and miles
outside the sports field. So, you know,
[39:43]
we're we're not saying to get rid of
lighting, but we're just advocating for
[39:46]
smarter designs that we don't have all
this light, stray light going way beyond
[39:50]
where it's supposed to be light.
And this leads to the concept of energy
[39:55]
waste, right? Pretty intuitive, right?
If we have all this light shining where
[39:58]
it doesn't need to go, that's actually
just wasted energy. It's estimated that
[40:02]
three to seven billion dollars in the
US, just in the US per year is wasted.
[40:06]
So that's like 30% of all outdoor
lighting in the US is wasted light. Like
[40:09]
lights, lights that are on when they're
not really needed and uh no one's using
[40:14]
the light for any particular reason. And
that when you don't have shielding, that
[40:18]
light just goes up to space. That's also
wasted money. and 21 million tons of CO2
[40:23]
being burned per year, it's estimated.
So, you know, I would just argue this is
[40:28]
something that we can really address
here. So, yeah, we can make a difference
[40:31]
just using better lighting practices and
putting in lighting policies. This is
[40:35]
where municipalities come in. Just
making sure our light is useful. Making
[40:39]
sure it's targeted like fully shielded
so it's shining downward. Low level, the
[40:44]
lowest level necessary, controlled and
warm colored.
[40:49]
Just like this is a difference here
between a property with like traditional
[40:53]
flood lights versus fully shielded light
fixtures. Um I brought one actually,
[41:02]
you know, like these are like
traditional barn lights, right? But like
[41:05]
this type of picture, there's many
different styles, but these are like
[41:07]
this. The concept is that the light
doesn't go beyond.
[41:11]
So, look, it still illuminates the
property just fine without all that
[41:14]
glare, without all that wasted light.
[41:19]
Um, tradition, you know, your unshielded
fixtures. Yes, a lot of downtowns have
[41:22]
acorn fixtures and like traditional
style lights, which do look pretty, but
[41:27]
not when they're super bright. Like they
used to have gas lamps and that that was
[41:30]
fine. It was a warm color, but now
they're just really too bright. That
[41:32]
light goes everywhere but down. So
partially shielded a little bit better.
[41:37]
Your traditional fixtures probably at
Home Depot you get, but you're still
[41:40]
getting that glare and a lot of that
diagonal up light. So fully shielded
[41:44]
fixtures like this are ideal. And some
newer developments are doing this, but
[41:50]
uh municipal ordinances can make it's
more common practice.
[41:55]
and warmer colored. Using that lower end
of the spectrum there, that warmer
[41:59]
yellow color is less disruptive to
wildlife, less disruptive to our vision
[42:04]
at night. It's less harsh, and it's
actually less bad for our sleep, too.
[42:11]
» Just another demonstration of that. And
the best is actually I mentioned that
[42:14]
controlled. So, having the lights,
unless it's like a 24-hour business,
[42:20]
lights can be on motion sensors, lights
can be on timers. The light doesn't need
[42:23]
to be on all night long unless it's a
24-hour business or, you know, a police
[42:26]
station. So, the the best practice is
fully shielded and then motion sensor or
[42:31]
timer when you can. That's my light at
my house. That's what it looks like when
[42:35]
it's on.
That's what it looks like on my
[42:39]
property. It's mounted high enough where
it fully covers my front lawn without me
[42:42]
having to aim the light that way. You
can have it shine down and still cover a
[42:46]
good surface area.
Dark Sky International certifies light
[42:50]
fixtures. So, these things are actually
at Home Depot. You can get them for
[42:52]
pretty cheap. There's no cost difference
in this type of lighting. Even when it
[42:56]
comes to commercial or even uh municipal
like street lights, things like that. Um
[43:02]
and there's sports lighting that's dark
sky certified. The US Open uh last year
[43:06]
the Billy Jean King uh tennis center,
all dark sky certified lighting. So, it
[43:10]
could be done it could be done anywhere.
Now, municipal ordinances. Yeah, this is
[43:15]
probably the main purpose for me being
here. Uh these are some towns that have
[43:18]
have some ordinances in regards to light
pollution.
