Meeting call to order. Council member Bez Anderson >> here. >> Council member Chapman >> here. >> Council member Clayton >> here. >> Deputy Mayor Quinn >> here. >> Gotcha. Mayor Moore >> here. >> Please stand for a silent prayer. Moment of reflection. >> Flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of
the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> As comply with the open public meetings act, chapter 231 PL 1975. Adequate notice of this meeting has been provided
in the following manner. The annual notice forward to the Aspbury Park Press Coast and Star Ledger on January 16th, 2025. Post on the bulletin board the same date. All notices are on file with the city clerk. Now on to special event applications. I have five. We have the Christmas I can't hear you. Speak up.
>> We have the Christmas tree lighting in Springwood Park, downtown tree lighting at Press Plaza, Krampus, the downtown manura lighting, and the Sons of Ireland plunge. Do we have any questions? Okay. Moving on to matters from city council. Council member Bez Anderson. >> Uh, nothing for me.
>> Thank you, Council Member Chapman. >> No, nothing for me. Thank you. >> Thank you, Council Member Clayton. Uh yes, a couple of things. This this Saturday, um there's the Quanza celebration at the senior center and
>> and it's from 1 to 5 and following that there will be a tree lighting in Springwood Park at 5:00. So please come out. Santa Claus will be there and there's lots of trees. Also coming up is Movies by the Sea. And this is these are
free movies and includes popcorn and a drink. So contact Cassandra Dickerson for more information. Friday, December 12th, it's The Grinch. And showtime is 5:00. On
Monday, December 29th, it's Home Alone. And showtime that day is 4:30. And again, the contact person is Cassandra Dickerson and you must have a ticket in advance. Thank you. >> Thank you, Deputy Mayor Quinn. >> Nothing. >> Thank you, Mayor Moore.
>> Nothing. Thank you. >> Moving on to Marrison, the city manager. >> Hi. Good evening. I have nothing to report. >> Thank you. And Marrison, the city attorney. >> I have no report tonight. >> Thank you. >> Before we go on to the presentation, I'd
like to call up Mr. George Phipps. Nope. Come on up here. Uh, I'm going to call him George. You can call me John. Uh, George is the new director of DPW and has been with us quite a while now and we probably should have introduced
him to the public before now and I apologize for that. He's doing a fantastic job and uh, just wanted to give you the opportunity to attend. >> Thank you. >> TV's watching you. everybody out there in TV land, please feel free to say a
couple words about what what you have going on. >> All right. Good evening everyone. Uh thank you for having me tonight. Uh my name is George Fipps. I'm the director of public works for the city of Asbury Park. Uh my first day here of employment was September the 3rd. Um in charge of
all your public works activities, you know, uh snow removal, uh leaf removal, trees, potholes, and etc. uh buildings and grounds as well. Um work with a good host of employees down there over at the Department of Public Works. Uh had a lot of people here in
the city to help me out, you know, to navigate through the woods to learn my way far as the rules of Asbury Park. And I thank everybody, you know, that accepted me, you know, from the first day. I feel like, you know, I was accepted as family, you know, so I appreciate every one of you guys. and uh
I look forward to working with you and definitely these two here, Adam and Cassandra. You know, it's been a definitely a a big motivating tool for me as well, you know, far as the day-to-day journey. So, I thank you all for your help and uh I look forward to working with you all moving forward.
