Meeting call to order. Council member Bez Anderson >> here. >> Council member Chapman >> here. >> Council member Clayton is absent. Deputy Mayor Quinn >> here. >> And Mayor Moore >> here. >> Please stand for a silent prayer. Moment of reflection. >> We'll now salute the flag. I pledge
algiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for it stands one nation under God indivisibley and justice for all >> as comply the open public meetings act chapter 231 PL1 1975 adequate notice of
this meeting has been provided in the following manner. The annual notice was forward to Aspbury Park Press the coaster and the star ledger on January 15th 2026 and posted on the bulletin board the same date. All notices are on file with the city clerk. We are now on special event applications from recreation director Licia Floyd.
>> I like your shirt. >> Good evening, mayor and council. Um, there are two wedding applications and one application for the second Sunday sidewalk sales beginning in uh May and going through September. Are
there any questions? >> Okay. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. >> All right. We are now moving on to Marrison City Council. Uh, Council Member Bez Anderson. >> Yes, I do. Good evening, everyone. Uh, we have Movies by the Sea. The next
movie is Home and it is Friday, February the 13th. It's at the Showroom Cinema, 707 Cookman Avenue, and the showtime is 5:00 p.m. Admission is free and it includes one popcorn and one drink. Now,
limited tickets are available. So, uh, also free parking is in the municipal parking lot. So, that's this Friday the 13th. Hope you'll come out and enjoy. Thank you. Thank you, Council Member Chapman. >> I have nothing. Thank you. >> Thank you, Deputy Mayor Quinn.
>> Uh, no, I'm Well, yes. So, the sidewalk sale applic I'm going to be quick. The sidewalk sale application is one of the initiatives to try to support some of our local businesses, the national economy has not been kind to mom and pop places in town. So, in the fall, we're going to have a sidewalk sale the second
Sunday of the month with the chamber. Thank you for teaming up with the business committee and people if you have a retail business in town, you will be allowed to put your wares outside without going through the rigomearo of a permit. And I say all this to say if you
can eat local, if you can shop local, if you can buy local, um, you know, we strongly encourage you to do it. >> Thank you, Mayor Moore. >> Yes. I'd like to congratulate the Asbury Park High School boys wrestling team on
the recent victory and for the team winning its first divisional championship ever. One heck of a one heck of a season, one heck of an improvement from years past. So again, congratulations to them and maybe down the road we'll get them a proclamation.
>> Thank you. And mayor from the city manager, >> good evening. We have nothing to report. >> Thank you. And Madison, city attorney. >> Uh yes, just one issue. If anyone is here tonight, uh that was here at the last meeting, um issues about the casino
in Madison Marquette. Uh my direction uh last meeting with the mayor council was not to discuss it because of potential litigation, not to make any comment. I want everybody to know that that it should not be taken as an um you know, anything other than um following my advice and direction on that. There
there will be a presentation SK there's one scheduled for a week from today uh at the high school at 6 p.m. a redevelopment council will be there. It will be designed just to address the issues that have come up recently up there. So while you're free to make comments tonight um questions might be better directed uh to our redevelopment
council at next week's meeting. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> We're now on to public participation. May I have a motion to open the meeting to the public? >> Second. >> All in favor? I >> public participation portion of the meeting is now open. Any member of the public who wish to speak, please use the
microphone, state your name and address for the record. And there will be a three-minute time limit for each speaker. >> Start talking, guys, and we're going to close the public comment. >> Hello, my name is Charles Lada. I uh am not a resident of the city, but I have a
long history here. The last time I was in these chambers was 1994. >> I'm sorry. Just give us your address, please. >> Okay. I'm at 35 Charles Court, Ocean Township. >> Thank you. >> Uh, the last time I was in these chambers, I had a $10 million bond from my employer. We were attempting to help
Henry Vicaro avoid a default on the original land contract, and my boss passed on the deal. So, now I am here 30 years later because I'm a concerned person. Four years ago, the uh convention hall and Parammont Theater
were closed to the public. So, I was sitting around the pool in South Beach almost to the day four years ago and formed a Facebook group called Save Asbury Parks History. Henry and I worked vigorously to form a board. We formed a nonprofit corporation. We were able to
meet with the chairman of the US operation of Madison Marquette. pitched an idea that we'd form a nonprofit to solicit taxdeductible nonations similar to what was done with the Count Basy Theater in Redbank. That was our template. And we got nowhere with
Madison Marquette. And a 2500 person Facebook group went dark. It laid dark for three years until this demolition permit was uh issued or applied for. And everybody in this town and in the surrounding towns is upset. We now have
an additional thousand members in our group. I participated on Saturday when 100 people showed up in five degree temperatures. And the concern is that Madison Marquette has neglected the buildings. We all know that the panels disappeared and were stolen off
convention hall and they couldn't spend $50 for a gallon of paint to paint the girders. They've been exposed to salt air now for I don't know how long. I'm just going to state that if this council does not take aggressive action to repair these buildings or take them back
as it's potentially possible per our attorney here on my left, then we're going to lose these buildings. I'm very interested in seeing them preserved. I have extensive background in finance, in nonprofits. I'd be willing to help the town. There are naming rights that could
be sold. There's benefit concerts could be held. There are fees that could be applied. There are grants that could be obtained for historic structures. The money is there. Yes, it's a lot of money, but if there's a will, there's a way. Thank you. >> Thank you.
