We need a bigger courtroom. Good morning or good afternoon everybody. Please rise for the pledge of allegiance. I aliance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under
God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Roll call. Mr. Schiff, here. Mr. Franco, I'm here. Mr. Cabrera, I am here. Compliance with the open public meetings
act chapter 231 public law 1975. The notice requirements have been satisfied as to the time, place, and date of holding send meeting by posting notice on the board here at Burough Hall and by mailing and emailing Zane to the Herald of Cape May
County on October 15th, 2024. In the event of an emergency, we got all all the help you could ever imagine right here tonight. Emergency exit is our front left or your back right or the door just by the American flag. Uh, a
couple quick announcements here today. This meeting is being streamed live on the burrow's Facebook page and also on the burough's YouTube channel. Um, in the event you're watching the record the the meeting live and you want to make a public comment, um, there's an access code uh, you're going to dial into,
which is this conference line right here on the DIS, that number to call in is 888 3634734. And when prompted, you're enter the access code 969920 followed by the pound or the hashtag. In the event you watch the
recorded version of this meeting and you have a question uh or a comment, uh you're more than welcome to email our clerk at clerk wildwoodrest.org or you may phone her at 6097298040. When we get to the public comment section of the meeting, you have
5 minutes to make your comment. Um, we do not need your address. We only need your name. Um, so we're going to kick off this meeting with a very special presentation um for Lewis J. Bolasco III. Um, I have a proclamation here I'm
going to eat. My our understanding is he was accepted is heading to West Point and that's a major uh congratulations from and very well represented in Wall Lacress here today. So, we're going to come down. I'll read this uh into the record and we'll present it to to Mr.
Glasco and then we'll open up the floor if he wants to make any comments. And uh I told him he's got 5 minutes. Five minutes max. All right, are we ready? All right, let's do this. All right. Wild Crest Proclamation
whereas Lewis J. Blasco III is a sixth generation to call the Wildwoods home and is a member of the Wawa Catholic Academy class of 2025. Whereas Lewis J. Blasco III has demonstrated all-around leadership and held the title of captain of the Wawa
Catholic cross country, swim and track and field teams and serves as a eucharistic minister at Notradam Damera Parish. And whereas Lewis J. Glass the third has volunteered with the Wildwood Crest Volunteer Fire Company number one and will soon graduate from the Cape May
County Fire Academy. And whereas a lifelong dream has come to fruition as Lewis J. Bolass the third recently received certificate of appointment to United States Military Academy at West Point. And whereas those admitted to United States Military Academy at West
Point are expected have ecstellic academics, strong leadership skills, and be in peak physical condition. And with such rigorous standards, the acceptance rate is 11%. And whereas it is desire of this
board of commissioners of the burough of Wawa Crest to acknowledge and law this outstanding achievement by Lewis J. Bolasco III. And now therefore, be it resolved by the board of commissioners of the bureau of Wawa Crest, County of Cape May, and state of New Jersey, that
sincere appreciation and commendation be extended to Lewis J. Bolasco III for his successful appointment to United States Military Academy at West Point, class of 2029. Now therefore, I, Don Cabrera, by the power vested in me as mayor of the
Burrow of Wild Crest, do hereby proclaim Wednesday, April 30th, 2025, as Lewis J. Bolasco, the third day in the Burrow of Wild Crest. And we extend our sincerest congratulations on a job well done.
Louis wants to say a couple words. I just want to thank the fire department and the be patrol of wild crest as it has helped me along my journey to get to the military academy and my family for helping me along the way too. Thank you.
asked me to announce that after this, I guess right now we're going to go over to the uh volunteer fire department. He has cake and some refreshments and you're all invited. But before I forget, I would just like to congratulate Brian McGowan to uh his new position and
and thank you for your 18 and a half years, I think it was, in our fire inspection department. Doesn't mean you're leaving the fire department. You're just leaving that one area. But thank you. Does the family want pics? You guys want to come take a picture? Oh, yeah.
We can do them, but they're too expensive for you. Oh my god. The whole Blaska family. Is there enough room for Do you need us to keep moving back? No. No. No. No. No. I'm kidding. saying cuz you're so
I'm trying to move it for you. Okay, everybody here say cheese, please. There you go. And congratulations, Louis. All right, you're all welcome to stay for the rest of the meeting. I know this is a highlight of your evening.
If not, you're more than welcome to go. Congratulations, young man. Heat. Heat. There's a lot of blasters. One of the last one that came up and hooked up. He works in the county department of the county.
this cough. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Can tell probably. Take care. You're welcome. All right. Can we have some door shut? Yes,
you can, but it won't stay. Mr. Shear, I think it has to time out, Don, to be honest with you. Yeah, it needs like like it closes in like a minute like cuz you have to give somebody. Okay, Madam Cler, may we have the ordinances, please? Yes. The first is
ordinance 1453 regarding fire prevention fees. Motion that ordinance number 1453 be placed on second reading and final passage by title only. Second. It's been moved and seconded that ordinance number 1453 be placed on second and final
reading by title only. Roll call. Mr. Schiff, yes. Mr. Franco, yes. Mr. Cabrera, yes. Ordinance 1453 reads as follows. An ordinance amending and supplementing chapter 35, fire prevention, article 3, administration, section
35-18, additional required inspection and benefit and and fees. Sorry. Motion that a public hearing now be held on ordinance number 1453. Second. It has been moved and seconded that a public hearing on ordinance number 1453
now be held. Roll call. Mr. Schiff. Yes. Mr. Franco. Yes. Mr. Cabera. Yes. Thank you. Floor is open for public comment on ordinance number 1453. We'll start with anybody here in the audience this evening. Public comment on
ordinance number 1453. Everybody's close. Hearing none. We'll go to the conference line. Any any public comment on ordinance number 1453? Hearing none. Motion that a public hearing on ordinance number 1453 now be closed. Second. It has been moved and
seconded that public that the public hearing on orders number 1453 now be closed. Roll call. Mr. Schiff. Yes. Mr. Franco. Yes. Mr. Cabera. Yes. Motion that ordinance number 1453 be passed on second and final reading and advertised according to law. Second. It has been
moved and seconded that ordinance number 1453 be passed on second and final reading and advertised according to law. Roll call. Mr. Schiff. Yes. Mr. Franco. Yes. Mr. Cabrera. Yes. Next we have ordinance 1454 regarding rental properties. Motion that ordinance number
1454 be placed on second reading and final passage by title only. Second that. It has been moved and seconded that orders number 1454 be placed on second and final reading by title only. Roll call. Mr. Schiff. Yes, Mr. Franco.
