So, good evening everyone. Uh, the March 11th, [snorts] 2026 council meeting of the Long City Council will now come to order. Roll call, please. >> Mr. Rases >> here. >> Mr. Vieiraa, >> here. >> Mrs. Whittis is absent. Mr. Dangler
>> here. >> Dr. Vote >> here. Um, please stand for the pledge of allegiance. I 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 will now read the mission statement for the city council. [clears throat] The Long Branch mayor, 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 Branch 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 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. >> Okay. Thank you. Reading and approval of pre previous minutes. I need a motion to
approve the minutes from the February 25th, 2026 meeting. >> So move second. >> Roll call, please. Mr. Rases, >> abstain. >> Mr. Vieiraa, >> yes. >> Mrs. Whittis is absent. Mr. Dangler, >> yes. >> Dr. Vote, >> yes.
>> Motion passed. Thank you. I need a motion to approve the minutes of the March 2nd meeting. >> So So move second. >> Roll call, please. >> Mr. Rases, >> yes. >> Mr. Vieiraa, >> yes. >> Mrs. Whittis is absent. Mr. Dangler, >> yes. >> Dr. Vote, >> yes.
>> Motion passed. >> Thank you. Consideration of ordinances, public hearing, and final consideration. Ordinance for introduc. There are none. Ordinances for introduction. This is ordinance 0-03-26.
This is the first reading of ordinance 03-25 entitled an ordinance designating no parking anytime right ofway prospect alley [clears throat] division lane both sides entire length. A summary of this
ordinance is project alley in the area of the driveway located at 400 M uh Morris Avenue driveway shall be designated as a no parking zone to allow all the safe ingress and egress for
vehicles appropriate signage to be installed. I need a motion to introduce on first reading, advertise and post according to law and set the public hearing for March 25th, 2026. >> So move second. >> Roll call, please.
>> Mr. Ras, >> yes. >> Mr. Vieiraa, >> yes. >> Mrs. Whittis is absent. Mr. Dangler, >> yes. >> Dr. Vote, >> yes. >> Motion passed. >> Thank you. Public participation for resolutions and all general comments. I need a motion to open the public portion
of the meeting for all comments. So move second. >> All in favor? I >> I opposed. >> The second 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 you have spoken, any member of the DEIS authorized to speak on the administration's behalf may address your
comments. After everyone has spoken, anyone from the deis may answer your questions and correct any misleading or errud. Uh we um ask that after you make your comments, you take your seat.
prefer that you stay in the audience to hear um any answers to your questions. If anyone in the audience has a comment to make, please step forward to the podium and state your name and address clearly for the records. You will have
five minutes to speak and may only speak once. [clears throat] Good evening, madame clerk. Requesting one minute notification. Vincent Leapour, 33 Ocean Terrace Long Branch. Councilwoman vote,
your presence at these council meetings is representative of lies, hypocrisy, and fraud. Contrary to your comments at the last council meeting on the manner of these
council meetings, the record of these council meetings has clearly demonstrated your discrimination and disrespect not only to me but also to other members of the public speaking at these meetings.
Your oppressive and despotic ways of conducting these meetings smacks in the face of a recently promoted Brookdale College forum entitled Civility Week
focusing on quote democracy takes courage end quote whereby the foremost point emphasized At that seminar
was the encouragement of quote engaging in meaningful dialogue end quote so as to sustain democracy. I repeat, Miss Vote,
meaningful dialogue. And yet you, especially you, as Brookdale College's assistant vice principal of strategic partnerships and here in Long Branch's council
president, at these meetings, you prevent that very dialogue. And now you're ordering people to take their seats after they speak at the podium. Perhaps the Brookdale College Board of
Trustees should examine Miss Vult's position with that college in light of her lies, hypocrisy, and fraud which prevents democracy.
