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Part 1 (Video ID: b3EhLS0CmtE):
- 00:00:00: Meeting Call to Order, Roll Call, Pledge of Allegiance
- 00:01:39: Approval of Prior Meeting Minutes; Ordinance Discussions Begin
- 00:06:23: Final Reading of Zoning Ordinance 22624; Public Hearing Opens
- 00:07:28: Public Comment: Kevin Zedstrom Objects to Ordinance 22624
- 00:09:55: Public Comment: Don Whiteman Identifies Zoning Map Discrepancy
- 00:16:43: Public Comment: Richard Hannah Expresses Building Standards Concerns
- 00:26:11: Public Comment: Eric Bergler Discusses Height Zoning Issues
- 00:31:22: Public Comment: Tom Joseph Suggests Zoning Redrawing
- 00:32:11: Public Comment: Sally Joe Ahern Supports Progress and Building
- 00:34:24: Public Comment: Mike Juliano, Planning Board Chair, Supports Ordinance
- 00:40:25: Public Comment: Jen Bosco Requests a Grace Period
- 00:44:12: Public Comment: Kevin Ahern Asks for Height Clarification
- 00:45:56: Public Comment: Brock Chino Requests a Grace Period
- 00:47:18: Council Discussion and Vote on Ordinance 22624; Approved
- 00:57:21: Bond Ordinance 22625 First Reading & Summary; Council Comments
- 01:01:15: Bond Ordinance 22626 First Reading & Summary; Council Comments
- 01:03:08: Marina Bond Ordinance 22627 First Reading & Summary
- 01:04:32: Event Authorization: Hearts of Surfing, Payment of Claims
- 01:05:44: Resolutions: Tax Exemptions, Parking, Equipment, and More
- 01:09:44: Public Comment: Don Whiteman, Property Assessment Concerns
- 01:10:33: Public Comment: Bobby Ringwood Thanks Public Works
- 01:11:07: Council Comments: Beach Buggy, Environmental Events, Memorial Day
- 01:15:13: Public Comment: Sher Joseph Invites to Beach Cleanup
- 01:18:03: Public Comment: Don Whiteman, Future Reevaluations Needed
- 01:20:33: Council Adjournment


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I will now call to order a meeting of the Marboro Burough Council of Seaside Park County Board of State of New Jersey held on Thursday, May 21st, 2026, pursuant to the provisions of New Jerseys open public meetings act. Adequate notice of this meeting was

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properly provided by transmitting the notice of the meeting for publication the Park Press and the Ocean Star on January 2nd, 2026. Notice of this meeting of the governing body also has been posted in the corridor of the municipal building and in the office of

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the municipal clerk. >> Roll call. >> Council member Condos >> here. >> Council member Connor >> here. >> Council member Craft. >> Yes. Here. >> Council member Rotunda. >> Yes. Here. >> Council member to excuses relate for

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work related duties. He's working. >> Thank you. Council President Mil >> here. >> Mayor Pearson >> here. >> Thank you. Let us all stand together for a moment of silence to be followed by the pledge of allegiance. I pledge algiance to the flag of the

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United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. The first item on the agenda calls for approval of the minutes of May 7th,

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2026, a work session, May 7th, 2026, a regular meeting. >> Any comments? >> I'll make the motion. >> Motion by Council Member Craft. >> I'll second it. >> Second by Council President Wil. Roll. >> Council member Craft. >> Yes. >> Council President Wil. >> Yes.

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>> Council member Condos, >> yes. >> Council member Connor, >> yes. >> Council member Rotunda, >> yes. Motion approved. >> Next item on the agenda are uh ordinances and uh the first and these uh first

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three ordinances all dealt with a number of issues discussed at the uh time of introduction and also in conjunction with the planning board. And as well this last planning board meeting of this

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very week on Monday there was extensive discussion as well. Item A is an amendment to ordinance 22622 amending chapter 200 of the burough code of the B of Seaside Park entitled development res regulations to amend

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substantial damage regulations. uh as the amendment uh with the recommendation of the professionals uh from the board including the attorney. Uh the amendments uh would be material

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changes in the ordinance as originally introduced and as uh published to such an extent that this uh evening's uh motion would actually extend the public

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hearing for the amended ordinance now to be republished with that second reading scheduled for June 18th, 2026. And that being said, I would uh

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entertain there is a resolution 226216 amending the ordinance 22622 uh which would need to be published prior to the second reading and final adoption. Are there any more explanation any

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comments from council? If not, I would entertain a motion on the resolution. >> I'll make that motion. >> Motion by Council President Wilk. >> I'll second it. >> And second by Council Member Connor. Roll call.

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>> Council President Wilk. >> Yes. >> Council member Connor. >> Yes. >> Council member Condos. >> Yes. >> Council member Craft. >> Yes. >> Council member Rotunda. >> Yes. >> Motion approved. And the similar uh background

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is applicable with respect to the next. It's amendment to ordinance 22623 amending chapter 200 of the burough code bur of seaside park entitled development regulations to reduce reduce the feboard allowed above base flood elevation. Uh

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again uh this amendment was deemed to be material uh change and it came about with uh input comments in particular from uh a wellrespected expert for various developers. It was

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one of the comments and the board itself uh unanimously adopted the proposed amendments uh at its meeting Monday evening. As such, again, a public hearing therefore would be scheduled for June 18th, 2026. And what would be uh

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considered this evening is resolution 226 217 amending ordinance 22623 uh prior to final adoption. And this one entailed the recommendation to uh consider and incorporate in the

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ordinance uh various uh issues uh including but not limited to the legacy permit in particular now uh the length of time and that being recognized by the D with re the real rules.

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Do we have a motion therefore on resolution 226 217? >> I'll make that motion. Clair. >> Motion by Council President Wil. >> Second. >> Second by Council Member Condos. Roll call. >> Council President Wil. >> Yes. >> Council member Condos. >> Yes.

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>> Council member Connor. >> Yes. >> Council member Craft. >> Yes. >> Council member Rotunda. >> Yes. >> Motion approved. The next is final reading of adoption ordinance 22624 amending chapter 200 article 7 zoning provisions to include

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residential 50 residential 31.5 zones uh and any comments questions from council and this too was a subject matter of

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discussion including input from uh the aforementioned respected area engineer planner at this last Monday's meeting and uh issues which had arisen. Uh also again the

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planning board um considered this particular uh ordinance and unanimously recommended uh its passage. Any comments, questions from council? Hearing none, I will go into the

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audience for a public hearing for special or the second reading rather of the ordinance 22624. If anyone has any public comments, if they could give their name and address into the record. Yes, sir.

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>> Yes. Is this on? >> It should be hold press and hold. It should have a green button. We the other microphones will still pick it up. But >> can you hear me now? >> We can hear you. >> Yeah, we can. You're still being picked up by this microphone.

