he knows what time it is like to call this meeting to order we could all stand and salute the flag please yes i pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the
republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all sorry we have a roll call please council member Damplis here council member Dill here council member Gerity
here council member Johnston here council member Mcwigan here council member Owen here council President Habberghorn present also present is Mayor Tap Administrator Frost City Clerk Keith City Solicitor Smith and City
Engineer Snider pursuant to the Oakland open public meetings act adequate notice of this meeting has been provided the agenda for this meeting is posted in city hall and on the city's website
summerrsgov.org pursuant to city code A266-8P and to afford everyone an opportunity to address the governing body the public may speak only one time and not to exceed 3 minutes i do have to make an announcement we are going to be
pulling ordinance number 11 and resolutions 108 and 110 ordinance number 11 deals with uh 90 Broadway video just audio and we will be pulling those and the reason for pulling them is we do not
have a completed read future um meeting because we don't want to have this happen again where we're pulling things at the last minute so we are going to make that and enforce that that rule going forward um communications does anyone have any communications they'd like to
share not hearing any communications mayor Tap would you like to uh give your Sure just a couple things uh Saturday is our Easter egg hunt it's going to be held at County Park uh bring your youngsters in ages uh
young to 10 uh but get there by 9:45 uh on Sunday fire company number two is going to have their uh breakfast with the Easter Bunny so uh and that'll be from 8 to 12 and we have some guest
chefs which I think is most of council up here we'll go there and we'll be doing the cooking uh to help out fire company number two and then lastly what I have is I want to give a big thank you to John Hellbig and the green team Jim Dockerty and all public works you know
for they uh helped run our annual citywide cleanup we had about 50 volunteers and uh with that uh I also want to thank the Mainland National Honor Society VFW Post 2189 Green Thumb Garden Club Shore
Medical Center the Mom's Group as well as the boating community they came out and they picked up trash in all areas of the town and we do appreciate that and that is all I have thank you Mayor T mr frost uh nothing to report this evening
thank you i do have a question for you on the um shared service agreement with the Ocean City for the courts how are we making out there uh yeah that agreement's been signed and returned it's just a matter of uh what the start date is going to be with Ocean City okay thank you no problem mr
smith your presentation here please yes sir if you have anything i I do as a matter of fact thank you we have two ordinances that are on for second reading today ordinance 9 2025 and 10 of 2025 and we also have a
resolution 106 that goes along with those two ordinances as you know there's been discussion about the uh program and the fees to be charged and the manner in which we were going to collect these at all and uh I was asked
to put a resolution on but before we get hit the resolution to the fees I need to go back over and then the current ordinances which we have for Kennedy vote Kennedy Park boat ramp which is a
chapter 199 that's 1997 199-8 the we only had Kennedy Parks listed we did not have 52 so that was added in and that's what
number does initially and then also it uh indicates that the uh instead of we're already required to have permits being purchased from the city we
never changed that fire or all we're doing is just amending that ordinance and carrying it forward and and including the 52 bridge program ordinance number 10 uh pre-existing uh dealing with
pre-existing ordinance it's Chapter 250 Vehicles and Traffic Article One General Provision Section 250-43.1 dealt with parking of boats on on the streets of Summers Point you were
allowed to park a boat if it and it trailer did not exceed 22 ft for two nights consecutively if the boat trailer exceeded 22 ft boat trailer exceeded 22
ft this is separate than the vehicle they could not park on our roadways um we did not have an ordinance that even dealt with any other type of trailers we had an issue last year dealing with a tractor trailer that
someone had parked just the trailer to a residential neighborhood and I spoke to about it he was recommending that we change that to protect the integrity of residential
neighborhoods so I included that in here so now what we have is an ordinance that deals with any type of trailers bigger than 22 feet they need a permit excuse me they need they can't park on
the street more than two nights if they park on certain streets such as Broadway Bay Avenue and I think it's the four streets going from heading north they uh need to have a permit which is the
permit system that we'll be using and recognizing it the resolution That resolution uh doing away with the gate system with the permit system going to be annual
permits desert veterans in Summers Point residents are $75 for an annual permit non-residents are $150 for an annual permit um this or this resolution recognizes the use of commercial operations of our
And for a fee of $500 a commercial entity can get up to four permits to put on their trailers and that ensure that the commercial operation entities are
fair that's what I have to report thank you sir goes with council appreciate that Mr schneider uh just two things to report ball drive construction continues we've been delayed a little bit by the weather with concrete work hasn't rained
all winter and then as soon as we start work it rains every other day but um New Jersey there was some changes the state requested prior to bidding that's been submitted as soon as we get to okay that'll go out to bid hoping to award that by the first week in May or the
first meeting in May everything goes to schedule that's it thank you any committee any committee reports council president uh planning board for the especially for the people that are in the audience tonight uh there was on the agenda for
next Wednesday's planning board meeting was 90 Broadway that has been pulled and will not be heard because of the actions being taken by council tonight and the only other thing I have is uh if you've gone by Route 9 and Groveland Avenue
you'll see that the Walgreens is being torn down for the Audi and that's a Groveland and Route 9 that's all I have mr deill Mr mcguire uh I just would like
to piggy bank off the mayor's report there uh with regards to the cleanup on Saturday and just provide the uh the metrics of that uh 64 bags of trash uh was picked up that's,280 pounds 29 bags
of recycling for 290 pounds was picked up and then other uh various tires signs and wood that wouldn't fit in a bag and 300 pounds of that so a total of 1,870 pounds of trash was removed from our
beautiful streets and uh other areas in the city and again like the mayor said uh thank you to the green team uh Mr hellbig and all those members and we had a very strong turnout this year uh obviously by what what's uh what's been
taken off the streets and and save from going into our beautiful bay thank you and please stop throwing your cigarette out the window does anybody else have any committee reports uh council president yes sir mr the um just read you an announcement uh