I have a series of questions here that I'll be asking some of them for the second third council meeting in a row to which I haven't gotten answers yet. First one concerning block 275 on Broadway
adjacent to the Kushner Development Project. Councilwoman vote and councel in general has Kushner offered to buy Brookdale Community College and what is the current status of that
Brookdale College facility on Broadway? again concerning block 275. You Anita vote being associate vice president of strategic partnerships would be well suited to answer this
question. Second question, Councilman Vieiraa or Councilman General, has Kushner offered to purchase the nearby Portuguese club
to the Brookdale Community College. Councilman Vieira, being your position with the Portuguese club, you would be expected to answer this question. I may remind both of you as council people, the council is a redevelopment
agency. If you've been approached by Kushner, you are to come clean with any offer. Question number three, the council in general, had Kushner Companies made an offer,
>> one minute notification. Thank you, Madame Clerk. To construct a micro hospital in this city and as a followup to that question, was Kushner Company offered
when a proposal was made to build that micro hospital a 30-year tax abatement on the lower Broadway project? I want an answer to my questions. For the fourth meeting, the next
meeting, we're going to have more questions. For the prior three meetings, you haven't answered them. You're not getting away with them. Remember, need a vote. Mario Viera, come clean with your answers on Kushner. The penalties for an
office holder are more severe than those out of office. Joe government. [applause] [snorts] >> Thank you, Mr. Leapor. Um, anyone else have comments?
>> I do whatever you're supposed to do. >> Patty Pllo, 70 North Bath Avenue here in Long Branch. Um, I don't really have a whole lot to say, but I just wanted to note that we had this beautiful weather in the last couple days. So, we opened the windows, let some fresh air blow
into our homes, and all I heard was car racing down Ocean Boulevard because, you know, I live right near Ocean Boulevard. There were several races and they took probably half an hour to 45 minutes to complete because they circled back, came
back around and raced again. and um loud and I don't know what I'm supposed to do about that. If somebody can advise me, do I call the police? Do I notify someone? Because not only you have the noise of those cars racing, but you know they're going
to hurt somebody someday. And you can also smell the exhaust blowing in the house. So I that's all I I don't know who to bring this to, but I thought maybe somebody might have an answer to that. >> Good. Thank you, Patty. You know what? We we will answer the questions after
everyone has spoken. >> Yes, understood. >> Okay, good. Thank you. [clears throat] >> Good evening. Gary Shecker, 52nd Avenue Crossbuilders. And the reason why I'm here tonight is is and I brought it up at to Mayor
Palone once before is is the you know we do a lot of building here in town and a lot of the people that we have that are coming in are >> Carrick. Could you put the mic down a little bit? I'm sorry. >> And and a lot of the people that are are coming and purchasing off the beach, you know. So we're over on Franklin Avenue,
Mars Avenue, and they're coming because uh they're coming in from Analipin and and North Jersey, but they want to be near the beach and they want to have the effects upon the beach. So when we were doing our first our development uh uh beachwalk, uh one of the things that we
did as uh as a promotion is we we offered a low-speed vehicle to the purchaser that came in. So, we ended up giving our first uh buyer a low-speed vehicle and and before we had given it
away, we I was actually using the vehicle. And I have to tell you something, as great as it sounds that you got this little car that you're driving around, you can't do anything with it except drive it around. You might as well just, you know, ride your bike or whatever because there's number
one, no place to park it. It's it's treated as a motor vehicle. It has to be registered and when you take it down by the beach, you have no place to park it. You take it down to Pier Village and all all you can do is just drive around Pier
Village because there's there's no place to park it. And you know, one of the things that encourages people coming down here is that they want to be able to use the the shore. They want to make it their shore house. But somebody
buying a house on Franklin Avenue and then they have their family come down and their grandkids or whatever, trust me when I tell you, they're not taking a wagon out and they're not walking from Franklin Avenue down to the beach with their beach chairs and their cooler and their, you know, dragging their kids and
everybody else. So, um, it's it's a great thing to have, but it's totally useless unless you have someplace that you can you can park these. And you know, I would suggest that somebody start looking into areas down on North
Beach, down by the hotel, down by Pure Village, you know, down by Cottage Matilda, those areas there where you can create parking spaces that they don't take up much space. two of these um vehicles can fit basically in one in one
space. But there's lots of spaces along the the oceanfront that would make it not only for the for, you know, for my customers, but there's lots of people that live in North Long Branch that live, you know, um, let's say in the
Sers Avenue area, you know, going east that way and and just on the other side, Westwood Avenue that would take advantage of these and, you know, at nighttime going out to the restaurants. It's, you know, they're fun things to do. So, um, I would, I think it would be
good for the town. Other towns have them, and it would be good for Long Branch if you recognized what a benefit it would be to the homeowners if they if they were able to use these vehicles. All right. Thank you. >> Thank you.
