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Call the meeting to order. This is a regular meeting of the mayor and burial council. The board of seisaw park county motion state of New Jersey held on Thursday July 16th 2026 advertised to begin at the conclusion of the work session meeting which has ended moments

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ago. Pursuant to the provisions of New Jerseys open public meetings act. Adequate notice of this meeting was properly provided by transmitting the notice of the meeting for publication in the Asbury Park Press and the Ocean Star on January 2nd, 2026. Notice of the

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meeting of the governing body also has been posted in the corridor of the municipal building and in the office of the municipal clerk. Roll call. >> Council member Condos >> here. >> Council member Connor >> here. >> Council member Craft >> here. >> Council member Rotunda >> here.

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>> Council member Tote >> here. >> Council President Wil here. Mayor Peterson >> here. >> Thank you. >> Let [clears throat] us all now rise together for a moment of silence to be followed by our pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance 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. First item on the agenda is request for approval of the minutes of July 2nd,

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2026, a work session. July 2nd, 2026, a regular meeting. >> Make the motion. >> Motion by council member Condos. >> I'll second. >> Second by council member to roll call. >> Council member Condos. >> Yes. >> Council member to >> Yes. >> Council member Connor.

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>> Yes. >> Council member Craft. >> Yes. >> Council member Rotunda. Oh, >> absolutely. I was not here. Council President Wil. >> Yes. >> Motion approved. >> Next are ordinances. The first [clears throat] is first reading and introduction ordinance 22631

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amending section 263 of the code of the bur seaside park entitled zoning map of chapter 200 entitled development regulations. Any questions, comments from council or if not a motion? >> Not make the motion. >> Motion by council president Bulk.

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>> I'll second it. Second by council member Connor. Roll call. >> Council president Wil. >> Yes. >> Council member Connor. >> Yes. >> Council member Condos. >> Yes. >> Council member Cra. >> Yes. >> Council member Otanda. >> Yes. >> Council member Toe. >> Yes. >> Motion approved.

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>> Next is first reading and introduction bond ordinance 22632 amending ordinance number 22610 of the bureau. finally adopting uh previously rather it's adopted March 19th 2026 providing for

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the improvements to parking lots 1 2 and three and appropriating $3,350,000 therefore and authorizing the issuance of $3,350,000 in bonds or notes of the borrow of Seaside Park to finance the cost thereof.

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>> Any questions, comments, or if not a motion? >> I make a motion there. Motion by Council Member Craft. >> I'll second it. >> Second by Council President Wil. Roll call. >> Council member Craft. >> Yes. >> Council President Wilk. >> Yes. >> Council member Condos. >> Yes. >> Council member Connor.

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>> Yes. >> Council member Rotunda. >> Yes. >> Council member T. >> Yes. >> Motion approve. >> Next are authorizations. There are three I'll read in summary fashion. The first laval pickle ball date 2026 year round

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Mondays, Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays. Time 3 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Mondays, 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Thursday, 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon Friday and Saturday. Location, elementary school, gym, and this activity had already been approved by

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the board of education. And this anticipates the time frame concerning the turnover of uh title and control. And second is hearts of surfing adaptive

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surfing. Date August 23rd, 2026. Rain date for previously approved event. And the time is 9:00 a.m. to 12 noon. Location 13th Avenue, Ocean Beach. [snorts] And the third is Trust the Man LLC.

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Date July 30, 2026. There was a request for a date change. This was a previously approved event time 12 noon 4:00 a.m. location parking lot 2 [clears throat] North Ocean Avenue

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between Decar Lafayette's Avenue. And uh if approved, this would be subject to all the specific conditions which were already imposed when the uh event was contemplated at the earlier date. Those approvals were of July 2nd, 2026.

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It has the approval and this would require an updated certificate of insurance as well if it's approved. Any questions, comments from council on any of the three? >> Yes, mayor. I'd like to just comment on

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a the lava pickle ball. Um I meant to bring it up yesterday when I saw the agenda, but I'd like to table this one so the rec committee could look at this one further. I mean, this is the first time now that we're looking at something that has, you know, multiple dates and times that was previously under the

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board of education. Um, I guess my immediate concern is that the cost for them to do it is $25 in total, which doesn't seem adequate for something that's actually a private group and it doesn't benefit any of people seaside park to play more pickle ball than we

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already have access to. So, I'd like to table that one if we can so that the rec committee can look at it. >> Thank you. >> The rec committee feels the same. >> Well, I just I mean just to that point, I just want to comment. I don't know if it's like the same thing. I do like in other events that we've had like for

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example the yoga they do they they we charge them 25 per >> per you know [clears throat] time that they're using the facility. So I don't know if I like they're charging people. So I don't know if that was a you know but >> I don't disagree. We should maybe think about you know >> I I have agree I have to agree. Why

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don't you go back to committee and digest it and look into that >> before we move forward. Yes, >> I guess during the winter we would have to crank the heat up a bit for those events. >> I mean, it's already heated. I don't know that that's a concern. Zumba in

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there and other things, but I don't know. >> That's true. >> I don't imagine you want heat. You're playing pickle ball. That could be more than a pickle ball player. >> I know kind of construction and things we're considering, but we haven't even gotten that far. >> Right. Any

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comments or questions on items B and C? Uh hearing none, I would then entertain with respect to a motion uh with comments motion by council member condos. Is there second by council member to that's to table this to go

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back to committee for review and comment. So that's uh to table A is we have a motion in a second. >> I make the motion for >> No, we have we we're already on the floor. So local. Yeah. I'm sorry I misspoke.

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>> Council member Condos. >> Yes. >> Council member to >> Yes. >> Council member Connor. >> Yes. >> Council member Craft. >> Yes. >> Council member Otanda. >> Yes. >> Council President Wil. >> Yes. >> Motion approved. >> And B and C. That's parts of surfing.

