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--------- You're telling me that your committee is not referenc I have it all the price down. You're not taking no

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so many. >> How you doing, buddy? >> I got that yellow. I was sending sending them a sent Okay. >> Well, we got we didn't get rain that

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part. So pockets were >> good to see you, sir. >> I know. I was out in the water. >> I was playing Maja and you realized real fast the water was coming down and I was driving back and I saw your vehicle. I'm like, "Oh, he's going to yell at me. I

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shouldn't be on the road." >> It's more for the area. >> Thank you. >> Call this meeting to order. Please stand for the pledge of allegiance. Thank you. >> Pledge of Allegiance >> to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it

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stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. I wish to announce the 48 hour notice is required under the open public meetings act was emailed to the asbury park press the co-star and the new coaster on

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December the 18th of 2025 that a copy has been placed on the bulletin board in the burough office and that a copy has been filed with the municipal clerk. Please be advised public attendance for meetings through Zoom is not mandatory and a courtesy only. If for any reason Zoom fails or is disconnected, the

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inperson meeting will continue without interruption and action can and will be taken providing that there is an inperson quarum. Mr. Noble >> here, Mr. Greenlat here, Mr. Carr here. >> Mr. Nikki >> here, >> Mayor Guboszi >> here. >> Good evening everyone. Welcome and good

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evening to those on Zoom. Um going to jump right into item five on our agenda which is workshops and there are none. Item six, presentations and bids. Once again, there are none. Item seven, approval of the minutes. I will make a

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motion that we approve the June 16, 2026 council business uh meeting minutes. >> Second. >> Mr. Noble, >> yes. >> Mlad, yes. >> Mr. Park, yes. >> Mr. Nikki, yes. >> Mayor Gubos, >> yes. >> I'll make a motion to approve the June 16th, 2026 executive session minutes.

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>> Second. >> Mr. Noble, yes. >> Mr. Springlat, >> yes. >> Mr. Park, >> yes. >> Mr. Noiki, >> yes. Mayor Guboszi. >> Yes. I'll make a motion to approve the June 30th special meeting minutes for the municipal budget public hearing and

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adoption. >> Second. >> Thank you. >> Mr. Noble. >> Yes. >> Miss Greenlat. Yes. >> Mr. Carf. >> Um. Yes. >> Mr. Noiki. I >> abstain because I was absent unfortunately. >> Mayor Gubosza.

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>> Yes. All right. Item eight on the agenda, public comments or questions. Again, at this time, comments or questions must pertain to tonight's agenda items only. At the end of the meeting, you'll have an open opportunity to discuss anything else. Any comments

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or questions about tonight's agenda? Anyone on Zoom? Okay, seeing none, we'll move on to item nine on our agenda, which are ordinances. And specifically, we have one ordinance for introduction. And I'm going to turn this one over to the

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sponsor, our council president, Jane Denov. Thank you. Yes, I am the liaison for the Shade Tree Commission. And then we did have a request by the commission. So on behalf of the Shade Tree Commission, I want to emphasize that their true goal is to partner with residents to protect our tree canopy and

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not to issue fines ever. But the old $200 penalty was outdated and treated as a minor cost. I apologize. >> It was a minor cost of doing business. Now, neighboring communities like Ocean Grove, Asbury Park, and Spring Lake

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maintain similar $1,000 fees or even higher. And the good news is that I spoke with the Spring Lake Councilwoman Sid Wallally today who worked with their commission for the past 15 years and

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they have never issued a single fine. So this fine works strictly as a deterrent which is exactly the commission's intent. This change also satisfies the updated state NJ DP tier A regulations which

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legally mandate that coastal towns enforce a tree removal and replacement ordinance on all public and private properties because mature trees serve as a vital storm water infrastructure

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against flooding and runoff. So ultimately we are required to manage this collective canopy together to protect our environment. Now the Shade Tree Commission has been incredibly successful in keeping Bradley Beach green by planting hundreds of trees and

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a huge thank you also goes out to the homeowners who partner with them by replacing their trees. The commission's absolute hope and goal is that this $1,000 fine never actually

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has to be issued. They would much rather work together to keep Bradley Beach green, resilient, and thriving. So, I know I spoke to each one individually. Did anybody have any further questions on this? >> I guess I have one question.

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>> Sure. >> Simple one. Um this is uh requested by the shade tree commission and my question is is that because they actually had evidence that the 200 was not a deterrent? >> Yes, they had people bypassing it and treating the fine as just part of doing

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business because it was again it was cheaper probably to pay the fine than actually replace the tree. Currently all all it is is a $50 application and that $50 it goes to plant more trees. So, um

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they felt that people weren't taking the $200 penalty seriously and apparently it is outdated and um the county and state recommend um fines up to $2,000 per tree. But we did a little research and some trees sometimes were 500 and some

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were a,000, some were 2,000. So, we kind of did in the middle of 1,000 or they they decided upon that. Yeah, >> we had run into a similar thing with the sidewalk snow removal where it was cheap just to pay the fine than it was and have somebody shovel your

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>> So, I think it's great because once you take down a tree, you can't undo that. >> You can't undo that. Yeah. Especially a mature healthy tree, you know, and that's what we're aiming to say about. Of course, you know, if you have a dead or dying tree or tree affected by a storm, you're more than welcome to to take that down and it does not have to

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be replaced. But luckily, like I said, the shade tree is planting hundreds of trees, so it makes up for the dead and dying trees as well. >> So, also, I just want to double check that the uh shade tree commission is issuing that green permit when someone has a permit to do so. Yes.

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>> So, if I'm walking down the street and I'm a person who's disturbed when trees are coming down without permission. Yes. >> Um because I don't want to see fewer trees. >> I've seen them in the windows. >> They are. >> Yeah. Oh, this has been saving us a lot of time because people aren't very conscious of the trees, which is great.

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It's a collective effort, you know, to protect our tree canopy. So, we would get a lot of calls when it's coming down. So, we created the green placard so people understand this is an approved tree. This is going in a house. They have a tree of heaven, which we welcome for people to cut down and get rid of

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because it's an invasive species and of course is the favorite of the green I mean of the spotted lantern fly. So yeah, I was thinking I don't know what to ask for, but we don't that's a whole another bug. >> Okay. Any other comments or questions from the council? >> Okay.

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>> Madam President, would you like to make a motion? >> Let me see if you have Okay. This is what I was looking for. Thank you. So, um, I would like to make a motion that we introduce ordinance 2026-31, the ordinance amending chapter 425 trees of the burls revise general ordinances to enhance the violations and penalties

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for violations of shade tree regulations. Do I have a second? Second, >> Mr. Noble. Yes. >> Mr. Greenblat, >> yes. >> Mr. Cart, >> yes. >> Mr. Noiki, >> yes. >> Mayor Gubosi, >> yes. >> Thank you. >> All right. We have no ordinances for

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adoption. So, we'll move to item 10 on the agenda, communications. And and we have a an update on the prominade and some of the construction projects. The question is, Mr. Dhy, are you providing that update or will I do that? >> Uh, that's up to you, mayor. Well, did

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you I thought you had some material pulled together. >> Uh yes, just um uh on the promot extension. Uh construction began uh yesterday uh March 6th during a tsunami. Uh temporary stairs have been constructed at third a and second a to

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maintain beach access during construction. Uh the contractor is mobilizing equipment and materials and performing prep work uh this entire week and the bulkhead construction will start next week. Uh hopefully we'll see that

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giant um pile driver out on the beach uh pretty soon. Uh also for Silven Lake Bulkhead Mayor uh construction also began yesterday Mar uh July 6th. The contractor is mobilizing equipment and setting up traffic control this week.

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They will uh begin work on the bulkhead next week at the western end of the project at Madison A and work their way towards Edward Green A. They will work in approximately 100 foot sections to evac uh excavate soil and construct the

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new bulkhead before moving on to the next section. Uh excavated soil from the silent lake project is being used to backfill behind the bulkhead at the prominade extension project. So quite literally one project is intertwined

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with the other project keeping all the soil the sacred soil of Bradley Beach here in Brandy Beach >> and saving hundreds of hundreds of thousands of dollars. >> Well that minor detail we like that too. >> Also the reason why they're doing those

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sections smaller like that for a couple different reasons. But one of the key things is is to reduce the impact. you know, not tearing up the whole entire length of Bradley Boulevard, but doing pieces and that also preserves parking for beach access as long as possible.

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So, they're not going to disturb that, you know, you know, until they get down to that end of the barely know about it. So, it's actually um you know, contractors being very cooperative. Both contractors are. So, it's really positive. >> Yes. And the the one at Silivven Lake,

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that bulkhead uh recently, as you know, did work at the um at the same spot um between us and Avon by the sea uh with the outflow pipe uh this past winter and did an excellent job with that. So, we look forward to working with them again

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on this project. >> And then and then the alpha project, they're also going to be doing a gate replacement change onto that um New Jersey D project. So that's supposed to happen sometime here late summer uh into the fall. So that will really, you know,

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complete a lot of that infrastructure uh replacement that we need. >> And that gate is critical because particularly with yesterday with concerns of rising water and so forth. I know that at Fletcher Lake they had to open the gate in order to lower the water table. Um I know I don't believe

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that they needed to do that at Silven Lake, but that gate is very problematic. >> Yeah, they did. They do because the problem with timing of that is all problematic because with the tides you have to time it with the tides and >> so that's really um >> one thing affects the other. So >> can I also just ask since there seems to

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be a discussion going on um the transfer of soil is going to be like section by section over to the proomenade and that that will work in terms of the prominade use of it. >> Yes. >> Okay.

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>> Yeah. So, so initial excavation won't be so wet and when it starts to get too wet to move right away, they'll stockpile it a little bit, let it drain and then move it, >> stockpile it around Silvin Lake. >> Yeah. So, the the um our engineer, you know, oh yes, before moving it to the prominad because you don't want to just

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have mud drop and drip everywhere. But the two contractors are being coordinated by by Arthon, our engineer, and um they're being very cooperative working together to coordinate all of this. So, you know, fingers crossed that this cooperation continues in a positive

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way and minimizes impact of the public, >> right? >> And then the timing of when that stuff moves is going to be critical also, you know, not to disrupt uh, you know, you know, don't do it in the middle of the afternoon and do it, you know, before, you know, there's a lot of traffic and pedestrians and that type of thing. >> Yeah. And it's just another benefit to

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the council to have a real engineer on the council because you're doing two projects that could be do done in separate years that would have cost hundreds of thousand dollars more because you would have had to pay to remove the soil and then you would have had to pay to also bring in soil. So,

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you know, to go to Councilman the Wiki, everything's getting done at one time, uh, saving the taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars >> and there's some inconveniences to it because it does create more construction in the town all at once. And so, it is disruptive to the community. Um, but

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we're trying to do everything we can to try to minimize that disruption to the community. But it's critical that this happens now. won the prominade because we would have lost the funding. If we don't if we don't complete it or haven't if we didn't complete that project and

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have it done here by December 31st, would we have lost $4 million of funding for that project and so it is critical that that gets done before the end of the year. I saw the signs also on the beach now so other people can find out just scan the QR code and find out what

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the status is and about the project. Yeah, lot we're really trying to up the game on communications like we've said that for last over the last year with the sewer program, the demolition of the the church on the rain. And so we're really trying to up the game on communication and it takes a lot of

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effort from you know from the staff and and from the the consultants and you know all of us uh I know Councilman Clark you also had your fingers on with some of those communications as well. So, it's good to have your, you know, collective uh team trying to touch things, make sure we get the right

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messages out. >> Thank you. >> I think what's what's important for our residents to know because you're hearing us reference different projects, the the gate, uh the the the bulkhead and so forth. What's really important to know is two very major

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projects are taking place in a very limited area of Bradley Beach, the southeast corner. one is we referenced the bulkhead on Southern Lake and that is in fact the key project about about to get underway. Um but it's part of a much broader restoration series of

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projects including the off pipe that we mentioned including uh dredging the lake ultimately. So uh putting in a walking path narrowing Bradley Boulevard. There's a lot that's going to happen for Silven Lake. There's also a lot that's going to happen related to extending our