>> Yeah, we thank you greatly and again, I apologize we didn't do this sooner. >> No problem. >> And uh welcome aboard and you're doing a great job so far, so please keep it up. >> Thank you. Thank you for having me. >> Thank you. >> Yeah. HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. AND NOW IF YOU WERE SMART, YOU WERE TO
GO HOME. >> We are now moving on to a presentation by APW Redeveloper LLC, Asbury Partners LLC for redevelopment located at block 3802, lot 200 Cookman Avenue. This see
good evening honorable mayor and members of the council. My name is Carl Erler. I'm actually not the uh attorney for uh the developer which is uh APW Redeveloper LLC and Asbury Partners LLC. However, I do represent Caabanian Homes
uh Cababinian New Jersey Operations LLC. Cabbanian is going to be the ultimate redeveloper of the property if we're ultimately approved by the city council. along those lines. And accompanying me right now is Chris Manos from Architectura and Conrad Ricotti. They're
actually with Architectura, which is an architectural firm that we work with heavily within the city of Asbury Park, and they're going to be providing the land share of our testimony this evening. So, I'm here to introduce uh the members of Architectura in order to proceed with some testimony before the
city council. If you may, please see. So Conrad, thank you for joining me. If I can just if you could, you know, introduce yourself and provide your qualifications. >> Sure, absolutely. Conrad Ron Kati. I'm the owner of Architectura, architecture
firm, headquartered in New Jersey. We have uh four offices around the country, been practicing over 40 years uh in New Jersey uh and have produced thousands of projects and testified uh
over 2,000 times between uh before land use boards and mayor and councils. >> Thank you. If we may proceed with >> Yeah. Let me just say for the public and for anybody out there in TV land, tonight's a presentation. And there will be no vote on this tonight. Uh when
they're done with the presentation, we go right into the any questions about anything and they'll stay around in case anybody has any questions about this project. >> Certainly. No problem. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Absolutely. >> Um
so, uh just by way of preamble, uh we brought this project twice before the the TRC, the technical review committee. Uh the first time we went in there was a lot of discourse conversation. We
responded uh to those comments. Uh some were positive, some were a little critical. Uh we went back, we regrouped and we came back. A lot of those things had to do with aesthetic um situations and the location of the
building in the block. Um we moved the building forward uh north uh towards Cooken uh Cookman Cookman sorry towards Cookman um at the request of the TRC to bring the building closer in line with
other buildings along that street. Uh access is from that street also that is a Dmandated situation because of uh uh D conditions uh on the site. Uh we had gone in
initially with an aesthetic that was more uh traditional beach uh colonial shingle style and the committee uh asked us to look into a more Mediterranean style. So we responded again same
building same number of units that didn't change but we came back with a different aesthetic uh approach. Um, just to stick on that because I think it is the the majority of what we responded to at the TRC level. Uh, the slide on
the right was the initial building that we went in with with siding uh, blue and white uh, color and then when we uh, left that first TRC meeting, we came back with uh, that more Mediterranean style. So, a white we introduced a clay
tile roof, some clay open uh breeze block and a wall uh at this southwest corner uh and just changed up the architecture and aesthetic uh of the building. Uh the building uh is on a
full city block. Uh it's being called the views at Wesley Lake. It's a full city block, roughly 34,200 ft property. So about 3/4 uh of an acre. Uh this is a very prominent uh you know
gateway location uh in the city. Uh our goal was to create uh as we have in other projects for this client and uh those projects being also in Asbury Park uh with the Baltic and the AIN for
example uh a high quality resilient and sustainable multifamily uh building that contributes to Asbury uh waterfront district. Uh it's a fourstory residential building. It's
three residential floors over a parking podium. That podium is elevated again because of uh NGD considerations. Uh the project will uh support include 27
units, for sale condos, two one-bedroom units, 10 two-bedroom units, and 15 threebedroom units. We're providing 42 parking spaces. Uh that's one more than required. We were required uh to provide
41. So we have one parking in excess um through a mix of standard compact uh tandem and ADA accessible spaces. The garage again as I mentioned underneath the building. It's fully screened from the street architectural treatment so
that it doesn't look like a parking garage uh jumping out. uh aesthetically as as you walk around the building and there's a single well-defined uh entry point from the north up the ramp. Uh in
fact the ramp was longer in our earlier iteration but when we moved the building as was suggested farther north we actually pushed the ramp farther into uh the building which I think uh was a
positive uh change with respect to ramp uh visual aesthetic and massing of the building. And there's a Thank you Chris. There's a close-up uh 3D rendering uh of that which of course we've presented these
renderings at the TRC level. Uh it is a ramp. Uh it's not a great long steep ramp. Uh but it's a ramp nonetheless. And it goes to a gate at the building facade just slightly back from the
facade. Uh and then of course is the main entry stair also depicted in this rendering on the north side of the building. This is the primary entrance here on Cookman Avenue. Uh there's also an entrance for residents from Wesley Lake,
the opposite side of the building. So we have a walkable environment, encourages uh activity uh to uh the waterfront. Um the building has been designed carefully
uh by us uh with help of our clients uh and and the site engineer. It's shaped and scaled to respect uh we believe strongly the character of the neighborhood and surrounding buildings. Um this
Mediterranean look is certainly rooted in Asbury Park's uh historic coastal vocabulary. A lot of it appears uh in photos uh behind your heads up on the deis. Um the balconies, terraces, and
larger windows uh break down the facade and provide residents with a strong connection to the exterior. So, you know, more traditional than we might have in a 50 or 60 year old Mediterranean style building in town.
