How are you? Hi. How are you? Good. Say hello to my sir. It's very nice to see to see you this morning. >> First time I didn't have company in the house. I said I'm going to council meeting. >> You're actually going to hang out with us? >> Yeah.
>> For the meeting. Yeah, unless you invite me to something else. No, >> little party after Paula, this is what you're doing for your layout. >> I said this. I said we finally don't have company in the house. So, I left. Well, I do have company, but just our
daughter. So, and her 95 lb dog. Interesting. >> What kind of dog was that? >> Mastiff. >> Oh, wow. >> Oh, wow. >> It's a bear. >> And then people say Paul's not a dog person, and she's not. Uh but anyhow uh
so I don't really I do thought we should try the uh >> the we have been reaching out to people who all are interested but the big UT they're not going to stand up yet say oh
I'll take on this nonprofit and I'll give money but there's interest to man >> yeah his media answer wishing you know
specifically narrow your scope you know better on supporters I'll give this well you know I talked to Keith Sweeney yesterday because she had but it's not her passion art but she has a lot of
clients and she was saying let me think of that but you know it it's it's like it's like when you want to produce a movie they say you have to have one person who then brings we haven't found that one person. >> Yeah. So >> and I really believe it's got someone has passion. >> Yeah.
>> Exactly. I mean yeah if you're just finding it out there even though you can you know it's now non it'll be a nonprofit but it's irrelevant. You have to have the passion. So anyway, you're prep. So I just Well, thanks for joining us
always. Quiet room. [Music] >> Great. It's very It's very much her. >> Oh yeah. >> Yeah. So you know personality seems small
>> by the ocean. >> Yeah. block away. >> Okay. >> And but it's unclear as to beach they would be married at the event because she was you know she wanted to be married on the beach. She wants to be >> so but at the back they have a garland
like they have a phenomen 26 >> next year September >> September 26 okay >> 26 >> very exciting Yeah. Shut up. Good morning.
>> How was your morning? >> Oh, it was fun. Hey, before we get before I forget, would you have any interest in reading the turn to town view next, >> right? I noticed that.
>> You don't mind? >> It's very pleasant. I mean, >> it was pleasant, too. Oh, might be interested >> like talking over >> we chatted. >> Yeah, >> we chatt. But I just turned what's her Lori was
actually worried but her first comment as I said I said you guys first comment was just so what people say >> hey John >> well no anyway but I said
you guys have a special person and then you want us that's wonderful. So we start out all the good. Yeah.
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is important and I said I said committee that's grown managing with engineers and said we don't care about saving and I said you probably heard me say I've said it
I' paid it over the Oh yes, we said you know and I said so it comes down seats >> in a different way. Hi you all right? >> Right.
>> Good to see I can see you on the video. Yeah, I've been on five years. Okay. >> Yeah. Once in a while. >> Once in a while. >> Yeah. Yeah. I said I'm going to come here because my hearing is a little easy.
>> Yeah. >> But we got it covered. Everything's going good. >> Yes. >> Hey Paul, how you doing? >> Good to see you. How you doing? >> Oh, that's right. That's right. >> Our guest speaker is here.
>> Okay. >> Yeah. Yeah. We'll jump right into it. >> Well, don't we have We have to It's not It's not >> It's not as a presentation right after the whole, you know, even >> Yeah.
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have some." >> Yeah, I can pull it up and just >> It's on the website. >> Yeah, you know what? I think there's a newer ones that made me Well, send me whatever you want out there. Okay, good. >> All right, perfect. >> Hi.
>> My jacket that I left in town's office. >> I know. Well, this is a little more. This is more like a motorcycle. >> Yes. >> Yeah. >> This is my like flight attendant. >> I used to go fly me.
>> Yeah. My seat. I'm like >> Yeah. And it's an opportunity following seven. How are you? >> Did you get my email this morning? >> I was at the training center. >> So I didn't check my email.
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whoever got to the BWC else you probably remember from that one. I mean, you know, number one, sweet. I guarantee he'll go away. >> I'm getting my eyes done. I lost sleep. And I said,
It's just don't worry about >> it's scary to this one. >> Yes. He said he called me and he said one day I remember to take this umbrella home
think it's been here for a month before I walk off back Are they really looking at it like >> I did. Thank you. I think we're ready to go. >> I know. Time flies. >> Waiting for the room to fill up. But
>> call this meeting to order. Please stand for the pledge of allegiance. Pledge allegiance to the flag the United States of America to the republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all.
I wish to announce that the 48 hour notice was required under the open public meetings act was emailed to the Aspbury Park Press, the co-star and the new coaster on December the 19th of 2024 that a copy have been placed on the bulletin board in the burough office and that a copy has been filed with the
municipal clerk. As a courtesy to the public, this meeting may be attended via Zoom. If for any reason Zoom fails or is disconnected, the in-person meeting will continue without interruption and action can and will be taken providing that there is an inperson forum. Mr. Noble
>> here, >> Mr. I mean Miss Greenblat >> here. >> Mr. Nikki >> here. >> Mr. Weber >> here. >> Mayor Gubetzi >> here. Good evening everyone. Welcome to our meeting this evening. Um we are just going to move through the
agenda I hope fairly quickly this evening. Uh but don't want to discourage any comment from the public at all. Um that said, I think we have a fairly straightforward agenda. So let's jump into item number five, workshops. There are none.
Uh item number six though, we do have first a proclamation and then a guest speaker joining us to educate us about the beach fry. But first, can I turn to Councilwoman Greenblat? >> Great. So this is a pro a proclamation turn the town's teal 2025
whereas September has been designated as national ovarian cancer awareness month and whereas turns the town teal is a national campaign to create awareness of ovarian cancer and during the month of September volunteers tied teal ribbons
throughout town and whereas turn the town's teal was an inspiration of Gail McNeel of Chadam New Jersey and goes forward in her name and in her honor. And whereas ovarian cancer is called the silent disease because symptoms are
often subtle andor vague and often mimic other disorders. And whereas ovarian cancer is the fifth leading cause of cancer death among women, each year more than 20,000 women are diagnosed with with the disease and approximately 13,000 die from it. And whereas if
detected in its early stages, the 5-year survival rate for ovarian cancer can be as high as 90 to 95%. However, there is no screening test. So awareness of symptoms remain imperative and early detection awareness imperative. And whereas the burrow of Bradley Beach will
participate in the turn the town's teal campaign with ribbons adorning parts of Main Street and the boardwalk for the month of September. Now therefore, therefore, be it resolved the governing body of the burrow of Bradley Beach do hereby support the Turn the Town's Teal
Awareness Campaign and proclaim September as ovarian cancer awareness month dated this 19th day of August, 2025. >> Thank you, Councilwoman. And if you do see ribbons around town next month in September, teal ribbons, you'll know
it's supporting ovarian cancer treatment. Um, next on our agenda presentation is uh plant protection strips on the beachfront. Uh, Councilman Weber has uh invited a guest speaker to join us and John, would you like to make
the quick introduction? >> Certainly. Thanks, Mr. Mayor. Um, yes. So, we have on the on Zoom Todd Hobber. Todd works for Conserve Wildlife uh Foundation of New Jersey. They work uh in conjunction with the state DP and the
US Fish and Wildlife Service. Uh on this particular program, I'll let Todd talk to you about it, but it's the plant protection strips. You've seen like a little post and signs and sometimes some rope or maybe string uh on the eastern side of the dunes actually to protect that that part of the dunes. Todd can
tell us what it's all about. Um, we do have struggles because the it's not a really robust system of post and rope and we have weather and we have very busy beachfront. But, uh, Todd's here to explain the importance to us and then take some questions. And, uh, I have to say Todd, normally there's a capacity
crowd in this room, but it is so you got, but it's recorded for people can relive the magic. So, take it away. >> Okay. Can I just want to check real quick everybody can hear me? Okay. Yes. >> Okay. So, thanks for the introduction. That
was a good one. Um, and just to, um, jump really right into it. Um, my role is to sort of develop beach management plans, endangered species beach management plans with the towns. You already have one. I did actually work with your burrow when we developed it
five or six years ago. Um, but also endangered species plant protection, sea beach amaranth primarily. And that plant protection strip that you have on your beaches, that's one of the main purposes of that strip. Um, just as a little
refresher, your beach management plan is actually a required plan as part of your uh ongoing federal beach reourishment. It's a kind way for uh to conserve or protect plants and animals that enlisted
species such as CB amaranth that could colonize or already exist on your beach as a result of sort of added new new um habitat during the reourishment process. Um the plant protection strips is the main one of the main ways for the
plants. Um, in addition, those beach management plans have a regulatory function. Um, towns that have uh coastal permits for beach and dune maintenance to allow you to rake your beach, clean, make it safe
for your public and clean for your public. There are safeguards for endangered species in those as well. They're standard ones, but when you have one of these plans, they sort of supersede it and become the um the new standard. So, just as an example, you're not allowed
to drive or rake in those plant protection strips. So, if you're doing that, you're not only violating the plan itself, but you're actually violating your coastal permit. So, you know, it's in your best interest to um implement the plans as they're supposed to be to
avoid potential NJP violations. So, I'm not trying to scare you with it. I'm just giving you like the background uh of how that works. Um, so just as an example, um, the the plant protection strips in in particular, there's going
to be years where you have no plants in them, no listed plants, and then years you may have several or a couple. One of the roles of it is not just to give a safe place for the plants to be able to grow but um also the way the recovery uh
for plants happens. this kind of plant is there has to be room for the seeds to move around in the habitat not only like within the burrow but for instance there's a lot of plants in Belmar and to
some extent Avon to your south and the way that the plants recover in the large scale is the seeds have to have a chance to move around and land somewhere where they're not going to get run over stepped on rad by your raking machine so
the goal again is to give a safe haven. And going back to the regulatory part really quickly, um the standard protections that the state has in place, let's say you have a even just a couple plants and one is in the middle of your
beach and town, central part, and maybe one at each end. Each year they reassess and wherever you have plants they they put a um restriction that you can't drive or rake where the plant was
or 200 yards on north and south of that plant for the next couple of years. Um and so what that what that means and I don't just mean in the plant strips that's from the toe of the dune all the way to the shoreline.
