You're good to go. So, good evening everyone. The September um 24th, 2025 council meeting of the Long Branch City Council will now come to order. Roll call, please. Mr. Rathos, here. Mr. Vieira,
I'm here. Mrs. Wittis, here. Mr. Dangler is absent. Dr. Vote here. Uh, all please stand for the pledge of allegiance. I allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic
for it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all. I will now read the mission statement for the city council. Uh uh the Longird City Council and mayor
uh the city council and administration are committed to cultivating an environment of mutual trust and respect that values the diversity of our community. We will strive to enhance the quality of life for all who live here by
making Long Ranch a desirable place in which to live and prosper. We will treat all members of the public with respect and expect the same in return. We have the cert certification, please. I hereby certify that this meeting has been published in the newspaper in
accordance with the Open Public Meeting Act and posted as required by law. Thank you. Um we're going to start our meeting tonight with um a proclamation and I am going to ask Kim Gardano if you would come forward and mayor I think we
want to go up to the podium and this may how are you? Nice to see you Lieutenant Governor. Nice to see you today. How are you? Good. Thank you. Thank you for doing this. No problem. Do you want to give a little
No, why don't you do this? Okay, we we are thrilled. Thank you for putting me in the talk. Just turn this. I saw that planning. You said it'll be a long night. Yeah. Yeah. So, this is a proclamation. Um,
and it reads like this. Whereas hunger and poverty are issues of grave concern in the United States the and the state of New Jersey. Whereas the city of Long Branch is committed to taking steps to raise awareness about the need to combat
combat hunger. And whereas our city is committed to working with the Mercy Center to educate people about the role and importance of food pantries in addressing hunger and to devote more resources and attention to hunger
issues. And whereas more than 7,000 individuals in Mammoth County, including Long Branch, rely on food provided by the Mercy Center annually. And whereas the the federal poverty level in New Jersey for a family of four
is $32,150 and approximately uh approximately 10% of families live under that level. And whereas in fiscal 2025, the Mercy Center provided 1.8
million meals, reflecting 200,000 more meals than fiscal year 2024 and 700,000 more meals than fiscal year 2023. And whereas one in every six people in
Mammoth received emergency assistance, one in every six people received emergency assistance from food pantries. And whereas September is hunger action month and we recognize the importance to
bring awareness and attention to these issues and encourage involvement in efforts to end hunger in our local communities. Now, therefore, the mayor and the city council of Long Branch
hereby proclaim that they recognize September as hunger action month in the city of Long Branch and call this observance to the attention of its citizens. Presented on the 24th day of September, 2025 by Mayor Palone and
myself, the city council. Thank you so much. Very wonderful mayor. Good to see you again. And I just I just want to add with the former lieutenant governor here that um whatever organization she has ever been
involved with um she has just done an amazing job. She have uh we have never had to ask for anything. she's always volunteered it and uh we all you know remember what was going on during the um uh COVID pandemic and she was just
always there for us helping all the residents of Long Branch and in Mammoth County. So, thank you. Thank you. You don't mind if I No, thank you so much for coming. Thank you again.
Okay, so moving on with our meeting. Um the reading and approval of pre previous minutes. I need a motion to approve the minutes from the September 10th, 2025 meeting. So move. Second. Roll call, please. Mr. Rases, yes.
Mr. Vieiraa, yes. Mrs. Wittis, yes. Mr. Dangler is absent. Dr. Vote, yes. Motion passed. Thank you. Consideration of ordinance of ordinance for public hearing and final consideration. There are none. Ordinances for introduction
0-12-25. This is the first reading of ordinance 1225, an ordinance amending a chapter 147 construction codes un construction codes uniform section number 147-3
fees of the municipal code of the city of Long Branch. A summary of this ordinance. This ordinance amends section 147-3 of the municipal code to update various construction permit subcode fees. I need
a motion to introduce on first reading advertise and post according to law and set the public hearing for October 8th, 2025. So move second. Roll. Mr. Rases, yes. Mr. Vieiraa, yes. Mrs. Whittis, yes.
