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long perod change yeah [Music] not please rise the Pledge of Allegiance IED Al to the flag of the United States of America and to the
Republic for it stands one nation under God indivisible with liy and justice for all I wish to announce that the 48h hour notice is required under the open public meetings Act was emailed to the as Park Press the coast store and the new
coaster on December the 19th of 2024 that a copy has been placed on the bulletin board in the burough office 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 the zoom portion
of this meeting fails or is disconnected the iners meeting will continue in action 10 and will be taken providing that there is an inperson Forum M Den Noble here miss greenl here Mr nowiki here Mr Weber here mayor googi
excused welcome everybody thank you for being here um as you can see mayor guto is not here this evening I just like to up todate you um on the situation mayor grp toi is unable to attend tonight's council meeting due to a severe and
traumatic out ofate family emergency involving his son and daughter-in-law the mayor has been tirelessly working for Bradley Beach to improve our community and while he tends to his crucial Family Matter I told you I was going to cry the council wishes him and his family strength and comfort and we
want to reassure you that the residents of Bradley Beach we will continue to work diligently on their behalf and maintain your progress we made together so I'm just going to gather myself I'm sorry this is they're doing okay the kids are making it they're surviving but
it's been really tough on Ann and L and um we're going to talk about puppies next so I'll be okay I promise so um we're going to start with some workshops and um the mar and I recently discussed the dog regulation and
um we want to revisit our ordinance because um we're looking at getting a Bradley Beach development team together together and being um you know inviting the dogs to the parks is part of it and I just want to read the regulation that we have currently which is chapter 115-2
G and no person owning Haring keeping or in charge of any dog shall cause suffer permit or allow such dog to walk or run in the play area Park Boardwalk Beach or beach front in the burrow except permitted as
23-8 which we all know is when the dogs are allowed on the beach from October 1st to May 15th and that's when it's lawful to allow dogs and other domestic animals to be on the public beach area of the burrow so they're allowed there
about seven months and then I wanted to share with you four okay the task force and then after that let me just get my ads here together we want to have like an open
discussion we want to talk about Pros the cons the benefits the the good the bad the ugly and um we're going to have a committee that's going to to also cover this we just wanted to kick it off and and consider what it's what's the
good part what's the bad part of having dogs in parks and um I going to start with some crows that I I researched and and we have a large population of dogs and the population is growing and and um a lot of us enjoy our
furry friends and our current ordinance restricts them from enjoying our parks and perhaps it's time to revisit this so the good parts is that you get exercise and socialization the parks provide spaces for dogs and their owners to exercise and socialize and contribute to
their physical and mental well-being and the community dog owners of often connect with each other in the Parks and they Foster a sense of community and then increase Park use allows dogs in the Parks and they can encourage more residents to utilize
these public spaces and of course reasonable pet ownership is crucial well we have to make sure our ordinance is enforced that we clean up and we uh ensure the safety and enjoyment of all
the park users so um I don't know if I should open to the public for would you guys want to make any comments about this you know I think that um I actually think there's more dogs in this uh in the bur than there are children at this point um but but with
that I think the number one concern is health and safety and so no matter what we do or what we consider is health and safety has to be first and that health and safety for the human population first and then second for for the dogs and I think whatever we do and whatever we consider has to consider that as a
Forefront and then see how we can work around that and what fits within the confines of what is what is you know healthy and what is safe yes for the community good point Thank you and I I just wanted to mention that you know we um have these um resident advisory
committees that developing and one of the resident advisory committees will be about the discussion of a dog park and if there's um an opportunity in the burrow and that'll definitely be a discussion so this really is just about addressing identifying the parks that we
have addressing all of the various parts and considering in some of these pars uh the possibility of uh dogs on leashes during uh you know with with some conditions during certain times events or something like that okay so that's
that's what tonight's discussion is right right just open just to kind of kick it off and just get some public feedback and some interest in the um task force as well so I'm very she's a cat by the way just blow your mic well no because it's
actually too loud it's like scared to touch that thing people can hear me I'm sure um so I to I would be in favor of you know whenever we have an event in Riley Park technically do AR allowed so I would love it if we as the council if we'd
have to do it for every event or if we just had to do it once a blanket but whenever there's a town sanctioned event in Riley Park I think the whole no dogs in Riley Park thing should be lifted so people can bring their dogs they do it anyway so I feel like let's just make it
um and because when there's an event with hundreds of people in the park I don't think we're going to have this problem of people not picking up after their dogs um you know I'm a former dog owner I we have the best deal for dogs in probably anywhere around here because
they're allowed on the beach off leash seven months a year which is pretty darn good um but that said obviously people still don't pick up after their dogs on the beach um I would like to consider the I feel like I'm glad you're here VI
maybe you can bear this out for me but uh the amount that we I mean the town provides those mut Nets right it's like you don't even have to bring your bag here's there's bags in case you don't have one um but the cost to the town has it not gone up like exponentially it's I feel like it used to be just like okay a
normal amount and then clearly somebody goes up to theid dispenser and takes like 50 of them every time and you fill it and 3 days later it's empty uh and that's just on the beach front so I'm imagining what's that going to be like if we have you know parks and stuff available as well uh I am right we spend
like a decent amount of money yes like more importantly like you said um you order a certain amount you put them in and a couple days later they're gone yeah um so we will have to consider that I mean I'm open to the idea of someplace else in town but I really like the idea
of just letting them in Riley Park when we're having events um but I honestly think if we open up any one of the parks or playgrounds or anything like we're going to end up with uh the same dog waste problem because even if it's just a few percentage of people that dog
owners that aren't picking up um it's everybody knows it you know I also think the use you know each park has different use some are passive where there's not you know children activity specifically and there's other ones that have playground facilities and where children
are you know toddlers you know playing you know in the dirt or on the grass on their hands and knees I think those areas would be more restrictive to be able to accommodate with both and so I think we need to look at the use of each of the parks each The Greenway areas and
identify locations that would be um you know appropriate for you know to let you know to walking dogs and whatnot um so um and then Unleashed and then whether or not you end up having a you know you ultimately can find a quote dog park or
create one somehow um then there's other things that we need to look at such as um you know the size of the dogs do you separate them um do everybody have their dogs you know do they have to be neuter do they have to so there's a lot of considerations and so this committee would be a great way to really you know
get some people who really understand all those and MTH county has do Park so we can actually learn from you know what has been done before and and gather that information to make sure we do it the right way well said yeah because um we do have
Parks like Second Avenue I I see a lot of dog owners are enjoying it and technically they're breaking the law so I think that you know that would be a good place to start to say hey that's a good place to be um I know Riley Park
you talked about that people talk about the prominade and I said well you know it's a smaller walkway like you look at Asbury Park and it's so wide and ours is a lot more narrow and you say okay well you can't go there but you know you can go to Second Avenue and enjoy the grassy area over there so these are just things
that we're kind of throwing out there just to get an idea and um I think I can open it up to the public right now and i' I'd like to invite um Dr Heeney up here Kathleen um yeah yes please do up there just say your name and address she
and I work at the um we volunteer together and we discussed this last week and the mayor had requested that she' get up and speak she is a licensed U New Jersey veterinarian so yeah my name is can you hear me okay Dr Kathleen hey I live at 303 just address us oh I'm sorry
I I live at 303 Fletcher Lake Avenue right near what I didn't realize is is not a dog park that triangle land between second and third Avenue I didn't realize that was restricted but um the council some
of the council members and the mayor asked that I come in as an expert just um inform you of the potential I don't want to say cons but things that you should consider as you Workshop this topic um I'm not
taking a stand necessarily I just want to let you know of what you should be thinking about and the first there's three things three major things the first one is dog bites there's 90 million dogs in the US there's 4.5 million fites reported every year in the
US so it's about 5% um the average uh claim Insurance claim that's paid out $58,000 that's average uh the people that are most frequently Bitten are
children and anytime that you increase the number of dogs and people um you you increase the risk so I understand the desire to have dogs be at these big events that we have but you certainly are increasing your risk of
dog bites kids don't know how to behave around a dog they'll run away and so on and that's what makes them at higher risk and there's also people I have I'm a veterinarian I've worked I love animals you know of work my whole career I've been a veteran for over 40 years um
I have two siblings that are afraid of dogs so I think that needs to be considered when you're workshopping this topic the next two risks and and Mr nowiki I think kind of touched on them a little bit are parasites there's two
that are of concern that dogs carry that people can get there's others too but let's just talk about these two uh hookworms and ground worms uh those worm eggs are shed in the dog species even when you pick it up the eggs can remain uh after a few days they become
infective where they can infect people and round worms are a biggest risk in children because they ingest the worm eggs they don't realize they're digging in the dirt or sandbox or on the beach the kids you my grandkids are on the beach they get hand in their sandwiches
or eating it and that's how they get infected and the worms go to their lungs liver and even in the eye kidneys uh they can go to the brain and it can be devastating those worm eggs round worm eggs are very resistant in the
environment and they can actually persist for months to years so something to consider especially where children play where they're playing in the dirt digging in the dirt on like the playground equipment you have to be aware of that the next worm I'll just
mentioned is hookworms and that's a risk for all of us uh the hookworm eggs again they're uh they get on the ground they within 10 days they become infective they survive for 3 to four weeks um
unless it's very cold or very hot and dry so they love warm moist areas so the beach is a good place where you can get this and the way you get infected with hookworm is by walking barefooted or sitting on the wet sand or in the ground
and I have to admit I walk barefooted with my grandkids in that Second Avenue Park and now that I know that everyone walks their dogs there I'm not taking my shoes off anymore and they crawl in through your skin and they cause something called creeping eruption it's
a very itchy rash if you sit on them they can burrow in your butt you know in your skin wherever you have bare skin or most frequently in the you know on your feet and it's usually associated with beaches but you know you can get it
other other places as well so those are there's other concerns but those are the three main that I think you need to consider um well thank you very much for your time we appreciate that sure you know it's interesting after we spoke I I looked up on the um internet and it said
even from pting a dog you have um risk as well and um oh can I say one thing I should have me yeah sure okay um so you know people say I don't have worm you know my dog doesn't have worms
but the uh companion anal parasite Council recommends that everyone deworm their dogs either put them on a prevent heartworm preventive that also has hookworm and round worm preventive in it that's the best thing to do if not you should be deworming your dogs four times a year and people say you know I think a
lot of people are not aware of this so aside from not picking up the Poo I'm babysitting my grand dog this week and just walk three blocks and I saw three piles of poo two were in bags and just laid on the ground the other one was you
know I've done the beach cleanup I find a lot of poo there I've seen people you know so it's people even though people say well I'm good about my dog there's a lot of people that are good about their dogs so that's the risk it only takes a couple people and that's a lot of poop that's right it's a lot of poop dogs
poop every day and there and the number of worms that are shed are thousands thousands tens of thousands hundreds of thousands so that's the risk it was interesting like you could sit down I just wanted to you touch on that again to I looked up what we discussed and I saw that you could
even get this from penting a dog so little public service announcements here wash your hands thoroughly after penting an animal avoid penting dogs that appear sick or have any skin lesions don't let pets uh dogs look your face especially around your mouth or eyes keep your dog up to date on vaccination and parasite
