Do it. >> Meeting call to order. >> Council member Bezerson >> here. >> Council Member Chapman >> here. >> Council Member Clayton >> here. >> Deputy Mayor Quinn is absent. And Mayor Morton >> here. >> Please stand for a silent prayer. Moment of reflection. >> Now the 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 PL1975. Adequate notice of this meeting has been provided in the
following manner. Mail notes for Desbury 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're now on special event applications from recreation director Alicia Floyd. >> Good evening, mayor and council. Um, all
of the applications are returning events with with the exception of the two soccer events. One is for a downtown viewing event and the other is for a um soccer clinic in Springwood Park.
>> Are there any questions on any of the applications? >> I think no. >> Okay. >> Thank you, Lia. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. >> We're now moving on to Marrison City Council. Council Mayor Bezerson. >> Yes. I I have an announcement. Number one, this flyer that I have is on the
table, so you can pick one up. This is the Asbury Park summer day camp program. It is for uh current kindergarteners to current se seventh graders. Begins June 29th through August 7th, Monday through Friday, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30. Daily pickup
from Thood Marshall and Bradley schools and the program is housed at MLK. So, there's more information regarding all payments which are non-refundable, where to register here at city hall, and this is sponsored by Asbury Park Recreation
Department and the board of education. So, uh, registration will be on a first come, first serve basis. That's all for me. Thank you. >> Thank you, Council Mayor Chapman. >> And also sponsored by the city of Asbury Park are swimming lessons
for boys and girls. uh at the Boys and Girls Club on Thursdays from July 9th through August 13th. Youth ages 5 to 10 from 4:30 to 5:30. Youth ages 11 to 17,
5:30 to 6:30. Uh fee is $25 per person, nonrefundable to Asbury Park residents only. To sign up, email recreation@ cityofas asburypark.com. I'd also like want to let people know
that on Friday night there'll be a movie being shown on behalf of the city Zootopia at the showroom in Asbury Park on Cookman Avenue Friday night 5:00. Come on out. >> Thank you, Council Member Clayton.
>> Yes, thank you. Um, Interfaith Neighbors is partnering with the uh quality of life committee and we are sponsoring a westside beautifification. So, anyone that lives on the west side of the city, north to south, exterior cleanup,
beautifification, anything you'd like, please call either Diane Shelton at 732 775025 or Ivon Clayton here at city hall. And on June 20th in Springwood Park is
the annual Junth celebration from 12 to 8:00 p.m. And on June 28th, also sponsored by the city of UEZ, is our first jazz festival in a long time. And that's going to be in Sunset
Park. And it's also from 12 to 8. Bring your own lawn chair and come on out and have some fun. Thank you, Mayor Moore. >> What time is the master plan tomorrow? >> The minister plan tomorrow meeting. >> Oh, yeah. >> What time is that? >> Uh 6:30.
>> Okay. Yeah. >> I forgot about that one. >> I figured Ivon would do it. Tomorrow uh night in this chamber is a meeting to start the process of the new 10-year master plan. So, it starts at 6:30 and goes to 8:30, I believe. So, anybody
wants to be involved with that, please show up tomorrow night and make your recommendations to the people answering their questions. >> Well, the topic tomorrow night is sustainability. >> Okay, there you go. Thank you. >> Thank you. Moving on to mayors from the city manager.
>> Hi. Yes. Good evening, uh, mayor, council, and members of the public. Um, a lot of the time that we come and you say, uh, you know, the the city manager have a report. Uh, I always say no. Um,
but talking to the mayor, uh, we came together and we decided that moving forward, anybody, uh, any member of the public that addresses this council and goes home without an answer and we say, "We'll get back to you." What I'm going to start doing starting today is that I
will be providing that update before the public comments so that the individuals that came and spoke the the meeting before and did not get the answers, we will be reporting what the findings have been and I will be reporting. So I have
a couple of the updates for some of the individuals that came over and spoke at the last meeting and did and left without an answer. So I have some of those for other individuals that spoke and received an answer from this body. Uh I will not be addressing those
because those individuals were addressed. Um so I have some answers already for some of those individuals. Uh what one of the uh one of the matters that were discussed were um 309 1st Avenue. Uh, as we mentioned at the last
meeting, it is actually a group home and um there was a lady a few weeks ago that came over and spoke about her concern as to the number of times that the first responders were coming to this location.