Mr. Dangler's absent. Dr. Vote. Yes. Motion passed. Thank you. The next ordinance 0-13-25. This is the first reading of ordinance 13-25, an ordinance of the city of Long Branch, County of Mammoth, approving and
adopting the 2025 update to the Oceanfront Broadway Redevelopment Plan, and amending and supplementing chapter 269, redevelopment, and chapter 345,
zoning of the city of Long Branch Code. A summary of this ordinance. This ordinance is adopting the 2025 updated uh the uh updated oceanfront Broadway redevelopment plan which revises the
prior redevelopment plans and the design handbooks for the local development sectors. Chapter 269, the redevelopment chapter, and chapter 345, the zoning chapter, are amend amended to codify the
changes set forth to the redevelopment plan. The redevelopment plan indicates that the handbooks regarding the development of the Broadway Gateway, which is handbook three, and lower Broadway, which is handbook seven, are
fully superseded by the new plan and where the updated redevelopment plan conflicts with the general design guidelines, which is in handbook one, and the oceanfront Broadway addendum, which is handbook Book eight, the
provisions of the new redevelopment plan prevail. I need a motion to introduce on first reading, advertise, and post according to law and set the public hearing for October 22nd, 2025.
So moved. Second. Roll call, please. Mr. Ras, yes. Mr. Vieiraa, yes. Mrs. Whittis, yes. Mr. Dangler is absent. Dr. Vote, uh, yes. Motion passed. Thank you. uh public participation for resolutions
and all general comments. I need a motion to open the public portion of the meeting for all comments. So moved. Second. All in favor? I. The public portion of the meeting is to allow you, the public, to state your comments directly to the administration
and have a voice in the proceedings of your governing body. There will be no cross dialogue during the public portion of the meeting. After uh after you have spoken, any member of the deis authorized to speak on the
administration's behalf may address your comments, answer questions, and correct any misleading or er erroneous information. If there's anyone in the audience who has a comment to make, please step forward to the podium. State
your name and address clearly for the record. You will have five minutes and may only speak once. requesting one minute notification. Vincent Leapour, 33, Ocean Terrace, Long Branch, consistent with the core corruption in
the government of the city of Long Branch. On July on June 30th, 2025, the speaker of the New Jersey Assembly, Greg Cochlin of the city's law firm, Reon Cochland Manello,
presided over the 58.8 billion state budget vote, Bill A-5800. Assemblyman Brian Bergen of the 25th district objected to Speaker Cochland presiding over the process, and with good reason.
The state budget proposed over $44.4 million in direct appropriations to 23 entities that retained the renown Cochland Manello Law Firm. These appropriations were added after Governor Murphy's initial proposal and at Speaker
Cochland's direction. In 2024, the Rome Cochler Manello Law Firm received over $ 8.1 million through public contracts on the business entity filings
dated March 31st, 2025 with the state by managing partner Lewis Reon of the Reown Cochland Manello Law Firm. Under part three, summary of amounts stated, total amount received through agreements and
contracts in 2024, 8,134,7.72. Total of reportable contributions made to candidates or committees in 2024 by that firm, $158,600. Concerning Long Branch, there existed a contribution date for
2024 of August 7th in the amount of $5,000 from the law firm of Rome Cochland and Manello to the John Palone for Long Branch Mayor campaign. In return, under contracts received, the
city attorney's law firm received $377,88043 in contracts. brutal paytoplay if ever existed, an egregious conflict of interest with that law firm.