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adaptive adaptive surfing and C uh if approved would be subject to all of the conditions that were already imposed on the July 2nd 2026 approval and it would further require an updated certificate

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of insurance. So if a motion is made to approve it would require those conditions. >> I'll make the motion. >> Motion by council member to >> I'll second it. >> Second by council member Connor. Bo call. >> Council member to >> Yes. Council member Connor, >> yes. >> Council member Condos,

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>> yes. >> Council member Krabs, >> yes. >> Council member Otenda, >> yes. >> Council President V, >> yes. >> Motion approved. >> And next, 226 284 is authorize a refund of lean redemption premium paid at tax

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sale. Any questions, comments, or if not, I motion. I'll make a motion. >> Motion by council member Craft. >> I'll second it. Second by council member Connor. Roll call. >> Council member Craft. >> Yes. >> Council member Connor. >> Yes.

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>> Council member Condos. >> Yes. >> Council member Otunda. >> Yes. >> Council member Tote. >> Yes. >> Council President Wolf. >> Yes. >> Motion approved. >> Next are payment of claims 226285 approving payment of the itemized claims as set forth on the check registry bill

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list for the time period July 3rd 2026 to July 16th 2026. Any questions? Comments from council. If not, I motion. >> I make the motion. >> Motion by council member Craft. >> I'll second. >> Second by council member Tote. Roll call. >> Council member Craft.

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>> Yes. [clears throat] >> Council member Toad. >> Yes. >> Council member Condos. >> Yes. >> Council member Connor. >> Yes. >> Council member Otenda. >> Yes. >> Council President Wil. >> Yes. >> Motion approves. >> And next are resolutions. I'll read in summary fashion. 226286

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amending resolution 226278 to authorize the purchase of two police vehicles. 287 authorizing an adjustment for the designated war series utility counts. 288 authorizing the appointment

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of a part-time building subco official. 289 authorizing membership in the volunteer fire company Seaside Park. 290 requesting approval of items of revenue and appropriations and JSA4A 4-87

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291 appointing a seasonal laborer for the Department of Public Works. 292 authorizing designated miscellaneous refund for beach badge overpayment. 293 authorizing electronic payment of certain bills. 294

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Appointing a seasonal pumpout boat operator for the 2026 summer season. 295 determining the form and other details of its note relating to the transportation bank short-term loan

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program of the New Jersey Infrastructure Bank to be issued in the principal amount of up to 1,300,000 and providing for the issuance and sale of such note to the New Jersey Infrastructure Bank and authorizing the execution and delivery of such note by

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the B of Sees Park in favor of the New Jersey Infrastructure Bank. all pursuant to New Jersey Infrastructure Bank's transportation bank short-term loan program and that is uh submitted directly word for word from our bond

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council. Any questions or comments from council as to any resolution? >> I I have a couple comments. Uh first one was on resolution 290. >> Uh the uh the approval of items of

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revenue. It's four uh $4,476.3 and that's from the 2023 recycling tonnage grant. And the uh the last resolution read 295. That resolution authorizes the sale of

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the note to the New Jersey Transportation Bank for principal amount of up to 1.3 million. Uh this is a short-term loan program and this has to deal with the K Street roadway

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improvement project and this resolution is for the closing of that loan. That's all I have there. Thank you. Anything else from council on any resolution hearing? None. It's our practice to

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allow any comments on resolutions though not required by law. If anyone has a comment, if they could raise their hand to be recognized and then come forward and give your name and address on the record. Don uh Don White, 200th Avenue, Seaside

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Park. Uh I got a take and and I know you tabled it about the pickle ball. Uh I was part of that pickle ball group that uh played during the winter time. The women from Seaside Park would utilize the um school. All right. And they did

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it often. Um I know with Lavallet, uh if we wanted to go up and play in Lavallet on their courts, we couldn't do because we were not Lavallet residents. All right. So by allowing this group to come in, uh that means no one else are

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going to be able to use that when they are there whatsoever. They are um just uh lot residents only. I think what you should do first is try to get in contact with the group of pickle ball ladies who

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uh have been playing pickle ball for two, three, four years and ask them and say, "Hey, you took some time. You didn't pay to have that pickle ball um during the wintertime. Uh Lavallet is

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trying to move in here. We want to give you preference first." I think that would be the right thing to do to give the people of Seesac Park preference first because once it goes to Lavallet uh they don't allow anyone else to go in there. Uh how do I know that? Because I

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tried to get into Lavallet up on the Bay front couldn't do it. Uh so I I think by tableing it was the right thing to do. Second item which is very important on looking at the map. the first reading.

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Uh, and I guess that was the one that uh you did about TNM Associates, you know, at the first reading. I have to ask you that you would make an amendment to uh the business district because it goes right down all the way

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to Barnett Avenue in front of my house. I do not want a business in front of my house residences right now on 20th Avenue. The whole 20th Avenue from Central Avenue down to the bay with the

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exception of Jerry's is residential. And why are we looking and having a business district go all the way down to Barnett Avenue when I don't see any of that in any other parts of the town? And I'm asking you uh I do not want a

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business across the street from me in years to come. I don't think it's fair. I don't think it's right. Uh I don't know if TNT TNF Associates sat down with any of you and say, "Hey, this is what we are proposing.

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We are proposing to move and to make a new business district going all the way down to Barnett Avenue. Um and I wish you would again amend it to stop that from occurring." Uh, I would have to

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think that a business district would run along Central Avenue, which would be where the ice cream place is on 20 First Avenue and Midway Beach, and run that all the way down to um 14th Avenue. To me, that's the main

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highway where I am. And 20th Avenue is simply a a residential. So, uh, I have to bring this up to your attention because I am not happy with this knowing that in the future my neighbors and I

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was the one. >> I was the one to spearhead. Hey, you, you know, I think this would be good for us going to Seaside Park. Yet, all of a sudden, I'm getting a business district across the street from me. >> We don't want a business district in a

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residential area. Keep it on a highway, major highway. do not run it down the side streets and I'm asking you to amend this so we do not show that it goes all the way down to Barne Avenue.

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>> Are you think you're looking at the map? >> Is it neighborhood business or >> neighborhood neighborhood? So it's not >> it's not business. >> No, it's neighborhood business. >> You're looking at the map >> neighborhood. >> So to me neighborhood business, what could neighborhood business be? I mean it's >> you have now that's what's there now?

