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>> President Trump doing a little show and watch. I can show you some of the >> everything else good >> people. >> Oh, good. >> Vicious. >> Is it cold there? >> Many of the murderers. >> Minnesota just not even riding because
it's too cold. >> Things that we all the time. >> Everything else is good. Hey there. Good evening. Afternoon monitor. Hi. How are you doing, sir? I'm good. How
are you? I was at the DPW when uh >> Oh, yes. >> They were ordering uh tons and tons of salt because of a snowstorm that we're getting. >> Yeah. >> This weekend we're supposed to get like
a foot and a half over Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday. >> Oh, yeah. >> If we get that, that would that'll be insane. >> Yeah, because it's just a long storm. So, I wouldn't doubt it.
>> I don't know. I I tell my wife how happy I am we live at the shore because all my kids live in England with all of them >> and they're always getting five and eight inches while we're getting a dusting. >> Yeah. >> So, you know, I guess turn about
maybe we'll get the heavy snow. I don't know. Every few years, you know, when comes up the coast, we get 30 inches here. >> Yeah. >> Like you say, not often, but Yeah. Oh my god. I
have no idea how we're going to uh bear with this uh special parking department thing. It just keeps >> Oh, evolving. No, I I mean right now is it on the It's taking off. >> No, no, it's on. >> Okay. But little edits are coming minor.
Very minor. Sha gave me a call. like I saw like 2:00 or 3:00. We'll just change in meeting. Okay. >> Hello there. Where's everybody? >> Must be the early start. >> An early start. >> People are finishing up dinner or
something. I don't know. I had something there to do. >> It's funny. I was leaving the office here for me. I put in a longer day. I was leaving around 4:30 thinking the meeting was at 6:30 and I stopped in to say goodbye to Erica. She
goes, "See you soon." And all of a sudden it hits me. I'm like, "Oh my god, we got a 5:30 start." And like Hi. >> Hey Mark. How are you? >> Good. I have the presentation. Um and Michelle recommended bring it.
>> Yeah. Um are you able you're are you techsavvy? You can >> um Oh yeah. Or Yeah, I can do that because that's where we have the Zoom also. So >> So is it better for me to share it? >> Yes. >> I don't think you want me touching it. I would I
>> would uh I would just join the Zoom and share as long as you can make as long as you can make her a presenter then you can share right through the Zoom meeting. >> Fantastic. >> Absolutely. >> This way you've got your own >> Yeah. >> Hi there. >> Hi there. How are you?
>> Good. Thank you. >> Fine. That'll work. I don't even know. >> I don't have a phone. >> I noticed that there was that on main street because I saw on the north end
the lights were on but between Grimley and your rain street lights weren't on. It was just very dark, you know, in this light. >> I believe but I >> I notic I have street light out. I put in the thing basically the big lamp.
on Main Street. I mean, the lighting at this hour, >> it's just you couldn't even nearly see the people. What should I just >> That's okay. mean they're on the you know
really don't don't tell >> don't tell you tell >> I only wish I could defer all my >> sign good good this is from our of all the accomplishments of coming home. They're all just recently and I
was just bragging about them. >> So, you can forge this. Are you gonna for >> I'm the only one holding on to this. Uh, >> hey gang, how you doing? >> No comment.
You just have to sign that thought. You looked at it, >> read it over doesn't necessarily mean that you agree with it. I think I >> Well, I'd have to do my own auditions. >> Amy has a little >> Oh, yeah. Or change. He's going to get
really good cookies this time. >> I have something. >> Yeah. >> Oh, nice. >> Usually three pages. >> Well, if it is, then Jane's going to call you. I already called him today, too. So,
you're not that special. >> I got it. I am also doing Pauls too, so that counts. >> Uh, okay. >> Did she tell you that they're going to have special treats this time? Like from local bakeries, from cookies >> stores or what? They're going to have a
sweet treat. >> Sweet treat card. Yeah. Well, we'll save that for next time. >> When is the blood drive? >> February 17th. >> February 17th. Well, I have reported
>> you guys may This is really important. If it's just for something on sure glasses on. >> I got cataract surgery and I got new
lenses put in because I'm an out. >> You don't need glasses anymore for anything. >> I'm like the bionic woman basically. >> Yeah. >> Hey chief, >> how's it going? Jane the first.
>> Yes, >> there's a couple minor edits that Sean gave her and I can um >> I'll mention them. Those are that we can >> because I mean >> my second respond to >> because I saw
>> right that >> wait I did that's the one I said we could do it tonight. >> Right. But the second one I just wanted to ask you quoting >> about um about multiple
permits, multiple vehicle vehicles will pay >> if there are a few different particular right and you know how many how many people are actually very If you know I yeah we should
>> there's a contra statement one point it's possible vehicle could stick in that case Did you get a computer? Did the office give you a computer?
They gave me I don't love it. I only use it for meetings. >> I don't mind. actually just keeps going. What is that for? >> Bill is coming. That is not >> that's not
as lights >> all the time. >> It's like the whole block in front of right day. Okay. do that and let them know you have to contact >> just send him an email.
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there is an in-person quorum. Mr. Noble >> here. Miss Greenblat >> here. Mr. Carr >> here. >> Mr. Niti excused. Mayor Katzi >> here. >> Good evening ladies and gentlemen, folks on Zoom. U welcome to our first 5:30
p.m. start time meeting possibly ever to make sure. but certainly over the past six years that I've been around. Uh so we'll as we mentioned in earlier conference uh earlier council meetings, we're going to give this a shot and see how it works for our residents, for our
council members, for our employees. But but in any event, hopefully it gets us all out every council meeting a little earlier than historic historically. Um first thing we have on our agenda after roll call is item number five, workshops. and we've asked our own
Lauren Cersei to make a workshop presentation not only to the council but to our residents about u an idea she is spearheading really on behalf of the burrow and on be perhaps on behalf of the elementary school. So Lauren, can I turn it over to you?
I >> was trying to present it in. So that's why I need presentation. >> Oh, you need to be made a present. I think >> I didn't >> I got it.
>> Okay. Well, she needs it cover. >> Oh, yeah. >> Think we have Yeah. Seems like Is it just right? >> Yeah, I got that. That's what >> you should say. If it's not there under
share. >> Okay. You you have to plug that into here >> and then get it up on there and share it with them and then >> through the share. >> Yeah. >> We've never done it that way before. >> Okay. Sorry. the hour list to the right of sharehold.
>> Okay, hold on. >> Oh, that was cool. >> I think she's able to share that. Yeah. You feel better. >> Okay. magical >> share excellent share be done.
Yeah, go ahead. This way. >> Yeah, go ahead. Sorry about this. Delay. Yeah. So, >> I guess you know what to do. Put this present mode. >> Okay. >> And uh I'll I'll be your space part. >> Thank you.
>> Thank you. >> Go ahead. >> Okay. just be >> thank you. Um, okay. Thanks for your patience everyone. Um, okay. So, uh, thank you first of all for
the opportunity and the invit um, speak on this project idea. Um, I've been a resident of Bradley Beach for nine years. Um, and like many people in this area, I walk and bike um, as a primary source of transportation throughout the
town and our adjacent shore town. So, um, that is really the root of how I ended up with this project. Um, I, uh, started investigating some different ways that this town could elevate the Western experience while also energizing
the community. Um so prior to sharing this proposal with you all in December um I did spend a few months socializing this idea with um some residents, some community members and also you know just working with the police department um
Chief Barnley specifically um just to ensure that this project was even feasible um from a traffic and safety regulation um perspective. So it did change a little bit um throughout some of those conversations and throughout those findings. Um and that is how we ended up here today with this
intersection mural art idea supporting pedestrian safety and enhancing community vibrancy. Thank you. Okay. So uh these are a few key topics I'll summarize and I can expand on some of these as we um you know look through
once presentation's over. um introduction. Okay. So, Bradley Beach is a very distinct community. We have a real opportunity to enrich the daily experience of both residents and our many many visitors um through meaningful
public art. So, one way to introduce new public art to Bradley Beach is through mural creation at some of our intersections. Um this is also referred to as Pascal Park within the civic community. >> Lauren, excuse me. >> Yeah. I'm not sure if the audience can
hear you. You might not pick up. >> You might not. Okay. >> Can folks hear Lauren in the back? >> It's on. It is. >> Okay. Um Okay. Uh benefits. What are the benefits of implementing intersection mural art safety? I've referenced the
asphalt art study published in 2022. Um and that confirms this practice provides traffic calming measures, improve driver awareness, um and promotes safer driving in pedestrian zones, essentially increase safety for both driver and pedestrian
community benefits. Uh this is a pretty low overhead strategy that can have a significant impact on community unity, pride, and energy. Um and the root of my motivation and why I'm here tonight is that public art is engaging. It's
memorable and it's fun, right? So, I think that's that's really why I'm here. I think it'd be a really fun community project. I think it's something that we could have a lot of um a lot of or reach out to a lot of different groups and also, you know, bring that back into the community.
Okay. Areas of focus, which I'm sure is a strong interest for this um for this topic. I have two locations that I've personally identified. Um, I see opportunity for mural art to benefit these locations based on what I I um
experience with my frequency traveling up and down avenue specifically. Um, focus area A. I do have two children at Friendly Elementary School. Um, there twice a day. So, the location at Fifth Avenue is a irregularly shaped
intersection. It is a primary pickup and drop off location for PE preK through fourth grade students and encurs high volume of pedestrian um and vehicle traffic at those times. Um one block just south of there is the other focus area that's at 4th Avenue. Um and this
is the intersection right at the library and St. James Church. U the public library is also the school's library resource which I don't think everyone realizes. Um but this means that it's regularly visited by school classes during the day. So they take walking
trips from the school to the library. Um and additionally the library has extensive programming which is amazing and often occurs in afternoons um after school and is targeted school population. So there's quite a bit of um after school traffic that's traveling
from the school to go on very regularly. And these are just some like zoomed in versions for those of you who love another angle. But uh so looking north, this is right by the school playground, Fifth Avenue. The original idea was to target Brimley. Uh that
through some of my usability study, we realized with being a county road, we were not able to alter that area. We didn't have some, you know, as much leeway and being able to create some creative um spaces there. So brought that um idea down to this which is also
a very heavily trafficked intersection. It's also a very strange intersection because of the way it's laid out. So this actually gives a nice um a nice size canvas for us to put some artwork down on as well. Um and next slvenue.
