[0:09] All right.
>> Okay.
[0:12] » Good evening everyone.
>> Welcome to the township council meeting
[0:16] of July 20, 2026. Please rise for the
pledge of allegiance.
[0:30] stands.
[0:37] » Thank you,
[0:41] » Madame Clerk. Would you do a roll call?
>> Councilman Green
[0:46] » here.
>> Councilwoman Jane Jwitt,
[0:48] » present.
>> Councilman Mustakis,
[0:49] » here.
>> Deputy Mayor Caroline Coen,
[0:52] » present.
Public announcement. M um would you
[0:56] please read the public announcement
>> in compliance with the open public
[0:59] meeting act
of the state of New Jersey, uh adequate
[1:04] notice of this meeting of the township
council was provided in the following
[1:07] manner in January 9th, 2026. Written
notice of this meeting was posted on the
[1:12] bulletin board in the Mount Laurel
Municipal Center. Copies were sent to
[1:15] the Burlington County Times and the your
post.
[1:20] Thank you. Bill le. I make a motion for
the approval of the bill lease. May I
[1:24] have a second?
>> Second.
[1:27] » Thank you. Now,
>> Deputy Mayor Caroline Coen,
[1:31] » present.
>> I Yes, sir.
[1:34] » Councilman Green,
>> I.
[1:35] » Councilwoman Janu.
>> Hi, Councilman Mustakis.
[1:38] » Hi.
>> Thank you. Midi minutes. Uh, next is
[1:42] approval of the minutes um meeting
minutes. May I have a motion? I'll make
[1:46] a motion.
>> I'll second.
[1:48] » Thank you.
>> Councilman Mustakis. Hi,
[1:50] » Councilwoman Jan Jet.
>> Hi,
[1:52] » Councilman Green.
>> I,
[1:54] » Deputy Mayor Kylen.
>> Hi,
[1:56] » and Deputy Mayor, prior to starting the
resolutions, I just want to um clarify
[2:00] for everybody that a lastm minute
resolution was added uh resolution 182,
[2:05] which is a change order recommended by
the township engineer for improvements
[2:10] that were done to Union Mill from Union
Mill to Briggs Road. Perfect.
[2:16] » Thank you, Meredith. Um, next is our
consent agenda. This evening we are
[2:21] moving with resolutions 26-R164
[2:27] through 26-R182.
[2:30] Um, Meredith, would you please provide a
summary on the resolutions?
[2:34] » Resolution 164 and 165 are vet
deductions recommended by our um tax
[2:40] assessor. Resolution 166 and 167 are um
grants that the township has received.
[2:49] Resolution 168 is the is a co-op
purchase also is 169 and uh 170 is a
[2:59] contract between our EMS workers. 171 is
a contract between our clerical workers.
[3:07] 172 is a contract between our
supervisors. And I'm happy to say that
[3:11] negotiates all of our union contracts.
So, everyone will be under contract uh
[3:17] effective next year. Resolution 173 is
placing leans on properties in which
[3:23] public works had to go out and either
and cut their grass due to um the height
[3:29] and not responding to notices.
Resolution 174 is a bond release at the
[3:36] recommendation of the township engineer.
175 is appointing police chaplain for
[3:41] the police department. Uh this is a
yearly appointment. Resolution 176 is
[3:47] appro approving a grant drive sober or
get pulled over 2026 state Labor Day
[3:53] crackdown.
177 and 178 are licensing agreements
[4:00] um that are recommended by our township
engineer. Resolution
[4:05] uh 179 is the annual resolution that we
have to do to be able to purchase under
[4:10] state contract. Resolution 180 is a
change of a name of an existing cannabis
[4:17] retailer and 181 is authorizing uh the
planning board to conduct a preliminary
[4:22] investigation into a redevelopment zone.
and 182 is that resolution I was
[4:28] discussing which was a change order for
improvements done from Union Mill Road
[4:32] to Briggs Road.
>> Thank you, Marit. Um, may I have a a
[4:36] motion to approve resolutions 26-R64
through 26-R
[4:44] 182?
>> I'll make a motion.
[4:46] » I'll second.
>> Councilman Mustakis. I
[4:50] » Councilman Green. Hi, Councilwoman Janu.
Hi, Deputy Mayor Ken Cole. I Okay. Next,
[4:56] um we are uh we are moving with the
ordinance for second reading and public
[5:01] hearing. Let's start with ordinance
26-9,
[5:05] » an ordinance amending chapter 148 of the
municipal code to create a no parking
[5:10] zone on a portion of Elbow Lane.
[5:15] » Okay. At this time, we are um going to
open to the public um for ordinance 26-9
[5:21] only. So if you have any any comments or
wish to speak on this resolution only,
[5:28] please come come to the front.
>> Okay. Seeing none, I now close the
[5:34] public hearing. U may I have a motion to
adopt the ordinance 2 20 26 2026 I'll
[5:41] make
>> 19.
[5:43] » I'll second.
>> Thank you. Next we have
[5:46] » Councilman Mustakis.
>> Hi.
[5:48] » Councilwoman Janja.
>> Hi.
[5:49] » Councilman Green.
>> Hi. Deputy Mayor Catalan Cole.
[5:53] » I thank you, Meredith.
>> Next ordinance. Um, ordinance 26-20,
[5:59] » an ordinance amending chapter 95A of the
municipal code entitled licensing to
[6:04] confirm process for licensing agreement
requests. And for the public's
[6:08] knowledge, this is just changing the
licensing agreement. Instead of having
[6:12] to come in front of on a council
meeting, it's actually just going to
[6:16] continue to go to the engineer. If the
engineer recommends it, it will then
[6:20] come to the manager's office to be
signed off on.
[6:24] » Thank you. Anyone um wish to speak on
this ordinance?
[6:30] » Okay. Thank you. Can I have a motion?
>> I'll make a motion.
[6:33] » Second.
>> Thank you.
[6:36] » Councilman uh Councilwoman Janet.
>> Hi.
[6:38] » Councilman Green.
>> Hi.
[6:40] » Councilman Mustakis.
>> I.
[6:42] » Deputy Mayor Catalan Co.
>> I. Next we have ordinance 2026-21.
[6:50] » An ordinance repealing ordinance
2026-15.
[7:01] » Thank you.
Um opening to the public you wish to
[7:06] speak on this ordinance only. Thank you.
>> Hi. How are you this morning? Deputy
[7:10] Mayor Trevor Shell 164 Camera Lane. I
should have asked this question much
[7:15] sooner, but uh I'm curious because I
don't remember what ordinance 2026-15
[7:23] was.
>> It was the lefthand turn.
[7:25] » The lefthand turn. Can you can you just
give us a little bit more
[7:29] » info on that?