Arts Commission uh registration is now open for the Summers Point Arts Commission website for the Los Poetry Workshop on Thursday April 17th from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m registration is also open for intro to calligraphy The Art of
Beautiful Writing scheduled for the first three Saturdays of May uh starting at 10:00 a.m to 12:00 noon both workshops will be located at Summers Point Senior Citizen Community Center 22 North Amler Road the Arts Commission
will be at Bayfest April 26 doing a live painting demo stop by their tables say hello and pick up free giveaway for the kids for more information all about the upcoming events you can follow the Summers Point Arts Commission on Facebook and
Instagram um on a positive note too uh with recreation we have some new playground equipment down at the beach as well as the uh Kennedy Park so it's good for the kids good for summer's play thank you Mr owen any any other
committee reports not hearing any we'll move on from committee reports to approval of the minutes may I have a motion and a second to approve the minutes of the March 27th meeting so move second second second anybody
have any comments not hearing any comments all in favor i any opposed not hearing any opposed the above mentioned meeting minutes are approved tonight we have four ordinances that are second readings um each one there will be a
public comment uh period after each one so madame clerk do you want to start with ordinances please ordinance number seven of 2025 bond ordinance providing for various capital improvements in and by the city of Summers Point in the county of Atlantic
New Jersey appropriating 3,479,455 therefore and authorizing the issuance of $3,35,455 bonds or notes of the city to finance part of the cost thereof may I have a motion to open for public comment i'll make that motion may I have
a second second all in favor i any opposed not hearing any opposed we are now open for public comment on ordinance number seven not seeing anyone have a motion i'm
sorry sorry Bill i didn't see you get up bill Collins 814 Bay Avenue uh just a question for you we're spending almost $ three and a half million dollars can someone go through what you're spending it on please that it that's it okay it's everything there
yeah at least ordinance number eight spells it out so thank you very much i don't I don't want to jump the gun but I don't see anyone else with a comment does uh move we close public portion thank you do I have a second second okay
all in favor i I any opposed not hearing any opposed we now close for public comment may I have a motion to uh adopt ordinance number seven i'll make that motion may I have a second second any comments not hearing any comments all in
favor i any opposed not hearing any opposed ordinance number seven is adopted and move on to ordinance excuse me we'll move on to ordinance number eight please ordinance number eight of 2025 bond ordinance providing for
various sewer utility capital improvements in and by the city of Summers Point in the county of Atlantic New Jersey appropriating $1,65,600 therefore and authorizing the issuance of $1,65,600 bonds or notes of the city to
finance part of the cost thereof may I have a motion to open for public comment on ordinance number eight please i'll make that motion may I have a second second all in favor i any opposed not hearing any opposed we are now open
for public comment on ordinance number eight motion to close public portion on ordinance 8 may I have a second please second all in favor any opposed not hearing any opposed we
are now closed for public comment on ordinance number eight may I have a motion to adopt ordinance number eight i'll make that motion may I have a second second do I have any comments not hearing any comments all in favor i any
opposed not hearing any opposed ordinance number eight is adopted ordinance number nine ordinance number nine of 2025 an ordinance amending article 2 Kennedy Park Boat Ramp of chapter 199 parks and recreation
facilities and its sections 199-7 watercraft launching fees and 199-8 permits may I have a motion to open for public comment on ordinance number nine please council President
um at the uh advice of council although I respectfully disagree I will be recusing myself from voting on this ordinance okay i do want to say I if I could give my opinion this ordinance does not solve the problem um the
sticker idea that's great but you're going to buy it at city hall Monday through Friday however long we're open what happens to the fisherman that comes down on Saturday morning at 4:00 in the morning and doesn't have a sticker for his trailer we are looking into things
to to deal with that park mobile would be the solution for that doesn't cost us anything thank you for your comments just say we can always change why why if it doesn't fix it why even do it i mean it doesn't make sense
to do something that doesn't fix it okay we can I just my opinion thank you can I uh have a motion to open for public comment on ordinance number nine please so moved i have a second second second
all in favor i I any opposed not hearing any opposed we are now open for public comment on ordinance number nine mr pearson 587 Marks Road um on ordinance number nine can you please
explain it m uh please in plain English to the people in the audience myself we can't hear one word we don't understand what's in it and before you vote on it we'd like a full explanation somebody please
Mr okay Mr smith please ordinance in effect if you don't talk to the audience they can't hear you we can't hear you you talk but you talk here what your problem is but please don't yell at me okay please so I won't
yell i'm so sorry please talk to the audience part i'm I apologize i apologize okay thank you it amends a prior ordinance prior talks about craft launching
fees schedule limited to the calendar year of May 15 through September 15 did away with that launching fees of boats or other watercraft in Kennedy Park be added 52 permits permits for watercraft
launching fee during the seasonal period above change now shall be required shall be purchased from the city at such times and under such conditions as may here and after be established by resolution of the city council that was changed to
include the route 52 bridge okay okay that's the changes there can you explain that though what are the fees and you know what I'm gonna get to it all right okay that's the next ordinance okay should we
stay to ordinance number nine please and then we'll move back you have a full explanation on this did I get one are you going to vote on both after we hear both vote on one which is ordinance nine all right well that's
is really doing is getting rid of limited time period and it's including so boat ramp on 52 was not in the ordinance even though we had a boat ramp
there so we've now added 52 to the ordinance we used to have a season that dependent upon where you read on different information in the city could range anywhere from May through
October what we did is we just made it annual it'll start on a date and end on a date so there'll be a year it won't be all year when you buy an a decal or permit for the boat ramps that'll last
for a 12-month period of time okay that is what we're covering in the most succinct language I can mr smith if I missed something please let me know that's all that ordinance deals with
okay we will get to the fees later on okay thank you thank you for saying it and thank you for talking out yeah Bill Collins 814 Bay thank you Mr smith for clarifying that i did have some questions and they do revolve
around both ordinance 9 and 10 but I'll just limit it to nine at this point on the the third section it says permits for boats and other watercraft launching from the effort city boat ram shall be required so in addition to permits for