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prominade, the pavers and our boardwalk heading south towards Avon because that is the lowest uh area relative to sea level in Bradley Beach very susceptible to ocean surges and

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flooding. So the soon and I'll give the credit to uh prior councilman John Weber a number of years ago said this is some a key project the burrow needs to undertake to protect our residents the homeowners especially in the southeast corner. Um so that is underway phase one

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phase two we're applying for funding um and then ultimately there will be a phase three that will actually connect our boardwalk fully extended to Avon's boardwalk. So, a lot happening all at once and we've squeezed it in. You probably noted Councilman Noi just said

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a lot of our funding runs out on December 31st of this year. So, we're obviously in a hurry to get to the work, but at the same token, we didn't want to start before July 4th. We know there's going to be disruption at the beach, but we did everything we could to begin that

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construction post July 4th. And we did have contractors saying, "Hey, could we get started a little early?" And we said no. So right now, you know, it's it's kind of a sprint to the end of the year for all these projects and uh contractors are starting. So uh I know

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it's disruption to all of our residents. I can I can assure everyone that 50 years from now, long after I'm gone and many of us are gone, uh Bradley Beach will look back on these projects and say, "Wow, this was critical in terms of

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uh sustainability for Bradley Beach that we got this all done in such a short period of time." So, pardon the inconvenience. As Councilman Noiki and others have mentioned, we have signs with QR codes. We are updating our website regularly. scan that QR code or

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just go to the website. Uh I forget the title, but it's something like projects or construction projects. There's >> infrastructure projects. >> Infrastructure projects. Thank you. Uh just go directly to the website. It's on the homepage, but you'll see regular updates. We'll post new information as

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it becomes available to us. All right. Thank you, uh Mr. Dohy for leading that discussion. And we can now move to item 11 on our agenda, which is resolutions. We have three consent agenda resolution items. Are there any questions or items

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that the council would like to discuss or vote out separately? All right. In that case, I'll make a motion that we approve 20 council uh consent agenda resolutions 2026-185 through 2026-187.

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Second, >> Mr. Noble. >> Yes. Mr. Green. >> Yes. Mr. Corp. Yes. >> Mr. Noiki. Yes. Mayor Gossi. >> Yes. individual resolutions. There are four. The first is 2026-188 authorizing the mayor and municipal

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clerk to execute the fiscal year 2027 through fiscal year 2029 cooper cooperation agreement with Mammoth County for cooperative participation in community development program pursuant to uniform shared services and

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consolidation act. And this basically just enables us to have available to us programs, grant funding and s such that Mammoth County might might make available. Uh if we don't sign up for this, we cannot apply for those grants.

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>> Any comments or questions? >> I presume this is just now updating this contract. >> It's been in place for the past three years and we're renewing it. Okay. Okay. If no other comments or questions, uh, I'll make a motion that we approve 2026-188.

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>> Second. >> Mr. Noble? >> Yes. >> M. Greenlet? Yes. >> Mr. Cart? >> Yes. >> Mr. Nikki? >> Yes. >> Mayor Gubosi? >> Yes. Councilman Noiki, would you like to take the next one or? >> Yes. individual resolution 2026189

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approval to submit a grant application and execute a grant contract with the New Jersey Department of Transportation for the improvements to Parkplace Avenue phase three project. So just quickly the uh Parkplace

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a portion of the sewers from Main Street to um Fletcher Lake had been completed two two and a half years ago. And so part of our sewer replacement program is uh next spring is to complete a park

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place. A piece of parkplace is going to get done here in the fall and then the final section of Parkplace which will be from Madison to um Ocean Avenue will be completed in the spring. So as we're marching along, we're completing the

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sewers as we go. Um, we're using D funding, um, principal forgiveness, um, and our, um, uh, funding from the infrastructure bank to do the sewer work. In order to get free money to add

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to that, we're going to the DOT and requesting money for the resurfacing of the roadway. So after we dig up the street, put in the sewer, instead of borrowing money or using the money from D to pay for the road fix, we're using DOT money. And so we're coordinating

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these two to maximize the amount of free money we can get to do these projects. And so we're staging these one after the other. And so what this resolution does will allow us to submit for this here fiscal year for funding and we've done

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this in previous years to um do the resurfacing of Parkplace Avenue. Once we do the sewer reconstruction, we'll be able to repave Parkplace um with DOT funding uh grant funding. So with that, I'd like to make a motion to uh approve

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uh 26189 grant application um for the improvement to ParkPace Avenue phase 3 project. Second, >> Mr. Noble, >> yes. Miss Greenl, >> yes. Mr. Clark, >> yes. >> Mr. Nikki, >> yes. >> Mayor Guboszi,

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>> yes. Does anyone care to lead the uh block party discussion? If not, I can, but >> Second Avenue >> close to you. We also have one at Burlington. I know that we have heard a party. That's right. So, this is I'll

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take it. Um this is the third uh block party request for this summer season. And this is um for a block party on the 200 block of 2nd Avenue for Saturday, September 26th, uh with a rain date of October 3rd. And it's an afternoon block

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party. Are there any questions? You see it's minor question but the the 1 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. that that time slot is for either date the original date or the radio. >> Yes. >> Okay. >> Okay. So I would like to make a motion. Uh is there anyone else who has any

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questions? >> I would just question this does does the police department have any concern over an afternoon block party versus in the evening? There's no >> what was the date again? >> September 26th. September 26th is the actual date of the block party and there's a rain date of October 3rd

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>> outside season. >> Yeah. >> Okay. So, I'd like to make a motion to approve um um resolution 2026 190 approving of block 30 on the 200 block of Second Avenue. >> Mr. Noville?

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>> Yes. >> Miss Greenblat? Yes. >> Mr. Clark? >> Yes. >> Mr. Noiki? >> Yes. >> Mayor Gubos? >> Yes. 2026-191. We went through similar process related to Darcy's Tavern uh a couple meetings

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ago where uh there just wasn't enough time. Darcy's Tavern made a request for two dates that there were uh men's, you know, national soccer team uh games on July 1st and July 6th. Uh they were scheduled to end at 10:00, but had there

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been an overtime, had there been a sudden death, they requested could they, if needed, stay open till 10:45 p.m. They were requesting 45 extra minutes for each states. Um we did not have a council meeting uh in advance of those

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dates. So uh Mr. Karp, I believe you coordinated the the uh the polling. So if you wouldn't mind. >> Yeah. So you so I spoke to the people who were not supposed to abstain brought in the council and um we agreed we uh we

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thought it was kind of a continuation of this uh the special event. Um also uh when we had made the exception last time it had actually started at 10:00 and then was going to continue on till 12 12:30. Uh but the most that this would have continued on would have been

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through about 10:45. Uh and in fact both games ended at 10 o'clock uh in regulation time. So um so they were actually able to close on time and not take the extra time. >> So would you care to make a motion? >> So I would make a motion to uh approve

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2026-191 um retro ratifying permission for Darcy's to operate until uh 11 o'clock on July 1st and 6 second. >> Mr. Noble, I live within 200 feet, so I

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will abstain. Miss Braat, >> yes. >> Mr. Carr, >> yes. >> Mr. Noiki, >> yes. >> Mayor Guboszi, >> I also live within 200 feet and will abstain. >> All right. Uh, that concludes our individual resolutions. We'll move to item 12 on the agenda, announcements.

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There are none. 13A is the administrator report. Do you have anything left for us, Mr. Dhy? >> Uh, just a few things. Uh, Mr. Mayor, uh the uh restrooms at the uh old pump station are up and running. Uh and uh thank goodness they were for this

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weekend. Um this weekend was tremendous uh amount of volume of people coming to Bradley Beach. Um we had a record number of daily beach sales on Friday the 3, exceeding $50,000 for the first time ever.

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>> Um the uh uh lifeguards uh did a tremendous job over the weekend. the uh beach badge checkers, the beach badge sellers, all of employees really stepped up. Um you know, there were news reports telling people in Middle Sex County, Union County, Burton County to go to the

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beach to get away from the heat. Um and people listened. So uh and obviously Breley Beach is an extremely popular destination. So we had a tremendous amount of people who came here. uh it was very wise to keep the construction

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um starting after uh the 4th of July. Uh it would have been um quite challenging to have that um closed off and and ongoing um during this past weekend. So um uh also at the same time, you know,

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we we had some significant storms that had power outages. Um again, the the cleanup had been for a couple days. is our Department of Public Works really stepped up, did a great job. Our police department um shutting down streets till JCPNL could clean out line electrical

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wires. Uh JCPNL has been in constant contact with us. Um you know, there's one spot um that today, at least they start, I'm not sure if they finished putting a new pole on Newark that was damaged because of the storm. Uh that caused an outage for about 30 people on

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Newark and Lake Terrace. So, we kept in contact with them as well. We let people know through social media um the progress uh on for instance on Monday there were 69 people out um today there were I'm sorry reverse that um there were 67 people out today they were down

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to 49 um u most of them in the Newark uh Lake Terrace area and then also Evergreen had a little pocket um so I just want to thank JCPL for that as well um that's all for me Mr. >> Thank you Mr. We'll move to mayor and council reports.

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Well, let's start with uh Councilman Noiki. >> Thank you, Mayor. First, uh police activity report. Um the period June 11th through June July 5th on June 17th, 600 block of Main Street, a 39year-old male

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from brick was arrested on an outstanding warrant from Point Pleasant Beach Municipal Court. He was processed and later released. Patrolman Andrew Redmond made the arrest June 19th, 7083rd Avenue. A 41-year-old female from

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Brandy Beach was arrested and charged with defiant trespassing after she was found in a condemned home after previously being told she could not return. Patrolman Jatrony and Patrolman Dana Crow made the arrest. On June 21st, Main Street in Brinley

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Avenue, a 58-year-old female from Ocean Grove was arrested and charged with obstructing the administration of Wall after she interfered with an investigation during a motor vehicle stop. She was processed and later released. Sergeant William Major made

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the arrest. On June 26, 700 block of Main Street. A 32year-old male from Freehold was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct. was also given burough ordinances for having alcohol in public and a public new nuisance. It was processed and later released. Patrolman

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Daniel Crow made the arrest. June 29th, Fletcher Lake Avenue and Lake Terrace Avenue, a 79year-old male from Neptune was arrested and charged with driving under the influence of several motor vehicle offenses. Patrolman Samuel forjac

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made the arrest. June 30th, 700 block of Main Street, a 40-year-old female from Woodbury was arrested on an outstanding warrant from Bradley Beach Municipal Court. She was processed and later committed to the Mammoth County Jail. Patrolman Edward

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Hernandez made the arrest. The police department also investigated 15 motor vehicle crashes and responded to several calls for service uh during this time period. So, it's been a busy period for our police department, but things were

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heating up in those twoe period literally. So, thank you for all that you do and your department chief >> and then silver blank. I don't have anything to report. We've already discussed the the projects. Uh there is a meeting here in this chambers next

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week on Wednesday at 7 p.m. and also the land use board. I have nothing to report on that. Um but I understand next Thursday we do have a pretty full agenda of um so we'll be busy um again in this chamber on uh Thursday with the land use

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board. And that's my report mayor. >> Thank you Councilman Council President Denobyl. >> Thank you mayor. The next board of ed meeting is July 21st. So I'll report on that at a later date. The Sha Tree Commission standby is going to have a

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meeting later, but Amy wanted me to share. Amy Baker, our tourism uh director, says tomorrow kicks off jazz and blues series 7 to 9:00 p.m. in the park with de demolition brass band high

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energy New Orleans style. Threetime winners of the Mummers Parade in Philly. That's impressive. Thursday night kicks off the Brookdale Songwriters on Newark Avenue. And Saturday is the Moroccan Sheep Herders in the Park. They're

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amazing. And also, if you could donate blood or platelets on July 16th, men especially are needed for platelets. So, please mark your calendar 7 July 16th at the firehouse.