>> Thank you. Thank you. Hello board. My name is Lewis Gardius, 324 Chelsea Avenue. Um just coming today to for the fourth year in the road to ask for the Lawn Branch Football Field. Um we went and dropped off our permit and the athletic director or whatever he
is over there, he uh he sent us. He said, "No, I'm sorry. It's out of my hands." And we were like, "What do you mean?" So, we sent it up to Charlie Shirley. Um, we called Charlie for the last 4 days, got no call back at all. Um, we finally emailed him today and got
a a response on paper. We're just wondering why we're not getting that football field. We We're still not getting after year four. Long Branch had no football for the last two years, meaning there's nowhere for these kids to play football. Four years ago, I came
to you guys and told you that Long Branch Football is falling apart. That they're stealing the money. They're just they're not getting new helmets. They got mold in them. They're just they're really trashing football. We went out and bought these kids brand new $600 helmets, brand new Vell shoulder pads,
brand new two uniforms. We're set up and ready to go every year. And uh we're still being kind of ran around the block a little bit. And uh we're [clears throat] just here tonight to just put it on record that this is year four of us asking for the football field. Um that's basically it. We just
want to keep the kids off the streets. We want to keep them happy. They love football. A lot of our town, we're a football town. If if you guys know Sammy Mills, he played football with a lot of my family members. Like we are a football town. And it's just sad to see that the kids from Long Branch were playing in Tom's River Fields because
Tom's River said, "We'll accept you." you know, if Long Branch ain't going to accept you. And mind you, the field was not being used at all. Zero kids on that field. It looked like a dead space out in the middle of Long Branch at the end of Long Branch Avenue. It's just not a good look for our town. And uh you know,
I heard today the Long Branch president called me and said he's trying to get it back up and running. So, he actually called me physically and said, "You know, Lil, if we're not going to be on the field, we would love for you to have it on when we're away." they go. So, it goes home, away, home, away. So, they'll be away each week. We would like to get
it on their away games. So, I'm just here to put it on the record. Um, that's about it. We want to keep the kids out of trouble and into sports. Uh, thank you, Mr. Dangler, for coming out and checking us on the field. I remember when you came out and rode by and seeing us out there over there in Elbron. We,
uh, we stepped away from the Manahassid field and got our own little field in Elbron. Mr. Dangler came out and, you know, checked us out and seemed where we're a legit organization. Uh, we missed the play. We were in the playoffs this year and we lost by 20, but I mean, these kids are working really hard. We had two scholar athletes that are going
to be heading out to Chicago for a banquet. Um, that's about it. We're doing really well for the kids and we would just like to see for the first time in four years somebody let go of their ego, whoever it may be. We don't know who if it's Chris Parker, if it's Charlie Shirley. We don't we really
don't know who it is. We just would like to see our Long Branch kids on our Long Branch field. Tom's River truly held us down for the last couple years and said, you know, you could play on our fields. These parents are very, very upset about that. That's about a 45minute drive for some of these parents that are single
parents and don't have a lot of money. So, even just the gas there and beating up on their cars and some of these parents can walk right from C view right to the field. That's usually what they do in a beautiful day. Like, you know, they just walk over and watch their kid play. that hasn't been able to happen in a couple years. So, we hope Long Branch
gets third football, the AYF football back together, but we've been here four years and we're solid with it and we're not going nowhere. So, we were just hoping to see that, you know, you guys could recognize and realize we at four years ago when I came in front of you, I told you Long Branch football's falling
apart. Well, it fell apart. There was zero football last year and the year before that they were in Asbury. And right now, they got Asbury kids on our field every Tuesday and Thursday. My son plays on the team, the spring team. So, like we know what's going on. We just would like to just put an end to it,
man. And let the Long Branch kids play in Long Branch. That's all I have. Thank you all. Appreciate you. >> Thank you. [clears throat] >> Good evening. It's great to see you all again. My name is Jeff George. I was born here in Long Branch and I currently reside in Titanfalls. [snorts] I figured
since you're all a bunch of Democrats, I would read a part of a speech from the greatest Democrat who ever lived, President John F. Kennedy. [snorts] He said, "The very word secrecy is repugnant in a free and open society.
