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I'd like to call this meeting to order
please rise for the salute to the flag

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this meeting is convened in accordance
with the provisions of the open public

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meetings Act of New Jersey let the
official minutes reflect that the

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adequate notice of this meeting has been
provided by publishing a notice in the

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Asbury Park Press Friday January 6 2023
the Press of Atlantic City The Star

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Ledger and also forwarded to the Toms
River Times Toms River Patch wobm News

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on Thursday January 5th 2023 and
thereafter posting same on the town hall

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bulletin board for such notices and
filing same with the clerk the Township

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Clerk pursuant to Resolute a resolution
adopted by the township Council on

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Tuesday January 3rd 2023 the meeting
dates have also been posted on the

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township web page
councilman sukozi here councilman cop

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here councilman lamb here councilman
quinlas here councilman Roderick here

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Council vice president again here
council president Latana here

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item five is the minutes from the
January 3rd 2023 organization meeting

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the Motions made by councilman cop
second by councilman quinlas councilman

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cop yes councilman quinlisk yes
councilman sukozi yes councilman lamb

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yes councilman Roderick yes Council vice
president geagan yes council president

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Latana yes

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item six or the honoring resolutions and
presentations tonight we have the

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retirement of David Roberts Township
planner move the honoring resolutions

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and presentations second all in favor
aye

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Council if you would

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foreign

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we're here to honor is this on
okay we're

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we're here to honor our Township planner
Dave Roberts who's been with us since

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2016. and
personally this man's responsible for

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the VA first of all downtown
Redevelopment

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he has done a marvelous job I will tell
you that we started this journey for the

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VA probably about five years ago I guess
it's

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it started with
Senator or Congressman MacArthur asking

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me to write a letter about a new VA cboc
in Ocean County and when I inquired

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where it was going to be they said well
we're looking at Brick we're looking at

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Burke they said what about Toms River
my next call was to Dave and said Dave

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put something together we have about
three weeks before the submissions are

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over
Dave put it all together

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an air designated an area of
Redevelopment out near the TD Bank

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and we were Off to the Races
truth be known we had it in 2020 and the

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contractor didn't sign the contract he
bailed out so the whole process started

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over again
and Dave I know in retirement is going

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to be glad because he won't hear me
calling him every week and saying what's

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the status of the VA what's the status
of the VA but that was important to me

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and it was important to Dave and it was
important to the veterans of Ocean

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County it's a perfect site you have mass
transit there you have bus service you

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have two large banks in the area you
have malls you have restaurants plus you

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have the Ocean County Social Service
building right behind it with the

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veterans Service Bureau so it was a
perfect location and Dave spearheaded

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that put a lot of work into that and I
can't thank him enough and he leaves big

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shoes to be filled
and I know he's not going to be away I

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said I hope you don't leave the area
because if we have a question I want to

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be able to dial you up and and get a
quick answer now Dave will always give

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you the right answer
it's not necessarily the shortest answer

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so
so I do have to ask them sometimes when

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I do my rounds Dave give me The Abridged
version

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but I guarantee you if Dave gives you
the answer you can take that to the bank

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and Dave I for one along with all the
council and I think all the residents of

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Toms River and your staff at zoning
engineering planning are going to miss

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you and we spared no expense on your
plaque

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reads to David G Roberts by the township
Council and mayor in recognition of

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exemplary Services Township planner 12-1
2016 to February 1st 2023.

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congratulations

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[Applause]

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I promise I promise that
I promise it'll only take 15 minutes

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I just wanted to this I wouldn't have
felt right if I didn't have a uh take

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this chance to offer some uh words of
gratitude

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um it seems like six years went by uh in
six days uh but we had a lot

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accomplished a lot I first want to thank
God for allowing me to move close enough

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to where this when this position became
available it was it seemed too good to

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to be true and then I I also want to
express my gratitude to late mayor Tom

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Kelleher for uh recommending me at the
time in the council for supporting me at

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the time and then especially the man to
my left uh mayor mohill for keeping me

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on
um in 2020 and then really

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um just the uh just all of the the
people I've been fortunate enough to

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work with and and the organizations I've
been fortunate enough to to work with as

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well uh the Toms River bid the ortley
beach voters and taxpayers associate