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>> Uh, sure. My name is Kevin Zedstrom. I own the house at 202th Avenue. Uh, previously, you know, Berkeley Township. I just wanted to say that I object this ordinance and I'd ask you to reconsider before final approval. um potentially

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instead creating a new ordinance that's specific to the South Seaside Park area. Quite specifically, I think there's kind of like a critical flaw and and I emailed you. I don't know if you've seen the email that I sent you all, but uh I think there's a critical flaw in this in

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that actually creates a two-tiered neighborhood, right? People that >> I didn't hear. It creates a what? >> A two-tiered neighborhood, right? with disparity between neighbors, right? Those who have built to the previous Berkeley Township standards and those

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who haven't built yet but would like to build in the future, right? And because of that, you know, there's there's property value differences that, you know, if I bought my house under Berkeley Township's uh previous zoning laws, previous

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ordinances, my property value is is tied to those ordinances that were in place with Berkeley, right? and now they're kind of changed right away and potentially the property value is altered or lowered because I can't build to the same height standards that I

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would have been able to build to previously. Um, you know, I I have a family of three children. You know, there's not much space on the lot to be able to build anywhere else but up potentially, right? And, you know,

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restricting that is is a cause of concern. So, I just ask you to reconsider before a final vote that this doesn't affect everybody in the in the neighborhood equally and um potentially consider

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adopting something that um rather than just incorporating South Sea Side Park, you know, houses into the Seaside Park ordinances, just be creative and and come up with something slightly different.

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Thank you, sir. And yes, sir. Uh Don Don Whiteman, 2000 Bonded Avenue by Seaside Park. Uh I noticed there was a a problem with uh uh if you could turn to the ordinance.

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I think the engineer made a mistake. Um if you look at the 2026 24 and he has uh in the middle of the page residential uh 50 R50 and 315. Um he says the

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residential area 50 goes from 21st Avenue to 24th. I live on 20 20th Avenue and I'm in the R50 zone. All right. uh and they put the R 315 zone into 20th a

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follow what I'm saying? In other words, what happened is that zone should go from 24th Avenue to the south side of 20th Avenue, not 21st. I'm living uh in a R50. My lot is 50 by

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100. the other people on the south side of 20th Avenue was all 50 by 100 lots or there are some smaller lots there. Now what happens the 315 zone they have gone from 15th AB to

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>> 20th >> 20th AB the north side of 20th Dav is the 315 >> and that goes all the way to really the south side of 14th A. What they're

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saying is it starts at 15th A. There's an area between 14th A and 15th Street that you that was left out. All right. And that should be under the 315. I don't know if you follow what I'm saying.

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>> Yeah. >> Just the name of the zone be enough. Do we need the actual locations? >> Well, let's sort through this. My understanding is these were originally adopted to include the Berkeley Township

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zones. >> So my house is in Berkeley Township zone is on the uh R50 zone. That is the >> No, I understand what you're saying. >> Yeah. >> But what I understood the task at hand

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originally was the just adopting all the zones that existed then in Barkley Township word for word. >> Exactly. So, >> so they were either wrong. >> Um, if what you're saying is accurate, and I don't say it isn't, >> that means that Berkeley Township's

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original description was not accurate. >> Okay. So, that means uh >> but the zones itself, >> correct, >> would the designation of the zones are what we're dealing with. >> I just don't want to be put into a 315 when everyone on my side of the street

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is 50 by 100 lots. >> You know, we should be the R50. You were on the south side of 20th Avenue. On the north side of 20th Avenue is 315. >> Why are you saying >> I understand what you're saying. >> Yeah. Okay. Uh can that be amended or

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changed or clarified? >> Clarified maybe >> can be clarified. Let me uh we do I have welcomed our special counsel here who uh but I don't know if she can shed some

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light on this perhaps. Miss Cypriani. >> Yeah. May I? >> Yes, certainly. If you'd want to join us at the dis and I should have done so earlier. I apologize to you. >> I was snorling around the hallway.

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Um so I mean certainly the clarification can be made. Um the I was checking the ordinances that these were taken from and the descriptions were not as specific as was just laid upon the

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record. But as I understand it, the change would be that for uh the residential uh 50 zone, the R50, it would run from west of East Central Avenue to South Bay View Avenue from the south side of 20th Avenue to 24th Avenue.

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>> That is correct. >> And that's >> that would be the north uh the south side of 24th Avenue. >> Yes, the south side. and that the residential 3B1.5 the >> right >> um would include west of East Central Avenue to Gerard Avenue from the south

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side of 15th Avenue Jilla Road to the north side of 20. >> It would have to be the south side of 14th Avenue. >> Oh, you know what I heard you say 14th and yet strangely wrote down 15. >> Now that covers if you go 15 there's an area between 15 and 14. That is

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>> the uh that was not included in this. So, all right, good. Um, you know, if you look on the map, you'll see what I'm I you know. >> Yeah. So, I think that clarification made it to the question of whether it's a substantial change. I certainly

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deferred to the burough attorney on that uh issue. >> Yeah, I would suspect that it's just a terms of the uh street. I think I don't think it's a material change that we >> It is. It would not be material. What was that?

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>> I I don't I I don't believe it. >> I think the designation actual designation in the zone is correct. >> That's correct. >> But but we would need the clarification that moving forward. I agree.

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>> Okay. Thank you. Uh second item deals with um the first ordinance 2622. >> I'm sorry. That ordinance is not per I'm sorry. Sorry, Barry. It's old habit. >> We don't we're we're pass that one.

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>> Right. Well, that's what I'm saying. This is the this is the public hearing on this ordinance only. >> Oh, okay. >> So, reference to the other ordinances made during the general public comment session, but this is only on ordinance 2026-24. >> All right. Very good. And and if you

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were to look at the tax map, you would very easily see where uh 20th Avenue, the way they have have it set up is the 315s on the other side of the street is 5500. Thank you. >> Thank you, D. >> Thank you, Doug.

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>> Any other comments as to second leaving 22624? >> Hi, how are you? >> Hi. >> Good. Um my name is Richard Hannah. Uh my wife and I have been in the process uh with Berkeley Township for nearly one year to subdivide our current property and begin a home on an empty lot. Um

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first I want to thank council for taking the time to address our concerns regarding potential um adaptation of seaside park zoring rules inside seaside park as well as the new NJ D rules and the flood elevation requirements and challenges that create for both burrow and homeowners. We fully support safer

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building standards and protecting homes um from future flooding. But first, I want to discuss, in our opinion, the real world impacts that these changes have adopted on families like mine who have already been working through this process in good faith. I've been in Seaside Park or in Berkeley Township my

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whole entire life. I was born and raised here, you know, and this is my wife and I are finally getting to build our dream home. So, we're very excited for this whole entire process. And this new legislation has, you know, created some obstacles that I would like to address at this time. Um when annexation first

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occurred, we were informed through the reports and public discussions in council meeting like these that South Seaside Park would be adopting the 31.5 and R50 zones that Berkeley Township standards would effectively be carried over. Today we're hearing something potentially rather different. In our

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particular case, my mother battling ALS as building a new home would not just be for my wife, but as a dream of my mother to watch the sunrise and sunset from my roof. As mentioned earlier, we have spent nearly a year working with Berkeley Township and our subdivision and with our builders, engineers, and