And we are as a people inherently and historically opposed to secret societies, to secret oaths, and to secret proceedings. We decided long ago that the dangers of excessive and unwarranted concealment of pertinent facts far outweighed the dangers which
are cited to justify it. Even today, there is little value in opposing the threat of a closed society by imitating its arbitrary restrictions. Even today, there is little value in ensuring the survival of our nation if our traditions
do not survive with it. For we are opposed around the world by a monolithic and ruthless conspiracy that relies primarily on covert means for expanding its sphere of influence. on infiltration instead of invasion, on subversion
instead of elections, on intimidation instead of free choice, on guerrillas by night instead of armies by day. It is a system which has conscripted vast human and material resources into the building of a tightlyk knit, highly efficient
machine that combines military, diplomatic, intelligence, economic, scientific, and political operations. Its preparations are concealed, not published. Its mistakes are buried, not headlined. Its dissenters are silenced,
not praised. No expenditure is questioned. No rumor is printed. No secret is revealed. Those were the words delivered by John F. Kennedy on April 21st, 1961, shortly after the failure of the Bay of Pigs.
The Bay of Pigs invasion was a failed coup d'etat conducted by the CIA. One of many coupetas the CIA orchestrated in Latin American and Middle Eastern countries. JFK, just like his predecessor Dwight Eisenhower did during
his 1961 farewell speech, was warning us of a grand conspiracy that infiltrates every aspect of our lives. The great Henry Ford talked about this great this grand conspiracy in his book titled The
International Jew, the World's Foremost Problem. He called this conspiracy international organized jewelry. They control the military industrial complex, the news media, the music industry,
Hollywood, big tech, big pharma, and all the big banks and central banks around the world. They control the ultrarocessed food industry specifically designed to make us all sick. They own and control all the smut and filth used to subvert Christian society. They were
responsible for both world wars. They were responsible for the attacks on 9/11. They were responsible for the COVID pandemic and the poisonous injection that they falsely labeled a vaccine. They were responsible for Jeffrey Epstein and the child sex
ringing operation that was used to control US politicians, celebrities, and billionaires through blackmail. And it is more than apparent that international organized jewelry controls our Congress, our president, this council, this mayor,
and the mayor's corrupt brother, Congressman Frank Palone. Whether it be through blackmail or bribery, I cannot be certain. But it is obvious you people have been compromised. Your allegiance is to a foreign nation and not to America. You'd rather align yourselves
with Jared Kushner, who is an Israeli war criminal largely responsible for the genocide in Palestine. He has plans to redevelop and jewify Gaza the same way he did here in Long Branch. So, I'm asking for people on both sides of the
political aisle to listen to the words I've spoken here tonight and go conduct your own research. JFK once said that he had complete confidence in the American people whenever they are fully informed. For our people are only destroyed for a
lack of knowledge. We are Goyam and we must put aside our petty differences and unite against our common enemy before it's too late. Thank you. [clears throat] Good evening board. My name is Casey
Zimmer. I'm from Ocean Township. I'm just here to piggyback off of the football issue with the field. We have been trying to come here for four years for these children of Long Branch, but have had no success. It's always an
excuse, not a real reason why we shouldn't be on that field with these kids. Um, last year we tried to obtain the field pretty late and we understood that we might not get it, but the reason was because there wasn't enough staff. Anytime we've been on that football
field these past 12 years, I've never seen staff from Ocean uh from Long Branch maintaining the field while the football games are going on. Um it's always just the teams, their staff, you know, even a p a police presence isn't
there, which it should be some points. Um, I have some emails that we were going back and forth with Charlie Shirley last year and, you know, we were hoping to get the fields, but it just seemed like, you know, our percent was
too low or the staff and everything is just an excuse, you know. So, we've really we put in the permit two days ago. We're just hoping that when Charlie meets with the recreation department that it's not another excuse that
soccer's not going to take up the four dates that were asking for. I think that's very manageable. Um, you guys have soccer and baseball and football all taking up these fields. You
know, these are Long Branch kids. Most of them are coming from lowincome families as Lou stated where these families cannot travel. We're taking the burden of bringing these children to all of the football games. So, we're renting vehicles, paying for the gas, paying for the tolls. If we could just come around
the corner to a football field that is literally right here in town for these families, their families can come support them, show them their love. Because half the time these kids don't have anybody in the stands for them because they can't travel cuz we're bringing them to the games. This would
mean the world to these kids for them to be able to have their parents, their aunts, their uncles, their grandparents come and watch them play the sport they love that's keeping them active uh with their peers, you know, staying off the streets. I mean, that's all we want. You
know, there's there's nothing real it's it's not rocket science what we're asking for. So, I hope you guys can give us what we're asking tonight. Um, if you could give us the answer so we know because this is timesensitive for
most of our families. Uh, the season has started as far as registrations. So, these people are coming to us. If if you guys aren't going to have a local field, you know, we're not going to be able to participate. Uh, if Long Branch doesn't have football, then a lot of these kids are not going to be participating in
youth sports. you know, football is a summer into fall thing and there's not really many other options for them during those months. Um, that's really it. I hope you guys see through the adult differences cuz I think that's
really what it was. And just know that we're not the ones on the field, it's the kids. Your future of Long Branch. Thank you. >> Thank you. Um JPR. Um before I begin, I just have to denounce what was said here
previously. Um there's so much like anti-Jewish hatred, anti-Muslim hatred, anti- immigrant hatred in this world, anti-Palestinian hatred. There's just so much freaking hatred in this world and that's not the energy that we should be using right now. Um we shouldn't be hurting each other. We need we need to
figure out ways to like really support each other and just understand that at the end of the day we're all freaking humans. So, I just had to say that before. Um, >> let me interrupt you. I'm sorry. One second. I I may have missed it. Your name and >> JPR. Pardon me. >> JPR. >> JPR. >> Yeah. >> And the address.
