--------- the call our meeting to Riv this is a work session of the mayor and B Council the burough Seaside Park County Motion state of New Jersey held on Thursday March 6 2025 advertised for 7 p.m. pursuant to the provisions of New Jersey's open public meetings act adequate notice of this meeting was
properly provided by transmitting the notice of the meeting for publication in the asra Park Press On the Ocean Star on January 3rd 2025 notice of the meeting also of the governing body has been posted in the corridor of the municipal clothing and in the office of the municipal clerk roll call council member
Amil pres council member condos here council member Connor here council member craft here council member Enda here council president wil here mayor Pearson here thank you the first uh item on the agenda are
uh two different uh proclamations uh one of which uh is to be presented uh at a annual dinner in the organization it's a nonprofit uh entitled cassa that's the
court appointed special Advocates of Ocean County and nonprofit and they have sent around a a form Proclamation for volunteers to that organization in all the various towns of Ocean County and we
got one in our the initial uh inquiry actually involved uh some names that weren't residents of sead Park but this is a followup and uh there was a resolution and it appeared a bit uh
mundane and only had one sentence or two so we we obviously know this particular resident very well and Johanna mcau who along with her family have donated years of service in a lot of different
capacities for our town so certainly uh we will join and uh and proclaiming uh uh her and her labors in this organization for what they've done it's for children in particular and I know it's to be presented in a latter March
meeting to her uh so she hasn't been formally invited here tonight but it it does speak out to the organization for all children deserving safe stable nurturing Healthy Home for communities to Foster their well-being and these are
qu appointed special Advocates through this program Casa of Ocean County a nonprofit and these are volunteers that advocate for their children in the foster care system in particular and uh We've mentioned in particular where
Johanna mcau along with her husband Larry and the entire family have always been dedicated to Seaside Park neighboring communities which service has included participation in the annual tree lighting uh and we all know Low's
there with it sweet snow freezing cold or whatever for decades uh and also starting a lending library for the enjoyment of friends and Neighbors which is a very popular one in Seaside Park and johanna's long career in public
service as a media specialist for the Southern Regional School District uh she's provided expert loving assistance to many children during her tenure so we're thanking her thanking the organization and that will be presenting that to her uh at the their upcoming
meeting so very nice John yeah and the other is a proclamation this has been done uh yearly uh while I was A Mir and I think uh prior to this time uh this is a
program that uh celebrates its a proclamation of March 2025 as a month celebrating senior nutrition progr programs and their efforts it says to end the weight and it goes back uh where this comes into play in Ocean County and
in Seaside Park is through the Meals on Wheels program and that's a program utilized by a number of uh seniors and those in need in our town the neighboring communities and they do uh offer an opportunity uh for Mayors to actually
ride along and you get to see the program in action and meet some some of the people it's a very worthwhile Endeavor and I've had that opportunity in the past and this is a proclamation to be presented to them and uh hopefully all the other towns in Ocean County are
acting accordingly and it's so impressive the figures of all those that have participated in this program throughout the all the various communities so we congratulate them and thank them and this is the month celebrating these kinds of nutrition
programs s it goes all the way back to Federal legislation March 22nd 1972 a law was signed into the law pass uh both houses of the Congress and the the president at that time President Nixon signed the law measure that
amended the older American Americans Act of 1965 to include a national public private nutrition program for individuals 60 years and older and uh to this proclaims this is the month and
certainly we can publish that accordingly anyone have any uh those those are two uh two items and proclamations that's good and then in terms of the discussion items we Al we have a shared service agreement with
Ocean County for reimbursement of construction costs for additional improvements to Bay avenet listed for consideration as resolution 22517 at the regular meeting I know we've had a series of
meetings in the last two weeks on this uh topic and other topics involving uh the Bayfront construction and some of the efforts ongoing including a meeting this week uh I don't know if Marty wants
to address or Karen we were all at that we were at the meeting with with our Representatives uh ER and Josh and uh this topic was front and center and Bill was there basically we discussed all the
ongoing projects Ocean Avenue the repavement of Ocean Avenue it was the um Bay View Avenue project we discussed the wasad area of on H Street possible
solution for that area with hco um we discussed The Pump Station on 14th striping the striping for the parking discussed the possible per