These windows are a little bit larger, units are a little brighter, uh, and we're getting more of a view. There is also a rooftop amenity which, uh, really can't be seen from the ground as evidenced by the rendering. Uh, it's
located at the core of the roof in the center. Chris has put up our roof plan. The uh recreation area on the roof is not located up against the exterior facade or the edge of the roof. It's set
back in with a barrier railing so that you get the benefit of the view. You get rooftop access, but it's set back so that it's screened from uh grade level. Um, there will be a landscape deck up
there, views across Wesley Lake and of course uh to the ocean. Mechanical equipment is fully screened. Uh, so if you look at our drawings closely, uh, you'll see that there are screens around all of the mechanical equipment on the
roof. Again, uh, so that mechanical equipment is not seen uh, from grade. uh a very functional uh description of of the building. Um the building is very efficient, lots of
green initiatives as required uh by the city. Uh it's a safe building. It's going to be type 2 non-combustible construction, of course, fully fire sprinklered. It will meet or exceed all applicable uh construction codes. Trash
and recycling are being managed by a private hauler. We have storage onsite contained within the building and screen from public view. Um, and of course we meet barrierfree uh requirements with uh access to the
building and then uh access from the garage or the lobby points uh up into the building. We've worked um very closely with our uh project site engineer. Um and just to give you some
brief highlights, uh we have a rain garden uh that has been designed on the northeast corner and the roof drainage system ties into the Wesley Lake management plan. There's gas, water, sewer, and electric connections um that
will be brought to the building and lighting will be LED. Um everything is shielded from adjacent properties, but certainly pedestrian safety in mind. Um and a full lighting plan is part of that
uh site engineering drawings. Uh, also in addition to the main block of the building on the south west corner, uh, in this drawing that's up, it's a, um, a roof plan, but it's located on the site.
Um, north is to our top. Wesley Lake and Lake Avenue is to the south or the bottom of this drawing. Uh, we have a freestanding building in the southwest corner of the site. It's walled in to
provide a private garden for the residents. And this is a rendering of what that will look like from the inside. So, there's a small building that'll serve for storage, beach storage, chairs, and things that you might come back from the beach with. Uh,
and then there's a nice screened and secured uh outdoor area. So in addition to the roof, there's an atgrade landscape terrace uh amenity. Also, this is a view looking at that area. Of course, the building is on the left
that's to the north. The building at the corner um is is at that southwest corner with a secured gate. and that uh clay tile uh block that we're using that provides some degree of privacy but is
not a solid wall. So we felt that it was more inviting. It also allows breezes uh to go through for those that are sitting uh outside. Uh we have a series of green initiatives. Uh all plumbing fixtures
are water will be water sense certified. Interiors will achieve indoor uh air plus certification as currently uh considered. Um green guard cabinetry low VOC finishes uh green label carpeting
energy star appliances. Um we hope to participate in the zero energy ready national program which means enhanced um insulation values, window performance
and uh high efficiency HVAC equipment. Uh lighting will be uh LED inside and outside the building. It'll be dark sky compliant uh which is not allowing a lot of light to escape vertically uh from
the site. Uh and the roof will be finished where uh ever possible with light colored materials to minimize heat island effect or heat uh absorption. Um it is it is our firm belief and with the
help of the TRC um working out a lot of the minor details that we have a project that is fully consistent with the waterfront redevelopment plan. Uh we feel that it addresses uh the community's needs with
high quality housing, improves parking uh and circulation, has resilient infrastructure and advances green uh initiatives. So I I can certainly go through more of the drawings if you'd like if you'd like
to see the layouts of each indiv individual floors. um whatever the mayor and council's pleasure is. >> The one thing I'm going to ask that you think about incorporating I appreciate
the green initiatives and the Mediterranean style more than the the box style that um we see a lot here and and don't love is if you can incorporate some sort of element of art. So, I'm not I don't think this building would be
prone to a mural, but if you could look at some sculpture works, um somewhere around maybe where some of the green spaces, um >> can we go to this? >> That would at least sort of uh it's an it's an artsy town, although arguably no
artist is going to afford one of these units, but if you could at least put some art somewhere in there. >> Well, um great thought. Is is the Cookman Avenue side of the property probably in
your mind a better place for that or >> Yeah. Yeah, that makes sense. Although, you know, I mean, I'll I'll >> Yeah. Could be either >> south. They both get quite a bit of foot traffic actually >> where you have the most where it's easier for you to do. >> We we have uh in the northeast corner,
Chris, if you could zoom in on that. uh we have an an outdoor uh rain garden that I had mentioned where we're collecting water. But if you look at the design, we're actually uh creating a series of benches uh three seven 10
benches, three face outward to the north right on the sidewalk. But these other seven benches are open to the public. So it's not a private uh garden. We wanted to create a space where the public could
come through and sit uh in a more enclosed landscape area and perhaps that would be a nice place to have >> some sculpture. I would certainly talk to the client about it just so it's not out, you know, >> alone on a corner perhaps and it could
be more scale to the >> to the garden. >> Great. That that sounds great. >> I agree with Amy on the um green initiatives. They're so important to us. I'm just wondering if you went for lead certification. >> Uh, no. That's not a goal. However, um,
to meet lead is a relatively easy thing to do on a technical level, right? If we're meeting New Jerseys energy codes uh to start with, you know, high efficiency equipment, all the things
that you would normally do, reuse of a site, all of those things factor in, we're essentially achieving that level uh lead intent without having to go to lead. I I would argue that most new