>> It's It's okay if I not say my address. I'm just like energy nowadays like so like there's like so many people getting docks nowadays and everything and like I live in Long Branch. Like I' I've been here multiple times. I just I think we need to protect each other's like data privacy nowadays as well. And that's something I also encourage the council
to really think of especially in like the places we're in right now, you know, with like stuff happening with like people being kidnapped with ICE all the time in our streets, you know, that's these are like real like people's lives are matter right now. People's lives are on like like people are being killed left and right nowadays. People are facing violence left and right. So I I
encourage the council to even think about that as well cuz the main reason I just came here today right now to talk about something is just the way that we can really change a little bit maybe this public comment section in order to make it a little more safe and inclusive for people to talk about the issues that really um that really like affect Long
Branch people. Um, for example, like I talked about this last time I came here, but we need to figure out a way to hold um public comments a little more um as ongoing conversations, ongoing dialogues as like one of the colleagues said here today regarding the football issue. That's something that we can really help
out the kids that we really need. But they've been talking about it for the last four years. is there why isn't there a space for us to come in where we can see the issues that we have and people can come in and they can even work together because I feel that because colleague what here would actually work with people who are the stakeholders who make the decisions so
how can we create a space within this city council this meeting it could be extended by 45 minutes I don't know what it can look like but we need to find a space where it's not just I speak for like 5 10 minutes or like a 3 minutes and then it's okay like a little two comments and then we're done like we're
long branch we need to work with each other not that many many people out here. So that's just something I really want us to think about. How can we restructure this public comment section to make it more collaborative and actually get more people into space as well? And that brings me to a second point of like bringing more people into
the space. Is there a way for us to even create like maybe advisory groups that have individuals from different parts of the community to be able to talk about these issues? For example, one big advisory group that I think is needed is an infrastructure advisory group here in the local town. for example, there's a lot of potholes on the like on the on
the roads and that's something I hear a lot of people talk about. Sometimes we even see some of the lights in the streets flicker there and especially as we're getting more influxes of people and the population is increasing in Long Branch, we need to figure out ways to work with each other and have people who are stakeholders within the community
talk about these things and solve it together handinhand with the council so that that actually creates like more collaboration that we need. And secondly, a community health advisory. One of the things I really care about in this long branch is that we kind of continue keeping our hospital here. How
can we ensure that our hospital is continues to be better? How can it better take care of like our senior citizens, for example, who need access to the to a local hospital and not go so far? How can we even figure out ways of addressing needs for individuals that we don't even know what their needs are?
And I feel we can do that, but we just have to bring more people into the space and have them present in the space. So, it's not just like, oh, me talking to y'all and y'all talking to me. It's us talking to each other. So, yeah, that just the last I just wanted to say. And I just have to emphasize importance of
this. We have to keep seeing each other as humans. We have to use this space because we don't have a lot of spaces nowadays where we can collaborate with each other, work with each other, and we need to like as humans, especially in this world that's kind of crazy right now. We need to like work with each other. Okay. Thank you all. >> Thank you.