trailers which is in the next ordinance are we now requiring a permit or sticker for watercraft no the that will be in number 10 and that is for the trailer so that when we look to enforce the rule of the trailer but this says this says for
boats and other watercraft launching yes they would be launching i'm saying but you're there there is a permit and the permit will go on the trailer on the trailer but not on the watercraft correct correct we don't have the right
place permits on watercraft state does that okay okay and again the other thing too and I think was just brought up earlier but what do we do for that person that comes down just wants to lodge for one day in
and out the fee will be on an annual basis that's the only fee there that will be we are looking at um different methods of being able to have somebody that wants to come down didn't contact us either through they would be able to contact through phone or email where we
could get them a permit but it is only going to be one permit and it's going to be on an annual basis regardless if you come down for one day or 362 days i don't know if that's that's the other thing I think good about this the ordinance you wrote in continue
throughout the uh calendar year which is a plus and you can amend the uh annual use fee schedule yes that would that is what we wanted to build some flexibility into it so that's how we Very good thank you you're welcome may I have a motion to close public
comment on this ordinance so moved second all in favor i I any opposed not hearing any opposed um may I have a motion to adopt the ordinance please so moved second any
comments not hearing any comments all in favor i I any opposed not hearing any opposed this uh ordinance is adopted one please ordinance number 10 of 2025 an ordinance
amending chapter 250 Vehicles and Traffic Article One General Provisions Section 250-43.1 Parking of Boats and Boat Trailers may I have a motion to open for public
comment so moved council President I will also be recusing myself from this okay thank you i'll second do we have a second okay um all in favor i I Any opposed not hearing any opposed we are
now open for public comment on ordinance number 10 okay with respect Patricia Pearson 587 Marks Road please talk to the audience and so we can hear everything i say that with respect
sincerely okay now on uh ordinance number 10 can you please explain it Mr smith yes prior ordinance is limited to no boat or trailer of combined length
exceeding 22 ft length shall be permitted to be parked upon any street alley or right away at any time within the city of Sun Point this ordinance changes that and includes any other type of trailer just
vote clarifies that we problem where you have perhaps a landscape parking a trailer and just leaving it there that exceeds 22 ft that's the first thing this ordinance does next thing this ordinance does talks
about trailers or boat and boats and trailers again combined 22 or less in length maybe on any street we added the trailer any other type of trailer okay the operator possession
sub ordinance stays the same just says responsible notwithstanding who may have parked it there in the new C that's part and parcel of the old ordinance the new section is B no boat trailer regardless of size whether or
not hooked up to motor vehicle shall be parked in any lot or other property owned or maintained by the city of Summer Point or on any of the following street without an attached sticker evidencing payment for a permit this goes to Mr
question as required in sections 199-7 and 199-8 of article 2 of chapter 199 the city code then list the streets Broadway Bay Avenue the route 52 bridge ramp George Street Annie
Avenue and Summers also and I included all Bay Avenue because You get someone dump their boat in they're going to drive down and find a place to park
somewhere we're just keeping them so we did all right if I come down from Renee with my boat and it's a 20 Oh before that what is a year if I buy a boat
today what is the year of the 25 calendar year it so it so you pay the 150 or whatever it doesn't matter if you buy it the last day of the year it's above 50 okay got that all right now if I say I come down from running me with
my trailer 22 foot trailer and I have my sticker and I stay two nights in Summers Point is there anywhere I can't park I didn't know you lived [Laughter]
22 feet or less may be parked upon any street public right away being there overnight consecutive evenings and it's got to be a vehicle so it could be part by it all the
time and they go stay at one of the hotel and leave their boat and that's okay that continues to Okay so um do you consider this ordinance friendly to fishermen and good
for tourists in this area that's not my job to consider well it's council well can somebody answer that i I mean I feel it's it's fair um it's you know it's fair to all of our residents it's fair to anyone that comes down here in
my opinion okay did you have did you get a group of fishermen together and ask them what their needs were what did you did you do any research to put this ordinance together or did you just pull it together i looked at other places around that had ordinances and that's
how I put it together i did not get a uh consortium of people together to ask okay thank you for talking to me you're welcome yes you may little nervous but I'm going to try my name is Melody Lapatina i have lived in
Summers Point for 20 years i was born here originally from LBI i live on Pennsylvania Avenue across the street from the Custard Hut i've worked in the casinos for 41 years i have a 21 ft walkound boat i docked my boat at Grace
Marina and I've docked other places on Bay Avenue your ordinance that I have that was submitted to me by Orville Matthysse because I was confused about what was what the orders and the ordinances were he gave it to me the one ordinance was
from 1996 the other ordinance was redone as of 1997 so if I in order I pay to go at Grace whatever if I want to work on my boat I want to wax it i want to wash it
i'm not allowed to keep it there two days if I keep it hooked up to my car I might not be questioned about it if I have a neighbor complain because they don't like me because I fought against a motel being by my house then I
get sent things to my house i lived here for 28 years i'm a fishing woman i love it here in Summers Point but I feel it's unfair that I'm not allowed to park my my boat in front of my house is up to my boat which I'm going to do on Sunday and
pray to God that I don't get a thing sent to me because I need to wash and wax my boat i am one person i will try to do it when I worked I only had one or two days to do it i will have a week to do it but I feel if you would understand
if you're a boater to do a boat in two days you have to do the motor to get it ready which is only painting i'm not going to paint my boat out front i used to i'm too old for that i have to pay but to wash my boat and everything you have to fight the element of all the
stuff that's coming down with all the trees blooming and stuff so now I have four days of rain and I'm going to hope that I get it to get I'm not going to be able possibly to get it done in two days so I can understand what you're saying about Bay Avenue i go
past her all the time but you guys got to consider this orders is so old that we are all voters that live here in Summers Point and we enjoy it but where am I to take my boat to wash and wax it if I can't do it