prevention like you said and clean up after your dog promptly and dispose of Theses properly I also saw that a human bite is more harmful than a dog bite to a human so if you see Mike Tyson in the park make sure you just turn around and
go the other way so um there some interesting facts about that but you know we do love our pups and like you said you have dogs too and you know so would anybody like please come up come come here say your name and address hi
hi everyone I'm D sisak 602 mammo and I just um turned on and I was just listening to the topic of workshopping so um it's a topic me do to my heart I know the vet I just came on when you started your um I you get to hear everything you had to say about it but
uh I'm a little nervous because this isn't really my thing to uh be the person who's going to be the Debbie down or about the dogs so my daughter happened to be um a child who was mold and bit by a dog as a six yearsold and
it was a very nice neighborly dog I love dogs I have I have friends with dogs it's caused a lot of damage to the dog to her her face which that's what they do because children at eye level with the dog I don't know if that was explained but if a child or or and I do happen to have a grandchild now who's
two and a half years old but um just that eye level it was a nice dog and it happened she and it caused a lot of um just a lot of issues and scarring and everything so I know that uh a lot of people love these dogs I'd love a dog park I just
want to say I'd love a dog park a place where a dog can go but I have a 2-year-old who's toddler and I love going to the events here I take her to all the events here and she toddles around and of course she's going to encounter dogs when they toddle around
and if they're either on a leash or not on the leash and that's a pro you know I love the Riley Park events and I run after and and there's so many people with dogs there it's just the it's again eye level the dog is on a leash everyone's enjoying themselves and I
always worry about because especially since she's my grandchild and recently the last time my final thing about the dogs are I can't even take her to the beach off seon anymore because I did take her to the beach uh it was
September we're on the beach I made actually made a phone call to the police department just as just as a question not as a negative person but I'm in the water we're there and the dogs are off leash and there's a you know the owners are 300 yards away and the two large
mediumsized dogs are now jumping on me and jumping on her in the water and the person who owned the dogs are screaming at me saying it's off season and these dogs are allowed to be off leas too bad for you so I'm here as
a representative of a person who's experienced child has EXP a dog bite I just this isn't even my jam to be here and be the debie downer on you know in Fr of everyone because I feel like I am but it needs to be represented I'm not about listen I don't mind picking up dog
poop my neighbors have great dogs I have dogs in my house or my friends have a dog I don't mind any of that but I do mind that I want to bring my grandchild to enjoy everything that's available for her to enjoy here to experience it and I
don't want to worry about if a stranger dog is just happens not to like my grandchild at that moment what you see all the time as a veterinarian you hear about it all time as a vetar it's it's quite prevalent throughout the um it used to be they allowed dogs at
September 15th and there were so many people that were still on the beach that it was moved to October 1st so yeah if you ever see anybody well I think it might have say it was October first it could have been in that range it could have been range but I did call I did call and I asked I said is there are they allowed to be off
bleach because it was very harassing to me cuz I have two strange men you know I'm with the 2-year-old I'm in the water the dogs are jumping on us and I'm like wow this is not nice and it's not cool you know that's just my that's my
sharing moments of this thank you for allowing the moments I'm on the opposite side of the speci that's okay thank thank you I [Applause] oh oh anybody else hi castalano 604 Bradley Boulevard
I'll be Debbie Downer number two okay um I'm a prior dog owner uh I'm a runner I've been chased by dogs I've been bit by dogs I run on the prominade um dogs are usually not the problem it's the people that own the dogs and I think
it's exactly for the reason the woman mentioned it's the entitlement culture a lot of times of dog owners is is terrible um and I'm in agreement that we do not enforce dogs on the prominade
when they're not supposed to be I I run all the time I see the cars the police cars they're parked right next to prominade they're parked they're looking for something on the promade I don't know what it is because the dogs are there and the police aren't doing
anything about it so with that said I'm all for dog parks I don't care if they make every single dog a dog park except Bradley Park when I go to an event I don't want to hear a dog bark I don't want to hear two dogs barking at each
other and again I think it's the entitlement of I'm going to let my dog off the leash I'm going to give them a Long Leash and it's not something that I want to watch or listen to when I'm at one of these events especially a
concert let me see if I got everything that oh and uh I do want to mention that I live actually across the street from what I call the Bradley dog highway so this is the area of grass between the Bradley Boulevard curb on the south side
and silven Lake hundreds of people during the summer walk their dogs there people drive from out of town to walk their dogs in that in that spot and I think I think it's fine it's not really a park they want to use it to walk their dog
it's fine it's not someplace I walk um but I think that that's a that's a good spot and I'm sure there's a lot of other good spots but I would say keep the dogs and the people a little bit further apart thank you always for
list yes that's great thank you [Applause] um I I name sh went 12 Fourth Avenue I was not prepared to talk about dogs but being
maternal uh I feel that I have to share that I really have a serious problem with Dogs Unleashed on the beach our son was jogging and he was bitten by a dog his skin was broken M and he had and of
course he didn't have his cell phone on with him and the owner of the dog said to him oh it's the first time it ever happened and since then he doesn't jog on the beach anymore that's his own per
kill me for saying all this but anyway but and then he had to go and get all the shots another thing that is concerning me about dogs on the beach and I don't want to deprive that of anybody but
based on what the vet Marian talked about with the Fe with all the our kids AR in that sand all summer how do we know we're not going to be infecting them with some of this I mean that is a
serious concern and I don't know what how you're going to deal with it but I don't like the idea of the kids playing in the sand and potentially getting seriously ill okay I
mean and I think this is why actually Dr uh he told me that it was um that's why we do May 15th So within the two weeks with the sun and the exposure most of the eggs but do they right think that's I'm guessing that's why they did it yeah
that's why we have that last but I don't and the the round worm eggs are more persistent in the environment and I can't tell you how persistent they would bit but certainly the hookworm eggs three weeks in the sun uh should dry you know should do you R it I'm sorry but
you rake the sand and collect all of that stuff I mean how does some of it goes in but some of it doesn't and how about in the water I mean you know all of that stuff being washed in the water what is the PO these are things we have to take into consideration I mean and I don't want to
deprive anybody of you know but I think it's something matter a public health matter this is really great feedback because we're hearing what people are you know they're saying well s life might not be that bad a prominade is not great and Second Avenue is okay Riley
Clark maybe not so this is just we're gathering information and this how do we also know that these dogs are properly vaccinated right I mean then maybe the dog park we can better regulate that allowing people in is there a way that you can have a dog park where it's
members only we could consider that too and then put a fee associated with it so great idea and so that there's maintenance and yes I mean just to protect everyone really great feedback thank you
I okay uh Kristen hi Christ Mahoney 200 line ask um I understand people's concerns about children and dogs and um the unpredictability um dogs don't have to be in a park for something to happen I was walking down the street with my dog
when two dog dogs jumped their owner's FR fence and attacked my dog and pinned her down and almost killed her um that said um that said we live in one of the densest
communities in New Jersey and the fact of the matter is there just even if you have a dog and there are a lot of dogs a lot of people don't I hear people say all the time let your dog go to the bathroom at your own yard I don't have a yard I know plenty of people in this town who do not have a yard it would be
nice and I love that we have the beach for seven months but it would be nice if there was a place where dogs could go um to socialize to get exercise to do things like that um when when we're talking about the mutm mits I think we should absolutely get rid of them on the beach I think people come and they take
them and you know one day I'm there every day with my dog in the in the off season they'll be there one day they're gone the next if you're not responsible enough to bring and chances are your dog's not going to the bathroom for the two first two seconds when it goes on the beach but if we were to allow them in parks and it's a much more contained
area maybe we could have M mids but I think a great way to save money is to get rid of them right now um with regard to the diseases um you know GE Carri Gardia um the diseases carried by the seagulls that fly everywhere Salona
hipop plasmosis bird flu um all that stuff just gets ground under when the when the Zamboni comes by but it doesn't change the fact that all those parasites are still in the beach as you sit there um you know but as councilman noi said you know there could be specific places
that we could use to allow dogs um maybe the prominent on the offseason um and different parks that we have um so I'd like to um examine that I'm sorry for anyone who's been um attacked by a dog there are lousy people in this world there are people who get out of their
car and into their car at the end of a beach day and throw their garbage in front of my house one block from the beach um and that's just human nature unfortunately so entitlement is one thing but lack of regard for other human beings and the environment is another and I don't know how we go about fixing
that but it's something we're going to have to deal with um and those are my comments thank you thank you okay if you could just hold your applause um we don't really encourage people to clap or Boo and it's okay it's okay I just I know people have been kind
of clapping we just don't want anybody to be afraid to speak and sometimes it just intimidates people so just you could hold your applause or your booze you can save it for me later if you want to boo anybody I'm sorry I'd like applause oh I know we all like
pause but you know if someone doesn't get it their feelings are hurt and I don't want anybody to feel intimidated Nancy Ocean Park Condos so to summarize the biggest problem is the dog owner not the
dog health is a problem entitlement is a huge problem I'm a taxpayer my taxes go not only here I also pay state taxes they go and they go to the county and the county parks the county
dog parks which are quite lovely so dogs can go there I've been myself May I'm a dog um um
and step back even though I don't choose to have a dog park here for so many other reasons but now let's step back and we have one I don't know where it is I don't know where it is 7 months on the beach is not enough so I guess this is a 12 month dog
whatever the current rules are not enforced about dogs on the beach what makes you think they're going to be enforced with a with a dog park that's just another failure of something here in town and I
don't think we need to to deal with that along with the lwuit and this and that we already don't have rules and laws enforced um I hate the dogs off a leash because I'm usually on the beach sitting
there through part of November and the dog owners are nasty and whether it's in July at 7 o'clock in the morning law enforcement ignores all of this so when you think about trying to
please everyone make a compromise and G let's have a dog part let's also look out here is the room filled with all dog owners how many of them cared to even come tonight so you can f me now okay thank you so we are going to have a task force
um there is a link on the Bradley beach.gov site you could go ahead and sign up for that it's under Beach Bradley Beach development and I do encourage volunteers and this is a Liv ation this is great feedback from everybody and I appreciate everyone
that's been here and got up and spoke and shared your ideas Bravo to everybody so we're going to go ahead and table the park mobile discussion um uh mayor gubitosi would like to discuss that so
we're going to save that for him when he returns and then next is the host compliance granus grus okay so I know we have a slide for this
that um explains this I think um the host compliance yes we can briefly cover cover this Michelle they have the slide for the granus host app compliance Matt do
you want to cover this one uh sure so uh post compliance um is simply a way it's a tool for the burrow to be able to track um short-term RS so you know them
as airbnbs OS things like that um because these are are put online primarily for rentals um we don't really have a tool inside to travel to monitor this would provide us with that tool so
would do two things at once it would increase our enforcement of existing ordinances that are on the books regarding short-term rentals and would also generate uh a little bit of revenue for the burrow at the same time and it would also be collecting the
um 3% so would be doing exactly the you pass last time for the tax obv obiously um no one pays their taxes unless there's some sort of enforcement um and so this double checks obviously the two you these are
commercial interests they're all people that are advertising online um it's trans accommodations is the definition as the ordinance here last time we discussed that ordinance it applies the exact same kind of uh rentals this is not renting to your cousin you know your
garage apartment this is people who are actively advertising and operating Commercial Business essentially your neighborhoods and so they're allowed to do that because they own the property and this is America but you also have to pay taxes um and so this is a hopefully be a big piece of enforcing that occupy
tax so do does it actually collect the tax or does it just ensure that does it just tell us like yes no this person paid the tax um my well so the tax is paid through through the state they don't actually pay the tax through this