>> Hi, Saresa Peterson. Uh Howell, New Jersey, Solerno. Um I had been a 20-year resident of this city and uh was recently priced out of this city um in uh May of this year. Um, this is due in
part to some favoritism to uh some developers that have now proven themselves to show that they only would like to use our skyline for their own personal profits and not put any money into the functionality of the buildings
that they're using to sell their condos. This is deeply disturbing on my part as I raised my daughter here. Some of you on the council have raised your children here as well. The boardwalk and those
buildings hold sentimental value to me. I know that doesn't matter to Madison Marquette, but sentimental value and love matters everywhere to every single person in this room, every resident, in this town, every resident in the state
of New Jersey. Love is going to really help fix this. I love those buildings. I love those buildings as if they're the personification of my daughter. I watch my daughter take off her training wheels and ride her bike through the parking lots, making all of the the seagulls
spread their wings and fly up into the skies as we stared at the carousel house, which we affectionately call the mermaid castle. The casino holds a special place in my heart. I walked through that casino on the best
days of my life and on the worst days of my life. The casino has seen weddings. It's seen funerals. It's seen people elevate to places that we can't even imagine. Convention Hall has seen more
entertainers, more notable entertainers than anyone would like to imagine. Um, the Doors, Led Zeppelin, Bruce Springsteen, Gaslight Anthem. My vision, my personal vision for that building. If
somewhere on God's green earth, I can have help in purchasing that building on behalf of myself and gifting it to the city with some sort of land trust that would make that building, educational,
a source of entertainment, a pillar and a blueprint for other communities that have derelic buildings where developers have done this and let the buildings deap. appidate to the point where they almost can't be restored.
That building can be a place of education for our children in this city and in other cities. We can teach kids about entertainment. We can teach kids about music, about theater, about the back of house, the front of house, the engineering. We can teach them about
architecture, about urban planning. We can teach them about what makes a city a city by using that building in the proper way. And it is my hope that someone can actually help us do that. So, thank you. >> Thank you.
>> Oops. Be careful. >> Hi, Debbie Zimmerman, a resident of Aspbury Park. Do I have to give my address? >> Hex Street and >> Yes, you just say the street. >> Hex Street. Um, I didn't even think I was going to come up here. I just I've
never been in one of these meetings. Um and you know I all I wanted to say is I'm born and raised Long Branch like Long Branch High School. I loved Long Branch so much. I moved to Asbury in 2018. I love it here so so much. I love the
community. It is such a different vibe in Asbury versus my old town, Long Branch. And all I can say is I'm just praying that over the next years that we do not become a Long Branch. Uh, you know, they referred to it the other day as South Long Branch, you know, southern
Long Branch. I really hope that that it doesn't come to that because it Long Branch lost it and and I am I'm proud that I lived in Long Branch and I'm friends with all my classmates. I do the high school reunion every five years and most of our our friends have left Long
Branch because it just has, you know, it's just not the same. So, I'm just praying that that we all in Asbury can keep Asbury as community as it has been since I've been here and I used to come to Aspberry all the time in the 60s. My grandparents lived here. So, that's all I just wanted to say that.
