Thank you to all the supporters of this petition.  There are now 320 people who have signed.

The next Mayor and Council meeting that involves the closure of South 3rd Avenue is this Wednesday evening October 19, 2022 starting at 7pm.

The agenda which includes Zoom and call in information can be found here:
https://www.hpboro.com/home/showpublisheddocument/4245

The link to join the Zoom meeting is here:
https://zoom.us/j/99058400576

You can also join by telephone:
1- 929-205-6099
Webinar ID: 990 5840 0576

The ordinance is item 12c on the agenda.

This is the final public hearing for public comment on this ordinance to authorize the permanent closure of S.3rd Avenue to establish a “Pedestrian Mall” encompassing the first 150’ of South 3rd Avenue from Rt. 27, and may be the last opportunity for you to speak up and express your objections.

At the last meeting there were about 7 callers, and all except one expressed their opposition to the street closure.  The Mayor and Council however, appear to be undeterred, so now is the time to speak up.

Another issue that came up is the change in format of public access to the Borough meetings.  The Mayor previously announced that meetings will resume being held in person, and planned to stop remote access starting with the November 2022 meetings.  This will limit public participation.  However, a number of callers asked for a hybrid meeting to allow both in-person and remote access.  The Mayor said she would consult with Council President Phil George and make a decision.

The Highland Park Board of Education does hold hybrid meetings, which allows as much public access as possible.
https://www.hpschools.net/common/pages/DisplayFile.aspx?itemId=14404002

So there should be no reason why the  Mayor and Council cannot do the same. So please call in and voice your support for hybrid meetings as the rule for all Highland Park Borough public meetings.

You can also write to the Mayor and Council members and express your views:

Mayor Gayle Brill Mittler: gbrillmittler@hpboro.com
Councilmember Matthew Hersh: mhersh@hpboro.com
Councilmember Matthew Hale: mhale@hpboro.com
Council Member Elsie Foster: efoster@hpboro.com
Councilmember Philip George: pgeorge@hpboro.com
Councilmember Tara Canavera: tcanavera@hpboro.com
Councilmember Stephany Kim-Chohan: skimchohan@hpboro.com
Borough Clerk Jennifer Santiago: jsantiago@hpboro.com

For your convenience, you can copy all their emails below in one string and paste it in the "to" field of your email application:

gbrillmittler@hpboro.com; mhersh@hpboro.com; mhale@hpboro.com; efoster@hpboro.com; pgeorge@hpboro.com; tcanavera@hpboro.com; skimchohan@hpboro.com; jsantiago@hpboro.com

Thank you!  Let your voice make a difference!