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And then finally, we have the Shade Tree Commission. They had a meeting on July 1st. They had a couple applications. One was 303 Second Avenue. They have three dead trees. They were approved to remove those. 402 Fifth Avenue also has a dead

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tree that is infested with carpenter ants and beetles. They were also approved to remove that tree. Uh they're working on the pollinator point over on Second Avenue and uh they're going to be replacing some of the

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hips bufferum which is also known as blueberry bushes but I just like to try my Latin out there. Yeah, it's kind of fun. And um also on Saturday, July 18th at 9:00 a.m. to noon, the New Jersey

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Tree Foundation will be giving a course just about how to prune a tree, how to identify trees, and um the Shade Tree Commission will be getting three CEUs for that, which is nice. And um and they also need this for a new grant to

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maintain tree city status. And this is open to the public. And if you do attend, you will get pruners and um a band saw and a tree ID book. That's pretty cool stuff. And uh that

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completes my report. Thank you, Mayor. >> Thank you, uh Councilwoman Green. >> Thank you. I apologize in advance. I have a couple of lengthy reports. It's a busy time for my liaison um groups. So, the Arts Council last met June 22nd. Uh

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despite the rain out Saturday, June 27th, the first annual arts fest, which included the posh real estate art opening and UVA singer songwriters afterparty, was a huge success. 13 Bradley Beach artists exhibited their work with food and wine catered by Stock

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Room's general store. The art exhibit brand from June 27th to July 4th with enthusiastic community response and many sales. The weather did not foil UVA's bash which took place upstairs and filled the capacity. Thanks to all the devoted arts council members, community

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partners, artists, and musicians for their participation. The Arts Council is planning to reschedule its afternoon program which will include string bean, line dancing, a drum circle, art workshop, and more. Details on date and location will be published shortly, so

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please keep an eye out. Thanks again to Abby Khan for running a musical improvisational work play shop. Wednesday, June 18th, uh Laney DeFranco's Ballet for Balance will continue through the end of July, and that's based on popular demand with

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classes running Wednesdays 10:00 a.m. to 11:15 at the Bradley Beach Fire Hall. The program is open to men and women 50 years and older. No registration is necessary. and the arts council will next meet on Monday, June 20th, 10:00

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a.m. at the Beyz Center. And for Fletcher Lake, the Fletcher Lake Commission has not met since our last council meeting. Um, but an update on the fish stocking. While the D has given a green light for fish stocking in the lake, which includes uh bluegill

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sunfish, channel catfish, largemouth bass, and fathead minnows. Uh due to current high water temperatures, they have recommended that we wait until spring of 2027 to go ahead. The burough will plan a festive festive public event next spring when the commission goes

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ahead with stocking. Monmouth County thunderstorms on Monday produced heavy rain with an estimated accumulation of over 5 in and upwards of 7 in of rain fell over a tiny corridor of Monmouth County at up to 3 in per hour. Enormous

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thanks to Bradley Beach's DPW for lake mitigation, monitoring and draining Fletcher Lake back down to pre-torrm levels. Meanwhile, the commission has received a very favorable report from Clonet, the coastal lakes observing network out of Monmouth University. And

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based on the available water quality data beginning in 2019 as compared with 2026, Bletcher Lake is clearly moving in a positive direction. The trends indicate improved dissolved dissolved oxygen levels, greater water clarity,

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and lower algae indicators when compared with previous years. This is encouraging news and reflects the commitment of everyone who has invested their time, expertise, and resources in restoring this important coastal lake. Clonet will host a public workshop on July 14th to

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reveal results of a recent edna sampling on the makeup of marine life in Mand County's coastal waters. Food and refreshments will be served beginning at 6 p.m. with presentations starting at 6:45 p.m. The workshop will be held in room 2011 of the Edison Science Building

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at Monmouth University. For further information, go to the university's website and to their events tab. The commission will next meet this Thursday, July 9th in this council chamber. And finally, the rec committee um while

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it's not meeting for June or July because of there's certainly a lot going on. Um Majan open play runs every Friday 1 to 3 p.m. at the Bazi Center and I understand that that's very well attended. Uh strength training takes place Monday mornings at the Neptune

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Community Center at 10:00 a.m. and step aerobics Monday and Thursday evenings at 6 per 6:30 p.m. Both are free of charge. The rec summer program opened Monday, June 29th and will run through August 14th. Pickle ball courts and the recre facility will not be available while

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camp is in session. First week of camp was a blast. Campers were treated to video game trucks, laser tag, and inflatable soccer. The lifeguards visited as well to go over beach safety, so they were ready for their first beach day. Um, and that's sometime this week.

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The new playground is a huge hit with all the campers and parents. Following tradition, the recreation committee will provide breakfast to staff on Wednesday mornings. To celebrate National Parks and Recreation Month, the rec department is hosting a Discovery Bradley Beach

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golden ticket hunt throughout July. Every Friday morning, two parks with hidden golden tickets will be announced on social media. Each ticket includes a fun fact about the park and can be redeemed for a prize at the municipal building. We hope this encourages

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everyone to explore Bradley Beach's beautiful parks, learn something new, and enjoy outdoor fun. Prizes are perfect for all ages. Recreation is planning its first ever camp throwback weekend, a 3-day day camp for adults. This will run August 27th through the

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29th, 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at $170, $775 per person. The fee includes lunch and complimentary beach passes for all participants, as well as camp shirt and lanyard with perks from restaurants, shops, and bars all over Bradley Beach.

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Summer Botchi Leagues go into their finals this week. Uh the next botchi league will run July 21st to August 28th. Registration was published and is open uh published this past Monday, July 6th, and remains open. The rec

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department's annual back to school bingo is at the end of August. They're already collecting donations, and you can find the donation list on the rec page of the website. And this is actually a very important um event as it um provides uh

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school supplies and backpacks for any student who comes to attend. Uh, the recreation committee will next meet on August 10th, 6:30 p.m. at the rec center. And that completes my report. >> Thank you, Councilwoman. Councilman Carp.

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>> Um, yesterday the Environmental Commission met and planning is underway for the next notweed removal event on Saturday, July 25th, uh, 9 to 11:00 a.m. with volunteers being recruited through previous participation, social media,

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and some community outreach. So, sign up when you start to see those announcements. Uh, the commission also continued its discussion on long-term invasive weed management, including the evaluation of potential use of a

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herbicide um to combat the notweed. So, they're getting some additional information on costs and application methods um to and gather that information before any determination and recommendations are made. Um evidently

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the tact that they've been taking of going and doing it two to three times a year um they'll just continue to do that every single year. There there will be no end in sight. So other towns such as Avon have used this um

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chemical uh which is actually safe for areas around water which is good because Fletcher Lake is right there. Um they um also discussed some public education surrounding the burough's leaf blower um uh there's potential for a

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leaf blower ordinance and is exploring the possibility of hosting a community workshop later this year in partnership with some of the neighboring communities. Uh finally, the commission would love to encourage residents to get involved by volunteering for the environmental commission uh through

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monthly meetings, speech sweeps, uh species removal, and other environmental initiatives that support the burrow. They meet once per month uh right here in this room on the first Monday of every month. uh the fire department both when uh when

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they sent the fire department and the first aid department that both of them wrote at the top of their messages, it was a busy month. Um so uh for the month ended June 30th with the fire department, they responded to 10 day calls and six night calls for a total of

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16 12 fire alarms, two elevator rescues, and two carbon monoxide alarms. Uh they conducted uh departmentwide training. There was one request for mutual aid from Avon due to two simultaneous elevator rescues in different buildings

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due to power failure. Uh they're happy to report that um they have one new recruit graduate from the Mammoth County Fire Academy. And of course they're still looking for volunteers for the department and they offer free training for qualified individuals. Anyone who wants to volunteer, please go to the

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burrow's website. Uh for the first aid squad for the operational period ending July 7th, the squad responded to 20 day calls and 19 night calls for a total of 39. 24 medical, 10 fire, three motor vehicle. Um the squad requested no

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mutual aid. They did provide some mutual aid to Neptune City for a car that was in the water due to the flooding. Uh they also provided medical overwatch um as well as participating in the Fourth of July event at Riley Park as well as the fireworks display. Uh they had 150

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total volunteer hours for last month. Um they too are always looking for volunteers for the squad and anyone wishing to volunteer can be found on the burrows. Applications can be found on the burough's website. That's my report. Appreciate it. Thank you. >> Thank you, Councilman.

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All right. I've got a number of things to cover. I'll try to do this quickly. Um, first and not necessarily foremost, but nonetheless exciting, uh, we were just notified officially yesterday by Senator Gopal along with Councilwoman, uh, Donlin and

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>> Assembly, >> I'm sorry, Assemblywoman Donlin and and Peter Paul that Bradley Beach will receive a $200,000 grant to help us fund police, fire, and first aid radios. So, very excited about that. Uh, Chief, you've been you've been asking for this

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for quite some time and glad we're going to be able to deliver it this year. Um, there was there is upcoming mayor's wellness walk on July 14th and and I'm particularly excited about this. I I do these mayor's wellness walks to promote,

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you know, wellness and, you know, health. Uh but this one the committee came to me and said we want to do one on fermentation because believe me and when I tell you uh the focus of this wellness walk will

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be beer and bagel bits. So if you're willing to walk a little bit about a mile uh there will be beer at the end of the at the end of the walk July 4th I believe it's uh July 14th I believe it's 4 p.m. >> Tuesday >> it is Tuesday next Tuesday. Um, and

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anyone interested, we'll start at the gazebo on Ocean A and we're going to walk up to Main Street. That that's going to be the less healthy part. The real healthy part will be getting into the fermentation. All right. Uh, there is a blood and and

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platelet donation opportunity. Uh, there are severe shortages of blood and and platelets related to blood. I gather blood takes about an hour to donate. playlists take about two hours. Uh but on July 16th, uh most of the day here at

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our firehouse, anyone who's interested, please consider uh donating just to help the severe shortages that exist in uh in hospitals as we speak. Um we uh we had a crazy July 4th week as

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most of you know. Uh the weather was crazy. that humidity, the heat index drove us up to 110, 114. Uh people were physically suffering from the heat only to then have the crazy storm we had

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knocking down trees, knocking out power. Then the following day, we had 5 in of rain in an hour, potentially starting to at least flood our lakes. Um with all that, we were, as we said earlier, pending all this construction that was going to start. And of course, the

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contractors are looking at us a little half crazy, like, you know, they wanted to get in early and we're saying, "No, you can't." So, they were a little nervous about kicking off on uh January 6th. Anyway, we made it through Fourth of July. We made it through the crazy weather. We got that construction going.