>> Thank you. [clears throat] Anyone else? Okay, let's um kind of [snorts] uh Whoops. Let me close the floor. Yep. >> Um
after the public comments are finished, which they are, um anyone from the public who wants to further discuss and and please listen to um to this part. Anyone from the public who wants to further discuss any of the comments or
or concerns, please come to the city clerk's office um at please call the city clerk's office at 732-571-5686 to schedule a time at the public council hours that are held every first
Wednesday of the month. And now I need a motion to close the public participation portion of the meeting. >> So move. Second. >> All in favor? I >> I. >> Um so let's go back and uh open up to any responses. Um let's try to go in the
order of the of the speakers. >> Uh um >> if I can. Sure. >> Council President, first um >> it's hard sometimes to respond to stuff that's just completely made up. So, um,
as to offers by Kushner to the to Brookdale or the Portuguese club, I think that those should probably those inquiries should be made to those two bodies. I don't the city's not aware of either of those things for the for the record. Um, as to the question of whether or not there's a discussion of a
30-year tax abatement for lower Broadway, that issue was settled a long time ago. >> So, there's a settlement agreement. There's no There's no there's been no discussions and certainly no discussions that have anything to do with tying
which is completely nonsensical but you know stupid ideas I guess are stupid ideas why the city would entertain a discussion about a tax abatement on lower Broadway because it has something to do with constructing something at Mount Hospital just doesn't make any sense and by the way just for the record that not only is it a stupid idea but
it's not one that was discussed by anybody um has. So, those are the those are those three. >> Uh Patty, just for your question, um obviously as soon as it's happening, call the police right away. Um and if
you want, you can follow up me by email or or call and I'll I'll tell you exactly what's happening, but you definitely need to let them know right away. Don't don't wait. >> Yeah, they had a good time. >> Yeah. No, but just make sure you at least document it. This way, we can actually go back and look at it and what's happening, right? And uh Gary,
just just so you know, um Ocean Boulevard is actually it's three different uh people own it. It's it's the state, county, and us. And we've been petitioning the state for probably four years now to we're trying to get in the one section the speed limit down because the vehicle you're talking about is what's called an LSV. And it can't
actually cross Ocean Boulevard legally, which is why we're not drawing people that way. Once we can get the entire roadway to 35, then we can actually start doing that and inviting it. But we're trying not to invite something that's not allowed right now. We've had people ticketed going across because technically you're not allowed if you
read your license when you got the vehicle. That's one of the stipulations. Um, one of the things we are working on though, we're working on a a trolley that's going to go around to different areas and and pick up people and drop them at the beachfront because we do know there's a parking pro problem obviously. Um, but you know, I I'll be
in touch with you and let you know what's happening. But we have been working on that LSV issue, but we've got to make sure the state who said no to us three times already um that we can get that speed limit down. That's what we're working on right now. >> Any >> uh so uh let me respond to Mr. Leapor's
u comments in terms of um my running the public comment part of the meeting. Um, we open this up by saying the public portion uh of the meeting is to allow you the public to have input. It's
called public comment. It's not called public interrogation. However, we take your questions and then have that part that last paragraph where I said please listen to this paragraph
where everyone is invited. These are open sessions. the first Wednesday of uh of every month where we are available to further discuss any of the issues and it
was also brought up one JP JPR I I think this also addresses what you were saying where do we have a forum where we can have more of a discussion that's where the forum that's one of the forums where it can exist and so just call the city
clerk work and say on the next meeting, you know, the first of the month, this is something that you would like to discuss and these are some of the specific council members or or members from the deis that you would like to have at the meeting and we're and and
again it's open so anybody um can attend that and another thing is um the committees that exist um with the uh through the administration the environmental committee. What are all of our other committees?
>> The form's online form to sign up >> to to sign up for the for >> commission. >> Yeah, for our different committees on different topics. Um that form is online for you to sign up and you and again it's a forum for you know people
like-minded people want to discuss uh issues like that. So we have some of those forums. Um, so see if that might be something that you you satisfies what you're what you're looking for, but it exists. It exists. Um, and the last
thing, this is really just to repeat uh what uh Mr. Reown said, I'm here as the as a city council member. I am not here as a spokesperson for Brookdale. We have a public uh director for public
information. Um, Mr. Laor, I would be happy to give you her contact information. You could look it up on the uh Brookdale website and ask whatever questions you want for the uh colleg's statement uh in in terms of your
questions. So, just to clarify my my position here, >> um I also JP um I know you mentioned get everybody to get everything. We've been having since this administration's been
in coffee with the mayor uh couple times a year to get the public to come in with the with the council to discuss issues that you went over with. And you know, that's something that we're probably going to keep on doing, you know, to have the forum. anybody the residents
want to discuss issues that you're bringing up, we're open to listening to them and the mayor always has the coffee. We call it the coffee with the mayor with issues with the Portuguese club club. Um I'm with the council woman president and uh we already known I'm
here as a council member. I don't know what's going on over there. I'm just a member of the Portuguese club. So, uh, I represent [snorts] the city here and, uh, I do not know get involved with the what what's going on with the Portuguese club at all. So, I don't know what's
going on there. And that's about it. >> Okay. Any other comments? >> All right. With that, I will now ask uh, Madame Clerk if there were any changes to the list of resolutions. >> No changes have been made.