So this is the library. Um you can kind of in the street level looking north, you can see the school in the distance there. That's the block north. So same thing, we have, you know, a really nice um a nice intersection here to add some
artwork to. Mhm. >> So through the process of thinking about this project and socializing it and talking to many of the people that I thought would be interested and engaged and frankly resourceful um for this um
we've come up with this group of people. I started my conversation on this project idea with Dr. Hedleberg superintendent at Bradley Beach Elementary who was very excited. He was actually the initial um he was the the
one who initially suggested also targeting the library intersection. And from there I ended up reaching out the chief of police here at Bradley just to you know understand if we could do this project before I started roping in a whole bunch of resources and people's
time. Um through that I then ended up speaking with Ashley Poglia at the library and ultimately ended up um also working with uh Miss John Suffalo who is the brother HR teacher and Walston who
owns seal architecture as um more of our subject matter experts in terms of public art and design experience. Uh other key participants there's a lot of different directions I foresee this project moving. I would really like to
um collaborate with other populations within the community. Maybe get the students involved in terms of inspiration, community members, um you know, resources within the library and school specifically as it's targeting those intersections. It would be great to generate some of the art inspiration
from those populations. And one thing I wanted to just make sure that we highlighted in this um in this proposal is our library our I'm sorry our school art teacher rather the art teacher for 20 years.
She's right here in the back row. Um so I wanted to highlight her as a primary member of this project specifically. um you know, not only is she involved in the community and with our student population, but she would she has a strong connection with public art and
contributing to various projects in Asbury um throughout Seat here now and the Wood Walls project and I put some of her uh accomplishments up on here, but her resume is extensive and active and I think we could really leverage a lot of
her talent and her connections to the artistic community um to ensure that this project not only was done but was done efficiently and went to the best. Thank you. >> And budget and funding.
So at this time there isn't there isn't a fully baked budget ready to roll. Um, I came up with this idea and I really had no concept of how much it would cost or what funding
would be available to this project either from the town or the resources, but I knew that um I was committed to investigating grants uh comm uh community fundraising donations to support this project. You know, my hope is that the town would be interested in
financially supporting um some of this work. However, if that's not the case, I would want to investigate other means to move this forward um for what it is and not have it be stalled or halted because of some of money. I think that's a resource that we could figure out um one
way or another. So, that's where we're at the budget. And I've also been working with Mr. Zeph as well to understand, you know, what in terms of resources um ways to leverage some of the municipalities have relationships with um paint suppliers um and can get
those for discounted prices. So these would be ways that we could make the budget, you know, stretch. And then in conclusion, what kind of what I've already talked about here, but by investigating and artistically enhanced intersections, we
can protect our citizens, enhance walkability of our neighborhood, foster a creative, more unified community. And that's it. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> We're going to give the uh the council a chance to ask a few questions, then
we'll open it up to the audience. And before I even asked the council, I was going to chief put you on the spot a little to comment. >> Sure. Um, when Lauren first approached me, I I love the idea. I think it's it's great for the school. Um, I think it does provide a nice safety aspect there.
Uh, on behalf of the town, I just wanted to look into liability uh issues. I talked to engineer, town's attorney, so on so forth. Redbank has done a little bit of this pavement artwork in their jurisdiction. So, I
reached out to the police department there. Um, it seems like I spoke to Lauren. Um, as long as it doesn't impede on any traffic control devices, and when I say traffic control devices, I don't mean like traffic lights. That does include uh crosswalks,
um, signage, you know, any pavement markings that are controlling traffic. So, as long as it doesn't impede on that, um, you know, it should be fine. And I think it does, like I said, you know, add to visibility, could increase safety, especially with the kids around
the school there. So, I love the idea. And then, you know, if it's approved, then we'll talk about, you know, distances from some of those traffic control devices, but other than that, you know, I like the idea. >> All right. Thank you, Chief. Let's open up to questions from the council.
Um, I have a couple questions. First of all, thank you so much for your presentation. I've worked with Jen before. I was also an art major, so this is right up my alley. Um, I I do have a few questions as far as um maintaining it. How would it be maintained and who would do that?
>> So, that is one of the one of the items that would go into the budget and funding. So yeah, long-term uh maintenance is something that we've if the project were to move forward, that would become part of the budget extension. One thing that um Mr. Zeo and
I did talk about was if we were to um have this approved, maybe we would request help from DPW. And that would be essentially if we could have the intersection bounds of the project painted white, they would
help with that. or we we don't really know because we don't know if it's further to so I guess long-term maintenance would be done by the artist but initial maintenance we could certainly use support from the town >> right because I I looked at other towns and they did have issues with fading
weather damage between tires and oil leaks and sun exposure and snow plows they said it really did >> a really a lot of damage on these and um also I wanted to know oh this is one town they had what they called museum
loitering where people were actually going into the intersection and taking selfies and children playing in the intersection because it was like an attractive nuisance. So, the kids were attracted to it. And I wondered if you ever considered doing something like
this in the school playground where there's a lot of black top and it would be a cooling device as well as maybe an educational component. I am certainly open to adding public art wherever the town allows it. I would
prefer to see it someplace that's more visible to the community, but I'm also open to suggestions and talking about some of that some more. >> And then I I noticed with the art that you had, it was pretty much like nature
or geometric. What was the idea? What what kind of art you imagining? Oh well uh that is another conversation that we were talking about. I thought it would be nice if both the school population, the library and our community had some
input on the artwork. Um you know somewhat like a some kind of like think tank or workshopping moment where perhaps there was opportunity for the community to generate things like what colors do you think of? What are some words that you think of? What do you think of when you think of our
community? and then you know leveraging those key pieces or criteria into a piece of artwork. So generating the inspiration from you know the the groups that you know are participating in that. Okay. And I have a question actually for the chief. I I noticed in those pictures
that the lines are just lines for the crosswalks and I know sometimes we hatch out crosswalks. >> We are. So as you know they had that big project on Fifth Avenue which is still not totally complete. They still have to do the pavement work. So they will be uh hatched.
>> Okay. >> Like like a ladder crosswalk. >> Yes. >> It will be like that. They come back in the spring to do some of the pave. >> We talked about that already. >> Okay. Good. >> So but that's another issue like you brought up about oils so on so forth, you know, road
work. We have a lot of that that could, you know, end up tearing up that area at some point. >> Right. And I worry, you know, I know a lot of towns I looked into in Vay, Newark, Red Bank, you talked about that earlier, and it's pretty much in their downtown section like this is a
neighborhood with houses. So, you know, you have to make sure that it's okay with our neighbors looking at this artwork and it has to be pristine and it has to be professional. They talked about stencils versus freehand so it looks professional. So, we'd have to take that into account as well that
>> Yes. Well, that's a great point. I do not and and I'm going to be careful with how I say this. I I would like that I want this to be elevated very um professional and uh exciting artwork. I'm not looking for
the children to do this intersection. What I want is to tap into these amazing resources that we have including Mr. Zelo, including the Esper um art community, and I would like to get some real exciting artwork put in here that is drawing attention to the town in a
positive way. >> Okay. >> So, that is not um and and in terms of maintenance, it is on a road, it is asphalt art. It's to be expected that this is not permanent. And that's the other piece of this project that, you know, it's not
permanent art. So yes, I see a lot of pounds going through and they have um mild like uh regular cadence maintenance and some don't. So I think that's something else that we would want to talk about if we got to a place where we felt this project was moving forward.
How do we want to maintain this? Do we want to maintain it long term? Is this something that the next time the black top goes over it just goes over it? Like I don't know. These are all these are conversation pieces. And that's why I was really thinking about that playground because it would be less wear and tear on the playground. We could do
interactive murals, maybe something with the solar system or native uh plants and trees, maybe something the elements of the sea from the ocean brought in where the kids can interact or you know maybe it's something educational where it's the map of the United States or the
solar system and um again it would be more gently used. So I think that's I don't know if you talked to Dr. Hidleberg about the idea of the playground as well. >> I have not because uh this is this is being proposed as intersection
mural art. So I did not talk to him about the playground. >> Okay. >> Uh but I'm sure that he would be open to that. He seems to be very >> Yeah, that that would be I'd love to see that. >> That would maybe be an additional use. >> Right. Okay. I think that's all. And then I guess about the paint, it has to
be slip resistant. I I don't know what kind of paint you would use for this project. >> Yes. So, that's where we tap into some of our subject matter experts on public art. >> Okay. Okay. That's my question for Thank you very much, Lauren. >> Yeah, >> Mitch. Yes. >> Um yeah, actually um you covered most of
them. Um but I just want to touch on just one in the presentation that you had um sent the initial one that we had reviewed the areas where the art existed was a little bit more commercial, a little bit more urban. And here we have residential corners, >> right?
>> Um, so I'm thinking as a resident of the town, you know, that I have some tart work in my in front of my house. I know that anytime we've done any type of painting of anything, yes, it's an ugly, you know, tart ink stripe, but it's
like, oh, I should, you know, it's just a a voice from the town about that. And uh I know you had mentioned about some outreach that you had done with residents and um and the town and the police. Uh I'm just wondering if you've
had the opportunity to kind of gauge the temperature of people who are surrounding that area. >> So I have not done that. Um to your point about it being in a residential area, this is a very small town and very difficult to find those places,
especially with Main Street. I don't think being able to be an owner. So we are in either in Ocean as well. So we are limited um to a residential neighborhood for any type of art like
this. Um I would clearly want to reach out to the new signal right there at that intersection of not that far from there. So yes, I don't know if this is a situation where you would notice everybody within 100 ft
or whatever we do at the land use board to um you know to understand what the project is opportunity to respond. My hope would be that you know this would be something that the community would be behind but um you know you
certainly have to be respectful of what the community wants especially if you're on the street. Sean, >> so I think both Jane and Mitch addressed a lot of the concerns that I had. I think this is a it's a wonderful proposition. Um, I think it's a a great
community endeavor. Um, we also have an arts council. So, I would hope that if this does go forward that the arts council can also be a part of this process. >> Yes, we of course see actually a few different organizations or committees in town that would overlap in these projects,
>> right? So, you know, again, some of my concerns are also that they're within the residential areas and to the degree, you know, that the design is something that, you know, the neighbors would be happy about, um, is a concern. Um, yeah, I did want I should have put this more
explicitly in the whistle or in the presentation, but in my conversation, you know, with Dr. about this. You know, the things that we're trying to express in this artwork are very much in positive community, non-political
um and mostly related to, you know, I' I've seen quite a few of these intersection um artwork examples at libraries. So a lot of things with literacy community um enga like so so I
don't foresee the artwork itself being um controversial that's not the goal the goal is to just bring into the neighborhoods that >> okay so Lauren I I number one I want to say thank you just for just for taking
this initiative uh talking to all the resources you've already spoke with including uh Chief Arnold u putting this presentation together. Uh I mean I've said it many times, I'll say it again. I I love volunteerism just within the burrow and you certainly embody that. So
thank you very much. Uh I have a couple quick questions. Um you mentioned I don't know I think you mentioned something about looking into grant funding. Have you actually identified any potential grand? >> I have not done that yet. No. >> Okay. Okay. Uh I I'm always going to
come at this from the perspective of residents, which you've heard a few times, and and you know, taxpayer dollars. So, how do we spend them most effectively? Um but there very likely could be grant funding available. So, we we as the bureau can look into that. Um
I was struck by in the presentation and some of the materials you shared with me earlier, this the size some of the some of these are very large murals and paintings. Would we have some flexibility, do you think, to maybe I'll I'll say ease into this with, you know,
not not taking up an entire intersection, but maybe, you know, >> I don't know, just something smaller than some of the >> like Brent Bank where it bumps out a little bit. >> I'm not familiar with the corners. Oh, okay. Yeah, it just kind of bumps out the corners of >> I mean, are are you envisioning we'd have some flexibility around the sheer
size of some of the murals? >> I I think so. and and Chief Arnold and I have talked about the work in Redbank which um as related to the school specifically we have these pick up and drop off areas that artwork and I don't have a picture of it but tends to kind
of follow the shoulder of the road and you know maybe elevates where people are going to be moving around right so you're getting picked up dropped off cars are pulling in and out so uh there was some examples of that and in terms
of size I I think some of that is related to to the artwork that would be created. So obviously if you have a smaller canvas size, the detail of the artwork that's going in that would change. So I I don't think there's any hard and fast rules that I'm I'm
presenting right now as much as just trying to define what this project would look like to move it forward most efficiently. >> Um general time frame. Is this something that if if if we had enough support for it, would it be a springtime effort? I
mean, I presume you wouldn't artists wouldn't be working during the winter. >> Yeah, I think again it would depend on the resources in terms of artistic talent and support that we pulled together and determining what all the all basically all the specs of the
project. So the size um timing would certainly uh be relative to Mr. Zeppelin's schedule as well. Um, and also I'm not, you know, some seasonality of the town. So, I was imagining late
spring mostly due to weather. Um, and that's somewhat flexible. Especially, >> uh, my last question, just in case we get to a point where, you know, we've got some folks a little on the fence, would it be feasible to consider that? You proposed two intersections. I think
that's, as a starting point, very reasonable. That said, um would there be an option to even consider moving ahead with one of the two, the one perhaps near the school first, >> see how it flows, see how the community reacts, and then consider, you know, a second.