>> So,
[7:32] » sorry, Meredith.
A couple months ago, there was an
[7:36] ordinance that would prohibit lefthand
turns at certain additional times from
[7:41] Tamo Shanter onto church. Um, it was
adopted and then lots of residents came
[7:48] out at the last meeting and it was u
motioned and seconded to introduce a new
[7:55] ordinance to repeal it so we could have
more time to vet it with the engineers
[8:00] to discuss it further.
[8:04] That help? Good.
>> Okay. Um, anyone anyone else that wishes
[8:09] to speak?
[8:18] » Uh,
thanks.
[8:22] » You're tall, Trevor. Good evening. Amy
Griffin. Um, I live on South Brentwood
[8:26] Drive in the Ramblewood section. Um, I
would like an update on the status of
[8:30] the repeat traffic engineering safety
study that was requested and discussed
[8:35] at the last meeting. Meredith indicated
that that study could take approximately
[8:39] 60 to 90 days. And understanding that
time frame, when can residents
[8:44] realistically expect to review the
report and discuss potential next steps?
[8:48] » Sure. myself and the police department
have met and we're not going to do that
[8:52] study until route the route 73 project
is finalized and we have final plans
[8:58] from the state of New Jersey. I spoke
with Kimberly and Nance at the state.
[9:01] I'm still uh you know they still don't
know if they will be able to get every
[9:06] property that they need to make those
improvements and put that bypass. So um
[9:12] that I mean that overpass. So until we
have a final plan and we know how it's
[9:16] going to affect the neighborhood and how
they can and can't come out onto Route
[9:21] 73, we're going to wait for the study
until we have the final plan from the
[9:26] state so we know what exactly they're
going to be doing.
[9:30] » So years is what you're indicating.
>> Well, they're they're
[9:34] » years.
>> No, Kimberly Nance says that I should
[9:37] have a final plan by next year.
So for the next year, it's a reasonable
[9:44] expectation that of this council. I just
want to be clear. It's a reasonable
[9:49] expectation that I should be happy with
2,000 cars driving past my house on any
[9:56] given weekday
>> and I'll wait for I'll wait for your
[10:00] answers. Go ahead. You can one by one if
you want to answer that. That's a
[10:03] reasonable
>> I think the town council I think the
[10:04] count town council is going to take the
recommendation of their township and
[10:08] manager and the police chief and their
tra traffic lieutenant that think that
[10:13] the engineer needs to see the whole
puzzle. You know like we talked about
[10:19] you know that potentially if we enforce
that ordinance and then the state does
[10:24] do their plan it would affect people
exiting the rear. So obviously we want
[10:29] to know the whole puzzle before we spend
money on the township engineers to do
[10:33] another study.
>> But you enlisted the township engineer
[10:38] to do a study. You took the
recommendations and then you
[10:43] met with resistance
signs.
[10:45] » It wasn't the township.
>> Whomever it was people would sign police
[10:48] department
>> showed up and then we quickly repealed
[10:51] that. And now and now I'm as a resident
I'm being told that my safety doesn't
[10:58] matter
>> and that the volume of 2,000 car over
[11:02] 2,000 cars a day driving past my
residence is not important.
[11:08] » My property value, my the safety of my
children, the safety of my family,
[11:12] that's not important.
>> I I don't know anywhere in the minutes
[11:15] where anybody has said that your safety
is not important.
[11:19] the township is taking its time to do
this correctly. The the police officers
[11:25] identified an issue that we thought we
were taking care of. Now the engineers
[11:29] want to take a look at it because hey,
they're the professionals and they're
[11:32] going to take a look at it. Now there's
also timing issues with the DOT. So we
[11:36] have to let all these work together or
we're going to create more problems. The
[11:39] problem sometimes with government is we
do rush to make decisions and in this
[11:43] case we we rushed that ordinance and it
wasn't appropriate time to have that
[11:48] adopted. So we p we're pulling it back
so that everybody can take a good strong
[11:54] evaluation of what needs to be done at
that entire intersection and try to make
[11:59] a plan that is more appropriate to
everybody. You included, your children
[12:03] included,
>> right? my children that are 14 and 16
[12:08] and that have been dealing with this
their entire lives because we continue
[12:14] to bring it to council. We continue to
bring it to the township and we get
[12:17] absolutely nowhere. I took it to the
county. They said, "Sounds like it's a
[12:21] gripe with Mount Laurel." I don't know
what else to do to impress upon you that
[12:26] this is a safety issue.
And to say that we're going to wait and
[12:32] continue to wait another 2 3 4 years.
How is that a solution to a safety
[12:39] issue?
>> I think because it's a safety issue,
[12:41] that's what we are taking our time to
make sure we make the best decision. I
[12:45] mean, having the community here and
hearing from the community that is a
[12:49] concern. That's what we wanted to make
sure we make the right decision. Right.
[12:53] And yet down the street a flashing
pedestrian walkway went up overnight
[12:58] » from the county.
>> From the county, right? You can go back
[13:01] to the Yeah. From the county,
>> right? I continue to go to the county.
[13:04] The county says my complaint is with
Mount Laurel Township
[13:08] » and we and we understand your complaint.
Police are aware of your complaint. They
[13:13] will continue to keep an eye and
enforce.
[13:15] » How many tickets were issued for turning
on South Brentwood and Tamishanter in
[13:20] 2026?
[13:23] I mean,
>> we don't have that information here, but
[13:26] we have we can make sure we
have asked for it before. I've asked for
[13:30] the number of tickets generated and
issued in 2024, 2025, 2025, 2026. I got
[13:37] nothing.
>> I've asked for that data for the past 10
[13:40] years.
>> That data is not logged by by location.
[13:42] » No, it's not.
>> So, the ordinance, it's not logged by
[13:45] the ordinance. No,
>> the violation of the ordinance. No, I I
[13:48] serve as a municipal prosecutor in many
towns that the tickets are not logged by
[13:52] location. They're logged by the officer
who issues the ticket. Obviously,
[13:57] they're logged by the town, but they're
not logged by intersection. Like, I
[14:00] can't run a report and and find out all
the tickets at town center. It's just
[14:04] not possible to do that.
>> But it's a turning restriction
[14:08] violation, correct? During posted hours,
>> right?
[14:12] » What your
>> That should be pretty easy to
[14:14] » No.
>> No. Because you could write a speeding
[14:16] ticket there. You could write
>> that would be great. Speeding ticket
[14:19] would be great. According to the traffic
study, people were going 54 miles an
[14:23] hour in a 25 res.
>> But my point is you can write multiple
[14:25] tickets at the location. I can't tell
you what's happening.
[14:28] » Multiple tickets would be amazing.
>> They're written everywhere.