software um but they um it check to make sure the any Municipal fees and the taxes are being assessed because they're required to be assessed to the consumer according to the occupancy tax um and so they're supposed to be added on to the bill that tax so that it's transparent
that the person who's renting the the transi and accommodation and so um they do check my understanding that they do check that sort of thing it's basically it's basically an algorithm that Aggregates these VAR websites so that's
primarily paying for their software that automatically does this through the internet right we would never be able to do that ourselves to monitor enforce compliance I mean we talked about this few years back wasn't implemented so
anyone been here for a few years I see a few of you um has heard this before um and so we have um we start over in Code Enforcement we're going to try try this again to integrate it previously uh we did have someone who was actually researching websit themselves you're
paying someone their salary or wage and get to a parttime person to do this work and this is $113,000 Which is less than the benefits package for Public Employee so um economy efficiency thing it seems like Department buying administrative St
so see how it goes um oh Linda hi I'm G to open it up to the public is that okay I just did I'm sorry no that's okay I saw your hang up very I don't want this to be the locker um discussion but would that
entail also the people that rent out their units that have lockers because those people on the ordinance kind of looks like they're not supposed to do that if they rent out it's not family or friends you know what I'm saying specifically as sitting here right now I have to tell you that the mayor did um
as he did three years ago and this is presented everyone did a lot of leg work on this um so want to speak for him and I'm but my understand is there is a number of add-ons on this sub we're getting the basic package and there's a number of add-ons onto it obviously it's
like any other software package you can add um and I know that it does have customizable aspects so like that's a particular thing near at Bradley Beach and I think we could add that but I don't want to us I don't know I wasn't in May I'm just curious because a lot of
times people buy programs and don't buy enough of the program or the whole package or part of the package and then when they realize that it's too late and they have to pay double the amount to get the rest of the package but all right Linda three uh Linda doy 312 I forgot to do that um so I think it would behoove the whole
Council to to get together and look at the whole thing and maybe if it cost $2,000 more get another part of the package if you can attach the locker to it and also does it generate lists so you can send out cards you were a delinquent you didn't get this we're
going to you know I believe St perfect thank you thank you anybody else okay comments or questions I was just going to reiterate what um the attorney said it was actually 2000 again for those of you playing along at home it
was that long ago mayor was councilman guos at the time and councilman seith and they had this idea it was 2020 uh by the time you know was up and running and like our Administration changed and I think the new Administration did not favor this so we never reap the benefits
as my understanding so I'm eager to speak to Mayor goosi and find out what is different this time because he basically handle this both times and seems like a great idea seems like a really great upside if we can make it happen so we go it great thank you very much okay we're going to go ahead onto
pres presentations and B there is none and next we will be approval of minutes like to make a motion to approve okay yes I was going to wait for Erica but yes okay I make a motion to approve the minutes of February 4th
2025 uh Mr Noble yes M greenl yes Mr noi yes Mr Weber yes mayor gzi excuse now we're going to open up to P public comments and questions pertaining to the February 18th 2025 agenda items only any
questions I yes I sh is one 12th Avenue um I guess it's a continu continuation of my concern about the ocean front and tonight it will be a lockers
what agenda that you talking about the ordinance introduction is that what it is yeah am I at the wrong time agenda okay it's about subing the lockers yeah no it's not about that it's
about residents and lockers the resident the taxpayers who name maintains the lockers is the lockers maintained in Bradley Beach yes when you pay your fee
that goes towards but it's also stored on Bradley BR property correct and Public Works maintains those lockers correct yes okay taxpayers are paying
for their salary taxpayers are paying for the land correct I find it very difficult to understand why why the phoh somehow cannot make accommodations to
the taxpayers I'm not saying deny anybody Public Access because I know that's an issue but why can't taxpayers have some type of priority on
firstc uh some of the locker lines I call it Locker alley have gotten so long that it's actually closer to walk from your H carry your chairs from your house to the
beach so I think it's time for somehow instead of saying we can't do it find a way to say how can we accommodate our taxpayers not denying anybody the right
to have it but I feel as though there should be some type of consideration for taxpayers I think they're coming up with an answer for you right now I hope I mean that's a difficult in terms of discrimination between residents and
non residents if there you know as to access of course you cannot with facilities there are exceptions to that rule for residents versus non-residents particularly whether it's a beach club or a building but not with respect with respect to essential facilities like you can't
discrimin it as the bathrooms right or something that everyone needs to use the beach that's the public the trust Doctrine you know you guys put them out by the entrances inside the access area and it's not a particularly it's not like its own facility that my understanding that they're spread out of
each block that's a really tricky gray area to get into with the public trust Doctrine in terms of telling residents that they get preference or dope because of where they're located how spread they are out they are on the beach not necessarily facility you know in general
your por is well taken and the taxpayers do take care of them although I think it might come from the beach fun um it's not something I would recommend it's not something I want to say it's impossible because you can Google it right now and you can see some of the exceptions but when you read them um they very much uh
you are more of a beach club than they are lockers that are in the accessible area it's a very tough area I wouldn't recommend that you do something like that the way you guys handle the be do other municipal ities accommodate residents first before they have um
non-residents have the lockers M I tell you the easiest way to do that without violating public trust Doctrine um I remember being debated here in my understanding is to have inperson registration for the lockers up front right that means that anyone come to the
window right and register for the beach lockers they come from anywhere in New Jersey but it's easier for the residents to get here so you're treating you're treating everyone the same um you know I think the bur does to that in person I think there's talk a talk about online
but then we kept it in person and that was a direct nod to the notion that it's easier for residents to come down here on the first day first hour than it is necessary someone that I have been a resident there on that day and I I had a little competition with some people who
was going to be there first and I got there before he did that day that time and there were other people there before me and they were non-residents cuz they knew the system well that's you know that's part of the
public trust Doctrine it's a it's a plus and a minus you know especially you go other places in New Jersey that are that are different than here with a massive public beach it's much more divided but yeah I mean that you know I don't recommend you get into the beach lockers if the way they're spread out um you
know but we are aware of it here you know that process could maybe think about it some more but that you know in terms of just structuring the process to be in person in here that's the easiest way we can make it easier for residents to be here first although we can't guarantee it someone bring Greg if you
remember the last Administration argued against that whole system because they didn't want people waiting out the cold and it was terrible for seniors and stuff so we went to the online community pass so and that cost our US money as well doesn't everything costy I know but
if we had it in person on outla out side the way it used to be there wouldn't be a sear charge you can still pay in person yeah but you still don't get yes excuse me but you don't get you don't get first
come first serve type of privilege with the locker I mean that's it more than anything and it was actually a little happening out there it was fun said we were ready to get a coffee truck to come up anyway thank you thank you anybody
else hi Brian Downey 619 4th Avenue uh am I allowed to ask questions um is it on the agenda item it's for sorry it's for the uh event that is darc is proposing yes that on the agenda and you definitely may ask questions you may ask
questions or make comments great what is for you what is the status of the tent currently the status of what the tent and parking lot have our ba Matt already give us the update on that so uh Darcy's along with some other businesses in town
were issued violation noes um back in December I'm sorry in January they were given 30 days to cure which is a reasonable amount of time uh the 30 days expired yesterday the 17th
um so Dar the T we talk about any other structures should be coming back okay um so with that to approve a special event in the very place and for the exact reason of violation has been issued and that violation was not addressed is
sending a disjointed message by the buau of Bradley Beach conflicting information affects people's trust otherwise I wouldn't really have a problem with it but due to the fact that they did not comply I'd say it's inappropriate thank you thank you anybody else I see oh
Linda ducky uh Linda ducky 312 brle I'm back to lockers okay um I did complain a few years ago that I used to have a Locker on Parkplace I did move to Brinley I put myself on the list for Brinley I did pay
the initial CM Park Place and I had to pay it again so now your ordinance has not been corrected to say what you wanted to say it still says the initial fee is like initial is first M I paid it twice that's wrong this needs to be Rec
corrected so people know exactly what they're doing and what the town is doing because I do know of people in this town that had lockers moved from one beach to another and did they pay a fee this is a good question oh this is a very good question do you know when you move your
locker do you have to pay the initiation Fe again that's what she's saying it doesn't make a difference you it needs to say if you can move a locker I didn't move my locker because I was told I couldn't right I had to get on the list so I did that so it's not an initial fee
John uh councilman weer told me it was supposed to be understood that way but it's not written that way this ordinance needs to be adjusted before it's adopted we need to have a workshop on it also there are many towns that allow residents
first I have this here and it says at the end you know outside people can come after if there's anything left over but also different towns charge different fees for Resident and non-resident also Belmore has a discounted fee for
seniors how convenient is that anyway the ordinance needs to be workshop and not introduced tonight or voted on what town have well I have this list here well one is at beach club but they have like giant Cabanas like I would
definitely pay my $3,000 for theab Cas that allow that allow but I believe this one is one is Adra Park this one is Delmore seniors are specifically authorized by the statue so you're allowed to get senior discounts military
discounts um I don't want to go through the exhausted list but there are specifically enumerated discounts that we can give seniors is one of them the resident non-resident rate a lot of I I suspect when you look down that list a lot of them are really a beach club no they're not ASB Park is not a beach club
I don't know what I neither is Belmore a beach club I I don't know whether but an Adon is not a beach club I think it needs to be readdressed and workshopped so we get it all correct you can't move you can move not a beach club in the sense that it's a a membership a
beach club in the sense that it's private it's yeah it's the residents private yeah I understand to it pays for it with different money there's a way to set it up that you can do it that way you know it would be we're not looking to make a beach club
we're just looking for residents to have Priority First the issue the beach club and why I keep saying Club is because it's very contained and segregated from the remainder of the beach facilities so I'm the village attorney for lock Arbor
and they give preference to their residents but it's all contained in one building and the bathrooms are accessible to the public on the other side and so that is treated differently that's not possible here because you have the locker spread down the whole Beach Rock no it's not really spread
down I mean if we put them on both sides it would be more contained but I'm just not arguing no I'm just say you look at the case law that allows those instances it's just very specific as to where the residents are allowed to go and where the public is which is functionally everywhere else um that was that was so
maybe it's not impossible I don't want to say hey it's not possible because you I'm saying this whole ordinance needs to be readjusted clarified more specifically about how it's paid and I don't think it should be voted on tonight thank you very much and Linda I'll get in touch
with you tomorrow cuz you're saying that you paid an initial fee I did I'm not complaining about that now you want to move from one place to no I did already I'm all done I complain about this three or four years ago I moved from one street to another I had a beach Walker I gave it up I put myself on the list they
made me pay the initial fee again which I think is wrong but if you want to collect it adjust the writing the writing is wrong it says the initial fee initial is first time fee doesn't mean initial fee for one street into another
Street you needs to say for each or just initial it was always my understanding that that fee was for the construction of the locker no it's not no what I'm saying is if that's applied to the construction of the locker if you paid that now you vacate that Locker you go
someplace else then understanding it's it's it's an interpretation it needs to be clarified specifically so I you don't have people like me complaining but what I'm saying is you already paid to the construction of a locker and you