in front of my house for at least a week now that I'm not working I can do it in a week my suggestion would be chief please tell them what you're doing if you have a problem well I've already spoke to the guys can I just reiterate sure through the years I had spoke to
different people that were in charge and say "Listen I'm going to be out front doing my boat i might need a week i've called another time saying "But it's so bad outside i just need a few more days it's never been a problem." But concerns
me now as you guys are all looking at this ordinance so now you're stipulating it's two days if my neighbor that doesn't like me that didn't want to put him down finds out I can only be there for two days he may call up and give me a hard time now what can the police do
for me if it's an ordinance yeah I know i'm not going to write a ticket if you call So you're telling me to call the chief of police the ordinance has been in effect since 96 and 97 that 22 foot requirement
has never changed yeah but I've been told to I have Listen I've been already told three different times throughout the years to move my boat with a picture and everything that threat a $500 or $200 fine that's in this paperwork
but for to say well you know I might know this guy I might know that guy it's okay there's no guarantee for me so this ordinance is very broad and I want you to consider because I live right next to the Enterprise and you guys let the Enterprise go there and
they park in front of my house for weeks and months on end i had to put in a $10,000 driveway so I'm I pay taxes just like everybody else i'm just hoping that you guys consider about this ordinance two days is not enough
thank you for your comments just to clarify go ahead that that aspect like you just said right that that that aspect of the or of the code has not changed in this ordinance the only thing in this ordinance that's changing please correct me if I'm wrong
is that you are allowing those specific streets in the area around these boat ramps you can park your trailer correct to say that well it's to supplement the the parking
around the boat range yes correct go ahead wendy Vaka 601 Sunny Avenue i just want to get some clarity i'm a little confused hearing everybody talk and whatever um I have a boat i park it in my driveway my son comes to visit a
couple times during the summer he has a boat he has a little 18 foot boat he usually parks it out front of my house with his car in the trailer for the weekend takes it in and out parks it there overnight does he need a permit no so two days if he visits me you don't need a
permit you don't need a permit you don't need a permit if you live on Avenue trailer less than 22 okay all right that's always been the same there's only the permits are being required on the streets that are in
close proximity on Broadway i understand that's what the permits are for okay i just wanted to be sure thank you yeah tom do you mind just reading those streets again that was specifically with
the permits just so everybody can hear one second Bill i just want to make sure we get clarity on the streets that George Street Annie Avenues i see you there just just for the folks that were before
you go ahead sorry bill Collins 814 Bay um the ordinance 10 uh it's it's going to be enforced by code enforcement officer LC whereas the city code
enforcement has recommended such as but so is he the enforcement agency on this particular police can write a ticket the police can write a ticket also okay they can uh is it the uh permit is it going to be affixed to any certain place on
the trailer the tongue the It would be on the fender if it has a fender it would be on the driver's side rear fender if the you know like or the the piece that's across the back there on the driver's side so it's visible as it's being parked on that side you had a permit system
before the driver side if it had the well right some of them don't right yeah well I think it's good that the police because I the bulk I think of the traffic will be weekends throughout
the summer and I think you know the code enforcement individual probably isn't here um and I know Mr smith read this before but under uh section one 3B and D uh let me just read that
out it says "No boat boat trailer or trailer of any type with a length exceeding 22 feet shall be permitted to be parked upon any street alley right away at any time within the city of Summers Point." Period now it says down here but then it goes
"No boat trail regardless of size whether or not hooked up to a motor vehicle shall be parked in any lot or any property owned by the or maintained by the city of Summers Point or on any of the following streets without an attached sticker." So one said it wasn't
permitted this one says it is permitted with a sticker is that a conflict or is that I believe it's All we did with C was include trailers of any type right but I'm saying B and D
now we're saying that you have a boat trailer that is larger than 22 ft come down kennedy Park trailer 24T you need a
permit if you're under 22 you need a permit but it says nobody does regardless of size regardless of size it says so it could be over 22 or under 22 okay so basically B is no longer in
effect it's picked up by D is that what you're saying [Music] no on on Broadway they can't park there okay broadway they have
George Street one's dealing with streets right specifically the other ones just public as long as they have the permit all right and we talked earlier about u one
day passes and I think you're working on that there there is none there is none there is none there is none we'll get to that okay all right thank you like playing music don't you i do like playing music there you go
hello Curtis Dils smith Marina 910 Bay now Pat says it's uh customer friendly what about business friendly you know the uh myself Summers Point Marina customers come in just like any other
marina you go to to Meridav i went by there this morning merit a is from the Bay Avenue back all boats customers come drop their boats off i don't believe Merit A merit marine is own Merit A
because that goes back to condos gav same thing people come drop their boats off you grab with the forklift and you roll it into the shop that's what's going to happen at our place it's what happens every day you drop their boat
off we're working we're busy then we go out and we pick the uh the boat up and bring it in the yard work on it and then the customer takes it we either put in the water for them and they take the trailer away but there's a time lapse where that trailer is in front of our
business you know what happens there here's the reality of life unless someone calls the police to complain like Tom Smith who lives on Broadway and sees a 40ft trailer parked out there and calls the police no one's
really bo are driven we are complaint driven in connection with the police it isn't like the police are out looking to people so if someone's got a trailer that's there
for I highly highly doubt a an officer is going to write a ticket yeah but now they have the choice that they can they have that choice now they can write tickets where they want to have the trail under 22 feet you
don't you don't you don't hear what he's saying all right i bet you if you check with the court I bet you our police officers haven't written a parking ticket in a year if not longer we don't have manpower out
enforcing this stuff unless a resident calls us and says "Hey I got this boat trailer's been sitting out here for three days." Then we have to deal with it we're not looking for things to come
