like to call the meeting to order please Johanna will you read the statement of compliance the notice requirements of the open public meeting act for this meeting have been satisfied a copy of the annual meeting notice was sent to the Atlantic City Press Star Ledger
posted on the bulletin board in the municipal building the municipal website and filed in the office of the municipal clerk please turn off all cell phones please stand for the Pledge of Allegiance flag one nation God indivisible Johanna please take the
role mayor Collins here commissioner blumberg commissioner horn here welcome everybody we will begin as always with our engineering report JJ uh all right I'll start off um we did
did get a response from the D on our uh dredging fines that were submitted but basically they said that they'll get to them when they get to they would appear to be any Rush um Stockton had a delay of going
out to distribute the uh Fisheries questionnaire and collect the additional samples for the uh Shelter Island um Marsh restoration permitting project due to uh weather um we're um actively working on
the design for the 600 block of Fredericksburg Avenue as part of the 2023 Road program um Washington the Washington Avenue streetcape um we're basically at this moment um putting together the Turning templates um for the fire trucks to
ensure that um they don't have any difficulty making the Turning movements there uh we have scheduled a prea with DP Green Acres on the 22nd regarding citing the um storm water pump station at the
Waterfront Park uh down on Amhurst Avenue um since it was funded with Green Acres money to um purchase it and um basically um put the improvements there back in I gu
around 2000 that area um still working on the design of 300 400 block of thorow um well n we have the bid opening scheduled for the 22nd um that's the same as the water B reconfiguration at Benson Avenue and
Winchester Avenue um that been opening on the 22nd um curban gutter program um we're waiting till um early September go out do the survey work basically because with all the cars parked in the
summertime you just can't get the elevations you need so just need the cars to move um working on uh plans and specs for the uh um office improvements phase two at the municipal
building um same uh Winchester happened the same thing with the survey work we're waiting till till um the fall to get out there to do that one as well as the uh 2024 Road program um we are now
um pretty much have the uh figured out the um service side customer side um lead service lines that are going to need replacement so we' started putting the plans together for that project um we have a progress meeting um
scheduled on the 28th for the new Public Works building um to uh excuse me review the schematic building design um we're still um putting together the last piece of the flood warning and response
plan um we have some small changes to make to our mapping for the um that storm water ordinance and mapping assistance the requested some changes um other than that on the um design side
that's pretty much it um I may have added project to Expos out I guess not Winchester Avenue um which is the um
fiscal 2023 piece the contractor is going to begin in September the two bulkhead access projects that we did are substantially complete I think we're in close out now and Municipal Building office improvements are still in
construction um so basically much questions great thank you we'll now move to our department head reports Scott would you like to begin certainly would we have on tonight the uh ordinance with
regard to the sale of the sliver of land along the beach front at osbor I see that Mr plaer is here I believe he's got his clients here as well uh so we're moving forward with that ordinance that's where it's a authorizing a private sale of this about 1,700 Plus
square fet landward of an existing bulkhead in return there will be a payment of monies I forget the exact figes a little bit over 200,000 but more importantly I think is the Reconstruction of all the bulkhead Osborne Avenue street end Osborne Avenue side bulkhead and of course the property
itself currently that bulkhead is the municipal bulkhead it's about 165 bulkhead there'll also be handicapped access replaced I believe and stairway so that's moving forward uh um we have done this before with with a number of
other Oceanfront Parcels these are Parcels of land they're non-buildable they're under sized but they are landward of the existing bulkhead so that's what I have on that one uh maybe Mr pler would like to add some
later on get to that other than that that was some PR I never had any idea those horses were that big I'm 61 those horses were way over and the crowds were just unbelievable I somebody said 10,000
people is that possible but there was a lot of people and it was a tremendous Advantage you should have seen all those kids bo they had a b it was really something so very proud mayor that was a great that was a fantastic event I hope we get him back somay so that was really
neat other than that I I think that's about it that's what I've got great thank you Scott Pat commissioner thank you uh everything's good in public works uh just busy as usual we had a couple water leaks minor and then a couple sewer collapses other than that everything
else is good appreciate it great thank you Jim we have ordinance number s 1972 22024 of the cape Atlantic jurisdictional program that's with our uh CRS program for outreach with our
vendors and um trying to keep our classification to a four which would be a lower reduction on flood insurance um which JJ and his crew are working on right now um what you see is agenda number o
um yeah so when we get an update we're asking for a uh modification remodification on our town they have to come visit us and look at everything and evaluate if we can move up a CL or move down a class move up for the lower
interest on the um flood insurance um other than that we're working on a huge umbrella to put over to town next time it rains this way that nobody gets wet and there's no flooding um because Pat will tell you the phone rang and people just went berserk because they couldn't get around
the streets it's crazy anything you want to ask about the uh ordinance number thank you no we we reviewed it so we got the yeah U the packet reviewed so okay all good thank you Roger the only is we
have a planning we meeting on August 29th um other than that there's nothing new to report great thank you Chief anenson I'll be brief as well first of all I want to thank everybody that came out for L day last night it was a great event it's great when we can interact
with the community uh kids seem to have a good time we had a couple of uh new vendors that came in EHT pal was really nice to see uh some of the kids that some of the Robotics are doing are very impressive NOAA brought a boat they brought some interesting displays also
so it was kind of nice to get some new blood in our law day that we have done for many years so it was a really great event again the Clyde sales were was a very good event this afternoon a lot of planning it's nice to see the planning work out we had a great crowd and like I