>> Thank you. >> I'm gonna change the subject. Kim Godano. I run Mercy Center down the street and I just left the warming center. Um there are already 15 people lined up to get inside to stay warm. They're in hand they're in in in
wheelchairs and these are the people that live in Asbury Park. Why? Because no one else will take them. I can't impress upon you enough how important it is and how wonderful it is that Asbury Park does what no other city or town in
the state of um Mammoth County anyway does and that is open their arms and welcome people. We'll have debates. We'll have an arguments. But what's going on down the street right now is saving lives. I never want Asbury Park
to be the home of Linda, who was 74 years old, who died in a Walmart parking lot three month three weeks ago because she ran out of gas and her battery died in Tom's River. So, we have Operation Linda down the street, Operation Not in
My Backyard. I want to thank this board for calling me independently and calling me together because we would not have saved lives over the warm the coldest time of the year in decades if it wasn't
for the support of this city and you know you don't get enough credit having sat where you are I know how hard it is but I just want to say on behalf of those people who are eating a hot meal right now who are in wheelchairs
down the street from where we are. Thank you. >> We thank you. We thank you for all you're doing and Trinity Church for all they're doing. And you're right. This has been a brutal winter. Brutal. Uh I said, "I never heard of never remember
one this bad." And they said, "John, the last one was 68 years ago." I said, "Well, that's why I don't know one this bad." Uh so again, thank you for all you do. >> And one of the issues that has made it a brutal winter is the fact that Asbury cares for two codeb sites. The only
place in Mammoth County that has two code blue sites. 99% of the places in Mammoth County have no codeblue sites. So I know we heard from a guy from Ocean Township. We're going to hear from somebody from how. But maybe at some point you guys could go to your council and talk about opening a code blue site
in your town so Asbury doesn't continue to have to have two Okay. >> Hi, Mike Arllo, Ocean Grove, South Main Street. Uh, I want to say thank you for supporting Asbury Park TV. It's been a
really valuable source of information for me as I've been researching and learning about the history of what happens here. Um, thank you also for planning the city meeting next week, the town the the the forum that's happening at the high school. Um, I note that the council's
constrained by potential litigation from talking about it too much. I'm not sure that I understand how that's going to be different at a full meeting. Um, I do have specific questions that I hope we can talk about in that meeting, both to help us understand the impact of
potential litigation if it comes to that, the history of the adversarial relationship that's defined with Madison. Um, and also the backstory about how we got here. You know, I've lived here around here for a long time and it's confusing even for me. Who was
Aspbury? Who was Aspbury Partners? Who were the Vicaros? How did the redevelopment plan get written? What is a pilot program? I know that there's a presentation from uh June that was a two-hour meeting about the pilot program. Thank you also for that. I I've been using Notebook LM to listen to a podcast version of it. I encourage
everybody to start using AI to process the city's data. Um uh and I'm looking forward to that meeting. I think it's necessary. I think it's important that we all have the conversation again now because the last time it seems like it was had that had
any legal impact was 2010 when the plan was amended. Uh and finally, there's some graffiti on the corner of Bond Street in Madison, and it's offensive. And I submitted a request to the city to get it removed.
And I'd like to follow up on that if somebody can take it off the sidebar. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. You got that >> bond in Madison graffiti that was asked to be removed that's offensive. >> How how long ago did you report that?