Speakers Cochland, the taxpayer dollars are supposed to be aortioned on merit in need, not on the paytoplay of which towns are paying to, particularly Speaker Cochland's law firm, the Rome Cochland Manello Law
Firm. Unfortunately, the supposed legislative ethics commission, which is a joke that would prevent such a matter, is appointed by the same people who stand to benefit. Those being Speaker Cochran,
Governor Murphy, and the Senate President concerning Title 52 of the New Jersey Revised Statutes, NJSA52, colon 13D-12 concerning conflicts of interests and section 18 concerning
lawmakers taking action in which they have an interest. It is directed to the council president and city council that city attorney Renown's law firm is in violation of both said and as such the prompt removal of city attorney Renown from his
position is expected before the next council meeting. If that isn't enough, at the 19minute 32nd point of the September 10th, 2025 council meeting,
city attorney Rainon outright lied when saying, quote, Board of Education, any tax abatements doesn't reduce one minute notification. Any tax abatements doesn't reduce by one nickel the amount of money the board of
education has for education. end quote. That is malpractice. The day of September 10th council meeting, I went over what I spoke about with a county tax assessor's office.
My figures proofed out. The following day, September 11th, in reviewing City Attorney Reon's remarks about tax abatements not affecting the board of education. That was a joke with the county
assessor's office. That was a joke. A cruel joke. The fact is Pure Village phase three-year tax abatement on the improvements. They pay nothing to the board of education. Five minutes
on the land. It's a pittance. It's a joke. Virtually not mentioning for malpractice reasons. Attorney Rangon will be removed to end junk government. Thank you, Mr. Leapour. Anyone else?
Good evening everyone. My name is Susan McKitis and while I live in Atlantic Highlands, I'm here on behalf of Food and Water Watch. I want to thank you for being a friend of our environment in supporter of one of the most important climate initiatives in New Jersey. You
have recently passed a resolution earlier this year in support of the New Jersey Super Fund Act. We are here once again asking for your help, this time to defeat the Williams Transco Nessie project. Williams Transco is once again
proposing a 23mm fracked gas pipeline through the Raritton Bay. As a waterfront community, I'm sure you can appreciate the harm this will do to our environment. All water communities are related. This project has been defeated
twice before, but Nessie is back. This time their application has been fasttracked and approved by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission commonly known as FK. The federal government has let us down. So it is now up to New York
and New Jersey to once again stop this harmful project. This pipeline is intended to provide frat gas from Pennsylvania to Long Island and provides no benefit whatsoever for New Jersey residents, only substantial risk. This
proposal that Williams Transco has submitted is essentially the same as the proposal that regulators have previously rejected twice. This is an attempted money grab, plain and simple, by an outofstate company.
Rateayers will bear the cost burden of this project, not Williams Transco. Previous estimates were in excess of 1 billion with a B dollars. National Grid, the New York operator and
intended recipient of this fracked gas, has publicly stated that it is not needed and favors more environmentally friendly alternatives. It is now up to state and local authorities to put a stop to this project. Many other Mammoth County
municipalities along with Mammoth County commissioners have joined this nonpartisan effort in opposition to this polluting project. Will you support this opposition by resolution at your next city council meeting? I am attaching or
I have provided I should say a resolution for your consideration. Many thanks for your attention. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Good evening. Uh my name is Jeff Walstein. I reside in Titan Falls, New Jersey. I grew up here in Long Branch. I
spoke to this council last month and made legal arguments why the mayor and this council should take action to have the Israeli flags being flown at Pure Village removed and replaced with American flags. For those of you who are not aware, there are currently six Israeli flags, but only one American
flag being flown at the center of Pure Village. I find this incredibly unAmerican. Last time I spoke to this council, I made arguments that even though the property is owned by the Zionist Jew Jared Kushner, it is still a public forum created through eminent
domain and the symbols and flags being flown there should reflect the United States of America and not the state of Israel. It has been over a month since I spoke to this council and the flags are still being flown. Which means this council and this shabus of a mayor
has taken zero action to have flags removed. Instead, they had the Long Branch Police Department call me in a desperate attempt to try and intimidate me. But I won't be intimidated into silence. My legal arguments were ignored. So now it's time to get biblical. I'm sure you're all under the
impression that the modern state of Israel is somehow connected to the Israel from the Bible. It's not. Israel, also known as Jacob, was a man, not a land and not a country. He had descendants that were known as the children of Israel or the Israelites.