shouldn't have paid tce should tce let's just clarify this so nobody has to complain like me thank you okay um yes I'll try to be yeah that's okay hio 604 Bradley Balor uh
coincidentally two weeks ago I talked to Matt about the lockers not knowing it would come up he took my number he was kind enough to get back to me a couple days later um this is the example I I gave to Matt and I don't know if it applies or not when I lived in
Middletown I took the train we had a very large train station parking lot in Middletown over a thousand cars and the way that it worked is residents of Middletown paid less than non-residents to use that parking lot it's my view
that residents of Bradley Beach should be able to get the lockers before non-residents and if possible when if there's if all the lockers are uh taken for the are not taken for the residents then they could go to the non-residents
who could be charged double the amount of money my listening is other towns have it we don't I don't think we want to investigate so so my request is very simple we should investigate if this can
possibly be done if it can possibly be done we should absolutely do it there's no way non-residents should have access to lockers I've already been on the list three years and I'm still number 15 thank you thank you oh TJ go ahead
sorry uh Comm Coan 62 3rd Avenue um I had a question on uh 2025 82 um the way this is worded uh authorizing the professional Engineering Services for CME for Fifth Avenue
sanitary sewer replacement so my question is are we now not realigning and now replacing yes yeah I'll I'll address yes it's correct but I think I'll address that at the time we speak to that resolution I I'll go over okay no I appreciate the
clarification because it's much better it's a little more complicated than just that but yes yes and then on the next one 2025 d83 uh what are those NJ doot improvements on fit do we know yes I can go over that as well I'll
discuss great and then on the uh on the on the locker issue you know again I think Mr Canon touched on it it was when it was set up it was set up improperly and it should have never allowed for out of town residents to get lockers but
again that's another administrative failure from a couple years ago it's going to be hard to fix it now to go back and say Hey you paid for your locker you can't have your locker um in Spring Lake the lockers the lockers are only for Spring Lake residents um they
don't use the beach money they use separate funds to Mr Canon's point so once you intermingle those funds or whatever it changes you know the whole situation so think it is unfortunate for probably most residents that Out of Towners were ever allowed to get lockers
but um again we're fixing a lot of stuff thank you we'll put it on the list thank you Excuse me yes should we should I cover that now we'll do it when we get to it I concerns and Trust yes R go you're next okay I see you I'm
sorry Rick bartal 116 nework just aside to this are there any plans to build any more lockers um at this point I think we have almost 600 lockers umio are Public Works director is here how you doing we have
198 uh which times three comes up with the amount that you said it's up to you guys if you want to go one of the challenges too is where to store correct well I know and I think it's ocean Gro they have some of the lockers up against
the prominade I know from what I heard people didn't want that here because they afraid kids would jump on it go over the barricades and jump on it and stuff like that but I don't know how much that it's an issue then certainly could be you know some other ones could
be placed there if the decisions can be made that's yeah it's the storage in the winter time there's not a lot of places to store these lockers they have to clear them off the beach for Hurricane purp is cracking down and Stor stuff on the beach aren't they they don't want stuff on the beach Hurrican season
lot of times had trouble thank you take that consideration come on hello everyone Lan Bartlett my husband and my son and I own Mar's uniform I just State your address main
oh 312 Main Street or do need my home address I okay good do you need my home address that's perfect all right I'm here regarding Darcy's Tavern and they're
requesting special permits for Sunday the day of the Belmar parade it's not even the Bradley Beach parade but I did talk to Matt this morning and I am a little
confused because right now they were given a letter by the town that says as of Monday the 17th means everything that is stored in their parking lot has to be down so it is what's today the 18th 19th
and everything's still up so if you're going to grant them permission is everything still going to stay up for the next two weeks when what I want to know is when is it coming down that's can I get an answer when there or and
also are they being fined it says here in the letter that they're going to get fined correct so um as we discussed sorry to put you on the no no no okay as a a code enforcement officer correct and it's their responsibility to
enforce code violations um and they issued them the letter and it's up to the code enforcement officer to follow up on that if uh Darcy or any other business does not cure uh the violation that they uh
that they've been CED for so the code enforement off knows this obviously you drive by he's not here today it's still up uh he's not here tonight but he is here today uh it's one of the changes we made we now have someone working fulltime okay on Code Enforcement is one of the things I
was going to mention U during my report um but we are going to enforce the uh fines zon ordinances the fines everything will will be enforced um much like a police officer code enforcement officer has discretion uh you know I I cannot compel
them to to do anything but we do trust them and they're hired to do their job and I can assure you that the gentleman who hired Tim Murray will will do his job okay and for the record and just just the property owner has been uh in
contact with us and Cooperative so it's not uh like they haven't been in contact but it's Cooperative but the stuff is still up well so I have to say this the special events permit that's been uh submitted by the property owner is an acknowledgement of the position that the
tents that are there now are not authorized right well the buildings everything are not authorized no and that's what the zoning violation was for you have to understand zoning pertains to permanent structures and those have become permanent structures correct concrete stuff yeah and so that violation notice has been issued and and
the proper not is titled for 30 days to remediate that zoning violation which has expired today um the G has been in contact and our our def's position is that just like any other business if you wanted do something that's um temporary
um and an event for a particular occasion that's why we have the special event permit so the notion that the property owner has submitted to special event perit is an acknowledgement that the bur's position as to this zoning is correct because they're seeking permission to do that now right um so I just want to put that out there because
I don't want it to just to be seen like the hasn't been Cooperative or acknowledge the B's position or isn't cooperating what we asked him to do which was if you want to do something have to submit a permit just like every other business and that's what he did year tonight so I want to put that
context on this and we'll see if the tents disappear they don't and the court process will take place if necessary um but I wanted to put that out there because uh know the second speaker that came up and um it felt like the property owners being defiant and that is not
that is not the case that's what it seems and on the record I love business in Bradley Beach I've been here for over 40 years okay and and when they went for their variants to add upstairs I was all for it if he they only would have taken
that thing down from November to may you I wouldn't be up here but to have that parking lot sit empty all winter when all our businesses on Main Street there's other business people here we don't have parking parking is a premium
in this town and I cannot believe that no one gave fines that that thing sat there all winter for 5 years enough is enough it's zoned as a parking lot and that's what it is a parking lot that's
what it should be thank you great would you mind giv that clation that I think you were about to give just by way of what what the state had said so because of Co the state had
allowed bars to extend their premises outside frankly to this to this day that's actually authorized by the ABC it's not authorized by the zoning of the town as you pointed out you were there for the hearing um that led to the approvals as to what the building is now
uh what you have to understand from the government's perspective of sitting up here is that this is a property rights issue I I take it you're a neighbor of the tavern right and so that is what the zoning is designed designed to do um and the special events permit is also
designed to do to let you know problem with all the years right and then you know what going on so that there's some public notice and then you have your set so um you know I will mention this property could have reaction to notice of violation it's perfectly fine to uh submit a land use application to then
legalize whatever that setup is and that's when you get yourish like you were there last time so that's what we're trying to set up we're not trying to take some you know neighbor side and the zoning issue we're trying to make sure that the process is done properly so you have your say the property owner has their due process and and that sort
of thing um but the has taken action to enforce the approval that you apparently sat and saw them give last time that's what they're in violation right now of the last code they were allowed to build the second floor that was their outdoor
dining yes so and and with the co don't get me wrong I'll give you a couple years I went to the mayor two years ago and the mayor said to me oh the governor the governor no it's your it's the council's decision it's not the governor's DEC there's been a new mayor here for a couple month actually six
weeks and there already people and I hope they're listening to me because it's not fair they were showing special preference to one business in Bradley Beach just one and
all of us were suffering we we had people had to change their hours lost business wages it it's not fair it really isn't to the rest of all I can talk about is today and you seen you've seen the process issued and us take action based on the zoning approval
is everything you just said right is happening thank you so that's all that's all we can do for you and I'm sorry it's not down today but that is what the maximum is and that is the position of the burrow that that as long as the burrow is on top of it and whatever if they have to be fined whatever because I
know if it was me they'd be coming after me well like I don't tell we don't tell the code of course what to do but a notice of violation has been issu youe for what to do excuse me if you have policies procedures and sor
all out all right I understand your I apologize try to help state your name and your address and you're more than welcome to speak Steven Barlett 312 Main Street if you guys have policy procedures and codes are we dealing with like a
qualified immunity thing for code enforcement where he can he has discretion if it's written down in black and white it's is it the town's position and also your position that what is written down is doesn't really mean anything until the discretion of the guy enforcing
it I'm I'm confused think you're totally misunderstood no no no no no okay then please explain it to me if if the code enforcement has discretion when it comes to enforcing code and the code says if 310 Main Street can't H can have their
upstairs dining with a parking lot that is required for 18 spaces granted well spare you the details of how it should be 36 due to the occupancy how what is the discretionary reason from the code enforcement and or
the town or somebody with some perceived position of authority where do they get off what what is the reason for discretion when it comes to this if the code is written and there's a violation that's clearly there what is the discretion for
enforcement the discretion isn't about um enforcement s think about a police officer right police officers when they pull you over they have discretion if you were feeding and they they need you they don't have to give you a su they have disc correct in the case of of
Darcy because that's obviously what we're talking about um a notice of violation was issued back in the middle of January sometime they were given 30 days to cure it uh 30 days expired yesterday uh the question is you know do they start fing them on the first day
afterwards that's really the discretion of the codet so as as the attorney said uh the uh the ownership of darcis has not ignored things they haven't blown us off have they done it as as quickly as that said uh no it hasn't obviously because
you can go there and see it if if they do bring it down what we are looking for with code is compliant we're not listening to necessarily fine people and harm them financially we're looking for them to become compliant with the existing zone so if we can do that and
he has to get a couple extra days that's at the discretion of the code Force I'm not telling the code enforcement officer hey give him an extra week give him an extra two weeks right but I'm also not telling them hey start hammering them with summonses on day I understand that's his Did we tell him to issue the
notice of violation we said to him this is a report here's the situation here's the approval you go take a look at it and he looked at that and he said that's a violation I understand that now with with the special with the permit for the parade how can you how can that be
considered with in a part parking lot that is in current violation of existing code that's that's what I don't understand they want a special permit to fill the parking lot again but with the par with the parking lot not being a parking lot that's a violation of the
current code so it's like it's very it's confusing because they're already breaking the rules when it comes to the variance that was passed through all the proper procedures and yet it just kind of okay it's it's okay it's just it's just very confusing so so zoning applies
to permanent structure so Z those things what's out there right now is it's Concrete in the ground it's a permanent structure right and it shouldn't be there that's the zoning violation right if you wanted to set up temporary accommodations for a special event whether you're a Tavern or the breakfast
place across but if they have a permanent structure in the parking lot what is what who and what is stopping them from going hey that's a permanent structure that shouldn't be there it shouldn't be there at all shouldn't have been there for a very long time but it's still there so it's like I get
the discretion whatever but it's it's just still there and it's like is somebody going to make a move like what's the next step we already made our move we made the notice and now it's on the property owner to make the balls the property owners for 30 days and now it's back in our court 30 days from the