Yes, Mr. Cabaro. Yes. Ordinance 1454 reads as follows. An ordinance amending and supplementing chapter 56A, rental properties, amending section 56A-12.1, occupancy limitations for
rental units. Uh motion that a public hearing now be held on ordinance number 1454. Second. It has been moved and seconded that the public hearing on ordinance number 1454 be now be held. Roll call. Mr. Schiff. Yes. Mr. Franco. Yes. Mr.
Cabera. Yes. We're moving for public comment on ordinance number 1454. Come on up to the bill. There you go. Just need your name. Clarify. I am the person who lives next to the frat house. Um, and I just want to say two things. Thank you. My gratitude. I
did not expect to be listened to about the menace in my next door neighbor house. Second question, however, is how is this? Well, I've read it thoroughly, understand it completely. How will it be enforced? Uh, so the ordinance speaks to there's various departments in the bureau that
can enforce it. Um, so it's we're hoping to catch it so it doesn't have to be enforced. So that there's a new procedure in terms of applying for the merkantill license. there's a square footage calculation that'll tell you how much of the maximum optimacy can be there will be a sticker issued to that
particular person that is looking to rent their property out. Um, however, if the burrow gets a complaint uh or or or sees a concern, then the one of the departments that are specified in the orders, I believe is code police and maybe fire uh can go to to go and
investigate the situation. Okay. And is this um being implemented as of May 1st? I think that's the renewal date on the licenses, but those certificates have not been issued yet. So, the new the ordinate there is an ordinance already in place. This this tonight just amends
the existing order. It tightens it up a little bit more. Um it it creates the fire safety. There's a there's a number a calculation. I don't know what it is off the top of my head, but you divide that into square footage. It actually tells you the number the number of people you could have in the unit. And in is there not a clause in the new
ordinance that the the owner of the building will be receiving something that has to be displayed in terms of an occupancy limit so that the public can see it? That's the sticker that I was referring to. Okay. Is that going to be issued for May 1st? In other words, for the renewal
date. Should should people have that in their possession if they're beginning to rent the rental season? If they if if they had that on the old ordinance, they should have it. This new ordinance goes into effect May 28th. We have to follow We have to follow. Okay. So, there's no
violation yet at the frack house because it's May 28th. Okay. Good. Okay. Thank you. You're welcome. And if you need further clarification, Vicki who handles merkantile, she's happy to help. Yep. Any more public comment? Ordinance number 145.
Donald Murphy, one month to raise these Airbnbs. Can anybody just decide tomorrow they want their house to be an Airbnb? Because I'm looking at three houses on
either side of me that have four bedrooms each that are going to be Airbnbs. And you know, people to cut down on the cost are going to split that up possibly with a couple other colors
co couples for a weekend or a week. Where the hell are all these cars going? Mhm. I mean, I'm talking about at least 10 cars on a weekend. Fourth of July, you parking is
already horrendous. U and when we when we do have problems with these rental units and the who do we call uh so it's going to either be code enforcement the police department or the
fire safety just depends on it you I would I would probably start with the code enforcement office uh and then they can go investigate then they'll look at the nature of it and if if there's other departments that need to be involved I'm sure they'll follow code enforcement is Monday through Friday 9 to 4 9 to Police
department is 24/7. 24/7. Right. So, we first go to the police department. You do what the mayor just said. Whatever fits the bill of the problem, you can reach out and if nobody's in that office at that time, just call the police and
the police will direct you to the right place. Thank you're welcome. Anybody else? Call 911. Sorry. At least the rip out. Would you call 911?
Would that be a 911 call if it's after hours? This gentleman just asked if he had a problem. Okay. Miss Ripo, before you even start, I'm going to advise you of a couple of things. Okay. Okay. Firstly, I'm going to direct these commissioners not to
answer any of your questions pertaining to an OPER request or any documents for which you filed a complaint as you know against this burrow. You are now a litigant. We will see you in court. Okay, that's regard to that issue. The second issue is you are a defendant. You
are charged criminally. Everyone in this room, you might have some people there that are witnesses in this matter. I would advise you, I'm not your legal counsel. I know that you've chosen to represent yourself. You may want to actually go get an actual criminal
defense. Why are you speaking to me when I'm speaking about ahead? Why are you talking to me about something about I asked you a question about a resolution here? I asked about 911. This gentleman went up and asked what he should do. He specifically said
administrative offices. What is your problem, Mr. Gunus? I'm here. We're not answering any of your questions, Mr. About what this gentleman just asked. Is that a problem? We're not answering any of your questions, Mr. Ripple. Okay. Well, I have five minutes to speak when it's open mic. Thank
you. Anybody else? We'll start finish up. Anybody here in the audience? Okay. Now, we'll move to the conference line. Anybody on the conference line have any public comments on ordinance number 1454? Hearing none. Uh motion that a
public hearing on ordinance number 1454 now be closed. I'll second that. It's been moved and seconded that the public hearing on ordinance number 1454 now be closed. Roll call. Mr. Schiff. Yes. Mr. Franco. Yes. Mr. Cabrera. Yes. Motion that ordinance number 1454 be p
passed on second and final reading advertised according to law. Second. It has been moved and seconded that ordinance number 1454 be passed on second and final reading and advertised according to law. Roll call. Mr. Schiff. Yes. Mr. Mr. Franco. Yes. Mr. Cabera. Yes. Okay. Next, we have ordinance 1455
regarding the beach. Motion that ordinance number 1455 be placed on second reading and final passage by title only. Second that motion. Has been moved and seconded that orders number 1455 be placed on second and final reading by title only. Roll call. Mr.
Schiff. Yes. Mr. Franco. Yes. Mr. Cabera. Yes. Ordinance 1455 reads as follows. An ordinance of the Burrow of Wildwood Crest amending and supplementing chapter 8 beach and dunes of the code of the burrow of Wildwood Crest to provide for a method of
identifying vehicles that are authorized to operate on the beach. Motion that a public hearing now be held on ordinance number 1455. Seconded. It has been moved and seconded that a public hearing on ordinance number 1455 now be held. Roll call. Mr.