However, an overwhelming majority of modern-day Israelis have absolutely no ancestral connection to the Middle East or the ancient Israelites of the Bible. They are Ashkanazi Jews of European descent who can trace their ancestry back to Khazaria, what is now modern-day
Ukraine. These people claim to be Jews, but are not. They are actually the synagogue of Satan as stated in Revelation 2:9 and 3:9. So, if you're going to use the Bible to justify the existence of the state of Israel and to justify their genocide of the Palestinian people and other atrocities
against the world, then I will use the Bible to prove the modern state of Israel is a satanic forgery created by the United Nations after the Zionist bankers started, financed, and manipulated the entire world into two world wars, which resulted in the deaths
of millions of people, mostly non-Jews. The Rothschild family, who bankrolled the creation of the state of Israel, financed both sides of both world wars to serve their own Zionist agenda. The Bible refers to these people as children
of the devil and the synagogue of Satan. You are probably under the impression that the flag of Israel displays the Star of David. In my hand is a King James Bible, and nowhere in this Bible can the phrase Star of David be found. It's not biblical. The fact is David
never had a star. The meend devided translates to the shield of David is found nowhere in scripture. And it doesn't state that this shield had a six-pointed hexog on it. The only shield I'm aware of that had a six-pointed star on it was the shield of
Rothschild. The name Rothschild is literally German for red shield. Mayor Amshell Rothschild hung a sign in the shape of a shield with a hexog on it over his goldsmith shop. It is a symbol of the Rothschild family, not a symbol
of Judaism. The only mention of a star being flown in the Bible can be found in Acts 7:43, the star of Reman. Acts 7:43 states, "Ye took up the tabernacle of Moolok and the star of your God Reman, figures which ye made to worship them,
and I will carry you away beyond Babylon." The star of Reman for their god Moolok is a hexog. Hex is another word for curse. And the state of Israel created by the Rothschild family through war and deceit is a curse on the entire
world. The hexog is not an ancient symbol of Judaism. The hexog was adopted by the Zionist movement in the late 19th century. It comes from the Rothschild's family and it is a symbol of Zionism, not a symbol of Judaism. It is an abomination to fly that flag here in
America. That star represents the number of the beast as spoken about in the book of Revelation. That star is 666 encoded. It is six small triangles, six lines, and a six-sided polygon with six 60°
angles. It is literally a symbol of 666, the number of the beast. Why on God's green earth are we flying a flag with a satanic symbol that represents genocide in our city? It's because you are all ignorant and completely cucked to the Jews who have taken over Long Branch.
This city is completely unrecognizable from the one I grew up in. This town has become an abomination and a complete embarrassment. All thanks to weak and ignorant leadership like you people before me. Thank you. Five minutes. Council President, I'd like to make a
comment if I may. Please. First off, uh, sir, just so you know, the police department was concerned about your actions and your behaviors. You also left me a disgusting voicemail, which I don't appreciate. And you were
rude, loud, obnoxious to my assistant. So, let me just start all that. It's free speech. You had I let you speak. Now you let me speak. Okay. No, I'll leave. I don't need to hear your nonsense. Right. Okay, that's fine. But in any
event, I've been thinking about this for a couple of weeks because that man was really disgusting. Okay. And as evidenced by the statement that he read at the beginning of the council meeting a few weeks ago, the council and I are proud of our diverse and welcoming nature of this city. A few council
meetings ago as I said he made state there was a member of the public this gentleman right here made statements that can only be cate categorized as a biased hate speech also anti-semitic which again you witness here for the
second time. So, I want to be clear. There's no place in our community for hate speech of any kind, but and the council and I denounce this in the strongest uh possible terms. The council and administration were committed to fostering a city where people of all
backgrounds and belief can live free from fear, prejudice, and hate. And uh this is an example of something that we're not going to tolerate. So, thank you. Thank Thank you, Mayor. Any other comments?