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Nation different organizations around
town one thing I learned when I came to

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Toms River I thought I knew something
about the town because I drove through

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it all the time to get home but this is
an extraordinary Community I've been

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working I can have the gray hairs to
prove it since 1981 in this profession

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I've been around many parts of the state
and worked with many towns and I have to

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tell you this community that you are one
of the best there is no better and

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especially the folks that work in this
building

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um with every Department I was I think I
mentioned on Friday evening that when

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you come to department head meeting and
you look around the room and see the

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talent and the expertise that is that
works for that serves this Township it

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is truly an honor and privilege to be
concluded in that group and I've been

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able to have that privilege for the last
six years so I also want to I also want

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to express my gratitude to all the folks
in uh that are sitting in the third row

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we really do
um and also in the first row

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we really do work as a team and we're
really a family I think I can say that

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honestly we if family members have
disagreements from time to time but they

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always have each other's back and you'll
notice that in our group so I was it was

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a great privilege to work with this
group uh for the last six years also in

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in response I want to express
appreciation to the mayor for all the

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kind words about the VA but I remember
um they and I think a number of the

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council folks have been through this as
well over the past few years working

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with all these different Redevelopment
projects but I remember with the day we

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found out that the lease had been signed
it was actually signed which was July

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30th of 21.
and we were we got together at the end

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of the day to kind of celebrate and I I
remember saying to the mayor well now

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the hard work really begins because this
thing this thing has to get built in 24

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months and I want to just point out even
though I've been getting a lot of the

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credit which I appreciate there's a lot
of folks that are responsible for that

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VA getting built I want to very
specially mention Bob Jim Kelly and

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who's sitting in the front row he deals
with things with that project behind the

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scenes that nobody knows about keeping
that project alive he's saved it

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multiple times since we started it the
building department that Bob oversees

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has been part of that project and and is
going to be part of all the other

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Redevelopment projects that we hope to
see happen in this in this town so I

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just wanted to also pass along some of
that credit uh they did they all deserve

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your thanks uh for that project getting
done and I just wanted to again

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appreciate the opportunity to be a
public servant that's what we do and it

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was a privilege to be here for the last
six years of my career I couldn't have

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asked to be in a better place thank you
very much

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I can keep going
[Applause]

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foreign

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member of the public doesn't want to
stay for the rest of the council meeting

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now would be a good opportunity for you
to leave thank you

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okay
all right let's go item seven is an

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ordinance of the township Council
Township of Toms River Ocean County New

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Jersey to exceed the municipal budget
appropriation limits and to establish a

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cat Bank this is a first reading
move the ordinance

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second
emotions made by councilman cop and

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seconded by Council vice president gegan
councilman Kopp yes Council vice

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president gegan yes councilman sukozi
yes councilman lamb yes councilman

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quinlisk yes councilman Roderick no
council president lutana

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yes

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item 8 is an ordinance of the township
Council the township of Toms River Ocean

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New Jersey amending and supplementing
section 477-79

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schedule 21 speed limits of chapter 477
vehicles and traffic of the Township

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Code reducing the speed limit on Cedar
Grove Road from 40 miles per hour to 35

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miles per hour for the entire length
this is the first reading

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move the ordinance second

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emotions made by councilman Kopp and
seconded by councilman quinlisk

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councilman Kopp yes councilman quinlisk
yes councilman sachosi yes councilman

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lamb yes councilman Roderick yes Council
vice president Gigan yes council

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president Latana yes

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moving to the consent agenda all matters
listed under under item consent agenda

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will be enacted by one Motion in the
form listed below there will be no

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separate discussion of these items if
discussion is desired on any item that

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item will be considered separately
does any members of the council wish to

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remove anything from the consent agenda
uh I would I would like a brief

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explanation about I I had a resident
reach out to me I couldn't answer her

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question and
um you I think I think we're going to

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need Mr Roberts for you
and that's it

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I need a roll call for D Delta please
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yes okay

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any members of the public wish to have
any discussion or vote separately on an

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item
from Owen

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Pete
Mr Anderson

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same

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you wish uh an explanation a discussion
roll call

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okay
all right

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uh can I get a motion please to move the
consent agenda with the exceptions of i