buildings that go up today in New Jersey that meet the energy code and are in any urban or suburban area. So for reuse of properties and other things that we're all essentially meeting the purpose and intent of
>> it said electric vehicle charging stations offered. What does that mean? So uh the state of New Jersey requires that we provide uh a minimum number of EV charging stations. So those will be
provided. Typically they're phased in in three phases. There's an initial phase of a third, then a third, and then finally another third over a period of time. So I'm not sure if they want to do that all at once. Um but we have
indicated on our parking plan where those EV charges would be. >> We would do the statutory amount upfront as part of the community. >> How many do we have? >> Nine. >> Nine. So sorry I I didn't know the exact number. So nine would mean we'd need to
bring three on immediately and then three in a period of time and then the final three. >> No problem. >> But you have to plan ahead. So >> yeah. So we would do it up front because of the planning the nature of the planning. >> You have to put the power in anyway. >> We would. Yeah.
>> Precisely. >> So >> So 42 parking spots. How many are are there for compacted? It looks like there's some tandem parking. >> Yes, we have we have 12 that are tandem. >> What does that mean?
>> Back to backwards. You got to move a car to get the car out. >> Mhm. and and they'll obviously be associated with a single unit. There won't be people jockeying cars and things of that nature, >> right? So, we have we have 25 units that
are either in the twobedroom basket or the threebedroom basket. >> And typically with a tandem spot, which is one owner, two cars front to back, you assign those spaces to that particular unit. So you don't have
somebody parking in a buried space, if you will, with one car and then some other owner coming in behind them and locking them in. So every space here would be allocated either one or two
spaces to unit owners, one space on a onebedroom and two spaces on the two and threebedroom units. Okay. >> Thank you. Any more questions? >> Very nice. Thank you.
>> Thank you very much. We do have our landscape architect with us as well just to provide an overview of the plantings and landscaping and please and whatnot. Thank you very much. >> Mayor, isn't this where you say if you're smart you'll leave now? >> Because there may be questions
that fortunate. I'm not I'm not >> Chris. You stay up here. >> Yeah. No. >> Hey, good evening. >> My name is Brian Le. I'm the president of BML Studio and I am the landscape architect working on this project. One
thing that's very unique about this project is it is one building on an entire block which leaves enough room around the outside of the building to actually put some plants and landscaping. Uh and in working with the engineer, the intent on this particular project is to provide a lot of rain
gardens. While they don't show up so well on the plan that I have provided, they've showed up better on the architectural plans. The intent is everything on the western side of the property, the southern side, and pretty much the available northern side of the
property would be rain gardens. Uh the grading has not been totally developed yet to see exactly what the shape of those would be and therefore the planting is conceptual at this point. But most of the plantings that you'll see around the perimeter of the project
are both salt tolerant and wet sight tolerant. Uh so they will handle the frequent flooding from the rain gardens and then handle the extended dry periods that come in between the rains. Uh it's a very unique situation we have here all up and down the Jersey Shore. And
Aspberry Park is no exception that you get those heavy downpours, it floods, but then you go weeks at a time in the summer and you have nothing and it's bone dry. And it's hard to find plants that live in both of those conditions. But we will we know what they are and we're going to provide them. Uh
the main features of this are up on the northeast corner was briefly discussed is a curbed rain garden. It's a little more ornamental, a little more structured. I'm anticipating that to be a little more heavily pedestrian, a little more pedestrian traffic at that corner and to avoid people from walking
into the rain gardens and the rain garden is right up against the sidewalk. That will be curved. We are providing benches. Uh, as mentioned, that may be a logical area to place some kind of a sculpture. Uh, but it is open to the public. It's sort of a pocket park that
everyone can enjoy. The rooftop amenities very similar. You're dealing with heavy winds and salt that's going to be blowing around up there. So, we are landscaping it with a perimeter of raised planters that'll have ornamental grasses, some flowering shrubs, and a couple small ornamental
trees that do actually handle the winds when they're planted in the dunes. So, we'll see how they do on the rooftops. Uh, my opinion, I think they're going to do pretty well there. The interior space that we have designed was a result of adding the one-story storage building, which I think is a
huge amenity to anyone who has kite boards, surfboards, uh anything they're taking to the beach, fishing rods, large things that you don't necessarily want to carry in and out of your unit. It gives the residents a place to store that. What it also does is creates a
nice area between the primary building and the storage building uh for fire pit, for outdoor gathering, whatever the residents choose to do. And as was pointed out earlier, it's separated from the public by that or decorative wall
that you can actually see through. You can see what's going on inside. I think it was a very creative way to provide fencing and privacy uh without walling people off. Um, and the gist is all the plants will be salt tolerant. Everything will be
irrigated. Uh, and I think it's going to look beautiful. questions. That's my pitch. >> No, but hang around because some people in the audience might have questions. >> Absolutely. >> No, but I think you did a good job. And the main thing is using trees and plants that are going to
survive so they're not replaced every year. >> Maintenance goes down by far when you put the right plant in the right location. >> Good job. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. We'll we'll remain here then and see if anybody has any questions or
anything like that. >> And I just want to say thank you as a member of the TRC for listening to us and making changes and coming back with what I think is a much better project than we initially saw. So thank you very much for that. >> Thank you. >> Great job. >> Thank you.