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I cannot say enough how wonderful our employees are, whether it be the fireworks, our OEM and police coordinated with first fire and first aid. I thought we had a great fireworks show. Thank you, Chief. Um, but I had my own grandkids here and you know, they

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had a blast at that fireworks. They loved the grand finale, as my 5-year-old granddaughter kept calling it. So, uh, awesome. But what goes on behind the scenes, the the work that our employees do for all these things. Let me not forget to mention the 250th anniversary

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of the country uh team led by Amy Hall, Michelle Wy, Courtney Papis, and and the DPW of the police and everyone else um pulled off a very nice event on uh at Riley Park to celebrate our nation's birth. Uh it wasn't quite the

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anniversary of our nation becoming a nation, but it was the kickoff to that of July 4th, 1776. Um that was a great success. Concerns were raised that uh the horse pulling a carriage might have overheated it. He

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that horse did not. U the town and the owner was very focused on the horse's health. Kept him very short walks through shaded areas. Uh get kept him very u uh content. The the owner said he was hotter than the horse cuz he was

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dressed up in revolutionary garb. So anyway, anyone who had raised concerns just be a piece that uh that the horse did very well. Uh the lengthy report that I often have is library. I'm going to make it fairly quick, but again I

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have 50 things. Please go to if you have young children especially or if you're interested in certain arts and crafts, knitting, quilt making, things like that, please go to the library website. It's amazing the amount of programs they have. But uh just a few examples, they

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have summer readings that go through August 5th. Um they have uh Legos and games on on Thursdays, Mondays and Thursdays. They have all uh children reading to dogs. Obviously, it's helping the children learn to read, but they get really excited about the fact that they

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can, you know, interact with canines. Uh there's music class for babies on Fridays. There's uh yarn clubs. There's Mario Kart on Switch where kids age seven and up get to compete on Mario Kart. And I mispronounced this last time

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I announced it, but there are ma jang groups, right? >> Yeah. >> I've never played. I I hear everybody else does. I'm I'm in my cave at home, but I hear it's a wonderful event. Anyway, July 15th from 1 to 3 p.m. Ma

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Jang, if you're interested. Anyway, many more things. Please go to the website if you have young children. There's a ton going on. Um, I know I'm forgetting something. Uh, let's see. Oh, just just all back to July 4th week for a second. We also

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opened up the public bathrooms. I hear from Sean Heater. Great success. The gate guards were telling Shawn, our beach director, how people love the new bathroom. So, once again, compliments to our DPW, who by the way, DPW got those up and running by July 2nd. There was

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legitimate concern we would not be ready by the July 4th weekend. Uh they they pulled it off. They had to change out some of the equipment. Everything was up and running by July 2nd, the day of fireworks that evening and nothing but great praise from all of our residents. So I think our residents are excited to

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have bathrooms accessible at Ocean Park, you know, the north end. So that was big. And uh the other thing is uh our head of lifeguards Mike Rosenberg and and our beach director Sean Heer, they worked miracles with staffing both for our beach guards as well as our

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lifeguards because we actually were running out of staff uh and uh they both scrambled to get one to get people on board to help uh after hours, longer hours, and two to preserve the people's health because they work shorter shifts

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because of the intense humidity. So, so much going on behind the scenes that our our employees uh all jumped in and and literally saved the day. So, kudos to all of our employees. Um, and I really wanted to discuss um one

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final thing. I actually have a a prepared statement, but um let me just go into that. During our last two council business meetings, a resident publicly condemned a handful of individuals, one as a draft dodger and another as a person guilty of stolen

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valor. I was not present in the first of these meetings. In the second meeting, the resident, who himself is a war hero, again attacked the integrity of these men, again referencing them by name in public. I asked the resident to refrain

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from making such terrible accusations in public. However, I was also unaware of the circumstances that had caused these harsh accusations. After that second meeting, I was able to determine that there was a typographical

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error in the appendix of our fallen heroes brochure. This administrative error inaccurately listed the veteran as having served in Vietnam. The proper reference should have been Vietnam era as he was actually a member of the New

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York National Guard. comma Vietnam era. This error has already been corrected and will be reflected in the appendex of next year's brochure. What is important to note tonight is that these unfortunate accusations were not true.

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The National Guard veteran was not even aware of how his branch of service and the conflict in which he served were listed in the appendix. My hope is that we will all learn a valuable lesson moving forward to provide others with the benefit of the doubt before

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succumbing to overreaction and resorting to potentially damaging unfair accusations. This could have been easily avoided if facts were checked beforehand and if a rush to judgment had been avoided. For anyone familiar with the TV series of a

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few years ago, Ted Lasso, please consider the wisdom offered by the lead character Ted Lasso in season 1. The moral of a brief story that he told while throwing darts in an English pub was be curious, not judgmental. These

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are words to live by. That concludes my report. With that said, I would like to now open it up to item 14 on our agenda. Open it up to public comments and questions. Show hands. Yes, sir.

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Please come up. Yes. Give your name and address. Sandy Chapman, 506 Burlington Avenue. Um, first two quick apologies. One for the phone call. Um, so caregiver for the

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evening, my 17-year-old grandson. And when people were concerned that I was here and not there and to Mr. Dy for um probably heard some of what I'm about to say. Um

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I I listened with interest to the mayor speaking earlier about the um prominade the so-called project protect. the there's no doubt the project is necessary but frankly I am so upset and

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disappointed about the way it is rolled out and been managed. Um yeah you have to hurry to get uh get it done before the grant expires but the grant was given in December of 2024.

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Preliminary design was a year and a half in the making. January 24 to June of 2025. Final design took another 6 months or so ending in January of 2026. And now in the beach

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town of Bradley Beach, we find ourselves with a huge construction project. Um, grossly inconveniency anyone who uses the Third Avenue beach, the Second Avenue beach, um,

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doesn't make any sense. A lot of people were asleep at the switch that that project which had been now in effect for almost uh 24 25 almost three full years is now being done during peak summer months in

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this town. Um, maybe I missed some of the meetings because I'm not here all year round and don't uh attend uh virally, but Third Avenue access terrible steps too

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steep. I I I didn't try to go down them, by the way. I I only wanted them. Um, my wife will not be able to go to the beach this summer. There are no ramps, by the way. >> That's not true, but continue.

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>> Excuse me. I'll speak, >> please. >> Yeah, there's a ramp on Fourth Avenue. Is Is there any on on the third avenue entrance? Is there any on the Second Avenue entrance? People are not going to be able to access the beach. My wife had

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a knee one knee uh operated on and looking forward to the other. We picked Third Avenue as a as a place to reside at the beach in our locker. Um because we live on Burlington, it's easy

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to access and you didn't have to climb stairs. I'm 79 years old, as is my wife. There has been no regard for senior citizens or disabled citizens with the way that is designed currently during the construction. There's no way they

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can access the beach. Frankly, I don't know if it's going to be accessible to disabled people and senior citizens after it's done. Is there going to be a ramp? >> There should be a ramp now. Um, frankly,

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I don't know whether you're ADA compliant with just the stairs there. So, I I wish the burrow attorney were here tonight. I I would ask you. >> He is here. He is here. >> Oh, I'm sorry. Excuse me. payment of the label is >> even I make mistakes. Is it ADA

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compliant the way it is? >> My understanding from the engineer is it is the way the beach proven currently set up. >> Those stairs are fine and so people that are disabled

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can't access the beach that where they pay for lockers. I'll come back to that in a second. where they've been bathing a lot of years with a lot of people they know on that beach. The Fourth Avenue ramp, it to me is not appropriate.

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Doesn't help me. Doesn't help my wife. She can't go from there that come to the beach on Third Avenue doesn't work. Um I'd love >> No, that's not your arguments are valid. I'm just legality is different than >> Well, I I' I'd love to hear the answer

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from you and the engineer and show me how it's he I'm a lawyer. I did a little bit of research, not enough to definitively answer that question. I I apologize. I may be over my five minute limit, but uh and by the way, there's an irony there. When I spoke to Mr.

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Dowardy, I complained bitterly about the uh lockers. One of my locker my locker was not usable. It's 348, but we enter on Third Avenue and you look for 348, you're a lot closer to Fourth Avenue than to Third. That aside for a second,

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the first lockers you get to, there are six 300 group lockers before you get to the 200s. >> Five minutes is up. >> I didn't really I hope I didn't upset. And by the way, your time is up, but but please finish.

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>> I'll be uh when I spoke to Mr. Da, he told me that those six 300 U loggers at the beginning before you get to the 200s and then the odd 300s and then the evens, those are for disabled

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people. Find that very interesting. They're going to come down the stairs. There's no way they can access the beach or those lockers with a ramp. I implore you, put a ramp there. And I

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don't care what the engineers say. If they can't figure it out, you need new engineers. And make sure there's a ramp there once that prominade gets finished because you'll have the same issue. Thank you. And I'll listen from here if you want to speak.

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>> Yeah. Yeah. A couple a couple quick comments. Um, one, you know, there's your comments. There's no way people can access the beach or or individuals who are handicapped. We've done nothing to reduce previous access.

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Every person who every handicapped person who accessed the beach a year ago, the same ramps exist, the same access, some some access is flat. We have in plans, we could not do it this year because we needed to have caffer

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permit, but we already have plans to add three more ramps next year. The new uh prominade extension will have a number of additional ramps. I don't know if it's two, two or three over, but over three um phases.

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>> Maybe it's at least two, right? Maybe >> use that, but frankly, disabled people could easily access second and third avenue. >> So, it's my turn. making up. Now >> it's my turn to speak. Just we're not trying to debate. I'm just trying to give you answers to the comments you made.

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>> Everything. Oh, and and your comments about people falling asleep at the switch. You you you're attorney by by trade. You probably are not aware of things called beach emirates or other uh endangered species because the problem with the timeline you provided, no one

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was asleep at the switch. intense discussions for for a year with the D, with the federal government, what we could and could not do when to protect all these endangered species. And it came down to and our engineers needed

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time back and forth with these various entities to make sure that whatever we planned was uh in uh collaboration and alignment with protecting all these different elements of species. So, >> nobody was asleep in this way. I would

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just take a little offense to some of the uh accusations because quite honestly we've had people intensely working on this for well over a year. We've been dying to get this thing going and we've waited literally months and

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forced to sit while we wait for approval. So now this is what we call municipal government, right? It just does not move quickly. Now, this council, our uh engineers, our attorneys, they're doing everything in their power to get this stuff done. And

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the one issue that I agree with you on, I don't love the temporary stairs at Third Avenue, but and I don't I'm not going to sit here and tell you they're ADA compliant. They seemed a little steep to me. I went out to look at them. They are temporary stairs. The alternative would be to have no stairs.

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We could not build ramps. Anything that is not temporary has to be approved under our federal CAFRA regulations. So, it's better than it was before because before there was nothing. I'm not saying it I'm not saying it helps a disabled

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individual, but it helps beachgoers access another point at the beach they would not have otherwise had. So, I I I understand your frustration, but you need to understand as you make these accusations about people being asleep at the switch or not being able to access,

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we're doing everything we can for that. But when you want a project done, people seem to be able to get it done. You stay in D's face. I've been there. You >> stay in your engineer's face. I have been there. Yeah.

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>> And the project started back in January of 2024. It could have been done, but I'm not playing blame on any one person because normally your engineers are the people that are supposed to stay ahead of that

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stuff, you know, and someone's got to kick their butts to it. Thank you. >> Thank you. Other comments or questions? Yes, sir. Mr. Coan, >> uh Thomas J. Coan, 6123rd Avenue. Uh

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Mayor, congratulations on the $200,000 grant. I just wanted to understand it um in context in the budget you using 300,000 of surplus >> 350 >> 350 okay um for the police radios so so

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now you're only going to use 150 of that and the other 200 will remain in the surplus >> I mean well the 350 itself is an estimate but you know yes if if the exact cost comes out to 350 then we would use 150 and the question would just be do we use as an operational

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expenditure and offset uh funding that we received from the sale of this the church properties or would we bond for that 150? >> Now another option and you could leave the 350 in in the surplus. >> Okay, great. Thank you. Congratulations.

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>> Thank you. Yes, sir. Mr. blessed >> uh Bob West 518 in North Bay and uh clearing about any early feedback or information of concerning the lights on the sprinklers in Fletcher Lake.

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>> Well, so far what I've understood and I was actually surprised to see that there were two additional lights that was put on because it was really my understanding that this would happen after we received >> after Yeah. I mean we had approved one

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light so they the mission went ahead and put the other two lights on. In the meantime there has been uh testing by clonet and um this is through Monmouth University. Uh the testing has shown that the oxygen levels actually were

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very good um you know and that the lights were actually promoting the better health of the lake which is interesting. So they just came out with a report um which I don't know if you received the information from our chairperson um that we would like to

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share with the whole community of exactly you know the levels um uh within the lake. Uh, so I can't tell you, you know, details of it right now, but um, >> the resident team, I mean, I like them. I I was in favor of them and I like

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them. >> There's only there's been one resident who has come to a few meetings with concerns that the lights were infringing on her own personal space at home. Uh, so the I think the um it's the public works of Neptune that is actually

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managing those devices within the water. And so they've moved it moved it further into the lake so it's not as close to the shoreline and I think that's helped. Um otherwise I think there's been very positive response on the lights. >> Right. >> So

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>> like I said I was in favor and I saw them and I think they were nice and they don't seem very bright. >> I don't live on the lake. >> Yeah. And I think they've also tried to adjust the times that the lights were on. Um, so I I'm not sure exactly what time they go off, but they're supposed

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to go off at like 10 10 11:00, something like that. So they're really only on from sun sunset or dusk to I think 10:00 p.m. >> Yeah. Okay. >> And Sha, you alluded to Anthony Deo's

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comments, but the report that the civil commission received suggests that we have one of the healthiest lakes, Fletcher Lake, along this stretch of six or seven freshwater lakes. So, whatever we're doing, we're doing a really good job there. And they're also thinking

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about uh stocking the lake with trout or fish. >> Yes. So the lake stocking was was potentially going to take place this season, but the weather the warm waters really are not best for lake stocking and the fall was a consideration, but

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that also can impact some of because then they would have to acclimate to the temperatures going into the winter. So there's going to be a plan for lake stocking next spring and we're going to, you know, the commission is going to try and really make a big deal of it and make it a public event. >> Thank you. Any other questions or

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comments from the audience? Anyone on Zoom? >> No. >> No. All right. Seeing no other public comments, I'll move to item 16 on the agenda, executive session. There is none. Item 17 is adjournment. I will make a motion to adjude.