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lawyers to ensure we're doing everything in accordance with Berkeley Towns. We did not ask for a single variance, and now that we are at the finish line, neither our stamped approved through Berkeley. We are being told our permits must go through Seaside P. Outside of the time that is taken also

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we have spent significant money on the ballpark of over 75,000 in engineering planning and work needed to be done on our existing lot as well as our architectural drawing plans for the new build. Our plans were submitted professionally and stand before these new discussions. So my question is what

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standards are being followed at this time and are projects already being under the way being handled separately? >> I'll turn that over. Miss Chip back. if you may. I'm sorry. I'm not familiar with whether you wait till the end or >> No, I I I think it's a valid

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>> question, but I didn't quite I heard about my laws and then I I lost the train. >> Well, it's a distracting word. Um and it's an important word, but so and and I will get to your specific question. So on that issue of what ordinances were

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adopted, I think that there's been some misunderstanding and yes, to your question, people who have approvals are in a different category and are going to be treated differently. And if you'll give me a little bit of time, I'll explain that >> as well. So just so everyone's clear and

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if there was any confusion I I I can certainly understand how it could be and but this was the process. See Park did adopt all of the zones exactly or we thought exactly as they were under

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Berkeley Township's ordinances. So the R50, the R31.5, all of those zones were adopted and the exact language for those zones from both the townships ordinances was incorporated into the seaside park code.

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So that did happen. I think there are some people who have been saying therefore all of Berkeley Township standard should apply in addition to the or zoning ordinances that cover each zone. So, anything for a specific zone, if there's a standard in

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a specific zone that overrides any ordin uh zoning ordinance of general application, the one that's come up the most often, but if it's silent on those things that the ordinances of general application

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that apply across the board to all zoning areas are in effect, the most common one that's come up is how Seaside Park measures height. So, Seaside Parks ordinances set a standard for how height

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is measured that is different than how Berkeley Township measures height. And that's not uncommon throughout the state that each town has a different description of how that's done. So I think for some people that has been

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something that felt unexpected because it's the zones were adopted but the general zoning applica um ordinances remain in effect. So that's that in terms of applications and how they're handed. So, we've got a couple of of

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different groups and some of those groups are in a more difficult position than others and and I'll refer to the the first stone who spoke point. Let's take the easiest ones first. If you have an approval for Berkeley Township, if

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you've got an approval, you have approved my stamped and accepted plans. If you have an approval from the planning or zoning board, if you have an approval from the zoning officer, those are things that you are able to

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rely on and they will you will be able to construct in accordance with the approval at the time that you receive it. Obviously, construction standards have to be adhered to, but on anything else, the standards that you got your approval

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under are the standards that will be applied to your belt. So you probably and I I can't know the specifics I but if you have approved plans that were given by Berkeley that which had jurisdiction at the time that

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they gave that approval and gave that approval pursuant to certain standards you can build to what was approved. They had the jurisdiction then they had the right to get the approval that approval will be honored and then we have people

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who are in the application process now they had pending applications before Berkeley Township. Berkeley Township has now lost jurisdiction and so now they're at the Seaside Park land use board and so those standards from Seaside Park are

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being applied but those are issues for the board which they'll deal with and then we have people that may not have an application pending and this is sort of the hardest one of all because I I heard you sort of I'm sorry I'm taking time

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>> on the fact that there you know zoning changes that you you you >> you buy your property be with us the expectation that things are going to be the rail. The the reality is that all zoning changes create a two-tiered system.

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Anytime you change a zoning standard, you change the zone, you change what's permitted in a zone, all of those things create two tiers. those who developed prior to that change and those who are

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faced with developing or um expanding or or amending their use after that change. That is the inherent nature nature of zoning. It doesn't make it easier but that is what zoning does. Um, there are

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cases uh where you know if there if a zoning change and I can't believe I'm saying this but takes away all value from your property then you may want to talk to a lawyer or lawyer about a regulatory taking but if it just simply reduces what you used to be able to do

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then that is in fact the nature of of any zoning change. So you have every right to feel how you feel about it. You have every right to come and explain your position to the governing body and then ask them to change it. But that is built into the nature of a zoning change

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ordinance really of any ordinance change. It creates people who were subject to this standard and now people who are subject to that standard. Um, so I'm sorry that was kind of a a a lengthy response, but I hope it addressed some

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of the issues that were raised here and some of the issues that we've received by email. >> Yes. And my other concern was with the majority of the lots in South Seasside Park for the 31.5 lots within the center and it's almost that the new legislation or the zoning laws would penalize those lots based on the height based on the

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new NJP rules. you would only be able to build a house that's 28 ft high and that would ruin almost like the character and you almost have to have a flat roof and you're thinking of like HVAC and all the mechanicals it's not a practical way to move forward.

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>> Yeah. And that's certainly something for the governing body to consider. I think some might argue that it is the real rules >> that 100% having to navigate between the two are just something know I want to shed light on just navigating between

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the real rules and the new seaside prop rules and just how trying to make everything work and just making everything consistent you know with the setbacks and the heights and the variances. So thank you very much and thank you for your time. >> Thank you sir. >> Thank you. >> Any other comments on second reading?

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>> Yes, Mr. Bert. Good evening and thank you Eric Bler 1223rd Avenue and thank you for allowing me to speak. So I was misunderstood. I thought that when we were adopting and the taxation processes by the way first of all you guys did a

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fantastic job mayor council special counsel it was very professionally done whether you're pro or against it. Uh I thought it was a very well done process. I've been watching a lot of other towns lately especially Tom. What a difference. Uh but going back to that, I

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thought that the height uh the the zoning for the height was being adopted the same time. So I guess I misunderstood that during the the annexation process. >> So the there Yeah, there was no standalone zoning for the height and how

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the height was calculated. As of that day that you we officially annexed into Seaside Park, the height rules of Seaside Park took over South Seaside Park. >> That's correct. So if the if the zone if

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a particular zone said that the height was 32 or 35 or 38, that that was the standard, but the overall application of how we measure was in effect. So, I I can tell you I listened to the entire annexation process through your uh

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through the Zoom meetings which are fantastic. Uh I'm in the real estate business. I built many homes in Seaside Park and South Seaside Park now Seaside Park. I can tell you I didn't understand that. All right. So, if I didn't understand it, I'm going to guess most

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of the public did not understand that. People asked me what I thought about the annexation when it happened. I said, "We have two issues to worry about. They're going to take away our garbage cans and they're going to mess with your heights. So, first week, bye-bye cans. And I get it. There's nothing you can do. I'll take the tax savings. I think it's a

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great thing for South Seasside Park. I think it's a great thing for Seaside Park. Garbage cans or no garbage cans. The height is what I want to talk about. The height is very important. Many people bought down in South Seasside Park

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because of the re the better zoning as it relates to height than the seaside pip park height ordinance. There's two major differences. They're 35 ft average

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in South Seaside Park. The R31 and the R50 is a 35 ft average. Seaside Park is 32 foot max ridge height. And here's the real difference. The new real bad rules come in. They're making