Um, doing a little more research uh um come to find out the the group home actually uh the mayor actually conveyed this uh piece of information to me. they are no longer under the DCA
um guidelines and so um we now found out who is actually behind the operations. Uh we are going to be reaching out to them to see exactly you know how it is how we can assist and maybe perhaps have a conversation about the number of times
that our first responders are responding to that home. Um when we when I did the a little bit of the the research um going back to 2024 the majority of the calls are actually for ambulance
services. I would probably say that 80% of the times that they're the the fire department is responding there as you all may know of course you guys do um the fire department also does EMS services. So when the when an ambulance
is not available, it's the fire department actually that responds to these emergencies. And so the majority of the times it was for they were calling for an ambulance and of course uh fire department responded. Um, I
broke it down by the number of um of times that the police department has shown up and in 2024 um the number of times that fire and EMS responded were 60 times in 2024 and
police responses were 68 times. In 2025, it was the number of EMS calls were a lot less and the number of police responses were 23 times. So, it it varied. In 2024, it's a huge demand and
then in 2025 something shifted and it appears that something was put under control and the number of responses dropped to uh 2.9 calls per uh per month on average. And in 2026, as of April,
the end of April of this year, uh there had been a total 26 calls, uh averaging about 6.5 calls per uh per month. Uh this time, unfortunately, there were 16 times that police was called. And so um so we're just trying
to see if who we can contact so to better understand what the needs are and see how we can assist in not having so many responses. But you know when it comes to ambulances uh we have to deploy when necessary unfortunately but we are
trying to make headway in communicating with them uh to better understand their needs. So, so that was for uh 309 1st Avenue. Uh then somebody came and spoke about the green fence across the street,
Johnny Mack. Um and Johnny Mack was actually given a a one-year extension at one of the meetings. Uh, and it says that the fence is part of a temporary approval
extension from the planning board that they received until November of 2026. Uh, mayor, the other one is Hex Street. Um, someone came and uh said that Hex was not being swept by our sweepers on a
regular basis. Uh we deployed the sweeper the day after we got it swept. It has been swept a couple of more times ever since, but the director of transportation is actually working on a new ordinance to include Hack Street on
a regular schedule uh that uh will uh that will be servicing the area on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9 to 11. So on Tuesday they're going to do one side of the street and then on Thursday they're going to do the other side of the street. So that ordinance is going
to be in front of you at the next council meeting. And the last one which is a hot topic um a gentleman came and spoke about the false alarms uh coming from Robinson Towers and the lack of response from the
city and how uh we were not following our own ordinance and um since uh January 1st of this year um okay since January of um January of
this year to uh on April 17th, a violation notice in order to pay in the amount of $21,000 was issued. This notice covers alarms to the property from January 1st, 2026 to April 17th,
2026 for for a total of 45 occurrences. So, there is a fine pending for $21,350. Um, since that time, the city the city of uh um the the fire chief as well as
the fire official has tried numerous times to meet with representatives of the housing authority to try to assist them in coming up to an agreement uh to no avail. And so, um on they met
On May 27th, there was a second report for the time peri period of April 18th to May 2027 for false alarms. Um, which yielded 13 other calls. Um, and so a
second notice of violation was also uh sent to them for an amount of $6,500 to cover 13 occurrences. So there has been activity from the fire official going and us um uh issuing
summones to the housing authority for these violations. So we are actively looking at each one and uh when required they are uh uh issuing summones and those are the only things I have. >> Yeah. Thank you very much for the
update. >> Thank you. Moving on to Mars from the city attorney. >> Uh yes, I just have one issue for tonight. Um the uh firehouse is almost near completion. An issue has come up um that requires a a change order. Some
flooring needs to be worked on. Um we just received the proposal and it will require a resolution to approve that change order. But since we didn't have time to do the resolution tonight, my suggestion so we can keep this project moving is that the uh mayor and council approved by way of motion um and
authorize the city manager to do a change order an amount not to exceed $94,230.81, which we will then ratify by resolution at the following meeting. So I I suggest a motion should be done to authorize them to proceed with that. >> I'll make the motion.