>> A couple months. >> Oh my. >> I'm going to say one other thing, Mike. Our uh planner of redevelopment did it's going to be much more intense next week and we have an attorney who's speaking. I'm certainly not going to say anything that's going to get us in legal trouble
now, but what you should look at is uh Michelle Wanzo did tried to It is confusing. It is nuanced. There's a lot of players in the waterfront. Um there have been a lot of players in the waterfront over the years, but she does a good breakdown also this time last
year of uh waterfront redevelopment, the developers. Anyway, you take a look at it. >> Yeah, if I could also address that. Um, what's going to happen next week is Joe Marazidi, our redevelopment council, is going to make a a a pretty thorough and
full presentation. It's going to include all the issues you asked about. What's the history? How do we get here? What parts are uh controlled by who, what rights does the city have, what rights does a redeveloper have? I I I think you'll find it very useful in answering
uh a lot hopefully all of the questions that that there are about, you know, where we are and what our um potential actions are as well. >> Great. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Uh John Nash, First Avenue, Asbury Park. Um somebody mentioned something about
the upcoming sidewalk sale and Amy expanded a little bit. I think this time of the year, January, February, March, it's, you know, the small businesses really suffered. A lot of it has to do with parking. So, I think maybe if you guys somehow amended our parking that you don't pay Monday through Thursday,
it's free and that would help support our local businesses and maybe on the weekends just after 5:00 p.m. uh paid parking. I think that might help really drive more businesses to Asbury. I mean, I live locally and sometimes I'm like, "Oh, I don't want to go pay for parkings and it's too cold too cold to walk, so I'm not going to go, you So, I just
little things like that I think might help the small businesses get extra business that they normally wouldn't have. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Move to Okay. >> Good evening. Uh Thomas Denno, Route 66
in Neptune. Um I'm fourth generation Asbury Park. I've been coming to these meetings. I was a nerdy kid. I used to come to these meetings when I was a teenager. I was at the meetings in 1982 when this uh redevelopment was first being discussed and then passed in ' 84
and I was at every meeting after that. So if anybody wants to know any of the history of this without someone who says they're constrained by the prospect of lawsuits, come see me because I have all the documents, I have artifacts, I've got everything. I'm the official unofficial historian here. Um, I also
have a history here of coming to these chambers over 40 years, making requests of counsel and having every council pretty much ignore me. But something is different right now. There's a petition out there with 7500 signatures. I've never seen that before.
That's almost almost half the population. >> One more time. And come on. >> I don't even gave you your three minutes. >> I'm sorry. I apologize. >> Thank you. Okay. Thank you. That's that's almost half the population of this town. And these people for finally everybody seems to agree with me. Now, I
don't speak for them, but they're going to be forming into groups. And I'm going to tell you that they're going to give you about a month. I think they're going to give you about a month to make a decision on suing Madison Marquette. And if you value those chairs, you're going to want to say yes. Because if they
won't give them that, they're going to start looking for candidates who will because I'm going to make sure that they know Madison Marquette's not going to pay attention to nostalgic stories of carousels and ice skating rinks. They could care less. The only power we have
over them is getting three of five of you to vote to sue them. Now, I have on my website, it's went pretty viral the past week. I have a complete breakdown that shows the casino is not subject to the 2010 contract that doesn't have
defaults. The casino by itself with the power plant is still governed by the 2002 agreement. That agreement allows this council to not only declare a default, but to strip them of the redevelopment rights for those properties and to resell them if we
want. And it's it's on denolaw.com. You can go read the whole thing. Please don't have someone show up in the 18th and just say I'm wrong. Have them file a public brief like I did where I actually put in in the in the body of the work the actual pages of the contract that
say the casino can be taken back. Uh so so please everybody be on the look at that. We can take it back. Don't believe them if they say we can't. Lastly, because we only have three minutes, you might want to make it 5 minutes on the 18th. This is a 45year-old problem. Uh, but I want to say a word about art
washing. I've been talking about this for years. I love art in this town. I wish there was more of it. I give money to the wooden walls. But to have the artists cover their dilapidation for money and distract from the fact that the buildings are falling down are wrong. So, I'm talking to Bradley. I'm
talking to Pork Job. I'm talking to Jen Hampton. Stop helping Madison Marquette hide their dilapidation. Don't put any more artwork on their buildings. Thank you. >> THANK YOU. MOTION TO CLOSE. >> SECOND.
>> Come on. >> Hi. >> I wish I could do this off the cuff. I can't. I'm Kristen Omera. Um, >> Ocean Grove, Cookman Avenue. >> I won't spend much time on history. Lots of other folks have covered that. Madison Marquette has ignored its
obligations. let the casino and related buildings rot. Treated Asbury Park's waterfront legacy like it's disposable. The city's own professionals have said in writing that our redevelopment agreements have cleared default provisions and remedies.