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it go higher. And as the gentleman was saying, you have to put your you have to put vents underneath. If you have an elevator, you need clearance for it above. So what this does is this greatly now shrinks your house. Now that's a real

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bad thing. And here's why it's a real bad thing. Because design standards nowadays, they want certain size first floor heights, second floor, and then the half floor. And to get the elevators, they need clearance above. All this comes down to ratables. The

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raidables are your friends. The more we build, the lower your rates going to go, okay? It's going to save all the taxpayers money. So the these heights are a good thing. They're not a bad thing. And worse, you start shrinking

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the heights, it's going to, his comment was spot on. You're going to have a two-tiered system. You're having houses that were built, people bought down there to be a certain level. And then what's going to happen is these houses are going to shrink and it's going to look, it's not going to look right. So,

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you got to let the local design, the architects, and the engineers get their input because it it's very important because you want them to keep building. You want them to keep building their radicals. So the design aspect is very important and the shrinking of the

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house. I I feel really bad for the people in the R31 zone because it's not just I went from the 35 ft height now you're shrinking it down to a certain percentage of lot. So please reconsider

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overall the annexation process great. This is something that snuck through or something I didn't understand. I can tell tell you wasn't bullet pointed in the annexation. That I can tell you for sure. So a lot of these

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people don't even have notice and I know they don't require the notice but we just heard about it through the grapevine. So it it it is a major change. I ask you not to vote it through or reconsider it.

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I respect the opinion regardless and I appreciate your time. Thank you. >> Thank you, Mr. Thank you. >> Any other comments on second reading 22624? Yes, Tom. >> Tom Joseph 704 South Bay View. I don't want to take very much time because

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believe me, I don't know what you're talking about and and it isn't important that I do. All I know is I'm sitting here listening to this and I looked on Google Maps and if you look at 15th Avenue, the south side of 15th Avenue is the little tiny lots with lots and lots

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of houses on them. The north side, they're a little bit bigger. If you go block south, they're even bigger. If those are all our 30.5, I'm done. I'll sit down. But it looks to me like your description of whatever this zone is needs to be much more complicated than

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these three sentences. And to me that says you need somebody to go out and actually look at it and redraw this thing and use the right description. That's all. >> Thank you. Any other comments on second reading 22624?

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Yes. >> Hi. I recently also um >> your name and >> Sally Joe Ahern and I purchased the house on 108 Midway Avenue. I also purchased it with the intent to

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build a new home and the landscape is ever changing and I know a lot of us don't like progress but progress has to happen and if you go drive up and down the

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block you'll see there are a lot of old homes built in the 1950s and they're dilapidated looking and they don't make the scape beautiful any longer.

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And when Sandy came, you rebuild and your motto was Jersey strong. And I'm standing here wondering, why won't you let us help you make Jersey strong? And also, why don't you want our money,

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your our tax money? Who says no money? So you could rebuild as that park went into the water, the ferris wheel. Tax money. Rebuild that. I just watched you redo the decking.

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Tax money pays for that. And I live here year round, so I'm not a vacationer. I chose to come to Jersey from New York. And I wanted the peaceful living. And I wanted the beautiful scape and I wanted the beautiful views.

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But change has to happen. And we're not building eyesaws. The eyesaws that you want left there maybe or maybe I'm speaking out of turn, but anyone here

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wants to beautify the area and we want to keep it strong. So I ask you to let it stay strong. Let it grow. Increase your revenue. It's not a bad thing. So, thank you.

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>> Thank you. >> Any other comments on second reading 22624. Mike. >> Hi everyone. Mike Juliano, 24 Street, also current planning board chairman. Have been for about 10 years. was

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appointed to the board of adjustment in 2005. So, there's a long history on how we got to this point. I'm thrilled with annexation. We're looking forward to doing a new master plan to incorporate all of our southern neighbors now in

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Seaside Park, but some of the comments I've heard tonight I just think are ridiculous. Um, you want to be part of Seaside Park, you're now part of Seaside Park. There's been a long journey to where we we where the residential

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standards are tonight. Started in 2008. 2008 the entire master plan was redone. I was on the board of adjustment. Then planning board redid the master plan and made all of the the three zones of

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Seaside Park one zone, one residential zone with an accommodation. The 5,000 ft was the base. an accommodation for any size lot down to 2500 square ft can have a house built without a variance. That

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has worked from 2008 to 2026. We don't we don't even get many requests for variances. We don't get any requests for height variances. We granted one maybe the last 15 years to raise an existing building on KC Court uh Monday night. That was one of the first ones. A

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lot of complaints we get is buildings are too high. We don't want high buildings and we have to explain to people we're accommodating 40 foot tall buildings on the bay front because we allow a 32 foot uh uh tall house on top of the Bay flood elevation and that's

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actually going to go to 44 ft now because of the real rules. So the planning board feels very strongly about this. As a matter of fact, the board sent this request to the mayor council to please formalize and bring all of the standards of R200, all of the zoning

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into the other residential zones that we have now, three. After the master plan, we'll probably have one. So, in 2008, we created one residential zone, just four. 2016 after Sandy and after the fire, we

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looked at it again, redid all of the boardwalk zoning. We looked at it because the school had been closed. I think Karen, I think you were on the board then at that point. Um, council president's been on the board longer than me. Mayor's on the board.

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So, we all worked together on this. In 2016, we did an a master plan update. We expanded the residential zone a little bit more. In 2021, we did the master plan update and expanded the residential zone almost all the way out all through

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town, took out the mixed use site. So, we've now we've worked for 20 years to get these standards exactly where we want them. We don't get complaints from residents who live in the original boundary. The people in South Seaside Park, I'm thrilled to have them. Want

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them to be part of Seaside Park. Those are the zoning rules we want. Those are the zoning rules we've worked 20 years since 2008 or maybe almost 20 years to arrive at the planning board has several class 4

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members that have been on that board for years and we feel very strongly about that to continue the progress. We don't want two sets of rules. Everybody there was a lot of concern when we made the request to council to change the front

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setback from 20 to 15. It's like, whoa, it's going to be terrible. We never received a complaint. People were happy because then they had more backyard to put pools in and we weren't getting a lot of requests for barriers to put pools in. There was a there was a lot of consternation about, well, what's going

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to happen when when we By the way, our our height is 35 ft, not 32 feet. 32 feet only comes into play when we're on the on the uh uh ocean on the bayront. So, our height is 35. We eliminated

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years ago, deliberately eliminated the definition of building height that used to be measured halfway up as Mr. Bergler said from the sopet to the roof. We didn't want that. We said no, no, no, no. Because then you don't have a height of 35 ft. You have a height of over 40

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ft. We wanted the height restricted to 35. So the mayor and council did what the planning board requested and redesated the height measurement from the curve to the highest point in the house. The only exception to that are chimneys that are required by code so

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you end up don't end up with the fire. So where we are now is exactly where we want to be. It's not going to be a two-tiered neighborhood. There's differentiz houses all throughout the town. That's the way it is. and his his uh attorney Chip Riani said every time there's a zone change something is like

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whoa it's going to be different. Yeah. Because we're always always trying to move forward and it's also been driving the building department crazy. They need a set of standards they can work with. I get calls daily. Councilman uh Wilkins

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calls daily like what are we doing? How do we do this? We need a set of standards that comports with the original seaside park expanded into our bigger family now which are thrilled to have and we're going to be looking at a master plan. So we plea we're asking to

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please respect the wishes of the planning board who volunteers who work diligently for no no thanks and we don't always make a lot of friends trying to passes. That's my long- winded uh appeal to

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please pass this ordinance now so we can move forward and thank you very much. >> Thank you, Mike. >> Thank you. >> Any other comments on second reading 22624? >> Hi, Jen Bosco 106. My husband spoke before. Um I just wanted to say thank

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you. I appreciate um we're learning here and I think you you you've said something really important. You guys have been working on this for 20 years. the books in Southeast Side Park. We've had 20 days, right? So, >> 11 years, >> right?