out and issue citations on we're putting an instrument in there that when a resident calls we can deal with it so when residents calls oh you got trailers out in front of Smith Marina Summers Point Marina and then you have a young cop that comes down that doesn't
know any of us right now we don't have any young cops yeah well maybe young compared to us up here correct yeah but not what we call youngsters we looked on our books the uh I say 70% of our customers are
coming from Pennsylvania for a boat then we have people coming from Connecticut North Jersey which I don't know why you come from Connecticut to Summers Point but they do you know and they launch their boat and then sometimes they have
their truck and trailer on the street and then instead of driving back to Pennsylvania take the trailer home they want to enjoy it an hour or two you know what I mean so then that trailer is going to be sitting on the street like it's done the last 70 years and then
somebody write the ticket and now I got an unhappy customer only if somebody calls only somebody calls yeah and I lived on Summers Avenue for 20 years i had boat trailers parked out in front of my house and everything else and the only time anyone ever called the police
is when it sat there for a length of time u I mean do you remember anybody coming down and and ticketing any boat trailers or anything that were sitting on Summers Avenue and Summers Avenue only has parking on one side there is a big deficit for parking on that street i
mean everybody in the in the Bayfront accepts that in the summertime you're dealing with crowds going to the bars you're dealing with boat trailers you know and this is not put into effect to break residents balls this is put into
effect to address a problem if one of the residents has it now if you have a problem with one of the residents around there that it's going to bust your stones you can't do anything about that that's where your public relations comes in with your business that you have to
do but we don't have boat police to go around and police trailers or anything else we're lucky we have enough cops to go out and do real cop stuff true so I you know I I mean you're putting too much into this but I'll tell
you what I'll do if this becomes a problem and affects your business call me and we will address it here and we will amend this if this causes a problem i mean you read the the sentinel that you guys post out or the city website
and it states no boat trailers without it didn't say without the uh the sticker or tag or anything it just said no boat trailers on Bay no boat trailers on Broadway and uh for us that's that's a
Yeah I did read into it that that's a that's a big uh Well one of the things is I've been here all along 30 years i do i've always gotten complaints about boat trailers on Bay Avenue and stuff boats being blocking trailers when you're loading and lo
loading that's summer's point in the summertime the same way when we get complaints that hey there's loud music coming from the bars in the summertime it's been that way forever it it's something that happens but somewhere down the line there are things that we
need to address and this is just a mechanism that gives if there is a problem that it it gives us the ability to address it it's not something we're going to go out i have to cut this off because it's far past three minutes so thank I'm sorry I used up my three
minutes i didn't Thank you thank you good evening Jean Summers Avenue um we're a waterfront community we're a boating community it's in our DNA uh I moved here because in part because I I liked it um and we always
had boat trailers just part of the the charm you know uh of having it but it doesn't always get charming and as far as you don't have people running around here's my notice of violation because I parked my
boat trailer in front of my house while I did spring make ready and I had a small dump trailer with a load of mulch so my wife and I could spread mulch and I got my notice of violation so I went to Mr
mcbryan i said "What are you doing?" Wow he said "Well I was driving by and I saw them there so I wrote you up." Now that's one of the five notices of violation that I've gotten in the time I've lived here for five different things but I think I don't want to
believe people in Summers Point City Hall don't like me but I sure do draw a lot of attention we got rid of Mr mcbry yeah well that you know but you got another guy uh you know uh at the same time that I got this
a neighbor who will remain unnamed had a boat trailer down further down the street that sat there for a month so there's selective enforcement there's a lot of issues but as Kurt Dilk said there's trailers all the time you it's
it's part of our community we we shouldn't be doing this i understand sometimes there's problems but I think we're going way overboard and and not really changing the the trail or issue
other than well protect protect people do do I need a do I need a permit a sticker to park my trailer in front of my house on Summers Avenue what size is your trailer
the seven at the time it was a 17T boat it was 22 foot so you can park it there two nights two nights you can still park it there that part of the house has never changed well never that
that we didn't mess with that yeah but you sat here earlier and said we don't go looking for trouble and we don't mess with it and I'm telling you you do no Mr mcbryan did right right and Mr the
other guy's name who decided that I had a sight triangle violation and I sent him eight other sight triangle violations and none of them got fixed but it's a voting
community it just just a bad idea but you'll do what you want thank you thank you for your comment nothing changed nothing changed i am Chris Sabatini Summers Point Marina 8:30 Bay um I agree with Jean Dobbley
and uh what do voting comm community it's not very inviting just asking for trouble thank you all right not seeing any other motion to close the public portion second please
second all in favor i any opposed all right we're now close for public comment on this ordinance um I have a motion and a second to uh adopt i'll make that motion i have a second second
all right all in favor i any opposed not hearing any opposed ordinance number 10 is now adopted as we mentioned earlier number 11 was pulled so now we will go into
resolutions oh uh Mr chairman can I make a suggestion yes sir can you bump number 106 up to be the first one that we deal with because that has to do Okay with the fees for the boat ramps and I know there's people that have been asking about that okay i don't and I don't
think anybody has a problem with that so uh let me first ask for a motion to uh open up for public comment may I have a motion please i'll make that motion i'll second for resolutions second please you got second all in favor i any
opposed any opposed we are now open for resolutions only okay moren Hellbig 106 East Stalls so I have a comment on resolution 105 um so I listened to Dr trochy's
presentation requesting consideration for redevelopment plan for his proposed condo development on Gaul Avenue which is in the historic district so it was obvious that his pres obvious to me that his presentation had nothing definitive
he presented a photograph of a building that looked like maybe it was taken from Architectural Digest um if I'm standing in shore in the shore diner parking lot looking up at the mansion I'm impressed that our city takes such pride and effort to preserve
the oldest historic building we have in Atlantic County and it's shocking to me that Dr troy presented a proposed building of such a scale and design that's incompatible with anything we have in the historic district