So if that were the standard restriction in your town, even if you had a couple plants with a small burrow like your like you have, that could really restrict you from legally being able to rake any or most of your beach driving
is restricted in those cases as well. So the workaround that we came up with was um instead of having that that kind of a protection and changing from every year, as long as the towns are willing to set
aside that 10% back part of the beach, which is what your um land protection strip is, and implement it the way it's supposed to be with no driving, no raking. that t that um takes the place
of that more stringent restriction. So so there actually is you know in your case in particular I think uh potential big upside of the plant protection strip over the standard um rules that would be in place.
Uh I think um John alluded to one of the issues you're having. Um you know, you have them in the back and there was a third party Ritan Valley Community College that was contracted by the US Fish and Wildife Service to try to help
towns transition into implementing these strips, putting the fence up for you in the beginning of the season and marking it. Um the idea though there was to over time transition that response back ability back to the towns because
ultimately they are responsible for implementing these strips and the and the um beach management plans. And so I think you know we're at a point where they've been doing a couple years it's working okay but it you know the they do not have the resources to come out
frequently during the season to maintain them. they obviously need maintenance or they're going to, you know, fall disrepair and that's it's unsightly and it's also, you know, not as effective uh if it's not up all the time. So, I think
one of the things I we wanted to re-educate you about what the purpose of it was, um the background and acknowledge that, you know, we we'd like to one of my roles is to try to coordinate um these protections with the uh local coastal
communities. So, I'd also like to start a dialogue to see if we can come up with a slightly better way or more effective way for you as a town to um mark them and implement them in the long term. Um, and that that's kind of the gist of what
I really wanted to say. I don't know if John has anything wants to add to that and then I was supposed to leave some time for questions if there are any. >> Thank you, Todd. I'm gonna um ask a question just to make sure I I I heard you correctly. Uh so if we didn't have
these plant protection strips if we did not have them and this endangered plant se amaran showed up on our beach we would potentially have to maybe have big sections hundreds of yards wide where there was no raking and no nothing for a
couple of years. But because we have these plant protection strips we don't have to do that big 100 yards wide no breaking thing. So, it's really helping us kind of better comply with whatever the state rules
are. Does that sound right? >> Yes, that's that's pretty much spot on. Um, and you did have a plan. I mean, you've had plants off and on, but not many. Um, I think you had, you know, like last year, um, for instance. So, so
yeah, that that large no rake, no drive, not just no rake, but no drive on the beach zone would have been in effect for this year, for instance, if you didn't have the the strips instead. >> Okay. Within our interest to maintain the strips and we don't have to do this more stringent thing. Then another
question. I originally thought the purpose of these was to sort of protect the eastern edge of the dunes so so new dune grass shoot roots can come out and kind of you know fortify our dunes and build up our dunes. I don't think I
appreciated that it was really about this one endangered plant sea beach amaranth. But would you say it's sort of a side benefit that our dunes get to stay healthy on the important side, the eastern side where the ocean is, um because there's this section where
there's no driving and there's no raking and whatever. Sort of a side benefit besides the endangered species thing. >> Yeah. And you know, every town has a different take on take take on what they want on their beach. But yeah, I think um absolutely. you know, you've chose to have a dune dune in front of your
boardwalk, which you know, was not part of your original template with the Army Corps. I believe you you must have built that yourself because I know the core doesn't build them in Mammoth County. So, so yeah, it allows the dune to naturally continue to, you know, serve its natural function. One of which is
storm protection, which seems really timely like right now. I mean, I know this errand's not going to hit you hard, but you're going to have a storm, you know, you're going to have some storm surge, but yes, for a large storm. Yes, it would be it helps promote a healthier dune system. Correct.
>> Other questions? >> So, uh can you just clarify for me when you're referring to these strips, are these these are areas where the uh eastern side of our dunes meet the the beach front? >> Correct. So, the way they're defined is
they're supposed to be from the I say the toe of the dunes. That's sort of where your slope flattens out or there's, you know, not a lot of vegetation towards the ocean. There's supposed to be that back 10% of the beach. Does that
make sense to you or did did I clarify that correctly or? >> Right. And in terms of so if you compare it to a beach like say Avon that has no dunes, what is their strip? What is their >> their strip starts from the base of the
boardwalk going outwards. So it's just that the plant itself usually grows, you know, grows if there's a dune, it's going to grow in front of the dune. There's no dune. Um, so yeah, Avon's a good example. Theirs is
measured from the base of the boardwalk outwards. So, it sounds like it's also critical that we ensure that people don't go on the dunes. Um, because there are sometimes when we have a crowded beach, people start to kind of sit as the dune
starts to rise. Um, you know, we've got >> I mean, the strips are marked and, you know, you do have string and when when it's allowed to stay up, you know, like I said, it's it's all an issue we got to grapple with or work on how to keep that maintained. But there are the the strips
are actually marked on your beach with posts and string and so it's supposed to kind of delineate where it is. >> I have a question. If the string comes down, can we replace it? >> Absolutely. Um like I said, mo uh the
way it was set up first was for the Rton Valley folks to kind of help, but they don't have the kind of resources to come out during the week. Um, you know, we have these in uh just recent, you know, every town except I guess uh Allen Hurst and maybe is the only one that doesn't
have one of these plans like Asbury Park has one and you can imagine they're having a terrible time keeping the string up, too. So, so yes. Yeah, we would encourage that and um we could probably come up with some better material for the for the posts and
strings that would last a little better, too. So there's some of the discussions we kind of have moving have moving forward to improve it for you. >> Doesn't have to be maintained so much. >> Just to share one situation that we're currently in. We have a project that is
going to replace the outfall pipe from Silven Lake out to the ocean and D is managing that project and right now we're waiting for Fish Game and Wildlife to come out and inspect the dune in the area of the construction uh to verify
that the uh Seab Beach amaranth is not present. If it's not present currently, we'll be able to begin construction sooner. But right now, we are basically not allowed to be begin construction until November. And so, they're supposed to be
out there like uh any day. Like they've said by the beginning of September, they would be going out and doing an inspection. So, D does take this very seriously. And it is a highly protected species. >> Did they just send Utah? Is that going to be you doing that? >> Um, actually, they have a separate team
that does that. I I am kind of I don't want to like say 100% but I think they swept through already and actually did them. There's like an annual survey that's done coastwide and they might have done it already. I do not believe they found any plants. >> Um
>> we're waiting to hear we're waiting. >> So So yes, exactly. Um so normally the growing season lasts to November 30th again. Um if it's not like uh frost, I mean they just die eventually fro or
frost or tidal surge. Um so like some of the plants in Belmar last night were already washed out because of the tide. So but nonetheless, yes, um it it's part of a high they're highly regulated. any coastal project like
that, they have to make sure whether it's nesting birds in the summer or this plant during its growing season, it's not present or you know sometimes it's present they come up with a mitigation or a way to work around but yep so you could have a timing restrict if you had a plant there they could have placed a
timing restriction until December 1st to start. >> Todd, thank you number one for joining us. Um, I want to ask you a couple quick questions. Um, I'll say on behalf of residents and
beachgoers, so I'm 100% supportive of of what we're all trying to accomplish here, but we do hear pretty regularly a number of concerns raised. I just want to recite those to you so that you can provide your feedback and guidance. uh you mentioned already the the sticks and
the string that have been provided and I I'm choosing the word sticks to suggest they really are very small. They're not very sturdy. Uh and the string is very thin. You can barely see it. Um so it's we're start out with a you know with a
mechanism designed to protect this area of the beach that's not even that visible because it's so flimsy. and a a little child chasing a beach ball might step on and knock it over. And what we're finding is we also do have a lot of activity as you'd imagine, especially
a sunny day at the beach. Um where our beachgoers might be pretty close to the string to begin with and then we have utility vehicles driven by lifeguards, uh DPW, and they need to get around these beachgoers. And if that string is
not that visible, it's unintentional, but vehicles can drive over that area. >> So I guess part So challenge number one is the flimsiness of the of the structure that we're using, you know, the the the
plant protection strips. Is there something that could be done to create greater visibility? uh invest a little bit more in the in the substantial nature of the strips. >> Yeah. And so the key is like trying to
find the balance between cost effective but also effective like you're talking about. Um and um so the the particular material, you know, I'm not not dissing them, but particular materials being used, the wooden stakes and the twine.
Um, my organization also does uh plant protection a little bit different. We use PVC poles. They definitely are um more durable, last longer, but they're also safe. You know, it's not like a metal stake that a kid's going to run
into and injure themselves. Uh, we use more durable string and we um we put some flagging on it uh on the sections in between. Um, so yes, I mean because visibility we do think is an issue for both the public and um your public works
or your folks driving on the beach, especially at dusk maybe or later in the day. So, so there's some little minor things you could do that probably could greatly in prove it. I mean, there's a cost factor, but I don't think it's so high that it's insurmountable.