[43:22]
the the m so basically just having an
ordinance that addresses it and
[43:26]
specifically tells you what type of
lighting is allowed say for businesses
[43:30]
is very beneficial especially for new
development or for when a new um
[43:34]
business occupies a property. You can
just have that laid out there and then
[43:38]
they they bring their lights into
compliance and it it really is kind of a
[43:42]
win-win cuz everyone ends up saving
money in the long run. Um it's it's not
[43:46]
going retroactive and trying to change
everyone's lights. That's that's the
[43:50]
environmental committee here is working
on educating residents that they do this
[43:53]
on their own valition. Um but yeah, this
this is a growing movement um in New
[43:58]
Jersey and other states and uh I think
it's just pretty good policy and I'm
[44:02]
happy to take questions on this. Um
there's actually a state bill too if you
[44:06]
want to support that. It's in the
Assembly and the Senate. Um it's a bill
[44:10]
for state funded lighting um to be dark
sky compliant. We have a lot of buyin
[44:15]
from most of the state government except
for the DOT. So, we're we're working on
[44:19]
that. Um, there actually are other
states like Colorado and California and
[44:23]
Florida, Virginia that actually have
dark sky guidance in their roadway
[44:27]
lighting uh guidance. So, so we're just
trying to, you know, New Jerseyy's a
[44:31]
little bit behind in this, but we'll we
will catch up.
[44:35]
» What about New York?
>> New York is a little bit ahead of the
[44:38]
curve, too. Especially New York City
changed some of their lighting guidance
[44:41]
for street lights recently. Warmer
colors, fully shielded, all LEDs, by the
[44:45]
way. We're not going back to
incandescent or high pressure sodium,
[44:48]
but you can do it in a way where it's
still fully shielded, still has a warmer
[44:52]
color and still good color rendition.
You know, the technology is getting
[44:56]
better and better. The timers, this is
all getting cheaper and cheaper, too.
[44:59]
So, yes, we just a lot of people don't
aren't aware of the alternatives to like
[45:04]
bright white LEDs. There there's
actually warmer colors and shielding.
[45:08]
And this is just an example of like a
retrofit that took place in Hopewell
[45:11]
Burough near Trenton. Um just before
they had these really really bright
[45:16]
flood lights. Um and also as you can see
no one's really there to need it. It's
[45:20]
not an emotion sensor.
Uh a friend of mine did some work with
[45:24]
electricians and sheet metal workers and
got some nice dark sky friendly
[45:27]
fixtures. And as you can see I I would
say it has a better curb appeal. It's
[45:31]
like a place where you want to spend
time more. It's the same thing like
[45:34]
having trees in your downtown business
district increases the amount of foot
[45:38]
traffic, increases the amount of
business. I would argue this type of
[45:41]
lighting also creates a better
environment for people to spend time
[45:48]
and just a dark sky New Jersey. We're
doing these kind of events and around
[45:52]
New Jersey just trying to spread the
word
[45:56]
and yeah
happy to take questions.
[45:59]
» Great. So you answered the how many
states did you say it? How many states
[46:04]
have
>> Colorado for the for the department of
[46:07]
trans for yeah for the roadway guidance
for state dos
[46:12]
» Colorado it probably has the best and
then there's also California I know
[46:16]
Florida has some better language on that
in Virginia and I know New York City as
[46:20]
well I don't know about New York State
but yeah
[46:23]
» I got to say some of those lighting like
the directed down a lot of our people
[46:28]
come into the planning board with that.
>> Yes. So, it's it's good. I guess they're
[46:33]
following
what looks good, too. I wish the cars
[46:37]
though would be better.
>> Yes. Car headlights. That's a whole
[46:40]
other ball game. We need we need federal
legislation for that.
[46:43]
» I feel blinded.
[46:47]
» Uh for wait where
[46:53]
» does anybody have?
[46:57]
» Yes. Yes. Halogen headlights came out.
>> Oh, hallogens are great. It's the LEDs
[47:01]
that are a little bit insane. And LEDs
are fine. It's just there's no right now
[47:05]
there's no upper threshold.
>> Yeah.
[47:09]
» So, [snorts]
[47:11]
Steve,
>> I wanted
[47:21]
» Okay. I want to just Does anybody have
questions for Steve on this?
[47:25]
» Thank you for your time, Steve. Much
appreciated.
