Princeton Borough Council last night swiftly and unanimously chose Westcott Road resident Barbara Trelstad to serve a special one-year term on the governing body.
Having been chosen last month to fill the seat vacated by then-Council President Mildred Trotman when she was selected to be mayor, Ms. Trelstad, 65, was tapped to serve out only the remainder of Ms. Trotman's lame duck term, which expired December 31.
After serving "all of three weeks," Ms. Trelstad quipped Tuesday night, she again appeared before Council, seeking a reappointment.
The Princeton Municipal Democratic Committee (PMDC) submitted three candidates for Council review: Ms. Trelstad; Tobin Levy of Morven Place; and Mark Salzman, a Princeton University junior who serves as the PMDC District 1 committeeman.
Only Mr. Levy and Ms. Trelstad appeared last night to make their cases for Council. Mr. Levy, a 25-year resident of the Borough, said that in light of his children "having left the nest" and with less time spent on his career at Goldman Sachs in Manhattan, he was now ready to follow his "interest in civic affairs."
Ms. Trelstad, a member of the Regional Planning Board's Site Plan Review Advisory Board and the Princeton Environmental Commission, said she had "a great deal more work to be done," citing affordable housing issues, the rezoning of the hospital site, and University relations as primary goals.
Ms. Trelstad has said that she intends to run for a proper three-year term in the general election in November.
In other news, Council voted to place two-hour parking restrictions between Hodge Road and Cleveland Lane on Library Place and between Harrison Street and Princeton Avenue on Patton Avenue.
The latter restriction, said Councilman David Goldfarb, is a "symptom" of the recent change in zoning that increases building potential on Princeton University's nearby Engineering Quadrangle (E-Quad), and that will also, some members of Council fear, cause cars to park on surrounding streets.
Council last month approved an ordinance that increases development capacity in the E-3 zoning district, bound roughly by Washington Road, Murray Place, William Street, and Prospect Avenue. The University intends to expand PRISM, the school's research center for materials science on the E-Quad.
The University agreed to use its shuttle system, P-Rides, to preclude the need for additional parking, however, some members of Council remain wary that increased activity on the E-Quad could create worsened street parking situations on surrounding streets.
Finally, Council last night unanimously promoted Borough Ptl. Officer Kenneth Riley to the rank of sergeant.