Meeting call to order. >> Council member Bezerson, >> I'm here. >> Council member Chapman >> here. >> Council member Clayton >> here. >> Deputy Mayor Quinn >> here. >> Mayor Morton >> here. >> Please stand for a silent prayer. Moment of reflection. >> We announce the flag. Pledge allegiance
>> 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. >> And the other thing I remember >> as comply with the open public meetings act chapter 231 PL 1975. Adequate notes
of this meeting has been provided in the following manner. Annual notes was forward to the Aspbury Park Press, the coaster and the Star Ledger on January 16th, 2025 and posted on the bulletin board the same date. All notes are on file with the city clerk. Uh we have no special event applications tonight to be presented. So we're moving on to matters
from the city council. Uh council member Bez Anderson. >> Yes, I do. Good evening. Uh Asbury Park Recreation Department will host its uh annual uh ghost and goblins trunk or treat. It is uh next next Friday.
>> Y >> and so uh if you would like to join and participate and decorate your car, please do so. Uh we have candy for our children and we will that has been donated. And then also we have our last
day for the senior freeze stay inj. They are going to be uh governor governor excuse me senator goal's office will be uh at the senior center next Thursday from 9:30 to 1:30. If you have not completed your application for the
senior free stay in Jay, please do so. Deadline for that is the 31st of October. That's all for me. Thank you. >> Thank you, Council Member Chapman. >> I have nothing today. Thank you. >> Thank you, Council Member Clayton. >> Nothing. Thank you. >> Thank you, Deputy Mayor Quinn. >> Nothing. >> Thank you, Mayor Moore. >> Nothing.
>> Thank you. Mayor from the city manager. >> Good evening. Uh, nothing to report. Thank you. >> Thank you. And mayor from the city attorney. >> Uh, nothing for tonight. >> Thank you. We're now on to public participation. May I have a motion to open the meeting to the public? >> Move to open. >> 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 threeminut time limit for each speaker. Matthew Wellen, uh, Ezer Park Chamber of Commerce, 101 Main Street. Uh good evening mayor and council. Uh I just
have one thing I want to share with everyone which is the uh the carousel awards are next week. I'd like to thank the council for all coming to the event and the the city's support of the event every year. Um and also for everybody out there in TV land that's watching
this tomorrow. Um that uh there tickets are still available and uh the uh if you'd like to attend. We're honoring quite a few great people here in Asbury Park. two city employees, Sylvia Silia and T Gates, as well as Carolina Tulle from The Pony. And I'm blanking on
everybody else right now because >> No, she's she's being honored tomorrow. >> Different event. >> You're getting honored at the Carousel Awards, too. >> No, she was honored at the Carousel Awards a couple years ago. >> I'm not. >> I was. Thank you. >> But I Yes. Eileen is being honored at an
event tomorrow. And anyone who would like to go to that event, that's tomorrow. >> Thank you. Sorry, man. >> It's okay. >> Now that everybody's confused. >> It's okay. Carousel Awards is next week. There's an event honoring Eileen tomorrow. >> Mom, it's Arts tomorrow. >> Yes. All right. Thank you so much.
>> What's the date of the carousel? >> It is October 30th. >> The day before Halloween >> from uh it starts at 6:00 at the Asbury Lanes. >> Okay. Say it again for TV lane. The Azri Park Chamber of Commerce Carousel Awards will be next week on
October 30th at 6 o'clock at the Asbury Lanes. Tickets are available online through the Azri Park Chamber website as well as carouselawwards.com. Again, carouselawwards.com. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Nobody else. Motion to close. >> Second. >> All in favor?
>> I. We're now on to the minutes. I have the regular executive meeting minutes from October 20. Sorry. October 8th, 2025. Do I have a motion? >> Move it. Second. >> Council Mayor Bezerson. Council Member Chapman. >> Yes. >> Council member Clayton. >> Yes. >> Deputy Mayor Quinn. >> Yes. >> Mayor Moore.
>> Yes. >> We are now on to the consent agenda resolutions. All matters listed on the consent agenda are presented collectively to the city council and will 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
items, then set items shall be removed from the consent agenda and considered separately. On consent tonight, we have resolutions 2025412 and 2025425 through 2025428 with an appointment of Jennifer Solder to the Environmental Shade Treaty Commission with a term to expire of
December 31st, 2027. Do I have a motion? >> Second. >> Council member Berson, yes. Council Chapman, yes. Council >> member Clay, yes. >> Deputy Mayor Quinn, yes. >> Mayor Moore, >> yes. Moving on to individual resolutions. I have resolution 2025429. Resolution approving payment of bills.
>> Move it. Second. >> Council member Baz Anderson. Yes. Council >> Mayor Chapman. Yes. >> Council member Clayton. >> Yes. >> Deputy Mayor Quinn. >> Yes. >> Mayor Moore. >> Yes. >> Resolution 2025430. Resolution of the mayor and city council of the city of Asbury Park referring proposed amendments to the main street redevelopment plan to the city of Asbury
Park planning board and directing the planning board take certain actions pursuant to NJSA4A 12A-7E. Do I have a motion? >> Move it. >> Second. >> Council member Bezerson. >> No. >> Council Chapman. >> Yes. >> Council member Clayton. >> Yes. >> Deputy Mayor Quinn.