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I was going to say that'll be better. We'll figure >> I can do this. I got this. Well, as >> so uh Uncle

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Yeah, we got green. >> Excellent. I know. I was out in the water. I was playing realizing on the road. >> Call the order. Please stand for the pledge of allegiance.

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Pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> I wish to announce the 48 hour notice is required under the open public meetings

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act. was emailed to the Ashbury Park Press, the co-star and the new co-star on December the 18th of 2025 that a copiest be placed on the bulletin board in the burough office and that a copiest will file with the municipal clerk. Please be advised public attendance for meetings through Zoom is not mandatory

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and a courtesy only. If for any reason Zoom fails or is disconnected, the in-person meetings will continue without interruption and action can and will be taken providing that there is an in-person quorum. Mr. Mr. Noble here, Mr. Green here, Mr. Clark, >> Mr. Wiki >> here,

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>> Mayor Gossi >> here. >> Good evening everyone. Welcome and good evening to those on Zoom. Um, going to jump right into item five on our agenda, which is workshops, and there are none. Item six, presentations of bids. Once

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again, there are none. Item seven, approval of the minutes. I will make a motion that we approve the June 16, 2026 council business meeting minutes. >> Second. Mr. Noble. >> Yes. >> Mr. Green. >> Yes. >> Mr. Clark. Yes. >> Mr. Nikki. >> Yes. >> Mayor Gubosi.

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>> Yes. >> I'll make a motion to approve the June 16th, 2026 executive session minutes. >> Second. >> Mr. Noble. Yes. >> Mr. Springlet. >> Yes. >> Mr. Clark. >> Yes. >> Mr. Noiki? >> Yes. >> Mayor Bubosi? >> Yes. I'll make a motion to approve the

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June 30th special meeting minutes for the municipal budget public hearing and adoption. >> Second. >> Thank you, >> Mr. Noble. >> Yes. >> M Greenblat. >> Yes. >> Mr. Par. >> Yes.

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>> Mr. Noi. >> Same because I was absent unfortunately. >> Mayor Gubzi. >> Yes. All right. Item eight on the agenda, public comments or questions. Again, at this time, comments or questions must pertain to tonight's agenda items only. At the end of the

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meeting, you'll have an open opportunity to discuss anything else. Any comments or questions about tonight's agenda? Anyone on Zoom? Okay, seeing none, we'll move on to item nine on our agenda, which are

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ordinances. And specifically, we have one ordinance for introduction. I'm going to turn this one over to the sponsor, our council president, Jane Denova. Thank you. Yes, I am the liazison for the Shade Tree Commission and then we did have a request by the commission. So on behalf of the Shade Tree Commission, I want to emphasize

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that their true goal is to partner with residents to protect our tree canopy and not to issue fines ever. But the old $200 penalty was outdated and treated as a minor cost.

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I apologize. >> It was a minor cost of doing business. Now, neighboring communities like Ocean Grove, Asbury Park, and Spring Lake maintain similar $1,000 fees or even higher. And the good news is that I

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spoke with the Spring Lake Councilwoman Sid Quali today who worked with their commission for the past 15 years and they have never issued a single fine. So this fine works strictly as a deterrent

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which is exactly the commission's intent. This change also satisfies the updated state NJ D tier A regulations which legally mandate that coastal towns enforce a tree removal and replacement

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ordinance on all public and private properties because mature trees serve as a vital storm water infrastructure against flooding and runoff. So ultimately we are required to manage

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this collective canopy together to protect our environment. Now the Shade Tree Commission has been incredibly successful in keeping Bradley Beach green by planting hundreds of trees and a huge thank you also goes out to the

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homeowners who partner with them by replacing their trees. The commission's absolute hope and goal is that this $1,000 fine never actually has to be issued. They would much rather work together to

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keep Bradley Beach green, resilient, and private. So, I know I spoke to each one individually. Did anybody have any further questions on this? >> I guess I have one question. >> Sure. >> Simple one. Um this is uh requested by

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the SH Commission and my question is is that because they actually had evidence that the 200 was not a deterrent? >> Yes, they had people bypassing it and treating the fine as just part of doing business because it was again it was cheaper probably to pay the fine than

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actually replace the trade. Currently all all it is is a $50 application and that $50 it goes to plant more trees. So, um they felt that people weren't taking the $200 penalty seriously and

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apparently it is outdated and um the county and state recommend um fines up to $2,000 per tree. But we did a little research and some trees sometimes were 500 and some were a thousand, some were 2,000. So, we kind of did in the middle

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1,000. So, they they decided on that. Yeah. >> We had run into a similar thing with the sidewalk snow removal where it was cheaper just have somebody shovel. So, I think it's great because once you take down a tree, you can't undo that.

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>> You can't undo that. Yeah. Especially a mature healthy tree, you know, and that's what we're aiming to save. Of course, you know, if you have a dead or dying tree or tree affected by a storm, you're more than welcome to to take that down and it does not have to be replaced. But luckily, like I said, the shade tree is planting hundreds of

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trees, so it makes up for the dead and dying trees as well. So, also I just want to double check that the uh shade tree commission is issuing that green permit when someone has a permit to do so. Yes. >> So, if I'm walking down the street and I'm a person who's disturbed when trees

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are coming down without permission. >> Yes. >> Um because I don't want to see fewer trees. >> I've seen them in the windows. >> They has been saving us a lot of time because people are very conscious of the trees which is great. It's a collective effort, you know, to protect our tree canopy. So we would get a lot of calls

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when the trees are coming down. So we created a green placard so people understand this is an approved tree. This is going in a house. They have a tree of heaven which we welcome for people to cut down and get rid of because it's an invasive species and of course it's the favorite of the green I

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mean of the spotted lantern fly. So yeah I was think but we don't that's a whole another. >> Okay. Any other comments or questions from the council? Okay, >> let me see if you have this is what I

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was looking for. Thank you. So, um I would like to make a motion that we introduce ordinance 2026-31, the ordinance amending chapter 425 trees of the buroughs revised general ordinances to enhance the violations and penalties for violations of shade tree regulations. Do I have a second?

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>> Second, >> Mr. Noble? >> Yes. >> M green? Yes. >> Mr. Clark? >> Yes. >> Mr. Nikki? >> Yes. >> Mayor Dubosi? >> Yes. >> Thank you. All right, we have no ordinances for adoption. So, we'll move to item 10 on

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the agenda, communications. And and we have a an update on the Tomod and Southern construction projects. The question is, Mr. Dhy, are you providing that update or will I do that? >> Uh, that's up to you, mayor. >> Well, did you I thought you had some

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material pulled together? >> Uh, yes, just um uh on the prominade extension. Uh construction began uh yesterday. uh March 6th during a tsunami. Uh temporary stairs have been constructed at third a and second a to

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maintain beach access during construction. Uh the contractor is mobilizing equipment and materials and performing prep work uh this entire week and the bulkhead construction will start next week. Uh hopefully we'll see that

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giant um pile driver uh out on the beach pretty soon. Uh also for Silvin Lake Volulchead mayor uh construction also began yesterday Mar uh July 6th. The contractors mobilizing equipment and setting up traffic control this week.

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They will uh begin work on the bulkhead next week at the western end of the project at Madison A and work their way towards Evergreen A. They will work in approximately 100 foot sections to evac uh excavate soil and construct the new

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bulkhead before moving on to the next section. Uh excavated soil from the silen lake project is being used to back fill behind the bulkhead at the prominade extension project. So quite literally one project is intertwined

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with the other project keeping all the soil the sacred soil of Brandy Beach here in Brandy >> and saving hundreds of hundreds of thousands of dollars. >> Well that minor detail >> we like that too. >> Also the the reason why they're doing

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sections smaller like that for a couple different reasons but one of the key things is is to reduce the impact. You know not tearing up the whole entire length of Brandy Boulevard but doing pieces and that also preserves parking for beach access as long as possible. So

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they're not going to disturb that, you know, you know, until they get down to that end. So it's actually, you know, contractors being very cooperative on both contractors. So that's really positive. >> Yes. And the the one at Silven Lake,

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that volcano recently was, you know, did work at the um at the same spot. um between us and Avon by the sea uh with the outflow pipe uh this past winter and did an excellent job with that. So we look forward to working with them again

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on this project. And then the outfall project are also going to be doing the gate replacement chamber to that New Jersey D project. So that's supposed to happen sometime here late summer uh into the fall. So that will really, you know,

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complete a lot of that infrastructure placement that we need. And that gate is critical because particularly with yesterday with concerns of rising water and so forth. I know that at Fletcher Lake they had to open the gate in order to lower the water table. Um I know I

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don't believe that they needed to do that at Silven Lake, but that gate is very problematic. >> Yeah, they did. They did. They did. the problem the timing is all problematic because with the tides you can time up the tides and so that's really um one thing affects the other

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>> can I also just ask since there seems to be a discussion going on um the transfer of soil is going to be like section by section over to the prominade and that that will work in terms of the prominade use of it

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>> yes >> okay >> yeah so so initial excavation won't be so wet and when it starts to get too wet to move right away, they'll stop piling a little bit. They'll drain and then move it >> stock around Lake. >> Yeah. So the the um our engineer, you

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know, Yes. before moving it to the pro because you don't want to just have mud drop everywhere. But the two contractors are being coordinated by by Arthon, our engineer, and um they're being very cooperative working together to coordinate all of this. So, you know,

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fingers crossed that this cooperation continues in a positive way and minimizes impact to the public, >> right? And then the timing of when that stuff moves is going to be critical also, you know, not to disrupt uh you know, you know, don't do it in the middle of the afternoon, you know,

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before you know a lot of traffic and that type of thing. And it's just another benefit to the council to have a real engineer on the council because you're doing two projects that could be do done in separate years that would have cost hundreds of thousand dollars more because you would have had to pay

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to remove the soil and then you would have had to pay to also bring in soil. So, you know, to go to the council in the wiki, everything's getting done at one time, saving the taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars. >> And there are some inconveniences to it because it does create more construction

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in the town all at once. So, it is disruptive to the community. Um, but we're trying to do everything we can to try to minimize that disruption to the community. But it's critical that this happens now. won the prominade because we would have lost the funding. If we

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don't if we don't complete it and haven't if we didn't complete that project and have it done here by December the reverse, we've lost $4 million of funding for that project. And so it is critical that that gets done before the end of the year. >> And some of the sign is also on the

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beach now. So other people can find out just scan the QR code, find out what the status is about. >> Yeah. really trying to up the game on communication. We've said that for the last over the last year, the sewer program, the demolition of the church on the rain. So, we're really trying to up

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the game on communication. It takes a lot of effort from, you know, from the staff and from the consultants and, you know, all of us. I know Councilman Clark, you also got had your fingers on some of those communications as well. So, it's good to have, you know,

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collective uh team trying to touch things and make sure we get the right messages out. >> I think what's what's important for our residents, you know, because you're hearing us reference different projects, the gate, the the bulkhead and so forth. What's really

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important to know is two very major projects are taking place in a very limited area, Bradley Beach, southeast corner. One is we referenced the bulkhead in Seven Lake and that is in fact the key project about about to get underway. Um but it's part of a much

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broader restoration series of projects including the alpha pipe that we mentioned including uh dredging the lake ultimately. So uh putting in a walking path narrowing Bradley Boulevard. There's a lot that's going to happen for Sen Lake. There's also a lot that's

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going to happen related to extending our prominade the pavers and our boardwalk heading south towards Avalon because that is the lowest uh area relative to sea level in Bradley Beach very

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susceptible to ocean surges and flooding. So the soon and I'll give the credit to prior councilman John Weber a number of years ago said this is some a key project the burough needs to undertake to protect our residents homeowners especially in the southeast

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corner. So that is underway phase one phase two we're applying for funding um and then ultimately there will be a phase three that will actually connect our boardwalk fully extended to Avon's boardwalk. So, a lot happening all at once and we squeezed it in. You probably

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noticed Councilmani just said a lot of our funding runs out on December 31st of this year. So, we're obviously in a hurry to get to the work, but at the same token, we didn't want to start before July 4th. We know there's going to be disruption at the beach, but we

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did everything we could to begin that construction post July 4th. And we did have contractors saying, "Hey, can we get started a little early?" And we said no. So right now, you know, it's it's kind of a sprint to the end of the year for all these projects and contractors

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are starting. So, uh, I know it's disruption to all of our residents. I can I can assure everyone that 50 years from now, long after I'm gone and many of us are gone, uh, Bradley Beach will look back on these projects and say,

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"Wow, this was critical in terms of uh, sustainability for Bradley Beach that we got this all done in such a short period of time." So, pardon the inconvenience. As Councilman Nikki and others have mentioned, we have signs with QR codes. We are updating our website regularly.