replacement on Ocean AV you all where it's broken different different locations clean out of the basins sketch basins there quite a bit was an hour meeting so a lot was
covered so it was uh fair to say very productive it's very productive and we got the do engineers in charge some targets there the county Engineers
County engers and spent a good amount of time time talking about cautionary too these on all these County Roads yeah we're seeking U financial assistance work for them to do the uh curving along the pan Avenue on side so
we covered a lot of topics I think's going to get a summary later yes I was going to give it we'll touch on we'll touch on mayor the during the meeting counc
at the conclusion of the regular Mee and uh next is a uh we received U an email as one of the topics that had uh come up in this week in uh telephone
meetings and uh one of the meetings uh we received encouraging news but it was all verbal and as we had a meeting with our engineer and we wanted uh a written commitment and these are two
of the federal agencies that had previously placed what many felt were very uh honorous and oppressive uh obstacles in terms of our last permit
and that's a permit from the Army Corps of Engineers for the uh original proposed project uh of the seven block area the Bayfront and that in the living Shoreline the oyster Reef wave mitigation uh and what the obstacle had
focused on that we were encountering resistance was a sa mitigation plan and we mentioned this the last meeting it was a quite a team effort all put together
within 24 hours and we thank Marty with his photographs Karen for her photographs and uh Sharon and then we had the Ocean County Sheriff uh Sheriff Master nardy provided uh overhead shots
of the entire Bayfront with what I I'm using a layman's term blowout Tides whatever we all saw they were extraordinary and uh it we were using it for our purposes for demonstrating that
there were no any kind of remnants mels dormant uh Sav On all the exposed Beach area and that's consistent with what Dr F had uh had what was a handshake
agreement many years back with them un fortunately that was a walking meeting in the bay itself with him leading us and uh unfortunately not tap recorded or memorialized and uh some of those
officials then uh retired went out on extended leaves transferred so we were dealing with another group of officials uh then appointed through the Army Corp of Engineers as well as FEMA but most
recently this uh has received some favorable input from Fish and Wildlife as well as the Army Corps we do not know yet what degree of mitigation if any would be required but there's the uh
email that we received from the American literal society's one of our consultants and what we have is a resolution for the agenda to authorize the estimate uh 20 hours labor and
$755 for uh that labor to fine-tune the plans to meet two Alternatives that were apparently suggested now by the Army Corps as well as the uh fish and wildlife were on the conversation so
there's hope but we don't our engineer gives us uh a reality check if that's the right word says quite appropriately it has to be reduced to writing and it has to be memorialized with they tell us in
writing what will be required but apparently these one of these two Alternatives uh May yield positive results so that's why and there is a resolution to that effect as well that's the first step forward we've
had in we haven't had positive absolutely so hopefully Divine and the other it uh came about U somewhat as I don't
usually like to have what we might call last minute submissions but this one has a timeline and you could see the cover email I think went to everyone by from the administrator of Seaside Heights uh Chris vs and their governing body has
passed uh this resolution I guess within the last couple days it just happened just yesterday so we got it in today an email and it uh you you see the elected it's addressed to all elected and
appointed representatives of Ocean County beachfront communities and it has a resolution uh what is being looked at and being fast-tracked and uh unfortunately being fastra before the
assembly it's assembly Bill 4816 Senate Bill 4158 and those uh two companion bills apparently arose as a result of it was a pretty well publicized incident occurred
last summer was in the papers dispute in dmore with some fishermen and Surfers and it involved uh access to the beach and uh the individuals involved were had a argument
with the uh Belmore badge people that escalated more than it could have and unfortunately that has now found its way to being adjusted in legislation but you see why uh the concern has arisen the first
draft of this the bill was written dealing with Surfers and fishermen and apparently it's in committee and it's going to be a just in committee just next week so this is the only time that uh our town and some other towns would
have a chance to voice at the very leas that it be stayed and looked at modified and discussed further and the committee apparently has already uh had an the the
bill amended to allow uh any person access the beach below the mean high water mark for any Recreation activities so that's essentially anything and the fear expressed by those that have looked at this uh number one it's uh
interfering with a situation that uh or trying to fix a problem that isn't broken except it had one incident which was addressed otherwise in belmare and the fear is again that this would open the door that was adopted as legislation
to what would essentially be free beach access with no reimbursement to any of the towns involved for police Recreation lifeguards or cleanup or any of the amenities that obviously we provide and other towns do as well so that's the