Speak. Yeah. Hi. Uh Ernest George Mcnolia. I was born here in 1948 on Second Avenue and raised here. And uh I guess at many points I thought perhaps
uh I would come back and settle here and uh realize that Long Branch is is far from what it was when I was
born and raised here. Uh when you come to these meetings and you see a city with probably a 35,000 known people and maybe 25,000 unknown
people here and no one shows up. And and yet the few people who do are constantly retaliated against, threatened, and and all these I hope you're not referring to that last
gentleman who's here, Mr. Beal. Is that who you're referring to? No. Oh, okay. Thank you. Why don't you take your uh calm down pill? I'm not talking about him. I'm talking about me. Oh, okay. Great. So
what what I see go on here and I pretty much know everybody and I moved to Florida 5 years ago and many many people from here moved to Florida also and
the connection between what's wrong with Florida and what's wrong with New Jersey is is is is very powerful. And and I'm not talking about religious stuff. I'm talking about business stuff.
I'm talking about city government. I'm talking about uh organized crime. I'm talking about uh human importing. I mean, New Jersey
and Florida don't get enough credit for how much human importing takes place here. I mean, you can you can you can see it and witness it. And yet and yet, no matter what city you speak to or with,
it's a denial of everything. A denial no matter what it is. In other words, where's taxpayer money going? Well, you're not allowed to know where where where are uh approvals coming from from overdevelopment, which everybody is
can't believe, but yet it's it's getting worse and worse and worse and worse and worse. And even though you try and be civil and send emails and make comments on Facebook, the only the only
thing you get is retaliation. I mean, my family is retaliated against. I'm retaliated against Florida. I mean, there's a lot of retired Long Branch cops that are so violent that I don't know how they're not locked up. And if you want, I could name some of them right now that go around threatening
people with guns, right? Slashing people's tires, and nobody does anything about it really. and what and and to go to Pure Village and just sit there and see what
goes on 24/7 is beyond is beyond anything that a concerned citizen and the families in this town deserve. But they don't have any say. They don't come because they're
afraid and they know that it's just they're going to be drumed out of the city and uh and that's it. And the association with places like Asbury and Neptune and uh and deal and it it's what
it is. Do I still have a minute left? 38 seconds. I have 37 minutes left. I'll take 38 seconds. Oh, that's all. Okay. So, uh, I would only hope that the public in New Jersey
can hear that investigations are needed. Uh, in my opinion, FBI and ICE and organizations like that need to come into New Jersey and not be affected by what government in New Jersey says. Well, we're a we're a we're a a
sanctuary state and we're the New Jersey needs to be cleaned out from top to bottom, from inside out. Five minutes. Thank you. Hello, my name is Lewis Gaudius. Lived in Lawn Branch my whole life. Say you I'm sorry. Say your name. I just Lewis Gardius. I lived in Long Branch my
whole life. How are you? Good. I'm here tonight because I own a football organization and um we're being told no, we can't use the Lawn Branch field. Last time we came in front of you, um you guys had like a specific reason why I couldn't use the field. It
was because the the Lawn Branch AYF youth football didn't want us there. So, we respected it, moved over to Ocean Township, but currently Long Branch fell apart. Their football fell apart. The reason why I was trying to step in and
start a youth program. Um, so as right now, I have a lot of I started a football organization in Ocean Township and uh have a lot of Lawn Branch kids on my team, a very lot. And uh so they're not giving us the field over there because you have to be 85% of that