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No, it's residential. The only neighborhood business is Jerry's and TNM Associates. When they did this with Berkeley Township, we stood up cuz they wanted to put um uh town houses on 14th

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Avenue, we said, "Nope, we don't want single family there." We said, "Any other place, TM Associates, we want single family in that area, which is in this area here. the tenants associates sit down and talk

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with our >> hours. We've been through this. This is >> Well, this first reading hours, >> okay, I I just I'm just telling you right now because I've been on top of this, you know, for the past 10 years

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with Berkeley County have tried to change the zoning. They never had this as a um business neighborhood business. It was always residential. The once the whole area that the pumpkin neighborhood

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business is all 50 by 100 lights. >> Any questions? No, the the purple. Do you did do you have the color? >> Light blue from light blue light business neighborhood neighborhood business neighborhood business >> and white blue. >> It's from

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>> It's from ordinance um 2026 2026-16 which labels the neighborhood business zone shall include the following area 20th Avenue to 21st Avenue between Barnett Avenue and Central Avenue. Right. That was never that we were

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>> we listen we we're taking our information right from Berkeley what that you had on the books. That's how we had to do it. >> I I understand where you're going and and in all due respect you got up one other time and it didn't drive to what we found unfortunately

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Berkeley Township it's very difficult. This is we went by what what we have presented to us in there. So did the engineer. >> I'm looking at we're this is on the agenda for the planning board for this week, >> is it not? >> Monday night,

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>> but I mean we're not we're not handing anything that's already on the books that was presented in the ordinances to us. We're not making any changes at this point. >> You you're indicating as we all know the area though there's no businesses there at all. the only one that's on the

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corner which is >> keep with >> that was the only business that they had there and we were with over we had a meeting over not the burl the u first aid because they wanted to change it and

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we told them do not change it they said we will not change anything and this this is not what we agreed to back then there's some shenanigans going on with Berkeley Gouch I'm telling you how res and you know since you're

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dealing with Berkeley they're not up front >> uh >> oh we're taking they're not they're not giving us this information we're getting it right from from what's published in their >> right >> process that's where this came from >> that's where it came from I mean I just want on the record I mean it's not like

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someone told us this or anything we're getting it through the proper sources so is our engineer >> but what you're suggesting is to make our proposed zone map consistent with that which exists with the minor exception of one property only.

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>> It's only one >> everything else is residential zone 5500 lots >> all the way down. And can I ask you what is a what is a neighborhood business consists of?

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>> You have to look at the definition. I don't have that. >> Open up a little restaurant. The lemonade stand >> permitted uses are retail sales, businesses and personal service establishments which are clearly of a neighborhood size, scope and nature.

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Similar but not limited to convenience stores and retail establishments selling groceries, produce, baked goods and such other food items. stationary, tobacco and newspaper stores, lunchonets, coffee shops, restaurants, deli, cafe and confectionary stores, package liquor

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stores, barber shops, hair, nail tanning and beauty salons. >> Shoe repair, tailor and jewelry stores. >> What can't you do there? >> Yeah. >> You can also do appliance, hardware, paint, plumbing, and electrical. >> So, I got a whole another list here.

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So I, you know, I just think that uh somehow this is TNM Associates is doing uh doing something that's not right because this is not what it's supposed to be. I'm in a residential

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>> 50 by 100 residential. That whole street is residential. >> Yeah. TN. So it's clear it's not TNM. It's TNM adopting that which existed under Berkeley. But your testimony is, and I think all of us know the

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neighborhood very well, there's no reason to have an increase of business zones in that area. >> We're not disputing what you're saying, but the information, the mayor just explained it. It's where we got our information from. >> So, your recommendation, I think, should

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be brought to the floor of the planning board this this Monday evening to delete that >> and zone it residential. >> Thank you. >> We also have I certainly know that would entail amending our ordinance 2026. So it's

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it's correct. Two-prong action. >> That's correct. >> Well, I thank you for listening to me. I I was a little a little concerned there. >> And I'm very concerned because we're getting it through our proper sources. >> You got to be careful [clears throat]

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to where we have to get it from. >> Yeah. And uh jump and if you can uh uh Councilman to jump on that with the uh pickle ball the women if you want to meet with any of the women they play um about 8:30 down here on 14th A

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>> I've already met with them on >> Oh do you have Yes. Yes. And they they >> they haven't put their application in yet. >> Okay. They they would be they're very fiery. >> They might have. >> Any other comments on resolutions? Yes.

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>> Thank you, >> Edie. >> Okay. >> Edy playing 48 11th Avenue. I hadn't really looked at this map until this gentleman brought it up, but I don't see between 10th and 11th Avenue on Central.

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I don't see blue for Madfish or where Nick's suck shop is. And between INH, I don't see blue for um the sushi place and Grumpy's >> because it's not in that zone. That's why it's not there.

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>> What do you mean it's not in that zone? >> That that portion of that map is that's clad. There's no mistakes on that area. >> Just because there's a business there does not mean that's where in zone it's in. It could be in wherever it was. It is. That's all residential.

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So in other words, it may be pre-existing non-conforming. >> Maybe pre-existing non-conforming use before maybe the residential zone. That's correct. >> 30 years ago. Okay. >> Or 20 whatever. >> Okay. >> This will not identify there's a business there. It's identifying what

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zones. >> This is just the zones, not the business. >> Correct. >> Yes. Tom. Yeah, >> Tom Joseph, 704 South Bay View Avenue. I've got to comment on one of the resolutions.

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[laughter] >> Why in hell do we have to bring up a resolution to refund $1666 collected in error? >> The law. >> If that's the law, what do we do to get it fixed? Cuz it's stupid. It's an utter

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waste of all of your time, all of our time. I get it with the water bill that there's a $5,000 change. That makes sense. This is something that should be delegated to the business administrator and just dealt with. I mean, you

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collected some money you weren't supposed to collect. It's a trivial amount. It should not be a council resolution. >> Yeah. >> Or at worst stick it on the bill list so that it doesn't become a separate resolution and and runs the risk of wasting people's time. I mean, if

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there's really nothing you can do, there's nothing you can do. But >> there's nothing you can do. I'll cut short and sweet. >> When we're audited ever by the state, you have a paper trail right to every penny. That's how it happens. >> Badge. Everything

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>> and this goes right to a resolution. Everything has to point to something memorialized by a formal action of this fellow book innocently charged on a credit card. and it was the credit card fee and it would already gone through.