And there's also um different signs and I had mentioned to John that we just ordered new signs and we're willing to give you more of them and you could use more of them to make it more visible as well. I mean, not everybody likes a ton of signs, so you know, that's a
aesthetic or decision you're going to make, but um that that's another possibility to make it more visible. So on that note, we can follow up with you after after tonight's session just to determine what we can do to kind of
enhance the effectiveness. The the other question is the concept of protecting this area. I think everyone is unified in agreement that you know we want to we want to abide by those objectives. But the question that's come to me a couple
times is if some of the uh the is it sea beach amaranth the talking about >> let's say we're fortunate enough to have some of these species you know emerge on the beach does and now they're they're
in that 10% area and next year do we rope off 10% farther out or h how does the measurement process work? Uh people have asked at some point do we lose the beach? >> Yeah. So let's say you have it and then
and sometimes sometimes get it and then they get a plant kind of in the middle of the beach. Uh it doesn't change the 10%. So um that that's what we agreed agreed with you and we agree with almost every other town. Um we know there's a trade-off. we found a plant in the
middle of the beach or you know one we might put a little bit of fence little triangle size of a dinner table or something around it to protect the plant but then the following year we don't you know add that into the protection measurement just kind of goes from that toe of the dune we do know you know
beaches get wider and narrower so um either whether it's renourishment or erosion over time so that's really the the main measurement is the 10% from that toe of the dune slope out towards your high tide line.
>> Okay, great. Thank you. Um, normally we hold questions until a little later, but while we have Todd on the call, anyone in the audience have a question for Mr. Poover, >> Mr. Mver Thomas Coan, 613rd Avenue, um,
are the existing stage locations reflective of the 10%. >> Yes. Yeah. >> I will say that's if they haven't been >> knocked down and then put back without, you know, by like a well-meaning person.
>> Yes, that's true. >> So, I mean, when they originally st, you know, >> it Yeah. Is there is there a way to do it just permanently where it's up all year round or is that >> Well, that is originally they were up all year round and um again like you
said Ronson Valley College did it kind of gave us a freebie and with the intention that we're going to transition to the town taking this over. >> They came back and did it again early this year and again they're just not holding up that well. So, I mean, I think what Todd is saying, we're going to explore ways that we can sort of put
our own material, better material, different material, but it is meant to be up your wrap. >> Great. I mean, I mean, the location doesn't seem too intrusive to the beach if if that's the limitation. >> Well, that's because you're on Evergreen, that really big wide beach, you know,
>> are there other questions on Zoom for Mr. Pover? Okay, seeing none, I think we're ready to move on. Mr. Mr. Per, thank you again for your time tonight. >> Okay. Thank you for having me. >> Thanks, D. >> Okay. Good night. Uh, moving on to item
seven is the approval of the minutes. I'll make a motion that we approve August 5, 2025 council business meeting minutes. >> Second. >> Mr. Noble? Yes. >> M. Greenlat? Yes. >> Mr. Noiki? Yes. >> Mr. Weber? >> Yes. >> Mayor Guboszi. >> Yes. Item, we skipped the number here,
right? And I'm looking at I go from seven to nine. >> Oh, shoot. Well, that's my that's my typo. Sorry. >> We're trying to move the meeting fast and >> that. >> Okay. Uh item number nine on the agenda, public comments. Uh this is uh comments
uh limited to five minutes and for items on the agenda only. Are there any comments or questions? Okay, seeing no comments or questions, I'll move on to item 10 on the agenda, which are ordinances. We'll start with three new
three new uh ordinance introductions. One is bond ordinance 2025-26. Um this is a bond ordinance uh providing for sanitary sewer system improvements appropriating $2 million uh for such
work our sanitary infrastructure. Uh any comments or discussion on this item? Mayor, I just like to note that um the purpose of this bond is to help support us to get a grant from the D and Water
Infrastructure Bank that will basically give us the $2 million and allow us to complete the design of the remaining portion of our sewer system from from um fifth, you know, north of Fifth Avenue. So, we'll
actually um be getting the rest as sewer system paid for through grant money, but we have to um basically show that we have the bonding capacity to do this and then we get the grant from DP, which is a tremendous um effort that was put on by Councilwoman Greenblad and myself to
put this into place. And we just got this in under the wire of of a July 1 deadline where we would have lost that opportunity. Uh this is the first time that the uh council of the the buroughs administration has ever gotten this grant. Uh so this is a great help to be
able to complete the design of the remaining sewer system. And it's a great thing to borrow money knowing someone else is going to pay you back. >> Correct. >> Um I should have said earlier for uh for all of these introductions there will be no public comment. We will have public
comment for the adoption. Any other any other council comments or questions? Okay. Paul, would you like to make a motion? >> I'll make the motion that uh bond ordinance uh 20202526 for providing for santory sewer system improvements appropriate $2 million uh
should be placed uh >> introduced. >> Introduced second. >> Um Mr. Noble, >> good work, guys. Definitely. Yes. Miss Greenwood, >> yes. >> Mr. Noiki, >> yes. >> Mr. Weber,
>> yes. Mayor Guboszi. >> Yes. >> Bond ordinance 2025-29. Uh again, an introduction. Um this is a bond ordinance providing for renovations to beach bathrooms and the concession
located at 54 Ocean Avenue, aka the defunct sewer pump station. Uh that center block building next to the playground. Um, this is a bond uh uh ordinance to put aside uh the ability to borrow up to $500,000 to renovate that
building. And our goal is to have that bu building up and running with bathrooms and a small concession area by Memorial Day of next year. Uh any comments or questions? Is there Oh, I'm sorry. We have a plan to go for for grants because since the state identified,
>> you know, helped us identify what we want to do with the building. Are we going after any grants that they offer. >> Uh we have repeatedly asked and uh you know regular basis I I bring it up with our engineers at this point in time. None are available. Uh and the decision
that we are voting on here would be to just begin moving the process forward so we can be ready for Memorial Day. Should grant opportunities arise, we should be able to pay ourselves back. >> Right. Right. >> Okay. In addition, um this is up to $500,000. So it could actually cost
less. >> We we expect it to cost less. >> Okay. And then this would be paid out of the beach fund once it and also if we have surplus, maybe we won't even
need to borrow the money. >> Well, that would be a lot of surplus, but you're absolutely right. We could we could use at least some of the surplus. Our total surplus is roughly $600 or $700,000. So the likelihood of having enough surplus we could pay for the entire
improvement is is unlikely. >> Okay. >> But we could still use some of the surplus. >> Okay. And when it does get paid back, it would be out of the beach. Correct. >> Correct. >> Great. >> Other comments or questions? >> I have a question. Um, so will we be able to bid out the concession in
advance of the summer season, in advance of the completion of the project? Yes. >> So we can because we, >> you know, we can. >> Yes, we will. I mean, we'll have we'll have the specs all done, you know, architect renderings and whatever, so people will know what they're bidding
at. >> Okay. And I guess we have to come up with the formula of what the price point is relative to the other concessions, >> right? >> A little bit of that. Yeah. And a little bit of what the market will bear. We can come up with price point, >> right? >> People bid half or double, >> right?
>> But yes. >> Okay. If there's no other comments or questions, I'll make a motion that we uh approve the introduction of bond ordinance 2025-29. >> Second. >> Thank you, >> Mr. Noble. Doing the whole speeding
things up. Yes, Miss Greenblat. >> Yes, >> Mr. Noiki. >> Yes, >> Mr. Weber. >> Mayor Kubatosi. >> Yes. Ordinance 2025-30. Uh again an introduction ordinance amending chapter 398 streets and
sidewalks of the burrow. These um amendments specifically apply to the sidewalks. Uh it's basically bringing our language up to date up to current. Um for example um we we don't we have one application fee. It's $200 today,
but we're changing the application fee to read a a lower application fee, $50 for small projects, up to the $200 for larger projects. Um, and there's there's just other language requiring the council to approve a sidewalk uh
correction or you know, cleanup. We don't need council approval. So, we're making relatively modest uh changes just to make sure this makes sense going forward. Instead of the council approving it, it'll be code enforcement approving it. Comments or questions? >> I have a a question comment. So, um,
when the when the applications are filed, it will be will it be based on basically the size of the project to determine the cost rather than the actual estimate because it references an estimate of cost and I'm not sure if that information is available when someone necessarily
>> Yeah. Yeah. Um, it's a good question. the the language the goal was to have a small fee for a small project and a large fee for a large project define small define large >> I think it does define a small project for $50 it'll be 100 square feet of
sidewalk which is basically you know if your sidewalk's 5t wide you know by 20 people should basically have roughly four squares so you know that would be a $50 replacement uh permit greater than that would be than 100 square F feet $20
fee >> and what council woman Greenblat referencing we also say $1,000 or 100 square feet and the thousand is right now a term of art. I mean with inflation we'll probably have to change it at some point but for now it's it's just giving people a rough approximation of giving
them an opportunity to only pay 50 bucks. >> Right now everybody pays 200. And it also spells out, this ordinance spells out the uniformity of the requirements for uniformity of sidewalk. >> Yes. >> Which will also help, you know, you
know, promote people to replace the sidewalks and not be a deterrent like I think $200 more, >> right? >> So, it's a good thing. >> Yeah. And as as to that point, as sidewalks go, sometimes you're repairing a small crack and sometimes you're re replacing five or eight squares, which
can be more substantial. So when you're replacing a small crack to pay $200 for the permit and $100 for the for the work doesn't quite fit and it should be commensurate which it is for the inspection cost to come out and verify what's been done and so that that's more
in alignment with the effort that our inspectors would have to do. I have one other comment. Um, few years back, people may remember we had a bit of a sidewalk lits where between the administrator and the code enforcer, they just found lots of sidewalks that
needed repairing. They asked people to repair them. They did. It was quite a success. Uh, and since then, we've had the tree inventory done. And part of the tree inventory was whenever there was sidewalk deflection, they call it, of 3/4 of an inch, that was noted in the
tree inventory. So code enforcement doesn't even have to leave the office. They could really just access this database to see where there's sidewalk deflections that are enough to trigger well literally tripping people but also triggers a you know this is if it's that or greater it has to be repaired. Um
it's all there been the data has been collected and doesn't stay static forever but it's there. So we have a mechanism and now it sounds like we're right sizing page B so let's do it. >> Very good. Any other comments? I just want to say before we move on, I
know Miss Leon was raising her hand. So, just to give her uh the information that there will be another information um uh an opportunity to speak at the end of the meeting. So, >> yeah, we're not taking public comment at at this point. Uh Mrs. Slehey, that that's the concern, but you will have an
opportunity to speak later if you'd like to. Um, okay. Hearing no additional comments, I'll make a motion that we uh approve the adoption of ordinance 2025-28, >> I'm sorry, 2030.