concern that this bill was already amended um obviously the public trust Doctrine comes into play and that's been constitutionally upheld that uh there is access below the mean high water mark
but there's also also uh a long uh statutory uh authorization given to the towns to have reasonable Beach fees uh and beach tags and a system in place which we do have that's been authorized
so this the fear is this would supersede that if not nullify it what's been in place for a long time so there there is a resolution there as well uh obviously this has come upon us with less than 24
hours but there it's apparently on the uh Senate uh this particular uh committee next week on their agenda so that you see the uh our draft resolution is uh identical to that which has been
offered in Seaside Heights and I guess is going around to all the other beach towns and Ocean County and mouth County if not Beyond I'm not sure wow so I don't even know how you'd manage that that's yeah that's how do you there's no
say no way you can manage go fishing in you couldn't even you couldn't even try Mr Mayor this thing passes and the burden would be on the burden would be on the The People's East Side park the burden
for enfor yeah no putting lifeguards if they say okay the beach has got to be free for everybody who's paying for the white could have no choice but to who's paying for the LIF guards we have to pay for it taxpayers pay for it right now SE of Seaside par they have to and all the
other towns I understand okay where we say the beaches are CL do that now Joe makes a good point I mean in this cover he one of the many problems with that is virtually impossible to enforce it
it's it's imp POS I mean they're not saying free they're just saying certain fishermen and Surfers and things like that Kay yeah it's unless you C
it'sfor it's not enforceable that's what I'm saying it can't it's impossible for that part yeah exactly it would require a lot of conversation on how you can make this sa viable yeah I mean I think that's the main point if we
could get that to the committee and let them it's something that the discussion should be put on pause to research it fully and get input from each and every coastal town at the very least if not all throughout the state does anyone uh have a position on
putting that on as for adoption this evening that particular resolution so we could we like it to move forward hands down without a doubt bang Zoom you can quote
the that way we could get it at least to uh the uh Senate there's assembly people in these districts in Ocean County our district in [Music] particular those were the items that we had on the agenda does anyone else uh
any council member have any other uh agenda work session items hearing that I'll go into the audience if there's any public comments on any work session items if anyone has them if they could give their name and address into the record Ed I hate to
disappoint you and not come up to 48 11th Avenue um quick question about I think the proclamations are really nice and will that information be going on the website so that residents know about sounds appropriate I I would
typically we would okay we might uh wait a few days or so with to my knowled I know they they follow very you write the letter this stupid bill you can let
your no that was just my suggestion I think it would be a nice thing to have it on the website no that's very good idea thank you that's cool y they're also written out in full in the minutes too okay oh oh okay so that's available that way
too any other public comments on work session items hearing none I would close the public portion and we'll enter a motion to take a brief recess before we begin the regular meeting make that motion motion by council member alil I'll second second by council member
Conor council member amb yes council member Connor yes council member condos yes council member C yes council member Renda yes council president will yes so we stand iness r Part: 2
meeting to order this is a regular meeting of the mayor B Council B seide Park County ban state of New Jersey held on Thursday March 6 2025 advertised to begin at the conclusion of the work session meeting
which is now just ended pursuant to the provisions of New Jersey open public meetings act adequate notice of this meeting was properly provided by transmitting the notice of the meeting for publication in the asber Park Press and the ocean star on January 3rd 20 2
notice of this meeting of the governing body has also been posted in the corridor of the municipal building and in the office of the municipal clerk roll call council member anfield here council member condos here council member Connor here council member C here
council member Renda here council president wil here mayor Pearson here thank you let us all now rise for a moment of silence to be followed by the Pledge of Allegiance [Music]
I PL Al to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible liy and justice for all the first item on the agenda are
approval of the minutes those are the minutes for February 20th 2025 a work session February 20th 2025 a regular meeting is there a motion I make motion there motion by council member craft second second by council member condos
roll call council member CRA yes council member condos yes council member eldain I was not here council member Connor yes council member Enda yes council president wil yes motion