[14:31] » The system doesn't allow you to run a
report in that nature.
[14:34] » Okay.
It it does seem like a failure of the
[14:39] system that you can't generate that.
>> We'll tell the attorney general.
[14:43] » Okay. Okay. And so where do I go from
here? because if not, I'm gonna come
[14:47] back every single month and I'm gonna
keep talking about this issue. That's
[14:51] fine. So,
>> but you're right. You can continue to
[14:54] communicate with Lieutenant Dra Almo and
the traffic department. At this time,
[14:59] it's his job to make sure enforcement is
happening out on the road. Um, it
[15:04] directly falls under him, but at this
time, there's no further update.
[15:08] » So, ticket data between the hours of 7
and 9:00 a.m. that you won't be able to
[15:11] generate would be up to Lieutenant Gar
Alamo.
[15:15] » No, ma'am. What I meant is it's his
enforcement to make sure that he puts
[15:19] officers out there,
>> which he has said he's unable to do
[15:23] because traffic accidents happen in the
rush hours of the morning.
[15:27] » I don't think those were his exact
words, but
[15:29] » okay, that is exactly what he said. So,
I'm really looking at this council. I'm
[15:35] really disappointed because repeated
>> invitations
[15:39] » council also has an obligation to also
hear the other residents in the
[15:43] neighborhood here
>> but they were here they were here during
[15:48] » I think they're going to speak next m
>> and they do not live on South Brentwood
[15:51] Drive
>> I don't know where they when they give
[15:53] their address we'll know where they were
>> okay
[15:56] » behind you that want to speak on that
>> I I look forward to that
[15:59] » I mean and we thank you for for for
raising your voice um I just wanted to
[16:04] clarify
Most of these council have kids as well
[16:07] and our priority is the safety of our
community. So that's exactly what we are
[16:12] here trying to find the the right
answer. So thank you.
[16:14] » Okay.
[16:21] » Okay. We have
[16:25] » Yes.
[16:29] Good evening.
[16:33] » 21
[16:40] years
of
[16:46] traffic all over just because I suburban
when it comes to our neighborhood.
[16:55] Tamo Shanner access and that's word is
called access is what is important to
[17:03] the neighbor I am not downplay safety
I'm a parent I raised children
[17:10] is important concern all of us
when you're looking at redirecting or
[17:19] implementing some form of change it
needs to be looked as a community. There
[17:26] were 498
signatures
[17:31] on
online form requesting for the township
[17:37] to re-evaluate and repeal this ordinance
which they did. give them more time to
[17:44] maybe look at this broader see if
there's another way to appreciate. Thank
[17:49] you very much. When it comes to that
access, it's important because me as a
[17:55] resident and I work out of my home. I
access that daily.
[18:02] If you close that, you are going to
increase traffic,
[18:10] past where there are
more than just
[18:15] one or two streets. Looking at
redirecting traffic down Bramblewood
[18:20] Parkway to the next vein, which is going
to be Brierwood. Is Brierwood aware of
[18:28] this possibility? I don't know. I have
to tell you, my husband and I were very
[18:33] active to make sure that come out.
Briwood was where this ordinance was
[18:39] going to impact us as a community. So I
really do think
[18:46] township for looking at this as a whole
for us as a community. I never ever
[18:55] children's safety discussion
data that was discussed 2100 vehicles
[19:04] by the last meeting that was not hard
data that was an app. And so I think if
[19:11] there is to be a reevaluation it should
be hard.
[19:17] When it comes to the Route 73 issue, I
am aware of some of what was discussed
[19:24] and I know I might have a good time, but
the fact is that is going to impact my
[19:30] neighborhood as well as a resident of 40
years. what you are going to do, not you
[19:36] personally, but the township, county,
state, if they redirect that traffic,
[19:44] it's going to major impact on my
I can't imagine what that's going to
[19:51] look like from my house, some form of
ramp uh crossing over Route 73 because
[19:59] from an aeronautical standpoint, you
have to start at one point reach that
[20:04] peak to make sure factory sailor can get
underneath it where it's going to level
[20:10] up on the other side of it's going to be
a nightmare for us and
[20:16] you know and develop so again I am very
concerned for this entire issue not a
[20:23] few years right um and I'm not going any
I would really like to see that this is
[20:29] reviewed
overall from
[20:34] Shanner, South Brentwood, Ramblewood as
a whole, Brierwood, Route 73, Church,
[20:40] it's it's a cluster. And is there a
right way to resolve that? I don't know.
[20:47] That's what the engineers are for. I
just want for you to know how I
[20:55] » Thank you. Thank you.
[21:06] and we
said we
[21:11] continue.
[21:39] They go through this.
[22:17] years.
[22:38] reevaluation.
[22:45] » You're welcome.
>> Thank you.
[22:46] » Thank you.
>> Thank you.
[22:48] Anyone else?
[22:58] » Good evening to the council. Appreciate
the time to talk and having this
[23:02] discourse. Very important. My name is
Edwin Gribbon. I live at 543 South
[23:06] Brentwood. Amy's my wife. I back her up
100% for a lot of the reasons she
[23:10] stated. Uh just a couple things from the
council meeting last month. Uh just to
[23:15] put some things in perspective. Um, I
know there were some members of the
[23:19] community that um put the traffic study
numbers out there and put some numbers
[23:24] out there. So, I know we know the saying
numbers don't lie, but they have to have
[23:28] some context behind them. So, just want
to put a little context behind some of
[23:31] those numbers that were spoken about
last last month on some of the traffic
[23:34] studies. Um, and then on the survey as
well, or I don't know how much the
[23:39] council or the township takes into
consideration the petitions, but I have
[23:43] information on petitions as well that
might, you know, you might want to hear.
[23:47] Uh, so yeah, we had one of the
residents. I know there was a study done
[23:49] in April where there was about 2100 cars
a day going through for those three or
[23:53] four days that detect Lieutenant Dalamo,
DJ Alamo, I'm sorry, did that study and
[23:58] got those numbers. There was also a
study done February 10th through
[24:02] February 15th. Uh what the resident did
state that there was only about 5,000
[24:06] cars that went through. The average
speed was approximately 18 miles an hour
[24:09] for those number of days. So the volume
and the the volume and the speed was
[24:13] really not a problem. Put that a little
context again. There are the numbers.
[24:17] They don't lie. That's what happened.
Put it into some context. We had a
[24:20] snowstorm. There was debris on the
ground. There was freezing temperatures
[24:24] that entire week. 5,000 cars still came
through that road down south Brentwood.
[24:29] Okay.
Slowest speed 8 miles an hour.
[24:33] Average speed 18. Somebody actually came
through at 52. That's the highest speed.