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u d p and w please so moved
exactly

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I'm mostly made by councilman Roderick
and seconded by councilman Kopp

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councilman Roderick yes councilman cop
yes councilman sachosi yes councilman

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lamb yes councilman quinlis yes Council
vice president gagan yes council

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president Latana yes
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councilman rotter I received a phone
call from a resident earlier this

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afternoon wondering what what exactly
this was I I myself I don't believe I've

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ever seen this before either
um waving waving local review for the

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Township's 2023 budget so does that mean
we're not going to have um

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um we can call Mr Talib if you'd like we
do vote on this every year

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it actually allows us because the good
standings we have as a Township it

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allows us to to waive the review process
but we're actually except we're

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voluntarily accepting the review process
we're going to have a you want to do it

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no no yeah that's all I'd like to know
are we going to have a a presentation oh

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yeah okay okay that's fine okay yeah
I'll take a motion on item I please move

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item I second

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a motion is made by councilman cop and
seconded by Council vice president gagan

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councilman cop yes Council vice
president geagan yes councilman sukozi

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yes yes councilman lamb yes councilman
quinlas yes councilman Roderick yes

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council president Latana yes
Mr Roderick you had a question on you I

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just want to know if this is residential
or if this is uh

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for you are we talking about
General McKinley Court says major

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subdivision
releasing it's a excuse me it's a single

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family residential subdivision known as
Saint Regis Court off of Church Road

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how many how many Lots how many lots
have we made from that uh I believe 25.

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include one of which is a detention Visa
okay thank you thank you yeah

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does anyone have any uh further
questions

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all right I'll take a motion
move item you as in Union to release

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their performance guarantees second
I'm mostly made by Council vice

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president gegan and seconded by
councilman quinlas Council vice

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president geagan yes councilman quinlisk
yes councilman sukozi yes councilman

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Copp yes councilman lamb yes
councilman Roderick no

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council president Latana Mr Killian if
you don't mind just explaining to uh the

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people the public what a performance
guarantee is and why you would release

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it

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performance guarantee is basically an
insurance policy given to the township

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and the former in the form of partial
cash and partial bond to ensure that the

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work is completed in accordance with the
plans approved by the planning board in

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this case after the work has been done
and inspected by my office they moved to

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what's called a maintenance bond which
is sort of like the warranty so after

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the work is done we certify that then
it's appeared make sure the the trees

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don't die the sidewalk doesn't crack so
just to clarify though this this isn't

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releasing this is accepting
right Mr Chuck Hanley can you also

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explain that if you didn't subject the
township to litigation I just want to

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clarify something it is releasing the
performance guarantee and accepting a

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maintenance guarantee which is what Mr
Chicken was just explaining

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this Project's complete yes right so
we're moving them on to the basically

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the warranty period
the project been developed as in

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accordance with the approvals yes sir
and the performance guarantee uh the

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recommendation to release a performance
guarantee would not be provided to the

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council unless your office had inspected
those uh work and found it find it

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acceptable in accordance with the
approval that's correct sir thank you Mr

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lamb good question I was gonna say if
you didn't if you didn't follow the

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procedures probably for Mr McGuckin as
well then that would subject the

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township to exposure litigation is that
correct

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yeah spine or something the the
applicant went to the planning board

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it's a condition of their approval and
they're following what the right word

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requires thank you just for a legal
opinion uh Mr McGuckin if you don't

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release the performance guarantees if
our engineer says the work's been done

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in accordance with the plan and we don't
release the performance guarantee the

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attach it would be subject to a lawsuit
then face the law uh monetary damages

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penalties and potential attorneys fees
for the plan and if we don't accept the

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maintenance guarantee the town is not
protected in case something happens is

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that correct that's correct all right I
vote yes thank you

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foreign
roll call on item D is there any

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discussion you'd like Mr Lam no
discussion chair just a roll call thank

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you I'll make a motion to move item D
I'll second that

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emotions made by Council vice president
Gigan and seconded by councilman cop

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accounts vice president gegan yes
councilman Kopp yes councilman sachosi

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yes councilman lamb abstain councilman
quinlisk yes councilman Roderick

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yes council president Latana yes
uh item p