it was also insulting to all the hardworking families in Summers Point that pay their full taxes to hear Dr troy ask that tax relief be considered for the buyers of his condos that he says will pay over a million dollars for
what he called second home owners using their place for a fraction of the year so our hardworking people that are raising their families here have only one home have to pay full taxes i guess I just don't see the logic in why are we
considering giving tax relief to someone who can afford a million-doll home it's their second home and they're only going to come for the summer um so anyway that's my opinion but naturally a substantial amount of specific information particular to his
property will be necessary and hopefully available to the public prior to any decision made by council thank you thank you for your comments please motion to close public portion on the
resolutions second all in favor i any opposed not hearing any opposed we are now closed for the public portion on resolutions madam cl can you do resolution uh number 106 first if you
would please resolution number 106 of 2025 setting fees for the Summers Point boat ramps for the year 2025 uh Mr chairman yes could we have the clerk read the last two paragraphs of that which says what the fees are yes
please thank you now therefore be it resolved by the common council of the city of Summers Point that until further modification by the city council the fees of the city of Summers Point 2 boat ramp shall be set upon an annual use only and as follows veterans and Summers
Point residents $75 for an annual permit non-residents $150 for an annual permit commercial operations and entities $500 for four annual permits be it further resolved that any individual or entity
that has already purchased a permit or a FOB for the city's gate system for 2025 shall be given a credit for such monies expended okay thank you for reading that all right may I have a motion so moved i have a second second any comments yeah
Council President uh just for clarification uh we talked about an annual fee of 75 and $150 that's for the year that's that's not If they buy it today it's good till April of next year it is no no okay the
way you phrase your question okay it's only good for 2025 that's my point i know i I just want to try to trick you up that's all no but uh yeah it's it's it's it's for 2025 it's not a full
calendar year a full year but because I thought I I heard but going forward who's on first we But going forward we can amend the fees to go on a calendar year we We can change this it's a special resolution gets in
by gets in by Monday at at noon it's on the agenda for Thursday of that week passes and there you go it's changed right so we can change it but but right now as it stands it's calendar year 2025
correct and in January of 2026 there has to be another one purchased correct as it stands now as it stands okay that's fine the only other question I have is the four stickers for commercial how are we going to deviate or make it see a
difference between commercial versus regular are they going to be are those commercial stickers going to be different that hasn't been uh exactly discussed but there's been a push for some years because certain
marinas pick up those down there right i just they get four stickers yeah it it's just it's just my opinion that you should have the commercial stickers should be different than the standard residential stickers that's all that is
something how these stickers are going to look that that's all administrative right okay i just wanted I just wanted on the record that I would like I question on enforcement of any of this right that's a whole that's a whole different
enforcement is a whole different ballgame i just went on record that I would like to see commercial stickers be different than that of residential stickers yeah i have a question for Tom i didn't think the city was allowed to uh set two fees one for Summers Point
and one for Well we do it for all everything we do down at the park you want I'll write a memo on this for you no I don't need a memo consistent with consistent with how we we charge
people for Well I'm not against it i just I don't think so any other comments uh I just wanted to ask Tom a question tom who instructed you to do these ordinances in this fee schedule
excuse me who instructed you to do what we just voted on and what we're going to vote on may I answer that Mr smith i'm just asking you a simple question i was instructed to do ordinances and and based upon the content of the prior
ordinances you made the changes necessary to make it work that took place here okay at the last meeting we had to come up with something okay
whether or not it's right and you know I did ask Mr smith to do a lot of this work because when we had our city council meeting a few meetings ago and I asked the question for input um felt
like this would be a good way to go okay i'm just saying if you'd fess up and for the blame there so it gets me off the hook i'm the guy down the end i mean it's uh I was going to say that that letter you gave me no I'm uh I don't I thought I thought he
drafted these i don't I But you're on the hook with your vote whatever you vote was going to you know and I stand by my vote no hey me too may I uh finish Council President uh I'll also be recusing myself from this vote
even though I do disagree with that but could you can I can we have a little more information on why I've never seen anybody recuse them so may I you can ask you can ask your solicitor here i mean do you have any private interest in our program i have no interest i have no
benefit when no matter what you do whether you charge nothing or you charge $500 on doesn't matter may I finish let's move on please i finish my thought please before I was uh rudely interrupted up here um when I was putting this together asked Mr smith to
to do this um I've read a lot of the uh old or uh resolutions and they were feebased resolutions in here um the last four years we've had some difficulty collecting fees and things of that nature and our costs were uh higher than
our our collection so I felt like this was a way to try to get something in place and it's going to be for this year uh the way the ordinance I mean the way the resolution and the ordinances are written you can go ahead and we can change this uh but it is a start and we
will build on it and that's why I did it doesn't Sounds good i appreciate that Mr president any other comments not hearing any other comments okay i need to get A motion thank you i'll make that motion
i have a second second all right we have a first and a second all in favor i any opposed not hearing any opposed resolution 106 is approved 104 let's go to 104 resolution number
104 of 2025 authorizing purchase on state contract law enforcement firearms equipment and supplies i'll make that motion i have a second second all in favor any opposed not hearing any
opposed resolution 104 is approved uh madame clerk 105 please resolution number 105 of 2025 authorizing executive session advice of council and attorney client privilege communication regarding the status of potential development
negotiations involving the property located at 939 Bay Avenue before I ask for a motion on this we will go into executive session um coming out of executive session I don't believe we'll be taking any action uh people are willing you know if you're willing and
want to wait in the lobby that's okay too but I just want to let you know we don't think we'll be taking any action when we come out may I have a motion please i'll make that motion i have a second second any comments not hearing any comments all in favor i any opposed not hearing any opposed resolution