approved next are ordinances there are two first is the final reading and adoption ordinance 20254 an ordinance of the B Seaside Park County oan state of New Jersey amending chapter 364 of the code of the BR
Seaside Park entitled rental permits this came about as a result of uh research through the planning board committee and then the council uh and comparisons in particular with uh those
fees commensurate and other municipalities with similar type ordinances involved I don't know if the committee if there's anything else uh wish to add or no it was an increase of $25 mayor
um the P has not gone up for a number of years so who's determined that warranty very good anything else from councel if not we'll go into the audience if there are any public comments or questions on second reading
the hearing ordinance 22504 hearing none I'll close the public hearing process i' entertain a motion I'll make that motion mayor motion by council president roke second second by council member runda roll call council
president wils yes council member runda yes council member ELD yes council member condos yes council member Connor yes council member craft yes Mo approv next is final reading and adoption
ordinance 22505 an ordinance to exceed the municipal budget appropriation limits and to establish a cap Bank pursuant to statute njsa 4844514042 if not we'll go into the audience if there's any public comments on Final
reading adoption ordinance 20255 hearing none I would close the public portion I'd entertain a motion for adoption make motion motion by council member craft I'll second it and second by council member Connor roll call council member craft yes council
member Connor yes council member emia yes council member condos yes member attenda yes council president will yes motion approve next are public hearings this is a second public hearing
as required for the cdbg application project for this year's application and Ada access improvements on Ocean Avenue and the boardwalk any uh questions comments from Council or
summary this came about uh this was the topic of the first uh public input hearing uh as well and it's three part as far as the money will whatever we awarded is really uh the Ada access
improvements are uh required for new construction and this will uh be Advanced toward those goals as there is new construction contemplated anything else from Council he I go into the audience if there's any
public comments on the public hearing of this year's cdbg application project for ADI access hearing none I would close the public portion I'd entertain a motion from councel mayor I'll make that motion
motion by council president woke second second by council member condos roll call council president W yes council member condos yes council member Amil yes council member Connor yes council member craft yes council member Renda
yes motion approved and next is the resolution 225 1110 authorizing the submission of an application to the Community Development Pro proc Grant uh consistent with uh the application just
described anything from Council on that if if not is there a motion motion motion by council member condos second Mr Mayor and second by council member amabile roll call council member condos yes council member Amil yes
council member Connor yes council member craft yes council member Renda yes council president will yes Mo approved next payment of claims 22511 approving payments the itemized claims as set forth in the check registered
Bill list for the period February 21st to March 6 2025 any questions comments from Council or if not a motion make the motion motion by council member CL I'll second it there and second by council member
Conor roll call council member C yes council member Connor yes council member amabile yes council member condos yes council member Renda yes council president WL yes Mo your approve
and next resolutions are read in summary fashion 112 authorizing the release of a maintenance Bond as per recommendations from the engineers office 113 entails the governor's Council on
substance abuse disorder fiscal Grant cycle for October 2020 to June 2026 is that right yeah okay 114 authorizing the execution of a memorandum of agreement and collective
bargaining agreement with OP IU local 32 of the AFL CIO 115 authorizing salary increases for certain part-time employees in the Department of Public Works 116 authorizing coin toss dates
for Seaside Park Volunteer Fire Company number one 117 authorizing a shared service agreement with the county motion for reimbursement of funds for additional improvements along Bay Avenue 118 authorizing
2025 rful license applications 119 appointing class one special Law Enforcement Officers sleo for the calendar year 2025 120 authorizing the American literal Society to provide Professional
Services for agency coordination with the United States Army Corps of Engineers USAC regarding the Bayfront restoration project and that entails specifically that associated with the submerged aquatic vegetation the sa
mitigation plan uh with the $775 to be paid for 20 hours of Labor related to the plans one21 is opposition to assembly bill that's was described that's a 4816 and a
Senate Bill the companion 4158 especially as uh recently amended in committee which prohibit municipalities from requiring beach tags for access to the wet sand beach below the mean high water line for purposes of using the
ocean for recreational activity as per the concerns just uh articulated at the work session and in particular being circulated by a resolution from our neighboring community in Seaside Heights going to all the coastal communities in