>> I think >> All right. Uh if there are no other questions from the council, I'd like to open it up to the uh the town and ask our residents if you have any comments or questions. Show of hands. >> No. Anyone?
>> Nope. All right, Lauren. Again, thank you very much. We appreciate u I'm going to u deviate momentarily from uh from our agenda because we have an item on the agenda that I believe we're
going to table and because um I'll get right to it. uh individual resolution 2026-47 is the mediation agreement before the uh between the affordable housing uh and the burough. We uh we reached an
agreement. However, the draft agreement had a few that was presented to us over the weekend by u by affordable housing uh literally had a few typographical errors in it. Um named the zone incorrectly. There were a couple minor
things, but but as of today, we've been waiting hoping we get some confirmation back that they would approve the edits we suggested. As of this moment, they have not yet approved this. So, I'm going to make a motion, and just in case anyone's here for affordable housing, I
just wanted to do this early in the meeting, but I'm going to make a motion that we table individual resolution 2026-47, which was the mediation agreement between affordable housing and the Burough of Bradley Beach. Um because again we're waiting on final confirmation that our edits are okay.
>> Mr. Noble. >> Yes. >> M green. >> Yes. >> Mr. Gar. Yes. >> Mr. Miki. Excused. Mayor Guboszi. >> Yes. >> Okay. So if anyone's here only for affordable housing. I just want to get that out of the way. Thank you. Um
item six on the agenda is presentations and bids. Is Ron Parker's not here? I don't see her. >> All right. We do have a presentation uh for Miss Parker uh who spent a number of years valiantly serving as a volunteer on our environmental commission and uh Erica I think you've got
>> yeah of appreciation uh from Miss uh um fortunately >> but if you wouldn't mind reading it. >> Sure. Um, okay. So, certificate of appreciation, Burough of Bradley Beach, New Jersey, Rona Parker, the mayor and council recognizes the dedication and
long hours of hard work that Rona Parker devoted to the environmental commission of the burrow of Bradley Beach. This conscientious volunteer spirit provided tremendous support to our town and to our residents and will always be appreciated. Awarded January 20th of
2026. >> Thank you. and and our elective thank you to to Ron who many of us know as a a friend and neighbor but uh served many many years on the environmental commission. So thank you to Ron Parker. Um item seven on the agenda is approval
of the minutes. I will make a motion to approve the January 1st, 2026 council reorganization meeting minutes. >> Second. >> Mr. Noble? Yes. >> Miss Greenblat? >> Yes. >> Mr. Clark? >> Yes. >> Mr. Nikki? Excuse. Mayor Guboszi. >> Yes. Item eight. public comments or
questions pertaining to anything on the 12026 i.e. today's agenda. Um any items on the agenda only? Any comments or questions? Mr. Clan, 613rd Avenue. I I just had a question
about one that needs to see uh uh 2026-39 W5 certification of 2024 annual audit. Um so is that audited, Mr. Mayor?
>> It is in it's been distributed to the council. Uh we needed to vote tonight on that resolution to affirm that we have reviewed the audit comments. Uh, and once we do that, it'll be posted for the public to review. >> So, could we expect that tomorrow on on website?
>> Erica, how quickly can we get that up? Do you know? >> Uh, well, I have to still post it to newspap the summary in the newspaper also. I mean, I I don't know. Whatever you want it up there. >> Yeah, as soon as possible. Whatever is, you know, coming in for the clerk, but it'll be done very quickly.
>> Great. Okay. That'll be the full report with recommendations. >> I believe we have an electronic version of it. >> Yeah. Yeah. They'll have recommendations and okay >> there were roughly I want to say eight recommendations. >> There were eight recommendations. >> Seven of them were repeated from the year before. This is the 2024 audit.
Yes. >> Repeating com comments that existed in the 23 audit as well. >> That was when Mr. Barks was the CFO. >> 24. >> Great. Okay. Look forward to it. Thank you, Mayor. >> Thank you. Other comments or questions?
Okay. Seeing none, we'll we'll move to item nine on the agenda, which are uh a series of ordinance introductions. First on the list is 2026-2, which is an ordinance amending chapter 6
land, I'm sorry, chapter 6D, land use procedures of the burough's revised general ordinances to acknowledge the uh class one designate on the burough's land use board pursuant to New Jersey municipal land use law. Um again for introductions the the there will be no
open public comment but we'll try to give brief explanations of each and then when we vote to adopt the we will open up to public comment but for this particular ordinance uh very uh minor wording we already said class one is the mayor uh in New Jersey land use law
you're also allowed to the mayor is allowed to have a designate uh we're following actual land use law as we speak in that I've already designated Mitch Karp to be my designate. Uh, but we we're told we really should add it to our ordinance. So, we're adding a
language that says class one is the mayor and then we're adding or mayor's designate. And that's really the extent of this. Any comments or questions. All right. I'll make a motion we introduce ordinance 2026-2. >> Second. Mr. Noble. Yes. M. Greenlat.
>> Yes. Mr. Clark. Yes. Mr. Nikki. Excused. Mayor Kubosing. >> Yes. Okay. Uh 2026-3 is actually uh ordinance amendments that are presented that have been presented to the council by the environmental commission. Uh they have asked the
council to consider an ordinance amendment that basically will provide greater clarity in their in their bylaws uh for um the management of members and and in particular um uh how how their
chair is appointed and uh what else? I'm trying to remember Tommohead. Oh. Oh, and andism. >> Yep. Secretary and >> absenteeism. >> Absent disciplining members or recommending members for uh for removal. So, any questions or comments on this
for the council. >> All right. I'll make a motion that we uh approve the introduction of ordinance 2026-3. Second. >> Mr. Noble. Yes. Miss Greenblat. >> Yes. >> Mr. Carr. >> Yes. >> Mr. Noiki. Excuse. Mayor Guboszi.
>> Yes. 2026-4 is an ordinance creating the third party payroll dispersement uh process for chapter 78 under personnel policies of the bureau's revised general ordinances. Um this is purely an administrative ordinance that
um was requested of this council by our QPA and our CFO. This is something required by law. We don't have it >> and I believe it's also one of the recommendations in the budget report. >> I think it's check couple of boxes.
>> Very good. Any other comments or questions? I'll make a motion that we u approve introduction of 2026-4. >> Second. >> Mr. Noble. >> Yes. >> Miss Springot. >> Yes. Mr. >> Yes. >> Mr. Wiki excused. Mayor Gubosi.
>> Yes. Okay. 2026-5. We're going to take a couple minutes to discuss this one, but this is uh an ordinance amendment to chapter 9, uh traffic of the burough's revised general ordinances to revise regulations pertaining to special parking permits.
And folks in this audience may recall, I want to say early December, either end of November, early December, we we introduced an ordinance in November and then we then we withdrew the ordinance adoption. Um, as members of the audience
raised concerns about the original draft of this amendment, the original draft, just as a quick walk down memory lane, um, we we have many residents raised concerns about uh, the yellow curb parking for handicapped individuals um,
who were u not full-time residents of Bradley Beach. So, they'd be here for the summer months per, you know, they'd have a house in Bradley, but they'd only be here for the summer. and we had many of their neighbors raising concerns about the fact that um the yellow curbs
were there all year long even though some of these residents were only here for 3 months out of the year. Nobody could park on the street all year long wherever these yellow lines existed. A month or so ago when we first uh introduced changes here, we tried to
make the line of demarcation. Uh, I'm holding up my invisible driver's license, but the idea would be if your primary residence on your driver's license was Bradley Beach, uh, you would have a year round handicap spot
available. Uh, and and if you didn't have that as primary residence, you you had no spot at all. A gentleman stood up, made a very compelling pitch that he that he is a homeowner, he should at least have handicap parking while he's here in the summer. and uh we tabled uh
I'm sorry we withdrew that last ordinance. This ordinance uh introduces a compromise which is the individual who is not a full-time resident here in Bradley Beach for example 6 months and a day in Florida. Um that person we're now
talking about having a two-tier system for handicap parking. Tier one is you're a you're a year-round resident and you get year- round parking. If you are not a primary resident of Bradley Beach, uh you can apply for a sixmonth permit that
would run April 15th through October 15th. So basically the full summer along with a buffer on each end of that. So there'd be six months available to the individual who owns a residence here uh but only spends you know three or four
months of the year here. uh we're we're trying to find a balance between uh you know serving you know individuals who are handicapped or have limited accessibility and all of their surrounding neighbors who you know value an ability to park especially when no
one else is using those portions of the street. There's some other uh smaller uh elements of this and again we're not going to spend tonight talking about a lot of it. everyone will get a shot at this when we when we should we bring it back for adoption. But a couple that
come readily to mind uh we expanded wording around caregivers. In the last discussion uh we had not accounted for multiple caregivers. The language used to say the caregiver had to live at the residence. And we've changed that to say as long as the caregiver is working at
least eight hours a day and is has an assignment that's for uh up to for no less than 30 hours a week and with a contract that at least uh is documented to uh commit to three months of service that that caregiver and there could be
three caregivers meeting that definition. They would all be eligible for parking permits. We reduced the fee. Well, I'm sorry. The current fee is $50. We had originally talked about increasing it to 200. Uh the current version has reduced that
amount to 100. So, we would be moving our fees from $50 to $100 uh as one other element of of the new resolution of the new ordinance. And then, um trying to think council >> any attestation. Oh, another I think
important piece of this uh and this was included in the last version as well. We used to have wording that said you have you need a a doctor's note and the challenge with a doctor's note is you know it is whatever the doctor creates but there there could be an intense
amount of detail or there could be virtually no detail. We're not looking for medical information, but we are looking for um limits to your accessibility to you know your ability to to walk basically or or you know reach your front door from the street.
