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The Asbury Park City Council will meet Wednesday in Council Chambers, located at 1 Municipal Plaza.

The closed executive session begins at 4 p.m. and is followed consecutively by the 6 p.m. public workshop and 7 p.m. regular meeting.

Items on the agenda include:

Executive session discussions pertaining to redeveloper’s agreement with Sackman Enterprises for 545 Cookman Ave and Asbury Holdings for 1001 First Ave, as well as amendments to the waterfront redevelopment plan.

The 6 p.m. workshop meeting includes a review of special event applications and the night’s agenda, as well as matters raised at prior meetings and from the governing body and administration.

The 7 p.m. regular session includes votes on budgetary matters, and the following:

Special conditions placed on Porta Asbury Park’s liquor license.

Construction of a sunshade over the Springwood Avenue Park stage.

Appointmenting Lester ‘Muata’ Greene to the Asbury Park Television [APTV] Committee.

Resolutions requesting the power of initiative and referendum ballot questions be placed on the Nov 6 ballot. Those questions include changes to the City’s short term rental guidelines, as well as the shift to a three ward system and partisan government.

A special event permit for the inaugural Sea.Hear.Now cultural, music, art, and surf festival, being held Sept 28-30 along the waterfront.

Grant applications to support senior services, a local safety program, transportation, sustainability initiatives, and the city’s safe routes to school program.

Termination of Vince Gifford’s Jan 12, 2011 Springwood Avenue subsequent redeveloper’s agreement for seven lots in order to amend a purchase and sale agreement of the city owned property to facilitate an update of the region’s redevelopment plan.

Sending proposed changes to development regulations for the downtown region known as the Central Business District to the Planning Board for review.

The governing body will also vote on sending a State Dept of Environmental Protection approved comprehensive public access plan that outlines access to its shoreline on to the Planning Board for inclusion in the Master Plan

Ordinances being introduced on first reading include:

Prohibiting the release of latex and mylar balloons, amending public employee policy as it relates to retirement benefits so that if falls in line with State regulations, begging and panhandling regulations, and sleeping in public.

There will be an introduction to prohibit parking along Monroe Avenue, 125 feet along the north side from the Prospect Avenue intersection, shifts to code regulations as it pertains to planning and redevelopment, as well as amendments to the property maintenance code.

The public will have the opportunity to ask questions and make comments prior to the final votes on the following ordinances:

Accepting development fees from Holmdel, pursuant to Superior Court approval, for the use of affordable housing preservation, purchases, rehabilitation, construction, etc.

There are signage regulation changes as it pertains to development projects, the creation of a handicapped parking space in the 1500 block of Third Avenue, and the addition of banks and ATM guidelines to the Sunset Park region of the Main Street Redevelopment Plan.

And, a $207,400 capital spending plan for the purchase of fire department, IT, public works, transportation and police department equipment.  

Click here to view the full agenda with supplemental materials.

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