2025-30 that we approve the introduction of sidewalks. >> Second, >> Mr. Noble. Yes. >> Mr. Greenblat, yes. >> Mr. Nikki, >> yes. >> Mr. Weber, >> yes. >> Mayor Guboszi, >> yes. Okay, moving to adoptions. We have
one ordinance 2025-28. This is um related to littering, solid waste and recyclable collection. But very specifically, it's focused on a bulk waste collection in littering littering and solid weight. I'm sorry,
not littering, but uh the solid waste and recyclables. It specifically identifies what hour, you know, you can't put anything out earlier than I don't have in front of me, 9 PM or so the night before and no later than 5:00 a.m. the day of. We're using those exact
same hours for sol uh for waste um bulk waste collection. We had no such reference for bulk waste. That's the only change here. And uh now I will first of all open to council comments and the public act.
>> No council. Okay. I'll make a motion that we open this up to the public. >> Second. >> Mr. Noble? >> Yes. >> Miss Grablat? Yes. >> Mr. Nikki? >> Yes. >> Mr. Weber? >> Yes. >> Mayor Gubosi? >> Yes. Public, any comments or questions
regarding this ordinance adoption. >> That's not the Zoom. >> No, no, that's the cursor. And just to make a correction to what you had mentioned, no earlier than 5:00 p.m. the day prior. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Yeah. Sorry, I was swinging that. Okay. Um, seeing no comments or questions,
I'll make a motion to close the public comment and adopt ordinance 2025-28. >> Second. >> Mr. Noble, >> yes. >> Miss Greenblat, >> yes. >> Mr. Nikki, >> yes. >> Mr. Weber, >> yes. >> Mayor Guboszi, >> yes. Item 11, communications. There are
none. Item 12, resolutions. Um, initially, consent agenda. There are no consent resolutions. And moving to individual resolutions, 2025-271, approval of an outdoor cafe license for
La Fogata Ideal LLC. Comments or questions. Make a motion that we approve 2025-271. >> Second. Mr. Noble. Yes. >> Miss Greenwood. Yes. >> Mr. Noiki. >> Yes. >> Mr. Weber. >> Yes. >> Mayor Gubosing.
>> Yes. Um, okay. The next resolution I will not be able to vote on. So, Mr. Noi, can I ask you to just introduce just make a motion? >> Like to make a motion for approving Darcy's Tavern to have live music in its
parking lot on Sunday, August 31st, 2022 from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Second, >> Mr. Noble just like Alto Mertosi. I live within 200 ft of the establishment. So
I've been advised to abstain. So I will abstain. Miss Greenland. So um I just want to share that uh Darcy's and the burrow have um made a good faith agreement. Uh and Darcy's has abided by
it. um they they are are not entitled to have um um outdoor music events during June and July in the summer. I mean, I'm sorry, July and August in the summer. This is like the absolute, you know, Labor Day last day of August that
they're looking to do this. So, I vote in favor, >> Mr. Noiki. >> Yeah, I would um I'll vote in favor also. And I think it's important to note that Labor Day came very early this year on the first of of the month. So I think the intention was that they probably
would always wanted to be able to have something on Labor Day. Um and they've been extremely cooperative and um you know settling the the you know the issues that they had. So um absolutely a yes, >> Mr. Weber. >> Yes. >> Thank you.
>> Can I formally recuse myself here? >> Oh, I'm so sorry. I'm going to reduce >> uh since I also live in the 200 VA. >> Thank you. >> Okay. Um
back to me. 2025-273 is an amendment uh appointing Brian Curry as our part-time construction official uh and subject to a 4-year term. >> Second. >> Mr. Noble. >> Yes. >> Miss Green. >> Yes. >> Mr. Noiki. >> Yes.
>> Mr. Weber. >> Yes. Yes, >> Mayor Gubosi. >> Yes. 2025-274. Make a Well, it the the item is approving amendments to the shared services agreement uh with the Burrow of Avon by the Sea for Engineering and Construction Services to replace Silven
Lake Stormwater Alllet Control Gate. Uh Councilman Noiki, do you want to just quickly highlight this for the council? What's happening? >> Yes. This was actually um in our last council meeting uh was presented to vote on and um there were changes that were uh proposed by uh Bur Avon uh that we've
incorporated into this resolution. Um and this is probably the most critical immediate knee project as the existing outlet gate is failing. Um so it's imperative that we advance and move forward with the replacement of
that gate. uh we are looking for um uh other ways to fund this but in a worst case situation we would have to uh either uh borrow from the infrastructure bank or um you know bond for this improvement and so it is critical piece of our infrastructure protect our homes
and and the like >> thank you so I'll I'll make a motion that we approve 2025-274 >> second Mr. Noble yes >> Mr. Nikki yes >> Mr. Weber. >> Yes. >> Mayor Kubosi.
>> Yes. Item 2025-275, resolution supporting the New Jersey Climate Super Fund Act. Uh, Councilman Weber, do you care to make any comments? >> Yeah, sure thing. Just to orient people, uh, there's a bill in the New Jersey state legislature is called the Climate
Super Fund Act. What it's doing it's uh it aims to create a fund similar to the super fund that helps clean up toxic waste sites around New Jersey and now around the country. Uh it creates a fund so those sites can get cleaned up. climate super fund act would create a
fund so town after there's a climate related disaster you know storms floods things like that uh there would be a source of money that towns could go to counties could go to to clean up the aftermath help with resilience ahead of
time things like that uh the fund would come from the largest oil and gas companies in the country it's not mom and pop it's not the guy down the street with an oil company you got to be responsible for like a lot of climate pollution. So, uh that's the effort. 50
towns in New Jersey have done this. We're a little late to the party, but uh happy to have this on the agenda. >> Any other discussion or comments? >> Okay. I'll make a motion that we vote to approve 2025-276.
I'm sorry, 275, the uh supporting the New Jersey Climate Super Fund Act. Second, >> Mr. Noble. Yes, Mr. Mr. Ringlet. >> Yes. >> Mr. Nikki. >> Yes. >> Mr. Weber. >> Yes. >> Mayor Guboszi. >> Yes. >> Item resolution number 2025276
authorizing a payout of accumulated sick time to Leonard Guida, retired chief of the Bradley Beach Police Department for calendar year 2025. And just for public record, this is the second of three installments. There was an installment paid last year. Dollar amount of
$60,750. $750. So, second of three installments. Um, any comments or questions? >> Well, I had asked the question as to why we need to approve this if it's something contractual and I was, you know, kind of informed that this is sort
of the protocol to >> Yeah. to fund it. Yeah. It's it's contractual. We're not voting um yes or no. I mean, we have a contract to your point to pay. Um, this is just it gets on our agenda so we can fund it. We, you
know, sometimes there are questions as to how >> best best practice and to have just to have it on file. It's it's not mandatory to do this, but it it it looks very it looks better to do that, >> right? Because we don't do that with other um employees, right?
>> Well, we we help actually um retirees if they were getting, you know, sick time payout say I don't know, three years. >> Yeah. We did a resolution each year prior um too. So >> the these these situations are uh waning. Um uh a number of years ago, the
state of New Jersey passed a limitation on payouts, but payouts and the cap is $25,000 now. Uh however, there are still some individuals, including our prior police chief, who were grandfathered uh and were not subject to that cap. And
there's still a few folks out there with rather elsewhere. But uh little by little we the residents and taxpayers will see fewer and fewer of large payments made. It's capped at 25,000 for it. >> It's just a matter of good record keeping that's all.
>> Okay. So um I will make a motion that we approve 2025 276 the payout of accumulated cyclic toa. >> Second >> Mr. Noble.
>> Unfortunately, my family and I were discriminate discriminated against and named in the publicly released Mammoth County prosecutor's report in one of the many multiple violations cited against Leonard Bua. Therefore, I do not feel comfortable voting and was advised to
abstain. Therefore, I will be abstaining. >> Okay. Um, Mr. Greenlet. >> Yeah. >> Mr. Wiki >> as this is contractual. Yes, >> Mr. Weber. >> Yes. >> Mayor Gubovic.