[24:37] So obviously we'd like to see 18, but
again we're averaging. If somebody's
[24:43] doing 18, that's the average speed.
Somebody's doing 52. There's people
[24:46] obviously kind of speeding through the
through there on a on a bad day. There
[24:50] were 78 enforcable violations in that
four or five day period. So even in that
[24:55] weather, there were 78 enforceable
violations that were caught. That means
[25:00] I believe I read up and correct me if
I'm wrong that that is at least I
[25:03] believe 5 to seven miles hour over the
speed limit and that's on a snowy icy
[25:09] road down South Brentwood Drive. Okay,
so that's just a little context behind
[25:13] the numbers just to let you know what
those mean. Um, with regards to the
[25:19] survey or the petition, I apologize.
Um, well, first I want to say there's 50
[25:26] there's 150 houses in the entire
development. Only 50 on South Brentwood
[25:29] that see the brunt of that traffic. None
of these cars, unless they're residents
[25:33] of Bair or Tammy Shantern, use that
road. So, all 2100 cars are coming up
[25:39] and down. They're not seeing any of this
cut through traffic. None of it. It's
[25:44] all their residents and the people that
live in those homes. So, they're not
[25:47] impacted by it. They don't see it. Okay.
On that petition, I'm glad it was
[25:53] brought up, 498 signatures. Out of those
498 signatures,
[25:58] 63% that supported have a zip code of
08054,
[26:03] 08053, or 08057.
That means there's close to 40% of the
[26:08] people that are not a resident of Mount
Laurel or one of the adjoining
[26:14] municipalities or or towns.
>> So, I don't know where the signatures
[26:18] are coming from. I don't know how that's
working. I know there's maybe three or
[26:22] four people that I saw on there from
south from South Brentwood, but the
[26:26] large majority um obviously are I
believe the people from Bair and the
[26:31] people from town that are having the
issue. So 63% almost 40% two- fifths. So
[26:36] 200 people that signed the petition are
not from our zip code or from a zip code
[26:41] to an adjoining
township or town. So I think that's a
[26:47] little bit of we need to look at that as
well. Again, this study was done and
[26:51] this was the recommendation.
When the things went up, the signs went
[26:55] up, things got better. Be honest with
you, when those boards were out there,
[26:58] we did see less volume. We did see
people slow down a bit. So it did have
[27:01] an impact. Now we know that there
studies have to be done. I appreciate
[27:05] the works the engineers have to do and
we'll be there hopefully in the next
[27:09] year or so. I want to put out there, is
there something we can do in the
[27:13] meantime, a temporary fix? I know we had
the boards out there. Can we say local
[27:17] traffic only? Anything to maybe even
just curb a little bit the volume of
[27:22] over 2,000 cars a day coming through. I
just putting that out there to the
[27:26] council. I don't know whose
responsibility that would be, but at
[27:29] least to have some type of, you know,
maybe two if there are some stops there.
[27:34] Residents, if you have an 08054 on your
license, maybe it's legitimate. Okay,
[27:39] you can come through. There's no ticket,
there's no warning, whatever the case
[27:42] might be. Anybody else? you know,
there's got to be a way that we can come
[27:45] to um a solution, a temporary solution
to kind of just quiet it down just a
[27:51] little bit. So, there are just some
numbers ahead. I appreciate the
[27:55] council's um listening and we're just
looking for something temporary to
[27:59] alleviate the volume and and keep us
safe.
[28:02] » Thank you.
>> Thanks for the time.
[28:04] » Thank you so much. And that's something
we can we can look at um merid um on
[28:09] finding
shortterm solutions.
[28:13] » Like I said, Lieutenant DJ Alamo will
make sure that patrol officers are out
[28:17] there patrolling the street.
[28:22] » Okay. Thank you. Um is there anybody
else that wish to speak on this
[28:26] ordinance?
[28:34] Sorry, we'll Trevor Shell 164
Kimberlain. We'll consider my question
[28:38] to Meredith a point of inquiry. Uh just
to refresh everyone's memory of what
[28:43] we're talking about. Um I have driven
around Marlton, Medford, I've driven
[28:50] around Morristown and all over those
towns. They have speed bumps and they're
[28:56] a wonderful invention. I've driven all
up and down the east coast and I've come
[29:02] wait a second. I've come across them.
Sorry, Magna, but I do want to I've come
[29:06] across them and they're used quite
effectively. And I'm not talking about
[29:10] the little plastic ones that
>> did anymore, Trevor. Because I'll tell
[29:13] you why. When B school buses go by,
believe it or not, residents actually
[29:18] who live on streets that have the speed
humps beg for them to come out because
[29:23] their house shakes when buses or trucks
go over the speed hump. So, they're
[29:29] actually not necessarily recommended
anymore because of the issues that it
[29:34] causes residents. I can even um remember
we had them removed on Beaver because
[29:40] they created such an issue. What type of
speed bumps were they? Were they the
[29:45] plastic ones that were bolted into the
ground or were they this were they the
[29:49] asphalt ones that are the large curve
that are like this long and this this
[29:56] wide
>> and there's issues with boot. But
[29:59] » did any of the other townships in the
state get this same memo that you did?
[30:05] Because and I'm not trying to be fresh
with you. Please understand me. I
[30:09] respect you. I'm not trying to be fresh.
But I am making a point. because many
[30:13] many
>> I understand being upset. I understand
[30:16] that there's traffic. I I mean, we're
going to have police out there
[30:20] patrolling the issue. We will continue
to look at it as there's improvements,
[30:24] but at the same time, like the solicitor
said, we're not just going to put a
[30:28] solution in that we then know is going
to create another problem. And you know
[30:33] for instance like I said Beaver A which
is also a cut through that has high
[30:39] traffic sometimes speeding you know they
wanted the same thing that you're saying
[30:44] the speed humps and then we ended up
having to take them out because they
[30:48] created such issues when school buses
were going over them. So I hear you and
[30:54] we will continue to look at the issue.
You know what I mean? And the police
[30:59] department does care about safety.
They're always looking at things, but
[31:04] tonight we're not going to make any type
of, you know, promise or agreement on
[31:08] anything cuz the situation's still being
evaluated.
[31:11] » I'm still going to continue to post some
suggestions. Thank you for You've made
[31:16] your position very clear.
>> It's very It's crystal clear, Meredith.
[31:20] And I'm going to continue pushing back
against your position because I think
[31:24] that there's other things that we can
do. As a resident, I drive around Mount
[31:30] Laurel all the time. That's not my side
of town, but I do go over there and and
[31:35] I'm speaking to the whole council, too.