>> Second. >> All in favor? I >> I >> thank you. That's all I have. Thank you. >> All right. We are 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 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. >> Good evening. Thomas Denno Route 66 in Neptune is my law office. When I first saw a press release from the city today
that said Justice Solomon's report came out and it disagreed with me that we can take back the casino from the developers. I was crustful and oh boy, I put a lot into that and I really thought I was right. So I went online and I looked at the actual reports and it says the opposite. Judge Solomon's report
literally says that I was right and we can still sue to take back the casino for a default. And I go I went through all three of his reports and I noted that uh Dan Jacobson owes me uh uh lunch tomorrow because I bet him that the report would say that. And um but then I
saw that there's also a memo from Mr. Maraziti that I believe completely misinterprets the report and says the opposite. And you did a press release not based upon what Justice Solomon said, but what Mr. Maraziti said. So I'm going to show exactly the part where he
got wrong and I'll go chronologically. If you start with the 2002 and I'm talking about just the casino. If you talk go to the 2002 contract, it says that there will be a report issued. This is section 3.5. That will be the construction obligation of Asbury
Partners. Asbury Partners issued that report and made it part of the contract and it is for $33,614,000. It's a 300page report of construction repairs. Great. So, we know what they have to do. Then, of course, partners always drags their feet. So, the city in
2006 filed an arbitration, not over the whole development, but just some emergency work and some repair work. And for the casino, it was scheduled C. And what they wanted done was things like asbestous removal, stop the roof from leaking. And it was only $1,300,000,
a far cry from 33 million. So, Justice Solomon after opining that I was completely right about the contracts got sent this contract which is weird because I had already given it to him. I don't know why he had to wait for another one. But he looked at that contract and he says the following and I agree with this part and this is the
part Mr. Mariti reported on. He said we can't default them on schedule C because it was already finished. They actually finished something asbury partners. So just on this $1.3 million we can't declare them in default but he says and I'll read it. I brought it. He says,
however, the remaining redevelopment obligations, especially regarding the casino that could serve as the basis for the allegation of default. So, what he's saying is, yeah, you can't sue on schedule C from the 2006 arbitration, but anything else that's outstanding
that's not part of that, you can sue on. You can declare default. That's the Clark Kaitton hint report for $33 million. That's not mentioned in Mr. Z Maraziti's memo. It's not mentioned in your press release and you're literally gaslighting the public because he agreed
with me. It's right here. I have it if anybody wants to see it and wrote an explanation of why you would put out a press release that disagrees with the justice whose opinion you paid $20,000 to have. He said you can take back the casino. It's right here. Thank you.
>> Thank you. >> You had Tom, you had extra time. Oh, I I didn't I didn't realize. That's right. >> Go ahead. Go ahead. >> I only had nasty things to say. >> Dan Shaomeo, 615 Asbury Avenue. Uh, just
to be clear on the record, I'm speaking as a private citizen and a taxpayer, not as a planning board member. Um, tick tick tick tick tick. That's the clock. That's the clock that Asbury Partners is running out on you. like Tommy and I
talked to Tommy today. I was surprised about the the press release and the summary from Mr. Maraziti and then I read all of Judge Solomon's reports and I you know I only play an attorney on television but uh as a layman and
dealing with legal matters I come to the same conclusion. In fact, Judge Solomon Enz's August 23 letter, I think he says, uh, Asbury Partners is still obligated for the casino and you could terminate,
uh, you could terminate the agreement with Madison Marquette for the retail portion. You could you could get rid of all these agreements. Now, I said it to at the at the high school, and I know Charles reported in the the press. I'll say it again. A gun is as good as a ham
sandwich if the other guy knows you're not going to pull the trigger. I want a redevelopment attorney that has the appetite to fight. I saw Jim Aaron years ago sell this city out. Obviously, Mr.