>> Yes. >> Resolution 2025277 uh the rejection of bids for the creation for the recreation center improvements received uh August 13, 2025 and authorization to advertise for
rebid. And what's happening here is an administrative correction. there was um honestly a very minor error that could have had major implications uh the definition of a measurement uh and and while we're doing basically
the biders brought it to our attention and they all said we know what you meant but it's not what you typed uh so we need to to correct it uh even though it should not change any of the bids um anyway that's what we're doing here >> now I'm curious did we confuse like the
metric system and It was it was described to me. >> You don't have to tell me. I was just like, >> "Yeah, >> I don't think we see CMA, right?" >> Yeah. The answer. Yeah. >> A relatively innocent oversight, but because it was a critical description
of, you know, the work to be done even though all the biders understood it was a mistake. We need to we need to reissue the uh the bid. >> But when it does get reissued, they're ready to put their bids. >> It's going to be a very short turnaround time so we can move forward. Yes. >> And it's not really going to impact the
start of the construction at the rec center. >> Minimally. >> Minimally. Yeah. If if anything. Yes. >> Yeah. I would only suggest that um if there is any issue as they do the work over the course of year and if for any reason they can't complete the work
before winter and there is a cost of remobilization that we should seek out CME for their mistake to compensate for that. Um which would be appropriate in this situation. Um hopefully that will be the case and um even if the striping or something for
the pickle ball courts would have to happen in the spring maybe um there shouldn't be remobilization but we should keep an eye on that so there's no undue cost to the burough. Thank you councilman. Any further comments? Okay. I will make
a motion that we approve the uh resolution 2025277 uh which is rejection of the bids from August 13th and authorization to advertise for a rebate. >> Second. >> Mr. Noble. >> Yes. Miss Greenlat. >> Yes. >> Mr. Noinki.
>> Yes. >> Mr. Weber. >> Yes. >> Mayor Gubosi. >> Yes. I uh resolution 2025-278 appointing Kelly Pel Hellwig CMCA as the certified municipal court administrator
effective today August 18th 2025. And the quick background is Miss Elwig agreed to join us. She's served a number of years as the court administrator in uh Neptune City. Uh and as I just said, she's she actually started today with us. Um we're very thrilled to have her
join us. Uh she's replacing uh Patty uh McIll who retired uh July 31st. So I Any questions? Is it effective today or the 18th? >> It's effective the 18th. She actually started yesterday. >> Oh, she did start yesterday. I'm sorry.
>> That's okay. I just want to make sure that that's not a typo. >> My mistake. >> Uh second. >> Thank you for catching. >> No more. >> Mr. Noble. >> Uh yes. Miss Greenl. >> Yes. Mr. Nikki. >> Yes. >> Mr. Weber. >> Yes. >> Mayor Gubosi. Yes.
Item 2025-279, the bill list for August 19, 2025. Any discussion? >> I saw your questions and they were answered. >> Yes, my questions were I was asking um about a number of thousands of dollars that were actually for advertisements
and those were all related to the auction um that's scheduled for I think um September 16th for 319 Lorraine. And I guess that's protocol to spend about $4,500 on an advertising. >> That's possible. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. And >> you see the one on the big big full page
ad. >> Yeah. In a post. >> And according to uh our business administrator is uh this is his last day of a a vacation, so he couldn't join us tonight, but he mentioned to me that we have close to 50 individuals who have
contacted him directly to express their interest in the property. >> So the advertising is working. That's good. That seems to be >> brave. >> Okay. I will make a motion that we uh approve 2025-27i. >> Second. >> Mr. Noble. >> Yes. >> Miss Green. >> Yes. >> Mr. Nikki? >> Yes. >> Mr. Weber?
>> Yes. >> Mayor Guboszi? >> Yes. >> Okay. Um moving to announcements. Item 13. There are none. Moving to 14A, the administrator report. There is none. There's no administrator.
issues about uh and we'll move to 14B, the mayor and council reports. And may I start today with Councilwoman Weber. >> Okay. Uh kick it off here. National Night Out was great. Thanks everybody that came out. Thank you to the police
department. Thank you to the mayor who flipped a few burgers. He needs he needs to practice. He has like 19 grandchildren. So he's going to be doing that one day at like a cook out. I think he flipped 500 burgers. um only 12 of us great event and uh thanks to everybody involved. We know all the volunteers
that made it happen, fire and first aid and lots of police officers coming together to make that great. Um an announcement for the environmental commission. They're having another not Japanese notweed removal like last time. Don't think of it as weeding. Consider
it foliage reconciliation. That's what we're doing on Saturday the 23rd from 10 to 2 at Maritime Forest. Uh we're joining forces with the Mammoth County Master Gardener Program. Uh the
weather is not supposed to be like 95 and humid like last time. So come on out. Well, we're actually cutting notweed. We're not pulling uh we're just cutting this one invasive plant that's kind of the the section near the lake. The rest of the maritime forest is good right near the lake. Well, not weed.
we're going to cut it um and bag it and DPW is going to help us out uh take that away. So, thanks to them. Uh speaking of DPW, the sharing shed, I believe, is going well. For people that don't know, it's a little shed down at the DPW yard
down Main Street. Um you have good, usable, clean, working items that you just don't want anymore, you can put them in the shed. We will spend less money on bulk trash uh disposal. So, that's the goal there and it seems to be working. Um, speaking
of bulk trash, I just have to say I'm really glad that we don't have these really regular bulk trash days all over town. Whenever I drive to Neptune and they're having bulk trash day, I'm like, this it looks awful and sometimes it stays out there for a week. So, every I'm really glad that we don't have these
massive bulk trash days. We're finding other ways to deal with that. So, um, really appreciate that. Uh, sometimes good things happen and sometimes it's pretty easy. you just ask. And I got wind that they were trying to figure out the numbering of the new houses that are
going to be on Lraine Avenue. And uh you know, I live at 313 and I said, you know, if the house next to me is 315 and then there's 317 and then we put the house on the corner, we make that 321. If that's the case,
then forever more 319 Lraine will be the address of the church and nothing will ever be 319 ever again in this town. And I wish he was here, but I'm glad he's online because Mr. Paul the champion, I know you can see this if you're watching and hopefully you're watching. uh this
is for you and I'm going to give this to you and now you know that it's going to remain the church's address forever and not some house that's on the corner anywhere in there. So, um and that was just a matter of asking. So, good things happen when people ask. So, I'm going to
applaud that. >> I really hope he's not. Paul, are you there? Did you hear that? Get up and go to the bathroom because you're off camera. Uh, >> let's see. >> It's not good. >> Okay. Um, then a couple meetings ago, I
um made a big statement about the church and I realized it wasn't completely done. So, I just have a couple other things to say. Um, which is, you know, I've run for office three times here. I've knocked on a lot of doors in this town. Uh, and no one ever has said to me, not once, and it's never been said
and it's never going to be said. No one has ever said to me, "You know what this town really needs, John? this town needs four more houses. It's never been said and it's never been said because it's not true. Um I just say this now as maybe a cautionary tale for the town. We
all know how this one went down. Maybe we can think about that if this ever is if we're ever in a position where this could happen again. So um just think about it. Nobody sits around going, "Wow, we really need four more houses if this happens." This doesn't
happen. So um think about that. Hopefully, we'll never be in the situation again. Uh, and then going back to my property next door, we all know the church was established as the church in the woods. And what's left in the woods on that block is there's basically a couple trees in my backyard. And
they're really big trees. And we, most folks know, we had a program a while ago where we uh recognize the Shade Tree Commission recognized trees that are bolder than Bradley Beach. when we had our 130th anniversary a couple years ago, we went found the trees that were bigger than that. We're still looking
and we still have plaques, but they get a little plaque if the tree is older than Bradley Beach. Um, so I have a couple of those trees in my backyard and just since we're auctioning off the properties and somebody's going to probably buy this lot next to me and then uh think they can do whatever they want to the trees or uh cut them at the
property line or something. I just want to let people know that um I let the tree the state of New Jersey they have a big and heritage tree registry and I contacted them and they came out and they checked out my trees and they sent me this nice letter afterwards that said
your trees are well I was reading about one there's two of them but this tree is the sixth largest white oak reported in Mammoth County and it's the 50th largest white oak in all of New Jersey. Uh, the tree has enough size and aesthetics to be included in the official New Jersey
Big and Heritage Tree Registry. The registry has been kept since the 1930s and helps document big, heritage, and noteworthy trees in the state as well as providing information regarding the change of the big tree resources
over almost a century of time. Uh, we have entered this tree statistics and photographs and location into our database. Uh, this tree has been classified as a signature tree and is one of the largest of its species in the state of New Jersey. Trees of this caliber are rare and should be
maintained and protected as often as needed. Trees of this size are mega resources and perform 600 times the environmental benefit of typical trees. You or says you are the new owner. Well, I'm not planning on selling, but um you
should consider installing a oh a lightning protection system as lightning because has a capacity to kill big trees. Uh there's more about this letter, but point is just sort of if there's going to be 50 people or however many people in this room bidding on um those lots, people should know this is a
big uh and heritage tree. It's on a tree registry as per the state of New Jersey. Uh and that is Oh, one one last thought. Given what we heard earlier in the meeting about dunes, um I'm going to make the case back to DPW for some more
signage to keep out of the dunes. I think that can come out of the the beach utility without um any problem and uh maybe even on both sides of the dunes. I know be there is some signage. It's particularly on the entrances and on the one side, but we can get that on both
sides. But I will talk to DPW what they think about that. And that's my report, Mr. Mayor. >> Thank you, Councilman. gonna go to the other end and ask Councilman Noiki. >> Okay. Thank you, Assistant Mayor. Um, first first of all, I want to just second John's comments on the National
Night Out. Tremendous event. Um, participation from and and you know, this couldn't happen without our police department, fire department and first aid as well as OEM and so and the mayor flipping uh hamburger um professional
wrist action. So, that was just a great event, great community event, and a great turnouts and and a dunking tank, no less. Um, maybe we'll get the mayor up there next. Um, >> then council will have the >> that's um and so with that, um, just a