So there this new attestation form has been created which we will just consistently ask every resident who is asking for a a special parking permit to have their doctor complete this form. and the form is very clearly uh and
consistently outlining what the doctor's feedback is on the patient. So, it's kind of taken away a lot of the subjectivity and asking the doctor to attest this patient uh of mine uh is or is not able to to walk 50 feet without experiencing some degree of discomfort
or or pain. So we we're trying to be a little more uh consistent and objective in metrics that that our police department will use to assess uh parking permits. Keep in mind for everybody that
the burrow is under no ob people come to me and say oh well handicap parking we have to make that available. We do in public park areas our own parking lot for example. We do not have to make it available on on our public streets. And the reason I say that is because this
this is uh this is something we are doing as a courtesy. We're making it available to our residents who have handicaps, who have limitations uh in access, but we want to do it in a way that we're efficiently utilizing very limited public street space in a town
that has very limited parking already. So, we think, well, speaking for myself, but I think um what we're about to vote on is um is uh representing a compromise and in trying to serve our residents as best we can, our handicap residents in
particular, as well as residents who would like to be able to utilize that space in other times of the year. There's a few other pieces in there, but I want to give at least an overview. Any other comments or questions? So anticipating that this goes through
currently the permits um from 2025 have been extended through the end of February. >> Correct. >> Uh so how would we roll out this first year since we're a little bit off on the the schedule for that? >> Um >> yeah, we we'll just you know it'll be a we already have applications in and
we've been stalling people and I'm sure others are waiting once we at least vote to move forward even though we won't have an adoption for another few weeks. we can at least begin an outreach and communication process, but you know, we'll do everything retroactive to February 1, even if a lot of the
applications come in a little beyond February one going forward. That transition is not covered in this ordinance that that'll be a policy event, >> right? >> That we'll communicate. Any other comments or questions? Chief AR, >> sorry, I didn't I didn't realize part of
this was the caregivers. Can you just explain that again? >> Yeah, because currently it's if you don't live with the resident >> Yeah. Okay. >> In our last meeting when we when we were rolling forward the current ordinance which as you say requires a caregiver to live at the residence uh a number of
residents spoke up uh and said you could have part-time caregivers. You could have, you know, shifts. Caregiver comes for eight hours. It's a 24-hour coverage, but they come in in three shifts in the course of the day. And while we don't think that happens often,
in fact, it may not happen much at all, uh we wanted to make sure that we provided the the opportunity to have shifts and caregivers that no one had to necessarily live at the residence. So, we changed that one provision. We struck
basically that you have to be a resident at that address and we changed it to if you give us documentation that says you're a caregiver handling that individual and that you work at least eight hours a day 30 at least 30 days a
week um and and you have a contract for at least three months you'll be eligible for a sticker you still have to display the the state placard as well. So currently the way it always has been is that only one vehicle is assigned to
that spot. So how from an enforcement standpoint multiple cars I don't know how we enforce that. >> Well only there's only going to be one spot right. So >> no but there's right there's one spot
one car that's assigned to that space for the year. No other car is allowed to be in that spot. So if you're saying there's multiple how are we going to be notified? How are we going to keep up with what car is supposed to be there? >> But wouldn't you look for the sticker and placard and say there >> we only give out one.
>> Yeah. >> So >> that's going to change >> multiple. >> We're going to again I don't expect this to happen often if at all. I mean but there could be >> does happen often >> multiple caregivers. know that they're trying to get spaces and saying
it's for a caregiver and generally they're denied because you know the the purpose of it initially was is that it's a caregiver that is transporting this person often. That's why they need the
space. The caregiver themselves not being handicapped don't need the space. They can fart like anybody coming to visit. So the purpose of the caregiver getting the space in front of the house, the person lives there, they're taking
them to treatment every day. Often they need that space so they don't have to walk the person to the park. >> Yeah. >> But if it's just for treatment, do they need that space? >> Yeah. >> Well, I think I mean we'll find out when we vote, but I think where where we uh
were coming out on this was we should make that one space. It's not like they have multiple spaces, >> right? So, at any one point in time, only one car could actually park there. But to your point, there could be there could be two or three or four cars that are eligible to park there. The
assumption that we have would be uh they're parking there during their shift. Uh and there's a there's an and clause that you have to have that decal, which Michelle would track three cars, say three different caregivers, all of whom show us their their contract. So
Michelle hands out three decals for the say back left, you know, corner of the back windshield. Um, but they would also have to put out the one state placard. So that's I think how we >> But whose placard are they displaying? I mean, you can't the disabled.
>> You're not handicapped. Can't display somebody else's placard. So whose state placard are they displaying? >> Okay, >> they're not handicapped. >> Okay. What the what the wording says in this introduction and we can change it. That's why we're having this
conversation is that the individuals uh handicapped individuals placard would be displayed while that car was parked there. Who the idea was so that you could that you could monitor it. But are you saying they can't you know if it's
not your if you're not handicapped you yourself you're just parked in the car there. you shouldn't be using somebody else's handicap state plier. That's illegal. >> Okay. >> So, I don't see what they >> If I may. So, I think this is more for somebody that's like say 90 years old.
They no longer drive, right? But they have a professional caretaker come in and stay with them for eight hours a day and then another one comes in and stays for another eight hours. So, I I don't think we have that many situations that people have these kind of >> inhome caretakers, right? And so the
people that are getting taken care of probably don't have a placard because they're not driving, >> right? >> Okay. So this is for a professional home care specialist. It's not for someone to pick them up or deliver food. It's for someone that really has someone living
or working there for eight hours. I don't know how many people how many applications you have like that. >> Right. So we might have to take out a state placard display, >> especially if there's not one available. Yes. >> Now, we do have the placard as a requirement for all other, you know, all
other individuals, >> which is obviously no problem, but I guess we'll have to have it. We're going to keep the placard requirement, but we'll have to have language that says in the event it's a caregiver, >> right, >> they'll we'll follow only the decal. >> It can't be like a daughter coming in
and just sitting with you for an hour. It's got to be someone that's going to be working with this person. >> Um, okay. So, let's make a note of that. I'm looking for my actual language, but um other comments or
questions from the council. >> I had two just small changes and I don't know if the changes can be made um as this document is tonight. >> Yeah. Yeah. Depending what they are, >> right? I think I had mentioned them to you before. Um and it was just kind of
to clean up um any ambiguities. So on page four of the document under administrative requirements number two uh all applicants will be reviewed during the month of January. I would strike during the month of January. Um
it doesn't change uh the the meeting. Um all applicants will be reviewed by the police department and permits will be issued by the chief of police for a January 1 effective date. Eligibility eligibility requirements are satisfied. So my recommendation to strike during
the month of January. >> Um and then >> before you say page four, what number was it? Just we could >> it's number two under B administrative requirements >> strike during the month of January. >> Right. >> Everybody see that and comfortable
finding it? Yeah. >> Okay. That's one that was and then the other one was uh um number uh number nine which reads only one car can be designated to park in the
designated parking space. I would eliminate that that item if um there are multiple caregivers and multiple stickers are provided. >> I'm in a meeting. I'm in a meeting. >> I think we I'm trying to compare that to
what Chief was just saying. Uh so so chief we let's say there are three caregivers and we're not going to have a placard but we are going to have three separate decals. What councilwoman Greenblad is saying is we could strike uh the statement that says only one car can be designated to
park in the designated parking place because in theory we could have three >> unless it's a caregiver. >> Right. That's what I mean. Maybe is there a way to word it where it is one car but in a circumstance where it's not caregivers? >> Yes. A full-time caretaker? >> No. Unless it's not a full Unless it's a caregiver.
>> Yeah. Unless it's a full-time caretaker. >> Not full time. Could be eight hours a day. >> Well, eight eight hours is full time. >> Yeah. >> Would you say >> Okay. So, only one car can be designated to park in the designated parking space. Uh
something along the lines of um uh exceptions may be made for uh multiple caregivers. And we'll again leave it to the police's discretion. >> Perfect. >> Exceptions, maybe.
>> I don't think you're going to have that many applications for that kind of >> I don't think so either. Yeah, we're just trying to accommodate, >> right? A lot of feedback. >> Okay. Um, >> but it still doesn't um address the possibility of no placard. This
particular >> No, we have to we have to make a quick edit there. Where does it say? Here we go. Item four. Item four says each permit holder must display both a valid New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission issued disability placard and the Bradley Beach
handicap uh decal. Um and >> okay so item 400B actually we also have had >> well it could just be with the exception of those that are designated as caregivers
>> approved caregivers. >> Yes. >> Yeah. who will only need to put the sticker through the back, right? >> Just to make it clear. >> And then you would have that vehicle registered so you'd have that information.
>> Do you look for the the stickers and the you'd be done? Would you smash plates? >> Sometimes it's hidden. Most of your cars nowadays are coming their windows 10 factory. So >> you can't see it. >> Difficult to see. So you might have to
look at 12 to see. >> Okay. Right. How about this for wording? Under um item three, I guess it's A3, the applicant must possess a valid New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission. I've got two edits in here.
Uh valid New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission issued disability placard or wheelchair symbol license plate under such under this reference. I had already stretched in or equivalent from another state because the chief tells me that there could be New York state licenses.
Uh and then continue with the possible exception of multiple caregivers. Is that close? >> Yeah, Jean. >> Sorry. >> I'm sorry. I I don't want them to interrupt you. No, I >> That's okay. Um, I'm just trying to get
this tight enough that we can vote hopefully to move this forward and then we can tweak. It's always okay to tweak an adoption and we just can't change it materially. >> Well, there was we were talking about the uh events that happen during the year.
Somebody moves in or somebody becomes disabled during the season. >> That is in here. I think we cover that. >> Yeah, that is other times during the year. Unless I missed something. >> Yeah, we're sad. But you may have got we did put that out, right?