Schiff. Yes. Mr. Franco. Yes. Mr. Cabera. Yes. Door is open for public comment on ordinance number 1455. Is anybody here in the audience? Yes, sir. Question. This doesn't apply to the I just need
your name again, sir. Fishing permit. Donald Murphy. Thank you. Now, I can answer that question for you. That's the fishing permit, Chief. Ends starts in October and ends April 30th. Tomorrow morning. Yeah. So, you're not allowed to
drive on the beach anywhere until next time you get a permit like next October. October. October. Correct. We're not going to throw you off the beach. Good. Anybody else? Public comment. Ordinance
number 1455. Go to the conference line. Ordinance number 1455. Any public comments? Hearing none. Motion that a public hearing on ordinance number 1455 now be closed. Second. It has been moved and
seconded that the public hearing on ordinance number 1455 now be closed. Roll call. Mr. Schiff. Yes. Mr. Franco. Yes. Mr. Cabar. Yes. Motion that ordinance number 1455 be passed on second and final reading and advertised according to law. Seconded. It has been
moved and seconded that orders number 1455 be passed on second and final reading and advertised according to law. Roll call. Mr. Schiff. Yes. Mr. Franco. Yes. Mr. Cabera. Yes. Okay. Next we have ordinance 1456 regarding parks. Motion
that ordinance number 1456 be placed on second reading and final passage by title only. Second. It has been moved and seconded that ordinance number 1456 be placed on second and final reading by title O. Roll call. Mr. Sheff. Yes. Mr. Franco, yes. Mr. Cabrera, yes. Ordinance
1456 reads as follows. An ordinance of the Burrow of Wildwood Crest amending and supplementing chapter 47A parks of the code of the Burough of Wa Crest to provide for further rules and regulations at basketball courts and pickle ball and tennis courts. Motion
that a public hearing now be held on ordinance number 14 56. Second a motion. It has been moved and seconded that a public hearing on ordinance number 1456 now be held. Roll call. Mr. Schiff. Yes. Mr. Franco. Mr. Cabera. Yes. Floor is
open for public comment on ordinance number 1456, better known as the play nice at the pickle ball courts or anybody in the audience. Go to the conference line. Ordinance number 1456. Pull the comment.
Hearing none. Motion that a public hearing on ordinance number 1456 now be closed. I'll second it. Has been moved and second that a public hearing on ordinance number 1456 now be closed. Roll call. Mr. Schiff. Yes. Mr. Franco. Yes. Mr. Cabera. Yes. Motion that
ordinance number 1456 be passed on second and final reading and advertised according to law. Second that one. It has been moved and seconded that ordinance number 1456 be passed on second and final reading and advertised according to law. Roll call. Mr. Schiff.
Yes. Mr. Franco. Yes. Mr. Cabaro. Yes. Okay. Thanks J. Resolutions. Oh dear. Okay. We have a lot. The first is accepting work performed and authorizing release of performance bond and accepting maintenance bond for the beach patrol headquarters renovations project
uh contract. Motion. I will second. It has been moved and seconded that the foregoing resolution be adopted. Roll call. Mr. Schiff, yes. Mr. Franco, yes. Mr. Cabrera, yes. Next is accepting work performed and authorizing release of performance bond and accepting maintenance bond for the fiscal year
2023 NJ do municipal aid reconstruction of Orchid Road contract. A motion. Have a second. It has been moved and seconded that the foregoing resolution be adopted. Roll call. Mr. Schiff. Yes. Mr. Franco. Yes. Mr. Cabrera. Yes. Next is authorizing burrow engineer work order
for fiscal year 2025 NJ do DOT local transportation project fund grant application at the not to exceed sum of 2,000. I'll motion. I will second. It has been moved and seconded that the foregoing resolution be adopted. Roll call. Mr. Schiff. Yes. Mr. Franco. Yes.
Mr. Cabrera. Uh question on the motion Mark just to confirm. Mrs. Denver, this is the Denver uh beach to Bay application. Yes. Okay. Thank you. Yes. Okay. Next is authorizing amendment to the 2025 municipal budget to account for additional funding from the New Jersey
Department of Environmental Protection for the Recycling Tonnage Grant. Motion. I will second. It has been moved and seconded that the foregoing resolution be adopted. Roll call. Mr. Schiff. Yes. Mr. Franco. Yes. Mr. Cabrera. Yes. Next is authorizing increase of contract in
the amount of 2,000 to William J. Kaufman for planning board special conflict solicitor. A motion. Second. Good. It has been moved and seconded that the foregoing resolution be adopted. Roll call. Mr. Schiff. Yes. Mr. Franco. And Mr. Cabrera. Yes. Next
is authorizing the mayor to sign the certification of the updated emergency operations plan for the burrow of Wildwood Crest. I'll motion. I'll second. It has been moved and seconded that the foregoing resolution be adopted. Roll call. Mr. Mr. Schiff. Yes. Mr. Franco. Yes. Mr. Cabrera. Yes. Next
is authorizing increase of contract in the amount of 110,000 to Mark Heinselman and the law firm of Lowenstein Sandler for specialized legal services. A motion. Second. It has been moved and seconded that the foregoing resolution be adopted. Roll call. Mr. Schiff. Yes.
Mr. Franco. Yes. Mr. Cabrera. Yes. Next is authorizing award of professional services contract to Concord Engineering for construction management and professional engineering services for Joseph on Savage Pool at the not to exceed sum of $7,750.
Motion second. It has been moved and seconded that the foregoing resolution be adopted. Roll call. Mr. Schiff. Yes. Mr. Franco. Yes. Mr. Cabera. Yes. Next is authorizing burrow engineer work order for the emergency contract for the back beach fill project at the not to
exceed sum of 15,000. I'll motion second. It has been moved and seconded that the foregoing resolution be adopted. Roll call. Mr. Schiff. Yes. Mr. Franco. Mr. Cabrera. Yes. Next is authorizing emergency contract with asphalt paving systems for back beach
fill project at the not to exceed sum of $149,537.50. 50 cents. I'll motion it second. It has been moved and seconded that the foregoing resolution be adopted. Roll call. Mr. Schiff. Yes. Mr. Franco. Yes. Mr. Cabrera. Yes. Next is authorizing a
licensing agreement between the Burrow of Wildwood Crest and the Wild Harbor Tri Club for use of the kayak launch for open water swim season 2025. Motion. Second. It has been moved and seconded that the foregoing resolution be adopted. Roll call. Mr. Sheff. Yes. Mr.