police activity board. Um, uh, just to, uh, activities since the last meeting. A Brook Township man was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct after police found him slumped over on a Main Street bench. Uh the investigation revealed he was extremely intoxicated and while attempting to render him
assistance, he became disorderly and combative with our officers. Um and I I suppose locked up after that. A subject stopped for a motor vehicle a violation was charged with possession of control dangerous substance suspected
meth metaphilia possession of open alcohol in a motor vehicle. possession of drugs and a motor vehicle and driving while suspended. And also, police arrested one individual on contempt of court warrant and investigated four motor vehicle accidents since the last meeting. Thank
you for all you do. Um, first aid for the operational period ending August 19th. The squad responded 21 day calls and seven night calls for a total of 28 calls, 21 for medical, seven for fire calls, and two calls involved water rescues. Uh the squad provided mutual
aid to Avon and Ocean Grove. Uh the squad provided medical overwatch uh for the national night out as well as provided handout and touch a truck on the ambulance and Kabota. Uh the squad also provided medical overwatch for the
fire department's annual 5K run and treated five runners. Uh the squad requested no mutual aid for this operational period. The squad fulfilled 100% of their assignments over this operational period. Uh we are still looking for volunteers for the first aid
squad. We offer free training for qualified individuals. Anyone wishing to volunteer for first aid squad. Applications can be found on the memorial website. Um just to mention uh with the uh I do not have a fire department report uh but again the 5K
was a another resounding success. a lot of work for our our municipal uh support teams of the of the police and and fire first aid. A tremendous job closing off all the streets. Um and this is really an important community event and it was well attended, a great fundraiser and
just great for the community. Um, also want to mention that we went out to u Renley Avenue and uh and Ocean uh to recognize uh the council uh the historic
um society had just put out a new sign recognizing the the Brinley fire that um that 23 24 people perished in at at the corners of uh Brinley and uh beach. um
two I guess the address is 200. I mean very solemn event but it was monumental for this uh the state as well as the country as u many of our uh including uh our first a chief uh John Zach that uh was at the location at this fire. Uh but
it had without question revolutionized changed fire safety laws across the country all because of this incident and the response as I learned was tremendous from the our and the neighboring fire departments. Um and it was could have
been even worse than what it was and um very sad event but it was a it's a great sign that was uh recognized unanimously put up there on the um on the boardwalk. So, if you happen to be walking by the boardwalk at um you know, right there at Brinley and and um right where the uh
concession is, uh it's it's a really nice sign and um Bradley Blue. Um but it's really, you know, an important uh historical event, very solemn, but it truly made our life and and the world safer as a result of it. So, and then
the last I'd like to report on is um Silven Lake Commission uh is meeting tomorrow here in this room. Uh so please come on out and participate um if you want to hear about the status and what's going on with the projects and and the lake commission. Um we are also looking
to uh save the date. We're looking at a September 8th uh community information center that would either be here in Burough Hall or perhaps over at the firehouse. uh we'll try to work about the logistics of the space uh for Monday
uh September 8th and the time to be announced uh just to share with the community all the projects that are anticipated and proposed for the lake and um and the purpose and what the status of tomorrow. So with that that's my report mayor. Thank you Councilman.
I'm going to turn to my right and ask Councilwoman Greenlight to present. >> Thank you. Um I too, I guess all of council was at the uh presentation on Sunday for um the fire that took place in 1980. Kind of astonished to hear that
um that a lot of those uh precautions were not in place at that point uh in time. And also interestingly, Bradley Beach had two um fire stations. One was on Evergreen in the 500 block and then the other on Main Street. the fire
station on Evergreen had 30 firefighters assigned to that that firehouse, which is pretty astounding and uh alarming when you see how much smaller the the fire forces now. Um so if you know if
for those who are interested in in that sort of thing, really encourage um you know the uh going forward uh to participate as a firefighter. Um, and I also participated in the 5K. It was the first time I participated as a council
person and it was really a lot of fun. It was a wonderful community event and um I was the one who took pictures when the runners were coming in and I can announce that the um the first man to uh to come through uh his time was 15
minutes 40 seconds and uh that was a true time and the first woman to come in was 17 minutes 35 seconds and uh I don't know how true that time was because it it all depends on when they start in the run. So, that was kind of interesting.
Um, so my council reports, um, arts council, uh, met Monday, July 28th. Uh, a porch popup arts exhibit, um, runs this Saturday, August 23rd from 10:00 a.m. to 400 p.m. at the James Bradley with a meditative sound bath hosted by
Green Lotus Yoga and Wellness at 1:00 p.m. and music by Carol Lester Productions at 2 p.m. Special thanks to the James Bradley for graciously hosting their space. Please stop by and support the local artists of Bradley Beach as
they exhibit their work. Uh the arts council will hold its next meeting Monday, August 25th at 11:00 a.m. in the Bazi Center. Uh the Fletcher Lake Commission cancelled its August meeting. A Fletcher Lake cleanup will be planned for early October. Uh so keep an eye out
for details. The commission will next meet on September 11th. and the recreation board met August August 18th. A banner summer is now on the books for the Bradley Beach rec camp as campers celebrated their final day
last Friday, August 15th. Camp ended on a high note with rides, games, and food for all the families to enjoy. There were over 250 people in attendance with new campers ready to sign up for next year. The camp counselors did an outstanding job stepping up to the task
of such a large increase in campers this year and recreation is so thankful for their hard work and dedication. An ongoing and ahead ma open play runs every Friday 1 to 3 p.m. at the Byzant
yoga continues throughout August. Check the yoga schedule on the recreation web page for details. And note that the senior club meets up again in September, Wednesday the 24th, from noon to 3. Their meetings take place on the fourth Wednesday of each month at the Bazi
Center. The recreation committee was busy filling 125 backpacks this past Sunday afternoon in preparation for its fourth annual back to school bingo held at the rec center that evening, August 17th. Thanks to the community for
donating over 1,000 school supply items, every child in attendance went home a winner with a full backpack of school supplies. Each of these students are starting a new school year off on the right foot because of the amazing generosity of friends and neighbors. All remaining backpacks and supplies will be
given to the Bradley Beach Elementary School to continue to support the kids and teachers throughout the year. The rec board's next meeting is Monday, September 8th, 6:30 p.m. at the rec center. And that's my appointment. >> Thank you, Councilwoman. Council President Denova.
>> Thank you, mayor. So, the board of ed will have a meeting tonight. So, I'll report on that at the next meeting. The tourism had um commission had a meeting Tuesday, August 12th. They discussed the QR code. That's the code that you see at the beach. They had almost a thousand
visits on that code. And if you want to guess which restaurant had the most hits, anybody? Fins followed by the butter biscuit and then the Delhi and then Darcy's. So huge
success. Speaking of huge success, we are like a music hub. >> Everybody has been talking about this. My sister even came to visit from West Virginia. She's like, "These streets are buzzing with people. I went to Belmar. It was dead." She goes, "We have so many
people and we have the tourism commission to thank for that." And Amy Baker, well, she's not Baker yet. She recently got married. Amy Hall to thank, our director. Um, Pirate Day was also a huge success. 150 children participated,
30 businesses, The Verdict played. This one was tearing it up, right? Everyone was out dancing to reae music. Really great. Oh, here's some good news. We're going to have a fall concert series. So, starting September 13th through October
25th, which will be the Halloween show, there'll be music from 4 to 6:00 p.m. And that's my report on the tourism. As far as shade trees, they had two applications. 200 Fletcher Lake Avenue is removing three trees, but
good news, they're planting 11 trees. You hear that, Joe? 11 trees. That's cool. Newark Avenue is removing one tree and replacing it with one tree. Also, let's see. They have their account recently has $15,200
in it. Now, here's some huge news. The New Jersey D has awarded the Bradley Beach Shade Tree Commission $40,000. They're going to plant up to 70 trees throughout the burrow. Not only are they going to plant them, they're going to put mulch on them. They're going to put
a water bag on them. They're going to put stakes in them. So the te the the public works doesn't have to do anything. They're going to do everything. You have to choose between maple oak, sycamore, red bud, dogwood, crab apple, cherry blossom. All natives
except for cherry blossom, but they're awfully pretty. And we're one of five municipalities that got this. It was Jersey City, Nutley, Garfield, and Anglewood or Ed. It is Edgewater. I'm sorry. Edgewater think how did Bradley
Beach get this? The Shade Tree Commission members are so active in getting their credits, their CEUs. In addition, they did an aerial view of Bradley Beach and they said that we need to build up our tree canopy. So, these are really great, really great news and
kudos to the Bradley Beach Shade Tree Commission Commission. Bravo to all of you. And that completes my report. >> Wow. Thank you, Council President. Um, I've got a number of things. I'm going to check them off kind of quick because I want to save what I think is by far
the best for last. Um, one, I echo what others said. National Night Out, the the fire department's 5K run, great events, great turnout, great weather. Uh, so, you know, just wonderful events and my hamburger flipping is a lot better than folks here have described it. My problem
was I stood downwind from that smoke and that was >> um two uh a few folks have mentioned the Brinley and fire. Uh I just want to add to that it was a tragic event 45 years ago. Um it did change the fire safety
loss in New Jersey. So it's Bradley be just hailed for that unfortunate event but for all the good it and all the lives it has saved since. Um the plan is for next year that we will add a uh some sort of a monument recognizing that
event at Riley Park. So the fire company is is beginning preliminary planning for that. Um I just want to make sure everyone's aware the fire uh department and EMS are both in the middle of their fundraising season. If you have any
interest in supporting them, please uh contact us or contact any member of either of those organizations and feel free to write a check. I know they would appreciate it. Uh they're constantly, you know, keeping their eye out on us and making sure that we are safe. So, anything we can do to help them is
great. Um I mentioned earlier, Kelly Hellwig is our new court administrator. We're thrilled to have her with us. And I also mentioned earlier, I want to say it again, we will miss Patty McIll, uh, who's been our core administrator for many years, did a phenomenal job and she's now beginning to enjoy her