The city's already issued notices of default and resolution. Madison Marquette ignored them and only backed down performatively when public outrage exploded over the idea of tearing down the Grand Concourse, not the breezeway. That wasn't goodwill. That was a
reaction to public pressure, not a change of heart. Legal opinions, now in the public record, say the city can declare default, repurchase the properties, cancel redevelopment rights, and give them to someone who will actually do the work. Every minute this
council declines to use those tools means more decay and more deference to a negligent developer, despite loud and growing opposition from Asbury residents. The optics are terrible. And not just here. The casino situation feels like watching a girlfriend stay
with a bad husband and her overbearing mother-in-law. The husband is Madison Marquette. He keeps breaking his promises. The mother-in-law, the consultants and apologists keep whispering, "He's trying. It's complicated. Don't make a scene." And our friend, this council entrusted with
our boardwalk and our casino knows it's not working, but keeps hoping a few more heartfelt talks will fix it. At some point, this becomes that movie scene where everybody's shouting, "Girl, you need to leave." That's us, the community standing here tonight. This is giving
big, "I don't know how to quit you!" energy. Except you do know how. The redevelopment agreement already tells you how to quit the relationship. You just need to do it. As your friends, we don't want to raid your budget or be in a permanent fight with you. We would rather stand beside you, help you to
explain to the public why enforcing default is a rational choice, and support you while you use the tools already in your contracts. That's our first offer, partnership. Work with us. Move quickly and
transparently to enforce default. Start taking these buildings back. Let residents help build the financial, legal, and political support that you need. Every delay means more decay. The casino is not only beloved here. It's one of the most photographed buildings
in New Jersey, and it's falling apart on our watch. If we continue this pattern of pacivity, then as your friends, we're going to do the hard thing. We're going to stage an intervention. If you won't use the tools, we'll escalate. We are organizing sustained
visible opposition to this inaction in this room, on the boardwalk, and in every public forum we can reach. We will raise funds for independent legal counsel and support litigation to compel enforcement of those default provisions and take back these buildings for the
public. We're asking you to choose partnership. Use the default remedies you already have. Start the process of taking the buildings back. Let us help you do it. And if you don't, please understand, we'll be organized, persistent, and determined.
>> Thanks. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Move to close. Second. >> All in favor? >> I. >> Public participation is now closed. Uh we are now moving on to the minutes. I have the executive and regular meeting minutes from January 28th, 2026. Do I have a motion?
>> Move it. >> Second. >> Council member Bezerson. >> Yes. >> Council Chapman. Deputy Mayor Quinn. >> Yes. >> Mayor Moore. >> Yes. >> Moving now on to consent agenda resolutions. All matters listed on the consent agenda are presented collectively to the city council and be considered for approval with one vote. These matters are considered to be
routine in nature and there will be no individual discussion of these items. If discussion is desired by one or more council members as to any particular item, then set items shall be removed from the agenda consent agenda and considered separately. On consent tonight, we have resolutions 2026 107 through 2026120. Do I have a motion?
>> Move it. Second. >> Council member Bazerson. Yes. >> Council member Chapman. >> Yes. >> Deputy Mayor Quinn. >> Yes. >> Mayor Moore. >> Yes. >> Moving on to individual resolutions. I have resolution 2026121. Resolution authorizing payment of bills.
>> Move it. >> Second. >> Council Baz Anderson. Yes. Council >> Mayor Chapman. Yes. >> Deputy Mayor Quinn. >> Yes. >> Mayor Moore. >> Yes. >> Resolution 2026122. Resolution approving change order number 10 for the new fire department headquarters. >> Move it. >> Second. >> Council Bazar. >> Yes.
>> Council Chapman. No. >> Deputy Mayor Quinn. >> No. >> Mayor Moore. >> I'm going to vote no. Just so I think and correct me if I'm wrong. If I vote no, I can bring this back for a vote. >> You can.
>> I would say we're so close to getting this firehouse done to change this change orders for $17,000. And it's not the contractor's fault. It's the city's fault where this was another thing where past administration
said, "Well, we can do this cheaper in house and they couldn't and they can't." So, I'd like to reintroduce the motion. >> Kevin, tell me if I'm wrong. >> That's right. So, you voted no. So, the motion was defeated and you could you could bring it up either at this meeting
or at the following meeting. >> Can't do it tonight. >> You could do it tonight. >> Okay. I'll make a motion to reintroduce this. No, I vote no on these change orders from >> Okay. Okay, that then we'll just delay it and maybe we'll open it in June. Okay, no problem.
>> If there's not a second, it dies. >> I'll second. >> You got a second. >> Okay. Council member Bazerson. Well, >> I voted yes. >> Council Chapman, I'll >> I'll vote yes. >> Deputy Mayor Quinn? >> No. Mayor Moore?