>> Yes. >> Mayor Moore. >> Yes. >> Resolution 2025431. Resolution of the city of Asbury Park authorizing the execution of an amended and restated redeveloper agreement with Asbury Avenue owners urban renewal LLC regarding a redevelopment project on the
property located at 1012 Asbury Avenue identified on the city tax map as block 501 lot one. Do I have a motion? >> Move it. >> Second. >> Council member Bazar. >> No. >> Council member Chapman. >> Yes. >> Council member Clayton. >> Yes. >> Deputy Mayor Quinn. >> Yes. >> Mayor Moore. >> Yes. >> Resolution 2025432. Resolution
appointing a deputy city clerk for the city of Asbury Park. Brena Connley. CMR. Do you have a motion? >> Move it. >> Second. >> Council member Bazerson, >> yes. >> Council Member Chapman, >> yes. >> Council member Clayton, >> yes. >> Deputy Mayor Quinn, >> yes. >> Mayor Moore, >> yes. >> Resolution 2025433
has been pulled from tonight's agenda. >> No, no, >> no. >> 433. >> We're not pulling that. >> That's the We're doing it. >> We are pulling it because we're doing a different amount. Yeah. The updated agenda. >> The old amount is 750 and we're doing another one.
>> Well, my 473 says something different. Yeah. >> That's the old agenda. This is the updated walk. >> Yeah. Yeah. This is the new. >> Yeah. >> Okay. >> So 433 is is the fire alarm system. >> Yes. My bad. >> We're not pulling. >> We're not pulling. >> We're passing that tonight.
>> No, no, no. We are not passing the fire >> alarm. Yes, it is. >> Yes, it is. >> It was >> my 433 in my packet was UEE money for a
small business loan. That is my 433. >> 433. >> The agenda is updated >> and my 433 is the fire alarm. >> Correct. >> And I am saying we are not passing the fire alarm and we are passing a different number on the UEZ loan. >> Yes. >> Yes. >> I don't know how many Wait a second.
Just let's start again. What are we voting for? >> Resolution 2025433 is resolution rejecting bids for the new Asbury Park Fire Department headquarters response and alerting system and awarding a contract using a state authorized contract.
>> That's an award. That's an award of awarding a new contract. >> So it was updated with the agenda when this was Amy is right that you're awarding a contract if you approve the resolution. >> Okay. Yes, you are correct when you said that. That's what you would be doing if you
>> I'm not doing that. >> You need a Let's get a motion and a second. Then we can have discussion. >> Okay, >> I'll move it. >> Second. >> Okay, >> discussion. I'll start with if we don't pass this, the fire department is delayed even
more. And this is something that's needed as per state law. I thought we had a lengthy discussion that we were going to get more information because we had previous conversations about this alarm and were given guidance as to why we could do a different alarm than the
one that is now requiring us to do that. We were going to get clarification. Would you >> you you're you're correct. And it look nobody brought this to our attention until yesterday that that somebody screwed up and didn't put this
on sooner. So if you want to kill it for two more weeks, I have no problem killing for two more weeks because whoever screwed up killed it for four months. So if we killed the fire department for >> I want a meeting explaining to me why what I was told a few months ago was incorrect. Yeah, somebody's going to explain that
to me. >> And I also want to know what are we getting which which alarm system we're >> and I want to know the cost. >> Okay. So, do you want to >> move to table? >> table. >> Table. >> Do I have a second? >> Second. >> Second. >> Council member Bezerson.
>> Yes. >> Council member Chapman. >> Yes. >> Uh, Council Member Clayton. >> Yes. >> Deputy Mayor Quinn. >> Yes. >> Mayor Moore. >> Yes. >> Resolution 2025433 has been tabled to the next meeting of November 12th. Now, we have an addition tonight's
agenda, which is resolution 2025434, resolution authorizing an application to the New Jersey Urban Enterprise Zone Authority for zone assistance funds in the amount of $1 million to establish a UEZ revolving loan fund.
Move it. Second, >> Council Member Bazerson, >> yes. >> Council Chapman, >> yes. >> Council member Clayton, >> yes. >> Deputy Mayor Quinn, >> yes. >> Mayor Moore, >> yes. We are now moving on to ordinances for introduction. Ordinance 202527, ordinance of the city of Asbury Park,
authorizing the execution of a financial agreement with Asbury Avenue Owners Urban Renewal LLC for a long-term cap tax exemption for the redevelopment project on the property located at 1012 Asbury Avenue identified on the city tax map as block 501, lot one with a public
hearing date of November 12th, 2025. >> Second, council president Anderson. No. >> Council Chapman. >> Yes. And I'd just like to point out that this project is giving us 50% affordable housing >> over
>> 50% affordable housing and and that's the reason why um I'm voting for this >> and I'm voting no because it's a pilot. >> Council member, >> it's just an introduction. I mean just to clarify so people know. But yes, >> there'll be discussion the next meeting.
>> Yes. >> Okay. Deputy Mayor Quinn. >> Yes. Mayor Moore. >> Yes. >> Moving on to ordinances for second reading. I have ordinance 202526, ordinance of the city of Asbury Park amending and supplementing section 30-58 entitled storm water control of chapter
30 R land redevelopment regulations of the code of the city of Asbury Park. Do I have a motion to open the meeting for public comment on 202526? >> Move to open. Second. >> All in favor? >> Public comment. Ordinance 202526 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 your comments may only be about the ordinance. >> Move to close. >> Second. All in favor? >> I. >> Do I have a motion to adopt ordinance 202526? >> Move to adopt. >> Second. >> Council member Bezerson, >> yes. >> Council member Chapman,
>> yes. >> Council member Clayton, >> yes. >> Deputy Mayor Quinn, >> yes. >> Mayor Moore, >> yes. >> That is all for tonight. Do I have a motion to adjurnn? >> All in favor? >> Uhhuh. Thank you everyone. Have a good night. >> You too.