January 19, 2022 PB Re-organizational/Regular Meeting minutes
The January 19, 2022 meeting of the Point Pleasant Beach Planning Board opened at 7:00 pm. The Clerk read the notice of compliance with the “Open Public Meetings Act. Present were Board members: Mr. Ritchings, Mr. Woolley, Mr. Bixby, Councilman Ramos, Mr. Paesano, Mr. Calderone, Mr. Cavagnaro, Mr. Gant and Ms. Mills
Absent: Mayor Kanitra
Re-organization meeting
Motion by Mr. Cavagnaro, second by Chairman Ritchings to nominate Karen Mills as Board secretary and Clerk –
In favor: Bixby, Woolley, Cavagnaro, Paesano, Ramos, Ritchings, Calderone, Gant and Mills
Opposed: None
Motion by Mr. Paesano, second by Mr. Cavagnaro to nominate Mr. Ritchings as Chairman
In favor: Bixby, Woolley, Cavagnaro, Paesano, Ramos, Ritchings, Calderone, Gant and Mills
Opposed: None
Motion by Mr. Cavagnaro, second by Mr. Bixby to nominate Glen Paesano as Vice Chairman –
In favor: Bixby, Woolley, Cavagnaro, Paesano, Ritchings, Ramos, Calderone, Gant and Mills
Opposed: None
Motion by Mr. Calderone, second by Mr. Cavagnaro to appoint Jerry J. Dasti, Esq. as Planning Board attorney.
In favor: Bixby, Woolley, Cavagnaro, Paesano, Ritchings, Ramos, Calderone, Gant and Mills
Opposed: None
Motion by Mr. Cavagnaro, second by Mr. Ritchings to nominate John Mele of Maser Engineering as Board Engineer
In favor: Bixby, Woolley, Cavagnaro, Paesano, Ritchings, Ramos, Calderone, Gant and Mills
Opposed: None
Motion by Mr. Bixby second by Mr. Cavagnaro to designate the Asbury Park Press and the Ocean Star as the Boards official newspapers.
In favor: Bixby, Woolley, Paesano, Cavagnaro, Ritchings, Calderone, Gant and Mills
Opposed: None
Motion by Mr. Calderone, second by Mr. Cavagnaro to appoint Glen Paesano as liaison and Pete Ritchings as alternate liaison to the Open Space Committee.
In favor: Bixby, Woolley, Cavagnaro, Paesano, Ritchings, Ramos, Calderone, Gant and Mills
Opposed: None
Motion by Mr. Cavagnaro, second by Vice chair Paesano to memorialize the minutes of December 16, 2021
In favor: Bixby, Woolley, Paesano, Cavagnaro, Ritchings, Calderone, Gant and Mills
Opposed: None
Memorialize Resolution
Motion by Vice chair Paesano, second by Mr. Gant to memorialize the action and vote approving #2021-415 – Hawthorne Shores Brewery – 334 Hawthorne Avenue – Block 109; Lot 1 – Applicant proposes to utilize property as a brewery and tasting room which is a permitted use in the zone. Applicant seeks design waiver for paring lot occupying more than 35%. Applicant seeks a variance for number of parking spaces – 88.75 spaces required; 22 spaces provided.
In favor: Bixby, Woolley, Paesano, Cavagnaro, Ritchings, Calderone, Gant and Mills
Opposed: None
Meeting adjourned at 7:30pm
Attest: Karen L. Mills,
Clerk/Secretary of the Board
Borough of Point Pleasant Beach 