>> Anyone find it? >> Yeah. >> One second. Match. Why get rid of review during the month of January? >> I know that is in here, but I don't see it. >> Version. >> You finding it? >> Yeah, I'm looking at the latest
versions. >> Offcal year special parking permit applications under B administrative requirements number three. >> B3. Yeah. So Mitch reads, "Offounder, your special parking permit applications will be considered by the police department if
accessibility conditions change substantially after January 1st." All right. >> So I think that covers the uh the edits. I'm going to recite these, Erica, and then I'll give them to you
after the meeting. But I'm going to make a motion. >> You okay with this? >> I'm going to make a motion. Make sure you get those inventory, too. >> I'm going to make a motion that we uh make edits to the the current draft um
amendment. Uh beginning with which one are we beginning with? >> Okay. B2. We will strike the wording during the month of January. On uh B9,
we will add to the end of that sentence and it reads only one car can be designated to park in the designated parking space. We'll add comma exceptions may be made for multiple caregivers. And then for >> a
>> for A3 we will say uh it already says the applicant must possess a valid New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission issued disability placard or wheelchair symbol license plate under PL1 1949
C.280 280 and then it will continue with a parenthetical or equivalent from another state close parenma with the possible exception of multiple caregivers.
>> So I'll make a motion that we uh include those three edits. >> Second. >> Mr. Noble. >> Yes. >> Mr. Green. >> Yes. >> Mr. Clark. >> Yes. >> Mr. Noiki. Excused. Mayor Guboszi. >> Yes. Thank you for working through all that council.
>> Um, now I will make a motion that we approve ordinance 2026-5 uh with the inclusion of those three amendments. >> Second. Mr. Noble, >> yes. >> Miss Greenlet, yes. Mr. Court, >> yes. >> Mr. Noiki, excuse. Mayor Guboszi, >> yes.
Ordinance 2026-1, an ordinance amending and supplementing the burough code of the bur the burough code of the burough Bradley Beach chapter 450 entitled zoning to establish a new zone entitled affordable housing 4 which is ah-4 zone.
Um uh first of all any comments or questions from the council? >> Thank you so much for all the work on this. >> Yeah, I'm going to make a comment then I'm going to open it up to the public for public comment. Um, just as a reminder to everybody, we introduced this ordinance at our last meeting and
then it had to be uh reviewed and approved for consistency by the land use board. The purpose of this is to establish one of what will ultimately be five overlay zones that will um align broadly with the settlement we've reached with affordable housing. But
specifically, this is the 803 Mason Street property um that uh is working with the B to create four affordable units within within a building that should be uh built on that location. So, with that said, I'm going to open up to uh what's the public comment?
>> Correct. >> Second, I think second >> Mr. Noble. Yes. Mr. Framelet. >> Yes. >> Mr. Hart. >> Yes. >> Mr. Noiki, excuse me. >> Yes. public comment or questions on uh ordinance 2026-1.
Yes, ma'am. >> I don't know if I have this ordinance right, but I will try. All right. Is this the the say they want the four stories? You want four stories
for the sort >> or is this a voted on? are we voting on so we can have one traffic or what are we voting on here? >> Yeah, this is um this is we're creating an overlays. There's an ordinance that
exists already that does allow four stories, you know, on the west side of Main Street. >> Oh, does that just apply on the whole Main Street itself? >> On the west side? >> Just on the west side. Currently current
ordinances exist that allow >> so they can go for up >> correct >> from say what what avenue down what is the west side consist of >> well if you're if you're going up and down Main Street
>> um the Burough Hall is on the west side where anything on the side where the railroad tracks are >> right >> so anything on that side can go up four stories >> it can it's got to have parking on the first main Correct. That exists already. We're not
voting on that tonight. We're we're designating a certain area, happens to be 803 Maine, to be deemed a particular overlay zone to make it more uh uh aligned with affordable housing objectives.
>> And how many So, you're going to go four stories. How many are are going to be affordable housing in >> four? Four units. Four units. >> Four units. And how many are are there going to be? How many are they going to
build? >> 26 or 27. >> How many buildings are we going to build on the west side? >> How many buildings? Oh, sorry. >> They're building a fourstory building and four units are going to go to the unaffordable. >> Yes. >> And how many other build how many units
are in the whole building? >> 24 total. >> 24. So 20. So, we're going to have 20 people, 20 families >> in there. >> 24 and But 24, right?
>> And where are they going to park >> on the There's So, Miss M, you need to understand this. Well, you're you're asking questions about something that's already been approved years ago. >> All right. >> So, they're going to park they have first floor parking under the building.
>> Oh, okay. >> But it's already been approved. Uh, so why are we here? >> Well, because we're modifying that that approval just to just to make sure we align with our affordable housing goals. We're up until this point, the developer
had not officially agreed to provide us with four affordable units. And as part of this this thing we're voting on tonight, he's going to give us four units. we're going to allow him to build a few more units where there would have been commercial, but it has nothing to
do with the height of the building or, you know, or the >> Did they ever did Did the town ever do a traffic on on on this on the I mean, how much more traffic would that have? >> This was all voted on years ago by the
>> done deal. >> Well, yeah. I mean, unfortunately, I guess. >> Okay. All right. you know, was handled by the the >> planning board at the time. >> So, we're here to say what? That it's okay for him to do this that he can
>> I don't I don't >> We're going to add affordable housing units to this building. That's what we're voting on today. >> Oh, that was never in that. >> Correct. Correct. >> Yes. >> Gotcha. So, now that's it. >> Yes. If we didn't vote on this tonight, then we'd be at an impass still. We
wouldn't necessarily have an agreement to get affordable units. So, we think it's >> But before they get when they apply say I'm going to build on this, there's no law that says you've got to have so much affordable building. There is,
>> but there was a disagreement in terms of whether or not this developer was subject to that law or not, and this is how we're resolving that disagreement. >> So, he gets his way in. >> Well, no, no. We're getting afford, >> but we think it's a good thing for the
burough. >> Yeah. >> The building that you're questioning is already in place. Within that building, we had zero affordable units. Now, as a as a result of this agreement, we're going to get four affordable units. So,
we think it's a good thing. Yeah. >> Right. >> But I guess my original thought is, but when they apply, I'm going to build this that there isn't a law that says you've got to allow so many for affordable uh housing. >> It was in a time frame where there was
at least >> a question. >> They didn't enforce it or it wasn't applied. The burrows tried to enforce it. The developer said they didn't agree with the burrow and we were at an impass and this is our settlement. >> That's kind of like I have a neighbor
whose bills who has hedges way too high and he refuses to take them down. But we have a poet saying it has to be. >> Okay. Thank you, Mr. Clant. >> Thomas J. Han 62 Avenue. I'd like to clarify some things that were brought up
by the previous uh speaker. Um this was originally approved um for 48 ft four stories when Gary Engel staff was mayor. It was done specifically with Giamato in
that is a 48 foot building four stories with parking underneath which requires no parking variances. The original submission by this developer was for 18 units and no parking variance. He was supplying all the parking based on the
residential site improvement standards, which is fantastic. I'm a cheerle. The ordinances were supposed to be administratively handled by Mayor Angel, Mayor Fox. They never were. That's really the question. It's it's a
disservice of the administration of affordable housing in this community. Okay. I stood right here and said at those meetings, "Where are the affordable units? You should be giving us at least three at the time." Oh, no. We don't have to do it. There's
videotape. You can go back and watch it, listen to it. Um, I do want to credit this developer because uh during round three, he could have used builder's remedy to push for an even bigger building. Um, other towns are living
through that now in Belmar with their redevelopment zones. builder's revenue is being used. In this case, builder's revenue is not being used. This is really a settlement. So, there'll be 24 units. Uh we'll be getting four affordable units and fair share housing
acknowledges a two unit bonus, which helps us to get to our respective need currently of 13 units in this round. Uh we still have an unmet need, which we'll be working on through other zoning that you'll be able. Um, but I I think this
is a very reasonable settlement. But I do want the public to know one thing. In this settlement, if you'll notice, the parking requirement in the settlement is 1.5 spaces per unit. Okay? Not real crazy about that because the recess
standards are 1.8 spaces for a onebedroom, two spaces for a two-bedroom, and 2.2 for threebedroom. So, there is going to be a parking deficit on this property, but I think we have to look at the other side that we're getting the units. Um, the
malfeasance that took place over the administration of affordable housing in B Beach over the last 10 years is is what leads us to this. So, uh, I think it's a very reasonable settlement, but I want the public to be aware any future projects, they should meet the
residential site improvement standards for apartment. Um, many buildings on Main Street were built prior to 1920. It was horse and buggy. Nobody even had a car. People could afford a car. Now it's really an issue. But unless we hold the new developers to the residential site
improvement standards, our deficit is going to get worse and worse. And our master plan specifically says we have parking issues in specific areas in Bradley Beach. And I think everyone acknowledges that. So in my mind, that's the only negative on this thing. I I
think it was uh it was done a consistency review by the land use board which said it was consistent with the master plan uh especially the affordable housing. So um I hope that answers many of the question previous speaker but that's how we got it. Thank you, Mayor.
>> Thank you, Mr. And you mentioned the 1.5 uh, you know, parking under this particular resol uh, ordinance, but as you're well aware, and I'll just mention this for the public's benefit in the other four overlay zones. Um, as far as we know, this one of the things we're
just awaiting final confirmation from affordable housing, but the draft that we've submitted back to them is saying we will comply with Reese's standards. So, we will have the 1.8 or the 2.0 now for >> other developments. >> So, with all that said, uh Oh, sorry.
Yes, sir. >> I can't I can't read the name. >> Uh Zoom. >> Excuse me. >> You can uh unmute yourself. >> Who is it? J. >> State your name and address, please. >> Uh I'm uh Drew Borders, not Gloria
Borders, which might pop up in your Zoom. >> Hello, Mr. Waters. Just state your address as well, sir. Unmute yourself. Could Could you state your address, please? He's muted again.
>> You're muted. >> Try it again. Unmute. >> Mute. >> You unmute yourself. There you go. Okay, I can hear you. >> Okay. Am I good? >> Yes. I just address >> I I just want to go back really quickly to the partner.
>> Sir, you state your address? I'm sorry. Drew Borders. Uh 120 Cliff Avenue, Bradley Beach, New Jersey. Uh yeah, property out there. I I just I'm sorry. I thought there'd be discussion on parking a little bit and I I don't want
to go back to that, but I just need to there's I would just like to make sure that any reference to and I know one of the items uh 9993.9, but there's also 98.3 that reference New
Jersey uh as having a New Jersey placard or a New Jersey thing. And I saw you address one of those items. And by the way, I want to thank the council for reviewing this. I really do. I >> I'm sorry. I don't know where you could
see me. Unfortunately, this is not the time for us to have this conversation where we're opening it to >> But uh at the end of the meeting, if you stay with us, you'll have a chance to to make that comment. >> Okay. >> Yeah. >> Okay. Right now, we're feeling >> we're feeling comments or questions
about this one ordinance. I I thought I thought we were I didn't realize there wasn't discussion about the parking, so I'll I'll bag out and wait for the end. >> Okay, perfect. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Any other comments or questions? I see none. Okay, I will make a motion that we
close public comment and adopt um 2026-1. >> Second. Mr. Noble, yes. Mr. Greenblat, yes. Mr. Carr, >> yes. >> Mr. Nikki, excused. Mayor Guboszi, >> yes. Okay. Um, moving to communications.
