Meeting call to order. Council member Bezerson >> here. >> Council member Chapman >> here. >> Council member Clayton is absent. Deputy Mayor Quinn >> here. >> Mayor Moore >> here. >> Please stand for a silent prayer. Moment of reflection. >> We will now salute the flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United
States of America and to the indivisible with liberty and justice for all. >> As comply the open public meetings act, chapter 231 PL1975. Adequate notice of this meeting has been provided in the following manner. The own notice was forwarded to the Asbury Park Press, the coaster, and the Star Ledger on January
16th, 2025. Post on the bulletin board the same date. All notices are on file with the city clerk. We're now on special event applications with recreation director Alicia Ford. >> Good evening, Mayor Council. >> Good evening. >> Of the five applications before you,
there are two that are new request. One is for the garden party on Lake Avenue which is sponsored by the environmental trade shade tree committee and also the
ultimate uh recovery dance festival. Are there any questions on any of the events? >> No questions. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. Thanks, Lisa. >> Thank you, Lisa. We're now on to Mayors from City Council. Council Mayor Bezerson.
>> Oh, yes, I do. Um for the past two weeks, we have been enjoying ourselves at um Springwood Park doing the line dancing. So, I've been covering it. I've added live on Facebook and we have been having a wonderful time. So, we have two
more sessions. one tomorrow evening, 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. And I believe we're going to be in the senior building or >> Oh, okay. >> All right. Yeah, due to the weather, we had moved inside, but it's going to be nice and I just heard from Miss Leysa.
So, in Springwood Park, Ruben Bray is the DJ. And then the last one is next Thursday. So, I hope that you'll come out and and join us. We're having a great time. And get your little dance on. That's all I have. Thank you. >> Thank you, Council Member Trap. >> Hi. I just like to remind everyone that
our family beach day is on Saturday, July 26th from 12:00 to 5:00. Um it's at the surf beach. There are um surf lessons, beach games, live music, ocean safety, snacks, and fun. So, it's free
of charge. Come on out, bring the whole family and enjoy the day. I'd just like to remind everyone also that we are still um having free concerts on Monday nights in Springwood Park from 6:00 to 8. So, and that's also free. Come on out.
>> Thank you, Deputy Mayor Quinn. >> And thank you, Mayor Moore. >> Nothing. Thank you. >> Matters from the city manager. >> Hi. Uh good evening. Nothing. Thank you. >> Thank you. And matters from the city attorney. >> I have nothing for tonight. >> All right. Thank you. We are now on to public participation. May I have a motion to open the meeting to the
public? Move it. Second. Second. >> All in favor? The >> 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 3minut time limit for each speaker. Oops. You ready?
>> Hi, I'm Gabriela Cuchinada, 2096 Avenue. Um I am here today to talk about resolution 2205348 which is um authorizing a contract for tree inventory and updates. I just want to first of all thank you for moving
things along after the last meeting. We have selected um a contra uh consultant and LTE and they're they should be really good. There was further discussion and there was an understanding that it would we did have the ability or um there was the ability to use the GIS system that the city uses
which makes a whole lot of sense because then nobody has to import the data. I just asked that we have two the ability capability for two people to enter data at the same time because there's two LTE. It might be a small cost. Um James said that they can't upload at the same
time. I don't know the the details, but I just once we were there, I hope that we can make sure that that system is operational for them that we can move forward with that. Um, I also want to just make sure that we have the right individuals for the kickoff meeting. We they're asking for a kickoff meeting. I
think transportation should be there. Obviously, DPW should be there. Um the shade tree commission Amy would be great if you could be there just to meeting this >> if it's a kickoff meeting to discuss the tree inventory and and an understanding of what we're all going to what's going
to be accomplished and any parameters around that. >> We don't have a date yet, right? >> We don't have a date, but it's going to be coming up hopefully before our next sometime in August. Um and and that's that's all I have, but thanks again for all your support and we hope to move
this thing along. Thank you for all your hard work. >> I was going to say, yeah, thanks. >> No, I was going to say the same thing as John Gabriel, that you've worked tirelessly on this >> and I'm happy you got the company you want. >> Hi, my name is Sean Taylor. I live at
823 and a half on Central Avenue and I just had some uh pedestrian safety concerns. Um, one of them having to do with the intersection at Memorial and um, Sunset.
