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Resident requests renaming Serenity Park after Captain Harry Smith
Summary
During public comment at the Jan. 21 meeting, Paul Jon Smith asked that Serenity Park be named for his father, saying he wished the park bear the name “Captain Harry Smith”; a resident later followed up with questions about the park.
Paul Jon Smith used the public-comment portion of the Jan. 21, 2026, Seaside Heights meeting to request that Serenity Park be named after his father. At the caucus meeting earlier that day, the minutes record that Paul Jon Smith “expressed his wishes in naming Serenity Park after his father ‘Captain Harry Smith.’”
Later in the regular meeting, resident Lisa Francoise of 56 Carteret Ave asked follow-up questions about Serenity Park, indicating continued public interest in the potential renaming. The minutes do not record any formal motion or council action to rename the park; the request was raised during public comment and will require a formal agenda item and council vote to take effect.
The meeting record includes only the public comment and subsequent questions; no resolution, ordinance or formal direction to staff regarding a renaming appears in the minutes.