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So that's how it happened. >> Yeah, I understand how it happened and the guy wrote a check and now suddenly you home $17. But it I I guess what it says is that at some point in the past in this state,

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not necessarily in this town, the level of corruption was so so demonstrably huge that you need this kind of anal accounting system. But I think it's crazy.

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>> Any other comments on resolutions? Yes, Don. done again from South Seasside par 20 there. I'm looking at this map and what I have to bring it up because they have

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in pink town homes that's what we fought against in that meeting at the uh Burough Hall uh the whole area where Millers right next to the barfield they have that gone from Central Avenue all

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the way to the bay for town homes. All right. We said that we wanted single family houses there. They agreed they're going to make the change. We were assured that they were making the change. It'll be single family. J. There's something else here which is

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residential. It looks like fourtory. I can't read it. It's the red one. Four fs. Anyone know what that is? To me, that's a fourstory type where the where the the trailers are. That's a

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fourstory type building there. We don't want that in your town. >> Four family that whole area. >> We are. >> We're not doing that. >> Two lots and two table right now for elimination. >> It is. No, it is.

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>> That's what it is. >> Are we trying to allow that to occur later on? >> I don't want to see that occur. So, >> no, we're not. Okay, you should be aware we're in the process and we're expediting it. We're having meetings around the clock.

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>> Is that the right word? >> We're not forcing >> almost weekly re-examinations of our master plan right as we speak. >> Okay. >> When we went and completed finalized the annexation, we adopted the zoning that was in existence.

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>> [clears throat] >> All of your comments go to the existing zoning which I know many people including many elected officials perhaps everyone here maybe not we haven't had it come to us yet all agree with you

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>> okay and if it's right on the table for elimination >> okay if I can ever be of assistance in telling you what's going on down there uh just give me a call I'll come up anytime and sit down and say, "Hey, this

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is this is not >> No, I I think we all recognize you've got a great deal of institutional knowledge from the area and bringing it to the table." >> I mean, I I want my town to be be the section of town where I'm at to be like your section of town. And uh you know,

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to me, I'm I'm looking at this and I understand you're saying this is from Berkeley Township. This is from Berkeley Township. And as I'm standing here telling you, this is not what Berkeley Township told us and showed us. And if I can get the old one, if I have the old

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one, I'll drop it off to you guys because I I have something else that uh but I got to look through papers upon papers. Thank you. >> May, can I just explain? >> Yes. Yeah. That just I think there's a little confusion for everyone understands. We're taking words and actually put it into a print into a map

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what those words say. Okay. >> That's all this is at this point. Am I correct, mayor? Then that information is not set in stone. That's why we're doing a master plan over. >> In other words, >> decided we're taking words and actually putting it into print into a map. >> We can't have someone go to the planning

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board in in a month and said, I want to put a a townhouse here uh and do it because you have it on this map. >> It's in words. >> Okay. [laughter] That's your comments also can be put in an official. Have

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that has that gone out yet? >> The our planner is just >> we're working on that. >> It's just about to issue a notice for anyone and everyone and that obviously includes yourself to comment. >> That's out. That's out. >> All right. So go on the website vote as

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we speak. Put your comments in writing. >> Well, I didn't see the map. So this is the first time I've been looking at the map and it just >> that that's the map which exists at the present. We are doing a re-examination right as we speak of the entire master

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plan in what was formerly known as South Seaside Park. And we are soliciting and looking for comments. >> Is it good? Is it bad? Should it be modified? Should it be kept at the same extremely relevant what we're looking for?

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>> You know what? I'll turn over to the clerk because she knows better than I do probably. >> I don't know about that. But just to clarify, so this math is just to take what's existing and put it in the code so that everyone has an updated zoning map. But then once the master plan is done and they change all the ordinances,

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then this map will be changed as well to reflect those. >> So you're you're raising a number of good faith comments based on your extreme valuable knowledge of the community and they should be put in writing. That's what we're looking for right now. those kind of comments

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because the day will come and perhaps has come before the governing body. We're somehow told that we're don't encourage businesses. That's one comment goes to just what you're saying. >> And there's a an example because of the

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demographics because of the changes in community society there it is difficult for certain businesses to survive. Berkeley has zoned the areas you pointed out allowing the businesses which are cloaked right into the record.

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>> Those businesses have never been existed there. So it's the same exercise that happened in Seeside Park in the past because you could get an isolated home. Somebody wants to turn it into business. Now you're in a residential neighborhood

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and that residential neighborhood has just been changed dramatically. Now I my last comment I sometimes wonder since I was head of the sou east side voters association I was the lightning rod why is this right up to my house you know

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would someone have been so did even where I put this right up there >> just want to ask and with that call thank you >> thank you >> and I just like I just like to say the committee and everything is working hours and hours. When I say when you

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asked me before, we spend hours, but we went by what we have in front of us. >> Okay. >> We have the planning board for for the >> information. It's going to be this is what we're looking for comments. >> Will there be like a moratorum so

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nothing can sneak between the lines? >> I can ask our attorney about the legality of a moratorum, but we are working hard as we can. We have our planner putting the most expedited time frame that's permissible.

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It would be legally upheld. It's ongoing right as we speak. >> All right. >> That one example I think you're very familiar with. We all are. We were somewhat surprised when the case got settled with Berkeley Township involving it on April 29th, 2026

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when the area in question was part of Seaside Park as of April 6, 2026. Yes. >> Nonetheless, that case got settled in the Superior Court. And you see the tall structure. It has a lot of names.

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>> One of them that just doesn't fit. It doesn't It stands out. That's on the very portion of property you're referring to. It's zoned 35 ft. So, there were some issues on that case that uh >> after the fact we've looked at

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>> Yeah. Now, just keep your eyes open with Berkeley and what they what they've done. Thank you. >> Yes, sir. Yes, Bob. >> Good evening, Mayor. Good evening, Council. Hey, thank you very much, Marty. Hours and hours on this, I'm sure. I just want to break the record. We need your name.