town's children to play at that field. Well, we're 85% Lawn Branch now. And uh we're still being told that we can't use the field because of uh what was it? Uh you have like some like a night out or something on Sunday. And I think it runs
4:30 to like 6:30. And the other one on the other Sunday runs like 2:30 to 5:30 or whatever. We just need to feel for about an hour and a half for these awesome children of Long Branch. Long Branch, we're talking about kids that we do not want doing drugs, playing video
games, throwing rocks at cars, you know, like just all the stuff you do not want to see a kid doing. When we tell the kids no, like, "Sorry, we can't." That's usually a lot of the time that can happen, you know, when we're not right on top of them. A lot of these kids I've been coaching since they were 6 years old, you know, we we we turn their life
around. They're still playing football. Um, we come to you tonight to just basically ask, you know, why we're being told no so quickly, you know, like why why is that the first thing you could come back and say for the kids of Long Branch? It's like, nope, sorry. We have a night
out. Um, we don't have enough uh guys to run the snack bar and all this. We don't need the snack bar. We don't need anything else. We have our own referees that we pay for through Pop Warner. This is Pop Warner, by the way. And uh Lawn Branch used to be pop. I played Pop
Warner in Long Branch. So, you know, it's it's big. This AYF thing, what they got going on in your town right now is not good. It's a it's a very bad look and it's actually harming the kids. I would say I could really look at you and say that the football that you have here
is no good. I came to you two years ago. You all looked at me like I had three heads, you know, and M except for Mr. Dangler. He was the only one that spoke to me out of everyone. And he actually came to our field. loved what we were doing, absolutely agreed with what we were doing. Um, but we were still told
no, no, we can't use the field. We can't use the field. The field is not being used. It's like a ghost field over there. It's like I mean, I don't know why we built the field. It's sitting there with no children on it, no one playing football. We have 11year-old
kids that want to use that field. And if there's any way possible that some human on this board can really step up for the kids of Long Branch, we would really appreciate it. We were told no, we stepped away from Long Branch, went to Ocean. Ocean won't allow us now. We have
too many Long Branch kids. If you guys can check us out, maybe come to a practice, we could send you the roster, you know, whatever you need. But we would love to use your field. I'm a Long Branch kid. I played on the high school's field and it was absolutely
awesome. And then I got to play for coach George who was absolutely awesome. You know, the other guys around the town that I know that coach football, someone on his board, they really do not care. It's almost like they truly really do not care. Like literally will look you
right in your face and just go, "No, no, sorry. Go find a spot somewhere else." So we went to Neptune. Neptune was one of the people that said, "Yes, I don't care where your kids are from. We do not care. You bring me I" They said, "Bring them from Tinton Falls, 20 of
them. We don't care. Let's go." So, we've been in Neptune for the last couple years. Um, we've been called the pop-up team by Charlie Shirley right here. You know, that's very disrespectful. Um, we're just a bunch of awesome kids on this team that need a place to play football. He got right
back to me, Charlie, and just this this time as well. No, sorry. We have a kids night out at 5:30. We will play at 8:00 in the morning. We will play at 9:00 in the morning. The games take one and a half hours to play. The refs, everything is done in a in a matter of two hours.