number 105 is approved we have already done 106 let's move on to 107 please resolution number 107 of 2025 resolution hiring Kate McKenzie for the role of part-time recreation board secretary
have a motion motion may I have a second second any comments not hearing any comments all in can I make one comment if that's okay with you it's okay mayor give me that look all right go ahead actually uh I think Kate McKenzie is going to do an excellent job in this
position she's already proved herself with her involvement with the PAL and the different uh activities that she has been able to put together uh I think that she'll be you know with the PAL uh and I think that she's going to be a big asset it's going to really help out the record board
any other comments not hearing any other comments all in favor any opposed not hearing any opposed resolution number 107 is approved 108 was pulled 109 um when you want to do the introduction
well why don't you want to read it first before you have Well no actually Bob I'm going Bob why don't you go to 109 y that's where we'll go make a motion and then have him come up and talk yeah if you would all right so may I have a motion for uh I'll read resolution 109
i'm sorry jump i'm sorry resolution 109 of 2025 recognizing April as National Autism Acceptance Month i have a motion motion i have a second second and Bob you want to come up and talk bob
is a representative from Shore and he's going to talk a little bit about this for us thank you Bob well good evening bob Robertson representing Shore Medical Center 100 Medical Center Way i just wanted to this is a very important topic uh autism awareness and acceptance and
uh a visit to the hospital is stressfilled for anybody for a person with sensory difficulties it's traumatic and it's terrifying so uh it is uh we we've uh realized this back in 2021 we
were the second hospital in New Jersey to establish a pediatric sensory room in our nice pediatric hybrid unit it's it's got all the it's got spec you know specially trained employees communication tools to speak with the
individuals video and uh sound machines to calm sensory toys which we give to the uh patients as they leave too you like we don't keep them and recycle them there there's weighted blankets all this
is to make a calming effect and it has been a tremendous success and uh even people down in Delaware have heard about our sensory and have called because there's difficult sticks and blood draws and they've come up from Delaware to
have their their blood drawn from nurses you know at shore now to that effect we have two new initiatives one is we're going to be starting at April 28th we're going to kick that that off that's the outpatient sensory treatment room that's
going to have the same kind of you know sensory aids that uh you know the you know the inpatient pediatric uh does but uh it it's going to be a specialized parking uh space for those
people they'll be scheduled visits so please get the word out feeling like we're here to help because it is I mean uh impatients bad enough but uh blood sticks it it's really traumatic so uh we're very proud of the that initiative
now next month we're going to have the uh adult pediatric uh initiative and that's going to be in bay three right in the adult ER and that that thanks to the Philadelphia Eagles they're very big in
autism awareness they they provided us a grant to pay for some of the the costs there the need was well you know children time out from being able to use peas well they don't stop being autistic
or other sensory issues so we are going to create that it's going to be a great addition we're going to hard wall right off phase one and two and it's going to be a nice calming place within the adult ED and uh we're we're continuing to look
at what other services that we could provide these patients uh the staff is very passionate about it and uh like to their credit they know how to handle these issues because in some cases it could get chaotic and in some cases you
know elbows flying but everybody's aware of what these uh patients are going through they're very sensitive to those uh needs of patients dr i'm I'm going to pass this out to okay you guys and I'll pass a few out to the public just you know please get the
word out you know because this is a service you know like and it's close to home we're one of the few that do this and I'm sure there's going to be others in the future that this is a much needed service so thank you any questions so if I Mr president if I may just uh just
another example of how fortunate we are to have such a a a fine facility a shore uh medical center in our community and and I do appreciate uh you the hospital recognizing uh the needs of those types
of patients and and what they're the challenges they are faced with including you know obviously their families and I and I hope that this resolution raises up that level of acceptance and and awareness you know
for autism so I appreciate it thank you so much thank you Bob bobby there was something you said and I don't normally share this story because it's a tough one to share but my oldest brother had cerable palsy he was born in
1945 and about eight years old he had cerable palsy fell through a window and he had to have stitches after that he never spoke and it was because of the care he didn't get like the carrier doctor so and the one family from Delaware the
parents were just as traumatized it was a big deal they they were reaching out for help they got treatment the first time then they've been back ever since so it's making a difference for these patients and uh be commended for all our good caregivers we appreciate everybody down at the
hospital the hard work you guys are doing for this thank you absolutely thank you thank you any other comments not having any other comments before we vote on it I'm going to ask Madam Clerk to read the full resolution
if you would sure thank you whereas autism is a lifelong neurological condition that affects how individuals perceive the world communicate and interact with others and whereas according to the Centers for disease control and Prevention approximately one
in 36 children in the United States is diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder with varying degrees of challenges and strengths and whereas individuals with autism contribute greatly to our communities through their unique perspectives talents and
abilities and whereas National Autism Acceptance Month observed each April aims to go beyond awareness to promote acceptance inclusion and appreciation of individuals with autism and whereas fostering acceptance of individuals with
autism encourages more inclusive practices in schools workplaces and communities ensuring that people of all abilities are valued and supported and whereas the city of Summers Point proudly supports the rights dignity and inclusion of individuals with autism and
their families now therefore be it resolved that the city council of the city of Summers Point recognizes the month of April as National Autism Acceptance Month and encourages residents to learn more about autism and to promote acceptance and inclusion in
all aspects of community life thank you Madame Clerk um all in favor i Any opposed no one is opposed thank Thank you for that resolution number 109 is approved okay now we're going to move on
to uh the resolutions in the consent agenda may I have a Do we have one no that was P okay I'm sorry I missed that may I have a motion for the consent agenda please i have a second second any comments not hearing any comments all in