always say we can plan for 60 but it's either 60 or 6,000 so we have to plan for both so it was a great event all the way around and I thank everybody for their help and then just because it's the last meeting I guess before Labor Day we W have another meeting to labor
labor day and I start looking at numbers and I think we all can agree that was a very busy summer and even for the police department we can see our calls for service we usually average about 11,000 by this time of year we're over 12,000 calls calls for service at this point so
it's pretty reflective of all the crowds that we've seen especially over the summer and even one of the interesting statistics is over the last four years looking at our motor vehicle accidents we've actually had a decline about 10% over the last four years so again we try
very hard to make improvements uh offices are out there so again when you kind of see those numbers it's nice to see we are still going to have you know a lot of calls for service but when you see some things go down it's it's nice to see and that's even statistically from over 140 motor vehicle ACC four or
five years ago up to this time we're in the 120s right now so it is nice to see some of the improvements that we work on you know it it reflects so it's nice to see say hopefully we can keep that up for the rest of the year that's all I have great thank you Chief Lisa thank
you mayor good afternoon everyone uh just a few things to report on um as you're aware there were 10 benches replaced at the Washington Avenue Pier the lamp post posts were painted um Public Works did some repairs to the
railing and everything really looks nice down there much needed improvements in regards to the benches themselves those benches were previously purchased by residents you know as a memorial to
relatives or friends and uh it basically covers the cost of the benches so we um allow the individuals who purchase those benches like the first right of refusal to purchase new benches when they're
replaced so because it's been a substantial amount of time since those benches had been purchased um there's some difficulty of finding the uh the records pertaining to the purchase the person that oversaw there was two people
that overo oversaw the program both of whom have been retired for several years Anthony Edge is overseeing the project now in conjunction with Pat power um he did his best to obtain the names and the
contact information for those individuals he was able to locate two of them who may be interested but there's still eight other benches that um we do not know how to get in contact with the
people so uh I had discussed with Anthony and Pat and we think that we should you know allow a certain amount of time for people to contact the city if they are interested um by the only thing we can
do is put it on our website um maybe I don't see nette maybe she could put something but we thought about maybe giving them till October 1st and if we don't hear from anyone by October 1st then you know we can advertise for
additional donations I think Anthony said he already has several people who may be interested so if it's okay with you is October 1 a a good date that works for me okay and um then we'll have someone posted on the website as well to
make people aware just so we could get it out in the public okay perfect um you know uh a few weeks ago one of the old fire engines was sold to Brigantine um and we received the check today for
$25,000 so that will be posted and held in a reserve uh for future purchases of assets needed by departments um the ordinance that that was adopted last meeting for the purchase of
Taylor's Gulf will become effective August 26th I realize there's a deposit that needs to be made but Scott um who can you please send me the information as to whom to contact regarding where that payment should be
made I'd appreciate and also the executed copy of the contract I know the clerk's office had not um obtained the executed copy yet um so I'll take care of getting that done um I also sent a draft for the next
round uh for our Capital ordinance and the uh feedback I got from Ed Dennis I was able to I removed some projects that won't go out to bid until early next year or later and so right
now we're looking at probably $2 million in general capital and maybe a million dollars in utility um but that's contingent upon you know any other additional feedback I may receive but if you can let me know I'll send you out a
revised list tomorrow morning and if you could just let me know as soon as possible because I would like to introduce that ordinance the first meeting in September okay to help with our um our Capital planning projects I know Pat mentioned um he may need some
additional equipment for early next summer which you know it usually takes several months to receive those type of items so um if I don't already have funding available I'll probably add those in as well you know with your authorization so please just send me
your feedback um as soon as you can by next week and um that's all I have great thank you thank you Johanna yes as for the benches the my understanding is the plaque is good for the bench for 10
years and after that that the person is no longer the owner of that that bench and it is $500 for a bench a thousand it's up to a thousand okay yeah the existing plaques are in excess of 10 years old
right so so I don't feel that we owe them anything but the plaque itself we can sell it to other people if they're interested yeah I think your intention was that we would offer them first right of refusal for the for the reup of the
new it was explained to me that that's what was done yeah because I don't have a copy of the policy or you know so I think we'll give them till October 1st for first right of refusal if anyone wants to to reup and repurchase the plaques for the new benches and then
we'll offer it to the public after that all right thank so I just want to um again say thank you to the police department I think I check challenged Chief Hinson two weeks ago and said uh you know you're you had big shoes to fill after the public works and Fire
Department events this summer and I think you you came through and your department did a great job last night at L day and then again today with the Clydesdales um as Scott said that crowd um I don't we were we were talking with the Business Association we're not sure on a single day at FunFest or Beach dock
we've ever seen a crowd as as big as we had today so um so great job all around for that Commission horn anything to add no thank you thank you we will now open up to public comment if anyone has any comment of any items that were discussed in this
meeting only uh you may step forward to the microphone state your name and address all right is there a motion to close public comment motion I will second mayor Collins yes commissioner horn yes right is there a motion to
adjourn motion second mayor Collins yes commissioner horn yes all right um we will roll right into the next meeting uh in the interest of time