Maraziti does not have the appetite for this fight. We pay Judge Solomon. I think one thing that happens is there should be a public meeting with Judge Solomon to make a presentation of his findings and to ask questions from the audience from
taxpayers. Asbury I you partners had me recused from the planning board because they're afraid we're going to say what I would say and I'm not going to stop as a public citizen. their persona non gratus in this city. They are running the clock
out on us. They are squeezing us like that lemon and getting all the juice out. We made a deal with the devil, but we have to deal with the deal we have. But Judge Solomon says we can do something. I'm willing for my tax
dollars to go to litigation. Asbury partners in Madison Marquette does not want litigation. Now, do I expect Madness the Asbury Partners to spend $100 million on the convention hall? No. But they have push. We could
get somebody here. We could get the state. We could get Madison Marquette out. Asbury Partners doesn't like Madison Marquette to begin with. And there, as Judge Solomon points out, there's good legal precedence that it's a joint venture in their agreement. And that Asbury Partners is still on the
hook. Let's get the state here. Let's Let's turn the Parammont Convention Hall into Netflix Theater, the the building in Mammoth. They could have a theater here. Let's We've got We have a few more years left. We gave them the land. Can
we get what we bargain for? Please sue the pants off of these sobs. >> Thank you. >> Good evening. My name is Nina Sumlin and I am the chairperson for the Ezra Park Housing Authority to make a um comment to your statement in regards to our fire
ordinance uh fines that we're getting. Um I don't know if you guys know this, but we have no we haven't had an ED nor director of housing since February of this year. As of this month, we do have a new ED on board. Um we do have new
asset managers that are in place. And what I would employ and ask for you is the same ordinance that um that we're being fined for. If you can please forward me that information so I have it because that's actually something that was brought up in our meeting last night
from the same resident that created this ordinance. Um so for me as a as a chairperson, I'd like to be able to make sure whatever you're sending is actually going to the correct person in our office so we have that so we can address those issues moving forward. Thank you.
>> No, good point. Thank you, Nina. So, anything sent out by fire, you guys or anything to whoever the executive director is, same as people send it to the mayor, send it to Nina as the copy copy Nina on
everything. Kristen Homera, 107 and a half Cookman Avenue, Ocean Grove and uh Save Our Structures Asbury Park co-founder. I'm not an attorney and my AI assistant
is also not an attorney, but as we both read today, Judge Solomon's first report told you the city has serious tools, including a path to repurchase the casino from a subsequent developer. If the obligations to redevelopment are
breached, I can see it on paper. I even printed it out. The city is not powerless. You still have code enforcement. You still have the ability to declare default, to terminate redeveloper rights, to seek injunctions, and to use your zoning and
financial tools to insist on repair and reuse. We love these buildings. These buildings can be rescued. They can be adaptively reused. It's happened all over the state. It's happening now all over the country. And there are models
that are best-in-class right here in the state. And we would love to bring these ideas to the city and bring that energy and those ratables to the city. Tonight, I'm asking you to direct your attorneys to map out every enforcement option that's still on the table and to use
them. Our community never consented to a future where the casino is essentially untouchable, no matter how long it sits neglected. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Hello, Matthew When. Ezra Park Chamber of Commerce, 101 Main Street. Uh, good
evening, Mayor and Council. I just want to let everyone here in the public and the mayor and council know about Asbury Fest which is happening this weekend. Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Friday is community night. So, it's free. Um Saturday and Sunday, it's just $5, which is a donation to Interfaith Neighbors, who is our charity partner for the
event. Friday, the event will be from 5 to 5:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. Saturday is 11:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. And Sunday is 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. So, I hope to see you all there. It's a it's a great time. We've got uh live music all weekend long. We've got carnival games for the family. We've got beer. We've
got uh food. We've got craft vendors. It's It's a great time. So, definitely come out. Hope to see you all there. Thank you. >> Wait a second, Matt. >> Say it again for the people out there in TV land. And And right now >> and talk slower cuz I
>> right now I don't want to jinx it. Like >> don't say it. Don't Don't say anything about the weather. John, >> the weather forecast looks the best it's ever looked for you. So, okay. >> So, yes, Asbury Fest is this weekend, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Friday
from 5:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. Saturday from 10:00 p.m. Uh, Friday from 11:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. and Sunday from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Thank you. >> Wait a minute. Where where is it taking place? >> Bradley Park, across from Convention Hall. >> Thank you. And everybody should know
this is like the Chamber of Commerce's biggest fundraiser. It's most important that people support this and it's always an excellent event. So please try to make one of the three days. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. That's better. Thank you.