I've noticed in the last 6 years since
[31:39] this council has taken over, we've
reduced the speed limit all throughout
[31:45] town. And that's probably very
appropriate because we've had a lot of
[31:49] speeding issues. I think Birchwood,
we've reduced the speed limit from 35 or
[31:54] 30 down to 25. uh Martyr A, we've
reduced the speed limit down. It's not
[31:59] an uncommon thing. Why can't we reduce
the speed limit down to 15 or 20 miles
[32:04] an hour down South Brentwood? It's the
cost of a post or two and a couple of
[32:10] signs to hang and it's the writing
>> regulations as to when you're allowed to
[32:15] reduce.
>> There's you said there's state
[32:19] regulations.
>> Yes.
[32:20] » But isn't that our town road? 25 miles
per hour is the lowest you can post on a
[32:25] public street.
Can't push you can't do 15. Can't do 10.
[32:31] » Really?
>> Correct.
[32:32] » And that's is that a state of New Jersey
law? That's
[32:36] » okay. Didn't know that. So, thank you.
Uh because it would be it would seem
[32:40] simple to lower the speed limit and that
might deter some cut through traffic.
[32:45] You've got to do something now. And I
have one final question. The
[32:49] intersections that actually run along
there. So, Tamo Shanter and um and South
[32:56] Brentwood. And then I know if you
continue on down towards the school and
[33:02] and out that way, there's another street
that comes in there. Are those all
[33:06] properly crosswalk marked? Like, is
there paint down at both of those
[33:12] intersections indicating crosswalks? Are
there signs up indicating crosswalks?
[33:18] Are there
>> We just looked at all crosswalks.
[33:21] » Okay. There was a list of ones that
haded to be repainted. That would be a
[33:26] question for Jerry and I can have him
call you tomorrow and go over it with
[33:29] me.
>> I'll drive over tonight and verify
[33:31] myself. I'm just
>> I mean, yeah,
[33:34] » you can have call me. I love talking to
Jerry. But I But seriously, like that
[33:38] seems like a pretty easy thing. I think
you might have ruffled some feathers,
[33:42] Meredith, not meaning to by just being
like, "Nope, we're going to wait on the
[33:46] state." And we all know that.
>> It's not It's not to ruffle feathers
[33:50] forever. It's me giving an honest
answer. I could sit up here and I, you
[33:54] know, could,
you know, give the answer, Amy, that
[34:01] you're looking for, but then it wouldn't
be a truthful answer. I'm trying to give
[34:04] you a truthful answer that we're trying
to wait. I've spoken to Kimberly Nance
[34:09] last week because the sooner I can get a
final plan, I even asked her to send me
[34:15] exactly where they are today and what
the final plan is and the state still
[34:19] has it. So, I'm trying to work in
conjunction with the DOT because our
[34:24] engineers are going to want to see that
when they're evaluating the situation.
[34:28] So, I'm also trying to be respectful of
taxpayer money to make sure that I
[34:33] provide the engineer with everything so
that they have all of the data, all of
[34:37] the updated plans so that they can give
the best advice and report to the town
[34:42] council. You know what I mean? like I
don't want to authorize the engineers to
[34:47] go out there do a study then the council
make the recommendation for them to
[34:53] adopt something then the state does
something and then the residents come
[34:58] back and say hey you know why did you do
that because look at what the state did
[35:02] and then I turn around and I say to the
council well because we had you know our
[35:06] engineer evaluate it without the final
plan from the state
[35:11] » okay
>> okay so it's not it's not to ruffle
[35:14] feathers. It's really to try to give an
honest answer of what where we're at and
[35:19] why.
>> And I don't think that it was your
[35:21] intention to I think there was a
miscommunication because a clear
[35:24] expectation was stated that the study
was
[35:28] » so I talked to Kimberly Nance and I
couldn't get the final plan because
[35:32] they're still in the process of doing
edit domain.
[35:35] » And then have we considered asking
Burlington County to put a traffic light
[35:38] in a TAM?
>> I don't think. And would we consider
[35:43] doing that?
[35:47] » I don't think they would touch that.
Just like
[35:49] » you think because of the state issue.
>> Because of the state issue. I think
[35:51] they're going to wait as well.
>> Okay. I'm just making suggestions. Maybe
[35:56] we can do something. There's got to be
something that we can do in between now
[36:01] and then.
>> I mean, and
[36:03] » sorry. Go ahead,
>> Mar. I mean, the county requires a
[36:06] traffic study with a light, but they
also they don't install the light. We
[36:10] do. And the taxpayer fee is the $350,000
that it is to put a light in.
[36:15] » I don't I don't have an engineering
background, but if you put a light
[36:18] there,
>> people may find it easier to get out
[36:21] there and there may be even more
traffic.
[36:23] » Yeah.
>> Yeah.
[36:26] » Somebody with an engineering degree
would have to evaluate.
[36:28] » All right. So, thank you all for your
time. Just making suggestions because I
[36:32] think we all care about our town and its
safety. And I I do think also to the
[36:37] residents that came up here and spoke, I
think they should be able to leave their
[36:41] neighborhood however they like and get
into the neighborhood. It's unfortunate
[36:46] because cut through traffic affects
their ability to use their own street
[36:51] and that's unfortunate. So, we've got to
come up with something you guys can't
[36:55] » Yeah, that's what we working on it. Um,
thank you. Is there anybody else? Okay,
[37:00] I'm closing the public portion. May I
May I have a motion?
[37:04] Make a motion.
>> Can I have a second?
[37:06] » I'll second. Councilman Musak.
>> I.
[37:10] » Councilman Green.
>> Hi.
[37:11] » Councilwoman Jan Joa.
>> Hi.
[37:13] » Deputy Mayor Caroline Coen.
>> I.
[37:17] At this time, um, I will open the
meeting for the bully participation. If
[37:21] anybody wish to speak on a different
issue, wants to address the council,
[37:26] please stand up and come in front of of
of of the microphone.
[37:34] Yeah.
>> Hi, good evening.
[37:41] » Compliment.
>> My name is Dave Lip9
[37:51] as you know
[37:57] over two billion notion billion dollars.
[38:02] Been a coordinated campaign to get
citizens bank stop
[38:08] Laurel disengaged citizens bank
number
[38:15] that have pulled their funds
three days ago citizens bank announced
[38:20] they would no longer
private
[38:26] I'm just here to thank
this will save lives
[38:31] well
Thanks so much.
[38:34] » Thank you, Dave. Thank you.
[38:39] » Okay. Do we have anyone else?
[38:50] How you doing? My name is Carl. I'm not
comfortable with saying where I live
[38:54] because of certain people have uh doxed
me online. Um, but I just wanted to say
[38:59] good evening to everybody, council
members and fellow residents. Uh, I
[39:02] wanted to say that the township did an
amazing job putting the fireworks uh,
[39:07] event together. Was well organized, well
attended, and I appreciated everyone who
[39:12] worked hard to make that a success. Uh,
I just wanted to make something clear. I
[39:17] have tremendous respect for our police
officers, firefighters, EMTs, and all of
[39:22] our first responders. They deserve
appreciation and thanks every single
[39:26] day.