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>> Well, I think there's a learning curve here, right? And I think we're all trying to keep up with it, but as some of my neighbors have said before, some of us bought recently. We spent a significant amount of money, a lot more money than the folks have spent buying houses in South in Seaside Park, right?

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So, we paid those premiums. We worked hard through the process. We followed every rule to get to this point. So not having a grace period, making these rules so quickly changed feels abrupt.

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It feels unnavorly. It feels like Seaside Park doesn't want South Seaside Park, right? It feels like we're clunky and we want to get pushed right into Seaside Park quickly. But that it's it's a tough one for us. It's a tough one

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when you've spent a lot of time and a lot of money and a lot of effort. Time and effort that's hard to go back and start over and redo. Um, so I will again make an appeal uh to take a little bit more time here. It's been thought about

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for 20 years, but we haven't had any time to get to get used to this or to understand why it's happening and what it means. Um, so I think a grace period feels um appropriate and would appreciate if it was considered if I may.

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>> Yes. >> Um, I really understand and and I had said during the meeting times and I know that the mayor had said as well, maybe other members of the governing body that the transition was always going to be difficult. I I think it's really uh and

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honestly I I do I mean I don't know exactly what your approval status is but I think you personally may be fine with this um and but to to the point that was made it there there were always going to be some difficulties and growth because you were part of a different town and

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that town had its own way of doing things and its own positives its own negatives and the the rule of the majority I just have to say I think it's a really unfair thing to say to this mayor and council that you know

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responded. Seaside Park did not go looking for South Seaside Park to join. South Seaside Park went I think it was 11 years and I know when I was further back in history to be part of Seaside Park and this mayor and council worked so hard to go through the process to get

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all the information and considered and a lot of not only did they consider but a lot of members of the public of a seaside park existing seaside park said how well much they welcomed you. So it's absolutely you have every right to feel

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discombobulated and uncomfortable but to you should not feel unwelcome. >> Well and again we love it here. We we we want to be part of this community more than anything right. We love it here. So I I I want to learn more. I I do not

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know enough and I appreciate everyone's time and effort so much. I really do. I hope that comes. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. Any other comments on second reading 226 Tri4? Yes, sir. >> Hi, Kevin Ahern. Uh 452nd Avenue. My

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wife Sally Joe, we just purchased uh 108 Midway Avenue. Um just very quickly, from what I understand, I don't know if the height is 32 or 35 ft. I don't know where we're measuring from. Um that's

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number one. Number two, we bought this property in January with the understanding we had 3,200 buildable square feet. We are now, from what I understand, down 9 ft and I'm losing 1,000 square ft. I

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was under the assumption that Seaside Park would be adopting Berkeley's codes and that's why I purchased the property. So, if I could just have a clarification where we're measuring from and what is the height, we could build to.

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>> So, the height is I think you uh heard that the planning board chair says depends on where you're located. Generally, it's 35. It seems the in the bay it may be 32. Again, I have no idea where your specific lot is, but it's one of of those. And I believe you also

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heard the measurement is from the curve uh to the the Mike I think the top >> the peak. Thank you. >> It so from the curve curve >> it depends on where the flood where you are in a flood zone. >> Okay.

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>> The higher you are towards the ocean it would be 35 ft. If it's above 3 feet above flood it's measured from flood height. >> Okay. Thank you. Good evening. Brock Chino from uh Dacon Homes. I have about seven or eight homes

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uh currently under final design phase for building in Southeast Side Park, Berkeley. And they're all going to have to change. Um they've spent a lot of money, a lot of time doing plans, engineering, surveys, and now it's all going to change. And that's fine. Change

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happens however you vote, however you can vote. My only ask or suggestion or for in my homeowners is to give it a sixmonth grace period, four month grace period for the people. So overly there's

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probably 20 homes 20 or 30 maybe that are in the same phase as we are. So what's another 30 homes built to the standards that in Seaside Park? So now perfect. So if you would give it by 6 months grace period. the people that

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have to spend all this money to build what they designed I think might be a solution for everybody and you only get what 30 35 more homes that are going to be built like the homes that are there now my only suggestion or ask thank you

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>> thank you sir any other uh public comments on second reading 22624 hearing none I would close the public portion and entertain a motion from council as to the ordinance. >> I'll make the motion, mayor.

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>> Motion by council president woke >> this with the modifications we made on the streets, right? It's the one we're talking about now. 24, correct? >> On 22623, you have to >> wait.

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>> Is there a second? >> Second. >> A second by council member. Yes. >> Roll call. Council President Wil. >> Yes. >> Council member Condos. >> Yes. >> Council member Connor. >> Yes. >> Council member Craft. >> Yes.

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>> Council member Rotunda. >> Um, excuse me. I'm just getting a little clarification from our attorney. >> Oh, yes it does. >> Yes. >> Um, >> yes it does. >> I'm I'm still not I I I don't know. I I

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think we're rushing it a little bit. And I know you guys have put in a lot of time. Michael explained it very well, but I've grown up in this town. We bought our houses in 1968. We had two houses on our lot. I'm on 11th Avenue. Most of the people on 12th, 11th, 13th

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also had two houses like that. We had mixed use on on the boulevard. We had more businesses in town. I think sometimes we rush the judgment and um you know, if we want to make it a gated community, that that seems to be the way we're heading with all our 50 no businesses and stuff. So, I'm I'm going

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to vote no. >> Motion approved. >> Thank you. And I know the comment we we didn't mention earlier. One of the uh the developers experts that had come before the board on Monday night's

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hearing referenced the fact of individuals were Seaside Park actually only required on front setbacks for example 15 ft. Berkeley requires 25 ft. So there

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are certain areas that uh the code if you will and the standards rather from Seaside Park uh were more and are more liberal if that's the right word. They it it does entail the challenge of

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reconfiguring whatever is proposed. I understand but again as the our attorney has explained and I don't know the details of the one uh applicant who referenced the comments earlier where they are in the approval process but it

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appeared from the comments that they had approvals uh but I I don't know the particulars but I certainly thank everyone for their comments and uh they were considered and are being considered fully and were considered Even prior to