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and item uh uh W are probably both for
Mr chickenian if um do you have any

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specific questions Mr tremontlin or Mr
Anderson okay you can come to the

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microphone please

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just please state your name and address
for the record please yeah Bob from Olin

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109 messenger Street uh it's in
reference to the uh the loop what roads

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are included in that Loop
water

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um
um this uh item p is well this is um

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this is uh really actually a grant
agreement uh Amendment

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um to answer your question the
particular there's really it's called a

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loop because that's what we thought it
was going to be when we first made the

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application it's really uh too parallel
two-way roads now Water Street and

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herflicker Boulevard a lot of the work
is going to be involving her the

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construction of perfect Boulevard which
right now is not a full Road

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um the other part of it another part of
that will be the roundabout that we've

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talked about past what this item is uh
just to explain to the for the matter

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for the public is we had a grant
agreement dated I believe is September

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of 21 with the Federal Highway
Administration for the 5.66 million

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dollar Grant of which uh is a portion of
the projects about uh 76 percent of the

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project
the grant agreement had a budget and a

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schedule in it uh what we what this
grant agreement changes is they allowed

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us right now we're in final design we're
about to start final design and then the

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next step would be to go out to bid and
then build the project by uh September

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of 2025 you're supposed to have it built
within five years of of the

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appropriation by Congress of the money
so what this grant agreement does is it

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it changes the the budget so it front
loads the design into the grant so that

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all of design costs that we really the
only cost we're incurring over the last

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couple of years have been design costs
the original budget had its split

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between the Grant and the match the
townships match now everything's going

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to be able to be paid for out of the
grant so we've had invoices that we've

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paid that we haven't been able to get
reimbursed for by signing this grant

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agreement that that will that that's a
formal recognition by the Federal

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Highway Administration that we can now
submit for reimbursement it's a

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considerable amount of money uh it's
about the the preliminary engineering

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costs alone was 544 thousand dollars so
we're going to be able to get reimbursed

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for some of that money now because of
this granted

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roundabout which
according to the picture

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the pictures don't fit the definition of
Amanda

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the pictures fit the definition of a
circle the circle is where the roads

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that are your roads come in square and
you go around around about where there's

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a minimal 30. so basically we
circle now my question is this

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Department of Transportation has many
many

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cons to building these okay one of the
cons for example is

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where one roadway or two can monopolize
the circle meaning where there's two

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lanes of traffic coming into the
roundabout or the circle this Mr Kelly

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Davis
statistical back in April that there's a

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40 percent less chance of accidents
around

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important truth because if you look at
all the statistics that lead the end of

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the Record Service said the same thing
where you have two lanes of traffic in

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the same direction going into the circle
the accident rate goes up 60 percent

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the other thing in the states is they
should not be built in an urban area

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which we are a city here it should not
be built where you have consecutive

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traffic lights you have to buy traffic
lights down Water Street

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it's dangerous to pedestrians and
bicyclists and part of the premise of

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the new towers going up was that the
people because the hospital is a

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teaching hospital now people would be
walking or riding bikes going back and

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forth to the hospital and
Department of Transportation

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has already said they're dangerous to
pedestrians and bicycles so I guess it

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comes back to my question would be if
there are so many

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companies and what the other con is it
slows down traffic in peak hours that's

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another one of the concepts of
Department of Transportation road

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so why are we getting something that is
not going to help us

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it's
from all the things all the guns beating

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this situation

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as well and my lesson on the decision
I was told in April that one of the

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questions I guess that that I had back
then but I was I was uneducated as far

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as a man was that the traffic coming
into Lakers Grove there well the parkway

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going north
uh who's backed up in the mornings on

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the parkway well this year I've had the
great Fortune to go down to Manahawkin

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because my two grandsons
and I come back every morning between

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quarter after three and quarter to nine

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I've never been backed up on apartment
so I don't I I think one of the problems

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is being overlooked here is
where do

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they walked at Lakers Grove go
and

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number two is we still don't have a way
once you get people downtown

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we have two late roads we don't have
four lane roads to get around they get

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jammed up uh
I I

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don't understand
how the people couldn't do something as

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simple as
if you look like they follow people Mr