Good evening everybody. My name is Annette Herel and I am a resident in Asz Park on the opposite side of the beach. Mayor Moore, I've known you for a very
long time. I've met with you a lot of several times. I've given you a list multiple times. In that list of things that we discussed, a lot of it still has not
been accomplished, completed, done. No issues, no resolutions, no nothing for them. Not saying that you are responsible because you do have a body of people that are on the council with you, which I held accountable as well.
Not that we see any of them at all that comes over on our side. Um, but there's a big issue with the police department. One police officer was on the internet.
He was on uh I'm I'm not going to say which one, but cuz I'm not sure, but he made a comment that he does not like coming over to the Azri Park Village, nor any of the complexes over there because everybody's
the same. The police department need to get it together. If nobody else wants to say it, I'm going to be one of the ones that's going to say it. And I'm not afraid of retaliation of any kind because I have God on my side and I stand before him each and every time. So
I'm not worrying about any of that. What needs to be done is they need to take it more serious. They don't look at us as human beings. They look at us as the side that's poor, don't have anything going on over there. It's trouble. It's drugs. is all the things that they don't
want to engage in or even help or be mentors to or have a relationship with the residents that live on that side. This is decades and decades of us coming up here. All different types of people
have been before you guys and nothing is really being done. Yes, this place, this town is segregated whether you like it or not. It is. It's been that way forever. Even before we was born, it was that way. And I'm wouldn't be surprised if it even was slavery in Asbury Park at
one point in time because yes, they did have um a sun downtown in this area. So, y'all need to do better. The council members need to come out and do better. Um where what are you afraid of? Because
some of y'all, I don't even see y'all ever over there communicating with people, seeing how they're doing, knocking on doors only when it's election time. Yes. But other than that, no. The police officers, same thing. They think it's a joke. They come, they
laugh, they make fun and mockery of us. We're human beings just like everybody else. Treat us the same or, you know, just don't think that your life is going to be peachy cream cuz it's not. cuz God sees all things. >> Yeah, I thank you very much. And you're
right. We have worked together on many issues and I didn't know some of them have not been followed up on. And I've explained to you my position like, you know, we're the policy makers. Any complaints I get, and if you tell me not to use your name, I never use your name,
but I have to forward them to the city manager and the assistant city manager. They have to run day-to-day operations. But uh gladly meet with you. I've talked to you. We've talked many of times and you know so if I don't hear back from you like I just assume they've been taken care of which so I apologize for
assuming that. So please feel free. >> Okay. >> Thank you. >> Good evening. My name is Tim Clayton. I'm also a resident resident in Asbury. I'm not feeling well today. I'm here uh specifically for the pretty much to
piggy back off what she was just um what she was just saying. Um from what I from what I've gathered since the years that I've been in New Jersey, it's always about the beachfront, all these different buildings, you the beach. I don't even
consider that a beach. I don't know what that is. um all this expensive housing like who can afford those things? I'm not saying I can I can I can afford it or you know what I'm saying. It's just you just look around it's just it's just different
again you know is this is all this is like how much more housing can you possibly need in Ashbury Park? I'm not I'm not understanding because somebody make me understand that and yes we do need to get it together as far as a race of people because we all are just one
race. All this division, this side, that side. I told you guys before the last time I came here. Don't any of us own nothing in here. You're just you're just lenders. That's it. God owns everything. You if I have to take you to the scripture, I'll take you to it. Okay? And we just need to really do better and
love on each other and stop acting like this belongs to me, that belongs to me. No, it does not. You understand what I'm saying? And it's just it's ridiculous. and we come in and speak about the same things, the redundant things, and it's it's just just out of control, and I'm I'm I'm done with it. I'm sick of it,
you know, and that's just all I have to say. >> Okay. Thank you, Tim. >> Seeing nobody else, motion to close. >> All in favor? >> Moving on to the minutes, I have the executive and regular meeting minutes from May 27th, 2026. Do I have a motion?