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this had a very long discussion Monday night as well with very similar comments. >> Mayor, I just like to add out of all the concerns after Sandy with the rebuilding, the biggest concern and complaint was the height of the buildings. We do rely and have a

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phenomenal fire department. These homes are up on pilings. They're susceptible to wind. Um we have the benefit with the real rule. We do have one benefit. The ground floor is open available to use for entertaining

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vehicles space that your house is not on a crawl space. You do gain a lot more value of your property by utilizing your ground floor. And the height, I believe, is um very generous. That's one of the items that we get the most complaints

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about. It's the hired homes. So that's been brought up multiple times. >> I think also one of the comments and I did hear everything you said and read the emails that we got. You know the concept of two tier I think you can pick any point in time as Miss Cypran said. I

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mean like when I rebuilt my home after Hurricane Sandy it's lower now than it would be allowed if I did it right now but that was what was in place at the time. Um so you have to build to what exists at that point in time. I mean, you can't and I I appreciate a grace

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period concept because I think that that's always good and you kind of want to say, okay, well, can you grandfather? And I think that's what we're saying. Those that had already, you know, gotten approved plans, you you honor those plans. Um, but when you talk about a grace period, no matter what, like if we

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said tonight you needed 30 days and we gave a 30-day, there's going to be somebody who comes in next time that's going to say, but I was only 5 days away. you know, I wasn't here at that meeting and I didn't understand because I didn't get to hear Mike. So, there's never going to be a perfect time. And I think, you know, one of the things that

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we as a council struggled with a lot when we were even contemplating annexation is making sure that we were able to make decisions, you know, in a very timely manner so that you didn't have issues lingering any longer than they had to. And I

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respect the planning board greatly. It's not an easy job. It's not a paid position and they've been doing it very very long and very well. So that's kind of why I was feeling you know they put the thought into it. I'm never going to be an expert the way they are. So I

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respect that position. >> I think another point make in which seconds the sentiment of council president Wil and Tails height I note it's a property that's I believe distinguishable from everyone who spoke this evening. I don't know that in terms

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of the structure, the zone, etc. But being a mayor of Seaside Park, I with no exaggeration received probably the most complaints. Why don't you do something? Why aren't you addressing the situation about a structure as we all go down

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Central 35 from now are welcome new residents of Seaside Bark along uh 35. And there's one structure that stands out worse than a sororum. It's so tall

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and uh watchtower is >> it's in a different uh set of facts and circumstances I believe than everyone who spoke here this evening. But that being said, everyone complained about its height and why is it being allowed? Well, of course, we had no jurisdiction

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of saying anything about it here at Seaside Park. It wasn't our town at the time. uh it became our town effective April 6 and we're advised that that particular property was involved in litigation and that litigation

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was settled on April 29th when it was a structure in the burough of Seaside Park in the superior court. It was settled. We our attorney has looked into it. Apparently, Berkeley Township had been brought in as an interested party and they were out of

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the case under summary judgment. But nonetheless, that's just one representative of a number of complaints we've received over the years about which we really had nothing to say and nor could we take a stand. And once that

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structure was located in Seaside Park when we could perhaps have looked at it, I don't know that that would have changed that outcome, but it was settled uh after the our new neighbors were welcomed and I emphasize that comment

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with wholeheartedly. uh each and every resident of Seaside Park or what had been called South Seaside Park is now a welcome very welcome new resident and all of us extend that welcome up to

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Seaside Park. So uh if indeed there are certain issues and I heard about garbage can I know there are some issues and there still will be there are some uh blips here and uh some obstacles unfortunately uh we have felt caused uh

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by uh Berkeley Township. uh the only major uh issue that stands above all others right at this moment that dwarfs all others. There are lots

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of issues and they're all something that we are participating in good faith and trying to resolve and work out so that strangers don't do it. And that's what a court is. It's a pointing. They may be experts, but they are ultimately not

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those that live in a community and that can actually reason and work out a settlement if possible. But the one issue that uh strikes us as not just unfair, something that must be addressed immediately entails the fact that

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property taxpayers, homeowners who own property in the southern portion of our town are paying their tax bills to a municipality located 16 12 miles away.

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And that municipality is as we speak keeping the tax dollars while Seaside Park as all of us all of our community are paying for all the services. >> That is absolutely inappropriate and

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wrong and must be addressed. >> Yep. So, I I thank everyone and I hope I know I heard the comment and uh earlier and I don't want anyone to think that they're not a welcome member of our community and a welcome resident. So,

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that being said, the next uh is ordinance and we we thank our special counsel for being here. The the next >> Have you been excused? Yes, you are. Thank you. >> All your promises and you're off the table. You

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>> leave it. >> I can't hold anybody else responsible. >> Next item is first reading and introduction. It's a bond ordinance 22625 providing for various capital acquisitions and improvements and appropriating $2,29,000.

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Therefore, in providing for the issuance of $1,874,670 in general improvement bonds or notes of the Burough Seaside Park to finance the same. >> Any uh comments from council, this being a first reading? >> Yes. Mayor like to summarize?

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>> Yes, certainly. >> Um again, as as the mayor mentioned, it's uh the aggregate that's being uh taken is 2.209 209 million. Uh, of that $98,667

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is for a down a down payment. Um, but that also includes a $235,663 grant amount from the New Jersey DOT for uh year 2026. It's part of their municipal aid program. And that's for

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the F Street reconstruction. Uh it includes um again this whole amount includes like $42,500 for the fire department for turn here and Scott cylinders. Another one just

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over $194,000 for the acquisition of a truck for the fire department and two vehicles for the police department. 181,859 for the acquisition for the equipment of for a a new fire

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truck as well as parking kioses for the police department and an articulating bucket mount for the DPW. Uh next up is a dump truck. Uh the total cost is 300,000, but that's being shared

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between the uh general fund, which is what we're talking about now, and the water sewer department. And again, that's for a dump truck, and it's $150,000 from each of the uh uh from the general

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fund and the water sewer utility. um mentioned the reconstruction of F Street. That's $427,34. Um another $105,560 for the recon configuration of the tennis courts. That's into pickle ball

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courts and street marker replacements as the street uh uh the vertical uh street identifiers and a generator housing replacement at Barrel Hall which is in

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great disrepair due to weather over the years. Um, it's also cutting out 1,7,678 towards the Bayfront flood mitigation project. And lastly, $100,000

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for the municipal building improvements. That's this building, including uh without limitation to aspesus removal. That's all I have there. >> Thank you, Bill. >> Any other comments on first reading?

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If not, do we have a motion? >> I'll make the motion. >> Motion by council member Connor. >> Second by council uh council member Rotunda. Roll call. >> Council member Connor. >> Yes. >> Council member Rotunda. >> Yes. >> Council member Condos. >> Yes.

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>> Council member Craft. >> Yes. >> Council President Wilk. >> Yes. >> Motion approved. >> Next is also a first reading of an ordinance. its introduction bond ordinance 22626 providing for various water sewer utility capital acquisitions

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and improvements and appropriating $612,000 therefore providing for the issuance of $581,400 in water and sewer utility bonds or notes of the bow of Seesaw Park to finance the same. Any comments?