Franco. Yes. Mr. Cabera. Yes. Nex is designating May 4th through 10th, 2025 as the 56th annual professional municipal clerk's week in the burrow of Wildwood Crest. Are we going to be advised when that? Yes, you will. You will know it. I'll
motion. I'll second. It has been moved and seconded that the foregoing resolution be adopted. Roll call. Mr. Shef. Yes. Mr. Franco. Yes. Mr. Cabera. Yes. Next is authorizing the preparation of estimated tax bills. Motion. Second. It has been moved and seconded that the
foregoing resolution be adopted. Roll call. Mr. Schiff. Yes. Mr. Franco. Yes. Mr. Cabrera. Yes. Next is waving special events application additional fees to the Greater Wildwood Yacht Club. I'll motion it. Second. It has been moved and seconded that the foregoing resolution
be adopted. Roll call. Mr. Schiff. Yes. Mr. Franco. Yes. Mr. Carrera. Yes. Next is affirming the Bureau of Wildwood Crest's civil rights policy with respect to all officials, appointees, employees, prospective employees, volunteers,
independent contractors, and members of the public that come into contact with municipal employees, officials, and volunteers. I'll motion second. It has been moved and seconded that the foregoing resolution be adopted. Roll call. Mr. Schiff, yes. Mr. Franco, yes.
Mr. Cabrera, yes. Next is authorizing burrow engineer work order for the emergency contract for East Stockton Road project at the not to exceed sum of 3,000. Motion. I will second. It has been moved and seconded that the foregoing resolution be adopted. Roll call. Mr.
Schiff. Yes. Mr. Franco. Yes. Mr. Cabera. Yes. Next is authorizing emergency contract with asphalt paving systems for East Stockton Road at the not to exceed sum of $9,375. I'll move it. Second. It's been moved and seconded that the foregoing
resolution be adopted. Roll call. Mr. Schiff. Yes. Mr. Franco. Yes. Mr. Cabrera. Yes. Next is authorizing award of contract for 2025 road resurfacing program. Motion. Second. It has been moved and seconded that the foregoing resolution be adopted. Roll call. Mr.
Schiff. Yes. Mr. Franco. Yes. Mr. Cabera. Yes. Next is opposing New Jersey protecting against climate threats resilient environments and landscape rules NJC. Motion it second. It has been moved and seconded that the foregoing resolution be adopted. Roll call. Mr.
Schiff. Yes. Mr. Franco. Yes. Mr. Cabera. Yes. Next is authorizing readvertisement of notice to biders for landscaping services for Higgby and Mory Fields. A motion. Second. Has been moved and seconded that the foregoing resolution be adopted. Roll call. Mr.
Schiff. Yes. Mr. Franco. Yes. Mr. Cabrera. Yes. Lastly is authorizing advertisement of a notice to biders for plumbing and electric service at Nesbbit Center. I'll motion it. Second. It has been moved and seconded that the foregoing resolution be adopted. Roll
call. Mr. Schiff. Yes. Mr. Franco. Yes. Mr. Cabrera. Yes. Motion that all bills properly authorized as submitted be paid. I will second it. It has been moved and seconded that all bills properly authorized as submitted be paid. Roll call. Mr. Sheff. Yes. Mr.
Franco. Yes. Mr. Cabra. Yes. Okay. That brings us to our public safety reports. We'll start with Chief Lloyd. Good evening. I'm going to touch on a couple highlights from my March report to the director of public safety.
So, in the month of March, the police department responded to,442 calls for service. 646 of those required multiple officers. We conducted 47 investigations. Um, responded to 237
service calls which include alarms, citizen assists, fires, medical assists, school related activities, and utility complaints. conducted 193 motor vehicle stops with 32 traffic summones issued. Uh responded to one motor vehicle
accident. Conducted 376 property checks, 575 hours of training. And we had 11 adult arrests and one DWI. Thank you, Chief. Thanks, Chief. Any questions? Any questions, Chief? Okay,
moving on. We're going to go to Mr. Crips, EMS and OEM. Thank you, America. We're bottom industry visitors, residents. Uh yeah, we did 57 calls for service for our time. Uh nine of those were mutually
towood uh two to lower and at least received one from Wwood. uh highlight the OEM is I want to thank the governing body and the rest of the staff to help get this emergency operations plan completed and tightened up uh for the
new year gets done every two years. Uh and our goal is to hopefully tackle all of you and prepare for anything that could come our way and everybody involved was a huge success. So once we get the signatures they will get sent over to the county and the county will
submit that to state office. We're ready to go and get ready for 2027. Okay. Thanks. I know there's a lot of work to put together. I appreciate that. Very good team effort this one. So, it's good. Good job. Thanks, Bill. Thanks. Okay. Thanks.
Motion that all reports received the report administrator, chief financial officer, tax collector, chief of police, supervisor, recreation department, construction officials, prior prevention, emergency service coordinator for the EMS and the Wild Crest volunteer fire company chief of
the month ending March 31st, 2025 be accepted as presented. Seconded. It has been moved and seconded that all reports received from the court administrator, chief financial officer, tax collector, chief of police, supervisor for the recreation department, construction
official, fire prevention, emergency services coordinator for the EMS, and the Wildwood Crest volunteer fire company chief for the month ending March 31st, 2025 be accepted as presented. Roll call. Mr. Sheff, yes. Mr. Franco, yes. Mr. Cabera, yes. Motion that all
minutes from the commission's meeting dated March 26th and April 9th, 2025 be approved as presented. All seconded. It has been moved and seconded that all minutes from the commission meetings dated March 26th and April 9th, 2025 be
approved as presented. Roll call. Mr. Schiff, yes. Mr. Franco, yes. Mr. Cabrera, yes. Okay, brings us to a couple one report, engineers report. Mr. Thank you, mayor. Uh under capital projects the uh
contractor for the Bayside bulkhead replacement project on the Bayside has completed the bulkhead installation at Primrose Myrtle Lotus Fern forget me not Coline and Sweep Wire Road as there have been a lot of challenges when you're ripping out bulkheads connecting to
private properties and other uh structures that are in the rightway. It's been a challenge but we've been keeping up with it and dealing with it as well. Uh at this point we are on target to have everything done with the exception of the bulkhead replacement at
Palm and Wisteria before uh Memorial Day as well as the valves. So if all goes well, the contractor will take a hiatus through the summer, come back in the fall, and he will work on replacing the bulkheads at Palmer Wisteria and then putting in the valves. So so far so
good, and it's been a challenge. Uh second project is the fiscal year 23 DCA ADA municipal building bathroom improvement project. We are in the closeout phase including punch list items and grout staining from the roof will be addressed as well upstairs in
the bathroom. Um next project reconstruction of Toledo Avenue is ongoing. Uh it's a various phases. Uh some blocks are base pave waiting for surface course. Other areas are waiting for base paving and concrete work, but we are on target to have that road uh
surface paved before the start of the season. Um, next item with your action tonight, you have authorize a contract for what's known as the 2025 road resurfacing program. Uh, that is a quick hitter resurfacing program of some roadways. I spoke to the contractor uh
today. That's the same contractor doing the bulkhead work the day that he has the paving going on on the bay side. he'll be mobilizing to complete these roadways which he said it would be done in two to three days and at South State um I have no doubt that they're probably going to knock that all out in two to three days and we'll be have that
completed for you before Memorial Day. Under grant applications, we recently submitted a proposal to uh take the burrow to the Cape May County Open Space Board for uh funding for the Crest Fishing Pier. That'll be in front of you for your consideration.