Now, why I'm here? I'm here because I'm
[39:29] dis disappointed that Mount Laurel has
chose to not recognize Independence Day.
[39:35] This wasn't just another Fourth of July.
This year marked the 250th anniversary
[39:39] of the signing of the Declaration of
Independence, a historic milestone that
[39:43] only happens once in our lifetime. Yet,
the township's official event was
[39:47] promoted simply as First Responders
Night. The flyer never mentions
[39:51] Independence Day. It never mentioned the
4th of July. never even mentions
[39:56] America's 250th birthday. If someone
from another town saw this flyer, they
[40:01] would probably have no idea that it was
meant for uh July 4th. Why uh how did we
[40:08] get to this point of renaming the 4th of
July to first responders night? Uh it's
[40:15] not just another day on the calendar. It
is the day our nation declared its
[40:19] independence. It is the day we celebrate
the freedoms that generations of
[40:22] Americans have fought and died to
preserve. It's the true no kings day.
[40:27] Our first responders deserve to be
honored. No one is questioning that. But
[40:31] America's birthday should not be
rebranded into something else. We don't
[40:35] celebrate Christmas by calling it
teacher appreciation night. We don't
[40:38] celebrate Memorial Day by calling it
public works appreciation day. Those
[40:42] groups deserve recognition. But on their
own day, the same principle applies
[40:46] here. Fourth of July is America's
birthday. to remain America's birthday.
[40:50] Tonight, I'm asking that we rebrand
uh to actually be Fourth of July,
[40:57] Independence Day event. Um there's
National Night Out that all the other
[41:03] townships
were put out or put on in September,
[41:08] October. I'm just curious as to why we
chose to rename Fourth of July to first
[41:16] responders night when we could have
National Night Out
[41:20] » because we partner with fire and EMS.
National Night Out is just a police
[41:26] issue. Fire used to do fire prevention
night. I don't think it was intentional.
[41:32] The township had a bunch of 250th
celebration items at give free
[41:38] giveaways. We gave out over 2,000
cookies that two said 250th anniversary.
[41:44] We were handing out American flags. I
mean, if I was being honest with you,
[41:49] it's not intentional. I think the reason
that we don't call it Fourth of July is
[41:53] because our neighboring town, Eve Sham
Township, does fireworks on Fourth of
[41:57] July and it's just we didn't want to
confuse anybody that we were shooting
[42:01] fireworks off on Fourth of July. I have
no issue moving forward putting
[42:07] something about Fourth of July on the
flyer, but the event in itself is also
[42:14] to, you know, National Night Out every
town is doing. So this is actually a
[42:19] time where you can come out and you can
see all of emergency services and we
[42:23] feel like our police and our EMS and our
fire. We we combine it with wanting to
[42:29] celebrate, you know, Fourth of July, but
we can definitely add something to the
[42:33] flyer. There was no intention there of
snubbing. We have proudly celebrated
[42:39] that we're 250th birthday. I mean, from
the purchase of the cookies to handing
[42:45] out free American flags to residents at
the event. Um, so I mean I hear what
[42:51] you're saying and we're open to making a
change on the flyer but yeah
[42:54] » and I wanted to add to that Merid that
um the police department had a 250
[42:59] t-shirts and also when we started event
we had the honor of the participation of
[43:04] Senator Troy Singletonly woman Karum
Murphy our chief um of each um safety
[43:11] department were there and we all address
as you know a celebration of the 250 of
[43:16] this beautiful country. So um on the
Facebook post as well we we had the
[43:21] flyer but we also mentioned the 250 and
the history and why we are um proud to
[43:27] be part of of of this country. So
>> why we did the drone was for the 250th.
[43:33] We normally don't do a drone show. So
there was multiple, you know, uh, post
[43:39] that that was specifically just
happening this year to celebrate, um,
[43:44] the 250th birthday of the United States.
>> I'm I'm going to reiterate. I I don't
[43:50] disagree with you. I think might have
been maybe a little bit uh maybe a
[43:54] missed opportunity and I think we should
be open to it for next year. I I don't
[43:59] disagree with what you're saying, but at
the same time, I think Meredith is right
[44:03] and the deputy mayor is right. It was
definitely promoted there as a 250th
[44:09] » and uh and people
>> you're really the first person that's
[44:13] brought this up honestly and we love to
hear from everyone but the people that I
[44:16] heard from they loved it and they love
where we're supporting our EMS or police
[44:21] and whatnot but maybe we can find
definitely a place for it and this was
[44:25] the year I see your point.
>> Can I ask when it was changed because it
[44:29] seems like it was changed in the last
couple years. We went to this was our
[44:34] third third year of doing the event
because what happened was
[44:39] » um fire, EMS, police, OEM, we all work
very closely together um you know and
[44:46] there was fire prevention night in
October then there was uh national night
[44:51] out but we were also competing with
other towns like for instance a lot of
[44:55] people didn't come to our national night
out because you know you had national
[44:59] night out in Lumberton and they did
fireworks with National Night Out. So
[45:03] when
>> I think Sherry Hill their night that
[45:06] night, too.
>> So what we uh so the when all the chiefs
[45:10] got together, they said, "What if we
just did one event?" So like you didn't
[45:14] have to go to fire prevention night, you
didn't have to go to national like and
[45:17] we were all in one place together since
we all worked together. And then that's
[45:22] when the town council had decided um
that they wanted to do fireworks. And we
[45:27] said, "Well, what if we did the event
prior to the fireworks?" And we
[45:31] » and I'm gonna give credit to the council
woman on the left.
[45:34] » Oh,
>> for fireworks. She wanted fireworks. We
[45:36] got fireworks. So, good job to her. But
>> yeah. So, and we wanted to be a little
[45:42] different. There's a lot of towns that
you just go out and all they do is shoot
[45:46] off fireworks.
um we wanted to be able to celebrate and
[45:50] I don't know if you um attended the
event but like everything that we try to
[45:55] hand out does have to do with the Fourth
of July, you know, like we make sure
[46:00] everything's red, white, and blue. We
give out flags, you know, and it's all
[46:04] free to everybody, but it's not like
we're handing out,
[46:09] you know, um like police items. There
are some police items, but it's it we
[46:15] try to incorporate it so to make it a
bigger event and a bigger celebration.