>> Very nice. >> Thank you. >> Okay. And then let's go to the public. >> Now moving on 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 >> and this is about not just this project. This is the time for anything and everything. So I don't want somebody say when we say it's closed but I wanted to
ask a question about something else. So, this is a time when you can talk or ask any question about this project or anything else going on in the city or any questions you have. It's up you Mary.
>> Hi, good afternoon, good evening. Good to see everybody. Happy holidays and thank you council and leaders uh for doing a great job. I want to go back to parking on this. Um there's supposed to be 10 EV spaces. Does that give you credits for what would be actual spaces?
Because I know in the views going up on the other end of town, they're putting in a certain amount of spaces, but because of the law, we're giving credits for actual spaces when they're putting in an EV. >> So, is that the case with this
particular project? Because the views in the north, they're getting credit for like 27 spaces for 10 EV spaces. If I may, with us this evening is our civil engineer on the project, Robert Collers, >> who actually did the parking analysis
for the community. So, if I may. >> Thank you. >> And Mr. Curley's testified hundreds of times before planning zoning council. So, I'll vouch for his credentials. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Yes. Um, so the question is the required
parking for the for the development, excuse me, is one and a half stalls per unit and there's 27 units. So there's a requirement for 41 parking >> and we're putting 42 >> and we have 42 on the interior of the building. >> Okay.
>> Now, that doesn't include a credit that could be taken, which would be four stalls, >> right? >> So it's 10% that's the maximum allowed. >> Okay. 10% of what is the required parking. So in actuality we we have in
excess of five stalls interior but we're not taking that credit. We we still have one extra stall inside the building. And then along the street, um the existing perimeter parking that
exists that exists today. Um there's 22 stalls around the complete perimeter of the property. >> After development, when we're all done, we're going to be eliminating some driveways and restriping the whole thing. We'll have 26 stalls. >> All right. So, we're going to be net
we'll pick up a few there. >> That'll be four stalls in addition. >> Okay. Could I respectfully ask the council and TRC, what about visitors? >> Right. We never provide any additional parking spaces within any of these communities that we're building. So, it
puts the onus on the street parking, which we know we're always at a bit of a tugof-war about that. So, I know we're kind of at the end of the development of this town at this point and we didn't have enough forward thinking to say, "Hey, instead of requiring one and a half, you need two because you might
have a guest." >> So, >> I believe some of the projects up on the north end do require two, but as far as like again, I don't want to sound like a broken record, but it goes back to the 2002 2008. >> Definitely understand they're complying
with the agreement. So 100% and actually adding four on the outside which is very rare that we get more because usually there's more curve cuts than less. So we we cannot force them to put in more for visitors. >> I gotcha. Thank you again. Happy
holidays everybody. >> Thank you. Same to you. >> Good evening. Tom Havinsky from the tree commission. A question for the landscape architect. Uh, I noticed a good many trees around the property itself. Are they also going to be irrigated or are
you relying on mother nature? No. Everything that's on the property around the perimeter will be irrigated. What also shows up on the plan are the street trees that are being provided by the Asbury Park redeveloper. They are not part of this project, but they will be
installed in accordance with the city's requirements and the streetscape the streetscape design requirements. >> But will they be irrigated? >> I do not know if the >> Have you seen >> I believe the street trees have some form of irrigation, whether it's a tube
that allows them to be watered directly down to the roots. I don't believe there is a solid irrigation line that runs and orders all the street trees. >> Is there a reason there isn't? I mean, that's the way that's the way most towns are are really. >> Well, I understand the question. I
appreciate relative to the the areas within the public right away, we we don't generally irrigate from through the community infrastructure out into the public right away. So, I I know that they as Brian was just describing it to make sure that
the the trees actually take and that they root in place. There would be some temporary irrigation to make sure that they they you know persist if you will, but there's nothing related to the community itself to extend irrigation lines into the public right away and