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>> Oh, sorry. Bobby Ray9 service drive. Thank you, Steve. >> Um the the report that that Don was talking about was called the South Ceset Park neighborhood plan. I have a copy of it. This is the plan that they >> we have a full printed out copy and we

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all want No, no. Why do you have the floor? We read it in its entirety and it's recognizes residential uses in South Seaside Park. encourages residential uses in the bulk of South Seaside Park, what is obviously

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a welcome part of Seaside Park. Do you know why Berkeley Township got this nice report? I believe it was a grant from what we've been investigating, reviewing. We have rings, boxes of paper now. Why didn't they

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adopt the findings, the recommendations of that report? Well, as as Don said, I don't mean repetitive. They presented their ideas for this and we all said, "No, that's not what we want." We said, "Okay, if that's what you want, we're not going to force it down your throats. Um, we won't do that." And that was I'm going to say that was the end of it, but

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there I don't know what action they took after that. >> It doesn't look like they ever adopted any of it. Well, >> we've got it. And it makes a lot of sense. >> Yeah, there there is one page on page uh 10 in here shows the existing zoning. I

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don't know if that was prior to or after the adoption of this uh report. The system was adopted in June of uh excuse me one second. It was prepared February of 2017 adopted by the planning board in June of 2017.

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Somewhere in between there is when they met with the neighborhood and discussed this. But on page 10 there, there is a um existing zoning map that doesn't delineate the area that Don had in question as Neighborwood residential. It shows it shows the Charities Deli and

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Pizza on the corner of 20th and uh Central as the uh is the sole business zone in that block. It's the big red block you see right there. So, >> yeah. No, we we got the report and >> Fair's on the committee. I'm on the committee. We we all had the same

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question. I think we have that. Thank you very much. >> Thank you. >> Thank you, Bo. >> Anything else on the resolutions? Any comments? >> Well, that's an ordinance. >> Okay. Hearing none, I'll close the portion as to resolutions. And I would

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entertain a motion from council as a consent agenda. >> Motion. >> Motion by council member Condos. Second. >> Second by council member Rotunda. Roll call. >> Council member Condos. >> Yes. >> Council member Rotunda. >> Yes. Council member Connor, >> yes.

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>> Council member Craft, >> yes. >> Council member Toe, >> yes. >> Council President Wil, >> yes. >> Motion approved. >> And that concludes the resolution agenda. And >> at this point, I would ask anyone else

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on council have any additional input. >> Say that this weekend's our is it fourth annual boots on the bay? >> Fourth fourth annual boots on the bay. Uh we're going to be watching the weather obviously closely the call for potential good weather on Saturday but in conjunction with you know our administrator and rec director we're

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going to monitor that. We got rain for Sunday so watch the website and the socials and uh you know hopefully we'll get it in but it's going to be a good time >> and it's 410 to 9. >> Yes.

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>> Uh music band. We've got food beer >> and a pett and zoo for kids. names for boots and things. >> Thank you, John. Anyone else on council? I got >> I have the June statistics from the

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police department. CESA Park Police Department handled 1,094 calls for service during the month of June, 405 motor vehicle stops, 86 moving violations, 830 parking summons. There are two D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D

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D D D DWI issued, six traffic accidents, one with injuries, u domestic violence incidents, there was one domestic violence incident and one arrest for aggravated assault and possession of a weapon for unlawful purposes. 26 emergency first aid pulls were

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answered. arrest. There were six total, nine bar ordinance summons issued, background investigations, three firearms background investigations, six employment investigations, employment training in employee training during the month of June. Less lethal

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training, all the full-time officers received that. ATV training was the seasonal officers. Bicycle training was also the seasonal officers. [snorts] Internal investigations, there were two for the month of month of June. Detective Bureau Investigations. There was one DOA with an autopsy, two theft

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complaints, two sexual assaults, five ABC liquor relations inspections, one submersion that and one criminal mischief. >> That's it. Thank you, J. >> Thank you. Anything else from council? [cough and clears throat] >> Um the 14th Avenue pump station bid

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received on June 30th. JVS was the lowest bidder at 1,53,625. The county previously approved to cover in 50% of the cost based on the engineers's estimate of 676,000. The burrow has reached out to the county

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request they increase their share to match the 50% of the bid price. Parking lots number one, two, and three. A pre-construction meeting is scheduled for July the 23rd. Reconstruction of all three lots will begin in September. We

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are working with the contractor to try to minimize parking disruptions during September. K Street roadway improvements. Construction will start on September 8th. Pipe work, concrete, and base favor will occur in the fall and winter. Final pay will occur in the

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spring to allow for ample settling settlement. Phase two of the boardwalk reconstruction from Island Avenue to F Street. A pre-construction meeting is scheduled for July 21st and work will begin shortly after Labor Day. There were no piping clovers this year.

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So, the D is allowing us to uh the DP is allowing us to open our no drive zone between F Street and L Street as of tomorrow. This will allow DPW to rake the beach in that area and place garbage cans on the beach. >> [clears throat]

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>> Code enforcement conducted 732 rental inspections this year between January 1st and July 15. During the same period last year, 699 inspections were completed. So, it's really only um 33

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difference in from one year to another which I'm a little disappointed on, but it's what it is. That's the numbers. >> Thank you. Thank you, Marty. Anything else from council? Just one more thing. I just want to Jerry, do you know what? I'm going to

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address the public parking meters. Um, you want to Yeah, we uh the public safety committee met with Karen and uh Chief and Sergeant Jacowski talking about the parking um kiosk issues and stuff. One of one of the biggest

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problems was the two guys in charge work the midnight shift. They were sending in emails and then they would respond during the day and and nobody was actually taking action. So the chief has appointed a superior officer to take uh take care of that stuff during the day

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along with two class one officers. Um I think we've got a better reporting status with the uh with the company right Karen with TS and we were to have a meeting yesterday but the guy from IT had a scheduling conflict. So, we are going to meet we have authorized five

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additional kiosks and we're going to look at two different kinds. One that takes cash, one that doesn't. And um we will make a determination. Some of the kiosks have been reworked already that are taking cash and we've reworked some of the older ones to back up the newer

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ones in in the heavy traffic areas. I think we've got that pretty much covered. >> It's great. >> Anything else from council? >> Just Sorry, I'm on the roll here. Um, just forgot to mention um that the uh the recck department uh took over the uh

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uh fishing tournament from UVA and um unfortunately I worked for it so I was unable to attend but I know Joe Connor was there and uh you know the Gina Oh, Bill was there too. Thank you Bill. Um and from what I understand it was very successful event. So just >> and the Oh thank you volunteering. So

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it's it's good to see at least the tradition is you know being revived on the direct department. It's it's going to be a good good run. We had uh probably 50 plus uh children sign up on pretty short notice. Now, I know everybody expected to happen every year, but uh when the flyer went out and

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everything, we had a a very very good number of participants there uh to do it. So, uh went off very well. Um it's every Monday, the next seven Mondays, right, Bill? Yeah. >> Yes. Every Monday, uh through almost the end of August.