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Scan that QR code or just go to the website. Uh I forget the title, but it's something like projects or construction projects. >> Infrastructure projects. >> Infrastructure projects. Thank you. Uh just go directly to the website. It's on the homepage, but you'll see regular updates. We'll post new information as

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it becomes available to us. All right. Thank you, uh Mr. Dhy for leading that discussion. And we can now move to item 11 on our agenda, which is resolutions. We have three consent agenda resolution items. Are there any questions or items

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that the council would like to discuss or vote on separate? All right. In that case, I'll make a motion that we approve 20 council uh consent agenda resolutions 2026-185 through 2026-187.

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>> Mr. Noble. >> Yes. M green blood. >> Yes. >> Mr. Clark, >> yes. >> Mr. Nikki, >> yes. >> Mayor Guptzi, >> yes. Individual resolutions, there are four. The first is 2026-188 authorizing mayor and municipal clerk to

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execute the fiscal year 2027 through fiscal year 2029 cooperate cooperation agreement with Mammoth County for cooperative participation in community development program pursuant to uniform shared services and consolidation act

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and this basically just enables us to have available to us programs grant funding and s such that county might might make available. Uh if we don't sign up for this, we cannot apply for those grants. Any comments or questions?

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>> I presume this has just been now updated. >> Yes. >> It's been in place for the past three years and we're renewing it. Okay. If no other comments or questions, uh I'll make a motion that we approve 2026-18.

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>> Mr. Noble. >> Yes. Mlet. >> Yes. >> Mr. Cart. >> Yes. >> Mr. Nikki. Yes. >> Mayor Bubatzi. >> Yes. Councilman Noi, would you like to take the next one or? >> Yes. Individual resolution 2026 189 approval to submit a grant application

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and execute a grant contract with the New Jersey Department of Transportation for the improvements to ParkPlace Avenue phase 3 project. So just quickly the uh Parkplace uh a portion of the sewers from Main

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Street to um Fletcher Lake have been completed two two and a half years ago. And so part of our sewer replacement program is u next spring is to complete ParkPlace. a piece of park place is going to get

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done here in the fall and then the final section of Parkplace which will be from Madison to um Ocean Avenue will be completed in the spring. So, as we're marching along, we're completing the sewers as we go. Um we're using D

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funding um principal forgiveness um and um funding from the infrastructure bank to do the sewer work in order to give free money to add to We're going to the DOT and requesting money for the resurfacing of the

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roadway. So after we dig up the street for the sewer, instead of borrowing money or using the money from D to pay for the road fix, we're using DOT money. And so we're coordinating these two to maximize the amount of free money we can get to do these projects. And so we're

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staging these one after the other. And so what this resolution does will allow us to submit for this here fiscal year for funding and we've done this in previous years to um do the resurfacing of Parkplace Avenue

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once we do the sewer reconstruction. We'll be able to repay Park Place um with DOT funding grant funding. So with that, I'd like to make a motion to uh approve uh 2026 189 grant application uh

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for improvement to Parkplace Avenue phase 3 project. >> Mr. Noble, >> yes. >> Mr. Green, >> yes. >> Mr. Clark, >> yes. >> Mr. Nikki, >> yes. >> Mayor Bubosi, >> yes. Does anyone care to lead the uh block party discussion? I can

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>> go to you. We have one at Burlington. We have >> We have a party. Right. So, this is I'll take it. This is the third uh block party request for this summer season. And this is um for a

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block party on the 200 block of Second Avenue for Saturday, September 26th with a great date of October 3rd. And it's an afternoon block party. Questions? >> You see, it's minor question, but the the p.m. to 5 p.m. That that time slot

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is for either date, the original date or the >> Yes, that's correct. >> So, I would like to make a motion. Is there anyone else who has any questions? >> I would just question does the police department have any

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concern of an afternoon block party versus in the evening? No. >> What was the date? >> September 26th. September 26th is the actual date of the block party and there's a rain of October >> outside season issue. >> So I'd like to make a motion to approve

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um resolution 261 190 approving the 200 block of second >> Mr. Noble. >> Yes. Mr. Minglet. >> Yes. >> Mr. Park. >> Yes. >> Mr. Nikki. >> Yes. >> Mayor Dubatosi. >> Yes. 2036-19.

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We went through similar process related to Darcy's Tavern a couple meetings ago where uh there just wasn't enough time. Darcy's Tavern made a request for two dates that there were men's, you know,

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national soccer teams on July 1st and July 6th. Uh they were scheduled to end at 10, but had there been an overtime, had there been a sudden death, they requested could they have stay open till 10:45 p.m. They were requesting 45 extra

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minutes for each states. Um, we did not have a council meeting in advance of those states. So, uh, Mr. Karp, I believe you coordinated the the polling. So, if you wouldn't mind. >> Yeah. So, uh, you know, so I spoke to the people who were about to abstain

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from the council and um, we agreed. We thought it was a continuation of this the special event. Um, also when we had made the exception last time, it had actually started at 10:00 and then was going to continue on till 12 12:30. Uh,

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but the most that this would have continued on would have been to about 10:45. Uh, and in fact, both games ended at 10:00 in regulation time. So, so they were actually close. to make. >> So I would make a motion to approve

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2026-191 retro ratifying permission for Darcy's to operate until 11:00 on July 1st and 6. Second. >> Mr. Noble, I live within 200 feet so I will abstain. Mlet, yes.

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>> Mr. Park, yes. >> Mr. Noiki, >> yes. >> Mayor Guboszi, >> I also live within 200 feet and will abain. All right. Uh, that concludes our individual resolutions. We'll move to item 12 on the agenda, announcements. There are none. 13A is the

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administrative report. Do you have anything left for us, Mr. >> Uh, just a few things. Uh, Mr. Mayor, uh, the, uh, restrooms at the, uh, old pump station are up and running. Uh, and, uh, thank goodness they were for this weekend. Um, this weekend was

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tremendous. uh amount of volume of people coming to Bradley Beach. Um we had a record number of daily beach badge sales on Friday the 3, exceeding $50,000 for the first time ever. Um the uh uh lifeguards uh did a tremendous job over

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the weekend. The Beach Batch Checkers, the Beach Batch sellers, all of employees really stepped up. Um, you know, there were news reports telling people in Middle Sex County, Union County, Bergen County to go to the beach to get away from the heat. Um, and

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people listened. So, uh, and obviously Bradley Beach is an extremely popular destination. So, we had a tremendous amount of people who came here. Uh, it was very wise to keep the construction um, starting after the 4th of July. Uh,

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it would have been um, quite challenging to have that um closed off and ongoing um during this past weekend. So, um uh also at the same time, you know, we we had some significant storms that had

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power outages um again the cleanup had been for a couple days. Our Department of Public Works really stepped up, did a great job. Our police department um shutting down streets till JC Panel could clean out live electrical wires. Uh JC Panel has been in constant contact

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with us. Um You know, there's one spot um that today at least they started not sure what they finished putting a new poll on Newark that was damaged because of a storm that caused an outage for about 30 people on New York and Lake Terrace. So, we kept in contact with them as well. We let people know through

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social media. Um the progress on for inance on Monday there were 69 people out. Um today there were I'm sorry, reverse that there were 67 people out. Today they're down to 49. um most of them the Newark Lake Terrace area and

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then also Evergreen her little pocket. Um so I just want to thank JC Pino for that as well. Um that's all for me Mr. >> Thank you Mr. Dory. We'll move to mayor and council reports. We'll start with council. >> Thank you mayor. Uh first uh police

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activity report um for the period June 11th through June July 5th. On June 17th 600 block of Main Street, a 39year-old male from Brick was arrested on an outstanding warrant from Point Pleasant Beach Municipal Court. He was processed

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and made a release. The former Andrew Redmond made the arrest. June 19th, 708 Third Avenue, a 41 year old female from Brandy Beach was arrested and charged with defiant trespassing after she was found with a condemned home after

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previously being told she could not return. Patrolman Gatny and patrolman Daniel Crow made the arrest. On June 21st, Green Street and Green Avenue, a 58-year-old female from Ocean Grove was arrested and charged with obstructing the administration of Wall

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after she interfered with an investigation during a motor vehicle stop. She was processed and later released. Sergeant Elena Major made the arrest. On June 26, 700 block of Main Street, a 32year-old male from Freehold was arrested and charged with disorderly

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conduct. was also given burough ordinances for having alcohol in public and a public mule nuisance is processed and later released. Daniel Crow made the arrest. June 29th, Fletcher Lake Avenue and Lake Terrace Avenue, a 79year-old

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male from Neptune was arrested and charged with driving under the influence of several motor vehicle offenses. Patrolman Samuel Ford made the arrest. June 30th, 700 block of Main Street, a 40-year-old female from Woodberry was

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arrested on an outstanding warrant from Bradley Beach Municipal Court. She was processed and later committed to the Mouth County Jail. Patrolman Edward Hernandez made the arrest. The police department also investigated 15 motor vehicle crashes and responded to several calls for service uh during this time

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period. So, it's been a busy period for our police department. things were heating up in this two week period literally. So, thank you for all that you do and your department chief and then I'm sen Mike. I don't have anything

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to report. We're going to discuss the projects. Uh there is a meeting here in this chambers next week on Wednesday at 7 p.m. and also the land use board. I'd love to report on that. Um but I understand next Thursday we do have a

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pretty full agenda of um so we'll be busy um again in this chamber on on Thursday with the ladies board. That's my report. >> Thank you council council president. >> Thank you mayor. The next board event

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meeting is July 21st. So I'll report on that at a later date. The Shade Tree Commission standby is going to have a meeting later, but Amy wanted me to share. Amy Baker, our tourism uh director, says tomorrow kicks off jazz

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and blues series 7 to 9:00 p.m. in the park with de demolition brass band high energy New Orleans style. Threetime winners of the Mummer's parade in Philly. That's impressive. Thursday

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night kicks off the Brookdale Songwriters on Newark Avenue. And Saturday is the Moroccan Sheep Herders in the Park. They're amazing. And also, if you could donate blood or platelets

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on July 16th, men especially are needed for platelets. So, please mark your calendar 7 July 16th at the firehouse. And then finally, we have the Shry Commission. They had a meeting on July 1st. They had a couple applications. One

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was 303 Second Avenue. They have three dead trees. They were approved to remove those. 402 Fifth Avenue also has a dead tree that is infested with carpenter ants and beetles. They were also approved to remove that tree. Um they're

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working on the Pollinator Point over on Second Avenue and uh they're going to be replacing some of the hipop Verernum, which is also known as blueberry bushes. I just like to try my Latin on the book. Yeah, it's kind of