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tramone if you don't mind I'm just going
to ask Mr Chicken to explain what item p

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is before we get and uh
okay

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um

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be a Simple Solution instead of screwing
up everything downtown here put an exit

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over room nine
missions in an accident in Berkeley we

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have to we have to stick to item p and
all right unfortunately a lot of those

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suggestions aren't to deal with item P
can you please explain what item p is

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into the microphone please

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council president um item P I believe
was already answered by the by the

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township planner as to the process of
the grant there were several things

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mentioned about the design that I can
explain if you would like or we can

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perhaps do separately
yeah if you don't mind only because the

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design is not anything to do with item
three

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um so is there any other questions uh
pertaining to item P please

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I'll take them up take a motion
yeah but they pulled them separately

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right did you want p and w together or
is it separate

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that was p

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on P okay guess from here just name and
address in the microphone

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Art Anderson Paul Park Street Toms River
New Jersey on P I was wondering did the

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grant amount change on the amendment no

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the match from the town
what was that amount did that change

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the entire the entire project cost was
approximate I'm going to use General

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number 7.9 million 5.66 of that was paid
for the federal government the rest was

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the match was approximately 2.24 over
the life of the project

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is there any other questions for item p
on that we'll take a motion please move

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item P second

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emotions made by councilman cop and
seconded by councilman quimles

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councilman Copp yes councilman quinlisk
yes councilman sachosi yes councilman

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lamb yes councilman Roderick yes Council
vice president geagan yes council

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president Latana yes Mr Anderson did you
have a question on item w

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ow if you don't mind that's why the
people at home can hear you

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Art Anderson 12 Park Street Toms River
New Jersey my question on P is can I

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just double the explanation

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what's going on W
I never saw the wording before on uh

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accepting engineer inspection fees on a
site plan that's not the town so I'm a

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little curious on that Mr Chicken will
explain that please

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the uh the bonding laws for as we've
just spoken about did change several

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years ago not everything is bondable
such as private improvements however and

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with such as this case however the
township still has to inspect the work

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so in this case we're not looking for a
bond but they are the developers posting

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fees from my office to review and
inspect the project

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okay does that make sense to you Mr
Anderson

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so an engineering inspection is done by
the town not by an outside contractor

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it's either depending on workload the
township has in-house inspectors but

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when projects get we also use outside
Consultants to inspect

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whether they're whether the
whether it reimburses the Township's

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cost for its Personnel or the outside
the township taxpayers don't pay for to

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inspect the developers project right the
developers contributing uh for our

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engineering inspections
that engineering that's why I get a

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question thank you is there any other
questions on uh resolution w

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ow take a motion please move item W
second

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emotions made by councilman Kopp and
seconded by councilman quinlas

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councilman cop yes councilman quinlas
yes councilman sachosi yes councilman

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lamb yes councilman Roderick
Council vice president Gigan yes council

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president yes

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foreign
moving to the reports move the reports

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second

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emotions named by councilman cop and
seconded by Council vice president gagan

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councilman Kopp yes Council vice
president geagan yes councilman sukozi

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yes yes councilman lamb yes councilman
quinlisk yes councilman Roderick yes

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council president Latana yes

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moving to the bill list
move the bills

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second
emotions made by councilman cop and

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seconded by Council vice president Gigan
councilman Copp I need to abstain from

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the following all bills payable to
Berkeley Township all bills payable to

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own little Associates all bills payable
to the borough South Towns River and yes

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to the balance
Council vice president Gigan I have one

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extension to United Healthcare Insurance
just as it applies to retired Township

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employees yes to the balance councilman
sachosi yeah

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councilman lamb abstain from all bills
payable the bear of Lavallette all bills

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payable City wholesale zabarski uh all
bills payable at Dusty McGuckin and the

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magistrate salaries yes to the balance
councilman quinlas have to abstain from

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uh bills payable to hands for all uh
Remington Vernick and Tech elevator yes

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to the balance councilman Roderick I
have no conflict yes

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council president I have to abstain from
uh Auto shred PO number

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22-00123 and Kearns Auto Body

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22-05102 yes to the bounds

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elected officials comments
councilman Lane thank you chair

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I just want to update the public on
January 19th I attended both sessions of