>> Yes. Thank you. Resolution 2026123, resolution of the city of Asbury Park authorizing the execution of a redeveloper agreement with Memorial Avenue Holdings Urban Renewal Company LLC regarding a redevelopment project on the property located at 10, apologies, at 90 Memorial Drive, which is
identified on the city tax map as block 705, lot 4.01, located within the Springwood Avenue redevelopment area. >> Move it. >> Second, Council Bas. Yes. >> Council member Chapman. >> Yes. >> Deputy Mayor Quinn. >> Yes. >> Mayor Moore. >> Yes. >> Moving on to ordinances for
introduction. First up, I have ordinance 20263, ordinance of the city of Asbury Park authorizing the execution of a financial agreement with Memorial Avenue Holdings Urban Renewal Company LLC for a long-term tax exemption for the redevelopment project on the property located at 90 Memorial Drive, which is
identified on the city tax map as block 705, lot 4.01, 901 located within the Springwood Avenue redevelopment area with a public hearing date of February 25th, 2026. >> Move it. >> Second. >> Counzerson. >> Yes. >> Council Chapman. >> Yes. >> Deputy Mayor Quinn. >> Yes. >> Mayor Moore. >> Yes.
Ordinance 20264, Ordinance repealing existing section 2-88 development fees of chapter 2 administration of the code of the city of Asbury Park in its entirety and replacing it with a new section 2-88 development fees providing regulations for the affordable housing
trust fund collection of development fees and expendure of development development fees with a public hearing date of February 25th, 2026. >> Second. >> Council me. >> Yes. >> Council Chapman, yes. Deputy Mayor Quinn. >> Yes. >> Mayor Moore, >> no.
>> Ordinance 20265, ordinance repealing existing chapter 31 affordable housing of the code of city of Asbury Park in its entirety, replacing it with a new chapter 12 affordable housing, providing comprehensive regulations for the administration of affordable housing and addressing the current requirements of the Fair Housing Act and the Uniform
Housing Affordability Controls regarding the Aspbury Park affordable housing fair share obligations with a public hearing date of February 25th, 2026. Move it. >> Second. >> Council Berser. >> Yes. Council >> Chapman. Yes. >> Deputy Mayor Quinn. >> Yes. >> Mayor Moore >> for an introduction. Yes. But come time
of the vote in two weeks going to be a lot of questions because somebody has to explain this to me because there's more red outs and red lines than makes sense. Thank you. Yes. >> Moving on to public hearing and second reading. I have ordinance 20261,
ordinance of the city of Asbury Park adding a new section 3-40 to the city code to be entitled e-mobility devices and lithium ion batteries. >> Move it. >> Second. >> All right, >> Kevin, you can give a brief explanation. >> Yeah, I can give it. Yep. Um, this ordinance has been recommended by the city's fire official. It's designed to
uh ensure that uh e-mobility devices and lithium ion batteries which are um fire hazards are stored properly in the city and uh make it safe for for residents and for uh businesses. >> Thank you. I have a move and a second.
All in favor? Public comment on ordinance 20261 is now open. Any member of the public who wish to speak, please use the microphone, state your name and address for the record. Your comments may only be about ordinance 20261. >> Move to close. >> Second.
>> All right. All in favor? >> Do we have a motion to adopt ordinance 20261? >> Move to adopt. >> Second. >> Councilor Bazar. Yes. >> Council Mayor Chapman. >> Yes. >> Deputy Mayor Quinn. >> Yes. >> Mayor Moore. >> Yes. >> Ordinance 20262, ordinance amending the Main Street Redevelopment Plan.