[47:27]
» It's really good. Thank you.
[47:31]
» Hello.
>> How was I on time? Was I
[47:34]
» That was a fantastic time.
>> The mayor has questions.
[47:37]
» Can I get that presentation if you don't
mind?
[47:39]
» Oh, yes. I'll send it to you and yeah,
they can make this public information.
[47:42]
» Yeah, actually that's a good idea cuz
people might want that.
[47:45]
» Yeah, it's it's open source so anyone
can I'll give it to the mayor,
[47:48]
distribute it.
>> Thank you. Thank you.
[47:50]
» Thank you, Steve.
>> All right.
[47:52]
» Okay, mayor, your report.
>> Yes.
[47:56]
Like the lights back on.
>> Yeah, that's pretty good.
[48:04]
» Hello. Can you guys hear me?
>> Okay.
[48:09]
Mayor's report celebrating our seniors.
I had the opportunity to stop by our
[48:13]
senior centers in recognition of senior
citizen day and spend some time with our
[48:18]
residents. I enjoyed visiting the senior
center. Our seniors helped build this
[48:22]
community we enjoy today and they remain
an important and active part of
[48:26]
Peripany. It was great catching up,
sharing some laughs, playing pingpong,
[48:31]
most importantly listening to their
concerns.
[48:34]
Welcoming new residents to Pipony. I
visited Lexica, one of Pipney's newest
[48:39]
residential development for meet and
greet with some of our newest residents.
[48:43]
One of the best parts of being mayor is
welcoming people who have chosen Pipney
[48:48]
as their new home. I enjoyed hearing
when people came from, why they chose
[48:53]
Pipony, and answering questions about
our new community.
[48:57]
To all the new residents, welcome home.
We're glad you're here.
[49:02]
Pipony High School, Pipony Hills High
School football motorcade. It was great
[49:07]
joining the Pipony Hills High School
football motorcade. My first one as we
[49:12]
kicked off another football season. What
I enjoyed most was seeing how an event
[49:17]
centered around football brought
together students, parents, coaches,
[49:21]
athletes, and the larger sports
community. To our players, and coaches,
[49:25]
have a great season. Stay healthy, play
hard, and most importantly, enjoy the
[49:30]
experience. The concert must go on. As
you all know, we have concert season,
[49:36]
concert day every Thursday. Well, last
week the weather exactly did not
[49:41]
cooperate with us. But a little rain
wasn't going to stop the music. So we
[49:45]
can't So instead of cancing the summer
concert series, we moved the concert
[49:50]
indoors and kept the evening going.
Thank you to everyone who adjusted the
[49:54]
plans, came out, even dancing front of
the stage. I spoke to the band
[49:58]
afterwards and they loved playing in the
high school. It brought back memories
[50:02]
for them when they were in band and
theater. That's the summer weather in
[50:06]
New Jersey. You make plans, mother
nature makes another one and Pipony
[50:10]
figures it out.
[50:14]
Lord Sterling block party. I also
stopped by a neighborhood block party on
[50:19]
Lord Sterling Drive. Their first one
ever. There was food, neighbors catching
[50:24]
up, meeting each other because this was
their first one. Kids running around and
[50:29]
a bubble machine that may have been the
biggest attraction of the day. The kids
[50:33]
absolutely loved it. These neighborhood
gatherings may seem simple, but they're
[50:37]
an important part of what makes a town
feel like a community. Sometimes the
[50:41]
best community building happens right in
the middle of the street. Therefore, I'm
[50:45]
encouraging all residents to have these
in your neighborhoods. Bring the
[50:49]
community together. The township will
support you in any way possible.
[50:54]
Movies under the stars. We had our first
movie night featuring the legendary
[50:59]
show. It was wonderful seeing families
and generations come together for a
[51:04]
movie that for so many is more than just
a film. It's a memory. Speaking of
[51:09]
memory, for our next movie, we decided
participants should choose the movie. We
[51:15]
put it to the community poll. The votes
are in and the winner is The Karate Kid.
[51:21]
So get your blankets and lawn chairs
ready for another movie night together.