favor i any opposed not hearing any opposed consent agenda is approved did we do number 110 110 was pulled i questioned that too i said that earlier oh okay sorry I missed it how about one
thing mr mcguan okay um any old business not hearing any old business any new business not hearing any new business mr frost
oh I'm Did you have something uh I just forgot something no you sure okay i don't want to I don't want to leave anybody out um Mr first discussion on bills please yes this evening we have bills in the amount of 865,597
okay public portion may I have a a motion to open up for public portion uh second all in favor any opposed not hearing any opposed um we are now open for public session
take your time good for you Pat take good time keep them knees greased up you okay yes all right uh Patricia Pearson 587 Marks Road all right some of the this is for the
record and I just want to inform you um last night was a wonderful night at Mexicila it was celebrating from the Summers Point Business Association they celebrated
a 123rd birthday of the city of Summers Point there was a maybe 60 to 75 people there it was excellent and uh like to thank everybody who uh put it on because I was really impressed i'm telling you
the truth and I wish more people would attend um Janice Johnson was there Mike Owen was there there were some other people there and uh it was excellent and very good okay that's that one
now the Sakura Foundation gave a donation to the arts committee and it the arts committee appreciates it very much and uh I want that in the record too because that was a very good charitable thing to do mr
greg Sakur gave out of a foundation that his family has gave our arts committee um a check okay I would like you to as this meeting is tonight and you see the the you see the hurt and the
strain on the marinas in this town i would like you as council to like invite them and have a talk and see how you can make things better it's either going to be a fishing friendly town or it's not
you get a bad reputation like that overnight so I think you should make that a priority because u these fishermen like with like fishing it's strenuous when you have to come down put the boat in the water take it out how tired you are this and that whatever
whatever so I think you should pay attention to that okay then um the lot for the trail or the trailers that the fishermen have weren't we talking one time about isn't there a lot over by
public works and back at Josie Kelly's parking lot or something can you look into that that's Gregory's old lot right no no she's talking about the lot right behind Josie Kelly's uh that was purchased by
the people that own the property on Route 52 okay if you're looking to the left we have the old drag line to the right yeah well look around and see what I don't know what you can do for these
fishermen but I'd like to see you do something i really would because it it's a threemonth business and you don't realize how much money they bring into town they do bring a lot of money into town i'm telling you when are these stickers going to be available and how
are the people going to know for the trailers and everything tomorrow or next week or when we're going to shoot for Jason Mayh 1st i'd like to have the stickers available and we'll get the postings out there on the uh on the website and communicate with people about how they can go ahead and procure
them probably about 10 days or something yeah well around the first of of now okay give us a little bit of time takes a little bit to get them printed up and we have to have some signage done so that the signage is at the ramps so people know exactly what to do all right
and also Avalon the city of Avalon got $83,000 grant for to put a trail in i think they have these dunes or whatever for impaired people so that they can come out and enjoy themselves so that
was a big grant 83,000 i wanted you to know that and what is this RFP um I don't know where it is here uh for marina operations what
reauthorizing RFP for marina operations what is that this is the second uh goround on the RFP to operate the our marina down there um the first one there was no takers Jason am I correct so you're going out based on statute i think it's the right term second time
you have to go out for a second time request for permission that's the acronym request for pro proposal right is what we're we're going out for again it's itched you have to go out twice if you didn't get anything the first time around okay all right thank you for your
time thank you for listening thank you may I have a motion to close we got somebody coming again i I got to got to get behind Pat i can't courtesy courtesy bill Collins 814 Bay uh when madame clerk read the uh
resolution 106 am I correct in saying that there's three three fees resident fee for the boat ramp at $75,1 150 for non-resident and 500 for commercial/haulers correct is there any
accommodation for using the ramp on a daily basis no all right i think we're leaving a lot a lot of money on the table i I would ask council to figure this out but I know we got the you know the machines set up we got the gates my understanding are the gates do work we
have some issues with the credit cards but the one there at Route 52 we'll take the credit card i think we have a great opportunity there and we really should look into it okay especially as taxes keep going up you know it's a way to offset them a little bit whatever the
number is i know there were some projections at $64,000 previously and and I know Mr faulenstein even gave numbers much higher than that i think I think we need to look at daily basis on that too does anybody know
exactly and we're talking about some issues what are there any more problems with the gates i don't know if Jason knows the answer to that or not they're still not working well are we going to get somebody to look at the gates to see if they're
working i mean my my guess is even if you have a Yeah we're going a different way right now with the with the decal system um you know again I said that we're going to look at different things potentially down the road this is to get through this year okay decal system key fobs you
still got to open the gates so if you get a key fob because you have a permit or a sticker fine but you still got to open the gates the gates are open the gates are open they're not going to I know that they've been open for years i know that they're going to stay open they're going to be
open yeah that doesn't mean that down the road we don't do something different i don't I mean we need to figure it out i mean can anybody come up with a solution yeah stickers i did stickers
okay but again the daily the voter for the weekend the daily voter in and out all the time well maybe they'll make it up with the I mean you heard how many people come in at at Summers Point Marina and the other marinas just want to use it for the
weekend they put it on the rack okay okay thank you did you see anybody motion to close the public portion i have a second please all in favor of closing the public i opposed not hearing
any opposed for public comment five minute reset all right no we need to pay the bills may I have a motion to pay the bills please i'll make that motion i have a second second all right thank you all in favor i any opposed not hearing any opposed uh please go ahead
Mr frost and pay the bills do we have any more comments for the governing body if if not we're going into executive session um When we come out of executive session we're not looking to take any action if you want to wait in the lobby we will come out and get you we'll take
a 5m minute break thank you