We are naming a Sha Street Commission alternate to appointment and that is Mr. Michael H Highleberg, the superintendent of schools here in Bradley. So, very excited to have Mr. H Highleberg join the Sha Commission. Uh, another communication is that the environmental
commission chair appointment is none other than our own Mr. John Weber. He will assume the role of chair. And then we have finance committee appointments that uh will include myself, uh Matt Dhy, our burough administrator,
Mitchell Karp, fellow colleague on the council, and Janette Larrison, our interimm CFO. Uh and that concludes communications. We'll move to resolutions. We have a number of consent agenda resolutions. Most of us have had opportunities to
discuss or ask questions. Are there any questions or items you'd like to discuss separately? >> I don't want to discuss separately, but I do just want to thank um the um firefighter Eric Briber and um the uh
deputy chief uh uh and Lieutenant Leon for serving Burrow as volunteers in such an important role. >> Okay, great. Any anything else to vote out separately or discuss separately? Okay. I'll make a motion that we approve
consent agenda resolution items 2026-37 through uh 2026-46. >> Second. >> Mr. Noble. >> Yes. >> M green. >> Yes. >> Mr. Par. >> Yes. >> Mr. Nikki. Excuse. Mayor Gubosi. >> Yes.
Individual resolutions item 2026-47. This is mediation. Oh, okay. I've already voted on this in one table. Sorry. >> Okay, >> I did not cross it out. >> Uh, but item 2026-48, approval to apply for a $250,000 grant
through the New Jersey Department of Human uh services, which might be available to support our senior wellness program. Any comments or questions about this one? >> Yeah. I mean, it' be a huge opportunity for our seniors. Um, all right. And I'll
make a motion that we uh approve 2026-48. >> Second. >> Mr. Noble. >> Yes. >> Miss Greenblat. >> Yes. Mr. Carter. >> Yes. >> Mr. Noiki. Excused. Mayor Kubose. >> Yes. 2026-49. Approval of an increase to summer camp fees. I believe uh our our
rec director Courtney Papus uh has put forward an increase of 10% on our summer camp fees. Uh any comments or questions? I just want to include the fact that because we have a shared service with Neptune City that Neptune City also um
is accepted into the program as a resident rates. >> Resident rates. >> Mhm. >> In other words, they too will get a 10% increase. >> Everyone gets a 10%. >> Okay. >> Never. >> All right. I'll make a motion that we approve 2026-49. >> Second. >> Mr. Noble?
>> Yes. >> Mr. Green? >> Yes. >> Mr. Corp? >> Yes. >> Mr. Nikki excused. Mayor Gubosi. >> Yes. 2026-50. This is permitting back in time cafe signage within the within Riley Park for 2026. This is a
resolution more or less. We uh we've approved this every year for the last few years. Uh because of the unusual circumstances of the placement of the Back in Time Cafe. They have a Main Street address, but they are set way back from Main Street. They can't really advertise like anyone else could in a in
their window. Uh we're tweaking this in the past. We've approved it um basically for all year long. However, the proprietors hours or or I should say seasons have changed. For example, uh back in time, it's not open right now.
>> Yeah, they closed in November. >> Okay. And we did not want the site to remain out all year long. So, uh, what the main amendment to this approval is that we, uh, the sign will be permitted as long as the the establishment is open for, you know, that season. They can be,
they can be there overnight. That they don't have to physically be open, but it has to be during the season that they're open. Uh, other than that, any questions or comments? Okay. I'll make a motion that we approve 2026-50. >> Second, Mr. Noble, yes. Mr. Springwood,
>> yes. >> Mr. Park. >> Yes. >> Mr. Nikki, excused. Mayor Gubizozi. >> Yes. >> 2026-51 awarding a non-fair and open professional service contract appointment for fair share housing attorney Andrew Bayer Esquire. Uh Mr.
Bayer came highly recommended by Jennifer Beam. We unfortunately lost our prior uh fair share housing attorney passed away unexpectedly and uh he was working very closely with Miss Beam, our planner. This beam highly recommended
Mr. Bear and he did submit a proposal and we've all had a chance to review that. Uh any questions or comments? >> Okay. I will make a motion that we approve 2026-51 awarding a non-fair and open professional contract to Mr. Bear. >> Second. Mr. Noble.
>> Yes. >> Mr. Green. >> Yes. >> Mr. Cart. >> Yes. >> Mr. Nikki excused. Mayor Kubosi. >> Yes. >> 2026-52. We are naming a handful, three, I believe. um awarding nonfair and open
contracts uh for alternate tax appeal attorneys uh very similar to what we did in the world of engineering where we created a pool of engineers. We're we're going to have a pool of four uh tax attorneys and this is something that I
covered with our tax assessor Eric Aguiar. So uh any comments or questions? Mr. Aguar will be able to use these as these themes. >> Great. All right. And I'll make a motion that we approve 2026-52. >> Second. >> Mr. Noble. >> Yes. >> Miss Greenblat.
>> Yes. >> Mr. Court. >> Yes. >> Mr. Noliki. Excuse. Mayor Guposi. >> Yes. 2026-53. Awarding a nonfair and open professional service contract appointment for municipal grant writing services to the Aubry Group LLC. Um Mr.
Karp and I had the chance to meet with uh a number of with the principal and uh Sarah Aubrey and one of her lieutenants. Um this is a um uh you know an independent consulting
firm that specializes in grant writing and grant uh application drafting. And one of the things that the bureau has has really struggled with is finding grant application dollars uh for public safety services. So for example uh the
police right now we're trying to secure three or $400,000 of funding for radios. Uh grants are not readily available. We're working through our legislators there. Um fire and first aid also struggled to get grant funding. Burough's been done, in my opinion, a a
wonderful job, including the prior administration in securing grant funding for a lot of our infrastructure, Silven Lake, Sewers, Main Street, but we've really, I think, come up short with public safety. So, this particular firm specializes in public safety grant
writing. Um, the the terms are fairly reasonable, $2,500 a month. that annualizes to $30,000, but you know, just one significant grant will be pay for itself many times over. So, um, any comments or questions? >> Yeah, I must say that, um, I was
incredibly impressed by their knowledge, the access to. So, I know that I've always wondered, you know, like how do people find out about the different grants that are out there? Well, that's their job. They have access to many different types of databases. They have
a huge research team to get things um and have access to things that were never that we never thought of. I know that um the uh first aid squad had uh talked about their frustration where yeah, I just seem to be beating my head against the wall because I keep on
making the same submission year after year and I always get denied because well, we're a small town. or so for whatever the reason they just always ran up against these bulkheads. And now this professional services team of people will really be able to
get the grants that were just unavailable to us before. >> Yeah. And I think uh Chief, you obviously participated in the interview and I I heard good feedback not only from you but from uh fire and first aid. So you know I'm pretty excited about the
opportunity to work with these guys. So, we have we have not have we yet approved this one? We did, right? >> I already crossed it out. >> That's on me. Sorry. >> Uh, so I'll make a motion that we approve 2026-53.
>> Second, Mr. Noble. I wish we found these people 10 years ago. >> It would have been great. Yes, Miss Green. >> Very excited. >> Mr. Cart, >> yes. >> Mr. Chowiki, excused. Mayor Gubos. >> Yes. And I and I will say that they are starting off just with our public
safety. However, that doesn't preclude them in the future from doing other work. That's really exciting. >> No. And on that note, just again to educate our public a little more about what you know what we're learning as we go. Um this woman came highly recommended to us at her firm, but she
also specializes in nonforprofits. So, you know, both our fire and our first aid are not forprofits. uh but but uh their expertise is such that they've worked with and I think we may evaluate if we can expand our services with them. They work with uh
serve all nonprofits in ability with Bradley Beach that allow Bradley Beach. Not only will they already be able to mark the fire first but to the extent there other nonprofits that the court's vision
might be able to do or be in this activity. So I hope anyway let us move to item 12 in the agenda announcements. There are none. >> Oh I'm sorry.
>> Uh there is a bill 256-54 for January 20. >> Oh >> the I unplugged him by accident. Um so okay he'll be jerking along. >> Owl's fooding at us. Okay. >> He's hooting at you. >> Um I'm sorry. I almost skipped the bill
list. Any comments or questions on the bill list? >> All my questions were answered. Thank you. >> Yeah. Can I just say that behind the scenes? This is like really my first time of going through this. And what you what what what the public doesn't see is the amount of paddling that's going on,
you know, beneath the surface that you know, any comments or questions? And we kind of sit up here and you're like, "No, we're all good." And I I always felt that it's like doesn't have anything to say or aren't they don't do they have any comments and but uh that happens all throughout the the weeks but
leading up to the meeting as we're reviewing all of the documentation that Erica is curating and sending to us and getting to all the revisions. So there's so much work that goes on and uh and it's also difficult to discuss because we can't discuss it all together because
we'll have a quorum. So, I have to congratulate you, mayor, on just having to deal with the same questions from us individually and um that's incredibly timeconuming and >> very patient. Yes, the time and the patience. We appreciate that. Yes.
>> Well, it's a it's uh it's really great that you guys are asking all these questions because it just shows how much you're into serving our residents and uh understanding what it is you're voting on. So, thank you for the questions. Uh I also while we're talking about billist
I want to call out uh Kathy Lipet, one of our critical employees who worked diligently and and kind of uh uh urgently uh at the end of last week to get this pulled together in time for us tonight. So she was working from home to
uh to make sure we had that done in time. So anyway, uh all that said, I will now make a motion to approve 2026-54. >> Second, Mr. Noble. Thank you, Kathy. And yes, >> Miss Greenblat, >> yes. >> Mr. Carp, >> yes. >> Mr. Noiki, excused. Mayor Guboszi,
>> yes. >> Item 12 on the agenda, announcements. There are none. Item 13A, administrator report. There is no administrator tonight. He is at the governor's ball, I believe. Um, lobbying for grant funding
for the burough. Uh, 13B is mayor and council reports. Can I start with the council president? Oh, absolutely. That sounds great. So, pull this up real quick. >> So, um I'm going to start with the um
board of ed had their reorg meeting and congratulations to Dr. Franks. She's now again the president and uh they have a new president, vice president, I'm sorry, Noel Weinberg. Congratulations to her and thank you Bridget Deain for your service as the previous vice president
of the board of ed. They have a meeting tonight. So I will be reporting that on that at the next meeting. Sha tree they had a meeting on the 7th of January and um they have a new chairperson and that also is Noel
Weineberg and I also work with Noel Weinberg at the food pantry and she's on the board and she's the lead of the food pantry and it's people like this that really make a difference. I mean, we have so many wonderful volunteers in Brownley Beach and someone like this is they always say if you want something
done, ask a busy person and this is a busy person and she does get it done. So, thank you to Noel. She's now the chairperson and thank you to Larry Bagwell for all your your years of service for the Bradley um Shade Tree Commission. And there, as we said earlier, there's a new member, Michael H
Highleberg. That might sound familiar because he's the principal and superintendent of the Bradley Beach Elementary School. So, we welcome him. And um I have it circulating in the audience. We they did a 2025 recap and it's just a few interesting facts. 34
trees were removed throughout the burrow, but 52 trees will be planted to replace them. Six honor me applications, 35 wishing tree applications. They received a grant for $40,000. So, this year in 2026, we'll look at
over 80 trees being planted. They continued to um expand the Pollinator Point which is on Second Avenue. So, a lot of wonderful things and of course we were named for the 15th year in a row Tree City USA.