Ocean Mama County and perhaps Beyond up and down the coast in New Jersey any uh comments from Council or any on any of the particular resolutions hearing none I'll go into the audience it's our practice to allow
if there are any public comments on resolutions if anyone has them if they could give their name address into the record hearing none I would close the public portion and uh unless anyone on Council objects I would entertain the
resolution uh grouping as a consent agenda so Move Motion by council member rotunda I second and second by council member Conor rol council member rotunda yes council member Connor yes council
member em yes council member con yes council member C yes council president yes and that concludes the written agenda and anyone else on Council have anything
else to add at this juncture mayor could I just give a follow up on the county projects and what was brought up at the um book session yes um the Ocean Avenue water main phase 3B water main work was completed in the service are tied in PNA
needs to return to the site curent pavings Etc will return mid-march after restoration work is complete the county will M and pave Ocean Avenue from Porter Avenue to 14th Avenue the New Jersey do Municipal Aid
baby RAV your Ro elevation project from 8th to 14th B ashal return to the week of March 24th to complete the project drainage pipes will be installed between 11th and 14 14th avenues for f future Pump Station change order for the
drainage pipes is not to exceed [Music] $182,700 uh the New Jersey do Municipal Aid Improvement to Stockton Avenue the preconstruction meeting was held on uh
February 24th and the project be begin in mid March contractor has 60 days from the uh new MTP to complete the project project is to raise the roadway elevation by reconstruction to full
pavement withd removing and abandoning in place existing 48 in storm drainage pipe on the southwest of the roadway Cent line replacing the existing storm order drainage pipes at the intersection of North baby Avenue up to the existing
drainage discharge pipe to the Bay we place the existing storm waterer Inlet structure and Gres curve pieces replace concrete curbing driveway aprons and sidewalks and raise or replace existing manhole frames and great vals met boxes
reconstruct Ada concrete ramps were necessary install driveways and Property Restoration beyond the RightWay we're applicable installed traffic striping traffic control signs within the project limits to Lake Avenue and North B Avenue
13th Avenue bfield drainage project a preconstruction meeting was held on uh February 24th and will and will begin in mid-march the project will take approximately 5 weeks to complete 14th day of theine stabilization permits and
injuring plans have been received we are currently soliciting quotes from qualif by contractors if the quotes are more than $ 44,400 the project will have to go out to bid Boardwalk replacement Fifth
Avenue to K Street we're meeting with the engineering firm next Tuesday to finalize the plans tnm has review plans with the New Jersey ibank and once the final commitments are addressed the plans will be submitted for their review
and approval the goal is to bid the project in late April to May with project award and early June for post SL Day store new drinking well number 11 plans are still on review by the New Jersey um du
DP the internal project says the B hole front stairway is underway they're they're scraping the paint and trying to restore the finish on that um the sand was removed at the boat R we took
advantage of that blowout time that worked out very nicely um and the B crew was installing papers on Lake Avy between n and O streets where the dead trees will remov thank
you and something short to add but not that just wanted to mention that at our next regular meeting on March 20th we'll have a uh Public Presentation of the 2025 budget
uh we'll also be introducing that'll be during the work session and at the regular meeting we will be introducing formally introducing the budget next meeting March
20th thank you Boo any other uh Council uh input questions or announcements hearing none I'll go into the audience if there are any public comments if anyone has them if they could give their address or name and address right into the record and
public hearing none I would close the public portion and unless uh counts has anything have a one announcement obviously we provide a lot of the uh Manpower through our police department
and our Public Works Etc but the parade is always touted in conjunction with Ocean County and Seaside Heights but it actually starts and is takes place in side park in the beginning and that's this Saturday so it's not going to be
sleeping or raining as it has in many other years it sounds cold but everyone's welcome unless they have better plans all right I have one more yes I just flipped the page and I have one
more yes give you the monthly uh instructure permit activity for the month of February last meeting I gave January since February new construction was one permit for $955,000 for estimated cost the bottom
line for the whole month was 26 permits the revenue taking in was $1 14,265 for permit fees now that's for construction permits that would include Electrical Plumbing fire mechanical so that was for the month of
February 26 perits very right good pretty good thank you thank you andless there's anything else I have entertain a motion forment motion motion by council member condos second second by council member
Conor roll call council member condos yes counc member yes counc member yes counc M yes council member attenda yes council president will
yes thank everyone for coming in