Right now it's just two stop signs. Does the city plan on making that a four-way stop sign? The reason I asked is because the very perilous kind of like walking across from the west side to the east, okay, on Memorial because you have the
traffic coming off of Maine making that left turn on Memorial and often times they they don't slow down from pedestrians who are in the crosswalk >> at Memorial and Sunset. >> Yeah. >> Okay. >> Yeah. Right now it's a two-way. I was wondering if the city was going to make that a four-way.
>> Is there a stop for pedestrian sign there? I don't believe so. >> Okay. Maybe maybe that's a quicker fix for right now. >> Yeah. >> It it's not on our table to do right now, but doesn't mean we won't look into it. >> Okay.
>> And we uh the first Wednesday of every month uh here at 5:30 is it's called the parking committee meeting, but we address anything and everything on the streets. And James Banana is here. And can we put that on the next agenda?
>> Yeah. Okay. >> Yeah. Related to that sunset point, that plaza there. So, they had put um these plastic barriers, I guess. Yeah. But what's happening is that they they've been moved. I don't know if it's
by by rain or wind or cars pulling up and nudging against those. And then that's blocking the uh the bike lane there. So, I don't know if they could be balanced with water. Um Good question. I know it's been
raised before, James. Is there an answer to that? >> Mayor, if I may address it. >> Okay. I'm sorry. >> Thank you. >> Uh so so the issue that we're having the issue that we're having there, mayor, is that uh vehicles that are parking that are using that parking lot actually uh
are now cautious when they're parking and they're hitting the uh temporary plastic barriers. We had installed in the past uh wheel stops, but unfortunately they were hollowed and of course people were running over them and
they were being destroyed and we had uh metal rebars actually sticking out of the ground. In order to avoid that, we sent DPW to have those removed because they were being destroyed and we are now awaiting to have the solid um uh wheel
stops uh that should be coming uh in the very near future. Uh we were supposed to have received them last week, but something happened with the shipment and it was it's it's being right now held up and they should be coming I would hope
they said by this week but in the next week or so we should have them in our possession and we are making that a priority to go and install the new wheel stops and we will we will not have that problem anymore. >> Okay, there you go. >> All right. Uh can I speak?
Yeah, I applaud the uh the light, the traffic light on third in Memorial and how the bike lanes all right with the with the green stripes highly visible right to motors or what have you. Um but I've noticed on on Second in Memorial, okay, because since they rearranged the
the parking now where where cars aren't parked against the curb, but it's like 10 yards from the curb. So when you're walking west and when you're crossing often times there'll be like a truck, pickup truck, an SUV that really obstructs okay your vision when you go
to cross the memorial. Um and I was wondering if the city has any future plans for installing a traffic light there at that intersection. >> Not in the near future. >> Okay. Yeah. And then one small point
there across from Sunset Point, uh the bike lane on the uh west side. Yeah. Some of the vegetation is kind of growing and encroaching upon the the lane there. So if that could be trimmed back. >> Yeah. I saw the New Jersey Transit out
there all week and they started at this end and they're working their way that that way. I don't know if they got that far, but it's the best it's looked in the 40 years that I've been here where New Jersey, we used to they call them every day and they would never come down. But they had a crew out there this
past week. They chop down anything and with a front end load and putting everything in there. And if you go home, you're going to notice starting from here working your way north, you're going to notice like the Christmas trees gone, all the shrubs are gone. So, I just don't know if they got that far.
>> All right. Super. Thank you. >> Thank you, sir. Hello, my name is Elaine Taylor. Uh, my address is 1055 Maxim Southern Road in Howell. I'm here this evening to speak for the
trees in Fireman's Park. Um, I'm a longtime supporter of the farmers market there. I participate. And um
two of these beautiful, very large, very old elm trees are cited to be cut down. They're healthy and everyone there is very concerned about
it. And um I don't know, you know, I I just feel like I would appreciate it if you would come and experience them, feel their presence, and consider, you know, not having them cut
down because they're so beautiful. And they serve a purpose, of course. you know, their their canopy stretches at least 50 ft and they provide shade for the market and of course they provide oxygen for us
to breathe and um and I guess that's all I really have to say on it. I'm just pleading to you to not cut them down. Thank you. >> Okay. Thank you, Adam. if you could just give us an update on that down the road
just because I didn't know they were being cut down either and there could be a good reason. >> There's no application for that. >> Okay. Who who says they're being cut down? >> No, they're marked. They're marked and they're actually trees that we looked at
and they're in a cluster on they're not very big. There's a bunch of dead trees among them. So, we can go back and look at them. That was a discussion we have when we were talking there were even more cut down.