>> Move it. >> Second. >> Council member Bezerson, >> abstain. >> Council member Chapman, >> yes. >> Council member Clayton, >> yes. >> Mayor Moore, >> yes. >> Moving on to the consent agenda. 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'll be no individual discussion of these items unless desired by one or more council members. On consent tonight, I have resolutions 2026 226 through 2026 262. Do I have a motion?
>> Move it. >> Second. >> Council member Bezerson? >> Yes. >> Council member Chapman? >> Yes. >> Council member Clayton? >> Yes. >> Mayor Moore? >> Yes. >> Moving on to individual resolutions. I have resolution 2026 263, resolution authorizing payment of bills.
>> Move it. >> Second. >> Council Bazerson. Yes. Council Chapman. Yes. Council >> Clayton. Yes. Mayor Mort. >> Yes. >> Resolution 2026 264. Resolution urging the governor and the New Jersey state legislature to enact a moratorium on the
new on new data center construction and calling for a temporary pause on such applications within the city of Aspbury Park. >> Move it. >> Second. >> Council member Bezerson. Yes. >> Council member Chapman. >> Yes. >> Council Clayton. >> Yes. >> Mayor Moore. >> Yes. >> We have two two additions to tonight's
agenda. I first up I have resolution 2026265 resolution authorizing the city of Asbury Park Fire Department to apply for funding through the fiscal year 2025 FEMA assistance to firefighters grant program. >> Move it. Second. >> Council member Bazerson. >> Yes. >> Council Chapman.
>> Yes. >> Council Clayton. >> Yes. >> Mayor Moore. >> Yes. >> Resolution 2026 266. Resolution establishing rules and regulations for kayak rack rentals. >> Did we make a change to this? Um yeah to uh remove for uh employees
only. Uh okay >> residents only sorry. >> Yes. >> Second. >> Council member Baz Anderson. >> Yes. >> Council Chapman. >> Yes. >> Council Clayton. >> Yes. >> Mayor Moore. >> Yes. >> Moving on to ordinances for introduction. First up I have ordinance 202611 bond ordinance providing for the
acquisition of various beach equipment appropriating $541,000. Therefore, and authorizing the issuance of 541,000 bonds and notes to finance a portion of the cost thereof. Authorized in and by the city of Asbury Park in the county of Mammoth, New Jersey with a public
hearing date of June 24th, 2026. >> Do you have a motion? >> Move it. >> Second. >> Council Bazar. >> Yes. >> Council Chapman. >> Yes. >> Council Clayton. >> Yes. >> Mayor Moore. >> Yes.
>> Ordinance 202612 bond ordinance. >> This is going to be pulled. >> Pull. Okay. All right. All right, moving on to ordinances for second here. Second reading. I have bond ordinance 202613
bond ordinance providing for various transportation utility improvements buy and in the city of Asbury Park in the county of Mammoth State of New Jersey appropriating $2,70,000 therefore and authorizing the issuance of $2,7,000 in bonds or notes to finance the cost thereof. Do I have a motion to open the
meeting for public comment on board bond ordinance 202613? >> Move to open. Second. >> All in favor? >> I. >> Public comment on ordinance 202613 is now open. Any member of public speak, please use the microphone, state your name and address for the record, and
your comments may only be about the ordinance. >> Motion to close. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> Do I have a motion to adopt ordinance 202613? >> Move it. >> Second. >> Council Bazar. >> Yes. >> Council Chapman, >> yes. >> Council Clayton,
>> yes. >> Mayor Moore, >> yes. If that is all for tonight, do I have a motion to adjurnn? Move >> to adjourn. Second. >> All in favor? >> Thank you everyone. Have a good night. >> Thank you.