So, again, these are wonderful volunteers doing great work for our burrow and maintaining and um expanding our tree canopy. And in addition to that, what do I have next? Oh, tourism. All right. February is a big
month. The Burrow of Bradley Beach is set to transform into a vibrant cultural hub as the second annual winter Jazz Festival returns this February. Spanning 5 days, the festival celebrates worldclass artistry, community spirit,
and the rich heritage of jazz. From February 3rd to February 7th, 2026, over 45 professional musicians will perform across multiple venues ranging from intimate local establishments to the
festival's main stage, which is Bradley Beach Elementary School. The weekend concludes with a marquee performance by NEA jazz master and renowned trombonist Delo Marcales. Fun fact, I play
trombone. Um, but I'm not in the festival, nor would they want me. Okay. The Bradley Beach Winter Jazz Festival is rooted in a commitment to uplift artists, inspire audiences, and strengthen community bonds. Its mission is to support arts and culture,
celebrate Black History Month, and provide a vital platform for both legendary icons and emerging local talent, all while driving engagement with local businesses. All weekday prolle pro uh pre prelude events February 3rd to the 5th offer free
admission and no cover charge. They'll be at UVA. They'll be at the elbow room and they'll also be at Darcy's. All access passes for the weekend events at the Bradley Beach Elementary School are February 6th and 7th are available for $25. For the full schedule of events and
to purchase tickets, please visit the Burough of Bradley Beach websitej.gov/ /tourism department. So, we all can look forward to that. And uh again, this is Amy Baker. She's the uh chairman or the chairperson of the tourism and she does
an amazing job. And this is the second year and they have over, if I remember, um $5,000 in sponsorship shop sponsorships and they also have $3,000 in ticket sales already. So, the tickets are going fast. So, if you're considering it, I I would say go ahead
and get a ticket. And that concludes my report. Thank you, mayor. >> Thank you, uh, Councilwoman Greenwood. >> Wait. Um, so the Arts Council met, uh, Monday, January 12th. Um, they I really have nothing to report at the moment from the Arts Council, but uh, we
anticipate that the co-star will have an article on the new arts council that will be a feature in this week's edition. Uh, no new date has yet been set for the next meeting, uh, but that should be forthcoming. Um the Fletcher Lake Commission met met
January 15th. It was the first meeting of the year. It was a reorganization meeting and the commission voted on his leadership with Anthony Deo once again as its chairperson. Bradley Beach is authorizing the payment for goose remediation which we just approved for
2026 and it will act as the agent for the lake commission of Neptune Township. Commission member Bill Grafton will be reaching out to the area towns who run airator lights to ascertain effects on the lakes's biosphere as well as clonet
um which runs water sample testing for Fletcher Lake. The one set of lights approved by council were installed at the end of this past summer season. So they may need a longer term seasonal analysis. The next commission meeting is scheduled for February 12th, 6 p.m. in
this council chamber. And I have a recreation committee report which is somewhat lengthy because now with our shared service with Neptune City, um recreation offers really a lot of programs uh for the community. Uh so
the recreation committee met Monday, January 12th. Senior the senior club's next meeting is Wednesday, January 28th, noon to 3 at the banquet hall this month, uh usually at the Beyz Center, but I believe that the upcoming meeting
is at the banquet hall. Uh and also please be advised that I think there's been an error in the calendar. Uh so the senior club regularly meets on the last uh on the fourth Wednesday of each month. Uh, maan open play runs every Friday
from 1 to 3 at the bazi center. Senior game time Tuesdays runs the first and third Tuesday of each month. Bring your own game and join friends at the Bazi Center. And the the following uh recurring events uh all take place at
the Neptune City Community Center and they're part of our shared service agreement. Uh so some of these are new opportunities for Bradley Beach residents. Uh, the glitter and glue crew geared for ages 2 to 3 meets every Tuesday and Thursday morning at 11:30
a.m. to 12:15. Ballroom dancing for intermediate dancers meets every Wednesday at 5:45 p.m. Uh, there is a fee of $12 per person at the door for each um each session. Uh, open indoor
pickle ball runs Saturdays at 10:00 a.m. Senior strength training runs every Monday morning, 10:00 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. Step aerobics, all levels welcome, Mondays and Thursdays, 6:30 p.m. to 7:30
p.m. These are free events. Uh, senior game day at the Neptune City uh, Community Center runs Wednesdays at noon. uh and quilting for those who already know how to quilt and would like to continue a project with other quilters in a larger space. They meet on
Mondays at 5:00 p.m. And then finally at the Neptune City Community Center, table tennis or pingpong is offered every Wednesday evening 5 to 8:00 p.m. and it's an open play situation. Mark your calendars for radio bingo
March 21st 6:00 p.m. at the fire hall featuring the music of the '9s. Tickets will go on sale in February and they can be purchased on through the lady's auxiliary or emailing Courtney Papus. Um
the Memorial Day vendor fair along the beach prominade which runs Saturday and Sunday of that weekend. Uh applications are currently out. Um, as of um, as an early bird incentive, the art, craft, and retail vendors will receive a 25%
discount if they register before January 31st. There's a link on the burough website to community pass for vendor registration. So, you have to kind of look on the website and go either to the forms and documents where you can find the application. Um, and that's probably
the best way to access it at this point or go to the the May calendar. Uh, construction continues at the rec site with the completion of paver work. The playground and all new surfaces are complete with court striping planned for the end of winter. There's still limited
public access to the facility. A grand reopening will take place in early spring. The recommend's next next meeting is Monday, February 9th, 6:30 p.m. at the Neptune City Community Center. And that's my reports. >> Thank you, Councilwoman. Uh, Councilman
Sharp Cart Mitch Mitch. >> Councilman Mitch. Yeah. >> Um, you know, if I go on too long, it's because I'm doing pause. So, >> okay. Thanks very much. >> And also this is my this is really my first opportunity to meet all of the people from all the various committees
that I met with. Um so previous week I met with Pam Valentine who's our director of community development and Allison Ferrell, the department's administrative assistant. And for those of you who don't know this department, I always called it the construction office. Um community development comprises zoning, construction, code
enforcement, as well as the office of the fire marshal. This office handles the review of applications for the issuance of zoning, constructions, dumpsters, storage pods, streets, street openings, and sidewalk permits. Um they also issue certificates of continued
occupancy and perform all the inspections. Um they also um have staff members that investigate reports of code violations and other issues within the burrow. Uh we recently hired a full-time uh code enforcement officer. This had previously
been a part-time position and the department has experienced a tremendous improvement in the turnaround times for the inspections as well as the ability to monitor the town for compliance. Uh for the environmental commission, I met with them last week and their new
chairperson are esteemed John Weber. Uh their first order of business was to begin to plan how to make the various Bradley Beach events during 2026 greener. Um last year they were able to arrange less waste at the events. They were actually composting pumpkins from
some from a pumpkin chunking event. Um as well as they contributed to uh installing a uh water filling stations at the firehouse uh saving them tremendous amount of money as well as saving uh the environment. Um they'll also be beginning um to work on
environmental events during the year such as notw we polling and participating in clean ocean action events and they meet the first Monday of each month for the first aid department for the operational period ending January 20th 2026. The squad reported to
24 day calls and 21 night calls for a total of 45 calls. 33 were for medical and 12 were for fire. There were no out of town mutual aid requests. The squad responded in support of our police department and the United States Coast Guard to a report of a 74 foot pleasure
vessel taking on water northeast of the Shark River inlet with three people aboard. And the squad had responded with both ambulances and our beach rescue vehicle and stood by until the Coast Guard recovered all three people. Uh congratulations are in order for their
member Deanna How on her graduation from nursing school as a registered nurse. And lastly, the squad joined the fire department in a joint recruitment presentation and lunchon on New Year's Day, resulting in three new applications for membership. Squad fulfilled 100% of their assignments for this operational
period. And they're always looking for volunteers. They offer free training for qualified individuals. Anyone wishing to volunteer to first aid squad applications can be found on the bureau's websites. and they're also accepting applications for their cadet program for young people who are 16 to 18 years old who are interested in
serving our community. Uh I had the chance to meet with the fire department as their leazison and I guess first I don't know if you ever get too old to walk into a firehouse and it was all I could do to ask to crawl into the trucks and wear the uniforms. It was
pretty incredible. Um, I will tell you that the dedication that the first aid squad and the fire department as volunteers that they have towards their responsibilities in Bradley Beach is immeasurable. But, uh, as for the stats for the month
ended December 31st uh, 2025, the fire department responded to five day calls and six night calls for a total of 11. Six were fire alarm activations. Two were mutual aid assists into Asbury Park. Two were carbon monoxide alerts and one was a natural gas leak. The
department also conducted trainings on confined space operations and hose operations and the department also carried out the annual Santa run. There were no requests for mutual aid from other fire departments and they fulfilled 100% of their assignments for that operational period. Uh, also, uh,
happy to report that the department inducted their new firefighter into their ranks. Congratulations, Eric. Again, also happy to report that our department acquired a muchneeded, gently used um, fire hose uh, from the fire department that we got the fire truck
from last year using donated funds. And they got about $18,000 worth of hoses for $750. Uh they also too are always looking for volunteers for the fire department and offer free training to qualified individuals. Anyone who wants wishes to
volunteer may inquire through the bureau's website. Uh for our police department, a local man was arrested and charged with defying trespassing if trolls were dispatched to a local business establishment for a subject causing a disturbance. This individual had been noticed against trespass by the
business on an earlier date due to similar unruly and aggressive behavior and was arrested for same. Another local man was arrested and charged with hindering apprehension and several motor vehicle violations following a traffic stop. The subject provided false information as to his name and personal
identifiers and attempt to hide the fact that he had suspended driver's license due to several previous motor vehicle infractions. Uh, and I'd also like to take a moment to invite the entire community to our upcoming Burrow Blood Drive, which will be held on Tuesday, February 17th. The
drive will take place at the firehouse between 11:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. As we all know, blood supplies often run low during the winter months, and your donation can quite literally save a life right here in our area. So, to keep things running smoothly and avoid leg
long wait times, we're just asking residents to register in advance. go to the bureau's website just look for the blood drive link on the homepage and thank you and we hope to see everybody giving blood on the 17th and that's my report. Thank you.