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>> I'd like to summarize this one. This one will be a little quicker. Um again, it's $612,000. Of that, um $30,600 will, you know, are for the several down payments for the three items uh

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consisting of u $40,000 towards the acquisition of equipment and including an equipment trailer and a generator. 422,000 for improvements to water and sewer facilities and buildings, including the

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rehab of wells and various water and sewer capital improvements and capital repairs. And the last item is the DPW share of $150,000 for the uh new dump truck. >> Thank you, Bill. Any other comments from

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council? If not, I have a motion for first reading. So move. >> Motion by council member Rotanda. >> Second. >> Second by council member Craft for roll call. >> Council member Rotanda. >> Yes. >> Council member Craft. >> Yes. >> Council member Condes.

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>> Yes. >> Council member Connor. >> Yes. >> Council President Wil. >> Yes. >> Motion approved. The last item on the ordinance uh array is first reading introduction bond ordinance 22627 providing for various marina utility

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improvements appropriating 5,800 5,646,000. Therefore providing for the issuance of $5,553,700 in marina utility bonds or notes of the burough seaside park to financing

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even quicker of that amount. Um $292,300 is for the down payment. uh $43,734. That's for electrical upgrades to for the underground cabling uh that goes to

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the power panels and that's off of I street and K streets and for the marina reconstruction project which includes permitting and re and design as well as reconstruction is 5,82,266.

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Thank you mayor. >> Thank you Bill. Any other comments from council? If not, a motion for first reading. >> I'll make the motion. >> Motion by council member Craft. >> I'll second it. >> Second by council president Will Roll call. >> Council member Craft. >> Yes. >> Council President Wil. >> Yes.

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>> Council member Condos. >> Yes. >> Council member Connor. >> Yes. >> Council member Roenda. >> Yes. >> Motion apps. >> The next are authorizations. There is one in event Hearts of Surfing. Date, Saturday, June 27th, 2026, 9:00 a.m. to

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12:00 p.m. Location, 13th Avenue, Ocean Beach. >> Any questions, comments from council? If not, a motion. >> I'll make the motion there. >> Motion by council member Connor. >> Second. >> Second by council member condos. Roll.

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Council >> member Connor. >> Yes. >> Council member Condos. >> Yes. >> Council member C. >> Yes. >> Council member Rotunda. Yes. >> Council President Will. >> Yes. >> Motion approved. >> Next are payment of claims 226 218. Approving payment of the itemized claims

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is set forth on the check registry bill list for the time period May 8th, 2026 to May 21st, 2026. Any comments from council? If not, a motion. >> Make a motion to approve. >> Motion by council member Condas.

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>> Second by council member Pratt. Roll call. >> Council member Condas. Yes. >> Council member Craft. >> Yes. >> Council member Connor. >> Yes. >> Council member Rotunda. >> Yes. >> Council President Wil. >> Yes. >> Motion approved. >> Next are resolutions. And I'll read in

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summary fashion. 219. Authorizing the tax collector to cancel taxes property qualified for a veterans property tax exemption. 220. designating handicap parking on streets for private residences. 221 authorizing

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purchase of lightning or lighting rather equipment and installation from facility su solutions group through the interlocal purchasing system tips contract number 2301042. 222 appointing seasonal employees of the

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department of beach patrol. 223 appointing a class one special law enforcement officer SLEO for the calendar year 2026. 224 determining the form and other details of its note relating to the

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waterbank construction financing program of the New Jersey Infrastructure Bank to be issued in the principal amount of up to $1,700,000 and providing for the issuance and sale of such note to the New Jersey Infrastructure Bank and authorizing the

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execution and delivery of such note by the bro Ceset Park in favor of the New Jersey Infrastructure Bank all pursuant to the water bank construction financing program and in connection with the storm water maintenance equipment project. 225

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authorizing a part-time tax assessor for the Burough of Seaside Park. 226 appointing seasonal employees for the Department of Beach Control. 227 authorizing the sale of surplus property no longer needed for public use on an

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online auction site. 228 memorializing understanding with Berkeley Township. Is that correct? >> Yeah. >> And that concerning the beach buggy pass uh issues recognizing same 229

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authorizing the extension of a shared service agreement with the burough of surf city for municipal court administrator services continuing that which has been in effect for some period. Any comments or questions from council

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members as to any of the resolutions? you have a comment to make on 2026-224 the uh the 1.7 million for the um stormwater maintenance equipment project. Uh this is for temporary

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financing because that project is a 100% forgiveness. >> Thank you, Mayor. >> Thank you. Mayor, one other comment and not I still think they're appropriate as they are, but 2022 the um

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>> seasonal employees for beach patrol represent our lifeguards and I believe most of these are new and first year lifeguards. Um and then 2026 beach control which are our badge checkers. And I think I said this once before when we get to this time of year and we

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approve them. I would like us to look at not for tonight and I think this is still appropriate for at least my vote but it's only a 58 cent difference to be a lifeguard versus a badge checker and to me that just doesn't feel right. I

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mean there's a lot of responsibility for a lifeguard and I just think $16.50 is it's not very much money when we're paying $15.92 which is our bad wage. I know but I think we have to adjust similar to we've

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done with other titles in the past and look at that for our uh lifeguards just >> it's very low for the responsibility. >> Yeah, that's a good comment. >> Any other comments from council on any resolution?

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If not, it's our practice. It's not required by law, but we allow public comments on any individual resolution. And if anyone has one, if they could give their name and address into the record. >> Seeing none, I would call. Yes. Done. >> Yes. I just wanted I don't think you can

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do anything bad, but you have to keep this in mind. Uh the lots down at South Seaside Park, my house is assessed 400,000 lot and house. Uh the one that I was concerned about is 2622.

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Uh the the lots are 325 which means my house is 75,000. Uh this when the re bow comes in again for Seaside Park which are first one.

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>> This is just about resolutions. >> You already passed it. Can I >> You can come back. >> Okay. In the public portion if you have this is the resolution anyway. Thanks. >> Hi. >> See you skip a minute. delete. You missed you're getting out of order. >> Anyone can have a comment on any of the

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specific resolutions hearing. None, I would close the public portion and I'd entertain a motion from council as a consent agenda. >> So move. >> Motion by council member Ratunda >> and second by council.

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Okay. >> Roll call. >> Council member Rotunda. >> Yes. >> Council member Connor. >> Yes. Council member Condas, >> yes. >> Council member Craft, >> yes. >> Council President Wil, >> yes. >> Motion app. >> That concludes the written agenda.