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>> Through the end of August. So, uh, our rec leader did a great job advertising it, >> social media flyer. So, >> we pulled it off in less than a week. So, >> and I want to go on record by saying in 30 years when I retire, I will

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definitely be volunteering at it on Mondays. >> 30 years. >> Check in with me in 30 years. >> Joe, you got to take the fish off the hook. I don't know what's going on in 30 years. [laughter] Anything

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else from Ker? >> I don't know if it's in our purview, but I don't I don't know if everybody's seen the DOT's proposal for Lavallet making both sides of the highway give you no direction and back in parking. I don't even know what they're doing. That'll be as successful as their pump stations.

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[laughter] >> Yeah. I don't know. They wanted to make it a two-way on Route 35, north, south. >> Yeah. I don't get it. >> That'll be a disaster. >> Any uh anything else from council

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>> hearing? None. We'll go into the audience for any public comments. If anyone has them, if they could raise their hand to be recognized and then uh >> give your name and address into the record. One recognized. [laughter] >> I don't know.

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Ed was first >> house claim 48 111th Avenue. Um just a quick question on the rental uh inspections. Is that does that mean we have 732 rental properties or are some of those

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like a reinspection? >> Well, that's how many inspections were done. >> 732 rental inspections. That sounds like a lot of rental properties, but they could be >> multifamilies could have four, could have three, could have two. >> Um, okay. The garage sale, um, which I

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think was well attended and I know personally that, um, some sites had wonderful, wonderful material, um, >> things to offer. Yes. My daughter still doesn't know I bought it. It's for Christmas.

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Um however um the map um the original printed map um did not have all the addresses listed and by the time that was fixed Friday afternoon it was too late and I know that

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it was advertised that the map was online. However, not many people ride around the garage sales with their laptops. So I would strongly suggest that we go back to having maps available

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in the maybe in the businesses as well as we've done in the past because it's a great event. A lot there was a lot of people that participated by having wonderful stuff on their driveway. Um and I think we need to keep promoting

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that. So that's my suggestion for the garage. >> Crypted lists were available. >> We didn't know. I know they were, but when it was publicized in social media, I'm not I don't remember, but I don't think the printed lists were mentioned. It was mentioned it was online. And I

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and I really think we need to do more with [clears throat] the printed list. I mean, people are going around on their bikes. They're not carrying a laptop, you know. Um, okay. So, the parking kiosks are fixed. Parking kiosks are fixed.

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>> Yes. >> Wonderful. And they're taking cash. So, yes. >> And they're taking cash. Okay. >> Yes. >> Um I have a question about the police vehicles that um are in the resolution. And it talks about the one needs an additional 2615.70

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for traditional painting and and upfitting. >> What does that mean? I mean I I I know what it means pay but why are we paying more for one to have that done and not the other one?

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>> So if you recall at the last meeting when we uh authorized the purchase of the two new vehicles. >> Okay. >> Uh initially one was going to be sort of that stealth one that we have now the black one. One was going to be traditional and the governing body prefers having two more traditional. So,

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to get that second one up to that same standard, it cost about $2,000 more. >> Okay. Any news on the Desert Palm case? That's a simple yes or no. >> I'm taking it's a no. >> No, [laughter] it's a no.

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>> We haven't We haven't heard that the case has been settled. Is that >> correct? >> Not that I'm aware of. >> Okay. Well, that's >> settled. That has upset me. >> Yeah. Okay. No, I just that's thought I'd ask >> um

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>> comment on settlement. >> No, no, I just want to know if you >> have a settlement, you have to have a good faith overture offer from one of the parties learned that dealing with Berkeley Township. >> No, my question I get I guess my question is has the state supreme court

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made their decision? That's my question. >> No. Okay, that's it. >> Um, resolution 291, Guy Muller is being hired as a seasonal labor for DPW. Does that mean he will be continuing at the school

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>> or is he working? >> Yes, that's what that means. Okay, that takes care of my list. Thank you. >> Yes, Jim. Jim FCR 356 Roberts Avenue regarding the

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ordinance sign amending the zoning for Southside Park. When the master plan had its final hearing in the neighborhood, over 100 people came out and objected to most of the innovations recommended by

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the planner. be the and we were assured that those object objectionable items would be taken out and at the council meeting we were assured the same thing. It is quite possible that the objectionable items

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that Don referred to were later put back in after the master plan was adopted and the zoning ordinance was changed perhaps years later. Um, but I can assure you in no way do

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people in our election district want those items that Don mentioned. Now, I do have a question similar to one at the last meeting. Has the court set up a hearing date for your

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lawsuits against Berkeley? >> They're they're on two different tracks. I know two separate >> and there is a one has a return date which has not yet happened. That's the one about the tax payments that we want an expedited hearing as quick as

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possible. Um the other matter is more involved and the judge has given both sides the opportunity to he I think the judge was inclined to follow the statute

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and as poorly worded as that statute some people have said but the statute required the appointment of three independent individuals from the court And the request from Seaside Park was

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that there were some legal issues that the judge uh would be encouraged and in fact should make a decision on prior to even the appointment of any individuals and that's so the judges given a short turnaround for both sides to submit what

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legal issues they might be. So that where there is no specific date yet in terms of a decision per se. >> I think it's fair to say that Berkeley is engaging in a process of postponement

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>> and appeal appeal appeal which is what they do when that's of course bad news but when they do that they know they're ultimately going to lose. So that's a sign that when is this when is this is this finally settled that you win.