[51:25]
From Bollywood cholay to Hollywood
classic chosen by our residents that's a
[51:30]
pretty good reflection of Pipany
different generations different cultures
[51:33]
and one community having fun together
around Pipony whether I'm spending time
[51:39]
with our seniors welcoming new residents
cheering on our students a block party
[51:44]
or watching a movie with families in the
park these events remind me of something
[51:49]
important being mayor isn't just about
budgets ordinances roads and meetings
[51:54]
it's about showing up. Showing up gives
me a chance to listen, meet people I
[51:58]
might otherwise never meet and better
understand the community I'm fortunate
[52:02]
enough to serve. I'll keep showing up
and I hope to see you somewhere around
[52:06]
Precipity. Thank you.
>> Thank you, Mayor. Uh, Township Council,
[52:12]
» I just want to say we had some robust
conversation about data centers, AI,
[52:18]
um, what else? Light, um, and it soups
to nuts. We're talking about lots of
[52:24]
things and that's what we do at the
Parcity Green team. So if anybody wants
[52:27]
to get involved with that, please reach
out to me because that's what we do and
[52:33]
it's it's all benefits the town to have
a lot of diverse ite
[52:46]
benefits the town. So we've been trying
to get together. we we have been getting
[52:51]
together on that and getting that
started. It works with the environmental
[52:55]
committee as well. So, um and that's
what I've been all about. I'm also on
[53:00]
the historical committee. It's a little
different. So, you can always come and
[53:04]
reach reach out to me if you want to be
on that committee. It's a little
[53:07]
different. Um but that's all I have.
>> Thank you, Council President. Anybody uh
[53:12]
any other member from council? Okay.
>> Committee reports.
[53:15]
» Committee reports. Okay, that's coming
up. Um council attorney None. Uh, I do
[53:22]
not have any reports and back to you,
council vice president, for your
[53:24]
committee reports. Let's make it quick.
No, I'm just kidding.
[53:27]
» Thank you. The Economic Development
Committee continues its efforts to
[53:31]
support business growth, attract
investment, and strengthen the local
[53:35]
economy through upcoming ribbon cutting
ceremonies and community outreach
[53:38]
initiatives. The committee joined by
Mayor Pulit Desai will welcome Loi
[53:42]
Insurance located at 1719 Route 10
during an official ribbon cutting
[53:46]
ceremony on Friday, September 11th at
300 p.m. Oagel located at 1515 Route 10
[53:53]
East will celebrate its grand opening on
September 12th at 9:00 a.m. Orange
[53:59]
Theory Fitness located at 38 Waterview
Boulevard is under new ownership and
[54:04]
will celebrate with a ribbon cutting
ceremony on Sunday, September 13th at
[54:08]
10:00 a.m. On Wednesday, September 30th,
the committee will welcome Troy Hotel to
[54:13]
Parcipany with a ribbon cutting ceremony
at 5:00 p.m. The committee recently
[54:17]
welcomed Lexica's new tenants on Upper
Pond Road during a meet and greet with
[54:21]
Mayor Pulit Desai. Each tenant also
received a welcome to our community
[54:25]
package containing information about
Prescipany and our local merchants.
[54:29]
Businesses interested in participating
in future welcome to our community
[54:32]
mailing are encouraged to contact the
economic development committee chairman
[54:36]
Frank Cahill. The committee's next
meeting will be held on Thursday,
[54:40]
September 10th at 6:30 p.m. on in the
third floor conference room at 90 East
[54:44]
Hollyy Road. Meetings are open to the
public. For more information, please
[54:48]
contact Chairman Frank Cahill at
973-559600.
[54:54]
Thank you. That's all from me.
>> Thank you. Uh at this time, I'll ask the
[54:58]
council to quickly review the ordinances
for first reading that will be voted on
[55:01]
at the next meeting. As you can see,
most of them are related to uh updating
[55:05]
fees. Now, moving along to the
non-conent agenda. R 2026 2011
[55:11]
authorizing a contract for the partial
bases
[55:27]
R20262
authorizing including emergency repairs
[55:31]
and reinsulation of raw sewage pump
number one. Motion to approve.
[55:34]
» Motion second.
>> Motion made by Mr. Kavanagh. Second by
[55:37]
Mr. Karipi. Roll call. Mr. Kipi. Mr.
Kavanagh. Yes. Mattel.