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fun. And um also on Saturday, July 18th at 9:00 a.m. to noon, the New Jersey Tree Foundation will be giving a course just about how to prune a tree, how to identify trees, and um the Shade Tree

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Commission will be getting three CEUs for that, which is nice. And um and they also need this for a new grant to maintain tree city status. And this is open to the public and if you do attend, you will get pruners

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and um a band saw and a tree ID book. So, it's pretty cool stuff. And uh that completes my report. Thank you, Mayor. >> Thank you, Council. >> Thank you. I apologize in advance. I have couple of lengthy reports. It's a

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busy time for my ladies on groups. So, the Arts Council last met June 22nd. Um, despite the rain out Saturday, June 27th, the first annual Arts Fest, which included the Posh Real Estate Art opening and UVA Singer

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Songwriters afterparty, was a huge success. 13 Bradley Beach artists exhibited their work with food and wine catered by Stocks General Store. The art exhibit ran from June 27th to July 4th with enthusiastic community response and

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many sales. The weather did not foil Ula's bash which took place upstairs and filled the capacity. Thanks to all the devoted arts council members, community partners, artists, and musicians for their participation. The Arts Council is planning to reschedule its afternoon

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program which will include string beam, line dancing, a drum circle, art workshop, and more. Details on date and location will be published shortly, so please keep an eye out. Thanks again to Abby Khan for running a musical improvisational work play shop

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Wednesday, June 18th. Uh Laney DeFranco's Ballet for Balance will continue through the end of July, and that's based on popular demand with classes running Wednesdays 10:00 a.m. to 11:15 at the Bradley Beach Tiger Hall. The program is open to men and women 50

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years and older. No registration is necessary and the arts council will next meet on Monday, June 20th, 10 a.m. at the FIA Center. And for Fletcher Lake, the Fletcher Lake Commission has not met since our last council meeting. Um, but

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an update on the fish stocking. While the D has given a green light for fish stocking in the lake, which includes uh bluegill sunfish, channel catfish, largemouth bass, and fathead minnows. Uh, due to current high They have

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recommended that we wait until spring of 2027 to go ahead. The burrow will plan a festive festive public event next spring when the commission goes ahead with stocking. Monmouth County thunderstorms on Monday produced heavy rain with an estimated accumulation of over 5 in and

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upwards of seven inches of rain fell over a tiny corridor of Monmouth County at up to 3 in per hour. Enormous thanks to Bradley Beach's DPW for lake mitigation, monitoring, and Fletcher Lake back down to pretorm levels.

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Meanwhile, the commission has received a very favorable report from Clonet, the coastal lakes observing network out of Monmouth University. And based on the available water quality data beginning in 2019 as compared with 2026, Lecher

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Lake is clearly moving in a positive direction. The trends indicate improved dissolve dissolved oxygen levels, greater water clarity, and lower algae indicators when compared with previous years. This is encouraging news and reflects the commitment of everyone who

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has invested their time, expertise, and resources in restoring this important coastal lake. Clonet will host a public workshop on July 14th to reveal results of a recent EDNA sampling on the makeup of marine life in Mon County's coastal waters.

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Food and refreshments will be served beginning at 6 p.m. with presentations starting at 6:45 p.m. The workshop will be held in room 2011 of the Edison Science Building at Monmouth University. For further information, go to the university's website and to their events

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tab. The commission will next meet this Thursday, July 9th in this council chamber. And finally, the rec committee um while it's not meeting for June or July because of summer camp, there's certainly a lot going on. Um Majot open

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play runs every Friday 1 to 3:00 p.m. at the Byz. And I understand that that's very well attended. Strength training takes place Monday mornings at the Neptune Community Center at 10:00 a.m. and step aerobics Monday and Thursday evenings at 6:30 6:30 p.m.

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Both are free of charge. The rec summer program opened Monday, June 29th and will run through August 14th. Pickle ball courts and the rec facility will not be available while camp is in session. First week of camp was a blast. Campers were treated to video game

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trucks, laser tag, and inflatable soccer. The lifeguards visited as well to go over beach safety, so they were ready for their first beach day. Um, and that's sometime this week. The new playground is a huge hit with all the campers and parents. Following tradition, the recreation committee will

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provide breakfast to staff on Wednesday mornings. To celebrate National Parks and Recreation Month, the rec department is hosting a Discovery Bradley Beach golden ticket hunt throughout July. Every Friday morning, two parks with hidden golden tickets will be announced

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on social media. Each ticket includes a fun fact about the park and can be redeemed for a prize at the municipal building. We hope this encourages everyone to explore Bradley Beach's beautiful parks, learn something new, and enjoy outdoor fun. Prizes are

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perfect for all ages. Recreation is planning its first ever camp throwback weekend, a three-day day camp for adults. This will run August 27th through the 29th, 9:00 am to 3 p.m. at $170, $75 per person. The fee includes

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lunch and complimentary beach passes for all participants as well as camp shirt and lanyard with perks from restaurants, shops, and bars all over Bradley Beach. Summer Botchi Leagues go into their finals this week. Uh the next Botchi

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League will run July 21st to August 28th. registration was published and is open uh published this past Monday, July 6th, and remains open. The rec department's annual back to school bingo is at the end of August. They are already collecting donations, and you

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can find the donation list on the rec page of the website. This is actually a very important um event as it um provides uh school supplies and backpacks for any student who comes to attend. Uh the recreation committee will

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next meet on August 10th, 6:30 p.m. at the rec center. And that concludes my report. >> Thank you, Councilwoman. Councilman Clark. Thank you. Um yesterday the environmental commission met and planning is underway for the next

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notweed removal event on Saturday, July 25th, 9 to 11:00 a.m. with volunteers being recruited through previous participation, social media, and some community outreach. sign up when you start to see those announcements. Uh the commission also

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continued it discussion on long-term invasive weed management including the evaluation of potential use of a herbicide to combat the notweed. So they're getting some additional information on costs and application

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methods um to gather that information before determination recommendations are made. Uh evidently the tact that they taking going and doing it two or three times a year they'll just continue to do that every single year. There will be no

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end in sight. So other towns such as Avon have used this chemical uh which is safe for areas around water. Um they um also discussed some public education surrounding the bureau's leaf

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blower um potential for a leaf blower ordinance and is exploring the possibility of hosting a community workshop later this year in partnership with some of the neighboring communities. Uh finally, the commission would love to

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encourage residents to get involved by volunteering for the environmental commission uh through monthly meetings, beach sweeps, uh species removal, and other environmental initiatives that support the burrow. They meet once per month uh right here in this room on the

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first Monday of every month. uh the fire department both when uh when they sent the fire department and the first aid department both of them wrote at the top of their messages it was busy. Um so uh for the month ended June 30th

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for the fire department they responded to 10 day calls and six night calls for a total of 16 12 fire alarms, two elevator rescues and two carbon monoxide alarms. Uh they conducted uh departmentwide training. There was one request for mutual aid from Avon due to

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two simultaneous elevator rescues in different buildings due to power failure. Uh they're happy to report that u they have one new recruit graduate from the M County Fire Academy and of course they're still looking for volunteers for the department and they offer free training for qualified

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individuals. Anyone who wants to volunteer please go to website. for the first aid squad. For the operational period in July 7th, the squad responded to 20 day calls and 19 night calls for a total of 39. 24

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medical, 10 fired, three motor vehicle. Um the squad requested no mutual aid. They did provide some mutual aid to Neptune City for a car that was in the water due to the flooding. Uh they also provided medical overwatch as well as participating in the Fourth of July

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event at Riley Park and as well as the fireworks display. Uh they had 150 total volunteer hours for last month. Um they too were always looking for volunteers for the squad and anyone wishing to volunteer can be found on the brows.

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>> Thank you, Councilman. All right. I've got a number of things to cover. I'll try to do this quickly. Um, first and not necessarily foremost, but nonetheless exciting, uh, we were just notified officially yesterday by Senator Gopal along with Councilwoman

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uh, Donlin and >> I'm sorry, Assembly Don and and Peter Paul that uh, Bradley Beach will receive a $200,000 grant to help us fund police, fire, and first aid radio. So, very excited about that. Uh, Chief, you've

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been you've been asked to do this for quite some time. Glad we're going to be able to deliver it this year. Um, there was there is upcoming mayor's wellness walk on July 14th and and I'm particularly excited about this. I I do

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these mayor's wellness walks to promote, you know, wellness and, you know, health. Uh but this one they communicated to me and said we want to do one on fermentation because believe me and when I tell you uh the focus of this wellness walk will

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be beer and bagel bits. So if you're willing to walk a little bit about a mile uh there will be beer at the end of the at the end of the walk July 4th I believe it's uh July 14th I believe it's 4 pm Tuesday. >> It is Tuesday next Tuesday. Uh, and

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anyone interested, we'll start at the gazebo on Ocean A and we're going to walk up to Main Street. That that's going to be the less healthy part. The real healthy part will be getting into the fermentation. All right. Um, there is a blood and and

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platelet donation opportunity. Uh, there are severe shortages of blood and and platelets related to blood. I gather the blood takes about an hour to donate. playlist take about two hours. Uh but on July 16th, uh most of the day here at

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our firehouse, anyone who's interested, please consider uh donating just to help the severe shortages that exist in in hospitals as we speak. Um we uh we had a crazy July 4th week as

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most of you know. Uh the weather was crazy. That humidity, the heat index drove us up to 110, 114. Uh people were physically suffering from the heat only to then have the crazy storm we had

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knocking down trees, knocking down power. Then the following day, we had five inches of rain in an hour, potentially starting to at least flood our lakes. U with all that we were, as we said earlier, pending all this construction that was going start. And of course, the contractors are looking

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at us a little half crazy like, you know, they wanted to get in early and we're saying, "No, you can't." So, they were a little nervous about kicking off on January 6th. Anyway, we made it through Fourth of July. We made it through the crazy weather. We got that construction going. I cannot say enough

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how wonderful our employees are, whether it be the fireworks, our OEM and police coordinated with first fire and first aid. I thought we had a great fireworks show. Thank you, Chief. U but I have my own grandkids here and you know they had

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a blast at that fireworks. They love the grand finale as my 5-year-old granddaughter kept calling it. So uh awesome. But what goes on behind the scenes the work that our employees do for all these things. Let me not forget to mention the 250th anniversary of the

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country uh team led by Amy Hall, Michelle Wy, Courtney Capus, and the DPW and police and everyone else um pulled off a very nice event on at Riley Park to celebrate our nation's birth. Wasn't

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quite the anniversary of our nation becoming a nation, but it was the kickoff to that of July 4th, 1776. Um that was a great success. Concerns were raised that uh the horse pulling a carriage might have overheated it. That

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horse did not. U the town and the owner was very focused on the horse's health. Kept him very short walks through shaded areas get kept him very u uh content. The owner said he was hotter than the horse because he was dressed up in

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revolutionary garb. So anyway, anyone who had raised concerns just be a piece that uh that the horse did very well. Uh the lengthy report that I often have is library. I'm going to make it fairly quick, but again I have 50 things.