And we have two other grant opportunities that we're going to attack. One is the NJ DOT local transportation project fund that you authorized today. And the second one which just recently came back is the the typical annual municipal aid application for roads, bikes, and pedestrian safety
at DOT. We sent your proposal on that today. So that'll be another uh project that you'll have to select. And that is our report. Okay. Any questions of our engineer? Mark, I think the bulkheads look nice. Yeah, absolutely. I mean, they really turned
out better than I thought. Good job. Yeah, I want to thank the public, especially those that live along Park Boulevard and on the on the uh bayront. Um we had our share of wind here this winter and the construction, you know, debris and so forth has going every which way. So, I know properties are
getting dirty and and streets are getting need to be cleaned and all that good stuff. Washington. So what are you doing? You're not doing anything with street. I turned it. So the the project the overall project is essentially 10 street ends
that have the bulkheads replaced. Okay. Had bulkhead replacement and have it elevated to meet current burrow code and ordinances. As part of that, what we evaluated was even though it's a small little piece of the street end, we tried to pick the street up as high as possible because in my opinion that's
the best way to to mitigate flooding and keep you out of flood waters. So if you picture this up along the bulkhead is where we can raise it the highest. Oh, I see. because then when we the road comes to Park Boulevard, we have to tie into that. So if we had
a multi-million dollar project and we could go around the corner and start raising Park Boulevard and then start raising up towards New Jersey, we could pick it all up in one shot. But so we're doing the best that we can in that time frame. You do realize the water comes up
from the street drains, correct? Yeah. So that's not getting mitigated at all. Yes. Well, some some some of it is because to the extent that we can, we're raising those inlet rates. Now, we would be able to do a lot better by the burrow if we had a project on Park Boulevard,
which we eventually will. So, we've designed the street ends to come up as high as possible. And if and when there ever is a Park Boulevard project, we'll be able to rip everything out and bring those inlets up. If we could bring the inlets up even six inches, it would have
a significant impact on title flooding. Flooding is bad down there. It's scary sometimes. Mark, can I mention the veils in there? I think I might address Thank you. Yeah, that that that's a good point, too. So So the burrow is So in addition to raising the roadways, the burrow is
putting in, in my opinion, uh more reliable valves to to stop the tide from coming in. They're actually very expensive valves. They are um I think to buy there they were like $50,000 a pop. But those valves will require the burough personnel to physically go there
and close them. So that's kind of the downside of the valve. But the upside of the valve is once that valve is closed manually, there's nothing coming back. As opposed to what's called a passive valve where if the neoprene uh wears and opens up in time, it becomes useless or
if it gets clogged with trash, it's uneffective. So that's a good point, Commissioner. I was remissing saying that. Thank you. Okay. Anybody else questions about our engineer? All right. Keep them. Uh Dave McGoy, I'm
happy to see the engineers report. Last couple of meetings I've been either have nothing to say, which I know is not the truth, or I've missed stuff. Um, back from what you said, there's no Park Avenue paving as part of the project you're doing right now. Well, there's a
conceptual conversational piece about maybe doing a project in the future, but it's not like right on the books right this second. And just a question about the fishing pier project. There's funding for. Can you help me understand what that project
is? So, you want me to take that one, mayor? Sure. Well, you I think we're referring to the New Jersey Boardwwell preservation trust fund grant. I think so. It was a grant money. Yeah. So, so the Crest Fishing Pier, the burrow has already received a
$1,87,000 grant from the NJDCA to replace the fishing pier. Obviously, that's not going to cover the total cost. What we're attempting to do is to go to the Cape May County Open Space Board and hopefully receive up to another $2.5 million grant. So if you
take the 2.5 million, you add the one, we're at three and a half. I think the project's probably going to be a four to5 million project. We can get three fifths of the way there. And the project in envisions replacing it is extending it so we can actually fish off of it
again. Yes. So the project which was presented here in the past over the last probably four and a half years now is to totally demolish the pier, widen the pier, uh the decking from the bike path all the way out and elongating it into
the water. We're also talking about providing ADA access of the areas where you can fish along the railing. Um a shade gazebo and a potential bathroom as well. So, we're extending the beer several
hundred feet. I think it's 550 if I remember. 500 or 550. So, we we we we received a permit and we have to renew that permit that allowed us to go as far and wide as maximal possible. And then that'll be a conversation piece as we're value engineering the job with the
bureau to see do we need to go that wide and that long. And those will be conversation pieces that will take place. And no, now's the time. Do we want to talk about the business district project at all tonight? Uh, we weren't, but we
can certainly we can we can Where where are we with the county? When's the county going to do work on New Jersey and when do we start talking about what we want to do and how and when we're going to do it? So, so the so the county plans to start 2026 and the spring. The burrow has its infrastructure work to
do. So, it has to replace the water lines, has to replace the sanitary sewer system. That's going to happen after this summer. That's what it's slated for. Then the county will come in and do the roadway diet. It's at that particular time that the vision of the six blocks from Heather to Coline, what
we'll call the Crest Station, the business district, the beautifification project in there will take place. That is still being designed by our our tailor design group. They're scheduled to appear before the planning board at some point here this summer. So the planning board is aware. the planning board was the one that chose the six
blocks in which to create the business district and they'll make their presentation at the planning board at that particular time. Um, and then we'll also probably ask them to come and make a public presentation at the governing body at the commissioners meeting as well. So, mayor, if I could add to that. So, what'll happen is in similar nature
to what happened on Pacific Avenue with the exception is this is a streetscape. We're going to get in first and do our infrastructure work and you're going to be left with trench paving on the roadway. Um, like the mayor said, we'll be replacing the water and sewer and then we're going to be adding some water and sewer services to complement the
eventual streetscape and some amenities that are going to come after that. So, we're going to get in first, do the ugly work, trench the road, and then leave it and then hand it over to the county. And I assume we'll address the uh rubble strip on the northbound side of New
Jersey. It's kind of grown. You don't love that. Every time I drive, King says, "Get over on the other side of the road." It's grown on me over the years. Great. Right. Thank you.