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the streetscape project uh set by step
forwardley Beach

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um it was it was put on by nv5 the
design firm and attended by the township

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planners also members of the obvta were
on it I know they're eager to get this

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project off the ground than where looks
like it's projected to start in the late

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spring however there's discussion that's
going to go on through the summer

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hopefully if this construction is
beginning in the summer it doesn't

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Impact Summer traffic too much so we'll
keep an eye on monitor that as it as it

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goes on but we're again the obvt and
myself are eager to get this off the

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ground it looks uh the project looks
really nice that you know they planned

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out that whole Corridor to Northbound
Corridor and and the signage I'm told by

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the obvta they liked it as well so we're
looking forward to getting this started

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come spring
that's all

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councilman quinlisk I have no comments
for tonight thank you councilman Robert

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no comments
councilman gain I'll keep it short and

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sweet I hope everybody here can get up
to High School North for the uh see

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magogi hearing and that's all I have
councilman cop no comments tonight

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councilman sukozi

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mayor Hill
just want to ditto with Kevin said

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tonight at six o'clock Toms River North
Auditorium

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discussion on the
BASF and jdep natural resource damage

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settlement of which we were never
informed we were never part of that

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discussion it's a bad deal for Toms
River

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a great deal for BASF so
that's all I have all right thank you

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mayor I pretty much want to say the same
thing we have I want to thank you all

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for coming here at an unscheduled time I
know we moved it to four o'clock and

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that is to accommodate the BASF meeting
in High School North that will be at six

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to nine and that's all I have for uh for
tonight so with that I will move for uh

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public comment
is there anyone public comment yes sir

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just state your name and address into
the microphone for the record

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Paul Jeffrey 1661 Bay Boulevard ortly
Beach uh representing or at least voters

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and taxpayers Association and we just
want to thank Dave he has worked so hard

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with us he's helped us with zoning he
has worked tirelessly on the streetscape

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project I think it's six years now Dave
I think it's the whole time he's been

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here but he has been tremendous to work
with he's going to be missed terribly I

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know Bob hudec's there but
um I just we just all want to say thank

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you to him he's given us a lot of time
and a lot of attention and I think it's

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gonna it has already paid off and it's
going to pay off a lot more in orderly

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Beach and on behalf of all the residents
there we thank him for his uh for his

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tremendous efforts so thank you Dave
[Applause]

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Mr degeorge

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just please state your name and address
into the microphone

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Michael D George 34 Mountain Court
thank you guys for letting me just get a

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your attention for a few minutes
I live at Mound Court uh in Silverton

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off South Shore Drive we have like some
serious Street issues and

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I know a couple of the other residents
here have been working with I think

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Wendy and um I believe Andy that was out
there looking at it but I wanted to see

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if there's any way I could put a request
in to have a pavement done

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is it uh just uh the pavement is that
the issues it's it's got a ton of issues

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but even so I believe at least no plows
are

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shards are sticking up from it so I'm
we're like the only Street where my kids

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kick a soccer ball and it pops so I know
one of the other residents here his wife

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had an issue someone else's mother had
an issue so is there someone I can

434
00:39:35,400 --> 00:39:44,099
request that to Mr trinkelian he's going
to give you his card right here Mr Kelly

435
00:39:40,079 --> 00:39:47,940
are you familiar with this street issue
yeah

436
00:39:45,540 --> 00:39:52,200
is it actually the court itself
okay it's a small

437
00:39:50,040 --> 00:39:57,000
right he did South Shore Drive they did
a few others I don't know why they

438
00:39:54,180 --> 00:40:01,859
didn't do ours but it's it's depleting
day by day and uh like I said the kids

439
00:39:59,760 --> 00:40:06,119
can't even kind of play in it just it's
it's beat up

440
00:40:03,480 --> 00:40:11,220
right if if you could just send an email
to Mr George or a phone call I'm sorry

441
00:40:08,160 --> 00:40:14,339
not Mr George Mr kinkelian uh we'll get
in touch with you thank you all right

442
00:40:12,660 --> 00:40:19,400
and we'll remind them thank you Mr
George

443
00:40:16,619 --> 00:40:19,400
anyone else

444
00:40:21,180 --> 00:40:27,060
coming okay
state your name and address into the