You won't see a soul, a piece of garbage on the floor, nothing. You won't even know we were there cuz again, it's a ghost field. But, you know, thank you very much for your time. If you if you could think about it, it's just a couple days. It's a couple dates. It's I think it's three dates. And if we win the
playoffs, we get a fourth date. And that's all I have for you guys. If you guys could think about it, I'm not trying to play Mr. Shirley out up here. That wasn't my 5 minutes. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you. Any comments? And we got some studs on our team as
well that are really good. Really good. Uh Tim Kazakowski, 121 Atlantic Avenue. Um appreciate the opportunity to be here this evening. Uh 5 minutes is not a lot of time, but I think that in the next six months or so, maybe 20 to 25 of these meetings, I should have enough. Could you could you the mic a little
closer? Sorry. Sorry that we earlier. So, I think that uh within 6 months or so, maybe 20 or 25 of these meetings, should have enough time to allow me to share my comments, thoughts, ideas, and feedback with the city. Uh you may recall I was here 2 weeks ago for my first city council meeting. And I left
confused, saddened, and to be honest, a little bit angry. As someone who moved here only 5 years ago, I don't have the history of many of the long-term residents I met in Long Branch. Still, I've been asking myself if the group of people in front of me tonight represents the best the city has to offer, if you're simply the willing. I spent some time wondering what type of background
the council and city leadership bring to this role. Are you high school graduates, PhD rocket scientists? Maybe the kids in the short bust of school, maybe somewhere in between. Nothing I heard at that meeting was reassuring. Rather, what I heard was fatalism, a lack of curiosity, lack of imagination,
excuses, and frankly resignation that nothing could be done. That's just the way it is. Live with it. I also wondered why there was so little citizen or attendance participation in the council meeting. echoing the gentleman here before. Is this the norm? Is the attitude that quiet and complacent
citizenry is ideal? Does the council want sheep? I'm not suggesting it pitchforks and torches, although sometimes that's what's needed to start a revolution, but a little passion and engagement would be great to see from the people who live here. Had the residents of Long Branch been beaten into submission, resigned to accepting
the status quo. turning to the police department and public safety. After multiple interactions, I really struggled to find the most apt description in my mind of this organization. I know a lot of folks in law enforcement, talked to different people. I think a lot of people think of themselves as something like a like
Robocop, you know, that kind of atmosphere attitude. However, I think that uh you know, someone like you know, Barney Fe afraid of his own shadow and powerless or unwilling to actually do, you know, law enforcement would be more appropriate. Barney, what? Excuse. Well, Barney Fe,
of course, needs a needs a leader. No, not Andy of Mayberry, but how about Chief Wigum from the Simpsons. Finally, we cannot forget the class ones who apparently have the authority of a lunch lady at Longbridge Middle School or someone on the Student Safety Patrol with their belts and whistles. Who better to represent that group than
Chase from Paw Patrol? And I think he might do a better job. Again, what I hear time and time again when I ask about laws and regulations is excuses. I hear that I read the police department has a budget around in 2025 around 10 million. If I'm wrong, I apologize. But if that was cut in half, would we notice
any difference? How much less actual law enforcement we actually see here? Why not follow the lead of what we see in places like Washington DC and soon in Memphis and other cities where they're being proactive in addressing the type of low-level activity left unchecked escalates in the major crimes. The results achieved in those just a few
weeks are impressive. Wrapping up, I'd be remiss if I did not end my comments with something positive. A recent city-wide email blast featured an inappropriate event listing on behalf of a local religious organization, constituting a clear violation of the establishment clause of the First Amendment. When I reached out to the mayor about this, he researched the
issue. I learned on Monday that it was correct, that I was correct. The mayor informed me this will not happen in the future, and I'm hopeful that the person responsible for this material will exercise more care in the future. I look forward to seeing you all in two weeks. Thank you.
Anyone else? Uh, I need a motion to close the public participation portion of the meeting. So move. Second. All in favor? I opposed. Uh, I will now ask the city clerk if
there are any changes to the list of resolutions. No changes have been made. Okay. Thank you. We can take the list uh the listed resolutions as the consent agenda. I need a motion. So move. Second. Roll call, please. Mr. Roses, yes.
Mr. Vieiraa, yes. Mrs. Whittis, yes. Mr. Dangler is absent. Dr. Vote, yes. Motion passed. Thank you. Uh, applications. There are none. And so we'll move to the miscellaneous business for the good of the order. And we will start with Councilman Ras.