>> Okay. Thank you. We can take the listed resolutions as a consent agenda. I need a motion. >> So move. >> Second. >> Roll call. >> Mr. Ras. >> Yes. >> Mr. Vieiraa. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Whittis is absent. Mr. Dangler. >> Yes. >> Dr. Vote. >> Yes. >> Motion passed.
>> Thank you. Uh applications. There are none. And moving to the miscellaneous business. For the good of the order, we will hear from Councilman Ras first. >> Thank you, Council President. I'd like to thank everyone for coming out this evening. Uh we always like to hear your concerns and um hopefully we can work
things out for you and uh just want to ask everyone stay safe and looking forward to seeing everyone in two weeks. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Thank you, Councilman Rases. Councilman Vieiraa, >> thanks. Thanks for coming out tonight. Um Patt, I know what you mean about the the driving. I get it on Atlantic
Avenue. I know we're opening windows. We get that. And uh I want to thank everybody for coming out tonight. Thank you. Thank you, Councilman Vieiraa and Vice President Dangler. >> Just again, thank you all for coming out. Be safe. Um, we certainly heard
what your uh questions and concerns were and um hopefully some of the your questions have been answered and thank you and uh God bless you. >> Thank you, Councilman Dangler and Vice and Mayor Plum. >> Thank you, Council President. I just
wanted to mention a few upcoming events that we have in the city here. of so um our current art exhibit at the Arts and Cultural Center is called Rebellion and Renewal and it's in honor of Women's History Month. The exhibit is up until March 27th and features many local
talented art artists. Also, an exhibit from Shore House members is also located in the Branch Galleries as part of the art center and that will be up for the duration of the month as well. Um this Tuesday, join uh coming Tuesday,
join us for some Irish moo music, coffee, and refreshments. That's next Tuesday morning on March 17th, St. Patrick's Day at the Arts and Cultural Center. And that's from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. All are invited uh to start the day with a cup of coffee, some Irish
soda bread while connecting with uh neighbors and uh and friends. This also is an opportunity um that I'd like to say one of the council members, you know, pointed out that we we often have um coffee with the mayor and city council. This is one of those
opportunities. That's next Tuesday again 8 to 10 at the art center where uh you can spend some time not only with council members, myself, but also department heads. And we're there also to discuss anything um of interest uh to
you. Um, the next citywide business meeting is next Wednesday, March 18th at 8:30 at Brookdale College on Broadway. That's a quarterly meeting where uh all city merchants, businesses, and the general public um are welcome to attend
and um it's an opportunity to also ask questions um to bring up issues and uh get an update on what's going on primarily with the business community uh in Long Branch. And like I said, all are welcome to that. That's next Wednesday
at 8:30. And finally, the annual Easter egg hunt is on March 29th for the children at 10:00 a.m. at West End Park. There'll be prizes and egg hunt and entertainment for um uh children uh between the ages of two and 10. So, thank you all for coming out this
evening and have a great week. >> Thank Thank you, Mayor Palone. I I'm uh actually going to repeat one thing that Mayor Palone said and and um advise you to uh treat yourself to um the exhibit
for women's history month that's at the arts and cultural center. It's outstanding. Uh women artists uh and for the reception uh the artists themselves were there. Their work is incredible. So it is it's a lovely exhibit. It's so
like I say, treat yourself uh to go see it. And u as everyone said, thank you for coming out as usual. Um we uh appreciate hearing um all of your comments and we invite you again to
please come to a lot of the forums that we have set up to further discuss um any of your concerns. And with that, uh, I need a motion to adjurnn. >> So move second. >> All in favor? I.
>> Thank you. Good night, everyone.