[46:20] » Can I make a suggestion and to just have
it like
[46:23] » uh first responders night and
Independence Day? Like I don't get why
[46:27] we had to like drop off Independence
Day, Fourth of July. I get it. Towns
[46:32] spread their fireworks event, you know,
like that whole week. Nothing really
[46:36] happens on Fourth of July. But the fact
that like we can change the wording
[46:40] » has been completely honestly on the
Facebook post from the township. I don't
[46:44] remember seeing anything on there for
250th
[46:47] » prior to everything.
>> I wonder it was under like if you
[46:49] clicked on it and then you looked under
the like where she writes a description
[46:55] and but
>> I hear you and we'll definitely make a
[46:59] change.
>> Yeah, Carl. I I think
[47:00] » I welcome the suggestion agree.
>> Yeah. And also the only thing the only
[47:04] thing I'll add is that it's our our
event's not always on the 4th of July.
[47:08] So that would probably be confusing for
people too. Like that's why
[47:11] » we just didn't want people, you know, we
we made a promise with our neighboring
[47:14] town of Eve Sham that we would never
shoot fireworks off on July 4th.
[47:19] » And and there's multiple reasons. One,
they've been doing fireworks way longer
[47:23] than we have. But we also support each
other. They help us with traffic for our
[47:28] event. And then Mount Laurel helps Eve
Jam with traffic on their event. So, I
[47:33] do think maybe we didn't use the word
July 4th. We just didn't want anybody to
[47:36] show up on the wrong date. Exactly. But
>> independence that absolutely we can I
[47:42] like the suggestion.
>> I do too. And I and I appreciate you
[47:45] bringing it to our attention
>> and I the show was amazing. The
[47:48] fireworks lasted for 30 something
minutes. I didn't I didn't catch the
[47:52] drone show, but um and I saw, you know,
all the other uh attractions and stuff
[47:57] like that out there. It was great. Like
I said, I just I feel like we look away.
[48:01] I get it. Again, it's not on the 4th of
July.
[48:05] » All the other towns usually don't do it
on the 4th of July either. I just feel
[48:08] like it's a disrespect to our country
that we just decided to rebrand it
[48:12] basically again
fully backing, you know, first
[48:15] responders, police, everybody. But I
just the name that got taken away from
[48:19] it, I have a problem with that. So,
>> yeah. And I don't think it was
[48:22] intentional in any way. And we
appreciate you bringing it to our
[48:25] attention. So, next time we'll we'll be
better.
[48:27] » Okay. Definitely.
>> Thank you.
[48:31] Okay. Do we have anyone else?
[48:37] » Okay. Seeing none.
>> Oh, we closed it.
[48:42] » Yes.
>> Just kidding. Come on up. Come on up.
[48:48] » You should watch me. [laughter]
>> Good evening everyone. Trevor Shell 164
[48:53] Camberlane. Um, I do want to thank the
township for a lovely evening. That was
[48:59] a phenomenal night. And the drone show,
Carl, you missed a very patriotic drone
[49:04] show. I appreciated seeing the Statue of
Liberty. I appreciated seeing the
[49:08] Liberty Bell. I appreciated seeing our
uh town with a little heart in the state
[49:14] of New Jersey. That was really cool. I
think the most important thing that I
[49:18] appreciated seeing was what looked like
maybe George Washington praying and uh
[49:24] taking a knee kneeling. There was a
there was definitely a George Washington
[49:28] in this guy. I have a picture of it and
it looks like he was kneeling and I know
[49:32] there's a famous portrait of George
Washington kneeling and praying and um I
[49:37] wonder and hope and and actually I pray
that George that God still hears George
[49:42] Washington's prayer for our nation
because we do have a lot of division um
[49:46] here in our country. But this was a
great opportunity to unite our country
[49:53] together and in the spirit of unity and
nonpartisanship or bipartisanship
[50:00] to unite us together. I would like to
ask and I appreciate that you listen to
[50:05] Carl's recommendation that moving
forward if this celebration with all of
[50:10] the EMS and the fire continues to be on
the 1st, the 2nd, the 3rd, the fourth,
[50:16] the fifth, the 6th, the seventh, the eth
of July that you will specifically say
[50:22] Independence Day fireworks celebration,
not Fourth of July, but Independence
[50:27] Day. And everybody is smart enough to
read whatever date you put on the flyer.
[50:31] I promise we're all smart enough to do
that. Um, but Independence Day and
[50:36] actually it was very fitting because I
believe that the uh the declaration was
[50:43] actually signed on July 2nd.
>> Yeah.
[50:45] » And it was proclaimed and read
officially on the 4th. So, our town
[50:50] unknowingly or knowingly ended up
commemorating the actual signing of the
[50:55] Declaration of Independence. I would ask
that we have a drone show every year. I
[51:00] thought that was phenomenal. And uh I
would ask that we have an excellent I
[51:05] don't care. You can raise my You can
raise my taxes to pay for other things.
[51:10] No,
>> but you can raise my taxes to pay for
[51:13] that.
>> That money, we'll keep that [laughter]
[51:16] » you keep that in mind. But I do have one
more I do have one more comment. I would
[51:20] like I'm hoping Meredith can can at
least um bring to light something that
[51:26] Mayor Steglick shared a few meetings
back. Um folks had come here requesting
[51:31] that the township pull money out of
Citizens Bank. However, you and Mayor
[51:37] Steglick let us know that I want to say
almost a year ago or over a year ago,
[51:43] you had already done that. not in any
relation to the coordinated efforts to
[51:49] have the township do that or I'm sorry
to by folks coming and asking the
[51:53] township to do it. It had already been
done and for other reasons. Can you
[51:58] elaborate on that?
[52:01] » Sure.
>> Can you elaborate on that?
[52:03] » Sure. We we removed our money from
Citizens Bank and went to another bank
[52:08] that was paying us a higher interest
rate that was more customer servicebased
[52:14] um in government banking.
>> Wonderful. And I just say that because
[52:19] Mayor Steglick went out of his way and
anybody can rewatch the minutes to make
[52:24] sure that everybody knew that yes, while
we had pulled our money from Citizens
[52:29] Bank, it was a decision that was made
well over a year ago and was not in
[52:34] conjunction with it had already been
done. So the result is the same and
[52:38] people can celebrate the result. But I I
appreciate Mayor Steglick's honesty in
[52:42] saying, "Hey, this is something that we
already did and we didn't necessarily do
[52:46] it because of this issue. You might have
been un unaware of the issue at the
[52:51] time, but it was done." And just so I
think it's important to bring that to
[52:55] light for the public record. Thank you
for your time tonight, council.
[53:02] » Thank you. Um,
so we are going to close the public
[53:07] participation if there is no one else.
Um, next we have comments by councel.