Thank you, Council President. I'd like to thank everyone for coming out this evening. It's always nice to hear everyone's concerns. Uh, I'd also like to express uh my thanks to former Lieutenant Governor Wedano for her dedicated service to the community. Um, again, I want to thank everyone for
coming out and looking forward to seeing everyone in two weeks. Thank you. Thank you, Councilman Razes. Council uh Councilman Vieira. Yes. Thank you. Thank you for coming out tonight. Um, also want to echo what the councilman Raza said about Verdano.
great job they're doing out there with the hunger. And um I also want to comment a little bit on that gentleman that comment about the youth football saying that those fields or ghost fields. I went through those fields this week twice and those fields always full
of children playing there. So there everything's being occupied there. And with that, I want to say good night and thanks for coming out tonight. Thank you, Councilman Vieira. Councilwoman Whittis. Uh yes, I too would like to thank everyone for coming out this evening and uh we look forward
to seeing your resolution that you presented tonight. You presented the resolution. You were going to give us a copy of it. I look forward to seeing that. Thank you. Thank you. And then also um to former Lieutenant Kim Godano, thank you for, you know,
your hard work and your commitment to the community and to the Mercy Center. And with that, I'd like to wish everyone a happy new year and to have a great two weeks. Thank you. Thank you, Councilwoman with us. Uh, Mayor Palone.
Thank you, Council President. Just want to mention a few upcoming events. So, this um Sunday, September 28th, we're having Uptown Broadway Fest from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. That's uh up on Broadway between Washington Street and Norwood Avenue. Uh the street will be
closed and there'll be live entertainment, activities for children, fashion shows, and more. So, if you have an opportunity this Sunday, please stop up. Uh we're also having a Halloween window painting contest with our local businesses and local artists. Uh you
must register by October 3rd, which is I believe next Friday, and winners will be announced on Halloween. And for more information, please contact the arts and cultural center uh 2227000 and this ask for the arts and cultural center. And
finally, um the senior the Long Branch Senior Center will be having their uh senior art show uh next Tuesday, September 30th from 5 to 7:00 p.m. Uh all are welcome and please join us for a special showcase of artwork uh created
by our talented senior members. Thank you again for being here and uh have a great week. Thank you, Mayor Palone. And I would just like to mention um a few things again, some um upcoming events. One is
um if I hope that you are familiar with our group called Long Branch Hears, which is the mayor's task force on substance use um disorders. Um we've been active for about at least seven years. Um and what we're starting uh on
October uh it's October 6th or 7th um will be um our speaker series which will be at the Long Branch Library. Um here stands for health education addiction and recovery
support and our speaker will be Megan Kelly who is uh in long-term recovery herself and talking about how what her journey was and how she is available to help anyone at any time um someone
suffering suffering themselves or a family member um dealing with the uh uh addiction uh syndrome. So that's one event um which will be very informative. I want to tell you one other thing that
um Long Branch is actually the recipient uh of um statewide recognition for uh an award from you from the uh from Easy Ride. Um we are getting an award tomorrow for our safe streets program
and uh this is their annual award event and uh so it'll be a nice moment to be recognized for um all of the work that goes into I'm going to look at our business administrator because I know you do quite a bit of work with that and uh nice to you you lead quite a bit of
work with that and so nice to have uh have a moment recognized with that. Um, one other um, very nice recognition. I think you know um, that we have one of the country's most outstanding libraries
thanks to Tanya Garcia, the director and and her staff. And um the our library was recently featured um in in the uh retrofit magazine and it was featured
because of all the architectural work that was done in the redevelopment. Again, our our library is so outstanding and has won many awards and just is uh so we have so much to be proud of there.
So, just another reason to hold your head high, right, to say you're a long long ranch resident. Um, what I also encourage you, um, I think it is next Tuesday where there's going to be, um, it'll be the second debate of those uh,
candidates who are running for the school board. Um, so keep an eye open for that. Please participate in that. Again, it's an opportunity for your voice to be heard. So with all of that, I think we are ready to call it a night.
Thank you for coming. We will see you in two weeks again, I hope. And I need a motion motion to close to adjourn. And I I need a second. Second. There we go. Thank you. We'll see you in two weeks.