initial for the notice of violation right which was yesterday so now it's pass the 30 days the owners Property Owners can be cooperative to whatever is going to call the code enforcement officer tomorrow or the new code enforcement officer and tell them this is here's a sped notice
of violation the public this is of public interest fair enough and they're going to go out there and they're going to decide what to do specifically thank that make sense hope that to explain it we we have the same position that you do we're not telling you that you're wrong that what's out there is a zoning ReliOn we've already set the proper letter
telling you not but we also just can't run out there and rip it down just like you wouldn't want us you know ripping down your garage or something if it's not a violation my point is the property owner gets to processed so we can't vot over that either right correct thank you okay anybody
else all right we're going to go on to introduce a new ordinance 202 5-10 this is an ordinance amending chapter 123 beach front areas and adjacent Waters of the Burrow's revised General ordinances to prohibit the subletting or assignment
of beach Locker this is a little housekeeping um in the current lease that you sign for your locker it tells you not to subl it it wasn't reflected in the ordinance so we're adding this to the ordinance um I
would like to make a motion that we introduce ordinance 202-10 can we have some discussion absolutely I believe this is what the public comment was that perhaps we shouldn't test this and that we should take this and rework this a little bit
and address it I'm surprised we should table this well so I was about to say my question is this is just dealing with we're adding the thing about not like subletting your locker okay point taken with tonight's comments I mean we can
add another time correct me if I'm wrong on this Greg but we can add another time take a look at the language of of you know not I'm not sure you have to do that it's it's purposely left flexible because is the fees are set by resolution so if you wanted to make
clear that the initial fee is only upon the first rental you could do that in the resolution setting the fees so like the ordinance isn't specific because you can see B says there's a resolution setting it all so it says initial fee annual rental fee but you could make that clear in the annual ordinance that
hey you know you already had one it's not initi but we can make that clear that's the way now it makes sense why the stuff was compl changing part of the ordinance that doesn't deal with the fees and what the attorney is saying is that in the
part of the ordinance that does deal with the fee it says we set them by annual resolution so when we pass that annual resolution that's when we can make it more clear that you shouldn't pay twice if you've already paid and address that and I think that makes a lot of sense so um in my mind I think
it's okay to go ahead with this because that makes sense to me that so so one another question on this it does state that in this resolution um or say rent and or immediate family we actually changed that yeah we that
out that's okay okay yeah I talked to Greg about that and he already has good I should have let you know but I'm sorry but yeah I did talk to Greg about that actually and I covered that with Greg the neighbor actually offer me for
shair and we all have do that we send our friends up there go set up the chairs and I'm like I don't want you know it's with me okay so that's good but I do think we should do more work on this ordinance in the future but I do want to get the Su into our ordinance and then we'll address the resolution
the other part of the issue with the resolution definitely okay great so do I have a second to approve the introduction of ordinance 202-10 second uh Mr Noble yes M GRE yes Mr the
wiki yes Mr Weber yes mayor gboi excused okay next we're going to have a couple adoptions of ordinances 20258 an ordinance establishing certain salaries of certain officers and employees of the buau of Bradley Beach in the county of Mammoth and the state of New Jersey and
repealing any and all other ordinances in consistent here with um I'd like to make a motion we open this for public comment yeah you should make a motion she's doing right please bear with us yes Mr Noble
yes Mr GRE yes Mr nki Mr Weber yes mayor exced are there any comments from the public Miss on this my ner my uh Duffy 32 friendly I was kind of like nervous so you didn't open public comments for the
lockers again because that was an intro intro oh thank God okay only because I I didn't understand this because people that have rental houses a lot of them have lockers right that's why we took out that one sentence
because they can it goes with the residents okay because I didn't see that initially okay okay thank you if you want to talk more about feel free to call me that yeah okay definitely okay thank you so um and anybody can call me everybody has my cell number just call
me with any questions okay so any other public comments on ordinance 2025 -8 okay I'm going to close the public comments and make a motion to approve or 20258 adopt adopt thank no problem
sorry second thank you Mr Noble yes M greenl yes mwiki yes Mr Weber yes mayor kosi excused next we have ordinance 2025 D9 the ordinance amending chapter 24 commissions and committees and chapter
270 Land Development and chapter 425 trees of the buau revised General ordinances to enhance the operations and regulations of the bur shade tree commission like to moot make a motion to open to the public for comments second
Mr Noble yes M greenl yes Mr yes Mr Weber yes mayori excuse any public comment I will make a motion we close the public comment and adopt ordinance 20259
second Mr Noble yes M um well I I will say yes um and I will also mentioned that there was further discussion about the shade tree coordinance um uh and the um potentially in the future um really
kind of having the sh Tre commission um sit down and rework how best to articulate the separation of the Shad Tre commission from the enforcement because the lines are a little bit blurred still I think that's very important um that the shade tree
commission be that that um serves to benefit the community with the treescape um but not the arm of enforcement and um uh and I think that's really not clear at this point well we did change it from uh
findes and assessments to fees and assessments which they are currently doing finds are the responsibility of the code office we change that okay okay so I'm voting in favor of this yes great um
with yes Mr we yes may the excuse okay next we have communications and I'll just go through each one um this is from mayosi in reference to the employee health care waiver employee healthc care waiver established of
$2,500 not available if spouse is also enrolled in state plan the goal is to provide incentive for employees to take coverage with their spouse's plan and reduce the cost cost of our health care plan potential savings could exceed
$330,000 next on the fair share Housing Development fees this is effective February 1st 2025 this ordinance is consistent with the municipalities across New Jersey that that participate in affordable housing this ordinance and Trust has
existed for multiple years but was never activated this is the determination to make effective immediately was the decision of the mayor to ensure maximum compliance in support of affordable housing as we move forward fees
collected will be used to advance the Burrow's affordable housing goals to purchase properties and renovate housing next the mayor shared with us a memo or a communication on alternate side of the street parking uh concerns were raised by
residents and these rules are intended to protect our res residents and make sure that our DPW can clear our streets the buau will be enforcing this and the threat of accumulation of snow no specific number of inches will trigger
enforcement next we talked about this earlier the Strategic uh task force community volunteers the um volunteers for commissions have been shared with the commission chairpersons there's been a lot of task force volunteers signing up this is
wonderful we have a lot of people volunteering and they are being assigned u m kosi was going to do the assignments this week but as you know he's out of town and he plans to reach out to each volunteer separately as soon as he is able and then next of the removal of
freeze on beach Locker waiting list it is a response to concerns raised by many residents who were frustrated because new signups were not being accepted now they can um add their names and they can check their their status on the community pass and of course sulting lockers is not allowed and could result
in the loss of the use of your locker which we covered earlier and then let's see 319 Lorraine Avenue I have an update uh we did identify an Auctioneer we received a proposal I I will be
reviewing the proposal with each council member in the next two weeks we hope to have the resolution for our next meeting and I will reiterate this will be done respectfully transparently and inclusively so now the residents will
have an opportunity to own a piece of Bry Beach history as well and that completes my communication next we go on to the consent agenda resolutions we are going to table resolution 2025-the
I'd like to make a motion that we table 202590 approving the United engine and truck company to apply for a coin Coss permit do I have a second second uh Mr Noble yes Mr Green yes Mr Nicki yes Mr
Weber yes mayor gzi excused this is going it was going to be for July 4th so they have time to come back and yes yes okay so meanwhile I would like to make a motion to approve the consent agenda resolutions through
202- 90 parade do I have a second can I question absolutely for sure um 20292 authorizes the county of M mosquito control division to conduct aerial mosquito control operations
within the buau of Bradley Beach um do we know if there's a need for the public to be advised well what have Matt and I discussed this today I'm sorry I get back to sooner but it's been a crazy day but what that we do this every year and if there is an event where there is a
massive amount of mosquitoes the county contacts the police to let them know that they're going to be coming and treating you will be notified in advance if there is going to be treatment I don't think there's been a treatment for for years
but there a reference to aial like a plane or yeah yeah a plane or a helicopter so they need the county needs this before they can do that but if there was like a outbreak of West Nile virus or something they were trying to deal with they couldn't wait for a
council meet so they need this now as long as we um right we do this every year yes and uh as far as I know they've never done they need this if they did spray get notified so would the would the residents be notified if there was an aerial
SP that was what my they okay me and the mayor have aoke running a joke with the resolution same question sh okay yeah she said she gets that one a lot okay so um we had a second did I say oh uh is
anybody going a second for the rest of thank you uh Mr Noble yes M greenl yes Mr noi yes Mr Weber yes mayor excused next we have individual resolutions so we have 2025949158 [Music]
real quick uh yes council president um I know that uh some folks have been asking about the corrective action plan for 2022 it's finally been done it's it's um you know we're trying to catch up on a lot of the financial issues that the
burrow has been facing over the last few years um that are that are well known to this Council and to many members of the public here um this is one step in that process there'll be more to come um but I will tell you that the way corrective action plans are written um they're
written very briefly and without a whole lot of detail um that's uh By Design by our CFO who I think a lot of you met and had chance to interact with the last meeting they'll be coming back to additional means as well as we get more
into the budget season um but it's our goal to clean up the finances as best as we can and be transparent with the public also as best as we can thank you thank you any questions comments all right
let's make a motion to approve 202- 94 second Mr Noble yes M greenl yes Mr yes Mr Weber yes mayor gzi excuse next we have uh 2025 -95 a resolution endorsing
re Revolution New Jersey and the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States in 20 26 shaa would listen on that one so we uh all of the municipalities are
encouraged to participate in the 250th U anniversary uh in 2026 and um the first step is is encouraging municipalities to um formulate a resolution and pass a resolution and then there will be um a
liaison that's assigned and the Bradley Beach will be in this celebration in whatever way you know we determine is best for us okay I'd like to make a motion that we approve 2025 d96
second mrble yes M green yes Mr yes Mr Weber yes may guzi excused next we have 202-9665 I I missed a syllable in there so um mayor Cy and Paula Gavin updated this memorandum to best benefit our
businesses and our residents I think they did a great job and I'd like to make a motion to approve resolution 22596 second Mr Noble yes M yes mcki enthusiastically yes Mr Weber yes mayry
gzi excused next we have 2025 d97 authorizing a refund of Z overpayment for 115 Evergreen Avenue I'd like to make a motion to approve this resolution actually it should be 510 and that's been corrected on the website
sorry I just didn't get a chance to 10 yeah no it's 5 10 I apologize my brain was a little uh the hour that I originally posted it 10 not 15 yes
510 okay good do I second second um Mr Noble yes Mr Miss greenl yes Mr yes Mr Weber yes mayor G he excused next we're going to make a
motion to table resolution 2025 approving a contract with Park Mobile LLC do I have a second to table this Mo this resolution second Mr Noble yes M green yes Mr nocki yes Mr
Weber yes mayor gzi excused next is 202599821 a motion to approve 2025 d99 Mr Noble yes M greenl yes Mr NWI yes Mr Weber yes mayor guzi excused 20251
100 approving a contract with Shore Business Solutions to provide copier printer hardware and support services through a state approved purchasing Cooperative I'd like to make a motion to approve question sure Mr administrator Is this different
this is different than what we had on the last meeting agenda correct correct so it's just we're this isn't an actual just like to go through a state approved purchasing Cooperative does that mean that they actually have a a
vendor and an amount and all that stuff yes yes this is a a resolution authorizing me as your business administrator to execute uh the proposal that came through a state count for copers uh printers and the maintenance
releasing is that appearing on the bill list or is that appear on the future Bill that'll appear on the bills list not today's bills list we haven't EXC me but future bills yes so do we know a dollar of this or it's not it should
have been in your in your packet yeah it should be should have IU okay because there was a very nice uh we had like pictures and everything like that I just don't remember seeing a dollar anybody doll well my question from last