>> Move. >> Second. >> All in favor? Public comment on ordinance 20262 is now open. Any member of the public wish to speak, please use a microphone, state your name, and address for the record, and your comment may only be about the ordinance. >> Hold on one second. Beth, do you want to
give a quick explanation, please? >> Sure. I'd be happy to. Uh, just for the record, my name is Beth McManis. I'm the city's redevelopment planner. Uh, this Main Street redevelopment plan amendment is intended to accomplish one goal and that would allow for the Mercy Center to
relocate from their current location to a new spot at the corner of Maine and Second. And it's actually the location of the former Walgreens uh Walgreens pharmacy store. And so this redevelopment plan uh does a couple of
things, but predominantly or primarily it amends the plan to allow for food pantries, which is one of uh Mercy Cent's uh uses within their facility, to be located on this particular lot and block uh not elsewhere within the main
street redevelopment plan or redevelopment area rather. And it also includes a handful of specific zoning and design regulations for this particular property. uh including but but not limited to it requires a retail
or a restaurant use to be located on the first floor facing Main Street which is intended to one reflect uh the intention of Mercy Center but also reflects the existing zoning for the main street redevelopment plan and it requires a handful of other design standards such
as a public plaza or outdoor seating area at that corner of Maine and second and as I said there are a variety of other design standards set uh set forth within the plan amendment. But as I said at the outset, the purpose of the plan amendment is to allow for the Mercy
Center to relocate from its existing facility to the former former Walgreens store. And I will say that there was a previous redevelopment plan amendment that allowed for Mercy Center to relocate to elsewhere within the district. However, as part of this
redevelopment plan, it actually repeals the permitted use at uh at the other location at uh at Maine and Third where they were going to rebuild their existing facility and instead allows for the use to only be located at the Walgreens site. >> Thank you. >> Thank you.
>> Wow. >> And applause you. These people work so hard. My name is Kim Gdano. I represent Mercy Center. I I am I don't unfortunately live in Asbury Park, but I do work here and uh Mercy is moving
their pantry down the street. Um but it could not happen without your tech guys. Um I want to say thank you for all of your support over the last couple of years. We have fed over the last couple of years 130 thou well after the last
year 130,000 people in that pantry 900 square ft. We're about to open with your approval a pantry that has 3,000 square ft in effect a free grocery store for the people that live here in Asbury Park. I don't know how else they make
ends meet. So, I wanted to just say thank you for all of your support for making this move so quickly. And I know the night is late, but I I don't think people appreciate how hard your staff works, how hard the administration works, how hard everybody works behind
the scenes to make sure something like this, which is the right thing for Asbury Park on Cook on Main Street to happen. We are taking a shuttered Walgreens, turning it into something that's very special, and in the front of it will be a fabulous renovated uh
fabulous uh uh kitchen that will be available to everyone in Asbury Park. Um John Bun Joy Soul Kitchen has agreed to um put a kitchen in the front. So, it's going to be a great way to enter Cookman
Avenue. And I want to just say thank you to everyone. Thank you. >> White council. >> Thank you. >> Thanks, Council. >> Hi, Saresa Peterson. How New Jersey. Um so, uh upon hearing this last um I guess amendment to a redevelopment plan, um
not trying to play devil's advocate. However, um I'm wondering how often it is that no matter how great the mission is, um how often uh a a nonprofit or private entity can come up and request
an amendment to a redevelopment plan. Um it just seems interesting to me and I think that's maybe how we got ourselves into other predicaments in the past. Um I do understand that variances are, you know, would need to be required in any other uh development. uh planning phase.
Um this to me is just interesting. Uh and I would really be I I'm interested in hearing like a breakdown of how often uh other establishments or other private or nonprofit entities have requested for redevelopment plans to be and yeah
redevelopment plans andor master plans to be altered to fit and suit their own needs. Um I'm not knocking emergency center. You guys helped me the other day. You you guys so you guys you guys actually so they helped me the other day. Um I actually
do not have any income right now. Um I had to go to the food bank and get food for my own house. Um I have nothing in the fridge. Um maybe a little bit of peanut butter and some jelly. And uh their mission is 100% amazing. However,
I am questioning the ability for a nonprofit or private entity to come and request an amendment to a redevelopment plan for their own personal purposes. Thank you. >> Okay. Thank you. And any of that information obviously I don't have before me
tonight, but feel free to throw in an Oprah request. >> And seriously, there's eight or nine redevelopment plans, so all governed by different rules. It's a complicated request, I guess, is what I'm saying. Seeing nobody else, a motion to close. >> Second.
>> All in favor? >> I. >> Do I have a motion to adopt ordinance 20262? >> Move to adopt. >> Council Bazar? >> Yes. >> Council Mayor Chapman? >> Yes. >> Deputy Mayor Quinn? >> Yes. >> Mayor Moore. >> A resounding yes. >> If that is all for tonight, do we have a
motion to adjurnn? >> All in favor? I. >> Thank you everyone. Have a good night. You too. I know.