445
00:40:25,920 --> 00:40:32,460
microphone please for the record thank
you uh Amiel Farina 35 million just for

446
00:40:30,540 --> 00:40:39,020
the clerk could you just speak up a tiny
bit Amil Farina 35 mil on court thank

447
00:40:34,980 --> 00:40:44,880
you crispizzola 36 Mayland Court
I've been there close to 20 years

448
00:40:42,540 --> 00:40:48,359
and we've called and
it's just upsetting that we had to come

449
00:40:46,980 --> 00:40:53,940
here I don't even know who our
councilman is but I'm going to get more

450
00:40:49,500 --> 00:40:57,960
involved who's our councilman uh
that would be I asked you please because

451
00:40:55,980 --> 00:41:03,300
I want to show you our street is razor
blades Mike was General it was very nice

452
00:41:00,660 --> 00:41:07,200
and I want to be polite also but when I
see this gentleman's grandchildren and

453
00:41:05,040 --> 00:41:11,579
we've been there and um
it's razor blades it should be paved I'm

454
00:41:10,079 --> 00:41:16,140
only in the house yeah it's gonna be
three years going on going on three

455
00:41:13,500 --> 00:41:20,700
years my mom came over she's 80 years
old she rolled her ankle in the street

456
00:41:17,760 --> 00:41:25,820
because I called the township about six
seven times the guy Andy very nice guy

457
00:41:23,579 --> 00:41:33,060
he comes right out they patch the holes
but when it rains they just peel right

458
00:41:29,820 --> 00:41:37,680
back up we have pictures it's really bad
it's the water department came out they

459
00:41:35,220 --> 00:41:40,980
put a whole new valve system in there
was a box about that big it was about

460
00:41:39,420 --> 00:41:44,880
five inches deep they came out the next
day to fix it Andy's been very nice it's

461
00:41:43,320 --> 00:41:49,800
been coming out all the time and
patching them but we got past years old

462
00:41:47,280 --> 00:41:53,220
people right Mr Chicken do you think you
could do an inspection on that street

463
00:41:51,119 --> 00:41:56,960
tomorrow
okay

464
00:41:54,480 --> 00:41:56,960
yes

465
00:42:00,320 --> 00:42:07,320
okay okay and I just the guy handed down
the township I got a cell phone he's

466
00:42:05,940 --> 00:42:11,040
been very good he's been coming out and
patching he knows we've been dealing

467
00:42:09,480 --> 00:42:14,579
with it for two years and when I called
her she told me that it's not on

468
00:42:13,079 --> 00:42:17,940
schedule because two dollars to become
five of my life you can't go to your

469
00:42:17,040 --> 00:42:22,380
mailbox
like razor blades we'll have a site

470
00:42:20,040 --> 00:42:24,619
inspection done tomorrow and if you want
to leave

471
00:42:25,800 --> 00:42:32,940
if you want to leave your name and
number uh with the Township Clerk

472
00:42:30,240 --> 00:42:36,560
um maybe we can set something up or do
you want to give your card Mr Kelly okay

473
00:42:40,980 --> 00:42:47,880
no problem good we don't want anything
unsafe especially on Township property

474
00:42:45,420 --> 00:42:52,460
right Mr mcbeck Elon is with an H
correct m-a-h-l-o south short

475
00:42:52,859 --> 00:42:59,940
anyone else like to have public comment
seeing none I like to make a motion to

476
00:42:58,440 --> 00:43:05,640
close public comment
second all in favor

477
00:43:02,480 --> 00:43:11,400
actually I'm uh not your councilman
I'm like I'll still help you yes no it's

478
00:43:08,460 --> 00:43:15,060
Ward one okay yeah no I know your words
but we're at large so I'll go out there

479
00:43:13,560 --> 00:43:20,220
too that's a lot of streets that's
unfair come on I'm a walking next come

480
00:43:18,359 --> 00:43:24,240
on he's okay
however there is no need for executive

481
00:43:22,200 --> 00:43:29,280
session tonight so uh with that I'll
take a motion to close the meeting

482
00:43:26,220 --> 00:43:31,400
closer to close second all in favor all
right