that would require a whole different set of approvals so to speak type of thing. >> So then that would be up to the tree commission to take care of those trees. No, I think it'd be up to I'm not going to obviously the master redeveloper
would have an obligation to the city to then maintain at least to make sure that they take and that you know they're they're obviously not going to be a guarantor forever at some point. >> Have you seen some of the trees that have been planted within the last couple of years? They're dead. >> They may be guaranteed, but they're not
being replaced and they're putting in trees that don't belong there. >> Understood. Okay. >> I mean, that's that's just a fact. You can go out there and look at them. They're dying as you look at them. >> They're
>> I'd also like to know your language about rain gardens. The architect Why are you calling them rain gardens? I mean, are they is water is water leaving the area? >> It's collecting the rain water that falls on the site. Most of that will be
infiltrated. the engineer can answer further as to the drainage system and how all that works which I don't believe has been designed at this point but they are called rain gardens that's why I'm referring to them as rain gardens they do collect rain the rain irrigates the
bottom of it and the sides >> but it also seeps into the into the aquifer >> absolutely >> and that will happen there >> absolutely >> I I will live to see that thank you >> thank you
I'm just going to say one other thing. I think what you're hearing from Tom is that the shade tree is out doing probably 50 hours worth of work a week. So, if you could just make sure that the developer either pl you know
what what happens is they don't remove the um I'm going to call the bag that is in the tree and then the tree I mean there's we've had multiple problems with multiple developers and then yeah so so what I'm you know I'm asking and I think
the environment and shade tree commission asking is you know if you could just be more conscientious and do a better job with the street tree planting That would be great. >> Absolutely. So for the site itself where we're doing the plantings, we'll definitely coordinate, but we'll also coordinate with the master redevelopment
of the city surrounding the site. Understand? >> Not that. >> Okay. Well, talk to if you could get Brian and them to do that a better job. >> I appreciate that. >> Hello, Matthew When, executive director, Hazbury Park Chamber of Commerce, 10-11
Main Street. Um, I want to start by thanking the city, the Department of Public Works, and the Environmental Shade Tree Commission for taking care of the tree. Um, in Press Plaza, we had the downtown tree lighting this past weekend. It was wonderful. I want to thank the uh fire department for
bringing Santa down on the truck, the police department for closing the streets and keeping everyone there safe. It was it was a great event for all of those for all of you who were there. Um, and we hope to keep doing this year after year. Uh, the next thing I wanted to bring up was the Ezre Park window decorating contest, which I've talked
about the past two council meetings. We've done the contest. Now, we've judged the windows, and I want to announce the window the the winners. Um, I also want to thank uh Kevin Starky for being one of our judges, Eileen Chapman for being one of the judges, and Yvon Clayton for being one of our judges.
>> Can I be a judge next year? >> What? >> Can I be a judge next year? >> Of course you can. >> You're always welcome, John. Um, so for most festive it was Paws Pet Boutique. >> For best use of recycled materials, it was the Asbury Book Cooperative. And for
the people's choice award, it was Destination Asbury Boutique. >> Oh, AMAZING. >> The the people's choice award this year, we had 662 people vote for who their favorite window was. So, that's really good. Good. Um, and all of those
businesses will receive a one-year membership with the chamber, free entry to all of our networking events for the next year, and the People's Choice One gets a special statue trophy thing, too. So, that's all from me. Happy holidays, and uh, I'll see you next time. >> Great job on that. Great job. >> And Matt, you can also include me as the
judge next year, too. >> All right. One last thing, because I still have a minute left. Um, the Manura lighting, the downtown Manura lighting is coming up this week on the 18th, Thursday the 18th at 6 p.m. in Kennedy Park. So, I hope >> you have to put something out because
you initially had on the 16th and we sent out a man a newsletter that has it on the 16th. So, >> I'm just saying we'll we'll put a Nixel out, but you have to put something out as well so people know the date change. >> Yep. I I already put Yeah. >> All right. Thank you again.