time was do we know how many cop uh how many copers we adding a few because there was not one in the U Community Development we discussed you and I and also the police department is getting a new one because theirs was malfunctioning on a regular basis so um
we're increasing the number of copy overall printer copies um and scamers but and then replacing the one in the main office I apologize I thought you had to I sent it electronically with your electronic pack there's not but there's
not a dollar amount on that that thing that you're looking at right now yeah it's $1,458 for her month for 60 months but for for each ta no no the whole package no no all all of them together includes
the lease and the maintenance of the how many months do that 60 months and up to 25,000 Pages a month and then there's an overage okay it's a it's an office copy thank
you absolutely from last time so we in the middle of a second yes I um Mr n yes screen yes Mr NWI yes Mr Weber yes mayor gzi excused next is 2025
101 terminating qualified puring agent Kimberly hum for reasons of economy and efficiency discussion I'd like to make a motion to approve 2025 101 second Mr Noble yes M greenlet yes Mr
nki Mr Weber yes mayor guzi excused next is 202-10 approving a professional service contract with PM Consultants LLC and appointing PM Consultants LLC as qualified purchasing agent at a cost not
to exceed $10,000 I'd like to make the motion to approve 20252 second uh this resolution was um updated to include the individual's name who is going Ser as the
QP and that's not being the one sitting it's our current CFO no it's uh it's not Brenda sprigman will be the named qpa so this is approving a Professional Services contract of PM consultants and appointing Brenda sprigman of PM
Consultants as the qualified purchasing agent we need to name the person by name cannot have just a private company so I just wanted to mention bendman s SP r i g m for the record thank you right and I have a second second Mr no
yes Mr yes Mr NWI yes Mr Weber yes mayi excused next is 2025 103 authorizing the settlement of pending litigation before the superior court of New Jersey Mammoth County entitled Herrera Lopez at Al
versus burrow of Bradley Beach at Al number M L1 180723 do I have a motion to approve 2025 when iing oh I will make that motion did you need a motion or second
I'll make a motion to I I hear people talking we do something here okay motion to approve okay 20253 second and thank you uh the snowall yes the screen s n we
mayor gzi excuse okay next we have 202- 104 I am going to abstain from this one as I do have a conflict I'm going to pass this off to council m l sure um we've already have a lot of discussion about um do tab tonight they are
committing for special permit I just want to get some clarification first U because I wasn't driven by so it sounds like new discussion the tent to still up but the code enforcer's been there and there a brand new code enforcement who
enforcer who's going to visit this property tomorrow sounds like right correct and and and when we say tent it's the U the skeleton part of the tent but there are other uh items on the property as well there's a fence um so
it's not simply the tent itself there's a a whole collection of other items that would have to also come down so but are we are we assuming that's come down and uh oh because all right on on the second on March 2nd they're not looking to
erect a tent or anything like that it's just to use that space that's correct I that tent will not no tent okay become a parking lot that's correct but correct me if I'm wrong if they wanted to put up a temporary tent right
for their special event they could assum assuming they meet all the other fire and all the requirements yes yeah just like anyone else especially the notion is is that we had we told them just L terms we told them not all to have these permanent tents and fences and
structures out here outside the scope of your approval for zoning and and to business owner naturally it's obviously an expanded premises makes more money and um would wants to do this for special events have special events at their business like
like other businesses do in town and we pointed out that that is okay but not on a permanent basis temporary basis and if the traffic needs to be stopped you have to pay the deposit like everyone else who has paying $2,500 deposit to cover any police coverage or any any other
things that are needed just like any other business that that has this thing and they seem inventable to that at this moment I don't know why the 10 isn't down today um but we'll find out tomorrow looks like so my main question is you've heard from the business Community along Main Street and um I
guess the concern is that they delay and this remains up in the next two weeks till the second so they use this facility on the second so is there a way for us to um tie this resolution that contain their ability their compliance
with meeting the zoning and then I'd prefer to keep the two tracks separate keep two separate yeah I'd rather not tie them together I don't want to make it like the governing bodies influencing the code enforcement officer um to do one thing or another but you know look obviously it's an issue importance you
have multiple residents here complaining I don't suspect that if that t is up two weeks that the property the process is it's going to get a ticket and have to appear at Municipal Court right so then so then bu would come into play uh yeah typically the prosecutor says what are you doing take down take down the tent and pay a fine and now now that you had
to come in here you have to pay a fine too that's usually you know that's the next step of enforcement know beyond that you you have a municipal judge who is going to if it's there conviction issues a sentencing up to $2,000 fine for each violation and it goes from
there in the worst absolute worst case scenario um and and and I want I don't want to say that this is going to happen here because the property has not been defined and and has been reasonably Cooperative to D um you know you you go to court and you know I've had to do it here to remove
elevated decks and other zoning violations on businesses um but that's the that's the ultimate we want to avoid that right because that means that you are you know you're forced to see that means that we've gotten to the point in the process where you are the government is now on one of the neighbor sides
and is go and because that's the point it's been reached we try to avoid that at all costs obviously we don't want the perception we're getting tax approval no I don't want I don't want anyone to leave here with the notion that we thought that this was okay or someone was turning a Blind Eye of this they did have an extension permit you guys had
authorized the relaxation of zoning uh under the state of emergency but the state of emergency is gone now and uh the ABC permit is a separate regulation that has nothing to do with your zoning and so you know that's that's where we're at um you know it wasn't someone
you know it wasn't a favor being done here the person did have legitimate legal reasons why he could have that that prob have that tent up but those don't exist anymore and they also want to be cooperative with our businesses on a temporary basis meeting requirements Zing is always the toughest area right
if you don't pay your taxes it's very simple everyone else paid them and everyone's upset with you in zoning maybe you think this is okay maybe your neighbor doesn't it's a it's a different animal so everyone has to have their due process um and you know in the end you know after all that adjudication is done
you know the end result is that the local government is on one neighbor side of the other that's how it's been adjudicated and then you know we try to avoid that though for multiple reasons expense of litigation and other things but and one other thing Greg um the
fines for the the situation that's there now those could be like pum right yeah like okay potentially so just so everybody knows code enforcer doesn't find anybody The Code Enforcer is the person that would say to the judge you know this is the situation it was
corrected it wasn't a good analogy is a police officer signed your speeding ticket the code enforcement officer signs your zoning violation but you end up in the same place this guy's speeding sitting right next to you in court and the judge deals here all of it here um I I hope we don't get to that that point but that's that's the process for the
okay so on resolution 20125 104 which is a resolution approving Darcy's tavn to serve after food beverage and paring lot on Sunday March 2nd 2025 for the St Patrick's Day Parade the bmar St Patrick's Day Parade I would say uh I
will make a motion to approve this resolution do we have a second I'll second um Mr Noble I'm M green yes Mr yes Mr we yes mayor excused next is 2025
105 the bill is for February 18th 2025 I like to make a motion to approve 20251 Mr Noble yes M green yes Mr noi yes Mr Weber yes mayor gzi excused next is 20258285
I'm going to throw this all to councilman Ricky thank you so as brought up by TJ questioning this during the open comment period um so the situation was this back in December a contractor was awarded the Fernandez construction
to line the sewer from Ocean I'm sorry from Main Street to um V rake Road um basically the 600 block 500 block of Fifth Avenue um and then also included in that was resurfacing of that um
Street of Fifth Avenue from Fletch Lake down to Madison because the street from on the 600 block had already been resurfaced uh by American water and they did a water replacement when we when I saw this back
in January um it was a flag because all the documents that we reviewed I reviewed said that we were going to replace all the sewers so when I went back and looked at the previous resolution somehow that got through that there was a consideration to do a lining
versus replacement but the commitment to the burrow all streets were going to have replaced sewers so um basically what we decided was in order to do it the right way that we needed to um stop that contract with fernandis
construction delayed I should say and remove the lining from that contract and delay the notice that proceed for the resurfacing of Fifth Avenue we've also asked um which this particular resol fors or CME to provide us the cost of
the engineering work to actually replace the sewer Maine from Main Street down to Madison and then Fernandez construction then we will advertise that in the near future scheduling the construction hopefully after school's out so we won't
disrupt the school um schedule on Fifth Avenue in Bry and be able to then once that's completed through the summer months able to resurface that road um and that will be our um completion of that that particular piece of Fifth Avenue the next resolution after that
I'll just go on to that just to say it um that was a new grant that we received from DMT for the resurfacing of the rest of Fifth Avenue from Madison to Ocean Avenue and then we would also not line
that se but we will also do the design work to the sewer all the way to Ocean atomy and there's also additional money to advance I should say the contract on Parkplace Avenue last summer we did a
section of Parkplace Avenue replacement and so there will be money in this particular contract to do the design of that next piece of Parkplace Avenue down to Madison um and again depending on the survey and everything else um what the limits of that construction will be we
will provide that information once we do CED the engineering so um basically we're correcting something that was almost Advanced or lineing which is not what was promised with the residents and we are going to do a full replacement of that se um and we will continue that
program as we go forward a full Su replacement for the rest of the system on the on remain speeds as we go forward in the future and the contractor fernandz they were okay with the that change corre we're hopeful that you know he'll
participate in bidding that next section of of of that of that work that replacement as well so um but yes they were cooperative and our ability to do that our CME has also identified that there is a um less money to be spent on that existing contract for that
resurfacing um so they're we're working that out as well with um back through Matt's office to make sure that we're balancing the books on the work that's to be done the scope and making sure that it's and that's all reflected in these two proposals and and just to be clear also the sewer um infrastructure
uh maintenance plan is is targeted to head north along the the streets of Bradley Beach so Park Place those few blocks were more an emergency situation with a problem and I think that's the reason that they're we're also
considering that additional block on Park Place yes because we've already began Park Place so we want to complete Parkplace on its entirety and then move on to the next and then we'll double back correct and again these are the burrow roads we also have you know Ocean Avenue Main Street
which is Main Street doot ocean a is the county um you know and also um Brinley is also County Road so so those we have to coordinate with those other entities and so that this is sort of we're marching down through you know through the town to take care of these streets
and so likely the uh the portion from um is it Madison to Ocean Avenue will take in the so the design will be will begin here and then depending on um the availability of um coordination we
probably would want not want to do that construction until the fall the earliest um it could turn into spring but we we don't have that construction schedule yet right we just don't want to enginge on the the summer on the area that's closer to the ocean correct so that's going to be coordin and this actually
ends up working out well at the school because you going have school out and minimize disruption as we condu to Avenue wonderful okay good like to make a motion to approve 2025
d82 second Mr Noble yes m g yes Mr nii yes Mr Weber yes mayor gzi excused 2025 d83 authorizing Award of professional Engineering Services with CME Associates for NJ
improvements on fth Avenue Phase 2 and Park Place avenue previously tabled February 4th 2025 I'd like to make a motion to approve second Mr Noble yes Mr yes Mr nocki yes
Mr Weber yes mayor buosi excused next is announcements we have none and next we have the administrator report oh than you're up uh a few things to report back on um tonight we're going to go into an executive session I'm going to brief the
members of the Council on the negotiations so far with local 152 uh it's our hope uh that the members of local 152 will um vote on the the uh the deal sometime next two weeks and uh that will give us enough time to come
back to the council uh to uh vote in public uh on May March 4th uh a new agreement with go 15 152 um but I'll be I'll be briefing them today on the on the details of it in executive session um I wanted to uh give a shout out to my
hometown of fmar for being gracious uh and coming to The Bradley Beach with their uh police officers to to assist me and the chief here and also accommodating me in the uh director of Public Works as well uh we're trying to