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Berkeley is like Goliath and you're like David. You know David won and just have patience. Thank you. >> Any other comments? Yes, Shirley. >> Yes. >> Shirley press 700 North Bay View Avenue.

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How are we doing with beach badge sales? Where do we stand compared to last year? Do you know which year you >> I don't know where we stand right now to compared to last year. I don't know. I can look it up and bring it next time. I I don't >> Yeah, when I looked at the June and the June numbers were obviously were ahead of last year, but I don't have the

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specific numbers in front of me, but we have five more blocks of each now. >> We have five more. So, it's you we wouldn't now we can do the math, but you wouldn't necessarily get a good apples to apples comparison >> as long as we're up >> with the addition. What? Well, our expenses are up. >> We have our expenses are up.

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>> It's relative. our expenses. It's quite >> Yeah. >> Yeah. Um if our four-wheeler that the uh lifeguards have if they need to get down to like 22nd 23rd Avenue, can they take the beach all the way down?

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>> Yes. >> Okay. Yes. >> And I don't know if you've I mean I was talking to a young lifeguard who was at 24th and she wasn't complaining. She just said that was a very long bike ride to get here this morning.

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And I agree. And I just didn't know like if we have [clears throat] those to have to go down and back anyway. >> Have we ever considered like taking them down all the way down? >> We we we we do take them down. We have carts. We we do everything.

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>> Okay. >> The answer is yes. Okay. >> Yes. Yes. >> Um flea market. I'm a little confused between farmers market and flea market because the farmers market is now having people

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bring in like Pamper Chef was there and some body selling sundresses [clears throat] and beach coverups and hats and are we like combining the two now? Is that how this is going? >> No, not really.

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>> Camper Chef was always there. I'll be honest with you. >> Yeah. Well, before it used to be people with like their cookies and their scones and the farmers and mozzarella. >> They're still there. I mean, so I and I don't know. I don't know. But what I'm going to say is from doing it, it's it's

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it's becoming increasingly difficult to get vendors who are just, you know, like I know a common complaint always that I got was, well, there's no not enough farmers. Okay, well, go find a farmer and there are no farmers. There's just there's zero farmers out there now, you know. And then when you do find a farm,

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they don't have enough help to even help on their farm ever or or their stand to come out. So, um, you know, I I guess we could talk to Alana, but I think, you know, [clears throat] >> only because the flea market had like Yeah, the flea market only had I think 12. I mean, it looked empty compared to

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the And I just wasn't sure if we were combining them. That's all. >> It was our first flea market. So, um, you know, and we got off the ground a little bit late this year at the flea market. So, but since Sunday, we've gotten a lot of applications in future plan. >> Good. Um, as far as the lists were

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concerned that you said they were available, they were only available at the code office in the Burough Hall till 4:00. It was after 4 when the whole new list came out. We used to have them in all the stores, especially the bakery.

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>> Um, you know, white oak, all the places. And it it was concerning that it was a little difficult. I mean, I did well, but >> and we could do that. And this year we we set a a cut off of July 6. And then everyone was who's getting their garage permit after July 6th was complaining,

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I'm not on the list. >> I didn't see a cut off. So, so I must >> Well, it was internal. So, if people >> Well, maybe if you put something out to be on the list, you must have your permit by such and such a date. >> And we can prove things for sure. >> Okay. Thank you. Any other comments?

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Yes, >> Kathy. >> Yes, thank you. >> Kathy Fulcomer 356 Roberts. Um, at the last meeting, I think there was a mention of a tax map from Berkeley or you have to create a new tax map or am I

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wrong? And was that the zoning and I'm just confused. Was there something about tax map? that Berkeley. >> We're getting a new one adding. >> Yeah. >> When Well, yeah.

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>> That's lot and blocks. That's all that is. [clears throat] That's >> Oh, that's what a tax map. >> Tax map is lot lot and block. >> Oh, okay. >> Of existing lots that exist. So, you have to lot blocks >> because I think I remember one of you

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saying that B you asked Berkeley but you have to do your own or something. They didn't give you one or the paid one. >> The same engineering firm was employed by

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both towns and the work product was something that we thought should be made readily available to us because it was already done. But >> yeah, that's what I remembered. >> That was not the case. >> So, you're going to do your own, which

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Okay. Yeah. um you know walking the dog I meet a lot of people we they have some questions so um and it is a question that I have too uh because there won't be any more meetings before the August 1st tax bill so I guess uh we folks in

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what used to be Southeast Side Park will be getting our tax bill from Berkeley >> yes I guess right >> yes >> yeah all right and the other question was, and some people are very tempted to

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do this, um to pay their taxes, making their check out. We're supposed to send them to Berkeley, but making a check out um to Seaside Park. But if they do that, um, and the question was, if I sent my

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taxes to Berkeley Township, but made the check out to Seaside Park, would Berkeley put my Seaside Park home up for sale for non-payment of taxes to a municipality in which my house and a property is not located.

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>> Walk a different. No, but it's a it's a serious question that I I would assume then that what we still have to pay the taxes made out to Berkeley so I could tell the lady next

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time I see it because a lot of people are very tempted to do that. >> Okay. I just make it out to Berkeley, right? >> Um, another quick question. Um, maybe I should ask Berkeley this, but uh Oh. Oh,

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yeah. The attorney general, um, her name Jennifer uh Davenport, uh, when she made her, I don't know whether she did it or just the attorney's general's office did it, but when the decision was made to send our taxes to Berkeley Township, was

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that a recommendation, a directive? Uh, did it have the force of law? Um what what when that decision was made uh what force does that have the

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decision to wait till January 2027? >> I can tell you no member of this governing body was given notice. No good member of this governing body was allowed to participate because they said we didn't

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know about it. Our attorney did not participate in the decision making because our attorney was not given any notice. >> So does that give the basis of yet another lawsuit? Perhaps. Do we want to

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spend that money for legal fees? >> Perhaps. Because >> the quickest way which we've filed and asked the courts and all of us here and especially calling on the younger members of our family could probably do

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it and put the program in in a manner of an hour. figure out here are the tax bills, here's the portion that goes to the municipality, here's the portion that goes to the local school and have an automatic pass through from Berkeley Township to Ceset Park of each and every

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payment made. Case closed over easy. Unfortunately, Berkeley Township has not done so. So, they want our taxpayers and our town to upfront the council fees, costs, and time and energy and ask a court to do it.