I just railroad track. Okay, that finishes up our engineers report. We're going to move on to our CFO report. Well, we'll be here all night. Oh, good. Uh correspondence non listed. New
business non listed. Moving on to old business. Um 250th birthday committee. Reminding everyone next year is our country's 250th birthday. If you're looking to help the burough plan some events and activities, please send uh an email to our clerk. Uh Wildcast
Municipal App is on hold. Uh historical museum is also on hold. Concession agreement, hotel zone, beach shares. Um not sure where we are with that. Uh uh that's that was on hold as we work our way through this uh Army Corps and the Dune project. So that is considered to
be still on hold. Uh traffic calming. There's been uh there's been a uh contract awarded to or soon to be awarded to do some line striping on Park Boulevard, Atlantic Avenue, and Ocean Avenue.
Um on that note, somebody asked a question. I think it might have been Mr. McWims with respect to the uh Park Boulevard to to get just to dive into that a little bit more. Um New Jersey uh called there I'll call it the I bank program. Um there's roughly $6 million
available to the burrow for a potential reconstruction of Park Boulevard. So that is where some additional traffic calming and then also the roadway would get reconstructed as well. Um, we were able to receive $3 million for this
year, which Bay View Drive and some side streets are are going to be done after the summer. So, apologize in advance, but after the summer, the burrow is going to be under construction for a lot of different projects. So, you're you might be doing a lot of detour, but short-term pain,
long-term gain. Can I address something one second? Uh, so Park Boulevard, you know, is a concern of everyone's. Uh the striping will be done once the construction material is gone. I spoke to Ralph Graassi who does that. And the walkway signs will be placed where they
were. So they're not up right now. They will be up shortly. Thank you. Okay. Back beach Estavation. We just uh awarded uh emergency uh uh contract to APS to do some necessary work. So that's
going to address some blocks in the back beach, but also uh on the easterly side of the dunes where we have some low line lowline ponding areas. Uh so that work will be happening sometime next week. Judging anything? We had a meeting
earlier this month with uh subcommittee and we're waiting to hear back from the D do D do D do D do D do D do D do D do D do D do DOT for the next phase of that that project. So, we're still still waiting, but uh there is progress being made for that as of right now. Okay. Uh
New Jersey Avenue, we just talked about that. Uh that's the work that's going to be done on New Jersey Avenue after the summer. Uh Washington C viewfalls and capacity. We are we received uh another positive note on some FEMA monies coming
to the burrow for some pump stations potentially on the west side and also on the east side. So the goal uh ultimately would be the burrow has six outflow lines. If you go to the beach, you see the alpha lines that take the water out to the beach. This project would
consolidate those six lines into one big one with the use of a pump station. So when it rains, it kicks on and water goes out to the out to out to the ocean. Uh the Army Corps, the NJ, so it's all quiet on on the front right now. Uh the
burrow has requested uh to meet with the NJT not as an individual municipality but as with all the rest of the municipalities on the island. That's North Wildwood, that's Wildwood, and it's Wildwood Crest. Lower township is taking a, you know, hands-off position.
Um the D said, "Hey, we're not interested in meeting consolidated. We're interested in meeting one-on-one." Our argument is is that hey, if you're doing an islandwide project, you need to talk about it as an island as opposed to individual uh individual municipalities.
They don't want any parts of that. I thought we had the Army Corps uh on board with having a meeting with with all the municipalities. uh received a notice yesterday that basically said, "Hey, um yeah, we are interested, but the D is our partner. So, we're no
longer interested in meeting with with Wild Wildest and the rest of of the community unless the D gives her blessing on that because they're they're partners in this." So, it's news at 11:00. Um we're going to continue to request uh you know, request meetings so we can talk through the details of of
the project. I mean, I think the biggest issue, if I can speak openly, is is the sandbaring and what it will do to the width of our beaches. Um, the dunes as we exist, we can tell that we have dunes. We if you drive up and down New Jersey coast, you're going to see that we have some of the biggest dunes on the
ocean front, right? And and they're they're very large and if we get a storm, moving the water water closer to the to the beachfront makes no sense to us. And so, we're going to continue to fight the fight. Earlier tonight, we passed a resolution. And we do have an
attorney that we had to increase some funding to that if this turns south, we have to be prepared. We're going to have to spend some money to litigate this thing in hopes that it eventually goes away or we at least get this project to a point where we're all comfortable. Not I'm not just speaking to the governing body. I would say 99% of all of you are
interested in keeping us our beaches exactly the way that they are. Yes. So anyway, so that's an update on that. Um question not yet. Dor dorm public comb about this you can't dorm public
we're going through the commissioners the old business right now uh burough hall renovations uh the public I'm sorry the uh uh the next meeting Francine correct me if I'm wrong we're anticipating awarding a contract for the renovations of this building and the
police side of this building as well uh for a future project in 2026 or sometime thereafter. All right. Yes. Now we're ready for public. I want to come on up and Well, I wanted five minutes asking about something like that. I just I was going to
ask a lawsuit against Do they Lisa Ripo? Lisa Rippo. Okay. First of all, I'm going to speak to Mr. uh Gzunas directly and ask him if he's always so abrupt and rude to taxpayers besides me. This
gentleman made a comment. Don't start my time. I wanted to speak and you cut me off. This gentleman asked a question after hours what he where he should call. He was told the
police. I said, "What number?" And you shut me down. Are you trying to harass me? Are you trying to intimidate me? The gentleman asked a question, Mr. I I believe it's the other way around, quite honestly. Really? Yeah. any questions in
connection with or my proxy through other people about 911 calls or anything in any way related to criminal charges or anything like that. We're not going to answer any of these questioned for calling 911 the other day. Exactly. We're not we're not answering any
questions get arrested. Thank you. I have five minutes. Go ahead. I spoke here two weeks ago about cyber bullying not being reported by my
ex-friend police. Mrs. Rippo, I have to stop you there. I have five minutes. No, no, no, no, no. Just Just so you know, you I don't want you mentioning names. I don't want you getting accusatory. I don't want you to use your slander. I I'll let you know. This is what you're allowed to say, okay? You're allowed to
express opinion and concerns. You're allowed to share personal experiences and information. You're allowed to ask questions, reasonable questions when when as Mr. Gazun already stood to you, you you you represent yourself. If you don't want to answer them, that's fine. You can make suggestions, but what's not