[55:40]
» Yes. Mr. Hernandez.
>> Mr. Hernandez.
[55:43]
» Yes. Sorry.
>> It's okay. R 2026 2003. Appointing a
[55:47]
fund commissioner and alternate fund
commissioner for New Jersey introductory
[55:50]
insurance fund. Motion to approve.
>> Motion.
[55:53]
» Second.
>> Motion made by Mr. Kavanagh. Second by
[55:55]
M. Karifi. Roll call. Mr. Kipi. Mr.
Kavanagh.
[55:57]
» Yes. Mr. Patel.
>> Yes. M.
[55:58]
» Hernandez.
>> Yes.
[56:00]
» R. 2026 20 uh 20 uh 204 204 authorizing
an award the award of a contract of to
[56:06]
concrete construction for the embankment
stabilization at Rainbow Lake Dyke
[56:11]
project. Motion to approve.
>> Motion second.
[56:14]
» Motion made by Mr. Kavanagh. Second by
Mr. Karifi. Roll call. Mr. Kari
[56:17]
Kavanagh.
>> Yes.
[56:19]
» Miss Patel. Yes.
>> Mr. Hernandez.
[56:20]
» Yes.
>> R 2026 205 authoriz
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licensing term July July 1, 2026 through
June 30, 2027. Motion to approve. Motion
[56:30]
» second.
>> Motion made by Mr. Kavanagh. Second by
[56:32]
Mr. Karifi. You roll call. Mr. Ki.
>> Yes.
[56:35]
» Mr. Kavanagh.
>> Yes.
[56:36]
» Miss Patel.
>> Yes.
[56:37]
» Mr. Nandez.
>> Yes.
[56:38]
» Okay. I have one more resolution that is
not on the agenda, but it was uh a last
[56:42]
minute uh for the public uh for the
public's knowledge. This resolution is a
[56:46]
resolution that is authorizing a company
called JTC Solutions uh to essentially
[56:52]
update this entire room with
microphones, new camera, new everything.
[56:56]
So, the goal
refused.
[57:01]
» The goal hopefully is by the next
meeting, knock on wood, you'll come and
[57:06]
this place will be a new place. So,
>> I'll make a motion.
[57:09]
» Second.
>> I just he just has to read it.
[57:12]
» I just got to read the title real quick.
>> Uh resolution attaching council
[57:15]
attachment for city hills authorizing
the purchase and installation of
[57:17]
computer equipment and per and
peripherals for the council chambers and
[57:20]
mayor's conference room from JCT
Solutions utilizing the Bergen County
[57:23]
Cooperative Purchase System BC bid
24-38.
[57:28]
Mr. Mr. Creepy, you made a motion.
>> Yes.
[57:30]
» Second.
>> Second by Miss Patel. Roll call.
[57:33]
» Yes.
>> Mr. Creepy. Mr. Kavanagh.
[57:35]
» Yes.
>> Miss Patel. Yes.
[57:37]
» Mr. Hernandez.
>> Fantastic. Thank you all. Um, moving
[57:40]
along to approval and payroll of bills
list and justice recommends
[57:43]
authorization for payment. Number one,
authorizes payments for the 911 26
[57:47]
regular miscellaneous payment. Uh,
payroll estimated at 1,64,000 each. And
[57:52]
number two, payment of bills from ber
list of 9126 which is estimated to be
[57:56]
1,296,797.79.
[57:59]
Can I have a motion to approve?
>> Motion second.
[58:02]
» Motion made by Mr. Kavanagh, seconded by
Mr. Karpi. Roll call. Mr. Karpi. Mr.
[58:06]
Kavanagh. Mr. Patel. Yes.
>> Mr. Hernandez.
[58:08]
» Yes.
>> And may I please have a motion to
[58:10]
adjourn the meeting?
>> Motion second.
[58:12]
» Motion made by Mr. Kavanaaugh. Seconded
by Mr. Kari. Roll call. Mr. Kipi. Mr.
[58:16]
Kavanagh. Yes. Miss Patel.
>> Yes.
[58:18]
» Mr. Hernandez.
>> Yes.
[58:19]
» Thank you everyone. Have a great night.
Good boy.
[58:23]
» Wow.