>> Thank you Mr. Clark. Um okay I I got You think that was long? I've got one three times as long from the library. I'm not going to read it but I kept scrolling down scrolling down scrolling down like I'm going to try to summarize. Uh, number one, our library is just ridiculously incredibly
thorough. Um, go to their website, please, because I'm not going to do it justice in this meeting, but go to their website. They have daily programs. They have weekly programs. They have all kinds of programs for little kids and toddlers. I'm going to read off a couple of them quick. Not going to give you anywhere near the detail I was I was
given, but they have a puzzle exchange through the end of this month, through the end of January. If you have uh gently used uh jigsaw puzzles, please bring them to library. they recycle them among, you know, kids and uh and attendees. Um there are weekly programs
where kids little kids can play with Legos and other games on Mondays. Um they do crafts for kids on Thursdays. Every Monday, every Thursday, Fridays are read and play for little kids at 9:15 in the morning. The list really goes on and on. Um there's landscape
drawing, there's chair yoga, there's all kinds of things. It's really quite fascinating. Um, I will say this though, right now uh uh the library has certain areas within the library closed for repairs. So if you have attempted to go there, the first floor is is largely out
of commission. Um right now you can't use computers, you can't use the printers. Uh you can still borrow books. They have an online catalog. You can get uh a lot of borrowing a lot of supplies from online catalog. Uh they won't have newspapers, but they do have online
access to Asbury Park Press and um New York Times. Uh and their Fourth Avenue book drop is closed at the moment, but the Hammond Avenue book drop is open. So again, just keep in mind there's so much out there. Um please get to their
website and just check it out, especially if you have little children or grandchildren. Um you could spend many happy hours there with your with those kids. Um otherwise um there's been a ton going on broadly around affordable housing. We there were a couple things
as I mentioned earlier that we were hopeful to get on the agenda today but uh Bradley as of this weekend really as of Friday we were told we do have a settlement in place with affordable housing which is great news. Again, some typos precluded us from in the agreement
precluded us from uh approving it tonight. But um but uh you know, I want to tip my hat to Jen Beam, our planner. Uh actually chairman of our land use board, Mr. Coan drafted helped draft some of the overlay zones. So, thank you
TJ for that. Uh but that's a very significant accomplishment. We'll we'll take a formal bow once we can actually approve the settlement, but I just wanted to let everybody know that that's coming and that's really good news. Uh other than that uh that really concludes my comments for tonight and I will move
to item 14 on our agenda which is opening it up to public comment. Any comments or questions from the public? Yes, this lady. Hello. I'm Jean Ly from 419 Place and I represent the seniors of Bradley Beach.
We did. >> We have a senior organization which has been in existence. We're in our 33rd year. This year though, we finally made the the town calendar. We made it last year, too, and this year too, and they put the
wrong dates. So, um it is what it is. But we meet the fourth Wednesday of every month except in the summer. I just wanted to clear that up. And we
had we started with 14 and we're up to like about 35 come. Now I hear that if you got you applied for a grant and I think that you applied today for a permanent grant maker
would be a very good thing and I want to know if anyone knows if it was filed because the grant for the seniors had to be filed by the 13th of January and if it wasn't filed it isn't worth talking about because we won't get it.
So, does anyone know if it was filed? >> I I don't believe it was filed. I believe we approved >> the drafting filed by the state and um >> well, that's the first I'm hearing >> and so whatever. So, that it has many
questions about being that where where it supposedly would be shared with Neptune cities. So that makes things, you know, uh the thing is if we do get a grant and uh
the seniors that live in town should be on the committee to give their suggestions because we live here and we have you know it is all the last thing is
I've lived here for 26 years. I like this. I like the people. We got very very good people and but I want you people in the council to give the town people first who big on
tourism. Don't sell our property. Give us our sewers and uh not sell them out. Just remember we're here and we do vote. And we had like the lion. We have many
investors and they are just what they are investors. They're not they're not neighbors. They're just there for themselves. And so which is a different matriel.
That's it ladies and thank and gentlemen. Thank you for listening to me. have a happy new year. >> Thank you. Thank you. >> Thank you. And Miss Lady, I I'll look into the the grant application. Uh that's the first I've heard that you that you believe there was an earlier deadline.
>> Thank you. >> Thank you. Other comments or questions? Yes, sir. Mr. Sh. 110th Avenue in Bradley Beach. On January 10th of this year, we will also veteran. The reason I'm bringing this up is for
the simple fact that his name is placed as serving in the Vietnam War and not in the Korean War. On that wall right there, the Brandon Beach. This request to correct his status has been mentioned to previous
administrations not only by him and members of his family but also by many of his friends. I won. It is amazing how during election time people will come knock on his door asking for a vote yet they will not
correct his status on that wall for many years. George took much pride in serving his country in the Korean War. I'm asking in this public forum to please correct his service record. Give
George and his family the honors that he so deserves as being a Korean War veteran, please. And Mr. Sh, this is the first I'm hearing this, but you're saying, what are you asking us to do? make put his name on
>> on the Korean War. >> on the Korean War as a Vietnam War veteran. >> I I'm Yeah, I'm learning this obviously for the first time, but >> somehow strike this. >> I'm bringing it up in this form because it was mentioned to Larry
person to person >> de ears was mentioned to Engle person to person deaf ears. So, I decided instead of mentioning to you, like I said, I wanted to talk to you, but instead of talking to you in private, I'm going to
bring it up in public so that everybody knows. Oh, please. Correct. And we have here's another thing. You have that right there, wall of honor. You have one over there missing a lot of names. You have another one over there
missing a lot of names. You know, >> you realize, Mr. Yeah, >> let's take the money and spend it wisely. Correct all this, >> you know. >> Yeah. And and if you would be so good, you apparently know what names are missing. This is the first you've brought this to our attention. So, do
you have the names that should be on included on these appropriate panels? >> I mentioned, but do you have the names? >> Not all of them. Not World War II. >> That's what I And I don't know how long these have been hanging. >> No, I don't know how long these have
been hanging on our walls, but again, we will absolutely correct them if someone would give us the information or tell us were to find. >> That's something we would have to >> Okay. Well, thank you for bringing it to our attention. Certainly for Mr. Albert, we'll get right on that.
>> Thank you. >> Uh, other comments or questions from Mr. Yes, sir. at Bob West 518 New York. Just a quick question, comment, reference to uh 2026-1
801 main street. This this ordinance was just to correct it. So we can now get for units. I think that question might be more aimed at the land use for is there going to be as far
still going to go through regular channels as to what this is going to look like plans to approve yet that's still down the road? >> No, actually and and I know you're a brand new appointment to the the land use board. Um the answer is no in terms
of what it looks like and everything that's already been approved a number of years ago. This is this is defining a new overlay zone. >> So just to me, but as far as the size and scope of this thing, that's already been >> Well, I'm going to turn to Mr. Quinn, who's the chair, but but I don't know.
Has the application been renewed? >> Well, this settlement, which is AH4, is the template for what the developer wants and what the town agreed to. Uh it's still subject to site plan from the
lang point. So a full site plan based upon the height, the parking, the number of units that will all come to us whenever the developer decides. But the zoning is now in place. >> Anything will look better than what is presently there.
>> Yeah. I don't sit down at Uber anymore because it's pretty ugly. >> To your point, to your point, the parking was modified to the 1.5. >> Yes. >> But I'm told it's going to remain in its st same footprint and height. So, >> we'll see. That's what we're told. We'll
see. I mean, it is 48 ft high. >> It is 24 units. Now, what that appropriation of units is, we don't know. >> Um, the layout for the parking is engineers will have to submit that. So, we will get review from the land use board, but you know, the the the rules
of zoning are in place that we will use as a template. >> Very good. >> That's more there. >> Thank you, Bob. Other comments or questions in the room? Okay, let me turn. Yes, sir. Thank you for waiting so patiently.
>> Gloria. >> Uh, he's getting there. >> Unmute. >> He's getting there. Yeah, >> we we can't hear you. >> Yeah, you're still muted.
>> Still muted, Laurian. >> Yeah, we can't hear you. No, >> he can't hear us. >> No, you have to unmute. >> Can you unmute? >> He said he's trying. >> Oh, he is trying. >> Okay. >> Are you reading lips, TJ? >> Okay. Oh, he needs permission to unmute.
Yeah, we just got permission. >> Michelle, Michelle, can you unmute him, please? >> Right. I'm stir. >> Am I unmuted? Oh, good. Thank you. Can you hear me? All
>> Burough, I'm still muted by you. You murdering me. >> We can't hear you. >> Yes, >> he can't hear us. >> I hear you, but you mooding me. >> No, we can hear you.
>> Oh, you can. Okay, good. I'm sorry. Anyway, look, I just I I I just wanted to tell you guys I really appreciate the fact that you adjusted the special
parking permits and you heard, you know, non-resident speaking taxpayers and I think you you are to be commended for that and I really appreciate that on behalf of my wife. The only question I
had is that you adjusted one of the New Jersey permit uh options. I I don't know which one was, but 9B3 and 93 both state you need a New Jersey permit. So, if you would review that and
make sure all the or other state requirements are out. Uh uh uh you know any you got it. Okay, good. during you made that edit, we added or equivalent from other states >> for both of those uh sections.
>> Uh definitely in A3. What was the other section? >> Uh 9B3. >> 9 B3. >> Great. >> That one I don't have that one. Am I safe? nine.
>> Uh 9-B3. >> I'll pull it back up again. >> Well, you know what? We'll >> Yeah, just just take out the New Jersey stuff and and make it other equivalent after you read through and I'm That's all good. And And again, I I I'm just
wondering when the paper will be out for the doctor uh the doctor's note or note, but the It's available now. >> Oh, it is. Is Is it on the website? >> Uh, no, but I don't know if it's posted yet, but it is available if you could
contact Burl Hall. U >> Okay, good. >> Michelle Wy >> and and then um the uh uh um original application still applies. Correct.
>> What do you mean the original? the Well, we submitted an original application >> for this year for 2026. >> Yes. >> Yes. Uh some have not yet submitted and others have. If you've already submitted it, we can begin the processing once you
complete the attestation form. >> Okay, great. And I I really again want to thank you all uh for considering this and I think your compromise is fantastic and uh both my wife and I really appreciate it.
>> Well, we appreciate the feedback you gave us. It's not often we go as far as introducing an ordinance and then, you know, removing it, but your feedback was very uh very powerful and and we appreciate it. So, thank you. >> Okay, guys. Have a great night. Thank
you. Thank you. Take care. >> I will. >> Are there any other questions? I don't see any. >> Okay. Uh I will make a motion. Well, we'll close public comment and I will make a motion to adjurnn.
>> Second. All in favor? I >> I thank you. Eric 7:30. showing the