[53:14] Meridit,
>> I just want to take this opportunity to
[53:17] thank public works for all of their hard
work on the July 2nd event. It was not
[53:23] an easy week with the heat for setup and
getting the park and Fred and public
[53:28] works really work hard to ensure that
you know everything is set up to make it
[53:33] a successful event. So I just want to
take this time to thank public works um
[53:38] you know for all their hard work that
week in order to for the celebration to
[53:43] go off.
>> Thank you very much George.
[53:48] I would just note that I think today's
the anniversary of the lunar landing,
[53:51] the first one.
>> And um my good buddy Nick, he has
[53:55] pictures like because he goes everywhere
and meets everybody, but I've never seen
[53:59] him have a picture on the moon. So, I'm
putting the challenge out there right
[54:02] now. Nick, I want to see a Facebook post
of Nick on the moon.
[54:07] » All right, that's it.
>> Thank you.
[54:11] » Well, yeah, I was just gonna say that's
possible. He could do an AI. Um,
[54:14] Councilman Mustakas,
>> I don't know how to follow up with that
[54:18] one.
I I have been very lucky that I have
[54:21] been to a lot of great events lately.
But uh so I want to begin by saying what
[54:28] you said about um not only um Fred but
you know police, fire, everybody, how
[54:36] hot it was and having a great uh uh team
of people that did so much work yourself
[54:43] Meredith prepare for this to make it
extraordinary. I've heard nothing but
[54:48] praises and and amazing uh and amazing
reviews. I think Disney World is looking
[54:54] to hide it.
>> Well, maybe Jerry because Jerry did pick
[54:58] every drone item that would soon
>> and so
[55:02] congratulations to Jerry. Uh you know,
no, I am not going to the moon anytime
[55:07] soon. I have enough work to to do in
this planet. Um but I really want to
[55:11] thank everybody who comes out. you
really uh put a lot of work and thought
[55:16] from, you know, Amy, thank you for
coming out and we do take your concerns
[55:19] seriously. Uh Trevor, you're at the top
of my game, baby. I mean, everything you
[55:24] say is is good stuff and it keeps us on
our toes to make sure that uh what we're
[55:29] doing is on We have a great town and we
need to support all our residents. Uh I
[55:36] want to thank David for coming out and
all the great work that David is doing.
[55:39] even though sometimes David coming to
some of your events, you know, they come
[55:43] kind of come up here and give us a hard
time, but we're here for you, support
[55:47] you, and you're doing great work. And I
want to thank council for all their
[55:51] great work and uh and for everybody for
coming out. Uh do we have any events
[55:55] coming up in the near future? I think
>> we have a movie in the park in September
[56:01] » and a food truck festival October 18th
and
[56:05] » it's
>> so so we end the first one and we're
[56:07] moving right into the next event. So
thank you everyone. Have a good night.
[56:12] » Thank you so much Councilman um
Councilwoman Janju.
[56:15] » I want to thank everybody for coming
out. Um echo Councilman Makus and
[56:19] thanking Meredith, our public works
department, our first responders for all
[56:24] that they do. I do want to remind
everybody that we have restaurant week
[56:28] August Burlington County restaurant week
August 2nd to the 8th and there's a
[56:32] couple of Mount Laurel restaurants on
the list COA carini and crust and fire.
[56:38] So do go out and support our local
businesses. Um I forward to seeing
[56:44] everybody at the next upcoming events.
Have a great rest of your summer and
[56:47] stay cool.
>> Thank you so much Councilwoman
[56:50] Councilman Green.
>> Oh good evening everyone. Um, I don't
[56:54] really have a long comment tonight, but
I just want to really acknowledge uh
[57:00] Meredith because if you ever really take
time to understand all that she does uh
[57:06] for our town, it's a lot more than I
think people really recognize. So, I
[57:10] know we we say thank you, Meredith, but
I really want to acknowledge you um and
[57:14] show honor to you because of all the
work uh that you do. Um, and also always
[57:19] want to thank uh the residents uh for
coming out because without you guys, we
[57:23] don't we don't have a Mount Laurel. Um,
and and Carl, thank you so much for
[57:26] bringing that attention uh about the
Independence Day and we definitely will
[57:30] make that correction. I was at the event
um almost the whole time. Um, and it was
[57:36] such a good event. I didn't even mind
the heat. Um, um, I saw everything. Um,
[57:41] so it was just an awesome event. Um,
again, kudos to to Jerry and to again to
[57:46] your putting that together. looking
forward uh to next year and again thank
[57:49] you everyone for coming out.
>> Thank you so much.
[57:53] » Um so since our last meeting we have two
grand openings to uh businesses that
[57:59] came to town. So I wanted to say thank
you for choosing Mel Laurel. Victoria's
[58:03] Little Luke's Grand Spa um is a spa that
you can provide services uh for kids not
[58:09] for only the adults and and they are
offering a package for birthday parties.
[58:13] And so it was beautiful and it's
beautiful to see residents wanted to
[58:16] invest um in their own town economy. And
last we have Victoria Secrets grand
[58:23] opening um in Centerton. It was also a
great um a great business that um is
[58:29] actually excited to be in Centerton and
they're looking forward to to to do well
[58:34] in this town. And next month I just
wanted to acknowledge next month is um
[58:39] August 26 is women's equality day. The
Alice Paul Institute will be hosting
[58:44] their annual gender for justice women's
equality day. The event will take place
[58:50] on Saturday, Saturday, August 22nd from
100 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. So I hope to see
[58:56] you there. And with that, um, is there
new business?
[59:00] » I want to say one more thing. Sunday was
National Ice Cream Day and, uh,
[59:06] Councilwoman Foia and I separate times,
we went to the, uh,
[59:09] » go together next.
>> We'll go together. I [laughter] think I
[59:12] think the owner was a little bit like,
"Wait a minute, how many people are
[59:14] coming out. Uh we do I did I started
these videos about a year a year and a
[59:19] half ago and I go to different
businesses. Uh the council woman has
[59:22] joined. The deputy mayor I think has
done a few. So what we're look we went
[59:27] to the ice cream store. It's called
Shake Shack. It was it was lovely place.
[59:30] » Sugar Shack.
>> Sugar Shack. Thank you. Shake Shack.
[59:32] Sugar Shack. And then I also went to the
Woods which is down the street. I think
[59:36] it's our only two ice cream locations in
Mount Laura I believe. But we wanted to
[59:41] showcase them that we do have ice cream.
It's in Red Kokus. And please, if you
[59:45] get a chance, stop by either one.
They're they're fantastic.
[59:49] » Thank you so much. And um so can I have
a motion to adjourn?
[59:55] » I'll second.
>> Thank you. The meeting is in favor. All
[59:58] » in favor? I I
>> Thank you.
[1:00:01] » Thank you. Good night, everyone.