allowed are personal attacks and slanderous remarks. Suggest truth is my truth. Okay? Just I just want to lay the groundwork. You may ask you may make your public. No problem. I don't really care if there's defendants, witnesses, or whatever. My truth is my truth. And then I have 5 minutes to speak and I'm
going to read. Okay. I was arrested 2 days after I spoke out here in public about corruption. I was it came to my house. They have not allowed me to make to file criminal charges and I was ripped out of my house two days after I spoke here an
alleged corruption for calling 911. That's why I asked for you so you don't get arrested. I sent this um email out earlier. I'm going to read it. I have five minutes. There's questions. You don't have to answer them. I don't I don't really care. You've crossed the
line. People have crossed the line. So, here's my letter. It went up to the attorney general's office and everywhere else. Dear Mr. Galzunes, Mayor Cabrera, Mr. Schiff, and Mr. Franco, have you had a chance to
review any of the body camera video from numerous officers, including Mr. Lloyd, Mr. De Mo, Mr. Sawyer, Mr. Angel for their cyber bullying. I reported to Chief Lloyd. You
don't have to answer. Have you had a chance to review the body camera for the date of March 26th, 2024, over a year ago, when I busted into the police station, and for which I just found out, no police report was ever generated. You
don't have to answer it. Did you know I was arrested on April 12th, 3 days after I spoke up about corruption in public at the last Wwood Crest Barrow meeting? You don't have to answer. Have you reviewed the body cams for my false arrest and false
imprisonment for which I ended up in the hospital? Have you listened to the recording of the shakedown call I got from Chief of Police Bob Lloyd on March 4th, 2005 and what I screamed to him? Do you not have another pending
lawsuit against him? Bob Lloyd, Richard Demo, Raymond Engel, crime, and officer Collins. Foster versus Wildwood Crest. Do you know how many years of service it takes to get lifetime benefits and
pension from the PFRS? Who in their right mind would have thought sending someone to my house to arrest me and yank me out of my house would have been a good idea? You didn't put it on a summons even. I mean, you put it on a summon.
You didn't even put it on a warrant for God's sake. In all of light of all these facts and circumstances that you are well aware of and more that you probably aren't, is this your position to continue to stand by these wild oppressed police officers and others yet
mentioned who clearly have violated not just moral and ethical boundaries, but have vindicate vindictively targeted both me and my family. Do you know Sergeant Sheets and another set of officers from Wabrest Police are now under an internal affairs
investigation because of my false arrest? Do you know what I think? I think we should shut down the Wild Crest Police Department for some serious crimes, give a few people some desk jobs, and create a centralized
islandwide public safety 911 central communications court trash pickup to include our island and all those who inhabit it, including Lower Township. per Dan being paid to us by lower township for emergency services while we
pay Irma how many hundreds of thousands of dollars for our court services. Not only is this nonsense in today's world of shrinking municipal budgets, but it is lacking in sense because Diamond Beach is where the money is, but more than
that, it is about safety. People needing help and emergency services, including drownings, need to be sent to the correct places. Centralized county dispatch does not work here on the island. It is a known failure. There are too many municipalities and those people
out of the county cannot know this island and where the intricate boundaries. Mrs. Rio, that is 5 minutes. Thank you for your opinion. You're welcome. Anybody else? Public comment. that different topic. Okay. Okay. Hi,
I'm uh Mike Marino and uh it's it sounded really good to hear some of the work that's being done on the streets. I know we threw park out there a couple times. So, uh I see that the Wildwood side of Pressie uh some work was done. lines were removed and and I'm thinking
that there's work to be done on our side, probably some lane shrinkage and I'm hoping that's going to be considered and put in place because right now the way that's open used to be a left there coming south and we always had that raceway. So that raceway, the turning's
gone and we should probably funnel the traffic down to one lane and slow the traffic down or we're still going to have the same problem. So, is that considered? Any of that considered? Well, I know you we talked about park. Um I heard Park mentioned a couple
times. So, is was that part of the plan? Nothing. Is there anything scheduled for pressing? So, all right. So, for Park Boulevard, if the burrow files New Jersey Infrastructure Bank project, the driver behind that would be the replacement of the sanitary sewer.
That's how the burrow would get grant funding as well as sewer mitigation. As part of the replacing of the sewer, the program will pay for the reconstruction of the roadway and that would include removing curbs, repaving, restriping, adding striping, and we
would be evaluating to raise the road. So, if they proceed with a New Jersey Ibank application, all those things come into play. So, is that this year? I'm looking at Francine. We have a I I get all that and it sounds like a great idea, but we do have a
problem on the Cresy side on the Crest side where there's two lanes are left and it wouldn't take much to stripe it down and just get the traffic seen. The road is shrinking. You have one lane going into the crest. It would make
things a lot better and safer. So that's a striping issue, not a full-blown. That's a question. I wasn't expecting full How about we do this? Could you address it with Ralph? And well, one of the problems is to have what we had done actually wasn't going to mention a lot
of it while in conjunction with our chief uh and myself uh talked about different issues with the uh chief of police. One of them was that situation right there because I think we all believe that that those
things are happening specifically people pulling forward and trying to run in front of somebody else. So right now that end of it where the arrows were that's not us although we will speak to it because that's really Wwood
once past Wwood into Cressy. Yes, that's us. Okay. And that's what I'm talking about. Yeah, I understand. Okay. So we're looking at it. So you're looking at the crest side of it. Is there is there any thought about doing it this year? It's a It's a simple striking
thing that will go away when the big plan gets put into place. We'll see how I'm not done yet. We'll see how that goes. Okay. I I know you like Okay. Thank you. So, what's my answer? You're going to look into it cuz you told me you're going to look into it a lot of times. No, I'll tell you why. We'll take
your uh uh stuff under your questions under consideration. Thank you. No answer. Thank you. Mhm. Okay. Any other public comment? Uh David Williams, just followup
question on the back bay work, back beach work. Four, three or four years ago, we did a big project. Did all of the all the roads I think from Nashville south because they had a whole bunch of ponding. has to bring in the
pumps, portable pumps for $10,000. We're not coming anywhere close to doing that, I'm assuming. What What would specifically is the scope of the What's the scope project? You want me to handle that? Sure. Go ahead. So the so the scope of what was authorized tonight is the question.