fine-tune as much as possible the operations of uh of both department and Department of Public Works and our friends in bmar have been very helpful I also want to give a big thank you to the Neptune Department of Public Works who've been very helpful to uh director
Kone and the DW here uh it really goes to show how important these relationships are so when you have a a good chief of police and a good BPW director they're able to leverage uh resources and other communities to the benefit of the folks in Brad Beach uh in
in return uh like for instance um on March 2nd when there is the Belmar Lake comoo St Patrick state parade you'll see members of the Bradley Beach Department of Public Works and members of the uh Bradley Beach Police Department also in Belmar assisting them as well so uh it's
it's great for the residents to know that your directors of the Departments have good relationships with other directors and other towns as well um want to mention I I mentioned the last time I was here we wanted to have a report about JazzFest uh unfortunately
anel Hall is not going to be able to be here today but she will be here hope at the next meeting but by all accounts it seemed to be a resounding success even got on the the front page above the fold in that uh illustrious weekly newspaper the co-star um so so I want to
congratulate any on doing a great job um also uh two more things we've been working with jcpnl on some of the polls on Main Street uh if you notice particularly in the northern end there are some polls that look like like you know with the wind the last couple days that they were going to come over uh so
it's taken a little bit of time and we're working with Department of Transportation as well to uh to get those uh poles uh replaced not fixed uh but completely removed and replaced at that time because the amount of electricity those poles uh carry there
may be some interruptions in service uh in in the very localized area around those poles and we'll notice primarily the business owners on Main Street um ahead of time and lastly and one of the things that we want to try to um get more notice of is uh positions of
employment here at the bar so we have a part-time uh violations clerk position open in the court uh it pays $20 an hour uh and it's three days a week so it's open to everyone but we always want to
make sure that the residents know about these positions as well um that's all for me council president any questions from the council for me no just just want to comment that the jazz festival is
amazing it was fun yes and glad that you're making friends because we've been hearing about the Leaning poles of Main Street for years you're making friends Matt not me I don't complain about things like that but some people have mentioned it so we do have to give cros
to MOSI as well I think he was very persuasive with that b as well so to him as well absolutely absolutely he doesn't take no for an answer so that was good and also just reminder I have my business cards up here uh I have my cell
phone on I don't feel like you need to wait to come to a council meeting if there's any issues or concerns on your mind uh please give me a call or email me and I'll try to get back to you as soon as possible thanks okay okay thank you very much Mr
D next we have the the mayor and Council reports we'll start with councilman have a very short report um basically I just want to invite um the residents out to the sil Lake commission meeting tomorrow it's here in this uh this very room uh 6 o'cl and um we'll be
speak speaking about the various projects and status of those um yeah every everybody's welcome to come to that meeting U if you interested in what's going on on the way that's my report thank you councilwoman
green okay um the Arts Council met on February 7th they're in the process now of Outreach to individuals who have been identified for membership there are five spots open and a plan to add two alternates we are hopeful to solidify
the membership within the next few weeks and submit the membership to the mayor for appointment the council will also be reaching out to all of those who express interest in the Arts Council and organize them by Arts interest these volunteers will serve as advisers and play an integral role in the Arts
Council programming the next meeting of the Arts Council is Friday February 28th uh leer Lake commission met on Thursday February 13th this was their first meeting of the year the commission will plan its reorganizational meeting
in March and approve its membership and terms they have also approve the receipt of funds reimbursed by the Bradley burrow for 2024 this includes the yearly and reimbursement for goose control services the commission noted that there
are many violators of the prohibition of electric vehicles on the bridge and have asked that the sign currently on the Bradley side be replaced with a larger sign this is been conveyed to the administration the Ocean Grove side does not currently have signage about this
issue and Neptune's mayor Lane is initiating the same he serves also on the Fletcher Lake commission um in the coming months the bridge will be stained to create hit a barrier to protect the natural wood they will select a transparent stain with a low tint color
yet to be determined uh both the Bradley and Neptune sides are initiating a contract with Mike Campbell of Galaxy geese for the year ahead and the next commission meeting is scheduled for Thursday March 13th at 6 p.m. the rep committee met Monday February 10th their
bylaws were amended and approved unanimously by its board only major minor changes were made the silverball arcade M Middle School event originally scheduled for this Thursday will be postponed due to
anticipated inclement weather I believe the forecast has since changed but in any case um possible rescheduled dates are Thursday March 6th in the evening or Friday March 14th daytime as there is no school that day details to follow radio
Bingo which takes place Saturday March 8th at 7 p.m. is out event it is being co-sponsored with the Ladies Auxiliary and the fire department please be advised that it will take place at the fire hall adjacent to the fire station and behind the Bazi Center a reminder
that majan continues to meet every Friday at the Bazi center from 1: to 3 p.m. open wreck is on Thursdays and Fridays for kids homework play games get crafty and watch movies after school Thursdays till 6:00 p.m. and Fridays
till 7 the next senior club meeting is on February 12 I'm sorry February 26th from 12:00 to 3 at the Bazi Center the rec department will be hosting a monthly Bowling Club to begin in March no first
date yet said but it will be um run one Wednesday evening per month 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. $10 per person includes shoes and unlimited bowl there will be a student drop off associated with this event at the rec center enabling parents an evening
grammar age students can expect movies popcorn and fun under the supervision of adults summer camp 2025 enrollment begins in mid-march Bradley Beach residents get a week of priority and specific dates will be announced soon the next Rec board meeting is Monday
March 10th at 6:30 p.m. at the r Center and that concludes my long report thank you Council wel thank you uh only the first aid Squad report uh for the period ending today February
18th Squad responded to 10 day calls and Five Night Calls for 15 calls 10 were medical five were for fire calls the squad is pleased to announce our newest edition uh to our ambulance which is 8856 a stricter starer power lift I
don't really know what that means a stricter ster Striker Striker Striker Striker power okay it's got a CK instead of okay Striker somebody knows better than me power LIF this will help the squad prevent back injuries by
hydraulically lifting our patients onto the ambulance it is also safer for our patients as the uh stret is locked to ATT track preventing from dropping Squad welcomes uh new our newest member Sith Castillo Castillo um there were no out
of to Mutual Aid request the squad requested no Mutual aid for this operational period they fulfilled % of their assignments for this period And as always they're looking for volunteers U for qualified individuals there is free training uh you want to do this you can
find an application on the Burrow's website and they are accepting applications for their Cadet Program for Young People 16 to 18 years of age who are interested in serving their Community uh for the rest I will say JazzFest was really great initially I
was like why are we doing a tourism thing in the middle of the winter whatever it was awesome I was I only went one night and uh I heard both nights were awesome so kudos to everybody that had something to do with that hope that happens again quite was really good um the bradle beach environmental commission continues to
work on sustainable Jersey they're going to have I don't know have the date of the next meeting so I'm not going to bother guessing at that U but they continue work on sustainable Jersey like I said which is a system where accumulate points for doing good environmental things um and I think by
the end of the month they're going to tell sustainable Jersey what we're going for and then for the rest of the year we're actually going to document all those actions that we're doing that are good for the environment and get those points and become yet again a sustainable Jersey town and that
concludes my report thank you councilman the board of V has a meeting this evening so I'll report on that next meeting uh the Bradley shry commission had a meeting on February 5th there was one application at 5 time MTH Avenue to
remove one tree and replace it with one tree they had they established uh staggered terms for their members and their current balance of their account is $1,736 the tourism had it meeting
February 11th it um reviewed the Bradley Beach Jazz Festival which I'll cover in a short time and they had a couple resolutions they're going to be in the MTH County guide book this year and their current balance in their trust is $
77,4 18186 and I just wanted to give a massive thank you to Amy hall for running the Jazz Fest 2025 it was a brilliant idea and uh it was a resounding success and it's a testament
to Amy's vision and dedication it um she put countless hours into making this event a success and we're all so grateful for her efforts and the music was amazing the atmosphere was fantastic and she had wonderful
sponsors that helped contribute to this wonderful event Ohana Rising Darcy's Tavern New Jersey American Water Rapaport flooring Seawall architecture Posh real estate Mama County tourism and Luna Verde and she also had some
wonderful volunteers including Jane Den Noble Sha Julia Titus uh Adalie Hall Georgie eer Olivia Davidson Mo Jensen uh Lieutenant
Josephine zaro she had um the Bradley Beach Elementary School students would help people find their chairs it was very cute and they help them upstairs also the custodians were helping Ed and Phil Dr heidleberg and um Morgan MC
Gonzalez was also volunteering and of course Anthony PR he is the musical genius at Ry Beach Elementary School and he was amazing it just was a magical evening and we look forward to it again next year and we're even talking about bringing some jazz players in during the
summer since it was such a big hit so that completes my report so at this time I would like to welcome the public with any questions or comments Jeff come on up Jeff Curtis 2023 Avenue in Brighton Beach I want to talk a little bit about
round four and the affordable housing um I want to know if the city's going to be transparent about what has to be done um and I'm going to just raise three issues tonight there are a lot of questions and concerns that a group of us working on the affordable housing have about how
Bradley Beach has participated in remaking the process over the last decade so a report was produced in 2017 that several of you were sitting on adopted it should have created a Housing Trust Fund it didn't create the fund it
didn't so to say that we're going to go forward now and by June have another fair share housing plan we need to know if there's going to be any teeth in it this time um or whether we're just going to play the game that we're going to create a document but we don't really mean what we say in the document as a
result of not having a Housing Trust Fund we've been designated that we have 64 substandard units for housing which we don't know yet whether we agree to that or not but if we do have substandard units of housing we don't have any money to help senior citizens or poor people in town to fix up the
house and therefore they're going to be subject to a developer who wants to come in and buy the house and develop it or turn it into Airbnb and we're going to lose that affordable housing unit um because we had not been responsible in what we have done with affordable
housing today and three of you as I said were on that document uh that was created I want to know if the council is willing to reveal what in their uh next step in the February step what are you telling fair share housing you're
objecting to or you want to change the numbers of the 6430 if you're going to change those numbers are we going to be allowed as the public to know how your the planner is arguing that or whether the planner is just going to do it in secret again um and is the process going to be open and is it going to be
transparent um we also want to understand whether the code official even knows the substandard housing in this town and will that be made public so that we can get together and figure out how we help people who are living in some substandard housing get access to
funds they need a new boiler or they need a new roof or they need something else we have the capability to be able to get it to um that is not in place right now and finally in this round the town is supposed to identify a person that is going to monitor the affordable housing
units so if they get created they're going to be staying affordable housing we're not going to get stuck like we got in Asbury Park where money was given to some people under that gu they turned it into airbnbs and you know lo and behold we lost affordable housing so those are my
questions for tonight I hope we can be transparent and I hope the city will respond to requests of information when we need to understand on behalf of the public what's going on with affordable housing in this County thank you than if I je before you leave um if I may oun
president Greg can you help answer this question because um you know the question is about you know saying the planner is doing something in secret I mean my understanding is that the planner sort of it's a negotiation right now between our planner and and fair share housing or the state as far as the
number of units no it's all the old process okay so so we already accepted those numbers um at our last meeting in January because the deadline to do so is January 31st I published on the dca's website our resolution accepting them the planner now has to create a housing
plan element to satisfy those numbers there's no more negotiating or arguing with fair share over what the obligation is that was the entire last process now um there'll be a we've agreed to the numers we're um and the goal now is for our plan to