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Please go to if you have young children especially or if you're interested in certain arts and crafts, knitting, quilt making, things like that, please go to the library website. It's amazing the amount of programs they have. But uh just a few examples, they have summer

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readings that go through August 5th. Um they have uh Legos and games on on Thursdays, Mondays and Thursdays. They have uh children reading to dogs. Obviously, it's helping the children learn to read, but they get really excited about the fact that they can,

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you know, interact with canines. Uh there's music class for babies on Fridays. There's uh yarn clubs. There's Mario Kart on Switch where kids age seven and up get to compete on Mario Kart. And I mispronounced this last time

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I announced it, but there are ma groups, right? >> I know. >> I've never played. I I hear everybody else does. I'm I'm in my cave at home, but I hear it's a wonderful event. Anyway, July 15th from 1 to 3 p.m. Ma, if you're interested. Anyway, many more

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things. Please go to the website if you have young children. There's a time going on. Um, I know I'm forgetting something. Let's see. Oh, just just all back to July 4th week for a second. We also opened up the public bathrooms. I I hear

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from Sean Heer. Great success. The gate guards were telling Shawn, our beach director, how people love the new bathroom. So, once again, compliments our DPW, who by the way, DPW got those up and running by July 2nd. There was legitimate concern we would not be ready

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by the July 4th weekend. Uh they they pulled it off. They had to change out some of the equipment. Everything was up and running by July 2nd, the day of fireworks that evening. And nothing but great praise from all of our residents. So I think our residents are excited to

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have bathrooms accessible at Ocean Park, you know, the north end. So that was big. And uh the other thing is uh our head of lifeguards Mike Rosenberg and and our beach director Sean Heer, they work miracles with staffing both for our

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beach guards as well as our lifeguards because we actually were running out of staff uh and uh they both scrambled to get one to get people on board to help uh after hours longer than hours and two to preserve the people's health because they work shorter shifts because of the

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intense humidity. So so much on behind the scenes that our our employees uh all checked in and literally saved the day. So, kudos to all of our employees. Um, and I really wanted to discuss uh one

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final thing. I actually have a a prepared statement, but u let me just go into that. During our last two council business meetings, arrested publicly condemned a handful of individuals, one as a draft dodger and another as a

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person guilty of stolen valor. I was not present in the first of these meetings. In the second meeting, the resident who himself is the war hero again attacked the integrity of these men, again referencing them by name in public. I

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asked the resident to refrain from making such terrible accusations in public. However, I was also unaware of the circumstances that had caused these harsh accusations. After that second meeting, I was able to determine that there was a typographical

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error in the appendix of our fallen heroes brochure. This administrative error inaccurately listed the veteran as having served in Vietnam. The proper reference should have been Vietnam era as he was actually a member of the New

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York National Guard come of Vietnam era. This error has already been corrected and will be reflected in the appendix of next year's brochure. What is important to note tonight is that these unfortunate accusations were not true.

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The National Guard veteran was not even aware of how his branch of service and the conflict in which he served were listed in the appendix. My hope is that we will all learn a valuable lesson moving forward to provide others with the benefit of the

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doubt before succumbing to an overreaction and resorting to potentially damaging unfair accusations. This could have been easily avoided if facts were checked beforehand and if a rush to judgement had been avoided. For anyone familiar with the TV series

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of a few years ago, Ted Lasso, please consider the wisdom offered by the lead character, Ted Lasso, in season 1. The moral of a brief story that he told while throwing darts in an English pub was, "Be curious, not judgmental. These

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are words to live by." That concludes my report. With that said, I would like to now open it up to item 14 on our agenda. Open up to public comments and questions. Show hands. Yes, sir.

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>> Please come up. Yeah. Give your name and address. Sandy Chapman 56 Avenue. Um, first two quick apologies. One for the phone call. So, caregiver for the evening, my 17year-old grandson. and some people

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were concerned that I was here and not there. And to Mr. Dardy for um probably heard some of what I'm about to say. Um I listened with interest to the mayor

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speaking earlier about the prominade so-called project protect. There's no doubt the project is necessary, but frankly I am so upset and disappointed about the way it is rolled

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out and been managed. Yeah, you have to hurry to get uh get it done before the grant expires. But the grant was given December of 2024. Preliminary design was a year and a half

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in the making from January 24 to June of 2025. Final design is another six months or so ending in January of 2026. And now in the beach town of Brandy Beach, we find ourselves

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with a huge construction project um grossly inconveniencing anyone who uses the Third Avenue beach, Second Avenue beach um doesn't make any sense. A lot of people were asleep at the switch that that

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project which had been now in effect for almost uh 24 25 almost three full years is now being done during peak summer months in this town. Um maybe I miss some of the meetings

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because I'm not here all year round and don't uh attend virally, but Third Avenue access terrible. The steps too steep. I I didn't try to go down

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them, by the way. I only look at them. Um my wife will not be able to go to the beach this summer. There no ramps. By the way, >> that's not true. >> Excuse me. I'm speaking, >> please.

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>> Yeah, there's a ramp on Fourth Avenue. Is there any on Third Avenue entrance? Is there any on the Second Avenue entrance? People are not going to be able to access the beach. My wife had a knee at one knee uh operated on and she's looking forward to

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the other. We picked Third Avenue as a as a place to reside at the beach in our locker. Um because we live on Burlington. It's easy to access and you didn't have to climb stairs. I'm 79

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years old as is my wife. There's been no regard for senior citizens or disabled citizens with the way that is designed currently during the construction. There's no way they can access the beach. Frankly, I don't know if it's

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going to be accessible to disabled people and senior citizens after it's done. Is there going to be a ramp? There should be a ramp now. Frankly, I don't know whether you're ADA compliant with just the stairs there.

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So, I wish the federal attorney were here tonight. I I would ask him. >> He is here. >> No, I'm sorry. Excuse me. I messed this up. >> It's illegal. >> Is it even I make mistakes? Is it ADA compliant the way it is?

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>> My understanding engineering is common. >> Those stairs are fine. And so people that so people that are disabled can't access the beach where they pay for lockers. I'll come back to that in a

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second. Where they've been bathing a lot of years with a lot of people they know on that beach. The Fourth Avenue ramp to me is not appropriate. Doesn't help me. Doesn't help my wife. She can't go from there. That come to

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the beach on Third Avenue. Doesn't work. I'd love >> telling you arguments are valid. I'm just legality is different. >> Well, I I I'd love to hear the answer from you and the engineer and show me how it's I'm a lawyer. I did a little

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bit of research. not enough to definitively answer that question. I I apologize. I may be over my five minute limit, but uh and by the way, there's an irony there. When I spoke to Mr. Dowy, I complained bitterly about the lockers.

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One of my locker, my locker is not usable. It's 348. So, if you enter on Third Avenue and you're looking for 348, you're a lot closer to Fourth Avenue than to Third. That aside for a second, the first lockers you get to, there are

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six 300 group lockers before you get to the 200s. >> Five minutes is up. >> I didn't really I hope I didn't upset anybody. >> By the way, your time is up, but but finish. >> I'll be I spoke to Mr. Doward. He told

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me that the 6300 um number of lockers at the beginning before you get to the 200s and then the odd 300s and then the evens. Those are for disabled people. Find that very interesting.

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They're going to come down the stairs. There's no way they can access the beach or those lockers with a ramp. I implore you, put a ramp there. And I don't care what the engineers say. If they can't figure it out, you need new

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engineers and make sure there's a ramp there once that prominade gets finished because you'll have the same issue. Thank you. >> I'll listen from here if you want to speak. >> Yeah. A couple a couple quick comments. Um, one,

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you know, there's your comments. There's no way people can access the beach or individuals who are handicapped. We've done nothing to reduce previous access to it. Every person who every handicapped person who access the beach

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a year ago, the same ramps exist, the same access, some some access is flat. We have in plans, we could not do it this year because we needed to have caffer permit, but we already have plans to add three more ramps next year. The

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new uh prominade extension will have a number of additional ramps. I don't know if it's two two or three or two over but over three uh phases. >> It may be it's at least two right now. >> I'm pleased to hear that. But frankly, disabled people could easily access

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Second and Third Avenue. >> So, it's my project and they can't. Matt, >> it's my turn to speak. You're right. >> We're not trying to debate. I'm just trying to give you answers to the comments you made. >> Everything. Oh, and and your comments about people falling asleep in the switch. You you you're attorney by by

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trade. You probably are not aware of things called beach animals or other uh endangered species because the problem with the timing you provided, no one was asleep at the switch, intense discussions for for a year with the D,

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with the federal government, what we could and could not do when to protect all these endangered species. And it came down to and our engineers needed time back and forth with these various entities to make sure that whatever we

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planned was uh in uh collaboration and alignment with protecting all these different elements of species. So >> nobody was asleep in this way. I would just take a little offense to some of the accusations because >> quite honestly we've had people

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intensely working on this for well over a year. We've been dying to get this thing going and we've waited m literally months and forced to sit while we wait for approval. So now this is what we call municipal government, right? It

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just does not move quickly. Now this council, our engineers, our attorneys, they're doing everything in their power to get this stuff done. And the one issue that I agree with you on, I don't love the temporary stairs at Third

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Avenue. And I don't I'm not going to sit here and tell you they're ADA compliant. They seemed a little steep to me. I went out to look at them. They are temporary stairs. The alternative would be to have no stairs. We could not build ramps. Anything that is not temporary has to be

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approved under our federal CAPER regulations. So, it's better than it was before because before there was nothing. I'm not saying it I'm not saying it helps a disabled individual, but it helps beachgoers access another point at the beach they would not have otherwise

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had. So, I I I understand your frustration, but you need to understand as you make these accusations about people being asleep at the switch and not being able we're doing everything for that. But when you want a project done, people seem to be able to get it

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done. You stay in D's base. I've been there. going to stay in your engineer's face. I have been there. And the project started back in January of 2024. It could have been done. But I'm not

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laying blame on any one person. Normally, your engineers are the people that are supposed to stay ahead of that stuff. And someone's got to kick their butts, too. Thank you. >> Thank you. Other comments or questions?

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Yes, sir. This is >> Thomas J. Coan, 6123rd Avenue. Uh, mayor, congratulations on the $200,000 grant. I just wanted to understand it um in context. In the budget, you we're using 300,000 of surplus.

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>> 350. >> 350. Okay. Um for the police radios. So So now you're only going to use 150 of that and the other 200 will remain in the surplus. Well, the 350 itself is an estimate, but you know, yes, if if the exact cost

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comes out to 350, then we would use 150. And the question would just be, do we use that as an operational expenditure and offset uh funding that we receive from the sale of the church properties or would we bond for that 150? >> Okay, that would be another option. Then

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you could leave the 350 in in the surplus. >> Okay, great. Thank you. Congratulations. >> Thank you. Yes sir. Mr. West 518 New York Avenue any early feedback or information of

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concerning the lights on the sprinklers in Fletcher Lake? >> Well, so far what I've understood and I was actually surprised to see that there were two additional lights that were put on because it was really my understanding that this would happen after

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>> Yeah. I mean we had approved one light so they the commission went ahead and put the other two lights on. In the meantime there has been uh testing by clonet and um this is through university. Uh the testing has shown

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that the oxygen levels actually were very good um you know and that the lights were actually promoting the better health of the lake which is interesting. So they just came out with a report um which I don't know if you

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received the information from our chairperson um that we would like to share with the whole community of exactly you know the levels um uh within the lake u so I can't tell you you know details of it right now but um resident

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fe I mean I like them I I was in favor of them and I like them just wonder >> there's only there's been one resident who has come to a few meetings with concern concerns that the lights were infringing on her own personal space at home. Uh so the I think the um it's the

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public works of Neptune that is actually managing those devices within the water and so they've moved it moved it further into the lake so it's not as close to the shoreline and I think that's helped. Um otherwise I think there's been very positive response on the lights.

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>> Like I said I was in favor and I saw them and I think they look nice. They don't seem very bright. I don't live on. >> Yeah. And I think they've also tried to adjust the times that the lights were on. Um, so I I'm not sure exactly what time they go off, but they're supposed

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to go off at like 10 10 11:00, something like that. So they're really only on from sun sunset or dusk to I think 10, you de comments, but The report that the

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settlement commission received suggests that we have one of the healthiest of lakes Fletcher Lake along this stretch of six or seven freshwater lakes. So whatever we're doing, they're doing a really good job there. And they're also thinking about stocking lake with trout

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or fish. >> Yes. So the lake stocking was was potentially going to take place this season, but the weather the warm waters really are not best for lake stocking and the fall was a consideration, but that also can impact some of because

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then they would have to acclimate to the temperatures going into the winter. So, there's going to be a plan for lake stocking next spring and we're going to, you know, the commission is going to try and really make a big deal of it and make it a public. >> Thank you. Any other questions or

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comments from the audience? Anyone on Zoom? >> No. All right. Seeing no other public comments, I'll move to item 16 on the agenda, executive session. There is none. Item 17 is adjourned. I will make a motion to adjourn.

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>> Second. All in favor? I >> I meeting ajourn. I didn't even have Thursday. show. >> Yeah. You are in the same certainly

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