>> Anybody else like to be heard about anything? Okay. >> Good evening. My name is Louisis Morales. My wife Sloan and I own Endless Waves, a boutique located at 550 Cookman Avenue in downtown Asbury Park. Downtown Asbury Park is facing a serious parking
issue. It seems entire blocks of cars arrive in the morning and stay in the same spot all day. This is especially visible on Cookman, Bangs, and Matson Avenues. Part of the problems is the inconsistent permit enforcement. There are zones where permits are not supposed
to be valid during business hours, yet vehicles remain parked there all day. When they when these uh these happens, the spaces are effectively removed from circulation. Customers simply have nowhere to park. Even our regular tell us that they now circle once, can't find
a spot, and then just leave Ashbury Park entirely. This isn't just a business concern. It's a city revenue concern. When a single vehicle sits in a metered spot all day, the city loses turnover. that meter was designed to generate. A downtown space can bring in thousands of dollars per
year. When multiple visitors use it throughout the day, when becomes an all day stall, that revenue just disappears. I support growth. I welcome new business and new energy into Asbury Park. But growth needs guardrails. The current parking system was never built to absorb
large numbers of all day vehicles. Without clear limits and daytime turnover, the downtown district cannot function as an accessible vibrant commercial area. These are there are a few things that the city might consider as possible ways to improve parking
downtown. For example, the city would consider looking at options like creating a 4-hour parking restriction for the downtown uh business zone. The kind of turnover would immediately improve customer access. The city could
also review how permit rules are being enforced during business hours and whether permit excluded zones are functioning as intended, which they aren't. We we see cars that are that have permits, whether it's residential or business permits, parked in the areas
that are intended for our customers. So, bars, restaurants, our shops can't get our customers in because they're circling for hours and eventually they just go home. Uh we we've gotten to a point where our customers have literally told us, "We rather shop with you online than come
into your store because I can't just spend my entire day there." These uh that kind of assessment would give everyone a clear picture of what works and what needs attention. These changes are reasonable, necessary, and essential to keeping downtown Asbury Park healthy, accessible, and accessible
to visitors. Thank you. >> Thank you. and uh thank you for bringing it to our attention. If you're available Wednesday, January 21st, we have a parking committee meeting. Uh it's
usually the first Wednesday of the month, but we don't reorg until the 14th, so it can't be till the 21st and it's in this building at 5:30. So if you we're open to suggestions, we're open to like if you see something wrong, reporting it and we can correct it. So, I thank you for your comments and
hopefully you can follow up and come to the park committee meeting. >> I will definitely be there. I've been there before. I've made suggestions. One of which was free parking black Friday. That was they thought it was a great idea, but they did nothing about it. So, I don't have a lot of uh a lot of credibility, you know, do anything
after. >> Well, I invite you to come and >> I will definitely be. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Anybody else like to be heard? Not then. A motion to close. Second. >> All in favor? >> Now you can go home.
>> Public participation is now closed. >> Carl, thank you. >> Hey, thank you very much. >> Very good presentation. >> Really appreciate it and sorry for the inconvenience uh this evening with the appearances, so to speak. So, >> no, no, don't worry about it. Very good. >> Have a nice holiday.
>> Got a party to go to tonight. Great. So >> certificate and whatnot. So we should >> Okay. So while they're leaving quietly Let me just bring uh the public up to speed. I just found out that David Frugal, who works for the master
developer, just told Tom Pavinsky that the trees on the outside are irrigated. >> Right. So, he was here. He gave us the answer. So, we don't have to go ask him. So, thank you, David. And that's good news for all. Okay, Anthony. Right. >> Now, on to the minutes. I have the
executive and regular meeting minutes from November 25th, 2025. Do I have a motion? Move it. >> Second. >> Council Member Bezerson, >> yes. >> Council Member Chapman, yes. Council member Clayton, >> yes. >> Deputy Mayor Quinn, >> yes. >> Mayor Moore, >> yes. >> Moving on to the consent agenda resolutions. Uh, 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 2025 480 through 2025490. Do I have a motion? >> Move it. >> Second. >> Council member Bezerson? >> Yes. >> Council member Chapman? >> Yes. >> Council member Clayton? >> Yes. >> Deputy Mayor Quinn? >> Yes. >> Mayor Moore? >> Yes.
>> Moving on to individual resolutions. I have resolution 2025491, resolution scheduling the city's 2025 reorganization meeting for January 14th, 2026. >> Move it. Are we going to change
to amend? >> Okay. >> Can I amend the time to 6 p.m.? >> Yep. And executive at >> second >> 4 p.m. Okay. >> Y. >> All right. So, do I have a motion on the amendment proposed? >> Move it. >> Second. >> Council member Bazerson. >> Yes. >> Council member Chapman. >> Yes. >> Council member Clayton? >> Yes.