>> Okay. So, >> they shouldn't be cut down. >> I think they are okay to be cut down. >> Okay. So, they're not they're not scheduled to be cut down. And before they're cut down, we'll let everybody know if they are going to be cut down. >> They're marked to be cut down.
>> Okay. We'll find out who marked them and why. >> I'm guessing it's them. when Marshall meets this project that is proposed goes through. If the project doesn't go through, the trees remain where they are. If if the project does go through and those trees are removed, they will
be replaced by probably eight 10 times more trees in an entire area. >> Right. And that project to me is basically died because we talked about I'm going to say three months ago. Now they're back over at Banks Avenue. So >> Oh, yeah. So there
>> nothing will be done without >> the public knowing about it. >> Okay. I appreciate that. And >> thank you. >> I just wanted it to be made public so people can >> come and enjoy them, enjoy the market and see how wonderful that park is.
>> Okay. Thank you. >> Thank you for that. >> Hello, Matthew Whan, Asbury Park Chamber of Commerce, 1011 Main Street. Good evening, Mayor and Council. I just wanted to let everyone know, anybody that doesn't know about the Christmas in July, that we're doing the inaugural Christmas in July here in Asbury Park.
The chamber has partnered with uh Community Karma who does the holiday toy drive and the backpack drive. And our Christmas and July events kick off tomorrow. We're going to have a uh cocktail hour event at the Asbury from 5:00 to 7:00. And then Santa will be
making stops all over town to different businesses on Friday and Saturday and Sunday. On Saturday, um he will be at the downtown Christmas tree, which we put some ornaments on today, and uh taking pictures for free. Um no charge for for any of it to take pictures with
Santa. Community Karma will be there accepting donations for the holiday toy drive and the backpack drive if anyone wants to make a donation. All the information about that can be found on the chambers website, Community Karma's website, and atyparkchrist.com. That's aspir.com.
Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Thanks, Matt. Motion to close. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> 367, but I don't have that hand out. >> No, it's not. >> So, I'm going to table because I have
problems with Do you have a 357? >> I'm looking. Yes, I do. >> Okay. >> Could I have taken yours? >> No. >> Okay. >> Gotcha.
>> We are now on to the minutes from July 9th executive and regular meeting. Do I have a motion? >> Move it. >> Second. >> Council Bazerson. >> Yes. >> Council Chapman. >> Yes. >> Deputy Mayor Quinn. >> Yes. >> Mayor Moore. >> Yes. We're 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 and set items shall be removed
from the consent agenda and considered separately. On consent agenda tonight, we have resolutions 2025 338 through 2025 350 and 2025 357. Did you want to remove 357 from the consent agenda, >> please?
>> Okay. So, the consent agenda tonight will be 2025 338 through 2025 350. >> Do I have a motion? >> Move it. >> Second. >> Council member Vaz Anderson. >> Yes. >> Council member Chapman. >> Yes. >> Deputy Mayor Quinn? >> Yes.
>> Mayor Moore? Yes. >> Moving on to resolution 2025 357, resolution authorizing the disposition of surplus property. >> Move it. >> Second >> question. I I just got this and I have no problem
with part of it, but some of it I have questions with. So I mean this is getting rid of uh >> property supposedly no longer needed by the city. Two sanitation trucks. I definitely agree with, but I'd like to then pull the benches and pull the
colder power system because I don't even know what it is. So, else we can table the whole thing and do the whole thing next meeting. Your decision. >> Okay, we can do that. >> Okay. But if you want to get rid of the two garbage trucks tonight, >> everything to the other meeting. >> Okay. Motion to table. >> Yes.
>> Okay. Do I have a motion? >> Move the table. >> Second. >> Okay. Council Bazerson. >> Yes. >> Council Chapman. >> Yes. >> Deputy Mayor Quinn. >> Yes. Yes, Mayor Morton. >> Yes. >> Resolution 2025 357 has been tabled to the August 13th meeting.