Yes. Okay. So the scope is in that threeb block area, the contra so the burrow has a permit from the D to go out to a certain area in front of the dunes. We call it the blanket space and they're allowed to take up to 12 inches of sand in a certain area and
use it to level the beach. So, this contractor is going to go into that threeb block area in front of the dunes. He's going to take the 12 in of sand. He's going to deposit back in this back area. The back area right now, um, if you were to look at, if I was to draw my finger, you have the bulkhead and then
you have the dune. There's a belly in it. It holds water. There's green slime and algae growing, etc. Yeah. So, the permit that the burrow has allows them to fill that back area up to elevation 8. This project we're going to
fill it up to elevation seven because we have to marry into walkways etc. So, it basically is a filling of a of a low area that is exhibiting green streets. It's the uh area bounded by Farragut and one block in either
direction. Farragate, Stanton, and uh Stockton. Stockton. Well, Farragate, Stanton, and Stockton all going north, but that's okay. But it's just that three blocks. Well, it's those three blocks and there's some areas that have yet to be identified by the beach patrol
and recreation where they place the beach boxes and so forth. There's some really sometimes you access in the beach boxes and you're standing in need deep water to do that. So, they're they're going to move out those that that's on the beach side. It's on the ocean side of the dunes. I'm thinking that this
project addresses something between the bulkheads in the dunes and and for this project that was authorized for a threeb block area. Okay. So, we don't think there was a problem other than from Farragate to stop. Yeah. The answer is there's a lot of a lot of problems on
there. But what we've done is that prioritized areas that we know are what what we'll call the worst where in their visual observation and drive-through with public works. They saw some areas that need some concern. That's what was authorized tonight. However, there are some additional areas that have yet to
be identified that continual. So, there's not just going to be those three blocks. There's going to be some additional ones once we have a chance to finish up with uh the beach patrol and recreation can weigh in as to what street ends they also need to have hidden as well. So then you got to go back to the state to get permission to
move sand again. No, we have a permit to do that already enough to do all the blocks between Nashville and Pittsburgh cuz I walk that every day and I'm telling you I've stopped walking in the back beach area cuz it's a mess. And
it's not a mess just those three blocks. So to answer your question is can there other be other streets added? The answer is yes. That comes with a cost. That's what we need to work on. But we do we do have a permit for the entirety of the beach. And if I could also add, what's going to happen in this threeb block area is we're working with the burough's
environmental consultant to install some beach uh sand fencing so that once this work is undertaken that that fencing is going to go up in a strategic location to try to retain that sand there so that we don't have to keep doing this. So you're going to retain the sand in these
three blocks so none of it can go north and south. Well, once it's deposited there, we want it to stay there. of debris. I app I understand that. But are you going to does that mean that I'm going to have access issues trying to walk up and down that if you're going to put fences to keep the sand in? I'm not going to be
able to walk that area. You will. I'm struggling to see how you're going to keep the sand in, but I'll see what what comes up. Okay. Public access will not right now. We think we have the permits. They have enough sand to do it all. No, we do have the permits. We have the permits to do the sand to have it all, but you just funded three blocks
out of eight or 10, right? And the other ones are we just have to get the three worst done and then we'll get other change orders done if necessary to do other streets, including on the blanket beach that Mr. Delazer spoke about. Okay. I'm
assuming these three blocks are going to be done before Memorial Day. Yes. Yes. Yeah. We don't have time to do the entire beach, nor do we have the the appropriate funding available to do all that. So, when do we talk about other blocks that are going to get done? Do you have a specific request? I guess you do. Uh well I can tell you from
Nashville down to St. Paul it is a mess. Okay. Every morning. So how so he'll get a quote from the contractor to see if what that Bar Stockton and Stanton are well worth that. Understood. I know you're not trusting anything
south of Atlanta. So okay. Okay. Anybody else follow a comment? How's the report coming? I'm still working on that. Me, too. Anybody on the conference line have any public comment? Okay. Hearing none, we're going to have
a a motion for a close session. We have a commissioner. Oh, go ahead. I'm sorry. No, I'm asking. I'm I'm good. I'm good for this. Okay. I have something to add to commissioner comments. I'd like to address the allegations made against the chief of police and members of the
Wildwood Press Police Department. While I will not get into specifics, I cannot allow some of the public comments to go unanswered. I have full confidence in our chief and the members of our police department. And my understanding of this
matter is that a proper investigation was conducted and reviewed by both the Wildwood Press Police Department and the Cape May County Prosecutor's Office. I understand that there may be times when
someone does not agree with the outcome of an allegation and there are proper ways to address these concerns. However, the allegations levied against the chief and the police department are, in
my opinion, baseless and without merit. I would I would never allow anything to undermine the integrity of public safety and I want the public to know that they are served by some of the finest
officers in the state of New Jersey who are led by an exceptional command staff and chief of police. I have full faith in the Wildwood Press Police Department and I know that they have and will
continue to operate with professionalism and integrity for this burrow, its residents, and its visitors. Thank you. Okay, I'm going to read that resolution now. Sure. uh authorizing executive
closed in accordance with the provisions of the open public meetings act specifically NJSA 10 col4-12B with regard to two items employment summer hours and employment for compensation 27 pays can I get a motion
motion that it has been moved and seconded that the foregoing resolution be adopted roll call Mr. Schiff yes Mr. Franco. Yes.