>> Deputy Mayor Quinn? >> Yes. >> Mayor Moore? >> Yes. Resolution is passed with the amendment of executive session beginning at 4 p.m. and regular meeting starting at 6 p.m. on January 14th, 2026. Moving on to resolution 2025492,
resolution approving payment of bills. >> Move it. Second. >> Council member Bezerson, >> yes. >> Council member Chapman, >> yes. >> Council member Clayton, >> yes. >> Deputy Mayor Quinn, >> yes. >> Mayor Moore, >> yes. Resolution 2025493, resolution authorizing an application to the New Jersey Urban Enterprise Zone Authority
for zone assistance fund and the amount of $100,000 to create regularly scheduled UE sponsored consumer attracting events. >> Move it. >> Second. >> Council member Bezerson, Council Member Chapman, >> yes. >> Council member Clayton, >> yes. >> Deputy Mayor Quinn, >> yes. >> Mayor Mort, >> yes. >> Resolution 2025494, resolution
authorizing a beach sponsorship program to be establish. a bench sponsorship program >> to be established and overseen by the nonprofit friends of the Asbury Park Environmental Shade Tree Commission for benches located in the open space areas near Deal Sunset and Wesley Lakes.
>> Second. >> Council member Bezerson. Yes. >> Council Chapman. Yes. >> Council member Clayton. >> Yes. >> Deputy Mayor Quinn. >> Yes. >> Mayor Moore. >> Yes. >> Moving on to ordinances for introduction. I have ordinance 202530, ordinance of the city of Asbury Park, amending and supplementing chapter 12
entitled building and construction to establish a new section 12-6 to be entitled security and to delete section 12-4.4H entitled security and protection with a public hearing date of December 23rd, 2025. >> Yes.
>> Do council member Anderson? >> Yes. >> Council member Chapman. >> Yes. Council member Clayton. >> Yes. >> Deputy Mayor Quinn. >> Yes. >> Mayor Moore. >> Move it. >> Yes.
>> Ordinance 2025 31, Ordinance of the City of Asbury Park amending and supplementing section 4-26 of the city code entitled police and fire alarm systems and chapter 14 of the city code entitled fire protection and prevention with public hearing date of December 23rd, 2025. Do I have a motion?
>> Move it. Second. >> Council member Bezerson. Yes. Council >> member Chapman. Yes. >> Council member Clayton. Yes. >> Deputy Mayor Quinn. >> Yes. >> Mayor Moore. >> Yes. >> Moving on to public hearing and second reading ordinances. I have ordinance 202529 2025 transportation update. Uh first we
will have a brief overview from transportation director James Banano. Good evening council. Uh this ordinance is a collection of recommendations from the park committee of from public comments and other concerns they've reviewed this year. Uh there are six uh
recommendations. One is for a no parking area on Silven Avenue outside the Renaissance's exit. Uh this is an intention to give large trucks leaving their refu area for garbage wider angle turn so they don't destroy uh public property as well as the curbing. Um
there is a designation of a WC manager parking space in our city hall parking lot. There is a designation of a four-way stop at Park Avenue and 7th Avenue. There is uh establishment of two 15-minute spaces that go along with the development of 1012 Asbury Avenue. So
those are all on Aspbury Avenue between Pine and Comtock. Um there is the designation of resident only permit parking uh along 12 spaces along Berg Street between 1st Avenue and Second Avenue and designation of one-way
streets along Bridge Street, New Street, and Pine Street. This is uh this would designate Bridge and New Street from Sunset to I guess that's first avenue southbound and Pine Street from Asbury Avenue to Sunset Avenue as northbound
only. Okay. Thank you. >> All right. Do I have a motion to open the meeting on public comment for ordinance 202529? >> Move to open. Second. >> All in favor? >> Public comment on ordinance 202529 is now open. Any member of the public who
wish to speak, please use the microphone and state your name and address for the record. Your comments may only be about ordinance 2025 29. >> Motion to close. >> Second move. >> All in favor? >> I. >> All right. Okay. Do I have a motion to adopt ordinance 202529?
>> Move it. >> Second. >> Council member Bezerson? >> Yes. >> Council member Chapman? >> No. >> Council member Clayton? >> Yes. >> Deputy Mayor Quinn? >> Yes. >> Mayor Moore? >> Yes. >> That is all for tonight. Do I have a motion to adjurnn? >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I. >> Thank you everyone. Have a good night.
>> Thank you.