go through so you have to remember those are done with the state formula and you know I'll give you an example in some towns uh they indicated that you could put housing on the medians large medians right because it's really just fun from like an area so our planer is going through the Fone checking out making
sure all the properties the state has identified are actually properties that can be buils or what have you they're applying the bigit land adjustment which is uh with the prior rounds of there's a number of different mechanisms by which the town um modifies those numbers which are
relatively well established they're not really arguable as I mentioned the arguing is kind of over um wind shield surveys frequent land adjustments um there's a number listed specifically in the resolution that we've adopted the last meeting in January which is on the
B's website as well um because that was part of the we had to publish it I say for your reason a lot of this was done like in litigation in the public didn't really know what's going on so this this the new act the fourth round kind of flips that on its head if you agree with what the basic formula is then you just
you just got to skip to the end of the process of pair share going through the deductions you're entitled to publishing um everything now up front instead of at the end um and we don't know where that's going to land it really depends on the planner's work at this point in
time um I I the housing plan element must be uh aired before the planning board and the landage board here should merge so there'll be a hearing there as well on the housing plan element just like any aspect of the master plan um and I don't know what the final number will be but there will definitely be a
presentation on that and how that the the housing element essentially says how the bur is going to meet whatever that final number is um some of the rules on what counts to meet that final number have changed in this fourth round um with respect to group homes and types of
um uh treatment houses or disabl houses for dis people so the planner is taking all of those new rules into account but um yeah I mean your Point's well taken it was all done in litigation in executive session mostly in the past the ACT uh has brought that right to the
front so we've already announced what we accepted what we're doing and it's all published on it's all published that's that's what the act the new act uh required can I just add one other thing my understanding is that that 64 number where they say that it's a the current need and there's like all the
substandard housing I read those State documents and they say something about well their definition of substandard housing is housing without full kitchen facilities and housing without full bathroom facilities and I just I can't think of any places in Bradley Beach
that have that don't have like indoor plumbing and full bathrooms and kitchens I mean maybe maybe one place on on maybe one I can think of one place but that's about it so is that like I'm just wondering if we that's the number we're going to end up with that 64 number
because I read State documents maybe I don't understand it but it just seems like that doesn't apply here I don't know we don't have any houses we understand the documents to say that it's there should be money available in the trust fund in any town that if a person who meets the income guidelines
and they're pretty high I mean it's not we're not talking about very low income people we're talking about moderate income people too that if they need a loan or something to fix up a house and they can't get it because they don't have enough money the city should have enough money to be able to help a person
replace a boiler replace whatever it is and you know that was what the Housing Trust Fund was created for 10 years ago there no we don't have any money in that but what I'm saying is I thought the state was coming up to that 64 number by saying there's so many places that don't even have kitchen facilities and I just
don't know of any places that so the the new act requires it's how to back that with the B and so that has been I I can't give you the details of that because you know want to not be affordable housing dirty for the town so when this presentation comes out I'm TR explain it all um as well but
um they may be recovering uh fees that we have not collected in the past as part of of this of what we're doing here for our new our new round of compliance so the the your elected officials have like I don't want to go into the details yet until we you know we don't want to
FR ourselves because right now we're in the window to get potential obors um um however the elected officials that you've elected are very well aware that they would need to back up that housing rehab and they do have a plan so that that doesn't fall the taxpayers of
Bradley Beach um which we'll be going forward with and when do we find out that plan um I well after the objection deadline passes um that would be the housing the housing plan element and is that the March deadline you you looked
at is that the March one I believe so that's when we start doing it and then you have to have public hearings you have you have the list a which one which one of those time frames do we get to know as a public the June 30th date for adopting
the bonding resolution of the housing element and fair shareed plan that is the the plan that would explain how you would meet your do we get to see the plan before this it gets bound on us I believe so I believe there's a hearing before the land use board you can't adopt a housing Elementary but is part
of the master plan there should be a public hearing I look I'm not the affordable housing official but I believe who is the affordable housing official law need a law group um yeah it's a law group and they're going to say that they can't reveal anything because they're a law group do we have a
person in this town yet who is responsible to administer affordable housing yet we don't have one yet so that's part of it as well um when will that be decided by J it's got to be decided but that's when you're bound can the public participate in this process
before we're bound we I believe we will introduce an ordinance and we it will go to the planning board for a hearing and then it will come back here for two hearings on the housing element okay thank you any other questions or comments PA
[Music] up Paula Gavin 106 Evergreen Avenue but I'm here as a volunteer for the Bradley Beach Business and Community Alliance board and I'm proud to be accompanied by Sean Ryan from fins who's one of our 14
board members volunteering their time and energy but what I want to do is to thank the mayor the council the staff for a collaborative partnership that is really going to enhance our businesses our residents and our nonprofits we're very proud of our 265 members but we
particularly want to thank the community for supporting our local businesses for supporting each other and supporting our nonprofits so we do believe that a connected Community is stronger together and I'm really grateful and behalf of Sean and the other members of our board
for the new memorandum of understanding thank you so so much thank you PA anybody else here have a question Oh Mr Coan uh Thomas J Coan six Third Avenue um I would like to uh I appreciate your
comments Mr Dy on the corrective action plan um you you nailed it it's a pretty base document um it's the 2022 corrective action plan which we didn't get in 2023 and we didn't get the benefit of it in
2024 but now we have it in 225 so I mean it is such a basic document Mr barck did the job but I I'm puzzled as to why this could not have been accomplished a lot sooner I would recommend that every Bradley Beach res read it for its
Simplicity um and then I would also like to address the affordable housing comment I'm so excited that residents now want to come out and support affordable housing um the the reason we don't have a trust fund is due to the administrative failures of Gary angstead
and Larry Fox for not administering a document that was created in 2017 to create the fund to build off the fund so we would have the money now and now everyone's worried about affordable housing we should have a ton
of money in that account to be able to assist our residents and it's this continued administrative failure which has been put up within the staff so I'm really happy that other people are engaged and I'll be happy to share um I stood at meetings of the planning board I stood at meetings at the council
asking every time where's the affordable housing component where's he we were told oh no we don't need one mayor angelat was on that planning board mayor Fox was on the planning boards it should have been done we should have gotten units at 301 me we should get units at autot Tech um and this fund should be
very strong so we could actually do what we're supposed to so I'm very excited that other residents now are excited about it and I'm happy to share my emails to fair share housing from 2017 requesting why these units weren't put didn't care but now they care so I it's
a crazy system but uh let's get it right this time and I'd be happy to volunteer to be on any other committees regarding the affordable housing thank you there's a different narrative fair share housing say about okay please do not speak unless you're say about that okay let's
not engage we can talk we can make a nice committee and everybody can talk nicely and politely to each other thank you okay we have one more question or yes um I'm going to go to I'm sorry I didn't see we with
bri can you hear me yes I can oh I can't hear you okay just can you hear me now can you stay I think that's good okay state your name and address hi Bri McGuire 610 Bley AB I
just wanted to ask a question regarding the back pay for the overtime of the beach employees um that got passed tonight is that is that um total situation now taking care of or are we
still needing to owe more employees that's a great question um yes uh there's there's one additional employee I assume you the resolution
Mr I did and I I was just questioning because I remember remember back in 2022 when this was a huge issue with the $300,000 that was being questioned in the salaries and wages that we were told
by the ba at the time that that 300,000 was to pay a lot of the stack pay overtime and I realized it was only about $40,000 on that resolution tonight so I'm just wondering if there's a lot more
employees we owe or you know 300,000 and 40,000 is a big difference so U so there's six employees total there are five who join the litigation who are part of the resolution there's another who's owed a total of about 10,000 well not about it's
$1,363 and some cents um and so the total cost to resolve this issue to the burrow uh will be 50,3 63 um and that that takes care of that that issue I'm not I don't specifically recall the
$300,000 being budgeted but um I there was a lot of numbers thrown around over a lot of years so forgive me yeah yeah no that's the total cost just a point I was fixated on at the time so um but that's okay I mean it didn't cost
us to 300 I just want to give you the full answers to thought about so it's uh 50 from the bur it's $503 63 and then uh The Joint Insurance Fund of the B has agreed to pay $35,000 in attorney's fees
to the uh employees attorney as a part of the settlement so that um in transparency with the public that's the settlement uh it's $75,000 to sell litigation another $1,363 to another employee that was not part of the lawsuit but obviously still
has a claim at this moment that we'll be cleaning that up as well okay thanks so much I'm glad that was all finally settled with them thank you problem I thank you re just a quick thank you oh
okay I'm sorry if you want to just do a quick thank you go ahead I just want to thank you I can just only imagine how much work the council has done to get us to this point and thank you so it's just
refreshing thank you and I appreciate the thanks it means a lot to us and we all have been working very hard obviously it's very apparent you're working 247 and it seems as though you working it's it's believe I know it's my
honor I'm sure it's everyone's honor to be here and um as our Council our mayor says we're probably serving our residence and we're proud to be here too it's obvious thank you oh NY yes I'm
sorry um to goore what she said about your work and all you've accomplished in less than two months but um brought some how my brain goes every time just if you don't mind if you're going to get just come to the
podium then if you're any time we talk about payroll so those figure I just say your name nanc met Condominium Association thank so when we talk about payroll we know where my brand goes so those figures that you mentioned that is the is this a correct
statement that is the money that is going to the employees it does not address any payroll taxes or other taxes that are due on those wages believe I believe it's the gr and
I think we're paying them through payroll I think we're issue that will be taken care of for the employes whether they issue it through payroll or they get a 1099 it will be accountable right but if it goes I'm just saying that there's payroll taxes of which we like
any other business pay our portion so that figure is not the only figure it's not the final figure from the bur rather there will be additional figures to pay is that correct I have to ask the CFO
specific maybe maybe employer side pay we process that you% match their gross wages this is their gross wages I I so we do we will still social secur Medicare unemployment
disability but remember these These are wages that they were owed oh I'm not I'm not deny um so it's really up to the employe this is a settlement so I'm not actually sure how we're paying them I mean remember this they brought more claims on just the payroll once it became a lawsuit so there was
discrimination claims so to the extent that the employ I'm you know it's up to them to pay their taxes right I mean you know I don't know how we're paying them if it's compensatory or if it's going to be wages were supposed to be paid originally not entirely sure about that but suffice to say that the employees
would responsible for filing well I'm not concerned with the taxes that they pay I'm concerned with the matching portions that we as the business would pay it's incomer to 53 363 so that's all inclusive that's where that's the bottom line number that comes out of the
budget you'll see more payrolls more payroll problems being resolved coming soon other discussion you've been discussing it for a long time so I anybody else so before I make a motion to go into executive session I just want
to say thank you thank you for being here thank you for your questions your comments your concerns we work for you and we're always open for those questions don't feel you have to wait till this meeting you can call Matt you can call any of us and um we'll work
things out and please keep Al and his family your prayers and your thoughts and I'll keep everyone updated as we hear progress on their healing and um I'd like to make a motion that we go into executive session second to discuss what oh local 152 negotiations more good
news thank you people like this is true yeski Mr wether yes may excuse all right guys [Music]