vacation, her retirement. Um, something that that's just I think a really exciting accomplishment for the bureau. Um, in municipal government, you know, there are ways to ma try your best to manage
our taxes. um manage costs, try not to let them escalate at too fast a rate and where you can increase revenue. And one way to increase revenue is through creating shared service arrangements with other bureaus. Bradley Beach has uh
a current court structure where uh we have our court here as well as we host two other towns, Allenhurst and Avon. So we have three courts already in Bradley Beach. Um you will hear us next month uh
voting on approval hopefully of adding a fourth court which was just we were just uh awarded this again it has to be approved by our council and another municipality's council but assuming this goes through we'll be adding a fourth
court and adding to our shared services revenue. So, uh, it's a couple months in coming. Um, I'm probably a little premature in announcing it. You notice I'm not saying names, but it's very exciting. And the the judge and the other mun municipality are very excited
that we're doing this. They think it's a win-win for the courts, for our taxpayers, and uh, and for our court personnel. Um, Hurricane Aaron, uh, hopefully disappears out in the middle of the
Atlantic. But I just want everyone to know that we've been in regular contact. Uh, and when I say we, uh, OEM, our police, our beach manager, our lifeguard manager, and our DPW um, uh, beach is going to be red flag. People will not be
swimming over the next few days. There's a surf camp that actually held class yesterday but has closed for the rest of the week. Um we are prepared if necessary to move the furniture, move the lifeguard chairs. Um you know do whatever's necessary to uh uh manage the
lakes, the level of the lakes should we have rain. We are not expecting heavy rain. We there very likely could be some ocean surges. Uh so we will keep an eye on equipment on the beach, but just want to let everybody know, you know, people are paying uh close attention to
managing any adverse potential impacts that might occur. And the most important item, seven on my list, um our head of our lifeguards, Michael Rosenberg, shared uh an email that he received from a mother. I get choked up
every time I I read this thing. So, I'll try to uh if you're a parent or a grandparent, you'll appreciate this email. Again, this was sent to Michael Rosenberg, the head of our lifeguards. On Friday, August 8th, my friends and I brought our children to Bradley Beach,
and we positioned ourselves in the area of the beach right in front of the mini golf. We're not super familiar with Bradley Beach, but we have been there a few times. The warning flags were up, and the waters were rough. As the day went on, I noticed children and adults getting farther and farther into the
water. My 10-year-old son was one of them, along with his two friends. At a certain point, he was hip deep, and I positioned myself at the water's edge to call him back. Within seconds, the three of them were being swept away by the rip
current, and I ran in after them. Every wave that crashed on me knocked me further back, and I felt more helpless than I've ever felt in my whole life. I want to uh I didn't want to go underwater because I wanted to keep my eyes on their bobbing heads. Two
lifeguards came running out and literally saved their lives. I have been so stunned since that moment to even think about how to thank or how to even reach them. I don't know if it's possible to track down the two lifeguards that saved my 10-year-old son
and his friends, but if there is, please, please tell me that I could never repay them for what they did for us that day. I will never take the ocean or lifeguards for granted. I hope this email finds its way to them because I've
relived these moments in my head every single second of every day since it happened. In fact, if there's a way to mail to mail them a token of my gratitude, I greatly appreciate an address to send it to. Thank you very much. And obviously, that's, you know,
super powerful from the from the heart of a mother. Um, but it it also just goes to show something that we possibly don't appreciate as much as we should, and that's the phenomenal work that all of our beach employees do, our
lifeguards. They truly save lives daily. And that's just a powerful description of what one mother went through as as she thought she was about to lose her son. So I share that with us so we all just, you know, take a moment to thank these people and appreciate what they
deliver uh to Bradley Beach. So uh with that I will close my comments and we will move to item 15 on the agenda which is public comments or questions. >> Yes sir.
>> Call it 509 Avenue. If you will hand this to the council for me, they can take a quick look and then I can pose my questions. This is in regards to the lamp post at three locations in Bradley Beach. Um at
42 Main Street that I remember it's been quite some time a car crashed into that building and took down that light post. Now, do you guys get reimbursed for this that they could put the lights back or
my wife who is smarter than I am says uh or is it a county road? So, these three locations, what's what's your what's your uh you know opinion on that? >> Yeah, it's a state road and uh we do get
re uh insurance proceeds to reimburse us for the cost. Well, not so much the cost, but the value of the light posts. Um, I think total there are six posts down. You mentioned three, >> are there? >> Yeah, we've actually lost six. Uh, DPWs
all over this. We're uh, as you're also probably aware, Joe, we're we're looking at u the beginning of revitalizing Main Street. Uh, we have a $ 1.4 million grant, another million dollars of bonding uh, aligned. So, over $2 million
to begin the process of renovating Main Street, pavers, street lights, benches, things like that. What we're trying to do is identify the style of lamp post that we're going to use for all of Main Street and and secure um at least six
and I think we may go as far as eight or Oh, by the way, they they cost approximately 13,000 a piece. So at a minimum six, but what we want to do is we don't want to replace those six in, you know, somewhat random locations, making the rest of the street look odd.
So there may be a couple locations. In fact, a few of them are on one block. In that one block, we may do all the lamp posts. Um, but the goal is to have that done fairly soon in the next few months. Uh, the challenge being one, we have to secure the the lampost. Uh two, there
may be uh uh like 88 grading that has to take place for the pavers. So, what we're going to do probably is put these lamp posts in. Even though in the fall or spring, we'll probably be ripping up some of the sidewalks and regrading them, but we're
going to do it in a way that we can use the lamp posts. We can move them, put them back. But we are aware and there's a plan in place. >> Yeah, it's just been a while. I thought they would have put a fight back, but that's all. Uh, last question. Uh, USA1,
uh, or Bradley Auto Parts. Uh, do you know the intent of that building? I I know the owner lives in Ocean Grove, but uh, you know, that place is a little ratty looking. There's there's a tree
growing inside the store. And uh the sign itself, half the letters are missing. I mean, you just take all the letters off. When you drive into town, you start seeing a building like this. It's a little
I don't know. Maybe to me it's more of an eyesore. >> Yeah. The >> I'm a little picky because Jay knows I ride the bike all over town. So, I'm always looking at these little odds and ends and that's why I brought this up. So, thank you for letting me voice my opinion here.
>> Sure. >> And that property, US Auto Parts, was actually, you may not know this, was acquired by the car wash. They do have plans for that property, but we can still reach out to them and ask them to do something. >> I don't know if it was going to be for sale or I mean, it just it seems, but
you make a good point. Just because they're not running their business out of there anymore, they still have obligations on property maintenance and whatnot. So, we should have them keep it up. >> We will have code follow. >> Thanks, guys. Miss Ley, >> good evening. I'm Dean Laney from Palm
Place. I have I have two I have a little list. So, I'll try to make it brief, but I'm going to start with one. My main one I'm going to put for a second. I must throw it out. Thank you all for your time. And
I can hear better. I don't know if the acoustics are better, but I didn't come because they couldn't be here. But anyhow, I went to the uh concert and I do like the concerts. Whoever got there very nice on Saturday night and what I would like to make a suggestion.
I found those pamphlets that you remember we had them at the senior and they should go in the taxes. Not everyone's aware because not everyone is on the internet or played, but they're very good and they tell people what we
have and when you have it. >> Well, anyhow, so I went to the concert which was fine. Anyhow, and I happened to sit behind um the statue with the bell.
And so I had one suggestion that either a policeman or those brown shirts, blue shirts, whatever they're wearing that give out tickets walk through once. Now all mothers watch their children and in front of me they're climbing the bell.
They're like three of them. They got to get up with my white hairs to get down. And so I suggest you have a policeman just wander through politely. But no one and I looked around to see if
I could see so much that I could tap to but if they fall mother will be the first to sue you think okay now being that you'll also Yes people it's amazing since last time I've been here all right
I want beauty to save to save our long-term residents and our neighborhood I live on the fourth block of our place. We have 18 houses, nine on
each side. There are 11 which are full-time people. Uh we have three on our side which come down on weekends whatever and two unfortunately are for sale
across the way. We have one Airbnb now on our lock I shared my driveway with and we have very nice relationship and we're fine. And on the 500 block they have two
Airbnbs. What? And I asked Jane, she said they supposed to have 7 day, you know, if you rent for your Airbnb for seven days. Trust me, the one does not do for seven days. Now,
the other I can't say. And also on the 500 block, they have um more apartments, you know what I mean? The houses. So, they have more cars. So when there's an overflow on their cars, they
come a lot, which is normal. It's a public street. I get that. But uh so the one Airbnb we have there full-time all year and they're uh people
don't know how to call Paul. They just p and I don't want the lines either because then I think we're loot. But anyhow, um I want you to have an ordinance to save us. We live here all year round. We pay our taxes and we
deserve as much right as these people coming in. Now, they lie. Everyone lies. So, but I want you to try to figure out a way to limit on each one. It isn't fair to have us all loaded with Airbnbs
because they're not neighbors. They're in and out. And when you live by yourself, it's kind of frightening sometimes. And uh so I would see if you could help us out because we live here. We like it here. And it's it's that's important. I
want to have two opinion. I've got two minutes. I have these are my opinions and I've lived here for 25 years. And I like to say I like the community, the people, everything. But I wanted to I do not like coming
down my block and looking over and uh took German and it's there right those apartments. So my and I hope whatever in the plans for this town it's a nice family town. I
don't want any hotels I don't want to put any more things on our end of town where the south and every town that's one side rather than the other bigger properties. I get it that's the way it is. But don't
overload us. Okay. Um, and leave the boardwalk alone and your concessions. We don't need smells when we walk the boardwalk. People come down just to relax and enjoy the ocean. No smelly food.