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And believe me, we are doing it. And we will ask for any and all relief appropriate under the law to be paid to Seaside Park. The only precedent that's ever existed

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that we have is a small portion of Tom's River that became a next to Lavallet. Lavallet and Tom's River had a spirited argument. They fought over issues whether any money was due to either

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side, any municipality. In fact, they took that argument, those issues, all the way to the appellet court. Yet from day one, those two municipalities acted reasonably and appropriately and had a side agreement

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that carved out and said all taxes immediately for the municipal portion of the bill to Tom River were to be paid immediately to the borrow of what reasonable municipalities that might enter into some kind of a dispute

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might do. Well, >> there's one reasonable municipality that's involved in the dispute and that's the burrow of Seaside Park. >> Correct. And we know that and as someone has said to you good people before, why

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do you think we wanted to leave? This is this is many we down here. My husband and I in 1998, we were going to those meetings a long time. So, we know. Okay. I I just I I that was one of the

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questions that I had. And the other one I would think I would have to ask Berkeley, but of course they probably wouldn't answer me anyway. Uh whether Berkeley is putting our tax money in a special account or their general treasury. I mean, I guess they're just

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>> putting it in their general. But I mean, you wouldn't know. >> We don't we don't wouldn't know, but we can join you if we wanted to bet. and and if I went there, I am a taxpayer to their municipality. Maybe I would deserve an answer on that one since I

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pay taxes there. >> Um, makes sense. You should have standing to take the floor, complain, and ask for answers. >> Yeah. [laughter] Okay. Well, thank you for your >> Thank you. >> Okay. Thanks.

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>> Any other comments? Yes, Tom. uh Don White and uh 20th A [clears throat] uh who's with the beach down by us. Uh they put uh signs up on the beach for beach amethyst. Are you

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aware of that or cannot >> protection plan? >> Um my concern is this is what happened in sou east side. Uh when they did the uh filling in of the beach, enlarging the beach when they got to Midway Beach,

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the middle of Midway Beach, they started to feather it back so it would be even with Island Beach State Park. So, as you go down towards our section of town, the beaches are not as wide because the DP when they threw the sand on the beach,

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they knew that they couldn't come down the same width as the rest of the beach. So, they cut it back. Uh, now with this these signs going on the beach, it's taking up more beach area for people. We have a daily beach area when Island

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Beach State Park closes. My concern is with those signs and the smallalness of the beach and the over 200 foot wide dune uh that we're not going to have enough area for people to utilize the beach

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also. Is there a stipulation by the state that says how wide your dunes have to be? I know they have it for height, but these dunes keep getting wider and wider. >> And where we are, uh because of that

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feathering of the beach, making it making it not as wide, we're losing a lot of beads that uh people should be able to utilize. And I still haven't seen those plants growing yet. I'm waiting for them to come up. >> And are you aware, council, aware of the

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signs that are up there? Yes, we have the D. >> They're over here. >> Just like the clovers. We talked about >> No, I'm sorry. Go ahead, Joe. >> No, but I mean the D is we talk a lot about the state here, how they can be

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and not be. >> Well, the D is >> well, no enforces what we're talking about here. Unbelievable. I'm not saying they shouldn't, >> but um they monitor it. They monitor it. They take it seriously. They go down

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there unannounced and just telling me that I was going to move the signs under a warning and they were flying. >> Um >> and I'm just saying that cuz that's fact. >> I didn't know that about and and when I

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was so when I was in charge of the beaches, it got like people would complain like it's not getting raped. He's not doing but you can't do anything when I between the piping clovers and and the the plants like you know that we're just >> I mean we're strapped >> and there's no no uh the width of the

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beach management plan. >> Yeah, I think that all comes from >> there's a file beach management plan. If you go online at least in the seaside park, you'll see the beach management plan. It had to be approved through the state. And so you'll be you'll be amazed when you read what you can and can't do

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because it it is required by the state the D. We had we had to have it approved by them. Okay. So it's called the beach management plan. It's online. You may want to take a look at it. >> I don't know about Berkeley if they ever did one or got it approved by >> I know we did. Apparently they did not. >> No, but I know we did.

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>> They were moving sink. They're all over the place. And >> now I want to thank you for the condition of our beaches. They're great, you know, and I just think that uh uh you know, they're clean. I see I see some of your some of the people walking

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the streets picking up garbage. That's that's tremendous, you know, and um the people who are in Southeast Side Park are aware of the amount of effort and time that uh this municipality is is

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doing for South Seaside for Seaside Park. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Any other public comments? Yes, Mike. Mike Spataphino, 59th Avenue. Um, I'm here to speak today about the uh fact

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that we have an environmental committee that does a lot of educational programs during the course of the year. And [clears throat] uh we happen to have an opening on that committee and uh I sure would like to see a South Ender come and

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join this committee. and we do programs during the course of the year year round and uh we meet every month and so uh if any of you or anybody you know especially on the south end would like

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to join our committee contact Gina Condos who's on the committee or Karen to see if you can apply yourself to be on it. Of course, it is open to anybody in town, but it sure would be nice to see somebody from Southampton. Thank

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you. >> I think there's actually a form online, keep me honest, that >> people want to volunteer for any of those committees that are mayorappointed um position. So, I think we >> I know that a couple months back, I think right after the annexation, we had

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put something out, but I don't remember now. I think might have had one >> candidate, but doesn't mean that other people shouldn't put their name in because you know, [clears throat] >> thank you. >> I'm looking for the resident or the address to the

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>> I don't think the one you got was I don't think it was a substance. >> Any other public comments? Hearing none, I would close the public portion and entertain a motion from council for adjournment. >> Motion. >> Motion by council member Condo. Second.

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Second by council member Connor. Roll call. >> Council member Condos. >> Yes. >> Council member Connor. >> Yes. >> Council member Craft. >> Yes. >> Council member. >> Yes. >> Council member to >> Yes. >> Council President Wil. >> Yes. Motion approved. >> Thank everyone for coming out this

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evening.