>> Moving on to individual resolutions. I have resolution 2025 351. Resolution approving payment of bills. >> Move it. >> Second. >> Council member Bazerson. Yes. >> Council Chapton. >> Yes. >> Deputy Mayor Quinn. >> Yes. >> Mayor Moore. >> Yes. >> Resolution 2025 353. Resolution
authorizing the emergency sewer repairs needed at the intersection of Ridge and Asbury Avenues. Move it. Second. >> Council member Bezerson. >> Yes. >> Council mayor Chapman. Yes. >> Deputy Mayor Quinn. >> Yes. >> Mayor Moore. >> Yes. >> Resolution 2025 354. Resolution of the
mayor and city council of the city of Asbury Park to enter into a fourth amendment of the subsequent developer agreement with Asbury Partners LLC as master developer and Somerset Asbury Park Urban Renewal LLC as subsequent developer in connection with the redevelopment of this of that certain
real property located at block 4105 lot 1.01 1 1201 Ocean Avenue in the city of Asbury Park. >> Motion table. >> Have a second. >> Second. >> Council Baz Anderson. >> Yes. >> Council Mayor Chapman. >> Yes. >> Deputy Mayor Quinn. >> Yes. >> Mayor Moore. >> Yes. >> Resolution 2025 354 has been tabled to
the August 13th meeting. Resolution 2025 355. Resolution approving 2025 2026 alcoholic beverage control license for Espinosa, Inc. in the city of Asbury Park, County of Mammoth, New Jersey. >> Move it. >> Second. Council member Baz Anderson. >> Yes. Council Chapman, >> yes.
>> Deputy Mayor Quinn, >> yes. >> Mayor Moore, >> yes. >> Resolution 2025 356, resolution of the city of Asbury Park, Mammoth County, New Jersey, accepting and adopting the city of Asbury Park urban enterprise zone 5-year zone development plan and zone boundary modifications.
>> Move it. >> Second. >> Council member Bezerson. >> Yes. >> Council Mayor Chapman. >> Yes. >> Deputy Mayor Quinn. >> Yes. >> Mayor Moore, >> yes. Resolution 2025 358, resolution of the municipal council of the city of Asbury Park authorizing the submission of an application to the New Jersey
urban enterprise zone authority for enterprise zone assistance funds for the ueiz administrative budget for fiscal year 2026. >> Move it. >> Second. >> Council Baz Anderson. Yes. >> Council Chapman. >> Yes. >> Deputy Mayor Quinn. >> Deputy Mayor Quinn. Mayor Moore.
>> Yes. >> Moving on to ordinances for introduction. I have ordinance 202521 bond ordinance providing for phase 1 improvements to the city's wastewater treatment plant appropriate appropriating $36 million therefore and authorizing the issuance of $36 million bonds and notes to finance a portion of
the cost thereof authorized in and by the city of Asbury Park and county of Mammoth New Jersey with a public hearing date of August 13, 2025. >> Move it. >> Second. >> Council member Baz Anderson. >> Yes. >> Council Mayor Chapman. >> Yes. >> Deputy Mayor Quinn.
>> Yes. Mayor Moore. >> Yes. >> We're moving on to ordinances for public hearing and second reading. I have ordinance 202517, ordinance of the city of Asbury Park authorizing the execution of a financial agreement with Khovnian at the views at Northshore Urban Renewal LLC concerning property located at block
4302 law 2 on the city tax map within the Asbury Park Waterfront Redevelopment Area and granting a tax exemption. Move >> it. Second. >> Move to adopt. to adopt. Um, Council Member BZ, >> no. >> Councilor Chapman,
>> yes. >> Deputy Mayor Quinn, >> yes. >> Mayor Moore, >> yes. >> Ordinance 202518, ordinance of the city of Asbury Park and the county of Mammoth, state of New Jersey, providing for the I'm sorry, I made a mistake. We have to
open for public further. My apologies. >> That's okay. Do I have a motion to open the meeting for public comment on ordinance 202517? >> Move to open. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I. >> Public comment on ordinance 202517 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 202517. >> Motion to close. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I. >> Now, do I have a motion to adopt ordinance 202517? >> Move it. >> Second. Council member Bezerson, >> no.
>> Council mayor Chapman, yes. >> Deputy Mayor Quinn, >> yes. >> Mayor Moore, >> yes. >> Ordinance 202518, Ordinance of the City of Asbury Park in the county of Mam, state of New Jersey, providing for the special assessment of the cost of certain wastewater, storm water, roadway, streetscape, utility, and other infrastructure improvements on block
4302, lot 2 on the city tax, which are located within the Asbury Park waterfront redevelopment area, and establishing a mechanism for payment for the cost thereof. Do I have a motion to open the meeting for public comment on ordinance 20258? >> Move to open. Second. >> All in favor? >> I.