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Anyone else on council have any uh submissions at this juncture? >> Just one other comment that I meant to make, but then I lost track of myself. But I I just want to comment also on the 228 one about the beach buggies and honoring that. I think that's another good example of where we as the

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municipality have really acted in good faith and honored those and are trying to do and it was a similar effort that we tried to do with beach badges that failed that discussion. But I think this is a good example of we continually try to do the right thing. >> Yeah. Because this is actually where we

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got something from Berkeley Township to be able to look at and be able to figure that out and be able to do this >> that actually considered their actual residence >> versus Yes. that versus some other mostly is mostly. So

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>> thank you. Anything else uh from council any >> certainly >> resolutions or just generally? >> No, just general at this juncture. >> Okay. >> I think one of our residents is going to say something, but hers is separate from what I was going to say. Um as part of

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the environmental advisory committee being the liaison, there's a lot of activities coming up. I think we're going to hear about one of them shortly. But there's also another one I just want to put on the calendar for people on June 17th right here in council chambers which um will be really good. It's

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called from source to sea and it's aformational session on the watershed and the effects it has on the health of our Barnagate Bay and the island and we have environmentalists and marine science expert coming in to speak. So I'll put the flyers out but you'll see them all around town. That's June 17th.

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Thank you, Jim. Anything else from council? >> Certainly, we uh >> we welcome every all our residents to participate uh and attend our annual

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Memorial Day service uh scheduled. Uh and we're hoping that the weather cooperates uh this Monday as always outdoors at this building uh 9:30 in the morning and uh that is always a a very

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special moment for Seaside Park and everyone is naturally welcome to attend. Anything else from council? >> May I just like to thank public works for an outstanding job. They got the radiator ready for the farmers market. The beaches are ready for this weekend

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even if the weather's not predicted to be very well, you know, up to parlor, but we're all ready to go. >> Working very hard. >> Yeah. >> Yep. It looks good. >> The lawns are mowed. >> Walls mowed.

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>> Thank you. Anything else from council? And we second those sentiments naturally. Welcome. The public works and all our departments have been working round the clock to get ready for the season and there is an event tomorrow again

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weather's >> committee I know >> Gina I forgot I feel like I've said it so many times we also have a tugof-war first our first tugof-war with uh burrow of seaside heights benefiting our respective fire departments so it's

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really just for fun and as a fundraiser We had done some uh fundraising through Jersey Mics. So, those have concluded and tomorrow afternoon at 3:00 p.m. on Dupont Avenue, there will be a fun spirited tugof-war. Anybody's welcome to

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participate, employees, volunteers in the department, or anybody in the public. So, if you'd like to come out and have a poll tomorrow at 3:00, >> especially to participants. >> Yeah, we need participants, right? We don't need to all pull out our backs. bring your own friends.

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>> Yeah, good facts. Anything else from council hearing? None, I'll go into the audience for public comment. Sherry has been patient and she she has the floor. >> Uh hi. Um I'm Sher Joseph, 704 South Bay

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View. But today I'm coming to you as a representative of the Environmental Advisory Committee. I want to be sure to invite you and the remainder of our audience to our May 30th Bay Beach

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Cleanup. Uh we're going to have a lot of fun. It starts at 10:00 a.m. Saturday morning and we are going to clean the bay beaches all the way from the entry into Seaside Park sign on Route 35

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all the way down the bay beaches and the natural areas to Island Beach State Park Marina. So, we got a big job. We've got lots of volunteers coming. I'm dressed ridiculously like this to show you what

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um the proper attire will be. Um we need long sleeves, long pants, clothes pants, um gloves. Uh we will supply buckets, grabbers,

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vests, and water. Um, so just come. We'll have lots of fun. It starts at 10:00 a.m. Registration opens at 9:45.

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We'll be starting on Bay View and 8 at the Pump House um, gazebo and um, look forward to a great adventure. This is not only to just clean up the

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trash to keep it to go so it doesn't go into Barnagan Bay, but it's also our chance to make people aware that as citizens there are things we can do to help the environment um on a practical basis. So,

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thank you very much. >> Thank you, Sher. Thank you. May I'd just like to add that Cherry has been outstanding on chairing this for the committee. I think I don't know how many times she's talked to Eric at DPW and I think Eric is actually really excited

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which if you know Eric it's great that you got Eric really excited about something but he is he's thrilled that he's actually I think you had said he was concerned we might have too many volunteers and I'm like that's wonderful if we get too many volunteers but you've done a great job and got everybody very

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excited about it. Thank you. Thank you, Sher and your committee and Gina. >> Yeah, she did the work. >> Any other public comments done? >> This is just going to be short. Um something that happens with the older

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house down at Southeast Side Park. You were assessed the land were assessed very high. So what happens the the uh structures uh aren't worth that much money. So I mean I agree that at least with the 50%

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uh and it's not accumulative uh and I'll give you an example of my house. I'm on a lot 5500 lot which is assessed 325 but my house is assessed for 75,000. So if I was to do any work uh putting windows in and different

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items uh I would get up to that 50% pretty quick. doesn't matter right now, but in the future if a re-evaluation takes place, I would hope that um instead of going with really high values

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of land that we have a very similar land price as well as structure price where um if you do work uh it's not going to somehow interfere on on uh you know doing things uh to make your house

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look nice. Uh that's basically uh in the future looking for reeval in in Seaside Park. Thank you. >> Just like to add that's not the only source for the evaluation. It's not taken from your tax bill. >> Oh, really? >> Your own valuation.

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>> Yeah, you can have a you can have your own appraisal done. >> Appraisal. >> Okay. >> And just just so the record, you're you're speaking about the ordinance 22622. That's >> you passed. >> Yeah. That's another that was not passed

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that that's going to have a second reading as substantially amended on June 18th, but the portion that you're referring to in the comment related there too is definitely still relevant to that hearing of June uh 18th and it's

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it really goes to our uh how calculations in this problem came after Sandy in particular and >> Berkeley I told what I'm telling you uh basically 50% and it's cumulative and it was like what you know what are you guys

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doing here my lot is 325 my house is 75,000 how much work can I do on it so thank you >> yeah this will address that problem >> yes it will address that >> thank you >> thank you Don yes Bobby >> yeah Bobby Ringwood 19 drive at the risk

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of leaving someone out of this I want to uh already talked about what the public works department has done and I think with the addition of the additional beach and the additional community area that they have to um help maintain and prepare for the season that they're unsung heroes. And I just want to

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publicly thank Marty for his focus on that department work from all that too. Um undoubtedly there's going to be someone who's going to have a complaint that's just not expected to be a bump in the road and I'll be the first one to defend you guys and thank you for that. Really want to thank you too for working out those uh beach buggy passes. It's a

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shame we couldn't do that with the uh with the beach badges. I know you tried, but uh glad to see that Brookley came to their census today. But uh I would uh hope that we get that check for the beach, but beach buggy passes sometime soon, but I'm not holding my breath. Thank you. >> Yeah.

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>> Thank you, Barry. Any other public comments? Hearing none, I would entertain a motion to close the public portion and adjourn the meeting. >> I'll make that motion. >> Motion by council president W. Second. >> Second by council member Ratunda. Roll

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call. >> Council President Book, >> yes. >> Council member Rotunda, >> yes. >> Council member Condos, >> yes. >> Council member Connor, >> yes. >> Council member Crack, >> yes. And thank everyone for coming out this evening.