>> Miss speaks for itself. >> Miss Mrs. Ley, you're out of time, but can you just wrap it up kind of quickly? >> Thank you for your time. >> No, I didn't mean to cut you off. I just wanted you to That's it. Okay. >> Okay. Great. >> But I did have Oh, a tree.
>> I want the trees being that we got this grant. >> Trees were taken down on Brinley. >> No. >> Okay. >> By Fletcher Lake. Remember they took down trees
>> on our side of Fletcher Lake. >> Oh, Fletcher Lake. >> Before the bridge. >> Yes. >> Put a few trees there. I love >> Thank you. I love your idea, Missy. You you you remember that this well at least three people up here voted against
putting making our zoning so we could have hotels and motel on Main Street. So I hope that was just last was last year. Yeah. >> Obviously. Yeah. We we can't have some people wanted that and this council >> went the other way on that. Good.
>> We're going to stick to it. >> And we're also working >> my Airbnbs and uh >> we're also working in trying to to uh understand the degree of Airbnbs within the burrow. Um we have we've hired a company that's actually doing that. And the thing is people are not going to
tell you. See, and you know, >> we're finding them >> and so everyone's aware. But it isn't fair for us who live here because it makes you uneasy. I I'm I'm almost tempted to get a dog. Okay, you can have mine.
>> You like Chihuahua, right? >> Oh, yeah. >> Regarding Airbnb, the the we do have an ordinance in place uh to, you know, attempt to manage them uh to make sure they follow rules and what have you, but many people don't report that they are
running an Airbnb. And we did, as Councilwoman Greenblot just mentioned, we did hire a company called Granicus, and they monitor websites. They find people in Bradley Beach who are renting out their houses or their apartments.
They identify them to us. We match all the people in Bradley renting their places in short-term rentals. We match all those rentals against the people who have given us their name as a landlord. And in fact, we have a large number that
we've identified that did not report themselves as landlords and our code enforcement is following up with them now. We're going to send out a letter telling them they're in violation and we are going to manage them aggressively. So, um took us a while to get to this point, but we're getting there quickly.
>> Can we have them actually post the information on the Airbnb website? Um, I mean that the the rentals are um six nights uh a minimum of six nights >> on the website >> on on the Airbnb listings because um I
think that it's it's very likely that there are lots of Airbnb rentals that um fall under the six night um minimum. >> I'm not quite sure. Let's put it this way. Let's talk out there. But there are very specific rules, six and a
half night minimum. Um, we have pictures of what they're advertising. We have data that tells us who's paid for a week or three days. So, we'll be able to figure out a lot, not all, but a lot of who's violating. Um, but it's it's an imperfect world because
these advertisements give you minimal information to identify who the landlord is. But this company kind of does the soouththing for us. Identifies them and then we reach out and we're doing that now. Uh as far as where we post it, I don't know. Ignorance of the law is no
excuse. Well, you know, they we have an ordinance. We're going to notify them what the ordinance is, where they're in violation, how much they owe us fines, how much they owe us for fees. Uh and then if they don't follow the law, then we'll continue to find them. >> Right. and even down to the size of the
units and the number of people that can actually rent those units because of course those people are all associated with cars that go on the street. >> Yep. Okay. Other questions or comments from the from the public? Anyone on Zoom with a question or
comment? >> Oh. >> Oh, I'm sorry. Hey man, Paul 304. >> Um, so I'm I'm here in regards to the proposed Southern Lake Restoration
Project. And um, as you stated, there is the meeting that's going to be held on September 8th, which we didn't I didn't know until just now. >> Yeah, that's that's a save the date. It's not, you know, we're going to confirm that once we establish where it will be. >> Perfect.
>> That's the target. So, save the date. >> Great. Because that was one of my questions. Um, as well as um I will be attending tomorrow's meeting, you know, for the Sim Lake U commission, more specific stuff. I I'm
here because recently circled the area Bradley Boulevard neighborhood up and down Bradley Boulevard and put out the flyers to kind of just giving the outline of what the host projects are and this you know it's it's uh it's a
it's a very complicated or it's a lot of several aspects to this to this plan um as we all know and uh that flyer was great. It listed everything out and it actually uh created a lot of questions. So you had a backup gathering
very gracious to come and host and explain more and wonderful. Uh but again more questions came out of that and I think we've been kind of put my neighbor and I have sort of been put in a position where a lot of people have poached us to
say hey um the issue is really the narrowing of Bradley Boulevard right uh the people that live on the actual lakeside and how that will kind of affect them personally also the whole just landscape of what is breathing what it's
been and and etc. um very well aware that the plan's overall idea is to is for the health of the lake. That's the bottom line. How are we going to make this lake healthier? And again, very complicated, a lot of things
going on which we all we all know. Um, so I think why I'm here is just to sort of besides the meeting, the Silven Lake meeting, uh, committee meeting is to just go in front of the council and just say this feedback from the residents
which is over 40 plus homes. uh the vast majority of people are just not for now on Boulevard and if there's any way that during you know this process is sort of ongoing or we have timelines in place um and don't want to you know affect any of
that but if there's any opportunity uh for us to make sure that this is a last resort or if there's any further talks about narrowing the boulevard um any other alternatives uh that maybe have been explored or ruled how things have
been expressed to be shared whether it's at this September meeting or tomorrow's meeting or so. So it's really not necessarily a question because that was my question to say when we when can we uh come forth with those questions more
detailed because lots lot of information and a lot of things that are that are that are spinning around and people have expressed just uh questions basically. Um, so you will be getting back to us to confirm.
>> Abs. Absolutely. Thank you. Yes. Um, like I said, we're looking at September 8th, Monday as a hold the date. Um, we'll try to look at the logistics. We we'll get out the confirmation. Um, hopefully get on the website as well as our next council meeting. I'll be able
to say that it's happening as well. Um but we'll get that information out as soon as we uh secure which facility and the time what what you know between what hours and it's probably going to be you know in the evening probably at 6:00 to 8 but we need to confirm all that where
and um so we're going to talk about that at the late commission meeting tomorrow and then we also have a we have a um a technical advisory committee that is uh the consultants and so they all have to get together are getting together on Friday um just so we coordinate all this stuff that has to be put together to
bring it to the public. So that's all like we're trying to push hard to get as much information to the residents as fast as we can, >> right? Because that's another part of it is getting it to the residents so that we can, you know, address the questions and for what it's worth. You know, the people that are on that boulevard that
maybe have some input on how that road is, how it's used, the function of it. I know there's studies out there and so forth, but you know there's there's other aspects of just hearing the people and the residents and and what we how we experience. So we appreciate that. We
appreciate everything that's been do been done for this committee fasttracked in the last since you guys have been uh you know rolling here. I mean it's been it's been a lot of progress. So that's uh well noted and appreciated. Thank you
guys. >> Thank you ma'am. >> Okay, no other hands in the room on Zoom. We have Mr. Nashkin. Paul, can you hear me? >> Yes, I can. Thank you. I'm Paul the Shampin 411 and a half Lraine Avenue.
First of all, I want to thank the mayor and the council for joining us on last Saturday uh for the dedication of the Brley fire and fire sign. Um, it is one of 12 new u boardwalk signs that the historical
society has put up. It's a new design and includes a QR code which in the case of that one sign will take you to a page on our website which goes into a detailed history of the Brillian fire and with a lot of newspaper articles
about the followup on the fire. Um the plan is to have QR codes on all the uh existing signs and the new signs that are growing up now. Um and eventually that they will be populated with background information on all the images
on the boardwalk signs. Um a total of 12 signs have gone up in the last couple of weeks. Don't know if you noticed them. Um some of them are replacements for damaged signs and some are brand new. If you're interested in sponsoring a sign,
uh, visit our website, bbhistory.org, and you will see a place for signing up for sponsoring a sign. Um, we're interested in any images that you have, historic Bradley Beach, um, maybe your
family in front of one of the pavilions, that sort of thing. Or you can pick from our library of available images that um, might you might want to sponsor. Um, thank you again for showing up for that dedication. Um, the next event of the
historical society will be on August 29th where we be saluting one of Bradley Beach's favorite sons, Caesar Romero, uh, popularly known as the first of the Batman movies. um but with a
distinguished long movie career in Hollywood. Um he graduated from the Bradley Beach Elementary School in 1922. And we have the author of a book who will be making a presentation, a newly
published book on Caesar Romero on August 29th from 4 to 6:00. There will be all sorts of activities. Um, in addition to his presentation, there'll be a Batman laugh um, Joker laugh
contest and also there will be other things you can register for, including an after meeting with the author at the Tiki Bar at UVA. um just the first in a series of events the historical society
hopes to have almost monthly um through um the end of the year. Thank you very much. >> Thank you. Are there any other comments on the screen? I can't read nothing. >> Okay. With uh we will then conclude the
public comments and questions. There is no item 16, executive session. And before I adjourn, I just want to make sure I say Mayor's Wellness Walk this Saturday, 9:00 a.m. at the U Fifth
Avenue Pavil U pavilion, whatever it is. Okay, that said, I forgot. All right, >> I will now >> I will be there. It's a topic hydration. Well, >> I forget, but just be there. It'll be super dynamic, very exciting. Mayor,
pardon me. Ajourn >> I favor.