>> Public comment on ordinance 202518 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 202518. >> Move to close. >> Second. Second. >> Okay. Public comments now closed. Do I
have a motion to adopt ordinance 202518? >> Move to adopt. >> Second. Council member Baz Anderson. Council >> Mayor Chapman. >> Yes. >> Deputy Mayor Quinn. >> Yes. >> Mayor Moore. >> Yes. >> Ordinance 202519, ordinance of the city of Asbury Park amending and supplementing chapter 9 entitled animal
control to prohibit the breeding of dogs and cats. Do I have a motion to open the meeting for public comment ordinance 202519? >> Move to open. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I. >> Public comment ordinance 202519 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 202519. >> Move to close. >> Second. All in >> favor. >> I just have a question. >> Okay. >> My name is Alexandra Wright. I'm at 607 First Avenue. Um, how exactly are you
planning on controlling the breeding because there are a lot of stray cats out out there? Is there any any plan you have on that? >> So you're talking about stray animals, not intentional breeding. I think this
this speaks to intentional breeding. >> I understand that. But since we are in the topic, is there anything that you're doing about that? Just a question. We have a a catch a TNR that we go through both Catsberry and the Mammoth County
SPCA to deal with the the cat colonies or whatever you want to call them that we catch and release. So that currently exists and this is a result of uh so if you have a a cat colony that you need, you can contact us and we will contact the SPCA in Catsbury and they will come
out and they will catch them, fix them and release They don't they don't go around on a regular basis. >> If nobody's called them to an area, they don't magically know. Yeah. No, you have to tell them that you have a problem in an area. But this is more of a result of what we are seeing, which is a lot of
pitbull puppies running around town that are being bred. We're seeing it advertised online. So, that's how we're going to catch some of them after this t takes effect. But, we are we are finding um a plethora of pit bull puppies in Asbury running around.
>> Thank you. Carrie Butch 500 Dear Lake Drive. I have a couple questions about this ordinance. This actually seems like it's addressing part of the issue because it feels like from what I understand it's also happening in Neptune right next to
Osprey. So, are you guys working with the Neptune municipality to pass something similar and making sure that you know it's just not moving a couple blocks over? >> So, you're absolutely right. It's Asbury
and Neptune and this is a result of a number of complaints and we worked with, you know, Kevin's going to catch anything I say is wrong. >> We are not We are one of the first, not the first, I'm going to say one of 10 municipalities in the United States that did it. So, it's my understanding that
Daryl Councilman Straoud, I don't know if I'm saying his last name is right, is looking into our ordinance. After it passes, he will pass it along to his attorney and they will look I don't want to say they're going to pass something, but but he will look into moving this
with Neptune, but you're car it's as Neptune. No question, Gary. So, I feel like this even though it's I feel like there's could be a lot of loopholes if somebody wanted to use loopholes on this particular ordinance, right?
>> It's a start carry just to stop the breeding of the pit bulls. >> Okay. I'm just saying like like you know, but I I applaud you guys for doing this. I think we have to be careful with animals and you know, I applaud you. So
work with Neptune. Thank you. >> And we can tweak any of these um ordinances as we move forward. Carrie as well. >> There are a number of people advertising online the selling the breeding and selling of pit bulls and then what happens is if
they don't sell they let them loose and and they run around as buried. Not that they're necessarily aggressive. Some are some aren't. This is a result of something that we have studied and seen and are trying to stop the breeders from breeding, selling them, and then if they
don't sell them, they just let them out. >> Okay. Motion to close. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I. >> Do I have a motion to adopt ordinance 202519? >> Move to adopt. >> Second. >> Council Bazerson, yes. Council Chapman, yes. >> Deputy Mayor Quinn, >> yes. Mayor >> Moore,
>> yes. Ordinance 202520, an ordinance establishing a restricted parking space for use by handicapped persons at properties located at 1400 4th Avenue, 1217 1st Avenue, and 12 Avenue A in the city of Asbury Park and amending and supplementing section 7-36 entitled
Handicap Parking of Chapter 7 traffic of the revised general ordinances of the city of Asbury Park, New Jersey. Do you have a motion to open the meeting to the public? >> Move it. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I. Public comment on Ordinance 202520 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 ordinance 202520. >> Motion to close. >> Okay. >> All in favor? >> Do I have a motion to adopt ordinance 202520? >> Move to adopt.
>> Council member Bezerson. >> Yes. >> Council Chapman. >> Yes. >> Deputy Mayor Quinn. Yes. >> Mayor Moore. >> Yes. >> If that is all for tonight, do I have a motion to adjurnn? Move back. Second. >> All in favor. Thank you everyone. Have a good night. >> Okay. You too.